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Date Posted: 00:33:41 08/04/03 Mon
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EXT – GAS STATION – DAY
A BATTERED BROWN HONDA SKIDS THROUGH THE SAND AND HAULTS HARSHLY ON THE SPOT BY THE TANK.
ANGLE: TWO FEET IN LARGE, HEAVY BOOTS STEP OUT.
PAN: FAITH STANDS EXAMINING HER SURROUNDINGS AS HER DARK RED HAIR FLICKS OVER HER GLOSSY LIPS.
ATTENDANT
Can I help you ma’am?
FAITH
Fill ‘er up
SHE LEAVES THE ATTENDANT AS SHE STROLLS INTO THE STORE WARILY EYEING UP EVERY PERSON IN THE ROOM.
SHE LOOKS SLOWLY THROUGH A PILE OF MAGAZINES AS SHE GRABS A NEWSPAPER ‘THE NEXUS”
WOMAN
Excuse me miss?
FAITH TURNS, SHE HAS HE HAND READY TO STRIKE
WOMAN
There appears to be some trouble with your car
FAITH REMOVES HER SHADES AND HAT TO GET A CLEARER VIEW FROM THE WINDOW AS SMOKE SHOOTS FROM UNDER THE HOOD.
FAITH
I hope Dawn’s having more fun than me
CUT TO.
INT – FAITHS APARTMENT – NIGHT
DAWN IS SAT WITH THALIA, STARING AT THE WALL.
DAWN
Bored yet?
THALIA
Comatose
DAWN
Hunt?
THALIA
Sure
CUT TO.
INT – GARRISONS APARTMENT – NIGHT
ANDREW IS LYING UP IN BED AS HE WRAPS GARRISONS SWEATER AROUND HIM, HE STARES THROUGH THE AIR AS HE CLUTCHES A HALF EMPTY BOTTLE OF SCOTCH.
CUT TO.
INT – BOSTON MENS PRISON – NIGHT
RYAN IS SAT UP IN HIS CELL, MENTALLY UNDOING AND REDOING HIS SHOE LACES. HIS FACE HAS NO EXPRESSION AS HE SITS IN THE DARK
CUT TO
EXT – GAS STATION – DAY
FAITH SLAMS THE HOOD DOWN AND WAVES SMOKE OUT OF HER FACE
FAITH
Gotta be!
~*~ROLL CREDITS~*~
Eliza Dushku and Michelle Trachtenberg
Tom Lenk
Lisa Roxanne
And Vincent Karthieser
Special Guest Star: Shawn Ashmore
Guest Starring:
Lindsey Sloane, Emma Caulfield, Drew Fuller.
EXT – BOSTON STREET – NIGHT
THE SNOW IS FALLING AROUND THALIA, CONNOR & DAWN AS THEY WONDER THE STREETS OF BOSTON, PASSING DOLLY’S ON THE WAY.
DAWN
When do you think it’s re-opening?
THALIA
Apparently it’s some gadget shop – not the good kind though, the real kind
CONNOR
Good kind?
THALIA
Sex
CONNOR
Oh
DAWN
I can’t believe she just upped and left
CONNOR
Right that hasn’t happened for…oh three months now
DAWN
She’s out there somewhere Connor
CONNOR
I wasn’t talking about her, If she can let someone pass as dead for her then she can do anything
DAWN
Hey! If we hadn’t forgotten this is still Faith we’re talking about
CONNOR
Right, you’re “sister”
DAWN
She is
CONNOR
Yeah for the past nine months only
THALIA
Guys, Christmas spirit
CONNOR
Sorry, hard to get into it knowing that so much has changed
(pause)
Tara, Faith both gone, Garrisons dead, Ryan’s in prison for saying he killed Casey and the Piper
DAWN
What?
CONNOR
I…nothing
DAWN
Ryan didn’t say that, right? He…they said that
(pause)
I thought he was being blamed for the piper and that the trial it would prove…
CONNOR
Maybe if you’d spoken to him since you’d know more
DAWN
What does that mean?
CONNOR LOOKS AT DAWN WITH SHAME BEFORE SHAKING HIS HEAD. HE WALKS OFF KICKING SNOW UP FROM UNDER HIS FEET.
