Flight Path
Setting: Col. Freeman and the commander in Straker's HQ office during an interrogation of Paul Roper.
Freeman: You're pushing him too hard.
Straker: [Slams hand on desk] Got to make him talk. Let's try another angle. Money?
Freeman: No.
Straker: Blackmail?
Freeman: I don't see it.
Straker: Threats? Violence?
Freeman: HIs wife, maybe.
Straker: Alright. Tell me about her.
Freeman: Carol? Young, attractive. Roper's crazy about her. I could understand it if she . . .
Straker: Understand it? Can't you accept the fact . . .
Freeman: That he's a traitor. I know that. But it's a matter of degree.
Straker: Degree -- nothing! It's what he's told them that matters, not why. [Pauses] Well, you say he's crazy about his wife. We'll see just how crazy.
[Calls up video link where the doctor is interrogating Roper.]
Straker: Just a moment, Doctor. Alright, Roper. It's your wife.
[Roper nods]
Straker: And naturally, you don't want to see her get hurt. You think that by keeping quiet, you'll be able to protect her.
[Roper nods. Straker shakes his head.]
Straker: You tell us what we want to know. That's the best way to give her protection.
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Setting: Col. Freeman and the commander in Straker's HQ office after Roper is nearly killed after being released.
Straker: This is a war, Alec. People have to be at risk.
Freeman: I don't buy that, and I never will! It's too complicated for people like me . . . and too simple for people like you!
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Freeman: You're pushing him too hard.
Straker: [Slams hand on desk] Got to make him talk. Let's try another angle. Money?
Freeman: No.
Straker: Blackmail?
Freeman: I don't see it.
Straker: Threats? Violence?
Freeman: HIs wife, maybe.
Straker: Alright. Tell me about her.
Freeman: Carol? Young, attractive. Roper's crazy about her. I could understand it if she . . .
Straker: Understand it? Can't you accept the fact . . .
Freeman: That he's a traitor. I know that. But it's a matter of degree.
Straker: Degree -- nothing! It's what he's told them that matters, not why. [Pauses] Well, you say he's crazy about his wife. We'll see just how crazy.
[Calls up video link where the doctor is interrogating Roper.]
Straker: Just a moment, Doctor. Alright, Roper. It's your wife.
[Roper nods]
Straker: And naturally, you don't want to see her get hurt. You think that by keeping quiet, you'll be able to protect her.
[Roper nods. Straker shakes his head.]
Straker: You tell us what we want to know. That's the best way to give her protection.
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Setting: Col. Freeman and the commander in Straker's HQ office after Roper is nearly killed after being released.
Straker: This is a war, Alec. People have to be at risk.
Freeman: I don't buy that, and I never will! It's too complicated for people like me . . . and too simple for people like you!
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