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  <scene>
    <character>GAME NIGHT</character>
    <dialogue>By</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Mark Perez Revisions By Dana Fox & Katherine Silberman Current Revisions by Jonathan Goldstein & John Francis Daley Revised Draft October 25, 2016</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT. PUB - NIGHT</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>MUSIC BLARES. We move past people drinking, playing POOL, DARTS, BEER PONG and land on... MAX (30's) sitting with a team in matching T-shirts. (His says, "CAPTAIN.") It's a rowdy PUB TRIVIA NIGHT. Max pounds a drink and yells at his team:</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <parenthetical>(slightly slurred)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Who cares about winning?! Let's get drunk!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>His team CHEERS. Max walks over to the BARTENDER, dead sober:</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>I need four shots of Everclear and four shots of water.</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(throwing down some bills)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Send the real ones to the other team. Give us the water.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The Bartender snorts and starts pouring.</scene_description>
    <character>TRIVIA EMCEE (O.S.)</character>
    <dialogue>What former Supreme Court Justice--</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <parenthetical>(spinning around)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Oliver Wendell Holmes!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Max's team CHEERS.</scene_description>
    <character>TRIVIA EMCEE</character>
    <parenthetical>(annoyed)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>That is correct. Again, I'd like to ask the players to allow me to--</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>--finish the question!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>His team laughs and cheers again. Across the room, also wearing a "CAPTAIN" shirt, ANNIE (30's) glares at her TEAMMATES, including BILL, a schlubby guy.</scene_description>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>Come on, guys. Focus. This isn't a game!</dialogue>
    <character>BILL</character>
    <dialogue>It literally is.</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>Bill, I swear to god--</dialogue>
    <character>TRIVIA EMCEE</character>
    <dialogue>For triple points: what is the name of the purple Teletubby?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The room quiets... There's an intense beat then--</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Tinky Winky!</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>Tinky Winky!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Max and Annie lock eyes, sparks flying.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <parenthetical>(intense)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>He always carried a--</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <parenthetical>(unblinking)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>--red purse. I know.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>There is a definite connection here.</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT. SUBWAY - NIGHT</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>Max and Annie stand in the middle of a subway car, furiously making out. The car suddenly comes to a stop and the couple goes FLYING INTO A METAL POLE. In a MONTAGE, Max and Annie WIN different GAME NIGHTS as their relationship progresses: --A SMALL STUDIO APARTMENT, playing the board game RISK with another COUPLE, DAN and LINDA.</scene_description>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>If you take Kamchatka and I take Mongolia, we can trap Linda in the middle.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Starve out her army. Smart.</dialogue>
    <character>LINDA</character>
    <dialogue>Hey! You can't form alliances.</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>Worked for Hitler.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>They high-five.</scene_description>
    <character>LINDA</character>
    <dialogue>You're high-fiving Hitler?!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>--In A NICER APARTMENT, playing PICTIONARY. Max haphazardly DRAWS a RECTANGLE.</scene_description>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>"The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel"!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Other players protest. Max and Annie kiss. --IN THEIR MODEST SUBURBAN HOUSE, playing CHARADES with Bill. Max points to Bill and Annie guesses--</scene_description>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>Bill. Overweight. Single. Out of work.</dialogue>
    <character>BILL</character>
    <dialogue>What the fuck?</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>Hairy?</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(Max touches his nose)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Hairy. Carry. Mary.</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(Max touches his nose)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Mary!</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(Max points to himself)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>You! Me!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Max gestures to put it together.</scene_description>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>Marry me!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Annie does a crazy/cute victory dance but then:</scene_description>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>Wait-- What?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>She turns back and sees Max on one knee, holding a ring.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Marry me, Annie.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Annie jumps into Max's arms, laughing and kissing him. Bill is still stinging from their insults.</scene_description>
    <character>BILL</character>
    <parenthetical>(half-hearted)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Congrats. Happy for you guys.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>--AT THEIR WEDDING RECEPTION, Max and Annie play a DANCING VIDEO GAME in their tux and wedding dress. Dancing in unison, as their score mounts. The SONG crescendos to... TITLE UP: "GAME NIGHT"</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT. WAITING ROOM - DAY</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>CLOSE ON a paper football about to be flicked at a finger- goalpost.</scene_description>
    <character>ANNIE (O.S.)</character>
    <dialogue>Lotta pressure here. You miss, you lose.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX (O.S.)</character>
    <dialogue>Stay outta my head, please.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Max and Annie sit in a doctor's waiting room playing paper football. Her hands are the goal. He's about to "kick."</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Y'know, you do have the advantage because your fingers are smaller than mine which means you have a smaller goalpost.</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>Guess you should've married Uma Thurman.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Guess I should've.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Max aims, but just as he's about to flick the paper football his PHONE PINGS an incoming text. The "football" flies wildly far from the goal.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Come on!</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>Awww. I'm sorry, honey. I know how much this meant to you.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>That was interference.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>He reads the text. It's from BROOKS: "PSYCHED FOR TONIGHT!" The words are followed by the GIF of THE OBESE BOY DANCING CRAZILY ON A SOFA. Max sighs, annoyed. A NURSE enters.</scene_description>
    <character>NURSE</character>
    <dialogue>Doctor Chin is ready for you.</dialogue>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT. DR. CHIN'S OFFICE - DAY</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>Max and Annie sit across a desk from DR. JOHANNA CHIN, 40's.</scene_description>
    <character>DR. CHIN</character>
    <dialogue>...I think we've determined why you've been having trouble conceiving.</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>Oh, yeah?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Chin turns and looks at Max.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>What? It's me? Of course it's me.</dialogue>
    <character>DR. CHIN</character>
    <parenthetical>(opening a file)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>I'm not loving your semen.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Oh?</dialogue>
    <character>DR. CHIN</character>
    <dialogue>Your count is excellent. But your motility is well below normal.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>What would cause that?</dialogue>
    <character>DR. CHIN</character>
    <dialogue>It can be genetic. Environmental factors. Nine times out of ten it's just stress.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>I'm not stressed.</dialogue>
    <character>DR. CHIN</character>
    <dialogue>Nothing at home or work?</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>No. It's all good.</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>What about your brother?</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>What about him?</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <parenthetical>(to Dr. Chin)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>His brother, Brooks, emailed a couple months ago that he's coming into town this week. Max has always had an inferiority complex with him.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>That's not true. And she doesn't need to hear this. She's not a therapist.</dialogue>
    <character>DR. CHIN</character>
    <dialogue>No, but I am a doctor and I believe in treating the whole patient.</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>He's been on edge lately.</dialogue>
    <character>DR. CHIN</character>
    <dialogue>What is it about your brother that intimidates you, Max?</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Really? We're gonna do this right next to the room where I masturbated?</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>Max has it in his head that Brooks is more successful and better looking and just generally cooler than he is.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>I never said "cooler." Now you're projecting.</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <parenthetical>(to Dr. Chin)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>He's just naturally charismatic.</dialogue>
    <character>DR. CHIN</character>
    <parenthetical>(jots down some notes)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Very interesting. And is he single?</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Yeah. Why?</dialogue>
    <character>DR. CHIN</character>
    <dialogue>I don't know if I mentioned it, but Keith and I are on a trial separation.</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>Oh, I'm sorry.</dialogue>
    <character>DR. CHIN</character>
    <dialogue>Don't be. Keith was emotionally abusive.</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(then, to Max)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>You think your brother would want to grab a cup of coffee with me?</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>I-- I don't know.</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>We can ask him.</dialogue>
    <character>DR. CHIN</character>
    <dialogue>Now, is he a tall fella? Because I'm only 5'2".</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>So we're done with my sperm, then?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Annie and Dr. Chin ignore him.</scene_description>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>He's definitely taller than Max. But he once dated this ballerina and she was a tiny little thing-- y'know, I'm starting to love this idea.</dialogue>
    <character>DR. CHIN</character>
    <dialogue>Me too. Is he Google-able?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Max throws up his hands as they continue to talk about how great Brooks is.</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>EXT. MAX'S & ANNIE'S HOUSE - EVENING</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>Max and Annie pull into the driveway of a SUBURBAN HOME. Max grabs some groceries from the trunk and they head toward the door. They spot their stiff neighbor, GARY (40, think Michael Shannon, wearing a police uniform) standing at his mailbox. On a leash is a small, white puffball of a DOG.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <parenthetical>(sotto, to Annie)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Shit. It's Gary. Don't mention game night.</dialogue>
    <character>GARY</character>
    <dialogue>Good evening, Max. Annie.</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>Hey, Gary. How's it going?</dialogue>
    <character>GARY</character>
    <dialogue>Well enough. Just checking the mail. Some people check it earlier in the day but there's always a risk that the mail carrier hasn't come yet. This spares me the chance of a futile trip to the mailbox.</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>Uh huh.</dialogue>
    <character>GARY</character>
    <dialogue>Plus, it allows Bastian here the opportunity to urinate.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Well, have a good one.</dialogue>
    <character>GARY</character>
    <parenthetical>(pointedly, glancing at groceries)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Any plans for this evening? Perhaps a game night?</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <parenthetical>(uneasy)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Oh, no. Annie and I are staying in.</dialogue>
    <character>GARY</character>
    <dialogue>I see. I do hope you'll keep me in mind for any future game nights. I always enjoyed the camaraderie of good friends competing in games of chance and skill.</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>Yeah... we should do that again. But tonight it's just the two of us.</dialogue>
    <character>GARY</character>
    <dialogue>Three bags of Tostitos "Scoops" I notice.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>They had a special. Three for one.</dialogue>
    <character>GARY</character>
    <dialogue>Three for one? How can that be profitable for Frito-Lay?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>They shrug.</scene_description>
    <character>GARY</character>
    <dialogue>Well, you two enjoy each other. Often we don't fully appreciate what we have until it's gone.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Awkward beat.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Okay.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>They can't think of anything else to say so they head inside.</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT. KITCHEN - MAX AND ANNIE'S HOUSE - NIGHT</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>Max and Annie enter. He peeks outside from behind a curtain.</scene_description>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>Now if he sees the others we're screwed.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Well, I told everyone to park far away and sneak in quietly.</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(then, changing course)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Are we being dicks? Should we just keep inviting him? It seems like he really wants to play.</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>No! Debbie was our friend. Gary was just the creepy husband we had to put up with. And he's only gotten worse since the divorce. He's like the butler at a haunted house.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Yeah, you're right. We don't actually owe him anything. He can always find people like himself to play with. Y'know, other weirdos.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Just then, a kitchen window opens and a VERY HOT 20-SOMETHING GIRL, MADISON, crawls in. Max and Annie regard her.</scene_description>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>Can we help you?</dialogue>
    <character>MADISON</character>
    <parenthetical>(vocal fry)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>I'm okay.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>RYAN, 30's, hoists himself in after her.</scene_description>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>Hey.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Why are you coming in the window?</dialogue>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>You said to sneak in so Robocop wouldn't see us.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>I meant sneak in the door but, okay... could you get your boot off our cutting board?</dialogue>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>Well, you were super vague about how we should sneak in--</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Just then, another window slides open and KEVIN, 30's African-American, starts climbing inside.</scene_description>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>Jesus. It's like "Night of the Living Dead" in here.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Kevin helps his wife, MICHELLE, 30's, African-American, climb in.</scene_description>
    <character>MICHELLE</character>
    <dialogue>I am not dressed for this nonsense.</dialogue>
    <character>KEVIN</character>
    <dialogue>Yeah, you're asking a lot of us, Max.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>I didn't tell anyone to come in the window.</dialogue>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>Guys, this is Madison. Madison, this is Max and Annie. Kevin and Michelle.</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>Yeah, you brought her last week.</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(to Madison)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>You work at Forever 21, right?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Ryan gives Annie a "what the fuck" look.</scene_description>
    <character>MADISON</character>
    <parenthetical>(vocal fry)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>I work at Sephora.</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>I'm confused.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <parenthetical>(sotto to Annie)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Different girl. Same look, same voice.</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>Oh. Hi. Nice to meet you.</dialogue>
    <character>MADISON</character>
    <dialogue>You too.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Madison holds out an awkward limp hand, like a dead fish. Max and Annie try to figure out what to do with it. Annie shakes it awkwardly. Max kisses it.</scene_description>
    <character>MADISON</character>
    <dialogue>Do you guys have a bathroom?</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Yes we do. Right down the hall.</dialogue>
    <character>MADISON</character>
    <dialogue>On the right or the left. I don't want to go in the wrong room.</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>It'll be the one with the toilet.</dialogue>
    <character>MADISON</character>
    <dialogue>'Kay.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Madison exits.</scene_description>
    <character>MICHELLE</character>
    <dialogue>Where'd you meet her? At a TED talk?</dialogue>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>Don't judge me. Brains and personality aren't everything.</dialogue>
    <character>KEVIN</character>
    <dialogue>Aren't you sick of losing game night every week 'cause of the dates you bring?</dialogue>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>They're not always bad.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>FLASHBACK TO: --Ryan plays charades. He frantically mimes a clue for his partner, HOT DATE #1. We REVEAL she isn't paying any attention to him. Instead she's on SNAPCHAT, taking a selfie with the "licking dog" filter. On it she's written "Game night. Bored AF."</scene_description>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>Come on, Heather! How many pictures of you as a dog do you need?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The others look embarrassed. --Ryan's HOT DATE #2 puts down a word in Scrabble and claps happily.</scene_description>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>"Dennis" isn't a word.</dialogue>
    <character>HOT DATE</character>
    <dialogue>Uh, yeah, it is. It's my daddy's name, so...</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The group roll their eyes. --Ryan and a HOT DATE #3 play Taboo. His card reads "Seal Team Six."</scene_description>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>Okay, these are, like, the very best, the elite--</dialogue>
    <character>HOT BLONDE DATE</character>
    <dialogue>White people?</dialogue>
    <character>EVERYONE</character>
    <dialogue>Whoaaaa!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>BACK TO SCENE.:</scene_description>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>Unlike you psychos, I don't really give a shit about winning at game night. I don't need that validation.</dialogue>
    <character>MICHELLE</character>
    <dialogue>But you do need the validation of dating hot women.</dialogue>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <parenthetical>(matter of fact)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Oh yeah.</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(then)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>I'm sorry I'm not like you, Michelle. We didn't all meet our soulmates when we were ten years old.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Kevin smiles and puts an arm around Michelle.</scene_description>
    <character>KEVIN</character>
    <dialogue>Fourteen.</dialogue>
    <character>MICHELLE</character>
    <dialogue>We didn't get married till we were nineteen.</dialogue>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>And this was back in Iran? Or Westeros?</dialogue>
    <character>KEVIN</character>
    <dialogue>Y'know what, Ryan? I hope someday you find a girl who you love as much as I love my sweet baby here.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>They kiss. Ryan grimaces.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <parenthetical>(heading to living room)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Everybody have a drink? What should we play first?</dialogue>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>Y'know what rich people are doing on their game nights these days?</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>What?</dialogue>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>Fight clubs. I just read about them. They pay poor people to fight each other and they bet on the winner.</dialogue>
    <character>MICHELLE</character>
    <dialogue>That's not a real thing.</dialogue>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>Yuh-huh. When you can have anything you want in the world, you have to raise the stakes or life gets boring. The Kennedys used to have fight clubs at their Hyannis Port compound.</dialogue>
    <character>KEVIN</character>
    <dialogue>You need to stop reading Buzzfeed every damn second of the day 'cause that's just pure silliness.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>So... charades then?</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>Don't you want to wait for Brooks?</dialogue>
    <character>KEVIN</character>
    <dialogue>Hold up. Brooks is in town?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Madison returns.</scene_description>
    <character>MICHELLE</character>
    <dialogue>I thought he was working in Europe.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>He was. Apparently, he's back here for business. I haven't seen him yet.</dialogue>
    <character>MADISON</character>
    <dialogue>Who are we talking about?</dialogue>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>Max's brother. He's this super- successful venture capitalist.</dialogue>
    <character>KEVIN</character>
    <dialogue>He was the first to invest in Panera Bread. Turned it into America's leading fast casual dining chain.</dialogue>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>He's the Mark Wahlberg to Max's Donnie.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Y'know what? I'm gonna take that as a compliment because Donnie was fucking great in "The Sixth Sense."</dialogue>
    <character>MICHELLE</character>
    <dialogue>Was he in that?</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Yeah, he was. And you know who wasn't? Mark Wahlberg.</dialogue>
    <character>MADISON</character>
    <dialogue>Mark would never take a role that small.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Oh, he wouldn't, Madison? Thank you.</dialogue>
    <character>KEVIN</character>
    <dialogue>We haven't seen Brooks since your wedding. Remember that speech he gave?</dialogue>
    <character>MICHELLE</character>
