101 - Pilot
FADE IN:
INT. ABANDONED SCHOOLHOUSE - NIGHT
ROBBIE MERCER enters the room, shivering from the cold with JILL ROBERTS linked on to his arm. He has a flashlight in hands and he peeks around the corner, trying to be brave while Jill isn't hiding her fear. Behind them then enters CHARLIE WALKER and JENNY RANDALL, also linked up and Charlie with a flashlight. Jenny has a bag to her side and inside is a rectangular box. Robbie turns to Jenny, trying to rush up the process as quickly as possible.
ROBBIE: Okay, I think this is a good spot.
JENNY: Good a spot as any.
They all then kneel down, making a circle and Jenny takes the box out, placing it in the middle of them. It's a OUIJA board. She takes it out and discards the box.
JILL: So what else do we do?
CHARLIE: Well we gotta light some candles first.
Charlie then takes out some small candles from his pocket and throws a few to the rest of the gang as they create a circle around them. Charlie begins to light the ones by him and passes it on to Jenny and then so on until all are lit.
CHARLIE: Anyone wanna go first?
JILL: You go first, Robbie!
ROBBIE: Why me?
JILL: You're the brave one!
ROBBIE: Uhhhhhhh, you're right... I am the brave one... sure.
They all watch in anticipation. He puts his hand on the marker.
JILL: Now we ask a question, right?
ROBBIE: Okay... what do I ask?
CHARLIE: Something about your future or something, ya know?
ROBBIE: Okay... will I ever be a film director?
JENNY: I can tell you already that answer is, "no," Robbie.
CHARLIE: Shhh, it has to be quiet for it to work.
ROBBIE: Okay Jenny, you're the wise one! You think of a question.
JENNY: Fine, I will... are there any spirits in this room?
They watch the board... it slowly moves to "yes." Jill's eyes widen and Charlie smirks.
CHARLIE: Cool.
JILL: No, no, not cool. I'm freaked out now, we should leave.
JENNY: Wow, okay, um... so spirit... did you die in this room?
Robbie looks up at Jenny - - all are entranced by the board. It moves over to "no." Jill gives a small sigh of relief.
JENNY: So where did you die?
JILL: Don't ask 'em that!
JENNY: (pauses...) Well?
The marker moves to J... and then to I... then to L and circles around back to L once more.
ROBBIE: Jill...?
JILL: What does that mean?
JENNY: Spirit, what does "Jill" mean?
The marker then moves to H... O... U... S...E.
CHARLIE: Jill's house.
JILL: What about my house? !
JENNY: Spirit, are you implying you died IN Jill's house?
The marker moves... YES.
JILL: Okay, this isn't funny. Robbie, I know you're moving that thing.
ROBBIE: I'm not moving anything!
JILL: Quit screwing around, I'm serious.
ROBBIE: I swear to God!
CHARLIE: It's the spirit...
They all look up at Charlie.
CHARLIE: The spirit wouldn't lie.
JENNY: Well... I mean... there's no such thing as ghosts.
THE MARKER MOVES RAPIDLY, SPELLING OUT "WRONG."
CHARLIE: Robbie, you're seriously not moving that thing?
ROBBIE: I shit you not! I wouldn't - - you guys know me. This ain't my thing!
Charlie smirks and kneels in.
CHARLIE: Spirit... how did you die?
ROBBIE: Don't ask it that, man.
CHARLIE: Sh... spirit?
JILL: Oh my God...
The music begins to tense. The marker slowly begins to move... "K - N - I - F - E."
JENNY: This is too much. Let's go.
CHARLIE: Why? It'll just follow Jill home anyway.
JILL: That's not funny! And nobody died in my house by being stabbed with a knife, okay? !
ROBBIE: You sure?
JILL: I think I would know something like that! Look, this is stupid. Ghost hunting? C'mon Charlie, think of a better activity to do next time for the last day of summer.
CHARLIE: You're not having fun?
JILL: Not when your joke is at my expense!
ROBBIE: This isn't a joke, I'm not moving this thing!
JILL: Okay... I'll ask it something only a person who lives IN my house would know.
JENNY: Oh, please do. This'll be interesting.
