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MAN:<br> | MAN:<br> | ||
Your time’s up. | Your time’s up. | ||
+ | |||
+ | == ACT TWO == | ||
+ | |||
+ | ''INT. CHURCH – NIGHT'' | ||
+ | |||
+ | BOBBY:<br> | ||
+ | So you’re my reaper, huh? You know, I’ve heard of you guy grabbing reapees in broad daylight and in their sleep, but I never heard of a reaper showing up inside a guy’s custard. | ||
+ | |||
+ | REAPER:<br> | ||
+ | You’re in a coma, genius. This is what happens. I climb in your “custard” and fish you out. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The REAPER takes a step towards BOBBY and holds out his hand. BOBBY takes a step back. | ||
+ | |||
+ | REAPER:<br> | ||
+ | Oh, you think you can lose me. | ||
+ | |||
+ | BOBBY:<br> | ||
+ | Gonna try. | ||
+ | |||
+ | REAPER:<br> | ||
+ | I’ve got places to be, Singer, don’t waste my time. | ||
+ | |||
+ | BOBBY:<br> | ||
+ | Might as well – while I got it. | ||
+ | |||
+ | REAPER:<br> | ||
+ | You’re prolonging the inevitable. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The REAPER flips open his watch, which is ticking. He flips it closed again and the ticking sound stops. BOBBY runs for the door RUFUS went through. | ||
+ | |||
+ | REAPER:<br> | ||
+ | I can find you anywhere! Even in this gin-soaked rat maze. | ||
+ | |||
+ | BOBBY walks around a corner. He is dressed in his usual clothes. Someone tosses two DVDs onto a coffee table: “Chuck Norris American Hero Collection” and “The Delta Force”. | ||
+ | |||
+ | SAM:<br> | ||
+ | I'm just saying – look, you can't really compare. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ''INT. BOBBY’S HOUSE – NIGHT'' | ||
+ | |||
+ | SAM and DEAN are sitting on a couch. | ||
+ | |||
+ | DEAN:<br> | ||
+ | I don’t even know you right now. There's not even a contest. | ||
+ | |||
+ | SAM:<br> | ||
+ | It depends on the criteria. | ||
+ | |||
+ | DEAN:<br> | ||
+ | Survival is the only criteria, all right? | ||
+ | |||
+ | DEAN grabs one of the DVDs and gets up. | ||
+ | |||
+ | DEAN:<br> | ||
+ | And when the crap hits the fan, it's not about who has skill. It's about who's the bigger badass. Bobby, will you please tell Sam that Chuck Norris could kick Jet Li's ass? | ||
+ | |||
+ | BOBBY looks around the room and then walks towards the kitchen. | ||
+ | |||
+ | DEAN:<br> | ||
+ | You grab me a beer while you're in there? | ||
+ | |||
+ | BOBBY opens the sliding doors to the kitchen. | ||
+ | |||
+ | WOMAN:<br> | ||
+ | Bobby? | ||
+ | |||
+ | A woman is setting plates on the table. | ||
+ | |||
+ | WOMAN:<br> | ||
+ | Bobby Singer, you had better be washed up when you come down. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The WOMAN, BOBBY’S MOTHER, looks at BOBBY. Behind BOBBY, DEAN is standing near the TV, opening the DVD cover. | ||
+ | |||
+ | BOBBY’S MOTHER:<br> | ||
+ | You're filthy. God, what is wrong with you? It's like you want him to get mad. | ||
+ | |||
+ | BOBBY slides the kitchen doors shut. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ''INT. CHURCH – NIGHT'' | ||
+ | |||
+ | RUFUS tosses BOBBY a shotgun. | ||
+ | |||
+ | RUFUS:<br> | ||
+ | Bobby, heads-up! Whew! Poor thing. Gets left at the altar, kills herself, and then gets buried in the crypt. Now she's going after men who break their girls' hearts. Poignant, am I wrong? | ||
+ | |||
+ | RUFUS hands BOBBY a flashlight. | ||
+ | |||
+ | RUFUS:<br> | ||
+ | Why you out of breath? Did you go for a jog up there, man? | ||
+ | |||
+ | BOBBY:<br> | ||
+ | I need your help, Rufus. | ||
+ | |||
+ | RUFUS:<br> | ||
+ | Yeah, clearly. | ||
+ | |||
+ | BOBBY:<br> | ||
+ | No, listen to me. | ||
+ | |||
+ | RUFUS:<br> | ||
+ | I want you to grab a torch, man. As soon as I open up her coffin, showtime's coming pretty quick. | ||
+ | |||
