S5 E10 “From the Frying pan to the Hot Stove” – Sam needs to remember how she escaped the witches before the town of Haven turns against Audrey and Nathan.
Previously on Haven/Haven
Rewrites;
Nathan’s
Father, the police chief would have “Hot stove” meetings so that people could
talk about the troubles around a hot stove.
Audrey’s Mother, Mavis,
with three other witches in the 1700s was the one to trouble the town. She’s
back, not having aged and has recruited three new witches who have been responsible
for deaths that leave a fan symbol on their bodies. Sam was kidnapped by them
and even though the witches are powerful Sam escaped but has no memory of the
event.
Sam might be pregnant
and she’s told Duke that if he continues smuggling she won’t leave him but they
won’t have kids.
Nathan has healed
someone no one can touch and gotten boils, yet since he can’t feel pain he was
glad to do it.
Ben, Jeremy’s father
has revealed to James, “I’m the reason, why no one remembers what happened to
you the day you were killed.”
Teaser
INT. POLICE STATION –
DWIGHT’S OFFICE – NIGHT
Ben
stands in Dwight’s office with James and Dwight as he confesses, “I don’t
remember what happened. I was drinking then, I’d blacked out. But I knew my
trouble had overloaded because no one could remember that day. The day you were
killed.” Ben says looking to James apologetically.
James
sighs seemingly unresponsive to the news.
Dwight looks to Ben
pensive, “I think I have an idea.”
FOREST - NIGHT
In the darkness of
night in the forest three women and a man stand around a circle chanting, their
faces covered. A teenage girl is tied up in the center, pulling at the ropes. A
dark mist enters the girl and the witches stop chanting. The girl shrieks. An
adult buck hears the shriek and runs towards her, mauling the girl and going
after the witches, who flee in their speedy run—leaving only blurs.
INT. HAVEN TOWN STREETS
- MORNING
The next morning James walks
with Dwight down streets plastered with Hot stove meeting signs, ‘Tuesday 7pm
at the Gull’.
James looks to Dwight, “How’s
Ben?” he asks.
Dwight, not clear why
James is asking says, “Fine.”
James asks, “Is he
really willing to go under hypnosis to find out who killed me?”
Dwight nods, “The
Phycologist will be here in a couple days and you can find out what happened to
you.”
They walk into the
forest to the site of the girl in the circle, it’s taped off in the distance. Daniel
is there to meet them saying, “You wanted me here.”
Dwight explains “I
thought you and James could be partners, detectives.”
He hands them badges.
Daniel nods, “Thanks.
So this is our case.”
Dwight nods, “Yes, what
do you think?”
James looks over to the
site and says, it looks like an animal attack and turning to Daniel adds, “it
also looks like your drawing of the troubling ceremony”.
Daniel nods in
agreement and relays, “the troublings don’t always turn out the way they
predict.”
Stan comes up to them
from two worried parents, “let me guess.” James says. “She had a way with
animals.”
Stan nods, “how did you
know?”
James says, “there’s a
pattern with the troubles.” He looks to
Daniel, “Animal attack slash suicide.”
Daniel nods, “Yeah.”
James pulls off his gloves.
Daniel notices some
blood by the edge of the circle, “The witches might be hurt.”
Dwight offers, “I’ll
check the hospitals.”
James says, “We’ll do
it.”
Dwight nods, “right” Dwight
urges gently, “We need to keep this quiet. If people found out troublings were
happening.”
James looks to the
crowd by the trail, and says, “too late”. In the crowd is a young woman in
jogging gear.
Daniel suggests, “We
need to find a way to keep them calm and with the witches out we need a
curfew.”
Dwight shakes his head,
“that will only lead to panic”.
Daniel argues back, “People
are going to notice.”
Dwight nods, “We’ll
find out if they do. Nathan’s decided to have a hot stove meeting.”
James asks, “What’s
that?”
Dwight explains, “All
the town is invited to talk about any issues.” As Daniel ponders and Dwight
looks to him, “What are you thinking?”
Daniel comments, “That
could go well or very badly, we don’t have any protection for them.”
James ponders looking
around, “Maybe Audrey and Nathan have something, where are they this morning?”
Dwight responds,
“Nathan’s on a bit of a rampage. Healing people that cause physical pain to
others.”
James nods, “Since he
can’t feel it.”
Dwight nods.
From the distance Zara,
a brunet watches.
RESIDENTIAL STREETS OF
HAVEN
Walking down
residential streets of Haven Audrey follows Nathan, his hands still bandaged
from the boils. Hives, pimples, a rash is also on his body. He walks briskly
along the street.
Annoyed, Audrey berates
him, “Nathan you have to stop this.”
Nathan argues, “I can’t
feel it”
Audrey argues, “That
doesn’t mean it’s not hurting you. Look at you Nathan. Your body can’t take
much more.”
Nathan argues, “I can
heal these people of their troubles preventing them from touching people. Since
I can’t feel it I’m the only one that can.”
Audrey nods, “Okay, but
please slow down.” Nathan shows her a piece of paper, “There’s only one more in
Vince and Dave’s records then I’m done.”
Nathan goes around her
as Audrey takes the piece of paper. Speaking to herself she says, “Until the
Hot stove meeting reveals more.”
She looks at the piece
of paper, “What does this cause the black plague.” Nathan walks up to a door.
INT. HOUSE - DAY
Inside the house Nathan
sits with a middle aged man who is stuffed up. He sneezes. I’ve had allergies
all my life I was in my twenties when I started giving them to people just by
being in the same room as them.
Audrey sighs, “Great.”
Nathan asks, “They go
away though.”
