The Watcher Episode 2

By
Zachary Kingham-Seagle

© Zebra House Productions 2017

 FADE IN
1 EXT. PROTEST - DAY 1
Jimmy walks toward a large group of PROTESTERS. Someone
orates from a stage. The protesters chant as he takes
photographs with his CAMERA. Jimmy pulls out a small SIGN
with a rolodex of different slogans and turns to one that
reads: FIGHT THE PATRIARCHY. He motions for the camera crew
to film him with the sign and for them to film him while
"protecting" the protesters.

Jimmy looks from one member of the mob to another as he

enters their throng. Jimmy reacts to the NOISE and the
SOUNDS like someone carrying a bomb.
A light seems to shine down on a GIRL, Jimmy can’t quite see
her face. He’s held up as the group mashes together blocking
his path. He watches until she drifts deeper into the crowd.
He searches for her. Jimmy notices several POLICE OFFICERS
at the edge of the protest. Jimmy appears spooked and walks
away.

MARK V.O.
My name is Mark, I’m one of the
Book Club organizers.
A speaker roars with feminist angst, spittle flying from her
mouth.
2 INT. DINER - EVENING 2
Street noises lead to the inside of a diner. The hustle and
bustle converging on a man pouring generous amounts of
coffee down his gullet. This is MARK.
MARK
He walked into our Book Club one
day and that’s where he met her.

He sips on his coffee.

MARK
He would ask all these questions
about the books. I don’t think he
was really even reading them. I’d
catch him, verbatim, telling her
something I’d just told him.
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3 EXT. COMMUNITY CENTER - NIGHT 3

Jimmy sits isolated from others at a bookclub.
MARK V.O.
He was weird, but you felt for him,
in a way. He didn’t really have a
grasp on what was going on around
him, he was trying to figure it
out, but he didn’t have any
friends.

4 EXT. CITY STREET - NIGHT 4

Jimmy walks alone down a city street looking downtrodden.
MARK V.O.
Their relationship started a few
months in. I think she might’ve
felt bad for him, but it was real,
at least for awhile.
5 INT. HOUSE - NIGHT 5

The camera looks through glass towards two people on a

couch, warm yellow light illuminating them in their little
home. Jimmy sits next to someone, their face not quite in
sight. He looks happy.

MARK V.O.
I knew something happened, she
filed a restraining order. I just
never thought it would get quite so
bad.

6 EXT. STREET - DAY 6

Jimmy keeps his head down as the police officers approach.
MARK V.O.
I’ve been following him, just to be
safe, to make sure he doesn’t do
anything stupid.
(beat)
He sent her chocolates. He sent her
cards and stuffed animals. He did
everything in his power to win her
back. She organizes protests. That
was his way in.
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7 INT. DINER - EVENING 7

Mark sits contemplatively while being interviewed in the
diner.
A VOICE O.S.
Do you know why we’re following
him?

MARK
No.
8 EXT. STREET - DAY 8
The police walk past Jimmy and towards the crowd. Jimmy
looks back up and begins to move. Off in the distance Jimmy
sees the girl from before, he follows.
9 EXT. STREET - DAY 9
MARK
Hey Jimmy! Is that you?
Mark stops Jimmy in the streets.
MARK
It’s been awhile.
(beat)
What’ve you been up to?
Mark positions himself between Jimmy and Jimmy’s ex. Jimmy’s
eyes dart back and forth. He looks down the alleyway and
sees his ex grow smaller in the distance.

JIMMY
I’ve been, you know, this and that.
I’ve been around in the world.

Jimmy looks down and lying on the ground is a SMALL STUFFED

COW.
10 EXT. CARNIVAL - DAY 10
FLASHBACK: Jimmy hands someone a small stuffed cow. He
smiles.
11 EXT. STREET - DAY 11
MARK
Pretty vague.
(beat)
Do you have somewhere to be?
Mark looks at what Jimmy keeps glancing at.

(CONTINUED)
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MARK
Is that Sarah?
Mark looks back and Jimmy is sprinting away.
12 EXT. STREET - DAY CONTINUOUS 12

Jimmy pulls a HAT over his head and begins to walk in

another direction. A cop car zooms by and he walks faster.
Jimmy looks right into the camera.

