EPISODE 1, "Pilot"
The high school students start to board the bus. Alex
(Nicholas Brendon) turns and glimpses over his shoulder to see
Brandy (Sara Michelle Gellar) avoiding getting on the bus. He
steps into the bus with thoughts of curiosity, followed by Jeff
(James Van Der Beek), Alex’s best friend who seems to be
aware of Alex’s curiosity. The two take a seat. It is noisy
in the crowded bus, and the supervisors are very busy calming the
sugar-high, caffeine guzzling teenagers down. They are completely
absent-minded to the fact that Brandy has not boarded the bus.
The driver shakes his head at the noise and pulls out of the
driveway, leaving a close-up shot of Brandy looking on
mysteriously. ___________________________________________________________________________ ROLL OPENING CREDITS, "I Don’t Want To Miss A
Thing", Aerosmith Starring: Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s "Xander": Nicholas
Brendon as Alex Dawson’s Creek’s "Dawson": James
Van Der Beek as Jeff Guest Starring: Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s "Buffy": Sarah
Michelle Gellar as Brandy Coming Soon: Titanic’s "Jack": Leonardo DiCaprio Home Improvement’s "Randy": Jonathon
Taylor Thomas My So Called Life’s "Jake": Jared Leto Power Ranger’s "Pink Ranger": Amy Jo
Johnson Party of Five’s "Sarah": Jennifer Love
Hewitt Romeo and Juliet’s "Juliet": Claire
Danes __________________________________________________________________________ A head-shot slowly zooms out to reveal Demented Brandy
speaking to herself of her vile plan. "I’m gonna finally KILL Alex," she smirks,
"even if it means the life of his best friend and the whole
science class!" She gives out a brief cackle, then a body-shot of her side
portrays her pulling a device out of her pocket. As the camera
zooms it, the object is revealed to be a detonator for an
explosive device. "The bombs that I planted in the storage bin of the bus
are going to kill everyone. And there’s no turning back
now!" The bus is seen riding off in the distance, as we hear Brandy
ramble on. "Those bombs are ready to blow at the touch of a
button!" She holds up the detonator to her chest maniacally
and laughs. ___________________________________________________________________________ Meanwhile, Alex and Jeff are talking to each other on the
condemned bus. "Why do you think Brandi ditched, Alex?" Jeff
inquires as he looks over to Alex for an answer. "Who knows with Brandi." Alex replies. ___________________________________________________________________________ Demented Brandi has stopped her compulsive self-conversations,
but instead, she is listening to Alex and Jeff’s
conversation on a bugging device she conveniently placed in
Alex’s backpack. She becomes extremely furious at their
conversation and her psychotic personality overwhelms her. "So, those guys want to contradict me, do they? Well,
I’m not the blonde idiot they take me for. I’m gonna
blow their freaking brains out, then we’ll see who has the
last laugh! I mean, I’m not some bouncy ball that they can
toy with! I have feelings to! But frankly, I don’t care
anymore. I hope those guys all die!" She dementedly begins cackling as she pulls out an antenna and
pushes a big red button. She looks up. ___________________________________________________________________________ The bus has made good progress. It is currently climbing a
region of hills and mountains, all mixed into one terrain.
Suddenly, the bus begins shaking. "Whoa!" Alex and Jeff exclaim as the shaking forces
them to brace themselves and grab their seats. "Everyone stay calm!" The bus driver desperately
yells, but her cry is smothered by the screams of all the
frightened girls. The bus driver is frantic. And to make matters
worse, the bus driver looks ahead of her to see something
horrible. There is a sharp turn in the road, and a steep cliff
positioned right behind it. The bus driver struggles
unsuccessfully to get control of the wheel. On an outside view of
the bus, the bottom of the vehicle blows up, rocking it wildly,
almost turning over. A ball of fire springs outwards, then puffs
up into the air. The explosion is quick, and immediately, fire
begins to snap at the small bus windows. The bus goes out of
control and jerks to the right, continuing to drag itself down
the road, constantly nearing the bend in the road. Sparks wildly
spray into the air as the side wheels tear off. A hubcap
smash’s through a window and knocks a kid into the isles.
Glass shatters and collapses all around the frightened students.
The teenagers’ screams’ amplify as they try desperately
to keep hold of their seats, hoping that the next second
won’t be their last. The bend in the road is a mere several
yards away. Alex and Jeff strain to hold onto their seats, but
tragically, Jeff goes flying into the isles. Before Jeff has a
chance to stand up, he slides down the isle to the front of the
bus, slamming into the big metal dashboards. Drops of blood
explode in all different directions. Alex screams. "JEFF!" Alex tries to call out. In a twist of fate,
the steering wheel proceeds to blow up. The explosion emits in
big fireballs. Alex can literally feel fire on his face, as the
flames consume the frontal half of the bus, just missing Alex.
Alex gasps for air, having literally breathed heat, as a fire
spreads savagely in front of him. Suddenly, a jerk throws Alex
forward into his crisped seat. We see from an outside view that
the sudden jerk was caused by the bus crashing into some picket
fences. The bus violently plummets down a cliff, as we can see,
right toward a rocky beach. ___________________________________________________________________________ ROLL CLOSING CREDITS Next Week on Friends and Foes, Who’s going to live, Who’s joining the cast, And who’s going to buy the farm?
