How The Other Half Lives Uncut
TEASER
FADE IN:
EXT. OUTSIDE DUPREE ESTATE--- NIGHT 1
Michael and Maria are up in a tree staking out the Dupree estate. Michael looks
through binoculars towards the house where we see the lights are ON. Maria tries
to rub out a stain in her blouse. She picks up her cell phone and dials.
MICHAEL: Would you stop making phone calls?
MARIA: Official business. (into phone) Liz? Her, its me again.--What would you
use to get out tree sap? I think I ruined my top.
MICHAEL: You're wasting the battery.
Maria holds up a finger, one minute and continues:
MARIA: (into phone) No, the black turtleneck. You know the cashmere one? I
borrowed it from my mom.... (beat) I know, it's tragic.
Michael rolls his eyes, looks through the binocs, and we see the LIGHTS turn OUT
in the house--
MARIA: (cont'd) Yeah, I'm still in the tree with he who shall remain nameless
(to Michael) HEY!
Because Michael has jus grabbed the phone and shit it off.
MICHAEL: Let's go.
EXT. DUPREE ESTATE- LANDSCAPED GROUNDS 2
Michael and Maria duck behind some foliage, watching as a GUARD stands watch.
MARIA: (under) You got some cool power to take care of him?
Michael picks up a rock, hurls it far, and it lands on the patio. The guard
turns, and walks toward the direction of the patio, giving them the opportunity
to scurry past.
INT. DUPREE ESTATE---NIGHT 3
On a grainy video screen we see Michael and Maria creep through the house.
INT. LAURIE'S ROOM-- NIGHT 4
Laurie sits on a bare mattress on the floor in the middle of the room. She's
dismantled the room and rearranged it. The frame and boxspring are bare. The
pillows and sheets are stacked in a corner. It's a disturbing sight. Laurie
under-reacts to their arrival but seems to acknowledge them. Michael walks over,
sits next to her. Michael is surprisingly calm to her.
MICHAEL: Hey, I just wonted to make sure you were ok (she's silent)
Laurie....Those aliens that have been chasing you? You need to know
something....they're REAL. I believe you.
Larue looks at him. This is the first time she has heard this from anyone. She
can't believe it-- wants to share that she knows.
LAURIE: Sometimes....sometimes I can sense them. When they're coming. I feel
them. Sometimes I can get away before they get me....
MICHAEL: What do they want from you?
LAURIE: I don't know
He gives her a beat. Feels like he has pushed her enough for now.
MICHAEL: We're going to help you Laurie.
Did Michael hear something in the distance? A door crack open? A floorboard
creak?
MICHAEL: (cont) You're safe here for now. We'll be close.
LAURIE: I'm not safe here.
Michael stops, looks at her.
LAURIE: (cont) My Aunt and Uncle need me to be crazy.
Michael looks at Maria, who ponders this.
MICHAEL: What are you talking about?
But they are suddenly startled by:
BOBBY'S VOICE: Mr. Guerin!
Michael turns around to see Meredith, Bobby and the Security Guard.
BOBBY: You and you accomplice with the lips are trespassing. My sister is quite
vexed.
MEREDITH: Apparently, my brother didn't make himself clear yesterday. That money
we gave you was intended as a going away gift. As in take the money and GO AWAY.
BOBBY: Our video security system has any number of fabulous angles of the two of
you breaking and entering. If we see your faces anywhere near this house or our
niece again, we will present our evidence to the authorities and have you
arrested. Is that clear?
MICHEAL: (beat) yeah.
MEREDITH: James. Escort them to their automobile and make certain they drive
away this time.
As the guard steps toward them, Michael exchanges a final look with Laurie, then
EXITS.
INT. MICHAEL'S APARTMENT-- NIGHT 5
As it is ransacked me a N.D. Man wearing a ski mask and leather gloves. (we see
as many things as possible to I.D. this as Michael's apartment. Snapshots of
Michael with Max and Isabel, Maria, etc....) The man is clearly looking for
something, and has no qualms about trashing the apartment until he finds it. We
hear an elderly neighbor call in:
MRS. HENDERSON (O.S.) Would you stop that racket! I am trying to sleep!
The intruder finds the box of Laurie's possessions that Michael found at the end
of episode #12. He flips though the box and takes out a photograph.
INSERT 6
Laurie Dupree stands in front of the very distinctive Dupree estate.
RESUME 7
The intruder studies the photograph the then puts it in his pocket then ducks
behind the door as MRS. HENDERSON (70's) slight, enters, in her nightgown.
MRS. HENDERSON (cont'd): Mr. Guerin, there is a ten o'clock lights out policy in
this complex and---
As soon as she gets past the threshold the intruder whirls on her, grabs her by
the throat and begins to squeeze. As Mrs. Henderson struggles vainly for her
life we.....
FADE OUT
END OF TEASER
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ACT ONE
FADE IN:
EXT. ROSWELL ALLEY--- NIGHT A8
Grant's car is coming to a stop. We hear a police siren whining down and REVEAL
a sheriff's cruiser behind him. Duff and Valenti get out and approach Grant's
car.
DUFF: Step out of the car please.
Grant gets out.
GRANT: What's going on?
VALENTI: I brought you something you've always wanted.... (takes out a piece of
paper) A warrant.
He hands it to Grant and opens the trunk, begins going through his belonging.
Grant looks a Duff.
DUFF: Can I ask you a few questions Mr. Sorenson? Step out here please.
GRANT: (not happy) Sure.
She takes him over to the cruiser. Grant has one eye on Valenti as Duff fires
questions.
DUFF: I'd like to determine you whereabouts during the forty-eight hour period
Laurie Dupree was missing.
GRANT: why?
Grant watches as Valenti tears through his belongings.
DUFF: These are car rental receipts you signed. New Castle, Wyoming last July.
Fort Collins, Colorado in August. Las Cruces, New Mexico in September. Are these
your signatures?
GRANT: Yes, they're mine. What the hell is this all about?
DUFF: Just questions for now. Why were you in those cities?
GRANTL Research. I have records.
DUFF: I'd appreciate looking at them.
Valenti finds a pair of leather gloves in the glove compartment. (They are
identical to the leather gloves worn by the killer at the end of the Teaser.)
GRANT: No.
VALENTI: They were in you glove compartment.
GRANT: I've never seen those gloves before. Agent Duff, I have no idea what this
man told you about me, or what he has against me but he has been persecuting me
practically since the say I showed up in Roswell. And no he's planting things in
my car.
DUFF: How'd you get those scratches on your neck?
