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HENRY:
"Mister E." is doing fine.
REVEAL A SECOND FIGURE suspended from the ceiling in the
PROCEDURE ROOM. A SMALL BOY is lowered to the pedestal and
as Miriam records data, Catherine removes the child's "mask,"
displaying the haunted face of Edward. Clearly, the boy is
in some kind of catatonic state.
MIRIAM:
Did we go sailing?
CATHERINE:
Almost. Mocky-Lock showed up.
MIRIAM:
"Mocky-Lock is the bogeyman, Mocky-Lock
wants me where I am."
CATHERINE:
Mocky-Lock is a pain in the ass.
Henry communicates with them via the intercom.
HENRY:
Where did that come from again?
Catherine looks annoyed - How could he forget?
CATHERINE:
A nursery rhyme.
Catherine detaches the cables and eases Edward's frail body
into a waiting wheelchair. Miriam takes a penlight and
examines the boy's eyes... An emotionless void, oddly
beautiful.
MIRIAM:
(thinking aloud)
Nursery rhymes, fairy tales, the
bogeyman... All preparation for the
horrors of the real world.
Making certain the child is comfortable, Catherine covers him
with a blanket, rests a teddy bear on his lap, and pushes him
into the CONTROL ROOM, accompanied by Miriam. Henry types in
a command and moves to join them.
HENRY:
Anybody hungry? I'm hungry...
A BUZZER sounds and ANOTHER DOOR HISSES OPEN... A constantly
fretting administrator, BARRY COOPERMAN, is waiting for them
in the corridor.
COOPERMAN:
Edward's parents are here.
We can see it in Catherine's face - this isn't good news.
Situated in a corporate/industrial area north of San Diego,
California, a series of well-secured buildings form a mini
compound. A sign near the gate reads CAMPBELL CENTER - A
DIVISION OF SUNERSET INDUSTRIES.
INT. CAMPBELL CENTER - EDWARD'S ROOM - DAY
Although this is a hospital room filled with medical
equipment, its sterility has been camouflaged with toys,
posters, photographs, and drawings to make it more "homey."
(Some hint at aspects of Edward's fantasy world). Every
comfort has been provided and no expense spared.
Henry, Miriam, and Catherine, now wearing funky/casual
clothes under a lab coat, stand opposite Cooperman. Sitting
on the bed with Edward is ELLA BAINES, an elegantly dressed
woman in her mid-40's. There is a soulfulness to her, but
the husband, LUCIEN BAINES, 60's, possesses the icy demeanor
of a corporate tycoon. One might write him off as cold, but
we sense a genuine love for his wife and child. Ella smiles
and caresses Edward's hair.
ELLA:
He needs a haircut.
CATHERINE:
I'll tell the nurse.
(sensing something in Edward)
God, he loves when you visit.
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