ANOTHER WORLD 285 Mitch and Felicia go to the police

ANOTHER WORLD 285

Created by William J. Bell and Irna Phillips

MITCH AND FELICIA GO TO THE POLICE
BRIANNA TRIES TO NEUTRALIZE MAGGIE

Written by C. Nathaniel Richardson

Consultant:  A. Washington Beeby

PREVIOUSLY ON ANOTHER WORLD

--Felicia has just received a package containing a dead fetus

--Maggie Winthrop was ordered by Thomasina to an inpatient rehab facility Wood Pines as a condition of her continuing employment.  Brianna spiked Maggie’s coffee with fentanyl. 

-Sharlene has had her car brakes tampered with, and John and Sharlene believe that the same person tried to run her over with a car in the Bay City Medical Center parking garage

PART 1

AT ERIC’S APARTMENT, ERIC HAS TWO SCENTED CANDLES ON HIS TABLE.  HE’S WEARING A BROWN ROBE AS SOMEONE KNOCKS ON THE DOOR.  HE WALKS TO THE DOOR, OPENS IT, AND SEES K.C.

KC

 

Eric

ERIC (smiling):  Aren’t you a sight for sore eyes?

KC WALKS IN AND PUTS HER PURSE DOWN ON A CHAIR, AND ERIC SHUTS THE DOOR BEHIND HER.

KC:  What’s the matter?  Rough day?

ERIC:  Well…my mom just left about twenty minutes ago. 

KC:  Oooh how did that go?

ERIC:  Who knows what my mom is up to?  I don’t wanna talk about her anymore.  I wanna focus on you.

KC: I just had dinner with my parents and…I need to work it off.

KC WALKS UP TO ERIC AND PUTS HER ARMS AROUND ERIC’S SHOUDLERS.

ERIC:  What kind of regimen do you have in mind?

KC:  Something that’s gonna make me sweat.

THEY KISS.

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AT THE POLICE STATION, MITCH AND FELICIA WALK IN WITH THE WHITE BOX THAT THEY RECEIVED AT THEIR DOOR.  TONI BURRELL WALKS UP TO THEM.

Felicia

Mitch

Toni

TONI:  Hey Felicia, Mitch.  What’s that?

FELICIA OPENS THE BOX AND SHOWS TONI, WHO TAKES A DEEP BREATH.

TONI:  Where do you get this?

MITCH:  On our doorstep.

FELICIA:  We opened the door and we found this, and we all know that Christy is behind it.

TONI:  What do you want me to do?

MITCH:  How can you ask something like that? 

FELICIA:  Bring Christy in and question her!

TONI:  I’m sorry I…I can’t help you.

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AT WOOD PINES, A NURSE WALKS BY AND FILES A MANILA FOLDER LABELED “MARGUERITE WINTHROP” INTO A FILE.  AFTER THE NURSE LEAVES, SOMEONE DRESSED IN A WHITE SCRUBS, AND WEARING WHITE LATEX GLOVES, COMES AND TAKES MARGUERITE WINTHROP’S CHART.

MEANWHILE, CASS, FRANKIE, JOHN AND SHARLENE WALK UP THE COUNTER AND TALK TO A NURSE.

John

Sharlene

Cass

Frankie

FRANKIE:  Hi we need to see Maggie Winthrop.

NURSE:  Let me check where her room is.

THE NURSE PULLS UP MAGGIE’S RECORD.

NURSE:  She’s a new patient.  She’s not allowed to have visitors until after the first 72 hours.

JOHN:  You don’t understand this is important.

SHARLENE:  We need some information from her.

NURSE:  You’ll have to come back tomorrow.  She can’t have visitors right now.

CASS:  I’m Cass Winthrop.  Maggie’s my daughter and I’m very concerned.

NURSE:  Mr. Winthrop I can assure you that Maggie’s in very good hands.

