PETE listens on with tears in his eyes. PETE rushes over to CATHERINE and gives her a big hug.
PETE
CATHERINE rolls her eyes and gently pats his back.
MUSIC ENDS: TWIN PEAKS THEME
CUT TO:
EXT. TWIN PEAKS SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT - NIGHT
An establish shot. We view the front of the building.
CUT TO:
INT. TWIN PEAKS SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT - NIGHT
Standing by the reception office, BIG ED retells the previous night’s events to two DEPUTIES
plus DEPUTY FRED, DEPUTY ANDY and DEPUTY HAWK.
BIG ED
So, Fred starts to put the cuffs on him right. Now Harry, he turns to go. Now all of a
sudden Jacques throws an elbow at Fred like this.
BIG ED visually shows the group the move JACQUES made.
BIG ED
LUCY, with her back to group, is listening as she waters some plants in the reception area.
HAWK
BIG ED
HAWK
Then, all of a sudden, a single shot rings out.
ANDY puts his hands to together with his index fingers pointed out to resemble
a gun and reenacts his shooting of JACQUES. ANDY includes the sound effect
of the gun firing, ‘Paa-kehhh’. BIG ED, DEPUTY HAWK and the surrounding
DEPUTIES clap and cheer him on.
HAWK
LUCY turns to look at ANDY. Their eyes meet. LUCY smiles, shyly turns away
and quickly scampers into the coffee station.
BIG ED
HAWK pushes ANDY to talk to LUCY.
HAWK
ANDY tugs his belt up and walks to the coffee station. LUCY turns her head to look at ANDY and
quickly turns her head away. ANDY turns around and closes the accordion doors of the coffee station
for privacy. ANDY turns to LUCY, grabs her by the arms and turns her around to face him. Slowly,
they move to kiss. ANDY and LUCY both puts their arms around each other as they longingly kiss
each other. Still holding each other, LUCY and ANDY separate from the kiss to look at each other.
LUCY
ANDY
LUCY
ANDY’S eyes widen. He remains silent. LUCY becomes irritated by his silence and expression.
ANDY opens the doors to the coffee station, slowly walks out and moves down the hall. BIG ED and HAWK
watch ANDY silently walk off.
HAWK
Carrying a watering pitcher, LUCY exits the coffee station and walks by
HAWK and BIG ED. Angry, LUCY stares at HAWK and BIG ED and barks.
LUCY
LUCY walks to her office. BIG ED and HAWK shake their heads and walk away. We PAN to see the other
DEPUTIES also walk off. We ZOOM in on the reception window to LUCY’S office. In her office,
LUCY’S telephone RINGS. Annoyed, LUCY rudely answers it.
MUSIC: FRESHLY SQUEEZED (0:26 - 3:48) (QUIET VERSION)
LUCY
PHONE
LUCY
I’m sorry the sheriff isn’t in at the moment.
I expect him back shortly. Would you care to leave a message?
CUT TO:
EXT. EASTER PARK - NIGHT
BOBBY talks on a phone in a phone booth. BOBBY speaks in a lower tone to disguise his voice.
In the background, a clock bell can be heard RINGING.
BOBBY
LUCY can be heard from the telephone.
LUCY (OFF SCREEN)
BOBBY
LUCY (OFF SCREEN)
Yes, I’ve got that but Leo. Wait. Leo!
BOBBY hangs up the phone.
MUSIC ENDS: FRESHLY SQUEEZED (0:26 - 3:48) (QUIET VERSION)
CUT TO:
INT. CALHOUN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL - NIGHT
We look down a hallway of the hospital as doctors and nurses work.
INTERCOM
CUT TO:
INT. CALHOUN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL - NIGHT
Laying in a hospital bed, we see JACQUES with his left arm in a cast. SHERIFF
TRUMAN and AGENT COOPER, still in a tuxedo, stand beside his bed.
COOPER
JACQUES
Yeah, they’ve both been up there before.
JACQUES cracks a slight joke.
