The episode opens on Van, sitting in his office, with three other superior officers.

“I don’t know if you’re aware of this Van, but the death toll since you have taken control of this squad, is unacceptable. The mayor, an entire SWAT team…”

“Which is not your fault, we know.”

“Last week, the NYPD bomb squad lost their captain due to natural causes.”

“We were just thinking that maybe…”

“You would accept the transfer.”

The camera holds on Van, who looks like he’s been hit with a ton of bricks.

The scene changes to an apartment, where the camera closes in on two people lying together in bed. We see almost immediately that they are Malcom and Harper.

HARPER
Malcom.

MALCOM
What is it?

HARPER
Malcom.

MALCOM
Harper. What’s wrong?

Harper looks at Malcom.

HARPER
Come with me.

MALCOM
Harper?

Harper gets up and walks out of the room. Malcom follows.

MALCOM
Harper?

He follows Harper into the bathroom. A large white light consumes the room.

The scene cuts to Malcom in the hospital room. Malcom suddenly wakes up.

MALCOM
Harper.

The opening credits roll

‘Chariot’ by Gavin DeGraw plays.

MBN

And Mac The Movieguy Productions Present

LL COOL J
is

CARTER WINSLOW

CARLA GUGINO

Is

HARPER JORDAN

JULIAN MCMAHON

Is

CHAD COOPER

MEKHI PHIFER
is

MALCOM PALMER

ALLISON MACK

Is

RENEE TAGGERT

And

RICHARD DREYFUSS
is

VIC WARNER

SPARKS

With

MAGGIE SMITH

As

JEAN COOPER

Created By Mac The Movieguy

Written By Mac The Movieguy

Episode 5

Recovery

The scene changes to an apartment building, with Chad leaving his apartment. A man in a suit approaches him.

“Mr. Cooper?” the man asks.

CHAD
Yeah, that’s me.

“I’m sorry.” The man says, handing Chad an envelope.

CHAD
What is it?

“Your father.”

Chad drops the folder.

CHAD
My father?

The scene changes back to the hospital, Malcom is lying in bed. The other bed in the room is unoccupied. Carter, Harper, and Renee enter the room.

HARPER
Malcom. You’re awake.

MALCOM
Harper.

CARTER
You feeling OK?

MALCOM
Yeah. I guess. How long have I been out?

CARTER
Almost three days.

HARPER
(pointing to the bed next to Malcom)

I used to be there, if it’s any consolation.

RENEE
Probably not. (nervously) They discharged her after 24 hours.

HARPER
No concussion. Again.

MALCOM
Where’s Chad?

CARTER
I don’t know.

The scene changes to Chad’s apartment, with Chad on the phone.

CHAD
Hi mom.

His mom replies on the other end.

“Oh, Hi dear. How are you?”

CHAD
Mom. It’s about Dad.

“Peter? What happened to him?”

CHAD
He had a heart attack last night. He’s dead.

“Oh Chad, I’m so sorry.”

CHAD
I know… how you feel… I just thought…

“Chad, just because your father and I got a divorce, doesn’t mean I don’t care about what happens to him…”

CHAD
I know… I meant.

“I know what he meant to you.”

CHAD
I just… (starting to cry) I just don’t know what to do.

Chad holds the phone and starts crying, trying desperately not to.

The scene changes to Malcom, sleeping, with Harper sitting next to him, holding his hand. The camera moves out of the room, and to Carter and Renee who are leaving.

RENEE
You think he’ll be OK?

CARTER
The bullet just tore through his body without hitting any major artery. No organs were punctured. He just lost a lot of blood, that’s all.

RENEE
So he’ll be fine?

CARTER
I think so.

RENEE
What about us… the team?

CARTER
I don’t know. I know the pressure is on Van, but I think they’re just looking to point a finger for losing that SWAT team.

RENEE
That wasn’t our fault.

CARTER
It doesn’t matter.

The scene changes to Van, walking around his office, looking at stuff in his room. A box is on his desk, already filled with his stuff. He takes a picture of him with the team, off of the wall and puts it in the box. Van picks up the box and walks out of the room.

The scene changes back to the hospital, with Harper and Malcom still in the room. It is nighttime outside. Malcom wakes up.

MALCOM
You’re still here.

HARPER
I can’t sleep.

MALCOM
Is it because of me?

HARPER
No (pause) Not really.

MALCOM
Isn’t it past visiting hours?

HARPER
I told the nurse that I was the officer assigned to protect you from any future harm. (laughing) I’m your guard.

MALCOM
You lied?

HARPER
Yeah.

MALCOM
How’s everyone else. I didn’t see Chad.

HARPER
I haven’t seen Chad. I don’t know.

MALCOM
I didn’t mean for this to happen.

HARPER
It’s not your fault.

MALCOM
Did we get the kid?

HARPER
Yeah, we got him.

Malcom looks at Harper, and she leans in and kisses him.

The scene changes to the next day at an airport. Van is in line for a ticket.

“I’m sorry sir, the next direct flight to New York isn’t until 5:00.”

VAN
Tomorrow. How about Tomorrow.

“OK… Tomorrow I can get you on the 9 AM flight.”

VAN
That’s better.

The camera pulls away from Van and zooms through the room to a man carrying a briefcase through the airport. The man looks very nervous. The camera pulls into the briefcase to reveal a bomb. The man approaches the metal detectors. The camera pulls away from the man and through the metal detectors to one of the gates at the airport. Chad is waiting outside the gate as his mother exits the plane.

CHAD
Thanks for coming.

His mother kisses him on the cheek.

