A Haunting in Cawdor Page #3

(ghostly whispers)

[Vivian] No, stop please!

[Charles] (blows

whistle) Okay smokeys!

Rise and shine!

Time for the morning run,

get that blood flowing, huh?!

(blows whistle multiple times)

[Tina] We're up!

Come on, I want to see

those feet on the ground,

that's it, ladies, now

you see how it works!

(blows whistle) Come

on, wakie wakie!

I stop blowing when I see

all your pretty

feet on the ground!

You'll always blow!

(blows whistle loudly)

Sh*t!

Did you just sh*t me?

You don't give me sh*t!

I give you sh*t!

Now drop and give me 10!

One, two, three,

four, five, six,

seven, eight, nine,

nine, nine, nine, 10!

Suit up for roll call!

(blows whistle)

Come on, a**holes,

try and keep up, let's go!

(dramatic music)

Can I help you?

Mr. O'Neil.

Yes?

Good morning,

I'm Doctor Lazarus.

Oh, hi.

I wanted to talk to you about

a woman in your

care, Vivian Miller?

Sure.

This'll only

take a few minutes.

- Yeah, come on in my office.

- Thanks.

Where did you drive in from?

Oh, Ann Arbor.

Oh, nice.

Beautiful place here.

Thank you.

Excuse the mess, I wasn't

expecting visitors.

Where would you like me?

Sofa is fine.

Want some coffee?

Yeah, that'll be great, thanks.

Milk, sugar?

Black please.

A Tony Award.

Oh, heh.

Pretty heady

stuffy, you must have

been the toast of Broadway.

Well for a moment.

You know what they say.

You're only as good

as your last hit.

Three straight bombs and your

table at Sardi's is gone.

In fact, you're

lucky to get a table

at the Carnegie Deli with

three bombs in a row.

Yup, Broadway loves

a winner, but it

crosses on the other side

of the street for a loser.

You know what most people don't

understand is that

art can be like,

like a popularity

contest, you know?

You do what you feel

is your best work,

love what you do,

but if the audience

doesn't show up then

you're out of a job.

Most people don't work

under those conditions.

But enough about me,

you're here about Vivian.

I've been her

Psychiatrist for six years

the entire time

she's been locked up.

I thought it'd be best if I

gathered some info for you.

What is it exactly

that you do here?

Oh, we focus mainly

on behavioral therapy,

psychodrama, we get the kids to

act out their issues on stage

and break their bad habits,

form better relationships,

and hopefully in the

process broaden their

horizons a little.

We feel if we've gotten

through to at least one

of them that we've

accomplished something.

Do you know what

Vivian was in for?

No, I haven't gotten

to her file yet.

Murder.

She was 15, abuse was going on.

Got a plea deal down

to Manslaughter,

but she's been in and out

of psych wards ever since.

The court request that

I meet with Vivian on a

regular basis to review how

she's doing before the release.

I'd like to see Vivian

right now if it's okay.

Yeah, sure, should just

be finishing up her run.

(vomiting)

Oh come on!

Vivian, someone here

wants to speak with you.

Hi, Doctor Lazarus.

Can we talk once

you've cleaned up?

[Charles] You filthy pig!

Sure, yeah, after

breakfast in the Dining Hall?

Dining Hall is right through

those double doors, Doc.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

[Charles] Breakfast

in half an hour!

Ladies, your

auditions are today!

Men, your duties

are on the board!

How you holding up?

I'm getting too

old for this sh*t.

You and me both.

So there any lady

queens in this group?

We've got a few queens in this

group, if you know what I mean.

(laughing)

Why don't you go shower up and

I'll see you after breakfast.

Yeah.

Kind of noisy last

night, weren't you?

What are you talking about?

Like shooting fish in

a barrel around here.

So guess your aim is off then.

You didn't shoot nothing, right?

[Gary] Or he's shooting blanks.

(laughing)

Kiss my ass, bee-yatch!

So did you hear

about the first screw?

Yeah, we know it was

Lance, we're just

trying to narrow down the ho.

Yeah, my money's on Mackenzie.

Oh well, we'll figure it out.

It's gonna be a

long 90 days, hmm?

[Jeanette] (ghostly

wail) Help me!

(classical music)

Hi.

It's good to see you, Vivian.

How's this place treating you?

It's better than a

normal camp, I guess.

You look tired, are

you getting enough sleep?

A little.

I...

I think I need to be

back on my meds though.

Okay, I left some

with Mr. O'Neil.

A small dose, I want to

start weening you off of it.

No no, I need to be

on my regular dose.

Is the OCD getting worse?

No, it's not, it's not,

it's not getting worse,

it's just, it's there, you know?

What else?

I've been hearing things.

What kind of things?

Things that may not be real?

Okay, like what?

Well earlier by

my locker there

was this tapping sound.

Are you sure there's

no construction

going on upstairs,

maybe sets being built?

Yeah, maybe

there was, but then

I swear I heard a voice.

What'd the voice say?

It asked for help.

Okay.

Anything else?

Yeah, just yesterday

at the bus depot,

I saw this girl and she was just

so different, it was

like I knew her somehow?

Where from?

I don't know, I'm

probably wrong, never mind.

You know Vivian,

you had a real

tough time not too long ago.

I really feel that

our time together

has improved your situation, I'm

not saying that

there's not work left.

But I agree with the

court, in less than

90 days you can re-enter

society, live a normal life.

I'll never be normal.

You will.

I feel that the

anxiety or stress

of your transitioning

from the juvenile

then prison system are

causing these problems.

You'll be okay, I promise.

You'll be okay, Vivian.

Hey, who's the stiff?

Proby Officer?

Yeah, kind of.

So do you wanna look over this

Lady Macbeth chick, 'cause

she was kinda bat-sh*t crazy.

Sure.

Morning everyone,

sorry I'm late.

Ladies, front and center.

Okay, I take it

all of you have read

the play and none of you

understood a word, right?

I remember the first

time I read Shakespeare,

I felt the same way.

I promise you, it'll get

easier with time, all right?

You guys ready to do this?

Yeah?

All right, let's have some fun.

Ladies.

All right Chuck, who's first?

[Charles] Mackenzie,

front and center.

Okay, Mackenzie, let

me give you the setting.

We are in the Scottish moors

sometime in the 11th century.

Do you know what period that is?

It was a long

time ago, I get it.

This Macbeth dude was all.

Stop stop stop stop

stop, outside, let's go.

[Charles] Everyone

out, let's get, let's go!

Come on, let's go, let's go!

Come on, come on,

ladies, outside!

(suspenseful music)

[Lawrence] Come on,

outside, outside, come on.

All right, once, twice, thrice.

Now spit.

What?!

Just do it, spit

on the ground.

Just do it.

All right, now curse.

Why?

Because it's the

only known remedy

for saying the

play's name in the

theater, curse, go on.

This is f***ing bullshit!

Good enough, okay,

inside, inside.

Thank you, Chuck.

And don't do it again!

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