Chapter 1: What is the opening scene and who are the main characters introduced?
Table Read, Rooms of Experience. Now let's do it with a little... Pretend like you're excited that you're here. Here we go. One, two, three. Table Read, Rooms of Experience.
Rooms of Experience by Stephanie Summers. Fade In. Exterior Children's Hospital Day. Flashback eight years prior. People stride in and out through the automatic doors of the brightly colored building on a sunny spring day. Graceful willows line the walk.
Dana, 30, attractive, long hair tied back in a loose, messy braid, dressed simply in jeans and a t-shirt, walks a few feet out of the doors, stops mid-step, her face tight with stress. People stream past her, around her. A nurse pushes a wheelchair with a woman and her newborn towards a car waiting at the curb. A man beams alongside.
As they pass Dana, a tiny pink and blue hat falls on the ground in front of her. Her gaze lands on the hat. She breathes heavy. Something weighs on her, then walks faster toward the parking lot, the hat left abandoned on the cement. Exterior parking lot day.
Chapter 2: What triggers the investigation into Teddy's death?
Dana reaches her car, grabs the door handle. A sob almost escapes her lips, but she fights it back, wrenches the door open, gets in the driver's seat. Fade to. Interior Dana's car. Moving. Present day. Dana, impeccably dressed, expertly made up, hair in a tight bun, drives down a crowded city street. Wiper blades thump away rain from her windshield.
Turns into a parking garage, deftly parks in her spot. Exits the car, a chirp of the alarm, her heels click on the cement, her actions smooth and controlled. Interior office of the district attorney, day. Dana enters from the street, drops a white umbrella and a stand by the door, heads down the hall. Interior Dana's office, day.
Dana opens the door, which reads, Dana Jeffries, assistant district attorney, homicide. hangs her purse on a coat rack in the corner, takes a seat at her desk, grabs mail from her inbox, sifts through the mail, gets to a baby blue envelope, stops, stares at it, runs her finger over the handwriting on the front, contemplates the letter opener on her desk. Her desk phone rings, startles her.
She opens a bottom desk drawer, throws the envelope on top of several other envelopes in the same color with the same handwriting, reaches for the phone. Exterior Ada's backyard, night. Ada, elderly, close to 90, but trim and well put together, stands on the lawn in the dark, illuminated by a small shaft of light from a bulb above the sliding glass door to the house.
She holds a yellow balloon gently to her chest. There is the rumble of thunder in the distance. She closes her eyes and opens her arms, lets the balloon float up into the night sky. Opens her eyes and looks up. Watches the balloon disappear. Then turns and goes inside. Drops of rain fall on the cement. Exterior residential street. Night. Drops of rain beat against the asphalt.
Reflect the streetlights.
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Chapter 3: How does Detective Curtis perceive the case as he investigates?
The click of a phone being answered.
911 operator, where is your emergency?
Silence.
Hello? 911? Is anyone there?
I, uh...
My son is dead. The wail of a siren heard in the distance. Exterior Aida's house, night. A coroner's van approaches, stops in front. An ambulance and two police cars, lights flashing, are already on the scene. This is a well-kept but older middle-class suburban neighborhood. All of the homes appear to have been renovated or upgraded except for this one. It appears frozen in time.
The front door is open. Lights ablaze against the night sky. Officers move about. Neighbors peer out their windows. Some step out on porches to see what's going on. Interior Ada's house, bedroom, night. The body of a man, Teddy, 60s, dressed in pajamas, lies dead on the bed in a sparsely furnished room.
Nothing in the room looks out of order or unusual, except that every inch of wall space is tacked with abstract drawings. There's a folded cloth and a length of plastic tubing on a nightstand. A tank of helium stands next to it. CSI-1 takes pictures, while CSI-2 catalogs evidence. Detective Curtis, 50s, pokes his head in, looks at the drawings.
Quite the art collection. How's it going? Just finishing up.
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Chapter 4: What insights does Gina provide about Ada's relationship with Teddy?
Ada sits at the table with a uniformed officer. Another officer stands in the background. Ada still wears daytime clothes. Her hands are folded in her lap. She stares straight ahead. Detective Curtis takes a seat next to her. There is mail on the table. He picks up an envelope, looks at the name.
Mrs. Wells?
Yes.
Are you the owner of this home?
She nods.
Mrs. Wells, can you tell me who else lives here with you?
Just my son.
And is that your son in the bedroom?
Uh-huh.
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Chapter 5: What evidence complicates the narrative surrounding Teddy's death?
Hold on. Possibly. What do we know about this son?
The CSIs enter from the bedroom. CSI-1 exits out the front door.
We're done. You can sit in the wagon. Suicide? Probably. Those signs of a struggle, the tank of helium, popular with the final exit crowd.
The artwork is a bit curious, though. A mental illness, maybe. Mom appears to have dementia. Could run in the family. Maybe taking care of her was just too much of a burden. Surprised it wasn't murder-suicide.
CSI 2 shrugs, steps aside for the coroner to enter. Ready for me?
Yeah, back this way.
The officer leads the coroner away. Detective Curtis pulls a piece of gum from his pocket, steps out the front door. Exterior, Ada's house. Porch, continuous. Detective Curtis notices some commotion as Gina, 50s, hurries up the walk. She's obviously been woken up in the middle of the night. Officer Two is close behind her as she heads towards Detective Curtis.
Ma'am, ma'am, you cannot be here. This is a potential crime scene. I'm going to have to ask you to leave immediately.
She looks back at the officer.
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Chapter 6: How does Dana's perspective on justice begin to shift throughout the episode?
Where's Ada?
Ada, that's Mrs. Wells, the elderly female occupant of this residence.
Yes, is she all right?
She is all right. She's inside.
Gina calms somewhat, is more willing to talk. What did the officer mean by crime scene then?
How long have you known Mrs. Wells?
Since I was a little girl. I grew up in the house across the street.
And where do you live now?
Still there.
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Chapter 7: What role does Alexis play as the defense attorney in this case?
Are you all right? What happened to Teddy?
We're going to need to take Mrs. Wells to the station.
Gina stands up as if to shield her.
Now? In the middle of the night? What is wrong with you? She's 89 years old.
The coroner wheels the body past the kitchen towards the front door. Ada does not react. There is complete silence except for the wheels of the gurney squeaking on the floor.
It looks like we have a few more questions for Mrs. Wells.
Exterior, Ada's house. Night. Detective Curtis escorts Ada down the walkway towards an unmarked car. Gina, close behind, punches buttons on a cell phone. Ada, it's going to be okay. I'm calling a friend of mine. She's a lawyer. We'll meet you at the station. Do not answer any more questions until we get there. The detective assists Ada into the backseat of the car, shuts the door.
Gina yells at him, phone pressed to her ear.
You ought to be ashamed of yourself.
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Chapter 8: What are the implications of the final scenes for Ada's future?
She nods. He pours a glass of water from a pitcher, hands it to her. Thank you.
You're welcome. You've taken care of your son for a long time, haven't you? Yes. It must have been very difficult for you, all alone like that.
She opens her mouth to respond, then remembers.
Gina said I should wait until the lawyer gets here.
He takes a seat next to her.
Yeah, sure, sure. But you don't have to say anything. You're not under arrest. We're just trying to understand what happened tonight. The sooner we can sort it out, the sooner we can all go home.
She speaks plainly, almost monotone, still in shock. I'm not senile. He casually reaches up a hand, indicates to start recording.
No, of course not. No one thinks that.
I didn't lose my mind. I knew what I was doing. You mean when you killed your son? I wanted his last day to be with me at home, peaceful.
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