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TWIN PEAKS Episode 2.009 by Mark Frost & Harley Peyton & Robert Engels Scanned by runningdog. Original formatting duplicated as closely as possible. For clarification all duplicate pages removed. Special note: this is a faithful duplication that includes the original spelling, formatting and series related errors. FIRST DRAFT - Dept. Heads Only: September 21, 1990 - General Distribution: September 27, 1990 REVISED: October 2, 1990 - BLUE REVISED: October 3, 1990 - PINK REVISED: October 8, 1990 - GREEN Lynch/Frost Productions 7700 Balboa Boulevard Van Nuys, CA 91406 (818) 909-7900 Revised 10-3-90, GREEN #2.009.5d 1. ACT ONE FADE IN: 1. EXT. PARKING LOT - DAY SHERIFF TRUMAN angry and frustrated, walks with AGENT COOPER, HAWK, and ALBERT ROSENFIELD through the hospital/morgue parking lot. It's early. A thick fog, hangs in the air. ALBERT The short answer is it's the work of the same ghoul who killed Laura. (drops a cellophane container in Cooper's hands) More fan mail. An "O" under Maddy's ring fingernail ... (he gives another cellophane container to Cooper) She had strands of fur clutched in her right hand. COOPER What kind of fur? ALBERT White fox. The strands are laced with formaldehyde. A dead animal. Stuffed. Truman's not listening. He's got the killer in custody, or so he thinks. Investigative details are no longer his concern. TRUMAN I should make the calls. Leland will know how to get a hold of Maddy's family - COOPER Don't. Don't call anybody. I need twenty-four hours. TRUMAN For what? COOPER (quiet, internal) To finish this. TRUMAN (his frustration begins to show) It is finished. Stalemate. Albert intervenes, takes Cooper aside. (CONTINUED) #2.009.5d Revised 10-3-90, GREEN 2. 1. CONTINUED: ALBERT Cooper ... an observation? COOPER Yes, Albert. ALBERT I don't where this is headed, but the only one of us with the coordinates for this destination in their hardware is you. Lock in. Go on whatever Vision Quest you require, stand on the rim of the volcano. Stand alone and do your dance. Just find this beast before he takes another bite. (turns to Truman) And perhaps you could follow behind him with a buglight attached to a pith helmet. Albert offers a snide farewell wave to Truman, peels off to his automobile. Cooper steps back to Truman and Hawk. COOPER (to self, almost tenderly) God help me, I don't know where to start. Hawk puts a hand on his shoulder. HAWK You're on the path. You don't need to know where it leads. Just follow. Cooper looks at him. Then to Truman. TRUMAN (despite what he believes) Good luck. CUT TO: 2. INT. DOUBLER DINER - DAY DONNA HAYWARD sits in a booth in the morning sun, sipping coffee and working on her homework. A smiling JAMES HURLEY enters passing by ERNIE NILES who sits at the counter reading the sports page. Donna beams at James. DONNA I thought you'd never get here. (CONTINUED) #2.009.1 Revised 10-3-90, PINK 3. 2. CONTINUED: James smiles and gives Donna a morning-after kiss. He slides in across from Donna. Takes a sip of her coffee. JAMES I went out for a ride this morning. Buried the needle. The engine sounded like music, like hundreds of people singing some huge song. DONNA (with affection) What were they singing about? JAMES (in kind) What do you think? DONNA (loving memory, not coy) Last night. I could sing about last night. James digs in his pocket and takes out a small gift-wrapped package. JAMES This is for you. (hands it to Donna) Open it. Donna opens the box. Takes out a beautiful, but simple ring with the smallest of diamonds. DONNA Oh, James. JAMES I wasn't sure what size to get. The girl at the jewelry store has these big hands so I had to guess ... (taking her hand) But I bet ... He slides the ring on her finger, where one would wear a wedding band. JAMES (it fits) Perfect. DONNA James ... ? (CONTINUED) #2.009.4d 4. 