Folding Man/Transcript

An investigation into a string of bizarre robberies leads Helen Magnus and Will Zimmerman to a crime ring of thieves who seem to be able to slip between the cracks of the law... literally.
== Cold open ==
=== Teaser sequence ===
EXT. ESTABLISHING SHOT - OLD CITY - NIGHT
[Camera pans above the city, angled down looking at rooftops pass by below]
EXT. ESTABLISHING SHOT - OLD CITY - PAWN SHOP - NIGHT - BREEZY
INT. OLD CITY - PAWN SHOP
[Two men are robbing a pawn shop. Carver is holding a gun on the owner. Malcolm is smashing the glass counters and taking jewelry.]
[The robbers hear a siren in the distance.]
[Carver runs and opens door to look out. He runs back toward owner.]
[Carver looks to Malcolm then shoots the owner.]
EXT. OLD CITY - PAWN SHOP - NIGHT
[Malcolm hand Carver the bag of loot and runs off. Carver takes off in the other direction.]
EXT. OLD CITY - END OF ALLEYWAY - NIGHT
[Malcolm runs down alley which dead ends. Car lights shine on him. He looks up to see a police car coming into alley. He runs to end of alley and opens a door to a chute.]
[The policemen have exited the car and are running down alley with guns drawn.]
[Malcolm climbs up and goes down chute. He pulls out a flashlight and looks around. As the policeman struggle to get the chute doors open, Malcolm sees a pipe that draws his attention. He pries the grate off and looks into it with his flashlight.]
[The policemen have managed to open the door to the chute. Malcolm raises his hands to the side of his head and squeezes his head. His head deforms making it narrower. The policemen go down chute into an empty room.]
== Title sequence ==
== Act I ==
EXT. ESTABLISHING SHOT - OLD CITY SANCTUARY - MORNING
"FOLDING MAN"
INT. OLD CITY SANCTUARY - UPPER LEVEL - LIBRARY - AFTER 9:00 AM
[Will is walking into the library carrying a brown bag. He walks over to where Henry is sitting at a computer. Magnus and Ashley are standing on either side of Henry looking over his shoulder.]
[Will receives blank stares from the trio.]
[Henry touches the computer monitor. Will moves over to join them and watches images on the monitor.]
[Magnus smiles coyly at Will.]
[Henry rewinds the footage.]
[Henry zooms in the frame.]
[Henry fast forwards it.]
[Henry changes the footage from the pawn shop to the patrol car.]
[Magnus hands Will a file.]
[Will turns and walks away studying the file closely.]
[Will picks up the bag of bagels and holds them out. Henry takes the bag and Magnus smiles knowingly.]
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INT. OLD CITY - COAL CHUTE BASEMENT - DAY
[Ashley slides down the chute into the room to join Magnus and Will who are already in room.]
[Will shines his flashlight on a ten inch pipe.]
[Ashley nudges her mother.]
[Will turns his head to look back at Ashley and Ashley smiles at him with a silent laugh.]
[Ashley leaves to get the camera. They are kneeling down to peer into the pipe and Magnus places Henry’s fancy camera on wheels in the pipe.]
SCENE TRANSITION FLASH
[They all turn to look at monitor Ashley has set up that is receiving images from the camera.]
[We switch views to the camera's perspective inside the pipe. An image of a fingerprint becomes clear.]
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INT. OLD CITY SANCTUARY - LOWER LEVEL - MAIN LAB - DAY
[Monitor showing fingerprint.]
[Ashley looks over towards Henry.]
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INT. OLD CITY SANCTUARY - UPPER LEVEL - LIBRARY
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INT. OLD CITY SANCTUARY - UPPER LEVEL - HALLWAY - DAY
[Magnus and Will are walking down a hallway and meet up with Henry.]
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EXT. ESTABLISHING SHOT - OLD CITY - SKYLINE - DAY
INT. OLD CITY - SUBWAY STATION - PLATFORM - DAY
[Will is standing on subway platform. A man walks over to him.]
