LUCAS: Mom!
[LUCAS' HOUSE. KAREN is working at the table. LUCAS walks into the room, whering a robe and a towel around his neck, shampoo still in his hair]
LUCAS: Mom, did you forget to pay the water bill?
KAREN: No, of course I paid the water bill. [She sees LUCAS and walks over to the sink and tries the water there. It doesn't work] See? This is what we need the emergency Visa for. Something must've broken. I'll take care of it. Come on, lets get you rinsed.
[LUCAS leans over the sink and KAREN pours a water jug over his head. She laughs]
LUCAS: How is this funny, Mom?
KAREN: How is this not funny?
[THE SCOTT'S HOUSE. DAN and NATHAN walk into the kitchen to find a WOMAN preparing a salad]
WOMAN: Hey. Check it out. It's called 'dinner.'
DAN: Who is that lady? Is that my wife?
[NATHAN looks pleasantly surprised]
DAN: I didn't think you were getting back until Monday.
WOMAN: I wasn't. Until I sweet talked Ziodex into doubling their 'Gift to AIDS'
research. It took me all of one meeting.
DAN: Wow, I'm impressed. You sure you don't want to quit saving the world and come sell cars with me?
DEB: Mmm, thanks, but I like the Frequent Flyer miles.
[DEB walks over to NATHAN and gives him a hug]
DEB: Hey. How's my boy?
NATHAN: I have warm-ups, Mom.
DEB: Oh, come on, sit. Dinner's almost ready and I haven't seen you from weeks.
NATHAN: I can't. I got to go. Don't wait up.
DAN: Nathan. Remember what I told you. He can't shoot if he doesn't have the ball.
[THE GYM. The RAVENS are all gathered around WHITEY and the cheerleaders are chanting]
WHITEY: Damnit, this is a team, not a Chinese fire grill. Scott, you're plain selfish. Get
out there and pretend you know each other.
TIM: Ravens on three. One! Two! Three!
TEAM: Ravens!
WHITEY: Lets go, lets go, lets go!
[THE GYM. PEYTON and BROOKE are supposed to be cheering off to the side]
BROOKE: Hey, can I catch a ride with you to Nathan's party later.
PEYTON: I didn't think you were going. I figured you'd be hiding out in Lucas' back
seat again.
BROOKE: Jealous.
PEYTON: No.
BROOKE: What? I could see it. You're both so broody. You could brood together.
[THE GYM. The game's going on. As they play, the announcer's announcing]
ANNOUNCER: Now the Ravens in bound with the ball. Looks like they're trying to
isolate Nathan Scott on the baseline. The Masenberg defense tightens on him. Scott battles through, still working hard to get open down there. Now Tim Smith, with the ball, working over on the wing. He's dribbling, looking for Nathan underneath, but he's not there. And now- Oh! Oh! A cross court pass putting Lucas Scott over the basket.
[KAREN'S in the audience. She's grinning. DAN, on the other hand, is not]
ANNOUNCER: So much for the putty grip on that one as the Ravens fall back on the bench.
NATHAN: [Screaming at TIM] What was that?
ANNOUNCER: And I tell you what, Lucas Scott is really starting to gel with this team.
[THE GYM. The game's over, and most of the people have already filtered out. NATHAN and TIM are walking across the gym, and NATHAN'S angry]
TIM: He had a better angle. I'm sorry. Nathan, come on, Man. I'm just trying to win.
[THE GYM. KAREN'S standing with LUCAS]
KAREN: So are you excited?
LUCAS: What? That we won?
KAREN: No, because there's running water in the locker room. We're gonna be roughing it until tomorrow.
[LUCAS laughs]
LUCAS: It's okay...
[THE GYM. NATHAN walks up to DAN]
NATHAN: What's up, Dad?
[DAN looks at him then walks away. DEB walks up to NATHAN]
DEB: Nice game, sweetie.
[NATHAN looks toward the direction in which DAN walked away]
NATHAN: Try telling that to Dad.
[As NATHAN walks over to LUCAS, he hears a woman say to her son "I'm proud of you. I'll see you later"]
NATHAN: Two decent games in a row, man. Getting better or just lucky? [Pause] Team's got a party tonight. My parents' beach house.
LUCAS: Why are you tell me that?
NATHAN: Because I said the team, didn't I? [Pause] Look, it's kind of the off season. Might as well deal with it.
[THEME SONG PLAYS]
[A STREET AT NIGHT. LUCAS is driving the Body Shop truck and HALEY'S sitting in the passenger street]
HALEY: The guys kidnapped you, trashed your court, threatened you with bodily
harm. Party, yeah. Sure, why not?
LUCAS: Okay, listen, I know it's all a setup, alright? But I'm not gonna let him screw with me. Whatever he dishes out he's going to get back double.
HALEY: Do you think maybe- I mean, just maybe- he's had a change of heart?
LUCAS: Hmm. That requires a heart.
[THE STREET IN FRONT OF NATHAN'S PARENTS' BEACH HOUSE. PEYTON pulls to a stop. BROOKE'S in the passenger seat]
BROOKE: Every time I ride with you, I swear I'm never going to do it again.
[PEYTON gets out of the car, and BROOKE follows]
BROOKE: Keys?
PEYTON: Tempt fate.
[TIM walks up to PEYTON]
TIM: Peyton. You've got to talk to him. Lucas had the better shot. You saw it, right?
BROOKE: Tim? Are you being pathetic?
[TIM rolls his eyes and turns around just as LUCAS' truck pulls to a stop]
TIM: What's he doing here?
[NATHAN walks over]
NATHAN: I invited him. I mean, since you guys are such great friends now.
PEYTON: What are you trying to pull?
NATHAN: Nothing.
[LUCAS and HALEY get out of the truck and walk over]
NATHAN: I wasn't sure you'd come.
LUCAS: That makes two of us.
NATHAN: [To HALEY] Hi. I'm Nathan Scott.
[He holds out his hand and HALEY shakes it]
HALEY: Um, yeah, I know, I'm Haley.
[NATHAN walks inside with LUCAS and HALEY, passing PEYTON on the way. She looks suspicious]
[INSIDE THE BEACH HOUSE. NATHAN, PEYTON, BROOKE, and TIM walk into a room]
BROOKE: Tonight's gonna be great.
[TIM smiles and the four walk past the camera, right as LUCAS enters. He's looking around. HALEY whistles]
HALEY: Well. I bet their plumbing works.
[LUCAS laughs]
HALEY: I'm just saying...
LUCAS: Alright, thanks.
HALEY: Yeah.
[BROOKE walks up to TIM, PEYTON, and NATHAN, and another guy and girl who are standing elsewhere in the room. BROOKE'S holding a newspaper]
BROOKE: Have you guy's seen this?
GIRL: Uh-uh.
BROOKE: The High School Fearleader. It's a comic strip. [Pause] Wait, this is insulting, right?
GUY: My dog can draw better than this.
BROOKE: Really, what guy keeps his hat on during s*x?
[NATHAN looks at PEYTON]
BROOKE: Who is this socky person anyway?
NATHAN: [Still looking at PEYTON] Yeah, I wonder.
PEYTON: It's just a stupid comic strip. Who cares, right?
BROOKE: It's more like sucky. Whoever it is doesn't know the first thing about it. It's like so...
LUCAS: Shallow?
[PEYTON looks at LUCAS]
PEYTON: Where's the keg?
[NATHAN'S ROOM. As DAN passes the door, he noticed DEB is in there. He steps in]
DAN: You okay?
DEB: He used to ask before he put stuff up. Now... I don't even know what he's interested in. [Pause] Besides basketball.
DAN: Basketball. Yeah, seems like it changes from day to day.
DEB: Mmm. [Pause] He talks to you, Dan. How's he been doing?
DAN: Well, he's holding up considering Whitey's moved him out of his position, but it's probably temporary.
DEB: I asked you how he is, not how he's playing. It must be confusing for him with
Lucas on the team now. [Pause] Were we going to talk about that?
DAN: I think that's probably temporary too.
DEB: You think or you wish? [Pause] Um I, I saw Karen at the game tonight, but then... I've never really spoken to her.
DAN: I know this is hard on you, Deb.
DEB: No, not really. I think it's harder for you and Nathan.
[BEACH HOUSE PARTY. LUCAS and HALEY are walking]
HALEY: So, I know you're like, having the time of your life, but can we please make
like a tree and get out of here?
LUCAS: We just got here.
HALEY: Whatever. You let me know when you've proved your point. I'm going to go to one of the eighteen bathrooms in this place.
LUCAS: Gonna be back in five?
HALEY: Yeah.
LUCAS: Alright
[HALEY leaves]
RANDOM GUY: Hey, good game, man.
LUCAS: Hey, thanks.
[LUCAS walks into the dining room, where BROOKE, NATHAN, PEYTON and a few others are playing a game]
BROOKE: Lucas. Come play.
LUCAS: What's the game?
BROOKE: I never...
GUY: And yet apparently you have.
BROOKE: Shut up, Vegas.
NATHAN: Alright. So the game is, we all take turns saying things that we've never
done, and anybody at the table who has...bam!
[NATHAN holds out a cup]
LUCAS: Drinks.
[NATHAN nods]
LUCAS: Yeah.
[LUCAS takes the cup from NATHAN and takes a sip]
NATHAN: Alright, Theresa, you're up.
THERESA: Okay. Lets see. I've never... had s*x with anything made out of plastic.
[BROOKE takes a sip and everyone laughs]
BROOKE: Okay, my turn. I've never... no I did that, um...
[BROOKE laughs]
NATHAN: Alright. My turn. Oh, lets see. Um... I've never... I've never had a dad who
wished I was a stain on the bed sheets.
[PEOPLE laugh, somewhat uncomfortably. PEYTON looks at LUCAS. LUCAS glares at NATHAN, then walks over to NATHAN. He places his cup in front of him]
LUCAS: Then you're welcome to mine.
[NATHAN laughs. BROOKE and PEYTON look after LUCAS, worried]
[A BATHROOM door. PEYTON goes to open it]
VOICE: Hang on a minute.
[PEYTON lets go and a toilet flushes. HALEY comes out]
HALEY: Sorry.
[She starts to walk by PEYTON[
PEYTON: How's the tutoring going?
[HALEY stops]
PEYTON: You're tutoring Nathan, right? [Pause] It's okay. He tells me everything.
