Latest / Table Read / Moonstone Rescue — Episode 1 (pilot)
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- 0:05Speaker 1: Days Rescue.
- 0:10Speaker 2: Moonstone Rescue Pilot, written by Dominique Mouton over black. I'll
- 0:18Speaker 2: start where we left off.
- 0:19Speaker 3: No, let's go back to the beginning.
- 0:21Speaker 4: The beginning. But we're so close to the end.
- 0:23Speaker 3: I know any needs to make me sad.
- 0:26Speaker 2: Fade In exterior dirt road day, on the back of
- 0:31Speaker 2: an uncovered horse drawn wagon, A dozen Indigenous children sit
- 0:35Speaker 2: silently broken, Super California, eighteen ninety six. Interior exterior, uncovered
- 0:43Speaker 2: wagon day, moving. Henrietta four stares straight ahead with dried
- 0:48Speaker 2: tears on her face and two long braids down her back.
- 0:54Speaker 5: Your great great grandmother was only four years old when
- 0:56Speaker 5: she was taken from her tribe and given the name Henriette.
- 1:01Speaker 5: The government called it assimilation.
- 1:03Speaker 2: As the wagon moves along, Henrietta notices an orange cat
- 1:07Speaker 2: hiding behind some brush, and the cat notices her too.
- 1:12Speaker 2: Exterior Saint Rosalia Indian School Day. An imposing red brick
- 1:17Speaker 2: building at the foothills of a valley, surrounded by lush,
- 1:20Speaker 2: olive and oak trees. In front, uniformed Indigenous kids march
- 1:25Speaker 2: in formations, emotionless focused, obedient. They've been assimilated. A staff
- 1:33Speaker 2: of nuns and teachers stand beside a sign that proudly
- 1:36Speaker 2: reads Saint Rosalia Indian School. The wagon carrying the children
- 1:41Speaker 2: approaches A steely faced nun, sister Bernadette thirties steps forward.
- 1:47Speaker 6: Remember be compassionate but firm.
- 1:51Speaker 7: God knows they'll need both.
- 1:53Speaker 2: Once the wagon comes to a stock, the nuns spring
- 1:56Speaker 2: into action to promptly usher out the new arrivals. Henrietta
- 2:00Speaker 2: is lifted off the wagon bed. She frowns at the
- 2:03Speaker 2: fleshy adult hand that grabs and pulls her without warning.
- 2:07Speaker 2: Henrietta sinks her tiny teeth into the stranger's thumb. Hard
- 2:12Speaker 2: The owner of the thumb cries out. Interior classroom day,
- 2:20Speaker 2: young girls practice their sewing in silence. The sewing teacher
- 2:24Speaker 2: writes at her desk. Preteen Henrietta now twelve, fusses with
- 2:29Speaker 2: sloppy needlework in the back corner. Her short cropped hair
- 2:32Speaker 2: is hopelessly untamed, unladylike, and unassimilated.
- 2:38Speaker 5: They did everything to make her forget who she was.
- 2:41Speaker 5: She learned their language, manners, customs.
- 2:44Speaker 2: Henrietta fumbles with her needle accidentally pokes herself. A tiny
- 2:49Speaker 2: pool of blood forms on the pricked finger. She closes
- 2:53Speaker 2: her eyes inexplicably. She smears the blood across her forehead.
- 2:58Speaker 5: But she never did fit in, not that she really tried.
- 3:02Speaker 2: A little girl sitting close by stares at Henrietta clings
- 3:06Speaker 2: to her rosary. Others take notice, frightened. Exterior Saint Rosalia,
- 3:11Speaker 2: Indian School. Moments later, the sister Bernadette holds Henrietta by
- 3:16Speaker 2: the neck over a bucket of water, vigorously scrubs her
- 3:19Speaker 2: forehead with a cloth. No more witchery understand interior girl's
- 3:24Speaker 2: dormitory night in bed. Silent tears roll down Henrietta's red,
- 3:30Speaker 2: raw face.
- 3:32Speaker 5: Henrietta cried not for the pain she suffered, but for
- 3:36Speaker 5: her parents, whose faces she couldn't recall. The language she'd forgotten.
- 3:40Speaker 5: She didn't even remember her name, her real name. Amid
- 3:45Speaker 5: the darkness, a light appears. Henrietta sits up, startled hello.
- 3:51Speaker 5: The light gets brighter, beckons her to follow. She gets
- 3:55Speaker 5: out of bed, chases it. She didn't now it compelled
- 3:59Speaker 5: her to follow that light. It seemed familiar, like an
- 4:02Speaker 5: old friend.
- 4:04Speaker 2: Exterior Saint Rosalia, Indian School. Night outside, Henrietta follows the
- 4:10Speaker 2: light under a large oak tree. The light dims for
- 4:14Speaker 2: a moment she stands in darkness. The light returns an
- 4:18Speaker 2: orange cat in its center. Henrietta and the cat make steady,
- 4:23Speaker 2: unblinking eye contact.
- 4:25Speaker 5: Though the cat's mouth did not move. She told Henrietta
- 4:28Speaker 5: secrets secrets of her ancestors, of the old ways, and
- 4:34Speaker 5: the future too. The cat agreed to be her guide always.
- 4:39Speaker 2: In the distance, the angry matron holds a lantern. She
- 4:43Speaker 2: spots Henrietta under the oak tree. Henrietta, Henrietta whips around,
- 4:48Speaker 2: eyes wide.
- 4:50Speaker 8: More cat fury tales.
- 4:53Speaker 2: Interior Bedroom day, present day. Robert Rhodes thirties stands at
- 4:58Speaker 2: the doorway with a tea tray. He's got a snarky,
- 5:01Speaker 2: irreverent smirk on his face, but his bright puppy print
- 5:04Speaker 2: veterinary scrubs betray his inner dork.
- 5:08Speaker 8: I said, fairy tale, you get it?
- 5:12Speaker 2: In bed A frail and tired Nora Roades thirties, A
- 5:17Speaker 2: hand knitted cap covers her head. She manages to smile
- 5:20Speaker 2: at her husband through her obvious fatigue.
- 5:23Speaker 5: Yeah, Yeah, my got it.
