Ripple Of Regret

RIPPLE OF REGRET

 Written by Pauly Shaw 2015

 

 The screenplay may not be used or reproduced

 without written permission by the author

 

 RIPPLE OF REGRET

 Deleting unwanted memories using drugs and alcohol is not Pauly's forte yet he discovers an unorthodox method for permanently removing those regrettable recollections

 

 

 SET - INT, Kitchen

 TIME - Present, 5.16pm

 

 General conversation between Pauly and Tessa

 Microwave reads  5.17pm

 

 CUT TO

 SET - INT, Bathroom

 TIME - Present

 

 Pauly showers

 Pauly brushes hair/teeth in front of the mirror

 Tessa enters the bathroom

 Pauly stares into the mirror while brushing his teeth

 Pauly accidentally elbows Tessa in the mouth while brushing his teeth

 Tessa cups her mouth with her hands

 Pauly comforts Tessa

 

 CUT TO

 SET - INT, Bedroom

 TIME - Present

 

 General conversation as Pauly and Tessa prepare the bed to sleep in

 

 CUT TO

 SET - INT, Bedroom

 TIME - Present (next morning) 6.35am

 

 Tessa kisses a sleeping Pauly on the forehead and says goodbye

 Pauly eventually crawls out of bed

 Pauly showers

 Pauly brushes hair/teeth in front of mirror

 FLASHBACK - (distorted picture) elbowing Tessa in the mouth

 LOUD BASS THUMP, the mirror ripples like a stone thrown in water

 Pauly acknowledges, stunned face

 Pauly touches mirror with his left index finger

 LOUD BASS THUMP, the mirror ripples like a stone thrown in water

 Pauly slowly puts his left wrist through the mirror

 LOUD SUCKING NOISE, WHITE FLASH, Pauly disappears through the mirror

 

 CUT TO

 SET - INT, House

 TIME - Unknown

 

 Hallway, LOUD SUCKING NOISE, WHITE FLASH, Pauly falls from a horizontal wall hung mirror

 Pauly crashes to the ground

 Pauly afraid, staggers to stand

 Pauly looks around, notices that he has come from the bathroom through the mirrors and is now in the hallway.

 Pauly curiously looks at the horizontal wall hung mirror

 

 CUT TO

 SET - INT, Kitchen

 TIME - Unknown

 

 Pauly enters the kitchen

 Microwave reads 5.11pm

 Pauly hears the front door open

 Pauly watches yesterday's Pauly walk inside the house into a bedroom

 Pauly is gobsmacked

 Pauly fearfully hides behind one side of the television wall unit

 Pauly watches yesterday's Pauly enter the kitchen

 There is a noise at the front door

 Tessa enters the house

 General conversation between yesterday's Pauly and Tessa

 Pauly peeks at Tessa in the kitchen from behind the TV wall unit

 Microwave reads 5.17pm

 

 CUT TO

 SET - INT, Bathroom

 TIME - (yesterday) 5.17pm

 

 Yesterday's Pauly showers

 Yesterday's Pauly brushes hair/teeth in front of mirror

 Pauly still hides behind one side of the TV wall unit

 Pauly watches Tessa enter the bathroom

 Yesterday's Pauly elbows Tessa in the mouth

 Pauly stares in disbelief

 Yesterday's Pauly comforts Tessa

 Yesterday's Pauly and Tessa walk down the hallway into the bedroom

 Pauly walks out from behind the wall unit into the bathroom

 Pauly touches the mirror

 LOUD BASS THUMP, the mirror ripples like a stone thrown in water

 LOUD SUCKING NOISE, WHITE FLASH, Pauly disappears through the mirror

 

 CUT TO

 SET - INT, House

 TIME - Present (same morning) 6.51am

 

 Hallway, LOUD SUCKING NOISE, WHITE FLASH, Pauly falls from the horizontal wall hung mirror

