НАЗВАНИЕ: Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
ГОД: 2022
СЦЕНАРИСТ: Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
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EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE

           Written by
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
1   INT. APARTMENT - DINING ROOM/LIVING ROOM - NIGHT

    A round mirror sitting on a cluttered vanity. Disco lights
    flash across the clutter. We hear the opening bars of KARAOKE
    MUSIC.

    BEGIN OPENING CREDITS.

    Through the hazy mirror, we watch as a Chinese family of
    three, THE WANG's, sing karaoke together.

    They can't agree on a song but they settle on "Barbie Girl"
    by Aqua. They are awkward and off pitch. But it's sweet. A
    brief snapshot of happiness. Then, like a flip of a switch-


2   INT. APARTMENT - DINING ROOM/LIVING ROOM - MORNING

    SNAP. EVELYN WANG bursts into the room, a 55 year old Chinese
    woman in an over sized t-shirt, streaks of gray in her hair,
    and thin outdated designer glasses.

    The tiny dining room is overpopulated with workout equipment,
    self-help and inspirational business books, an old TV playing
    a Chinese soap opera, a live security feed for the laundromat
    downstairs, a rice cooker spewing steam, & a microwave with
    one minute to go. It is a still life of chaos.

    Evelyn sits and looks down at years of tax documents and old
    receipts. Picking up one of the receipts, she decides which
    pile to place it on. She changes her mind and holds the
    receipt in the air, frozen by indecision.

    A hand enters frame and grabs hold of the receipt and
    playfully throws it into a pile. WAYMOND, Evelyn's husband in
    transition lens glasses and an ill fitting polo shirt, smiles
    down at her.

    Note: Chinese dialogue will be italicized. The random pieces
    of broken English will be bold for emphasis.

               EVELYN                           EVELYN
    別問                              No. Don’t even ask.

           WAYMOND                             WAYMOND
    我知道我幫不了你，                       I know better than to ask to
                                    help you. But, is now a good
    我們現在可以聊點別的嗎？                    time to talk about something
                                    else?

    He nervously clutches some paperwork with colored tabs poking
    out.
                                                            2.


                    EVELYN
          I'm listening. Talk.

Evelyn grabs the papers, but he quickly snatches it back.

       WAYMOND                               WAYMOND
我知道你沒在聼，等你有空再說吧。                  I know you aren’t … just let
                                  me know when would be better

The rice cooker BEEP BEEP BEEPS. Without really taking her
eyes off her work, she opens the rice cooker, stirs the
steaming rice before shutting it and getting back to work.

            EVELYN                            EVELYN
Later. Maybe. I need to           Later. Maybe. I need to
finish this before 爸醒來            finish this before my father
                                  wakes up. Go steam the table
你先去 steam the table cloths        cloths for tonight. Then
for tonight. Then paint over      paint over the ceiling water
the ceiling water stain.          stain.

She gets a text message on her laptop. The sound of a POT OF
WATER BOILING OVER in the kitchen.

        WAYMOND                              WAYMOND
已經辦好了。對了，我剛剛跟Byron提               Already did. Also, I just
                                  talked to Byron about
到晚上的事…他的men’s choir               tonight. The men’s choir have
準備了⼀個fun surprise給爸爸。             a very fun surprise for-

            EVELYN                            EVELYN
Noodles! 去煮⾯                      Noodles. Put in the noodles.

Waymond rushes into the kitchen to tend to the pot.

     WAYMOND (O.S.)                       WAYMOND (O.S.)
等我們的Appointment都結束了。我             So we’ll talk later, like
                                  this afternoon? After our
們再聊吧。Like this afternoon?         appointment-

                       EVELYN
          5 minutes.

                       WAYMOND (O.S.)
          What?

            EVELYN                            EVELYN
Check the pot in 5 minutes.       Check the pot in 5 minutes.
爸最討厭煮爛的麵。And which                My father hates overcooked
                                  noodles. And which paint did
paint did you use?                you use?
                                                                  3.


                 WAYMOND                           WAYMOND
      ⽩⾊的。                              The white paint.

      As Waymond steps back in, Evelyn slams down the calculator.

                  EVELYN                            EVELYN
      We have two different white       We have two different white
      paints, one for the               paints, one for the
      apartment, and one for the        apartment, and one for the
      laundromat. Has to be             laundromat. It has to match
      ⼀模⼀樣，要不然...                       or else-

             WAYMOND                               WAYMOND
      噓〜噓〜噓〜,不要緊張。                      Shhh . Shhhh. Shhh.   Hey
                                        calm down.

      Waymond turns her chair towards himself.

             WAYMOND (CONT'D)                      WAYMOND (CONT'D)
      我知道你想把爸爸的party                    I know you want everything to
                                        be perfect for your father's
      弄得很完美,讓他看到你已經擁有幸福                 party, but he's going to see
      的家庭和成功事業,他⼀定會為你感到                 you've nurtured a happy
                                        family, and a successful
      驕傲。                               business-

             EVELYN                                 EVELYN
      神經病。你明知道爸不會這樣看我們.                 You know that's not what my
                                        father is going to see.

             WAYMOND                               WAYMOND
      但⾄少是你和我都看到的，不是嗎？                  But, it's what you and I see,
                                        right?

      Evelyn begins to relax into Waymond. She looks around the
      room. She doesn't see much to be proud of.

          GONG GONG (O.S.)                        GONG GONG
      ⼩蓮… ⼩蓮                            Little Evelyn ... Evelyn...

                          EVELYN
                Too late. He's awake.

2-1   A BUZZER. Evelyn turns to the security feed and sees two
      girls waving at the camera. The MICROWAVE BEEPS.

                  EVELYN (CONT'D)                   EVELYN (CONT'D)
      Joy is here? Set the table.       Joy is here? Set the table.
      He's probably hungry.             He's probably hungry. I'll
      我去開⾨。                             get the door.
                                                                4.


              WAYMOND                          WAYMOND
    好吧, we can talk later-          Okay, we can talk later-

    She is already out the door.

    Waymond sighs: typical. He flips over the papers. "Petition
    for Dissolution of Marriage". Divorce papers.

    We can hear the POT BOILING OVER AGAIN.


3   INT. LAUNDROMAT - THAT MOMENT

    Waiting by a door, JOY WANG - 20's, sporting a worn down
    hoodie and a stoic, blank expression, stares into a tumbling
    laundry machine with unfocused eyes. It’s hypnotic. A hand
    grabs her shoulder, pulling her in for a big kiss, snapping
    Joy out of her daze. It's BECKY SREGOR, Joy's girlfriend. She
    holds Joy close.

                        BECKY
              Thanks for doing this.

    Joy rolls down Becky’s sleeves to cover up her tattoos and
    parts her hair to hide her side shave.

                        JOY
                  (uncomfortable)
              You look really pretty right now.

                        BECKY
              Oh, you like this hot Mormon look?

                        JOY
              I'm just telling you now, in case
              my mom says you're fat or whatever.

    Joy points at her nose to indicate Becky "missed a spot".
    Becky inverts her septum piercing up into her nose.

                        BECKY
              You said when she says shit like
              that it means she cares, right?

                        JOY
              My mom is gonna be EXTRA caring now
              that Gong Gong’s here. He literally
              hasn’t spoken to us in decades, and
              suddenly shows up-

    Suddenly the door opens. Evelyn looks from Joy to Becky with
    a noticeable pause on Becky.
                                                               5.


                 JOY (CONT'D)                        BECKY
    Hey Mom.                           Hi, Evelyn!

                         EVELYN
               I only made enough food for three
               people. I'll have to cook more.

    Without waiting for a response she is already up the stairs.

                            JOY
               Nailed it.


4   INT. APARTMENT - DINING ROOM/LIVING ROOM - THAT MOMENT

    Evelyn comes running up the stairs. Waymond is halfway
    through setting the table.

                         EVELYN
               It's Joy. And she brought Becky.

              WAYMOND                             WAYMOND
    你記得嗎？我們跟Ms.Deirdre説過,              Remember? We told Ms. Deirdre
                                       Joy would come to avoid any
    Joy爲了避免誤會，會來參加。所以                  more miscommunications so
    Becky 會去幫忙照顧公公。                    Becky is going to help watch
                                       Gong Gong.

    Before Evelyn can object, Becky and Joy are in the doorway.

                         BECKY
               Hi, Mr. Wang!

                         WAYMOND
               Becky! Call me Waymond. Thank you
               for coming. Sit down, eat!

    Evelyn hands Joy a stack of bowls and beckons her into the
    kitchen. She sloppily strains the noodles before haphazardly
    dumping in soy sauce, chopped scallion, and sesame seeds.

                EVELYN                             EVELYN
    哎呀〜煮爛了! You know he                Aiyah. Overcooked... You know
                                       he doesn't have to stay.
    doesn't have to stay.

                            JOY
               Who?

                            EVELYN
               Becky.

                         JOY
               Becky is a "she" mom.
                                                                 6.


                          EVELYN
                You know I always mix the words.
                "He", "she". In Chinese, there is
                one word, tā?, so simple. The way
                you two dress, I don't think I'm
                only one calling him: "he"... I
                mean her “him”... Anyways, our
                English is fine. And we have
                Google. You stay with Gong Gong,
                she can go. I'm sure she is very
                busy... with her full-time job.

      Evelyn takes the entire pot back into the dining room. Joy
      follows, still holding empty bowls.

                          JOY
                I honestly think it's weird, but
                Becky wants to help Mom. She used
                to volunteer at the nursing home
                with her church or whatever.

                          BECKY
                I always learn something when I
                hang out with the elderly. Old
                people are very wise.

                          EVELYN
                It's okay, we'll take Gong Gong to
                the meeting. You and Becky stay and
                decorate.

                 WAYMOND                          WAYMOND
        (quietly to Evelyn)              (quietly to Evelyn)
      爸到底知不知道我們被查稅了？                  Does your father even know we
                                      are being audited?

                          BECKY
                Where is he? When can I meet him?

      Evelyn thinks about this, clearly uncomfortable.

4-1   A BUZZER goes off. Evelyn looks up at the security camera to
      see a customer is waiting downstairs at the counter.

                             EVELYN
                Eat. Fast.

      She is out the door. Joy shakes her head, frustrated.


5     INT. APARTMENT - STAIRCASE - CONTINUOUS

      Evelyn rushes down the stairs with Joy following behind.
                                                                7.


                           JOY
              Mom, wait.

                        EVELYN
              "Wait. Wait." Today, no time for
              wait.

    They go through the door into the adjoining laundromat-


6   INT. LAUNDROMAT - CONTINUOUS

    Evelyn weaves through laundry carts and customers. We now see
    Evelyn’s laundromat is as eclectic as she is: an old arcade
    cabinet, a TV playing an old musical, signs advertising wash
    & fold, alterations, and even singing lessons.

                        EVELYN
              Joy, any other day, I beg that you
              come and eat, or call me or
              anything. But today very busy.

    Evelyn spots the water stain that Waymond attempted to paint
    over. It is clearly a different shade of white.

                        JOY
              Mom, this is what it's always
              like... Look, I know you haven't
              always liked Becky, but-

                        EVELYN
              I like Becky. She is very nice.

                           JOY
              But...

                EVELYN                          EVELYN
    你很 lucky 啦。。。                   You are very lucky, your
                                    mother is open to you dating
    你媽對你交往⼥朋友的事，已經很                 a girl. A white girl. But
    open 了。還是個⽼外。But Gong           Gong Gong, I don't think his
                                    heart could take that.
    Gong, , I don’t think his       Especially not after that
    heart could take that.          flight. Coming all of the way
    Especially not after that       from China just to die like
    flight. Coming all of the way   that.
    from China just to die like
    that.

                        JOY
              Mom... he's not going to die-

    Joy follows Evelyn behind the front desk which is cramped
    with sewing machines, piles of laundry.
                                                          8.


A customer with a relatively big nose and a baby carriage is
impatiently waiting.

            EVELYN                          EVELYN
哇，他的⿐⼦很⼤哦 Welcome, how          Wow, what a big nose.
                                Welcome, how can I help you?
can I help you?

                    DEBBIE THE DOG MOM
          Um, I wanted to see if my clothes
          were ready? I called three times
          and-

                    EVELYN
          Ticket please.

The frustrated customer begins to rummage through her purse.
Joy peeks into the carriage but is momentarily horrified to
find a fat snorting French Bulldog instead of a baby.

                    DEBBIE THE DOG MOM
          Here it is-

Evelyn snatches it out of her hand and heads to search
through piles of pick up laundry.

                    JOY
          Mom, we've been together for three
          years, don't you think Gong Gong
          would want to know-

                    EVELYN
          Of course. Just not now. Let him
          enjoy his party tonight.

                    JOY
          You think Becky is going to make it
          through the entire party without
          introducing herself to Gong Gong?
          Have you met Becky?

           EVELYN                           EVELYN
  (taken aback)                    (taken aback)
我以為她要上班。                        I thought she had work.

                    JOY
          She got someone to cover for her.
          Is that... not okay?

                    RICK
          Evelyyyyyn! My belle! Guess whose
          20 got eaten by the machine again.
                                                               9.


    It's RICK, a chipper older white regular, who comes in a
    little too regularly.

    Without missing a beat, Evelyn picks up a baseball bat and
    uses the handle to THUMP a dented air vent in the ceiling.

                        EVELYN
              Waymond! More customers need help!

                        RICK
                  (inhaling deeply)
              Evelyn! You know, my wife, God rest
              her soul, used to wear the same
              exact perfume...

                        EVELYN
              I see you at the party tonight?

    Rick playfully pulls out a party invitation from his pocket.

    Used to his come-ons by now, Evelyn smiles in approval then
    spots Waymond and Becky.

           EVELYN (CONT'D)                       EVELYN (CONT'D)
    客⼈⾐服在哪？ 三⼗⼆號不⾒了。                 Did you move our customer’s
                                     clothes? 032 is missing!

                        WAYMOND
              Sorry! It was too crowded. I moved
              some upstairs. I think the clothes
              are happier there.

    Becky looks to Joy who gives a mock thumbs up.


7   INT. APARTMENT - DINING ROOM/LIVING ROOM - MOMENTS LATER

    Evelyn and Joy re-enter the apartment. Hanging precariously
    from a shelf by the Security Cam TV are some clothes wrapped
    in plastic with two googly eyes and a sharpie drawn smile.

                        WAYMOND (O.S.)
                  (shouting up the stairs)
              See? They're happier here.

            EVELYN                               EVELYN
    不是説好把Google eyes                 I told you to take down all
                                     of the google eyes before
    全部收起來嗎？No More google            tonight! No more google eyes!
    eyes!

                        JOY
              Could we talk about-
                                                              10.


      Evelyn begins ripping the googly eyes off.

                  EVELYN                          EVELYN
      妳爸阿...过了这么多年                    Your father... after all of
                                      this time. I still don't
      I still don't understand how    understand how his brain
      his brain works-。               works-

                          JOY
                Can Becky come or-

                          EVELYN
                Stop changing subject. You know,
                with our auditor, she's a terrible
                person. Targeting Chinese in the
                community. After two year of
                meetings, she puts a lien on our
                laundromat, and you know what your
                father does? He brings her cookies.
                神經病! (crazy person!)

7-1   Meanwhile, in the security camera feed we see Waymond's head
      fall forward then lift up again. He looks around the store
      suddenly very alert. He beelines it towards a supply closet
      as if he's in a spy movie. He begins stuffing random objects
      into Evelyn's purse and his fanny pack.

                          EVELYN (CONT'D)
                Everyday here is a battle. I fight
                I fight I fight for all of us.
                Everything I do, I try to make
                things simpler, easier,
                但妳爸...(but your father...)

      Waymond resumes his position by the coin machine and gives
      Rick an awkward smile before his head knocks forward again.
      Then he wakes up, a little disoriented, but continues hitting
      the coin machine... What?

                 EVELYN (CONT'D)                  EVELYN (CONT'D)
      ...有時候我在想,如果沒有我他怎麽              ... sometimes I wonder how he
                                      would have survived without
      survive...                      me...

      Evelyn watches Waymond in the security monitor as he
      playfully mock-dances with the coin machine. Ignored again,
      as usual, Joy grits her teeth.


8     INT. LAUNDROMAT - CONTINUOUS

      Evelyn enters as Waymond reaches behind the machine to unplug
      it, while laughing with Rick.
                                                                 11.


      Joy returns as well and storms over to Becky.

                          WAYMOND
                Evelyn you have to see Rick dance.
                Look, he knows all of the moves!

8-1   He gestures to the TV still playing an old musical. As the
      two lovers on the screen dance to the orchestral music, Rick
      follows in time. Waymond claps.

                 WAYMOND (CONT'D)                WAYMOND (CONT'D)
      Did you know Rick is in the     Did you know Rick is in the
      community theater? He wants     community theater? He wants
      to be an actor like you         to be an actor like you did.
      did.妳也可以去試鏡啊.                   Maybe you can audition too.

      Evelyn watches the screen as the lovers dance, sing, and
      circle one another. They move in for a kiss. A flash of
      longing comes across her face.

      She snaps out of it and hands Waymond the Dog Mom's laundry.

                   EVELYN                          EVELYN
      把這個給⼤⿐⼦                         Give this to the customer
                                      with the big nose.
         (to Rick)                       (to Rick)
      How much you lose?              How much you lose?

                          RICK
                Twenty. But I take tips.

      Meanwhile Becky is trying to calm Joy down.

                          JOY
                    (whispered to Becky)
                I don’t know how to be any fucking
                clearer. She can choose: You come
                to the party with me, Gong Gong is
                eternally ashamed, until he forgets
                it all happened at all, then he
                dies. OR we don’t come. Gong Gong
                is proud of Mom, until he forgets
                it all, then he still dies.

      Evelyn gasps and shoots Joy a horrified look. Joy’s face
      falls.

                          JOY (CONT'D)
                I didn’t mean that. It was a joke.

                          WAYMOND
                That’s not a very funny joke.
                                                            12.


                      BECKY
            Hey, guys...

Becky is looking at something behind all of them. Joy sees it
too. Evelyn angrily rummages through her purse.

                        JOY
            Mom.

Waymond sees it now and freezes. Evelyn pulls out a $10 roll
of quarters and hands it to Rick.

                      RICK
            This is $10. I thought you people
            were very good at math-

                        WAYMOND
            Evelyn...

                      EVELYN
            Next time I give you rest with
            interest. You will need it. Actors
            are very poor-

                        JOY
            MOM!

Evelyn is startled by her volume. She finally turns:

We see the white wispy hair on the back of an old man's head.
He is hunched over his cane wearing a white undershirt and
slippers. This is GONG GONG. He stands by the stairwell with
unfocused, wet eyes.

               EVELYN                         EVELYN
爸！你落嚟做咩啊?                         Baba! How did you get down
                                  here?
(In Cantonese)

            GONG GONG                       GONG GONG
我既早餐呢？                            Where is breakfast?
(In Cantonese)

Evelyn looks at Waymond who obediently runs up stairs. Gong
Gong watches Waymond go with a clear look of contempt.

               EVELYN                         EVELYN
爸，你認唔認得阿Joy?"                     Baba, you remember Joy.
(In Cantonese)

Joy awkwardly approaches. Becky stands behind her, excited.
                                                             13.


             JOY                                 JOY
    公公，好。你..⾶機...好不好？               Gong Gong, hello. How was
                                    your trip?

                GONG GONG                     GONG GONG
    哇，乜佢D唐話越來越差啊。                   Wah, her Chinese is getting
                                    worse every time we talk.
    (In Cantonese

    Evelyn eyes Becky who is slowly approaching Gong Gong. Joy
    watches Evelyn watch Becky. Joy tests the water.

                 JOY                             JOY
    公公… 這是 Becky. Becky             Gong Gong... this is Becky.
                                    Becky is my... How do you say
    她是我的 How do you say it          it again... shit, I mean,
    again... shit, I mean, crap.    crap. She is my...
    她是我的

    Gong Gong begins to stare at Becky. Evelyn interrupts.

                   EVELYN                      EVELYN
    好朋友！Becky係佢好朋友。                 Good friend. Becky is a very
                                    good friend.
    (In Cantonese)

                        JOY
              Mom!

                        EVELYN
              What?

    Joy glares at Evelyn, about to unload everything she wants to
    say. But she hesitates. Becky smiles, unaware.

                        EVELYN (CONT'D)
              AH! Big nose!

    Evelyn spots Debbie the Dog Mom leaving. She grabs the
    laundry and rushes out the door.

    Joy grabs Becky and heads for the exit.

                        BECKY
              Um, okay, it was nice to meet you.

    Waymond comes back with noodles to see Gong Gong standing
    alone in the room. Gong Gong spits on the ground.


9   EXT. LAUNDROMAT - THAT MOMENT

    Debbie the Dog Mom loads her dog into the car and shuts the
    door, as Evelyn arrives and hands her the laundry.
                                                             14.


                         DEBBIE THE DOG MOM
               Took you long enough.

     She takes the coat and looks it over. Evelyn watches Joy and
     Becky head to their car.

                         EVELYN
               Give us 5 stars? Please!

                         DEBBIE THE DOG MOM
               Are you serious?

                         EVELYN
                   (still watching Joy)
               Also. We have a Chinese New Year
               party tonight. Open to all of my
               customers in the community. Please
               come and enjoy nice music and food.
               Let me get an invite- One moment,
               Joy wait!

     She leaves the customer dumbfounded.

     Joy has one foot in the car. Evelyn falters.

                         JOY
               What?

                         EVELYN
               I just want to say... Try to eat
               healthier. You're getting fat.

     Becky looks from Joy to Evelyn. No response. Joy shakes her
     head and shuts the door.

     Evelyn turns and walks back into the laundromat.


10   INT. APARTMENT - STAIRCASE - LATER

     Evelyn patiently stands with her father as he takes one small
     step at a time up the stairs. For the first time, we get a
     sense of how exhausted she is.


11   INT. APARTMENT - DINING ROOM/LIVING ROOM - LATER

     Back at her table, Evelyn tries to finish her taxes while
     Gong Gong loudly slurps on noodles beside her.

     Her eyes are drawn up to the wall in front of her. Family
     portraits, report cards, and children's drawings. She sees an
     old childhood photo of Joy smiling back at her.
                                                                15.


     She is surrounded by the chaos of her apartment. Frozen,
     holding a receipt.

            WAYMOND                               WAYMOND
     妳幹嘛？沒事吧                           What are you doing? What is
                                       wrong?

     We hear a DEEP RUMBLING sound. It's in her head, in her soul.

     TITLE: "PART 1: EVERYTHING"


12   INT. LAUNDRY RV

     Evelyn drives their laundry delivery van, a converted RV
     filled with racks of clothing and bags of laundry. Waymond is
     carrying a Tupperware of cookies, looking out the window.
     Gong Gong sits in the back muttering in his sleep.

                GONG GONG                        GONG GONG
     ⾛啊…快D⾛啊…⽇本仔打到來啦…                  We have to go.... We have to
                                       go. The Japanese are here....
     （In Cantonese）

     Evelyn turns on the radio.


13   INT. IRS BUILDING LOBBY - LATER

     Evelyn and Waymond walk in together pushing a half asleep
     Gong Gong in his wheelchair through security.

               GONG GONG                         GONG GONG
     我哋係邊度啊？                           Where are we?
     (In Cantonese)

                 EVELYN                            EVELYN
     哩個係…嗯…係我地既⽣意...                   This is... um, our business
                                       is...
         (she looks to Waymond)            (she looks to Waymond)
     哩度….我地宜家⽣意好好。                     so busy... we are applying
     唸住攞多個牌開多閒。                        for a new business license so
                                       we can expand.
     (In Cantonese)

     Waymond is shocked by her blatant lie.

               GONG GONG                          GONG GONG
       (with disdain in                   (with disdain)
       cantonese)                      Hmph. Another laundromat.
     咩話。。。⼜多間？冇出⾊。
                                                               16.


            WAYMOND                               WAYMOND
     ⼈總有洗不完的⾐服，能幫上忙的感覺                 People always have dirty
                                       clothes. It’s nice to feel
     挺好的                               needed-

     Gong Gong’s eyes are closed. He’s trying to sleep. Crisis
     averted.

     Waymond eyes an elderly couple in front of them. They are
     holding hands. Adorable.

     The couple stops by the restrooms. She hands him her purse
     and they kiss before she enters. Double Adorable.

     Waymond looks at Evelyn, in her own world.

