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99 INT. MOTEL ROOM 21 - DAY ##BLACK AND WHITE SEQUENCE## 99

Leonard (boxers, bandaged arm) drops the FILE CARD and

presses the INK-COVERED NEEDLE against his thigh. Leonard *

pushes the ink-covered needle against his thigh, ABOUT TO

BREAK THE SKIN.

The PHONE RINGS, surprising Leonard. He watches it ring, then

reaches out with his BANDAGED arm to lift the receiver.

LEONARD:

Who is this?

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100 INT. MOTEL ROOM 304 - NIGHT 100

Leonard is WOKEN by the sound of a door SHUTTING FIRMLY. He

turns his head to see a glow from under the bathroom door.

In the dim light he can see a well-worn, COVERLESS PAPERBACK

BOOK on the far bedside table. Next to it is a HAIRBRUSH and

a drinking glass half-full of water. There is a small STUFFED

TOY sitting by the pillow next to Leonard's head. Leonard's

eyes are half-closed as he slides his hand onto the other

half of the bed, feeling the residual warmth, smiling.

He props himself up on one arm, rubs his eyes and reaches

over to the SMALL, GREEN ALARM CLOCK, straining to read its

numbers in the dim light. He breathes heavily, sleepily and

shuts his eyes for a second, UTTERLY CONTENT.

LEONARD:

(about to tell her something)

Honey?

The sound of the SHOWER being run. Leonard opens his eyes and

looks over to the bathroom door.

LEONARD (cont'd)

(relaxed)

Honey? It's late.

Leonard swings his legs over and sits on the edge of the bed.

Move in on Leonard's face.

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LEONARD (cont'd)

Everything okay?

Leonard looks around with growing unease.

101INT. LEONARD'S APARTMENT BATHROOM - NIGHT 101

TREMBLING, SHALLOW-FOCUS EXTREME CLOSE UPS:

A glass bottle SHATTERS against a tiled floor, bath salts and

glass spreading out over the black and white tiles.

102 INT. MOTEL ROOM 304 - NIGHT 102

Leonard RISES from the bed, STARING at the bathroom door.

103 INT. LEONARD'S APARTMENT BATHROOM - NIGHT 103

SUDDEN MOVEMENT glimpsed through a WATER-BEADED CLEAR PLASTIC

SHOWER CURTAIN. Mirror SHATTERING.

104 INT. MOTEL ROOM 304 - NIGHT 104

Leonard is at the bathroom door. He TAPS gently.

105 INT. LEONARD'S APARTMENT BATHROOM - NIGHT 105

The wet plastic shower curtain pulls TAUT across a GASPING,

THRASHING FEMALE FACE.

106 INT. MOTEL ROOM 304 - NIGHT 106

Leonard KNOCKS again. No answer. He KNOCKS louder, concerned.

LEONARD (cont'd)

Are you okay in there?!

Leonard GRABS the handle, THROWS OPEN THE DOOR.

107 INT. STEAM-FILLED BATHROOM ROOM 304 - NIGHT

A BLONDE WOMAN in a silk dressing gown, seated on the toilet,

looks up from SNORTING a line of cocaine off a small hand

mirror. She GIGGLES as she speaks to Leonard.

BLONDE:

Was it good for you?

Leonard stands in the doorway, SHAKEN. The Blonde realizes

that Leonard is not happy.

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BLONDE (cont'd)

Sh*t. Was I supposed to lock the door?

LEONARD:

No. That would have been worse.

Leonard moves to turn off the shower.

LEONARD (cont'd)

I'd like you to leave now.

108 INT. DISCOUNT INN, ROOM 304 - NIGHT - LATER

Leonard, fully clothed, grabs a SHOPPING BAG from the closet,

and does a quick circuit of the room, grabbing various items

(the paperback book, hairbrush, alarm clock, stuffed toy) and

STUFFING them into the bag.

109 EXT. DISCOUNT INN - NIGHT 109

Leonard comes out of Room 304, grim-faced, carrying the

shopping bag. He goes to his Jaguar and gets in.

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110 INT. MOTEL ROOM 21 - NIGHT ##BLACK AND WHITE SEQUENCE## 110

Leonard (boxers, bandaged arm) dips the NEEDLE into the ink*

reservoir and PUNCTURES the skin of his thigh, talking on the

phone.

LEONARD:

Well, sir, that would certainly be in

keeping with some of my own discoveries.

Yeah, I was hoping to get more on the

drugs angle. Hang on a second.

Leonard drops the needle/pen, pulls a LARGE FILE out of his

sports bag and opens it on the bed.

LEONARD (cont'd)

The police report mentioned the drugs

found in the car outside my house. The

car was stolen, but his prints were all

over it, along with some of his stuff.

And I think there's something...

(flips through pages)

Something about a syringe...

(flips pages, confused)

I've got a copy of the police report.

(MORE)

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LEONARD (cont'd)

It has lots of information, but with my

condition, it's tough. I can't really

keep it all in mind at once.

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Leonard looks at the back of the file, where he has written a *

list of 'CONCLUSIONS'. *

LEONARD (cont'd) *

I have to keep summarizing the different *

sections... *

Leonard flips back to the front page. on it there is a

handwritten note: "MISSING PAGES: 14-17, 19, 23...

LEONARD (cont'd)

Yeah, and there's pages missing... I

guess I've been trying to log them all.

(listens, smiles)

The police gave me the report

themselves. I dealt with them a lot in

my insurance job, and I had friends in

the department. They must have figured

that if I saw the facts of the case,

then I would stop believing that we

needed to find John G.

Leonard flips to the back page to look at his HANDWRITTEN

CONCLUSIONS.

LEONARD (cont'd)

They weren't even looking for John G.

The stuff they found in the car just fit

in with what they believed had happened,

so they didn't chase any of it up.

111 EXT. DISCOUNT INN - DAY 111

Leonard pulls up in the Jaguar, checks the name against a

NOTE written on a BEER MAT, and heads into the office.

Leonard comes out of the office, gets a sports bag from the

Jaguar, then takes a Polaroid of the entrance and heads for

Room 304.

112 INT. DISCOUNT INN - ROOM 304 - DAY 112

Leonard enters the unoccupied room, flapping the Polaroid

photo. He sifts through his sports bag, pulls out a pen and

writes the motel's address on the picture.

With well-practiced, efficient movements, Leonard removes his

wall chart from the sports bag, unrolls it, sticks it to the

wall. He takes a stack of Polaroids out of the sports bag and

works through them, considering each new picture and finding

its proper place on the chart like someone playing solitaire.

LATER:

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Leonard flips through the yellow pages, looking under "Escort

Services".

LATER:

Leonard is on the phone.

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LEONARD:

None? Okay, blonde. Yeah, blonde is fine.

Discount Inn, 304. Leonard. *

LATER:

Leonard opens the door to the Blonde.

LATER:

The Blonde is looking curiously at the chart, drink in hand.

Leonard is in the chair.

BLONDE:

Well, what then?

LEONARD:

It's simple, you just go to the bathroom.

The Blonde turns, surprised. Leonard smiles, embarrassed.

LEONARD (cont'd)

No, you just go into the bathroom. We go

to bed, you wait till I fall asleep, then

you go into the bathroom and slam the door.

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