19 Nocturne Boulevard reissue episode of the week: LOUP NOIR
MATURE THEMES AND VIOLENCE
When a drifter wanders into a small town - things may get a little... hairy.
Written by Julie Hoverson
Cast List
Marjorie Baines - Violet Crestley
Lou Garreau - Reynaud LeBoeuf
Edith Baines - Eleice Krawiec
Dennis Cooperman - David Collins-Rivera (Lostinbronx)
Skitch - Justin Grubbs
Children - Katy and Athena
Music by Thomas Cusack / [Leafy Lane Productions]
Editing and Sound:\xa0\xa0 Julie Hoverson and Justin Charles [1st Draft Productions]
Cover Design:\xa0Charles Austin Miller
"What kind of a place is it? Why it's small town in wartime in the middle of the last century, can't you tell?"
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Loup Noir
Cast:
[Opening credits - Olivia]
Lou Garreau, forlorn drifter
MARJORIE Baines, precocious teen
Edith Baines, mom
Skitch, thug
Officer Dennis Cooperman, Mom\u2019s old flame
\xa0
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 small town street, during world war two, can't you tell?\xa0
MUSIC
AMB\xa0\xa0\xa0 BIRDS, PUSH LAWNMOWER, DISTANT RADIO
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 [reading, in a gruff voice] How can you have no pity for me, oh my Beauty?\xa0 [high voice]\xa0 But it is my father! \xa0He is dying!--
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 [clears his throat]\xa0 I'm sorry to--
CHILDREN\xa0\xa0\xa0 [surprised noises]
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Oh!\xa0 [to a child] Here, hold the place in the book.\xa0
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 GETS TO HER FEET
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Do you need some help, mister?
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 Uh.\xa0 I'm looking for a Mr. Baines?
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Father?\xa0 He's not here right now.
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 [deeply disappointed] Oh.\xa0 Will he be back soon?
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 [sadly]\xa0 He's... been dead for three years.\xa0
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 [resigned]\xa0 Oh.\xa0 You wouldn\u2019t happen to have a brother, would you?
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 James.\xa0 Yes.\xa0 Why?
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 Is HE around?
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Overseas.\xa0 Marines\xa0 There's no way to know when he'll be back.
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 [heavy sigh]\xa0 Thanks.
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 STARTS TO WALK AWAY
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Were you a friend of father's?
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 [rueful laugh, low]\xa0 We've never met.\xa0 [up]\xa0 Where's the cheapest place to stay around here?
MUSIC
AMB\xa0\xa0\xa0 GARAGE
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 LIGHTBULB CHAIN CLICKS ON, DANCES
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 [groan of pain and waking]
DENNIS\xa0\xa0\xa0 [whispered] Are you ready to talk yet?
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 [mumbled]\xa0 Talk about what?
DENNIS\xa0\xa0\xa0 Talk about what you are.\xa0
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 What am I?
DENNIS\xa0\xa0\xa0 [hissed] You\u2019re a monster.
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 SLAP
MUSIC
AMB\xa0\xa0\xa0 PARK
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 PAPER FOLDING
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 [coming on]\xa0 Oh, hello!\xa0 Sorry, I never got your name.
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 PAPER CRUMPLES
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 Lewis.\xa0 Lewis Garreau [gah-ROH].\xa0 Lou.\xa0 And you're a miss Baines?
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Marjorie.\xa0 Why were you looking for my dad?\xa0 Did he owe you money?
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 [taken aback] I-um-- No. It's --private.
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 You don't have to treat me like some kind of kid.\xa0 I'm almost old enough to drive.
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 [quiet rueful laugh]
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 What's that you made?\xa0 A bird?
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 PAPER
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 It's a crane.
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Hmm.\xa0 Nice.\xa0 But mister, your crane - it ain't got no legs.
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 It's flying.
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Can't fly forever.
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 I suppose that depends on whether there's a good place to land.\xa0
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Minds me.\xa0 Did you find a place to land?
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 Miss Mason was full up.
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 What're you gonna do, then?
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 Move along.\xa0 Sleep in the park.\xa0 Done both often enough.
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Must be nice to sleep out under the stars.
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 [strange] And the moon.
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Not much of a moon tonight. \xa0[looking up] Is it just me or is it sort of strange when it does that - hanging like a big old smile in the middle of the bright blue sky?
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 There's plenty of strange things about the moon.\xa0 [sigh] Run along home, kid. Don\u2019t you know better than to talk to strange men?
