Crisis in Six Scenes (2016): Season 1, Episode 2 - Episode #1.2 - full transcript

An unwelcome intruder causes terrible panic and tension in a usually placid household.

I...

It's nothing.

Sorry.

Don't wake me again.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

I thought I heard something.

Mm, it was nothing. Go to sleep.

Sid, wake up.

I definitely heard something.

Stop. Stop. Oh, Jesus.

What's the matter? What is it?



- Shh, shh, shh.
- What, what, what do you hear?

- I hear nothing.
- Shh. I heard a noise.

A noise downstairs.

No, I didn't hear anything.

Well, put your hearing aids in,

and then you'll hear, honey.

I don't need my hearing
aid. I can hear well enough.

Sid.

Don't you hear that?

- Listen.
- I don't.

That's nothing.

That's the house settling.

The house settled 25 years ago.

- Sid!
- Forget it.



Go back to sleep.

You know, you've gotten
all nervous tonight.

It's probably 'cause I
didn't put the alarm on.

Oh, my God, Sid, there's
someone in the house.

No.

- There's someone in...
- It's mice.

Remember years ago, we
had an aggressive mouse.

Go, go down and check, honey.

No, no, I'm not going downstairs.

It's 4:00 in the morning,

I'm gonna go back to sleep.

There's somebody in our house, Sid.

Somebody is downstairs in our house.

- Oh.
- Oh, Jesus.

- Listen, you can't...
- What if I go down there

and there is somebody there?

Well, you... don't grapple
with them; don't confront them.

Just come right back up again.

But we really do have to see

what's going on down there.

I'm gonna put my hearing aid in.

I'm gonna put my hearing aid on.

I'm gonna call the police.

Don't call the police.

Ah, you know, don't do...

It's not that urgent yet.

You can't hear that noise?

It's impossible.

- Oh.
- Jesus.

Every time that there's
an electrical storm,

the phone goes out.

- Well, the line is dead.
- The phone's out?

Yes, the line is dead.

Jesus.

Now...

- Well, I...
- Now, Sid.

I don't want to go downstairs.

You know, I'll get my throat cut.

We're being burglarized, honey.

Burglarized, somebody's
downstairs stealing our stuff.

So what? What do we got to steal?

Let 'em take it; they'll
take the pots, the rug.

Who cares? I hate that rug.

I'll go with you. I'll go with you.

- Okay?
- What good are you gonna be?

No, no. Look.

I don't know what exactly, what to do.

I am going with you.

Please get the fireplace poker.

Get the poker?

What if the guy downstairs
has a bigger poker?

Forget it. You're gonna get raped.

I'll get killed.

And naturally, just
when I'm on the verge

of selling my TV series.

And don't resist, you know.

If there's anybody down there,
give 'em all your jewelry.

You never got me any jewelry.

Well, well, you never
wanted any jewelry.

I got you a wedding ring.

I'm not giving him my diamond ring.

Hopefully it'll be too
small for him to notice.

And I'm not giving him the emerald pin

that you gave me for Christmas.

The emerald pin, you can
give him; it's a fake.

It is?

Yeah, it's a very good
fake. It fooled you.

Now you tell me it's a fake?

I showed it to all my friends.

Ah, what's the difference?

You know, I can't that hear well

because I don't have my
batteries of my hearing aid.

Now, we're getting close, so keep quiet.

- Shh.
- Be careful.

- Shh, shh!
- Be careful.

Okay, go ahead.

And don't worry. I'm right behind you.

I'll back you up if
there's any conflict.

Not so loud.

Oh, my God.

Whoever you are, take her emerald.

I got her an emerald pin for Christmas.

Katherine, Mrs. Muntzinger.

Darlene?

Lenny?

Lenny, yes, Lenny Dale.

Oh, my God.

What's going on? You know her?

I need your help, a place
to stay and hide out.

They're after me.

Were you on... You were on the news.

Are you... you're not the woman
the police are looking for?

The pigs, the FBI,

the fascist gestapo
government mercenaries.

Oh, yes, I've read about
you in the newspapers.

