Frequency Page #19

FRANK:

What kinda twisted animal.

JOHN:

Dad, we did something. Something to make

it worse.

FRANK:

Whatta you mean...

JOHN:

He didn't just kill three women anymore.

He killed ten.

FRANK:

What are you talking about?

JOHN:

Something we did changed the

case...changed history.

(beat)

Mom wasn't dead. But then after you

didn't die in the fire something must

have happened. And this guy, this

Nightingale guy, he kept on killing...it

was like a spree...seven more women.

FRANK:

I gotta take her away, John. I'm gonna

take your mother away. He can't hurt her

if I take her away.

JOHN:

I don't know...

(beat)

What about the other women?

FRANK:

I'll warn them.

JOHN:

That'll never work. They'll just think

you're crazy.

FRANK:

What can we do? You don't even know who

this guy is.

JOHN:

No. Nobody got...

(realizing)

Wait a minute. I might not know who he

is, but I know where he's gonna be. I

got the case file. We know what he's

gonna do before he does it.

FRANK:

So what should I do? Call the police?

You think they'll believe me?

JOHN:

They will if they catch him in the act.

You can make that happen, Dad. You can

tail the victim and call it in at just

the right moment.

FRANK:

I don't know, John. I'm a fire fighter.

This is...this is different.

JOHN:

I do know. I'm a cop. This is what I

do.

John takes a long sip from the Bushmills.

JOHN (CONT'D)

You ever talk to a victim's family? The

one's left behind? They don't act like

what you'd think. There's panic and

fear. But mostly, it's like there's this

logic problem. And if they could only

solve it, everything would be okay.

(a breath)

But if you look real close - look at

their eyes - you can see it. Just a

glimmer. But somewhere they know. They

know their world is never gonna be the

same.

FRANK:

What if the radio stops working? Christ,

what if I can't reach you again?

JOHN:

Then you get Mom the hell out. But Dad,

those other women weren't supposed to

die. We don't try to stop this guy,

we're gonna live with that for the rest

of our lives.

Frank takes a deep breath, swallows some air.

FRANK:

What do I gotta do?

John grabs the THICK YELLOWED POLICE FILE. Opens to homicide

report on Karen Reynolds. CLOSE ON FORENSIC PHOTO

KAREN REYNOLDS' CORPSE

JOHN:

The next victim was Karen Reynolds...It

happens tomorrow.

(reading)

Case file says she left St. Vincents at

six. Show'd up at Cozy's Bar around six

thirty. She walked outta that bar around

seven-thirty. They found her dead in an

empty lot behind the place at eight

o'clock.

Frank jots down teh info.

FRANK:

Why not just get the cops to watch the

bar?

JOHN:

They'll question her. Whatever they tell

her could change what happens.

(beat)

No, I want you to follow her. See if

anybody's watching her, hittin' on her.

I'm betting somebody's gonna walk outta

that bar with her. When they do, you

call the cops.

Close on NIGHTINGALE FILE on John's desk. Zoom in on the

date below KAREN'S HOMICIDE PHOTO: October 14, 1969.

The LEGEND reads:

OCTOBER 14th - 3RD GAME OF THE WORLD SERIES

INT./EXT. KOREAN GROCERY - EVENING - 1969

A woman waits to pay for a mini pack of Kleenex and some gum.

KAREN REYNOLDS. A wool coat over her Nurse's uniform.

Frank's and John's voices continue over the scene.

FRANK (V.O.)

What do I tell them?

JOHN (V.O.)

Tell 'em there's a homicide in

progress... cause by the time they show

up there will be.

As Karen moves to the cash register, the CAMERA WIDENS TO

REVEAL FRANK, awkwardly pretending to read a magazine.

Frank readies to follow her when he suddenly trips over a

crate of vegetables and goes down on one knee.

Karen looks in the direction of the accident, and for a split

second, her eyes lock with Frank's. Embarrassed, Frank looks

away as he rights himself.

Frank edges out of the grocery store as Karen steps into the

street and dodges traffic towards a corner BAR/RESTAURANT at

the end of the block, past a heavily overgrown VACANT LOT.

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