Like Romeo And Juliet

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In the final chapter of THE DISH, chaos ensues when murderous lesbian Jett Targo returns to her sleazy motel room after being fingered by the cops, only to find her illicit lover Haven Crayce throwing their getaway money into the fireplace after being lied to by Jett's former lover Rush Madder ...


INT. MOTOR COURT - BUNGALOW - MOMENTS LATER
Haven sits on the floor
in front of the fireplace
in bra and panties.

Laughing. Crying.
Makeup smeared. Hair a mess.

She’s THROWING fistfuls of money
into the flames.

Jett walks in.
Puts down the bag.
Sees Haven.

JETT
What are you DOING?

Haven ignores her.
Tosses in another handful of bills.

JETT
(races over)
WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING?

Jett tries to grab money
out of the flames, GETS BURNED.

JETT
OW, FUCK!

HAVEN
Careful, it’s hot.

Jett SLAPS Haven.
She looks at Jett, wild-eyed.
Grimacing.

HAVEN
Your BOYFRIEND came to visit
while you were gone.

JETT
My boyfriend?
What boyfriend?
I don’t have a fucking BOYFRIEND.
(small voice)
I’ve got -- you.

HAVEN
Rush? Rush Madder?
The one you said you took care of?

JETT
I did!
I knocked him out
and threw him in the ocean!

HAVEN
Well, he must have swum to shore,
because he was just here.
(nasty)
And I gave him his cut.

JETT
HIS CUT?

HAVEN
He said a lot of interesting stuff.
Told me a lot of stories
about the two of you.
How you were dating
back home in Kansas, dealing drugs.
How he tried to rape a customer
while tweaked out on meth, a COP,
and how you killed the guy.
And then the pair of you
split for sunny California.

JETT
That was over a LONG time ago.

HAVEN
That’s not what RUSH said.

JETT
WHAT?

HAVEN
He said the two of you
were gonna bump me off
and split with the money.

JETT
HE’S LYING.
Haven, don’t you see --
he was making that up.
I love YOU.

HAVEN
Then he saw the money,
got greedy and took half of it
and split.
(slow, dreamy)
So I said fuck it.
There’s nothing left to live for.
So I started burning
the rest of the money,
and now we BOTH have nothing.

She starts LAUGHING MANIACALLY.

JETT
Haven, he was LYING.
He was --

Haven pulls out Jett’s REVOLVER.
Aims it at her.

HAVEN
Look what I found.

JETT
Haven.
Put the gun down.
Give it to me.

HAVEN
SHUT THE FUCK UP!

And she SHOOTS, wildly.
A bullet HITS Jett in the stomach.

JETT
HAVEN. You --

Jett looks down.
A small red stain appears
on her white shirt.
Starts slowly growing.

JETT
SHOT me.

HAVEN
I thought we could be
like Romeo and Juliet.
A tragic love story.

She pulls out Jett’s coke snifter.
Does a bump.

HAVEN
Man, that’s good shit.
My mind has been RACING
thinking about what we could do.
Thought maybe we could
set fire to the cabin
and go out in flames.
That would be dramatic, huh?
Right out of a movie.

Jett sits down next to
Haven on the floor.

But she’s off somewhere,
looking into the fire.

JETT
I love you, Haven.
Listen to me.
He was LYING,
you gotta BELIEVE ME.

But Haven is in
her own little world.

Jett reaches over and
tries to GRAB the gun
out of her hand.
She SCREAMS.

HAVEN
NO!

They wrestle for control,
Jett now weaker,
Haven on fire,
almost an equal match.

The gun GOES OFF, BANG.
A window SHATTERS.

Another BLAST.
TV set EXPLODES.

A third, BANG.

HAVEN
Ow.

Haven SLUMPS over.
Shot in the heart.

JETT
HAVEN! NO!

Jett freaks.
GRABS Haven in her arms.
Holds on for dear life.

JETT
Baby, it’s gonna be okay,
it’s gonna be okay.

HAVEN
(a whisper)
You -- shot me.

JETT
I didn’t mean to.
I was -- just --

A siren WHOOP-WHOOPS outside.

Haven looks.
She’s starting to slip away.
Eyelids heavy.

HAVEN
Looks like we have -- company.

Her flame flickers out. Gone.

JETT
Haven, NO -- baby --
NO, NO, NO, NO!

An ANGRY MALE VOICE
comes over a bullhorn.

ANGRY MALE VOICE (O.C.)
Haven Crayce and Jett Targo,
this is the POLICE!
We have you SURROUNDED!
Come out RIGHT NOW
with your HANDS IN THE AIR!

Jett starts crying.
Puts the gun in her mouth.

Closes her eyes.
But she can’t do it.

ANGRY MALE VOICE (O.C.)
This is your LAST CHANCE!
We have you SURROUNDED!
If you don’t come out right NOW,
we’re coming in AFTER you!

Jett goes to the window. Sees --

EXT. MOTOR COURT PARKING LOT - CONTINUOUS
A dozen SQUAD CARS.
Lights blaring.

Dozens of COPS, SWAT, with hand guns,
assault rifles, automatic weapons.

Half a dozen media trucks.
REPORTERS. CREW. ONLOOKERS.

JETT
pulls away from the window.
Holds her wound.

Looks around the room.
Sees a GAS CAN.

Raises THE gun.
Takes aim --

JETT
I’m so sorry, baby.
It was gonna be so good.
We had it all.

And SHOOTS it.
It EXPLODES in a massive fireball.

Burning money FLIES
around in the air.

ANGRY MALE VOICE (O.C.)
COMMENCE FIRING!

The windows EXPLODE with bullets.
Shots BANG-BANG-BANG,
blasting HOLES in the walls.

Jett gets SHOT.
She hits the floor, dying.

Looks at Haven.
Flames licking at her body.
The peaceful look on her face.

JETT
But sometimes --
it just doesn’t work out.

EXT. MOTOR COURT BUNGALOW - CONTINUOUS
Everyone watches the house
EXPLODES in a BALL OF FLAMES.

CAL SEELY stands next to his car.
Shakes his head slowly.

DR. BING appears beside him.
They nod at each other.
Look back at the fire.

DR. BING
I never did trust that dame --