FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF

Executive Director

The Ferris Bueller Foundation"

194 EXT. FERRIS' STREET 194

He's running down the middle of the street. A car honks.

Ferris moves to the side. The car pulls around him.

INT. CAR.

Tom's at the wheel. He glances in the mirror. He does a

take.

HIS POV. MIRROR

We see Ferris cut across a front lawn and into a house.

CU. TOM

He realizes it couldn't be Ferris.

195 INT. HOUSE 195

Ferris runs through the kitchen, past a WOMAN, fixing dinner

and out her backdoor. The Woman looks up curiously.

196 EXT. FERRIS' HOUSE 196

Tom pulls in the driveway. He parks and gets out. Joyce

pulls in from the other direction.

197 EXT. HOUSE. BACK PORCH 197

Ferris tries the door. It's locked. He reaches down and

lifts the doormat.

CU. PORCH

The outline of a key in the dirt under the mat. The key's

gone. The toe of a chewed-up dress shoe steps INTO FRAME. An

OMNIOUS CHORD IS STRUCK.

CU. FERRIS

He stares up in horror.

HIS POV

Rooney's looking down at him. He's holding the house key.

EXT. PORCH

Ferris stands up. He smiles.

ROONEY

Looking for this?

FERRIS

Yes.

ROONEY

I got you, Ferris. This time I finally

got you.

Ferris is caught. There's no way out. Rooney gloats

severely.

ROONEY

How does another year of high

school sit with you?

Suddenly, the backdoor opens. Jeanie looks out. She feigns

joy and relief. She rushes Ferris and hugs him.

JEANIE

Thank God, you're alright! We've

been worried sick!

CU. FERRIS

A moment of curiosity. Then it dawns on him what's

happening. He smiles.

CU. ROONEY

His eyes dart from Ferris to Jeanie to Ferris. His victory

is evaporating.

EXT. PORCH

Jeanie breaks the embrace.

JEANIE

(to Rooney)

Thank you for bringing him home,

Mr. Rooney.

(to Ferris)

You better get up in bed tight

now.

Ferris limps into the house.

JEANIE

Can you imagine someone as sick as

Ferris trying to walk home from the

hospital?

(shakes her head)

Kids!

CU. ROONEY

He's dumbfounded.

CU. JEANIE

She raises her hands and strikes a karate pose. A huge smile

passes over her face.

CU. ROONEY

A look of terror as he realizes that is was Jeanie who

kicked him and that Jeanie knows it was he who she kicked.

EXT. PORCH

Jeanie steps into the house.

198 INT. HOUSE 198

The door closes on Rooney's defeated, lost, dejected,

bewildered face. Not only has he lost Ferris again, he has

Jeanie to deal with next year.

199 EXT. YARD. CU. DOG 199

The click of the door wakes him up. His head pops up off the

grass.

CU. ROONEY

He senses new danger. We hear AN O.C. GROWL. Rooney squeezes

his eyes shut.

200 INT. KITCHEN 200

Kimberly and Todd are sitting at the kitchen table watching

TV and eating cereal. They look up at Ferris as he comes in

from outside.

TODD

Ferris? Does my head look like

it's getting bigger?

Ferris leans against the counter as he tries to catch his

breath. He looks at his little brother.

FERRIS

No, but Kimberly's is.

He crosses to the refrigerator and opens it. Kimberly feels

her head.

KIMBERLY

(to Todd)

Is he serious?

TODD

I think so.

KIMBERLY

Oh, shit!

Ferris takes out a bottle of orange juice out of the

refrigerator and drinks straight from the bottle. Jeanie

comes in.

FERRIS

Thanks, Jeanie.