The Return of Yet Another New Slideshow (Sort of) [** Now featuring unshot Julia material - see reply #194**]

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Yesterday I forgot to mention that about a month ago I caught an ep of Remington Steele entitled Steele in the Running, which originally aired on 03/22/86, and in which the actor who played Paramedic #1 in the pilot -

- Rif Hutton, guest starred:

It was from almost 5 years before DS, but I certainly recognized him immediately, mostly because of his voice. And even though I can probably say it's the only time I've recognized him in something, apparently he's been a very busy actor, both in small and large parts, both before and after DS, and right up until the present.

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Wrapping up Scene 99:

Yesterday's quote -

Page 35/Scene 99 - Patterson: 'The blood. I don't see any blood around here. (a beat) If she lost all that blood, where'd it go?'

- comes up - and the script concludes the scene with:

And, as the men exchange a look, we HOLD a beat, and . . .

And when it comes to what's different, Patterson actually says "Blood. I don't see any blood around here. (a beat) If she lost all that blood, where did it go?" (apparently Michael Cavanaugh has an aversion to saying "where'd" because that's the second time he substituted the full "where did" instead of delivering his line as scripted) - and while the men do exchange a look, the paramedics turn back to continue working on Daphne and Patterson turns away.

The sequence is also noteworthy as the final time we see Maggie and Sam in the pilot...

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And here's the current sequence (most of which only appears in the restored MPI version of the pilot):

100  INT. COLLINSPORT HOSPITAL - DAPHNE'S ROOM - NIGHT      CLOSE on Daphne propped up in bed, face deathly pale, eyes      closed, lying under a maze of life-support tubes, I.V.s, etc.      SLOWLY WIDEN TO INCLUDE DR. HYRAM FISHER examining her, a      bleary-eyed Joe Haskell sitting next to her awkwardly holding      her hand. A NURSE hovers in the near b.g.                                            (CONTINUED) 100  CONTINUED:      Fisher is an elderly, white-haired man, the Collins family      physician for years.      A beat. He closes his bag, turns to Joe.

And that's when yesterday's first quote -

Page 36/Scene 100 - Fisher: 'There's nothing you can do here now, Joe. Why don't you go into the lounge and get yourself a cup of coffee?'

- comes up, followed by today's quote -

Page 36/Scene 100 - Joe: 'No. I want to stay with her.'

- comes up. - and the script continues with:

Fisher nods, pats him on the shoulder.                          FISHER                I'll look in on her later.      And he starts for the door.

End of scene.

And when it comes to the differences between the script and the restored version of the pilot, there is actually an establishing shot of the exterior of the hospital (Collinsport Mercy Hospital) in which it is raining, a woman is walking along the sidewalk with an umbrella, and while it's mostly cloudy, there's a very odd brightness in the sky considering it's nighttime (it must be because of an extremely bright full moon that's suddenly come out  ) - and we don't actually see Joe until after Fisher (who I wouldn't exactly describe as elderly in the person of actor Wayne Tippit) is done examining Daphne - and speaking of the examination, Fisher doesn't have a bag, only a stethoscope - and after Fisher tells Joe there's nothing he can do, he actually says "Why don't you go to the lounge, get yourself a cup of coffee?" - and Joe actually responds with "No. No, no. I want to stay with her."

As for how much of the scene is in the NBC version of the pilot, well, it's simply the shot of the medical equipment and Daphne in bed - no Fisher, no Joe, no nurse.

And speaking of the nurse, while apparently she is in the room with them, we don't actually see her until the next scene...

[Midnite]

MB, that is a fantastic image of the doctor and Joe!

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And since it's gone now, here it is for anyone who missed it:

[Midnite]

Thanks! 

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I figure I should probably also share a capture of the establishing shot of the hospital so that those who've never seen the restored version of the pilot can know what I was talking about:

That must be one bright full moon!    Or maybe it's that the hospital's parking lot has so many lights that the sky above the hospital lights up as well. Or maybe it's just yet another of the numerous odd meteorological phenomenons in Collisport! 

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Setting up the next scene:

101  INT. HOSPITAL CORRIDOR - NIGHT      As Fisher comes out of the door, we SEE Elizabeth and Carolyn      hurriedly approaching from the end of the corridor.

And that's when today's quote -

Page 36/Scene 101 - Liz: 'Hyram, how is she?'

- comes up.

And what's different here is that it isn't until Fisher exits Daphne's room that we get to see the nurse in the background by Daphne's bed - and as is probably already obvious given the fact that today's capture is one of Fisher and not Liz, we don't actually see Liz (and Carolyn) until after Liz delivers her line off screen as Fisher closes the door to Daphne's room.

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When it comes to today's quote -

Page 36/Scene 101 - Fisher: 'We've got her stabilized, and we're pumping whole blood back into her as fast as we can...'

- it's the opposite situation of yesterday in that Fisher delivers his line off screen while we see Liz and Carolyn. And afterward the script continues with:

LIZ                Has she told you anything?                          FISHER                     (shakes his head no)                She’s pretty heavily sedated.

And when it comes to differences, other than what I already mentioned, there basically are none.

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And when it comes to the differences between the script and the restored version of the pilot, there is actually an establishing shot of the exterior of the hospital (Collinsport Mercy Hospital) in which it is raining, a woman is walking along the sidewalk with an umbrella, and while it's mostly cloudy, there's a very odd brightness in the sky considering it's nighttime (it must be because of an extremely bright full moon that's suddenly come out  )

My first thought at seeing the hospital isn't the incredibly bright night sky, but how large the hospital seems to be for a town as small as Collinsport was supposed to be.  But maybe the fishing and cannery business had enough mishaps to keep such a large facility in operation...

