LOST - Hearing Voices - Script
ACT ONE
EXT. BEACH BY SAWYER'S TENT - DAY
Sawyer still has his paperback, and doesn't even look up as
Sayid runs up at breakneck speed.
Sayid stops.
There are tracks.
Two going one way, one going another. Where's the girl? He
looks left, right -- no sign of her. But there's Sawyer --
SAYID
Tell me where Boone is.
SAWYER
You want your squawk box, de Sade?
The jibe at Sayid's background -- as a torturer -- stings
like hell. Sawyer knows it.
But Sayid has to SHOVE THAT ASIDE --
SAYID
I don't have time for this.
He's really saying: If you don't answer my question, I'll
beat the living shit out of you.
Sawyer reads him loud and clear, but maintains his demeanor:
I'm helping you, but only because I feel like it.
SAWYER
Einstein passed it off on his
sister. She --
He gestures vaguely at the single line of footprints, and
Sayid busts off running. Sawyer goes back to reading,
bemused.
SAWYER (CONT'D)
-- prob'ly broke a nail or
something.
EXT. EDGE OF THE JUNGLE - DAY
We haven't seen this part of the jungle before -- a little
hillside with a beach visible beyond.
Shannon walks up the hill, keeping an eye on the jungle,
scared. She clutches the walkie-talkie tightly.
She hides in a decently-concealing spot in the underbrush. A
BIT OF FABRIC tears from the towel/skirt on a nearby branch.
Shannon peers wildly into the jungle, terrified of something,
and notices the torn bit of fabric.
INT. RUTHERFORD HOUSE/ATTIC STAIRS - DAY - FLASHBACK
A long, rickety staircase.
Shannon holds that same towel, neatly-folded and brand-new --
she's ready to go to the beach.
She climbs the stairs while arguing with SABRINA, her
stepmother.
SHANNON
You can't get rid of Dad's stuff.
He's been dead, like, a week!
SABRINA
We're renovating.
They emerge into --
INT. RUTHERFORD HOUSE/ATTIC - DAY - FLASHBACK
Boxes and boxes and boxes fill a hot, dusty attic --
obviously owned by a family of packrats.
The attic has an ALCOVE off to one side, and a STAIRWAY
leading downwards.
Shannon takes it all in, and she's about to cry from the
anger and frustration.
Sabrina looks cool and detached. What a bunch of crap. She
LIGHTS A CIGARETTE.
SABRINA
Pick out what you want. And not
too much.
(off Shannon's pissed-off
reaction)
Don't be a brat.
Sabrina ambles back downstairs.
Beat.
Shannon SCREAMS with frustration, stomps across the attic,
and sees --
BOONE
-- lying in the alcove. Perfectly still. Shannon prods him
with her foot.
SHANNON
Boone.
Nothing. Prods again.
SHANNON (CONT'D)
Boone.
Nothing. What the hell? She leans down, close to him, a
little scared --
SHANNON (CONT'D)
Boone?
She watches for any response at all. Anything. Anything?
And suddenly --
Boone's eyes snap open and he lurches bolt upright.
Shannon SCREAMS, from fear this time.
Boone grins. Shannon really doesn't want to laugh, but does.
And then adopts a pose -- flirty, a little ditzy.
SHANNON (CONT'D)
Hey --
BOONE
You need a favor.
Shannon looks at the endless shelves of boxes. It's
daunting.
SHANNON
I need more time.
Boone groans.
SHANNON (CONT'D)
Just talk to her? She's being all
'Evil Stepmom' to me.
Boone NODS, and HEADS DOWNSTAIRS.
BOONE (O.S.)
(shouting)
Mom?
Meanwhile, Shannon looks through --
THE DUSTY SHELVES
Baby toys. Piles of old photos. Dusty boxes.
ONE BOX is curiously un-dusty, and halfway open. It catches
Shannon's eye. She opens it, revealing...
An old WALKMAN with HEADPHONES. A few spare BATTERIES. A
small manila ENVELOPE addressed to Adam Rutherford, from a
woman named Nicole, with an address somewhere in France.
Shannon doesn't notice the addresses. The envelope is open;
inside is an old CASSETTE TAPE. No label.
INT. RUTHERFORD HOUSE/ATTIC - DAY - FLASHBACK - A FEW MINUTES
LATER
Shannon sits in the alcove. She puts on the headphones. She
hits play.
We don't hear the tape. We just hear the Walkman's MOTORS
GRIND SLIGHTLY, and a tiny bit of INDECIPHERABLE NOISE
bleeding from the headphones.
But Shannon hears it. She's puzzled.
Then SHE REALIZES WHAT IT IS.
She's overwhelmed. Distraught.
Shannon curls up and quietly sobs.
EXT. ISOLATED BEACH - DAY
This is a beach we haven't seen before. There's a CAVE, a
variety of LARGE ROCK FORMATIONS, and the usual sand and
surf.
