"Bloody Mindedness"
A complete episode outline for Fahrenheit 451 by Roy Amador and Bryce Abernathy
"Bloody Mindedness"
Fade In:
Int. - Charles Lee High school- Day(morning)
A cloudy, gloomy day in Victorville. The SCHOOL BELL rings and wakes a group of students that refuse to acknowledge they have an actual home. The school is vacant in the hallways, not one person in sight. They pick up their backpacks and mindlessly walk to their classroom without saying one word to each other. Their teacher Ms. McClellan (Felicity McClellan), age 30, happily waits for them outside next to the door to greet them
Ms. McClellan:
Good morning Welcome to class Damien, Michael, Ashley, and Isabella
Damien:
Might as well be in hell
As a group they walk in laughing and are the last students to enter.
Cut To:
Int.- Ms. McClellan's Classroom- Day
The classroom is filled with different video lessons and today's lesson is the French Revolution. The desks are laid in rows and each contain a minimized three wall TV parlor that are as clear as glass when not turned on. Each student that is already sitting at a desk is compelled to his TV. screen as Ms. McClellan sets the video lesson for today. Except one girl who seems to try to interact with her classmates, which is 16 yr. old Clarisse McClellan the teacher's daughter.
Clarisse (Excitedly):
Hey guys!
Isabella(Chuckles):
No one wants to talk to you.
Clarisse:
Oh well I guess I better get ready for the lesson today.
Ms. McClellan:
Alright students turn on your video sets and log on to the lesson for today. Then, take out your ear buds and begin to watch the video lesson
As the video goes on Damien, Michael, Ashley, and Isabella begin to discuss how they will entertain themselves today after school.
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Damien:
What about the fight club. I could blow off some steam.
Ashley:
I'm up for a good fight
Cut to:
Ext.-CharlesLeeHighSchool- Day
The group of friends walk out of the school as the second bell to go home rings.
Michael:
Before your fight Damien lets put something in you, so you don't go in with an empty stomach.
Damien:
I could eat before my fight
Cut to:
Int.- Pizza House-Day (Afternoon)
The group of friends walk to a to restaurant named "Pizza House" They all share 12 slices of pepperoni pizza and each one of them get a milkshake.
Michael:
Damien do you feel ready for the fight you plan to get in
Damien:
Michael you know me I'm always ready to knock someone out of the ring. I live for the thirst of the sweat and blood left in the cage.
Ashley:
Michael you don't need to worry. Damien has not been beaten before. What's another fight to him?
Fade In:
Int.- Fight Club- Night
A large crowd of teens surround the cage, waiting anxiously to begin. Damien walks over to the man who is in charge of the fights named Xavier and demands for a fight tonight.
Damien:
Put me up against your best fighter other than me
Xavier:
All right, you seem pretty confident for someone who has not fought in nearly 3 months. Good luck
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The statement good luck sparks rage within Damien forcing him to think of his parents leaving him. Damien grabs Xavier by his shirt.
Damien:
Don't ever say that to me again. Just give me the fight!
Xavier:
All right, calm down. Here's your fight, you’re going up against one of the toughest fighters, Chase Matthews.
Cut to:
Int.-Damien’s Parents House-Present Time
Taylor and Andrew are on the couch hypnotized by the screens of the parlor.
Taylor:
Andrew?
Andrew(Yelling):
What!
Taylor:
It’s not nice to yell. Anyways, Are you sad we left Damien?
Andrew:
Are you being serious? Hell no! The best decision I ever made. I could care less.
Taylor(Laughing):
I was just messing with you. For all I care he could get run over.
Andrew:
Ah, come here. Lets get a drink.
They both have vodka bottles in one hand and Andrew makes a toast.
Andrew:
Here’s to having no son.
Taylor(laughing)
To no son!
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They clink the bottles together and gulp down the vodka. It burns their throat but they don’t care. They easily get drunk and are laughing to themselves.
Taylor(Laughing):
I bet you, you can’t hit the painting on the wall if you spin around.
Andrew(Laughing):
You are so on.
Andrew spins a couple of times and then releases his vodka at the target he was aiming. By being drunk and confused, he so happened faced his wife when he released the glass bottle. The bottle spins violently colliding perfectly with Taylor’s forehead immediately ripping the skin and penetrating the skull. Taylor collapses to the floor, dead, her body limp and lifeless as a stream of blood begins to emerge out of her cracked and sullen skull. Andrew laughs at his wife thinking that she just had fallen to the floor out of laughter being oblivious to the fact that he had just murdered her.
