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SLIDERS

Heavj' Metal

T ] ~ S

FADE

IN :

1 EXT.

OCEAN

- DAY STOCK (Dl)

1.

1

Water .

Lots o f t We're i n

t h e

middle o f t h e P a c i f i c Ocean.

A l a r g e merchant v e s s e l

stearns

i n t o

view.

2

EXT. SHIP - BRIDGE - DAY

2

A female

s a i l o r

wearing a peacoa t

over

a

t u r t l e n e c k

s t a r e s

i n t e n t l y

o u t

t o

s e a through

a p a i r

o f b i n o c u l a r s .

Her

name i s

BRICE.

The

s h i p s

d i s t i n g u i s h e d

middle-aged

CAPTAIN

s t e p s

up

b e s i d e t h e s a i l o r .

CAPTAIN

What

do you

have?

Brice

hands

t h e b in oc ul a rs t o t h e

c a p t a i n

who lo ok s th ro ug h

them.

BRICE

Something i n t h e water , s i r . Ten

degrees o f f t h e p o r t bow.

The c a p t a i n

looks

f o r

a

b e a t

t h e n

lowers

t h e

b i n o c u l a r s .

He

c o n s i d e r s f o r a moment, t h e n

CAPTAIN

Bring

us

t e n

degrees

t o p o r t . Reduce

speed t o

h a l f ahead.

BRICE

Aye, s i r .

The

c a p t a i n s t a r t s t o walk away, then s t o p s .

CAPTAIN

And man

t h e

deck guns.

J u s t i n

c a s e .

Brice nods and

looks

f o r a b e a t a f t e r

th e

Capta in b e f o r e we go

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2

Brice

watches

as

s eve ra l s a i l o r s

help th e S l ide r s

up

a gangway

onto

th e deck . They have blanke t s wrapped around them and

t h e i r ha i r i s damp.

DIANA

Thank

you

The Capta in s t eps up.

CAPTAIN

Ticke t s plea se .

The S l ide r s s ta re a t

him

in shock. Suddenly,

th e

Capta in

burs t s

in to

h ea rty la ug h te r.

CAPTAIN

Jus t kidding Ticke t s plea se . I v e

been

wai t ing

years

to

say

t h a t .

Welcome

aboard. I m

Capta in

Thompson.

REMBRANDT

Thank

you, Capta in . We're very

g ra t e fu l .

CAPTAIN

Very

lucky i s more l i ke

it

How d id

you

ge t

out here?

There i s

a

shor t

bea t

as th e Sl ider s exchange

a

sub t le What 's-

our -cove r - s to ry -he re?

glance . Mallory

pipes

in f i r s t

MALLORY

We were out f i sh ing . Sprung

a

l e ak .

MAGGIE

A

b ig one.

DIANA

Capta in , where

are

we

bound for?

CAPTAIN

Bound fo r tro ub le i

we

sit dead in

these

waters

much

longer .

The Sl ider s

now

not i ce tw o s a i l o r s manning

a

l a rge deck gun.

Lookouts war i ly

scan

th e horizon

with binocu la r s .

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CAPTAIN

Mr. B rice , p re pa re

to get under way.

( to

Sl ide rs )

I f you have any needs please ask a

member

o f

my

c r ~ W

I f

you l l

excuse

me.

He moves

o f f

chuckl ing to himsel f .

CAPTAIN

Ticke t s plea se .

Off th e S l i d e r s reac t ions we cu t to

4 INT. SHIP W RDROOM D Y

The

S l ide r s

s t

around

a

ga l l ey t ab l e ,

st ll

wrapped

in

blanke t s . Empty p l a t e s s t

bef:ore

them

and they s ip

cof fee

from mugs.

Diana t i nke r s with

th e t im er .

M LLORY

( looking

h is

f ingers )

Man,

am I pruny.

M GGIE

What th e he l l happened?

We've never

s l i d in to th e middle o f the ocean

be fo re .

How

long before we

pop

out

o f

th e

wormhole

underground?

Or

thousand f ee t in

th e a i r?

M LLORY

Something l i ke t h i s r e a l l y shakes my

conf idence

in th e whole process .

REM R NDT

Q-Ball sa id th ere was some kind o f

s p a t i a l

displac:ement

f a i l s a f e t ha t

would

only l e t us s l i d e onto dry land .

DIANA

Something 's

wrong with th e t im er .

M GGIE

Duh.

DIANA

I t s

having t rouble

locking

onto a

s t ab l e

s e t o f s l i d e coord ina tes .

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M LLORY

G e t t i n g

it wet probably

d i d n t h e l p .

Diana

c o n t i n u e s

t o check t h e t i m e r .

DI N

It s p r e t t y weatherproof.

d o n t

t h i n k

t h e

seawater

h u r t

it

(then)

Have you e v e r changed t h e b a t t e r i e s

i n

t h i s ?

REMBR NDT

No

t ime

f o r j o k e s g i r l .

DI N

No

j o k e . A l o s s o f power might

e x p l a i n

why

we

w e r e n t a b l e

t o

lock

onto a s o l i d l a n d i n g

s i t e .

(then)

You d i d n t

t h i n k

it would

j u s t

run

f o r e v e r d i d you?

4 .

4

Maggie and Rembrandt exchange a s l i g h t l y

embarrassed

look.

Of

course t h e y

d i d .

REMBR NDT

d o n t suppose a t r i p t o Radio Shack

f o r b a t t e r i e s

i s going t o

do t h e

t r i c k ?

DI N

(shakes

h e r

head)

can

probably

give

it a jump

s t a r t

from my POL b u t we could be

i n

f o r

some

rough s l i d e s .

( then)

I f we can

s l i d e a t

a l l .

Off t h e i r

grim e x p r e s s i o n s we

F DE OUT

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ACT ONE

5 EXT SHIP DECK DAY

5.

5

Rembrandt,

Maggie

and

Diana

walk

along

t h e

deck.

They

a r e

now

back

i n

t h e i r r e g u l a r

c l o t h e s . S a i l o r s move past them.

DIANA

We've go t t h r e e days

u n t i l t h e

nex t

s l i d e window.

I

can

probably

have

t h e

t i m e r

recharged

enough by then t o

open

t h e

wormhole.

A f t e r

t h a t I

d o n t know.

They glance a t two s a i l o r s manning

one

o f t h e l a r g e

deck

guns.

REMBRANDT

I

wonder what

t h e y r e

looking

f o r ?

DIANA

l i g h t l y )

Maybe

t h e r e be

s ea mons te rs .

Maggie

and

Rembrandt g i re h e r s t e r n

look.

MAGGIE

Don' t even joke about t

Mallory s t e p s

up.

MALLORY

Ready

f o r

some good news?

REMBRANDT

Always.

MALLORY

We dock i n Hawaii i n two days.

Aloha

wahines.

Remmy and

Maggie

exchange

a l o ~ k

MAGGIE

Hawaii? We're not

heading

back t o

t h e mainland?

MALLORY

What 's

t h e b i g deal?

I

thought

you

g u y s d be i t c h i n g f o r

a

change

o f

locale .

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REM R NDT

Haven ' t you wondered

why

we always

end up som ew here

i n

C a l i f o r n i a . Why

we d o n t s l i d e i n t o New

York o r

P a r i s ?

M GGIE

It s our

s l i d i n g

r a d i u s .

M LLORY

S l i d i n g r a d i u s ?

Off

h i s

c on fu se d lo ok

6 EXT

SHIP

BRIDGE

D Y

6.

5

6

We follow t h e

S l i d e r s

as t h e y c:limb

a

s t a i r w a y up toward t h e

b r i d g e .

T h e i r

c o n v e r s a t i o n

c o n t i n u e s

REM R NDT

We have

a four hundred mile

r a d i u s

from t h e p o i n t o f our o r i g i n a l s l i d e .

We

have t o be i n s i d e

t h a t

zone when

t h e t i m e r

re ac he s z ero .

M LLORY

Or?

M GGIE

We

d o n t

know. We've never been

caught

o ut s i d e t h e

zone

b e f o r e .

M LLORY

Maybe n o t h i n g

happens . Maybe you

j u s t

move your

n s l i d i n g

zone and

s t a r t o v e r .

M GGIE

Yeah,

maybe. But if

t h e t im e r s

on

t h e f r i t z

d o n t

want t o s t a r t

s l i d i n g

from

an i s l a n d i n

t h e

middle

o f t h e

P a c i f i c .

We could end up

r i g h t

back

i n

t h e

d r i n k .

DI N

Or t h e

v o r t e x

might not open a t a l l .

Or

we

might

s l i d e i n b u t

never s l i d e

o u t .

O r - -

M LLORY

get

the p i c t u r e .

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REM R NDT

We

have

t o

g e t

back t o t h e mainland .

7

INT. SHIP

BRIDGE

D Y

The

S l i d e r s

a r e now

crowded t h e s h i p s b r i d g e as Remmy

t a l k s t o Captain

Thompson.

