"THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN" (2016)

THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN

by

Erin Cressida Wilson

Adapted from the novel by

Paula Hawkins

DreamWorks

We hear a train’s mournful clatter as trees flash by and then the train itself passes in a silvery streak.

A woman draws an “x” on her foggy window-- looking out through it directly at us:

This is RACHEL and she is THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN.

RACHEL’S POV: Out the window: A series of backyards slowly passes:

A MAN walks towards his front yard.

An OLDER MAN works on a vintage car in his yard.

CHILDREN slide down playground equipment.

A LONE BOY throws a ball. His dog chases after it.

TITLE: RACHEL

Rachel sits alone, sketching in a small notebook.

CLOSE ON: Rachel’s expectant eyes as the train begins to slow.

RACHEL’S POV: Standing on the upstairs deck of a house, a gorgeous blonde, MEGAN, wears a light opened robe with only white underwear and bra underneath. She stretches her back like a cat. Her curved silhouette is intoxicating.

The train comes to a brief stop at the station and, outside the other window, Rachel can see work crews fixing the tracks. And beyond them, the Hudson River.

As the train creeps forward RACHEL SPOTS--

A BLUE HOUSE WITH A WHITE PICKET FENCE...

...She quickly averts her eyes from the view of the house-- repressing an inner pain. Focusing on her sketch book.

Rachel’s eyes land on a MAN IN A SUIT, red hair, 50, pasty and plain-- typing on a laptop. He looks up at Rachel. There is something disconcerting about the exchange.

Rachel’s profile has flipped: she now rides in the opposite direction, on the EVENING TRAIN.

She watches the familiar houses glide past.

RACHEL’S POV: This evening, Megan sits with her equally beautiful husband, SCOTT next to a backyard fire pit.

Each holds a glass of wine. The roaring fire glows on their faces as they watch the passing train.

SCOTT spins Megan around and begins to kiss her.

Rachel returns to her sketchbook.

Headed back to New York, Rachel POV: Rachel stares at the burnt out fire pit behind 15 Beckett Road.

Megan is on the balcony in her robe while Scott rakes leaves.

CLOSE ON: Scott as he looks up from raking and seems to look directly at Rachel.

Rachel’s train arrives and she wades through a sea of commuters in the Grand Hall. She wears a plain dress and carries a work satchel.

Rachel sits in a row of chairs getting her shoes shined. She’s the only woman among eight male customers.

Rachel sketches in her sketch book and sips from a squirt bottle.

CLOSE ON SKETCH PAD: We see Rachel’s hand at work as she produces a beautiful images of Megan and Scott.

Rachel sits at the counter continuing to draw in her sketch book. The restaurant is bustling with tourists and locals.

Rachel is lost in her imagination. All sounds of the bustling bar fade away.

Rachel eats an olive from her martini.

The cityscape slowly spins below us as we find the train on the tracks.

Rachel’s profile has flipped again: she rides the EVENING TRAIN and watches as she passes the urban landscape of Harlem.

Later that night, as the train slows, Rachel nears the blue house (23 Beckett Road). She looks to her lap, letting it pass.

She raises her head and looks at Number 15 Beckett Road.

...NOW, Megan and Scott can be seen kissing through the window of their house.

RACHEL’S POV: Megan and Scott begin to make love.

Rachel stays on the couple then an irresistible urge pulls her gaze back to the blue house two doors down.

This time, when the Blue House (23 Beckett Road) appears, Rachel refuses to turn her gaze away.

RACHEL’S POV: The upstairs window of the Blue House. In it, Rachel sees herself! Standing in the window in the light of day.

RACHEL’S MEMORY: Rachel, in the Blue House, turns from the window to come face to face with a handsome man,TOM. They smile and laugh as Rachel grabs him. He kisses her passionately as they enjoy their empty, NEWLY-PURCHASED HOME.

BACK ON THE TRAIN: Rachel blinks: she is still looking at the blue house.

RACHEL’S POV: NOW, in reality, a woman,ANNA, stands in the window holding a BABY, EVIE.

Rachel watches as Anna becomes a tiny dot that vanishes in the distance.

Rachel looks up to see a Woman holding a one-year-old little boy.

And now the moment of truth for Rachel:

She pats the seat next to her and takes her bag from it.

Rachel smiles at the child.

Rachel softly squeezes the boy’s hand and giggles. The Woman begins to pick up on Rachel’s slurred speech and notices two little empty vodka bottles at the mouth of Rachel’s purse.

Rachel realizes the Woman knows she is drunk. The Woman repositions her child away from Rachel.

CLOSE ON: Rachel’s eyes, bleary, blink in slow motion.

Rachel, now seated alone, drinks from her squirt bottle.

Title:MEGAN

A Living Portrait: MEGAN, the woman Rachel watches from the train-- up close and drop-dead gorgeous.

OVERHEAD SHOT: Megan lies face up on a Pilates machine.

She grips the hand straps, and with precision and grace, she begins a series of exercises, stretching her body like a ballerina’s.

We widen to see she is lined up with ten other suburban women. With both admiration and defeat, a FRUSTRATED WOMAN observes Megan’s flexibility and strength.

Title: 6 MONTHS AGO

On the sidewalk, the women from class have congregated, all chatting happily, occasionally cutting looks towards Megan, who takes no notice as she starts to jog away. We see her running down our quaint Ardsley Village street.

Megan jogs into a long dark underpass linking the outside world to Beckett.

Megan continues down Beckett Road and jogs up her driveway.

Megan stands in front of an open closet. Her ivory hand darts between silk blouses and skirts.

Scott approaches, slides his hands down Megan’s side, then up her skirt to remove her panties. They begin to have sex against the open closet.

She is disconnected, disinterested. Scott doesn’t notice.

CLOSE ON: MEGAN’S FACE AS SHE TALKS TO SOMEONE:

We finally see the extremely handsome, dark-haired man who sits across from Megan. This isDR. KAMAL ABDIC. He’s foreign with a quiet command. She has been speaking to him the whole time.

She smiles. She covers her mouth with her hand.

She moves from her chair to a couch across the room.

A moment passes. Finally, the Doctor’s inviting silence elicits Megan’s confession:

Megan glances outside, where she can see the train passing. The Doctor notices. Megan moves again, to sit much closer to him.

After a moment:

Megan stares at Abdic. He waits for her to continue, but she just looks at him with great intensity.

PRE-LAP: A gentle lullaby, and the sound of splashing water. A baby’s giggle.

Title: ANNA

Title:TODAY

A living portrait: ANNA, pure and sweet, with dimples for days, looks down into the camera with absolute love.

Anna kneels on the tiled floor, leaning over the bathtub, gently washing her baby, EVIE.

