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RED HANDS

ByAdam Haynes

Written for the

Bonnie Brae Movie Project

February, 2013

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FADE IN:

INT. CAR - MORNING

Marcia slides into the drivers seat and slams the door.

Shed fumbling around for her keys when THE AGENT pops upfrom where he was hiding in the back. Hes in a sharpsuit, directly behind her, pressing a gun into the backof her seat.

Marcias startled.

AGENTDont move dont look in yourmirror. Dont say anything. I havea gun pressed into the back ofyour seat.

Marcia nods - super tense. The Agent hands her a tube ofsuper glue.

AGENT (CONTD)Spread this around on your handsand then grab the wheel. Give itminute. I want you thinkingclearly.

She does. He gives her a minute. Around them its a quietday on grungy side street in Los Angeles.

MARCIAWhat kind of gun? I know aboutguns. You wouldnt think I do, butI surprise you.

AGENTJust shut up. Good...I representan organization whose name is ofno importance. I have beenmonitoring you for some timebecause it is known that you havebeen providing shelter and

resources to a double Agent ArthurWinchut, guilty of espionage, whohas gone underground.

MARCIAIm not going to look at you. Immad, but I dont wanna get killed.

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AGENTGood idea.

(He doesnt wait fora response)

Tell me everything, where isArthur Winchut headed? What are

his contacts?

He leans over closer to the back of her head.

Marcia stares forward out the windshield. Silent.

AGENT (CONTD)I dont want to hurt you. I dontwant your money or your car. Ijust want information.

He produces a bottle of RC cola with his free hand andhas a sip.

Marcia swallows hard.

MARCIAI dont know anything about this.You say you know me - I know youtoo. Youve been causing troublein this neighborhood. You did thisto my brother and scared him sobad he had stroke and died.

The Agents surprised, taken aback.

AGENTWhat? This neighborhood?

Marcia nodding her head.

MARCIATwo weeks ago. He told me about it- it had to be you. You make me somad. No one does this to me or myfamily. You better kill me causeotherwise Im gonna get you. Youshould see what I did to my former

husband.

The Agent truly thrown off track.

AGENTWhat?

Shes gotten to him and he tries to have another sip ofsoda and accidently drops it.

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AGENT (CONTD)Fuck this.

Marcias shaking her head, but complying.

MARCIA

Yeah. Im gonna get you.

He lifts up the gun and puts it to the back of her head.Now that its visible its clear to us that its a toygun.

The Agent slips out.

EXT. CAR - MORNING

The Agent hurries off down the street with an attachecase and a Hefty garbage bag.

Marcia in the car, nodding with anger, shaking the wheelwith her glued-on hands.

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INT. DALLS APARTMENT - MORNING

Dall passed out on the couch in her underwear. Woken upby knocking at her door.

She stumbles over and fumbles the door open, trying tothrow on a T-shirt, getting her head in one of the armholes, getting it all wrong.

Its Mrs. Thorn who gives her a critically look.

MRS. THORNYoure high.

Dall shakes.

DALLNo, pain pill - its... Its

complicated.

MRS. THORNIll bet.


Dall back on the couch and Mrs. Thorn in a chair. Dallstill out of it - now also trying to process the heavynews Mrs. Thorn just dropped on her.

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DALL...Where is that?

MRS. THORNIts connected to the top of yourspine.

DALLI didnt know you could get cancerthere.

She takes out a cigarette.

MRS. THORNDall, you know this is a nosmoking building.

DALLNo - I dont smoke it, I just look

at it. It just... reminds me of...Stuff...

Mrs. Thorn rolls her eyes.

MRS. THORNWell, whatever you say Dall. But,if youre gonna smoke, do it onthe roof if you have to. Its anice view and you wont get anyonein trouble. Thats what Letty usedto do.

DALLYeah but didnt she jump off theroof?

Mrs. Thorn gives her another hard look.

MRS. THORNNo, that was someone else. Dall,you know this is a specialbuilding. The only reason youreallowed here is that you weredoing direct care work with your

aunt.

DALLAnd now shes dead. I dontunderstand, last night she wasjust going get, whatever that wasremoved.

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MRS. THORNWeird things happen when youre inthe hospital. Sometimes theyhappen really fast.

Dall traumatized, shut down, surfing denial.

DALLI still understand how you wouldknow before me.

MRS. THORNBecause Im the president of thetenants association and I knoweverything.

She looks around at the apartment with a judging eye.

DALL

...So how long do I have beforethey kick me out?

MRS. THORNA couple of weeks. Thats for themto get the paper work puttogether.

Dalls shaking her head.

MRS. THORN (CONTD)You didnt have any plans putaside, did you?

Dall shakes her head.

DALLWell... With my aunt in and out ofthe hospital so much recently,Ive had all this time... Youcould say Ive been hearing aboutthis plan. Could be, reallyintense. And anyway, I thinkthings around gonna work out.

Mrs. Thorn nods.

MRS. THORNAs long as you get yourselfanother place and dont go back towhat you were doing before youmoved in with your aunt.

Dall blinks.

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DALLYou really do know everything.

Mrs. Thorn nods again.

MRS. THORN

Thats why I get elected everyyear.

Dall digs a Zagnut out of her purse. It catches the Mrs.Thorns eye.

MRS. THORN (CONTD)Hey, is that a Zagnut?

DALLUh huh.

MRS. THORN

I just dont understand how youcan eat so much junk and still beso darn skinny.

DALL(straight faced)

I throw up a lot.

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EXT. GRIMY ALLEYWAY - MORNING

Standing next to a dumpster, the Agent finishes changingshirts, throwing the old one in his garbage bag.

Checks himself out in a reflective piece of broken glassleaning against the wall, making sure he can hide the gunhes carrying.

EXT. BUS STOP - DAY

Delphia sits alone, waiting for the bus. The Agent spieson her from a little ways down the sidewalk.

He comes over and sits next to her, his attentionfocused, watching her. She doesnt notice him.

AGENTHey you! Yeah, you!

Delphia gives him the slow regard.

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AGENT (CONTD)Thats right. I have to talk toyou.

The Agent smiles. Delphia just stares at him.

AGENT (CONTD)My names Joe. Youre here byyourself -- arent you?

Delphia shrugs and looks indifferent.

AGENT (CONTD)A loner like me. I can alwaysspot the others... Listen, youseem cool, I need your help. Doyou wanna help me?

Delphia slowly nods.

AGENT (CONTD)You know what secret Agents are?

DELPHIAJames Bond.

AGENTUh huh. Now, do you know whatinternal security means?

Delphia shakes her head.

The Agent breaks out into a big goofy grin.

AGENT (CONTD)No problem.

He takes a city map of L.A. from his case and spreads itover his lap. He takes a RC bottle cap from his shirtpocket and holds it in front of the Venus. She squints atit.

AGENT (CONTD)

Bottle cap.

He leans in close.

AGENT (CONTD)You ever heard of triangulation?

Delphia shakes.

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AGENT (CONTD)It is a method of finding doubleagents.

Nods his head.

Imitating him, Delphia nods back.

AGENT (CONTD)Now here is the problem. What ifyou only had one set point on thelocation of the double agent. Andthat point itself was the size ofa whole city, like the size ofthis city.

He dramatically looks at the map and all around them andthen back to the Delphia.

AGENT (CONTD)How do you find him?

Delphia stares at him.

AGENT (CONTD)Chaos theory. The needle effect.

Taps on the map for effect.

AGENT (CONTD)They call it that because you canuse it to find the needle in thehaystack. Ive been using italmost two years now and its neverfailed me...

He solemnly hands her the bottle cap.

