I, Robot Page #10

...into the HALLWAY. Sideways. Trammeled plaster. BOOM!

Another POUNDER...crashing down from above. Spooner. Timing

it...rolling...BOOM!...just under the next pounding...

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Scampering up...towards some LIGHT...BOOM!...the

POUNDER...right on his heels...he clambers...closer...

closer...when...he hears...MEOWING...looks back...the

CAT...scared out of its wits...BOOM!...the POUNDER CRASHING

in...Spooner...just manages...to scoop up the cat...just as

BOOM!...

62 EXT. DEMOLISHED HOUSE - CONTINUOUS 62

...He pours them out into the open. The POUNDERS. Going at

the house like hyenas at a corpse. Roof tiles, beams,

plaster, flooring. SNAPPING and CRACKING as Spooner and the

cat skitter down the carnage.

Heart pounding, breath jagged, face bloodied, Spooner

scrambles away from the POUNDERS. Their bodies GLEAMING in

the dusk sun. The III Laws Safe logo, splashed along their

sides...

Spooner. Drops the cat.

63 INT. HALLWAY - CALVIN.S CONDO - NIGHT 63

Spooner. POUNDS on the door. It opens. Calvin. Standing

there in her bathrobe. Shocked at his appearance.

CALVIN:

Detective! What happened to

you?...

SPOONER:

A couple of your beloved robots

just tried to kill me...

He pushes past her. Into...

64 INT. CALVIN.S CONDO - CONTINUOUS 64

...her condo. Spartan. Unadorned.

CALVIN:

What? That.s impossible. You

know...

SPOONER:

What I know is a demolition crew

started tearing down Hogenmiller.s

house while I was still inside it.

CALVIN:

Maybe they didn.t realise...

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SPOONER:

I scanned my badge before I went

in. They realised.

CALVIN:

Then you must have done it wrong...

SPOONER:

I don.t think you.re hearing what

I.m saying -- they tried to kill

me.

Spooner moves deeper into the apartment. Everything.

Automated. Computerised. Cold...

SPOONER:

There.s something going on, here.

Some kind of shift.

Calvin laughs. Can.t believe what she.s hearing.

CALVIN:

Do you know how paranoid you sound?

SPOONER:

Great. Now I.m being analysed by a

robo-psychologist.

CALVIN:

You just want to find the flaws in

the system. You.re obsessed with

it. You.ll twist anything to fit

your agenda.

SPOONER:

Like you did in court today? How.d

that fit your agenda, Doctor?

He pulls out the PHOTO of Calvin and Hogenmiller. Calvin.

Blanching at the sight of it. Spooner tosses it down.

SPOONER:

You told me you hardly knew him.

Want to try the truth this time?

CALVIN:

Well, Detective, when you see

someone you know well put a bullet

through their brain, it makes you

wonder if you ever really knew them

at all.

Calvin. Looking down at the photo. Swallows.

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CALVIN:

(difficult for her)

He was my mentor. No, more than

that. A genius with an insight far

beyond anyone in his field.

SPOONER:

Doesn.t sound like the washed-up

old fool Robertson described.

CALVIN:

But he was starting to withdraw

from everyone. Even me.

Maybe...if I.d tried harder to

reach him...

(shakes her head)

The Doctor was reckless when he

created a robot potentially not

bound by the Three Laws. He could

have ruined everything we.d been

working for.

Spooner. Locking eyes with her.

SPOONER:

Sounds like a motive for murder to

me. Just not for the suspect we

have in custody.

Calvin. Blinks. Trying, to stick to her resolve. Heads

over to the door. Spooner. Looking around the condo.

SPOONER:

You know there.s not one thing in

this apartment that looks like a

human being lives here. No

evidence of a life outside your

work. Almost seems like you.re

afraid of people.

Calvin. Opening the door.

CALVIN:

I.m not afraid of people,

Detective. I just don.t like them.

Spooner. Looks at her. Then heads out the door. Calvin

SLAMS it behind him...