Megan, her nanny, steps out of the dark shadow, holding a towel for Anna to place her baby into.

Anna places her baby into Megan’s arms.

Megan hands the swaddled baby to Anna who now lays in her bed. Anna sits Evie on her stomach.

Anna laughs as she tickles Evie and turns to Megan.

The phone rings. Megan goes to answer it.

Anita’s interest is piqued. She takes Evie into the--

She finds Megan on the hallway phone.

Megan pushes the END button on the phone. Anna steps into the hall.

Anna, visibly shaken, tries not to get upset.

Anna has Megan help her fold a fitted sheet.

Anna is blindsided.

Megan drops the folded sheet onto a pile.

Anna turns away, insulted.

Megan looks at Anna carefully. Anna is exhausted.

That was a low blow. Megan absorbs it, hurt, then gently puts her set of keys down on the counter.

Megan heads out of the kitchen towards the front door.

Megan exits without turning.

Anna stirs from a nap on the couch to the sound of Evie crying...coming from outside.

She races to the open front door in a panic.

Anna emerges from the house, frightened, and rushes forward.

We see Rachel standing in the middle of the yard, cradling Evie.

Close on Anna, reliving what we realize was a memory.

Tom enters. We recognize him as the Man from Rachel’s memory on the train.

He hands Anna some flowers and groceries and kisses her sweetly on the lips.

She notices that he’s on his phone.

Tom cups Anna’s face gently in his hands.

Anna won’t smile. He playfully pokes at her lips until she laughs. They kiss.

He opens a beer and sets the magnetic corkscrew/bottle opener on the fridge door before hopping onto the counter.

The cars of the train slowly pass-- the glow of the windows lighting up the commuters in their seats. And here is Rachel-- looking out.

The camera hovers outside the window, looking in at Anna who eats a candlelit takeout birthday dinner with Tom and Evie.

Tom pulls out his phone and snaps a picture.

Megan stands at the plate glass window that lines her shower stall. She looks out at the moonlight that casts itself across the Hudson River. Water beats down on her.

Exiting the train station, Rachel walks towards her home, wide eyes sighing as they take in the bleak Croton landscape.

OVERHEAD WIDE SHOT: Anna and Tom are in bed. Tom is sound asleep, but Anna is wide-awake.

The camera floats behind Megan as a naked Scott steps into the stall and kisses her.

Rachel enters a liquor store.

Scott has Megan pressed against the glass shower door as he has sex with her from behind.

Rachel sits in bed. She finds TOM’S FACEBOOK PAGEon her laptop. She stares at the photo Tom took earlier that night of he and Anna laying next to Evie.

The caption reads: I’VE NEVER KNOWN LOVE LIKE THIS! ME AND MY GIRLS! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MOMMA!

Tom’s phone buzzes. Anna sits up in bed and can see the caller ID reads: “RACHEL”. She angrily shoves the phone off the dresser and slumps back into bed.

CLOSE ON: A cellphone sits on the counter, dialing on speaker.

Rachel pours a glass of white wine. VERY DRUNK. Tom’s voicemail picks up:

CATHY, Rachel’s roommate, appears, grabs Rachel’s phone and presses END.

Cathy pours the wine down the sink. Rachel grabs at the bottle.

But Cathy easily fends her off.

Unsteady, Rachel nods and softens.

Cathy gently guides Rachel towards her room.

Offended by the implication, Rachel pulls away from Cathy.

They’ve arrived at Rachel’s room.

Rachel crawls into the bed looking around her small room.

Rachel nods. She reaches up to pull Cathy to sit beside her.

But she shakes her head and smiles.

Cathy switches off the light and leaves. Rachel looks at her phone.

INSERT: Rachel’s outgoing call log screen reads:TOM (11).

Rachel looks over the times: 11:02, 11:12, 11:54, 12:09. She lets out a sigh.

Rachel and Tom sit in a DOCTOR’s office, distraught.

Tom takes Rachel’s hand.

She rests her head on his shoulder. He kisses it.

Rachel stirs in her bad and a new memory intrudes.

Rachel remembers Scott and Megan snuggling outside by their fire pit, kissing.

Rachel finally sleeps.

The train surges by along the tracks.

Rachel rides the train as it barrels past homes and buildings.

Rachel reaches into her purse and pulls out a tube of lipstick.

She brings it to her lips, but quickly realizes that she can’t steady her hands enough to put it on. So, almost by rote, she puts it away.

Rachel catches eyes with the MAN IN THE SUIT. The Man shakes his head in judgement and raises a magazine to his face.

From high above, the train crawls along the riverside.

RACHEL’S POV OUT THE WINDOW: Rachel sees Megan alone on her porch, looking out at the train...

...Rachel gives a little smile. A moment of reprieve from her troubled mind...

NOW, SOMETHING PECULIAR HAPPENS...

...a DARK-HAIRED MAN steps onto the porch, and embraces Megan.

CLOSE ON: Rachel blinks.

The train stops at the station, allowing Rachel a closer look.

The Dark-Haired Man’s face is obscured in the shadows,BUT IT IS NOT SCOTT...

AND THEN THEY KISS.

The train begins moving again and Rachel quickly jumps to her feet...

...Rachel pushes her way up the aisle, blocked by a few people who have just boarded the train.

With every few steps Rachel takes, she manages to see another sliver of the view of Megan and the Dark-Haired Man.

Rachel enters the next car, running to keep her view as the train departs.

BOOM! Another train barrels by in the opposite direction, totally obscuring Rachel’s view.

A familiar ache fills Rachel’s chest. She bends over, feeling sick.

Rachel exits her train with scores of other commuters, looking numb. She’s bombarded by images, fast cuts of:

- Megan and the man kissing. We recognizes him as Dr. Abdic.

- Glimpses of a laptop, displaying an email with the subject: XXXXXXXX

BACK IN GRAND CENTRAL TERMINAL:

Devastated, Rachel walks toward the Grand Hall. She passes the window of a liquor store.

She slows.

Rachel pours a bottle of vodka into her empty squirt bottle and throws the vodka bottle into the garbage. It shatters.

Rachel sits before a beautiful bronze sculpture of three dancing maidens holding hands and joyfully dancing in a circle.

Nearby, a BOY drums on a plastic bucket.

Rachel sips from her squirt bottle.

She flashes to Megan and Abdic kissing... then to her resting her head on Tom’s shoulder at the clinic.

And then to the email. We get a cleaner view. It’s a chain between Tom and Anna.

RACHEL’S MEMORY: Rachel sits in front of an open laptop staring at the email as Tom’s voice reads it.

Rachel slams the laptop closed and hurls it against the bedroom wall.

Anna walks alone, overcome by tears, trying to banish the memories.