JILL: Spirit... where do I hide my money?
The marker moves again... "VCR." Jill looks at Robbie with a "seriously?" She SLAPS him on the arm and gets up. Robbie and Charlie start to laugh, Jenny putting her head down in shame.
JILL: Seriously, who owns a VCR these days?
ROBBIE: It was worth a shot.
CHARLIE: You couldn't just go with something normal like a piggy bank? Jesus.
JENNY: You guys are idiots.
ROBBIE: Oh don't lie, you fell for it, too.
JENNY: No, I didn't. I saw your vain popping out of your arm each time that thing moved.
ROBBIE: Wha...? That's weird.
They all get up, Jenny putting away the board. A SHUFFLE CAN BE HEARD OUTSIDE.
JILL: Sh! Did you hear that?
ROBBIE: Jill, one prank a night.
JILL: It's not a joke!
THE SHUFFLE GETS LOUDER.
JENNY: Okay, I heard that.
CHARLIE:... it's probably just the wind.
JILL: Yeah, because the wind makes noises like something's crawling in a bush...
CHARLIE: Sure.
THE SHUFFLE NOW TURNS INTO A SCRAPE AGAINST THE WOOD OUTSIDE THE BUILDING. They all turn, taking this situation a bit more seriously now.
JILL: Robbie, what is that?
ROBBIE: How the hell am I supposed to know?
JILL: Go look!
ROBBIE: I'm not going over there!
JENNY: Don't be a chicken shit, go!
Jenny pushes Robbie forward towards the window. He looks back at the group, Charlie nodding him to keep going. Robbie turns back to the window - - the room goes QUIET. He slowly makes his way and tip toes forward... he leans his head against the window...
ROBBIE: Uh, nothing there.
JILL: You're not looking hard enough!
ROBBIE: I'm serious, there's nothing ther - -
A HOCKEY MASKED MAN POPS UP, Robbie JUMPS BACK and into the arms of Charlie. HE LUNGES FORWARD, BREAKING THROUGH THE WINDOW. The group run OUT THE ROOM! They run down the long hallway filled with doors on each side. JASON TURNS AROUND THE CORNER, QUICKLY MAKING HIS WAY TOWARDS THEM.
JILL: Split up!
ROBBIE: No, no, no, that's the absolutely most WRONG thing to do! In here!
Robbie pushes Jill into a room, Charlie and Jenny continue running down the hall. Robbie turns his head to yell at them but they're already gone - - HE TURNS HIS HEAD AGAIN - - JASON'S GONE.
ROBBIE: Where'd he - - ?
JILL SCREAMS FROM THE ROOM. Robbie jumps in and her feet are being DRAGGED INTO A CLOSET.
ROBBIE: Jill!
THE CLOSET DOOR SLAMS SHUT. Robbie tries to open it - - it won't budge.
ROBBIE: OH MY GOD, JILL! OPEN UP!
THE DOOR BURSTS OPEN, JILL'S NECK SLIT WIDE OPEN. Her body topples to the floor - - JASON STOMPS HIS WAY OUT FROM BEHIND HER. ROBBIE JUMPS OUT OF THE ROOM AND BACK DOWN THE HALLWAY, JASON MAKING A SPEEDY PURSUIT.
ROBBIE: Where the hell did you guys go? !
ROBBIE BURSTS through an exit door and looks out. Jenny and Charlie stand there, waiting.
JENNY: Where's Jill?
ROBBIE: She's gone, let's go!
CHARLIE: I'm not leaving her!
CHARLIE PUSHES ROBBIE OUT OF THE WAY AND RUNS BACK DOWN THE HALLWAY. Robbie grabs Jenny and pushes her back from running for him.
ROBBIE: No, he'll get you too!
BODY PARTS FLY AGAINST THE WALL AND ROLL OUT THE DOOR. JENNY LOOKS DOWN - - SCREAMS. Robbie grabs her by the hand and pulls her off, RUNNING TOWARD THE CAR. They reach the car and Robbie digs into his pocket looking for the keys.
ROBBIE: Where's my keys? !
JENNY: They're in my bag... I left it in the school!