- 5:25Speaker 2: Nora holds a leather sketch book filled with handwritten notes
- 5:28Speaker 2: and drawings, snuggled close beside her and Robert's exuberant daughter,
- 5:33Speaker 2: Maya Rhodes twelve. Her wild, tightly coiled red hair flies
- 5:38Speaker 2: all over the place.
- 5:39Speaker 3: It's not a fairy tale dad, nasty nuns, psychic cat.
- 5:44Speaker 2: It's basically a Cinderella ribbaf As Robert walks over with
- 5:48Speaker 2: the tray, he nearly drops the culprit. Henry the Cat
- 5:54Speaker 2: black with big yellow eyes. She stares up at Robert, innocent.
- 5:59Speaker 2: Robert doesn't by it.
- 6:01Speaker 5: This cat is always in my way, Robert, my love,
- 6:04Speaker 5: have you considered that Henry has been there for an
- 6:06Speaker 5: hour and it is you who put yourself in her way?
- 6:13Speaker 8: Excellent logic Professor Rhodes.
- 6:16Speaker 2: Robert sets the tray down, kisses her sweetly.
- 6:22Speaker 4: How are you feeling great? Yeah, doctor said you mind?
- 6:27Speaker 9: See with this we're at the part where Grandma Henahetta escapes.
- 6:32Speaker 8: Everyone claims Pocahontas as an ancestor.
- 6:34Speaker 9: Why is that Grandma Henry is way cooler than Pocahontas, But.
- 6:39Speaker 8: At least there's evidence she actually existed.
- 6:41Speaker 5: Shut up, grumpy, g it in here.
- 6:43Speaker 8: I scrubs her.
- 6:44Speaker 2: Diddy Nora and Maya grab both his arms. He's no mad,
- 6:49Speaker 2: fine right, He gets into the bed. Henry the Cat
- 6:54Speaker 2: jumps on his lap.
- 6:55Speaker 8: I swear, I swear, this cat hasn't it for me.
- 6:58Speaker 9: She's not just a cat. See those things things we
- 7:01Speaker 9: can't even see.
- 7:03Speaker 8: Oh, like I said, furry tales.
- 7:06Speaker 5: Dad doesn't get it, does he.
- 7:07Speaker 2: Norah winks at Maya. Henry's powers are their secret?
- 7:12Speaker 1: Go what?
- 7:13Speaker 2: She ignores the question, turns the page of her sketch book.
- 7:17Speaker 5: The angry nun grabbed Henrietta by the shoulders and shook her.
- 7:21Speaker 2: Interior Maya's room day. Maya snoozes in bed. She's a
- 7:26Speaker 2: bit older, but her room looks like it belongs to
- 7:28Speaker 2: a younger kid. Stuffed animals, childish posters, old drawings, Norah's
- 7:33Speaker 2: sketchbook on the nightstand. Super Two years later, light from
- 7:40Speaker 2: a nearby window wakes Maya. She stretches and rolls over.
- 7:44Speaker 2: When she opens her eyes, two huge yellow eyes stare
- 7:47Speaker 2: back at her. Startled, Maya falls to the floor. Henry
- 7:53Speaker 2: the cat looks down at her from the edge of
- 7:55Speaker 2: the bed.
- 7:56Speaker 3: Henry, I love you, but you gotta stop doing that.
- 7:59Speaker 2: Maya stands and picks up the cat, holds her close.
- 8:04Speaker 3: Did you tell mom that I had graduate eighth grade tomorrow?
- 8:08Speaker 2: Henry blinks her face adorable but ambiguous interior Roads home
- 8:15Speaker 2: staircase day. Maya runs downstairs, fully dressed and Henry at
- 8:20Speaker 2: her heels. Soul music blares from the kitchen kitchen. Maya's
- 8:25Speaker 2: quirky Grandma Gene Roads sixties carves a clay figurine of
- 8:30Speaker 2: a voluptuous nude woman. Jean's hips move to the music,
- 8:34Speaker 2: her long locks swing down her back. The Eden kitchen
- 8:38Speaker 2: doubles as her art studio. Intricate erotic sculptures sit on
- 8:43Speaker 2: every flat surface. Maya enters, opens the fridge for a snack.
- 8:48Speaker 3: Morning Granny, Hey baby, you're up early. Gotta tell mom
- 8:53Speaker 3: At the graduation.
- 8:54Speaker 2: Jeane smiles, represses concern. Maya heads to the door.
- 9:00Speaker 3: Making any stomps, like where, I don't know.
- 9:05Speaker 10: Maybe wherever it is you've been going after school.
- 9:11Speaker 9: I've been helping Jackie with the sorry, I'm so sorry,
- 9:16Speaker 9: validtorian spe valid dictorian.
- 9:19Speaker 3: Okay, I've been helping Jackie with their valet It is hard.
- 9:29Speaker 3: I don't know why.
- 9:33Speaker 9: I've been helping Jackie with their valedatorian speech.
- 9:37Speaker 3: I told you, but.
- 9:39Speaker 7: Maybe you've got a boo fang or something.
- 9:43Speaker 10: Thing.
- 9:48Speaker 2: Maya picks up Henry cringing and eager to leave and
- 9:51Speaker 2: avoid further inquiries.
- 9:53Speaker 9: Hey, can't you remind Dad about tomorrow so he doesn't forget?
- 9:58Speaker 7: Why would he forget?
- 10:00Speaker 3: He forgot my birthday and Henry's and yours.
- 10:04Speaker 10: Oh it's that clinic. I told him to hire help.
- 10:09Speaker 10: But you know how he gets.
- 10:12Speaker 3: The hotel knows how he gets.
- 10:14Speaker 2: Jean stopped sculpting to look Maya in the eye.
- 10:19Speaker 7: You know he loves you, right, sure he does.
- 10:23Speaker 10: Love is a language. Everyone has their own funky way
- 10:27Speaker 10: of speaking it.
- 10:29Speaker 3: Then Dad speaks love and pig ladin.
- 10:31Speaker 2: Jean can't help but to grin an agreement with Maya.
- 10:36Speaker 7: That's my son.
- 10:37Speaker 10: But sometimes it's like that boy, he talks pure gibberish.
- 10:43Speaker 2: Interior Deli day, Robert stands in the line of a
- 10:47Speaker 2: busy deli shop. He's in his own world, rocking out
- 10:50Speaker 2: to industrial hip hop that blasts loudly from his headphones.
