Angel and May
Angel and May are two worn-out private investigators from LA. Events take a turn and they embark on a journey which will take them across time and space to the asteroid colony "New London". They hole up in a dodgy pub run by a crazy drag queen. What could possibly go wrong! They say the skies are the limit, but here they're just the beginning!
Angel and May
G02-E11 - King of Swords
The house of horrors is no fun iespecially if you’re a clown. Costas gets her revenge.
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THE TAROT INTERVENTION - G02-E11-KING OF SWORDS
COSTAS is forced to confront SAD HARLEQUIN to release
RUDI and the gang from the 'Lost Show-grounds'
The King of Swords sits upon his throne, facing forward
as if ready to confront whatever life throws at him. He
holds a sword in his right hand, the hand of the
conscious, rational mind, and points it upright and to
the left, the side of the subconscious, intuitive mind.
This symbolises the King's decisiveness, but also
flexibility in all matters; while he makes decisions
based mostly on his intellectual understanding, he stays
open to his intuition. The King wears a blue tunic,
symbolic of a desire for spiritual knowledge, and a
purple cape, symbolic of his compassion and intellect.
The back of his throne is decorated with butterflies
(transformation), crescent moons and an angel just near
his left ear, positioned as if to give him subtle
guidance.
The trees behind him stand still, and the clouds have
settled.
The wind from the previous Swords court cards has died
down, giving the impression of stability and clarity
rather than the confusion of sweeping change.
EXT. ELECTRIC DREAMS FAIRGROUND - HOUSE OF HORRORS
(CARNAGE, COSTAS, GANDER-DAVID, JACINTA, MANIACAL MIRTHA,
RUDI, SAD HARLEQUIN)
This is the scene where COSTAS enters a spooky house of
horrors in mortal combat with CARNAGE's two daughters, it
looks like an unfair fight, for them!
JACINTA
(Whispering through her embedded
bone mic) Do you have sufficient
ammo for your sling?
COSTAS
(Radio channel) Roger, Roger big
sis! I've been selecting stones
since we got here, I've got a good
collection.
JACINTA
(Whispering through her embedded
bone mic) Good, you know they have
dart guns, don't you?
COSTAS
(Radio channel) I'm not scared big
sis! Look at them, there slow and
fat!
JACINTA
(Whispering through her embedded
bone mic) Never the less, you be
careful, we're relying on you.
COSTAS
(Radio channel) Relax, big sis,
its roger, roger all around.
JACINTA
(Whispering through her embedded
bone mic) Watch out for booby
traps! I don't trust these chuckle
heads!
COSTAS
(Radio channel) They're all big
silly's!
JACINTA
(Whispering through her embedded
bone mic) COSTAS, break a leg!
COSTAS
(Radio channel) Roger, roger!
GANDER-DAVID
She's going to be alright, isn't
she? It's two against one, and
they have guns?
RUDI
Relax, she'll eat them alive!
CARNAGE
(Chuckling and rubbing hands) Now,
off you go with a laugh! MIRTHA
and you too, SAD HARLEQUIN!
SAD HARLEQUIN
But father, we can't see, its
blacker than night, how are we
going to find her?
CARNAGE
A clown never flinches from a
challenge my dear. Take these
vision goggles, my chuckling
chumps, it will bring light to a
darkened world. (Maniacal
laughter)
MANIACAL MIRTHA
Give me those, I'm going in first.
I'm going to kick the little shits
arse.
MANIACAL MIRTHA runs over to the house of horrors door
and enters first, followed shortly by SAD HARLEQUIN.
HOUSE OF HORRORS SOUND EFFECTS
MANIACAL MIRTHA
(Maniacal laughter) You are the
star of the show now, you rat!
We'll make you laugh like you've
never laughed before!
FOOTSTEPS ON WOOD
SAD HARLEQUIN
Can you see her?
MANIACAL MIRTHA
She's hiding under something. Come
out, come out, we want to play.
Show yourself! You can't escape
our house of horrors and you might
as well get this over with!
COSTAS
(In a pretend desperate voice)
Please, please, just let me go! I
promise I won't tell anyone.
MANIACAL MIRTHA
You squib, I hear you! I'm coming
for you. We can't have you holding
our secrets, can we? Our circus
thrives on secrets, and screams!
MANIACAL MIRTHA moves in a combat pose, but fails to see
COSTA hiding in the ceiling cavity.
SWISH OF SLING THEN CLONK AS STONE HITS HEAD
MANIACAL MIRTHA
Arghh, shit, she hit me with
something hard!