The man nods, “Yeah, it
takes about 24 hours but my wife still left me. I suppose-” He sneezes, “I was
lucky to get her in the first place.”
Nathan offers to heal
him, the man is surprised to hear it’s possible.
Audrey asks him to keep
the healing to himself. The man nods and sneezes on Nathan as he puts his hands
to his cheeks.
INT. HOUSE NEXT DOOR -
DAY
Next door a woman
drinks coffee as she sees her husband working in the garden outside, “they’re never
going to be just perfect hon.” She says to herself.
She looks up and sees a
ring form around him, everything around him is turning black. She screams.
INT. HOUSE - DAY
Nathan and Audrey hear
the scream.
Act I
INT. HOUSE NEXT DOOR -
DAY
Sam sits with the woman
inside, as she cries on Sam’s shoulder. The woman says, “But he’s a Driscal.
They’re not troubled.”
EXT. HOUSE NEXT DOOR
BACK YARD - DAY
Outside, in the
backyard the man stands still in the middle of the garden, a black patch around
him in a not so perfect circle around him. Nathan and Audrey stand beyond the
black patch weary of it.
The man mumbles riled
up, “This can’t be happening.”
Audrey reminds him as
if this isn’t the first time, “You’re going to need to calm down.” She asks his name.
He responds, “Login
Driscal.”
She inquires what he
was doing when this first happened.
He responds, “I was
making sure the plants were perfect. They always seem to have some spots on
them, dead leaves so I clip them to make them perfect.”
Nathan whispers to
Audrey as he looks to the dark patch around, “and now the grass is all black.”
Audrey nods. She looks
to Login, “Is that a fear of yours that it will turn all black.”
He nods, “Yeah, I just
thought if I take care of them they’ll be perfect. I want to take care of them.
But this can’t happen. I’m a Driscal I don’t have a trouble.” The patch expands
as he gets agitated pushing Audrey and Nathan further away.
Audrey inquires about
his life, “were you out of town recently?” He denies he was and Audrey asks if
he went camping or hiking recently. Surprised to hear her ask that he responds,
“Yes, my high school friends and I took a weekend trip. What does that have to
do with this?” He says getting agitated the patch grows a little more crossing
over the grass where Nathan sees a squirrel. He’s wary, as if the squirrel will
die but it is fine.
Nathan crosses the line
saying, “I can help you.”
Worried Audrey pulls
him back.
Nathan whispers to her,
“He only affects plants.”
Audrey tells him, “you’ve
done too many today.”
Nathan insists, “I’m
okay”. He goes over and heals Login.
The black patch disappears.
Nathan starts to fall
week, the man and Audrey hold him up before he falls.
INT. HOUSE NEXT DOOR -
DAY
As Login and Audrey
help Nathan inside the woman and Sam stand.
Nathan says, “He’s
alright.”
The woman asks, “What
happened?”
Audrey simply says,
“He’s fine now.”
The woman goes to her
husband and hugs him.
Sam goes to help Audrey
with Nathan, trading places with Login. She says to Audrey, “He was troubled,
by the witches.”
Nathan says, “Yeah.”
They
all know they have a problem. Their eyes reveal they know.
INT. NATHAN AND
AUDREY’S PLACE - DAY
At Nathan and Audrey’s
place, Vince, Dave, Dwight, James, Daniel, Sam, and Duke, and Nathan (who lies
on the couch) stand around listening to Audrey, “Thanks for being here. We’ve
called you here because we now know that at least 2 people have been troubled
by the witches in the last three weeks.”
Daniel adds, “there’s
probably more, many more.”
Duke responds, “How is
that different than any other day. No one knows how many people are troubled.”
Audrey adds, “Login
Driscal discovered he was troubled this morning.”
Vince steps up
surprised, “The Driscals have never been troubled.”
Dave adds, “People are
going to start to notice things are different.”
Audrey nods, “And with
the hot stove meeting coming up people are going to start asking questions.”
Looking to Audrey
Daniel adds as if asking her if this is where she’s going, “They’re going to
want to do something drastic.”
Audrey nods.
INT. HOUSE NEXT DOOR -
DAY
A
man, Derek, pounds on the table and says, “We can’t let the police do this.
Login was troubled a Driscal. Troubled by who, they aren’t telling us
anything.”
It’s
revealed that he is in the kitchen of sitting at the eating table with Login a
man and the woman jogger from that morning. Login’s wife brings them
refreshments saying, “Sam said something about witches.”
“Witches.”
Kyle says shocked, “they’re doing the troubling?”
Login responds, “That’s
why I called you here.”
Anne adds, “The police
had an area of the forest blocked off this morning. I saw it on my run. There’s
some weird symbols around a dead girl. It looked like witch craft to me.”
Login continues with,
“We have to stop them.”
“I’ll
gather some men together.” Kyle, the other man says, “We’ll hunt these witches
down.”
“We
should wait.” Anne, the jogger says, “Till after the hot stove meeting, gather
all the intel we can.”
INT. NATHAN’S HOUSE -
DAY
Audrey
continues talking to Duke, Sam, Vince, Dave, James, Dwight, and Daniel while
Nathan lays on the couch. “We need to be able to provide them with some hope.”
“People
are worried the troubles aren’t gone.” Nathan says.
“Are
you prepared,” Duke says, “to tell people that’s Audrey’s fault.”
“Duke”
Sam says chastising him her arms across her chest.
Duke
defends himself, “I’m not saying it was the wrong choice but they won’t be
happy about it.”
Vince
defends Audrey, “Audrey did it to get rid of the troubles forever not just 27
years.”
