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At the window, Gomez pokes his head out. In the

background, Morticia brushes her hair with a silverfiligree brush.

GOMEZ:

(disturbed)

Granny - where's your fog?

(CONTINUED)

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FROM ABOVE:

the fog machine hurtles downwards, missing decapitating

Gomez by millimeters. It crashes below, smashing throughthe front porch roof.

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8 OMITTED 8

9

INT. ENTRANCE HALL - LATER 9

Standing beside the front door is LURCH, the giganticfamily butler, a reanimated stitched-together behemoth.

He holds two brown paper lunch bags in his enormoushands. The bags' contents wriggle, eager to escape.

WEDNESDAY:

(taking her bag)

Thank you, Lurch.

(CONTINUED)

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Pugsley takes his bag, opens it, and peers inside. Lurch

GROWLS, and Pugsley closes the bag.

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EXT. BALCONY OUTSIDE GOMEZ AND MORTICIA'S BEDROOM -10

SAME TIME:

Gomez is HITTING GOLF BALLS -- Thing serving as his tee

-- while Morticia sips tea.

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ONE OF THE GOLF BALLS 11

flies with incredible speed

THROUGH THE WINDOW of the ADDAMS' ONLY NEIGHBOR. This

well-tended HOME sits on the hill overlooking theAddams' Mansion like some Republican sentinel.

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INT. NEIGHBOR'S HOME - SAME TIME 12

JUDGE WOMACK, the Addams' CRUSTY PATRICIAN NEIGHBOR, is

having his breakfast when Gomez's golf ball lands inhis cornflakes, shattering the bowl, covering him withmilk.

Judge Womack hurries to his broken window, shaking hisfist:

JUDGE WOMACK:

Damn you, Addams!

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13 EXT. GOMEZ AND MORTICIA'S BALCONY - SAME TIME 13

FROM THEIR VANTAGE POINT -it

appears to Gomez and Morticia that Judge Womack iswaving to them. Gomez waves back.

GOMEZ:

(calls)

Sorry about the window, Judge!

Keep the ball! I have a whole

bucketful.

He holds up a bucket of golf balls. He tosses his

golfclub to Thing, who DEPOSITS IT in the golfbag.

(CONTINUED)

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Gomez joins Morticia watching

THE DEPARTING SCHOOL BUS.

MORTICIA:

The little ones, off to school.

Bless them.

GOMEZ:

They grow up so fast, don't they?

MORTICIA:

Too fast.

THEIR POV:

Tires smoking, the school bus strains to chug down theroad. Gleefully hanging from the rear bumper isPugsley, dragging his heels.

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A14 OMITTED A14

B14 INT. THE CONSERVATORY - LATER THAT MORNING B14

Morticia, wearing gardening gloves, is snipping theblossoms off her roses.

Gomez sits at a table, playing CHESS with Thing.

GOMEZ:

It's a milestone, Tish. This very

evening -- our twenty-fifth seance.

All those years, gnawed by guilt,

undone by woe, burning with

uncertainty...

MORTICIA:

(yearningly)

Oh Gomez, don't torture yourself.

That's my job.

GOMEZ:

(lustfully)

Tish...

MORTICIA:

Imagine, Darling, if Fester did

come back. Half-alive, barely

human, a rotting shell...

GOMEZ:

Don't tease.

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14 EXT. JUST OUTSIDE THE ADDAMS' GROUNDS - SAME TIME 14

TULLY ALFORD, the family attorney, and his wife, MARGARET,

approach "GATE," a wrought-iron monstrosity that opens ofits own accord. Though Tully comes here often andMargaret has been here before, they never cease to bestartled by "Gate."

Tully has a puffy, once handsome face, and an embitteredgrey aura that is the mark of a middle-age misspent.

High-strung and superficial, Margaret is more disappointed

in Tully than he is in himself.

Margaret passes through Gate first. Then, as Tully passesthrough, Gate slams on him, clipping him and catching theend of his coat. Tully fights Gate for his coat.

TULLY:

Let me go!

Ignoring Tully, Margaret continues stiffly up the walk.

TULLY:

(to Gate)

Gimme that! Stop it! I'm warning

you! It's not a good day!

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A15 INT. CONSERVATORY - SAME TIME A15

Gomez moves a chess piece. Thing gestures out the window.

Gomez and Morticia both look out. As they do, Thingmoves two chess pieces, cheating.

MORTICIA:

(looking out)

Tully is here, darling.

GOMEZ:

Ha! That Tully.

MORTICIA:

Romping with Gate.

GOMEZ:

(moving a piece)

Check.

Thing moves another piece and gestures in triumph.

MORTICIA:

(impressed)

Checkmate.

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MARGARET:

Tully! Can't you keep up?

TULLY:

I'm trying...

Tully rips his coat to get it away from Gate.

MARGARET:

These are your last paying clients,

may I remind you!

TULLY:

If it gives you pleasure...

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MARGARET:

Something has to. Like a decent

coat - something dressy, for evening.

Ask-for a loan. Beg.

TULLY:

No loans! I'm not a bum.

(before Margaret

can reply)

Don't say it. I'll get the money,

I've got a plan.

MARGARET:

This is all so humiliating. Why

did I marry you?

TULLY:

Because I said yes.

Margaret marches on toward the front door, skirting the fogmachine as if it had every reason to be there. It hisses

at Tully as he passes, splattering his trousers with fog.

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C15 INT. ENTRY HALL - A LITTLE LATER C15

Tully hands his hat to Lurch and marches off towardGomez's study. Finding herself alone with Lurch,

Margaret is more nervous and intimidated than she wouldever admit.

MARGARET:

I'm here to see Mrs. Addams. About

the charity auction.

Growling, Lurch heads for the stairs. Screwing up hercourage, Margaret resolutely follows.

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15 INT. ADDAMS FAMILY PORTRAIT GALLERY - A LITTLE LATER 15

Tully stalks glumly along the hall and past the familyportraits -- generations of Addams grotesques inelaborate gilt frames heading toward the imposing doorsof Gomez's study.

(CONTINUED)

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ON THE FLOOR:

lies a BEAR RUG eyes and mouth open.

Tully, preoccupied, strides toward the rug.

sudden FEROCIOUS GROWL as he steps on it.

TULLY:

Damn!

There's a

He kicks at the rug. It BITES him, clamping its jawsonto his trouser cuff. He flails, dancing around,

finally managing to shake it off. He finds himself

FACE-TO-FACE with one of the paintings...

A PORTRAIT OF THE TEENAGE FESTER ADDAMS

draped in black crepe and HOLDING A LIT CANDLE, thoughhow it is holding a lit candle is an utter mystery. At

fifteen, Fester was utterly hairless with a dead whitecomplexion and eyes rimmed in black like a raccoon's.

The identifying plaque reads "Fester Addams, 1947 - ?"

TULLY:

regards the portrait intently, almost as if having apremonition.

THE INTRICATELY CARVED DOORS TO GOMEZ'S STUDY

creak open, interrupting the reverie.

Tully proceeds inside.

Girding himself,

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16 INT. GOMEZ'S STUDY - SAME TIME 16

A SABER:

slices through the air, its blade glinting.

TULLY'S HAND

grabs for the hilt of the sword.

THE BLADE:

He misses.

embeds in the wall with a thunk. It SHUDDERS.

Missed.

GOMEZ:

He leaps into frame, brandishing a saber.

(CONTINUED)

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