The Watcher: 1.7 Hair of the Dog: Act I
by gumboy
TEASER

EXT. CAPE KENNETH MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

WOMAN'S VOICE
You ungrateful bastard! How could you?

INT. CAPE KENNETH MEMORIAL HOSPITAL - JORDY'S ROOM

Jordy is recovering from his injuries in the last episode. His
bruises are healing, but he is still in traction because of his
broken leg.

Jordy's grandmother, NANA, is reading him the riot act. She's a
harsh unforgiving woman.

JORDY
Nana I..

Apparently, Nana isn't hearing any of it because she smacks him
across the face. Hard.

NANA
I've had enough lip from you, boy! I've
given you a home when no one else will take
you. When everyone else has thrown you out!
This is how you repay the favor? And to top
it off I find this...

Nana reaches into her handbag and pulls out a large plastic bag
filled with dried leaves resembling... well you can guess...
and throws it at her grandson.

NANA
...hidden in your room.

JORDY
It's not what you think.

Nana smacks him again. Really hard.

NANA
Do you think I'm an idiot? Do you think I
don't know what's going on?

JORDY
It's medicine.

NANA
What? Do you have glaucoma? Are you making
lasagna and you needed fresh oregano?

JORDY
Nana...

NANA
Don't even start with me. You break my rules
by breaking curfew and your grounding. You
get in a fight and land in the hospital,
costing me money! And now you're on drugs?!!
Drugs!!

JORDY
They're not drugs.

Nana gives Jordy an evil glare. Then she spits on him.

NANA
This is your mother's doing. That wench.
That whore. If it wasn't for her my Ken
could have raised you right. Instead I have
a deviant hop head for a grandson.

Jordy calmly wipes the spit from his face.

NANA
But not any more.

Nana grabs the bag and storms to the door. Jordy remains freaky
calm and somewhat sad.

JORDY
Love you too, grandma.

Nana doesn't hear him as she storms out the door and right by
Liv and Maya who apparently have heard everything. Liv carries
her backpack.

JORDY
Hi.

MAYA
Hi. Sorry we...

JORDY
(sad smile)
You just missed my grandmother.

LIV
Do you want us to come back later?

JORDY
No I... I could use the company.

MAYA
That was pretty intense.

Jordy gives that sad smile again and cocks an eyebrow.

JORDY
That was a good day for her

All three share an awkward moment.

MAYA
So obviously we're doing a good job of
coming by and cheering you up.

JORDY
Well, following Nana Framkin is always
tough. Johnny Carson had her close the show
because no one could follow her.

The girls laugh quietly.

MAYA
Want to hear something funny?

JORDY
Sure.

MAYA
Liv brought your school books and a list of
homework assignments for you.

Jordy laughs and Maya joins in.

JORDY
(wipes a tear from his eye)
Thanks Liv. I needed that.

LIV
I'm so glad I could amuse you both.
Especially with finals coming up next week.

JORDY
Next week?
(Liv nods)
Huh. What... What's today's date?

LIV
The sixteenth.

JORDY
(troubled)
Oh.

MAYA
Something wrong?

JORDY
Just forgot how long I've been in here. That
and the pain medication is kicking in.

MAYA
Well, we'll come back another time then.

JORDY
Sure. Please do.

LIV
See, ya

JORDY
Bye.

INT. HOSPITAL HALLWAY

Maya and Liv exit the room and start walking away.

MAYA
Well that wasn't awkward in the least.

Liv seems to be on another planet.

MAYA
What's wrong with you?

LIV
I don't know Maya...

MAYA
What?

LIV
I know he tried to protect you but... I
don't think he's someone we should be
hanging out with.

MAYA
Look, you're freaking over nothing.

LIV
You saw that bag...

MAYA
And he said it wasn't drugs.

LIV
How do you know?

MAYA
Look, I admit I don't know everything about
the guy. But I know I can trust him. And if
he said it wasn't drugs... It wasn't drugs.

INT. JORDY'S HOSPITAL ROOM

Jordy is frantically looking through his backpack. Not finding
what he is looking for, he sighs with frustration and starts
pulling his hair. He then pulls out a black book, finds an
entry, picks up the phone and dials. He waits and...

