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THE DETECTIVE Pilot: The Family Jewels An Animated Sitcom Written by Thomas Vohasek [email protected] WGA # 1824096 (708)846-1410

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Page 1: The Detective Pilot 9-19-16

THE DETECTIVEPilot: The Family Jewels

An Animated Sitcom

Written by

Thomas Vohasek

[email protected] WGA # 1824096(708)846-1410

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TEASER

OVERBLACK

A trumpet whines, similar to the opening of Chinatown.

Title Card: 1959, Los Angeles

Then, a voice that sounds like Humphrey Bogart.

DICK (V.O.)My Private Eye work was going well. Had a nice home, a nice office, and a client who was looking for something important.

We hear ice cracking in a glass.

Fade up on...

WHISKEY GLASS

DICKYour father’s family jewels were stolen? That must be...incredibly painful.

Amber liquid and ice fill the glass. A hand shakes it. We are...

INT. DICK’S OFFICE - 1959 - DAY

The Detective, DICK, late ‘50s, mostly black hair, in a nice suit, getting too old for this shit, nurses the whiskey glass.

DICKI’m not really in the business of recovering missing organs.

He sits down in a cushy chair behind his slick finished desk, puts his feet up. The office is large, nice. Dark blue carpet and wall paint. A large fern in the corner next to a sitting area with arm chairs.

SANDRAI’m not looking for his organs.

Across the desk from Dick sits SANDRA, early ‘30’s, beautiful, curvy with close cropped blonde hair. A purple dress barely covers her legs. For the late ‘50’s its scandalous. A large hat with a veil blocks her face.

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SANDRA (CONT’D)Those are most likely rotting and worm infested.

DICKThat must be some disease.

Sandra pretends he hasn’t spoken.

SANDRAHis diamonds however are worth quite a bit of money.

DICKAre you sure I couldn’t just furnish you with my set of family jewels?

SANDRAAre yours worth twenty thousand dollars?

DICKYou can’t put a price on anatomy.

SANDRAMaybe after.

SMASH CUT TO:

EXT. ALLEY - NIGHT

The alley is just off a Pawn Shop. The back door opens on the alley.

DICK (V.O.)This is the place she told me they were going to try and sell them. And I was there. Easy money.

A man, BRUCE, walks through the alley, toward the Pawn Shop door. He looks shifty. Dick attacks, throwing him to the ground and viciously beating his face to a pulp.

DICK(Batman voice)

Where are the diamonds?

BRUCEWhat diamonds?

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DICK(Batman voice)

The ones you’re here to sell.

BRUCEI just wanted some porn, I’m sorry, so sorry.

Dick stops beating him.

DICK(returns to normal voice)

Wait, seriously?

BRUCEYeah.

A MAN walks by toward the pawn shop back entrance.

DICK(to Bruce)

‘Cuse me.

DICK (V.O.)I should have known things were too good to be true. Everything was set for me to take a dive.

Bruce sits up.

BRUCEDick.

END OF TEASER

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ACT ONE

INT. ELEVATOR BAY - DAY

The elevator grills slide open to reveal Sandra, and a young boy, CARL, 10, in full elevator operator uniform. Sandra stares deeply into her compact, and adjusts her make up, the veil getting in the way. Carl, nervous, jumps off the elevator and rushes toward...

INT. DICK’S OFFICE - DAY - CONTINUOUS

Throwing the door open, Carl rushes to Dick.

DICK (V.O.)I was a bit overworked, and I took a nap in my office.

Dick is passed out in one of the armchairs, an empty whiskey bottle clutched in his grip. A dozen more dot the room around him. Carl shakes Dick.

CARLYou’ve a client coming. A lady.

DICKIs she the one who offered to play with my family jewels?

Dick hasn’t even opened his eyes.

CARLYour jewels?

DICKRhetorical question.

CARLShe’s right outside.

SANDRANo rush.

Sandra enters the room and sits down in front of the desk. Dick sits up and turns to her.

DICKNice to see you again.

SANDRASo I assume you didn’t find my jewels.

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DICKYou mean these?

He holds out his hand to reveal two large clear diamonds.

SANDRAGood Lord. You found them?

DICKHad to beat up a lot of people in the process...about seventeen. Apparently a lot of people use the back door to that pawn shop.

Sandra stands, take the jewels from Dick’s hand. She examines them. Now she’s way more into him.

SANDRAOh, really, my handsome rugged man.

