The Grudge Page #4

Revisions (Blue) -- 1/26/04 9.

KAREN:

Okay, Emma. Let’s try again: my

name is Karen. Do you remember?

I’m from the Health Center. I’m

substituting for Yoko, just for

today.

Emma doesn’t respond -- and there’s no indication that she

remembers Karen introducing herself before.

Kneeling in front of Emma, Karen notices a BAND-AID around

one of her fingers. Blood has soaked through it.

KAREN:

Looks like you need a new Band-Aid.

How’d this happen, Emma?

(still no reaction)

Would you like a bath? Maybe that

will help you feel better.

Emma doesn’t even turn towards her.

10 INT. THE HOUSE - BATHROOM - DAY 10

Karen turns on the water, puts the stopper over the drain.

11 INT. THE HOUSE - HALLWAY - DAY 11

Karen supports Emma’s weight as she leads the old woman

slowly down the hallway to the bathroom entrance ---

Emma stops at the doorway. Eyes fixed on THE TUB.

KAREN:

It’s okay, Emma.

She takes Emma’s hand and walks inside. But Emma doesn’t

budge. Her free hand TIGHTLY CLUTCHES the door frame.

Her eyes are wide. Staring at the bathtub.

12 EXT. THE HOUSE - PORCH - DAY 12

Karen uses a sponge to bathe Emma, her robe rolled to her

waist. Emma stares absently at the sky.

Revisions (Blue) -- 1/26/04 9A.

13 INT. THE HOUSE - LIVING ROOM - DUSK 13

With Emma back in bed, Karen steps out of the back room and

slides the door shut. Leans against it for a moment. A

tough first day on the job.

Revisions (Blue) -- 1/26/04 10.

14 INT. THE HOUSE - LIVING ROOM - DUSK 14

Karen has straightened up the room, and is vacuuming the

floor. Something under the couch catches in the vacuum

intake, jamming it.

She turns off the vacuum and feels underneath, pulling out A

CRUMPLED PHOTO -- ripped into pieces, compressed in a ball.

15 INT. THE HOUSE - KITCHEN - DUSK 15

Karen sits at the kitchen table, flattening and taping

together the pieces of the photograph. She finishes.

ON THE PHOTO:
a grinning JAPANESE BOY holds a cute BLACK

CAT. His MOTHER and FATHER stand beside him. They’re all

beaming at the camera -- a perfect, happy family.

But there’s a piece missing. The MOTHER’S FACE.

Karen walks back into the Living Room. She looks underneath

the couch for the missing piece. Can’t see anything.

She lays down and sticks her arm under the couch, feeling

around. Nothing.

Karen sticks her arm in deeper, to the shoulder, straining...

She suddenly jerks her arm back, wincing. She has a small

cut on her finger.

Karen looks under the couch for what cut her ---

a small FURNITURE NAIL sticks out underneath.

KAREN:

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