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Panel 1:Dog Boy shoots toward the man and shoves him into a nearby gate.
Panel 2:He begins mercilessly bashing him in the face, howling wildly as he did
so. The man eventually goes limp
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Panel 1:Dog boy backs away, his hands dripping with blood.
Panel 2:Dog boy turns to the woman and clutches her face, surveying her
thoughtfully.
She omits a scream
Panel 3: Dog boy releases her from his grasp.
She
runs off into the night.
Panel 4:Dog boy turns to the
unconscious man and takes out a knife from his belt.
DOG BOY: (whispers): Teach him good.
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Setting: Hospital
Panel 1: The man lies on a hospital
bed screaming in pain, clutching the bloody stump that was his hand.
DOCTOR to the PARAMEDIC: Where’s the hand
PARAMEDIC: It wasn’t on site.
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Panel 2, setting: Park
Dog boy peers into a jar
holding the severed hand.
Panel 3:He places the jar in a hole and begins to bury it.
Enter policeman
POLICEMAN: Hey! What the hell is that?
Dog boy looked nervously at
the policeman and continued to bury the hand.
The
policeman comes closer.
Panel 4: POLICEMAN: What are you doing?
The
policeman peers over Dog boy’s shoulder to see the partially covered jar.
Panel 5:POLICEMAN: What is that?
The
policeman shoves dog boy aside and picks the jar up.
Panel 6:POLICEMAN: Holy hell
Dog boy knocks the policeman
to the ground and darts off. The policeman clicks his radio.
Panel 7:POLICEMAN: We’ve got 8-20. ID: 6 foot 2
Caucasian male. Slender build, dirty brown hair, wearing a black coat and blue
jeans. Possibly mentally ill. It’s gonna be hard to miss this guy.
Section
5
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Panel 1:Setting: police station
Dog
boy sits in an interrogation room, handcuffed.
A
man (George Ricotti) and woman (Jeanie Murphy) enter the room.
The
woman sits across from Dog boy and the man stands behind him.
DR. MURPHY: Hello, My name is Jeanie
Murphy. I’ve been asked to speak to you. Can I ask you your name?
DOG BOY: Boy?
Panel 2:Over the shoulder angle
facing Murphy
DR.MURPHY: is that what people call
you?
DOG BOY: No.
Panel 3:
DR. MURPHY: Is that what you like to be called?
DOG BOY: No.
Dog
Boy nervously turns his head to the man behind him.
Panel 4:
DR. MURPHY: Could you wait out side, Officer Ricotti.
OFFICER RICOTTI: I’ll be right outside this
door.
Officer Ricotti exits.
Panel 5:Over the shoulder angle facing Dog Boy
DR. MURPHY: Better?
Dog
Boy nods
DR.MURPHY: Good, So what do you like
to be called?
Panel 6: Dog Boy shrugs
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Panel 1:
DR.MURPHY: Do you understand why
you’re here?
DOG BOY: Because of the hand.
DR. MURPHY: Yes, Why did you have it?
DOG BOY: I taught him good.
Panel 2:
DR. MURPHY: What do you mean?
DOG BOY: He was bad. I taught him
good.
Panel3:
DR. MURPHY: Tell me what happened.
DOG BOY: I saw her. The pretty lady
and he came and grabbed her arm. So I took his hand away. He’ll be good now. I
taught him to be good.
Panel 4:
DR.MURPHY: Do you understand why that
is wrong?
DOG BOY: What?
DR.MURPHY: Do you understand why
cutting a hand off is wrong?
DOG BOY: It’s not.
DR.MURPHY: It’s not good to hurt
people like that.
DOG BOY (slightly agitated): It’s not bad.
Panel 5:
DR. MURPHY: Let’s change the subject. Why’d you take
the hand to the park?
Dog
Boy shrugs
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Panel 1:
DR. MURPHY: Did you do something like
this before?
DOG BOY: Can I go. I don’t like it
here.
Panel 2:
DR. MURPHY: I’m afraid that’s not possible. The fact is
you hurt someone and we can’t let you go until we know you won’t do it again.
DOG BOY: I don’t like it here. I
want to go.
Panel 3:
DR.MURPHY: I can’t do that.
DOG BOY (slightly agitated): I want to go.
DR.MURPHY: Calm down
Panel 4:
DOG BOY: I want to go.
Dog
Boy stands
DR. MURPHY: Please sit down and calm
yourself.
Panel 5:
DOG BOY: (Highly
agitated) I want to go.
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11
Panel 1:Officer Ricotti re-enters
Dog Boy spins around and
charges at Ricotti, knocks him into a wall and Ricottifalls in a heap.
Panel 2:Dog Boy exits out of the
room and is met by two officers in the hall.
OFFICER 1: That’s as far as you go.
Panel 3:Dog Boy kicks in officer 1’s knee.
Panel 4:Then darts around officer2.
Panel 5:Officer 2 manages to grab
dog boy around the middle.
Dog Boy kicks a nearby
wall-knocking officer 2 off balance. Both fall to the ground
Panel 6: Dog Boy is up first.
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Panel 1:Before officer 2 could think
Dog Boy crushes his nose with his heel.
Officer 1, wincing in pain,
attempts to block his way.
Panel 2:Dog Boy dropkicks officer 1 and officer 1 falls to the ground
unconscious.
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Panel 1:Three more men emerge into the hall.
Dog Boy takes the officer 2 as hostage, choking him with the handcuffs.
Dog Boy takes the officer 2 as hostage, choking him with the handcuffs.
The three men stop and stare
cautiously.
Panel 2: Dr. Murphy slowly approaches
DR.MURPHY: Listen to me. Is what
you’re doing now good?