DAWN TURNS , TEARY EYED, TO THALIA FOR SUPPORT
THALIA THROWS HER HANDS IN SURRENDER
THALIA
Not my place to say
SHE GIVES DAWN A HALF-EMPTY SMILE BEFORE FOLLOWING ON DOWN THE STREET LEAVING DAWN STANDING.
CUT TO.
INT – CAR MECHANICS – DAY
‘Texas – December 21st 2005’
FAITH IS STOOD BY A SWEATY MAN IN HIS MID FOURTIES, HE’S OVER WEIGHT AND UNSHAVED WEARING A STRING VEST AND OIL STAINED DENIM PANTS.
FAITH
Look, It’s hot and I’m pissed I just ate and you’re grossing me out so have we got a deal or what?
GUY
Yeah we gotta deal
FAITH
Keys first
GUY
Money first
FAITH PULLS OUT HER WALLET AND COUNTS OUT THE CASH
FAITH
3…4…450 dollars – keys now.
THE MAN PASSES FAITH THE KEYS SMILING EXCITEDLY
GUY
The rest
SHE ROLLS HER EYES IN DISBELIEF BEFORE TUCKING HER FINGERS UNDER THE BOTTOM OF HER SHIRT AS IF LIFTING IT UP.
CUT TO.
EXT – CAR MECHANICS – DAY
FAITH PROUDLY WALKS OFF TO HER NEW CAR AS THE MAN LAYS AGAINST THE DOOR-WAY WITH HIS HAND COVERING A BROKEN NOSE.
FAITH
(mock “Dolly Parton” voice)
No way to treat a lady mister
SHE CLIMBS INTO THE CAR AND STARTS THE MOTOR UP, IS JOGS AT FIRST PUSHING FAITHS FRUSTRATION BEFORE SHE GEARS UP AND HITS OUT INTO THE LONG WIDE ROAD.
FAITH
Alright!
CUT TO.
EXT – ROADSIDE – TWENTY MINUTES LATER
FAITH IS STOOD LEANING AGAINST THE CAR AS STEAM BUCKETS FROM IT’S BONNET.
FAITH
This is pushing the limit
(O.S)VOICE
Was the same way when I owned it
FAITH SPINS TO SEE A YOUNG MAN STOOD SMILING WITH HIS ARMS FOLDED, THE SUN HIGHLIGHTS HIM BEYOND BELIEF, ALMOST AS IF HE IS GLOWING – A SHOCKED SMILE CRAWLS ACROSS FAITHS LIPS.
FAITH
Jones?
END OF PART ONE
FAITH IS STILL STOOD BY THE CAR NERVOUSLY PACING IN SHOCK
FAITH
You The First?
JONES
I’m hopin’
FAITH
The First evil smart ass
JONES
You’re kidding me right? What an amateur – it’s me alright in the flesh
(beat)
Or, not in the flesh but it is…me
FAITH
You’re dead – like not freshly bit, you’re smashed to death and seven years gone kinda dead!
JONES
Nice way to put it
FAITH
Never been a poet
(shocked)
So, you’re really you? Only dead you? Ghost you?
JONES
Like I said, I’m me
FAITH
Then why are you here?
JONES
You’re driving my grave – I’m very territorial
FAITH
This is it? This is Celine?
JONES
Actually, the repaint makes her look more of a…Betty
FAITH LAUGHS QUIETLY AT THE JOKE BEFORE TURNING SERIOUS
FAITH
Did I crash and die?
JONES
No you’re alive and kickin’ well not right now but I’m sure you kicked something in the last hour or so
FAITH
Was about to kick the crap out of this heap til’ you arrived
(pause)
I’m talking to a ghost
JONES
Right, cause your life is so normal
FAITH
Can I ask you a question?
JONES
No
FAITH
You know I’m gonna
JONES
No You can’t ask that question, you can’t ask when I died because you know
FAITH
No I don’t
JONES
You sure about that?
Boston, September 1998
THE RAIN IS POURING DOWN HEAVILY AS FAITH KISSES JONES ON THE LIPS BEFORE JUMPING ONTO THE BUS.
JONES
Faith don’t go!
FAITH
Girls gotta do what she’s gotta do Jones
CUT TO.
FAITH
That night?
Boston, September 1998
FAITH STEPS OFF THE COACH INTO THE AIRPORT, LOOKING AROUND BEFORE CONTINUING ON.