I mean, you're all over television.

I know.

The fascist propaganda
machine is in full swing.

We have no jewels, but you
can have her emerald pin.

For Christ's sake.

I'm exhausted. I'm hungry.

I haven't eaten in two days.

What I should do is, I
should probably go upstairs,

and I should probably change
the batteries in my hearing aid.

That way, I'll hear
better, but in the meantime,

you know, give her the emerald pin,

because then she'll go.

Um, I'll be right back,
and you two can chat.

Oh, you poor thing.

Jesus Christ.

I don't know what the
hell is going on here.

Waking me up out of a deep sleep.

You know, it crossed my
mind for a split second

when I saw you on television
that it actually was you,

but the picture was so
blurred and it was so dark

that I thought, "No, can't
be little Lenny Dale."

This is really crazy.

I need your help.

I need to stay here and
hide out for a while.

You know, you don't look
anything like you used to look,

but your expression is the same.

I just remember you as
a little blonde cherub.

Who's the old guy with
you, the caretaker?

That's my husband, Sid.

That guy?

Is he senile or what?

Well, I mean, he's
having a little trouble

with his hearing aids.

In all fairness, you did wake him up

out of a very deep sleep.

You marry him for his money?

For his money?

'Cause, you know,
that's the price you pay

when you pick somebody
older, they become decrepit.

I mean, that guy can't even hear.

Can he see? Is he forgetful?

'Cause short-term memory,
that's the first thing that goes.

Well, he cleans up well.

And, uh, I can't believe this.

You know, I was there
when you were born.

What this?

That's orange juice.

Bottled?

Well, yes, but it's delicious.

It's artificial.

You used to squeeze your
own juice, I remember that.

I'm back.

Isn't that orange juice great?

They put fake pulp in it, you know,

so it's exactly like the real thing.

This, this is Lenny Dale.

- Mm-hmm.
- You saw her on television.

You've read about her, and we
even talked about it briefly.

No, I don't recall that.

You see what I mean?
They forget short term.

Remember how many times I told you about

how her family took me
in after my mother died,

I had no one, and if it wasn't for them

I would have been in
some terrible orphanage.

This country doesn't care
about the less fortunate.

I mean, this is a nation where they have

pay toilets for the public.

That says it all right there.

If you got to go to the
bathroom, then you got to pay.

They were poor, but they took me in,

and they just saved me
from a terrible nightmare.

That's great, you know,
but you didn't have to come

and break in in the middle of the night,

you know, with a gun
at 3:00 in the morning.

You could have called us
and just come at a good hour.

He still doesn't get it.
The brain cells, they go.

You read the newspaper.

Yeah, naturally.

I'm not talking about
the sports and weather.

No, no, no, weather I get from TV.

You know, and I love
it on TV 'cause it's...

But I got to tell you, why they tell me

that there's gonna be a cold
front in Boulder, Colorado?

You know, what the hell
do I have to know that for?

I'm here. I'm 2,000 miles from Colorado.

This guy is definitely senile.

The prison break, the
shooting of the guard,

and everyone is after
her now, everybody.

The police, the FBI.

Yes, yes.

And I recall it now.

I said she was a menace

and that when they catch her,

they shouldn't even
bother to have a trial.

They should just shoot her, yeah, and...

She's the one?

She's the person you're
talking about from the...

The Constitutional
Liberation Army, Lenny Dale.

- I get this.
- Lenny.

I get it. I get it.

But we should turn her in.

There's bound to be a big reward.

We could use the money to
goon our Caribbean vacation.

I am not gonna let the pigs take me,

do you hear what I'm saying?

She came here to hide.

Yeah, yeah, great, great, that's fine.

But all we have to do is dial 911.

There's a lot of money involved.

Are you crazy? She's family.

What kind of family? She's a fugitive.

One man's fugitive is
another man's freedom fighter.

You blew up a draft board, right?

Our armed forces are dropping
napalm on Asian children.

Where'd you get a bomb?

- I make 'em.
- You make 'em?

Do you hear this? She makes bombs.

When I was in camp,
I took basket weaving.