 Pauly crashes to the ground

 Pauly gathers himself

 Pauly takes another look at the horizontal wall hung mirror

 

 CUT TO

 SET - INT, Kitchen

 TIME - Present

 

 Pauly walks into the kitchen

 Microwave reads 6.52am

 Pauly realises that he has travelled back in time and has now returned to the present

 Pauly takes a moment to think to himself

 Pauly understands that he has the opportunity to change the past

 Pauly runs into the bathroom

 

 CUT TO

 SET - INT, Bathroom

 TIME - Present

 

 Pauly stares at the bathroom mirror

 FLASHBACK - (distorted picture) elbowing Tessa in the mouth

 LOUD BASS THUMP, the mirror ripples like a stone thrown in water

 Pauly taps the mirror with his left index finger

 LOUD BASS THUMP, the mirror ripples like a stone thrown in water

 LOUD SUCKING NOISE, WHITE FLASH, Pauly disappears through the mirror

 

 CUT TO

 SET - INT, House

 TIME - Unknown

 

 Hallway, LOUD SUCKING NOISE, WHITE FLASH, Pauly falls from the horizontal wall hung mirror

 Pauly crashes to the ground

 Pauly regathers himself

 

 CUT TO

 SET - INT, Kitchen

 TIME - Unknown

 

 Pauly enters the kitchen

 Microwave reads 5.11pm

 Pauly looks back and forth

 Pauly runs down the hallway into a bedroom

 

 CUT TO

 SET - INT, Bedroom

 TIME - (yesterday) 5.11pm

 

 Pauly hides behind the bedroom door

 Pauly looks down and around

 Pauly grabs a plastic bag hanging on the back of the door knob and empties the contents onto the bed (magazines, drink bottle, gum, hair ties)

 Pauly hears the front door open

 Pauly stands in silence and nervously holds the handles of the plastic bag

 Yesterday’s Pauly walks into the bedroom, stops and stares at the contents on the bed

 Pauly throws the plastic bag over yesterday's Pauly's head

 Yesterday's Pauly, afraid, struggles and fights to survive

 Pauly pulls tighter on the plastic bag

 Yesterday's Pauly gasps for one last breath

 Pauly lowers dead Pauly onto the bed gently

 Pauly stands out of breath, shocked and exhilarated

 Pauly moves dead Pauly to underneath the bed

 A silhouette of a man can be seen in the background

 

 CUT TO

 SET - INT, Kitchen

 TIME 5:16

 

 Microwave reads 5.16pm

 There is a noise at the front door

 Pauly takes one deep breath

 Tessa enters the house and walks into the kitchen

 General conversation between Pauly and Tessa

 

 CUT TO

 SET - INT, Bathroom

 TIME - Present (yesterday)

 

 Pauly showers

 Pauly curiously steps out of the shower

 Pauly brushes hair/teeth in front of mirror

 Tessa enters

 Pauly watches Tessa at the corner of his eye

 Pauly turns and kisses Tessa on the cheek

 Tessa smiles

 Tessa starts to brush her teeth

 Pauly and Tessa walk hand in hand out of the bathroom

 

 CUT TO

 SET - INT, Bedroom

 TIME - Present (yesterday)

 

 General conversation between Pauly and Tessa

 Pauly and Tessa stand either side of the bed, preparing the bed to sleep in

 (VIEW - ankle shot, close up)

 Dead Pauly lies eyes wide open underneath the bed

 Pauly constantly sneaking peeks underneath the bed trying to concentrate on the conversation

 (VIEW - ankle shot, close up)

 Dead Pauly lies eyes wide open underneath the bed

 Pauly and Tessa lay in bed

 Tessa turns the bed light off

 Moonlight shines on Pauly's face lying down, stunned

 Pauly closes his eyes

 (VIEW - ankle shot, close up)

 Dead Pauly lies eyes wide open underneath the bed

 

 CUT TO

 SET - INT, Bedroom

 TIME - Present (next morning) 6.35am

 

 Tessa kisses a sleeping Pauly on the forehead and says goodbye

 Pauly hears the front door slam

 Pauly leans over the side of the bed

 (VIEW - ankle shot with the back of Pauly's head upside down looking under the bed)

 Dead Pauly lies eyes wide open underneath the bed

 Pauly sits up straight in bed, confused

 

 V.O Pauly

 "Holy f**k"

 "What just...What have I..."

