19 Nocturne Boulevard - HALLOW'S EVE - Reissue
HALLOW'S EVE
Good intentions may pave the way to ruin, but when Fran - a precocious 11-year old - sets out to rescue what she fervently hopes is\xa0a kidnapped child, Halloween may never be the same!
Written and produced by Julie Hoverson
Cast List
- Fran - E. Vickery
- Bobbie - M. Lane
- Officer Hooper - S. Connor
- Grigg - C. Hornaday
- Bool - B. Poole
- Kidnappers - J. Harvey & Mr.\xa0 Synyster
- Timmy & Billy - B. Lomatewama & R. LeBoeuf
- Mrs. Hooper - A. Kirby
- Thompson - S. Hoverson
- Ari & News Report - J. Hoverson
Music:\xa0 Kevin MacLeod (Incompetech.com)
Recorded with the assistance of Ryan Hirst of Neohoodoo Studio
Editing and Sound: \xa0 Julie Hoverson
Cover Photo:\xa0Jeff Mackay (courtesy of Stock Xchange.com)
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"What kind of a place is it?
Why it's a suburban street, where else would you find...goblins?"
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This was one of the original episodes I had ready for the 2008 Halloween season.\xa0 It's set in a sort of 1950s era of classic monster movies.\xa0 I never actually specify that, but references to bobby socks and Corliss Archer (an old time radio show) should be a bit of a clue.
One silly thing I should note in here is Fred and Bob (and in other episodes June and Kathy as well) - these are my generic names for extra characters who speak but don't really have personalities, and show up in surprising numbers if you look over the cast lists for a lot of my shows.\xa0 I found that I would waste time trying to come up with interesting names for all these background characters, and lose my train of thought and it would stall my writing, so I just dub the first such characters Bob and Fred for males and June and Kathy for females, and move on.\xa0 Later, they may become more specific and get real names, but often enough they just remain half generic.\xa0 I also find it makes them slightly easier to keep track of than "man1" or "woman B"
Naming characters is often half the fun.\xa0 You see me play with names in many of my shows - D. Meeks in "A Stitch in Time", where Dougie jokes about "D. Meeks inheriting de Earth," or the way so many people in the vampire world of "The Big Dark" took new "vampire names" that are some variation on the characters from Stoker's Dracula.
The names of episodes are often some kind of pun or inference, as well.\xa0 Not so much Hallow's Eve, but The Big Dark is a riff on The Big Sleep (which was a euphemism for death, in the Chandler novel), and the most difficult title to explain "Crumping The Devil" - crumping being a sort of hip hop adjacent challenge dance, conflated with my vague memory of story about an old woman Mrs. Crump who was so awful the devil wouldn\u2019t even take her.
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ALL HALLOW'S EVE
Cast:
- Olivia, host
- Barbara "BOBBIE" Chandler [16], babysitter
- TIMMY Martin, child [9]
- FRAN Hooper, child [10]
- BILLY Jones, child [8]
- OFFICER HOOPER [30s]
- HOOPER [30s]
- GRIGG [alien] [adult]
- BOOL [alien child]
- FRED [30s], a thug
- BOB [30s], a thug
- ARI [8], kidnapped child
- THOMPSON [50s]
- RADIO VOICE
MUSIC
OLIVIA \xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0Did you have any trouble finding it?\xa0 What do you mean, what kind of a place is it?\xa0 Why, it's a suburban street, can't you tell?\xa0 Where else would you find "goblins"?\xa0
MUSIC \xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0SOMETHING CHILDLIKE
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SCENE 1.\xa0\xa0\xa0 OUTSIDE, STREET
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 FOOTSTEPS, COSTUMES
BOBBIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 There you go, that one's got a light, now shh!
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 CRUNCHING OF LEAVES, THEN FOOTSTEPS ON WOOD.
BILLY\xa0\xa0\xa0 [giggles]
TIMMY\xa0\xa0\xa0 Shh!
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 DOORBELL RINGS.\xa0 DOOR CREAKS OPEN.
- THOMPSON [deep spooky voice] Yeeees?
CHILDREN\xa0\xa0\xa0 Trick or Treat!!!
- THOMPSON [regular voice, pleased] Well, you kids!\xa0 Hey Martha, come and look, we've got a ghost and a clown and -- and what are you, little boy?
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 I'm a girl.\xa0 And I'm a Martian.
- THOMPSON [amused] Well, fancy that! An invasion right here on our street!\xa0 Martha...?
MUSIC
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SCENE 2.\xa0\xa0\xa0 INSIDE, HOUSE
MRS. HOOPER\xa0\xa0\xa0 Looks like we've got more goblins coming, dear!
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 FOOTSTEPS
RADIO VOICE\xa0\xa0\xa0 --in the five county manhunt for--
OFFICER HOOPER\xa0\xa0\xa0 Just a minute, hun.\xa0 Gotta see what they're saying--
RADIO VOICE\xa0\xa0\xa0 --involved in the Stanopopolus kidnapping-- [continues under]
MRS. HOOPER\xa0\xa0\xa0 It's not your case.\xa0 And it's Halloween.\xa0 Just because Bobbie was kind enough to take Fran with her doesn't let you off for holiday spirit.\xa0 At least until you go on shift.
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 SNAP.\xa0 RADIO OFF.
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 DOORBELL.
MRS. HOOPER\xa0\xa0\xa0 Well?
MUSIC
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SCENE 3.\xa0\xa0\xa0 OUTSIDE, STREET
BOBBIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Come on punkins, you must be getting tired by now!
BILLY\xa0\xa0\xa0 [very tired] I'm not!
