CU The comatose Bride lying in her hospital bed, wide open unblinking sightless eyes, that constantly stare yet see nothing. The Bride is at the beginning of her comatose journey.
A SUBTITLE APPEARS: under her face.
"Five years and four months earlier in the city of El Paso, Texas" Although we're only in a tight CU, we can tell a few things: one, she's in her hospital room; two, she's alone; three, it's night; and four, one hellva RAINSTORM is pounding outside.
EXT. EL PASO GENERAL HOSPITAL - NIGHT The rain pisses down in buckets in front of the hospital... WHEN... The wheel to an Alfa Romeo rolls into FRAME and stops.
The car door opens and two yellow galoshes step out into the wet night.
OVERHEAD SHOT:
A red umbrella opens as rain falls down.
CU the back of a head wearing a yellow rainslicker hood, framed by the red umbrella above it, which water cascades down and beats a rhythm against.
The figure in the yellow rainslicker with the red umbrella (who we can guess is female) starts walking towards the hospital.
WE GO TO SPLIT SCREEN Left Side Right Side CU The Bride's unblinking The back of the yellow comatose sleep. slicker - walking in the rain towards the HOSPITAL's entrance.
CU her yellow galoshes slapping against the wet asphalt, and splashing through puddles.
CU The Bride in her coma CU the hospital's electrical doors - WOOSH - OPEN.
We follow behind the woman in the raincoat as she walks from outside into the hospital down the hall, and into the ladies room door.
CU The BRIDE EX CU OF A WHITE in her coma WOMAN'S SHAPELY BAREFOOT ANKLE AND LEG stepping into a sheer, white stocking.
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OF THOSE LONG, WHITE LEGS STEPPING INTO A WHITE NURSE'S UNIFORM.
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OF THE ZIPPER IN THE BACK ZIPPING UPWARDS.
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OF WHITE, SHEER STOCKING FEET STEPPING INTO WHITE NURSE'S ORTHOPEDIC SHOES.
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OF A SYRINGE NEEDLE STUCK IN A VIAL The liquid is drawn up into the syringe.
SOME WRITTEN TEXT APPEARS BELOW IMAGE
THAT READS:
"A lethal cocktail of Bill's own concoction.
He calls it, 'Goodbye forever'."
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THE DEADLY SYRINGE IS PLACED ON A NURSE'S TRAY
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A LITTLE WHITE NURSE'S CAP IS PLACED ON TOP of the woman's blonde head.
INT. HOSPITAL CORRIDOR - NIGHT The door marked "ladies" is opened, and a beautiful 6-foot blonde in a white nurse's uniform, with a matching white eye patch over her left eye, steps out, carrying the nurse's tray with the "Goodbye forever"-filled syringe on it.