CAPTAIN

You want us

t o

t u r n

around?

REM R NDT

t s very i m p o r t ~ n t

CAPTAIN

S o r r y

f o l k s

b u t

I have cargo t h a t

needs

t o

be

i n

Honolulu

day a f t e r

tomorrow. You can hop t h e nex t s h i p

back once we g e t

t h e r e

should p u t

you back i n L.A. by t h e end o f nex t

week.

DI N

T h a t s to o l a t e .

CAPTAIN

Too

l a t e f o r

what?

M GGIE

t s

a

medical

emergency.

CAPTAIN

What ' s t h e problem?

M GGIE

Mallory

h e r e h a s

uh,

kidney

s t o n e s .

He c a n t

p a s s them. Very p a i n f u l .

M LLORY

What?

Maggie

j a b s

Mallory

hard

i n

t h e

s i d e .

He

n e a r l y

crumbles

from

t h e kidney punch and

groans

l o u d l y i n p a i n .

M GGIE

See?

CAPTAIN

I l l

have the ship 's

doctor

take

a

look a t him,

b u t t h a t s

th e b e s t I

can do.

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DI N

What

about a medivac?

CAPTAIN

A

what?

REMBR NDT

A chopper. A

he l icop te r

to

f ly us

back

to

L.A.

The Captain

j u s t shakes

h is

head.

CAPTAIN

I don t know what a he l icopter i s ,

but you re

not going to

f ind

an

aerop lane t h a t could f ly

t h i s

fa r out

to sea , even

if

you could af fo rd

it.

Off

th e

S l i de r s r eac t ions , we

go

to

...

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INT.

SHIP

W RDROOM

D Y

Rembrandt,

Maggie and Mallory

a re

gathered around the t ab le .

M GGIE

Now

t h a t you

mention

it

I

haven t

seen

a

con t r a i l

in the

sky s ince

we

s l id in here .

M LLORY

Why not? Look a t th i s

sh ip . They

must

have the

know-how to bu i ld

planes .

Diana ca tches

the

l a s t

of t h i s as

she

en t e r s .

DI N

It s

not

t h e i r know-how. It s

t h e i r

raw

mater ia l s .

REMBR NDT

What have you got?

DI N

I checked

out

the sh ip s l ib ra ry . To

see if

th i s

world has su f f i c i en t

technology

to help

us

f ix

th e tim er.

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M LLORY

Find t h a t

Popular

Mechanics i s s u e on

s l i d i n g ?

DI N

No, b u t

I d i d

stumble

a c r o s s a copy

o f t h i s w o rl d s P er i o di c Table o f t h e

Elements .

M GGIE

i m p a t i e n t )

And?

DI N

I t goes s t r a i g h t from atomic number

twelve

t o f o u r t e e n .

They

g i v e

h e r

t o t a l l y

b la nk l o ok s.

DI N

Jumps from

magnesium bam

- - r i g h t

t o

s i l i c o n .

S t i l l

n o t h i n g from

t h e o t h e r guys.

DI N

No

aluminum.

REM R NDT

How i s t h a t p o s s i b l e ?

DI N

E i t h e r

t h e geology

o f t h i s world j u s t

d o e s n t c on ta in t h e element , o r t h e s e

people

never

mastered t h e

e l e c t r o l y t i c p r o c e s s o f

s e p a r a t i n g

a luminum f rom

b a u x i t e .

M LLORY

So,

t h i s i s

r e a l l y - h e a v y - s t u f f - w o r l d ?

DI N

They a p p a r e n t l y have some a i r c r a f t

p r o d u c t i o n , most ly

1 9 3 0 s v i n t a g e ,

b u t

n o t h i n g l i k e a modern a i r l i n e

i n d u s t r y .

REM R NDT

This w o r l d s economy must run

on

t h e

maritime trade.

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MAGGIE

So how do we ge t

o f f

t h i s bucket and

back to our

s l i d ing

r ad iu s?

MALLORY

(a gr in )

I

suppose

we could

mutiny .

Suddenly, th e sh ip i s

rocked by an EXPLOSION

The sound o f

SHOUTS

and spo rad ic

GUNFIRE

i s

heard on

deck.

MALLORY

Joke

That was

a

joke

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DECK

DAY

10.

8A

8B

The S l i de r s

rush

onto

th e

deck.

They

t ake

cover

as GUNFIRE

PINGS o f f th e meta l over

t h e i r

heads . Sa i lo r s rush to ba t t l e

s t a t i on s . The Capta in runs

pa s t

s ho utin g o rd er s to h is crew.

CAPTAIN

C lea r tho se guns

Get

these

passengers b elow deck

REMBRANDT

Capta in ,

wha t s happening?

CAPTAIN

We're being boarded

MAGGIE

By who?

DIANA

Whom

Maggie

shoo ts he r

a look .

CAPTAIN

Scurvy

bas t a rd s come

in

out o f the

sun. Can t

see

'em til

it s too

l a t e .

REMBRANDT

Who?

CAPTAIN

Pi ra t e s

The Sliders exchange a s u r p r i s ~ look, Pirates? As the

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moves down t h e deck,

d r i v i n g

back t h e

defending

s a i l o r s . They

d o n t

e x a c t l y

look

l i k e p i r a t e s . They

wear

a

hodge-podge o f

c o l o r f u l

b a t t l e d r e s s

and

mari t ime uniforms. Some

have

long

h a i r t i e d

with bandanas

and a l l

a r e armed w ith sm all arms and

knives

t h e r e a r e

s c a r s

and

t a t t o o s ,

but

no

eyepatches

o r

peglegs)

.

Some o f t h e

s h i p s

crew r e s i s t th e a t t a c k , but t h e

boarders

q u i c k l y overpower

t h e s a i l o r s and begin rounding up th e

crew.

We

see C ap ta in

Thompson

t r y i n g t o fend

o f f

t h e marauders with

a

r e v o l v e r , b u t

a

p i r a t e l e a p s

from

t h e r ig gi n g above and

t a c k l e s

t h e c ap ta in ,

disarming him.

CAPTAIN

Do

your

worst ,

Y ou scum.

The p i r a t e p u l l s

a

k n i f e .

10 THE

SLIDERS

see

t h a t

t h e

Captain

i s

i n danger .

REMBRANDT

Are we l e t t i n g t h i s

happen?

Without answering, Maggie

charges

th e

p i r a t e

a t t a c k i n g t h e

c a p t a i n .

REMBRANDT

Dumb q u e s t i o n .

Remmy

l e a d s

t h e o t h e r

S l i d e r s a f t e r Maggie.

Maggie

reaches

th e p i r a t e f i r s t

and

knocks

away

h i s

k n i f e

with a

sexy

s pin nin g k ic k.

A

few more m a r t i a l a r t s blows

and

t h e p i r a t e

goes

down.

PAXTON

0

S.

T h a t s

enough.

Reveal t h e S l i d e r s a r e surrounded by a group

o f

p i r a t e s ,

a l l

o f

whom

have

t h e i r weapons t r a i n e d on our guys. The

p i r a t e

known as PAXTON s t e p s forward. He's a t a l l , s t r i k i n g rogue

who c l e a r l y commands r e s p e c t fJr:om t h e o t h e r

r a i d e r s .

As two

o t h e r p ir a t e s r e s tr a i n

Maggie,

Paxton l e a n s i n c l o s e .

PAXTON

You should know b e t t e r

than t o f i g h t

back. You might g e t h u r t .

(a charming smile)

And

what

kind o f

a

p a r t y would t h i s

be

I

l e t

my

g u e s t s

g e t h u r t?

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The o t h e r p i r a t e s laugh.

MAGGIE

I

must

have

l o s t

my i n v i t a t i o n

t o

t h i s

littl

s h i n d i g .

The

p i r a t e s

ooh a p p r e c i a t i v e l y ; t h i s

o n e s

g o t

spunk.

Paxton

t a k e s

h e r c h i n

g e n t l y

i n

h i s

hand.

PAXTON

l i k e s u r p r i s e p a r t i e s .

MAGGIE

Move t h a t hand o r y o u l l g e t a

s u r p r i s e . A b i g one.

More oohs

from

t h e

p i r a t e s .

Paxton g r i n s . He l i k e s t h i s

r e p a r t e e .

He

t u r n s t o h i s men.

He speaks

w i t h

a

q u i e t

a u t h o r i t y t h e y

respond t o i n s t a n t l y .

PAXTON

Brighton , Henshaw, check t h e h o l d .

Hunter , want t h e c h a r t s logbook

and

cargo m a n i f e s t .

12.

10

He

t u r n s

t o

where t h e Capta in

i s

l i n e d

up

with

h i s crew.

P ax to n w alk s slowly down t h e

l i n e

o f f ri g h t e n e d

and

d e f i a n t

seamen, f i n a l l y s t o p p i n g i n f r o n t o f B r i c e .