Shannon emerges from the jungle -- slowly at first.
And then: MONSTER NOISES.
She DROPS THE WALKIE-TALKIE and RUNS.
EXT. JUNGLE PATH - DAY
KATE leads the way, and MICHAEL follows, gasping for breath.
Michael carries WALT, who is unconscious.
They race down the path, and emerge into:
EXT. THE VALLEY - DAY
Just as before: languid and uneventful. Jack EXAMINES A
PILL BOTTLE.
This is all about to change --
KATE
JACK!
Jack drops the pill bottle and rushes to meet them.
He sees Walt.
JACK
Set him down.
MICHAEL
(still winded)
Is he -- can you --
Jack steadies Michael, focuses dead in his eyes.
JACK
Michael? What happened?
MICHAEL
He... just got woozy. And then I
thought it was okay, but then he
was... he was flat on the ground.
Jack's already examining Walt -- opening and peering in his
eyes, checking his pulse, pinching a bit of skin on his arm.
JACK
Get him water.
MICHAEL
(desperate)
He'll be okay?
JACK
It's heat stroke. We gotta hydrate
him.
That's a non-answer.
MICHAEL
"Stroke"?!
Kate sees how Jack is bungling this, and steps in.
KATE
Once we get him water, he'll be
fine.
JACK
(not that convincing)
Yeah.
Kate all but rolls her eyes. Dipshit.
MICHAEL
Water.
Michael runs to the waterfall.
EXT. EDGE OF THE JUNGLE - DAY
Sayid hikes through the jungle at a good tack.
Slows.
Stops.
Looks around.
Yup, he's lost.
He spots the bit of torn fabric (from the towel), and heads
that way.
INT. THE VALLEY - JACK'S CAVE - DAY
It's a bit cooler inside the caves.
Walt lies on the cave floor.
Michael carefully TRICKLES WATER from A BOTTLE into Walt's
mouth.
Jack and Kate stand nearby: concerned but helpless.
JACK
I should have known. This heat,
everybody needs a ton of water.
KATE
Okay, we fill some bottles, we go
back to the beach.
JACK
Easier to bring everybody here.
Kate realizes: they've had this Valley-versus-Beach argument
many times before. No point in arguing. No point. No point
at all --
KATE
Yeah, but --
A MONSTER NOISE from the jungle.
Kate shuts the hell up.
Michael looks up from Walt and watches the jungle, scared but
fiercely protective.
EXT. THE VALLEY - DAY
Everyone stares out into the jungle, stock-still.
Jack and Kate emerge from the infirmary cave.
Charlie stands up.
Silence. Waiting.
BAM! A tree CRASHES down into the valley, JUST MISSING
CHARLIE.
EVERYONE PANICS as everything goes HANDHELD AND DISORIENTING.
MORE CRASHING SOUNDS, MORE MONSTER SOUNDS.
Rose staggers towards a cave.
JACK
Rose!
Jack nearly whisks her up into his arms and into the nearest
cave.
CHARLIE
(loud)
Claire!
Looks all around. Can't see her. Fuck.
But the noise is all around now, the monster is ALMOST ON TOP
OF THEM, and... and... he runs into the nearest cave and
hides.
INT. THE VALLEY - CLAIRE'S CAVE - DAY
Everything's gone quiet for a moment. (Too quiet, in fact:
THE WATERFALL HAS STOPPED.)
Claire backs away from the cave entrance.
Hurley sleeps fitfully.
INT. THE VALLEY - CHARLIE'S CAVE - DAY
Charlie peers all around.
Sees Claire in a nearby cave.
CHARLIE
Claire!
Another MONSTER NOISE. Charlie shuts up.
Claire looks back, beside herself with fear --
And Charlie looks at her, torn up, wanting more than anything
to go to her -- to help her -- but he's TOO DAMN SCARED --
He feels like a bloody coward.
INT. THE VALLEY - ROSE'S CAVE - DAY
Jack and Rose hang out in this cave. After giving Rose a
"You stay here" look, Jack emerges into:
INT. THE VALLEY - DAY
IT'S A MESS. All sorts of debris in the freshwater pool.
Tree branches everywhere. The ground disturbed by all the
running. (Charlie's guitar is unharmed.)
And indeed, THE WATERFALL HAS STOPPED, but Jack doesn't
notice.
JACK
Everybody sit tight!
There's one very faint MONSTER SOUND. Then silence.
Kate walks out of the infirmary cave with a very "Holy shit"
expression, staring at where the waterfall ought to be.
JACK (CONT'D)
That means "stay in the cave".
Kate ignores him.
JACK (CONT'D)
We'll clean this up. Then take
some more water to the beach.
This finally snaps her out of it.
KATE
Jack! The waterfall.
Jack turns around and he sees it --
KATE (CONT'D)
It stopped.
And we see it in his eyes: Oh my god.
We're so fucked.
END OF ACT ONE