SHUTTER ISLAND

8cr(~enp3.ay b\i: 1.1~-.fOt.=q,.,1K21.logridiG

Adapted from the: novel 1)y Dennis Leh::tne

Octobi.:;1_· 3, 200?
Kri'.:.e]~ s Draft
1
Is it like this
In death's ct her k:ingclom
r,1a.ki.n9 _alone
.Zit the hour when k·e are
-Y'remb.I j_ng w_ith tenrlernes.-3
Lips that wo11ld kiss
Form pra.:;,-·ers to broken Btone ..

. . . Between the idea

And the reality
Bet~, 1een tJ1e motJ"on
lrnd 1:/Je act
Fa.11.s t;he shadow ...

. , . Between tlle pot.ency

.-l\nd the ex"i.stence
Beth·een the 1:J.ssence
And the descent
!'ADE HJ:

.EXT. FERRY ON ViA.TER ·· - MORNING

The fo~, Ti'lISTS ov 1.:!r t.hc~ \<-'-3::'..er, a t:1ick and a1rnost irnpt::nr::~trable
ClTP.TP.IrJ - - t~hat sudd:::-nly PJ\RTG, tJ.:.i revc~al:

olcli::-:r, ban9e.d-up ancl sqt.<a::.-e--•,~!dged, plcwing t.hrousrh the '>'Jat.er

of t.he Outer Harbc,r, h,,~aded t.c,wa1.·d the. :Lslands.

SUPERIMPOSE: SEPTEMBER 21, 1954

SFX PFELj\p the .sound of A f,'iP.J\lRETCPINl'.3, loud and miserable.

INT. FERRY HEAD - ·· MORN.:J·./G

ThP tiny HEP."D, clins_ry, peeling paint:., a, blur~')'··MIRROR.

A i'-U.\1-1,J.a!:e .30 1 s, iB bent over the toil_£;-·t, .. PUKi~!G his guts

out. He rair;es his head1 IiOO!{S at hin~s8Jf in the mirror --

Meet TEDDY DANIELS.

Square--jawed, :.;;t.rong build, _--1 bo.1.-n:::.fighter with ~;ome'c.hi::19

WARY around l1is eyes. He .v;ears ·a-~1-2an--cut .SUI'r, but !:he1~e I s
a sense of DANGER t:o him;·· h(~ 1 ::.~ SCAR.R,ED, on the i!1sid 12..

He SPLASHES Wl-\TER on his fc-)(:e., his coot. Eai ..ling OPEN as be

Jeans forward - - fjx:-:.ot w-2 ~::,ce hir; HT.L1 EDGS FLORAL TlF.

-- and th<:.:n vJe glinlpse th-s GTJN hc,J.sterc~d at hir3 ;,.1a.ir:;.t., 2,nd
t.bE: Bi\D::rn; at. hi g be_}.t - - ·U. s. :,u~vsH.li.fiL.

TEDDY
G·et it. tc;¢jctb0r, Teddy. It. 1
cjust
fUC}:;il'1g .i..,,\t.~=:r.

He turnS hls head, locikG out the PORTHOLE at:. !.:he BUDLESS
OCEAN out-~idt/ the boat --

TEDDY l (\)N'I' 1
D;
A l.ot 0f ft!C;ting water.

TEDD'i :_(''C•N1'! Di
( J:•2pec1':.int~r)
~et it tc~~thcr.

INT. Ff.?.R.'.{ C',tl.RG() HOLD - - Dl\Y

1'E•ddy c~:J1nez:(JUt of ti-it=~ l1E.'-:::,--::l

i.r;t"..o thi:; Cil..i{C{)H::.HJD
.".'.:")Jy,,·i;;'.'._'lJ!d
that formr:: the br::lly ,:-;f :_·.1~'t;s~-:jp_
..,
The ho.ld has been STRIPPED e:f t;:·v1-::rything but SHEET METJ~L
that covers thf2 floor3; the 1:--:Jcmis 1:':'.soundins1Jy EMPTY .

.STEEL BENCHES run ur~de::: the baT~'ed wic,:1,:y:,,:s, bolt:e.d to tl;,::

floor w:i.tl1 'i'ET.Ct: BL.Zi.CKPOSTS ?1t both ends

h-~mg in pile.::: from '.:h,:.: pcst.r:-,· e.rnpi:.-;r·and cold, omincrur:. E:.2.

sleep1.n-9 snake:;.

Teddy p2-c}~s up hi.r.; 0V2EC•JAT :rc,ni wl1i:::re it lay~.; slung over

one of the b~11ches, }1j_s footsteps ECHOING as he goss up.

MORNING

A Tl\LL, in h:Ls mid-30

GANGLY M.1'...N 1
r..:. stands at the railinq 1

watchi:19 1:.he da:rk wab.:\r race by beneath the 1)_row. ._

He I s dresGed l U:e Teddy, c1·j_.sp but go_vernme11t·-bland suit and

h2,t, t.he bu19e ot a GUN at his bc~1t..···ThfS is CHUCK AULE.

Chucl-: is GOOD-J:.TATURED, qu:i.ck with a s1~.i-le or u jol-:e; but

be.:1eat.h that. easygo:i.cg conftdenC;e therG 1
s a QUICK, SH~.KP
INTELLIGENCE that doe:.:.;n I t misr:; fl. thing.

CHUCK
You ok., boss?

TSDDY
(s1utt_iri9 :i.t.- out.)
Fine. ·.

TF~ddy m;::r.res to. ·the xa-il ing, st.i 11 looki~19 QUE.Z..SY· - 110: [(:a-:-..:hef;
the raJ~.i.n·g., can_;:t
:-hid,2 a fSHAJ-:E.in b.i.E.{ h.:.-md:~.

C'.HUC!·'.
(s11ggeBt.ing, tactful}
Lc.;ok ;:1.t the hor.iz,.Jn.
(off Teddy 13 g:La~ce, 1

e:...:plainin.3 ·l
It 1
tho onty way t.(, fiqht
~: :it
'JG\-.ta ~Jet. out of yc-1.1"!." o~,,n hr.:::~1.<l.
Conc:=:ntrcn:e on r:>(;,1ret1"~in~-:l':.hzit. dc•~s:n I t
c11a11ge, daesn 1 t move.

TEDD'i
Eve.1::/t!"iing clv.1ns..it.s.
0
 f'.,:,:,:-c,i~·idi,;;!;H:.1lT:.'!·'. I~:Li-J;p, :, (,·-'.1-1',·; i.

Teddy ks1::ps his eye on the skyline for a lon9 moment'. - - a.nd
j t se1:::rnr:; to WORK. He s:i:lnd.s STR}1.JGETE:R, looks 1.>?.ss <:JU•:!.asy.

TED:'.Yi
( r·1.1e.f1.:ll y)
Not the best· way to n1eet vot:r new
parL:e1:, \d t.h my heac"i. balf;,, 12.\· down
t.ho::· t.o:i.1 t~t.

Ciii.JCY.
(a quickgri;·-~l
DoeE.n I l: C-!Xactly square v.ii t.!1 nTeddy
DanieJ.s: the m3.n, th€' legencl,u I'll
qi 1/E: you tbat.

Teddy shai:es hi;:; h.ea.d, loo}:s a J.itt.le IRRL1'.Zl,TFD.

'I'EDD'i
T]1e leg~ncl? n What thf..: f:uck are you
11

boyr.; ::..;moking out there in Portland,_

anyway?

CHUCK
Sear. tle. I came from the. offipe in
Seattle.

Leaning againE;t t.he railing, Teddy- glances at hirn, car:~ual

but aprn.-aising.
T:SUDY-'
How long you. ber.::m with the n~arshal_s?

CHU('.!{
Fout year2-.

TEDDY
Sb yciu·la'i"Ol.,,1 hen,., small it is.

Cfrnc}:, gl."cl!~ces at him, he ..=-:..r:i.r.9t-.he unasked que~; t ion_:

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{0H \\'(~nt. t.c ~:D0\·-. 1 i)O\•}. GOnlf~ I
trans:ft::.rred.

1.a br~a:., ~hen:)

My girlfrie11d, she 1
s ,Japanea0. I
m0~r1, A~~rj_can as you or ~le, lo1:n
he-Tr::1 but. ·- - ~-;~·1•.:~9r>-?- 1d up in ,:::,n,::0t
t.he. Ci:ttlY£".iS. Tb-2.re c st . .i Li. a .l:-)1:. of
I

t enD i r::n cu 1_: t· h,::.--.A.::: - - Por tJ. •:m.d, Tf,c::::r:·1_;_\

'TEDD\'
·:finif:.h:l.n·:J ,,:L,~ th.(.>1.1=Jhtl
E:sftttlr?.

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 CHUCK
Yeah.
(beat.)
No O!le liked seeing me witl1 a sla11ty-
eyec1 3ap girl. So they t1-an;JfE:1-red rne.

Chuck EH':r::rnr,:to rf::al.i.z.c- he 1 s :showing a .°Lict"-11:::

r.1crr;:,. r:.han he
wan.tec1 Lo, q1-1ick 1 y CH7\.l'Y~8S TEE SUB:I3CT.

CHUCK (CONT'D)
Whctt about y,:::iu? Got. a girl? Mai-:riec1"?

'I'EDDY
I 1,•a.s.

FLASH TO LIGHTNING-QUICK IMAGES --

ERJGHT and VIBRANT ~·:.it.h co.i.or,, R..ACING PY .i.n ,-SPLIT 8ECONDS

A 1-'I0J:.IANclr:inking from a cup of coffee s~'i-T..i11~G

a8 she
buLters t:oast -- DifNCING in a r::-dnsto.rm.·---·- ..'.

Ba1:e_ .I egged in one of Teddy's shi rts./·;'f~Jnc1.in9 behind him as

he get:;3 d1·:er:sed in mj_rror,
;;.1 .9:Lv:in9i-hil1/.the HTDEOTJ.SFLOF:.AI1
TIE, laugh:Lng as .silc- he.2p.s him TIE IT._ .

She rs BEliUT IFUL, sm.i 1.ing I RXnr.~1vT·

=~)ith happ:i.nes.s -- -

BACK TO SCENE

ON 'I'EDDY 1 S !?ACE as t1e looks out at thi:: 1.H\RKSNINO s1'.y, ·ERUISBD

ETORMCLOTJDS 9at!1erin~-J l6v1 against. the wctter.

TEDDY (CONT'D)

Chuck loq}~r: S'rt•,.~TLHLJ, turning 1:x:-om the ra1 lh1s1

CHUCK
Jesus, l)oss, I didn 1
t

TE0DY
It ' ;J ck. Then':: we,s a f i ::.~e .\n i:,ur
,:,tr;~n·unent 1(:'.::1 ctt. work,
bui J.dins_t I wh.i 1.e I :,,,

'I'8ddy har; B'c:.i:r!:tr::d DIGGING L! hi~~ pc~cke::~:,, loo}~ins.1 f-0:1: hif~

C'Ir~~ARBT'I'EG, avoiding }ook.:i n,?, :'3..t Chuck.

TEDD"':: (CONT I D !
Fo1n: p~opJ.~ died. It was the
that J-.lot the fire.

CE,.0U'.
l -- J.'rn ;;orry.

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 Teddy is \:.un1in9 his pockets inside out. nov, rifling
1
, wi~h
i1.1c;:easi:r:.9 !?'9.Df::T?J\TICNthrougi1 his overcoat and jacket.

TEDDY
Whe::_·e a--...-l?.
rny 1_:pdd~nmed •=:i~J<u:•.:ittes?

CH!JCE

'reddv lc,okt_; up Chu.ck i~; Gha.king out ::i. ,::igarc~t.te 1 offer::;

it to him lik~ an APOLOGY.

Teddy taltes the cigal:ette, as Chuck fl:1.ps open ~1is Zippo.

TEDDY
I could have sworn mirw were .i.n my
jacket when ~ boarded

CHUCK
(wry grin)
Government emplo:i,•ee~_:;. Rob you bli?Cr.·
Chuck lights bin own cj~-Ftrotte._, as }1f2ddy "blow:-_:;ciut smoke.
TEDDY
Ycu get any kind of i:i:riGfinsf aboat
t.be institution .b8for·e"··· yc,u 10.ft?

CHUCK;
(":hniqgingl
A rne11tal. hospital, ·that's al:i. I k110~.
TE:cldy qiv•.-~s him an_e~•f1n l°,)c}:,

TEL:DY
F.or t:hEf:crimir::8.lly i:H3.J.Il!::!.

Chuck. 31:·11-u:::·i J.01lsi(1,.::.:c1an.d 9oc-d ·nat.ursci..

CHUC!'~
we"i1, i( .it. was jtHJt fc,1k::.; he,u::i.nq
voices anrl cl1asing butterfl5.ez, !
~p.1(:GS t.hEiy '.-l()Uld:--t I
t n~2e.d UE,

UYf TO:

TE:::1fJY AHT.JCHUC]( rc:t:and ~t t.:v~ p:c:ow <)f '.:he h:-:n:y, ,.,;ind.

.,__--\.i.:,.i.ng
'TC~GGING ,1=.: <;:..!H~j.rovercc-.::i.:::::., <'"1::°•

Th,:: S;ZI,.CH i:: 3. ~..-cc}·.y ~-?tr:i.p ac. t'n.-:::b~~n:;c of ,1 SCRUB PI,.~~If.!,

which fJlope~:, r:-fr1z,rpJy ·:JPWhPD ::(~i•Janj THE Ti3L._r,J.?)CJ~l.JT~F.

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 A SINGl.,E ROAD twist.:-; throuqh t.hi::: 1:.cs~g"lec1 underbrush, BUILDINGS
per::}:ing TEROUGH overg:.-0\-.;:.1 '.:.re,?:r; .::1t the island I
s cr·::Mn.

CETJ('.K
ThaL 1 s where we 1 re l1eaded?

Chuck is lookj_119 over tl1e w3ter -- Terjdy foll.o~s t13.s gaze to

J.1. ·;;pJ\RE FUUCTIONf:..L-LOOKING DOCK that ,JUTS out. from the be2c}1.

FERRY Cl,PTAHl
(nods i)rusquelyl
Otlier sid0 of the isJ.ar!d is rock bluffs,
straigl1t down to the water. No place
t:.o }and, 1102.· e~,.:,::nmoor. Th~=-dock,
t.he o:n}.-y ;_.1ay on. Or off.

TEDDY
Prob?,bly came in handy vihen t~1i.~.--wa"S:
a POW camp.

CHUCK
The j_sla~d ~as a camp?

TEDDY
Bnck in the Civ"i°J. '1·iar. 'r°hc~y buiJt. a
fort there• and 1ja:_r.nicks· - - i:: 1.:.::H; a·
bat_t.al.i.on HQ for a .v:_hile, before
U1ey start:.e.d_.1winr_:;_i .i.t fo1.· Cc,nf<2:ch::1·at.e
p:~j :::onerl:.-.

FERRY Cl\FTl'~lN
1:~r:!1lJ.. bE?:· cp.stin9 off ct9c,in at_; :Joc,n
as vou -i::\.;o are a.fihoi-e.: "! 1 d c:r,prec:1at.e.
·f.'.f.:;,.()u\·:!2.re· quick 2.f:>ou t ·i.t .
Ti!.:DDY
Why,?

'The c~~pt.ain nr.xls t:.owa:cd tht~ hori:::c-.r: -· -

F3RP."r' c.0.t:'Tl\IN
:.-.~\:.c,nn
1
:::; ,:~c,ni:i.:~
1

C•N THS DCCI{ 'J.'Wi.") CUAPD:~ in .J.a:._.-k_ b.>ic· :.Ld. fr_:,n:1;:; fla;.-:k
7.,. MJ!..N st:>..::~d.i.r~g up Lo !..b·~ dc•:::·l-::, ·d.;ll:.c·:·1inq_1.-.!·h.'; feJ:J:/ 1 5 dppr·:.--::a;_,:-.:J·,

TEDDY
Yc-!,s..h.

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 EXT. DOCK - - D.b.Y

CLOSE OJ.,JJ,. STJ.!.R.-SHF.PRD B1~DG~, ·3lea.rnin9 for an instant befcne

a :'...e3t.h,:;·r \•Jz,..12.et flap E'LIF3 ;:;HUT 0\''2r iL

1
.s L•adgc
11_1,::.1.·t.....:hA..l

MCPHERSON - - re'.::.i..l rr;_:3 th>::. wa 11 •2:t-~ to 'l'eddy.

DEPUTY 1·-:P-.RDEN ;,•1('.PHE?.'.:::on

I 1 m Depu\::'.i \'~o.:rden Mcf'hert;on,
gen'..leme.n. Welc,:::,me l·.o Shut.te1: Ir;lat::d.
(t1eacis co the jeep)
I 1 lJ. be ~aki~g ·yot1 ,1p to Asi)eclif[e.

Teddy 9.L:1.nces b0.ck at lhc (~U14RDS, r::t~pping orito '.::he jeep 1 s

opr:>l:1 back ·· their faceG -:-1.re i·-lA.RYand Ri'.:iRD, almost HOSTILE:.

TEDDY
Your boys seem a ].ittl.e on ed~e_, Mr.
Mc.P.hersoa.

DEPUTY WJ\?.DEN MCPHERSON

Ri9~·!t. now I i''la:!·she-1 :-' ?Je a11 · :a_·:1:r.:-~
.

The. je:ep ::.:ta~·ts up the steep, fiarrow road.

EXT. COMPOUND - -· Dl\Y

The jeep drives up tl1e ro~d; steep slopes of 1:ang:Led SEA

whi.,:.:h ~~:i.vf:::~-,ay to
(Jf.'._i:)~SS THICK o~~ d<::::nEf:::TREE.'.::~.
f3'l'~.l-TTJ:'..1

surprisingly large, r;urrr)undc1d by ~ brok.e~1-down. iron -3.nd

stone· f:ence:r ··ovERGR0Vil>1 grass and GF-J':.NI.TE HEA~2-TOl:-l"F.:S.

