Three more scenes in DC's script:
161 INT: HALLWAY OUTSIDE TODD'S ROOM - NIGHT 161
TIGHT ON TODD. As he moves down the hallway, CAMERA TRUCKS IN FRONT OF HIM. He stops momentarily as he reaches part of hall parallel to first floor landing. CAMERA PANS LEFT with him and as he passes this spot we see another policeman with his back to us looking out the window on first floor landing. Todd continues down hall as CAMERA TRUCKS IN BACK of him. As he gets to the entrance to Carolyn's room he stops.
TODD - CLOSE UP
As he reacts to what he sees.
SHERIFF AND STOKES - TODD'S POV
They are both looking out the window. The Sheriff is on the two-way radio. HAND HELD CAMERA TRUCKS by bothby doors into back hallway. During this, Sheriff can be heard ad libbing instructions to men below. 2nd fl Hall 162 INT: STAIR LANDING, COLLINWOOD - NIGHT 162
SHOOTING FROM SECOND FLOOR LANDING. The deputy who has been looking out the window, turns, comes up the stairs. CAMERA TRUCKS WITH HIM as he goes to Todd's door, which is now open. SHOT WIDENS to include other deputy getting up off the floor.
163 EXT: COLLINWOOD - NIGHT 163
We see the car burning in b.g. Julia, Roger, Jeff, Maggie and several officers are on the scene. Julia is tending to the injured officers. Todd, hiding in some shrubbery near the building in f.g. of SHOT, waits for his opportunity and then sneaks off into the night.
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And when it comes to the (ad libbed?) dialogue, the descriptions, the directions, and the notations, Scene 161 is nearly identical to how it's scripted, Scene 162 ended up on the cutting room floor, and Scene 163 was never shot (and one wonders if that was because Lyndhurst didn't want a burning car on its grounds, or if it was too expensive to shoot within the film's budget, or a bit of both).
Scene 161 plays exactly as scripted until the point that Todd reaches the door to Carolyn's room and sees the sheriff and Stokes because at that point is where the ad libbed dialogue begins. After actually hanging up the phone (not speaking on the two-way radio), the sheriff says -
"They've got both men out of the car." - and as the camera is panning to Todd's view of the back hallway, the sheriff is heard to say -
"Doctor Hoffman is looking at them now." - then as Todd begins to make a move, Stokes is heard to ask -
"Are they going to be all right?" - to which the sheriff answers -
"Yes, I think they're just badly shaken up." - as Todd makes his way to the next section of the hallway - and then we see the sheriff in the command room as he says -
"I don't understand this. Alex must have seen something." - and then as Stokes asks -
"Yes, but what?" - Todd comes into view through the doorway, and after the sheriff replies -
"I don't know." - Todd comes into focus as the sheriff says on the two-way radio -
"Hank, I want every available man to report to" - and then completes with -
"the front entrance immediately." - as Todd is seen watching them - and then as Todd begins to move away and closer to the stairs, the sheriff is heard to say -
"I'm on my way down." - and at that point Todd begins to rush down the back stairs as the sheriff is heard to say -
"We better check Todd now." (Too late!
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And as an aside, does the daffodil arrangement on the table in the hallway -
- mean that Carlotta is secretly somewhere at Collinwood, and perhaps that hallway, window and table was Angelique's favorite in the house?