SAD HARLEQUIN
MARTHA you idiot! (Cackling) Come
out, come out, wherever are you,
you little shit?
MANIACAL MIRTHA
She's in the ceiling!
SAD HARLEQUIN
We see you!
COSTAS retreat's into the ceiling void, whilst SAD
HARLEQUIN climbs up on some boxes.
SAD HARLEQUIN
Come out, come out, we're going to
beat on you! We're the keepers of
those secrets! Now run, run! We'll
get you...!
COSTAS lashes out with her foot from a floor level duct
at the lower of the boxes, They collapse and SAD
HARLEQUIN falls heavily and hits her head.
BOXES COLLAPSING AND CRASH
COSTAS emerges from the grill, swings her sling with a
stone on it and connects with SAD HARLEQUIN's head.
SAD HARLEQUIN
Arghh!
SAD HARLEQUIN Subsides to the floor!
COSTAS continues to sprint through the dark and twisted
maze of the horrific house of horrors, with the MANICAL
MIRTHA in relentless pursuit.
WOODEN FOOTSTEPS
LOONEY TUNES LAUGHTER
COSTAS
You think you're hunting me, but
it's the other way around!
SWISH OF SLING
MANIACAL MIRTHA
Awwww! My head hurts. Who are you?
COSTAS
We're from the Bencubbin and we're
going to make you cry.
MANIACAL MIRTHA
You think I'm scared child? No I'm
laughing! I want your fear, your
tears! I'm going to entertain you!
COSTAS
Entertain this, Clown head!
SWISH OF SLING AND CLONK AS SOMETHING HITS A BODY
MANIACAL MIRTHA
Arghh! You little bitch! When this
circus is over, we'll add you to
our collection of lost souls.
COSTAS
I don't think so, fat sister! I
won't be part of anyone's
collection!
SWISH OF SLING ANOTHER LODER CLONK AS A STONE HITS A HEAD
MANIACAL MIRTHA
Arghh! Oh a can't see, my googles!
MANIACAL MIRTHA Staggers as another large stone clonks
her on the head.
COSTAS
You've got to find me, if you want
to entertain me!
COSTAS moves deeper into the nightmarish labyrinth.
EERIE SOUNDS OF THE DARK CIRCUS ECHO AROUND
MANIACAL MIRTHA
(Snickering) You can't escape, you
little bastard. Our circus always
gets what it wants.
COSTAS
Oh yeah!
MULTIPLE SWISHING OF SLING AS ITS ROTATED FOR SPEED THEN
LARGE CLUNK.
A stone hits MANIACAL MERTHA in the head. She falls to
the floor with a crunch and is out cold. COSTAS walks
over gives her a solid kick and takes the clown mask and
wig.
COSTAS
Pussy's!
COSTAS emerges dressed as MANIACAL MIRTHA.
CARNAGE
(Maniacal laughter, followed by a
sudden hush as he realises who has
appeared) My sweet, sweet child...
CARNAGE takes slow, deliberate steps towards what he
thinks is his daughter, his eyes wide with a mixture of
madness and longing.
JACINTA
(Shouted) Where's COSTAS? No, no,
you've killed her! What have you
done, you psychotic bastard!
CARNAGE
Back off, or I will remove your
laughter by killing you!
CARNAGE continues to approach his daughter but she does
not show any reaction.
CARNAGE
MIRTHA, you look miserable! This
is not the clown way! Do you not
recognise your own flesh and blood
beneath this painted mask of
madness? Have I become a monster
beyond recognition? (His voice
trembles with a hint of sorrow.)
CARNAGE reaches out a trembling hand, stained with
grotesque makeup, toward his daughter but quickly pulls
it back. COSTAS whips off the mask!
CARNAGE
Ohh! Oh my!
COSTAS
Roger, roger! Not so many chuckles
now, clown head!
Everyone on the cart cheers!
SMALL GROUP CHEER
RUDI
CARNAGE, we will be taking leave
of your carnival of calamity. Come
on COSTAS lets go home, I've had
enough of these clowns!
CARNAGE drops to his knees!
CARNAGE
Noooo!
The soup cart slow accelerates slowly away from the show
grounds as CARNAGE holds his hands to the sky.
RUDI
Relax, they'll be asleep, we don't
kill for fun!
CARNAGE
(Distant shout) You're never truly
alone. You'll hear the whispers in
the night. I'll remember this
RUDI!
