EXT. CAMPSITE - LATER

Wei, Bart and Diane sit back in their chairs, stoned. Vic squats near the fire, adjusting it with a stick. He has his back turned to the others.

Diane

That was so amazing, when I was floating in the water. I felt like I had become part of all eternity.

Bart

You had become part of the cycle of life and death.

Wei

Bart thinks about death a lot.

Diane

Oh really. That sounds a little morbid.

Bart

Not really. Death is the most important thing about life.

DIANE

It is?

BART

Dying is beautiful. It's the most beautiful thing in the world. You know what Freud said? He said, "The aim of all life is death" Think about it. In the beginning there was no life on our planet. When the first living cells popped up in some river bed in, say, Mesopotamia, they were probably alive for only a moment and before the squealed, "Man, this is not for me," and quickly ducked their heads in the mud. Death is the natural state of being, while life is a kind a mistake of nature, if you will.

DIANE

Life is a mistake?

Bart

Right. The moment some object comes alive, it is conflicted; part of it wants life, but part of it wants to return to its "natural" inanimate state. Most people are miserable while they are alive because it's not natural to be alive.

DIANE

That's deep. That's a little too deep for me.

Wei

It is the way of the tao.

DIANE

So you're saying you want to die?

Bart

I'm saying that death is a natural part of life. And because most people avoid it or run away from it they end up fearing death instead of embracing it.

Vic

(agitated, standing)

What a bunch of hogwash. You know nothing about death. Nothing.

Diane

Vic doesn't like to talk about death.

Diane looks at Wei.

Bart

Why don't you like to talk about death, Vic?

Vic

What's there to talk about? When it happens it happens. I'm going to turn in now. Di, are you coming or not?

BART

It would probably do you good to talk about death, Vic, at some point. It would be a growth experience. It would help you achieve your dream.

Diane

Oh, that's right, you were going to help us find our dream.

VIC

He can help us find our dream tomorrow.

DIANE

Don't you want to hear about our dream?

Vic

No. I'm going to turn in. Let's go, Di.

He takes her hand and tries to pull her up from her chair.

DIANE

Vic, stop it. You know I don't like to be pushed.

VIC

Fine. I'm going to turn in. Good-night everyone.

He walks to his tent and disappears inside. Diane rolls back her eyes.

DIAnE

I'd better go. Otherwise he'll freak out. It's been interesting. Really interesting.

She gets up.

Bart

Have a good sleep.

DIANE

Good night, Bart. Don't die yet, OK?

(kisses him on cheek)

Good night, Wei. Nice meeting you.

She kisses the air next to Wei's cheek, as women do.

VIC

Good night.

Bart

Good night.

Wei

Good night.

Diane goes into her tent.

INT. Vic and DIANE'S TENT - A FEW MINUTES LATER

Diane climbs into her sleeping bag.

Diane

Good night.

Vic

Good night.

Vic doesn't answer. He lies on his bag with his eyes open. He sneezes and blows his nose. Diane rolls over after a while and stares at him.

DIANE

What's wrong?

VIC

Nothing.

Diane

Did you take your pills?

VIC

No.

DIANE

You'd better take them.

VIC

I will.

Diane

What? What? You're upset because I smoked some grass?

Vi

You did a little more than smoke some grass.

DIANE

I'm on vacation, Vic. If you want to be your usual uptight self, that's up to you, but I'm going to relax and have a good time.

VIC

Fine.

DIANE

It is fine.

She rolls over to go to sleep. He lies with his eyes open. After a while she turns to him again. She SIGHS and unzips her sleeping bag. She snuggles against him, and her hand slides down his belly and disappears inside his jeans.

Diane (CONT'D)

(smiling)

Let's not fight.

She kisses him.

INT. BART and wei'S TENT - a few minutes later

Bart lies on his back on his sleeping bag. Wei lies with her head on his chest.

Wei

What time is it?

Bart

(looks at watch)

Midnight.

WEI

I don't think she will make love to you.

BART

Maybe not. Come here.

Wei leans over and kisses him.

Midnight montage

Across the pond the two tents are lighted by the moon.

Bart and Wei sleep arm in arm in inside their tent.

Vic and Di sleep turned away from each other in their tent.

The campfire still glows in the dark.

The inflatable boat is turned upside down.

The woods are dark and deep and the moon blinks between trees.

The leaves of the trees begin to shake a little as a wind comes up.

The pond is peaceful, then little drops of water begin hitting the pond.

Ext. vic and diane's tent

Vic lies with his eyes open. The SOUND of THUNDER. Then the SOUND OF RAIN HITTING THE TENT.

Diane rolls over and opens her eyes.

Diane

It's raining.

Vic

So it is.

DIANE

I hope this tent doesn't leak.

