Episode One - BLUE AMENDS - 17/10/12
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Thomas hands Jimmy the pack of cigarettes. THOMAS Keep your eyes open and your mouth shut. Jimmy suddenly stands erect and salutes Thomas... JIMMY JESUS (CONT’D) Yes Sir Sergeant Major. The salute suggests Jimmy is a veteran too. Thomas doesn’t salute back but instead walks away. OMITTED
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EXT. WATERY LANE - NIGHT 3 - 00:30
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We’re outside the Shelby Home on Watery Lane. INT. SHELBY HOME, THOMAS’ ROOM - NIGHT 3 - 00:30 1/40 The bedroom has a bay window overlooking the street outside. Gas light flickers from outside through net curtains. The factories work all through the night and we hear the boom of the giant steam hammers and see the flashes from the steel foundries. Thomas is in restless sleep in a plain bed, with a water jug and a bottle of whisky on the bedside table. The thud of industry makes for a restless mood in the room and Thomas mumbles under his breath. Then he wakes with a start, breathing hard. He looks around the room with incomprehension for a long time before coming to himself. His hands are shaking and his eyes are wild. He gets to his feet and hurries to a drawer. He pulls out a small, white clay pipe and a red velvet bag (similar to the one the chinese girl used). From the bag he pours a palm full of brown opium. He feverishly pours the opium into the pipe then lights a match. He puts flame to the opium and draws. Then he blows a cloud of smoke. He slowly eases into the opium and takes some big breaths of smoke. He goes to the window and pulls open the curtain to look out over Montague Street. The terraces are all sleeping in moonlight. Thomas looks deeply sad as he stares out over his kingdom through his trailing smoke.
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