EXTRACT - PAGE 50



            INT. CHUCK'S APARTMENT  - DAY   

            Chuck runs in, leaving the door open.  

            He turns on the monitor.  

                                JOANNA (O.S.)
                      Nice place.

            Joanna walks in.  Dude runs up to her shoes.

                                JOANNA
                      Hi, doggie.

                                CHUCK
                      Watch your shoes.

            He frowns as Dude stands on his hind legs for her to pet him.

                                CHUCK
                      He usually pees on women.

                                JOANNA
                      I hope he didn't pick that up from you.

                                CHUCK
                      No, I'm serious.  He used to pee on
                      Krista's shoes all the time.

                                JOANNA
                      That's understandable, I wanted to pee on
                      her myself.

            Joanna looks past him at the computer screen.



            MONITOR

            GRAPH shows the plunging Peeps ECONOMY.



            CHUCK 

            Chuck leans over the keyboard, the cheat sheet before him,
            and types CTRL.  ALT.  C.

                                JOANNA
                      I don't want to rush you, but -

                                CHUCK
                      One second.



            MONITOR

            A gray BOX opens, cursor blinking inside.  

            He types in MOOLA - MOOLA - MOOLA.  The ECONOMY picks up,
            sluggish.

                                JOANNA
                      Is this what you had to run home for? 

            He shrugs, sheepish.

                                JOANNA
                      How old are you?  Twelve?

                                CHUCK
                      I know, I'm hooked.  But it's your fault. 
                      You gave it to me.  I took the hint, by
                      the way.

                                JOANNA
                      What hint?

                                CHUCK
                      This game's forcing me to take care of
                      living things - virtually living, of
                      course, but if I don't watch over them,
                      they die.

                                JOANNA
                      You think I gave you this as part of some
                      sinister plan to make you a more - what, 
                      caring person?

                                CHUCK
                      What else?

                                JOANNA
                      I won that in some stupid contest I don't
                      even remember entering.  To be honest, I
                      thought it would piss you off.  That's
                      why I gave it to you.  But hey, if your
                      theory works for you, that's fine.



            MONITOR

            Peeps pray in the cathedral.  

            Cartoon BUBBLES float over their heads with pictures inside: 
            FRUIT.  VEGETABLES.  BURGERS AND FRIES.

                                JOANNA (O.S.)
                      What are you doing to them?

                                CHUCK (O.S.)
                      I'm not doing anything.  They're hungry,
                      so they're praying for food.



            CHUCK'S APARTMENT   

            Joanna straightens, looks at him.

                                JOANNA
                      And you're going to provide it?

                                CHUCK
                      Naturally.  I'm their god.

            Chuck ENTERS 'MOOLA' code again.



            MONITOR

            Delivery TRUCKS appear over a rise in the distance.

            A brilliant sun rises and shines down.

            The store windows fill with stock, market stalls with
            truckloads of produce, the fish market with seafood.

            The Peep Cop runs to the cathedral and blows his shrill
            whistle.  Peeps pour out, rejoicing, stampeding for the
            stores as the cathedral bell rings.



            CHUCK'S APARTMENT       

            Joanna shakes her head.

                                JOANNA
                      Are you done?

                                CHUCK
                      All done.

            She stops, squints down at the monitor as Peep Joanna runs
            past.  Chuck turns the monitor off.

                                CHUCK
                      I kinda have the whole office in there.

                                JOANNA
                      I hope you kinda have a good therapist in
                      there, too.



            MONITOR - NIGHT

            Peep Joanna sits in what was Peep Krista's living room.  She
            wears black and has an air of suffering.



            CHUCK 

            Stares at the screen, guilty.

                                CHUCK
                      Come on.  It's not so bad.

            He moves the mouse.



            MONITOR

            Peep Joanna goes down a short hall.  It elongates, stretches
            up and out into vaulted painted ceilings.  Gilt mirrors
            reflect giant crystal chandeliers.  

            Gold double doors swing open.  Inside, a feast is laid out.

            CLICK.  Peep Joanna's clothes change to bright flowers.  She
            turns her back on the feast.  



            CHUCK

            Leans closer to the monitor.

                                CHUCK
                      I made a mistake - that's all.  People
                      make mistakes all the time.



            MONITOR

            Peep Joanna takes off her bright flower clothes.  



            CHUCK 

            Looks away - ever the gentlemen.

            He turns back -



            MONITOR

            Peep Joanna, again in black, goes into the mirrored hall.

            CLICK.  A giant glistening Christmas tree appears in front of
            her, presents heaped around it.

            CLICK.  Through the tall windows, snow falls.

            Peep Joanna drops to her knees and wails in her hands.  Her
            tears puddle on the marble tiles around her.

                                CHUCK (O.S.)
                      Aw, come on! Don't do that.



            CHUCK 

            Pleads with the monitor.

                                CHUCK
                      What do you want?  I'm sorry.  What else
                      can I say?  Oh, come on!  At least be a
                      little happy.  Please!  Pleeasseeeee...

            Through the computer's speakers, jingling bells.  Faint,
            growing louder, Peep voices singing a carol.



            MONITOR

            Outside Peep Joanna's Versailles-like house, a line of
            singing Town Peeps gather in the falling snow.

                                CHUCK (O.S.)
                      What the hell's going on now?

            Peep Joanna pokes her head out the door.  Leaps out, hugging
            and kissing the other Peeps, then leads them inside.

            CLICK.  The mansion's outer walls vanish.  Peeps pack the
            mirrored hall, eat from the spread, play the piano.

            CLICKS.  A table appears.

            CLICK-CLICK-CLICK.  Three beer kegs.  Peeps crowd around it.

            Chuck CLICKS the sky.  Fireworks burst over the ocean.  Peep
            Joanna and her Peep guests run out on the terrace to marvel.



            CHUCK

            Zooms in on Peep Joanna, happy.

                                CHUCK
                      You were lonely, that's all.  You were
                      just lonely.