In Bloom

In Bloom
By
Andrew Knox
Version 7.2
Copyright © 2006-2008 Andrew Knox

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The movie starts with a cold open...
EXT. DOUGHNUT STORE - NIGHT
DEXTER and KATIE, two high school seniors with little care
or passion for the world past graduation, are standing and
looking at the ’Hot Doughnuts Now’ sign like stoners. DEXTER
is shivering.
DEXTER
Katie, I’ve had a hard time
discerning reality lately.
KATIE
What’s that mean?
DEXTER
Like, is this light real, or is it
a construct of ones and zeros?
KATIE
What the hell are you talking
about?
DEXTER hesitates a moment. He opens his mouth to dish out a
manifesto, but cuts himself off.
DEXTER
Nothing, nothing. Just some matrix
shit.
KATIE
Oh... Let’s go somewhere else.
DEXTER
Okay.
They meander out of the orange glow and towards a purple
sedan. They get into the car, Dexter is driving.
INT. DEXTER’S CAR - NIGHT
They buckle up. Dexter has trouble buckling up.
DEXTER
This shit bucket!
KATIE
Hey, man, guys in Africa, guys in ,
I dunno, fuckin’ Iraq, don’t have
the luxury of having a car.
2.
DEXTER
They got the luxury of all the gas.
KATIE
And the luxury of a pile of
Americans to steal it from them.
KATIE lights up a cigarette. DEXTER looks shocked for a
moment, and then...
DEXTER
Gimme one?
KATIE
Alright,
(beat)
but don’t tell Renji!
DEXTER
I can’t believe he doesn’t know
you’re a smoker. Cause he’d flip.
He’s the tobacco Nazi.
KATIE
You’re talking like I’d never met
him before or something. Besides,
he knows, I told him I quit.
DEXTER
Oh yeah, why does he care so much?
Dexter lights up a cig.
KATIE
Well, he has good reason.
Dexter turns the key. His car comes to life; the CD player
starts playing.
DEXTER
(chuckling)
Why?
KATIE
Well...
DEXTER
Just a sec, I need ta concentrate.
He turns off the CD player and puts the car in
reverse. They leave the parking lot and drive down the
arterial.
3.
DEXTER
Why?
Katie is reluctant to answer.
DEXTER
He just started all this ’don’t
smoke’ shit recently, right?
KATIE
Well, y’know how he’s been living
with just his mom?
DEXTER
Yup, he’s a little bastard,
literally.
KATIE
Dude, not cool anymore.
DEXTER
It is to me. Well, what about his
mom?
KATIE
She’s terminal.
DEXTER
(sarcastically...)
With what? Bird flu? SARS?
KATIE
She got lung cancer, they gave her
three months, at most.
DEXTER
Serious? Whoa.
A long, uncomfortable silence.
DEXTER
What’ll happen to him when she’s
gone?
KATIE
He’s already set to move in with
his uncle in California.
DEXTER
Geez... poor bastard.
4.
KATIE
Yeah. Anyway, I’m quitting.
DEXTER
(laughing)
Like how you quit last week?
KATIE
Hey, what about you, Mr.
Imnotanaddict?
DEXTER
I’ll quit over the summer.
KATIE
No, you won’t, cause you got me.
KATIE leans over and kisses DEXTER. DEXTER’S cell phone
rings.
DEXTER
Telephone.
KATIE
Well, go ahead.
DEXTER
It better not be...
(checks phone)
yep, it’s my mom.
KATIE
Put it on speaker.
DEXTER
Why?
KATIE
I’m gonna fuck with her.
DEXTER
Alright, but it might be important
so gimme a minute.
KATIE
Alright.
He answers the call and puts it on speaker phone. Music
continues in b.g.
DEXTER
Hello?
5.
MOM (O.S.)
Hey, Dex.
DEXTER
What’s up, mom?
INT. KITCHEN - NIGHT
MOM
Well, we’re out of milk.
KATIE (O.S.)
My entire belief structure is
shaken.
MOM
What? Who was that? I told you not
to hang around with her!
INT. DEXTER’S CAR - NIGHT
DEXTER
With who?
MOM (O.S.)
With that girl!
DEXTER
Who are you talking about?
MOM (O.S.)
Um... Katie! Was that her name?
DEXTER
She’s not here.
MOM (O.S.)
Oh, it sounded like...
KATIE
Va te faire foutre, vieille vache
(Get stuffed, old cow!")
KATIE takes the phone and hangs up. There is silence for a
few moments.
KATIE
What a bitch.
DEXTER
She has her moments.
6.
KATIE
I’ve never seen one.
A moment of silence. Dexter keeps driving.
DEXTER
Where’dya wanna go?
KATIE
How about a Ph place?
DEXTER
Sure.
KATIE
Oh, but which one?
DEXTER
Uh... How bout the one on
Greenwood?
KATIE
The fancy one?
DEXTER
Yeah. With the waterfall paintings
and mirrors.
KATIE
Yeah. Mirrors.
They ride in silence for a minute as the song changes to
some heavy rapcore music.
KATIE
You gotta let me borrow this CD,
this shit is great.
DEXTER
I made it for you, so it’s yours to
take home.
KATIE
Alright.
They pull into the restaurant parking lot.
INT. RESTAURANT - MIDNIGHT
DEXTER and KATIE enter a small restaurant with a dozen
tables and a cash register in the back near the
kitchen. There are mirrors and moving waterfall portraits
on the walls.
7.
They sit down at a four person table along the wall and look
at menus that the waitress quickly delivers. The waitress
pours water into glasses for them. She’s about to go, but
they’re ready to order.
KATIE
Alright, can I get the number
twenty-seven.
WAITRESS
Small or large?
KATIE
(To Dexter)
How about a small?
(To Waitress)
Yeah, a small. And, can I get the
shrimp on the side, on another
plate?
WAITRESS
Ok, and you?
DEXTER
Yeah, I’ll take a number four in
large.
WAITRESS
Ok, anything to drink?
KATIE
Just water for me.
DEXTER
Yeah, just water.
The waitress leaves.
DEXTER
I wrote you a poem thingy, last
night.
KATIE
Aw, that’s sweet, as long as it
ain’t too corny.
DEXTER
Darling, it’s Nebraskan.
KATIE
Damn, even that was corny.
(beat)
But I’m gonna hear it anyway, so
get it over with.
8.
DEXTER
If you were a car, then I’d shoot
down the stars, so the whole world
could see your headlights. You
ain’t a Mazda, but my gat isn’t
cold.
KATIE
Ok, that’s enough.
DEXTER
(disappointed)
Farthest I’ve got so far.
KATIE
Just,
(laughing)
Just gimme some time.
EXT./INT. DEXTER’S CAR - NIGHT
The engine roars to life. The car pulls out of the parking
lot and speeds away along the arterial.
EXT. KATIE’S HOUSE - MIDNIGHT
DEXTER parks his car across the street from KATIE’S house.
KATIE
Damn, they must be up. Their lights
are on. What time is it?
DEXTER
Uh... half past one.
KATIE
Alright... I guess... I’ll go down
in flames.
They kiss deeply.
DEXTER
Uh, wait, before you go...
KATIE
Maybe later, perv.
DEXTER
You’re a bigger one!
KATIE
See ya later.
9.
DEXTER
See ya.
She closes the door. Dexter is alone.
DEXTER
Date number five, down. Legend
says that most get it done by
three. Will Baker go all the way
one day or will he be a virgin
forever?
(beat)
Why am I talking about her that
way? We’ll do it when we’re
ready... when she’s ready.
DEXTER starts his car up to leave, he looks up at Katie’s
house, a song starts.
DEXTER
Oh, yeah, the CD.
He takes the CD out and gets out of the car.
EXT./INT. STREET/KATIE’S HOUSE - MIDNIGHT

He goes up to the door and as he’s about to knock, he hears
YELLING. He moves over to the window to see what is going
on. KATIE and her parents are yelling and arguing.
It is loud, but unintelligible. The argument gets so heated
that Katie throws a haymaker punch at her father, then
stomps off to her room.
Her father massages his injured jaw and her mother
cries. Loud and distorted guitar comes from her stereo and
awakens the neighborhood. Dexter walks back to his car.
DEXTER
It always has to be fuckin’ Romeo
and Juliet.
FADE IN:
TITLES / CREDIT SEQUENCE:
THEME SONG is IN BLOOM by NIRVANA or possibly a cover of
it. The screen is black.
TITLE IN (LARGE LETTERING):
IN BLOOM
10.
TITLE OUT:
TITLE IN:
Roll the rest of the opening credits...
TITLE OUT:
FADE INTO SCENE:
TITLES
’
PART 1:
EVERYTHING IS WELL IN RIVER CITY
’
FADE IN:
INT. LIBRARY - DAY
DEXTER, RENJI sit at a table in the library. KATIE comes
over and sits down next to DEXTER.
KATIE
Hey, what’s up?
RENJI
Not much.
DEXTER
Nothing.
KATIE
Either of you register for the
IFLIPS yet?
RENJI
No, was gonna this afternoon.
DEXTER
What’s a IFLIP?
KATIE
International...
11.
RENJI
Federation of...
KATIE
Language and Intellect...
RENJI
Uh, what’s the P for again?
KATIE
Pugilists?
DEXTER
You mean like boxers?
RENJI
No, oh yeah... Performance.
DEXTER
That’s the shittiest acronym I’ve
ever heard.
KATIE
It’s like the SAT’s, but more for
people who don’t know what they
want to do when they have to do
something for money. They’re
registering and interviewing people
at the job center right now.
RENJI
How much does it cost?
KATIE
It’s free, today.
DEXTER
Let’s do it.
INT. JOB CENTER - DAY
Interviews are one on one, POV is the interviewer
(interviewer not seen in scene). Multiple people’s
interviews are spliced together.
INTERVIEWER
Name?
DEXTER
Dexter Baker.
12.
KATIE
Katie Larriste.
RENJI
Renji Akuma.
HASTINGS
Donald Hastings.
INTERVIEWER
Age?
DEXTER
17.
KATIE
17.
RENJI
17.
HASTINGS
29.
INTERVIEWER
Interests?
DEXTER
I like writing, and I like
computers, but I’m not so great at
either.
KATIE
I’d like to be a musician. I don’t
know if I wanna be a singer or
guitarist, maybe both.
RENJI
I’m interested in something like
politics.
HASTINGS
I’m tired of teaching, I’d like to
do something in law enforcement,
y’know, like something where I can
shoot people.
INT. MAIN OFFICE - DAY
DEXTER, KATIE and RENJI are waiting in a lengthy line, but
luckily, they’re near the front.
13.
DEXTER
Yeah, if this was a movie, this is
the part where they’d have a title
at the bottom that says "three
weeks later".
RENJI
Alright. What scores do you think
you got?
KATIE
I’m guessing that I got a 750 on
the cultural section and a bit
lower scores in the logic and
philosophy sections.
DEXTER
I got no clue, but high hopes.
RENJI
Same here.
HASTINGS pushes through the line,
HASTINGS
S’cuse me, teacher’s
prerogative. Move out of the way,
teacher’s prerogative.
DEXTER
Oh, shit, that guy.
He passes the three main people,
HASTINGS
Out of the way.
KATIE
Parumb pa pumb pumb.
And gets to the front of the line where there’s a banner
that reads "IFLIP SCORES HERE". He picks up his score
and...
HASTINGS
(Yelling...)
Yes, my ticket out of this hell
hole!
14.
INT. HALLWAY - DAY