ROBBIE: What? !
Robbie turns around - - JASON HAS HER BY HER THROAT. Robbie falls to his knees, trying to plead.
ROBBIE: Oh my God, please! Please!
JENNY: Robbie, run!
JASON RAISES THE MACHETE, READY TO THRUST IT INTO HER CHEST.
ROBBIE: (looking away) NO!
Jenny begins to laugh... Robbie looks up. JASON pulls off the mask... it's ROY POPPER.
ROY: Seriously, man... Jason? You believed that?
ROBBIE: What? ! That's not funny! That's - - that's horrible!
JENNY: Dude, Robbie, grow some balls.
Jill and Charlie make their way out of the house and toward the car, Jill with Jenny's purse in hand. She hands it to Jenny and joins in on the laughter.
ROBBIE: Charlie, you were apart of this? !
CHARLIE: You know me, man... if there's one prank, I just try to up the one already in place.
ROBBIE: That's... that's fucked up!
JILL: Oh c'mon, you got me, I got you. We're square. Get off the ground, you look like a bitch.
Jill gives Robbie her hand and helps him up. Jenny throws him the car keys.
JENNY: Let's get out of here before Hoss or Perkins catch us with the car again.
Robbie is still shocked and he slowly gets into the car.
ROBBIE: (to Roy) I thought you weren't coming out tonight? I thought you wanted a good night's sleep before the first day of high school for you and Niley?
ROY: And miss out on ghost hunting? No way.
ROBBIE: I ain't taking you home.
ROY: What? !
ROBBIE: Seriously, go the way you came!
JILL: Robbie, don't be such a jackass. It was funny.
ROBBIE: You weren't the one who thought your friends were dying!
JILL: Yeah... we shoulda got that on video! Gosh dammit!
ROBBIE: Oh, you know what? Whatever. You all can walk.
ROY: Robbie, my bike only fits one person.
Grumble, grumble, no, no, please.
ROBBIE: Whatever. Throw your bike in the trunk, let's go.
They all collectively laugh and enter the car. We FADE OUT.
FADE IN:
EXT. WOODSBORO HIGH - MORNING
KIRBY REED exits her mom's SUV and makes her way towards the school - - dressed in her soccor uniform already, her blonde nappy hair in a pony tail and with a ball in hand. She uses her knees to dribble the ball all the way to the door and enters.
INT. WOODSBORO HALLWAY - CONTINUOUS
Kirby comes forward to see Jill, Robbie, Charlie and Jenny laughing by their lockers, conveniently all next to each other.
KIRBY: What's so funny, ya couple of stooges?
CHARLIE: You should've seen Robbie's face last night.
ROBBIE: Man, c'mon.
JENNY: We scared the shit out of him.
JILL: He nearly pissed his pants.
ROBBIE: No! Whoa, okay, before we start telling this story to people, can we leave out that tiny ficticious detail?
KIRBY: It's okay, Robbie, I already took you for the type to piss your pants.
ROBBIE: Oh, great, thanks.
KIRBY: Where's Niley and Roy? I would think they would be over here in a dash trying to choose their new lockers?
JILL: I don't know, I haven't seen 'em since the day began.
CUT TO:
INT. WOODSBORO LIBRARY - DAY
NILEY KRINKEY and Roy stand at the front of a LONG line at the library, paper slips in hand. Niley sighs and looks down at her feet and starts to make them dance while in place.
NILEY: Ugh! I can't take this any longer! This sucks old man balls!
ROY: Patience, padawan.
NILEY: Okay, seriously, my name isn't padawan, that's not even my last name.
ROY: It means like student, ya know? Obi Wan and Luke?
NILEY: Isn't that the name of your neighbors?
ROY: (eyes shift) Yes, but I'm talking about Star Wars.
NILEY: Oh, that explains it. I've never seen a Star War.
ROY: (eyes widen in disbelief) Wait... you've never seen... ANY of the Star WARS? Not even the shitty, Jar Jar, CGI up the ass, prequels?
NILEY: What's CGI?
ROY: Oh, you gotta be kidding me!
NILEY: "You gotta be kidding me?"... Hm, even I gotta admit, that acronym doesn't match the beginning letters of those words...
