Lost Souls Page #2

INT. HOSPITAL CORRIDOR - MORNING

Lareaux, his overcoat open, walks down the dim corridor. We

now see he's a priest. He's wearing a black cassock with a

waist-high surplice (belt) and a narrow purple stole. He

carries a Bible. Townsend, Maya and Jeremy are right beside

him. We see Jeremy is also a priest. Townsend is carrying a

hard, black leather suitcase.

Large windows, bordered by huge pillars, circumscribe the

never-ending corridors. Thick doors line the walls, each

with a tiny observation window, filled in with octagonal wire

patterns. The foursome avoids looking directly at any of

those windows.

They pass other rooms, doors wide open, lined with several

beds each separated by worn curtains.

INT./EXT. SECOND CORRIDOR - MORNING

Sitting next to a door on this corridor is the hospital's

Chief Resident Psychiatrist, DR. LESLIE ALLEN. She's casual,

calm and intelligent. A mature woman in her late 50's, still

attractive, at peace with herself. As she sips a cup of

peppermint tea, she glances outside, through a window

opposite her chair, at a huge old tree, the antithesis of the

sterile, prison-like environment inside. She finds ways to

remain grounded in this place.

As Lareaux and company approach, Dr. Allen switches her gaze

and --

LAREAUX:

(hands over a document)

Your court order, Dr. Allen.

DR. ALLEN

(standing, makes transition)

You know I'm not comfortable with this.

LAREAUX:

But your patient is legally entitled to

it.

DR. ALLEN

This patient has been plagued with

temporal lobe seizures.

LAREAUX:

It's the patient's request, doctor.

DR. ALLEN

(insistent)

I'm aware of that, but I don't think

he's in any condition to make requests.

I'm trying to appeal to your

more...logical self, Father.

(as she glances briefly at

Maya, Townsend and Father

Jeremy)

I'm concerned about harm to my patient.

LAREAUX:

(picking up the Doc's visual

cue)

Father Jeremy and Deacon John Townsend

of St. Ursula's, and our associate, Maya

Larkin.

(off her look)

Secular assistants are permitted if

regarded as qualified. Maya is

eminently qualified.

DR. ALLEN

I think I should join you.

MAYA:

(brusquely, interrupting)

-- you wouldn't last five minutes.

LAREAUX:

(getting to it)

Just open the door, please.

As the Doctor unlocks the door, Lareaux, Townsend, Father

Jeremy and Maya file in. Tense. Cautious.

INT. PATIENT'S ROOM - MORNING

The room has been painted hot pink. The only furniture is a

large table, a chair and a bed. A few books sit stacked on

the table:
Albert Beutel's Cryptology, George Fleck's Shaping

Space and Claude Shannon's seminal Mathematical Theory of

Communication, among others on advanced math.

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