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CENSORED episode 2 - The Rabbit Hole

CHAPTER 2 “The Rabbit Hole”: Almost a decade after the incident in the desert, Steven begins college as a 16 year old math prodigy, much in his father’s mold. Having accepted his offer and traveled with Paul to California, Ingrid helps her son move into college and sees that he’s having a hard time adjusting to freshman life… To console him, she pulls out one of Hermann’s old journals that escaped confiscation, lamenting that Paul is still at work on Steven’s big day.
Cut to Dreamland, where we discover the day to day routine of Paul and Spencer, rhythmed by Liam’s stressful inspections. This time, Liam demands an extra service on the reactor, just minutes before Spencer and Paul’s shift ends. This throws Spencer into a rage and, as soon as Liam departs, we learn about Spencer’s gambling habit as well as his predilection for marijuana, when Paul finds him smoking a joint in the supply room. Egged on, Paul eventually partakes and learns more about the facility during that conversation than over the past eight years:
Spencer tells the story of how Mr. Igoshura, one of the original Dreamland architects, used a little known feature in the base to visit the other floors. He then shows Paul a hidden elevator, and they go to the level above theirs (2nd floor). When the doors open, Paul is shocked to discover that most of the workers live in a perpetual, drug-induced amnesia due to gas being pumped continuously into the air… Heeding Spencer’s warning, Paul promises he won’t tell a soul about their snooping, goes back to work and tries to forget the strangeness he saw. They finish Liam’s extra task but, by the time Paul gets home that night, Ingrid is furious that he dared to miss yet another family engagement.
That same night, Steven is unable to sleep. He goes for a walk around campus and, while passing by a row of house parties, sees Isabelle for the first time. She’s really drunk and passes out in some bushes in front of him, so he carries her to his dorm.
Over the next 5 years, we watch Steven and Isabelle become friends, then lovers. They finish college together and decide to get married, telling Ingrid and Paul of their plans over a celebratory dinner one night.

  • Daniel Bernardini
    Writer
  • Project Type:
    Screenplay, Television Script
  • Genres:
    Sci-fi, Thriller, Drama
  • Number of Pages:
    53
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • First-time Screenwriter:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Writer - Daniel Bernardini