Episode One

[Air Date September 23rd, 2011]

SCENE ONE: THE SALEM INN. INSIDE A ROOM, THE BELLBOY, HIS NAME TAG, A. TRENTON,” PUTS A DUFFEL BAG ON THE BED. WE SEE A MAN WALK UP, BUT ONLY FROM THE BACK.

TRENTON: Is there anything I can do for you, sir?

MAN: No, (handing him a tip) I’m good.

THE VOICE IS DEFINITELY JACK’S, BUT WE STILL DO NOT SEE HIM FROM THE FRONT. AS HE WALKS BY TRENTON, HE HANDS HIM A TIP AND TRENTON THE KEY CARD.

TRENTON: So, have you been to Salem before?

JACK: Yeaah, (Taking clothes from the suitcase and putting it on the bed) I used to live here!

TRENTON: Really? So, how long will you be staying?

PUTING ANOTHER ITEM ON THE BED, AND PUTTING A HAND ON THE SUITCASE.

JACK: This time.... (PUTTING THE OTHER HAND ON IT) ....for good!

SCENE TWO: SOMEWHERE IN SALEM, WE SEE JACK AGAIN, BUT ONLY HIS LEGS AND ARM. HE SEES THE SOCIETY SECTION OF PAPER ON A BENCH WITH THE HEADLINE, "HUGE PARTY TO CELEBRATE NEW TOWN SQUARE" INCLUDED IS A PHOTO OF TOM AND ALICE. HE PICKS UP THE PAPER, THE CAMERA PANS UP AS HE DOES SO, BUT WE STILL DO NOT SEE HIM. HE EXAMINS IT, THEN FOLDS IT; HE THEN TAPS THE FOLDED PAPER SEVERAL TIMES, AND THEN WALKS AWAY.

SCENE THREE BACK AT THE SALEM INN, JACK ENTERS, BUT HE STILL IS NOT SHOWN ABOVE THE WAIST. HE IS STILL CARRYING THE NEWSPAPER. HE GOES TO THE PHONE AND PUNCHES IN A NUMBER. AS HE WAITS HE LOOKS AT THE PAPER.

JACK: (TALKING TO SOMEONE; WE CONTINUE TO ONLY SEE HIS ARM AND HAND ) Yeees, I wonder, if you can tell me a little more about the shindig you are having in the town square tomorrow.

 

SCENE FOUR: HOLDING A PHOTO OF JENNIFER, LOVINGLY RUBBING IT WITH IS FINGER. STILL WE DO NOT SEE HIM.

JACK: Weeeelll, Miss Horton....

AS HE TALKS THE CAMERA PANS UP HIS BODY, WE FINALLY SEE HIM . HE IS IN A GRAY T-SHIRT, A OLIVE GREEN SHIRT, AND HAS A FULL BEARD.

JACK: (CONT.) Looks like I know where I will be able to find you tomorrow.

[Air Date September 26th, 2011]

SCENE ONE: THE DAY OF THE INAUGURAL, THE HORTON HOUSE, BO AND HOPE ARE TALKING WHEN THE DOORBELL RINGS. JENNIFER RUNS TO THE DOOR SINCE SHE KNOWS HER BOYFRIEND DR. DANIEL JONAS HAS ARRIVED. IT IS DAN, WITH DOUG AND JULIE. THEY TALK ABOUT A BIG SURPRISE/SECRET BO AND HOPE HAVE. THEY TELL EVERYONE THAT THEY WILL HAVE TO WAIT TO SEE WHAT IT IS. FINALLY THEY GIVE IN AND GIVE THE OTHERS A HINT, SOME SPECIAL PEOPLE, WHO LOVED THEIR GRANDPARENTS, WILL BE THERE. JENNIFER STILL WANTS TO KNOW, DAN TELLS HER HE THOUGHT SHE LIKED SURPRISES. SHE SAYS SHE DOES, SHE LOVES THEM!

