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JANE
Oh, hell no, you’re going
to tell me now.
KATHY
I can’t. You’re going to have to
wait. I’m sorry I brought it up.
JANE
Kathy, don’t you dare
tease me like that!
KATHY
But you like being
teased, Jane.
JANE
Not like that.
KATHY
(whispering)
Just forget it…
When the time is
right, I’ll tell you…
And when I do…
you’re gonna love it.
I promise.
JANE
(frustrated again)
Oooh!!
You piss me off!
You are so good at that!
Did you know that?!
You have a way about you
that is so smug and smarmy.
It is so frustrating!
KATHY
I know…
I do, don’t I?
JANE
Yes!!
And you need to stop it!
KATHY
Look, we’d better get back in there.
They’re going to be expecting our
vote… Jane… just put your better
judgement aside and vote with me,
okay? Please.
JANE
No, I won’t!
This is ridiculous, Kathy..
How the hell are we gonna drag a
dead body all the way downstairs..
and then across the yard somewhere?!
KATHY
Well.. I suppose, once we get downstairs,
we could use a wheelbarrow or something.
Don’t worry, Jane… if there’s any heavy
lifting to do, Belinda and I will do it.
Jane gives
her a look.
JANE
Thanks a lot.
KATHY
I’m just joking…
I’m sure Charlotte will
just have Rocco take care
of everything, anyway…
We probably won’t have to
do much of anything.
JANE
Oh, great…
Now Rocco will be privy to
our little secret for the rest of his
life as well.. That doesn’t make
me feel very comfortable.
KATHY
Ah, don’t worry…
He’s a paid assassin…
He’s probably already up to his ears
in trouble anyway. One more secret
isn’t gonna make a difference.
JANE
Yeah, well, luckily, I don’t think it’s
gonna make a difference, anyway…
Belinda will do the smart thing and
vote “no” to this whole thing.
KATHY
You think so?
JANE
Definitely…
Belinda’s a very
smart girl.
KATHY
Alright, let’s get
in there.
Kathy and
Jane emerge
from the bathroom.
CHARLOTTE
Well…
Did you guys come
to a conclusion?
JANE
We did.
CHARLOTTE
And?
JANE
I couldn’t talk her out of it…
Split decision.
Everyone turns
to look at Belinda.
CHARLOTTE
Well, Belinda, I guess it’s up
to you… What’s it gonna be?
BELINDA
(shrewdly)
I’m gonna do the
smart thing.
Jane looks
at Kathy as if
to say, “I told ya’ so.”
CHARLOTTE
And that is?
BELINDA
I vote to bury his ass
in the back yard.
JANE
(slapping her palm on her forehead)
Oy !!
Kathy laughs.
CHARLOTTE
Okay, well, that does it…
Belinda cast the deciding vote…
You all heard it plain as day…
Now.. one of us will have to stand
guard on this stiff at all times
for the rest of the day until
nightfall… Meanwhile, I’ll go tell
the staff they have the rest
of the day off.
GINA
(blocking Charlotte’s path)
No, wait!
Charlotte, please.. One last
chance to talk some sense
into you… Please?!
Can’t we think of something else?
CHARLOTTE
It’s too late, Gina.
We’re going
ahead with the plan.
GINA
But… can’t we just take him
and throw him into the
woods or something? …
Somewhere far away from here? …
Someplace where it will take days..
or weeks even.. to find him? …
Then, there won’t be any clues
linking him to us…
And with any luck..
maybe the coyotes will eat him…
Or some other wild critters?
Everyone chimes
in with agreement
to Gina’s idea.
CHARLOTTE
No, no, no! I’m telling you!
There’s too much forensic
evidence that way! There
always ends up being a fingerprint..
or a hair.. or some stitch of clothing
mistakenly left behind… Forget it! …
Just keep reminding yourselves…
No body, case closed.
No body, case closed…
Say it over and over in your heads…
As soon as they find a body, the intense
investigation always follows…
That’s when we get caught.
Jane walks
up to Charlotte.
JANE
Charlotte…
We’re gonna get caught anyway…
Don’t you see that? …
Nobody gets away with stuff
like this…
Nobody…
Everyone gets caught in
the long run… We’re
no different.
CHARLOTTE
We won’t get caught, Jane, trust me.
Everything’s gonna be okay…
Don’t start crying.
JANE
I’m not crying!
Jeezus, why does
everybody think I’m
such a crybaby?
KATHY
Jane, you start crying
when Gibson comes
out with a new model.
JANE
Well, doesn’t everybody?
CHARLOTTE
Just try not to worry.. okay?
I’ll be back in a few.
Charlotte exits
the bedroom.
Jane slowly turns around and looks
at the three remaining girls. There is now
complete silence. Eventually, through
some mutual, instinctive connection,
they all make their way around the bed
and begin staring at the body in the
same manner in which people stare at
a campfire.
AUTHOR’S VISION:
The scene turns to black and white. We
now hear the voice of Rod Serling begin to
narrate the prologue—
… Submitted for your approval— The Go-Go’s. Five professional musicians
whose bouncy melodies and sweet harmonies provide unprecedented joy
to millions of people around the globe. But these girls are about to cross a
threshold. A threshold that separates those who have committed a heinous
crime from those who have not. We’re about to find out if these merry
makers of mirth, music, and mayhem can maintain their place in the
registry of pop culture reverence— or be sent to dance with The Devil. Right
now, they’re standing somewhere in the middle— and a fateful decision has
already been made. At this very moment, they’re standing at the precipice
between light and shadow… which is the very essence…
of The Twilight Zone.