I\ 'I'EN-F()(;'l' HICH BR~Cl: W:C1:..LL

:::urv:inJ away ir:. both direct:.:lc,7:1:::, ET.iGE, :.s~ernirc•J tc, :::pan t.hE:
~ntj_~e csr~ter of the ls].a11d.

11:1 s topped witl1 rolls of PA~01~WIRE-- and atove tl1at.,

A SINGLS STRIP D? Pl,AIN WTi~E

\.:.c;;,,;-; ::.:v-?- wa 11, ;3t.n:,nS;\ b2t·-xe-e-n -:,_hi.,.::J.:Ll(:L:..~ f\.:'.i.8~)., ,:1 ,::c!nl:in,v:•Ui:.··

Lil'-TE <.tlon·] the whc).le: :~;t.n1ct.1..;.:.-c:

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 TEDDY
(low, to Chuc):)
Up there -- elec~rified perimet~r.

CHUC!:
You sure?

'There I
s something T:"GHT bc:t:i:nd Tec-Jdy 1 ~7 e}/f:S.

TEDDY
I've seen .:::cornethin9 like .i.t be for,~.

McPh1=1"son pulls the jeep up to tho 9atc, and S'r:JPS.

TWO MORE _GUARDS come from the qats, standinq on either siCl2.
r;f the jeep with that. same look of HOSTILITY°,.

McPlv::rson NODS to one of the Guardr:; - - ~r~d th9y t.TI1lLOCK the

c;rate 1 swinging it open

- - revealing a GLIMPSE of th.-:! compo:uii.2i'= bf?Vond. BUILDINGS

2:·ise over man:i.curc~d 1awn~:, cluste,rs·: o~ ·PA1'TENTS and ORDERL:Es.

Before 1'e.ddy and Chuck can star.~ th:rot1Sjh the qate., McPherson
steps ir1 front.of it.

DSPUTYWARDENMCPHERSON
All right, it 1 s ni}'. job to givB you
guys the ban:i.c. iay ·o'f tbe lctnd.

DEPUTY WARDEN t·frCPHERDON ( CONT i D}

(alt.- business)
You Sle~1t),3mer; ::Jil~ be accot-d~d ~-llJ.
th,0 ._qollr,ti~siea v:e c.Zd1 off0r, ar,d al}
th~ help we can give; but durin~J
y:~)t~r stay, you will obey protocol.
Ii Ehat undei~stood?

CHUCK
.A.hsolut.0ly.

T.:~.PTJTY WAEDEN MC·PJ·i'B?SON

TJrnnonitored ,~:on~.Rcl with t.he J>a.t..~(!nts
of this i11stit,1tion :Ls r::~•:.prc-s::d;,-'
e t:hat 1.1!1cl1:..,.
.... t-s t ond?

DEPUT'::' i,..;_.;.?.DEl:-1
(,·lCPHEF::·?CN{ ;~OMT' i_'.)
~f yc:u lv>k r_;ast r=-11::,.::•n ir/ 1.~,:";.ft, you 1 11
see: two ~ed br.ld:. bni.l.d:l.ns:1:7.

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 Teddy and Chur.:k lool": TH?OUGH TEE GATE, to see

T\•K.1RED-ff!\ICK COLO}lIAL BUILDe.JC~S, standing on ~ither side of

J1. SIX-STO?::::· GRAHIT3 BUILDING, g::.::and and srnootb- stoned 1 (l.0rme1:

wi;1dow.:J streaked wj.th SBl-\ SF.LT.

DEPUTY Wl-<.RD~NMC?EERSON (CONT'D)

The r~d bri,:'.)',: btiil(iing on rny righl:.
is Ward A, the male ward. In the
center is the l~ospital; and Ward B,
the. female wcd.'d, ir; the one on t.h8
J ef t.
tpo:inting)
We-rd C i.s t.hat buildins_i, on t".!v~
bluffs .

.,n t.he. DIST!-tHCB, t.bC:)' cs.n Hee t.he Lop of a STONE BUIL0ING,
h:i.ghe·r than the others.

DEPUTY WARDEN MCPHERSON · (CONT'D)

Wa1·d C is outside the main <;:o"TT\poul1d.
·
It has il:s _ov?n security f~11Ce, anr1
separate gecurity proto,:;O~s>· ·
Admittance to Ward C is·,.forbidden
without the wrir.t~n co;nS·ent··and
physical p1:escnce'· of. bbth:. rnysel f and
Dr. Caw:Ley. rs:thai understood?

TEDDY'·
(wry)
You act like in~a~iL}' is cat:ching.
M:::Ph·."::~son 6oef.:n't even .ci~<:tcY~
a r:::r;1L':.c::
-- :i.nst:eac1, ht:: hcilds
c,ut one hand, palm_ ii:p_ward, EXPECTING.

DEPUTY WARDENMCPHERSON
Yoll a:rE; hereby r:cqni 1:ed to sur1.~ende.:.:
your-· fil·earms.

C:l·rn,:-.~l-;:
CiLANCE.S· to Teddy, STARTLED ·· - a ·1rnos t j ib} y,
mtA?-rct~:r:at.:.
TE.:ddy Gba}·_e·s his head 11
no. u

TEDD'o'
Mr. McP~e1:so1t, we a.r~ ~li:Ly 2ppoir1t~d
:-.f.:'.dc:J·al rf1ar::;ha) r.;. Ne are rcqu.i.red
~o carr) 1 our fj 1:earms at: all ti.mes

McPhe·cson 1 s voico·hits tl~e a:ir li.ke a STEEL CABl:E.

D2PC'TY Vi.P.EDBN MCPHSRSOH

Rx~c:11tive Qr<le:r 3~9 of the ~ede~al
C:::-,,~leuf ?enit.C'.nt.LTci.f::S and
lnr;tit11t.:i:.::,n;:; fc::: Lhe :~~~:ic1ina"ll.y lnrE.UH::'.
states thac a peace offic0r 1 2
.t"f.::quiri':°:'.ir,(:::1t.i:-.c !x:2:r cnT1:.:: is :-.:u~:2F;:rf1>2.dc,:-)
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 DEPUTY l'J_;'-RDENMCPHERSOH (CONT'D I
by thi~ di1:e:ct. order of person;_;
en~rusted wi~h tl1e care and protection
of penal or mental health facili.ti~s.
You a.re no\·.1 so ordered.
{f:La'..-l)')
C12::t.~c~rnen, yot1 will not be allowed
to pass ti1roli9}1 this gate with your
fi:-e.arms .

.P. long BBAT - - t.he11 Teddy pu1.ls bacjz. his overcoat, t:m100tbly
UNSNAPS l1is se~vice ~evolver. Chuck lookri surpris8d, but
giver.; his gu.n over af) wel i., FUMBLING with the .snap.

McPhc:::rr:;on t,a}:er; 1:.hr:-:~jut:s, gives ~hem to a GU/:\RD.

DEPUTY i'll\RDEN MCPHEP.SON (CONT'D)

Wel:, tl1at does
it for the official
r;tuff. Ccme on in, boyt:t. \:'.Jhat d9
you r:>Zl}''we <30 find Dr. Cawley?.,.

They step through t:hr.:: SJ2lt.e - -

,.,,,
E.;A;., INSIDE C'OMPOU1:lD - -- DJ\"! -- CONTINUCJU.S

- - and "i.t I
s 11.k~-::they' re enter in8. -~.N<)Tin~R
~•JORLD.

A VCH.!t g~:ei:.::n LP~WN .spreadB out-·-· :i.n front. of t:hem, NEJ.l.T AND
ORDERED, a st.ark co:--JTRJ•.S'l''to·. the ··.wild scrub OUt.E;idr.:: tl}e gates.

The grounds :,.,re dE/\UTIP.UL: fJ~.:::ulpt.od hedges I greu. l sl--:.a<.ty oaks 1

Scotch pines a11d mapl~s presiding royal].y over

STATELY BUILDING:::

laid out with 9Tc,1('.io1j_s ;;;yrnrnet.r.:l over the ground1..;. It c011J.d

be mint:.a}:en ·.£0.t' B B0ARDIHG SCHOOL

except: for the OPh.llCE··GUMPSUITED PA'l'IENTS evei.·wher12.

M!'J:17.i.CLEDa~ U1e Lln/.J.,2s, tl1e PATIENTS a:ct': Gf.\RDEHINCl, workin9

in the flc.,l1ierbeds, cut';.:. ing t.:1.·r::e.f_:,trirnm.i.n9 grasr:;, -:l.f.;

"The whit,::c:· f:,ui::.0d C•?.!)EF:lil?.!:E.;,re lars::F';, BEE?Y r;1s:-1, many ,-:->f

them BlJ 1.C:K. '::'he illJbJ'..DS, c.-:·1Lhe ot1v:.::r b-:l.IFl, ar(: mr_i'.,;:;tJ.yViHIT2.
'They all \•,''2~11:DEPAR'TMEl-Yr (.)f,' C:0P.RECT1')11E unif')Im:::.

TEDD\'

r:•E~:,T}T'/ \•./ARlJ]N !1lCPHF:F::;i:_>t~

i 1n af1:ai.ct
1
[~r. ~~~l~y wj_]_l 11ave to
fi.11 yi:,,u_-:.r: nn tb-:-: ·c.dt·_u,:::,tio::-~.
(s]1:t"Ll9S, 1·ep8~ti11g)
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CHUCK
C'<.)rre.ctional office.rr::: ctt -~ :rient.;:--;.l
insti'i:.ut.ion -·· \•;e·.Lrd sight, if yov.
don I
t. m.i i:d me 3E1.y.ir19.

DEPCTY \'LL\P.D3U MCPl-lBi"i.SON

'rl:is- is a ma:-:irEu.rn S(:~cu::.::i.ty
instituti.or1. We operate under dual
chart,ers - - Gn~ from the Massachusetts
Department o.E Mental Health, the
o~her from the P,~deral Department of
r,:cisons.

TS0iJY
Eo wh:i calls t.hE.: shots the docs
en: the j a:i.lei:G?

DSPUTY ,U,RDSN MCPHERSciN

It: doesn 1 L rr::,ally \\'OJ:-k like t_lfat·\
..
D:r. Cawley and t.he Warden h_and.~~
everytJ1j.ng t:ogether.
TEDIJV
( Gl::r~pt ical)
SoundG good on paper. But. when push
comes t~o sho-~•·e, · somEione 1 s always got
to be in charge.

As they continue wal.ktng toward the HOSPITAL --

DEPUTY w_;:._RDF:i:l>ICPHEi~SOH
Tjere's a Jot about this place tl1at
breaks the. mold. And r1one <Jf it
w.ou1~1 >?.Xist. jf it: i-•1'.:::r.-~n't.for D1·.
Cawlev< ·1-1e' ::.: cr,::at.ed r::ometh.i.n·J really
Jt-iique·.-here - -
l\B McPherson. keep!":: i,:.:111·.in•J, ~.bey pass by A BSD OF SPECTli.CUL.l\R·
P.OSES. Te.dcly· -qlan,:'.!er.,; over, not.ices · - ··

tniddle-~ged, p81.e, 1101: haj.~ ?AGGED WISPS, almost RALD.

Her eye:::; L(JCT •;~1 1''.:'.,.-::1d:.'

1 TF:..t,.Ci'.:_rnG hin: ,;1.f he pa:.:1 r:e2. He rn!'::eL.::::
he1 qa::c I z1B ) f he can't ~O'.)~ aw.?:.y ·· -

she
-:'I.rt<::"! ..1.S(?.f.>(.:,11et!.::,.nd., putt.ir:g
r:::-i .·.i sin~(~•~ fi:11_~1er tc• h•.::L
l .ips .in a 11
:·.;:~:hhhhu n;~_,~ . .i.0:-1.

A TWIST:::NG, UP.PS f.:CJ.;,F J:i.-:-r::-(:1crcJGr ..::. Iter U·:ro.;;.t, ropy a:·1d l:h:i ci-:
ft:? :.:1 st.1a:Fi (.if } .. i,:.:,::-,rj:'•.:-., t:1 1?. ,·;:::,]J)'( cf -.JT.iDP-LOC1£).
...

F:inqF.;r ;:_;til~ ht:::ld t.r::·•·ncr lip:~~, t.~1t~ 1./c·lr?tn

1
SJ·,111..ES;_:-t~ T1::cid-:,',
sha;i.119 lier head '1 11cr 1 ~~-r s~ow:):.

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DE PUT" ;'i!\RDEN MCPHERSON (CONT' Dl

-- a l,2.:~wnd in hi.~: fie~d. Top cf hir1
class at both Johris Hopkins a11d
Har,~a:·d _rn1.b~i::ci'lt::d hi~::-. fi}:"fJt :;.)ape:..·
1

on ae1us1011aL pat.ho]og1es at the age

()-;': tv_;,:nty.

J.\ GUARD chec}~G their J: .D. ' ,.

;:, ' '::h(-: ,:Joo1.· to ~:.he HOSPITAL.

INT. HOSP I 'l'AL ·· - DP.Y

J.~ CJ.:J., .~ B1..JZ7:SF, lett:i.n~1 then: ::.!1~·c)uqh i11t.Q an ANTEROOM with

two Orderlie;:; co11t.:::ollins_1 t.h,_~:,3.CGSs~; tc) the inner ho.spit.al

They show tlleir BADGES ago.in, as McPh!·::rson Hignr; t.he.m :Ln,

st.ill TALKING about Cawley --

DZPUT:c 1/il1P.DRN MCPHERSON

Dr. Cawley I s been consu.J.ted rn.im8rou·s·
times by Scotl.anci Yard, MI5., ·tlie OSs

TF.::ddy r;.uddenly BREAKS into t:h2 running commenta):y.

TEDDY
Why":'

McPhe:cson lookG CONFUSED by t!1,:: quer3t ·i.on.

D.EPUTY WJ•.RDEH MCPHER,SON

W]1a '.::. do '{Oll r.iea~'.I :'

TEDDY
What do intell:i.gence agencies WRnt
to c0:1:::ult e1 psychiat.1~iGt. a.bou!::?

DEPUT''{ WA2I)EN MCPHRPSON

I guess you 1 ll }1ave to asl: hi.m.

He heads to'.•Jard the ST.Zl.IRC.l\SE.

AHCTHr,:~: '.)P.::::~ERLY·..,,:3.its 1,:· t.hP. L<:,;..ie :Jf. tlw 1.1pp-.::,r t;t.;;:i.in ..:.:l:=-;":',
r:he.ci_f; t'.:~ir I .D. ::lg'7i_in. He bU7,:,.:.J:::.th ..~1;1 it} -··

par:•;:inq by a CA.GE v.1i.t.h (1-...,z~rd·in::::·i-ie, KEYS han~iin9 un

rir192 on a wall b8}1inj ~im.

CH!YJ',
(.;1.::-1
unc1>.::r.sta.t.•~1r:i::r:t·i

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DEPUTY WA?.DE:-l MCPHERSON

You 11ave to understand, tl1is is the
onl.y faci.J.ity of its kind in the
United s::.a.tes, eve~1 t.11,::.,!orlcl. Vie 1

take onlV the most da~aged patients,

the m0r:1t. dn~--..SJE:l"C\.i.fJ.The. c.:,?.·1e.r:.;
no
otl1cr l1ospital ca~ ma;1age.

Il'lT. C'Al-'-lLEYI S OFFICE - ·- Dl\Y

Ti·ie door (:.:-pen::.:on ':leJ. J.-oi Jed (ii11g-'::s, McPh,;:n:son brin~;s .u1
'l'c~ddy and Chuc}: .::u.:;

DR. CJ:tWLEY 91::.t:.:; 1..:p fJ_-om behind 1-.::i.s desk t.o 91>?.et. them.

r·,1id-60
1
s 1 hc 1 s all an9l0s and f:~ha2:p lines, D.Z\?.F CJ.RC'LES under
hi~; eye~:: as if he hasn 1 t sle-pt in NSEKE this is a man who
DRIVES hin,self, who naver s~ops.

His smile is genuinely W.i"..RM,wt-~lcornii1•3 m1d c"<)t_-j_pr.bENT,

:::~orneone
you inBtantly want t.o TRUST.

DR . CJi,lllL:.SY
( sha/·:.in9 hands) .
Marsha]. Dar1iels 1 Marshal Aul6. I m1

glad you could come f!o, qu,id:ly,

t to McPhe1·son·)
Thctnk you, Deputy T.;-lai-den. That will
be all.

DEPUTY WARDENMCPHERSON
Yes, sir. A bleas,1re, ger1tlene11:

Mc:Pherson e:-:its, Cht:ck ·100}::-:; 1.• 0 Cawley

CHUCK
He ::a~re iirid a lot to say Qbcrnt. you.

DR. CP..i·ILSY
McPh-2~sor: ifJ (~ Jcx:od 1n:;1.::.; he be1iev'::".s
in· the wcrk we do h~r0.

TF.dcl~/ moves ovc r to t hr-~ 2,iY)YC?.rn5S l i.n .i.:1J U:v: wa.l J., r:~::.udy in9
--- t:he :.\.:::.}e::: -:tP:: .:.~l} ;:d:,c,ut 1·11.ADHE:.~.:::,.
t".h!:· \?("JTJJ'.•-Ei_'.~~

'!'EDD"I
l'.l"!d what would ·,:~1,::~t.L,,~, c:xz1ct.Jy?

_u_mor,-::.J fUf:'.ic,n b,:-;l.;,\12sr: law .;rniJ .-):c:ci,~~I

and ~J.inical ca~e.

P<:t:,_·dr.)11 111,:::•, D,:-,c

\•. 1 /1;:"tl. ~l·1d 1,1hat'i•

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 DR. CP,WLEY
It used t.o b~ tha:-_ !::.he kind of
patients we deal wit.l1 h8re were
shackl.ed and left i.n ti~ei~ own filth
at be.Bt. Tb0y \•;e·re. :::-yst,2ma.tically
ber,1::::n, a;;': -5.f t;;.at cc)u.2.d driv-::-~ the
p:·;ychof,::is nut.. Vie d•2:rn-cni~~ed t:·1em
dr'(Yve f.;ci:ews into t!:eE-;:i.rb·r-,;>:.i.ns, 12.veP...
cirowned. ::l-:erc1 or: oc~.::asion. What. the
Cenev~1 Ccmvel1tion would call to~:t.u.n=:.

