(If you remember my
script from our BATMAN week last year – or take a moment to go back and read it
- you’ll get a sense about what’s going on here.)
(5 Panels)
Panel 1: We are in ADMINISTRATOR DR. JAMES GORDON’s
(ADMINISTRATOR GORDON) office inside of ARKHAM ASYLUM. GORDON is sitting behind
his desk.
Also present are DR.
HARLEEN QUINZEL (DR. QUINZEL), who is sitting in one of the two chairs opposite
ADMINISTRATOR GORDON’s desk, and DR. BARBARA GORDON (DR. GORDON), who is
standing. DR. QUINZEL has a couple of files sitting on her lap.
DR. GORDON: Administrator, I must state my objections to you allowing Mr. Hood to be admitted
here.
ADMINISTRATOR GORDON: Barbra…
DR. GORDON (1): Dad, please.
DR. GORDON (2): We’re both on duty right now, so if we could
please keep it professional?
Panel 2: Panel is set from behind ADMINISTRATOR
GORDON as the conversation continues.
ADMINISTRATOR GORDON: My apologies, Doctor Gordon.
DR. GORDON (1): Thank you. As I was saying, the man is an incredibly
dangerous psychopath.
DR. GORDON (2): Arkham is not a proper facility for treating
him.
DR. QUINZEL: Excuse me, Dr. Gordon, but Mr. Hood is not the
dangerous killer he once was.
Panel 3: DR. QUINZEL looks through a file – if enough
of the files exterior can be seen, the name ‘JACK HOOD’ should be listed on it
somewhere.
DR. QUINZEL (1): If you bothered to read Mr. Jack Hood’s
file – as you suggest you have – you would know full well that while his grip
on reality is still lacking, his treatment has come a long way.
DR. QUINZEL (2): May I remind you that a state-certified
panel of experts have asserted that he currently feels a great deal of remorse
for his past crimes, a far step removed from his original state as a ‘dangerous
psychopath’.
Panel 4: DR. QUINZEL point as DR. GORDON with the
file as she talks in the direction of ADMINISTRATOR GORDON.
DR. QUINZEL (1): That Arkham Asylum was nominated as the
facility at which Mr. Hood should continue his treatment should speak very
highly of it.
ADMINISTRATOR GORDON: I recognize as much.
DR. QUINZEL (2): However, if Dr. Gordon wishes to bring up a
concern about my patient, might I remind her of one of your own.
Panel 5: DR. QUINZEL opens a second file. If the exterior
can be seen, this one should read ‘BRUCE WAYNE’.
DR. QUINZEL (1): Mr. Bruce Wayne.
DR. QUINZEL (2): Though, if I’m not mistaken, he’s more
commonly referred to as ‘The Batman of Arkham Asylum’ at this point.
DR. QUINZEL (3): If I’m further not mistaken, he portrays
his delusions upon everyone present at this facility.
DR. QUINZEL (4): And the way he does so has led to concerns
that should Mr. Wayne and Mr. Hood interact in any fashion, the results could be…
DR. QUINZEL (5): …devastating.
(END PAGE)
Really cool idea MK. The dialogue might be a little word heavy to fit on the page (but you have the administrative banter down).
ReplyDeleteI admit, I was hoping you'd do a sequel to that earlier script, and I was not disappointed. You capture the characters perfectly, and set up the scenario well, but I still would have liked to see Bruce and "Jack" together. Maybe a future script...?
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