ANNETTE ASHLEY BRIANNA CALLIE COP DARBY DISPATCH FOREMAN HUGH INTERROGATOR JARED KIERAN MANS MARISA MILES MUSCULAR_GUY NEWS_REPORTER OTHERS PATRICK POLICEMAN RUDY SEAN THOMAS TRACY TRUCK_DRIVER TV_REPORTER UNIFORM MARISA Ohhhh ! MARISA Lucky save. ANNETTE Luck had nothing to do with it. MARISA Really? Why am I up a game? ANNETTE ‘Cause you’ve been lucky. MARISA Ah ! It’s amazing how often that happens. ANNETTE Hmm, hmm ! MARISA Have you talked to Ben lately? ANNETTE No. And the last link he sent to me was his article on the root causes of income inequality. MARISA That’s a phase, Annette. ANNETTE Hmm ! MARISA I mean, we’re all rebellious and resentful of our parents at that age. ANNETTE Well, I wasn’t and Sarah seems to like you just fine. MARISA She has her moments. ANNETTE At least she doesn’t think you’re the Antichrist. MARISA Ben does not think you’re the Antichrist! ANNETTE He sure acts like he does. MARISA But freshman year college, I accused my dad of being a fascist. ANNETTE Marisa, your father was a fascist. MARISA Ok, there was that. ANNETTE That was great. MARISA So, same time next week ? ANNETTE Thanks. ANNETTE Yeah, absolutly. Yeah. MARISA Hey, look, don’t forget, book club. Ok ? Friday ? ANNETTE Hmm ! I’m only on chapter two… See ya ! MARISA Annette ? ANNETTE ! ANNETTE !!!! UNIFORM Mr. Prather? ... Ben Prather? UNIFORM Mr. Prather? UNIFORM Dispatch? This is officer Miller. I have a probable suicide. DISPATCH 10-4 CALLIE See you tomorrow. CALLIE Hello? ... Hey, Rudy. Yeah, hmmm…I’m just getting off work now. Euh, I’ll be there in a few. RUDY Over there. CALLIE Dad? CALLIE Dad. Wake up. CALLIE It’s time to go home, ok ? MILES Hmm, hmm. CALLIE Ok. Come on. CALLIE Be careful. Ok. CALLIE It’s ok. Gotcha. CALLIE Did he settle up? RUDY We’re good. But he’s gotta stop doing this. CALLIE I know. Sorry. Thank you. CALLIE Come on. MILES Arg… CALLIE Be careful. Watch the stairs, watch the stairs. MILES You collected me from Rudy’s? CALLIE Yeah. MILES Sorry. CALLIE You should eat something. MILES I truly am. CALLIE You have to stop being sorry, Dad. It’s getting really tiring. CALLIE I made you some soup. I’ll go heat it up. MILES BRIANNA Where were you last night? I thought we were gonna hang out. CALLIE I had Dad stuff to deal with. BRIANNA What was it this time? CALLIE Rudy’s again. BRIANNA I’m sorry. That can’t be fun. CALLIE Big time not fun. BRIANNA Is he seeing anyone? A therapist? CALLIE No. He won’t. BRIANNA Yeah. Just like my aunt. We finally had to do an intervention. CALLIE Yeah, I remember. BRIANNA It was brutal, but ... she’s been sober three and half years now, so... BRIANNA Come on, Callie. We’re already late. BRIANNA Save the Cubberley House ? HUGH It’s a total waste of time. CALLIE How can you say that? DARBY Because they can’t change anything. HUGH Yeah, he’s right. Big business owns the world. CALLIE Well, nothing’s gonna change if we do nothing. DARBY Like marching around with signs and shouting slogans? Which is really annoying when they’re like right outside the library and you’re in there trying to study. BRIANNA Do you even know where the library is? DARBY Yeah. BRIANNA CALLIE Yeah, well, I admire what they’re doing. I think they’re trying to make a difference. HUGH But they won’t. Right ? Then they’ll graduate, take a look at their student loans and beg big business to hire them. DARBY Word. HUGH CALLIE You guys are so cynical. And “word,” Darby? Seriously? DARBY Why’s your girlfriend always ragging on me? CALLIE I gotta get to work. HUGH I’ll call you later. DARBY Bye bye. CALLIE Thank you. PATRICK Hi, hmm, is it OK if I put something up there? CALLIE Yeah, wherever you find space. PATRICK Alright, thank you. CALLIE That’s about the college’s plan to tear down Cubberley House, isn’t it? PATRICK Euh, yeah. CALLIE So Sterling Exton can build an office tower. PATRICK Exactly. But, we’re gonna try to stop it. CALLIE Good for you. PATRICK Bye. CALLIE Bye. CALLIE Hey. MILES MILES Hey kiddo. How was work? CALLIE Same old, same old. CALLIE Thanks for making dinner, I’m beat. MILES It’s the least I can do after yesterday. I really am sorry. I promise it will never happen again. Hmm ? CALLIE It smells good. What are you making? MILES A coupla prime cuts of Kobe beef. Hmm ! CALLIE Dad, seriously? No, we can’t afford this. MILES Every once in a while we can. CALLIE No, we can’t! We’re upside down on our mortgage, we’re behind on payments ... we’re barely hanging on. You can’t just… MILES Relax. I have some news. CALLIE What news? MILES I’ve got a job interview tomorrow. MILES It’s only assistant account manager, but it’s a perfect match for my skill set and it’s full-time. CALLIE Dad, that’s incredible! How did you even… MILES You remember Carl? CALLIE Yeah, of course. MILES Yeah, well he’s working there, he got me the interview. CALLIE Dad, that’s amazing news. That’s so great. MILES So let’s indulge a bit, ok ? CALLIE Well, it does smell pretty good. MILES Yes it does. MILES Hey. CALLIE Did you call me? HUGH Nah. I just came over. You ate already? CALLIE Yeah. HUGH Good. Brought dessert. CALLIE I have classes tomorrow morning. HUGH Yeah, but it’s not tomorrow. CALLIE I’m curious, Hugh. HUGH Yeah? CALLIE Am I just a booty call to you? HUGH No! CALLIE Well then, what am I? HUGH You’re ... you’re my girl. CALLIE Pff ! But, what does that even mean? HUGH I don’t know. It means we ... we hang out ... we do things together ... CALLIE We usually just do tequila shots and then hook up. HUGH We do more than that. CALLIE Not really. HUGH Okay ... what do you wanna do ? CALLIE You cut