DEXTER, KATIE, RENJI, the three musketeers. KATIE is
opening her scores envelope, the other two are waiting.
DEXTER
And this is the part where the
title would say "thirty minutes
later". How’d you do?
KATIE
Name, Katie Larriste. Age,
17. Interests, Musical. Future
career, Musician. There’s no
numbers on here, this is just a
transcript of our interview.
RENJI
Maybe they just sent results to
people who had no interests.
DEXTER and RENJI open their letters.
RENJI
Yeah, mine says future career,
Politician.
DEXTER
This says that I’ll be a diamond
miner.
KATIE
Are you serious? Like bleedin’ in
Sierra Leone and shit?
DEXTER
I guess.
The bell rings, the next class is in five minutes, the three
recognize this fact.
DEXTER
Lunch goes by fast.
KATIE
Gotta go, guys, can’t miss Piano
again.
DEXTER
Goodbye.
DEXTER kisses her on the cheek.
15.
KATIE
Bye.
Katie leaves, Renji and Dexter stand in the hall as people
walk by on all sides. Dexter watches her go.
RENJI
You really like her, don’t you.
DEXTER
Of course, she’s my
girlfriend. She reminds me that
there’s at least one redeeming
quality about me. A reason she
likes me.
RENJI
What’s that?
DEXTER
She hasn’t told me yet. We gotta
go to math, man, it’s the final
today.
RENJI
No, we should skip.
DEXTER
What’ll happen to your mind if you
skip every other day of math?
RENJI
I learn more by harassing the
greeter at Sam’s Club then by
listening to that old bitch rant.
DEXTER
The old guy with the oxygen
tank? That’s cruel, dude.
RENJI
No, I mean the 26-year old single
mom drop out greeter who desires to
be a massage therapist.
DEXTER
Oh... I guess that’s better.
(beat)
I’m broke anyways, so that means
you’re probably in debt.
16.
RENJI
Alright, Sally Jane, let’s not be
late.
DEXTER
Don’t steal your schtick from
Scrubs. That’s not nearly as
demeaning as you think it is.
INT. MATH CLASS - DAY
The classroom is filled with students working hard on a test
everything is silent except for RENJI, in the back row who
is in the back row drumming with his pointer fingers on the
desk.
He doesn’t bother with the test that consumes the rest of
the class’ attention and instead listens to ear-killing,
loud rock music through over-sized headphones. DEXTER sits
next to him.
RENJI
Float like a butterfly, sting like
a bee.
DEXTER
Dude, shut up.
DEXTER (V.O.)
Let’s see... x2 + 10x = 39... x
squared + 10x -39 = 0... a=1 b=10
and c=...
RENJI
I move at the speed of light, so
you can’t see.
DEXTER
Bitch! Shut tha fuck up!
DEXTER socks RENJI in the arm. RENJI sings louder.
DEXTER (V.O.)
I wish I’d have remembered that
trying to stop him just encourages
him. Where was I? Oh, yes: c=-39...
-10-{4*1*-39}/2...
RENJI
I told ya that maybe the fire in
your heart is from eating too much
chili!
17.
MATH TEACHER
RENJI, please put your headphones
away and start the test.
RENJI
Icarus-ass motherfuckers deliver
once again Only as fast as the
slowness of my pen.
DEXTER (V.O.)
-10-{156}/2..
RENJI
You gonna see me slangin crack
rocks, certified chatterbox, I hold
the blocks at Fort Knox
DEXTER
Bitch! Shut the fuck up!
MATH TEACHER
Dexter, no swearing please. RENJI,
I’ll count to three
RENJI
Oh the humanity, profanity is mad
at me.
MATH TEACHER
One...
RENJI
I’m the incarnation of Bermuda, I’m
the funky Buddha.
MATH TEACHER
Two...
DEXTER
Cause it’s dark now in Dachau. And
it’s alive from where it began.
RENJI
These motherfuckers weren’t as
quick as the sell. A sound called
GE merging with Dell.
18.
MATH TEACHER
Three...
RENJI
So just remember, next time ya
spend ya last dollar,
MATH TEACHER
That’s it.
MATH TEACHER goes over to her desk, picks up the phone,
dials a number and...
MATH TEACHER
Yes, this is room 905, could you...
INT. SECURITY OFFICE - DAY
SECURITY GUARD is on the telephone.
MATH TEACHER (O.C.)
... Send some personnel to escort a
student to the office?
RENJI (O.C.)
To whisper, before ya stand up and
holler.
SECURITY GUARD
Oh, Renji again?
INT. HALLWAY - DAY
DEXTER and KATIE stand outside of their ENGLISH CLASS
waiting for RENJI to show up.
DEXTER
Shit, can he actually stay for a
full class period of math?
KATIE
Doubt it. What’d he do this time?
DEXTER
His usual routine, listen to loud
music, start singing badly and then
sucker punch the teacher.
KATIE
Really?
19.
DEXTER
Yeah. Up to the last part at
least.
RENJI comes out of nowhere.
RENJI
Get this, only three lunch
detentions.
DEXTER
It’s cruel to call that lenient.
RENJI
I should do that more often.
KATIE
You do it enough.
DEXTER
Frankly, Renji, we’re worried about
you. You need help.
RENJI
Is this an intervention?
HASTINGS sticks his head out into the hall.
HASTINGS
No, it’s 5th period. Get inside
unless you like being late.
KATIE
It usually suits us.
HASTINGS
Katie, could you wait until after
Labor Day to wear that white
shirt? It’ll make you seem
genuinely rebellious for once.
RENJI
Ouch. Cold as ice. Good one, Mr. H,
razor sharp, on point.
HASTINGS
Don’t suck up, you have about as
good a chance at getting an A in
this class as in your math class.
RENJI
Fuck. Is he always listening?
20.
INT. ENGLISH CLASS - DAY

The class is filled with students. In the third column from
the door, KATIE sits behind RENJI who sits behind
DEXTER. But the opening shot is of HASTINGS slamming a
dictionary onto the table and the resulting thud.
HASTINGS
Don’t know how to spell a word?
(Yelling...)
Look it up!
Katie raises her hand.
HASTINGS
What is it, Ms. Larriste?
KATIE
How can we look it up if we don’t
know how it begins. English is
more complex than other languages
where the sounds are always spelled
out on paper the same
way. Consistently. And, why
aren’t we...
HASTINGS
That’ll be enough.
RENJI
(whispering to Dexter.)
For such a young teacher, he’s a
real dick. It’s like he’s 65, seen
it all, bitter with the passed
years, about to retire. But, he’s
a young asshole. I feel sorry for
the class of 2037, they’ll have a
rough time.
Hastings pulls out a grammar textbook.
HASTINGS
Don’t know where the comma goes?
(Yelling...)
Look it up!
STUDENT
I just wanna know where Luxembourg
is! Is it in Africa? I have no
clue where that shit is.
21.
HASTINGS
(Yelling...)
So, look it up! And then use it at
least 20 times in a three page
single spaced short story. Due
tomorrow.
STUDENT
That’s ridiculous!
HASTINGS
I am a ridiculous character, get
used to it.
The scene mellows out and conversations spring up in the
class.
DEXTER
Where do you wanna go after school?
KATIE
What?
DEXTER
Where do you wanna go after school?
KATIE
Oh, how about the movie theater?
DEXTER
Which one?
KATIE
The one down by the mall, next to
the natural market.
DEXTER
No, I’m broke.
KATIE
I’ll pay for you.
DEXTER
Nah, that doesn’t feel right, and
that theater smells like shit...
and there are no good movies out
right now.
RENJI
Okay.
22.
KATIE
How about we go downtown?
RENJI
Sure, haven’t been down there in
ages. But we won’t have much time
if we wait till after school.
KATIE
Fuck French, then?
DEXTER
Sure, why not.
INT. BUS - DAY
DEXTER, KATIE and RENJI are sitting at the back of the
bus. Scenery scrolls past. There’s heavy traffic.
BUS DRIVER
Next stop, Northgate Transit
Center. Northgate Transit Center,
next stop.
They pull the stop cord and depart.
EXT. TRANSIT CENTER - DAY
DEXTER, RENJI and KATIE, with their reckless spirit fading
by the second, are just standing and waiting for their next
bus. Finally it comes.
INT. BUS - DAY
DEXTER and KATIE are making out while RENJI just looks out
the window into traffic, trying to give the lovebirds some
degree of privacy. The bus comes to a stop and RENJI stares
intently at a sign that says ’NATIONAL GUARD ARMORY’.
He tries to get Katie to notice it, but she is involved with
something else at the moment. He goes back to staring at
it.
DEXTER (V.O.)
There was the Washington State
National Guard Armory on Battery
Street. We walked around, made a
lot of talk about buying stuff and
then I kissed her goodnight and
rode the 15 home and went to
bed. I had a whole weekend to
sleep through, very important
business.
23.
INT. DEXTER’S ROOM/RENJI’S ROOM - DAY

DEXTER (aka Fugiware) is sitting at his computer, RENJI (aka
Jose Ole) gets online, and they have a chat on Instant
Messenger. Below is their eDialog.
Before each person speaks, cut to the talking to themselves
as they type.
DEXTER
Yark!
RENJI
WTF?
DEXTER
Never mind. Whatcha doin?
RENJI
Just surfing. You?
DEXTER
French homework. Sigh.
RENJI
Dude, French is so gay.
DEXTER
Dumbass, you failed Spanish.
RENJI
Everybody uses English anyway.
DEXTER
Aren’t you Japanese though?
RENJI
So? That don’t matter. I did have
it for a quarter last year.
DEXTER
What happened?
RENJI
Dropped it. Couldn’t deal with the
consonants. They’re fucked up.
DEXTER
ROFLMAO!!!
RENJI
CAPS LOCK BROKEN?
24.
DEXTER
Sorry.
RENJI
I gotsta go.
DEXTER
S’aight, good bye
RENJI
Bye.
COMPUTER (V.O.)
Renji has signed off... Katie has
signed on...
INT. DEXTER’S ROOM/KATIE’S ROOM - DAY
Same as previous scene, but with KATIE instead of RENJI.
Before each person speaks, cut to the talking to themselves
as they type.
DEXTER
Ay!
KATIE
Hi, Fonzie, where’s Dex at?
DEXTER
Wassup with you?
KATIE
Not much, you?
DEXTER
Not much either, wanna go get a
bite?
KATIE
What?
DEXTER
Food. That stuff you ingest.
KATIE
Oh yeah, but it’s late.
DEXTER
Not too late, I could be up over
there in ten tops.
25.
KATIE
Sorry, can’t, stuff to do.
DEXTER
Alright, see you later.
KATIE
Yeah.
DEXTER
I love you.
KATIE
Yeah. I know.
DEXTER
I love you.
INT. KATIE’S HOUSE - DAY
COMPUTER (V.O.)
Katie has signed off. Katie has
signed on invisibly. Renji has
invited you to a private chat.
Joining private chat.
KATIE
Is it time?
INT. RENJI’S HOUSE - DAY
RENJI
Yes, meet up... you know where. He
doesn’t know, right?
INT. KATIE’S HOUSE - DAY
KATIE
Not a clue.
INT. BUS - DAY
RENJI, KATIE and ten other ’freedom fighters’ are sitting on
the bus. The rest of the bus is vacant, excluding the
driver’s seat. Renji gets up to make an announcement.
RENJI
Troops, the beginning of utopia...
is upon us. This initial strike can
either make or break us.
If it is successful, if all goes as
planned, then we will be the next
rulers of this planet.
26.
DAVID
How are just a dozen teenagers
going to take over the world?
RENJI
Dumbass, we have squads like this
in strategic places around the
globe, the Man’s telecom network is
going to be used to our advantage!
And we also have some higher
profile attacks on the way.
DAVID
Alright, whatever.
RENJI
Alright, everybody has their ammo
and weaponry, correct.
KATIE
Yeah, we checked that earlier.
RENJI
Okay, good. Alright, here are the
attack groupings. Alpha squad is
Me, Katie and David. Beta Squad is
Thomas, Susan and Dexter.
SUSAN
Dexter Baker?
RENJI
Dexter Monroe, not Baker
SUSAN
Oh, okay.
RENJI
Theta Squad is...
DAVID
No, Gamma comes next.
RENJI
Alright, Gamma Squad is Chuck, Bob
and Lauren.
DAVID
Then there’s Delta
RENJI
I know! Delta Squad is Hien, Bakka
and King.
27.
CHUCK
Alright, were almost there!
CHUCK pulls the stop cord, the bus comes to a stop, the door
opens, and the dozen urban commandos pile out.
EXT. ARMORY - DAY
The commandos are standing on the side walk within sight of
the WASHINGTON STATE NATIONAL GUARD ARMORY. They draw out
AK-47 looking weapons from under their trench coats.
RENJI
Delta and Theta squads commence
with siege routine 7.
DAVID
It’s gamma.
RENJI
Well, motherfucker, we’re skipping
a few today. DELTA and THETA squads
move out!
DAVID
If we at least wanna look
professional...
RENJI
Just shut up. Alright, Beta Squad,
go around back on the left side,
Alpha squad will go around on the
right. Everybody, move out.
Everybody moves out with their
teams.
Delta and Gamma groups hide behind
cars in front of the armory’s gates
and await the radio signal.
Beta group goes and stands next to
the barb wire fences, with
equipment to cut through them.
Alpha group takes up their
positions too.
EXT. BEHIND ARMORY - DAY
RENJI, KATIE and DAVID are just standing around, waiting for
the moment.
28.
RENJI
You’re sure he doesn’t know?
KATIE
He hasn’t a clue.
RENJI nods at KATIE, KATIE nods back and closes her eyes,
DAVID is oblivious. All of the sudden, RENJI whips his
assault rifle around and pumps three rounds into KATIE’S
stomach. The he turns his gun to DAVID who is unprepared as
his gun is still slung around his back.
DAVID
What the fuck! You just killed
Katie!
DAVID tries to reach for his gun.
RENJI
Put your gun down.
DAVID
What the fuck is going down.
RENJI
Put your fucking gun down!
DAVID
What the fuck!
RENJI
Take your fucking gun off and set
it in the ground, or I’ll kill you!
DAVID
Alright, alright!
DAVID takes his gun off of his back and sets it on the
ground.
RENJI
You’ve always been a liability, and
even then, you criticize my every
move!
DAVID
Calm down, man!
RENJI
I will not calm down, you just hurt
the cause.
29.
RENJI then pumps three rounds into DAVID. He falls down