            WAYMOND (CONT'D)                      WAYMOND (CONT'D)
     我在想，等這個事情結束以後.                    I was thinking. Maybe after
                                       this is all done, we can go
     我們要不要⼀起去旅⾏？還是..                   on a trip or-

                         EVELYN
               If I have to think about one more
               thing today my head will explode.

     Waymond grimaces and says nothing. They enter the elevator.


14   INT. IRS ELEVATOR - THAT MOMENT

     As the doors close, Waymond's head snaps forward again.

     He pulls out a compact umbrella from his oversized fanny pack
     and opens it up, covering the security camera in the corner.

                EVELYN                             EVELYN
     你幹嘛...？                           What are you-

                         ALPHA WAYMOND
                   (clear English)
               You may be in grave danger. There
               is no time to explain. Hold this.

     He shoves the umbrella into her hands, pulls two outdated
     bluetooth earpieces, places one in each of Evelyn's ears.

     Gong Gong SNORES.
                                                                  17.


                            ALPHA WAYMOND (CONT'D)
                  Pay attention: when we leave this
                  elevator, you can either turn left
                  towards your scheduled audit
                  appointment, or you can turn right
                  and go into the janitor's closet.
                  Do not go into the janitor's
                  closet.

                 EVELYN                             EVELYN
       神經病 Why would I go-              Don’t be stupid. Why would I
                                        go-

                             ALPHA WAYMOND
                  Not now.

       He shuffles through his bag and pulls out the divorce papers
       from earlier and, ignoring their contents, begins rapidly
       writing on the back.

                            ALPHA WAYMOND (CONT'D)
                  Breathe in. You're going to feel a
                  slight pressure in your head.

       He presses a button on his phone. A status bar labeled
       "ALTERNATE LIFE PATH SCAN" begins to go from 0-100%.

                            EVELYN
                  Always downloading these apps on my-

       The bluetooth devices turn a bright burning red and her eyes
       shoot open wide. A bright light spills between the crack in
       the elevator doors. She breathes in-

14-1   DING! The camera pushes through the elevator doors and we see
       two legs extend from either side as men in medical scrubs and
       face masks beckon us in. We hear a baby CRY.

       The camera turns to see the father- Gong Gong- who can't hide
       his disappointment.

                 DOCTOR (O.S.)                  DOCTOR (O.S.)
       唔好意思，係個⼥。                        I'm sorry. It's a girl.
       (In Cantonese)

14-2   DING! Little Evelyn is chasing behind two young boys running
       with sticks in their hands.

                GONG GONG                         GONG GONG
       ⼩蓮(xiao lian)                    Evelyn!
                                                                   18.


        The camera/Evelyn looks up at a disapproving Gong Gong and
        then down at her own two sticks. The two boys run ahead.

14-3    DING! Little Evelyn is sketching the back of a boy's head in
        class. It's a young Waymond.

               WAYMOND                             WAYMOND
        嘿，畫的漂亮！                         Hey that’s pretty good.

        She hides the drawing.

14-4    DING! Evelyn on the porch beside Waymond now in his 20s.

               WAYMOND (CONT'D)                    WAYMOND (CONT'D)
        將來⼀定好的。我們可以⾃⼰養活⾃⼰               Can’t you see how wonderful
                                        it’ll be? We can make our own
        ，跟我⾛吧。                          way. Please, come with me.

14      BACK IN THE ELEVATOR: Evelyn watches, overwhelmed.

14-5    DING! Evelyn looks out a taxi window at her crying mother and
        through the window, we see Gong Gong's stoic stare.

         GONG GONG (V.O.CANTONESE)        GONG GONG (V.O. CANTONESE)
        如果你真係跟哩個傻仔⾛，                    If you abandon this family
                                        for that silly boy, then we
        你以後都唔洗翻來啦！                      will abandon you.
        我就當沒⽣過你！

14-6    DING! Evelyn kicks open the door of their empty apartment.
        It's small, but it will do.

14-7    They turn on the lights on an old run down laundromat.

14-8    DING! Evelyn stares at laundry tumbling like a tiny black
        hole.

                EVELYN (O.S.)                    EVELYN (O.S.)
          (phone voicemail in              (phone voicemail in
          cantonese)                       cantonese)
        啊爸，⼜係我。你嬲完未啊？等緊你電               Ba..It’s me again, wondering
                                        when you’ll call back...
        話！

14-9    DING! Evelyn sits at the front desk, customers zip in and out
        in a time-lapse. She has the sudden urge to vomit.

14-10   DING! Evelyn finishes throwing up in the sink, holding her
        belly, she looks up at Waymond. Something ignites in her.

14-11   DING! Pregnant Evelyn happily wallpapers the laundromat.

14-12   DING! Evelyn sings baby Joy to sleep.
                                                                  19.


14-13   DING! Evelyn chases little Joy around the laundromat with a
        broomstick.

14-14   DING! Teen Joy slams the front door in Evelyn's face.

14-15   DING! Evelyn and Joy, parked on the side of the road. A
        brooding tension.

             VOICEMAIL (O.S.)                   VOICEMAIL (O.S.)
        ⿈太，⿇煩你復翻個電話俾我地，關於                Mrs. Wang? We’re calling
                                         about your Father...
        你爸爸...(In Cantonese）

        DING! Evelyn is now standing outside of her laundromat with a
        few suitcases and Gong Gong sitting in a wheelchair, looking
        clearly disappointed.

14-17/18/19
         DING! Evelyn sorts tax receipts earlier today! DING! Joy
         shuts the car door on Evelyn. DING! Waymond sighs as they
         enter the elevator DING! The elevator door closes-

14      Evelyn blinks. She is back. She exhales, shell shocked.

        Waymond shoves the papers he was writing on into her hands.

                             ALPHA WAYMOND
                   The moment you are situated in your
                   meeting, follow these instructions,
                   but remember: no one can know.
                   Don't even talk to me about this
                   because I won't remember.

                              EVELYN
                   But I-

        He shushes her and places a hand gently on her cheek. Evelyn
        shrivels under the intimacy.

        His phone BEEPS. He closes the umbrella, shoves everything
        into his bag, and strikes a natural pose.

                             ALPHA WAYMOND
                       (side of mouth)
                   Talk to you soon.

        His head goes limp.

        DING. The elevator door opens. Waymond's head lifts up and he
        looks around disoriented.

               WAYMOND                              WAYMOND
        哇！電梯好快！                          Wow...what a fast elevator...
                                                                   20.


14-20   He walks out pushing a snoring Gong Gong, leaving Evelyn
        grasping for understanding.

        As she exits, her gaze lingers on the janitor closet to her
        right.


15      INT. IRS 10TH FLOOR CUBICLE - MOMENTS LATER

        The back of the crumpled instructions lay in Evelyn's hands
        under a desk.

        The first line reads: "1. Switch shoes to the wrong feet."

                             DEIRDRE (O.S.)
                   Mrs. Wang, are you with us right
                   now?

        Evelyn hides the instructions in her lap and looks up.

        DEIRDRE ATKINS, a frumpy woman in a cheap suit, is poking at
        a calculator with one hand and squeezing a hand grip
        strengthener in the other.

                             EVELYN
                   Of course. I am here. Just
                   thinking.

        Clearly frustrated, Deirdre takes a big bite from one of
        Waymond’s cookies and chases it with a protein shake, then
        points at a receipt with a big red sticky note on it.

                             DEIRDRE
                   I asked if you could explain this?

                    EVELYN                          EVELYN
        It is a receipt. My receipt.    It is a receipt. My receipt.
           (to Waymond)                    (to Waymond)
        我們在説什麽？                         What are we talking about?

                    GONG GONG                     GONG GONG
        净係識係度發⽩⽇夢…                      God, always daydreaming...
        (In Cantonese）

        Gong Gong doesn’t understand but can sense the meeting’s
        going poorly.
                                                           21.


                    DEIRDRE
          I was just hoping you could
          enlighten me on how, as a
          laundromat owner, a karaoke machine
          would constitute a business
          expense?

                    EVELYN
          I am a singer.

                    DEIRDRE
          What?

                    WAYMOND
          It’s true. She has a beautiful
          voice.
              (to Evelyn)
          Sing a song for her.

Deirdre scoffs and shuffles through a pile of forms.

                    DEIRDRE
          That won’t be necessary. But I will
          need a separate Schedule C for each
          of these "businesses", because
          based on what you’re trying to
          deduct, it looks like you’re also a
          novelist, a chef, a-

                    EVELYN
          But last time, you told me-

                    DEIRDRE
          Up, up, up... let me finish. A
          teacher, a singing coach, a...
          <continues to speak indiscernibly>

Frustrated, Evelyn fakes a smile towards Gong Gong, nodding
along as she glances down to her shoes. She slips them off
and switches them to the wrong feet.

The next instruction reads: "2. Close eyes, imagine you are
in the janitor’s closet."

Evelyn scoffs at the absurdity, but she closes her eyes.

We see an imagined POV of the closet door.

The bluetooth devices in her ears VIBRATE and a GREEN light
blinks on. Evelyn sits up straight.

The final instruction: "3. Hold that thought and press the
green button. P.S. Don’t forget to breathe."
                                                                  22.


       Evelyn breathes in and presses the button-

       Like the sudden sensation of falling, Evelyn finds herself
       shooting past cubicle after cubicle until she stops abruptly
       inside the closet:


16     SPLIT SCREEN: INT. JANITOR'S CLOSET / CUBICLE - THAT MOMENT

       In a split-screen, we see half of Evelyn is in a cluttered,
       dimly lit closet. The other half is still in the tax audit.
       She looks all around in both worlds. What just happened?

16-1   INT. CUBICLE:

                           EVELYN
                 What is happening?

       Deirdre looks up, clearly frustrated.

                           DEIRDRE
                 God, feels like I’m talking to my
                 ex-husband. I already told you...
                 <continues to speak indiscernibly>

16     INT. JANITOR’S CLOSET: Someone grabs Evelyn and turns her
       around. It’s Waymond.

                           ALPHA WAYMOND
                 Shhhh... Don’t talk. Try to relax
                 your body. Go into auto-pilot.

16-1   INT. CUBICLE: Evelyn tries an innocent smile towards her
       concerned husband. Deirdre continues to ramble.

16     INT. JANITOR’S CLOSET: [split screen slides away]

                            ALPHA WAYMOND (CONT'D)
                 They do not know I’m talking to you
                 here yet, so hopefully I’ll have
                 some time to explain: I am not your
                 husband. At least not the one you
                 know. I am another version of him
                 from another life path, another
                 universe. I’m here because we need
                 your help.

                           EVELYN
                 Sorry, very busy today. No time to
                 help you-

       Alpha Waymond covers Evelyn's mouth.
                                                               23.


                           ALPHA WAYMOND
                 There is a great evil that has
                 taken root in my world and has
                 begun spreading its chaos
                 throughout the many verses. I have
                 spent years searching for the one
                 who might be able to match this
                 great evil with an even greater
                 good and bring back balance. All
                 those years of searching have
                 brought me here. To this universe.
                 To you.

       Evelyn takes a moment to digest this information.

                           ALPHA WAYMOND (CONT.) (CONT'D)
                 I know it’s a lot to take in right
                 now but I need you to- <continues
                 to speak indiscernibly>

                           DEIRDRE (O.S.)
                 Mrs. Wang... Hello?

16-1   INT. CUBICLE: Alpha Waymond’s voice fades away and the split-
       screen focuses on the tax meeting as Evelyn takes control of
       her body there.

                           DEIRDRE (CONT'D)
                 Mrs. Wang, I’m sure you have a lot
                 on your mind, but I cannot imagine
                 anything mattering more than this
                 conversation we are having right
                 now concerning your tax liability.
                 Need I remind you there is a lien
                 on your property? Repossession is
                 well within our rights.

                           EVELYN
                 I know. I am paying attention.

                           DEIRDRE
                 You think I'm stupid.

                  EVELYN                          EVELYN
       你不是嗎？                             Maybe?

       Waymond puts his hand on her lap. Deirdre is clearly
       frustrated. She gestures to a small shelf of trophies that
       say “Auditor of the Month”.
                                                                24.


                         DEIRDRE
               You see these? You don’t get one of
               these unless you’ve seen a lot of
               shit. Pardon my French. You might
               only see a pile of boring forms and
               numbers, but I can see a story.
               With nothing but a stack of
               receipts, I can trace the ups and
               downs of your lives. I can see
               where this story’s going and it
               doesn’t look good.

                         WAYMOND
               Sorry, my wife confuses her hobbies
               for businesses. An honest mistake.

     Evelyn looks at her husband, hurt. He ignores her.

                         DEIRDRE
               With this many ’honest mistakes,’
               even if you aren’t charged with
               fraud, we’ll have to fine you for
               gross negligence.

                         EVELYN
               You’re always trying to confuse us
               with these words.

                         DEIRDRE
               Didn’t you say you’d bring your
               daughter to translate?

                         ALPHA WAYMOND (O.S.)
               Hey! Are you paying attention?

16   INT. JANITOR'S CLOSET: Evelyn's attention is back in the
     closet where Alpha Waymond is perturbed.

                         EVELYN
               I cannot talk now. Unless, you can
               help my taxes. What is “gross
               necklaces-”

     Waymond grabs her by the shoulders and pulls her in.

                         ALPHA WAYMOND
               I know you have a lot of things on
               your mind, but nothing could
               possibly matter more than this
               conversation we are having right
               now concerning the fate of every
               single world of our infinite
               multiverse.
                      (he leans in)
                         (MORE)
                                                                  25.

                            ALPHA WAYMOND (CONT'D)
                  My dear Evelyn, I know you. With
                  every passing moment, you fear that
                  you might have missed your chance
                  to make something of your life.
                  Well I’m here to tell you every
                  rejection, every disappointment has
                  led you here. To this moment. Don’t
                  let anything distract you from it.

       Evelyn turns towards these words like a flower to the sun.

16-1   INT. CUBICLE: [SPLIT SCREEN] Evelyn smiles.

                            DEIRDRE
                  Oh, so you think this is funny?

                 GONG GONG                        GONG GONG
         (Simultaneous)                   (Simultaneous)
       快D復翻個⼥⼈啦。(In Cantonese)         Evelyn! Answer the woman.

                            ALPHA WAYMOND (SPLIT SCREEN)
                      (Simultaneous)
                  So, what will it be?

                EVELYN (IRS)                  EVELYN (CLOSET)
       我捻緊啊-                           I'm thinking-
       (In Cantonese）

                  GONG GONG                      GONG GONG
         (to Waymond)                     (to Waymond)
       咁冇出⾊。咩都係俾⼥⼈話事。                  What kind of man has the
                                       woman leading the business?
       成何體統。你係咪男⼈來啊                    Is this how it has been?
       （In Cantonese）

       Waymond sits up and begins talking to Deirdre during the
       following scene-

16     INT. JANITOR'S CLOSET: A loud BOOM shakes the door. Someone
       is trying to get in.

                            ALPHA WAYMOND
                  Our time here is up. They are going
                  to kill us.

                            EVELYN
                  What?!

       Evelyn defensively grabs a broomstick. Another BOOM.
                                                             26.


                         ALPHA WAYMOND
               Do not worry, this is just a burner
               universe we are using for
               communication.

     A fist bursts through the door, grabbing his face.

                         ALPHA WAYMOND (CONT'D)
                   (calmly)
               You will know when it is time to
               fight. I will be in contact soon.
               Trust no one.

                         EVELYN
               Shhhh, I think my other husband is
               messing up the audit-

     Another fist bursts through. Both hands grab hold of his head
     and SNAP HIS NECK. He falls over dead.

     The hands open the door. They belong to Deirdre, who now
     wears her own pair of earpieces, and has a MESSY SHARPIE
     CIRCLE scrawled across her forehead. She rips a metal pipe
     from the wall.

                         EVELYN (CONT'D)
               No! NO! NO!

     Deirdre hits Evelyn across the face with a deadly KLUNK.
     As her head snaps to the side, the split screen swings away-


17   INT. IRS 10TH FLOOR - CUBICLE

     Evelyn's head snaps to the side as she leaps to her feet.

                         EVELYN
               NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

     She opens her eyes and realizes she is still in the audit.
     Everyone in the office is looking at her.

                            DEIRDRE
               Good lord.

                WAYMOND                         GONG GONG
     你沒事吧？                            發⽣咩事？！（In Cantonese)
     (Is everything okay?)            (What happened?!)

                         EVELYN
               Yes, yes of course, everything is
               very very okay. But I think I
               forgot something at home-
                                                              27.


                           DEIRDRE
               Sit down.

     Evelyn looks from Waymond to Gong Gong, terrified...

     She sits. Nobody notices as the scribbled instructions fall
     from her pocket onto the ground.

     Deirdre crushes her protein shake bottle.

                          DEIRDRE
               I have a feeling I'll regret this
               later... but you can go.

                 EVELYN                          EVELYN
     What?                           What?
        (to Waymond)                    (to Waymond)
     你和她説什麽了                         What did you say to her?

                GONG GONG                      GONG GONG
     廢話少講。等我同佢講。幫我翻譯.                Probably something useless.
                                     Let me talk to her. Translate
     （In Cantonese）                  for me.

                         DEIRDRE
               You have until I leave the office
               tonight to drop everything off.
               6pm. Last chance.

                 EVELYN                         WAYMOND
     Tomorrow is better, we have     Thank you. 6pm. Thank you.
     an important party-

                         DEIRDRE
               Last chance.

     Evelyn and Waymond exchange a look. Deirdre’s stare never
     leaves Evelyn as she pushes Gong Gong away.

     Waymond spots the instructions on the floor. He picks them
     up, confused for a moment. His eyes go wide -


18   INT. IRS 10TH FLOOR - MOMENTS LATER

     Evelyn briskly pushes Gong Gong towards the elevator
     periodically looking behind her as Waymond catches up.

                GONG GONG                       GONG GONG
     我仲未⽼得嗮，推我翻去，等我同佢講               Turn around. I may be old,
                                     but I still know how to
     數。                              negotiate.
     （In Cantonese）
                                                           28.


         WAYMOND                             WAYMOND
等⼀下！事情不是你想的那樣。                   Evelyn... wait, wait it’s not
                                 what it looks like.
   (quieter just to her)            (quieter just to her)
我知道你爲什麽怪怪的。                      I know why you are acting so
                                 strange.

           EVELYN                            EVELYN
在説什麽？                            What are you talking about?

Waymond holds up the divorce papers. But from Evelyn’s
perspective, she sees the written elevator instructions.

                    EVELYN (CONT'D)
          So... you know about this?

        WAYMOND                             WAYMOND
當然...這是我的。                       Of course...this came from
                                 me.

                    EVELYN
          It's you...? Like... you, who was
          in the elevator.

        WAYMOND                             WAYMOND
對啊。。。I was in the elevator-      Yeah...I was in the elevator-

                    EVELYN
          Come back next week.

          GONG GONG                        GONG GONG
你地⼜兩個⼜係度吵咩啊？                     What are you two bickering
                                 about?
(In Cantonese)

Evelyn looks past Waymond to see Deirdre charging out of her
cubicle in their direction. She’s coming for them.

Evelyn grabs the papers, throws them on the ground, then
presses the elevator button.

                    EVELYN
          I'm not ready to fight yet.

                    WAYMOND
              (really sad)
          Maybe we don't have a choice.

Deirdre is getting closer. Evelyn presses the elevator button
again and again.
                                                         29.


          GONG GONG                         GONG GONG
沒膽匪⼥，做咩都半途⽽廢。                     Little girl. Always running
                                  away. Never finishing what
(In Cantonese)                    you started.

His words cut to Evelyn’s core. Evelyn looks up at her
distorted reflection in the elevator door, and then down to
her fist as it tightens.

            EVELYN                            EVELYN
⽼⾖，你錯勒！你⼀地都唔瞭解我。                  Father, you are wrong about
                                  me...
(In Cantonese)

Meanwhile, Waymond picks up the divorce papers from the floor
and sees the scribbles on the back.

                    WAYMOND
          Switch shoes to- WHAT!

Evelyn pushes past Waymond and PUNCHES Deirdre in the face.

Deirdre’s body crumples on the ground. Evelyn looks at her
fists surprised by how much it hurt her hand.

                    WAYMOND (CONT'D)
          What are you doing?!!

Deirdre cowers in fear with her hands over her head. People
run over to see what the commotion is about.

                    DEIRDRE
          Help! Call security!

       WAYMOND                               WAYMOND
妳幹嘛打她？！                           Why did you hit her?

                    EVELYN
          You told me to do it!

           WAYMOND                           WAYMOND
妳瘋了嗎？！                            Are you CRAZY?

                    EVELYN
          You said I would know when it was
          the time to fight! She was coming
          after us...

Evelyn sees Deirdre is holding their taxes file folder that
they left behind.
                                                           30.


                    DEIRDRE
          You have no idea how much trouble
          you are in. Assaulting an IRS agent
          is a... you have no idea!

       WAYMOND                              WAYMOND
我是在說我們的事。                        I was talking about us.

Waymond lifts up the crumpled divorce papers.

                    EVELYN
          “Dissolution of marriage”? 什麼?
          (What?)

                    DEIRDRE
              (oh phone)
          Yes! I’m on the tenth floor. I
          don’t know what they want, I don’t
          know if they’re armed...

       EVELYN                                EVELYN
是誰給你的。？                          Who gave you those papers?

           WAYMOND                          WAYMOND
沒⼈給我啊!                           Nobody gave them to me!

                    EVELYN
          你哥... (Your brother) gets divorce
          and now you think divorce is okay?

                    WAYMOND
          I don't think it's okay!

                    EVELYN
          We made a vow!

       WAYMOND (CONT.)                      WAYMOND
Eveyln…我只是希望你和我…                 Evelyn...I know. I just wish
                                 you and I.

He lowers his head fighting back tears. Then his head shoots
back up and he speaks - in English:

                    ALPHA WAYMOND
          I told you to stay low and out of
          sight.

Evelyn hits him over and over.
                                                           31.


                    EVELYN
          Oh, now you’re here? You’re
          confusing me! Coming and going.
          Stop coming here!

The elevator door opens. It's filled with security guards.

                    DEIRDRE
          That's her. The Chinese lady!

                    EVELYN
              (at Alpha Waymond)
          No! This is his fault!

                    GUARD
          Everyone remain calm. I need you
          two to lie down on the ground with
          your hands behind your heads.

Evelyn obediently lies down, but Alpha Waymond takes her
bluetooths and places them in his own ears.

                    GUARD (CONT'D)
          Sir, please comply...

Alpha Waymond reaches into his pouch. The security guards all
draw their weapons.

He pulls out his chapstick.

                    GUARD (CONT'D)
          Whatever you are thinking about
          doing, don’t do it.

He pops open the cap, twists it to FULL STICK, and eats it
WHOLE.

                    GUARD (CONT'D)
          Sir...?

He chews and chews. The guards lower their guns, confused.

The devices VIBRATE and glow GREEN. He presses the button.
His head snaps back as if kicked back by a shotgun.

He flashes a devious smile to Evelyn as a security guard
walks over and reaches to grab his arm.

He unsnaps his fanny pack which dangles from his fingers.

                    GUARD (CONT'D)
          Okay, that's enough-
                                                        32.


Alpha Waymond whips his fanny pack like a pair of nunchucks
right into the guard’s face. He recoils in pain.

He deftly knocks each of their guns to the ground, whipping
them in the face for good measure.

The guards pull out batons and circle him. It’s a standoff.

Alpha Waymond calmly lengthens the fanny pack to full length,
prompting the nervous guards to cautiously take a step back.

He reaches into a fish bowl on an adjacent office desk, pulls
out a fist of little pebbles, then drops them into the
unzipped fanny pack.

They attack. ZIP. He starts beating the living hell out of
them with his heavy pack. He is incredible.

                       EVELYN
          Holy shit.

He snaps the packs around one of their necks then punches him
over and over again.

He unsnaps, then whips the buckle up inside one of their
nostrils. He spins the pack then yanks, sending the guard
spiraling into a printer.

The last wimpy guard runs for the stairs leaving his
semiconscious coworkers groaning on the floor. Alpha Waymond
turns to Evelyn.

                    ALPHA WAYMOND
          On your feet!

Evelyn doesn't know what to do. An ALARM begins to blare.
Emergency lighting is triggered. Onlookers run for an exit.

            EVELYN                          EVELYN
How did you... what is          How did you... what is
happening?                      happening? Are we getting
我們真的要離婚嗎？                       divorced?

Waymond slaps her.

