Agent Arizona: Season 15

Belly of the Beast

Dylan and Jax are watching the whales swim by underneath the ocean from a nearby viewport. 

"You know the story of Jonah?" Dylan asks. 

"Mm, that does ring a bell." Jax replies thoughtfully. "Was that on the Blacklist?" 

"The Bible, actually. Jonah was swallowed whole by a whale." Dylan points out. 

"Belly of the beast, huh? Sounds like this "Bible" ripped off Aliens." Jax says disappointedly. 

"I feel a bit like Jonah right now. But this whale has secrets. I dunno about you but I am sick of being sidelined." Dylan replies determined. 

"Ooh! Are we gonna do some snooping around?" Jax says excitedly. 

"Nooo, I'm gonna do some snooping around." 

"Oh, come on, you know I could help! I don't know if you've noticed, but I'm pretty good at randomly bumping into things that move the plot forwards?" 

"You've got something more important to do. I need you to distract someone while I look around." She leans close to Jax and whispers, "I think the Blues and Reds have Sarge spying on us." 

"NUH-UH!" Dylan and Jax look and see Sarge standing right behind them. 

"I, uh, I was just walkin' by! I didn't hear you say exactly what you said just now!" Sarge starts to walk away, slowly. "See ya later ! Bye! Gotta go! Woo!" 

"I think you might be onto something." Jax agrees. 

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Jax walks up to Sarge who was facing the other direction. "Hi, there...Mr. Sarge." 

Sarge grunts in response. 

"Sarge, have you ever considered a life in show business?" Jax asks. 

"Ha!" Sarge laughs sourly. "That's ridiculous. Show biz is a young man's game. And I was an old man when your old man was a young man. Young man." 

"Not necessarily. Some people do get into it late- eh later." 

"Well, despite my chiseled frame and iconic eyebrows...I am a soldier! Not a movie star!" Sarge states. 

"Ya' know, you remind me of R. Lee Ermey." Max says rubbing his chin. "He was a marine. A real one like you. He was consulting on Fullmetal Jacket and he was so good that Kubrick cast him in the actual film right then and there!" 

"Really?" Sarge says surprised. "Well, ain't that a wing dinger!" 

"I'm actually writing a military drama myself at the moment. But if your not interested, I guess I could check with Surge. Apparently he studied at Julliard." Jax starts to leave but Sarge steps in front of him. 

"Halt! Now don't you go puttin' words in my mouth! I never said I wasn't interested. Now what exactly is this movie about?" Sarge inquires. 

"It's a military courtroom drama about a drill sergeant who has to defend himself in court after an accident during a drill gets his whole squad killed." Jax says simply. 

"Sounds fantastic!" Sarge cries. "I've long fantasized about Grif dying horribly during routine training exercises. When can I see the script?" 

"Script?" Jax glances behind him and sees Dylan run by. "Ugh- Yes, of course. I-I mean once you have the part of course, of course. There's an audition first. It's like a...screen test. Screen test. Audition test. Screen test. Skits-you-see -in-front-of-the-camera test." 

"Alright, alright ! I'll give it a shot!" Sarge replies. "Personally, I've always seen myself playing the thirty-something CEO of some exciting internet startup."