- 10:54Speaker 2: He's less polished, less affable than we remember him, certainly
- 10:58Speaker 2: scruffier too. Robert ignores the glaring eyes of others around
- 11:02Speaker 2: him as he lip syncs the song's unintelligible lyrics. It's
- 11:06Speaker 2: getting to the good part when the music stops. Pissed,
- 11:10Speaker 2: he looks at his phone incoming call from Hell. He
- 11:15Speaker 2: rejects the call, restarts the music. Hell calls again. He
- 11:19Speaker 2: rejects it again. The music resumes. Behind Robert, an irked
- 11:24Speaker 2: customer taps his shoulder.
- 11:27Speaker 6: You mind turning the music down?
- 11:30Speaker 2: Robert feigns confusion. What the customer motions to their ears?
- 11:36Speaker 2: Now Robert Feign's comprehension produces a phony smile.
- 11:40Speaker 4: No, but thanks for the offer.
- 11:42Speaker 2: Robert turns around where he's finally next in line. He
- 11:46Speaker 2: takes off his headphones.
- 11:47Speaker 11: What can I get you?
- 11:49Speaker 8: Hold on?
- 11:50Speaker 4: Let me look.
- 11:51Speaker 2: Robert reads the menu carefully considers his options. Annoyed customers
- 11:56Speaker 2: in line roll their eyes, grumble and rum. Interior Roads,
- 12:04Speaker 2: Vet Clinic lobby day clients and pets sit in the
- 12:08Speaker 2: waiting area. They're growing impatient. Missus Silva seventies, quintessential cat
- 12:14Speaker 2: Lady approaches the front desk. Her created feline Gemma in
- 12:18Speaker 2: tow at the desk sits overworked vettech slash secretary slash
- 12:23Speaker 2: crisis manager Zara twenty five. She smiles anticipates Missus Silva's complaints.
- 12:29Speaker 6: I am so sorry, Missus Silva. Doctor Rhodes should be
- 12:32Speaker 6: here any minute. You said that thirty minutes ago. If
- 12:37Speaker 6: you want, I can reschedule your appointment. Jemma can't afford
- 12:41Speaker 6: to be rescheduled.
- 12:49Speaker 9: I'm sure Jemma will be fine.
- 12:52Speaker 6: Does this look that into you?
- 12:55Speaker 2: She holds up the crate. The scrawny cat struggles to breathe.
- 13:00Speaker 2: The front door opens. Robert enters, mouth full and breakfast
- 13:03Speaker 2: sandwich in hand. Clients glare as he walks past them.
- 13:07Speaker 2: Zara stands up, follows Robert into his office, Robert's office.
- 13:12Speaker 2: Robert quickly puts on a white coat over his scrubs.
- 13:15Speaker 2: Zara represses frustration.
- 13:18Speaker 3: I tried calling you. We had some client fleeve.
- 13:21Speaker 2: He hands are the remainder of his food.
- 13:23Speaker 8: Can you put this in the fridge? Roberts yeah.
- 13:26Speaker 2: Zara wants to say something. She thinks better of it.
- 13:30Speaker 3: Never mind.
- 13:32Speaker 2: Interior Roads Vet Clinic exam room day. Robert stands across
- 13:37Speaker 2: from Missus Silva with test results but.
- 13:40Speaker 8: Cute kidney failure.
- 13:41Speaker 12: I wish I had better news, but she's beyond help
- 13:43Speaker 12: at this point.
- 13:44Speaker 6: But why hell?
- 13:48Speaker 12: Could be a number of things past asides meds, certain plants.
- 13:53Speaker 2: He shrugs oddly, cold and impenetrable. He's definitely not the
- 13:57Speaker 2: same Robert who once wore puppy print scrubs.
- 14:00Speaker 6: It's not possible. Check again.
- 14:03Speaker 8: You're welcome to get a second ppinion elsewhere.
- 14:05Speaker 6: The next vet is miles away.
- 14:08Speaker 3: How do I have a call?
- 14:11Speaker 2: Robert nods, looks at his watch.
- 14:15Speaker 6: So what's next?
- 14:18Speaker 12: Uh, Gemma's sixteen years old with failing organs.
- 14:22Speaker 8: There is no next.
- 14:24Speaker 2: Missus Silva's eyes go wide as she comprehends.
- 14:29Speaker 4: If the NASA, that's your choice.
- 14:32Speaker 8: But if it were me, I wouldn't let her suffer
- 14:34Speaker 8: like this for another minute.
- 14:36Speaker 2: Interior Roads Bet Clinic lobby day. Missus Silver returns to
- 14:40Speaker 2: the lobby empty handed and teary eyed.
- 14:44Speaker 6: Darryl Ingalls mister Rhoads will see Misty now.
- 14:47Speaker 2: Darryl Ingalls fifties, stands up a stiff old German shepherd,
- 14:52Speaker 2: Misty at his side. Daryl approaches Missus Silva.
- 14:56Speaker 4: Gemma, she.
- 14:58Speaker 6: It was nice.
- 15:02Speaker 2: She walks out of the clinic. Robert enters the lobby.
- 15:06Speaker 1: Daryl, you coming.
- 15:08Speaker 2: Daryl looks down at his beloved Misty for a moment, tell.
- 15:11Speaker 4: No, excuse me. For the last two years we've all
- 15:15Speaker 4: been understanding and patient with you and your antics. But
- 15:18Speaker 4: this is the last straw for me. You're not touching
- 15:21Speaker 4: a hair on Misty's head.
- 15:23Speaker 8: Lost, what's the issue?
- 15:26Speaker 4: Sure was someone would come along and put you out
- 15:28Speaker 4: of business.
- 15:29Speaker 2: Daryl and Misty storm out. Robert looks at Zara, puzzled.
- 15:34Speaker 2: Exterior McGregor Farm, day, dingy, poorly maintained structures scattered across
- 15:41Speaker 2: several acres of land. The property is redeemed by its
- 15:44Speaker 2: old growth trees and pretty landscape. Exterior McGregor Farm Stable day, Neglected,
- 15:52Speaker 2: frustrated horses nay in their stalls. Loupe McGregor, thirties, an
- 15:57Speaker 2: Afro Indigenous woman with long dark hair, struggles to remove
- 16:01Speaker 2: a shoe from a sassy horse. She pulls and tries.