Grant looks at her, confused. She pulls out a compact mirror and holds it up to
him. He looks at himself, notices several long scratches on his neck. He himself
is baffled and he is disturbed that he doesn't know.
GRANT: (honestly) I....I have no idea.
Off Duff and Valenti's look we CUT TO:
INT. UFO CENTER-- MAIN ROOM--- DAY 8
MAX, LIZ, ISABEL, and TESS are discussing the situation.
MAX: His final words were to get off the planet.
ISABEL: Which isn't currently an option.
LIZ: Which is why we called this meeting. To figure out what exactly our options
are ( i like how she says our instead of your!)
TESS: And just so I'm clear here, when Larek said the Earth was infected, what
are we talking here? Couple of acres (off their looks) Couple of miles?
LIZ: I think he was speaking a little more globally.
BRODY comes out of his office and walks up to them
BRODY/LAREK: It's Larek. And although I've had a little more time to prepare
this body for communication, I'm still having trouble keeping its heart beating,
so I'll get right to it. The Gandarium (where the f*ck do they come up with
these name?) are genetically engineered life-form designed to bridge the DNA and
RNA resequencing during the thirdstage amino acid synthesis.
A baffled beet, then everyone turns to Liz.
LIZ: Hey, I'm lost too. (to brody/larek) That's....way over our heads. Could you
explain it in simpler terms? (whats wrong with liz? i understand what larek
said! lmao maybe thats cause my teacher is crazy and is actually teaching me
that stuff!)
Brody/Larek doesn't look to happy about that. He struggles to make it simple
enough for them to understand.
BRODY/LAREK: All right. Let's say you want to create an alien/human hybrid.
First you get some human cells, then you get some alien cells. Normally, they
don't mix very well, so you need something to help bridge the differences.
That's where the Gandarium com in. IN a controlled environment---like your
ship---they're harmless. But set them loose in an eco-system, the Gandarium will
perform the only role they know: infect human cells.
ISABEL: But they're not infecting just ANY human cells.
TESS: They seem to be focusing on one particular girl.
BRODY/LAREK: Not every human is a candidate for hybridization. Their genetic
structure has to be a....well, you would call it a flaw. It's very rare on
Earth. Fewer than one in fifty million people have it.
Liz understands--- makes the next logical leap.
LIZ:That's why they're after Laurie. She must have the defect.
MAX: What happens if they succeed in infecting Laurie?
BRODY/LAREK: Once they infect her, the Gandarium will mutate into an universal
virus. She'll infect anyone she comes into contact with human or otherwise.
They, in turn, will infect everyone they come into contact with. Eventually she
and ever infected person on this planet.....will die.
This hits all of them.
MAX: How do we destroy them?
BRODY/LAREK: Once they've infected the host, it's all over.
A grim beat, Then, Tess gets onto something.
TESS: They didn't finish. (they all look at her) The Gandarium didn't finish
infecting Laurie.
ISABEL: She was buried in the ground right out there with the crystals.
LIZ: Wait, I think Tess is right. That's why they're still trying to get her--
to complete the process.
BRODY/LAREK: If that's true, then you may still have a chance. The Gandarium are
hivelike-- they have workers, drones, even a QUEEN. The queen is the only one
who can infect the host. Find her. Kill her. And the rest of the hive will die.
ISABEL; And the queen will be in the hive?
BRODY/LAREK: Not necessarily. (he zones out for a beat) I have to return this
body back to its home, or it won't survive. Good luck. To you all.
Brody/Larek EXITS the Museum. There's a quiet beat, them Max takes charge.
MAX: The first thing we need to do is go back to Frazier woods and find out how
many more of these crystals are out there. Or rather down there. Then we need to
find a way to destroy them. Collect whatever digging equipment you can find,
then meet in the alley behind the Crashdown in an hour.
INT. TUCSON, AZ., HALL OF RECORDS-- DAY 9
Maria and Michael stand at a counter waiting.
MICHAEL: This is a stupid idea.
MARIA: Think about it for a second, Guerin, what could Laurie have meant when
she said her aunt and uncle needed her to be crazy?
MICHAEL: Who knows?
MARIA: I do...at least i have a hunch.
A COUNTY CLERK returns with a file.
CLERK: The deed of the record for eleven Osborne Road. Sing here please.
Maria signs in. Maria takes the folder over to a table and opens it up.
MARIA: Just start applauding.
She holds the paper up to Michael.
MARIA: (cont'd) The Dupree estate is in Laurie's name. It was left to her by her
Grandfather.
MICHAEL: What does that give us?
MARIA: A little ting called....leverage.
Witht he ring of a bell we......
TIME CUT TO:
SCENE 10 OMITTED
EXT. DUPREE ETATE-- DAY 11
Michael and Maria stand outside and ring the bell.
VOICE: Hello?
MARIA: Greetings. It's the team of Guerin and Deluca again.
VOICE: Wait right where you are, the police should be by to scoop you up in
approximately ten minutes.
MARIA: Are Bobby and Meredith around? If the are, would you just have them come
over and take a look at this?
Maria holds a photocopy of the Deed to teh house up to the Camera.
VOICE: ONe moment.
MARIA: Charmed, I'm sure.
Michael and Maria wait for a beat.
MICHAEL: It it was me, I'd tell us to get screwed and call the cops anyway.
MARIA: That's because you don't have money. People who do, tend to get nervous
when it's threatened.
And then the gates open. Maria looks at Michael.
MARIA: Maria Deluca saves teh day once again.
They head up the driveway.
SCENE 12-13 OMITTED
EXT. FRAZIER WOODS-- DAY 14
Where ALEX AND KYLE are digging up the forest. Several holes have been dug
already.
KYLE: I always kinda wondered what you people were doing sophomore year.
ALEX: Lotta secret meetings. Lotta lying to authorities. Sometimes narrowly
escaping gunfire, but that's generally pretty rare.
KYLE: And what do we lowly human fold get out of all this?
ALEX: I'm not sure exactly.
Alex wipes his brow. Movies to another spot, begins digging again.
KYLE: I guess what I have a problem with, is the suddenly I'm a member of a club
I never wanted to join. And as it turns out the club bears a striking
resemblance to a chain gang.
ALEX: Success.
Alex tosses his shovel aside and raises his arms, walks in a circle around his
descovery.
ALEX: (cont'd) Alex Whitman, Ladies and Gentlemen...
Kyle looks down into the hole--- paydirt. BLUE CRYSTALS line the bottom of the
hole.
ALEX: (to adoring crowd) Thank you, thank you.
Kyle digs a little more, the dirt collapses revealing a large hole in the gound.
KYLE: What the hell? It's some sort of cave.