+ | BOBBY:<br> | ||
+ | No. Will you listen to me, you son of a bitch? There's a damn reaper coming for me. | ||
+ | |||
+ | RUFUS:<br> | ||
+ | There's a damn reaper coming for all of us, Bobby. | ||
+ | |||
+ | RUFUS looks at names on the crypt and stops at Lara Coggins, 1925 – 1954. | ||
+ | |||
+ | RUFUS:<br> | ||
+ | All right, let's put this damn ghost to bed. I got plans for Purim. | ||
+ | |||
+ | RUFUS hits the crypt with a sledgehammer. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ''INT. HOSPITAL – NIGHT'' | ||
+ | |||
+ | BOBBY is being wheeled on a hospital bed. | ||
+ | |||
+ | DOCTOR:<br> | ||
+ | Page the neurosurgeon on call. Tell O.R. to put electives on hold. | ||
+ | |||
+ | SAM and DEAN are following behind BOBBY’s bed. | ||
+ | |||
+ | DOCTOR:<br> | ||
+ | Move trauma 2 to bed 7 as soon as it's clean. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ''INT. HOSPITAL TRAUMA ROOM – NIGHT'' | ||
+ | |||
+ | NURSE:<br> | ||
+ | Gunshot wound to the right frontal area, no exit wound found. Breathing spontaneously. Respiratory rate 18 and shallow. RST at 120. B.P. 90 over 60. GCS 5. | ||
+ | |||
+ | DOCTOR:<br> | ||
+ | Push 80 grams of Mannitol over 30. Prep for intubation. | ||
+ | |||
+ | NURSE:<br> | ||
+ | Air entry clear to bases. | ||
+ | |||
+ | DOCTOR:<br> | ||
+ | Let's get a central line in here now. | ||
+ | |||
+ | SAM:<br> | ||
+ | What's happening? Please just tell us – | ||
+ | |||
+ | DOCTOR:<br> | ||
+ | Get them out of here. | ||
+ | |||
+ | NURSE:<br> | ||
+ | Sorry. You need to stay out of their way. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Another nurse is cutting open BOBBY’s shirt. | ||
+ | |||
+ | DEAN:<br> | ||
+ | That's our uncle. | ||
+ | |||
+ | NURSE:<br> | ||
+ | You got to stay back. | ||
+ | |||
+ | SAM:<br> | ||
+ | What are they doing? | ||
+ | |||
+ | NURSE:<br> | ||
+ | We need to get him stable. | ||
+ | |||
+ | DEAN:<br> | ||
+ | Okay, when are you gonna take the bullet out? | ||
+ | |||
+ | NURSE:<br> | ||
+ | If we can get the swelling down, if it's in a place we can get to, if – | ||
+ | |||
+ | SAM:<br> | ||
+ | If he even lives that long. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The NURSE pulls a curtain shut across the door to the trauma room. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ''INT. CHURCH – NIGHT'' | ||
+ | |||
+ | RUFUS opens a coffin. | ||
+ | |||
+ | BOBBY:<br> | ||
+ | Forget it. I got to keep moving. | ||
+ | |||
+ | BOBBY turns to leave, but a GHOST appears in front of him. She is bleeding from a wound across her throat. | ||
+ | |||
+ | GHOST:<br> | ||
+ | Heartbreaker. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The GHOST snatches BOBBY’s shotgun and puts her arm into his chest. BOBBY grimaces in pain. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ''INT. HOSPITAL – NIGHT'' | ||
+ | |||
+ | SAM and DEAN are standing outside BOBBY’s trauma room. | ||
+ | |||
+ | DOCTOR:<br> | ||
+ | Push 30 more of Mannitol over 10. CBC and 'lytes. Bolus him with 500 saline. | ||
+ | |||
+ | NURSE:<br> | ||
+ | The vitals were stable two minutes ago. | ||
+ | |||
+ | DOCTOR:<br> | ||
+ | Well, he's crashing now. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ''INT. CHURCH – NIGHT'' | ||
+ | |||
+ | The GHOST’s arm is still inside BOBBY’s chest. | ||
+ | |||
+ | GHOST:<br> | ||
+ | I'll break <i>your</i> heart. | ||
+ | |||
+ | RUFUS slashes through the GHOST with iron and she disappears. BOBBY falls to the ground. | ||
+ | |||
+ | RUFUS:<br> | ||
+ | Bobby... Come on. You okay? Say something. | ||
+ | |||
+ | BOBBY raises his head. | ||
+ | |||
+ | BOBBY:<br> | ||
+ | Look out! | ||
+ | |||