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After today's quote -

Page 36/Scene 101 - Carolyn: 'Why can't the police do something-- Who DID this to her?'

- the script continues with:

FISHER                We don't know how it happened...                          LIZ                Is she going to be all right?                                              (CONTINUED) 101   CONTINUED:       A beat. He looks at her.                          FISHER                I hope so.       Elizabeth suddenly sobs, dragging a handkerchief out of her       purse. Carolyn puts her arm around her.                          CAROLYN                Can we see her?       Fisher nods.                          FISHER                Only for a little while.       They start for the door.                          FISHER (CONT'D)                Joe's in there with her.       And they enter the room.

End of scene.

And as for what's different, Liz gets as far as asking "She's gonna be all..." before she chokes up and covers her face with her hand, and that's when Carolyn puts her arm around her mother, not later on - and Fisher nodding that they can see Daphne and saying but only for a little while was dropped from the scene - things go right to him actually saying "Joe's in there with her now" - and Fisher closes the door after Carolyn and Liz go inside Daphne's room, then he leaves.

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Next in the script is another scene that only appears in MPI's restored version of the pilot:

102  INT. ROOM      As they enter, Carolyn crosses to Joe, gives him a kiss on the      cheek. He takes her hand. Elizabeth sits next to the sleeping      Daphne, gently touches her face.

End of scene. And end of hospital sequence in the script. And given Carolyn's behavior toward Joe in the series, not to mention her joke in Scene 6 about being happy to take Joe off of Daphne's hands, I'm sure no one is surprised that Carolyn snuggles up to Joe and kisses him:

It's the perfect opportunity to give Joe what would appear to be some innocent comfort while at the same time...

And again there basically are no differences to speak of... Though Liz gets a wonderful extended moment to show her concern for Daphne. But of course, being a great character moment, it was snipped from the NBC version like so many we've already gone into.

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And also coming before tomorrow's scene in the slideshow is another sequence without any dialogue:

102A EXT. CEMETERY - NIGHT      The Mausoleum rises above the rest of the graves, eerie in the      last darkness just before dawn...      CAMERA IS LOW, FOLLOWING the soft, old-fashioned, men's boots      and long cape moving rapidly through the graveyard into the      Mausoleum. 102B INT. MAUSOLEUM - NIGHT      FOLLOWING as the Figure sweeps down the narrow, stone flight      of stairs into the burial crypt. 102C CLOSE - LION'S HEAD      As the hand with the BLACK STONE RING, grasps the rusted iron      opening device, twists and pulls it.      As before, we HEAR the SOUND OF HEAVY STONES GRATING, as the      wall moves, revealing the entrance to the Secret Room. l02D SECRET ROOM      GOING WITH the dark Figure as he enters, the stone wall closing      behind him.      The Figure moves past the open sarcophagus, where we see a      semi-conscious Willie lying on the floor, a terrible wound on      his neck, his eyes fluttering open. l02E ANGLE - STONE FLOOR      In a corner of the room, where a heavy iron ring is set in the      stone floor.      Momentarily, the hand reaches in, grasps it, pulls mightily      upward ... as a small three-foot portion of the floor opens. 102F THE OPENING      And down inside ... an old brass-bracketed MARINER'S CHEST ...      The strong hands reach in, lift it out, open it.      It is brimming with gem stones, GOLD and SILVER COINS, JEWELRY,      and other precious valuables.      A moment, and then the hands reach in, scooping up handfuls of      the sparkling treasure. A beat, then...

End of sequence. And it's also the second act break of the pilot.

And as for what's different, Scenes 102B and 102C do not appear in any version of the pilot - with Scene 102D, the door to the secret room is already open and we actually see Willie on the floor before we see the "dark Figure," who does not close the door before he moves past Willie to the wall at the back of the secret room -  instead of what's scripted, Scene 102E actually depicts the Figure pulling a ring in the wall, which in turn causes a stone in the wall to partially pop out, whereupon the Figure pulls the stone all the way out and puts it down on the floor before the chest is removed from inside the wall in Scene 102F.

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Setting up today's new scene:

103   INT. SEROLOGY LAB - HOSPITAL - MORNING       ACROSS DR. FISHER, hunched over a microscope, examining blood       slides. Sheriff Patterson, in rain gear, enters in the b.g.,       stands there for a beat.                           PATTERSON                 Hyram?                           FISHER                      (looks up)                 Sorry, I didn’t see you standing                 there, George.                           PATTERSON                 How’s the girl this morning?                           FISHER                 The same.       Patterson shakes his head, sighs heavily.                                               (CONTINUED) 103   CONTINUED:                           PATTERSON                 That’s not good.

And that's where today's quote -

Page 39/Scene 103 - Patterson: 'I've got a bunch of trackers and half the town out with shotguns looking for this thing, whatever it is. And nobody's seen a damn thing. No tracks, nothing.'

- comes up.

And as for differences, there's a crash of thunder soon after Patterson enters the lab - Fisher actually says "Well, I'm sorry - I didn't see you standing there, George" - and, oddly, Fisher takes a puff of a cigarette as Patterson tells him about how no one has found anything. (Fisher must surely be channeling the original series' Julia!  )

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Continuing:

The doctor looks at Patterson uneasily.

And that's where today's quote -

Page 39/Scene 103 - Fisher: 'Well you can stop looking for an animal.'

- comes up - and the script continues with:

A beat.                           PATTERSON                 What do you mean?

And as for differences, there's only one: Fisher doesn't look at Patterson uneasily before he says they can stop looking for an animal.