Rachel sits at the lunch counter drinking a martini. She speaks to another patron. A WOMAN, 70, who is drinking alone as well.

She laughs at the absurdity.

CLOSE-ON: Rachel runs lipstick over a mirror, creating a big X X X X X.

She turns from the mirror where the woman is standing and watching her. Rachel raises her phone in front of them.

The woman nods. Rachel turns on the phone's video. Together they shout into the camera.

RACHEL/WOMAN Fuck you, Anna Boyd!

Rachel sets the phone down on the edge of the sink. The phone still recording video as she continues her rant.

Rachel turns back to the mirror. Her energy has shifted, there's an anger rising within her.

Slowly the Camera pushes into Rachel’s naked face as the sound of the bar vanish.

Rachel smears the lipstick Xs into oblivion in her rage.

Hold. Rachel stands alone in the middle of the bathroom, nobody listening, in total SILENCE.

Rachel, her eyes alive with a drunken mission, stands on a packed train, her body sways with the train’s rhythms. She sucks down vodka from her squirt bottle.

SIXTY SCHOOL CHILDREN DRESSED IN UNIFORM fill the car. Rambunctious and loud, their noise consumes the train.

One YOUNG GIRL catches Rachel’s eye, regarding her frankly. Rachel looks around and it seems like everyone is staring at her.

Rachel’s gaze careens out the window trying to see into Megan’s house.

The image of Megan kissing Abdic flashes in her vision over and over.

The train slows to a stop. Rachel suddenly pushes her way through the crowd to get off the train, pushing through the kids and other commuters who block her way.

Rachel runs down the aisle and gets off the train.

Rachel’s feet HIT the platform and she stumbles forward, oblivious to conversations going on around her. She quickly picks herself up and runs down the side of the train as the engine screams past her.

CLOSE ON: Rachel’s face is pale.

THE MAN IN THE SUIT stares at Rachel from across the platform. She opens her mouth to say something to him, but the words keep evaporating off her tongue.

Rachel leaves the station and looks ahead through theARCH OF THE UNDERPASS-- the dark tunnel. She is driven onward by the Man, who seems to be following her.

She drunkenly cuts off the road into the woods, but continues towards the underpass. Something inexplicable pulls her forward.

In a mad trance, Rachel hears the click-click-click of high heels, and sees a BLONDE WOMAN striding purposefully into the underpass. Is it Anna?

She chases the woman into the dark underpass, sees the woman’s red jacket moving further away, and bellows out:

She is suddenly swallowed by theSCREAM OF BLACKNESS.

RACHEL’S POV: Details come slowly into focus. An empty vodka bottle. The overturned squirt bottle. Rachel’s hand, with dirt under the fingernails. Her sweater, matted with blood at the shoulder. Her phone, also flecked with blood.

Rachel stirs painfully and we see her hair matted with blood as well. She reaches for the phone. A voicemail from Tom plays over the speaker.

CLOSE ON: Rachel’s fingers run across her scalp. She tries to separate some of the bloody strands.

Rachel sits up in bed. She looks to the floor and sees her open purse with its contents strewn on the shag rug.

Blood droplets stain the rug next to her jeans and panties.

She catches a horrific sight in the mirror across the room. It’s a woman with large streaks of dried blood smeared down her face-- staring back at her!

Rachel realizes that she is looking at HERSELF.

Rachel frantically washes the blood from her face.

CLOSE ON: Rachel digs the dirt out from her fingernails.

She looks at herself in the mirror. With the blood gone, she can see the bruises that mottle her arms and legs.

KNOCK. KNOCK. KNOCK!

Rachel abruptly opens the door.

Cathy slams the door and returns to the mirror. Cathy KNOCKS.

The camera hovers behind Rachel’s back as she sits naked on the edge of the bathtub, holding herself and watching the video of her drunken rant.

RACHEL TRIES TO REMEMBER -

FLASH - The Man in the Suit races towards us.

FLASH - Rachel screams out to the woman.

FLASH - A blonde woman falls to a kitchen floor.

FLASH - Rachel runs through the underpass.

FLASH - TEENS blow smoke into Rachel’s face.

FLASH - Rachel lies halfway in a drainage ditch flowing by the underpass.

BACK IN BATHROOM:

Rachel slowly lowers herself into the tub.

Close on Rachel during her morning commute, eyes closed, trying to remember.

MEMORY: Rachel steals up behind a Blonde Woman sitting at a kitchen island. Suddenly, Rachel grabs her hair and throws her to the floor.

FLASH - A silhouette runs through the underpass.

Rachel’s eyes snap open, startled.

She tries to focus on her sketch book. She’s been drawing the underpass.

The train disappears into a tunnel under the city streets.

A group of about fifty people meet. Rachel is among them. DAVID is the facilitator.

The group applauds warmly.

Rachel reluctantly raises her hand. She stands.

Rachel swallows back tears.

Rachel sits back down.

On her face as David moves on.

EVENING

Rachel is in her seat. She notices a woman,MARTHA, boarding with some FEMALE FRIENDS. They’re laughing and gossiping. Rachel catches snippets.

Flustered, Rachel turns away in her seat before Martha can see her. She remembers...

RACHEL’S MEMORY: Rachel is drunk at a barbecue, helping Martha arrange the food. Tom talks to his colleagues in the background. Martha notes Rachel’s drunkenness, disapproving.

Rachel playfully, but clumsily, walks a plate of deviled eggs up to Tom and his colleagues.

Rachel puts the eggs down next to the desserts-- a little too hard.

She starts tossing individual eggs around the table.

Rachel grabs the whole ceramic platter of eggs and shatters it against the wall! Martha GASPS.

He grabs Rachel and hustles her away from the party.

RACHEL’S MEMORY: Tom escorts Rachel by the arm towards Grand Central. Rachel can barely walk. She shrugs him off and points accusingly.

She shoves him away, hard.

Tom staggers back, but tries to settle Rachel, taking her by the arms.

She slaps him.

RACHEL’S FLASH MEMORY: Rachel, now in pajamas, charges at Tom with a golf club, her eyes filled with fury.

He ducks. The club smashes into a mirror. Glass rains down.

Rachel gets off the train, deliberately walking past the Liquor Store.

Rachel walks up the stairs of her apartment.

Rachel enters the apartment. Cathy runs to greet her. She’s surprisingly cheery.

Cathy raises a finger to her lips, indicating that Rachel needs to be quiet.

In the living room stands a female cop,DETECTIVE RILEY, and her partner, DETECTIVE GASKILL, both staring back at Rachel.

Rachel nods, unsure of what she’s just walked into.

Rachel sits, wary, as Riley settles in across from her.

A beat. Rachel, sweaty, searches for an answer.

