A low thumping gradually increases to a heart pounding bass drum beat. The camera is set low to the ground with bare dirty feet frantically running by from stage right to left through a lush forest. The action is feverish and we realize the tribesmen are fleeing some horror. Then silence. Black screen. Now the only sound is some woman singing Aaah - aaah, in some sort of middle eastern sounding tone that denotes either great melodrama or a penchant for Pink Floyd. We can't be sure.
A flash of light.
Out of the jungle, a business district coffee shop. A young doctor getting his morning coffee says, "I play for keeps, Janey." A knowing smile crosses Jane's face.
Cut to extreme closeup of a different man's sweaty sleeping face. Heavy sad violin music. as the camera moves out and upward, spinning, disorienting us, we see the man is not sleeping. He's unconscious being rushed down to emergency surgery by a crack team of interns. The action is completely in slow motion. Several shots of various interns concerned faces shouting and pointing as they rush to save this man.
Stop.
More Drumbeat. Squealing tires as a 1974 Monte Carlo screams around the wet corner of a rain slick inner city road. Cut to inside the car. Two dirty unshaven smoking toughs are arguing, "That cat is the answer," shouts the driver. "Just let me out of the car. Now!"
Silence. Half second of Jane and the Dr Johnson screaming with delight as, arms up in the air, they bravely conquer the amusement park roller coaster ride on what appears to be a beautiful sunny day.
War room, Tokyo, 1945, low ranking official berates General Yazamaka, "You thought we could
win this war with balloons," as the General solemnly accepts the seppuku from his inferior.
Extreme close up of Dr Johnson his rain drenched face looking down, framed in total darkness. He's near tears, "It wasn't supposed to go like this Jane. It was supposed to be amusing"
Stop.
Blackness. Barely visible characters form. Still not discernible. What could they say? As they brighten on the completely black screen, we realize it is simply a date. "6-22-2012, (part 1)".
Dramatically fade to black.
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