MAGP 15 - Well Run - Transcript
MAGP 15 - Well Run - Transcript
Episode 15
"Good Show"
01-11-2023
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ANNOUNCER
This episode is dedicated to Liesl Frank -
Thank you Alex and Jonny and everyone at
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ANNOUNCER
Rusty Quill Presents: The Magnus
Protocol.
Episode Fifteen – Well Run
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SAM enters, walks over, then plops into the seat opposite.
Beat.
SAM
Ahem.
SAM CONT.
Uh- Ahem?
CELIA
One sec.
SAM
Ahem, please?
CELIA
Sorry, go ahead.
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Beat.
SAM
Ahem-
CELIA
Oh my, Sam! I didn't see you there! What
can I do for you?
SAM
I’m so glad you asked Celia! I was
wondering if you had perhaps dropped
something…
CELIA
(amused but confused)
Don’t think so.
SAM
You’re sure? Nothing small and ticket
shaped like perhaps-
(flourishing)
These incredibly exclusive, hardly-
discounted, barely obstructed theatre
tickets?
CELIA
No.
Beat.
SAM
You’re sure? Because they look like they’d
be perfect for someone to use maybe for a
second date…
CELIA
Yea. Nothing to do with me.
Beat.
SAM
(earnest)
So… is that a no to-
CELIA
(smiling)
I'm just playing… What’s the show?
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SAM
(checking ticket)
Oh, er… “The Pillowman”?
SAM
What?
CELIA
(laughing)
Oh nothing, very romantic choice.
SAM
Is it? I don’t really know much about it, I
just thought…
CELIA
Well count me in. If only to see your face.
SAM
Cool. Sorted, then.
ALICE
Not so fast now!
ALICE
I mean sure you could both go canoodle in
some stuffy old theatre-
SAM
It's a good place to canoodle.
ALICE
-or you could hear one of the great up-and-
coming music sensations that is currently
taking the London scene by storm!
SAM
Let me guess, Dredgerman?
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ALICE
Don’t be daft, they’re taking a break before
their tour! No, it’s “Penny for the Well”
actually.
SAM
But it is still Luke on Bass right? How
many bands is that boy in?
ALICE
Let’s just say that this revolutionary indie
ensemble, which may or may not also
include my incredibly talented younger
brother, is playing The Gladstone Arms at
ten thirty tomorrow evening and you are
both on the guest list. You’re welcome.
Beat.
CELIA
I’m sure Luke is great Alice-
ALICE
Oh he is-
CELIA
-but I don't think I can make it.
SAM
Anyway, we’re going to the theatre.
ALICE
Aha! But that’s the best bit, they’re the last
ones on so you can do your boring play
and then just swing by afterwards!
SAM
Alice-
ALICE
Oh come on, it's the weekend. Live a little!
CELIA
I’m sorry, but I don't think my sitter can
stay late.
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Beat.
ALICE
Your… sitter?
CELIA
Yeah. There’s no one else to step in so…
it’s a thanks but no thanks from me.
Beat.
ALICE
No, yeah, no, of course. So… Like, a dog
sitter, or…?
CELIA
A baby. Human.
ALICE
(kind of thrown)
Right. Sorry. Yeah, that's cool. Babies are
cool.
CELIA
I’ll tell you what though, give me a bit more
notice next time and I’ll see if I can’t sort
something. I’d love to see your brother
play.
ALICE
Uh yeah, sure.
CELIA
Anyhoo don’t mind me, I’m a bit behind
tonight.
(to Sam)
Just ping me the details for the theatre
later yeah?
SAM
‘course.
Celia exits.
Beat.
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ALICE
So…
SAM
(standing)
And you say I’m clueless.
ALICE
What?
Sam exits.
ALICE CONT.
(calling)
What? I said babies were cool!
Beep.
VOICEMAIL
Hi, you’ve reached The Sentinel tip-off
hotline.
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Beep
CUT TO:
CATERER
(catching their breath)
I need to report… something. I can’t go to
the police, I- You’re supposed to be
independent and well, I’ve got to risk it.
People need to know. They need to know
what’s happening, what they’re doing, and
I don’t know how much time I’ve got left.
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“Hunt!”
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“Run”.
CATERER CONT.
(hushed)
Oh no…
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The car window shatters inwards from a sudden loud gunshot. The
CATERER is wetly silenced.
LADY MOWBRAY
Well run dearie. Well run...
CELIA
(disturbed)
Well, that was…
LADY MOWBRAY
(too close)
Fascinating.
CELIA jumps up with a cry and turns to find Lady Mowbray and her dogs
standing right behind her. The dogs growl threateningly.
