VERSION 3 — DIALOGUE TAKES

Boyfriend confronts Woman: "You told them"

Fool misquotes Guru, Guru deflates him

Guest toasts "To the last seat"

Guru notices and wraps her cut thumb

Her dry answers as he wraps the thumb

Guru ties the cloth: "The drawer won"

Coworker congratulates her, edged

Coworker asks when she's going: "When are you going?" / "Three days." / "Right."

Fool's toast "To three days"; her deflect; Guru's "Don't"; her laugh

Guru lifts her jacket clear of spilling water: "Your coat." / "Oh." / "I'll hang it." / "Thanks."

Her side of the coat beat: "Oh." / "Thanks."

His side of the coat beat: "Your coat." / "I'll hang it."

Guru returns her jacket: "Everything dry?" / "Mostly."

Woman announces she's leaving: "All right." / "I'm going home." / Boyfriend: "I'll walk you." / "No." / "It's not far." / "That's why."

Her side of the strawberries beat: "I ate." / "Three." / "Happy?"

His side of the strawberries beat: "Eat something first." / "You had two strawberries." / "Three." / "Now."

Goodnight beat: "Goodnight." / overlapping "Goodnight." / "Take care." / "See you." / she opens the door, heat enters

Phone call: her 4 lines + Coworker V.O. 3 lines ("What." / "Where are you?" / "Working." / "Which floor?" / "Why?" / "Tell me.")

Accusation beat: "You look terrible." / "Did you take it?" / "Take what?" / "Don't." / "Don't what?" / "Make me say it." / "No."

Plea beat: "You wanted it." / "I wanted mine." / "And now?" / "Now I want you to stop looking at me like that." / "If you see it, call me." / "Why?" / "Because I need it."

Dodge beat: "That's not what I asked." / "You didn't ask anything." + she turns to leave, he watches

Chill beat pt1: "You really think somebody here took it?" / "Somebody did." / "Then you're wasting time with me." / "You know where everybody was." / "Do I?" / "You were the one throwing the party."

Chill beat pt2: "And here's the thing about a party." / "What." / "You'd never look at the person who actually did it." / "Why not?" / "Because you liked them enough to invite them."

Arrival beat: "You're early." / "I need you." / "Sit." / "Someone took my seat."

Interrogation: "When?" / "Last night." / "From the apartment?" / "I don't know." / "What did you have with you?" / "My jacket." / "Where?" / "Chair." / "Who touched it?" / "You."

Water/bread beat: "There was water." / "I know." / "Did you check the pocket?" / "The sleeve was empty." / "Did you eat?" / "No." / "There's bread." / "I don't want bread."

Pocket beat: "Then sit." / "Start with the people who knew where you kept it." / "That's everybody." / "Not everybody knew the pocket." / "Who knew?" / "Me." / "Who else?" / "The people who were close enough." / "Right." / "You want to know what I think." / "Yes."

His side of the betrayal speech: "Betrayal doesn't come from strangers." / "A stranger has no way in." / "It's always someone who was already inside." / "Someone you trusted enough to stop watching." / "Look there." / "Everyone you stopped watching."

Her side of the betrayal speech: "No?" / "Everyone I trust."

"You're useless." beat: "What would you do?" / "Eat." / "You're useless." / "Probably."

Leaving beat: "Take the stool." / "I'm leaving." / "I know." + she rises and walks away, bottle remains, he watches her go, looks at his hand, turns it over, back to the branch

Bottle beat: "You left this." / "Where?" / "The grove." / "You were there?" / "After you." / "I didn't mean to snoop." / "You always snoop." / "That's fair." + she opens the door, he holds out her water bottle, she takes it, he starts to leave at the end

What-he-saw beat: "Wait." / "You said you saw something." / "I did." / "What?" / "The Guru." / "Doing what?" / "Holding your card." / "I saw his hand." / "When?" / "At the party." / "Why didn't you tell me?" / "I was afraid." / "Of him?" / "Of you." / "You get very quiet." / "Did he see you?" / "I don't think so." / "Did you follow him?" / "No." / "Why not?" / "I wasn't invited." + her word stops him turning to go; she holds her water bottle; tense quiet exchange

