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DOUG DRIVES BLAIR’S CAR LIKE HE’S INVINCIBLE. TESS LEANS OUT

THE WINDOW INTO THE WIND. BOTH OF THEM ON TOP OF THE WORLD -

INT./EXT. COP CAR - MOVING - NIGHT

Elsewhere, Jenna zips around in her stolen cop car, mid-way

through a panic attack.

JENNA:

Oh f***, oh f***, oh f***...

She wheels around a corner and sees another COP CAR waiting

to turn left at a red light intersection.

JENNA (CONT’D)

Thank you god. Thank you Jesus.

Thank you Beyonce.

She pulls up next to the car and rolls down her window. The

OFFICER sitting shotgun does, too -- extremely suspicious.

JENNA (CONT’D)

Officer! I need help. My friend

went on a date with this guy who

turned out to be a drug dealer, and

he came by our apartment and we

ended up doing some of the drugs...

(off the Officer’s look)

Let me fast forward. There’s a

crazy guy chasing us and you guys

need to help me get hooked up with

witness protection, STAT.

Both officers notice the considerable amount of BLOOD SPATTER

splayed across Jenna’s driver door. The officer sitting

shotgun slowly brings his RADIO up to his mouth...

JENNA (CONT’D)

(under breath)

F***.

(then, out loud)

You know what? Nevermind. I’m good.

The light turns green and Jenna casually ACCELERATES through

it. The COPS flip their sirens on and SPEED AFTER HER.

Jenna continues to barrel through multiple red light

intersections, SCREAMING as she goes --

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EXT. ANOTHER STREET - NIGHT

Jenna turns a corner, looking for an idea. She sees a

CIVILIAN CAR make an illegal turn and FLIPS ON HER LIGHTS.

By the time the REAL COPS catch up, Jenna looks like an

actual patrol car making a traffic stop. They blow right by.

Jenna pulls a GUN from the glove box and approaches the car.

JENNA:

Give me your phone!

GIRLFRIEND:

Are you even a cop?

BOYFRIEND:

Just do what the lady cop says!

They both toss all of their belongings to Jenna.

GIRLFRIEND:

(to Boyfriend)

We’re gonna fight about this later.

Jenna grabs one of their phones, quickly dialing 9-1-1.

AUTOMATED MESSAGE (O.S.)

You’ve reached the 911 Emergency

Hotline. All circuits are busy-JENNA

MOTHER-F***!

Jenna hangs up, furious. Then gets an idea and dials again -

INT. POLICE STATION - SAME

Across town, a police station is bustling with evening

activity. TODD sits on a bench as his PHONE RINGS.

TODD:

Hello?

JENNA:

TODD!

TODD:

Jenna? Where are you? Are you okay?

INTERCUT TODD/JENNA:

Jenna futilely attempts to calm herself down.

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JENNA:

9-1-1 put me on hold. I think I

just mugged someone in self-

defense. I don’t know.

TODD:

What?

JENNA:

Nevermind. Are you still tracking

Gwen’s phone?

Todd gets up and moves over to see GWEN’S TABLET on a

detective’s desk. Two LAZY COPS sit nearby.

TODD:

Yeah. It looks like it’s on the

move near the corner of 3rd and D.

Jenna exhales. “On the move” is a good sign.

JENNA:

Thank god, she’s alive.

TODD:

Are you not with Tess?

JENNA:

No, I ran to get help. I need you

to send backup to that location,

there’s a crazy ass assassin guy

f***ing killing everyone.

TODD:

They said an officer was with you.

JENNA:

Well, he’s no longer “with us” in

more than one way.

Todd whips around to the nearby officers --

TODD:

How fast can you get here?

LAZY COP #1

Relax, kid. We’re putting a call

out. Ten minutes tops.

TODD:

He says ten minutes.

Jenna shakes her head.

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JENNA:

That’s too slow.

TODD:

It’s as fast as they can go.

JENNA:

You haven’t seen this guy.

TODD:

Please come to the station. They’re

professionals. They’ll handle it.