HALEY: Yeah. You know, he um... said he needed some help.
PEYTON: Maybe you could teach him to stop being such a jackass.
HALEY: I will... put that on my lesson plan.
PEYTON: Just be careful, okay.
HALEY: Yeah... sure.
[HALEY starts to walk away]
PEYTON: Does Lucas know you're helping Nathan?
[HALEY doesn't answer]
PEYTON: You know... you say a lot when you keep your mouth shut.
HALEY: I'm... okay.
PEYTON: I keep mine shut too.
[A ROOM full of trophies. HALEY picks up a picture, and LUCAS knocks down another]
HALEY: What happened?
LUCAS: Oh, same old crap. You know, he thinks that if he keeps hammering me, I'll
quit the team.
HALEY: Oh. What did he do this time?
LUCAS: He made some feeble comment. Not gonna let it get to me.
HALEY: Yeah, obviously that's working out for you.
[LUCAS laughs]
HALEY: Luke... have you guys ever actually talked?
LUCAS: Yeah, sure. We trade emails too.
HALEY: I'm just saying you're so hypersensitive around each other. And... I get it. I
just think that maybe everything he says, you take the wrong way, and vice versa.
LUCAS: Okay, there is no misunderstanding what he said. And why are you defending him?
HALEY: I'm, I'm just, I'm trying to bring some perspective. I mean...It's a really screwing situation and I'm sure having you around isn't any easier for him than it is for you and I think maybe if you guys could just talk...
LUCAS: Okay, tell me that I'm not hearing this.
HALEY: Then what are you doing here, Lucas? Obviously, you're looking for something, right?
LUCAS: I'm not going to let him win.
HALEY: Fine. Don't let him win. I'm gonna go.
[HALEY starts to leave]
LUCAS: Haley!
HALEY: Nope.
[As HALEY walks out of the room, she runs into NATHAN]
NATHAN: Are you leaving?
HALEY: Nathan...we had a deal. You promised you were gonna be nice.
NATHAN: I- I am nice. I invited him to this stinking party, didn't I?
HALEY: Well, what for? So you could pick on him in public? What did you say anyway?
NATHAN: Oh, man. Is that what- I made a lame joke. I mean, look, the guys...
sometimes we get kind of raw with each other. I was just trying to include him. He took it the wrong way.
HALEY: Well, maybe you need to rethink your approach.
NATHAN: Well, you're his friend. How do I handle this?
HALEY: It's easy, stop being such a... [Whispered] joke. [THE PORCH OF THE BEACH HOUSE. LUCAS walks outside and PEYTON'S sitting on a swinging chair]
PEYTON: He really slammed you.
LUCAS: I don't care what he thinks.
PEYTON: Neither do I.
LUCAS: Oh yeah? Then why are you drinking?
[PEYTON takes another sip]
[THE DOOR TO THE PORCH. NATHAN walks by and sees LUCAS with PEYTON. He sees Tim at the video cabinet]
TIM: Nathan! I can't believe your parents don't have any decent p0rn.
NATHAN: Wait. I've got something.
[He joins TIM at the video cabinet and hands TIM a movie]
NATHAN: Put that in.
GUY: What is it?
NATHAN: It's a comedy.
[THE PORCH. LUCAS is kneeling across from PEYTON, talking to her]
LUCAS: So I'm confused. You want to be anonymous...and you let the world watch you on a web cam.
PEYTON: The world isn't watching me... but I guess you are.
LUCAS: Okay, the point is... you want to express yourself but you don't want people
to know it's you.
PEYTON: I guess I'm just a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside a @#%$.
LUCAS: Or maybe just a tortured artist.
PEYTON: Look, I don't need you defending me and my work. I don't need you analyzing it or interpreting me either. And in fact, I'm pretty sure I don't need you at all.
LUCAS: Pretty sure?
[LUCAS freezes as he hears his mother's name inside]
[TELEVISION. There's video tape playing, showing KAREN and DAN as Prom King and Queen]
WOMAN: Tree Hill High's Snowball Court King and Queen, Daniel Scott and Karen Roe.
Karen, what's the secret to your success?
[LUCAS and PEYTON walk in. LUCAS is upset]
KAREN: Um, the secret to our success. Hmm. I don't know. Good question. Dan?
DAN: Good s*x!
[The audience laughs]
KAREN: Be serious.
WOMAN: Karen, do you think you guys will get married?
KAREN: DO I think Dan and I will get married? Hmm... who knows. I mean...
BROOKE: Oh my god, the hair!
KAREN: But he really is the sweetest guy in the whole world. So I'm thinking, yes.
Come visit us in 10 years and I bet you can meet the kids and get a tour of our big house and see how happy we are.
TIM: Who's the girl?
WOMAN: Okay ladies and gentleman, there's your Prom King and Queen, Dan Scott and Karen Roe.
LUCAS: That's my mom.
NATHAN: At least their dreams came true for one of them, right?
LUCAS: Yeah, except for the happy part, right?
[LUCAS slams NATHAN against a wall as he walks by. NATHAN and his friends laugh, but BROOKE and PEYTON don't]
[SCENE_BREAK]
[THE PIER BY THE WATER AT THE BEACH HOUSE. HALEY'S sitting on the railing when NATHAN comes up]
NATHAN: I thought you left.
HALEY: Yeah, uh, I tried to. If the stupid cab would ever get here.
NATHAN: Well, I'm glad you stayed. [Pause] I want to thank you for holding back?
HALEY: What do you mean?
NATHAN: Jerk is pretty tame. You could've called me a lot worse. I probably deserved it.
HALEY: Look, I've been thinking a lot about this tutoring thing. [Pause] I'm sorry. I don't, I just don't think it's a good idea.
NATHAN: Because of Lucas?
HALEY: Well, obviously, yeah. I don't know what I was thinking. There's no good that can possibly come of this.
NATHAN: Really? I thought I saw you guys fight back there.
HALEY: Meaning what, that I should keep tutoring you to stick it to him? Maybe that's how they do things in Nathan land, but I'm not going to do that to my best friend.
NATHAN: Maybe you're doing me a favor then.
HALEY: What does that mean?
NATHAN: Sometimes I think it would be easier if I got kicked off the team. Especially with my dad.
HALEY: I should go find, um, Lucas, and just, just try and smooth things over.
NATHAN: He left a while ago.
[HALEY nods]
HALEY: Great. Well, I guess I'm walking.
[THE STREET BY THE FRONT OF THE BEACH HOUSE. NATHAN and HALEY emerge next to the stairs]
NATHAN: Let me give you a ride.
HALEY: It's not that far.
NATHAN: Forget it, you're not going to walk. We'll take Peyton's car.
HALEY: I- I'm really fine.
NATHAN: You're a little high on yourself, aren't you? Going around telling people you're all fine. Look, please, at least take the ride. It's the least I can do.
[HALEY gets in the car and NATHAN shuts the door]
[THE SCOTT'S HOUSE. DAN is in the living room, watching a game. DEB comes in]
DEB: Dan. We should talk.
[DEB grabs the remote and turns the TV off]
DEB: You know, I try to let these things roll off my back. You shut down and walk out
mid-conversation. I swallow it and let it churn around in my stomach until it makes me sick.
DAN: What? Because I don't want to rehash Karen and her son for the ten-thousandth time? Frankly, I'm talked out.
DEB: It's about Nathan.
DAN: What about him?
DEB: He's just so surly and distant lately and I fell powerless to do anything about it. And the way you're pressuring him since Lucas joined the team seems to make it worse.
DAN: Me? Did you ever stop to think the problem was you?
DEB: Oh.
DAN: Maybe if you cared to spend more time at home
DEB: I'm gone ten days out of the month, tops.
DAN: And when you are here, you work 'til all hours.
DEB: And you want to know why, Dan? Let me tell you. Because ever since you started this basketball thing, I feel like you've slowly been stealing him from me. You've made me feel irrelevant. I go out and I raise money for good causes and I matter out there. But at home you shut me out of his life.
DAN: Shut you out? Work has always come first with you?
DEB: That is not fair. You know how hard I've tried to balance both. But, I swear to God, I never would've done it if I knew how he'd turn out.
DAN: He's a good kid.
DEB: Based on what? His scoring average?
DAN: Deb, I just want what's best for our son, what makes him happy.
DEB: Well, then, something's not working, Dan. Because that kid I saw tonight is anything but happy.
[DEB leaves]
[BEACH HOUSE PARTY. BROOKE stumbles down the stairs drunk]
BROOKE: Don't let me have another beer unless I beg you. The same goes for beers.
[Pause] What are you doing?
PEYTON: Just wondering if we're all going to end up like Karen.
BROOKE: Who is Karen?
PEYTON: That's Lucas' mom
BROOKE: Not without proper birth control we won't.
PEYTON: That's not what I meant. She was our age when that tape was made, Brooke. We're just like her. Don't you think it was awful how she just let Nathan's dad treat her like crap?
BROOKE: Yeah. But honey, that doesn't mean we're like her. Maybe it mean's you're like her.
[IN FRONT OF HALEY'S HOUSE. HALEY and NATHAN are still in PEYTON'S car. HALEY has taken the hat she was wearing earlier off]
HALEY: Yeah, this is my house. Um, we're staying here while we renovate the mansion
NATHAN: It's not like I was trying to show off.
HALEY: Isn't that your default setting. [Pause] Sorry.
NATHAN: Can I be honest with you?
HALEY: Uh, yeah. I don't know. You tell me.
NATHAN: What I said at the beach... that was a lie. I'm really lucky to have
basketball. It's pretty much my shell to everything from here on out. If I lose it, it's over for me.
HALEY: So, don't lose it.
NATHAN: Well, that's just the thing. With my grades, I'm close to being ineligible to do the one thing that I'm actually good at. It's not just my life, either. It's my dad's, too. It's like he's still got something to prove to Whitey. And if I screw it up, it's gonna destroy him. [Pause] And it will destroy me. Look, I know you have no reason to do this, and I know it's just going to complicate things with Lucas, but [Pause] I really need your help.
HALEY: And I will find you someone else. I promise.
NATHAN: No. I came to you because you're the best tutor at the school. And you're not going to tear me down. It's not exactly easy having everybody know you're failing. It's you or nobody else.