                    ALPHA WAYMOND
          I’m not the Waymond who wants to
          divorce you, I’m the Waymond who is
          saving your life. Now, you can
          either come with me and live up to
          your ultimate potential, or lie
          here and live with the
          consequences.
                                                                33.


                         EVELYN
               I... I... want to lie here.

     Frustrated, Alpha Waymond picks her up like a fireman.

     Alpha Waymond carries Evelyn past the janitor’s closet. The
     door is closed and unharmed. CUT TO:


19   CLOSET UNIVERSE: INT. IRS 10TH FLOOR

     The door is now open and has a massive hole punched through
     it. Inside lay Closet Evelyn and Closet Waymond’s bleeding
     bodies.

     Deirdre with the black circle (bagel) on her forehead
     addresses confused hostages lined up along the cubicle walls.

                         DEIRDRE (BAGEL)
               Citizens of the 4,655th Thetaverse.
               You are about to be graced by the
               presence of our sovereign leader,
               Jobu Tupaki.

     Two small boots walk into frame stumbling forward like a
     drunk person’s. A gentle RUMBLE builds with each step.

                         DEIRDRE (BAGEL) (CONT'D)
               Let me assure you of one thing:
               Just like every other moment in
               your miserable lives, this is
               nothing more than a statistical
               inevitability.

     A hand gently runs along the outer wall of a cubicle.
     Directly on the other side of wall push pins sporadically
     change position, post-it notes change colors and text, a
     family portrait subtly changes family members.

                         DEIRDRE (BAGEL) (CONT'D)
               Jobu Tupaki has seen all and knows
               all. She knows what makes you tick.
               What fragile branches you rest your
               self worth upon

     Jobu points a finger at Deirdre. Their face is hidden behind
     an elaborate mask.

                         JOBU
               Shut up Deirdre, no one likes you.

     Deirdre chokes on her words- then breaks down in tears. With
     her hands in her face she leaps off the balcony. THUD.
                                                                 34.


       The hostages shriek.

                           JOBU (CONT'D)
                 Duck, Duck, Duck...

       Jobu walks down the line not quite touching any of them on
       the head. Then stops at Evelyn.

                              JOBU (CONT'D)
                 Goose.

       They reach out to touch Closet Evelyn, not quite dead after
       all. The LOW RUMBLE builds. Her eyes go wide.

19-1   RAPID MONTAGE OF CLOSE UPS: We see Evelyn in a series of
       random universes. She’s lying in a field, on a hospital
       gurney, she’s a scarecrow, a surgeon, bees are coming out of
       her mouth. The universes escalate, almost to insanity- POP.

       Closet Evelyn now wears a little baby outfit. Jobu is
       tickling her. Evelyn is very ticklish.

                           JOBU (CONT'D)
                 Funny. You’d think on the verge of
                 death, the brain would turn off the
                 reflex that makes you ticklish.

       Closet Evelyn thrashes and laughs. Spitting up blood.

                           JOBU (CONT'D)
                 But here you are, blood pressure
                 rising, muscles contracting,
                 pushing out more and more of your
                 precious life source. In a way,
                 this is nice. How often do people
                 literally die laughing?

       Closet Evelyn dies. Jobu Tupaki uses her bib to wipe the
       blood off their hands. Jobu shakes their head disappointed.

       A hostage begins to cry loudly.

                           JOBU (CONT'D)
                 Shh. Shh. It’s not her. But they
                 might be close...

       Jobu Tupaki hears a DISTANT SOUND. CHAD cowers in fear.

       Jobu listens more intently before rotating their head. Click!
       Click! click! Like a radio tuner, we wind through different
       universes never seeing their face:

19-2   CLICK - They're driving a bus into oncoming traffic.
                                                               35.


19-3   CLICK - They're on Wall Street as the stock market crashes.

19-4   CLICK - They're tagging a wall with graffiti. The FUZZY RADIO
       SIGNAL suddenly clears up. It’s TV News:


20     INT. DIVE BAR - AFTERNOON

       CLICK - Jobu sits in a dive bar nursing a beer sporting a
       hoodie. They watch people exiting the IRS Building on TV.

                           NEWS ANCHOR (V.O.)
                 ... there is no word yet on who was
                 behind the attack or what their
                 motives may have been...

                           BECKY (O.S.)
                 Ugh. I'm so sick of all of this bad
                 news...

       We reveal that Jobu is sitting next to Becky. Jobu abruptly
       stands up & marches towards the door.

                           BECKY (CONT'D)
                 Babe...? What's up-

       As Jobu opens the door, the light reveals - IT’S JOY. Jobu
       Tupaki has taken her over. She leaves, and the camera lingers
       on the IRS building on the TV.


21     INT. IRS 10TH FLOOR - LATER

       Alpha Waymond is pulling Evelyn along through the hallway.
       They pass small groups of frantic civilians running to
       safety.

                           EVELYN
                 My husband won't even kill a
                 spider. How are you the same
                 person?

                           ALPHA WAYMOND
                 You underestimate how the smallest
                 decisions can compound into
                 significant differences over a
                 lifetime. Every tiny decision
                 creates another branching universe,
                 another- were you not paying
                 attention before?

                           EVELYN
                 Of course... but you’re very bad at
                 explaining-
                                                                36.


     Waymond spots a couple guards up ahead and yanks Evelyn into
     an office, shutting the door behind them.


22   INT. IRS 10TH FLOOR OFFICE - CONTINUOUS

                         EVELYN
               Wait, oh my god. We have to go
               back. We left my father!

                          WAYMOND
               Don’t worry, we’re monitoring him.
               He’s safe.

     FLASH: IRS. BREAK ROOM: Gong Gong is finishing his third
     pudding snack.

     Back in the office, Alpha Waymond pulls up a map with
     thousands of green circles on his cell phone. In the center
     is a flashing white dot. They speak in hushed whispers.

                         WAYMOND (CONT'D)
               This is you, this is your universe,
               one bubble floating in the cosmic
               foam of existence. Every
               surrounding bubble has slight
               variations. But the further away
               you get from your universe, the
               bigger the differences.

                         EVELYN
               A universe where I am finished with
               my taxes?

                         ALPHA WAYMOND
               We are talking about infinity. If
               you can imagine it, somewhere out
               there, it exists.

                          EVELYN
               A universe... where I don’t have
               any taxes?

                         ALPHA WAYMOND
               Sure.

     Waymond zooms out on the map to show another flashing white
     dot far from this universe.

                         ALPHA WAYMOND (CONT'D)
               This is where I am from.

     Alpha Waymond blinks and we match cut to him in the-
                                                             37.


23   ALPHAVERSE: INT. LAUNDRY RV CONTROL ROOM

     In a chair with an array of wires and cables flowing from
     every angle, sits Alpha Waymond. Alpha Officers operate
     various pieces of equipment. One part CIA surveillance truck,
     one part condemned Radioshack, and one part laundry delivery.

                         ALPHA WAYMOND (V.O.)
               The Alphaverse. The first universe
               to make contact with the others.
               You can call me Alpha Waymond. In
               this world, you were a brilliant
               woman. But most people thought you
               were crazy.

     Alpha Waymond looks over at a shrine for Evelyn in the
     corner. There are some candles, an ornate urn, and a portrait
     of Evelyn in glasses and a turtle neck.

                         ALPHA WAYMOND (V.O.)
               In your search to prove the
               existence of other universes, you
               discovered a way to temporarily
               link your consciousness with
               another version of yourself,
               accessing all of their memories,
               their skills, even their emotions.


24   INT. IRS 10TH FLOOR OFFICE - PRESENT UNIVERSE

                         EVELYN
               Like the Janitor’s closet... Like
               you right now.

                          ALPHA WAYMOND
               Exactly. It's called Verse Jumping.
               I need you to pay attention because
               you need to learn how to do it,
               right now.

                            EVELYN
               Right now?

                         ALPHA WAYMOND
               It may be our only chance of
               getting out of here alive.

     Evelyn is suddenly overcome with nausea.

     Alpha Waymond finds a piece of chewed up gum stuck under the
     desk and pops it in his mouth before pressing his bluetooth.
     This doesn’t help Evelyn’s nausea.
                                                              38.


                         ALPHA WAYMOND (CONT'D)
                   (spitting out gum)
               Two guards coming this way. On my
               signal, try to blend in.

                         EVELYN
               No! This is crazy... Why can’t your
               Evelyn do this?

                         ALPHA WAYMOND
               My Evelyn is dead.

     Evelyn throws up a little in her mouth.

                          ALPHA WAYMOND (CONT'D)
               Go.
                   (fake screaming)
               Oh my god, oh my god, what is
               happening-


25   INT. IRS 10TH FLOOR - CONTINUOUS

     Waymond swings open the office door. A group of frantic
     civilians run past. Waymond grabs Evelyn, still screaming,
     and joins the group.

     Two armed guards approach the group opening office doors.
     Evelyn and Waymond run right past them.

     As soon as the guards pass out of sight, Waymond stops
     screaming and pulls Evelyn into a stairwell.


26   INT. IRS STAIRWELL

     Evelyn and Waymond stand with their backs against the door
     inches away from each other.

                         EVELYN
               How did I die?

                         ALPHA WAYMOND
               I've seen you die a thousand ways.
               In a thousand worlds. In every
               single one, you were murdered.

     Alpha Waymond heads down the stairs.

                         EVELYN
               What!? Who wants me dead?
                                                             39.


                         ALPHA WAYMOND
               An evil omniversal being with
               unimaginable power. An agent of
               pure chaos, with no real motives or
               desires. Jobu Tupaki.

                         EVELYN
               You're just making up words-

     Waymond puts his hand on her lips. A few floors below, they
     catch a glimpse of police headed up towards them.

     They head back up the stairs.

                         ALPHA WAYMOND
                   (into earpiece)
               We need another exit.

                         EVELYN
               Wait. Why is Joey Joowee hunting
               me?

                         ALPHA WAYMOND
               Jobu Tupaki. Because she knows, no
               matter how powerful she is, no
               matter how unlikely it is, in an
               infinite number of universes, there
               has to be at least one where
               someone can stop her.


27   INT. IRS 8TH FLOOR CORRIDOR

                         EVELYN
               Let her destroy the other bubbles.
               You say there is a lot of them,
               maybe it’s okay if we lose some.
               Just leave me out of it.

     Alpha Waymond gets serious.

                         ALPHA WAYMOND
               It’s not so simple. She’s been
               building something. We don’t know
               exactly what it is. We don’t know
               what it’s for. But we can all...
               feel it. You’ve been feeling it
               too, haven’t you? Something is off.
               Your clothes never wear as well the
               next day, your hair never falls in
               quite the same way, even your
               coffee tastes... wrong.
                         (MORE)
                                                                40.

                         ALPHA WAYMOND (CONT'D)
               Our institutions are crumbling,
               nobody trusts their neighbor
               anymore, and you stay up at night
               wondering to yourself...

                         EVELYN
               How can we go back?

     Evelyn is completely taken in by Alpha Waymond’s speech.

                         ALPHA WAYMOND
               This is the Alphaverse’s mission:
               To take us back to how its supposed
               to be. But that begins with finding
               the one who can stand up to Jobu’s
               perverse shroud of chaos. One who
               believes in truth and order.

                         EVELYN
               And you think that’s me?

                         ALPHA WAYMOND
               Why else would we risk everything
               to get you out of here?

     The color drains from her face. He pulls her into an office
     space to reveal:


28   INT. IRS 8TH FLOOR - CUBICLES

                         DEIRDRE (BAGEL)
               There you are.

                         EVELYN
               Oh, Miss. Deirdre, look I think I
               finally understand--

     Deirdre is wearing her own modified bluetooth headsets. She
     picks up a post-it note and staples it to her forehead. We
     see that her hands are red: blood. The headsets turn GREEN.

                         EVELYN (CONT'D)
               What's she doing?

                         ALPHA WAYMOND
               Verse jumping. Run!

     Deirdre slams the stairwell door shut. Evelyn and Alpha
     Waymond run. They spot dead bodies around the room.

     Deirdre presses the button, her head cocks back. She opens
     her eyes and flips a table with incredible strength.
                                                             41.


     As they flee. The camera pushes into Waymond’s head


29   ALPHAVERSE: INT. LAUNDRY RV CONTROL ROOM

                         ALPHA OFFICER #1
               She jumped somewhere: brute force.
               Sumo wrestler? Body builder?

                         ALPHA WAYMOND
               Doesn't matter. Counter with
               someone agile.

     An onscreen interface rapidly scans a cluster of circles each
     representing other universes. A few begin to blink.

                         ALPHA OFFICER #2
               On your perimeter we've got break
               dancer, mime, gymnast-

                         ALPHA WAYMOND
               Give me gymnast! Go!

                         ALPHA OFFICER #1
               Calculating route...

     Onscreen, we see rapidly flashing images of gymnasts. Then
     flashing paths through circles. Finally a path solidifies.
     "ROUTE FOUND"

                         ALPHA OFFICER #1 (CONT'D)
               Paper cuts. Four of them. One
               between each finger.


30   INT. IRS 8TH FLOOR

     Waymond rips some paper from a bulletin board and starts
     trying to slice paper cuts while running. It’s not working.

                         ALPHA WAYMOND
               Paper cuts only happen when you
               aren’t trying. It’s impossible.

                          ALPHA OFFICER #1 (O.S.)
               Probability of 1 in 8 thousand.
               It's the strongest jumping pad
               we've got.

     Frustrated, Alpha Waymond gets down on one knee to focus.

                         EVELYN
               What are you doing??!
                                                                42.


     SLICE. One down. Deirdre is closing in on them.

     SLICE. Two down.

     SLICE. Three down. Evelyn leaves him behind and runs.

     SLICE. That’s four. The bluetooth turns GREEN. He is about to
     press the button-

     Deirdre catches his hand. With effortless strength, she lifts
     him up in the air, and spins him over her head like a pro
     wrestler. His headsets fly out of his ears.


31   ALPHAVERSE: INT. LAUNDRY RV CONTROL ROOM

                         ALPHA OFFICER #1
               Is that... pro wrestling?

                         ALPHA OFFICER #2
               She’s going for a backbreaker!


32   INT. IRS 8TH FLOOR

     Deirdre lifts him up to drop on her knee, but Alpha Waymond
     grabs an exit sign and holds on as Deirdre tries to tug him
     away. The exit sign rips from the ceiling. Just as Deirdre
     drops him, Alpha Waymond slips the sign between his spine and
     her knee.

     The exit sign shatters. It’s painful as hell for both of
     them, but at least Alpha Waymond’s spine is intact.

     As Alpha Waymond painfully begins to retreat, Deirdre runs at
     him and drop kicks him in the chest with both legs knocking
     him back down a nearby stairwell.

     Deirdre shuts the door and shoves large filing cabinets to
     block it.

     Across the room, Evelyn hides under a desk.


33   ALPHAVERSE: INT. LAUNDRY RV CONTROL ROOM

                         ALPHA OFFICER #1
               She's gotta run.

                         ALPHA WAYMOND
               No! She can jump. Somewhere she can
               fight.
                                                             43.


                         ALPHA OFFICER #2
               She's not ready. A jump like that
               would fry most people's brains.

                         ALPHA WAYMOND
               She's not most people.


34   INT. IRS 8TH FLOOR STAIRWAY HALLWAY

     Alpha Waymond pushes against the cabinets. They won't budge.
     He is weak again, like regular Waymond.


35   INT. IRS 8TH FLOOR

     Evelyn's phone vibrates. Waymond is calling.

                         ALPHA WAYMOND (O.S.)
               Evelyn! Can you hear me? You're
               going to have to verse jump.

     She spots the two bluetooths on the floor. She picks them up
     and places them in her ears.

                         EVELYN
               Okay. What do I do?

                         ALPHA WAYMOND (O.S.)
               Concentrate on a universe in which
               you studied martial arts.

                         EVELYN
               Just because I'm Chinese doesn't
               mean I do kung fu-

                         ALPHA WAYMOND (O.S.)
               Just do it!

     Evelyn closes her eyes.


36   ALPHAVERSE: INT. LAUNDRY RV CONTROL ROOM

     Onscreen images flash: Kung Fu masters, a baby crying, a deer
     in the headlights, etc.

                         ALPHA OFFICER #2
               I'm locking in. Ready in 3, 2, 1...

     "CALCULATING ROUTE" blinks onscreen."
                                                             44.


37   INT. IRS 8TH FLOOR

     Deirdre stalks the cubicles looking for Evelyn.

                         ALPHA WAYMOND (O.S.)
               You have to profess your love to
               Deirdre.

                          EVELYN
               No way.

                         ALPHA WAYMOND (O.S.)
               It's like eating the chapstick. Or
               switching your shoes.


38   ALPHAVERSE: INT. LAUNDRY RV CONTROL ROOM

     On the screen, we see the center universe marked Point A
     (Current Verse). Far away is a highlighted universe marked
     Point C (Fighter Verse). Along the highlighted route is Point
     B between them (the Universe where Evelyn professes her love
     to her Attacker).

                         ALPHA WAYMOND (V.O.)
               It takes an immense amount of
               mental energy to jump to further
               universes. You developed an
               algorithm that calculates which
               statistically improbable action
               will place you in a universe on the
               edge of your local cluster, giving
               you the momentum needed to reach
               your desired counterpart. It’s your
               jumping pad.


39   INT. IRS 8TH FLOOR

     Evelyn frantically crawls through the cubicles as Deirdre
     stalks her like a Minotaur in its maze.

                         EVELYN
               That doesn't make any sense!

                         ALPHA WAYMOND
               Exactly. The less sense it makes,
               the better. The Stochastic Path
               Algorithm is fueled by random
               actions. Tell her you love her. And
               mean it!

                         EVELYN
               Are there any other jumping pads?
                                                                  45.


                           ALPHA WAYMOND
                 The next best paths are break your
                 own arm, or take a nap. You're not
                 sleepy are you?

       Suddenly Deirdre’s foot steps right in front of Evelyn’s
       face. She looks up at Deirdre in terror.

                           EVELYN
                     (meekly)
                 I love you?

       The earpiece blinks YELLOW. Evelyn pushes the button.

                           ALPHA WAYMOND
                 Wait!

       Her mind launches out the building and we land-


40     TAXES UNIVERSE: INT. LAUNDRY RV [SPLIT SCREEN]

       Evelyn and Waymond sit in the RV. Evelyn spots the divorce
       papers in her lap. This isn’t the universe she wanted to jump
       to.

                           EVELYN
                 No, no, no, no...

40-1   FLASH: We see the moment in the elevator where Alpha Waymond
       first contacted her. Only this time Evelyn refuses to take
       the umbrella and Alpha Waymond gives up.


41     ALPHAVERSE: INT. LAUNDRY RV CONTROL ROOM

                           ALPHA OFFICER #1
                 She’s in a local divergent
                 universe.

                           ALPHA WAYMOND
                 She’s gone home to... finish her
                 taxes.


42     INT. IRS 8TH FLOOR [SPLIT SCREEN]

       Evelyn panics and tries to punch Deirdre. Deirdre easily
       catches her wrist and twists it. Evelyn screams in pain.

       Deirdre laughs and slaps her over and over.
                                                               46.


43   TAXES UNIVERSE: INT. LAUNDRY RV [SPLIT SCREEN]

     Evelyn's face is red with pain. Waymond is shy and scared.

              WAYMOND                           WAYMOND
     我沒有要傷害你！                        I'm not trying to hurt you.
                                     Byron, from church said he
     教會的Byron告訴我，以前，他和太太             and his wife were miserable,
     的感情⼀直不好，直到他們開始談離婚               until they discussed divorce
                                     and- talking it out actually
     ，因爲把話聊開了。反⽽感情變好了。               helped...

                         EVELYN
                   (strained)
               This doesn't make any sense...

                WAYMOND                         WAYMOND
     Think about it.                 Think about it. Unless it’s
     除了緊急的事,每次我找你聊。you               an emergency, whenever I try
                                     to talk to you, you always
     always get pulled away-         get pulled away-

     An arm grabs Evelyn's collar and pulls her away-


44   INT. IRS 8TH FLOOR

     Deirdre grapples Evelyn in a spectacular finishing move
     sending her through a cubicle wall. The bluetooth light goes
     out: she’s disconnected.

     Evelyn spots the cabinets Alpha Waymond is trapped behind.
     She runs and starts tugging a cabinet out of the way.

                         ALPHA WAYMOND
               I'm sorry, Evelyn. I gotta go.

                          EVELYN
               What?

     Alpha Waymond has his hand pressed against the cabinets
     gently.

                         ALPHA WAYMOND
               I need to find the right Evelyn.
               And this one... it's not the one.

                         EVELYN
               Wait, no! Let me try again!

     Evelyn pushes a cabinet away and squeezes through. Waymond
     looks utterly confused.
                                                              47.


               WAYMOND                            WAYMOND
     Evelyn! 怎麼回事？                     Evelyn! What’s going on?

     Alpha Waymond is gone. Evelyn pushes Waymond back through
     some doors and shuts the door tight behind them.


45   INT. IRS STAIRWELL

                         WAYMOND
               Evelyn! Your face.

     Evelyn's nose is bleeding and her face is battered.

                         EVELYN
               You left me. You just left me.

                WAYMOND                           WAYMOND
     What? I'm still                   What? I’m still here. Do you
     here.你是指離婚的事嗎?                    mean the divorce?

     The reminder of the divorce causes a great dissonance in her
     mind. Her bluetooth malfunctions and flashes GREEN:


46   TAXES UNIVERSE: EXT. LAUNDROMAT

     Evelyn and Waymond sit in the RV.

            WAYMOND                               WAYMOND
     我希望新年有個新的開始。但是。也許                 I wanted to start off the new
                                       year on a new foot. But...
     你是對的。如果我們沒結婚的話也許會                 maybe you’re right. Maybe we
     更幸福。                              would have been better off if
                                       we had never gotten married.

                EVELYN                             EVELYN
     我從來沒説過.                           I never said that

            WAYMOND                               WAYMOND
     你根本不⽤說，                           You didn’t have to. It’s the
                                       way you look at me.
     你的眼神已經出賣了你。

                            EVELYN
               Waymond...

     The car door is ripped off-
                                                                  48.


47     INT. STAIRWELL

       The door is ripped from its hinges to reveal a sweaty angry
       Deirdre. Evelyn panics.

                           EVELYN
                 ... I love you!

                           WAYMOND
                     (touched)
                 What?

                  EVELYN                           EVELYN
       ⾛開啦!                            Get out of the way!
                                          (to Deirdre)
          (to Deirdre)                 I love you! I love you!
       I love you! I love you!

       Her bluetooth turns YELLOW. Evelyn grabs Waymond’s hand and
       they run down the stairs as Deirdre laughs.

       Evelyn turns to see Deirdre leap off the top step and
       straight into the air right towards her. Evelyn falls on her
       knees and finally gives in.

                           EVELYN (CONT'D)
                     (like a prayer)
                 I LOVE YOU!

       The bluetooth turns GREEN. She presses the button.

       A shock goes through her brain. Just as Deirdre’s knee is
       about to hit Evelyn’s nose, TIME SLOWS DOWN TO A CRAWL.

       The camera patiently pushes into Evelyn’s head, through
       countless universes then stops:


48     MOVIE STAR UNIVERSE: INT. LIMOUSINE

       Evelyn lounges in her limo dressed in a lovely gown. She
       gasps as she rapidly downloads memories.

       WE GO THROUGH MEMORIES LIKE A TRAIN GOING THROUGH A TUNNEL:

48-1   - EXT. HONG KONG ALLEY - 1980s - Evelyn and Waymond, in their
       early 20’s, on the porch.

            YOUNG WAYMOND                      YOUNG WAYMOND
       難道你看不到嗎？如果你跟我⾛，我們               Can’t you see it? How
                                       wonderful it would be if you
       會有美好的將來。                        came with me?
                                                                   49.


        The screen fractures like a prism, and we see two options:
        one universe where Evelyn drives away in the taxi with him,
        and one where she stays with her family.

        We follow the universe in which Evelyn stays:

48-2    - EXT. HONG KONG STREET - NIGHT - Evelyn is walking alone
        crying softly to herself. A mugger grabs her purse and knocks
        her to the ground.

        Moments later, her purse drops back down beside her. She
        looks up to see a regal woman in traditional attire: classic
        KUNG FU MASTER. She has beaten up the mugger.

48-3    - EXT. WOODS - Classic training montage moments: Evelyn
        carrying buckets of water up and down a mountain, doing pinky
        push ups, breaking clay pots with her fists.

        In a quick series of moments, the Kung Fu Master playfully
        keeps a cookie away from Evelyn. This is her toughest
        challenge. She never quite gets it.

