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FADE IN:

On the blackness of SPACE, beautiful and mysterious, strewn

with a billion stars.

Atop a building, a wrought-iron sign -- a HAMMER-WIELDING

BLACKSMITH -- spins listlessly in the wind as a swirling

breeze kicks up. A hint of what's to come.

1 EXT. PUENTE ANTIGUO, NEW MEXICO - NIGHT 1

A main street extends before us in this one-horse town, set

amid endless flat, arid scrubland. A large SUV slowly moves

down the street and heads out of town.

2 EXT. SUV - NIGHT 2

The SUV sits parked in the desert. Suddenly, the roof panels

of the SUV FOLD OPEN. The underside of the panels house a

variety of hand-built ASTRONOMICAL DEVICES, which now point

at the sky.

JANE FOSTER (late 20's) pops her head through the roof. She

positions a MAGNETOMETER, so its monitor calibrates with the

constellations above. It appears to be cobbled together from

spare parts of other devices.

JANE:

Hurry!

We hear a loud BANG followed by muffled CURSING from below.

Jane offers a hand down to ERIK SELVIG (60) who emerges as

well, rubbing his head.

JANE (CONT'D)

Oh-- watch your head.

SELVIG:

Thanks. So what's this "anomaly"

of yours supposed to look like?

JANE:

It's a little different each time.

Once it looked like, I don't know,

melted stars, pooling in a corner

of the sky. But last week it was a

rolling rainbow ribbon--

SELVIG:

(GENTLY TEASING)

"Racing "˜round Orion?" I've always

said you should have been a poet.

Jane reigns in her excitement. She tries for dignity.

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JANE:

Hey, Darcy. Pass up the bubbly and

my gloves, will you?

Intern DARCY LEWIS (20) hands Jane a bottle of Champagne and

a pair of gloves through the window. Jane passes it to

Selvig to hold while she pulls on the old gloves -- too large

and masculine for her small hands. He starts to unwrap the

foil, and she stops his hand with an excited grin.

JANE (CONT'D)

Not until you see it!

SELVIG:

(re:
the gloves)

I recognize those. Think how proud

he'd be to see you now.

Jane's grin fades to a sad smile.

JANE:

Thank you.

SELVIG:

For what?

JANE:

The benefit of the doubt.

The two stare out at the sky expectantly. A long beat while

they scan the skies. Nothing. Jane's worried.

4th BLUE REVISIONS 03-26-10 2.

JANE (CONT'D)

It's never taken this long before.

Darcy calls up from the front seat.

DARCY (O.S.)

Can I turn on the radio?

JANE:

(an edge to her voice)

Sure, if you like rocking out to

KFRM, "All agriculture, all the

time."

Worried, Jane heads back down into the vehicle.

3 INT. SUV - NIGHT 3

The SUV is bathed in the glow of high-tech monitoring

equipment and laptops, some looking like they're held

together with duct tape. Jane opens a well-worn NOTEBOOK of

handwritten notes and calculations. Selvig watches the

frustrated Jane with sympathy.

JANE:

The anomalies are always

precipitated by geomagnetic storms.

She shows him a complicated CHART she's drawn in the book,

tracking occurrences and patterns.

JANE (CONT'D)

The last seventeen occurrences have

been predictable to the minute... I

just don't understand.

Something catches Darcy's eye out the driver's side mirror.

She adjusts it. In the distance, ODD GLOWING CLOUDS form in

the skies over the Northeastern end of the desert.

DARCY:

Jane?

Jane SHUSHES her, leafs through her notes. The bottle of

champagne begins to vibrate.

JANE:

There's got to be some new

variable... Or an equipment

malfunction...

The lights and equipment in the SUV begin to FLICKER around

them. The computer monitors SQUELCH with static.

4th BLUE REVISIONS 03-26-10 2A.

DARCY:

I don't think there's anything

wrong with your equipment...

The champagne bottle starts to RATTLE noisily now as it

shakes more violently. Jane and Selvig notice.

4th BLUE REVISIONS 03-26-10 3.

They watch it curiously, pressure building up inside it, when

the cork EXPLODES out of it. Champagne goes spewing

everywhere -- over equipment, over Jane.

DARCY (CONT'D)

Jane?

JANE:

What?!

DARCY:

I think you want to see this.

Darcy points out the window. Jane and Selvig look out. Over

the desert --

MASSIVE CLOUDS OF RAINBOW LIGHT

Churn in the sky. The three stare, dumbfounded.

JANE:

Holy. Shatner.

SELVIG:

That's your "subtle" aurora?!

JANE:

No-- yes! Let's go!

4 EXT. DESERT - MOMENTS LATER 4

The roof panels still open, the SUV races towards the strange

event, Jane, amazed by the sight, stands with half her body

out the roof, taking video of the light storm before them.

The SUV hits a bump. Jane nearly flies out. Selvig grabs

her, yanks her back in.

5 INT. SUV 5

Jane grins, thrilled, pumped with adrenaline.

JANE:

Isn't this great?!

A thought strikes her.

JANE (CONT'D)

You're seeing it too, right? I'm

not crazy?

SELVIG:

That's debateable. Put your seat

belt on!

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