444034 ORPHAN by David Leslie Johnson Property of: Dark Castle Warner Bros. February 5, 2007FADS I: : : i) - Lobe suor ~ rate cotzemy (uD 30'S) Sho’a_a simple beauty and very pregnant, propped up in @ bed, oucing a hogpltal guar NibaEe Sate Gobieee Paha!” SMEs hor swollen belly, fina with excitement, her eyes salt os foraee® ave vorce (0,8 Sey just relax now, Sith’ hefore you know it, Kate 2ooks up. Her onile falters as vo KAVEAL: INT. DELIVERY KOoM — wrcHr Hargh Lights overhead. THUNDER rumbles outside. Kate’s on a delivery'table, legs already in the stizrups. A sheet hangs,” across her belly so we can’t see what's going on below hervaist. L be over A DOCTOR and NURSE snap on gloves, prepare instriments: SHARP BLADES and CURBTTES, NEEDLES and FORCEPS. Kate is stricken. She ‘tries to sit up. : ATE Wait, I’ve changed my mind, 1 don’t want'to do this anymore.” he Doctor gives the Nurse an exasperated look. the Nurse takes ) Rate's hand, eases her back onto the table, NURSE. Your baby is dead. there’s nothing else we can do. Kate reels, her world turned upside-down. Emotional free-fall. KATE No, thie ion’t what's supposed to happen. My baby's alive! WORSE 2 We're so sorry. A terrible loss, wo're 80 BOITY: ++ : pars But it’s still alivel t's moving! Feel it, yon can feel it! Rate tries to put the mrse‘s hand on her. belly, but the’ Murse pulls away ond hands the Doctor a pair of gleaming blunt-tipped SURGICAL SCISSORS. the Doctor leans between Kate’d spread Tess, disappearing behind the curtain. ‘Rate gasps. . XATE : No, stop! T want to be asleep! WwDOCTOR Too late for anesthosia. ‘whe baby’s . You're going t8 experiente Some pressure no... Rate wines and bites her lip as the Doctor goes aboxt his unseen MOEK: 2 GOOD-LOOKING MAN in surgical scrubs stands behing hint Bizarrely, he’s videotaping ‘the whole thing. “Ho's Kate's busband, JomN (late 30°s). te amtles at her from behind the camera” : JORN ‘ It's okay, honey! You're doing great! he Doctor hands the scissors, now slick with or, te the warce, Bo vakes a SUCTION CATHETER and disappears behind the curtain again. Zhe Nurse. presses a button on a vacuum pump and the machine begins to HUM. Xate tightly closes hex eyes, Milo on"t happening. Wake’ vp, wats jon’ happening. Wake’ up, wake ‘up, wake up... ” eee ee eet Revdue"eiofeod Se" aeDyasge. ge epprcacted wie « el Bay ingle, al ugg totge apres, wht oelgea rors Congratulations, rs. coleman. Te's a gin, ‘The Murve offers her the bloody, blanketed bundle. Kate screans —~ INT. RATE AND JOHN'S BEDROOM ~ NrcuT Doxtigh Shaps awake. she’s been having a nightmare. John lies BF bok ang ap beds Be stirs, but doesn’t wake. Kate elips cat of bed and quickly pads to thé bathroon? IVE. KATE AND JoHN’S BATHROOM — NIGHT Rate closes the door. We now see that she’s not pregnant in Feality, only in her ‘nightmare. she slides to the cold fleor in the dark, a hand on her flat belly ao she stocker eo Ca XNT, DOCTOR BROWING’S OFFICE ~ DAY Rater JRICKLES in a little Zen fountain. Kate sits across from DR. BROWNING, a monsy-baired woman in her 50's. DR. BROWNING A lot of wonen experience difficulties around the anniversary of the niocarriage or the baby’s expected due date. It’s perfectly normal