He

holds h e r gaze

f o r

a

b e a t t h e n

a

smi le c re ep s a cr os s h i s f a c e .

PAXTON

Good work,

B r i c e . You

brought them

r i g h t

t o u s .

BRICE

Thank you, s i r .

PAXTON

Now

g e t back

where

you

belong.

BRICE

Aye,

s i r .

As

she

moves t o j o i n t h e p i r t e ~ s

Capta in

Thompson l e a p s

out

o f l i n e . He draws back h i s arm t o h i t h e r .

CAPTAIN

You

l y i n g

t r a i t o r o u s

But Paxton grabs th e Cap ta in 's arm in mid-swing.

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CONTINUED

P XTON

i n t e n s e )

D o n t .

The

C a p t a i n

s t e p s

back,

g l o w e r i n g

a t

t h e

p i r a t e s .

Paxton

t u r n s t o s e e a p i r a t e

g r a b

a n e c k l a c e from Maggie ' s neck.

P XTON

Not

h e r .

13.

10

He t a k e s t h e n e c k l a c e

and

p l a c e s t b ack aro un d Maggie ' s

neck,

g e n t l y moving h e r h a i r a s i d e

t o

f i x t h e c l a s p .

P XTON

I

h a v e n t

g o t my s u r p r i s e y e t .

He g i v e s Maggie a charming

s m i l e

and moves o f f . The

o t h e r

S l i d e r s r e a c t

a s we

t ime

c u t

t o

11 EXT. SHIP -

DECK

- D Y MOMENTS LATER

11

The

p i r a t e s e f f i c i e n t l y

move

t h e i r

l o o t e d c a r g o

o f f t h e

s h i p .

Paxton and h i s

second-in-command

B r i c e

s u r v e y

t h e o pe ra ti o n .

P XTON

A good h a u l .

BRICE

Some weather coming up. We s h o u l d

head back

t o

b a s e .

P XTON

You worry to o much.

W e ll

be

back

on

t h e mainland

by n i g h t f a l l .

They move

o f f

t o

r e v e a l

12

THE SLIDERS

have

been s t a n d i n g

w i t h i n

e a r s h o t .

M LLORY

(low)

Did you h e a r t h a t ? T h e y r e heading

back

t o

t h e mainland.

DI N

Doesn't do us any good.

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M LLORY

Maybe d o e s .

REM R NDT

How?

M LLORY

We s w i t c h

s i d e s .

Throw i n o u r l o t

w i t h t h e s e guys . T h e y l l t a k e us

r i g h t

back

i n t o o u r s l i d i n g r a d i u s .

14.

12

R e a l i t y check.

k i l l e r s .

M GGIE

'These guys a r e

M LLORY

T h e y r e

bus inessmen. T r u s t me,

I

know how gangs work. They c o n s t a n t l y

need

new

r e c r u i t s .

REM R NDT

(warning)

M a l l o r y .

M GGIE

o v e r l a p p i n g )

D o n t

you d a r e - -

M LLORY

c a l l i n g

t o Paxton)

Yo,

Blackbeard .

Over h e r e .

Paxton

cocks a

s u r p r i s e d eye a t Mallory ,

b u t

s t r o l l s o v e r t o

s e e what he

wants .

M LLORY

I v e been

watching

your o p e r a t i o n .

P XTON

Oh?

M LLORY

Yeah,

and

s t i n k s .

The o t h e r S l i d e r s

wince .

M LLORY

continuingr)

You're

wasting

time.

You

need b e t t e r

i n t e l . Find out what your cargo i s

i n

advance and o n l y go f o r what you

need.

I n and o u t .

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P XTON

And you re

j u s t th e man

to

shape

up

our opera t ion?

M ORY

My friends and I

have

a l i t t l e

exper ience

in t h i s area .

We've j u s t

been looking fo r th e r i gh t crew to

throw

in

wi th .

P XTON

What ' s

your name?

M ORY

Mal lory .

Quinn Mallory.

P XTON

And

you

want

to jo in

my

crew,

Mr.

Mallory?

M ORY

It s not

a

q ue st io n o f

me wanting to

j o in , it s

a

q ue st io n o f you needing

me.

15.

12

Quinn Mallory.

name. I r i sh?

Way back.

P XTON

Tha t s

a sea fa r ing

M ORY

Paxton s t ep s up c lose

to

Mallory, s ta r ing him

hard in

th e eye.

P XTON

Let me tell you

something,

Mr.

Mal lory . We don t t ake kind ly

to

sp i e s from

th e Coas ta l Guards.

A hos t i l e murmur

runs

through

th e

p i r a t e ranks .

We

hear the

words

Coas t i e

damned coas t i e

, e t c .

M ORY

Spies?

P XTON

We

have

a way o f dea ling with

coas t i es .

M ORY

Wait a

minute - -

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P XTON

The

p l a n k .

BRICE

The

plank

16.

12

An

e x c i

t e d c h e e r

goes

up from tJhe

assembled

p i r a t e s . Two men

grab

Mallory

and j e r k him o u t o f

l i n e

q u i c k l y

b i n d i n g h i s

hands

behind h i s back.

REM R NDT

Oh,

man.

M GGIE

( shaking h e r

head)

He j u s t c o u l d n t keep h i s mouth s h u t .

wooden

p l a n k

i s

q u i c k l y

run over

t h e

s i d e

o f t h e s h i p .

Mallory

i s prodded o u t onto p l a n k a t

t h e

end o f a p i r a t e s

c u t l a s s .

M LLORY

You're making a

m i s t a k e .

P XTON

W e l l l e t t h e s h a r k s d e c i d e c o a s t i e .

The

S l i d e r s

watch n er v ou sly a s Mallory t e e t e r s on

t h e

end o f

t h e

p l a n k

and we

F DE

OUT:

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TWO

F DE IN:

13

EXT.

SHIP

-

DECK

-

D Y

Mal lo ry s

toes

dangle o f f th e end o f th e plank and a

p i r a t e

sabe r

prods

him toward ob l iv ion .

M LLORY

I m no t

a coas t i e Guys,

t ll them

14 THE

SLIDERS

M GGIE

Great , now h e s

dragging

us

i n to

it

DIANA

We've go t

to

do

something .

REM R NDT

Man,

I

do

no t want to

go back

in

t h a t

wate r .

DIANA

e x a s p e r a t ~ d

Guys

Maggie and Remmy exchange a

loc>k.

REM R NDT

Aw he l l .

15

ON M LLORY

The

p i r a t e jabbing a t him

pu l l s

back

h is

sword

fo r a f i n a l

poke to

se nd Ma llo ry

i n to th e

sea .

M GGIE

Wait

16 P XTON

holds up h is hand, and th e

p i r a t e manning

th e plank

s tops in

mid-poke. Mallory t e e t e r s on

th e

edge .

Maggie

s t ep s toward

Paxton .

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MAGGIE

He's t e l l i ng th e t r u th . He's not

a

coas t i e .

PAXTON

Well,

t h a t s

a

r e l i e f . Thanks for

c lea r ing t h a t up.

He

ges tures to th e p i r a t e to

shove

Mallory overboard.

REMBRANDT

How can

he be a spy?

This

ship

rescued us a t

sea.

Diana

poin t s

to

Brice .

DIANA

Ask

her .

Paxton t u rns

to

Brice,

who

nods.

RICE

t s

t rue . Pul led

'em

out o f the

dr ink

l i ke a

bunch of drowned wharf

r a t s .

18.

16

Paxton cons iders

t h i s fo r

a

bea t .

He

nods to

the

pi ra te with

th e

sword, who

pu l l s

Mallory back o ff

the

plank . The

assembled p i r a t e s

boo with disappointment .

MAGGIE

Thank you.

She tu rn s to re jo in

Remmy and

the othe rs , but Paxton holds her

by the arm.

PAXTON

Not so fa s t .

Your

f r iend

put an

o f fe r on the

t ab le .

Do you want to

jo in

my crew as well?

Maggie looks back

and

fo r th between Mallory

and

Rembrandt and

Diana. She gives Paxton the once over .

That

depends.

o f fe r

me?

MAGGIE

What

have

you

got

to

PAXTON

You' l l

get

a standard share

of the

t ake . Plus

I

c an p romise you an

impress ive bonus

package.

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M GGIE

L a s t t ime I heard t h a t I wound up

with t h e

s h o r t

end o f t h e s t i c k .

P XTON

I

guarantee you ' l l

be s a t i s f i e d with

what

I

can

put on

t h e

t a b l e .

17

NGLE

ON

THE

SLIDERS

watching

t h i s exchange. Mallory r o l l s h i s e y e s .

M LLORY

Oh, p l e a s e .

DI N

What

a r e

t h e y

t a l k i n g

about?

