wonderfalls vs 2x01 (night owl)

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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 2x01 7/24/2005

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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.

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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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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.


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.


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?!?


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

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