She's not a common criminal.

No, I understand that.

She's a political activist,

and she's ready to die
for her convictions.

I know you're defending
her, but I want her out.

I want her... Give her...

You know, give her some sandwich,

give her, you know,
the emerald if you want.

I'm gonna wipe her fingerprints
off the orange juice glass.

I'm not a criminal. I'm an activist.

Did it ever occur to you that

when you're shooting at
people that they have families?

I don't shoot at anyone. I return fire.

And while we're standing here

debating the morality
of radical politics,

there are hundreds of human beings...

Vietnamese children, American boys...

Being burned alive, maimed, destroyed,

and killed in an unnecessary war.

I know. It's terrible.

Policy is made in the streets.

The government is the one
that's doing the criminal act.

Hey, look, I... Don't tell me.

I know the government is stupid.

I realize that.

You know, Washington

does not attract the finest minds,

but, you know, they're not criminals,

most of them, you know,

the ones that aren't caught.

Bullshit. This country's
run by corporations.

We're gonna be accessories,

yeah, unindicted co-conspirators.

- I see prison.
- You're babbling.

Get used to it. It's
only gonna get worse

as he gets older.

Did anyone see you come in?

No, don't worry.

I want you out of here. I want you go...

This is my home. I forbid you.

I forbid it. I forbid...

This is forbidden to stay here.

This is my home. This is my castle.

And you're going into the moat.

Do you got a bath?

No, don't give her a bath.

You cannot use our
fluids. You're illegal.

I got some clothes out in the car.

Car? You parked the car
in front of the house?

No, I parked in the
woods away from the house.

You stopped to get clothes?

- I stole the clothes.
- Where?

Same place I stole the
car, in Pennsylvania.

Hey, I was saving that
chicken for my lunch tomorrow.

You know, you can't
sleep in the guest room

because there's a guest in it,

and there's a lot of cartons
in the second bedroom,

but I guess you could
sleep in my office,

and you can take a bath upstairs.

I'll get you some pajamas.

No, she's not taking the bath.

You're not getting pajamas.

- Sid, Sid, please.
- She's a fugitive.

A fugitive's eating my chicken.

Jesus, no matter what I do,
I can't go back to sleep.

Her mother died young.

Her father was an actor.

He was blacklisted in the
'50s, couldn't get a job.

I guess he drank himself to death.

Christ, the story get worse and worse

every time you tell it.

Her grandmother was so kind to me,

and her mother did die young,

and she died of a brain hemorrhage.

It was just so unexpected.
She was the healthiest person.

She ate right. She exercised.

There was no sign of it in her family,

no history, no drugs,
no cigarettes, nothing.

The picture of health, and
then one day, like that.

Gee, thanks for telling me that story.

That's just what I have to hear

4:00 in the morning to
get me back to sleep.

She's really... She's a smart girl.

- She really is.
- Yes, but she's...

She's rebellious. She's rebellious.

I know what you're gonna say, but

I can kind of admire the fact

that she's against the status quo.

Stop it, Kay. She's
got blood on her hands.

For Christ's sake, she's got...

You know, all that she
can bathe down there,

but she can not wash away her sins.

No amount of soap, no amount
of water, no detergent,

not even Miracle Cleaner, the
detergent with chlorophyll,

which I did the
commercial for years ago,

will clean this woman.

She's, she's, she's, she's...

You're having a serious breakdown.

Well, there's a hot car parked
right outside in our woods.

A stolen car in our woods.

She's desperate. She's desperate.

She's against the war.

She wants social change.

Listen, Kay, we're all against the war.

We all want social change, you know.

Yes, but what do we do about it?

Well, if you're asking
me, do I shoot anybody,

no, not lately.

No, I'm serious. What do we do about it?

We grouse about the war.
We keep talking about

how there's so much
inequality for blacks

and so much social inequality,
but what do we do about it?

What do we do? Is that your question?

- Yes. Yes!
- Are you...

Are you saying, "What do we do?"

- Yes, what do we do?
- Well, shall I tell you?

Can I answer that question?

Yes, before I fall asleep.