2. CONTINUED:(2) JAMES (after a beat) I think we should always be together. DONNA (giddy) Really? JAMES (wry) Yeah. That okay with you? DONNA (re the ring, their lives, everything) It's perfect. James leans across the table, means to kiss her, the table and coffee between them. Donna laughs, James grins. Then gathers her into his arms the best he can, offers a lasting kiss. CUT TO: 3. HANK JENNINGS He slides up next to ERNIE who smiles watching Donna and James. HANK You ever in love in the joint, Ern? Disgusted, Ernie goes back to his paper - the sports pages - trying to avoid Hank HANK (CONTINUED) Remember that fourth floor game room? Where the boys did business? You played along or they tossed you over the rail. Four floors down to the cement. Guy landed it sounded like a cannon. ERNIE I'm not interested in whatever you're selling, Hank. HANK No, you got it backwards. You are interested, Ernie. I got a piece of something North of the Border, little gambling, some female company. Full service kind of place. See, Ernie, the way I figure it, your speciality being arithmatic - ERNIE I have an MBA from Wharton's - (CONTINUED) Revised 10-3-90, PINK #2009.1 5. 3. CONTINUED: HANK Excuse me. Here's the deal. I want this operation to grow. You're a guy who knows how to grease it. I'll need your help. And a good-sized chunk of Vivian's do-re- me. Kind of an "Inlaw Thing." ERNIE You're confusing "In-law with Inmate." HANK Either way we're talking about prison, aren't we? ERNIE Our commonality of wrongdoing has nothing to do with true bonding. HANK No, you see it's just like being back in the joint. 'Cause we got a fourth floor on the outside, too. Ernie tries to rise, Hank holds him firmly, moves closer, smiles. HANK (CONTINUED) Don't make me give you the rail, Ern. Ernie is chilled by Hank's threat. CUT TO: 4. NORMA AND VIVIAN SMYTHE Norma watches Ernie move away. Vivian sits in front of an omelette. NORMA They are up to something. VIVIAN Norma, Norma, Norma ... darling, let the scales fall from your eyes. (Norma looks at her) The men you and I fall for are boys. My legacy to you, I'm afraid, dear; strutting, adorable juveniles. We wipe their noses, wash their underwear, tie their shoes - NORMA Hank was doing hard time, not juvenile detention. VIVIAN That may be. But wherever they find themselves the men we love spend their life in the dark. And in Ernie's case, (more) (CONTINUED) #2.009 6. 4. CONTINUED: VIVIAN (continued) he's very good in the dark. (sexy laugh, then serious) Our job is to keep them there. She takes bite of the omelette. Points to it. VIVIAN Oh dear. Whatever fowl did you take these eggs from? NORMA Are we saying we don't like it? VIVIAN I'm afraid I'm going to hit a thumbtack. NORMA (frustration, near exploding) Can't you say anything nice? Mother, I've tried so hard, I try so hard and, and nothing's good enough for you; no, let me correct that, nothing I do, I ever do is good enough - VIVIAN (trying to be light) The menu's are very presentable - (sees the hurt) I'm joking. Honestly, may I suggest something? If you want to serve a truly memorable omelette, try some white veal sausage with some morel mushrooms - NORMA (taking Vivian's plate and moving off) Thanks. I'll go pick the mushrooms. CUT TO: 4A. DEPUTY ANDY BRENNAN Andy sits at the counter, feeling blue, ignoring the pie before him. He mutters a phrase to himself, as if to test the words, perhaps commit them to memory. ANDY (terrible French) J'ai une...J'ai une ame solitaire... Big sigh. Somehow it makes Andy feel better. As Donna and James step toward the register, he repeats, a little more confidentally: (CONTINUED) #2.009 7. 4A. CONTINUED: ANDY J'ai une ame solitaire. Donna reacts to the familiar phrase with a start. DONNA (to Andy) What did you say? ANDY (morose) Nothing. Hello, Donna and James. DONNA (intense) Tell me what you said. ANDY It's French. DONNA I know what it is. Tell me. JAMES Hey, it's no big deal. ANDY (as if to confess) J'ai une ame solitaire. DONNA (sitting at the stool beside him) How do you know Mrs. Tremond? ANDY (now confused) Mrs. Who? DONNA Mrs. Tremond. Her grandson does magic tricks. He said this to me. ANDY But it was Mr. Smith. DONNA (now it's her turn to be confused) Harold ... ? (CONTINUED) #2.009.1 Revised 10-3-90, PINK 8. 4A. CONTINUED:(2) Andy nods, leans closer to impart a confidence. ANDY He left a suicide note. J'ai une, you know. It means I am a lonely soul. DONNA (rising) I have to find Agent Cooper. JAMES Donna, what the hell is going on? Donna turns for the door. James calls after, frustrated: JAMES Donna! CUT TO: 5. OMITTED 5A. EXT. MRS. TREMOND'S HOUSE - DAY Donna leads Cooper and Andy up the path to Mrs. Tremond's house, directly across from Harold Smith's. In mid-speech: DONNA Mrs. Tremond is the woman who told me about Harold Smith. She has a grandson. And he said it to me. The same words that were in Harold Smith's suicide note ..