Trauma Page #8

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EXT. FREEWAY BRIDGE - DAY 52

Rabbit moves through the cars. He sees the BLANKETED JOHN

DOE, the BLACK TRIAGE TAG and NANCY standing at the railing.

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Tyler and Bailey work bagging up John Doe.

TYLER:

How’s the kid?

RABBIT:

He’s gonna to make it. His Mom

might sue...

(watching Nancy)

What’s up with her?

BAILEY:

Not sure. Probably best to give her

distance.

RABBIT:

Oh... Okay.

Rabbit heads over to Nancy.

TYLER:

Jesus, you’re crazier than I

thought.

RABBIT:

It’s a matter of degrees. A matter

of degrees.

Bailey watches Rabbit and Nancy.

BAILEY:

We’re never going to be part of the

club are we?

TYLER:

(zipping the bag shut)

Dude, you don’t want to be.

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Skipping through traffic, Rabbit moves up next to Nancy,

looks over the railing at the water, the city.

She tolerates him for a few seconds, then...

NANCY:

Rather be alone.

RABBIT:

Yeah. With a Jameson’s neat, a

Norco and some dark sunglasses.

I’m familiar.

NANCY:

Long time ago. Different people.

This isn’t us anymore.

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RABBIT:

Whatever. So you’re just having a

moment. A little meditation thing.

(a beat, direct, trying)

John Doe get to you? It’s usually

kids for you...

NANCY:

Yeah...

(looking him in the eye)

Guy aces out on a bridge, alone and

nameless. No trauma. Nobody there

for him. None of the cars are his.

Wherever he was coming from or

going to, no one was waiting.

RABBIT:

There’s someone out there.

NANCY:

What if there’s not? Maybe some

people never connect. They’re just

on a bridge. Until they die...

Alone.

Rabbit eyes her.

RABBIT:

You getting high again?

NANCY:

Terry used to walk this bridge.

When we’d fight...

Rabbit stays quiet. He knows better.

NANCY (CONT’D)

He was pissed at me when he got in

the copter. He died in a split

second. I wonder what he was

thinking. That I was a b*tch.

That he loved me. I’ll never know.

RABBIT:

No one could. Tell yourself it was

something nice.

NANCY:

I have. It doesn’t work.

(a beat, shaking her head)

So this is what we say to each

other after a year. Typical.

RABBIT:

Just trying to help.

NANCY:

Aren’t we all? You should go.

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Rabbit trots off. In the middle of traffic, he stops and

turns around. Cars honk. Motorists yell.

RABBIT:

Hey Naughty. I’m sorry about Terry.

NANCY:

You are such an a**hole.

Rabbit heads off toward the copter. Gathering herself, Nancy

heads over to Tyler who has JOHN DOE’s body on a gurney.

NANCY (CONT’D)

I’ll take him in.

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EXT. FREEWAY BRIDGE - DAY 54

Rabbit arrives at the COPTER where BOONE is helping the LEGGY

WOMAN on. Rabbit checks the Triage Tag.

RABBIT:

What do we got?

BOONE:

Broken wrist. I think there’s some

marrow floating so I’m worried

about the head wound you know?

Don’t want a Transient Ischemic

Attack.

RABBIT:

Yeah. TIA. We sure don’t want that.

Leggy takes the window seat in the back. Rabbit’s seat.

LEGGY:

Thanks.

BOONE:

Take care of yourself. Maybe I’ll

check on you later.

Sliding the door shut, Boone takes off. Rabbit settles in

next to Marisa. Leggy looks out the window.

MARISA:

(soft, to Rabbit)

Never knew I was driving date bait.

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EXT. FREEWAY BRIDGE - DAY 55

Bailey helps Nancy load John Doe in the back of the PARAMEDIC

VAN. She gets in after him.

Nearby, Boone piles a MAN with a broken leg into the back.

Climbing in, he checks his phone. MANY MISSED CALLS, all of

them from “HOME.” He ignores them.

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The Vans pulls away, weaving out into slow moving traffic.

There’s no sirens, no lights.

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EXT/INT. RESCUE HELICOPTER - DAY 56

Marisa makes a wildly banking turn, smiles when she sees

Leggy flail for a handhold. Rabbit moves to push the “Play”

button the stereo. Marisa slaps his hand away.

Then she pushes the “Play” button.

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INT. TRAUMA CENTER - SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL - DAY 57

The aftermath of the bridge accident. Interns and Doctors

work in the Trauma rooms. Less serious patients wait on

gurneys, moaning, bitching.

PATIENT:

My leg hurts.

Joe checks it out. It’s obviously broken.

DR. JOE

I’m sure it does.

He moves on, into a TRAUMA ROOM and a more life-threatening

case.

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EXT. TRAUMA CENTER - SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL - DAY 58

A snarl of PARAMEDIC VANS. BOONE and TYLER send the MAN with

the broken leg inside. RABBIT’s there waiting.

RABBIT:

Hey Boone, you got a minute?

Rabbit guides Boone off to a relatively quiet corner.

RABBIT (CONT’D)

“Transient Ischemic Attack?” You

kidding me? What the hell are you

doing?

BOONE:

Don’t start with me.

RABBIT:

Then don’t use my copter to troll

for strange. What you need is what

you need. What you do is what you

do. But don’t get me involved.

BOONE:

Yes sir.

RABBIT:

(gently)

Cameron... What’s up?

(MORE)

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RABBIT (CONT'D)

I thought you were trying to work

things out at home. I know Sarah,

forgiving is a miracle. Don’t push

for two.

Boone takes a second.

BOONE:

You remember that day? The wreck?

RABBIT:

I was pretty busy being in a coma.

BOONE:

After we got everybody here. We

weren’t sure about you. We knew

Terry was gone. There was nothing

more to do. Shift was over. 13

years, the end of every shift, I

went home. Not that night.

Rabbit stares at him, apparently engrossed.

BOONE (CONT’D)

I just walked around. All over the

place. Not even paying attention.

I couldn’t take it home, Rabbit.

Not to Sarah. Not to the kids. I

still can’t. You know what I mean?

How it feels, how it weighs. I

don’t know where to go with this or

who to take it to.

Boone notices RABBIT’S NOT LISTENING. The faint sound of the

ERS comes through Rabbit’s headset.

RABBIT:

Hold on... I can hit another call

before the shift ends.

Rabbit trots off, looking for Marisa. Boone watches him go.

BOONE:

Good talking to you Rabbit.

Tyler passes by, clapping Boone on the back.

TYLER:

Widows and Orphans meeting in the

park. You in?

BOONE:

I don’t know, man. I don’t know.

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EXT. TRAUMA CENTER - SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL - DAY 59

Nancy passes JOHN DOE’S CORPSE over to the MORGUE ATTENDANT.

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MORGUE ATTENDANT

So far we’ve got nobody asking

about any John Does. We’ll hold him

for 72 hours.

NANCY:

(handing over her card)

If anyone comes to claim him. I

want to know. Please. It’s

important.

MORGUE ATTENDANT

Sure thing.

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