May I answer that question
for you right here?

Can I tell you what we
do? Shall I tell you?

- Yes.
- Okay, I'm gonna tell you.

We don't bomb. We don't
shoot. We don't bomb.

We go into a voting booth.
We part the curtains.

We pull the lever, and
we vote. We vote. We vote.

You're not even registered.

No, I'm not registered,
but if I was registered,

that's what I would do.

You haven't voted in
the last six elections.

Right, because what is the point?

Because no matter who's in office,

the blacks get screwed,
the rich get richer,

the wars go on. You know, what the hell?

But that's her point.

- What is that?
- At 4:30 in the morning?

What is that? Oh, Jesus.

That's the FBI. That's the FBI.

No, no, no, no, Allen
probably forgot his key.

- No, that's the FBI.
- Please.

No, it's the FBI. It's...

It's not the FBI. It's
Allen forgot his key.

Jesus, Kay, we're gonna go to jail.

This is terrible.

I'm gonna throw my self
on the mercy of the court.

I'll say she came in
the middle of the night.

She had a gun. She ate my chicken.

Open up. It's the police.

Oh, my God! Coming!

Don't say anything. We...

I just said something. I said, "Coming."

Coming!

If this is about the Policeman's Ball,

we have tickets already.

Yeah.

Is everything all right?

Yes, everything is fine.

I don't understand your implication.

What are you implying?

It's probably the headlight
on my car, it's broken, right?

I know this, so you don't
have to come out now.

No, not at 4:30 in the morning.

They're very dedicated.

Yeah, but what makes you
think someone is here?

I mean, if, in fact, you
think someone is here.

We don't mean to
disorient you, all right?

Just calm down. I
mean, we just got a call

from the security company
your alarm went off.

It was probably when I reset the alarm.

I pressed the wrong button. I...

He's so mechanically inept,
he can't change a fuse.

I can't change a fuse. She's right.

I...

I couldn't sleep tonight.

I've been sixes and sevens, so...

I can change a fuse, actually.

I was upstairs asleep.

I had a very strenuous haircut today,

so I'm exhausted.

We always set the alarm

because we do not want our throats cut.

Okay, but tonight, you didn't.

No, no, no, I was
fast asleep when you...

I thought you said you couldn't sleep.

No, I couldn't sleep at first,

but then after a while,
magical Morpheus descended

sprinkling sand on my eyes,
and I just went out like a babe.

Okay, well, we came as soon as we could.

Well, so nice of you. Would you like

to come in and have a cup of coffee?

That's the best offer
we've had all night.

Nah, come on, it's against the rules.

You don't want to
break department rules.

You know, they're gonna
lose their pensions.

Oh, we can bend the rules.

Nothing ever happens in this area.

No, I mean, he's right.

It is a pretty safe neighborhood.

And yet, when you least expect it...

You know what? We will
come in for a cup of coffee

if you don't mind,
huh, if it's no trouble.

- Thank you.
- They're coming in.

Thank you very much. Thank you.

- Good work.
- Okay.

Good work. Good work.

What are you doing? Are you nuts?

I was trying to appear nonchalant.

I didn't want them to be suspicious.

Suspi... They weren't suspicious.

They weren't suspicious?
Are you kidding me?

The way you were carrying
on, you would have thought

there was a dead body in the freezer.

I mean, really, you were babbling.

Just come in. Come in.

Come in. Have...

Won't you come in for coffee?

You know, they were about to leave.

I was covering for you.

I don't need you to
cover for me, you know.

You're not a mastermind.

Don't you understand
what would have happened?

They would have gone to the car.

They would have sat in the
car for a minute or two.

They would have realized
how guilty you sounded.

They would've come back
and searched the house.

Oh, great, so...

thanks to you, they're
in the dining room.

Here you go.

Oh, thank you.

Yeah, we figured it was a false alarm,

but you have to check it out.

Well, we're...

We live here alone,

and we've lived here for 26 years,

and we've never had a problem.

Just alone, just the two of us.

It's a very low crime neighborhood,

or maybe I should say
no crime neighborhood.