JORDY
Dan? It's your cousin Jordy. Listen, I've
run into a problem. Nana found my stash and
I need a fix. Give me a call as soon as you
get this. I'm at Cape Kenneth Memorial
hospital, room 303. I've got two days
before it hits the fan. Don't let me down,
man.

Jordy hangs up the phone and fidgets nervously.

INT. JORDY'S HOSPITAL ROOM - THE NEXT DAY

Jordy is even more fidgety. He's in bed holding some sort of
charm and chanting

JORDY
Skur ba 'debs pa ka spyang
Kun 'byung chos bzod ka rkang gnyis
Bkog pa ka spyang
Kun 'byung chos bzod ka rkang gnyis

He repeats the lines over and over. A nurse and a doctor watch
from the door.

NURSE
(concerned)
He's been doing that for three hours
straight.

DOCTOR
He's says he's in no pain.

NURSE
Should we order a psych eval?

DOCTOR
For praying? I don't think so. Probably just
some weird religion. Just to be safe, put
him through a drug screen.

INT. JORDY'S HOSPITAL ROOM - THE NEXT DAY

Jordy is punching the nurse call button like a maniac. He is
frantic. Out of control. He furiously scratches his head.

NURSE
What's the problem?

JORDY
I need you to put me out!

NURSE
What?

JORDY
Tranquilize me. Totally put me under.

NURSE
I'm afraid I can't do that.

JORDY
You have to do it! It's coming for me!

NURSE
What's coming for you?

Jordy grabs the nurse's arm and pulls her toward her.

JORDY
(screaming)
It's going to take me!! Don't let it take
me!!

NURSE
Let go of me!

JORDY
(screaming)
Don't let it take me!!

The nurse pulls her arm away and runs out of the room.

INT. HOSPITAL HALLWAY

The nurse runs to the nurses station and picks up a phone. The
station nurse looks up at her as...

JORDY(OS)
(screaming)
Don't let it take me!!

NURSE
(into phone)
Code yellow in room 303. Code yellow. Room
303.

Jordy begins to scream incoherently.

STATION NURSE
What's happening?

NURSE
The guy is flipping out. He was demanding
that I tranquilize him and kept saying that
something was out to...

A loud ROAR is heard from Jordy's room. The two nurses give
each other a wary look. More snarls and roars are heard as
they slowly approach the door. Before they can peer in, we hear
violent noises and glass breaking. When the nurses finally look
in...

INT. JORDY'S HOSPITAL ROOM

The room is trashed. Jordy is nowhere to be seen and his window
is broken. The nurses run and look out the window.

EXT. JORDY'S HOSPITAL WINDOW

It's at least 15 stories up. Jordy is nowhere to be seen.

NURSE
What the F....

And before an FCC violation can be broken we...

END TEASER

ACT I

EXT. BANYAN CONSTRUCTION - DAY

XANDER(VO)
Banyan Construction. This is Xander, how can
I help you?

INT. XANDER'S OFFICE

Xander is doing the work thing. Looking at plans while talking
on the phone, drinking coffee. A secretary-type person walks in
and hands Xander some paperwork for him to sign.

LUCY
Gee Sparky, you sound so professional.

XANDER
(signing paperwork)
Professional? Sounds like I should be out on
the corner selling my goods.

The secretary gives Xander a strange look.

XANDER
(to secretary, covers phone with hand.)
You know. Like a lemonade stand?

Secretary takes the signed paperwork, rolls her eyes and walks
out of the room.

LUCY
Hey listen. Something weird happened here
last night that I think might be up your
alley.

XANDER
Is this the "I-read-way-too-much- comicbooks-
as-a-kid-weird" or the "Stake-'em-
through-the-heart-and- watch-them-explodeto-
dust-weird".

Xander looks up to see the secretary standing at the door with
more paperwork and strange look on her face. Xander smiles
weakly at her. She turns around and runs away.

LUCY
Definitely the second one. A friend of Liv's
was in the hospital with a broken leg. He
started acting funny a couple of days ago
and last night something broke into his room
and took him.

XANDER
Define acting "funny".

LUCY
Well the nurse's report mentioned him
chanting in some weird language for about
eight hours straight. Then last night he
started screaming that something was out to
get him and...

XANDER
Something got him. Are you sure that he
wasn't on drugs or something?

