Webisode 1/Transcript

Teaser Sequence
'''EXT. - ESTABLISHING SHOT - NIGHT'''

London 1888 Whitechapel District

[Camera pans across the rooftops at night and zooms onto an alley where a streetwalker is plying her trade.]

'''EXT. - OUTSIDE "THE TEN BELLS" - NIGHT'''

MOLLY: Lonely tonight, gentlemen?

[A small green flash is seen in the background in an adjacent dark alley.]

DRUITT: Still at it, Molly?

MOLLY: Oh... Mr Druitt. You frightened me. No rest for the gifted. You know that.

DRUITT: Indeed I do.

MOLLY: You shouldn't be in the habit of jumping out at the ladies these days, what with all the troubles.

DRUITT: What was I thinking? -Forgive me.

[Druitt starts to draw his walking sword behind his back.]

MAGNUS: John! This ends here.

DRUITT: Helen.... What a lovely surprise. Molly, I'd like you to meet my fiancée, or should I say, former fiancée, Helen Magnus. Dr. Helen Magnus.

MOLLY: Doctor? I'm pleased to meet you, Ma'am. Well.... -I'll be on my way.

[Druitt stops Molly from leaving by grabbing her arm.]

DRUITT: -Stay. I insist.

MAGNUS: John, let me help you before you make things worse.

DRUITT: And how is that possible? I've already murdered, what, seven whores? How could one more make the slightest difference?

MOLLY: Murdered? You are --

[Druitt grabs Molly covers her mouth and holds his sword against her throat.]

DRUITT: What more have I to lose?

MAGNUS: Your power's driving you mad, John. I can help.

DRUITT: My power is all I have left.

[Magnus cocks her pistol and aims at Druitt.]

MAGNUS: Let her go.

[Druitt starts to release Molly.]

DRUITT: As the lady wishes.

[Druitt slashes Molly's throat, Magnus shoots and Druitt disappears in a green flash.]

[Magnus moves to check on Molly, then looks up.]

[Lights flash on Magnus and the scene transitions to Police lights.]

'''EXT. - ESTABLISHING SHOT - APARTMENT BUILDING - STREET - NIGHT'''

'OLD CITY'  PRESENT DAY

[Police siren and flashing lights, it is raining.]

RUSSO: Dispatch, This is Seven David Five responding to a 10-11 at 149th and Willis.

DISPATCH: Roger that, Seven David Five.

[Cops enter building.]

[Magnus is across the street hiding in an alley, watching.]

'''INT. - APARTMENT BUILDING - HALLWAY - OUTSIDE APARTMENT 36'''

[Inside building, Russian voices.]

[Knocks loudly on door.]

RUSSO: Open up, Police!

[Russian voices.]

[Knocks loudly on door.]

BIRCH: Let's go! Open up!

[A Russian woman, Jagna, opens the door.]

RUSSO: Evening, Ma'am. We've had some complaints about the noise.

JAGNA: We want no trouble.

BIRCH: Then you don't mind if we come in?

JAGNA: No. No.

[Jagna closes door, cops kick it in and enter.]

'''INT. - APARTMENT 36 - LIVING AREA'''

BIRCH: You folks want to just come right out and tell me why we got a call to come here tonight?

JAGNA: We have trouble early tonight, but no trouble now.

RUSSO: -Yeah, what kind of trouble?

JAGNA: -Please.... You go.

[Jagna stands in front of a door with an older woman.]

BIRCH: Ma'am, I'm going to enter this room. Please, step aside.

JAGNA: -Please....

BIRCH: -Everything will be fine.

[Birch opens door and sees a bloodstain on the wall with an elderly man slumped on the floor beneath it, he raises his gun.]

BIRCH: Russo!

RUSSO: Seven David Five, requesting backup on that 10-11.

DISPATCH: -Roger that.

RUSSO: -EMS response, stat.

DISPATCH: Copy that, Seven David Five.

'''INT. - APARTMENT 36 - BEDROOM'''

[Birch sees something under the bed and points to it.]

[Russo gets his flashlight and checks under the bed.]

RUSSO: It's a kid.

[Russo gets down on floor and tries to get the kid out.]

