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WONDERFALLS
"NIGHT OWL"
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BASED ON, WONDERFALLS BYTIM MINEAR AND BRYAN FULLER
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WONDERFALLS
NIGHT OWL
TEASER
(1) SERIES OF SHOTS: Tourists going by historic Niagara buildings.Old Tesla Power Station. Someone is home at the power station
because we see lights and a DirecTV dish. Various locations.
Inside the Niagara Mental Ward w/o Jaye.
(2) EXT. MENTAL WARD FRONT OF BLDG. DAY(2A) At the top of the front door steps Dr. Ron exits the Ward with
patient Kenny Michaels.
DR. RON
Take care Mr. Michaels.
KENNY
Ill see you later doctor, next
appointment.
DR. RON
2pm Wednesday.
KENNY
You got it! BTW, I forgot what
question I wanted to ask you...
Oh, Im out of Ritalin.
DR. RON
The Pharmacy here
KENNY
is closed. Theyre locked.
DR. RONRight the blackout.
You really need to keep at least 2
weeks of your anti-depressants.
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DR. RON (CONTD)
(looks at watch)
I guess I can get some samples
back in the office, but I have to
meet someone here in a few
minutes.
KENNY
Thats ok. Go, do, Psychia-trick.
I can hang.
DR. RON
It may be awhile.
KENNY
Go on!
(walks and sits on a bench under atree)
Its a beautiful day!
(2B) Darrin & Karen are around the corner walking up to meet Dr. Ron.KAREN
My watch stopped. What time do
you have?
DARRIN
I got 3:15.
KAREN
Were fifteen minutes late.
Dr. Rons going to think weve
lost interest in our daughter.
I cant believe we called Aaron at
work to jump the car. You told me
you were charging the battery last
night. Do you know how
embarrassing it is to watch a
Datsun jump start a Mercedes.
DARRIN
There was a bit of a situation,
but actually I bought a new
battery. Dont worry I keep
meticulous double service records
at all times. (points at noggin)
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KAREN
So Aaron came over and jump
started a brand new battery?
DARRIN
I... Probably a short in thesystem.
(a pause from Karens look)
Besides releasing Jaye is a
process. She probably hasnt said
goodbye to all her friends in
group yet. The short I was
referring to is the cars.
KAREN
Yes, dear.
(2C) In the BACKGROUND an AC unit, a light pole, and office windowsgo dark and loose power a brownout.
DARRIN
(spots Dr. Ron Campbell)
Campbell!
(3) INT. MENTAL WARD DAY (CONTINUOUS)SHOTS inside the Ward show its having a brownout. An inmate
cell door is sliding shut. The power cuts and the door doesnt
latch. The girl inside POV BACKSIDE TO US (she looks like Jaye)
sees it and makes a RABID ESCAPE.
(4) EXT./ INT. MENTAL WARD DAY (CONTINUOUS)(4A) Darrin & Karen meet Dr. Ron. Interleave scenes of the escapee
breaking out.
DARRIN
Hows Jaye feeling about her big
day...
DR. RON
Good. But were having some
trouble with the generators. And I
havent had the chance to go
upstairs. Jaye is aware your here.
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DR. RON (CONTD)
Shes most likely waving to you
from the second story windows.
(4B) Darrin & Karen look up and wave hello. We cant see through thewindows security screens.
(4C) INTERIOR: CAMERA on the floor LOOKS down a corridor. Sun shineson the linoleum through fenced windows. The barefoot escapee is
running down the hall, but maneuvering around the sunny floor
spots.
(4D) EXTERIOR:DR. RON (CONTD)
...A loss in power locks the
second floor preventing non-
essential personnel access to theupstairs facility. And prevents
third-floor inmates, err.,
patients from escaping.
...come again in a few hours?
(4E) The female patient (we see isnt Jaye) reaches the front doorsand the outside.
FEMALE PATIENT
Im free!
(4F) She makes it barefoot down the steps and stops short of thebldgs shadow line and where the sun begins. Panicked and
confused trying to find a way around this wall.
FEMALE PATIENT
Nooooooo!
(4G) Orderlies Tazer and subdue the patient. While a former one sitsunder the tree looking on.
DR. RON (CONTD)
I assure you shes in, good hands.
KENNY
What a nut.
(a pigeon files by and terrifies
him)
Ahhhh!
END OF TEASER
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ACT ONE
(5) SERIES OF SHOTS:CLOSE IN ON The front office of Niagara Generals Mental Ward.
(6) INT. NIAGARA GENERAL REHAB RECEPTION ROOM - DAY(6A) Custodians in the BACKGROUND pull Dogs Playing Poker painting
off the wall and other things with faces. Dr. Ron signs off on a
clipboard and hands it to the receptionist, who gets a
electrostatic jolt. Then LEAVES. Darrin and Karen ENTER and
fills forms at the receptionist desk.
DARRIN
Im telling you it was a brand newbattery. Im going back tomorrow
and giving that mechanic a piece
of my mind. Good morning Estelle.
RECEPTIONIST
Morning Dr. Tyler.
KAREN
You should try Jayes mechanic.
Whats his name?
DARRIN
Us.
(6B) Darrin hands filled forms to the receptionist, and zaps her.BACKGROUND a custodian is carrying away statue.
RECEPTIONIST
Ouch!
DARRIN
Gosh Im sorry Estelle.
KAREN
Hes been shocking me to lately.
Three times up on the elevator
already.
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DARRIN
Ive been zapping folks left and
right. My patients are starting to
notice. The last place youd want
one is during an colonoscopy.
RECEPTIONIST
You know Campbell is the same.
Drags his feet like Bigfoot. He
must think Im a lightning rod.
KAREN
I think it has something to do
with the weather. Like thunder is
coming.
RECEPTIONISTIn the summer?
DARRIN
No . It has to do with the
humidity. Youre prone to static
where the air is drier, like
KAREN
Like Niagara Falls?
JAYE
Actually, electrostatic shocks
happen when the conductive path
between two materials of
dissimilar charge have a
capacitive resistance greater than
0.1 micro farad...
I read it off the bathroom wall.
DR. RON
Kenny. (realizing)
(6C) Jaye appears with her suitcase, smiling; escorted by Dr. Ron andsome muscular orderlies. Darrin greets her daughter with
flowers.
ORDERLY SVEN
(heavy accent
French Canadian or Swiss)
Take care, Jay. Ill miss you.
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JAYE
(to an orderly)
Bye Sven.
KAREN
Oh, my. (impressed by Sven)
DARRIN
(sotto to Karen)
I told you best care possible.
DR. RON
Hello again Darrin, Mrs. Karen.
(6D) Darrin and Dr. Ron shake hands but dont zap each other.RECEPTIONISTZap everyone else, but not each
other? We gotta hook you Energizer
Bunnies up to the building with
all these blackouts.
JAYE
Yeah whats with the rolling
blackouts. Hello. Niagara?
Hydroelectric dam? Did they suck
up a deer?
(6E) Group laughter. All four head out the door.DARRIN
Thats what I miss - that Tyler
sense of humor. Here let me get
that (suitcase) for you.
OMIT: Instead of suitcase Darrin kisses Jaye on the head.
(6F) Darrin ZAPS Jaye. Arc-weld blue spark & sound appear BEHINDdoor.
JAYE
Ouch!
DARRIN
Sorry Sweetheart.
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(7) EXT./INT. TYLER HOUSE DAY(7A) Dr. Ron & Karen exit the first car.
DR. RONAs long as the patch is on the
habit should subside. Its only
harder for people who smoked for
many years.
KAREN
So simple? Sharon they have
patches for everything.
SHARON
There's no gay patch Mom.
(7B) Dad & Jaye exit the second car.JAYE
What happened to your lawn
flamingos?
DARRIN
It has been awhile since youve
been home. You may notice a few
new changes for the better.
JAYE
Aaron took em to the trailer.
DARRIN
And the lawn furniture.