18

RESUME

SCENE

Paxton

i s s a v o r i n g t h i s i n t e r p l a y

with Maggie.

M GGIE

T e l l you

what ,

ll give you a

t r y o u t .

I f

I l i k e t h e way you handle

y o u r s e l f c o n s i d e r me onboard.

P XTON

You

d r i v e

a

hard

b a r g a i n .

M GGIE

Compet i t ion i s s t i f f out t h e r e .

Paxton

g r i n s .

He

t u r n s t o

B r i c e .

P XTON

What do you t h i n k Mr. Brice?

BRICE

(shrugs)

We're shor t -handed

s i n c e

t h e Monterey

r a i d .

(a look a t

Mallory)

I f it

d o e s n t

work o u t h e l l f e t c h

a f a i r p r i c e i n T i j u a n a . Cut our

l o s s e s .

Mallory

r e a c t s .

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CONTINUED

PAXTON

( to

Maggie)

Welcome aboard.

20.

18

Maggie

nods and

moves t o

r e j o i n t h e o t h e r S l i d e r s

Rembrandt

raises

his

eyebrows at

her.

MAGGIE

Not

a word.

18A

ON PAXTON

AND

BRICE

PAXTON

You

knew t h a t

man w a s n t a

spy,

b u t

you w e r e n t going t o

s t o p me?

BRICE

h a t e t o d is ap po in t t h e

men.

As

Paxton shakes h i s head,

we

go t o

19 EXT. COASTLINE - DAY STOCK

An

a e r i a l

e s t a b l i s h i n g shot

o f rugged C a l i f o r n i a

c o a s t l i n e

As t h e camera

sweeps

i n toward

t h e

s u r f c r a s h i n g on

th e shore ,

we go t o

20 EXT. WATERFRONT - DAY CABOT COIVE

A smal l w a t e r f r o n t

v i l l a g e

P ir at e r ai d e r s and c o l o r f u l

l o c a l s

mingle

along t h e docks. Paxton

l e a d s

t h e

S l i d e r s

through

t h e

crowd.

DIANA

Where

a r e

we?

PAXTON

You

won' t f i n d

t

on any

map.

T h a t s

j u s t

th e way

we

l i k e t

MAGGIE

Don' t you worry about somebody

t e l l i n g t h e C o a s t i e s where you are?

PAXTON

The

l o c a l s

have

no

love f o r

th e

C o a s t i e s

The

Marine

Use

Taxes a r e

bleeding

them dry.

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21.

20

The Sl ider s

note

some of

Paxton s men

d i s t r i bu t i ng

loo t to

th e

g ra te fu l lo ca l v i l l age r s .

P XTON

We

take ca re

o f

them and

they

take

care of l iS.

REM R NDT

Sor t

of

l ike

Robin

Hood.

P XTON

Robin who?

M LLORY

You s t e a l from the r ich and give to

th e poor.

P XTON

(smiles)

You

got t h a t ha l f r igh t .

As they move

o ff

21 INT.

PIRATE

HIDEOUT

- NIGHT N1

Look up r eve l ry in the dic t iona ry . This i s a bois te rous

wa te rf ro n t ta v er n where Paxton and h is men cu t

loose . The

wai t resses keep the

food and g rog flowing

as th e p i r a t e s l e t

o ff some s team.

C MER

FINDS Diana

working her

way through th e crowd with a

couple o f

p la t e s

of food. Suddenly, she jumps - -

she s

obviously been

pinched .

Looking around nervously ,

she scoots

o ff

through the crowd followed by hoots o f l aughte r .

She

f ina l ly

reaches a

t ab le

where

22 M GGIE

ND REM R NDT

s i t .

Diana se t s

the

food

down

and j o ins them.

DI N

Somebody j u s t grabbed my

Well ,

grabbed

me.

Remmy and

Maggie

dig

in to the food.

REM R NDT

Tha t s

j u s t

an

old-fash ioned p i r a t e

howdy.

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DI N

Whateve r happened

t o buying a

lady

a

drink?

M GGIE

You haven't spent much time in places

l i k e

t h i s ,

have

you?

DI N

Hey, used t o s t o p by t h e s t u de n t

union

f o r

a

r ~ Or two.

Rembrandt

and

Maggie j u s t

give l ler an amused

look.

DI N

(defensive)

Things could g e t p r e t t y wild

around

f i n a l s .

REM R NDT

Any

luck

with

t h e t imer?

DI N

h a v e n t t r i e d

t o

recharge t y e t .

That p i r a t e

named

Brice h a s n t l e t us

out o f

her s i g h t .

She nods s u b t l y toward

23

BRICE

keeping

a

sharp eye on

them from

a c r o s s t h e t a ve rn .

24 RESUME SCENE

M GGIE

d o n t

t h i n k t h es e f o lk s e n t i r e l y

t r u s t

us.

P XTON

Good evening .

d i r e c t e d a t

Maggie)

hope

e v e r y t h i n g meets

with

your

approval .

M GGIE

Any

complaints

clnd

you' 11

be

th e

f i r s t

t o know

22.

22

23

24

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REMBRANDT

We a p p r e c i a t e

t h e

h o s p i t a l i t y .

PAXTON

Of

course . I

t a k e c a r e o f

my

crew.

(to Maggie

I thought

perhaps

you 'd l i k e a

t o u r

o f

our

o p e r a t i o n .

See

what y o u r e

g et t i n g i n to .

He holds ou t

h i s

hand

t o Maggie.

She h e s i t a t e s glancing t o

Rembrandt

and Diana.

PAXTON

Your

f r i e n d s a r e welcome, t o o . I f

you 'd

f e e l more comfor table .

MAGGIE

(accept ing

th e

chal lenge)

I d o n t need a chaperone. Lead on.

23.

24

Paxton smiles as she t a k e s h i s hand

and

r i s e s . As

the y le av e,

Rembrandt

and D iana exchange a

look.

25

WE

FOLLOW MAGGIE

AND PAXTON

through t h e crowded t a v e r n . As

they

head f o r t h e door , th e

CAMERA SETTLES

ON

26

MALLORY

who has

made h imse l f

a t

home

mllch more e a s i l y

than

Diana. He

i s s i t t i n g with a group o f p i r a t e s who l i s t e n

r a p t l y

as he

s p i n s a

yarn .

MALLORY

These

guys c a l l e d themselves Smokers.

Biker gang. They had

t h i s

littl

c o n t e s t where you 'd

t a k e a

long

pole

and run

f u l l bore

a t

each

o t h e r on

motorcycles ,

t r y t o

knock t h e o t h e r

guy on h i s rearo I can t e l l you

cracked few r i b s

t h a t day not

a l l of

them

mine.

The p i r a t e s a l l g r u n t approvin91y and r a i s e t h e i r mugs

t o

Mallory. Enjoying the attention, Mallory reaches for a

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26

d r u m s t i c k

on

a p l a t t e r

o f

food n t h e t a b l e .

THUNK A k n i f e

s t a b s i n t o

t h e d r u m s t i c k pinniIlg t o t h e t a b l e .

Mallory

looks up t o s e e B r i c e glowering

down

a t

him.

BRICE

Games. You think riding

a

bike

and

waving a s t i c k

around q u a l i f i e s

you

t o run

w i t h

us?

You s l i p

up

around

h e r e

and

you-end up dead. Or worse,

you end up making me dead.

MALLORY

I can

handle

myself .

BRICE

You'd b e t t e r . I m n o t going

t o

end

up

hanging

from a

C o a s t i e

yardarm

because you c a n t handle

a

r e a l f i g h t .

She

p u l l s

t h e k n i f e

from

t h e

t a b l e

and walks away.

27 ANGLE

REMBRANDT AND DIANA

watching t h e t e n s e

exchange.

DIANA

Why i s he

always

g et t i n g i n to f i g h t s

w i t h women?

REMBRANDT

The

b o y s

g o t some

i s s u e s .

28 OMITTED

29

EXT.

WATERFRONT

- NIGHT

Maggie

and

Paxton s t r o l l

a long

t h e w a te rf ro n t . Moonlight

r e f l e c t s o f f t h e cove and t h e TInuted HUBBUB from t h e t a v e r n can

be

h e a r d

i n

t h e d i s t a n c e .

PAXTON

We've

been s a i l i n g o u t

o f t h i s

cove

f o r about

t h r e e y e a r s . H i t t i n g

t h e

s h i p p i n g l a n e s . Taking what we need

t o l i v e .

Giving

t h e

r e s t

t o

our

f r i e n d s

h e r e .

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M GGI

Guess I m lucky

t o

be your

f r i e n d .

I v e

seen what you do t o y ou r e nemie s.

P XTON

do what we have to

to

protect our

way o f l i f e .

M GGI

That

i n c l u d e a good k e e l h a u l i n g now

and then?

P XTON

I

d i d n t e x p e c t you

t o be

so

squeamish.

You asked t o

j o i n u s

remember?