dead. RENJI points the gun at his foot and, with a moment of
hesitation, shoots. His foot bleeds aggressively. He brings
up his walkie-talkie and presses talk.
RENJI
All units, begin assault
immediately before their defenses
are all the way up. We were spotted
earlier and received heavy fire,
KATIE and DAVID are dead, and I
have been injured. Alpha squad is
retreating, but I will maintain
radio command for the duration of
the battle.
INT. ARMORY - DAY
The terrorist teams break into the armory, which is mainly
occupied by secretaries and bureaucrats, with very few armed
guards. They burst in with gunfire and kill everything they
that moves.
EXT. BEHIND ARMORY - DAY
KATIE’S ’corpse’ is all that is in the scene. Her cell phone
starts to ring.
INT. DEXTER’S HOUSE -DAY
DEXTER is trying to call KATIE’S cellphone. It continues to
ring, until...
KATIE (ANSWERING MACHINE)
Hello,
DEXTER
Hi, Katie, I’ve been trying to
catch you all day, y’see...
It seems you caught me at the wrong
time, as I’m not here right now.
DEXTER
Dammit. I fall for that every time.
Leave your message after the beep
and I’ll try and get back to you.
The answering machine BEEPS.
30.
DEXTER
Katie, it’s me Dexter, I’ve been
trying to catch ya all day, I guess
you phone is off or on silent or
something. Just wondering where you
are. Where you are. See ya.
Dexter hangs up the phone, and looks around the room for
several seconds before a knock comes at the door.
DEXTER
I’m not home.
The door gets knocked down and SWAT officers storm in.
SWAT #1
Dexter Baker, you are under arrest.
You have the right to remain
silent. If you give up that right,
anything you say can and will be
used against you in a court of law.
You have the right to an attorney
and to have an attorney present
during questioning. If you cannot
afford an attorney, one will be
provided to you at no cost.
During any questioning, you may
decide at any time to exercise
these rights, not answer any
questions, or make any statements.
Do you understand the rights I have
just read to you? With these rights
in mind, do you wish to speak to
me?
DEXTER
What the fuck is going on!
DEXTER gets a baton strike to the stomach, and doubles over.
SWAT #2
Do you understand the rights?
DEXTER
What?
DEXTER gets a baton to the back, now he is lying on his
belly.
31.
SWAT #2
Do you understand those fucking
rights?
DEXTER
Yes, yes, please stop!
DEXTER gets a baton to his side.
SWAT #3
Do you wish to say anything?
DEXTER
No.
SWAT #1
Wrong answer.
DEXTER gets kicked in the head. They continue to brutalize
Dexter as they drag him to a van.
INT. INTERROGATION ROOM - DAY
A bloodied and bruised DEXTER sits in a chair, a detective
is mulling over some papers. There is one of those
reflective mirror/window things on the wall behind the
detective. This scene should be familiar for ’Law & Order’
fans. After about 20 seconds, the detective starts talking.
DETECTIVE
Doesn’t look good, Dexter, was it.
DEXTER
Yeah.
DETECTIVE
Not good at all.
DEXTER
Look, what am I being accused of?
DETECTIVE
Nothing too major.
DEXTER
What the hell is it?
DETECTIVE
(calm)
Oh, things like...
(super serious)
Acts of terrorism, conspiracy to
commit treason. Hows all them
(MORE)
32.
DETECTIVE (cont’d)
little games sound now? Those
training missions? How fun do they
sound now?
DEXTER
about?
DETECTIVE
Does this jog your memory?
DETECTIVE shows DEXTER some pictures of slaughtered
secretaries and other grisly scenes.
DETECTIVE
Get any ideas now? Anything coming
back?
DEXTER
What the hell is going on?
DETECTIVE
You and your little friends decided
to play cops and robbers with the
world. You may have run away, but
the cops always catch up!
DEXTER
I still don’t know what you’re
talking about.
DETECTIVE
You got a girlfriend, Dexter?
DEXTER
Yeah.
DETECTIVE
What’s her name?
DEXTER
Katie.
DETECTIVE
She got a last name?
DEXTER
Larriste.
DETECTIVE
Good, is this her?
33.
The DETECTIVE holds up a morgue photo of KATIE. DEXTER looks

shocked.
DETECTIVE
How old are you, seventeen? Been
goin’ out for a while? Yeah, you
look like the kind. You’ve
probably been inside her by now.
Does this look familiar? How bout
this?
The DETECTIVE holds up a succession of of graphic and gory
photographs.
CHIEF (INTERCOM)
That’ll be enough, Lieutenant. He’s
not involved. We recovered some
files that show that he was
purposefully left out.
DETECTIVE
Did you hear that? They used
you. She used you. They saw
somebody who they could manipulate,
and they exploited you.
CHIEF (INTERCOM)
That’s enough lieutenant.
DETECTIVE
Did you ever give her anything
expensive? She pawned it.
DEXTER
No, she loved me, I loved her! She
wouldn’t.
CHIEF (INTERCOM)
Dammit, lieutenant, leave.
DETECTIVE
Well, she did. But most of all,
she left you out of this group
thing. You know, you could have
been another pawn in her scheme
after just three words.
CHIEF
Dammit, Lieutenant! Get the fuck
out of here! You can go now, Mr.
Baker.
34.
DETECTIVE
(mocking Katie)
Oh, Dexter, I love you, I love you
so much... blah blah blah.
(angrily)
You make me sick.
The chief has a short chat with Detective.
CHIEF
What’s wrong with you today?
DETECTIVE mumbles his answer.
DETECTIVE
My... sister.
CHIEF
What was that?
DETECTIVE
My sister! Those goddamned punks
shot her when she’s seven months
pregnant.
CHIEF
Is she...
DETECTIVE
They say she’ll be alright but the
baby was... aborted.
CHIEF
Well, I guess you should look on
the bright side. It could’ve been
the next Hitler...
Detective gets pissed off by the joke. Cut to Dexter
staring into the reflecting glass, then CHIEF gets thrown
through it, landing on the floor.
CHIEF
Sorry, over the line.
INT. DEXTER’S HOUSE - DAY
DEXTER is watching the news alone in the dark. He has a
faraway look in his eyes.
VIDEO NARRATOR
Live action news at seven! With
Chet Darringsford and the Action
News Team.
35.
CHUCK
We bring you breaking news from St.
Laurentis Cathedral down here in
Downtown Seattle. The memorial
service of Terrorist Katie
Larriste,
The teenage girl who was allegedly
part of the liberal terrorist group
known within law enforcement
circles as the ’Knights of the
Revolution’, her memorial service
is welcomed outside by several
thousand protesters, some with
guns, others with insults.
We have a clip of the opening lines
from the Priest who performed the
service... and we have a clip of
it... Fred? Roll clip number four!
Idiot!
INT. CATHEDRAL - DAY
LEEWISE
Dearly Beloved, we are gathered
here to remember the person who was
with us on this earth for a quite
short time, but still touched the
hearts of many.
In this city, despite it’s sodomy
and debauchery, there are few
people who did not appreciate the
fine girl we knew as Katie
Larriste.
She was loving, caring, thoughtful,
and quite charitable, she spent
almost every summer working to help
the blind, the poor and the
downtrodden, although nobody but
god was telling her to do such. She
was the daughter of a policeman and
an elementary school teacher.
Although the circumstances around
her death are highly suspicious,
there is one thing that we will
know, she was taken from us too
soon.
36.
EXT. SEATTLE - DAY

A reporter is standing on the sidewalk waiting for his cue
CHUCK
You can master the intricacies of
building the perfect ham sandwich
but you can’t remember to flip a
goddamn switch on cue! What do you
mean we’re live?...
Well Chet, few people seemed to
agree with the priest’s sentiments,
soon after Father Leewise spoke,
and subsequently left the
cathedral, the mob which had been
holding back stormed in firing
weapons and several hundred were
hospitalized from gunshot wounds
and trample injuries.
No word yet on the official number
of dead, though. Back to you in the
studio, Chet... Ya air-conditioned
bastard.
INT. NEWS STUDIO - DAY
CHET
Thanks, Chuck. Now we go to some
more breaking news, this time from
the National Weather Service...
A graphic bearing the words "Apocalypse : Now?" is in the
top-right corner of the screen.
CHET
it seems as if a large, black
raincloud has been draining the
level of the ocean at a phenomenal
rate.
It seems this explosion was caused
by a secret Navy experiment that
went awry, scientists at the
University of California at
Berkeley say.
They also say that in a few years,
this cloud could cause an
unprecedented global climate change
as it continues to grow
exponentially.
37.
As rolling blackouts envelop the