- 16:04Speaker 2: The shoe clinches with rusty clinch cutters. Takes a rubber
- 16:08Speaker 2: mallet to hit the clinch. Bam the cutter's brake.
- 16:12Speaker 3: Damn it.
- 16:13Speaker 2: Bloope, tosses them to the side, pets the horse gently.
- 16:17Speaker 7: We'll get these off you soon.
- 16:20Speaker 2: Exterior McGregor Farm main House day. Lupe approaches the front
- 16:24Speaker 2: door of an old but charming country home. An absurdly
- 16:28Speaker 2: cute fox runs up to her, excited. This is Pumpkin.
- 16:32Speaker 2: She picks him up. Pumpkin whimpers, Oh, I know, I know,
- 16:38Speaker 2: I'm hungry too. Interior McGregor Farm, main House Day. Inside
- 16:44Speaker 2: A dozen half packed boxes sit around. It's hard to
- 16:47Speaker 2: tell if someone's moving in or moving out. Kitchen. Pumpkin
- 16:51Speaker 2: looks up at Loope as she opens a cabinet, takes
- 16:54Speaker 2: out a can of dog food. The last one. Loope
- 16:58Speaker 2: opens the fridge. It's bear. She looks at Pumpkin, distressed.
- 17:03Speaker 6: You think postmates delivers out here?
- 17:07Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't think so either. Exterior Cemetery Day. Maya
- 17:13Speaker 2: leans against a gravestone. She wears binoculars around her neck
- 17:17Speaker 2: as she reads her mother's sketch book. Henry watches squirrels nearby.
- 17:21Speaker 9: As the days went by, Henrietta grew more and more lonely,
- 17:26Speaker 9: and so one day the cat showed her hat's escaped
- 17:29Speaker 9: the file school.
- 17:32Speaker 2: The cat stares up at a pretty bird in a tree.
- 17:35Speaker 2: Maya scrambles to her feet, puts the binoculars to her eyes.
- 17:39Speaker 3: It's a rosebreast and grossbeet.
- 17:42Speaker 2: Behind her, the gravestone reveals Norah Rhodes, beloved mother, wife
- 17:47Speaker 2: and watcher of birds.
- 17:50Speaker 3: She's listening.
- 17:51Speaker 2: Leaves crunch under clumsy footsteps. The bird flies away. Maya
- 17:56Speaker 2: turns to see Maverick Grayson, fourteen lawn and large for
- 18:01Speaker 2: his age. He's a gentle giant disguised as a baby
- 18:04Speaker 2: frat boy.
- 18:05Speaker 3: You shouldn't creep up on people like that, Maverick.
- 18:08Speaker 11: What were you looking at?
- 18:09Speaker 9: Just an extremely rare, rose breasted grosspeak that I'll probably
- 18:12Speaker 9: never see it again.
- 18:14Speaker 11: I don't see it.
- 18:15Speaker 2: Maya can barely conceal irritation.
- 18:18Speaker 3: Yeah, because it flew away.
- 18:21Speaker 11: Oh listen, I came to apologize for the other day.
- 18:30Speaker 11: It wasn't cool how Kylin Doug locked you in the bathroom.
- 18:32Speaker 11: They're insecure bullies, you know what they say. There's a
- 18:36Speaker 11: feather flocked together.
- 18:38Speaker 2: Maverick thinks about this for a moment.
- 18:40Speaker 11: That's actually really deep.
- 18:43Speaker 3: Why are you apologizing for your friends anyway?
- 18:46Speaker 11: Because you deserve an apology.
- 18:49Speaker 2: Maverick is earnest, bashful. He clearly has a thing for Maya.
- 18:54Speaker 2: Unfortunately she knows it. It's awkward.
- 18:58Speaker 3: I have to go meet my friends in town.
- 19:02Speaker 11: I'm meeting my dad there. We can walk together. It's perfect.
- 19:07Speaker 2: Great interior oak Bluff's town Center. Day, Maya, Maverick, and
- 19:15Speaker 2: Henry arrived to a street adorned with colorful shops, old buildings.
- 19:20Speaker 2: It's quaint, charming, magical, right out of a story book.
- 19:24Speaker 2: They stop in front of Foley's ice Cream Parlor. Maya
- 19:28Speaker 2: puts Henry on the ground, Uncle fire, okay interior Foley's
- 19:33Speaker 2: ice Cream Parlor Day. Maya and Maverick enter the shop
- 19:37Speaker 2: packed with rowdy, summer ready kids. Jackie Andrews fourteen waves
- 19:42Speaker 2: to Maya. Jackie's witty with micro braids and thick glasses.
- 19:47Speaker 2: Standing on a chair. Across from her is the hyperactive
- 19:50Speaker 2: animated Hugo Fuentes fourteen. Maya bee lines to their table.
- 19:56Speaker 2: Maverick trails close behind.
- 19:58Speaker 13: You're ice cream melted.
- 20:00Speaker 11: Don't worry, it didn't go to waste.
- 20:03Speaker 7: You're hyperactive and animated a little more.
- 20:06Speaker 1: Yeah, give me a burp bike.
- 20:07Speaker 4: In here all the way from here.
- 20:10Speaker 7: I don't think I can purp on.
- 20:15Speaker 3: You're ice cream melted. Don't worry, it didn't go to waste.
- 20:18Speaker 2: Jackie's eyes narrow at Maverick.
- 20:21Speaker 3: What's he doing here? This is Maverick.
- 20:26Speaker 2: Maverick extends a friendly hand. Jackie and Hugo. Ignore it.
- 20:30Speaker 13: Duh, why is he here?
- 20:32Speaker 11: You're Jackie and Hugo?
- 20:33Speaker 3: Right, he knows their names.
- 20:35Speaker 13: I'm sure his buddies told him all about us.
- 20:38Speaker 11: I'm not like those guys. Our parents are friends, but
- 20:41Speaker 11: I'm realizing we don't have anything in common. And the
- 20:44Speaker 11: older I get, the more I see that they are
- 20:45Speaker 11: the kind of people I want to be around. Birds
- 20:48Speaker 11: of a feather right.
- 20:49Speaker 2: He turns to wink at Maya.
- 20:52Speaker 13: Can't tell that this vulnerability and self awareness is an act,
- 20:55Speaker 13: but I love he kind.