    <dialogue>I've never seen you cry that much.</dialogue>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>We were all crying. What was that lovely poem he read?</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>"Ancient Snapshots" by Joyce Carol Oates.</dialogue>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>That's right. And then he paid for that whole fireworks display.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>There's a beat as the friends fondly remember how awesome Brooks is. Finally,</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>So, you guys wanna play or...?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>SFX: HONK! HONK! From outside the house, a loud CAR HORN is accompanied by the blaring sound of BILLY JOEL'S "CAPTAIN JACK" on the radio. Annie and Max hurry to the window. Parked in front of their house, we see a shiny bright red 1976 Corvette Stingray with BROOKS at the wheel. He spots them and gives a friendly wave.</scene_description>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>You didn't tell him to park up the street?!</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>I did! Like three times!</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(then, to himself)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>He got a Stingray?</dialogue>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>EXT. MAX & ANNIE'S HOUSE - NIGHT</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>Max sneaks out the front door and tries to signal--</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <parenthetical>(whisper-yelling)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Turn off your car!</dialogue>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>What's that?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>But it's too late. Gary steps out his front door. Max waves at Gary awkwardly, caught.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Hey again.</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(under his breath)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Still wearing the uniform...</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Brooks takes a 12-pack from his car and crosses the street.</scene_description>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <parenthetical>(too loud)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Hey, bud. Sorry I'm late. I hope you didn't start game night without me.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <parenthetical>(nodding toward Gary)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Shh! Didn't you get my texts?</dialogue>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>What texts?</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(then, to Gary)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Evening, officer.</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(then, softly)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>What's up with that guy?</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <parenthetical>(to Gary)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Gary, this is my brother. We're just doing, like, a little three- man, family game night thing.</dialogue>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>Three-man? What about Kevin, Michelle and Ryan? I thought they were coming.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>No, no, no.</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(to Gary)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Just us, Gary.</dialogue>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <parenthetical>(pointing)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>I can see them in your doorway. There's a whole mess of people.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>REVERSE to see Kevin, Michelle, Annie, Ryan and Madison all huddled in the doorway, hiding from Gary.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Huh? Oh, yeah.</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(to Gary)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>They're not staying, Gary. It was a mix-up with the...</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Looking hurt, Gary goes back in his house and shuts the door.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>God damn it, Brooks.</dialogue>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>What?</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>We didn't want him to know we were doing game night. He used to come but we don't like him anymore.</dialogue>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>Well, now he knows. Bring it in. I haven't seen you in a year.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Brooks grabs him in a bear hug.</scene_description>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>You smell good. What is that, Selsun Blue? Head and Shoulders?</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Why do you assume it's dandruff shampoo?</dialogue>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>You've always been a bit of a snowstorm. Now where's that wife of yours?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>He heads inside.</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT. MAX & ANNIE'S HOUSE - NIGHT</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>Everyone ad libs greetings as they exchange hugs with Brooks.</scene_description>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>Sweet ride, Brooks.</dialogue>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>Oh yeah. I just got her a couple weeks ago.</dialogue>
    <character>KEVIN</character>
    <dialogue>Is that a Corvette?</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>1976 rally red Stingray Coupe. It was my dream car when I was a kid.</dialogue>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <parenthetical>(innocently)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Yeah, that's what gave me the idea to get it.</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(then)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>I love your house.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Are you being sarcastic?</dialogue>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>No. I mean it. It reminds me of Mom and Dad's place. Takes me back to simpler times.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Simpler?</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <parenthetical>(chill out)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Max.</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <parenthetical>(then, to Brooks)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>So, how long are you in town for?</dialogue>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>Not sure. Depends on how many clients my firm wants me to schmooze. But I'm hoping it's for a while. I never get to see you guys.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Brooks throws his arm around Max.</scene_description>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>I've missed you, man.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Max looks at his brother and can't help it, he smiles--</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Missed you too.</dialogue>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT. LIVING ROOM - MAX & ANNIE'S HOUSE - LATER</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>They're about to play CELEBRITY.</scene_description>
    <character>MADISON</character>
    <dialogue>Say it one more time.</dialogue>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <parenthetical>(a little impatient)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Okay. You take a piece of paper from the bowl and then you give clues to the group and they try and guess who your celebrity is.</dialogue>
    <character>MADISON</character>
    <dialogue>Okay, got it.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Twenty seconds. Starting... now.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>He starts a timer on his phone. Madison pulls out a name.</scene_description>
    <character>MADISON</character>
    <dialogue>I don't know who this is.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>That's okay. Pick another one.</dialogue>
    <character>MADISON</character>
    <parenthetical>(she does)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>I don't know who this is.</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>Try another one. Quick.</dialogue>
    <character>MADISON</character>
    <parenthetical>(she does)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Oh. Okay, this is the guy who-- no, wait. I don't know who this is.</dialogue>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>Maybe someone else should start.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The others quickly agree. Brooks gets up.</scene_description>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>I'll go.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Max rubs his palms on his pants. It's on. Annie offers a bottle of wine to Max.</scene_description>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>Do you want more--</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>SHH!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Ryan starts the timer.</scene_description>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>And... go!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Brooks pulls out a clue.</scene_description>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <parenthetical>(raspy singing)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>"The beautiful people..."</dialogue>
    <character>MICHELLE</character>
    <dialogue>Marilyn Manson.</dialogue>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>You got it.</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(then, chuckling)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Quick story.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Brooks pauses the timer.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Hey, you can't pause--</dialogue>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>Remember that urban myth that Marilyn Manson had some of his ribs removed so he could go down on himself?</dialogue>
    <character>KEVIN</character>
    <dialogue>Yeah?</dialogue>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>Can I tell 'em, Max?</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>No! You're in the middle of a--</dialogue>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>Come on. You were 14. It's an adorable story.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>I forbid it.</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>Now you've gotta tell us.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Thanks, honey.</dialogue>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>Did you blow yourself?</dialogue>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>You know those bungee cords you use on roof racks? Max wrapped one behind his neck and under his legs to try and squish his face down to his crotch.</dialogue>
    <character>MICHELLE</character>
    <dialogue>Oh my god.</dialogue>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>But he gets stuck like that. He can't unhook it. Finally, after about an hour our mom comes home and finds him there. This naked pretzel boy on the floor of his bedroom. He's had back problems ever since.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The group is equal parts shocked and cracking up. Max is beet red. Annie rubs his back, consoling.</scene_description>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>Aww, my little pretzel boy.</dialogue>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>So?</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>So what?</dialogue>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>Did you suck it?</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>We're not talking about this anymore.</dialogue>
    <character>KEVIN</character>
    <dialogue>Come on! That's like turning off "Kramer vs. Kramer" before you see who gets the kid.</dialogue>
    <character>MICHELLE</character>
    <dialogue>It's really not.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>A deeply embarrassed Max grabs the timer and starts it again.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Enough! The timer's going.</dialogue>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>Fine.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Brooks launches into A RAPID-FIRE SERIES OF CLUES that are so spot-on, they are immediately guessed. He's amazing.</scene_description>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>Poor man's Johnny Depp stars in "Jericho."</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>Skeet Ulrich.</dialogue>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>UN Secretary General from '92 to '96.</dialogue>
    <character>MICHELLE</character>
    <dialogue>Boutros Boutros-Ghali.</dialogue>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>Doesn't like kids in "Jurassic Park."</dialogue>
    <character>KEVIN</character>
    <dialogue>Sam Neill.</dialogue>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>Dubstep DJ looks like Corey Feldman.</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>Skrillex.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>ANGLE ON Madison. Like Ryan's earlier date, she's on SNAPCHAT, taking a selfie with the "licking dog" filter.</scene_description>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>Rappers are obsessed with this Cubist painter.</dialogue>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>Picasso.</dialogue>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>Big cat shot by asshole dentist.</dialogue>
    <character>KEVIN</character>
    <dialogue>Cecil the lion!</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Time!</dialogue>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>Whoa. Seven. That's gonna be hard to beat.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Not that hard. I'll go next.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Brooks sits as Max steps up. Ryan starts the timer.</scene_description>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>Go!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>We see Max's first celebrity on the paper: ED NORTON</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Okay, easy. Annie, the actor we met at the airport that time.</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>Who?</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>The only famous actor we ever met at the airport!</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>Bobby Flay?</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <parenthetical>(increasingly flustered)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>He's not an actor. He was in line in front of us at Sbarro? We were trying to figure out why he wasn't in the first class lounge.</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>Oh, yeah. Who was that...?</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Goddamn it!</dialogue>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>Y'know, you've got a whole room of people here who can help out.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Fine! He was the Incredible Hulk.</dialogue>
    <character>KEVIN</character>
    <dialogue>Eric Bana.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>No! The other one.</dialogue>
    <character>MICHELLE</character>
    <dialogue>Mark Ruffalo.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>The other one!</dialogue>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>Lou Ferrigno?</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Shit! "Primal Fear."</dialogue>
    <character>KEVIN</character>
    <dialogue>Richard Gere didn't play the Hulk.</dialogue>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>Time's up.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Ed Fuckin' Norton!</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>Ohh. Crap. Sorry.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Max does a bad job of covering how pissed he is.</scene_description>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>Zero points for Max. I'd say he blew it, but he won't tell us. Get it?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Everyone but Max and Annie laughs.</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT./EXT. MAX AND ANNIE'S HOUSE - LATER</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>Max and Annie walk their guests out.</scene_description>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>Hey, how about we do this next week at my house?</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>House? What house?</dialogue>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>Since I don't know how long I'll be here, I rented a place.</dialogue>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>It's a couple miles away. Up on Broadmoor.</dialogue>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>Ooh, swanky neighborhood.</dialogue>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>It's a cool place. But it's pretty empty with just me. It'd be fun to have you guys over.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>I don't know. It's kind of a tradition to do game night here.</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>So what? Could be fun.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The others chime in with agreement.</scene_description>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>Perfect.</dialogue>
    <character>MICHELLE</character>
    <dialogue>Can we bring anything?</dialogue>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>No. I've got everything.</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(beat)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Actually, Max, you may want to bring your own bungee cord.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>They all crack up.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Just gonna keep going back to that well, huh?</dialogue>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>I'm sorry. I'm done.</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(then)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>I promise you guys: this will be a game night to remember.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>He hugs Max and gets into his Stingray. Max looks on with a hint of envy, then shuts the door and begins helping Annie clean up.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Jackass.</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>He's just trying to get under your skin.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Yeah, and he knows exactly how to do it. He's been doing it my whole life. I don't see him for a year, then he pulls up in MY dream car, insults our house and tells an embarrassing story about me right before my turn.</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>Buying the same car does seem like a bit of a "fuck you." But maybe it was his dream car too.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Bullshit. He's always known how to undermine me. You know I've never won a game against him?</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>Well, you've got to stop letting it bother you. It's literally killing our baby.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>What am I supposed to do?</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>I don't know. Beat him?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Max considers this. It's a damn good idea. CUT TO BLACK.: CHYRON: "ONE WEEK LATER"</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>EXT. MAX & ANNIE'S HOUSE - DUSK</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>Max and Annie head out toward his car with some board games.</scene_description>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>You don't want to just Uber there?</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>I'm not getting drunk tonight. I'm gonna be sharp and ready for--</dialogue>
    <character>GARY (O.S.)</character>
    <dialogue>Evening.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>They both jump and turn to see Gary standing there in the dark, as always in his police uniform, holding his dog.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Jesus, Gary! They hide the board games.</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>AHH!!</dialogue>
    <character>GARY</character>
    <dialogue>Where you headed?</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Just going to my brother's.</dialogue>
    <character>GARY</character>
    <dialogue>Another game night?</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>No! No game night. Just dinner.</dialogue>
    <character>GARY</character>
    <dialogue>I see. Pity. I was going to invite you over for a dinner I was hosting. I've purchased four lamb shanks. I'm simmering them in a broth of red wine and rosemary.</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>That sounds yummy.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Yeah, it's too bad we have plans.</dialogue>
    <character>GARY</character>
    <dialogue>It was Debbie's recipe. I like to think she left me her recipe cards as a gesture of goodwill. But most likely it was an unintentional oversight.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Uh huh. We should get going.</dialogue>
    <character>GARY</character>
    <dialogue>Have fun.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Freaked out, Max and Annie head for the car. After a beat,</scene_description>
    <character>GARY</character>
    <dialogue>What?</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>We didn't say anything.</dialogue>
    <character>GARY</character>
    <dialogue>Oh. Okay.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Gary stands there watching as they get into the car.</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>EXT. BROOKS' HOUSE/INT. CAR - NIGHT</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>Max's car pulls up to a beautiful modern mansion.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Aw, fuck me.</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>Guy who rents a house this big has to be covering up for something small.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>No, I've seen his dick. It's pretty great.</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>Well, I tried.</dialogue>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT. BROOKS' HOUSE - MOMENTS LATER</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>Brooks opens the door on Max and Annie. The place is all windows and technology. It's annoyingly tasteful and awesome. Brooks offers them glasses of champagne.</scene_description>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>Hey, guys.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Hey. Nice house, Tony Stark. Should we give our drink orders to Jarvis?</dialogue>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>Ha! I got the Tony Stark part but then you went full nerd and I lost you. Come on in.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>They follow him into a beautiful living room where Kevin, Michelle and Ryan are having a drink with JILLIAN, a bright, cute girl who seems way more normal than Ryan's usual dates. Ryan proudly presents Jillian like a prize--</scene_description>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>Oh, hello friends. Allow me to introduce you to my date, Jillian. Jillian went to Yale University and is a software engineer at our office, so she's smart as shit, okay?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Kevin and Michelle exchange a look.</scene_description>
    <character>JILLIAN</character>
    <dialogue>Okay, that was weird.</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(to Max and Annie)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Nice to meet you guys.</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <parenthetical>(they shake)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>You too.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Ryan flips Max and Annie off from behind Jillian's back.</scene_description>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>So maybe you can't always judge a book by its past... covers.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Odd use of that phrase.</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(to Brooks)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>We didn't know what games you had, so we brought a few of our favorites.</dialogue>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>Oh, cool. Thanks, guys.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Brooks takes the games and THROWS THEM ACROSS THE ROOM. Pieces skitter across the stone floor.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>What the hell?</dialogue>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>I told you we're taking it up a notch. The game we're playing is so epic, it doesn't need a board or pieces.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Still, you didn't need to throw them across the room.</dialogue>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>I was being theatrical.</dialogue>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>Holy shit. Are we doing a fight club?</dialogue>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>What?</dialogue>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>These super-rich guys pay poor people--</dialogue>
    <character>KEVIN</character>
    <dialogue>No. Enough with the fight clubs. It's nonsense.</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>So what are we playing?</dialogue>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <parenthetical>(dramatic)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>In your drinks I've placed a powerful neurotoxin. You have eight hours to find the antidote hidden somewhere in the city.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>They all exchange looks of disbelief.</scene_description>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>I'm just fucking with you. But this is not a joke: in the next hour, someone in this room will be taken. It'll be up to you to find that person before they're murdered.</dialogue>
    <character>KEVIN</character>
    <parenthetical>(excited)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Is this a murder mystery party?!</dialogue>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>Not just any murder mystery party. I found this company that does it super-real with legit actors. You won't know what's real and what's fake. Cost me a shit-ton.</dialogue>
    <character>MICHELLE</character>
    <dialogue>Fun!</dialogue>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>But wait. There's more. Whoever finds the victim wins the grand prize: the keys to the Stingray.</dialogue>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>Just the keys?</dialogue>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>No, Ryan. The whole car.</dialogue>
    <character>KEVIN</character>
    <dialogue>Holy shit!</dialogue>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>Yes!</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(to Jillian)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>You're so lucky I brought you to this game night and not one of Max and Annie's.</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>Hey.</dialogue>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>No, I just mean because this is better.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Come on, Brooks. You're not actually gonna give away your car.</dialogue>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>I need a write-off. Plus, my Audi is more practical.</dialogue>
    <character>MICHELLE</character>
    <dialogue>This is the best night ever.</dialogue>
    <character>JILLIAN</character>
    <dialogue>So what do we do now?</dialogue>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>Now we wait. Maybe play a little drinking game to pass the time.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>We don't play drinking games.</dialogue>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>Tonight we do.</dialogue>