LUCY
That's what I thought at first. Liv
mentioned an altercation with him and his
grandmother a couple of days ago. Apparently
she found a bag of "something" and was
giving him hell about it. But here's the
strange part. They ran a drug screen on him
yesterday and it came back clean.

XANDER
Hence the weirdness. You sure this guy just
didn't walk out of there?

LUCY
I doubt it.

XANDER
Why?

LUCY
Well "A", He was in traction.

XANDER
Okay and "B"?

LUCY
The nurses didn't see him walk or be carried
out the door.

XANDER
Maybe he jumped out the window?

LUCY
From the fifteenth floor?

XANDER
Yep. That's my kind of weirdness. What's
this kid's name?

LUCY
Jordan Framkin.

XANDER
Huh.

LUCY
What?

Xander stares thoughtfully out his office door at a guy
distributing mail from a cart.

XANDER
Just getting some kind of deja vu-ish
feelings here.
(shakes his head)
I've got a site visit for the municipal
building later this afternoon. If I swing
by afterwards, can you get me in the room?

LUCY
In like Flynn, baby.

XANDER
That's my girl.

EXT. SAINT BUFALARI'S SCHOOL

MAYA(VO)
So what do you know?

INT. SAINT BUFALARI'S - HALLWAY

LIV
Not much. Mom said she'd have Mr. Harris
come down and take a look.

MAYA
Major weirdness. I hope he's okay.

LIV
I don't know Maya. There's something really
strange about that guy.

MAYA
You mean like hanging out with vampires and
demons?

LIV
I slay vampires and demons. I hang out with
a puppet and a one-eyed man.

A nun and several students give Liv a strange look. Liv grabs
Maya and rushes her along through doors onto...

EXT. SAINT BUFALARI - CAMPUS

LIV
We SO need to find a euphenism for when we
talk about this in public.

MAYA
Look, Jordy had the chance to bail, but he
stood up for me. He may be a freak, but he's
our kind of freak.

Liv mutters something under her breath.

MAYA
What?

LIV
I just... I just don't want him to be the
kind of freak I have to.. take out.

They both stop and look at each other as that thought sinks in.

MAYA
You'd do that?

LIV
I don't know.

INT. SAINT BUFALARI'S - HALLWAY
The camera is from a certain individual's POV as he or she sees
and passes by BRAD and his entourage.

BRAD
Hey. You're the freak that crashed my party!
We pass by Brad and head to a certain locker.

ANGLE ON:
Brad as he steps forward, grabs a strange looking individual
and slams him into a locker.

BRAD
Look freak, you may think you're all that,
but we're not buying it.

We finally get a good look at the freak and it's Jordy. Yes.
He's standing and walking. He's dressed oddly in clothes that
don't fit him. Instead of his easy-going deamenor he is quiet
and on the edge.

BRAD
What's a matter freak? Cat got your tounge?

Jordy glares at Brad and tries to walk past him. Brad throws
him against the locker again. Jordy snarls. His features become
almost feral Brad and the gang laughs at him.

BRAD
Ooooo! Tough guy, huh? Well are you going to
bark all day little doggie?

Brad pushes Jordy up against the locker wall.

BRAD
Or are you going to bite?

A/N: All due apologies to Quentin Tarantino

For a brief second, we see Jordy bare his teeth and we...

CUT TO:

EXT. SAINT BUFALARI'S - CAMPUS

Liv and Maya are in a heated discussion.

MAYA
Are you telling me that...

Screams, shouts, animal-like sounds and general violent noises
emerge from the school. Liv and Maya look at each other for a
brief second and charge back into hallway to find...

INT. SAINT BUFALARI'S - HALLWAY

Jordy, totally out of control and surrounded by the unconscious
members of Brad's entourage. Jordy is holding an unconscious
Brad up in the air by his throat.

MAYA
Jordy!

Jordy looks at Maya snarls. He throws Brad against the wall
with (of course) super-strength. Without skipping a beat, he's
runs past Maya and Liv and out the door. Maya and Liv share a
look for just a second, then Liv drops her books and is on the
run after Jordy.

Maya looks around to see:

ANGLE ON: Jordy's Locker. It's been torn to shreds.

EXT. SAINT BUFALARI'S CAMPUS
Liv runs out of the school into the middle of the quad. She
looks around.... Jordy is nowhere to be seen.

LIV
Aw crap.

END ACT I

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