Unsure of what else to say, Rachel quickly comes up with:

Rachel catches Cathy’s eye. Cathy knows Rachel is lying, but she backs her.

Rachel, flustered, has no answers. The silence drags on.

Detective Riley shows Rachel aPHOTO OF MEGAN.

Rachel is shocked to see the photo of Megan.

Rachel shakes her head with little confidence.

A long silence. Gaskill nods to Riley: Let’s go.

Cathy follows the detectives to the door. Rachel remains on the couch, her mind racing.

Rachel doesn’t speak. Cathy shuts the door and spins around.

Rachel’s face is pale. Cathy is more curious than mad.

Cathy is now in complete disbelief.

Rachel tries to focus.

Rachel’s face is molested with the realization that she has no idea what happened.

Her voice starts to distort and fade as Rachel closes her eyes, trying to remember.

FLASHBACK: Megan and Abdic on the balcony together.

FLASHBACK: Megan’s lips brush against the Dark-Haired Man’s lips, then she kisses him deeply.

BACK IN APARTMENT: Rachel’s eyes shoot open.

ON RACHEL: Her mind racing.

Rachel darts out of the apartment:

Rachel runs out of the apartment, approaches Detective Riley, who stands at her car talking to her partner.

Riley turns and walks towards Rachel. They meet in the street.

Riley gives an almost imperceptible shake of her head.

Rachel just stands there.

Rachel braces herself for the accusation.

Rachel is shocked at the thinly-veiled accusation.

Rachel’s mind is racing, trying to replay Friday night, but she can’t find the memories.

Riley walks away.

ON RACHEL: Reeling.

Title: 4 MONTHS AGO

Close on Megan as Dr. Abdic listens intently in the background.

Megan looks straight at Dr. Abdic.

Dr. Abdic watches as Megan slides up her skirt and runs her hand over her panties. She hangs her head back in bliss.

MEGAN’S MEMORY: Our Megan of today is having sex in a hotel room. She thrusts atop a man who is lying on his back in the bed. We can’t see his face.

BACK IN SESSION: A moment passes. Megan smiles.

Diffused by Abdic, Megan moves on.

Megan avoids Dr. Abdic’s penetrating stare.

Abdic doesn’t answer, just stands and walks away.

Rachel nervously scours the internet for details on Megan.

CLOSE ON I-PAD: Next to an article we see a photo of Megan standing in front of a large painting in the gallery where she once worked.

Rachel looks back to the seat where the Man In The Suit usually sits. An older bald man stares back blankly.

Rachel now stands in front of the same painting we saw Megan standing in front of. It is a painting of a woman standing suspiciously on a train platform. (The Subwayby George Tooker.)

Rachel focuses intently on the painting, pushing in closer and closer.

Rachel walks along the road. As she passes Anna’s house, she sees:

Anna in her window, watching her pass.

ANNA’S POV: Rachel quickens her pace as she closes in on Number 15 Beckett Road.

PRE-LAP: A door opens.

The door swings open, revealing Scott. He is the type of guy who, despite his distress, seems even sexier when disheveled.

Scott briskly enters the house. Rachel’s eyes drink in every detail of the home.

Scott guides Rachel to the kitchen table, covered in papers.

Rachel takes a seat at the kitchen table. Scott stands by the counter.

Rachel notices that there is a slight residue of lipstick on the lip of the cup-- presumably Megan’s.

Rachel turns the lipstick mark away from her, then steadies her nerves before taking a sip.

Rachel hesitates.

Scott represses his reaction.

This lands very hard on Scott. He lowers his head trying his best to keep it together.

Scott turns toward her, measured.

Scott stiffens.

A moment.

Scott opens the fridge and grabs a beer. He extends one to Rachel. She hesitates a moment: she really wants it.

Scott hands her a beer. She takes a long pull.

Scott takes a swig from his beer.

Rachel pushes the beer away and starts to get up, but Scott places his hand on her wrist. She is immediately thrown off- guard by being so close to him.

NOW, Scott grabs his iPad and starts Googling.

Scott angles the iPad towards Rachel.

INSERT iPAD SCREEN: A picture ofDr. Kamal Abdic.

Rachel stares at the image, trying to remember.

Rachel scrolls through different images of Dr. Abdic on the internet. She pauses on a portrait-like photo of him.

FLASHBACK: Megan and the Dark-Haired Man kiss. Up close. It’s the same man.

BACK IN SCOTT’S KITCHEN:

Rachel turns to Scott, her face filled with a strange new excitement. There’s something intimate for her about helping Scott:

Title: 2 MONTHS AGO

Megan sits alone in a hotel room with two different cell phones on the bed. She dials one of the phones while speaking into the other. No answer. She leaves a message. Her voice is strangely hopeful and broken at once, almost childlike, as she repeats a strange mantra.

Deep in the forest, Megan has sex with a Man against a tree. The trunk of the tree covers the Man’s face as he climaxes.

Megan, in the same clothes, enters the house and finds Scott waiting at the kitchen table-- a stand-off and a portrait of a troubled marriage.

After a moment, she walks away. Scott springs up angrily and follows, knocking over his chair.

Megan is totally out of breath, trying to calm down.

Megan can’t bring herself to talk.

Dr. Abdic stands behind her and puts a hand on her shoulder.

Megan doesn’t respond.

She looks up at him, vulnerable. Then she wraps her arms around his waist to embrace him.

FLASH - A rustic cabin. Water drips from the ceiling. Megan startles awake in a bathtub.

FLASH - Megan screams and crawls naked from the tub.

She tightens her embrace on Abdic.

Dr. Abdic wraps his fingers around Megan’s wrists, trying to remove her hands from his body.

Megan kisses Dr. Abdic’s hand, then she sucks his finger.

She stands and pulls him into a kiss. He resists.

She angrily shoves him away.

He surges forward and grabs her tightly, starts berating her in Spanish. She struggles and slaps at him, until he grabs her face to look eye to eye.

A moment as both of them absorb the weird intimacy of his rage at her.

She smiles.

Rachel takes a brief break from shooting pool-- on the television there is news footage of Dr. Abdic peacefully being escorted from his home and getting into a detective's car.

Rachel leans over a pool table, taking aim with a cue. A DRUNKEN GUY hangs behind her.

Rachel hits the ball into the pocket and celebrates with the guy.

She continues to play and flirt with her opponent.

BING.

Rachel looks down at her phone to find a TEXT FROM SCOTT: “WE NEED TO MEET ASAP”

Rachel rushes out.

Scott opens his door.

He turns and she follows him inside to the living room.

A new realization sets in. Scott leans against the wall. His voice begins to crack.

The phone rings.

