The Crazies Page #3

The MEDICAL EXAMINER, balding, bespectacled, finishing his

autopsy notes. David walks over. A body sheeted in plastic

on the autopsy table. Tag on the toe: HAMILL, RORY C.

DAVID:

Just wanted to get his blood-

alcohol, put in my report.

MEDICAL EXAMINER

Zero-point-zero.

DAVID:

Come again?

MEDICAL EXAMINER

Zero-point-

DAVID:

I heard what you said. Stacy,

that's not right, he was drunk.

The Examiner shakes his head. Collects his things to go.

MEDICAL EXAMINER

Checked it twice. Rory was a

drinker, but not last night.

He exits. David, baffled, peels back the sheet and studies

the corpse like it might offer clues. But there is only the

grim reality of death. The tell-tale Y-shaped incision

sutured shut across the torso.

And the small black hole his bullet made.

7.

INT. SHERIFF STATION - DAY

Small, functional. David's lone deputy is fielding phone

calls in the common area. DEPUTY RUSSELL. Young. Capable.

Built like a linebacker. He'd be sheriff if David weren't

around but his loyalty is absolute.

RUSSELL:

(into phone)

I can’t answer that - look, like I

said, you'll have to talk to

Sheriff Dutton, try back later.

David enters as he hangs up.

RUSSELL:

Hey.

DAVID:

Russ.

David goes into his office. Sorts through the mail on his

desk. Russell follows, only as far as the doorway, stands

there for a moment gauging the climate.

RUSSELL:

Some f***in' ball game, huh.

David sits down, nods.

DAVID:

Yeah.

EXT. OGDEN MARSH HIGH SCHOOL - DAY

Humble brick building with a sign out front. Home of the

wildcats.

DAVID (V.O.)

So you all saw something last night

I sure wish you hadn't...

INT. SCHOOL GYMNASIUM - DAY

David, before a microphone, addressing the STUDENTS in

general assembly. SCHOOL OFFICIALS looking on.

DAVID:

...Hard to make sense of it, even

for me. Talk to your teachers,

talk to me if you want...

The SEA OF YOUNG FACES, some visibly upset, some visibly not.

8.

DAVID:

...We don’t have all the answers,

but we’re here to help.

INT. CORRIDOR OUTSIDE GYM, HIGH SCHOOL - LATER

Post assembly, David walks down the hall with the PRINCIPAL.

Students swarm past back to class. Flirting. Talking on

cell phones. Life returning to normal.

PRINCIPAL:

Wasn't so long ago you were roaming

these halls. That hellraiser

turned into a sheriff somehow. And

a fine one.

(then)

Your mom and dad still liking

Florida okay?

DAVID:

Yeah. Dad swore he wouldn't last a

month down there. Then he saw the

golf courses.

They come past a teacher who can’t unlock his classroom door.

Mid-forties. Shirt and tie. Native Kansan. BILL FARNUM.

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