She seems satisfied they are the real ones.

DICKNow about my family jewels.

CARL(whispered to Dick)

You have family jewels?

DICKDoesn’t everyone?

SANDRAYou could take me to dinner.

DICKPlaying with my jewels in public? Kinky.

SANDRAYou have my address.

DICKI’ll be there.

SANDRAEight o’clock.

DICKGood.

SANDRASee you tonight.

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She wanders from the room.

CARLYou never let me play with your family jewels.

DICKYou’re a bit young for that.

CARLI thought your family was poor.

DICKNo one’s that poor. Everyone gets a set.

CARLWhere are mine?

Dick looks at Carl.

DICKGo get me a few more bottles.

CARL(delighted)

Will do.

He exits.

DICK (V.O.)Good kid. Completely hopeless.

A knock on the door.

DICKEnter.

RALPH enters. Pin stripe suit, slicked back black hair, a rat face. Everything about him screams shady. Dick takes his accustomed seat behind the desk. Ralph sits down in front.

DICK (CONT’D)Well?

RALPHMy family jewels were stolen.

DICKSeems to be an epidemic.

Dick opens his desk drawer and grabs a whiskey bottle. His face falls when he realizes its empty.

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RALPHI don’t find this funny.

DICKMost people don’t.

Carl enters carrying as many whiskey bottles as he can hold.

DICK (CONT’D)Thanks, Carl.

He takes one, bites the cork and pulls it out with his teeth. Spits it away, drinks.

CARLMr. Gutterberg says you need to settle up with him soon or he’s going to cut you off.

DICKGot it.

Dick takes the other bottles and sticks them into his desk. Ralph watches this.

RALPHI’m trying to hire you.

DICKObviously.

RALPHAre you going to look for my family jewels or not?

DICKNot.

RALPHAnd why not?

DICKI’ve got a nice office.

RALPHSo?

DICKI can afford it. I can afford a nice house and I’ve got a beautiful girl lined up for bed tonight so why do I need you or your dirty money?

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RALPHYou’ll regret this.

DICKYou scream mob.

RALPHIsn’t the mob someone you don’t want on your bad side.

DICKI don’t want anything to do with your family jewels. Go take care of that yourself.

A light goes on over Carl’s head. A literal light bulb sits on top of his hat.

CARLOh, I get it now.

DICKGood. More fun if someone else is in on it.

The light bulb falls off Carl’s cap into the fern.

CARLI asked to play with your...

DICKYou totally did.

CARLOh, God.

Carl is dying laughing.

RALPHWhat are you talking about?

DICKYou’d have to be there.

Ralph fumes.

RALPHListen you little...

DICKGet out.

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Dick has a large revolver pointed at Ralph. Ralph stares at it, goes for his own. Bang! Dick fires. Ralph falls to the floor, blood pouring from his leg.

DICK (CONT’D)Be happy it wasn’t your face...

(barely stopping himself from laughing)

...or your family jewels.

Carl falls to the ground and rolls around on the floor in laughter.

DICK (CONT’D)That’s never going to get old.

RALPHIt already has.

DICKHasn’t. Just ask Carl Poppa there.

Finally getting a hold of himself, Carl rises from the floor.

CARLI’ll get his gun.

He does. Ralph stares daggers at the child as he takes the gun from his belt.

DICKNow get out. And try not to get too much blood on the carpet.

Ralph slides along the floor, clutching his bleeding leg.

EXT. LOS ANGELES STREETS - NIGHT

Dick drives a large bright red convertible through the darkening city streets. Top down, the night wind whipping around him. It doesn’t displace his hat.

EXT. MANSION - NIGHT

The mansion is well kept up. Large with a conservatory covered in vines. Basically the Disney World exterior of the Haunted Mansion before it became haunted.

Dick pulls up in the red convertible and parks. He gets out, stuffs his hands in his overcoat pockets and wanders toward the house.

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He examines the well maintained garden at his leisure. He reaches the porch and pulls on the bell cord. A bell rings inside. No answer. Again. No answer. Dick tries the handle. The door falls open.

DICKSandra?

SANDRA (O.S.)Enter.

DICK (V.O.)She didn’t have to tell me twice.

He enters...

INT. MANSION - NIGHT - CONTINUOUS

The foyer is dark and deserted. Dick looks around, searching for Sandra.

DICKWhere are you?

SANDRA (O.S.)I’m in here, you silly boy.