JAYE
I never talked to lawn furniture.
Lawn furniture at a trailer park.
Stereotypical dumbass.
(7C) They enter the house. Jaye steps in and finds it baron of mostdcor, photos, and no television.
MAHANDRA, SHARON AND AARON
Surprise!
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MAHANDRA
Welcome back, to your:
Congratulation/New Year/
Thanksgiv-o-ween theme party.
JAYEOriginal!
AARON
Hallmark didnt have welcome back
from the nut house
Oww! (elbowed by Mahandra)
Levity.
JAYE
You guys still have a housekeeper?
KAREN
Sure. Yvette comes by on the
weekends.
JAYE
You do know shes robbing you.
MAHANDRA
We have 3 different kinds of
chocolate cake and a strawberry
souffl.
SHARON
Smile!
(7D) Digital camera malfunctions and she takes a picture of her face.Aaron musses with the settings.
AARON
Its brand new.
DR. RON
Well all this looks scrumptiousand diabetic challenging, but I do
have a full day of patient work to
tend to. So Jaye, you seem to
acclimatized quite well. Ill let
you further settle in. Remember
Ill come once in the morning to
see how things are going. Okay?
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JAYE
Sure? Because theres bound to be
embarrassing baby photos soon.
DARRINThanks again Campbell. Appreciate
the early visitational.
DR. RON
No problem. And theres no charge
on account Ive counseled three-
fifths of the family. Whats the
occasional freebie.
(7E) Darrin & Dr. Ron walk O.S. Continue with the girls in thekitchen. JAYE
(to Mahandra)
You learn real cool things on the
inside, like how to pass gas
without breaking wind.
MAHANDRA
Now thats useful for work.
(7F) By the door, Darrin & Dr. Ron shake hands and static zap eachother.
DARRIN
Sorry, must be dragging my feet.
DR. RON
Ah, Ive been doing that all day.
That reminds me, Im having
trouble with my battery, would you
mind giving me a hand for a jump?
DARRIN
Mother Goose! Me too. Just got abrand new battery. Be more than
happy to.
DR. RON
Great.
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(7G) Darrin & Dr. Ron head out the door.DARRIN
Ill grab the positive you grab
the negative.
(7H) Jaye settles to her room. PAN the desolate room. All the charmsof a Motel6.
JAYE
Awe Mom. Well, at least they left
me a light.
(7I) A brownout happens.JAYE (CONTD)
Son of a
(7J) OMIT: Non-alcoholic seltzer-tini scene.
(8) PARK WALK DAY(8A) Jaye and Mahandra stroll through the park. Sharon and Aaron are
a few steps ahead scouting-for-faces, like Jayes secret
service.
AARON
Faces are everywhere!
To the untrained eye, a walk in
the park will appear perfectly
normal. Kids carry toys, bums have
tattoos, even the rare roller-
blader with the Hello Kitty sports
top... its coming down.
I'll flank left.
SHARON
(to self - musses with her phone)
No signal? Its open-air.On the X-Files they can make calls
anywhere.
(to Aaron)
Gotta phone? Or do you still think
the transmissions rewrite your
memory?
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AARON
Just intercept any and all
face-like objects before Jaye
does. The fate of your sisters
sanity is in your hands Scully.
(8B) Aaron goes O.S. while Sharon falls back behind Mahandra & Jaye.The CAMERA FOLLOWS Mahandra & Jaye.
JAYE
Right over there was my favorite
spot to look on, watch the people
go by...
So hows life on the outside?
MAHANDRA
Erics gone. Well you already knowthat. Not home but GONE--gone.
Rumor has it hes hunting elk in
Manitoba. Your brother has taken
your position at the store and
taken your trailer. I'm not sure
but I think he living in it?
JAYE
Just holding.
Just for the Summer only or until
legally deemed by my psychiatrist.
(8C) The SCENE FOCUS is on the BACKGROUND. Aaron is bullying a clownballoon vendor to go away. The clown eventually staves him off.
But Aaron returns for a beating...
JAYE
My trailer was his first
away-from-home independence.
MAHANDRA
Aaron?
JAYE
College, NYU, Fullerton. He never
once left home. Never took a
dorm, nothing longer than a week
without coming down with something
serious...
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JAYE (CONT'D)
Mom never caught on that you cant
get a food-borne illness when
shes always packing your lunch.
(8D) CAMERA passes through Jaye & Mahandra and FOCUSES back on Sharontrying to talk on a bad cell connection.SHARON
(on the cell)
Beth? Hello? Wait someone else is
there.
(8E) CAMERA PANS UP to see the other people in the park, on theircells; all cross-talking.
CROSSTALKHello...Hello...Whos this...I
cant hear you...
(8F) Then a lamppost COMES INTO FRAME, lights up for no reason, goessupernova bright, then explodes.
(9) INT. TYLER HOUSE DINING TABLE - NIGHT(9A) CUE Spaghetti MUSIC. Tylers having a pasta dinner at the table.
General chitchat and table crosstalk.
JAYE
(to Sharon & Aaron)
You learn so many cool things on
the inside. Like how to pass gas
without breaking wind...
BTW, all the stories youve heard
are true.
So whats with the candles?
AARON
Rolling blackouts.
SHARON
I think it adds romance to an
Italian dinner.
JAYE
Were Italian?
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DARRIN
Today we are.
MAHANDRA
Then quit hogging all the cheeseLuigi.
AARON
So Jaye, hear any annoying voices?
JAYE
Nope. Just you.
DARRIN
Great.
KAREN
Who wants Spumoni?
(9B) Karen serves. Everyone eats. END MUSIC on a trunk horn HONK. Asotto silent-but-deadly FART. Everyone stares at Jaye and looses
appetite.
JAYE
Wasnt me.
I heard nothing.
EVERYONE ELSE
OMG... I can taste it... My
eyes... For the love of...
(10) SERIES OF SHOTS: Show that all of NYC is sleeping, include zooanimals, closed parks, stores, etc. Peaceful.
(11) INT. TYLER HOUSE SLEEP MONTAGE NIGHT(11A) Jaye sleeping. ZOOM IN on her increasingly angry face.(11B) FADE IN music video Andy Partridges I Wonder Why the
Wonderfalls.
(11C) END MONTAGE ON Jaye wakes up screaming. NYC wakes up. Caralarms, dogs bark.
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END OF ACT 1
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ACT 2
(12) SHOT: - PAN the QUAD. Show the windmill.
(13) INT./EXT. WONDERFALLS STORE DAY(13A) Aaron, in smock, walks outside with boxes of stuff. Alec is at
a table just outside the store with a 1950s manual cash
register. Some nick-knacks are on the table, t-shirts, etc.
ALEC
How cool are we. Everyone else is
roasting with no AC, and we setup
this little el Fresco gig. The
customers just keep coming to thecool guys.
(yells to a Talismania employees
opposite the quad)
Cool! Its nice and cool!
AARON
Ok, we got notepads for receipts,
business cards, change, paper
towels for the bird goop. I bet
Talismania arent selling ceramic
monkeys in t-shirts. Do we need
anything else Mouth? Man its warm
in there.
ALEC
Yeah, get the Niagara #1 foam
finger. The one that we altered to
give the bird. Brandy and the
other Goths next-door are
conspiring to moon us.
Just in case.
AARONHow long are we going to stay out
here?
ALEC
Until the rolling blackouts seize.
AARON
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For the record youre getting 100%
of the bills. I dont randomly
shred mail like Jaye.
(13B) Bird poop hits the table. Then a dead bird falls out of the sky.AARON
Arent business suppose to have
backup generators?
Cant we tap into that giant bird
blender over us?
ALEC
Youd think so. The Ontario Power
Company owns those. They even own
the hydroelectric power on the
Falls. Backup generators are onlyrequired on critical business
units like hospitals and
Starbucks.
AARON
Thats why their side declined to
a lackluster industrious bleak.