- 20:56Speaker 3: Of like it.
- 20:57Speaker 2: Maverick takes this as permission to sit down at the
- 20:59Speaker 2: table and uh, who's fat? They all turned to look
- 21:03Speaker 2: out the window exterior street day. Across the street, Lupe
- 21:08Speaker 2: nervously enters the butcher's shop, intercut between Foley's ice Cream
- 21:13Speaker 2: and across the street.
- 21:14Speaker 3: You don't know about Tom McGregor's widow. I didn't even
- 21:17Speaker 3: know if he had a wife.
- 21:20Speaker 13: Yeah, her name is Loupe, and apparently she's.
- 21:23Speaker 3: The one who killed him. What not with her bare hands,
- 21:28Speaker 3: with magic? She's a witch.
- 21:31Speaker 11: You're a wiet My mom went to school with her.
- 21:34Speaker 13: She lived on the Wampanoag Reservation before transferring to Oak
- 21:40Speaker 13: Bluffs High Apparently, she used to carry potions in her
- 21:44Speaker 13: backpack sell it. If someone got on her bad side.
- 21:50Speaker 3: They they throw a blood or something. The next day.
- 21:54Speaker 2: Cool Interior McGregor home night flashback. Lupe and Tom McGregor argue.
- 22:03Speaker 13: Right after high school Sloope Mary Tom he cheated her
- 22:08Speaker 13: really bad, but everyone knew it.
- 22:10Speaker 2: Tom grabs Loupe's wrist, hard and menacing.
- 22:14Speaker 13: She used to come into town with bruises and stuff.
- 22:17Speaker 2: Exterior, Oak Bluff's Town Center day flashback. Loope walks down
- 22:21Speaker 2: the street. Townspeople stare at her, whispering amongst themselves.
- 22:26Speaker 13: Pretty soon she stops showing up in public at all.
- 22:30Speaker 2: She pulls down her sleeve to conceal bruising on her arm.
- 22:34Speaker 2: Exterior McGregor Farm Day flashback. Tearful and furious, Bloope loads
- 22:40Speaker 2: a pickup truck with her belongings. Tom runs out of
- 22:43Speaker 2: the house, grabs her by the shoulders. She shoves him off.
- 22:47Speaker 2: Tom suddenly grasps at his chest in pain, keels over.
- 22:51Speaker 2: Lupe stares at him coldly, and gets in the vehicle
- 22:54Speaker 2: drives off.
- 22:56Speaker 13: She finally left him for good. Anne went back to the.
- 23:01Speaker 2: Interior Foley's ice Cream Parlor Day Back to present. The
- 23:06Speaker 2: kids hang on Jackie's words.
- 23:08Speaker 13: For years, no one heard anything about Lupe McGregor. Tom
- 23:12Speaker 13: was never the same, And now that he's dead, she's
- 23:15Speaker 13: back to take.
- 23:15Speaker 3: Over the farm. He left her everything, but why Maybe
- 23:20Speaker 3: he felt guilty.
- 23:23Speaker 9: Sometimes it would change after losing someone.
- 23:26Speaker 13: Yeah, what could happen to your dad after your oops?
- 23:30Speaker 2: He stops, realizes he stepped into taboo territory.
- 23:34Speaker 11: Your cat obviously likes her.
- 23:37Speaker 2: They look out the window again to see Loope petting
- 23:39Speaker 2: Henry Axel Grayson late thirties, a bunky ex UFC fighter
- 23:45Speaker 2: stuffed into an expensive suit, approaches Loupe in a familiar way.
- 23:49Speaker 3: Maverick, how does her dad know? Lupe?
- 23:51Speaker 11: Dad's been trying to buy the McGregor farm since forever?
- 23:55Speaker 3: Why Curady owns half the towel.
- 23:58Speaker 2: Loope and Axel's conversation heats up. It's an argument, he
- 24:02Speaker 2: gestures wildly. She gestures back before storming off.
- 24:06Speaker 3: Must be roid rage.
- 24:11Speaker 11: I should go see you guys at graduation.
- 24:14Speaker 2: Okay, Maverick stands up and scurries out the shop.
- 24:18Speaker 9: I like him, it's his dad.
- 24:21Speaker 3: I'm worried about.
- 24:23Speaker 2: Maya stares out the window, concern on her face. Interior
- 24:28Speaker 2: Sports bar day. Robert chugs a beer at a mostly
- 24:31Speaker 2: empty bar. Next to him is Josh Rawlins, thirties professor
- 24:36Speaker 2: Mensch Robert's only friend.
- 24:39Speaker 4: Her name's Debbie.
- 24:41Speaker 8: Do you hate her?
- 24:44Speaker 4: She's in the math department. But no, I think she's
- 24:46Speaker 4: quite nice. You must hate her.
- 24:48Speaker 8: You're trying to set her up with me.
- 24:50Speaker 4: You were quite the catch once. Just channel that guy.
- 24:53Speaker 8: I'm undateable, Josh by design.
- 24:57Speaker 4: I guess making old ladies cries taking up all your time. Yes,
- 25:01Speaker 4: I heard about Missus Silver's cat.
- 25:03Speaker 8: What about Missus Silv's cat.
- 25:05Speaker 4: Everyone's talking about it on my neighbor app.
- 25:08Speaker 2: Josh hands Robert his phone. He scrolls the message board.
- 25:11Speaker 12: Rhodes Clinic used to be amazing. Now it seems doctor
- 25:15Speaker 12: Rhodes gets off on killing pets. Oak Bluff citizens must boycott.
- 25:22Speaker 4: Is a small town rob Something like this could end
- 25:24Speaker 4: your business, dude.
- 25:26Speaker 8: Sometimes animals have to be put down. I'm sorry, it
- 25:28Speaker 8: happens every day.
- 25:29Speaker 4: Maybe you could be nice about it.
- 25:32Speaker 8: I'm efficient and I'm honest. I think that's pretty nice.
- 25:37Speaker 2: Robert takes a deep swig of his beer. As Josh
- 25:40Speaker 2: face palms.
- 25:42Speaker 4: What happened to that grief support group?
- 25:43Speaker 8: He joined? Sad sacks with sob stories?
- 25:47Speaker 4: Thought that was the point.
- 25:49Speaker 12: Look, I got problems, but these people had like problems.
- 25:54Speaker 8: It's depressing.