JACQUES
COOPER
JACQUES
Yeah, that was Laura’s idea. She talked Ronette into uhm making them ads.
COOPER
JACQUES
That bastard, he hit me with a whiskey bottle.
SHERIFF TRUMAN
JACQUES
JACQUES CHUCKLES slightly.
JACQUES
COOPER
JACQUES
I got sick. I go outside, pass out. I wake up, I’m lying on the ground.
COOPER
JACQUES
Leo, the girls, they gooonnnne.
JACQUES LAUGHS.
SHERIFF TRUMAN
Surprised by the question, COOPER looks at TRUMAN.
JACQUES
Uhm I don’t know nothing about that. I come down the hill. Leo’s car is gone.
Had to walk fifteen miles back down to my own house.
JACQUES LAUGHS slightly before his eyes begin to close as the pain killers take effect.
CUT TO:
INT. CALHOUN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL - NIGHT
We FOCUS on a heart pulse monitor. We PAN RIGHT to view DR. JACOBY’S face as he sleeps
in a hospital bed.
DR. JOHNSON
DR. HAYWARD
We PAN RIGHT to see DR. JOHNSON and DR. HAYWARD sitting together beside DR. JACOBY’S hospital bed.
DR. JOHNSON
DR. HAYWARD
CUT TO:
INT. CALHOUN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL - NIGHT
In the same room with JACQUES, AGENT COOPER and SHERIFF TRUMAN walk across
to DR. JACOBY’S bed. They stop short of the bed as they huddle to talk.
SHERIFF TRUMAN
COOPER
SHERIFF TRUMAN
COOPER
DR. HAYWARD walks away from DR. JACOBY’S bed and up to COOPER and TRUMAN.
COOPER
DR. HAYWARD
He’s out of the woods. Listen he uh ... he says he got a phone call from Laura Palmer.
He was on his way to see her when he was jumped. That brought on the heart attack.
COOPER
DR. HAYWARD
Puzzled, COOPER and TRUMAN look at each other.
CUT TO:
INT. BLUE PINE LODGE - NIGHT
In the library of the house, CATHERINE grabs books off the shelf, quickly looks them
over and throws them to the ground.
CATHERINE
On the other side of the room PETE grabs a book off the shelf, opens it and looks it over. PETE
moves to lean on a large stuffed bear trophy as he looks through the book.
PETE
Ohhh. Midge, Midge Johnson.
CATHERINE overhears PETE and turn to look at him.
CATHERINE
PETE slams the book shut in his hands.
PETE
PETE CHUCKLES.
PETE
CATHERINE
PETE
The phone RINGS. CATHERINE moves to the phone, picks up the receiver and answers.
CATHERINE
HANK (OFF SCREEN)
CATHERINE
CUT TO:
INT. DOUBLE R DINER - NIGHT
On the pay phone at the corner of the diner, HANK talks on the phone.
HANK
MUSIC: LOVE THEME FROM TWIN PEAKS
HANK
CUT TO:
INT. BLUE PINE LODGE - NIGHT
CATHERINE
Still on the phone and without looking at him, CATHERINE gestures for PETE
to leave the room. PETE starts to head out of the library.
PETE
After PETE leaves the room, CATHERINE resumes talking into the phone.
CATHERINE
CUT TO:
INT. DOUBLE R DINER - NIGHT
HANK
HANK hangs up the phone.
CUT TO:
INT. BLUE PINE LODGE - NIGHT
CATHERINE hangs up the phone, walks to a nearby desk and opens a drawer. CATHERINE opens a box
and pulls out a revolver. CATHERINE flips open the barrel of the pistol to check that it is loaded and
then closes it back into position. CATHERINE places the revolver in her coat pocket.
MUSIC ENDS: LOVE THEME FROM TWIN PEAKS
CUT TO:
EXT. DOUBLE R DINER - NIGHT
An establish shot. We view an empty parking lot lit by the neon lights of the restaurant.
HANK (OFF SCREEN)
Hey Norma, do you still have the big down comforter on your bed?