Rachel is startled by his rage. Scott answers it.

Rachel walks from Scott’s house and sees Tom and Anna in their driveway getting out of the car. Rachel watches as Anna goes to the backseat to retrieve Evie... She gets the baby out and SLAMS the car door.

FLASHBACK: Rachel’s head SLAMS up against the wall of the underpass.

BACK OUTSIDE TOM & ANNA’S HOUSE:

Back in real time, Anna heads to the house.

Tom turns and sees Rachel. He starts towards her, furious.

Rachel fixates on Anna. As Anna turns--

FLASHBACK: In the underpass, Anna, wearing a red jacket, turns towards Rachel aggressively and strikes her.

As Tom reaches Rachel, she points towards Anna.

Rachel clocks Anna staring out the front door glass watching them.

Tom starts to walk away.

Hearing the word “Wife” is like being punched in the gut.

Pause. They look at one another.

Rachel searches for a lie she doesn’t have.

Beat. He softens.

Dr. Abdic talks to a patient. There’s a newfound sadness to him. After a night of questioning, he’s frustrated and doesn’t at all seem like the same man who sat across from Megan. Finally he speaks.

Now, we see that it’s RACHEL SITTING ACROSS FROM HIM. Though she has circles under her eyes, she’s tried to clean herself up for her first session with Abdic.

She studies Dr. Abdic’s every move.

Dr. Abdic moves forward in his seat. Rachel’s blood goes cold.

She shifts awkwardly in her seat.

Rachel, dumbstruck, feels understood for the first time.

She smiles awkwardly, caught.

Rachel is reluctant to actually delve into therapy.

Dr. Abdic’s arresting stare forces Rachel to continue:

She starts crying.

Rachel is gutted.

Rachel has just placed her head into the lion’s mouth. A moment. Abdic senses an agenda.

Her true emotions take over.

Anna pushes Evie in a stroller toward the Beckett Road underpass.

Anna and Evie emerge from inside underpass.

Anna sits across from Riley with Evie in her stroller. Riley peruses a stapled phone bill covered in red underlines.

On Anna, thrown off by the implication.

Riley scoffs at the phone bills laid out before her.

After a moment.

On Anna, insulted by the implication.

Anna sits at a table with a glass of red wine. She takes a gulp, pensive for a beat.

The log-in screen appears on a desktop computer, with Tom’s photo. Anna stares at the blank space next to the PASSWORD header. She lets out a deep breath, thinks for a second--

--She types “EVIE,” and then ENTER. A message POPS UP: “PASSWORD INCORRECT.”

Anna tries again: “ANNA,” and presses ENTER. The same “PASSWORD INCORRECT” message pops up.

Something occurs to Anna. She downs the remaining wine.

She takes a deep breath to calm her nerves, then...

...She types “RACHEL.” She hesitates a beat. She sighs, then hits ENTER. This time, she’s relieved when she is met with the “PASSWORD INCORRECT” message.

Tom’s keys RATTLE outside. Shit.

Anna takes her wine, moves to the kitchen table and pretends to be engrossed in a magazine...

...Just as Tom enters.

They kiss. When he leaves, Anna lets her worry show.

The news is playing loudly on the television.

Rachel is surrounded by drawings of the underpass and the blonde woman.

There’s a BANGING!

Rachel opens the door, surprised.

It’s Scott. He’s very troubled. Completely caught off guard, Rachel just stands there.

LATER: Rachel and Scott sit in the living room, holding steaming coffee mugs. Deep in thought, Scott shakes his head.

It’s hard for Scott to continue.

Rachel takes a pained breath.

An awkward moment.

Rachel pauses.

LATER: Scott sleeps peacefully in Rachel’s bed.

BOOM! The camera jumps back to reveal a wide shot: Rachel is standing above Scott, watching him sleep.

Rachel slowly sits down next to him and hesitantly places her hand on his chest.

Title:1 MONTH AGO

CLOSE ON: Scott’s sleeping face in profile. He turns to reveal Megan, awake.

Mascara and tears stream down her cheeks. She quietly sneaks out of bed...

The door swings open. Dr. Abdic stands there in a t-shirt and sweatpants, taken aback by Megan, who wears a coat over her nightgown.

Megan moves past Dr. Abdic, through his home, searching its dark corners, until she ends up in his living room.

Dr. Abdic catches up with her. They stand across the room from one another, in the dark.

MEGAN’S MEMORY: Water seeps through the ceiling of a hunting cabin as it rains outside. The much younger Megan is asleep in the tub.

BACK IN DR. ABDIC’S HOUSE: Megan continues her story.

MEGAN’S MEMORY: Megan stirs awake in the tub.

Megan jumps out of the tub screaming. She runs from the bathroom and outside the cabin.

BACK IN DR. ABDIC’S HOUSE: Megan breaks down.

MEGAN’S MEMORY: She scrambles out of the tub, across the floor, and out into the freezing rain. Naked and distraught.

BACK IN DR. ABDIC’S HOUSE: Megan tries to regain control.

MEGAN’S MEMORY: Megan hands the baby to MAC, 25, who places it in a shallow grave he’s just dug.

BACK IN DR. ABDIC’S HOUSE: Megan embraces Dr. Abdic.

They stand alone in his home, holding each other.

Rachel watches the train pass by outside the window, then tells her memory to Dr. Abdic who listens closely.

Anna drifts through the house, taking in the framed photos of baby Evie.

DR. ABDIC'S OFFICE - MORNING

Rachel enters the house again.

She feels the staircase banister, remembering, then continues farther into the house.

Rachel stands in the hallway, looking at Anna nap. The baby sleeps in a bassinet.

Rachel picks Evie up...

Rachel walks into the yard, cradling Evie.

Rachel looks up at Dr. Abdic’s comforting face:

Rachel stops in the middle of the yard and turns.

She sees Megan watching from her balcony.

The screen door slams open.

Anna pulls up short, terrified. Rachel is still and silent.

Slowly, Rachel places Evie on the ground. She runs away as Anna races to gather up the baby, who has started crying.

Rachel staggers drunkenly through the tall weeds. Towards the tracks. The train passes.

On Rachel:

Rain falls. Water washes over the root ball of a tipped over tree. As the soil and debris is slowly swept away, parts of a body are exposed.

INTERCUT WITH:

Rachel rides the train as buildings and landscapes whisk past her. Her profile against the window. Her gaze on someone’s iPad.

RACHEL’S POV: On the iPad is a news report with an image of a woman’s profile inside white plastic.

Rachel’s gaze wanders away to another person’s iPad where she sees:

RACHEL’S POV: A smiling photo of Megan.

ON RACHEL’S FACE: Molested with horror.