the limes. I’ll pour. CALLIE & HUGH Cheers. CALLIE Ohh ! Ahh ! HUGH Oh ! HUGH Refill ? CALLIE Alright. BRIANNA Yeah. Darby does that sometimes. Just shows up. CALLIE Doesn’t it annoy you? BRIANNA Not really. CALLIE I mean, Hugh only came by for one reason. BRIANNA Well, you know guys. One track minds. And you did let him in. CALLIE Yeah. And I have the hangover to prove it. BRIANNA So ... maybe we’re not all that different from them? CALLIE God, I really hope we are. BRIANNA BRIANNA I think we’re late. CALLIE Yeah, I know we are. JARED “I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived… BRIANNA That must be Professor Miller’s T.A. He’s cute. CALLIE He’s one of the guys from Coalition. BRIANNA Oh, yeah. JARED To live so sturdily and Spartan-like as to put to rout all that was not life, to drive life into a corner, and reduce it to its lowest terms.” JARED Alright, so who wrote that? JARED Yeah ? CALLIE Euh, Thoreau. In Walden. JARED Very good. So at least one of us as done today’s reading. BRIANNA T.A.’s pet. JARED Ok, so what is Thoreau talking about when he says he “went to the woods” to “live deliberately” and “learn what it had to teach”? Is he talking about a kind of Rousseauian return to nature? Or is he seeking to connect with the elusive spiritual? Well ... I think he wanted all of that. CALLIE I’ll catch up with you later. BRIANNA Ok. CALLIE Hi. I’m Callie. Callie Banner. JARED Jared Church. CALLIE You’re involved with Coalition, right ? JARED Yeah, that’s right. CALLIE I want to find out more about your campaign to stop the tower. JARED Oh, cool. Well we have a community outreach meeting later on tonight. Hey, let me get you a flyer. JARED At what time is your next class? CALLIE Euh, this afternoon. JARED Ok, well, I have a faculty meeting across campus. Why don’t you walk with me there. I’ll bring you up-to-speed. CALLIE Ok. JARED Alright. JARED City College has owned Cubberley House for over a hundred years. CALLIE Yeah, I pass it on my way to work. It’s so sad to see what’s happened to it. JARED It’s a historic building. They should be renovating and restoring it. Instead, they’re gonna demolish it so a corporation called Sterling Exton can build an office tower. CALLIE Yeah, I know all about Sterling Exton. My dad worked for Mannheim Distribution JARED which Sterling Exton acquired in a hostile takeover. CALLIE Yeah and basically everyone at Mannheim lost their jobs. Including my dad. JARED I know. It was a bloodbath. CALLIE No notice, no severance. My dad was forced to accept a buy-out of his pension at ten percent of its regular value. Or get nothing. JARED Well, you see that’s what Sterling Exton does. They identify vulnerable companies, acquire them, got them, and then sell off whatever assets remain. CALLIE Corporate slogan might as well be, “Screw the little guy.” JARED Right. And I don’t want one of their eyesore buildings anywhere near this campus. Especially if it means tearing down Cubberley House. JARED Well, this is me. So I’ll see you at the meeting tonight? CALLIE Absolutely. JARED Alright, cool. CALLIE Hey, you! How’d the … interview go. MILES Turns out there was no interview. CALLIE Why not? MILES They gave the job to someone else this morning. CALLIE But… MILES Someone the boss knew. A friend of his brother-in-law or something. CALLIE That is so not fair. MILES If there is anything we’ve learned, is that life isn’t fair, right ? I felt bad for Carl. CALLIE Carl? MILES He was real embarrassed. CALLIE Yeah, but he should have been mad! MILES I’m sure he was. CALLIE And you should be, too. MILES What good would that do? CALLIE Dad! You have to start pushing back! You can’t just keep rolling over and taking it. MILES I’ll tell you what. When you’re my age and you’ve had your career and your marriage taken away from you, then I’ll listen to your advice. Until then… back off ! CALLIE Have you eaten anything? MILES I’m fine. CALLIE Look, I’m supposed to go to this meeting soon, but maybe I could just stay in and we could watch a movie or something. MILES I’ll see you tomorrow. JARED Next Wednesday, Sterling Exton is scheduled to begin demolition on Cubberley House. But we’ll be there first. When they ask us to leave, we’ll refuse. They’ll call in the city or campus police, but by then Ashley and her team will have begun the social media blitz. ASHLEY If you guys haven’t joined our Facebook and Twitter pages yet, please do so. And tell your friends. We’re gonna keep everyone informed on what’s happening. JARED Once the protest is up and running, our goal is to stay there. We want to be a magnet for social change. CALLIE I’m sorry, hmm, when you say “stay there,” do you mean 24/7? JARED Absolutely. You’ve heard the expression “money never sleeps”? Well ... neither do we. PATRICK We’re gonna be running this in shifts. Day, night, graveyard. One of us is gonna be there at all times. So, what we’d like from you is to commit to some of those shifts. JARED We’re not saying every day. Just whenever you can, so that we’re sure our shift leader has enough people on hand at all times to help things run smoothly. PATRICK So sign the sheet on your way out. Name, address, e-mail, cell. Once we’ve hammered out a schedule, we’ll get it off to you along with everybody’s contact info, including our own. JARED Let’s be the change we wanna see. JARED Thanks. JARED Hey. CALLIE Hey. JARED So, I’ll see you next Wednesday? CALLIE Yeah, I wouldn’t miss that. And if you guys need help with anything obviously, let me know. JARED I will. Thanks. CALLIE You know, I’ve been angry for so long