Dave
adds, “Nathan can heal.”
James
argues, “We’re not going to tell people that? We know how that turns out.”
Audrey
shakes her head, “No we’re going to tell them we have a way to get rid of the
troubles once and for all.”
Dwight,
his arms across his chest says, “It wouldn’t matter if you did, with Mavis
continuing to trouble and Nathan only able to cure a few each day, the troubles
could be more than Nathan can handle.”
Audrey
steps forward, “What we need to do is assure people we can protect them from
Mavis, provide them with a way they can protect themselves.”
Daniel
blurts out the obvious, “They can’t protect themselves. They never could.”
James leans against the
couch pensive.
Everyone else sighs
nodding.
Daniel insists to
Dwight, “we need to initiate a curfew.”
Dwight shakes his head.
Dave adds, “There is a
rabid moose on the lose.”
Vince laughs, “that
rimes.”
Dave chuckles saying,
“I came up with it myself.”
Dwight nods, “Alright,
for the moose with rabies.”
Dave nods, “That’s what
the Harold will say.”
James removes himself
from leaning against the couch and speaks up, “That’s not true.” He says.
Vince interrupts, “Of
course it’s not true it’s a cover story.”
James shakes his head,
“No…that we don’t have a way to protect ourselves. Sam did. She fought them.”
Sam shakes her head, “I
was with Duke…love conquers all.”
Nathan adds, “We can
tell them that.”
James shakes his head
again, “No, before when they wanted you to perform the ceremony with them, you
fought them on your own.”
Sam says, “I don’t
remember that.”
James glances at
Dwight, “Well luckily we have a physiologist coming in that can help you recall
those memories.”
Dwight adds, “But she’s
not coming till the day of the meeting.”
Audrey says, “We’ll
have to make it work.”
Act II
INT. NATHAN’S HOUSE –
KITCHEN – MORNING
Audrey is in the kitchen working on her
laptop when Nathan comes in as toast pops up from the toaster.
Audrey turns to him,
“Remember,” Audrey says, “You’re resting today, before the meeting.”
Nathan nods as he takes
the toast and grabs a bite, “When’s the psychologist coming today.”
“You rest, I’ll worry
about that.” Audrey says.
Nathan sighs, “Okay.”
He backs away from her into the bedroom as if she’s a time bomb about to go
off.
EXT. GULL – AFTERNOON
James works with cops
at the Gull taking sound equipment off a truck and up to the apartment balcony.
James looks over and
sees Zara in the parking lot. He waves at her and smiles. She smiles back and
approaches saying, “Setting up for the hot stove meeting?”
James nods, “Yeah.”
smitten he looks at his feet.
She asks if they need
help, offering to provide it.
He takes her inside.
INT. POLICE STATION -
DAY
At the police station
Sam, with Duke close behind her enters Audrey’s office. Audrey is there. The
phycologist, a woman in her 50s, stands talking with her.
Audrey looks to Sam and
the phycologist turns to her saying, “I’ve just been hearing about how you all
have had quite an adventure. You must be Sam. I’m Dr. Freed.” The phycologist
says offering her hand to Sam.
Sam takes her hand and nods.
Audrey turns to Sam, “I
have to get going to the meeting, but the office is yours.”
Sam nods. “Thanks,
sorry I won’t be there.”
Audrey shakes her head,
“I’m sorry I won’t be here.” She says apologetic for not being with her during
the hypnosis.
Sam nods, “It’s alright.
Duke will be here.” As Sam clings to
him, Dr. Freed notices he acts distant from her.
Audrey says, “Get us
something.”
Sam nods, “That’s the
plan.”
Audrey leaves.
Duke says, “Sam”
nagging her to do something.
Sam bluntly tells Dr.
Freed, “I might be pregnant I hope that’s not a problem.”
The phycologist says,
“Oh, there’s no drugs or anything. We’ll just monitor your vitals. I’m glad I
brought the equipment for that.” Dr. Freed goes into her large bag.
As Sam says “no one
knows” Dave bursts in and asks, “Sam good I caught you…about the baby-”
Vince follows him
saying, “that’s subtle.”
Dave wines, “We need to
get to the Gull for the meeting.”
Duke utters, “Of course
Dave and Vince know.”
The phycologist says
“Of course,” chuckling she says, “I grew up in Haven.”
Vince excited to see
Dr. Freed welcomes the phycologist back referring to her as a hot shot.
Dave eagerly says, “About
the baby. The Harold was wondering if we could be the first to write an
announcement”
Sam answers, “The truth
is my blood work hasn’t come back yet, so I’m not sure I am pregnant.”
Dave and Vince are both
disappointed, “Oh okay.”
Sam adds, “I wouldn’t
want anyone to know till I started showing anyway. It’s hard enough being a
woman Reverend I wouldn’t want people to think I should take my pregnancy off
because I won’t.”
Vince nods, “More power
to you.”
Dave adds, “That’s our
girl.”
Duke is turned away
from her. Noticing, Sam looks to him reaching out with her hand, “Are you
alright?”
He responds
immediately, “Yeah, I just don’t like you reliving this.”
Dwight at the door
says, “We’ll only do what we need to.”
Dr. Freed says. “I
promise she’ll be safe.”
Dwight looks to Dr.
Freed, “Sorry I was late.”
Dr. Freed says, “No
problem, we were just going to set up.” She turns to Sam, “can you lie down on
the couch.”
INT. CHURCH – DAY
At the church Vince and
Dave welcome people to the hot stove meeting and instruct them to get food and
something to drink and they’ll start in about 45 minutes.