+ | The GHOST has reappeared behind RUFUS. She grabs him and throws him to the ground. Blood pools out from underneath his head. BOBBY torches the GHOST’s bones. She screams as she burns up and vanishes. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ''INT. HOSPITAL TRAUMA ROOM – NIGHT'' | ||
+ | |||
+ | NURSE:<br> | ||
+ | Blood pressure 130 over 90. | ||
+ | |||
+ | BOBBY appears to have been stabilised. His head is bandaged, he is now wearing a hospital gown and there is a tube in his mouth. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ''INT. CHURCH – NIGHT'' | ||
+ | |||
+ | RUFUS is still lying where he fell. | ||
+ | |||
+ | BOBBY:<br> | ||
+ | Okay, Rufus, I need you – Oh, balls. This would be the one job you damn near got yourself killed on. Well, you're gonna be useful, even if I have to carry you. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ''INT. HOSPITAL – NIGHT'' | ||
+ | |||
+ | The DOCTOR opens the curtain and walks over to DEAN. SAM is leaning on the wall nearby. | ||
+ | |||
+ | DOCTOR:<br> | ||
+ | He's, uh, stable for the moment. Just have to see. | ||
+ | |||
+ | DEAN looks at BOBBY in the trauma room, then turns slowly and looks at SAM. They both appear very distressed. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Close-up of BOBBY unconscious in the hospital bed. | ||
+ | |||
+ | BOBBY:<br> | ||
+ | Rufus... | ||
+ | |||
+ | ''EXT. OUTSIDE HOSPITAL – DAY'' | ||
+ | |||
+ | BOBBY:<br> | ||
+ | Where the hell did you go? | ||
+ | |||
+ | BOBBY sees the YOUNG BOY standing nearby. | ||
+ | |||
+ | BOBBY:<br> | ||
+ | Yeah, you! You, kid! Hey, what are you making like a white rabbit all over the place for, you grubby little – enough with the jump scares, kid. Who are you running from? | ||
+ | |||
+ | The YOUNG BOY says nothing. | ||
+ | |||
+ | BOBBY:<br> | ||
+ | Wait a minute. I know you. | ||
+ | |||
+ | RUFUS:<br> | ||
+ | Did you think I was dead? | ||
+ | |||
+ | BOBBY turns and sees RUFUS being wheeled out of a hospital by a nurse. RUFUS laughs and hands the nurse a piece of paper. | ||
+ | |||
+ | RUFUS:<br> | ||
+ | Call me, all right? | ||
+ | |||
+ | RUFUS gets out of the wheelchair. | ||
+ | |||
+ | RUFUS:<br> | ||
+ | Don't sit Shiva for me yet, Bobby. | ||
+ | |||
+ | BOBBY looks behind him, but the YOUNG BOY is gone. | ||
+ | |||
+ | BOBBY:<br> | ||
+ | Listen – after Bridezilla took you out, do you remember what you told me about your near-death experience? | ||
+ | |||
+ | RUFUS:<br> | ||
+ | I haven't told you nuthin’ yet. But now that you mention it, pretty sure I almost crossed over. | ||
+ | |||
+ | BOBBY:<br> | ||
+ | And what did you see? | ||
+ | |||
+ | RUFUS:<br> | ||
+ | What did I see? What are you so riled up about, paco? All right, all right. I saw a hallway, uh, plaid carpet, uh, the apartment building from when I was a kid. | ||
+ | |||
+ | BOBBY:<br> | ||
+ | And? | ||
+ | |||
+ | RUFUS:<br> | ||
+ | And I wanted out. I'm not dying on no damn plaid carpet. No, thank you. | ||
+ | |||
+ | BOBBY:<br> | ||
+ | So, what did you do? | ||
+ | |||
+ | RUFUS:<br> | ||
+ | Well, obviously, Bobby, not being stupid, I started looking for the damn exit door. Y-you know, I swear that's what they mean about your life flashing before your eyes, 'cause every time I opened the door, there was another chapter inside – the good, the bad, the bloody. | ||
+ | |||
+ | BOBBY:<br> | ||
+ | So, how did you get out? | ||
+ | |||
+ | RUFUS:<br> | ||
+ | Found the right door, obviously. | ||
+ | |||
+ | BOBBY:<br> | ||
+ | Well, how did you find it? | ||
+ | |||
+ | RUFUS:<br> | ||
+ | Oh, simple – I went deep. | ||
+ | |||
+ | BOBBY:<br> | ||
+ | Deep. Like old? | ||
+ | |||
+ | RUFUS:<br> | ||
+ | No, deep like... Crap you do not want to think about, so you bury it, you shove other crap over it, and you don't go there, ever. | ||
+ | |||
+ | BOBBY:<br> | ||
+ | So, you're telling me that the way out was through your worst memory? | ||
