Prose Sequence

Working with script from Mr. Mercedes.

Transcript

1. Scene 1 Panel 1 Action Notes INT. HODGES BEDROOM. LATE EVENING prose roughs Page 1/78
2. Scene 2 Panel 1 Action Notes JANEY watches over HODGES sleeping prose roughs Page 2/78
3. Scene 2 Panel 2 Action Notes JANEY gets up prose roughs Page 3/78
4. Scene 2 Panel 3 prose roughs Page 4/78
5. Scene 2 Panel 4 Action Notes JANEY picks up shirt from chair, puts it on prose roughs Page 5/78
6. Scene 2 Panel 5 Action Notes HODGES stirs prose roughs Page 6/78
7. Scene 2 Panel 6 Action Notes JANEY walks offscreen. camera stays on HODGES, we hear a door opening prose roughs Page 7/78
8. Scene 4 Panel 1 Action Notes JANEY leaving the bedroom, in the apartment's hallway prose roughs Page 8/78
9. Scene 4 Panel 2 Action Notes JANEY closing door prose roughs Page 9/78
10. Scene 4 Panel 3 prose roughs Page 10/78
11. Scene 4 Panel 4 prose roughs Page 11/78
12. Scene 5 Panel 1 Action Notes JANEY walking into the living room/kitchen, looking around prose roughs Page 12/78
13. Scene 5 Panel 2 prose roughs Page 13/78
14. Scene 5 Panel 3 prose roughs Page 14/78
15. Scene 6 Panel 1 prose roughs Page 15/78
16. Scene 6 Panel 2 Action Notes JANEY drags her finger along the counter, checking for dust prose roughs Page 16/78
17. Scene 6 Panel 3 prose roughs Page 17/78
18. Scene 6 Panel 4 prose roughs Page 18/78
19. Scene 6 Panel 5 Action Notes JANEY opens the fridge, camera tilts down as she kneels prose roughs Page 19/78
20. Scene 7 Panel 1 Action Notes HODGES exiting the bedroom, drowsy prose roughs Page 20/78
21. Scene 7 Panel 2 prose roughs Page 21/78
22. Scene 7 Panel 3 prose roughs Page 22/78
23. Scene 8 Panel 1 prose roughs Page 23/78
24. Scene 8 Panel 2 Action Notes the fridge door closes, JANEY stands up prose roughs Page 24/78
25. Scene 8 Panel 3 prose roughs Page 25/78
26. Scene 8 Panel 4 Dialog JANEY: "Not bad for a bachelor pad." prose roughs Page 26/78
27. Scene 9 Panel 1 prose roughs Page 27/78
28. Scene 9 Panel 2 prose roughs Page 28/78
29. Scene 9 Panel 3 prose roughs Page 29/78
30. Scene 9 Panel 4 prose roughs Page 30/78
31. Scene 10 Panel 1 prose roughs Page 31/78
32. Scene 10 Panel 2 prose roughs Page 32/78
33. Scene 10 Panel 3 prose roughs Page 33/78
34. Scene 11 Panel 1 Dialog JANEY: "No dirty dishes in the sink, no hair in the bathtub, no porn videos on top of the TV..." prose roughs Page 34/78
35. Scene 12 Panel 1 Dialog JANEY: "I even saw a green vegetable or two in the crisper, which earns you bonus points." prose roughs Page 35/78
36. Scene 12 Panel 2 Action Notes HODGES leans over to the nightstand. JANEY sips her beer prose roughs Page 36/78
37. Scene 13 Panel 1 prose roughs Page 37/78
38. Scene 13 Panel 2 Dialog HODGES: "I never expected to be here with another woman. Except maybe for my daughter, Allie." JANEY: "Are you close?" Action Notes HODGES turns on the light prose roughs Page 38/78
39. Scene 14 Panel 1 prose roughs Page 39/78
40. Scene 14 Panel 2 Dialog HODGES: "We talk on the phone sometimes... prose roughs Page 40/78
41. Scene 15 Panel 1 Dialog HODGES: "but she actually hasn't visited in a couple of years." JANEY: "Did she take your ex's side in the divorce?" HODGES: "Yeah, I suppose she did.", prose roughs Page 41/78
42. Scene 16 Panel 1 Dialog HODGES: "And it was probably a damn smart move on her part." prose roughs Page 42/78
43. Scene 17 Panel 1 prose roughs Page 43/78
44. Scene 17 Panel 2 Dialog JANEY: "Y'know, you might be just a tad hard on yourself." prose roughs Page 44/78
45. Scene 18 Panel 1 Dialog JANEY: "The thought of all those vultures being at the service on Wednesday is almost too much to think about. Wait 'til you meet Aunt Charlotte." Action Notes HODGES sips prose roughs Page 45/78
46. Scene 18 Panel 2 prose roughs Page 46/78