ON BUSY ROAD ELSEWHERE, JONES, WIPING THE STEAMED SCREEN INSIDE HIS CAR, IS CAUGHT IN TRAFFIC
JONES
C’mon!
HE SLAMS HIS HAND ON THE HORN BEFORE STEERING TO THE SIDE HEADING DOWN A SIDE ROAD.
JONES LOOKS AT HIS WATCH DESPERATELY, AS HE LOOKS UP HE SEES A DEER AHEAD OF HIM, SWIRVING, HE CRASHES INTO A WOODEN FENCE STRAIGHT INTO A LAKE AS HIS CAR SINKS DEEP – HE STRUGGLES TO REMOVE HIS BELT.
FADE TO WHITE.
FAITH
I’m sorry
JONES
Not your fault
(laughs)
I blame my love for animals
FAITH IS HURT BUT SHE MANAGES TO LAUGH FOR HIM
JONES
So it wasn’t that funny
FAITH
Jones it’s been seven years why are you here?
JONES
You ever see a Muppet’s Christmas Carol?
FAITH
Christopher Walken?
JONES
Right, well – being that it’s Christmas and all we’re going for a trip down memory lane, well, sort of
FAITH
Sort of?
JONES
I got some stuff I need you to see, get in the car
FAITH
It’s broken
JONES
Trust me
WITHIN A FLASH BOTH ARE IN THE CAR, IT’S SPEEDING DOWN THE ROAD AT GREAT SPEED, HEADING STRAIGHT FOR A WALL
FAITH
What are you doing? Are you crazy!
JONES
As Ever!
WITH THAT, THE WALL DISSOLVES INTO NOTHING AS THE TWO APPEAR STANDING IN A PRISON CELL.
Prison – July 2000
FAITH
Why are we here?
FAITH LOOKS ON AT HERSELF, SHE’S REMOVING HER BEDSHEETS AS SHE STOPS IN HER TRACKS
JONES
You know what moment this was?
FAITH
Yeah you got a point?
JONES
It’s the moment you were thinking about wrapping that thing around your neck, ending it – calling another to do the mission you failed
FAITH
Wow, you still know how to piss me off
JONES
You remember two years ago when you broke out of this place? Remember all that?
FAITH
You mean when I got all those girls blown up, it’s fresh
JONES
Look on the wall, what’s the time
FAITH
Eleven fifty
JONES
Read it as digital
FAITH
2, 350
JONES
That’s how many people would’ve died within an hour of Buffy’s defeat if you hadn’t turned up when you did
FAITH
Yeah right
JONES
You think she came back kicking because there was some soft inspirational music and montage? If those girls didn’t believe you’d lead better than her – she’d not have gotten out of that house, she wouldn’t have rested and refreshed or got the scythe – it’d all be over
FAITH
You’re saying I changed it all?
JONES
Not just you but – fate’s fate – why d’ya think this happened at 11,52?
FAITH LOOKS OVER AT HERSELF WHO SNAPS OUT OF A TRANCE AS THE EMERGENCY FIRE BELL BEGINS TO SOUND.
CUT TO.
CUT TO.
INT – BOSTON PRISON
DAWN IS SAT WITH THALIA WAITING FOR RYAN TO COME TO THE WINDOW, SHE HAS HER HANDS RESTED IN HER LAP AS SHE LOOKS AROUND NERVOUSLY.
DAWN
I can’t
THALIA
Dawn sit down
DAWN
No, I really can’t do this
THALIA
Guilt?
DAWN
What? No…yes, I don’t know I just can’t
THALIA
Go home then
DAWN
What?
THALIA
You can’t do it – so don’t be here
DAWN
But…
THALIA
He’ll be out in about twenty seconds Dawn can you do it or not?
DAWN LOOKS AT THALIA HARD BEFORE SITTING DOWN NEXT TO HER, SHE LOOKS OVER AS THE FIRST OF THE PRISONERS STEP OUT
DAWN
I’m sorry
SHE STANDS UP BEFORE SEEING RYAN AND JETS OUT AS IF HER LIFE DEPENDED ON IT.
RYAN SOON APPROACHES AND PICKS UP THE PHONE
RYAN
She think I hate her or something?
THALIA
Who?
RYAN
Dawn, she ran away like a rabbit on steroids
THALIA
Dawn? No she wasn’t here she’s shopping
RYAN
Shopping?
