Smoke Screen Page #5

Synopsis: A television reporter finds herself in the middle of a murder investigation when she wakes up next to a dead body, not remembering a thing about the night before.
Genre: Crime
Director(s): Gary Yates
Production: Sony Pictures Entertainment
 
IMDB:
5.1
TV-PG
Year:
2010
87 min
92 Views


364

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Raley, I know you're trying

to do your job.

365

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27:01,820 -- 00:27:03,913

I'm trying to get out of here early.

366

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27:04,089 -- 00:27:05,784

-Yeah, I know. Your party.

-Yeah.

367

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27:05,957 -- 00:27:08,323

This place

that I'm house-sitting, it's huge.

368

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27:08,493 -- 00:27:11,053

It's worth it to come by

to see this monstrosity.

369

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27:11,229 -- 00:27:13,754

-Jay, I can't.

-Everybody's gonna be there.

370

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George, Pat, Candy.

371

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27:15,233 -- 00:27:17,667

-It's that Haley's got this thing--

-Bring her.

372

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I can't. She's going away.

373

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She's going to visit her sister.

I told you that.

374

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27:22,073 -- 00:27:23,335

Yeah, I just forgot.

375

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It's perfect, though. Why don't you

just come by for a drink?

376

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I tell you what,

you come by for a drink...

377

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...I will find the file,

I will bring it to the fire house...

378

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...first thing in the morning.

What do you say?

379

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-You're gonna bring it to me?

-Yeah.

380

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Why do you care so much

if I come?

381

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It's just, you know, since the fire,

I'm feeling a little sentimental.

382

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Might be kind of nice

to have the whole gang together.

383

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-Okay.

-All right.

384

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-I'll see you later.

-Hey, can you pick up Candy?

385

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She needs a lift.

386

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Always something with you,

isn't it?

387

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-See you.

-Yeah.

388

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You look good, Raley. Happy.

389

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Do I? I guess I am.

390

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You look good too. New dress?

391

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28:12,023 -- 00:28:14,218

Not any newer

than last time you saw it.

392

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28:14,793 -- 00:28:18,593

-You lost weight?

-Ten pounds, actually.

393

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28:19,197 -- 00:28:23,327

Yep, another one

of Jay's free-for-alls.

394

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28:33,778 -- 00:28:36,747

Don't play with your food,

just drink it.

395

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They'll let anybody in there.

396

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-George.

-Hey, glad you made it.

397

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Hey, Pat.

Hey, where's our gracious host?

398

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Jay's right over there.

Where do you think?

399

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-Well, I'm empty. Raley?

-No, thanks.

400

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-Suit yourself.

-I'll take one.

401

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I'm down with that.

402

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Your friend thought

you might like this.

403

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I hear you're a fireman.

I like firemen.

404

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Look, thanks for the drink,

but I'm engaged.

405

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Oh, yeah?

406

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Are you sure?

407

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That's not usually the response

I get, but yeah, I'm sure.

408

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Last week I priced out minivans.

409

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I got it.

410

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But there's no reason

why we can't talk, is there?

411

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I mean, at least take the drink.

412

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Cheers.

413

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30:11,109 -- 00:30:16,046

So the girl who walked out

on the terrace, you didn't know her?

414

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Never seen her before in my life.

415

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-And she turned out to be a--

-Yeah.

416

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30:24,255 -- 00:30:25,483

Yeah.

417

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I never knew that she pursued you.

418

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You never knew a lot of things.

419

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Okay, so she gave you a drink...

420

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...you took a couple of sips,

and then what?

421

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And then I have no idea.

422

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iThe next morning I woke up.../i

423

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i...we were naked.../i

424

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i...and she was dead./i

425

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I found Jay.

426

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iSince we were kids,/i

iJay was able to think fast./i

427

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She's a junkie,

nobody's gonna miss her.

428

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31:10,568 -- 00:31:13,537

-You know this girl?

-Yeah, I've seen her around.

429

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Hey, be cool, don't worry about it.

We're gonna take care of it.

430

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iAnd he promised me that everything/i

iwas gonna be just fine./i

431

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31:23,481 -- 00:31:26,882

I just woke up next to a dead body

and Jay Burgess promised me...

432

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...that everything

was gonna be just fine.

433

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Yeah, but I don't get it.

434

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Why didn't you include this

in your statement...

435

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...that you thought

somebody had drugged you?

436

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I wanted to.

Candy convinced me not to.

437

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Candy?

438

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Okay, just to be clear, we're

talking about Cassandra Mellers...

439

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...who's about to be confirmed...

440

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...as the youngest female

federal judge in the country?

441

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Yeah, we called her Candy.

She's an old friend.

442

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Yeah, at the time she was

the Charleston DA. Talking to you--

443

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Would've seriously jeopardized

her career. I know.

444

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We'd always relied on each other.

445

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I'm telling you, I don't remember.

446

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She must've put something

in my drink.

447

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That may be true but the problem is

it will be hard to verify.

448

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Then I'll take a drug test.

449

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Look, Raley, say you were drugged.

450

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Chances

of the date-rape substance...

451

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...remaining in your system

this long are slim.

452

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By asking, you're casting suspicion

on yourself.

453

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You're admitting

you don't remember...

454

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-...what happened.

-I don't.

455

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Which will make people wonder

if you have something to hide.

456

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Now, look at it the other way.

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