[Will takes the case portfolio from Jake.]
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INT. OLD CITY SANCTUARY - UPPER LEVEL - MAGNUS'S STUDY - DAY
[Will is sitting at desk working as Magnus and Ashley come in.]
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EXT. ESTABLISHING SHOTS - OLD CITY - BRYANT STREET CORRIDOR - DAY
EXT. OLD CITY - BRYANT STREET CORRIDOR - DAY
[Magnus, Will and Ashley are walking separately asking people questions.]
[Will gets another 'no' in his search.]
[Ashley strikes out as well.]
[The meet up in the street not far from Ashley's last individual.]
[Ashley shakes her head 'no'.]
[Magnus sees a man come out of a corner. He appears to be a folding man.]
[She walks over to where the man is and Will and Ashley follow her. An older man walks from area and walks toward them. Other folding men appear.]
== Act II ==
EXT. OLD CITY - BRYANT STREET CORRIDOR - DAY
[Magnus nods 'yes'.]
[Oliver turns to the others.]
[The others leave.]
[flashes of a scared Aaron appear.]
[Oliver nods and leaves.]
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EXT. OLD CITY - HIGH RISE - PARTIALLY DEMOLISHED BUILDING - DAY
[A man is standing far out on a beam which high above the city.]
[Ashley walks out on opposing beam.]
[Mister Jones makes 'cash' hand gesture.]
[Mister Jones flings his coat off and falls over side of building; he flies away over the city.]
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EXT. OLD CITY - DOCKS - NEPTUNE CANNERY - DAY
[Will and Ashley exit van.}
[Malcolm runs and dives under a semi trailer.]
[Malcolm stops and looks at Ashley and Will. He turns and starts running upstairs. He jumps down on the other side into the loading docks. He brings his hand to his head and starts to fold. He jumps through a small window in the fence. As he comes out the other side he lands inside the back of the van. Magnus is waiting for him and shuts the door.]
== Act III ==
INT. OLD CITY SANCTUARY - LOWER LEVEL - MAIN LAB - DAY
[Magnus has Malcolm in MRI.]
[Magnus presses a button on the remote in her hand to bring up an x-ray image of Malcolm's upper body on the drop-down computer screen.]
[Magnus pushes a button on the remote to cause Malcolm's body to contract. They watch the changes of the position of his bones in the x-ray.]
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EXT. ESTABLISHING SHOT - OLD CITY SANCTUARY - DAY
INT. OLD CITY SANCTUARY - UPPER LEVEL - MAGNUS'S STUDY - DAY
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INT. OLD CITY SANCTUARY - LOWER LEVEL - VENT-LESS HOLDING CELL
[Will notices Malcolm's twitchy mannerisms.]
[Malcolm nods 'yes'.]
FLASHBACK TO ROBBERY
[Carver looks at Malcolm.]
[Carver glares at Malcolm then turns and shoots the owner.]
RETURN TO PRESENT
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INT. OLD CITY SANCTUARY - UPPER LEVEL - MAGNUS'S STUDY - NIGHT
[Magnus has a fire burning. Magnus and Ashley are sitting together on the couch looking at a book in Magnus's hands. Will is pacing.]
[Magnus closes the book, keeping her finger on the page inside to act as a bookmark.]
[Ashley gets up, grabbing her jacket along the way.]
[Magnus nods understandingly.]
[Ashley gives one last look back as she leaves her mother's study, opening and closing the door behind her.]
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EXT. ESTABLISHING SHOT - OLD CITY - HIGH RISE - PARTIALLY DEMOLISHED BUILDING - NIGHT
EXT. OLD CITY - HIGH RISE - PARTIALLY DEMOLISHED BUILDING - NIGHT
[Ashley and Bigfoot arrive at Mr. Jone's meeting spot, looking up at the building them down at his body on the ground.]
[Ashley kneels down next to Mister Jones and lifts one of his wings.]
