Through aSERIES OF DISSOLVES--we’ll see the PLAYERS arriving, chatting a moment withMOLLY--some of them flirting a little and others being matter *of fact--and handing her envelopes. We’ll pay specialattention to one player in particular who we’ll get to knowin a moment--we call him PLAYER X.The final DISSOLVE is Reardon showing up--REARDONEverybody here?MOLLYYeah.REARDONUgly dress. Ugly shoes.(calling out)Let’s play!INT. VIPER ROOM BASEMENT - A MOMENT LATERDIEGO the dealer fans 9 cards out on the table and the*players each start picking a card--MOLLY (V.O.)Diego fanned 9 cards out on thetable and the players chose forseats.INT. VIPER ROOM BASEMENT - A MOMENT LATERA stack of chips gets slapped on the table as an opening betand in a --SERIES OF CUTS--we see cards being dealt, bets being raised, hands beingfolded, Molly making a vodka and Red Bull, the final cardbeing flipped, hands, chips, cards, vodka and Red Bull etc.--Blue Rev. (mm/dd/yy)24.
SorkinMOLLY’s in the corner. She’s standing at a small table with*her laptop open, watching, listening and Googling. We push in *on her slowly, cutting in the action of the game as we go,all the while hearing the thumping of the music fromupstairs.MOLLY (V.O.)I’d just finished counting outninety-thousand dollars in cash. Iwas in a room with movie stars,directors, rappers, boxers andbusiness titans. They were goingall-in all the time, burningthrough their buy-ins over andover.REARDON’s come over to Molly--*REARDONYou’re keeping track of the buy-ins?MOLLYYeah.REARDONWhere? Where’s the paper?MOLLY(pointing to the laptop)Spreadsheet.REARDON takes a moment and then nods his approval before we*go back to anotherSERIES OF CUTSMore chips fly in, drinks are put down, cards are flipped,players jump up in victory and pound the table in defeat,throw their cards at Diego, the seal on a new deck gets cut,more buy-ins, more drinks, more chips, more cards and thethump thump thumpof the music from upstairs...MOLLY’s typing *at her laptop.MOLLY (V.O.)I Googled every word I heard that Ididn’t know. Flop, river, fourthstreet, tilt, cooler, boat, nuts,playing the rush, cold deck--INT. VIPER ROOM BASEMENT - LATERThe game is over and the room is clearing out--Blue Rev. (mm/dd/yy)25.
SorkinMOLLY (V.O.)The game ended at 2:30. And when itdid, that’s when Reardon shoutedout--REARDON(calling out)Hey! Tip Molly if you want to getinvited back next week.As players leave they say goodbye to MOLLY, some of them*giving her a kiss on the cheek while they hand her some chipsor some cash.*MOLLY (V.O.)Tip Molly. Deep down I didn’t likethe sound of that. Deep down I knewthat when your boss says--QUICK CUT TO:INT. BLUEROCK OFFICES - DAY--where Reardon says--REARDONAnd Molly?MOLLYYeah.REARDONDon’t fuckin’ tell anybody.CUT BACK TO:INT. VIPER ROOM BASEMENT - NIGHTMOLLY’s alone counting out hundreds--*MOLLY (V.O.)--that’s usually not the beginningof a promising law career. But thatwas deep down. I’d just made three-thousand dollars.
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