Wrapping up the sequence as scripted:
243H BACK TO BARNABAS
As he continues to run, breath ragged in his throat, futilely calling after her ... until finally, exhausted, he can go no further.
(CONTINUED)
Revised 2/28/90
243H CONTINUED:
He turns frantically about, but there is nothing ... the little girl in white is gone.
TIGHTEN TO HIM, as the tears stream down his cheeks. He raises his voice, SHRIEKS against the wind.
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And that's when today's quote -
Page 109/Scene 243H - Barnabas: 'Oh Sarah...! Sarah...! My sweet little sister...! Come back!! (a wail) Please, do not hate me! I can not help myself ... !!!!!!'
- comes up in the script, followed by the script continuing with:
Then as the CAMERA SWOOPS UP AND AWAY, leaving his small, anguished figure alone in the darkness below ... HOLD for a beat, and . . .
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And as far as the dialogue goes, as I alluded to yesterday, the "No, Sarah... please don't go away!" part of what was scripted for Barnabas to deliver off screen in Scene 243G is actually delivered on screen in the pilot as we see Barnabas continue to run after Sarah at the outset of Scene 243H - and while the only bits different in Barnabas' next set of lines of dialogue are that he drops the "Oh" in "Oh Sarah...!" and he actually says "Please, don't hate me! Please!", he also delivers the entirety of that set of lines later than scripted. But more on that below...
And as for anything different about the direction and descriptions, there's quite a bit. As explained above, Barnabas does indeed continue to run after Sarah -
- at the outset of Scene 243H, but in the pilot he does not stop quite yet because we see yet another shot of Sarah -
- and she begins to completely disappear into the trees and fog - and it's after that that Barnabas comes to a stop after doing a bit more running and he looks about his surroundings, whereupon we see his POV as the camera scans those surrounding, which are now without any sight of Sarah - and it's not until after we see that Barnabas has frantically made a complete turn while looking for Sarah and he raises his right hand to his head in complete disappointment, that he begins to stagger along while saying "Sarah...! Sarah...! My sweet little sister...!", he comes to a stop and desperately cries out "Come back!!", he collapses to his knees with a wail, and the camera moves in tighter as he pleads "Please, don't hate me! Please!", and then, clenching his fists, he shouts "
I can not help myself ... !!!!!!" - however, after all that, the camera does not swoop up and away, leaving Barnabas' small, anguished figure alone in the darkness below because what we actually see is the camera remain steady as Barnabas reaches both hands up to his face in total anguish, and then the image freezes with the words "TO BE CONTINUED" appearing on screen because, as edited, that's the final moment of the pilot. However, the script didn't intend it to be because there's almost a whole month's worth of material yet to come, beginning in tomorrow's slideshow with more apparently unshot Julia material. But more on that tomorrow...