AGENT (CONTD)You see, I cant be the one whodrops it.

Delphia holds the bottle cap up to his face, inspecting

it like it was a precious stone.

AGENT (CONTD)You just put your hand over themap and drop the bottle cap.

(Big sigh)You think youre up for this?

With his attention focused on the Agents intenseexpression, Delphia squeezes her hand around the bottlecap.

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Then she lifts up her other hand, also clenched into atight fist. She moves them around each other - magician-style - and presents them to the Agent.

AGENT (CONTD)Whoa.

He looks from her to her fists, trying to figure out thenew direction this encounter has taken.

Delphia very serious. The Agent gulps.

He picks a hand: empty. Chooses the other: empty.

AGENT (CONTD)You got a lot of spunk kid.

A bus roles up. Delphia stands and gets on, giving theAgent a look so that he follows.

INT. BUS - MORNING

The Agent asleep. Wakes up, disoriented. Sees that hessitting next to Delphia.

Delphia points to two guys - WINTERMOUTH and ART - seatedacross from them.

ART -- sickly and nervous -- in the aisle seat, staringat him wide eyed, while compulsively rubbing his handstogether. Next to Art is WINTERMOUTH -- asleep under awhite cowboy hat.

DELPHIALives in my building. Chaos.

The Agent squints at the guys. Delphia pointing directlyat Wintermouth, then gives him back his bottle cap andnods with supreme authority.

Art stares at the Agent.

ART

Do you know me?

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To establish...

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INT. WINTERMOUTHS APARTMENT - MORNING

GUY SHINES -- Arts identical twin, hanging out eating abowl of cereal.

Wintermouth comes in. Hes smiling pleasantly - an easy

going guy with a great sense of humor.

Has his seat.

GUYThought maybe something hadhappened.

Wintermouth adjusts his neck.

WINTERMOUTHHis bus had a flat tire out at 29Palms. Whataya gonna do?

He shrugs and smiles.

Guy smiles back and nods.


Dall with her ear to the wall, listening, trying to findthe best place.


GUYSo nobody - you got no funnylooks?

Wintermouth looking at him like hes stupid.

WINTERMOUTHTook him right up to your unit.Nobody looked twice... Nobodysuspects anything. Its straightas a razor.


Dall puts a glass to the wall so that she can hearbetter.

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GUY(with his mouth full)

You want anything?

WINTERMOUTHYou cooking? Then Ill have threeeggs sunny side up and two piecesof white toast on the side.

GUYNow do you mean one piece cut inhalf or two pieces of toast cutinto four pieces?

Wintermouth stares at him in utter confusion. Squintshis eyes.

WINTERMOUTHYeah, sure.

GUYSee, weird as it sounds I neverseen you eat toast before. Someguys like to really cover theirtoast in egg yolk while other guyslike to spread it out more, withback up in case they need it. Ijust want to take sure you getwhat you want.

Beat.

WINTERMOUTHSure, sure. Two pieces of toast.And a glass of water, no ice.

GUYGotcha.

He bustles off into the kitchen. Wintermouth watches andwaits.

After a bit Guy comes back with an ice cream sundae.

GUY (CONTD)You didnt have any toast or eggsor anything. You want one ofthese?

Wintermouth waves him off good-naturedly.

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WINTERMOUTHI had to give him a bottle. Heneeded it.

GUYHe gonna be all boozed up by

tonight?

WINTERMOUTHHell be good. Nothing out ofhand.

GUYWhat if he goes outside lookingfor more?

WINTERMOUTHHe dont have a red cent on him,and besides I dont think hell

take any strolls. I got thefeeling from the trip that theless he has to be around peoplethe better he likes it. We gotnothing to worry about.

He grins.

Guy nods.

GUYThats right, because aftertonight we are going to be rich.

WINTERMOUTHAnd its about time.

Guy notices his hat for the first time.

GUYSay, thats a nice hat. Where didyou get it? Out in the desert?

Wintermouth touches the brim of his hat self-consciously.

WINTERMOUTHYeah. Its funny, I never likedhats much before.

GUYSince Ive known you I dont thinkIve ever seen you wear one.

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WINTERMOUTHNever been my thing. Got outthere and saw this in some littleshop. Just looked right. Feltright... Now I dont like takingit off.

He stares at some unfocused pint in the distance.

WINTERMOUTH (CONTD)I liked the desert. Never beenthere before -- you know I nevertraveled much. It was nice --dry, you know what I mean? ... Ithink we should go out there whenthe money comes in.

GUYWhat are we going to do out there?

WINTERMOUTHAnything we want. Learn to playgolf...

He snaps back into reality.

WINTERMOUTH (CONTD)Buddy, with one and a half milliondollars I guess we can take ourtime deciding.

Guys grinning like the Cheshire Cat

GUYWeve been talking about it longenough, and now its gonna happen.Wow.


Dall listening to their conversation, hearing about themoney, how its all going down ASAP.

DALLWow. This is it. This is it, thisis it, this is it. Seize it.

She removes the glass from the wall and stares at it,thinking...

EXT. WINTERMOUTHS APARTMENT - MORNING

Guy leaves Wintermouths apartment and strolls off.

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Dalls been spying out of her cracked door. She comesout. Shes made herself over, trying for the fresh andperky look.

Over to Wintermouths door. Stares at it, getting hercourage up. Knocks.

No response. She knocks louder.

After a moment Wintermouth opens, eying her, allfriendly.

Dall puts a heater of a smile on.

DALLHey.

Wintermouth continues to look at her the same way.

DALL (CONTD)I dunno if youve seen me around,but, I live here... too.

She produces a calling card and extends it.

DALL (CONTD)Im starting up this massageservice? Actually it was somethingI used to do a while ago but...Now Im getting it going again,and Im offering people in thebuilding discounts, big discounts,so I can get back up to speed.

She extends the card more and turns up her smile.Wintermouth takes the card and gives it a look.

WINTERMOUTHYoure not soliciting me honey,are you?

DALL(slow and even)

No... That would be illegal.

WINTERMOUTHSure would. Of course with thisdiscount youre giving it away. Nosolicitation there.

He grins.

DALLJust trying to get to know youbetter.

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Wintermouth nods his head approvingly.

WINTERMOUTHYou know I think do, I think Ineed a massage. You free in likethree hours?

Dall pretends to think it over.

DALLIn a manner of speaking. I mean -yeah - uh, you know my braindoesnt really work tilllunchtime. So okay, Ill see you.

Dall walks off. Wintermouth scans around, sees the Agentsitting out in the garden, looking like hes a businessman dealing with his phone.

Wintermouth shuts his door.

EXT. SIDEWALK - MORNING

Marcia marching all determined with her friendly friend.

FRIENDLY FRIENDDont you think we should takeyour car?

MARCIAThe cars another example of hisoppression.

She holds up her hands. Theyre both red and shiny fromthe super glue.

MARCIA (CONTD)Besides, to catch this guy wegotta act like him, we gotta movelike him.

FRIENDLY FRIENDWhat if he has a car?

MARCIAThen he wouldnt have been seen atthat bus stop. No, he thinks hesgot the upper hand, but man, hestands out, and then you know,Ive got the ace.

FRIENDLY FRIENDWhats that?

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Marcia takes the empty RC cola bottle from her purse.

MARCIAIts not like you can get thesejust anywhere. People notice. Wejust have to stay smart and stay

on him.

FRIENDLY FRIENDBut how do we know this is wherehe got off?

MARCIASee, thats him infecting you.Were not going to let thathappen. Were gonna win this one,for my brother and everyone else.

FRIENDLY FRIEND

Thats fine, but I might have somestuff to later, back at thechurch.