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Hmph.\xa0 If you're going to be that way--
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 I am.
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 [angry] Hmph.
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 STORMS OFF, WALKING ON LEAVES
MUSIC
AMB\xa0\xa0\xa0 GARAGE
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 SLAP
DENNIS\xa0\xa0\xa0 Just own up to it.\xa0
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 [resigned but in pain] To what?
DENNIS\xa0\xa0\xa0 What you did to that kid.
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 What kid?
DENNIS\xa0\xa0\xa0 You were there when we found the body, you bastard.
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 oh...
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 SLAP
MUSIC
AMB\xa0\xa0\xa0 PARK
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 [muttering, huffy] Treating me like I'm some sort of child.\xa0 Who does he think he--
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 RUSTLE IN THE BUSHES
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 [gasp]
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 SHE STOPS, THEN STARTS TO RUN
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 RUSTLE, THUMP AS SHE RUNS INTO SOMEONE
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 [gasp]
SKITCH\xa0\xa0\xa0 Hey Marjie.\xa0 Need someone to walk you home?
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Let go of me, Skitch!
SKITCH\xa0\xa0\xa0 What if I don't wanna?\xa0 Maybe I need someone to lean on.
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 You just want to push me over!
SKITCH\xa0\xa0\xa0 Don't knock it til you try it.
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 [trying to sound tough]\xa0 Let go, or I'll--
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 A COUPLE OF STEPS, THEN THUMP AGAINST A TREE
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 [gasp]
SKITCH\xa0\xa0\xa0 You will, will you?\xa0 Tell you what, give me a kiss and I might let you go.
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Kiss?\xa0 You??\xa0 I'd rather kiss a dog.
SKITCH\xa0\xa0\xa0 Oh, you like dogs, do you?\xa0 Dog-style's fine with me--\xa0 [starts panting like a dog]
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 RUSTLE, BODY FALL
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 [starts to scream, muffled]
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 STRUGGLE
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 Get off her, you punk!
SKITCH\xa0\xa0\xa0 Find your own rabbit, grampa.\xa0
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 [still struggling]
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 [almost a growl]\xa0 Take a hike!
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 SKITCH GETS UP, MARJORIE RUNS AWAY
SKITCH\xa0\xa0\xa0 [incredulous] You wanna rumble?\xa0 [laughs]\xa0 I only fight guys my own age.
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 [still growly] Why?\xa0 Scared?
SKITCH\xa0\xa0\xa0 [a little uncertain now] No!\xa0 [conciliatory] Look, pops, it was just a bit of fun.\xa0 No harm done.
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 A little late to apologize.\xa0 [Yah! noise as he throws a punch]
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 FIGHT BEGINS, FADES INTO
MUSIC
AMB\xa0\xa0\xa0 GARAGE
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 SLAP
DENNIS\xa0\xa0\xa0 How does it feel to crush the life out of someone?
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 [uncertain] I...I didn\u2019t.
DENNIS\xa0\xa0\xa0 And who else could it'a been?\xa0 You ride into town and just by coincidence, something horrible like this happens?\xa0 No sale, bub.
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 [moan]
DENNIS\xa0\xa0\xa0 That nose looks bad.\xa0 Gonna need to be set.
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 It doesn\u2019t matter.
DENNIS\xa0\xa0\xa0 Here.\xa0 I\u2019ll straighten it.
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 JUICY CRACKING NOISE
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 [howl of agony]
MUSIC
AMB \xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0PARK
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 Ouch!\xa0 [hiss of pain]
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 FEET ON LEAVES APPROACH SLOWLY
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 Go away.
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 No.\xa0 You need a handkerchief or something?\xa0 I studied first aid last year.
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 I'm fine.
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 [insisting] Here. Did he bite you?\xa0 [joking] You gotta watch out, that dingbat's got rabies.
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 [low, bitter laugh]\xa0 It's nothing.
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Why were you looking for my father?\xa0
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 I - I promised to bring him a message.
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Maybe my mom--?
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 No, no... I'll just move along.\xa0 Maybe when your brother comes home.
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Oh, come on--
EDITH\xa0\xa0\xa0 [off] Marjie?\xa0 Marjie?
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 [triumph] Too late!\xa0 [up] Over here!\xa0 [back to him] Come on.\xa0 If nothing else, you'll get dinner out of it.
EDITH\xa0\xa0\xa0 [coming in]\xa0 Marjie?\xa0 What are you doing?\xa0 [a little wary]\xa0 Who's this?