HALEY: I... [Pause] Okay. I will, um... I will get you through the semester. [Pause] And then you've got to be on your own. I'm serious.
NATHAN: That's totally fine with me.
HALEY: Okay, um... great, so we'll start on Monday. [Pause] Lay off Lucas.
[HALEY gets out of the car and NATHAN sighs]
[A STREET. Just as LUCAS is pulling to a stop in the Body Shop truck, he sees PEYTON'S car fly by. He follows is. As NATHAN changes the radio station, he crashes into a parked car and ruins PEYTON'S car. LUCAS jumps out of his truck, thinking PEYTON was driving]
LUCAS: Peyton! You okay?
[NATHAN gets out]
NATHAN: Yeah, she's fine. Can't say the same for her car though.
[NATHAN pulls a bag out of the car]
NATHAN: And what the hell were you doing following my girlfriend?
LUCAS: I wasn't. Look, I thought she was driving and she was drinking.
[NATHAN starts to leave]
LUCAS: Hey, where are you going?
NATHAN: Back to the party, dumbass.
LUCAS: What, are you gonna leave her car like this?
NATHAN: Yeah, and if you stand there you can watch me.
LUCAS: You know this is a crime.
NATHAN: So call the cops.
LUCAS: Nathan, you can't walk away from this. [Pause] I saw you do it.
NATHAN: No you didn't see me do it. Because I was with Tim the whole time. Which is exactly what he's going to say if anybody asks him. He owes me. [Pause] So it looks like its your word against ours now. You can guess how that's going to go down.
LUCAS: So you're just going to lie and walk away. What about Peyton? You know, your girlfriend? The car's registered in her name.
NATHAN: Yeah, and you know what? Come to think of it, like you said, she was really drunk last night. Maybe she did this. But then again, all I see is a wrecked car... and you.
[NATHAN walks away, leaving LUCAS with the car]
[BODY SHOP. KEITH and LUCAS are looking at PEYTON'S car]
KEITH: Hit and run, huh? That's beautiful. I could lose my license for this.
LUCAS: I didn't know what else do. He just walked away.
KEITH: You wanna tell me what it is with you and this girl? Huh? That you're willing to break the law for her? Nobody is worth that.
LUCAS: I couldn't let Nathan get away with it the way he does everything else. And I sure as well could let him do that to her.
KEITH: Okay. What about the guys car you hit? Huh? He just gets screwed over?
LUCAS: I left him a note. I said I did it. Bring his car here.
KEITH: Oh, well, that's just great. Lucas, you know I'm already struggling to bring in paying customers.
LUCAS: Look, I'll do the work myself, alright? After hours. And I'll pay for the
materials.
KEITH: Oh, you're damn right you will. Your mom's going to love this.
LUCAS: No. She's got enough to deal with. You don't have to tell her.
KEITH: Oh, I'm not going to. You are. And if you don't, then I will. Because you're going to take something away from this. [Pause] Cover the car. I'll give you a ride home.
[KEITH walks away and LUCAS goes to cover the car. In the front passenger seat he finds HALEY'S hat]
[KAREN'S CAFÉ. KAREN is on the phone with a plumber]
KAREN: I want to have a pipe replaced. I don't want to send your kids to college.
[Pause] Fine. I'll do it myself.
[KAREN hangs up and picks up a "How To" book. The door opens]
KAREN: I'm sorry. We're just closing.
DEB: I was hoping to get a coffee. To go.
[KAREN pours DEB a cup of coffee]
KAREN: Anything else?
DEB: A biscotti.
KAREN: $3.20.
[DEB starts to walk away]
KAREN: Hey. [DEB turns around] You tell Dan that if he wants to spy on me or threaten me or whatever the hell this is, he can come down and do it himself.
DEB: Dan didn't send me. I came on my own.
KAREN: So it's a coincidence.
DEB: No. I wanted you to know... everything that happened between you and Dan, I don't carry that weight around and I don't care to. Frankly, it looks to me like you've done a wonderful job raising Lucas. I've seen the two of you together, and quite honestly, it makes me a bit jealous. Look. Our two families...it's really awkward. I'm not deluded enough to believe otherwise. I know how it is with you and Dan and our two boys. There's a lot of history there. But it doesn't have to be our history.
[NATHAN'S BEACH HOUSE. PEYTON'S watching the prom video when NATHAN gets in. It's at the part where the woman asks Karen if she and Dan will get married]
PEYTON: You reinvented cruel tonight.
NATHAN: [Defensive] It was a joke!
PEYTON: Funny how you're the only one laughing.
NATHAN: Like you and your stupid comic strip. [Pause] I'm sorry. I didn't mean that.
PEYTON: I'm sorry is getting a little old with you, Nathan.
NATHAN: I know. I just can't remember a time when thing's were this bad.
PEYTON: Where have you been for the past two hours.
NATHAN: I went on a beer run.
PEYTON: To where? Canada? Nathan, I wanted to go home. But I can't because it seems my car's missing. You wouldn't know anything about that, would you?
NATHAN: Uh... I think Tim took it.
PEYTON: You think?
NATHAN: Well, he wanted to take Brooke home, so I told him he could take it. I didn't think you'd care.
[PEYTON grabs a plastic cup]
PEYTON: I never told a ridiculous lie to my girlfriend's face. [She holds the cup out to
NATHAN] Drink up. Because Brooke got a ride home with Theresa after you disappeared. Wanna play again?
NATHAN: Alright, so then it was some other girl. I don't know. What's the big deal anyway? I knew you were going to stay here.
PEYTON: So you gave away my car?
NATHAN: Look, whatever. I'm going to bed. Are you coming?
PEYTON: Yeah. That's what I'm gonna do. I cannot believe you just asked me that with a straight face.
[PEYTON turns around so she doesn't have to look at him]
[LUCAS' HOUSE. KAREN'S taking off her coat as LUCAS sits down, having looked at HALEY'S hat again]
KAREN: You will not believe the night I had tonight.
LUCAS: Yeah, me too.
KAREN: What's going on? Well, turns out fixing the water mane is not a big deal. I just have to pick up a pipe at the hardware store in the morning. And then if you help me dig out where the break is I think we can fix this ourselves.
LUCAS: So now I'm digging ditches?
KAREN: You mind telling me what happened before you destroy what's left of my table?
LUCAS: Did you know you could fit this whole house into the living room of their place at the beach?
KAREN: No. Why would you even go there?
LUCAS: Because I love getting dumped on.
KAREN: Well, you don't have to put up with that. You could just walk away.
LUCAS: Like you.
KAREN: Excuse me?
LUCAS: You know, you never told me that you had this whole thing mapped out with Dan. That you even ever talked about marriage before you were pregnant with me. All you ever said was that he found out and took off.
KAREN: Wait. Where did you hear this?
LUCAS: Those guys... Nathan, Nathan and his @#%$ of a father. They do whatever they want. And they screw everybody else in the process. And yet you and I... we stand by and we let them? You should've made him give us what we were entitled to so that we didn't have to live like this. You should've made him pay.
KAREN: Luke... what happened tonight?
LUCAS: I learned something, that's all. Everybody has secrets. [Pause] Right Mom?
[THE BEACH HOUSE. It's early morning, and PEYTON'S awoken by a knock on the door]
PEYTON: [Screaming] Nathan!
[He doesn't respond and PEYTON sees TIM at the door. She gets up to answer it]
TIM: Hey, what's up?
PEYTON: Did you bring my car back?
TIM: Your car? Uh, I don't have your car.
PEYTON: Nathan said you took my car.
[NATHAN walks up behind PEYTON, giving TIM a look]
TIM: Oh, um, your car. We, um, we, uh...
PEYTON: Nice try. [To NATHAN] Where the hell is my car?
[OUTSIDE LUCAS' HOUSE. He's digging. KAREN walks outside]
KAREN: You calm enough to talk?
LUCAS: Sorry I went off. I was pissed and you were in the line of fire.
KAREN: It's usually when the truth comes out.
LUCAS: Yeah, well, the truth is, I'm the reason you never got what you wanted. So that kind of nullifies my right to complain.
[LUCAS sits down on the step and KAREN follows suit]
KAREN: Is that what you think? I got exactly what I want, Lucas. Everybody seems to think that I'm some kind of victim. I chose this. And if I had to do it over, you and I would still be having this conversation.
LUCAS: Yeah, I know, I just... I hate to see them get away with it, Dan and Nathan, you know. They should've helped you out. It's not fair.
KAREN: I'm glad he never offered. Because at the time, I honestly don't know what I would've said. But I can tell you this much, Lucas. If he had given us money, he'd have felt entitled to have a say in how you were being raised and I think that that would've been a bigger price to pay. [Pause] You've seen how Nathan's turned out.
LUCAS: Like father, like son.
KAREN: So who do you think we should feel sorry for? Ourselves or them?
[THE SCOTT'S HOUSE. DAN walks in]
DAN: Hey.
DEB: Still not home.
DAN: Oh he will be.
DEB: I take it this isn't the first time you've let him stay out all night?
DAN: Oh, I don't want to smother him, Deb. He's a responsible, disciplined kid.
DEB: Is he? Hmm. Your brother just called. Our responsible, disciplined kid got into a hit and run last night. In Peyton's car.
DAN: Is he okay?
DEB: Oh, he's not hurt. But do you want to know what he did afterwards? He walked away and tried to dump it on Lucas.
[DAN sighs]
DAN: Well, I'll talk to him.
DEB: You'll talk to him. [Pause] Is that all you have to say?
DAN: What do you want me to say?
DEB: I don't know anymore. But I'll tell you one thing. Seems to me you and Nathan have gotten a little too comfortable when I'm not around. So I'm cutting back at the foundation. Fewer hours and no more travel. [Pause] Try not to look so disappointed.
DAN: Come on, Deb, you don't have to do this.
DEB: I don't have to? Or you don't want me to?
[NATHAN walks in and they look at him]
NATHAN: What?
[THE BODY SHOP. LUCAS walks in]
KEITH: Hey, you're still alive. Guess you didn't tell your mom about your little crime spree yet, huh?
LUCAS: This morning. She's working on my punishment now.
KEITH: Good. You recognize that car over there?
[LUCAS looks. There's a red car, scratched all the way down the side]
KEITH: The owner got your note. I talked him out of pressing charges.
LUCAS: Thanks, Keith.
