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
Cue card one - "Ignore everything I'm saying." Cue card two - "Read these ... stay focused." Cue card three - "Ben is a liar." Cue card four - "And he is very dangerous." Cue card five - "Some of us want a change." Cue card six - "But it has to look like an accident." Cue card seven - "It has to look like we tried to save him." Cue card eight - "And that's up to you. Jack." Cue card nine - "It's a complicated surgery. No one would ever know." Cue card ten - "And I would protect you." Cue card eleven - "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)
- In total, 11 cue cards are used.
The cue cards
The first card - "Ignore everything i'm saying."
The second card - "Read these.. Stay focused"
The third card. - "Ben is a liar."
The fourth card. - "And he is very dangerous."
The fifth card. - "Some of us want a change."
The sixth card. - "But it has to look like an accident."
The seventh card - "It has to look like we tried to save him."
The eighth card - "And that's up to you. Jack."
The eleventh card. - "Now tell me to turn off the movie"
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