ALEX: What I'd do here is put the shovels down, head over to the group and get
Max...
KYLE: RIght, and let Make take the credit for whatever we might have found.
Kyle starts to climb down.
KYLE: (contd) aren't you coming?
Alex reluctantly climbs in hearing.....
KYLE: (o.s.) Holy shit.
INT. CRYSTAL CHAMBER-- CONTINIOUS A15
A tiny underground chamber, lined with CRYSTALS . Alex and Kyle look at them for
a stunned beat.
KYLE: What do you suppose alien crystals are going for on Ebay/?
ALEX: Okay. Columbus, you made the discovery. Now let's go tell the others.
They turn back toward the opening. But it no longer exists. A WALL OF CRYSTALS
has now sealed the entrance behind them. They're trapped. Kyle and Alex exchange
a look.
KYLE: So, I guess stuff like this happens all teh time... right?
ALEX: Oh sure.
Off Alex and Kyle's fear building we:
FADE OUT:
END OF ACT ONE:
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ACT TWO
FADE IN:
EXT. FRAZIER WOODS-- DAY B15
Liz is carrying a clipboard as she walks over to where Tess has been diligently
digging away.
LIZ: Anything?
TESS: Lotta rocks.
Max walks over with a shovel.
MAX: Nothing on grid 23-27
LIZ: Then you move on to......
Liz checks her clipboard. Then her cellphone rings.
LIZ: (contd) (into phone) Hello? (beat) Oh, hi Kyle. Where are you?
INT. CRYSTAL CHAMBER-- CONTINUOUS C15
Kyle's on the phone, banging against the wall of the cave.
KYLE: IN THE FUCKING NEST!
LIZ: What?
KYLE: We're underground, in the belly of the beast, surrounded by evil alien
crystals/
LIZ: (calls out) MAX! (he turns) It's Kyle-- he and Alex found the crystals.
Max comes running over.
MAX: Where?
LIZ: They were diggin over at grid 35-38. This way!
Liz leads Max and Tess to......
KYLE and ALEX'S DIGGIN SITE D15
They arrive and see the hole in the ground.
KYLE: (to the phone) Hurry please! It's kinda tight quarters in here...
LIZ: Okay, we're here.
Liz looks down into the hole just as Isabel comes running up and joins the
group.
LIZ: (contd) I see the crystals?
KYLE: They blocked us in here.
ISABEL: What's going on?
MAX: Kyle and Alex are down there.
Max gets down into the hole, looks over the cystals.
LIZ: Can you make an opening?
MAX: W can try (to Liz) Tell them to get away from the entrance.
Max, Isabel and Tess join hands and concentrate on destroying the crystals. Liz
stands behind them.
LIZ: (to phone) They're all trying ?..really hard?
Finally, the tree aliens sit back--- defeated.
MAX: (exhausted) Our powers don't work on this.
LIZ: (Covers the phone) Are you sure?
TESS: Your welcome to try YOUR powers. (is the talking to liz here?)
KYLE: (v.o.) What's going on?
LIZ: They're. talking a break.
KYLE: A break! You know, there's not that much air down here!
LIZ: We'll have to get back to you. Breathe shallow.
KYLE: Breathe shallow?
Liz clicks off the cellphone
LIZ: Now what?
MAX: Brody has some weird equipment in the back of the UFO Center. I think
there's even a diamond saw in the storage locker.
LIZ: That might work.
ISABEL: I'll go get it.
Isabel rushes off. Max walks around the hole, considers.
MAX: Maybe we should dig another trench. See if we can find another way into the
chamber.
TESS: Let's get started.
Tess grabs a shovel and tosses it to Liz.
TESS: (contd) Here you go.
INT. LARUIE'S ROOM-- DAY 15
Michael is sitting with Laurie, who can't believe he's here.
MICHAEL: So I realized I had to find some kind of?.leverage. I went to the
courthouse?hadém look up the files on this place and-- bang. There it was. The
deed. With your name on it. After that, I threatened to call the police and have
Bobby and Meredith arrested for trespassing. Well-- WE threatened to call the
police. Maria kinda helped.
LAURIE: That's really smart.
MICHAEL: People with money tend to get nervous when it's threatened.
She smiles as Michael scratches his brow.
LAURIE: You look just like him when you do that.
MICHAEL: Who?
LAURIE: Grandpa. He used to scratch his eyebrow just like that?. he even wore a
ring on the same finger you do.
MICHAEL: What was he like?
LAURIE: A lot like you. Hard to read. Lived in his own head. But?kind. The only
one in the family I ever felt safe with?
She trails off, lost in the memories.
MICHAEL: What else?
LAURIE: Would you like to meet him?
OFF Michael's startled reaction we? CUT TO:
EXT. BAR BY THE POOL--- DAY 16
Meredith dusts off a bottle. Meredith has a whole new attitude toward Maria,
showing off the wealth of the estate and trying to co-opt her.
MEREDITH: Everyone knows that California isn't capable of producing a decent
Merlot--
MARIA: (as if she knows) Yeah, no kidding.
MEREDITH: -- But I just love this '96 Cabernet. We bought it at auction last
year for twenty five a bottle.
MARIA: That's a great deal. I've seen some champagne that's like, fifty bucks.
MEREDITH: Twenty-five HUNDRED.
MARIA: That's forty -two dollars a sip. (off Meredith's look) I work in the
restaurant industry)
Meredith smiles, replaces the bottle on the rack. Then trying to be subtle
MEREDITH: So shall I have Carmen prepare you two for departure tomorrow?
MARIA: We may be around a bit longer than that, Meredith. I would tell Carmen
not to knock herself out.
MEREDITH: (less casual) You realize that we have the power of attorney over
Laurie. I love her like a daughter but the girl's certifiable. And the doctors
agreed. So, we can have you and beatnik kicked out of here any time we want to.
MARIA: Then why haven't you?
Pause. Maria reaches into her bag and takes out one of those book sized
corporate checkbooks. Meredith's false smile disappears.
MARIA: (contd) (showing a check stub) Maybe it's because of the million dollars
you donated to the Pinecreast Psychiatric Institute to get them to say Laurie
was crazy.
MEREDITH: Where did you get that?
MARIA: Laurie told me I could go anywhere in the house I wanted. So I looked in
you desk.
MEREDITH: What exactly do you want?
MARIA: We want to be here with Laurie as long as we choose.
Off Meredith, stuck we CUT TO:
INT. MICHAEL'S APARTMENT-- NIGHT 17
Duff and Valenti hang back as two deputies cover Mrs. Henderson with a sheet.
