Apple Remote Desktop - Dual Displays

How can I mirror my dual displays on my remote machine to my dual displays on my local machine? The current default goes to full screen only on "Monitor 1" and blacks out "Monitor 2". Any suggestions or other applications that can emulate this task would be greatly appreciated.

That would be a cool feature, but not one that's currently in Remote Desktop.

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