Nathan, still covered
with pimples and hives, bandaged from the boils, stands with flash cards in a
corner as if rehearsing a speech.
Audrey stands looking
towards Nathan. She’s worried. Daniel notices and leans over to her saying in
her ear, “worrying isn’t going to help.”
Audrey nods taking a
big sigh she turns from Nathan and says, “I’m done.” She looks up to Daniel,
her back facing Nathan, “Want something to eat.” She asks.
Daniel nods, “Sure.”
INT. POLICE STATION -
DAY
Sam, with suctions
connected to wires on her forehead lays on the couch in Audrey and Nathan’s
office.
The psychologist sits
beside her a computer in front of her relaying heart rate and brain activity.
“You are safe here Sam, safe with me.” She says as if commanding a safe space.
Sam is under hypnosis.
With Duke and Dwight standing around the psychologist continues, “Remember that
night after your date with Duke.”
Sam recalls that night;
EXT. THE GULL – PATIO -
NIGHT (FLASHBACK)
Sam is kissing Duke at
the Gull; She kisses
him deeply outside by their table. He wraps his arms around her and kisses her
deeply. She pulls away and she says, “Now I’m good.” He stands dazed smiling at
her as she wishes he’s safe on his trip. She then walks away.
In the parking lot Sam smiles, giddy as she
strolls to her car. Suddenly a dark figure pulls her aside in a blur.
INT. POLICE STATION –
AUDREY AND NATHAN’S OFFICE – DAY (PRESENT)
Laying on the couch in Nathan and Audrey’s
office Sam gasps.
Duke jumps.
The psychologist continues, “Sam you’re safe
here, you’re in the police station, go back and recall what happened.”
Sam calming down recalls back;
EXT. GULL – PATIO -
NIGHT
She is sitting at the table at the Gull with
Duke, their hands intertwined. She hears the physiologist say, “Remember just
before you felt threatened and describe what you see.”
Sam’s memory jumps ahead.
EXT. GULL – PARKING LOT
- NIGHT
Reliving it, Sam describes looking at her car,
walking towards it. As someone snatches her she tells them, “Someone knocked me
down.”
INT. POLICE STATION –
NATHAN AND AUDREY’S OFFICE - DAY
In Nathan and Audrey’s office, Duke utters, “I
should have walked her to her car.”
The psychologist turns to him and places her
finger over her mouth, indicating he should be quiet. She turns back to Sam and
asks her, “What’s the next place you remember being?”
INT. MANSE – BEDROOM - DAY
Sam recalls being in her place, still in her
clothes the next morning, the mark on her chest she awakens.
“I’m in my place, but I don’t remember getting
there. There’s blood on my blouse, a mark on my chest.”
The phycologist directs her to feel the mark, “recall
when you first felt the pain of it”.
INT. POLICE STATION –
AUDREY AND NATHAN’S OFFICE - DAY
Sam, laying on the couch cringes as she recalls.
It’s difficult for her, causing her pain.
Duke squirms wanting to go to her.
Dwight holds him back with a gesture.
FOREST - NIGHT
Sam is in the forest. She stares straight ahead
as blurry figures and shapes are in front of her a blurry woman etches into her
skin. Another woman, blurry stands with her.
INT. POLICE STAITON –
AUDREY AND NATHAN’S OFFICE – DAY/FOREST NIGHT (FLASHBACK) (GOES BETWEEN AS
NEEDED)
In Audrey and Nathan’s office, Sam lays on the
couch as if experiencing a bad dream. Dr. Freed monitors her vitals they are
touching on the red but not staying there.
Sam groans, “They’re cutting into me.”
The phycologist asks her “who is?”
Sam struggles and Duke tenses, watching her.
“I can’t tell. It’s too blurry.” Sam says, “And
it hurts. I can’t move.”
Freed asks Sam, “Where are you?”
Sam describes what she sees, “I’m in the
forest, standing at the edge of a circle.”
Dr. Freed tells Sam to focus on the sounds,
asking her what she can hear.
Sam focuses and struggles as the garbled words
between two blurry figures turn into sentences, “’Mavis said the ceremony
needs’, That’s all I can hear.” It is all she can make out and tells them.
Duke looks to Dwight, “Mavis wasn’t around
yet.”
Sam continues to listen hearing and reporting;
“When Mavis is here in person we’ll be a true coven.”
Duke sighs with understanding.
Sam overhears the blurry woman say, “We’ll get
rid of her after this is over.”
Sam sees the woman who speaks. It’s Willow. Sam
panics and begins to toss and turn as she mumbles, “The Lord is my Shepard I
shall not want he makes me lie down in green pastures he leads me beside still
waters...”
Duke tells Freed “wake her up.”
Sam’s vitals on the computer are in the red.
Act III
INT. POLICE STATION –
AUDREY AND NATHAN’S OFFICE - DAY
Sam sits on the couch alert. Duke hands her a
glass of water. She thanks him and smiles with some effort.
He sits down beside her.
She shudders, “It’s like waking up from a bad
dream.”
Dwight sits down in a chair by the couch, “I
always wondered how Willow knew about Mavis and the ceremony. Now we know she
told them.”
Sam questions, “But she wasn’t here yet.”
Dwight, “Telepathy. It’s the only explanation.”
Sam looks at the ground. She declares, “I saw
Willow. She was their leader.”
Dr. Freed enters saying, “That’s good. You
recognized a face.” Sam looks to her, “I want to go back in, remember
everything.”
Duke against it says, “Sam.” Urging her to
stop.
Sam looks to him, “I need to know how I got
away to help everyone else.”
Dr. Freed begins to pick the leads back up to
prep Sam, “She’ll be alright? We’ll make sure of it.”