+ | |||
+ | RUFUS:<br> | ||
+ | It's an important door, Bobby. | ||
+ | |||
+ | BOBBY:<br> | ||
+ | Okay, this is good. | ||
+ | |||
+ | RUFUS:<br> | ||
+ | What the hell are you going on about, anyway? | ||
+ | |||
+ | BOBBY takes the piece of paper out of his jacket pocket. | ||
+ | |||
+ | BOBBY:<br> | ||
+ | This. I got to find the right door to get this to Sam and Dean. I'm in a coma, Rufus, right now. | ||
+ | |||
+ | RUFUS:<br> | ||
+ | [laughs] Get out. | ||
+ | |||
+ | BOBBY:<br> | ||
+ | I got shot in the dunce cap, Rufus. I'm – I'm dying. | ||
+ | |||
+ | RUFUS:<br> | ||
+ | You sure? | ||
+ | |||
+ | BOBBY:<br> | ||
+ | Unfortunately. | ||
+ | |||
+ | RUFUS:<br> | ||
+ | I'll be a prima ballerina. Wait, wait, Bobby. Are you trying to tell me I'm just one of your better memories? | ||
+ | |||
+ | BOBBY:<br> | ||
+ | Would I make this up? | ||
+ | |||
+ | There is thunder and the ground shakes. | ||
+ | |||
+ | BOBBY:<br> | ||
+ | Okay. I got to go. | ||
+ | |||
+ | RUFUS:<br> | ||
+ | What? | ||
+ | |||
+ | BOBBY:<br> | ||
+ | You're coming with me, Rufus. | ||
+ | |||
+ | RUFUS:<br> | ||
+ | What? | ||
+ | |||
+ | BOBBY:<br> | ||
+ | I need my partner on this. Please. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The thunder and shaking stop. BOBBY and RUFUS walk along outside the hospital, past signs saying Lincoln Memorial Hospital. | ||
+ | |||
+ | RUFUS:<br> | ||
+ | Aim for your worst memory. Think. Focus. You got it? The worst, okay? | ||
+ | |||
+ | BOBBY:<br> | ||
+ | I got a metric ton of worst. | ||
+ | |||
+ | RUFUS:<br> | ||
+ | Just take a shot. By the way, killer bride – how come she call you a heartbreaker, anyway? I mean, you a family man if I ever saw one. | ||
+ | |||
+ | BOBBY:<br> | ||
+ | Thanks for narrowing things down. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The ground shakes again. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ''INT. BOBBY’S HOUSE – DAY'' | ||
+ | |||
+ | BOBBY and RUFUS enter the bedroom. There is a broken glass of red wine on the floor. KAREN is standing barefoot next to it, dressed in a blue robe. | ||
+ | |||
+ | KAREN:<br> | ||
+ | I can't believe you. I hate you. Everything's a lie. Our whole life, our vows... everything. You knew I wanted kids. Why didn't you just sit me down and say... I don't understand. You're a good man. You'd be a good dad. What does that even mean, you break everything you touch?! What kind of excuse is that?! | ||
+ | |||
+ | KAREN steps on the broken glass. | ||
+ | |||
+ | KAREN:<br> | ||
+ | Aah! | ||
+ | |||
+ | KAREN sits down on the bed. Her foot is bleeding. | ||
+ | |||
+ | KAREN:<br> | ||
+ | Just stay away from me! You broke my heart, Bobby! You happy? Just go away! | ||
+ | |||
+ | KAREN starts to cry. | ||
+ | |||
+ | BOBBY:<br> | ||
+ | Just so you know... I'm sorry. I never stopped being sorry. | ||
+ | |||
+ | RUFUS:<br> | ||
+ | Bobby, I thought you'd want a gang of rugrats. | ||
+ | |||
+ | BOBBY shakes his head. | ||
+ | |||
+ | RUFUS:<br> | ||
+ | So, how long after this... | ||
+ | |||
+ | BOBBY:<br> | ||
+ | ...did she get possessed? Three days. Biggest regret of my life, this fight. You'd think it was when I had to stab her to death, but... no. All through that... I was thinking we never got to get past this. If I'd have known, I'd have said anything she wanted to hear. | ||
+ | |||
+ | KAREN is still crying on the bed. | ||
+ | |||
+ | RUFUS:<br> | ||
+ | Bobby? Hey. Try the door. Now. | ||
+ | |||
+ | BOBBY:<br> | ||
+ | Thanks, Rufus. | ||
+ | |||
+ | BOBBY opens the door and steps out into the light. |
Revision as of 13:25, 3 December 2011
Written by: Sera Gamble
Directed by: Bob Singer
Air Date: 2 December 2011NOW
Internal, moving to external, shot of a bullet hole in BOBBY’s temple.
