Once Upon A Time Pilot Page #10

Season #1 Episode #1

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REGINA:

Right. I should probably take that

book away.

ANNA:

What’s the harm? It’s only a book.

REGINA:

Yes. That it is. Well, have a

safe trip home.

Anna nods at her, steps way. Ready to head home. But something’s gnawing at her.

ANNA Hey --

Regina stops, mid door close.

Yeah?

REGINA:

ANNA Do you love him?

And Regina is thrown by that question.

REGINA Excuse me?

ANNA:

Henry. Do you love him?

For a flash we catch a look -- surprise perhaps -- on Regina’s face. And just as quickly, it’s gone.

REGINA:

Of course I love him.

Whatever Anna saw? She’s keeping to herself.

ANNA:

Right. Sorry. Goodbye.

And with that Anna leaves. EXT. TOWN SQUARE - NIGHT

ON THE CLOCK TOWER. Frozen at “8:15.” The sun is setting at the end of another day in Storybrooke.

The old folk song Kookaburra starts playing as we slowly PAN DOWN TO --

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Anna. Walking through the town square. Her encounter with Regina weighing heavily on her as she looks at this place through new eyes. And while there is no OVERT magic, there is certainly something odd and off about the place. She notices --

A butcher shop. A bakery. A hippie selling candles. A dwarf shooting hoops on the basketball court.

And through this we, but not Anna, recognize some people from Fairy Tale land. The dwarf is GRUMPY. Outside the bakery, a HANDYMAN works on the bannister to the stairs. This is Geppetto. And while it feels a bit surreal, Anna’s not actually seeing anything without a rational explanation here. This is just small town America closing shop. However, for the first time, she’s seeing the town the way Henry does. She’s seeing magic in a world that previously had none.

Anna shakes her head, can’t believe he’s gotten to her, as she walks into --

INT. GRANNY’S - SAME

Red is at the front desk. Anna walks up.

RED:

Checking out? Back to Boston?

Anna is distracted by everything, just nods.

ANNA ... yeah.

RED What’s it like?

Anna looks up at Red, surprised.

HUH.

ANNA:

You’ve never been? It’s only four

hours away.

RED:

Why would I leave here?

And while it’s not any real “proof” -- it reminds Anna of someone. Someone she’s about to leave. SO --

ANNA:

You know what... I think I’d

actually like to keep the room.

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RED Sure. How long?

ANNA Just a week.

Now we realize -- it’s all gotten to Anna. Henry is in HER HEAD. And Regina’s answer is haunting her. As Red gets the paperwork, we go off Anna --

INT. HENRY’S ROOM - REGINA’S HOUSE - NIGHT

Regina tucks Henry into bed. Kisses his forehead.

REGINA Good night, Henry.

Henry just nods. Regina tries to mask her frustration as she leaves. HOLD ON HENRY. Once the door is closed and he hears her footsteps recede, he hops out of bed. In his PJs he scampers over to the window.

Henry pulls the shade and sits on the sill. Staring out the window.

HENRY’S POV. He’s staring at the CLOCK TOWER.

PUSH IN on the CLOCK TOWER. In the moonlight, we go TIGHT on the CLOCK FACE, still reading “8:15.” BEAT. And then --

TICK.

The CLOCK MOVES.

58.

THE END:

CUT TO BLACK.

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