CHUCK

LR. CJV:~LEY
Now we. treat the~. We try to heal. 1
to cul'!.?. l\ncl if t.hat. fails, e at 1.~1

lea.st. provide; thern wit11 <:1 nv:;asure _of

calm in tl1eir lives.

Teddy has moved to thE:: end of t.h•2 bookG9;~·; :-sttit1ying a model

of the ViUMl\N B!(.AIN, c:ross-sect..1.oned ij1 b;r_i9ht plastic colors.
TEDDY
W])at abo~L their victims?
(off Cawlev 1
B .hesit;·ti0.n)
Thef:'.,?; a.r:~ a] 1 :\;:iol(-'!11~- ~Sff'?nderfJ':)
R:i.9ht'? 'l'hey've·-: h\1rt···people --
murdered ::.hem, in,.··Some caBe.::;.

In almosL i.:1.J.J.c2,sen.

'T'EDDY
Then persc•nal .l.y, Do<::t.,;_n·, :i: 'd :1r.1.ve to
Say -·
{ pi.e?.,Bcl!1.l. )."y)
-- screw the:1.l~ sense of caln1.

Cawley do0s11 1t sce1n ·)ffcnd0d; l1e smiles, a li1:t]e wearily.

I!:.'::-.: 11:y job -;:o t.1"(!2..l:. m~---patient.~.!,

n(.>I: 1-:-i::;.lr -=.,,_lct:ims. J can't !:s2.p t.he
v:ict.i.;nf.:. I::-.1 ,=: th0. na'.:ure of an1:
J.ifc 1 s w0rk ~l1at it have limits
t h,:1 :; 1 S r;n;le.. 1 1 rn lF)\:. h~.i:-<:-.':".0 j lld,;JC!.

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 TEDDY \ co:n' D)
So this [e~ale prisoner·
D?_. CAWLEY.
( con:ect. in9 /
P.?ll il?.! ..:t.

TEDDY
so:::-ry pa.t.ie:r,t, ot1~~ Pc:\chel Solando,
E;Scz.tped sorr,c~time in tb,2 lar,;t. 24 hours.

DR. CJ\\··iLE'{
Lar~t r:.i·~Jht b(?..t1:H:-en te:n and 1\1ich1i9ht.

CHUCK

DR. CAWJ.JEY
You could r::u.:,,,t:hat.
(quiet.ly) . .

She kiJ.led all three of her chi1.ch~e~1·: ..

DR. CAWLEY {.(:<)NT 1.D)

::;he ch~ownwJ them tn t_he ··::take·beb:i.nd
her house.. 'I'oc;k ·th•::n1··OlJG·, one by
oric, anr.'i. held t·hei r heads· ender unt iJ.
they died. Then she brou·3ht them
back j nt.z; the h.01-i·se and cu.Tt1~v:g:~d
thl::!m around t:he f:i t.Cl:sn 1:al/l e .. ar:d
ate a moal t.h0::~:i:.:-befcr,2 ;;·, n~.i.qhbor
,fr,opr,·.'.,d by.

TEDff(
Wl·iat about the hust,a~~,d-:'

DR. CA\•-1L~'.{
a 'i:,'3.r Es d:i.ed en t.1H-.:

!.-~I...os·2Cil-1 THE PI10T(l i.~-~

~\Cl-'. a;1d 1.'-'11:i
!:f:' ,_-~}')\.THY' ::--;(!(J\:L1:.1s\ a
DAP.K-l·lA:::lUf.), F.-F.l\t~'T'IF't:::..,ViC!<;..u ,:;l:.•1J:in~! l)l:-~_,"-l_\:J
':/ 2.t t.he cam~r;:1 .
.-::·ne 1 ::: .:JJmo:~:t SKS.7,E'rfl.IJLY 'l'HIU.

She sta]:ve1 l1ersi~~; vh011 3hc ti!·st

- - ~;hi_-:,'i.n::=·i_~;L~:d t:h'.?.
:::,:irn,? ti·.~-•::.:,:-:: •-~·hil.1.hen

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(Note: The QUICK ngGES throughout the script are all

fragmented flaslibacks that Teddy is remembering. They are
meant to be jarring and imcomplete, pieces of a puzzle that
we slowly put together.)

lU!.ZORf\1iRB co.i.led over an ICY FBNC'E:;

J1 RUSTED RA.Tl:C:Z~R i.n. ,;1 LCNG LINE ,~;f cars, door OPENED to reve3.l

DE.Zl,D B0DLJ::8 ~n:iill..in9 out of !:he L:i9htly-p2.cked car -- MEN,

f.•h)MEN AMD CHII)VREN i.n STEIPPD PP.I.SON SUITS.

The pr.i.aon uniforms of a NAZI CONCENTRATION CAAfP.

The. CORPSES are E1~ACIP.T'ED, like SKELETOJ.rS ·Coi/el-ed in

PARCHi..,'iIENT, body iJc:.rt.s Tt\!J.S'l'EJ;l unnatura.i°:iy ti:Om bein9 8TUf'FED
.in t.he rail car .1.if:e ME.!'i.T. ··

A fffJf 1-iiLN lunigs ups:ide-·do1,.rn 1 iJ:e a br0ke_n. DOLL from the oz:__icn
door, hea,j Ti4It)TED at a ri.ght: ang.le t.<::i·
her n-:1ck, 1wad restj_n9
on the ti.lt.hy, J:1:0:en 91-owid --· and --

THE BODY OF' .AN l.EIGI!'.i'-Y[,.'/lR-OLV GIRI, li.e.s atop her, .st.i.ck ·thJn
a1..·m.sCillTCHING her mc·t:her even .in df.:ath_, >:::yes STARING
s.i9htlet_;r3]y·, EMPT'l

BACK TO SCENE

TEDDY
You wouldn t hal:,per:..
I
ljj hc1.•;·,:..: E-(.Hne
aBpir:i.n., would you?

DR. C'A\'HJ~Y
Ne I ve got. 2, .J.oL Iriore <::,xotic thi:n9f3
':b,11: that .. "i.f you I•ant. Fl."Oi~e to
lv:-.,_J.dache;:., i"i;;-:1.1·r-;hal"?

Tf.::Dr:f:{
:->::-H!':..'t.:i.E)";-;,3. Gi.tt 1:oda~', niore p~·011e t~l
~\fi:i.cl:ne~.;::.:
f:;E:-.:

[1R . ·:.'.>.i•JLEY
.D.h1 d!::·byd:-a.ti:.;.n. Ie tha~ j'(JU 1
Ys
-~u.i.:·.e r.!.Jl~r::. ·iJ.i.rnple·~.-tt·i~ :~11::t:-.<?.:·.

f-'Ot~::..::~; :·:P.TT.Q.J'..i. y:1 ::-, r,j \. ch..::< ·:)n h:i.:c-:c!-e::::J:., :.T,n:maJJfiS ~-:i::ct;nd
,ji:·n=.•:"'::'.1·;_,,;Jt i: IY: find:·::. b 1~ 1t. '-'~ T::aX.fER.

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Thcnks.

As I wcH.: sztyinq: !!.2..chr:1 :::.ti.l"l br,;lieve.s

thE: (:~;il...-:Jren ?.\l"<:: .::t~~i-,-·;z~. She also b::-:lieves
~l1is place i.s her ~ome i11 t~e Berksl1ires.

TE-D0Y

DR. CAi,.11,RY
:;he h.:-1s neve~· once, :in fc,:1r ~/1:::ars,
acknowle 1:ls1sci. that she 1 r" i11 an :\.nst:i.t.ut:.i.on.
Sl1e beJ.igves we ~e all deliveryrne11 1
1

miJ.~n10n, postal workers

r.:Huc,:
You 1 re. k:i.dclin9 me.
DR. CA'-'iL3Y
Hr:r d(:.lusion:~: iE :>artiCul.ar 1 · tl1e
one t';.:at a.llowF1 her t.o believe he.L
chilcl:ccn nev~":')1: di~d -: - ar(-; ·Ccinceivi2d
on A very delicati::: but. iri.t.ricat.e

structur(-:, she •~mpJ.oy::;.. an e."taborate

narra~.:i.ve to h.::.-ir life
t.:h:rr:::<."~d that. :i.s
compJ.8te].y fictitious. And sl1e givas
\JS all. part0 ~o play in t~at fictJon .
..:n:ea t ..

D?.. CNt-iliF.:~:"
The v:ardr::!1 ;3nd hi:; men .scou~.>.:;d Lhc
island nnd ,:c:very b1-:ild:Lng :ln :::.he;.
instj_tutj.~n. No~ a t~ace. And wl1at 1 s
me,:,.-(~ dis:tu:i..·bj r:'loa I t. J,.;}c:,:.-,'he~',:
ti'.:!, i,,.1 1;:

r;he ~Jct. c1.1t ,)f :1-::":1: ·tr::.,c,rn. '- :_,;.sr..

Jocked f):cir. r.)·J,:-: •-~•11:::=.:.·::_Ji=::,
,:,.n,J !:h,::·
only wiG~ow ·ls )J~~rscl.

J t. 1
,:~ ,.::.~; i;:: S\i,':l.f>:-:,r.?,t.c:J f3t°1·0:,ti.c.Jht
t.h:::r::,:i;:1ht;:e: \•.1~1.::
1::-.

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J-1 TINY ROOM :,.;_ith a !1eavy STEEL DOOR, ~t '.:.h:in VEIWINC~ }'llNOCH·I
cut into 1t Wl1itewashed ci11derblo~k wal].s, a small BARRED
Loci-:.s KER-CT.JtTI,Il~l.oudJ.y --

- - ,~.lid THE D0(1? opi::riF inw::u·cl 1 unlocked by AN 1.)RDEP.J..;y, a ::.all

1{f,l-\CF J1i:'.\U1 1...1ho ::,;,dird.t:.:; Cl1ucJ: ::.tncl Teddy -:~l..-y:1q\•,::i.th Dr. C;.:.ci.v;le:::,,-.

ORDERLY GAU'i'(.:N
::: L--rougl:it he:( !:iqht. baCJ.: hen-.: ti f tel'
s1rut:p ;_herar.:·y, lock,::d h>?.r :i.n. I
can:e bac~:. for n'ci6!1i9bt: r-:::,ur:dr, - - .::-..nc1
shr:: ,,.:ar; gon.e.

TRDD'i
Se1:i.ously rioctor,
1 ~ow is it possi~le
th-2. r_ruth nt=~v-2·,e91?..l:r~ thl"O\.lSJh? , _I
mean, she I n in a menta.i. instit't1t.i.o;f'.
.Seernr~ like r;c1methin9 you 1 d ncit.•ice: ·
fron-. tirr ..e tc.~ t.in,e. ·

DK.. CAViLEY
Ah. Now ,.-;e
1
:r•:.::ge~t:ing into tbe true
ho1·::.·ibl~ beauty of U1i:: h.ill·-blovn:
schi~opl1renic 1
s .parinoid s~r11cture.
T.f you believe Lha·t. you axe ~he sol~
ho] de.r c,f tho::~ t.ret:.h, ·thfm ev~ry(·,r::e.
else mut;t. be. ly-LEg. J>.:.1d i.f <:.!\~eryone
i~; ly:i.n~i.

CHLiCK
(qetL.in9 :i.ti
Thi?ll any t.~:i...i.th t.~11.=.•y
say, mu;;:!: b,?. ,1 lie..

DR. G1l'iLSY
l-'recisely.

TEDDY
:,n)·..12pti-:::al)
·/c~,1::.'1.e. jr=..'.:1t f~ayin~:! ::-ihe. df>:-~~•L1 'i.
I::. 1_lt.]·1 b1:.'c.:<1-1::::s shE:- rjoe:~:n I t: ·,•;ant:
l:o n1s, i.f _si16 c~:1 ct~c·icte to d8 tl1at,
~:1·1811 sh~ san dec'.ide lo 0~0~.

L•R. C/\ViT.1SY
Sanity's r1•)t a (:l1cj_~~ ME1:s~1a·; You
r_:::-,n
I:-: iu:-::t (k::-:id.(~ (.,::, 11-.:1s:-.C•\ 7 ,~.,:~ l :· '!

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 CHUCK
}low ma~y sl~oes are the pati~nt~ aiven?

CHUCK
,, ···-
,)l_.1 le.ft hers b.3.~efoot? Corn(~:
on, Doc, she co11ldn 1 t have gotten
ten yard~; ir1 tl1j_s ter~ai11 -·

! '1-'h~·l ! ,rn. li :.u:::Ti in

CR.K9.1J.l\KJ·:: ::;u:::p:::ise to see Teddy ViJSHIN("i
the bsd away from the wall.

f.iR. Cl:.,\-.JLSY

Teddy 1::; do1.\1n on his hands and l-:nees, Pl.iLLri,1G ~t- the 0clqe of
:?omet.hin9 st.J.ckir:~1 ·up f:rrnn between the floorbb2rds ·

··- and he pul} ~: frc:e Et SL:T.VER O? PAPE?~., iold8d down tr:> fit
into t:H?. naxro•-:, C;:,":J\Cl~bet.;,•;een the fioo:rboards.

He GNFOLDS it, SMOOTHIN(; it out._ ~IORDS and NOMBERS a.:re

written in a. neat, f:astidirn.12, hiind:

THE LAW OF' 4

WHO IS 67?

Cawley l,~,~~ •. ~v~1- tl1~ rap~r. forsl1ead CREASED as lie reads.

DR, Cl\l'LEY
Tl1.::1.t1 :,::, defird t.t:•ly Ra.c:hel 1 ::.:
ha.ndwri.t. il·1g. [ h~1.ve no .i.L1F...:fi
1:1irnl.
the 11
Law of 4' 1
J.s, t.hough.

TE0DY
Uc,t a p::-]ychiatric te:rrn?

T/R . 1::.'J.l,i·/L~~{

l i:r, ,:1..f1·.~1:i.dnot

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II\,.;~·!() i. ;"~ 15?°;' II
\2:1 i,e<:t~., i:".hen;
F:.:c~~ if I ~:nc:.·,'.

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L,·, :r,v cl j n i:_;.:ll ...
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 TE:)D;:'
So you thin~: :l.t s just
1
ranck,rn
S•~i:ibDlin;.is~·

UR. Cl\WLBY
Oh, no. l~0t a~ alj. Rac:l1el is sm~rt
briL:i::1.nt., ct:? a ma':te1: of fact To
i-:e,2p U\s Etr,F..:t.urc of 1v::r -:1·2::..tVi_;ion
f:?..-on,cc-J.lapsin·3, ha.13 to cofl.Stantly
:-:.ll>:::
refine it, ~ewo~}: it to adap~ to the
21E:r. No the:ught
·ceal ;.•,;orJcl 2::t.1·cn.tn.d
:Ls idle c,r ancilla1:y. This paper
c-ou 1d 1.)e irnpcrtant

TEDDY
We 1 11 i.v::!:";d t.o holl1 onto thif.:. For
t:.'.:1e TT:oment:.

There 1
::1 only d!"l INSTiJ..NT 0f hes:i.t.:ation b_~.fore Cawley NODS.

0~ C01.tJ:Ei":'.

INT. HOSPITAL CORRIDOR - - Df\Y

They come out ,_-_}fthe cell, glclncing up and down t.he hal1
the only ~:-:it:. 1s ,~ STJ.i.IRCASE. AZ-...nOP.DBRLY s:its at th.8 landing.

DR. CA'..JLEY
Th':; :·;t.a.:tr,_-:ase j ;::, the 1::1nly 111·;;::.-.:in err
,:~ut..

T~;-_Dr,y
The~:e 1s ,:.,c,r1e1::-r1e :~tal:.io1vc:d t.:11::1.:e ;;:.dl
nigl-:. t?

DR., CAVH,EY
T-.•1ent.y- f 01_:
r houri:, 0.c t-uaJ. .l~-'.

'{'2_:r:,I)y
A11J ~h0 has tl1e \~~ys to tl1e p~tiert9(
:.:.·ooll:i;:':'

½ell, 1:11~ ?lll1·s~s and ~1·1~ 0·:·i2?·li~:::

a11d tl~e ;1cctc~r~, of cou~s~.

P. L:1.J:S:'::, ,~_-;pe11 rc<".l;·n d:: i:h:=: b;-1::;i:.: ,:,f

0
·..h·.-: ::.:·~..::l.;.c;:.·t;·:·-:--
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 !?lJ/flENTS a.:-,:::ru.J.11:ng in :hi?. roo:ri, pl~yin~J board SJctme~;,
r8~ding, C)RDERLIESwatching.

DE. (Al,~LEY
After lj_ghts-out, the orderlies play
:::~-;.rc1r;in here !a~,t. night there
were sev~r1 mGr1 si.t~i11g at the base
of the s~u11s playing sli1(l poJ:e1·.

::HUCK
So M:i.r.;~~Sol,;tndo qe:: F 01.1t. of her locked
l"(}Ol'llwit.l·!c!ut a l:e:y, ,30ts }.)ct:3t another
orderly with0u~ bei11g sec11, tl1en
passes Lhro:.;~ih t.hi.s ::oom full oE men
her<..<:' She turn;:-~ invisib::.e?

( to CawJ.e·y}
Wc1 ll need access to the personn6J:
files of all the medical staff, tlie
c>rde1:lies and t11e guards
DR. CJ\.1dLEY
I I J.l. hnve to 8peali; wi.t~ the· 1/-:a:rden
and t.he other staff. We·~.11 take
your reque.fs·l: un<l_er conside:..~at:.i,::;n

T1::ddy looj:f_; ~it. him ir: disl:-elie.t·:

T3DD'{
I!·. 1 :; r:ot.. e. 1~1::q1..1ef;t, Duct..:.:-_::. 1'h.:;_;:_;i~; 0
.fl;cleral facility a.nd Di danJ<:::rou:; p1·i::_:c,1·:-2r

Pctt:Lt~nt.