 "Holy s**t"

 

 Pauly drags dead Pauly from underneath the bed

 

 CUT TO

 SET - INT, Garage

 TIME - Present

 

 Pauly drags dead Pauly towards the car

 (VIEW - Boot of the car, dead Pauly watches Pauly shut the boot of the car)

 A silhouette of a man can be seen in the background

 

 CUT TO

 SET - EXT, Road

 TIME - Present

 

 (VIEW - close up, passenger shot facing Pauly)

 Pauly drives suspiciously

 Pauly looks left and right

 (VIEW - long shot, watching Pauly's car drive by 2 different locations)

 (VIEW - close up, passenger shot facing Pauly)

 Pauly looks precariously in the rear view mirror

 Pauly pulls over into bushland

 (VIEW - long shot, Pauly driving into thick bushland)

 Pauly gets out of the car and heads towards the boot

 Pauly looks left and right

 (VIEW - close up, walking ankle shot of legs being dragged along the ground)

 Pauly dumps dead Pauly onto the ground

 Pauly gathers large shrubs

 Pauly covers dead Pauly with the shrubs and debris

 Pauly returns to the car

 (VIEW - close up, passenger shot facing Pauly)

 Pauly looks worried and very confused

 

 V.O Pauly

 "I just killed myself" *statement

 "I just killed myself" *confused

 

 (VIEW - on the bonnet of the car facing internally to Pauly driving)

 

 V.O Pauly

 "I just killed myself" *smirking

 "I just changed the past!" *smiling

 

 CUT TO

 SET - INT, Bedroom

 TIME - Present (the next day)

 

 Tessa kisses a sleeping Pauly on the forehead and says goodbye

 Tessa walks out of the bedroom

 The front door can be heard as it closes shut

 Pauly rushes out of bed

 

 CUT TO

 SET - INT, Bathroom

 TIME - Present

 

 Pauly enters the bathroom

 Pauly stares at the mirror

 FLASHBACK - (distorted picture) fast/scattered play - Pauly cheating on Tessa with another girl

 LOUD BASS THUMP, the mirror ripples like a stone thrown in water

 Pauly stares at the mirror

 LOUD SUCKING NOISE, WHITE FLASH, Pauly disappears through the mirror

 

 CUT TO

 SET - INT, House

 TIME - Unknown

 

 Hallway, LOUD SUCKING NOISE, WHITE FLASH, Pauly falls from the horizontal wall hung mirror

 Pauly crashes to the ground

 Pauly looks up at the horizontal wall hung mirror

 Pauly gathers himself

 Pauly walks towards the kitchen holding his left elbow in pain

 

 CUT TO

 SET - INT, Kitchen

 TIME - Unknown

 

 Pauly walks into the kitchen

 Microwave reads 7.46pm

 Pauly takes a large kitchen knife from its holder that is placed on the bench

 Pauly hears the door, runs and hides behind one side of the TV wall unit

 Past Pauly walks into the kitchen

 Past Pauly throws his wallet, phone and some paperwork on the kitchen bench

 Past Pauly waits impatiently, pacing the kitchen floor

 Past Pauly pokes his head down the hallway and glances at the front door

 Pauly creeps up behind past Pauly

 Pauly stabs past Pauly on an upwards forty-five degree angle into the left hand side of his throat

 (VIEW - close up, past Pauly's shocked face with the knife hanging out of his throat)

 Past Pauly feels the knife with his hands

 Past Pauly raises his hands to eye height, dripping blood from both hands

 Past Pauly drops to the ground

 (VIEW - close up, past Pauly stares looking up at Pauly)

 

 V.O Pauly

 "Filthy cheat!"