TIMMY\xa0\xa0\xa0 I slept all day.
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 [raring to go] I only have half a bag.\xa0 We can't stop yet!
BOBBIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 It's almost 9 o'clock!\xa0 No one will be up much longer.\xa0
CHILDREN\xa0\xa0\xa0 Please!
BOBBIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 All right.\xa0 Three more houses.\xa0 That's all.
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 Big houses always have the best treats.\xa0 We should go to the Palmer's, the Winchell's and that big one on the corner.
BILLY\xa0\xa0\xa0 On the corner?\xa0 But, that's ... that's the haunted house!
TIMMY\xa0\xa0\xa0 Scaredy cat.\xa0
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 Phooey!\xa0 It was just empty.\xa0 I saw someone moving in yesterday.\xa0
BOBBIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 If they just moved in, they're probably not--
TIMMY\xa0\xa0\xa0 Let's make Billy go into the haunted house!
BOBBIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 No!\xa0 Timothy--
BILLY\xa0\xa0\xa0 No!\xa0 I don't wanna--
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 Shut up!\xa0 It's not haunted.\xa0 Boys are dumb.
BILLY\xa0\xa0\xa0 Not haunted?
BOBBIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Look, it's getting cold out here, so let's get a move on, whichever houses you plan to go to.\xa0 OK?
MUSIC
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SCENE 4.\xa0\xa0\xa0 ON PORCH
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 TENTATIVE KNOCK ON THE DOOR
BILLY\xa0\xa0\xa0 [scared, but hiding it - relieved] No one home!
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 I hear something!
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 DOOR OPENS SLOWLY
CHILDREN\xa0\xa0\xa0 [Gasp]
BOBBI\xa0\xa0\xa0 Well, he looks normal enough.
GRIGG\xa0\xa0\xa0 [weird foreignish accent] Help you may I?
TIM\xa0\xa0\xa0 [giggles] He's funny.
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 We're here for candy.\xa0 Trick or treat.
GRIGG\xa0\xa0\xa0 Please?
BOBBIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Oh, gosh, you're foreign aren't you?\xa0 They might not even DO trick or treat where he comes from.
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 You have to give us candy or we have to play a trick on you!
BOBBIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 That's hardly fair if he doesn't know the rules.\xa0 Plus, you said it yourself, they just moved in.
GRIGG\xa0\xa0\xa0 Candy?\xa0 Schweets?\xa0 I have--
BOOL\xa0\xa0\xa0 [child's voice, off mike, accented]\xa0 I want to go home!\xa0 I hate it here!\xa0 Take me home!\xa0 [Tails off into gibberish with lots of Ls and Ss]
GRIGG\xa0\xa0\xa0 [agitated] My child.\xa0 He wants to go back to our old home.\xa0 He is not used to this one.\xa0 I should go to him.
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 DOOR SHUTS
TIMMY\xa0\xa0\xa0 [beat] I don't want any foreign candy anyway.
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 Bobbie?
BOBBIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 No arguments.\xa0 Time to go home.
MUSIC
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SCENE 5.\xa0\xa0\xa0 BOBBIE'S ROOM\xa0
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 TAP ON WINDOW
BOBBIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Hank?
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 FOOTSTEPS
BOBBIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Hank, this is hardly--
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 WINDOW OPENS
BOBBIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Who's that?\xa0 You're too short for Hank.
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 [whispered] It's me.
BOBBIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 [sarcastic] So it's The Whisperer?
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 Me!\xa0 Fran!
BOBBIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Fran?\xa0 By Crosby, this is way too late for you to be out playing Halloween jokes, even on a Saturday night.\xa0 You need to get home - your parents will be worried sick.
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 Dad's on patrol.
BOBBIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Oh, great, then he'll be the one to arrest you for something.
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 Did you listen to the radio at all tonight?
BOBBIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Only Corliss Archer.\xa0 Gee, she has some trouble with--
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 Argh!\xa0 The news?
BOBBIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Why?
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 The kidnapping news!
BOBBIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Look, let me get my penny loafers on and I'll walk you home.
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 The son of a Greek raccoon was kidnapped today.\xa0 No, that's not right.\xa0 Raccoon, typhoon--
BOBBIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Tycoon?
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 A rich guy.\xa0 He was kidnapped from their hotel room.
BOBBIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Was he a tycoon, or just a millionaire?
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 [whispered with emphasis]\xa0 IT DOESN'T MATTER.\xa0 We heard him, and we need to go rescue him.
BOBBIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 We did what?
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 The kid at the haunted house.\xa0 Screaming "I want to go home"?\xa0 Does that maybe put some thought into that teased-up skull of yours?
BOBBIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 They did sound awfully foreign, but I'm not sure if it's Greek.
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 Well it ain't Spanish or Chinese.\xa0 Or French.\xa0 What else is there?
BOBBIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Don't say "ain't" - it ain't in the dictionary.
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 Are you coming, or am I going by myself?
BOBBIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Why me?
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 Who else?\xa0 Timmy?\xa0 [dismissive noise]\xa0 Besides, you're the only one tall enough to see in the windows.\xa0
MUSIC
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SCENE 6.\xa0\xa0\xa0 OUTSIDE, YARD
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 CREEPING THROUGH BUSHES
BOBBIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 OK, this is silly.\xa0 And dirty.\xa0 I'm walking\u2011\u2011
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 No, we have to crawl!\xa0 They'll see us!
BOBBIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 No one's looking!
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 But the window's open, they'll hear us.\xa0 [panic] Shh!\xa0 Did you hear that?
BOBBIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 [beat, listening, then dismissively] No.
