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Episode #12
Immediately After #11

TEASER
EXT.		APARTMENT BUILDING, COURTYARD		LATE EVENING
MOLLY FISHER walks down the outdoor stairs from her apart-
ment and goes to the wall of mailboxes. She opens up the box
that reads "Simmons, C. and Fisher, M." Molly removes a few
pieces of mail.
As she walks back towards the stairs, she flips through the
mail. Focus on one ENVELOPE that bears no return address and
has Molly’s name crudely typewritten upon it.
				MOLLY
				Oh no …
She clumsily opens the envelope and unfolds a single sheet of paper upon which are cutout letters from magazines that
spell out the message: "You will die, bitch!"
Hold on Molly’s fright.
										CUT TO:
INT.		HOSPITAL ROOM		SAME
TIM is lying in the bed. CLAIRE and JAMES are standing in the doorway. Tim points at them.
				TIM
				You!
				JAMES
				Me?!?
				TIM
				No, her! Claire!
				CLAIRE
				What?
TIM
You— You were in my dream!
				CLAIRE
				What do you mean?
				TIM
				I had this dream, and it was
				like I was at home; it just
				seemed like my home, you know?
				But you were there, not my
				wife.
				JAMES
				(thinking)
				What is going on here?
Claire steps into the room fully and approaches the bed.
				CLAIRE
				What do you mean, your wife?
				TIM
				My wife, Claire.
				CLAIRE
				I’m Claire. I’m your wife,
				Tim.
				TIM
				No, no, no. Look, I don’t
				know who you are or why you’re
				pretending to be my wife, but
				get out!
Out on Claire’s confusion.
ACT I
INT.		CRAIG’S APARTMENT		LATE EVENING
CRAIG is sitting on the couch, watching television. The door
opens and MOLLY enters, looking frightened.
				CRAIG
				What’s wrong? You look like
				you’ve seen a ghost.
He hugs her.
				MOLLY
				Something like that. I— I just
				got a letter …
				CRAIG
				What does it say?
				MOLLY
				Look.
She hands him the LETTER. He is shocked as he sees what the message says. Focus on the words: "You will die, bitch!"
				CRAIG
				Oh no – it’s him.
				MOLLY
				(through tears)
				I know, Craig. He’s gonna get
				me. I just know it.
				CRAIG
				Don’t you worry. I’ll keep you
				safe.
Craig puts the letter on the coffee table.
				CRAIG
				(cont’d)
				And as for this, we’ll give it
				to Brent tomorrow.
He embraces her and they stand holding each other. They fade
into the background as the camera focuses on the message of
the letter.
										CUT TO:
INT.		HOSPITAL ROOM		SAME
CLAIRE stands frozen as TIM stares at her coldly. JAMES re-
mains in the doorway.
				TIM
				I don’t know what kind of sick
				person you are, trying to screw
				with the head of a man who
				can’t remember anything, but I
				know you’re not my wife.
				CLAIRE
				But I am!
She approaches and places a hand on his cheek; he harshly brushes it off.
				CLAIRE
				(cont’d)
				I don’t understand what’s going
				on. Who … ?
				TIM
				Just get out.
Claire breaks down into tears and James leads her out of the room.
Tim shows a look of bafflement on his face.
										FADE TO:
FLASHBACK
INT.		HOSPITAL ROOM		THE NIGHT BEFORE
DIANE is standing in the doorway.
DIANE
Tim, it’s time to go home.
TIM stares at her.
DIANE
I know you don’t recognize me,
honey, but soon enough you’ll
get your memory back and we can
be together again.
TIM
But … how? Who are you?
DIANE
Well … I can’t really tell you
that. The  doctor says you have
to figure it out for yourself.
TIM Oh, wow. Did you say it’s
time to go home?
DIANE
Yeah, I did. The doctor said it
was okay to take you home.
TIM
Oh, great. I’d asked if I could
go home, but I never really got
an answer.
DIANE
You’ve got one now, Tim: Let’s
go.