NORMA (OFF SCREEN)
CUT TO:
INT. DOUBLE R DINER - NIGHT
Seated in a booth, NORMA JENNINGS works on some paper work as HANK, behind
the counter at the island station, talks to her.
HANK
KANK uses his fingers to show about a one-inch thickness.
HANK
... yea thick, you know, and you lie there at night thinking. If this mattress is so skinny,
how they’d get all those rocks inside?
HANK and NORMA LAUGH slightly.
HANK
So uh, you forgive me if I tell ya’ that uh ... night after night I dream of you
lying there on that big feather bed.
NORMA looks away from HANK.
HANK
Oh, I guess the uh ... hired help shouldn’t be so familiar with the boss lady, huh.
NORMA
HANK
I wasn’t just dreaming about being with you Norma. What I was trying ... I shouldn’t
even be saying this much. Heck.
HANK throws his towel to the countertop.
NORMA
HANK
Naw, I haven’t earned the right Norma. I’ve been back what, two days.
NORMA
HANK
I’ve been trying to picture a whole life with
you. With the diner. Making it soar. Making it blue sky.
NORMA turns away from him again.
HANK
I always talk too big. That’s one of my biggest faults. I learned that talking to my
counselor inside. This is new territory for me. But I’m going to try Norma. You know,
its twenty years we’ve been together next month. Can you believe it? Maybe we’re
doing this all backwards. Maybe its the next twenty that counts.
MUSIC: HANK’S THEME
HANK
Looking into her eyes, HANK slowly moves to NORMA and gives her a kiss.
MUSIC ENDS: HANK’S THEME
CUT TO:
INT. HURLEY HOUSE - NIGHT
BIG ED, still wearing the western outfit diguise but without the wig or moustache, enters his house.
BIG ED
Casually with his hands in his pockets, BIG ED peers into the dark living room. Lit by the
foyer light, BIG ED sees NADINE laying on the floor. BIG ED walks toward her.
BIG ED
MUSIC: TWIN PEAKS THEME
Realizing something is wrong, BIG ED rushes down to her.
BIG ED
Oh god Nadine, don’t you do this.
BIG ED lightly slaps NADINE’S face hoping to awaken her.
BIG ED
BIG ED picks up a nearby phone and dials.
BIG ED
BIG ED hangs up the phone, picks up NADINE and hold her close in his arms.
BIG ED
MUSIC ENDS: TWIN PEAKS THEME
CUT TO:
EXT. TWIN PEAKS SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT - NIGHT
MUSIC: THE BOOKHOUSE BOYS (0:36 - 0:58)
An establish shot. SHERIFF TRUMAN’S police cruiser has just parked in front of the building.
SHERIFF TRUMAN jumps out of his cruiser and runs inside the building.
CUT TO:
INT. TWIN PEAKS SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT - NIGHT
AGENT COOPER, SHERIFF TRUMAN and DR. HAYWARD briskly walk up a hallway. COOPER is still in his tuxedo.
COOPER
LUCY walks out of her office.
LUCY
Sheriff, Leo Johnson called.
SHERIFF TRUMAN and COOPER stop to listen. DR. HAYWARD walks off.
SHERIFF TRUMAN
LUCY
LUCY hands the note with the message to TRUMAN.
LUCY
And sheriff, in the background, when I spoke to him, I could hear a clock striking.
SHERIFF TRUMAN hands the note to COOPER.
COOPER
LUCY
Just entering, HAWK greets TRUMAN.
HAWK (OFF SCREEN)
SHERIFF TRUMAN turns to HAWK to return the greeting.
SHERIFF TRUMAN
SHERIFF TRUMAN turns back to LUCY.
SHERIFF TRUMAN
HAWK walks up beside the huddled group.
COOPER
Hawk, pull the surveillance off Leo’s house. I
want you to set up a perimeter around Easter Park.
HAWK
HAWK walks off to handle the new orders. SHERIFF TRUMAN follows him out.
SHERIFF TRUMAN
JAMES enters the building and walks up to SHERIFF TRUMAN.