Duke reluctant stands from the couch relenting,
his eyes on Sam as Dr. Freed puts the leads back on Sam’s head.
EXT. THE GULL - DAY
At the Gull, the hot
stove meeting, Kyle, Derek, and Login’s wife chat about how they managed to get
a few more people. “That makes about 40 who will fight with us,” Derek says as
they seat on the patio of the Gull.
At the bottom of the stairs Nathan, still
bandaged up, with hives over his face, sneezes. Audrey stands next to him with
Daniel behind her.
ON THE BALCONY
Vince and Dave step up to the microphone and announce
them, “We’re going to get started”
The chatter down below starts to die off.
“To start us off.” Vince says
Dave continues, “Nathan Wournos is going to say
a few words.”
Nathan
and Audrey make their way up the stairs with Daniel following. Some people clap
and cheer for them some are stone faced with their hand around their chest.
Vince and Dave walk down the stairs and Nathan
approaches the podium and awkwardly reads his cards, “Welcome everyone….”
There’s an awkward pause everyone waits for
what he’ll do next.
Nathan continues, “All of you are here because
you know, the town has troubles. As is tradition the hot stove meeting is a
place to come forward with your concerns. So in a little bit we will invite
people to speak, simply raise your hand and someone will hand you a microphone.”
Both James and Stan stand with Microphones
below.
“But first” Nathan continues with a dry tone, “we
need to say a few things about what’s been happening recently. From the
concerns received in the hot stove meeting box there are two basic concerns.
People are worried because unlike before the troubles are not gone and people
are worried they might be troubled. The truth is the troubles aren’t gone and
while this is a hardship for a lot of people, especially those who have lost
people, Audrey and I in our work with troubled people have figured out how to
get rid of them permanently.”
People start to talk amongst themselves,
shocked.
As the chatting dies down Nathan continues, “To
get rid of a troubles requires that we are familiar with the trouble and that
it is expressed. Some are harder to get rid of than others.”
An older woman starts to yell, “why haven’t we
heard about this?”
A man yells, “What’s taking so long?”
Nathan looks up, appearing like a deer in
headlights.
Audrey steps up to the mic, “Like Nathan said
some are harder to get rid of than others. You will need to have some patience
here. There is only the two of us.”
Another man yells, “It’s taking too long. How
many more people are we going to lose?”
Audrey patiently says, “This town has undergone
more lose than any town ever should. And saying we’re doing everything we can
would only make you feel the pain more profoundly so I won’t do that. What we
can do is work together to make things better. Care for each other’s grief and
suffering. Nathan and I, as well as Dave, Vince, and Daniel are here to help.
Nathan will tell you what you can do to help.”
As Nathan steps back up to the podium, thanking
Audrey, Daniel turns to Audrey and smiles at her, proud of her.
Nathan continues to read from his cards “There
are things you can do to help us with the troubles. If you suspect you have a
trouble you can come to Sam, Vince, Dave, Duke, Daniel, Audrey, Myself, or Dwight
and talk to us. We will keep it confidential.”
Down below Kyle yells, “We have the right to
know who’s troubled.”
People clamor in agreement.
Nathan simply continues, “If you wonder if your
family has a trouble we have records of family histories that have been
compiled which might be able to tell us.”
Down below people are looking around surprised
at this news. Kyle looks to Login, “We need to get that list.”
Up above, “Now.” Nathan says, “We’ll begin
question answer time.”
Many people raise their hands. Stan and James
hand their mics to two people on opposite sides of the patio below.
Audrey stepping up to the mic says, “If we do
not wish to ask the questions publically you can write them down on the papers
at your tables and put them in the box.”
Dave and Vince below hold the box.
A woman asks, “Why aren’t the troubles gone?”
INT. POLICE STATION –
AUDREY AND NATHAN’S OFFICE - DAY
In Audrey and Nathan’s office in the police
station Sam lays on the couch again, with the monitors suctions on her head.
The phycologist speaks to her, calmly and clearly, “You are safe here in the
police station simply recalling back to the forest when the witches were
speaking. Focus on their voices.”
FOREST – NIGHT
(FLASHBACK)
Sam
is in the forest as the blurry figures speak in garbled language. She tries to
focus on what the women say.
INT. POLICE STATION - AUDREY
AND NATHAN’S OFFICE - DAY
In Nathan and Audrey’s office Sam laying on the
couch struggles.
Duke fidgets worried about her. Dwight holds
him back trying to get him to stop, “She’s okay.”
FOREST – NIGHT
(FLASHBACK)/ AUDREY AND NATHAN’S OFFICE - DAY (GOES BETWEEN AS NEEDED)
Sam in the forest looks at Willow, no longer
blurry and a blurry woman beside her. A man behind them comes up with a box. Sam
focuses hard saying, “Jeremy?” questioning it.
In the forest Sam looks to the man trying to
see him, the blurriness disappears. It is Jeremy.
Willow murmurs, “It took long enough.”
The man puts the box down and there’s clanging
heard from the box.
“You didn’t break one of them?” Willow yells
annoyed she argues, “The hearts need to be perfectly preserved in the jars or
the ceremony won’t work.”
The blurry woman says, “It was hard to get
those we don’t want to have to do it again.”
Willow says, “We can’t, there aren’t enough
decedents of the original witches in Haven.”
Sam laying on the couch reports, “They took the
hearts for the ceremony. Dave and Vince were right, they needed the decedents
of the original witches.”
In the forest Jeremy continue saying, “It wasn’t
that hard to get them.” As Willow, the woman, and Jeremy puts the hearts around
the circle. “the husband of the heart woman was pretty easy to upset, a little
touch there. He set her off for us.”