Tom and Anna stand in stunned silence above a sink of dirty dishes they have been washing. Their eyes are glued to a television where an anchor is reporting Megan’s death.

Tom and Anna are in complete disbelief.

A police car arrives and Scott exits the car, rushing into his home.

Rachel watches from the street. Scott notices her before disappearing into his house.

Rachel turns to head back to the station and sees ANNA PUSHING EVIE IN A STROLLER. Anna has frozen in place.

Rachel rises and walks deliberately towards Anna. Anna doesn't move.

Rachel clips Anna's shoulder and continues down the street. Anna turns.

Anna's POV: Anna watches as Rachel runs toward the train station.

Tom is behind Anna trying to have sex. Upset and distracted, she lies perfectly still.

Frustrated, Tom jumps out of bed. Anna watches as he pulls up his pants.

ANNA’S MEMORY: She’s straightening her dress after a tryst with Tom.

Her hair and makeup is different in a way which indicates a woman trying very hard to be someone she isn’t.

Tom’s phone rings. It’s Rachel. Anna’s face drops.

BACK IN ANNA’S BEDROOM:

ON ANNA: Something dark crosses her eyes.

Tom pauses in getting dressed.

Tom raises a quieting hand.

Tom walks out of the bedroom. Off Anna’s face we...

Rachel enters her duplex. She hangs up her coat and scarf and pulls up short, startled.

Reveal Scott sitting on her couch with a beer.

Scott rises and crosses to Rachel.

Scott gives Rachel a horrible smile. He is totally drunk.

Rachel has no answer.

She hesitates.

Rachel moves to a chair, wary.

Rachel’s stomach sinks. She’s been found out. He knows.

Tears start to run down Rachel’s face.

Scott’s had enough. He throws his beer bottle at the wall. It SHATTERS. Rachel jumps.

Rachel backs into the kitchen. Scott follows.

INSIDE KITCHEN:

Then a creepy change of tack:

He nods at the refrigerator. At an appointment card fromDr. Abdic’s office, stuck to the door with a magnet.

Scott grabs Rachel by her head and covers her mouth. She YELPS. He violently pushes her into the hallway.

Scott squeezes harder, then lets go and storms out, leaving Rachel terrified.

Rachel, out of breath, runs into the police station. She approaches the front desk.

Rachel turns to see Riley.

Riley opens the door of a police station bathroom and signals Rachel inside.

Riley crosses to the sink and looks into the mirror above it for a long beat. Uneasy, Rachel walks towards Riley.

Riley turns from the mirror and approaches.

This is news to Rachel. Her resolve begins to unsettle.

She moves in, quietly insistent.

Rachel is terrified. Riley puts a comforting hand on her arm.

Riley leans in close to Rachel’s face. She’s calm.

A moment. Rachel realizes she doesn’t know the answer. She flees in a panic.

Title:LAST FRIDAY

Megan sits on the closed toilet seat, pregnancy test in hand, leaving a message on her phone.

She hangs up, drops the test, and puts her head in her hands. She looks up and finds herself in the mirror.

Megan stands alone on the balcony, tears in her eyes.

He steps out behind her and folds her into an embrace. In the distance behind them, the train passes.

He kisses her forehead tenderly.

Rachel is on the train, watching Megan and Dr. Abdic on the balcony, and we realize:

- WE ARE WITNESSING THE MOMENT THAT RACHEL SAW FROM THE TRAIN, BUT NOW FROM A NEW ANGLE.

The train starts to pull away from the station. Rachel gets out of her seat, rushes down the aisle to try to keep them in view.

As the train disappears, we remain with Megan and Dr. Abdic.

ON MEGAN’S FACE: She has found a sense of peace.

CLOSE ON: Rachel sits at the bar.

The Bartender places a Martini down in front of her. She closes her eyes, brings the glass to her lips and sucks down half the glass, the liquor burning her and filling her with life.

Rachel looks around at the uppity Ardsley crowd. Down at the end of the bar, she notices The Man In The Suit.

Fear and trepidation washes over her. Their eyes meet. He smirks.

Rachel finishes her drink. She musters up all the courage inside her and walks over to him.

The Man In The Suit turns towards her.

The Man studies her for a second and laughs.

Rachel grabs him by the lapels.

Rachel can see he has no idea what she is talking about and her face goes pale. He stands.

The Man In The Suit walks out the door. Rachel puts her head in her hands. She’s fucked.

Rachel sits on the edge of her bed with a bottle of vodka and a glass. She stares at her phone. It’s theVIDEO CLIP from that Friday in the Oyster Bar bathroom.

RACHEL’S POV: Rachel and the woman hold a pose for a Selfie with the X’s behind them.

Then the camera is placed on the side of the sink. The Video is at a strange angle catching glimpses of Rachel’s animated rant as her body weaves in and out of frame.

FLASH INSERT: Megan on her back porch, stretching in her open robe.

FLASH INSERT: A blonde woman lies prone on a kitchen floor. Rachel is in the room with her.

FLASH INSERT: The blonde woman sitting at the kitchen counter screams as Rachel grabs her hair and hurls her to the floor. It’s Megan.

FLASH INSERT: Rachel SMASHES Megan’s skull into the blue tiles, blood splashing everywhere.

NOW, Rachel hangs her head in tears, overcome by the memory.

She pulls out a duffle bag and begins filling it with essential items.

NOW, Rachel writes a note and puts it on her stripped bed with her gathered belongings.

Rachel walks down the empty street towards the train station.

Rachel boards the train and notices a group of partying women board. One of them is MARTHA, the woman she assaulted at the barbecue with Tom.

Rachel looks down. Then, breathing heavily, she slowly lifts her eyes and approaches.

Martha and the other women immediately turn to Rachel.

A moment of discomfort.

Rachel tries to find the words.

Martha stands, offers a puzzled smile.

Martha looks shocked.

RACHEL’S MEMORY: At the barbecue, Martha takes her gently by the arm.

She guides Rachel inside while Tom watches.

RACHEL’S MEMORY: Rachel opens her eyes to see Martha applying a wet rag to her face. Martha smiles sweetly at Rachel.

She turns to Tom.

Tom stares down at bleary-eyed Rachel.

NOW: This lands hard on Rachel.

RACHEL’S MEMORY: Rachel and Tom approach Grand Central Station after Monica’s party.

He angrily pushes her off.

Tom pushes Rachel. She stumbles and falls.

He walks off, abandoning her.

Rachel tries to process this.

Rachel’s face reddens.

Rachel breathes heavily as she starts to remember her past in a new way.

RACHEL’S MEMORY: In the hallway at home with the mirror. Now we see the correct memory: it’s not Rachel trying to hit Tom with the golf club, it’s TOM trying to hit RACHEL!

