Borrowed Time

Spoiler Episode #12: "Borrowed Time"

Compilation of Dark Angel - S2 Spoilers provided by RAMS

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MAX: Go wash your hands -- quick.
Without a word, Logan turns and beelines for the bathroom.

SKETCHY: Dude, I'm clean.

Max follows a few steps behind Logan, who goes into the men's room. Max stands outside, pacing anxiously. She looks at her gloved hand again, agonizing --

MAX: Dammit, dammit...

An impatient moment, then she can't wait anymore. She goes for the door, but Logan emerges just in time --

LOGAN: I'm okay. See?

He shows her his hand, lifts his face for her to see his cheeks and neck -- there are no lesions, no bruises, nothing. Max breathes a sigh of relief.

MAX: I can't believe this. I could've killed you... over a stupid game of pool.

LOGAN: I'm fine. Come on, let's get a drink.

Max can't look Logan in the eye. Then --

MAX: I gotta go.

With one last look at Logan, she goes. Off Logan --

3. EXT. JUNKYARD - NIGHT

A sign on a chain-link fence warns "BEWARE OF DOG" As CAMERA PANS we see the dog across the fence -- a ferocious mongrel know as CHOPPER. He died and was stuffed last year. Now he stands guard with his eyes and snarl frozen in time.

A man (GORDIE 50's) approachs, spits a big gob of chewing tobacco on the ground.

GORDIE: Good boy, Chopper. Way to stand guard.

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Gordie chains-and-padlocks the fence, then turns --
GORDIE(contd): Come on, boy.

He picks Chopper up under his arm and walks back to --

4. EXT. JUNKYARD - NEAR GORDIE'S SHACK - NIGHT

Gordie and Chopper sit outside a beat-up shack, a flaming drum before them. Gordie dumps a car tire in the drum, still working a wad of dip under his lip --

GORDIE: Whoa, that's the smell! Raw synthetic crude, coming right up.

-- then stirs the melting tire into the fire with a steel rod. A hole at the bottom of the drum funnels the liquid rubber into a metallic container. As he keeps stirring --

GORDIE: I'm telling you, Chopper, one of these days they'll stop paying up for this recycled crap, then we'll have to give up this lifestyle. I guess all good things come to an end, huh? And we've had it good for a long time, you and me.

Gordie spits. Then, a CLATTER comes from a distant pile of junk.

GORDIE: Did you hear that?

Gordie stands, reaches in the shack and grabs a shotgun. He steps towards the sound, shotgun ready. To Chopper --

GORDIE: Stay,

Chopper stays. Gordie continues towards the sound --

GORDIE: Who's there?

Gordie reaches the scrap-heap from whence the sound came, prods it with his shotgun. From the top of the heap, a FIGURE RISES INTO FRAME. We only see the figure (GOSSAMER) from behind, but we can make out a bipedal reptillian shape -- snout, tail, scales -- but it stands crouched on two legs.

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Gordie's eyes go wide. He raises the shotgun -- but Gossamer SPITS a green, mucus-like muck into his face. He goes down, the gun skittering away, his cries muffled by the slime.
Gordie crawls to his hands and knees, struggling to get away from this monster. Gossamer steps towards Gordie, a low HISS emanating from his mouth.

Gordie scrabbles for the shotgun... his fingers grope at it, but can't quite reach. Closer... closer. Then, Gordie's muffled shouts become a muffled SCREAM as his FINGERS ARE YANKED OUT OF FRAME.

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6. INT. LAB - DAY
Max talks to DELBERT, 30s, a jittery, over-caffeinated geek who's not used to having attractive women around.

MAX: So my calculations are wrong?

DELBERT: Not so much as wrong... as not right.

MAX: Great.

She pours over the papers, looking for her mistake, as Delbert rambles on --

DELBERT: My friend at U.W. said you were hot, but his taste for women is total a$$. Who knew?

MAX: (looks up) Sorry, what?

DELBERT: My friend. The one you talked to at the university. He didn't say wher the virus came from. You mind my asking?

MAX: A government agency infected me in hopes that I would give it to a friend of mine they wanted to kill.

DELBERT: A guy friend, right? There's always a guy.