    <character>KEVIN</character>
    <dialogue>How about "Never Have I Ever"?</dialogue>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>Good one.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <parenthetical>(sotto, to Annie)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Is this all just to one-up us?</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>Maybe he's trying to show us a good time.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>No, that's not it.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Annie rolls her eyes. Max heads off to the bathroom.</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>EXT. BROOKS' HOUSE - NIGHT</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>A menacing BLACK VAN quietly pulls up and parks outside.</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT. BLACK VAN - NIGHT</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>Two men sit inside -- a scary-looking, squat BALD GUY (40s) and a wiry creepy guy with a PONYTAIL (40s).</scene_description>
    <character>PONYTAIL</character>
    <dialogue>This the place?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The Bald Guy pulls out a scrap of paper with an address scribbled on it -- 1765 Broadmoor Avenue.</scene_description>
    <character>BALD GUY</character>
    <dialogue>This is it.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Ponytail dials his cell phone.</scene_description>
    <character>PONYTAIL</character>
    <parenthetical>(into phone)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>We're at the house. Looks like they're all inside.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Bald Guy takes out a photo of Brooks. Then Ponytail hands him A VERY REAL-LOOKING GUN.</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT. HALLWAY - NIGHT</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>Max exits the bathroom and hears a CLATTERING NOISE from the kitchen. Curious, he slowly makes his way down the hall... Just as he turns the corner he finds himself INCHES AWAY FROM THE BLADE OF A LARGE KNIFE!</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Fucking shit!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Terrified, Max scrambles back against the wall. REVEAL it's Brooks holding the knife. Max exhales.</scene_description>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <parenthetical>(laughing)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>What the hell's wrong with you?</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(re: the knife)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>It's for the cheese.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>You sure you don't need a bigger one? Are we cutting a whole wheel of gouda?</dialogue>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT. LIVING ROOM - BROOKS' HOUSE - NIGHT</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>Max and Brooks return. Everyone plays the drinking game.</scene_description>
    <character>JILLIAN</character>
    <dialogue>Never have I ever connected my work computer to a projector in the conference room while it was open to a WebMD page on chlamydia symptoms.</dialogue>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>Dude! Not cool.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Everyone laughs.</scene_description>
    <character>JILLIAN</character>
    <parenthetical>(grinning)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Drink.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>He drinks.</scene_description>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>For the record. I didn't have chlamydia. It was a pubic dermatitis.</dialogue>
    <character>KEVIN</character>
    <dialogue>Nasty.</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <parenthetical>(quietly, to Ryan)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>I like her....</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(then, to Jillian)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>I like you.</dialogue>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>You're not supposed to target people with this game. It's supposed to be generic things, like... never have I ever slept with a celebrity.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The others nod. Without thinking, Michelle take a sip of her drink. Halfway through the sip, she realizes Kevin is staring at her in surprise. She sets down her glass.</scene_description>
    <character>MICHELLE</character>
    <dialogue>What?</dialogue>
    <character>KEVIN</character>
    <dialogue>You've slept with a celebrity?</dialogue>
    <character>MICHELLE</character>
    <dialogue>Hmm? No, no. I was just taking a drink separate from the game.</dialogue>
    <character>KEVIN</character>
    <dialogue>Why are you all nervous then?</dialogue>
    <character>MICHELLE</character>
    <parenthetical>(nervous)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>I'm not nervous. Who's turn is it?</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>I think it's Max's turn. It's somebody's turn. Somebody should go now.</dialogue>
    <character>JILLIAN</character>
    <parenthetical>(to Ryan)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>What's going on here?</dialogue>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <parenthetical>(sotto)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>They've been together since middle school.</dialogue>
    <character>JILLIAN</character>
    <dialogue>Uh oh.</dialogue>
    <character>KEVIN</character>
    <dialogue>How could you possibly have had sex with a celebrity when we've only had sex with each other?</dialogue>
    <character>MICHELLE</character>
    <dialogue>You're making this into something it's not.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Max turns to Brooks.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>This is why we don't play drinking games.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>SFX: BANG! BANG! BANG! Everyone jumps at the sound of banging. They all look at the front door except for Kevin who stares at Michelle.</scene_description>
    <character>MALE VOICE (O.S.)</character>
    <dialogue>Open up!</dialogue>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>Looks like the game is afoot.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>He crosses to the door and opens it on an imposing, extremely serious 40-something MAN in a dark suit and sunglasses.</scene_description>
    <character>MAN</character>
    <dialogue>Are you Brooks Davis?</dialogue>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <parenthetical>(mock serious)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>I am.</dialogue>
    <character>MAN</character>
    <dialogue>I'm Agent Henderson. FBI. Please sit down.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Brooks joins the others as the man enters.</scene_description>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>Sunglasses at night. This guy's the real deal.</dialogue>
    <character>AGENT HENDERSON</character>
    <dialogue>I'll get right to the point. The Bureau has been tracking a ring of violent kidnappers in this neighborhood. We have reason to believe that one of you may be their next victim.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Quick question, Agent Henderson? Why is this a federal investigation? Seems more like a local police matter.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Annie swats Max: "play along." Agent Henderson glares at Max but says nothing. He hands each of them a folder.</scene_description>
    <character>AGENT HENDERSON</character>
    <dialogue>Contained in these dossiers are the clues you'll need to find the kidnappers.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>We have to find them? What's the Bureau's role in this?</dialogue>
    <character>KEVIN</character>
    <dialogue>Maybe the FBI can take my wife in for questioning. 'Cause apparently, she's got a whole secret life I don't know anything about.</dialogue>
    <character>MICHELLE</character>
    <dialogue>Honey--</dialogue>
    <character>AGENT HENDERSON</character>
    <parenthetical>(barking)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Shut up! All of you! This isn't a joke!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>He gets up in Max's face.</scene_description>
    <character>AGENT HENDERSON</character>
    <parenthetical>(intense)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>You people are in serious danger and we are running out of time here! I will not stand idly by and see more civilians slaughtered on my watch!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Max glances over at Brooks and gives him a grudgingly impressed look.</scene_description>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>He's pretty good, huh?</dialogue>
    <character>AGENT HENDERSON</character>
    <dialogue>Now, before we get started I'm required to ask if anyone here has any food allergies--</dialogue>
    <scene_description>BOOM!!! The FRONT DOOR IS KICKED OPEN, splintering off its hinges. Bald Guy and Ponytail walk in wearing ski masks.</scene_description>
    <character>AGENT HENDERSON</character>
    <dialogue>Who the hell are you?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Ponytail COLD COCKS the "FBI Agent." He goes down hard.</scene_description>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>Guys! I know you're "method" and all but you can't just break my door--</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Bald Guy walks up to Brooks and PUNCHES HIM IN THE GUT. Brooks doubles over.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Okay, I actually don't mind this game.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Brooks shoves the guy away.</scene_description>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>ARE YOU CRAZY?!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Ponytail grabs Brooks in a headlock from behind. Brooks backs up, slamming Ponytail into the wall.</scene_description>
    <character>JILLIAN</character>
    <dialogue>Wow. This is kind of intense...</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The fight continues. It's SLOPPY AND SURPRISINGLY VIOLENT as Brooks does a decent job of defending himself. ANGLE ON the rest of the group sitting on the sofas calmly eating chips and drinking cocktails like they're watching a movie.</scene_description>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <parenthetical>(to Max)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>This is very well done.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Hm. Ski masks are a little on the nose.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Ponytail is shoved onto the coffee table in front of them. Ryan plucks the champagne bottle out of his way in the nick of time. Brooks manages to get loose from the Bald Guy. He reaches down to his ankle and pulls out a SMALL HANDGUN.</scene_description>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <parenthetical>(playful)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Watch out. He's packin' heat!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Brooks aims the gun at Bald Guy but it's knocked out of his hand by Ponytail. The gun skitters across the room and comes to a stop at Annie's feet. She looks down at it. The fight spills out of the living room and into the kitchen.</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT. KITCHEN - BROOKS' HOUSE - CONTINUOUS</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>Brooks faces off against the two attackers, wielding pots, utensils and whatever he can grab as a weapon. It's like a Bourne movie except these guys are not nearly as coordinated.</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT. LIVING ROOM - BROOKS' HOUSE</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>The group are as we left them. We can hear the sounds of breaking glass, clattering pans and pained grunts coming from the kitchen. After a beat, Max slices a sliver of cheese.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>This is good.</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>Try it with the prosciutto.</dialogue>
    <character>JILLIAN</character>
    <dialogue>Are we sure this is all part of the thing?</dialogue>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>Oh, yeah. Brooks always goes all- out.</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(to the group)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Remember that fireworks display he got for their wedding--?</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <parenthetical>(abruptly)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Yeah, Ryan. We talked about that.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Suddenly, Brooks flies into the room, landing on his back. There's broken glass in his hair and he's got a bloody nose.</scene_description>
    <character>MICHELLE</character>
    <dialogue>Ooh, they put some makeup on him.</dialogue>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>Help me! Please! This isn't--</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Bald Guy pins Brooks down and SLAPS TAPE over his mouth.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <parenthetical>(slow clapping)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Very impressive. And the Independent Spirit Award goes to...</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Brooks tries to buck Bald Guy off of him. Ponytail takes his gun out of his belt and points it at Brooks.</scene_description>
    <character>PONYTAIL</character>
    <dialogue>Stop fighting, asshole!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Bald Guy pulls out a bag and puts it over Brooks' head. He and Ponytail drag the struggling Brooks out of the house. Bald Guy stops at the door and points his gun at the gang--</scene_description>
    <character>BALD GUY</character>
    <dialogue>First one that follows us out, I shoot in the face.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>M'kay, drive safe.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The men hustle Brooks out. There's a beat as the group continue to sip their drinks.</scene_description>
    <character>KEVIN</character>
    <dialogue>There's something about this that doesn't make sense.</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(to Michelle)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>What did I do that made you want to cheat on me with a celebrity?!</dialogue>
    <character>MICHELLE</character>
    <dialogue>I didn't cheat on you. It was before we got married. When we took that break.</dialogue>
    <character>KEVIN</character>
    <dialogue>Oh my god. My world is collapsing.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>As Kevin and Michelle bicker, Ryan crosses to the supine "FBI Agent" and nudges him with his foot.</scene_description>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>Agent Henderson? You gonna keep lying there?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>He doesn't move.</scene_description>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <parenthetical>(to Jillian)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>He's a regular Daniel Day Lewis.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Meanwhile, Max discreetly grabs one of the dossiers and he and Annie scurry off to another room. Jillian notices. She holds up another dossier to Ryan. They hurry off as well.</scene_description>
    <character>KEVIN</character>
    <parenthetical>(to Michelle)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>...we both agreed we wouldn't hook up with anyone during that break.</dialogue>
    <character>MICHELLE</character>
    <dialogue>Yeah, but then you went and got a handjob from Karen Waller.</dialogue>
    <character>KEVIN</character>
    <dialogue>It was over the pants! And I felt guilty the whole time. But I guess I shouldn't have.</dialogue>
    <character>MICHELLE</character>
    <dialogue>You're making this into something--</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(then noticing)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Oh hell. They got the jump on us.</dialogue>
    <character>KEVIN</character>
    <parenthetical>(grabs dossier)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Come on! But this isn't over.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>They hurry out. IN QUICK CUTS: --IN THE KITCHEN, Max and Annie go over the dossier:</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Here's the first clue. It looks like a riddle.</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(reads)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>With shiny fangs...</dialogue>
    <scene_description>--IN A BEDROOM, Ryan and Jillian read the rules:</scene_description>
    <character>JILLIAN</character>
    <parenthetical>(reads)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>...my bloodless bite...</dialogue>
    <scene_description>--IN A HALLWAY, Michelle reads:</scene_description>
    <character>MICHELLE</character>
    <dialogue>...will bring together what's mostly white.</dialogue>
    <character>KEVIN</character>
    <dialogue>Donald Trump!</dialogue>
    <character>MICHELLE</character>
    <dialogue>I don't think that's it.</dialogue>
    <character>KEVIN</character>
    <dialogue>How do you know? Did you fuck him?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>--IN THE KITCHEN--</scene_description>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>"Bloodless bite"? So it's not a vampire. Let me Google this.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>She takes out her phone.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>This is so inconsistent. They choreograph a super-realistic fight and then they give us an FBI dossier with riddles in it? Pick a tone and stick with it.</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>Do you want that car or not?</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>More than anything ever. But I feel like Brooks is setting me up here. This is just another game where somehow he's gonna humiliate me.</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(then)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>I say we find a shortcut.</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>How do we do that?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Max notices her phone.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>His phone! It was in his pocket when they grabbed him.</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>You want to call him?</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>I want to track him.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>He points to Brooks' iPad lying on the kitchen counter. They give each other an excited look.</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT. BEDROOM - BROOKS' HOUSE - NIGHT</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>Ryan and Jillian are studying the dossier.</scene_description>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>"Bloodless bite... bloodless bite... bloodless bite..."</dialogue>
    <character>JILLIAN</character>
    <dialogue>Maybe stop saying "bloodless bite" so I can think?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>They hear a CAR DOOR SLAM out the window. They glance out to see Max and Annie getting in their car and backing out of the driveway.</scene_description>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>Shit. They must've already figured it out. We've gotta up our game. There's nothing more dangerous than Max when he's got something to prove.</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(then)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>"Bloodless bite... bloodless bite..."</dialogue>
    <character>JILLIAN</character>
    <dialogue>Stop that!</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(then)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>We need to find an advantage.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>She spots a wallet on the bedside table and picks it up.</scene_description>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>Brooks' wallet? You think we should just steal all his shit?</dialogue>
    <character>JILLIAN</character>
    <dialogue>No.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>She finds Brooks' credit card and dials a number on her cell.</scene_description>
    <character>JILLIAN</character>
    <parenthetical>(into phone)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Yes, hi. I lost my credit card and I'm wondering if you can tell me the last few charges I made?</dialogue>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>What are you doing?</dialogue>
    <character>JILLIAN</character>
    <parenthetical>(covering phone)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>If we can find the name of the murder mystery company he used we can go to their office and pay them off to give us the final clue.</dialogue>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>Whoa. You are a double threat: brains and sneakiness.</dialogue>
    <character>JILLIAN</character>
    <parenthetical>(not exactly flattered)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Thanks.</dialogue>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT. HALLWAY - NIGHT</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>Kevin and Michelle are still puzzling over the clue.</scene_description>
    <character>KEVIN</character>
    <dialogue>What has shiny fangs that bites white things together?</dialogue>
    <character>MICHELLE</character>
    <parenthetical>(getting it)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>A stapler! The white things are paper!</dialogue>
    <character>KEVIN</character>
    <dialogue>Yes! I would kiss you but I don't know where those lips have been.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>She rolls her eyes.</scene_description>
    <character>MICHELLE</character>
    <dialogue>Look around for a stapler.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>They move down the hall and enter</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT. BROOKS' STUDY - CONTINUOUS</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>A windowless room with a skylight in the ceiling. Lots of bound books, a desk, etc.</scene_description>
    <character>KEVIN</character>
    <dialogue>Found one!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>He grabs a stapler off the desk and opens it. Inside is a FLASHDRIVE.</scene_description>
    <character>MICHELLE</character>
    <dialogue>Here. Put it in the desktop.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Kevin plugs it into the computer and a text box opens.</scene_description>
    <character>KEVIN</character>
    <dialogue>Another riddle.</dialogue>
    <character>MICHELLE</character>
    <parenthetical>(reads)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>"I am brown and old by day, white and young by night, my eyes are glass, I have nine faces but no head. I sing to the sky but I have no voice. I am everywhere and nowhere--"</dialogue>
    <character>KEVIN</character>
    <dialogue>What the fuck is that?!</dialogue>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT. MAX'S CAR - NIGHT</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>Annie drives while Max uses FIND MY IPHONE on Brooks' iPad--</scene_description>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>Are they still on Route 18?</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Yup. We're catching up.</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>Can you imagine Brooks' face when we find him so fast?</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>It's gonna be so good. Y'know, I think I can actually feel my sperm coming back to life.</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>Perfect. We'll win your brother's car and then go make a baby in it.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Yeah! And we'll make him watch us!</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>What? I don't want to do that.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>I don't either. I don't know why I said that.</dialogue>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT. BROOKS' HOUSE - BEDROOM - NIGHT</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>Jillian finishes her call.</scene_description>
    <character>JILLIAN</character>
    <parenthetical>(into phone)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Great. Thank you.</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(hangs up)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Let's go. I got the game company's name and address.</dialogue>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>Yes! You rock.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>He goes to hug her. Expecting a high-five, she puts up a hand. It's awkward. He ends up hugging her hand.</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT. HALLWAY - CONTINUOUS</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>Ryan and Jillian head toward the living room. They pass the study where Michelle and Kevin are. Ryan stops.</scene_description>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>Hey, guys, just wanted to wish you the best of luck tonight.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Kevin and Michelle look at him quizzically as he shuts the door to the study and PROPS A CHAIR UNDER THE HANDLE.</scene_description>
    <character>JILLIAN</character>
    <dialogue>What are you doing?</dialogue>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>Oh, being a dick.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>He heads out. She follows.</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT. BROOKS' STUDY - CONTINUOUS</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>Kevin tries the door but it won't budge.</scene_description>
    <character>KEVIN</character>
    <dialogue>That son of a bitch.</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(calling through door)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>You son of a bitch!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>He throws his shoulder against the door. Nothing. He spots some candles on a shelf.</scene_description>
    <character>KEVIN</character>
    <dialogue>Hand me those matches. I'm gonna burn down this door.</dialogue>
    <character>MICHELLE</character>
    <dialogue>You're gonna light a fire in a windowless room that we're trapped in?</dialogue>
    <character>KEVIN</character>
    <parenthetical>(pouty)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Fine. Don't hand me the matches.</dialogue>
    <character>MICHELLE</character>