Marcia holds up a hand.

MARCIA- Infection.

EXT. BBV, GARDEN - MORNING

The Agent sitting there. Looks over to Wintermouthsplace. Puts the tape recorder to his mouth.

AGENT(low to recorder)

This is undercover Agent Joe G.Host, reporting eleven two ninety-six, five fifty-four PM --continuing notes concerningprogress on tracking ArthurWinchut. With the help of a chaosoracle I have located an apartmenthe is possibly staying at -- three

oh one...

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INT. COUNSELOR'S OFFICE - DAY

Dall seated, in a completely different outfit. Takes acigarette out of her purse.

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COUNSELORTheres no smoking in here.

DALLI know. I just wanted to look atit.

COUNSELORWhats that about?

Dall holds up the cigarette.

DALLThis means Im seizing fate.

COUNSELORHows that?

DALL

Im not smoking this. Im not asmoker. Im a healthy person. Iused to smoke, but then I decidedto seize my fate.

Gestures with the cigarette.

DALL (CONTD)See?

COUNSELORDo you want to smoke?

Dall nods vigorously.

DALLWell yeah. It was one of the onlythings that helped me, when thestress got really high, you know?

COUNSELORSo whats making you stressed?

Dall gives him a look.

COUNSELOR (CONTD)Ill remind you again. Justbecause the court is forcing you -

DALLIts DCFS -

COUNSELORThrough the court. Doesnt changethe fact that this is stilltotally confidential.

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Dall puts away her cigarette and sniffs.

DALLThats what you say. And then Isay yes, because if Im notcomplying then even though its

confidential you say - somehow,and then I never see my son again.

COUNSELORSo the meeting you had last weekdidnt make you feel any moreconfident?


DALLEverythings just coming down onme at once... Im getting evicted.

If I dont have anywhere to liveIm not compliant - you know? If Igo to a shelter then I have tochange my county status, andthatll affect my meds - and youknow I just got back on my painmeds.

COUNSELORWhat about your cocktail

DALLThat hasnt gotten jammed up in awhile, thank goodness, but, I canfeel my health falling apartbecause of all this stress - Ijust dont know what to do.

COUNSELORHave you been drinking?

Dall shakes.

DALLNo, but Im just, I dont know

what to do... And you know itsgood I got my pain meds back, butthey make my head fuzzy, and Imjust having so much trouble tryingto think this through... I dontwant to end up in a shelter again.I might as well just be on thestreets.

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COUNSELORHave you ever been on the streetsbefore.

DALLPretty close - it was such a crazy

time I dont remember it so good.

BEAT

COUNSELORWell it seems like we have a lotto talk about. Maybe I can helpyou organize -

DALLNo, I just need, I just need somecoffee, you know? Otherwise thepain meds make my head too fuzzy

and I cant... Process. So if youreally wanna help me, remind me tobuy some coffee, like Folgers. Canyou do that?

EXT. BBV, GARDEN - DAY

The Agent still where he was, watching Wintermouthsplace.

Squints at Wintermouths door. Clicks his recorder onagain.

AGENT(low, to recorder)

Not much to see. I dont know thisbuilding but I know thisneighborhood... Ill needprovisions...

He gets up and heads out.

EXT. WINTERMOUTHS APARTMENT - DAY

Dall, in a completely different outfit, struts toWintermouths apartment door. Knocks.

WINTERMOUTH(behind the door)

Who is it?

DALL(jokingly)

Little Bo Peep.

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Looking around self-consciously.

WINTERMOUTHOh right ... hold on, Im on acall.

Dall moves to the edge of the window so she can hear therest of the conversation.

WINTERMOUTH (CONTD)(OS on phone)

... you called me - yeah Im stillgood -- dont sound so excited ...just watching TV, you knowunwinding -- dont worry about me,Im going to Phils and Ill havethat alibi... You sound likeyoure looking forward to it, yougoofball. Okay, Ill see you

later.

Dalls very excited/nervous/anxious by all this.

Hears him hang up.

The door opens. His hats on and hes holding a drink.

Dalls back to where she was. Stands there smiling.

DALLBaa, baa.

INT. WINTERMOUTHS APT - DAY

Wintermouth walks back into the apartment followed byDall.

WINTERMOUTHYou want something?

DALLDoesnt everybody?

Wintermouths confused by this.

WINTERMOUTHThats funny. Youre a funnybunny.

Dall looks down.

DALLSo, what do you have?

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WINTERMOUTHKitchens that open doorway,glasses above the sink.

DALLYou want me to freshen you up?

WINTERMOUTHYeah ... sure, thanks.

INT. WINTERMOUTHS APT, KITCHEN - CONTINUOUS

Dall goes into the filthy kitchen and snoops around.

Dall goes to the bourbon and takes a hasty slug form it.

WINTERMOUTH(OS yelling)

I can tell you right now I aintgot anything worth stealing.

(to himself)Yet...

DALLDont be so paranoid.

She fixes the drinks.

INT. WINTERMOUTHS APT - CONTINUOUS

Dall goes back to the main room. Wintermouth in hischair. She hands him his drink and stands over him. Hetakes a sip. Smacks his lips.

WINTERMOUTHYummm, thats good.

DALLOne of my many talents. What didyou mean by yet?

Wintermouth smiles all innocently.

WINTERMOUTHWhat?

DALL(more excited -playing it cool)

I heard you. You said you didnthave anything -- yet.

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WINTERMOUTHSometimes things happen and theneverything changes.

DALLI wanna see your bed.

WINTERMOUTHI sleep in this chair.

Dall nods...

DALLWell... This ones free. So whatdo you want.

She gives a coy, sleazy smile.

WINTERMOUTH

I want you to be my son.

DALLReally?

WINTERMOUTHWell this is all about fantasy,right? When you come down to it.

Dall nods; incredulous.

DALLSo you dont want?...

It takes him a second to catch on.

WINTERMOUTHOh no. Fantasy and pleasure. So Ican relax. You pretending to be myson is what would give mepleasure.

DALLSo its not...

WINTERMOUTHWhat? No - thats gross. Eeeew.

DALLOkay, so you just want me to standhere?

WINTERMOUTHSure. And youre just really happyto see me.

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DALLOkay, I think I can do that.

WINTERMOUTHGreat... Hey son.

DALLHey... Dad.

WINTERMOUTHIts so good to see you. Everyonethought you drowned, but I knewthat you really took my advice.You really like me. All you everreally wanted was to spend timewith me and tell me what I greatdad I am.

He looks to her expectantly.

Dalls frozen.

Beat.

Snaps out of it.

DALLSorry I cant do this... I camehere to get a sense of what wasgoing on, and I think that I justhave to tell you.

Wintermouth genuinely interested.

WINTERMOUTHTell me what, son?


DALLNo, Im not - Im not your son.Man, this is giving me a headache.

(beat)Ive been listening through the

wall, there - Ive been listeningto your and your buddy.

Shes pointing to the wall. Wintermouth points too.

WINTERMOUTHThat wall?

DALLYeah, I live on the other side andIve been listening to your...

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plan... So I feel like since Iknow like basically everythingthats going down, then that sortof makes me your partner. Likewhether you like it or not - andIve got everything written down

and Ill send to like, the papersand the police and congress andeveryone.

She stares at him, trying to act tough. Hes stilllooking at her with the same pleasant interest.

PAUSE

WINTERMOUTHWell okay. Alright.

He gets up and she flinches.

WINTERMOUTH (CONTD)Hey, its okay - relax... I guessthough that this freebies over.

He nods. Over to the door and opens it.

Dall shocked, confused.