ROY:... what else haven't you seen?
NILEY: Well if I haven't SEEN it so how am I supposed to KNOW?
ROY: Forget it, I'm disappointed in you already.
NILEY: (punches him in the arm) I'm just effin' with ya, Roy.
ROY: Oh, so you HAVE seen it?
NILEY: (stoner smile and shakes her head) Nooooo.
The Librarian waves Niley forward and she hands her the slip. Roy sticks behind and he looks around the room, waiting for his turn. Robbie and Charlie enter the library and walk up to Roy.
ROBBIE: Oh, I forgot about freshman first days.
CHARLIE: Well it only happens - - once.
ROY: It blows. I'm ready to spill my brains out on to this carpet.
Robbie checks out Niley's ass bent over the librarian's desk. Roy notices.
ROY: (disgusted) Robbieeeeeee.
ROBBIE: Whaaaat?
CHARLIE: If you're going to eye-bang, Niley, please do it in the privacy of your own home... behind your computer screen...
ROBBIE: I'm not "eye-banging" anybody, what does that even mean?
Niley walks up, her back pack now full to the top and Roy walks to the librarian.
NILEY: It means when two eyes meet... and... I got nothin' after that - - HEY CHARLIE!
Niley jumps on Charlie, giving him a hug that nearly knocks him to the floor. Robbie waits for his turn.
NILEY: You don't get one, I heard you were a little pansy last night.
ROBBIE: (throws his arms towards the heavens) Oh my God.
NILEY: But you can carry my heavy backpack now.
Niley hands Robbie her backpack and he DROPS IT on the floor from the weight.
NILEY: Oh great, thanks.
ROBBIE: What the hell, what books do you have in here?
NILEY: Chem, trig, Brit lit and... (pulls it out) The Little Puppy's Red Ball.
CHARLIE: Oh, that's a good one.
NILEY: I know, right? ! Genius!
ROBBIE: How are you in all those classes when you're only a freshman? I mean, I'm in like pre-algebra and you're in trig and I'm a sophomore..
NILEY: ... because you're a dumbass?
Roy now returns.
ROY: Let's get out of here, I feel uncomfortable.
CHARLIE: Why?
ROY: You see that rotund girl behind me scarfing down that pink sprinkled donut?
NILEY: Roy, be nice - - (turns around) HOLY SHIT, THAT'S A HUGE BITCH!
LIBRARIAN: SHHHHHHH!
The large girl frowns, looking in their direction. Niley waves nervously.
NILEY: I was talking about the donut... (turns back around) AND YOUR ASS.
ROY: (whispers) She keeps sending me messages on MySpace and I can only make up so many excuses for why I haven't been receiving them.
ROBBIE: Speaking of donuts, you would love the ones here. C'mon, let's go get you one!
CUT TO:
INT. WOODSBORO HIGH HALLWAY - DAY
Robbie, Charlie, Niley and Roy sit off to the side, eating donuts.
ROY: AMAZING.
NILEY: (stoner laugh) No wonder she's fat.
ROBBIE: I know, right?
ROY: You know what this school needs?
NILEY: A petting zoo?
ROY: (actually thinks about it)... maybe. But like... a cool club of some sort. Like for movie lovers.
ROBBIE: Like... where we discuss and watch movies?
ROY: Yeah for people like Niley who haven't seen Star Wars.
ROBBIE: WHAT?
CHARLIE: I haven't seen 'em either.
ROBBIE: Okay, I may be a scared little bitch but not seeing Star Wars, that's just sacreligious.
CHARLIE: Should we get started on the long list of movies you haven't seen?
ROBBIE: I'm sorry that the obscure, avante garde, French directors' films you love just because of the fact that they're obscure, aren't exactly my cup of tea.
CHARLIE: It's ART.
ROBBIE: You wouldn't like it if were mainstream!
ROY: See? Stupid conversations like this... we need a club where we can just bullshit about insignificant movies all day long.
CHARLIE: They're not insignificant, movies can change the world.
NILEY: Like Mannequin. Totally changed my life and how I saw the still-modeling, plastic world.
