Catwoman Page #18

Season #1 Episode #2

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80.

CONTINUED:

During the following, Lone meticulously mixes soy sauce andwasabi, uses chopsticks, etc. Patience simply peels the fishoff the rice and pops it in her mouth, as if eating potatochips, then licking her fingers like a cat licking its paw.

LONE:

You do hide things, don't you. You may seem allsweet and shy, but you've got a secret wild side.

PATIENCE:

Women in general, you mean.

LONE:

Right. Women in general...

(watching her

reaction)

You know, I actually saw Catwoman the other night.

From a distance. Goofy costume.

PATIENCE:

Really? I heard it was... sexy.

LONE:

In a way.

PATIENCE:

So it could be sexier... with what, maybe a widebelt?

LONE:

Why so interested?

PATIENCE:

You brought it up.

LONE studies her for a few seconds. He seems on the verge ofsaying something important. But instead:

LONE:

You want that toro?

LONE is already reaching for another piece of sushi --with

lightning reflexes, PATIENCE grabs his hand to stop him --he

looks up at her, surprised. She backs off with a smile:

PATIENCE:

No no, it's yours.

She eyes the fish hungrily as he eats it.

81.

EXT. RIVERSIDE AREA -DAY

LONE and PATIENCE walk close together, near the water.

LONE:

Gonna have to get back to the station, I'm workingnights.

PATIENCE:

Catwoman again?

LONE:

Afraid so. But I have a feeling she'll be incustody within the week.

PATIENCE:

(alarmed)

Why do you say that?

LONE:

Individuals who feel compelled to act out throughan animal alter-ego --bats, birds, bugs, therehave been a number of cases in other cities --theycatch themselves. Take too many risks, think theycan play with the cops. See, they like to bewatched...

He's staring right at her now. Patience looks away.

HER POV --THE SUN GETTING LOW, vanishing behind a cloud.

CLOSE, PATIENCE'S PUPILS become ELLIPTICAL for a blink.

LONE pauses, standing close.

LONE:

Sorry. Seems like all I can do is talk about work.

PATIENCE spins on him, a glint in her eye.

PATIENCE:

So stop talking.

So saying, she throws her arm around his neck, the otheraround his back, pulls him close for a KISS. Lone takes onlya moment to respond --it's a good one --until -

CLOSE ON LONE'S BACK as her CLAWS involuntarily emerge,

tearing right through his shirt and an inch down hisback -

(CONTINUED)

82.

CONTINUED:

LONE jerks away, looking back over his shoulder -

LONE:

Ow!

PATIENCE clutches her hands to her face, horrified at what

she's done, starts backing away -

PATIENCE:

I'm really sorry, I don't know whatgot into me, I --I've got to go.

She's on the run. A moment later, the surprised Lonepursues, rounding a corner...

LONE:

Patience, wait -

But she's already vanished.

INT. EDNA'S HOME -LIVING ROOM -DUSK

PATIENCE is breathing hard, blinking rapidly, as she pacesEdna's floor. Edna follows nervously, trying to calm her.

PATIENCE:

It's happening, it's happening again. It's not

even dark yet --you said she could only come outat night!

EDNA:

I didn't say that! Patience, you made these rulesup yourself --a cat is a cat 24 hours a day, theyjust go hunting at night -

PATIENCE:

And she's after Georges Avenal --if she finds him,

she's going to kill him, I know it -

EDNA:

Stop talking about her like she's someone else!

She's you!

A beat --Patience is in denial about this.

PATIENCE:

Edna, you've gotta... tie me up or something, lockme in the attic -

(CONTINUED)

83.

CONTINUED:

EDNA:

I don't have an attic -

PATIENCE:

A closet, the pantry, something! Please... we have

to keep the cat in tonight.

EXT./INT. EDNA'S HOME -STORM CELLAR -NIGHT

EDNA stands in the opening of the angled storm cellardoorway, looking down the stairs sadly.