KEITH: Lets just get this done, okay? So we can get back to billing for the work we do.
[NATHAN walks in]
LUCAS: What do you want?
KEITH: I, uh, suspect his parents sent him.
LUCAS: You told them?
KEITH: Yeah. You may be willing to let him get away with it but I'm not. [Pause] Try not to kill each other, girls.
[KEITH leaves and LUCAS walks over to NATHAN]
NATHAN: Peyton wants to know when she's going to get her car back.
LUCAS: When it's fixed.
NATHAN: How much is the work going to cost?
LUCAS: I don't know. A lot. Why?
NATHAN: Give me the invoice when it's done. My dad will right a check.
LUCAS: No thanks.
NATHAN: I said we'll pay you.
LUCAS: You want to pay me? You stay away from me.
NATHAN: Suit yourself.
[NATHAN starts to walk away]
LUCAS: Hey, whatever you're up to...
[NATHAN stops and looks at LUCAS]
LUCAS: Stay the hell away from Haley.
NATHAN: We're just talking man. You know, kind of like you and Peyton.
[LUCAS glares at NATHAN as he exits]
[PEYTON'S ROOM. She's working on a drawing when NATHAN walks in]
NATHAN: Car will be ready by Friday.
PEYTON: Whatever. The bag of stuff by the door is yours.
NATHAN: What's all this?
PEYTON: It's all the crap you've left here. Take it.
[NATHAN picks something up]
NATHAN: This is the necklace I gave you.
PEYTON: You mean the leash? No thanks.
NATHAN: Peyton, come on.
[NATHAN walks over to her]
NATHAN: Look, my mom's gong to cool down and everything will be back to normal.
[PEYTON gets up]
PEYTON: Okay, trust me, the last thing I want with us is normal. In case you haven't
noticed, normal sucks with us, Nathan.
NATHAN: Peyton, is this about your car? Because I'm taking car of that.
PEYTON: It's not about the car. It's about you. I finally saw you clearly for the first time last night. The way you treated me, the way you treated Tim, the way you treated your brother.
NATHAN: Don't call him that.
PEYTON: And the way you're playing that girl.
NATHAN: What? [Pause] Are you talking about Haley? Is that what this is about? Peyton, she means nothing.
PEYTON: [Angrily] Okay, if that's the case, then you're an @#%$. And eveb if she does mean something, you're still an @#%$ and what's really sad, Nathan, is that you're too stupid to get that. So thank you for being such an amazing son of a @#%$ last night. You really made this a no-brainer.
NATHAN: I'll call you when you're not so PMS.
PEYTON: Don't bother. I mean it. We're done. So get the hell out.
[NATHAN stares at her]
PEYTON: [Angrily, throwing the bag at him] I mean it! Get the hell out!
[NATHAN leaves in shock. Peyton collapses onto her bed]
[NATHAN'S ROOM. He's looking at the necklace]
[HALEY'S ROOM. She's laying on her bed]
[PEYTON'S ROOM. She's sitting up, sketching a red streetlight]
[THE BODY SHOP. LUCAS is sitting in PEYTON'S car, reading her comic strip in the newspaper]
[KAREN'S CAFÉ. HALEY is scrubbing the counter when LUCAS walks in]
HALEY: Hey, I was beginning to think I would never see you again. You're avoiding me, right?
LUCAS: A little.
HALEY: Luke, I was just trying to help. You just like, jumped down my throat. We've always been able to talk about stuff, you know. I just had this crazy idea that if... you could see things from Nathan's side... [Sigh] You're just a real pain in the butt sometimes.
[HALEY squirts LUCAS with a water bottle playfully]
LUCAS: Yeah. At least we can still be honest with each other.
HALEY: Yeah. At least.
LUCAS: So, if anything were going on with you... anything important or weird, or confusing... I mean, you could still be honest with me about that, right?
HALEY: Yeah, of course.
[LUCAS tosses HALEY'S hat onto the counter]
LUCAS: You left that in Peyton's car.
[LUCAS leaves and HALEY looks after him, upset]


At the murder scene
Jane: Oh, it's lovely.
Lisbon: It's a crime scene.
Jane: It's a lovely crime scene.
Rigsby: Hey. Couple joggers found our John Doe on their morning run. Body's still pretty fresh, so it must've happened last night. No signs of an entry or exit wound means cause was probably a blunt force trauma to the head .
Lisbon: And they brought in the grown-ups because they couldn't decide whose sandbox it was?
Rigsby: Right. Body's right on the city line. The only thing they can agree on is that it was a carJacking gone wrong. Wallet, watch, wedding band- everything gone.
Jane looks at the body and finds a cuff link
Jane: Oh, not everything. Kkiller would have been very frustrated to not be able to take this.
Lisbon: Looks like a wheel.
Jane: Motorcycle wheel.
Lisbon: I don't buy it as a carJacking. maybe the murderer was covering it up as one, but if you're after someone's car and valuables, you grab and bolt. You don't waste time taking off a cuff link.
Rigsby: A gunshot or a stab wound Is more likely than a beating.
Lisbon: Beating like this takes time. The murder was personal.
Jane: No surprise there. The haircut, the suit, the cologne- This man had enemies.
Rigsby: His cologne tells you he had enemies?
Jane: Sure. okay, confrontional. Finishing touch on a wardrobe that says, "pay attention. show respect." This was an extrovert tough guy, a professional, a backroom politician or a lawyer, a fixer, the type that's good with people, making people do things they maybe don't want to do.
Lisbon: Uh, what he is, is useless until we know who he is.
Jane: Well, I can do that, too.
He finds a headset
Rigsby: Oh, no, Jane. I, uh, I checked. the phone's not on him.
Jane: The signal light's still on. Phone's in range.
Lisbon: His assailant probably threw it in the trees. What are you doing?
Jane: I'm making a call.
Lisbon: But you don't have the phone.
Jane: I have my voice.
Lisbon: You still need the phone. Want to use the voice activation? You need its names and numbers.
Jane: There is one name programmed into every phone, particularly into one belonging to a middle-aged man that was wearing a wedding band. Home.
The cell phone rings
Woman: Hello?
Jane: Hello. This is Patrick Jane from the California Bureau of Investigation. I was wondering if you knew a man 6-feet tall, mid 40s, salt and pepper hair, gray custom-made suit, weighing about 192, give or take?
Woman: That's my husband Gordon Hodge.
Jane: Gordon Hodge, hmm.
Woman: You said you're from CBI? Is something wrong?
Jane: Uh, just a sec. (He gives headset to Lisbon) It's for you.
The team is Hodge's home
Nina Hodge: I knew something like this would happen, sooner or later.
Lisbon: Well, was your husband having some sort of trouble lately?
Nina: Gordon was a criminal attorney with a very special practice. He had only one client- the Sinner Saints.
Jane: Bikers, are they?
Rigsby: Yeah, they're one of the top biker gangs in the state. They run some legit businesses, but mostly they're into drugs and prostitution, low-rent protection rackets, that kind of thing.
Nina: For years, I begged him to get out, but Gordon said that a lawyer never abandons his client. it's unethical. It's what he always called them- never "the gang, " always "the client."
Lisbon: When was the last time you saw him?
Nina: Yesterday morning, before work. Gordon used to meet these people at all hours- That's how they are. So we didn't get worried when he didn't come home last night.
Lisbon: Had he been acting differently lately?
Nina: He'd been more on edge the last week or so. I think something happened at work, but I'm not sure what.
Lisbon: Did you ask him about it?
Nina: No, never. Work was off-limits.
Lucas Hodge: He said it was boring.
Jane: What was the real reason? Do you think he was ashamed, or he sensed your shame?
Lucas: He wanted to protect us.
Lisbon: Would his colleagues at the office have known what was going on?
Nina: No. He was a one-man shop. Didn't even have a secretary. Gordon didn't trust anyone with his business.
Lisbon: Any idea who might have wanted to kill him?
Nina: Well, you might want to ask his client. He knew all their secrets. He probably learned something that he shouldn't have.
Rigsby: Either of you ever meet any of those scumbags?
Lucas: No.
Jane: You two must be very torn- living in such a beautiful home, driving nice cars, going to good schools, 'll paid for by dangerous criminals, Or, uh, "scumbags, " as my colleague says.
Nina: Do I wish that Gordon would've defended civil rights leaders? Yes, of course ! But he believed that everyone had a constitutional right to have a good defense. He had his principles.
Lisbon: Thank you for your time.
They go out of the house
Lisbon: Did you go to some interview school I've never heard of? Next time, get the facts, save the editorial.
Rigsby: Yes, ma'am.
He looks at Jane
Lisbon: I know. Jane did it, too. He's not a CBI agent. From you, I expect professional standards.
Rigsby: Yes, boss.
Cho arrives
Cho: That was the captain of the local c. h.i. p.s. Hodge's car was just fished out of a lake about a mile from the murder scene- no good for prints. He said that two weeks back, they busted Hodge at a highway rest stop, walking to his car with 2 ounces of coke and 2 ounces of meth in his pockets. Nailed him with felony possession...
Rigsby: Nice.
Cho: Only the d. a. dropped the charges. There was some unlawful search technicality.
Lisbon: Either Hodge is a great lawyer...
Cho: Or the d. a. turned him in exchange for dropping the charges-planned to use him as an informant.
Rigsby: Well, if the saints found out-
Cho: Yeah, they'd kill him. they did know about the charges. Their boss, Von Mcbride, posted Hodge's bail.
Lisbon: Well, talk to your friends at the D.A. Find out what the story is there. Jane and I will go talk to the Sinner Saints.
Cho: Okay, be careful.
Rigsby: You want me to come for backup?
Lisbon: Uh, no. talk to forensics about the car. Jane, let's go. now, please? Come on.
Jane and Lisbon are in front of the Sinner Saints Bar
Jane: (Speaking about motorcycles) Beautiful, huh?
Lisbon: No, not really. I fail to see the charm.
Jane: It's the glamour of mobility. That's why the girls went for Cain and not Abel.
Lisbon: Is that right?
Jane: Yeah. nomads- sexier than farmers. They have romance.
The Lisbon's cellphone rings. She picks up
Lisbon: Lisbon.