MAX: Anyways, serves me right for getting my hopes up...

DELBERT: (fidgety, stumbling)You're not gonna cry, are you? 'Cause if you start crying then I'll start crying adn once I get going it's like... snot everywhere.

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MAX: Just gimme my papers back.
DELBERT: Hang on. You were off in your numbers, but the theory behind them is viable.

MAX: Which part?

DELBERT: Just the premise, really. I mean, no offense, but introns? How pedestrian. But the whole luring the virus into a protein dead end is pretty cool. Has a kinda pied piperness to it. With a little Check Heston thrown in -- "Take that, you damn dirty virus!"

He sees Max's non-reaction and quickly moves on.

DELBERT: Um... in any case, with the bloos sample you gave me, I should be able to design an antibody that will wipe the virus out.

MAX: You can do that?

DELBERT: Sure. Take me like a day or two.

MAX: What's the catch?

DELBERT: Well, you might experience some side effects once the antidote neutralizes the virus.

Max reacts, she knew it was too good to be true.

MAX: What kind of side effects?

DELBERT: Runny nose... maybe a headache or two.

MAX: That's it?

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DELBERT: That's it.
Max can barely contain her smile. Delbert opens his arms to welcome Max into a hug. She gladly hugs him.

DELBERT: Although I will need twenty thousand dollars.

7. INT. JAM PONY - DAY

Max and Original Cindy walk their bikes in. As they move to their lockers, mid-conversation --

OC: You ask me, twenty large is still a small price to pay to get you and Logan in the saddle.

MAX: I just want to know that I'm not going to kill the guy if, say, I touch his hand by accident.

OC: Or, say, you rip his clothes off and spend a long weekend making mad monkey love to the man. By accident. (Max rolling her eyes) Ain't no shame in admitting you want some. You've waited a long time for Logan to put some chocolate in your peanut butter.

MAX: First of all -- whatever that means: gross. Second, I'm perfectly capable of admiting what I want when I want. (beat) God, I want Logan.

OC: Have you told him about the nerd with the cure?

MAX: I'm gonna try to get my hands on the cash first -- I don't want to owe him again if this falls through.

OC: Where you gonna get the money?

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ALEC: Whatever. I still gotta wonder what Logan would think if he saw us like this.
MAX: Like what?

ALEC: You know... our bodies pressed together like this...

MAX: Why did I ever think this was a good idea?

Another SHUFFLING, a RUSTLING, then --

MAX: Get your hand out of there!

ALEC: Oh, right. Like I'd try to cop a feel. There's no room in here, alright? Where am I supposed to put it?

A quiet beat, then --

MAX: NOT there!

11. EXT TOWNHOUSE - NIGHT

CAMERA CREEPS SLOWLY towards the house... a bush rustles... there's something in there. The something peeks through a window before ducking back under the cover of foliage.

12. INT. TOWNHOUSE - KITCHEN - NIGHT

A man pours salt into a glass of steaming hot water, stirs, starts gargling with it. Meet IRVING and his family: Wife MURIEL, daughter EMMA, 14, and son TIM. 9. They're about to sit down to dinner... as soon as Irving finishes gargling.

MURIEL: Do you have to do that in the kitchen?

IRVING: (spits) If I don't do it, these damn stitched will never heal up.

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MURIEL: Rinse out the sink when you're done.
He gargles again, spits again. Muriel brings a delicious looking meatloaf to the table.

EMMA: Mom! You know I'm a vegetarian.

TIM: I want Rice Krispies.

MURIEL: You're both going to eat this meatloaf and that is final. Irving, tell them.

Irving gargles and spits again, the constant migraine that is his family fraying his nerves. Under his breath --

IRVING: Somebody kill me...

That's when -- WHAMMO! The kitchen door flies in, knocking over the floor lamp and plunging the room into darkness.

Gossamer BURSTS IN amidst the din of screams and general mayhem. He plows right through the kids, kitchen table and meatload as he goes for Irving. Without hesitation, he grabs Irving and SPITS GREEN GOOP onto his face.

Irving struggle against the slime, but Gossamer leaps out the busted door, dragging Irving. The family just stands there in shock, until...

