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(Act Two)
90. EXT. MOONBASE ALPHA
MUSIC: Harsh, dramatic.
91. SFX: MONITOR
SOUND: alarm klaxon
(caption)
RED
ALERT
92. MAIN MISSION
Doors open, KOENIG comes running out, PAUL and SANDRA stare at main screen, joined by VICTOR.
SOUND: alarm stops
93. SFX: MAIN SCREEN
RED ALERT caption disappears. Alpha Test Pattern Returns.
94. SFX: KANO appears on main screen, OUMA in background.
KANO
Sorry. Just a glitch in the system. We re working on it.
95. INT. KOENIGS OFFICE
KOENIG leans against comm post.
KOENIG
Well, work a little faster. We can t have a computer that cries wolf on us.
96. MEDIUM SHOT: KOENIGS OFFICE
KOENIG turns, retreats into his desk. There he picks up a glass from next to a half-empty bottle and takes a drink from it.
CUT TO:
97. INT. COMPUTER ROOM
KANO, OUMA
KANO
I think I ve located the problem, sir. There s a bad circuit bank relay in bank seven six four.
OUMA walks over, joins KANO.
98. CLOSE-UP: KANO
OUMA
(v/o)
I think you re right, Kano.
KANO smiles.
99. OUMA
Notes KANO s satisfaction with himself.
OUMA
For once.
100. KANO
Ego slightly bruised.
101. MEDIUM SHOT:
OUMA, KANO
KANO types commands into a keyboard.
KANO
That circuit bank is in sector alpha six four. Level three. It should take only a minute to repair.
KANO picks up a tool kit, OUMA take it from him.
OUMA
No, Mister Kano, I ll go.
102. CLOSE-UP: KANO
OUMA
(v/o)
We want to make sure it s done right. Can t have you setting off another red alert, can we?
103. MEDIUM SHOT: KANO, OUMA
KANO glares impatiently at OUMA as he exits.
CUT TO
104. INT. SIMMONDSQUARTERS
SIMMONDS paces nervously back and forth, then steps up to the comm post and punches a button.
105. CLOSE-UP: SIMMONDS AT COMM POST
SIMMONDS
This is an alpha one priority transmission. This is Commissioner Gerald Simmonds calling the International Lunar Commission. Come in, Earth Control.
106. INT. MAIN MISSION
PAUL, SANDRA, VICTOR
They can hear SIMMONDS transmission.
SIMMONDS
(v/o)
Come in Earth Control. This is Commissioner Simmonds.
107. CLOSE-UP: PAUL, SANDRA IN BACKGROUND
PAUL looks over at SANDRA.
PAUL
Cut his channel. Let him think someone s listening.
108. INT. SIMMONDS QUARTERS
He is growing frantic, psychotic. He is sweating.
SIMMONDS
(screaming)
Earth, this is Simmonds? Can you hear me? Can anybody hear me?
He pounds on the comm post with his fist.
SOUND: bleep from comm post
SFX: monitor on comm post goes blank
SIMMONDS walks away from the comm post, sits down.
109. CLOSE-UP: SIMMONDS
He has a lost, frightened look on his face.
CUT TO
110. INT. MEDICAL SECTION
HELENA, MATHIAS, PATIENT in bed.
SOUND: medical computer sound effects.
MATHIAS
(v/o)
You do realize, Doctor, that it s only a matter of time?
111. CLOSE-UP: HELENA
MATHIAS crosses behind
HELENA
I know, Bob. But I just can t pull the plug on him.
MATHIAS
I know he was a friend of yours...
HELENA
More than a friend, Bob....
112. CRAWFORD IN BED
HELENA
(v/o)
He and Lee1[2] - my husband - they were like brothers. Jack was the best man at our wedding.
113. CLOSE-UP: HELENA
She continues to reminisce, as though realizing for the first time how many people and memories she is leaving behind.
HELENA
(tearfully)
Sue2[3] was maid of honor.
114. SIDE VIEW: HELENA, MATHIAS
MATHIAS tries to bring HELENA back to reality.