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 This is Lou, mother.\xa0 He chased off Skitch.
MUSIC
AMB\xa0\xa0\xa0 GARAGE
DENNIS\xa0\xa0\xa0 Noses bleed like a sonofabitch, don\u2019t they?\xa0 [sniffs at his bloody hand, disgusted noise]
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 [juicy sniff of pain]
DENNIS\xa0\xa0\xa0 [backs off a bit]\xa0 Think those ropes will hold you there for a while?\xa0 I spose I might have some chains somewhere.
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 [sniff again]\xa0 Why?
DENNIS\xa0\xa0\xa0 [harsh]\xa0 Because I know what you are.
MUSIC
AMB\xa0\xa0\xa0 DINNER
EDITH\xa0\xa0\xa0 Since you\u2019re the guest, Lou, would you like to say grace?
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 [uncomfortable mumble] I\u2019m not used to being so formal, Mrs. Baines.
EDITH\xa0\xa0\xa0 Edith.
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Oh, I\u2019m sure you\u2019ll do it just fine.
EDITH\xa0\xa0\xa0 "Very well."
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Huh?
EDITH\xa0\xa0\xa0 \u201cJust fine\u201d isn\u2019t proper English, Miss Marjorie Baines.
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Sorry, mother.
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 [murmurs something quickly] Amen.
EDITH\xa0\xa0\xa0 [consternation] oh! Amen.
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 [satisfied] Amen.
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 A MOMENT OF SERVING, EATING
EDITH\xa0\xa0\xa0 We\u2019re not really used to having company, Lou.\xa0 Will it bother you if we talk at the table?
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 [bewildered] uh - No?
EDITH\xa0\xa0\xa0 Thank you.\xa0 [serious]\xa0 Marjie, what was that you were saying about Scottie?
MARJIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 [sigh, rolls eyes]\xa0 Skitch, mother.\xa0 He stopped answering to Scottie simply ages ago.
EDITH\xa0\xa0\xa0 You said Lou ... [trying not to sound too worried] chased him off?
MARJIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 [losing her bravado]\xa0 Yeah.\xa0 He was being ... pushy again.
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 I \u2013 I don\u2019t think he\u2019s likely to bother you again any time soon.
MARJIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Oh?\xa0 Did you wallop him good?
EDITH\xa0\xa0\xa0 Good gracious, Marjie, sometimes I simply do not know what to say about your treatment of the English language!
MUSIC
AMB \xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0GARAGE
DENNIS\xa0\xa0\xa0 You think the police don\u2019t notice when an \u2013 an animal like you creeps into town and right off bad things start to happen?
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 The bad things were here before I was.\xa0 Nothing you do\u2019s gonna change that.
DENNIS\xa0\xa0\xa0 Shut UP!
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 SLAP
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 [Ung]
DENNIS\xa0\xa0\xa0 Don\u2019t go passing out on me, now.\xa0 [beat] You still in there?
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 [gurgle]
DENNIS\xa0\xa0\xa0 [mock sympathy] Yeah.\xa0 I know.\xa0 We\u2019ll think of something to make this better.
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 [gurgling whisper] Don\u2019t... don\u2019t kill me.
DENNIS\xa0\xa0\xa0 Now why would I want to kill you?\xa0 I want something from you.
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 [suspicious] What?
MUSIC
AMB \xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0DINNER
EDITH\xa0\xa0\xa0 So, Lou, tell us something about yourself.
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 Not much to tell.\xa0 Been ... wandering.\xa0
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 "Looking for", or "looking away"?
EDITH\xa0\xa0\xa0 Marjie!
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 It\u2019s from a song, mother.\xa0 It\u2019s poetical.
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 A little of both, I guess.\xa0 Ain\u2019t no one makes it to ...where I am... without a few regrets.
EDITH\xa0\xa0\xa0 Have you ever thought about setting down some roots?\xa0
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 Nah.\xa0 [uncomfortable mumble] Ain\u2019t no place would have me.
EDITH\xa0\xa0\xa0 What's so terrible about you?
MUSIC
AMB \xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0GARAGE
DENNIS\xa0\xa0\xa0 See, I want to understand.\xa0 To know what makes you tick, ya freak.\xa0
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 You couldn't understand.\xa0 Not in a million years.
DENNIS\xa0\xa0\xa0 Well, we don't got a million years.\xa0 Just a couple of hours til night falls, eh?
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 Why do you--?\xa0 [disgusted noise, realizing]\xa0 You know?\xa0 No!\xa0 You want it!\xa0 [horrified laughter] You think it would be fun!