- 25:56Speaker 2: Do you want me to He puts fingers to his
- 25:58Speaker 2: head like a gun, pulls the trigger.
- 26:02Speaker 4: Dude, that's so wrong.
- 26:04Speaker 8: Another beer.
- 26:05Speaker 4: I gotta go. It's finals week, your tenured, now listen to.
- 26:10Speaker 2: Josh puts a bill down on the bar, counter picks
- 26:12Speaker 2: up his bag.
- 26:14Speaker 4: It's two PM and I'm an adult. Nora wouldn't like
- 26:17Speaker 4: this guy you're pretending to be.
- 26:19Speaker 8: Oh, she's dead.
- 26:22Speaker 2: As Josh leaves, Lupey enters. She's flustered from her encounter
- 26:26Speaker 2: with Axel. She sits at the far end of the bar.
- 26:29Speaker 2: Robert watches her, intrigued. The bartender walks over to take
- 26:34Speaker 2: Lupey's order.
- 26:35Speaker 8: Just water, please, Water at a bar?
- 26:42Speaker 7: Why not?
- 26:43Speaker 8: It's a bar.
- 26:48Speaker 2: Water is the fountain of life.
- 26:50Speaker 8: Foundation what.
- 26:56Speaker 2: A water is the foundation of life?
- 27:01Speaker 8: But a stiff drink makes.
- 27:02Speaker 6: Life tolerable because it dulls the senses, kills brain cells, numbs, pain,
- 27:10Speaker 6: all the bad.
- 27:12Speaker 2: Lupe looks into his eyes, reading him, You remind me
- 27:16Speaker 2: of someone.
- 27:17Speaker 4: Honey, I was thinking the same thing about you.
- 27:22Speaker 2: Who do I remind you of?
- 27:25Speaker 5: Hee?
- 27:25Speaker 4: Put my finger on it?
- 27:26Speaker 3: Too bad?
- 27:28Speaker 2: Must be the alcohol must be?
- 27:31Speaker 8: So? Who am I?
- 27:32Speaker 2: Polliachi?
- 27:34Speaker 8: Poliachi?
- 27:36Speaker 6: A sad clown, a smile that hides a broken heart.
- 27:40Speaker 2: Robert is taken aback by Lupe's casual intensity.
- 27:45Speaker 12: Well, it took a depressing yet oddly accurate turn. I'm Robert,
- 27:55Speaker 12: by the way I know.
- 27:57Speaker 2: Lupe finishes her water and stands, what's your name? But
- 28:02Speaker 2: Lupe is already out the door.
- 28:06Speaker 8: People say, I'm rude.
- 28:11Speaker 2: Exterior country Road Day. The sun is just beginning to set.
- 28:16Speaker 2: Maya walks along a tree shrouded road, carries a bag
- 28:20Speaker 2: of groceries. Henry the cat follows along. They arrive at
- 28:24Speaker 2: a shabby, splintered driveway gate. A lopsided sign reads McGregor Farm.
- 28:30Speaker 2: Maya pushes the gate open, enters Exterior McGregor Farm. Enclosures Day.
- 28:37Speaker 2: Loupe feeds various small animals as she holds a phone
- 28:41Speaker 2: between her ear and shoulder.
- 28:44Speaker 7: Mom, please stop worrying about me.
- 28:47Speaker 2: Exterior a Quinna Wampanoague Powwow Grounds Day. Deborah Winslow sixties.
- 28:54Speaker 2: Warm Humble holds a phone to her ear as she
- 28:57Speaker 2: oversees volunteers fumbling with picnic tape.
- 29:01Speaker 10: Hey, moosset tables belong on the other side the.
- 29:06Speaker 2: Other side, They shrug, Confused. Deborah returns to the call.
- 29:12Speaker 7: You sound stressed. How am I supposed to not worry?
- 29:17Speaker 2: Intercut Loope Debrah Lupe opens the crate door of an
- 29:21Speaker 2: a possum family. The mama possum has a bandage on
- 29:24Speaker 2: her back leg hisses at Lupe. No, you're stressed, and
- 29:29Speaker 2: that's stressing me out.
- 29:31Speaker 7: Of course, I'm stressed. Oh, this year's been a pain.
- 29:36Speaker 7: I could use your help now that I'm on the council.
- 29:39Speaker 7: I think you can handle it.
- 29:41Speaker 2: Loupe's eyes widen at the sight of a lethargic baby possum.
- 29:47Speaker 10: And I'm worried about you and that house, all those memories.
- 29:51Speaker 2: Eh, sorry, I have to go Interior Lupe's exam Room day.
- 29:56Speaker 2: Lupe brings the possum into a makeshift exam room, places
- 29:59Speaker 2: it on the bed. It's a humble space compared to
- 30:02Speaker 2: Robert's sterile clinic, but she has everything she needs here.
- 30:07Speaker 2: She examines the animal's eyes, mouth, it doesn't look good.
- 30:12Speaker 2: Exterior McGregor Farm, main House Day. Maya knocks on the
- 30:16Speaker 2: front door, no answer. She knocks again harder. The half
- 30:21Speaker 2: closed door creaks open. Henry runs in.
- 30:26Speaker 3: Henry, get back here.
- 30:28Speaker 2: Interior McGregor Farm, main House, continuous. Maya walks into the house.
- 30:34Speaker 2: Henry is nowhere to be found.
- 30:36Speaker 7: Hello.
- 30:37Speaker 2: She takes a step inside. Interior Lupe's exam room Day.
- 30:43Speaker 2: Lupe searches through her cabinets, looks through various jars, canisters,
- 30:47Speaker 2: and herbal remedies. The baby possum's breathing grows shallow. Interior
- 30:53Speaker 2: lupez House living room, saying. Maya is fascinated by Lupe's house.
- 30:58Speaker 2: Looks closely at the very barious Wampa noag, tribal artifacts,
- 31:02Speaker 2: ceremonial objects, garb, books, photographs. She picks up a brochure
- 31:08Speaker 2: for the grief relief support group.
- 31:10Speaker 3: What are you doing here?
- 31:12Speaker 2: Maya whips around. Lupe stands behind her with the baby
- 31:15Speaker 2: possum doors open.
- 31:19Speaker 3: I got carrots and apples for the horses.
