DISC ONE
Track 1. The Halloween Party
(PROLOGUE)



[SCENE OPENS WITH THE ENTRANCE TO BON'S BURGERS, DISCO MUSIC AND DISCO BALL LIGHTS ARE GOING]

[A SIGN SAYING "BSI COMPANY HALLOWEEN PARTY - CLOSED TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC" IS SEEN]

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[SCENE OPENS WITH SUSAN AT THE BAR, DRESSED IN A DISCO SUIT COSTUME VERSION OF BANNY. SHE LOOKS AWKWARD, WISHING TO BE ANYWHERE ELSE.]

[LINDA ENTERS, DRESSED AS AN ANGEL, AND SITS NEXT TO HER.]


LINDA
(Affectionate) Aww, you look so CUTE. [SHE BOOPS SUSAN'S NOSE]


SUSAN
(Dryly) My work clothes would have sufficed...


LINDA
(Small sigh) It's a COSTUME party, Suze.

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[VARIOUS, OFF-FRAME SHOTS OF THE PARTY FOLLOW, SHOWING THE PASSAGE OF TIME BY SEVERAL HOURS]

[WE CAN SEE CHARLES DRESSED AS A DAPPER, FANCY VERSION OF BOOZOO, JACK AND ROSE AS 1920'S HOLLYWOOD FILM STARS, AND THE CHILDREN ASLEEP ON CHAIRS IN VARIOUS COSTUMES]
[FELIX IS ALREADY SITTING AT THE BAR, WEARING HIS TYPICAL NAVY BLUE SUIT WITH AN ADDED RED DEVIL TAIL AND HORNS]

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[THE PARTY HAS WOUND DOWN, BALLOONS CRAWL DISMALLY ACROSS THE FLOOR. THE MUSIC IS STILL GOING, BUT MOST PEOPLE HAVE LEFT.]


[SUSAN IS LEANING BACK ON A COUCH, LOOKING EXHAUSTED]
[SHE IS SLIGHTLY TRASHED, HER FACE FLUSHED.]
[LINDA IS SLEEPING IN HER LAP, WITH SUSAN'S PURPLE BANNY COAT DRAPED GENTLY OVER HER]
[LINDA'S PEARL NECKLACE FALLS OFF, AND SUSAN SLIDES IT INTO THE JACKET'S POCKET, NOT WANTING TO WAKE HER.]


[A LEGS-DOWN OFF-SHOT OF FELIX WALKING INTO THE ROOM. HE STOPS SHORT. HE LISTENS, HIS FIST CLENCHED.]
(Production notes: Make sure the devil tail is in frame)


[SUSAN DOES NOT NOTICE FELIX, INSTEAD SMILING DOWN AT LINDA SOFTLY.]
[CHARLES COMES OVER, LOOKING WELL DRESSED, BUT VERY TIRED]


CHARLES
(Softly, smiling) Looks like you bagged your own personal fallen angel there.


SUSAN
(Wistfully) She's beautiful, isn't she.


CHARLES
(Sympathetic) Yeah... yeah she is.


SUSAN
Do you... think he treats her well? I wonder sometimes...


CHARLES
.... I do too. She often seems kind of lonely.


SUSAN
(Slurs slightly, with a small hiccup) I would take care of her.


CHARLES
(With a pointed look) You don't even take care of yourself, Suze.


SUSAN
(Resolute) Her I would.


CHARLES
...I know.

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[LINDA AND CHARLES HAVE GONE HOME AT THIS POINT.]

[SUSAN GOES INTO HER WORK ROOM. LOOKING RELIEVED, SHE LEANS FORWARD AGAINST THE DESK.]


SUSAN
Thank God...


[A PAUSE.]


FELIX
(Coldly,very drunk) You think I'm blind, Susan?


[SUSAN IS STARTLED, THINKING SHE WAS ALONE, AND BACKS UP AGAINST HER DESK.]


SUSAN
What? Christ, Felix... can't you knock? God, you're trashed. Go home, man.


FELIX
I will soon. I wanted to show you my new idea for the animatronics.


SUSAN
(Exhausted) Can't it wait? I have to come in for 6am tomorrow and could really use the sleep...



[FELIX COMES CLOSER. SUSAN LOOKS UNCOMFORTABLE AT THE UNUSALLY SEETHING EXPRESSION ON HIS FACE.]


SUSAN
..O-okay fine, run it by me.


[FELIX KEEPS COMING FORWARD. SUSAN BRACES INTO A FIGHTING STANCE.]


SUSAN
Felix? Come on, man, we can talk outside. You're drunk.


FELIX
I'm going to make my wife a lovely gift. Since she seems to want you that much.


SUSAN
(Caught off-guard by this) ...What?


[THE FRONT DOOR TO RESTAURANT OPENS, AND LINDA CAN BE HEARD. SUSAN'S HEAD TURNS FOR A SPLIT SECOND.]


LINDA
(Calling out) Just me! Forgot my sweater! I'm going to your place, Suze! I have the spare key. Don't work too late!



[THE DOOR SHUTS. FELIX IS NOW ENRAGED.]

