Home Alone

"Hi pal. We outsmarted You this time," says Harry, as he grabs hold of

Kevin. He hangs Kevin up on the door hook.

"What are we going to do with him, Harry?" asks Marv.

"We're going to do exactly what he did to us. We'll bum his head with a

blowtorch."

"Smash his face with an iron," says Marv.

From behind the old man enters carrying a shovel.

"Slap him right in the face with a paint can, maybe," says Harry.

"Or shove a nail through his foot," says Marv.

"First I'm going to bite off every one of these fingers, one at a time,"

says Harry as he puts one of Kevin's fingers in his mouth.

At that moment the old man smacks Marv on the back of the head with a

shovel. harry turns around and the old man hits him in the face with the

shovel, knocking him down to the floor. He then takes Kevin into his arms.

"Come on ... get you home."

EXT: STREET: NIGHT

Police sirens fill the air as police cars pull up to Murphy's house. Kevin

watches from the window of his house. Police run into Murphy's house, then

after a few moments come out with Harry and Marv in custody.

"Nice move. Always leave the water running. Now we know each and every

house you hit," says one policeman.

"Hey, you know we've been looking for you guys for a long time," says the

other policeman.

"Remember, we're the WET BANDITS. Wet bandits," says Marv.

"Shut up!" says Harry, as he kicks Marv into the police car. "Hands off the

head, pal," Harry

says to a policeman who is pushing him into the back seat of the police

car. Kevin watches from his window. Harry looks at Kevin from inside the

police car. Kevin smiles at him and waves as the police car drives away.

INT: LIVING ROOM: DAY

Kevin stands by the Christmas tree with a glass of milk and some food, as

he stares at the stockings over the fireplace. He sits down in a chair.

EXT: ROAD: NIGHT

Inside the Budget rental truck Gus is sitting next to Kay.

"I'm a bad parent," says Kay.

"These things happen," says Gus. "Want to talk about bad parents, look at

us. On the road 48- 49 weeks out of the year. We hardly see our family. Joe

forgets his kids names half the time. Ziggy over there never even met his

kid. Eddie? Let's just hope none of them write a book about him."

"Tell me, have you ever gone on vacation and left your child home?"

"No, but I did leave one in I funeral pallor once. Distraught wife and I

left him there all day. All day alone with the corpse. he was okay. After

six-seven weeks, he came around, started talking again. But he's okav. They

get over it. Kids are resilient like that."

"Maybe we shouldn't talk about this," says Kay.

"You brought it up," says Gus.

"I'm sorry," responds Kay.

[ This is the absolution of Kay from guilt by showing that it was

unintentional and that other people have done worse. ]

EXT: KEVIN'S HOUSE: DAY

It is snowing.

INT: KEVIN'S HOUSE: DAY

Kevin is in his parent's bed under the red covers with his green robe lying

across the bed. He awakes and sees that it is snowing. It's Christmas

morning.

"Mom!" shouts Kevin.

Kevin runs down stairs calling for his mother, but she's not there. He is

alone in the big empty house, and he is disappointed. He opens the front

door and looks outside at the snow. He closes the door and goes back inside

of the house.

[ Emotionally, first experiencing the sadness of disappointment will make

the pleasure of joy even greater. ]

EXT: KEVIN'S HOUSE: DAY