RUSSO: Hey, kid, you okay? It's okay. Look, see? It's okay. Just reach out and grab my hand, okay? It's okay. Just reach out.... Come on, just grab my hand. Come on. Just grab my hand, okay? I said come here!

[Hear a whip noise and a squish noise.]

[Russo falls to the ground dead with a hole in his head.]

[Screams]

[Kid stands up behind the bed.]

[A tentacle thing is seen on screen, right side.]

'''EXT. - OLD CITY - ALLEY - NIGHT'''

[Cut to Magnus in alley, lots of screaming is heard.]

Title Sequence
[Cut to Sanctuary opening title sequence.]

Part I, Act I
'''EXT. - NEIGHBORHOOD - STREET - NIGHT - 1980's'''

[Fade in, night time on a darkened street, a TV can be heard.]

SANCTUARY THE LOST WEBISODES PART 1

'''INT. - HOUSE - LIVING ROOM'''

[Pan from a TV to a young boy being scared by the TV show.]

TV NARRATOR: ''Monsters... ...strange creatures that walk the Earth, searching for innocent victims. Ready to strike at any moment. These creatures, such as the legendary sasquatch, or bigfoot, can exist in any climate on Earth, in any city, in any town. And someday they may be coming to visit you.''

BABYSITTER: Will! Your parents are pulling in. Remember our deal, okay?

WILL: Okay.

'''INT. - HOUSE - YOUNG WILL'S BEDROOM'''

[A curtain is blowing in the wind, a child can be heard whimpering in the background.]

[A young Will is cowering in bed mumbling to himself.]

WILL: Just a stupid movie.

WILL: No such thing as monsters. No such thing as monsters. No such thing as monsters.

[Goes to window and closes it.]

[A growl is heard.]

[A monster enters the room growling.]

[Will screams.]

'''INT. - HOSPITAL - BREAKROOM - PRESENT DAY'''

[Cut to a man sleeping on a couch.]

[Screams transform into a ringing pager and the man jerks awake.]

WILL: Oh. Thank you.

[Will picks up his glasses and pager and reads message.]

'''INT. - HOSPITAL - NURSES STATION'''

[Cut to Will donning a lab coat as he approaches a nurses station.]

WILL: -Somebody page me?

NURSE: [to another doctor] -Excuse me, Doctor.

NURSE: -Have a nice nap?

WILL: -No, not really.

NURSE: Consult. Homicide suspect. Real heavy hitter.

WILL: Anyone we know?

NURSE: Oh, oh, oh, man you're going to love this one.

WILL: Great.

[Nurse hands a case file to Will.]

'''INT. - HOSPITAL - MEDICAL ROOM - INTERROGATION'''

[Cut to a room filled with police.]

LARRY: This is harassment, plain and simple. You will all be hearing from my lawyer. Especially you, Tom Cruise. I know you're the one that shot me.

LARRY: -Or was it you, hmm?

KAVANAUGH: -Oh come on. Look, we both know your lawyer's too freaked out to be in the same room with you, so let's kill the music and lay our cards on the table, shall we?

LARRY: Okay. Okay, you want me to lay it out, hmm?

KAVANAUGH: -Yeah.

LARRY: -Alright, well, you know, your dollar-store cologne stinks.

KAVANAUGH: That's funny.

[Kavanaugh hits Larry in his injured leg.]

KAVANAUGH: You whacked six people tonight, including two cops. You think this is harassment? We're not even in the vicinity yet.

[Will enters room.]

LARRY: Really? You know, you could always just use deodorant.

WILL: Whoa! Hey! Whoa, hey, guys, guys, guys. I got it from here. I got it from here. Okay.

LARRY: Will Z. Thank God.

WILL: Eminem. Long time, no see.

LARRY: You want to get detective Gitmo off my back?

WILL: Kavanaugh.

KAVANAUGH: -Zimmerman.

WILL: -I hear you need an eval.

KAVANAUGH: Yeah, well, you heard wrong. Look, just patch him up. [Looking at Tolson] -We'll handle the rest.

LARRY: -See, that's a threat. They're not even trying to hide it!

WILL: All right, Joe, Joe, sidebar.

[Will and detective move to the side of the room to talk.]

KAVANAUGH: Make it fast. Uptown wants him arraigned like yesterday. Me, I'm just dying for a chance to shoot his ass.