SCENE TWO: BACK IN HIS HOTEL ROOM, JACK COMES OUT OF THE BATHROOM DRESSED IN A SUIT AND TIE, BUT STILL WITH A BEARD. HE STRAIGHTENS HIS TIE, AS HE WALKS TOWARDS THE DESK. HE LOOKS AT THE PAPER WITH THE NEWS ABOUT THE INAUGURAL. NEXT TO IT IS A PHOTO OF JENNIFER AND ABIGAIL, HE SMILES AS HE LOVING CARESSES JENNIFER'S IMAGE.

SCENE THREE: THE TOWN IS AT THE SQUARE CELEBRATING ITS DEDICATION TO TOM AND ALICE. IT IS DECORATED, INCLUDING GOLD AND SILVER BALLOONS. ON A TREE IS A PLAQUE DEDICATED TO THE HORTONS.

JENNIFER SEES ABBY AND WAVES. SHE WALKS IN FRONT A TABLE WHICH HAS DRINKS, JACK IS BEHIND THE TABLE. JUST AS SHE WALKING AROUND THE TABLE HE TURNS SLIGHTLY. SHE IS ENGROSSED READING THE PAMPHLET FOR THE EVENT, THUS SHE DOES NOT SEE HIM, NOR HE HER. JACK IS IN DEEP THOUGHT AND IS FIDDLING WITH HIS CELL PHONE, TAPING IT, TRYING TO DECIDE TO USE IT OR NOT. HE WALKS BEHIND A CONCRETE POST, WATCHING JENNIFER, WHO HAS HER PHONE TO HER EAR. HE SIGHS AND TURNS AWAY. SHE PUTS HER PHONE BACK IN HER PURSE.

SCENE FOUR: JACK IS STILL WATCHING HER, THINKING ABOUT WHAT TO DO. HE FINALLY MAKES A DECISION AND WALKS TOWARDS HER. JENNIFER SMILES UPONS SPOTTING SOMEONE.

JENNIFER: There you are!

SHE WALKS OVER TO PERSON, AND JACK FOLLOWS HER. HE RUNS INTO WILL, SONNY, GABI, AND OTHERS. THEY ARE PREOCCUPIED WITH WHATEVER THEY ARE DOING AND TALKING ABOUT, AND THUS DO NOT RECOGNIZE HIM. THEY PUSH HIM BACK, SO HE IS UNABLE TO GET JENNIFER'S ATTENTION.


JUST THEN HE SEES JENNIFER IN A LONG KISS WITH DAN. JACK LOOKS CONFUSED.

JACK: Just who the hell are you? (Looking confused and pained).

SCENE FIVE: CARRIE AND AUSTIN [PLAYED AGAIN BY PATRICK MULDOON] ARRIVE, BUT HOPE TELLS EVERYONE THAT THEY ARE NOT THE SURPRISE GUESTS. THEY HAD SOME PROBLEMS AND WILL ARRIVE LATER.

JENNIFER IS EXPLAINING TO DAN THAT SHE AND AUSTIN WORKED TOGETHER. SHE INFORMS DAN THEY JUST WORKED TOGETHER, AND NOT TO BE JEALOUS; HOWEVER, AUSTIN IS A GREAT GUY. SHE DOES NOT MENTION. SHE WONDERS IF HE [DAN] IS

JEALOUS. SHE GOES ON TO TELL DAN THAT HE IS LIKE NO OTHER, NO ONE HAS EVER WRITTEN HER POETRY TO INVITE HER TO DINNER, AND THEN GAVE HER DIAMOND EARS BETWEEN COURSES. JACK IS LISTENING AT THE BAR, WITH A HEARTBROKEN EXPRESSION.

JACK (Mouthing, snarkily) “Poetry?!” What the hell is up with that!

THEY KISS AGAIN, AS POOR JACK WATCHES. ABBY AND CHAD [THE ORIGINAL CHAD] WALK OVER TO THEM. APPARENTLY ABBY IS FINE WITH HER MOTHER AND DAN.