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 [grumpy] Ok.\xa0 Walk to the window.\xa0 Get spotted.\xa0 See if I care.
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 WALKING CAREFULLY ON GRAVEL.\xa0 BUSHES RUSTLE
BOBBIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Fran?
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 [off, loud whisper] I'm coming.\xa0 Keep your hair on.
BOBBIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Don't worry-- Shh!
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 LOUD RUSTLE
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 [FROM INSIDE] CLICK, FOOTSTEPS
NOTE:\xa0 BOOL AND GRIG ARE INSIDE, HEARD THROUGH A WINDOW, WHILE BOBBIE AND FRAN ARE OUTSIDE. EAVESDROPPING
BOOL\xa0\xa0\xa0 I down wanna be here.\xa0 Go home.
GRIGG\xa0\xa0\xa0 "don't", not "down", child.\xa0 You need talk some good words, living here.
BOOL\xa0\xa0\xa0 No talk.\xa0 No stay.\xa0 Home!
GRIGG\xa0\xa0\xa0 Home is soon enough.\xa0 Soon as requirement is received.
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 [coming on, loud whisper] What are they saying?
BOBBIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Shh!
BOOL\xa0\xa0\xa0 [speaks foreign]
BOBBIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Is that Greek?
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 Oh, sure, I'm the expert.
GRIGG\xa0\xa0\xa0 [angry] English.\xa0 Need to hear normal!
BOBBIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 [muttered] Like your English is so good, mister.
GRIGG\xa0\xa0\xa0 People must not apprehend you are strange.
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 Shh.
GRIGG\xa0\xa0\xa0 Sleep, child.\xa0 Dream of home.
BOBBIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Now that's just mean.
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 DOOR CLOSES
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 See?\xa0 We've got to rescue him!
BOBBIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 But what if--?
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 What if he turns up dead like little Charlie Lindburgh?\xa0 How you gonna feel then?
BOBBIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 You need to stop reading those crime books.
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 Argh!\xa0 Fine.\xa0 Boost me up, and you can go.\xa0 I'll figure something out!
BOBBIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 No.\xa0 I-- I'll help, but only if the kid wants to come.\xa0 That's where I draw the line - if he wants to stay, then we'll just...\xa0 let your dad know and leave it at that.
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 Fine, but who's gonna ask him?\xa0 Better do it now, or he might fall asleep.
BOBBIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 [sigh, then voice raised a bit, calling quietly] Little boy?\xa0
BOOL\xa0\xa0\xa0 [off, gasp]
BOBBIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 We're here to --
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 [prompting, whisper] --to take you home.
BOBBIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 We're here to take you home!
BOOL\xa0\xa0\xa0 [off] Home?
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 SCUFFLE AS HE ROLLS OUT OF BED AND RUNS TO THE WINDOW
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 Yes, home!\xa0 Don't you wanna go home?
BOBBIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Your parents must be worried sick about you.
BOOL\xa0\xa0\xa0 What is *lala* parents?\xa0 Want home!
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 Come on then, we'll get you out of there.\xa0 Bobbie, give him a boost.
BOBBIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 [sigh]
MUSIC
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SCENE 7.\xa0\xa0\xa0 OUTSIDE
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 NIGHT NOISES, WALKING ON SIDEWALK
BOOL\xa0\xa0\xa0 [squeak]
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 MILD SCUFFLE
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 Put it on!\xa0 They won't look twice at us if we got masks on!
BOBBIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 It is a little late for--
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 So they'll worry, but they won't--
GRIGG\xa0\xa0\xa0 [way off, unearthly shriek]
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 Eep!\xa0 That sounds like--
BOOL\xa0\xa0\xa0 [squeak]
BOBBIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 What if he has a car?
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 Then we duck into the bushes - honestly, does every girl lose her brains when she grows into angora?
BOBBIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 It's Acrilon.
GRIGG\xa0\xa0\xa0 [slightly closer, shriek]
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 Run!
BOOL\xa0\xa0\xa0 [squeak, ends in gasp]
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 RUNNING FOOTSTEPS
MUSIC
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SCENE 8.\xa0\xa0\xa0 OUTSIDE, A LITTLE LATER
BOBBIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 [whispered] Do you hear anything?
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 [listens, then whispered]\xa0 Nope.
BOOL\xa0\xa0\xa0 [whispered squeak]
BOBBIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 [comforting whispers]\xa0 Shh. It'll be o-k, kid.\xa0 All we have to do is get you safe and then--\xa0 [sudden thought]\xa0 Say, Fran, what is the plan?\xa0 Where are we taking this poor kid?
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 [whispered, sarcastic] I thought we'd just lie here under this bush until morning and hope it doesn't rain.
BOOL\xa0\xa0\xa0 [a bit too loud] What is *lala* rain?
BOBBIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Rain makes-- [whispered] Rain makes you wet.\xa0 We should take him to your father.\xa0 He'll know what to do to get him home.
BOOL\xa0\xa0\xa0 [plaintive wail, way too loud] Home!\xa0
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 [whispered] Great.\xa0 Now you've set him off again.\xa0 We can't go to pop, cause - being a cop and all - he might just deduce I sneaked out.\xa0\xa0
BOOL\xa0\xa0\xa0 Holme! Home!
BOBBIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 [whispered] Well, you did.
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 [exasperated noise, then] Ssh!
BOOL\xa0\xa0\xa0 Home-- [cut off in mid-word as a hand is clapped over his mouth, then a squeak]
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 [whispered] His parents must be worried sick about him--\xa0 we need to get him h-o-m-e.
BOBBIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 [whispered] To Greece?\xa0 [sarcastic]\xa0 I'm pretty sure my folks' car doesn't have that much gas.\xa0
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 [whispered] See?\xa0 There's still a little smarts under all that fluff!\xa0 They're stopping at a hotel downtown.
BOBBIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 [whispered] Which one?
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 [whispered] The news didn't say - there can't be that many, can there?
BOBBIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 [exasperated] Ohhhh!
BOOL\xa0\xa0\xa0 [muffled squeak]
GRIGG\xa0\xa0\xa0 [distant, shriek]
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 [whispered] What is that weird guy doing?\xa0 He's not exactly sneaky.
BOBBIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 [whispered] Someone's going to--
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 CAR PULLS UP, SINGLE WHOOP OF SIREN
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 [normal voice, resigned] --Call my dad.\xa0
BOBBIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 It's probably for the best - this bush isn't doing my Acrilon any good.
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 All right, but--
GRIGG\xa0\xa0\xa0 [closer, shriek]
BOOL\xa0\xa0\xa0 [squeak]
BOBBIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 It's all right little boy, we won't let the scary man take you away.
MUSIC
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SCENE 9.\xa0\xa0\xa0 INSIDE, HOUSE
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 RADIO PLAYS IN BACKGROUND
FRED\xa0\xa0\xa0 No way!\xa0 How could they have found us?
BOB\xa0\xa0\xa0 Stay cool.\xa0 It's Halloween, it could be anything.
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 WINDOW SASH GOES UP
BOB\xa0\xa0\xa0 [worried] Stop it.
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 REVOLVER HAMMER CLICKS BACK
FRED\xa0\xa0\xa0 But it's parked right outside!\xa0 I'm not going down for this!\xa0 Go check on the kid.
MUSIC
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SCENE 10.\xa0\xa0\xa0 OUTSIDE, STREET
GRIGG\xa0\xa0\xa0 [shriek]
OFFICER HOOPER\xa0\xa0\xa0 Ok, that's enough.
GRIGG\xa0\xa0\xa0 [caught in mid-shriek] *Haysa?*\xa0 [deep breath]\xa0 What?
OFFICER HOOPER\xa0\xa0\xa0 It's much too late, even on Halloween, to be running around screaming.\xa0 Time to go home and sleep it off, pal.
GRIGG\xa0\xa0\xa0 Sleep, what?\xa0 I am missing child.\xa0 Must find.\xa0 Child will listen me.\xa0 [starts to shriek]
OFFICER HOOPER\xa0\xa0\xa0 [cutting off the shriek] Hey!\xa0 I'm figuring you're new around here, so you may not understand how we do things in the U-S of A, but if your kid's gone missing, you need to let the authorities - that's me - know about it, so we - I - can help you.
GRIGG\xa0\xa0\xa0 Help?\xa0 Too many wordsssss.\xa0 [wail] Bool!
BOOL\xa0\xa0\xa0 [slightly off, squeak]
OFFICER HOOPER\xa0\xa0\xa0 Eh?
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 [slightly off] SHH!
OFFICER HOOPER\xa0\xa0\xa0 What the--?
GRIGG\xa0\xa0\xa0 Bool!
OFFICER HOOPER \xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0Fran?
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 GUNSHOT
BOBBIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 [Scream]
BOOL\xa0\xa0\xa0 [squeak, quickly muffled]
GRIGG\xa0\xa0\xa0 Bool!
OFFICER HOOPER\xa0\xa0\xa0 Get down!
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 Bobbie, get the kid out of here!
OFFICER HOOPER\xa0\xa0\xa0 That you, Barbara Chandler?\xa0 Don't you move a muscle!
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 GUNSHOT
GRIGG\xa0\xa0\xa0 [voice no longer sounds remotely human] WHAT IS THAT NOISE?
OFFICER HOOPER\xa0\xa0\xa0 Stay down, sir, and let me handle this.
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 QUICK GRAPPLE
GRIGG\xa0\xa0\xa0 [intense] YOU ME TELL - IS WEAPON?\xa0 HURT MY CHILD?
BOBBIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Heavens to Bette Davis, Fran, it's the kid's real dad!
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 Phooey.
BOOL\xa0\xa0\xa0 [long squeak]
OFFICER HOOPER\xa0\xa0\xa0 [forced calm, but furious underneath] As long as they stay behind my car there, they will be fine, now let go of me and let me stop the idiot who's been shooting up my town.
GRIGG\xa0\xa0\xa0 SHOOT ARE GUN ARE DANGER?\xa0
OFFICER HOOPER\xa0\xa0\xa0 That's my job.\xa0 You stay here, and when it's clear, you can go to your kid.\xa0 [raising his voice] Bobbie!\xa0 You get those children down behind the car, you hear?\xa0
BOBBIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Yes, sir, Officer Hooper!
OFFICER HOOPER\xa0\xa0\xa0 [calling] You're still in trouble.\xa0 [to Grigg] You. Stay.
MUSIC
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SCENE 11.\xa0\xa0\xa0 INSIDE, HOUSE
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 RADIO PLAYS UNDER
BOB\xa0\xa0\xa0 You idiot!\xa0 They weren't here for us!
FRED\xa0\xa0\xa0 They won't take me alive!\xa0 Federal pen?\xa0
Uh-uh!
BOB\xa0\xa0\xa0 Fine.\xa0 You play at O-K Corral.\xa0 I'll be out of the line of fire.
FRED\xa0\xa0\xa0 [cold, commanding] Don't.
BOB\xa0\xa0\xa0 What?\xa0 You gonna shoot me, now?
