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All the clients and technicians, no matter what their age, or

how many foils are in there hair, are up and doing the "Bend

& Snap", repeating the mantra as they do.

Elle walks around them, continuing to adjust them.

ELLE (CONT'D)

Now everyone together.

They all bend in unison -- going down on "Brick" --

EVERYONE:

Bend --

And snapping back up -- on "House" .

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EVERYONE (CONT'D)

(continuing)

And snap !

The frivolity continues as the roomful of ladies perfect the

maneuver . .

M AU R I C E , a male hair-dresser, comes out of the back room,

m i xi n g a bowl of bleach as he walks. He stops when he spots

the activity. .

MAURICE:

Oh, my God! The Bend & Snap!

(to an old lady)

Works every time...

INT. AUSTEN, PLATT, JARET & DONOVAN-CONFERENCE ROOM-DAY

90 90

CHUTNEY, 27, curly-haired and bitter, sits in front of

Donovan, the FEMALE DA, the associates, the interns and a

court .reporter, as she's interviewed.

CHUTNEY:

I got out of the shower," walked

downstairs, saw her standing over my

father, and called the police.

DONOVAN:

Did she have a weapon in her hand?

CHUTNEY:

No.

DONOVAN:

Was there any reason for you to believe

she had discarded a weapon?

CHUTNEY:

Uh, yeah, because the b*tch shot him.

DONOVAN:

Was there any evidence that Mrs . Windham

shot him?

CHUTNEY:

(duh)

His dead body with a bullet in it. .

91 INT. AUSTEN, PLATT, JARET & DONOVAN-CONFERENCE ROOM-LATER 91

ENRIQUE, 25, Latino and hunky as hell, sits in the seat that

Chutney has vacated.

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DONOVAN:

What did you see when you entered the

house?

ENRIQUE:

I saw Mrs. Windham standing over the body

of Mr. Windham.

DONOVAN:

Was she carrying a weapon?

· ENRIQUE

No, she was crying her eyes out.

Donovan smiles.

DONOVAN:

So she was distraught that her husband

was dead?

ENRIQUE:

Oh, yes. Mrs. Windham is the most sweet,

wonderful woman I know. I have loved her

since the day she hired me. She could

never do something this awful. I know

this because we are very close.

The others shift uncomfortably, then look at each other. Then.,

back at Enrique and his shiny, unbuttoned-to-show-his-pecs

shirt. The DA smiles.

92 INT. STEAKHOUSE - NIGHT .9.2

Donovan, the interns, and associates sit at a large table.

GERARD:

She's screwing the pool boy.

Elle gasps and makes a face.

ELLE:

There is no way a Delta Gamma would sleep

with a man in a shiny shirt. Warner,

back me up here.

Warner shrugs, embarrassed. Sarah looks at Donovan.

SARAH:

I hate to agree ~ but I don't see the

two of them actually --

(wrinkling her nose)

-- doing it.

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ENID:

Women like that will screw anything.

ELLE:

So, because she's beautiful and has a good

body, she's easy? What book of feminist

theory did you read iiiai in, Enid?

Emmett jumps in before war breaks out.

EMMETT:

Okay, if Brooke didn't kill the guy, who did?

ELLE:

My money's on the angry daughter or the

ex-wife.

DONOVAN:

Chutney has a trust fund. She didn't

need the insurance payoff or the

inheritance.

BOBBY:

What about her mother?

DONOVAN:

Covered. She was in Aspen at the time.

Ten people saw her downing cosmopolitans

at the Caribou Club.

ELLE:

Al l I know is-- it's not Brooke.

DONOVAN:

That's touching, Elle, but we need an

alibi.

Elle thinks about this.

93 INT. BOSTON JAIL - LOBBY - DAY ' 93

A--nervous Elle stands in front of the burly CHECK-IN GUARD..

She holds a basket of goodies.

ELLE:

I ' m here to see Brooke Wi'ndham.

GUARD:

Licensed attorney or family member?

ELLE:

Uh -- family.

(CONTINUED)

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