VIC

It won't. It's brand new. It's completely rainproof.

DIANE

Are you sure?

VIC

I spent over a month searching the net before I chose this tent.

DIANE

I've heard that before.

They lie listening to the rain.

Int. vic and Diane's tent - a few minutes later

Vic feels a drop of water fall on his face.

Vic

The tent is leaking.

Diane

I knew it.

VIC

I just felt something on my face.

He sits up. He presses his hands on the floor of the tent. He feels water.

She sits up and turns on a flashlight. There is a puddle of water around their sleeping bags.

DIANE

Oh, man. We're flooded.

VIC

I don't believe this!

DIANE

I thought you said this tent was waterproof?

VIC

It's supposed to be. It's guaranteed.

DIANE

A lot of good that does us now. Yuck! My sleeping bag's all wet!

VIC

Mine too.

Just then the tent collapses on top of them.

DIANE

Oh, my God!

VIC

Shit!

He gets on his knees and tries to hold the roof of the tent up.

DIANE

What are we going to do?

VIC

I don't know.

DIANE

That's great! Our tent's falling apart and you don't know.

VIC

I'm trying to hold it up.

DIANE

You can't hold it all night.

VIC

I'll get a stick or something.

DIANE

We can't stay in here.

VIC

You have a better idea?

DIANE

I don't know. Bart and Wei have a big tent. We can stay in their tent until the rain stops.

VIC

I don't want to go to their tent.

DIANE

What else can we do?

VIC

I don't know.

DIANE

I'm not going to stay here. I'm drowning.

VIC

You're not drowning.

DIANE

Come on, let's run for it.

She gets up and runs out of the tent.

Int. Bart and wei's tent - continuous

Bart and Wei are sitting up in their tent, looking out at the rain. Their tent is a four-person, square-shaped tent. They hear footsteps.

Diane (o.S.)

Bart? Wei? Can we come in? It's Di. Our tent collapsed. We've been flooded.

Bart

Sure, come in.

Wei

Come in.

He unzips the door flap. Diane peeps her head into the tent. Her hair is soaking wet.

DIANE

Are you sure it's all right?

BART

It's fine. Come in, come in.

DIANE

We're not disturbing you?

Bart

No, not at all.

Wei

Come in please. Here, let me get a dry towel.

Diane

Thanks.

Diane comes in and stands shivering.

WEI

Sit down. Here's a towel to dry off.

Wei hands Diane a towel. She dries her hair.

DIANE

Our tent just collapsed all over us. It was horrible.

Bart

That happened to us once. Remember that time at Bear Mountain, Wei.

Wei

Yes, I remember it well.

Bart

All our clothes got wet, our food, everything. We had to sleep in wet clothes. It was awful. We both ended up with colds.

Wei

We were shivering all night. But it was something interesting at the same time.

BART

Wei always manages to see the positive side of things.

DIANE

Vic? Vic, where are you? Come in?

Vic has been standing outside in the rain.

BART

Vic? Don't be a fool. Come in.

Vic

(peeping in)

I was looking at our tent, Di. I think we can fix it.

DiANE

In this rain? Don't be silly.

Vart

Come on in, Vic.

Vic

No, I think we can take a stick and prop it up. Apparently the rain fly isn't working, but we can use the plastic table cloth to cover the tent.

DIANE

Vic, would you get in here.

VIC

I don't want to disturb them.

BART

You're not disturbing us.

Wei

Come in, Vic. Let me find another towel.

Vic

Don't go to any trouble.

WEI

It's no trouble.

Diane

Sit down Vic.

He climbs in and squats down on the sleeping bag beside Wei. Diane sits next to Bart on the sleeping bag on the other side of the tent. Bart turns on a lantern.

WEI

Here you are.

She hands Vic a towel.

Bart

You want to change into some dry clothes? We have some T-shirts you can put on.

Vic

That's OK.

Diane

If it's not too much trouble, I think I would like a

T-shirt. I'm shivering.

Wei

No problem. Here.

She hands Diane a T-shirt and then finds one for Vic. Diane immediately pulls off her wet T-shirt but leaves on her shorts. She turns her back to Bart. Vic looks at her and looks at Bart, who is staring at her. Diane takes the towel and dries herself off. She seems to be taking her time.

Vic

Would you put on the T-shirt, Di?

DIANE

I'm drying myself. Take off your wet clothes, Vic.

VIC

I'm all right.

DIANE

No, you're not all right. Stop being such a fusspot. Take off your clothes before you catch a cold.

Wei

Here, let me dry your back.

DIANE

Thanks.

She hands Wei the towel and she dries Diane's back. Vic looks on. He tries hard to smile at Wei wiping his wife's naked back.

Vic

You're a good back wiper, Wei.

Wei

Thank you. I try.