FRED\xa0\xa0\xa0 Bring the kid out here.\xa0 We can still do this.
BOB\xa0\xa0\xa0 Yeah, we give him back, and they take us alive.\xa0 I like that - the being alive part.
FRED\xa0\xa0\xa0 Get him!
MUSIC
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SCENE 12.\xa0\xa0\xa0 OUTSIDE HOUSE
OFFICER HOOPER\xa0\xa0\xa0 Throw out your guns and come out with your hands up!
FRED\xa0\xa0\xa0 [calling from inside] We've got the kid.\xa0 Walk away or we kill him.
OFFICER HOOPER \xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0[calling to off]\xa0 That's not going to happen.\xa0 Let the kid go and I'll put in a good word for you.
FRED \xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0[from inside] I've got all the words I need, copper!
ARI\xa0\xa0\xa0 [from inside] ow!
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 That must be the real Greek tyfoon's son,
OFFICE HOOPER\xa0\xa0\xa0 [warning] Fran!?\xa0 I told you to--
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 Pop!\xa0 I'm going to be a policeman when I grow up, so I figure I should start learning.
OFFICER HOOPER\xa0\xa0\xa0 No, you're not, and you shouldn't.\xa0 This isn't a game.\xa0 Get back over there--
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 GUNSHOT
BOTH\xa0\xa0\xa0 [react]
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 He hasta run out of bullets ... eventually.
OFFICER HOOPER\xa0\xa0\xa0 And how many guns does he have?
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 Huh?\xa0 [shrug] I dunno. [realizing] Oh.
OFFICER HOOPER\xa0\xa0\xa0 See?\xa0 Now, get back--
SOUND \xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0GUNSHOT
OFFICER HOOPER\xa0\xa0\xa0 [fading out] Oh, heck.\xa0 Stay right here.\xa0 On this spot, young lady.
MUSIC
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SCENE 13.\xa0\xa0\xa0 INSIDE, HOUSE, BUT HEARD FROM OUTSIDE
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 RADIO PLAYS UNDER
BOB\xa0\xa0\xa0 [fading in] You've got the kid, you've got the gun.\xa0 Let me go.
FRED\xa0\xa0\xa0 Like you say, I've got the kid and the gun - what do I need you around for, ya bum?
BOB\xa0\xa0\xa0 Good.\xa0 [raising his voice] I'm coming out coppers!\xa0 I'm giving myself up!\xa0
SOUND \xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0FOOTSTEPS, DOOR OPENS
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SCENE 14.\xa0\xa0\xa0 OUTSIDE, SHIFT OF PERSPECTIVE, BUT NO ACTUAL SCENE BREAK
BOB\xa0\xa0\xa0 Don't shoot!
SOUND \xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0BOB TAKES THREE MORE STEPS, THEN--
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 GUNSHOT
BOB\xa0\xa0\xa0 Argh!
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 BODY FALLS
SOUND \xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0DOOR SLAMS
MOMENT OF SILENCE
\xa0
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 Is that guy ... dead?
OFFICER HOOPER\xa0\xa0\xa0 Dammit, I can't even go check.\xa0
GRIGG\xa0\xa0\xa0 [incoherent, alien tongue]
OFFICER HOOPER\xa0\xa0\xa0 Oh, jeez, not you too?\xa0 [speaking slow]\xa0 Go back.\xa0 Your child is safe.\xa0 Bobbie has him, over there.
GRIGG\xa0\xa0\xa0 [deep breath, then equally slowly]\xa0 This you child?
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 I'm Fran.\xa0 I'm really really sorry about--
OFFICER HOOPER\xa0\xa0\xa0 Yes.\xa0 Much as I may want to deny it, she has my nose.
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 [not getting it]\xa0 Huh?
GRIGG\xa0\xa0\xa0 Much words.\xa0 You child?
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 He don't speak much English, do he?\xa0
OFFICER HOOPER\xa0\xa0\xa0 [sigh] Yes.\xa0 Mine.
BOOL\xa0\xa0\xa0 [squeak]
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 SKITTERING FOOTSTEPS
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 GUNSHOT
BOOL\xa0\xa0\xa0 [Screamy squeak]
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 BODY DROP
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 [running off] Hey! Kid!
OFFICER HOOPER\xa0\xa0\xa0 Fran!\xa0 No!
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 [after a moment]\xa0 SCUTTLING COMING CLOSER
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 [breathing hard] Here.\xa0 I think he's OK.
BOOL\xa0\xa0\xa0 [whimpering]
GRIGG\xa0\xa0\xa0 My child!
OFFICER HOOPER\xa0\xa0\xa0 Fran, dammit!
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 What?\xa0 He coulda got shot!
MUSIC
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SCENE 15.\xa0\xa0\xa0 INSIDE, HOUSE
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 RADIO ON IN BACKGROUND
FRED\xa0\xa0\xa0 Kid, you speak English?
ARI\xa0\xa0\xa0 A little.
FRED\xa0\xa0\xa0 You know I'm gonna shoot you if you don't do everything I say?
ARI\xa0\xa0\xa0 Yes.
FRED\xa0\xa0\xa0 Good.\xa0
MUSIC
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SCENE 16.\xa0\xa0\xa0 OUTSIDE
GRIGG\xa0\xa0\xa0 Your child is brave heart.\xa0
OFFICER HOOPER\xa0\xa0\xa0 That's one word for it.
GRIGG\xa0\xa0\xa0 She bring safe my Bool.
OFFICER HOOPER\xa0\xa0\xa0 Um, yeah.\xa0 Dammit.\xa0 I can't tell where that guy is.