JAMES
Harry, I’ve got to talk to you.
SHERIFF TRUMAN
COOPER
Harry, let me talk to James. You want to investigate this.
COOPER hands the note back to TRUMAN.
COOPER
SHERIFF TRUMAN, concerned, watches COOPER walk of with JAMES.
MUSIC ENDS: THE BOOKHOUSE BOYS (0:36 - 0:58)
LELAND PALMER enters the building and walks up to SHERIFF TRUMAN.
LELAND
SHERIFF TRUMAN
LELAND
(ardent)
But is it the man Harry? Is it him?
LELAND
We can’t release any details right now. I’m sorry, excuse me.
SHERIFF TRUMAN walks outside to check the message given on the note. DR. HAYWARD walks up to LELAND.
DR. HAYWARD
Leland, there’s nothing you can do here. You should be home with Sarah now.
LELAND
Oh yes, you’re right. Of course you’re right. You - you going back to the hospital?
DR. HAYWARD
LELAND
DR. HAYWARD
DR. HAYWARD walks off. LELAND watches DR. HAYWARD leave and then turns back with an expressionless
face and unblinking glare. LELAND thinks outloud.
LELAND
CUT TO:
INT. TWIN PEAKS SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT - NIGHT
In the conference room standing beside a corner of the long conference table,
JAMES pulls a tape cassette from his pocket and holds it out to COOPER.
JAMES
COOPER
COOPER grabs the tape.
JAMES
COOPER
JAMES
COOPER
JAMES
COOPER
He said he saw Laura Palmer tonight. James, what kind of dangerous game have you been playing?
JAMES swallows hard.
JAMES
COOPER and JAMES turn to see SHERIFF TRUMAN standing in the door way holding up a cylindrical
object in his hands. SHERIFF TRUMAN enters the room and places the object on the conference
table. AGENT COOPER unfolds a handkerchief surrounding the gasoline soaked object.
MUSIC: THE BOOKHOUSE BOYS (2:12 - 2:31)
COOPER
I’ve been very patient with you James. From here
on out, I’m going to need a better set of answers.
Using tweezers, COOPER lifts the plastic object up which unrolls to reveal
that it is a plastic bag containing a white powder.
COOPER
Puzzled, JAMES looks to SHERIFF TRUMAN, to COOPER and then to the bag.
MUSIC ENDS: THE BOOKHOUSE BOYS (2:12 - 2:31)
CUT TO:
EXT. ONE-EYED JACKS - NIGHT
An establish shot. We view the large sign of a jack, from the playing card, with a neon flashing
‘J’ and one pulsating, buzzing neon eye.
SOUND EFFECT: BUZZING EYE
CUT TO:
INT. BLACKIE’S OFFICE - NIGHT
INSERT: CONTRACT
We FOCUS on a CLOSE-UP of the contract for Ghostwood Estates.
MR. THORSON (OFF SCREEN)
BACK TO SCENE:
MR. EINAR THORSON, the Icelander group leader, is seated at BLACKIE’S desk
looking over the contract to the Ghostwood Estates in his hands. Behind
him is one of the establishments 52’ PICK-UP girls. BENJAMIN is sitting
on the corner of the desk. Another 52’ PICK-UP is pouring them a drink.
MR. THORSON
... fine, fine, okay, okay. Ghostwood, fantastic, I love it.
BEN LAUGHS slightly.
BENJAMIN
The 52’ PICK-UP pouring the drinks leaves the room.
MR. THORSON
MR. THORSON looks back to the 52’ PICK-UP behind him.
MR. THORSON
BENJAMIN
BEN LAUGHS slightly. BEN and MR. THORSON both pull pens from their jacket pocket and offer
to exchange it with each other.
MR. THORSON
BENJAMIN
BEN uncaps his pen. BEN and MR. THORSON exchange pens.
MR. THORSON
MR. THORSON LAUGHS.
The telephone on the desk RINGS. BENJAMIN answers the phone but briefly turns to MR. THORSON.