CELIA
Excuse me?
LADY MOWBRAY
I was talking to the boys.
The dogs sit. They are not fur babies, they are what turns up when
someone says “release the hounds”.
CELIA
Can I uh- can I help you?
LADY MOWBRAY
I rather think you might…
CELIA
I didn’t.
CELIA
You’re not allowed to be in here.
LADY MOWBRAY
I was invited.
GWEN
(cautiously)
Lady Mowbray?
Beat. The tension holds for a moment then breaks; the dogs suddenly
sound smaller, more docile.
LADY MOWBRAY
That’s me yes. I presume you’re
Gwendolyn Bouchard?
GWEN
Er yes. Thank you for coming in. If you’d
like to follow me?
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GWEN CONT.
Lady Mowbray?
LADY MOWBRAY
Of course.
(To Celia)
Catch you next time, dearie.
CELIA
No, you won't.
LADY MOWBRAY chuckles then falls in behind Gwen with her dogs.
GWEN
(departing)
Can I get you any refreshments Lady
Mowbray?
LADY MOWBRAY
(departing)
No thank you dear. I recently ate.
GWEN
(suspecting)
Ah, um. Of course.
GWEN
(distant)
Oh, uh well actually-
Beat.
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The club is busy but not packed. A final guitar chord rings out as the
applause ends. After a few moment of, canned dance music comes in over
the speakers as people filter away from the stage.
LUKE
There she is!
ALICE
(sardonic)
Oh my god it’s the guy from the band,
gosh, I'm giddy.
LUKE
Not surprised, the way you were flailing
about.
ALICE
How dare you. I am pushing the
boundaries of what it means to dance!
LUKE
I won’t argue with that.
(to barman)
Pint of water please mate. With ice.
(To Alice)
Thanks for coming Alice, you didn’t have
to-
ALICE
(gesturing)
Clearly! I thought this was meant to be a
little chill side gig thing?
LUKE
So did I! Turns out though that things are
really picking up.
ALICE
(sardonic)
Hello? Yes? Is that Glastonbury? Why yes,
we DO have a minute…
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LUKE
You joke but the managers already added
seven more cities to the Dredgerman tour.
ALICE
Oh wow, fair play!
LUKE
Cheers mate!
LUKE CONT.
How’s Sam by the way? It’s been years
since I saw the weedy git.
ALICE
Same as ever.
LUKE
Shame he couldn’t make it tonight.
ALICE
Yeah. Still, sometimes it's nice hang out
and have a drink, just to two of us.
LUKE
I’m flattered.
ALICE
You should be. And since the show’s
over…
LUKE
(to the barman)
Two pints of Doombar, cheers.
ALICE
(smiling and genuinely happy)
There we go.
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A tape recorder CLICKS, distantly a body shuffles in an alley off the main
road.
VICTIM
- the second time is up I try to grasp the air
and fill my lungs that burn and rattle full.
ALICE turns into the alleyway, heading home and still buzzing from the
show. She removes her headphones as she sees a figure muttering.
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The VICTIM stumbles then falls to the ground, hard. They begin to writhe,
clutching at their throat.
VICTIM CONT.
ALICE CONT.
and down I go the third and final
time I know it's done Jesus! Are uh… are you alright?
ALICE manages to throw the Victim off then stands back watching them
writhe.
ALICE CONT.
ALICE CONT.
ALICE dials 999 whilst the victim continues to choke and gasp for air.
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ALICE CONT.
(on Phone)
Ambulance.
ALICE CONT.
Oh shit… oh shit…
ALICE CONT.
(Rhythmic, under breath)
She is panicking. She sees the tape recorder next to the body and picks it
up.
ALICE CONT.
What is-?
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The victim starts to speak again, quietly, bubbling up through the water
and out of dead lips.
ALICE drops the tape recorder and flees. The dead woman's voice trails off.
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The series is created by Jonathan Sims
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This episode was written by Alexander J
Newall and edited with additional materials
by Jonathan Sims, with vocal edits by Nico
Vettese, soundscaping by Meg McKellar,
and mastering by Catherine Rinella with
music by Sam Jones.
It featured Billie Hindle as Alice Dyer,
Shahan Hamza as Samama Khalid, Anusia
Battersby as Gwen Bouchard, Lowri Ann
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Hunt (aristocratic) -/- compulsion
Incident Elements:
- Graphic Violence/Murder
- Futility
- Being Hunted
- Classism
- Dehumanisation
- Hostile work environment
- drowning
- Mentions of: blades, guns, military service
- SFX: Gunfire, loud music, suffocation
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