THE WOMAN ON LOS FELIZ SCENE 1 - EXT. STREET - LATE NIGHT An empty street in Los Feliz, lit by lampposts.

DORIAN watches from beneath a lamppost as WOMAN makes her way across the street. DORIAN (husky) I didn't have time to think, or even time to catch my breath... WOMAN looks up and catches DORIAN'S eye. DORIAN Her first glance had stolen that away. SCENE 2 - INT. CAFE - AFTERNOON A empty cafe. DORIAN is sitting next to the window, smoking and reading the paper. TEXT: Who is this woman? WOMAN walks past the window and DORIAN does a double take, tracking her with his eyes. SCENE 3 - EXT. STREET - LATE NIGHT A corner on an empty street DORIAN waiting in the spotlight of a lamppost. TEXT: To capture a hero's heart? The taxi pulls up and the rear window rolls down to reveal WOMAN. WOMAN (suggestively) Hey, you need a cab? I don't mind sharing... DORIAN smiles and nods. DORIAN (grinning) Sure!

SCENE 4 - INT. TAXI - LATE NIGHT DORIAN and WOMAN are sat in the back of the cab, an intimate distance apart. DORIAN (with charm) So, where's a dame like you off to at this time of night? WOMAN (coyly) A dame like me? What's that supposed to mean? DORIAN A dame that can stop a guy in his tracks with a look, like a rabbit caught in a pair of beautiful headlights. TEXT: But when things go wrong... The car screeches to a sudden stop. DORIAN (concerned, leaning forward) Hey, what the... SAMMY, the driver, turns round and cracks DORIAN across the face with a pistol, knocking him out. Text: Who will be the man to save her? SCENE 5 - INT. TAXI - EARLY MORNING DORIAN comes to, alone in an empty cab. SCENE 6 - EXT. ALLEY - LATE NIGHT DORIAN is grappling with SAMMY. TEXT: Dorian Dayle! DORIAN punches SAMMY to the floor. He goes on to kick in the door to the gangs hide out. TEXT: He's never let a case gone cold.

SCENE 7 - INT. GANG HIDEOUT - LATE NIGHT A dingy, smokey, poorly lit basement. WOMAN is tied to a chair in the centre. WOMAN (in relief) Dorian! TEXT: And he's never left a damsel in distress! SCENE 8 - INT. LIVING ROOM - LATE NIGHT It's revealed that the audience has been watching a trailer on a TV. The view travels backwards to reveal a cramped, cluttered and dank living room. DORIAN is sat in the only chair, positioned straight in front of the TV, a glass in one hand, a bottle in the other. His mobile rings, he answers. As they talk, the view pans up to and approaches a movie poster of WOMAN on the wall above the TV. DORIAN (tentatively) Hello? SAMMY (gloating) Hey Dorian, we can still count on you for tonight? DORIAN (resigned) Yeah, I'll make sure me and the cops are nowhere near. SAMMY Good... good. There's the sound of a gunshot and a bullet rips through the poster, which begins to leak blood. END