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INFLUENCER

written by
Andrew Beiner

Andrew.Beiner@gmail.com
1.

1 INT. GYM - DAY 1


Open to a black screen with 90's hip-hop playing. Titles
appear with Heavy breathing heard in the background. A man’s
voice is heard counting...
ISAAC
38, 39, 40. 40 pull-ups baby! Now
that’s how it’s done! Oh shit…
Picks up his phone to come out of the black screen and reveal
ISAAC MAYWEATHER, a fit-looking, focused and determined man
in his late 30’s, trying to film himself working out at the
gym.
ISAAC
(Talking to his phone screen)
My bad people, my phone fell. Those
pullups wore me out for today, but I
got you with a sick workout
instruction tomorrow.
Reveals that he is live on his Instagram, broadcasting his
workout to his followers. He looks down at the comments
section:
CU on Isaac's PHONE SCREEN:
Reading the comments people are posting USERNAME
KAISER_SOCE69 says: “You pussy, you just lied about doing 40
pull-ups #fraud” “Yea, this guy’s full of shit” “40 pull-ups
in the dark? How convenient (eye roll emoji)", "This guys
sucks #unfollow."

ISAAC
You know, people are gonna hate on
you when you achieve your goals in
life, but that's fine. You're always
gonna have those haters. I'll tell
you what the real secret to success
is though-
Isaac's preaching is interrupted by a phone call from his
fiancé, ANDREA TAYLOR, a strong, confident and successful
entrepreneur, who's contact photo appears on Isaac's phone
screen, cutting off his live feed. Clearly, not the first
time this has happened, Isaac feeling frustrated, but having
to look happy to hear from her, answers the Facetime call.
ISAAC
Hey baby, I was just live streaming
to my followers, can I call you
2.

back?
ANDREA
Don't worry, I'll make it quick.
There was an issue with the caterer
and we have to have the wedding
rehearsal Friday instead of
Saturday.
Isaac looking at his physique in the mirror, only half paying
attention to what Andrea is saying.
ISAAC
Huh? Oh, Ok, no problem.
ANDREA
My parents are on a flight as we
speak. They'll be meeting us at the
rehearsal tomorrow. I need your help
at the house with a few things. When
are you coming home?
ISAAC
I guess I'll head home now if that's
what you-
ANDREA
Great! See you soon.
Isaac switches back to his Instagram feed to see that only 12
followers are watching his feed right now. He looks
disappointed, collects his belongings and leaves the gym to
head home to his fiancé.

2 EXT. ANDREA’S HOUSE - DAY 2

Establishing shot of Andrea's nice house. Isaac's car pulls


into the driveway.

3 INT. ANDREA’S HOUSE - DAY 3


Isaac enters to find Andrea on her phone stressing out about
the wedding.
ANDREA
What do you mean they don't have a
white chocolate fountain? We
specifically requested white
chocolate- I'll call you back.

ISAAC
Is everything alright?
3.

ANDREA
Don't even get me started. I need
your help organizing the gift
baskets to make sure everyone's
names are where they should be.

ISAAC
I'm scheduled to go live again at
4:30, I'm not sure if this will be
done by then.

ANDREA
Then you better get to it.
ISAAC
I got 200 more followers today, I
think people are loving my jump rope
videos.

ANDREA
That's great baby. Hopefully they
can jump some money into your
wallet. You can't live off your rich
mommy and daddy's money forever.
ISAAC
You know I'm working up to that. I'm
only four million followers short of
getting sponsored by Fitness Max.
ANDREA
You want to really impress me? Get a
real job making four million
dollars. Followers aren't tendered
currency and they definitely aren't
helping pay for our wedding.
ISAAC
Not yet they don't. Once I get
enough followers we'll be able to
buy anything we want.
ANDREA
It's not easy to just gain millions
of followers. People dedicate their
life to doing all sorts of crazy
stuff to make that happen.

ISAAC
I know. That's why I hired some
help. I saw this ad on my Instagram
about this talent agency that can
help you gain millions of followers,
practically over night. You can
4.

apply but they only select a special


few that they feel have true star
potential.
ANDREA
Agency? Didn't you already pay to
have a million followers or
something?
ISAAC
Ummmm yea, but those are bots.

ANDREA
Oh, so you bought some fake accounts
to follow you?

ISAAC
Yea, I guess.

ANDREA
So why don't you just buy more of
those bots?
ISAAC
They can screen for those now. I
needa get some more legit followers.

ANDREA
And this agency is going to talk
millions of people into following
you?

ISAAC
Check it out, they gave me a shout
out on today's post.

Andrea reads aloud the post Isaac sent to her phone.


ANDREA
"Top six influencers to pay
attention to this month."

ISAAC
Yea that's me, number six on that
list.
ANDREA
Who are these other five people?

ISAAC
OK, check this out. You remember
that kid Owen Dylan?
5.

ANDREA
From those Disney channel shows?
ISAAC
Yup!
ANDREA
How old is he now?

ISAAC
I think he's almost 30. He became a
professional vlogger.

ANDREA
For real?

ISAAC
Yea, he started doing crazy shit,
like smoking weed in the White
House.

ANDREA
Did he get in trouble?

ISAAC
Fuck yea he did. He was on one of
those White House tours, when Secret
service rolled up on him while he
was live streaming himself baking
out the bathroom. Check it out.

Isaac streams his phone on the TV to Owen Dylan's Youtube


video.

CUT TO:

4 INT. WHITE HOUSE BATHROOM - DAY 4

OWEN DYLAN, mid-late 20's, cocky, materialistic, good looking


and in great shape, is smoking a joint in the bathroom of the
White House, while streaming it live on his phone.
OWEN DYLAN
(Whispering) Holy shit yo, this shit
is lit! I'm getting high in the
motherfuckin' White House.
KNOCK at the door and we hear some commotion and the voice of
a SECRET SERVICE AGENT, sounding firm and annoyed.
SECRET SERVICE AGENT
Excuse me sir, open the door right
now.
6.

OWEN DYLAN
(Laughing, takes a hit off the joint
and blows it into his phone and
mouth's the words) Holy shit.
SECRET SERVICE AGENT
If you don't open this door right
now we'll be forced to break it
down.
OWEN DYLAN
(Sticks his middle finger up and
Mouth whispers to his phone) Fuck
You.
Secret Service bangs in the door and the camera shakes before
it cuts to black.
BACK TO:

5 INT. ANDREA’S HOUSE - DAY 5


ANDREA
Wow that's pretty ballsy.
ISAAC
Yea this dude is nuts. He's also
smart though. He parlayed that into
a music career, check out his music
video, it has over 5 million views.

CUT TO:

6 EXT. OWEN DYLAN’S HOUSE - DAY 6

Owen Dylan is in the driveway of his illustrious house,


rapping his hit single, "Untouchable." He's surrounded by
fancy cars, jewelry, stacks of cash and females who appear to
be swooned by him.

OWEN DYLAN
FBI couldn't handle me.
Don't you wanna put your hands on
me.
Well you can't cause I'm
Untouchable. (That's right) Yea, I'm
Untouchable

BACK TO
7.

7 INT. ANDREA’S HOUSE - DAY 7

ANDREA
So let me get this straight.

ISAAC
Ok

ANDREA
This guy who used to be on Disney
shows, smoked weed in the White
House bathroom.

ISAAC
Yup.

ANDREA
Wrote a song about it, then made a
video of that song with a fancy car,
some champagne and a few scantily
dressed women in his driveway.

ISAAC
Correct.
ANDREA
And then that got more than 5
million views?
ISAAC
He's got almost a million
subscribers now. Genius, right?

ANDREA
I'd say it's more of a bad joke.
ISAAC
What do you mean? I think it's a
great business plan. Ok, well check
out this guy, Reaction Randy.
ANDREA
Let me guess, he made a song about a
time he took a shit in the Pentagon
and now has 10 million followers?
ISAAC
Not quite, he's only got about
twenty thousand followers, but he
makes these funny ass reaction
videos.
ANDREA
Reaction videos?
8.

ISAAC
Yea, you know, he records himself
watching something and people love
to see his reactions. Here check
this one out.
CUT TO:

8 INT. REACTION RANDY’S STUDIO - DAY 8

REACTION RANDY, mid-30's, funny, rubbery, animated face, is


recording himself watching silly monkey videos.
REACTION RANDY
Holy smokes! Is that a monkey
smoking a cigarette? Wowzers!
Randy goes on to comment about monkeys doing silly things on
camera, followed by watching cats get freaked out by cucumber
videos. He then does a reaction of him reacting to a reaction
of him watching himself.
BACK TO:

9 INT. ANDREA’S HOUSE - DAY 9


ANDREA
Seriously? So twenty-thousand people
watched this guy watching monkeys
smoking cigarettes and he makes
money off of that?
ISAAC
Yes!

ANDREA
Lord (shakes her head). What about
her? Susana Sampson? (Pointing to
Isaac's phone) Says she's got one
hundred thousand followers.
ISAAC
She's loaded. She inherited millions
from her dad. He was the guy who
invented the traffic light camera.

ANDREA
That might be the worst invention
ever.

CUT TO:
9.

10 INT. SUSANA SAMPSON’S CLOSET/BEDROOM - DAY 10


SUSANA SAMPSON, entitled Southern, wannabe house wife, blonde
hair, blue eyes with a smug and preachy attitude, is going
through her enormous closet looking for something to wear
while she streams it to her followers.
SUSANA SAMPSON
I swear these are all hideous. I
have no idea what I was thinking
when I bought them.
Tosses some very expensive items in the trash. Now talking
into her phone to her followers:

SUSANA SAMPSON (CONT'D)


Ok ya'll, so I need your help making
a decision. If you were going for
drinks tonight on your private jet,
which of these shoes would you wear?
Shows her followers a ridiculous number of shoes to pick
from. She starts reading through her responses.

SUSANA SAMPSON (CONT'D)


The black ones? Nope, not feeling
it. The brown ones? Nope. The red
ones? Too early in the season for
those. The white ones? Hmmmm, white
it is!

CUT TO:

11 EXT. SUSANA SAMPSON’S YACHT - DAY 11

Susana is with her girlfriends, partying on her ex-husband's


yacht with a huge American flag displayed. She is live
streaming it while all of her friends have their phones out
taking selfies of themselves.

ISAAC (V.O.)
Yea well, worst invention or not,
people love watching her spend her
money. She's also been married and
divorced four times. All to rich
guys.
CUT TO:

12 EXT. ENTRANCE TO GUCCI STORE - DAY 12


10.

Susana comes out of Gucci holding as many bags as she can


carry. Gloating about it on her phone to her followers.

CUT TO:

13 EXT. PORSCHE DEALERSHIP PARKING LOT - DAY 13

Susana takes selfies and drives off with a sick car.


BACK TO:

14 INT. ANDREA’S HOUSE - DAY 14


ANDREA
Seems like a pretty shallow person
if you ask me.

ISAAC
One hundred thousand people might
think otherwise. Ok, now this other
girl's a trip, you might like her.
She films this show in her car
called Eating with Elmira.
CUT TO:

15 INT. ELMIRA’S CAR - DAY 15


ELMIRA FLOWERS, quirky, animated, intense, fast talking and
attention-seeking, is in her car, live-streaming her eating
experience to her followers. She has a piece of octopus that
was still alive and moving.
ELMIRA FLOWERS
You guys, I'm about to do the "Tako
challenge" and I don't mean carne
asada tacos! Tako is Japanese for
Octopus and this tako is still
talking!
(Stops doing what she's doing to
plug her merchandise)
Also, don't forget there's a link to
buy my merch, I have t-shirts and
hot sauce that ya'll are gonna love-
cheers!
The entire screen fills up with links to buy merchandise. She
grabs the squirming octopus tentacle and puts it in her
mouth, allowing the end to still stick out of her mouth as it
wiggles before she slurps it up like a ramen noodle.
Celebrating her victory to her followers.
11.

BACK TO:

16 INT. ANDREA’S HOUSE - DAY 16


ANDREA
Ewwww ok enough. People actually
want to see that?
ISAAC
About two-hundred thousand
followers, apparently they do. And
she sells her own merchandise, which
is brilliant. Last but not least, we
have Georgina Del Mar.
ANDREA
I'm afraid to ask what her talent is
CUT TO:

17 EXT. BEACH - DAY 17


GEORGINA DEL MAR, very good looking but entitled, impatient,
hasn't found a camera she didn't love to jump in front of, is
posing for a photo op on the beach.

ISAAC (V.O.)
Ya know, that's actually a good
question. She has over 1 million
followers.

CUT TO:

18 EXT. HIKING TRAIL - DAY 18

Georgina is posing for another photo op on a hiking trail.


Her boyfriend/photographer, FERNANDO, a weak-willed, dorky
individual, who is just happy to be at her beck and call, is
hanging in a dangerous and compromising position trying to
capture the photo. He falls after taking the photo and she
moves on, happy she got the picture, not even acknowledging
the fall.
GEORGINA DEL MAR
Come on Fernando, let's go.

CUT TO:

19 EXT. CROSSWALK OF A BUSY STREET - DAY 19


12.

Georgina is posing for a photo op while Fernando is in the


middle of a bad place to be, holding up traffic. Eventually
cars drive around him, nearly hitting him.
ANDREA (V.O.)
Other than having a really timely
photographer, I'm not sure what this
girl does.

CUT TO:

20 EXT. BLACK LIVES MATTER RALLEY IN THE STREETS - DAY 20

Georgina is holding up a sign that says "BLACK LIVES MATTER"


as Fernando is trying to take a picture without getting
trounced by an aggressive group of protesters.
ANDREA (V.O.)
Ummm, wouldn't that be performative
activism?
ISAAC (V.O.)
You think the people who follow her
know- or care what that is?
ANDREA (V.O.)
What kind of a person does something
like that?

CUT TO:

21 EXT. PARKING LOT ROOFTOP - DAY 21

Georgina is getting out of her car with groceries and


Fernando is fumbling around his lighting umbrella to try and
get the perfect shot.