           KUNG FU MASTER (V.O.)             KUNG FU MASTER (V.O.)
        功夫不只是打⾾，⽽是熟能⽣巧，做好                Gong Fu is not just about
                                         combat. It is the mastery of
        ⼀塊餅乾也是功夫。                        any discipline. Even this
                                         cookie can be Gong Fu.

48-4    - INT. KUNG FU COMPETITION - Evelyn executes a perfect kick
        to her opponent’s face.

        She is being honored with a medal. She looks at her Master
        with great pride. Her Master bows her head. A Hollywood
        Manager with a cigar seems very impressed.

48-5/6/7 - MONTAGE - of Evelyn working with her Kung Fu Master on a
         film set. Then another one and another one.

48      MOVIE STAR UNIVERSE: INT. LIMOUSINE - She’s back. She looks
        across the limo at her MASTER like she has never seen her
        before. She pulls out a cookie from her pocket and Evelyn
        instinctively grabs for it and they do a poetic kung fu dance
        as she marvels at her own hand’s abilities.

        Evelyn almost grabs the end of the cookie but fails. The
        Master smiles. It’s a sweet moment.

             KUNG FU MASTER                      KUNG FU MASTER
        雖然我們已經不再是當年的⾃⼰，但你                Though we are far from our
                                         humble beginnings. You must
        不能忘記當年學武的初⼼。                     never forget why you learned
        我以你為榮。                           Gong Fu. I am proud.
                                                               50.


     The camera pushes back into her head:


49   INT. IRS - STAIRWELL - ORIGINAL UNIVERSE

     Not even a second has passed. A single tear is suspended from
     her eye.

     Evelyn’s fists close tightly, and she inhales. TIME RESUMES
     LIKE A SLAP TO THE FACE.

     In one fluid motion, Evelyn side steps the knee, grabs hold
     of Deirdre’s arm mid-air, then slams her to the ground.

     Evelyn looks at her hands. It worked.

     Deirdre attempts to grapple her, but Evelyn easily dodges the
     advance and sends Deirdre tumbling down the stairs. Her head
     crashes through the drywall and she goes limp.

     Evelyn disconnects. Waymond runs over and lifts her up.

                WAYMOND                         WAYMOND
     Why did you-? How-? 你在哭嗎?       Why did you-? How-? Are you
                                     crying?

                EVELYN                           EVELYN
       (through tears)                  (through tears)
     我看到我的⼈⽣如果沒有你會是多麽的               I saw my life... without
                                     you... I wish you could have
     美好!                             seen it...

     Waymond is drawn in.

                 EVELYN (CONT'D)                 EVELYN (CONT'D)
     ... it was beautiful.           ... it was beautiful. I
                                     should have listened to Baba.
     我當年應該聼我爸的話，不要跟你⾛.               All of those years ago-

     Waymond looks at her with a pained confusion. He begins to
     say something, but Alpha Waymond returns. He grabs her hand
     and begins walking away from Deirdre’s limp body.

                         ALPHA WAYMOND
               We better keep moving. Now you’ve
               definitely got Jobu’s attention.


50   INT. IRS - CONFERENCE ROOM

     Alpha Waymond leads Evelyn into a conference room with half-
     eaten catering bagels and fruit strewn across the table.
     Waymond collects napkins and ice to tend to their wounds.
                                                             51.


                         ALPHA WAYMOND
               Stay calm. Your brain is under an
               incredible amount of stress.

                         EVELYN
               Wait... let me finish talking with
               my husband-

                         ALPHA WAYMOND
               Shhh, you're not thinking straight.

                         EVELYN
               No, he needs to know how good my
               life could have been-

     Evelyn hears VOICES. The bluetooth glitches. Flashing lights
     hit her face. We hear ROARING CROWDS.


51   MOVIE STAR UNIVERSE: INT. LIMOUSINE

     The limo door to reveal she is at a movie premiere: the red
     carpet, the screaming fans, the flashing lights. It’s
     beautiful..

                         ALPHA WAYMOND (O.S.)
               Evelyn... Evelyn!

     A hand slaps her in the face-


52   INT. IRS - CONFERENCE ROOM - ORIGINAL UNIVERSE

     Alpha Waymond slapped her in the face.

                         ALPHA WAYMOND
               Are you with me?!

                         EVELYN
               I thought I was disconnected... why
               am I still there?

     Alpha Waymond shows her the map of her mind. There are three
     new green circles, for each universe she has jumped to.

                         ALPHA WAYMOND (CONT.)
               Your mind, it’s like a clay pot
               holding water. Every jump opens
               another crack... causing things to
               leak through. With training, you
               will learn to reseal these cracks.
               Eat. You need energy.
                                                        52.


Alpha Waymond hands her a plate of half eaten food. He takes
a massive bite from a bagel with cream cheese. His eyes close
in ecstasy.

                    ALPHA WAYMOND (CONT'D)
          Cream cheese... Ohhhhhh. In my
          universe, the cattle were killed
          off. One of the many things we’ve
          lost in our war against Jobu.

He begins chugging from a carton of half and half.

                    EVELYN
          What if... I want to go back? Back
          to the other universe-

Alpha Waymond begins shaking her furiously.

                    ALPHA WAYMOND
          SHUT IT DOWN. SHUT IT DOWN! ARE YOU
          WITH ME?! COME BACK!!!

                    EVELYN
          I’m with you! Okay. I’m with you!

He checks the map. Evelyn is stable.

                    ALPHA WAYMOND
          Listen: You are only using the
          other worlds to acquire special
          skills. Do you understand? If you
          fall for their temptations you
          invite contradiction. Chaos. The
          clay pot could shatter and you
          could die... or far worse.

                    EVELYN
          What is worse than death?

                    ALPHA WAYMOND
          We should keep moving until
          reinforcements arrive.

                    EVELYN
          No, I don’t have time for your clay
          pots. Explain it to me now.

She puts her foot down. Alpha Waymond sighs.

                    ALPHA WAYMOND
          You’re right. In the Alphaverse, we
          began training many young minds to
          verse jump.
                    (MORE)
                                                                  53.

                             ALPHA WAYMOND (CONT'D)
                   Imagine what we could have done
                   with the collective knowledge of
                   all these worlds. Cured diseases,
                   ended war. But there was one who
                   was far and above the most gifted.
                   Our little explorer... <sigh>. You
                   saw her potential, so you pushed
                   her... beyond her limit.

        This strikes a nerve with Evelyn.


52A     ALPHAVERSE: INT. BUNKER (FLASHBACK)

        We see Joy hooked up to various devices.   She verse jumps
        over and over again as Evelyn looks on.

                             ALPHA WAYMOND (V.O.)
                   Though the overloaded mind usually
                   dies, her mind was fractured,
                   shattering the filter that upholds
                   the illusion that we exist in one
                   linear reality.

        The machines break and Joy’s eyes turn an eerie BLACK.


53      VARIOUS UNIVERSES: JOBU TUPAKI'S WALK

        Jobu walks down a deserted dystopian road, dead bodies,
        smoking cars, a distant burning city.

53-1/2/3 Then with every step, we see her in a different universe: a
         mother walking down a grocery aisle, an axe murderer stalking
         her next victim, a celestial goddess walking through a
         temple.

                             ALPHA WAYMOND (V.O.)
                   Now her mind experiences every
                   world. Every possibility. At the
                   same exact time. Commanding the
                   infinite knowledge and power of the
                   multiverse.

53-4    EXT IRS BUILDING: Jobu stops walking. She’s outside. In their
        universe. Cut back to:


54      INT. IRS - CONFERENCE ROOM

                             EVELYN
                       (mouth full of food)
                   Joobooby.
                                                               54.


                          ALPHA WAYMOND
               Jobu. Tupaki. Now, she's seen too
               much. Lost any sense of morality,
               any belief in objective truth. And
               no one has been able to stop her...
               until now.

     Alpha Waymond leads Evelyn out. Evelyn hesitates.

                         EVELYN
               But you said I was the wrong one.

                         ALPHA WAYMOND
               What you did back there. It changed
               my mind. You were incredible...
               <fades away>

     Evelyn glows. She hears the CHEERING crowd from the premiere
     again.

     Alpha Waymond exits the room as he explains, but as Evelyn
     follows, she sees CHEERING FANS. She shakes her head but the
     CHEERING just gets louder. She can’t help but be pulled in-


55   MOVIE STAR UNIVERSE: INT. MOVIE THEATER

     She is back on the red carpet soaking in the limelight.

     Then she spots someone in the crowd: Waymond. Everything goes
     quiet. Waymond looks different, smartly dressed, confident in
     his stride. Their eyes lock. Time slows. CUE: ROMANTIC MUSIC.

                            EVELYN (MOVIE STAR)
               Waymond...

     We reveal her locket around her neck has an old photo of
     Waymond. A deep longing fills her soul as she walks off the
     carpet towards him. She pushes her way through the crowd.

     Everyone is staring at them.

             WAYMOND (CEO)                  EVELYN (MOVIE STAR) (CONT'D)
     你怎麽會…你先...                        你怎麽會…不好意思…你先説…
     (What are you- Wait you go-)      (What are- I’m sorry, you go)

     They both shut up and stare at the floor. They laugh.

          WAYMOND (CEO) (CONT'D)         WAYMOND (CEO) (CONT'D)
     我在廣告牌上看到你。可能這聽來很傻           I saw your face on a
                                 billboard and- This is
     …我在想你會記得我嗎？                 silly... I wondered if you
                                 remembered me...
                                                              55.


          EVELYN (MOVIE STAR)             EVELYN (MOVIE STAR)
     Of course, 但…你…變得很帥。            Of course, but... you look
                                     so...good... Is that a knock
     哇噻，那是真的嗎？                       off?

     It’s definitely real.

        EVELYN (MOVIE STAR) (CONT'D)    EVELYN (MOVIE STAR) (CONT'D)
     你不是應該在美國？不是很窮嗎？               But... you should be in
                                   America. And very poor.
                                   How...?

             WAYMOND (CEO)                    WAYMOND (CEO)
       (laughs)                         (laughs)
     還好啦！我⽐較幸運。                      I guess I got lucky.

     This dissonance hurts her brain. A hand grabs Evelyn’s
     shoulder. It’s her MASTER. Evelyn waves him away.

            MASTER                               MASTER
     全神貫注，不能再分⼼了。                    No time for distractions.

     He grabs her wrist to tug her away. Evelyn resists but
     realizes her hands are now in handcuffs.

                         ALPHA WAYMOND (O.S.)
               Evelyn! Come back!


56   INT. IRS 9TH FLOOR - ORIGINAL UNIVERSE

     Evelyn is being detained by a police officer while a small
     team of Police struggle with Alpha Waymond. They are now in a
     hallway by a freight elevator.

                         ALPHA WAYMOND
               Evelyn! Jump to another combat
               universe. Try peeing yourself,
               it's always a good jumping pad-

     WHAM. An officer knocks Alpha out cold with their gun.

                         EVELYN
               What? Waymond! Come back!

     No response. Evelyn doesn’t know what to do. She spots
     another officer escorting a shell-shocked Deirdre towards the
     elevator. Deirdre yanks a staple out of her forehead.

                         DEIRDRE
                   (to Evelyn)
               What did you do to me?
                                                             56.


                         EVELYN
               I didn’t do that.

                         OFFICER #1
               Sir, we have movement on the
               elevator. Did you request back up?

     The elevator number slowly ascends to their floor.

                         OFFICER #2
               Fuck. These new recruits don’t know
               how to stay put.
                       (into walkie)
               We’ve detained the assailants. Back
               up was not requested. Y’all wasted
               a trip. Copy?

     The officers all share a laugh. No response on the walkie.

                         OFFICER #2 (CONT'D)
               I said do you copy?


57   ALPHAVERSE: INT. LAUNDRY RV CONTROL ROOM

     Alpha Waymond watches the screens in horror.

                         ALPHA WAYMOND
               Run, Evelyn. Come on, run.


58   INT. IRS 10TH FLOOR - ORIGINAL UNIVERSE

     The Officers ominously watch the elevator reach their floor.

     DING. The doors open. Through pink smoke stands a woman in a
     Vegas-style Elvis jumpsuit, a cigarette hangs from her mouth,
     and she is accompanied by a pig on a leash.

     It's Joy. No, it’s Jobu Tupaki. She exhales more pink smoke.

                         EVELYN
               Joy? Why do you look so stupid?

     Jobu wobbles and sways out the elevator door led by her pig.

                         OFFICER #2
               Miss, you can't be up here.

     Officer #2 stands in her way. She takes one last drag from
     her cigarette and then puts it out right on his badge.
                                                           57.


                    JOBU
          Is it that I can’t be here, or that
          I’m not allowed to be here?

           EVELYN                           EVELYN
禮貌⼀點!                           You show them some respect!

Jobu places her foot on the Officer's shoe and taps it.

                    JOBU
          See I can physically be here. So
          you meant to say you're not
          allowing me to be here.

Jobu Tupaki laughs in his face and begins to walk by him.

                    OFFICER #2
          Alright, hands behind your head.

Officer #2 pulls out a pair of handcuffs.

                    JOBU
          You're going to make me walk
          through you?

                    OFFICER #2
          No ma’am, I can't let you do that.

                     JOBU
          Again, with the "can't". I don't
          think you understand the meaning of
          that word.

She reaches out and touches him on the nose. RUMBLE - He
tries to speak but confetti pours out. POP! He explodes into
confetti. Everyone screams. Jobu walks towards Evelyn.

                    JOBU (CONT'D)
          See, I can walk through you.

Evelyn's brain is broken. What did her daughter just do?

                    OFFICER #1
          Officer down! Take her out!

A gun is pushed against the back of Jobu’s head. Jobu turns,
shoves the gun in her mouth, and takes a deep drag like a
bong while he uselessly pulls the trigger.
                                                           58.


She spins him, RUMBLE POP! They are now dressed as Salsa
dancers and as they dance, the others OPEN FIRE, and he
becomes her human shield, riddled with bullets, blood
splattering the walls. She tosses him into the other
officers.

Handcuffed Evelyn awkwardly grabs Waymond’s unconscious body
and drags him away. Deirdre hides behind a corner.

Jobu jumps on another officer RUMBLE POP! They are now
luchador fighters. He is midair, upside down. She pile drives
his neck.

Jobu tumbles until she is face-to-face with Evelyn. She winks
at her. Then BANG. Jobu’s chest explodes with blood,
splattering Evelyn’s face. We reveal a guard behind her
holding a smoking gun. Jobu stumbles forward clutching her
chest. Evelyn is horrified.

                    JOBU
          Don’t... worry... Evelyn...

She reveals she is holding a bottle of ketchup. No wound.

                    JOBU (CONT'D)
          ...it’s organic.

The officer drops his gun and charges Jobu with his baton,
she catches it and it becomes a veiny dildo. Jobu violently
beats the officer with the dildo, finally knocking him
unconscious.

                    EVELYN (CONT)
          Oh my god, it's you...

SLOW MOTION: Jobu looks up at her mother still holding the
undulating dildo. Evelyn is horrified.

                    EVELYN (CONT) (CONT'D)
          You're Juju Toobootie.

                    DEIRDRE (BAGEL) (O.S.)
          Its Jobu Tupaki, and consider
          yourself blessed to be in her
          presence!

Bagel Deirdre steps out and bows her head before Jobu who
transformed her bloody clothes into clean golfing attire.

                    EVELYN
          The "Great Evil" that Waymond was
          talking about... is in my Joy?
                                                               59.


                         DEIRDRE (BAGEL)
               Do not mistake what you see from
               your limited perspective as "evil".
               Decree 241, rule 6: There is no
               good, there is no evil. There is
               only “goovil”.

                         EVELYN
               Shut up! Her name is Joy. A
               beautiful name. This, this is just
               make up sounds.

                         JOBU
               That's exactly right, Evelyn.

                         EVELYN
               Stop calling me that! I am your
               mother!


59   ALPHAVERSE: INT. LAUNDRY RV CONTROL ROOM

     Alpha Waymond is trying to wake up in the IRS building.

                         ALPHA WAYMOND
               Don't engage. She can't be reasoned
               with.


60   INT. IRS 9TH FLOOR - ORIGINAL UNIVERSE

     Evelyn's mind is going a mile a minute. She gasps.

                         EVELYN
               It's you. It's been you this whole
               time. You are the reason my
               daughter doesn't call anymore. Why
               she dropped out of college, gets
               tattoos. You are why she thinks
               she's a gay.

                         JOBU
               Hah! You're still hung up on the
               fact that I like girls in this
               world? The universe is so much
               bigger than you realize, Evelyn.
               我都乾了(I've fucked everything.)

                         EVELYN
               Watch your language!

     She struggles to get away, but Jobu continues to stalk her.
                                                        60.


                    JOBU
          You've fucked everything too.
          Girls. Dogs. Cars...

She pulls a picture frame off the wall and with a RUMBLE POP
POP POP, we see the photo in the frame change to photos of
Evelyn lovingly with Deirdre, a dog, a car.

                    EVELYN
          Never.

                    DEIRDRE (BAGEL)
          Decree 3707, rule 34: If you can
          imagine it, you have fucked it.

                    JOBU
          In this very moment, there's a
          world where you and your auditor
          over here are deeply in love.

The pictures flicker and show Deirdre and Evelyn on vacation,
walking their cat on a leash, etc. Evelyn looks from the
photos to Deirdre who nods menacingly.

                    JOBU (CONT'D)
          You miss her when she is gone. You
          love the way she smells. Her
          obsession with Crossfit and bird
          watching...

                    EVELYN
          Impossible.

                    DEIRDRE (BAGEL)
          Do not be so closed minded that you
          blind yourself from the truth!

                    EVELYN
          I'm not close minded! I just don't
          like you. Nobody likes you Deirdre!

                    DEIRDRE (BAGEL)
          Your insults mean nothing in the
          grand scheme of the cosmo-ho-ho...

Deirdre begins to cry. She beats her chest and slaps herself.

                    DEIRDRE (BAGEL) (CONT'D)
          C’mon Deirdre! C’mon! Keep it
          together. We worked on this.

Deirdre runs off crying down the hallway. Jobu sighs.
                                                                  61.


                           JOBU
                 Look, I'll be out of this universe
                 in a jiffy. I'm just popping in, to
                 check on something.

       Jobu reaches her hand towards Evelyn who defensively strikes
       a fighting pose. The DEEP RUMBLE begins to rise.

                           EVELYN
                 Don’t make me fight you. I am
                 really really good.

       Evelyn closes her eyes to concentrate. But she can’t.

60-1   FLASH: MOVIE STAR UNIVERSE: Evelyn is being ushered through,
       adoring fans, flashing photographers, a dancing popcorn and
       hot dog on a poster.

60-2   FLASH: TAXES UNIVERSE: Evelyn is trying to work on her taxes.
       She sees a picture on the wall of Joy as a child next to a
       child’s drawing of a man with wiggly worm fingers.

60-3   ALPHAVERSE: INT. LAUNDRY RV - On screen images FLASH: a
       clenched fist, hot dogs, Joy’s portrait, Joy’s childhood
       drawing, back to a fist, etc.

                           ALPHA WAYMOND
                 No, Evelyn, you're not locked in!

60     BACK IN THE IRS: Evelyn backs up against a wall.

       Jobu looks down to notice Evelyn has peed her pants. Her
       bluetooth FLICKERS YELLOW AND GREEN. Jobu nods impressed.

       Evelyn presses the bluetooth. Her head cocks back.

       Both her hands go limp as if they have been pumped full of
       anesthesia. Her handcuffs slide off to the floor.

       She tries to punch Jobu, but her floppy fingers just bounce
       off her face.


61     ALPHAVERSE: INT. LAUNDRY RV CONTROL ROOM

                           ALPHA WAYMOND
                 Where did she jump?!

                           ALPHA OFFICER #1
                 She's off the damn map.
                                                               62.


62   HOTDOG UNIVERSE: INT. LAUNDROMAT

     Evelyn is back in her laundromat, but Deirdre is standing
     next to her watching TV instead of Waymond.

     On TV, they are watching the same old musical from this
     morning. Only the lovers both have hot dogs for fingers. They
     begin to circle each other, slapping their thighs in a
     bizarre love ritual as the music swells.

     Deirdre sighs and wipes a tear with a hot dog finger.

                         DEIRDRE
               Oh honey, isn't it beautiful?

     Evelyn looks down at her own hot dog hands and shrieks.


63   ALPHAVERSE: INT. LAUNDRY RV CONTROL ROOM

                         ALPHA OFFICER #1
               She appears to be in a universe
               where everyone has hot dogs instead
               of fingers.

                         ALPHA OFFICER #2
               An evolutionary branch in the
               anatomy of the human race?


64   EXT. ROCKY DESERT (ALA 2001 A SPACE ODYSSEY)

     A monkey with hot dog fingers murders a normal fingered
     monkey with her hot dogs. Other monkeys whoop and scream.

                         OFFICER #2 (VO)
               A jump like that would fry most
               people.

                         ALPHA WAYMOND (VO)
               Like I said, she's not most people.

     The normal fingered monkey’s outstretched hand falls limp
     (but still has bones).


65   INT. IRS 9TH FLOOR HALLWAY

     Evelyn stumbles against a door. She tries to grab the handle
     but her fingers are useless and she crumples onto the floor.

                         EVELYN
               This is crazy.
                                                                 63.


                           JOBU
                 You're starting to get it.


66     HOTDOG UNIVERSE: INT. LAUNDROMAT

       On the TV, the hot dog couple move into the final phase of
       their love ritual. They place their hot dog fingers in each
       other’s mouths. A red and yellow substance that looks like
       ketchup and mustard oozes down their lips. It’s beautiful.


67     INT. IRS 9TH FLOOR HALLWAY - ORIGINAL UNIVERSE

                           EVELYN
                 It's wrong. SO WRONG!

                           JOBU
                 No wrong, no right. Only “wronght”.
                 No Coke, no Pepsi. Only “Pokesi”.
                 It all just tastes the same. Here,
                 let me help you open your mind.

       With her hands together, Jobu opens her fingers like Spock.

                           JOBU (CONT'D)
                 Slide your fingers between mine.

       She reaches her hands out to Evelyn who is too dazed to
       resist. We hear the familiar ominous RUMBLE.

                           JOBU (CONT'D)
                 Open up. Take a peek.

       Evelyn grimaces as she realizes this is the infamous
       playground Hand Vagina trick in which young boys approximate
       the appearance of a vagina.

       Evelyn reluctantly opens up her hands and peaks inside. The
       RUMBLE is a deafening storm. Her eyes go wide-

67-1   Between her fingers: a large white room with a dark swirling
       mass like a churning black hole that resembles a bagel.

                           EVELYN
                     (mesmerized)
                 What is it?

                           JOBU
                 A bagel. I got bored one day. So I
                 put EVERYTHING on a bagel. All of
                 my hopes and dreams. My old report
                 cards. Every breed of dog. Every
                 last personal ad on craigslist.
                           (MORE)
                                                        64.

                    JOBU (CONT'D)
          Sesame. Poppy seed. Salt. And it
          collapsed in on itself. When you
          really put everything on a bagel,
          it becomes this. The truth.

A strange peace comes over Evelyn's face.

                    EVELYN
          What's the truth?

                    JOBU
          Nothing matters.

                    EVELYN
          No. Joy you don't believe that.

                    JOBU
          It feels nice doesn't it? If
          nothing matters, then all of the
          pain and guilt that you have for
          making nothing of your life, it
          goes away too. Sucked into a bagel.

Evelyn tries to resist, but her eyes begin to turn BLACK.

SLAM! A blur of skin and metal sends Jobu Tupaki smashing
through the wall.

The RUMBLING stops and Evelyn snaps out of the spell.

Evelyn looks up to see Gong Gong skid to a stop in a
motorized wheelchair tricked out with equipment from around
the office. It’s Alpha Gong Gong!

                     EVELYN
          爸!? (Father ?!)

                    ALPHA GONG GONG
          I am not your father. At least not
          the one you know. I am-

                    EVELYN
          God, you too?

Alpha Gong Gong removes his shoe and uses it like smelling
salts to wake up Waymond

                    ALPHA WAYMOND
          What are you doing here sir?

                    ALPHA GONG GONG
          We need to go.
                                                             65.


     All three hurry off down the hallway.

     Jobu Tupaki stumbles out from the smashed hole in the wall,
     unfazed, if not a little annoyed. She lifts her head to tune
     into an unheard frequency. CLICK. She leaves.