M GGI

I d o n t

l i k e

k i l l i n g .

P XTON

Good.

I

w o n t have

a

man i n

my

o u t f i t who does . But I ll

k i l l

- - o r

d i e - - t o p ro te c t my

p e o p l e .

Maggie looks a c r o s s

t h e

w a t e r .

P XTON

I

have

a

f e e l i n g

you 'd do th e same.

They

c o n t i n u e

t o

s t r o l l

f o r

a

b e a t i n s i l e n c e.

P XTON

You d o n t

c a r e

f o r me,

do

you,

Maggie?

M GGI

You' re

a

good l e a d e r .

You seem

competen t . Loya,l.

You

t a k e c a r e

o f

your p e o p l e .

P XTON

But

it s

not

enough.

M GGI

What

g o o d s

a f i g h t wi thou t a cause?

It s

one t h i n g

t o b r e a k t h e

law f o r

something you

b e l i e v e i n . But if

y o u r e

j u s t doing

t h i s

f o r

t h e

fun o f

it

y o u r e nothing b u t a common t h i e f .

Paxton

h e s i t a t e s

a s

if he

wants

t o t e l l

h e r something. But

then ...

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PAXTON

What's

your

cause?

MAGGIE

t s

more

l i k e

a

q u e s t

PAXTON

T e l l

me.

But

Maggie

i s n t ready

t o

s p i l l

her s e c r e t s

e i t h e r

MAGGIE

Maybe

ano ther

t ime.

t s g e t t i n g

c h i l l y

out

h e r e Thanks f o r

t h e

t o u r

26.

29

Hold on

Paxton

as he watches

her go,

a

f a i n t

smile on h i s

l i p s

and maybe something more i n h i s eyes.

30 OMITTED

THRU

36

INT.

SLIDERS' QUARTERS NIGHT

A room

above

t h e p i r a t e t a v e r n Mallory and Rembrandt hang

out while Diana works on

her

POL Maggie e n t e r s

MALLORY

Have a n i c e t ime?

REMBRANDT

Did

you f i n d out anything from Paxton?

MAGGIE

Other

than h e s

charming, smart ,

and

d e d i c a t e d as h e l l ?

MALLORY

And

cute?

MAGGIE

Jealous?

MALLORY

I m j u s t t h i n k i n g

about

s l i d i n g

out

o f

h e r e

Diana

looks up from

the POL.

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DIANA

Don ' t g e t your hopes up.

REM R NDT

t h o u g h t you s a i d you c o u l d r e c h a r g e

the timer?

DIANA

I

can.

The

problem

i s w e r e n o t

back

i n

our

s l i d i n g r a d i u s .

M GGIE

Where

a r e

we?

DIANA

My

b e s t

guess i s somewhere down t h e

Baja p e n i n s u l a .

It s

h a r d t o tell

p r e c i s e l y

b u t I d say

w e r e

still a t

l e a s t a hundred m il e s to o f a r s o u t h .

The

S l i d e r s

absorb t h i s i n f o r m a t i o n .

DIANA

Unless

we can g e t o u t o f h e r e and

back

i n t o

t h e s l i d i n g

zone

we

d o n t

d a r e open t h e

wormhole.

M LLORY

(dry)

It s t h e

p i r a t e s

l i f e f o r

me.

Off t h e S l i d e r s r e a c t i o n s we

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INT.

SLIDERS'

QU RTERS

NIGHT

We're

back i n t h e

h o t e l

room w i t h t h e S l i d e r s .

M LLORY

I s a y we jump s h i p . Head n o r t h .

We've

st ll g o t two days

t o g e t

back

t o t h e

s l i d i n g

r a d i u s .

DIANA

How The o n l y

way

i n o r o u t o f t h i s

v i l l a g e i s

by

s e a .

M LLORY

We s t e a l a

b o a t .

M GGIE

And

how long

befc>re P a x t o n s men

c a t c h us?

T h e y r e

a lr ea d y s us p i c io u s

o f

u s .

We sneak o u t o f h e r e t h e y l l

f i g u r e w e r e C o a st i e s p i e s f o r s u r e .

M LLORY

I m n o t ready

t o

g e t

f i t t e d

f o r a

p e g l e g and an e y e p a t c h . I say we

r i s k

t

REM R NDT

And I m

n o t

ready t o

be

drawn and

q u a r t e r e d - - whatever t h e h el l t h a t

i s .

say

we d o n t .

28.

38

X

Before

t h e

argument can

e s c a l a t e

t h e door

t o t h e

room bangs

open

and B r i c e

s t i c k s h e r

head i n . Diana

h u r r i e d l y

h i d e s

t h e

POL and t i m e r .

BRICE

Time

t o

e a r n your keep. Be down

a t

t h e docks i n f i v e

minutes .

M LLORY

What's g oing

on?

BRICE

A

shipment

we've

been w a i t i n g

f o r

came

into

San Diego today.

h i t

t h e cargo t e r m i n a l i n

two

h o u r s .

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DI N

But

t s

th e

middle

o f

t h e

n i g h t .

Brice s t a r e s

a t

her l i k e

s h e s

an i d i o t .

RICE

(duh)

We

f i n d t h e cover

o f

darkness

h e l p s

f a c i l i t a t e

our

i l le g a l a c t i v it ie s .

Five

minutes .

She e x i t s .

39 OMITTED

ND

40

41 INT.

W REHOUSE NIGHT

29.

38

39 X

ND

40

41

A l r ~ warehouse p i l e d high w ith

cargo.

p i r a t e s and S l i d e r s move q u i e t l y i n s i d e .

h i s crew t o fan o u t .

A door

opens

and

t h e

Paxton g e s t u r e s

f o r

X

X

P XTON

Mr. B r i c e

t a k e

th e new men

and

head

t h a t way. You know

what

w e r e

looking f o r .

( to

Maggie)

You're

with

me.

Rembrandt cocks an eyebrow a t Maggie. She shrugs ,

what

can

she do? She heads

o f f

with

Paxton

as Brice l e a d s t h e o t h e r

S l i d e r s th e

o p p o s i t e way.

42

WITH P XTON ND

MAGGIE

as they s t e a l t h through

th e

dimQy

l t

warehouse.

M GGIE

(low)

What

a r e

we

looking

for?

Paxton

d o e s n t answer. I n s t e a d he f r e e z e s

and

holds

up

h i s

hand

f o r Maggie t o be q u i e t . Suddenly,

he grabs

h e r and p u l l s

her out o f s i g h t behind a s t a n c h i o n . They a r e

p r e s s e d

c l o s e

t o g e t h e r t h e i r faces

only

a

few inches

a p a r t .

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(very s o t l ~ {

What a r e you doing?

30.

4

Paxton

g e n tl y p re ss e s

h i s

fingeJr

t o

her

l i p s

t o

shush

h e r .

They hold

the

pose as a uniformed security guard passes by.

As t h e g u a rd s f oo ts te ps

FADE AlNAY Paxton

d o e s n t

move.

He

and Maggie a r e still

p r e s s e d

c lo se t o g e th er i n t h e shadows.

MAGGIE

He's gone.

Paxton looks i n t o h e r

eyes f o r

a

b e a t ,

t h e n

s t e p s

back.

PAXTON

C a n t be t o o c a r e f u l .

They

move o f f

43

ANOTHER PART OF

THE

WAREHOUSE

Maggie s t a n d s watch as P ax to n c he ck s a

l o t

number s t e n c i l l e d

onto

a cardboard c a r t o n . He

p u l l s

o u t a w a l k i e - t a l k i e .

PAXTON

i n t o w a l k i e - t a l k i e )

Mr.

B r i c e ,

southwest c o r n e r .

Bay

t h i r t y - t w o .

I v e

found

it

MAGGIE

Found

what?

PAXTON

(a

g r i n )

E s s e n t i a l

p i r a t e s u p p l i e s .

CUT

TO:

44 A CARTON

i s

s l i c e d

open. It s f i l l e d with l i q u o r b o t t l e s . Reveal

45 PAXTON, BRICE

AND THE

PIRATES

43

44

45

g a t h e r e d

around

t h e c ar t o ns . The p i r a t e s a r e t o t i n g

c a s e s

of X

booze

as

f a s t

as

t h e y can.

MALLORY

We're

r i s k i n g

our l i v e s

f o r booze?

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45

Paxton

pu l l s one

bo t t l e

ou t o f

a pass ing

case and

shows

it to

th e S l i de r s .

PAXTON

Coas ta l

Guard

ta x

s tamp.

We ll

s e l l

these across

the

border,

it ll

f inance our o pe ra tio ns f or s ix months.

Br ice nudges

Mallory.

BRICE

Less t a l k i n more t o t i n .