WINTERMOUTH (CONTD)But yeah, thanks for stoppingover, sorry that you werent ableto go through with it - you weredoing good.

He smiles.

DALLBut...

(beat)Im serious. Im gonna go and letpeople know.

Wintermouth nodding.

WINTERMOUTHOkay. You go do that. So, yougotta excuse me, theres a place -I got some stuff I gotta do. But Iguess you know that, huh?

He laughs, good-naturedly.

DALLYeah...

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She goes to the door, turns around in the doorway.

DALL (CONTD)You dont think Im gonna tellanyone, do you?

Wintermouth looks her over, giving a little squint.

WINTERMOUTHNaw.

Another good natured laugh.

Dall nods, totally defeated, and leaves.

EXT. CORNER STORE - DAY

Friendly Friend waiting outside.

Marcia comes out with the empty bottle of RC cola theAgent left in her car.

MARCIANot only do they sell it but theysay he was just here buying some.Its gotta be the same guy - had abrief case and everything.

She looks around the neighborhood.

MARCIA (CONTD)So what weve gotta do is juststart, checking out everything.Knock on doors and ask everyone.We wont sleep until were done.We gotta stay focused. We cantlet this bastard get away. Thatswhat they try to do you know?

They start walking.

FRIENDLY FRIENDI dont know if I can knock on

every door.

MARCIAIm telling you, youre lettingthe bastard win. I think hesalready beaten you in your ownmind, infected you with his toiletenergy. No one else is going to dothis. This is why evil rules theworld.

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FRIENDLY FRIENDI dont think youre listening tome. I think this is your angermanagement stuff. I wouldnt wantyou to be getting in trouble likeyou did - you remember, way back

when you first came to the church?

MARCIAWhen the man forced me to come.You wanna know the truth - the mancreated this anger but now Imhave to manage it. Then he thinkshe can dissapear... He could beright in front of us right now. Hecould going after someone rightnow, that bastard.

INT. BBV, LOBBY - DAY

The Agent comes in with a six pack of RC cola. Mrs. Thornsitting there, knitting.

MRS. THORNHey - stop.

He stops.

MRS. THORN (CONTD)Who are you? We get a lot ofcreeps and weirdos trying to sneakin here. Which one are you?

AGENTIm a weirdo.

Mrs. Thorn nods.

MRS. THORNWhere are you staying?

AGENTOut of the way.

MRS. THORNGood answer. Gimmie five dollars.

The Agents eyes go wide.

AGENTFive dollars.

MRS. THORNThats my weekly rate.

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AGENTYes maam.

Fishes out the money and hands it over.

She notes his six-pack.

MRS. THORNIf I think youre bringing indrugs or hooch - no way - we gotenough issues with that.

AGENTAll I wanna do now is take a nap.Besides...

Agent holds up the six-pack.

AGENT (CONTD)

This is my only vice.

MRS. THORNIts good stuff.

AGENTOnly in long necks though.

MRS. THORNDuh, anything else would be asacrilege. Never trusted a personwho sucked on a short neck.

The Agent looks at her queerly, not knowing if shesjoking or not.

AGENTNo kidding, me either ... I wonderwhy that is?

Mrs. Thorn shrugs - flips her hand dismissively.

MRS. THORNIm done with you.


Wintermouth leaves his apartment and ambles off. Dallspying on him through her cracked door.

INT. DALLS APARTMENT - DAY

Dall taking deep breaths. Hears something and peeps outagain.

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Watches Guy fiddling with the door, getting his keys towork, going inside.


Dall winces in pain. Sinks into a chair. Grabs a pillcontainer from her bag. Pops some pills into her hand.Looks around.

DALLFolgers - fuck.

Dry swallows the pills.

INT. WINTERMOUTH'S APARTMENT - DAY

Guy closes the front door behind him. Takes a seat inWintermouths chair. Sets down the bag he was carrying.

Closes his eyes...

INT. WINTERMOUTHS APARTMENT - DAY

The front door opens, causing Guy to wake up. Art hobblesin.

GUYShut the door, Art.

The two identical twins look at each other for severalbeats. Arts more disheveled than Guy. Other than thatthey look exactly the same.

Art nods and holds up his hand uselessly: its covered bya large red birthmark.

GUY (CONTD)Hey there, Guy. Looks like youhavent changed much.

ARTWhats it been -- twenty years.

ART/GUYSomething like that.

GUYMr. Wintermouth told me youreliving pretty far out there -- inthe desert or something.

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Guy removes a purple candy jewel ring from his pocket andputs it on his pinky. Starts sucking on it.

Art pushes himself up to a sitting position. Smiles self-consciously.

ART(softly)

Oh, you know, first you tellyourself youre going away fromeverything for philosophicalreasons -- cause detachment willbring you closer to the good life.And then once you get there andyou find you still want to befurther removed you think itsbecause you just need more space,more emptiness to meditate on.And then you get there and you

don't meditate, and you realizethe real reason youve become ahermit, living in the wasteland,doesnt have anything to do withSpinoza or clarity, its becauseyou just dont like people verymuch and you find it too difficultto be around them...

GUYHeh, heh. Its cause you got themark Art.

Art continues to smile self-consciously. He rubs at theunderside of his chin.

ARTYup. I got the mark of Cain.

(Half joking)Still as red as it ever was.

GUYOur only difference.

Breaks out into a fit of couching. Really serious. It

goes on way too long. Guy just watches.

GUY (CONTD)Well at least you got your health.

Art shrugs. He takes a small plastic bag with a piece ofred hard candy in it. He hands it to Guy.

ARTThat town where I was living.Hippies make it.

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GUYGave up making love, huh?

Guy perks up. Throws away his ring. Opens the bag andpops the candy into his mouth. Sucks on it loudly whilehe examines the bag, before putting it in his pocket.

GUY (CONTD)Kind of tangy.

ARTI never tried it, I dont likesweets the way you do.

GUYThats right, I was always thesweet tooth and you were alwaysthe drunk with heavy thoughts.

ARTYup.

He breaks into his fit of coughing again.

Beat.

GUYYou wanna know something funny?

ARTSure, I guess.

GUYI dont think theres anybody inthe world anymore who knows I havea twin brother. And there arentany records.

ARTWeve gone off the map.

GUYOne of us could die right now,right here, and thered be no

reason for anyone to think it wasthe other. What do you think ofthat.

ARTIs that why you finally answeredone of my emails? To tell me that.

GUYBut its trippy, right? You everhear about --

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(sounds it out)-- synchronicity? Shit, of courseyou have, you read books.

ARTNot much else to do when youre

broke, got housing problems. Thelibrary offers --

GUY... at any rate, I must have readabout it in a magazine once, uh... but very recently a bunch ofevents just started happening atthe same time. Just like a personwants, like theyve been waitingfor -- all the pieces finally cametogether...

Art nods.

GUY (CONTD)...and I saw that if I didnt movequick than that golden door wasgoing to close up again and my onechance would be blown.

ARTChance for what? Why did you sendthat man to fetch me?

GUYI thought you wanted to come seeme.

ARTMy health is real bad, as youmight have noticed. Things havebeen getting... very sketchy. Andthen - now - I think I knoweveryone.

GUYHow so?

ARTLike everyone I see I think I knowthem. And I dont know anyone, youknow? And so I thought about it -this might be it, and maybe thismeans I need a friend.

GUYSo you thought of me?

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ARTNo. I couldnt think of anyone.And then I thought of you.

GUY...Well, gosh... Im going to give

you a present.

PAUSE

ART(softly)

You never had a generous bone inyour body -- brother.

Guy reaches into the bag he brought and comes out with abottle of booze. Arts eyes light up.

