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In Payback, episode 2.5, in the trailer before the episode begins, there is, as is well-known and mourned, a clip that doesn't show up in the episode itself.
Blair, right up in Jim's face, all fond exasperation and waving hands, demands,
"Why do you always go after these unobtainable women, who're just lying in wait to break your heart?"
The answer, of course, is that Jim thinks he can't have Blair and so he's... uh, ahem. Never mind.
Anyway, what I got to thinking as I watched it last night was this. That scene, from the setting, takes place when Blair is all jazzed from the car chase, down by the docks. Blair's got his back to a wall, corrugated iron or something at the top, wooden planks at the bottom. So where in that scene was it originally placed and what the hell else was cut as that's the kind of discussion that doesn't just pop up out of nowhere?
Does anyone have a script who can fill in the missing lines or place it exactly?
This is where it seems to be from, using Becky's invaluable transcript:
~Cut to dockside where Blair, Simon, and others are waiting, as they get the bike out of the water. Jim shows up finally, catching a ride with someone. Blair runs over to him.~
Blair: Whoo! Hi, Jim. I'm finally getting some insight on why you guys do this stuff. I mean, the adrenaline rush. My endorphins are spiking.
{This is about the right background, but there's no cut in the action]
They walk back over to join Simon.
Jim: All right, Chief, slow down, would you please? Tell me what happened.
Blair: Check it out. The tires? Pirelli Supersports. Forensics said they match the tracks outside the Kobe Club.
They stop next to Simon.
Jim: What happened to Peters?
Simon: Went into the water with the bike. So far, there's no body, so we have to presume that he escaped.
Blair: What happened to Akiko?
Jim: I lost her.
Simon: So let me understand this. First, your research assistant is involved in a high speed chase, then you...
Blair: Actually, uh, it's teaching fellow, Captain.
Simon: Then you lose a murder suspect in traffic. That's real good, Jim.
Simon's cellphone rings and he answers it.
Blair: You lost Akiko. How? Come on, Jim.[Here the focus is on Simon and the two of them are talking in the background, which would work for a cut to them and it's a good place for the conversation to work but it's too out in the open]
Simon: Yeah.
Phone: We just got an anonymous call about another dead body.
Simon: Yeah. Where?
Phone: 230 Bellview.
Simon: We'll be there in five. (hangs up)
Jim: What is it?
Simon: Just got an anonymous call. 230 Bellview. There's another body.
Jim: All right, let's roll.
Jim and Blair head toward truck. {They walk past the wall but it's all banter and grins. GM looks like RB is cracking him up, actually :-)]
Blair: Hey, how about letting me drive, man.
Jim: Uh, no thanks.
Blair: Why not?
Jim: Because I got a $1000 deductible on my insurance, you left the bathroom a complete mess, and the Mariners lost to Texas. How many other reasons do you need?
Blair, right up in Jim's face, all fond exasperation and waving hands, demands,
"Why do you always go after these unobtainable women, who're just lying in wait to break your heart?"
The answer, of course, is that Jim thinks he can't have Blair and so he's... uh, ahem. Never mind.
Anyway, what I got to thinking as I watched it last night was this. That scene, from the setting, takes place when Blair is all jazzed from the car chase, down by the docks. Blair's got his back to a wall, corrugated iron or something at the top, wooden planks at the bottom. So where in that scene was it originally placed and what the hell else was cut as that's the kind of discussion that doesn't just pop up out of nowhere?
Does anyone have a script who can fill in the missing lines or place it exactly?
This is where it seems to be from, using Becky's invaluable transcript:
~Cut to dockside where Blair, Simon, and others are waiting, as they get the bike out of the water. Jim shows up finally, catching a ride with someone. Blair runs over to him.~
Blair: Whoo! Hi, Jim. I'm finally getting some insight on why you guys do this stuff. I mean, the adrenaline rush. My endorphins are spiking.
{This is about the right background, but there's no cut in the action]
They walk back over to join Simon.
Jim: All right, Chief, slow down, would you please? Tell me what happened.
Blair: Check it out. The tires? Pirelli Supersports. Forensics said they match the tracks outside the Kobe Club.
They stop next to Simon.
Jim: What happened to Peters?
Simon: Went into the water with the bike. So far, there's no body, so we have to presume that he escaped.
Blair: What happened to Akiko?
Jim: I lost her.
Simon: So let me understand this. First, your research assistant is involved in a high speed chase, then you...
Blair: Actually, uh, it's teaching fellow, Captain.
Simon: Then you lose a murder suspect in traffic. That's real good, Jim.
Simon's cellphone rings and he answers it.
Blair: You lost Akiko. How? Come on, Jim.[Here the focus is on Simon and the two of them are talking in the background, which would work for a cut to them and it's a good place for the conversation to work but it's too out in the open]
Simon: Yeah.
Phone: We just got an anonymous call about another dead body.
Simon: Yeah. Where?
Phone: 230 Bellview.
Simon: We'll be there in five. (hangs up)
Jim: What is it?
Simon: Just got an anonymous call. 230 Bellview. There's another body.
Jim: All right, let's roll.
Jim and Blair head toward truck. {They walk past the wall but it's all banter and grins. GM looks like RB is cracking him up, actually :-)]
Blair: Hey, how about letting me drive, man.
Jim: Uh, no thanks.
Blair: Why not?
Jim: Because I got a $1000 deductible on my insurance, you left the bathroom a complete mess, and the Mariners lost to Texas. How many other reasons do you need?
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