oldEpisode One-hundred-seventy-seven:
Jack Discovers Harper in the
Church's Bell Tower, Aiming a High
Powered Rifle at Steve and Kayla;
Trying to Stop Him, Jack Kills Him.

[Air date late August 1990]

 

SCENE ONE: JACK IN UNCONSCIOUS ON THE FLOOR BEHIND HIS DESK. HARPER LEANS DOWN AND TAKES JACK'S CAR KEYS FROM HIS POCKET. HE PUTS THE SUNGLASSES AND MUSTACHE BACK ON AND LEAVES.

SCENE TWO: MEANWHILE JENNIFER HAS ARRIVED AT THE WEDDING WHICH IS TO BE HELD IN THE GARDEN NEXT TO THE CHURCH BELL TOWER. JENNIFER TALKS TO KAYLA BEFORE THE CEREMONY AND TELLS KAYLA THAT SHE THINKS GETTING MARRIED WOULD BE WONDERFUL. KAYLA SAYS THAT IF JENNIFER MEANS JACK, THEN SHE IS HAPPY FOR BOTH OF THEM. JENNIFER IS SURPRISED BY THIS; HOWEVER, IS PLEASED THAT KAYLA WISHES JACK AND HER WELL.

SCENE THREE: AT THE OFFICE, VERN IS LOOKING FOR JACK BUT HE GETS NO ANSWER FROM THE OFFICE. SUDDENLY THE LIGHTS GO OUT BECAUSE HARPER THROWS THE MAIN SWITCH.

SCENE FOUR: AT THE WEDDING, ROMAN HAS UNDERCOVER POLICE IN ACTION BECAUSE HE KNOWS THAT HARPER IS FREE. SHE LEAVES TO FIND HIM

SCENE FIVE: JACK IS MISSING FOR THE PRE-WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHS. THEY ASK JENNIFER AND SHE SAYS SHE HAS NOT SEEN HIM EITHER.

SCENE SIX: . JENNIFER ARRIVES AT THE OFFICE AND GOES LOOKING FOR HIM WITH VERN. THE LIGHTS ARE STILL OUT AND THEY OPEN THE DOOR OF JACK'S OFFICE BUT CANNOT SEE HIM LYING BEHIND THE DESK.

SCENE SEVEN: MEANWHILE HARPER IS ON HIS WAY TO THE WEDDING IN JACK'S CAR.

SCENE EIGHT: JENNIFER ARRIVES BACK AT THE WEDDING AND ASKS ALICE AND TOM IF THEY HAVE SEEN JACK. THEY SAY HE HAS NOT TURNED UP.

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SCENE NINE: BACK AT THE OFFICE JACK IS REGAINING CONSCIOUSNESS.

 

JACK: Oh, who turned out the lights? Ah, get me the number of that truck. Give me that.... Harper.... Harper! Alright I'll call the police.

 

JACK STRUGGLES TO HIS KNEES.

 

JACK: Okay, 911.

 

THERE IS NO SOUND ON THE PHONE.

 

JACK: What the hell's going on here? Okay I'll get him myself. I'll get him myself. I can.... oh no.

 

HE STRUGGLES TO HIS FEET AND STUMBLES AS HE TRIES TO WALK. HE THEN REALIZES THAT HIS KEYS ARE NOT IN HIS POCKET.

 

JACK: No, he's got my keys. Okay don't panic, don't panic. Okay, you can do it. Move forward. Do not pass GO.

 

JACK SEARCHES THROUGH HIS DRAWERS FOR A SPARE SET OF KEYS. HE FINDS THEM IN THE TOP RIGHT DRAWER.

 

JACK: Oh boy, that's one thing you always taught me Harper. Always keep a spare set. Okay, let's get out of here.

 

JACK RUNS OUT TO THE GARAGE AND HIS CAR IS MISSING. HE LOOKS AT HIS NAME ON THE CAR SPACE.

 

JACK: Hey, wait a minute. That's me alright. Harper!

 

HE RUNS TO THE STREET TO HAIL DOWN THE NEXT CAR. DAVE FROM WINGS STOPS AND JACK HOPS IN.

 

JACK: STOP, RIGHT HERE, STOP! WHOA! STOP! Hold it, hold it right there. I need a ride, quick! I got.... Dave, what are you doing here?

DAVE: Driving my car. Or at least I was until you threw yourself in front of it.

JACK: I was....

DAVE: Hey, aren't you supposed to be at the wedding? What are you doing way out here?

JACK: No time to answer any questions. Go! Just go. Get me there as fast as you can.

SCENE TEN: AT THE WEDDING, HARPER HAS ARRIVED IN A COMPLETE FACE DISGUISE.

SCENE ELEVEN: STEVE CANNOT WAIT FOR JACK SO THE WEDDING BEGINS WITH MARCUS AS BEST MAN.

SCENE TWELVE: HARPER DECIDES THAT HIS BEST SHOT AT STEVE WILL BE FROM THE BELL TOWER BESIDE THE GARDEN WHERE THE WEDDING IS TAKING PLACE. HE CLIMBS THE STAIRS AND OPENS THE TRAPDOOR TO THE TOP OF THE TOWER. HE REMOVES HIS MASK AND LOADS THE RIFLE HE IS CARRYING. THE BELL TOWER HAS A LOUVERED WINDOW EACH SIDE AND HE REMOVES TWO OF THE LOUVERS SO THAT HE CAN AIM PROPERLY.

SCENE THIRTEEN: KAYLA FOLLOWS THE BRIDESMAIDS DOWN THE AISLE. JENNIFER IS WORRIED THAT JACK IS NOT IN THE WEDDING PARTY WITH STEVE.