DUFF: Neighbor got suspicious when Mrs. Henderson didn't turn off her TV at ten
fifteen sharp. Said she did it like it was clockwork every night.
Valenti looks over a notebook.
VALENTI: They found skin underneath her fingernails. Remind you of anything?
DUFF: The scratches on Sorenson's neck. I think it's time to bring him in.
VALENTI: You read my mind.
They head off.
INT. UFO CENTER-- MAIN ROOM--- NIGHT A18
Isabel wheels a diamond saw on a pallet heading for the exit door. She stops.
Pushes open the exit door. She stops. Pushes open the exit door. Turns back goes
back to the pallet to pull it down
INT. UFO CENTER-- MAIN ROOM-- NIGHT A18
Isabel wheels a diamond saw on a pallet heading for the exit door. She stops.
Pushes open the exit door. Turns back goes back to the pallet to pull it toward
her. As she begins backing through the open door she gets to the threshold and
suddenly an arm comes in and grabs her. It's GRANT. He covers her mouth with a
cloth. She struggles against him......but it's a losing battle. She
weakens.....and as she goes limp, we..
CUT TO:
SCENE 18 OMITTED
INT. BOMB SHELTER-- NIGHT 19
It obviously hasn't been used in some time. A few cots and other furniture are
gathering dust. The walls are lined with CANNED FOOD and other emergency
supplies. In recent years it's become more of a storage place, including many
boxes of Grandpa's stuff. The door to teh bomb shelter seems permanently rusted
in a half-open position. Laurie's a different girl-- a bit more relaxed. Nearby,
Michael leafs through an ancient journal.
Laurie pulls on a wool cardigan sweater. She presses the sleeves to her face.
LAURIE: You can still smell him.
Laurie shoves her arm under Michael's nose. Michael recoils. It's an odd
concept. Finally, he takes a whiff.
LARIE: Indian River pipe tobacco.
Laurie crosses back to the clothes. Michael stares at the papers spread out in
front of him.
MICHAEL: 'Thought I had it rough. He was working full-time in the copper mines
by the time her was 15. Guess it's worth it if three years later, you discover
the largest silver deposit in Arizona.
Michael pulls a stack of clipping out of the journal. They're articles on UFO
abductions, sketches of flying saucers and alien creatures, etc.
MICHAEL: (contd) And then he got interested in....aliens....
LAURIE: Grandpa said they took him He wouldn't talk about it. He'd just come
down here to the bomb shelter and read for hours. It was his sanctuary.
Michael skims the pages. Everything from tabloid to reports to newspaper
columns.
LAURIE: The older he got, the more he wanted to find out what really happened to
him. So, he finally started talking. Aunt Meredith and Uncle Bobby used it to
put him away.
Michael continues to flip through the journal. He sees that the entries are
getting wilder in print, more erratic. There are more sketches. They take on a
nightmarish tone.
MICHAEL: It drove him crazy.
LAURIE: That's what I got from grandpa. That, and some bad blood....
MICHAEL: Bad blood?
LAURIE: A bad chromosome actually. It's what they call a recessive genetic
defect. (ugh they are talking to us like we're 4.....i like know what all this
stuff means do u guys? lol i guess im just smart)
MICHAEL: (quiet) That's why they want you.
LAURIE: What?
MICHAEL: Nothing.
Laurie sees an ancient silk wedding dress.
LAURIE: This was grandma's. I never met her.
MICHAEL: What was her name?
LAURIE: Ada Jane. She's dead, too. Grandpa was the last one who was nice to me.
An awkward beat. Michael scratches his brow, catches himself. Laurie smiles at
him.
LAURIE: We can't fight what we really are, Michael. You're Grandpa's legacy and
I'm crazy.
MICHAEL: You're not crazy. What happened to you was real. (beat) You have a
right to your won life. Bobby and Meredith have tried to take that away from
you, but it's yours. Just like this house is yours. (beat) Look. I'm not what
you call an optimist. Life sucks. People suck. That's reality. But you're
special. You're a good person and you deserve better than to be locked away in
some institution just because it's more convenient for you aunt and uncle. This
is YOUR house, Laurie. And i think it's time you started to enjoy it.
Laurie looks at Michael....and starts to believe him.....
INT. GRANT'S TRUCK-- MOVING-- NIGHT A20
It's pitch black. Over the darkness we HEAR---
GRANT: Things I know. Two times two is four. Gato is Spanish for cat. My middle
name is Ellis.
Isabel's eyes open. She's still a little groggy, but the sight of Grant snaps
her to attention. He's sweating from every pore. His eyes are wild, barely on
the road. His voice is maniacal.
GRANT: (contd) A mineral with a high Mohs number will scratch a mineral with a
low number. The scale is not linear.
He spots Isabel looking at him and bores into her.
ISABEL: Grant--
GRANT: I'm not doing so good, Isabel. That agent....from the FBI...
ISABEL: Agent Duff.
GRANT: (snapping) I know her name, OK? I know things. She said I went to
Wyoming. She asked if I stole a gun there. I don't remember. When i try to
remember, it gets worse. You're the only one I trust, Isabel. You have to help
me.
ISABEL: I will. Just stop the car. We'll get you some fresh air. We'll talk.
Grant pulls up his t-shirt sleeve and reveals a poorly healed, home sutured
bullet wound.
GRANT: When did I get shot?
Isabel flashes to Episode 10, to the gunfight at Laurie's burial site. Shots
from the kidnapper's gun rain down on Isabel, Max, and Valenti. Valenti fires
back. The mysterious shooter takes a bullet.
ISABEL: It was you...(hmmmmm sound familiar? They are just reusing those great
M/L lines cause they have nothing else to use ughhhhhh on them)
GRANT: And when did I get these scratches on my neck? I don't know. Here's
another one: why am I going to Tucson? Don't know!
ISABEL: Grant, pull over.
GRANT: I think I killed someone back in Roswell. Please, I don't want to do it
again. Help me, Isabel. PLEASE. Things I know. My birthday is December seventh.
Sedimentary rocks cover 75 percent of the world's land surface....
Isabel can only watch, horrified, as the truck plunges deeper into the night.
FADE OUT:
END OF ACT TWO
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FADE IN:
INT. GRANT'S TRUCK-- MOVING-- NIGHT 20
Grant is still at the wheel. He's not as agitated as before, but that's because
he's fighting to keep it together. Isabel's tone is soothing-- like that of a
suicide counselor talking someone down off the ledge.
ISABEL: When did this all start?
GRANT: Hard to say. I have....gaps in time. I think...it was.....when I started
digging out near.....Pohlman ranch...last summer...found these weird crystals.