WILL: I know what happened tonight, but Tolson used to be a patient of mine. Why don't you give me a few minutes alone with him? You know, maybe I can shake some stuff loose for you. At the very least, I'll save you a disciplinary hearing.

KAVANAUGH: All right, let's give him the room. I hope you know what you are doing.

KAVANAUGH: [to everyone] Let's go. Come on.

[The 5 Policemen leave the room.]

LARRY: So.... You look good, Doc.

'''INT. - HOSPITAL - HALLWAY - OUTSIDE MEDICAL ROOM'''

[Cut to another room looking through a window to Will and Larry.]

[Magnus and the nurse from before are watching.]

NURSE: Alone with Eminem. Hmm. Zimmerman always did have serious balls.

MAGNUS: -M and who?

NURSE: -The Manderville Monster. Did 12 years in Ivy Heights after killing his foster parents. Got out a couple of months ago. Guess people don't change, do they?

MAGNUS: I suppose not.

'''INT. - HOSPITAL - MEDICAL ROOM - INTERROGATION'''

[Cut back to Larry and Will.]

WILL: You working on the sequel rights there, Larry?

LARRY: No way, no how. Not this time.

WILL: So then why the escort service and the bullet in the leg?

LARRY: Ask them. One minute I'm watching the Discovery Channel, and the next, I'm surrounded by cops. I asked for a warrant, and and they shoot me.

WILL: Yeah, well, they found you watching TV, all right, but you were surrounded by corpses. -Did you lose your meds?

LARRY: -No. No, that's not it.

WILL: Hey, look, the studio audience is gone, Larry. It's just me. All right? And I need to hear the truth.

LARRY: All right. I dropped in on the family downstairs. All the yelling and the.... screaming. I'm nothing if not... neighborly, right?

[Will is taking notes.]

WILL: -Yelling and screaming?

LARRY: -Oh, yeah. There's like 50 of 'em living down there. There's, like, young ones and old ones, and it's like Red Square 24/7, you know what I'm saying?

WILL: So, you just went down to complain about the noise?

LARRY: Didn't kill anyone this time. Promise. I heard what was going on, so I went down to check out the kid's technique. That's all.

WILL: -The kid?

LARRY: -The russkie kid. Except he wasn't a kid, was he? He was... he was, ah, Special.

WILL: -Special? What does that mean?

LARRY: -Think about it, Doc. It's two cops. Just.... Bang. Bang. Just like... like that takes talent, you know? Believe me, I know. But. The kid.... The kid has.... the kid has serious juice.

WILL: Is that the real version, Larry? Because I'm not feeling any love here.

LARRY: -On the level?

WILL: -Yeah.

LARRY: They think I whacked the Bolsheviks. Hell, it's fine with me. I miss my room in the Ive, you know? But the way he took out the cops.... The truth? The truth... Yeah.

WILL: -Larry?

LARRY: -The kid. Will, you don't want to find him.

'''INT. - HOSPITAL - MORGUE'''

[Cut to black, Eleanor the coroner opens a cabinet door and we see the morgue from inside the cabinet.]

[Orderlies enter the morgue with gurneys.]

ORDERLY: -Fresh meat Coming through!

ELEANOR: -Subtle.

ORDERLY: Russo, Albert and Birch, Lawrence. Two cops, Bit it tonight Uptown.

ELEANOR: Yeah we've been expecting them. Put them in holding.

ORDERLY: Got four more coming later. EMS says it was a real butcher shop.

ELEANOR: Aren't they all these days?

[Doors open again and Magnus enters.]

ELEANOR: -Helen?

MAGNUS: -Eleanor.

ELEANOR: -They're in the cold room.

MAGNUS: -Thank you.

ELEANOR: -Lunch next week?

MAGNUS: -Love to.

ELEANOR: I'll call.

[Eleanor starts a saw and works on a body while Magnus goes through to the cold room]

'''INT. - HOSPITAL - MORGUE - COLD ROOM'''

[Close up of a body bag.]

[TAG: "RUSSO, ALBERT TOD: 18:30 A-36 194"]

[Magnus opens it and begins her examination.]

'''INT. - HOSPITAL - CHART STATION'''

[Cut to another room with Will entering it.]

