Crossing Jordan Virtual Season 7

“How Does Your Garden Grow?”

Written by
bourbon and jmkw

Art by
Nynaeve1723

“Crossing Jordan Virtual Season 7” is a fan-based effort not intended to infringe on the rights of Tailwind Productions, NBC/Universal or any of the other copyright holders of “Crossing Jordan.” No money was made from the writing or posting of any content.

Jordan Cavanaugh
Detective Woodrow “Woody” Hoyt
Garret Macy
Nigel Townsend
Kate Switzer
Mahesh “Bug” Vijayaraghavensatanaryanamurthy
Lily Lebowski

Renée Walcott
Det. Matt Seely
Det. Annie Capra
Det. Roz Framus
Captain
Uniformed Officer
Mr. Hornack
Karl Barnes
A.D.A. Jeffrey Brandau
Defense Attorney
Judge
School Principal
Bailiff
Reporter
Cameraman
Driver

MORGUE
   TRACE
   HALLWAY
   JORDAN’S OFFICE
   GARRET’S OFFICE
   LILY’S OFFICE
   AUTOPSY ONE

RENEE WALCOTT’S OFFICE

OUR LADY OF SEVEN SORROWS SCHOOL
   BASEMENT
   CUSTODIAN’S OFFICE
   ROOM OFF CUSTODIAN’S OFFICE

COUNTRY HOUSE
   KITCHEN
   BEDROOM

COURTHOUSE
   COURTOOM
   HALLWAY

GARRET’S CAR

RENEE WALCOTT’S CAR

EXTERIORS
ROAD OFF OF HIGHWAY
   CRIME SCENE

OUR LADY OF SEVEN SORROWS

COUNTRY ROAD
   GARRET’S CAR

COUNTRY HOUSE
   RURAL AREA
   PORCH
   COURTHOUSE
   COURTHOUSE STEPS

BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT
   ROOFTOP
   STEPS

TEASER

1. INT. BPD BULLPEN – DAY

ANNIE CAPRA is at the coffee machine, pouring herself a cup of coffee. She is looking at something across the room. From her POV, we see it is MATT SEELY, who is looking for a file in a file drawer. He looks over at her once out of the corner of his eye. She smiles encouragingly at him, but he looks away nervously. She sighs as WOODY approaches to get himself a cup.

CROSS FADE TO:

2. EXT. ROAD OFF OF HIGHWAY – MORNING

It is a large, empty field. In the background we can see cars whizzing by on the highway. MATT, CAPRA, and other crime scene personnel are there. There is a dead body of a teenage girl wearing a Catholic schoolgirl uniform. MATT and CAPRA look down sadly at the body. BUG is crouched on the ground unpacking his tools.

The MAN continues to sob while ANNIE, MATT, and BUG trade sympathetic looks.

END TEASER

Crossing Jordan Theme

ACT ONE

3. INT. RENEE WALCOTT’S OFFICE - MORNING

RENEE steps out of her office. She is loaded down with handful of files, coat, handbag, and briefcase. She stops at her assistant’s desk and puts the files in BECKY’S in basket and keeps walking.

RENEE calls over her shoulder.

ANNIE and MATT turn to go. They step out into the hallway.

6. INT. MORGUE HALLWAY – CONTINUING

7. INT. MORGUE LOBBY – CONTINUING

JORDAN stops at the desk to pick up mail. MATT crosses to elevator. The doors slide open and MATT steps inside. ANNIE looks back at JORDAN.

She hits the elevator button and is relieved when it slides open. She steps inside, leaving JORDAN with a curious look on her face. JORDAN shakes her head and heads to her office.

8. INT. MORGUE JORDAN’S OFFICE - CONTINUING

There is a bakery bag on the corner of JORDAN’S desk. She opens it a pulls out a half eaten jelly doughnut. She grimaces at it and puts it back.

There is a knock on the door. JORDAN looks up to see NIGEL standing there.

9. INT MORGUE GARRET’S OFFICE – SAME TIME

GARRET looks at his watch. He tosses a file into a basket on his desk and stands up. He pulls his coat off the coat tree and grabs a small overnight bag from the floor beneath it.

There is one knock on the door before it swings open.

GARRET turns to smile at an alarmed JORDAN.

GARRET gives it a cursory glance before shouldering his bag.

GARRET holds the door open, ushering JORDAN out to the hallway so he can lock the door.

10. INT. MORGUE HALLWAY – CONTINUING

He starts walking down the hallway. JORDAN is hot on his heels.

The doors close.

11. EXT. OUR LADY OF SEVEN SORROWS – DAY

MATT and ANNIE are walking outside of a Catholic school. There is a statue of the Virgin Mary outside. She has her eyes cast heavenward, and seven swords are sticking out of her chest. ANNIE walks right by it, but MATT gives it a curious look before heading up the stairs into the building.