nation and stocks bottom out due to
last week’s global terror attacks,
Action news will be here to assure
you that you have not gone deaf,
broadcasting the news till the end.
Good night, and try to have a
pleasant tomorrow.
INT. DEXTER’S ROOM - EVENING
DEXTER is attempting to write a eulogy.
DEXTER (V.O.)
I went up to my room and tried to
write a eulogy. I remember when I
first met her. How friendly she
was. How funny she was.
I had no idea she was in this
group. I don’t think she was. She
was just shot accidentally in the
cross fire. She loved Che, the
Russian peasant peoples, Mr. T,
Campbell’s Beef n’ Barley soup, and
the Nirvana song, In Bloom.
She listened to that every day. I
don’t know what it means. I don’t
know what it means, when she says
yeah.
But I guess that life goes on...
KATIE (V.O)
Babies, don’t cry, cause Mama’s
here, She’s liable to go psycho in
your atmosphere, But if she catch
you a sheading tears, She’ll make
it all better with a kiss and a
nice cold beer.
TITLES
’
PART 2:
THE GREENER GRASS
’
38.
FADE IN:
INT. DEXTER’S ROOM - MORNING
DEXTER lies depressed in bed, staring at the alarm clock.
DEXTER (V.O.)
Katie, are you there? I’ve had a
hard time discerning reality
lately. I was wondering if you
could help me out. If you could
just tell me that all of yesterday
was a nightmare, and nothing else.
He feels a gash on his forehead left by the police.
DEXTER
Damn. It’s only a dream when
there’s money involved.
INT. FRENCH CLASS - DAY
FRENCH TEACHER
Tu te laves a quelle h...
The dinging sound of the school-wide intercom is heard.
PRINCIPAL (O.C.)
Sorry for the interruption,
students, but because of certain
current events and legislation
passed today, all foreign language
classes and after-school programs
have been canceled, if you are in a
foreign language class, go to the
library that period and study for
your other classes.
This is in effect immediately. If
you are in an after-school program,
please go home with your regularly
scheduled transportation. Thank
you, and have a nice day.
The classroom is silent for a moment, until the French
Teacher starts up again
FRENCH TEACHER
Tu te laves a quelle heure a matin?
The classroom is silent again.
39.
FRENCH TEACHER
Tu te laves a quelle heure a matin?
STUDENT
But he just said...
FRENCH TEACHER
I heard him, Tu te laves a quelle
heure a matin?
Everything is still.
INT. HALLWAY - DAY
The teacher is arrested and taken away. The students go to
the library.
INT. SCHOOL LIBRARY - DAY
DEXTER listens to people around him with his head down on
the table. Camera turns left.
PERSON 1
Dude, did ya see that Richard Pryor
movie last night?
PERSON 2
Nah, which one was it?
PERSON 1
I don’t remember what they called
it, but it kicked ass.
PERSON 2
What happened?
PERSON 1
Well he got a job outta state and
hadda move.
PERSON 2
Was that ’Moving’?
PERSON 1
Uh, I dunno.
Camera leaves them and turns back to Dexter, then again to
the right. A couple is having relationship problems.
GIRLFRIEND
For the longest time, I thought you
were mad at me.
40.
BOYFRIEND
No, I was never mad at you. Just
depressed.
GIRLFRIEND
About what?
BOYFRIEND
Something ephemeral.
GIRLFRIEND
Come on.
BOYFRIEND
Okay, it was about you. The things
you said.
GIRLFRIEND
Which things?
BOYFRIEND
Things like ’I dunno if I’ll ever
feel comfortable around you ever
again.’
GIRLFRIEND
Oh, yeah.
DEXTER
Aw, fuck it.
DEXTER goes to look through the bookshelves.
He looks through and finds ’The Bridges of Madison County’
opens it up and spits in it, then puts it back on the shelf.
Make it obvious what book it is. Then he pulls out ’Catcher
in the Rye’. Reads, begins to spit, hesitates, reads some
more, begins to spit again, hesitates and then just puts it
back. Then he pulls out a book that says ’In Bloom by
Dexter Baker’ on it (See Media Section). He glances at the
cover, but then the bell rings and he sets it down and
leaves.
DEXTER (V.O.)
Meanwhile, across town.
INT. AKUMA’S OFFICE - DAY
AKUMA is sitting at his desk and talking on the phone, then
split the screen in three with AKUMA in the middle, AVERY on
the left and PIERRE on the right.
41.
AVERY
Alright, Marshall, whats up.
PIERRE
Oui, what does this regard?
AKUMA
Do you remember when we were in
college?
AVERY
Of course.
PIERRE
Oui.
AKUMA
Remember anything from Junior year?
PIERRE
Sacre Bleu!
AVERY
You figured something out, didn’t
you!
AKUMA
Yes, are we on a secured line?
AVERY
Yeah, no clicks.
AKUMA
Okay here we go...
As you may already know... I’ve
been working on the "Atlantis
machine" for at least twenty
some-odd years. It’s a weapon, not
like a bomb, but not reusable, that
when planted and armed can quickly
erode super deep layers of
sediment.
The ground level rapidly sinks into
the ocean. Within an hour, all you
would see of France would be the
very tips of the Alps.
Spain would become the world’s
largest barge, eventually colliding
with South America, causing
worldwide flooding, earthquakes and
(MORE)
42.
AKUMA (cont’d)
famine, but that’s at least a
hundred years off.
AVERY
What about my kids, and their kids?
AKUMA
Our grandchildren can rot in
hell! Pierre, I’m sending the
thing to you, instructions
included. But you must wait till
everything is prepared, you
understand?
INT. PARIS AIRPORT - DAY
PIERRE is standing around in the terminal. Text at the
bottom of the screen reads: ’Three Months Later’. During
phone call, split screen with AKUMA on left and PIERRE on
right.
PIERRE
Marshall?
AKUMA (O.C.)
Yes, who is this?
PIERRE
It’s Pierre. I’m ready to board.
AKUMA (O.C.)
Pierre, you idiot! We need two
more months!
PIERRE
I have a feeling, I have to go
today!
AKUMA (O.C.)
Alright, we can start today. Do
you remember the code?
PIERRE
Yes, I think I do. I have it
written on my palm... let’s see, is
it one, two, two...
AKUMA (O.C.)
No! You fool! Anybody could be
listening. Now listen, when you get
rid of the device, wash your hands
off.
43.
PIERRE
Why?
AKUMA (O.C.)
If you want to live, do as I say!
PIERRE
Uh... how long do I set it for?
AKUMA (O.C.)
Set what?
PIERRE
How long do I set the timer for?
AKUMA (O.C.)
Oh... give it about four minutes.
If it hits the ground, the agent
still should be primed enough to
activate. Remember, we don’t know
the full effects of this thing, so
when you get to London, run to your
connection.
PIERRE
Vous rencontrer dans Eureka,
docteur!
Subtitled : "See you in Eureka, doctor!"
AKUMA (O.C.)
Oui, oui, monter juste dans
l’avion!
Subtitled : "Yes, yes, just get on the plane!"
Both sides of the phone call click off.

INT. AKUMA’S OFFICE - DAY
AKUMA is sitting at his desk using the computer, then he
picks up his office phone and dials a number.
OPERATOR
Great Britain Crime Tipline, how
may I direct your call?
AKUMA
Yes, can I please be transferred to
Detective Roger Avery’s line? I
believe he is with Scotland Yard.
44.
OPERATOR
Yes, just a moment.
INT. AVERY’S OFFICE - DAY
Some tacky muzak plays for a few seconds. AVERY picks the
phone up. Split screen, AKUMA on left, AVERY on right
AVERY
Hello?
AKUMA
Yes, I’d like to give a tip about
credit card fraud.
AVERY
Is that so? Well, go on.
AVERY knows who it is and is playing along.
AKUMA
Well, I think some kid’s down the
street have been...
Denkst du uns bist allein schon?
Subtitled : "Do you think we are alone yet?"
AVERY
Ja hören sie nicht auf mich mehr,
meine Probe werden getan. Wie bist
du, Marshall gewesen?
Subtitled : "Yes, they aren’t listening to me anymore, my
probation is done. How have you been, Marshall?"
AKUMA
I’ve been well. Well, the time has
come. The operation is beginning.
AVERY
Already? I thought that
civilization had a few more years,
or at least weeks.
AKUMA
So did I, but certain factions and
predicaments have led me to start
now. Remember that tool...
AVERY
Pierre?
45.
AKUMA
Yes, he got the compulsion to open
that parcel I sent him.
AVERY
But he was supposed to wait till...
AKUMA
Yes, I know, at least two
months. The operation will
commence, but he will not be
remembered for it, capiche?
AVERY
I understand, what’s his flight
number?
INT. FLIGHT 667 - DAY
FLIGHT ATTENDANT
Bonsoir, Good evening and welcome
aboard Air France flight 667LX with
non-stop express service to
London’s Heathrow airport.
PIERRE is shaking in his seat with fear.
FLIGHT ATTENDANT
We’ve just reached the cruising
altitude and the captain has turned
off the fasten seatbelt light, so
it’s ok to get up and use the
bathroom at this time.
PIERRE jumps up and gets into the lavatory before anyone
else. he struggles to lock the door. He then punches the
keycode in on the cellphone.
PIERRE
Un, Deux, Deux, Sept, Huit, Neuf.
He presses enter and then sets the timer. He presses enter
and drops the phone into the swirling dark blue liquid of
the toilet. Pierre goes back to his seat, looks over his
itinerary, then flips open a magazine, an American tabloid.
Apparently, that week aliens were impersonating the Pope.
EXT. FRANCE - DAY
The plane is 20,000 feet above rural France. The cell phone
gets shot out the plane at four hundred miles an hour. It
free falls towards a large Parisian suburb.
46.
INT. FLIGHT 667 - DAY

Pierre goes back to his seat, looks over his itinerary, then
flips open a magazine, an American tabloid. Apparently, that
week aliens were impersonating the Pope.
INT. LONDON AIRPORT - DAY
PIERRE gets off of his plane and runs into two tall police
officers
SIMONSON
Hello, sir. Are you Mr. Chateaux?
PIERRE
Uh... who would like to know?
SIMONSON
We would sir. I’m Detective
Simonson, he’s Detective Hastings.
HASTINGS
We’re going to have a word with
you.
PIERRE
I’d love to, but I have a vital
flight to catch.
SIMONSON
He wasn’t asking, sir. Got a
TV? Seen Law and Order?
PIERRE
Yeah.
SIMONSON
Well, Easy way...
(gestures at self)
Hard way...
(gestures at Hastings)
INT. INTERROGATION ROOM - NIGHT
A recording machine is playing back sounds captured via
telephone.
AKUMA (O.C.)
Placer ce qui?
Subtitled : "Set what?"
47.
PIERRE (O.C.)
Combien de temps est-ce que je
place le temporisateur pour ?
Subtitled : "How long do I set the timer for?"
AKUMA (O.C.)
Il environ quatre minutes.
Subtitled : "Oh... give it about four minutes."
A finger turns the machine off. SIMONSON is standing over
the table, PIERRE is sitting in a chair, Hastings is in
the corner menacingly cracking his knuckles.
SIMONSON
I think you remember how the rest
of it goes. The jigs up, wanker.
Hastings does the cut throat gesture and mouths ’dead meat’.
SIMONSON
We know Avery’s been doing things
that would be kind to call
illicit. But there’s something
else. We’ve all been on the force
so long that we’re family. And we
fight to protect family, from
judges, attorneys, witnesses.
PIERRE
Uh, where’s big guy.
Hastings is right behind him, having just appeared there.
HASTINGS
Boo.
Hastings kicks the chair over and PIERRE falls to the
ground. Both officers draw their weapons.
PIERRE
Please! Don’t shoot me!
SIMONSON
Ain’t the first time, do it.
HASTINGS
With joy. QED, bitch!
He shoots and kills Pierre. Neither of them seem disturbed
by the death.
48.
SIMONSON
Man, I don’t think you’re usin’
that right. Quod erat
demonstrandum?
HASTINGS
I thought it meant Quit and Eat
Dinner...
SIMONSON
Definitely not.
TITLES
’
PART 3:
THE FIRST DAY OF THE REST OF YOUR LIFE
’
FADE IN:
INT. MEETING HALL - NIGHT
RENJI stands at a podium in a packed meeting hall. A banner
behind him proudly declares that this is the "8th Annual
Revolutionary World Congress Meeting" in a cold, corporate,
dystopian way.
RENJI
I know these past few years have
been difficult, friends. We’ve all
been having trouble discerning
reality lately, and I know why...
the Europeans are not our friends,
they turned their backs on us when
we had crisis after catastrophe,
and now, as the whole of France
lays submerged, war ravages Eastern
Europe while Spain, Portugal and
Britain starve.
I say let them starve, let them
reduce themselves to attrition! We
cannot allow for a united Europe,
as their unified greed would seek
to overthrow the Utopia we have
developed in the last few years!
Down with Europe! Down with Europe!
Down with Europe!
49.
INT. CLASSROOM - NIGHT