DENNIS\xa0\xa0\xa0 I think it would be... useful.
MUSIC
AMB\xa0\xa0\xa0 CRICKETS and FROGS, OUTSIDE
EDITH\xa0\xa0\xa0 I hope you don't mind, Lou.\xa0 I don't really have any place to put you inside.\xa0 But it's a fine night, and Rolf's hammock is very comfortable, and the back yard is--
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 [uncomfortable whisper] I'm very grateful.
EDITH\xa0\xa0\xa0 Here's some blankets.\xa0 Even a fine night can get chilly.
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 Thanks.
EDITH\xa0\xa0\xa0 [hesitant pause, then] Marjorie said-- said you were looking for Rolf?
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 Your husband?\xa0 Yes.
EDITH\xa0\xa0\xa0 Why?
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 [sigh]\xa0 Someone way back in my family did something to someone in his family, so we owed him.\xa0 [quickly explaining] It's not money - I mean, look at me.\xa0
EDITH\xa0\xa0\xa0 Oh.\xa0 No, I didn't think--\xa0 I was just wondering if maybe you knew him.\xa0 [nervous now]\xa0 I should get inside,\xa0 Make sure Marjorie's all ready for bed.\xa0
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 A FEW STEPS, CREAK OF HAMMOCK ROPES
EDITH\xa0\xa0\xa0 [off] Goodnight.
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 Night.\xa0 [sigh]
MUSIC
AMB\xa0\xa0\xa0 OUTSIDE, NIGHT
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 [muttering, grunting, in the throes of a nightmare]
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 DISTANT FRANTIC WHINNY OF A HORSE
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 WOLF HOWLS, VASTLY DISTORTED AND DISTANT
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 HUNTING DOGS
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 HEAVY BREATHING, UP CLOSE
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 GUN SHOTS
MUSIC
AMB\xa0\xa0\xa0 [morning birds sneak in]
MARJORIE \xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0[voice blurring into dream]\xa0 Lou!\xa0 Wake up!
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 [waking with a roar, which turns into a noise of surprise as he falls out of the hammock]\xa0 [then, muffled] Ouch.
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 [stifling a laugh]\xa0 Sorry!\xa0 You were having a nightmare.\xa0 I thought it would be better to wake you up.
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 [still muffled] Sorry.\xa0 [getting up]\xa0 I didn't hurt you, did I?
EDITH\xa0\xa0\xa0 [off]\xa0 Everything all right?
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 [walking off, still grinning] He's not used to a hammock. Woke up on the wrong side of the bed.
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 [slight chuckle]
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 DOG NEARBY STARTS TO BARK, WON'T STOP
EDITH\xa0\xa0\xa0 [from off]\xa0 Come on in, I've got breakfast on!\xa0 I wonder what's got into Rufus?
MUSIC
AMB\xa0\xa0\xa0 GARAGE
DENNIS\xa0\xa0\xa0 So how does it ... work?
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 It doesn't.
DENNIS\xa0\xa0\xa0 [calmly reasonable] I could probably break your nose a few more times.
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 It's never going to happen.
DENNIS\xa0\xa0\xa0 I'll get it out of you, even if I have to bite you.
MUSIC
AMB\xa0\xa0\xa0 PARK
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 WALKING
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Thanks for walking me.\xa0 Skitch has been ... weird recently.
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 Weird?
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 [heavy sigh]\xa0 Creepy.\xa0 Grabby.\xa0
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 You sure you don't want your mother to talk to his folks?
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 I don't want to get him in trouble.\xa0 [quiet] His dad beats him up bad.\xa0 Scottie used to be okay.\xa0 Almost a friend.\xa0 Now he's - [firm] now he's just a creep.
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 Nice is one thing, but you gotta look out for yourself.
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Yeah.\xa0 [long moment of silence as they walk] What was it you wanted to talk to my dad about?
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 Just something from way back.\xa0 Something about his family.\xa0 [painful lie] Nothing that ... can't ... wait.
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Is it something about werewolves?
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 [taken completely by surprise] uh-- what?
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 I only ask cuz papa always talked about great granpapa and the old country.\xa0 And how he used to be a big hunter.
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 [trying to sound disbelieving] Of... werewolves?
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 That's what he always said.\xa0
MUSIC
AMB\xa0\xa0\xa0 GARAGE
DENNIS\xa0\xa0\xa0 So.\xa0 How does it work?
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 You'd have to kill me to find out.