TEDDY
-~ fj.ne, patient, l1as escaped. ""J.'()1.ll
cc)mply or r:l.Gk - ·- wh.::,.~--do the':· .:-:::!.ll
t!:at again, Chuck?

CHUCK

DP.. Cl\'.\!LF'{
.t-.11 .i. -~·~11:~ :0 _:ay .1. t.:--,3.1_:I 1.1
0
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1
,.,;J·;.:t':'.
::_:,.::1c:.-

;a !ir~}.•~ strair:0~}
:-r.-.\~•.'
if y•::;u ' l .l <:·:~-:•:_•)_lf:::,:::-
rn2 ,
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 TEDDY
We1 ll need to speak wi 1:11 the staff
rnirSE:S, ord~rli.es, anyc,n,2
::11.~a:i-.-ch::;,
1.-;ho wctf~, 0:1 duty las~. ·ni,;_:iht:.

I'll asse~ble Lhem in Lhe co~Don

room after di.nr1er.
( in:pat ien t ].y)
If you 11ave any ft11·tl1cJ· questions,
f~~e}. c:·ce: ::.o --j,Jin Li·,,;; Deputy i'!a1:ck::~1
in the ~,ez,xch.

CHUCf
( deaC\;;an}
I dc~·i 1 t tJ:ii:-ik ht: .1:i.kJ;:d rcy ·LnvL;ib.ilit.y
th-2c:rv.

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P.XT. ISLJ\ND -- Dl\Y

HCGE: STURMCU)UDE; r.trc: i:-cl1-ing in ,;:.,ver the dar}: sea., turninq

daytime into a kind of dti.J.l, 1Jnendin9 GREY TWILIGHT.

LIN:SS or GUA?.:DS cH:e rns.king their '.·:ay throuqh the ove1··9rown

hnH;h, SE:.U.RCHING, t.hi~rH;;hing bu:-;cll_er::, lci::1k:ln9 c,veJ: t.he ground.

TE:)DY J\ND CHO(T \·J&lk 2-lonJsidP. DBPVTY w~.RDEH MCPHERSOH.

, IJEP:tj'f':::· ~·l!~Vi)F:U J,;j('f'}-E~F:fXfri

It 1 0 eleven rniJ.~s to th~ 11~arest
land, a~d the water s fr2e=ing. 1
Th~
cµrrent- wa~ str0ng laf:!: night, tl1e
L"i::-ie ptH;:hin~-J, in - - ::-;'.hr::'
,1 htive •{'.l:i..-cJ\•med
....
or ·-.be2·n· cn ..1s:be.cl •~·-;·;the re-.-:::-~::.:,-:1nd
he+ body ;,.,r)uld ha·~;e ,.,;u!·;'::1-:::d iJ~:!.ck.
c:mshore.

r~i]l~ i11l() .. 11~ s:Lcte of :;lie i2l~1~i.

the 1~ide~ 0f· 1:J1e c].iffs.

TF;L·DY
'I'hose ca~0s d0w1r t.l)~r0
.::h>ccl:,,c:) L l ·2r:,·>

),J:.~:;·,:-12:<:
L·EVJT::.· .\'!l··.l•:::-:Jfl! Y:-1
10 wa)· 2~e cc·.110 ~!•~t --~101-~.
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DRPUTY /~-~S.DEN MCPEERSON ( CON~r1 :))
(pointingi
The base c.d: those cliff~; are cove.red
ir_ pc,iscc ivy, F\..l!fr:1c, 1 i vs oai(, about
a t.housa11d pla~ts witl1 tho~ns as ~ig
as my die:~ .. Yau said yourself,
Marsl1al: she 1 3 got rio shoes.

~e t\1ri1s back to the GUARDSlJei1ind him

DEPUTY 1:ifa,R.D2?·JHCPHEP..:::ou ( CCN'I' 1 L

(shouLi1·19)
J:.] l r·ight:, boy;-:~!
o~her side!

I):i'.SSOLVE T(J:

3Z'l' . SEORE:.,u-m ·- 1.;_z.,,y

Deputy ~-larder~ McPherson leadt: l:if:: mer: a.lon_g the b-:?.ach on r.11,s
other side of tl1e island. It's starti.ng td SPIT :~ain.
Teddy not.icefl th0- Guard~: 1
2ccu.:ch s;~emS D3SGLTORY --- their
r.::~y"f'.:S arr::: dciv,'ncaGt, SlHJLEN, "]·,-,-·
•~• •'-··} c::l·111ffl·.
•-· - . __ r,a·1
!:: -..rr1
,,,:._,,;:, RE''l"'l'fFll.:
·, ,::, ~,l' , r"
;J__,_!_.

J,. CONTCl\L TC>i':ER

TSDD':'
( Lo :-'icPbeJ.-sOn)
\•Iha;:: r :~ the: l.O.\·Ier'?

. DEPUTY ~,.J.:p_P.DBN
t,·JCPHSK.C:iON
An. old light~ouse. The 9ltards aJ.rea<ly
s·earr.:ihed inside. it .

.'l'b-2 l i9ht:.housc is ::--.:urJ'C•unded by a F'EHCE, topp"::d by F.1"\'.?,C;P.\-ilRE

ar;d TWC ARNED GTJJ\ED.S.Ht:).nd ::it. !:'.h~ sia'.:e:.

'I'2))DY

:l:1h. Tt. 1 E- J. :>:-\,.,,~.,_q::.·

t.:~·cnl:m·:x,1_
f-3,::~ili.t.y.

1'l·1e wi;-}6 F'":.:CE::.~ CP, 3.~.: t.hl;; ·t."ti11 ::;tdrr:.r:

..-l'l·ui,;::: 1:.,:_,l•.DHIM(~
,-.1~:0
1:::·; C..'t1 th•:-. d;~ir-l:: -2~·1.ri_:L.

:·,J,:··P)1et:.::c,n i:-qu.}_;·tLo:.1.1p ,:.:;,~ t}·1:.-:-::;/.)~.-._,..,c:1c'..:1.:n -:~,71 i'.)J_tl. I.JTV·::,::,·:r-:LE

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 DBPUTY WARDEN !'-riCPHERSON (CONT'D)
It'l~ be dark soa11. I 1
~ call.ing
tl1is off for lcnight.

T~:JDY
That: 1
s a l(,t of i.:a=nrw.Lr2.

CHU(:1-,:
Ml:st be s01ae fucking ki.l.ler sewage.
0-f.f Teddy, as he STJ.~VSS ::':.t !:::.11,::
;;.'.:.c-ne:.-fac 12.d CU.Ll.P.DSin frc\nt.
of ~he ra~or·cci ~8nc0, we --

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NICHT

Teddy and Chuck stand in th(• center of the COMMONRO(fr-'l, which

is nov, empt.y of ;:atientf_; - - inr;tead 1

S'I'P._FF (NURSES·, ORDERLIES, GUI:-.EDS) r;:;it on (!ouches a11d cha.irfl

in a (3ircle arou11d the two marr::hals·, with CA\·1LEY J.c.,okin~J on.

T!lDDY .
You all ):now why we're here. You
l1ad an escape last night. h~ far as
we car1 tel1 thJ_~atierrt.vanisl1ed.
1

And franl:l'/,we have. 11.o rea[..;on t.o

l)elieve sl1e·did
it witliout help.
(l:1-,1r:ii; to cn:lerly Gz-:1nto::1)
Y::)u .:"',Lr:· fJO::~t::·d ()n watch <::1n :.hi:~ land:! n'..:f
1?.vi:.,ry ni9ht?

OF02RJ.,Y GAJlTOH
C~n' 1· tX} o_ne q.:.:,t i.:: c,y out: of their
·coom on ti,c;t. Ci.")."!.·1 idct: '!.,j thou!.: me
f;•.:!~ ins.
!.':ZDL!"i
J.-...nd y(\u n,-:.,-,:0.::·l.=.:!ft y,.)u:r po.:;t"?

:·;r;_:EF.LY i:_;"f:~::-lT()N
J •.°L.':1LOt..

Teddy :i:i:::.>~F-1::.:·d::-.:
:·dn :,1· ,::1 :-.~'::•_:c)r:d,::-:;::::T::_;.:.~r:·.,!':-.ch<:w
.';J:i.TISFT:?D ;,-;j 1·.i1
1.,,;h::,t (:.--.1er h_,::-; :;;•E: ,::.n:: =-_·,n
t~ i ,.-~,:.-.:
.-;:- 1
,3 f ::.,:·e .

D7:.::,r:i 1::1 !·ic·, di~:.1:•:.Fr, :=-:.c'.::.

t..u
l··L· i:.:.:
01.n ::. :,n, --1 i ,·., say F.:::,ch,.:d :;,::<i 2.L(t:.:·
-::or:t•?l·ic,1.\' '":,n i-1·:-:: :-,:-ilinc! !););.:.t ::::\n..

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(COHT1 D)
W}w elr~e does sh::: hs.v-2 t.r.:: p<:.l.r:>f.i
;:-_,.::.>
got dot..•Ji1here?

TEDDY

GI,EN >1ICJ~
Gle11. Gle~ Ni.ga.

TEDDY

Tedd:-· i;:, ST.AR.INC at hirn no\•!, 2..:7;; :if he :_~ctn mtiELL .something
wrong. CHen is pic}:ing at a hAl:lGNAii.,, ,::ye_s ·ao\·?n.

TEDDY
Glen.
(as Glen J.ooks up)
The truth.
G:..;EN l·f;lGJ:..
i, falterin9)_
I wenl: to the bathr-oDm.
CawJ.t:}.r .i.n J.,?.-a:1:i.ng foJ~wa:2:d, ::;1Jdd,:;nJy 'i~'~.1RP2:.ED.

DR. Cl\W::EY.

GLEN ;AIGA
(tu~ns to CawJ.ey)
Ji.,minute, coprc,!
(-:d,2f.en:3 i Vf: 1}')
I 'm not a dar..1r1,..:~d::::.::1.rn-:-::
l

DE. CP.J·;t-EY

TEDDY
Wi:2t: time was ti)i.s?

tJh en
E: 1 :"~\-' - t 1~i ~-1:.-/ . ':-''.1s1.·c·.:-0,_bc.,1.11·.
~.;.

CHUC'[··.
s,:, ,:·1br:;.ut ;-_hot.. ;:_i_;w:: L".h:: j"/.,\~r:,· ·r-'cn:2

,:J.c,·:.,}·.~;. i,>f-,
t-:--, ~:hi:: -::·,::.:·-::l-:,·i.--,_
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 200? BLP.CI'~ ORDERT,.JJESglance ,3,:.:, each ot.hsi: - -- one of lhc:m,
TREY WASHINGTON
1 gets up, goes near the center of tte room.

Ti?EY \'-/J::.SEINGTON
Stairs ri.gl1t tl1·~1:e
h<:,\'-?. :..-:orn';:'.
dcwc we d:i dn ! t:
I

hcn•,1.

CHUCt:
w~·ire hdck to tl1e c~i].ing.

TEDDY
Let I
r:: back Lp, tc, be:f:01·e ::t~~chi:-:::.
wcH:>
put in her room i:01· ligl1ts-act.
\·Jhat did ~:he do befori:: Ll':at':'

She was in a group ~herapy s~ss1on.

TEDDY
Did a.nyt.hing tmur::ual occur?

NURSE MARINO
Thi~~ is· a mental
ins'.:it.:ut'·ion for the
crimi.nRlly insa11e, Marshal.~ 11
(Jsual 11

i.sn 1 t a big part of o~r day.

TSDDY
Did M:i.:::.£.~ ~;c,J.ando Gay anyt.h:i.;1~! during
:·.112 se~:.;::.:.Lon?

Shs does1: 1
t tal}~ mucl1;
k.ee.pS to hcr?~·:.f, 1no;'3':::l:/. 'i'h,.:: Bes:::::i.on
'./~s · ab()u~ an,~rer ma.1v.:1:.J2.r:tent:. Dr.
S·he.ehin. led t."11•:;,~U.s(;uBcion o;-1
at:ipropriate: and inapr-rc,pritt,>2-
to express a119er.

TEDUY

l-\t t.Li.'-: rns-ni..i.~_)11 ,~,-:·. the_ U1:':'. ·,.,::;..::>l,:,

11:c::.:~·1'7°'., ·:.·,·x)rn :::udc.1,·:nl·/ ;Jl7~en1;:- r_r_,
TENSE. (1:·der!i~s Joo}: daw~ 1.~1e N~rs~s avoid T~ddy s eyes.
1

:,JiJ?,!JF M/~.?_!_r;::_1
E,:·- ·,,;i)';? ,.·u:·l.'-'lin~.l Lli•'.• ~~,?.[~:~i,::,:·i.
1=:_a(:l·:•~l ':;: 11 p.1:.i.rn.~;1-·/n

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 DR. Ci'.i'i'.,EY
I 1 ir, 2d:raid t.hat won 1 t b~: pos;;;iblc.
He lefr.. e,,::1 the:- fer::y chis mc)rnin~i.
J{j_g vacation was a].~ead)· ~~anned,
l1e 1 a hcen pt1t~i.11g it c,ff too _0119

fin di::-.b2li-=:-ii 1

You' re in ::i. Bt.a'::J; of 1( r:'.~:dc,·";J·,,:.::,,

dan 1~~erous pa.t i1;:;nc. ~-~as ;::;;;-_:cc1p•~:d ~.-incl
yO=.l let hin~ ·le2,ve:' (rn. ·,.rac:ati<'..,,ti?

Of cou L:; e.

'l'EDff~·
{tightly)
Do you have the phone nur·.1ber f:or
where he I s gem'=:'

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IH'l'' H(JSPITAL i-'17\IN sr,:I'l'CHSOJ\P:) - - NIC;lJT

'fI-lE OPERP.TCR i:::it:; at ti1r:: main swit:chbo2,:t:d, h~:c"a·,ly black

HEADPHONES l.c,or;,ed cttOlHH.\ -_hif:', neck, J. t:-m3J.1:: of WIRES :i;1 front
of him. TEDDI, CEUCK 2..n.1.lDk, CAWJ.,EY lo-:)t un.

OPERATOR
I 1 rn so:-.·J:y, sir, but ii_ 1
fi 3·;_.l ::t::-h'n..
All t.be :ines, ev~11 radi0. Btorm 1 s
hittin.] the ma:i.n.).2.::JCi 1i!-:e -:-t. h;::;nf:t!:~r.

K12ep t:ryin:-:. Tt you qe t. :~;:, \•.:(_; ,:k.i l'l'.;J '

cr..,11n,2 fin6 im1~H'..'.diatti:ly.
Elf: Th,:: l'-'i::J!:E;h;-:..:.1
;~
n~ed to ma.}:<:: a11 inport.tm t C.3.. j_ .

EZT. Mb.IN HOS"PITAT.1 B1JILDil~:-:~ 1:-'IGE'i'

Ca.'-.•.<l.ey, Tt:iddy 2.r.cl Chuc}:. ,~r:v~Y~Ji:: t:cc,ir: tb:: rns-·il."lbui16in,:i.

:ZDOY ic t.hf:: wind, ::h<::- ~.:ky i.~; f:.\?i__~-::::T.:::-,EO.r.1,·:,u·:,_~::::;.

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'.:.!1e \•-;2.,1(lr_:. Pti.1:. I' ~i..! (,>:: '.·i-.:1--..-j:·:\! drin}:;::
!.lllCi ct ~-~iS!,--:J.!:tt. 1:1y }-:'.')lJSf:• ,)J.'':,:_1)'_-'.i, .!. j'
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 Cawley t1..n:n8, framed by the:- huge TRB~:S hr..ngin,3 ovf:r the 1,3.hT:
2-ike qnarled from
=~:u~.1:JT.S
1 a fairy t.ale.

DP.. C.i\i·-:LEY
(mildly)
We l1av0 l~c~n talking, t~arshal ..

EXT. EDGE OF J-ICJSPITl\L GROUi'..ff:S ·· - l-l.T.GET

Te.66y c.tnd 1~'.bu•..:1-:1:nlk alo:·:9 the d:1.l·)::,_;:rv::dCJrounds, EMPTY ·;·:ow

ezcept for ~he o•:::c2.:~d.e>Dal GU1'..?.D ,:.:.,::.:
ORDERLY.

1:iordJ.e::::~>ly, C!1ucl-:. ;_:,.ull:";. 01.1t LiB Luc}:if.::~--;, :::-)f:fen~,; one t.o Te.ddy.
They li.ght up, CUPPING the Zippe in tha wind.
TED;JY
J,, wcman ef~ca..pc.<:: from a. l.oc}:.':.;d :coorn.

CHUCK
Pa.:3t .. fc,1.~-:.-manned cl1e~kpoint:f:l

TEDDY
-- and a rou11I full of ntLendant~~
playing poke'.r·.

CHUC,:
Then she scales~ ten foot wall - -

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w:lt]·1 :azoYwire and ~lec~1. wi::..-e

CHUCT
and sv;ircr: ele ....
_;<-:-n:1~i}.r~ti .:.--i.9a} :~r:-t.
t;:be curre.nt in f 2.'ee:::i 11-] ,.,,:.:,ttE:r !~.o t.l :e.
,c.;hore. Sure:. I buy that.
{a br:-.:at.·i
Insici~ job?

T,;;,.~\dy bJ.(n~'S ,·)ut. a lc,nq riLb,_,r; or Sl+:11<E, •.,;a~:c}.-u::'.'3

:,f.: th-:: wind
WHII?.L::.: i !_: ,;;~;t;;:.~:'l

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P. TUDOR Ml".NSIOl,l, 19~h cent.t.:.ry, r::legar,t ar:.d ~\•1cepi:ng 1

r.;G.1:rounded by scuJ;:ite-:1 hecl;=ie:::;ar!d F'P.l;IT TR3ES.

f{.1J..INhas started :-:-:i -f3.~~l1 r.;te.ady· ci:d irni:.il.,3.cablc:. Vi~.t lr.:.;;Yves

GLITT:ZR 3:C'. the \•:ind 1i1-l::; tl·i::::m :Ln a
E:-LC. \-·~H1.SPERTl·-F)
Di\l~CE.

