turns to the window in the room. Malcolm is very still and
stares at Cole.
MALCOLM'S EYES -- slowly turn and survey the room. They find
nothing. Malcolm returns to watching Cole.
COLE'S EYES LOOK AROUND THE ROOM WARILY... WE MOVE IN ON THEM --
TILL HIS EYES FILL THE FRAME.
Beat.
And then we see what he's staring at. Through Cole's hospital
room window we see the adjacent wing of the hospital building.
Rows of hospital room windows are visible. In the windows are
patients... SOME OLD, SOME YOUNG... SOME ARE DRESSED IN MODERN
HOSPITAL GOWNS... SOME FROM DECADES PAST.
THEY STAND UNNATURALLY STILL IN THEIR WINDOWS... WATCHING,
WAITING.
CUT TO:
EXT. STREET CORNER - NIGHT
Malcolm hails a cab. He steps off the sidewalk lost in his
thoughts. Steam rises from a street vent. HEADLIGHTS. A CAR
SUDDENLY EMERGES FROM THE STEAM, NARROWLY MISSING MALCOLM.
Malcolm jerks out of the way. His briefcase falls to the ground.
His tape recorder falls to the sidewalk. Beat. Malcolm reaches
down and picks it up.
MALCOLM
Cole...
(beat)
His pathology is more severe than
initially assessed.
(beat)
He's suffering from visual
hallucinations, paranoia --
Symptoms of some kind of school age
Schizophrenia.
(beat)
Medication and hospitalization may
be required.
CLICK. Malcolm's hand with the tape recorder drops to his side.
MALCOLM
(whispers)
I'm not helping him.
Malcolm stares into the night. He stands alone as thoughts crash
like thunder in his head.
CUT TO:
INT. CAR - NIGHT
The STREETS TURN RED as Lynn drives home from the hospital in
silence. She glances down to her right.
Cole is curled up asleep on the passenger seat, back in his
regular clothes, a tiny party hat clutched in his hand. He looks
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