October Gale

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[OPENING THEME MUSIC]

[LAPPING WAVES]

[KEYS JANGLING]

[SIGH]

[LAPPING WAVES]

HELEN:
If I leave now,

I'll beat the traffic.

HENRY:
There's nobody up there.

HELEN:
I called yesterday and

told Ed to get the boat out.

Stop worrying.

HENRY:
What about your patients?

HELEN:
Robert is covering them.

HENRY:
For how long?

HELEN:
I don't know.

HENRY:
You've never opened the

cottage before. Let me come.

Let me help you.

HELEN:
I don't want your help.

I wouldn't mind the challenge.

HENRY:
I'm worried about you.

You bulldozed Dad's garden.

I would've taken care of it.

HELEN:
The garden was

young when I was young

and old when I was old

and will die when I die.

His words.

You know I hate long goodbyes.

I'll be fine.

I have to do this alone.

Oh, Henry.

Don't forget to feed his fish.

[EXHALE]

[LAPPING WAVES]

HELEN:
Hey, Henry.

No, it's okay. I

told you I'd call.

Well, everything's fine.

Yeah.

Well, blown fuse.

No, flood lights.

Hey, didn't your father have

someone clean out the chimney

last year?

Yeah, that's what I thought. No, calm down.

I'm not on the roof.

No.

I've got to get

the fire started.

I'll call you later.

I'm alright.

[PHONE BEEP]

[BIRDS CHIRPING]

[EXHALE]

[BIRD CAWING]

JAMES:
Want me to

read aloud to you?

HELEN:
Okay.

JAMES:
When he awoke

at daylight again,

there'd be no storm.

Morning was bright,

and clean-smelling...

and cool.

There was no sign

of Wirt Sewell.

JAMES:
Sorry, I'm going to have to

put that gum in your belly-button

for a second, thank you.

JAMES:
Nor could Gault discover

any evidence to suggest that the

lanky express agent

had been there at all.

JAMES:
You're not

even into this.

HELEN:
Yeah I am, I'm listening,

I'm listening, I love this.

JAMES:
What's the

name of the book?

What's the name of the book?

HELEN:
The Son of--

It's The Son of...

JAMES:
[LAUGHING]

HELEN:
It's Clifton Adams.

It's Clifton James...

JAMES:
No. You got

one thing right.

HELEN:
[HEAVY BREATHS]

JAMES:
Do you want to be healed

or be a big sissy about it?

HELEN:
Like I'm not the sissy.

JAMES:
I'll still be gentle.

Look, that's good, right.

HELEN:
That's nice.

Oh, that's- Ow, ow!

HELEN:
[LAUGHING]

HELEN:
Ow-ow-ow-ow-ow-ow!

JAMES:
What do

you want to play?

HELEN:
I've got-

Oh, I dislike you.

Give me that.

JAMES:
You want to take a drag?

HELEN:
[LAUGHING]

HELEN:
[HEAVY BREATHS]

[PIANO MUSIC]

[BIRDS CHIRPING]

[FEMALE SINGER]:
Never

win and never lose

There's nothing

much to choose

Between the right and wrong

Nothing lost and

nothing gained

Still things aren't

quite the same

Between you and me

[BOAT MOTOR STARTS]

I keep a close watch

on this heart of mine

I keep a close watch

on this heart of mine

[BOAT MOTOR THROTTLES UP]

I still hear your

voice at night

When I turn out the light

And try to settle down

But there is

nothing I can do

'Cause I can't

live without you

Any way at all

I keep a close watch

on this heart of mine

I keep a close watch

on this heart of mine

I keep a close watch

on this heart of mine

Hoo, hoo...

[BOAT MOTOR]

[BOAT MOTOR SPUTTERS OUT]

[LAPPING WAVES]

HELEN:
Sh*t.

It's Helen. Helen Matthews.

Over.

ED:
Hey, Helen, what are you

doing up so early? Over.

HELEN:
Ed, I'm having

engine trouble.

I'm two clicks away

from the marina.

Just off Guthrie Point. Over.

ED:
I'll be right out, Helen.

Over.

HELEN:
Okay.

[BOAT MOTOR]

ED:
Henry's not up yet?

HELEN:
Uh, no. He's

back in Toronto.

He'll probably be

up in a month or so.

ED:
How long are you

planning to stay?

HELEN:
Not sure.

This was always James's

favorite time of the year.