about what Sterling Exton did to my dad. To have a chance to do something about it ... to fight back ... it’s really, it’s an incredible feeling. JARED That’s amazing how good doing the right thing can make you feel. CALLIE Hmm ! PATRICK Did you hear? They closed the case on Ben and his mother. “Murder/suicide.” I still can’t believe it. He was one of the gentlest guys I’ve ever known. ASHLEY I didn’t think so. ASHLEY I mean, I know I only met him that one time, but he seemed pretty intense ... like really angry inside. PATRICK Ok, well, he didn’t get along with his mom, that’s for sure. ASHLEY It’s parents, man. They have a way of tapping into the dark side. PATRICK Yeah. PATRICK But if he did do it – I mean, where’d he learn to make a bomb like that? ASHLEY It’s not that hard. ASHLEY You can look it up online. JARED Ok. ASHLEY Do you think they’ve hooked up yet ? PATRICK Don’t do that. ASHLEY Do what? PATRICK Play the jealousy card. ASHLEY I’m not. I’ve got no claim on Jared. JARED …Wednesday. CALLIE Yeah, see you then. JARED Alright. Bye. CALLIE Bye. BRIANNA What about your classes? And your job? CALLIE I’ll work it in around them. BRIANNA You’re over-extended already, Callie. You shouldn’t take on something like this. CALLIE Hmm ! This is important. You know, our country’s in trouble. The rich keep getting richer, and the rest of us just have to take it in the neck. Somebody has to BRIANNA “do something about it.” Yeah, yeah. I get it. CALLIE I’m guessing I can’t recruit you to come to the protest Wednesday. BRIANNA Nope. I don’t care how hot that T.A. is. HUGH What T.A. is hot? BRIANNA Callie’s joining Coalition. CALLIE I’m not joining anything. I’m just getting involved. HUGH You didn’t mention anything about this. BRIANNA She went to a meeting the other night. DARBY Seriously, Callie? Those guys are losers. CALLIE No, they’re not. HUGH But, this T.A. you’re talking about. He’s part of it? BRIANNA He’s like the main guy. HUGH How hot is he? CALLIE Ok, you know what, this isn’t about that. They’re going after the company that destroyed my dad. And I want to be a part of it. BRIANNA He’s super hot. JARED Good morning. ASHLEY Morning. JARED How’d you sleep? ASHLEY Good. JARED You all packed? ASHLEY Yeah. JARED When’s your flight leave? ASHLEY I don’t have to leave for another hour. TRACY’S DAD TRACY Ahhhhh ! No ! Ah ! Ah ! Ah ! Ah ! Ah ! TRACY Hiiii ! Hii ! CALLIE Ok, these are all done. JARED Great. CALLIE Do you think it’ll be enough? PATRICK Hmmm, it’s hard to say. JARED Well, if there isn’t enough to go around, people can share. ASHLEY Hey, guys. JARED Hey! Welcome back. How was Houston? ASHLEY Houston was Houston. Mom says hi. How are things here? JARED Yeah, we’ll be ready. PATRICK Hey, did you have any trouble getting out of Houston? ASHLEY No. PATRICK Hm ! Sounded like a helluva storm. ASHLEY Yeah, but everything’s cool now. Anyway, I’m beat, and we have a big day tomorrow. So… JARED Alright, goodnight ! PATRICK Hey, we really appreciate all the help. CALLIE Absolutely, I’m glad to do it. PATRICK See you tomorrow. CALLIE Bye. PATRICK Hey Dylan, how are you…. JARED So I wanted to ask you about your father… hmmm was he ever able to land back on his feet? CALLIE No. He’s still struggling. Big time. And ... he drinks. You know, my mom tried to get him to stop, but she couldn’t. So, finally she bailed. CALLIE God ! I sound like a soap opera. JARED Your mom bailed, but you didn’t. And you can’t forgive her for that. CALLIE You sure you’re not getting that PhD in psych? JARED Sorry. Yeah ... I’ve been there. CALLIE Your dad’s an alcoholic, too ? JARED Was. He passed. CALLIE I’m so sorry. JARED Thanks. So, euhh, I’ll see you tomorrow. CALLIE Yeah, see you tomorrow. JARED Alright. CALLIE Bye. JARED What’s up ? PATRICK That was Dylan who called from Seattle. You’re not gonna believe this. NEWS REPORTER They are reports Tracy Campbell and her father were estranged. But Neighbors had no inkling of what was going on inside the house. Neither Seattle police nor the FBI has confirmed anything at this time, but it is believed along with the suicide note, explosives and other incriminating evidence were found inside the young woman’s home. PATRICK First Ben, now Tracy. JARED This is insane. This is totally insane. PATRICK What the hell is going on? JARED All right, all right. Listen. We’ve got to stay focused here. Tomorrow’s an important day. PATRICK Yeah. EVERYONE Save Cubberley House, stop the tower ! Save Cubberley House, stop the tower ! Save Cubberley House, stop the tower ! Save Cubberley House, stop the tower ! THOMAS You’re trespassing on private property, guys. We’re gonna have to ask you to leave. JARED What authority do you have to ask us that? THOMAS I’m Thomas Calhoun. I work for Chicago College. We own this property. JARED Ok, well we’re all students here at the college. So, in fact, you work for us. We’re not going anywhere. THOMAS I understand you object to the college’s proposed development of this site. But there is an appropriate way to register that objection, this is not it. JARED No, Mr. Calhoun, this is precisely it. And if you want us to leave, you’re gonna have to do so by force. JARED Isn’t that right, guys? EVERYONE Yeah !! JARED Because we’re not going here ! We’re not moving ... we’re not giving in ... we’re not staying silent, not as long as that sign is still there. Because we stand for something bigger, we stand for something better, something true ! EVERYONE Yeah !! JARED People not profits! Green not greed! Save Cubberley House, stop the tower! EVERYONE Save Cubberley