ISABEL: (suddenly realizes) Oh my God....Larek said there was a Queen...
GRANT: What?
ISABEL: It's okay. Grant, listen to me--- something has...has taken over your
body.
GRANT: What kind of thing?
ISABEL: It's hard to explain....it must've happened when you were diggin....see,
the Gandarium were in the water table--
GRANT: (on the edge of hysteria) I don't know what that means either! I'm
starting to lose it here!
ISABEL: Grant, it's ok.
GRANT: Why is this happening? I'm a good person.
ISABEL: I know.
GRANT: do you?
She nods. Grant grips the wheel tighter, begins to shake uncontrollable.
GRANT: (contd) there's a cell phone in my shirt pocket.
ISABEL: Grant--
In his face we see rage. Seething, furious.
GRANT: I'm supposed to kill you. But I don't want to! Grab the phone Isabel!
Now! While you still can.
Isabel grabs the phone and then Grant slams on the breaks. He throws open the
door and shoves Isabel outside.
ISABEL: Grant!
EXT. DESERT ROAD-- NIGHT 21
Isabel hits the ground hard. Sits up. Locks eyes with Grant, but he stares right
through her. The tires SQUEL, and the truck races down the road. As Isabel
watches his fading tail lights.....
SCENE 22-32 OMITTED
INT. VALENTI HOUSE-- NIGHT 24
The phone is RINGING. Valenti picks up
VALENTI: Hello?
INTERCUT WITH:
EXT. DESERT ROAD--- NIGHT 25
Isabel on the cell phone at the side of the road. The connection is filled with
STATIC.
ISABEL: Sheriff, thank God. It's Isabel. Listen-- Grant's defiantly the
kidnapper. But it's not his fault he's been possessed by the queen some how.
VALENTI: Possessed by the what?
ISABEL: The crystals---aliens---the important thing is, he's after Laurie and
he'll be in Tucson in less than an hour. You've got to stop him.
VALENTI: All right, where are you?
ISABEL: He dumped me at the side of the road about forty miles outside of the
city. Don't worry about me-- I'll get a ride home.
VALENTI: What do you mean, you'll get a ride? You can't just get in the car with
anyone who--
ISABEL: Sheriff, I am the last person on Earth who has to worry about being in
the car with a stranger. Forget about me, just get the Laurie before Grant does.
Okay? (we begin to hear static) You should call Michael he's at the Dupree
estate. Max has the number. (increase static) Sheriff? Sheriff?
She closes the phone, takes a deep breath....and sticks out her thumb.
INT. CRYSTAL CAVE--- NIGHT A26
Alex and Kyle lie on their backs, singing away---to say they're getting punchy
would be an understatement. Kyle picks up a piece of crystal and drops it into
an empty Snapple bottle.
ALEX: (singing) "A long, long time ago, I can still remember how that music used
to make me smile."
KYLE: "and I knew if I had my chance, that I could make those people dance, and
maybe they'd be happy for a while.
Kyle pulls out a lighter. Flicks it a few times.
ALEX: "But February made me shiver."
KYLE: "With ever paper I'd deliver."
ALEX/KYLE: "Bad news on the doorstep....I couldn't take one more step."
It make be an out of tune, pathetic rendition, but it's keeping their minds off
a really shitty situation.
ALEX/KYLE: (contd) "I can't remember if i cried when I read about his widowed
bride."
Kyle touches the flame to the bottom of the glass bottle. Inside, the crystals
begin to tremble.
KYLE/ALEX: "But something touched me deep inside the day the music died."
KYLE: Die sucker.
ALEX/KYLE: "So bye, bye Miss American Pie. Drove my Chevy to the levee, but the
levee was dry."
ALEX: Sing it!
KYLE: "Them good ol'boys were drinking whiskey and rye, singing this'll be the
day that I---"
Without warning, the crystals expand to twice its size. It shoots up towards the
open mouth of the bottle.
KYLE: HOLY--
Kyle grabs the bottle cap and screws it into place. The boys watch in amazement
as the crystals ricochets like a mad popcorn kernel against the sides of the
bottle. They close their eyes and prepare for the worst, but the crystal drops
to the bottom of the bottle and disappears with a sizzle.
SMASH CUT TO:
EXT. FRAZIER WOODS-- NIGHT B26
Max, Tess, and Liz have dug a trench around the crystal chamber. Max is working
his cell phone, listening to a ring.
MAX: I still can't get a hold of Isabel.
Liz's cell phone RINGS. She answers, but before she can even say anything--
KYLE; (o.s.) Heat kills them!
One Liz as this information sinks in we CUT TO:
INT. VALENTI HOUSE-- NIGHT BB26 (i know this is a repeat scene but they put it
in the script 2x so i donno im just typing it up)
The phone is RINGING. Valenti picks up
VALENTI: Hello?
INTERCUT WITH:
EXT. DESERT ROAD--- NIGHT BBB26
Isabel on the cell phone at the side of the road. The connection is filled with
STATIC.
ISABEL: Sheriff, thank God. It's Isabel. Listen-- Grant's defiantly the
kidnapper. But it's not his fault he's been possessed by the queen some how.
VALENTI: Possessed by the what?
ISABEL: The crystals---aliens---the important thing is, he's after Laurie and
he'll be in Tucson in less than an hour. You've got to stop him.
VALENTI: All right, where are you?
ISABEL: He dumped me at the side of the road about forty miles outside of the
city. Don't worry about me-- I'll get a ride home.
VALENTI: What do you mean, you'll get a ride? You can't just get in the car with
anyone who--
ISABEL: Sheriff, I am the last person on Earth who has to worry about being in
the car with a stranger. Forget about me, just get the Laurie before Grant does.
Okay? (we begin to hear static) You should call Michael he's at the Dupree
estate. Max has the number. (increase static) Sheriff? Sheriff?
She closes the phone, takes a deep breath....and sticks out her thumb.
EXT. FRAZIER WOODS--- NIGHT C26
Li on the phone with Kyle, while Max and Tess look on.
LIZ: Ok, let me get this straight. You said you used a bottle?
KYLE: Yeah
LIZ: Was the cap on or off?
KYLE: I put the top on when it tried to escape.
LIZ: But you were heating it the whole time. And the crystal died when you put
the cap on?
KYLE: Right.
LIZ: That's it. You burned up all the oxygen in the bottle. They suffocated.
TESS: So all we have to do is find a way to get the oxygen out of there.
MAX: And then...they die too...
Things have just gone from bad to worse.
EXT. POOL-- NIGHT 26
Tucked into chaise lounges, Michael and Maria speak in hushed tones. Laurie sits
in the pool--- she seems totally at ease for the first time, enjoying herself in
the lap of luxury.
