Suits Page #4

Season #1

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TREVOR:

He’s in. I’m gonna grab a beer.

Trevor exits. The main dealer turns to an underling.

DEALER #1

Good. In twenty four hours we’ll know if

this new buyer’s a cop.

INT. HALLWAY OUTSIDE DRUG DEALER’S LIVING ROOM - CONTINUOUS

Trevor turns back around -- he forgot something. He hears...

DEALER #2 (O.S.)

Why didn’t you tell Trevor he might be

sending the guy into set up?

DEALER #1 (O.S.)

Same reason I don’t tell Gina I’m bangin’

her sister. It’ll only cause trouble...

The dealer and his cronies laugh. Trevor’s face falls as

Dealer #1 comes around the corner. Trevor smiles weakly...

TREVOR:

I was just thinking I should get going.

DEALER #1

No. You shouldn’t.

END OF ACT ONE:

ACT TWO:

INT. TREVOR STEVENS’ CONDOMINIUM - NEXT MORNING

Mike, clean cut and wearing a suit, grabs the briefcase and

heads for the door. Jenny enters. Mike is startled.

MIKE:

You scared the hell out of me.

JENNY:

Sorry. Look at you. You look great.

Tell me you decided to work with Trevor.

MIKE:

Trial basis. What are you doing here?

JENNY:

Wanna hear something ridiculous? My mom

is coming by my place later and I don’t

want to mess it up, so I’m hanging here.

MIKE:

That’s not so bad.

JENNY:

That’s not the ridiculous part. After I

finish scouring the place for her visit,

I sprinkle a tee-ny bit of crumbs around.

MIKE:

Why?

JENNY:

Because I don’t want her to think I scour

the place just for her visit.

MIKE:

That is ridiculous.

JENNY:

I know. That’s what I just said.

Mike and Jenny share a smile. He starts out, she stops him.

JENNY:

You want to look perfect your first day.

Jenny fixes Mike’s tie, it’s very intimate. She finishes,

noticing he’s staring at her. A moment, then:

JENNY:

Do you ever wonder what would have

happened if you and I had met first?

MIKE:

(beat)

I’ve got to go.

INT. RITZ-CARLTON - SUITE 205 OUTER ROOM - SAME

DONNA sits at a desk, waiting for the wave of interviewees.

Harvey pokes his head out of the inner room.

HARVEY:

Donna, do me a favor, give each guy a hard

time before you send him back. Then give

me a wink if they say something clever.

DONNA:

What are you looking for?

HARVEY:

I’ve gotta work with this guy a long

time. I’ve got to understand him, relate

to him, and trust him. Which means I’m

looking for another me.

DONNA:

Got it. Witty, charming, ballsy, thinks

he’s the smartest one in the room...

HARVEY:

That’s why I love you. You get me.

INT. RITZ-CARLTON HOTEL - LOBBY - A LITTLE LATER

Mike enters to see a group of students under a sign: “Harvard

Law Interviews:
Suite 205.” They’re dressed like Mike: blue

suits, white shirts, blue ties. Mike heads inside, nervous.

INT. RITZ-CARLTON - SUITE 205 OUTER ROOM - MINUTES LATER

A young, straight-laced applicant stands in front of Donna.

DONNA:

What gives you the nerve to think we’re

going to let the whitest person I’ve ever

seen interview for our law firm?

INTERVIEWEE #1

I... Because... I have an appointment.

Harvey checks to see if she’ll wink: She shakes her head no.

INT. RITZ-CARLTON BATHROOM/HALLWAY/ELEVATOR - A LITTLE LATER

Mike stands in front of the mirror, puts water on his face,

wipes it off, and looks at himself. He takes a deep breath.

MIKE:

You can do this.

He picks up his briefcase, and heads out of the bathroom. We

follow Mike back to the lobby. An elevator arrives. DING.

Mike steels himself, gets on, and presses the fourth floor.

INT. RITZ-CARLTON - SUITE 205 OUTER ROOM - MINUTES LATER

Another applicant stands in front of Donna. He’s very short.

DONNA:

Wow. Are you sure you’re tall enough to

go on this ride?

