S1E1- Spark Of Rebellion 

SCENE 1- Mare’s apartment, day  

[opening shot of mare hitting her alarm clock]

[medium shot of mare yawning as she wakes up]

[montage of mare getting ready for work in various ways: brushing her teeth, putting on her uniform, putting her hair in a ponytail, grabbing a prepackaged meal]

[shot of mare tying her rollerskates]

[fullbody shot of mare skating outside to work]

SFX- [loud crash]

[blurry shot of the sky, Mare has just crashed into something]

SFX- [ear ringing]

[Ophelia enters the shot from above, seems to be in shock]

OPHELIA [muted, distressed]- Oh my god, oh my god. I’m so sorry- I’ve got to call an ambulance 

[opening theme/intro plays]

SCENE 2- Emile’s treatment center, interior, day 

[Blurry shot, slowly fades from blur to Emile standing. He’s facing away from the camera] 

SFX- [ear ringing, slowly fades out] 

EMILE [slow fade-in, neutral]- … seems to be in a stable state, anesthetics should be wearing off any minute now. 

[closeup of mare’s face, she seems to be in shock]

[meduim shot of Emile turning around to face Mare]

EMILE- Oh, you’re awake. I’m Doctor Emile Fransisco. 

[Emile extends his hand for Mare to shake it]

[Medium shot of Mare, she shakes his hand]

MARE- Marilyn Marion. So… what happened to me?

[Return to shot of Emile] 

EMILE- You were hit by a skiff. Caused a bit of damage. We had to-

[Wide shot of Mare, she realizes her legs are gone]

MARE [Shocked, surprised ]- What did you do with my legs?!

SCENE 3- Hallway, interior, day 

[wide shot of Emile and Mare traveling down the hallway, Emile is pushing Mare in a hoverchair] 

[medium shot of Mare]

MARE- So, Emile, was it?

[medium shot of emile]

EMILE- Yeah?

[Return to shot of Mare]

MARE- You’re saying you had to cut off my legs… because I got hit by a skiff?

[Return to shot of Emile]

EMILE- Yeah, it was a pretty heavy-duty skiff- one of the racing ones. Plus you’ve got… your condition. [coughs] 

[Close up on Mare]

MARE [somber]- Yeah… 

SCENE 4- Remy’s workshop, int, day

[Establishing shot of Remy’s workshop]

[Shot of Remy working, Emile and Mare are in the background] 

EMILE [enthusiastically]- Hey Remy, got you a new project!

[Medium shot of Remy facing away from the camera]

[Remy turns around to face the camera]

REMY- Yeah, what’s up? 

[Fullbody shot of Emile and Mare]

EMILE- This is Mare. She lost her legs and needs replacements. Think you can help?

[Return to shot of Remy] 

REMY- Yeah, I can see what I can do. [to mare] So, custom mechanical legs, eh?

[Medium shot of Mare]

MARE- Yeah, I guess. 

[Wide shot of Emile leaving the workshop] 

EMILE- Well, I’ve got work to do, so I’ll leave you to it. 

[fullbody shot of Remy inspecting Mare’s lack of legs]

[medium shot of Remy inspecting Mare]

[Medium shot of Mare]

MARE- so. You and Emile?

[return to shot of Remy]

REMY- He’s my brother

[Return to shot of Mare]

MARE [awkwardly]- Ah.

[return to shot of remy] 

REMY- Wow… what the hell happened to you.

[Medium shot of Mare]

MARE- Got hit by a skiff how ‘bout you?

[ots shot of Remy standing up]

REMY- Well, I’ll get started on your customs right away. In the meantime… I’m sure I can scrounge up somethi-

EMILE [off screen]- Hey Rem!

[Wide shot of Emile standing on a balcony] 

EMILE [shouting]- Got a ping saying you’ve got an important customer coming in]

[medium shot of Remy] 

REMY- Send them in, I guess 

[Remy turns to mare]

REMY [softly]- Sorry

[Return to shot of Emile on the balcony] 

EMILE- Ok then.