ALEC
They run power when and where they
want. Then in turn sell it back to
us at an over inflated price.
AARON
Canadians. (pity)
Thank God theyre hot.
(13C) In the sky they hear and look up to see geese in a migratingtriangle pattern. CAMERA watches them GO LEFT to RIGHT.
AARON
How weird its summer.
(13D) Alec picks up a lightening globe. Its lighting up but notplugged in.
ALEC
When did you run an extension out
here. I thought we had no power?
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AARON
We dont.
(13E) The surrounding people on the quad begin to point and look up atthe sky. Another pattern of flying geese make noise. CAMERA sees
them GO RIGHT to LEFT.
AARON AND BYSTANDERS
Never seen anything like that
before... Wow... Look...
Whaaaat the?!?!
(13F) A WIDE SHOT of the sky shows the two patterns running right intoeach other. They begin falling out of the sky. People run and
take cover. It rains dead birds and feathers. One lands right on
Alec. CAMERA POV inside Talismania store show the employees
mooning Aaron and Alec and laughing at their misfortune.Talismania is like a Hot Topic store.
(14) TRAFFIC INTERSECTION - SCENIC & 3RD AVE. - DAY(14A) Sharon in her SUV waiting at a red-light. She still cant get a
cell signal even with a full set of bars. SHOW No Signal. SHOW
nearby businesses have a rolling blackout. Intersection
momentarily goes green but lights go crazy. Sharon stops short
and gets rear-ended by Beth. Powdery airbags optional. Sharon
EXITS car.
SHARON
No, no, no... What the hell!
You son of a BETH! (sees Beth)
BETH
Irony.
SHARON
No! This isnt happening. Out of
all possible times.
BETHThe light was green, then changed
to red, then green and red.
I didn't know what to-
SHARON
But not my-
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BETH
Well, it doesnt look that bad.
The insurance should cover it.
SHARON
Not this. You. No windshield, notaillights. Anyone else I could've
weasel out and squeeze my breasts.
I-I. It's I have no... (peters
out)
BETH
You huh?
SHARON
I dont have insurance.
BETH
You dont have insurance? Its the
law. Youre a lawyer.
SHARON
Say it louder. 2 cars down guy
didnt hear you.
O.S. VOICE
Yeah I did.
SHARON
What are you doing?
BETH
Im calling my insurance
SHARON
Wait, wait, WAIT, lets just talk
this through for a second. Let's
not get irrational now.
BETH(after a beat)
OMG. Youre broke. Broke?! That's
why you moved out. I thought you
were taking care of your sister?
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SHARON
Yeah, well, coincidence likes
bedwetters. And playing wet-nurse
role became my hell. Please dont
call. Court has only been dark
for a little while. Ill pay youback with interest. Let me owe you
one.
BETH
You do owe me shared rent. A
lot. Ill report it was a hit-and-
run.
SHARON
No-No! I know the sheriffs.
Theyll turn up traces of my DNAon your car.
BETH
Your DNA is everywhere in my car.
Unless your parents drive you to
work, youll still need a miracle.
Sorry.
SHARON
But Im your girlfriend.
BETH
Sorry, honey?
SHARON
(curses at the traffic lights)
Damn the blackouts! The blackouts
are cursed! Brownouts and
blackouts! Youve taken over my
job and now this!?!
(somebody honks O.S.)
Shut up!
ETHNIC MAN #1 IN CAR
Look. Is that semitic bashing?
What a rude American.
ETHNIC MAN #2 IN CAR
Racist cracker.
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(14B) Sharon storms back to her car to light a cigarette. Then sulkson her steering wheel.
BETH
Here. (give her phone to Sharon)
SHARON
Middle name is Beatrice.
BETH
Im not calling it in.
SHARON
(weepy)
No, no, youre right. Your dignity
is what's attractive. I cant
afford mine. Ill live with myparents more semi-permanently. In
time youll find another girl. I
hope she has my spunky and double-
jointed just as me. Could you yell
out my name a couple times so the
budgie doesnt miss me.
BETH
I can fix the car. But I cant do
anything about the train wreck.
SHARON
I'm a train wreck.
BETH
Uh oh. Feathers all over the road
tell me you have Broadway wardrobe
or theres a pigeon etched between
our bumpers. Either way I remember
you telling me how Judge Lemann is
a lesbian hating tree hugger. And
I know shes gonna add extra time
for that little-
SHARON
Choo-choo. Oh, kill me now!
(14C) Sharon has crushed cigarettes. Beth takes her over to her car.SHOW more crazy electrical activity (traffic lights, dashboard,
bystanders wheelchair). Sharons SUV slowly rolls forward.
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BETH
No, don't think that. No one can
replace you Honey. Cmon theres
fresh cigarettes in my car.
SHARON
(weeping sorting noises)
How can I repay all this?!?
I can't. I'm going to have to work
in public level.
BETH
Honey don't say that. Whats a few
bucks for a new bumper sticker and
fender. If one things for sure
money will get between us. Youllalways be my bumper sticker.
SHARON
You mean that?
BETH
Of course.
If you need work... a group of
Architects need to be picked up
from Toronto International Airport
at 6am.
SHARON
Ill think about it.
BETH
It pays a thousand.
SHARON
Ill do it.
(14D) A SHOT showing Sharon's "before" SUV. A truck carrying new carsSKIDS and SLAMS into the side of Sharons SUV. CREAMING itthrough the intersection. In SLOW MOTION it jackknifes and the
trailer full of new cars heads straight TOWARD Beth and Sharon.
FLYING glass and dust. The tailgate STOPS short of where
Sharons SUV was. The back ramp falls. A vehicle breaks loose
and rolls out. A SHOT showing Sharon's "after" SUV, like
Sharons exact one - into the very spot her SUV was destroyed.
Sharon picks up her new keys off the ground.
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(15) JAYES DREAM SEQUENCE ?(15A) Dusk or Twilight. Jaye and Eric are at a railing over the falls
looking out peaceful. The lighting, contrast, music, and mood,
get a little creepier and haunting with each line...Voices are echoy.
ERIC
(smiles)
JAYE
Wow. Look at that Northern sky.
Isnt that just freaking gorgeous?
ERIC
(rapidly loses smile)Thats magnetic north. (turns and
leaves)
JAYE
Huh? Eric? Eric?
Where did you go?
(to someone)
Excuse me, did you just see-
(15B) In 2 SHOTS the CAMERA sees a man in a yellow rain jacket walkingbehind Jaye, she turns to find a billboard Trust the Gordons
Fisherman; whom was that man.
O.S. (ECHOY)
Let me out.
(15C) Jaye spots a owl landing on a fence post. It turns to stone. Shescreams when she sees it talk.
OWL (ECHOY)
Let me out.
(15D) Jaye runs.
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(16) INT. TYLER HOUSE DUSK(16A) ZOOM OUT on Jayes ANGRY face asleep on the couch. Karen is
comforting her. Candles and diffuse twilight. Darrin
opens/answer the door. Sharon and Aaron enter. Sharon greets Dadwith a kiss.
AARON
What a day. Youll never believe
what I saw.
(to Sharon)
Did you get a new car?
SHARON
No.
DARRIN
Shhh. Your sisters finally
sleeping.
SHARON
Howd you get her to do that?
DARRIN
Wasnt easy.
KAREN
Poor things gotten no more than a
minutes rest.
SHARON
I'll try watching her again
tonight. What did Dr. Ron say
about the screaming? I miss REM
sleep.
AARON
She screams?
DARRIN
Like a balloon.
KAREN
Dr. Ron had car trouble. He
couldnt make it this morning.
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SHARON
Tell me he left a prescription.
AARON
Screams like really loud?
(16B) Sharon fishes something out of her purse and walks over to Mom.SHARON
You kidding? I havent had pee
scared outta me since
kindergarten.
(16C) Sharon SITS next to Mom on the couch and HOLDS Karens arm.AARON
Does she say anything, coherently?Um, some subconscious indication.
