Continuing with the sequence:
She listens carefully for another beat, but the voices do not continue. She taps on the door.
VICKI David?
DAVID (O.S.) Yes?
152 INT. DAVID'S ROOM - NIGHT
As Vicki opens the door, enters, her eyes rapidly sweep the room.
But there is only David, sitting in bed, the small bedside lamp the only light in the room. He looks up at her.
VICKI David, were you talking to someone?
DAVID Yes...
She stands there for a beat looking around.
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And that's when July 28th's first quote -
Page 67/Scene 152 - Vicki: 'Who were you talking to?'
- comes up, followed by the 28th's second quote -
Page 67/Scene 152 - David: 'I was talking to Sarah.'
- coming up, followed in the script by:
Another beat.
(CONTINUED)
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152 CONTINUED:
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And that's when the 29th's first quote -
Page 68/Scene 152 - Vicki: 'But there's no one here, David.'
- comes up, followed by the 29th's second quote -
Page 68/Scene 152 - David: 'There was...'
- coming up, followed by the script indicating:
She crosses over to him, stands there looking down at him.
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And that's when the 30th's quote -
Page 68/Scene 152 - Vicki: 'David, if Sarah was here, where did she go?'
- comes up, followed by the 31st's quote -
Page 68/Scene 152 - David: 'Where she always goes... just away.'
- coming up.
And when it comes to the differences in the dialogue, it's mostly all delivered exactly as scripted with the exceptions that Vicki moves the "David" bit in one line and actually delivers it as "But, David, there's no one here", and she completely drops the "David" when she actually asks "If Sarah was here, where did she go?"
And as a bit of trivia, the exchange between Vicki and David where she says there's no one in the room and David replies that there was, was featured in a some of the promos for the show, as fans who paid attention to the many promos will no doubt recall. In fact, back in '08 when we were doing the Watching Project for the '91 show, we shared one of the promos that includes the exchange - and I'm sharing that particular promo once again below:
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Note that the promo also includes the shot of Carolyn howling, which wasn't actually seen as part of the pilot until MPI released the restored version on VHS.)
And as far as any differences in the scripted direction vs. the actual pilot, Vicki's eyes do not rapidly sweep the room when she enters David's room because she looks directly at him - it isn't until David says he was talking to Sarah that Vicki looks around the room a bit - and I particularly love the devilish unscripted smile that comes over David's face when he tells Vicki that there was someone in the room - and when Vicki crosses over to David, she doesn't simply stand there looking down at him because she sits down on the side of his bed.