MARIA: (re: Laurie) I can't believe she's actually smiling. What did you say to
her?
MICHAEL: I just listened to her (beat) So, what do you think I should call her?
Granddaughter? DNA clone?
MARIA: I would go with sister. The granddaughter thing creeps me out.
MICHAEL: I have a sister. That's so weird.
But it's weird in a good way. And we see that on Michael's face.
MARIA: Oh, by the way, Meredith and Bobby are evil. EE-vil. They paid off
pinecreast to keep Laurie out of their hair. I can't believe they would ruin her
life so they would live like rich bastards.
MICHAEL: Shallow, shallow people.
Carrying a cordless phone on a tray, Carmen appears on the scene. She stops in
front of Michael.
MICHAEL: Oh, hey, Carmen. I think this is kind of a...Braveheart night. And tell
the kitchen we'll be ready to dine at seven?
CARMEN:Yes, sir. The phone is for you, sir.
MICHAEL: Thanks. (into phone) Hello?
MAX: (o.s.) Michael? It's Max.
INTERCUT WITH:
EXT. FRAZIER WOODS-- NIGHT 27
Max on his cell phone, covered with grime.
MAX: (into phone) The crystals can't live without oxygen.
MICHAEL: O..K...
MAX: It's how we can stop them.
MICHAEL: Thanks for the newsflash, Maxwell, but there are no crystals here.
MAX: So, Lauries saef.
Laurie tosses a beach ball at Michael. He taps it make into the water.
MICHAEL: She's under my constant watch. I'm not even sleeping. How're things
with you?
Max watches Tess and Liz pace anxiously.
MAX: Tired. It's been a long couple of days.
MICHAEL: Tell me about it.
Carmen brings the DVD player.
MICHAEL: (contd) (covers up the phone) thanks (to phone) Okay, Max I'm gonna do
another patrol of the perimeter.
Michael clicks off and calls off screen.
MICHAEL: (contd) Can we get some more iced tea out here?
He and Maria settle back into their chairs.
INT. VALENTI'S OFFICE-- NIGHT 28
Valenti bursts through the door. Duff is at his desk.
VALENTI: We need a plane.
DUFF: Pardon me?
VALENTI: Sorenson's on his way to Tucson and we've got to get there first.
DUFF: How do you know that?
VALENTI: We're working together or we're not. You have to trust me. We need to
get to Tucson NOW.
Duff considers, then reaches for her cell phone.
DUFF: I'll let Arizona field office know we'll need back-up.
VALENTI: NO. Agent Duff, you need to know something. Before this is all over,
you might see some things that you won't be able to explain. As a matter of
fact, you won't want to.
DUFF: You sound like Laurie Dupree.
DuFF: You told me you appreciate honesty, so here it is. If you tell the Bureau
what we're about to do, you'll kill you career.
DUFF: What are you talking about?
VALENTI: Trust me. Follow my lead. And be very selective about what you put in
your final report.
DUFF: Okay, but I can't request a jet and not tell them why.
Valenti gives her an "oh, come one" look. Duff considers, then dials the phone.
DUFF: (contd) (into phone) Buzz, it's Suzanne. I need a favor.
And they're back on the trail.
INT. DINING ROOM-- NIGHT 29
Michael, Maria, and Laurie sit at a huge table set with all the best service. On
each of their plates is a squab in a port wine reduction sauce.
MARIA: This food is delightful. Michael, isn't the food delightful?
MICHAEL: Delightful.
LAURIE: This is the first time I've felt at home at this dinner table since my
grandfather died.
Michael and Laurie exchange a look.
MICHAEL: This chicken is tasty but it's kinda puny.
MEREDITH: That is not chicken. It's squab stuffed with foie gras and black
truffles with a pinot noir glaze.
Meredith and Bobby enter for a formal event.
BOBBY: Oh my God, they're using the good crystal.
MEREDITH: We have a charity event at the Governor's Residence. It's the staff's
night off. But Carmen will be here and I've asked her to prepare a full seven
course extravaganza in the hopes that it will keep you from snooping around into
anymore of our personal effects.
MARIA: thank you, Mer.
BOBBY: Please keep in mind that your soda pop is being served in nineteenth
century Bavarian Crystal that was part of King Ludwig II's personal collection.
MICHAEL: I'll do that. Bobby.
Meredith and Bobby head for the door.
MEREDITH: (under her breath) Please, God, let at least one of them choke on the
pigeon bone.
Bobby and Meredith leave.
MARIA: Now that she mentions it I could use another root beer.
She raises a small bell in front of her.
MARIA: (contd) Carmen? I think the pinot noir glaze is getting me a little dry,
could you haul out the root beer? (beat) Carmen?
There's still no response from the kitchen.
MARIA: (contd) Michael would you go be a dear and see about the beverage
situation?
MICHAEL: (holding up the squab in both hands and eating) I'm eating.
MARIA: MICHAEL!
MICHAEL: Alright.
Michael rises, still eating the squab, and heads into...
INT> KITCHEN-- SAME 30
Michael enters...
MICHAEL: Carmen, where are you?
Michael stops short, seeing Carmen on the floor, dead. She has been stabbed. Off
his changing expression we....
FADE OUT:
END OF ACT THREE:
ACT FOUR:
FADE IN:
INT. DINING ROOM- NIGHT 31
Laurie and Maria are still enjoying their dinner when Michael comes running in.
MARIA: Hey, I thought you were getting the---
MICHAEL: (low,urgent) Get up.
MARIA: Michael, what's going on.
Maria and Laurie rise....
MICHAEL: (to Maria) Take her somewhere safe. Now.
LAURIE: (panicky) Oh my God. They're here...
MICHAEL: Laurie. I'm going to take care of it okay?
She tries to keep from screaming and running but it's a struggle.
MICHAEL: (to Maria) Take her NOW!
MARIA: What're you gonna do?
MICHAEL: Just go.
MARIA: Michael--
MICHAEL: MARIA! (woa that was confusing)
Maria hesitates, finally relents, grabs Laurie by the hand and then start
running toward the rear of the house, Michael takes a deep breath and then heads
back into the landscaping.
INT. FBI CAR-- NIGHT 32
Duff is driving, Valenti is working a portable GPS tracking device. There's a
FLASHING LIGHT on top of the dash.
VALENTI: That was quite a plane. You fly like that all the time?
DUFF: Your tax dollars a work.
VALENTI: We're almost there. Left at the next light.
DUFF: I assume you have a gun.
VALENTI: And three magazines? (wtf?)