    <parenthetical>(looking up)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>What about that?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>He looks up to see a SKYLIGHT twelve feet overhead. His eyes narrow.</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT. MAX'S CAR - NIGHT</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>CLOSE ON an iPad screen. The BLIP of Brooks' phone stops moving, then disappears.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Hold on. Brooks' phone just disappeared.</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>Crap. Where did you last see it?</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Corner of 5th and Kenmore.</dialogue>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>EXT. PARKING LOT - MINUTES LATER</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>They pull into a deserted lot in a sketchy neighborhood. They get out of the car and look around.</scene_description>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>Where could he be?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Max notices a dumpster that sits behind an unmarked building. He crosses to it and glances in. Inside he spots a cell phone. He retrieves it.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Found it. It's turned off.</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>He must've known we were tracking him.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Damn it. They outsmarted us.</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(noticing)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Hang on...</dialogue>
    <scene_description>He points across the street to where Ponytail is finishing a cigarette outside of a dive bar. He heads back inside.</scene_description>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>Isn't that one of the actors?</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Yeah. I guess they're not that smart.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>They high-five each other.</scene_description>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>We are nailing this! Come on!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>They head across the street, instinctively staying low.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Why are we crouching?</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>I don't know. Feels right?</dialogue>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT. DIVE BAR - NIGHT</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>Max and Annie enter, trying to look casual. There's a BURLY BARTENDER, a half-asleep DRUNK GUY, and in a corner booth, facing away from them is Ponytail.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <parenthetical>(sotto, re: Ponytail)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>There he is. Don't let him see you.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>They take a seat at the bar. Max signals to the tattooed bartender.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Sir? You wouldn't happen to have seen a guy brought in here. Looks a bit like me with a stronger chin, higher cheekbones.</dialogue>
    <character>BARTENDER</character>
    <dialogue>So, a better looking guy?</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Okay, well, that's not necessarily--</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Annie gives the bartender a look to say "kind of, yes."</scene_description>
    <character>BARTENDER</character>
    <dialogue>I didn't see nothing.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>He moves off. Max's eyes narrow.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>"Didn't see nothing"? That double- negative felt a bit forced, huh?</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>I bet he's in on it. Look at how fresh his tats are. Probably fake.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Let's test him. We'll order drinks only a real bartender would know how to make.</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>Smart.</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(calling)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Barkeep?</dialogue>
    <character>BARTENDER</character>
    <dialogue>Yeah?</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>Can I have a vodka tonic, please?</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Really?</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>I choked.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <parenthetical>(to Bartender)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>I'll take a Harvey Wallbanger.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The bartender looks at him, annoyed. Then goes to make the drinks.</scene_description>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>This is kinda fun, isn't it?</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Yeah. It is nice to get out of the house. Y'know, we won't be able to do this kind of thing when we have a kid.</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>Why not?</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>'Cause when you have a kid, you stop living for you and you start living for them. That's why Brooks has got it made.</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>So, what are you saying?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Max just shrugs as the bartender sets down their drinks.</scene_description>
    <character>BARTENDER</character>
    <dialogue>Vodka tonic. Harvey Wallbanger.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Max takes a sip.</scene_description>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>Did he get it right?</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>I don't know. I realize I've never actually had one. But it's tasty. Tart.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Suddenly, Max reacts as Bald Guy exits a back room, locks it, then tosses the keys to the Bartender. Behind him, we catch a brief glimpse of a man tied to a chair. It's Brooks.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Holy shit. Brooks is back there. We're about to win this thing!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Bald Guy has crossed over to Ponytail. He has noticed Max and Annie and he's pointing them out to Ponytail.</scene_description>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>Uh oh. They made us.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>You think they're gonna try and stop us?</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>We already know they take their roles pretty seriously. But the good news is, so do I.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>She reaches into her purse and pulls out the GUN BROOKS DROPPED EARLIER.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>What the-- where did you get that?!</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>It's the fake gun Brooks "dropped" in the fight.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>How do you know it's fake?</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>You think your brother would use a real gun in a fake fight with actors he hired?</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Good point. So, what are we gonna do?</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>Follow my lead.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>She gets to her feet and points the gun at the men.</scene_description>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <parenthetical>(shouting)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Any of you fucking pricks move, and I'll execute every motherfuckin' last one of you!</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>"Pulp Fiction." Nice.</dialogue>
    <character>PONYTAIL</character>
    <dialogue>What the fuck is this?</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Hand over the keys. We're taking my brother.</dialogue>
    <character>BALD GUY</character>
    <dialogue>Bullshit.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Caught up in her role, Annie gets closer to Bald Guy and aims her gun right at him.</scene_description>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>You know what's bullshit? Your bald fucking head.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Getting a little personal, hon.</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <parenthetical>("angrily" to Bald Guy)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>I'm sorry I called you bald! It works on you because you have a very symmetrical face!</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(then)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Okay, all of you. On your knees. Eyes shut. Hands in the air. Heads on the floor.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The thugs try to comply but can't remember everything. They all assume different positions.</scene_description>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>I said hands in the air.</dialogue>
    <character>PONYTAIL</character>
    <dialogue>Where's my head go?</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>On the floor! And close your eyes.</dialogue>
    <character>BARTENDER</character>
    <dialogue>How do I put my hands in the air with my head on the floor?</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>I had the same question.</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>Okay, child's pose. You guys know child's pose?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>They give her blank looks. She hands the gun to Max.</scene_description>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>Cover me.</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(then, to the men)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>It's like this...</dialogue>
    <scene_description>She gets on the floor and demonstrates the position. The men follow suit.</scene_description>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>If you're doing it right, you'll feel your lumbar really opening up.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Bald Guy gives Max a look of disbelief. Max just shrugs.</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>EXT. STRIP MALL - NIGHT</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>Ryan and Jillian step out of his car and head toward a small storefront -- the party planning company, "Murder We Wrote."</scene_description>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>There it is!</dialogue>
    <character>JILLIAN</character>
    <dialogue>Looks like they're still open.</dialogue>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>I am so glad I invited you tonight. I usually bring these girls I want to sleep with and they always suck. You're a breath of fresh air.</dialogue>
    <character>JILLIAN</character>
    <parenthetical>(annoyed)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Oh, nice. I usually go out with guys who are interesting and smart. So this is a first for me too.</dialogue>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>Are we cool? Did I say something wrong?</dialogue>
    <character>JILLIAN</character>
    <dialogue>No. I guess I didn't realize when you invited me tonight that it was just because you needed a ringer.</dialogue>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>Ohh. You thought this was a date.</dialogue>
    <character>JILLIAN</character>
    <dialogue>It's fine. The more I get to know you, the happier I am that it's not.</dialogue>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <parenthetical>(oblivious)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>So we are cool?</dialogue>
    <character>JILLIAN</character>
    <dialogue>As a cucumber. Let's just win that car and get this night over with.</dialogue>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>That's the spirit!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>He jogs toward the entrance. She shakes her head.</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT. "MURDER WE WROTE" OFFICE - NIGHT</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>Ryan and Jillian enter a small reception area. Behind a desk a WOMAN sits facing away from us in a swivel chair.</scene_description>
    <character>JILLIAN</character>
    <dialogue>Hello?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>No answer. She and Ryan exchange a look. Ryan slowly reaches out and swivels the chair around revealing... A DEAD WOMAN WITH A FRESH BULLET HOLE IN HER FOREHEAD. Her eyes are closed. Blood trickles from the wound and the corner of her mouth.</scene_description>
    <character>RYAN/JILLIAN</character>
    <dialogue>Holy shit!/Ahhh!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Startled by the noise, the dead woman SUDDENLY OPENS HER EYES.</scene_description>
    <character>RECEPTIONIST</character>
    <dialogue>Oh my gosh! You scared me.</dialogue>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>What the fuck is this?!</dialogue>
    <character>RECEPTIONIST</character>
    <dialogue>What?</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(remembering, touches her forehead)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Oh. I just came from a six hour murder mystery where I played the corpse. I guess I fell asleep before I cleaned up.</dialogue>
    <character>JILLIAN</character>
    <dialogue>You scared the shit out of us.</dialogue>
    <character>RECEPTIONIST</character>
    <dialogue>Oh, thank you. I do my own makeup. How can I help you?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>A bit of blood dribbles from her mouth.</scene_description>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>We need you to give us the final clue for the murder mystery Brooks Davis ordered.</dialogue>
    <character>RECEPTIONIST</character>
    <dialogue>But that would ruin the fun.</dialogue>
    <character>JILLIAN</character>
    <dialogue>We don't want the fun. We just want to win.</dialogue>
    <character>RECEPTIONIST</character>
    <dialogue>I can't do that.</dialogue>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <parenthetical>(sly)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Would this change your mind?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>He slides a bill across the desk. It's a ten dollar bill.</scene_description>
    <character>RECEPTIONIST</character>
    <dialogue>No.</dialogue>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>What about this?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>He slides another bill across. It's a five. She looks at him unimpressed.</scene_description>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>You drive a hard bargain. Okay, let's take it up a notch.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>He slides another bill. It's a one. The Receptionist looks at Jillian. Jillian shakes her head: "Don't look at me."</scene_description>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>I was hoping I wasn't going to have to dig this deep.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>He goes back into his wallet. Considers for a beat, then reluctantly slides another bill over. It's another one dollar bill.</scene_description>
    <character>JILLIAN</character>
    <dialogue>Okay, y'know what? It doesn't matter how slowly you push it over. It's still seventeen dollars.</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(to Receptionist)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>How much do you need?</dialogue>
    <character>RECEPTIONIST</character>
    <dialogue>A hundred?</dialogue>
    <character>JILLIAN</character>
    <dialogue>Give her a hundred.</dialogue>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>Fine.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>He slowly slides all the bills back toward himself, then slides a hundred dollar bill toward the woman. She reaches into a drawer and hands a folded clue across the desk to them.</scene_description>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <parenthetical>(to Jillian)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>And that's how we do.</dialogue>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT. BROOKS' STUDY - NIGHT</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>Michelle watches nervously as Kevin finishes building a tower of furniture, books and office equipment up to the skylight.</scene_description>
    <character>KEVIN</character>
    <dialogue>Just tell me who it was.</dialogue>
    <character>MICHELLE</character>
    <dialogue>It's irrelevant.</dialogue>
    <character>KEVIN</character>
    <dialogue>Not to me. If I have to imagine you lying underneath some famous figure, it makes a very big difference if I'm imagining John Goodman or Jeremy Renner.</dialogue>
    <character>MICHELLE</character>
    <dialogue>It wasn't either of them.</dialogue>
    <character>KEVIN</character>
    <dialogue>Will you tell me if I guess it right?</dialogue>
    <character>MICHELLE</character>
    <dialogue>Fine.</dialogue>
    <character>KEVIN</character>
    <dialogue>Was it an actor?</dialogue>
    <character>MICHELLE</character>
    <dialogue>Yes.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Kevin starts to carefully climb up his pile.</scene_description>
    <character>MICHELLE</character>
    <dialogue>This is a bad idea.</dialogue>
    <character>KEVIN</character>
    <dialogue>Over 40?</dialogue>
    <character>MICHELLE</character>
    <dialogue>Yes. Be careful.</dialogue>
    <character>KEVIN</character>
    <dialogue>American?</dialogue>
    <character>MICHELLE</character>
    <dialogue>Yes.</dialogue>
    <character>KEVIN</character>
    <dialogue>Tommy Lee Jones?</dialogue>
    <character>MICHELLE</character>
    <dialogue>Ew. No.</dialogue>
    <character>KEVIN</character>
    <dialogue>Was it Denzel? Tell me it wasn't Denzel.</dialogue>
    <character>MICHELLE</character>
    <dialogue>It wasn't. Unfortunately.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Kevin has reached the ceiling. He unlatches the skylight and pushes it open. He takes a breath of outside air.</scene_description>
    <character>KEVIN</character>
    <dialogue>Ahhh! Sweet freedom. Dipshit thought he could keep us locked up but we found a way out.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The tower suddenly TIPS OVER. Kevin screams as he falls across the room. He SLAMS INTO THE LOCKED DOOR and the impact smashes it open.</scene_description>
    <character>MICHELLE</character>
    <dialogue>Are you okay?!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Kevin painfully gets to his feet.</scene_description>
    <character>KEVIN</character>
    <dialogue>What the fuck just happened?</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(realizing)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Hey, we're out. Come on!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Michelle follows him out.</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT. BROOKS' LIVING ROOM - NIGHT</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>Kevin and Michelle enter to find "Agent Henderson" sitting on the floor touching a cut on his head.</scene_description>
    <character>AGENT HENDERSON</character>
    <parenthetical>(woozy)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Where am I? Stay back!</dialogue>
    <character>KEVIN</character>
    <dialogue>All right, take it easy, bud.</dialogue>
    <character>AGENT HENDERSON</character>
    <dialogue>Oh, my head.</dialogue>
    <character>MICHELLE</character>
    <dialogue>Either give us a clue or get outta the way. 'Cause we've got a mystery to solve.</dialogue>
    <character>AGENT HENDERSON</character>
    <parenthetical>(intense)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Don't you get it? That wasn't supposed to happen!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>CRASH! Once again the front door is kicked open and TWO MEN enter wearing creepy clown masks. Michelle and Kevin jump.</scene_description>
    <character>MICHELLE</character>
    <dialogue>What now? You already did the breaking in thing.</dialogue>
    <character>KEVIN</character>
    <dialogue>This is some lazy writing.</dialogue>
    <character>CLOWN #1</character>
    <dialogue>Shut up! Get on the floor, all of you!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The clowns notice Agent Henderson's injury.</scene_description>
    <character>CLOWN #2</character>
    <dialogue>Whoa. Ron. Are you okay?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The clowns pull off their masks revealing the faces of two actors.</scene_description>
    <character>AGENT HENDERSON/RON</character>
    <dialogue>No, I'm not okay! Two guys came in here and attacked me!</dialogue>
    <character>CLOWN #1</character>
    <dialogue>You mean for real?</dialogue>
    <character>AGENT HENDERSON/RON</character>
    <dialogue>Yes! They weren't part of our cast.</dialogue>
    <character>CLOWN #2</character>
    <dialogue>Oh my god.</dialogue>
    <character>AGENT HENDERSON/RON</character>
    <dialogue>I knew I shouldn't have left dinner theater for this bullshit.</dialogue>
    <character>KEVIN</character>
    <parenthetical>(to Michelle)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Now it's getting meta.</dialogue>
    <character>CLOWN #1</character>
    <parenthetical>(dialing cell phone)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>I'm calling Glenda.</dialogue>
    <character>CLOWN #2</character>
    <dialogue>I'll go make you a cold compress, Ron.</dialogue>
    <character>AGENT HENDERSON/RON</character>
    <dialogue>I think I may have a concussion.</dialogue>
    <character>CLOWN #1</character>
    <parenthetical>(rubbing his back)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Aw, pal.</dialogue>
    <character>MICHELLE</character>
    <dialogue>Wait. Is this all part of the act?</dialogue>
    <character>AGENT HENDERSON/RON</character>
    <dialogue>What?! No. Didn't you see? I was assaulted!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>INTERCUT WITH:</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT. "MURDER WE WROTE" OFFICE - CONTINUOUS</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>Jillian and Ryan puzzle over the clue.</scene_description>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <parenthetical>(reading)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>"Look in your jacket pocket"? What kind of clue is this? I don't even have a jacket.</dialogue>
    <character>JILLIAN</character>
    <dialogue>Maybe it means a book jacket?</dialogue>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>Why would a book have a jacket?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The phone on the receptionist's (GLENDA) desk rings. She answers.</scene_description>
    <character>RECEPTIONIST/GLENDA</character>
    <dialogue>Murder We Wrote.</dialogue>
    <character>CLOWN #1</character>
    <dialogue>Glenda! It's Paul. Something terrible has happened.</dialogue>
    <character>RECEPTIONIST/GLENDA</character>
    <dialogue>Oh dear. What?</dialogue>
    <character>CLOWN #1</character>
    <dialogue>Nathan and I showed up for the takeaway and Ron had been attacked.</dialogue>
    <character>RECEPTIONIST/GLENDA</character>
    <dialogue>Oh no! At the Brooks Davis house?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Jillian and Ryan look up.</scene_description>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>Huh?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Glenda puts the call on speaker.</scene_description>
    <character>RECEPTIONIST/GLENDA</character>
    <dialogue>Is everyone okay?</dialogue>
    <character>RON</character>
    <parenthetical>(yelling at the phone)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>No, I'm not okay Glenda! I've got a throbbing headache! And they took the host!</dialogue>
    <character>RECEPTIONIST/GLENDA</character>
    <dialogue>Who took him?</dialogue>
    <character>AGENT HENDERSON/RON</character>
    <dialogue>Kidnappers! Real ones! Dangerous fucking criminals!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Off Kevin and Michelle's and Ryan and Jillian's look of shock, we return to</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT. DIVE BAR - NIGHT</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>MUSIC CUE: "TAKE ON ME" by a-ha The upbeat music blares from a jukebox as Max frisks the men. Annie dances to the music, twirling the gun on her finger. She drops it and it lands inches from Ponytail. Annie quickly snatches it back.</scene_description>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>I saw you eyeing that, Ponytail. Not on my watch.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Max finishes collecting the weapons from the men and sticking them in a bag. He finds keys on the bartender.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Bingo.</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(to Annie)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Come on, babe.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>He moves to the backroom door and unlocks it.</scene_description>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>Okay, any of you dickwalls move a muscle I'll shoot off your tits. You got me?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The men grumble. Annie's phone rings. She checks it. It's Michelle. She hits "ignore." Max and Annie enter the backroom and shut the door.</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT. BACKROOM - CONTINUOUS</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>They quickly lock the door behind them and turn to Brooks, who is tied to a chair and gagged with tape. His eyes go wide when he sees them.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Oh, look at that face. That is priceless.</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>You did not expect us this early, did you?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Brooks frantically grunts and tries to scream through his gag.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>I've gotta capture this moment.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>He takes out his phone, poses beside Brooks with Annie on the other side and snaps a selfie of the three of them. Just then, the phone rings. It's Ryan. He shows Annie.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Probably begging for help.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>He hits "ignore."</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>I feel like maybe we should call that company and complain because this wasn't much of a mystery.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Brooks MOANS wildly, practically JUMPING OUT OF HIS CHAIR trying to communicate.</scene_description>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>All right, all right...</dialogue>
    <scene_description>She yanks off Brooks' gag.</scene_description>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <parenthetical>(as soon as the gag's off)</parenthetical>
    <character>THIS ISN'T A GAME!</character>