SHARON
She dreaming it. Whatever it is.
(to Karen)
Hold still Mom.
(16D) Sharon is putting on a fresh Nicotine patch for Karen.DARRIN
Ive looked up and down the entire
house and I cant find a single
toy she may be hearing in another
part of the house.
(to Aaron)
Are all the flamingos over at
Jayes trailer? You didnt just
jostle them in the basement or
attic?
KAREN
Dear God the basement.
Like a manic Tale-Taled Heart.
AARON
Of course not. Plus Sharon made me
go through the crawlspace, aka,
spider city.
(toggles a dead light switch)
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DARRIN
And the power company said they
have line trouble. They said it
would be temporary. So they said.
AARONIf Dr. Ron does come over tonight,
apologize for the luke coffee.
He provides a great service.
I don't want to disappoint.
(16E) As Aaron takes a sip. Jaye suddenly GASPS and SCREAMS bloodymurder. Aaron does a SPIT TAKE. Jaye sits up with her hands
covering her tired face.
SHARON
(leaving)Excuse me. Bathroom.
(17) PARK WALK - DUSKSHARON
Tea, warm milk, reading a book...
Sometimes I fall asleep listening
to the exhaust fan when I'm on the
toilet.
JAYE
Tried everything. Cant sleep.
AARON
(Yawn)
Weve walked for 9 hours. Hasnt
that made you tired?
JAYE
No.
AARONWell Im getting a churro.
JAYE
Ill get it.
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AARON
(to Sharon)
I remember you having bumper
stickers.
JAYE(to Sharon)
You want anything?
SHARON
Kielbasa.
(to Aaron)
I can do whatever I want to it.
It's my car, alright?
AARON
Is it.
SHARON
She seems, natural.
AARON
She's transitioning. Anyone who
wears 5 medical alert id
bracelets, in appearance, natural
is never indicative to calm.
(17A) Jaye at a hotdog vendor. She orders and two guys pop up.JAYE
One churro, one kielbasa, and Ill
have a cheesy-dog.
VENDOR ALBERT
We only have cinnamon churros.
Hey its Jaye! Kenny look, you
remember Jaye from group?
JAYE
9v battery licking Kenny?
KENNY
Jaye?! Where?!! I SWEAR I WASNT
THE ONE WHO TOOK YOUR SODA! PLEASE
DONT EAT ME!!!
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JAYE
Im Jaye--not Jennie.
She weighed over 300 pounds.
KENNY
Wait now, which one where you?
JAYE
Talks to toy animals.
KENNY
(chuckles an Oh) It's Jaye.
Dr. Pepper?
(17B) Aaron & Sharon share a beat.SHARONMaybe this is her new norm?
The norm we always wanted?
Is that possible, that fast?
JAYE
Onions?
SHARON
(shakes her head no)
Therapy is therapy. It can't
actually make someone...nice?
JAYE
(to vendor Albert)
Yeah, shell have onions.
AARON
You say that now because you're
dry. Bring a new puppy home from
the pound, its barking will keep
you up a few nights. The time it
spent there is its needed time
transitioning. Beyond that is ajudgment call for specialized care
or swift euthanasia.
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(17C) Jayes location.JAYE
Albert, I thought you were going
into the environ-friendly green
business. Werent you afraid ofhotdogs?
VENDOR ALBERT
I did and now I sell them. A true
to life success story. This cart
here, with Kennys help...
KENNY
(pats Albert on the shoulder)
Naaa, youre the one that dropped
out of MIT.
VENDOR ALBERT (CONTD)
Is a working example of clean
alternative energy. No gas, no
solar, no electri-ci-ty...
(17D) The cart begins to shake on its own.JAYE
Whats up with your cart?
VENDOR ALBERT
Beta stage. It can be a bitch.
KENNY
And so can these birds. Excuse me.
(walks O.S.)
Hey! Shoo!
Yeeeeh! (scared of pigeons)
(17E) Kenny spots a Niagara Parks ranger with his truck servicing thetrash cans. He returns to the cart bug-eyed.
KENNY
Al, remember that thingy I told
you regarding this-aye cart-aye.
(song-like)
Alternators and this dont mix.
(points his head to truck O.S.)
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(17F) SHOT of the ranger. Hes almost right next to them. Turns offengine to service more garbage bins.
ALBERT
(sotto)
Ix-nay on the truck-aye or wereall going to die, k?
JAYE
You guys alright?
VENDOR ALBERT KENNY
Fine. Fine. Alrighty!
(17G) Aaron & Sharons location.AARONIt's perfectly logical. She comes
out, nothing's changed, and the
instant someone finds something
she knows it's a march back to the
pillow room.
SHARON
You're second guessing.
It's not because nobody didnt
visit her enough in the nuthouse
err, hospital? I know I did.
I'm peachy.
AARON
We can't even say that man's name
without asking her permission
first. My God. Do you know how
(whispers) common "Eric" is?
Statistically it's in the top 5!
What it comes down to, or, what
you should be asking, is... do you
sleep with a gun?
(17H) Jayes location.VENDOR ALBERT
Thats one cheesy-dog, one churro,
and a loaded kielbasa.
(17I) Big ass yawn when Jaye hand the money.
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VENDOR ALBERT
You look tired.
KENNY
Really? Cause she looks like shi
VENDOR ALBERT
Kenny!
JAYE
No, hes right. Im on no sleep
since I got home.
(17J) CUE tension music.JAYE (CONTD)And that was four days ago. All
because of the weirdest dr...
(17K) SPEED ZOOM IN on a cement/stony owl (still) perched atop a fencepillar behind Kenny and vendor Albert; as in her dreams. Include
2sec. FLASHBACK of the dream owl coming to life and flying away.
ECHOY VOICE
Let me out.
JAYE (CONTD)
That owl. That owl!
That, thats...
(17L) Kenny & vendor Albert are looking off to the RIGHT. They seemmore interested in that pickup than Jaye. Kenny is SUPER
bug-eyed.
KENNY
(paced)
Oh. Yes The park has a funny
story, 'bout those.
(17M) SHOT of the ranger trying to start his truck.VENDOR ALBERT
Um yeah. Kenny, would you like
telling Jaye that story, um,
over there.
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(17N) Kenny quickly walks Jaye away from the cart. In the BACKGROUNDthe vendor cart is moving/drawing itself toward the starting
pickup. Albert is fighting it.
JAYE
Owl! The owl!
KENNY
Oh absolutely those bitchin birds
kept me up night after night
after. Did you know when pigeons
get aggressive they can...
(17O) The pickup started. Albert runs past them like mad lightning.VENDOR ALBERT
Run!
KENNY
(screams and pulls Jaye)
RUUUUUUUN!!!
(17P) The vendor cart begins CGI MORPHING. The skin of the cart,everything metallic on it separate like foil off a baked potato
into a mass leaving only the wooden framing behind. This ball
goes FLYING toward the pickup truck. POV from the ranger inside
in the truck; he DUCKS. The ball CRATERS his engine. The ranger
is tossed from the truck. The truck wreck SLIDES TOWARD Kenny.
Kenny trips. It skids to a complete STOP an inch from his face.
Kenny opens his eyes, sticks out his tongue, and LICKS the
battery. A SHOT of the wooden cart frame left behind. A crowd
has drawn. Everyone gets up.
KENNY
Thats gonna be bad for business.
PARKS RANGER
My truck?!! My wifes going to
kill me!
SHARON
Holy crap! Are you alright?
JAYE
Yeah. Here, sorry I got cheese on
your churro.
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AARON
What the hell just happened?
JAYE
(looking straight at that owl)
PARK RANGER
I havent even finished making the
payments!
SHARON
(to Park Ranger)
Shame. That an F-150? Huh. What do
I get if I help you push it to
Scenic and 3rd avenue?
PARKS OFFICER(long confused look)
AARON
(to Jaye)
Well?!?