 

 There is a knock at the door

 Pauly stands over dead Pauly

 Pauly looks down on dead Pauly one more time then steps over him

 A silhouette of a man can be seen in the background

 

 CUT TO

 SET - INT, Front door

 TIME - Present, 8.03

 

 Pauly stands at the door and takes a deep breath

 Pauly opens the door

 (VIEW - close up, behind Pauly as he looks out the front door)

 There in the doorway is a young lady wearing a denim jacket, short skirt and high heels smoking a cigarette

 

 PAULY

 "Sorry, I made a mistake"

 

 Pauly closes the door

 

 CUT TO

 SET " EXT, Bushland

 TIME- Present

 

 (VIEW - close up, walking ankle shot of legs being dragged along the ground)

 Pauly dumps dead Pauly onto the ground

 (VIEW - close up, notices two bodies)

 Pauly gathers large shrubs

 Pauly covers the dead Paulys with more debris

 Pauly returns to the car

 

 CUT TO

 SET - INT, House

 TIME - Present

 

 Pauly enters the house through the front door

 Pauly walks by the horizontal wall hung mirror

 Pauly stares at the mirror then tilts his head

 Pauly grabs the mirror and flips it to vertical using the back string to reposition it

 Pauly pauses and smiles

 

 CUT TO

 SET - INT, Bathroom

 TIME - Present

 

 Pauly enters the bathroom

 Pauly stares at the mirror

 LOUD BASS THUMP, the mirror ripples like a stone thrown in water

 LOUD SUCKING NOISE, WHITE FLASH, Pauly disappears through the mirror

 

 CUT TO

 SET - INT, Bedroom

 TIME - Present

 

 Tessa kisses a sleeping Pauly on the forehead and says goodbye

 Tessa walks out of the bedroom

 The front door can be heard as it closes shut

 Pauly rushes out of bed

 

 CUT TO

 SET - INT, Bathroom

 TIME - Present

 

 Pauly enters the bathroom

 Pauly stares at the mirror

 FLASHBACK - (distorted picture) fast/scattered play - massive fight at home between Pauly and Tessa over Pauly's intoxicated state that breaks them up for three days after Pauly trashes the house in rage)

 LOUD BASS THUMP, the mirror ripples like a stone thrown in water

 LOUD SUCKING NOISE, WHITE FLASH, Pauly disappears through the mirror

 

 CUT TO

 SET - INT, House

 TIME - Unknown

 

 Hallway, LOUD SUCKING NOISE, WHITE FLASH, Pauly casually steps out from the vertical wall hung mirror

 Pauly turns to the mirror and smirks to his reflection

 

 V.O Pauly

 "Much better"

 

 CUT TO

 SET - INT, Lounge room

 TIME - Unknown

 

 Pauly sits and waits patiently on the couch wearing a killers face

 Pauly hears loud banging noises coming from the front of the house

 Pauly hides behind one side of the TV wall unit

 A staggering drunk Pauly enters the lounge room

 Pauly creeps up behind drunken Pauly, grabbing him by the hair and forces his head into the fish tank water

 (VIEW - close up, drunken Pauly's head in the fish tank water upside down fighting and thrashing against Pauly's forced hands)

 (VIEW - long shot, Pauly holding drunken Pauly's head in the fish tank water as they both fight each other)

 (VIEW - close up, drunken Pauly's face upside down frightened and yelling air bubbles gasping for air)

 (VIEW - close up, dead Pauly drowned, upside down in the fish tank)

 Fish swim by dead Pauly's upside down head

 Pauly drags dead Pauly to the spare room

 

 CUT TO

 SET - INT, Spare room

 TIME - Unknown

 

 Pauly lifts dead Pauly into the cupboard

 Pauly adjusts dead Pauly's body into the cupboard

 

 V.O Pauly

 "F*****g drunk"

 

 Pauly closes the cupboard doors

 A silhouette of a man can be seen in the background

 

 CUT TO

 SET - INT, Lounge room

 TIME - Unknown

 

 Pauly waits for Tessa to arrive, he sits patiently

 Tessa enters the house

 Pauly springs out of his chair and greets Tessa with a kiss

 

 Pauly

 "Hey babe, do you want to go to Southbank for dinner then a movie"

 

 Tessa

 "Sounds great! When do you want to leave?"