BENJAMIN
CUT TO:
INT. DOUBLE R DINER - NIGHT
On the pay phone at the corner of the diner, HANK is on the phone.
HANK
CUT TO:
INT. ONE-EYED JACKS - NIGHT
HANK’S voice can be heard from the telephone.
HANK (OFF SCREEN)
BENJAMIN
From the telephone we hear a CLICK, HANK has hung up the phone on his line. BENJAMIN hangs up
the phone and smiles.
CUT TO:
EXT. JOHNSON HOUSE - NIGHT
An establish shot. We view the front of the house.
CUT TO:
INT. JOHNSON HOUSE - NIGHT
BOBBY slowly opens the front door and enters the house.
BOBBY
MUSIC: ??? 1
After BOBBY enters, leaving the door open, the door swings to close to reveal LEO,
who was hiding behind the door, standing in the corner of the room.
LEO
BOBBY spins around. LEO has his hands behind his back.
BOBBY
Leo, man am I glad to see you.
LEO
BOBBY
Actually it was you I was looking for. The cops man, they’re after you.
LEO
LEO kicks BOBBY to the ground. LEO swings an axe down at BOBBY but hits a coffee table as BOBBY quickly
jumps up to a nearby wall. LEO again swings the axe at BOBBY but hits the wall as BOBBY jumps away.
LEO
LEO swings his right arm out and smacks BOBBY in the jaw. BOBBY falls back
onto the television set and slides down to sit on the floor. BOBBY cries
out.
BOBBY
LEO moves to BOBBY, grips the axe, raises it and ... A shot RINGS out. A bullet
smashes through the window and sends LEO flying back onto the couch.
MUSIC ENDS: ??? 1
BOBBY moves up slightly to look out the window.
BOBBY’S POV:
Through BOBBY’S POV we FOCUS on the bullet hole in the broken glass and then FOCUS outside on
HANK, wearing a black leather jacket, standing outside as he looks inside the house. HANK walks off.
BACK TO SCENE:
BOBBY gets up and leaves. BOBBY passes LEO on his way out.
BOBBY
Still alive but unable to move or speak, LEO watches the television, which has been on.
LEO’S POV:
Through LEO’S POV we view television from a distance. The television program
‘Invitation to Love’ is on. On the television show, JARED stands behind CHET,
the nerd dressed in a white suit, holding him.
BACK TO SCENE:
We view a CLOSEUP of LEO. The bullet has hit him in the chest near the neck
and the shoulder.
LEO’S POV:
Through LEO’S POV we view a CLOSE-UP of the television. On the show, we view a CLOSE-UP
of a gun as it is fired. MONTANA, a scruffy bearded man wearing a black leather jacket and a
red bandana, is shot and falls back to a nearby wall. MONTANA turns his head to CHET in
surprise as he slowly slides down.
BACK TO SCENE:
We FOCUS on a CLOSE-UP of LEO’S face with his eyes open as he struggles to breathe.
CUT TO:
INT. PACKARD SAW MILL - DAY
With tears in her eyes, SHELLY struggles to free herself of her binds.
INSERT: TIMER
We FOCUS on the TICKING timer placed on the floor a short distance from SHELLY.
DISTANT VIEW:
From a distance behind shelves of stacked lumber, SHELLY can be seen tied against a wood
column support. SHELLY wiggles in her binds as she tries to free herself. We FOCUS on a
CLOSE-UP of a gun as it is pushed into view.
BACK TO SCENE:
SHELLY freezes as she see CATHERINE, who is holding a gun in her hand. SHELLY
wiggles around in her binds and cries out, barely intelligible, through her gag.
SHELLY
CATHERINE
The bell on the timer RINGS. It sets off a spark that ignites a rolled up
wad of gasoline soaked rags. The interior is now lit up by the flames.
MUSIC: ??? 2
SHELLY
(barely intelligible)
Please get me out of here.
I’ll die. Please help me.
CATHERINE moves to SHELLY and pulls her gag down from her mouth.
