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15.

ACT TWO:

INT. ESSEX HOUSE HOTEL - EXECUTIVE SUITE - PRESENT DAY

The hotel room from the opening. Jay puts the copy of ON THE

ROAD into his framepack. Taylor emerges from Will's room.

TAYLOR:

It's gone.

JAY:

What?

TAYLOR:

Everything. All of his stuff.

Jay drops his bag and rushes over to

WILL'S BEDROOM

The room is spotless. Bed made. Curtains drawn. Goddamn

immaculate. The TV plays NEWS FOOTAGE from the Guggenheim.

—Jay drops to the floor, looks beneath the bed. Nothing.

—A closet door slides open. Empty hangars.

—The bathroom is clean. Hotel toiletries untouched.

TAYLOR (cont'd)

I told you the room's empty. He's

gone, Jay.

Taylor gives Jay a look that says "it's just us now."

JAY:

At least we know Will's alive.

TAYLOR:

Do we? There's no way he could have

beaten us back here from the

museum.

(sees something on TV)

Oh man...

The NEWS FOOTAGE now shows a GRAINY SECURITY CAMERA IMAGE of

two men fleeing the Guggenheim.

NEWSCASTER:

Still no report of casualties. But

Police have released this image

from Guggenheim security.

(MORE)

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NEWSCASTER (cont'd)

It clearly shows two men fleeing

the museum while guards pursue...

THE FOOTAGE FREEZES AND ZOOMS in on the men. Despite the low

resolution, IT'S CLEARLY JAY AND TAYLOR.

NEWSCASTER (cont'd)

The unidentified men are believed

to be Caucasian and in their late

twenties to early thirties.

Authorities ask anyone with

information about these men to call

the terrorism hotline at...

Behind them, their images are now frozen on screen. Taylor

rushes back to

THE LIVING ROOM:

He grabs his bag and pulls on a thin cashmere sweater.

JAY:

What are you doing?

TAYLOR JAY *

My dad has a great lawyer *

downtown. Maybe we can get to *

him— We've got a lawyer right *

here. *

A real lawyer— *

I am a REAL lawyer. *

TAYLOR:

Then stop pretending this isn't

happening, Jay! Will apologized

right before the museum exploded.

By the time we got back to the

room, his stuff's gone and our

faces are on TV.

JAY:

What are you trying to say? You

think Will framed us for this?

Taylor wants to say yes, but he can't.

JAY (cont'd)

Taylor, in law you need two things

to establish guilt. Evidence and

motive. There's no reason our best

friend, the guy we lived with for

two years, would do this.

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TAYLOR:

Well, I'd be happy to ask him what

he was thinking, but he's gone!

JAY:

Then we'11 call the cops and let

them look for him.

(locking eyes with Taylor)

This is Will we're talking about.

We can't just give up on him.

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