RUDI
Jesus, go boil an egg!
JACINTA
COSTAS What did you do in there?
COSTAS
I set fire to it, it was dry wood.
JACINTA
I told you not to do that, will
they get out!
COSTAS
I only slightly knocked them out,
I dragged them to the exit. They
were fat and heavy. Big Sis, I've
decided I don't like clowns, their
smelly!
JACINTA
I don't like them either!
GANDER-DAVID
That's going to really piss him
off, let him write prose about
that shit!
COSTAS
Roger, Roger, he's a silly fat
clown, Earthworm Sister!
INT. RETROGRADE - VINCENT'S PRIVATE OFFICE -
STRACCIATELLA
VINCENT GAMBINO decides after the destruction of one of
his vans, to show the clowns some payback. He packs a
remotely controlled van with explosives and drives it
into the Electric Dreams Fairground. The detonation does
a lot of damage to the clowns headquarters.
VINCENT GAMBINO is pacing his office as the door opens
and GIOVANNI "THE ENFORCER" ROMANO enters.
GIOVANNI "THE ENFORCER" ROMANO
Boss, you called, what's up?
VINCENT GAMBINO
GIOVANNI, I think it's time to
send a clear message to those
fucking Clowns, they've been a
thorn in our side for far too long
and yesterday they destroyed one
of our vans with an RPG.
GIOVANNI "THE ENFORCER" ROMANO
I know, vans are expensive. What
do you have in mind?
VINCENT GAMBINO leans in closer, lowering his voice to a
whisper.
VINCENT GAMBINO
We need something that'll make
them tremble, GIOVANNI, something
they won't see coming. They
destroyed a van, lets destroy
their pathetic fairground. We're
going to plant a bomb, right in
their heart, destroy the lot.
GIOVANNI "THE ENFORCER" ROMANO
A large bomb, boss? Huh, bold
move. You know they're as mad as
all fuck! We need to take them out
and finish them, if we're going to
get them.
VINCENT GAMBINO
You know me, GIOVANNI. I react
hard and fast. First, we need find
a location that'll maximise their
casualties and send a message they
won't forget.
VINCENT GAMBINO unfurls an old paper map of the show
grounds, tracing his finger along the old side shows and
roller coasters.
GIOVANNI "THE ENFORCER" ROMANO
I found this old map boss! Look at
that shitty place!
VINCENT GAMBINO
Indeed! I've checked out that old
warehouse near the docks, wanted
to use it as a stash. Then I found
out that they use it as
accomodation and headquarters.
Take that out and that fucker
CARNAGE will know what's hit him!
GIOVANNI "THE ENFORCER" ROMANO
It's secluded and far enough away
from the edge of the Bencubbin,
keeps the CIS out of the picture!
VINCENT GAMBINO
Sure, makes sense, we don't want
blow back!
GIOVANNI "THE ENFORCER" ROMANO
How do we deliver and set it off?
VINCENT GAMBINO
I was thinking we make a visit to
this little shit I know, he could
make a really high explosive bomb!
GIOVANNI "THE ENFORCER" ROMANO
Not that that PINKY creep, you
sure boss?
VINCENT GAMBINO
I'll twist his fucking neck, he'll
make me a bomb!
GIOVANNI "THE ENFORCER" ROMANO
How do we deliver it to the
target?
VINCENT GAMBINO
That's the best bit GIOVANNI,
you'll see!
INT. ALL THE NICE THINGS - POPPING TOPPING
This is the scene where VINCENT GAMBINO twists PINKY into
making him a really powerful bomb.
As you step inside, you're immediately greeted by the
intoxicating aroma of sugar and nostalgia. The air is
thick with the scent of freshly baked waffle cones, warm
caramel, and the unmistakable fragrance of hand-pulled
taffy.
The shop offers a cornucopia of sweets—glistening rock
candies in shades of amber and rose, velvety chocolates
wrapped in ornate foil, and whimsical lollipops
resembling fantastical creatures. Handmade toffees and
fudge slabs, still warm and yielding, await eager hands.
In one corner, you find an entire section dedicated to
jellybeans. They're arranged by colour in glass
apothecary jars, creating a captivating rainbow that
beckons children and adults alike to scoop up handfuls of
their favourite flavours.
Mrs HULME is standing behind the counter as the door
opens with a rush!
SWEET SHOP DOOR
VINCENT GAMBINO swoops into PINKY's mum's sweet shop like
a vampire.