JIMMY
Did you tell him?
The camera shakes as if to say "no".
JIMMY
Why would he be there?
(beat)
Unless he’s dating Sarah.
Jimmy turns to glare at the cameraman.

13 EXT. NIGHT - STREETS 13

Jimmy meanders aimlessly through streets. Eventually he
makes it into the woods where he stops to listen to two
lovers lying among grassy meadows, he takes a few photos.
Then walks off back toward the city.

DIP TO BLACK
14 EXT. CITY STREET - NIGHT 14
Jimmy walks through the city. He opens a back gate. The
camera looks up at the moon.
15 EXT. NIGHT - CITY STREET 15
The camera tilts down from the moon towards cookie crumbs
lining a moonlit street. They lead down an alleyway and to a
gate. It’s her gate, we’ve been here before. The camera,
like a ghost, moves thru the gate and down towards her door.
The camera passes Mark who stares ominously at the camera.
The door to Jimmy’s girlfriend’s house opens. His girlfriend
has her backed turn and wears a WHITE GOWN and SHAW that
blow in the wind.
SMASH CUT
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16 INT. DARK ROOM - NIGHT 16

The two cops that arrested Jimmy stand in front of him.
SMASH CUT

17 INT. NIGHT - JIMMY’S ROOM 17

Jimmy shoots up from bed. He breathes heavy and looks up at
the ceiling. It’s not the same room he was in before.
Someone opens the door to the room. The MAN looks surprised
to see Jimmy.
MAN
Hey!
Jimmy gets up, grabs his backpack, opens the window, and
flees down a fire escape.
18 EXT. STREET - DAY CONTINUOUS 18
Jimmy runs out into an alley. Looks around and begins to
move out.

MARK V.O.
I warned her.
(beat)
I told her to get out of town for
awhile.

As Jimmy flees the scene he runs into Mark.

19 INT. DINER - EVENING 19
Mark sits in the diner.

MARK
Just to give Jimmy some space.
20 EXT. PARK - DAY 20

Jimmy and Mark sit on a park bench together.

MARK V.O.
I talked to him.
(beat)
A real talk, a sit-down about him
and her.
Mark leaves. Jimmy sits for several moments processing
things.
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21 INT. DINER - EVENING 21

Mark sits in a diner.
MARK
I think Jimmy’s actually starting
to figure it out.
22 BLACK SCREEN 22
SUPERIMPOSE: "Several weeks later the crew caught back up
with Jimmy."
23 INT. APARTMENT - DAY 23
Jimmy looks at ease.

JIMMY
I decided to get this apartment.
(beat)
I got this job at a coffee shop. I
make coffee. It’s not what I had in
mind.

JIMMY
The group?
(beat)
I’ve let go of those grandiose
ideas. I’ve joined the working
stiffs of America. I’m no longer
the caped crusader trying to save
the world from danger.
(beat)
Maybe one day.
(beat)
A barista by day, a Watcher by
night.
24 INT. COFFEE SHOP - DAY 24

Jimmy hands a PRETTY GIRL a LATTE.

JIMMY V.O.
You meet a lot of girls at the
store.
(beat)
A lot of lay-dayz.
Jimmy winks at the camera. The girl that got the latte
winces in disgust.
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25 INT. COFFEE SHOP - DAY 25

Jimmy sits at a table, still in his work outfit. A coffee
sits in his hand as he talks to the camera.
JIMMY
My girlfriend?
(beat)
I’ve moved on, it’s a big ocean and
there’s a lot of fish to fry.

26 INT. ROOM - NIGHT 26

Thru a glass window a red light blinks, an unread voicemail.
Jimmy comes into frame and picks up the phone. He listens to
a message.

VOICEMAIL
Hey Jimmy, it’s Sarah. I just
wanted to call and say hi. I’m
spending sometime in New York for
awhile.
(beat)
I know our time...
FADE TO BLACK
27 INT. TRAIN CAR - NIGHT 27

Jimmy steps out of the darkness and sits on the edge of a

moving train, he stares towards the stars.
MARK V.O.
I contacted the police department,
so if he tries anything.
The moonlight illuminates Jimmy’s face as the train rattles
forward.

FADE OUT