GRIGG\xa0\xa0\xa0 Some child is hurted there?
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 Stolen.\xa0 Like we did, except we were only trying to help.
GRIGG\xa0\xa0\xa0 [decisive] I help bring child to home.
OFFICER HOOPER\xa0\xa0\xa0 At least you're an adult, even if you can't understand English.\xa0 [talking loud again] We go in.\xa0 You go left - that way - I go right.\xa0 Get to wall, up against it, then to door.
GRIGG\xa0\xa0\xa0 Ahhhh.
OFFICER HOOPER\xa0\xa0\xa0 Does he understand?
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 I guess.\xa0 He's nodding.
OFFICER HOOPER\xa0\xa0\xa0 You don't come with us.
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 But I--
OFFICER HOOPER\xa0\xa0\xa0 Give me your hand.
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 Are you giving me a gun?
OFFICER HOOPER\xa0\xa0\xa0 [heavy sigh]
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 HANDCUFFS SLAP ON WRIST, THEN ON DOOR HANDLE
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 Hey!
OFFICER HOOPER\xa0\xa0\xa0 Now you'll stay put.\xa0 [sigh] I'm leaving the key here, in case.
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 KEY PUT DOWN ON CAR
OFFICER HOOPER\xa0\xa0\xa0 Out of reach.\xa0 [loud, to Grigg] We go.
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 RUNNING FEET, OFF IN TWO DIRECTIONS
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 AFTER THEY LEAVE, JINGLE OF STRUGGLING WITH HANDCUFFS
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 [grunting]\xa0 Uun uun.\xa0 Darn it.\xa0
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 SCRABBLING ON THE CAR HOOD, TRYING TO STRETCH
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 Hey, Bool?
BOOL\xa0\xa0\xa0 Bool!
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 Yeah, [talking slow] I'm Fran.\xa0
BOOL\xa0\xa0\xa0 Flan?
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 Good enough.\xa0 Can you hand me that?\xa0
BOOL\xa0\xa0\xa0 [Hmm noise]
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 [slowly again] Give to me?
BOBBIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 [coming on]\xa0 You're still here!\xa0 Let's get going.
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 REACTION INCLUDING RATTLE OF THE HANDCUFFS
FRAN \xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0How'd you--?
BOBBIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 I went around the block.\xa0 I'm no dummy.
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 Brilliant!\xa0 We should--
BOBBIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 You are not talking me into any more shenanigans.
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 [whispered] Bool, get the key!\xa0 [Up]\xa0 Huh?\xa0 No, of course not... I --
BOBBIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Are you -- chained to the car?
BOOL\xa0\xa0\xa0 Kaaaay?
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 [too bright] No!\xa0 Whatever gave you that idea?\xa0 [whispered]\xa0 Bool!
BOBBIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Oh--
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 SMALL METAL SCRAPE
BOBBIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 --so this isn't the key?
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 Oh -- Drat!\xa0
BOOL\xa0\xa0\xa0 [squeak]
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 Boo-ul!
MUSIC
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SCENE 17.\xa0\xa0\xa0 OUTSIDE, AROUND HOUSE
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 RUSTLE IN A BUSH
OFFICER HOOPER\xa0\xa0\xa0 [muttered]\xa0 Ok, mister rat bastard kidnapper, let me get a look atcha.
GRIGG\xa0\xa0\xa0 [off]\xa0 Go?
OFFICER HOOPER\xa0\xa0\xa0 [muttered] Oh, good, you know one word. [up, calling very quietly]\xa0 Make a noise!
GRIGG\xa0\xa0\xa0 [shriek]
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 [OFF] CLATTER INSIDE
FRED\xa0\xa0\xa0 [from inside] What the hell--?\xa0
OFFICER HOOPER\xa0\xa0\xa0 Come out of there with your hands up!
FRED\xa0\xa0\xa0 [from inside] What's that noise?
GRIGG\xa0\xa0\xa0 [shriek]
OFFICER HOOPER\xa0\xa0\xa0 [sudden idea] Uh, what noise?\xa0 I don't hear anything.
FRED\xa0\xa0\xa0 [from inside] What do you mean--?\xa0 You didn't hear that--
GRIGG\xa0\xa0\xa0 [shriek]
FRED\xa0\xa0\xa0 [from inside] --that "THAT"?
OFFICER HOOPER\xa0\xa0\xa0 [very pleased] Nope.\xa0 Don't hear anything. They say some people are bothered more than others by [slight chuckle] haunted houses.
FRED\xa0\xa0\xa0 [a bit disturbed] Haunted--?
MUSIC
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SCENE 18.\xa0\xa0\xa0 OUTSIDE AT CAR
BOBBIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 If I unlock it, you have to come home.
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 [sounding almost teary]\xa0 But- but our dads are in there.
BOBBIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 That's what your dad does.\xa0 It's his job.
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 But it's not Bool's dad's job.
BOBBIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Bool?\xa0 Is that your name?
BOOL\xa0\xa0\xa0 [sounding mournful] Chob.\xa0
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 See? He's upset too.
BOBBIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Is he?\xa0 Tell you what, I'll get you home and then we'll call for more police.
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 [sniffing]\xa0 But I was thinking... tsch.\xa0 ohhhh.
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 THREE METAL TAPS - key on car
BOBBIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 [thinking...]\xa0 What?
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 [sounding really down] Nothing.\xa0 Unlock me and we'll go home - [offhanded] even if we maybe COULD help.
BOBBIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Right.