VINCENT GAMBINO
Good evening Mrs HULME.
MRS HULME
Ohhh! (Recovering from her
surprise and nearly falling off
here ladder) Good evening, Mr
GAMBINO! (Pause) Ah, welcome to my
humble establishment. You want
some sweets?
VINCENT GAMBINO
Your son Mrs HULME, I want you
son, but I might take a few sweet
treats with me!
MRS HULME
Ohhh! What's he done now?
VINCENT GAMBINO
Nothing Mrs HULME, don't look so
worried, I need a favour from him.
MRS HULME
He just a naughty boy Mr GAMBINO.
He doesn't mean anything by it,
please don't hurt him!
VINCENT GAMBINO
I'm sure he is Mrs HULME. I have
no intention of hurting the boy.
It must be very trying, for you,
having to manage such a (Choosing
word carefully) precocious
teenager!
MRS HULME
You have no idea!
VINCENT GAMBINO
Oh I might Mrs HULME, after all I
have to deal with the Casino
staff. They can have their issues
although its usually easily solved
by a visit to a airlock.
MRS HULME
Ohhhh! Can I offer you some
complimentary sweets Mr GAMBINO.
VINCENT GAMBINO
No need for that Mrs HULME, I will
pay. Now what shall I get?
MRS HULME
Who are you purchasing the sweets
for Mr GAMBINO?
VINCENT GAMBINO
Just my staff Mrs HULME.
MRS HULME
Some mints perhaps?
VINCENT GAMBINO
No, I think some chocolates,
liquor if you have them.
MRS HULME
Let me see, (Opens the chilled
cabinet) oh yes, here we are, a
box of chocolate truffles. How
many would you like, dear?
VINCENT GAMBINO
Several small boxes will do Mrs
HULME.
MRS HULME
Of course, Mr GAMBINO. Anything
else you'd like to try? We have
some delightful caramel-filled
chocolates and jellybeans that are
positively delightful.
VINCENT GAMBINO
Merde!(Whispered under his breath
and growing more impatient, he
then controls his face and
attempts a smile at Mrs HULME) No,
just the truffles, please Mrs
HULME.
MRS HULME
What was that Mr GAMBINO?
VINCENT GAMBINO
Oh, nothing Mrs HULME
MRS HULME
Mr GAMBINO, you seem a little bit
on edge. Can I offer you some
lemonade?
VINCENT GAMBINO
No thank you Mrs HULME. (Carefully
choosing his words] Let's just say
I have some pressing business to
attend to, and I need to meet with
your son urgently.
MRS HULME
Oh him, he's a very naughty boy,
I'm sure he won't be able to help
you. He never does any of the
chores around the home. I've sent
him to his room to do his
chemistry homework!
VINCENT GAMBINO
(Starts to loss his cool but under
his breath) Merde, (VINCENT forces
an insincere smile on his face and
presses onwards) oh well Mrs
HULME, can't be helped. I'm here I
have some homework for him!
MRS HULME
Well then, you better go through.
Back door, up the steps to the red
lock door.
VINCENT GAMBINO
Thank you Mrs HULME. How much do I
owe you?
MRS HULME
That'll be $12 credits, dearie.
VINCENT pulls out some crumpled paper credits, probably
lifted from the tables at the casino and hands a large
note to Mrs HULME.
VINCENT GAMBINO
Keep the change Mrs HULME.
MRS HULME
Thank you so much! I hope you
enjoy those truffles. If you ever
need more sweets or a friendly
chat, you know where to find me.
VINCENT GAMBINO
Yes, (Slight cough) thank you. Up
the stairs?
MRS HULME
Yes dearie up the stairs!
INTERCOM
VINCENT GAMBINO
(Under his breath) Merde, I'll
kill that saccharine bitch if
these chocolates are shit. (Climbs
stairs) Chemical delivery!
PINKY
(Intercom) I haven't ordered any
chemicals.
VINCENT GAMBINO
PINKY, my boy, you're a hard
person to pin down, I had to get
past your mother, and purchase
some chocolates!
PINKY
Holy crap! Ohhh shit. You've got
the wrong man I don't make drugs!
VINCENT GAMBINO
That's why you're still alive!
DOOR is unlatched and opens!
AIRLOCK DOOR
Drops a flask of reagents in shock at this sudden
intrusion into his laboratory!
PINKY shifted uncomfortably, avoiding direct eye contact
with VINCENT GAMBINO.