69   INT. IRS 9TH FLOOR EXECUTIVE OFFICE - MOMENTS LATER

     Gong Gong slams the door shut.

                         ALPHA WAYMOND
               Sir, I have this under control.

     Evelyn tries to focus on their conversation, but her mind is
     all over the place. She looks drunk.

     Alpha Gong Gong zips around the room barricading the door
     with furniture. They speak in hushed whispers.

                         ALPHA GONG GONG
               She was nowhere near ready. Once
               again, you deliberately disobey me,
               and cause another mind to be
               compromised.
                   (gravely)
               You know what we have to do now.

                         ALPHA WAYMOND
               Sir! No. Please. She's unlike
               anything we've seen. She could
               finally stop Jobu Tupaki.

                         EVELYN
               You mean the monster that is in my
               daughter?! Why didn't you tell me
               that from the beginning?

                         ALPHA WAYMOND
               I was waiting for the right time-

                         EVELYN
               She's using my beautiful Joy to
               kill people.

                         ALPHA WAYMOND
               That's why you will stop her.

     Alpha Gong Gong scoffs at this idea.

                         EVELYN
               But how? Did you see her dance that
               man to death?! There is no way I'm
               the Evelyn you are looking for.
                                                        66.


                    ALPHA WAYMOND
          No. I see it so clearly.

                    EVELYN
          See what? I'm not good at anything.

                    ALPHA WAYMOND
          Exactly.
              (off of their looks)
          I've seen thousands of Evelyns, but
          never a Evelyn like you. You have
          so many goals you never finished.
          Dreams you never followed. You are
          living your worst you.

                    EVELYN
          I can't be the worst... what about
          the hot dog one?

                    ALPHA WAYMOND
          No. Everyone here agrees. This
          one's worse. Can't you see? Every
          failure here, branched off into a
          success for another Evelyn in
          another life. Most people only have
          a few significant alternate life
          paths so close to them. But you,
          here... you're capable of anything
          because you're so bad at
          everything.

Evelyn isn’t sure if she’s flattered or insulted. She grabs
Alpha Waymond to steady herself.

                     ALPHA GONG GONG
          What good is all of that power if
          her mind is already succumbing to
          the chaos.

There is a KNOCK on the door. They go quiet.

                    JOY (O.S.)
          Hello? Hello...

They all freeze up.

                    JOY (O.S.) (CONT'D)
          Mom? Dad? What's going on?

                    ALPHA GONG GONG
          This is just one of her tricks.

Evelyn backs away from the door. Alpha Waymond confers with
his team via bluetooth.
                                                             67.


                         ALPHA WAYMOND
               Sir. Our readings indicate it's not
               Jobu. But if she's not here, then
               where...

                          ALPHA GONG GONG
               Oh no...


70   ALPHAVERSE: INT. LAUNDRY RV CONTROL ROOM

     In the middle of the road is a lone figure- JOBU!. Alpha Gong
     Gong video conference’s in from another base.

                         ALPHA GONG GONG
               Do not engage! Run! Run!

     Alpha Waymond can tell he won't have a choice. Alarms flash
     as the RV violently swerves.


71   INT. IRS 9TH FLOOR EXECUTIVE OFFICE - MOMENTS LATER

     Alpha Waymond turns to Alpha Gong Gong.

                          ALPHA WAYMOND
               Watch these two here while I deal
               with Jobu.

                         ALPHA GONG GONG
                   (scoffs)
               I'm not risking the safety of the
               Alphaverse for this.

     Alpha Gong Gong drops his head and begins snoring.

                         ALPHA WAYMOND
                   (to Evelyn)
               Get us as far away from Joy as you
               can. I'll be back. I promise.

     He hangs his head and snaps back as normal Waymond.

                         JOY (O.S.)
               Hellooooo? I can hear you guys in
               there... Where are we?

     Waymond pushes the furniture away and opens the door. Joy
     steps in scrolling through her missed calls and messages.

                         WAYMOND
               Joy? Why are you here?
                                                            68.


                     JOY
           I have no fucking clue!

                     WAYMOND
           Gentle language! I'm sure there is
           a very good explanation for all of
           this... Wow. Very cool clothes.

Evelyn shoves Joy into an office chair and begins frantically
taping her arms with packing tape.

                     JOY
           What the fuck, mom!

          WAYMOND                            WAYMOND
Evelyn, 你在⼲什么                     Evelyn stop that!

              EVELYN                          EVELYN
這是爲了我們的安全。                        It’s for our protection. Our
                                  daughter's mind has been
我們⼥兒的腦⼦被 Joybooby Tobacky         taken over by Joybooby
綁架了。 Alpha you 和Alpha 公公          Tobacky. Possessed. Alpha you
                                  and Alpha Gong Gong want me
want me to fight her。But she is   to fight her, but she is too
too powerful…                     powerful...

Waymond puts his hands on her shoulders to calm her.

        WAYMOND                              WAYMOND
妳.在.說.什.麼？                        What. Are. You. Talking
                                  About?

                     JOY
           Are we, like, all having a stroke?

             EVELYN                          EVELYN
你不記得了，因為你的⾝體也在另外的                 You can't remember anything
                                  because your bodies were
universe 的 control.               under the control of other
                                  universes.

                     JOY
           Oh that explains it.

                     EVELYN
           You were like... puppets. And you
           could do things you normally can't
           do. You were like, what's that
           movie... Raccaccoonie?

                      WAYMOND
           What?
                                                           69.


                     EVELYN
          You know... Raccaccoonie, the
          cartoon. We watched it for your
          birthday in middle school. With the
          cook, he makes bad food, but then
          the Raccoon sits on his head, and
          controls him, and then, he makes
          good food-

In spite of everything that is happening, Joy laughs.

                    JOY
          She means Ratatouille.

                    WAYMOND
          Ratatouille! Very good movie.

                    EVELYN
          No, it's Raccaccoonie. Like
          Raccoon. Ratatouille's not a word.

                    WAYMOND
              (through laughter)
          So there is a Raccoon Me and a
          Raccoon Joy? And they are
          controlling us...?

                    EVELYN
          From other universes.

Joy and Waymond cannot stop laughing. Evelyn, suddenly self-
aware, drops the tape. She can’t help but laugh a little too.

                   GONG GONG (O.S. IN CANTONESE)
          艺霖 (Evelyn)

Evelyn turns to see her father is awake. She goes to him.

Joy’s phone begins to RING. It’s Becky. Despite the tape, she
is able to answer the phone while Waymond tries to free her.

                    ALPHA GONG GONG
              (whispered)
          Quickly. While she is distracted.

Gong Gong covertly places a box cutter knife in Evelyn’s
hand. It’s Alpha Gong Gong.

Evelyn mouths "what?" and pushes the knife back.

                    ALPHA GONG GONG (CONT'D)
          This is just protocol. Giving her
          one less universe to access.
                                                                  70.


       Evelyn shakes her head “no”.

                           ALPHA GONG GONG (CONT'D)
                 How can you defeat her in every
                 universe, if you can't even kill
                 her in one?

                           EVELYN
                 She's your own granddaughter.

       He places the knife in her hand. Evelyn feels the weight of
       the weapon.

                           ALPHA GONG GONG
                 The sacrifices necessary to win
                 this war... I know all too well.

71-1   FLASHBACK: Jobu killing all of the policemen. We hear Jobu's
       voice.

                           JOBU (V.O.)
                 Nothing matters...

       Evelyn grips the knife tighter. She turns and walks slowly
       towards her oblivious daughter who is still on the phone.
       Waymond laughs as he struggles to get the tape off of Joy.

                           BECKY (PHONE)
                 Wait... why are you taped up??

                           JOY
                 It’s a long story. Involving
                 Raccoons, apparently.

       Gong Gong watches as Evelyn gets closer.

                           JOY (CONT'D)
                 Mom?

       Evelyn raises the knife. Gong Gong nods in anticipation.

       Evelyn cuts the tape, releasing Joy.

                           WAYMOND
                 Hey, you take the fun out of
                 everything. I almost had it.

       Evelyn looks at Joy, knowing she made the right decision.

       They hear a CLICK from behind.

       They turn to see Gong Gong has a gun in his hands. Evelyn
       immediately stands up to block her daughter.
                                                          71.


                    ALPHA GONG GONG
          You are already under her spell.

                    JOY
          Gong Gong speaks English?!

                    WAYMOND
          Everyone stay calm! I think it’s
          time for a family discussion!

                    EVELYN
          I can't let you kill her.

                    JOY
          Shit! Gong Gong's lost it!

Evelyn begins to breathe heavily. Her head is reeling as she
experiences LEAKS from the other universes.

                    ALPHA GONG GONG
          Can't you see what is happening to
          your mind? In my universe. You
          pushed your daughter. And you broke
          her. You created Jobu Tupaki. I
          must stop you now. It’s only a
          matter of time before...
              (aims the gun at her head)
          You become just like her.

Glancing back at Joy, Evelyn is overwhelmed with guilt.

Then - EUREKA, an idea sparks in her head.

                    EVELYN
              (To herself)
          Just like her...

Evelyn looks Alpha Gong Gong squarely in the eyes and begins
dancing. To no music. It’s awkward.

                    ALPHA GONG GONG
          What are you doing?

Her bluetooth devices BLINK GREEN.

                    ALPHA GONG GONG (CONT'D)
          No! You don't know where you'll
          jump. You could end up anywhere.

She presses the button. BAM! She is an incredible dancer.

                    ALPHA GONG GONG (CONT'D)
          That's enough.
                                                              72.


     Evelyn pulls hand sanitizer from Waymond’s pack, and splashes
     it in her eyes. It STINGS. GREEN LIGHT.

                         EVELYN
                   (with waymond’s voice)
               I know you don’t understand. But
               this is something I have to do!

     Alpha Gong Gong wheels up to Evelyn and places the gun
     directly to her head. His eyes begin to water.

                         ALPHA GONG GONG
               Do not make me do this Evelyn.

     Evelyn pulls a wad of 20 dollar bills out and rips them all
     in half. GREEN. She can barely stand.

     Evelyn opens her mouth and performs convincing BIRD CALLS.

                         EVELYN
                   (subtitled bird tweets)
               Maybe if I become like her, I can
               save my daughter...

     We can hear the SOUNDS of the other universes in her head. ON
     WAYMOND'S BUZZING PHONE: The map blinks RED "CRITICAL".

     Alpha Gong Gong’s face is now streaked with tears. Snot runs
     out his nose.

                         ALPHA GONG GONG
               I cannot lose another loved one to
               the darkness.

     Evelyn looks back at Joy.

                            EVELYN
               You won't.

     She swipes up a piece of snot from Alpha Gong Gong’s face and
     brings it towards her lips. Everyone gags. GREEN.
     Evelyn falls down against the desk behind her. She looks
     around confused.

                         ALPHA GONG GONG
               Where’d she jump?


72   JANITOR UNIVERSE: INT. IRS BUILDING - EXECUTIVE OFFICE

     In the same spot, Evelyn wears a custodian’s outfit and holds
     a duster.
                                                                73.


     A button underneath the desk blinks red. A secret bookshelf
     door swings open revealing a panic room. The District Manager
     comes out - sweaty, & red followed by his DOMINATRIX.

                         DISTRICT MANAGER
               Clean up in there. It’s gunna need
               extra work today.

     He throws Evelyn a twenty dollar bill with a shushing gesture
     and walks out.

     Janitor Evelyn pops open the cap of a bottle of fancy whiskey
     and hocks a loogie into it. She smiles.


73   INT. IRS BUILDING - EXECUTIVE OFFICE

                         EVELYN
                   (smiling)
               Sorry, baba.

     She pushes the button under the desk and the secret door
     opens. Alpha Gong Gong breaks eye contact.

                         EVELYN (CONT'D)
                   (to Waymond and Joy)
               Get in!

     Before Alpha Gong Gong can pull the trigger, Evelyn picks up
     the whiskey bottle and smashes it into Alpha Gong Gong’s gun,
     sending it flying out of his hand.

     Alpha Gong Gong wipes the whiskey from his face, the door
     clicks shut. The family are locked in the panic room.


             WAYMOND (O.S.)                     JOY (O.S.)
     Oh. Wow. What is this stuff?     Oh. My. God.


74   ALPHAVERSE: INT. ALPHAVERSE HQ

     Alpha Gong Gong disengages from his connection.

                         ALPHA GONG GONG
               Send every Jumper with a
               counterpart in the area. Now!

     We see Alpha Jumpers connecting to their jumping stations.
     Amongst them, Debbie the Dog Mom’s counterpart closes her
     eyes-
                                                             74.


75   EXT. IRS BUILDING

     Debbie the Dog Mom is outside walking her dog. Her head goes
     limp. She turns and makes her way through the crowd of
     evacuees. We see a handful of others walking towards the
     building: auditors, security guards, random civilians.


76   INT. IRS - PANIC ROOM

     The family is in a small dimly lit panic room filled with a
     handful of kinky toys, a limp bag of cocaine, some wrinkly
     porno mags, and an Xbox.

                         JOY
               What the hell is going on with Gong
               Gong? Is this like a tax thing?

     Waymond tries to get Evelyn to drink water. She's a mess.

                         EVELYN
               My Joy. I know you have feelings.
               Feelings that make you so sad. That
               make you just want to give up. That
               is not your fault.

     Joy leans in. Something is ringing true.

                         EVELYN (CONT'D)
               It's her. She has your soul in her
               hands. I think the only way I can
               defeat her... is to become like
               her.

            WAYMOND                             WAYMOND
     我還是有點亂。                         I'm still a little bit lost.

                         ALPHA JUMPER (O.S.)
               Evelyn Wang, of the 4,659th
               Thetaverse! You've been summoned by
               the 1st Order of the Alphaverse.

     They all look at one another.


77   INT. IRS 9TH FLOOR EXECUTIVE OFFICE - THAT MOMENT

     A ragtag group of Alpha Jumpers stand in the room, ready to
     fight. They put on bluetooth jumping devices. At the front is
     Alpha Gong Gong.
                                                                   75.


                             ALPHA JUMPER
                   You are in direct violation of the
                   Verse Jumping Tribunal's Code of
                   Ethics. By endangering your mind,
                   you’ve endangered us all.
                   Surrender and hand over your
                   daughter, or we will be forced to
                   remove you from this universe.


78      INT. IRS - PANIC ROOM

        Waymond looks over at Evelyn who is staring up at the
        ceiling, not fully here. He shakes her.

               WAYMOND                              WAYMOND
        回來啊、回來！                          Come back. Come back.

78-1/2/3/4
         We cut to a POV of her hands: Holding someone’s hand,
         touching a hot stove, grabbing popcorn at the premiere,
         wiggling cause they’re hot dogs etc.

                    EVELYN                           EVELYN
        我在这…可是 …I can still feel         I'm here... but... I can
                                         still feel everything else...
        everything else … 越来越多.          more and more... like a
        好像 a million nerve endings,      million nerve endings,
                                         growing further and further
        growing further and further.


79      INT. IRS 9TH FLOOR EXECUTIVE OFFICE

        Many Alpha Jumpers now wear gas masks. One pulls the pin from
        a tear gas can and tosses it into the ceiling vents. Alpha
        Gong Gong nods approvingly and rolls out of the room.


80      INT. IRS - PANIC ROOM

        Gas begins seeping in through the vents.

                   WAYMOND                          WAYMOND
        親愛的,我不知道妳怎麼了，                    Sweetheart, I don't know what
                                         you're doing, but I think
        不過 I think you're pushing        you're pushing things too
        things too far.                  far.

        She grabs the phone from Waymond: a warning is flashing. She
        zooms out to reveal so many more untouched universes.

        As gas filters in all around them, Evelyn stumbles to her
        feet and grabs a motorized feather toy. It begins vibrating.
                                                                  76.


                           EVELYN
                 Or... not far enough.

       Joy cringes as her mom sticks the feather into her nose. Her
       bluetooth device flashes GREEN.


81     INT. IRS 9TH FLOOR EXECUTIVE OFFICE

       All of the gas mask Alpha Jumpers also begin doing random,
       stupid things: one guy rips a chunk of hair out, an older
       lady sits on a photo copier with her bare ass, someone is
       singing "Ave Maria". It’s an orgy of stupid.

       GREEN devices flash across the room.


82     INT. IRS SECRET SEX CLOSET

       Evelyn presses the button and she downloads divergent
       memories from OPERA UNIVERSE:

82-1   - Evelyn as a child, runs with sticks, she trips.

82-2   - Her Father sings to her as a child now with bandages over
       her eyes.

82-3   - Evelyn stands onstage alone wearing sunglasses in front of
       a huge audience. A single note from the string section-


83     [SPLIT SCREEN] INT. IRS EXECUTIVE OFFICE / OPERA HOUSE

       In unison both Evelyns INHALE a large lungful of oxygen.

83-1   As the blind Opera singer sings her sustained note, Evelyn
       unlocks and swings open the closet door in SLOW MOTION. Gas
       billows.

       With her eyes closed and her breath held, she dodges several
       blows from enemy Jumpers. She grabs hold of two of the Alpha
       Jumpers’ gas masks and rips them off. They gasp for air.

       She throws the gas masks into the panic room for her family.

       Someone kicks her from behind.

       Opera Evelyn’s voice falters and cracks. She disconnects as
       she hits the wall. But the epic opera music continues:
                                                                  77.


84     INT. IRS 9TH FLOOR EXECUTIVE OFFICE

       She picks up a frog shaped paperweight and tries to swallow
       it whole - GREEN - BAM!

84-1   SIGN SPINNER UNIVERSE: We see divergent memories flash:

       - Evelyn, a gymnast, falls off the high bars, CRACK!

84-2   - Wearing an ankle cast she watches someone else win at the
       Olympics on TV.

84-3   - Evelyn in a uniform spins a sign that says "PIZZA PIZZA".
       She’s really good. But it’s also kind of sad. Someone stops
       to take a selfie with her.

84     BACK IN THE IRS: A SWAT Officer charges with a riot shield.

       Evelyn deftly dodges him, steals the shield, and swirls it
       like a magnificent sign spinner, blocking bullets and
       miscellaneous sharp objects. The gas blows away from her,
       sending paperwork flying through the air.

       She slams the shield to the left BAM! To the right BAM!
       knocking more foes over and smashing their bluetooth devices.

       Meanwhile Waymond & Joy emerge from the panic room, pull off
       the gas masks and watch Evelyn do the impossible.

       Evelyn smashes the sign into one final jumper, the shield
       shatters from the impact.

                     JOY                            WAYMOND
       Holy. Shit.                     No Evelyn!    Is he dead??

                            EVELYN
                 Come on!


85     INT. IRS 9TH FLOOR ATRIUM

       The family hurries through the doors keeping their head down
       as they head past a break room area amongst the cubicles.

       Something SHRIEKS then slams into Evelyn knocking her into an
       adjacent break area. A leash yanks the creature back, and
       Debbie catches her dog just as they strike a menacing pose.

       Debbie begins swinging her weapon like a ball and chain.

       Evelyn swings open the fridge looking for a jumping pad. She
       grabs a 2 liter of orange soda and leaps out of the way just
       as the French bulldog slams into the door. She traps the dog
       inside.
                                                               78.


       Evelyn runs for the exit, sticks the bottle in her mouth,
       squeezes it violently chugging all the soda in 2 seconds.

       The Frenchie flies at her face. GREEN! BAM!

85-1   FLASH: CHEF UNIVERSE: INT. BENIHANA’S RESTAURANT - Evelyn is
       an Hibachi chef with incredible spatula skills.

85     BACK IN THE IRS: She bends backwards, grabs a spatula and a
       cake knife off the floor, and expertly spins them, slicing
       the leash.

       The dog flies off into the cubicles.

       Debbie is furious. Evelyn grabs an egg timer and spins it on
       the spatula for a moment. Then flicks it violently into
       Debbie’s forehead knocking her unconscious!

       Evelyn rejoins her family but she suddenly has a headache - a
       LEAK from the chef universe -

85-2   CHEF UNIVERSE: INT. HIBACHI RESTAURANT - Evelyn accidentally
       drops her spinning egg onto a customer’s lap. Her MANAGER
       pulls her aside and whispers in her ear.

                           MANAGER (O.S.)
                 Are you kidding me? Again? If you
                 don’t step up, I’m giving some of
                 your shifts to Chad.

       Evelyn looks over to see CHAD - a young, handsome chef who
       has a captive audience. Chad winks at Evelyn who glares back.
       Evelyn hears a loud ominous DRUM BEAT.

85     BACK IN THE IRS BUILDING: Evelyn turns to see an Alpha I.T.
       Guy drumming with two pipes so hard it’s denting and
       splintering everything he hits. He attacks with a furious
       fast tempo. Evelyn fights with her spatulas but they break.
       She throws a monitor at him, then battles him with a
       keyboard, but he drums each item into bits.

       She manages to hit his earpiece right as he does the same to
       her. SMACK, they both disconnect. They’re powerless.

       Evelyn looks into an adjacent cubicle and spots an Auditor of
       the Month trophy. For the first time we realize how much it
       looks like a butt plug.

       ZIP. The I.T. Guy has undone his pants. He pulls aside his
       underwear and leaps for the trophy, he’s going to use the
       butt plug trophy as a jumping pad!
                                                                   79.


         Evelyn kicks away the trophy just in time. They fight over
         the trophy, grappling each other onto the ground as the
         trophy tumbles across the floor.

         FOOTSTEPS. A SCREAM. An Alpha Security Guard comes flying
         over both their heads with no pants, hands on his ankles. His
         butt lands on the trophy. Oh No. His earpiece CLICKS green.

         Evelyn has to think fast, she blows on her I.T. Guy’s nose
         making an involuntary trumpet sound, GREEN! She stands up to
         face the Alpha Security Guard.

         He attacks with a furious series of Shaolin style moves. She
         battles him until she hears another scream. She turns and
         the I.T. Guy now has an even bigger trophy protruding from
         his butt, Auditor of the YEAR!

         They furiously attack. She cannot keep up. But she manages to
         pull out their butt props and violently knocks them both
         unconscious.

         Evelyn breathes a sigh of relief.

         Waymond makes a grossed out face. She self consciously throws
         the props to the floor. Ew.

85-3/4   FLASH: MOVIE STAR UNIVERSE: the movie premiere audience
         applauds. Evelyn sees Alpha Gong Gong on screen. What?

         BACK IN THE IRS: A wheel chair slams into Evelyn. Alpha Gong
         Gong revs across the floor then pins her against a column
         with the pegs of his chair, her arms and hands are trapped
         and she can’t move anything except her pinkies.

         He holds a grenade. He pulls the pin. He is going to kill
         himself and take her down with him. Evelyn helplessly squirms
         her pinkies.

         The wounded Alpha Jumpers return to watch their leader
         suicide bomb the threat. Waymond and Joy watch from the
         doorway, horrified.

                             ALPHA GONG GONG
                   I am sorry, Evelyn.

         Evelyn’s bluetooth turns GREEN. Alpha Gong Gong looks down to
         see Evelyn is caressing his leg with her foot.

85-5     FLASHES: PINKY UNIVERSE: EXT. FOREST - In training, Evelyn
         does nothing but pinky push-ups everyday of her life. Her
         pinkies look like they are jacked on steroids.
                                                               80.


85   Evelyn’s pinkies clamp down on the wheelchair pegs, breaking
     them. Using her strong pinkies: Flick! Flick! Flick! Gong
     Gong and the chair go flying across the floor.

     The active grenade tumbles into some cubicles. The Alpha
     Jumpers circle her. The grenade explodes off camera. Evelyn
     strikes an intimidating pinky pose as the debris and smoke
     curl through the air.

     They attack, but Pinky Evelyn destroys them one by one. She
     flicks one guy’s baseball bat into splinters. Then flicks
     them across the room, or into the air. They’re all
     neutralized.

     Waymond and Joy run over.

                         JOY
               Oh shit, is Gong Gong like dead?

     Gong Gong is snoring. Evelyn lets out a sigh of relief.

     Suddenly aware of how exhausted her mind and body are, she
     falls back into Waymond’s arms.

                         EVELYN
               It’s going to be so hard... to
               explain any of this to you.

                         ALPHA WAYMOND
               No need to explain, I have been
               watching you.

                         EVELYN
               You're back. Did you see how good I
               am? I'm going to do it, I’m going
               to defeat Jobu Tupaki.

                         ALPHA WAYMOND
               You got her name right. Evelyn,
               what you're doing is crazy.
               Reckless. Your stupid plan to
               somehow save your daughter has
               managed to piss off everyone in the
               multiverse... But it just might
               work.