Dick follows her voice upstairs and into...

INT. BALLROOM - NIGHT - CONTINUOUS

The ballroom is open, with a piano in the corner, and dark pink curtains along the walls. A sofa sits against the far wall. Sandra lounges upon it.

SANDRADid you actually savage seventeen people to get my diamonds back?

She holds the diamonds up to barely touch her nipples through her purple dress. Her dress is slid up around her thighs, showing off her legs for Dick. Dick’s mouth falls open. He’s salivating.

DICKIt might’ve been eighteen.

SANDRAOh, you naughty boy.

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DICKI lost count, honestly. Could’ve been twenty.

DICK (V.O.)It was five.

SANDRAWhy don’t we forget dinner?

DICKPerfect.

SANDRAI think you’re hungry for something else.

DICKOh, I am.

He rushes in, and dives on top of her.

INT. BALLROOM - NIGHT - LATER

A purple dress, over coat and hat begin a trail of clothes leading to Dick and Sandra, covered by a sheet on the sofa, clearly naked beneath. They’re smoking a joint.

DICKGot if off one of the twenty five guys I beat up to get your family jewels.

SANDRAI feel bad. I didn’t beat anyone up to get your family jewels.

DICKIs that ever going to get old?

A light bulb appears over Sandra’s head.

SANDRAI’ve got an idea.

SMASH CUT TO:

INT. KITCHEN - NIGHT

Sandra and Dick stand in the kitchen, naked, staring into the oven. Brownies cook within.

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DICKThose are going to be so good.

INT. LIBRARY - NIGHT

Still naked, Sandra and Dick wander through the library stuffing their mouths with brownies. They stare at books along the walls. Sandra kneels beside a plant and starts feeling the leaves.

SANDRAHow did this get here?

DICKWhat’s happening to my jewels?

Dick is staring at his genitals. Sandra walks over to him and looks down.

SANDRAThey’re fine.

DICKBut look.

He shakes his hips.

SANDRAThat’s an erection, dear.

DICK (V.O.)I was a little out of it.

INT. FOYER - NIGHT

Dick wakes up on the floor. He’s dressed again. Rubbing his eyes he sits up.

DICK (V.O.)I had no idea how I’d gotten there and I had not idea how I’d put my clothes back on...or why.

DICKSandy?

He rises, slowly, stiff. A stick breaks outside. He looks out the window. A group of men slink toward the house, guns drawn. Ralph sits in a car, his hands folded over the head of his cane.

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DICK (CONT’D)That might have something to do with it.

Then he hears the voice coming from outside.

SANDRA (O.S.)Come and get me!

DICKOh, shit.

Dick throws the door open, drawing his revolver.

EXT. MANSION - NIGHT - CONTINUOUS

Sandra aims a large shotgun at the men approaching her house.

RALPHI told you you’d regret this.

Ralph calls out from the car as he sees Dick. Dick fires haphazardly at Ralph. He screams in pain.

DICKGet back inside, Sandra.

SANDRANo.

She fires and one of the mob men vanishes in a haze of blood.

DICK(appreciatively)

Damn.

SANDRAGet off of my property. Now.

Ralph sits in the car, clutching his arm, where Dick shot him just now.

RALPHKill them both!

Dick and Sandra start shooting taking out mob men left and right. The men fire at them. Missing, badly.

DICKYou guys suck at this. And we’re high.

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Bang! Ralph lowers his gun. Dick looks down. No bullet hole in him. He looks back to the gun and follows the direction it was aimed at. Sandra lays on the ground, the shotgun beside her. Eyes closed.

DICK (CONT’D)No.

A beam of light, brighter than any natural beam of light can be, falls on Dick. He stares at it. The beam lifts him off the ground.

Ralph watches as Dick floats into the hovering space ship. The ship is circular with protruding sharp points protruding. Dick enters the ship. The beam vanishes. The ship takes off.

END OF ACT ONE

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ACT TWO

INT. SPACE SHIP - NIGHT - CONTINUOUS

The ship is barren steal. Dick and ARTHUR sit around a table glossy metal table.

Arthur is a Gray. Small body, gray skin, with enormous black glassy eyes. He has a mouth but he moves it out of sync with his words.

DICK (V.O.)That’s Arthur. He’s an alien if you haven’t figure that out. He’s not so bad, I’ve gotten to know him pretty well.