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 Even if maybe our dads end up shot.\xa0 [long sniff]
BOOL\xa0\xa0\xa0 [squeaky sniff]
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 UNLOCKING HANDCUFF
BOBBIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Come on.
MUSIC
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SCENE 19.\xa0\xa0\xa0 INSIDE, HOUSE
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 SHUFFLING FEET AS FRED PACES NERVOUSLY, DRAGGING ARI BACK AND FORTH WITH HIM
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 RADIO IN BACKGROUND
FRED\xa0\xa0\xa0 [to self] Haunted?\xa0 Of course.\xa0 That explains so much.
ARI\xa0\xa0\xa0 Maybe there is ghosts?
FRED\xa0\xa0\xa0 That's what haunted means, ain't it?\xa0 And it's Halloween.
OFFICER HOOPER\xa0\xa0\xa0 [from outside]\xa0 It's late, pal.\xa0 Almost the witching hour.\xa0 Let's get this sorted out.
FRED\xa0\xa0\xa0 Witching--?\xa0
OFFICER HOOPER\xa0\xa0\xa0 [from outside]\xa0 You know, midnight.\xa0 Let's settle this and get that kid home safe and sound.
FRED\xa0\xa0\xa0 You're going to tell me I can still get out of this, huh?\xa0 What about Bob out there?
OFFICER HOOPER\xa0\xa0\xa0 Oh, your friend here?
FRED\xa0\xa0\xa0 Friend.\xa0 [snort]\xa0 yeah.
OFFICER HOOPER\xa0\xa0\xa0 Hmm.\xa0 Killing him on the doorway of house like that might a been a bad move.
FRED\xa0\xa0\xa0 Whadda you mean?\xa0 Oh!
GRIGG\xa0\xa0\xa0 [long, drawn-out shriek]
FRED\xa0\xa0\xa0 Oh!!
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 RUSTY CREAK OF DISTANT DOOR, INSIDE
FRED\xa0\xa0\xa0 What the heck?
ARI\xa0\xa0\xa0 [scared]\xa0 Oh no!
FRED\xa0\xa0\xa0 Shut up, kid.\xa0 I'm trying to listen, you hear me?
ARI\xa0\xa0\xa0 [gasp and sniff- trying to stay quiet]
FRED\xa0\xa0\xa0 [trying to convince himself] It's those cops.\xa0 They're doing this - [up, calling] You're doing this, aintcha, copper?
OFFICER HOOPER\xa0\xa0\xa0 Doing what?
FRED\xa0\xa0\xa0 [clinging to control] Making the damn noises!
OFFICER HOOPER\xa0\xa0\xa0 [pleased with himself] What noises?
MUSIC
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SCENE 20.\xa0\xa0\xa0 INSIDE, HOUSE, UPSTAIRS
[NOTE, THEY WHISPER THROUGHOUT SCENE]
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 CREAKING MOVEMENT
BOBBIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 [whispered] Frannie, if any of us end up dead, it is entirely your fault.\xa0 That door was so loud.
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 On purpose.\xa0 C'mon, the stairs are over here.
BOBBIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 How do you know?\xa0 This house--
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 Sleepover two years ago, when Jennie and Sam lived here.
BOBBIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Your father is going to kill me.
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 We'll be upstairs - well out of the line of fire.\xa0 Now c'mon.
BOOL\xa0\xa0\xa0 'mon.
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 See, Bool agrees with me.
BOBBIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Yeah.\xa0 Like a parrot.\xa0 [sigh]
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 TIPTOEING FOOTSTEPS
MUSIC
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SCENE 21.\xa0\xa0\xa0 INSIDE, HOUSE, DOWNSTAIRS
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 RADIO MUTTERS IN BACKGROUND
FRED\xa0\xa0\xa0 [muttering]\xa0 They've probably got the back door covered...
ARI\xa0\xa0\xa0 [small voice] You should let me go.\xa0
FRED\xa0\xa0\xa0 [about to hit him] Ahh!\xa0
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 CREAKING FOOTSTEPS SOUND IN WALL AND CEILING
FRED\xa0\xa0\xa0 Shh!\xa0 Hell!\xa0 What's that?
ARI\xa0\xa0\xa0 [scary whisper] Evil spirits.\xa0
FRED\xa0\xa0\xa0 [gulp] Really?
ARI\xa0\xa0\xa0 Maybe it is your dead friend.\xa0 He is very angry, I think.
FRED\xa0\xa0\xa0 [weak] Shut up.
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 THEIR SCUFFLING FOOTSTEPS
FRED\xa0\xa0\xa0 We'll just - Let's go check it out, eh?\xa0 I bet even ghosts don't like getting shot.
MUSIC
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SCENE 22.\xa0\xa0\xa0 INSIDE, HOUSE, UPSTAIRS
[NOTE:\xa0 STILL WHISPERING]
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 OK, Bool, you see this vent?
BOOL\xa0\xa0\xa0 See.
BOBBIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Great, now he's Spanish.\xa0
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 Sh.\xa0 Bool, lean in and make a scary noise, like this...\xa0 [she does, and the noise echoes through the vents]
BOOL\xa0\xa0\xa0 [like a laugh] Ah!\xa0 [leans in, mimics her noise, but it ends in his standard squeak - all echoey]
BOBBIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Did we ever figure out where Bool and his dad come from?
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 This isn't the time.\xa0 C'mon.\xa0 Now, Bobbie, \xa0you creak this door - not too often, just from time to time.\xa0 Got it?
MUSIC
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SCENE 23.\xa0\xa0\xa0 OUTSIDE NEAR FRONT DOOR
OFFICER HOOPER\xa0\xa0\xa0 OK, fella, time to come out.\xa0 [a beat]\xa0 Are \xa0you in there?\xa0 [beat]\xa0 Oh, darn it all to--, they're gone.\xa0 Come on - [slow] help me break in the door.