WILL: I know what it looks like, but he's not your man.

KAVANAUGH: Convicted psycho just wanders into a preexisting bloodbath? Cut the crap, Zimmerman. He's our guy.

WILL: Trust me, Tolson did not kill those people.

KAVANAUGH: Look, severe cranial lacerations, removal of grey matter? I read his jacket. This is our guy's kind of party.

WILL: Yeah, and this time he was just a guest, not the host. Larry Tolson has a very specific form of delusional psychosis. He kills for reasons that you and I think that are crazy, but they make sense to him.

WILL: 12 years ago. Why did he kill his foster parents?

KAVANAUGH: Uh, I don't know, something about their brains stealing power from him.

WILL: He sees people as either conduits or siphons. If he thinks you're trying to steal his energy, he feels threatened, and that's when he kills. Believe me, Forensics will go through the whole nine yards, they won't find one shred of DNA to link him. Sorry, man, but they pay me to do my homework.

KAVANAUGH: Okay. Whoa. Zimmerman.... Lets just say that I buy this psycho-crap defense, which you know I don't. Then who the hell did it?

WILL: That's your job, Joe. It's not mine.

'''INT. - HOSPITAL - MORGUE - COLD ROOM'''

[Cut to a body in the morgue.]

[Pan to Magnus working on another body.]

[She extracts something from the hole in the body's head.]

[It glows luminescent green as Magnus examines it.]

'''EXT. - OLD CITY - ALLEY - NIGHT - RAINING'''

[Cut to someone running down an alley in the rain.]

[It is Alexei, the Russian boy.]

[A train runs past on an overhead trestle.]

[Alexei looks down to a grate in the ground.]

'''EXT. - OLD CITY - MONTGOMERY STREET - SUBWAY ENTRANCE - NIGHT'''

[Cut to a subway sign. "Subway Montgomery Street GFT".]

[Alexei runs past "GREENS' ELECTRONICS" and the subway sign, Ashley follows him.]

[A green flash is seen in the background.]

[A tall man walks forward to where Ashley just passed by.]

'''INT. - SUBWAY - STATION - TUNNEL'''

[Cut to a train tunnel.]

[Alexei jumps down to the tracks and walks along, looking about as he goes.]

[Ashley follows along behind him.]

'''EXT. - OLD CITY - NIGHT'''

[Cut to an overhead of a train on a trestle.]

'''EXT. - OLD CITY - STREET - NIGHT - RAINING'''

[Pan down through the buildings to Will walking along in the rain with Magnus following.]

MAGNUS: Hard to believe such an outlandish story, isn't it?

WILL: -Excuse me?

MAGNUS: -The Manderville Monster. It would have been easy to lay the blame directly at his feet. And yet you didn't. Well done.

[Will stops to talk to Magnus.]

[The rain continues to fall.]

WILL: -Nice to know I have fans.

MAGNUS: -You saw it, didn't you?

WILL: Saw what?

MAGNUS: You saw the clarity in Mr. Tolson's eyes when he told you who did kill those people.

WILL: Look, not that it's any of your business, but that I saw were the ramblings of a delusional psychotic. So it wasn't Tolson. It was someone just like him.

MAGNUS: Except such carnage could never be the work of a madman, could it? The police may think it possible, but you don't.

WILL: -Listen, it's late and I got to --

MAGNUS: -He told you about the boy, didn't he? A child capable of such murderous destruction, he just had to see it for himself. Mr. Tolson was there as an admirer, was he not?

WILL: There was no boy.

MAGNUS: No ordinary boy.

WILL: Look, who are you? How do you know about this?

MAGNUS: I've heard such accounts many times before. As for who I am....

[Magnus hands Will a business card, it appears blank then a design and the writing "SANCTUARY DR. HELEN MAGNUS M.D. D.T.C.X.B." appears.]

[As Magnus lets go, the words "FOR ALL" appear on the card.]

MAGNUS: A friend. I hope.

[Magnus turns and walks back the way she came.]

'''EXT. - ESTABLISHING SHOT - OLD CITY - NIGHT'''

[Camera pan up to the rooftops and then traverses the Old City.]

[Camera pans down to an old estate on a river across from the New City.]

End Credits
[Cut to Sanctuary end title card.] /Credits