CHARLIE: ... that's the worst movie - - ever.
NILEY: Your mom is the worst movie ever.
CHARLIE: Okay, that doesn't even make sense.
ROY: Just shut up for a second! Let's think about this - - how do we make this thing a possibility?
ROBBIE: Well I'm sure there's someone we can talk to. Get signatures, set up a meeting place and kazaam!
NILEY: Love that movie too!
ROY: Why are you prone to watching the worst movies possible? Do you like purposely seek them out or something?
NILEY:... I don't like your tone.
ROBBIE: Hey Niley, maybe I can like - - show you some movies or something some time? Give ya a private 101?
NILEY: (mouth full of donut) Okaaaay.
CHARLIE: I'll talk to Chelsea, she's been here for a year longer so she probably knows more about that stuff.
PRICHARD TIN SLAMS on the locker above Robbie. He looks down at Robbie, trying to be menacing.
PRICHARD: You're by my locker, pal.
ROBBIE: Oh, sorry, we'll move.
They all start to get up and walk away but Prichard grabs Robbie by the back of his shirt, pulling him back.
PRICHARD: No, no. You see - - I wanna make sure you don't come back around here again.
ROBBIE: Okay, you got it.
PRICHARD: (pulling him back, looking at Niley) Who's the fresh meat?
ROBBIE: That's nobody.
Prichard slams Robbie against the locker. Charlie comes forward but Roy stops him.
PRICHARD: What's your name, honey?
NILEY: Niley.
PRICHARD: Oh, that's a cute name... (approaches her slowly) I'm Prichard.
Charlie has hate filled in his eyes while Robbie watches helpless from behind.
NILEY. Oh... cool?
PRICHARD: We should go out some time.
NILEY: I don't think so.
ROBBIE: Leave her alone!
Prichard turns around and looks at Roy. He looks off to the side and nods. Two BIGGER JOCKS come from behind and pull Robbie up by his pants. A crowd gathers. Charlie rushes forward and pushes them into the lockers. Prichard watches, stunned as Charlie preps himself for a fight while circling around Robbie.
PRICHARD: What are you gonna do, you little rat? (chuckles) This is hilarious, THIS guy?
CHARLIE: Walk away, Prichard.
PRICHARD: I'll let you feel like a tough guy today. Next time, I'm shoving your face into a locker door.
Prichard and his boys walk away. Niley tries not to look Robbie in the eyes not to embarrass him. Charlie helps Robbie walk off. CHELSEA SAURE watches from the crowd and joins them as they walk off.
CHELSEA: Holy shit, Charlie, I'm impressed.
CHARLIE: Whatever, Chelsea.
CHELSEA: Look Robbie, if it means anything to you - - he's over compensating for his dink.
NILEY: Hahaha, "dink."
ROY: How would you know?
CHELSEA: Ah, let's just say I have sources. But hey guys, seriously, I know people. If you want help with revenge or anything - -
ROBBIE: It's okay, Chelsea. I'll just stay out of his way.
CHELSEA: That's a little difficult, don't you think? He's your neighbor.
ROBBIE: (sighs) Yeah, that's a problem.
CHARLIE: Hey Chelsea, I have a question. How do we start a club?
CUT TO:
INT. WOODSBORO HIGH HALLWAY - DAY
Jill closes her locker and looks on at Charlie. On the side of Jill is Jenny, trying to open her locker but it's jammed.
JILL: A movie club?
CHARLIE: Cinema Club. It's a good idea, right?
JILL: Sounds cool, I guess.
CHARLIE: Well if we start it, I wanna know if you're on board. Robbie wants to make me VP.
JILL: Oh, VP? Big shot now, are ya, Charlie?
JENNY: Oh my God, they need new lockers!
Charlie moves around Jill and SLAMS on Jenny's locker. It pops open.
JENNY: (shifts like a robot in his direction) Thank you.
Her books fall out and she looks down. She clenches her first and in a mock yell, she screams out - -
JENNY: Khaaaaaan!
She bends down to pick them up. From off of the side, OLIVIA MORRIS along with SHIRLEY MACK approach Jenny. Olivia looks down Jenny's blouse.
