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17.CARAStephen. Look at me.Stephen meets her gaze. She speaks to him calmly. Her eyeswarm, friendly. Soothing. Somehow he trusts her.CARA (CONT’D)I know exactly what it’s been like.How alone you’ve felt. How scared.It feels like you’re turning into adifferent person, like your mindisn’t your own...(off Stephen)I don’t just sense your voice, it’syour moods, emotions, fears. Whenwe’re connected, I feel what it’slike to be you.STEPHENThat sounds... Awful.Cara smiles. The ice has been broken.CARACompared to what I went through inhigh school? Think you feel like afreak? You’re not... You’re adynamo, a force of nature, Stephen,you’re on the precipice of turninginto someone truly extraordinary.He gives her a sheepish look, afraid of what’s inside hishead, of what she’s seen. John clocks their chemistry. Ispretty sure he doesn’t like it. He shifts, all business...JOHNLet’s give him the tour.INT. SUBWAY STATION - NIGHTCara and John lead Stephen through the abandoned station.STEPHENHow many of you are there?CARAHere with us? You’re numbereleven. Out there? We don’t know.Could be hundreds... Thousands.JOHNIt’s a genetic mutation that liesdormant through adolescence.(MORE)
18.JOHN (CONT'D)Sometimes it never breaks out.Someone could be a tomorrow persontheir whole lives and never know.CARAThat’s what we do. We find newbreak-outs, bring them in, trainthem, keep them safe.STEPHENSafe? Safe from what?CARA(simple)Everyone else.She’s not elaborating. Stephen clocks this. Unsettled.JOHNUntil they break-out, tomorrowpeople are just regular “saps.”CARAHomo sapiens.STEPHENAs in human? If I’m not human.(beat)What the hell am I?JOHNYou are a homo superior... The nextstep in evolution.CLOSE ON STEPHEN. Processing.VOICE (O.S.)Deep breath...Stephen turns to find RUSSELL, 18, a handsome bad boy.RUSSELLI freaked out when I got the whole“secret superhero” speech, too.But all that matters is that you’reone of us. I’m Russell.(shaking Stephen’s hand)And you’re the one my sister can’tstop talking about?Cara glares at her kid brother as she says TELEPATHICALLY.CARAShut up, Russell.
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Page 3 and 4: 2.CARA (V.O.)TIM says there’s som
Page 5 and 6: 4.LEAD AGENTIt’s over, John...THA
Page 7 and 8: 6.The DOOR OPENS. REVEAL Stephen’
Page 9 and 10: 8.CONTINUE TRACKING WITH Stephen th
Page 11 and 12: 10.CLOSE ON JEDIKIAH. A flash of ra
Page 13 and 14: 12.STEPHEN(deadpan)Well, that parti
Page 15 and 16: 14.CARA’S VOICE (O.S.)Get on the
Page 17: 16.CARAHe doesn’t believe us.(wit
Page 21 and 22: 20.RUSSELLOnly what we need.Stephen
Page 23 and 24: 22.LEAD AGENTI can explain --JEDIKI
Page 25 and 26: 24.STEPHENWhat do you mean, they wa
Page 27 and 28: 26.RUSSELLA virtual intelligence pr
Page 29 and 30: 28.STEPHENI have to tell you someth
Page 31 and 32: 30.ASTRIDThat is bullshit. I’ve s
Page 33 and 34: 32.DAMIANYou want us to bring him i
Page 35 and 36: 34.CARAIt was his choice. Those are
Page 37 and 38: 36.ACT FOURINT. SUBWAY STATION - NI
Page 39 and 40: 38.Tell me.CARAINT. LABORATORY - NI
Page 41 and 42: 40.Shut up.CARAANGLE ON GUARD #3, d
Page 43 and 44: 42.JEDIKIAHLook. Whatever myth John
Page 45 and 46: 44.BACK WITH STEPHEN: Pulling on hi
Page 47 and 48: 46.JOHNYou missed.AS JOHN COLDCOCKS
Page 49 and 50: 48.STEPHEN’S FATHER (PROJECTED)I
Page 51 and 52: 50.She pulls him to a stop, locks e
Page 53 and 54: 52.ACT SIXINT. LIVING ROOM - MOMENT
Page 55 and 56: 54.He holds out his hand to shake.
Page 57 and 58: 56.Stephen?VOICE (V.O.)He opens his
Page 59: 58.STEPHEN (CONT'D)I’m gonna make

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