THX 1138 Page #2

LUH:

What?

NEWSCASTER:

Two of the felons are products of

the sex act, the other three are

from reproduction clinic nineteen.

The quintet escaped from compound

545 and were all subsequently

destroyed. Reports indicate....

THX returns to his chair carrying his dinner on a tray.

The food looks like multi-colored foam rubber.

THX:

What's this? Why did you change

it?

LUH:

You've seen enough.

THX:

You know I don't feel well.

LUH:

Eat your dinner.

LUH flips the switch revealing a drama involving two male

negro mannequins standing next to a low, sleek car with a

massive, complicated jet engine on the back.

MANNEQUIN ONE:

....and then my request for new

arms and legs finally came through.

MANNEQUIN TWO:

Well that's great then.

MANNEQUIN ONE:

No. It's terrible. I ordered two

arms and a new leg, and they sent

me two legs and a new arm.

Raucous canned laughter is inserted as the two mannequin

get into the autojet.

CLOSE ANGLE:

THX is expressionless.

THX:

That was very funny.

LUH:

What?

OBSERVATION CELL

We view THX in an OPERATING ROOM via a TV monitor. He is

working at an electronic control panel in a small glass

boot. He manipulates two mechanical hands working on the

disassembled body of a chrome policemen.

The CAMERA PULLS BACK, to reveal several monitors which

scan other operating rooms. In another row are sedation

cabinets, mostly black, because the boxes are closed.

FULL ANGLE:

We now see many rows of TV monitors, surrounded by gages,

dials, and switches. Two workers are sitting at the control

board facing the monitors. We recognize LUH as one of the

workers. A man, SEN 5241, is the other operator.

MED ANGLE:

This is an observation cell, where all phases of life are

under continual surveillance. LUH operates the controls

at her panel and types what she observes into a computer.

On one of the monitors is a man in a bathroom alcove similar

to the one we saw in THX's home.

VOICE:

What's wrong?

The man is hysterical and screams at the monitor.

MAN:

Help me.....HELP me.....

VOICE:

What's wrong?

The man takes the pills out of the cabinet and begins to

eat them a hand full at a time.

CLOSE ANGLE:

LUH is tense and pre-occupied. She reacts by pushing a

button which programs a new recording.

VOICE:

Take four red capsules, in ten

minutes take two more. Help is on

the...

LUH reports the incident into the computer. The image on

the monitor observing one of the operating rooms is shaken,

and turns white as though there has been an explosion.

THX continues his work and is oblivious to what has

happened.

MED ANGLE:

LUH has slipped into a daydream. SEN notices the accident

and studies LUH for a few moments. Suddenly a voice cackles

over the intercom.

INTERCOM VOICE:

Concourse 5.....Cross 3.....Monitor

concourse 5.....3417 are you there?

Relate....relate.....

LUH awakens from her trance, and fumbles, to discover what

has happened. She presses buttons that spread the accident

among five monitors.

CLOSE ANGLE:

LUH reaches for a container of

yellow pills, she thinks for a

moment, then returns the pills to

the container. On the monitors

there is much confusion in the

destroyed passageway. People move

along the corridor to get a better

look at the accident. LUH pushes

a button and a tape activates.

TAPE VOICE:

Do not enter this area without

consuming j23. This is a traumatic

area. Do not enter this area

without....

Policemen are seen carrying parts of bodies out of a

destroyed operating room.

INTERCOM VOICE:

Radiation suppress. Seal chamber

5G, seal chamber 5G. Exterminate

occupant.

On the monitors, LUH watches a man bang on the door to his

work cell. Slowly he fades, collapses, and dies. As she

watches the disaster scene, tears come to her eyes. She

dries them quickly and glances at SEN to see if he has

noticed her. He is busy typing a report. A voice brings

her back to the monitors.

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