						FADE TO:
INT.		HOSPITAL ROOM		LATE EVENING
TIM is lying in the bed, a puzzled look on his face.
				TIM
				(thinking)
				Something’s not right here.
										CUT TO:
INT.		HOSPITAL HALLWAY	SAME
CLAIRE is standing next to JAMES in awkward silence. A NURSE walks by.
				CLAIRE
				Excuse me—
				NURSE
				Oh, Mrs. Fisher. How’s the
				baby doing?
				CLAIRE
				Pretty well, I guess.
				NURSE
				When are you due?
				CLAIRE
				Within the next two weeks.
				NURSE
				You must be so excited.
				CLAIRE
				I am. But I need to know some-
				thing: Did my husband have any
				visitors last night?
				NURSE
				Let me think.
They stand in silence for a moment as the nurse ponders the question.
				NURSE
				(cont’d)
				Come to think of it, yes he did.
				A woman.
				CLAIRE
				Do you have any idea who it
				was?
				NURSE
				He seemed to think she was his
				wife, from what I can remember.
				CLAIRE
				Do you remember what she looked
				like?
The nurse again ponders the question.
				NURSE
				Not really. I see so many
				people in a day …
DIANE BISHOP walks towards them down the hallway. The nurse points at her.
				NURSE
				(cont’d)
				That’s her!
				JAMES
				(thinking)
				My God, me having Tim shot is
				the least of Claire’s problems!
				CLAIRE
				Diane, I need to talk to you.
				DIANE
				(thinking)
				Oh no …
ACT II
INT.		CRAIG’S APARTMENT		LATE EVENING
MOLLY sits at the COMPUTER when CRAIG enters the room. He comes up behind her.
				CRAIG
				How ya doin’?
				MOLLY
				A little bit better. I’m just
				really shaken up.
				CRAIG
				Don’t worry about it, honey.
				Everything will be fine.
He kisses her on the cheek.
				CRAIG
				(cont’d)
				What’re you doing?
				MOLLY
				Just checking my e-mail and
				stuff.
				CRAIG
				Probably full of junk mail.
				MOLLY
				Surprise, surprise.
Craig leaves the room.
INT.		APARTMENT HALLWAY		SAME
CRAIG leans against the wall.
				CRAIG
				(sotto voce)
				Don’t worry, Molly – I’ll keep
				you protected.
Craig walks down the hallway.
INT.		CRAIG’S APARTMENT		SAME
MOLLY sits at the computer. She clicks the mouse a few times and waits for her e-mail to appear.
				MOLLY
				Here it is …
She stares confusedly at the computer.
				MOLLY
				(cont’d)
				What is this?
She clicks the mouse again and gasps loudly. She begins to cry. CRAIG dashes into the room.
				CRAIG
				What’s wrong, Molly?
				MOLLY
				I, I just went to look at my
				e-mail, and look what I found!
Focus on computer screen: an e-mail box contains the big, boldfaced words "I’m coming for you, Molly!"
Craig clicks the mouse several times.
				CRAIG
				There, I saved it. We’ll show
				it to Brent tomorrow.
He stares confusedly at the screen.
				CRAIG
				(cont’d)
				What the hell?!? You have like
				six e-mails from that address!
				MOLLY
				Craig, we have to find out who’s
				doing this to me!
				CRAIG
				I know, Molly, I know.
He holds her as they both stare at the screen.
INT.		HOSPITAL HALLWAY		SAME
CLAIRE, DIANE, JAMES, and a NURSE all stand together.
				DIANE
				Um, uh, Claire … what’d you
				want to ask me?
				CLAIRE
				This nurse says you came to
				visit Tim last night.
				DIANE
				Well, yeah, I did …
				CLAIRE
				Tim tells us that his "wife" was
				here last night. Do you know
				anything about this?
				DIANE
				Well, yeah.
INT.		HOSPITAL ROOM		SAME
TIM lays in the bed. His eyes are open but stare blankly at nothing in particular.