Diane puts on the T-shirt

Wei (CONT'D)

Di is right, Vic. You should take off your wet clothes. Let me help you.

She starts to help him pull off his T-shirt.

Vic

I'm fine. OK? I'm fine. I'm going back out in a minute.

He is squatting near the door in his wet clothes.

Diane

This feels better. Thanks so much for taking us in!

Bart

Our pleasure. We know how it feels to be flooded, believe me.

Vic

I'm going back out.

DianE

Vic? Would you take off your wet clothes and relax.

VIC

I'll be back.

He goes back out into the rain.

INT. BART and wei'S TENT - A FEW MINUTES LATER

Diane, Wei and Bart are passing the "peace" pipe. She is lying on her back, with her head resting on Bart's leg. Wei sits on Bart's other side.

Vic suddenly comes back into the tent.

Vic

I think I can fix the tent. I going to put the table cloth over the tent. And then I'm going to find some long sticks...some long sticks...

Bart, Wei and Diane gaze at him, stoned.

DianE

That's good.

VIC

You're smoking again?

DIANE

What else is there to do?

VIC

Let's go back to our tent.

DIANE

Relax, Vic. Take your wet clothes off and relax.

VIC

I don't want to relax. Will you come help me fix up our tent?

DIANE

No, I will not help you fix up our tent.

VIC

We can fix it. I checked it out. It's not so bad.

DIANE

Do you always have to be a control freak, even here in the woods? I'm surprised you're not outside cleaning the grounds. That's all he does at home is clean the house. He cleans the house three times a day. You could literally eat off our bathroom floor.

VIC

This is not about control.

DIANE

Of course it is.

Wei

Vic, why don't you change your clothes?

Vic

I don't want to change my clothes.

Bart

Look at the way he's sitting. He looks like he's ready to jump up at any moment.

Diane

He always sits like that. He can't sit still for three minutes.

Vic

Three and a half minutes and 39 seconds.

DIANE

Ha, ha.

Bart

Is that true, Vic? You can't sit still? You have to clean the house three times a day?

Vic

Diane exaggerates.

BART

And look at that. He's still wearing his socks. You were right, Di. He wears his socks when he sleeps. Does it wear them when he takes a bath, too?

DIANE

He does. He really does.

Vic

(smiling good-naturedly)

I do not. But I put them on as soon as I'm out.

BART

Has anybody ever mentioned the term obsessive-compulsive to you?

VIC

About a thousand times.

BART

Well?

VIC

So what?

Wei puffs on the pipe and passes it to Diane.

DIANE

What do you think Wei. You're the mediator here. Don't you think Vic should relax and take off his clothes?

Wei

I think he should do whatever he wants to do.

Vic

Thanks, Wei.

Diane

Oh, well. Pass me the pipe.

VIC

Di? Will you help me fix the tent?

DIANE

Wei is right, Vic. You do what you want and I'll do what I want. Let's all do what we want.

She hands the pipe to Bart.

Bart

Thanks. Hmmmmmm. Stopping by the woods on a...raining evening.

DIANE

That sounds familiar!

BART

Have you ever heard the poem by Robert Frost, "Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening"?

DIANE

Of course. I love Robert Frost.

Bart

Actually, I prefer one of his other poems. "Into His Own." Did you ever hear that one?

DIANE

I don't think so.

BART

You want to?

DIANE

Sure,

BART

Vic, would you like to hear it?

Vic

Not really.

BART

"One of my wishes is that those dark trees, So old and firm they scarcely show the breeze, Were not, as 'twere, the merest mask of gloom, But stretched away unto the edge of doom."

Diane

Sounds scary

BART

It starts out that way, but it's really about finding yourself in the woods.

DIANE

Interesting.

Wei

You can only find yourself when you can let go of other people.

Vic

I'm going to find myself by fixing our tent.

Vic looks at the others but nobody notices him.

Diane

(takes joint)

Oh, man, this is cozy. Listen to the rain hitting the tent. I'm almost glad our tent caved in. This is actually quite cozy.

She passes the pipe to Bart.

Bart

It is cozy, isn't it. Thank you, dear Rain God.

Vic

I'm going to go fix the tent.

DianE

Odin, Odin! Bring the rain and grow the grain!

Bart

And make this earth green and golden again!

Vic

I'm be right back.

Bart

You know Vic, I think I could design a good dream for you.

VIC

I don't need a dream. I just need to fix my tent.

BART

You don't think you need a dream?

Vic

Right now I need a tent.

BART

You don't want to think about your dreams, do you Vic? The irony is that people want their dreams to come true, but they're usually resistant to remembering their own dreams.

Wei

I always remember my dreams.

BART

That's because you're in touch with yourself. But I'll bet Vic doesn't remember his dreams.

Diane

He doesn't.

