Juliet's tape

Juliet's first cue card

In the episode "The Cost of Living", Juliet shows Jack a video tape, which she tells him is the movie, To Kill a Mockingbird. However, she turns the monitor of the TV away from the cameras, to avoid the content of the movie being detected by Ben through video surveillance.

Secretly, she communicates with Jack without Ben knowing, through the use of silent cue cards. In contrast to what she says verbally, on the cards, she tells Jack that Ben is a liar, and conveys a plan to kill him.

The video was shot in Juliet's house in Otherville, as is evident from the background.

Transcript

Ignore everything I'm saying.
Read these ... stay focused.
Ben is a liar.
And he is very dangerous.
Some of us want change.
But it has to look like an accident.
It has to look like we tried to save him.
And that's up to you. Jack.
It's a complicated surgery. No one would ever know.
And I would protect you.
Now tell me to turn off the movie.

Trivia

Location of the filming

• Juliet wears the same clothes that she is wearing in the opening scene of "A Tale of Two Cities" (in the Book Club).
• Juliet's video, in which she holds up cue cards, is reminiscent of Bob Dylan's video for "Subterranean Homesick Blues." (confirmed reference in 11/06/06 podcast)

The cue cards

The first card - "Ignore everything i'm saying."

The third card. - "Ben is a liar."

The fourth card.

The fifth card.

The sixth card.