Vi"Jl..RM
LICET blazf.:e :~hrc-us:1'.·1ct Hur_;g ?..-I-1.Y
Vill-F::::!w, showin,;:i TEDDY
]\ND CBlKT in;::.:idc- LiE~ l·1ous;2: bc:ins; :::;1·10;,.:r1 :l.l."Ol.lnC1 b1/ DR. CAW.LEY.
I

'Tedd·i an(J. C!:.uck :"ollc•-:; c~n·.'le·}' irit.o th1:; :·}uge, vR.u}.t.ed. 1Jre.at.
room. '!'he flo,::-i~s z.-u:e p\.Jli:::.:l-,ed n-.:a.::bl0, r:.h•~ furnit.u::t:::· Ji.NTT.Qt!E.

:_:HUCK
! 1~--:-ic;}:in9around}
Got ta sc-.y, 1 1 m beginnin~J t.o t.J:'link l
wr::nt. ir.::.c; the ,-rrong 1-inr~ of plibliC··
~.;:1;.'.1:v:i.ce,

DR. CAWLEY
(ag~eeing) .
It is a lit.t:J.e o·,~en·1i1'2linin9. IL wdi:>
con:~:t n.1ct.sd dui:in~-! t:he Civil n.:n·, the
r;ame time aE;. th~: .milit.a~y foi·t that honr;>?.G
!-1a1:rj C. 'rhis i)u.i.ldin9 is Ll1e ori~ri.n.~1l.
cumma:·idl':J:' ;_; qu<711·t.erS. It. cor:, L a for t.·une i
'lib.en Unclr:-:· sarn gc,t. t.l1e bil:t, 1.c1.nd':":1:
tt11:: c<.:,mn
was ~ourt1~artial0d.

Ti:::ddy i.s J.00kinq at t'.·1c stn,•iP'T'UDTJ3 ·-rel.·.,;,:.)t dr-~pc:-;,· ti·it?. mutr.,d

p,~r Fli a:"1. c:;;rpcts, the h1.1(1l::Jy;c1d - •:.:ar._;c_:,·.1 EI Ll.JI.b.RTi Th.BLE.

?EDI.;";{
I r~an: r-:e-::: ',·!h'.:.

'fl1e:y app::::.·oach t'.1;:~ !"!1;.-~;;:;;ivc ?IR:SPLi\CE, iL:-:·. r:::ipcr:·i!JJ 8 -E.1::,:;t}1is:_!h

we. 1;ec the f~'.01.11.:-,::c-:,_:·,f thE-. -3 f-·H~;NOGRi'\PH by U·ie
H:1.1.:::.i:-:, fir,~~.

-~:HUCK
;,n:.r-'>i:,~ th'.d, e1·<::.l1H1:~?

r, ,:-v:
!.:::.l1x:::.:1..-s.l:::'..!-:::11l.l)·•i

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 and t:he S'fi.ME 1\fUS.TC plays DIS'I'J:.NTLY .i.n ti:e B. G., THIN and
T.LNNY.

B1'CK TO SCENE

IL 1
::: Mahler.

MAN'S VOICE 10.S.~

Qui Le :cJ.g[it. 1 !'-'ia•::r;l1a.l.

Teddy ,:-tnd Chuck re-.:1.l i z,:_~there's .z-,.!"KJ'2BE:?.

N)\N in t h-2 :roon.,; hi?.
sj_t~ with ~1is BACK to then? in a wj_ngcl1aJ.r, facing 1:!1~ fil:~.

D?. • C.!\W.T
;F;Y
F'o:::sJi ve me ·· ·· Ill'./ ,::ol lea~;ue, ~)I
,Jcrr:;rnicth 1.-Jae:.1:i-ing.

DR. NAEHRING tt11:11s1 qivj.119 tl1em Lheir first look at l1is face
l1e. 1 s OLDER, sn~all an~j ruddy, PAMPERED lookirig·_ Ee holds a
s1n.:.tll TUMBLER of what. 1.co}:;:; libcJ \·/EISY:Y_.

J1e doesn 1
t offer his hand, just BL:NK~ owlishly a[ •reddy.

DR. HAEf!RlFG.
Quart.et for Pic~no. and-. Sti·ing·D .i.n 1\
rn:i.nc,J:.

DR. ·CJ\NLL!:'.{
Your poi::=;c,;1., :-Jentleme.11.?

CEGCK
F.ye, "i.f you 1
,_,e_go\: .i.\:.
TSDlYI
sorta. and.ice, 1;l1a:~ks.
Dl?,. i\l{l.EHP.l tV::
{ to '.l'ed.cly \
·You do1: 1 t i.~dulge i11 a:!col10l? I 1 rn
s1..1rp~.-.i.fle•5.. t. it (.'o:nmon fc-i: ntr:'.n.
IGn I

in your p1:0f~ssic~ to i~)i.1)8?

T2DDY
_r,_~:d:/·-~_)l_l:
..-.::·:

:1P HP...E~FTi:-1•:;;
ed
( ,.:Gn ·i ·..-,:·.: i

T?:.D[iY
t,ro::f:e::·r:.i::·;1·1. f' -;0'-·/,:'.i°:.j :~,I: }.":/ .
Yc-1.t::..- l V .:~
-:d.·1·.:crysLe:J.rd i ·.:1:::; c·-.,err1.1n ~..:i :-.~·:be,:.•:·.:.'::::~·;:.

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 Chuck is loc\k.i~19 back a:Kl f(lrt:h beti.,;eer.: t:.hem like h,c.;1 s
watcl1ing a ter1nis match.

:-JF:, ~lAEEEI !:-lG

}Tr,!· t!1at l 1 VQ ;~0ticed.

TEDDY
!feigns :l:1noce:1:. su~priseJ
. PeaJ.ly? Th::.,;,t1 s \•i!k,t., cold :-.0ct
yo'..n.- glass?

~x:::ellent, :·,Jars'.!al. 'f_,:yu :1ave.

otitstariding defense mcc~1anisms. You
nn.1Bt be: quite ac1c:pt at. i.nterrogati.ons.

ANOTHER QUICK FLASH

11 ROOM, beaut.ifuJ. .1.y f:.11.·n:if:~hecl, a S'T/.lRK CO!v.TP

..)\.8T to the squ.:1lor
2nd deat:h o.f the camp outside and t·he _Zi,-IPis fill!:::cl \\7:L[:l.l

HUNDI?E:D.S OF SHEET8 (;[,' l?/1P.ER _f Jut t t.eril19 1.U:e TORN BUT'I'ERF'L.IE8 I

PAc-;:Es dri. r L.i.n~_r dOh'l'J in F'.LUF:.R

tran.,::.1 ucen t. C.D.RBOJ'c.J IE/:.~.

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DR. ~-]P.~iIP::l-I(; iCC1lT 1 [1;

{r:·itis l:if::'. drink_}
Mc~n :L:i.ke:you ~1:,:-e il"ty L~per:.:i.:1.lt.y·, J<.>u l:.no·.·l.
\ c-1;?,ri f:·1:Ln9}
Men of violc!"l•:;c.

,::H1JCK

L-i'.~. i:·-l}\Sf·iP::-l-1•~~
i,:..:,n. :1,:,:: a;_· ~1.:_.
Ne, 3.;-~~f~u:r.p::·. E:tit". ·-:c,u.
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r;1ii.~t:.r1,:1e.rE,': I :::2..i. .-_"1
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1

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D~. NJ.!.~HRING

CH.UCY.
10ot muc'.11of a st¥0t.ch, ~oc.

{simply)
Ho, you \•ieren i l ..

01,1 TEDDY ,:-u:,; he

FLASHES AG.>.IN - -

'THE PA.F'BRS f. 1PIF'T.TNG DOi'.'l'-.if{.t1HD·· ·· _;,11cl a8 they h.i.L !.:he J:.700:r,

some start: to BJ,OOi"•iBRIGHT, l~R'J'EF:IllL RED.

The pap,c;rs have .1'anded on a hu9e, s,qreading 0001. cd BLOOD.

i•lIDEN ON .4 N.AZI COMMl!1NDAN'J' LYT.NC:: ON THE FLOOR

b.7.ood POURING dcn~'n the .sick c,f his fa,-:e, l•1here !Je rs SHOT
Ii.TMSELF .l.n i:he mouth - ·-

-- hut he'::: .S'l'JLL i\Lil/E, eyes OPEN anc1 b.!:i.nkinq, GURGLING

f <..):chrea t: /1.

SEVBP..11L GI 1
8 are R1lJ·J8i!C'KING his office ,"'!round him, hence t:.h(?
FLYING Pi'lJ!./;;Rs: 2,.·erywh2r:::: - · exc.e.p,t: .for

'l"'EDDY, .TN i\ CI UNJ POHM, ,:1·.....- Btands over t:he dy.7.n9 Co1um.andant
i3el1Jnd him, a J?i-iOHOGfU1PI-! .1.n .!~.he ·t·c,rn2r play::: l-L.YIJLE:R.

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NF.EH.RI.NG cocks hi::: hs-,:,d, lc,ol:i!19 fl7. l::•::)l:h ,·.)f t.lv::m, hi:=-; Ja:::•~;
ASSESSING, like a collector studyi11g !NSRCTS.
DR. 1'H\E::H"f~IHC {C(".1UT ID)
Sine~ the schoolyaLd, 1 wot1ld !)et
neithc:'.r of y()U ho.G evf-..::r wal~-:c:~(J ;;,;\•la'/
f.1:c:-1r ,:1 physical cct1f1i,:::t That: 1 s
n 1:)t tc s11q9c,::.:t 1·01.:. sn:)C1)·-2-:i. it, Oi":.ly
t.h::'1t ::etr,.::,.:J.t \\=-::u::n1 t. D=:.>nh?tJ,ir:•::; y:..:-u.
conr:-icie::..·.-;3J an c,pt.i:·_,n.

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TEDDY

DR.. }LSSHE:::NC::
tan 0dge of irritati.onl
Yes v,21:; .i.:·:·1pressi -,:-::.·:di:::fc:nr.e

ANOTHER Q_UICK FLJ>.SH

THE DYING (.'OMM!-J-JDluVT - · .'Jt:i..1.1.13URGL.TNG', trying to :;z:;eak.

1
THEY L,OCK EYES -- U1e Ccmmand.ant. s ru.ined face .1s
SUPPLIC'1'i'ING, alm~~:::.;t::BBGC-iIUG

- - and the Commandant f•1B.ll.K[,.Y GROF2,':"°:;

for the GUN ·-on tt12 floor
near his hand, 1•1here he DROPPED .it: aft.er hls ·failed SUICIDE,

OUT TJJE [\1.fNDOit 7, Teddv can sec 'J.'HE CORP$E8-·: sea tt:ered over the
'
sno1-·.:y, 00rrf:n. g1·oun,:,1· .:i'J'REiv7-.JJ.i.ke slati9]_1t:en0d cal.:t..7.e - ·

-- a.nd c::11.m1y1 de.Li.be1··ately 1 'l'e_d_dy.-J'101/ES THE :JUN \'l.ith hi.s

Coot:, SLIDING it c,ut. of the C.:.:1m11/arnj~ntI s reach.

DF.. NAEHRING (V.D.) (COJ-.:T 1 T))

Do _you beJ.ie1.-·e in G~-:.:d, r•LsTsll~'"":]?

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-:"l~5Teddy ::.:TAFU::SaL _ll2.f.:!11r.ins:!for ,~\n instr:,~11_:

ve~:-y unh1rn;c)J:rn;s LP-.i.JGH.

Df:. lli'\BHJ.Il-:G (COFT'D}

T".ili quit:.e .:-.;cr1::;us,

TEDiiY
I ! r~t S\Jl'<':' yol.l ,..~~:,::-. Rver se01) ~\ deatl1
C.3.ltp, D\V:\..c1·":_.

T2U.D':' COUT' ;":_,}

1_

1•l2.:=, ~ l1er1::, fo!..· t}1c

liberatJc11 ,:if ~a~l1a11.
: 1-:::anr:· r ,:;:r~•,'~·:_·,.:l)
'~•.:.it1·1· En~!li{;h i:~: --...-e::··,·O:JC'Y:1
1
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Cl-?,1:.1~.':'..'".;,;: ··1,-,11 :-_;tj.l~ "i"iit tl·if:
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(to Nctehrins1 1 shocl:ccl}
Ycu I
re G,:::~.-ma:1?

DR.. HA!~lE'.I1,;1-:::
_,_:s J.e,;321 imrnirJ:::ctti,:m .3. cr~.rne, Ha:c2.h2,l?

TEDDY
You t.(::11 m?::.

'T'F,rJDY \ C(;UT 1 i)}

In rr:y Expe:ci. ence, Doct.or, r.10.n '"-'ho
rt111 don 1 t do it l)eca\1se they 1 re scared
c:,f \/CU. Th8y .rs Eicr.u:.:~c1of ~.hemseJ.ve::',
1

ot whaL t:hey ve. dorh::? t.hat brought

1

you Lo their door.

TEDDY I CONT ' D)

P.. rn2.n 1 11 do :lust about anyihing, to
~Ji'.;t. R\•!ay from what· he. I s ·cl.one.
.,·

He tur:)s to ii1c:1ude CawJ.e~, j~st as IN'rENTLY.

TEDDY (CONT'D)
We need ~hose files on Sheehari. And
on the rest of t}1e staff as well. A
pat..ient: ir; mi~.;nins_i, a11d for .::ill I
Lno1,,•1you r<:., covt .:1: i ns:1 fen: a cloc t.or
I 0

whcJ may ye_ry w•?.L\ ha,~.;e l:~cl EC'lfd?.t.hini_:.1

to do 1.,,i~h 11c:·1~ ~::scnpr:.:.

DH.. Cl~;,..n_
EY
(prcit e.r3L J }-1~.J)
Ma:i:-Gh-~.l. Dan i.,,:-~J.r.:

Gut Uaehri~g speaks COLDLY, his voice FitlA~.

DF:. Ul\lIHi:::I.i•-h:~
ot
w i -~1 ~-\
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:::.r:>?: r/.::J.'f..:_,._, l f i 1 ,:·
t.~J yr:;U. P!~riod..

C+.. •..·J-,\-,;_,E·i
f1~:. )-.;a,c:in .1r,•~! L:, !:be lL<:.::Ti i---.,:.,•.:::-1~:
u.,, -?:ir,,::.n~;·'">~:·,eL
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Tl:.ey d.0n I t l·1ave the aathc,2.:i ty to
ref:u£;e.
(loc,J::c_; h~!1:d at !·l,:1,:.;l--:1:i:·1~1/
And ni~ i L·: .:::1 do you.
1

DR, CPJ-·-:L?;·1r
(l1astily steps i.n)
MarsL::11, (:cH1t.inuc: }'Ou:r: i:ivesLiqat.ion
and w0 1
J.l do all ~10 can to help

No.
( f:12,:ly)
Th:i.s investigation is over. We1 ll
file ot11 _repo~ts a~d tl1e matter will
be turned over, I can only assuma, to
Hoover: 1
n boyr.,;.. But. v:e I re ou'::: _of this.

He puts down his drink.

TEDDY (CONT'D)
i--1e11 tak~:'- ::h-'?. t:i.:n.,t. ferry
1
in·t:.he
mornini;_i b3<;k. to the ct.ti··.
CUT TO:

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The 1.•1ind is GUSTIN(J ha1·d 110 1/J"i J::c:ira. is P()UP.IHC: DCHN, r-,;licing
l'.hrough Uh'~ bJ,:i.c}:r;esr:~· .in t·1::1nt-?.d s]J-2':"t.:; of: .:_;.iJve:::·.

TED:)Y l\ND CHUCr pul"l ~heir coa':':".::~0\:-21- r:-__h-2.~1· hc,:-td:?, mn--n-JIJ,JG

fell: the car IDLING in· f~:cn!: of tbs uanr::ion, DUCKING in.side.

il<J'l'. CAR - - NIGHT

Teddy and Ch~1ck. Si,JOE quickly LnGide t.h1:: ca.:r, SLtJ.fvJIHC the
do 1:n· shut J)(-:-11:i.ncl·:.hen,, already S0i'\KP.TJ f:.:-0m t.J;P. :·,ea\-ry ra.i n.

is i'::t the whct:.2., l>~:c::__

HC'PHE:FU:;Cil-.J "-i.t:.g :.!~rouqh t~·i,:-: •:Jinds·11ie1d;
f:":'!<::n with t>::.'. ·,,;ip(';,:::;-:. :,10:i.nr;_i FP.P~:·./TICi\L!..Y, )·1':"!,:-;,--,.nl:d):,'::1y ::.1:::c.

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\ ·-.:1,.~·c,r:i ::.:tl l '/)
llice ui JhL.
1

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 D3PlJTY \•-)J1.F:.JEH ViCPHERSON (CONT 1 D)
You I re btE1ki1:.9 in the ,:-)rderlies
qu2rters.
CUT TO:

hJ 1.IN ialli.~ ::~r.22,di.ly •:k:n•;n cu:.:;U-ie:, l,ASHJ:i·.JC~2,t t.he \:,'indow~.; L--1

thi!1, brancl1i119 dark st1:ea~s.

'TWO O?.fJEP.LT.E:; \otF:: c.•f: t.L.em Ti:':'.·;)) axe i21 th,eir bun}:.s, EaGt.
a.:~lf;:r::-p, SNO?Il'/C.:i }c•ndl·/ - - and ::,n the r}t.her side of the roorii

TEDDY lie:; on tb(:: r..op bunk, ~H•iOCL\/G, sta~-insf at his notr::Jy,1ok:

l\'HO IS 67?.

The: ba:i:r<:.'.ri. window:;: throw LJ.N~D SE!\DOY-18 ctcros_s hiG f:ac-2., t:h!.:i
sho.dov1s of falling rain tr2c}:ins_1 lii:o 'l'3ARS., do\,n~ b.:i.s chee}·,r;.