PINKY
I've been keeping a low profile Mr
GAMBINO like you suggested last
time we met. You know, things at
school haven't been easy.
VINCENT GAMBINO
I'm aware, PINKY, I'm aware of
most things going on in the
Bencubbin. I know you've been a
very naughty boy, your mother told
me!
PINKY
She's senile, doesn't know what's
going on, outside her sweet shop!
VINCENT GAMBINO
Probably for the best then! Now
PINKY you've got skills that can
be quite valuable to me.
PINKY
I don't know anything about drugs!
VINCENT GAMBINO
I don't need drugs, I need
explosive. (He fiddles with a
flask)
PINKY
I wouldn't touch that if I was
you!
VINCENT GAMBINO
(Putting flask down and staring
piercingly at PINKY) Which is why
I'm here in front of your horrible
sweaty face.
PINKY swallows hard, his nervousness palpable.
PINKY
Mr GAMBINO I've not encroached at
all. I'm not interested in getting
back into that business. I told
you. I moved on to other things.
VINCENT GAMBINO
But you see, PINKY, you owe me a
debt. A debt that needs repaying.
PINKY
I paid my dues, I did what you
asked, kept my mouth shut! I
thought we were square?
VINCENT GAMBINO
Well, you're wrong. Loyalty is a
two-way street and we control all
the streets. Now, I've got a job
that only you can do.
PINKY
(PINKY stammering, whisper) What,
what kind of job?
VINCENT GAMBINO
Lets postulate that, say there's a
rival faction, that say, has been
encroaching on our territory. I
need to send them a message, an
explosive message, one they won't
forget. I need you to build a
bomb.
PINKY
A bomb? MR GAMBINO, I'm don't have
those explosive chemicals anymore.
VINCENT GAMBINO
A bomb a small but powerful bomb.
PINKY, you owe me. And believe me,
you don't want to find out what
happens, when someone who owes me,
doesn't deliver.
PINKY
But, but!
SLAM AS VINCENT GAMBINO HITS DESK AND SMASHES ONE OF HIS
FLASKS.
VINCENT GAMBINO
There's a lot of valuable
equipment in here. Its very
delicate.
PINKY
OK, OK, MR GAMBINO I'll do it. But
this is the last time.
VINCENT GAMBINO
That is not for you to decide,
however, I understand that loyalty
should have its reward. You do
this you get some cash! You have
one day to get back to me with
your ingredients list.
INT. HIDDEN CORRIDOR SUB LEVEL FIVE - PERFORMANCE
DRAMATICUS
(CHEN, GANDER-DAVID, HESSE, JACINTA, MILTON COBO, MOMO, RUDI,
VINCENT GAMBINO)
This is the scene where HESSE plays what she thinks is a
web based entertainment session, but is in fact a peppers
ghost scam in the mirror in VINCENT GAMBINO's bedroom.
Scattered along the hidden corridor are pieces of
miscellaneous theatre equipment. The walls have been
recently painted matt black.
Exposed wires dangle from several panels where power has
been routed to multiple sets of theatre lighting
The corridor has some rails and a home built wooden
trolley upon which a women dressed in a witches costume
is gesticulating. Save for the faint hum of life support
systems the only major sound is her voice.
JACINTA and CHEN crouch in the corridor, dressed in black
clothes and face masks. Further back in a control station
setup behind doors are MILTON COBO, MOMO and RUDI.
The air is thick with the faint scent of oil and
machinery but its tinged with a faint mushroomy smell.
VINCENT GAMBINO is sitting in his bedroom looking at old
photos the other side of a glass screen.
INTERCOM CLICK
MILTON COBO
HESSE you understand the
instructions?
INTERCOM CLICK
HESSE
I think so, this is a very strange
setup MILTON, why do I have to
stand on this trolley and wear
these nose plugs.
INTERCOM CLICK
MILTON COBO
Remember you're playing the ghost
of the dead mother, the plugs
mearly flare your nose.
INTERCOM CLICK
HESSE
Yes I know that, but why is the
other actor on the other side of a
glass screen?
INTERCOM CLICK
MILTON COBO
It's a new type of entertainment
experience in virtual reality
darling. This is going to be a
test run, and you will be on the
promotional video. HESSE darling
you will be at the vanguard of the
white heat of new technology. You
will become the very bee's knees
of the stage, a veritable luminary
whose brilliance dazzles all who
have the privilege of gazing upon
your theatrical artistry. An ocean
of work will surely follow your
performance!
INTERCOM CLICK
MILTON turns off his microphone and turns to MOMO.
