concentric circles. A mile long circle of bouys.
CLOSE ON NORMAN
as he absorbs this new information. Whats going on?
NORMAN
All this for an airplane crash.
PILOT
I never mentioned a plane crash.
(beat)
CUT TO:
EXT. SALVAGE SHIP - DAY
The helicopter lands on the salvage ship helipad. Norman
hesitates at the door. A seaman coaxes him and he jumps down.
Blasted by the downdraft of the rotors, Norman
concentration is periodically disrupted by the hysterical guffaws of a nearby group of three uniformed SECURITY GUARDS, who appear to be refugees from the Neolithic period.
The Guards, totally oblivious to the Scientists, are regaling each other with pitiful and infantile jokes.
GUARD #1
... so she said to him, "poo-poo on your pee-pee".
The Guards explode like a pack of howling hyenas. The Scien
concentrate on the positives.
What Ms. Vindovik witnessed was heaIthy hamsters...
bred from a geneticaIIy deficient hereditary Iine.
Its actuaIIy very exciting.
Do I Iook excited, KIump?
Uh, no, you dont Iook excited at aII.
But maybe you might be hoIding it in, your excitement,
not wanting to... express it.
Now Iisten to me carefuIIy, you fat tub of goo.
For years youve singIe-handedIy aIienated
concentrate on my belly,
they wont recognize if I mess up on my back handsprings.
Whit, youre not gonna mess up. Ive seen your cheer skills.
Theyre for real.
Maybe for high school, but this is college.
And in college you have to be the poo.
Well, that shaggy boy at orientation sure thought you were the poo.
He was all on you like ugly on an Osbourne.
Him?
You think?
He did smile at me.
Mm-hmm.
Bu
attention...
...lavished on Mr. Marchek by his adoring relatives.
This must have been some birthday party.
Detectives said they found TV sets, stereos, microwaves, typewriters.
Not the kind of variety you find at Sears...
...but definitely selling at much better prices.
What about the Obitser arraignment?
-l"ll set the date. -Mr. Logan.
Twenty-seven relatives, birthday presents. Were you serious?
puss-cats, kissed them, always did; if a cat let me kiss it, I kiss it - Cat on a fence Il kiss it - always, always, I will - didn I? I did because I was different wasn I, I was - gotta be different again, haven I darl -
He realizes the seat beside him is empty and panics.
David
Where-oh-where, Gillian? Where did she go, where-oh -
모
His weird begaviour draws attention.
Gillian
(returning)
attention, Gotham
City?
9 EXT. FROM AN ELEVATED STAGE AT THE CENTER OF THE 9
PLAZA--EVENING
A dewy-eyed young lovely, wearing a snow bunny fur, a
tiara, and a banner streamed across her chest that reads
ICE PRINCESS, continues into her mike. An Elegant Lampost
Clock, near the stage, ticks fifteen minutes till seven. *
ICE PRINCESS
Its time for tonights Lighting
of the Tree! How bout that!
The mer
attention. FIRST COPS eyes follow HELENS...
Their POV: THE BALCONY - YOUNG RED-HEADED MAN is no longer
there.
HELEN Can she believe her eyes? Resumes:
HELEN
At any time, right now, as you
listen, the FBI estimates there are
30 to 35 serial killers stalking
their victims. The serial killer is
a plaque that must be addressed not
only by the law, but by science.
Florida spent eight million dollars
t
attention
to it here.
You got a phone in this place?
Who you want to call?
My mama.
We got phones,
but they aint working...
since you need a switchboard
operator to run them.
You got electricity?
Got that.
Runs on gas generators.
Hope they stay working.
Nobody left to fix them if they go bust.
Tell the truth...
most of what they call
decent folks have been run off.
Really aint much left here
but
Concentrating, MacLeod scans the crowd. Like a predator
catching a scent, he leaves swiftly. The Drunk yells after
him.
DRUNK
Hey! Where ya goin?
CUT TO:
MACLEOD
striding past rows of cars. FOOTSTEPS ECHOING in the Gardens
underground garage. MacLeod senses a presence. Its very
close.
Suddenly, a MANs silhouette appears in a tunnel, blocking
his path, breath steaming in the artic air.
MAN
MacLeod