     He coughs in pain and caresses her face.

                         EVELYN
               Alpha Waymond, Are you okay?

                         ALPHA WAYMOND
               Don't worry, I'm just a burner
               Waymond, used for communication.
                         (MORE)
                                                              81.

                         ALPHA WAYMOND (CONT'D)
                   (laughs to himself)
               I only wish I could be there to see
               you finish this.


86   ALPHAVERSE: INT. LAUNDRY RV CONTROL ROOM

     Jobu steps into the flipped RV where Waymond is all alone
     connected to his helmet. All the equipment begins to shut
     down, blue screens of death, smoke curling.

                         ALPHA WAYMOND
               Do what you will. Your time is now
               limited.

     Jobu puts a finger to his lips... RUMBLE...


87   INT. IRS 9TH FLOOR ATRIUM

     A calmness falls over Alpha Waymond.

                         ALPHA WAYMOND
               Be careful out there Evelyn. Do not
               let the chaos destroy your beliefs.
               They are all you have.
                   (She nods.)
               I'm grateful that chance was kind
               enough to give us these last few
               moments together.

     He goes in to kiss her. Evelyn's body tenses up.

     As they're about to kiss, his lips quiver, his breath
     trembles, and his eyes roll back. His head goes limp.

                         EVELYN
               Alpha Waymond?

     She holds him tight. Waymond lifts his head in a daze.

                         WAYMOND
               What happened? Was I Raccoon
               Waymond again?

                         EVELYN
               Raccoon Waymond... is dead.

     Evelyn pulls away.

     Jobu returns enthusiastically applauding. Evelyn stumbles to
     her feet.
                                                        82.


                    WAYMOND
          So that’s... Raccoon Joy? Am I
          getting it?

                    EVELYN
              (slurring)
          You... you killed him. But I'm
          going to stop you Jobu. Now that I
          am reaching my full potential.

Jobu reaches out a hand. The eerie RUMBLING comes back...

                     JOBU
          You still can't see what’s
          happening.

Evelyn raises her fists defiantly. The RUMBLE intensifies.

                    EVELYN
          No, I can see clearly. More clearly
          than ever before.

Evelyn is now fully cross-eyed.

We see confusing FLASHES of the other universes: CHEF: she’s
trying cook better than the chef (CHAD) across from her,
TAXES: she has a headache, MOVIESTAR: the audience laughs
around her, SIGN SPINNER: she preps to catch the spinning
midair sign, etc...

Jobu nods, a spark of excitement in her eyes.

Suddenly Evelyn vomits 2 liters of orange soda and a frog
paperweight. She collapses to the ground.

Jobu touches her limp body but nothing happens. She pokes her
a couple of times. No rumble. No pop. Just dead.

                    JOBU
          Damnit. So close.

                    WAYMOND
          What?! No! No!

Jobu crouches down and shuts Evelyn's vacant eyes.

                    JOBU
          I'll see you again soon, somewhere
          out there in all that noise.

Waymond holds his dead wife’s body, while Jobu stands over
them for a moment looking remorseful. The feeling passes.

CUT TO: BLACK
                                                                 83.


       THE END

       VARIOUS UNIVERSES:

87-1   MOVIE STAR UNIVERSE: INT. MOVIE THEATER - Applause. CREDITS
       begin to roll on screen. We pull out to reveal the audience.

          WAYMOND (CEO) (O.S.)              WAYMOND (CEO) (O.S.)
       結局挺有趣的, 好悲傷。                    Interesting ending. Very sad.

       Evelyn turns in her seat to see Waymond is next to her. She
       screams in his face before standing up to pat her body. She’s
       still alive.

          EVELYN (MOVIE STAR)               EVELYN (MOVIE STAR)
       她在哪？我們的⼥兒呢?                     Where is she? Our daughter.

            WAYMOND (CEO)                      WAYMOND (CEO)
       妳在說什麼？                          What are you talking
                                       about...?

       She runs down the aisle and bursts through the doors-

       [As Evelyn goes hunting for Jobu Tupaki, she finds it
       increasingly more difficult not to get lost in the chaos]

87-2   SIGN SPINNER UNIVERSE: Evelyn looks down. She is now standing
       in the middle of the road holding her sign. A HORN BLARES,
       Evelyn looks up just in time to see a car driving straight
       towards her, she falls backwards-

87-3   OPERA UNIVERSE: Evelyn falls backwards on stage. The audience
       gasps, the microphone feedback SQUEALS. From backstage Gong
       Gong picks her up but she pushes past him-

87-4   CHEF UNIVERSE: INT. HIBACHI KITCHEN - Evelyn pushes through
       the prep kitchen door looking for Jobu.

       Instead she sees CHAD, the young Chef has taken off his
       chef’s hat and sitting on his head is a Raccoon pulling his
       hair. It’s RACCACOONIE, the talking, cooking raccoon.

                           RACCACOONIE & CHAD
                 Now we’re cooking...
                 While nobody’s looking.

       Raccaccoonie notices Evelyn and drops the hair, causing
       Chad’s arms to drop.

                RACCACOONIE                         CHAD
       This isn't what it looks        You can't tell anyone!
       like.                           Please, I'm begging you.
                                                                  84.


                            EVELYN
                 AHHHHHH!

       Raccacoonie grabs Chad’s hair and puppets him to try and stop
       Evelyn from leaving. She panics and shuts the door again-

87-5   HOT DOG UNIVERSE: INT. APARTMENT DINING ROOM - Suddenly
       someone puts a blind fold over her eyes-

                           EVELYN (CONT'D)
                 Jobu? Stop with the games!

                           DEIRDRE (HOT DOG)
                 I thought maybe we could have a
                 special night.

       She struggles to pull off her blindfold. She has hot dog
       hands. Candles everywhere. Romantic music plays.

       Deirdre begins slapping her thighs with her hot dog hands and
       circles Evelyn. Evelyn recognizes the beginning of the love
       ritual from the musical on TV.

       Evelyn pushes Deirdre over and runs out the door

87-6   MOVIE STAR UNIVERSE: EXT BACK ALLEY - Evelyn is guided out by
       a very concerned Waymond. She closes her eyes to block out
       the confusion.

       She collapses into Waymond’s arms. He is using a napkin to
       pat her head dry.

                   EVELYN                          EVELYN
       My clay pot 漏了… I can think     My clay pot is leaking... I
                                       can
       of whatever nonsense I want     think of whatever nonsense I
       to and somewhere out there,     want to and somewhere out
       在另⼀個空間真的存在                      there, it exists. It's real.

            WAYMOND (CEO)                      WAYMOND (CEO)
       慢慢來，想點開⼼的。                      Just think happy thoughts.

                           EVELYN
                 Spaghetti. Baby. Noodle boy.

       We hear the sound of water BOILING-

87-7   NOODLE UNIVERSE: INT. BOILING POT - Evelyn is a long strand
       of spaghetti in a pot full of spaghetti. One little macaroni
       approaches her. He will be voiced by a small child. This is
       SPAGHETTI BABY NOODLE BOY.
                                                                   85.


                             SPAGHETTI BABY NOODLE BOY
                   Mommy! Mommy! It's Throwing Day! Do
                   you think they'll pick me? Do you
                   think I'll stick on the wall?
                   Today, will I become a man?

        Noodle Evelyn looks at her macaroni son in disbelief.

                             EVELYN (NOODLE)
                   SHUT UP Spaghetti Baby Noodle Boy!

87-8/9/10VARIOUS UNIVERSES: In rapid succession, we cut to several
         versions of Evelyn, all screaming: sitting in an IRS cubicle,
         sitting on a bus, tied to a stake above a fire, she is an old
         leather boot.

                             EVELYN (CONT'D)
                   SHUT UP! SHUT UP! SHUT UP!

        She closes her eyes tight to block it all out.

87      ACTION UNIVERSE: INT. IRS BUILDING - On Waymond’s phone,
        Evelyn’s mental map spreads further and further.

        But then, it stops-


88      TAXES UNIVERSE: INT. APARTMENT - DINING ROOM/LIVING ROOM

        Evelyn is staring off into the distance. A little sweat rolls
        down her forehead. She has stabilized.

        Waymond has his hand on her shoulder.

               WAYMOND                              WAYMOND
        你沒事吧。⼜看⾒你發呆了。                    You okay? Caught you staring
                                         off into space again.

        She looks around to confirm: yes, there on the wall is a
        picture of Joy as a child.

                             EVELYN
                       (to herself)
                   I did it.

               WAYMOND                              WAYMOND
        太棒了！你可以在party                    Good job! You can drop off
                                         the paperwork before the
        前把⽂件送过来。                         party starts.

        Waymond hands her a Tupperware of more cookies with “FOR MS.
        DEIRDRE” written on it, before heading down to the laundromat
        carrying plastic cutlery and other supplies.
                                                              86.


     She stands to go, then stops, suddenly aware of a receipt in
     her hand. Still suspended between two piles.

     She places it in a pile, but it SPLITS INTO TWO HANDS. A
     universe where she placed the receipt in each pile. She looks
     down, quietly amazed.

     TITLE: “PART 2: EVERYWHERE”

     BUZZ! BUZZ!


89   TAXES UNIVERSE: INT. LAUNDROMAT

     Evelyn opens the stairwell door: A small group of Chinese men
     begin singing in Evelyn’s confused face.

                         MEN'S CHOIR
               Gong xi, Gong xi, Gong xi niii ah!
               Gong xi, Gong xi, Gong xi niiii!
               恭喜,恭喜,恭喜你呀! 恭喜,恭喜,恭喜你!

     Waymond, carrying a cheap Chinese dragon costume, steps out
     to greet his men's church choir.

            WAYMOND                               WAYMOND
     好、好、好，不要破壞 surprise…              Okay, okay shhh... don’t
                                       spoil the surprise...

     He leads his friends away through the mostly decorated
     laundromat, Evelyn spots someone approaching: It’s Joy and
     Becky.

                         JOY
               Hey mom. So. About this morning-

     Evelyn strikes a fighting pose, but almost falls.

                         EVELYN
               Enough with your tricks.

                            JOY
               What's up?

                         EVELYN
               Get out of my daughter. I know
               you're in there.

     She points at Joy’s forehead, but her finger begins to sway
     back and forth. Joy and Becky share a look.

                         JOY
               Mom are you already drunk?
                                                                87.


       Joy’s head knocks forward and then looks up. Jobu Tupaki has
       arrived. She watches Evelyn with a focused fascination.

                           JOBU
                     (acting)
                 Becky. Can you help my dad get
                 ready for the party?

       Becky gives Jobu a curious look as she goes. They're alone.

                           JOBU (CONT'D)
                 You see it all, don't you?

       Jobu slowly steps forward forcing Evelyn to step back into:


90     VARIOUS UNIVERSES:

       EXT. FOREST: Evelyn and Joy are now in a forest. Evelyn nods.
       She continues to back up cautiously.

                           JOBU
                 You can-
                     (RUMBLE POP! She turns a
                      branch into a katana)
                 See how everything is just a random
                 rearrangement of particles, in a
                 vibrating superposition...

90-1   INT. JAILHOUSE: Jobu’s the cop. Evelyn’s the escaped inmate.
       They slowly move their way past jail cells, eyes locked onto
       one another.

                           EVELYN
                 I don't know what you just said,
                 but I can do this.

       Evelyn grabs a mop from a bucket, swinging it over her head-

90-2   EXT. IRISH FJORD: Viking Evelyn is now wielding an axe
       against Jobu’s katana.

                           JOBU
                 But you see how everything we do...

       She plunges her katana into her own stomach. No blood.
       Instead, candy spills out-

90-3   EXT. BACKYARD: They are now Jobu-shaped and Evelyn-shaped
       piñata’s hanging from trees being hit by unseen children.

                           JOBU (CONT'D)
                 Just gets washed away in a sea of
                 every other possibility?
                                                                   88.


        Evelyn Piñata gets hit in the face-


91      TAXES UNIVERSE: INT. APARTMENT - DINING ROOM/LIVING ROOM

        Evelyn reacts as if she just got hit in the face, shaking off
        piñata tissue paper from her shoulders.

                             JOBU
                   You're everywhere. You're like me.

                             EVELYN
                   That’s right. I'm the one you've
                   been looking for. I'm the one who
                   will defeat you.

                             JOBU
                       (rolls her eyes)
                   You still think that’s what this is
                   about? All right. Hit me.

        Evelyn rushes and throws a punch at Jobu but as they make
        contact THE DEEP RUMBLE builds:

91-1/2/3 FLASH FLASH FLASH: All in the Apartment, they’re playing
         chess, they’re on a tandem bike, one is choking the other,
         then vice versa. Finally we see one universe where Evelyn
         hits herself and another where she hits Jobu- BAM!

        Jobu falls to the ground. Evelyn winces in pain, she looks at
        her own fist in confusion.

        Jobu seems oddly excited.

        The door swings open, it’s Waymond. Evelyn plays it cool.

                   WAYMOND                          WAYMOND
        喔〜 Evelyn# 你還在這裏幹什麽？             Oh. Evelyn, what are you
                                         still doing here?

                             EVELYN
                   We're just... practicing for
                   karaoke.

                         WAYMOND
                   你不是去送⽂件了嗎？

                             WAYMOND (CONT'D)
                   I thought you were going to drop
                   off our paperwork-
                                                                 89.


                 EVELYN                           EVELYN
      別擔⼼。                            Don't worry about that.
                                         (he starts to object)
         (he starts to object)        I said, I'll take care of it!
      I said, I'll take care of it!

      With one last sad look, Waymond leaves.

      Evelyn puts her hands up again to fight, but struggles to
      keep standing. Jobu plops down on the sofa annoyed.

                          EVELYN (CONT'D)
                If you don't want to fight... then
                why... why...

                          JOBU
                Why was I looking for you?

      Jobu picks up a potted fern and sucks on it like a bong.

      She offers the fern to Evelyn, who refuses but tentatively
      sits down. Her head is reeling. Jobu’s smoke rings come out
      in the shape of “Q + A”.

                          JOBU (CONT'D)
                If you haven’t A’ed that Q, then
                you're not there yet. But you're
                close.

                          EVELYN
                Close?

                          JOBU
                    (jazz hands)
                Spread out across infinity!
                    (looks at invisible watch)
                But we can speed this up.

      Before Evelyn can react, they both sink into the sofa-


A91   ALPHAVERSE: INT. LAUNDRY RV CONTROL ROOM

      Jobu flops into a chair in the not destroyed Alpha Verse RV,
      parked on the side of the road. Alpha Waymond is sipping on
      some tea and doing a crossword.

                          ALPHA WAYMOND
                Oh hi. Jobu? Did you just take over
                Joy's body again?

                          JOBU
                Yeah, I'm trying to give this
                Evelyn the whole spiel.
                                                        90.


                    ALPHA WAYMOND
          Do you think this might be the one?

Jobu shrugs as she picks up a pen and fills out a word in
Alpha Waymond’s crossword. The lid on the urn that holds
Evelyn’s ashes opens and closes and begins to talk. It’s
Evelyn.

                    EVELYN (URN)
          Alpha Waymond? You're alive!? How?

Alpha Waymond picks up Evelyn Urn.

                    ALPHA WAYMOND
              (chuckling)
          Oh, did one of the Alphas Waymonds
          tell you to murder Joy because
          she's some evil monster? Sorry
          about that. I used to be quite an
          extremist myself back in my day.

                    EVELYN (URN)
          Wake up Alpha Waymond! Remember?
          She’s building a Bagel. To destroy
          my world- all of the worlds- just
          like she destroyed the Alphaverse.

Alpha Waymond and Jobu share a knowing look.

                    ALPHA WAYMOND
          You want to know what destroyed the
          Alphaverse? You did. Well, we all
          did. When you discovered verse
          jumping, suddenly anyone could find
          whatever version of the truth they
          wanted in the multiverse. Everyone
          got more and more opinionated and
          just kept fighting. So, there is no
          evil villain really, or nefarious
          plot or anything. Just a whole lot
          of confusing hubbub that’d I’ve
          decided to stay far away from.

He takes another sip of tea.

                    EVELYN (URN)
          No... Alpha Waymond...

                    ALPHA WAYMOND
          Please, call me Waymond, I dropped
          the "Alpha" a long time ago.
                                                              91.


                         EVELYN
               You brainwashed him like all those
               other people...

     Jobu sighs and walks past a curtain:


92   TEMPLE UNIVERSE: INT. EMPRESS HALL

     Evelyn and Jobu land in a grand white hall. Jobu is dressed
     like alien royalty. Evelyn is dressed like a peasant.

     Evelyn looks around and sees many FOLLOWERS dressed like her,
     with an ASHY BLACK CIRCLE marked across their forehead.

     On the opposite end of the hall is a large white veil with an
     ominous RUMBLING emanating from within.

                            EVELYN
               The Bagel.

                         FOLLOWERS
               Praise be Bagel!

     Jobu smiles. Evelyn turns to run the other direction, but
     Jobu’s Followers led by Bagel Deirdre swarm around her, block
     her exit, and slowly force Evelyn towards the Bagel.

                         EVELYN
               Please... she has brainwashed you.

                         DEIRDRE (BAGEL)
               No, Jobu Tupaki has brought peace
               to this world. Most care too much.
               Have too much passion. Too much
               self-righteousness. It clouds the
               mind. What happens when that gets
               sucked into The Bagel? No more
               beliefs. No more war.

                         EVELYN
               No. Our beliefs are all we have...

                         DEIRDRE (BAGEL)
               Decree 1, rule 1: there is nothing
               more dangerous, than someone who
               believes they are right.

     The Followers push Evelyn past the first veil, leaving
     Deirdre behind, and revealing a much bigger hall.
                                                               92.


                           EVELYN
                 Look, please, just give my daughter
                 back to me, and we can leave each
                 other alone forever.

                           JOBU
                 Sorry, no can do.

                            EVELYN
                 Why not?

                           JOBU
                 I am your daughter. Your daughter
                 is me. Every single version of Joy
                 is Jobu Tupaki. Hi.

       Jobu hands her a Dr. Seuss style children’s book titled “I am
       Your Daughter. Your Daughter is me.”

                           EVELYN
                 No. I saw my daughter.

                           JOBU
                 Tell me, which Evelyn are you
                 really? The chef? The movie star?
                 That hot dog one?

                           EVELYN
                 I am NOT the hot dog one. I am only
                 seeing these things because my mind
                 is broken like an old pot.

                           JOBU
                 It's not broken. It's being opened.
                 The pot was a prison, and you’re
                 finally free, like me. I have felt
                 everything your daughter has ever
                 felt. I know the joy and pain of
                 having you as my mother.

                           EVELYN
                 Then you know, I have only done
                 what is right for you- for her.

                           JOBU
                 "Right"? "Right" is a tiny box
                 invented by people who are
                 afraid. And I know what it feels
                 like to be forced in that box.

92-2   FLASHBACK: INT. LAUNDRY RV - Evelyn and Joy are in a car
       parked on the side of the highway after a tense conversation.
       Neither of them speak. Until finally Evelyn continues
       driving.
                                                                 93.


                           JOBU (V.O.)
                     (cruel)
                 To share a piece of myself that I
                 was so scared to share only for you
                 to say nothing, drive away, go on
                 with your life as if nothing
                 happened.

92-3   FLASHBACK: From earlier today, the moment Becky meet’s Gong
       Gong. We linger on Joy’s face.

                           EVELYN
                 No... it's not like that. It's Gong
                 Gong. He is from a different
                 generation-

                           JOBU
                 You can stop hiding behind him. You
                 should feel relieved, you don't
                 have to choose anymore.

                           EVELYN
                 Choose?

                           JOBU
                 Between loving me or hating me. You
                 can do both at the same time, now
                 that you're just like me.

       They are getting closer to the veil. The Followers pull
       visors over their eyes, and begin parting the curtains that
       hide the Bagel. The RUMBLE intensifies.

                           EVELYN
                 No... No I’m not like you. You are
                 young, your mind is always
                 changing. I still know who I am.

                           JOBU
                 You have no idea what you've done.
                 You're stuck like this forever.
                 Just. Like. me.

                           EVELYN
                 No. I am going to go back with my
                 Joy, my family, and live my life. A
                 happy life.

       Jobu looks her straight in the eye. There is a trace of
       sympathy in her expression.

                           JOBU
                 Okay. Good luck with that.
                                                                  94.


       Jobu rips open the final Veil. The RUMBLE is deafening.
       Evelyn glances at the Bagel and is immediately transfixed.
       Her eyes grow wide.

       Through the swirling Bagel Black Hole, we can see guests
       arriving to the party-


93     VARIOUS UNIVERSES: STARING INTO THE BAGEL

       [We glimpse the meaninglessness of all of Evelyn’s lives,
       swirling in the bagel.]

       TAXES UNIVERSE: INT. LAUNDROMAT - On autopilot, Evelyn hugs
       and greets guest after guest, introducing them to Gong Gong
       with a strained smile on her face.

       She sips from a drink as she nods along to a mundane
       conversation. Rick, their creepy regular, leans into Evelyn
       and inhales deeply.

       Her phone rings: INCOMING CALL FROM DEIRDRE. Oops.

93-1   ACTION UNIVERSE: Evelyn lies dead on the floor. One Alpha
       Jumper sees the map of Evelyn’s mind still has dots spreading
       further. His eyes go wide-

93-2   HOT DOG UNIVERSE: Evelyn stares at Deirdre who is giving
       Evelyn one final plea through tears-

93-3   CHEF UNIVERSE: Evelyn accidentally overshoots a shrimp and
       hits a customer in the face. The customer looks pissed-

93-4   MOVIE STAR UNIVERSE: Waymond is smoking a cigarette with
       Evelyn reminiscing.

            WAYMOND (CEO)                      WAYMOND (CEO)
       之前你⼀直在問關於我們的⼥兒。真的               Before, you were asking about
                                       "our daughter". It's crazy.
       太瘋狂了。但也讓我開始在想，如果…               But it really got me
       當年你跟我⼀起⾛的話…                     thinking. What if... you had
                                       come with me... all of those
                                       years ago...

93-5   TAXES UNIVERSE: Deirdre drones on as Evelyn watches the men’s
       choir sing and drink to Gong Gong’s health.

                           DEIRDRE (O.S.)
                 ... the amount of disrespect... To
                 not even show up this evening...

                            EVELYN
                 Shut up.
                                                                   95.


                            DEIRDRE (O.S.)
                  What did you just say to me?

                            EVELYN
                  I said shut up. You don't matter.
                  This doesn't matter.

                            DEIRDRE (O.S.)
                  MRS. WANG, I am through with-

        Evelyn hangs up. That felt good.

93-6    CHEF UNIVERSE: The customer she hit with the shrimp is now
        talking to Evelyn’s boss. She throws shrimp at her boss.

        As she storms out of the restaurant, she casually pulls off
        Chad’s hat, revealing Racaccoonie.

93-7    ACTION UNIVERSE: Alpha Gong Gong looks from the phone to
        Evelyn who gets up. Not dead. His worst nightmare.

        Evelyn recognizes a receipt on the ground as one of her own.
        She picks it up and stares at it.

93-8    TEMPLE UNIVERSE: Evelyn’s eyes begin to turn BLACK.

93-9    TAXES UNIVERSE: Evelyn now holds a microphone as if she is
        about to perform karaoke. Waymond (half dressed as a Chinese
        dragon) looks on anxiously from the office doorway.

                            EVELYN
                      (slurring)
                  新年快樂。(Happy New Year) Thank you
                  for coming. Another year... wow...
                  what do I even say?

93-10   ACTION UNIVERSE: One of the Verse Jumpers approaches Evelyn.
        She nonchalantly grabs him and we hear the RUMBLING of the
        multiverse. The man begins to scream in horrible pain. POP!
        He is now a sack of potatoes.

                            ALPHA JUMPER
                  She turned Sanders into potatoes!

                            ALPHA GONG GONG
                  We're too late...

                            WAYMOND
                  Evelyn! Please calm down-

        Waymond reaches out to stop her. She shrugs him off-
                                                                96.


93-11   MOVIE STAR UNIVERSE: Evelyn stares out at the city traffic
        with unfocused eyes.

             EVELYN (MOVIE STAR)             EVELYN (MOVIE STAR)
        Sweet, sweet Waymond.           Sweet, sweet Waymond. You
        你想知道那個【假如】的結局嗎？                 want to know what would have
                                        happened? "What if?" We'd
        每天，我們會在⼀間⼩到快要倒閉的洗               wake up everyday in a tiny
        ⾐店醒來。                           apartment over a failing
                                        laundromat.