CHUC,:;_E
-ccsses and t:.ur.-nf_.;on the lower bu1~~~, tly.:iii· fi~ally:

CHUCK
Eey, bo::;s?
( a. f)s at. , Uv::n : )
We rea].ly gonna ~ack it in?·
TGDDY

Cl!UCT
T. ~J\.F:':f;:::.:, I dl1l·11:_o, :r. ~Junr. ... never
qui L a:·:ythin~1 before.

TEDDY
t,;s, h2.v-:::·n1.t. heard the ti·uu.., ·'Jnce.
~ache~ So].ando ctidn 1
t slip barefoot
,::;ut of ·a lc.1ck•:.:d room ,..,.i_t~1(1t.it help.
T 1 rn·be(1i:-1nin~J to th.i.nk 1 a lo!:. c,f
heip ..
(~tubs-out hJ.s ,:iigarctt~e)
Best-case scenario, tl1c threat worked
·;:"t?1d 1.<:'.,>?.y
C.:-:: 1
:::; sitt.ins.1 up in h:r,; mZln::.:io~·:
1
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t.t1~t
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.n.n airy, chee::::·ful ?.PlJ,?Ti~lEHT, s:..~nlit a.ncl ):J'tig!1t.. Teddy st.ands

at t.]1e end of a LONG 2J.\LL\•.;_1;_y,2, 1,nuDOW ~1.t· th;:-: c>Lher enq.

-- CF.Pi:; d1:iv·i:1c; bv, P3DE:ST!.::IJ:;J·J::;r_•hatt: \.:1•J ,-;;::'.th0.y ,,.:0.lk1 a.

~~;,?;1:se(.1f P'Jr90;.;,2:, · p:t6m.i1.>e 2.nd VIBPJ~.1---lCli.n r.:~teai:c.

-- J1j,s w:1.:e DOLORES.

Her lonq ba:1_1~ is 1-00~-E:, J.ift.:i.11s_1 SLI.(3i-lTLY ?.~3 if in a br1:~e~::e,

nltho\lgi.1 t.he a.i;-_- in. the 2.part.rnent is STILL.

She holds up an empty brown t•JHISl\Y BO'l'T_.i..iE,accusingly.

I found a ;,-1hole Gt Ct Ck '··,1·•

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tl·,e••~
·•-''- I
1·'""·'c·,,,
... -..,1 1 "

Ti:::.-J,.}/ comes cl;-)r,;er, lool:ir19 c:iovn1 at. he1, LONGING fen: h~:ff
Wl:j_1:te11 i.Il jii.G face.

TEDl:,-/
I killnd a 1.oc o[ people i11 the wa1:

3on1•?.t:hir:~.1 DLJ.FTS by t.b.Eff1 in -:,he, nir, ::.i):1:: r:;t·;::.-=i.·y·

!31:Kii,;FLAJ,.:F.:..;,
hut a da1:t GREY cdlo~.

DOt(l?.F:}3
Is- that wby- you di-in;":?

.TEDDY
Ma2(be wny I can't. ~;tcp.

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TEDDY

(1·e.7.1.izirr=1)
Rachel?
Thi?. D.i\EL .s~,:C!l'iFT..,J..F?::_;
2,r-r: U:ick•~r n,:iv.1 1 S~·IIFLTNG all arounci.
then~, fi]linq ~he ai.r, 1t~ki:·t,;i t.htj bri,:;ht 2.~·_;,,:-\1't;ni?.nt. :..)J.:.RY.ER

( nodd.i.ng}
She. neve:~- J.cft.

t::-olor<:.'S r.urr~s to wal}: ·.i.n.t:::) :.l1e }i'.-·in•:3 room, t\t:rnins:1 ht:·:-r back
to Teddy fo~ the first ~iin~

iie foJ.] 1.)\,Jf•; b,c::hind he 1: INTO THE LIVING RDCM.

Bit::> of ASE .fly up a;-Jd t.:n.,

1 ay £1.:-ornhe1: blctck~ned clot.h,:,;:, and
fle,:-;h, i·iHIRLING int.o the Cti:!: to join

T~m TEICJ•:EHING CLOUD OF J.i,..SH

:-:I)~\t :ir.;. new BLl\/JKETT.NG everythint;J in t.he apGrt.ment DRJ?TIUG

<Jcy,..,:r,
O'\-'f.:i: furn:i.tu~:1.:· 1 ].amps, rugr.; ..

f.1•.Jlor::::f.'.corner:-: to ,"'i halt in front: oi the livin,;1 i·.-,:ion~bzty

\•iindov.1, he·.~· ba-:..-k to him, loc.?k:i ng .-:rut.

THE VJ.Bi·i TH:-':OUGI·\ THE \•HHr:10\'-1hc3.D Clii:>lK~i~D J.nsi:eud of a c1cy,

t. he 1 i \ri <:iq x.-oorn '-dindo.\~' :.:..ooks <::•Ut. on - -

incx.:-rJ,iqht ~3HilTiN(j. dov.,i1 in r;-a~.•~ bJ.1..:,2 shaft.s 1 rnaki_n1J th,::::

rip1.:.} inq ;--1flt·~_r '.3PARKLE an,:i DJi.JV.'E wi t.h 1 igb:~ .

DCL<.)RES { C()l-11'I 1.))

Remen~be·t· when we stayed at 1:112 cBl,i.n
l:.,·,.rthe J ?::}:,::? We we1·e so liappy.

TEDDY

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:--:::·,1(:YE in ic:;1J.:::i.l."3 a'1<r:1,yf:cc,m hs:t \·10.i~(, ;~SH thi(-:},_f-?.1·1.ins.1
.·,rcun j them J.:i.l-:.-:~
.:; ::~>10\'-:STC•Fl•·J,_:,f 6ar~:. '._:;r":::V
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Ye,:.: :::.:i;1't: .li=:,:::i_,_.

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 TEDDY
I m not going
1
~a ~eave.
{id.most. a ::,;;ob:;
I lcrv0: you ::,-::-.
1 rnuch.

LIQUID, clE::i:n- -?.;:_: V-i.!.TR?., ;'i\:arts t.o I..:t:.P.K f:rorn h•_'r st.omr1ch ov01-
l-:is b;::~nds 1 TRJ.CTLil·i·-~~ Jr_);,:;·! tc th(:; -f~c,or.

{'.:;adlyi
I 1;Y1 bor:.e.s ir1 a b--:.1x, Tec"i.cty.

TEC,Y!

.f..{;LCRSS
I arn.

TEDDY
I \,,c:oI t qo, you I n:: here

DO]iC,R~;S
I 1 m not. Yo~1 have ta face that.
But :::he i:3 -- ancl so j::, he.

TEDDY

DOLORES

1/~ATER ii; pcn.1:.·in~! f r,:ir1~hr:::r st.;::;mach now, runn:\_n•J down t.l1sir

bt:,i(l:i.,s.:_; ·.:.o the LL <:,c,::, P.OOLJl·K.~ai:ocnd them.

r,oLur:::~~::
c.c:cu·1-
D:i 1

hc.ve to '~lO.

TSLF:·
No! Plr:-:=-tse dun' t. I need t.o
110J.d on-:-.o y<...)lJ, ~-u~::t .:-;.litt1>? lons31:~1.-

Jol:::,rer.~ I,E.!\NS Pf.\CF agR i.ni:;t :·:itT, h•::r :1-;J.e.Jd

c•n hir;;; shoulder,
her f <:<'.i.:': Ii.J-Vif.JISlffD.

DO'._,r.;p:::;::_:
G8d, Te~rly ~0t m0
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Cl ::,:32.

'l'EDL•Y
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SMl\SH rJJT TD:

T.l·iT. OP.DEP.LJ.ES C;'iJ.Z.,.f<:'T'ERS

- ·" MCt'.NING

Hir3 .-:.:h-:::~st, :11~., w!.v:;,i.e u:::)pe~ body i[~ SOAl-~SD and 111ore wat.e:c
DR:!:PS ..::k::;•ffi cm. him. leci, Teddy
:":.'.t.-'.;:.i:t LO()F.S u.::•

-~ t:he ceiling -ls LiRIPPll-lC V-ifl-l2R from a r;p1:eading LEAK around

the 1'1INDOVi. Ra-Ln SLUICES dovn: outsi6.c-:, a DO\•JNPOUR.

A tl":in, grey DP..ViNbar•~ly show:;s throu9h the cu~tain of Fl\IN

falling endlesF;ly out.side the windows.

THB ORDERLIES ;3t.umbli2. ou:.: of bed, syl:-etcl:ing; TrE.:y lookf.:

out \.:he window, r,fr1c-J:c£.his head.

TREY ~1~ASHIHGTON
Air1 1 t gonna be no·reiiJ -i~ tt1is s11it.
Uc he,-,,._,.

1 NT . t.,Ji\F.D B ·· - DA':.'

UR. CAW:.B'::' is £:\.:.rid:i nq do·wn the ~::::.11~; of \·~F.?.fJB, '.f~DDY -?o.r!d

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TEDDY
T need- to int:crview the p~t1.~1~ts who
were· in ~ac]1cl 1 s g1:0up tt1erapy tl1at
nigl)L

DE. CAWLEY
I thought you1: :investigatior: was
f. i::i:-:-h,~d-:'

TEDDY
! ~hrug::-: i
11.:.1 s r10;: ] :i.J·.l::'.•1,-::c2-11 t.t1k(~ the i:e1_·r-,/.

w0n t 0~ al)!e cc ~oi.11 ;0~;

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:]e l ~itl1 tl:e ~rne?·g~1)cy ~Ji11t~na11r:e
~"i}id :·1 :..:::-1:::t·.-21.·::.i.rc,t(}c::;J;:;. ::3oms- ,'.:,f :.:1.;:·
fac·i..l •.:i-:=:t:·, ai:-:.~ c1n:'.-~,..~ '-.r: J,-::.·,:'}:·-:-r:~jt·.;
\·It:: 1 ve s:ic;!: ::::,1::1 i:_;:.::·: p1:ci.)_l2m:~ if rhe
~tor~ d1~es 0cti1.~l:y ~tit.
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1 1 1]. a~range interviews j_r1 th~
cafete1:i.a. J can 1 t give y011 p~ti.ent
[:i.lef~, I 1 11 p;.1~: down ;:..alient
but.
f0.c::-.E3 ab!.-)1Jt. Lhe.i.r ,:rimer-; 0.r:.ci illn~~::;r.;ef;
so you 1 Jl
hi1v2 a frame of ~8ference.

T8:J~)'f
And was R~~'.1sl ]:eceiving a11y othe1·
t,~satment fo~ her 'i].}nessesi ? 1 1

D!"-~.C7',\-iLEY
l:nov.' '.·<hut t.lv:: r::t.c.:.te c,f th,:-~
De, y-::::,1...:.
rn:~nt.al heu.l.th fi-:::•.16 i:; t.he~::;(:: d<:i.ys 1
~Jent.lr:.-men?

Not. a clue.

DR. CAWLEY

(off ~h0J.1: surprise}

The old :;choc)l beli::::vee. ·in ::-hock thernpy,
G11rqical intervent-:i.cn~B, ope. Lreatmf-~nt.s
fol: Ll1e docile p~tiencs. Psycl1osurgery,
it I s cullr:d. The ne\·/ school ::-;ayf; t:h-2
fut1.:.1'._e i L~ r--•r...;ychophnn~acolD~!Y.

CHUCY.
What:. ·; r, pr3yc}:,::-:piv:-trmt(co::..os_1r!:'::-:acl:.Jy:·

_1,_new clruq t0r_: ju::it l·.=f:e~;,<'1t::,fJl",;·,vs-d- -

qalled li~l1ittnl -- t~1at relaxes
1;s·ychc;t.ic_ pat ientr~. S .)mE: v,ic,\:ld :.:.i.:ty,
1

ta.mes them. [·;ianacl•::r:; 3r~d chains

wiJ.l be:'.cm~ a thing of the past.
( an ,_,;i:}0•:.~;
That 1
s \•;h;,-i.t. ':.l-,1:.: JL'3\•i .r.;,_::hu-:_;J.
pLom1:::::,:..:s.

'[eddy _i_-;3v1.::J.l:!_::lti.11(J
C'3.·,·,.l.ey1 [:'- :r:<::-:;:..~·L.\cnr;c,:-,.::.:~.f,_.tlly.

[)F. '7:.'.-'iL"S"f
B~lieve it 01: ~iaY,?l~al, I D~~10v~
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w.:iLl1 respec:t a11c1li.st~:, ·:0 w!,a~ !1~1 s

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 TEDDY
( sk r:::pt~.cal J.y "i
TheBe patif~nt::;?

DP. C/\WLF.Y
My pain~ is, wta;: should l)e the last
r~so~~ is beco1t1ing the fi~·st response.
Jive tll~!t a pi.ll a11d pttL tl1e1~ in a
coL:10r, and it ~11 goes awa)'.

CHUCK

DR. CA\•ii.;EY
Not 2,t all. Rctchel Sola.ndo was on a
cocl:::=:.a.il of drug;;; ctsar:.t .to kef!p her
f1~om becomin9 violent. - - and '::.bQy
were only intermit~ently effective.
(rubs his te.mple::.)
It I tl- my opinion th2,t the biggest.
obstacle t.o her recovery wag h'er
2:eiuf,;a1 to face \•;hat: d1e had done.

TEDDY

TEDJY (CONT'D)
I!; tl1er0 a reason tc• iefer t(i YGU]:
patient i11 ~he past tense, no::.:tor'?
f.·;~i·.:! F/ l•:>:)kr:: c,ut t.he ·window -- t.he 1·ai~·1 i:;_; BLJHD:::HG, t.;·l!_:'.
1 ] i~:~
_,;o::.·J.rl J·,1::.:'_,1cnd a CHARCOJ.J., SKETCI-! b.l.uLced by fa.ll:i:ng w;:.,t-?1:.

DR. C!\WJ.-8Y
(hecr·fi ly·)
Look 61ttf:i(t0., !Aa:!.:.:,hal. \·ihy de· you
thir:k?

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T?.:DDY AHC <~Hf_l(~r.:.. ;~ ,'.1.t". ,:-1 1- 71_(.-l::; :.1.t:. th,--: ,:_~'..b::r ,::-rid ,:.-,f -:-.h;;_.
r,:afr.\·.,·::::in., ~~MTER\/:'.:EWI:,!(i ?. P.t.,TI3I-·l'l'.

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but :v:..:: ,·:;-.:,.::.:1,:::~:.e
t.;·1":'./ ,:_;\.T:\"P.H.2t.F:.
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{m1.1rnbJing)
It 1
s cold. My feet a~e cold.
C'EUCK
_Sc,rc/ tu ::,:-:.7u·t.11.:::,t. KcL, wr:re you
].!;. q1:()\JP tbt::}~?.-:::ynis;h\: b·.:':fG:ce 12..r::t?

;·_FJ-1
I qc1r a ,~old i1·: my [e~~ 311d il~ hltrts
\:.c -.,.:,3..lk.

Teddy s~ances over a~ th~ '.o,,-~ WHITE'

·cme
'::.'~'·/U\-~_;:.:•:;.:.:E?.I.ilES
tt1ey 1
~e both SNIC~ERJi1G. Ke~ s l1~arl ROBS as l1e speaks.
1

TEDDY
Ken, com•.'.:~c::L, }oc-),;_ a.t. rn,s

Ecr. ~-~ucld~:nly :'3LJ\J,W bc~th lYi~; f:.i.st.::; do;:,,•n on the table with a
J.01.~d C"l'HHU:,lHKK !

'I'he Orde:i.-:lie[:> RUSH OVER, bt:.t K•:::~1is sti.l-1 Mtn\rnLING " -

(voice sti]J. low)

It sl1ou:l.d111 t h~rt, but tl1ey ~ant :it
t.:::.i. They fill t.l"i~ air \•li.th co:!.cl.

TREY Wl\SHINGTON
nc s.11.1cs-s- - :18. ~--old you -:1.bout.
L,,:=.-1:
l:i:; .fr:!st.. Y\·.11.'. <~1\.l),'"S dcm<:~, or you
w.s.nL: Lo h(:c:-t.r rnor::,': f:;ometirnes he
gets up to t:1e knec!s.

CJ!;J::.T
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m not Ll":"i.nl·:ins:; t.h.e u:~lF:11
inL,,:.1~r,~_.<Jar.ion tn":'.t.hods au?. qc)i n:.:3 t.c.,
he much t12e ~1ere, l)0s;;_

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PETER BREE~'JE r:iits dCl'::-JSS from them! pudgy, slick blond hair.
One a11tJ.e is crossed 0ver tl1e opposite kn(~e, he GRIPS tl1e
a!1kle tigl~t aa he 1eanf; f:)rw~1rd, lj_cking ·~1is li.ps.

;,ETSF BREE:·lE
_{eyt:::•:;da:rt:.in~~)
I 1 m 2carec1. All the ti • e.

PETER EE-~f•:EJE
(cor.fidii:1::1)
You know - - wa.tcb.~e.. The. way they· tick
all the time, it gets ir1to your h~a4 ..

Teddy lea.ns b-:1ck, as h~..':!a:K1 Chuc}'~ l:.}:ade._ ct 91aiicc.. U1·eat-_.

PF.TllF'. f'.REENE (CONT'D)

( cont i:·11.1in~!/
Raes, they scra~ble wi.th tlieii feet.
l\nd p,2nciJ.G - - tl1.e 1 ead, --vou know:'
The f_.;Cl'?tCl"l- Gc.n1i:.Ch 01i. ·pai)r.:r.