    <dialogue>BANG! Someone begins kicking the door from the other side.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Why, because we kicked your ass?</dialogue>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>Max, THOSE ARE NOT THE GUYS I HIRED!</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Oh I get it. Now you're trying to change the rules on us?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>BANG! The door shakes.</scene_description>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>Listen to me. I'm not a venture capitalist. I'm a smuggler!</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>A smuggler? What the hell are you talking about?</dialogue>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <parenthetical>(scared)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>I fucked up. I sold the Bulgarian's egg to a different guy and now I have to get it back or he's gonna kill me.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Ooh, the Bulgarian's egg. Did you trade it for the Maltese Falcon?</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>Wait. This isn't the end?</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>You said whoever found you got the car. Game over.</dialogue>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>I'm telling you. This isn't a game! It's all real!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>SMASH! The door starts to splinter.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Uh huh. Those shitty actors are real? That fight was real?</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>This gun is real?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>She points the gun at the ceiling...</scene_description>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>Annie, stop!</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>Oh no. Bang bang--</dialogue>
    <scene_description>She pulls the trigger. BANG! A REAL BULLET SHATTERS the hanging florescent light above them. Startled, Annie drops the gun. It hits the floor and FIRES AGAIN. BANG!</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>OW!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Max looks down at his arm. It looks okay... until a red circle of blood appears through his shirt. Annie just shot him. A stunned beat, then--</scene_description>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>AAAAHHHHH!!</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>WHAT IN THE FUCK!!</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>OH MY GOD I SHOT YOU!!</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>YOU FUCKING SHOT ME!!!</dialogue>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>I told you! Untie me! Quick!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Annie unties Brooks, her hands shaking as Bald Guy and Ponytail burst into the room. They spot the bag with their weapons and go for it as Max, Brooks and Annie run to the rear emergency exit door. Ponytail and Bald Guy retrieve their guns and FIRE in their direction.</scene_description>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>EXT. DIVE BAR - NIGHT</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>Annie, Max and Brooks sprint across the street to their car, still screaming.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>You shot me!</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>I know! I feel terrible!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Annie runs over to the driver's side and unlocks it, getting behind the wheel. Brooks jumps in the backseat as Annie peels out with Max in the passenger seat. Bald Guy and Ponytail race to their van, firing wild shots at the car as they go.</scene_description>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>STOP!!</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(another gunshot)</parenthetical>
    <character>STOP DOING THAT!</character>
    <dialogue>They barrel around a corner.</dialogue>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT. MAX'S CAR - NIGHT</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>Annie drives like a madwoman while Max clutches his arm--</scene_description>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>It's all real! How did it all get real?!</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>You shot me! I'm bleeding out of my arm. I'm gonna die tonight.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Brooks reaches from the backseat and wraps a gym towel around Max's forearm.</scene_description>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>Here. Hold this on there.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The van closes in on their car.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>What the fuck is going on, Brooks? Talk!</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>They're right behind us!</dialogue>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>I've been lying to you and the rest of the family about what I do. I buy and sell things that aren't strictly legal for people who aren't strictly... good.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>So you're a criminal?</dialogue>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>Yes. And I made a mistake. There's this guy. They call him the Bulgarian. He has his fingers in all these pies around the world.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>What kind of pies?</dialogue>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>Bad pies, Max. Pies that have heroin in them and guns and sex slaves. He asked me to find this Fabergé egg for him. And I found it.</dialogue>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>But then I heard about this other guy, Marlon Freeman, who was willing to pay twice as much for the same egg.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <parenthetical>(re: the van)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>So these guys work for the Bulgarian? And they just happened to crash your murder mystery party?</dialogue>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>I know. What are they odds?</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(then)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>I never should've gotten into business with that guy. I'm too small-time for this shit!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The van has caught up and suddenly SWERVES into the side of their car. They FISHTAIL, nearly running onto the sidewalk before Annie regains control and speeds away.</scene_description>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>We need to go to the cops!</dialogue>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>We can't! He's got cops on his payroll. I'll be dead before I even get to jail.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Then why don't you go to this Marlon Freeman and buy the egg back from him?</dialogue>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>I couldn't find him if I wanted. That name was an alias.</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>What do we do?! These guys aren't stopping!</dialogue>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>They won't stop till they get me.</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(making a decision)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>I'm sorry I dragged you into all this. I'm sorry for a lot of things.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>He opens his car door.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>What are you doing?!</dialogue>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>I love you, Maxie.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>And with that, Brooks rolls out of the moving car. He lands hard on the street as the van SCREECHES TO A STOP a few feet away from him.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>No! Stop the car!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Annie brakes a couple hundred feet from the van. They look back to see Ponytail and Bald Guy grab Brooks and haul him toward the van. Bald Guy raises his gun and fires a couple shots in their direction. Annie steps on the gas and tears away.</scene_description>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>Shit! Shit! Shit!</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>What are we gonna do? They're gonna kill my brother.</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(then)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>I feel faint. I'm gonna pass out.</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>We've gotta get you to a hospital.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>No! It's a gunshot wound. They'll call the police.</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>So, let's go to a mob doctor!</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Do you know a mob doctor?</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>Of course not!</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Then why did you say a mob doctor?</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>Because I'm losing my shit here!</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>You're going to have to do it.</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>What?</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>You're gonna have to take the bullet out.</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>I don't want to.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>I don't want you to either, hon. I've seen you try to cut a chicken. But we don't have a lot of options.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Off her look of nauseated horror,</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>EXT. 7-11 PARKING LOT - NIGHT</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>Annie exits the convenience story with a bag of stuff. Her phone rings. It's Michelle.</scene_description>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <parenthetical>(into phone)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Hey.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>INTERCUT WITH:</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT. BROOKS' KITCHEN - SAME TIME</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>Michelle and Kevin share her phone. Ryan and Jillian stand nearby.</scene_description>
    <character>MICHELLE</character>
    <dialogue>Thank god. Listen, honey, it's all real--</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>We know. Brooks is caught up in something. Where are you right now?</dialogue>
    <character>MICHELLE</character>
    <dialogue>We're all at Brooks's waiting to talk to the cops.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Through a doorway, we see TWO POLICE OFFICERS taking a statement from Agent Henderson. An EMT tends to his head.</scene_description>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>Don't talk to the cops!</dialogue>
    <character>KEVIN</character>
    <dialogue>Why? What's going on? Are you guys okay?</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>We're fine. I shot Max but he's fine.</dialogue>
    <character>MICHELLE</character>
    <dialogue>What?!</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>We'll meet you back at our house. Just don't tell the cops anything. Brooks's life depends on it.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Annie hangs up. Michelle digests this, then</scene_description>
    <character>MICHELLE</character>
    <parenthetical>(quietly to the other)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Come on. We've gotta get out of here.</dialogue>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <parenthetical>(full volume)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Where are we going?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>She shoves him toward the kitchen door. The others follow.</scene_description>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <parenthetical>(loudly)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>I thought we were gonna talk to the cops.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Jillian rolls her eyes as she ushers Ryan out.</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>EXT. 7-11 - NIGHT</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>Annie walks around to the rear of the store to find Max sitting on the hood of the car, cradling his arm.</scene_description>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>I got a bunch of stuff.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>She begins laying out items on the hood.</scene_description>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>Tweezers, pocket knife, gauze, sewing kit.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Max picks up a bottle of white wine.</scene_description>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>They didn't have rubbing alcohol and they don't sell hard liquor so I got this chardonnay.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Max twists off the top and takes a slug, then notices a magazine in the bag.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Country Living magazine? What's that for?</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>It's for later.</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>They have a butternut squash soup recipe that looked great.</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(then)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Now put this in your mouth.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>She hands him a DOG's SQUEAKY CHEW TOY in the shape of a hamburger. Max sighs and bites down on the toy. SQUEAK! Annie rolls up his sleeve and recoils at the bloody mess.</scene_description>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>Oh god!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>She takes out her phone, types something and sets it on the hood.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <parenthetical>(mouth full)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>What's that?</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>Instructions on how to remove a bullet. It's an alt-right militia website so I'm just gonna ignore the racist stuff... "Step one: sterile gloves."</dialogue>
    <scene_description>She slips on a pair of rubber dishwashing gloves.</scene_description>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>Check. "Step two: clean wound with antiseptic."</dialogue>
    <scene_description>She pours the wine over Max's arm. SQUEAK!</scene_description>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>Sorry. "Three: administer anesthetic." Gonna skip that... "Four: apply pressure above the wound." Here. Squeeze there.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>She takes his other hand and Max squeezes his injured arm.</scene_description>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>"Make small incision on each side of wound." Oh jeez. Here we go.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>She opens the pocket knife, pours some wine on it and cuts into his arm. SQUEEEEEAAK! She continues to cut. Max spits out the dog toy.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Nope! Too big! You're cutting too big! It's a bullet, not a golf ball.</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>Well, I don't know!</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>So much blood.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>He dry heaves a little.</scene_description>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>Don't you do that! You're gonna make me-- DAWWWWWWW!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>She dry heaves. Max dry heaves. They manage to collect themselves.</scene_description>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>That was close. Okay, next step... shit!</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>What?</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>My phone went to sleep. Hang on.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>She takes off her glove and re-enters her passcode.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Just set it so it stays on.</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>My phone doesn't do that.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>We have the same phone! It does that.</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>It's fine. I'll just touch the screen with my nose every 30 seconds.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Why are you so afraid of your phone? Just go to "settings," then "display" then adjust the time before it reverts to sleep mode.</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>"Revert"? What are you, Steve Jobs?</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>It's the easiest fucking thing!</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>Enough! I know what I'm doing!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>She touches her nose to the screen. Max rolls his eyes. She reads the next step.</scene_description>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>Okay, this is going to hurt. Where's your squeaky hamburger?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>She finds it and shoves it in his mouth. She takes the tweezers and begins digging around in the bullet hole. Max writhes in pain.</scene_description>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>I feel something hard. I think I found the bullet...</dialogue>
    <scene_description>She taps something with the tip of her tweezers. We hear a clinking sound. Max inhales painfully.</scene_description>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>It's really wedged in there. Why won't it come out? Oh wait. That's bone. I'm sorry.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Sweat and tears pour down Max's face.</scene_description>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>I can't find it. Let me see what the racists say if you can't find the bullet...</dialogue>
    <scene_description>She touches her nose to the phone again, then suddenly notices something on Max's arm.</scene_description>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>Hang on. What's this? Did you get shot twice?!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>She shows him a hole on the other side of his arm. Max spits out the chew toy again.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>God damn it, Annie. That's an exit wound.</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>Ohhh. Well, that's good news, right?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Max looks like he's going to faint. Annie inspects the wound.</scene_description>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <parenthetical>(disgusted)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>This one's even uglier than the entry wound. WHAAUUUGGGH!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>She dry heaves.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Stop that-- BWAHHHHH!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>He dry heaves. They both dry heave together.</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT. MAX AND ANNIE'S HOUSE - NIGHT</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>Max and Annie bring Ryan, Jillian, Kevin and Michelle up to speed.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>...now the Bulgarian's guys have Brooks and the only way to save him is to get that egg back from this Marlon Freeman guy.</dialogue>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>Man. I can't believe your brother has been lying to us this whole time.</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(beat)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>He's even cooler than we thought!</dialogue>
    <character>MICHELLE</character>
    <dialogue>I didn't even know Morgan Freeman collected Fabergé eggs. Aren't those worth millions of dollars?</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Marlon Freeman. But that's just an alias. Somehow we need to find his real name and address.</dialogue>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>Police computer.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>What?</dialogue>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>I once dated this girl who's dad was a cop. She had these big, thick legs but not a trace of flab. Solid muscle. She looked like the mom in "The Incredibles." Y'know? Tiny little waist but then it V's out--</dialogue>
    <character>JILLIAN</character>
    <dialogue>Why are you telling us this?!</dialogue>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>Oh. Sorry. She showed me her dad's police computer one time.</dialogue>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>It's got this database with every known alias. I bet you could find Marlon Wayans' real name on that.</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>If you called her do you think she'd let you use her dad's computer again?</dialogue>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>Oh, no. No way. It ended very badly.</dialogue>
    <character>JILLIAN</character>
    <dialogue>I'm shocked.</dialogue>
    <character>MICHELLE</character>
    <dialogue>Well, how are we gonna get on a police computer without the cops knowing?</dialogue>
    <character>KEVIN</character>
    <dialogue>I've got it!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>They all turn to him.</scene_description>
    <character>KEVIN</character>
    <dialogue>Billy Bob Thornton.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Huh?</dialogue>
    <character>KEVIN</character>
    <parenthetical>(to Michelle)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>You slept with Billy Bob Thornton, didn't you?</dialogue>
    <character>MICHELLE</character>
    <dialogue>No!</dialogue>
    <character>KEVIN</character>
    <dialogue>Then why was he so friendly to you that one time at 24 Hour Fitness? It felt like you already knew each other.</dialogue>
    <character>MICHELLE</character>
    <dialogue>That wasn't Billy Bob Thornton! That was Shawn, my dental hygienist.</dialogue>
    <character>KEVIN</character>
    <dialogue>That's awfully convenient, isn't it?</dialogue>
    <character>MICHELLE</character>
    <dialogue>For who?</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>Everyone shut up for a second.</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(then)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>I know where we can get on a police computer.</dialogue>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>EXT. GARY'S HOUSE - NIGHT</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>Gary opens the door on Max, Annie, Ryan, Jillian, Kevin and Michelle, all wearing unnaturally wide smiles.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Heeeyyy, Gare....</dialogue>
    <scene_description>REVERSE TO REVEAL: Gary, a lamb shank in one hand, Bastian the dog in the other. A napkin tucked into his police uniform. From inside we can hear the faint, tinny sound of Al Jolson crooning "Toot, Toot, Tootsie!"</scene_description>
    <character>GARY</character>
    <dialogue>Goodness. To what do Bastian and I owe the pleasure?</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>We were all talking and we realized we haven't had a game night in ages. Just the seven of us.</dialogue>
    <character>GARY</character>
    <parenthetical>(dubious)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>It's ten o'clock. And I thought you were going to your brother's house.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>He was tied up.</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(realizing)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>With work.</dialogue>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>Come on, Gare Bear, it's the weekend. Live a little.</dialogue>
    <character>MICHELLE</character>
    <dialogue>We were just saying how you were always better at games than Debbie was.</dialogue>
    <character>GARY</character>
    <parenthetical>(intense)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>I'll thank you not to besmirch my ex-wife. That woman is an angel.</dialogue>
    <character>MICHELLE</character>
    <parenthetical>(backtracking)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Whoa. Okay. No, I mean I like her. We all like her.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Gary's wild-eyed look gives way to a smile.</scene_description>
    <character>GARY</character>
    <dialogue>I will admit, I have eagerly awaited a visit such as this.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>He backs into the darkness of his house and the creepy 1920's music.</scene_description>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>Do we follow him?</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Seems like it.</dialogue>
    <character>JILLIAN</character>
    <parenthetical>(pushing Ryan)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>You go first.</dialogue>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>I'm afraid.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>They all nervously enter.</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT. GARY'S LIVING ROOM - NIGHT</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>The group sit around a coffee table as Jillian finishes building a Jenga tower. Gary enters with a bowl.</scene_description>
    <character>GARY</character>
    <dialogue>Help yourselves to popped corn with sea salt.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Gary plops the bowl in Max's arms right on his covered wound.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <parenthetical>(wincing)</parenthetical>
    <character>ARRGGHHHH...</character>
    <parenthetical>(covering)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>I love popped corn!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Ryan notices a framed photo on a table. It shows the game night group, including Gary's ex-wife Debbie, with Gary looming in the background.</scene_description>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>You have a framed photo of game night?</dialogue>
    <character>GARY</character>
    <dialogue>Doesn't everyone have photos of their best friends in their homes?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The group exchange guilty looks.</scene_description>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>Of course. Max, you want to go first?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Max takes out the first piece then stands.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>I'm sorry, could I use your bathroom?</dialogue>
    <character>GARY</character>
