Glass

[Several logos, including those of BH Productions and Blinding Edge Pictures]

Dennis (vo):
We keep bringing him sacred food, and nothing's happening. I... The Beast, he's shown himself twice to the masses of the broken, and-and they're not believing. There's no revolution. I...

Patricia (vo):
Dennis, do not be scared. You have to trust me, as you always have.

[Cut to an abandoned brick factory, as Patricia walks into view]

Patricia:
Look at you all. My name is Patricia.

[We see the "sacred food", four cheerleaders chained to metal bars]

Patricia:
Now, who would like a PB and J sandwich? (points at one of them) You do.

[Cut to black. The track "Physicks" starts playing as the words "Universal Pictures and Blumhouse Pictures presents" and "A M. Night Shyamalan Film" appear, followed by the film's title: GLASS]

[At night, a man is walking by a store front holding groceries in a paper bag. Suddenly, he is knocked down by a young man. Another young man approaches, holding a camera]

T:
(while filming) Ooh! Boom! Ooh! Ah, look at. Oh! I am the master boy.

Ronald:
(on camera) Superman punch, b*tch! Yeah!

[The two boys laugh and applaud their "skills"]

Man:
Hey!

Ronald:
Go, go, go, go, go, go!

Man:
Get out! (to the fallen man) You all right, brother?

[The boys run away as someone chases them towards the subway. Ronald and T high-five each other. We then cut to their house. T is watching back the video he's made, while Ronald is playing a video game on the TV]

T:
Ooh, you see his bag fall? It's what they call dramatic effect. This is gonna get so many views.

[They then hear something, a door slamming shut in the kitchen]

Ronald:
That a raccoon again? Did you leave the door open, T?

T:
I closed it.

[We hear the sound of running water, someone is washing his hands]

Ronald:
Hello? (turns off the telly)

[The lights in the kitchen get turned off as Ronald gets up from the sofa]

T:
Yo, who's there? (being tough) We're gonna Salt Bae your ass.

[As Ronald goes to the kitchen, more lights go out. He looks back at T, still behind his laptop]

T:
Superman-punch him, Ronald.

[Ronald goes to the kitchen. We hear a brief scuffle taking place, before he gets slammed into the kitchen wall, groaning. The visitor, a man in a green rain poncho, steps into frame]

T:
Oh, sh*t. It's you.

[The man steps towards T, who rolls up his sleeves, whimpering. He turns off the remaining lights. We then cut to the man, David Dunn, walking to the locked door of his home security shop. It's dark outside as he unlocks the door and enters the shop. His son, Joseph, now a grown man in his twenties, is working behind a computer]

David:
They bumped into me at the subway. Can't just let 'em go, Joseph.

Joseph:
(turning to his dad) Weren't you on a specified walk?

David:
You can't run this like the store. It's potluck.

Joseph:
All things come second when we're on a specified walk. (under his breath) The store works 'cause we have rules. (as David comes closer) Hey, it was a good follow, though. "We gonna Salt Bae your ass." What a douche.

[He opens a drawer and grabs a notebook. We see some hilariously bad quotes, presumably thrown at David throughout the years, written on it]

Joseph:
It's definitely going into the book. (as he writes it down) "Salt Bae your ass."

David:
What is that, anyway?

[He sits down, next to his son]

Joseph:
It's an Internet guy. He's a butcher who salts his meat in an elaborate way. (points with pencil) You got dinged.

[Joseph opens some news sites on the computer. Several articles of David's antics fill the screen. We see some like counters go up]

Joseph:
Hey, good news: they're not calling you the Tiptoe Man or the Float anymore. They pretty much settled on the Overseer. It's cool.

David:
Do not mention the Tiptoe Man ever again. (smiles at Joseph) That's all he does? He seasons meat?

Joseph:
Dad, you look tired. Why don't we save the next walk for the day after tomorrow?

[He switches the articles for a digital map of Philadelphia. Some locations have been marked]

David:
When we find this Horde, I'll take a mental health day.

Joseph:
Okay. Fine. I have a new tenuous theory. Let's call it Tenuous Theory Number Two. The first set of girls that were found mutilated at the zoo three weeks ago happened here. (points at one of the markers with the pencil)

[He's clearly referring to the events of Split]

Joseph:
The second set, here. (another marker) Now, these new girls that went missing create kind of a messy triangle, (sketches it) and where you were waiting today at the subway was in the middle of this triangle. In Tenuous Theory Number Two, he isn't in this triangle. He's coming from a place that has easy access to this triangular feeding zone. (points at a nearby location) I think he's somewhere here, Dad, in the factory area.

David:
Okay. I'll walk around there tomorrow.

Joseph:
(turns towards David) Hey, Dad? I'm checking the police scanners. They're looking for you pretty aggressively. Be real careful. All right?

[A stripped down piano version of "Carrying Audrey" starts playing. David, now at his home, opens his letterbox and grabs his mail. He walks through the door and hangs his poncho on a coathook. He looks briefly at a photograph of his wife and son, before he turns on the radio]

Announcer (vo):
(low volume) Philadelphia has a new tallest building. The Osaka Tower is taking over the city skyline. The architecture makes it an amazing sight to see. And on top of that, it's the ultimate in sustainability. It gets its power from solar panels. Developers say it will draw jobs to the city by the thousands...

[While David sits at the table, looking at the envelopes, we hear someone in the kitchen. It's Audrey, washing some dishes. David steps closer]

David:
Audrey, I have to tell you something. (louder) Audrey.

[It was just a memory. David is still at his table, sad with the thought of his deceased wife. We zoom out from the suburb he lives in as the screen fades to black. In the brick factory, we see that Hedwig now has taken control of the light, as he skates around the captives in a single take]

Hedwig:
Miss Patricia said that I'm not allowed to play with you guys, so don't even ask. I had a girlfriend once. You don't know her. (smiles) We kissed. (plays it cool) It's no big deal.

Vera:
Stop messing with us!

Cheerleader:
Vera, don't get him angry. He's sick.

Hedwig:
(closes in on them) Don't tell me names. They said not to ask you your names, because I might get sad, you know, after tonight.

Another Cheerleader: Why did you pick us, Hedwig?

Hedwig:
Oh, uh, because you're impure and you haven't done any suffering. (mumbles a bit of a song) You know that boy band stuff? It's... some of it's okay, but Drake? Drake's my new main man. The Beast is gonna come for you guys any minute now, and I... (stops with his back at a wall) I get... I get to greet him. (pushes himself to another wall) It's my big reward for keeping the Horde in the light. (spreads his arms) I get to take him to the masses of the broken. I better go.

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