Sam reports to Dwight and Duke, “Jeremy made
Glen, Lily’s, the heart woman’s husband, angry with her to set her off.”
In the forest the blurry woman argues, “You
only had to yank out one heart, almost damaging it. I cut two out with
precision and patience.
Jeremy looks to Sam, “She won’t remember any of
this, we’ll mark her with a Endothingy, the fan looking thing?”
“An Endicott.” The blurry woman says.
Willow adds, “Eventually so her ghost can’t
come back but the trance prevents her from remembering.”
Sam gaps on the couch, “The fan symbol ensures
silence of their victims.”
As the witches finish setting up the hearts in
the forest Jeremy jealous says, “You have to show me how you maintain that
trance.”
Willow says, “The 11th time was the
charm.”
Jeremy annoyed says, “You didn’t have to bury
10 bodies. Their eyes all bloodshot like zombies.”
The blurry woman says, “They were dead. You’re
such a baby.”
Sam as she lays on the couch gasps, “They
killed ten people. Jeremy buried ten people with blood shot eyes. It was
practice to get me in the trance.”
EXT. GULL - PATIO - DAY
More questions continue as people are
handed the mics. Angrily people come to tell their stories of their spouses,
children, a friend dying because of the troubles and they complain about them.
Nathan, Audrey, and Daniel each respond to a
comment.
Daniel relays there are counseling groups
forming through the church to help people who have lost.
Nathan reports that he’ll look into concerns of
specific troubles.
Audrey reiterates to people that if they
suspect there’s a dangerous trouble call the Haven PD don’t try to handle it
yourself.
Then Derek gets to the mic, “We’ve heard that
there are witches in the forest troubling people. What is the Haven PD doing
about that?”
People are clamoring for information. They have
also heard of the witches, someone had a dream they were in a witches circle,
like the girl found this morning. Someone’s daughter had the same dream. People
are unhappy.
James, standing in a corner walkie’s Dwight at
the station, “Dwight you have anything. Things are getting tense around here.”
FOREST - NIGHT
(FLASHBACK)/ INT. POLICE STAITON – AUDREY AND NATHAN’S OFFICE – DAY (GO BACK
AND FORTH AS NEEDED)
In Audrey and Nathan’s office, Sam hears the
message as she recalls standing in the forest.
In the actual office Dwight turns down the
walkie. He speaks into it, “We’re coming to it.”
EXT. GULL - DAY
As the crowd gets riled up at the Gull James
says into the walkie, “well hurry up.” He goes to help with the crowd, “Quiet!
Let them speak!”
The crowd doesn’t listen. They are angry
saying, “Are you admitting there are witches?”
Another says, “Why didn’t we hear about this
earlier?”
Nathan and Audrey stumble at the mic.
Daniel, Dave, and Vince come to them to get
them out. But the can’t get down the stairs. People are coming up on the stage.
INT. POLICE STAITON –
AUDREY AND NATHAN’S OFFICE - DAY
In Audrey and Nathan’s office Sam lays on the
couch in hypnosis, Dr. Freed asks her to recall the actual ceremony, “what
happened?” Sam recalls the memories of the ceremony;
FOREST - NIGHT
(FLASHBACK)
In the forest Sam is chanting with the other
witches as they stand around the circle. She declares to her audience in the
police station, “I was chanting with them but not only that.” In her mind she cried
out; “In you, Lord, I seek
refuge; do not let me be put to shame.” She relays to the police station
narrating her actions, “I was praying the psalms.”
INT. POLICE STAITON –
AUDREY AND NATHAN’S OFFICE - DAY
In the station Duke, Dwight, and Dr. Freed watch
as Sam lays in hypnosis.
Sam suddenly gasps and wakes she pulls off the
monitors, “We have to get to them.” Dwight asks, “What did you see?”
Sam runs out without saying a word.
Act IV
EXT. GULL - DAY
At the Gull, the hot stove meeting, James gets
to a table and stands on it, “Quiet, all of you! Quiet!” He orders. “Nothing
good can come out of attacking them. They’ve taken care of you these last few
years. Chief Warnos, Nathan’s father took care of you before that. Have some
faith-”
Sam enters, “Yes, Faith!” She says. “It’s the
only thing that will save us!”
Duke and Dwight enter behind her as she starts
to walk around looking at everyone, calling them by name. “I was taken by the
witches and I survived it. Not only that, I escaped because of my faith!”
Duke and Dwight stand behind her. Duke whispers
under his breath, “You can’t say shit like that.” Sam sprints up the stairs to
the balcony and stands at the microphone. She recalls the forest;
FOREST – NIGHT (FLASHBACK)/EXT.
GULL – DAY (GO BACK AND FORTH A NEEDED)
Sam is in the forest chanting is saying the
psalms in her head. Sam narrates, her words magnified with the mic “The witches
tried to use their magic on me, succeeded in taking away my free will but I
fought it.”
In the memory as she thinks the psalms she
begin to speak them instead of the chant,
“For I love you lord, and I trust you will deliver me in your
righteousness.”
Willow concentrates to get Sam back to
chanting.
EXT. GULL – DAY/ FOREST
– NIGHT (FLASHBACK) (GO BACK AND FORTH A NEEDED)
At the Gull Sam says, “I fought with prayer.
With God’s help. It was him who freed me. I had faith that he would protect me.
I asked and I received. These witches are powerful I’m not going to deny that.
You should be afraid.”
