Signs Page #6

OFFICER PASKI:

Okay.

(beat)

So he was tall?

GRAHAM:

(to Merrill)

I would say so.

MERRILL:

Probably.

OFFICER PASKI:

Over six feet?

Beat.

MERRILL:

It was very dark.

GRAHAM:

Yes, it was.

OFFICER PASKI:

We've established that.

(beat)

Just tell me about his clothing then.

Graham and Merrill stare at Edgar Paski.

OFFICER PASKI:

Was he wearing a Scottish kilt or

jeans?

They keep staring. Edgar closes his pad.

OFFICER PASKI:

Let me ask you two something. Don't

be embarrassed by the answer. It is

possible... Just possible now, you

might have been chasing each other

around? You said you went in opposite

directions.

GRAHAM:

Edgar, it sounds as strange to me

saying it, as it is to you hearing

it. But we couldn't see him. He stayed

mostly in the shadows. All we could

make out was movement.

(beat)

But I'll tell you something with

absolute certainty. There was someone

watching our house last night. He

was looking in my children's windows

and I want you to find him Edgar.

(beat)

I need you to take this seriously,

just in case, it is something serious.

The three men stand in the doorway. Edgar opens his pad.

OFFICER PASKI:

I apologize.

Morgan walks up to the front door. He holds up a baby monitor.

MORGAN:

Can I use Bo's old baby monitor as a

walkie-talkie?

GRAHAM:

Yes.

MORGAN:

It needs batteries.

GRAHAM:

Edgar, come inside.

The three men follow Morgan into the house. They pass through

the family room where Bo stands at the television.

She is staring at the screen. ON THE SCREEN IS AERIAL FOOTAGE

FROM A HELICOPTER. THE FOOTAGE IS OF A LARGE FIELD WITH

ENORMOUS CIRCLES AND DIAMONDS CARVED INTO ITS CROPS.

Bo changes the channel. She finds a cartoon. She sits down

on the sofa.

Morgan and the men, can't see the screen, and move into the

KITCHEN.

OFFICER PASKI:

How certain are you, that this was a

male?

MERRILL:

I don't know any girls can run like

that.

Graham opens one of the cabinets and pulls down some

batteries. He hands them to Morgan.

MORGAN:

These are D's; I need double A's.

GRAHAM:

I have some upstairs.

Graham starts out of the kitchen.

OFFICER PASKI:

I don't know Merrill. I've seen some

of those women on the Olympics. They

could out run me easy.

They all move into the FAMILY ROOM.

Bo watches cartoons. THE CARTOON MUSIC AND CARTOON PRAT FALLS

FILLS THE ROOM.

MERRILL:

This guy got on the roof in like a

second.

GRAHAM:

Bo, can you turn down the volume

until Officer Paski leaves?

Bo nods and moves to the television. The pack of men follow

Graham up the STAIRS.

MERRILL:

That roof is over ten feet high.

GRAHAM:

He's telling you the truth, Edgar.

Whoever it was, is very strong and

can jump pretty high.

They arrive on the landing and follow Graham into his bedroom.

He moves into his BATHROOM.

They all move in with him.

OFFICER PASKI:

They got women's high jumping in the

Olympics. They got these Scandinavian

women who could jump clean over me.

Graham takes the clock radio from the sink. Tries to open

the back.

GRAHAM:

Shoot, it needs a screw driver. I

have double A's in here.

Graham waves the radio. The men and Morgan move out of the

bathroom.

GRAHAM:

I know you're making a point Edgar.

I just don't know what it is.

They moves down the STAIRS.

OFFICER PASKI:

Yesterday afternoon, an out of town

woman stopped by the diner and started

yelling and cussing cause they didn't

have her favorite cigarettes at the

vending machine. Scared a couple of

customers. No one's seen her since...

My point is, we don't know anything

about the person you saw. We should

just keep all possibilities available.

They move through the FAMILY ROOM.

Bo's cartoon is replaced by a special report news icon.

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