Watchmen Page #7

INT. RECEPTION - DR. MANHATTAN'S COMPOUND - EVENING

Laurie, dressed up and looking gorgeous, heads out when she's

stopped by a SECRET SERVICE AGENT FORBES.

AGENT FORBES:

Going somewhere, Miss Jupiter?

LAURIE:

Out.

AGENT FORBES:

I'll have a car brought around in a few

minutes.

LAURIE:

No, thank you. I called a cab already--

it's waiting for me outside.

She tries to walk past but Agent Forbes steps in front of

her.

AGENT FORBES:

You look quite nice. Who are you meeting?

LAURIE:

An old friend of mine. And of Dr.

Manhattan's. Now step out of my way.

AGENT FORBES:

Please keep in mind, Ms. Jupiter, that

your boyfriend is this country's most

valuable asset. You need to keep him

happy. And on our side.

Laurie glares at him.

LAURIE:

Yes, sir.

She brushes past him as she leaves.

EXT. NEW YORK CITY - NIGHT

We move down the beautifully lit New York city skyline,

passing the Brooklyn Bridge . the Statue of Liberty

and the in Towers of the World Trade Center?

We hear the LAUGHTER--

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INT. RESTAURANT - NIGHT

--of Dan and Laurie as they finish up their meal at this

trendy restaurant.

LAURIE:

You remember that crazy guy, what did he

call himself . Captain Carnage!

Pretended to be a supervillian just so he

could get beat up all the time?

DAN:

Yeah, he tried that with me once. I just

walked away but he starts following me

down the street in broad daylight

yelling, "punish me! punish me!"

LAURIE:

(LAUGHS)

Whatever happened to him?

DAN:

Uh, well, he pulled that on Rorschach and

Rorschach dropped him down an elevator

shaft.

They look at each other, serious, then explode in laughter.

LAURIE:

Sorry, sorry, that's not funny. I can't

remember the last time I laughed like

this. It feels good.

Dan looks at her as she finishes her coffee. We can see he's

smitten with her and that he probably has been for years.

Laurie seems oblivious.

DAN:

It's great seeing you again, Laurie.

LAURIE:

Yeah, this was fun.

The WAITER arrives with the check; Laurie grabs it.

DAN:

You sure I can't get that?

LAURIE:

Let me put my expense account to use. You

can thank Uncle Sam.

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CONTINUED:

Laurie nods out the window. Dan turns and sees a GOVERNMENT

SEDAN parked outside.

DAN:

They've been watching the whole time?

LAURIE:

Just making sure I'm not doing anything

that might upset the country's most

powerful weapon.

DAN:

How is Jon, by the way?

LAURIE:

I really don't know. It's been harder and

harder to tell over the years. It's like

his emotions are slowly eroding. To be

honest, I can't tell if he even cares

about me anymore.

They're quiet a moment. Laurie glances at her watch.

LAURIE (CONT'D)

I should get back.

EXT. RESTAURANT - NIGHT

Dan and Laurie step outside.

LAURIE:

Y1 know, when I think back, why did we do

it? Why did we dress up like that? I

think the Keene Act was the best thing to

ever happen to us.

DAN:

You're probably right.

LAURIE:

I mean, you remember my costume? All that

tight spandex? That was awful.

DAN:

Uh, yeah. Awful.

LAURIE:

And to think my own mother pushed me into

that spandex. Pushed me into the whole

costume thing in the first place. Wanted

her little girl to be just like mommy and

fight bad guys.

(MORE)

(CONTINUED)

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CONTINUED:

LAURIE (CONT'D)

(BEAT)

Well, I guess my ride is here.

She gives Dan a hug.

LAURIE (CONT'D)

We'll do this again.

DAN:

Yeah. I'd really like that.

Laurie crosses the street and gets into the sedan. As Dan

watches the car drive off, TWO KIDS nearly bump into him,

running around playing. The Kids make flying noises.

KID 1

I'm Dr. Manhattan, saving the Twin

Towers!

KID 2

No, I wanna be Dr. Manhattan!

MOTHER:

You can take turns, okay?

Dan watches the Kids for a moment, then walks away. The Twin

Towers looming behind him.

EXT. CEMETERY - LATE AFTERNOON

Days later. A few mourners gather in the rain for Edward

Blake aka The Comedian's funeral. Mostly government types.

Dan, Adrian and Dr. Manhattan line the edge of an open grave.

INT. HALLWAY - SALLY JUPITER'S CONDO - LOS ANGELES, CA - DAY

Laurie MATERIALIZES in the hallway of her mother's condo in

California. She immediately runs to the bathroom.

EXT. NEPENTHE VISTA - SAME TIME

Bright California sunshine gleams over this upscale condo

facility. Laurie's mother, SALLY, 60s but looks in her 40s,

reclines by the POOL. She hears someone VOMITING in her

condo.

SALLY:

Laurie? Is that you?

INT. SALLY'S CONDO - DAY

Sally steps through the sliding glass doors as we hear the

toilet FLUSHING. Laurie wobbles out of the bathroom.

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CONTINUED:

SALLY:

I'd figure you'd be used to traveling

that way by now.

LAURIE:

Well, I'm not. I hate it when Jon

teleports me.

SALLY:

Margarita?

LAURIE:

No.

Sally pours herself a margarita from a pitcher on the

counter. We see photos, remnants of Sally from her

crimefighting days around the condo. Under the pitcher of

margaritas is a days old LA Times with the headline: "Dr.

Manhattan Intercepts Terrorists At Port."

SALLY:

It's Eddie Blake's funeral today, isn't

it?

Laurie nods. (From here on, intercut between Blake's funeral

and Sally's condo)

FUNERAL:
Blake's coffin is removed from the hearse.

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