Cho: I spoke to my friend in the D.A.'s office. They didn't make a deal with Hodge. They let him go 'cause the case was less than ironclad, and they've already lost too many to hodge and the saints. Last 10 years, they've beaten the rap in over 50 cases- Murder, rape, drug-trafficking. they're bulletproof.
Jane: Nobody's bulletproof.
Cho: Well, my friend says to stay away from them. That they're bad news.
Lisbon: Good, sound lawyerly advice. I'll take that under advisement. (She hangs up) You ready?
They enter the bar. Bikers look at them
Lisbon: (To Jane) There's romance for you. (To bikers) We're with the CBI. We're looking for Von Mcbride.
Xander: Not here, which is where you need to be.
Lisbon: Well, can you tell us where he is?
Xander: No. I cannot.
Lisbon: Listen, we're here for information, Not trouble, boys.
Xander: Well, we've got nothing to say.
Lisbon: I can take you in if you want me to. I prefer to talk here.
Xander: Like I said, there's nothing to talk about. We're not doing anything illegal.
Jane goes to the back room where a man plays
Jane: Mr Mcbride?
Lisbon: (To Xander) It was nice talking to you.
Jane: Your focus on this pressing matter suggests you're the man in charge here.
McBride: Yeah, well, keep on walking, blondie.
Lisbon: We just have a few questions for you. It won't take long.
McBride: Yeah, well, I'm sorry. I don't, uh, talk to police officers on the advice of my lawyer.
Lisbon: Your lawyer's dead.
McBride: Yeah, I heard that. But his advice is still good.
Xander: Means your business here is done.
Jane: Oh. You don't want to know who the informant is, then?
Xander: What informant?
Jane: Oh, I'm sorry. Forget I spoke.
Xander: You messing with me?
Jane: Yeah, I'm messing with you. There's no informant.
Xander: Come here.
Lisbon: You touch him, and I'll arrest you.
Xander: I would love to see you try and do that.
Jane: What's your name?
Xander: Xander.
Jane: Xander, your threats are empty. She's a state agent. You're not gonna lay a finger on her, and you know that, so why play tough? W-where's that come from, this need to intimidate?
Xander: I'm a sadist, and I bore easily.
Jane: Oh. me, I see a difficult childhood- Bad parenting, a lot of torment. But I also see how that suffering gave you great powers of empathy and a strong creative side, and those are the qualities you should try and nurture in yourself. Not this brutish character you try to hide behind.
McBride: Oh, that's Xander, all right. Full of empathy. You guys want a drink?
Jane: Sure.
Later, Lisbon and McBride are sitting at a table. Jane plays billards
McBride: So what's this crap about an informant?
Lisbon: How long have you know about hodge's taste for coke and meth?
McBride: Couple years. Guy liked to party, but he could still do his job.
A woman arrives and sits at their table
Jane: Couldn't have been too thrilled when he got busted.
McBride: Case got dropped.
Jane: Must've wondered why.
McBride: Illegal search.
Jane: Yeah. Either that or Hodge, uh, flipped on you.
Diamond: That son of a-
McBride: Hold on a second, Diamond. He didn't flip. There is no informant.
Lisbon: Where were you last night?
McBride: Right here. And I got 30 other brothers who will vouch for me and each other. Look, man, none of my guys did this. We loved Gordon, man. he was like a member of the club.
Diamond: You know, he couldn't ride worth a damn.
McBride: No, he couldn't, huh? He tried, though.
Lisbon: Who killed him?
McBride: My guess? Probably some other motorcycle club looking to put us out of business- Chaos Brigade, Bolos Plata.
Shouting from front of the bar
Woman: Get your hands off of me! get off me! Help! get your hands off of me! Get off of me! Get off of me!
Lisbon: Let her go, and back away! Back away now!
Woman: Get your hands off me! You're murderers! All of you!
Lisbon: Ma'am, take it easy. I'm CBI. Ma'am!
But the woman run away
In the bar, are McBride and Jane
Jane: Who was that?Sshe a friend of yours?
McBride: Never seen her before. Mentally deranged, seems like. Poor thing.
Jane: You know, you're a very good liar. Most people subconsciously signal dishonesty, but you? there's nothing. No inner conflict. Usually, that's the mark of what shrinks like to call a sociopath.
McBride: Well, if by "sociopath, " you mean that if you cross me, I would enjoy watching you suffer pain before I kill you... Then, yeah, I'm a sociopath. See ya.
Jane: Bye.
In the CBI
Rigsby: So we talked to the gang unit. There's no other biker gang would cross the saints and run the risk of starting a war that they couldn't win.
Jane: This is incredible. you should see this.
He is sitting on the sofa reading a paper
Lisbon: Hold on. Anything on the woman in the parking lot?
Jane: Sinner Saints have their own web site.
Lisbon: (irritated) Really?
Jane: Yeah.
Cho: We cross-checked registrations of the truck model and color with driver's license photos fitting her description. No hits. truck must be registered to her husband or other family member.
Lisbon: Mcbride's clamming up about her means he's hiding something.
Jane: He's merged two other gangs into the saints in the last five years. It's the fastest growing gang in the nation.
Lisbon: Go to Hodge's office. See if you can find anything on the gang's operation that pops. And have the deerfield P. D. Issue a bolo on the woman's pickup truck.
Cho: Okay.
Jane: You can buy logo merchandise- sinner saints coffee mugs, Decals, beach towels. whoa! And some various other interesting little knickknacks.
Lisbon: Nice.
Jane: Yeah. well, if they do it, we should do it. A range of casual wear, maybe? Sensible shoes?
Lisbon: (ironic) I'll get right on that.
Jane: Okay. Lisbon loafers.
Van Pelt: (computer beeps) Found something, boss. These are Gordon Hodge's cell phone calls from the night of the murder. All were routine business calls- Von mcbride, other lawyers, court officials. But it's the last call that bumps. 7:23, incoming from a constance hoyt. Current address unknown.
Lisbon: Must not want people finding her.
Van Pelt: Well, I went back three months- A lot of calls between her and hodge.
Lisbon: Did you try the number?
Van Pelt: Twice. got one of those computer voice mail messages. Plus, I ran her name through the d. m.v. For registration of a black pickup truck. She's not your parking lot woman.
Lisbon: Check Von Mcbride's cell phone records. See if he had any contact with this constance hoyt.
Van Pelt: Bingo. Couple of chatty cathys.
Lisbon: Talking three or four times a day. Either she's his mom, or...
Van Pelt: His girlfriend.
Lisbon and Van Pelt arrive front of the bar. Diamond leaves it.
Lisbon: Constance? we just have a couple questions for you.
But Constance rides off on the motorcycle
Lisbon: I'll drive!
Van Pelt: No time! Boss, seat belt. go!
Tires screech. Engines revving
Lisbon: Bike's got too much muscle. you're gonna have to-
Van Pelt cuts her path and stops Constance
Lisbon: Do not even think of moving. (To Van Pelt) I gotta get you out of the office more.
Rigsby and Cho are going in Hodge's office
Rigsby: Got hodge's office key?
Cho: So what's your problem with bikers?
Rigsby: I hate bikers.
Cho: Why's that?
Rigsby: My dad was a biker.
Cho: Really? I didn't know that.
Rigsby: No? I thought you read my file.
Cho: Well, it says he was a big-time criminal. Didn't specify any affiliations.
Rigsby looks at the doorknob
Rigsy: Jimmy marks on the doorknob.
Cho: Doubt that was part of the original decor.
The get their guns and enter. Nobody is there but the offide is a mess.
Rigsby: Door clear.
Cho: Clear.
Rigsby: Desk clear. Cracks are on the outside of the window. Means a previous break-in attempt. Think they were looking for something, or just trying to send a message?
Cho looks behind the door
Cho: Message was definitely a part of it.
On the wall: "Burn in hell"
Interrogation Room
Jane: Do you prefer "Constance, " or "Diamond"?
Constance: I prefer to get the hell out of here.
Lisbon: You ran from the police, endangered the lives Of two agents. you could be here a couple of days.
Constance: I don't think that's right.
Lisbon: why'd you run?
Constance: I ran because I'm dead if anyone sees me talking to cops. The Saints are all paranoid about informants now, which is why I'm not saying a word.
Jane: Tell us about your affair with gordon hodge.
Constance: I wasn't sleeping with Gordon.
Jane: Oh. Uh... yes, you were.
Constance: It was only a few months. we were just having fun. It's not like von doesn't sleep around on me and... Gordon treated me nice.
Jane: You had genuine feelings for him.
Constance: He was decent. He never looked down on you. Just got sucked in too deep with the Saints.
Lisbon: Did you know he was arrested for possession?
Constance: Told him a hundred times to be careful, but he got dumb about it.
Jane: Ah, well, drugs simply make people careless. You had to be a little concerned about mcbride finding out.
Constance: It would've made things complicated.
Jane: "complicated" is one way to put it.
Lisbon: So you called him that night. Then what happened? Did you go and see him?
Constance: No! no. I called to break it off. I heard him answer the phone, and I'd tried to talk to him, but the line went dead.
Lisbon: What about the woman in the parking lot?
Constance: I don't know. Von doesn't talk gang business with me.
Lisbon: Had you seen her before?
Constance: she's come around a few times last couple of weeks, same thing- Lots of crazy yelling, then taking off. Look... You, um... You gotta promise that Von doesn't find out about me and Gordon.
Lisbon: He keeps his cards close. He could already know- Killed Hodge out of jealousy.
Constance: Trust me. If Von knew, Gordon's wouldn't be the only dead body. Only one other person knew. And that was bad enough.
Lisbon: Who was that other person?
Lisbon is in Hodge's and talks with his wife
Lisbon: We have information that suggests you knew about gordon and another woman.
Nina: Yes, I did.
Lisbon: How?
Nina: About four months ago, I found a valet stub on the driveway from the deerfield inn. So one night, I followed him and saw him go in with that biker girl.
Lisbon: Did you confront him?
Nina: More like yell and hit him. He promised he'd stop seeing her. I took him at his word, and I never asked him about it again.
Lisbon: why not?
Nina: Because I didn't want to hear him lie to me.
Lisbon: Mrs. Hodge...
Nina: What?
Lisbon: If you picked up on your husband's affair, you must've suspected about his other illicit activities.
Nina: I knew about the drugs and the partying. He was surrounded by it.
Lisbon: Why didn't you tell us about this earlier?