OLIVIA: Oh, you finally got boobs.
JENNY: Jealous, Olivia? Or are we peachy keen with being flat as a sidewalk?
Jenny quickly grabs her books and stuffs them in her locker.
OLIVIA: I see you're still friends with this one, Jill. You haven't tossed her aside yet for now being competition to you?
JILL: Oh, no, no, Olivia, you see - - I'm not a spoiled, vapid bitch who thinks about these things like you do. Is that why you keep Shirley around? Because you think she's dirt ugly?
SHIRLEY: You're one to talk.
JILL: (shrugs) Name one time a guy has talked to you before you knew Olivia and you weren't the bullet that guy's had to bite in effort to get an STD from her.
SHIRLEY: Oh, that's funny, Jill. Name one guy who talked to you before they knew you were Sidney Prescott's cousin?
CHARLIE: Whoa, what?
OLIVIA: Chucky Finster here doesn't count.
JILL: Whatever. I'm done with your shit. Continue with your pathetic lives.
OLIVIA: Oh, at least we have lives instead of trying to live up to our pathetic relatives' fame.
JILL: That's funny, Olivia, because YOU were the only one who knew that. Do you carry that around like some badge of honor that you knew me and in a six degrees to Kevin Bacon way, you knew her too? Because honestly, I don't see any other reason why you would talk about it and tell Ms. Mack here.
OLIVIA: You kidding me? Like I would wanna be associated with Death? Shit, she might as well be that creepy black guy from the Final Destination movies.
CHARLIE: (says with pride) Oh, that's Tony Todd. He was also Candyman.
OLIVIA: (scoffs) I don't play stupid board games.
CHARLIE:... it's a movie, but okay.
SHIRLEY: We're out of here. Glad to see you're out of the training bra, Jenny.
The two walk off, Jill trying to control her self. She throws her folder in the locker and tries to comfort Jenny by rubbing her back.
CHARLIE: Okay, so what was that Sidney Prescott's cousin thing?
JILL: It's nothing - - (to Jenny) I'm sorry, Jenny, they're just - -
JENNY: (nearly crying) Yeah, it's okay, it's whatever. I just don't see how - - you can be so close with someone when you're younger and then they turn into complete assholes the next day?
CHARLIE: Well you know, she joined swim team and thought she was the shit.
JILL: Well Kirby joined soccer and she didn't have a bitch-switch.
Kirby walks up, bouncing her soccer ball back and forth in her hands.
KIRBY: Who has a bitch-switch?
CHARLIE: (clears his throat to sound more manly) Olivia.
KIRBY: Ooooooh yeah. Someone should gut that whore.
JILL: Kirby!
KIRBY: What? I'm just kidding. (whispers) What's up with Jenny?
JENNY: I am RIGHT here. You can ASK ME.
KIRBY: (whispers) What's up with you?
JENNY: Nothing, I'm fine.
KIRBY: Well now you know why I don't ask you things because you give vague and actually false info. (to Charlie) What's up with her?
CHARLIE: The whore you want gutted.
KIRBY: Seriously, Jenny? What'd she say?
JILL: Nothing, she just commented on her now-boobs.
KIRBY: (her voice rising) Is that ho serious? I ain't got a Pamela Anderson thing going on myself but I mean, c'mon, you gotta appreciate a girl who made it to the big leagues. Now Jenny, I haven't said anything but those tatas of yours - - I just wanna motorboat the hell out of 'em.
JENNY: A little weird considering the lesbian rumor going around.
KIRBY: Lesbian rumor? !
Jill and Jenny slam their lockers and quickly run away, leaving Kirby with Charlie.
KIRBY: Who the hell started that shit?
CHARLIE:... well are you?
Kirby gives him a cold blank stare and pushes him out of the way in which he just chuckles.
KIRBY: Move. Of course not, dumbass.
Behind her back, he puts his hands together in a prayer and mouths, "thank you."
NEXT, ON WOODSBORO HIGH:
Robbie, Charlie and Roy try to create the Cinema Club.
A guy starts to put his eye on Jill.
Niley begins her 101 in film.
And Kirby prepares for her soccer tournament.