Vic

What's that got to do with anything.

BarT

It has everything to do with everything. You don't want to remember your dreams, Vic. Instead of dreaming, you fix your tent. You use obsessive-compulsive rituals to avoid remembering your dreams and feeling your feelings. You're afraid of your dreams.

Vic is trying to refrain his anger, hiding it behind the usual smile.

VIC

I don't need to be psychoanalyzed.

BarT

I'm not psychoanalyzing you.

VIC

Yes you are.

Diane

Don't be so defensive, Vic. He's trying to help you.

VIC

I don't want his help.

Wei

Dreams are like headlights of the spirit.

Diane

I like that. Headlights of the spirit. Nice.

BarT

Do you know what your dream is, Vic?

VIC

Right now my dream is to fix my tent.

BART

But what about your long-term dream? What's you deepest, secret dream, the one that would transform your life?

VIC

I think it would transform my life if I could fix my tent. I'm going to go fix the tent now.

Bart and Diane find this extremely funny. They have a laughing fit. Vic smiles at them as they laugh, squatting in his wet clothes.

Diane

You're incredible, Vic. You're just incredible. You have no interest in finding out your dream, do you?

VIC

Not at all.

DIANE

I know what my deepest, secret dream is.

BarT

What is it.

She sits up and smiles at Bart. They smile at one another.

DIANE

You want to know my deepest, secret dream?

BART

Yes I do.

Wei

Tell us you deepest, secret dream.

Diane

My deepest, secret dream. OK. Here it is. I think it's always been the same, since I was very small. And looking back I can see the theme in many of my dreams. I want to be known. I want somebody to really know me. To know me the way I know myself, and to love me and love...I don't know...all my humanness. Does that make sense?

BART

You want somebody to love the real you, so that words are no longer necessary.

DIANE

That's it exactly.

BART

I know.

DIANE

Do you?

BART

Yes.

DIANE

Thanks.

Their faces are inches away from another. They smile at each other at length.

ViC

I'm going to go fix the tent.

Diane

(exasperatedly)

What are you afraid of, Vic?

Vic

I'm not afraid.

DIANE

Yes you are. You're afraid of your dreams and you're afraid of me finding my dream.

Wei

If people find their own dream, they aren't afraid of other people finding their dreams.

Vic

I'm not afraid.

DIANE

Could you hand me the peace pipe please?

VIC

Di, for the last time, would you help me fix our tent?

DIANE

And for the last time, no.

Vic stands up.

VIC

(not smiling now)

You won't help me fix our tent?

DIANE

That's what I just said.

VIC

So you just want to stay here and have sex with Bart, is that it?

DIANE

(angrily)

We're not having sex! We are just enjoying a spiritual moment.

VIC

Oh, so that's what you call it?

DIANE

You know, you're really being a jerk. It's raining and we're trying to make the best of it and have some fun...

VIC

Some fun?

DIANE

Yes, some fun. If you could just relax for one minute and stop being such a jerk, you might be able to have some fun too.

VIC

Go to hell!

DIANE

Oh, so now you're going to start cursing us? I can't believe this.

Bart

Vic, she's right. There's nothing to get bent out of shape about.

VIC

You go to hell too!

Bart

(imitation of Jim Carrey)

All righty then.

VIC

Go to hell, all of you!

DianE

You're being absolutely ridiculous.

Vic

Go to hell!

Diane

Vic, stop it.

Vic

Go to hell!

DIANE

Whatever.

Vic

I'm going outside. I'm going to fix the tent.

DIANE

Fine.

Vic

You can all go to hell.

DIANE

I can't believe you. You've really lost it, Vic. Do you see what a spectacle you're making of yourself? Do you?

VIC

Go to hell! I'm going to go fix the tent.

Bart

Let him go.

Bart and Di look at each other. Wei looks at Vic with concern. He jumps up and rushes out into the rain.

The others all look at each other.

Wei

Maybe somebody should talk to him.

Diane

It won't do any good.

WEI

I'll go.

She rushes out of the tent. Bart and Diane look at each other.

Ext. Campsite - continuous

Wei stands outside the tent in the rain, looking for Vic.

Wei

(calling)

Vic? Vic?

Vic comes out of the trees carrying a long stick.

ViC

Hi.

WEI

What are you doing?

VIC

I'm going to use this stick to prop up the tent.

He looks inside the tent. There is a puddle of water inside.

WEI

Can I help you?

VIC

Yeah. Let's lift up the tent from the other side and spill the water out.

They go around the tent and lift it up. The water on the floor pours out through the doorway.

Vic (CONT'D)

Now, if you can hold the other side of the table cloth.

The put the table cloth over the roof of the tent.

He steps inside the tent and turns on an electric lantern. Wei watches him through the door. He lifts up the collapsed tent and puts the long stick against the roof.

