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By Laurence Moroney ! Stargate Universe 3x08 “The End of the World” by Laurence Moroney (c) Laurence Moroney 2011 [email protected] ! 1! EXT - COLLEGE CAMPUS - DAY It’s a bright sunny and cheerful day. Camera PANS down to show the beginnings of a graduation ceremony. People are taking their places in seats to watch. Excited students are dressed in capes and hats, ready to receive their diploma. Legend reads: NEW GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY After a moment, the legend fades, and is replaced by OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON After a moment, the legend fades, and is replaced by July 4, 2034 The legend holds a little longer so that we can get the impact of the date. It’s in our future. Camera pans in on two excited female students (REBECCA and TRACY, both 21) TRACY What a day to graduate! REBECCA (laughs) Yes! We’ll remember this day for the rest of our lives! TRACY (teasing a little) I hear you got a preview of Alan’s speech last night! REBECCA (blushing) ! 2! Yes, and it’s amazing! They didn’t just make him valedictorian because of his mother! They laugh as the camera pans up and away from them, hovering over the scene. It looks idyllic until- [QUICK CUT TO:] FX - DESTINY - SPACE As it gets hit by the shockwave. It’s a very brief flash, almost subliminal CUT TO: EXT - COLLEGE CAMPUS - DAY We’re back at the scene of the graduation. We FOLLOW a man walk- ing through the crowd. We can’t see his face, but he’s a larger man, maybe in his 40s, with salt and pepper hair. As the crowd parts for him, we hear some of the students whisper and recog- nize him. Some even point. We follow him as he takes his seat. He’s just in time for the valedictorian we heard mentioned earlier to take the stage to make his speech. Everyone sits to watch. (We still don’t see the man’s face) Alan takes the stage. He’s a tall, slim, well-groomed, good looking young man with a winning smile. ALAN Ladies and gentlemen. Professors and staff. Honored guests. (A beat) And graduates. A cheer goes up from the crowd. ALAN (CT’D) It is my great honor to address you to- day as valedictorian. (He pauses for applause) ! 3! I want to tell you a story today, of people that all of us know about and have read about. Many books have been written about them. Some true. (A beat) Some not so true. (A beat for laughter) But all of them tell the story of a brave group of people and the adventure they went through. Today I want to tell you the story of one of those people. (A beat while he chokes a little on the last word) You all know my famous mother, but, to- day, I want to tell you about my fa- ther. Camera pans back to reveal the face of the man that was walking through the crowd earlier. He’s older now, and he’s seen pain, suffering, joy, love and death. His childish innocence isn’t quite gone, as shown in the twinkle in his eyes, and his chubby grin. It’s ELI. [CUT TO:] FX - SPACE - DESTINY As the shockwave continues rolling over her. It’s very unusual in that it isn’t a PHYSICAL impact -- there seems to be no dam- age resulting from it. We PULL IN to Destiny to see ELI. He’s frozen, completely. Al- most like he’s in a still frame. We PULL BACK to see the rest of the crew. They’re in the same state as we- [FADE TO:] FX - SPACE - ! 4! It’s deep space, dotted with stars. It’s empty, but it’s also teeming with life. Legend Fades in: SG:U Underneath another legend fades in The End of the World Legends hold and then fade out as we- [CUT TO:] We see a CNN (or something like it) news report. Somebody is watching it on TV. A reporter is reporting on an earthquake that hit Anchorage, Alaska. REPORTER The Earthquake came without warning, baffling scientists whose early warning systems, over the years, have helped folks evacuate. Camera pans around downtown Anchorage, showing broken windows, downed poles and the like. REPORTER Luckily the damage could have been a lot worse. The defining factor behind this earthquake was that it was a sur- prise, not it’s magnitude. Camera pans back and shows a man standing beside the reporter. REPORTER I have with me, David Tully, a geolo- gist at the local University. David, what happened? TULLY ! 