EDNA:

Sure you don't need a blanket, dear?

ON PATIENCE, at the foot of the stairs in this cold, dank

space, hugging herself, rocking back and forth.

PATIENCE:

Just... lock... the door.

Edna quickly CLOSES the door, throws a BOLT.

It's extremely DARK down below. Patience starts to pace. We

see her features contort with pain as she fights thisinterior battle. During this monologue, her voice becomes

huskier, more Catwoman-like.

PATIENCE:

I'm not a bad person... I'm not a killer... I'm notevil... not like Georges Aaavenal...

His name becomes a harsh GROWL. She fights to get a grip.

PATIENCE:

He's a murderer... he did this to me... it's all

his fault.

Her eyes FLICKER, elliptical for a moment -

PATIENCE/CATWOMANHe has to die.

INT. EDNA'S HOME -LIVING ROOM -NIGHT

AN UNEARTHLY HOWL ECHOES throughout the place from heatervents in the floor. In response, THE CATS go nuts -prowling,

pacing, bouncing off the walls, picking up the CRY.

84.

INT. EDNA'S HOME -DINING ROOM -NIGHT

EDNA sits at her table over a simple meal, attempts to read aCAT FANCY MAGAZINE, but it's pretty hopeless. She shuts her

eyes, covers her ears.

EXT. EDNA'S HOME & NEIGHBOR'S HOME -NIGHT

The sour NEIGHBOR pokes her head out an OPEN WINDOW.

NEIGHBOR:

Edna, I've had it with your damn cats! I'm callingthe cops!

She SLAMS the window SHUT. CAMERA MOVES to find -

--THE STORM DOORS, bolted shut. MIDNIGHT ENTERS FRAME,

begins to CLAW at the metal, slowly working the BOLT free.

EDNA emerges, sees what's happening, dashes over. She

carries a PADLOCK.

EDNA:

Midnight! Shoo!

Midnight HISSES, but retreats sulkily. Edna reaches the

nearly free bolt, is about to replace it and lock it when shehears a small, timid VOICE from below, through the door:

PATIENCE (O.S.)

Edna? Edna, is that you?

EDNA:

Yes, dear, I'm here.

PATIENCE (O.S.)

Edna, it worked. I think... I think I've beaten

her. I'm Patience again. I've won.

EDNA:

Oh, I'm so glad...

Edna looks terribly relieved as she throws aside the bolt andbegins to open the cellar door. But before she

can -

--THE DOOR FLIES OPEN, knocking her off her feet. A FIGURE

STREAKS PAST. We hear her voice as she retreats:

CATWOMAN:

Sucker.

CUT TO:

85.

INT. CONCERT HALL -NIGHT

A BALLET in progress --"Giselle." Lithe DANCERS spingracefully across the stage, a rustic village setting.

FIND a HIGH BOX to one side. GEORGES and DRINA, in formal

clothes. GEORGES is absorbed in the performance, DRINA looksbored, wrinkles her nose.

DRINA:

What is this about?

GEORGES:

Ssh.

(impatient whisper)

Giselle is mistreated by a cruel prince and killsherself. Later, the souls of betrayed women comeback from the grave for revenge.

DRINA makes a SNORING NOISE, puts on a WALKMAN, and is soonbobbing her head to faint ROCK MUSIC.

EXT. CITY STREET -CONCERT HALL -NIGHT

BALLET MUSIC CONTINUES OVER. A CITY BUS passes, an AD FOR

AVENAL on the side --it's been VANDALIZED, CLAW MARKS across

the length of it.

CRANE UP to find CATWOMAN crouched on the roof of the bus.

She leaps off from the still-moving bus ---

onto the ROOF of a TAXI passing the other way ---

and finally landing at the curb near -A

classical-looking CONCERT HALL, FOUNTAINS in front.

CATWOMAN creeps amongst bushes, approaching the building.

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