[Air date late August 1990]

 

SCENE ONE: HARPER HAS HIS RIFLE AIMED AT STEVE'S HEAD AND IS ABOUT TO FIRE WHEN THE BRIDE AND GROOM KNEEL FOR PRAYERS. HE CANNOT GET A CLEAN SHOT. AT THAT MOMENT JACK OPENS THE TRAPDOOR AND CALLS TO HARPER.
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JACK: Harper stop. Stop!

HARPER: Jack!

JACK: That's right, it's me. It's me, don't worry. Take it easy, it's just me. Nobody else knows you're here. Nobody else knows I'm here either so put it down.

 

JACK CLIMBS UP AND STANDS OPPOSITE HARPER WITH HIS HANDS OUT.

 

HARPER: No, no, it's too late. Nothing is going to stop me from what I have to do.

JACK: No. Believe me, it's alright. You have nothing to worry about really. Don't do it Harper.

HARPER: I have to.

JACK: No, listen, I'm asking you. Please!

HARPER: No I don't want to hurt you Jack. I just want Steve Johnson.

 

JACK'S FACE IS DRIPPING WITH SWEAT AS HE PLEADS IN DESPERATION WITH HARPER.
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JACK: Look don't you think it's going to hurt me.... if you kill Steve. He's my brother.

HARPER: HE'S NOT YOUR BROTHER. He's your enemy. He tried to destroy you. He tried to destroy both of us. Everything we had together.

JACK: He couldn't do that. Nobody could do that. I mean it's like saying that you could.... that you could destroy.... those movies.... those old family movies. You know I still look at them sometimes. I do. You, me and Anjelica. It's good times, it's family times.

 

HARPER IS BEGINNING TO LISTEN TO JACK AND THE MEANING OF WHAT HE IS SAYING.

 

JACK: I mean it's the best times a kid could ever want. When you were sworn in as Senator, I was there. You said you were going to fight for the right, help the man when he was down. I remember that. That's the man that I remember. That's the man that I looked up to and loved. I mean no matter how hard you were, how strict you were, I always knew that man loved me. And I loved him too. I know that man's good. That man's still inside somewhere, I know it, somehow. It's got to be.

HARPER: I knew.... I knew.... I knew you'd understand, you of all people.

JACK: So, you'll give me the rifle, alright.

 

JACK EXTENDS HIS HAND.

 

HARPER: No, I can't. Now look, all those things you said that were true, that's why I have to do this. Don't you understand?

JACK: No, no, you don't have to do anything, you don't underst....

HARPER: I am doing this for you son, don't you see? Oh god, we had it so good, you and I. You were your father's son. That's what you were, your father's son.

 

JACK IS HORRIFIED TO REALIZE WHAT HARPER IS SAYING AND HOW SICK HE REALLY IS.

 

HARPER: I groomed you, I taught you everything I knew. I had big plans for you, oh such big plans. And for your children and their children. It was going to be a Deveraux dynasty. A name that would be remembered with respect and admiration. BUT STEVE JOHNSON PUT AN END TO ALL THAT, DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND.

JACK: No, no, it wasn't his doing. He....

HARPER: You never had to know. You never had to know you weren't a Deveraux by blood. Because you were a Deveraux, you were a Deveraux in spirit. You are now, you always will be. Nothing can change that, nothing. NOT EVEN STEVE JOHNSON.

JACK: Look, Steve.... just forget about Steve alright. Just listen to me. Now you and I are going to go together Harper. We're going to talk, we're going to work this out. We're going to be able to work the whole thing out.

HARPER: How can you say that when you can't even call me father anymore? NO THE DAMAGE HAS BEEN DONE AND STEVE JOHNSON IS GOING TO DIE. THAT'S IT. HARPER GOES TO THE WINDOW AND TRIES TO AIM THE RIFLE BUT JACK GRABS IT AND THEY STRUGGLE.

JACK: HARPER DON'T, HARPER DON'T!

HARPER: Don't Jack!

JACK: HARPER DON'T, DON'T, WHOA! HARPER PUSHES JACK DOWN BUT HE GETS BACK UP AGAIN.

JACK: HARPER PLEASE! HARPER PLEASE, PLEASE. HARPER:JACK, DON'T. I CAN DO WHAT I'M GOING TO DO.

JACK: HARPER, NO, NO. HARPER NO.

 
HARPER HITS JACK AGAIN IN THE STRUGGLE AND THEN HE COMES AGAIN HIM WITH THE RIFLE. JACK PUTS HIS ARMS UP TO DEFEND HIMSELF AND SHOVES HARPER BACKWARDS. THE RIFLE GOES OFF AND JACK GRABS HARPER FROM BEHIND.

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JACK AND HARPER STRUGGLE AND JACK SHOVES HARPER WHO HITS THE LOUVERED WINDOW OPPOSITE AND FALLS THROUGH.

 

JACK: NOOOOOOOOO!!!

HARPER: AAAARRRRGGGHHHH!!

 

JACK RUSHES TO THE WINDOW AND WATCHES HORRIFIED AS HARPER FALLS ALL THE WAY TO THE GROUND.
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SCENE TWO: BACK AT THE WEDDING, THE WHOLE PARTY HEARS THE YELLING. THEY HOLD UP THE CEREMONY UNTIL STEVE AND ROMAN FIND OUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED.

SCENE THREE: JENNIFER IS STILL WORRIED ABOUT JACK AND ALICE SAYS SHE HAS NOTICED THAT THINGS HAVE CHANGED BETWEEN HER AND JACK. JENNIFER TELLS ALICE THAT ON THE ISLAND THEY REALIZED HOW MUCH THEY LOVE EACH OTHER BUT SINCE THEY CAME BACK JACK IS WITHDRAWING FROM HER.

 

[Transcribed by Carol Vaughan
added material by Sally A. Wilson]