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A small bedroom. Outlines of posters on the walls, boxes of

music magazines under the bed. This used to be a teenage

boy’s bedroom. Fleetingly we see a self portrait of Kieren

Walker.

SUE (47) and STEVE WALKER (48) are showing BEN (34) and

JOANNE (30) around. Steve has a huge fake smile painted on

his face. He’s nervous. He’s desperate for this to go well.

STEVE:

(nervous, babbling a bit)

Fantastic room if you have

children... or guests...or, uh,

strangers round ever.

Ben and Joanne nod, a bit confused.

JOANNE:

Does the bed come included?

STEVE:

What you see is what you get.

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6 INT. WALKER HOUSE - LANDING - DAY 1 6

METAL CORE MUSIC is heard loud as they approach a bedroom.

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BEN:

Someone likes to rock and roll,

‘ay?

Steve laughs a bit too loudly. Sue knocks on the door.

SUE:

Jem. We’re coming in.

Sue opens the bedroom door and the noise becomes deafening.

CUT TO:

INT. WALKER HOUSE -JEM’S ROOM - DAY 1 7

Evil looking rock posters cover the walls. Black clothing is

strewn everywhere. A devil’s head bong is visible. JEM WALKER

(18) sits upright on the bed. Jem’s a flame haired punk rock

princess who wears a permanent frown on her pretty face.

She’s petite and cute, but her eyes have a hardness to them.

As we’ll learn later she’s been through a lot and seen things

only war veterans have the misfortune to see.

Ben and Joanne peer in. Jem holds up her left hand and starts

jiggling her fingers.

JEM:

There’s a party going on, all the

people are dancing...

Jem holds up her right hand. Makes a gun out of her hand.

JEM (CONT’D)

...a psycho killer bursts in and

starts shooting...

Jem does the rat a tat tat sound effect. Pointing her gun

hand at her fingers. All the fingers “die”. One finger is

left standing:
her middle finger.

JEM (CONT’D)

Only one survives: Mr. F*** Off

Right Now.

Steve quickly closes the door.

CUT TO:

INT. WALKER HOUSE - LANDING - DAY 1 8

Steve and Sue grimace at the shocked couple.

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SUE:

She doesn’t come included.

CUT TO:

INT. WALKER HOUSE - LOUNGE - DAY 1 9

Sue, Steve and the young couple are having coffee in the

lounge. They’re getting on. Jem, wearing an ARMY SURPLUS

JACKET (very similar to Lisa’s) and a BLUE ARM BAND (exactly

the same as Lisa’s), comes down the stairs. The young

couples’ faces fall.

JOANNE:

Oh, I- I thought the Human

Volunteer Force had disbanded.

SUE:

(resigned)

No, round here they’re still going

strong.

Young couple nod. Plastic smiles. But don’t be fooled - an

active HVF is a deal breaker. They get to their feet.

JOANNE:

You have a beautiful home. It’s

just we’re looking for... We’re

just looking for somewhere more...

SUE:

Remote?

JOANNE:

Yes.

SUE:

So are we.

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EXT. WALKER HOUSE - DAY 1 10

The couple jump in their car. Getting the hell outta here.

Sue and Steve watch from the front doorway.

SUE:

They’ve got one too.

Steve looks at Sue.

STEVE:

I think we should start lowering

the asking price.

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SUE:

We’ve already done that. Twice.

STEVE:

He can’t come back here

SUE:

Well he’s just gonna have to,

Steve.

Jem exits the house and walks past her parents.

STEVE:

You pull any of that crap again

young lady and you’re going to be

seriously grounded.

JEM:

Instead of what, Dad? Hilariously

grounded?

STEVE:

I mean it.

JEM:

(sarcastic)

Shaking.

Jem goes to walk off.

SUE:

Jemima before you...

JEM:

What?

SUE:

Tomorrow... (lowering her voice)...

Tomorrow we’re going to Norfolk to

pick up -

JEM:

No. Uh huh. No way.

Jem goes to head up the cul de sac. Sue takes her arm.

SUE:

You don’t have to come but your Dad

and me think it would be nice if

you were -

Jem forcefully takes back her arm and strides up the cul de

sac. Steve sighs. Sue watches her leave.

SUE (CONT’D)

I hate that she still wears that

bloody armband 24/7.

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STEVE:

She’ll come around.

Sue shoots Steve a look: “Bit optimistic there, dear”.

STEVE (CONT’D)

(staying positive)

Well, at least the drive to Norfolk

is quite scenic.

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EXT. PDS TREATMENT CENTRE - MAIN GATE - DAY 1 11

The wilds of Norfolk: an army truck drives through a flat

desolate windswept wasteland. Scenic it is not. Behind the

MAIN GATE, reinforced with electrical barbed wire, patrolled

by the army, is a BUILDING COMPLEX, once a slaughterhouse,

now a sign informs us it is the: HALPERIN & WESTON PARTIALLY

DECEASED TREATMENT CENTRE.

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INT. PDS TREATMENT CENTRE - DAY 1 12

KIEREN sits in a semi circle with about six other PDS

sufferers of various ages. They all have pale faces, pin

prick eyes and wear the kind of clothes long term psychiatric

patients wear. Some are more decayed than others and you’d be

forgiven for mentally undertaking in a morbid guessing game:

“Guess the Cause of Death”. Kieren’s is unclear.

KIEREN:

...the worst side effect, for me,

is the flashbacks. It’s always of

the last person that I... Before...

When I was... When I was in my

Untreated State. Me and another dea

(d) -PDS sufferer- we hunted

together and we were in this

supermarket and this girl was there

and, and I....It’s so vivid what we

-what I did to her and the guilt.

It’s crippling. But you know, I

guess I deserve it.

ALEX:

(to Kieren)

Mate, if you hadn’t’ve fed on her

you’d have rotted away yourself.

You shouldn’t feel guilty

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KEITH:

Alex

ALEX:

They killed us too during the

Rising. Blowing our heads off

without a second thought. But oh,

oh, that’s “defending humanity” so

that’s okay. That’s not murder,

that’s being a hero. While they get

medals, we get medicated.

HANNAH:

Without medication we’d go back to

being rabid.

ALEX:

Maybe that’s a better state to be

in.

HANNAH:

God, you’re such an idiot, Alex.

ALEX:

(re:
her head brace)

I'm the idiot? I ain't the one who

took acid four years ago and

thought she could..(as Orvil) fly

way up to the sky.

HANNAH stands and goes for Alex. Alex stands. Keith steps in.

KEITH:

Alright, that’s enough.

HANNAH sits back down in her chair. Stares daggers at Alex.

KEITH (CONT’D)

You’re all on edge. Because of

Sunday. Am I right? It’s normal to

be nervous about going back. But

with the cover up mousse you’re

getting and - hey I see some of you

have already started trying out

your new contact lenses. How are

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