[Emile exits]

[wide shot of Ophelia’s skiff crashing into the shop. It is in pieces and should not function]

[wide shot of Ophelia climbing out of the skiff]

OPHELIA- Hey! I’m Ophelia Dawkins, looking for a….. 

[Ophelia looks at a holocard]

OPHELIA- Remy Francisco?

[shot of Remy and Mare]

REMY- That’s me. I’m assuming you need skiff repairs?

[Shot of Ophelia jumping down from her skiff]

[Shot of Ophelia landing] 

OPHELIA- Yup! It got a bit banged up….

[shot of Remy inspecting the ship] 

REMY- Damn… how’d you crash it this bad?

[medium shot of Ophelia] 

OPHELIA- I’m a skiff racer, crashing is part of my job. 

[Return to shot of Remy]

REMY- That explains it…

[Medium shot of Remy turning around] 

REMY- Well, to fix your skiff I’d have to order some custom parts… plus I’ve got another customer.

[Remy gestures to Mare]

[Medium shot of Mare]

MARE- Hey. I’m Mare. 

[Return to shot of Ophelia]

OPHELIA- Hi!

[Medium shot of Remy looking through a box of scrap]

REMY- She lost her legs in a skiff crash so I’m making customs. Until then I’m getting her some temporary prosthetics.

[Return to shot of Mare] 

MARE [Awkwardly]- So. Skiff pilot?

[Return to shot of Ophelia] 

OPHELIA [awkwardly]- Yeah… 

[two-shot of Ophelia and Mare looking into each other’s eyes]

[Remy enters the scene]

REMY- I found some temp legs.

[cut to group shot of Remy attaching Mare’s temp legs to her body]

REMY [speaks through shot transition]- These should suit you until I’m done with your customs… 

[medium shot of Remy standing up]

[pan up shot of Mare standing up]

[return to group shot]

[Mare trips over]

[shot of Ophelia helping Mare up]

OPHELIA [to remy]- You guys wanna hang out at my place for the night? Just to make sure Mare doesn’t get hurt anymore?

[medium shot of mare]

MARE- Hell yeah! 

[medium shot of Remy]

REMY [uncertain]- I don’t know….

[shot of Ophelia and Mare, begging]

OPHELIA & MARE [together]- please?

REMY- Fine. 

SCENE 5- Ophelia’s apartment, int, night

[establishing shot of the squad sitting on the floor playing cards]

[shot of Ophelia sitting on the floor, holding cards]

OPHELIA [cheerful]- Ha! I’ve got a match! 

[Ophelia puts some of the cards on the floor]

[shot of Mare, sitting similarly] 

MARE- Damn. That’s what, six now? 

[Return to shot of Ophelia]

OPHELIA- Seven, actually. 

[return to shot of Mare] 

MARE- [laughs] of course. Hey Remy,

[shot of Remy sitting similarly, couched over her holophone. She seems caught off-guard]

MARE [off-screen]- Your turn. 

REMY [cut off-guard]- Uhhh…. I’ll pass

[shot of Oph and Remy sitting next to each other] 

OPHELIA [concerned]- Hey, you feeling ok?

[Profile shot of remy] 

[Remy continues texting]

REMY- I’m fine.

[Shot of Ophelia] 

OPHELIA- How ‘bout you play cards with us? I’m sure your brother has work to do… 

[Return to shot of Remy] 

REMY- I’m fine.

[medium shot of Ophelia]

OPHELIA [concened]- Ok…

[Mare comes up from behind Ophelia]

MARE- Anyways, what’s it like being a skiff pilot?

[Shot of Remy’s phone texting emile]

ONSCREEN TEXT [texting interface- outgoing]- watch over her. Please

OPHELIA [offscreen]- It’s great! What do you do?

ONSCREEN TEXT [texting interface- incoming]- Don’t worry. You can trust me. 

SCENE 6- Ophelia’s apartment, night

[full body shot of Ophelia looking out the window] 

[close up of Ophelia leaning against the window] 

[close up of Mare waking up]

[fullbody of Mare sitting up and seeing Ophelia]

[Wide shot of Mare standing up and walking towards Ophelia]

[Medium shot of Mare leaning on the windowsil]

MARE [whispered]- Hey. 