Dog
Boy looks scared and confused.
Panel 3:
DR.MURPHY: Are you being good?
Panel 4:Dog Boy looks at the three men, then at the officer he held hostage and
then at Dr. Murphy and lastly he released the officer.
Panel 5:He sits him in the fetal position, rocking back and forth, weeping.
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14
Panel 1:The three officers charge at
Dog Boy.
DR.MURPHY (in a commanding tone.) Leave him be. Get them to a hospital! Check
on Ricotti back in the room.
Jeanie
sits beside him and cradles his head.
Section
6
Setting: Jail cell
Panel 2:Dog Boy sits in a jail cell
crouched in the fetal position.
Dr.
Murphy comes to Dog boy’s cell.
Dog Boy stands at the bars.
Dog Boy stands at the bars.
DR.MURPHY: I was wondering if you
have a name but don’t want to tell me.
DOG BOY: Boy?
Panel 3:
DR. MURPHY: Is that what your real
name is?
DOG BOY: Only name I remember.
Panel 4: DR. MURPHY: Would you like a real
name?
DOG BOY (hesitantly): Okay.
Panel 5:
DR. MURPHY: Give me your hands.
Jeanie offers her own.
Panel 6:Dog Boy cautiously places
his hands in hers.
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Panel 1:
DR.MURPHY: You look like a Gabriel.
Would it be okay if I called you Gabriel?
DOG BOY: I like Gabriel.
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Panel 2:
Setting: Police Station/ Ricotti’s
desk
Ricotti
sits, icing his neck.
Officer
Pete approaches his desk with a file in hand.
He hands it to Ricotti
OFFICER PETE: You know you’re lucky.
RICOTTI: How so?
Panel 3:Ricotti opens the file.
PETE: He’s some sort of freak.
He took the hand off with a regular pocketknife. The guy snapped the bone with
his bare hands and it broke clean like a fucking twig.
RICOTTI: Serious?
Panel 4:
PETE: Yeah and it looks like
Corky’s a vigilante. He’s linked to a number of beatings and mutilations. All
of them, attempted murders, robberies, rapes. You name it.
RICOTTI: How many exactly?
Panel 5:
PETE: About 40 now. He’s been
doing this for about four years
.
RICOTTI: We got a real name on this
guy?
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Panel 1:
PETE: No, he wouldn’t even exist
if it weren’t for his record.
Section
8
Panel 2:
Setting: Saint Ives Psychiatric
Rehabilitation Center/ Patient’s room
A
bald unshaven man (Bobby Reed) sits cross-legged on his bed, playing his
guitar.
Enter
Emily Mason holding a pill tray
EMILY: How’s my favorite rock star?
BOBBY: Is there such a thing as a good
day in this place.
Panel 3:
EMILY: Awe. Having a bad day?
BOBBY: Spend a night here and tell me different.
Panel 4:
EMILY: It can’t be that horrible.
She
sets the pill tray down on a table and picks up the cup.
Panel 5:
EMILY (playfully): Pill time. Put the guitar down for a second
Mr. Reed.
Bobby
carefully sets the guitar down, uncrosses his legs and stands. He walks up to
her and stand close to her.
Panel 6:She hands him the pills and
drops the pills into his mouth.
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Over
the shoulder angle towards bobby
Panel 1:
EMILY: There we go. Open up please.
Bobby
stares at her for a short while. He opens his mouth to reveal the pill still on
his tongue.
Over
the shoulder angle towards Bobby
Panel 2:
EMILY: Don’t give me trouble today,
Bobby. Please just swallow it.
Panel 3:Bobby closes his mouth and
stares thoughtfully; he gently touches her hair
Panel 4:Emily takes his hand away
from her hair.
EMILY: Bobby, stop it. Just swallow the
pill and sit back down.
Panel 5:Bobby splits the pill out
and shoves her away from him.
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Panel 1:Emily falls on to her back.
Panel 2:Bobby kneels and quickly
snatches her Keycard.
Panel 3:He then turns to get his
guitar.
Emily
gets up and runs to the door
EMILY: (shouting through the door
window) Gary!
Bobby
drops his head and turns around to the door.
BOBBY: (agitated) Of course! Of fucking course.
Panel 4:Bobby runs over to Emily and
grabs her in a headlock
Gary
comes in
Panel 5:
GARY: Shit. Come on bobby let her go. You don’t want this. You were doing
well, man. Just let her go.
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Panel 1:Gary slowly reaches for his
baton.
BOBBY: Don’t! I can snap her neck, so don’t fuck with me.
Panel 2:
GARY: What’s your next move? We can’t let you leave. You’re just making it
worst for yourself. Look, I already sent out the alarm. You let her go now and
calm yourself and you won’t have to worry about anything. We’ll go easy. Just let her go.
Panel 3:Bobby stares at Gary, stony
faced, then releases Emily
She
runs to safety behind Gary.
Gary
slowly approaches Bobby and takes out his baton.
GARY: Okay, now sit on the bed.
Bobby
stays his ground.
Panel 4:
GARY: Come on, Bobby.
Gary
comes in arm length of Bobby.
Panel 5:Bobby grabs the baton and
Gary, still holding with a firm grip, comes with it and is knocked down by a
hard elbow to the nose
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20.
Panel 1: Gary releases his grip on
the baton and Bobby cracks him again and again until Gary dies.
Panel 2:Bobby turns his head towards
Emily. She stares horror struck
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21
Panel 1:Bobby rummages through
Gary’s pockets for his keycard.
Panel 2:He finds it and exits out
the door.
Panel 3:Emily remains in the corner
and begins to cry.