ISAAC (V.O.)
The kind of person who's good
looking enough to get away with it.
GEORGINA DEL MAR
Come on, it has to look natural.
FERNANDO
I'm trying to get the right
lighting.

GEORGINA DEL MAR


13.

Well you better do it right this


time. Yesterday's pictures leaving
the animal shelter looked like shit.

FERNANDO
Sorry bae, I'll make sure these are
better.
GEORGINA DEL MAR
I had to take them down. That was
literally the whole point of going
there.
BACK TO:

22 INT. ANDREA’S HOUSE - SAME TIME 22


ISAAC
So, what do you think?
ANDREA
I think society is doomed.
ISAAC
(Laughs) No for real, I think I have
a chance to get those followers I
need to get that sponsorship money
with Fitness Max.

ANDREA
I don't know. All of these people
seem like a bunch of attention
starved narcissists with no real
talent to offer.
ISAAC
Well, I gotta do whatever it takes
to get there. I could do a lot worse
than being associated with a group
of people who have a combined,
almost millions of followers.
ANDREA
I like to think you can do better
than that.
ISAAC
Who knows, maybe all of their
followers will become my followers
one day? (MESSAGE NOTIFICATION
sound) Hold up, I just got a direct
message from the head of the agency.
14.

ANDREA
Oh yea? what's it say?
Isaac's eyes light up as he reads the message to himself.

ISAAC
It's an invitation. Our promise to
make you the next social media
superstar will soon be fulfilled.
You are invited to an exclusive
party.
The other five influencers all received the same message at
the same time and in a montage, simultaneously, read it out
loud.

CUT TO:

23 EXT. OWEN DYLAN’S HOUSE - DAY 23


Owen is hanging out with THREE ATTRACTIVE WOMEN as well as
TWO OF HIS BRO FRIENDS. Two of the women are all over him
while the other one is taking a selfie of herself. The bros
are checking out Owen's car, when he receives a message on
his phone. He stops paying attention to the women and becomes
immersed in the message on his phone.

OWEN DYLAN
Attending the party will be people
who can change your life forever.
Many of the industry's most powerful
players including...
CUT TO:

24 INT. SUSANA SAMPSON’S HOUSE - DAY 24


Susana is getting a massage, reading this message out loud.
SUSANA SAMPSON
Some of the biggest agents,
producers and network owners. All
coming to the party to meet you, the
future of social media
entertainment.
CUT TO:

25 INT. REACTION RANDY’S STUDIO - DAY 25


15.

Reaction Randy has a smile on his face, as he sits in his


wheelchair, reading the message.
REACTION RANDY
Due to the exclusivity of the party,
strict rules must be followed. Rule
number one...
CUT TO:

26 INT. RESTAURAUNT - DAY 26


Elmira Flowers is sitting at a table with a ridiculous amount
of food in front of her. Her attention is fully engaged in
this message.
ELMIRA FLOWERS
Do not disclose the location of this
event to anyone. (Pauses to eat
food) Rule number two...
CUT TO:

27 INT. GEORGINA DEL MAR’S APARTMENT - DAY 27


Fernando is reading the message out loud to Georgina, who
appears to be preoccupied with adjusting her hair in the
mirror while texting, not fully paying attention.
FERNANDO
Come alone. Under no circumstances
are you allowed to bring any guests.
Rule number three...

CUT TO:

28 EXT. OWEN DYLAN’S HOUSE - SAME TIME 28


OWEN DYLAN
Arrive on time. Late guests will not
be permitted into the party. The
event begins tomorrow at 5pm sharp.

CUT TO:

29 INT. REACTION RANDY’S STUDIO - SAME TIME 29


REACTION RANDY
You can RSVP up until three hours
before the start time. The location
16.

will be sent to you in a private


link, two hours before the event.

CUT TO:

30 INT. SUSANA SAMPSON’S HOUSE - SAME TIME 30


SUSANA SAMPSON
Not following any portion of the
rules will result in
disqualification and a termination
of your membership.

BACK TO:

31 INT. ANDREA’S HOUSE - SAME TIME 31


ISAAC
I trust you will make the right
decision for your life and career.
We look forward to seeing you on
Friday.

Isaac begins fantasizing about what might be when Andrea hits


him with his cold reality.
ANDREA
No you won't.
ISAAC
Wait, what?

ANDREA
That's right before our wedding
rehearsal. Did you not just hear
anything I was saying before?
ISAAC
But baby, this is a life changing
event.
ANDREA
And our wedding isn't?

ISAAC
Well that's just practice. Come on,
we talkin' bout practice here. Not
the real thing. Can't we postpone it
'till Saturday?
ANDREA
17.

Unfortunately we can't. This was the


only time slot the venue had open.
ISAAC
There's got to be a way.
ANDREA
I'm sorry. I don't know what to tell
you hon. It's just bad timing.
(hugs and kisses Isaac on the head
to console him).
We do need those gift baskets done
though, so if you plan on doing your
live feed thingy, you should
probably get going on those.
(Andrea's PHONE RINGS)
Hold on, I have to take this- hello?
Andrea walks out of the room. Isaac sulks, looking dejected.
He looks down at an overwhelming number of gift baskets and
lets out a big sigh.

32 INT. ANDREA’S HOUSE - DAY 32


Isaac is finishing up the final touches on the gift baskets,
when his alarm rings to let him know that it's time to go
live. He takes out his phone and starts talking to his
followers on Instagram Live.
ISAAC
What's up my beautiful people? I'm
here to hit you with your afternoon
words of inspiration to inspire
greatness. Starve your distractions
and feed your focus...
Isaac looks over at the other room and sees Andrea still on
the phone. A light goes on in his head and his demeanor goes
from defeated to inspired.
ISAAC (CONT'D)
Don't let anybody tell you that you
can't do something. If there's
something that you really want, go
out there and get it. Don't let
anything or anyone get in your way,
no matter what. That's all for today
my people, have a blessed evening
and I'll see ya'll tomorrow.
18.

(Message Alert) Isaac opens up a message sent to him by the


company which shows 22 HOURS LEFT TO RSVP. Isaac looks over
at Andrea, struggles with his conflicted thoughts and
ultimately shuts his phone off and puts it back in his
pocket.

33 EXT. ANDREA’S HOUSE - LATER 33


Time lapse transition of a wide exterior shot of Andrea's
house to show time passes. Things resume the next day, which
is now Friday.

34 INT. ANDREA’S HOUSE - THE NEXT DAY 11:00AM 34


Isaac wakes up to see his alarm clock read 11:00am. He checks
his phone for messages and he opens a message from the
company which reads 3 Hours Left to RSVP. He looks over to
Andrea's spot in the bed, which has been vacated, tempted to
RSVP. He almost clicks it but resists and opens up his
Instagram instead. He goes on live for his followers.
ISAAC
Good morning my people. Starting up
another day in paradise. We gonna
have some jump rope warm-ups and
some bicep curls in a bit, right
after my protein shake. I just
wanted to come on and wish everyone
a blessed Friday and I hope ya'll
are out there making your dreams
come true today.
Andrea enters the room finishing up a phone call with her
mother, clearly stressed out and feeling like she has to do
this all alone, being that Isaac slept too late on an
important day.
ANDREA
OK mom. I told you we'll send a car
for you and Dad. Don't worry you
won't be late. Listen I have to go,
Isaac is up and we need to plan out
the rest of the day. I love you and
dad. I'll see you guys at 6pm sharp.
(Now focusing her attention to
Isaac) Probably not the best day to
sleep until the afternoon?
ISAAC
It's still says AM on the clock.
That's morning as far as I see it.
19.

ANDREA
I could really use your help today,
I feel like I'm doing this all
alone.
ISAAC
Sorry, I've just been real busy with
my live workouts and trying get this
business going.

ANDREA
There are a few things you can take
care of for us, before the rehearsal
this evening.
ISAAC
More things? Baby, don't we have
someone to do these things for us?
ANDREA
Yea, we have you. First, you can
pick up the balloons from the party
store. Next, we need you to grab the
flowers from the florist, and then I
need you to go to Trader Joe's and
get us a cheese plate.
ISAAC
A cheese plate? Don't these places
deliver?

ANDREA
Yea, but there's a five hour wait on
deliveries at the moment, so I need
you to go and get them yourself.
ISAAC
This is gonna take a lotta time. How
am I supposed to do my workouts and
go live?

ANDREA
You probably should have asked
yourself that before you slept the
day away. I gotta go into work. Let
me know if there are any problems
getting the stuff. Otherwise, I'll
see you at the venue at seven?
ISAAC
You know you can count on me to get
shit done. I'll see you tonight.

ANDREA
20.

Love you.
ISAAC
Love you more.

35 INT. GYM - DAY 35

Isaac is live on his Instagram page, jump roping for his


followers to see. His alert rings on his phone, signaling
it's time for him to start his errands.
ISAAC
Alright people, I need to sign off.
Your boy's got a full day of
important things to do. Until
later...

(flashes the peace sign with his


fingers).
Isaac signs off but (Message Alert), looks down at his phone
and sees that there are "2 More Hours to RSVP!" He takes a
deep breath and puts his phone away.

36 INT. ISAAC’S CAR - DAY 36

Isaac is driving and stuck in traffic. His car is filled up


with balloons and flowers. His phone has a message
notification from Andrea. Isaac is sitting at the wheel while
we see their text exchange on the screen. The message says:
ANDREA (TEXT MESSAGE)
Did you get everything?
ISAAC (TEXT MESSAGE)
Yup, on my way to get the cheese
now. See you at 7!

ANDREA (TEXT MESSAGE)


Great! XoXo
Message Alert on Isaac's phone alerting him that he has "2
minutes left to RSVP!" Isaac really struggles with his
dilemma. He looks at his clock, which reads 4:58 and then
looks at his text when he wrote "See you at 7." He looks at
the balloons, then looks at all of the flowers. He then looks
at his not-so-impressive Instagram follower numbers. He
stares at the screen which says 1 Minute left to RSVP. Looks
at himself in the rear view mirror.
21.

ISAAC
OK, so maybe I can pop in for an
hour, meet some important producers
and agents and then bounce like I
got some important shit to do? That
could totally work. (beat) This is
everything you've been dreaming
about.
Isaac looks at his phone and in the last seconds, takes a
deep breath and clicks YES on his RSVP.
ISAAC (CONT'D)
All right, that wasn't so hard.
Another message alert pops up, titled "PRIVATE LINK TO THE
LOCATION." Isaac clicks it. It brings up a map and shows his
time of arrival to be "55 minutes" with that making his
arrival time 4:55 with the event beginning at 5pm.
ISAAC (CONT'D)
Let's go get this.

ISAAC (TEXT MESSAGE)


Traffic is insane, don't kill me if
I'm a few minutes late.

ANDREA (TEXT MESSAGE)


Ugh, get here as soon as possible!
Everyone is going to be waiting on
you.
ISAAC
I'm going as fast as traffic will
let me. I'll see you as soon as I
can get there. XoXo
Isaac flips a U-Turn out of traffic, and books it to the
event location.

37 EXT. DESSERTED BACK ROADS LEADING TO THE EVENT - DAY 37


Montage of establishing shots of Isaac's car driving through
a series of desolate roads to get to the event location.

38 INT. ISAAC’S CAR - DAY 38

Almost there, Isaac notices that he loses cell phone signal,


however the locations app is still working.
ISAAC
22.

Man (shakes phone), no service.


That's just great. At least the
directions are still working. Damn,
they weren't joking about this being
a secret event. We're in the middle
of nowhere.

Isaac's phone notifies him that he is arriving now.


ISAAC (CONT'D)
Says I'm here. This must be it.

39 EXT. OUTSIDE CALL BOX AT EVENT HOUSE - DAY 39


Isaac pulls up to a gate at the bottom of a hill. He opens
his window looking for someone to speak with.
ISAAC (CONT'D)
Hello? Anyone there? It's me, Isaac
Mayweather... Hello?
Isaac gets out of his car and takes a look around. He holds
his phone up and takes a selfie with the gate in the
background. He gets back into his car and tries to upload it.
ISAAC (CONT'D)
Man, we get the worst service here.
Come on, upload.
He hears a BUZZ and the gates open.

40 INT/EXT. LARGE DRIVEWAY LEADING TO THE EVENT/ISAAC’S CAR - 40


DAY
Isaac is driving up a desolate driveway, making way to a
fancy driveway and the grand entrance to a very expensive,
extraordinary mansion.
ISAAC
Now that's what I'm talking about.
Isaac notices there is an area designated for parking,
displaying a sign that says Park Here. Four cars are already
occupying some of the spots.
ISAAC (CONT'D)
I would've thought they had valet at
something like this, but alright.
Just as Isaac is about to pull into one of the last remaining
parking spots, a Lamborghini roars in front of him and parks
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in the spot, causing Isaac to abruptly slam on his brakes.


Owen Dylan gets out of the car.
OWEN DYLAN
Hey, watch it man! This shit's worth
more than your life.
ISAAC
Sorry, my bad. (Talking to himself)
Oh snap, that's Owen Dylan.
Isaac is left with the last remaining tight spot at the end.
He pulls his car in and parks it. Before exiting the car, he
anxiously checks his phone for service but he has none. He
puts his phone in his pocket and heads to the mansion.

41 EXT. EVENT MANSION - LATE AFTERNOON 41


Isaac approaches the large entry way to an extravagant
mansion. He tries to open the front door but it's locked. He
rings the bell and notices a camera watching him. There is an
awkward pause and then a BUZZ, opening the door, as Isaac
anxiously walks in.

42 INT. MANSION ENTRYWAY - LATE AFTERNOON 42


There is a table with name cards and a champagne glass next
to each card. Isaac's is the only one remaining as he hears
people socializing in the next room. He grabs his name tag
and his champagne glass and heads to the next room.