MATHIAS
He s suffering, Doctor.
115. CRAWFORD IN BED
He is unconscious, lying perfectly still.
MATHIAS
(v/o)
And we re along way from Earth Space Medical.
116. SFX: MONITORS
Label below reads CRAWFORD
MUSIC: somber.
117. HELENA, MATHIAS
HELENA
I ll give him something for his pain.
HELENA prepares a syringe and applies it to CRAWFORD s jugular vein.
118. CLOSE-UP: CRAWFORD IN BED
As the syringe is applied, he seems to relax a little bit more.
HELENA
(v/o)
It s up to God from here.
119. CLOSE-UP: HELENA.
She looks over her shoulder at MATHIAS, then back down at CRAWFORD.
120. CRAWFORD, PAN UPWARD TO MONITORS
SFX: MONITOR
PROBABILITY OF
SURVIVAL
15%
then changes to
PROBABILITY OF
SURVIVAL
14%.
121. CLOSE-UP: HELENA, PAN OVER TO MATHIAS.
CUT TO
122. INT. CORRIDOR
OUMA.
Tool kit over his shoulder, he approaches a door.
123. CLOSE-UP: SIGN NEXT TO DOOR
WARNING!
Provisional
Atmosphere Zone
Please Wait For
Pressurization
Before Entering
SFX: Lighted display below flashes
PRESSURIZING
then changes to
PRESSURIZATION
COMPLETE
124. INT. CORRIDOR
Door opens, OUMA enters. Door closes behind him.
125. INT. COMPUTER ROOM
One panel has fallen loose from the wall. Ouma walks over and removes it to reveal damaged circuitry behind him.
126. CLOSE-UP: WINDOW LOOKING OUT ONTO LUNAR SURFACE
ZOOM in on minute hairline crack.
CUT TO
127. INT. MAIN MISSION
PAUL
SOUND: warning tone from workstation.
PAUL looks down. Pushes a button.
SOUND: bleep as PAUL pushes button.
PAUL
Technical, this is Main Mission. I m reading a structural integrity alert in sector alpha six four. Level three. Can you check it out and make sure it s not a glitch?
128. INT. MAIN COMPUTER ROOM
KANO receives PAUL s message, looks down at sensor.
129. SFX: WARNING LIGHT.
MUSIC: low, building violins, as before astronauts went berserk in Part 1.
130. EXTREME CLOSE-UP: KANO
KANO
Mister Ouma, get out of there!
131. INT. SECOND COMPUTER ROOM
OUMA looks over at window.
132. CLOSE-UP: WINDOW
Crack spreads rapidly across it.
133. EXTREME CLOSE-UP: OUMA
He barely has time to react before...
134. SFX: WINDOW EXPLODES OUTWARD
135. EXTREME CLOSE-UP: OUMA
With a stifled scream, he is sucked forward.
136. SFX: OUMA FLYING THROUGH WINDOW
137. EXTREME CLOSE-UP: KANO
KANO
No!!!!!!!!!!
CUT TO
138. EXT. MOONBASE ALPHA
KANO s scream can still be heard echoing off.
CUT TO
139. KOENIGS OFFICE
KOENIG sitting at his desk, PAUL, KANO standing before him.
PAUL
The room was designed for computer equipment, not people. Most of the time it was kept a vacuum to save on atmosphere.
KANO
We only pressurized it when we needed to go in there to make repairs.
140. KOENIG AT HIS DESK
PAUL
(v/o)
It probably started as a minute crack, too small for anyone to notice even if they had been looking for it.
KOENIG
I see.
141. KOENIG RISES FROM DESK.
KOENIG
Paul, I want every window, every nut, every bolt and every transistor on this base checked, I don t care where it is. I don t want any more surprises like this.
142. KANO, PAUL
KOENIG crosses behind them.
143. CLOSE-UP: KOENIG
KOENIG
Mister Kano...
144. CLOSE-UP: KANO
KOENIG
(v/o)
It looks like you ve got yourself a steady job.