CATHERINE
SHELLY
CATHERINE
SHELLY
No, I don’t know anything. Just please help me.
CATHERINE
MUSIC ENDS: ??? 2
In a large flare up, the burning rags near the timer ignite several gasoline
trails. The fire races through the trails of gasoline throughout the wood
storage building. The lumber immediately catches fire.
MUSIC: ??? 3
SHELLY
CATHERINE grabs a small axe laying nearby and starts chopping at SHELLY’S binds. The growing fire
surrounds them. A portion of the upper floor starts to give way. CATHERINE finally cuts SHELLY’S
binds just in time to move away as a portion of the upper floor crashes to the ground.
SHELLY
CATHERINE grabs SHELLY’S hand and the two run through the burning building trying
to find a way out.
CUT TO:
INT. CALHOUN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL - NIGHT
In an empty hallway of the hospital, we FOCUS on a gloved hand and it reaches out and smash the
glass of a fire alarm, activating it. The fire alarm comes to life and sounds throughout the hospital.
MUSIC ENDS: ??? 3
We PAN to look down another hallway where DOCTORS and NURSES scamper around.
With their back to us, the INDIVIDUAL who started the alarm walks up the hallway.
MUSIC: NIGHT LIFE IN TWIN PEAKS (0:00 - 0:10)
CUT TO:
INT. CALHOUN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL - NIGHT
A privacy curtain is pulled away by a gloved hand to reveal JACQUES RENAULT, with
his left arm in a cast, asleep in bed. A gloved hand picks up JACQUES’S
right arm and moves it beside the bed railing. Tape is tightly wrapped around
JACQUES’S arm and the bed railing. The gloved hands pick up a nearby pillow
and places it over JACQUES’S face.
MUSIC ENDS: NIGHT LIFE IN TWIN PEAKS (0:00 - 0:10)
MUSIC: WALKING IN THE DARK
JACQUES awakens and begins to GRUNT underneath the pillow. JACQUES tries to move his right arm but
he can’t. JACQUES struggles to move his right arm but its bound to the railing. The heart rate
monitor beeps faster as JACQUES’S heart races. JACQUES can’t move his left arm because its
in a cast. JACQUES wiggles himself in bed but the pillow stays firmly in place. Suddenly, the heart
rate monitor falls silent. JACQUES fingers relax.
MUSIC ENDS: WALKING IN THE DARK
We PAN UP the arms of the killer holding the pillow, the arms of LELAND PALMER. LELAND wears an
expression of intense grief and shock. The fire alarm falls silent. LELAND expression quickly changes
and he turns his head to look around. LELAND walks off.
CUT TO:
EXT. PACKARD SAW MILL - NIGHT
Drying Shed #3, a tall warehouse building, is on fire. PETE and a COWORKER, carrying a fire extinguisher,
walk toward the burning building.
PETE
COWORKER
PETE
COWORKER
PETE
They pass her all-terrain vehicle.
COWORKER
Geez, god. You think she’s still inside?
PETE
COWORKER
PETE puts a pair of safety goggles over his eyes.
MUSIC: LAURA PALMER’S THEME (DRAMATIC VERSION)
PETE
The COWORKER hands PETE the fire extinguisher. PETE runs over to the building
and looks it over. PETE kicks the door in and runs inside.
PETE
MUSIC ENDS: LAURA PALMER’S THEME (DRAMATIC VERSION)
CUT TO:
INT. BLACKIE’S OFFICE - NIGHT
BENJAMIN signs his name on the Ghostwood contract, right below MR. THORSON’S signature.
BENJAMIN
MR. THORSON
Ben, is this a great moment?
BENJAMIN
MR. THORSON
BEN stands up. BEN and MR. THORSON hug. Two 52’ PICK-UPS, walk up to MR. THORSON
and cradle his arms. BENJAMIN grabs a tray of poker chips and hands it to MR. THORSON.
BENJAMIN
Einar, tonight you play on the house.
Wearing a smile, MR. THORSON checks out the WOMEN hanging on his arms.