WEI

What are you going to do now?

VIC

I just have to...get this pole...

INT. VIc and diane's tent - continuous

Wei comes into the tent. She tries to help Vic with the stick. The roof is leaking.

Wei

The tent is all wet. You can't stay here.

ViC

I'm going to fix it.

WEI

How?

VIC

With this.

He takes some clothespins and pins the table cloth to the outside of the roof.

WEI

I see.

She takes some clips and clips the other side.

VIC

Thanks.

He turns around. She has her back to him. He looks at her for as moment, then suddenly grabs her from behind and fondles her breasts.

Wei turns around, startled.

WEI

Oh.

Standing before her a bit awkwardly.

ViC

Should I kiss you?

WEI

Why?

VIC

Well, I thought that's...isn't that why...isn't that the deal?

WEI

No.

VIC

I mean, I thought we were going to swap or something.

WEI

Swap?

VIC

Swap. You know. Swap mates. I thought you and Bart were into swapping. I guess I don't know what's going on.

WEI

Oh. No. I'm sorry. I don't feel that way about you.

VIC

But your husband is kissing my wife.

WEI

I know.

VIC

So what's the deal?

WEI

We are both free to do what we wish. He is free to make love to whoever he wants, and so am I.

VIC

So he's going to make love to my wife?

WEI

That's up to her.

VIC

No, it's not up to her.

Wei

Where are you going?

He rushes out of the tent.

INT. BART and wei'S TENT - CONTINUOUS

Vic rushes back into Bart's tent, followed by Wei. Diane and Bart are lying together against a pillow. His arm is around her.

Vic

Diane, our tent is almost ready.

Diane

We're listening to the rain.

VIC

You can listen to the rain in our tent.

DIANE

I'm not going to our tent.

VIC

I fixed the roof and emptied the water out. It's OK now.

Wei

The tent is much better.

DIANE

It's not OK. It's wet in there. We're not going to be able to dry it out until tomorrow morning.

Bart

Sit down and listen to the rain, Vic.

Vic

You listen to the rain, Bart.

BART

Hi, Honey. You need a towel?

He hands Wei a towel.

Wei

Thanks.

She towels off her hair.

Bart

Shhhhhh. You can hear the rain sweeping across the pond.

Diane

It's so cool.

WEI

Yes, I hear it.

Vic

Di, would you please come to our tent.

Diane

I said I am not coming to the tent. If you want to spend the night in a wet tent, go right ahead. You just always have to do this, don't you? You're miserable and so you have to make everybody else miserable.

VIC

So it's all me? You're not doing anything?

DIANE

What am I doing? I'm enjoying myself. I'm listening to the rain.

VIC

And kissing another man and lying in his arms.

DIANE

Oh, my God! We are listening to the rain, Vic. That's all we're doing.

Bart

She's right, Vic. You're making yourself miserable.

Vic

Wei, are lying in each other's arms or not?

Wei

Yes, they are lying in each other's arms.

VIC

So I'm not imagining things.

WEI

No, you are not.

VIC

And I'm not supposed to have some feelings about that?

WEI

You can have feelings about it if you want to. Or not.

Vic

Oh, really?

Bart

Move the other sleeping bag over, Honey, so we can all lie together.

Wei

OK.

She moves the other sleeping bag across the tent and lies next to Diane, who is next to Bart.

BART

Join us, Vic.

Vic

Di, the tent is ready.

DIANE

Good-bye, Vic.

VIC

(not smiling now)

Either you come with me now or...or our marriage is over!

DIANE

To tell you the truth, Vic, I think I've found my dream, and it doesn't include you. In fact, my dream is to get out of your box and find my real self.

Vic

You're stoned.

Diane

Not that stoned.

VIC

So that's your final answer, Di?

DIANE

That's my final answer, Vic. You go back to the tent, Vic, if that's what you want to do. You're not going to make me miserable tonight, no matter what you do.

He stands there at the doorway of the tent. Wei, Diane and Bart lie on the floor passing a pipe and listening to the rain.

Vic storms out of the tent.

EXT. CAMPSITE - CONTINUOUS

Vic walks to his tent, looks inside, then walks across the campsite. He sees the axe, picks it up, and walks into the woods.

He begins chopping a tree. He SCREAMS and chops at a tree with all his might. His SCREAM echoes through the woods.

INT. BART and wei'S TENT - CONTINUOUS

Bart

What's that?

Diane

It sounds like a scream.

BART

Is that Vic?

DIANE

Probably.

Wei

He's upset.

DIANE

No, he's just trying to get attention. He's unhappy unless everybody's miserable like him. Just let him go. Sometimes he's just like a stubborn two-year-old. If he wants to join us he can join us.

Bart

I think Di's right. It's best to let him get it out of his system.

