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    The document describes a meeting between Liza, a Justice Department official, and Jerry, a conspiracy theorist. Jerry believes the US government is using earthquakes created by space shuttles to kill the President of Turkey. Liza is skeptical but agrees to consider warning the President. At the end of the meeting, Jerry asks Liza out on a date but she declines.

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    The document describes a meeting between Liza, a Justice Department official, and Jerry, a conspiracy theorist. Jerry believes the US government is using earthquakes created by space shuttles to kill the President of Turkey. Liza is skeptical but agrees to consider warning the President. At the end of the meeting, Jerry asks Liza out on a date but she declines.

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    The document describes a meeting between Liza, a Justice Department official, and Jerry, a conspiracy theorist. Jerry believes the US government is using earthquakes created by space shuttles to kill the President of Turkey. Liza is skeptical but agrees to consider warning the President. At the end of the meeting, Jerry asks Liza out on a date but she declines.

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    INT.

    JUSTICE DEPARTMENT - LIZA'S OFFICE - DAY

    In its own way as cluttered and overflowing with files as


    Jerry's apartment is. At her desk, Liza watches Jerry
    pace. The door is intentionally open. Liza's secretary
    JILL keeps a protective eye from the outer office.

    LIZA
    I don't see the connection.

    JERRY
    Come on! Six major earthquakes in
    the last three years? The space
    shuttle in orbit for every one of
    them?

    LIZA
    (incredulous)
    Testing some top secret seismic
    weapon.

    JERRY
    Not testing. Using. Nukes are
    passe. This is the weapon of the
    future.

    As Liza exchanges a look with Jill, Jerry pauses to look


    at a framed photo on a credenza.

    Liza, 20, in full riding gear, gracefully jumping a horse


    over a set of rails.

    LIZA
    I still don't see what it has to
    do with the President.

    JERRY
    (re: photo)
    Do you still ride?

    LIZA
    Not for years.

    JERRY
    So why do you keep the picture up?
    You wish you hadn't quit?

    LIZA
    Well, I -- Jerry, the point. Get
    there. What does it have to do
    with the President?

    It takes him a moment to switch gears. Setting down the


    picture, he pulls out a map, unfolds it on Liza's desk.
    A seismic survey map. He points as he talks.

    JERRY
    The President's in Europe.
    Tomorrow he'll be in Turkey.
    Right along this fault line. They
    launched the space shuttle
    yesterday.

    LIZA
    Motive?

    JERRY
    He's cutting funding for NASA.
    The milk cow of the aerospace
    industry. We're talking billions.
    Motive enough?

    LIZA
    NASA is going to kill the
    President of the United States
    with an earthquake.

    JERRY
    (nods)
    Not exactly the kind of thing a
    Secret Service Agent can throw
    himself on top of.

    Liza sighs. On another day, Jerry might have been


    welcome comic relief. Not today. As she folds his
    map...

    JERRY
    You going to warn him?

    LIZA
    I can't promise you anything.

    JERRY
    You think I'm crazy.

    LIZA
    I think you're different.

    JERRY
    You know, to be 'normal' and live
    in the 'real world,' to swallow
    Coca cola and eat Kentucky Fried
    Chicken, you have to be in a
    conspiracy against yourself. I
    can't lie to me, Liza. And the
    more I strip through the sham, the
    crazier I look to people like you.
    Can't you see that's what they're
    counting on?
    (a beat)
    You want to go out sometime?

    LIZA
    No.

    Jerry smiles, looks away, embarrassed in an appealingly


    boyish way. If he wasn't crazy, the answer might be yes.
    JERRY
    I better get going.

    LIZA
    You don't have to burst in here
    every time, Jerry. Just call and
    make an appointment.

    He nods, gathers his map. Halfway out, he looks back.

    JERRY
    What was your horse's name?

    LIZA
    Johnny Dancer.
    (a beat)
    You've been in my office ten
    times. How come you never asked
    me about that picture before?

    JERRY
    Was waiting till I knew you
    better. Johnny Dancer, huh?
    Sounds like a racehorse.

    Jerry heads out. Liza watches after him a beat as he


    goes.

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