47. Scene 18 Panel 3 Action Notes HODGES sets his beer down on the nightstand prose roughs Page 47/78
48. Scene 19 Panel 1 prose roughs Page 48/78
49. Scene 19 Panel 2 prose roughs Page 49/78
50. Scene 19 Panel 3 Action Notes JANEY sets hers down as well. HODGES rolls back over into bed. prose roughs Page 50/78
51. Scene 19 Panel 4 Action Notes JANEY climbs on + over, kneels by him prose roughs Page 51/78
52. Scene 19 Panel 5 Action Notes HODGES turns back to face her prose roughs Page 52/78
53. Scene 20 Panel 1 Dialog JANEY: "Please tell me you'll come to the memorial service on Wednesday. Say you will. prose roughs Page 53/78
54. Scene 21 Panel 1 Dialog JANEY: "Please. I need a friend." prose roughs Page 54/78
55. Scene 22 Panel 1 Dialog HODGES: "Of course. I'll be at the viewing on Tuesday as well." prose roughs Page 55/78
56. Scene 23 Panel 1 Dialog JANEY: "That seems above and beyond." HODGES: "It's not out of the ordinary for the Perp to show up at one of these functions." prose roughs Page 56/78
57. Scene 23 Panel 2 Action Notes JANEY'S face shows a slight disappointment, but she quickly recovers. prose roughs Page 57/78
58. Scene 24 Panel 1 Action Notes Even so, HODGES notices prose roughs Page 58/78
59. Scene 25 Panel 1 prose roughs Page 59/78
60. Scene 25 Panel 2 Action Notes HODGES takes JANEY'S hand prose roughs Page 60/78
61. Scene 25 Panel 3 Dialog HODGES: "I want to be there." prose roughs Page 61/78
62. Scene 26 Panel 1 Action Notes JANEY smiles, appreciates the gesture, but turns away a bit. prose roughs Page 62/78
63. Scene 26 Panel 2 Action Notes They let go of each other's hand prose roughs Page 63/78
64. Scene 27 Panel 1 Action Notes HODGES sits up further prose roughs Page 64/78
65. Scene 28 Panel 1 Action Notes pensive JANEY prose roughs Page 65/78
66. Scene 28 Panel 2 Dialog HODGES: "What's the deal with the ashes?" prose roughs Page 66/78
67. Scene 28 Panel 3 Dialog JANEY: "Oh, listen to this. The mortician called them the 'cremains'." prose roughs Page 67/78
68. Scene 28 Panel 4 Dialog JANEY: "Is that the most disgusting thing you've ever heard? Sounds like that powdered shit you put in your coffee." HODGES: "...And now I'm swearing off coffee." prose roughs Page 68/78
69. Scene 29 Panel 1 Dialog JANEY: "On the upside, I'm pretty sure I won't have to fight Aunt Charlotte for them." HODGES: "No, You won't have to do that. Is there going to be a reception?" Action Notes More at ease, JANEY lies down. HODGES shifts down as well to be at her level prose roughs Page 69/78
70. Scene 29 Panel 2 Dialog JANEY: "Charlotte insists. So, the service at ten, followed by a luncheon in Sugar Heights. While we're eating cucumber sandwiches and telling our favorite Olivia Trelawney stories, the funeral home people will take care of the cremation." prose roughs Page 70/78
71. Scene 30 Panel 1 Dialog JANEY: "I'll decide what to do with the ashes on Thursday. They'll never even have to look at the urn." prose roughs Page 71/78
72. Scene 30 Panel 2 prose roughs Page 72/78
73. Scene 31 Panel 1 Dialog HODGES: "That's a good idea." prose roughs Page 73/78
74. Scene 32 Panel 1 Dialog JANEY: "Thanks, but I dread the luncheon. Not so much the few old friends Mom still has left, but if Aunt Charlotte freaks, I'm apt to have a fucking meltdown." prose roughs Page 74/78
75. Scene 32 Panel 2 Dialog JANEY: "You'll come to lunch, won't you?" Action Notes JANEY rests her hand on HODGES' chest prose roughs Page 75/78
76. Scene 33 Panel 1 Dialog HODGES: "If you let me reach inside that shirt you're wearing, I'll do anything you want." Action Notes HODGES wraps his hand around JANEY'S back prose roughs Page 76/78
77. Scene 34 Panel 1 prose roughs Page 77/78
78. Scene 34 Panel 2 Action Notes smeck prose roughs Page 78/78