Finally getting back to wrap up the sequence and the entire script, beginning with the rest of Scene 264:
Now Julia and Elizabeth are there. Julia kneels beside the girl, quickly takes her pulse.
Revised 2/27/90
265 CLOSE - DAPHNE
Her eyes begin to flutter, then open. She stares up at them, that strange, trance-like look is still there.
Slowly she turns to look down toward the Great Hall, her face registering a terrible fear.
266 CLOSE - JULIA
As she looks at the girl, frowns, turns to follow her stare.
267 HER POV - BARNABAS
And TIGHTENING TO HIM as he stands there, staring up at them.
268 BACK TO SCENE
As Joe hugs the girl gently to him, kisses her cheek.
JOE You're gonna be okay, Daph. You're gonna be okay
Julia's attention now comes back to Daphne.
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And that's when December 30th's first quote -
Page 118/Scene 268 - Julia: 'Let's get her back to her room.'
- comes up, followed by the script explaining with:
Joe helps Daphne to her feet. Julia glances down the steep flight of stairs.
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And that's when December 30th's second quote -
Page 118/Scene 268 - Julia (CONT'D): '... and the first thing we're going to do is change her room to one downstairs.'
- comes up, followed in the script by:
She and Joe lead Daphne back toward her room. Before following, Elizabeth turns to look back down at Barnabas.
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And that's when December 31st's first quote -
Page 118/Scene 268 - Liz: 'Barnabas, I'm sorry...'
- comes up, followed by the script continuing with:
269 BARNABAS
As he raises his hand, as if to show he understands.
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And that's when December 31st's second quote -
Page 118/Scene 269 - Barnabas: 'Of course ... I'd better be going.'
- comes up, followed by the script continuing with:
270 BACK TO ELIZABETH
As she nods, starts after the others.
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271 CLOSE - BARNABAS
Eyes narrowing, as he stares after them. Then turning, he strides out the door.
SLOWLY FADE OUT.
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End of sequence. End of script. But that certainly wasn't the way the pilot ended - but more on that below...
And as far as any differences in the dialogue go, after Julia arrives at Daphne's side in Scene 264, Joe, in unscripted dialogue, continues to attempt to wake Daphne with "Daph, Daph, wake up. Come on" - and then, in more unscripted dialogue, he asks Julia "What's wrong with her?" before addressing Daphne again, in yet more unscripted dialogue, with "Daph", which then continues into Scene 265 with "Daph. Hey, hey, hey, hey. Hey, hey, hey, it's okay. It's okay. I'm here. It's okay." as she wakes up - and then in Scene 266 Joe is heard to say in even yet more unscripted dialogue "Ssh. It's okay. I'm here now. Breathe. Come on, breathe. It's okay. It's okay. Okay. Okay." as Julia turns to look down at Barnabas - and even in Scene 267 Joe continues softly with "Okay. Come one. Come on. It's okay", rather than what was scripted for him in Scene 268, which is dropped from that scene - but if you thought that means that's all there is from him, you'd be wrong because after Julia actually says "Let's take her to her room", Joe delivers an unscripted "C'mon" in Scene 268 as he helps Daphne to her feet (but other than that, there's no adlibbing from Joe/Michael T. Weiss
) - and Liz actually says "I'm sorry, Barnabas" when she apologizes to him - and he simply replies "Of course", with the "I'd better be going" part dropped.
And as far as any differences in the direction and descriptions go, in Scene 265 we do not see any eye fluttering from Daphne as she wakes, and when she does come around she doesn't look at either Joe or Julia because she immediately turns to look down at Barnabas - and Julia doesn't frown before she turns to follow Daphne's stare - and the camera doesn't tighten to Barnabas in Scene 267 while he's seen from Julia's POV because, as can be seen in the following capture -
- the scene remains a long shot - however, after the scene returns to showing Julia looking at him, it follows that with a tightening shot of Barnabas, but as can be seen in the following series of captures -
- it's taken from a different angle - and Julia doesn't actually glance down the steep flight of stairs because she directly addresses Liz when she says they're going to move Daphne downstairs - and not only does Joe help Daphne to her feet, but he picks her up in his arms - and Barnabas doesn't raises his hand in Scene 269, as if to show he understands - and Liz doesn't nod to Barnabas before she starts after the others - and after Barnabas begins to leave the foyer, as can be seen in this final capture -
- he actually stops to look back with a menacing expression on his face (no doubt when he decides there and then that Daphne is a definitely liability to him) before he moves off and the scene, rather than fading out as the end of the pilot, fades out as the next to last act break.
And I don't know about others, but I do think that moving these just wrapped Scenes 256 through 271 to follow Scene 232 in the pilot and moving Scenes 233 through 243H to act as the end of the pilot was a much more satisfying and a highly dramatic way for the pilot to conclude. Rather than simply making his way out of the Great Hall at Collinwood, Barnabas goes out collapsing to his knees and desperately lamenting that he cannot control himself. It's certainly much more suspenseful and far more likely to make a viewer want to tune in to see what happens next...