ED:
When the tourists

aren't up yet.

HELEN:
Hm!

Well, I'll give you a call

when your boat's ready.

Probably in a day or two.

HELEN:
The little

one will have to do.

I got it.

[BOAT MOTOR THROTTLES UP]

[LAPPING WAVES]

[GENTLE PIANO]

[GENTLE WAVES]

[PHONE BEEP]

[PHONE BEEP]

[PHONE RINGING]

JAMES:
Hi, you've reached James Matthews.

I can't take--

[BEEPS]

[THUNDER]

[BANGING IN DISTANCE]

[THUNDER]

HELEN:
Hm.

[BANGING]

[THUNDER]

[HOWLING WIND]

[THUNDER]

[HEAVY RAPID BREATHS]

HELEN:
Oh, my God.

WILL:
Ah! Ah!

HELEN:
Just calm down.

Calm down.

You found me.

I can help you.

HELEN:
Okay.

WILL:
No, please, please. Please

don't leave. Please don't leave.

HELEN:
I'll be right back.

I'll be right back.

Okay.

Okay, alright.

Calm down.

Okay.

WILL:
[GROANS AND BREATHS]

[DISTANT THUNDER]

WILL:
Ah! Ah!

HELEN:
Let go.

HELEN:
Let go.

Let go. It's okay.

WILL:
Ah! F***!

WILL:
Ah! Ah!

HELEN:
I need you to open your mouth.

Open your mouth.

Swallow. Swallow.

Drink.

[THUNDER]

[LIGHT HOWLING WIND]

[LOW RHYTHMIC MUSIC]

HELEN:
Sh*t.

[DISTANT THUNDER]

[WIND AND CRASHING WAVES]

[BOAT MOTOR]

[BOAT MOTOR THROTTLES UP]

WILL:
Hello?

WILL:
Hello?

[VIOLIN AND PIANO SCORE]

[BOAT MOTOR]

[DISTANT THUNDER]

[CLOSE THUNDER]

[BOAT MOTOR LABORING]

WILL:
I was looking

for Aspirin.

HELEN:
Did I tell you

to take an Aspirin?

Take those.

WILL:
Red sky in the morning,

sailor's warning, huh?

HELEN:
What?

WILL:
No, it's

just an old saying.

HELEN:
No, I know the saying.

My husband says

it all the time.

WILL:
Where's he at?

HELEN:
In the city.

He's coming back later today.

WILL:
I'm William.

Will.

HELEN:
Helen. You're

bleeding again.

[HEAVY BREATHING]

HELEN:
Put it back down.

WILL:
Okay.

HELEN:
Put it down. Just relax.

Relax, relax it.

Stay very still.

WILL:
Okay.

HELEN:
How'd you find me?

WILL:
You were the only light.

You up for Easter then?

HELEN:
No.

What happened?

WILL:
Don't worry about it.

HELEN:
What happened?!

WILL:
Some men attacked me,

but don't worry about it.

HELEN:
Why didn't you

go to the police?

Do you own that boat?

Do you own that boat?

WILL:
I borrowed the

boat, I'll get it back.

HELEN:
Do you live around here?

WILL:
[SIGH]

Sort of, yeah.

HELEN:
Stay very still.

WILL:
Okay.

HELEN:
Who shot you?

WILL:
I told you who shot me.

Please...

Just leave it.

HELEN:
Look...

I fixed you up, you're

not going to die.

You need to leave as soon as

the weather permits, okay?

Just--

WILL:
It's fine.

I'll leave right now.

Can you just give me a

ride to the highway?

HELEN:
No, I can't do that.

WILL:
Alright, that's fine.

Just point me in the

direction of the road.

I'll get out of your hair.

HELEN:
No, no-no-no.

You don't understand.

There's no road.

We're on an island.

The marina is far. I

was just out in this.

A storm's coming and

the water is dangerous.

You fall in that water,

you freeze to death.

WILL:
Alright f*** it.

I'll take my boat.

HELEN:
You'll die in five

minutes in that little boat.

WILL:
I'll be fine.

Take it, it's worth something.

HELEN:
I don't want your watch.

WILL:
Take it. I

don't like favors.

HELEN:
It wasn't a favor.

WILL:
You saved my life, you didn't

have to do that. Please take it.

HELEN:
Yes, I did. You wouldn't

have lasted the night. I--

[WHISTLING WIND]

WILL:
Thank you.

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