JAYE
Feathery fucks are tryin to make
their way back in to Smiley Town.
END OF ACT 2
TRANSITION: CUT TO
COMMERCIAL
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ACT 3
(18) JAYES DREAM SEQUENCE COMPLETE SEQUENCE - ?(18A) Again Jaye and Eric are at a railing over the falls. All voicessound echoy.
JAYE
Wow. Look at that Northern sky.
Isnt that just freaking gorgeous?
ERIC
(rapidly loses smile)
Thats magnetic north.
(turns and leaves)
(18B)Jaye looks for Eric again.
OWL
Let me out.
JAYE
No. No more. No more talking from
things that doesnt exist.
Im better now.
VENDOR ALBERT
Listen to them Jaye. Baby steps.
Remember from group? Trust me.
(18C) Approaches the owl hesitantly.JAYE
Baby steps. (repeats)
(18D) FLASH OUT transition now to a 1950s surgical room. Fiftiesattire. CUE MUSIC Patsy Cline. Jaye looks like Greta Garbo and
speaks with a southern accent. Darrin is operating. Eric is on
the table. The owl, wax lion, and the brass monkey are in also
performing surgery.
DARRIN
10 blade. Thank you.
JAYE
Eric?
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ERIC
Hello Jaye.
JAYE
Docta, tell me, is he gonna be
alright?
DARRIN
I do believe this man is suffering
from what appears to be a broken
heart.
JAYE
Can ya fix him up doc? Can ya?
MUSES
Asymmetrical retractor...Clamp here...
DARRIN
Of course sweetie. All you have
to do is just listen - to them.
(points noggin to muses)
Pacemaker in... Close...
JAYE
No... No. I, I cant. Its just
not right.
(18E) A quick SHOT of some mad scientist throwing a big switch andTesla balls lightning in the background.
(18F) Surgery monitors go crazy. EKG spits out paper tape fast. Lungbellows move like car pistons.
DARRIN
Code red!!
(18G) Tray pans, knives, metallic object fly and magnetize up to theceiling.
(18H) END ON, CAMERA MOVES IN on Eric. You can see the gown on hischest beat like a hummingbird.
ERIC
AAAAaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh!
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(19) INT. TYLER HOUSE KITCHEN - NIGHT(19A) Aaron is on the phone with Mahandra. Static phone connection.
MAHANDRA (VOICE ONLY)Youve been putting this on the
back burner for the past five
months. Are we in a relationship?
AARON
And that you're her only BFF?
It's difficult. She comes home
during difficult. She comes home
to do laundry.
MAHANDRAYou're unbound. You have free-
will. Don't you want independence?
AARON
Ill admit when she came home
during the pregnancy scare it
fired the independence enema.
So...
What would you say to a practice
move-in together. Jayes taking
her clothes from the trailer. Ill
have more room! Its closer to
work. Hello?
MAHANDRA (VOICE ONLY)
(phone static)
You know she wants her job back
and.... when she finishes becoming
normal... Are you on a cell?
AARON
What? Your breaking up. I am on a
landline. H-Hello?
(19B) Abrupt busy signal. Hangs up and sits with arms folded on thetable. Jaye enters. Looks like shit.
JAYE
Cant sleep.
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AARON
Tell me about it.
JAYE
Sharon sleeping at the trailer?
AARON
Couldnt take your screams.
She needed a night.
JAYE
She needed a night? You know
Wednesdays that little kid there
hunts night rats with garbage can
lids.
AARON(looks at watch)
Its technically Thursday.
JAYE
(incoherent insomnia)
(head hits table)
(20) INT. JAYES TRAILER HIGH & DRY NIGHT ( CONTINUOUS )(20A) Sharon is sleeping in the bedroom. The peaceful silence is
disrupted by metal banging in the distant.
(20B) Creaking and moaning of a tilted trailer. Silhouette of a FatPat slamming his foot in the screen door.
O.S. HOWLER (VIA FAT PAT)
Yaaaaaaaoooooohhhhhh!
(20C) END ON awaking Sharon SITTING UP in the dark. Eyes darted to oneside.
(21) INT. TYLER HOUSE KITCHEN NIGHT ( CONTINUOUS )JAYE
Can we go for a drive?
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(22) MONTAGE: NIGHT DRIVE THRU CLIFTON HILL NIGHT(22A) CUE MUSIC. Aaron drives. Wind blow thru Jaye's hair out the
passenger window as she gazes the lights of Clifton Hill;
exhausted and tired.
(22B) END MONTAGE ON Jaye dozing off at a red light, wakes screaming.TERRIFYING the next driver.
AARON
I have a feeling you didnt want a
drive-thru cheesy-dog.
So where are we really going.
(22C) Jayes sees a road sign. Niagara Falls Victoria Park / OldPower House 15km 9.3mi Next Right.
JAYE
Were going to the Park.
(22D) OMIT: Jaye wants to see the stony/cement owl. Aarons requestedthe owls relocated to near the Old Power House.
(23) EXT. OLD POWER HOUSE NIGHT(23A) The cars engine dies out as they roll up to the Old Power
House.
AARON
Crap. I knew I shouldve used my
car. Were you sane enough to carry
a cell on your person?
JAYE
On my person? Go use a payphone.
AARON
Thats a Crisis Phone. I need AAA
not suicide intervention. Or do I?Isnt this place suppose to be an
empty warehouse?
JAYE
And where high schoolers go to
become fathers. Theres a light
inside.
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(23B) HIGH SPEED ZOOM IN on the stony/cement owl on a pillar by thefront door. Jaye double-takes and sees its wing point to the
door (still).
O.S. ECHOIC VOICELet me in.
AARON
Its probably a Ranger. If anyone
asks, youre a mental patient that
escaped homecare and Im taking
you back.
(23C) Jaye finds the front door unlocked.(23D)
Aaron pops the hood and looks at the engine like it were thespace shuttle. A wrench flies out of his hand and sticks onto
the hood like a refrigerator magnet.
(24) INT. OLD POWER HOUSE NIGHT(24A) Inside a double door entryway, Jayes POV sees and hears bright
colorful lights and electrical hums coming through the cracks on
the second door. Inside CAMERA sees a HUGE towering industrious
sci-fi machine. Mock scene lighting from Batmans The Riddlers
lair aka Jim Carey.
JAYE
Hello anyone here?
O.S. VOICE
Get out! Were closed!
JAYE
I need a phone?
(25) EXT. OLD POWER HOUSE Aaron is on the Crisis Phone trying to reason with the operator
to send him a tow truck.
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(26) INT. OLD POWER HOUSE (CONTINUOUS)KENNY
(the appearing O.S. voice.)
Are you deaf? Said were closed!
JAYE
Kenny?
KENNY
Jesus?
JAYE
Kenny, what are you doing here?
KENNYHey Jaye! Hows it hangin!
JAYE
Kenny youre not suppose to be
around electrical equipment.
Doctors orders. We should get you
out of here. Are those personal
wipes? Do you live here?
KENNY
Living? Pioneering! Ive got
something thatll BLOW your mind.
Hate regulatory fees, got big ass
utility bills? Itll radically
change the face of alternative
energy, to a clean infinite source
for the entire WORLD!
(26A) Enter Aaron.AARON
The crisis operator was a teeny
bitch. Any luck finding a ranger-WTF?!? What happened to the empty
space?
KENNY
Company!
Welcome to mia casa amigos!
Dr. Pepper?
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AARON
Are those Tesla lightning rods?
KENNY
Even better! I see you broughtsmarty to the party.
(to Aaron - like a sellers pitch)
Hate regulatory fees, got big ass
bills? Ive got something thatll
BLOW your mind...
JAYE
Kenny, Albert's the one into all
that green clean crap. Is this
his? Hes using you Kenny!
Alberts using you!
AARON
Albert, Einstein? Another patient?