MOMO
MILTON, I felt positively sick, at
you regaling HESSE with your,
shall we say, rather creative
rendition of the role.
MILTON COBO
Sorry MOMO, but one must use a bit
of artistic license to make the
role sound more enticing? Like
cream on a scone!
MOMO
Artistic license, my dear boy?
Your description was closer to a
swashbuckling epic than a simple
romantic drama. You are the limit!
Are you sure that a lady of the
theatre is likely not to see
through such embellishments?
MILTON COBO
Well with all the booze, her mind
is now like the sad soup in a bad
restaurant. I venture that her
fragmented intellect is better
left unstirred from any real
cognitive effort. How else do I
explain the one way mirror?
MULTIPLE BLEEPING CALL FROM INTERCOM
MILTON COBO
Hold on, she's on the line again.
MILTON switches the microphone on?
INTERCOM CLICK
MILTON COBO
Yes my darling, how can I assist!
INTERCOM CLICK
HESSE
MILTON I need proper direction, I
feel lost!
INTERCOM CLICK
MILTON COBO
(Clearing of throat) Well, HESSE,
if you could kindly endeavour to
infuse this scene with the sort of
spirited exuberance that makes
one's heart leap like a startled
gazelle, and yet maintain the
subtlety of a butterfly's delicate
flutter, you shall, I have no
doubt, transport our audience to a
realm of pure theatrical ecstasy!
INTERCOM CLICK
HESSE
More shakespearian, like a dark
crow?
INTERCOM CLICK
MILTON COBO
(Slight cough) Yes!
INTERCOM CLICK
HESSE
I'll try MILTON, but the dress
rehearsal was so terrible!
INTERCOM CLICK
MILTON COBO
But, you know what that means
darling?
INTERCOM CLICK
HESSE
That the performance will be a
triumph?
INTERCOM CLICK
MILTON COBO
Yes, HESSE, absolutely! Break a
leg! Now I have to go darling, I'm
talking to the Bio Booth.
INTERCOM CLICK
MOMO
Bio booth?
MILTON COBO
The guys in the corridor on
lights.
MOMO
These theatrical terms are so
stupid!
INTERCOM BUZZING
MILTON COBO
Oh shit, it's her again!
INTERCOM CLICK
MILTON COBO
HESSE, let's not lose our heads,
shall we? What seems to be the
trouble?
INTERCOM CLICK
HESSE
I don't know MILTON, I feel very
uncomfortable, I need a little
pick me up, this is all too much!
I asked for sapphire silk, and
they've given me cobalt!
INTERCOM CLICK
MILTON COBO
You'll be fine HESSE! We can't
halt the show for a shade of blue.
Perhaps our audience won't notice!
INTERCOM CLICK
HESSE
Won't notice?! My entire
motivation hinges on this costume!
My character's essence is imbued
with the spirit of sapphire! I
shan't go on like this, I simply
shan't!
INTERCOM CLICK
MILTON COBO
You're a ghost HESSE, remember.
Ghosts always look blue, however,
the shade of blue is as a sky lark
in the wind.
INTERCOM CLICK
MILTON COBO
I'm going to kill her! (Deep
breath)
INTERCOM CLICK
HESSE
I shall not compromise. Fetch the
right costume at once, and let the
world wait for my true brilliance.
INTERCOM CLICK
Turns off the talk back and turns to RUDI.
MILTON COBO
She's rocking like a jelly in a
high wind! RUDI any idea's?
RUDI
Plan B?
MILTON COBO
Yes, unfortunately, I think so!
INTERCOM CLICK
Turns on the talkback.
MILTON COBO
HESSE darling, look in your left
hand pocket, I put a small flask
of liquid inspiration, it will
help!
HESSE
Oh, thank god! (Swallowing) Oh,
that's the stuff!
GURGLING NOISE AS HESSE DOWNS THE FLASK IN ONE GULP
HESSE
Ahhh! That's better, Mr De Mill
lead on! (To herself) Come on
HESSE, The words are my friends.
They're not the enemy, me, me, me,
me, (Throat clearing) me, me
(Cough) Come on, to the stage!
MOMO
MILTON she's sounding like a
moped!
INTERCOM CLICK
JACINTA
Shall I pull on the rope?
MILTON COBO
No not yet! (Talkback on)
INTERCOM CLICK
MILTON COBO
HESSE, are you ready darling?