Dick seems depressed. Arthur shakes his fist menacingly. Oh, no. Is he going to hurt Dick? He opens his hand and a dice falls out onto the table.

ARTHUROne. I’m never going to get to the Con-serve-a-tor-e.

He reaches out with that long fingered ET hand and moves the blue piece one step closer to the Conservatory. They are playing “Clue.”

INT. SPACE SHIP - NIGHT - FLASHBACK

Arthur and Dick sit around the table. A large silver tray holds a twitching face-hugger a la Alien. Reaching out, Arthur rips off a leg and swallows it whole through a blow hole in the top of his head. The blow hole spits out bits of exoskeleton.

DICK (V.O.)I’ve gotten to know him too well.

We return to...

INT. SPACE SHIP - NIGHT - PRESENT

Dick stares at Arthur moving the Mrs. Peacock piece.

ARTHURYour turn.

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Arthur stares at him, attempting to batter his way into Dick’s mind.

DICKI asked you not to do that.

ARTHUR (V.O.)But you are not talking with me.

We realize this has been beamed directly into Dick’s mind.

DICKWhy am I being kept here?

ARTHURYou’ll have to ask the King. Now who do you think did something in this room with what tiny object?

DICKTake me to your leader.

ARTHURDick?

Dick stands. He throws the table aside.

DICKI think the Detective killed the alien in the isolation room with his fists.

His shadow falls over Arthur. Arthur quivers in fear.

ARTHUR (V.O.)Dick, please.

INT. CONSERVATORY - NIGHT

The conservatory is filled with plants, some are indigenous to Earth, others are alien and crazy colored. Dick drags Arthur through the conservatory. Arthur is covered in vivid blue bruises.

A SENTRY dressed like Bobba Fett rushes toward them, aiming a RAY GUN. Dick punches him and throws him into a VENUS FLY TRAP like plant that’s huge. It eats him.

Dick picks up the ray gun and nods his head appreciatively.

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INT. THE BRIDGE - NIGHT

Dick hurls Arthur into the space. He slaps the ground and slides slowly along the floor, and comes to a stop at the foot of a metal swivel chair.

Dick enters. It might as well be the bridge of The Enterprise. Control panels along the walls. Swivel chairs. The biggest of which supports a Gray with a platinum crown too big for his head.

KING LARS turns the swivel chair toward the door and surveys Dick. He stands. He is larger than Arthur, but not by much, still much shorter than Dick. Lars speaks without the show of moving his lips.

KING LARS (V.O.)What is your purpose here, Earthling?

DICKWhy am I being held a captive?

KING LARS (V.O.)I do not know. Arthur, stand.

Arthur picks himself up off the floor. Bright blue bruises cover his face. It swells and pulses, livid and painful. Arthur moves his lips as he speaks.

ARTHURYour majesty.

KING LARS (V.O.)You were supposed to replace this Earthling on his planet only a few hours after we took him.

ARTHURI know, I know. But I just couldn’t.

DICKWait a second. You could have dropped me off at any time?

ARTHURSort of.

DICKYou little space bastard.

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KING LARS (V.O.)We are sorry for this inconvenience, Earthling.

DICKAs I see it, it wasn’t your fault.

He gives Arthur a malevolent look. Arthur cowers.

KING LARS (V.O.)If it is of any consolation, while aboard this ship you do not age as rapidly as you do below.

DICKHow’s that?

KING LARS (V.O.)The air pumped through the ship is partially oxygen, but there are also regenerative organisms that enter your blood stream. Midichlorians.

King Lars raises a hand and fixes his gaze on an empty seat. It breaks off of the ship and totters into the air. Arthur looks back to Dick.

ARTHURPretty cool, right.

DICK (V.O.)Great, now the aliens are magic.

Dick rolls his eyes. Then it occurs to him. He raises a hand and lifts Arthur into the air using the Force. He hurls him into the window. Cracks spiderweb away from Arthur’s impact. Dick pulls Arthur back using magic.

KING LARS (V.O.)What are you doing, Earthling?

DICKI want off this ship.

KING LARS (V.O.)Jesus, we will put you down on Earth. Humans, cannot live with them as test subjects, cannot understand Earth culture without them.

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EXT. SPACE - NIGHT

The ship banks toward Earth.

KING LARS (V.O.)You will take Arthur to live among the humans, so that me may learn your ways. When we feel he has learned enough he will return to us.

A beam of light shoots toward the planet. Two figures descend in the beam.