DENNIS\xa0\xa0\xa0 Let's save that for later.
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 What time is it?
DENNIS\xa0\xa0\xa0 Couple of hours yet.\xa0 That is, if you're waiting for ...dark.
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 I got nothing to look forward to.
DENNIS\xa0\xa0\xa0 Why did you come here, to this town, anyway?
MUSIC
AMB \xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0PARK
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 [doubtful] Your ...family hunts werewolves?
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Well, not nowadays.\xa0 I don't think there's any werewolves left.\xa0 No place left to hide in the modern world.
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 [down] Yeah.
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Sides, doesn\u2019t take a great hunter to kill stuff any more.\xa0 [beat] Now that we have grenades.
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 [snort of laughter]
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Hey, you can laugh!\xa0 I thought maybe that was broken.
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 Just on the fritz.
SOUND \xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0HE STOPS. SHE STOPS
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 [laughing] what? [serious]\xa0 what?
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 Don't ignore this Skitch kid.\xa0 Seriously.
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Well I wouldn't say I IGNORE him--
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 I can see you want to be kind, but what about the next girl?
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Next?
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 You think you're really the only one?
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 B-but Scotty--
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 There are things that can turn even the nicest guy into an animal.
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 [weakly] Like a werewolf?
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 Werewolves are rare.\xa0 Very rare.\xa0 But angry, mean, dangerous boys are common.
DENNIS\xa0\xa0\xa0 [controlled anger] Morning, Marjie.\xa0 You need a hand with anything?
MUSIC
AMB\xa0\xa0\xa0 GARAGE
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 How do you think you know anything?
DENNIS\xa0\xa0\xa0 This.
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 SET SOMETHING DOWN
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 That was--
DENNIS\xa0\xa0\xa0 THAT bullet hit a strange "wolf" in the woods last night.\xa0 But I didn't find it out in the woods.
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 No.\xa0 [sigh]\xa0 You think this is something you could control, don't you?
DENNIS\xa0\xa0\xa0 I got self control.
MUSIC
AMB\xa0\xa0\xa0 WOODS
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Morning, Deputy Cooperman.
DENNIS\xa0\xa0\xa0 [acknowledging] Marjie.\xa0 And this is--?
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Lewis.\xa0 He was a friend of dad's.
DENNIS\xa0\xa0\xa0 [hostile] New in town?
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 [trying to stay quiet] Just passing through.
DENNIS\xa0\xa0\xa0 Were they expecting you?
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Goodness.\xa0 Listen to you, like he's a suspect or something.\xa0 Maybe you should be doing something more useful, like looking for Skitch.\xa0
DENNIS\xa0\xa0\xa0 [disdain] Skitch?
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Scott Jorgenson.
DENNIS\xa0\xa0\xa0 And I should be looking for him, why?
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 [backing off] He just - It's not that I want you to arrest him or something.\xa0 He just was bugging me out here yesterday.\xa0
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 He grabbed her while she was out here alone.
DENNIS\xa0\xa0\xa0 I'll keep that in mind.
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 [moving away] Come on Lou - I don't want to be late for Joan's birthday party.\xa0
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 THEY WALK AWAY
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 [calling back over her shoulder] Bye, Deputy Cooperman!
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0
AMB \xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0GARAGE
DENNIS\xa0\xa0\xa0 You gotta have self control to be a lawman.\xa0
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 You're a sheriff's deputy.
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 SLAP
DENNIS\xa0\xa0\xa0 AND when Sheriff Bonaventure is out of town, I'm in charge.\xa0 [backs off a bit]\xa0 Look, I can think of all sorts of ways to hurt you.\xa0 But I've been reading a couple of books from the library, and they all agree that it's a bite - you biting me - that will give me what I want.
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 No.
DENNIS\xa0\xa0\xa0 You're not going to bite me?\xa0 Oh, there's ways.
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 [yelling] It's not like that.\xa0 It's not goddamn tetanus or snakebite!
DENNIS\xa0\xa0\xa0 Then tell me what it is like.\xa0 Enlighten me.
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 [very serious and heavy with meaning]
It is a curse.
MUSIC
AMB\xa0\xa0\xa0 DINNER TABLE
EDITH\xa0\xa0\xa0 Should we wait dinner for Marjorie, do you think?
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 Joan's mother said she would drive all the girls home.
EDITH\xa0\xa0\xa0 Do you-- do you think Skitch is a danger?\xa0 I wish Rolf - or James - was here.
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 James is your son?