    <dialogue>Of course. Just down the hall, past our bedr--</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(he shuts his eyes, pained)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>--my bedroom.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The others give Max a knowing look as he heads off. Bastian the dog trots after Max.</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT. GARY'S HOUSE - HALLWAY - NIGHT</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>Max hurries to the bathroom, turns on the light and fan, then closes the door without going in. He spots another room and quickly ducks inside. Bastian follows.</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT. GARY'S STUDY - NIGHT</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>The room is a SHRINE to Debbie. Photos, keepsakes, embroidered pillows, greeting cards, an ENORMOUS WEDDING PHOTO of her and Gary over the desk.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Jesus.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>He spots a reinforced police laptop on the desk and opens it. INTERCUT WITH:</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT. GARY'S LIVING ROOM - SAME TIME</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>Michelle carefully slides a piece out of the Jenga tower. There are four players left before Max's turn.</scene_description>
    <character>GARY</character>
    <dialogue>So, Jillian. How long have you and Ryan been a couple?</dialogue>
    <character>JILLIAN</character>
    <dialogue>Oh, no. We just work together.</dialogue>
    <character>GARY</character>
    <dialogue>I see. I thought I detected a certain chemistry between the two of you.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Jillian and Ryan do their best to laugh this off.</scene_description>
    <character>GARY</character>
    <dialogue>Then again, I'm not the world's best judge of chemistry.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>He lets out THE MOST MIRTHLESS LAUGH IN HISTORY. The others look deeply uncomfortable. BACK IN THE STUDY, Max has pulled up the National Police Database and enters "Marlon Freeman." A profile comes up showing a surveillance photo of a distinguished white man in his 40's, PETER ANDERTON. His suspected crimes include trafficking in stolen artifacts, insider trading, illegal weapons sales, etc.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Hello, Peter Anderton...</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Max doesn't notice a DROP OF BLOOD from his bullet wound has trickled down his arm and landed on the beige carpet. Bastian walks over and sniffs it curiously. PLOP. Another drop lands on the dog's fluffy white fur. BACK IN THE LIVING ROOM Annie is staring at the Jenga tower.</scene_description>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <parenthetical>(stalling)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>So many possible moves...</dialogue>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>Come on, Annie. Make up your mind.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Jillian elbows him in the ribs. He realizes.</scene_description>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>Oh. Right. Take your time.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Gary looks at them, nonplussed. BACK IN THE STUDY. By now BASTIAN'S COAT IS SPATTERED WITH BLOOD but Max has yet to notice. He writes down Anderton's address on a pad, starts to shut the laptop but reconsiders. He types "The Bulgarian" into the alias search window. A blurry photo of a burly man appears. "Real Name: Unknown. Address: Unknown." There's an extensive list of suspected crimes: multiple murders, torture, kidnapping, human trafficking, arms trafficking, etc.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Oh, Brooks. What did you get yourself into...?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>He closes the window and shuts the computer and heads for the door. He notices his arm is leaking blood, then sees A TRAIL OF BLOOD DROPS leading across the carpet to Bastian who is now more red than white.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Shit!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>He shuts the door, then hurries back to the dog and tries rubbing off the blood with his hand, but it only smears it. He looks around and spots what looks like a rolled up rag on a shelf. He hastily begins rubbing the dog with the rag but it has little effect.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Oh my god.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>He spits on the dog's back and rubs it some more. Not helping. He sees a bottle of water on the desk. As he moves to grab it, he accidentally knocks over a ceramic wedding cake topper. The bride's head breaks off.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>No!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>BACK IN THE LIVING ROOM the others hear Max cry out.</scene_description>
    <character>GARY</character>
    <parenthetical>(standing)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Maybe I should check on Max.</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>I'm sure he's fine.</dialogue>
    <character>GARY</character>
    <dialogue>He cried out.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>He moves to go. The others looks at each other desperately.</scene_description>
    <character>JILLIAN</character>
    <parenthetical>(blurting)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Tell me about Debbie!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Gary stops, facing away from them.</scene_description>
    <character>GARY</character>
    <dialogue>I beg your pardon?</dialogue>
    <character>JILLIAN</character>
    <dialogue>I never got to meet her. I'd love to hear what she's like.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Gary sits back down, looking wistful.</scene_description>
    <character>GARY</character>
    <dialogue>Where do I begin?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>BACK IN THE STUDY. Max is pouring water onto Bastian and scrubbing him with the rag. Fresh blood continues to seep out onto the dog, making him even messier.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>This is not working...</dialogue>
    <scene_description>He unrolls the rag and reacts as he sees it's not a rag but a SOUVENIR T-SHIRT with a photo showing a smiling Debbie on a beach on vacation. The image is smeared with blood.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Of course.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Just then, the wet dog SHAKES HIMSELF OFF vigorously. BLOODY WATER FLIES EVERYWHERE, spattering the walls of the room including the enormous wedding photo. Gary's shrine to Debbie now looks more like the scene of a murder. Max stands and takes it in.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <parenthetical>(sighs)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Fuck this.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>He wraps the shirt around his arm, covers it with his jacket, then leaves the room, closing the door on the fluffy, pink dog and the blood-spattered room.</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT. GARY'S LIVING ROOM - CONTINUOUS</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>Gary regales the group with memories.</scene_description>
    <character>GARY</character>
    <dialogue>...when she laughed it was like a concerto and if you were there to hear it, you considered yourself lucky just to be in the audience.</dialogue>
    <character>MICHELLE</character>
    <parenthetical>(sotto, to Kevin)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>I don't remember her laugh being that great.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Max enters.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>We should go.</dialogue>
    <character>GARY</character>
    <dialogue>What? But you haven't taken your turn at the Jenga tower.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Right.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>He reaches down and deliberately knocks over the tower.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Darn it. Let's go. Thank you, Gary. This was great.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The others quickly stand, ad lib goodbyes and head out.</scene_description>
    <character>GARY</character>
    <dialogue>When shall we play next?</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>We'll call you.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>And they're gone. Gary stands there for a moment. Then,</scene_description>
    <character>GARY</character>
    <dialogue>Bastian?</dialogue>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT. KEVIN AND MICHELLE'S VAN - NIGHT</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>Kevin drives the group in his Honda Odyssey.</scene_description>
    <character>KEVIN</character>
    <dialogue>So what do we do when we get to Peter Anderton's house? Knock on his door and ask for his million dollar egg back?</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>I don't know. Maybe if I explain the situation he'll want to help.</dialogue>
    <character>MICHELLE</character>
    <parenthetical>(sarcastic)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Oh, yeah, most criminal millionaires have hearts of gold.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>SFX: Max's recharged cell phone rings.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Private number. Please don't be Gary...</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Hello?</dialogue>
    <character>DISTORTED MALE VOICE (ON SPEAKER)</character>
    <dialogue>We have your brother.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Oh my god. Okay, listen. We know who has the egg. We're on our way there right now. We can do a trade. Please don't hurt Brooks.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>There's a long pause on the line.</scene_description>
    <character>DISTORTED MALE VOICE (ON PHONE)</character>
    <dialogue>Meet us on the East 4th Street Bridge at midnight. If you're late he dies.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>That's only an hour from now--</dialogue>
    <scene_description>But the caller hangs up.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Shit.</dialogue>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>Those guys aren't fucking around. Dude sounded like Kylo Ren.</dialogue>
    <character>KEVIN</character>
    <dialogue>We're here.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The van pulls up to what appears to be a large gated estate surrounded by a tall hedge. Max starts to get out.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>You guys head back to the house. I'll call you as soon as I have the egg.</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>What are you talking about? We're coming with you.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>No way. It could be really dangerous in there. Brooks shouldn't have dragged any of us into his mess. But he's my brother and it's up to me to fix this.</dialogue>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>Bullshit. We're all in this together.</dialogue>
    <character>MICHELLE</character>
    <dialogue>You know we'd do anything for you.</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>No. Max is right. You guys should go home. This is our problem.</dialogue>
    <character>KEVIN</character>
    <dialogue>And what happens if you don't make it out?</dialogue>
    <character>MICHELLE</character>
    <dialogue>Do you have any idea what game night means to us? We don't come over because we're dying to play charades and stupid ass children's shit. We come over because we love you guys.</dialogue>
    <character>KEVIN</character>
    <dialogue>It's the best part of our week.</dialogue>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>Mine too. And I've got a lot of options on the weekend.</dialogue>
    <character>MICHELLE</character>
    <dialogue>Brooks may be your brother. But we're all family here.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Max and Annie are visibly touched.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Thank you.</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>We love you guys too.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>There's a nice beat, then they all realize Jillian is there.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>You should totally go home, though. You don't even know us.</dialogue>
    <character>JILLIAN</character>
    <dialogue>You're right. I don't. But if you guys are cool with it, I'd like to stay.</dialogue>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>Really?</dialogue>
    <character>JILLIAN</character>
    <dialogue>This has been the most exciting night of my life.</dialogue>
    <character>JILLIAN</character>
    <dialogue>Most Friday nights I eat a Chipotle bowl by myself and watch "Orange is the New Black" on my iPad.</dialogue>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>That's exactly what I imagined.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>She elbows him.</scene_description>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>You've got an open invitation to all future game nights, Jillian.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>As long as we don't die tonight.</dialogue>
    <character>KEVIN</character>
    <dialogue>Speaking of which, how are we gonna get into this place?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Just then, a car pulls up to the intercom and the gate opens.</scene_description>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>Go, go, go!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Kevin drives in behind the other car.</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>EXT. ANDERTON HOUSE - NIGHT</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>Kevin's van pulls up to where a couple dozen expensive cars are parked in the driveway. The house is lit up and shouting can be heard from inside. The group steps out of the van.</scene_description>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>Looks like they're having a party.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>That could be good. We can get in there and look for the egg without anyone noticing us.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>They approach the house and peek in a window. Inside they see A SCULPTURE OF A SHARK SUBMERGED IN FORMALDEHYDE along with recognizable modern paintings on the walls.</scene_description>
    <character>MICHELLE</character>
    <dialogue>Damn. Warhol, Rothko, Damien Hirst. This guy's gotta have the egg.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>They peer into the kitchen where we see a chef handing trays of hors d'oeuvres to several CATERERS.</scene_description>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>So what's the plan? We knock out six of those caterers, drag them into a closet and come out wearing their clothes?</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>You gonna knock out six innocent people and strip them naked?</dialogue>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>You got a better plan?</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Yeah. We wear our own clothes and look for the fucking egg. Now come on.</dialogue>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT. ANDERTON FOYER - NIGHT</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>The group enter to find a crowd of well-dressed MEN and a handful of WOMEN in their 40's and 50's huddled around something we can't see. They're cheering and throwing down hundred dollar bills. Attractive COCKTAIL WAITRESSES serve drinks. Our guys stick out from the crowd, but no one seems to notice.</scene_description>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>What is this?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>They see an opening in the crowd and react: in the center TWO BARE-KNUCKLED WHITE MEN in their 30's are pummeling the shit out of each other.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>No way.</dialogue>
    <character>JILLIAN</character>
    <dialogue>It's some kind of rich guys' fight club.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>They all turn to Ryan who gasps.</scene_description>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>I knew it! I told you they were real!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Just then, one of the two combatants, BOOMER, KNOCKS THE OTHER ONE UNCONSCIOUS. A distinguished 40-something man, MR. ANDERTON, lets out a celebratory shout as he holds up Boomer's hand.</scene_description>
    <character>MR. ANDERTON</character>
    <dialogue>That's my Boomer!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>He plants a kiss on Boomer's sweaty, bald head, then slaps him on the back like a racehorse.</scene_description>
    <character>KEVIN</character>
    <dialogue>This is some Django Unchained bullshit.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Anderton mocks one of his guests, WARREN.</scene_description>
    <character>MR. ANDERTON</character>
    <dialogue>Sorry, Warren. Don't think you're gonna be able to amortize that loss.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Several of the guests laugh and jeer Warren. Anderton holds up a water bottle that Boomer suckles from.</scene_description>
    <character>MR. ANDERTON</character>
    <dialogue>Kramer! Get Logan ready. Minimum buy-in is now ten grand.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Another rich guy leads his muscly fighter, LOGAN, into the "ring."</scene_description>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>Rich people are fucked up, huh?</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>All right, let's split up. Anyone finds the egg, text the others. And for god's sake be careful with it. It's the only chance Brooks has.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Max and Annie, Kevin and Michelle head off. Jillian goes to leave but notices Ryan is moving closer to the fight which has just begun.</scene_description>
    <character>JILLIAN</character>
    <dialogue>What are you doing?!</dialogue>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>I've got a good feeling about Logan. Do you have ten grand on you?</dialogue>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT. ANDERTON MASTER BEDROOM - NIGHT</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>Kevin and Michelle stealthily enter a lavish bedroom and begin looking around.</scene_description>
    <character>MICHELLE</character>
    <dialogue>Wow. This is the biggest bedroom I've ever seen.</dialogue>
    <character>KEVIN</character>
    <dialogue>Bigger than your celebrity boyfriend's?</dialogue>
    <character>MICHELLE</character>
    <dialogue>You're still on this?</dialogue>
    <character>KEVIN</character>
    <dialogue>You gotta tell me who he was, Michelle. It's all I can think about. And that's saying something considering there's a fight club downstairs.</dialogue>
    <character>MICHELLE</character>
    <dialogue>Why does it matter so much?</dialogue>
    <character>KEVIN</character>
    <dialogue>We've been together our whole lives. And I thought I knew everything about you. Now I find out there's this huge secret you've been keeping from me. I'm not mad that you slept with someone while we were on a break. I'm sad that you felt you had to keep it from me.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Michelle stares at him for a beat. Finally,</scene_description>
    <character>MICHELLE</character>
    <dialogue>Glenn Close.</dialogue>
    <character>KEVIN</character>
    <dialogue>Huh?</dialogue>
    <character>MICHELLE</character>
    <dialogue>The celebrity I slept with. It was Glenn Close.</dialogue>
    <character>KEVIN</character>
    <dialogue>Get the fuck out of town.</dialogue>
    <character>MICHELLE</character>
    <dialogue>I was a waitress at the premiere party of "102 Dalmations." I was about to start freshman year at William and Mary and it turned out Glenn went there too. We started talking and we ended up back at her house. We were both a little drunk and one thing led to another.</dialogue>
    <character>KEVIN</character>
    <dialogue>It was just that one time?</dialogue>
    <character>MICHELLE</character>
    <dialogue>I haven't seen or spoken to her since.</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(beat)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>I always knew you and I weren't gonna be apart for long and I wanted to do something crazy while I had the chance.</dialogue>
    <character>KEVIN</character>
    <dialogue>So you made love to Cruella DeVille.</dialogue>
    <character>MICHELLE</character>
    <dialogue>Are you upset?</dialogue>
    <character>KEVIN</character>
    <dialogue>No, baby. I'm glad you got it out of your system. And by the way, well done. Glenn Close is a national treasure. I wish you had told me years ago.</dialogue>
    <character>MICHELLE</character>
    <dialogue>I didn't think you'd take it this well.</dialogue>
    <character>KEVIN</character>
    <dialogue>Now, if you'd told me it was Denzel I would've killed myself.</dialogue>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT. ANDERTON LIBRARY - NIGHT</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>Max and Annie search through a beautiful wood and leather library. She notices photos on the shelves showing Anderton with a TROPHY WIFE and FIVE KIDS.</scene_description>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>How can this monster have five kids and we can't even make one?</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Well, his wife looks like she's about fifteen.</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(then, distracted)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Don't worry. We'll get there.</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>I'm starting to feel like I'm pushing this baby thing on you.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>No. It's just-- when we first met we did whatever we wanted. Whenever we wanted.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>And then we got real jobs and a mortgage and car loans and now we only have one night of the week where we get to let loose and have fun. Game night. And once we have a kid, we won't even have that anymore.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Annie suddenly realizes something.</scene_description>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>You weren't stressed because your brother was coming to town. You're stressed because you didn't want to have a kid in the first place. Your sperm doesn't work because you're afraid your sperm might work.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Max looks away. He knows she's right.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>How about we put a pin in this until my brother is safe?</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>Yeah. Sure.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Off Annie's sad look,</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT. ANDERTON LIVING ROOM - SAME TIME</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>Ryan watches raptly as Logan and Boomer beat the hell out of each other. Jillian is losing patience.</scene_description>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>Come on, Logan! Boomer ain't shit!</dialogue>
    <character>JILLIAN</character>
    <dialogue>Can we go? We're supposed to be looking for the--</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Suddenly, she notices one of Anderton's EMPLOYEES banding together a stack of bills he's taken from a money counter. He places the cash in a wall safe but does not shut it. Just beside the stacked cash Jillian spots A BEJEWELED, ORNATELY DECORATED FABERGÉ EGG.</scene_description>
    <character>JILLIAN</character>
    <dialogue>Whoa.</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(she pokes Ryan)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Look. It's right there!</dialogue>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>Holy shit. Good eyes. Stay here.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>He heads off.</scene_description>
    <character>JILLIAN</character>
    <dialogue>What are you going to do?</dialogue>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>I'm gonna grab it. They're all watching the fight.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>He casually weaves through the crowd of shouting men to the open wall safe. He glances around. No one has noticed him. He grabs the egg. Just then, POW! Boomer delivers a crippling blow to Logan, knocking him out. The crowd roars. Boomer looks up and stares quizzically at Ryan. Everyone else follows his gaze. The room goes silent. All eyes are on Ryan.</scene_description>
    <character>MR. ANDERTON</character>
    <dialogue>Who the hell are you?</dialogue>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>Hm?</dialogue>
    <character>MR. ANDERTON</character>
    <dialogue>What are you doing with my egg?</dialogue>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <parenthetical>(adopting a fake air of haughtiness)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>I was... simply admiring it. It's a fine specimen. I have dozens of such eggs in my collection. I'm a bit of a connoisseur if you will.</dialogue>
    <character>MR. ANDERTON</character>
    <dialogue>Does anyone here know this guy?</dialogue>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>Everyone knows me. I'm a mogul like you gentlemen. And after a hard day of selling stocks and acquiring assets, I like to unwind with a cognac and a good fight. I'm a bit of a connoisseur if you will.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Jillian buries her head in her hands.</scene_description>
    <character>MR. ANDERTON</character>
    <dialogue>You're full of shit.</dialogue>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>How dare ye?</dialogue>
    <character>MR. ANDERTON</character>
    <parenthetical>(to Boomer)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Take this guy down, please.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Boomer shoves through the crowd toward Ryan who bolts with the egg.</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT. ANDERTON HOUSE FOYER - CONTINUOUS</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>Max and Annie rejoin Kevin and Michelle.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Any luck?</dialogue>
    <character>KEVIN</character>
    <dialogue>Yeah! We actually worked out our issue.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>I'm talking about the egg!</dialogue>
    <character>KEVIN</character>
