Catwoman Page #8

Season #1 Episode #2

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PATIENCE returns with a washcloth full of ice.

PATIENCE:

That was really nice of you.

LONE:

Well, it's part of my job... I'm a detective,

burglary-robbery division. So what did happen toyou?

He applies the ice-pack to his head while eying her clothes.

She suddenly becomes aware of her disheveled appearance.

PATIENCE:

Oh no, I'm a mess. It seems every time you see meI --I was just cleaning.

(this isn't flying)

The um, the chimney.

LONE:

Where's the fireplace?

PATIENCE:

It wasn't mine.

LONE:

You're a freelance chimney sweep?

LONE is now looking around the apartment, taking it all inwith a careful detective's eye. He sees the shredded

PHOTOGRAPHS, the BROKEN WINDOW, points -

LONE:

You should get that fixed.

PATIENCE:

Oh yeah, I hadn't noticed... I mean, I had to breakit to get in because... I lost my purse.

(CONTINUED)

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LONE:

(studying thewindowsill)

Funny, looks like it was broken from inside.

Lone is now regarding her with open curiosity. Patience

shrugs helplessly.

LONE:

So everything's all right now?

(off her nod)

Well, I'd better be getting to the station, then...

unless there's anything else.

LONE hopes so, PATIENCE desperately wants him to stay... but

PATIENCE:

I guess not...

LONE:

Then --bye, now.

He sounds disappointed. As the door shuts, Patience clutches

her hair, makes a SOUND of frustration, almost like a MEOW.

INT. PATIENCE'S BUILDING -HALLWAY -DAY

PATIENCE flings open the door, calls after Lone:

PATIENCE:

I want you...

He turns, startled. Patience has a sultry, come-hither look

in her eye, her VOICE has a lower, sexier tone.

LONE:

Excuse me?

She shudders. The sexy expression turns to one of shock andanxiety --what has she done? Then, vamping:

PATIENCE:

I want you, um, to forgive me. For hitting youlike that.

LONE:

No need --woman living alone, you can't take anychances.

(CONTINUED)

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CONTINUED:

PATIENCE nods unsurely, starts to retreat into the apartment.

LONE thinks, calls out to her.

LONE:

Listen, I was gonna grab a cup of coffee...

CUT TO:

INT. COFFEE SHOP -DAY

LONE and PATIENCE move from a COUNTER with COFFEE CUPS in

hand. Patience has cleaned up, dressed a little sexier thanusual --she looks good.

PATIENCE:

So, did you always want to be a policeman?

(beat, rolling her eyes)

God, listen to me, Conversation 101.

LONE:

(a laugh)

Hey, we gotta start somewhere. Actually, when Iwas a kid, I wanted to be a rock star.

They take seats at a small table.

LONE:

I was kind of a delinquent back then, got into sometrouble. There was a cop who helped me out. Made

a difference. I figured... maybe I could do the

same.

PATIENCE:

Plus you can still get into trouble.

LONE:

Right, but for the good guys... So what do you do?

When you're not dumpster diving or cleaningchimneys, I mean.

PATIENCE:

Accounting.

job.

That is, I used to, I just lost my

LONE:

I'm sorry.

(CONTINUED)

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PATIENCE:

Don't be, it was pretty dull. I guess when you getdown to it, I'm pretty dull.

Patience realizes she's not making for a great first date.

PATIENCE:

Let me start over. It's just... I never got intoany trouble or anything -

LONE:

Come on, never?

PATIENCE:

Well, when I was little, but --after I lost myfolks I... I guess I turned into sort of a scaredyca

--um, pretty risk-averse.

LONE:

That's not a bad thing. It's a pretty dangerousworld.

PATIENCE:

Sometimes I just wish I was less of a wimp.

LONE:

You're not afraid to admit you're afraid --that

takes guts.

PATIENCE:

It does?

LONE:

Most women I know pretend to be tougher than theyreally are.

(beat)

Listen... if you ever need someone --to look out

for you, keep an eye on -

(changing tack)

--or whatever --I'm available.

He pulls a card from his wallet, passes it to her.

PATIENCE:

Wow.

(CONTINUED)

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LONE:

(catching himself)

Oh hey, I didn't mean that to sound like a come-on

PATIENCE:

(disappointed)

Oh.

LONE:

I mean, unless you...

(rising)

I'm just going to shut up now and go.

PATIENCE:

See you around.

LONE:

Yeah, you will.

He gives her a wave and heads out of the coffee shop. A

broad smile spreads over Patience's face.

CUT TO:

EXT. AVENAL FACTORY -DAY

LAUREL'S SMILING FACE on a BILLBOARD. It's only there for amoment, quickly plastered over with -

A NEW BILLBOARD featuring DRINA'S FACE. We're outside a

dramatic, gated industrial COMPLEX, TRUCKS with the AVENALLOGO, a sprawling CHEMICAL FACTORY at the center.

INT. AVENAL FACTORY -GEORGES' OFFICE -DAY

HUGE VATS, DUCTS, PIPES, etc., it's a busy, VERY NOISY

environment. CAMERA FINDS GEORGES' OFFICE, large windowsoverlooking the factory floor.

INSIDE, behind the thick windows, it's SILENT. This is a

hard, masculine space, all steel and wood.

GEORGES stands by a table, WESLEY and ANGEL at his side; IVANNEVSKI, 50s, a smoldering Russian scientist, is showing them

MEDICAL PHOTOS of people's faces, the eyes covered with blackBARS --the skin is BLOTCHED, lumpy, something very wrong.

(CONTINUED)

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CONTINUED:

GEORGES flips through these quickly, his tone frustrated.

GEORGES:

Okay, with too much YP-3 you get side-effects -but

too much of anything is bad for you --tapwater, sunshine, cigarettes -

ANGEL:

It's like leprosy or something...

GEORGES:

The point is, now that we've adjusted the formula,

Beaunique works. Plumps the skin, removeswrinkles, leaves a nice rosy glow --it's perfectlysafe now, my own wife uses it...

His voice trails off as he considers this fact. He glancesat the medical pictures, puts them aside. Airy denial:

GEORGES:

You want to be beautiful, you've got to makecertain sacrifices. I mean, look at Botox, women

are lining up to get their faces paralyzed.

NEVSKI has been doing a slow burn, now blurts out:

NEVSKI:

Enough! Pretending my YP-3 is only for yourcosmetics, feh! You've known about these "sideeffects"

from the start, they are not side-effects

at all -

GEORGES:

What? You're not making sense -

NEVSKI:

I thought I'd left this sort of madness behind me

-then I find out you've been in contact withXavier Bartok -GEORGES

I've never heard of the man.

(CONTINUED)

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CONTINUED:

NEVSKI:

I still have connections. You

may have used me, but I am not

a fool.

GEORGES:

Doctor Nevski, is it possible you've gone insane?

NEVSKI spins on his heel and storms out.

ANGEL:

Russians, sheesh.

GEORGES:

As if I don't have enough on my mind.

GEORGES moves to a nearby SHREDDER. He starts feeding in theMEDICAL PHOTOS.

GEORGES:

Changes are going to have to

be made... and change can be

painful.

He glances at a MAGAZINE AD lying on his desk.

GEORGES:

It isn't easy to eliminate an established brand...

Finished shredding the medical photos, he picks up theAD --it's an AD for BEAUNIQUE, featuring LAUREL'S FACE.

WESLEY:

Sir, are you seriously thinking of recallingBeaunique --?

GEORGES:

I'm not talking about Beaunique.

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