The Weather Girl - pages 8-12

INT. HOMELAND SECURITY - DAY

Leonard, holding the stack of papers, walks down a hallway.
Barker walks up to Leonard. A few other employees walk
about.

BARKER
Leonard, good to see you.

LEONARD
I finished your paperwork.

BARKER
Excellent.

Barker takes the papers from Leonard and hands them off to an
employee walking by. Leonard turns and looks confused.

BARKER (CONT'D)
Come with me and we'll get you
situated.

Barker pulls Leonard along.

Leonard looks about from side to side. The office seems like
any business office, with cubicles and ringing phones.



INT. HOMELAND SECURITY - RESEARCH ROOM - DAY

Barker pulls Leonard into a small, windowless office. There
is a desk, a computer, and a chair. Barker pulls out the
chair.

BARKER
Have a seat.

Leonard sits, with Barker to his side.

LEONARD
Is this my office.

BARKER
Heh, no, this is where you find out
about your job.

LEONARD
Yeah, about that...

Barker holds up his hands.

BARKER
You know how weather's determined
by El Nino, the jet stream, and
global warming?

LEONARD
Uh, kinda...

BARKER
All lies. The weather's actually
determined by this.

Barker types on the keyboard.

A picture of Carrie appears on the monitor.

BARKER (CONT'D)
Her name is Carrie Atherton. She
works a couple buildings over that
way.

Leonard blinks.

BARKER (CONT'D)
Kinda hard to believe, huh? But
it's true.



INT. CARRIE'S APARTMENT - DAY

Carrie walks through her apartment with a cup of coffee.
Outside, the skies are foggy and gray.

Carrie takes a drink of coffee.

BARKER (V.O.)
When she's happy, it's sunny. When
she's pissed, it rains. That's
kind of over simplifying it, but
you get the idea.

As Carrie walks, the skies clear and the day becomes sunny.



INT. RESEARCH ROOM - DAY

Leonard and Barker as before.

BARKER
Now, your job is to make sure she
doesn't get too crazy.

LEONARD
Excuse me.

BARKER
Look, son, global warming happened
because her last boyfriend was a
jerk. Hurricane Katrina brewed up
after her dog died. If she gets
too worked up, it can get really
bad for our country.

Leonard stands and starts pacing.

LEONARD
This is crazy.

BARKER
Yeah, won't argue with you there.

LEONARD
How... How'd this happen?

BARKER
Well, that's classified, but I will
tell you this. The next time a mad
scientist threatens to destroy the
world with some weather machine,
we're going to take him a little
more seriously.

Leonard leans on the desk opposite from Barker and looks
down.

LEONARD
I don't know if I can do this.

BARKER
That's where you're wrong. If
there's anyone who can do this,
it's you. You're the one who can
feel trends when everyone else has
got nothing. You'll be as good as
anyone in predicting a meltdown and
preventing it.

Leonard looks back at the door.

Leonard turns back to Barker.

LEONARD
Alright, I'll give it a shot. What
do I do?



INT. TAYLOR AND HUDSON - DAY

Carrie walks through the cubicles with her cell phone on her
ear.

BARKER (V.O.)
You'll probably need to learn about
her, so we set something up.

Carrie hangs up her cell phone and shakes her head.

Carrie stops and talks to Sarah.

CARRIE
How was your weekend?

Leonard's head pokes out from a cubicle.

Leonard looks around and sees Carrie.

DOUG (O.S.)
Hey, you're the new guy.

Leonard turns around and sees Doug. Doug extends his hand.

DOUG (CONT'D)
Hi, Doug Russell, nice to meet you.

LEONARD
Hey, I'm Leonard.

They shake hands.

DOUG
Ah, I see you've noticed our little
flower over there.

LEONARD
Well, uh.

DOUG
Her name's Carrie, and I've called
dibs.

Leonard seems taken aback.

Doug turns away.

DOUG (CONT'D)
I'd love to shoot the breeze, but
we've got work to do. See you
around, Lenny.

Doug winks and points his fingers like a pistols, making a
click sound.

LEONARD
See ya.

Leonard descends back into his cubicle.

Leonard opens a notebook. The page has 2 columns, marked
assets and trouble.

Under trouble, Leonard writes, "Doug."