EPISODE
1
FADE IN:
SCREEN TITLES: “LIABILITIES”
EXT. HILL IN THE WILDERNERSS – NIGHT
The deserted city
in the background, barren landscape showing no-one in sight other than the 3
main characters.
SCOTT (a tall thin boy in his late teens clearly shown by his jumper)
is gazing into the distance. LIAM (overweight, short boy in his
mid-teens) and JOSH (a slim
individual with large fringe) are stood on a hill overlooking an empty city
where no-one is in sight, cars have crashed and there is a big crater in the
centre.
Scott:
(Gazing into the distance)
Where is everyone?
Like no-one’s there and cars
are overturned and stuff
Liam walks over
Liam:
What are you suggesting Scott?
Josh a slim
individual with large fringe buts in
Josh:
He’s obviously suggesting that
everyone has given up with this
dead-end city and decided to
leg it to the nearest city
where dreams can still be made.
Scott:
(Sighs)
No Josh. What I meant to say
is it looks like something has
hit the city and everyone has
fled or worse..
Liam:
What do you mean worse?
Scott:
Like y’know dead and stuff
Josh:
(disbelief)
Just listen to yourselves;
they’re probably fitting new
roads or something you retards
Scott:
That deep? They’re not making
a highway to hell you utter moron.
Liam laughs
Josh:
Okay smartass, so what’s happened?
Liam:
Just stop fighting. We need to go
down there and
(stuttering) investigate
Josh:
Investigate?
Liam:
yeah.
Josh:
So? What are we waiting
here for? C’mon.
Grabs Liam by the
arm as they walk towards the empty city
` Dissolve
to:
EXT. URBAN CITY – NIGHT
On the outskirts
of an urbanised city where cars have been overturned and car alarms are going
off. The air is heavy with mist
Scott:
Well, this doesn’t look
very ‘fun’
Josh:
C’mon lets get closer
Scott:
(dramatically)
And here he goes again,
always taking command to
drag us to an early death
Josh:
Wow. You realllllyyyyyyyy
are a pussy. Liam you comin’?
Liam:
Comin’? What? Sorry I wasn’t
listening
Josh:
(Aggressively)
Well I’m going with or without
you.
Liam:
(Stuttering)
but, but, but it looks dangerous
like we could get hurt or somethin’
Scott:
(aimed to annoy Josh)
For once, I agree with you Liam.
Josh:
Fine then.
Josh walks off
towards the crater avoiding obstacles within his path
Scott and Liam
shortly follow
Liam:
Wait up! If I didn’t know any better
it seems like you have got a keen
interest with big, dark holes…
Scott:
He was in Juvenile for too long and-
Josh: INTERRUPTING
(bluntly)
Hahahahahahahahahahahaha
no.
Liam:
(confused)
I
don’t understand..
Josh:
Good, you wouldn’t want to.
(sternly looks at Scott)
Josh approaches
the crater where he stares down into it
Josh:
(whispers to himself)
what
is that..
Scott:
Get away from the edge,don’t
want you falling in do we?
Liam:(CONT’D
Yeah.
Scott and Liam
approach Josh to see what he is staring at
Liam:
Is that a-
Scott:
Meteor. Yes. Has to be.
But, it can’t be!
Josh:
(smugly)
obviously
is.
Josh climbs carefully
down into the crater
Scott:
Josh! What the fuck are
you doing?! You’ll get
yourself killed!
Josh:
I’ve done stuff like this
before, I’ll be fineeeeeeeeee
A spark comes of
the meteor and connects with Josh which sends him to the ground
Scott:
What the..
Liam:
Josh are you alright?!
‘cos you don’t look it
Josh:
And I’m fine, I just feel
er… weird?
Scott:
It’s about time you came
out the closet.
Josh:
Not like that. I mean I
feel like, hot and numb
almost like I’ve got pins
and needles in my arm
Liam offers his
arm out to help Josh out the crater
Josh connects his
hand onto Liam’s arm which Liam screams in agony and shrugs Josh off him
Liam:
Josh! What the fuck man,
that hurt!
Josh:
What hurt?
Liam:
You know.
Josh:
I honestly don’t
Liam:
You squeezed my arm!
Josh:
No I didn’t! I had hardly
any grasp on it.
Liam:
well whatever you did it
really fucking hurt.
Scott climbs down
into the crater to get a closer look at the meteor
Josh:
(Angrily)
Oh yeah, just climb closer
to the meteor, don’t give a
flying fuck about me.
Liam:
I see what you did there
Scott:
Shh. From what it seems something
has connected into you, like, an
electric shock or something.
Josh:
Electric? From a meteor?
Next joke.
Scott:
(bragging)
I did GCSE science, I’m
being serious
Liam:
Thought you failed that?
Scott:
(Sternly)
I did, but that’s not the
point.
Liam climbs down into
the crater alongside Scott
Liam:
So what actually is it?
Scott:
I’m not sure what it is
but whatever it is, has
totally messed up Josh.
