7.01 Bizarro by AM & KK (Part VI)

as retold by jwm

AM: Chloe hasn't cut anyone's head open!
MR: Maybe not yet.
AM: And she's not going to!
JG: How can you be so sure?
AM: That's not how her ability works! She heals people by taking the wound or infection upon herself.
TW: Maybe she's a non-lethal Sylar.
AoT: Or a greedy Peter Petrelli.
AM: A greedy who?
KK: Peter can absorb the powers of people around him.
MR: But he doesn't actually take them away from the other person.
AoT: That's the greedy part.
AM: I can't believe you'd call Chloe greedy! She's the most giving character on the show!
MR: Not anymore, apparently. She's a power hoarder!
AM: She is not! She's helping people!
MR: Oh, sure, "Hey, got a cool meteor power? Let me help you take it off your hands."
AM: It's not like that!
MR: Whatever.
AM: It's not!
KK: Can we cut to DC?
AM: Tell them it's not like that, Kristen.
KK: The whole Chloe power thing is your ball of wax, Allison. Leave me out of it.
AM: You said it was cool!
KK: Yeah, well so is cutting people's heads open and extracting their brains to consume their power.
AM: That's not cool! It's sick and demented!
KK: But cool none the less. Can we cut to DC?
AM: I can't believe you!
KK: I'm going to cut to DC now. OK?
TW: Let's cut to DC, OK?
AoT: I think we should, don't you, Allison?
AM: Fine, whatever.

KK: Cut to DC.
AM: Mister Mutant is describing what life is like for a freak.
KK: Throw in a little irony about how most people have no idea what life is like always being afraid some one will discover that you or someone close to you is different.
AM: Feeling like you always have to live a lie because other people won't accept you.
KK: Or even worse, fear you or try to take advantage of your abilities. Almost everyone in his organization are so deeply afraid of these things they haven chosen to remain underground. The truth is he continually has to watch his back.
AM: Martha wonders why he would come to her. She's just a freshman senator -- not only was she not even elected the term she was appointed to fill will expire shortly. Right now she's more worried about finding her way around town and getting ready for the election than trying to move the machinery of legislation.
KK: Mister Mutant asks Martha why she's in office. Is it to rub elbows with the rich and powerful and secure her own place there or to actually help those who aren't able to help themselves.
AoT: Oh, he's a crafty SOB.
AM: That hits Martha where it hurts. She'll do what she can but again the why me question.
KK: Martha represents the largest population of mutated people in the country, possibly the world. She's the obvious choice.
AM: Martha is non-committal.
KK: Mister Mutant implores her. What if her son or daughter woke up with strange abilities tomorrow? Wouldn't she want to live in a world where he didn't have to feel like he needed to hide who he was?
AM: Martha tells him she'll do all she can to help.
AoT: I want you two to know that just because you cut it into three pieces the fact that Martha is basically in only one scene hasn't escaped my notice.
TW: They did the same thing with Clark fighting Bizarro!
MR: And Lex whining about Lana!
AM: It's not like Chloe does anything outside that room in the hospital.
JG: This whole episode sucks! It's what? Just three extra long scenes?
KK: There's the funeral at the beginning.
JG: That doesn't count, that's the damn teaser.
KK: There's the...
AM: It's not worth it, Kristen. It's enough for us to know we wrote a good episode.
JG: Let me get you a life jacket.
KK: Why would we need a life jacket?
JG: A simple safety precaution if the two of you insist on remaining in De Nile.
[MR smirks and TW grins. AM glares an JG winks.]

KK: The medical center.
AM: Lionel is talking with Clark outside Chloe's room.
KK: She's in the background smiling her herself. Rehash the dialogue from the teaser.
AM: Lionel tells Clark he's worried about Chloe. She's acting oddly. He hesitates and then informs Clark no one has told Chloe about Lois yet. He asks if Clark saw any signs of life in the facility.
KK: Clark says he didn't.
AM: Lionel says someone needs to let Chloe know what happened and it might be better coming from Clark.
KK: Clark says he'll do it.

AM: Lex in jail. He's trying to see if there is anyway he can make an end run around Lionel.
KK: But Lionel planned things carefully. Lex is stuck in jail for the time being.
AM: He flies into a rage and other inmates look at him with trepidation.
KK: Two guards threaten him. He needs to calm down.
AM: He threatens their lives, their homes, their families. If they lay on a hand on him he'll see to it personally that when he gets out their lives will be ruined.
KK: The guards look at each other for a second. They believe Lex will follow through.
AM: But they have a job to do and they subdue him, dragging him back to his cell.

KK: Back to Chloe sitting in the hospital smiling to herself.
AM: Clark enters. She perks up, "I have something to tell you!"
KK: Clark looks sad. "I have something to tell you too, Chloe." He takes Chloe's hand. We hear Clark's voice in telepathy mode, "I hope she takes this OK. Lois was so important to her."
AM: Chloe pulls her hand away, afraid of the news. "What's wrong with Lois?"
KK: Clark touches her arm but we don't hear what he's thinking this time.
AM: Chloe's face contorts in grief. She tears up, "No, it can't be."
KK: Clark pulls her towards him and embraces her, "I'm sorry, Chloe."
AM: End the scene with Chloe's face buried in Clark's neck and shoulder as tears stream down her face.
KK: And go to black.
AM: Actually no.
KK: No? [Flipping through her script] That's the last scene on my script.
MR: Not on mine.
KK: What?
TW: Yeah, mine has another scene at the funeral.
KK: Really?
[AoT shows KK her copy of the script.]
KK: OK, Allison, what are you up to?

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