EDITH\xa0\xa0\xa0 [heavy emotion] Yes.
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 Marjorie sounded real proud that he's in the marines.
EDITH\xa0\xa0\xa0 [breaks down crying]
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 What - what's wrong?
EDITH\xa0\xa0\xa0 [sobbing] He's dead.
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 [stunned, but hesitant]\xa0 Your husband?
EDITH\xa0\xa0\xa0 [wail] James!
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 [crushed] oh ...hell.\xa0 [realizes]\xa0 Oh.\xa0 Uh.\xa0 Would you-- like a shoulder?\xa0 I don't mean anything by it--
EDITH\xa0\xa0\xa0 [crying] Thank you.\xa0 [buries her sobs in his shoulder]
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 [trying to be comforting]\xa0 There, there.
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 DOORBELL
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 Maybe that's Marjorie?
EDITH\xa0\xa0\xa0 [quickly calming, but strained]\xa0 She would just come in.\xa0
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 WALKS TO DOOR
EDITH\xa0\xa0\xa0 [gasp, then very important]\xa0 Marjie doesn't know.\xa0 About James.\xa0 I got the telegram two weeks ago, and I just haven't - I can't --
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 Your secret is safe with me.
EDITH\xa0\xa0\xa0 Thank you.
SOUND \xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0OPENS DOOR
DENNIS\xa0\xa0\xa0 Evening, Edith.
EDITH\xa0\xa0\xa0 [surprised]\xa0 Evening, Dennis.\xa0 Is there a problem? [gasp, panic rising]\xa0 Did something happen to Marjie?
DENNIS\xa0\xa0\xa0 Nothing like that.\xa0 I just wanted to check in and make sure you're doing Okay.\xa0
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 [low rumble] We ran into the deputy in the woods on the way to the party.\xa0 [tightly controlled]\xa0 He was concerned.
DENNIS\xa0\xa0\xa0 Can we talk, Edith?\xa0 Alone?
EDITH\xa0\xa0\xa0 Dennis.\xa0 I'm not ready.\xa0 Really.
DENNIS\xa0\xa0\xa0 [hiding anger]\xa0 Not about that.\xa0 About you having strangers in the house with an impressionable girl like Marjorie.
EDITH\xa0\xa0\xa0 [angry now] I'll raise my daughter the way I see fit!\xa0 I don't need your help on that score.
DENNIS\xa0\xa0\xa0 Edith, I--
EDITH\xa0\xa0\xa0 I don't think we have anything else to discuss, Deputy Cooperman.\xa0 We were just about to eat dinner.\xa0 Good evening.
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 SHUTS DOOR
EDITH\xa0\xa0\xa0 That ... [quiet but intense] ASS.
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 What did he do to annoy you so bad?
EDITH\xa0\xa0\xa0 Oh... He tried to marry me, way back when.
MUSIC
AMB\xa0\xa0\xa0 GARAGE
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 Can I have some water?
DENNIS\xa0\xa0\xa0 Tell me something first.
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 What?
DENNIS\xa0\xa0\xa0 [shrug] Anything.\xa0 [excited]\xa0 Just tell me SOMETHING about what it's like!
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 It's a curse.\xa0 It isn't fun.\xa0
DENNIS\xa0\xa0\xa0 How can you say that?\xa0 To have the power of life and death right in the palm of your hand!
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 A gun gives you that.\xa0
DENNIS\xa0\xa0\xa0 Yeah, but a gun - people go looking for a gun.\xa0 But with an animal.\xa0 They just shake their heads and say how sad.\xa0 No one LOOKS.
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 Not for the first one.\xa0 Maybe even the first two.\xa0 But what do you do when it's the 10th or 20th, or hundredth body to turn up mauled?
DENNIS\xa0\xa0\xa0 You have to plan. \xa0That's all.
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 That's part of the problem.\xa0 You can't plan.
MUSIC
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 OUTSIDE, PORCH SWING
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 How'd he end up a deputy, anyway?
EDITH\xa0\xa0\xa0 4-F.\xa0 Too short.\xa0 Everyone else went... away.\xa0 [starts to cry again, quietly]
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 Shh.\xa0 Here.
EDITH\xa0\xa0\xa0 It means a lot to have - to have someone to lean on.\xa0 Just the comfort.\xa0 It's so--
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 Yeah, I know.\xa0 [gently teasing] I won't try and marry you or anything.
EDITh\xa0\xa0\xa0 [small sniffly chuckle]
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 FEET APPROACH
EDITH\xa0\xa0\xa0 Oh goodness.