- 31:21Speaker 2: Interior Lupa's kitchen Day. Lupe uses a mortar and pestle
- 31:26Speaker 2: to grind herbs to a powder. The baby possum lies
- 31:29Speaker 2: on the counter. Maya watches close by hold him. Maya hesitates,
- 31:36Speaker 2: but Lupe smiles, reassuring. Maya picks up the possum with care.
- 31:41Speaker 3: But what's wrong with it?
- 31:42Speaker 1: How, don't Maye?
- 31:43Speaker 2: It could be a flu or he might be playing possum.
- 31:46Speaker 3: That's a real thing.
- 31:47Speaker 1: Sometimes possums get so afraid and overwhelmed they.
- 31:50Speaker 3: Just freeze a charm of response exactly.
- 31:54Speaker 2: Lupe looks at Maya admires her knowledge.
- 31:58Speaker 9: Everyone's singer witch, typical, predictable. They called Grandma Henrietta, which.
- 32:05Speaker 2: Too, they tend to do that.
- 32:08Speaker 3: It's easier to use scary labels.
- 32:10Speaker 2: Than to try and understand things you don't understand. I
- 32:14Speaker 2: met your dad today. Suddenly, nervous, Maya sets the possum
- 32:18Speaker 2: down on a towel. You haven't told him, have you.
- 32:23Speaker 3: He's never around for me to tell. I've loved having
- 32:27Speaker 3: your help around the farm these last few weeks.
- 32:30Speaker 2: But it's important that he knows that you come here.
- 32:32Speaker 9: Huh.
- 32:33Speaker 2: That was part of our deal.
- 32:34Speaker 3: This place is so magical. I don't want to ruin
- 32:37Speaker 3: in that hates magic, always has.
- 32:42Speaker 2: Lupe mixes the herbs with water, stirring gently. Tell him
- 32:47Speaker 2: or I'll have to Maya nods, but seems doubtful of
- 32:51Speaker 2: her own resolve. Interior Middle School auditorium night, Families pack
- 32:58Speaker 2: the seats as the eighth sits on stage. Jackie stands
- 33:02Speaker 2: at the podium halfway through her speech.
- 33:05Speaker 13: As we turn the page on this next chapter, I'm
- 33:08Speaker 13: reminded of what slick total lieutenant Starbucks.
- 33:11Speaker 3: In season four A Battlestar.
- 33:12Speaker 2: Galactica, Maya and Hugo sit together in their graduation gowns.
- 33:17Speaker 2: They beam with pride at Jackie behind them, stifled guffaws
- 33:22Speaker 2: from boneheaded classmates Doug and Kyle.
- 33:24Speaker 11: Fourteen Why is she talking about Starbucks?
- 33:30Speaker 2: Maya turns around glares.
- 33:33Speaker 13: You may feel like hell, but sometimes lost is where
- 33:36Speaker 13: you need to be. Just because you don't know your
- 33:39Speaker 13: direction doesn't mean you don't have one.
- 33:44Speaker 3: Thank you.
- 33:46Speaker 2: Cheers from the crowd of parents. As she returns to
- 33:49Speaker 2: her seat, The school principal steps up to the podium.
- 33:53Speaker 1: Please let's get it up for our class valedictorian Jackie
- 33:58Speaker 1: and leaves.
- 34:01Speaker 2: Maya and Hugo enthusiastically clap. Doug leans over to Hugo,
- 34:05Speaker 2: how is.
- 34:06Speaker 11: Your friend vowed victorian by your in special.
- 34:09Speaker 2: Ed Maya elbows dug in the chin, causing his teeth
- 34:14Speaker 2: to chatter.
- 34:15Speaker 6: Oh, whoa dude, she got you good?
- 34:18Speaker 2: Your ass is grass weirdo. In the audience seats, Robert
- 34:22Speaker 2: sits next to Jeanne. He's dozed off. His face twitches,
- 34:27Speaker 2: his breath irregular. Interior hospital room day dream. Nora is
- 34:34Speaker 2: in bed, thin and sickly, tubes going out of her
- 34:38Speaker 2: nose and mouth. The heart monitor beats unusually loud. Robert
- 34:43Speaker 2: approaches Nora slow. He touches her hand, Please.
- 34:49Speaker 4: Head, hurts, make it stuff.
- 34:54Speaker 2: Frightened, Robert pulls back, turns away, and runs. Interior school
- 35:00Speaker 2: auditorium day back to reality. Jean shakes Robert's arm until
- 35:04Speaker 2: he opens his eyes.
- 35:06Speaker 7: Wakeom. Maya's walking on stage.
- 35:10Speaker 2: The principal hands Maya her diploma. Dazed and still shaken
- 35:14Speaker 2: from his dream, Robert joins in the applause. Interior reception
- 35:24Speaker 2: room night, parents and students mingle, pose for pictures, share laughs.
- 35:30Speaker 2: Jean tries to take a photo of Maya and Robert.
- 35:33Speaker 7: Smile Robert please.
- 35:36Speaker 2: Robert's miserable expression morphs until he manages to pull his
- 35:40Speaker 2: lips from his teeth, producing a grotesque, painful fake smile.
- 35:46Speaker 7: Forget it. I'm so proud of you.
- 35:51Speaker 8: Me too, so is mom.
- 35:54Speaker 9: What Henry told her all about it? And guess what
- 35:59Speaker 9: we saw rose rest The girls speak at her grave.
- 36:03Speaker 9: So wid is a sign she's listening.
- 36:06Speaker 10: Your mom's dead, Yes, but not really, honey, she's dead.
- 36:15Speaker 3: But dad, mom always says. She talks to us to
- 36:18Speaker 3: the bird.
- 36:19Speaker 8: No, Maya, grow up, Robert.
- 36:23Speaker 2: A few bystanders turn to look, I'm gonna going to
- 36:28Speaker 2: the bathroom. He walks away, embarrassed and hurt. Maya represses
- 36:33Speaker 2: the tears that fill her eyes. Jeane embraces her interior
- 36:39Speaker 2: school bathroom night. Robert splashes his face under a running faucet,
- 36:44Speaker 2: washes away the shame. Axel exits one of the stalls,
- 36:48Speaker 2: joins him at the row of sinks.
- 36:50Speaker 8: Don't you just hate these things? That's for the kids,
- 36:54Speaker 8: I guess. I keep meaning to.