House, stop the tower! Save Cubberley House, stop the tower! Save Cubberley House, stop the tower! Save Cubberley House, stop the tower! Save Cubberley House, stop the tower! Save Cubberley House, stop the tower! Save Cubberley House, stop the tower! COP Would you like us to call in reinforcements to arrest them? THOMAS No. That’s exactly what they want us to do. THOMAS The smart move is to leave. If we ignore them, they’ll get tired of this all thing and move on. COP All right. Your property. Your call. FOREMAN You’re lettin’ ‘em stay? COP It’s out of my hands. FOREMAN We don’t get paid unless we work. FOREMAN This isn’t right. EVERYONE Save Cubberley House, stop the tower! Save Cubberley House, stop the tower! EVERYONE Yeah !! Wouhou ! JARED Wouhou ! Yeah !! Wouhou ! Wouhou ! Yeah ! ASHLEY OK. We’re on it. ASHLEY It’s started. ASHLEY Hey. PATRICK Hey. ASHLEY The protest has started. The cops just left. PATRICK Oh. Euh, great. Thank you. ASHLEY Are you OK? PATRICK Yeah, yeah. I... no. It’s this whole thing with Ben and Tracy euh ... ASHLEY Yeah. Do you think maybe it was like a copycat thing? Or they planned it together? PATRICK I don’t know what to think. ASHLEY Yeah. It’s really bizarre. PATRICK Yeah… hmmm, so… ASHLEY Well, I should get back to the team. PATRICK Yeah. Thank you. JARED I’m gonna give you guys the separate shift, ok ? Is that cool ? JARED Hey ! CALLIE Hey ! JARED How’s everything ? CALLIE It’s great. JARED Cool. PATRICK Hey ! JARED Hey buddy. PATRICK We need to talk. JARED Yeah, sure, what’s going on ? PATRICK Not here. Not now. After my shift. JARED OK. PATRICK And not at the house. JARED Alright, what’s… what’s happening? You’re king of freaking me out a little. PATRICK Hmmm…It’s about Ben ... and Tracy. JARED What about them? PATRICK I … I don’t know. I’m not sure. JARED Ok, well ... I’ll come back at midnight after your shift and we’ll talk then. PATRICK Ok ah, thanks. CALLIE Bye. CALLIE I’ll see you tomorrow. JARED Yeah. See you then. CALLIE Is everything ok? JARED Euh, I don’t know. I’m just tired. You did great today. CALLIE Thanks. JARED I’ll see you in the morning. CALLIE Ok. JARED Ok. CALLIE Goodnight. JARED Bye. MILES Hey. You’re famous. CALLIE What are you talking about? MILES You were on TV. The protest. CALLIE Hmm. Cool. MILES They interviewed that boy you were standing beside. Jared, something like that? CALLIE Jared Church. MILES He seems like an inspirational guy. CALLIE Yeah. He really is. CALLIE You know, dad, you should join us. MILES Naw. It’s a young person’s game. CALLIE This is about Sterling Exton. Don’t you want to fight back? MILES I think it’s great that you’re getting involved. But even if you succeed in stopping this project, you’re not gonna stop Sterling Exton. CALLIE Right. Yeah, why bother to do anything when you can just sit around feeling sorry for yourself and doing this. MILES Come on, ease up a little. CALLIE You wanna know something? MILES CALLIE You used to be my inspiration. You were… you were my hero. I want that man back. So much. And I see you killing him, day by day, and that’s killing me. MILES JARED Hey. ASHLEY Hey. JARED Patrick seems upset. ASHLEY Yeah. JARED He said he wants to talk to me about something. ASHLEY He’s been acting weird all day. JARED How so? ASHLEY I dont’ know, I just got this feeling like, he’s avoiding me. JARED That’s weird. ASHLEY And he’s been on his computer a lot. JARED More like, more than usual? ASHLEY Yeah. A lot more. JARED I wonder what’s up? JARED Maybe he’ll tell me tonight. CALLIE Hey. HUGH Hey. You gonna let me in? CALLIE Not tonight. HUGH “Not tonight”? Ge…Geez, what are we like, married? CALLIE I still have studying to do and I have to go to work tomorrow, so... HUGH How’d it go today? CALLIE Do you really wanna know ? HUGH Be with that “hot” T.A.? CALLIE Ok. Good night, Hugh. HUGH Let me in, Callie. CALLIE No. And please don’t come back here. HUGH What’s that supposed to mean? CALLIE Figure it out. JARED Hey !! TRUCK DRIVER Go Home ! PATRICK Did any of you get hit? JARED No. We’re ok. PATRICK Some guys have been hassling us. I think they’re from the work crew. JARED You think it’s safe to stay here? PATRICK Yeah. It will die down. JARED I hope so. Alright guys. We’re gonna head out. Anybody needs anything, just let us know. PATRICK Thank you, everybody. Have a good night. OTHERS Bye ! JARED So what’s going on, man? PATRICK Do you remember, when Ben’s mom was killed... and they found Ben in his garage. Ashley said that she was out of town that weekend. JARED Yeah. Visiting her mom in Houston. PATRICK Well, doesn’t it strike you at all weird that she said she was there again when everything went down with Tracy and her dad? JARED Hmm, not really. I didn’t even really notice. PATRICK Ok, well, yeah, I thought it was weird. JARED Ok. PATRICK And I know that what I’m about to say is gonna freak you out, especially since you guys hook up and everything, but I feel like it’s... JARED Hey man, let’s huh… just keep walking. PATRICK What’s wrong ? JARED Let’s get out of here. Go ! Go ! Go ! JARED Ahhh ! Ah ! Ah ! PATRICK Hey ! JARED Ahhhhhh ! PATRICK Oh ! PATRICK Ah ! Ah ! JARED Patrick ! Get off of him ! PATRICK Ah ! Ah ! MUSCULAR GUY Hey! What’s going on here? JARED Patrick ! JARED Call 911! JARED Patrick ! Patrick ! JARED Oh ! Oh ! CALLIE Hey Bri. BRIANNA So do you know the guy? CALLIE What guy? BRIANNA Oh my God. You haven’t heard? CALLIE What are you talking about? BRIANNA Last night, after the protest. Two guys were mugged really badly. CALLIE Hey. ASHLEY Hey... euh, Carrie? CALLIE Callie. ASHLEY