FOREST – NIGHT
(FLASHBACK)/EXT. GULL – DAY (GO BACK AND FORTH A NEEDED)
In Sam’s memory of the forest Sam continues praying
strongly, “I love the blessed Lord for he loves me no matter my deeds.”
Willow’s nose begins to bleed. Sam narrates,
“But you should also have faith that God can protect you.”
EXT. GULL – DAY/ FOREST
– NIGHT (FLASHBACK) (GO BACK AND FORTH A NEEDED)
At the Gull Sam looks at the people. They all
look up to her attentively.
Duke and Dwight watch her, concerned for her
safety.
Duke whispers again, “Seriously you can’t say
shit like that.”
Sam looks to Audrey and Nathan,” Audrey and
Nathan are protected because they love each other. We’ve always known that love
is the greatest power God gives us. Loving of neighbor will protect us as it
does Audrey and Nathan, Duke and me. And if you’re alone, God’s love will also
protect us. It is the greatest of all. He sacrificed his only son to free us
from the slavery of sin from death, a few witches are not a problem for him.”
She pauses looking around at the people, facing
them eye to eye. “I know, with my prayer, a simple prayer of faith in his love
and power they were stopped.”
FOREST – NIGHT
(FLASHBACK)/EXT. GULL – DAY (GO BACK AND FORTH A NEEDED)
Sam recalls the forest each of the woman and
Jeremy begin to be in pain.
Jeremy turns to run but can’t, “Why isn’t our
magic working?” he yells.
Sam narrates, “Their magic was useless.”
EXT. GULL – DAY/ FOREST
– NIGHT (FLASHBACK) (GO BACK AND FORTH A NEEDED)
At the Gull Sam looks at the crowd, toward Zara
and yells, “God stopped them.”
FOREST – NIGHT
(FLASHBACK)/EXT. GULL – DAY (GO BACK AND FORTH A NEEDED)
Sam recalls the forest, Willow collapses. The
blurry woman stands to attack Sam.
Sam narrates, “I fought a little too. Defending
myself.” Sam moves the woman’s attack grabbing onto the woman.
Jeremy calls out, “Zara, Willow needs you.” And
the blurry woman’s face clears to reveal Zara as the fourth witch.” The woman
who befriended James.
EXT. GULL – DAY/ FOREST
– NIGHT (FLASHBACK) (GO BACK AND FORTH A NEEDED)
Sam turns to Audrey and quickly whispers to her
“Zara” acting as if all she’s doing is adjusting her hair. Audrey looks to Zara
in the crowd.
Zara looks back stone faced, not concerned.
Act V
EXT. GULL – DAY/ FOREST
– NIGHT (FLASHBACK) (GO BACK AND FORTH A NEEDED)
Audrey
looks to Zara. Zara is stone faced. Audrey puts her hand on her gun.
Daniel
seeing Audrey’s actions looks to where she’s looking, “It’s Zara, the fourth witch.”
He says just so the three of them can hear.
Nathan puts his hand on his gun.
Sam continues, facing the people speaking into
the mic, “The witches had me they could have done anything to me and succeeded.
But I trusted in God. Even in my weakest point, when they hurt me….” She lifts
up her back to reveal a scar of scratch marks…”there was hope.”
FOREST – NIGHT
(FLASHBACK)/EXT. GULL – DAY (GO BACK AND FORTH A NEEDED)
Sam recalls the forest Sam pushes Zara away and
as Zara falls Sam turns and runs.
Jeremy runs after her, clawing at her back.
Sam narrates, “When I stumbled that allowed me
to get away.” She falls and he runs right past. Sam gets up off the ground,
leaving a bloody mark on the grass with the pattern of the symbol on her chest.
Sam continues to run.
INT. THE MANSE – HER
BEDROOM - NIGHT
Sam stumbles into her apartment and falls on
the bed.
EXT. GULL – DAY
At the Gull Sam steps down the stairs saying,
“There’s always hope. For everyone. Everyone.”
Sam looks to Zara.
Audrey and Nathan follow her. Audrey’s hand on
her gun. Nathan alert.
Sam looks to James, signaling him.
He walks over to Zara as well pulling his gun
out but holding it down.
Sam says, “I love you Zara, despite what you
did to me.” Zara’s nose begins to bleed.
The crowd begins to clamor. Kyle with Derek,
Login, and his wife says, ‘What did she say?” in shock.
Sam reaches out and touches Zara’s hand. Zara’s
hand burns and she pulls away but not in pain.
Sam seeing she’s not in pain says, “You took
something to be here.”
Kyle realizes, “She’s a witch.” He says out
loud.
As the crowd moves to attack her Zara declares,
“I am more powerful than all of you!” She presses her hand against a man a dark
shadow appears.
Suddenly a loud noise causes everyone to hold
their ears and close their eyes. They fall to the ground in pain. Audrey and
James alert watch.
Nathan barely conscious heads towards the man struggles
to keep conscious.
Zara begins to run out at normal speed, “James.”
Audrey yells as she runs after Zara.
James runs for the man and tells him, “You need
to calm down.”
The man is upset, “I can’t be doing this?”
James says, “You are, but we can stop it.”
He gets him to walk towards Nathan.
ROAD - DAY
Audrey running after Zara tackles her. Zara
struggles as Audrey puts her in cuffs. Audrey yells, “You’re done! We now know
how to defeat you.”
EXT. THE GULL - DAY
James gets the man to Nathan as Nathan
comes to them.
Nathan, struggling to stay awake with James’s
help – a slap on the face – Nathan presses his hands against the man’s cheeks
and heals him.
Everyone stops groaning in pain and some begin
to stand.