93-12   TAXES UNIVERSE: Evelyn is talking through her microphone at
        all of her guests who are aghast at what she is saying.

                            EVELYN (CONT'D)
                  Another year... and we are still
                  keeping our heads high, pretending
                  we know what we're doing. But
                  really we're just running around in
                  circles. Doing laundry and taxes.
                  Laundry and taxes...

        She pulls out the divorce papers and hurriedly signs them.

                            EVELYN (CONT'D)
                  No more running in circles.

        Jobu nods in excitement. She is finally seeing it.

        The door opens. Deirdre is flanked by two policemen.

                            DEIRDRE
                  Mr. and Mrs. Wang, you have given
                  me no choice but authorize the
                  seizure of both your personal and
                  business assets. You have 48hrs to
                  vacate your home, otherwise we will
                  have to remove you by force.

        The cops begin to put locks on the laundromat doors.

                GONG GONG                         GONG GONG
        搞乜⻤啊？(In Cantonese)             What is happening?

                   WAYMOND                          WAYMOND
        Evelyn# 等⼀下。趕快告訴她你已經把           Wait Evelyn. Tell her you
                                        already * dropped off the
        ⽂件送了。...你去了，對嗎？                 paperwork... You dropped it
                                        off, right?

        Waymond grabs her by the shoulders-
                                                                   97.


93-13   ACTION UNIVERSE: Waymond grabs Evelyn. The RUMBLE begins.
        Evelyn can’t stop it.

93-13A/B/C/D/E/F
         We see flashes of her painting his face, spitting on him,
         dancing with him, throwing divorce papers at him, and even
         KISSING him in the Movie Star Universe against his will.

                             WAYMOND (CONT'D)
                   What are you doing?

                             EVELYN
                       (a little scared)
                   Everything...

93-14   CHEF UNIVERSE: EXT RESTAURANT - Evelyn watches as Raccacoonie
        is carried away in a cage by an Animal Control employee. Chad
        is being held back by other employees.

93-15   NOODLE UNIVERSE:

                             EVELYN (NOODLE) (CONT'D)
                   ... You're not going to stick
                   spaghetti baby noodle boy! You're a
                   different kind of pasta with a
                   hole! NOBODY ELSE HAS A HOLE!

        Spaghetti Baby Noodle Boy goes limp in the pot.

93-16   MOVIE STAR UNIVERSE: Waymond pushes Evelyn off and backs
        away, horrified.

93-17   HOT DOG UNIVERSE: Deirdre is packing a bag. It’s incredibly
        difficult to pack with floppy fingers.

93-18   TEMPLE UNIVERSE: Jobu pushes Evelyn closer and closer to the
        Bagel. Evelyn begins to nod.

                             JOBU
                   All of this time, I wasn't looking
                   for someone who could defeat me. I
                   was looking for someone who could
                   see what I see. Feel what I feel...

93-19   TAXES UNIVERSE: Ignoring everyone else, Evelyn pokes at the
        paint stain on the ceiling with her baseball bat.

        Evelyn turns & walks right up to Deirdre carrying the bat.
        The police palm their weapons.

        But she walks up to the laundromat windows and places a hand
        against the glass.

                             JOBU (V.O.)
                   And that someone is you.
                                                                98.


                             EVELYN
                  I've always hated this place
                  anyways...

        THE MUSIC EXPLODES INTO A FURIOUS CACOPHONY:

        Evelyn smashes the front window of her laundromat.

93-20   OPERA UNIVERSE: Evelyn is singing "COME ON BARBIE LET’S GO
        BARBIE!" over and over again and causing feedback in the mic.
        The audience heads for the exits.

                            JOBU (V.O.)
                  Not a single moment will go by in
                  your mind without every other
                  universe screaming for your
                  attention...

93-21   NOODLE UNIVERSE: Spaghetti Baby Noodle Boy is sinking to the
        dark bottom of the pot alone.

                            SPAGHETTI BABY NOODLE BOY
                  Why would god give me a hole for no
                  reason?

93-22   TAXES UNIVERSE: INT. LAUNDROMAT - Evelyn throws the Karaoke
        machine out the window as she is restrained by one of the
        policemen and her hands are zip tied behind her back.

93-23   ACTION UNIVERSE: The RUMBLING stops with a deafening POP!
        Silence. Everyone gasps. Evelyn looks down to see she has
        stabbed Waymond in the side with a shard of glass. Blood
        begins to pour from his side and her hand.

                            JOBU (V.O.)
                  Never fully there. A lifetime of
                  fractured moments, contradictions,
                  and confusion...

        On Waymond’s phone, a bright red warning flashes and red dots
        are everywhere. Alpha Gong Gong commands the Alpha Jumpers to
        aim their weapons at her. They tremble with uncertainty.

93-24   TEMPLE UNIVERSE: The BLACK SWIRLING BAGEL begins to overtake
        the entire screen. Evelyn’s eyes are fully BLACK.

                            JOBU (V.O.)
                  With only a few specks of time
                  where anything actually makes
                  sense. Just hilarious accidents.

93-25   VARIOUS UNIVERSES: Evelyn is center frame, rapidly shuffling
        through universes. Her stoic expression remains the same.
                                                             99.


     The transformation is complete. She is finally everywhere.
     She finally understands Jobu.

     Music fades. She closes her eyes.

     She slumps to the ground and becomes a rock. A literal rock.


94   ROCK UNIVERSE: EXT. FIELD

     In an empty field, sit two rocks. The wind blows through the
     dirt. It is silent and serene. Almost eerily so.

     Beat.

     Beat.

                         JOBU ROCK
               Oh, good you're here too.

                         EVELYN ROCK
               Where are we?

                         JOBU ROCK
               One of the universes where the
               conditions weren't right for life
               to form. Most of them are like
               this, actually.

                         EVELYN ROCK
               It's... nice.

                         JOBU ROCK
               Yeah. You can just sit here, and
               everything feels really far away.

     Evelyn Rock can hear the faint SOUNDS AND VOICES from the
     other universes. But it fades away. They watch as the shadows
     get long in the setting sun.

                         EVELYN ROCK
               Joy, I'm sorry about ruining
               everything, I-

                         JOBU ROCK
               Shhhh. You don't have to worry
               about that here. Just be a rock.

     A beat.

                         EVELYN ROCK
               I just feel so stupid-
                                                       100.


                    JOBU ROCK
          God! Please. We're all stupid.
          Small stupid little humans. It's
          like our whole deal.
              (softens)
          For most of our history we knew the
          earth was the center of the
          universe. We killed and tortured
          people for saying otherwise.

The sun sets revealing a dense sky of stars.

                    JOBU ROCK (CONT'D)
          And then we find out that the Earth
          is revolving around the Sun, which
          is just one sun out of a trillion
          suns, and now look at us: trying to
          deal with the fact that all of that
          exists in one universe out of who
          knows how many. Every new
          discovery, is just a reminder-

                    EVELYN ROCK
          We're all small and stupid.

                    JOBU ROCK
          Who knows what great new discovery
          is coming next to make us feel like
          even smaller pieces of shit.

                       EVELYN ROCK
          Language.

                       JOBU ROCK
          Seriously?

                    EVELYN ROCK
          I'm joking. That was a joke.
              (laughing)
          A big fucking joke.

They both laugh making each other laugh more just because
they are both laughing. Then Jobu stops.

                       JOBU ROCK
          Fuck.

                    EVELYN ROCK
          What’s wrong?

                    JOBU ROCK
          I’ve been trapped like this for so
          long. Experiencing everything.
                    (MORE)
                                                            101.

                         JOBU ROCK (CONT'D)
               A part of me hoped you’d see
               something I didn’t. That you would
               convince me there was another way.

                         EVELYN ROCK
               What are you talking about?

     A shadow falls over them-


95   EMPRESS UNIVERSE: INT. TEMPLE

     Jobu and Evelyn stand before the Bagel together.

                         JOBU
               You know why I actually built the
               bagel? It wasn’t to destroy
               everything. It was to destroy
               myself. I wanted to see if I went
               in, would I die. Like actually
               die.

     Evelyn stares ahead. Scared & unsure what this means. Jobu
     takes her hand.

                         JOBU (CONT'D)
               At least this way I don’t have to
               do it alone.

     Evelyn stares deep into the swirling black hole. It’s
     peaceful. Like a white noise machine. Her eye’s gloss over.

                         EVELYN
               But what about the Raccoon, or the
               noodle, or my silly husband. What
               was his name again?

                         JOBU
               You won’t have to worry about those
               things anymore.

     Evelyn is unsure as they approach. The light pulls away from
     their faces. Evelyn’s eyes begin to turn black again.

     But then they hear a faint sound. VOICES. It’s Waymond and
     Deirdre.

     Evelyn turns, and through the swirling darkness, the image of
     Waymond trying to talk down a pissed off Deidre comes into
     focus.
                                                               102.


                           EVELYN
                 There he is. 神經病 (crazy person)
                 My silly husband. Probably making
                 things worse-

       But against all odds, Deirdre’s face softens. She takes
       Waymond’s hand and gently pats it. Evelyn’s curiosity draws
       her back into the laundromat-


96     TAXES UNIVERSE: INT. LAUNDROMAT

       Evelyn watches in shock as Waymond walks back to her.

              WAYMOND                               WAYMOND
       ⼀切都會好起來的.                         Everything is going to be
                                         okay.

96-1   She looks back to see: Jobu in front of the bagel.

                           JOBU
                 Evelyn... ignore it. Come back.

       Waymond reaches over and holds Evelyn's face in his hands.

              WAYMOND                               WAYMOND
       她會再給我們最後⼀个礼拜.                     She’s going to give us
                                         another week for one last
                                         meeting.

       One of the officers cuts her zip tie. Evelyn looks over at
       Deirdre pulling the lock off the door. Deirdre shakes her
       head equally shocked that she is letting her off.

                           EVELYN
                 How? That's impossible.

                           JOBU (O.S.)
                 It's a statistical inevitability.
                 This is nothing special.

                           WAYMOND
                 I don't know, I just talked to her.

       Evelyn looks over at Deirdre as she gives Waymond one last
       knowing nod, before stepping outside with a cigarette.

                  EVELYN                              EVELYN
       就這樣?                              That’s it?

       Waymond shrugs and begins sweeping up the glass with a broom.
       Evelyn hears a voice from another universe.
                                                                103.


           WAYMOND (CEO) VO                  WAYMOND (CEO) VO
       你覺得我很軟弱，是嗎？                     You think I’m weak don’t you?

       As she gets up she suddenly has a lit ci

       “garette in her hand-


97     MOVIE STAR UNIVERSE: EXT. MOVIE THEATER ALLEY

       Waymond takes one last drag from his cigarette, before
       leaving.

            WAYMOND (CEO)                         WAYMOND
       多年前我們剛談戀愛的時候，                   When we first fell in love
                                       all of those years ago, your
       你爸总是説我的⼼太軟。也許他当时是               father would say I was too
       對的。                             sweet for my own good. Maybe
                                       he was right.

       Evelyn sees through her cloud of cigarette smoke:

97-1   ACTION UNIVERSE: INT. IRS 9TH FLOOR ATRIUM - Alpha Jumpers
       are still pointing their weapons at Evelyn. Waymond stumbles
       between them, holding his bloody wound.

                           WAYMOND (CONT'D)
                 Please! Can we just stop fighting!

       Alpha Gong Gong shakes his head at these naive words.


98     MOVIE STAR UNIVERSE: EXT. MOVIE THEATER ALLEY

            WAYMOND (CEO)                      WAYMOND (CEO)
       你說這是個很殘酷的世界，我們⼀直都               You tell me that it's a cruel
                                       world and we're all just
       在裏⾯繞圈⼦。我懂，我和你在這個地               running around in circles. I
       球上活了⼀樣久。                        know that. I've been on this
                                       earth just as many days as
                                       you.


99     ACTION UNIVERSE: INT. IRS 9TH FLOOR ATRIUM

                           WAYMOND
                 I know you are all fighting because
                 you are scared and confused.

       Evelyn takes a small step back. The Alpha Jumpers begin to
       regain their positions.
                                                                 104.


                            WAYMOND (CONT'D)
                  I'm confused too. One moment I am
                  here. The next moment I am there. I
                  still haven't seen any raccoons.
                  All day, I don't know what the heck
                  is going on. But somehow it feels
                  like this is my fault. I don’t
                  know. The only thing I do know is
                  we have to be kind. Be kind.
                  Especially, when we don't know
                  what's going on.


100     TAXES UNIVERSE: INT. LAUNDROMAT

            WAYMOND (CEO) VO                     WAYMOND (CEO) VO
        我總是看到事情好的⼀⾯，不是因爲我                 When I choose to see the good
                                          side of things, I'm not being
        天真，⽽是需要和必要，這就是我的⽣                 naive. It is strategic and
        存之道。                              necessary. It's how I've
                                          learned to survive through
                                          everything.

        Waymond tries to cheer himself up by dancing and humming
        while he sweeps.

        Evelyn sees the untouched Tupperware of cookies with a bow.
        She looks down at the baseball bat she is holding. There are
        two googly eyes stuck to it. It’s smiling at her.

           WAYMOND (CEO) (V.O.)                  WAYMOND (CEO) VO (CONT'D)
        我理解你是被⽣活所迫，但你不是個服                 I know you go through life
                                          with your fists held tight.
        輸的⼈。我⼜何嘗不是。只是我們選擇                 You see yourself as a
        的處理⽅式不⼀樣。                         fighter. Well, I see myself
                                          as one too. This is how I
                                          fight.


101     ACTION UNIVERSE: INT. IRS 9TH FLOOR ATRIUM

        Evelyn drops her fists. She doesn’t know what’s going on
        either. Wounded Alpha Jumpers surround her, weapons raised.

101-1   TEMPLE UNIVERSE: Framed by the swirling Bagel, Jobu looks
        right at us.

                            JOBU
                  Evelyn, you can still turn around
                  and avoid all this.

101     BACK IN THE IRS:
                                                                105.


                             EVELYN
                   It's too late, Waymond.

                             WAYMOND
                   Don't say that.

        Evelyn looks at her bleeding selfless husband like she’s
        never seen something so beautiful. MUSIC BEGINS TO PLAY. [The
        same romantic music from the Movie Star Universe when she saw
        Waymond in the crowd.]

101-2   TAXES UNIVERSE: INT. LAUNDROMAT - Evelyn’s stare lingers
        before she turns away from the Bagel and hugs Waymond hard.

101     ACTION UNIVERSE: Evelyn takes Waymond’s hand, we hear a
        RUMBLE begin to grow. Evelyn looks at him and we reveal-

101-3/4/5VARIOUS UNIVERSES: Abstract and delicate shots of Waymond
         throughout the multiverse: He is ecstatic, overwhelmed,
         crying while laughing, bored. Evelyn is seeing a whole,
         complete vision of her husband for the first time since she
         first fell in love, maybe ever. We end on-


102     MOVIE STAR UNIVERSE: EXT. MOVIE THEATER ALLEY

             WAYMOND (CEO)                        WAYMOND (CEO)
        儘管你⼀再讓我⼼碎，我還是想告訴你                 So, even though you have
                                          broken my heart yet again, I
        …如果有來⽣，我還是會選擇和你⼀起                 wanted to say... In another
        開洗⾐店，報稅。                          life, I would have really
                                          liked just doing laundry and
                                          taxes with you.

        He turns to go.


103     TAXES UNIVERSE: INT. LAUNDROMAT

        Holding Waymond, Evelyn can't look away from him.

               WAYMOND                               WAYMOND
        什麼？怎麼了？                           What? What’s wrong?

                             EVELYN
                       (at peace)
                   Nothing.


106     ACTION UNIVERSE: INT. IRS 9TH FLOOR ATRIUM

        The Alpha Jumpers lower their weapons. This cute couple
        doesn’t seem like a threat. Evelyn smiles, is this working?
                                                                 106.


        She turns to find Jobu is standing beside her, clearly
        annoyed. Jobu grabs Evelyn’s arm and pulls her away from
        Waymond.

106-1   FLASH: TEMPLE UNIVERSE - they are back by the Bagel.

                            JOBU
                  Come on, Evelyn.

        Evelyn pulls away and they are:

106     BACK IN THE IRS:

                            JOBU (CONT'D)
                  Why the hell would you want to be
                  here?

        Evelyn looks at Waymond. She can't help but smile.

                            EVELYN
                  I- I don't know.

                            JOBU
                  I get it. You’re feeling a good
                  thing. Y’got your hopes up. I’m
                  here to save you some time:
                  eventually that goes away. Come on.

        Jobu swiftly grabs Evelyn’s hands, hand vagina trick! RUMBLE -
        Jobu opens her hands - Wind whips through the air.

        THE BAGEL IS NOW IN THE IRS BUILDING at the top of the
        stairs. Wind swirls and objects rumble. Everyone cowers in
        fear except Jobu who heads for the stairs.

                            JOBU (CONT'D)
                  I don't care if you come with me.
                      (with disdain)
                  Enjoy your life.

        Evelyn defiantly steps in between Jobu and the stairs.

        As Evelyn approaches her, Jobu raises both hands-

        TEMPLE UNIVERSE: Jobu lifts her hands. Hooded figures blow on
        horns. Her followers plug into verse jumping machines.

        BACK IN THE IRS: Bagel Followers led by Deirdre march into
        the room, forming a wall between Evelyn and Jobu.

        Evelyn attempts to push through the Bagel Followers to get to
        Jobu. Deirdre fights back but Evelyn easily blocks her blows
        and puts Deirdre into a choke hold.
                                                               107.


                            WAYMOND
                  Evelyn, please no more fighting.

        Evelyn hesitates. She turns to see Waymond cowering in a
        cubicle.

        The Bagel Followers pin her onto the ground. Jobu easily
        walks right past her and heads towards the Bagel.

        Deirdre rips a blade from a nearby paper cutter and holds it
        to Evelyn’s neck.

                            DEIRDRE (BAGEL)
                  What did I tell you about caring
                  too much, Evelyn?

        Evelyn clenches her fists, but doesn’t know how to get out
        without hurting anyone. She looks up at Deirdre who winds
        back her blade, about to strike. TIME SLOWS.


107     VARIOUS UNIVERSES: DEIRDRE’S LIVES

        TAXES UNIVERSE - EXT. LAUNDROMAT

        Evelyn steps out of the laundromat to find Deirdre nursing
        her vape pen. Neither of them talk at first, but Deirdre
        offers Evelyn a drag from her vape.

                            DEIRDRE
                  Careful. Don’t want to make me
                  change my mind... again.

        She gives Evelyn a wry smile before exhaling.

                            EVELYN
                  What did he say to you?

                            DEIRDRE
                  He mentioned your... situation. I
                  remember when my ex gave me the
                  papers. I drove his KIA Forte
                  through the neighbors’ kitchen.

        Evelyn looks back at the mess she created.

                            DEIRDRE (CONT'D)
                  Maybe that’s why I’ve been really
                  hard on you. I see myself in you.
                  We’re both... difficult women.

        Evelyn looks at Deirdre, they are suddenly in-

107-1   HOT DOG UNIVERSE: INT. APARTMENT
                                                               108.


        Evelyn watches as Hot Dog Deirdre is walking out the door,
        holding her suitcase with her toes and not her hands.

107-2   FLASHBACKS: 1) At a dinner party, Deirdre is clearly
        uncomfortable so Evelyn places her feet on Deirdre’s.
        2) Deirdre is playing piano with her toes, but when Evelyn
        walks in, she immediately stops in embarrassment. 3) Evelyn
        goes in for a hug, but Deirdre pushes her away.

                            DEIRDRE (V.O.)
                  You know what I say? Cold,
                  hysterical, unlovable bitches like
                  us make the world go round.

107-1   Evelyn slowly walks towards Deirdre in the doorway and lifts
        her toes to wipe Deirdre’s tears. It’s incredibly tender.

107-3   ACTION UNIVERSE: INT. IRS BUILDING

        Evelyn looks into Deirdre’s eyes with a deep understanding.
        Deirdre’s blade is an inch away from her neck-

        Suddenly the blade STOPS. Evelyn’s foot has caught Deirdre’s
        arm.

107     TAXES UNIVERSE: EXT. LAUNDROMAT

                            EVELYN
                  That’s not true.

                            DEIRDRE
                  What?

        Deirdre is taken aback.

107-3   ACTION UNIVERSE: INT. IRS BUILDING

                            EVELYN
                  You aren’t unlovable.

                            DEIRDRE (BAGEL)
                  The hell are you talking about?

        Deirdre’s blade struggles against Evelyn’s foot.

                            EVELYN
                  There is always something to love.
                  Even in a stupid, stupid universe
                  where we have hot dogs for fingers,
                  we’d all be very good with our
                  feet!
                                                               109.


        Evelyn disarms Deirdre using nothing but her toes. She then
        uses her feet to swiftly Jiu Jitsu the Bagel Followers
        holding her back.

        She pulls Deirdre in for a hug. Deirdre resists.

                            EVELYN (CONT'D)
                  And in a universe where we both
                  agree that no one could love you,
                  if we look hard enough, something
                  will prove us wrong.
                      (hugs deeper)
                  We are wrong.

                            DEIRDRE (BAGEL)
                  Stop this. Stop this now.

107-1   HOT DOG UNIVERSE: Evelyn is hugging Hot Dog Deirdre. Deirdre
        drops her suitcase and fully lets go into the hug.

107     TAXES UNIVERSE: Evelyn is hugging Deirdre who is clearly
        uncomfortable, trying not to reveal that she is moved.

107-3   BACK IN THE IRS: Deirdre begins to break down. Her fellow
        Bagel Followers whisper.

                            DEIRDRE (BAGEL) (CONT'D)
                  I feel nothing! Decree 46, I mean
                  47. What’s the decree? I feel...

107-1   HOT DOG UNIVERSE: Using her toes, Evelyn unbuttons Deirdre’s
        shirt then slaps her thighs. She is beginning the mating
        ritual. Deirdre is over the moon.

107-3   ACTION UNIVERSE: Deirdre collapses to the ground. But no
        tears fall. She pulls out her verse jumping ear pieces. She
        looks up at Evelyn. They give each other a knowing nod.

        Evelyn turns to see Jobu halfway up the stairs, but between
        them stand the Followers and the Alpha Jumpers who have
        teamed up. At the top of the stairs is Rick loaded up with
        vintage military gear, including an automatic rifle.

                            ALPHA GONG GONG
                  Don’t let her stop Jobu. Open fire!

                            DEIRDRE
                  No!

        Rick pulls the trigger.

        Evelyn steps in front of Deirdre blocking the shower of
        bullets, but instead of ripping through her, they stop and
        begin to RUMBLE.
                                                                  110.


         Evelyn looks at a bullet gently pushing up against her
         forehead. She grabs it-


107      FLASH: TAXES UNIVERSE: EXT. LAUNDROMAT - She reaches down to
         the baseball bat on the concrete. She plucks a googly eye
         from it-

         POP. The bullet is now a googly eye. She sticks it to her
         forehead like a third eye.

         POP! Every bullet touching her becomes a googly eye. She
         pushes the googly eyes, sending them flying and sticking to
         everything: guns, helmets, computer monitors. Everything is
         suddenly a lot cuter.


A107     ROCK UNIVERSE: EXT. FIELD

         Evelyn Rock suddenly jiggles. Just a little.

                             JOBU ROCK
                   Stop that. You aren't supposed to
                   move here. You're just a rock.

                             EVELYN ROCK
                   There are no rules!

         Evelyn Rock wiggles around to reveal: Her Rock now has two
         googly eyes.

                             JOBU ROCK
                   Evelyn, I swear to god if you ruin
                   my favorite universe-

A107-1   ACTION UNIVERSE: INT. IRS

                             WAYMOND
                   Evelyn, what are you doing?

         Alpha Gong Gong shouts for everyone to attack! They charge.
         Evelyn nods. She is understanding her place in the noise.

                             EVELYN
                   I’m learning to fight like you.

         Evelyn serenely dodges a kick, ducks under a fist with a
         broken mug used as brass knuckles. She makes a Bagel Follower
         and Alpha Jumper kiss, she turns a grenade into a nostalgic
         perfume spray in Rick’s face, she stretches and cracks
         someone’s back - in a good way.

         Waymond can't believe his eyes. Is this working?
                                                                 111.