Jenna looks around, deeply conflicted.

JENNA:

If your best friend was trapped in

a burning house, would you wait ten

minutes for the fire fighters to

show, or would you run back in?

TODD:

You’re my best friend.

Jenna winces. She didn’t mean it like that.

JENNA:

Todd, I love you, I just-

TODD:

I’d run back in.

JENNA:

Me too.

She hangs up, throws the couple’s belongings onto the

sidewalk and jumps back into her stolen cop car.

EXT. STREET - NIGHT

The sound of SIRENS (O.S.) startles Blair awake. His eyes

focus to find ZIGGY AND FINCH staring back at him.

ZIGGY:

Wakey, wakey, lemon shakey.

BLAIR:

What the devil does that mean?

They lift Blair by his armpits and drag him off the road to a

more discreet location. Away from any potential cops.

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ZIGGY:

Where’d Doug go, guy?

Finch fishes through Blair’s pockets, pulling out a PHONE.

BLAIR:

Presumably he drove off in one of

the available directions.

Ziggy digs her gun into Blair’s neck, eyes bulging.

FINCH:

Wait, wait-Finch

reads Blair’s phone, pulling up his ADDRESS BOOK.

FINCH (CONT’D)

Check this out.

He holds the screen up the Ziggy’s face.

ZIGGY:

Nice phone. Is that the new model?

FINCH:

I mean the ADDRESS.

Sure enough, Blair has a contact card in his phone that

reads:
“KEATON. SISTER. 5551 BEACON.”

In a moment of opportunity, Blair pulls out his gun and

SHOOTS FINCH IN THE FOOT. Finch YELPS in pain, ripping his

shoe off to reveal a BLOWN OFF PINKY TOE.

FINCH (CONT’D)

F***!

Ziggy rears back and PISTOL WHIPS BLAIR with all of her

might. He drops like a sack of potatoes. Again.

ZIGGY:

Guess that means we found her.

Finch growls in pain as Ziggy whips out her phone, dialing.

ZIGGY (CONT’D)

Start the car. I’ll call Gene.

She throws the keys at Finch as he limps off.

INT./EXT. BLAIR’S CAR - GAS STATION - NIGHT

Doug and Tess pull up to an empty gas station in Blair’s car.

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DOUG:

I gotta make a phone call. You want

anything?

TESS:

Salt and vinegar chips?

DOUG:

You like those?

TESS:

You don’t?

DOUG:

Barbecue’s way better.

TESS:

Barbecue chips can suck a dick.

Doug makes a face and moves to get out of the car.

TESS (CONT’D)

Wait. Could you also get me a

Slurpee? And maybe some candy?

BZZZZZT. A buzzing noise erupts from the tampon box. Tess’

face falls. Doug takes the box and dumps it out, finding

GWEN’S CELL PHONE. Incoming call from: “TODD.”

TESS (CONT’D)

I can explain.

DOUG:

You had this the whole time?

TESS:

I was gonna tell you, but-

DOUG:

Is there something wrong with me?

Do I have a target on my back that

says “stab here” or something?

TESS:

Don’t act like you’re the only

victim! They killed our roommate,

Doug! I’ve been hiding that, too!

DOUG:

Gwen?

TESS:

Someone shot her. She’s dead.

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Doug softens.

DOUG:

Were you guys close?

TESS:

F*** no! But what else was I

supposed to do?

A sigh from Doug. He opens the glove box and finds HANDCUFFS.

TESS (CONT’D)

Oh come on, you don’t need those.

DOUG:

What else am I supposed to do?

Doug handcuffs Tess to the passenger door.

DOUG (CONT’D)

Guess I thought you were different.

TESS:

Doug, wait-He

shuts the driver’s side door and walks across the lot.

Swiftly and discreetly, he drops Gwen’s phone into an empty

parked car. Then walks back to a PAY PHONE -

As he does, an OLD WOMAN exits the mini-mart, gets into her

car and drives away, carrying Gwen’s phone away with her.

Doug SETS THE DRUGS ON TOP OF THE PAY PHONE in order to fish

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