GUY

At the end of the day I could giveyou a million bucks - if I had it,but this is still what you want.Right?

He stands and hands the bottle over.

GUY (CONTD)Take the chair. I want us to getreal close again and I want you tobe comfortable.

Art slides into the chair. Examines the bottle.

ARTI havent had anything this goodin forever... Ive been makinghooch outta potato skins Id takefrom the dumpster of this burgershack.

GUYWell thatll kill you fast.

ART

I think you might be right.

Hes opening up the bottle, taking a huge suck that wouldkill a normal drinker.

Guy picks up the bag and moves out of the way. Standingbehind the chair.

Art takes another glug and shuts his eyes, breathing adeep sigh of relief.

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Guy removes a hammer from the bag. Brings it up high -

- Art starts with his coughing fit again. It's super bad.He tries to drink through it and gags on the liquor.Chokes and quickly suffocates.

Guys perplexed. Lowers the hammer. Examines Art, slumpedin the chair - dead.

GUYWell... Cock a doodle doo.Alright... Alright!

Hes pumped, grinning. Looks up at the ceiling.

GUY (CONTD)Thank you God. No, really.

Wasting no time, Guy produces a saw.


Dall wakes up from where she dozed off on her chair -asleep at the job. Hearing something. Peeks out her doorand sees Guy exiting Wintermouths apartment with hispaper sack.

EXT. ALLEY - DAY

Guy places the sack next to a dumpster amongst scatteredgarbage.

Looks around and shuffles off.

BEAT

Once hes gone Dall creeps in. She finds the sack. Sheopens it up - her expression going to full horrifiedfreak out.

She pukes, accidently into the sack and this makes hereven more freaked.

EXT. SIDEWALK - DAY

Marcia walking along and ranting.

MARCIAThis is the part where we start toget tested, this is the part wherewe show them what were reallymade of.

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They dont think we can do this,but were doing it and well keepdoing it. People think Im weakbut I always surprise them. Youcant give it, thats the mostimportant thing, you -

She looks around and realizes her friendly friend isgone.

MARCIA (CONTD)Wait a second -

Turns around and looks around. Turns around again andbumps into Dall, whos holding the bag, who drops thebag.

MARCIA (CONTD)Whoa - hey.

She reaches down to pick up the bag.

DALLNo, I got it - really - I got it.

Scoops up the bag and hurries away.

Marcia looks around a final time. Makes an angry sigh.

EXT. BBV, ROOF - TWILIGHT

The Agent wakes up. Hes assembled a fort of sorts fromblankets and clothes in his garbage bag.

Notices Dall off by herself, smoking and staring at thecity skyline as it opens up around her.

Dall turns around and sees him, standing now, holding twobottles of RC cola.

The Agent looks down at his cola and then back at her.

DALL

What do you want?

The Agent offers her one.

AGENTLooks like you could use one.

Dall shoots out a humorless laugh. Shivers.

DALLI dont need a soda I need a gun.

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She takes a bottle anyway.

AGENTGot one of those too but I dontgenerally loan it out.

They drink some more of their sodas.

DALLAre you kidding? Ive smoked likefifteen cigarettes wondering how Icould get a gun and youve got agun.

AGENTI dont kid, that would beunprofessional.

Dall cant figure out where hes coming from. Winces,

making a hurt face, contorting.

AGENT (CONTD)Are you okay?

DALLI have chronic pain. My trigeminalnerve is messed up. And Imhungry. Yeah. Are you gonna try tomess with me?

AGENTNot unless you mess with me.

DALLGood answer. You wanna eat withme? I need someone to eat with me -thats why Im so hungry.

INT. SEEDY DINER, DINING AREA - NIGHT

Dall and the Agent sit at a table finishing up theirmeals.

AGENTThank you for this. Its muchbetter than what Im used to.

DALLSo how long have you been livingon the roof?

AGENTI dont know. Id have to check myfield reports.

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DALLWhat do you do?

AGENT...its secret.

DALLAre you a secret Agent?

AGENTUh, yeah. Howd you guess.

DALLIm just really good at readingpeople, thats all. Or at least Ithought I was until today.

AGENT(serious)

Are you a fortune teller? I metone recently. Shes good.

Dall almost laughs.

DALLNo, I was in school forpsychology, but then I got hit byan armored car and things - wow -got really different. Right now -things got like spooky and unreal,you know?

AGENTWhen things get really heavy forme I ride the bus.

DALLDoes that make you feel better?

AGENTNo, but its something to do.Sometimes its the only thing todo.

Dall looks impressed. She holds out her hand.

DALLHi, my name is Dall, I haventtold you that yet.

INT. DALLS APARTMENT - NIGHT

The Agent seated. Dall puttering around in the kitchen.

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DALLSo I dont want to sound like abitch but youre only here becauseyouve proven yourself to be apretty good distraction. Onceyoure not, you gotta go.

AGENTUnderstood.

DALLCause I got something really heavygoing on and I gotta like,prepare.

AGENTGot it.

She appears with two small glasses, a bottle of vodka and

packets of Sweet N Low.

DALLThis is from the cooks privatestash.

The Agent looks at his drink.

AGENTI thought you wanted to watch TV.

DALLIm not supposed to mix this withmy meds, but after today, wellshit...

She pours some vodka and dumps four packets of Sweet NLow into it. Hands it to he Agent.

The Agent holds the drink up to his nose and sniffs.

AGENTIm not much of an alcoholdrinker. It ... has a tendency tomake me a little bit funny.

DALLDude, I cant wait.

She opens four packs of SWEET AND LOW and pours them intoher drink, then stirs it with a straw. Takes a big sipand licks her lips.

DALL (CONTD)My goodness! Mmm, mmm.

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AGENTYou got to be kidding me.

DALLThis was my gramma Ruths favoritedrink. Dont make me drink alone.

Incredulously the Agent takes a timid sip.

DALL (CONTD)Well?

Agent looks shocked.

AGENT(surprised)

Thats really good.

Dall nods as she drinks more.

DISSOLVE TO:

INT. DALLS APARTMENT - LATER

The coffee table top is now covered with ripped openSWEET AND LOW packets. The bottle more than half gone.

AGENTIs your family Russian?

DALLDoes Dall Sweety sound Russian toyou?

AGENTNot at all.

DALLYou know, I hate my name.

AGENTSo change it.

DALL...Thank you! Finally someone whoagrees with me.

AGENTI change my name all the time, forprofessional reasons... what wouldyou change yours to?

DALLAre you ready?

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The Agent nods enthusiastically.

DALL (CONTD)Susannah Slocum ... what do youthink?

Agent thinks it over.

AGENT...yes, I love it. Anonymouswithout being too anonymous. Andsexy without making to much ofitself. It must have taken you awhile to come up with it.

Dall nods seriously.

DALLFour months. Should have been six

but I got time off for goodbehavior.

AGENTThe more you change your name theeasier it gets because you looseyour point of reference and thatswhere your bias really is.

DALLMore Agent bullshit. What did youdo before you were a secret agent?

The Agent thinks this over long and hard.

AGENTI was a civilian. I was paintingthe side of this building and Ifell off the scaffolding. I got areally bad concussion and when Igot out of the hospital my wifehad taken everything anddisappeared.

DALL

Im sorry to hear that.

AGENTIts okay. The people I work fornow wanted her to do it. It waspart of the recruitment process.

DALLAnd now youre looking for anenemy agent. Thats hot. What doeshe look like?

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AGENTOh I have his picture right here.

He opens his attache case and produces a photograph ofhimself that he shows to her without looking at.

Dalls mega impressed.