I mean, once last year, a woman

had her head cut off with a meat ax.

Ah, you can't win 'em all.

Well, and they found the head.

So I read about that. That was...

And then there was a few break-ins

where this, uh, homicidal
maniac was murdering people

and dismembering their bodies.

Yeah.

And down by Pine Street,
those two escaped convicts

butchered a family of four.

- Mm.
- With a chainsaw.

Oh, I hope it was an Olympia chainsaw,

the chainsaw that cuts
through any substance

like it was melted butter.

My husband did the
commercial for that chainsaw.

And then there was that
crazy who was going around

lighting people's houses
on fire while they slept

so they burned to death.

But no other crimes around here.

At least there's no
jaywalking, you know.

Mmm, this is good coffee.

Thank you.

What's that noise.

Who's this?

Oh, I don't...

I don't know. She's obviously lost.

It's our daughter. It's
our daughter, honey.

You really were asleep.

- This is our daughter?
- Yes.

- Since when?
- Elizabeth.

Oh, this is our little girl Priscilla.

So you're not alone.

Our daughter doesn't
count. She was a cesarean.

She looks so familiar.

Yes, to us too.

She doesn't look like either of you.

She was adopted.

Adopted, oh, I have an adopted daughter.

She's lovely, but she has
some psychological problems.

Ours too.

Her parents died in a tsunami.

Yes, they were covered
over with molten lava.

From a tsunami?

Back to bed, honey.

Back to bed. Maybe if I pointed her...

I wouldn't touch her, sir.

They taught us how to just
keep away from sleepwalkers.

Oh, yes. Well, go back to bed.

Go... Sweetheart, go back to bed.

Go back... You got to get rid of her.

- Go back to bed.
- Back to bed, honey.

Who does she remind me of?

- To bed.
- Pigs.

- What?
- Pigs.

Pigs... the pigs...

She's having a farm dream.

She's having a farm dream.

Her father raised pigs.

Fascist pigs.

And he was a fascist, so
he was a fascist pig farmer.

- She's waking up.
- Honey.

- Go back...
- To bed.

Where am I?

Who are you?

These are friends of ours.

They're here for coffee.

Now go back to bed.

Go back to bed, you little...

- Back to bed, honey.
- Get...

- Here we go, back to bed.
- She's...

Is everything all right?

And you gentlemen should be leaving now.

I'm sure the neighborhood
is rife with fiends.

Here you are.

Oh-oh.

Ah, yes, she's always
that way, but, you know,

with a mother's touch.

I guess I would be that way too

if my parents had been
killed in a tsunami, you know,

with molten lava and
falling rocks and a typhoon.

Typhoon, it's a small
novel by Joseph Conrad,

who's Polish, but he
wrote it in English.

So, you know, the Poles, they...

Good night. Good night.

Thanks for the coffee break,

and good luck with
your daughter, you know.

We adoptive parents,

we're always taking a risk, aren't we?

It's a bit of a crap shoot,
but, uh, it's well worth it.

You know, I love mine to death.

Yes, as you can see, I do too.

- Yeah, all right.
- And now out.

She looks like someone I know.

Oh, yes, well, it'll
come to you, I'm sure...

- With my luck.
- Yeah.

Good night.

God, that was close.

It's now officially there.

We're criminals. We've crossed the line.

We're... This is it.

We are?

Yeah, we're harboring a fugitive.

We lied to the police.

I can't think. Really, let's go to bed.

I want her out. I want her out today.

And since it's almost
today, I want her out now.

- Okay, okay.
- I want you to...

Okay. Let's... We're all shot.

Let's just go to bed.

I don't care if her
family hid Anne Frank.

I want her out.

I hope that policeman doesn't recognize

where he saw her face.

Yes, I hope that too, Kay.

- And she's such a...
- You know...

The sun comes up and
she's gone, like Dracula.

Such a young, pretty girl.

I just don't want her to spend
the rest of her life in jail.

Meanwhile, we committed a felony.

I know, but it does get the
adrenaline going, doesn't it?

I like it when my adrenaline
remains at sea level.