- 36:57Speaker 1: Bring my son's parrot to the clinic. Oh yeah, yeah.
- 37:01Speaker 1: It pulls out its own feathers and squawks all day.
- 37:08Speaker 8: I can't stand it.
- 37:10Speaker 4: Sure, bring him by.
- 37:12Speaker 1: I like the way you do business, straightforward, no nonsense.
- 37:17Speaker 1: Not everyone's cup of tea happens to be mine, though.
- 37:21Speaker 2: Robert puts his hand under the dryer. As hot air
- 37:24Speaker 2: blows out, Axel doesn't wash his hands, stands close to Robert.
- 37:29Speaker 1: Going to be tough with that new competition, though, what
- 37:32Speaker 1: do you mean Tom McGregor's widow is opening a new clinic,
- 37:36Speaker 1: all natural, holistic, YadA YadA, hip me cramp.
- 37:41Speaker 2: The dryer finally stops.
- 37:44Speaker 1: You know, before he died, Tom was going to sell
- 37:47Speaker 1: that farm to meat. Yeah, I heard about that. Also,
- 37:51Speaker 1: I heard you were trying to rip him off.
- 37:53Speaker 4: Rip him off.
- 37:55Speaker 1: He'd be lucky to get five figures with that dump.
- 37:58Speaker 12: Yeah, can't beat the location, though, right, isn't that why
- 38:02Speaker 12: you want it?
- 38:03Speaker 2: Axel smirks ambiguous. Robert opens the door to leave, go.
- 38:08Speaker 1: To sake to your family. You might want to consider
- 38:11Speaker 1: how deeply unpopular you are in this town.
- 38:14Speaker 2: Axel pats Robert on the shoulder.
- 38:17Speaker 1: Our interests might delign more than you think. I'll see
- 38:21Speaker 1: you next week about that bird.
- 38:24Speaker 2: He walks out of the bathroom ahead of Robert. Interior
- 38:28Speaker 2: reception room night. Robert looks around for Maya and Jean.
- 38:32Speaker 2: They're nowhere to be found. He stands in the middle
- 38:35Speaker 2: of the room of people alone Interior McGregor Farm main house.
- 38:41Speaker 2: Night Loupe drinks tea on the sofa. Pumpkin is curled
- 38:45Speaker 2: up in his bed close by. The baby possum sleeps
- 38:49Speaker 2: next to her. The possums muscles twitch. Loope holds her breath.
- 38:55Speaker 2: It twitches again, Its feet move furiously, until finally it
- 38:59Speaker 2: sits up, happy and alert.
- 39:03Speaker 10: You're alive, baby, Oh, you're alive.
- 39:08Speaker 2: Relieved, she pets the possum's little head. Interior McGregor Farm enclosures.
- 39:15Speaker 2: Night Lope gently places the baby possum in the crate
- 39:19Speaker 2: with its mother and siblings. Looks on as they're happily reunited.
- 39:25Speaker 2: Exterior McGregor Farm night. The gates of the farm squeak
- 39:30Speaker 2: as they're pushed open and closed by the wind. Lupe
- 39:34Speaker 2: approaches the gate with a bright lantern in one hand
- 39:37Speaker 2: and a can of red paint in the other. Smiling,
- 39:40Speaker 2: Loope dips an old paint brush into the paint, draws
- 39:44Speaker 2: a thick line across the letters of the McGregor Farm sign.
- 39:48Speaker 2: Below it, she begins to paint new letters Moonstone Rescue.
- 39:54Speaker 2: Across the street, Axel sits in his black BMW stares
- 39:59Speaker 2: longingly at the fire arm, glares with disgust at Loupe,
- 40:02Speaker 2: who doesn't notice him. He takes a moment, but seems
- 40:06Speaker 2: to make up his mind about something, an expression of
- 40:09Speaker 2: determination crossing his face before he drives off into the night.
- 40:15Speaker 2: Interior Maya's room. Night Maya sits up in bed, flips
- 40:20Speaker 2: through the pages of Nora's sketchbook, but she's too distracted
- 40:23Speaker 2: to pay attention footsteps in the hallway, followed by a
- 40:27Speaker 2: knock at her door. Maya Maya almost responds, but instead
- 40:34Speaker 2: she reaches over to her lamp and turns off the light.
- 40:40Speaker 2: Interior Robert's office. Moments later, Exhausted, Robert collapses onto a
- 40:46Speaker 2: futon with dingy yellowed sheets and a thin blanket. His
- 40:51Speaker 2: eyes are only closed for a moment before he hears soft,
- 40:55Speaker 2: broken hearted sobs from the next room, Maya. Robert sits
- 41:00Speaker 2: up as if prepared to go to her, but he
- 41:04Speaker 2: reaches for his headphones and puts them over his ears.
- 41:07Speaker 2: Loud music drown out the sounds of his daughter's crying.
- 41:18Speaker 2: Interior Maya's room, saying the moonlight illuminates the tears that
- 41:24Speaker 2: streak down Maya's face as she lies in bed. A
- 41:28Speaker 2: bright light fills the room Maya stops crying and sits up.
- 41:34Speaker 2: We can't see what she sees, but whatever it is,
- 41:37Speaker 2: its brightness causes her to squint and put a hand
- 41:40Speaker 2: up to her eyes. She continues to squint into the
- 41:43Speaker 2: light until her eyes widen in amazement. Mop exterior street night,
- 41:51Speaker 2: Henry the cat prowls the moonlit streets, her movements quick
- 41:56Speaker 2: and alert. The soft sound of echoes in the quiet night.
- 42:04Speaker 2: Missus Silva appears in her doorway, a silver dish in hand, beckoning,
- 42:09Speaker 2: Henry yews softly and approaches her curiosity peaked, Missus Silva
- 42:16Speaker 2: places the dish on the ground. Henry eagerly laps up
- 42:19Speaker 2: the cream inside.
- 42:22Speaker 6: Good kitty, Go ahead, Jim.
- 42:27Speaker 2: She scoops Henry into her arms.
- 42:30Speaker 6: Come on, Jim, let's get you warm inside.
- 42:35Speaker 2: With a final glance around the silent street, Missus Silva
- 42:39Speaker 2: retreats indoors, closing the door behind her. End of pilot,
- 42:46Speaker 2: excellent peop