EXT. HOLLYWOOD AND VINE - NIGHT

BEEP! Cars shoot past on either side. Dick ducks out of the way as one passes him with only an inch to spare. Arthur cowers beside him.

The cars are modern. Dick grabs Arthur’s shoulder and pulls him to the right, between passing cars and they topple onto the sidewalk.

A nearby building has a screen with words scrolling along it: Kardasians getting Boob Jobs...Again! And then the date: August 3rd, 2016. Everyone on the busy street corner is staring at Arthur. Dick searches for somewhere to go. He spots the scrolling banner.

DICK (V.O.)Those fucking aliens.

Rolling his eyes, Dick bends to talk to Arthur. He whispers:

DICKYou’re a kid in a costume. Act like it.

ARTHURI am over twelve thousand of your Earth years old.

DICKNot quite through puberty then. Dance like we’re begging for cash.

Dick rises and addresses the crowd of tourists, homeless stoners, casual stoners who have a home, and people who live here who are just trying to get by and away from people taking pictures of the stars on the ground.

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DICK (CONT’D)Ladies and gentlemen. Lend me your ears. You have here among us an Extraterrestrial from the planet...

He bends to Arthur.

DICK (CONT’D)What planet you from again?

ARTHURXenderphluxcapacator, in the Galaxy Septicomberbatch.

Dick returns to the crowd.

DICKAn Extraterrestrial from the planet Mars, folks. He has kidnapped me from my home in the late ‘50’s and returned to Earth now.

A few people from the crowd seem interested. Mostly stoners.

HOMELESS STONER #1I can see my reflection in his eyes.

HOMELESS STONER #1 has long dreadlocks and a backpack overflowing with beef jerky and Funyuns. He bends to look at Arthur and pokes his large eye with his finger. Arthur blinks and steps away annoyed.

ARTHURDon’t do that.

A harassed MOTHER and her FIVE CHILDREN stop to watch.

CHILD #1The eye blinked.

CHILD #2I want one. Can we get one?

CHILD #3You won’t feed it.

MOTHERIt’s just a costume kids. We’ll get you one for Halloween.

She’s exhausted and shepherds them away.

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CHILD #1But the eye blinked. How did it do that?

Dick turns to Arthur.

DICKTime to go.

He grabs Arthur and tugs him away.

EXT. THE CHINESE THEATER - NIGHT

A large group of DANCERS enthrall the crowd. Dick and Arthur approach the entrance to the subway.

DICKLooks like they built an underground monorail. Give me a second.

People in the crowd throw money into a hat on the sidewalk for the performers. Dick ducks in, pretends to watch the show, bends as though throwing money in, and scoops out a large handful of change.

On his way back, he runs into the large box holding a wax sculpture of Marilyn Monroe. He stares down her shirt, then returns to Arthur and points them down the escalator.

DICK (V.O.)Moving stairs. How crazy is that?

ARTHURWhere are we going?

DICKWe’re going to check on a friend.

EXT. MANSION - NIGHT

Remember how the mansion looked like the Haunted Mansion before it was haunted. Well, guess what...

Dead vines crisscross the building, stabbing into the mortar. The paint is peeling off the doors. Boards are falling off. The lawn and garden so beautiful before is overgrown and what looks like a PANTHER wanders through it. Dick surveys the Panther from the fence.

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DICK (V.O.)It looked like the decaying ruin of Ms. Havisham’s house, or Norma Desmond’s Mansion from Sunset Blvd. I was thinking of a plan to--

ARTHUR (V.O.)What are we going to do about the cat?

Dick rounds on Arthur.

DICKYou interrupted my monologue.

The Panther growls still hidden in the underbrush.

ARTHURSorry.

DICKCome on.

They open the gate and enter. Across the lawn, Dick looking out for the panther. A pair of eyes stare out of the tall grass.

DICK (V.O.)Didn’t even think there were pussies this big in California.

But Dick isn’t looking at the panther. He’s look at Arthur shaking like a leaf, hiding behind his leg. The Panther pounces at them.

END OF ACT TWO

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ACT THREE

EXT. MANSION - NIGHT

The Panther is pouncing at Dick and Arthur. Dick pulls out the ray gun and the Panther explodes into a ball of bloody gore. It splatters over Arthur. Dick walks away. Arther looks at the blood and gore and waddles after Dick.