12. INT. SCHOOL BASEMENT – CONTINUING

ANNIE and MATT are walking down a basement hallway of a school. The ceiling is low; there are lots of exposed pipes, a flickering fluorescent light, etc. They walk purposefully.

No one answers. Next to the cupboard is another unmarked door. SEELY gestures to it, and they open the door and step inside.

14. INT. ROOM INSIDE CUSTODIAN’S OFFICE – CONTINUING

SEELY flicks on the light next to the door, and their faces register. From their POV, we see the rest of the room. There is a cot pushed up against one wall, but that is not what has their attention. We see that a small altar has been set up on the opposite wall. The walls are covered, absolutely covered, with holy cards, pictures, post cards, newspaper clippings of religious imagery… Mary, Christ crucified… a particularly lurid rendering of Christ’s heart wrapped in a crown of thorns. It is an unsettling collage. The effect, rather than being inspiring and calming, is downright creepy. MATT and ANNIE are dumbstruck.

There is movement behind them. It is KARL BARNES. He is thin, pale, balding. His eyes widen when he sees the two of them in his sanctuary. There is a moment where they all are frozen. Suddenly, KARL bolts and runs, but not before dropping the mops and buckets he’s carrying. ANNIE and SEELY take off after him.

15. INT. SCHOOL BASEMENT HALLWAY – CONTINUING

BARNES heads down the hall, but ANNIE and SEELY are on his heels.

BARNES’ shoulders sink in defeat. He turns around and ANNIE starts to cuff him while SEELY slowly lowers his gun.

END OF ACT ONE

ACT TWO

Route 101 - Herb Alpert

We hear a cell phone ring.

17. INT. GARRET’S CAR - CONTINUING

GARRET is driving. RENEE is in the passenger seat. RENEE reaches over and turns off the car radio. The cell is still ringing.

18. INT. BPD INTERROGATION – DAY

KARL BARNES is sitting at the interrogation table with a rosary in his hand. He looks frightened. MATT and ANNIE are there. MATT is sitting across from him, ANNIE is standing.

KARL snaps his eyes shut and begins to rub his rosary, muttering a prayer under his breath. ANNIE and MATT exchange frustrated looks.

19. INT. BPD INTERROGATION OBSERVATION ROOM - CONTINUING

ANNIE and MATT are standing in the observation room looking into the interrogation room. BARNES is sitting inside with a rosary in his hand. He is rubbing at the beads. There is a sort of twitchy energy about him, and he has beady little eyes.

MATT smiles in a moment of inspiration.

CUT TO:

20. INT. BPD HALLWAY - CONTINUING

We see a tight close-up of a hand wrapped around a book with HOLY BIBLE embossed in gold letters. Pull back to reveal MATT clutching the Bible to his chest, working on an expression of piety. He opens the door to the Interrogation Room and:

21. INT. BPD INTERROGATION ROOM – CONTINUING

MATT enters the room, still clutching the Bible, face out.

KARL nods once, his shoulders shaking in sobs. MATT looks up into the mirror to where ANNIE is watching. They share a look of relief.

END OF ACT TWO

ACT THREE

22. EXT- RURAL AREA - DAY

GARRET drives the car up a weed-strewn dirt driveway. At the end drive sits a small cottage-style house surrounded in the back by a tree line. The chimney of a large stone fireplace shows prominently in the front. The paint is slightly weathered, but all in all it looks warm and welcoming.

GARRET parks the car directly in front. Both he and RENEE look out the windshield for a moment before getting out of the car.

23. INT. HOUSE KITCHEN AREA - CONTINUING

GARRET is unpacking the grocery bags. He sets a bottle of wine on the counter.

RENEE swings her legs off the stool and walks out of the room. GARRET smiles as he watches her. He picks up the wine bottle.

24. INT. BPD BULLPEN – DAY

ANNIE has her head down at her desk. Someone places a bottle on her desk. She looks up, and MATT is standing there with a smile on his face. She smiles back and picks up the bottle.

Looks are exchanged all around.

25. EXT. RURAL AREA -DAY

GARRET and RENEE are walking, hand in hand, along a path in an overgrown clearing. We see the back of the house in the background.

GARRET puts his arm around her.

26. INT. COURTHOUSE COURTOOM – DAY

The motion hearing is in full swing. BRANDAU is at the prosecution table. Behind him are ANNIE, MATT, and MR. HORNACK. On the other side is the DEFENSE ATTORNEY with KARL BARNES. A JUDGE is hearing arguments.

The JUDGE gives a sharp rap of the gavel and exits. BRANDAU, stunned, closes his briefcase. At the defense table, BARNES is shaking his lawyer’s hand. They sweep out of the room. We can see ANNIE and MATT exchanging horrified looks. BRANDAU turns to ANNIE and MATT. MR. HORNACK looks confused and helplessly looks back and forth at the others for some explanation. They look down in shame and regret.