VEHICLE – NIGHT
The scene is as we left it in 7.09 How to Win Friends And Influence Monsters, except that SAM is now in the back seat with BOBBY. DEAN is driving.
SAM:
Bobby? Bobby? Hey, hey, hey hey. Hold on.
DEAN:
Sam, is he dead?
SAM:
I’m checking.
SAM feels BOBBY’s neck for a pulse.
DEAN:
Is he dead?!
SAM:
Just drive, Dean! Bobby!
DEAN:
You gotta talk to me, Sam!
SAM:
All right, he’s breathing. There’s a pulse.
DEAN enters numbers on his cell phone.
DEAN:
Keep him upright. Stop the bleeding.
SAM:
I’m not an idiot, Dean! I know first aid for a friggin’ bullet to the head!
DEAN (on phone):
I need the nearest trauma center.
SAM:
Hold on. Hold on.
DEAN (on phone):
What’s the address?!
DEAN:
All right, Bobby, hang in there.
The vehicle skids as DEAN accelerates.
SUPERNATURAL (Title Card)
ACT ONE
External, moving to internal, shot of the bullet hole in BOBBY’s temple.
SAM:
Bobby! Just hold on!
EXT. FOREST – DAY
BOBBY, DEAN and SAM are walking through the forest in a repeat of a scene from 7.09 How to Win Friends And Influence Monsters. They look up at a bloodied arm hanging from a tree.
DEAN:
Well, I guess we found Phil.
BOBBY:
Wait a minute. Something’s not right here.
DEAN:
Yeah, no kidding, Bobby. There’s a corpse in a tree.
BOBBY:
Something bad’s about to happen.
DEAN:
Yeah, well danger’s kinda on the W2 – that’s why we got the guns.
Blood drips onto BOBBY’s hand. There is now a bloodstain on BOBBY’s cap. He puts his fingers to his head and sees more blood on his fingertips when he lowers his hand.
BOBBY:
Or something bad’s happened already.
INT. OLD HOUSE – DAY
BOBBY, DEAN and SAM enter. BOBBY removes his cap and touches his head. There is a small amount of blood on his forehead.
BOBBY:
Balls.
SAM:
Y-you want to tell us what’s going on?
DEAN:
Yeah, what’s going on with your head?
BOBBY:
I got shot in it!
DEAN:
You what?
SAM:
Bobby, we’ve been with you all day.
DEAN:
Yeah, I think we would have noticed if you took a bullet.
BOBBY:
I didn’t take one here. I-I took one out there, i-i-in the real world.
DEAN:
You lost us.
SAM:
Look, Bobby, you – you want to sit down, seriously?
BOBBY:
No, there’s something I gotta tell you. I-I... Dammit, I can’t get at it.
SAM:
Well, it – it’s okay, take your time. We’re – we’re right here.
BOBBY:
No, no, not you, you. Real you. Out – out there, in the waking world. Numbers. Numbers. Where’s paper?
BOBBY walks over to the table, on which there is a pen and notebook, and writes
BOBBY:
I didn’t have time before to tell you what...
BOBBY writes “454895” in the notebook.
BOBBY:
...they’re cookin’ up. You need to know.
BOBBY puts the piece of paper from the notebook in his jacket pocket.
KAREN:
Well...
INT. BEDROOM – DAY
KAREN is sitting on the bed in a nightgown. There are candles on the bedside tables. BOBBY is standing in the doorway holding a glass of red wine.
KAREN:
... you just gonna stand there or hand it over, Bobby?
BOBBY:
What the hell? Karen?
KAREN:
You were expecting Farrah Fawcett?
BOBBY:
No. She always calls first. [pause] That’s what I said the first time this happened.
KAREN:
What are you talking about? Gimme!
KAREN holds out her hand. BOBBY looks down and notices the glass of wine.
BOBBY:
Oh.
BOBBY gives KAREN the glass of wine.
BOBBY:
This – this is just like it was. You’re beautiful.
KAREN:
Quit sweet-talkin’ and come here.
KAREN takes BOBBY’s hand.
KAREN:
I feel like we haven’t talked in ages.
BOBBY:
I know just how you feel.
KAREN:
Listen, I have something I want to say to you. No excuses this time, okay? Just sit, Bobby.
BOBBY sits down on the bed.
BOBBY:
I know what night this is. I remember this.
KAREN:
I’ve thought about this a lot. I really...
KAREN and BOBBY simultaneously:
...sat with this...
KAREN hits BOBBY lightly.
KAREN:
Don’t make fun of me.
BOBBY:
I wouldn’t. But right now I gotta...
There is the sound of thunder.
BOBBY:
I don’t remember a storm coming in the night this happened.