 

 Pauly

 "Get ready and let's roll"

 

 CUT TO

 SET - INT, House

 TIME - Unknown

 

 Pauly and Tessa enter the house

 They both walk into the bedroom

 

 CUT TO

 SET - INT, Bedroom

 TIME - Unknown

 

 Pauly and Tessa prepare the bed to sleep in

 

 Tessa

 "Thanks for tonight babe; I'm so full and tired"

 

 Pauly and Tessa lay in bed

 Tessa rolls over away from Pauly

 

 Pauly

 "Night babe"

 

 Tessa

 "Night"

 

 Moments later there is a bang from the other end of the hallway

 Pauly and Tessa rise to a sitting position in bed

 

 Tessa (whispers)

 "What was that? Is somebody in the house?"

 

 Pauly (whispers)

 "I don't know, I'll check it out"

 

 Tessa (worried)

 "Pauly be careful"

 

 (VIEW - long shot, in darkness, at the other end of the hallway facing the front door)

 Pauly pokes his head out of the bedroom, looks left to down the hallway

 Pauly walks down the hallway investigating slowly

 Pauly looks inside the spare room and finds dead Pauly's arm hanging out of the cupboard

 

 CUT TO

 SET - INT, Spare room

 TIME - Unknown

 

 Pauly lifts dead Pauly's arm back into the cupboard as he then tries to shut the door

 

 Tessa (shouts)

 "Babe, what's going on?"

 

 Pauly

 "Nothing..."

 

 CUT TO

 SET - INT, Bedroom

 TIME - Unknown

 

 Pauly walks back into the bedroom

 

 Tessa

 "What happened?"

 

 Pauly makes his way to the bed

 

 Pauly

 "Ar...the photo of us in the spare room string broke and fell off the wall"

 

 Pauly lays back into bed

 

 (VIEW - Black, 3 seconds)

 

 CUT TO

 SET - INT, Bedroom

 TIME - Unknown

 

 The bed side alarm clock reads 10.15pm

 Pauly creeps out of bed

 

 CUT TO

 SET - INT, Spare room

 TIME - 10.15pm

 

 Pauly enters the spare room

 Pauly opens the cupboard and finds dead Pauly squished inside

 

 Pauly

 "Come on you drunk"

 

 Pauly drags dead Pauly quietly out of the spare room

 

 CUT TO

 SET - EXT, Bushland

 TIME - Unknown

 

 (VIEW - close up, walking ankle shot of legs being dragged along the ground)

 Pauly dumps dead Pauly onto the ground

 (VIEW - notices three bodies)

 Pauly gathers large shrubs

 Pauly covers dead Paulys with more debris

 Pauly notices that the dead Paulys are now very visible

 Pauly realises that he needs to dispose of the dead Paulys before they're noticed

 Pauly returns to the car

 (VIEW - long high tree shot, Pauly drives away from the site)

 

 CUT TO

 SET - EXT, Bushland

 TIME - Unknown

 

 (VIEW - long shot, Pauly drives in returning to the bodies)

 Pauly steps out of the car

 Pauly heads towards the boot of the car

 Pauly removes a red canister of fuel

 (VIEW - close up, dead Paulys looking up at Pauly standing over them)