KENNY
Albert? (evil laugh) Who do you
think gave him the idea? Hes just
some corndog junky that wanted to
fry for free. Im the Einstein!
JAYE
OMG, not the Tesla thing again.
Whens the last time you took your
meds?
AARON
Tesla?
KENNY
Yes?
I mean, Tesla? Pfff.
I have no idea what talking about.
(26B) Kenny poorly tries to cover a controller board behind him with anewspaper. When just over his shoulder is a massive Tesla plant.
JAYE
Crap Kenny, relapse is one thing,
but from licking 9v batteries to
this?!
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AARON
Tesla the forefather of
electricity?
JAYE (CONTINUOUS)Its not just a tongue habit
anymore. This time you can get
yourself seriously
AARON
Crispy.
KENNY
(in one breath)
Cmon. Everyone gets their breaks.
I bet youre wandering the parksthis late at night looking for
some head (inhale) to talk to.
AARON
Nikola Tesla? Are you saying
youre him? And this is your Tesla
power plant?
(suppressed laughing)
(26C) Albert appears out of nowhere, in a trench coat. Persona likeAgent Molder; X-Files. Aaron is trying not to laugh at the nut
jobs throughout.
ALBERT
He is. And yes that is. Which is
why Im here Kenny. Weve been
monitoring you.
KENNY
Alby, welcome to moi humble abode!
Monitoring? What are you a Fed now
Alby?
ALBERT
It was my cover. Become a patient
and get to know Kenny. He was so
much into Tesla, it set off a
concern when he started playing
with bigger and stronger
batteries.
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AARON
Absolutely.
JAYE
What? Whats funny aboutrelapse?!? Kenny needs help.
ALBERT
Having trouble with your car when
you got here, right?
AARON
And this has something to do with
it.
(26E)Albert walks O.S. and unplugs a florescent reading lamp off atable.
AARON
Hes probably trying to pull in
Playboy for free.
JAYE
Kennys not into girls. He likes
electronics.
AARON
Alright the Home Shopping Channel.
JAYE
You idiot he likes the TASTE of
it. Kenny, like me, only went
through group therapy and meds. He
never got electrotherapy because
they knew itd only give him a
boner.
(26F) Albert hands the unplugged lamp to Aaron and the cord to Jaye.Albert asks Aaron to turn in on; of course nothing happens.
Albert then goes to a circuit breaker panel and flips ON aswitch. The lamp lights up. Aaron thinks its running on
batteries. Albert flips OFF the breaker, and removes the bulb,
flips ON the breaker. Albert is holding a lit florescent tube in
his hands.
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ALBERT
This is just one lamp, one bulb,
on low power. When Kenny throws
that switch to full, anything and
everything relying on AC/DC
electricity current goes to hell.
JAYE
OMG. What about hospitals, all
those poor people on life support?
ALBERT
Think of a pacemaker in an MRI.
AARON
Cameras, computers. Telephones?
ALBERT
Toast. Satellites... included.
I've had cataract surgery. Have
you ever seen a man implode.
AARON
Youre yanking my chain right?
(26G) Albert flips the breaker OFF and the bulb goes out. He tosses itsome distance behind them. It shatters.
ALBERT
You thought you had car trouble
now. If Kenny flips that switch...
(26H) Albert flips the breaker ON and the broken bulb begins to sparkand pop.
ALBERT (CONTD)
Every car between here and
California is going to get jump
started.
(26I) OPTIONAL: TRANSITION for COMMERCIAL BREAK.(27) INT. OLD POWER HOUSE NIGHT
AARON
Good night nurse! If this isnt a
Crisis I dont know what is!
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(27A) Aaron runs out the door.ALBERT
(to Aaron)
And tell them to bring a straightjacket!
(to Jaye)
I'm going after Kenny. Keep him
distracted long enough from
turning anything on as long as you
can. Here, just in case.
(27B) Hands Jaye a black & yellow stripped Tazer pistol.JAYE
I dont know how to use this!
ALBERT
Theres no recoil. Its point and
shoot. But only as a last resort.
Ill circle back.
(27C) Next to Kennys desk/controller board/coffee maker a Felix-the-cat clock on the wall (eyes and tail move back & forth) it reads
12:00am. Its chiming. But when Jaye looks, the eyes are fixed
and blinking at Jaye.
CAT CLOCK
Let them in... let them in... let
them in... (repeats)
ALBERT
Kenny said he was pre-charging it
at midnight. We dont have much
time.
JAYE
Wait! Does the phrase let them
in mean anything?
ALBERT
No.
(27D) Albert runs into the shadows. Jaye makes her way up the gantry.The eyes on cat clock follow her. She can still hear it.
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CAT CLOCK
Let them in... (repeats)(fades)
(28) EXT. OLD POWER HOUSE CRISIS TELEPHONE - NIGHTAARON
(to girl on the phone)
Yes, Im sorry I called you a
teeny bitch. Operator, Miss? I
know youre just doing your job...
Yes Im sure youd make a good
high school counselor...
This IS an emergency! Theres a
nut at the Old Power Station...
No, Im not the nut!
(29) INT. OLD POWER HOUSE (CONTINUOUS)(29A) Various CRANE SHOTS of the Tesla plant. Kenny at a upper
controls deck with a laptop, boom-box, and some Dr. Pepper.
Various SHOTS of Jaye and Albert walking around the machine.
JAYE
Kenny, its me Jaye. You remember
Jaye?
KENNY
Id stay back if I were you.
(29B) Jaye walks forward and is hindered by an invisible force fieldcast by an overhead lamp. Albert trips on something in the dark.
Kenny flips a row of light switches. A bright spot light shines
straight down on Albert. The cast light acts like a force-field
cell around him too.
KENNY
Watch your step Agent Scully!
Here, lemme get the lights for ya!
JAYE
Kenny, you need help.
KENNY
I can help everyone!
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JAYE
Something's wrong with your
machine. Theres a small chance it
might kill everyone.
KENNYLiar! Its perfect.
ALBERT
Listen to her Kenny. The real
1800s Tesla never finished the
experiment because he knew of the
negative metallurgy effects.
Remember what it did to my hotdog
stand? And that device was only
the size of a shoebox.
KENNY
Big deal. Every innovation has
side effects! Now you can wean
yourselves of primitives of
electricity. It'll all be gone
soon. Like the band AC/DC will
be obsolete!
(29C) Albert found a wrench/object. Tosses it up and pops the lightbulb. The force field is gone. He jumps Kenny. A fight ensues.
Jaye tries to do the same with several failed attempts.
JAYE
Kenny stop! Think about all the
people out there.
KENNY
You hate people.
JAYE
My cousin has a pacemaker. Grandma
has a steel hip. Mahandra has 9
credit cards and if they all dontwork tomorrow...
(29D) Albert and Kenny momentarily stop fighting to give Jaye a areyou serious stupid look.
KENNY
I just solved National Debt!
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(29E) And back to fighting.(29F) CAMERA SHOT on Jayes back, shes itchy on whether or not to
draw her Tazer gun tucked in her belt.
JAYE
Damit Kenny, this is suicide.
If you don't stop you're back on
the third floor. Youll get the
chair!
ALBERT
Are you turning him on?
JAYE
Sorry.
(29G) Albert is knocked to the ground. Jaye draws.JAYE
God dont get him in the crotch.
(29H) Jaye closes her eyes and fires point blank. One hits a Dr.Pepper and the laptop. Albert sees the darts coming and leans
way back. Albert watches the probes electrocute stuff around
him. Kenny flees, takes advantage, and activates more overhead
lamps (force fields).
(29I) The cat clock chimes. But only Jaye can hear it speak words.CAT CLOCK
Let them in!!... (repeats)
(29J) Kenny has his hand on a big Frankenstein-like switch.KENNY
ENOUGH of this! Its show time.
THE LAPTOPBing! You got mail.
(29K) A power drain. Lights dim.KENNY
Damit! You ate my pre-charge!
How do you hibernate this?