INT. MANSION - CONTINUOUS

Dick and Arthur cross the threshold and slam the door shut. Arthur collapses into a puddle on the floor. Dick slides his gun back into his pants and walks away.

ARTHURDon’t leave me.

He pulls himself together and jumps off the floor, scampering after Dick. Dick stops to listen.

DICKHear that?

ARTHURYes.

Faint music from above.

INT. STAIRCASE - NIGHT

Dick leads the way upstairs, gun drawn. Arthur follows, a frightened puppy. A Flash with a bullet hole in it is framed on the wall as they pass. They reach the upstairs landing, and continue along...

INT. HALLWAY - NIGHT - CONTINUOUS

Cobwebs span from gaslight to gaslight. The floorboards creak underfoot. A faint light in the darkness, from under one of the rooms down the hall, far left.

Dick and Arthur approach. Dick turns back and makes a “shush” sign with his finger and nose. Arthur seems confused. Dick makes a “zip your lips,” gesture. Arthur again seems confused.

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DICK(whispered)

Keep your trap shut.

ARTHURIt’s not a trap.

His voice is loud and carrying. Footsteps inside the room. The music stops. Toward the door. Dick jumps to hide by the door frame. Arthur stands in plain sight. The door opens.

SANDRAWhat are you?

ARTHURAn Extraterrestrial of the planet Xeno--

Dick practically throws him out of the way. He stares into the room transfixed. Sandra stands there, now in her 90’s, dressed in a rotting wedding dress.

DICKYou’re alive.

SANDRAYou’re the one who got kidnapped by aliens on my front lawn, right.

She pokes her head out into the hallway to look at Arthur.

SANDRA (CONT’D)Is he your captor?

DICKSort of.

SANDRANot very intimidating, is he?

DICKYou’re alive.

SANDRAObviously.

DICKLast time I saw you you’d been shot.

SANDRABullet hit my flask.

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DICKWhat happened to the house?

SANDRAA film crew is using it as a location for a Great Expectations adaptation. I’m Ms. Havisham.

DICKOh, so you weren’t wearing this hoping I’d come back or anything.

SANDRAWe knew each other a day and a half, you were taken to space and haven’t been back in fifty six years, why would I be waiting for you?

DICKMaybe I was the best lay you ever had.

SANDRAYou flirt.

She drags him across the threshold into the ballroom and slams the door. Arthur stands there not sure what to do.

INT. BALLROOM - NIGHT

Sandra pulls Dick onto one of the antique sofas. She kisses Dick deeply. For his part, Dick is looking for a way out. She is 90 after all.

He looks to the floor beside the sofa. Beside the sofa sits a mountain of jewels. Rubies, diamonds, emeralds, sapphires, all perfect, cut and shining. We flashback to...

EXT. MANSION - 1959 - NIGHT - FLASHBACK

The bullet hits Sandra and she goes down. She feels in her pocket for the flask and sees the bullet has hit it. She looks to the side. Dick is being abducted. He floats into the sky. All of the mobsters stare at the beam and the space ship in wonder.

Sandra stands, picks up her shotgun and shoots the nearest gangster. Again, again. The mobsters fall dead, one by one, distracted by the ship.

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SANDRADie, bastards!

Ralph’s personal body guard jumps out of the car and rushes at her. She fires and takes him in the head. It explodes and he collapses dead. She approaches Ralph, dropping the shotgun and taking a large handgun from one of the dead. He’s still fussing over the bullet wound. She takes his gun away.

RALPHWhy’d you have the idiot steal my family jewels?

SANDRAIt was easier than doing it myself.

RALPHYou bitch. You stole my jewels.

SANDRAI haven’t taken your jewels. Not yet.

She grins, aims the gun at his lap and fires. Ralph screams in pain and clutches his crotch.

RALPHBITCH!

SANDRABye, Ralph.

Aiming the barrel at his face, she squeezes the trigger. Bang! We return to...

INT. BALLROOM - NIGHT

Dick pushes Sandra up and aims his ray gun at her.

DICKYou had me steal those jewels from Ralph. And then you killed them all.

SANDRAYeah.

Sanra fingers a small single shot revolver in her ankle holster.

DICKFinally a player worthy of the game.

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Dick drops the ray gun and starts making out with her again, only this time he’s into it.

Sandra releases her hold on her ankle gun and starts stripping off his clothes.

We pan down over the clothes, and...

FADE TO BLACK.

END OF EPISODE

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