-A crowded classroom, a ragged old man sits at a desk.
Everything is old, beaten up and run down.
-The man gets up and turns on a film projector and exits the
room as the film begins.
-The film plays:
VIDEO NARRATOR
Welcome to your life. You now work
in a mining camp near Issaquah, on
the northwest corner of North
America. First off, let’s talk
about the capitalists and their
’tools of corruption’. Like cell
phones, UHF capable televisions,
pagers, et cetera, all devices like
this are still used by those
wicked, wicked people in Europe!
-Old man is smoking a cigarette.
-The film plays:
VIDEO NARRATOR
You must stand hard against the
capitalists! You have been
appointed to your positions here
because your aptitude tests show
that this is the place that you can
best aid society.
-Old man is still smoking.
-The film plays with a theme of hypnotism:
VIDEO NARRATOR
Cigarettes are evil, alcohol is
evil, and marijuana is evil. Follow
the words of our great leader,
RENJI...
-Superimpose image of RENJI, posed like Stalin
-The film plays:
VIDEO NARRATOR
You will work hard in your
appointed positions. Society and
(MORE)
50.
VIDEO NARRATOR (cont’d)

the government will protect you
from the capitalists. Imagine the
visage of RENJI cushioning the
entire continent as the Capitalist
stronghold in Paris, fires its last
salvo of laser missiles on our
cities.
-The film plays:
VIDEO NARRATOR
The great RENJI stands up against
the Capitalists and their missiles,
swatting them both down into the
ocean. Remember this Friend. Relax
with greatest luck. Remember,
Ignorance is Bliss.
-The kids start freaking out with joy.
-Old man is smoking a cigarette. He seemingly notices the
party in the classroom.
WALTER
Stupid bitches, it’s not that great
of a speech. They get worse every
year.
-A man whose skin is hidden by black clothing, with only the
head visible, comes up.
HASTINGS
Looks like we’ve got a traitor to
our leader, out here!
WALTER
Oh fuck!
He tries to run but Hastings pulls out his gun and kills
him. Hastings checks the body for a pack of cigarettes,
finds them and lights one up for himself and exits scene.
INT. ISSAQUAH MINE - DAWN
All is quiet and calm. Everybody is asleep in their beds,
until a high pitched tone wakes everybody up.
51.
A montage of people getting up, synchronized to classical

music, until everybody is dressed in colored jumpsuits
indicating their rank, line up near a wall, raise their
pickaxes in unison and start striking to the tune of that
one song in that ARM and HAMMER baking soda commercial.
This goes on for several seconds.
INT. DEXTER’S QUARTERS - NIGHT
Two men are in the room, each sitting on a bed, removing
their work boots.
FRANK
Ave a good day today, Dex?
DEXTER
Nah, same old, same old. Did you
hear about what happened to Walter?
FRANK
No, what happened to ’em?
DEXTER
Well, somebody caught him smokin’.
FRANK
For real?
DEXTER
Yeah, makes me wanna quit.
FRANK
Yeah, we should.
DEXTER
Psych! Psych, Psych, Psych!
FRANK
But seriously, fuck him, the
smart’ll live through.
DEXTER
Yeah. Oh, I got a video from Doug,
though.
FRANK
Oh, yeah? Whats it on? Is it
entertainin’ or educatin’?
DEXTER
Dunno, let’s pop it in.
52.
FRANK
This Doug fella gonna get us
killed. Where’s the VCR?
DEXTER
Third drawer.
FRANK
Oh, yeah... Here it is!
DEXTER
Okay, pop it in.
VIDEO NARRATOR (O.C.)
The ownership and operation of a
MCLI linkage system...
FRANK
That bastard, how much ya pay for
this shit.
DEXTER
Fifty-six.
FRANK
Holy Hell.
INT. DEMONSTRATION BOOTH - DAY
VIDEO NARRATOR
The one major advance in technology
brought by the revolution was the
MCLI. Mind-Computer Linkage
Interface/Implant system was
devised and implemented by a
scientist named Marshal Akuma.
The video continues to bore in the background.
DEXTER
Those newbies don’t have the mental
capacity for freedom, it seems.
FRANK
Dex, I thought we got this locked
down, no mo philosophical shit.
DEXTER
Motherfucker, I ain’t even begun to
philosophize. By the way, why is
swearin’ now mandatory.
53.
FRANK
Shit, man. It ain’t, it’s just a
reflex now. We never got
ta move on from bein’ teens, we
been stuck there ever since...
VIDEO NARRATOR (O.C.)
Illicit materials in room 122789,
prepare to be searched.
An ALARM sounds off, Dexter instinctively hides under the
bed, whereas Frank just sits on the bed in shock.
DEXTER
Hide, hide man!
FRANK
No! I’m gonna escape.
DEXTER
Hide, goddammit!
FRANK
It was so simple, Dex. The way
out.
FRANK stands up and holds his arms out like Jesus.
DEXTER
Frank!
The door shoots open and Hastings comes in and draws his
gun. Camera watches Dexter’s face, hiding under bed a mirror
is on the ground and gives a partial view of what is going
on.
HASTINGS (O.C.)
Via con Dios.
The man fires the gun and kills FRANK, his blood splatters
onto DEXTER’s face.
INSERT A FILLER HERE!
INT. DEXTER’S QUARTERS - LATER
Adult DEXTER is at his table, writing in a notebook, FRANK’s
blood splattered on the wall
DEXTER (V.O.)
I was a depressed kid, sort of.
About three year before the
revolution, I sat down and planned
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54.
DEXTER (V.O.) (cont’d)

out my funeral. It came down to the
paper like ice. Dead on, the way I
really wanted it, not the way that
my parent/guardians would assume.
When I was done, I tacked it up on
the wall to be a forever-lasting
monument to my wishes. It won’t end
up like that now, I’m sure.
EXT. ARBORETUM - NOON
There’s a field with chairs line up in it. LCD monitors on
stands display pictures of DEXTER and his loved ones, punch
bowls filled with green liquid.
DEXTER (V.O.)
I planned a small service, since at
that point in time; I was convinced
that there were only about
twenty-five people in the whole
world who actually liked me. Thanks
to modern technology, I later found
the real number to be somewhere
around eighty. About twenty minutes
into the service, everybody was to
burst into song.
CHORUS
(Always look on the bright
side of life" by Eric Idle. )
Life’s a piece of shit, When you
look at it,
Life’s a laugh and death’s a joke,
it’s true.
You’ll see it’s all a show,
Keep ’em laughing as you go,
Just remember that the last laugh
is on you,
And always look on the bright side
of life.
DEXTER (V.O.)
That reminds me of another
family-friendly, sing song, Kodak
moment...
55.
EXT. DOWNTOWN SEATTLE - NIGHT

The BAKER family surrounds a trash can fire, singing
Christmas carols to pass the time.
DEXTER (V.O.)
It was cold, it was wet, but
it was still the most wonderful
time of the year. There were no
cars, much less people, and no
corporations.
BAKER FAMILY (ENSEMBLE)
O Tannenbaum, O Tannenbaum, vie
treu sind Deine Blaetter,
treu sind Deine Blaetter,
Du gruenst nicht nur zur
Sommerzeit, Nein auch im Winter,
wenn es schneidt,
treu sind Deine Blaetter.
SISTER
Dex, is Christmas dead?
DEXTER
No, just Santa.
SISTER
Dad!
STAN
Well, Dex’s right sweetie, this is
the first time in the past eighty
or so years that commercialism
isn’t the main element of the
holiday. It’s back to the original,
family, home and hearth.
SISTER
What’s a hearth?
MOTHER
A fireplace.
DEXTER
We only have one out of three.
56.
SISTER
We have half a fireplace!
STAN
Alright, we have half a good
Christmas, now you two get to bed,
we have to catch a bus, bright and
early.
DEXTER
Alright, c’mon .
SISTER
Ok.
DEXTER (V.O.)
There still was the overwhelming
presence of peace on earth,
goodwill towards men and be
thankful for what you’ve got. We
didn’t have much.
We had recently moved from a two
story house on half an acre of
land, to a much cozier place. We
now lived in the back alley between
a former state liquor store and a
plasma donation center.
Five feet by forty feet. Three
garbage can style wood
stove/oven/fire pits, plenty of
comfortable corners to rest in, and
bedsheets made from the Life and
Arts section of a newspaper from
May.
DEXTER
Goodnight.
DAD
Goodnight.
DEXTER (V.O.)
And I fell backwards and onto the
cement. It didn’t hurt, I was
already dreaming by the time my
head hit the ground.
57.
INT. EBAR - NIGHT

