4400 Ariana Jackson 2nd Rev Network Draft 1/19/21 2.
LOGAN You’ve kept up with everything over maternity leave, you’re gonna be back better than ever. She takes a deep breath, closing her eyes -- SHANICE That’s right. I’ve just gotta face the day in front of me.
As the drum beat of Rihanna’s Pon de Replay kicks up, planting us firmly in 2005, Shanice hops out of bed. Under the peppy, upbeat song, we see MOS scenes of this little family’s morning routine in their modest, messy, cozy home, the love between them bursting off the screen: - Shanice brushes her teeth while dancing around the room holding Mariah -- who keeps trying to grab her toothbrush. - Shanice puts on the colorful but sharp suit she had hanging on the door. She frets over her appearance in the mirror. Logan walks by, slaps her butt playfully, gives her a soft kiss on the neck, meeting her eyes in the mirror: “ Perfect. ” - Shanice smells something in Mariah’s diaper when Logan’s back is turned. She hands Mariah to him with an innocent expression. When he smells the poop, he gives Shanice a look. She holds her hands up -- who knew? He rolls his eyes, good-natured. Shanice gives Mariah a wink over his shoulder as he goes to change her. - Shanice and Logan scurry about, picking up scattered FOLDERS and LAW BOOKS. Logan rocks Mariah as he closes Shanice’s briefcase, handing it to her. He takes her in, frowning. He beckons her closer and she steps up, worried -- “What’s wrong?” But he wraps an arm around her, pulls her in for a deep kiss. Finally, Mariah complains and they pull apart smiling. INT./EXT. SHANICE’S CAR/DETROIT STREET - DAY Shanice drives, happily singing along to the Rihanna song. Suddenly the music DISTORTS. A RUSH OF WIND whips at Shanice’s hair, RATTLES the car. Shanice catches a FLASH OF GREEN LIGHT out her window, but before she can react, her door flies open and she’s violently YANKED into the light and then -- BLACK. EXT. BELLE ISLE - NIGHT That LOUD RUSH OF WIND again and Shanice LANDS HARD on the ground. But the noise doesn’t stop -- it’s deafening . GREEN LIGHT FLASHES in the sky in bursts, Shanice hears people SCREAMING, loud THUDS all around her. She’s prone, head down, frightened -- What the fuck is happening? Is she in a war zone?
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