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(29L) Alberts force field is gone so he gets up and hits Kenny in theface with a fire extinguisher. He looses his balance and goes
over the railing, landing flat on his back.
JAYEOMG! YOU KILLED KENNY! YOU
BASTARD!
ALBERT
Sorry I couldnt find anything,
softer.
(looks over railing)
Less than a story. Hell just be
sore.
JAYEYour therapy Kenny. You shouldve
gone to your happy place.
ALBERT
The machine!
(29M) Albert finds Jayes Tazer shot the controlling laptop screen.ALBERT
Theres gotta be manual controls.
Read off those circuit breakers
over there.
JAYE
Eddie, Henry, Pauli, Whirlwind...
Tell me these arent hooked up to
school children or kittens.
ALBERT
Damn, theyre labels.
Only his computer says what they
are.
(29N) Albert is trying to read the broken LCD laptop screen.JAYE
There's more switches back here.
Huge ones.
Can I get some light?
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(29O) A hand turns on a light switch.JAYE
Thanks.
ALBERTIt wasnt me.
(29P) A giant array of TV antennas starts rising through the roof.JAYE
I swear it wasnt me.
(29Q) Albert makes out on the laptop screen AUTOMATED SEQUENCE:RAISING ANTENNA
ALBERTNo, the whole thing is automated.
We have to cut the main power.
(sotto to self)
How is he feeding this?
(29R) Jaye looks over the railing.JAYE
Wait. Wheres Kenny?
(29S) Enter Kenny out of nowhere.KENNY
Its Hydro powered!
(29T) Kenny clocks Albert and slams him up against a Tesla coil. Jayeruns to help but bounces off a force field again (from her
location). Kenny flips ON 5-6 more lights. A SIDE SHOT of the
gantry shows Jayes path to Albert is lit up by 4-5 more
overhead lights. Jaye tries to do the same thing again - throw
something up and pop the bulbs.
KENNY (CONTD)
Hooked up to Niagara Alby! Want togo for a little swim, see it close
up from the inside? But first how
about a little... taste.
(29U) Kenny tries to force a 9v battery on Alberts tongue. It FLIESUP and magnetizes on some steel plate overhead. Because Jaye
flipped a circuit breaker from her location.
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JAYE
Cool it worked!
(29V) But Jayes fuse box overloads and throws her to the ground.
(30) EXT. OLD POWER HOUSE -Aaron, still on the phone, sees the tower rise atop the
building. Lit by flagpole lights.
(31) INT. OLD POWER HOUSE (CONTINUOUS)KENNY
Enough foreplay!
(31A) Kenny grabs onto a LIGHTNING Tesla coil. His hair goes wild andgets a mean boner.
KENNY
Eeeeee YAAAAAAaaaaaa!
(31B) He lays his other hand on Alberts chest. A bolt of energysends Albert flying off the gantry, over the corridor, landing
30 yards on some containers on nearby scaffolding.
(31C) CAMERA POV Jaye on the ground. SHOT of Kenny, with a boner,walks up over Jaye.
KENNY
Are you trying to make enemies?
(31D) Change POV. TIGHT SHOT of faces only.JAYE
(woozy)
Kenny...
KENNY
Its TESLA!
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KENNY (CONTD)
And, to answer your previous
question: Yes I do remember a Jaye
from group. She was a virulent,
twenty-something, with a set of
nice set of D-cells. Lost hermind working in souvenir shop
claiming all the toy animals
talked to her, commanded her,
telling her to do stupid things
like (in a Homer Simpson mocking)
like helping people. So, if the
saying Thy enemy of your enemy is
your friend...
(31E) Kenny puts an orange wax lion right on Jayes chest; staring herright in the face.
KENNY (CONTD)
Then say hello to my little
friend!
THE WAX LION (VOICE ONLY)
Let them in.
JAYE
Nooooooooo! (paralyzed scream)
(31F) OPTIONAL: TRANSITION for COMMERCIAL BREAK.KENNY
Ill let you two catch up.
(evil laugh)
(leaves)
(31G) Various CRANE SHOTS of Kenny singing Chariots of Fire as he isfiring up the Tesla machine to full power. Jaye and Albert flat
on their backs.
(32) EXT. OLD POWER HOUSE SHOT of the antenna charging. Clouds atop the antenna part like
ring of smoke. Purple-ish.
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(33) INT. OLD POWER HOUSE NIGHT(33A) Kenny raises an OUTPUT handle to 25%. The Tesla machine begins
to sound like the engine room on the starship Enterprise. He
throws the big Frankenstein-like switch.
KENNY
Testing low power!
(34) EXT. OLD POWER HOUSE NIGHT(34A) The roof antenna sends out a small purple ring shockwave.(34B) CLOSE UP of Aaron on the phone. The light in the booth goes
supernova bright. Then bursts.
(34C) WIDE SHOT including the car. Aaron jumps back from the Crisisphone. Hes startled again when the cars engine and headlights
start up on its own.
(35) INT. OLD POWER HOUSE - (CONTINUOUS)(35A) Alberts in pain.
JAYE
Albert you gotta help me!
ALBERT
My fillings! Stop... Kenny.
(35B) Kenny toggles the big Frankenstein switch down. Albert gets somerelief.
KENNY
That concludes this test of the
Nikola Broadcast System.
JAYEI cant. Im having a... situation
right now.
ALBERT
Is your head melting to?
Whats wrong?
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THE WAX LION (VOICE ONLY)
Let them in.
JAYE
Oh nothing. Kennys put my worst
fear back to life.
ALBERT
I cant help you. Youre going to
have to fight it.
JAYE
Thats the thing. It pisses them
off.
ALBERT
Go back in group Jaye. Remember,baby steps. Fear is just a
response to the unknown. Believe
you can do it and youll begin to
gather strength.
THE WAX LION (VOICE ONLY)
Let them in.
JAYE
(to self)(scared, shivering voice)
Ive knitted, Ive finger-painted,
Ive molded hundreds of pounds of
ceramic crap. Youre only a toy.
You have no more power over me
than a couple ounces of orange
crayons.
THE WAX LION (VOICE ONLY)
Let them in.
JAYE
LET ME SLEEP!!
ALBERT
Jaye! Listen to me. Look at me.
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JAYE
I know you think Im a just a nut.
Apart from the whole talking faces
thing, I really was a good person.
I hated human contact, even so.
But, I baked with my neighbors, Iplayed game nights with my family,
helped a nun, even leaving the
last doughnut for my
Mouthbreathing boss. I even fell
in love... with some... boy.
ALBERT
I believe you Jaye.
JAYE
No you dont.
ALBERT
Yes I do. Which makes it even
harder for me to say, then
you MUST listen to them.
JAYE
I dont want to go back.
Dr. Ron
ALBERT
I wont tell Dr. Ron.
Theres just some things out there
that cant be explained Jaye.
And for that fear protects us.
If Kenny is allowed to throw that
switch, then there will be nothing
to protect. Just listen...
Put Kennys fears against him!
JAYE
Kennys afraid of pigeons. How
does that help?!?
THE WAX LION (VOICE ONLY)
Let them in. Let them in.
JAYE
(incoherent noises)...so tired.
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(35C) Jaye slowly turns her head from one side to directly look at theWax Lion on her chest.
JAYE
(sotto)
Just listen. Just listen. Justlisten... (repeats)
(35D) CGI From a still figurine, it now animates like the earlierseasons.
THE WAX LION
Let them in... Let them
(shakes it off)
(yawns)
(35E)CGI the Wax Lion gestures/points its head to something O.S.
THE WAX LION
(CONTD)
MAGNETIC NORTH!
MAGNETIC NORTH!!
(35F) Kenny raises the OUTPUT to 100%. The Tesla machine sounds likeits at Warp-10.
KENNY
FULL POWER CAPTN!!
(35G) Albert is screaming in pain and holding his head.(35H) VARIOUS SHOTS of metallic furniture are magnetized and drawn to
the machine and up O.S. onto the ceiling.