DEXTER sits alone at the bar, clutching a simulated
alcoholic beverage in his hand. THE HOUSE BAND is playing
noise, but karaoke will start up eventually. DEXTER is drunk
and depressed.
DEXTER (V.O.)
There are many numerous things I
could hate Renji for, like, killing
my love, or imprisoning me and
countless others underground for
twenty years. Right now, I hate
him for popularizing the newest
form of the internet, where I can
plug in , cash out, and fade
away. This liquor is just too
tasty.
DRUNK KARAOKE GUY
Goy through the word, are the beefs
and curds nah.
This guy is completely off key and loaded.
DRUNK KARAOKE GUY
Goy for tha pisses in da creep new
see, goy to you and we. Buh bunnah
buh!
DEXTER gestures to order another drink.
BARTENDER
That’ll be 13 creds.
DEXTER
Mrrrrrrmmmphnnk.
Dexter swipes
A new person comes up to do karaoke. It’s KATIE, but, DEXTER
(and the audience) can only see her through blurry beer
goggles.
HOST
Alright everybody, here’s a
newcomer to the club singing The
Man Who Sold The World
KATIE
We passed upon the stair,
58.
DEXTER
A good song if I rememberededededed
it right. Heh ehh...
KATIE
We spoke of was and where,
DEXTER
Bartender! More of this shit, ha
ha! More drink bitch!
KATIE
Although I wasn’t there,
The bartender comes over angrily and forced another drink
into DEXTER’s drunken hands.
KATIE
He said I was his friend.
DEXTER
Hey preeeeeeeety lady! Take off
your top!
The music comes to a screeching halt. Everybody looks at
DEXTER. KATIE comes over to straighten him out.
KATIE
What the fuck is you problem buddy?
DEXTER
Uhh....
KATIE punches DEXTER right in the face, not quite noticing
who it is.
DEXTER takes off his headset and comes back to reality. He
turns the TV, which is still monitoring the ebar, off
(catching another brief and blurry shot of KATIE).
DEXTER (V.O.)
A story of questionable
believability and grammar,
DEXTER is taking a breather.
DEXTER (V.O.)
or In Bloom,
He takes out a pen and a journal and looks at them.
59.
DEXTER (V.O.)
by Dexter Baker.
He starts writing.
DEXTER (V.O.)
What is the date? I don’t know,
but does anybody else? I can only
guess that it’s been about ten
years since the last person keeping
track was killed.
That was an interesting time, let
me tell you. Fire was all around.
My family moved to Saskatchewan and
into a refugee camp.
EXT. REFUGEE CAMP - DAY
-Big tents are all around as people walk back and forth with
arms filled with all the supplies they can carry.
DEXTER (V.O.)
There was nothing there to bomb,
just refugee and medical tents.
-Fighter planes fly overhead and drop large incendiary bombs
on the tents, setting them ablaze.
DEXTER (V.O.)
But I guess they thought it was
fun.
EXT. SASKATCHEWAN - DAY
DEXTER, family and several others are loaded out of a truck
by some nondescript soldiers
DEXTER (V.O.)
I escaped,
DEXTER makes a break for it through the woods. A soldier
comes out from behind a tree.
SOLDIER
Stop, or I’ll blow your fucking
head off!
DEXTER (V.O.)
For a few minutes.
DEXTER obeys. A black sack is put on over his head. Screen
goes black.
60.
DEXTER (V.O.)
This is what I’ve heard...
GRAPHIC:
Show an oldish/cartoony map of Europe. For each country
mentioned, turn it black.
DEXTER (V.O.)
The Russian army had disbanded,
Russia goes black.
DEXTER (V.O.)
so had the Spanish,
Spain goes black.
DEXTER (V.O.)
Italians,
Italy goes black.
DEXTER (V.O.)
British,
UK goes black.
DEXTER (V.O.)
Swedish,
Sweden goes black.
DEXTER (V.O.)
German,
Germany goes black.
DEXTER (V.O.)
French,
France goes black.
DEXTER (V.O.)
Polish,
Poland goes black.
DEXTER (V.O.)
you name it, it was gone.
The rest go black.
61.
DEXTER (V.O.)
In their place, insurgents, more
likely college students organized
by RENJI’s penpals,
A marquee of white symbols scroll across black Europe,
including: Hammer and Sickle, Anarchy A, and other leftist
revolutionary emblems.
DEXTER (V.O.)
took over the governments and
armies. They started conquering up
territories around them.
I don’t know whether or not that’s
what happened, the media of the
time, no matter how incredible, was
infinitely more believable than our
current one.
I am not even sure whether or not
there is anyone outside of this
mining camp. The outlook for the
world is grim.
As my generation grows weak and
dies out, the next generation has
no measuring stick for what’s good
or tolerable.
INT. ISSAQUAH MINE - NIGHT
Dexter, age 25 has just arrived at the mine facility.
DEXTER (V.O.)
The next five years were a blur of
prison after prison after youth
hostel. I know it was around 2015
when I got here, and since then
it’s been another twenty year blur
of day after day after day of this
same shit. I started writing again
about 14 Units ago, two
weeks. Damn, I hate pencils, I
wish I had a PC. Whatever happened
to MySpace? Mining is long, hard,
unrewarding work.
62.

DEXTER sits at his desk, writing in his journal.
DEXTER (V.O.)
The bureaucracy loved the smell of
blood in the air. They are violence
whores who stop at no where to
deliver their unique brand of
punishment.
Excuse me while I invest in tinfoil
hats, but you name it, these sick
bastards will do it. The lucky are
shot
Keep your mouth shut. You are
already guilty. When they came for
me, the sense of dread I had had
for the past twenty five years came
to fruition.
It was finally the time that they
caught the biggest heretic that I
know. But, I was for the public’s
sake when they finally arrested me.
A knock comes at the door.
HASTINGS
Dexter Baker?
DEXTER
Come in. It’s open.
Hastings strides in.
HASTINGS
Dexter Baker?
DEXTER turns around to look at him.
DEXTER
Yes?
DEXTER is answered with a sharp knee to the gut. He doesn’t
have time to block or brace. It hurts really badly. While he
was on the floor trying to breathe through the acidic vomit,
the Hastings pulls out his gun and fires a dart at the back
of DEXTER’S head. DEXTER blacks out.
63.
INT. PRISON CELL - NIGHT

It’s just a black screen (AKA pitch black)
DEXTER
Hello?
Is there anybody there?
Can anybody hear me?
Am I in hell?
MARVIN
You’re not dead.
DEXTER
How do you know?
MARVIN
I though I was dead, or in hell or
something too. But you show up and
start shouting, and I know I’m
alive!
DEXTER
You sure?
MARVIN
Cause, either way, theres either
more or less than two people in
hell, not exactly.
DEXTER
Who are you?
MARVIN
Call me Dexter Baker.
DEXTER
But, that’s my name.
There is a brief, uneasy silence.
DEXTER
That’s my name.
MARVIN
I heard ya.
DEXTER
That’s my name.
64.
MARVIN
I wasn’t sure who you were, so I
said a name I read somewhere.
DEXTER
Then, what’s your name?
MARVIN
Marvin.
DEXTER
Any last name, Marvin?
MARVIN
Nope, don’t need one.
DEXTER
How can we build an inch of trust
if I don’t know your full name?
MARVIN
Marvin ain’t my real name.
DEXTER
Then what is it, goddammit!
MARVIN
As far as you need to know, it’s
Marvin. We don’t need to be
acquainted beyond that. Besides, we
both dead men.
DEXTER
Alright, where are we?
MARVIN
What’s the last that you
remembered?
DEXTER
Well, I was writing in my journal,
then I wake up here with a bitching
head-ache.
MARVIN
Y’know, they’ll never let us go.
DEXTER
I know.
MARVIN
They’ll probably shoot you.
65.
DEXTER
Yeah.
MARVIN
Torture, then shoot you.
DEXTER
Okay.
MARVIN
Torture, skewer, then shoot.
DEXTER
I think I’ve...
MARVIN
No! No, wait, torture mercilessly
for answers, skewer, torture for
fun, then they’ll leave you out for
exposure to kill you, that way they
don’t waste metal, and you
fertilize the ground eventually!
DEXTER
Shut the fuck up!
MARVIN
Sorry, just trying to make
conversation.
There is a moment of silence.
DEXTER
Oh, why did it have to go like
this?
MARVIN
What?
DEXTER
Everything?
MARVIN
What?
DEXTER
You go from being a carefree
teenager, to having your soul
sucked out by the pressure of the
outside world. Your dreams crushed
and your true aptitude paraded
around for everybody’s enjoyment.
Your friends either die or abandon
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66.
DEXTER (cont’d)
you. Do you still know where your
friends from high school are today?
MARVIN
Uh, how about you go first.
DEXTER
Well, most of my friends were
killed in the revolution. My
girlfriend, Katie, the light of my
world, died as a martyr at the very
beginning.
MARVIN is starting to realize who his prisoner is.
MARVIN
Uh... oh my.
DEXTER
And my best friend, was the ring
leader of the group. He made
something of himself after all.
MARVIN
Renji?
DEXTER
Who else?
The lights come on revealing DEXTER and the Hastings sitting
on opposite sides of a small room. DEXTER just sits there
while the Hastings gets up and walks over to him. DEXTER
squints while his eyes adjust.
DEXTER
Marvin?
HASTINGS
We have a special treatment planned
for someone so distinguished as
yourself.
A roundhouse kick to the face makes DEXTER black out.
EXT. SKY - DAY
It’s just a shot with some clouds of the sky with narration
on top.
67.
DEXTER (V.O.)
What is the sky like? I don’t
remember. In your world, there is
sun, clouds, great blue yonder, and
what have you. There is also the
constant threat of rain, sleet,
snow, unbearable sunshine, and a
condition known well by many in the
northwest as overcast. Well, it’s
not like that here, it’s always the
same. Gray.
INT. DEXTER’S QUARTERS - MORNING
DEXTER wakes up confused in bed. He gets out of bed and
turns on the TV.
VIDEO NARRATOR
Martial Law declared by Supreme
Order of Justice. Stay in your
quarters and do not turn off the
unit or change the channel.
DEXTER
Fuck that.
DEXTER changes the channel.
VIDEO NARRATOR
DO NOT CHANGE THE CHANNEL!
The volume slowly grows.
VIDEO NARRATOR
DO NOT CHANGE THE CHANNEL! DO NOT
CHANGE THE CHANNEL!
It gets ever louder.
VIDEO NARRATOR
CHANGE THE CHANNEL!
And louder still, until it is unbearable...
VIDEO NARRATOR
CHANGE THE CHANNEL!
DEXTER blinks.
68.
EXT. GREEN LAKE - DAY

KATIE and DEXTER are walking together around Green Lake.
DEXTER (V.O.)
It is the clearest and crispest
image I remember, and we were on a
leisurely stroll around Green Lake.
It began like this.
INT. DEXTER’S CAR - DAY
DEXTER IS DRIVING WITH KATIE IN THE CAR. COME IN IN THE
MIDDLE OF A CONVERSATION...
KATIE
...and then he yelled Cheese!
DEXTER
Hey, whadya wanna do tonight?
KATIE
How about we go to Green Lake?
DEXTER
Uh, sure, what would we do there?
KATIE
Walk around, I guess.
DEXTER
Okay.
EXT. GREEN LAKE - DAY
KATIE and DEXTER are walking together around Green Lake.
They come up to a combination hot dog/pretzel stand.
DEXTER
Two pretzels, please.
HOT DOG GUY
With salt?
DEXTER
Yes, please.
HOT DOG GUY
Okay, that’ll be $3.50, please.
DEXTER opens his wallet to find it empty. Before he says
anything, Katie has already paid.
HOT DOG STAND GUY
69.
15, 16, and 16.50, thank you and