[Medium shot Ophelia, front. She is tense]

OPHELIA [whispered]- you’re up. 

[Return to shot of Mare]

MARE [whispered]- Couldn’t sleep. You?

[Return to shot of ophelia]

OPHELIA [whispered]- Guess you could say that.

[return to mare]

MARE [whispered]- You ever think about leaving?

[Return to Ophelia]

OPHELIA [whispered]- The settlement? Every day. 

[Return to mare]

MARE [whispered]- Me too. We could run away together, you know. Surf the galax-

OPHELIA [whispered]- But what if we fail?

MARE [whispered]- Hm? 

[profile close up of Ophelia, distressed]

OPHELIA- What about when we inevitably fail and get captured by the system. Then what? Even if we manage to break out who knows what’s out there for us? There’s no way we’d make it through that!

[wide shot of Ophelia and mare looking out the window]

MARE [whispered]- it is a nice dream, though. 

SCENE 7- Ophelia’s apartment, morning

[close up of Remy waking up]

[medium shot of Remy scrambling to get up]

[Medium shot of Ophelia, now in her work uniform]

OPHELIA- Hey, Mare’s already out to work, and I’ve gotta get to the arena pretty soon. See you later?

[Medium shot of Remy]

REMY- Uh. Yeah. Sure. 

[shot of Ophelia walking out the door]

OPHELIA- By the way, I made you lunch! It’s on the table!

[return to shot of remy]

REMY- yeah, cool. 

[wide shot of a train zooming through the city]

[Shot of Remy on the train, leaning against a support bar, looking at her phone]

SCENE 8- Remy’s workshop, int., night

[Shot of Remy walking into her shop]

[Shot of Remy sitting down at her work table and disassembling a small roomba-like robot]

[Shot of Emile entering the shop]

EMILE- Hey, Remy! How’s it going!

[shot of Emile sitting down opposite Remy]

EMILE- cleaning drone, eh?

REMY- yup. Vacuum probably just got clogged up and the owner doesn’t know how to clean it 

[Emile lagugs]

SFX- [distant crash]

MARE [off-screen]- AH F*CK! 

[Emile stands up in surprise and turns around to where the sound is coming from] 

REMY [dryly]- oh, great. 

[Cut to Mare in the doorway]

MARE- Hey, manager said to come here instead of work to get fitted for new legs or something? I don’t know.

[Cut to Remy]

REMY- Come in. 

[shot of mare walking through the doorway]

MARE- Sweet.

[mare falls over]

MARE- Agh!

[Remy helps Mare up]

REMY- Stay still. 

[remy bends down and starts to measure Mare]

[Mare does not stay still]

MARE- so, by any chance could you make me taller?

REMY [dryly]- no. 

[Shot of Remy looking at some sort of schematic on a hologram, Mare is behind her]

MARE- can you give me built in rollerblades? That would be soooooo epic

REMY- No. 

[shot of remy digging through piles of scrap, mare is behind her]

MARE- You know what’s epic? Jet propulsion. Can you-

REMY- no.

MARE- Seriously? Not even like… a bit?

REMY- [stress noises]

OPHELIA [off-screen]- Hey guys!

[cut to Ophelia holding boxes of takeout]

OPHELIA- I brought dinner! 

[cut to Remy and Mare]

MARE- Nice! 

[cut to the squad eating takeout on the floor]

[closer cut on Ophelia]

OPHELIA- Soooo…. Rebellion, huh?

[closer cut on remy]

REMY [worried]- what are you thinking?

[closer cut on Mare]

MARE- She’s thinking genius! You all should totally get involved in the rebellion!

[cut to both Ophelia and Remy]

OPHELIA [excitedly] & REMY [nervously]- Rebellion?!

[return to Mare]

MARE- yeah yeah I’m part of this rebel group- well not exactly a group- called the Neon angels! We do a lot of vandalism and property damage- real wild stuff. One time Ace almost got arrested! 

[return to Remy]

REMY- that doesn’t seem very-

[return to Ophelia]

OPHELIA- No, no go on. Can we join?

[return to remy]

REMY- we?