(35I) JAYES LOCATION: CAMERA PANS to the direction the Wax Lionbeaconed. We see a single large circuit breaker handle too
obviously labeled MAGNETIC POLARITY.
JAYE
Way too obvious.
JAYE
Find your happy place!!(repeats)
THE WAX LION
Magnetic North!
Magnetic North!!(points to O.S.)
JAYE
What does the Owl in my
dreams have to do with
KENNY!!!
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KENNY
(in Russian and dubbed)
Arent you proud of your little
boy now Mamma Nikola.
(sotto to self)
This is all for you.
(35J) Kenny throws down the big Frankenstein switch.JAYE
Hey Tesla!
(35K) Jaye has her hands on the MAGNETIC POLARITY handle.JAYE (CONTD)
For your information Im not a
D-cell. I maintained a C+ averagein college to the fifth grade. So
kiss my ass, lightening lips!
(35L) Jaye throws down her handle. The Tesla machine SOUND changes toa HUSHED quiet high pitch whine; like an empty pool filter.
(35M) Kenny checks his monitors.KENNY
(growing wheezy laugh into a
regular laugh)
You only changed the poles.
You didnt do anything.
Its still on.
ITS STILL ON!!!
(deep belly laugh)
(35N) OPTIONAL: TRANSITION for COMMERCIAL BREAK.
(36) INT. OLD POWER HOUSE ( CONTINUOUS )(36A) CAMERA CRANE follows Jaye making her way down off the gantry,
across the power house, and up a ladder over to Albert. We HEARKenny still laughing.
(36B) ALBERTS LOCATION: Albert is sitting up.JAYE
Are you alright?
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ALBERT
The pain is gone.
Is it off?
KENNY (O.S.)
It's still on...
JAYE
Dunno. But let's get out of here.
ALBERT
You're free?
JAYE
I listened. I turned Kennys fears
against him.
ALBERT
How?
JAYE
The little wax lion.
ALBERT
Little wax?!?!
I thought there was a guerilla on
your chest, or something.
(36C) A duck walks by.ALBERT (CONTD)
And Kenny's fear?
JAYE
(smiles) I let em in.
(36D) A pigeon lands nearby Kenny. He shoos it away but two more come.Then he hears a barn owl scream; perched on a pipe in the
distance. He turn around and 10-14 pigeons are lined up on the
railing near him. He turns around again to find a pelicanstretching its wings. He looks up.
(36E) CAMERA PANS slowly across upon where hundreds of thousands ofbirds have arrived; the long openings that once ventilated the
building and strung out the power lines. The pigeons are louder
than the Tesla machine.
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(36F) CAMERA POV Jayes. Looking DOWN from scaffolding. Aaron pops hishead in the front door. We see Red & Blue police lights. We hear
the sound of a hundred geese.
AARON
Jaye! You gotta see this.Theres like a thousand ducks out
here.
POLICE LOUDSPEAKER
Step away from the door Mister!
(37) ALBERTS LOCATION:ALBERT
Youve attracted every migratoryanimal from the estuaries to the
Finger Lakes.
JAYE
Tesla also had Ornithophobia.
ALBERT
I hope you brought your hat.
(37A) Jaye and Albert pull their shirt-backs over their heads.(37B) Albert fires a gun into the air.
(38) SHOT: Anything on a feathered wing jumps in the air into aliving, flapping, organic cloud; raining crap and feathers.
(39) SHOT: ALBERT & JAYES LOCATION: When it rains it pours.
(40) SHOT: CAMERA ZOOM IN on Kennys face. Flock of pigeons overcomehim. Chase OUT OF FRAME right. Chase OUT OF FRAME left. Kennyscreaming like a frightened child.
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(41) EXT./INT. OLD POWER HOUSE ( CONTINUOUS )(41A) The police enter.
POLICE
Gun shots. Go! Go! Go!
(41B) One or two slip and fall from the bird goop.(41C) They spread out and make their way up the gantry.(41D) OPTIONAL: TRANSITION for COMMERCIAL BREAK.
(42) INT. OLD POWER HOUSE - KENNYS LOCATION(42A) Jaye and Albert arrive to find Kenny on his back in a straight
jacket, partly covered with birds. White-coat doctors havesedated him. Albert powers off the big Frankenstein switch. One
doctor uses a small wand to Tazer Kennys toe.
JAYE
What are you doing?
The mans down.
DOCTOR
Not to worry, its a very mild
tool. We couldnt use this therapy
before in due to Kennys
condition. Appling it now, Kenny
will associate this perversion
with his worst fear.
JAYE
That means just plain Kenny.
No more batteries.
ALBERT
No more Tesla.
DOCTORNo more boner.
(42B) In the BACKGROUND cops herd a flock of pelicans.
END OF ACT 3
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ACT 4
(43) SERIES OF SHOTS: Some evidence baggies. The Wax Lion is in oneof them.
(44) EXT. OLD POWER HOUSE NIGHTKenny is put into a squad car with a straight jacket. An officer
finishes getting reports from Aaron, Jaye and Albert.
ALBERT
Yeah. I really need a dentist.
AARON
He didnt transition very well.
JAYE
Luckly, hes only transitioning
back to my second floor back at
Pych.
(44A) Albert shows Kenny a 9v battery.ALBERT
Kenny I think you dropped this.
Does it belong to you?
KENNY
Mmmm Mm (shakes head no, fearful)
JAYE OR OTHER
Hes going to be just fine.
(44B) Jaye and Albert walk and share a beat.JAYE
Actually felt kinda good, helping
Kenny. Kenny--well what Im pretty
sure was Kenny. After they erasehim, who knows if he'll even
remember me. God I miss tv.
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ALBERT
An orange souvenir wax mold lion.
If this were a corndog, I see many
future intense sessions with Dr.
Ron. Fortunately, in my line of
work unimportant indiscretionseasily disappear.
JAYE
So youre OSIR.
ALBERT
Offices of Special Investigative
Research.
JAYE
Which branch are you and agent of?
ALBERT
We mostly cover issues on National
Security. Undercover. Top secret.
You know I meant what I said back
there. I absolutely did believe
you could do it. Whatever
happened, Dr. Ron won't learn...
(44C) He tosses the evidence baggie containing the wax lion into anearby trash can.
ALBERT (CONT'D)
...whatever's classified.
JAYE
How come you just didnt use your
gun.
ALBERT
Always a last resort.
JAYEMy sister has a starter pistol
just like that.
ALBERT
We-
(passes a look only)
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JAYE
Your secret is safe with me
Mulder.
(45) EXT. OLD POWER HOUSE INSIDE AARONS CAR NIGHT(45A) As Aaron is getting into the car. Jaye yawns as shes getting
into the car.
AARON
There must have been as many as
two, maybe three thousand ducks
and geese at one point. It was the
strangest thing.
JAYEYou shouldve seen the inside.
AARON
Is that ducky poo?
JAYE
Ill turn it inside-out.
(45B) Inside the car.AARON
When you were talking to the
police...
Did you say a Wax Lion?
JAYE
A stack of iron.
AARON
This tops what I saw earlier
today. At the store, ducks
literally fell out of the sky.
One hit Mouth right in the face.
JAYE
It hit the Mouthbreather?
(yawn) Awesome.
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AARON
Hey look, my PDA is booting.
I couldnt get it working for
days.
4:19am. Did you still want to go
somewhere? You still wanna get acheesy...
(45C) Jaye is fast asleep. She no longer has that angry look on herface. Resting peacefully.
AARON (CONTD)
...dog.
(45D) Aaron covers Jaye with his jacket.(45E)
CUE MUSIC Dream Weaver by Gary Wright. CAMERA rising CRANE SHOTwatches Aaron drive off. Stony Owl pilar-tops comes into frame.
FADE TO BLACK
END OF ACT 4
END OF SHOW