28 EXT. HRG’S TRACT HOME - CONTINUOUS 28
HRG exits the house,(1) walks nonchalantly down the sidewalk. The SHADOWY FIGURE emerges from behind a tree to watch him.
Meet QUENTIN FRADY (30’s), unkkempt, twitchy, a MESSENGER BAG over his shoulder (2). He starts to follow HRG, only to stumble over a garbage BAG. when a looks up, HRG is nowhere to be seen. Shit. As he stands there—
HRG (O.S)
First rule of talling someone…
(SLAMS Quentin against a tree)
…. know how to tail someone! Who are you, What do you want?
QUENTIN
Answers. To what really happened on June 13th.(3)
HRG
What’s that got to do with me?
QUENTIN
You’re Noah Bennet, right? You knew all of those people.
HRG
(squeezes hard)
Who do you work for?
QUENTIN
I worked at Renautas, but not for them.(4)
HRG
(knows the name)
Renautas?
QUENTIN
And I know you worked for Primatech.
HRG
I sold paper.
QUENTIN
Sure, along with bagging and tagging and keeping “powers” under wraps.
HRG
And you know about this, how?!
QUENTIN
Beacuse Renautas secretly owned Primatech.
If HRG is aware of this, he hides it with a stern stare.
HRG
Primatech’s dead. It’s nothing but a hole in the ground.
QUENTIN
Unless it’s not.
HRG’s eyes narrow at this.
QUENTIN (CONT’D)
That’s what I’m trying to tell you. I’ve found things I wasn’t supposed to find.
(conspiratorially)
There’s something coming. Something huge heading our way. And Renautas is at the wheel. June 13th was the beginning. I just don’t know of what.
Quentin looks at HRG’s face. This is all Greek to him.
QUENTIN(CONT’D)
You must know something no one else does. There must be something–
HRG
Lemme guess, you’re a Truther.
QUENTIN
That has nothing to do with it–come on man, you really think Mohinder Suresh was behaind that attack? (5)
(beat)
Hello? He’s a patsy.(6)
HRG
I saw what everyone else saw. I know what everyone else knows.(7)
Quentin fumbles to open his messenger bag. pulls out a MANUSCRIPT. We see the title,”Escalating Evolution.”
QUENTIN
This is his manuscript, never published. It’s all in here.
HRG
How did you find–?
QUENTIN
These Evos, (8) these powers …he says their numbers are increasing. Escalating! But he doesn’t say why! Are they here to take over, like the media, like the goverment, keeps telling us? No.
(lower his voice)
I think they’re here to save us!
HRG
Then where are they? Look around.
(looks around)
You see people with powers around here? They’re gone. Hiding. Dead. If they were here to save us, trust me, I’d know.
With that, HRG takes Quentin by the scruff of the neck and DRAGS him away. Quentin stuggles, but is no match. Suddenly, SIRENS, and FLASHING RED LIGHTS. A POLICE CAR SQUEALS to a stop. Two COPS jump out.
HRG exits the house,(1) walks nonchalantly down the sidewalk. The SHADOWY FIGURE emerges from behind a tree to watch him.
Meet QUENTIN FRADY (30’s), unkkempt, twitchy, a MESSENGER BAG over his shoulder (2). He starts to follow HRG, only to stumble over a garbage BAG. when a looks up, HRG is nowhere to be seen. Shit. As he stands there—
HRG (O.S)
First rule of talling someone…
(SLAMS Quentin against a tree)
…. know how to tail someone! Who are you, What do you want?
QUENTIN
Answers. To what really happened on June 13th.(3)
HRG
What’s that got to do with me?
QUENTIN
You’re Noah Bennet, right? You knew all of those people.
HRG
(squeezes hard)
Who do you work for?
QUENTIN
I worked at Renautas, but not for them.(4)
HRG
(knows the name)
Renautas?
QUENTIN
And I know you worked for Primatech.
HRG
I sold paper.
QUENTIN
Sure, along with bagging and tagging and keeping “powers” under wraps.
HRG
And you know about this, how?!
QUENTIN
Beacuse Renautas secretly owned Primatech.
If HRG is aware of this, he hides it with a stern stare.
HRG
Primatech’s dead. It’s nothing but a hole in the ground.
QUENTIN
Unless it’s not.
HRG’s eyes narrow at this.
QUENTIN (CONT’D)
That’s what I’m trying to tell you. I’ve found things I wasn’t supposed to find.
(conspiratorially)
There’s something coming. Something huge heading our way. And Renautas is at the wheel. June 13th was the beginning. I just don’t know of what.
Quentin looks at HRG’s face. This is all Greek to him.
QUENTIN(CONT’D)
You must know something no one else does. There must be something–
HRG
Lemme guess, you’re a Truther.
QUENTIN
That has nothing to do with it–come on man, you really think Mohinder Suresh was behaind that attack? (5)
(beat)
Hello? He’s a patsy.(6)
HRG
I saw what everyone else saw. I know what everyone else knows.(7)
Quentin fumbles to open his messenger bag. pulls out a MANUSCRIPT. We see the title,”Escalating Evolution.”
QUENTIN
This is his manuscript, never published. It’s all in here.
HRG
How did you find–?
QUENTIN
These Evos, (8) these powers …he says their numbers are increasing. Escalating! But he doesn’t say why! Are they here to take over, like the media, like the goverment, keeps telling us? No.
(lower his voice)
I think they’re here to save us!
HRG
Then where are they? Look around.
(looks around)
You see people with powers around here? They’re gone. Hiding. Dead. If they were here to save us, trust me, I’d know.
With that, HRG takes Quentin by the scruff of the neck and DRAGS him away. Quentin stuggles, but is no match. Suddenly, SIRENS, and FLASHING RED LIGHTS. A POLICE CAR SQUEALS to a stop. Two COPS jump out.
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