The Big Blue Page #8

He opens his duffel bag. Hunts around, comes up with two

packages wrapped in brownpaper. The dolphins stare at

him, intrigued.

JACQUES:

(calling out)

Hey! presents.

The dolphins CACKLE some more.

JACQUES:

You think I'd forget you?

He laughs. The driver, who seems to be quite familiar

with the place, walks in heading straight over to the soda

machine. Out of the corner of his eye, he takes in the

scene, very intrigued.

JACQUES has not noticed him.

He starts unwrapping the first package.

JACQUES:

For Bathsheba.

He produces a little ceramic Llama.

ON BATHSHEBA:

looking at the llama, bewildered. As bewildered as a

dolphin can be. JACQUES turns the llama upside down. It

moos:
HIAK, HIAK...

JACQUES:

It's a Llama. You understand?

From Peru. It's fighting.

BATHSHEBA shakes her head. JACQUES throws the llama into

the water. He unwraps the second package. A pair of

Peruvian gloves and hat. Wide eyed, the driver sits in

the stands to watch the show.

JACQUES:

That's for you, Darjeeling. We

wouldn't want you to catch cold!

He throws them to DARJEELING who catches them.

JACQUES:

And now...

(singing out)

"Ta, da..." For you Tina.

He pulls out a thermos.

JACQUES:

Something you've never seen either.

He opens the thermos.

JACQUES:

Snow!

He sprinkles snow flakes on TINA'S head. She tries to

taste it.

JACQUES:

(smiling like a

child)

A new experience, Tina.

(nostalgic)

I missed you little rascals. Did

you get my post card?

The three dolphins leap into the air and land with a huge

splash which soaks JACQUES. He takes his shirt off.

JACQUES:

(pretending to be

serious)

Oh? Is that what you want?

Alright, but five minutes, no more.

I have a taxi waiting.

He takes off his pants. The taxi driver gets up, as if to

keep him from going in. JACQUES dives into the pool.

UNDERWATER - ON JACQUES

He swims under the dolphin, reaches out and grabs hold of

the dolphin's snout.

The dolphin pulls JACQUES around and around the basin while

JACQUES pets his chest and belly. We have never seen

JACQUES so relaxed and happy.

DISSOLVE TO:

EXT. MANHATTAN - DAWN

Overview of a gray and dirty Manhattan morning. JOHANA

depressed, stares blankly out of the window of a yellow

cab. She watches the muddy brown water flow under the

Brooklyn Bridge.

The driver keeps yelling obscenities to all the cars

around him.

EXT. MANHATTAN - DAY

A suitcase in each hand, JOHANA gets out of the cab and

walks up the stairs of her apartment.

INT. HALLWAY - DAY

JOHANA puts down her suitcase wearily. Catches her breath

and gets out her keys. She tries one in the top lock. It

doesn't work. She tries harder. There's a woman's voice

yelling angrily from inside the apartment.

SALLY (O.S.)

I changed the lock you son of a

b*tch!

JOHANA:

... Sally?

The door opens.

SALLY:

You're back! Hello. We were

burgled.

JOHANA:

Again?

SALLY:

They got the new T.V.

JOHANA comes in, looks at the ransacked apartment.

SALLY:

... And the new stereo.

JOHANA:

I hope they remembered to take the

microwave this time?

SALLY:

Yep. How was your trip...? Help

me clean up, okay?

JOHANA:

You called the police?

SALLY:

They're going to send detectives.

When they get around to it.

JOHANA:

(shrugging)

So what, all they ever want is

your phone number anyway.

JOHANA goes over, slumps into an easy chair and sighs.

After a beat...

SALLY:

Well?

JOHANA:

What?

SALLY:

How was your trip?

JOHANA:

(flatly)

Nice... Very interesting... Great!

(doubtfully)

... I guess.

SALLY:

(ironically)

Okay... Who'd you meet?

JOHANA opens her handbag, takes out the strip of

electrocardiogram paper, hands it to her.

SALLY:

A cardiogram...? You met a doctor!

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