Images of Diane and Claire flash in his mind.
INT.		HOSPITAL HALLWAY	SAME
DIANE, CLAIRE, JAMES, and a NURSE stand together.
				DIANE
				(cont’d)
				I do know what’s going on.
				CLAIRE
				Would you like to explain it?
				DIANE
				I, uh– well, I came to see Tim
				last night. And right after I
				got here, a nurse came in and
				gave him a shot. Then when I
				started to talk to him again he
				DIANE
				(cont’d)
began calling me his wife.
CLAIRE
Now it all makes sense.
The nurse excuses herself and steps away from the convers- ation.
				CLAIRE
				(cont’d)
				Do you realize what this means?
				DIANE
				What?
				CLAIRE
				It means that Tim is starting to
				get his memory back. Jason told
				me that Tim had a dream about the
				apartment; and now a shot made
				him hallucinate that you were
				me …
				DIANE
				Yeah, that must’ve been what
				happened.
				DIANE
				(thinking)
				That was a little too close for
				comfort.
				CLAIRE
				The only problem now is that
				Tim won’t believe I’m his wife.
				We have to convince him that I’m
				telling the truth.
ACT III
INT.		APARTMENT, LIVING ROOM		LATE EVENING
CRAIG sits in a chair watching TV. Enter MOLLY, her face red from crying.
				MOLLY
				Craig, I’m really scared.
				CRAIG
				I know you are, honey.
				MOLLY
				What— What if he comes here?
				Tonight? What if he tries to—
				CRAIG
				Don’t think like that.
He rises and hugs her.
				CRAIG
				(cont’d)
				I’ll tell you what. Why don’t
				I put in a call to the online
				service and see if they can tell
				us who sent those e-mails to
				you?
				MOLLY
				Can we do that?
				CRAIG
				It’s worth a try. Get me the
				number.
Molly leaves the room and returns with a phone book in hand. She flips quickly through pages until one catches her eye.
				MOLLY
				Found it.
She brings the book over to Craig and points the number out to him. He dials.
				CRAIG
				Hi. I’d like to speak to some-
				one about a problem with an
				account on your service.
He waits for a moment.
				CRAIG
				(cont’d)
				Yeah, I’ll hold.
Hold on Molly as she bites her lip anxiously.
ACT IV
INT.		HOSPITAL ROOM		SAME
TIM is lying in the bed. Enter DIANE.
				DIANE
				Hi, honey.
				TIM
				Claire! Hi! There was this
				woman—
Enter a NURSE. She carries a NEEDLE.
				NURSE
				Mr. Fisher, it’s time for an-
				other shot.
				TIM
				Not again!
				NURSE
				I’m afraid so.
The nurse gives him the shot and leaves.
				DIANE
				(thinking)
				This is even better than I’d
				hoped for.
				DIANE
				How are you feeling, honey?
				TIM
				Pretty good. A little bored,
				but pretty good. As I was say-
				ing—
				DIANE
				Hush, hush. I’ve got something
				that should take your mind off
				the boredom.
				TIM
				What’s that?
				DIANE
				I want you to make love to me.
INT.		HOSPITAL CAFETERIA 		SAME
CLAIRE and JAMES sit at a table.
				JAMES
				I’m so sorry everything turned
				out this way, Claire.
				CLAIRE
				Hopefully nothing will "turn
				out" like this. If Diane does
				what I told her to …
				JAMES
				Are you sure it’ll work?
				CLAIRE
				Positive.
INT.		APARTMENT, LIVING ROOM		SAME
CRAIG sits with the phone to his ear. MOLLY waits anxiously nearby.
				CRAIG
				Yeah, we received some threats
				via your service this evening.
				We’d like to find out who sent
				them.
A short pause ensues as the person at the other end speaks.
				CRAIG
				The screen name that sent them
				is JS24.
Another pause follows.
				CRAIG
				You can’t?! Okay, well, thanks
				anyway. Good night.
Craig hangs up the phone.