The SOUND...of the SLAM...REVERBERATING...and we...

FADE INTO:

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65

INT. DREAM SEQUENCE - DAY 65

...A DEEP...DEEP...DARKNESS.

A FLICKER. Of LIGHT. Off to the side. Just barely.

Noticeable. ORANGE... YELLOW...as we realise...It.s FIRE...

Another SOUND...GLASS...SHATTERING...then a SIREN...

faraway...

The disembodied VOICE...coming out of nowhere...

DISEMBODIED VOICE (V.O.)

You are in danger...

The FIRE...BUILDING...

DISEMBODIED VOICE (V.O.)

You are in danger...

ECHOING...as...

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INT. SPOONER.S BEDROOM - MORNING 66

SPOONER.S EYES. Spring open.

Lying, in bed. Heart POUNDING. SWEAT. Covering his body.

LIGHT. Pouring in through the slats of his blinds.

He sits up. Rubbing his face. Trying. To calm his

breathing. Takes a look at his watch...

67 EXT. MONORAIL STATION - DAY 67

Spooner walking along the monorail plaza. Looking a little

worse for wear. PEOPLE. Giving him wide berth. ROBOTS.

Bidding him:

ROBOT:

Good morning...

Spooner, shooting them suspicious looks. As the MONORAIL

pulls up...

CUT TO:

68 INT. HALLWAY - U.S. ROBOTICS - CONTINUOUS 68

Calvin. Heading down a hallway. A DOOR slides open. And

Lanning steps out. Followed by a TECHNICIAN ROBOT...

CALVIN:

Find anything, Doctor?

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LANNING:

(shaking his head)

Nothing. The interior.s just like

any other NS-2. Except for a

secondary battery Hogenmiller must

have used as extra back-up.

(looks at watch)

We.ll just need a nominal profile.

Calvin nods.

CUT BACK TO:

69

INT. MONORAIL - CONTINUOUS 69

Spooner, holding onto a handrail. As the city rushes by the

window. Notices a group of ROBOTS. At the other end of the

car. Are they watching him?

He wipes a bead of sweat. From his upper lip.

CUT TO:

70 INT. HOLDING CELL - CONTINUOUS 70

An all-metal room. Spare. Anti-septic. SONNY. Sitting on

the floor. Against the wall.

Calvin enters. Puts her pad down on the table. Sits.

CALVIN:

Please state your serial number and

assembly date.

She pulls out a pen. Waiting for an answer. Nothing.

CUT BACK TO:

71 INT. MONORAIL - CONTINUOUS 71

Spooner. Watching as a HOMELESS MAN. Comes stumbling

through the car...

CALVIN.S VOICE (V.O.)

Sonny. I.m speaking to you...

The Homeless Man. Suddenly grabs his ears and shouts:

HOMELESS MAN:

God, can.t you be quiet!

CUT TO:

58.

72 INT. HOLDING CELL - CONTINUOUS 72

Calvin. Still looking down at her pad.

CALVIN:

How about your data board

designation?

Still. Sonny says nothing. Calvin. Finally looks up at

him. Is suddenly struck. Something about the way he.s

sitting -- so human.

She gets up and walks over. Hesitates. Then slides down on

the floor next to him. Studying. His profile.

CALVIN:

Maybe I.m asking the wrong

questions. How about this one:

CUT BACK TO:

73 INT. MONORAIL - CONTINUOUS 73

The Homeless Man. Weaving...

CALVIN.S VOICE (V.O.)

...What program are you running

through right now?

SONNY.S VOICE (V.O.)

I.m not sure. It.s nothing I

recognise.

The Homeless Man. Pointing to the group of ROBOTS.

HOMELESS MAN:

(shouting)

Don.t you people hear them?

They.re talking to each other!

Buzz, buzz, zip, zip...they never

shut up!

CUT TO:

74 INT. HOLDING CELL - CONTINUOUS 74

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