Bre~~e looks away, his face. WORRIED, as he WHISPERS:

PS'J'E?. EREEHE ( C(frlT' l.))
I 1 m af1·aid of you.
CEUCK
M~-. B:reene

?ETEr-: ERRENE
Lc-t.s of ttd.n.qr:: :::car(~ :ne. Th!:.: v:ornan,
tbal~ woman sbi=: sc:1.rcd 1:v~, with
}1er· l)ig ])1·east8 1 ~t:0 way her can
rnovc-d i:1 t:.:·:.::tl:v:hit(:> .-Jrr:~t:::s, cc.,ming to
ou~- hcn..1/.:e e;vc,ry day. :-;he I d r:.;mile a;;:
:11•~:' like : ·,,.1as .:\ --.:i~:i
1::l - • and :_.:(:,1.1
c,:Jt~ld ::,f;,:; i!·1 h•::1: (:\•,...,:,, .-:dh:. l .U:ed U:;
;-.,,;.;-rw.l:e{t, '.~!hf: liked '·.,::-;;3,,:;,c-kc-:)ck ..
: ()1..:.':. ;__:;\•Jer.i\
,ne if.
'.i\nd t.h;.;:r: ::.~'.1:., ::-,:;.~-:r:-; f:i;>::: ·;an '."1?.ve:·
R 3l~ss ·Jf ~a~~r? Alon~ ir1 the
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 PBTE"? BRE?NE
It was obvioi.1s. Sl1e wanted me to
pull cut my thinq lan-;:i-h
so [;he c.:cn.1:'...d
at 1t. She sc~1red me.
\1:::arnQf.;t.l.yl
Be:ca.it:':'-S:, cLhf-=J:"'.•/i;::E:1 - rr:c-a::1 you can
see it in rn~/ {a-:·.:· - - I w,::-mlcln! t ;y1.n:t.
a fJ.y. It s n01: i.n ~e.
1

Hs ,r::./:a.1-~·?T
h:i.r.; t1ead, clY-..-.i.()tlSly exr.:-ec',::i.r:q t:hem to f;YMPATHIZB
!:; ~;) tuz-:.\.ion.
·.-1ith ]·1if; t:c-3.~-J:!

PETER BREEJ:-1E ( C()l-1'£'1 D)

But ~,he11 rim sca~ed? Ci1, th0 nj_~a.

TEDDY
'!cn.:r mind':""

PETEP. HREENE
The rnind. M.i.nr::-, vcn.1rc;, o.nvcm,?.1• s.
:t. r.-: :)uf;t like (1 ?<!.):.~
1

one. bolt ,:;1.·-:~cl:r3, ,lnd

·=n~i~-9!::<".l;·~.:~:~~~~,
•.Jt.,.. 1.,,.110)e ..~1 .:-t.,...n1
gor-.'.s hay\·11 re.
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tl"len lie ,.,,,a:.: r.1 ..·.;-;l'!f;fc:.:~ed hi:rs.

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Then what:?
TEDD',
Th,;::"J - · :-v)\: hi r·1':J. "i~;_:·V<::l?"::i ::::!1,.::d. Li:•:f·
111) 11eve:· ~xi2tsd -- nr:; :---.::(:C; 1:•~1,'"'.!t:
al1.. l. 1 n rr2':".l.,/ l1':: 1 f: r,c•t: i:·;
::_.;:.11:::-:
;;•~tt:i:d B. 'I'h~,: \•.;;.,;_·_:
d ,

;·-~·1icci·-
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1.\ \:. )

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So c0uld ?~•:t1(:l Sc~-~ril,:=, ar: (11:

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(sl1ating h~s tead)
Lotr.:: o;: p:t,1ce~:: you ,.:.~(_;1_:10
put. a body.

'l.'S:.JOY
-'.CO'...l:"lt ":'.l"il!';:_!)
Cin.J.'/ <.::·JH? pJ.a-".;-?.:,.1'.·i,.::;:e11c1 ci:-;c would
r,·:~zi.llv no' ..:Lc,:::.

Chucl-:: looks up

TErj;p{ (.ccnT • D;
So let 1
s take a lo0k.

Bo::>s -- aP~ 'de ·.~00!:i.r:.~1 h:,-:· I..i:i.r:;:-kli,:.;1·

~Jr Rachel:'

TEDDY
Both.

~XT. GR..9.VEYARD - - l\FTE:'.~>-JOCN

'fhe gra'-re~/ard i;:, f-iFR.:\1··11:lJ:l(~

1 :,::.:Lcme marker:::.: c::r:d st.at.ues zt1-::.d
l::vc:=n 2, M~.lE;OLEUM :-"it::2tled in the- \c'tl~L, chokir,q 13P3;SSE'.;:;.

CP.UC!"-:
(pe·,:rs ::.tt a· ::,t.i)i'.F:\
There\s stuff h0re a~ far !:,a~lt ~s
l.11e 18~0 1 s, bos0.

'.f'EDFY
• (re~·td.i n~~i ::;t.on'::;E,)
LookE 3.ike ~~he o}_je1· li~:1,:l::;Lc. 1 ni.~f: .::tr>.:·
nv.)s~ly t:.cqr:tl·.:..-::l. m-:iyb\;:: i-.:1t 1·,;;i:.-:e::r::. 0
::

one:--:r a).:-8 tor:;.

llF"; -.-;ipt::=:; t.he s~1~e21nin9 r~111 f1:0m l~is f,:·t~iie.;i_.-J., pnin!·'if·,,:,,·,

si11se m0rc j1.1st drj_f:S f~mn h:'. ::: n·1 e,::;1·.f;}_'-._
..•_·]- ·,.-,.·,,._:,·_
, -l·.. _,:·' ,:,

,::'JTY:I'.
':"!1!-: p:-::.1:.:c:o. f'.: 'i.dq,.:!L. \·'·!11:.:::·1
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Nope.
Chuck STOP,:;, lc,::-iJ.ir:~J c,.~:T26dy .Z\;,.JC{iUL\', like h,:: 1 ,:; /_J,::en BETRXIED
bul: Teddy doesn 1
t no~ice l:iecaus~ he's l)IGGING i~ l1is poc}:5~s.

RUN

The in.k :;;r,art.s to RlTI··.lin u,,:} ::,':l.in1 a:.: Chu,::}: Joc-:'J: 1..~p frc,rn
the paJic: r.c, 'l'edcly, FEJ;.?_ in hi:?. ,:-:-y>?r;;.

DISSOLVE TO:

EXT. GFJ'.\VEYARD - - SlD:-1SRT

The stin is negi.nning ta SINK, ba~aly visihlc shafts cf ligl1t

e.t.ruggl. i.:-1q feebly tD pie:rcc the: r;ton,:c·Joudt~,

Chuck and Teddy au~ n:ovin.~1 th:'.:ougll a GP.OUP of tor.\l:istone::i - -

THE WIND has PICYED UP to. almost SCA?.Y st~enotl-:, ?LAPPINC

t:bc-ir :x ..ncbo~3 li~-.f~ ., ...~t. SH~KOUDSaro-...:nd t.hr::m. -

TEDDY
Goddammit. --- !)<.\Lh:Lc,;:~- That. 1 :,;, 2-J.:
thc~:f:' i(,~ 1 ~Ju:~-~•::'.frf.;m Lar;;l: ':,'Car. l',ic,
Li:it?<.k!.ir:, no Rc:.che.~

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It 1 i,. 11ot lll·.e. t.i·,s·/ 1
:i cut a r.12\;:i:,:~::: ,_-:-,nSol.-:'l.ndo --

TR::1T/Y
If_ ·r~~h0:Wdf3. hi:.•:r.-r~;' the ~JL ..'.f'-:'<'; WC.'\_:li:.1
ff(;

(:HT.ICY
For.;L;. \•;·:: ::."".::i=<l': ::- -:i;·,t irld,Y.>Lf ..
1_:1.1~T1·in,_:i i;1t-> f1.;_-:·ki_n~~V.211;;.:,:_:·:::'.:'1.

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 TED'.Y:{
We gotta get l>ack!

Th~y turn together, BENDINGt~1cj.L l1eads ir1to tl1e wind,

FIGHTING lo walk ~.award ~he g~a,,eyard gate
- - as a -,~m.AVESTONE i:..; 'dREUCi1S1) i: 11_·,;ni:.he 2.::1.rth 1 i~:e a ?.()TTEN
TOCTH, to~:n. ouL ar:d S:./Y.-'H-J;:_d_d,:::':it(y:::, '!'(_/i-:13~IUC 0:nd over ,~nd.

c::-mcL
1JeEil,:3 Chri[::t. l

TEDDY look::: up t1Y(C1Ji2h the E-LU·•ff;_nrc p_z;,_;_:-.1,~;e.ein~-J a EUJRRY

SH.1\PE ahead, s_p~ey .2-:1d square 1:is:L:·19 r:~:(.:Fi the wai.:::..it-1":.isih w,.::ed:::.

'fHE i-l.1.\Uf::LOEU!•i

Teddy GFU:~E-SChuck by Lhe. ,::;,lbc-•,.; a.rd JE?.f.S bin t.owaJ.-d t.b-:". door.

TEf:CJY

Teddy PUSHES liim -;n:::.i6r:!.

INT. M.F.USU~E:"JM - - DUSK

Chur..:J.:: lands on his FJlEI•:S .i.n Llh".: da.r~:,::::ned, tiny ::~o,.:..rit · - he

SC,'PJ.J,JBLES up 1 t.1.n:n;_; to help Tedd/ ~3HV.J;i: the bi:rJ!:.,::::·1· door SHl.lT.

CS:.qd--:. and T,:;(lcly•j,.u::t lean a~!Ain::;t. tlv~' \,.:all, C.Z\TCHTNG THEIR BRFN.fE.
Ci-:uck puLi.:; a FLI,Sl-1LTGl1T fru1:1 hi:::, r•·.<•):_et. Fi,ICKS it ()JL

Th":: t-.Lii,. lis1ht p,3,::0·,,er:o 0 ro-,:irn1 ::'t marble

a mn-2,:-:_1, btt1..·i: EEHCH er:
one. side, .:-tn CEMGNT SLAF.:- ceFFJ.N ~n t.h:: Cfsr:.l::~1:·

Te:rn:,·-·
I -dOn I t h::.ow ci lcit sd::,,::ut. ~:urTiccuE:.2,
but· I ~-JE:t U1e fcel:i.ns:; ti·d :,:. 0111::' -::;-
just \•J~n:rn:i.n~iup.

A 101·19 l)e~~. as ti?~Y ~IS'fE1l tel th0 2c,1nd ,~f L1:ci ~~~ORM the
wicd :·:;CF:EA[••i~;, :-:he rr,au,,3:_-..].eurr. '-/lET-'.?.T2;::; ·-.d.t~·i t:b1:-'. :·n:;-,··,:-~-o[ it.

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T•~ddy sit.s 1 on th•.? b'enc}·:, C'buci·: is P-!:ttini;,1 on the f~i.,:)Cir 1

lea.rd.ns:J back a~1ainsc t.hf..: "c all. S~•iOF.I!--!G

iri r:~ilence
1,1 - ~ i11hen
Chud: SPR?.Kf) f:•,BRUPTLY:

8(;. ':/OU r hin.k I.J3.c/.tdi;:_; is he1:;:,.

The tliir1q I don I t quit.e ~:.iE":t. ir:
what a1:e yo\1 90:1.ng to 60 abou: it?

T~Df;Y
I I m :::1r:,t. here t:o kill i1i!l'..

CHUC](
if it >:H:.re my w:i.f,:::.? I 1 d kill hin1 t:wice.

Te;."idy r:kier:;n't. looi-:. C:tt him, =~ye:.:; DISTftl1T as he smokes.

TEDDY
When we got t.:.h~::-c_;ught.b.e gat.es at
Dachau, the. SS qu-:trdu ::-;u~_:reridar(:=:'dto
i.~f.L ?' i ~-re lnm.dr,2.d cf: t.h'9m.

FLASHBACK Ut/\GES OF TEDDY AS A GI IN DACHJ>.U

ai: e Il--l'I'ERCUT
Chu•:k in the
'.Vith
hare
~'.~::!~-:y ,.~i::r~n~; o~'-::e:)c~1~?1,
,_.J.\..)'I,··'-- ,..ne rla.,_ hl.LSJhL a.:i he
_t--:~l~il}S!.-~-~~
\_.,.__.1,t 1.L\.,t::!,:,:

(Note: Part of this flashback-sequence is expansions of the

QUICK IMAGES we've seen before- of Dachau -- taking the
snippets we 1 ·ve seen Teddy remembering up unti.l now, and sewing
them together so .they finally make a wliole.)

THE AI,LTED SOLDIERS liPPROitCH, l:h.i::L!: nwn.bers C1VEF:h'HF.T:i"ilN;:~,

rorJR.UF) th.tT;ugh t.he ~-ratef.-.

TEDJYr: ( \j. (>. ·; i.CO.HTID)

'Th·:::· cornma:·i:3-:-:-int. tc:it::-d to kill hi.ff':s:::lf h:::J:.::.,l."1.':'.
'.\'t::- ,.:;1(1t, tJ171·~~? -- but b:·: it..
bc:ot.c'.·11=::d

!;h:.-:>nh'~:; !:ch:i. n9 the CCl:'lNl:',Nlf.:°\!-,iT~;.'::· :"_.;rJJ-.'GI.,88 i: hi::_:

c·•:.1
lTi bl'o,.>J;.· ]1:1bbJ,?s --

TE:Jl'.i'/
T-: :·::.ii;: D.n lv::.ur a:.::, .:li,.~,.

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 as Teddv lights a CIGARETTE, i;1ha1.es tlie smoke.
TS:SD'/ ( CDMT 1 D ·:
: ca.r:~f: o..1t., and :?.-Zt\•.:th(:.: b,:·;e:1i~~~.:;
0:1
tl11~ ground in ti1e gas rooms
piled at ths t~3i1·! st3~j_.Jn --

FLASHBACK TO DACHAU

Tl-IE. TR.A.IN C(1F.:S., 30 .;:t leaDt, hod.ie::; SF"ILJ.,.T.NG ont.o the co-7.d
ground, d:.11;:tecl w-lth ENO~': .,i".l 3n10:·19 them

THB LITTLE r• T::;,

,_7 ~\i.l
J.
~ l ('
,.) th he. ~' ,] cl
C:OR.PSF.:1·.:.i hl uc <-'i.nns
hopc:.le.s.sly· around her mct:.hci:: :":;..body.

TEfJDY ( \J, (). (COl'-"IT' D)

-- too many to count.

THE' PRI.SONER.S PRES.SEU agai11st the fence;_ their· 9aunt, d:i.sea::;ecl

faces DE.SP BR ATE •.-,ri
th F'E.~E and HOPE.

COHPSES litter the 9-r:::-tu,1d J::ehind them, 11aked, barely HIJM./1..N.

TEDDY f\J. 0.) tCOl-lT 1 D)

Too nvn-1y \:..::-> imaqinc.

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So yr:.:0h, ··the Gua::.··1.r: ~~;
1 11:r,:'.;1dcre:,:~.

FLASHBACK TO DACHAU

TI-iE ALLIED" GI 1 S SHOUT OF.'DEE.S them.

t hr: ii- tJUn.i:;

We t.cH_,;-:_ 1_:.:1i:,..6 t.li'"~'rn 1-:r.
ag~ins~ waJ.ls --

TSOD} .• ~ND THE C_:}'HFR c1·','.:i .!.c-c

Sold .. e~ r3is0s his R.TFLE
TF:rc;
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By t.he e1'.d cf the day 1:1e 1d ;:emov1:;c1
SOU souls from tl1e face of the ~artl1.

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As l'cddy lea~s forwurd, e]bows on ~1s kne~s, eyes on t~e f1.0cir.

TE[!JY ;_(!]1.JT I D)
It wasn't self-defense. It wasn 1 t

His eyes GLINT in tl1e paJ.e, reflective glow of the f]ash]j_gh~.

TED1Y/ { CUUT 1 l) !
And it. the
W<...>,.f?- lea:-:t we cou:i.d do.

CHUCK
B:i::.s

TEDDY
Vibat we. clicl wa.s for t.he ri~Jhl:. reaBon.
B1.1t wbat w1.--::r:lid war:.; a.:!.so wrong. .i\~1d
I 1 11. n1.::-..."e1:
waGh that ,:yf(.

Teddy seen1r.;; to come bz:cl: :.o ld.rru::~l~-, DROPP::;y_~ h..i.G c·.iga-reL te

and GRINDING j_t out with tiis foot.·

TEDDY (CCl-11' 1 D)
1
I'm tired of killi~g. That s not
why T I rn. h>:::.r.-f:;:.

CEOC:I:
'1':1er1 v.,112t. t.he hell a::.:e you dc;1;1c_i'?
\·Jh2tL is· z,11 ::,hiG :::!.hou(.?

TEDD\.
A f \:e1: 1,aedciis vanisl1eti, I st:al:te,}
dc.Jin·q ::-;cn-.e :.·hecJ::i.r::s1. Pe:)plc l:n,::-iw
·,rbo_ut: Ast1ecliffe, bu~ ?10 o~e will
talY.. l1i.ke i.t 1s m~rc tt1ar1 j1~st a
l~of:cpi t;;,}.

E 1:': -:;;st.F ur-', :':'.t3.l"Lf3 P.L.Cil-I(J.

TSLDY i :~'()Y/TI~})

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:.T.
ide.1. i_,:,i -_r,~.'
Ti~1.rifi,:·. :-~:.-l,:lh,.:,·-
...', ~, v,-.,

[5,,~1f·:\:.inq :::·1,:·:1 c·~;tn:·!i-:::s .'..':r·:-.n:--31"! j :=.;~

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T8DDY
By expcrirneat.:i.r,g on th>'.:: mind. ,2..t
J.~ast, tl1at 1
s my guess.

Chuck lool:s a.\: him, uncf:rtain ·· - ir.1 he jn}::Lnq?

C'.HUCT
'Ic,u' re D-'.":1:
ic-us.

TEDDY
·i:ou 2·ver l:.,:::2:cd (.)f pr,;'_::'C:}L,t:ropi-:.: JnJsJs!'
(-:)fr Chuck 1 ;3 h.eac1E;ha}:e.)
Tl1ey re drugs
1
tha~ aJ.ter the
c0112c iot~f,;ne:ss, t b,:: rs·r:cc•.p:-.ic)n.. Even
in sm-:t:. l r.los':'!::~, t:l:Cj' ca-;1 rn2J~c'.!Hnn<:.'.
people st.a1·t·,-·,:~e.j__ng and l1eari~g things
t.h2.t 1
<:tren' L - :..::~-

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What l~i~10 of things?

