The State Dinner

Act 1

Leo: Listen. McClane, Idaho – I need someone to monitor and keep the President and me updated throughout the day.

Josh: I'll assign someone from my office.

Mandy: I can do it.

Josh: No, you can't.

Mandy: Why not?

Josh: Because you're a political consultant and this is an actual…you know…thing.

Thing = important matter

Sam: You got something going on tonight with Josh?

Toby: We've got to see a guy about a thing.

Guy = Indonesian senior deputy Thing = freeing a French national currently imprisoned in Indonesia
Act 2

Sam: So, you got a thing tonight? A date?

Laurie: A client? Yeah.

Thing = escort service assignment
Act 3

Donna: If you can't explain what you're doing there, the assumption is that you're a sorcerer. If you try to run, the assumption is that you're a sorcerer. Okay? So if anything happens, the prudent thing is to stand still and calmly explain your business.

Josh: Well, prudent or not, once the scythe comes out I'm probably going to haul ass.

Thing = course of action

Leo: Can they get out?

CJ: Leo, the thing is 600 miles across. They're locked in. How bad can this get?

Leo: Catastrophic.

CJ: What do you want to do?

Leo: Let's do this thing and then get ready. --

Thing 1 = hurricane Thing 2 = state dinner
Posted by Ryo at November 10, 1999 02:49 PM