There are more SCREAMS. Wei, Diane and Bart lie still, passing the pipe.

EXT. THE WOODS - CONTINUOUS

Vic chops frantically at different trees. He is screaming and chopping at trees and bushes in the woods.

INT. BART and wei'S TENT - CONTINUOUS

Bart, Wei and Diane lie together listening to the rain.

Vic suddenly bursts into the tent. He is soaking wet. He sits down in the corner of the tent, water dropping from his hair. He holds the axe in his lap. He is smiling but his smile is different now.

Diane

What's he doing now?

Bart

I don't know.

Wei

He's all wet.

Vic

I'm right here. You don't have to talk about me in the third person.

WEI

Hi, Vic. Would you like a towel?

VIC

No thanks. I like being wet.

Diane

What were you screaming about?

ViC

I was screaming in the rain.

DIANE

I know. Why?

VIC

Some people sing in the rain. Some people scream in the rain.

(sings)

"I was dancing and screaming in the rain."

Wei

He likes to scream in the rain.

VIC

That's correct, Wei. I like to scream in the rain.

Diane

Why do you have that axe?

VIC

I was chopping down a tree.

Diane

This is a state park. It's against the law to chop down a tree in a state park.

VIC

I know.

DIANE

Then why did you chop it down?

VIC

It got in my way.

DIANE

Vic, would you put the axe outside and dry yourself off. There's a towel right there.

VIC

I'm fine.

DIANE

Would you put the axe outside.

VIC

No.

DIANE

Vic, you're scaring me.

VIC

Really?

DIANE

Yes, really.

VIC

Thanks for sharing that.

He sits in the corner smiling. He is smiling the way he usually smiles, only now the smile is just a little wider.

Bart

Vic, why don't you put down the axe and join us?

VIC

I am joining you, Bart. I'm participating from here. Do you have any more poems you want to share, Bart?

BART

Not right now. Listen, Vic--

VIC

I have a poem to share. Would you like to hear my poem? Here's my poem. "Rain, rain go away, come again some other night."

Diane

Some other day.

VIC

Oh, right. Some other day. You're right, Di, you're always right.

Wei

(sits up)

Why don't you dry off, Vic?

VIC

No, thanks. I'm all wet, and I like it.

WEI

If you like it then it's OK.

VIC

Hey, Bart, tell me some more about the dream you're going to design for me.

Bart

I don't know what your dream is, Vic. You have to tell me. You have to figure it out, and then we can work together.

VIC

Oh, so I have to figure it out. Well, if I have to do the work myself, why should I pay you?

BART

I help those who help themselves.

VIC

Just like God, huh Bart. OK. Let's see. What's my dream. What's my dream, Di? Help me out?

Diane

I don't know what your dream is, Vic, I just know you're freaking me out.

VIC

Well, if nobody's going to help me, I guess I'll have to do it myself. I think my dream is to go wild.

DIANE

That's good, Vic.

VIC

It is good! You keep saying I'm too much of a control freak. So my dream is to go wild. To go completely wild...to go stark raving mad. I think that will be very liberating, don't you Bart?

Bart

Absolutely.

Yes, indeed. It felt great when I was screaming in the woods. I think maybe I'll go back out and do some more screaming. Do you think that's a good dream, Bart?

Bart

Sounds fine to me, Vic. Scream to your heart's content, Vic. That's the great thing about the woods. You can scream to your heart's content and nobody will care.

VIC

Will that fit into the grand dream design, Bart? I wouldn't want to do anything that wouldn't fit into your grand dream design. Will it fit, old Bart?

BART

Sure it will.

VIC

Then all right! It's decided. I will scream in the rain!

BART

Do that.

VIC

I will.

Vic sits there with the axe in his lap smiling. He doesn't move.

Diane

He's completely flipped.

VIC

Not completely. Not yet.

DIANE

This is incredible.

Vic

Should I go back out and scream in the rain?

DIANE

I don't care what you do, Vic.

VIC

I think I'll go back out and scream in the rain. I think that's what I'll do.

He doesn't move.

DIANE

So go.

VIC

I will.

He smiles at them all for a long moment. Everybody is uncomfortable.

Suddenly he rushes out of the tent.

EXT. WOODS - CONTINUOUS

Vic runs into the woods SCREAMING. He runs and SCREAMS like some kind of banshee. He chops at passing trees as he goes along, whacking at each tree as if it were a human.

Vic

Go to hell! Go to hell! Go to hell! You hear me? You hear what I'm saying? Go to hell!

INT. BART and wei'S TENT - CONTINUOUS

They hear him SCREAMING in the distance. Wei is sitting up and listening alertly. Diane and Bart are still lying on the sleeping bag.

Bart

It's good for him. He'll get it out of his system soon.