DALLFucking-A, yeah baby. And youcarry a gun too.

AGENTThats what you wanted all along,isnt it? Its okay. I can tellyoure in some kind of trouble.

DALLPut it on the table and if its

big enough Ill read your fortune.

AGENTIts not that big.

The Agent casually takes his gun out of his shoulderholster under his shirt and puts it down in the middle ofthe table.

Dalls very surprised.

DALLWow. You know youd think Id seenmore of these, but...

AGENTIf you want to touch it, thatsOK, Ive got the safety on. Justbe casual, people can go kind ofskippy around guns.

Dall touches the gun. She flushes with disappointment.

DALLThis isnt real.

She looks up at the Agent. His expression is catatonic,not hearing what shes saying.

EXT. BBV, ROOF - NIGHT

Dall smoking her cigarette. The Agent drinking his RCcola.

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DALLI got this really bad feeling thatIm about to disappear. I thinkIm gonna like end up where youare.

AGENTYoure gonna become an agent too?Have they started recruiting you?

Dall thinks about this and slowly nods her head.

DALLI think Im just a bad person, youknow? I think Im gonna becomelike everything I dont want. LikeIm getting pulled into this pit.

AGENT

This vodkas got me reallytwisted. You know what I want todo?

Hes suddenly giving her a very intense look. Dallsoverwhelmed.

AGENT (CONTD)I wanna bark like a wolf.

He lets out some loud yelps. Very impressive.

DALLI like you, wolf man.

AGENTLet it out. You gotta let it outcause its always coming out. If Idont yell Ill rip off my clothesand really get strange.

DALLI dont think I could handle that.

She yelps like a wolf, with the Agent joining in.

AGENTNow you can do anything.

Dall looking really messed up and out of it. Dizzy andstumbling.

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DALLI think I just - I think I justneed to -

DISSOLVE TO:

EXT. ROOF - MORNING

Dall and the Agent lie curled up among the blankets ofhis fort in the spoon position.

He has his head burrowed into the back of her neck. Shehas her eyes open, staring straight ahead.

She gets up, squatting over him, regarding him.

DALLYou make a real good stranger,

Joe.

INT. BBV, ELEVATOR - DAY

Dall, very funky, hung over, waiting.

Mrs. Thorn comes into the elevator bank and gives her theonce over.

MRS. THORNYou look like shit. You slept onthe roof, didnt you?

Dall makes a confused animal response

MRS. THORN (CONTD)You would have had to slept on theroof to miss all the action.

Dall with another similar response.

MRS. THORN (CONTD)Some lunatic murdered Guy Shinesand cut his right hand off. Im

not kidding. The cops actuallycame and everything.

DALLThey cut his hand off.

MRS. THORNThis would have been right nextdoor to you - his buddy Mr.Wintermouths unit.

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I guess he went to some bar - hislucky night.

DALLIs he back?


Marcia comes in through the door. Delphia is sittingthere, alone with a big white board next to herannouncing that shes telling fortunes.

MARCIAIm looking for someone who drinksthese. Ive been up and down theblock.

She holds up the empty RC Cola bottle. Delphia nods.

MARCIA (CONTD)You know who this person is.

Delphia nods again.

MARCIA (CONTD)Do you know where he is?

EXT. BBV, ROOF - DAY

The Agent wakes up alone. Looks around, getting hisbearings. Winces, touching his head - hung over too.


Delphia nodding.

DELPHIABut hes not ready yet.

Marcia shakes her head.

MARCIAAre you part of this thing? Dontmess with me, cause Ill surpriseyou. Im serious.

DELPHIASit down.

Marcia can see shes serious too. She has a seat.

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DELPHIA (CONTD)Im gonna explain everything toyou. Life is like a big blackocean, and youre always goingunder until theres no up or down.Sometimes you find an island. This

is someone else and this is themost important thing there is... Iknow your mission, and Ill helpyou, but its not as important asfinding the island. Do youunderstand me?

Marcia stares at her and then bursts into tears.

DELPHIA (CONTD)There, there.

MARCIA

I choose the ocean. I do...

DELPHIAI know...


The Agent finds his spot and sits.

The Agent checks his watch and dictates into his taperecorder.

AGENTIm more and more convinced thatArthur Winchut is on the otherside of that door. I think maybehes coming to me this time.

He sees Dall, all made up and carrying a bag, appear atWintermouths door.

His face screws up.

AGENT (CONTD)

Whats this about?


Dall, standing there, looking extremely nervous. Knocks.

DALL(to herself)

Be cool, youve got to be cool.

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You can do it cause youre awinner -- winner, cmon, open thedoor, open -

The door opens and she jumps.

EXT. GARDEN - DAY

The Agent watches Dall and Wintermouth talk at his door.

AGENT...Let my guard down like somekind of rookie... Whats herangle?

INT. WINTERMOUTHS APT - CONTINUOUS

Wintermouth stands back, letting Dall in. Theres whitesheets all over the spilled blood from Arts severedhand.

Wintermouth shuts the door.

WINTERMOUTHIm telling you though if thisisnt about more fantasy massagesyou really got me at a loss.

Dall stares at him, wide eyed. Very frustrated sigh.

DALLA cut. I want a cut.

WINTERMOUTHA cut of what? Ive got some piein the fridge.

Dalls lost -- uncertain how to proceed.

DALL...The killing, last night...

Wintermouth nods his head slowly, looking at herintently.

WINTERMOUTHYeah. That was crazy. They cut offhis hand. The police were sayingthey think he wanted the watch and- I guess - couldnt get it off.

Shrugs and makes a face.

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WINTERMOUTH (CONTD)You know the funny thing though. Idont think Guy wore a watch.Gosh, yeah... Im gonna miss thatguy, Guy. Wow...

DALLHe wasnt wearing a watch.

WINTERMOUTHSee, thats what I thought. Iwonder why - well, you cant tryto figure out a crazy person.

Shakes his head.

Slowly, with trembling hands, Dall hoists up the bag andopens it.

Wintermouth peers inside.

DALL...I thought it was like some sortof like, mutant spider orsomething.

WINTERMOUTHHuh.

DALLYou guys have been talking aboutsomething for a couple months. Ilisten through the wall there. Isaw your buddy leave with this baglast night. Im the first to admitI dont know exactly what thefuck, but Im like really yourpartner. For real. Thats all Iwant you to know. Yesterday wasjust me figuring things out, andand - and now you got a partner...

She gulps. Theres a beat.

WINTERMOUTHYeah, looks like Guys handalright... Well, anyway, thanksfor stopping by.

Dall looks meek.

DALLDude, cmon - Im not dumb. I justsome money. Maybe we can like workthis out right now.

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Wintermouth grins.

WINTERMOUTHHey, Id love to help but I justspent the last of my pocket moneyat Phils last night. If youd

been there I would have bought youa round.

DALLIm gonna take this to the police.

She hoists up the bag. Wintermouth nods.

WINTERMOUTHThats a great idea. Thats gottabe an important piece of evidence.Whered you find it anyway?

DALLSo thats really how youre gonnaplay it? Cmon man -

WINTERMOUTHListen to me - will you listen tome. What you have - its dangerousstuff. You should be protectingyourself. You dont wanna gethurt. A lot of pain could come atyou from a lot of different sides,you know what I mean?

BEAT

Him staring at her, really unnerving her. Dall with somefaint nods, backing away towards the door.


The Agent stares at Wintermouths apartment, not hearinganything, not seeing anything.

The door opens and Dall comes out. She sinks to her

knees, punching her head with the hand not holding thebag.

She stumbles off, not having observed him.