BOBBY goes to the window and sees a full moon and a sky full of stars. The stars all disappear and the reflection of the moon in the window fades. BOBBY sees a YOUNG BOY running from behind a shed towards the house.
BOBBY:
Mother Mary. I’ve got a messed-up fruitcake.
KAREN:
What, Bobby?
BOBBY:
Nuthin’. I gotta go. I’m sorry, darling.
KAREN:
Bobby, wait! Don’t go.
EXT. STREET – NIGHT
BOBBY looks around at lightening and hears thunder. He is behind RUFUS, who is standing outside a building wearing a pest control uniform. BOBBY is wearing the same uniform.
RUFUS:
Number-one trick, is act like you know what you’re doing, Bobby.
BOBBY:
Rufus?
RUFUS:
What, I can’t give you advice now? All of a sudden you know everything? You know, I can always go wait in the car.
BOBBY:
No, wait. I – I need your help. Bad.
RUFUS:
Yeah, damn straight you do.
BOBBY:
No, listen to me, Rufus. I’m gonna die!
RUFUS:
Oh, now that’s a realistic view of the mortality rate on a ghost hunt.
RUFUS is holding an EMF reader, which lights up and makes noises.
RUFUS:
Whoa, whoa, Nellie, red line. All right, baby boy, here we go.
BOBBY:
No, Rufus!
RUFUS enters the building. BOBBY looks around. It is now raining. The camera pans out and we see that the building is a church. The YOUNG BOY from the previous scene runs down the street.
RUFUS opens the door of the church again.
RUFUS:
Are you coming, Bobby? I mean, we’re not getting any younger here!
BOBBY:
Coming.
BOBBY looks down to see the YOUNG BOY in front of him. The YOUNG BOY clasps BOBBY’s arm.
YOUNG BOY:
God’s gonna punish you.
BOBBY hears the sound of breaking glass and looks behind him to see a broken glass of milk on a tiled floor. When he turns back, the YOUNG BOY is gone. BOBBY enters the church.
INT. CHURCH – NIGHT
Six people in red robes are standing at the front of the church. RUFUS walks towards a door at the side. The six people form a line and hold hymn books as if they are about to sing. There is thunder, the ground shakes and Bibles fall out of the pews. As BOBBY watches, the members of the choir disappear. The lights go off. A man holding an old-fashioned watch on a chain walks up behind BOBBY.
MAN:
Hello, Mr. Singer.
BOBBY turns and sees that the man is dressed in a dark suit. There is a flash of lightening. The man swings the watch on its chain and catches it in his hand.
MAN:
Your time’s up.
ACT TWO
INT. CHURCH – NIGHT
BOBBY:
So you’re my reaper, huh? You know, I’ve heard of you guy grabbing reapees in broad daylight and in their sleep, but I never heard of a reaper showing up inside a guy’s custard.
REAPER:
You’re in a coma, genius. This is what happens. I climb in your “custard” and fish you out.
The REAPER takes a step towards BOBBY and holds out his hand. BOBBY takes a step back.
REAPER:
Oh, you think you can lose me.
BOBBY:
Gonna try.
REAPER:
I’ve got places to be, Singer, don’t waste my time.
BOBBY:
Might as well – while I got it.
REAPER:
You’re prolonging the inevitable.
The REAPER flips open his watch, which is ticking. He flips it closed again and the ticking sound stops. BOBBY runs for the door RUFUS went through.
REAPER:
I can find you anywhere! Even in this gin-soaked rat maze.
BOBBY walks around a corner. He is dressed in his usual clothes. Someone tosses two DVDs onto a coffee table: “Chuck Norris American Hero Collection” and “The Delta Force”.
SAM:
I'm just saying – look, you can't really compare.
INT. BOBBY’S HOUSE – NIGHT
SAM and DEAN are sitting on a couch.
DEAN:
I don’t even know you right now. There's not even a contest.
SAM:
It depends on the criteria.
DEAN:
Survival is the only criteria, all right?
DEAN grabs one of the DVDs and gets up.
DEAN:
And when the crap hits the fan, it's not about who has skill. It's about who's the bigger badass. Bobby, will you please tell Sam that Chuck Norris could kick Jet Li's ass?
BOBBY looks around the room and then walks towards the kitchen.
DEAN:
You grab me a beer while you're in there?
BOBBY opens the sliding doors to the kitchen.
WOMAN:
Bobby?
A woman is setting plates on the table.
WOMAN:
Bobby Singer, you had better be washed up when you come down.
The WOMAN, BOBBY’S MOTHER, looks at BOBBY. Behind BOBBY, DEAN is standing near the TV, opening the DVD cover.
BOBBY’S MOTHER:
You're filthy. God, what is wrong with you? It's like you want him to get mad.