AT WOOD PINES, MAGGIE IS ROCKING BACK AND FORTH IN HER BED SWEATING WITH LABORED BREATHING.  SHE IS IN A FETAL POSITION AND IS UNAWARE OF SOMEONE WALKING INTO HER ROOM WEARING WHITE SCRUBS, WHITE LATEX GLOVES, AND MAGGIE’S CHART.

Maggie

MAGGIE:  Nurse…can you…can you help me?  Please.

THE PERSON WHO WALKS UP TO HER BED…IS BRIANNA, WHO TAKES OUT A NEEDLE.  SHE SQUATS WHICH NOW PUTS HER FACE TO FACE WITH MAGGIE.

Brianna

MAGGIE:  You? 

BRIANNA:  That’s right.  How’s the detox going?

MAGGIE:  How did you…get in here?

BRIANNA:  I was...concerned about you.  I came…to give you something.

BRIANNA SHOWS MAGGIE THE NEEDLE.

BRIANNA:  I got what you want…right in here.  It’ll relieve alllll the pain you’re in now.  You know you want it.  I mean, I dropped a couple of pills in your iced coffee and look at you now.

MAGGIE BREATHES HEAVIER.

MAGGIE:  No.

BRIANNA:  Yes.  All you have to do is…gimme your arm.  You’ll be as good as new.

MAGGIE:  Matthew….

BRIANNA:  Oh…you wanna know how Matthew and I are doing.  He and I are getting closer every day.  At this rate we might get…married?  Don’t worry, I’ll invite you to the wedding.  You can be the…opioid addicted guest of honor.

MAGGIE:  You…bitch.

BRIANNA:  You shouldn’t talk that way to someone holding a needle full of fentanyl. 

CAMERA PAN ON BRIANNA…SLOW FADE TO THEME SONG.

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PART 2

ERIC AND KC KISS PASSIONATELY AND ERIC GENTLY PULLS OFF.

ERIC:  Wow you’ve been…waiting for this.

KC:  I sure have.

ERIC:  This is a celebration right?

KC:  Yes sir. 

ERIC:  You’re the new PR intern at Bay City Medical Center.

KC:  Right again.

THEY START KISSING PASSIONATELY AGAIN.  KC LOOSENS ERIC’S ROBE WHICH FALLS TO THE FLOOR.  ERIC REMOVES KC’S PULLOVER SHIRT LEAVING HER IN A BRA.  ERIC GENTLY LAYS KC ON THE BED AS THEY CONTINUE TO KISS.  HE REACHES FOR THE NIGHTSTAND WITHOUT LOOKING.  HE OPENS THE DRAWER AND INADVERTENTLY GRABS A CONDOM WITH HOLES IN IT.

AT THE POLICE STATION….

MITCH:  What do you mean you can’t help us?

FELICIA: Yeah you know Christy’s behind this. 

TONI:  Do you have proof that Christy left this on your doorstep?

FELICIA:  No but…

TONI:  Then there’s nothing I can do.

MITCH:  Didn’t you think it was suspect that she dropped all the charges?  Now she’s done this.

TONI:  You don’t have any proof that she left this at your door.

FELICIA:  Come on Toni don’t you find it just a little odd that Christy didn’t press charges? 

TONI:  It was odd, I agree, but I have to follow the law.  I can’t just go pick her up on an accusation.  I need evidence of a crime. 

FELICIA:  So we have to wait until she actually does something harmful to me before you will consider picking her up?

TONI:  That’s not what I’m saying.

MITCH:  Well that’s what it sounds like to me.  You want us to sit and wait for Christy to commit a crime against us before you will do something.

TONI:  Listen, it’s not like I don’t want to help you, but I have to go by the book.  Until she commits a crime there’s nothing I can do.

FELICIA:  I’ll just call Cass and see what he says.

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AT WOOD PINES…

CASS:  You don’t understand.

JOHN:  Maggie could be in danger.

NURSE:  None of our patients are in any kind of danger here.  This is a very safe and secure environment.

FRANKIE:  Please we really need to see her as soon as possible.

SHARLENE:  It really is a matter of life and death.