43 INT. MANSION LIVINGROOM - LATE AFTERNOON 43

Isaac enters the room to see all five influencers that were
on the agency's list of influencers to look out for, Owen
Dylan, Elmira Flowers, Reaction Randy, Susanna Samson and
Georgina Del Mar, accompanied by Fernando. Isaac appears
somewhat star struck, as if he is in a room with a group of
A-lister celebrities. He enters the room to mingle, walking
up to Owen Dylan. Everybody is casually drinking their
champagne.
ISAAC
Hey man, big fan, I loved you on
(DISNEY SHOW NAME).
OWEN DYLAN
Thanks bro, do I know you from
somewhere?
ISAAC
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I don't know, maybe. I'm an


influencer. I'm known for my
workout- (Owen cuts him off)

OWEN DYLAN
That's great! Hey, how many
followers you got?
ISAAC
I got about twenty thousand, but I'm
hoping to grow that. You know, meet
some folks here that recognize my
potential.

Owen checks out as soon as he hears "only" twenty thousand.


He becomes preoccupied with his phone.
OWEN DYLAN
Yea, good luck with that. What's
with the cell service here? Do you
know the Wifi?
ISAAC
Na, I just got here but someone
may...

Owen drinks his champagne and walks away mid-sentence, trying


to get a cell signal.

44 INT. EVENT MANSION - LATE AFTERNOON 44


Isaac continues to make his way around the room. He comes
upon Georgina Del Mar and Fernando. Georgina drinks some of
her champagne, makes a sour face, smells it, but continues to
drink some more.
GEORGINA DEL MAR
Ewww like, what is this? This isn't
even Dom. Who throws an event like
this and serves Cristal? Here you go
Fernando, you can finish it.
Georgina hands the rest of her champagne to Fernando, who is
elated to have her leftovers. Georgina is realizing that she
too has no service on her phone.

ISAAC
Hi, I'm Isaac.
GEORGINA DEL MAR
Georgina, hi. Are you a producer?
ISAAC
25.

Me? (laughs) no.

GEORGINA DEL MAR


(Fake laughing) Are you like a
director or something?
ISAAC
I mean I direct my own workout
videos when I post them for my
followers.
GEORGINA DEL MAR
Do you have a blue check on your
social?
ISAAC
Naaa, not yet, but that's what I'm
hoping to get out of this thing
here...
Georgina officially checks out of the conversation. And is
back to being fixated on her phone. She interrupts his hopes
and dreams

GEORGINA DEL MAR


Useless...(Under her breath). Hey do
you know what the Wifi is here?
She walks off trying to find someone who has the Wifi info,
meanwhile Fernando and Isaac are now awkwardly alone in a
conversation.
ISAAC
So, what's up? What do you do?

Fernando finishing his champagne hears Georgina calling his


name in the background.
FERNANDO
Ummm, I gotta go.
He runs off chasing after Georgina. Isaac shakes his head.

45 INT. EVENT MANSION - LATE NIGHT 45


Isaac makes his way around the room. He now finds himself
alone with Reaction Randy, sitting in a motorized wheel chair
holding a full glass of champagne.
ISAAC
Hey man, what's up?
REACTION RANDY
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Wowzers!

ISAAC
(Chuckles) Yea, right? Do you know
where anyone from the agency is? I'm
assuming you got that same invite,
right?
REACTION RANDY
Hey! What a party!
ISAAC
Ok then.

46 INT. EVENT MANSION - LATE AFTERNOON 46

Isaac moves on into a conversation with Elmira Flowers, who


is lapping her champagne up with her tongue.
ISAAC
Any idea of when this event is
supposed to start?
ELMIRA FLOWERS
Check this out. I got these T-shirts
on my website that would look
amazing on you. They're only $30
bucks. How many you want?
ISAAC
Yea, I think I'm good. I got enough
t-shirts at the moment, but thanks.

47 INT. EVENT MANSION - LATE AFTERNOON 47


Susanna Samson approaches Isaac as he is standing there alone
while the others are complaining to each other about their
lack of cell phone service.
SUSANA SAMPSON
Hey there.
ISAAC
Oh hi, Isaac.
SUSANA SAMPSON
Susana. So are you a rapper or
something?
ISAAC
No, not quite.
27.

SUSANA SAMPSON
I bet you're either an athlete or an
actor?
ISAAC
Nope and nope.
SUSANA SAMPSON
Well then, what do you do?
ISAAC
Today, I'm a man on a mission. I'm
gonna be a paid influencer for
Fitness Max, real soon.
SUSANA SAMPSON
(Unimpressed) Cheers to that.
They both cheers their champagne glasses. Susana drinks hers.
Isaac, hesitant at first but then changes his mind.
ISAAC
Fuckin A, cheers to that.
Isaac drinks some of his champagne.

48 INT. EVENT MANSION - LATE AFTERNOON 48


The mood in the room begins to change, as everyone is
starting to get antsy with the lack of cell phone service.
OWEN DYLAN
Hey! What the hell is going on here?
Why is there no wi-fi or phone
service here and where are all the
important people?
ELMIRA FLOWERS
Yeah, this is total bullshit.
SUSANA SAMPSON
Where's my new manager and where are
all of the producers?
GEORGINA DEL MAR
As if I came all the way out here to
hang out with a bunch of nobody's.
OWEN DYLAN
Who are you calling nobody's? I've
got more followers than any of you
losers.
28.

REACTION RANDY
Ohhhh snap!
SUSANA SAMPSON
Who are you calling losers? You
attention seeking, white privileged
frat boy!
GEORGINA DEL MAR
Are YOU really shaming him for white
privilege? Lady, you're the
definition of white privilege!
ISAAC
Why don't we all calm down and get
another drink? Where's the rest of
the alcohol around here?
SUSANA SAMPSON
Who you calling lady? You and your
little ass clown over there wouldn't
know the first thing about what it's
like to be privileged. You're
nothing but Valley trash pretending
you're Beverly Hills.
Georgina gets right in Susana's face
GEORGINA DEL MAR
The only trash around here is your
old MAGA loving ass.
ISAAC
Anybody else starting to feel a
little funny?

Susana shoves Georgina


SUSANA SAMPSON
Don't you stick your bitch nose in
my face.
Georgina comes right back at her. Fernando tries to stop her
but she plows right through him. She pounces on Susana and
they begin wrestling each other.
OWEN DYLAN
Hells yea! Fight! Fight! Fight!
ELMIRA FLOWERS
I've got fifty dollars on the
younher one! Anybody wanna take that
action? Two to one? Come on!
29.

REACTION RANDY
This is craaaaaazy!

Isaac, aggravated that he is wasting his limited time on


watching these boneheads fight, finally loses his cool and
yells loudly.
ISAAC
Ok everybody STOP!
Everybody freezes.
ISAAC
Enough of this. Now, has anybody
seen anybody else here but us?
The group stops to ponder, realizing that Isaac is right.
They come to the realization that something's wrong.
SUSANA SAMPSON
You know what, I'm out of here, fuck
this shit.
Susana begins to feel funny. She tries to shake it off and
walk out but instead, she passes out on her feet, falling to
the ground like a sack of bricks. Everyone stops in shock.
GEORGINA DEL MAR
Yea, that's what that bitch gets.
Shouldn't have been talking shit...
Georgina passes out mid-sentence and falls straight to the
ground as well. Fernando quickly follows. Isaac has a look of
concern and he too doesn't look well either. He watches
everybody else around him pass out. He looks at his champagne
glass, drops the glass and everything goes black.

49 INT. WEDDING REHEARSAL VENUE - EVENING 49


Andrea is at the venue with her parents CLAIRE, early mid-
60's, healthy and energetic for her age and CLIFF, mid-60's
with a wise cracking sense of humor, looking nervously
aggravated that Isaac still has not showed. Andrea has been
trying to call him, but his phone keeps going straight to
voicemail.
CLAIRE
Maybe he got a flat tire or his car
broke down?
CLIFF
Maybe he got lost? You know that
boy's not the brightest berry in the
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bush.
ANDREA
I just can't imagine he'd be selfish
enough to ditch our wedding
rehearsal for a stupid networking
party.
CLIFF
Well, that boy needs all the help he
can get. You know how he is Claire.

CLAIRE
Oh stop being mean, Cliff. I'm sure
he's just running late honey.
Andrea continues to stare at her phone as if she can will him
to call.
Camera slowly zooms into an extreme closeup on her phone.
TRANSITION TO:

50 INT. ANDREA’S BEDROOM - MORNING 50


Andrea's clock reads 6:00am. After a long sleepless night,
her alarm rings and she wakes up to see that Isaac's side of
the bed is still empty. She grabs her phone but it says No
New Messages. She calls Isaac again, but it goes straight to
voicemail.
ANDREA
Dammit (gets out of bed).
She throws one of Isaac's shirts at the camera, as everything
goes black, but the alarm clock can still be heard. The shirt
is lifted off the camera by...
MATCH CUT TO:

51 INT. RUFUS KROLL'S APARTMENT - MORNING 51


RUFUS KROLL, early 50's, disheveled and hungover, looking
like he's given up on life, turns off his alarm clock and
sits up in bed. Still sitting on the edge of his bed, he
lights a cigarette. There are empty beer cans and liquor
bottles all over the floor. He picks a half empty can up,
sniffs the inside, cringes, but drinks the rest of it
anyways. He picks up a prescription pill bottle that reads
VICOTIN. He puts two in his hand a swallows them. He still
has a LAN line phone and an answering machine. The machine
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reads 2 NEW MESSAGES. He clicks the play button and his


LAWYER's voice plays as he gets ready for work:
LAWYER (V.O.)
Hello Mr. Kroll, this is your
attorney. Your ex-wife filed the
paperwork for full ownership of both
the apartment and the car. There is
also the matter of having to pay her
legal fees, not to mention we should
probably discuss a payment plan for
my fees as well. When you have a
chance, please give me a call back
on my cell phone. I hope you have a
great day.
Rufus goes about getting ready as if none of this is of any
concern to him. The message ends. NEXT MESSAGE is from Rufus'
daughter, FIONA, 12 years old, cute as a button. Rufus drops
what he's doing and smiles. Rufus loves Fiona more than
anything.

FIONA (V.O.)
Hi Dad! I just wanted to say hi. I
haven't heard from you for a few
days. Mom said I can't see you until
you guys are done with all the
lawyer stuff. I wish you guys
weren't always fighting. I miss when
you lived with us. Anyways, I love
you and I hope I get to see you
soon.
Rufus almost tears up but stubs his toe on the furniture,
trying to finish getting dressed. He snaps out of it, grabs
his keys and heads to work.

52 EXT. OUTSIDE RUFUS’ APARTMENT - MORNING 52

BOBBY THE LOANSHARK, a hulking mobster with a heavy east


coast accent, someone you don't want to cross, is outside
waiting for Rufus. Rufus sees Bobby and tries to sneak by
unseen, but Bobby sees and approaches him.
BOBBY THE LOANSHARK
Hey Rufus. Today's the 6th, do you
have my money or not?
RUFUS KROLL
You know, funny you mention that. My
wife just took me for everything I
32.

have. The apartment, the car, so


maybe she can take my debt with you
too?
BOBBY THE LOANSHARK
Oh you got jokes now? You think this
is funny?
RUFUS KROLL
Nothing funny about divorce, Bobby.

BOBBY THE LOANSHARK


Listen, I'm not you're freakin'
therapist, alright? This is your
last chance, if I don't get my ten
grand by tomorrow morning, you're a
dead man.
RUFUS KROLL
It's hard to kill a man who's
already dead inside. See you around,
Bobby.
Rufus gets into his car and drives off to work. His license
plate reads DICK TRCY

53 EXT. POLICE STATION - MORNING 53


Establishing shot of the outside of the police station.
Rufus' car pulls into the parking lot.

54 INT. POLICE STATION LOBBY - MORNING 54


OFFICER BUMA, a bitter cop with a bad attitude, not exactly a
people person, is the front desk officer. She appears
preoccupied with her cellphone, as Rufus walks through the
lobby without either of them saying a word to one another.

55 INT. RUFUS’ OFFICE - MORNING 55


Rufus' office looks like hell. There are huge stacks of files
and paperwork all over the place. He sits down at his desk,
starts up his computer screen and begins to play Tetris on
his computer. His office phone RINGS and he answers it on
speaker.
RUFUS KROLL
Yea?

OFFICER BUMA
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There's a lady here who wants to


file a missing person's report.
RUFUS KROLL
Send her in.
Andrea enters the office.
RUFUS KROLL (CONT'D)
Please, have a seat.
Andrea looks to sit but all of the chairs are covered in
stacks of files. Rufus gets up, removes a stack off of a
chair and tosses the stack carelessly to the side. Andrea
notices, but doesn't say anything, she just sits down.
RUFUS KROLL (CONT'D)
What can I do ya for?

ANDREA
My fiancé has gone missing and I
need your help to find him.
RUFUS KROLL
I can add him to the list. No
promises here, but you can fill out
a missing person's report.
Rufus looks over at the pile of paperwork. Andrea looks at it
and is not pleased.
ANDREA
And then what? I fill out this form
and you guys open a case and try and
find him?
RUFUS KROLL
Guys? (laughs) Not anymore, it's
just me now. The rest of the missing
persons division retired early on
account of that defund the police
thing. They all retired while they
still could and the department
didn't have the money to replace
them.
ANDREA
So YOU'RE the only detective working
all of these cases?
RUFUS KROLL
LA's finest. So just fill out that
form and leave it here with me. Just
let us know if you find him first,
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this way I can take him off the


list.
ANDREA
Wait, isn't that your job? Isn't
that why I'm here?

RUFUS KROLL
Right. Well, if you want him found
sooner rather than later, I would
start looking too.
Rufus continues his Tetris game as Andrea stares nauseatingly
at the situation.

56 EXT. POLICE STATION - MORNING 56


Andrea leaves the station frustrated and disgusted with the
lack of help. She dials Isaac's number again and it goes
right to voicemail.

57 INT. EVENT MANSION: EVENT ROOM - MORNING 57


Isaac slowly opens his eyes feeling groggy and disoriented.
He hears the other influencers talking.

OWEN DYLAN
Hey! Yo, what the fuck is this shit?
SUSANA SAMPSON
Where are we?
ELMIRA FLOWERS
What's this thing around our necks?
Isaac comes to and realizes that he also has a device around
his neck. He and the other influencers are sitting in chairs
facing a large screen TV, everybody has the same device
around their neck.
GEORGINA DEL MAR
Ewww, did we just get roofied?
Fernando, come on, we're leaving.
Fernando is drooling and barely coherent. He falls out of his
chair and crawls behind Georgina as she tries to leave the
room. She tries to open the door but the door is locked. She
tries pulling on the door harder but it won't open.
OWEN DYLAN
Get out of the way, let me try.
35.

Owen tries to open the door but it won't budge. He grunts in


frustration.
SUSANA SAMPSON
Wait a minute, where's my phone? Who
took my phone?
All of the others realize all of their phones are missing.
Isaac notices his is no longer in his pocket, as he's lost
all concept of time as well.
ISAAC
Shit. Does anybody know what time it
is?
GEORGINA DEL MAR
Fernando! Where's my phone?!
FERNANDO
(Drooling on the floor) I don't see
it down here.
ELMIRA FLOWERS
How long have we been in here? And
where the hell are the fundraisers
and producers? I got a show to
pitch.
OWEN DYLAN
Nobody gives a shit about your
stupid show. Somebody is seriously
fucking with us right now. And what
the hell are these things on our
necks?
ISAAC
Guys, I got a really bad feeling
about this. Maybe we should work
together to try and figure out what
this is all about?
Isaac looks for a group effort but everyone is on their own
planet. The tension is really starting to build as everyone
shakes off the grogginess of the drugs.
REACTION RANDY
Zoiks! This is crazy!
SUSANA SAMPSON
As soon as I get my phone back, I'm
calling my lawyer.
GEORGINA DEL MAR
Fernando! Get this door open, now!
36.

The lights go out and it's pitch black. The TV turns on and
there is a MONKEY ANIMOJI, cute and playful looking, but his
one tooth, a sharp fang, suggests otherwise, occupying the
screen looking out at everybody. It begins to speak in a
friendly voice with a British/Aussie Accent.

MONKEY ANIMOJI
Hello streamers! Welcome to The
Popularity Contest. We are
broadcasting live to an audience on
the dark web, who will ultimately
decide who the most popular
influencer will be. Each round these
influencers will find what they need
to compete inside the boxes you see
on the other side of the room.
Isaac looks to the other side of the room where there are
five neatly stacked giftwrapped boxes with the numbers
1,2,3,4, and 5 on them.
MONKEY ANIMOJI (CONT'D)
You might notice the collars around
your necks. Those are to make sure
everybody is following the rules. If
somebody breaks the rules, there
will be a disqualification. The
rules are simple. Each round you
will all compete for likes from our
followers. At the end of each round,
the total number of likes are
counted and the person with the
least amount of likes is eliminated.
Don't attempt to leave the contest,
and don't try to communicate with
anybody outside of this room.
The lights come back on and most of the group looks skeptical
and ready to leave.
OWEN DYLAN
What is this, a shock collar? So if
we try and bounce, are we gonna get
zapped or something?
SUSANA SAMPSON
I'm not playing anything that's
streaming anywhere until I get paid.
MONKEY ANIMOJI
Before we get started with the
contest, somebody here has already
broken one of the rules on the
invitation. As you know, breaking
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the rules comes with a


disqualification and somebody
brought a guest who was not invited.
For that, he will be assessed a
penalty.
GEORGINA DEL MAR
You know what? Me and Fernando are
one person spiritually, so where I
go he goes.
FERNANDO
Yea!

A jack-in-the-box musical version of "Pop Goes The Weasel"


starts to play as the Monkey stares with the same grin. As
the song plays, everyone looks around unimpressed, impatient
and bored. When it gets to the part in the song where it goes
"Pop! Goes the Weasel," Fernando's head explodes like a
watermelon, splattering blood and brains all over everybody's
face and all over the room.
REACTION RANDY
Holy Mosers! That guy's head just
went kablooey!
Georgina, covered in blood and pieces of Fernando's brains,
screams from the top of her lungs. Isaac vomits, Owen ducks
behind his chair, Susana has her hand over her mouth in
shock, Elmira, eyes wide open in a hypervigilant state,
frozen in place, doesn't have much splattered on her, but
some got in her mouth and she sort of curiously tastes it,
doesn't like it, but also doesn't hate it.
MONKEY ANIMOJI
Now that that's out of the way, we
can get back to the popularity
contest! One of you go and grab the
box that says number one and open it
up.
Everyone seems to be frozen in horror. looking around at each
other. Nobody wants grab the box. Owen starts frantically
panicking, looking for a way out.
OWEN DYLAN
Yo, fuck this shit yo! Get me the
fuck out of here!
Isaac, wiping the vomit from his mouth, in thinking what's
best for the group tries to dissuade him from leaving.
ISAAC
38.

Didn't that monkey say that same


shit's gonna happen to you if you
leave?
Owen thinks otherwise, clenches his fists and starts heavy
breathing to try and calm himself down.
SUSANA SAMPSON
Well... Somebody should go open it.
OWEN DYLAN
Why don't you go get it?
SUSANA SAMPSON
I think I'm gonna stay right here.
ELMIRA FLOWERS
Fine, I'll go get it.
Elmira approaches the group of boxes and grabs the biggest
box, the one that says "#1" and brings it back to the group.
She slowly opens it to reveal a tank of live scorpions,
dozens of them crawling all over each other. There is a sign
on the tank that reads "BUON APPETITO." Everyone cringes
except Elmira, who appears oddly excited.
MONKEY ANIMOJI
When I say go, everybody needs to
start eating as many scorpions as
you can eat until I tell you to
stop. Remember, your audience is
watching and you don't want to
disappoint your fans, do you? The
one with the least amount of likes
at the end of the round will be
eliminated. Are we ready?
GEORGINA DEL MAR
Wait, wait, wait we can't do this,
some of us are vegan. Do you have
like, a vegan alternative because I
can't eat anything with a face.
MONKEY ANIMOJI
Go!
The screen changes to a scoreboard where everyone's name is
listed with the number "0 Likes" next to their name. Isaac
freezes because he's not sure what to do. Elmira opens the
tank and starts chomping away on one scorpion, while she has
another in her hand. The number next to Elmira's name changes
to 1 Like then 2 Likes and then 3. Owen sees this and now has
to approach the tank. He takes a scorpion out, looks at it
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painfully, but then gets his game face on and looks up at the
cameras
OWEN DYLAN
Yo bitches! Is this what you wanna
see?
He puts it in his mouth and starts chomping down on it.
Reaction Randy has a scorpion in each hand, holding them by
the tails up to his face looking up at the cameras.
REACTION RANDY
Look out! Things are about to get
pretty wild!
All of their numbers start going up. Isaac is still at "0
Likes."
ISAAC
I can't believe this is happening,
this can't be real. (Slaps himself
in the face) Wake up! It's just a
dream, wake up!
He looks over at Georgina and Susana holding a scorpion by
the tail but not eating it, but still getting a bunch of
likes and is confused. He makes his way over to the tank and
takes a good look at all of them crawling all over each
other. He looks up at the scoreboard and knows he has some
catching up to do. He grabs a handful of scorpions and yells
real loud before biting into them, shoving them in his mouth.
His likes start increasing quickly. Everyone is doing what
they can to increase their likes, eating scorpion after
scorpion. Between Isaac, Owen and Elmira, the scorpions tank
is now empty. They look up at the scoreboard and the likes
are still coming in for everyone. The group watches in
suspense as they gradually slow down and the Monkey comes
back.
MONKEY ANIMOJI
And... stop! That wasn't so hard,
was it? Great job to everybody.
Well, everybody but the person who
finished in last place. And that
person is...
The numbers continue to race each other. Georgina and Randy
are clear favorites but Isaac, Elmira, Owen and Susana are in
a horse race amongst themselves. Susana is in the lead but
then gets over taken by Elmira who then gets overtaken by
Isaac, who gets over taken by Owen. The increasing likes
begin to slow down. They go back and forth between who has
more likes and then the count finally ends. The total count
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for likes displays on the screen: The final scores are


revealed. The total count for likes displays on the screen:
Georgina Del Mar: 200 Reaction Randy:190 Susana Samson: 183
Owen Dylan: 160 Isaac: 130 and in last place, is Elmira with
127, just three likes behind Isaac. Everybody looks at
Elmira.
ELMIRA FLOWERS
What?! This is fucking bullshit!
This game was made for me. These
prissy ass bitches didn't eat one
scorpion and they got all those
likes?
MONKEY ANIMOJI
So sorry to see you go, but thanks
for playing!
The monkey has that same grin on his face when the "Pop goes
the weasel" music begins to play again.

ELMIRA FLOWERS
Wait, is he gonna blow my head up
like he did to that guy? Hey! Wait!
No! I should have won that round!
Wait-
The "POP! goes the weasel" part comes on in the song and POP
goes Elmira's head. Just like Fernando, her head explodes
like a watermelon. Georgina, again being the closest in
proximity, gets hit with and covered in a heavy amount of
blood and brains. She screams bloody murder, again.
REACTION RANDY
KABLOOEY!!
Everybody shoots Randy a dirty look for having poor taste in
timing for a reaction joke. Susana is also covered in blood
is now praying, doing the sign of the cross and talking to
God.

SUSANA SAMPSON
Holy lord please hear my prayers...
Isaac whispers to Owen
ISAAC
Man, this is fucked up. We need to
figure out a way out of here or
we're all gonna die.
OWEN DYLAN
41.

Hey speak for yourself bro. I'm


gonna win this thing.
MONKEY ANIMOJI
A moment of silence for our last
contestant. Let's take some time in
between rounds for our audience to
accumulate some more before we start
the next round, shall we?

The group looks at each other with nervous eyes.

58 INT. ANDREA’S HOUSE - DAY 58


Andrea is having breakfast with her parents. They are
discussing Isaac's disappearance when Andrea receives a text
from her quirky cousin DENNIS on her phone.
CLAIRE
Come on baby, eat something.
ANDREA
I'm not hungry.
CLIFF
Good, I'll take your bacon then.
CLAIRE
Cliff... Honey, I'm sure he's fine.
Maybe he got cold feet? That happens
sometimes.
CLIFF
I told you that boy a'int right.
Something wrong with a guy who's
parent's got money but still needs
to be worrying about making exercise
videos for strangers on his phone.
A text message dings on Andrea' phone, it reads DENNIS
COUSIN.
CLAIRE
Is that him?
ANDREA
No, it's from Dennis.
CLAIRE
Your cousin?

CLIFF
42.

Oh you mean your sister Heather's


kid? Man, that kid is into some sick
shit. One time I caught him watching
this goat video...
CLAIRE
Cliff! We don't need to hear the
goat video story again.
The text message from contact DENNIS COUSIN reads:
DENNIS COUSIN (TEXT)
Hey cuz! Don't ask, but I was
watching this crazy thing online.
Doesn't this kind of look like
Isaac? CLICK HERE!
Andrea clicks on the link and a Warning pops up on her
screen:
"Warning! You are accessing Dark Web content. Turn back if
you are squeamish. Otherwise, enjoy the popularity contest
and remember to Vote!
She clicks past it and she sees a live camera feed of the
event room where Isaac and the rest of the influencers are.
Each influencer has their own avatar on the side of the
screen with a heart with a skull in it, next to their
avatars. Andrea sees Isaac in the room.
CLAIRE
Is everything OK? What is it?
ANDREA
I gotta go.
Andrea jets out of the house.
CLIFF
Probably another goat video. I told
you, that boy's sick in the head.

59 INT. RUFUS’ OFFICE - DAY 59


Rufus is at his computer, on his monitor, the search bar
reads: "Life Insurance Policy." His daughter's picture is
next to the computer screen. Rufus click on the line that
says BENIFICIARY and types in the name FIONA KROLL. In the
next box, he click SOLE BENIFICIARY. Rufus then coughs
heavily into a tissue and looks into the tissue to see there
is blood on it. Andrea bursts into the door, startling him.
RUFUS KROLL
43.

Whoa whoa whoa, you can't just barge


into my office like this, I'm a busy
man. Who let you in here?
ANDREA
Nevermind that, I found Isaac.

RUFUS KROLL
Wonderful, I'm glad it worked out
for you. Now if you excuse me I have
some important business to tend to-
Andrea shoves her phone in his face.
ANDREA
He's here. Somebody kidnapped him
and they're forcing him to play some
fucked up game where people are
dying.
RUFUS KROLL
What does that even mean?
ANDREA
Look!
Rufus looks on with Andrea on her phone. Camera flip
transition back to the event room.

60 INT. EVENT MANSION: EVENT ROOM - DAY 60


The influencers are sitting in a tense room. Isaac, by the
look on his face, much like some of the others, is starting
to show that he is really scared.
GEORGINA DEL MAR
I just want to go home.
SUSANA SAMPSON
(Looking at the camera) I will
literally pay you fifty thousand
dollars if you let me out of here.
OWEN DYLAN
50 grand? That's it? Bro, I'll give
you two hundred grand if you let me
go.

BACK TO:

61 INT. RUFUS’ OFFICE - DAY 61


44.

Andrea and Rufus have their eyes glued to the screen.


ANDREA
What is this? It says I can give
them a "like?"
RUFUS KROLL
It appears to be a bunch of
unlikeable assholes in a room.
Sorry, is that your fiancé?
ANDREA
Yea that's him. We need to find him
and get him out of there right now.
Here he is, now you call for back up
and get started on finding him.

RUFUS KROLL
Back up? (Laughs) What part of, I am
the whole missing persons
department, did you not understand?
ANDREA
You told me to come back if I find
out where he is, which I did. So now
it's up to you and the police
department to do your job and get my
fiancé back safe.
RUFUS KROLL
I wish it was that easy. Sorry lady,
it's just me here and I'm having a
really raw morning, so you're just
going to have to wait.
ANDREA
This is bullshit. If I have to sit
with you and use whatever little
resources you have laying around to
find Isaac myself, then that's what
I'm gonna do.
RUFUS KROLL
Suit yourself, pull up a seat. It's
a shit job, you'll see.
Andrea brings her chair around to Rufus' side of the desk.
She sees his google search for cemetery plots on his monitor.
Rufus sees that she saw it and clicks it off the screen
without missing a beat of what he was saying.
RUFUS KROLL (CONT'D)
Most days don't end how you want
them to.
45.

ANDREA
I'm not ending the day without my
fiancé, so let's get cracking.

They refocus on Isaac on Andrea's phone.


RUFUS KROLL
Do you have any idea where this is?
ANDREA
He didn't say where it was, only
that it was up in the hills.
RUFUS KROLL
That's a start. Did he say which
hills?
ANDREA
No, but last time I spoke with him,
he picked up the balloons in West
Hollywood and was heading to get the
cheese, which could mean either
Beverly Hills or the Hollywood
Hills.

RUFUS KROLL
What time did his phone start going
straight to voicemail?
ANDREA
Sometime after five. His last post
was at 4:45, he was posting from his
car.
RUFUS KROLL
Let me see that.
CU: Andrea's phone
Isaac took a selfie photo and posted it to his followers. You
can slightly see the outside the front gate at the bottom of
the hill through his car window.
RUFUS KROLL
Right there, that looks like a front
gate callbox.

ANDREA
This room they're in looks like it
has huge ceilings, so the house has
to be a multistory house- Wait I
think something's happening.
46.

62 INT. EVENT MANSION: EVENT ROOM - DAY 62


The monkey Animoji appears back on the screen.
MONKEY ANIMOJI
All right streamers, time for the
next round. Somebody go up and get
the next box.
Again, nobody wants to go up and get it. They're afraid of
what's going to be in it this time. Susana steps forward.
SUSANA SAMPSON
OK fine, I'll get it this time.

Susana slowly approaches the boxes. She picks up the box that
reads "2" on it. It's a smaller box than the last one. She
brings the box over and slowly opens it. She slowly pulls out
what appears to be a tool box, filled with five hammers.
There is a picture attached with five little cartoon drunk
piggies that reads: "Time To Get Hammered!"
ISAAC
What is that supposed to be?
GEORGINA DEL MAR
I don't know but I can't eat
anything with pigs in it, like pork
and stuff. Did you guys know they
roll around in their own shit?
Isaac looks at her like she's crazy, shaking his head in
disbelief.
MONKEY ANIMOJI
It's time for happy hour! And what
do people do at happy hour? They get
hammered! You've got until I to say
stop, to smash as many of your
little piggies on your hands and
feet as you can. Remember, your
followers are voting for you, so
make it snappy or you'll be the one
who gets eliminated! It's always
five o'clock somewhere, right?
A heart with a skull counter next to their names to show how
many likes they have appears on the screen. Georgina's
immediately begin going up before anybody does anything.
BACK TO

63 INT. RUFUS’ OFFICE - DAY 63


47.

Andrea and Rufus are glued to the screen.

ANDREA
Eliminated? What does that mean?
RUFUS KROLL
It can't be a good thing based on
all that blood over there.
ANDREA
We need to get him out of there,
NOW! The callbox in the picture. Can
you see what company installed it
and find out what homes they have
them in?
RUFUS KROLL
Lets blow it up on here.
Andrea sends the picture to Rufus. Rufus pulls it up on his
computer monitor and zooms into the callbox to read the
company name.

ANDREA
Look, there. Zoom in here. EST-
Emergency Security Team. Ok now use
your cop powers to call them up and
get the addresses of the houses in
West Hollywood and Beverly Hills
where they installed them.
RUFUS KROLL
You know, you're pretty good at this
detective thing. There might be an
opening in the department soon, if
you're interested in a future in law
enforcement.
ANDREA
Na, I don't know how to use a gun.
Not a fan. I'll leave the crime
fighting to people who are into that
kind of thing. Let's just find my
fiancé.

RUFUS KROLL
Well it's never too late to learn
how to shoot.(Starts dialing the
number)
BACK TO:

64 INT. EVENT MANSION: EVENT ROOM - DAY 64


48.

Susana is catching on to Georgina's strategy while Owen has a


strategy of his own.

SUSANA SAMPSON
Why are her numbers going up? Is she
cheating?
GEORGINA DEL MAR
Don't be a hater, just because they
think I'm hotter than you, is not my
fault.
Georgina takes off her blood soaked shirt. She is wearing a
tank top under it that has some blood on it. Her likes go up
immediately. Susana notices and tries to entice her followers
by showing off her jewelry.
SUSANA SAMPSON
Oh please, when your little fake ass
can afford a Rolex like THIS (holds
it up to the camera), you come and
talk to me.
Her likes go up, but not enough. Owen and Isaac are looking
at each other. Neither of their likes are going up. The
Animoji comes back.
MONKEY ANIMOJI
Let's get this show started, right?
OK, on my word, you'll start
competing for those all important
likes. And a one, and a two and go!
OWEN DYLAN
Fuck it.
Owen takes off his right sneaker, looks down at his toes,
takes a deep breath and hammers his right pinky toe. He bites
his lip in pain and releases a squeezed grunt. His likes
begin to go up. Isaac knows what he has to do. He holds out
his left hand, takes a deep breath and drops the hammer,
gritting his teeth in pain.
REACTION RANDY
Ohhhh! That looks like it hurt!
ISAAC
Yea no shit that hurt!
Reaction Randy starts lightly bopping his head with the
hammer while making goofy faces into the camera, as his
numbers continue to climb swiftly.
49.

BACK TO:

65 INT. RUFUS’ OFFICE - DAY 65


Andrea looks sick and can barely watch. Rufus is finishing
his phone call with the security company. Andrea's screen
freezes.
ANDREA
Isaac! Oh my god. Dammit, this
stupid site froze. Fuck, let me try
and refresh it.
CU: Andrea's Phone Screen
Game Paused... Loading...
RUFUS KROLL
OK, thank you so much for that
information.
ANDREA
What did they say?
Rufus opens a map of Los Angeles.
RUFUS KROLL
They only have seven houses on this
side of Los Angeles. They have four
in West Hollywood, one in Beverly
Hills and two in Bel Aire. These are
the addresses
Rufus puts seven pins in the addresses on the map. Andrea
examines the locations.
ANDREA
This one is too close to Sunset, if
I'm a kidnapping psychopath gameshow
host, I don't think I'm doing this
too close civilization.
RUFUS KROLL
These two are both up in the hills.
So it's Beverly Hills or Bel Aire.
What do you think?
ANDREA
What do I think? Aren't you the cop
here? Don't you get paid to do this
kind of stuff?
50.

RUFUS KROLL
Sorry, you were on a roll. Sometimes
you gotta go with what your gut's
telling you.
Andrea looks really hard at both locations.
ANDREA
It's this one.

RUFUS KROLL
Are you sure?
ANDREA
If I'm going to make people scream,
I'm going to be as far back as
possible. Look how far the property
goes. This is the place.
RUFUS KROLL
Let's hope we're right. If we're
wrong, we might not make it to the
other one in time.
ANDREA
Then let's hope we're right.
Rufus gathers his keys. He and Andrea start to head out when
a sound comes from Andrea's phone. The website is back up and
running.

ANDREA (CONT'D)
The site's back up.
Andrea sees the likes of all of the influencers fluctuating
and catches on to the contest.
ANDREA
They're competing for likes. We need
to help Isaac get more likes.
RUFUS KROLL
I don't even know what that means.
Likes what?
ANDREA
I have to keep hitting this button
that says "like" next to Isaac so I
can help him get to the next round.
She starts clicking "Like" next to Isaac's name.

BACK TO:
51.

66 INT. EVENT MANSION: EVENT ROOM - DAY 66


Isaac looks up and sees his likes starting to climb. Susana
notices her numbers aren't climbing as high as she would like
them to be. She takes one of the hammers and lightly hammers
her pinky.
SUSANA SAMPSON
Owie! (sucks on her pinky)
Her likes go up just a few. Owen sizes up his left pinky
finger and smashes it, blood shoots up into his face and he
yells out.
OWEN DYLAN
Mother fuck face!
Georgina provocatively holds onto one of the hammer handles
as she looks into one of the cameras. She begins to simulate
a sexual handling of the hammer, as her likes continue to
climb higher than everybody else's.
Isaac lines up another finger on his left hand. He takes a
deep breath and drops the hammer, letting out a yell. Owen
sizes up another finger and smashes it, letting out a loud
yell. Likes are closely fluctuating between Isaac, Owen and
Susana, with Georgina in the lead, followed by Randy. One
minute left on the clock. Susana feeling the pressure, takes
off her left shoe. She holds her shoe up to the camera.
SUSANA SAMPSON
This shoe is worth $1200 dollars by
itself, I hope you all appreciate
what I'm doing for ya'll.
She takes off her sock, closes her eyes, takes a deep breath
and after all that, hammers her left toe, dropping to the
ground as if she just broke her foot.
GEORGINA DEL MAR
Really lady? (Looking into the
camera) That was suuuuuper lame,
wasn't it?

67 INT. RUFUS’ CAR - DAY 67


Rufus has his police siren blaring as they zip through LA
traffic. Andrea can't get her eyes off the screen.

ANDREA
Isaac! (beat) I can't watch this. Oh
my God, it's so close. I'm trying to
52.

give him as many "likes" as I can.


Can't we drive faster?
RUFUS KROLL
Yea, let me punch the nitro button.
Andrea is obsessively clicking the "like" button as fast as
she can.
BACK TO:

68 INT. EVENT MANSION: EVENT ROOM - DAY 68


Owen and Isaac are close in numbers at the bottom. They start
going one for one. Owen bashes one toe, Isaac bashes the same
one. Both of them screaming out every time they hammer
themselves. Final countdown, 5, 4, 3... Isaac, Owen and
Susana are tied. Owen takes the hammer and smashes his entire
left hand, blood flies into his face as he screams in pain.
Isaac with no other choice does the same, yelling in agony,
as he hears his bones break and blood shoots into his face.
Susana can't get herself to do the same, thinking because she
has a Rolex on, she should win this round anyways, as time
runs out. Isaac and Owen fall to the ground in pain and
exhaustion.
REACTION RANDY
Uhhh ohhh! Times up!
The numbers continue to race each other. Georgina and Randy
are clear favorites but Isaac, Owen and Susana are in a horse
race amongst themselves. Susana is in the lead but then gets
over taken by Isaac who gets over taken by Owen. The
increasing likes begin to slow down. They go back and forth
between who has more likes and then the count finally ends.
The total count for likes displays on the screen:

Georgina Del Mar: 250 Reaction Randy:230 Owen Dylan: 198


Isaac: 190 and in last place, is Susana with one short at
189. Isaac puts his head on the ground and begins to shake
and cry, thanking God with relief that it wasn't him. The
group exhaustingly looks at Susana.
GEORGINA DEL MAR
Well, well, well. Looks like your
bad karma finally caught up with
you.
SUSANA SAMPSON
You insensitive bitch.
The Monkey comes back onto the screen.
53.

MONKEY ANIMOJI
Welcome back streamers, it's that
time again! Time to say goodbye to
another contestant. Sorry but you've
been eliminated for earning the
least amount of likes. Thanks for
playing though!
The "POP! goes the weasel" music begins to play again.
Everybody knows what's coming. Reaction Randy puts his
fingers in his ears and closes his eyes, like a bomb is about
to go off. Owen stoically looks on. Isaac tries to plea with
the monkey.
ISAAC
Hey! You don't have to do this. It
doesn't have to be like that. Can't
there be another way?
Georgina and Susana continue their feuding.
GEORGINA DEL MAR
You know what, if you weren't an
old, washed up money grubbing bitch,
I might feel bad for you.

SUSANA SAMPSON
Fuck this. If I'm gonna die, I'm
taking you with me!
Susana charges at Georgina. Georgina runs the opposite
direction towards the group. The group all runs away, as
Susana is now chasing Georgina, who is chasing the rest of
the group. Randy speeds up his motor chair to lead them as
the song winds down. The "Pop Goes The Weasel!" part comes on
in the song and POP goes Susana's head, so close to catching
Georgina. Georgina, again being the closest in proximity,
gets hit with a heavy amount of blood and brains, screaming
bloody murder once again. The rest of the group braces for
cover.

69 INT. RUFUS’ CAR - DAY 69


Andrea screams and immediately covers her mouth. Rufus is
startled, causing him to swerve.

ANDREA
Oh my God! They blew that woman's
head off. I'm gonna be sick. Pull
over!
RUFUS KROLL
For real?
54.

Andrea looks like she's about to vomit. Rufus pulls over as


she quickly opens the door and instantaneously pukes on the
side of the road.
RUFUS KROLL
You Ok over there?
ANDREA
I'll be alright.
RUFUS KROLL
Maybe you aren't cut out to be a cop
after all.

Rufus takes out the bottle of prescription pain killers from


his pocket and takes one of them. He then takes out his phone
and checks his messages while Andrea is vomiting. Rufus has a
photo of Fiona as his wallpaper.
CU: Rufus' Phone
Lawyer- 13 texts "You need to call me ASAP!"
Ex- Wife- 9 Texts "FUCK YOURSELF AND DIE ASSHOLE!"
Bookie- "16 Hours... My Money, or else..."
Rufus puts his phone back in his pocket. Andrea collects
herself and gets back into the car. They continue their
drive.
ANDREA
Is that your daughter?
RUFUS KROLL
What?

ANDREA
I saw her picture on your phone.
She's cute.
RUFUS KROLL
Fiona. She's my world. The only
person that doesn't completely suck
in this world.
ANDREA
I hope to have a daughter one day
who's even half as cute as that.
RUFUS KROLL
Anyways.
ANDREA
55.

Whoever's doing this is one


seriously fucked up individual.
RUFUS KROLL
It's definitely a first for me. 25
years on the job, and I've never
seen anything like it before.
ANDREA
What kind of sick son of a bitch
would do something like this?
RUFUS KROLL
I guess that's the question we need
to ask ourselves. What would
motivate someone to go through all
this trouble?
ANDREA
How much further? We need to get
there before the next round starts.
RUFUS KROLL
Five minutes away.

