Joker Page #25

Joker stares at Randall.

JOKER:

(beat)

It's not a good time. I'm in the

middle of something here.

GARY:

Of course. No problem. Another

time.

Gary turns to go. Randall pauses for a moment, has something

else to say before he leaves--

RANDALL:

Yeah. Another time, then. Oh hey,--

one other thing--

He takes a step closer to Joker--

92.

RANDALL:

Listen, the cops have been poking

around the shop, they're talking to

all the clowns about those subway

murders and--

GARY:

(interrupting)

They didn't talk to me.

RANDALL:

(snaps at Gary)

That's because the suspect was a

regular-sized person. If it was a

f***ing midget you'd be in jail

right now.

(turns back to Joker)

Anyway, Hoyt said they were looking

for me, and, and I just wanna see

what you said. You know, make sure

our stories line up, bein' that

you're my boy and--

AND JOKER STABS THE SCISSORS AS DEEP AS HE CAN into Randall's

neck. Blood spurts. Randall screams. Gary stumbles back in

shock--

GARY:

(screaming)

What the f*** what the f*** WHAT

THE F***--

Joker pulls them out and jams them into Randall's eye before

he can react. The sound is sickening. Gary's screaming in the

background--

Randall blindly fights back, screaming in pain, flailing his

arms, his own blood blinding him--

Joker grabs Randall by the head -- all of his pent up rage

and frustration pouring out of him -- AND SLAMS HIS HEAD

AGAINST THE WALL.

AGAIN. And AGAIN. And AGAIN.

Joker lets go of Randall's head, and Randall drops to the

ground. Joker leans back against the wall, out of breath,

kind of slides down the wall to the floor--

Sees Gary huddled in the corner, trembling with fear--

93.

JOKER:

(catching his breath)

I'm gonna be on TV tonight. Can you

believe it?

Gary doesn't answer. Doesn't move--

JOKER:

It's okay, Gary. You can go.

Gary backs away toward the door. Joker sits there for a

moment, breathing heavy, wipes Randall's blood off his face--

GARY (OS)

Hey, Art?

Joker turns, sees Gary at the front door. He points up high

to the chain-lock. He can't reach it.

Joker just shakes his head to himself and gets up to unlock

the door.

He walks past Gary who's still trembling almost too afraid to

look up at him. Joker leans over him and undoes the chain,

opens the door. Gary bolts, running down the hallway as fast

as he can--

CUT TO:

91 INT. MOM'S BEDROOM, APARTMENT - LATE AFTERNOON 91

(Over the following, we don't see Joker's face. We don't

reveal his finished "look" just yet.)

CLOSE PICKING UP HIS NOTEBOOK, fanning through the pages--

Pausing at the BLACK & WHITE RIPPED PHOTO OF BRUCE WAYNE for

a moment. Continues, stopping at the same entry from the

opening scene--

CLOSE ON WORDS, "I just hope my death make more sense than my

life."

92 INT. LIVING ROOM, MOM'S APARTMENT - LATE AFTERNOON 92

CLOSE ON TAKING RANDALL'S WALLET OUT OF HIS BLOOD SOAKED

PANTS, pocketing all the cash.

CLOSE ON BUTT OF A GUN STICKING OUT OF RANDALL'S WAISTBAND,

glimpse Joker's hand reaching for it--

94.

93 INT. KITCHEN, MOM'S APARTMENT - LATE AFTERNOON 93

JOKER'S P.O.V. FINISHING WRITING A NOTE, "On Murray Franklin

Tonight -- Please Watch!"

CLOSE ON STUFFING THE NOTE AND ALL OF RANDALL'S MONEY into an

envelope--

TURNING ENVELOPE OVER, WRITING "SOPHIE" on the front.

94 INT. LIVING ROOM WINDOW, MOM'S APARTMENT - LATE AFTERNOON 94

CLOSE ON THE ORANGE CAT AT THE WINDOW, and maybe if we're

looking close enough we notice something strange... the cat

has no reflection.

ANGLE OVER JOKER'S SHOULDER OPENING THE WINDOW, shooing the

cat out onto the fire escape, out into the dying day--

JOKER (OS)

Go on. Go. You're free.

CLOSE ON THE CAT LOOKING BACK AT JOKER FOR A LONG MOMENT,

before scampering off out into the world, leaving him behind

for good.

As he closes the window we almost catch Joker's reflection in

the glass--

95 INT. HALLWAY, APARTMENT BUILDING - LATE AFTERNOON 95

FOLLOWING BEHIND JOKER, walking down the hallway as if in

slow motion, heading for Sophie's apartment. His dyed green

hair now slicked back.

He's wearing the ill-fitting rust colored suit he wore to his

mother's funeral.

STILL FROM BEHIND, he lays the envelope in front of Sophie's

door, then pulls something else out of his pocket -- his body

obscuring what it is -- puts it down by her door and leaves.

As he walks away down the hallway, we see what else Joker

left behind--

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