Rachel ducks. The golf club smashes into the mirror, raining glass onto a terrified Rachel.

Tom gets in her face, menacing.

BACK ON THE TRAIN:

Rachel goes pale.

Anna sits on her bed with Tom’s laptop, trying more passwords.

After a few more unsuccessful attempts, she places the laptop back into Tom’s bag. It bumps against something.

An OLD CELLPHONE. The phone gives her pause.

She inspects it a second, then holds down its POWER button. It doesn’t turn on.

She thinks of something.

Anna opens a drawer. Inside is a tangled web of cords and chargers. She finds one that’s a perfect fit for the phone. She plugs the charger into the wall, and a second later, the phone powers ON.

Anna scrolls through its text history. We hear Tom reading them:

Starting to shake, Anna scrolls down through more messages.

Anna hears the JANGLING of keys from outside.

She quickly stands, stashing the phone and charger in a cookie tin. She shuts the cable drawer and pretends to be straightening up Evie’s dolls.

Tom steps inside, slightly drunk.

He laughs. She stands and gives him a quick peck, but he pulls her back, wanting more. He sits her on the counter and kisses down her neck while she stares into the distance.

A speeding express train whizzes past us. Once gone, we see Rachel standing on the platform. She takes a breath of courage and walks from the station towards the underpass.

Rachel walks briskly up the hill toward the underpass.

FLASHBACK: A blonde woman in a red jacket whirls towards Rachel.

FLASHBACK: Rachel shouting:

Rachel begins to cry as she picks up her pace.

FLASHBACK: Close on the woman’s mouth-- Anna’s mouth.

Rachel runs faster up the road towards the underpass

FLASHBACK: Anna charges through the underpass towards Rachel. Rachel swipes at her, but Anna shoves her aside. Rachel slams her head against a cement wall.

A flash of searing pain...

Rachel is now in a full run. The memories come faster and faster to her.

FLASHBACK: Anna slaps Rachel across the face, then sprints away through the underpass... Rachel crawls out of a drainage ditch and sets off after her.

Anna stares at Tom, watching his sleepy chest rise and fall. When she is satisfied that he is completely asleep, Anna quietly slips out of bed.

Anna, wearing a white silk robe, stands in the kitchen with the cell phone. She turns the phone over and over in her hand, debating what to do.

Finally, she hits the CONTACTS icon, but the only contacts are EMERGENCY and VOICE-MAIL. She hits the VOICE-MAIL entry, then places the phone to her ear.

Anna stands outside, listening to the phone.

VOICE (from the phone) No new messages. No saved messages. To hear your current voice-mail greeting, please press TWO.

Anna hits the number TWO, then returns it to her ear.

Anna’s heart is in her throat.

VOICE (from the phone) To replay this greeting, press ONE.

Anna hits the number ONE again, pressing the phone against her ear, even harder this time.

Above Anna, the upstairs bedroom light turns on. Then downstairs in the kitchen... Anna sees the lit-up window. Shit.

Panicked, Anna hurls the cell phone over the back fence.

Behind Anna, the screen door opens and Tom steps outside.

There’s a moment of silence between them. Anna’s unsure how to respond.

Neither makes the attempt to bridge the distance between them.

Anna doesn’t move for a moment. She’s unsure of what this all means-- what she’s walking into.

She walks across the distance to Tom. Past him. Leaving him puzzled.

Rachel is hyperventilating as she arrives at the underpass.

FLASHBACK: The woman in the red jacket walks through the underpass, headed for a car parked at the far end.

Rachel follows her, remembering.

FLASHBACK: Teens blow smoke into Rachel’s face.

FLASHBACK: The Man in the Suit leans down over her.

FLASHBACK: We hear heels clacking through the underpass. The woman in red keeps walking.

The woman in red turns back towards Rachel.

NOW, Rachel stops as the memory snaps into focus.

AS THE FLASHBACK PLAYS OUT IN FULL:

The woman turns. It is Megan, in a red jacket!

Rachel continues drunkenly through the overpass and hears Megan speak to the man in the car.

And now the man is striding angrily towards Rachel while Megan waits by the car. It’s Tom. Tom charges through the underpass toward Rachel.

He grabs her roughly by the arm and leads her out of the underpass. Rachel lashes out with one arm, but misses.

Tom shoves Rachel to the side of the underpass down into a drainage ditch.

He throws her against the wall and she slumps to the ground. He stands over her with his keys dangling from a leather fob. He hits her with his keys and then runs back through the underpass.

Rachel crawls out of the drainage ditch and back into the underpass. She watches as Megan gets in the car. Tom speeds the car away.

Two smirking teens walk up to Megan, amused by her drunkenness. One squats down to blow smoke in her face.

The Man in the Suit walks towards them.

He turns to help Rachel up.

He leaves, heading off through the underpass.

BACK TO PRESENT: Rachel sits against the wall of the underpass, processing what she has remembered.

The tracks curve past the river with no train in sight. Wind rustles through the weeds and through the trees of Beckett Street.

Birds chirp. Rachel stands in front of Tom and Anna’s house. She steps onto the lawn and walks towards the house.

Rachel walks around the side of the house.

Rachel steels herself as she enters the yard.

Anna is playing with Evie in a sandbox. She looks like hell. Her face is pale and makeup-less, her eyes blood-shot red.

Rachel appears from the side of the house.

Anna rises.

Anna stares back at Rachel, carefully watching the distance between them. She doesn’t answer.

Rachel absorbs this. Anna looks away from her.

Rachel wasn’t expecting this... Behind them, the train passes. Then.

Anna shakes her head, trying to resist the solidarity growing between them.

The back door opens. Rachel and Anna turn to see Tom standing there.

Anna runs with Evie towards Tom.

Anna passes Tom and disappears inside.

Tom shakes his head at Rachel and turns to go inside.

Rachel rushes toward Tom.

Tom slams the door in Rachel’s face. She shouts at him through the glass.

Tom opens the door and pulls Rachel inside.

Tom pushes Rachel into the kitchen.

Anna stands shocked in the corner holding Evie tightly.

Anna interrupts.

The room goes silent. Tom and Rachel turn to Anna.

Tom walks away from Rachel and out into the sitting area.

He approaches Evie who is sitting in a jumpy chair. He picks her up and she starts crying loudly.

He glares at Anna, pulling Evie closer to his chest. Anna panics.

Anna cautiously approaches, reaching out for Evie. Tom turns from her.

Anna gently takes Evie from Tom, but Tom clutches Evie by the arm. Not letting go.

With Tom distracted, Rachel reaches into her pocket and withdraws her phone, shakily dials 911--

Rachel slowly leaves the kitchen, heading towards the hallway...