Nina: Because Gordon is dead. Anything that I said or did would not bring him back. My son draws stares and whispers because of his father, agent lisbon. Both of us- we deserve to grieve without shame and scandal, don't we?
Lisbon: Yes, you do.
[SCENE_BREAK]
CBI
Lisbon: And if she'd followed her husband once before, She could've tailed him again and killed him.
Jane: No, she didn't do it. She loved him.
Lisbon: She was a prisoner of her husband's life. She gets rid of him, gets a fresh start.
Jane: People trapped in miserable lives. Always talk about escaping. few actually do it. It's easier just to close your eyes and pretend the misery doesn't exist.
Rigsby: Boss, you might want to see this.
Cho looks at video
Cho: This is from a security camera across the street. It was the third incident in two weeks. Building owner said hodge didn't want to report the earlier ones because he didn't want deerfield P. D. combing through. His office and accidentally finding something in his sinner saints file. There.
Lisbon: Magnify. The woman from the parking lot.
In the bar
McBride: Chaos Brigade controls distribution over in rancho rosa, but I figure if we move right now, we can move into stratton.
Jane: What's up, my brothers?
Lisbon: We just have one quick follow-up question for you.
McBride: I've exceeded my quota of answering cops' questions. And my quota of crazy.
Lisbon: The woman in the parking lot.
McBride: Uh, like I said, she must've mistaken me-
Lisbon: She was seen vandalizing hodge's office.
McBride: She find anything she shouldn't have?
Lisbon: His files were intact. she got nothing.
McBride: We have nothing further to talk about, then.
Lisbon: The sooner this case is closed, the sooner we're gone and you're back to business as usual.
McBride: Last name is Guthrie. She's the sister of a gentleman I was accused of killing. Falsely, of course. Trial was a couple of weeks ago, Gordon hit a home run. Got me off.
Lisbon: And you weren't eager to I. D. her because you didn't want us poking around your case?
McBride: Hey, all I know is that she's been coming around From time to time, saying some very offensive things.
Lisbon: Thanks for your cooperation.
McBride: You think she killed Gordon?
Lisbon: Like I said, thanks for your cooperation.
Jane: I've got one last question. If Hodge wasn't the informant in your gang, who do you think it is? I mean, I tried asking the D.A., but he's kind of a secretive b*st*rd, huh? What do you think?
McBride: Mr. Jane, we're a motorcycle club, not a gang. And I can assure you there is no informant.
Jane: Well, you'd know best.
Xander: Why does he keep going on about this informant?
McBride: He's just talking. Let's get down to business.
Interrogation Room, Cho asks questions to Felicia Guthrie.
Felicia: Von McBride should be sitting here, not me.
Cho: Court docs say your brother Rick was an auto mechanic. McBride blamed him for screwing up a repair, and your brother refused to redo it. Mcbride allegedly got angry and killed him.
Felicia: Not "allegedly." He killed him. He beat him to death with a crowbar. He murdered him.
Cho: And the jury disagreed. McBride acted in self-defense, right?
Felicia: That's because that lawyer Hodge made it look like it was my brother's fault. He started throwing around all these lies about my brother, saying that my brother was a druggie, that he was aggressive, that he was mentally unstable.
Cho: So you get all worked up, harass the gang, trash Hodge's office, right?
Felicia: You want to arrest me for that, go ahead. I'm not gonna fight you. I'm too tired.
Cho: You ever try hodge's home?
Felicia: Once. But his kid came outside. I don't have a beef with him, so I took off before I could do anything.
Cho: And what were you gonna do?
Felicia: I don't know. I was... I don't know. I wanted hodge to understand what he had done to me and to my family.
Cho: When was this?
Felicia: Two days ago.
Cho: The day of the murder. Where were you that night?
Felicia: Home.
Cho: Can anyone verify it?
Felicia: I live alone, but I didn't-
Cho: Now six months ago, you were arrested in a road rage incident. Got out of your car at a red light, attacked a man in an s. u.v.
Felicia: What does this have to do with anything?
Cho: You're an angry person and you express it physically.
Felicia: I'm not angry, I am sad. My brother was a good man. The only crime he committed was standing up to that b*st*rd McBride.
Cho: Hodge blackens the name of your dead brother and gets von mcbride off. Now maybe trashing his office didn't give you enough satisfaction- Perfectly understandable if your frustration boils over. And you can't touch von mcbride. He's got 20 bikers around him all the time, so maybe you go for the easier target.
Felicia: I didn't kill Gordon Hodge, but I'm sure as hell glad that he's dead.
Cho: She'd been to his house that day. Could've laid in wait and followed him later. Plus, she was out for revenge- no more powerful motive.
Lisbon: We don't have nearly enough to charge her. I say we hold her on the vandalism. Try to dig up something that puts her at the murder scene.
Jane: Or you could release her. she's obviously impulsive and sloppy enough to get caught on camera. She'll think she's bought herself some time.
Cho: And she'd try something to cover her tracks and implicate herself.
Lisbon: Cut her loose, then let's shadow her.
Cho: Yes, boss.
Lisbon (To Jane): Where are you going?
Jane: Fresh air. "All this murder talk... is rank. It stinks to heaven. It hath the primal eldest curse upon't."
Cho: Shakespeare.
Jane arrives at Hodge's house. Lucas is in difficulty with his car
Jane: Little less pressure on the brake pedal. Is your mom here?
Lucas: Market. That's why I'm confined to the driveway. You want me to have her call you?
Jane: We know Felicia Guthrie trespassed on the property the day your dad was killed.
Lucas: I-I just need to hear what happened. Uh, I was leaving for school. I saw her hop the gate and come running up the driveway, so I ran out to try to stop her. She was yelling all this stuff about my dad lying about her brother and getting von mcbride off. Then she just ran away.
Jane: Did your parents see her?
Lucas: No. Dad was already at work, and mom was in the shower.
Jane: Huh. any reason you didn't bring this up earlier?
Lucas: I don't know. I felt bad for her, I guess. Didn't want her to get in trouble.
Jane: Well, just needed to confirm. Thanks.
Jane: You need to relax.
Lucas: It's not gonna help. I'm never gonna get the hang of this.
Jane: That's an easy fix. You need the right instructor.
Later, Jane and Lucas are on the road. Lucas driving
Jane: All right. so now you can speed up a little. Excellent. I like how you're keeping your distance. Just trust your instincts. They're always right.
Lucas: You're a good instructor.
Jane: Yeah, I am, probably because I have zero emotional investment in how you do- Unlike your father, who I'm guessing got annoyed with every mistake you made.
Lucas: He wasn't the most patient guy.
Jane: Probably didn't help that he was always on his cell phone.
Lucas: Been living with his job my whole life. You get used to it.
Jane: You also get used to the drugs and the cheating on your mother?
Lucas: He promised he'd stop.
Jane: Yeah. Can't be easy going through life being labeled the gang lawyer's son.
Lucas: It wasn't really that bad. I mean, girls would come up to me all the time, talk to me about dad and the gang, like I'm cool... instead of a geek, which I basically am.
Jane: Everybody is. I am. If he was my father, I tell ya, i-i... I'd be mad at him.
Lucas: Dad didn't mean to hurt anyone. He was just doing his job.
Jane: Right. Well, I guess I'd still love him if he was my father. Can't say I'd cut him the same kind of slack if I was married to him.
Lucas: Are you trying to blame my mom? 'cause if you are...
Jane: What?
Lucas: You're wrong, that's all. She loved him, too.
Jane: Well, that brings us back to Felicia Guthrie, who didn't love him at all. What exactly did she say to you when you saw her?
Lucas: It was hard to tell. She was just, you know, ranting, basically. Didn't make much sense.
Jane: Very nicely done. You'll be out cruising on saturday nights in no time. Just remember, trust your instincts. They're always right.
Lucas: Thank you. And thanks for the driving lesson.
It's the night. Cho and Rigsby watch Felicia's house
Rigsby: Still no movement. Looks like she's in for the night.
Cho: Talk to Van Pelt recently?
Rigsby: Yep.
Cho: Any progress?
Rigsby: Hope.
Engines rumbling in distance
Cho: You hear that?
Rigsby: Yeah. They're gonna go after Felicia. Mcbride thinks she killed hodge, wants payback.
Cho: Officers on Hampton, North of Lexington, request immediate assistance.
They get their guns
Felicia: What the hell's going on?
Cho: Go back in your house and stay down!
Engines are arrive
Rigsby: Do the smart thing and get out of here right now!
Xander: We're not doing anything illegal.
Rigsby: Disorderly conduct, concealed weapons, blown exhaust pipes, probably a couple of outstanding warrants in there!
Biker: Screw you, pig!
Rigsby: We could bust half you clowns right now! So what's it gonna be?
Xander: We'll be seeing you around.
Bikers go away
Cho: You really hate bikers
The next day, the team is Felicia's house
Felicia: If they think they can intimidate me, they're wrong.
Lisbon: Felicia, temperatures are running hot, so I need you to stay away from the gang's bar from now on.
Jane put something in the bin
Felicia: Yeah. I'll stay away when you arrest Von McBride. And what were you people doing out here, anyway?
Jane: Oh, we think you killed, uh, Gordon Hodge, So agent Cho and Rigsby are watching you. Oh, come on. she was never gonna buy, "we just happened to be in the neighborhood."
Felicia: I told you I had nothing to do with that.
Jane drinks tea
Felicia: And who told you that you could go in my house?
Jane: Oh, this? I just needed some tea. Cut through the chill.
Felicia: Chill, my ass. You were looking for evidence.
Lisbon: Felicia, take it easy.
Felicia: Don't tell me to take it easy, when this guy's rifling through my underwear drawer, looking for a weapon.
Jane: It was your closet, actually. I was looking for blood-splattered shoes.
Felicia: Get off my property.
Jane: you're very touchy.
Lisbon: Go.
Jane joins Rigsby and Cho
Rigsby: You really looked through her closet?
Jane: Laundry, too. She's been angry and emotional about her brother, which means that she was sloppy about hodge's murder- Dragged evidence home with her. It's just not inside.
Cho: Well, there's no garage or toolshed.
Jane: Well, I looked everywhere. Well, everywhere except the garbage.
Cho: Why not?
Jane: Well, it's garbage.
Rigsby: You done with that?
Jane: Almost.