SCENE SIX: AT A BENCH SURROUNDING A TREE, IN THE CENTER OF THE SQUARE, WITH THE PLAQUE DEDICATED TO TOM AND ALICE, JENNIFER IS TALKING TO ADRIENNE. JACK IS BEHIND THEM, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BENCH, BEHIND THE TREE. HE LEANS FORWARD TO LISTEN IN ON THER CONVERSATION. THEY ARE JUST TALKING ABOUT SAMI. DAN COMES OVER WITH CHAMPAGNE. ADRIENNE POINTS OUT HE BRINGS HER DESSERT AND FOOD, IS THERE ANYTHING HE DOES NOT DO. JENNIFER TELLS HER ADRIENNE NO, IMPLYING HE IS PERFECT. JACK HEARS THIS. DAN LEAVES TO A CALL ABOUT A PATIENT. JENNIFER WATCHES HIM, LOVINGLY.

ADRIENNE: (Patting Jennifer's arm) You look happy.

JENNIFER: I am soooo happy!

JACK IS CRUSHED, PUTTING THE PHONE TO HIS MOUTH.

JENNIFER: (Cont.) I am sorry is that hard for you?

JACK KEEPS LEANING OVER TO LISTEN.

ADRIENNE: No! Oh, Honey, I'm happy for you. I just keep thinking about how much my bother blow it! He turned his back on a wonderful family.

JACK: That does it.

JACK IS DETERMINED, AND JUST THEN DAN RETURNS, AS JACK IS ABOUT TO FINALLY GO TO HER. JENNIFR TELLS ADRIENNE THAT SHE HAS TO KISS HER MAN AGAIN, AND KISSES HIM AGAIN. JACK, OBSCURED BY THE THE LEAVES, WATCHES, STILL CONFUSED AND HURT.

SCENE SEVEN: ABBY AND CHAD ARE NOW ON THE BEACH. SHE IS UPSET. JACK IS HOVERING AROUND IN THE BACKGROUND.

CHAD: What are you thinking about?

ABBY: Why isn't my dad here!

CHAD: Yeah, I figured that.

ABBY: How could he walk out on us? How come I never even hear from him?

CHAD PUTS HIS ARM, LOVINGLY AROUND HER AND KISSES HER FOREHEAD.

JACK, STAND TO THE SID, HIS BACK TO THEM, TURNS TO LOOK OVER AT THEM.

 

HEARTBROKEN AND FRUSTRATED.

[Air Date September 27th, 2011]

SCENE ONE: A LITTLE LATER, THE PARTY IS STILL GOING ON. HOPE INTRODUCES THE SURPRISES GUESTS, JOHN AND MARLENA; JOHN IS IN A WHEELCHAIR — THEY HAD BEEN GONE FOR A FEW YEARS, LEAVING AFTER JOHN HAD BECOME A QUADRIPLEGIC.

DAN IS BEHIND JENNIFER, HUGGING SND NESTLING UP AGAINST HER. JACK IS HIDING, WATCHING,

JOHN SURPRISES EVERYONE BY WALKING, HE IS COMPLETELY CURED.

SCENE TWO: JACK WATCHES, NERVOUSLY FIDDLING WITH HIS CELL, AS JENNIFER GOES OFF, FIRST GIVING DAN ANOTHER KISS. JACK ATTEMPTS TO FOLLOW HER.

SCENE THREE: APPARENTLY HE DID NOT MEET UP WITH HER. HE IS BEHIND A PILLAR, AND SHE COMES UP FROM BEHIND.

JUST THEN MAGGIE STARTLES HER. MAGGIE APOLOGIZES.

JENNIFER: No, you didn’t, it’s not your fault. I... ah.... (fanning herself with her hand) I just have the oddest feeling. (Shaking her head) I don’t know what it is. I feel (gesturing with her hands) like something’s go on.... and I’m missing it.

MAGGIE SAY THAT THE PARTY HAS BEEN  OVERWHELMING. ALL THE SURPRISES AFTER ANOTHER.

