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Sci-Fi Drama
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The Origin of the Precogs

from Minority Report

Written by Scott Frank

Minority Report

Iris Hineman reveals the dark and tragic origins of the Precrime system to Detective John Anderton. She explains that the precogs were not lab-grown inventions but the traumatized survivors of failed genetic experiments intended to treat a neurological syndrome.

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IRIS: If the unintended consequences of a series of genetic mistakes and science gone haywire can be called invention, then yes, I invented precrime.

ANDERTON: You don't seem all that proud.

IRIS: I'm not. I was trying to heal them, not turn them into... something else.

ANDERTON: Heal who?

IRIS: The

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CharactersIris, Anderton
Duration00:02:30
Age Range50s-60s
GenderFemale
GenreSci-Fi Drama
PeriodContemporary
Formatduologue
SourceMinority Report
ToneSomber, Regretful, Revealing
Suitable Foragent showcase, self tape, general practice
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