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over and helps the woman with the seatbelt.

MARISA:

(mouthing re:
Rabbit)

Don’t worry.

As the rotors pull air, Rabbit hooks the Skater Kid to the

comlink and video feed. Dr. Joe’s face fills the monitor.

DR. JOE

BR’s high but blood gas is low.

How’s the airway?

RABBIT:

Not good.

(off Mom)

Sorry.

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EXT. JOHN DOE - FREEWAY BRIDGE - DAY 45

JOHN DOE’S body arcs under the paddles. The heart monitor

comes back to life. Nancy grabs his hand, squeezes it tight.

NANCY:

That’s it. Keep coming back.

John Doe’s eyes open. Suddenly, he’s completely lucid.

JOHN DOE:

Alison.

(CONTINUED)

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Everyone registers what just happened, then Doe slips back

into unconsciousness. The heart monitor plummets. Boone

watches as Nancy dives back in, readying another Epi syringe.

NANCY:

No.. Come on. Fight. Just hold on

‘til we can get you on a copter.

(reaching for straws)

Fight for Alison...

BOONE:

How many is that? Nancy, we don’t

even know what stopped his heart.

Take a moment.

NANCY:

He doesn’t have a moment.

46 INT. RESCUE HELICOPTER - DAY 46

Alarms sound. The Skater Kid crashes. Marisa stays calm at

the stick, ripping along the water very very fast.

CARPOOL MOM:

What’s happening???!!!

RABBIT:

Lady! He’s...

(to the monitor, low)

I’m losing his airway. I’ve got

trache and tube him.

DR. JOE

That’s a two person procedure.

Wait until you get here...

RABBIT:

I’ve got two people.

DR. JOE

His mother? Absolutely not.

RABBIT:

He’ll die Joe.

DR. JOE

She’s not trained... It’s a

lawsuit waiting to...

Rabbit pulls a cord from the Video Monitor. The screen dies.

RABBIT:

Ooopy.

The SCALPEL flips between Rabbit’s fingers.

RABBIT (CONT’D)

Mom, I need you to do something for

me. I need you to hold open the

hole.

(CONTINUED)

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CARPOOL MOM:

What hole?

RABBIT:

The one I’m gonna make in yourson’s throat.

END OF ACT TWO:

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ACT THREE:

47

EXT/INT. RESCUE HELICOPTER - DAY 47

Marisa takes the copter to the city. In the back, Rabbit has

the Skater Kid’s head strapped down. The SCALPEL hovers over

his throat. Nearby, a LARYNX-TRACHEAL TUBE waits.

CARPOOL MOM:

What are you going to do?

RABBIT:

Help him breathe. Um... This looks

worse than it is. Okay that’s a

lie. Here, just give me your

hand...

Gently, Rabbit takes the CARPOOL MOM’S hand. He puts it on

the boy’s shoulder.

RABBIT (CONT’D)

Just look away and I’ll move your

hand when I need it.

The Mom looks away, Rabbit raises the scalpel. Suddenly,

shudders rips through the hull.

RABBIT (CONT’D)

Not helping.

MARISA:

Bad air is bad air.

Violent and deft, Rabbit slices a slit into the Skater Kid’s

throat. He reaches for Mom’s hand.

RABBIT:

Hold this open. Yeah. Yeah. Like

that.

Carpool Mom spreads open the larynx with her fingers. She

makes the mistake of taking a look.

CARPOOL MOM:

Oh God.

Rabbit quickly slides the TRACHEAL TUBE into the incision and

down into the airway. Like siphoning gas, Rabbit quickly

blows and sucks into the tube, inflating the lungs.

FLUID spits out of the tube. Then, WHEEZING BREATHS sound

out. Mom looks ready to puke. Rabbit smiles broadly at her.

RABBIT:

Hey... Thanks Mom.

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48 EXT. JOHN DOE - FREEWAY BRIDGE - DAY 48

Nancy slams another syringe of Epi into John Doe. The HEART

MONITOR spikes, holds steady for a second, then nosedives.

BOONE:

That’s six. He’s just running on

fumes.

NANCY:

I want to try the Atropine.

BOONE:

Nancy do you even know why he

arrested?

NANCY:

No.

BOONE:

So why are you going overboard?

Line crossed. Nancy shoots him a look. Suddenly, JOHN DOE

gasps, forms a single sound...

JOHN DOE:

Aaaaaaaa...

And DIES. The heart monitor goes flat.

NANCY:

No...

Nancy pulls the big needle, injects Atroprine straight into

the heart. Nothing. She reaches for the paddles.

BOONE:

Nancy...

NANCY:

I know what I’m doing.

She gels the paddles, gets ready to use them. Boone’s gentle

hand stops her.

BOONE:

He’s gone.

NANCY:

I can get him back.

Nancy’s voice takes a horrible edge. She almost cries.

Almost.

NANCY (CONT’D)

I can get him back.

Boone locks eyes with her. Neither knows exactly who they’re

talking about. But the answer’s still the same.

(CONTINUED)

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BOONE:

No. You can’t.

49 EXT. HELIPAD - SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL - DAY 49

Marisa touches down pinpoint perfect. Interns rush to the

open door with a gurney. Lightning fast, Rabbit switches IV

lines, gets the kid and Mom up and out of the copter.

RABBIT:

Take it easy kid. Don’t do drugs.

Stay in school.

CARPOOL MOM:

You’re a goddam monster.

Rabbit has nothing to say to that.

CARPOOL MOM (CONT’D)

Thank you.

DR. JOE watches the Mom and the gurney pass, sees the

TRACHEAL TUBE sticking out of the kid’s throat.

DR. JOE

You had to do it, didn’t you?

Rabbit points to the blank video screen.

RABBIT:

Sorry. Having a little glitch.

DR. JOE

Remember Reuben, I can clip your

wings anytime.

RABBIT:

But you’re not going to.

(to Marisa)

Let’s get out of here.

Up front, Marisa’s ready to turn and go.

MARISA:

Don’t tell me what to do.

Dr. Joe likes that one. He turns and goes back to the less

wounded. The copter heads back into the sky.

50 EXT. FREEWAY BRIDGE - DAY 50

Things have calmed down. All the fires are out. ONE LANE on

each side of the bridge is open. Tyler puts a BLACK TRIAGE

TAG on the blanket over JOHN DOE’s CORPSE.

Not far away, Nancy stands at the railing, looking out over

the water. Marisa’s HELICOPTER circles overhead.

(CONTINUED)

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RABBIT:

(over)

I’ll take red immediates. Any red

immediates.

51 EXT. FREEWAY BRIDGE - DAY 51

Boone moves through the staging area. The worst are gone.

BOONE:

No immediates left.

RABBIT:

(over)

Alrighty then. It’s free ride time.

I’ll take yellow/delayeds. Kids.

Thrill seekers. Adventurers of all

ages...

Boone cracks a smile. Then he sees a LEGGY WOMAN against a

car. She’s got a gash on her head and a BANDAGED WRIST.

Moving in, Boone notices her TRIAGE TAG is GREEN.

BOONE:

Hey, how are you doing?

LEGGY:

Better than most.

BOONE:

I’m not so sure about that. Mind if

I take a look?

Gently he takes her wrist, touches it sensually.

LEGGY:

They said it was just a sprain.

BOONE:

Actually I think it’s broken.

Almost playfully, he pulls her thumb back. She jerks.

LEGGY:

Owwww!

BOONE:

Yup. Broken.

He whips out a YELLOW TRIAGE tag, replaces the green one.

BOONE (CONT’D)

So, you ever been in a helicopter?

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