== Act IV ==
EXT. ESTABLISHING SHOT - OLD CITY SANCTUARY - DAY
INT. OLD CITY SANCTUARY - UPPER LEVEL - MAGNUS'S STUDY - NEXT MORNING - AFTER 8:00 AM
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INT. OLD CITY SANCTUARY - LOWER LEVEL - HENRY’S ARRAY
[Henry is working on the computer.]
[Magnus enters his lab and stands beside him.]
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INT. OLD CITY SANCTUARY - LOWER LEVEL - MALCOLM’S CELL
[Malcolm does answer.]
[flash of Aaron.]
MEMORY FLASHBACK
[Aaron Braithwaite walks over to table where a group of men are sitting.]
[Carver unfolds from between the corner of two rows of lockers.]
[Carver grabs Aaron and knees him. He collapses to the floor. Nomad puts his foot on Aaron’s head and squeezes his head causing his head to fold.]
[Carver removes his foot from Aaron’s head.]
RETURN TO PRESENT
SCENE FADE INTO NEXT
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EXT. OLD CITY - RUN DOWN APARTMENT BUILDING - BACKLOT - DAY
[Will kicks down door to outside. Abandoned furniture litters the area.]
[Ashley walks over to an old top-loader washing machine and opens the lid. Aaron's dead body is folded up inside of it.]
== Act V ==
INT. OLD CITY SANCTUARY - UPPER LEVEL - MAGNUS'S STUDY - DAY
[Magnus is sitting next to Oliver on the couch. Will is sitting in chair across from them.]
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INT. OLD CITY SANCTUARY - UPPER LEVEL - MAGNUS'S STUDY - ALMOST 4:00 PM
[Magnus is sitting at computer with Henry and Ashley on each side of her. They are looking at the monitor.]
[Magnus gets up and walks to table.]
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INT. OLD CITY SANCTUARY - LOWER LEVEL - MALCOLM’S CELL
[Malcolm is shivering, trembling]
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EXT. OLD CITY - OLD FACTORY - FOLDING MEN HIDEOUT - DAY
[Will and Malcolm get out of Will’s car, a Toyota Prius.]
[They go inside factory.]
EXT. THREE MILES NORTH OF OLD CITY - ARIDAN LABS - LOADING DOCK - DAY
[A man is taking large containers from the dock and loading it into back of a van. Magnus comes up behind him and stops him with a gun to his chest.]
INT. OLD CITY - OLD FACTORY - FOLDING MEN HIDEOUT - DAY
[Men are holding guns at Will and Malcolm. They puts their hand up.]
EXT. THREE MILES NORTH OF OLD CITY - ARIDAN LABS - LOADING DOCK - DAY
[Magnus is testing the substance in the containers.]
INT. OLD CITY - OLD FACTORY - FOLDING MEN HIDEOUT - DAY
FLASHBACKS TO EARLIER
RETURN TO PRESENT
[Will realizes that Malcolm is actually Nomad, not Carver; that while in the Sanctuary, Malcolm had switched their positions, portraying himself in his story as being in Carver's role and saying that Carver was in Nomad's role.]
[Will sighs]
[Magnus enters the room with gun drawn.]
EXT. OLD CITY - OLD FACTORY - FOLDING MEN HIDEOUT - DAY
[Truck is pulling up to dock The driver goes to back up truck and starts to unload. Ashley is behind him with gun aimed at him.]
INT. OLD CITY - OLD FACTORY - FOLDING MEN HIDEOUT - DAY
[Malcolm shoots Carver but as Malcolm turns to shoot Magnus, Carver fires his gun at Malcolm as he is falling. They both collapse and die and the rest of the men lower their guns. Magnus moves to kneel by Will.]
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INT. OLD CITY SANCTUARY - LOWER LEVEL - HOLDING CELLS
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INT. OLD CITY - SUBWAY STATION - PLATFORM - DAY
== End credits ==
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