CAT 9 PILOT EPISODE

Max Headroom - Cat 9 : Pilot Episode - Plague 2005

-ACT II-

-SCENE I-

-COLD OPEN-

-INT. NETWORK 23 CONTROL-

EDISON and THEORA are there. Both are waiting for BRYCE to come home. RAIN can be heard hitting the windows now.

EDISON (Looking out the window): Where is he? That kid should've been home by now.

THEORA (Sitting at her control desk): Let me see if I can trace him.

THEORA TAPS A FEW KEYS ON HER COMPUTER.

THEORA: Found him. (with concerned look) Uh oh. This isn't good.

EDISON: What?

THEORA: He's with Breughal and Mahler.

EDISON (More worried than before): Is he alive?

THEORA: For now, yes. His heart rate is erratic, however.

EDISON (picks up his vidicam): Tell Martinez to get a chopper ready. I'm going after them.

WE FOLLOW EDISON as he RUSHES TO THE LIFT AND GETS INSIDE

-SCENE II-

INT. BREUGHAL and MAHLER's VAN.

Vague shapes of HUMAN LIMBS are hanging along the sides in FROST COVERED PLASTIC BAGS. In the middle of the VAN is a CAPSULE SHAPED POD. The POD looks brand new. A dozen WIRES stick out in random directions from the HEAD END. Through the TRANSPARENT UPPER HALF of the pod we can see that the wires continue into the interior. The POD is lined with SILVER CUSHIONING

BRYCE is testing the connection of each WIRE while BREUGHAL drives the VAN

BREUGHAL: Need a hand?

BRYCE: I'm fine.

BREUGHAL (EVIL GRIN): I got plenty! (CHUCKLE)

MAHLER (SYCOPHANTIC CHUCKLE)

BRYCE rolls his eyes and continues testing the wires.

BREUGHAL CONTINUES DRIVING.

BREUGHAL (Singing to the tune of Pass the Duchy): Drain the bodies from the left hand side... Drain the bodies from the left hand side...

THE VAN CONTINUES DOWN THE DUSTY AND FILTHY STREWN STREET

-SCENE III-

INT. MARTINEZ'S CHOPPER (helicopter, btw, not motorcycle)

EDISON: For a genius, that kid can be pretty stupid sometimes.

MARTINEZ (CASUALLY): Blame the adults. Even a genius can't learn what isn't taught. I bet he doesn't even know what sex is.

EDISON (SHUDDERS): Can you not mention Bryce and sex in the same sentence when he's alone with Breughal and Mahler. I'd rather not think about that.

THEORA (VOICE OVER FROM VIDICAM): Bad mental picture, Edison! Never mention it again!

EDISON: Sorry, Theora.

MARTINEZ: I think Bryce would prefer Edison anyhow.

THEORA (VO): Oh, that really helped! That's odd...

EDISON: What is?

THEORA: It looks like Breughal and Mahler are bringing Bryce directly to Network 23.

EDISON and MARTINEZ exchange looks briefly.

MARTINEZ: Tell that kid he owes me a tank of gas.

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