CHUCK/ “Pilot”. TEASER. rNT. DATA VAULT, DIRECTORATE OF NATIONA], INTELLIGENCE _ NIGHT. The INTERSECT SUPERCOMPUTER is ten tons of
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CHUCK/ “Pilot”TEASERrNT. DATA VAULT, DIRECTORATE OF NATIONA], INTELLIGENCE _ NIGHTThe INTERSECT SUPERCOMPUTER is ten tons of circuits andsilicon in an eight foot, stainless steel tower. Thickconduits feed into it, Iights reflect off its metal hull, andits artificial brain emj-ts a bass-testing hum. Our firstimpression is that it’s looking right back at us.Opposite the Intersect, the vault’s lone doorway leads to ananteroom. A GUARD stands outsi-de, his back to the vault.We CLOSE IN on a darkened corner inside the vault. A FLOORTILE shifts and slides over. In the shadows beneath thefloor/ TWO DARK EYES scan the vault.A hand rises up. rt holds a GUN. ft targets the BACK OF THEGUARD’S HEAD. A kill-shot. The eves scruint.The gun shifts to a KEYPAD by the door. VHPTI A plastrcSUCKER-DART hits 6 on the pad. BEEP. The guard turns.The GLIN steadies. VHPTT VHPT, VHPT, VHPTI The darts hit25 9,.. and 6. An ALAR!{ SOUNDS.GUARDWhat theAnd the VAULT DOOR drops right in his face, locking him out.The TILE flies up with a punch, an ARM extends, then a FACErises up. Meet BRYCE LARKfN G6). He’s a rogue CIA agent ina black jumpsuit with lots of cool pockets. He squirms upthrough the hole in the floor.On his feet, he takes out a handheld SMARTPHONE. ft’s a next-npn mnrlo’1 cl oaL and nnr.rorfrr’l Von i f arn rln irrqJ- :l-rnrr1-‘g4vvll-“Ytanything. He moves to the Intersect, andLOCKS it into a hidden port. Bryce types commands into asmall keyboard. The front of the tower OPENS to reveal aWIDESCREEN MONITOR. It activates andBryce qui-ckly AVERTS HfS EYES. Whatever is on that screen *he doesn’t want to see it. He then checks the smartphone.Its indicator reports a transfer in progress.BAItt! Something hits the vault door. More voices outs.ide.The keypad beeps loudly.
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12-L2-06Bryce ignores it. Both eyes on the smartphone — hurry uplThe monitor illuminates the room with wild, fluctuatingj-mages. Bryce doesn’t Iook up. He wouldn,t dare.A DRILL works on the door. The vault vibrates. Brycereaches into a pocket and takes out a BLACK cuBE. checks it.Suddenly, the light show j_s done. The monitor closes.Bryce unlocks the smartphone and replaces it with the cube.He races to the hole ln the floor and slides throuqh.KA-CHUNK! The bolts go on the vault door, thenthe cuBE DETONATES and a firebalr consumes the rntersect.INT. HALLWAY, DNr – NrcHTGeorge Michael’s “FREEDOM,’ begins. The best/worst actionsong ever. Bryce Larkin drops through a ceiling panel.GUARD #2 (O.S. )(fnn IAt the other end of the hall, a guard appears. Bryce sprintsfor the elevator. The guard draws his sidearm.Bryce whips out the DART GIIN, VH?T, a dart hits the caIIbutlon. The doors open, he flies in, kicks the roof button.EXT. ROOF, DNT _ NTGHTp’rrrno l”r’l nr.rc l-1″r161161 a rrJ- i 1 i f rr dg6;. The SmaftnhOne ri nos _s u urr! L). qvv! . f trg Dtltar Lt/lrvrrc I rtryD .BRYCE(answers/ voice calm)Where’s mv exit?VOICETransmit now!A HELICOPTER approaches, the Washj_ngton, DC skyline behindrt. Bryce runs towards it, readyj-ng his smartphone betweenstrides. coDED E-ADDRESSES serorl across its monitor: zuLUSEVEN TANGO FIVECRACK! Bryce stumbles, he,s been hj_t. But he doesn,t stop.More addresses scroll past VICTOR NINE AITPHA TWOGUARD #3 (O.S.)Stopt Stop nowt2.
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L2-72-05The smartphone’s monitor BLURS. Bryce’s thumb rests over theSEND button. He looks up at the helicopter, his legsslowing, his body failing, he’s not going to make it, andHE HITS SEND!CRACK! CRACK! FaIIing, the smartphone flies from his hand.Brvce sl-ams aqarnst the roof. FIVE GUARDS race to hrm. Theleider checks Bryce’s hand. rt’s empty. He scans the roof.There’s the smartphone twenty feet away.CLOSE ON: the SI4ARTPHONE. We see the recrpj-ent’s name:CHUCKAnd then the smartphone EXPLODES.CUT TO:ANOTHER EXPLOSION. SOLDIERS FLY THROUGH THE AIR ALONG WITHSELECT BODY PARTS. GUNFIRE PULVERIZES MORE FLESH.MORGAN (O.S. )Head-shot! Go for the head!That’s your problem, Chuck.We TURN to see CHUCK BARTOWSKI (26 ) and MORGAN PACE (25)sitting in front of a TV and X-Box in Chuck’s small bedroom.A PARTY and Georqe l4ichael’s “FREEDOM” can be heard outside.Chuck wears a Geek Force jacket. He’s handsome, clean-cutin: