LUCY stands at a window on a high floor of a commercial
building facing another building across an alley. MACKIE
steps into FRAME.
LUCY
It's that window right there.
Lucy points toward a window across the alley at the other
building.
MACKIE
So what are you saying? You saw
another murder?
LUCY
I don't appreciate that tone,
Mackie. Like I'm making this stuff
up.
MACKIE
Lucy, four days ago you said you
saw a woman get molested in that
window. (pointing to another
window) Two days ago it was child
pornography in another window. And
today...what is it today? A man
fired a gun and killed someone.
LUCY
I didn't say he killed someone.
But one could infer something bad
happened if I saw a gun shot.
MACKIE
Really?
LUCY
Yes.
MACKIE
And so how come no one heard a gun
shot?
LUCY
This is the city, Mackie. A
building could blow up and you
might not hear it.
MACKIE
Oh for chrissake, we have to get
back to work.
I am not going to lose my job
because of your unrestrained
paranoia.
LUCY
So it's paranoia to think that that
building over there is evil?
MACKIE
Did you ever call Dr. Dershowitz?
LUCY
Don't turn this into some
psychobabble thing. I am not
crazy.
MACKIE
Yes. Of course.
LUCY
I saw Dr. Dershowitz and he
said...he said I was totally
normal. A little high strung, but
normal. He never used the word
paranoia. So there.
MACKIE
Of course he's going to tell you
you're normal. In his world, it is
normal to be neurotic.
LUCY
Neurotic yes. Paranoid no.
Lucy sees something in the building next door. She SHRIEKS
and points.
MACKIE
What?
Mackie looks.
MACKIE (CONT'D)
What?
LUCY
Oh my god. Oh my god. A shadow.
And then a knife. And I can swear
I saw blood. Lots of red.
Mackie looks again. She sees nothing.
MACKIE
This is really sick. You need
help. You really need help.
JENNA walks in.
JENNA
Hey guys, Brad Pitt is signing
autographs downstairs in the lobby.
MACKIE
Brad Pitt?
JENNA
Yeah, they've been shooting a movie
all week in that building (she
points to the building across the
alley) and he is like totally
downstairs.
MACKIE
A movie?
JENNA
Yeah some thriller or something.
They've taken over the entire
building. Jesus, do you live in a
closet. Everyone knows about it.
Jenna leaves. A moment.
LUCY
See. I told you that building was
evil.
Lucy leaves. Mackie stands there stunned.
THE END.
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