And continuing with even more scenes in the sequence, starting with a reference to Willie in Scene 198:
At this point, he is almost at the bottom.
Suddenly, Barnabas shoots out his hand, grabs him by the throat, hurls him against the wall, where he collapses in a heap on the floor.
199 ANOTHER ANGLE
As Barnabas advances on Willie, a horrible menace in his eyes.
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And that's when today's first quote -
Page 91/Scene 199 - Barnabas: 'You warned her, Willie ... Why did you do that?
- comes up, followed by the script continuing with:
200 BACK TO WILLIE
Lying there on the floor, groveling in utter fear.
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And that's when today's second quote -
Page 91/Scene 200 - Willie: 'No, no, Barnabas! I didn't mean nothin'! I would never ...'
- comes up, followed by the script continuing with:
201 Up AT BARNABAS
As he raises the thick, heavy, silver-headed cane above his head.
(CONTINUED)
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201 CONTINUED:
BARNABAS Why, Willie?! Why did you do that?!
And he brings the heavy cane crashing down INTO CAMERA again and again, Willie howling and shrieking in pain.
HOLD a beat, and then . . .
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End of scene - though STILL not the end of the sequence.
And as for what's different about the dialogue, after Barnabas says that Willie warned Vicki, Willie counters with an unscripted "No" - and then after Barnabas asks Willie why he did that, Willie, on the verge of tears, actually pleads "I didn't, Barnabas! I didn't do nothin'! I swear!" - to which Barnabas replies with an unscripted "Yes, you did, Willie" - after which Willie does indeed begin to cry - and then Barnabas adds an unscripted "You warned her" - and then as Willie sees that Barnabas is raising his cane, he pleads with an unscripted "No, Barnabas!" - but Barnabas ignores him and beats Willie as he actually demands "Why did you do that?! Why?!" - and Willie continues to beg an unscripted "No, Barnabas!" - but Barnabas continues beating him and he demands with an unscripted "Why?!"
And when it comes to the direction and descriptions, again they're quite a bit different. In the pilot Willie is already on the landing with Barnabas when Barnabas grabs him by the throat, but he actually flings Willie down the remaining stairs to the floor of the foyer - and as can be seen in today's first capture -
- Barnabas advances menacingly down the stairs, throwing his cane over his shoulder as he insists Willie tried to warn Vicki and demands to know why - and aside from the other differences that have already been mentioned in the dialogue section, we actually see Willie shrieking in pain, and the scene doesn't actually hold for a beat but transitions quite effectively right into the next scene - but more on that tomorrow...