Rigsby's tea splashes and goes in the garbage
Lisbon: Yes, the case is still ongoing, and you are a person of interest. I'd advise you not to leave town.
Rigsby looks in garbage
Rigsby: Boss?
Lisbon: Excuse me.
Rigsby: Do you see that?
Felicia: What's goin' on?
Lisbon: Stay there. don't move.
Rigsby take the object. It's the other cuff link
In CBI
Felicia: I didn't do anything wrong. Mcbride must've set me up.
Lisbon: Rigsby, put her in interview one.
Van Pelt: Boss, Nina and Lucas Hodge are here to see you.
Lisbon: She say why?
Jane: Because I asked them down here. (about Felicia) Rigsby, could you bring her through here, please? It'll just take a minute. Thank you.
Lisbon: Are you gonna tell me what this is about?
Jane: I'm just closing your case. (To Hodge's family) Thanks for coming down, Mrs. Hodge. This woman's name is Felicia Guthrie. She murdered your husband out of revenge for getting Von McBride off a charge for killing her brother.
Nina: Oh, my god!
Felicia: No, I did not kill anyone.
Jane: Uh, we have evidence. We just need your permission for, uh, Lucas to make a formal statement, saying that he saw her at your housethe day of the murder.
Nina: You saw her?
Jane: Well, he can fill you in later. His statement will give us a better chance at a conviction.
Nina: Absolutely. Anything you need.
Jane: Great. Thank you. Lucas, if you can confirm that this is who you saw, then you'll be on your way.
Lucas: What's gonna happen to her?
Jane: Well, probably life in prison. Uh, if she's lucky, she might get paroled in 25 years.
Felicia: I swear, I didn't- I didn't touch him!
Nina: Shut up! You took everything from us.
Jane: Lucas, we need to book her now, so could you identify her?
Lucas: No, she wasn't the one. I mean, yeah, she came to the house-
Jane: Great. Thanks. That's all we need. Take her away, guys. Thank you. Thank you.
Felicia: No, I didn't do anything! I didn't do anything wrong!
Jane: Trust your instincts, lucas. They're always right.
Nina: Let's go.
Lucas: She couldn't have done it.
Lisbon: What makes you say that?
Lucas: I just know.
Nina: Lucas, they have evidence. This bitch killed your father!
Lucas: Don't call her that! It wasn't her.
Lisbon: The only way we can know for certain is if you tell us who did it.
Nina: Okay, stop talking to my son. You've got your statement. Lucas, let's go. Come on! let's go!
Lucas: No!
Nina: Lucas!
Lucas: Stop! It was me.
Interrogation Room
Lucas: We were out for a driving lesson. I was driving badly that night, and my dad was on the phone the whole time, like he always was.
Flashback, cell phone rings
Lucas: He'd get mad every time I'd make a mistake, but I just couldn't seem to concentrate
End of flashback
Jane: Because of your run-in with Felicia Guthrie that day. You didn't talk about her until I asked, 'cause you felt sorry for her. You didn't want to draw suspicion to her, because you knew she didn't do it. You were trying to do the right thing.
Lucas: I just kept seeing her in the driveway, crying, yelling about how my dad lied about her brother.
Flashback, in the car
Lucas: His phone just kept ringing... And he'd get mad at me and I'd screw up worse, and I just... I couldn't take it anymore. Next time his phone rang... I grabbed it from him. I heard her voice.
Constance: hey, Gordon baby, It's me. can you talk?
End flashback
Lucas: That biker bitch- diamond. She kept calling him "gordon baby." Said she really wanted to see him. Felicia Guthrie was right. He was a liar.
Flashback, he takes a stone and hits his father, flashback end's
Lucas: I threw the phone into the woods, and he got mad. He promised me he'd stop. Doing drugs and cheating on my mom. And like an idiot, I believed him. I called my mom. she told me what to do. I grabbed all the stuff to make it look like a robbery, but I couldn't get that damn cuff link out. So I ditched his car in the lake. She drove me home.
Jane: The lie gets heavy fast, doesn't it? I expect after a while, you wanted to go to the police and tell them the truth.
Lucas: Sometimes I wanted to. Mom said no. She promised it would be okay.
Jane: Well, it might be... Someday.
Rigsby: Let's go.
Lucas: I'm sorry, mom.
Lisbon: You know, I have to wonder how that cuff link Rigsby found made it's way to Felicia Guthrie's house.
Jane: That is a conundrum.
Lisbon: Because I'll bet a year's salary that if I look in the evidence locker, the cuff link we found on hodge will have mysteriously vanished.
Jane: Okay. I needed lucas to see felicia get arrested. You needed hard evidence to charge Felicia. So... I made it happen.
Lisbon: By making an innocent woman think she was gonna go to prison? As if her life wasn't hard enough already.
Jane: Yes, you're right. She does deserve some justice.
Lisbon: It's good to see you care.
Jane: You know, sarcasm is the lowest form of wit.
In the bar, McBride's cellphone rings
McBride: Yeah? All right. (To Xander) I'll be back in a minute.
He leaves
Man: Hey, psst. Over here.
It's Jane
McBride: What's up?
Jane: I thought you might want to know we caught Gordon hodge's killer. It was his son. Lot of issues between 'em.
McBride: And you felt the need to tell me this from the shadows, dressed in this getup?
Jane: Self-preservation. I figured I'd worn out my welcome with your friends.
McBride: That's it? This is what you had to tell me?
Jane: Well, no. There's another reason. You open that envelope, and the rat in your gang will be revealed.
McBride: Oh, the rat.
Three bikers arrive
Jane: Now turn around and try not to look too guilty.
He goes away
Xander: What was that about?
McBride: What, this? This is, uh... It's kind of funny, actually.
Xander: Yeah, funny?
He takes envelope and looks inside. There is money.
Xander: Selling us out is funny?!
McBride: Hey, man. you got it wrong, bro!
Bikers catches McBride. Jane smiles at Felicia who enjoys watching.


THE INVISIBLE ENEMY
BY BOB BAKER AND DAVE MARTIN
Part One
Running time: 23:09
[SCENE_BREAK]
An asteroid field with a shuttle very cautiously and wobblingly entering.
A wider shot of the asteroid field with the shuttle moving more confidently.
Flying asteroids!
Inside the shuttle we see Safran and Silvey in comfy chairs. Then we see Meeker at the bridge.
MEEKER: Going to manual.
SILVEY: What for?
MEEKER: Why not? If we're going to be slammed around, I'd sooner do it myself.
SILVEY: It's still telling you what to do.
MEEKER: Yes, but at least I'm doing it.
SILVEY: Come on, Meeker.
SAFRAN: You're off course.
MEEKER: Yes, sorry, skipper.
SAFRAN: Put it back on automatic, please.
Meeker tries various controls and it's obvious there's a problem.
MEEKER: Eh? I can't!
SAFRAN: Titan shuttle captain. New course for Titan, please.
He climbs up toward Meeker.
SAFRAN: All right, Meeker, that is enough.
MEEKER: What?
SAFRAN: Off watch. Please.
Safran takes the pilot's seat.
MEEKER: Look, I qualified for exploration eight years ago, and what am I? Glorified garage attendant on some planetary filling station.
SILVEY: Your turn'll come. You'll be glad enough of refuel bases then.
MEEKER: All I'm saying is that I want a real
SAFRAN: Not now, Meeker.
COMPUTER: Unidentified organism. Changing course to avoid.
The shuttle is caught in some kind of weird webby thing with lightning.
SAFRAN: What was all that about? There's nothing there. Titan shuttle captain. Report please.
Silvey turns to the others.
NUCLEUS (OOV.): Contact has been made.
SAFRAN: Contact?
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In the TARDIS Leela carries the hatstand and sets it down. The Doctor enters.
LEELA: We've never been in here before.
DOCTOR: You've never been in here before.
LEELA: What is it?
DOCTOR: Number two control room has been closed for redecoration. I don't like the colour.
LEELA: White isn't a colour.
DOCTOR: That's the trouble with computers. Always think in black and white. No aquamarines, no blues, no imagination.
LEELA: Have we stopped?
DOCTOR: No, we haven't stopped.
The scanner opens.
LEELA: Have we materialised?
DOCTOR: Yes.
LEELA: Where?
DOCTOR: Solar system, between Jupiter and Saturn. About five thousand AD. Five thousand AD? We're still in the time of your ancestors.
LEELA: Ancestors?
DOCTOR: Yes. That was the year of the great breakout.
LEELA: The great what?
DOCTOR: Mmm. When your forefathers went leapfrogging across the solar system on their way to the stars. Asteroid belt's probably teeming with them now. New frontiersmen, pioneers waiting to spread across the galaxy like a tidal wave. Or a disease.
LEELA: Why disease? I thought you liked humanity?
DOCTOR: Oh, I do, I do. Some of my best friends are humans. When they get together in great numbers, other lifeforms sometimes suffer.
[SCENE_BREAK]
The shuttle approaches Titan. We see the landing area as the shuttle comes in.
Cut to a close-up of gloved hands operating the controls of the shuttle. We see the shuttle coming down from its nosecone.
Then we see the shuttle land on the pad and the pad begins to sink into the ground.
The hands switch off the controls.
The pad rotates, with the shuttle on board.
The pad begins to move carrying the shuttle with it.
The space-suited crew walk through the bridge (we can see through the shuttle cockpit window beyond).
COMPUTER: Docking. Docking. Contact. All locked.
[SCENE_BREAK]
As the crew head through the door, they each take a blaster. They holster the blasters and go through the inner door.
MAN (OOV.): Hey, are we glad to see you. Welcome to Titan. You're welcome to it. We're in the mess. Come on down.
The crew head toward the doors.
The first door is the wrong one, and the leader gestures to another when they hear laughter from behind it.
The door slides open.
[SCENE_BREAK]
MAN: Come on in. Join the party. Our last supper on Titan. Well, come on. Get your gear off and relax. You're going to be here for
The crew pull their blasters and aim at the three in the mess.
MAN: Hey, what kind of a joke is ...
The crew fire at the men who fall to the floor dead. Safran lifts his visor.
His face is covered in green scales.
SAFRAN: There is one other. The station supervisor. We must find him, destroy him.
SAFRAN: Then we can make this the ideal place in which to breed and multiply.
