The East Page #2

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She's got a bad gash.

Benji know?

Sit down.

Drink this.

It'll numb the pain.

I'm okay.

It's no chemical.

Purely vegetal.

What is that?

Superglue.

That doesn't seem safe.

It's a trick I learned in med school.

It's perfectly safe.

You're a real doctor.

Uh, sort of.

Most people don't like to look.

I'm looking because

I don't want to.

My uncle has Parkinson's.

That's not Parkinson's.

I was in Kenya as an aid worker

and I took an antibiotic

called Denoxin.

Had an adverse reaction.

Snapped tendons,

seizures, brain damage.

From an antibiotic?

Did you sue them?

Oh, no. Those side effects are

listed on the side of the bottle.

That's how they rape you.

In broad daylight.

I feel... l feel dizzy.

Do you have water?

Just relax.

Don't fight it.

(RETCHING) Don't fight it.

Don't fight it.

(SARAH COUGHING)

(SARAH GASPING)

You smell like soap.

I snuck into a hotel.

I'm just here to watch you.

I snuck into a hotel.

Who's deaf in your family?

No one.

My friend growing up.

What's your name?

Uh...

Sarah.

Hmm. I'm Eve.

Sometimes

living like

a stray dog

sucks .

(BOTH LAUGHING)

We've been squatting here for

three months. It's nice.

Benji doesn't like to stay

in one place that long.

Who's...

...Benji?

You'll meet him.

Benji made me speak.

He told me I was

waking people up...

...with my voice.

You have to put this on.

I'm not wearing that.

If you want to come to

dinner, you wear this.

Sarah Moss from Arizona.

Who used to work in an office

but is now a traveler.

Sit.

Since you're new...

...we'll wait

till you begin.

I've never eaten

this way before.

Do as you wish, but we'd

rather wait till you begin.

There's no wrong way.

(SLURPING)

What are you doing?

I'm going to hitch a ride.

I can't let you

leave on your own.

Luca will drive you back

to wherever he picked you up.

Come get something

to eat before you go.

So you can keep making an example

of me to your followers?

I have no followers.

Well, I think you

all made your point.

Really?

What do you think

we figured out?

That I'm selfish.

Maybe that's what

you figured out.

Why does self-righteousness

always go hand-in-hand...

...with resistance

movements?

I don't know.

I hear you got in

some kind of trouble.

I can handle myself.

So why come here?

I was hurt.

There was a doctor.

And now you're better.

So you should go.

You wouldn't like what

you find here anyway.

What?

I said, you wouldn't like

what you find here, anyway.

Why?

Because this is

the end of the road.

There's nowhere to hide.

And I'm not tough

enough for the truth.

No. I think you're

not soft enough for it.

No one should be by the road.

She's right.

Let's go back inside.

Not her.

Who is she?

Who are you?

I'm Sarah.

Who are you?

Drive her back.

LUCA:
Izzy.

She took a punch for me today

and fought off a bull.

Since when do we

turn away outlaws?

Two nights.

That's it.

THUMBS:

Can we get a hand?

Found her shot dead

in the woods.

Thrill kill.

Idiots.

The best way to honor her is

to not let her go to waste.

You can remove the innards.

Cut along here.

Slow.

Slow.

Slowly.

More to the left.

Not that far!

(LIQUID SPLASHING)

(ALL COUGHING)

BENJI:

Intestine got clipped.

That's just sh*t

you're smelling.

Every day our society

abuses the environment.

What's the easiest way

to handle that pain?

Never talk about it.

BENJI:
Yep.

To bury the horror,

pretend it isn't real.

If it's real, you

have to do something.

Like this deer.

BENJI:
Someone hurt her.

Someone you trusted, because...

...you trusted the system, trusted

the government, trusted the church.

Please stop talking about it.

Feel her.

Feel the last of

her living parts.

(MEN TALKING INDISTINCTLY)

IZZY:

What if they share?

BENJI:
People don't

share champagne.

(SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY)

BENJI:
Champagne, sir?

LUCA:
May I have your glass?

BENJI:
Enjoy.

Champagne, sir?

IZZY:
DOC!

He's having a seizure!

LUCA:
Get away.

(BOTH GRUNTING)

TESS:
Doc, we're all

here for you.

LUCA:
Relax.

Don't say another word.

The stress of all this

is too much for his system.

What if this happens

when we're there?

(WHISPERING) Why?

I'm

undercover.

Do you know what happens

to terrorists these days'?

(SOFTLY) I'm not a terrorist.

Life

in prison.

(DOC GASPING)

BENJI:
He's back.

He's back.

Hey, Doc.

TESS:

Doc, are you okay?

DOC:
Sit up.

I know

Eve

is not your real name.

No one uses their real name.

J:

JE:

JESS:

JESSI:

JESSIC:

JESSICA:

How do you know that name?

I know

a lot

about you.

LUCA:
One, two, three.

Let's get him back inside.

We're done.

THUMBS:
Where's Eve?

(WHISPERING) Don't tell them.

Don't.

TESS:
Where did she go?

Jessica.

Don't throw

everything away

because these people

have convinced you

that no one

could love you

but them.

TESS:
Where did she go?

THUMBS:
Eve!

Eve, you have to stay focused,

even when sh*t hits the fan.

I had to take a piss.

Relax.

What did Eve mean?

TESS:
I'm not sure,

but her stuff is gone.

I knew it.

Eve's chickenshit.

Better to know now than later.

This always happens.

And you always

act so surprised.

When it comes to actually breaking the

law, most people can't handle it.

We shouldn't have given an important

role to a 22-year-old deaf girl.

We don't need Eve.

We can do it without her.

DOC:
I disagree.

It's too risky.

He's a child.

He needs distraction.

Don't look at me.

I'm not an option.

What was Eve supposed to do?

Maybe I can do it.

BENJI:
No.

No.

You can't.

Why not?

DOC:
She only needs

to know her part.

You'd only know your role, right before you do it.

Would you be up for that?

You helped me when I needed it.

I'll help you.

Are you serious?

There are consequences.

I know.

I'll do it.

It's not a good idea.

She can't do it.

Sorry.

IZZY:
All in favor?

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

(PIANO PLAYING)

BENJI:
So if anything goes

wrong, we split up...

...go back to the streets.

Lawyer's number?

212-555-0106.

You only have one

job on this jam.

Keep your mark engaged

in you and not us.

Okay?

He's a sex addict, so...

...you have that

in your favor.

(BELL TOLLING)

(BIRDS CAWING)

(SHIP HONKING)

Thomas, you son of a b*tch!

You a famous doctor yet, huh?

Peter. This is Sarah,

the girl I told you about.

Very nice.

Want a lick?

In this weather?

I'll pass.

You're not deaf.

Oh, no, that was a joke.

Oh, you're a sick dude.

I love it. You got nasty

in Africa, didn't you?

At Groton, this guy's name

comes up all the time.

Tommy wins this award,

Tommy's banging so-and-so.

The past few years,

I haven't heard the name.

Which is, frankly, quite a relief.

I feel like less of a loser.

Porty, uh, my two friends I was telling

you about, Edward and Isabella.

Porty McCabe.

Porty McCabe.

Tommy, you're kind of

rolling deep.

(WHISPERING) I mentioned

them in my email.

Porty, come on.

Tommy.

I'm sorry.

They're my friends.

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