[return to Mare]

MARE- Yeah, absolutely! We’re going on a raid tomorrow evening! You guys should totally come!

[return to remy and Ophelia] 

OPHELIA- [squealing with joy]

REMY- are we sure about this? I mean- 

OPHELIA [turns to Remy]- please?

[return to close shot of Remy]

REMY- [huffs] fine. But only to make sure the two of you don’t die.

[cut to Ophelia and Mare]

OPHELIA & MARE- Yea!

[return to group shot!] 

[remy stands up, the other two follow]

REMY- it’s getting late and I need to close up shop.

[shot of Remy leading Ophelia and mare out]

[Remy practically pushes the others out the door]

REMY- Night

OPHELIA- goodnight! 

[shot of Remy closing the door behind there]

REMY- [sighs]

[shot of Remy walking through the base]

[Shot of Remy opening the door to Star’s sanctuary] 

SCENE 9- star’s sanctuary, int., night

[establishing shot of star’s santuary]

[pan over Star]

[shot of Remy looking over sta’s body a la Romeo and Juliet]

[shot of computer monitor]

ON-SCREEN TEXT [computer monitor]- Patient: Star Hathaway- Condition: The Blue plague (terminal stages)

SCENE 10- Ophelia’s apartment, int, night

[shot of Ophelia getting ready for rebellion, packing a bag]

[Shot of Mare standing in the doorway]

MARE- Hey, You ready to go?

[Shot of Ophelia, very happy]

OPHELIA- Hell yeah!

[establishing shot of Ophelia, Remy and Mare riding in a skiff]

[shot of them pulling up to a worn-down apartment]

[shot of everyone getting out of the skiff]

REMY- I don’t think I’ve ever been here before…

MARE- Whole place had a plague outbreak couple of years ago

[Closer shot on Mare]

MARE- which is why they shoved all the poor people here.

ACE [off-screen]- Hey Mare!

[Shot of Ace, enthusiastic] 

ACE- So glad you could come!

[Mare runs up and hugs ace]

[shot of Remy and Ophelia]

OPHELIA- Hi!

REMY- Is your rebel squad just one guy?

[shot of mare and ace]

MARE- Kinda?

ACE- Hey, the name’s Anthony. Anthony Vanhorne.

[shot of ace shaking Remy’s hand]

ACE- But you can call me Ace. 

[Shot of Remy]

REMY- If your name is Anthony, wouldn’t you be called Tony?

[Shot of Ace and Mare]

ACE- Nope! 

MARE- Ace, this is Remy and Ophelia, two new members of the team

[return to Ophelia and Remy]

OPHELIA [excitedly]- Hi! 

[return to ace and mare]

ACE- you guys ready to rebel?

[return to Ophelia and Remy]

OPHELIA- absolutely

[return to Ace and Mare]

ACE- Let’s do this, then. 

[Cut to the squad driving out to a wealthy part of town]

[cut to the squad getting out of Ophelia’s skiff]

OPHELIA [whispered]- Isn’t this so exciting?!

[Cut of ace shaking a bottle of paint]

[cut of ace spraying graffiti on the wall]

[different shot of the same event]

ACE- Now, we’ve got to be quick because-

OFFSCREEN VOICE- Hey you! Stop! 

ACE- ah shit we’ve gotta scram

[multiple shots of the squad running away]

[Shot of mare struggling to keep up, she trips]

[Shot of Ophelia coming back and picking mare up]

OPHELIA- Don’t worry, I got you.

[another running shot, the two of them reach a cliff where Remy is standing, overlooking the city and the vast beyond]

[shot of Ophelia looking out]

OPHELIA- Whoa….

[shot of Ophelia helping Mare down]

[shot of Mare]

MARE- I’ll page Ace and tell him where we are. 

[Mare opens her holophone and starts texting ace]

[shot of Ophelia and Remy]

OPHELIA-  You ever wonder what’s out there?

[shot of remy]

REMY [caught off-guard]- I… uh. I guess so.

[Close up shot of ophelia]

OPHELIA- There has to be more than just this bubble city… and I swear to the stars that I’ll see it.

[close up on remy, she seems somewhat surprised]

[end credits]