Callie. CALLIE I heard about Patrick. Is he OK? ASHLEY Yeah… well he made it through surgery, but he’s still unconscious. But Jared wasn’t hurt too bad. CALLIE Jared! Did they attacked Jared, too? ASHLEY Yeah. They were together. CALLIE And he was hurt? ASHLEY He just took a hit to the leg. But Patrick ... they really did a number on him. CALLIE So you guys called off the protest? ASHLEY Yeah, we had to. I mean, the whole point of this Coalition is to affect change through non-violence. CALLIE Coalition didn’t do anything violent. ASHLEY Yeah, but the media is already linked the assault to the protest. And we don’t want to be associated with violence in any way. It’s just not who we are. CALLIE So you think Jared and Patrick were attacked because of the protest? ASHLEY It wasn’t a mugging. The attackers didn’t take anything, and they were disguised. CALLIE Who would do that? ASHLEY There were some displaced workers hassling us last night. CALLIE Maybe it was Sterling Exton. You know, they seems to be in the business of hurting people. ASHLEY Well, I suppose ... CALLIE Is Jared at the Coalition House? ASHLEY No. He’s at the hospital with Patrick. CALLIE I have some time before work. Do you think he’d mind if I came by? ASHLEY I’m sure that’d be fine. CALLIE OK. Thanks. ASHLEY JARED Hey. CALLIE Hey. How is he? JARED They were able to ease most of the pressure on his brain, but he still hasn’t woken up. Doctor say he’s lucky to be alive. His dad’ll be here soon. Took him awhile to get from his farm upstate to JFK. CALLIE Do you need that I get you anything? Coffee? JARED Yeah. I’d love a coffee. Come on, I’ll go with you. JARED Patrick and I have been best buds for a long time, you know. Ever since we were classmates at Castleton. CALLIE The prep school? JARED Yeah, we met first day, freshman year. In the computer lab. He’s kind of a genius at that stuff. He got his Masters in computer science. We hit it off immediately. You know, he was the new kid. I was the veteran. I practically grew up at the school. CALLIE What do you mean? JARED My dad was on the maintenance crew. Qualified kids of employees could attend for free. Noblesse oblige. CALLIE Lucky you. JARED Hmmm… CALLIE Castleton’s one of the best schools in the country. JARED So it’s recruiting materials say. CALLIE It’s not? JARED No. It lives up to its rep. But it always felt kinda weird going there, you know being surrounded by all those rich kids. CALLIE Patrick’s not rich. JARED Sure he is. CALLIE You said his dad lives on a farm. JARED Yeah. A thoroughbred farm outside Saratoga. When he’s not at his townhouse on the Upper East Side. CALLIE Poor Patrick… JARED It’s Patrick’s dad. Sean. Hey... Eh. No, no, no. It’s, it’s the other wing. Just stay there, I’ll come get you. Ok. JARED He went to the wrong entrance. I’m gonna get him. CALLIE OK. I’ll ... I’ll stay with Patrick. JARED Thanks. CALLIE PATRICK PATRICK ... Ashley ... CALLIE No. I’m … Callie. PATRICK ... Jared ... CALLIE He went to get your dad. I’ll go PATRICK Danger ! ... My computer ... Matinecock ... CALLIE Nurse? NURSE! NURSE ! CALLIE He woke up! But only for a second! CALLIE I’m so sorry you weren’t here. SEAN Please, he’s gonna pull through, doesn’t it ? JARED Did he say anything? CALLIE Hmmm. Well, he thought I was Ashley. And then, he asked for you. JARED Me? CALLIE Yeah, then he said a bunch of random stuff, and he was out again. SEAN Hmm…I need to get something to eat. Are you hungry? JARED No. I’m good. JARED I’m just gonna sit with Patrick. SEAN Ok, thanks. BRIANNA From the way you describe it, Jared’s lucky he didn’t get hurt worse. CALLIE Yeah. He’s really lucky. CALLIE He’s pretty torn up though. You know, he and Patrick they’ve been so tight ever since they went to Castleton together. BRIANNA Castleton? Those bomber guys went to Castleton. CALLIE What bomber guys? BRIANNA You know, those kids who blew up their parents and then killed themselves. The other day in Seattle. And that guy from Matinecock. CALLIE Matinecock? I thought it was New York. BRIANNA Yeah. Matinecock, Long Island. I have cousins in Oyster Bay. And I used to visit them every summer when I was little. You’d drive right by Matinecock to get there. I thought it was such a funny word. CALLIE Matinecock ... BRIANNA Matinecock. JARED Nurse! Somebody, help !! JARED You can stay at the house if you want. SEAN Ah…thanks. But I don’t think I could handle it, you know. JARED Yeah. SEAN The hotel is near the precinct. The police told me they’ll notify me the minute there’s a break in the case, so… JARED They’re gonna find out who did this. SEAN You’re damn right they will. SEAN I guess, at some point, I’m gonna have to drop by and deal with his stuff, hmm . JARED Don’t worry about that now. SEAN Thanks for being such a good friend to Patrick. You meant the world to him, Jared. To me too. SEAN He was the finest, the finest person I’ve ever known, you know ? With the purest of hearts. SEAN I just can’t imagine what life’s gonna be like without him, you know. JARED Thank you so much for your help, right. I’ll call you if I hear anything. POLICEMAN Alright. CALLIE Hey. JARED Hey. CALLIE How are you? JARED Hanging in there. I got your text message. Sorry I didn’t respond. I’ve just been… CALLIE No ! It’s OK. I understand. CALLIE Have they made any progress in the investigation? JARED Not yet. CALLIE I think I might be on to something. JARED What do you mean ? CALLIE Remember how I told you, when Patrick woke up in the hospital, he was saying that random stuff? JARED Yeah ... ? CALLIE I’m not so sure it was