INT. DUPREE HOUSE-- LIVING ROOM-- NIGHT 33
Michael carefully searches the house looking for the intruder. Suddenly, a shot
is fired and Michael goes down. He falls to the floor, out of frame. We never
see where the shot is fired of how bad it is. Grant enters frame with a gun and
heads toward the back of the house, in the direction Maria and Laurie just went.
INT. DUPREE HOUSE-- BASEMENT--- NIGHT 34
Maria and Laurie come down the stairs and cross the basement to the HEAVY RUSTED
HALF OPEN DOOR leading to the.....
INT. DUPREE HOUSE-- BOMB SHEALTER-- NIGHT 35
Maria and Laurie rush inside, and Maria tries to close the door behind them. It
doesn't close. She tries again. It won't close.
MARIA: LAURIE!
Laurie joins Maria and with all their strength they begin to move it, slightly.
INT. DUPREE HOSUE-- BASEMENT-- NIGHT 36
Grant begins his way down the stairs toward the bomb shelter.
INT. DUPREE ESTATE-- NIGHT 37
Valenti and Duff rush in form the kitchen, guns drawn. They come across Michael
on the floor. He is just coming to. Blood soaks though his shirt under the
shoulder where he was shoot.
VALENTI: MICHAEL!
MICHAEL: They're back there! go! now!
Valenti and Duff head back to teh house.
INT. DUPREE HOUSE-- BOMB SHELTER-- NIGHT 38
Maria and Laurie push with all their strength, inches from closing the door and
being able to bold it. But Grant, pushes it from the other side. And finally,
Grant wins, pushing the door open, and pushing Laurie and Maria down to the
floor. Grant enters.
In the flood of LIGHT from the hall, they can clearly see who it is-- GRANT.
MARIA: NO way. (notices gun in his hand) HI, Grant it's me.....Maria
Deluca....Isabel's friend? Her good, good friend? I used to...give you.....extra
fries....?
Grant moves toward them Laurie lets out a blood-curdling SCREAM of terror.
VALENTI'S VOICE: SORENSON!
Valenti and Duff are in the doorway, guns out-- but Grant has already grabbed
Laurie and she's in the line of fire. Everyone hold their fire as Maria scampers
out of the way.
VALENTI: You don't want to do this.
DUFF: Put the gun down and step away from the girl.
LAURIE: Don't let him put me back in the ground!
DUFF: No one's going anywhere (to grant) NOW PUT THE GUN DOWN!
Grant is struggling here-- he seems to have trouble focusing. He's going in and
out.
GRANT: (struggling) I want to......but.....I can't...you have to stop me.
VALENTI: Grant...listen to me.......we'll help you.....I promise but you have
to---
Grant suddenly lets out a cry of pain-- as if his head were exploding as he
struggles with what to do. He finally lets Laurie go.
VALENTI: Good good! Now drop the gun down and everything will be all right.
GRANT: NO... you have to...kill me
VALENTI: No one's going to do any such thing. Now just put the gun--
GRANT: This has to stop....this thing inside me...I can feel it......it won't
give up. It's making me......do things.....kill people.....it has to stop.
Valenti lowers his gun.
VALENTI: I'm going to help you, Gant. I promise. You can trust me. I'm going to
walk right over there and--
GRANT: IT HAS TO STOP!
Grant raises his gun---and Duff SHOOTS him dead.
A stunned moment. Then Duff cautiously walks over to Grants body--her weapon
never wavering in case he moves again. She kicks the gun out of his
hand...kneels down to check for a pulse.
Valenti goes to Maria and Laurie.
VALENTI: You all right?
Laurie manages a nod.
MARIA: Did you see MIchael?
VALENTI: NO..
DUFF: Oh my GOD!
CRYSTALS
have burst through his chest and are forming a JELLYFISH shape right above him.
DUFF
back away form the gruesome sight. Valenti pulls his own gun. Everyone's freaked
out, no one knows what to do....
THE CRYSTALS
are growing larger and more threatening
MICHAEL'S VOICE: EVERYBODY OUT!
They turn to see....
MICHAEL!
is standing in the doorway. One hand holding his wounded shoulder. He's pale,
sweating and barely on his feet, but he's here.
MICHAEL: NOW!
Everyone rushes out of the bomb shelter.
INT. DUPREE HOUSE-- BASEMENT-- NIGHT 39
Michael slams the heavy door closed once they're all gone.
LAURIE: That won't hold them long.....nothing will.....
Michael points to a large VENTILATION CONDIT running from the wall of the bomb
shelter and in a filtration system.
MICHAEL: (to valenti) Pull that thing off the wall.....
Valenti does as he's told-- yanks the conduit away, revealing a LARGE FAN inset
into the wall.
Maria looks in through the window portal.
THRU THE WINDOW PORTAL
They crystal Jellyfish is moving toward the door.
MARIA: Whatever you're gonna do.....do it fast......I think it's pissed.
MICHAEL
steps in front of the fan.
MICHAEL: (to valenti) get back.
He raises his hand and the fan begins to turn. Air begins blowing directly at
Michael with Hurricane force.
Maria looks back in the portal.
THRU THE PROTAL
The crystals begin THRASHING about-- just like the way the crystals reacted in
the glass Snapple bottle seen earlier, but in a much bigger and more violent
way.
as the air bleeds out of the room, the emergency suppies on the shelves begin to
explode.
the crystals thrash and fly around the shealter in desperation......but theres
no way out.
Finally they slam directly into the portal window then sizzle and die as they
drip down onto the floor.
MICHAEL
stops the fan.
VALENTI: What did you do?
MICHAEL: (pained) Max said.....they need oxygen to live so I..sucked out all the
air (beat) Simple.
LAURIE: So......it's....it's over?
VALENTI: I guess it depends on what happens to the rest of those crystals.
INT. CAVERN-- NIGHT A40 (i hate this scene its TOTALLY foreshadowin u know who's
death waaaaa)
Kyle and Alex are watching their last flashlight beginning to flicker and dim.
ALEX: So this is the way it ends.....
KYLE: Somehow I never pictured it like this....
A long beat, then Alex gins and looks like at Kyle.
ALEX: It was a helluva ride wasn't it?
KYLE: I guess.
ALEX: Think about it--- we not only MET aliens, We got killed by them
(confuuuuused here!). How many people can say that?
KYLE: Your becoming delirious, is that it?
ALEX: Step back from your life for a moment, Kyle. Look at the amazing thing
you've been a part of--- the amazing knowledge that you have and most of the six
billion other people on this planet don't. Would you really want to get out of
this cavern if it meant going back to being just another dumb jock?
