CHENEY script - Save the Cat beat sheet analysis

Introduces Cheney’s cold efficiency—reviewing intelligence over a danish.

I “claim” to be eating healthy.

The cleric’s abduction foreshadows misuse of power and moral cost.

Establishes Cheney’s day-to-day vice presidential duties and ambition.

Okay then. What’s the next name?

Meets Rumsfeld post-Nixon, signaling arrival of opportunity and shift in status.

Ford’s inauguration introduces uncertainty about Cheney’s future role.

Celebration of Cheney’s role in installing Rumsfeld marks entry into new power struggle.

Holy shit. You salty son of a bitch. You did it.

Family life with Lynne provides emotional counterpoint to Cheney’s ambitions.

The youngest Chief of Staff in history! It's like a dream.

Pitching Team B illustrates Cheney’s ideological crusade and policy experimentation.

What if we created an intelligence division to cross check the intelligence? A "Team B" if you will?

Media hype on Iraq and ‘mushroom cloud’ ups the stakes to near-apocalyptic levels.

Leaking Valerie Plame’s identity shows Cheney encroaching on ethical lines.

What's his wife's name?

Forcing dubious bio-weapons intel marks the nadir of analytic integrity.

I don't understand why you undercut your report on Iraq having mobile bio-weapons labs?

Powell’s hesitation and lack of public support leave Cheney isolated and doubted.

You're the President! Are you going to take this guy out or not!?

Securing Zarqawi ties cements Cheney’s final push to justify the war.

Excuse me George. May I see that intelligence?

Cheney’s maneuvering culminates in controlling the public narrative on terror.

Echoes the opening—Cheney calmly wielding power as intelligence scrolls by.