[SCENE_BREAK]
LOWE: Shuttle relief crew. Shuttle relief crew. Come in, please. Shuttle relief crew, this is Supervisor Lowe. Please report. Relief crew, this is the supervisor. Where are you?
He activates a remote camera monitor to see what is happening in the mess.
He pans his camera around.
LOWE: My God, what's happened? Hello? Hello?
LOWE: What is it? What's gone wrong?
SAFRAN: Wrong? There is nothing wrong. This is most suitable for our purpose. What, what purpose? Safran. Safran, is that you? What has happened?
SAFRAN: Who is this Safran?
Lowe looks horrified.
LOWE: Mayday! Mayday! Mayday! This is Titan Base. Mayday! Mayday! Mayday!
Meeker and Silvey approach through the halls and reach the supervisor's door as Lowe ducks into the IMURJINSEE EGSIT.
They burn through the lock and enter the room.
MEEKER: The supervisor has escaped.
SAFRAN: Leave him. Let him suffocate.
Safran punches the distress signal to silence it.
[SCENE_BREAK]
Back in the TARDIS Leela is practicing her handwriting on chalkboard.
DOCTOR: As soon as I've reset these coordinates, we'll go somewhere really interesting.
LOWE (OOV.): Mayday! Mayday! Mayday! This is Titan Base. Mayday! Mayday! Mayday!
LEELA: What was that?
DOCTOR: Distress call. From Titan. That message took half an hour to get here.
LEELA: Is Titan really interesting?
DOCTOR: What does that matter? What's important is that someone needs help!
We briefly see the webby thing in space again. Then the Doctor is setting controls.
DOCTOR: Quadrant six two. W H I one two one two nine nine zero E X four one. What's the matter?
LEELA: I'm troubled.
DOCTOR: About what?
LEELA: I can feel something.
DOCTOR: Hey.
SAFRAN (OOV.): Titan. This is Titan Base. All vessels, repeat, all vessels disregard mayday. I say again, disregard mayday. All under control.
DOCTOR: There we are.
SAFRAN (OOV.): Our apologies. Our apologies.
LEELA: That's it!
DOCTOR: That's what?
LEELA: That's something evil.
SAFRAN (OOV.): Titan Base out.
DOCTOR: What?
LEELA: It was not a human speaking.
DOCTOR: It wasn't?
The TARDIS gets caught in the webby stuff.
There is an explosion on the console as the Doctor leans over, and he briefly glows purple.
LEELA: What was that?
DOCTOR: Static. Nothing important.
LEELA: There was a sort of glow all around you.
DOCTOR: There was? Oh. Well, a kind of Saint Elmo's fire. It happens at sea.
LEELA: Saint Elmo's?
DOCTOR: Yes, it causes a sort of halo effect round the masts of ships.
LEELA: Halo?
DOCTOR: Why do you keep repeating everything I say? You're not a parrot, are you?
LEELA: Parrot?
DOCTOR: Yes. A parrot's a bird that repeats things. Move over.
LEELA: (deep) Move over.
DOCTOR: That's it.
Another explosion.
LEELA: I thought you said there was nothing wrong.
DOCTOR: Well, there isn't anything wrong. Well, there isn't anything important wrong, but I've got to check it, haven't I?
LEELA: I can still feel it.
DOCTOR: Come on, old thing. Come on.
Something zaps the Doctor's eyes.
He takes a step back and his vision blurs.
NUCLEUS (OOV.): Contact has been made.
He falls to the floor.
[SCENE_BREAK]
Back on the base.
SAFRAN: Incubation will start here.
NUCLEUS (OOV.): Contact has been made. The nucleus has found a host. Prepare for his coming.
[SCENE_BREAK]
The TARDIS materializes.
Inside, Leela gets zapped in the eyes too, but it doesn't affect her.
LEELA: Doctor, wake up. We've landed. We've materialised.
[SCENE_BREAK]
The crew approach the TARDIS down the corridor.
SAFRAN: There is one other with the host. She has been rejected. We must destroy her and dispose of her body with the rest. Take up your positions.
[SCENE_BREAK]
The Doctor wakes up.
DOCTOR: Hello, Lally.
LEELA: Are you all right?
DOCTOR: Rightly perfect, thank you yet, Lally.
LEELA: What did you say?
DOCTOR: I said, I'm perfectly all right, thank you, Lally.
LEELA: My name is Leela.
DOCTOR: Hmm? I know your name. Leela.
LEELA: What happened?
DOCTOR: Must have had a bot of a shik.
LEELA: What?
DOCTOR: A bot of a shik.
LEELA: Doctor, what is it? What's the matter?
DOCTOR: There's a voice or something in my head.
LEELA: The evil thing.
DOCTOR: Nonsense. Just a nasty turn. Come on, we're on Titan. Let's take a look.
He opens the doors and walks into one of them.
DOCTOR: That was odd.
LEELA: Doctor, don't go out.
DOCTOR: What?
LEELA: It's out there. Evil!
Lowe has returned to his quarters and grabs a blaster.
DOCTOR: We must go. We've had a mayday.
LEELA: No. I can feel it is wrong.
DOCTOR: What, intuition?
LEELA: I don't care what you call it, Doctor. I knew. I knew before that. Before you were affected.
DOCTOR: What are you talking about, affected?
LEELA: Well, before you were knocked out.
DOCTOR: Leela, listen to me. I'm perfectly all right. Move over.
[SCENE_BREAK]
Out in the corridor Lowe comes up behind the crew outside the TARDIS.
LOWE: Drop your weapons. I'm arresting you. All of you!
They turn to fire, but Lowe fires first and Silvey drops to the floor. Lowe dashes back down the corridor and goes in to a cryogenics room.
SAFRAN: Close the door. Turn off the oxygen supply.
The Doctor opens the outer doors, peeks out and slams them again.
A moment passes and slowly he opens the door again, looking down. Cautiously he exits, Leela behind.
DOCTOR: Nobody around. Not a soul.
He blows a bird call.
DOCTOR: Anyone home?
LEELA: Doctor, look.
They kneel down by Silvey's body.
DOCTOR: Disregard mayday. He said disregard mayday. Why?
LEELA: It is still warm.
DOCTOR: Don't be gruesome.
LEELA: I am a hunter.
DOCTOR: You're a savage.
LEELA: Perhaps. I'm not ashamed of what I am and I tell you, Doctor, I can smell danger.
DOCTOR: What did you say?
LEELA: I said, I can smell danger.
DOCTOR: Evil again?
LEELA: Everywhere. In this place.
DOCTOR: We'd better find it before it finds us.
LEELA: Right.
DOCTOR: Stay here.
LEELA: I'm no coward.
They both go off in different directions, but the Doctor backs up again.
DOCTOR: Now listen, whatever happens...
He turns to see Leela has gone, then he sets off again.
[SCENE_BREAK]
SAFRAN: Set temperature and humidity rate for optimum breeding conditions.
MEEKER: Set temperature and humidity rate for optimum breeding conditions.
The Doctor comes upon them.
DOCTOR: Excuse me, you don't know me. Let me introduce myself.
SAFRAN: There is no need. We are preparing the hives now.
DOCTOR: People call me the D. Hives?
SAFRAN: For the nucleus which you carry within you.
DOCTOR: Are you all right? I answered your mayday.
They turn to look at him.
SAFRAN: You answered the call?
DOCTOR: That's right, that's right. Has someone been hurt?
SAFRAN: It is of no consequence. The physical envelope is of no importance.
MEEKER: Of no importance.
DOCTOR: What do you mean, of no importance? I just found a dead body out there.
Meeker shoots him in the eyes with his lightning glance.
MEEKER: Now that you have arrived.
DOCTOR: I have arrived.
SAFRAN: All that matters is that the reject should be destroyed.
DOCTOR: Reject should be destroyed.
SAFRAN: And breeding begin.
DOCTOR: And breeding from my nucleus begin.
Out in the corridor Leela approaches the Cryogenic sekshun.
She opens the door and a frozen Lowe falls out. She drags him away. Safran hands the Doctor a blaster.
DOCTOR: Leela the reject will not suspect me.
SAFRAN: One of us will follow.
DOCTOR: That is not necessary.
SAFRAN: The nucleus within you must not be harmed.
MEEKER: Must not be harmed.
DOCTOR: Very well.
The Doctor exits followed by Meeker.
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In the mess Leela helps a recovered Lowe with a hot drink.
LOWE: Who are you?
LEELA: We answered your mayday.
LOWE: They tried to kill me. The relief crew. They're insane. They've already killed these poor devils.
LEELA: But why? Are they your enemies?
LOWE: No. I know them. At least, I thought I did. But they've changed.
LEELA: How changed?
LOWE: Their eyes, their manner, their whole behaviour is different. One of them said something.
LEELA: What?
LOWE: Their purpose. This place will be suitable for our purpose. For our purpose, whatever that is.
LEELA: The Doctor will know. He'll be here soon.
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DOCTOR (IN CORRIDOR): Leela? Leela, where are you?
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LEELA: That's him. That's the Doctor.
LOWE: No, wait. It could be a trap, if they've caught him.
LEELA: What are we going to do?
LOWE: Hide.
DOCTOR (OOV.): Don't worry, Leela, it's only me. Listen to me, Leela. There's nothing wrong with this place. It's most suitable. It's a good place. A good place.
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DOCTOR: Come on, Leela. I'm waiting. Please leave me. Please. I can't do it. I can't do it.
MEEKER: Think of the purpose. She is a reject. She must die.
DOCTOR: I can't.
MEEKER: Think of the purpose!
DOCTOR: I can't.
MEEKER: The purpose is all important!
Inside the mess Lowe makes a noise.
DOCTOR: The reject is here.
MEEKER: Stay. The nucleus does not wish to be harmed. I shall destroy her.
DOCTOR: Yes. Kill her. Kill her.
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The door op ens and Meeker enters.
Lowe points his blaster but Meeker shoots it out of his hand. Meeker steps forward, not noticing Leela alongside the door.
As Meeker moves into the room, Leela throws her knife into Meeker's back.
She runs from the room as Lowe bends over toward Meeker.
LOWE: Meeker, this purpose, what is it?
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Meeker lifts his head and zaps Lowe in the eyes, then falls dead.
Lowe leaps up with his blaster and runs into the corridor where Leela is prowling.
LOWE: Leave it to me. I know this place!
He dashes off down the corridor.