Dall comes staggering in. Throws the hand-bag down. Grabsher pills and chugs.

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Lurches over to the kitchen area and pulls out somecutlery knifes and a sharpener. Gets to work sharpeningthe knives.

Hears something and lurches to the door and peeks out:Sees Frank Rubio knocking on Wintermouths door.


The Agent observing Frank Rubio knocking on Wintermouthsdoor.

He puts his microphone to his face.

AGENTToo much activity. I gotta figureout how to do this...

EXT. WINTERMOUTHS APARTMENT - CONTINUOUS

Garcia knocks some more.

EXT. WINTERMOUTHS APARTMENT - CONTINUOUS

The door opens a crack, Wintermouth peeks through.

WINTERMOUTHYou Frank Rubio?

The man looks at his watch. He coughs into his fist.

FRANK RUBIOId like to get this done asquickly as possible.

Pause

Wintermouth looks at Garcia skeptically.

WINTERMOUTHYou dont look Italian.

FRANK RUBIOIm not.

INT. WINTERMOUTHS APARTMENT - CONTINUOUS

Wintermouth has a seat.

FRANK RUBIOYou mind?

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WINTERMOUTHNo, please.

Frank Rubio sits down with his back to the kitchen area.

FRANK RUBIO

You know, Ive been drinking tonsof coffee and pissing all day andnow Im feeling awfullydehydrated.

His shoulders twitch, he shrugs it off.

FRANK RUBIO (CONTD)You got any watered down fruitjuice or anything I could have asmall glass of?

WINTERMOUTH

I dont have either of that. Igot milk.

FRANK RUBIOOK, sure.

Wintermouth gets up and goes into the kitchen.

He comes back and puts the glass of milk on the tablenext to where Garcia has spread out a vast array of taxforms.

Frank Rubio sucks down the whole glass in one gulp andlicks his lips.

FRANK RUBIO (CONTD)Boy, lactose.

Wintermouth sits down and takes a sip of his drink...

WINTERMOUTHI thought everything was alreadycleared up at the police station.

FRANK RUBIO

It was -- for the police, but youhave to realize now, Mr.Wintermouth, you are dealing withthe Ciba Insurance group and theylike to be a tad more thorough.This is standard procedure.

WINTERMOUTHBut everythings alright?

Frank Rubio's eye twitches.

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FRANK RUBIOLike I told you over the phone, Iam a freelance investigatorcontracted through Cibasinsurance adjuster to make sureeverything is thoroughly checked

out. You could have told me youwanted to meet at some other time,I keep my own hours, I am fairlyflexible.

WINTERMOUTHNo, this is fine. What can I helpwith.

Frank Rubio looks down at some forms in front of him

FRANK RUBIODid you like co-owning a pawn

shop?

WINTERMOUTHNope. I never had a job I likedvery much to tell you the truth. Iliked working with Guy though. BoyI sure miss him. Gosh I do.

FRANK RUBIOYou didnt like owning a pawnshop. Thats why you sold it?

WINTERMOUTHI lost it. I lost everything. Imight as well have tragedytattooed on my forehead righthere. Thats right.


Dall clutching her knife. Looking around her. The wallsclosing in - Dall trying to come up with a plan.

INT. WINTERMOUTHS APARTMENT - CONTINUOUS

CLOSE UP of Wintermouth taking a deep sip of his drink.He does not look happy.

WINTERMOUTHListen, I wish I did havesomething to hide, cause then Idhave something, you know. I gotnothing.

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My best friend was killed andthank goodness I ran into someluck.

FRANK RUBIOSo you didnt know beforehand that

he named you chief benefactor inhis life insurance policy?

WINTERMOUTHNot until you guys told me at thestation.

FRANK RUBIOYou know how long you have beenhis chief benefactor?

WINTERMOUTHOf course not.

FRANK RUBIOEighteen years.

Wintermouth looks surprised.

WINTERMOUTHThats a long time. Thats aboutas long as Ive known him.

FRANK RUBIOYes, it is ... why?

Wintermouths VERY confused by this news.

WINTERMOUTHNeither of us have any family, Iguess...

FRANK RUBIOSo you guys werent...

WINTERMOUTHWerent what?

He looks genuinely puzzled.


The turns on his recorder.

AGENTTheres no way to do. No strategy.Ill have to go with chaos.

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Just say random numbers and when Iaccidently say seventeen then goin strong and heavy.

He puts away the recorder and stands.

AGENT (CONTD)Five, twenty-one, nineteen, seven,six, eighty-eighty-


Wintermouth laughing, loud.

WINTERMOUTHNo, no. Thats all I can say. No.

FRANK RUBIO

Youll probably be hearing it alot more.

WINTERMOUTHNo, thats too much. No, big no.

FRANK RUBIOSo, maybe you guys, maybe you justgot together once?

This makes Wintermouth laugh loudly again.

WINTERMOUTHNo - for Petes sake. Im aChristian. I have beliefs,understand me?

FRANK RUBIOOK, OK, calm down.

WINTERMOUTHAsk me something else.

Garcia seems more agitated and excited. He winksuncontrollably.

FRANK RUBIOOK ... Do you know what a memorialdiamond is?

WINTERMOUTHHuh? You mean at the shop, we hadsome junk jewelry -

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FRANK RUBIOI can see youre in need of someeducation. A memorial diamond is aman made diamond. A diamond madeout of a man, or woman. A way topreserve your loved one forever.

WINTERMOUTHYou lost me.

FRANK RUBIOYou can take a cremated body andturn it into a diamond.

WINTERMOUTHNo kidding... And its real? Itsvaluable.

FRANK RUBIO

Well that depends on thecraftsmanship. It also depends onthe body. A famous person, just byhaving been famous.

WINTERMOUTHOh, interesting. Sure, veryinteresting. But I have no ideawhat this has to do with anything.

FRANK RUBIOYou are aware that Mr. Shines didjewelry appraisals.

WINTERMOUTHYeah, yeah, his dad was a jeweler.It was real catch as catch canwork.

FRANK RUBIOAn associate of his had asked himto appraise a diamond, thought itwas junk - as you said, junkjewelry. Wanted a cheapconfirmation, really.

WINTERMOUTHOh, huh, good for him. Hope theypaid him a little bit.

Frank Rubio nods his head.

FRANK RUBIONow this friend is convinced itwas a long lost memorial diamond.

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WINTERMOUTHFrom a famous person?

Frank Rubio lets the tension play out.

FRANK RUBIO

Roscoe Arbuckle. More famouslyknown as Fatty Arbuckle.

WINTERMOUTHGosh, thatd be a pretty bigdiamond then.

Frank Rubio nods.

FRANK RUBIOTheres no trace of it anywhere. Iwas thinking maybe the thiefsnatched it after he killed Shines

here. Of course that would havemeant he would have also gone intohis apartment. No sign of that.

Wintermouth shrugs defensively.

WINTERMOUTHHe had a safe... You check thesafe?

FRANK RUBIO-- In his bedroom. The safe waslocked. Nothing inside.

WINTERMOUTHHow do you know that?

FRANK RUBIO(shrugs)

I opened it.

Wintermouth's eyes narrow

WINTERMOUTHThat doesnt sound too legal to

me.

FRANK RUBIOTut tut Tinker Bell. You knowwhat doesnt sound legal? Killingyour boyfriend, stealing a big fatdiamond, and then trying to scamoff his life insurance. Not onlydoes that not sound legal to me --that sounds very fucking sloppy.

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WINTERMOUTHNow, I dont think theres anyreason to start cursing.

He stands.

FRANK RUBIOSit the fuck down.

Wintermouth thinks about and sits down again.

