Frequency Page #24

JOHN:

Well, I think you do.

INT. PEPPERMINT LOUNGE - EVENING - 1969

HAWAII FIVE-O plays on the TV's, the ROLLING STONES over it.

Frank sits at the same place we last saw him, watching Sissy

and scanning the crowd, trying to find a face that might give

him pause.

Sissy, looking sixty and terrific in her Go-Go waitress

outfit, moves about doing business. She steps to the

bartender t0 give her drink orders and pick up prepared

drinks, coming within inches of Frank.

SISSY:

Give me a couple Bloodys, Gus, and a

Dewars on the rocks.

She casts a friendly eye at Frank.

SISSY (CONT'D)

How ya doin' there?

FRANK:

Just fine. You?

SISSY:

Right now, just fine. Ask me later,

fireman.

And she's off with the drinks. He checks his watch. It

reads:
9:35PM.

INT. 23RD PRECINCT - INTERROGATION ROOM - NIGHT - 1998

A clock on the wall reads: 9:35PM

The Nightingale murders display has been removed. Daryl sits

at the table in the middle of the room. John sits opposite

him. Satch leans against the two-way mirror wall.

JOHN:

Sexual assault, Daryl. Five years. But

you got lucky, right? You got away with

something else. Something you figured

nobody knows about.

DARYL:

What I know is what I told you.

JOHN:

Let me tell you what I know, Daryl. You

went to Saint Xavier with Mary. You

lived five blocks from her. You liked

her. But she ain't interested. That

must've hurt, huh?

DARYL:

So what?

JOHN:

So, what'd you do about it, Daryl?

DARYL:

Nothing.

Satch can see this is going nowhere.

INT. PEPPERMINT LOUNGE - EVENING - 1969

The 11 O'clock NEWS is on TV. A "Super" shows the Mets won

Game 4. Score 2-1. Mets lead series: 3-1.

CREEDENCE CLEARWATER PLAYS out of the sound system.

Sissy takes the order from a LONG HAIRED GUY down the bar,

his back to the camera, and starts towards the cash register

area. The bartender serves Frank another club soda. As

Frank drinks the bartender pulls a PACK OF CIGARETTES from

his shirt pocket. But the pack is empty.

BARTENDER:

You spare a smoke?

FRANK:

I'm trying to quite. Turns out those

things'll kill you.

The bartender laughs, as Frank stands and heads for the

bathroom.

INT. 23RD PRECINCT - INTERROGATION ROOM - NIGHT - 1998

A CLOCK reflected in the two-way mirror. 12:15PM.

Satch stands drinking a cup of coffee behind the mirror.

Before him, through the glass, sits Daryl Adams, with John

pacing like a panther ready to spring.

Suddenly, he slaps down crime scene homicide photos of

several women in front of Daryl, who blanches...

DARYL:

Oh, my God! What is that?! Why you

showing me this sh*t!? JESUS! JESUS!

Get those away from me!

JOHN:

Nicky Moore. Patty Ryan. Mary Finelli.

These names mean anything to you,

a**hole? Julia Sullivan! She mean

anything? She means something to me!

John looks like he's about to hit Daryl, but he glances

towards the two-way mirror, controls himself.

INT. PEPPERMINT LOUNGE - EVENING - 1969

Nilsson's EVERYBODY'S TALKIN' fills the air.

A sexy WOMAN approaches Frank wearing an Emma Peel body suit.

Sissy stands nearby, giving drink orders to the bartender -

she can't help but smile at the following.

WOMAN:

You fight fires, honey?

FRANK:

Yep. That's what I do.

WOMAN:

I bet you do.

The bartender leans into the PA at the bar and announces.

BARTENDER:

Last call.

Frank flashes his wedding ring at the sexy woman. Smiles at

her and shrugs "I'm sorry."

INT. 23RD PRECINCT - INTERROGATION ROOM - NIGHT - 1998

The clock reads 1:30AM.

John sits at the end of the table, opposite Daryl. His quiet

masks the dark menace he is barely in control of. Daryl

stares at him like a deer caught in the headlights.

Satch sets a Coke before Daryl and starts to leave the room.

SATCH:

I gotta take a leak.

(to Daryl)

You need to use the head? You can,

y'know. If you want to.

Daryl shakes his head "no."

INT. PEPPERMINT LOUNGE - EVENING - 1969

End of the night. The place winds down. An old movie on the

TV's. Elvis' SUSPICIOUS MINDS plays softly.

Frank watches as Sissy picks up her last tip and heads to the

back to change into her street clothes.

SISSY:

See you, Fireman. Don't talk so much

next time.

Frank smiles, checks the time. 2:00AM. He looks around.

Nobody suspicious about. He starts up for the bathroom...

INT. OBSERVATION ROOM - NIGHT - 1998

Satch enters with a fresh cup of coffee, settles back to

watch.

INTERCUT - INTERROGATION AND OBSERVATION ROOMS

With great ceremony John removes his watch, his gun, and

lastly, his badge, and sets them off to one side.

JOHN:

You know, Daryl, sometimes, despite all

the training we cops go through. Despite

all that we are taught about right and

wrong. Despite all that we would like to

honor in ourselves, we can come to a

place where we don't give a f***. Know

what I mean?

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