Seat beat: "You want the seat." / "Yes." / "Obviously." / "You could have taken it." / "I didn't." / "Why?" / "I don't have it." / "I found that." / "I figured that was safer." / "Safer than what?" / "Than keeping it and having you think this." / "That." / "Go home." / "Okay." + he gestures toward the bottle, points at her face on "That.", he leaves, she closes the door, she puts bottle beside card sleeve

Card-denial beat: "Did you take my card?" / "No." / "The Fool saw you." / "Saw me doing what?" / "Holding it." / "No." / "He saw you put it in your shirt." / "He saw wrong." / "Did you touch my jacket?" / "Yes." / "Did you take the sleeve?" / "No." / "Did you take the card?" / "No." + she confronts him, water stops mid-beat, they end facing each other

Leaf/water beat: "Too much water." / "Don't." / "What?" / "Change the subject." / "I'm not." / "You want to know why he'd say it." / "Yes." / "Because he wants it too." / "He said that." / "Then he's honest about one thing." + he removes a dead leaf from the basil, puts it down, looks at her gentle

Frightened-man beat: "A frightened man points at the person you trust most." / "Why." / "Because if he can take me from you, you're alone." / "And an alone person is easy to stand beside." / "If you have it, I need it." / "I know." / "Then give it back." / "I don't have it." + he turns the water off, delivers the warning gentle, she studies his face, takes it in, walks away

Cornering beat: "Tell me again where everyone stood." / "You keep coming back to me." / "You keep knowing things." / "You want to grab me. I can see it." / "I'm not going to grab you." / "No." / "You can't." + she corners him among the machines, he wipes his hands, glances up at the blinking camera, she follows his eyes, lowers her hands

Positions beat: "Where did the Guru stand." / "By the door. Then the hall. Then the door." / "Who else went to the hall." / "Nobody." / "Just him and your coat." / "Thank you." / "For what."

Saw-afraid beat: "You saw him." / "Yes." / "You waited." / "I was afraid." / "Of him?" / "Of you." + she looks at him

Quiet beat: "You get very quiet." / "Everyone I ask sends me somewhere else." / "I'm not sending you anywhere." / "No." / "I told you where it went." + she searches the room

Didn't-take beat: "You didn't take it." / "No." / "You want it." / "Yes." / "I mean, obviously." / "Obviously." / "I wouldn't know what to do with it." / "You'd leave." / "Probably."

Leaving beat: "Would you?" / "I'm leaving." / "Right." + she opens door, steps out, closes it

Back beat: "You're back." / "He says he saw you." / "Who?" / "The Fool." + she enters the doorway, he stays seated beside the lamp

Mistaken beat: "He says you had the card." / "He's mistaken." / "Why would he lie?" / "I don't know." + she stands confronting him, he stays seated

Her lines only: "He says you had the card." / "Why would he lie?"

His lines only: "He's mistaken." / "I don't know."

Like-him beat told as his seated single: woman's lines ("You like him." / "He likes you." / "Then why would he lie?") off camera, his "Yes." / "Yes." on camera, then he has no answer and looks down at his hands

Footage beat: "I checked the footage." / "All of it?" / "Enough." / "And?" / "You were in the hall." / "There was water."

Footage beat, her single: "I checked the footage." / "All of it?" / "Enough." / "And?" / "You were in the hall." / "There was water."

Footage beat, his single: "I checked the footage." / "All of it?" / "Enough." / "And?" / "You were in the hall." / "There was water."

Only-you beat, her single: "Only you." / "Someone had to move the coat." / "Only you went to the hall." / "Where did you go after?" / "Home."

Only-you beat, his single: "Only you." / "Someone had to move the coat." / "Only you went to the hall." / "Where did you go after?" / "Home."

