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We barely notice, but Frank has a CELLPHONE concealed in hishand. We see the name "Nancy Mirando" on the screen. He'ssurreptitiously pointing it in Lucy's direction.

LUCY:

Daddy WAS a psychopath, Frank.

That's not an unfair slur. "What

did YOU do in the War, Daddy?" "Imanufactured the napalm that madeeveryone's skin fall off!" And hecalls ME an idiot loser?

FRANK:

In fairness to your father when hecalled you an idiot loser...

LUCY:

Yes?

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FRANK:

You had just signed up for a two

year course in California called

Unleash Your Calling.

LUCY:

At a highly respected Institute for

the Advancement of Human Potential.

Where many forward-thinking CEOs

go.

Lucy's anxiety level is rising. She's beginning to displaysubtle OCD symptoms - repeating phrases and movements.

LUCY (CONT'D)

And if you can't see the

correlation between the advancement

of my human potential and the fact

we're currently on the cusp of the

biggest product launch in the

history of the food industry then I

don't know what! You know how I

spent my time at the Institute?

VISUALIZING new and better ways of

doing business! While SISTER was...

what was the name of the lake that

exploded?

FRANK:

Moose Lake.

LUCY:

While my sister was dumping so much

toxic waste into Moose Lake it

EXPLODED... the only lake ever to

explode, well done, Nancy... I was

visualizing how to turn the most

hated agrochemical company in

America into the most likeable

miracle pig rearing company. And

it's WORKING! It's WORKING! It was

WORKING until last night. Until

last night the synthesis between

New Mirando and Old Mirando was

impeccable!

Lucy holds both of her hands in the air.

LUCY (CONT'D)

I took science...

Lucy manipulates her left hand into a deformed claw.

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LUCY (CONT'D)

And nature...

Lucy waves her right hand softly, mimicking ocean waves or afield of crops blowing gently in the wind.

LUCY (CONT'D)

And I synthesized.

She brings both hands together, mimicking a flower blooming.

LUCY (CONT'D)

And EVERYONE loved it. Remember

what the New York Times called our

Super Pigs? "Intriguing." Slate:

"Lucy Mirando is pulling off the

impossible. She's making us fall in

love with a creature that we're

also excited about eating." These

are journalists who never write

about pigs! They never write about

pigs! But they wrote about OUR

pigs. Ten years of planning! We're

on the cusp of launching a product

that will feed MILLIONS! And what

happens? We fall victim to

terrorism. And somehow WE'RE the

ones that come out looking bad?

JENNIFER:

(brightly)

Oh, we don't look too bad!

LUCY:

We don't? Rewind!

A beat. Jennifer nervously presses rewind - knowing Lucy isright about how bad they look.

ON THE TV:
Footage of the moment of Okja's recapture.

Uniformed Mirando Employees drag Okja back to the Mirandotruck. We see Mija crying and desperately trying to stopthem.

AMERICAN NEWS ANCHOR (V.O.)

Following the failed kidnapping,

Mirando Company employees were

securing their super pig when a

young girl suddenly stepped in and

tried to stop them.

ON THE TV:
Uniformed Mirando Employees - the guys Mundo hadpromised full time contracts to - pull Mija away. They'rerough, violent.

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AMERICAN NEWS ANCHOR (V.O.)

The girl was later revealed to bethe granddaughter of a local farmerselected by Mirando CEO LucyMirando to...

LUCY:

Pause.

Jennifer does.

ON THE TV:
FREEZE-FRAME of the Uniformed Employees roughlypulling the poor, crying Mija away.

LUCY (CONT'D)

And there it is! The image that'sgoing to destroy us! Who are thoseidiots?

Lucy points at the Uniformed Employees.

LUCY (CONT'D)

Find out and fire them.

JENNIFER:

(Brightly)

Sure! Leave it with me!

Jennifer looks delighted and relieved that others are gettingthe blame.

LUCY:

Abusing that adorable girl in theuniforms I personally designed!

What are we famous for?

A silence, before it dawns on the Executives that Lucy isn'tasking a rhetorical question.

EXECUTIVE 1

Super pigs?

LUCY:

Holding indigenous farmers in highesteem! Who are we violentlymanhandling right there on TV?

EXECUTIVE 2

(beat)

The granddaughter of an indigenousfarmer.

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LUCY:

Is that the reason why she'scrying?

EXECUTIVE 1

(cautiously)

Yes?

LUCY:

It's one of two reasons she's

crying. What's the other reason?

EXECUTIVE 2

(beat)

We're taking away her super pig?

LUCY:

We are shoving her best friend intoa truck! That's going to kill us.

Right there. That image. We'redead.

Unbeknownst to Lucy, Frank has his phone pressed to his ear,

listening. He puts it down. Suddenly, he pushes his chairback with a loud SQUEAK. He casually saunters over to thecoffee machine and makes himself a capsule coffee. Themachine pisses out coffee with a loud, obnoxious WHIR.

FRANK:

Lucy... May I say something?

Frank looks over at Lucy as he smells his coffee.

FRANK (CONT'D)

The girl. You're thinking ofinviting her to New York, aren'tyou?

A light bulb goes off in Lucy's head.

LUCY:

I was just about to say that!

FRANK:

Yes, of course.

(nods)

You'll invite her to The Best SuperPig Festival and...

LUCY:

(cutting him off)

A moving reunion! The Best Pig andthe adorable farmer girl forced topart but reunited on our stage.

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FRANK:

Of course!

(smiles)

Brilliant, Lucy.

LUCY:

An emotional reunion, then the two

of them leave the stage. Hand inhand. Hand in trotter!

Frank watches Lucy become more and more excited. He is morelaid back than ever.

LUCY (CONT'D)

She'll be the face of the Mirando

Company! The living embodiment ofthe Mirando ideal. Young, pretty,

eco-friendly, global! She's agodsend! Are you writing all thisdown?!

Jennifer and the Executives write notes with fury.

Suddenly Johnny stands up in a HUFF.

JOHNNY:

Uh. She's not the face of the

Mirando Company. I am. You don'teven know if she can DO anythingother than cry. Whereas I am muchloved all over the world!

LUCY:

(With unexpected venom)

Sit down.

Johnny lets out a GASP.

JOHNNY:

You're... forcing me to...

LUCY:

To do WHAT?

JOHNNY:

To examine my options.

LUCY:

Go on then. Examine them. Are youexamining them now? Have youfinished examining them?

Lucy stares at Johnny. He sits down - his humiliationcomplete.

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Lucy resumes her conversation with Jennifer like nothinghappened.

LUCY (CONT'D)

Get her a first-class ticket and

book her a hotel! She probablydoesn't have a passport. Get her apassport! Don't try to force animage on her - like what Benettondid to those Asian girl models.

Jennifer takes notes with impossible speed, her pen a mereblur.

LUCY (CONT'D)

No! I've got a BETTER idea! Get herwearing a Mirando uniform. Let'sreclaim the uniform after what

those idiots did!

INT. CEO OFFICE - LATE AFTERNOON

Lucy's limp body is sprawled on the sofa. Her iPhone rings.

The words Nancy Mirando flash up on the screen.

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