INTERCOM CLICK
HESSE
I'm ready, thank you. (Slightly
wobbly voice) MILTON he's moving
towards the screen. He's looking
straight at me, I don't like his
eyes, he looks like a killer.
INTERCOM CLICK
MILTON turns the talk back off and turns to RUDI
MILTON COBO
What did you put in the flask?
RUDI
Neat gin, like you said!
MILTON COBO
Did you water it down?
RUDI
No, you didn't say, I couldn't
find the small flask, so I gave
her the large one.
MILTON COBO
Oh, sweet Jesus, she's going to
explode! She already sounds half
gone and she thinks VINCENT
GAMBINO has killer eyes!
RUDI
Well he does, doesn't he! Did she
drink the lot?
MILTON COBO
Yeap.
RUDI
Bugger!
INTERCOM CLICK
MILTON turns the talk back on.
MILTON COBO
HESSE darling, its just his acting
style, he is Italian after all.
INTERCOM CLICK
HESSE
Italian, I've had nightmares! I
don't like the way he looks at me.
INTERCOM CLICK
MILTON COBO
Are you alright my darling?
INTERCOM CLICK
HESSE
(Slurring words) I couldn't breath
with those awful plugs, so I threw
them away!
INTERCOM CLICK
MILTON turns off the talk back.
MILTON COBO
RUDI, we are in trouble! She's
taken the plugs out, how long
until the hallucinogenics kick in?
RUDI
I don't know, we did have a spill
a few days ago, and the
concentration has built up in the
corridor. Ten minutes maybe?
MILTON COBO
Oh, shit, we need to go now.
INTERCOM CLICK
MILTON turns on talkback.
MILTON COBO
HESSE darling don't worry, he
can't see or hear you yet. So, if
you would be so awfully kind as to
start the show, but this time with
a dash of vivacious pizzazz and a
soupçon of ineffable grace, we
shall be eternally grateful.
INTERCOM CLICK
RUDI
Now?
INTERCOM CLICK
MILTON COBO
Yes ACTION?
INTERCOM CLICK
MILTON turns off talkback to HESSE
MILTON COBO
CHEN get the lights up, DAVID cue
one, get on with it!
CHEN
She's moving down the corridor and
she's off the platform.
RUDI
Did you say she's off the
platform, what do I do now?
CHEN
She's walking towards the mirror.
MILTON COBO
DAVID, cue smoke, quick, plenty of
it!
SMOKE MACHINE
HESSE
(Coughing) MILTON, I can't breath!
INTERCOM CLICK
MILTON turns on talkback to HESSE
MILTON COBO
HESSE, deep breaths, run the
lines!
INTERCOM CLICK
MILTON turns off talkback
MILTON COBO
I'm going to kill that drunken
bitch, why can't she follow the
simplest instructions?
RUDI
You can't kill her, she's a ghost
remember! Relax it's just her
artistic nature!
MILTON COBO
Artistic nature! She just a
bloody drunk!
INTERCOM CLICK
MILTON COBO
HESSE darling, remember move your
arms like a witch, mouth some
incantations, that sort of thing!
HESSE
Round about the cauldron go; In
the poison'd entrails throw. Toad,
that under cold stone Days and
nights has thirty-one Swelter'd
venom sleeping got, Boil thou
first I' the charmed pot.
MILTON COBO
Oh, Jeez, she's off piste, thats
Shakespeare!
GANDER-DAVID
Sort of sounds like the part!
MILTON COBO
What if GAMBINO knows Shakespeare,
he is educated after all!
GANDER-DAVID
Well, its too late, we just have
to hope for the best!
HESSE starts seriously loosing it, waving arms and
screeching!
CROW LIKE SCREECHING
HESSE
Fillet of a fenny snake, In the
cauldron boil and bake; Eye of
newt and toe of frog, Wool of bat
and tongue of dog, Adder's fork
and blind-worm's sting, Lizard's
leg and owlet's wing, For a charm
of powerful trouble, Like a hell
broth boil and bubble.
CHEN
Shall I kill the lights?
MILTON COBO
No, keep them on, look at GAMBINO
I think he is responding! I'm
turning on the mic so she can hear
him!
MICROPHONE CLICK AND A TINNY VINCENT GAMBINO
VINCENT GAMBINO
Mother, mother. I miss you. It's
been hard.
MILTON COBO
CHEN lights to maximum!
HESSE materialises in the mirror along with billows of
smoke!
VINCENT GAMBINO
Mother is that you! Ohhhh!