				MOLLY
				What did he say? They couldn’t
				find out who owns it?
CRAIG
				No, no. He said that they can’t
				give out that information to just
				anyone who calls.
				MOLLY
				I see … Hey, what if it was
				the cops calling? Let’s see if
				Brent can do anything for us?
				CRAIG
				Good idea!
She picks up the phone and dials Brent’s number.
INT.		HOSPITAL ROOM		SAME
DIANE is buttoning up the rest of her shirt. TIM lies in the bed, looking somewhat dazed.
				TIM
				That was great, Claire.
				DIANE
				It felt so good, Tim – it felt
				so good to hold you again – to
				make love with you.
She puts her jacket back on.
				DIANE
				(cont’d)
				Only one thing – you cannot tell
				anyone about this.
				TIM
				I understand. Otherwise—
				DIANE
				Otherwise I’d get in major
				trouble.
She opens the door up and begins to step out.
				TIM
				I love you, Claire!
DIANE
				Love you too, honey! Bye!
Diane exits the room.
INT.		HOSPITAL HALLWAY	SAME
Grinning, DIANE leans against a wall across the hall from the elevator.
				DIANE
				That was excellent, Tim. And
				hopefully it’ll be the first
				time of many for us.
She is interrupted by the ring that announces the arrival of the elevator. The doors open and out step CLAIRE and JAMES.
				CLAIRE
				So, Diane, did you make any
				progress with Tim?
ACT V
INT.		APARTMENT		NIGHT
CRAIG and MOLLY stand in the living room, awaiting news. In the background, BRENT speaks on the phone.
				MOLLY
				Craig, I’m so worried! I hope
				Brent can find something out.
				CRAIG
				So do I.
In the background, Brent hangs up the phone.
				MOLLY
				Oh, Brent! What did you find
				out?
				BRENT
				Well, I told the company that
				it was official police business,
				and they finally disclosed to
				me that the owner of the account
				is someone by the name of John
				Smith. Ring a bell?
MOLLY
				Not at all.
				BRENT
				That’s what I figured. It’s most
				likely an alias.
				CRAIG
				So that does us no good?
				BRENT
				They also informed me that this
				"John Smith" set this account
				up from Denver.
				MOLLY
				Can’t you get the Denver police
				to find him?
				BRENT
				I’m afraid not. I got them on
				the phone, but they said there
				are no grounds to begin a
				search.
				MOLLY
				Oh, great … What do we do now?
				CRAIG
				Is there anything we can do?
				BRENT
				I’d like to get to the bottom
				of this before Molly gets hurt.
				So I’m boarding the first flight
				to Denver tomorrow morning.
				MOLLY
				You’re gonna leave Sarah?
				BRENT
				It’s work. She’ll understand.
				MOLLY
				Won’t you be lonely? All alone
				looking for this nut?
				BRENT
				Well—
				CRAIG
				Of course he won’t. Because
				we’re going with him.
Hold on Molly and Brent’s surprise.
INT.		HOSPITAL HALLWAY	SAME
CLAIRE and JAMES stand just outside the elevator. DIANE is leaning against the wall opposite them.
				CLAIRE
				So, did you make any progress
				with Tim, Diane?
				DIANE
				(thinking)
				More than you can imagine, dear.
				DIANE
				I tried, Claire, I really did
				try … but Tim was given that
				shot again, and he kept calling
				me "Claire" and stuff.
				CLAIRE
				Oh, for the love of God … what
				am I gonna do?
Hold on Claire’s frustration.
INT.		HOSPITAL ROOM		SAME
Lying in the bed is Tim, half-asleep. He looks uneasy.
										FADE TO:
Images of DIANE and CLAIRE flash through Tim’s mind.
										CUT TO:
EXT. 	INDISTINGUISHABLE ALLEY		NIGHT
TIM stands in fear as a MALE HAND holds a GUN near him. The line of vision moves up the arm, but becomes extremely fuzzy and the shooter cannot be seen. A gunshot is heard.
END OF EPISODE #12

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