27. INT. COURTHOUSE HALLWAY – CONTINUING

ANNIE, SEELY, and BRANDAU file out of the courtroom looking very grim. MR. HORNACK follows in a state of confusion and near-panic.

He strides off, and BRANDAU and ANNIE trade confused looks.

28. INT. HOUSE BEDROOM - LATE AFTERNOON

A window is open. A breeze gently blows at the curtain. RENEE and GARRET are in the bed, languidly lounging in obvious afterglow. RENEE stretches like a cat on a sunny windowsill.

29. INT. LILY’S OFFICE – DAY

ANNIE is walking by LILY’S office. LILY is on a chair trying to put an armful of books on a top shelf. She loses her balance and some of the books fall to the floor. ANNIE enters and picks up the books. She starts to hand them one at a time to LILY.

LILY smiles knowingly at ANNIE.

30. INT. BPD BULLPEN – NIGHT

It is late at the BPD. The police department never sleeps, of course, but things have quieted down a bit and most people have gone home for the night. ANNIE enters, returned from the morgue. She crosses to her desk. It’s been a long, depressing day. She shuts off her computer, slips on her coat wearily. She looks over to SEELY’S desk. He’s not there, but his computer is still on, and his car keys are still on his desk. She looks down at her own desk. The bottle of wine is missing. Then she looks over to his desk and sees the brown paper bag that had held the wine. She sees BERMAN at his desk. He’s got one of those tiny TV sets, and he’s watching a game.

ANNIE sighs and heads off as if to look for him.

31. INT. HOUSE KITCHEN AREA - EVENING

GARRET and RENEE are sitting at the kitchen counter. The remnants of dinner sit between them, along with the bottle of wine. One glass sits by RENEE’S elbow.

RENEE turns away and exits the room. We hear the door to the house open and close.

32. EXT. HOUSE PORCH- CONTINUING

RENEE stands on the end of the porch looking out at the dark landscape. She wraps her arms around her shoulders to ward off the night chill. GARRET appears behind her. He slowly wraps his arms around her from behind. A look of longing crosses RENEE’S face for a second before she covers with a more ambiguous look.

GARRET turns RENEE to face him.

33. EXT. BPD ROOFTOP – NIGHT

ANNIE pushes open the roof access door and steps out onto the roof. It is dark; she scans the rooftop, and then we see MATT sitting there cross-legged. He has a bottle with him, and he takes a swig.

She crosses and sits down next to him. There’s a beat of silence.

She hoists him back to his feet and they head off.

34. EXT. HOUSE PORCH - SUNRISE

GARRET is standing on the same edge of the porch that he and RENEE stood talking the night before. He has a coffee cup in one hand and his cell phone in the other. The front door opens. RENEE enters. She looks like she just rolled out of bed. She’s wearing a robe and carrying her own coffee cup.

35. INT. MORGUE AUTOPSY ONE – DAY

NIGEL and BUG are in Autopsy. ANNIE enters, giving a rueful smile. The mood is downbeat.

36. INT. SCHOOL BASEMENT - DAY

ANNIE and MATT are walking down the steps into the school basement. They are accompanied by the SCHOOL PRINCIPAL. He is struggling to keep up with the detectives who are walking with purpose.

PRINCIPAL unlocks the door to the Custodian’s Office. It’s the same office they were in before. They step inside.

37. INT. SCHOOL CUSTODIAN’S OFFICE – CONTINUING

ANNIE and MATT step inside. They cross to the cupboard and open it. There are several old film strip projectors and overhead projectors. They all have thin electrical cording.

ANNIE walks over and crouches to get a better look. Amid the sea of faces of saints, there is a little corner of the mural with another collection of faces. They are taken from school yearbooks and school newspapers, and it is definitely the face of Karen Hornack.

ANNIE and MATT trade looks. They’ve got him. Bingo, indeed.

38. EXT. COURTHOUSE STEPS - DAY

RENEE is climbing down the steps. She’s dressed in a dark power suit, carrying a briefcase, looking every inch the Suffolk County District Attorney. A REPORTER and CAMERAMAN stop her. RENEE retains a cool demeanor as the CAMERAMAN begins rolling and the REPORTER puts a microphone in her face.

RENEE climbs into the car. REPORTER slashes his hand across his throat to indicate to the CAMERAMAN to stop taping.

39. INT. RENEE’S CAR – CONTINUING

RENEE shuts the car door and leans across the front seat to talk to the DRIVER.

40. INT. COURTHOUSE COURTROOM – DAY

It is the same courtroom as earlier. Court is not in session yet. We see BARNES at the defense table with his attorney. They look a little more nervous than before. JEFFREY BRANDAU is at the prosecution table. Behind him are ANNIE, MATT and MR. HORNACK. BRANDAU turns and looks at them reassuringly.

BAILIFF enters, followed by JUDGE.