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Scene 2: 4​:​17

from MADE OF SHADOWS by ABEARICA & DEEP ROOTED

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INT. GERALD’S HOUSE - MORNING

Footsteps.

GERALD:
Ugh. I wonder if there’s a formula
for calculating how much you drank by the severity of the headache.

Fridge door opening, lighter lighting.

Pause.

ALICIA:
Good night then?

GERALD:
When did you start smoking?

ALICIA:
This morning.

GERALD:
Well, why the hell would you...
(There’s a scream outside, as if someone were running down the street)
Jesus, was that Ed?

ALICIA:
I don’t know. Was it?

Pause. Footsteps. Telephone being taken off the ringer.

ALICIA (CONT’D):
What are you doing?

GERALD:
Calling the police.

ALICIA:
Why?

GERALD:
Oh, I don’t know, maybe because our neighbor is running around screaming in the middle of...
(the sound of a busy signal)
...the night. Why are all the lights off?

ALICIA:
They aren’t. And it’s not. It’s
eleven in the morning.

GERALD:
What’s going on?

Pause.

ALICIA:
We need to talk.

Sirens in the distance.

GERALD:
Would you stop being so goddamn...

ALICIA:
Coy?

GERALD:
Yes! Coy! Or flip, or I don’t know.

Pause.

ALICIA:
Sorry. I’ve been a little stressed.

GERALD:
About what?

ALICIA:
At 4:17 this morning, electricity
went out.

GERALD:
Okay. No big deal.

ALICIA:
Except that there is nothing on the radio. No emergency broadcast channels or even CB’s. Check your watch.

GERALD:
My... oh, yeah, it... it’s stopped.
(Sound of a crushing cigarette)
It stopped at 4:17.

Footsteps, pacing.

ALICIA:
Why don’t you sit down.

GERALD:
Jesus, don’t you get it? A blackout is one thing, but if battery-driven go... oh, man. Oh, how did devices this happen?

ALICIA:
How did what happen?

GERALD:
It’s a fucking nuke, Alicia! EMP pulse, knocks out the electronics! Jesus, we should be...

Alicia is laughing.

GERALD (CONT’D):
This is funny to you?

ALICIA:
Gerald, honey, sit down. For a scientist, you sometimes ignore the data that’s right there.

GERALD:
What?

ALICIA:
If we were in the blast zone of a nuclear explosion, don’t you think it’d be a bit hotter in here?

GERALD:
Well... I am a biologist and... hey, how do you know so much about this?

ALICIA:
I know a lot of things. End of story.

GERALD:
End of story?

ALICIA:
One way or the other. Let’s take a step outside.

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from MADE OF SHADOWS, released December 24, 2013
Script written by Jeremy Berger

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