THALIA
For eggs
RYAN
Eggs? Are you ever gonna be good at covering for people?
THALIA
(defeated)
No.
(sigh)
How you holding out?
RYAN
I’m copin’ you know what’s got me most pissed?
THALIA
The food?
RYAN
The new powers and faith-factor of using them
THALIA
Faith factor?
RYAN
Serious mis-use leading to big police chase and – nothing good.
THALIA
You know what I’m pissed at?
(beat)
You got new powers – you got all teleporty and I just got to make it rain heavier and stuff
RYAN
You’ll tan quicker
THALIA
I’m proud of you
RYAN
Random
THALIA
Sorry – but for real if I was in your place and could just zap out of there, I’d be gone like the Spice Girls
RYAN
Thanks
(beat)
Not for that, although thanks for that also, but thanks for being this way
THALIA
What way? I’m just lil’ ol’ me
RYAN
Exactly – you kept real. Connor’s trying to be my best friend, Dawns a paranoid wreck and…
THALIA
That’s all of us
RYAN
How’s Andrew?
THALIA
If I only knew
CUT TO.
EXT – BOSTON STREETS
DAWN IS WONDERING WITH SPEED, ARMS FOLDED, EYES TO THE GROUND AS SHE FALLS TO THE FLOOR
DAWN
Ow! Watch where you’re…
(soft)
Andrew?
ANDREW
Hi
DAWN
Where’ve you been?
(beat)
You’ve got facial hair, I didn’t know you could do that…
ANDREW
I…haven’t had time to shave
DAWN
Haven’t had time? What’ve you been doing?
SHE LOOKS UP AS ANDREW TURNS HIS HEAD TO THE BUILDING BEHIND HIM. IT’S PIPERS.
DAWN
Andrew…
ANDREW
You wanna come inside? Yeah I cleaned it up real good, it’s all shiny and stuff
SHE LOOKS AT HER FRIEND WITH THE DEEPEST PITY IN HER EYES BEFORE FOLLOWING HIM INSIDE.
SHE LOOKS AROUND THE AMAZINGLY SPOTLESS ROOM, IT’S CLEAN AS ANYTHING – UNTIL THE LIGHTS COME ON.
DAWN
So this is what you’ve been busy with?
SHE LOOKS DISTURBED AS GARRISONS NAME IS SCRAWLED ALL OVER THE WALLS, PICTURES OF HIM AND SKETCHES OF THE PIPER ARE EVERYWHERE.
ANDREW
It’ll be a nice surprise
DAWN
Surprise?
ANDREW
For Garrison, when he comes back
CUT TO.
Los Angeles, 2004
INT – WOLFRAM & HART
*FAITH
Don’t stay up drinking all night Fred!
SHE CONTINUES OFF DOWN THE CORRIDOR AND TURNS THE CORNER AS ‘FAITH & JONES’ APPEAR, FOLLOWING HER
FAITH
This moment is so cheesy!
JONES
It’s pretty, after school special, but pretty
*FAITH WALKS INTO ANGELS OFFICE AND SITS AT HIS EMPTY DESK WHERE SHE BEGINS TO RIFLE THROUGH THE DRAWS. SHE COMES ACROSS A PICTURE OF HER WITH BUFFY, WILLOW & CORDELIA FROM BACK IN SUNNYDALE, XANDERS HEAD’S BEEN CUT OUT.
*FAITH
Happy
FAITH
I hate this, why did you bring me here…
JONES
It’s fun to watch
*FAITH
Happy, what a weird word…Ha-p-py, hap-py, I’m happy?
(laughs)
I’m happy!
*FAITH LEAPS ONTO THE TABLE AND BEGINS TO DANCE WHILST SINGING THAT SHE IS HAPPY.
FAITH
Did you just bring me here to laugh?
JONES
You don’t remember?
*FAITH STEPS DOWN FROM THE TABLE AND COMES FACE TO FACE WITH A MIRROR
FAITH
I never got why he had mirrors
JONES
Just watch
*FAITH LOOKS AT HERSELF AND ADJUST HER HAIR BEFORE FIXATING ON HER FACE AND TURNING AWAY, TURNING STRAIGHT BACK AND PUTTING HER FIST THROUGH THE MIRROR.
JONES
You ever gonna get over that? Let’s see
END OF PART TWO
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