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 RUSTLE AS THEY PART
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 FEET ON STAIRS
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 [teasing] Gosh.\xa0 Setting a bad example?
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 Cold.\xa0 I mean your mother was.
EDITH\xa0\xa0\xa0 [a little too fast] Yes.
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Goodness gracious!\xa0 I'm just tickled to find out you're still a human being in there, mother.\xa0
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 [embarrassed laugh]
EDITH\xa0\xa0\xa0 [brisk, covering] I think it's time to turn in.
MUSIC
AMBIANCE\xa0\xa0\xa0 GARAGE
DENNIS\xa0\xa0\xa0 [chuckles] I'm a really good planner.\xa0 I can handle it.
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 You don't understand!\xa0 It's not YOU any more.\xa0 There's this ... agony, and then you wake up.\xa0 You're not even a passenger on that train!\xa0
DENNIS\xa0\xa0\xa0 What?
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 It's like - like you send your camera on vacation in your place, and when it comes back, the pictures fade slowly in.\xa0 You never get everything, just glimpses.\xa0 And it's always the worst things you did.\xa0 ALWAYS.
DENNIS\xa0\xa0\xa0 You're just trying to put me off.
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 [fierce!]\xa0 NO!\xa0 I would LOVE to see you suffer the way I have!!\xa0 If it weren't that people would die, I would gladly pass this burden on to you.
DENNIS\xa0\xa0\xa0 Only bad people.
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 When you're - like that - every person looks the same.\xa0 Meat.
MUSIC
AMB\xa0\xa0\xa0 BREAKFAST\xa0\xa0\xa0
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 I hope you don't mind.\xa0 Mother had to help with something at the church, so I cooked.
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 Smells good.
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Are you thinking of dating my mom?
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 I... can't.
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Whyever not?
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 I have to move on.
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Right away?
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 Before the end of the week.
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Hunting a werewolf?
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 [sigh]\xa0 Something.
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Tell me.
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 Don't get it into your head that you're gonna hunt werewolves, young lady.
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Of course not.\xa0 But I want to know.\xa0
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 [indecisive grunt, eats]
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 [overly casual] Are you a werewolf?
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 [spit take, then quiet]\xa0 Yes.
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 [serious] Did you come here for dad to kill you?
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 HE SETS DOWN THE SILVERWARE
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 [quiet but firm] Yes.
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Why dad?\xa0 Just cause of granpapa?
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 Your family.\xa0 It's - this is a curse.\xa0 I mean the werewolf.\xa0 And whoever kills the holder of the curse will be cursed in turn.
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 You killed one?
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 A long time ago.\xa0 And the only people who can kill a werewolf without being cursed are your father's family.
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Oh, golly.
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 So I'll go away and check back later--
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 My brother's dead.
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 Uh-- Yeah. \xa0Your mother told me.
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 So that leaves just ...me?
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 I couldn't do that to you.
MUSIC
AMB\xa0\xa0\xa0 GARAGE
DENNIS\xa0\xa0\xa0 Just because you can't control yourself--
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 You don't think I've tried?
DENNIS\xa0\xa0\xa0 I am a lawman.
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 I don't see a lot of justice right here.
DENNIS\xa0\xa0\xa0 You're an animal, not a man.
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 Kill me, then.
DENNIS\xa0\xa0\xa0 I'm sure I'll have to.\xa0 Eventually.
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 PHONE RINGS, DISTANT
DENNIS\xa0\xa0\xa0 Oh, heck.\xa0 [laughs, teasing] Don't go anywhere.
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 DENNIS LEAVES
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 Hah.\xa0 Ouch.
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 TAP ON GLASS
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 What?
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 OUTSIDE DOOR OPENS, MARJORIE SLIPS IN
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Oh my gosh!\xa0 What did he do to you?
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 Get out of here!
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 No way!\xa0 At least I can get these knots undone.
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 It's almost dusk!
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 [realizing] Oh!\xa0 But you wouldn't hurt me!
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 I would never.\xa0 But IT doesn't care.
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 What can I do?
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 Go home.\xa0 And if you never see me again, but you... hear... howling--?
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 What?
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 If it's not me, it'll be him.
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 DOORKNOB TURNS
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 I'll be back!
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 SHE OPENS OUTSIDE DOOR
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 [SCREAMS, FIGHTING TO GET LOOSE, AND DISTRACT DENNIS AS HE ENTERS]
MUSIC
AMB\xa0\xa0\xa0 BREAKFAST
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 But that leaves you... What will you do?
