PIE: West Coast/Pilot Script Page

Pre-titles sequence

August 26th 2013. High on a mountain road, a scared young girl, Samantha, is caught in a terrifying storm. In the storm her entire family has been ripped away from her and the wind picks up, tossing her helplessly against the mountainside, as she tries desperately to reach her car or any form of shelter against the unrelenting storm. As she is buffeted and blown back by the gales, she finally reaches her car. As she manages to get in and close the door, the howl of the zephyrs outside are muted, and all that can be heard is the sound of her erratically drawing breaths between sobs. She gently starts to weep to herself as the full realization that the rest of her family is gone hits her in full.

Sam: Oh god… Dad… Gertrude… Monkey… They’re all gone… Why? Why did this have to happen?

As she struggles to come to terms with her loss, a flash of green appears in the distance. She notices this and looks up.

Sam: What…. Gertrude? Is that you?

She takes a moment to compose herself before sticking the car in gear and driving full throttle down the road.

The green flashes at her.

Sam: What the-

There’s an almighty crash and a blinding light. It seems like the mountain itself is being shaken right to its foundations. A horrendous white flurry of snow and ice torrents down from the tops, wiping the car clean off the road and sends it rolling down the side of the cliff.

Sam: Ah, AGH! OH GOD! ARGH! NONONONO PLEASE!

The green light appears again as the car tumbles helplessly into an empty void – no mountains, no ground, no nothing – quite simply, a nothing. A hole in the fabric of spacetime formerly occupied by a scientific research facility. More will be revealed about the facility as the series progresses, as of yet its existence is not made apparent due to The Nothing but suffice it to say it is integral to Sam’s story arc.