BOBBY slides the kitchen doors shut.
INT. CHURCH – NIGHT
RUFUS tosses BOBBY a shotgun.
RUFUS:
Bobby, heads-up! Whew! Poor thing. Gets left at the altar, kills herself, and then gets buried in the crypt. Now she's going after men who break their girls' hearts. Poignant, am I wrong?
RUFUS hands BOBBY a flashlight.
RUFUS:
Why you out of breath? Did you go for a jog up there, man?
BOBBY:
I need your help, Rufus.
RUFUS:
Yeah, clearly.
BOBBY:
No, listen to me.
RUFUS:
I want you to grab a torch, man. As soon as I open up her coffin, showtime's coming pretty quick.
BOBBY:
No. Will you listen to me, you son of a bitch? There's a damn reaper coming for me.
RUFUS:
There's a damn reaper coming for all of us, Bobby.
RUFUS looks at names on the crypt and stops at Lara Coggins, 1925 – 1954.
RUFUS:
All right, let's put this damn ghost to bed. I got plans for Purim.
RUFUS hits the crypt with a sledgehammer.
INT. HOSPITAL – NIGHT
BOBBY is being wheeled on a hospital bed.
DOCTOR:
Page the neurosurgeon on call. Tell O.R. to put electives on hold.
SAM and DEAN are following behind BOBBY’s bed.
DOCTOR:
Move trauma 2 to bed 7 as soon as it's clean.
INT. HOSPITAL TRAUMA ROOM – NIGHT
NURSE:
Gunshot wound to the right frontal area, no exit wound found. Breathing spontaneously. Respiratory rate 18 and shallow. RST at 120. B.P. 90 over 60. GCS 5.
DOCTOR:
Push 80 grams of Mannitol over 30. Prep for intubation.
NURSE:
Air entry clear to bases.
DOCTOR:
Let's get a central line in here now.
SAM:
What's happening? Please just tell us –
DOCTOR:
Get them out of here.
NURSE:
Sorry. You need to stay out of their way.
Another nurse is cutting open BOBBY’s shirt.
DEAN:
That's our uncle.
NURSE:
You got to stay back.
SAM:
What are they doing?
NURSE:
We need to get him stable.
DEAN:
Okay, when are you gonna take the bullet out?
NURSE:
If we can get the swelling down, if it's in a place we can get to, if –
SAM:
If he even lives that long.
The NURSE pulls a curtain shut across the door to the trauma room.
INT. CHURCH – NIGHT
RUFUS opens a coffin.
BOBBY:
Forget it. I got to keep moving.
BOBBY turns to leave, but a GHOST appears in front of him. She is bleeding from a wound across her throat.
GHOST:
Heartbreaker.
The GHOST snatches BOBBY’s shotgun and puts her arm into his chest. BOBBY grimaces in pain.
INT. HOSPITAL – NIGHT
SAM and DEAN are standing outside BOBBY’s trauma room.
DOCTOR:
Push 30 more of Mannitol over 10. CBC and 'lytes. Bolus him with 500 saline.
NURSE:
The vitals were stable two minutes ago.
DOCTOR:
Well, he's crashing now.
INT. CHURCH – NIGHT
The GHOST’s arm is still inside BOBBY’s chest.
GHOST:
I'll break your heart.
RUFUS slashes through the GHOST with iron and she disappears. BOBBY falls to the ground.
RUFUS:
Bobby... Come on. You okay? Say something.
BOBBY raises his head.
BOBBY:
Look out!
The GHOST has reappeared behind RUFUS. She grabs him and throws him to the ground. Blood pools out from underneath his head. BOBBY torches the GHOST’s bones. She screams as she burns up and vanishes.
INT. HOSPITAL TRAUMA ROOM – NIGHT
NURSE:
Blood pressure 130 over 90.
BOBBY appears to have been stabilised. His head is bandaged, he is now wearing a hospital gown and there is a tube in his mouth.
INT. CHURCH – NIGHT
RUFUS is still lying where he fell.
BOBBY:
Okay, Rufus, I need you – Oh, balls. This would be the one job you damn near got yourself killed on. Well, you're gonna be useful, even if I have to carry you.
INT. HOSPITAL – NIGHT
The DOCTOR opens the curtain and walks over to DEAN. SAM is leaning on the wall nearby.
DOCTOR:
He's, uh, stable for the moment. Just have to see.
DEAN looks at BOBBY in the trauma room, then turns slowly and looks at SAM. They both appear very distressed.
Close-up of BOBBY unconscious in the hospital bed.
BOBBY:
Rufus...
EXT. OUTSIDE HOSPITAL – DAY
BOBBY:
Where the hell did you go?