have a nice day.
KATIE
You too!
They walk away.
DEXTER (V.O.)
I was facing a classic dilemma,
should I be a gentleman and pay for
everything, even if it sends me
into thousands of dollars of debt,
or should I try to not be sexist
and let her pay for stuff too. As
we were walking and I was trying to
find myself, she tried to hand me
my pretzel.
KATIE
Do you want it or not?
DEXTER
Sure...
DEXTER grabs it rudely and forcefully from her hand. KATIE
nearly loses her pretzel.
KATIE
What the fuck!
DEXTER
Nothing.
KATIE
Yeah, right. What’s going on?
DEXTER
I don’t know if I like you paying
for stuff.
KATIE
What?
DEXTER
I...
KATIE
What do you mean by that?
DEXTER (V.O.)
I just hopped right on top of that
land mine.
70.
KATIE
Oh, Dexter please, chivalry is
dead. What do you mean? You want to
pay for everything? Women don’t
need men to pay for things, we
could get along fine without you.
Why in the fuck do you think it’s
alright to do shit like this?
DEXTER (V.O.)
I had to think quick, so I said the
first thing that came to mind.
DEXTER
Leave it to Beaver!
DEXTER (V.O.)
Brilliant move, teenage Dexter.
What’s you next cunning strategy?
KATIE
What?
DEXTER
That’s why I can’t handle it!
KATIE starts laughing and DEXTER nervously follows.
DEXTER (V.O.)
Hot diggity damn, it worked!
DEXTER
Sorry, I didn’t mean that, just got
stressed from other stuff.
KATIE
No. It’s ok, I don’t mind if you
pay for stuff. You’re the poorer
one of us and I have law school to
save up for!
INT. DEXTER’S QUARTERS - MORNING
DEXTER is back in his apartment.
VIDEO NARRATOR
CHANGE THE CHANNEL!
It gets ever louder.
71.
VIDEO NARRATOR
CHANGE THE CHANNEL!
And louder still, until it is unbearable... Then he changes
the channel back.
VIDEO NARRATOR
Martial Law declared by Supreme Order of Justice. Stay in
your quarters and do not turn off the unit or change the
channel. He turns the TV off and looks up to the ceiling.
KATIE (O.C.)
Come to me...
DEXTER
Come to me?
DEXTER sits down at his desk and starts writing,
DEXTER (V.O.)
I am starting to lose my trust in
safety. After being arrested for no
crime, a series of hallucinations
occurred, after which, I awoke
where I was before my arrest.
They certainly have perfected mind
games and psychological torture. I
question my sanity.
When a knock comes at the door.
SAM
Package.
DEXTER
It’s open.
SAM, a young delivery boy enters the room.
SAM
You are Dexter Baker, right?
DEXTER
Yes.
SAM
You got a package.
72.
DEXTER
Okay.
DEXTER is handed a shoebox with wrapping on it.
DEXTER
To: Dexter Baker From: Yer secret
admirer.
SAM
Well, are you going to open it?
DEXTER
In due time.
DEXTER then hastily rips the wrapping and lid off to find a
folded chemical suit and a letter.
HASTINGS (V.O.)
Dear Mr. Baker, You have been
selected for promotion by the High
Official Council of Mining. You are
now being assigned to a supervisory
position at the Eureka Mining
Facility. Enclosed is an access
card to be used to safely exit your
facility through the supply
corridor. When you are past the
security systems, wait for a
shuttle and then insert your access
card into the input matrix and you
will be swiftly transported to
Eureka!
Should the shuttle not arrive
within the time bubble, you may
need to don the yellow safety suit
included in this package and walk
to the transport terminal along the
path outside. Take special care in
putting the safety suit on, as
incorrect usage can lead to
instantaneous death from the toxins
of the outside environment. We have
found you to be a reliable worker
in past situations and we have
placed our trust in your abilities.
Signed, Donald Hastings #2654543857
SAM
What’s it say?
73.
DEXTER
I’ve been promoted.
SAM
What!
DEXTER
What?
SAM
How long have you been working
here, man?
DEXTER
Too long, kid, too long.
SAM
How could somebody as dumb as you
get promoted?
Dexter starts to look offended, but he gets over it.
DEXTER
Well, that’s usually how it works.
SAM
This’s bullshit.
DEXTER
You want out too?
SAM
Yeah, it’s too cold here.
DEXTER
Where you from?
SAM
Antartica.
Dexter laughs.
SAM
Can I go with you?
DEXTER
Yeah, but don’t get shot.
HASTINGS (O.C.)
Your train will arrive between
14-00 and 16-00.
Dexter looks at his watch.
74.
DEXTER (V.O.)
It was 13-53
DEXTER
Ok, let’s go.
INT. TRAIN STATION - EVENING
It’s styled like the standard small subway station, but
everything is very clean. The walls and columns are covered
in white tile.
SAM
I always wondered what it was like
outside. So you’re Dexter Baker?
M’names Sam.
DEXTER
Got a last name?
SAM
Nope. They say I don’t need
one. I’m the only delivery boy
named ’Sam’.
DEXTER
You look a little young for a
delivery boy.
SAM
Got in the academy at three, don’t
remember my parents.
DEXTER
Okay.
SAM
Do you remember life before the
revolution?
DEXTER
Of course, how old do I look to
you?
SAM
Well, I don’t know. They might have
erased your memory or something.
DEXTER
Do you think they have that power?
No one can get inside your mind,
that is the only safe zone someone
has. You’re only in danger when you
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75.
DEXTER (cont’d)
move, speak, write, gesture...
look, the point is, this ain’t the
movies, kid.
SAM
What are the movies?
DEXTER
What?
SAM
What are the movies?
DEXTER
Damn. Don’t you know anything they
didn’t teach at the academy?
SAM
Nope, what was it like?
DEXTER
What was what like?
SAM
Before the... you know...
DEXTER
Oh. It was... heaven, I wish I
could return, but there is no room
on the train to the past.
SAM
Oh.
The clock is a four digit, not fancy clock, in 24 hour mode.
Have a time montage from 14-08 to 17-24 with SAM and DEXTER
doing different things to pass the time. DEXTER decides it’s
time to move, takes out the yellow thing and the letter to
read the instructions. SAM is sleeping on the floor
HASTINGS (O.C.)
Dexter INTERNATIONAL All-Purpose,
Disposable Safety Suit. Model FSS#4
Thank you for buying our products.
We offer the highest quality
products in America. This model is
equipped with an Ultrasonic emmiter
designed to ward off predators and
do so in an efficient manner.
All non-human creatures within a 25
foot will run in terror when the
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76.
HASTINGS (O.C.) (cont’d)

wearer enters the area. This suit
is also designed to protect against
unsavory chemicals and certain
levels of radiation from affecting
the wearer. See below diagram for
suit up instructions.
DEXTER suits up while SAM continues to sleep.
DEXTER
Yo! Wake up!
SAM
Wha?
DEXTER
We’re going up now.
SAM
But, I don’t have one of those
fancy suits done you got!
DEXTER
It’ll be fine, just c’mon.
SAM
But, I’ll probably die!
DEXTER
You’ll definitely die when they
find you in here.
SAM
Oh, yeah.
They enter the elevator and begin to rise to the surface.
EXT. FOREST - NIGHT
The weather is wretched. The climate is that of permanent
rainfall and thunderstorms. DEXTER walks out into the rain
and removes his helmet.
SAM
What the hell are you doing, old
man?!?
DEXTER
Living.
77.
SAM
(hyperventilating)
You’ll die! They told us that stuff
is acid.
DEXTER
It feels great, come try it. I
don’t believe a thing they say,
anyway.
SAM freaks out as water starts flowing into the elevator, he
screams like his life is in mortal peril, and presses the
down button, leaving scene.
DEXTER
Poor kid, just this water? A
little rain never hurt nobody.
After saying this, DEXTER remembers ghosts from his past.
DEXTER (V.O.)
It’s the dust that hurts.
We hear a roll of thunder and an array of ethereal gunshots.
DEXTER (V.O.)
Right, whatever. Dexter, keep it
together.
He starts walking down the gravely path. He starts to hear
voices coming from the forest around him. He quickens the
pace. Another roll of thunder and flash of lightning.
WHITE OUT:
RENJI
Mama’s lil’ baby loves chitlins,
chitlins, mama’s lil baby loves
pork rind chips.
WHITE TO:
INT. RENJI’S HOUSE - DAY
RENJI is in his kitchen, just looking for a snack. Muzak is
coming out of the old radio in the corner.
RENJI
Fuck, no chitlins?
We see a half full bag of tortilla chips next to a knife
block filled with infomercial knives labeled ’Ginso’.
Renji finally spots the chips.
78.
RENJI
This year, Halloween fell on a
weekend, me and tortilla chips is
trick or treating!
He reaches for the chips and accidentally knocks a knife out
of the block. It bounces off the counter and then falls
towards his foot.
Although where the knife lands is not seen, we see a painful
facial expression. Then show the knife landing, hitting and
cutting up the top of his foot, and then bouncing off.
Blood starts to pour out. He then starts jumping around and
cursing. He eventually becomes somewhat rational.
He picks the knife up, sees the blood on the blade, and then
starts pretending that he is knife fighting and swirls the
weapon/utensil around rhythmacally and menacingly.
RENJI (V.O.)
We can not stand by while the
capitalists regroup and take
footholds! If the best defense is a
good offense then we must strike
eye for eye, one for one! We must
do more than that actually...
INT. MEETING HALL - NIGHT
RENJI is standing at a podium giving a speech. It is coming
to it’s climax and is being watched by a crowd of several
thousand. He is holding a sword up in the air.
RENJI
For we... must... be... victorious!
The crowd starts cheering and thunder crackles.
EXT. FOREST - NIGHT
Lightning strikes again and DEXTER flinches back into
reality. He is standing in front of a small grey building
with a sign on it that says ’Seattlia Regional Transit
Center’. He stands there looking at it for a moment before
he decides to enter.
INT. TRANSIT CENTER - NIGHT
The room is white tile, floor, walls and ceiling. It is a
small and dingy place. There are entirely ugly paintings on
either side of the room. There is a black bench in the
center of the room, with a black lamp hanging over it.
79.
The bench looks like it was made of chains and then covered
in tire rubber and sheep bones. There is an unlit stairway
in the back left corner. There is a neon sign hanging over
it, reading ’Departures’. DEXTER goes down the stairs.
INT. DEPARTURES - NIGHT
All along the corridor, there are support columns made from
cement, painted egg-white. Between these columns, there are
black benches. There are also ferns in cobalt pots in
between the benches and the columns. There is a large green
button on the middle column. It has a large placard above it
that says ’Press button to call tram’.
DEXTER presses the button and slowly, the outline of an old
New York Subway car appears. It is made of light. It sits
weightlessly on the tracks. It is bright and yellowish, but
not very descriptive. The doors made of light open and
DEXTER steps on. The doors close and it starts to move into
the tunnel of darkness. When it is completely in the tunnel,
the station now out of sight, the train made of light is
extinguished and DEXTER starts to fall.
TITLES
’
PART 4:
THE MAN WHO SOLD THE WORLD
’
FADE IN:
EXT. KENTUCKY PLAINS - DUSK
DEXTER (for an unexplained reason, age 17) falls into the
middle of a grassy field. As he stands up and dusts himself
off, an old man in a white suit comes up and starts talking
to him.
COLONEL
Thank ya kindly.
DEXTER
For what?
COLONEL
For coming. My boy, we have very
few visitors around these parts
recently. What your name be?
80.
DEXTER
Is this another daydream or
hallucination?
COLONEL
Don’t be concerned with the
present, boy. Besides, if it was a
dream, how would you be conscious
of that fact? There’s a thinker,
eh? Now what’d you say your name
was?
DEXTER
I’m Dexter Baker. I think I’m lost,
Y’see, I was on a train a minute
ago...
COLONEL
Ah the train comes by here every
few hours, might as well come in an
have some lemonade.
DEXTER
Fine, uh, what’s your name sir?
COLONEL
You can call me the colonel, now
come this way m’boy.
EXT. THE COLONEL’S HOUSE - DUSK
DEXTER and the COLONEL are sitting in rocking chairs on the
patio of a farmhouse nursing tall glasses of lemonade.
DEXTER
So what do you do for a business,
Colonel?
COLONEL
I’m in the chicken business, my
boy. I raise ’em, kill ’em and fry
’em up! They quite fine delicious.
Invented a new way to fry ’em up,
too. Faster, more efficient. I’m
franchising, boy, y’know what
franchising means, boy?
DEXTER
Well, it...
COLONEL
Exactly! People buy land, then pay
me for rent, resupplying and any
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81.
COLONEL (cont’d)
other made up fees I wants! If they
refuse, theys don’ts gets to bes
’Chicken Fried: Kentuckies’ no
more! It pure genius! You wanna
hear a fun fact? My company done
kills about 850 million of those
clucking bastards a year! That’s
like 2.5 million a day, like
100,000 an hour, like 1,600 a
minute, dammit boy, I’m talking 27
chickens dead and fried every damn
second!
DEXTER
Hey, this is a pretty off topic
hallucination.
COLONEL
Stay, with me, my boy. Stay with
me.
DEXTER
The chicken thing... That doesn’t
sound very fair.
COLONEL
Capitalism, boy. Free market
economy, its whats separating us
from the commies! If it weren’t for
the noble deeds of the Colonel and
his Chicken Fried: Kentuckies,
they’d be runnin’ ’mok throughout
the whole of Canada and be
instigatin’ border raids and
attacks like the damn Mexicans!
DEXTER
Communism actually would be better
than what I’m used to...
COLONEL
You’re a commie too, boy?
DEXTER
No, but I’ve seen some hard stuff.
COLONEL
Can agree with ya. I served in the
Great War! They don’t calls me
Colonel for nothing! I led a
platoon into Gallippy! Lost over
half a my boys in the battle of
Gulliavine!
82.
DEXTER
I’m having a bit of trouble
believing that story, What country
is ’Gallippy’ in?
COLONEL
Damn, boy, y’all knows that even
they don’t know which country
wherever it with be!
DEXTER
Well, I’ve gotta go, uh, bye!
DEXTER jumps out of his seat and starts running away from
the COLONEL’S house as fast as he can.
COLONEL
See ya, boy!
(beat)
What a nice kid.
EXT. KENTUCKY PLAINS - DUSK
DEXTER is running, he trips over a rock or something and
falls.
INT. APARTMENT - DAY
DEXTER falls and lands on a mattress, over in the other
corner of the studio apartment sits JIMI HENDRIX, messing
around with his guitar. He starts playing the Godzilla theme
song. When he gets bored with that, he puts his guitar down
pours some liquor on it and then he throws a match down on
it. It lights up like newspaper.
JIMI HENDRIX
Oh, shit, not again.
DEXTER is still sitting on the mattress and JIMI HENDRIX
goes down his hallway and comes back ten seconds later with
a rusty red fire extinguisher. He carefully reads the
instructions, stands 6 and a half feet back, aims and fires.
A steamy liquid spurts out, but not with enough pressure to
reach the fire. He throws the rusty fire extinguisher at the
flaming guitar and runs out of the apartment yelling like a
madman.
When the extinguisher hits the guitar, it causes it to split
evenly into the easily definable parts of the fretboard,
body and neck. The ground beneath the mattress begins to
cave in...
83.
INT. EUREKA - NIGHT