random. I think he was trying to tell me something. JARED What did he say? CALLIE “Matinecock.” JARED Oh. Well, that makes sense. You see, there was this guy named… CALLIE Ben Prather, yeah. JARED You know about Ben? CALLIE Yeah, I mean, it was all over the Internet. JARED You probably know that Ben was a classmate of ours at Castleton. CALLIE No, I knew he went there, I didn’t know he was in your class. JARED So was Tracy Campbell. CALLIE Yeah, I read about her, too. JARED That’s problably why Matinecock was on Patrick’s mind. He was obsessed over Ben and Tracy. CALLIE Right… why was he telling me? JARED I don’t know. CALLIE He was so emphatic, like it was really important. You know ? CALLIE And he said something about is computer. I don’t know, do you think that could be something on it that he wanted me ... or more likely you ... to know about? JARED Patrick couldn’t believe Ben and Tracy planted those bombs. Ashley said he was on his computer a lot that day. Maybe he discovered something and CALLIE and he was trying to tell me. JARED Yeah. I’m gonna scope out his computer. See if I can find anything. CALLIE Ok. JARED Thanks. CALLIE CALLIE MILES CALLIE CALLIE MILES JARED MILES W-where am I? CALLIE St. Madeline. MILES St. Madeline? CALLIE It’s a rehab facility. MILES What are we doing… CALLIE You almost burned down the house, dad. MILES What? CALLIE Right. You don’t remember. That’s why you’re here. MILES Yeah, I don’t wanna be here. CALLIE Yeah, I don’t want you to be here either. But you have to be. MILES No. I’m gonna… CALLIE You have to be. CALLIE I don’t want to lose you. MILES You’re not gonna lose me. CALLIE I will if you keep drinking. MILES How ... how long do I have to stay here? CALLIE Until you’re better. MILES We can’t afford this. CALLIE It’s a charity. MILES Is that what I’ve become? A charity case? CALLIE No! You’re my dad! And I love you! And I want you to get healthy! HUGH You huh…you haven’t answered any of my calls or texts, so ... CALLIE What do you want, Hugh? HUGH I wanna talk. CALLIE There’s nothing to talk about. HUGH Look. I know I can be a jerk sometimes, and CALLIE Please, don’t. HUGH and I’m sorry. I’ll try to do better... I don’t want us to break up. CALLIE You don’t take me seriously. HUGH Yes, I do! Ok… CALLIE No, you don’t ! You don’t take anything seriously. And I don’t want to be with someone like that. HUGH Ok, well give me a chance. I can change. CALLIE You’re a boy, Hugh. I already have one boy in my life and I just put him in rehab. I don’t need another. HUGH It’s not about that. Screw you, Callie. JARED Sorry. I didn’t mean to… CALLIE It’s OK. How did you… ? JARED I got your address off the Coalition call sheet. CALLIE Oh. Right. JARED I would’nt have just drop by like this, but I didn’t think I should call or text you. CALLIE What is it? What’s wrong? JARED You’re right. Patrick was trying to warn you. Or rather, he was trying to warn me. CALLIE About what? JARED Ben and Tracy didn’t kill themselves or their parents. They were murdered. Patrick was starting to figure it out - and she might have murdered him, too. CALLIE Who? JARED Ashley. JARED The week Ben’s mom was killed, Ashley wasn’t in Houston visiting her mom. She was in New York. JARED And last week, when Tracy and her dad were killed, Ashley said she was visiting her mom again. But she wasn’t. She flew to Seattle. Check it out. JARED Patrick was just starting to tell me all of this the night we were attacked. CALLIE How did he get this information? JARED He hacked into her e-mail account. Piece of cake for him. CALLIE She didn’t bother to cover her tracks? JARED She didn’t think anyone was on her trail. And there’s one more thing. The night of the attack, Ashley left the house at around eleven pm, she didn’t come back all night. CALLIE Oh my god. JARED I called the FBI. There’s an agent’s on his way here right now. CALLIE You can just call the FBI? JARED Well, we couldn’t talk to them at Coalition House. And I you need to tell him what Patrick said to you in the hospital. CALLIE Right ... CALLIE Why would she do something so horrifying? What did she have against Ben and Tracy? Did she go to Castleton, too? JARED No, but she met both of them. And she has a real thing about trust fund kids who play being activists and then sell out as soon as it become convenient. CALLIE Did Ben and Tracy do that? JARED They never had the chance. And neither did Patrick. CALLIE Patrick was a trust fund kid, too. JARED Yeah. CALLIE But ... why would she kill them? KIERAN Ms. Banner? Mr. Church? KIERAN Kieran Connor. CALLIE Hi. KIERAN FBI . CALLIE Yeah, come in. KIERAN Well, this really isn’t evidence. Circumstantial at best. JARED But she lied about being in New York - and Seattle. KIERAN There are a lot of reasons why people lie or keep secrets. Maybe she has a boyfriend she doesn’t want you to know about. CALLIE What about Patrick’s warning? KIERAN From how you describe it, “warning” is just an interpretation of what he said. JARED What, so you’re not gonna do anything about this? KIERAN I didn’t say that. I will definitely follow up on this. And I’ll coordinate with our agents in New York and Seattle. CALLIE Well, shouldn’t you at least bring her in for questioning or something ? KIERAN At this point, that would be a bad idea. Especially if she’s guilty. JARED But she killed my best friend! KIERAN If that turns out to be true, it’s all the more reason to proceed carefully. Unless of course, you suspect she’s planning to attack someone else ... JARED Well, I mean, how do we suppose to know that? KIERAN Let me ask you