[TAKING ADVANTAGE OF HER BRIEF DISTRACTION, HE STRIKES SUSAN IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD WITH A LARGE WRENCH.
SHE IS SEEN SLUMPED OVER THE TABLE.]

[OFF-SHOT OF HER BLOOD DRIPPING ONTO THE FLOOR]


FELIX
(Muffled audio, to someone out of frame) Quickly, before the heart stops.


?? UNKNOWN ??
(Heavily distorted) Leave her face alone. She needs to still appeal to customers.


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[THE SAME MISSING POSTERS FOR SUSAN (AND SHORTLY AFTERWARD, CHARLES) SHOW UP AS IN CANON.
A CUTAWAY SHOT SHOWS THEM BEING PLACED BY LINDA, HER MAKEUP STREAKED BY TEARS]

[WAIST DOWN OFF-SHOT OF SEVERAL POSTERS LITTERING THE GROUND, WITH LINDA SEEN TRYING TO FLAG PEOPLE DOWN, ASKING IF THEY'VE SEEN HER FRIENDS]
(Production notes: It's obvious that she's being blown off, as her posture gets progressively more hopeless with each passerby, until she sits down on a bench, looking defeated)

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[BACK AT THE RESTAURANT, A SHOT OF A NEW SIGN SAYING "REALISTIC HUMAN ANIMATRONICS" IN EXCITING TEXT IS SEEN NEAR THE FRONT STAGE CURTAINS, WHICH ARE CLOSED.]

[LINDA WIPES SWEAT FROM HER BROW, HAVING HUNG THE LAST POSTER. SHE LOOKS VISIBLY EXHAUSTED, HAVING NOT SLEPT.]


[FELIX CALLS HER OVER.]

[LINDA SLOWLY FOLLOWS INITIALLY, BUT BACKS UP UPON SEEING HIM WITH A DERANGED EXPRESSION.]


FELIX
(Dangerous tone) I have a gift for you, my love. Isn't it just wonderful?


[THE CURTAIN FOR BANNY'S SPOT ROLLS BACK, SHOWING SUSAN SLUMPED OVER IN AN UNNATURAL POSTURE IN THE ALCOVE, EYES CLOSED.]
[WIRES ARE VISIBLE RUNNING FROM THE BACK OF SUSAN'S HEAD, PLUGGED INTO VARIOUS POINTS, SUCH AS CONSOLES AND WALL OUTLETS.]
(Production notes: The imagery here is meant to suggest a twisted perversion of a life support system)


[FELIX IS GRINNING, OBVIOUSLY GONE. LINDA SCREAMS BLOODY MURDER FOR A BIT, THENS RUNS TOWARD HER FRIEND, CLOSING AROUND HER IN A HUG.]



LINDA
SUSAN!!! FELIX, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?! Oh god ...
(Production notes: Allow Linda VA to ad-lib hysterics in this scene for realism)


FELIX
(Deranged) Don't you like it? Even the heart keeps beating. No one else has one!


[THE SOUND OF LINDA'S VOICE HAS CAUSED SUSAN'S EYES TO OPEN.
SHOWING GLOWING 'BANNY BLUE', THEY MOVE BACK AND FORTH, "LOOKING FOR FRIENDS" STYLE.
HER GAZE LANDS ON LINDA.
(Production notes: The beeping sound of the facial tracking software from TWF canon is heard here, but is not shown on screen)




[LINDA IS JOLTED BY SUSAN'S STIFF MOVEMENTS, AND RUNS FOR THE PHONE ON A NEARBY TABLE, CLICKING THE RECIEVER IN A PANIC, THEN REALISING THE LINE HAS BEEN CUT.]

[LINDA THEN BOLTS FOR THE DOOR IN SEARCH OF A HUMAN/PAYPHONE]


LINDA
SOMEONE, HELP!! ANYONE, PLEASE!



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[LONG SHOT SHOT OF SUSAN'S BODY REACHING A HAND OUT AFTER LINDA. HER EYES FLICKER BETWEEN GLOWING 'BANNY BLUE' AND SUSAN'S.]
(Production notes: Susan's organic eyes are green in this AU, as it looks visually striking against the purple suit)


SUSAN
(Voicebox glitching between Susan and BANNY06) L-liiiiindaaa....


[FELIX GROWLS THROUGH HIS TEETH, SLAMMING THE CURTAIN CAGE CLOSED ON HER.]


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[CHOPPY, MONOCHROME SHOTS OF FELIX HASTILY DRAGGING BOTH SUSAN AND CHARLES INTO A TRUCK,
THEIR BODIES HANGING LIMPLY]
(Production notes: This scene is meant to imply B&W photographs being snapped by an unknown person)


[SIRENS AND FLASHING POLICE LIGHTS CAN BE SEEN IN FRONT OF THE RESTAURANT,
AN OFF-SHOT OF LINDA TALKING TO THE AUTHORITIES]


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[A TIME-LAPSE SHOT OF THE FRONT OF BON'S BURGERS.
CARS PASSING BY LOOK NEWER AND NEWER AS IT GROWS OLDER, ABANDONED AND FALLING APART.]






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