BOBBY sees the YOUNG BOY standing nearby.
BOBBY:
Yeah, you! You, kid! Hey, what are you making like a white rabbit all over the place for, you grubby little – enough with the jump scares, kid. Who are you running from?
The YOUNG BOY says nothing.
BOBBY:
Wait a minute. I know you.
RUFUS:
Did you think I was dead?
BOBBY turns and sees RUFUS being wheeled out of a hospital by a nurse. RUFUS laughs and hands the nurse a piece of paper.
RUFUS:
Call me, all right?
RUFUS gets out of the wheelchair.
RUFUS:
Don't sit Shiva for me yet, Bobby.
BOBBY looks behind him, but the YOUNG BOY is gone.
BOBBY:
Listen – after Bridezilla took you out, do you remember what you told me about your near-death experience?
RUFUS:
I haven't told you nuthin’ yet. But now that you mention it, pretty sure I almost crossed over.
BOBBY:
And what did you see?
RUFUS:
What did I see? What are you so riled up about, paco? All right, all right. I saw a hallway, uh, plaid carpet, uh, the apartment building from when I was a kid.
BOBBY:
And?
RUFUS:
And I wanted out. I'm not dying on no damn plaid carpet. No, thank you.
BOBBY:
So, what did you do?
RUFUS:
Well, obviously, Bobby, not being stupid, I started looking for the damn exit door. Y-you know, I swear that's what they mean about your life flashing before your eyes, 'cause every time I opened the door, there was another chapter inside – the good, the bad, the bloody.
BOBBY:
So, how did you get out?
RUFUS:
Found the right door, obviously.
BOBBY:
Well, how did you find it?
RUFUS:
Oh, simple – I went deep.
BOBBY:
Deep. Like old?
RUFUS:
No, deep like... Crap you do not want to think about, so you bury it, you shove other crap over it, and you don't go there, ever.
BOBBY:
So, you're telling me that the way out was through your worst memory?
RUFUS:
It's an important door, Bobby.
BOBBY:
Okay, this is good.
RUFUS:
What the hell are you going on about, anyway?
BOBBY takes the piece of paper out of his jacket pocket.
BOBBY:
This. I got to find the right door to get this to Sam and Dean. I'm in a coma, Rufus, right now.
RUFUS:
[laughs] Get out.
BOBBY:
I got shot in the dunce cap, Rufus. I'm – I'm dying.
RUFUS:
You sure?
BOBBY:
Unfortunately.
RUFUS:
I'll be a prima ballerina. Wait, wait, Bobby. Are you trying to tell me I'm just one of your better memories?
BOBBY:
Would I make this up?
There is thunder and the ground shakes.
BOBBY:
Okay. I got to go.
RUFUS:
What?
BOBBY:
You're coming with me, Rufus.
RUFUS:
What?
BOBBY:
I need my partner on this. Please.
The thunder and shaking stop. BOBBY and RUFUS walk along outside the hospital, past signs saying Lincoln Memorial Hospital.
RUFUS:
Aim for your worst memory. Think. Focus. You got it? The worst, okay?
BOBBY:
I got a metric ton of worst.
RUFUS:
Just take a shot. By the way, killer bride – how come she call you a heartbreaker, anyway? I mean, you a family man if I ever saw one.
BOBBY:
Thanks for narrowing things down.
The ground shakes again.
INT. BOBBY’S HOUSE – DAY
BOBBY and RUFUS enter the bedroom. There is a broken glass of red wine on the floor. KAREN is standing barefoot next to it, dressed in a blue robe.
KAREN:
I can't believe you. I hate you. Everything's a lie. Our whole life, our vows... everything. You knew I wanted kids. Why didn't you just sit me down and say... I don't understand. You're a good man. You'd be a good dad. What does that even mean, you break everything you touch?! What kind of excuse is that?!
KAREN steps on the broken glass.
KAREN:
Aah!
KAREN sits down on the bed. Her foot is bleeding.
KAREN:
Just stay away from me! You broke my heart, Bobby! You happy? Just go away!
KAREN starts to cry.
BOBBY:
Just so you know... I'm sorry. I never stopped being sorry.
RUFUS:
Bobby, I thought you'd want a gang of rugrats.
BOBBY shakes his head.
RUFUS:
So, how long after this...
BOBBY:
...did she get possessed? Three days. Biggest regret of my life, this fight. You'd think it was when I had to stab her to death, but... no. All through that... I was thinking we never got to get past this. If I'd have known, I'd have said anything she wanted to hear.
KAREN is still crying on the bed.
RUFUS:
Bobby? Hey. Try the door. Now.
BOBBY:
Thanks, Rufus.
BOBBY opens the door and steps out into the light.