this. If what you suspect is true, any idea who’s working with her? She couldn’t have acted alone. JARED No idea. KIERAN Someone in Coalition? JARED Well, all of us were at the house the day that Tracy and her dad died. KIERAN And when you and Patrick Owens were attacked? JARED Most of us were at the protest site. KIERAN And where were you? CALLIE I… I was here, asleep. KIERAN Can anyone verify that? CALLIE No ... No, I guess not. KIERAN Just making a point. It’s easy to be suspicious. What we need is hard evidence. KIERAN Keep your eyes and ears open. If you come up with something more concrete, call me immediately. CALLIE CALLIE I guess it was crazy to think they’d just go and arrest her, but I dont’ know, this all being a limbo thing it just feels really weird. JARED “Keep your eyes and ears open.” That means me. I live in the same house as her. CALLIE Do you think she knows you’re on to her? JARED I don’t think so. I hope not. I’m sure has hell not looking forward to going back to the house later on tonight, that’s for sure. CALLIE Then don’t. Just stay here. JARED Hey, I’m sorry I dragged you into this. CALLIE You didn’t. JARED I’ll see what I can find back at the house. I’ll just gonna have to be careful. CALLIE What can I do to help? JARED You’ve done more then enough already. CALLIE Look. I don’t have work today. I just have one morning class, and then I have to dropp some stuff up at my Dad. JARED Where’d you admit him? CALLIE St. Madeline. JARED I hear that’s a really great program. CALLIE You know, Ashley barely knows me. She didn’t even remember my name. You know, she would never suspect me of being on to her. JARED Ok, so what are you saying? CALLIE Well after I’m done with my dad, I can stake out the house and if she goes somewhere or see someone, you know I can follow her. JARED No, absolutely not. It’s too dangerous. CALLIE Yeah, but you’re going back there! That’s dangerous too - on all kinds of different levels. JARED Yeah, I’m just going back, because if I don’t, she’ll think somethings up. It’ll look suspicious. CALLIE Well, I’m not just gonna stand by. JARED She does go out, just about every day. To a Pilates class across town. At least she says she does. She always takes the same bus. MILES Hey, sweetheart. CALLIE Hey. I brought you some clothes and toiletries and stuff. MILES Thanks. CALLIE How’s it going? MILES A walk in the park. CALLIE It’ll get better. MILES That’s what they keep telling me. MILES Something’s worrying you. What is it? CALLIE Oh, you know, the usual. School ... work ... my crazy old man. MILES That boy? Hugh? CALLIE No. We broke up. My idea. MILES Good. I never liked him. CALLIE You’re not supposed to say that, you know ? What if we get back together? MILES Yeah, well, don’t. CALLIE Actually, I’m kinda seeing someone new. MILES That guy from the protest? CALLIE Yeah. Jared Church. MILES Yeah, well, bring him by my new digs. Introduce him to me. CALLIE Better yet, I’ll bring him by the house when you come home, which is going to be soon. MILES Don’t put too much faith in your crazy old man. CALLIE Too late. I already have. CALLIE Come on. Let’s get your stuff up to your room. JARED She just left. DARBY This is lame, dude. If she’s gonna blow off your calls and texts, go see her. HUGH I did. She was with that guy. BRIANNA What guy? HUGH The “super hot” T.A. DARBY What do you mean “with him”? HUGH He was coming to the house to see her. BRIANNA Really? HUGH Like you didn’t know they’ve been hooking up. BRIANNA I don’t know anything, Hugh. Callie hasn’t breathed a word. HUGH I thought she told you everything. BRIANNA I thought so, too. ASHLEY ASHLEY DARBY Catch you later, babe. BRIANNA Bye. CALLIE Hi, this is Callie, leave a message. KIERAN Has she been back? CALLIE No. KIERAN Did you touch anything? CALLIE Euh, just the doorknob. KIERAN You can leave that here. KIERAN Wow ... CALLIE You wanted evidence. You think this will do? KIERAN Oh, yeah ... CALLIE They think a cell phone detonated the bomb that killed Annette Prather. KIERAN We know it did. It’s a technique terrorists developed. Extremely easy to rig up and pull off. CALLIE Looks like she’s making a new bomb. KIERAN It sure does. CALLIE Ahh ! KIERAN It’s OK. No bomb attached to this one. KIERAN Anderson, hi. I’m there now ... More than enough. It’s pretty overwhelming ... OK. I’ll wait here. KIERAN Forensics is on the way. CALLIE I gotta stop doing that. CALLIE It’s Jared. CALLIE Hey ! JARED I just got your voicemail. You found evidence! CALLIE Yeah, a lot. It’s like her lair or something. JARED Alright, things are breaking open fast. Sean called. JARED An eyewitness may be able to IDed the car Patrick’s attackers were driving. CALLIE That’s great! JARED I’m meet him downtown to look over photos of possible suspects. Can you meet us there? JARED He’ll want to hear all about Ashley. CALLIE Yeah, of course. Just text the address. JARED Ok. CALLIE Ok, bye. KIERAN Thank you, Ms. Banner. I know you put yourself at risk here, and the Bureau deeply appreciates it… KIERAN We also need you to come in and make a statement when the time is right. CALLIE Yeah, of course. Just let me know. Thank you. KIERAN Bye. CALLIE Bye. JARED It’s showtime. JARED Everything’s loaded up, ready to go. JARED This is your script. JARED I scavenged a house key. This is a copy. JARED Why are you nervous? ASHLEY I’m not. JARED Why are you nervous? ASHLEY We're ... we're moving too fast. JARED She's on to us. Just like Patrick was. We have to take action. Now. ASHLEY Yeah, but it’s never you who takes it, is it? JARED Are you gonna