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Executive Producer: Charles H. Eglee Executive Producer: Michael Dinner Executive Producer: Brian Michael Bendis Executive Producer: David Engel Executive Producer: Michael Avon Oeming POWERS “PILOT” Written by Charles H. Eglee Based On The Graphic Novel Series by Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Avon Oeming Directed by Michael Dinner FULL WHITE DRAFT 6/21/11 FULL BLUE DRAFT 6/30/11 FULL PINK DRAFT 7/05/11 FULL YELLOW DRAFT 7/09/11 FULL GREEN DRAFT 7/12/11 GOLDENROD REVISIONS 7/13/11 DOUBLE WHITE REVISIONS 7/14/11 DOUBLE BLUE REVISIONS 7/14/11 DOUBLE PINK REVISIONS 7/15/11 DOUBLE YELLOW REVISIONS 7/16/11 DOUBLE GREEN REVISIONS 7/20/11 DOUBLE GOLDENROD REVISIONS 7/23/11 3rd WHITE REVISIONS 10/04/11 RESHOOT DRAFT 12/16/11 REVISED RESHOOT DRAFT 12/30/11 2nd REVISED RESHOOT DRAFT 1/3/12 3rd REVISED RESHOOT DRAFT 1/12/12 REVISIONS STARRED © 2011 SONY PICTURES TELEVISION INC. All Rights Reserved No portion of this script may be performed, or reproduced by any means, or quoted, or published in any medium without prior written consent of SONY PICTURES TELEVISION INC. * 10202 West Washington Boulevard * Culver City, CA 90232* POWERS ___________________________________________________ "Pilot" Revision History Draft/Revision Color Date Pages FULL WHITE DRAFT 6/21/11 FULL DRAFT FULL BLUE DRAFT 6/30/11 FULL DRAFT FULL PINK DRAFT 7/05/11 FULL DRAFT FULL YELLOW DRAFT 7/09/11 FULL DRAFT FULL GREEN DRAFT 7/12/11 FULL DRAFT GOLDENROD REVISIONS 7/13/11 Title Page, Revision History, Set List, Production Notes, Pg. 56 DOUBLE WHITE REVISIONS 7/14/11 Title Page, Revision History, Pgs. 8, 9, 9A DOUBLE BLUE REVISIONS 7/14/11 Title Page, Revision History, Set List, Cast List, Production Notes, Pgs. 6, 13A, 21, 33A, 37, 51A, 52, 53, 53A, 56 DOUBLE PINK REVISIONS 7/15/11 Title Page, Revision History, Set List, Pgs. 10, 51, 51A, 52, 53, 53A, 54 DOUBLE YELLOW REVISIONS 7/16/11 Title Page, Revision History, Pgs 5, 6, 6A DOUBLE GREEN REVISIONS 7/20/11 Title Page, Revision History, Cast List Pgs. 34, 34A, 35, 53A, 54 DOUBLE GOLDENROD REV. 7/23/11 Title Page, Revision History, Pgs. 13A, 31, 31A, 51 3rd WHITE REV. 10/04/11 Title Page, Revision History, Pgs. 28, 28A, 28B RESHOOT DRAFT 12/16/11 FULL DRAFT Reshoots in BOLD REVISED RESHOOT DRAFT 12/30/11 FULL DRAFT 2nd REVISED RESHOOT DRAFT 1/3/12 FULL DRAFT 3rd REVISED RESHOOT DRAFT 1/12/12 FULL DRAFT Revisions STARRED "PILOT" - 3rd Revised RESHOOT DRAFT - 1/12/12 POWERS "PILOT" CAST LIST DETECTIVE CHRISTIAN WALKER......................................JASON PATRIC DETECTIVE DEENA PILGRIM............................................LUCY PUNCH COMMANDER AUGUSTUS CROSS....................................CHARLES DUTTON CALISTA...................................................................................BAILEE MADISON TRIPHAMMER........................................................................TITUS WELLIVER JOHNNY ROYALLE................................................................VINNIE JONES DETECTIVE JULIUS KUTTER.............................................KHARY PAYTON GUSTAV FLINCH ...................................................................COREY STOLL *RETRO GIRL........................................................................ DETECTIVE SAM DOCKNOVICH........................................WES CHATHAM DR. ZEL STRAUSS..................................................................F. DAVID ROTH DR. AIESHA JANNY...............................................................ORA JONES DETECTIVE ARTHUR POLSON...........................................DON HARVEY MELROSE................................................................................AMBRE LAKE TERRELL.................................................................................KRIS D. LOFTON GRISELDA................................................................................SANDRA DELGADO BOUNCER................................................................................JEROD HAYNES POUNDCAKE..........................................................................LESLIE ANN SHEPPARD LIMO DRIVER........................................................................KARMANN BAJUYO FEMALE-ENTITY...................................................................MOLLY CALLINAN BEAT COP................................................................................JOHN FOLINO BLONDE WOMAN..................................................................KAYLA THOMAS CABBY.......................................................................................JAKUB HACZKIEWICZ COP............................................................................................BILLY DEC SNIPER......................................................................................REID COLLUMS *FASTBACK............................................................................ *TOFU..................................................................................... *PUPPET................................................................................. *DETECTIVE CAREY FYNN..................................... *DETECTIVE #1...................................................................... *INDICATES NEW OR REVISED "PILOT" - 3rd Revised RESHOOT DRAFT - 1/12/12 POWERS “PILOT” SET LIST INTERIORS APARTMENT BUILDING HALLWAY ATLAS NIGHTCLUB KITCHEN OFFICE ROOM BOTANICA WALKER'S APARTMENT BOUNCER'S APARTMENT BEDROOM BUNGALOW LIVING ROOM BASEMENT DINING ROOM BREAKFAST NOOK WAREHOUSE HALLWAY LOWER LEVEL LIVING ROOM LOWER LEVEL ROOM CAB UPPER LEVEL ROOM CITY HALL ROTUNDA UPPER LEVEL STAIRWELL CITY JAIL VISITORS ROOM EXTERIORS *OBSERVATION ROOM ATLAS NIGHTCLUB CROWN VIC ALLEY DINER STREET *ESCALADE BUILDING ROOFTOP HOMICIDE BUNGALOW HOTEL CHICAGO STREET BALLROOM CITY HALL GREEN ROOM CROWN VIC LOBBY EMPTY LOT UTILITY CORRIDOR FIRE ESCAPE/ ALLEY MORGUE HOTEL PARKING STRUCTURE ROOF POLICE SURVEILLANCE VAN STREET POWERS DIVISION INDIAN OCEAN BALCONY INDUSTRIAL AREA COMMANDER'S OFFICE POWERS DIVISION INTERROGATION MOTOR POOL LOBBY STREET MEN'S ROOM *PARKING STRUCTURE OBSERVATION ROOM STREET ROLL CALL ROOM TRIBUNE BUILDING - ROOFTOP STAIRWELL WAREHOUSE THE FLOOR WAREHOUSE ADJAC. ROOFTOP VENDING MACHINES RETRO GIRL'S LAIR SUBWAY TUNNEL *INDICATES NEW OR REVISED TEASER FADE IN: BLACK WOMAN’S VOICE (O.C.) Did you know that Hitler has relatives living on Long Island? EXT. STREET - NIGHT (NIGHT 1) * A Cadillac Escalade approaches. * INT. ESCALADE - NIGHT * At the wheel find-- * DETECTIVE CHRISTIAN WALKER The main man in tonight’s undercover buy-bust. * WALKER * Everybody in position? Walker communicates via radio mic and an imbedded miniature * device in his ear. HEAR ad-libbed affirmatives via radio, * accompanied by QUICK POPS of the members of a police strike team, including OFFICER SAM DOCKNOVICH, who are deployed around their target, the Atlas Nightclub. * WOMAN’S VOICE (O.C.) Howard Hitler. Born in 1957-- INT. POLICE SURVEILLANCE VAN - NIGHT * The woman speaking is DETECTIVE DEENA PILGRIM who sits at a * bank of monitors watching them intently as she wolfs down a * taco, swigs soda, then chews the ice cubes-- DEENA (into mic) * Raised in Patchogue. Earned spending money as a kid doing odd jobs around the neighborhood. Her attention lasers to the first monitor. * ON SCREEN As the Escalade turns the corner into view. * DEENA (into mic, finishing her * thought) * Had a Beatle haircut. (then) * I got a visual on you Walker. * POWERS - PILOT - 3rd REVISED RESHOOT DRAFT - 1/12/12 2. EXT. STREET - NIGHT - INTERCUT * As the Escalade pulls to the curb. Walker gets out. * DEENA * (into mic) * No way could I deal with some kid * named Howie Hitler mowing my lawn... * WALKER * (to Deena) * You pulled another all-nighter * watching the History Channel? * DEENA * (into mic) * Better than sex. And way more * interesting... * WALKER * You need to get a life. * DEENA * (into mic) * I mean what if the Free Masons really * do control everything? * Walker approaches the front entrance of the upscale nightclub, * addresses the Security Guy. WALKER * Fastback’s expecting me. The Security Guy wands him, let’s him enter. DEENA * (into mic) He’s in. INT. ATLAS NIGHTCLUB - NIGHT - INTERCUT Walker transits through the upscale clientele, the Atlas being * the “it” spot of the moment. * INT. ATLAS NIGHTCLUB - OFFICE - INTERCUT * Walker enters, shakes hands with FASTBACK, the alpha presence, * then his two associates, TOFU, and PUPPET. As Deena watches on the monitor-- * DEENA * (into mic) Stand by. We go on my signal... * I wonder who Howie’s favorite Beatle * was. * POWERS - PILOT - 3rd REVISED RESHOOT DRAFT - 1/12/12 3. EXT. TRIBUNE BUILDING - ROOF TOP - NIGHT - INTERCUT A WOMAN, seen only in silhouette, surveys the police stake-out from thirty-four stories up. Is she a police spotter? A look- out for the bad guys? All we know is she is keenly interested in what’s unfolding below. * INT. ATLAS NIGHTCLUB - OFFICE - NIGHT - INTERCUT * Walker takes out an envelope of cash. Tofu checks to see if * the currency’s legit, then counts it. WALKER * I’ll take all the neuro you got. FASTBACK I don’t like to rush getting into business with people I don’t know. And you, I don’t know. * WALKER * You will. ‘Cause I’m gonna be your * new best customer. * FASTBACK * Really? * WALKER * I hear good things about your * product. * TOFU Neuro’s not like anything else out * there. * FASTBACK * How would you like to know how it * feels to be a power? * TOFU * Never get tired or sick or old. * FASTBACK * Strong as an earthquake. Be able to * fly through time and space and * whatever the