MR. THORSON
BEN places a cigar in EINAR’S coat pocket.
BENJAMIN
The two 52’ PICK-UPS escort MR. THORSON out. In a salute, MR. THORSON holds up
the tray of poker chips.
MR. THORSON
BENJAMIN
BENJAMIN pulls a cigar out of his pocket and bites the tip off. BEN walks
over to BLACKIE, who was standing off to the side.
BLACKIE
BLACKIE lights BEN’S cigar. Standing beside her, BEN holds BLACKIE close.
BENJAMIN
Blackie old pal, this calls for a celebration. Let’s have a look ... at the new girl.
CUT TO:
INT. ONE-EYED JACKS - NIGHT
We FOCUS on a large card of the queen of diamonds. We ZOOM out to see an OLD LADY, with
a hunched back, sewing the card to the front of AUDREY’S lingerie. There is a KNOCK
at the door. The OLD LADY scampers away.
OLD LADY
The OLD LADY exits the room through a hidden door.
BENJAMIN
AUDREY’S POV:
Through AUDREY’S POV we FOCUS on the reflection from a mirror of BENJAMIN as he enters
the room and closes the door behind himself.
BACK TO SCENE:
AUDREY, still seated, is stunned.
AUDREY’S POV:
Through AUDREY’S POV we FOCUS on the reflection from a mirror of BENJAMIN near the door to the
room behind a deep reveal.
BENJAMIN
Still viewing his reflection in the mirror, BEN slowly walks into the room.
DISSOLVE TO:
INT. GREAT NORTHERN HOTEL - NIGHT
As the last scene FADES OUT the next scene FADES IN. In a hallway of the hotel, AGENT DALE COOPER
walk up the hall toward his room. With his tie undone, AGENT COOPER is carrying his tuxedo jacket
in his left hand over his shoulder. In his right hand COOPER carries his mini tape recorder which
he is talking into.
COOPER
Diane, 4:37 am. After a long investigative night, returning to my room at the Great Northern.
We have one suspect in custody and Leo Johnson, the man I believe was responsible for
Laura’s death, won’t be able to escape the drag net we’ve thrown up for him much longer.
AGENT COOPER pauses to listen and looks around.
COOPER
As you can hear from the ambient sound around me ... and I notice with some relief, that the
Icelandic group staying on my floor have either checked or passed out. I may not need the Ear
Pillow ear plugs. Which I did receive today Diane. Although I suspect I may put them to use
as a purely precautionary measure. I ordered some hot milk from room service. Here’s
hoping that does the job and I’ll be able to catch a few hours of quality sack time.
Twenty-four hour room service must be one of the premiere achievements of modern civilization.
COOPER turns off his mini tape recorder, unlocks the door to his room, opens it and enters.
CUT TO:
INT. DALE COOPER’S HOTEL ROOM - NIGHT
Upon entering his hotel room COOPER spots a small envelope on the floor. COOPER picks up the
envelope. COOPER smiles as he reads aloud who the envelope is addressed to.
COOPER
The telephone RINGS. COOPER walks across the room to answer it.
COOPER
Cooper here. (reply)
Who is this?
(reply) Could this wait till tomorrow morning?
There is a KNOCK at the door.
COOPER
COOPER places the receiver beside the phone as he moves to answer the door. ANDY can be heard
from the phone.
ANDY (OFF SCREEN)
(static)
We found him. (clear) Its Andy, Deputy
Andy. Agent Cooper? We found Leo Johnson. He’s been shot. Agent Cooper?
COOPER opens the door.
COOPER’S POV:
Through COOPER’S POV the first thing he sees is a gun that DISCHARGES before he can do
anything.
BACK TO SCENE:
The gun is FIRED again and we see that the two shots have hit AGENT COOPER in the chest. The gun
DISCHARGES one more time.
FADE OUT:
AGENT COOPER can be heard falling to the ground with a THUD.
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MUSIC: LAURA PALMER’S THEME
We view LAURA PALMER’S homecoming picture as the end credits roll.
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