Andrea takes a deep breath and keeps her eyes glued to the
screen.
ANDREA
Come on Isaac. You got this baby.

70 INT. EVENT MANSION: EVENT ROOM - LATE AFTERNOON 70


Isaac is in excruciating pain, nursing his busted hands and
fingers. He sees Owen is also tending to his own busted hands
and fingers, wondering why Reaction Randy and Georgina aren't
doing the same. Georgina is covered in blood and guts, trying
to clean herself off.
REACTION RANDY
Whoa. Let me tell you people, this
contest is just bonkers!
ISAAC
Hey! What's your deal?
REACTION RANDY
Me?
ISAAC
Yea you. We over here smashing our
hands and fingers while you're over
56.

there making stupid faces and saying


dumb shit.
OWEN DYLAN
Yea man, what's with you? How are
you getting so many likes without
having to do any of this fucked up
shit?
ISAAC
Her too! (Pointing to Georgina). You
didn't eat one scorpion. You didn't
smash not one little pinky. How are
you still alive?
GEORGINA DEL MAR
Hey assholes, don't blame me because
people like me more than you. I mean
look at you, what are you, like 70?
And you're supposed to be a body
builder or something? Don't you need
to be jacked to do that?
ISAAC
It's fitness expert, and 70?! What
are you blind? What the hell do you
know? You're just an entitled little
millennial.
GEORGINA DEL MAR
Well I know you're an old man,
having a mid-life crisis trying to
chase his high school dreams.
(Looking at Owen) And you're a
washed up, has-been, child actor who
has to film himself doing some kind
of toxic masculinity bullshit for
attention, so he can feel better
about having a tiny little pee pee.
Owen gives her a dirty look, then looks around, kind of
embarrassed.
OWEN DYLAN
Tiny pee pee? Yea right.
GEORGINA DEL MAR
Yea, I saw the leaked video. (Winks
and wiggles her pinky)
Clearly hitting a nerve, Owen is visibly heated, stemming
from secret embarrassment.
OWEN DYLAN
57.

Hey, fuck you. It was freezing in


that room. You don't know what
you're talking about. You're nothing
but a no talent, attention seeking
bimbo.
GEORGINA DEL MAR
I don't know what I'm talking about?
(then looks at and imitates at
Isaac) What do you know? People have
been telling me that my whole life.
But what's funny is that I know
exactly what I'm doing. I know that
I'm hot as fuck and there's always
somebody out there that's going to
give me what I want. How I want it
and when I want it. All I have to do
is press that button on my phone to
go live and ask for it. That's why
I'm going to win this contest. You
two losers enjoy shoving scorpions
down your throats and smashing your
hands for a couple of likes until
you're heads blow off.
Knowing that she just made some harsh reality points, Isaac
and Owen both feel about three inches tall after taking that
shellacking.
REACTION RANDY
Whoaaa ho ho! She really told you
two!
OWEN DYLAN
Who the hell asked you?
GEORGINA DEL MAR
Ewww. Creep.
The Monkey Animoji reappears on the big screen.
MONKEY ANIMOJI
Welcome back, we took some time to
let our audience accumulate some
more, I'm sure this is a smashing
hit on the dark web by now. OK
people, It's time for the next
round.

71 INT. RUFUS’ CAR - LATE AFTERNOON 71


Andrea and Rufus are approaching the destination on the map
where they think the event might be occurring.
58.

ANDREA
Shit, the next round is starting.
RUFUS KROLL
We're here.
ANDREA
Where's the callbox?
RUFUS KROLL
Is that it right there?
Rufus stops the car and Andrea runs out towards the callbox.

72 EXT/INT. OUTSIDE RANDOM CELEBRITY’S STREET CALLBOX/RUFAS’ CAR 72


- DAY
ANDREA
I think this is it, right? It has to
be it.
Rufus pops another pain killer while Andrea isn't looking. He
checks his phone which reads:
CU RUFUS' PHONE:
Lawyer 4 MISSED CALLS
Ex-Wife 2 MISSED CALLS

RUFUS KROLL
Yup, that's the one (not even
looking at Andrea).
ANDREA
Ok, so what now? We need to get in
there before this round ends.
Rufus is still caught up in his phone and forgets to answer
Andrea.
ANDREA
Hello? What are you doing over
there?
Rufus finishes looking at his phone, pretending like he's
been paying attention to Andrea the whole time.
RUFUS KROLL
Yea ok, so I'm guessing if we knock
on the door, whoever is behind this
might just detonate all of those
59.

collars at the same time. So we


should probably try and surprise
them somehow.
ANDREA
Surprise them how? Don't you think
they have cameras looking at us now?
Rufus starts climbing the gate.
RUFUS KROLL
I guess we're gonna find out.
ANDREA
You're just gonna climb over and
walk right in?
RUFUS KROLL
Yup! That's what we call some good
old fashioned detective work.
ANDREA
That's what I'd call breaking and
entering, but I guess those rules
don't apply when you have a badge.
Rufus climbs down the other side.
RUFUS KROLL
I guess something like that. You
coming?
ANDREA
Me? Unarmed, go confront a murderer?
No, I'm good. I'm gonna stay right
here.
RUFUS KROLL
I've got an extra gun if you want to
borrow it?
ANDREA
I don't do guns, I told you that.
RUFUS KROLL
Well, I've got a taser in the glove
box, if you decide to change your
mind. I'm heading in.
Andrea looks back at her phone to see that the next round is
beginning.
MONKEY ANIMOJI (V.O.)
60.

Would someone please select the next


box.
Andrea goes back into the car, opens the glovebox and takes
out the TASER. She hits the button, causing her to jump. She
watches Rufus head into the property.

BACK TO:

73 INT. EVENT MANSION: EVENT ROOM - LATE AFTERNOON 73


The next round is beginning. Everybody is looking at each
other to go up and get the next box.
GEORGINA DEL MAR
Every time someone's gone up there
to get a box, they end up dead. Fuck
this, I'm not getting it.
OWEN DYLAN
Yea fuck that, I'm not going either.
Isaac points to Reaction Randy.
ISAAC
Why doesn't this weird motherfucker
do something for a change? You
haven't done a damn thing, other
than make these dumb ass faces and
say stupid shit when fucked up
things happen to other people.
Randy makes a funny face.
GEORGINA DEL MAR
Isn't he like, disabled or
something? How is he supposed to
pick up the box?
OWEN DYLAN
Lucky for him, box number three is
sitting on that table, where he can
reach it. Now, go get the box before
we make you.
REACTION RANDY
You don't have to be a Sour Sammy
about it. Ok, okay, I'll get it.
Randy uses his motorized wheelchair to head over to the boxes
and picks up the box that has the #3 sticker attached to it.
He brings it back over and opens it in his lap. There are
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four smaller boxes in the box, written on each box it says


"Take one and open it." He pulls one box out.
REACTION RANDY
I guess these are for us?
He hands out the other three, while keeping the first one for
himself. There is a lot of tension in the room. Everybody is
nervous and weary of what's inside the smaller boxes. The
Monkey Animoji returns to the screen.
MONKEY ANIMOJI
This is not a drill, I repeat this
is not a drill... But those are.
They open their boxes. Isaac opens the box to reveal a power
drill. Next to it are three drill bits, increasing in size
and width. His eyes widen and he takes a deep breath.
Everybody seems equally as distressed.
MONKEY ANIMOJI (CONT'D)
The rules are a little bit different
for this round. Now that you're all
friends, everyone should be good at
taking turns. Each person will get a
turn to show us how deeply devoted
you are to your followers, by
drilling those bits deeper into your
body. Start with the first one and
when everyone has gone through all
three of them, the round will end.
The person with the least amount of
likes is eliminated. If anyone fails
to complete their round, they'll
earn themselves an instant
disqualification. Let's start with
the person who came up to get the
box.

REACTION RANDY
Great.
ISAAC
You're not laughing your way out of
this one now.
GEORGINA DEL MAR
This is such bullshit.
OWEN DYLAN
Yea, welcome to the game, princess.
Isaac looks down at the three drill bits. The first one is
about three inches in length and skinny. The second bit is
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about six inches long and has noticeably more circumference.


The third bit is about eight inches long and about and inch
thick. This is not going to be fun.
MONKEY ANIMOJI
On your marks... Get set... Go!
The "likes" meter is back up, Georgina immediately starts off
with some likes before it's her turn.
OWEN DYLAN
She can't keep getting likes just
because people think she's hot. This
isn't fair!
GEORGINA DEL MAR
Maybe you would get some likes too,
if you weren't such a winy little
bitch about it.
OWEN DYLAN
Keep talking shit, see where that
gets you.
Reaction Randy is the first one up. All eyes on him to see
what they're all in for. He slowly attaches the first bit to
the drill. He presses the trigger and the drill lets out a
loud and revving BUZZ. It's a legit power drill. He looks
down at his legs, sitting in his chair and takes a couple of
slow deep breaths. He takes the drill and drills it into what
is questionably his leg, reacting with a ridiculous face.
REACTION RANDY
Whoaaa whoaaa whoaaaa whoaaaaa!
He presses the button and pulls the drill out. The others
turn their heads and can't bare to watch. Randy's likes are
climbing rapidly, 46, 47, 48... He's breathing a bit more
rapidly, but he made it. Next up is Owen. He takes a deep
breath and gets his game face on.
OWEN DYLAN
Ok, come on. Oh man, oh man, oh man.
Takes a big exhale and drills into his right thigh. He clicks
the button and reverses it out. Blood begins to spurt out.
OWEN DYLAN
Ahhhh! Fuck! Goddamit!
He's in pain but he made it. His likes begin to climb as
well. 23, 24, 25. Etc. Georgina's turn. Her likes are already
at 75, well ahead of everyone's. She's looking up and down
her body, where is she going to drill. She then finds the
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part she thinks can hurt the least. She slightly bends over
and drills into her right butt cheek and immediately clicks
the button to reverse it out of her, not fully going in but
letting out a scream.
GEORGINA DEL MAR
Ahhhhhhh!
Her likes begin to climb rapidly 83, 84, 85, etc. Owen isn't
happy.
OWEN DYLAN
This is bullshit, yo. She barely
drilled anything into her and she's
getting mad likes.
GEORGINA DEL MAR
Yea well, sucks to be you.
Isaac's turn. His likes are slowly continuously going up. He
thinks it's because people are starting to like him, but it's
really been Andrea hitting the like button constantly for
him. His likes stop though and he gets worried. Isaac
noticing that his likes have stopped, looks at his drill
nervously, trying to talk himself up.
ISAAC
Shit, Ok. Friday motivation baby, no
failures today, no sir.
He takes the drill and drills it into his left upper arm. He
quickly drills it back out and blood comes spurting out of
his arm. He screams in pain, grabbing his arm in attempt to
stop the bleeding. His likes also begin to climb, almost
equal to Owen's score. Focus is back on Reaction Randy for
round two.
BACK TO:

74 EXT. RANDOM CELEBRITY'S HOUSE - LATE AFTERNOON 74


Andrea who has been following Rufus to the property has her
eyes peeled to her phone, pressing "like" for Isaac
constantly and ready to watch Isaac's turn this round. She
loses cellular service and becomes frustrated. Her and Rufus
are whispering, trying not to get caught.
ANDREA
Fuck. I lost service.
RUFUS KROLL
It's Ok, we're here. We should try
and look for an entry into the house
64.

and find where the signal is being


broadcast from. We can probably stop
them from operating the collars from
there.
ANDREA
How about the doggy door in the back
door there?
RUFUS KROLL
Perfect. I'll go first, cover me
outside. I'll let you know if it's
safe to enter.
Rufus gets down on his knees and starts to crawl through the
doggy door. Andrea is nervously waiting outside the doggy
door, keeping watch for Rufus, while trying to get cell
service.
ANDREA
Come on, dammit.
Still no service and Rufus is nowhere to be found. Andrea is
becoming more nervous by the second.
ANDREA (CONT'D)
Rufus, where the hell are you, man?
Don't get murdered on me today.
Andrea becomes increasingly impatient and fears the worse for
Rufus. She decides to go in after him. She stares at the
doggy door, takes a deep breath and crawls down into it.

75 INT. RANDOM CELEBRITY'S HOUSE - LATE AFTERNOON 75


Andrea enters the house through the doggy door. The room is
empty. She walks slowly and closely along the wall, trying
not to be seen and peers around the corner. She hears voices,
one of them being Rufus, the other voice sounding vaguely
familiar. She slowly creeps around the corner and sees Rufus
with his hands up and the home owner holding up a shot gun to
Rufus. She tries to walk back but the floor creeks and she's
been made. The familiar voice speaks from behind her:

RANDOM CELEBRITY
Hold it right there or I'll blow
your fucking brains out.
Andrea stops in her tracks and goes for the taser.
RANDOM CELEBRITY
Oh, no you don't! Take your hand out
of your pocket and place whatever
65.

that is slowly on the floor.


Andrea slowly places the taser on the floor. She turns around
to reveal that she is in none other than (RANDOM CELEBRITY'S
for example: maybe Gerard Butler's?) house. Rufus has his
hands up in the air as well.
RANDOM CELEBRITY
Yea, you motherfuckers broke into
the wrong house today.
ANDREA
We aren't breaking in-
RANDOM CELEBRITY cuts her off.
RANDOM CELEBRITY
Did I ask you to speak? (Looks at
both of them) This asshole over here
tells me he's a cop, but he doesn't
have a badge.
Andrea looks at Rufus like, huh?
RUFUS KROLL
I told you I left it in the car-
RANDOM CELEBRITY
Shut up!
Puts the shotgun to Rufus' head, talking to Andrea.
RANDOM CELEBRITY
You got 5 seconds to explain why
you're in my house before I blow
this sorry son of a bitch's brains
all over my living room wall.
ANDREA
I can explain.
RANDOM CELEBRITY
(Starts a countdown) Five...four...
ANDREA
Wait wait wait wait, my fiance got
kidnapped and he's being forced to
play this game for likes, otherwise
they're gonna blow his head up.
RANDOM CELEBRITY
Three....
ANDREA
66.

You have to believe me!


RANDOM CELEBRITY
How is this my problem? Do you see
your fiancé anywhere? Does it look
like we're playing games in here?
ANDREA
We thought this might be the place!
RANDOM CELEBRITY
Two...
ANDREA
Wait! Look at this picture. This is
the last place he was seen. We
thought this was the outside of the
house. The callbox looked like
yours.
RANDOM CELEBRITY grabs Andrea's phone and examines the photo.
RANDOM CELEBRITY
So what? This looks like a picture
of one of those self-consumed
influencers, flexing outside a fancy
house.
A notification sound goes off on Andrea's phone, notifying
that she now has cell phone service.
ANDREA
Oh my god, I have service again.
Here, look.
She grabs the phone back and brings up the
CU:
Andrea's cell phone: live feed with Isaac on it and shows it
to RANDOM CELEBRITY.

They take a closer look and look disgusted by what they see.
Lowering their gun-
RANDOM CELEBRITY
Let me see that picture of the
callbox again? (Looks at the photo)
Yea that's what I thought.
ANDREA
Does it look familiar?
RANDOM CELEBRITY
67.

This place is the axis of all evil.


ANDREA
What is it, a cult church or
something?
RANDOM CELEBRITY
Na, that's where my ex-wife used to
live. It's isolated, up in the
middle of nowhere. She rents it out
on one of those apps to people. I'll
give you the address if you promise
to take this sorry sack out of here
with you when you get the fuck out
of my house.
Andrea's eyes light up.
ANDREA
Rufus, let's go.

76 INT. EVENT MANSION: EVENT ROOM - LATE AFTERNOON 76


Reaction Randy has the drill bit ready to go. All eyes are on
him, as everybody is nursing the hole they drilled in
themselves for the first round. He looks into the camera as
if he's speaking to the followers.
REACTION RANDY
Get ready to bring the pain. You
know what they say? No pain, no
glory, right?
GEORGINA DEL MAR
It's no guts, no glory. Idiot.
REACTION RANDY
You said it, sister.
Randy takes the drill and drills it into what could be the
opposite leg this time.
REACTION RANDY
Ohhhh yeaaaaa! That's the stuff!
GEORGINA DEL MAR
Ewwww, you're such a weirdo.
Randy's likes are climbing. It's on Owen. He's pacing back
and forth, with a limp, muttering to himself and seems to be
unraveling with each minute that passes.
OWEN DYLAN
68.

It's fine, you're gonna drill a


small little hole, your followers
are gonna love you and we're gonna
be outta here soon.
GEORGINA DEL MAR
What are you doing over there? Can
we just get on with this so we can
end this stupid game.
OWEN DYLAN
Shut up! It's my turn, this isn't
about you.
Owen stares at the drill, takes a deep breath and drills it
into this shoulder, letting out a huge yell from the pain.
OWEN DYLAN
Fuuuuuuuuuuuck!

When the drill bit comes out, blood comes pouring out of the
new hole. Owen drops to one knee, but he'll be ok. Isaac
turns his head because he is squeamish from all the blood.
It's on Georgina now.
GEORGINA DEL MAR
Finally. You two little bitches were
taking forever. I mean how hard are
these rules to follow? You take this
drill, you stick it in you like
this...
Georgina takes the drill bit and drills it through one of her
long nails. The nail breaks off and her likes begin climbing
rapidly.
GEORGINA DEL MAR (CONT'D)
Ouch! Ok, there. Now let's get this
over with- who's next?

Owen and Isaac look at each other in disbelief. They've been


drilling themselves in painful places while she only drills a
nail and her likes continue to climb.
OWEN DYLAN
Are you fucking kidding me? I just
buried this drill in my shoulder and
she breaks a nail and gets more
likes than me?!
GEORGINA DEL MAR
Sounds like a personal problem.
69.

OWEN DYLAN
She's only getting these likes
because she's a hot chick. Let's
call a spade a spade.
GEORGINA DEL MAR
Well, I don't play chess.

ISAAC
There's no spades in chess.
GEORGINA DEL MAR
Whatever, I don't play checkers
either. Those games are for losers
who can't get laid.
Isaac shakes his head in disbelief over the stupidity. He's
looking up and down his body for a place to drill. He looks
at his mangled hand from the last round. He figures it's
already mangled and broken, what's one more hole, right? He
takes a deep breath and drills the bit through his hand,
letting out a huge scream in pain.
ISAAC
AHHHHHHH!! DAMMIT!!
Blood pouring out of his hand. He rips off one of his sleeves
and wraps it tightly around the hole in his hand to try and
stop the bleeding. His likes begin to climb and he passes
Owen for last place. Owen has a look of panic on his face.
Isaac and Owen are feeling a bit queasy and barely able to
stand, while Georgina and Randy are holding up a bit better.
It's now time for the third, and final round of drilling.
Reaction Randy is up. He loads the final and largest drill
bit in and starts talking into the camera again.
REACTION RANDY
Wowzers! Did you see that people?
Are you ready for the drilling
finale? You know, because drilling
rhymes with thrilling.
GEORGINA DEL MAR
That's like, not even funny. I can't
believe this guy is getting any
likes. He's so lame.
OWEN DYLAN
Look who's talking? You literally
have no talent whatsoever. You're
just a big cock tease who knows how
to milk stupid guys into giving you
free shit.
70.

GEORGINA DEL MAR


Yea well, smart people would say
that's a talent in itself.
OWEN DYLAN
It's not a talent. It's soulless
exploitation and taking advantage of
desperate people.
GEORGINA DEL MAR
You're talking to me about
exploitation? Mr. I'm going to
surround myself with women and fancy
cars to overcompensate for my tiny
wiener.
ISAAC
Will you two just shut up and let's
get this over with.
OWEN DYLAN
Bro, who you telling to shut up?
ISAAC
All I'm saying is that we should get
this over and done with. This is
what they want us to do. These
people watching this. They're into
sick shit and they would love
nothing more than if we fought.
OWEN DYLAN
Well you keep talking shit and
telling me to shut up and these
people are gonna get what they want.
You (pointing to Randy), weird guy,
let's do this. Go, it's your turn.

REACTION RANDY
Ok, well here goes nothing.
Randy takes the drill and once again, drills it into maybe
his legs, we can't see, while sitting in his chair.
REACTION RANDY
Whoaaaa ho ho! Let me tell ya, that
felt great!
OWEN DYLAN
You're not even bleeding. Where are
you drilling? Yo, this guy is
cheating yo.
GEORGINA DEL MAR
71.

Still whining? Yea, that's exactly


what they streamers want to see.
OWEN DYLAN
I swear to God, you are pushing it.
GEORGINA DEL MAR
What are you gonna do? Hit a girl?
On a live stream? You'll be canceled
so fast, you won't know what to do
with yourself.
OWEN DYLAN
You're gonna get yours, you just
wait.
GEORGINA DEL MAR
Hmmmm, according to the numbers,
you're the one in last place right
now.
Owen checks the big screen and he has indeed dropped down to
last place. He looks visibly very concerned. Georgina,
basically gloating, approaches Owen slowly and seductively,
putting her hands on his chest and moving her face slowly
closer to his, as if she's about to kiss him.
GEORGINA DEL MAR (CONT'D)
Yea that's right. Looks like you'll
be the one getting your head blown
off this round and then we'll never
have to hear you complain again. My
turn...
She looks into the camera and provocatively puts her drill
gun up to her lips.
GEORGINA DEL MAR (CONT'D)
We all know this is what the
streamers really want to see. They
want to see me put this really long,
fat drill bit inside of me.
She simulates oral sex on the drill bit, opening her mouth
wide and pulls the trigger quickly and lightly, giving it
just a little vroom. She takes the bit out of her mouth and
giggles playfully.
GEORGINA DEL MAR (CONT'D)
Who's next?
ISAAC
I don't know if that was technically
following the rules. Shouldn't she
72.

get disqualified for that?


GEORGINA DEL MAR
Fuck you, I followed the rules. I
buried that drill bit deep inside of
me and turned it on. Nobody ever
said I have to rip my guts out or
anything.
ISAAC
I guess she has a point.
OWEN DYLAN
This is what I'm talking about.
She's cheating and we're all gonna
die because of it. I'm not gonna go
down like that.
Owen ramps up his drill and looks into the camera.
OWEN DYLAN (CONT'D)
If this is what you sick
motherfuckers wanna see, then here!
Owen opens his mouth wide and drills a hole from one cheek,
through his mouth and through the other cheek. Blood
immediately covers his face dripping down the new holes he
has in his face. He looks into the camera with a smile and a
deranged look in his eyes. His adrenaline is pumping and now
acting full of energy, like he's reached a whole other level.
His likes begin to climb, he now passes Isaac for last place.
OWEN DYLAN (CONT'D)
Whooooo! That's how you win the game
baby. I'm the main event! I'm who
everyone came to see!
Isaac looking disgusted at what he's just seen, quickly
shifts to really nervous, now that Owen has just passed him
for last place. That's going to be a tough act to follow. All
eyes are on him because this is the final drilling of the
round and the winner will be determined soon. He looks into
the cameras.
ISAAC
They say you've already lost when
you don't want it more than your
opponent. Well I'm here to tell you
people streaming this out there,
that when everything is on the line,
you need to dig to a place you never
thought you can go.
73.

Isaac pulls out his tongue with one hand and drills right
through it with the other hand. Blood spurts out as Isaac
yells in pain. The rest of the group cringe at what they just
saw. Isaac drops to his hands and knees, trying to spit all
the blood out so he can talk.
REACTION RANDY
Whoaaaa you guys are friggin
craaaaazy!
Isaac's likes are shooting up rapidly. He passes Georgina for
last place and slowly begins to climb past Owen for second
place. He looks up with a bloody mouth but a sigh of relief.
Georgina, meanwhile sees that she's on the chopping block.
She turns to the camera and in a desperate attempt for likes,
she very quickly, flashes her boobs to the streamers. Her
likes rapidly climb. She picks the power drill back up and
goes back to what worked for her before, and begins to
simulate oral sex on the drill bit again, this time,
simulating a deep throating motion. Her likes climb higher
than Owen's, who is now on the chopping block. Owen, looking
maniacal and extremely desperate, says

OWEN DYLAN
Fuck this.
As Georgina places the drill bit in her mouth again, we see
Owen's hand shove the back of her head into the drill bit,
impaling her through the back of her throat. Georgina gurgles
and drops dead onto the floor, her body laying there
lifeless, with a power drill stuck through the back of her
throat. Owen's likes begin skyrocket faster than anyone's
have climbed before, as Georgina's likes have stopped
increasing and remain in last place as everyone else's
continue to climb. Isaac looks on in horror and even Randy
looks awkwardly surprised. Owen stands over her, bleeding
down his cheeks, looking like The Joker. He's clearly lost
it.
REACTION RANDY
Heyyyyy! She's like, dead! Like
really, really dead.
OWEN DYLAN
Somebody had to do it.
ISAAC
You just... killed her.
OWEN DYLAN
Don't you get it? This is what the
streamers want to see. I know how to
deliver to my viewers. I'm the best
fucking influencer who ever lived!
74.

Attention to the screen as it reads: Times Up! The final


standings are Owen in first place, Randy in second place,
Isaac in third place and Georgina coming in last. The Animoji
reappears.
MONKEY ANIMOJI
(CHEESY PUN ABOUT DRILLING)
Unfortunately it's time to say
goodbye to another contestant.
Apologies to the loser of this
round, thanks for playing, we truly
hate to see you go.
"Pop-goes-the-weasel" begins to play again. Georgina's body
is laying there face down. The "Pop" part of the song plays
and her head bursts like a watermelon, her lifeless body
barely noticing it just lost it's head, the drill remains
where her head was. Isaac can't bare to look, Randy makes a
funny, squeamish face and Owen looks on in satisfaction,
proud as hell of his "accomplishment".
MONKEY ANIMOJI (CONT'D)
We're down to our final three
contestants. Let's move on to our
next round shall we? I'm sure the
suspense is killing everyone. Would
one of you go up and select the box
that says number four?
Without hesitation and a twinkle in his eyes, Owen
volunteers.

OWEN DYLAN
I'll go.
Isaac and Randy both feel uneasy about how quickly Owen
volunteered. They anxiously watch him walk up and select the
box with the "4" on it. He brings the long box back with him.
And starts opening the box.
OWEN DYLAN
Let's get this over with.
MONKEY ANIMOJI
You influencers are a cut above the
rest! You'll all take turns showing
your streamers just who can cut it
in this contest. Pass it around and
give yourself a good slice, before
you pass it to the person on your
left. Continue to take turns until I
say the round is over. Good luck!
75.

Owen unpacks a Kitana sword from the long box. Everybody


looks at each other as as Owen holds it.
ISAAC
Who wants to go first?
REACTION RANDY
I went first last time.
OWEN DYLAN
I'll go.
Owen looks down at it, puts his hand around it, and slices
his hand, blood pouring down. Owen, meanwhile almost enjoys
it, as it gives him a rush.
OWEN DYLAN
Yessssssss! Whooooo! It's good to be
alive!
Owen's "likes" begin to rise. Reaction Randy's "likes"
however, have been steadily increasing since the round began,
and he was yet to do anything. Isaac notices.
ISAAC
See, this fool is starting to get
all these likes, and he's not even
hot.
REACTION RANDY
Hey, I resent that buster. Beauty is
in the eye of the beholder.
OWEN DYLAN
It's not gonna matter anymore. I
figured out how to win the game.
Let's go, who's up next.
REACTION RANDY
I guess I'll go. Excuse me.
Randy wheels himself closer and takes the sword. He licks his
finger and touches the blade.
REACTION RANDY
Ouuuuch! (Sucking on his finger)
That one might leave a mark!
He backs his chair back up and his likes continuously climb
up. Isaac is up and he is feeling the pressure. He needs a
lot of likes to catch up to the other two. He stands up,
takes a lap, takes his shirt off, then proceeds to pick up
the sword and place it against his chest. He slices down his
chest, leaving a nasty cut. Isaac screams his head off.
76.

