The Cell Page #5
MIRIAM:
Besides, I don't know what it might do
to you. You're already exhausted.
(concerned)
Have you been sleeping?
Catherine nods.
MIRIAM (CONT'D)
I can prescribe something...
Catherine shakes her head no. Miriam shuts off the penlight
and looks at Catherine with professional and personal
concern.
MIRIAM (CONT'D)
You're sure? Any more nightmares?
CATHERINE:
(defensively)
No.
MIRIAM:
Good. We need you healthy and relaxed.
You're going to eat well, meditate,
exercise, and watch mindless television.
CATHERINE:
Yes mother.
MIRIAM:
I don't want you up all night reading
Edward's case file of the nine millionth
time. Balance, dear girl, is the key.
Leave the work here.
She taps Catherine's head.
MIRIAM (CONT'D)
Don't bring it home in this.
CATHERINE:
Okay.
Miriam gathers her belongings.
MIRIAM:
Henry wants me to try this Vietnamese
place he's wild about. Want to come?
CATHERINE:
(declining)
I've got to feed my cat. Besides, I
want to get to bed early.
MIRIAM:
That's my girl.
Miriam exits, but Catherine remains, still curious what could
happen if things were reversed.
INT. CAMPBELL CENTER - HALLWAY - DAY
The corridors are dark and most everyone has gone home. At
the NURSES STATION, a staff member observes the child on a
closed-circuit monitor. Further down the hall, Miriam and
Henry exit. Wearing a (chic) thrift store coat and lugging a
worn book bag, Catherine stands outside Edward's room,
watching him sleep.
CATHERINE:
Pleasant dreams, Mister E.
A GREEN FORD PICK-UP TRUCK cruises down this deserted stretch
of two-lane blacktop, the driver carefully maintaining the
speed limit. He signals and exits...
The truck rumbles along a stretch of bumpy, unpaved road.
The area is desolate, depressing, and deserted. It feels
like no one's been anywhere near here for years. The pick-up
stops at a RUSTED GATE and the DRIVER, a tall, lean, sinewy
fellow undoes a combination lock-and-chain. We do not yet
see his face.
EXT. ABANDONED FARM HOUSE - DAY
The truck parks inside a charred barn, now hidden from view,
and the driver steps out, followed by his DOG.
A magnificent WHITE GERMAN SHEPHERD. We notice a GLINT in
its BLUE EYES - the animal's an albino. The driver points
and whistles. Well-trained, the Shepard sprints to the gate
and waits, keeping a watchful eye on the road.
INT. THE CELL - OBSERVATION ROOM - DAY
From the outside, a passerby would never know this sanctuary
existed. Within the foundation of a farm building never
completed, we find a small room in the center of a much
larger space. The cell. We hear the WHIR of ELECTRONIC
EQUIPMENT and notice VIDEO CAMERAS mounted on tripods pointed
at the two-way glass. We follow CABLES to a massive VIDEO
RECORDER - the type used in surveillance, able to record for
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