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 Try and stay away from people, as much as I can.
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Is it that bad?
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 Yes.\xa0 But no matter how bad it gets, I'd rather suffer it myself than leave someone else to go through it.\xa0 At least I'm used to it.
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 What if you killed yourself?
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 You don't need to fill your head with these morbid ideas.
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Hush.\xa0 What about it?
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 I can't.\xa0 I've tried.\xa0 Over and over.\xa0 If I even start, it takes over.\xa0 That's one of the only times the wolf comes - except the full moon.
MUSIC
AMB\xa0\xa0\xa0 GARAGE
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 [Howls]
DENNIS\xa0\xa0\xa0 [excited] Is it starting?
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 No!\xa0
DENNIS\xa0\xa0\xa0 Damn.\xa0 I want to watch.
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 No.\xa0 You don't.
DENNIS\xa0\xa0\xa0 Yeah.\xa0 I do.\xa0 [beat]\xa0 You know what's funny?
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 Donald duck.
DENNIS\xa0\xa0\xa0 Hah. Hah.\xa0 What's funny is that phone call I just got - Apparently Scott Jorgenson's dad just sobered up and turned himself in for beating his own damn kid to death.
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 Yeah.\xa0 That's real funny.
DENNIS\xa0\xa0\xa0 So I got nothing to even blame you for.
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 I suppose that means you're gonna untie me any minute.
DENNIS\xa0\xa0\xa0 Uh... no.
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 Aw, shucks.
DENNIS\xa0\xa0\xa0 [deep breath]\xa0 Getting late.\xa0 Guess it's time for the chains.\xa0
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 You want to know the secret?
DENNIS\xa0\xa0\xa0 Yeah!?
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 Come closer.
DENNIS\xa0\xa0\xa0 Yeah?
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 Real close.
DENNIS\xa0\xa0\xa0 [a little suspicious]\xa0 Really?
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 I have to whisper.
DENNIS\xa0\xa0\xa0 What?
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 [rra!]
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 BITE, RIP
DENNIS\xa0\xa0\xa0 [scream!]
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 ROPES CREAK, WOOD SPLINTERS
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 [rough, growl] It's starting!
DENNIS\xa0\xa0\xa0 Oh my god!
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 [agony noises]
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 HORRIBLE SHAPE SHIFTING NOISES
DENNIS\xa0\xa0\xa0 [freaking out]
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 GUN SHOTS
LOU\xa0\xa0\xa0 [hit, expires]
DENNIS\xa0\xa0\xa0 Huh.\xa0 [touches his bite, hiss of pain]
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 CREAKY FLESH NOISE
DENNIS\xa0\xa0\xa0 What?
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 BONE CRACKS
DENNIS\xa0\xa0\xa0 [pain!]\xa0 oww!
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 DROPS GUN, BEGINS TO FLOP AROUND THE ROOM
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 DOOR CREAKS OPEN
DENNIS\xa0\xa0\xa0 [howls!]
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 HORRIBLE SHAPESHIFTING NOISES
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 GUN PICKED UP
DENNIS\xa0\xa0\xa0 [almost unintelligible]\xa0 Self control!\xa0 I can... control... [disintegrates into a howl]
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 GUNSHOT
DENNIS\xa0\xa0\xa0 [pain]
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 [crying]\xa0 Oh!\xa0\xa0 [Unh! exertion noise when she shoots]
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 GUN SHOT
DENNIS\xa0\xa0\xa0 [yelp of pain, then angry growl]
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 NAILS ON CONCRETE, HE STARTS TO MOVE
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 No!\xa0 Unh!
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 GUNSHOT
DENNIS\xa0\xa0\xa0 [yelp!\xa0 Expires]
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 WOLF FALLS
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 2 more shots, then clicks.
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 SILENCE
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 No more nightmares, Lou.
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 OPENS THE DOOR
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 Not for you, anyway.
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 SHUTS THE DOOR
MUSIC
NIGHTMARE SEQUENCE, VERY MUCH LIKE LOU'S
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 [wakes with a gasp]
SOUND\xa0\xa0\xa0 DOOR, FOOTSTEPS
AMB\xa0\xa0\xa0 KITCHEN, COOKING
EDITH\xa0\xa0\xa0 Honey?\xa0 You look dreadful.\xa0 Are you feeling all right?
MARJORIE\xa0\xa0\xa0 I think we need to have a talk, mom.\xa0 About my father.
END