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Date Posted: 15:44:19 10/04/04 Mon
ACT III
INT. WENDY’S WATERING HOLE – NIGHT
There’s club stuff going on. It’s an all cross-dresser’s club. There are men there dressed up like all the best divas.
INT. ANGEL’S CAR – NIGHT
SPIKE
This is a nice car.
ANGEL
It’s one of those good things about working for Wolfram & Hart last year. Or it’s the only good thing.
SPIKE
So what’s the plan tonight?
ANGEL
Some light dancing and drinking. What do you mean “what’s the plan tonight?”
SPIKE
What are we looking for? Are we just going to wait for a portal to open, find the guy that did it and then tell him not to do it again?
ANGEL
Sounds good to me.
SPIKE
Really? That plan sucks.
ANGEL
It was your plan.
SPIKE
I just threw it out there.
ANGEL
Well what do you really think we should do?
SPIKE
We could hone our creature of the night senses to see if there’s a demon in the crowd.
ANGEL
Okay, we’ll go with your plan.
EXT. BASKETBALL COURT – NIGHT
They’re not playing basketball anymore. They’re just drinking beers in the street. Gunn and Wesley walk away from the group.
WESLEY
Well that was fun. I think I did rather well.
GUNN
For a white British guy, you did well. For a guy in this ‘hood, you did sub-standard.
WESLEY
That was an odd sentence.
GUNN
Yeah. Sub-standard was the wrong word to use. Some of the grammar Wolfram & Hart stuck in my head gets mixed with the regular stuff.
WESLEY
Let’s just go back to the office.
GUNN
Sounds good to me.
INT. WENDY’S WATERING HOLE – NIGHT
Samantha and Abigail (Spike and Angel) walk into the nightclub. It’s a classy place. The décor is set up to resemble Chicago in the 20s and 30s.
WENDY
Oh, my. Look what the cat dragged in.
ANGEL
Hello Wendy.
WENDY
Hello, (whispers) Angel?
ANGEL
Abigail. And this is Samantha.
WENDY
The 8 o’clock show is about to start. You might want to sit down, have a drink, you know, try to fit in.
ANGEL
That sounds fine.
SPIKE
Let’s go to the bar and survey the crowd.
We pan over and look at the stage. There’s a jazz band consisting of both real women and cross-dressers. Wendy walks on the stage to introduce the band.
WENDY
Ladies and Gentlemen: The Sweet Sues.
The band begins to play music, and a female Marylin Monroe walks up to the mic.
SPIKE
Well he’s a very impressive lady.
Then she starts to sing and it becomes clear that it really is a female.
ANGEL
I think you meant to say she Samantha, and we’re looking for a sinister evil here not reviewing a band.
SPIKE
Look at that! Look how she moves! That's just like Jell-O on springs. Must have some sort of built-in motor or something. I tell you, it's a whole different sex!
Time goes by and Spike and Angel survey the crowd to try and find the sinister evil. Angel realizes that everyone is paying attention to the show—including Spike now—which is a good time to open a portal without anyone noticing.
ANGEL
I’m going to go check something out.
SPIKE
Heading to the Ladies’ Room?
ANGEL
Just keep an eye out for anything, you know, suspicious.
Spike goes back to watching the show and Angel walks away.
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INT. HYPERION – NIGHT
Nina, Harmony and Athena sit around in the quiet hotel. Harmony breaks the silence.
HARMONY
I’m bored!
ATHENA
Well, you could always leave.
HARMONY
But there’s nothing to do other places. We’re 3 single chicks in the city, what are we doing here on a Friday night?
NINA
Well I had a date with my boyfriend, but he cancelled to go out with another man dressed like girls.
ATHENA
We could go to the club and check on the guys.
NINA
No. I’m not going out on another mission after almost getting killed in a haunted hair salon.
HARMONY
I think we should go! It could be fun.
ATHENA
Do ladies even go to those places?
NINA
Yeah, they do.
HARMONY
Don’t you want to see Angel at work?
NINA
Okay, we’ll go. But if I die, I’m totally going to haunt you.
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INT. WENDY’S WATERING HOLE - NIGHT
“Marilyn” finishes singing and the crowd claps. She leaves the stage and heads to the bar, right next to Spike. The bartender hands her a glass of water.
SPIKE
So you’re a female Marilyn Monroe impersonator?
