EXT. CONDOMINIUM COMPLEX - DAYNate and Jade Chandler’s new multi-unit condo. WhitsettAvenue near Ventura Boulevard.Nate’s Audi emerges from the shadows and into the light ofday. The Audi pauses, turns right heading north.Over the SOUNDS of AMBIENT TRAFFIC, we hear a mobile PHONERING.INT. NATE’S CAR - DAYNate’s phone RINGS loud, clear and in FULL STEREO, courtesyof his mobile phone’s car stereo connection. Nate answersafter one ring.NATEBway-noh!JADE (V.O.)(filtered, over phone)Oh, hablar Espanol?NATEAhhh, not so much.EXT. LAPD NORTH HOLLYWOOD DIVISION - DAYMorning traffic blows past a very modern looking policestation.JADE (V.O.)(over phone, filtered)Then don’t bueno me, fool.INT. POLICE DISPATCH - SAME TIMEJADE CHANDLER, gorgeous, mixed-descent, late twenties,glares into her dispatcher’s console, a mischievous glint inher eyes. She listens intently to her husband, her badgecatching the blue light of her monitor.JADEWhere are you?NATE (V.O.)(over phone, filtered)Driving to the airport.

(CONTINUED)CONTINUED: 6.Jade’s jet black hair is pulled back into a tight bun thatgleams in the low room light.JADEOh how nice? And where we going?NATENATEAhhgh. Come on, we did this lastnight.JADE (V.O.)(filtered, over phone)Yeah we’re doin’ it again, c’mon.NATEFaahck, I told ya! It’s literallyin the middle of nowhere.JADEJADEI know that’s where I fell asleep.Finish.NATENATE(sighs)Plat maps all have it southwest ofDeath Valley.THE AUDImakes a sweeping left turn across a busway andonto Chandler Boulevard.JADE (V.O.)(over phone, filtered)Death Valley?! Sounds like thewrong place for a downtownattorney. Especially an Asian oneand ess-pecially on a Friday night!NATE(over her)Won’t even be that long, babe.We’re in and out by five at the

latest. Harper’s flying us,remember?JADE(CONTINUED)CONTINUED: 7.JADEOh God, I forgot.NATENATE(over her)Hey I’ll probably beat you home.Unless the deal falls apart or wefall out of the sky in which case Imight be a little late.JADEstruggles to keep it curse-free in the dispatch room.JADEOkay, you know what, don’t do thatNate. Alright? I dunno why you guyscan’t just drive or take a realfriggin’ plane like normal people?NATENATEBecause a twelve-hour road tripain’t the way you spend a guy likeGad Harper’s time. Ahight? We’relucky he’s even interested.JADElistens, with distress on her brow.NATENATEBesides, real airplanes need realairports, which you don’t generallyfind in places you can’t find on amap.