He-told-me beat: "He told me." / "When?" / "This morning." / "Wait."

Grab beat: "Give it!" / "Get off me." / "Ten years." + she catches his wrist, they collide with the barrier, he reaches for the card, she pulls it away, he shoves, she holds her ground

Demand beat: NEIGHBOR "You." / "Give it to me." / WOMAN "No." / NEIGHBOR "They moved Gate Seven." / WOMAN "Not now." / NEIGHBOR "You don't get to do this twice." (screenplay order verified)

Fool beat (reaction-only, no "Hey." per directive — "Hey." assigned to the deferred aftermath beat): WOMAN "Move!" / FOOL "Oh." (fool's line off-camera)

Terminal aftermath beat, full exact dialogue (screenplay order): WOMAN "Look at me." / WOMAN "Stay with me." / FOOL "I'm trying." / FOOL "You got it?" / WOMAN "Yes." / FOOL "Good." / WOMAN "No." / WOMAN "Hey." / SECURITY OFFICER "Ma'am!"

Grove aftermath beat: WOMAN "He's dead." / GURU "I see." + long silence, she sits beside him, card in her hand

Stranger beats (found + strap): STRANGER "You found them." / WOMAN "Yes." / STRANGER "Good." / STRANGER "There's still room." / WOMAN "Still holding?" / STRANGER "For now." + she approaches, steps into the shade, crouches, checks the repaired strap

Card beat: STRANGER "What's that?" / WOMAN "Take it." / STRANGER "No." / WOMAN "Take it." / STRANGER "Why?" + she holds out the blank ceramic card, his hand hesitates, takes it

Accusation beat: "No." / "I didn't ask anything." / "You were going to." / "Where were you after the party?" / "Home." / "With who?" / "Really?" / "Yes." / "Alone." / "You left before me." / "You told me to." / "When?" / "When you told everybody you were leaving."

Present beat: "Don't." / "What's in it?" / "Nothing." / "Then why don't I open it?" / "Because it's mine." + she picks up the unopened present, he stops her with a raised hand

Suspicion beat: "You think I took it." / "I think you wanted it." / "Wanting isn't taking." / "Sometimes it is." / "Not with me." + he stops folding and faces her

Gone beat: "You know what the worst part is?" / "What." / "You were already gone." / "I hadn't left." / "You left the day you won." / "I just kept setting two cups out." + he refolds an already-folded shirt

Jacket beat: "Did you see anybody near my jacket?" / "No." / "Think." / "I did." / "I saw him carry it." / "Who?" / "You know who." + she leaves, he stands among the half-packed drawers

Gate-seven beat: "Did you take my seat?" / "They changed Gate Seven." / "I asked you a question." / "This one said Seven." / "Did you take it?" / "Would you give it to me?" / "No." / "Then why ask?" / "Because I want to know." / "You'd know." / "How?" / "I'd be gone."

Followed beat: "You followed me after the party?" / "No." / "Then why were you outside my building?" / "You were there." / "They changed Gate Seven." / "You keep saying that." / "Because they did."

Schedules beat: "You kept all of them." / "Somebody should." / "You know how many seats have left this city since mine?" / "No." / "Four hundred and eleven." / "I watched every one." / "Why?" / "Because I was supposed to be on the first."

Closer beat: "Your seat was never supposed to be yours." / "Neither was yours." + she turns to the door and leaves; he looks at the door, cooler clicks, he sits back down beneath the dead unit

Stranger beat: "You're still looking." / "Yes." / "An old man came through earlier." / "What old man?" / "Small." / "Careful with his money." / "What did he buy?" / "Sealed water." / "How much?" / "Two days." / "Anything else?" / "A plant cutter." / "Folding kind." / "When?" / "This morning." / "Where'd he go?" / "Didn't say." / "Did he have a bag?" / "No." / "There's room." / "Thank you." + she leaves, he returns to the bag