Diane

I hope so. I've never seen him like this before.

Wei

I think his chi has found its freedom.

Bart

That's a good way of putting it, Wei.

Diane

What is chi?

BART

It's like spiritual energy.

DIANE

Oh. I don't think it's his spiritual energy that has been released. I think it's his crazy energy.

They all listen to the SCREAMING for a minute.

Vic (O.S.)

(from a distance)

Go to hell! Go to hell! Yes, yes, I say go to hell!

Bart

Whatever kind of energy it is, he's really doing an excellent job of releasing it.

DIANE

I'll say.

They listen.

EXT. WOODS - CONTINUOUS

Vic has come to a thicket and is whirling around in the thicket like a whirling dervish.

He chops at this tree and that!

Vic

Is that so! Go to hell! Oh, really? Go to hell! Oh, is that what you think? Well, go to hell! That's right, I said go to hell!

(fiercely chopping a tree)

Ha, ha, ha! Do you like it? Do you like being split in two? Isn't it becoming! Go to hell!

Chops with all his might, smiling in the rain.

INT. BART and wei'S TENT - continuous

Diane sits up. Wei sits up. Bart is still lying down, seemingly unconcerned.

Diane

What's he saying?

Wei

I don't know.

DIANE

This is weird. This is really weird. Maybe I should go to him.

Bart

He's fine. Let him be. It's good he's getting them out.

DIANE

You think so?

BART

I think so.

Wei

It's the bad chi.

BART

Very bad chi.

They listen.

EXT. WOODS - CONTINUOUS

Vic starts dancing and screaming in a circle in the thicket.

Vic

(singing)

I'm screaming in the rain, Just screaming in the rain, What a wonderful feeling, I'm happy again!...

It is dark and rainy and he is like a shadow in the thicket. He stumbles and falls to the ground. He kicks his legs and chops the ground all around, writhing like some crazed animal. He begins making a war-hoot, similar to the one that Bart made when he pushed out their boat.

Vic (CONT'D)

Whooooh! Whooooh! Whoooooh! Whooooh!

INT. BART and wei'S TENT - CONTINUOUS

Diane is up on her knees.

Diane

I'd better go to him. This is so weird. I've never seen him like this before. I'd better go to him.

Bart

You could go to him.

Wei

Maybe you should.

EXT. WOODS - CONTINUOUS

Vic jumps up from the ground. He holds the axe in the air and chops the air. He has a smile on his face. Suddenly he lunges forward and begins running full speed back to the campsite. He makes the war-hoot as he runs, zigzagging through the trees.

Vic

Whoooh! Whoooooh! Whooooh! Whooooh!

INT. BART and wei'S TENT - CONTINUOUS

Diane it putting on a sweatshirt, getting ready to go out. She stops to listen.

Diane

He's coming closer.

Bart

Yes, he is.

Diane

What's he going to do?

BART

Maybe he's gotten it out of his system.

Wei

He's coming to us.

EXT. campsite - CONTINUOUS

Vic runs toward the campsite, screaming. He starts circling the tent, making war-hoot noises.

Vic

Hooooooo! Hooooooo! Heeeeee! Heeeeeee! Hooooooo! Hoooooo! Heeeeeee! Heeeeeee!

He is spinning and chopping the air and screaming like a savage.

INT. BART'S TENT - CONTINUOUS

Wei and Diane are sitting up, nervously watching Vic's shadow as it goes around and around the tent.

Diane

He's insane.

Wei

I think we should leave the tent now.

Bart

It'll be all right. He's going through some kind of ritual.

EXT. OUTSIDE - CONTINUOUS

Vic circles closer to the tent. He begin to chop toward the tent.

Vic

Hooooooo! Heeeeeeee! Hooooooo! Heeeeeee!

INT. BART'S TENT - CONTINUOUS

They are watching Vic go around the tent.

Diane

What's he doing?

Wei

It looks like--

Suddenly the axe comes through the roof of the tent. The axe is chopping through the tent. The blade of the axe is just missing Diane, Bart and Wei. The three of them fall to the floor of the tent, SCREAMING.

Vic (o.S.)

Hooooooo! Heeeeeeee! Hooooooo! Heeeeeee!

Diane

Oh, my God! He's chopping through the tent! Oh, my God!

She screams and scrambles into another corner of the tent. Wei scrambles into another corner. Bart sits up

Bart

Just stay calm. He's obviously--

The axe suddenly chops through the tent and cuts the top of Bart's head open. Blood spurts out of the top of his head. He looks at Diane and Wei in astonishment, feels the top of his head.

Bart (CONT'D)

What the?...

He topples over, dead.

Diane and Wei scream at the top of their lungs. They both rush out of the tent.

EXT. WOODS - CONTINUOUS

Diane and Wei run into the woods screaming.