As

th e S l i d e r s

p i t ch

in , Paxton g es tu re s fo r Brice

to

j o i n him

apa r t

from th e o the r s . Paxton nods

toward

a sepa ra t e a rea o f

th e

warehouse

46 A SECURE STORAGE AREA

ins ide a

lo ck ed ca ge.

Severa l

c ra t e s

a re p i l ed i n s i de

with

P rope r ty o f th e u .S . Government s t enc i l l ed on them.

47 RESUME SCENE

As

Paxton and Brice eye th e

govlernment

cargo .

PAXTON

Tha t s it

Br ice

nods . She

and th e

p i r a t e

with th e bo l t

cu t t e r s

head

fo r

th e cage .

While Paxton

and Br ice a re

focused

on th e

myste r ious c ra t e s

48 THE SLIDERS

a re moving l i q uo r . As they walk pa s t

a

l a rge

p i l e

o f c ra t e s ,

Mallory s t ep s ou t o f l ine and ducks ou t o f s i gh t . The o the r

Sl ide r s fo l low.

MALLORY

This i s our

chance.

He po in t s

to

N OPEN

WIN OW

a t

th e fa r

end o f warehouse.

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MALLORY

I

saw

some t r u c k s

parked

o u t s i d e .

We

hotwire one

and

w e r e

back

i n t h e

s l i d i n g

zone by

morning.

REMBRANDT

I

l i k e t h i s p l a n .

MAGGIE

T h e y l l n o t i c e w e r e m i s s i n g .

MALLORY

So?

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50

R e a l i z i n g

t h e y r e r i g h t Maggie

nods

and heads

f o r

the ' window.

The

o t h e r S l i d e r s fo l low.

51 PAXTON,

BRICE AND

THE

PIRATES

have c l e a r e d o u t most o f t h e c r a t e s . As t h e y move o u t o f th e

warehouse,

t h e y a r e s t a r t l e d by a

BOOMING

VOICE

DUVALL S .

Yo. Ho. Ho.

The

p i r a t e s d o n t

have

t ime t o b r i n g t h e i r weapons t o

b e a r

b ef o r e t h e y a r e sur rounded

by

a

squad o f armed COASTAL

GUARDSMEN.

A man i n

t h e unifonm o f

a C o a s t a l Guard

o f f i c e r

s t e p s

o u t

from t h e shadows t o

c o n f r o n t

th e

p i r a t e s .

A

long

s c a r

i s

carved

down h i s c r u e l

f a c e .

His

name

i s

PAXTON

Duval l .

52

THE

SLIDERS

have reached t h e open window.

Mallory

i s b o o s t i n g Diana up

onto some c r a t e s t o reach t h e window. Maggie t u r n s back

a t

t h e sound o f

D u v a l l s v o i c e .

MAGGIE

What ' s

t h a t ?

MALLORY

A d i v e r s i o n . Count your

b l e s s i n g s .

We go back t o

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f a c i n g each

o t h e r .

DUV LL

It s been a w h i l e , c a p t a i n .

P XTO

You've looked b e t t e r .

i n d i c a t i n g

t h e

s c a r )

The

k i d s

must

lo\re

you

on

Halloween.

DUV LL

You t r y s t i t c h i n g

y o u r s e l f

up w i t h

f i s h i n g l i n e and

a

sharpened c h i c k e n

bone.

(he

s t e p s

c l o s e r )

But it reminds me

t h a t

I still owe

you a little

something

i n r e t u rn .

P XTON

I

d o n t suppose

t h a t

would

be

a f a i r

trial by

a j u r y

o f

my p e e r s ?

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53

Duval l s m i l e s e v i l l y . The armed Guardsmen cock t h e i r

weapons

w i t h

an

ominous CLICK CLACK

54 NGLE

ON

THE

SLIDERS

Mallory

and

Diana crouch

by t h e

open

window. Rembrandt has

cl imbed

up onto a c r a t e

and

i s Jreaching down f o r

Maggie ' s

hand.

DIANA

(urgent)

Maggie, come

on.

Maggie i s t o r n .

REM R NDT

Maggie.

She looks up t o

Rernrny

and t h e oither

S l i d e r s

and back a c r o s s

t h e warehouse toward

Paxton

and

h i s

men

55

CK

WITH

THE

PIRATES

The

Guardsmen l e v e l t h e i r weapons a t

t h e

p i r a t e s .

P XTON

You

w o n t end

t h i s by p u t t i n g a

b u l l e t

i n

me.

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DUV LL

How

abou t

a couple dozen

bu l l e t s ?

34.

55

Suddenly ,

a wal l o f c ra t e s and b a r re ls p ile d

nearby

s p l i n t e r s

apa r t

as

a

f o r k l i f t

comes

c rash ing

th rough .

Paxton

looks

a t

the forklif t and he catches Maggie's eye as she works the

con t r o l s . Tumbling ba r r e l s send Duval l

and h is

men

sprawl ing ,

g iv in g P ax to n s p i r a t e s

a

chance

to

draw

t h e i r weapons.

BULLETS FLY as

th e p i r a t e s

regroup

and withdraw. Maggie l eaps

from th e f o r k l i f t and Paxton t akes her by th e arm. As

Duva l l s men a re fo rced to r e t r e a t , we see th e o th er S lid er s

have r e j o ined th e p i r a t e s . As th e p i r a t e s with draw , Ma llo ry

ca s t s a dark

gaze

a t Maggie .

56 INT. SLIDERS' QU RTERS E RLY

MORNING

(02)

Since

t h ey r e

ll

back in

t h e i r

room, th e

S l i de r s

obvious ly

haven t go t t en away.

M LLORY

(deep

sarcasm)

Gee,

look

where we a re

aga in .

M GGIE

wasn t going to run

whi le

t ho se men

were

b ein g e xe cu te d.

DI N

Those men a re th e bad

guys .

56

Are

they?

v i l l a g e .

M GGIE

Ask

th e

people in t h i s

M LLORY

They made me walk th e plank

M GGIE

And t h a t s a bad t h ing?

M LLORY

I don t

ca re if t h e r e s something

going on between you and Paxton- -

M GGIE

(cu t t ing in )

What?

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M LLORY

- -

b u t you may

have

c o s t

us

o u r

o n l y

s h o t

a t g e t t i n g o u t o f h e r e .

REM R NDT

Hey

J u s t

cool down.

Maggie

made a

judgement

c a l l .

We l i v e w i t h

it and

we

move

on.

M GGIE

What

a r e

you s a y i n g , Remmy? You

t h i n k I

blew t h e

c a l l , t o o ?

REM R NDT

I

d o e s n t m a t t e r .

W e l l j u s t

f i n d

a n o t h e r way o u t o f h e r e .

35 .

56

Maggie ' s

a n g e r

a b r u p t l y t u r n s

inward

Did

she endanger

t h e

r e s t

o f

t h e team?

She t u r n s and

heads

o u t t h e

d o o r .

EXT. W TERFRONT - MORNING

Maggie walks

a l o n g t h e

w a t e r f r o n t

w r e s t l i n g

w i t h

h e r

f e e l i n g s .

She f i n d s a q u i e t s p o t and s i t s down, g a z i n g o u t a t t h e w a t e r .

P XTON O. S . )

I

wanted

t o t h a n k you.

Maggie

l o o k s

up

t o s e e

Paxton

s t a n d i n g behind h e r .

P XTON

C a n t a c t

t o o

g r a t e f u l i n f r o n t

o f

t h e men,

though

makes me look

wimpy.

M GGIE

C a n t

have

t h a t .

He s i t s b e s i d e h er .

P XTON

You saved my l i f e .

M GGIE

You' re

welcome.

(a b e a t

What

i

I

needed

t o

l e a v e

h e r e ?

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PAXTON

s u r p r i s e d )

I w o u l d n t be

happy

about t h a t .

( then)

S t i l l

p u r s u i n g

your

q u e s t ?

MAGGIE

I m

n o t so

s u r e

vihat

it

i s

anymore.

What

about

you?

PAXTON

What

about me?

MAGGIE

You

r i s k e d

your l i f e

- - and mine

f o r

a few c a s e s

o f whiskey?

I f

t h a t s a l l you have going on

h e r e ,

why

I

should

be

a

p a r t

o f

i t ?

Paxton

t h i n k s

about

t h i s

f o r a

b e a t .

PAXTON

used

t o be a c a p t a i n i n t h e

Merchant

Marine.

Played by t h e

r u l e s , made a p r e t t y good l i v i n g

running f r e i g h t up and down t h e c o a s t .

MAGGIE

S t e e r i n g c l e a r o f your kind.

PAXTON

t w as n t t h e p i r a t e s you had

t o

worry

a b o u t .

The C o a s t i e s

want

you

t o b e l i e v e

t h e y r e

p ro te c t i n g t h e

s e a

l a n e s .

But

men

l i k e Duval l

a r e

b l a c k h e a r t e d .