ROAD - DAY
Audrey lifts Zara from the ground by the cuff. Zara
laughs. “Do you honestly think that Sam’s ridiculous story is going to do any
good?”
Audrey assured says, “The ceremony failed
because of what happened. You were there, you know. You don’t have all the
power you think you do. You don’t control anything.”
Zara swallows hard not wanting to accept this
truth, “Perhaps that’s true.” Zara says, “But it won’t matter to them. They
don’t have enough faith to let go the way she did. She didn’t even have it when
we took her the second time. Everyone always has to be in control. Take
initiative, the American way. The one thing that makes God great is we can
strive for whatever we want and free will means he can’t stop us.”
Zara pushes against Audrey throwing her off. In
a blurry run Zara is gone.
Audrey walks over to the place where Zara was
and finds her cuffs on the ground, they have been opened.
Tag
EXT. GULL – NIGHT
Outside the Gull Dwight closes the
door to an ambulance and it takes off. Audrey, Nathan, James, Dave, and Vince
gather around.
EMT’s look over people who are
injured.
“This was a disaster.” Nathan says
scratching the back of his head embarrassed.
“It went as well as expected.” Dwight
adds.
“The question is, did people believe
what Sam told them?” Audrey asks.
“We’ll find out for you.” Vince
offers.
“We’ll do a pole in the Haven Harold.”
Dave explains. It seems he and Vince have already talked about it.
Daniel nods, “They will believe it.
They’d rather have hope than despair. It makes them feel like that have
control.”
Audrey jumps at the word control
pondering deep in thought, as if wondering if people will ever be able to
surrender control. She sighs.
As Audrey sighs James asks, “Why did she keep
us alive?”
Daniel answers, “Mavis wants a show not a mass
grave.”
Audrey adds, “It’s better with one at a time.”
James sighs, “Shame, I liked Zara.”
Daniel trying not to smile but failing says,
“You really got to stop liking the psycho women.”
Audrey can’t help but smile either as does
Dwight and Nathan.
James shakes his head and nods, “yeah.”
Dwight sighs, “Get some rest, we have work to
do in the morning.”
As the group disbands, turning in their
different directions Audrey asks, “Where’s Sam?”
Vince says, “I told Duke to take her home.”
“They’ve had a long day.” Dave says abruptly as
if he’s hiding something.
Everyone nods but Audrey.
Audrey and Nathan walk away together. Audrey
looks peeved.
Nathan asks, “Everything okay?”
“There’s something those two aren’t telling
us.” She says
Nathan says, “What’s new?”
INT. CAPE ROUGE –
BEDROOM - NIGHT
At Sam and Duke’s place Sam her hair wet and
pjs on comes into the bedroom, where Duke is reading in bed.
Duke, seeing her, coldly turns from
her.
Sam puts on her hand lotion.
Duke sighs and turns to her, putting down his
book. “Do you really believe what you said, God will save us?”
Sam nods, “Yeah, I do. It’s what happened Duke.”
Duke nods, “I believe you. It’s good enough for
me but not everyone will accept that as enough.”
Sam nods, “Yeah, I know.” She sighs getting in
bed.
Duke again turns from her coldly,
scooting away from her so there’s a space between them. The air is thick with
tension as he picks up his book and reads.
Sam looks at her cell phone on the night stand,
“I got a message from the doctor’s office.”
Duke lifts his head from his book.
Duke says, “Well.”
Sam is about to call her voice mail when she
looks to Duke, “I know you’re not happy about this.”
“How could I be happy about this?” Duke argues.
Sam leans back, “I’m not exactly prepared to be
a mother either but I’m going to love this child.”
Duke interrupts, “Yes, which is why I
understand that you have to leave.”
Sam taken a-back says, “Leave?”
Duke continues, “With my smuggling it’s the
best thing to keep the child safe.”
Sam shakes her head, “Duke...I’m not leaving
you.”
Duke questions her, “You said no kids if I keep
smuggling.”
Sam nods, “We won’t plan to have kids but that
doesn’t mean I’d leave if it’s unplanned.”
Duke with a very confused look on his face says,
“But you’ve been looking at houses.”
Sam nods, “Yes, for us. “ She emphasizes us, and points to the two of them continuing
quickly, “I know you love the boat but because the smuggling is happening here-”
Duke puts his hands up unsure what to make of
the situation, “Wait, so you’re not leaving but we have to move.”
Sam hesitant says, “I didn’t want to talk about
this until we knew.” She looks to her cell phone, getting to the messages.
He grabs her hand, covering the phone, stopping
her, “Wait, moving was what you didn’t want to talk about?”
Sam sighs, “Yeah, you love this boat.”
Duke laughs, “I don’t care. I’ll move.”
Sam smiles faintly, “You’re sure.”
Duke certain says, “Yes, I love you. I’m just
glad you’re not leaving.”
Sam looks deep in his loving eyes, “Is that why
you were so distant you thought I was going to leave?”
Duke says, “Yeah.” caressing her face.
She looks at him glum, “I thought it was
because you don’t want this child.”
Duke shakes his head and slides down on the bed
and kisses her belly.
She smiles stroking his hands through his hair
she says, “So we’re ready to listen to the message.”
Duke nods.
Sam plays the message, the doctor reports he
got her bloodwork back saying, “you are not pregnant but there’s plenty of time
if you and Duke want to try.”
Sam’s smile fades and Duke’s face turns glum.
EXT. LOGIN’S HOUSE -
DAWN
In Login’s driveway Derek and Kyles pack guns
into a truck.
Login directs them, “make sure the volunteers
get these. Let them know, we’ll be starting the witch hunt soon.”
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