VINCENT GAMBINO reaches out with his hands as if trying
to grasp the presence beyond the mirror!
HESSE
Scale of dragon, tooth of wolf,
Witches' mummy, maw and gulf Of
the ravin'd t-sea shark, Root of
hemlock digg'd i' the dark, Liver
of blaspheming Jew, Gall of goat,
and slips of yew Silver'd in the
moon's eclipse, Nose of Turk and
Tartar's lips, Finger of birth
strangled babe Ditch-deliver'd by
a drab, Make the gruel thick and
slab: Add there to a tiger's
chaudron, For the ingredients of
our cauldron.
VINCENT GAMBINO's eyes grow wider as his mothers
apparition gets stronger.
VINCENT GAMBINO
Is it the kitchens, is the food
bad, what do you mean!
HESSE
Yes, my love. I'm here to talk
with you, to offer guidance and
comfort.
VINCENT GAMBINO's eyes well up with tears, a mix of
sadness and wonder.
VINCENT GAMBINO
Mummy, I don't understand!
MILTON COBO
Shit, I think it's actually
working.
INTERCOM CLICK
MILTON COBO
More smoke DAVID, keep it
difficult to see her, CHEN start
slowly fading.
INTERCOM CLICK
HESSE
Cool it with a baboon's blood,
Then the charm is firm and good.
VINCENT GAMBINO
I've been struggling, Mummy. It's
like a piece of me is missing.
Father is so cold and heartless!
HESSE
By the pricking of my thumbs,
Something wicked this way comes.
Open, locks, Whoever knocks!
HESSE genuflects and then gestures toward the photograph
on the side table. MILTON turns to MOMO completely
surprised.
MILTON COBO
Oh crap, she's complete of piste!
But strangely, this might actually
work!
RUDI
Don't count your chickens yet, we
have to do the fade out, and close
off!
MILTON COBO
Your right, OK lets kill it before
its blown, we don't have to give
answers!
INTERCOM CLICK
MILTON COBO
CHEN kill the lights. Her mic is
off. JACINTA get in there and
close the shutter quickly and get
her out.
RUDI
I think she's starting to do
Chaucer now, she's covering all
the bases!
HESSE
I conjure you, by that which you
profess, Howe'er you come to know
it, answer me: Though you untie
the winds and let them ... argh
JACINTA
I've got her MILTON! Get back you
mad bitch.
SLAPPING NOISE!
JACINTA gives HESSE a good slap to wake her up, but it's
too late she is in full flow!
HESSE
Pour in sow's blood, that hath
eaten Her nine farrow; grease
that's sweaten, urghh!
SLAPPING NOISE!
JACINTA
She's still going.
MILTON COBO
Take her down, get her out of
there!
CHOCKING NOISES.
RUDI
Look at GAMBINO he's crying!
MAN SOBBING
VINCENT GAMBINO
Mama I wish you were here to see
all that's happened.
MILTON COBO
JACINTA, CHEN's going to raise the
lights, throw the tarot cards into
the light and let them fall, Keep
HESSE down.
JACINTA
She's out cold!
MILTON COBO
Good! CHEN fade the lights as they
fall.
HESSE stirs and starts to speak.
HESSE
Hubble bubb..argh!
THUMP
JACINTA
Jeez, she a tough one!
LOUDER THUMP AS JACINTA SUBDUES HESSE
JACINTA
MILTON, I had to hit her again,
she was going to try and get
through the glass!
MILTON COBO
Drag her out of there, dump her in
the changing room. She'll think
it's a hangover!
VINCENT GAMBINO
No, no no! Mother! What did you
mean! Merde!
VINCENT GAMBINO slams his hands against the mirror
rattling the wall.
MILTON COBO
He can't get through can he?
JACINTA
Its armour glass, it would need a
fifty cal!
MILTON COBO
I wouldn't put it past him. DAVID
how much of a kicker did you give
VINCENT?
GANDER-DAVID
A solid pop, two squirts. Do you
think he is sufficiently loopy?
MILTON COBO
Look at him, you think!
MALE CRYING & WHIMPERING OF A MAD MAN
VINCENT GAMBINO
I'm stuck in this cycle of
madness. Father you bastard!
MALE CRYING & WHIMPERING OF A MAD MAN
MILTON COBO
I would not want to be VITTORIO
"Don Leone" GAMBINO! (Laughter)
DAVID you ready for the final lay,
I think we have set the scene!
GANDER-DAVID
I'm going to enjoy every
excruciating second!