    <dialogue>Oh, no. Nothing.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Suddenly, Ryan and Jillian CHARGE PAST THEM. Ryan holds the egg and looks terrified.</scene_description>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <parenthetical>(shouting)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Go, go, go!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Boomer rushes in hot on Ryan's tail. The others scramble. Ryan stumbles and DROPS the egg. It is caught just in time by Annie who laterals it to Michelle. Boomer pursues whoever holds the egg and it turns into a high-stakes game of "hot potato." Finally, Jillian finds herself holding the egg with no one to pass it to. She stands like a deer in headlights as Boomer charges straight for her. At the last possible second, the fighter is TACKLED FROM THE SIDE BY RYAN who has instinctively leapt to Jillian's aid. The two men CRASH into the Damien Hirst shark artwork. The GLASS PANEL SHATTERS AND GALLONS OF FORMALDEHYDE POUR OUT ALONG WITH THE PRESERVED SHARK CARCASS.</scene_description>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>Oh god!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Boomer is dazed. Ryan clambers to his feet, stumbling over the rubbery fish corpse and the group races out of the house.</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>EXT. ANDERTON ESTATE - NIGHT</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>Max and the others run toward Kevin's minivan. Anderton and his guests pour out the door in pursuit. A soaking wet Boomer leads the charge as our group piles into the Odyssey.</scene_description>
    <character>KEVIN</character>
    <dialogue>Come on! Get in!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>He floors it and they speed down the driveway and out to the street.</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT. KEVIN'S CAR - NIGHT</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>Everyone catches their breath as Kevin speeds along. Max holds the egg.</scene_description>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>Well, that was unusual.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Jillian turns to Ryan who looks dazed.</scene_description>
    <character>JILLIAN</character>
    <dialogue>You really saved me back there.</dialogue>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>Yeah. Why did I do that? It's like I saw you were in trouble and this feeling came over me. Like I wanted to help you even if I didn't get anything out of it.</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>Sounds like love, Ryan.</dialogue>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>What? Ew. No, it doesn't.</dialogue>
    <character>JILLIAN</character>
    <dialogue>Yeah. Gross, Annie.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>But as they blow off the moment, we can see both Ryan and Jillian are in uncharted territory.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <parenthetical>(tense)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Two minutes to twelve. Where's this bridge?</dialogue>
    <character>KEVIN</character>
    <dialogue>GPS says it's right around here but I don't see it.</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <parenthetical>(points)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>There it is! 4th Street.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Seeing they're passing the bridge, Kevin SLAMS ON THE BRAKES. In SUPER-SLOW MOTION, we see the egg fly out of Max's hands.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuccccckkkkkkk!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The egg passes between the front seats and SHATTERS AGAINST THE FRONT WINDSHIELD. Jewels and enamel fly all over the dashboard. After a beat,</scene_description>
    <character>KEVIN</character>
    <dialogue>Oh my.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>That's it. They're gonna kill my brother.</dialogue>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>Hang on. Maybe we can fix this...</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Ryan picks up a few shards of egg and tries piecing them together but they fall apart in his hands.</scene_description>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>This is more fragile than a real egg.</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(then)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Did they specifically say it had to be in one piece?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Michelle examines some of the tiny gems on the dashboard.</scene_description>
    <character>MICHELLE</character>
    <dialogue>I'm not an expert, but these gems look kinda plastic to me.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Max leans forward and examines some of the pieces. Inside one he notices a small sticker.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <parenthetical>(reading)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>"Made in China"? Is this thing not even real?</dialogue>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>Maybe just that sticker was made in China.</dialogue>
    <character>JILLIAN</character>
    <parenthetical>(quietly)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Let's let them talk.</dialogue>
    <character>KEVIN</character>
    <dialogue>Why would the Bulgarian ask Brooks to get him a fake egg?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Annie notices something amidst the shattered egg. A TINY ROLLED UP PAPER. She picks it up and examines it.</scene_description>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>I don't think he wanted the egg at all. I think he wanted what was inside of it.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>INSERT on the roll of paper. It's a list of names and addresses in tiny type. At the top is a header: "WITSEC."</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>"WITSEC"? What is that?</dialogue>
    <character>JILLIAN</character>
    <dialogue>We can ask them.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>She points to the opposite end of the bridge where we can see a black van coming to a stop. Ponytail and Bald Guy step out, open the rear door and drag out a frightened Brooks. Our group steels themselves as they climb out of the minivan. Ryan scoops the shattered egg pieces into a travel mug. Jillian looks at him.</scene_description>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>In case they ask for it.</dialogue>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>EXT. BRIDGE - NIGHT</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>Max, Annie and the others move nervously to where the thugs stand in the middle of the bridge holding guns on Brooks.</scene_description>
    <character>BALD GUY</character>
    <dialogue>You tell anyone you were coming here?</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>No. I swear. Listen, we've got your egg--</dialogue>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>You do?!</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>But we broke it.</dialogue>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>What?!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Ryan shakes the travel mug helpfully.</scene_description>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>It was a fake. But we have the list of names inside.</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <parenthetical>(holding it up)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>That's what you wanted, right?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The thugs exchange a look.</scene_description>
    <character>PONYTAIL</character>
    <dialogue>Get on the ground.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>We have what you want. Why can't you just let us go?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Ponytail shoves his gun in Max's face.</scene_description>
    <character>PONYTAIL</character>
    <dialogue>I said "on the ground"!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>They all lie down on their stomachs. Brooks lies beside Max. Ponytail begins moving down the line, collecting wallets and cell phones. Bald Guy takes out his own phone and dials.</scene_description>
    <character>BALD GUY</character>
    <parenthetical>(into phone)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>It's me. We've got 'em all here.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>As Bald Guy walks off to talk, Brooks turns to Max.</scene_description>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>The Bulgarian's gonna kill me. Probably you guys too. Why did you come back?</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>You're my brother. I can't just let you die. Even if you deserve it.</dialogue>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>You're unbelievable. You were always a better person than me.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Please shut up.</dialogue>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>I'm being serious.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Max rolls his eyes.</scene_description>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>Look, I haven't been totally honest with you.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Yeah, Brooks, I know. That's why we're lying on a bridge at midnight.</dialogue>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>I don't mean about this. I mean about everything. I'm not the guy you think I am. I'm not even the guy you think I think I am.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>What are you talking about?</dialogue>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>I'm a fraud. Everyone sees me as this cool, carefree dude who wins at everything he touches. Well, you know how I win? I cheat, Max. I cheat at everything. Even when we were little kids and we would play Battleship.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Come on.</dialogue>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>Didn't you notice how I always made you sit with your back to the TV? It was so I could see where your ships were in the reflection. And I always pocketed five grand in Monopoly before we even started playing. I cheated at the Game of Life. And the game of life.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Son of a bitch.</dialogue>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>But it didn't stop there. We grew up and you went to college and met Annie and became a writer. I knew I couldn't compete with your success. So I told everyone I got a job on Wall Street. And I did. Selling coke to the traders.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>You never were a venture capitalist?</dialogue>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>I'm not even sure what "venture capitalist" means.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>So this whole time that I've felt like a complete failure next to you, you've felt the same way about me?</dialogue>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <parenthetical>(smiles)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Kinda funny, huh?</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>No! It's not funny! It's shitty! You turned me into a self-doubting, competitive mess! You even broke my sperm!</dialogue>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>Okay, I'm not sure what that last thing means, but listen. I've been trying to find a way to make it up to you. That's what this whole game night was supposed to be. I rigged it so you would finally win. The last clue was gonna lead you to your jacket pocket.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Puzzled, Max reaches into his jacket pocket and pulls out the key to Brooks' Stingray.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Whoa.</dialogue>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>Surprise. But I even fucked that up. I'm so sorry, man.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>He puts his forehead on the asphalt, defeated. Max puts a hand on his shoulder.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>You know what? We're gonna be okay. I can feel it.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>ANGLE ON Bald Guy finishing his call.</scene_description>
    <character>BALD GUY</character>
    <parenthetical>(into phone)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>...all of them? You sure that's necessary?</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(beat)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Okay.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>He hangs up and turns to Ponytail.</scene_description>
    <character>PONYTAIL</character>
    <dialogue>What'd he say?</dialogue>
    <character>BALD GUY</character>
    <dialogue>We gotta take 'em all out.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>They cock their guns. Our group all react, terrified.</scene_description>
    <character>MICHELLE</character>
    <parenthetical>(to the thugs)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Wait! We got you the list!</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>Just let us go. No one needs to know!</dialogue>
    <character>MICHELLE</character>
    <parenthetical>(to Kevin)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>I'm sorry I fucked Glenn Close.</dialogue>
    <character>KEVIN</character>
    <dialogue>I'm sorry I fucked Karen Waller.</dialogue>
    <character>MICHELLE</character>
    <dialogue>You said it was a handjob!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Panicked, Ryan turns to Jillian.</scene_description>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <parenthetical>(rapid-fire)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>I know you're too smart for me and you could do way better, but I really like you and I might love you! Do you love me?!</dialogue>
    <character>JILLIAN</character>
    <dialogue>No, I don't think so, but if you want to kiss I'd be okay with that.</dialogue>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>Fair enough!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>They kiss. Then,</scene_description>
    <character>JILLIAN</character>
    <dialogue>You smell like a preserved shark.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Ponytail and Bald Guy point their guns. They're about to fire when-- WOOOP! The chirp of a POLICE CAR SIREN startles everyone.</scene_description>
    <character>MALE VOICE (O.S.)</character>
    <dialogue>Freeze!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>They turn to see-- GARY STEPPING OUT OF HIS COP CAR LIKE A HERO. His weapon is drawn.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Gary?!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Bald Guy and Ponytail turn their guns on Gary.</scene_description>
    <character>BALD GUY</character>
    <dialogue>Don't even think about it, pig!</dialogue>
    <character>GARY</character>
    <dialogue>Can't say I care for that nomenclature.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Gary FIRES his gun at them. Bald Guy and Ponytail dive for cover, returning fire. It's real and loud and scary. Everybody scatters, screaming. Ryan covers Jillian. Max falls on top of Annie. Michelle falls on top of Kevin. Gary slides across his car's hood like John McClane, firing at the thugs. Ponytail gets hit in the gut, his shirt EXPLODING with red. Gary aims and fires. Bald Guy ducks too late and gets hit in the back, dropping like a sack. A beat of quiet.</scene_description>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>Is that your neighbor?</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <parenthetical>(shaken)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Yes it is.</dialogue>
    <character>MICHELLE</character>
    <dialogue>Is everybody okay?!</dialogue>
    <character>KEVIN</character>
    <dialogue>When did Gary get so cool?!</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Gary?! You all right?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Gary emerges from cover.</scene_description>
    <character>GARY</character>
    <dialogue>I'm fine.</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(looking back)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Though in sliding, my belt buckle may have scratched the finish of my squad car.</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>How did you know we were in trouble?</dialogue>
    <character>GARY</character>
    <dialogue>The nocturnal Jenga game, my blood- spattered marital souvenirs and Max's curious search history piqued my interest.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>You saved our lives.</dialogue>
    <character>GARY</character>
    <dialogue>Just doing my jo--</dialogue>
    <scene_description>BANG! Gary's chest explodes in an eruption of BLOOD. He falls to the ground in a heap. We see that Ponytail has fired one last shot before dying.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Oh my god!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Annie tries putting pressure on the wound. Max pulls Gary into his lap as Jillian calls 911--</scene_description>
    <character>JILLIAN (ON PHONE)</character>
    <dialogue>I need an ambulance, there's an officer down....</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Gary! Hold on!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Gary looks down at his chest.</scene_description>
    <character>GARY</character>
    <dialogue>Oh no...</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Ryan dry heaves.</scene_description>
    <character>MICHELLE</character>
    <dialogue>You're gonna be fine, Gary! Just hang on!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Gary coughs and a little blood comes out of his mouth. His eyelids get heavier.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Hang on, Gare. We're gonna get you to the hospital!</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>You've got so much to live for!</dialogue>
    <character>GARY</character>
    <parenthetical>(weak)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Do I? I have no wife. No friends.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>We're your friends, pal.</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>We all love you.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Ryan looks at Kevin. He shrugs.</scene_description>
    <character>GARY</character>
    <dialogue>You don't... even like spending time... with me.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <parenthetical>(choked up)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Not true. We've just been selfish. We didn't think about you and what you needed. I'm so sorry.</dialogue>
    <character>GARY</character>
    <dialogue>Someone please care for Bastian.</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>You're gonna care for him yourself.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Yeah. And when you get out of the hospital you're coming to every game night we have. You hear me?! That's a promise!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Annie takes his hand, trying not to cry--</scene_description>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>Would you like that, Gary? Would you like to come back to game night? You've just gotta keep breathing.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>A very weakened Gary tries to smile. He leans up like he wants to say something, but he's too weak. Max and Annie lean down close...</scene_description>
    <character>GARY</character>
    <parenthetical>(softly)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Don't you EVER exclude me again.</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>What?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>A beat. Then Gary SPITS OUT what looks to be a plastic packet from his mouth.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>What's that? What was that?</dialogue>
    <character>GARY</character>
    <dialogue>And that is how you do a murder mystery party.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Gary gets to his feet, grinning. Kevin SCREAMS when she sees Bald Guy and Ponytail stand up, very much still alive, brushing themselves off.</scene_description>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>What the hell is going on?!</dialogue>
    <character>GARY</character>
    <dialogue>I've duped you all.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>This was all... a game?</dialogue>
    <character>MICHELLE</character>
    <parenthetical>(furious)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>A game?!</dialogue>
    <character>GARY</character>
    <dialogue>When I learned that you stopped inviting me to your game nights, I hijacked Brooks' murder mystery party and staged a kidnapping of my own.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!:</scene_description>
    <character>JILLIAN</character>
    <parenthetical>(into phone)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Okay, y'know what? False alarm. Officer not down. He's back up.</dialogue>
    <character>GARY</character>
    <dialogue>What better way to prove my worth as a game night participant?</dialogue>
    <character>KEVIN</character>
    <parenthetical>(points to Bald Guy and Ponytail)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>So who are those guys? Actors?</dialogue>
    <character>GARY</character>
    <dialogue>Oh, no, they're felons. I was able to shave some time off their parole in exchange for this little side project.</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(then)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Thank you, gentlemen.</dialogue>
    <character>BALD GUY</character>
    <dialogue>We square now?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Gary nods. Ponytail and Bald Guy collect their props and head off.</scene_description>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <parenthetical>(to Gary)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>What kind of psycho are you?! You put us through all this shit for your own amusement?!</dialogue>
    <character>GARY</character>
    <dialogue>Just the opposite. For your amusement. Did everyone have fun?</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>No, Gary. Nobody had fun. And I got shot with a real bullet!</dialogue>
    <character>GARY</character>
    <dialogue>I don't see how that's possible. My men were using blanks.</dialogue>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>That was my gun. Which was real.</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <parenthetical>(to Gary)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>So, the whole thing with the Fabergé egg and the Bulgarian. That was you?</dialogue>
    <character>GARY</character>
    <dialogue>You've lost me.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>The egg with the WITSEC list inside.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Max shows him the paper.</scene_description>
    <character>GARY</character>
    <dialogue>WITSEC?</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(reading)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>This is a list of people in the federal witness protection program. How did you get this?</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>It was in the egg! Can you please stop fucking with us now?</dialogue>
    <character>GARY</character>
    <dialogue>I'm not fudging with you. I honestly don't know what--</dialogue>
    <scene_description>BANG! Gary is hit in the shoulder by a bullet. Blood spurts out. Gary falls to the ground.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Seriously? How stupid do you think we are?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Brooks spots a BURLY MAN with two armed BODYGUARDS approaching from the other end of the bridge.</scene_description>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <parenthetical>(pointing)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Max?</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <parenthetical>(to Gary)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>That's your big twist? You get shot again? And by who? Completely new characters you just introduce at the last minute? I'm sorry. You jumped the shark, bud.</dialogue>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>No, Max...</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>And you don't do a shot in the shoulder after you did a shot in the chest. That's anti-climactic.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>He sticks his finger into Gary's bullet hole. Gary SCREAMS in pain. Max pulls out his finger.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <parenthetical>(confused)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Hang on...</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Gary reaches for his shoulder walkie.</scene_description>
    <character>GARY</character>
    <parenthetical>(pained)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>This is Officer Henson. I've got a ten-double-zero on the 4th Street--</dialogue>
    <scene_description>One of the Bodyguards suddenly KICKS GARY IN THE HEAD, knocking him unconscious. It's clear this is not staged.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Jesus!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The Bodyguard picks up the gun Gary dropped and hands it to his boss, THE BULGARIAN.</scene_description>
    <character>THE BULGARIAN</character>
    <dialogue>Which one of you is Brooks Davis?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Brooks nervously holds up his hand.</scene_description>
    <character>THE BULGARIAN</character>
    <dialogue>Funny. You don't look like an asshole. Do I look like an asshole to you?</dialogue>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>No.</dialogue>
    <character>THE BULGARIAN</character>
    <dialogue>One of us has to be the asshole in this transaction because otherwise I'd have my egg and you'd have your money.</dialogue>
    <character>THE BULGARIAN</character>
    <dialogue>But instead, we've wasted our night tracking you down. We find Marlon Freeman. He tells us some idiots in a minivan stole the egg. Now we've shot and kicked this perfectly innocent policeman, and now we're gonna have to kill you.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Excuse me, Mr. Bulgarian? If I may. I'm Brooks' brother. He screwed up. He got greedy. He knows that. But the good news is, we got your egg back. Granted, it's broken. But we got the list inside. And I bet that's what you wanted all along. So how about this? You take the list. For free. We all go our separate ways and nobody gets hurt.</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(then, grim)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Except for the people on that list, I'm guessing.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Max holds up the list.</scene_description>
    <character>THE BULGARIAN</character>
    <dialogue>Okay.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Okay?</dialogue>
    <character>THE BULGARIAN</character>
    <dialogue>Deal. Makes perfect sense.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Max moves to hand the list over but Brooks stops him.</scene_description>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>Wait. You give him that he's gonna kill me.</dialogue>
