Continuing with and concluding the current scene:
We start off with Sunday's quote -
Page 78/Scene 176 - Woodard (frowns): 'What kind of cell?'
- coming up, followed by Monday's quote -
Page 78/Scene 176 - Dr. Fisher: 'I can't answer that ... I've never seen anything like it before. I sent it to Boston, but they can't identify it either. (looks at them) I found the identical cell in the blood samples of the two new victims.'
- coming up, followed by the script explaining:
Woodard and Patterson exchange a glance.
(CONTINUED)
Revised 2/28/90
176 CONTINUED:
PATTERSON So what have I got here? Some kind of a lunatic with a weird blood disease?
DR. FISHER (shaking his head) I don't know what you've got, George. That's the problem.
Patterson turns to Woodard.
WOODARD We're stumbling about in the dark gentlemen, we need help.
PATTERSON What do you suggest, Mike?
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And that's when Tuesday's quote -
Page 79/Scene 176 - Woodard: 'I happen to know an expert in the field, who may be able to shed some light on this ... at New York University.'
- comes up, followed in the script by:
PATTERSON Well let's get him on the phone.
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And that's when today's quote -
Page 79/Scene 176 - Woodard (a little smile): 'Her name is Julia Hoffman.'
- comes up, followed in the script by:
And on Patterson's look of surprise, we . . .
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End of scene and end of scripted sequence.
And when it comes to differences in the dialogue, everything is basically the same with the exception that instead of asking "What do you suggest, Mike?", Patterson asks "Any suggestions, Professor", which continues with the previously established fact that in the actual pilot, unlike in the script, Patterson and Woodard aren't on a first name basis - and Woodard adds the word "down" when he actually says "down at New York University."
And when it comes to the differences between the script's direction and descriptions of scenes and what actually happens in the pilot, when Woodard asks what kind of cell Dr. Fisher has found, we have no idea if Woodard frowns or not because, not only isn't his face on screen when he asks the question -
Page 78/Scene 176 - Woodard (frowns): 'What kind of cell?' -
he's barely on screen when he asks the question - and Woodard and Patterson do not exchange a glance before Patterson asks what sort of situation he's dealing with - what Patterson actually does is cross his arms tightly across his chest - and Patterson doesn't turn to Woodard before Woodard says that they're stumbling in the dark - Patterson doesn't actually turn to him until after Woodard begins to explain that he knows an expert - and Woodard actually smiles after he reveals that his expert is a woman - and why even in 1990 a man should be surprised that a woman can be an expert in something is anyone's guess. Though perhaps they wanted to continue the original show's tradition of often being sexist...
And interestingly enough, this is one of the few scenes the slideshow will cover this month that is actually in the pilot. Beginning tomorrow the slideshow will start to cover quite a bit of material with Julia that wasn't even shot...