I t

i s n t enough t h a t

t h e y b l e e d us d r y with t h e Marine

Taxes,

t h e n you 've g o t t o l i n e t h e

p o c k e t s o f

Duval l

and h i s kind j u s t

t o

s t a y

i n b u s i n e s s .

He a b r u p t l y

s t a n d s up and t u r n s away.

Maggie

watches

him

c a r e f u l l y .

PAXTON

I g o t s i c k o f it I r e f u s e d t o pay

Duval l h i s k i c J d ~ a c k So,

he

and

h i s

t h u g s bombed my s h i p . Sunk it

i n

Santa

Barbara h a r b o r .

My wife and

son

were

aboard . You

think w e r e

j u s t a bunch

o f

t h i e v e s .

MORE

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P XTON

CONT D)

Every

man on t h i s

crew has

l o s t

someone t o t h e C o a s t i e s . T h a t s our

cause.

Maggie moves

closer

to

him.

M GGIE

I m s o r r y .

I know what it s l i k e .

To

l o s e someone.

P XTON

Do

you?

M GGIE

Yes.

37.

57

She

t a k e s h i s

hand.

He looks

i n t o

her

eyes .

Suddenly,

something j u s t pops and

t h e s e

a r e a l l o v e r each o t h e r .

As

it

s t a r t s t o

g e t

p r e t t y

steamy,

we

DISSOLVE TO:

58

INT.

PAXTON S QU RTERS -

D Y

A room s i m i l a r t o t h e S l i d e r s

q u a r t e r s b u t more e l a b o r a t e l y

d e c o r a t e d .

It s

f i l l e d

with

n a u t i c a l s o u v e n i r s and t r e a s u r e s

t h e p i r a t e s

have plundered . Blue

l i g h t

r e f l e c t i n g from a

s e c r e t O.S. g r o t t o f l i c k e r s

a c r o s s

a

l a r g e bed

where we f i n d

Paxton and Maggie t a n g l e d i n t h e

s h e e t s .

M GGIE

Wow It s been a while .

P XTON

You could

have

fooled me.

She

laughs , a

little embarrasse(j.

M GGIE

My l i f e d o e s n t

leave me much room

f o r

romance.

P XTON

T e l l me.

M GGIE

You

never

know how long

y o u l l be

i n

one

p l a c e .

MORE

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M GGI

CONT D)

What

t ime

you do have you spend

hus t l ing

a

job o r scrounging

a

meal .

Or s tay ing

a

s tep

ahead

o f

th e

l o c a l

au t ho r i t i e s

Paxton l aughs

M GGI

You

meet some good people

somet imes .

People you

might

l i k e

to know

be t t e r

But

t hen it s t ime

to

go again

P XTON

Sounds l one ly

They

la y

t he re

qu i e t l y fo r

a moment.

M GGI

But , you

know,

it s no t a bad life

e i t h e r x c i t i n ~ J And you

a lways

have

your

f r i ends

P XTON

I

know.

Maggie looks

a t

him with

a

smal l r e a l i z a t i o n

M GGI

I

guess

you do.

P XTON

Thanks fo r not running out

on me th e

o th er n ig ht

M GGI

You knew abou t

t ha t ?

He

nods .

P XTON

know you have something e l s e

you

need

t o

do,

bu t

if it

can

wai t

I

uh

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She t u rn s to him expec t an t ly l n

suddenly

an

EXPLOSION rocks

th e room.

M GGI

What's

that?

Paxton

r o l l s

ou t o f

bed, grabbing h is c lo th es and h is

weapon.

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PAXTON

Stay here .

He heads fo r the

door.

MAGGIE

Like he l l .

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39.

58

59

A Coas ta l

Guard

ra id

i s underway.

Duvall

and h is men

are

f i r i ng

a t th e p i ra t e s who s c a t t e r

to

take up defens ive

pos i t ions .

Paxton

rushes from

th e tavern

and

quickly

moves to

r a l l y h is

men.

PAXTON

Defensive pos i t ions

BRICE

Must

have

come ashore up th e

coas t

s i r . They

came

in behind us on foot .

Mr.

Brice

lookouts

PAXTON

How did

they

ge t pas t th e

Maggie fol lows

Paxton from

th e tavern

and immediately

t akes

cover as GUNFIRE r i coche t s arou:nd

her .

Rembrandt, Diana and

Mallory appear

and

scurry to

Maggie 's

pos i t ion .

MAGGIE

You

guys

okay?

REMBRANDT

Yeah. For th e moment.

MALLORY

( to

Maggie)

Where have

you

been?

MAGGIE

Oh,

around.

DIANA

What do

we

do?

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They see Duvall exhort ing h is t roops forward.

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No pr i soners

61

RESUME

SCENE

M GGIE

Don t ge t caught .

As

GUNFIRE EXPLODES

around

th e S l i de r s , we

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EXT

WATERFRONT

DAY

The S l i d e r s t a k e cover as t h e C o a s t i e s p r e s s t h e i r a t t a c k

Paxton

and B r i c e a r e l e a d in g t h e

defense.

MAGGIE

We're s i t t i n g

ducks

out h e r e

MALLORY

I wish your p i r a t e buddy t r u s t e d us

with some

guns.

As

th e GUNFIRE f l i e s around them, Mallory s e e s

63 A PIRATE

DEFENDER

t a k e

a h i t and

go

down,

l o s i n g

h i s weapon.

64

RESUME

SCENE

MALLORY

I m going f o r t h a t gun.

DIANA

Mallory

But h e s a l r e a d y gone.

The

S l i d e r s watch a n x i o u s l y as

65 MALLORY

41.

62

63

64

65

dodges BULLET

HITS as he charges f o r t h e

gun. He d i v e s and

comes

up

with

th e

r i f l e He

FIRES

as

he

t r i e s t o work h i s way

back

t o

th e

S l i d e r s

But

he

d o e s n t see

a

GUARDSMAN coming up

X

behind him. J u s t as t h e C o a s t i e

FIRES,

Brice d i v e s on t o p o f

Mallory and t h e y

r o l l o u t o f t h e

l i n e o f

f i r e

MALLORY

Thanks.

BRICE

I m not here t o save your

t a i l

MALLORY

Thanks

anyway.

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Mallory s t a r t s

t o

r i s e

but

he

f i n d s himsel f s t a r i n g down the

b a r r e l o f D uv a l l s gun. Duvall s tands over them with two

C o a s t i e s .

DUVALL

Ahoy

there.

BRICE

Aw,

h e l l s b e l l s .

Duvall nods t o t h e C o as ti e s who roughly grab Mallory and

Brice

and

haul

them o f f .

66

PAXTON

r a l l i e s h i s

p i r a t e s who

have

gained

t h e

upper

hand

i n

t h e

b a t t l e .

PAXTON

They ' re

on

t h e run,

lads

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66

67

who see Duvall

and

t h e Coas t ies

haul ing

Mallory

and

Brice o f f

i n t o t h e

woods.

DIANA

Mallory

But they can do noth ing but watch h e l p l e s s l y as

D u v a l l s

men

r e t r e a t

with t h e i r

p r i s o n e r s .

68

OMITTED

AND

69

69A EXT. WATERFRONT - DAY A BIT L ~ r E R

68

AND

69

69A

Paxton

moves

c o n f i d e n t l y

through

t h e

chaos,

a

calming

presence

as

he tends t o h is

i n j u r e d men. The

S l i d e r s

i n t e r c e p t him.

REMBRANDT

What

i s

our next

move?

PAXTON

We

l e a v e . F a s t . Duvall

must

have

t r a c k e d us a f t e r t h e l a s t

r a i d .

H e l l be back with more men.

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DIANA

What about Mallory?

PAXTON

What

a b o u t

him?

Maggie

g r a b s

Paxton and s p i n s him around.

43.

69A

X

MAGGIE

H e s a member o f your crew . J u s t X

l i k e

B r i c e .

I

t h o u g h t

t h a t

meant X

something

t o

YOUg

PAXTON

It

d o e s .

R i g h t

now

I m t h i n k i n g

a b o u t t h e ones t h a t a r e

still

b r e a t h i n g . We have t o go o r w e l l

a l l

end

up l i k e

Mallory

o r

them.

X

He p o i n t s t o a

c o u p l e

o f

p i r a t e b o d i e s

c ov ere d w it h

b l a n k e t s

X

l y i n g n e a r b y . He s t a r t s t o move

away, b u t

Maggie f o l l o w s him. X

They now

t a l k

p r i v a t e l y away

from

t h e o t h e r s . X

MAGGIE

What

if

it were me t h e y d

c a p t u r e d ?

PAXTON

You tell me.

He g e s t u r e s around a t t h e p i r a t e s on t h e w a te rf ro n t

l o a d i n g

b o a t s and t e n d i n g

t o

wounded.

PAXTON

Would you want me

r i s k

a l l o f t h e i r

l i v e s

t o

corne a f t e r you?