GRIGG\xa0\xa0\xa0 [yes] *Heh*.
MUSIC
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SCENE 24.\xa0\xa0\xa0 INSIDE, HOUSE, UPSTAIRS
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 I'll be right across the hall - now start.
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 DOOR OPENS
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 Eep!
BOBBIE \xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0Oh, no!
BOOL \xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0[squeak, which echoes]
FRED\xa0\xa0\xa0 Ghosts, eh.\xa0 Looks like I got me a bunch more bargaining chips.\xa0 All of you move out here in the hall, real slow.\xa0 [snarls] Get over there--
ARI\xa0\xa0\xa0 [gasp]
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 THUD AS HE HITS THE WALL
FRED\xa0\xa0\xa0 Keep your hands where I can see 'em!
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 [sarcastic] Of course, I might just have a gun.
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 SMACK
FRED\xa0\xa0\xa0 Keep your mouth shut!
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 [gasps in real pain]
BOOL\xa0\xa0\xa0 [mimics her gasp]
FRED\xa0\xa0\xa0 You, too!
BOOL\xa0\xa0\xa0 Flan! [squeaky growl]\xa0 Lalalala!
FRED\xa0\xa0\xa0 What the hell's wrong with that kid?
BOOL\xa0\xa0\xa0 [growl builds]
FRED\xa0\xa0\xa0 [starting to get freaked out] Stop it. \xa0What the hell?
BOBBIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Fran, is Bool glowing?
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 [sniff, then uncertain] Um, I think so.
BOOL\xa0\xa0\xa0 [shriek which is a childish echo of Grigg's]
FRED\xa0\xa0\xa0 [scream of terror]
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 GUNSHOT
BOBBIE, BOOL, FRAN, ARI - scream, gasp, etc.
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 POUNDING FEET COMING UP THE STAIRS
GRIGG\xa0\xa0\xa0 [full-on shriek, deeper and very alien]
OFFICER HOOPER\xa0\xa0\xa0 Holy cow!\xa0 What the--?
FRED\xa0\xa0\xa0 The light!\xa0\xa0 No!\xa0 [drawn out scream, which fades into a weird little popping noise]
BOBBIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 I guess we--[gasp] might know--[gasp] where they came from, now.
OFFICER HOOPER\xa0\xa0\xa0 [suspicious] Where'd he go?
GRIGG\xa0\xa0\xa0 I made him nothing.\xa0 He try my child hurt.\xa0 Your child also.
OFFICER HOOPER\xa0\xa0\xa0 Yeah, I, uh, noticed--\xa0
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 [excited] Are you guys Martians?
OFFICER HOOPER\xa0\xa0\xa0 [exasperated] --but she's clearly fine.
GRIGG\xa0\xa0\xa0 I know not Marchan.
BOOL\xa0\xa0\xa0 [Part muffled, satisfied] Flan!
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 [just as pleased]\xa0 Bool!
BOBBIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 I don't know what to tell you, Mister - officer, I mean - Hooper.\xa0
OFFICER HOOPER\xa0\xa0\xa0 Don't worry, I blame my daughter.\xa0 [Back to Grigg]\xa0 So we don't have to worry about him coming back?
GRIGG\xa0\xa0\xa0 Nothing.\xa0 No colme back.
OFFICER HOOPER\xa0\xa0\xa0 And what exactly - well - are you?
ARI\xa0\xa0\xa0 They saved us, is that not enough?
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 Yeah.\xa0 They're "good people," as mom would say.
GRIGG\xa0\xa0\xa0 No concern, Hooper man.\xa0 We no stay now, you see us be do that.\xa0 We find more - uh - new home.
BOOL\xa0\xa0\xa0 Home?\xa0 No!\xa0 [plaintive] Flan!
GRIGG\xa0\xa0\xa0 [softly] No, Bool.\xa0 Go.
OFFICER HOOPER\xa0\xa0\xa0 Tell me one thing, Grigg.\xa0 You planning to invade?
GRIGG\xa0\xa0\xa0 *Haysa*?
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 He means are you gonna bring a bunch of people here and try and take over the planet - like in the movies?
GRIGG\xa0\xa0\xa0 We hide - no one come with.\xa0 Bad place come away.\xa0 Alone.
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 There!
BOBBIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Are you thinking--?
OFFICER HOOPER\xa0\xa0\xa0 [considering] I'm thinking I don't want to try writing this up.\xa0 Much easier if we just didn't see anything.\xa0 The one guy shot the other, then when he saw it was hopeless, he skedaddled.
BOBBIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 But--\xa0 what--?
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 I didn't see anything.\xa0 You, Ari?
ARI\xa0\xa0\xa0 No.\xa0 I was much too frightened.\xa0 He threw me against a wall and then ran off before my head cleared.
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 See, Bobbie?
BOOL\xa0\xa0\xa0 Bah-bee?
BOBBIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 That's kinda cute.\xa0 Good thing I-- I didn't see anything else.\xa0 Besides, anyone who would do whatever it takes to protect their kid - well, they can't be too bad.
OFFICER HOOPER\xa0\xa0\xa0 You're still not babysitting for Fran ever again.
BOBBIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 [truly relieved] Oh!\xa0 Thank you!
FRAN\xa0\xa0\xa0 Hey!
MUSIC, CLOSING
OLIVIA\xa0\xa0\xa0 Now that you know how to find us, don't be a stranger - we have enough of those already...