    <character>THE BULGARIAN</character>
    <dialogue>Nonsense.</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(then, dead serious)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Give me the list.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Max hesitates. The Bulgarian nods to his guys who aim their guns at Brooks and Max. In an instant, Brooks grabs the list from Max, shoves it in his mouth and swallows it.</scene_description>
    <character>THE BULGARIAN</character>
    <dialogue>What the hell is wrong with you?!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>SFX: a distant SIREN WAILS as it comes closer</scene_description>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>Just buying myself some time.</dialogue>
    <character>THE BULGARIAN</character>
    <dialogue>Not much. We're just gonna cut you open on the jet.</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(to Bodyguards)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Take him.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>One Bodyguard grabs Brooks. The other points to the group.</scene_description>
    <character>BODYGUARD</character>
    <dialogue>What about them?</dialogue>
    <character>THE BULGARIAN</character>
    <dialogue>Fuck 'em. We'll be out of the country in an hour.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>They back up towards their car, one gun on Brooks, one gun on the rest of them. Max watches helplessly.</scene_description>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>Don't follow me, Max. I'm serious.</dialogue>
    <character>THE BULGARIAN</character>
    <dialogue>I'm not worried about that.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>He takes out a gun. Max flinches. The Bulgarian SHOOTS OUT two tires on Kevin's minivan. Max's face hardens as he watches the car drive away.</scene_description>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>Man. This game just gets weirder and weirder.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Everyone looks at Ryan.</scene_description>
    <character>JILLIAN</character>
    <dialogue>You know it stopped being a game, right?</dialogue>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <parenthetical>(covering)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Duh.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>The only private air terminal around here is at LAX.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Max starts to head off.</scene_description>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>You gonna run there?</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>We're only four blocks from Brooks' house.</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>But our car's not there.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Max holds up the key to the Stingray.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Yes, it is.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>He runs off. Annie sighs and follows.</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>EXT. PRIVATE AIR HANGAR - NIGHT</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>One of the Bodyguards shuts the door of a Cessna private jet as it begins to taxi toward the runway.</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT. JET - CONTINUOUS</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>He joins the other Bodyguard who is zip-tying Brooks' hands to the arm of a seat. The Bulgarian looms over him.</scene_description>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <parenthetical>(struggling)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Look, you don't have to do this. Just let me poop it out.</dialogue>
    <character>THE BULGARIAN</character>
    <dialogue>We're not going to go digging around in your feces. We're civilized men.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>He takes out a LARGE KNIFE from a drawer.</scene_description>
    <character>THE BULGARIAN</character>
    <dialogue>Now hold still while I cut your stomach open.</dialogue>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>Wait! I'll do whatever you need me to do!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>He is about to cut when Brooks notices something outside.</scene_description>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>The hell?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The Bulgarian looks out and sees a CORVETTE STINGRAY SMASHING through the chain-link fence along the runway and speeding right toward the taxiing jet.</scene_description>
    <character>THE BULGARIAN</character>
    <dialogue>Is that...?</dialogue>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <parenthetical>(proud)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>My little brother. He doesn't know when to quit.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The Bulgarian turns to the cockpit and barks at the PILOTS.</scene_description>
    <character>THE BULGARIAN</character>
    <dialogue>Get us in the air! Now!</dialogue>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT. STINGRAY - CONTINUOUS</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>Frazzled, Max and Annie chase the jet down the runway.</scene_description>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>What's our plan?!</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>The plan was to break through the fence! Now, I've got nothing!</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>They're about to take off!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Max steels himself and pours on more speed.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>All right. I've got an idea that's crazy enough it just might work.</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>You're gonna crash the car into the plane?</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Yeah. How'd you know?</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>'Cause it's the only option!</dialogue>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>EXT. RUNWAY - CONTINUOUS</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>The jet is nearly lifting off the ground as the Stingray pulls up alongside. Max turns the wheel hard to the left and RAMS into the side of the plane. The jet VEERS OFF COURSE, barreling toward the edge of the runway. It speeds over the berm and slams to a stop in a ditch.</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT. COCKPIT - CONTINUOUS</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>The PILOTS are thrown against the controls and knocked unconscious.</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT. JET - CONTINUOUS</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>The Bodyguards, the Bulgarian and Brooks are slammed against the cabin walls.</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>EXT. RUNWAY - CONTINUOUS</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>The totaled car spins out, coming to a halt on the runway.</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT. KEVIN'S CAR - CONTINUOUS</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>Max and Annie take a breath.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Well, at least I got to drive it for ten minutes.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Annie sees the door of the jet open as one of the armed Bodyguards steps out.</scene_description>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>Quick. Come on!</dialogue>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>EXT. RUNWAY - NIGHT</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>She jumps out of the car and heads across the tarmac away from the approaching Bodyguard. Max moves to follow but the Bodyguard is already looking in his direction. Max ducks behind the Stingray just in time. The Bodyguard peers inside the car then heads right toward where Max is hiding. Just as he's about to find Max, Annie stumbles and makes a noise. The Bodyguard turns toward the sound as Annie ducks for cover behind a baggage conveyor belt loader parked alongside the tarmac. The Bodyguard toward her. Annie hides on the other side of the loader as the Bodyguard looks for her. She and Max lock eyes from their hiding places. Frantic to help her, Max suddenly notices a LARGE CRATE perched at the top of the elevated conveyor belt directly above the Bodyguard. Max points at the crate and silently mouths "turn on the belt." She doesn't know what he's talking about. He takes out his cell phone to text her: No service.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Shit.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>He gets an idea. He begins to CHARADE to her. He holds up three fingers. It takes a second but Annie gets it.</scene_description>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <parenthetical>(to herself)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Three words.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Max does the first word. He spins in a circle.</scene_description>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>Spin. Turn.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Yes. Second word: he puts one hand on top of the other.</scene_description>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>On. Turn on what?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Max points to his belt.</scene_description>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>Belt. Turn on belt.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>She catches on. She sneaks around to the control panel of the loader and finds the activation switch. She's about to hit it but Max gestures for her to wait. The Bodyguard circles around the loader. Annie scurries around it, ducking out of his view. Finally, the Bodyguard returns to the spot beneath the crate. Max signals. Annie turns on the conveyor... ...which starts up with a DEAFENING GROWL of its gas engine. The conveyor CREEPS UP SUPER-SLOWLY giving the Bodyguard ample time to see the crate and step out of the way as it smashes harmlessly to the ground. Max throws up his hands. But while the Bodyguard is distracted, he is BONKED in the head by Annie wielding a fire extinguisher she removed from the loader. He goes down hard. Annie grabs the Bodyguard's gun and runs to join Max.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>You saw what I was going for there?</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>Of course. If that guy had been deaf and paralyzed it totally would've worked.</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(re: the gun)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>You want this?</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>I know I don't want you to have it, Calamity Jane.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>He takes the gun and they sneak over toward the jet.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Look. There's a hatch on top of the plane! Maybe I can get the drop on them.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Max puts the gun over his shoulder and carefully begins climbing up onto the wing.</scene_description>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>"The drop"?!</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Get to the hangar. See if you can find a cop or something. I'll be okay.</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <parenthetical>(whisper yell)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>You're not Jack Reacher!</dialogue>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT. JET - CONTINUOUS</stage_direction>
    <character>THE BULGARIAN</character>
    <dialogue>We're sitting ducks here. Get out there, kill those fuckers and find me another plane!</dialogue>
    <character>BODYGUARD #2</character>
    <parenthetical>(re: Brooks)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>You okay with him?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The Bulgarian picks up his knife.</scene_description>
    <character>THE BULGARIAN</character>
    <dialogue>Oh, we'll be fine.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>As the Bodyguard hurries out of the plane, the Bulgarian approaches Brooks.</scene_description>
    <character>THE BULGARIAN</character>
    <dialogue>No more waiting. I'm getting my list.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>We hear a rattling from the ceiling of the plane. The Bulgarian steps aside just as Max falls through the emergency hatch, missing the Bulgarian and landing on the floor.</scene_description>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>Max!</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Can't get the drop on anyone tonight.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Before the Bulgarian can react, Max aims his gun at him.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Drop the knife.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>But instead, the Bulgarian THROWS the knife at Max. It sticks into the same arm where he was shot earlier. Max drops his weapon.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>ARGGGHH! Right in my bullet hole!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>The Bulgarian charges Max but Brooks TRIPS him with his leg. The Bulgarian falls to the floor and he and Max grapple.</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>EXT. RUNWAY - CONTINUOUS</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>The Bodyguard searches around the plane, his gun drawn. He spots Annie hiding behind the nose of the jet and FIRES. She runs for cover but he has her trapped.</scene_description>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>Wait! I have kids! Four of them!</dialogue>
    <character>BODYGUARD #2</character>
    <dialogue>Bullshit. Not with that ass you don't.</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <parenthetical>(flattered)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Well, thank you for that.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>He raises his gun and aims at her head.</scene_description>
    <character>BODYGUARD #2</character>
    <dialogue>You're welcome.</dialogue>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT. JET - CONTINUOUS</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>Max and the Bulgarian continue to wrestle. They stumble into the cockpit landing between the unconscious pilots directly on top of the THRUST LEVER. The engine ROARS TO LIFE.</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>EXT. RUNWAY - CONTINUOUS</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>The engine directly behind the Bodyguard suddenly REVS to maximum throttle. The man turns back to look.</scene_description>
    <character>BODYGUARD #2</character>
    <dialogue>What the f--?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>WHOOSH... SPLAT! He's SUCKED into the engine and shredded.</scene_description>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>Yes!</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(then, grim)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Oh my god. That's just horrible.</dialogue>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT. JET - CONTINUOUS</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>The fight spills back into the cabin as the Bulgarian spots the gun Max dropped on the floor. He clambers toward it. Brooks sticks out his leg and TRIPS HIM AGAIN.</scene_description>
    <character>THE BULGARIAN</character>
    <dialogue>Stop tripping me!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Max notices a BUNGEE CORD dangling from an overhead compartment. He grabs it and wraps it around the Bulgarian's neck. But the Bulgarian is determined. He continues to crawl to the weapon as the cord tightens around his throat. Just as his hand grasps the gun, he collapses on the floor, unconscious from lack of oxygen. Max quickly ties him up with the bungee cord so he can't move. He cuts Brooks free with the Bulgarian's knife. The two brothers stand there as they collect themselves.</scene_description>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>Look at that.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>ANGLE ON the Bulgarian. Max has wrapped him so his head is nearly in his own crotch.</scene_description>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>You get a bungee cord in your hand and you go straight to the pervy place, don't you?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Annie hurries onto the plane and hugs Max.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>You okay?</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>Yeah, yeah. I mean, I'm changed forever but I'm fine.</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(then)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Is that a knife in your bullet hole?</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>It's nothing. Listen, I want us to have a baby.</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>You sure?</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Look at us. We did things tonight we never would've imagined we could do. And we were awesome.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>I thought I wanted to be like Brooks but it turns out Brooks is a low-life and a loser.</dialogue>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>Guilty.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Plus, think of all the dum-dums having babies out there. Ours is going to be so much better. It'll beat them at everything.</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <parenthetical>(getting into it)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Totally. Our baby's gonna crush every other baby!</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>We're gonna raise the Jason Bourne of babies.</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>But without all the creepy Treadstone flashbacks.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Right, no. Obviously.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Brooks starts slow-clapping. They look at him.</scene_description>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>And that is how you throw a game night.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Max and Annie stare.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>What?</dialogue>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>It went exactly as I planned.</dialogue>
    <parenthetical>(to the Bulgarian)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>Trevor, you can get up now.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Max and Annie exchange an incredulous look and turn to the Bulgarian. He doesn't move. There's a beat.</scene_description>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>I'm just fucking with you. That would've been cool though, right?</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Such a dick.</dialogue>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>EXT. BROOKS' HOUSE - NIGHT</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>SUPER: "3 MONTHS LATER" Max and Annie head toward Brooks' rented house.</scene_description>
  </scene>
  <scene>
    <stage_direction>INT. BROOKS' HOUSE - LIVING ROOM - NIGHT</stage_direction>
    <scene_description>Max and Annie enter to find a game night in progress. Kevin, Michelle, Ryan and Jillian play "Pictionary." We see the player at the easel is Gary. They all yell greetings. Brooks hands Max a drink.</scene_description>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>Thanks for letting me host again.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>It's not like we have a choice.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>REVEAL that Brooks is wearing A BLINKING HOUSE ARREST ANKLE BRACELET.</scene_description>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>Only for another 36 months.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Brooks sits down on the sofa and puts an arm around DR. CHIN, the fertility doctor.</scene_description>
    <character>DR. CHIN</character>
    <dialogue>Hi guys!</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Hey, Dr. Chin.</dialogue>
    <character>KEVIN</character>
    <parenthetical>(re: Gary's drawing)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>"The Crying Game"?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>We see Gary's drawing is of a man crying.</scene_description>
    <character>JILLIAN</character>
    <dialogue>"Boys Don't Cry"?</dialogue>
    <character>MICHELLE</character>
    <dialogue>"Cry-Baby"?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Ryan's phone BUZZER sounds.</scene_description>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>Time's up.</dialogue>
    <character>GARY</character>
    <dialogue>It was "The Green Mile."</dialogue>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <dialogue>How is that "The Green Mile"?!</dialogue>
    <character>GARY</character>
    <dialogue>That's me at the Regal Cinema, crying, as I did through much of the film.</dialogue>
    <character>KEVIN</character>
    <dialogue>How are we supposed to know that, Gary?!</dialogue>
    <character>GARY</character>
    <dialogue>I assume everyone cried during "The Green Mile."</dialogue>
    <character>RYAN</character>
    <parenthetical>(whispering to Kevin and Michelle)</parenthetical>
    <dialogue>How long till we can stop inviting him again?</dialogue>
    <character>BROOKS</character>
    <dialogue>Who's next?</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>I'll go.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Annie gets up and grabs the pen. She pulls out her clue, reads it, tosses it behind her, nods for the timer, and starts drawing a bread roll.</scene_description>
    <character>MICHELLE</character>
    <dialogue>A rock. A ball.</dialogue>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>A burger. A bun!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>She nods, then draws an oven around the bun.</scene_description>
    <character>GARY</character>
    <dialogue>Wait, is this a motion picture?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>She ignores him.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Baking a bun. In an oven. There's a bun in the oven!</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Annie touches her nose, smiling. Max jumps up, celebrating his win, but then:</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>Wait-- what?</dialogue>
    <scene_description>He turns to Annie: she's holding her stomach.</scene_description>
    <character>MAX</character>
    <dialogue>You're pregnant?</dialogue>
    <character>ANNIE</character>
    <dialogue>We did it.</dialogue>
    <scene_description>Max smiles and hugs her as everyone cheers and congratulates them. WE MOVE OUT A WINDOW where the happy tableau plays out in the living room. Suddenly, an ominous BLACK VAN pulls to a stop in front of the house as we SMASH TO BLACK.</scene_description>
    <character>THE END \*</character>
  </scene>
</script>

Summary: Married couple Max and Annie are avid gamers who met at bar trivia and became engaged during charades. Their plans for a baby are complicated by Max's feelings of inadequacy compared to his successful brother, Brooks. They host a regular game night with their friend Ryan and married couple Kevin and Michelle, which they struggle to keep secret from their socially awkward police officer neighbor Gary, especially after his painful divorce from their friend Debbie. Brooks arrives in Max's dream car, humiliates him with a childhood story, and offends Annie (who assumed Max was overthinking his issues with Brooks) by offering to host their next game night himself. When the guests, including Ryan's new date Sarah, arrive at Brooks's rental house, Brooks reveals he has initiated an interactive role-playing mystery game, promising the winner his Corvette. An actor enters to begin the game but is knocked unconscious by two masked men who kidnap Brooks. Believing this is part of the game, the couples passively observe the fight and split up to solve the mystery. Ryan and Sarah visit the role-playing company’s office to offer a bribe for the final clue. Kevin and Michelle talk to the actor, leading them to realize Brooks's abduction was real. Max and Annie track Brooks's phone to a bar and use a pistol Brooks dropped to hold his captors at gunpoint and free him. When Annie accidentally shoots Max in the arm, they realize they are in danger. They flee as Brooks confesses that he is a black marketeer: he procured a Fabergé egg for a criminal known as "the Bulgarian" but instead sold it to someone with the alias "Marlon Freeman". With his kidnappers in pursuit, Brooks jumps out of the car to allow Max and Annie to escape. The couples regroup and, unable to go to the police, decide to recover the egg from Freeman to deliver to the Bulgarian. They show up at Gary's house and distract him with the pretense of a game night while Max uses his police computer to discover Freeman's real name, Donald Anderton, and his address. After Max bleeds on Gary's dog and a shrine dedicated to Debbie, the group leaves and receives a phone call to meet the kidnappers in one hour. They sneak into Anderton's mansion, where he is hosting an underground fight club. Searching for the egg, Michelle admits to Kevin that she once slept with Denzel Washington while they briefly separated, but Kevin determines him to be a celebrity doppelganger after seeing his picture. Separately, Max tells Annie he may not be ready to have a child. Ryan spots the egg in an open safe, leading to a game of keep away with Anderton's guards. The group escapes with the egg but accidentally breaks it, revealing a list inside. The group meets with Brooks and his captors, only to be captured themselves. Brooks reveals that he has always been jealous of Max's life and intended for him to win the Corvette all along. Gary saves them but is shot in the chest. Max and Annie comfort him by promising to invite him to every future game night, and he reveals that he faked the entire abduction — including hiring the kidnappers — to trick them into letting him rejoin game night. He is, however, unaware of the list, which he recognizes as a WITSEC list, and they are cornered by the real Bulgarian. Max offers the list in exchange for their lives, but Brooks, thinking they will all be killed anyway, swallows the list and is taken to the Bulgarian's plane. Max and Annie race to the airport in the Corvette, stop the plane, subdue the Bulgarian and his henchmen, and rescue Brooks; Max realizes he wants to be a father after all. Three months later, Brooks is under house arrest for his crimes but has sold the list on the black market for $3 million (after tipping off the witnesses for $20,000 each). He hosts game night for the group, including Gary, and Annie reveals she is pregnant through a game of Pictionary as armed men arrive outside.