Episode 21: Rendevous

Rendevous

[Parking lot]

JACK: You�re going to tell your contact that you want a meeting, a meeting to take place at your contact�s discretion.
WILL: Why would he lead me to you knowing that you�d want to flush him out?
JACK: He only told you my name so you�d realize that my threat to you was a bluff, that I�d never hurt Sydney even if you continued your investigation. I didn�t expect you to have the guts to contact me.
WILL: Well, I�ll assume that�s a compliment.
JACK: When you ask for a meeting, your contact will refuse.
WILL: What do I say?
JACK: You say�

[cut to Will on a pay phone]

WILL: I know something you�ll be interested in. I know about the Circumference.

[back to car]

WILL: Okay, what the hell is the Circumference?
JACK: That�s not your concern.
WILL: I gotta know what I�m talking about.
JACK: No, you don�t. You just tell him, if he wants to know more he�ll have to meet.

[cut to payphone]

WILL: Look, just meet with me or find somebody else. Because I�ll tell ya, I�m sick of this cloak and dagger crap.
DEEP THROAT: Very well, Mr. Tippin. You�ll be contacted with instruction.

[Sydney�s house � Francie opens the door and finds Jack standing there]

FRANCIE: Oh, Mr. Bristow.
JACK: Good morning, Francie. I�m just here to give Sydney a ride to work.
FRANCIE: Sure. Come on in. I�ve gotta go. Bye.
SYDNEY: Bye, Francie.
JACK: Kretchmer briefed me on Denpasar. It was a sloppy operation. Your pursuit of your mother is clouding your judgment. You can�t afford to continue. And at the moment, I can�t protect you. I haven�t regained Sloane�s trust. He still hasn�t reinstated me to active duty. I�m not even privy to his briefings.
SYDNEY: Then you haven�t heard that SD-6 got Sark.

[middle of nowhere]

WILL: I was contacted.
JACK: Were you followed?
WILL: No.
JACK: Tell me exactly what precautions you took.
WILL: I did what you told me I didn�t use my blinkers, I avoided the inner lanes, I circled the block every 3 miles.
JACK: What did your contact say?
WILL: He wants to meet.
JACK: Good. You will be picked up by men in a van, they�ll be armed.
WILL: Okay.
JACK: You�ll be blindfolded and taken to another location.
WILL: Okay, I know what that feels like.
JACK: But they will not hurt you, they need you.
WILL: And they�re gonna take me to Deep Throat?
JACK: Or someone that works for him. There�s a miniature lining sewn into the lining.
WILL: What if the frisk me?
JACK: It�s too small to be detected. What were the terms?
WILL: Terms?
JACK: Time, place, oral or visual tell?
WILL: There�s a street corner, I�m supposed to be reading the business section of a local paper.
JACK: When?
WILL: Tomorrow night. 7:00
JACK: Where?
WILL: Paris.

[Paris � inside Jack�s car]

JACK: Take this.
WILL: What�s this?
JACK: A time-release Methanphetamine to counteract the effects of Sodium Penathol.
WILL: Sodium Penathol. Like a truth serum? They�re gonna give me that?
JACK: I would.
WILL: Great.
JACK: Don�t worry. I�ll be monitoring you the whole time. You have your cover story straight?
WILL: They�re gonna kill me aren�t they?
JACK: If they wanted that you would�ve been dead long ago. They need you because you can publish the story and because you know someone who knows about the Circumference. I wouldn�t let you do this if I thought that the odds were in favor of your murder.
WILL: Great.
JACK: After tonight, I�ll have a recording of your interrogator�s voice, possibly even of your contact�s, if he�s foolish enough to make an appearance. Either way, we have a lead to trace.

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