He answers in an extremely high-pitched, meek voice.

INTERVIEWEE #2

I don’t appreciate derogatory statements

about my physical characteristics.

Harvey looks out: Donna, amused, shakes her head no.

INT. RITZ-CARLTON ELEVATOR/HALLWAY - MINUTES LATER

Mike exits the elevator. He checks his watch: thirty seconds

to ten. He walks down the hallway slowly. There’s a BELLMAN

in a RED uniform walking a MAN IN A SUIT to suite 412.

FLASHBACK MIKE’S MEMORY - RITZ-CARLTON ENTRANCE EARLIER

We see the scene as Mike entered; the uniforms are BLUE.

INT. RITZ-CARLTON HALLWAY - CONTINUOUS

Something isn’t right. The two men are staying in the room’s

entrance. Mike continues walking slowly.

FLASHBACK MIKE’S MEMORY - RITZ-CARLTON ENTRANCE EARLIER

Again, the scene as Mike entered the hotel. This time there

is a sign, “Pool is Closed Due to Construction.”

INT. RITZ-CARLTON HALLWAY - CONTINUOUS

Mike keeps walking toward them. He approaches the bellman.

MIKE:

Excuse me, I was thinking of going for a

swim. Are the pool facilities here nice?

BELLMAN:

Of course, sir, this is the Ritz-Carlton.

MIKE:

Thank you.

(to man in suit)

Oh and do you have the time?

The man in the suit holds out his arm to check his watch,

Mike sees that he’s got a gun inside his jacket pocket.

SUIT:

It’s ten o’clock.

MIKE:

Thank you.

Mike walks down the hall and turns the corner.

BELLMAN:

He saw your gun.

SUIT:

You think that’s him?

BELLMAN:

Matches the description. But he didn’t

go in the room.

SUIT:

It’s ten exactly, he’s just walking by?

BELLMAN:

It is a hotel.

SUIT:

And by coincidence our guy’s nowhere in

sight.

BELLMAN:

What do you want me to do? If our guy

shows up, you don’t look right standing

here without a bellman.

SUIT:

Go after him. Stay on the radio.

The bellman runs around the corner. The hallway is empty.

At the end of it is a stairway. He runs toward it.

INT. RITZ-CARLTON STAIRWAY - THIRD FLOOR - CONTINUOUS

Mike books down the stairs, as he passes the third floor

landing, the briefcase SLAMS into the stairway railing.

FLASHBACK MIKE’S MEMORY - RITZ-CARLTON ENTRANCE EARLIER

The group of Harvard Law students pass in front of Mike.

Again the sign reads, “Harvard Law Interviews: Suite 205.”

INT. RITZ-CARLTON STAIRWAY - SECOND FLOOR - CONTINUOUS

Mike lands on the stairwell, again the briefcase gets SLAMMED

as he bursts into the hall. As the door slowly closes...

INT. RITZ-CARLTON STAIRWAY - FOURTH FLOOR - CONTINUOUS

The bellman opens the stairway door. He looks down...

nothing. He looks up... nothing. Click. He hears the

second floor door close. He races down the stairs.

INT. RITZ-CARLTON - SUITE 205 OUTER ROOM - A LITTLE LATER

A nervous, young-looking INTERVIEWEE #3, approaches Donna.

DONNA:

Kid, what’s wrong with you? You look

like you’re eleven years old.

INTERVIEWEE #3

(extremely nervous)

I... I was late to puberty.

The Kid runs out. Harvey sticks his head out. Donna throws

up her hands. Donna calls out to the other applicants.

DONNA:

Rick Sorkin?... Rick Sorkin?

INT. RITZ-CARLTON HALLWAY/SUITE 205 OUTER ROOM - CONTINUOUS

Mike tries to stop breathing heavily as he walks the hall

toward Suite 205. He opens the door to the suite. It is

filled with men who look and are dressed exactly like him.

DONNA (O.S.)

Mr. Sorkin, you’re five minutes late. Do

you have a reason I should let you in?

Mike looks over to see Donna. He stares at her. A beat.

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