5! We got hit by an earthquake. It’s bi- zarre because quakes are usually pre- ceeded by tremors that warn us one is coming. But there were no tremors with this quake, and no aftershocks. It’s the strangest thing I’ve ever seen and- REPORTER Sorry Mister Tully, I need to cut you off to get back to the studio, we have breaking news coming out of Japan- View cuts to the inside of the studio. Two anchors are sitting at a news desk. A map of the world is behind them, with big red circles over Anchorage, Japan, South Eastern China and northern Australia. First anchor is male, 50’s, grey haired and respect- able. Second anchor is female, 20’s, asian and gorgeous. FIRST ANCHOR Breaking news coming in out of Tokyo. Apparently downtown has been hit with a quake out of the blue the same way as Anchorage was. SECOND ANCHOR While the magnitude of the quake was small, the nature of it was the same as the Anchorage quake. We have on the phone noted seismologist and author of ‘The Big One’, Miles Starbuck. (A beat) Mister Starbuck. View changes to a split screen with the second anchor on one side and a book cover with a portrait of Miles Starbuck on the other side. We hear his voice, he’s a soft spoken, intelligent sounding man. ! 6! STARBUCK There is an easy answer to this conun- drum. (A beat) These were not earthquakes. At least not in the sense of the- SECOND ANCHOR (Interrupting) Pardon me, Mister Starbuck, but let’s be clear on this. Did you just say that what struck Anchorage, Tokyo and other cities are not Earthquakes? (A beat) What could they be? STARBUCK The only time I’ve ever seen anything like this was- (A beat) Back when we did underground nuclear testing. Pull back to show the TV, and it’s in a conference room aboard the USS GEORGE HAMMOND. O’Neill is watching, along with some other high ranking brass. O’NEILL And so it begins [CUT TO:] It’s dark, the middle of the night. In the moonlight we see that it’s a bedroom and two people are sleeping. Suddenly one of them jumps up, gasping. We see now that it’s Camille Wray. She’s panting, sweating and confused. ! 7! She looks around. We see a clock at the bedstand. It reads 3:23AM. The other person in the bed stirs a little. She turns around and we see that it’s -- SHARON! A Legend fades in. It reads: Denver, Colorado. The Legend fades out. Legend fades back in. It reads: January 12, 2028. SHARON (Sleepy) Camille? What is it? Wray jumps a little, reaches over and turns on the light. There’s some grey amongst the black of her hair. Sharon blinks in the light, her curls also showing some grey. WRAY Sharon? (A beat) Sharon? Where am I? SHARON You’re at home. With me. (A beat) Where else would you be? WRAY (Confused) But- ! 8! Before she can continue, realization dawns on Sharon’s face. SHARON You told me this day would come. (A beat) Camille, I didn’t die the day the bombs fell. I survived. Wray gasps and covers her mouth. She begins to cry. She notices that she’s wearing a wedding band. She grabs Sharon’s hand. Sharon has a matching band. WRAY But how? SHARON No time to explain, but you must listen to me, and remember this- (A beat) Even though you agree with him, you must go against him. And you must pro- tect her at all costs. Even if you know it’s wrong, you must do it! WRAY Who? SHARON Doctor Rush and- [CUT TO:] INT - DESTINY - CONFERENCE ROOM ! 9! As we see Wray frozen in place. Pan out from the conference room, and towards the mess hall. We see Lieutenant James there, holding a tray, getting ready to sit beside Park, who is frozen in place while eating her meal. [CUT TO:] INT - DESTINY - UNIDENTIFIED ROOM ANGLE on JAMES. She’s confused. But then she sees Colonel Young looking at her. He looks fatherly, but sad. His eyes are welling up. He smiles, and says. YOUNG Give it to me. And then we quickly CUT BACK TO INT - DESTINY - MESS HALL We reutrn to the frozen scene and see Park there, frozen in place when eating a meal [CUT TO:] Lisa Park is walking in the rain, holding an umbrella over her head. Use a low camera angle so we only see the grey sky behind her. She’s not on Destiny. Legend fades in: Flint, Michigan Legend fades out, and then fades back in again: Legend Reads: December 22, 2015. Legend fades. She takes a few more steps and stops. She smiles, but just a little. As the rain pounds down we hear her say- PARK Hello Ronald.
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