Still clutching Evie by the arm, Tom guides the baby towards the kitchen table.

Rachel places the phone to her ear.

Tom suddenly grabs Rachel and spins her around.

He grabs the phone from Rachel’s hands.

He hangs up.

Tom grabs Rachel by the back of her neck and forces her out of the living room and back toward the kitchen.

Tom forces Rachel back into the kitchen and pushes her down to a stool at the kitchen island. Anna tries to leave with Evie.

They stand in silence. Tom turns to Rachel.

Tom notices Rachel’s hands are shaking slightly. He covers them with his own hand.

Tom goes to the fridge and pulls out a fifth of vodka. He fills a glass.

Anna says nothing.

He walks over to Rachel with glass.

Anna says nothing.

Tom slides the vodka in front of Rachel.

She looks beyond Tom to Anna who is listening behind him with Evie.

Tom throws the newly poured drink at Rachel. Vodka drips from her face. Not backing down, she looks to Anna.

Tom smashes the glass on Rachel’s head. She falls hard to the floor. Her eyes close. Evie begins crying.

Rachel’s memory slowly fades back in. The moment when Megan is walking away from her.

This time we stay with Megan as she reaches Tom’s car.

He heads down the underpass and disappears.

Megan stands next to Tom’s car. Waiting. Finally, he emerges from the trees next to the underpass.

They drive away.

At the other end of the underpass, Rachel drags herself out of the ditch and watches them leave.

Tom glances over at Megan.

Megan stares out the window at the trees as they drive deeper into the woods. Rain drops obscure the image. There’s a sadness to Megan.

Tom and Megan walk through the trees in the rain. Megan leads him.

TOM’S POV: Megan runs ahead and turns around, smiling like a siren.

NOW, Megan leans against the tree that she and Tom had sex against.

MEGAN’S MEMORY: Megan has sex against the tree. But now the Man’s face is no longer obscured. We see it is Tom.

MEGAN’S MEMORY: Megan and Tom have sex in the hotel room.

MEGAN’S MEMORY: Tom has sex with Megan in the nursery, Evie watching from her crib. A music box lullaby plays.

BACK IN FOREST:

Tom is now pressed up against Megan. He kisses her.

The lullaby continues in the background. Water drips from a branch onto Megan’s face, bringing her back to herself.

He unbuttons his pants and begins to tug at her jeans.

Tom smirks and spins her around so she’s facing the tree.

Megan gently pushes him back and turns to him. A moment. Megan struggles with how to articulate something.

Tom’s face is blank. Megan says nothing.

Tom stares at her a beat.

Tom walks away from Megan at the tree.

Megan crosses from the tree.

Tom tenses up.

Tom grabs Megan’s hand and tries to pull her back to the car. Megan yanks away.

He turns and starts to walk away.

Megan pushes Tom hard. He stumbles forward and onto the ground.

Tom shoves Megan backwards into the ground.HER HEAD SLAMS INTO A ROCK. Blood spills onto the forest floor.

Tom stands over Megan. All is silent.

She’s dizzy and disoriented. After a moment -

Tom raises his foot and smashes his heel HARD into Megan’s head. Then he raises his foot and does it again.

Megan lies still.

Tom looks around to see that they’re alone. He grabs Megan by her feet and drags her back to the uprooted tree.

Tom shoves Megan under the root ball. She stirs. Her eyes look back at him. She begins to SCREAM.

Tom spots a rock on the forest floor.

A resolve settles on Tom’s face. He has to finish this. He grips the rock... He leans under the root ball and smashes Megan’s head again. And again.

CLOSE ON: Rachel’s face resting on the kitchen floor. Slowly she opens her eyes and sees Tom on the couch. He gazes at her. After a long pause--

Weak, Rachel manages to sit, her back against the kitchen counter.

A long silence between them.

Rachel BOLTS out of the kitchen, grabbing the corkscrew off the refrigerator.

Just as she reaches the front door, Tom catches her and begins to choke her. Dropping the cork-screw, Rachel tries to pry his hands from her neck.

Still choking her, Tom drives her to her knees. Rachel looks up the stairs to see... Anna-- staring blankly as Tom continues to choke Rachel.

Rachel pleads for help with her eyes but Anna just stares back with little emotion.

Tom forces her head to the floor. Quickly losing consciousness, Rachel flails her arms, searching for the corkscrew. Her hand finds an umbrella stand. She grabs the leg of the stand and swings the entire unit toward Tom, striking his head.

Dazed, Tom lets go. Grabbing the corkscrew, Rachel runs back down the hall and out the back door.

Rachel runs through the backyard, towards the back fence and the train tracks.

Tom chases after, catches up to her, and grabs her by the arm. He yanks her backwards, HARD. Rachel reels on him, swinging her other arm around toward him with a clenched fist...

JAMMING THE CORKSCREW INTO TOM’S NECK.

...Tom stares straight at Rachel. Blood spurts from his wound!

Still standing Tom leans into Rachel. Each is forced to place their arms around each other in an awkward embrace. Blood continues to flow from his neck.

Together they lower to their knees on the lawn.

Anna watches in shock from the upstairs window.

Rachel lets go of Tom. He falls to the ground.

Rachel rises and turns to the train as it barrels past on the tracks.

Rachel turns to see Anna walking towards a squirming Tom. The women lock eyes.

Anna falls to her knees beside Tom.

Rachel slowly approaches.

Anna is not trying to stop the bleeding at all...

...INSTEAD ANNA IS TWISTING THE CORKSCREW DEEPER AND DEEPER INTO TOM’S NECK.

Tom dies. Anna stands. The two women face each other in silence.

Detectives Riley and Gaskill escort Anna and Rachel to a waiting squad car.

Rachel looks up to see Scott standing in the lawn next door. Scott stares at Rachel stopping her in her tracks.

She and Scott share a knowing look. Without words, much is said and forgiven.

Riley and two Police Officers lead Rachel and Anna into the station.

As they are led into different rooms, Rachel and Anna share one final glance.

They are now tied together, forever bound, by the stories they tell.

Riley and Gaskill videotape Rachel’s statement.

Pushing in on Riley, we turn to see Anna is now at the table, giving her statement.

Rachel, looking more put together than we’ve seen, makes her way towards a low headstone: “MEGAN HIPWELL 1990-2016”

She silently pays her respects.

Rachel sits, sketching before the Dancing Maids Fountain. The fountain isn’t flowing.

CLOSE SHOTS ON: The Three Maid’s faces and dancing bodies, preserved as a relic of the past.

Trees blur as the train rolls by.

Rachel sits looking out the window of the train. She sees the houses on Beckett Road drift by as the train passes, then turns to look out the other window.

The train continues onward, curving along the river to disappear beyond the trees.