         An Alpha Jumper attacks with a pair of scissors- it’s the
         District Manager! Evelyn grabs the scissors- RUMBLE

A107-2   FLASH: JANITOR UNIVERSE: INT. SEX CLOSET: Janitor Evelyn
         grabs a ball gag from the wall-

A107-1   POP! The scissors are now a ball gag. She pops it into the
         District Manager’s mouth-

A107-3   FLASH: JANITOR UNIVERSE: We reveal Evelyn is dressed in a
         full dominatrix outfit. She bends the District Manager over
         her knee and slaps him on the ass.

A107-1   The slap is so strong that it ripples through his whole body,
         sending the bluetooth ear pieces flying out. With tears in
         his eyes he mouths “Thank You, Mommy.”

         Evelyn sees Jobu approaching the Bagel. Thinking quickly, she
         grabs the District Manager’s belt and turns it into a whip.
         She uses it to wrap around Jobu’s ankle, which causes her to
         stumble down the stairs. Jobu looks up furious.

         Evelyn steps on Jobu’s untied laces then turns to a charging
         Bagel Follower who holds a knife - it's her Kung Fu Master.


108      MOVIE STAR UNIVERSE: EXT. MOVIE THEATER STREET CORNER

         On a bustling sidewalk, Evelyn chases Waymond through the
         crowd. She SLAMS into someone. It’s her Master.

              KUNG FU MASTER                     KUNG FU MASTER
         你已經⾛了⼤半路了，不要前功盡棄。               You walk half the road, only
                                         to give up?

         She pulls out the cookie, taunting her.

            EVELYN (MOVIE STAR)               EVELYN (MOVIE STAR)
         你以前説過，功夫可以是任何東西，就               You once said, Gong Fu can be
                                         anything, even that cookie.
         算是塊是餅乾。師傅，我終於準備去做               Master, I am finally ready to
         我⾃⼰的餅乾了。                        chase a different cookie.

         Evelyn looks back at Waymond disappearing around a corner.
         She begins to attempt to take the Master’s cookie-


109      ACTION UNIVERSE: INT. IRS 9TH FLOOR ATRIUM

         Evelyn attempts to pull her Master’s knife from her hand. She
         succeeds, and turns it into one of Waymond’s smiley face
         cookies then shoves it in her mouth. Though the Master is
         confused, something seems oddly familiar about this.
                                                                112.


      While she’s distracted, Evelyn knocks out her ear pieces.

      Shoeless Jobu attempts to escape, but Michelle grabs her coat
      belt and ties herself to her daughter.

      Suddenly a gun is against her head. It’s Debbie the Dog Mom.
      She grabs the gun, RUMBLE POP! The gun is now a phone mid-
      video call with Debbie’s toddler son wearing a birthday hat.
      Debbie gasps.

                          HUMAN BABY PERSON BOY
                    (voiced by Spaghetti Boy)
                Mom? Are you coming? Remember,
                Daddy said I can have both mommies
                at my party this year.

      Debbie (the MOM) is overwhelmed with a moment of clarity.


110   NOODLE UNIVERSE: INT. BOILING POT

      A stray spaghetti strand reaches out of the fray and down
      into the depths of the pot to grab onto her son.

                          SPAGHETTI BABY NOODLE BOY
                What are you doing?

      Evelyn Spaghetti threads her noodle body through her macaroni
      son’s elbow and lifts him off the bottom.

                          EVELYN (NOODLE)
                It’s throwing day, Spaghetti Baby
                Noodle Boy, and I’ll be damned if a
                baby noodle boy of mine don’t
                stick!

      Noodle Baby Boy is as shocked as a noodle baby boy can be.


111   ACTION UNIVERSE: INT. IRS 9TH FLOOR ATRIUM

      Evelyn yanks out Debbie the Dog Mom’s ear pieces before
      gesturing for her to leave. She nods and runs away.

                          DEBBIE THE DOG MOM
                Mommy’s coming, honey!

      A hand grabs Evelyn’s hair and pulls her to the ground. She
      grabs her own hair, which turns into spaghetti, allowing her
      to free herself.

      Then desperately throws the fist-fulls of spaghetti at Jobu.
      They bounce off her and land on the floor. Splat.
                                                                 113.


                            JOBU
                  Oh no, not Spaghetti! What did you
                  think was going to-

        Jobu slips on the spaghetti, again stumbling down the stairs.

                            JOBU (CONT'D)
                  How the hell did that work?

                            EVELYN
                  A statistical inevitability!

        Evelyn turns around, grabs her attacker’s hair, causing his
        arms to lift straight up in the air, knocking his hat off:
        CHAD?

111-1   CHEF UNIVERSE: EXT. BENIHANA’S - Evelyn approaches Chad who
        is slumped on the curb.

                            CHAD (CHEF)
                  That raccoon completed me. I'm
                  useless alone.

111     ACTION UNIVERSE: Evelyn control’s Chad’s body using his hair.

                            CHAD (CONT'D)
                  I've never told anyone about my...
                  hair condition.

        She holds him close and whispers IN BOTH UNIVERSES.

                            EVELYN/CHEF
                  We are all useless alone. So its
                  good you're not alone.

        Chad fights back tears.

111-1   CHEF UNIVERSE: Evelyn hops up onto his shoulders and grabs
        his hair.

                            EVELYN (CHEF)
                  Together, we can save your silly
                  Raccoon.

111     ACTION UNIVERSE: Slow Motion: Evelyn, riding on Chad’s
        shoulders charges at a wall of Followers & Alphas.

        Waymond looks on in awe.

        Alpha Gong Gong's face hardens with anger.
                                                                  114.


        We reveal the aftermath: The Alpha Jumpers and Bagel
        Followers strewn across the floor in various stages of
        emotional release. One lady is holding a puppy laughing,
        someone else is trying to hide the fact they are orgasming.

        Michelle turns to Jobu who seems possibly impressed?    But
        suddenly she tumbles from Chad’s shoulders.

        She falls to the floor and is quickly pinned to the banister
        by mechanical arms!? It’s Alpha Gong Gong in a makeshift
        office supply robot exoskeleton.

                            ALPHA GONG GONG
                  Evelyn.

        His stern stare pierces her new found confidence-


112     TAXES UNIVERSE: INT. LAUNDROMAT

        Evelyn sees Gong Gong angrily trying to walk up the stairs,
        despite Waymond’s protests. Evelyn rushes over to him.

                GONG GONG                           GONG GONG
        夠啦。(In Cantonese)                 That's enough

                EVELYN                                EVELYN
        對唔住， 啊爸(In Cantonese)             I'm sorry, father, but-

                     GONG GONG                      GONG GONG
        唔好再叫我做啊爸，做埋地咁嘅事，                  Do not call me father! No
                                          daughter of mine would act
        三餐都成問題，我冇你D咁嘅⼥                    this way. Live this way.
        (In Cantonese)

        He sneers at their run down laundromat.


113     ACTION UNIVERSE: INT. IRS 9TH FLOOR ATRIUM

        Evelyn watches Jobu climb the stairs towards the Bagel.

                            JOBU ROCK (V.O.)
                  See? It’s only a matter of time
                  before everything balances itself
                  out.

113-1   FLASH: NOODLE UNIVERSE: INT. BOILING POT - They struggle
        against the other noodles.

113-2   FLASH: MOVIE STAR UNIVERSE: EXT. STREET - Evelyn catches
        Waymond, but the crowd is pushing her away.
                                                                115.


             WAYMOND (CEO)                        WAYMOND (CEO)
        算了吧,多情⾃古空餘恨，好夢由來不                 Give it up. Sometimes it's
                                          better to let the fantasy
        願醒。                               live up here.

113-3/4 FLASH: CHEF UNIVERSE: EXT. STREET - Evelyn is steering Chad
        as they chase the animal control truck down the street. They
        aren’t fast enough. Chad has a cramp.

113-5   FLASH: TAXES UNIVERSE: INT. LAUNDROMAT - Some more guests
        leave. Joy watches from the back of the room.


114     ACTION UNIVERSE: INT. IRS 9TH FLOOR ATRIUM

        Alpha Gong Gong begins to crush Evelyn against the banister.
        Evelyn watches Jobu stop in front of the Bagel. She is close
        enough to touch it now. But she hesitates.

                            ALPHA GONG GONG
                  Just let her go.

                    EVELYN                            EVELYN
        我做唔倒啊阿爸，我真係唔明你點可以                 I can’t. Baba. How on earth
                                          did you do it? How did you
        放棄我嘎                              let me go?
        (In Cantonese)

        These words hit Alpha Gong Gong hard.


115     TAXES UNIVERSE: INT. LAUNDROMAT

                     EVELYN                           EVELYN
        我由細到⼤乜都聼噻你話，你想點就點                 You know, I’ve spent all of
                                          these years trying to see
        。我宜家終於有勇氣做翻我⾃⼰。你唔                 things through your eyes. I
        中意都唔緊要。哩個就係我。                     am finally finding the
                                          courage to see things through
        (In Cantonese）                    my own. It's okay if you
                                          can't be proud, because I
                                          finally am.

        From the back of the room Jobu rolls her eyes.


116     ACTION UNIVERSE: INT. IRS 9TH FLOOR ATRIUM

        Up the stairs, Jobu winds back, about to leap into the Bagel.
        Evelyn looks directly into Gong Gong’s eyes.
                                                                 116.


                     EVELYN                           EVELYN
        我再都唔會⽤你對我嗰⼀套去對我⾃⼰                 I am no longer willing to do
                                          to my daughter, what you did
        個⼥。                               to me.
        (In Cantonese）

        Alpha Gong Gong is taken aback.   He loosens his grip and
        Evelyn can break free.

        Jobu is just about to enter the Bagel as Evelyn grabs her
        wrist.

116-1   TAXES UNIVERSE: INT. LAUNDROMAT

        Evelyn holds Jobu's wrist. Jobu is not pleased.

                    EVELYN (CONT'D)                   EVELYN (CONT'D)
        你可能喺佢⾝上睇倒你⾃⼰最⼤嘅恐懼                 You may see in her all of
                                          your greatest fears squeezed
        . 我⼀直都好希望佢唔會似我。                   into one person. I spent most
        (In Cantonese)                    of her childhood praying she
                                          would not end up like me. But
        But she turned out stubborn,      she turned out stubborn,
        aimless, a mess just like her     aimless, a mess just like her
        mother. But now I see it’s        mother. But now I see it's
        okay that she’s a mess.           okay that she's a mess.
        Because just like me,             Because just like me, the
                                          universe gave her someone
        讓他在這個空間找到⼀位善良，有耐性                 kind, patient, and forgiving
                                          to make up for all she lacks.
        ⼜可以包容她的⼈

        She looks from Waymond to Becky and smiles. Before Jobu can
        stop her, Evelyn grabs Becky’s hand.

                   EVELYN (CONT'D)                    EVELYN (CONT'D)
        爸，這$ Becky. 她$ Joy的⼥朋友。           Ba, this is Becky. This is
                                          Joy's girlfriend.

        Gong Gong’s face remains stoic. Becky and Jobu exchange looks
        of shock.

        Waymond is so proud of his wife. He pulls the divorce papers
        from his pocket. He contemplates the signature on the bottom.

116     FLASH: ACTION UNIVERSE: Jobu turns and looks at her mother.

116-1   Evelyn walks Becky and Jobu to Gong Gong.


117     ROCK UNIVERSE: EXT. FIELD

        Evelyn Rock moves another inch closer to Jobu Rock.
                                                                117.


                             JOBU ROCK
                   Fuck this. I can’t take anymore of
                   this emotionally manipulative
                   bullshit.

         Jobu Rock starts to wiggle away. A rock chase commences!


118      VARIOUS UNIVERSES:

118-1a   ACTION UNIVERSE: Jobu attacks Evelyn.

118-1b   VARIOUS UNIVERSES: Evelyn blocks each of Jobu’s blows as they
         flash flash flash through different scenarios

118-1c   INT. COURTROOM: Judge Jobu grabs the gavel and swings it at
         Lawyer Evelyn who blocks it

118-1d   ACTION UNIVERSE: The gavel is now flowers.

                             JOBU
                   Maybe you win in this universe. But
                   in another-

118-1e   EXT FOREST: They are dressed as kung fu warriors.

                             JOBU   (CONT'D)
                   -I beat you-

         Jobu lands several hits but Evelyn pushes her away

118-1f   INT. JAIL: They charge each other and right as they hit each
         other-

118-1g   EXT. BACKYARD: They are swinging piñatas again.

                             JOBU (CONT'D)
                   -or we tie. Or we eat crepes.

         A hand grabs Evelyn Pinata’s head.

118-1h   MOVIE STAR UNIVERSE: EXT. HONG KONG ALLEY - Jobu holds Evelyn
         by the head and pushes her down into the path of an oncoming
         car-

                             JOBU (CONT'D)
                   Cause all of it’s a pointless
                   swirling bucket of bullshit.

118-1i   ACTION UNIVERSE: INT. IRS - Jobu is holding Evelyn's head
         inches from the Bagel.
                                                                  118.


                             JOBU (CONT'D)
                   That bagel is where we finally find
                   peace Evelyn.

                             EVELYN
                   Stop calling me Evelyn!

         Evelyn flexes her pinky then flicks Jobu’s hand away-

118-1j   VARIOUS UNIVERSES: Evelyn blocks Jobu’s blows turning them
         into a hug.

                             EVELYN (CONT'D)
                   I. AM. YOUR. -

118-1k   ACTION UNIVERSE: INT. IRS - Jobu breaks free, falls towards
         the bagel, Evelyn grabs her waist-

                             EVELYN (CONT'D)
                   Mother!

         Alpha Gong Gong can’t believe his eyes.

         Jobu is flustered for the first time. She squirms back to the
         Bagel and with renewed strength drags Evelyn towards it.
         Evelyn struggles with all of her might, but it’s not enough.
         Tornado-like winds pull them towards the Bagel. Her feet slip
         inch by inch

118-2    CHEF UNIVERSE: EXT. STREET - Evelyn leaps off Chad and
         beckons him to get on her back.

                             CHAD (CHEF)
                   What are you doing?

                             EVELYN
                   Get on!

         Chad jumps on her back. He pulls her hair and they are on
         their way. Evelyn screams as she pushes her body-

118-3    HOT DOG UNIVERSE: INT. APARTMENT - Evelyn and Deirdre circle
         each other continuing the mating ritual.

118-4    MOVIE STAR UNIVERSE: EXT. BUSTLING STREET - Evelyn tearfully
         pours her heart out to Waymond but we can’t hear her words.

118      ACTION UNIVERSE: Suddenly Evelyn and Jobu stop moving. Two
         robot arms are wrapped around Evelyn’s waist. What?

         It’s Alpha Gong Gong pulling them away from the Bagel as
         well. Evelyn can’t believe her eyes.

118-5    TAXES UNIVERSE: INT. LAUNDROMAT
                                                                119.


              GONG GONG                             GONG GONG
        ⼥朋友？好吧. (In Cantonese)            Girlfriend? Hao ba.

                            BECKY
                  What? What did he say?

        Becky is tearing up, she doesn't need words to understand.

118     ACTION UNIVERSE: INT. IRS 9TH FLOOR ATRIUM

                            ALPHA GONG GONG
                  I can't believe I'm doing this.

        A bloody Waymond stumbles over and weakly tries to help as
        well. The whole family is trying to drag Jobu away.

                            JOBU
                  Seriously...

118-6   ROCK UNIVERSE: Jobu Rock is approaching a cliff’s edge with
        Evelyn rock on her tail-

                            JOBU ROCK
                  ... can you please just...


119     TAXES UNIVERSE: EXT. LAUNDROMAT

        Evelyn chases Joy to her car. Joy stops abruptly and turns.

                            JOY
                  ... stop, Mom.

        The tears in Joy's eyes stop Evelyn in her tracks.

        Waymond and everyone left watch from the laundromat.

                            JOY (CONT'D)
                  Good for you. You're figuring your
                  shit out. And that's great. But I'm
                  tired. I don't want to hurt
                  anymore. And for some reason when
                  I'm with you, it hurts both of us.
                  So, let's just go our separate
                  ways... Please.

        Evelyn is taken aback. For the first time she is truly seeing
        Joy’s pain. Joy waits for her mom to say something.

                            EVELYN
                  Okay.
                                                                 120.


120     ACTION UNIVERSE: INT. IRS 9TH FLOOR ATRIUM

        Jobu slips out of Evelyn’s fingers. The family collapses to
        the floor as the blackness of the Bagel begins consuming
        Jobu.


121     ROCK UNIVERSE: EXT. FIELD

        Jobu Rock tips over the edge and begins to tumble away from
        Evelyn Rock who watches from the cliff’s edge-


122     TAXES UNIVERSE: EXT. LAUNDROMAT

        Evelyn watches as her daughter walks to her car.

122-1   FLASHBACK: She watches as little Joy runs away from her.

        Evelyn turns her back to Joy and begins to walk to the
        laundromat with her head down in shame.

        She hears Joy open her car door.

                            EVELYN
                  Wait.

        Joy turns, one foot already in the car, but Evelyn doesn’t
        know what to say.

                            EVELYN (CONT'D)
                  You're getting fat.

                            JOY
                  What?

                            EVELYN
                  And you never call me even though
                  we are on a family plan and it's
                  FREE. You only visit when you need
                  something, and you got a tattoo,
                  and I don't care if it's supposed
                  to represent our family, you know I
                  hate tattoos. Out of all of the
                  places I could be, why would I want
                  to be here with you? You are right.
                  It doesn't make sense.

                  WAYMOND                             WAYMOND
        Evelyn, 別說了。夠了。                    Evelyn, stop. That's enough.

                            JOY
                  Let her finish.
                                                                  121.


                            EVELYN
                  Maybe it's like you said, maybe
                  there is something out there, some
                  new discovery that'll make us feel
                  like even smaller pieces of shit.
                  Something that explains why even
                  after seeing everything, and giving
                  up, you still went looking for me
                  through all of this noise. And why
                  no matter what, I still want to be
                  here with you. I will always want
                  to be here with you.

        Joy goes to her mom.   Finally vulnerable.

                            JOY
                  So... what? You're just going to
                  ignore everything else? You could
                  be anything, anywhere. Why not go
                  somewhere where your daughter is
                  more than just... this. Here, all
                  we’ll get are a few specks of time
                  where any of this actually makes
                  sense.

        Evelyn looks at the mess around her. We hear the SOUNDS OF
        THE OTHER UNIVERSES SWIRLING IN.

        She grabs Joy's hands and the sounds stop.

                            EVELYN
                  Then I will cherish these few
                  specks of time.

        Joy slowly nods her head and leans in closer to her mom.

        Evelyn closes her eyes and breathes in deep. As the music
        crescendos, Evelyn tries to let all of the other universes
        go:

122-2   NOODLE UNIVERSE: A giant chef hand plucks them from the
        spoon.

                            EVELYN (NOODLE) (CONT'D)
                  Hold your breath!

        He throws them: Mother-threaded-through-noodle-son. It’s
        magical, like flying- FADE TO BLACK

122-3/4 CHEF UNIVERSE: Chad is riding Evelyn, as they catch up with
        the truck. Raccaccoonie watches them in awe through the back
        window- FADE TO BLACK
                                                                122.


122-5    HOT DOG UNIVERSE: Evelyn and Deirdre open their mouths and
         lift up their beautiful floppy fingers, about to squirt their
         finger condiments. The ritual is almost complete- FADE TO
         BLACK

122-6    TEMPLE UNIVERSE: Bagel Deirdre pulls off her robes and swings
         open the Temple exit doors. Light spills over her face- FADE
         TO BLACK

122-7    ACTION UNIVERSE: The final signs of Jobu are swallowed by the
         BLACKNESS. Evelyn closes her eyes and focuses.

         On Evelyn’s cerebral map. Just a few red dots. Fewer, fewer

122-8    OPERA UNIVERSE: Evelyn and her father sing their hearts out
         to an empty room. She lets out one long sustained note,
         causing the ground to rumble- FADE TO BLACK

122-9    ROCK UNIVERSE: Evelyn Rock comes rolling down the hill
         towards Jobu Rock. They are about make contact- FADE TO BLACK

122-10   MOVIE STAR UNIVERSE: Waymond is stoic. Evelyn waits for him
         to say something, anything. He begins to crack a smile - FADE
         TO BLACK

122-7    ACTION UNIVERSE: Evelyn stands by the edge of the Bagel.

         Suddenly a hand reaches out. Evelyn grabs it! She pulls Jobu
         out and they stumble away from the bagel.

         Jobu looks exhausted. She rests her head on her mother’s
         shoulder - FADE TO BLACK

122      TAXES UNIVERSE: EXT. LAUNDROMAT

         Joy rests her head on her mother’s shoulder here as well. She
         lets out a sigh of deep relief.

         The music stops. Everything is still. They are only here, in
         one universe, for now.

         Evelyn studies every little piece of the moment: the stray
         hairs coming from Joy’s head, the flicker of the neon lights
         across the car’s reflection, the distant sound of the highway
         like ocean waves.

         Evelyn sees Waymond and Becky tearfully watching from the
         laundromat entrance.

         The remaining guests are watching from inside.

                             JOY
                   Oh god, now I feel so awkward. This
                   is awkward right?
                                                               123.


      Joy pushes Evelyn away and they casually walk together back
      towards the laundromat.

                          JOY (CONT'D)
                Do you still want to do your party?

                          EVELYN
                We can do whatever we want.

      Waymond hears this, and pulls out the signed divorce papers
      from his pocket. He looks them over then tears them up.

      Joy spots the karaoke machine on the ground. She picks up the
      microphones and shakes the glass from them.

                          JOY
                "You can touch. You can play. If
                you say..."

                          JOY AND EVELYN
                "I'm always yours."

      Waymond turns on the TV and presses play. The lyrics of
      "Barbie Girl" by Aqua come on the screen (from the opening).

      The remaining men from the Chinese Church Choir all begin to
      sing in harmony.

                          MEN'S CHOIR
                I'm a Barbie Girl, in a Barbie
                world. Life in Plastic, it's
                fantastic. You can brush my hair,
                undress me everywhere.
                Imagination...

      As their beautiful song reverberates around the room, Evelyn
      and Joy look at each other and mouth the final lines.

                          JOY AND EVELYN AND EVERYONE ELSE
                Life is your creation.

      This is good. Even if it's just for a tiny speck of time.
      FADE TO BLACK.


123   INT. APARTMENT - MORNING

      Evelyn and Waymond sit at the table loading papers and
      receipts into a file folder.

      We hear the toilet flush and Joy steps into the room.

                          JOY
                We're definitely late now guys.
                                                              124.


                          EVELYN
                Joy, I know you could be a million
                other places right now. Thank you
                for coming.

      Joy rolls her eyes. She leaves with Waymond, leaving Evelyn
      alone for a moment.

      TITLE: “PART 3: ALL AT ONCE”


124   EXT. IRS BUILDING - MORNING

      Becky drives up to the front entrance and the family climbs
      out.

                          WAYMOND
                Thank you for the ride.

      Becky puts her car in gear, but Evelyn stops her.

                          EVELYN
                Becky? You need to grow more hair.

      This means the world to Becky. She rubs the shaved side of
      her head and smiles.


125   INT. IRS LOBBY - MOMENTS LATER

      Evelyn, and Waymond walk down the hallway with Joy trailing
      behind them pushing Gong Gong.

      Waymond looks down at Evelyn’s hand. He gets the courage to
      hold it.

      She looks at him a bit unsure then squeezes it back. They
      walk like that, holding hands towards the elevator.

      Joy heads to the bathroom.

                          JOY
                I gotta pee. Hold on.

                 WAYMOND                           WAYMOND
      我也得去。                             I should go too.

                 EVELYN                             EVELYN
      我幫你拿。                             I’ll hold your bag.



      He hands it to her, grateful, then turns away.
                                                             125.


                           EVELYN
                Wait.

      She grabs his hand again and pulls him in. And they kiss.
      It’s sweet. A little awkward.


126   INT. IRS 9TH FLOOR OFFICE - LATER

      A wall of triumphant music plays as Evelyn looks at her
      family: Gong Gong naps in the corner, while Joy idly scrolls
      through her phone, and Waymond politely nods to Deirdre who
      chugs another protein shake.

      With saintlike serenity, Evelyn and Waymond hold hands and
      patiently wait as Deirdre lists all of their new infractions
      and thumbs through a pile of red sticky notes.

                           DEIRDRE
                Evelyn?   Did you hear me?

                          EVELYN
                    (happy & distracted)
                I'm sorry. Could you repeat the
                question?

      CUT TO: BLACK

      TITLE: "Everything, Everywhere, All at Once”
