Okja Page #15

RED:

We suspected. Come on. We allsuspected.

Okja's SCREAM and Red's sobbing become blended in a sorrowfulharmony. The male members sit in uncomfortable silence. Klooks especially distraught. Jay quietly approaches Red andputs a hand on her shoulder.

JAY:

Don't cry. We can't be weak.

BLOND:

Right. This is all the more reasonto stay focused and stick to ourplan.

JAY:

The little girl trusted us withOkja. We have to respect herbravery.

K cannot keep it to himself any longer.

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K:

She never agreed to send Okja.

What? All eyes fall on K. Red stops crying.

BLOND:

What did you just say?

K:

When she was in our truck... She

said she was "taking Okja back tothe mountains."

Jay and the members are speechless.

K (CONT'D)

(sighs)

I lied.

RED:

You little piece of sh*t! I knewsomething was up in that truck!

JAY:

(Quietly)

Why did you lie?

K:

I don't know. In that moment... I

just couldn't stop the mission. Itwas the coolest mission ever.

K stares at the cool A.L.F. tattoo on his wrist. Jay gets up

from the sofa and walks over. He gently lays a hand on K'sshoulder.

JAY:

K, it's okay. Look at me.

As soon as K looks up - POW - Jay drives a fist across hisface. Before the other members can even react, Jay pushes Kinto a corner and begins pummeling him mercilessly.

JAY (CONT'D)

I hold you dear to my heart - as Ido all creatures - but you havedishonored the forty year historyand meaningful legacy of the AnimalLiberation Front. You have betrayedthe great minds and brave fighterswho preceded you.

Even as he unloads a savage beating, Jay maintains his formalmanner of speech, speaking like he's at an academic seminar.

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JAY (CONT'D)

You have besmirched a forty yeartradition.

Jay withdraws his fists and gathers his breath. He looks downat K.

JAY (CONT'D)

Never mistranslate. Translations

are sacred.

Jay throws a bag at K.

JAY (CONT'D)

From this moment on you are nolonger a member of the A.L.F. Youare permanently banned. Get out.

However, since it's vital that we

proceed with our mission, we willhave to return your equipment afterits completion. Consider this yourlast contribution to the A.L.F.

K wipes the blood off his lips, dejected, disgraced. He putsthe bag over his shoulder and begins to walk out. He stops bythe table and adjusts the position of the satellite dish.

When he does, the image on the laptop instantly becomesclearer.

INT. LABORATORY - WHITE ROOM - LATER

CLOSE ON a green soju bottle. Johnny picks it up and gulps itdown. Alfonso isn't in the room anymore. Okja is sprawled onthe floor, lifeless. A dreadful silence. The heavilyinebriated Johnny takes the remainder of the soju and walks

over to Okja. He crouches before her.

JOHNNY:

You want some?

He pours some on his hand and brings it to her mouth. Okjacloses her nostrils, repulsed by the smell. Johnny doesn'tcare. He just slurps it up himself. He licks every last drop.

JOHNNY (CONT'D)

It makes you feel better.

Okja is completely drained from the brutal mating sessionwith Alfonso, barely moving. Johnny also lies on the floor,

resting his head on his arm, face to face with Okja.

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JOHNNY (CONT'D)

The first time is the hardest.

It'll get easier.

Johnny lets out a melancholy sigh.

JOHNNY (CONT'D)

Oh, this is a unspeakable place. Iknow, I know. And this room isn't

even the worst. There are worse

rooms out there.

(Beat)

Lucy Mirando told me I wasn't toharm you in here. At least notvisibly. She wants you perfect forher big telecast!

Johnny starts to rise.

JOHNNY (CONT'D)

But when a woman humiliates a man

in front of his colleagues, a manis inclined to make his own

decisions.

Johnny suddenly picks up a piece of long metallic equipmentfrom the floor.

JOHNNY (CONT'D)

So there is one last thing. This.

Johnny laughs. He fits the tip of the equipment with aneedle.

JOHNNY (CONT'D)

This... It's called a biopsy gun.

What it does is...

(laughs)

It's nothing really. It's used onbeef... I mean live cows... To

check the marbling...

A phone RINGS inside the room. Johnny presses thespeakerphone button, and we hear Jennifer's annoyingly high-

pitched voice.

JENNIFER (V.O.)

Hi, Johnny. Is Okja with you? Willyou put her on the phone?

JOHNNY:

What?

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JENNIFER (V.O.)

(with a laugh)

Our precious local farmer princessinsists that she speaks to her onthe phone. Whatever... She says youshould lift her ear and put thereceiver underneath.

JOHNNY:

You're on speakerphone.

We hear a SNAP as Mija snatches the phone from Jennifer. Wehear her voice through the speaker.

MIJA (V.O.)

Okja!!!

The previously lifeless Okja opens her eyes and leaps to herfeet upon hearing Mija's voice.

OKJA:

Eeeeeeeeeehhhhhhhhhhh!!!

I/E. MOVING VAN, NEAR JFK - EVENING

MIJA:

Okja - ! Are you okay?

We see the JFK terminal growing farther in the rear window.

Mija practically screams into the phone.

Jennifer and the Mirando employees cover their ears.

OKJA (V.O.)

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!

MIJA:

What? I can't hear you!!

INT. LABORATORY - WHITE ROOM

Johnny SLAMS off the speakerphone. Okja cries, sayingsomething to Mija. When the sound abruptly stops, she beginsto shift back and forth nervously. Okja's desperate danceenrages Johnny, and he SMASHES the speakerphone on the floor.

Okja freezes. Johnny wobbles over with the biopsy gun in onehand and a semi-translucent iPad in the other. Open on the

iPad is an app developed by Mirando for intra-company use.

When Johnny takes a picture of Okja using the app, 3-D

contours appear over the picture along with the names of meat

parts.

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He aims the gun on Okja's back. He pretends to stick theneedle in her skin.

JOHNNY:

BANG!! Sirloin!

Okja lets out a weak GROWL.

JOHNNY (CONT'D)

The shank! Oh, yeah!

Johnny laughs as he drunkenly sways from side to side. Hetouches the needle of the biopsy gun.

JOHNNY (CONT'D)

Don't worry. You won't die. I'mjust going to take a bit of your'meat.' Of course I'm not going toeat it. We have 'tasters' for that.

(laughs)

They're a bunch of half-witdegenerate fucktards.

He laughs like a madman. Okja MOANS weakly.

Johnny is losing his mind, partially due to the alcohol butmostly due to his guilt.

JOHNNY (CONT'D)

So... I'm gonna have to poke you

in five places.

He raises the gun.

JOHNNY (CONT'D)

I'm sorry!

Johnny becomes teary-eyed. His emotions swing wildly frommanic laughter to self-pitying sorrow.

JOHNNY (CONT'D)

It's gonna hurt!

(sobs)

But I can't anesthetize you! Weneed to eat your meat!

Okja MOANS. Johnny weeps uncontrollably, his face a mask oftears and snot.

JOHNNY (CONT'D)

I shouldn't be here. I'm an animal

lover. Everyone knows that aboutme! And the sick sh*t Lucy makes usdo in here.

(MORE)

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JOHNNY (CONT'D)

Christ knows how many laws we’rebreaking. It makes my stomach -

BANG. Johnny pulls the trigger mid-speech. Okja's leg spasmsfrom the sting. Her SCREAM echoes throughout the room.

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