 Pauly doses the dead Paulys with fuel

 A noise from the bushes startles Pauly

 Pauly takes a second to look around

 Pauly empties the canister of fuel on the dead Paulys

 Pauly runs a trail of fuel away from the dead Paulys towards his car

 Pauly kneels and ignites the trail of fuel with a lighter

 A silhouette of a man can be seen in the background

 (VIEW - long high tree shot, Pauly drives away from the burning inferno)

 

 CUT TO

 SET - EXT, Garage

 TIME - Unknown

 

 Pauly returns home driving into the garage

 

 CUT TO

 SET - INT, Bathroom

 TIME - Unknown

 

 Pauly enters the bathroom

 Pauly knows he must return to his present time

 Pauly taps the mirror with his left index finger

 Pauly stares at the mirror

 LOUD BASS THUMP, the mirror ripples like a stone thrown in water

 LOUD SUCKING NOISE, WHITE FLASH, Pauly disappears through the mirror

 

 CUT TO

 SET - INT, Bedroom

 TIME - Present

 

 Tessa kisses a sleeping Pauly on the forehead and says goodbye

 Pauly lays on his back and visualises memories, planning his next trip

 Pauly uses the time carefully to choose

 Pauly realises his options are endless as he smirks to himself

 Pauly stands up out of bed and walks to the window

 Pauly pulls the shade open vertically

 The sun glares into Pauly's squinting eyes

 Pauly watches cars drive by

 (VIEW - long shot from the window looking outside)

 People walk by

 Birds fly past

 

 CUT TO

 SET - EXT, Front stairs

 TIME - Present

 

 (VIEW - long shot, at the bottom of the front stairs facing the door)

 Pauly opens the door

 Pauly steps forward and looks up at the sky

 Pauly looks to the neighbours’ yard looking left then right

 

 V.O Pauly

 "I can change...anything"

 

 Pauly smirks to himself

 Pauly walks back inside swinging the door closed behind him

 

 CUT TO

 SET - INT, Bathroom

 TIME - Present

 

 Pauly stands in the bathroom and stares at the mirror

 

 V.O Pauly (long pauses between words)

 "Not today! Because....I haven't lived this day... Let's see what happens...

 "I'll Change it later"

 

 Pauly smiles

 

 CUT TO

 SET - EXT, Car yard

 TIME - Present

 

 Man

 "Sign here, and date there please"

 "Ok. Enjoy Mr Shaw! See you tomorrow"

 

 (Ringing phone - Pauly looks at his phone and ignores the call, placing the cell phone back into his pocket)

 

 CUT TO

 SET - EXT, Street

 TIME - Present

 

 (VIEW - long shot, bird’s eye view)

 Pauly drives erratically in a silver Lamborghini

 Smoke pours from the rear tyres through city blocks

 (VIEW - car bonnet facing internally to the driver’s seat)

 Pauly's hair blows in the fast wind

 Pauly laughs uncontrollably

 

 CUT TO

 SET - EXT, Back alley

 TIME - Present

 

 Silver Lamborghini - crashed and is on fire

 Pauly walks away carelessly from the wreckage

 (Ringing phone - Pauly looks at his phone and ignores the call, placing the cell phone back into his pocket)

 

 CUT TO

 SET - INT, Bank

 TIME - Present

 

 Pauly waits in line

 Pauly speaks to an employee behind the counter

 Pauly signs paperwork reading WITHDRAWAL $10,000

 (Ringing phone - Pauly looks at his phone and ignores the call, placing the cell phone back into his pocket)

 

 CUT TO

 SET - INT, Casino

 TIME - Present

 

 Pauly places a large amount of chips on a roulette table.

