The Extraction
Spy must convince asset to trust her with his life
Full Script
Operative Cole: We have exactly twelve minutes before this building is surrounded. Come with me.
Amara: Come with you where? I don't even know who you are.
Operative Cole: I'm the person your government hired to get you out. That's all you need to know.
Amara: My government also tried to kill me last Tuesday. Forgive my skepticism.
Operative Cole: Different department. Internal politics. I'm external.
Amara: And if you're lying? If this is just another trap?
Operative Cole: Then you're dead either way. At least with me, there's a chance.
Amara: That's not exactly a ringing endorsement.
Operative Cole: I don't do endorsements. I do extractions. In or out?
Amara: In. But if you betray me, I'll make sure it's mutual.
Operative Cole: Fair enough. Now move.
Director’s Notes
Scene Objective
Build trust under impossible circumstances
Key Moments
- -Amara's "mutual" threat
- -Cole's brutal honesty about odds
Common Mistakes
- -Rushing through it - the tension needs to breathe even with the clock ticking