TEDDY
:::chi zoph~enicE have been t~no·,•m to
tea1: tl1eir own faces off because
tl1ey thi11i: their hai1ds are Animals,
or t.hat smnet.h:i.nS:J. if.> ali~e. tin.de1·
their ::::kin. Son1~ of these. dn1qn
ni:l.mic the .':';y·mptomF.' - - and Ll',.:~
b~!1avic1rD - - of -ins.'acity.

Chuck lool:s at :1.im c1~;:d.o\:.f;l·,1.

CE\JCV.
Thi:-:-; ;:_j nrl. of st:ur f i,;:,;n 1 ~- ,:::,::.-:1.ct
:Ly
i:.~,y..,->3-.-.1.-f:d
in. t.he !AHJ'sha.L,; 1 bd:::j r:
\:1.·ainin!:j: rn'c1.n1.1R]

TEDDY
I i\,e bc-:_'n do.i.n•] a l::;t. (lf rer;~~-:;r,-::h. And.
I.-finJ.11\' fo1.,nd :;;orn-:;r;me w}-:o w,~·,1-11<:1t,;1,lk.
Whb used· 1~0 b~ a ])atis1· l1a=e.
CEU('Y
,,;h0 t..:

TF.1)fJ"/
i1is 2)am~ is G~o~~~ Noy~?. H~ ~~:; a
~c1lle9e ji1i, made the mjstal:c ~-f
9~in'..J tc ;:;:nffe sc.\~:i..:-:liet rns·..-:·ti:·1:J c,1:1··
c.:,:;mp11:_:;. S<>c,n ~'if 1:.:::r t.h;_':i.t, ;·1c
,,ffeo: --, t,-:: :'~:: :-o. ::_.:\:ud~:, r::.:;J·
..-:~
1~11.d/!.':C' l \
- ::ct in,:,.

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TEDDY
He sta~ted seeing ti1ings -- said
there ;,.1eL~ dra.~1on::: e<ri:!ryv;h7.-r"E;.
At~acted 0 p~ofessor, almost beat:
!1irn ::.c, d<:'.at.h ,::lnd t:.he !·ii-::>~:col}e-~ie
ti.d ended t!p i.n Asl:ecliffe, Wayd

CHUCK
:-le' E ::;:i_:ill l~i;.,re?

TE:JDY
Nope. Got released, after almost a
yea:c. T'.•,'D v;e'::':k:E: o~-., the ·ma i.::1lctr1(t I he
·,,;all-::; in a bay and just :-;'..:.a1~ts st.r.1.i:ibins_1
peop].c. Killed th~ee mer1. I{i3 la0ye~
pleads i11sanity, they 1 re al! set to
-;-;::endhirn bo.c}:. Lo l-.r;11ecliff,.-;; -- an~i he
stands 1..:p in lhe court.2JJo;i1, firer1 11is
la\•1yer right. there and be~1s '.:l~e jud~1C
to send J:.in1 t.o pr:i son, anv pri·son
anywhere but a mt:';r.t::.aJ. hor;;pit'a:L.
at. ·l
( 1:-.•i.'.:!
.Ju<l~1c :::en-:1n him to Dcdh0rn.

\~HUCK
j\1)d "/OU found him.

Tl~DDY
(11ods, aflirtni.rig)
Ii0 s a mess;
1
but i~'s pretty clear
f: __
-cHn wh:::.t he r:.•::l~;,; 1:K: · - t.bey 1 2:e

expcrimentin~ • ~:people l1e~e.

Chu,:::)-: ·1ookE:, !j)1CER'l'ATH. It. 1

L; all :-:.cK.'mu•~l:, i.oc., f,::.;,;t

CHUCT
But bo3s -·- a c1:azy g~y?

TEDDY
Th.::..t I s t.hs beauty of iL
I.,a..:!c':.di1;; :i.~~ p·:::rfe-:-:t. r::1..1bj•: H~~.
or,r~ ,:::?il"i?.L: i.f he c.'2.:1i,;hf,c;, .Jic:s - ·
(J,:-'i-:':;~:-nr:-1,~::
t. .

CH1,-:CF
::,ii:,. '1''.12 l·iurt?nfr:..,cr·:.; C•: ,.:.-~ ~i:;i 1:.i.;
n,i:~;-1'... inJ
-~::-:p~:;·:\ <:,n }·iu;-iF"i1 :.~2}.!";-:_:_1::•

TE7:.:•i"J.;'.
~-Jc,~- .1 f •/(}l_) I rf·: L.1.·:/i:K_( '-.. 1·,,:::1·:.· .1:
•r::.:·:d if ()1..l' :: p-,.'::i::n, .
-:.:r.J. :LJ, .;::r.·!_.hi:)q
zy-~· H•.C; y-:·,·. ,b
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½l1en all tl1j_s started, all. I wa:1ted
.-.'aE to
1 f .l.:ncl L2.2ddi s. 'l'o _c,()~: him in
tl)e eye a11d telJ him ::hat I Lnew
l1e d kil].ed my wife, f..!ven i.f no ons
1

else di.d. Tl1a~ he 1 d :l·3VC:.'J: i:ir8:--i.t.:·:e

/-1nd now. ·:,

~:n1at. 1 s s-:1oiE'.:J .-:;;_1her..:c, it~l big•~;e:::.· than

tha.r: one- r.nl!.'der, er cvc•.n five, or
r..,:;n .
wha ::, hurna1·1 be:in'.~!f3 a1:e c:::.;_pablr:: of
doi.119 to each atl1e~ ..
Teddy j_s ta.11-~:i.nq !:.'it:b a:':__moFL·E\i.D.NGELIC1\L FERVOR 110\•i.

TEDDY ( CO~-i'l'1 D)
The _l-,1uremberJ Code was c:1·e•~t.ed .be(~:'3.US,f,l
c,f what the U2.~~i doct.o:rs dicl_, to-
:.hose pri.Dori.ers ir; the camps.
{edge of ~n9e:ri
We fought a war to stop ~]1at t]1e
Ndz:i.::: d:i.d. P.r::d now.. I finc1 out. :i.t.
;na::.: l:.ic !·1appening her,::..

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tha.t r;;he t.;ve~: i?->::i.!=':t:c.d':'

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makes a lot of sense. TC)O MUCH ·r:,ense:.

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It 1
s an island, ~ass·. They'll alwayE.,
find r,:.:;.
,unhztppy
1
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Not that it m3tters. ;•le c:-:-rnI t stay
1n here; t:l1is whoJ.e r:la.ce i.r:, about

TEDDY
Stiel-:. \•,:it_b rr;e_, p.s.1:t.:-:er. Mnke. no
rnista.l-:e \·H:: 1 re :i nJ out of tbi~;
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fl.tC}:ing p.;.,;~c,:::.

Cht:ck l:KiD~;.

to enter what looks like HELIJ, rai11 LASHING, wind H<JWliI?lG.

Tb~ir ponchos \ iH1T 1

around them like. b:cokE::n viings as the HEADLIGrtTS
find t.hern, Pil'-mU;lG t:.hetri in a pr.Jol of' rai1)..:pieJ:ced LIGHT.

CUT TO:

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!u:e. you out. of youi: Lu,:J:ins-.1 nindr.;':'

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lt 1 s oper1 lo dJ.~;c\1ssian at this p0i.11t

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in the Ord'2-r·J. :..E:f~ quzLrtf:J_·:_::;,
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fincl Ttey layins_1 ou:: ORDERLY '1-fflJ.TF.:Son their bunk::;.

TREY W'f!_:;HI1·1GTON
I d1:oppe-::-: those suits in t.he iloej;:d.t.?.l
laundry. Should be rt::::ady tqrri6rrc,·.,,J,
if we don't all wash away ·firsc·.
Speakin-~4 of ;11hicb

Trey reaches in l1is pocl~Et pulls otlt T\·JO f-'ACK.S OF CIGA?ETTES.

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'F1:a:i.d your :_::;moY..eswere p::e.tty much
done for, so --

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Mr. Washingt:.on, J''OU a1:·e .~ srsr,t.;•:!man
and a Bcho}.a1~.

:::NT. EOSPITl~L BOARDROC;·.•i - - H:T.Gl-lT

JI. lonq TEAK--TJ\BLE 1n :s. h:_1s_ie, vault<:.·d !.~1X)ii'1 on t:Jle top f:1,.:-.<J-C
of 1:l1e l1ospjtal.

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Those 9atients are a danger tc
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We xe on 3n island
1
i.n tl1~ mi.ddle of
~he ocean during a 1111rL1cane. 11
A
lo~ of floodi~9• 1
seems liie a disLi.nc~
por:.r::ibi..l. i Ly.

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to \:~e mai11].a~i and w1~ea}~havoc.
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the'; 1
ll :tic -- :;-1 huma.n b~:inJ:--:;. 1-~aL

you live·with that?

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Fra1)kly, if it we~e up to m0, :·a
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Vihen we sp.:)l-:.e ::his n:ornin,~J 2.bout
R3cjel SolR11do's note

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you ::.old 1i'1S yon Lz-:d r:o idea wh.:d:.
t.}:,:.::.t se::.:ond .i.E\~ c:i1.1Jcl refe-1- '...ci.

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11
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Thnt 1
s correct, yes.

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t,:a.i.t. didnlt ncfiherscx1 tell you the
good news? Rac11el l1as heen found.

IU'I'. CELL - ·- NICHT

The -.d.nd PJ"..'l"I'LE~;_:

lJ;;; bAn_·:::d \•:i nd.ry,,; ,,.s Teddy a.:;.d Chuck: s t.a.nd
ove:.· RACHEL S0LAlID0, sic:.in.3 ::,:;. '.)e~~ bcid, Hln~lMING t.c• her:;t::lf.

He::· h2.i1: L3 BLACK, ptl1.l<::,,J ba::::~:; \·1er ~;:.,.._inis LUMINOUSLY pc:.le.

::;hr:::1 :3 BEJlJ)TIFllL - ·· i)\lt not TH.It! l i }·,E: :;:;he. was in th~ pi.ctU.'l't::'.,

CHUCK
( to Ti::d.dy, 10 111}
The~0 1
s r:ot ~ mark on tier.
Ted6y s;lancer:c: dcy,.m be~:- f,::et f.l.l'e Bl!.RE, and tht:-)-' 1 re l?:!l'-m
o.nd CLEf\N, \•li Ll:ot:t =:-l ::.;cr-:it.cb c,r a. bruis(: anyv,hcrr.::.

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1
me.1:.? 1,.,Jhy :1:.·~:: they :in
rny houf;n '?

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.71. ft:iw que~:1:.ie:ns.

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(9lance2 a~ Cawley)
- - the:;·,:;' f: bt:.~en 2 c::i~Jh·,:..i r ~! of a ~:nG'..,·n
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Viell.. " mr.~clobrea'.:fast foe Jirn and
the cl~i].dr(-;;n, then I packed Jirn s 1

lunc}1 a:1J l1e }.eft, I sent tl1e c11ild~e11

off to schoo]. and ~11~;1 I decided t.o
~0.l·:,::. lr;n9 :::,w1rr1 111 tJ·1s la.!·:("-;',

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fa.n6 d;:c,:· that: 0

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·,_~nf_:pe.::i.J.:<.li:;ly
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l-'.fte.1: tl:r.d:. ... I Lhous;ht. of you.

.h.nd \,;i t:.hout \·.'2.J.Td.ng, She 11UGShim, close, ti~:iht, he:t:

i·ic:a.d in his chef_, t.

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Her eyes GIJITTER witi) ~e~,·~.

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,Jim? '{on I re.: qone... \'OU 1 ::.:e d'2<.-'.d.
c::y evr.::-1:y n.i.~_1i1l
I anqu i ::;hed I
Hew a111 I stipposed ~:o su~vive?

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:i.:i.k.1:.-hir..J_. t.a..!.LiT.1q-to Dol(i.::-e::.: in hi!~ -.::ln::2-rn:::;.

CBUCr :.ookr; _ck:sper:ately to c.u.Vi: ,EY wh:-::;t s:":.~.J

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t. hf:: doct.or ;:.;h.::1.kc;;hi. s :1,:::,::1-\:i.ml·}•:::ri::evt.ib1y. rJ0n 1 t.. spoc,k 1Je.t·.

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CCT TO:

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I 1 1~ s01:r~- al)Cttt that .. I di.drt'~ want

to :int~::.-.rupt, I thou9ht G:ne rni9ht,
tell. you something, ~ut ...

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skippin~ stc)n2s. We still }·!a~e DCl
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wit!1 wl1:i.te likE COBWEBS, sl10!: ~itl1 SPJJ:Es oE PAINFlJL !,IGHT.

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1
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Tedd'/ wali<:s t.hrou•::,h the Gren':". Roorr. ~-_,:;,.,;arclthe~ h11ge fireplace.

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a~;.d TWO YOUNGER BOYS.

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to you.

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a:.;d PICKS UP
tl"ie. bloodied LITTT.,E GT!"=:L.

LITTLE GIRL
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I wanted t.o ·- · bnt b::/ th1:::

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flips it opei:, 10okl.~9 ~~ [h~ Q~lESTION ~gain:

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DOLORES.

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c]()l:he.E: STU(T. to 1;c::-_·b::·,dy like °a B~ccnd s!:i~.i.

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-- and !~o:ices Oile of his l~Etnds is ShAKING, a ti.ny TREMOR.

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'fl1en yo~ 1 ll 11eve~ leave tl1J.s :l~J.and.

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in hc:tridG l:hc same posit.ion ar:, wh:en Teddy f:01.~nd h:i.m.

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Cawley l1ea1:d an 01:derly w~11t ba~shit 011
a pz:t i er:t, then got f;ent. t:p ::o tl;e roof.
He ,,,,,:;n~ 1.:p t:.e: look fQi~ hi1'.1.

Chuc}~ and T~ddy hea,l dow11 the st.air:; PAST.

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They EZ:;:T t.:·ie buildinJ. Teck~y lc,c.=L:::;at. the: 1)I'El-J SPJ\CE het 1.,,een
thr::rn and t.h1::: qai:'.-?. t.ctal Jr' E}:Po:;sJJ. l'-J(; cover.

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r. le-,:.::,}: back.
,Just l::.t:::'(::p,,:,oi nq.

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r::TRT.DE, but n,.::.:L.1·1.!lE!ll!'.:l •

Teddy glances Ul) at t~if:': AP.l,·iED GtJ.il.F.J:,Son tbe roo~ - - CH/\'T.'T::-.NG,

·ri.fles sJ.u11g over thei.1: 11~cks.

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ago, ~;i1011ld be bac~ anytJm8.

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and VANISll ir1to tl1e thick stand 0f foJ:eat.

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{still ;:ifling his ;Jo~tets)
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-- liis intal~e form.
(a littl~ worried)
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after ~1im.

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t:he storm-:::·2-tva.~;ed ·,,.,ood;..,. TP.EES a.ncl RRl~UCHES ar·e O\•ertu1:ned
ev?~:-y-,,,hp::,:::, ;~1c1k:i.nq.i.t. i:r.por::eibli:: t.c, r3c; in ~t str~;.i~:jht. 2-ine.

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tlo, : just don t want ua to b~c~l:
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~l1at slope, ses
~ehind the what's
trees -- there could be a patl1 ~}13t
gees around the 1:ocks --

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CFUCK
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qotc the inl:al'..e fonn, tha~ 1 s p1-c-of
there':,:. a 67th p2:c.ient -- v1ho t.he}''ve.
said, ~ll)l.i.cly a~d 1~epentedly, doesn 1
t
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they 1
~:e done --

TBDDY
So what, w8 just Jjack it in a11d he~d
~ack to Ashecliffe?

CHUCF
We're l1elpless until we get ori t!:is
1:ock! So yeah, we go h~ck to
AshecJ.iff~. We stay low, wa1t 1:0::
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I'll scout down there, see ~.f ~}1~r0's

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Teddy ha.lf-climbs, l).3..1.f··s.1..i.d,:::::;dGi•il1 the •2mbanl-::nHsnt, :he loos':'.!,

sandy s0il S~IDI~G ou~ b•~~eath l1is feet as he goes.

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..ND CF TREES

TEDDY
itt11der l1is lJreath)
D.::mrnit, .

Teddy :,;,::.i:2.mble:~? up 0'.,-81: U·ie edqe. of :~he prornontory I t.he ray:c.:

of t-.:11~~
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th::~c,,,,.:in9 I.,(1HC ~:IHA.UCt'if-:: ,:-;;tier the. black 1:,:.,ck

TFDDY
Ser::, I ;:.old ·you it ;,,;c)uldn I
t take ...
{voi.c0 trailing off)
lon~! ..

~· - [_;t:;c:a.u~,e t.be promontory ir.; El":·iPTY. Check. ir:1 oone.

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,:.,f C?JI.1L3 ,::i.nd the I~.4£·' nf \'J.;Y/ES bc.l,:y,\"· t.r} ani~,;~•21: him.

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fer p~r2t1as~ agairist t1·le jagged ~cicks.

th i ~19 F'LO'::'TSP.S r-,t.:i:11 him,

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I
1'H2 · P.t:~PER tha.l Chucl: shrs,·.ied. him. LAED:JIS INTAKE FOP.M.

'~'·::ddy .STP..t\JW:.:, reaching his tendon:-:; CR..2\CK as 1:,?.'.STRETCHES

. - and }'j8 GPAHS :it, holding it Light 1.h dne ]·!a~d.

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- - Qi~t... it.'::! n<::'::".a cor-r.;se (IL. c1.J.l.

Teddy ~~t:ands stoak~~~il.l, almost CRYING wi.\.~) relief -·

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POV TEDDY aeeing so~ett:i11g on tl1e CLIF? FACE above 11im a

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