 Pauly stands smiling in a cheering crowd of people as the roulette tables spins another black

 

 CUT TO

 SET - INT, Strip club

 TIME - Present

 

 Pauly puffs on a large cigar as he holds a margarita in his right hand whilst women dance around him in a secluded private area

 A silhouette of a man can be seen in the background

 Pauly receives sexual encounters from numerous women

 Pauly snorts cocaine off the breasts of one of the strippers

 (VIEW - close up, swirls around Pauly's head as he looks up to the ceiling, uncontrollably laughing whilst the VIEW increases speed into a drunken blur)

 

 CUT TO

 SET - INT, House

 TIME - Present

 

 Pauly staggers through the front door of the house

 Pauly enters the bedroom

 

 CUT TO

 SET - INT, Bedroom

 TIME - Present

 

 Tessa is woken by a clumsy Pauly

 

 Tessa

 "Where the f**k have you been all day? I've been constantly ringing you!"

 

 Pauly

 "I met up with the boys today and we all went to the pub...sorry my phone died"

 

 Tessa

 "You could have called me from anyone's phone"

 

 Pauly stumbles out of the room

 

 CUT TO

 SET - INT, Bathroom

 TIME - Present

 

 Pauly walks into the bathroom and tries to ripple back through the mirror but passes out onto the floor

 (VIEW - Black - close up, eventually, eyelids blink in our view in an unconventional pattern)

 Background noise is heard as the VIEW drifts to the TV in the lounge room

 

 TELEVISION SHOT

 (TV PERSENTER)

 "Police have discovered multiple bodies in the outskirts of Ipswich Bushland where they have been found burnt. Autopsies are currently in progress to determine the cause of death. 7 news was on the scene this morning and Detective John Carter had this to say."

 

 John Carter

 "This is a horrific, multiple homicide with the killer still on the loose. We are after anyone who was in the area over the last 48hrs. 60mtrs away is a walking track to the River of Kholo Bridge so people must have walked by within the last 2 days. It is very important that if you were in the area to contact police immediately even if you saw nothing. It is important that you tell us that you saw or know nothing so we can discover a time line."

 

 TV PRESENTER

 "Tracey is at the scene. Tracey can you tell us what stage the police are at and who they are looking for"

 

 TRACEY

 "Well Richard, the discovery has shocked this small community. A local man who was on the walking track late yesterday afternoon noticed smoke coming from the area and went to investigate uncovering partially burnt bodies as he then called police in a panic to attend the area. At this stage the police are treating this case with severe urgency but unfortunately there are no suspects at this point of time. Richard."

 

 TV PRESENTER

 "Thanks Tracey and we'll have more on this story as it develops."

 

 CUT TO

 SET - INT, Bathroom

 TIME - Present

 

 (VIEW - close up, Pauly lies on the bathroom floor)

 Pauly blinks and finally regathers himself

 Pauly stands to his feet

 Pauly looks over to the TV

 Pauly stares at the mirror

 Pauly slouches over the vanity unit with both fists on the bench top

 Pauly takes a moment to decide on what to do.

 

 V.O. Pauly

 "I need to fix this. Past Paulys aren't the problem... I am!"

 

 FLASHBACK

 (VIEW - fast/scattered play - all the events that has happened to Pauly scrolling backwards)

 

(EVENTS THAT HAVE HAPPENED)

 Laying on the bathroom floor

 Snorting cocaine

 Playing Roulette

 Withdrawing money at the bank

 Crashing the Lamborghini

 Skidding the Lamborghini

 A forehead kiss

 Burning the bodies

 Drowning drunk Pauly

 A forehead kiss

 Stabbing cheating Pauly

 A forehead kiss

 Pauly gathers shrubs

 A forehead kiss

 Suffocating Pauly

 Ripple through the mirror

 Brushing teeth

 Elbowing Tessa

 (VIEW - close up, from inside the mirror returns to a slouched Pauly)

 Pauly touches the mirror

 LOUD BASS THUMP

 Unexpectedly, Pauly's throat is slit by a large kitchen knife

 Blood pours from Pauly's neck

 Pauly tries to use his hands to stop the blood

 Pauly pauses as he looks into the mirror with eyes wide open while the blood flows heavily through his hands

 Pauly's eyes turns slowly towards the VIEW'S right

 Tessa stands there with a large kitchen knife dripping blood

 

 Tessa (in a calm voice as she gets angrier)

 "I've been watching you...Murderer...cheater...