MURIEL: My meatloaf...

13. INT. CLOSET - NIGHT

Max and Alec as we left them. Dead silence. The uncomfortable kind. Then --

ALEC: Wanna know what I'm getting with my thirty grand?

MAX: No.

ALEC: Fine. Rude, but fine. What are you doing with your cash?

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23. INT. SEWERS - NIGHT
Joshua climbs down the ladder, sniffs the air... finds a dollop of green goo on a wall. Following his nose, he follows a scent into --

24. INT. SEWERS - ANOTHER JUNCTION - NIGHT

Joshua stops underneath another manhole. He sniffs down one corridor, down another... then up. The scent is leading him upwards. So up he goes.

25. EXT. STREETS OF SEATTLE - NIGHT

Joshua emerges, follows his nose to a bustling street. He keeps his head down and avoids eye contact, moving quickly until he arrives at a bakery. He looks in the window --

JOSHUA: Little Debbie... lots of Little Debbie.

Inside the bakery, a man (HAL) flosses as he waits for his order. After a moment, a BAKER hands him a box, Hal tosses the floss in the trash and goes to exit. Joshua sees Hal coming out, ducks for cover. As Hal passes, Joshua again smells the air. The scent is leading him after Hal.

26. EXT. DARK ALLEY - NIGHT

Joshua follows as Hal walks slowly, warily -- has he realized he's being followed? Hal turns a corner, hugs the wall, waiting. Joshua turns the corner, where Hal waits --

HAL: Who are you? Why are you follow --

Then Hal sees Joshua's face, drops the bakery box, ramps up for a full-on freak-out --

HAL: Oh my God... You're one of those... you're a monster.

That's when Gossamer POUNCES! He quickly nails Hal in the face with his spit, but Joshua comes to the rescue --

Joshua and Gossamer fight, but convential fighting does no good against Gossamer -- it ducks, dodges, then whips its tail around and SWATS Joshua into a wall. In the beat it takes Joshua to recover, Gossamer slimes him. He goes down.

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ACT FOUR
OVER BLACK - LEGEND: ticking down from 2:55:32.
44. INT. WRECKED CAR - NIGHT (DAY TWO CONTD)

Logan stirs in the front seat. As he starts to come to --

MAX: Logan?

LOGAN: Max...? Where are we?

MAX: We're in a junkyard. We tracked Gossamer out of the sewers; he must've brought you here.

LOGAN: Why?

MAX: I don't know. (beat) I'm so sorry -- I screwed it all up.

LOGAN: It's not your fault.

We hear a voice coming from above --

HAL (O.S.): What did she do?

LOGAN: What was that?

45. INT. ANOTHER CAR (INTERCUT AS NEEDED) --

Hal sits entwined in the webbing.

HAL: Why does she think it's her fault?

ALEC: (calling out) She let work interrupt the one night of passion that they could've had after two years apart.

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MAX: Shut up!
IRVING: (from still another car) Sounds like her fault to me.

LOGAN: It is NOT her fault! Who are you people?

HAL: I'm Hal Kirshner.

IRVING: Irving Weir.

GORDIE: Could you be quiet? Some of us are trying to sleep up here.

HAL: That's Gordie, he owns the place.

LOGAN: (to Max, quietly) None of this is your fault. We're gonna get out of here.

MAX: I don't know... every time we get close, something happens to keep us apart, like we're cursed or something.

Alec reacts to that -- his words must've had an effect.

LOGAN: We're not cursed. And we're going to be together. Maybe not tonight, but we'll figure it out. We always do.

IRVING (O.S.): I can't hear what they're saying.

ALEC: (calling out) She thinks they're cursed. He thinks they can work it out.

HAL: If you love her, don't ever let her go, man!

IRVING: Dump her now. Once they trap you, you're as good as dead.

MAX: Do you mind? This is a private conversation!

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ALEC: Hey, it's your fault I'm here wrapped in monster saliva in the first place.
HAL: Don't mean to interrupt again... but does anyone know how we get out of here?

Max and Logan exchange a look. Alec just rolls his eyes.