run away from this? ASHLEY No. I always do what you want. JARED Good, then do it now. JARED Go. JARED Go. CALLIE Sorry ... ASHLEY “By the time you read this, it will all be over ...” ASHLEY “People will ask why I did it. ASHLEY They shouldn’t. Sterling Exton destroyed my father. MILES Ah ! Ah ! Ah ! ASHLEY It destroyed my family ...” MILES Nooooo ! Arg ! ASHLEY “When I admitted my dad to St. Madeline, ASHLEY I know I left him there to die. ASHLEY He could never be strong enough to face the demons eating him alive from within ... MILES Arg ! Ahh ! ASHLEY “Sterling Exton unleashed those demons, and Sterling Exton had to pay ...” MILES Ah ! Ah ! Oh ! ASHLEY “People will probably talk about my affiliation with the activist group Coalition, as if somehow it was responsible for what I did. They couldn’t be more wrong ...” MILES ASHLEY “Members of Coalition believe social change can be achieved through peaceful means. They’re fools. Only acts of righteous, violent vengeance against the criminals who rule the world will change it ...” ASHLEY “Today I have committed such an act. May it inspire others to do the same. Let the revolution begin! Callie Banner.” ASHLEY MILES BRIANNA Hey. BRIANNA What’s going on? Callie here? BRIANNA Hey I know you. You’re that chick from the Coalition. ASHLEY Hm ! BRIANNA Hey… BRIANNA Callie? ... Callie? CALLIE By the time you read this, it will all be over. People will ask why I did it. Sterling Exton destroyed my father. Today I have committed such an act. Let the revolution begin! Callie Banner. CALLIE Hello? MILES It’s Dad. Hmm… MILES You know, that boy you’re seeing? Jared Church? Well, someone, I’m guessing is his brother MILES just attacked me in my room here. CALLIE What? MILES He ambushed me ... MILEs Put a pillow case over my head. I think he meant to kill me. CALLIE Dad, what are you talking about? Have you been drinking? MILES No, not a drop. Why would he do that? CALLIE Who? MILES Kieran. Kieran Church. CALLIE Everyone get back! get back! it's a bomb! MILES Callie? MILES Callie ! CALLIE CALLIE Get back ! Get away ! CALLIE Get back, it’s a bomb ! CALLIE MANS Oh ! Oh ! CALLIE CALLIE Dad! MILES Oh Callie, you all right? MILES We got disconnected. CALLIE CALLIE Yeah, I’m fine ... I’m fine ... MILES Ahhhh…. JARED What did you do! WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO! JARED You stupid, clueless little child !! JARED You said you wanted to make a difference! You’re just a liar and a coward. You’re a traitor! You’re a traitor !! JARED Ah ! Ah ! CALLIE JARED Ah ! Traitor !! TRAITOR ! CALLIE INTERROGATOR We know what you’ve done, Jared. Or you’ve had others do for you. Ashley’s told us everything. JARED And you believe her? INTERROGATOR You must have a pretty powerful hold on her, for her to kill for you. JARED Come on, man whatever she’s been telling you, she’s lying. INTERROGATOR Your brother corroborated it. JARED I doubt that. But even if he has, you won’t find any corroborating evidence. INTERROGATOR We already have. JARED I don’t believe that either. INTERROGATOR Why’d you do it, Jared? Ben Prather and Tracy Campbell were your friends. JARED Were they? INTERROGATOR Well, you were in the same political action group in school. JARED True, but then they “grew up” and left their activism behind, to follow the footsteps of their parents. So… INTERROGATOR Is that why you had them killed? And their parents? “Traitors to the cause”? JARED They killed themselves and murder their parents. Or don’t you watch the news? I don’t know, maybe they were right to, because sooner or later they would have choked to death on their own greed. INTERROGATOR And how about Patrick Owens? Did you kill him? Or, rather, finish the job that Ashley and your brother started? INTERROGATOR Because, Callie Banner says, Patrick really was your friend. JARED He was. INTERROGATOR Loyal to the cause. JARED Very. INTERROGATOR It must have been hard to see him attacked like that. And watching him die. JARED Maybe it was a blessing. It was just a matter of time before the call of all that family money drew him away. It always does. I don’t think that, that Patrick want to live like that. JARED Yeah. INTERROGATOR And what about Callie? JARED Callie? INTERROGATOR Yeah ? JARED Callie’s different. She’s not like the rest of them. TV REPORTER Ms Banner, you’ve kept an extremely low profile since the incident. Did you feel ready to talk about it now? CALLIE Euh, no. Especially in light of the ongoing criminal investigation. TV REPORTER You do know people are calling you a hero. CALLIE I’m not a hero. I’m just glad and really lucky that no one got hurt. TV REPORTER So, you’re not talking about the incident, but would you tell us why you’re here today? CALLIE Because the battle isn’t over. TV REPORTER And do you consider yourself the leader of this battle? CALLIE No. No, not at all. I’m just an ordinary citizen of a great country that’s lost its way. And I just wanna help make a difference. If you’ll excuse me. CALLIE We all want to make a difference. Don’t we, guys? EVERYONE YEAH ! CALLIE And we’re not leaving here ... we’re not moving ... we’re not staying silent, as long as that sign is still here. EVERYONE Hmm, hmm ! Youhou ! CALLIE We stand for something bigger. EVERYONE Yeah. CALLIE Something better. EVERYONE Yeah. CALLIE People not profits! Green not greed! EVERYONE Save Cubberley House, stop the tower! Save Cubberley House, stop the tower! Save Cubberley House, stop the tower! Save Cubberley House, stop the tower! Save Cubberley House, stop the tower! Save Cubberley House, stop the tower!