 

 Pauly flashes back as the VIEW zooms in quickly into his stunned eyes

 

 FLASHBACK

 Pauly burning the bodies in the bush as he hears a noise in the distance

 A silhouette of a man can be seen in the background

 The moonlight shows that the face of the silhouetted man is Tessa

 

 (VIEW - close up, Pauly's stunned face staring at Tessa)

 

 FLASHBACK

 More flashbacks occur as the silhouetted Tessa watches Pauly kill, cheat and misbehave

 

 Pauly slides down the wall leaving a trail of blood

 Pauly gasps for his last breath

 Tessa drops the knife and regathers herself

 Tessa looks into the mirror and prepares herself

 FLASHBACK - (distorted picture) Tessa meeting Pauly for the very first time at the airport

 LOUD BASS THUMP, the mirror ripples like a stone thrown in water

 Tessa stares at the mirror

 LOUD SUCKING NOISE, WHITE FLASH, Tessa disappears through the mirror

 Pauly lays on the floor...dead

 

 CUT TO

 SET - INT, AIRPORT

 TIME - UNKNOWN

 

 (VIEW - close up, at knee height with a woman's stride in an airport lobby)

 The woman is wearing red high heels

 The VIEW eventually pans out to Tessa's full body

 Tessa drags a luggage bag in her right hand

 Tessa searches through her handbag while she walks at a fast pace

 Tessa drops her passport

 (VIEW - close up, to the passport on the tiled floor)

 A man’s hand appears in the VIEW

 Tessa uses her left red high heel to stand on the passport beside the man’s fingertips that are clasp on the passport

 

 (VIEW - long shot, a man in a suit is knelling down at Tessa's feet

 

 Tessa

 "It's ok, I've got it...thank you"

 

 Tessa kneels down to pick up the passport

 

 (VIEW - long shot, watches Tessa walk away from the man’s left shoulder)

 (VIEW - close up, Pauly's face)

 Pauly seems confused and has a known familiarity for the lady

 Pauly squints one eye as he raises the opposite eyebrow thinking to himself, that was a weird encounter

 Pauly stares and watches the lady walk away

 (VIEW - long shot, internal to the sliding doors facing the exit of the airport in a sunset view)

 Pauly watches Tessa walk out the airport’s sliding doors

 

 CUT TO

 BLACK SCREEN

 THE SCREEN THEN READS

 

 2 MONTHS LATER

 

 CUT TO

 SET - INT, Kitchen

 TIME - 12.30pm

 

 Another happy couple gaze at their brand new home they have purchased as newly weds

 The proud owners kiss and smile as they inspect their new home

 The female carries a handbag

 

 MALE

 "This is it babe! Our first home"

 

 They kiss and stare into each other’s eyes

 

 FEMALE

 "I love you baby"

 

 The couple smile at each other as the male turns away

 

 MALE

 "Well, let's get stared. The furniture is not going to move itself"

 

 FEMALE

 "I'll just be a sec"

 

 The female walks into the bathroom to use the toilet

 (VIEW - long shot, from the lounge room, fixates on the bathroom mirror as the female closes the door behind her then slowly moves towards the door as it eventually goes through directing the VIEW to the mirror)

 The female flushes the toilet, washes her hands and stares at the mirror

 (VIEW - close up, switches from inside the mirror and then a long shot side view of the female looking at herself in the mirror multiple times)

 The female scatters through her handbag and pulls out red lipstick

 The female applies the lipstick multiple times as she rubs her lips together for an even finish

 (VIEW - close up, is front on to the female from inside the mirror)

 LOUD BASS THUMP, the mirror ripples like a stone thrown in water

 The female stunned, drops her lipstick in disbelief

 LOUD SUCKING NOISE

 WHITE FLASH

 

 

 THE END