46. INT. LOGAN'S APARTMENT - NIGHT

LEGEND: 02:04:34

Joshua llies asleep on the couch, a mess of trash around him -- milk carton, pizza box, etc. He stirs, touches his belly, feeling nauseous. He looks around --

JOSHUA: Logan? Max? Hello?

Joshua moces through the apartment, calling out, looking for someone. There's no one home. He stops before the wall clock. It's after 4 a.m.

JOSHUA: Where is everybody?

Worried, Joshua heads for the door.

47. INT. WRECKED CAR - NIGHT

LEGEND: 01:47:43. Max, Logan and Alec still struggle agains the webbing.

MAX: Why would it be attracted to dental fillings?

LOGAN: It's not the fillings, it's a material called Keveral. For some reason, Dr. Rabell was using it to fill cavities.

IRVING: I knew that guy was a quack. If I ever get out of here, I'm suing that damn HMO.

ALEC: The quack didn't fill your cavities. Why did it go after you?

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HAL: You guys need any help?
ALEC: I got it, thanks.

Hal moves away.

JOSHUA: Spit on my face.

Alec spread the gunk on Joshua's face evenly.

ALEC: 'Sokay, Josh -- looks goos on you.

MAX AND LOGAN

finish freeing Irving. He looks between them, has a long looka at Max before turning to Logan --

IRVING: Maybe you shouldn't dump her.

Off the look between Max and Logan --

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53. EXT. JUNKYARD - MAGIC HOUE

LEGEND: 00:04:56. As the sun comes up, Max and Logan share a quiet moment.

LOGAN: How much time left?

MAX: Four minutes.

LOGAN: Guess that's not much.

Max looks at her feet, still blaming herself for everything, when --

HAL: Look out!

IRVING: It's gonna spit!

Max and Logan race over to see Gossamer quietly standing by Gordie, who kneels by him.

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GORDIE: He ain't gonna spit, he's just looking for something to keep him busy. Here you go, boy.
Gordie tosses Gossamer a Mercedes-Benz insignia. Gossamer chases it, then dumps a glob of spit all over it.

GORDIE: That's why he came here, I guess. All the kevalar in all these foreign car parts. They stopped using it in aught-eight, so it's mostly the junkers that have any kevalar in them.

A suddenly friendly Gossamer brings the goo-encased insignia back to Gordie. Then he starts sniffing at Hal and Irving --

GORDIE: Now, now... leave the nice men alone.

Gordie gently restrains Gossamer by the scruff, then tosses a hubcap into the distance. Gossamer goes to fetch.

ALEC: Why did it attack you?

GORDIE: I came at him with a shotgun. Just a misunderstanding, but we're famous pals now, ain't we?

Gordie regards the encased insignia.

GORDIE: This spit of his will come in handy, too. Smells like silicone in here. Worth at least a buck a pound.

ALEC: You're gonna keep this thing? Like, as a pet?

GORDIE: (looks to Chopper) Whaddya say, Chopper? You want a little brother? (beat)Chopper says yes.

ALEC: Oh, good. Then everything is sane and normal in the world.

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Alec spots Joshua carefully inspecting Chopper, fascinated.
ALEC: Come on, Josh. Let's get out of here.

JOSHUA: What about Max and Logan?

ALEC: Oh, yeah... where'd they go?

54. INT. CADILLAC CONVERTIBLE - MAGIC HOUR

LEGEND: 00:00:30. Max and Logan sit in the front seat, kissing. They hold each other tight, making up with this kiss all the other kisses they've been denied. It's a Hollywood Movie Moment.

Then the Moment is over. They pull apart.

LOGAN: How much time?

MAX: Ten seconds.

Max slides across the bench-seat, away from Logan. He does the same, keeping a safe distance from her. The heartbreak is clear in both their faces.

Max's pager counts down the final seconds. Three... two... one.. BEEP-BEEP, BEEP-BEEP. Time's up. Max shuts it off.

LOGAN: Now what?

MAX: (not looking at him) I guess we go home.

LOGAN: Yeah.

The two of them sit on opposite ends of the Caddy's long bench seat, as far apart as possible. They don't look at each other, they don't speak, they just sit in silence as the chasm between them becomes more and more palpable.

FADE OUT
THE END

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