Scott:
Josh… Josh…. JOSH
Josh:
Yeah, sorry, I’m still
here just slowly dieing.
Liam:
But you aren’t.
Josh:
Shutup.
Liam is gazing at
the meteor which the other two characters notice
Josh:
(Directed at Liam)
What the fuck are you looking at
Scott:
Who? Me?
Josh:
(Pointing at Liam)
No. Him!
Liam:
(Unaware of what’s happening)
Err. What. Sorry wasn’t listening
Josh:
What were you staring at?
Liam:
(Almost certain)
The Meteor, it’s glowing
Scott:
No it isn’t...
An explosion goes
off which Scott and Josh turn around to see where it came from
Scott:
(In fear)
What the fuck was that?!
Josh:
(Bluntly)
Like I’d know
Scott and Josh
turn back around to talk to Liam
Scott:
Liam, Do you know wha-
A slight pause
Liam:
What?
Scott: (CONT’D)
Liam?..
Liam:
Yeah?
Liam cannot be
seen to the characters but Liam can see them
Josh:
Where the fuck is he? I can
hear him talking about stuff but
he’s like not there
Scott:
(Bluntly to Josh)
(Bluntly to Josh)
No shit. I can hear you but
you’re like not there
Josh:
(Interupts)
I must be trippin’ balls man
Liam:
Are you two okay?
Scott:
(Stressing)
(Stressing)
Are we okay? You’re the one
fucking hiding
Liam:
(Unaware)
How am I hiding? I’m stood
right in front of you
Josh:
But we can’t see ya..
Scott:
Did you touch the meteor?
Liam:
I don’t think so, not that
I know of
Josh:
(Making it clear to Scott)
Of course he has! He’s fucking
invisible for fuck sake
Liam:
(In shock)
Me? Invisible? Awesome.
Scott:
He can’t be! You haven’t been
affected like he has!
Characters focus
on Josh’s arm
A electic ripple
goes along Josh’s arm
Josh:
(Cheekily and cockily)
Are you sure mate?
Scott:
(Starts to panic)
IT CANT BE! SUPERPOWERS ARE
NON-EXISTANT AND DON’T EXIST
IT’S JUST FOR COMICS AND STUFF
Liam:
(Mockingly)
Ooooo someone learned a new
word, Mr Fancyyyyyyy
Scott:
Shutup! You can’t just trot
along over to the meteor and
touch it like this-
Scott touches the
meteor
CUT
TO
INT. CITY MAIN
STREET
Where a car is
hurling towards Liam where Josh fires an electric bolt at to prevent it from
hitting Liam
CUT
TO
EXT. CITY
Returns to where
they were prior to this flashback-like scene
Josh:
Scott, Scott, are you okay Scott?
Wouldn’t want our little baby all
hurt *graps his cheek mockingly*
Scott shoves Josh
off him
Scott:
Wow…
Liam:
What?
Scott:
I think I just had a flashback
Or something
Josh:
Oh yeah? Of what?
Oh yeah? Of what?
Scott:
(struggling to remember)
There was a car. It was flying towards
Liam and you shot it back with a bolt
or something
Liam:
But that hasn’t happened so how is it a
flashback?
Scott:
(Dazed)
I don’t know, it just, just
happened alight?
Josh:
Whatever you’re on. I need some
of that shit.
Another explosion
goes off in which the camera has an over-the-shoulder of Liam which a car is
heading towards him
Josh quickly
steps in and without thinking shoots the car back with an electric bolt
The characters
fall to the ground where they try to make sense of what Scott said and what
happened
Liam:
(Dazed)
What. Just. Happened.
Josh:
What you said-
Liam and Josh:
(synchronously)
Happened.
Scott:
I know, I knew something happened
to me when I touched the meteor!
Josh:
So let’s get this straight. I can
somehow shoot electric bolts,
Liam can turn invisible and you can
see into the future?!
Scott:
(Unsure)
It seems that way I guess
Josh:
(Slyly)
Do you realize what we can do?!
We can be whatever we want to be!
We’re fucking superheroes!
Liam:
(Extremely Happy)
This is going to be sweeeeeeeeeeeet
Scott:
We have powers now I guess. You know
what they say, with great power comes
great responsibility
Josh:
(Quickly catches on)
You robbed that off Spiderman
Scott:
It’s relevant though
Josh:
I couldn’t give a flying fuck if it’s
relevant, we’ve got a 3 different powers
and we’re sat here in a ditch wondering
why we’ve got them. Let’s get out there
and fuck shit up
Liam:
Amen.
Scott:
We’re (reluctant to say) ‘superheroes’ now.
We’re not criminals.
Liam:
Didn’t stop us before.
Scott:
That was different, we had nothing
to do with our lifes: no aspirations,
hopes etc we were washouts with no
purpose but now..
Liam:
(Confused)
“now”
what?
Scott:
Now. We sort this mess out and find out
what’s really going on.
