Truth Page #13

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ANDREW HEYWARD:

It doesn't matter what the point

was! We need to stop the bleeding-

MARY:

They do not get to do this!

JOSH:

Do what?

MARY:

They do not get to smack us just for

asking the question!

Silence. Josh looks away. Mary doesn't seem to realize

what she's said. Heyward turns away from her.

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ANDREW HEYWARD:

I want new analysts backing us by

Monday morning. Go.

It takes Mary a moment to find the door. Josh stays. Heyward

looks at him, questioning.

JOSH:

Andrew... The way this entire thing

has been handled... If you'd like

my resignation, I understand.

Heyward stares at him. Softly:

ANDREW HEYWARD:

Get out of my office.

INT. PIERRE HOTEL -- MARY'S HOTEL ROOM -- NIGHT

Mary lies on the bed, staring at her ceiling. Bad headache.

The lights buzz. Her laptop beeps. She crawls to it. New

EMAIL. From Dan Rather. She clicks on it.

Don't forget to eat.

Mary smiles. Then has an idea. Types in a web address.

Right-wing message board.

Knows she shouldn't, but doing it anyway. Scrolling through

comments. Most of them focusing on CBS. Keeps scrolling.

And then she stops.

Pasted into the comments is a PHOTO OF HERSELF. Next to it -

Here's the b*tch.

Mary stares at it. A beat. Scrolls down.

God, does she look like an evil lefty sneak.

Somebody wore out the whole bag of ugly sticks on her.

Ugly stick? She fell out of the ugly tree and hit every

branch on the way down.

Scrolls farther.

YUP. She sure looks like a socialist to me.

Mapes:
feminazi propagandist.

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Methinks she is also of the "diesel" persuasion. A good

many of them are forced to join those ranks because men avoid

them like the plague.

I'm picturing Sean Hannity right now sharpening his knife to

gut this witch.

Eyes focused on the last three words floating on the screen...

Gut this witch

CUT TO:

INT. MARY'S BEDROOM -- NIGHT

Wrolstad blinks awake. Looks at the clock. 3:31. Looks

beside him. No one there.

The sound of a printer working comes from down the hall...

INT. MARY'S HOME OFFICE -- NIGHT

Mary sips cold coffee as the printer clacks back and forth.

HUGE STACKS OF PRINTOUTS litter the office.

WROLSTAD (O.S.)

When did you get in?

She turns to see him in the doorway.

MARY:

I was worried there'd be cameras at

the airport. Didn't want Robert to

see that.

Wrolstad nods, pretending he's okay with that.

WROLSTAD:

So what are you doing in here?

MARY:

(not looking up)

Working.

Wrolstad looks at her.

WROLSTAD:

You want to go take a walk or

81.

MARY:

No, I don't want to take a f***ing

walk, Mark, I want to sit here and

do this, okay?

WROLSTAD:

Okay.

He backs out of the room, leaving her to it.

INT. MARY'S BEDROOM -- NIGHT

Wrolstad blinks awake again. Mary's standing over him.

MARY:

Sorry.

WROLSTAD:

It's okay.

She sits on the edge of the bed.

MARY:

No, it's not. It's like no matter

what I say or do, I'm gonna get hit.

WROLSTAD:

This isn't that.

MARY:

When my Dad used to start in on me,

I'd think, "I'm not gonna cry, I'm

not gonna ask him to stop." I'm not

going to give him the satisfaction

of seeing how much it hurts. So

he'd just go harder. And I'd think,

Someday, I am going to fight you.

(shakes her head)

But I never did.

Wrolstad stares at her.

WROLSTAD:

Now.

She looks up at him, confused.

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WROLSTAD (CONT'D)

You have to fight now.

CUT TO:

ON TV -- An exhausted Dan, interviewing Bill Glennon, an IBM

Typewriter Repairman. One of CBS's new "lousy experts".

BILL GLENNON:

Everything in those documents that

people are saying can't be done thirty-

two years ago are totally false.

Proportional spacing was available,

superscripts were available as a

custom feature, proportional spacing

between lines was available; you

could order that any way you like...

PULL BACK to reveal we are in

INT. 60 MINUTES -- EDITING -- EVENING

Mary, cutting the interview, with Smith, Colonel Charles,

and the Editor. Josh steps in. Shuts the door.

JOSH:

Word's come down from Andrew. They

want to talk to your source.

MARY:

What if my source doesn't want to

talk to them?

JOSH:

Then you'll convince him. You're

good at convincing people to do

things, aren't you?

Mary's eyes narrow.

MARY:

I just want you to know how important

your support has been through this

entire process.

JOSH:

Call your f***ing source, Mary.

He slams the door behind him. The Colonel turns to Smith.

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COLONEL CHARLES:

Now it's bad.

INT. MARY'S OFFICE -- NIGHT

Mary, on the phone with Nicki Burkett. INTERCUT:

NICKI:

You said he wouldn't have to.

MARY:

Nicki-

NICKI:

You said you'd verify the documents

and he wouldn't have to do anything

else-

MARY:

(sharply)

Well, it didn't work out that way,

did it?

No response. Mary sighs.

MARY (CONT'D)

I'm sorry, Nicki, I'm tired.

NICKI:

Bill did nothing wrong.

MARY:

No one's saying he did. I just need

him to get on the phone with my boss

and tell him what he told me.

Nicki doesn't respond. Mary plays her last card.

MARY (CONT'D)

It would mean a lot to Dan. Please?

Another beat and then...

INT. HEYWARD'S OFFICE -- NIGHT

Mary, Dan, and Betsy on couches. Josh and Mary Murphy sit

in chairs. Heyward sits at his desk, leaning on a speaker

phone.

84.

ANDREW HEYWARD:

Bill? This is Andrew Heyward, I'm

the President of CBS News.

BURKETT (O.S.)

Is Dan there?

DAN:

I'm here, Colonel.

BURKETT (O.S.)

Heard Hodges turned tail on you.

All these guys run from it. You

know I got health problems?

Heyward glances at the others - "who is this guy?"

ANDREW HEYWARD:

I had heard that, which is why I

don't want to take up too much of

your time. I was wondering if you'd

fill me in on a few things.

BURKETT (O.S.)

Shoot.

ANDREW HEYWARD:

Well, how you came to be in possession

of the documents. You told Mary it

was from a man named George Conn?

BURKETT (O.S.)

She was bugging me so much about it

I had to tell her something.

On Mary, her face sinking. Heyward shoots her a look.

ANDREW HEYWARD:

So that's not accurate?

BURKETT (O.S.)

No, sir, it is not.

Mary curses under her breath.

ANDREW HEYWARD:

Would you mind telling us what really

happened?

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BURKETT (O.S.)

I got a call in March from a guy who

said a woman named Lucy Ramirez wanted

to get in contact with me.

He told me to call the Houston Holiday

Inn between 7 and 10 and ask for a

specific room, so I did. This Ramirez

woman told me she was supposed to be

a go-between, a person to deliver a

package of documents to me.

Betsy scribbles furiously to get this all down...

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