Cut to:
Int.-The Fighting Cage- Night
The ring girl walks out with the sign saying "round 1"
Damien quickly goes for the first punch forcing his opponent to put his arms up to protect himself. Damien gets a knee to the ribs easily bringing Chase down to the floor. Damien shows a sinister smile and hurls himself on top of Chase throwing many blows to his head. Chase's head opens up gouging a river of blood streaming down his forehead. Damien finishes him of by a kick to the side of his head crushing his skull and leaving him unconscious on the floor.
Ring Announcer:
We have a winner and still undefeated Damien!
Damien:
Looks like your streak came to an end, but on the bright side mine continues.
When Damien turns away and begins to walk. Chase lets his jealousy get the best of him and pulls out a pocket knife from his shorts pocket. The teens in the crowd cheer even louder.
Ashley:
Look out, Damien!
Chase, with his last bit of energy, thrusts the knife at Damien. Damien quickly dodges the
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knife and drives his fist to the ribs of Chase causing him to unwillingly let go of the knife.
At viper speed, Damien grabs the knife and jabs it into Chase’s leg making him incapable of getting back up and fighting. Damien stands over him and just shakes his head as if he was disappointed. Then Damien and his group of friends walk out of the club laughing as the crowd chants Damien’s name in his victory while they leave Chase suffering from the pain of a knife jabbed into his leg.
Isabella:
Dude! Did you see that guy! You totally wrecked him!
Michael:
Damien don’t you think you were a little too rough-
Michael and the group stop when they see a fireman limping rapidly as if he were getting chased by someone or something.
Damien:
Who the hell is that guy!? (Partly laughing)
Ashley (Laughing):
Wanna go get him?
Isabella:
I can’t find another way to spend the rest of our night.
Damien:
What do you say Michael are you up for it. You seem a little unsure.
Michael (Hesitantly):
I’ll tag along
Isabella:
All right. Remember last time Ashley was able to hit the target. Lets see if Damien is able to do the same.
Damien:
Well, I’ve had a win already tonight. Why not give Michael a chance.
Ashley:
Yeah, Michael always seems to never drive.
Michael:
Umm. All right.
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They head to the nearest parking lot just across the street from them. As they run up to it, Ashley quickly shatters the window open and unlocks the car.
Isabella:
Hurry he’s going to get away!
They quickly pile in as Michael hot wires the car.
Damien:
You’re always good at that Michael. All right, lets go!
Background Music: P.O.D-“Lights Out”
Michael slams the gas and drifts out of the parking lot. (Tires squeal)
Ashley(Yelling):
Over there! He’s over there!
Michael shifts the gear of the car sending it to 110mph. (Engine roars) They get thrown back by the force of going 110mph. Michael closes in on the firemen walking across the freeway. As soon as the he was about to hit him he seemed to lie on the floor.
Damien:
Run him over!
Michael:
No are you crazy!
The fireman at the last moment decided to lie down on the road. Knowing that if they ran over the man, the car would flip over at the speed they were going.
Ashley(Screaming):
Get out of the way you Michael!
All together:
Shit!
Michael quickly turns right to avoid the man but the car drifts sideways sliding and hitting the fireman causing the car to flip over a couple of times. They get out of the car cut up and bloody.
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Damien:
What was that Michael!
Michael:
I'm sorry I don't want to pass as a murderer
Damien:
You idiot, you still hit him!
Michael:
Okay! Calm down. Dude, stop taking your frustration on innocent people who had nothing to do with your parents leaving you! It’s not your fault and it’s not theirs. If you want someone to blame. Blame the two people who abandoned you with out even leaving a good reason to do so.
Damien stays quite for a minute trying to consume this statement in his mind.
Isabella:
Come on guys, let’s stop fighting. We've been friends since we were kids lets not this one night break us up.
Michael:
I'm sorry
Damien:
Your right though.
Ashley(Uneasily):
Hey shouldn't we go to the hospital or something?
Michael:
Nah, we'll be fine. Lets just head back to the school it’s getting late.
As they were walking back they saw Mrs. McClellan heading for the street they were just on.
Ashley:
Ms. McClellan?
Ms. McClellan turns her head to the source where she heard her name.
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Ms. McClellan:
What are you guys doing out so late? What happened? Go home. Don't you know it’s not safe at this time?
Damien:
It's never safe anytime of the day. Besides, we were already heading home, but why are you out so late?
Ms. McClellan:
There's not much I can tell you, but what I can say is that this may also be the last time you may see me. Goodnight.
Ms.McClellan runs off into the night.
Michael:
Wait. What do you mean!