Vic chases after them, smiling, still making the war-hoot noise.

EXT. WOODS - CONTINUOUS

Diane stumbles.

Wei

(helps her up)

Get up. Quick.

Diane gets up and they keep running.

Ext. Woods - continuous

Vic is behind them. He is getting closer.

VIC

Hooooooo! Hoooooooo! Heeeeeee! Heeeeeee!

Diane looks around, sees Vic getting closer. She stops. Wei runs on and then watches from a distance.

Diane

Vic? Stop it! Stop! You've lost it, Vic. Do you understand me? You've lost it!

Vic walks up to her, calmly, smiling serenely.

VIC

You're right, Di. I have lost it. I fully apologize for that. You're very about that, my dear. I have lost "it," and I don't think I can find "it" again.

DIANE

Vic, listen to me. I don't know what set you off.

VIC

You don't know what set me off, Di?

Diane

No, I don't know, but I know that you need help, and I want you to know I'll stand behind you no matter what.

Vic

That's nice of you, Di.

DIANE

I mean it. I love you, Vic. If I did anything to cause this, I'm sorry. I'm really sorry.

VIC

Not as sorry as you're going to be, Di.

DIANE

Vic, wait...

He holds the axe over his head. Diane tries to run but he chops her down from behind, singing.

VIC

"I'm dancing and screaming in the rain..."

He chops and chops at her.

She SCREAMS and falls to the ground dead.

He looks over at Wei, still standing in the distance. She turns to run.

EXT. WOODS - A FEW MINUTES LATER

Wei runs through the woods. She runs nervously but manages to make her way in the dark.

Vic is getting closer to her, making his war-hoot sound.

EXT. POND - A FEW MINUTES LATER

Wei runs to the pond and sees the inflatable boat. She pushes it into the water and begins to paddle out into the middle of the pond.

Vic gets to the pond and stands smiling and watching her.

Vic

Come back, Wei. I have something for you. I have a present for you. Even though I know you don't feel that way about me.

Wei doesn't answer. She keeps paddling frantically.

Vic wades into the water, holding the axe above his head.

Vic (CONT'D)

I'm coming, Wei. I'm coming! Wait for me!

He tries to swim with the axe in one hand. It is difficult. He goes under and swallows some water, comes up coughing.

He throws the axe to the shore and begins swimming with both hands. He is gaining on Wei.

Wei keep paddling frantically, using one oar, going from side to side as if she were paddling a canoe.

Vic catches up with her. He lunges at the boat, tries to pull himself onto the boat. He is half on, half off.

VIC (CONT'D)

Hi, there. You want to give me a hand.

Wei lifts up the oar and smashes him on the head. He almost falls off but manages to hold on.

VIC (CONT'D)

(holding his head)

That hurt.

Wei SCREAMS. She is on her knees on the inflatable. She smashes him on the head again and again. His eyes roll back and he slides off the boat and into the water.

Wei looks all around in the water. The rain has stopped. Everything is quiet except for the SOUND OF CRICKETS AND FROGS.

Suddenly a hand comes out of the water and grabs Wei's leg. Vic's head comes out of the water. He has a bump on the forehead. He is smiling serenely. He is pulling her toward the water with both hands. The boat is about to turn over. She hits him on the head with the oar. He keeps pulling her leg and the boat turns over. She falls into the water.

She begins swimming toward the shore. She looks around. There is nobody behind her.

Then Vic pops out of the water. He swims after her doing the war-hoot.

She reaches the shallow water and begins to run. On shore she reaches down and picks up the axe. She waits for Vic on the shore.

VIC (CONT'D)

What're you going to do with that axe, Wei?

Wei

Don't come any closer.

VIC

What're you going to do? You're a Buddhist. A Buddhist isn't suppose to kill anybody, right?

WEI

I said stop.

VIC

I don't think so.

He keeps walking out of the water toward her.

She suddenly drops the axe and runs off into the woods.

Vic reaches the shore and picks up the axe. He starts to run after Wei, then stops. He watches her run away. Then he waves her away and walks back toward the pond. He is exhausted. He sits down at the pond, legs folded yoga-style.

EXT. POND - A FEW MINUTES LATER

Vic sits at the pond, his eyes closed as if meditating. The axe is in his lap. Wei watches from behind some bushes.

Suddenly he opens his eyes, picks up the ax and holds it over his head, backwards. Then, in one great blow, he brings the axe down on top of his own head and falls over, dead.

EXT. A ROAD - MORNING

Wei walks out of the woods onto a road. It is a peaceful, sunny morning. She walks sadly and tiredly down the road. A car comes toward her and she turns to thumb a ride.

The car stops. She runs around and opens the door. The car takes off down a long country road.

FADE TO BLACK.