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N MAGGIE’S ROOM, BRIANNA PACES BACK AND FORTH AS MAGGIE CONTINUES TO ROCK IN A FETAL POSITION, SWEATING AS SHE DETOXES.

BRIANNA:  It was…so easy.  You left your iced coffee in your locker.  You know you should really invest in a lock.  You always were kind of stupid.

MAGGIE REACHES FOR THE SILENT NURSE BUZZER.

MAGGIE:  Matt…doesn’t know…who you are.

BRIANNA:  Oh I almost forgot about that.  Matt and I are getting along swimmingly.  Well, more than swimmingly.  We made love again, and we’re gonna make love…again and again and again.

MAGGIE:  Gonna…I’m gonna…tell…

BRIANNA:  You’re gonna tell whom?  You’re never gonna get outta here, especially after I inject you with this.  Nobody’s gonna believe the word of a drug addict like you.

MAGGIE:  Not...I’m…not a drug…addict.

MAGGIE PRESSES THE RED BUTTON ON THE BUZZER.

BRIANNA:  Yes…you are.  You lose Maggie.  You never should have crossed me.

BRIANNA PREPARES TO INJECT MAGGIE WITH THE NEEDLE CONTAINING FENTANYL.

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MEANWHILE, BACK AT THE NURSES STATION…

NURSE:  Listen I can’t let you see Maggie today.  Tomorrow will be a better day.

CASS:  Dammit people could die if we don’t talk to Maggie tonight!  I demand you let us see her.

FRANKIE:  Is there a supervisor you can let us talk to?

NURSE:  I’ll get someone.

THE NURSE TURNS AROUND TO GET SOMEONE AND NOTICES AN ALERT FROM MAGGIE’S ROOM.

NURSE:  I can’t I gotta go.

SHARLENE:  What’s going on?

NURSE:  There’s an alert from Maggie’s room.

CASS, JOHN, FRANKIE, AND SHARLENE FOLLOW THE NURSE.

IN FRONT OF MAGGIE’S ROOM, THE NURSE IS MET BY ANOTHER NURSE AND TWO BIG ORDERLIES DRESSED IN WHITE.  NURSE #2 HAS A TRAY WITH DRUGS.  JOHN, SHARLENE, CASS AND FRANKIE ARE RIGHT THERE WITH THEM.

NURSE #1:  You ready?

THEY ALL GO IN AND MAGGIE IS SITTING UP, BUT SHE’S STILL SWEATING AND BREATHING HEAVILY.

MAGGIE:  She’s…she was…here.

CASS RUSHES OVER TO MAGGIE.

NURSE #2:  Sir you have to leave.

CASS:  Maggie who are you talking about?

MAGGIE:  She tried…tried…you have to stop her.

FRANKIE, JOHN, AND SHARLENE WATCH FROM OUTSIDE OF THE DOOR.

NURSE #1:  Okay everybody’s gotta leave.  You’re not allowed in here.

MAGGIE BECOMES AGITIATED.

MAGGIE:  You have to stop her!  You have to stop her!

THE ORDERLIES EACH HOLD MAGGIE’S ARMS AS SHE STRUGGLES AS NURSE #1 INJECTS HER WITH SOMETHING.

MAGGIE:  Stop her…Bri…stop…her.

MAGGIE SUDDENLY BECOMES TIRED AND GOES TO SLEEP.

NURSE #1:  You all need to go or I will have security escort you out.

SHARLENE: We’re going.

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THEY ALL WALK TO THE FRONT OF THE NURSES STATION.

FRANKIE:  Did Maggie say anything?

CASS:  She kept uttering ‘she was here’ and that we should stop her.

SHARLENE:  Do you think she may have been talking about Brianna?

JOHN:  How could she have gotten in here?

FRANKIE:  I’m gonna make some calls.

SHARLENE:  Do you think Brianna hurt Maggie?

CASS:  I don’t know, but if Maggie’s talking about Brianna, then we better do what she says and stop her.  She might be more dangerous than we think.

FREEZE FRAME ON CASS…SLOW FADE OUT…END OF 285