The camera switches to Carter driving through traffic, with Renee sitting in the passengers seat, working on her computer.

CARTER
Did you watch the game last night?

RENEE
Would you think I was cool if I said yes?

CARTER
You know, you can just say No, it’s fine with me.

RENEE
How’s Kevin?

CARTER
He’s fine.

RENEE
And your wife?

CARTER
We’re all fine. Thanks.

RENEE

I just didn’t want to talk about basketball again.

Carter and Renee laugh as they approach a traffic jam, and slow to a stop.

The scene changes back to LAX, with the man with the bomb from before. He approaches the metal detector.

“Hey Sherry.” The man says. He pulls out his pass card and by-passes the detector by entering a room within the airport. He scans his pass card and moves into a baggage area. Two Hispanic workers are moving packages through the X-Ray/Metal Detector, and onto a conveyor belt.

“It’s already tagged.” The man says, bypassing the X-Ray/Metal Detector, and throwing the briefcase onto the conveyor belt. The two Hispanic men exchange a glance, and go back to scanning packages. The man leaves the room, and the camera follows the package down the conveyor belt. Two men stand at the end, loading packages onto carts. A lot of the suitcases, packages, etc. are hitting the ground before the men can get to them. The briefcase reaches the end and falls to the ground, snapping open. The two men look down at the briefcase, and immediately notice a bomb.

Chad and his mother are walking back through security now, when Chad overhears something on the radio of an airport security officer.

“We need someone down here in cargo. We’ve got a Code 57.”

Chad stops and turns to the officer.

CHAD
Sir. Did he say 57?

“I think so.”

Chad removes his badge from his pocket and shows it to the security officer.

CHAD
(very quietly) A code 57 is a bomb. Take me to the cargo room.

Chad turns back to his mom.

CHAD
Wait for me. Outside.

“Chad?”

CHAD
Mom. Please.

Chad follows the security officer into the cargo room, pulling out his cell phone.

The scene changes to the parking lot with Van getting in his car and pulling away from the airport.

The scene cuts to Carter and Renee stuck in traffic. Renee’s phone rings.

RENEE
Yeah.

CHAD (on phone)

Renee. You got your PC with you?

RENEE
Yeah.

CHAD (on phone)

I’ve got something here, I need to take care of.

Renee looks over to Carter, who heard what Chad said on the phone.

RENEE
Where are you?

CHAD (on phone)
LAX.

RENEE
We’re on our way.

CHAD (on phone)
Renee. I’m looking at this thing right now…

The scene changes to Chad in the cargo room, with him standing over the bomb. The timer on the bomb is counting down from 1 minute and 22 seconds.

CHAD
And unless you’re in the parking lot, you’re not gonna make it.

RENEE (on phone)

Alright. What does it look like?

CHAD
It’s a C4 illusionist.

RENEE (on phone)
Timer?

CHAD
Centered. 57 seconds Renee.

RENEE (on phone)

Alright. I’m looking…

CHAD
52 seconds.

RENEE (on phone)

On the right, are there Red wires running to a tube looking thing of C4, and on the right, there are blue, black, and white wires?

CHAD
Yeah.

RENEE (on phone)
This is tricky… but I need you to cut the red wire, and the blue wire, and splice them together, with the Red wire running from the C4, connecting to the blue wire running from the timer.

Chad pulls out a pocket knife and cuts the red wire, and then the blue wire. He then uses the knife to cut away at the casing on the wires.

RENEE (on phone)
How much time?

CHAD
24 seconds.

RENEE (on phone)

You gonna make it?

Chad’s hands start shaking as he starts twisting the two wires together.

RENEE (on phone)
Chad?

Chad looks at the timer which reaches 10 seconds. Chad drops the two wires, which are now spliced together.

CHAD
Done.

Chad wipes his brow and watches the timer run down. The people around him start running away as Chad looks at the bomb.

RENEE (on phone)
The timer will run out, and nothing will happen.

CHAD
You’re ruining the suspense.

Chad watches the timer go from 2 to 1 to 0. And as Renee predicted, nothing happens.

RENEE (on phone)
Was I right?

CHAD
You were right.

The scene changes to outside LAX with a bunch of police swarming the scene, and Chad walking outside to his mother. Renee and Carter are running down the sidewalk to Chad.

CHAD
Hey guys.

Renee and Carter reach Chad.

CARTER
Good job Chad.

Chad turns to his mother.

CHAD
Mom. I’d like to introduce you to my friends, the people I work with. This is Carter Winslow, and Renee Taggert.

Renee shakes her hand, followed by Carter.

“It’s a pleasure to meet you both. And please, call me Jean.”

CARTER
We haven’t heard from you, since the school.

CHAD
My father died.

RENEE
Oh, Chad. I’m sorry.

CARTER
Did you talk to Van?

CHAD
Why would I talk to Van?

CARTER
About getting leave?

CHAD
You didn’t hear?

RENEE
About what?

CHAD

They transferred Van to New York. Jesus man, I thought you knew. He was their catch for the SWAT loss.

The camera holds on Carter and Renee who look like they’ve been hit with a ton of bricks.

The scene changes to a bank, with Van standing at a window.

VAN
I just need to withdraw my funds.

“Sure… just give me a second.”

Van stands there for a moment, looking around the room. He turns around and looks at the door, as three men wearing ski masks enter the bank. They immediately shoot the guard at the door.

“NOBODY MOVE.”

The guard falls down dead, and two of the men move to close the blinds to the bank.

“EVERYBODY DOWN!”

Van puts his hands behind his head and lays down on the ground. The camera pulls in on Van’s face for a minute before the screen fades to black.