Episode 5, Season Cliffhanger
Previously, on Friends and Foes:
Brandi revealed her insanity in court when she almost killed the judge
Tristan has an agenda against Alex, who thinks of Tristan as a friend.
Jeff returned in his mutilated state
Alex rolls his wheelchair, as Taylor, Devin and Tristan walk with a team of doctors and nurses as they stroll Jeff’s mutilated body down the emergency room’s halls. They go through some double doors into a room that reads ‘O.R.’.
"Doctor! Wait! Why do you need to do surgery on him!" Taylor cries.
"He’s been gone for, what did you say, a week? We have to do some tests and make sure that he checks out, then we need to surgically remove his mutilation scars!" The doctor goes into the room, leaving Alex, Devin, and Taylor with worried looks. But the camera zooms in on Tristan’s face, with a hateful expression, knowing that Jeff is alive.
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ROLL OPENING CREDITS, "I Don’t Wanna Wait", Paula Cole
Starring:
Nicholas Brendon as Alex
James Van Der Beek as Jeff
Jonathon Taylor Thomas as Taylor
Leonardo DiCaprio as Devin
Guest Starring:
Sara Michelle Gellar as Brandi
Amy Jo Johnson as Stephanie
Jared Leto as Tristan
Coming Soon:
Jennifer Love Hewitt
Claire Danes
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Alex, Taylor, Devin, and Tristan are sitting outside of the waiting room, when Tristan makes a suggestion.
"Why don’t I go find out what happened to Brandi?" he insists.
"That’s a good idea, thanks man." Alex says.
"Yeah, thanks." Taylor and Devin chime in.
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Tristan opens the door to the Police Headquarters and runs down a long hall to the front desk.
"Excuse me," he gets the clerks attention, "can you give me the verdict in the Brandi Vandal case?"
She nods and turns to her computer. "She’s no longer in custody."
"What do you mean?" Tristan asks.
"She is no longer in custody. All the mainframe computer reads is that the subject is no longer in custody. There is no other information."
"How?" Tristan says to himself, confused. "Brandi, we are in this thing together. I can’t kill Alex and the rest with out you."
That second, the judge conveniently waltzes into the scene.
"Oh! Excuse me, Judge. What was the ruling for the People vs. Brandi Vandal case?" Tristan asks.
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Jeff is cozily resting. His scars have been removed, but he is very weak. Alex sits by his side.
"So what happened to you, Jeff?" Alex asks, concerned and upset about Jeff's return.
"After I was caught in that first explosion, I was knocked out. When I woke up, I was on shore on the other side of the beach where the bus hit. I kind of lost my memory. I didn’t know who I was or where until about two days after. Then I had to find my way home."
Alex looks afraid and very rattled..
"Alex? What’s wrong?" Jeff asks, concerned.
"Jeff," Alex mumbles, "something bad happened during the accident. Um, you got some infections from being in the water so long, and those infections spread. It’s this really hard illness to pronounce. But it’s terminal. You’re going to die. I’m sorry!" (Superior Acting: Nicholas Brendon)
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Devin and Taylor are at a school dance. They have resumed their regular lives. They are standing at a juice bar, when a girl (Amy Jo Johnson) approaches Devin.
"Hi, Devin." She says.
"Hey Stephanie!" Devin replies, indicating that the girls name is Stephanie.
"So, you want to dance?" Stephanie asks.
"Sure." They get on the dance floor where everyone is dancing smoothly. Before Devin and Stephanie reach the dance floor, a slow song starts to play on the loud speakers. Devin and Stephanie gaze into each other’s eyes.
"I missed you." Stephanie says.
"I missed you to." Devin leans down, and -- Oh! Oh! -- kisses Stephanie on the lips. Sinister music blares throughout the background as this evil and lewd act takes place
Taylor looks on, unable to believe his eyes. "Devin is my best friend. How could he keep something like this from me? He has a girlfriend?" Taylor looks angry and sad. All of the sudden, Stephanie looks in Taylor’s direction and gives him a satisfied, dirty look.
"She’s trying to steal my best friend away from me. It’s not going to happen." Taylor turns away from Devin and Stephanie as they continue to swap saliva.
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Jeff is sleeping in his dim-lighted hospital room. Tristan slips in, making almost no noise at all. He closes and locks the door behind him and tip-toes over to Jeff. Tristan looks down at Jeff with an evil smirk.
"Jeff, Jeff, Jeff. I payed the doctors well. Now, everyone thinks you have a disease, when in real life, you’re 100% A-OK. Heck, you could get up and walk out of this hospital right now and not have to give it a second thought. Pity. But Brandi gave me too much money for me to refuse. I have one million reasons to kill you all, if you know what I mean!" Tristan pulls out a bundle of hundred dollar bills from his pocket. "Jeff will die from a terminal disease. Alex will be kidnapped and murdered by an imposter acting like his father. Brandi got Stephanie to screw Devin over, and that takes out Taylor as well. Time for your terminal illness to kill you!" Tristan lifts a pillow, and smothers Jeff.
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Stephanie is in her room, talking to Devin on the phone.
"Ok, great, bye!" Stephanie hangs up the phone. Tears start to stream down her face and she sobs restlessly. "I’m so sorry, Devin. But I have to kill you. I love you, but Brandi is Ms. Nutcase 99’ and either you go, and I get a million bucks, or I go, and you get nothing."
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A car pulls up on Alex’s driveway. The man inside honks his horn. Alex rolls his wheel chair out of his house and approaches the car.
"Coming, Dad!" Alex calls. As he gets to the car, a man wearing a ski mask jumps out of the car and attacks Alex, knocking down his wheel chair. Alex cannot fight back due to his paralyzation, so the man picks him up and throws him into the car. The man gets into the driver’s seat and drives off.
"Who are you?" Alex screams.
"Shut up!" The man says and holds up a machine gun. Alex is stunned and quiets down. Alex gets nervous, afraid of what might happen next, and head butts the man in the side of the face. This causes him to fall over and drop the gun. Alex grabs the wheel with his free arm and tries to pull over, but the stranger, although on the rim of unconsciousness, refuses to let go of the gas pedal. The car abruptly collides with the curb, leading to a sidewalk. Sparks explode from the friction, but Alex pulls back and returns to the street. The man gradually comes to and grabs the wheel trying to get control in a dangerous wit match with Alex. Alex and the man struggle to get power of the car away from the other, while it goes swerving in all different directions. A police car see’s this and his siren and lights go off as he fires up his engine and takes off, chasing the car. The police car pulls up to the side of the man’s car, and the police officer inside see’s Alex tied up. Both cars wildly roar down the street. The policeman’s partner opens the door to the cop car, and leaps on to the strange man’s car. He punches the dad imposter, knocking him out cold, and takes control of the wheel from outside of the car.
"Hey kid! I want you to lean down and push down the brakes nice and slow!" The police man yells over the roar of the engine. Alex nods and before he can go for the brakes, the car crashes into another at a busy intersection. An explosion goes off where the cars hit. A giant ball of fire expands and puffs in to the night sky. The sonic boom and low grumble of the blast is deafening. Sparks shoot into the air like fireworks. The cop goes flying and lands on his back in one painful blow. The front ends of both cars tear off, leading to gas spilling all over the street. There are several moments of silence. Everything is calm and still. Cop cars pull up beside the wreckage. Bystanders look on in awe, as the camera zooms out, and the scene slowly fades to black.
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ROLL CLOSING CREDITS
Next Week, on Friends and Foes:
What is the fate of Alex?
Taylor wants Stephanie out of the picture
Jeff goes into a coma after being suffocated by Tristan