MAGGIE

Give us

some

weapons and w e l l go

o u r s e l v e s .

PAXTON

F o r g e t

it

MAGGIE

Why?

PAXTON

Because I

d o n t want

t o

r i s k l o s i n g

you, t o o . I I ll need a new

f i r s t mate.

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Maggie i s t a k e n aback by t h i s . He's a s k i n g h e r t o s t a y with

him.

M GGIE

I ll t h i n k

about

it But o n l y if

you

help us

rescue

Mallory.

Maggie h o l d s h i s gaze . The moment i s broken when

Rembrandt

s t e p s up.

REM R NDT

T h e r e s something you need

t o

h e a r .

70 INT. PIRATE HIDEOUT - D Y

The

S l i d e r s

and Paxton

a r e

g a t h e r e d

around

a

r a d i o

on

t h e

b a r .

The camera

roves over t h e i r

f a c e s

as t h e y

l i s t e n

i n t e n t l y

t o

D u v a l l s VOICE on t h e r a d i o

DUV LL

V. O.

t h e s e r e p e a t e d

a t t a c k s

on l i f e

and

p r o p e r t y

must st1op.

As

an

example

t o

t h o s e

who

f l o u t our m aritim e law s,

t h e

p r i s o n e r s t a k e n i n t h i s m o r n i n g s

r a i d with be p u b l i c l y executed

a t

noon

tomorrow.

The S l i d e r s r e a c t t o t h i s .

DUV LL

However, l e n i e n c y may be

shown if

t h e

p r o p e r t y

s t o l e n

from

t h e government

docks i n San Diego

i s

r e t u r n e d

i n t a c t .

Paxton snaps o f f

t h e

r a d i o .

DI N

T h a t s it We j u s t r e t u r n

t h e

cargo

you s t o l e i n exchange f o r Mallory.

Paxton t u r n s t o

t h e o t h e r p i r a t e s g a t h e r e d

around t h e room.

P XTON

Keep l o a d i n g

t h e b o a t s .

I

want t o

be

o u t

o f

h e r e i n one

hour .

As

t h e p i r a t e s

d i s p e r s e

P XTON

to

t h e

Slilders)

It s

n o t

t h a t

easy.

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REM R NDT

No,

it s j u s t

t h a t easy .

You

l o a d

t h o s e

c r a t e s on

a

boat and w e l l make

t h e swap.

45.

70

Paxton

turns to

walk away, but Flernbrandt grabs him by t h e arm.

REM R NDT

What

th e

h e l l

i s wrong with you?

You're going t o l e t

a

man

hang

f o r

a

few

c a s e s

o f

tax--exempt whiskey?

Paxton

s t a r e s

hard

a t t h e S l i d e ~ s weighing

a

d e c i s i o n

71

INT.

STOREROOM

D Y

The

c r a t e s s t o l e n i n

t h e

r a i d

a r e

p i l e d

up

i n t h e

room.

We

see

t h e

c r a t e s from

t h e

secured

a r e a o f t h e

warehouse

with

t h e

u s.

Government s t e n c i l s

on theIne

P XTON

This i s n t about

whiskey.

He

p r i e s open one o f

th e

c a s e s and

we

see it s

f u l l

o f b o l t s

o f heavy b l a c k

c l o t h

REM R NDT

It s

about c l o t h ?

P XTON

It s more than

j u s t

c l o t h

Diana handles t h e f a b r i c

DI N

This i s carbon f i b e r

REM R NDT

What

kind o f f i b e r ?

DI N

You

c o a t

it

with

a

s p e c i a l

r e s i n

and

you can form it

i n t o any

shape . When

it

hardens

it s s t r o n g e r t h a n s t e e l

b u t very

l i g h t w e i g h t

M GGIE

You

make

a i r p l a n e s

ou t

o f

it

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REM R NDT

T h a t s what

t h i s

i s about .

Whoever

has

t h is s t u ff

can s t a r t

a

whole

a i r c r a f t i n d u s t r y

DI N

You

could reshape

t h e

e n t i r e economy

o f t h i s world.

P XTON

T h a t s why I 'm gOling

t o

dump

it

i n

t h e

ocean.

DI N

What?

Why

M GGIE

I know

why.

Once

they

can

b u i l d

p l a n e s b ig enough t o move

a

l o t o f

cargo t h e merchant s h i p s become

o b s o l e t e

( to

Paxton)

You

become o b s o l e t e

P XTON

I m

not

ready

t o

give up our

way

o f

l i f e Not q ui t e y et

M GGIE

And you

t h i n k d e s t r o y i n g

one

shipment

o f

t h i s

s t u f f

i s

going

t o

save

i t ?

P XTON

t s a s t a r t

M GGIE

You

d e s t r o y t h i s

and t h e y l l

j u s t

make more.

You

t h i n k

if

Edison

h a d n t

invented

t h e

l i g h t b u l b someone

e l s e

wouldn ' t have

f i g u r e d it out?

P XTON

I m not ready t o s u r r e n d e r

who we

a r e Not

without

a

f i g h t

( then)

Who's Edison?

M GGIE

You're

going

t o

have

t o f i g h t

t h i s

fight

alone. I'm

not

going to stand

around

and watch you

b e a t

your head

a g a i n s t t h e f u t u r e

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She looks a t

Paxton

with

a

sad r ea li z at i o n t h a t it i s n t going

t o

work

f o r them.

MAGGIE

You

g o t t a

know

when

it s

t ime

t o move

on.

Maggie

and

Paxton lock eyes f o r a long b e a t as he

considers

what s h e s s a i d

72

OMITTED

72A INT.

WAREHOUSE

- DAY

The warehouse

where Paxton ' s

men made t h e i r r a i d t h e n i g h t

b e f o r e Duvall s ta nd s a lo ne .

He

checks h i s watch.

MAGG

I E S .

Duvall?

72

72A

Duvall

t u r n s

to see Maggie

s tepping

out

from

behind a p i l e

of

c r a t e s

DUVALL

Wher e's P ax to n?

MAGGIE

Couldn ' t

make

it

I v e

been

a u t h o r i z e d

t o n e g o t i a t e i n h i s p l a c e

DUVALL

T h e r e s

nothing t o n e g o t i a t e Where

a r e t h e

goods?

MAGGIE

Where

a r e

our men?

Duvall nods

t o someone

o f f

camera.

Two

armed C o a s t i e s

s t e p

i n t o view. They

hold

Mallory and

Brice

between

them.

MAGGIE

You okay?

MALLORY

Oh,

yeah. These guys

have been

t h e

p e r f e c t h o s t s

DUVALL

Now

where i s

i t ?

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Maggie nods f o r them t o follow h e r .

73

OMITTED

73A

NT ANOTHER PART OF THE

W R HocrS

48.

72A

73

X

73A(X

Duvall fol lows Maggie th rough t h e

warehouse.

The Gua rd smen

X

drag B r i c e and Mallory

behind.

Rembrandt and Diana s t a n d near X

t h e

s to le n c r a te s

which a r e covered

with a

t a r p .

X

M GGIE

There

you go.

DUV LL

Thank you.

Suddenly,

a h a l f dozen

more

armed Guardsmen

emerge

from

h i d i n g X

and

t r a i n

t h e i r

weapons

on t h e S l i d e r s .

Rembrandt

and

Diana

r a i s e

t h e i r

hands .

DUV LL

ll

s e e

you a l l hang on th e

s i x

o c l o c k

news.

Duvall

s t e p s up

t o

t h e

c r a t e s .

DUV LL

I j u s t r e g r e t t h a t

m y o I d f r i e n d

Paxton

won ' t

be

w i t h

you.

He th row s b ack t h e t a r p . Suddenly, a gun b ar r e l r i s e s from

between t h e c r a t e s .

P XTON

I h a t e t o d i s a p p o i n t an o l d f r i e n d .

Paxton s lowly r i s e s

from amidst t h e

c r a t e s

a smile on h i s

face

and

t h e gun t r a i n e d on Duval l .

M GGIE

S u r p r i s e .

P XTON

T e l l

your men

t o drop t h e i r

guns .

DUV LL

Your days

a r e numbered,

Paxton.

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l XTON

Maybe. Maybe t h e y a r e But yours

a r e ove r u n l e s s t h e y drop

t h o s e

guns .

lDUVALL

Lower your weapons

The C o a s t i e s drop t h e i r

guns .

Mallory and

B r i c e

j o i n t h e

S l i d e r s Paxton r a i s e s

h i s

weapon

and

l e v e l s r i g h t a t

Duval l .

:PAXTON

I v e been w a i t i n g

t o

do

t h i s

f o r a

long t i m e

His

f i n g e r

t i g h t e n s

on

t h e t r i g g e r

Duval l

f l i n c h e s

JMAGGIE

Paxton.

Paxton g l a n c e s a t Maggie, t h e n

back

a t

Duval l .

P XTON

Maybe n e x t t

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