KANO
Yes, Commander.
MUSIC builds.
CUT TO
145. EXT. EAGLE LAUNCH PAD
146. INT. EAGLE REPAIR BAY
Several crew members wearing various colors, mostly red and yellow with one or two brown are assembled, a small crowd of lower-level personnel.
147. CLOSE-UP: TECHNICIAN #1
TECHNICIAN #1
Who the hell does Koenig think he is?
ALL
(ad lib)
Yeah!
TECHNICIAN #1
He thinks we should all stay here!
148. PAN PAST CROWD
TECHNICIAN #1
(v/o)
Stay on this god-forsaken rock and let it take us god-knows-where! Who know what we might run into out there? One thing s for sure, none of us are ever going to see our homes again!
149. CUT TO CORRIDOR NEARBY
SIMMONDS
He is listening in.
150. LONG SHOT OF TECHNICIAN #1
SIMMONDS IN FOREGROUND, WATCHING FROM AROUND A CORNER
TECHNICIAN #1
(v/o)
So what do we say to that?
SIMMONDS steps back a little.
TECHNICIAN #1
I say...
151. CLOSE-UP: SIMMONDS
TECHNICIAN #1
(v/o)
...to hell with Koenig!
152. WIDE SHOT: CROWD
SIMMONDS IN FOREGROUND FROM BEHIND, STILL AROUND CORNER
ALL
(ad lib)
Yes! Yes! To hell with Koenig! Yes!
153. CLOSE-UP: TECHNICIAN #1
TECHNICIAN #1
I say we get the hell off this doomed ball of rock and get home to Earth, whatever it takes!
SOUND: CROWD VOICES ad lib their assent.
154. CLOSE-UP: SIMMONDS
He smiles.
CUT TO
155. INT. MEDICAL CENTER
CARTER, HELENA.
156. POV: HELENA LOOKING INTO CARTERS EYE WITH AN OPHTHALMOSCOPE
CARTER
(v/o)
I tell ya, I feel fine, Doc!
157. CARTER
Sitting on a medical bed, shirt off.
HELENA turns away from him and sets down her instrument.
HELENA
You ll let me be the judge of that, Lieutenant. We ve lost too many good men already.
CARTER jumps down from the bed, flexes his muscles jokingly.
CARTER
But I m as fit as a fiddle!
158. HELENA
She holds up some scans and looks over some printouts.
HELENA
I don t see anything to worry about on these test results. I guess I can clear you back to duty... just keep your commlock open in case I need to ...
SOUND: alert tone from medical computer
159. SFX: MONITOR
(caption w/ voice)
COMPUTER
(v/o)
All brain activity stopped. Cell life maintained by artificial life support systems only. Conclusion: Technician Jack Crawford ... deceased3[4].
160. CLOSE-UP: HELENA, CARTER BEHIND HER
CARTER zipping his tunic. HELENA closes her eyes and hangs her head in defeat.
161. CLOSE-UP: INSTRUMENT PANEL
HELENA operates controls to turn off artificial life support.
162. CLOSE-UP: HELENA
She takes a deep breath and tries to stay strong.
163. SFX: MONITOR
(caption)
TECHNICIAN
JACK CRAWFORD
DECEASED
164. CLOSE-UP: HELENA, PAN TO CARTER, PAN TO MATHIAS
CARTER puts a hand on Helena s shoulder.
CARTER
You did all you could, Doc....
165. CLOSE-UP: CRAWFORD LYING DEAD ON MEDICAL BED.
PAN upward to monitor.
166. SFX: FLAT-LINE DISPLAY
MUSIC begins.
167. CLOSE-UP: HELENA
Suddenly, angrily turns and runs out of medical.
168. CARTER, MATHIAS
Exchange puzzled glances.
MUSIC builds.
FADE TO BLACK
1 [2] Lee Russell appears in A Matter of Life and Death.
2 [3] Sue Crawford appears in Alpha Child.
3 [4] Crawford s death will be re-investigated in Alpha Child.
