Nurse Betty Page #43

BALLARD:

No, no, no... you don't know sh*t about

procedure! You don't send your best...

ROY:

I've got the working gun, Elden, me! You

wasted all your bullets so you crawl out

there.

Ballard stares at him in disbelief, then back at the closed

bedroom door. Ballard starts off on his belly.

BALLARD:

Goddammit...

146A OMIT 146A

147 INT. ROSA'S APARTMENT - BEDROOM - SAME TIME 147

A LONG BEAT passes. POLICE SIRENS wail in the distance.

Betty moves close to Charlie to look at his shoulder. He

watches her intently.

CHARLIE:

If we went out that window right now we'd

have a chance...

BETTY:

I better go check on them.

CHARLIE:

Wait, Betty... you still haven't answered

me.

BETTY:

This is really awkward...

The SIRENS are coming closer. He waves her off.

CHARLIE:

Ahh, it's too late, anyway. It's too

late.

(BEAT)

Listen, I could shoot my way out, maybe

take one of them with me... If you'd

gimme my gun back.

140.

BETTY:

I'd rather not...

CHARLIE:

Betty, I don't wanna shrivel up alone in

some stinking prison. No way. I've got

some professional pride. And I don't

want anybody else to get the credit for

taking me out.

BETTY:

...what're you saying?

CHARLIE:

When a Roman general knew a battle was

lost, he'd throw himself on his sword.

Charlie fumbles in his pocket, then pulls out the photo of

Betty with the cardboard David Ravell.

CHARLIE (cont'd)

Did... did you really come here because

you love this guy?

BETTY:

Yes... Not the actor, though, the doctor.

I think.

Charlie's sinks slowly to the floor.

CHARLIE:

So all this...really was because of that

soap opera? My son is dead because you

came out here to be with that doctor? A

fake doctor?

BETTY:

I wouldn't have put it quite that way,

but...

CHARLIE:

Wesley didn't even want to come up here.

He warned me, but I insisted...

(BEAT)

I have to ask you, Betty...are you crazy?

BETTY:

I don't think I am.

Charlie remains sitting pensively for a long beat.

CHARLIE:

I want you to listen to me, Betty.

People don't lie when they're about to

die.

141.

(BEAT)

You don't need that doctor. You don't

need that actor. You don't need any man.

It's not the forties, honey. You don't

need anybody. You've got yourself... and

that's more than most people can say.

Charlie reaches out slowly and takes the gun from Betty. She

doesn't fight him. He kisses her hand and steps into the

bathroom and closes the door. A single GUNBLAST sends a

shiver through Betty.

148 INT. LYLA'S HOUSE - NIGHT 148

TV Newscast

CLOSE SHOT of an ANCHORMAN.

ANCHORMAN:

In a story that police say is bizarre,

even for Hollywood, a father-son team of

killers tracked a Kansas soap opera fan

halfway across the country, only to find

themselves the victims in a final, bloody

confrontation...

The Anchorman continues as the CAMERA PULLS BACK to reveal

Lyla and George watching television in a plush living room.

LYLA:

This story is beyond belief, which is

perfect for us. It's free advertising

and it's gonna run for months.

GEORGE:

I don't think she can do it. You saw

what happened.

LYLA:

You f***ed it up. Who wouldn't freeze in

those circumstances? And I don't care

what her problems are. She wouldn't be

the first one in that cast with problems.

We have nothing to lose by making her an

offer.

GEORGE:

What about me? Don't you wanna know how

I feel about it? I'm the one who...

LYLA:

Why would I give a sh*t how you feel. And

I got news for you. I loved your 'icy

water' idea the other day... I'm toying

142.

with the idea of killing David Ravell off

in a boating accident.

GEORGE:

That's not a bad idea. How many episodes

before he comes back?

Lyla shakes her head "no."

GEORGE (cont'd)

Jesus, don't do that! If it gets around

that you fired me, I'll never land a

pilot.

LYLA:

Then do as you're told. Get her back.

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