JENNIFER: Yeah. That’s probably it, I’m waiting for the next one to happen, that’s all,

MAGGIE WALKS AWAY AND TELLS JENNIFER THAT THIS PLACE IS LOADED WITH MEMORIES OF PEOPLE PRESENT AND PAST. JENNIFER, AGREES, BUT CONTINUES TO LOOK DISTURBED. THEY WALK OFF TALKING ABOUT JOHN AND MARLENA.

JACK WALKS OUT FROM BEHIND THE PILLAR. IT IS EVIDENT THAT HE IS CONFUSED, HURT; ALL THESE FEELINGS REVEAL IN HIS FACE AND EYES.

SCENE FOUR: THE OFFICAL DEDICATION BEGINS, LEAD BY HOPE. SHE SAYS, "I KNOW THIS PLACE WILL BE THE HEART AND SOUL OF SALEM." SHE INTRODUCES HER BEAUTIFUL COUSIN JENNIFER HORTON. JACK IS IN THE BACKGROUND STRETCHING TO SEE. DURING JENNIFER'S TALK THE CAMERA PANS TO JOHN AND MARLENA TOGETER, HOPE, BO, DOUG, JULIE, ROMAN, MAGGIE WITH VICTOR, AND EVERYONE ATTENDING.

JENNIFER: Umm, hi everyone. And umm(pointing to Hope) it is very true what (she speaks with deep emotion throughout) Hope just said, we are not just here to celebrate this (gesturing) this beautiful square, it's really the love that (gesturing) lead to us all being here in this beautiful, special place. My grandmother and grandfather. They loved each other so, so very much (gesturing) and I am telling you it just overfulled and it affected everyone (gesuturing) everyone around them. Not just their family, if you were a neighbor, if you worked at the hosiptal [Dan smiles], if you lived in Salem, (gestures) you were family and (laughs) they loved you.

ABE AND THE CROWD IN UNISON SAY, "AMEN!"

JENNIFER: (Cont.) So, even though we can no longer see my grandmother and grandfather, we feel them! Wefeelthem every day (turning to look at Hope), and especially here, in this place, they loved this place so much. And, they are so alive here, I know it. (Looking over to Bo) And they never, they never want us to forget (gesteruing) the most important thing, the most thing in your life is to love each other.

SHE LOOKS TOWARDS DAN, WHO SMILES BACK. ABBY IS NEXT TO HIM AND FLASHES A KNOWING SMILE. IN THE FRINGES OF THE GROUP, ALONE, JACK WATCHES, WITH LOVE AND SADNESS.

SCENE FIVE: HOPE BEGINS TO READ A POEM TOM HAD WRITTEN, BO AND JENNIFER NEXT TO HER. AS HOPE READS, THE CAMERA PANS THE EXPRESSIONS OF ALL THOSE IN THE CROWD.

HOPE:
There is a beauty seen by my eye
Preceived as only I see.
For it adds now to memory,
Of past beauties still bright;
And a life that has been lived with me.
There is a name for this total,
Of light and and sound and beauty.
Guilt in gold mine [or mind — not sure],
All through my life.
And the name of this treasure,
Held warm in my heart,
Is my friend,
My lover,
My wife.

OTHER PEOPLE SPEAK LOVINGLY ABOUT TOM AND ALICE.

THEN DOUG AND JULIE BEING TO SING "ALWAYS," TOM AND ALICE'S SONG. AS THEY SING PEOPLE BEGIN TO DANCE.

DURING THE INSTRUMENTAL, JACK CONTINUES TO WATCH JENNIFER AND DAN, DANCING TOGETHER. THE PAIN OBVIOUS, HE CONTINUES TO ABSENTMINDEDLY FIDDLE WITH HIS PHONE. HE WATCHES AS THEY KISS, YET AGAIN.

DOUG AND JULIE CONTINUE TO SING,

Always, always....

DAN TWIRLS JENNIFER AROUND, AS JACK WATCHES, STILL CLUTCHING HIS PHONE.

Days may not be fair, always;
That's when I'll be there,
Not for just an hour,
Not for just a day,
Not for just a year,
But always.