PENELOPE
I guess you could say that.
SPIKE
But I saw 4 other Marilyns here tonight, and they’re all guys. Why are you here?
PENELOPE
Because none of the other Marilyns have the balls to sing like her...ironically enough.
SPIKE
That’s the funniest thing I’ve heard in a while.
PENELOPE
Thanks. It’s just a monthly thing. I’m a music student. Getting paid for something I like to do isn’t that bad.
SPIKE
Sounds like good work. So how long have you worked here?
PENELOPE
Since last January.
SPIKE
How many of these ladies are regulars?
PENELOPE
Let’s see, Britney Spears in the blue top, Martha Stewart next to the bathrooms...
SPIKE
Hang on, Martha Stewart?
PENELOPE
More than you would think. Jessica Simpson is very popular in the drag world too.
So what’s your name?
SPIKE
Well in this outfit I’m Samantha.
PENELOPE
And when you’re not in that outfit?
Spike raises an eyebrow at that.
SPIKE
Spike. And what’s your name?
PENELOPE
Well in this outfit, you can call me Marilyn. And the rest of the time you can call me Penelope.
SPIKE
Like when you’re not in that outfit?
PENELOPE
For instance. So what’s a guy with a macho name like “Spike” doing in a place like this?
SPIKE
I’m looking into some disappearances in the area.
PENELOPE
That one’s good. I haven’t heard the “I’m a hero” line from a guy in a dress before.
SPIKE
I’m serious! My friend, well he’s not exactly my friend, I hate the poof.
Just then the poof walks up.
ANGEL
Did you see anything?
SPIKE
Nothing unusual. Did you find anything?
ANGEL
No, nothing.
(to Penelope)
Where you the woman singing up there?
PENELOPE
Yes.
ANGEL
Is there a back door to an alley or anything behind the bar?
PENELOPE
Aren’t you at least going to buy me a drink before I show you my back door?
Angel doesn’t laugh at her joke.
PENELOPE (CONT’D)
I guess you forgot to put a sense of humor in your purse. Just follow me. And act cool.
INT. BACKSTAGE HALLWAY – CONTINUOUS – NIGHT
Angel & Spike walk down the hall to the door leading to the alley. Penelope opens the door to her dressing room (a really small closet with a chair, a table and a mirror) and pulls out a stake. Then she follows the guys.
EXT. ALLEY – NIGHT
ANGEL
There’s no one out here.
PENELOPE
There’s usually a few people out here smoking or using their cell phones. Maybe they disappeared.
SPIKE
I didn’t hear any screaming since we got here.
PENELOPE
You think you could hear screaming over the band?
SPIKE
Good point.
PENELOPE
It could be vampires.
SPIKE
What do you mean...
And Penelope punches Spike across the face and knocks him to the ground. She raises her stake but Angel comes up from behind her and knocks it out of her grip. He grabs her hair and holds her head so she is looking straight up at him.
ANGEL
That wasn’t very nice.
Angel pushes her down. She loses an earring.
SPIKE
What are you, a slayer?
PENELOPE
Yeah, I am.
SPIKE
Is every chick we meet these days a bloody slayer?
PENELOPE
Gee, I hope not because, that would make it a whole lot less special for me.
ANGEL
Nina’s not a slayer.
SPIKE
Why didn’t you tell us?
PENELOPE
It’s called a secret identity because it’s a secret. Plus you didn’t say “Hi, I’m a vampire” when you introduced yourself, didya?
ANGEL
How did you know we were vampires anyway?
PENELOPE
There’s a mirror behind the bar and your date didn’t have a reflection.
ANGEL
Spike’s not my date.
PENELOPE
Okay, just checking. You came in together.
ANGEL
We’re partners.
(that sounded wrong)
He works for me, we’re looking into some disappearances.
PENELOPE
Really? That wasn’t a line?
SPIKE
No.
PENELOPE
So you what, help people?
ANGEL
I have a soul.
PENELOPE
Oh, you’re that vampire.
(not buying it)
Sure, okay.
ANGEL
I really am! And Spike has one too, sorry to say.
PENELOPE
Well isn’t that special.
SPIKE
It’s true. And we’re wasting a lot of time out here arguing.
Angel opens the door leading inside and holds it open for Spike and Penelope.
PENELOPE
Can I have my stake back now?
END OF ACT III
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