ISAAC
AHHHHHHHHHHH!! AHHHHHHHH!!!
AHHHHHHHHH!! Fuck!!!
His likes begin to sky rocket. He passes Owen, who was
already significantly behind Randy. Owen looks like he's
panicking again. Isaac is on the floor recovering when he
hears Owen say something.
OWEN DYLAN
Here, let me help you out!
Owen picks up the sword and tries to decapitate Isaac with
it. He narrowly misses, Isaac pounces on him, wrestling him
to the floor. Owen gets him in a choke hold, trying to choke
him out. Isaac bites his arm and head butts him off of him,
as he breaks free from the choke hold. Owen grabs the sword
from the floor. Isaac picks up a hammer to defend himself.
Isaac and Owen's "likes" are trading off back and forth. He
and Owen are doing a slow dance, facing off against each
other.
ISAAC
Look, you don't have to do this,
man.
OWEN DYLAN
It's the only way to win the game.
They don't want us to hurt
ourselves, they want us to kill each
other.
ISAAC
No they don't. We can team up
together and figure out a way to
beat that guy. His likes keep going
up for no reason, he's not that
funny. There's something shady about
him.
OWEN DYLAN
You're worried about weirdo over
there? He's like fish in a barrel. I
just need to get rid of you first,
and then I can finish him off super
easy.
Owen lunges at Isaac with the sword. Isaac backs up.
Meanwhile, Randy is sitting there making funny faces and
sounds into the camera, reacting to the two of them fighting.
Owen comes at him again, this time grazing Isaac's arm with
the sword.
ISAAC
77.

Ouch! Son of a bitch.


Isaac swings the hammer at Owen and he uses the sword to
block the hammer.
ISAAC
Ok! I'm not gonna kill you. Just
calm down and we'll play this game
out the right way. No need to act
like savages. Put the sword down and
let's talk.
OWEN DYLAN
Both of us can't survive, one of us
has to die today. The people have
spoken. They need Owen Dylan to live
the life they want to live. Not some
lame ass wannabe fitness guy. Who
are you influencing anyways?
ISAAC
You know what, I'm out there trying
to spread good vibes, but assholes
like you keep fucking things up for
the rest of us. Kids are growing up
to become assholes because they, for
some reason look up to dickheads
like you. But man, you're nothing
but a fraud.
Owen loses it. He comes charging full speed at Isaac, who
moves out of the way, just when Owen was about to slice him
in half. Owen runs past him and and slips on some blood on
the floor, falling onto the sword, impaling himself. Isaac
runs over to see if he's ok, but he's bleeding out his
stomach really quickly. Owen looks down and is lucid.
OWEN DYLAN
I don't wanna die, yo.

Isaac doesn't know what to say. The Animoji appears back on


the screen, all too perfectly timed. The points board shows
Isaac edged out Owen by five likes.
MONKEY ANIMOJI
It's that time again! We are getting
that much closer to our winner.
Let's take a look at the board shall
we? I believe it's time to eliminate
the next unpopular influencer.

"Pop-goes-the-weasel plays again. Isaac can't bare to watch,


so he walks the opposite direction.
78.

OWEN DYLAN
This shit aint worth it. I just
wanted to be famous to get some
pusss...
Owen's head pops like a watermelon at the time in the song.

REACTION RANDY
Ohhhh! That was a juicy one!

77 INT/EXT. RUFUS’ CAR/OUTSIDE CALLBOX AT EVENT HOUSE - NIGHT 77


Andrea and Rufus are finally approaching the right call box.
Andrea is watching the contest on her phone, looking very
nervous. She just witnessed the fight and the result of this
round.
ANDREA
I can't take anymore of this.
RUFUS KROLL
Good news, I think we got it right
this time. That's the call box from
the picture.
Rufus parks the car. He gets a text from his Oncologist to
CALL ME ASAP! Andrea sees the text and they look at each
other, both knowing what that means.
ANDREA
I didn't know you were sick. Is it
curable?
RUFUS KROLL
Eh, I'm worth more dead than I am
alive. I had a good run. This place
is fucked anyways. Who wants to be
here to see the earth melt from
climate change and people killing
themselves over becoming more woke.
Andrea looks sad, she feels bad for Rufus.
ANDREA
Well, I think you're a hell of a
detective.
Rufus is genuinely touched.
RUFUS KROLL
Thanks kid. Let's go get your
fiancé.
79.

Rufus sends a reply text back to his Ex-wife and Bobby the
loan shark. The text says "From my cold dead hands! (Middle
finger emoji). He sends a text to Fiona saying "I love you.
You'll always be my baby girl." He breaks his phone and
throws it into the woods. He gets out of the car and looks at
how big the gated fence is.
RUFUS KROLL (CONT'D)
We're not getting the car in. Looks
like we're gonna have to go on foot
again,
ANDREA
We don't have time for that. Move
over, let me drive.

RUFUS KROLL
What?
ANDREA
Trust me.
Rufus and Andrea switch seats.
ANDREA (CONT'D)
Buckle your seatbelt.
Andrea revs the engine and drives the car right through the
front gate. Rufus is holding on for dear life.

78 EXT. LARGE DRIVEWAY LEADING TO THE EVENT - NIGHT 78


Andrea speeds through the back roads like she's a Formula-one
driver and parks in the driveway. They get out of the car.
RUFUS KROLL
I can't just go walking through the
front door, I'm gonna have to find
another way in.
ANDREA
What about up there? The window's
open.
They see a window open on the very top floor, Rufus has quite
the climb ahead of him.

79 EXT. HIGH OPEN WINDOW OF THE EVENT MANSION - NIGHT 79


Rufus quietly makes his way up and crawls in through the
window.
80.

80 INT. SERVER ROOM UPSTAIRS IN THE EVENT HOUSE - NIGHT 80


Rufus has stumbled into the server room. He sees a desk setup
with computer monitors, surveillance footage, and multiple
cameras of the live stream of the contest. There appears to
be someone sitting in an office chair watching the monitors.
Rufus pulls his gun out of it's holster and slowly inches
closer and closer to the person in the chair. He slowly
approaches the chair and quickly spins it around, pointing
his gun
RUFUS KROLL
Freeze!
Rufus quickly realizes that there is nobody in the chair. It
was a hooded sweatshirt that was left on the chair. The hood
looked like a head. Rufus watches the monitor and sees Isaac
and Randy standing next to each other. The Animoji comes
back, taking up all of the screens but two- outside
surveillance and one camera in the event room.

81 INT. EVENT MANSION: EVENT ROOM - NIGHT 81


MONKEY ANIMOJI
Hello streamers! Welcome to the
final round of the popularity
contest. We are so close to finding
out who will be the next superstar
influencer. Would one of you please
pick up the final box that says
number "5" on it and open it.
Isaac and Randy stare at each other. Neither of them budge,
it's a stare down.
REACTION RANDY
Well. I technically got it last
time. You know, not counting (points
to Owen's corpse).
Isaac deep sighs. He reluctantly gets up and brings the final
box over. He takes another deep breath and opens it. The box
is empty.
MONKEY ANIMOJI
This is a popularity contest and in
this final round, the streamers know
you both enough by now to decide who
they like more. Everybody vote now.
The person with the most votes when
this time expires, will be declared
our winner. And for our runner up,
well, unfortunately we must say one
81.

last goodbye. Good luck to the both


of you!
A virtual sand hour glass comes the screen. The sand is
dropping as the number of likes are climbing. Both Isaac and
Randy are getting a considerable number of votes.

82 INT. SERVER ROOM UPSTAIRS IN THE EVENT HOUSE - NIGHT 82


Rufus is rummaging around the room and he stumbles on a large
box in the trash that reads MOTORIZED WHEEL CHAIR.

RUFUS KROLL
How can someone in a wheel chair
open it up in a box upstairs?
Rufus is continuing to look for the server. He looks at the
monitor of the event room and notices the server box is
behind the TV with the monkey speaking.

83 EXT. EVENT MANSION DRIVEWAY - NIGHT 83


Andrea is pacing back and forth, hitting the "like" button
for Isaac as much as she can. It's working and he is catching
up.
ANDREA
Come on, come on. Everybody like
him. Come on!
Andrea looks up at the window.

84 INT. EVENT MANSION: EVENT ROOM - NIGHT 84


Isaac and Randy are both watching, just staring at screen.
The numbers are close but Randy is slightly ahead.
REACTION RANDY
Hey! That's great! So um, I guess
that means they really like me.
ISAAC
Something's not right. You're not
that likeable. You've been sitting
around, doing your stupid little
reaction video thing the whole time.
Reaction videos are dumbest things
ever! They can't be this popular!
Sand continues to drop in the hourglass.
82.

85 INT. EVENT MANSION - NIGHT 85


Rufus, realizing what he knows now, is racing through the
rooms and down the stairs, trying to find the event room.

86 INT. EVENT MANSION: OUTSIDE THE EVENT ROOM - NIGHT 86


Rufus finds the room but the door is locked.

87 INT. EVENT MANSION: EVENT ROOM - NIGHT 87


The sand has almost finished falling. Randy is pulling away
with a sizable lead. Things don't look good for Isaac. He has
a hammer in his hand. He is debating hammering Randy with it.
He moves closer to him, gripping the handle tighter. He has
tears in his eyes. Randy isn't even paying attention, he's
doing his reaction thing into the camera. Isaac gets right
behind him, the sand in the hourglass is dwindling. Isaac
picks the hammer above his head, but he breaks down. He just
can't do it.
MONKEY ANIMOJI
It's the final countdown!
ISAAC
I'd rather die than murder someone
in cold blood. I'm sorry I even came
here. I don't need none of this
anymore. This is all fake ass
bullshit!
MONKEY ANIMOJI
five... four...
REACTION RANDY
Well, I guess this is goodbye?
MONKEY ANIMOJI
Three seconds until we can crown our
glorious winner... two seconds...
Rufus shoots the door knob and kicks the door in. He comes
rushing in and unloads his gun into the TV screen and the
server box attached to the back of it. The TV shatters and
the monkey face fades. The countdown disappears and
everything stops.
RUFUS KROLL
This son of a bitch is under arrest.
ISAAC
Who? Me?
83.

RUFUS KROLL
No, him. He's been behind this whole
thing all along. You're under arrest
for the murder of five people...
BAM! There's a GUNSHOT and Rufus stops what he's saying and
grabs his stomach. His hand is full of blood. He then coughs
up blood and slowly drops to the floor. Isaac looks over and
sees Randy holding the smoking gun, standing up.
ISAAC
What the fuck? You can stand?
REACTION RANDY
Well yea. I just needed this chair
to monitor the controls. Nobody said
I was disabled.
ISAAC
And you can talk?! That's fucked up
man. Bro, you just shot a cop!
REACTION RANDY
I really wish he didn't have to ruin
my moment like that. (beat) This was
supposed to be the day the
influencers begin to fall. You know
how many hours I've spent having to
looks at these disgusting people
talking about themselves?!
BAM! BAM! BAM! He shoots Rufus three more times, making sure
he's dead.
ISAAC
It was you? The whole thing? The
agency? The party? The monkey? These
collars?! All this fucked up shit
was YOU?!
REACTION RANDY
I couldn't take it anymore. These
pathetic people flaunting money,
cars, girls shaking their ass at a
camera, idiots doing pull-ups. This
is what gets people blue check
marks?
ISAAC
Why us?
REACTION RANDY
I've been watching you all for long
enough, letting you know of my
84.

disapproval, hoping you would quit.


But you didn't.
ISAAC
Wait. So you were that guy,
KaiserSoce69? You've been trolling
me for months!
REACTION RANDY
I learned a bit about all of you.
You were the ones desperate enough
to pay an agency to represent you.
ISAAC
What's wrong with that? We're trying
to make it as influencers.
REACTION RANDY
Everyone knows agencies don't make
you pay them for representation.
That's how I knew you idiots would
do anything for likes.
ISAAC
You're a sick bastard you know that?
REACTION RANDY
The world is sick Isaac, I'm just
living in it.
ISAAC
Well, now what? The ending is
ruined. There is no winner. So you
can let me go, right?
REACTION RANDY
Not exactly. Now that I told you my
whole plan, like a Scooby-Doo
villain, I'm going to have to kill
you because I can't make reaction
videos in jail. Sorry, it's been
fun.
Randy holds up his gun and aims it at Isaac. BAM! There's a
gunshot. Isaac is cringing but he's not hit. Randy turns
sideways and he has blood spurting out of his neck.
REACTION RANDY
That's all folks.
The blood spurts out of his neck as he falls dead to the
floor. Behind him reveals Andrea, holding the smoking gun.
She looks at Isaac, they both start to tear up. She runs to
him and hugs him. He can barely stand and collapses onto her.
85.

ISAAC
I never thought I'd see you again.
ANDREA
I was so scared you weren't going to
make it.
They embrace in a kiss.

ISAAC
We need to call the cops.
Andrea sees Rufus' body laying there. She looks incredibly
sad, but she knew that's what he wanted.
ANDREA
We don't get phone service up here.
Let's just get the hell out of here
and we can call them when we get
back to civilization.
Andrea helps carry Isaac out of the room.

88 INT. MANSION ENTRYWAY - NIGHT 88


Isaac and Andrea, so happy to be reunited, get ready to exit
the mansion and head home.
ISAAC
I can't wait to marry you.
Isaac and Andrea kiss. They walk off the property
ANDREA
I have your spare set of keys, we
can take your car- ISAAC!!!!
BOOM! SPLAT! Isaac left the premises and it set the sensor on
the collar off! His head explodes, splattering blood all over
Andrea's face. She screams out his name and it cuts to BLACK.
The title INFLUENCER by itself across the screen. ROLL
CREDITS.
THE END.

89 INT. EVENT MANSION: EVENT ROOM - MID-CREDITS SCENE - NIGHT 89


Police tape and detectives surveying the crime scene. The
camera slowly pushes into the cracked TV screen. The camera
stops and the Monkey Emoji fizzles back on the screen.
MONKEY ANIMOJI
Until next time, streamers!
86.

The monkey fizzles away.


Cut to black and remainder of the credits.

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