Population Zero Page #6

I don't even know what you're

looking for though.

I mean, to be honest,

I don't know what

I'm looking for either.

I'm just chasing every lead.

But you have no idea

about who Dwayne is, or...

No, I have no idea. I'm sorry.

With, um...

With David, we worked

at camp together,

we hung out with

the same friends.

And I might have been

with him for 10 days total.

And you guys never had

a relationship

or anything like that?

No, we were just friends,

that's it.

All right, Julian,

let's get you miked up.

Here you go.

What are you doing with this?

I watched this

a bunch of times.

I know there's something...

She's like--

She's hiding something

for sure.

Dude, you're reaching, man.

Everything checks out.

It's off, man. Something's

wrong with this.

Come on, man.

It's a dead end.

You know it is.

Here, take this.

We got work to do.

Sometimes,

when you're searching for

something so hard,

you'll connect the dots

with wavy lines

and convince yourself

they're straight.

Sometimes they just don't

connect at all.

There's Patrick right there.

- How you doing?

- Okay, good. You?

Listen...

Could I see those case files

for a moment?

I can't give you

those case files.

I could look at them

in your office

if you want, even.

I'm sorry,

but they're private files.

I know they're

private files, Patrick.

- But could I just look at them,

maybe for a second?

- Sorry, I'm late.

I know there's something

in there, man.

Patrick, maybe I can schedule

something with your assistant?

Patrick!

I had actually accomplished

what I had originally

set out to do,

which was to document

this bizarre murder case.

My opinions had changed,

but a theory is

just speculation.

Without proof,

without an interview,

without any shred of motive,

I was left staring

at the obvious.

This was simply

a freak occurrence,

nothing more.

Adam?

- Adam.

- What?

Look at this.

We got a package, man.

- Wake up.

- What is it?

Wake up. Come on.

Come on, I'm trying to sleep.

Take this.

Adam, here. Come on.

Take the camera. Let's go.

Come on.

- You rolling.

- It's rolling.

There's nothing in this.

It's a joke?

Do you have a phone on you?

I do.

There's two videos here.

Wait, wait,

wait, wait, wait.

I wanna get one

with all of you.

All right. Come on, you guys.

- Yeah?

- Yeah.

Oh.

This is something.

- Good?

- Yeah, great.

It's the annual Yellowstone

Boys' Weekend.

All right?

Wild.

Who the f*** got this?

Ooh!

Holy sh*t.

No, no, no.

No, no!

Holy f***!

Ad, who the f***

dropped this off, man?

Let's figure this out.

Here. Right here.

Let's go down to

the front desk...

- Hello, sir.

- Hi.

- How are you?

- I'm good.

Can I ask a big favor of you?

There.

- So this is this morning?

- Yeah.

Okay. That's 5:
15.

- Yeah, there he is.

- Yeah, yeah, yeah.

He's gonna come out over there.

See?

And this is

my door here?

Yeah.

That's Number 15.

Who the f*** is that?

You don't have any other--

nothing where we can

see someone's face?

You might catch his face

on the other...

Who is that?

Is it Dwayne?

All right. This good?

Yeah, it's great.

I watched the videos

for two days straight,

and I didn't catch anything.

But then, anything in life

can be fascinating

when you delve

into the details.

The director,

the crew.

Kraft services...

And beautiful America.

Come here.

- Come here.

- What do you need?

Set up the camera

over here and look at this.

All right,

all right, hold on.

- Quit f***ing around.

- I'm coming, dude.

Put that down

and look at this.

Check it out.

You gotta see this.

Yeah. All right.

What am I looking at?

Just leave that alone for now--

Yes, yes.

Look at this, look at this.

You gotta see this.

- What am I supposed to be looking at?

- What's that?

- See that logo right there?

- Yeah, on his jacket.

- Yeah, have you seen

that before?

- No.

You've seen that before.

- Okay.

- Look.

At Dwayne's house,

which is right here...

Look at this.

What's that right there?

That's the same logo.

Yeah, what's that?

That's a water

filtration system

that every house in

this area has.

It's the same company, man.

- It's ENRG. Look at this.

- Whoa, whoa.

"ENRG."

So?

That's the same

company, man. ENRG.

It's a fracking company.

Jesus! That's Cody's dad, man.

We might have just

found the motive.

Raymond f***ing Gibbs.

Wait, wait, wait.

The CEO of ENRG, USA

We were looking at

the wrong guy the whole time.

The City of Williston has

avoided the current

economic crisis

due largely to the success

of an old fashioned oil boom.

Improvements in drilling

technology

have introduced the process

of hydraulic fracturing,

otherwise known as "fracking."

It's a controversial process,

but it's used in abundance

in North Dakota,

specifically in Williston.

Fracking is

a destructive process

that is used

to extract natural gas

from rock that lies

deep underground.

A well is drilled,

and millions of gallons

of toxic fluid

is injected.

A mix of water,

sand and chemicals,

at a high enough pressure

to fracture the rock

and release the gas.

Fracking is currently exempt

from major environmental laws,

including the Safe

Drinking Water Act.

Toxic spills and gas leaks

are far too common.

It's a process that destroys

our land

and puts us all at risk.

I recently filmed a documentary

"Trouble in the Peace".

In it, I examined this

very same issue

in a small farming town

in northern British Columbia.

A single father's struggles

to protect his daughter

from the dangers that

a fracking company

have brought to his community.

It's difficult. And yeah,

sometimes it's

really discouraging

and we think...

Why bother anymore?

And it's... I don't know.

I don't wanna be a coward.

Dwayne Nelson's

daughter died

from an unexplained fire

in the kitchen sink.

Dwayne's wife developed cancer

after receiving a clean

bill of health a year

and a half earlier.

Dwayne's son was born

with several birth defects,

likely caused by harmful

chemicals ingested

during pregnancy.

Was all this

just a coincidence?

Or were these murders

an elaborate act

of revenge?

Please enter your password.

- Still rolling?

- Rolling.

You have one saved message.

Okay, get this.

To review your messages--

first saved message.

End of message.

To replay this message,

press one.

Isn't there some

kind of law

that's protecting him?

Like a double jeopardy

or something like that?

What's "empanelled" mean?

But with a motive, then--

Holy sh*t. Okay.

Yeah, unless he gave us

that footage out of guilt,

and he wants to confess.

Okay, thanks a lot,

Patrick, I appreciate it.

Like hell.

What do you mean?

Like hell we're gonna give

the footage to the authorities

- and let them handle--

- we're gonna give the footage

to the authorities.

"We" who?

Us. You and I.

We're gonna do

the Dwayne interview

because we have

the opportunity to do it.

If you do this, I'm walking.

Rate this script:0.0 / 0 votes