DEXTER sits alone in a dentist-style chair in the middle of
darkness. A clear glass tube comes down over DEXTER’s head
and sucks him out of the chair.
INT. LOBBY - NIGHT
A hole opens up in the wall, DEXTER flies out and hits his
head on the wall parallel. The walls look like they are made
of light.
Muzak (elevator/on hold music) is playing in the background.
There are benches and office plants spaced evenly along the
30 yard hallway. DEXTER is at one end, a door is at the
other. DEXTER gets up and walks towards the door.
INT. OFFICE - NIGHT
DEXTER opens the door, and there sits a man. He is thin, and
pretty old too. Shabbily dressed and is in dire need of a
shave. One of his eyes is much bigger than its twin.
He has a shiny gold placard on his desk. It screams in bold,
bank-Gothic letters: ’Marshall Akuma, PhD.’ His desk is
extremely cluttered; the bulk of the surface is horded by an
antique Dell computer.
It looks like one from around 2002 and it has a big, black
CRT monitor. The rest of the desk is littered with half done
reports, knick-knacks and souvenirs.
The keyboard’s lettering is worn away from over twenty-five
years of documents, spreadsheets and ’Battlefield 1942’.
AKUMA
Can I help you?
Akuma is looking DEXTER directly in the eyes.
AKUMA
Can I help you, sir?
DEXTER looks shocked to find him.
AKUMA
Sir, are you lost?
DEXTER snaps back to reality and finally manages a response.
DEXTER
No, I’ve come here for a reason.
84.
AKUMA
What is it, then?
DEXTER
Yes, I’m looking for Mr. Akuma.
AKUMA
Present.
DEXTER
Renji! You’ve aged badly.
AKUMA
Oh, you’re the one Renji was
waiting for. Through the door
behind me.
DEXTER
Thanks.
Dexter goes over to, opens and goes through the
aforementioned door into another room.
INT. ANOTHER ROOM - DAY
RENJI, aged twenty or thirty years from his last appearance,
stands waiting in the center of the room. He strongly
resembles his uncle but he’s still recognizable.
DEXTER
Renji?
RENJI
Yeah? Who is it?
DEXTER
How ya doing?
RENJI
Fine, do I know you?
DEXTER
Uh, I’m Dexter.
RENJI
Dex? You’ve aged badly.
DEXTER
Thanks.
RENJI
How’d ya get here?
85.
DEXTER
Your uncle just said you were
expecting me.
RENJI
Yeah, well I wanted to hear the
story first-hand anyway.
DEXTER
You wouldn’t believe me if I tried
to explain it to you.
RENJI
I dunno, I have a pretty vivid
imagination.
DEXTER
Well, here’s the short story. Lived
as a miner for the past twenty-five
years, then about a month ago, I
tried to start writing a book. I’ve
been put through hell and back by
your underlings in the past month.
First some guy in a black jumpsuit
came in and killed my best
friend...
RENJI
Oh, you mean Don.
DEXTER
Don?
RENJI
Donald Hastings.
DEXTER
Donald Hastings?
DEXTER recognizes that name. He whips out the promotion
letter and reads it.
HASTINGS (O.C.)
We have found you to be a reliable
worker in past situations and we
have placed our trust in your
abilities.
86.
HASTINGS MONTAGE:
Note: These are all events from the past. The classroom
scenes are meant to contrast comically with the violence.
A. Hastings shoots the OLD MAN from the beginning.
B. Hastings lectures the class.
C. Hastings knees Dexter in the gut.
D. Hastings shoots Pierre
E. Hastings lectures the class.
F. Hastings kills Frank.
INT. ANOTHER ROOM - DAY
DEXTER instinctively wipes away the invisible blood. His
face is one of utter bewilderment.
DEXTER
Our English Teacher?
RENJI
He hated writing that letter, but I
forced him to. It’s great. Now I
hold his destiny in my hands.
DEXTER
That’s the most disturbing thing
I’ve ever heard you say.
RENJI
Yeah, I know.
(beat)
So, then what?
DEXTER takes a minute to recover.
DEXTER
Uh... then I get promoted ...
RENJI
Damn, I put that order in years
ago! Sorry, that’s bureaucracy at
it’s finest, I guess.
DEXTER
And then the tram’s broke, I had to
walk through the rain and fight
aliens until I got to another tram
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87.
DEXTER (cont’d)
station where this retarded train
of light came up...
RENJI
Oh yeah, I coded it!
DEXTER
What? But it was real!
RENJI
Yeah, sure, what is real. Ya gotta
remember Dex, this is the
future! We got to the point where
technology marched on with out
humanity.
DEXTER pauses for a second.
DEXTER
Well, anyway, I had the trippiest
hallucination ever and woke up and
got sucked up a tube and into an
office that led to a door which
opened up into this room. That guy
was your uncle, right?
RENJI
Yeah, Marshall Akuma. He was the
real mastermind of all this shit.
Even the initial attack on the
Armory.
DEXTER
The Armory?
RENJI
Sorry I had to waste Katie during
that shit.
DEXTER
Katie... What? Why the fuck are you
smiling?
RENJI
Calm down, buddy. We all did
things we regret.
DEXTER
What kind of psycho are you? How
can you be so unsympathetic?
88.
RENJI
She agreed to die, it was
orchestrated, she wanted to be a
martyr for the cause, all I did was
pull the trigger.
DEXTER
You killed
her? Motherfucker! I’ll waste
you!
RENJI
It’s alright, time has passed,
we’ve gotten over it. Anyways,
teenage relationships like that
aren’t meant to last for
ever. They all end when their time
ends. You should be grateful it
lasted as long as it lasted. We’ve
gotten over it.
DEXTER
Well, I haven’t, motherfucker! I
loved her, she loved me, it was
mutual! Mutual! I wanted to marry
her, to grow old with her! But your
fucking plan got in the way! You
ruined my life!
DEXTER punches the wall in rage and hurts his fist.
DEXTER
Owww... fuck, that hurts.
RENJI
Destroying property won’t help
much. Look at yourself, think
about it. Would Katie really want
to spend her life tied down to one
guy? Does that sound like her?
DEXTER
Why’m I wasting my time?
DEXTER runs and swings a wild punch at RENJI. It misses.
RENJI steps back, a tranquilizer dart hits DEXTER.
FADE OUT:
RENJI
We’ll talk again when you behave
yourself.
89.
FADE IN:
INT. PRISON CELL - DAY
DEXTER wakes up in a medium sized room with no door. The
walls, ceiling and floor are all white panels with light
behind them. There is a black TV on the floor, sitting in
the corner.
Dexter takes a moment to orient himself before standing
up. The TV turns on to a blank white screen. Dexter takes
notice. RENJI’s face comes into view on the TV.
DEXTER
You son of a bitch.
RENJI
If you’re gonna be so violent, I
don’t think you’re cut out for a
promotion.
DEXTER
Go fuck yourself.
RENJI
If you don’t calm down, you’re
gonna be in there for a while.
DEXTER
You might as well kill me, because
I’m not going to calm down.
RENJI
You’re asking for death, are you
sure you aren’t the one with mental
disorders?
DEXTER
You’ve destroyed my hope, I have no
other reason to live, except maybe
to kill you.
RENJI
But, I thought you knew Katie was
as dead as stone.
DEXTER
I dreamt that none of it was
real. That she was just hanging
out with you until I came back.
90.
RENJI
I’m sorry man, I thought you’d got
over it.
DEXTER
Obviously not.
There is a moment of silence. Renji starts again.
RENJI
Welcome to the future, I guess.
DEXTER
I see my wildest dreams being
fulfilled by robots!
RENJI
Well, that’s not too far from the
truth.
DEXTER
Sans the little men in white lab
coats, I assume?
RENJI
about?
DEXTER
I guess you should just read the
book.
RENJI
Those solitary years drove you
crazy... didn’t they?
DEXTER
Only a bit, how about you?
RENJI
I found ways to keep occupied,
entertained. You will too.
DEXTER
Like how? Click my heels together,
’there’s no place like home’?
RENJI
If that Disney shit makes you feel
better.
Dexter sighs and closes his eyes.
91.
FADE OUT:
DEXTER
I’m too young to be doing yoga.
RENJI
(voice fading out)
It’s like
(beat)
peace. Give it a chance!
FADE IN:
EXT. DOUGHNUT STORE - NIGHT
DEXTER and KATIE are standing and looking at the ’Hot
Doughnuts Now’ sign like stoners. The wind blows an icy
breeze down collars and up pant legs. DEXTER is shivering.
DEXTER
Where am I?
KATIE
Where were you?
DEXTER
(excitedly)
Katie!
KATIE
(mockingly)
Dexter!
He plants a kiss on her. He’s really touchy-feely.
KATIE
What’s with you, you’re hornier
than usual. It hasn’t been years
since last time, y’know.
DEXTER
You have no idea.
KATIE
We have a whole night ahead of us,
don’t spoil it just yet.
There is a uncomfortable moment of silence. They begin
staring at the ’Hot Doughnuts Now’ sign again.
DEXTER
Katie, I’ve had a hard time
discerning reality lately.
92.
KATIE
What’s that mean?
DEXTER
Like, is this light real, or is it
a construct of ones and zeros?
KATIE
about?
DEXTER
I guess it was just my imagination
again. Nothing, nothing.
KATIE
Let’s go somewhere else.
DEXTER
Okay.
They slowly leave the light and get into Dexter’s car, a
purple late-90’s Hyundai that he despises.
THE END
ROLL CREDITS
Let’s all drive safely now.

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EXT./INT. STREET/KATIE’S HOUSE - MIDNIGHT

INT. HALLWAY - DAY

INT. ENGLISH CLASS - DAY

INT. DEXTER’S ROOM/RENJI’S ROOM - DAY

RENJI then pumps three rounds into DAVID. He falls down

The DETECTIVE holds up a morgue photo of KATIE. DEXTER looks

EXT. SEATTLE - DAY

As rolling blackouts envelop the

Both sides of the phone call click off.

INT. FLIGHT 667 - DAY

INT. CLASSROOM - NIGHT

VIDEO NARRATOR (cont’d)

A montage of people getting up, synchronized to classical

DEXTER (V.O.) (cont’d)

EXT. DOWNTOWN SEATTLE - NIGHT

INT. EBAR - NIGHT

INT. DEXTER’S QUARTERS - NIGHT

INT. PRISON CELL - NIGHT

EXT. GREEN LAKE - DAY

15, 16, and 16.50, thank you and

HASTINGS (O.C.) (cont’d)

INT. EUREKA - NIGHT

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