FRANK RUBIO (CONTD)Listen friend, if you had justsnatched the ice, or just tried toscam the insurance money youdprobably be alright. But you gotgreedy. Oooh yaaah.

WINTERMOUTH

Well, thanks for the feedback.

Frank Rubio sighs. Has some more milk. Clears his throatand makes a face.

FRANK RUBIO...In the spirit of respectingopportunity, you give me thediamond, and I wont give the copsthe idea that you killed yourbuddy.

At this point and Guy creeps in from the kitchen area,right BEHIND Frank Rubio, with a frying pan raised abovehis head. In his other hand is the vibrant white attachecase.

Wintermouth sees Guy behind Frank Rubio and hisexpression goes slack.

Frank Rubio reads Wintermouths expression and getsconfused.

FRANK RUBIO (CONTD)What?

He spins around just as Guy slaps him on the head withthe frying pan.


Agents POV we see the front door of Wintermouthsapartment open and then slam shut with grunts and growls.

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AGENTA hundred and five. Ten.Seventeen!

He shuts his case and gets up.


Dall staring at the wall, hearing the commotion, grippinga knife, her breathing tweaking out.


Frank Rubio on the ground. Guy on his hands and knees,breathing hard, still clutching the frying pan.

The white attache case are on the floor beside him.

GUYThat was a workout. I think Imighta dislocated my shoulder.

WINTERMOUTHBuddy, what diamond?

For once he doesnt seem to be in such an easy going,light mood.

GUYI was going to tell you aboutit... Thats why I snuck back intothe building. I was in the can,clipping my nose hairs when heshowed up. I know Im supposed tobe on that bus but I realizedsomeone would probably - just likethis. I thought this was gonnahappen so thats why I came back.

Wintermouth just stares at him.

GUY (CONTD)

I swear it. I brought the rockwith me - Im not lying. Its inthis case. But, okay, the screwyup thing is, I kinda forgot thecombination.

WINTERMOUTHWe had a deal. I find him, youkill him, we split the insurance.

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Now I find out youve had me onyour policy since we met, andtheres a diamond that youstole... My gosh, youve had thisall planned out for a long time,youve been waiting ... youve

been waiting for the right momentto screw me and everyone else...

EXT. BBV GARDEN - DAY

The Agent walking slowly and cautiously towardWintermouths door, thats cracked open.

He takes his gun out.


Wintermouth gripping Guy by his shoulders, pressing himagainst the wall by the door.

Real close to him.

GUYIts not true - why would I comeback and risk everything.

Wintermouth closes his eyes and gets control overhimself.

WINTERMOUTHI believe you. I dont understandbut I believe you. Stop thinking.Youve got to get out, and you gothe way you came so no one seesyou. To that place, and Ill getthere too, as soon as I sort thisnonsense out.

Little nod from Guy.

GUY

Im going. Im gone.

He throw his hood up and hurries out the door.

EXT. GARDEN - DAY

Agent at Wintermouths door.

Guy comes out with his hood up, bumps into him. Guymoving fast, hurrying away.

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The Agent stalled for a moment, then goes toWintermouths closed door. Tries it: unlocked.


Wintermouth off in another part of the apartment.

The Agent enters with his gun out, checking the scene.Stops when he hears water getting turned on in the backof the unit.

Looks down. Frank Rubio, still on the ground, has grabbedhis ankle. Giving him a crazed look.

FRANK RUBIOHey man - I got this. Youre withCiba insurance, right? I told youguys I was still working some

details. Its cool. I just felldown. It happens.

AGENTIm in the insurance game.

FRANK RUBIOIm feeling kinda weird. If Imnot making any sense, let me knowand well work it out.

AGENTIm looking for Arthur Winchut --who are you?

FRANK RUBIOOh, fuck, I know him - he hangsout at King Eddies, right?

This shocks the Agent who lurches back, but Frank Rubiohas his ankle so he falls over and drops his attachecase.

The Agent twists around and shoots Frank Rubio nine timeswith his fake gun.

He pulls his leg free and grabs an attache case.

AGENTSorry. Ive never fired my gunbefore.

Frank Rubio checking himself, seeing that hes not hurt.

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FRANK RUBIOThis is getting a little strange.Theres a diamond here, but Icant... They were talking, but,whoa, I got some pretty serioushead fuzzies. Brother, help me up,

I think I need a drink. Yeah,thatll help me straighten thisall out.

The Agent helps him up and together they shuffle out ofthe apartment.


The Agent and Frank Rubio Shuffle through the door.Marcias still sitting with Delphia.

Delphia nods.

DELPHIAHes ready for you.

MARCIAWhere?

Delphia points back toward the apartments.


Dall back with her glass away from the wall, hearing itall.


Dall slips in and immediately snatches up the attachecase on the floor.

Wintermouth comes out from the back with a suitcase andtowel around his neck.

WINTERMOUTHHey -

Dall splits.

EXT. HALLWAYS - DAY

Dall marches down the hallway with attache case. Shelooks disoriented. Looks down at her knife. Looks overher shoulder.

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Makes a random turn. Stops and turns around. Wintermouthappears behind her, following her.

Dall sees him and hurries. Gets to an intersection andcant decide which way to go.

Turns around and Wintermouth has made it to her.

Hes smiling, but now its intense.

WINTERMOUTHBoy, things are getting a littleserious, huh?

He moves into her personal space so that she backs into awall, losing her options of possible escape.

Dall holds up her knife, all awkward and clumsy.

Wintermouth looks at the knife and then looks around andstarts laughing. Its creepy and without mirth. Dallfinds herself laughing too - fear laughing.

He reaches out and takes hold of her wrist and squeezes.Dall lets the knife drop.

The knife drops right into his foot.

They stop laughing. Wintermouth looks down and sees theknife sticking out of his left shoe.

He starts laughing - loud - barking - HA! HA! HA! Likesome sort of creepy robotic siren.

He bends down and pulls the knife free. Hoists it up,threatening with it, still with the horrible laughs.

Dall backs against the wall. Over his shoulder she seesMarcia approaching.

DALLPlease.

MARCIA

Oh my goodness.

She sticks her hand into her purse. Lifts it up, firing agun inside, blasting Wintermouth six times who fallsover, making gurgling noises

Marcia nods to Dall.

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MARCIA (CONTD)(to Dall)

Yeah, I can be a real bitch whenIm pissed... Go. I dont want youdistracting the fuzz when they gethere.

FADE OUT.

EXT. SIDEWALK - DAY

The Agent walking, supporting Frank Rubio.

FRANK RUBIOYou know what? I think a want tosit down.

He has a seat on a low wall.

FRANK RUBIO (CONTD)You go on. I dont think I wantthat drink anymore anyway.

EXT. ANOTHER SIDEWALK - DAY

The Agent walks. Stops and looks at his attache case -its the wrong one.

He sees a bus stop.

INT. BUS - DAY

The Agent comes on. He sees Dall at the back of the busand sits next to her.

DALLHuh. Are you following me.

AGENTYes.

He looks at her case.

AGENT (CONTD)You have something that belongs tome.

Dall looks at the attache case - the Agents attache case- that shes holding.

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DALLSo shoot me.

AGENTI probably should. I think theresa very good chance youre working

for Arthur Winchut... But, I threwmy gun away.

DALLDo you believe in coincidence?

The Agent gives her this deep, impassioned look.

Dall smiles. Puts her head on his shoulder. Theres amoment. They let the bus take them along...

The Agent notices Guy Shines sitting a little ways down,in the basic spot that Art was sitting at the beginningof the script. Guy staring at them, and particularly theAgents attache case.

GUYHey, do I know you?

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