Maybe it's the lack of oxygen, maybe it's the fatigue, or maybe it's just a good
argument, but whatever the reason, Alex is beginning to make sense to Kyle.
KYLE: (surprised himself) You know what? I wouldn't.
Alex smiles. A beat, then suddenly a GLOP of blue crystal falls on his arm.
ALEX: AH!
KYLE: They're attacking!
Another glop falls on Kyle. Then another.....
ALEX: No...they're dying.
KYLE: Dying? (victorious) DYING!
More and more glop is raining down on them.
EXT. FRAZIER WOODS-- ABOVE THE CAVERN--- NIGHT B40
Alex and Kyle EMERGE from the tunnel, covered in blue glop, but ver much alive
and grinning from ear to ear.
Max, Liz, and Tess are surprised, but ecstatic to see them.
TESS: KYLE!
KYLEE: I have returned.
As their friends joyously embrace them......
LIZ: What happened?
KYLE: I'll tell you what happened. Alex and I figured out how to kill the queen.
Max told michael. Michael killed the queen. So all the crystals died. Which
means, we saved the world.
ALEX: I think our work is done.
They look at each other and walk off.
DISSOLVE TO:
SCENE 40 OMITTED
INT. DUPREE HOUSE-- BAR-- NIGHT 41
Duff and Valenti sitting at the bar, drinking scotch and trying to put things in
perspective.
DUFF: So it looks like I have two options: tell the truth about everything I've
seen. Write a false report ...and commit a felony.
VALENTI: Not very attractive options.
DUFF: No.
VALENTI: I always took a very... legal approach to my job... if I couldn't put
it in a report or swear to it in a court of law..... in my mind, it never
happened.
DUFF: Just......walk away huh?
VALENTI: That's be my advice--- especially if you're still planning on making
Assistant Director before you're thirty-five.
DUFF: (snaps) This isn't about my career. This is about the truth.
VALENTI: And the truth is, you got your man. The Dupree case is over. Now you
can either take the satisfaction in that and in knowing you saved that girl's
life...... or you can spend the rest of your life trying to convince the world
that you're not crazy. Take it from someone who knows--- sometime's it better to
just take your victory.....and go home.
She takes along beat... then hold out her glass and Valenti pour her another.
BOBBY'S VOICE: Who the hell are you?
They turn to see that Bobby and Meredith have just ENTERED.
DUFF: (flashes badge) Suzanne Duff, FBI.
VALENTI: Jim Valenti, ex-Roswell sheriff.
MEREDITH: And just what are you doing here?
Valenti looks to Duff-- what will she say?
DUFF: A kidnapper tried to abduct you niece. We had to shoot him (beat) And now
we're drinking you scotch.
VALENTI: Which is excellent, by the way.
BOBB: (a bit nonplussed) Thank you. Single malt.
DUFF: Have a seat. We'll get to you two......later
Bobby and Meredith exchange a look..... then sit down.
Isabel suddenly rushes into the room, out of breath and looking somewhat wore
for the wear.
ISABEL: Sheriff! Is it all right? Where you in time? Where's Laurie?
VALENTI: She's fine. Everything's fine. How'd you?
ISABEL: (grins) Told You that I'd get a ride. So where's Grant?
Valenti and Duff exchange a look. Isabel suddenly realizes that not everyone if
fine after all.....
INT. BOMB SHELTER--- NIGHT A42
A few minutes later. Isabel walks in through the door and looks down at Grant's
body. She looks away.....and then looks back again. Goes to him. Sits down next
to him.
ISABEL: I'm sorry *beat) I guess it's a little late for that. A little late for
a lot of things. Like telling you the truth ......about me...... about us..why
it never worked out. (beat) I wish it had. I wish.....i wish alot of things,
Grant. Most of all, I wish you never got involved in any of this.....and I wish
you could hear me right now. (beat) I'll just sit here with you, okay? I'll just
sit here a while. So you're not along.....
Off the image of Isabel sitting there by the body of the man she could've
loved....
INT. DUPREE HOUSE-- LIVING ROOM-- NIGHT 42
Maria is checking the BANDAGE that now covers Michael's wound. Laurie has a
FIRST AID kit open and is handing Maria strips of medical TAPE.
MARIA: (to michael) Does it hurt?
MICHAEL:P Just a lot.
MARIA: (to laurie) Got anything beyond asprin?
LAURIE: Percadin, codine, vicadin--- Aunt Meredith's got it all. Be right back.
She EXITS. Maria takes a beat, tilts Michael' head up to her.
MARIA: brave (kiss) handsome (kiss) Hero.
Michael winces.
MICHAEL: Wounded hero. Got to get back to Roswell, let Maxwell get to work on my
shoulder.
MARIAL Read when you are, Spaceboy.
MICHAEL: Maria..... let me ask you something. What.....what do you think
about......Laurie.....moving in with me? I mean..like we said, shes sort of my
sister.
Maria takes a deep breath, sits down next to him.
MARIA: she is.
MICHAEL: yeah....
Maria hears the hesitation in his voice....knows where this is leading...but
lets him work through it on his own.
MICHAEL: But..after all she's been through.....she probably needs some peace and
quiet..hm?
MARIA: Probably.
MICHAEL: And a chance to get away from all this alien stuff.....and if she was
liging with me.....I guess I'm kind've of a.....magnet for inter-galactic
trouble.
MARIA: Yeah.
MICHAEL: I know....just thought--- well. SO what happens to her? Can't leave her
here with these freaks.
MARIA: Now THAT'S something we can handle.
DISSOLVE TO:
INT. DUPREE HOUSE-- LIVING ROOM-- DAY 43
Bobby, Meredith, and Laurie singing legal papers while Michael, Maria, and an
ATTOURNEY look on.
MARIA: (v.o.) All it'll take is a good attorney and some fancy paperwork.... and
I think we can keep Laurie firmly in control of her own money.
EXT. DUPREE ESTATE-- GROUNDS-- DAY 44
Michael saying good-bye to Laurie outside the Dupree estate. Maria waits a
distance away. We never hear or know what he says to Laurie, but she gives him a
long hug at the end.
MARIA: (v.o.) What's important for Laurie is that she knows you consider her
family....and that she knows you love her.....
DISSOLVE TO:
INT. MICHAEL'S APPARMENT--DAY 45
Michael is hammering a nail on the wall. He picks up a picture and hangs it on
the nail.
MARIA: (v.o.) ...and what's important for you is that you never forget
her....and that you know you're not alone in this world.
Michael steps back from the wall and we see he's hung a picture of Laurie. Maria
is there, she embraces him....we fade out on the image of them, arms around each
other.
FADE OUT