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Shadowscape Episode 5, Part 2

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THE SHADOWSCAPE

Copyright © 2025 John P. Healy

(e)scape for free from reality

now the fast which be first
will find that does not last,
now the slow nearly last
will later become first,
for now turns into past,
songs of glory fade fast

– Remembrances of Energy Lords

And Time, a maniac scattering dust,
And Life, a Fury slinging flame.
– “In Memoriam A. H. H.” Canto 50 by Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Episode 5, Part 2

[Draft 7-26-2025, more notes 8-2-2025. Added scene on 8-5-2025, 8-9-2025.]

“more than anything …” (push past pleased)

Prologue

[Scene description]

[The series host “Rod” walks into the scene, faces the camera, and makes a brief monolog.]

“Witness …

[Dramatic montage with music fades in and spins out to black.]

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The Shadowscape – Episode 5, Part 1

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THE SHADOWSCAPE

Copyright © 2025 John P. Healy

(e)scape for free from reality

whether heaven or haven
will ever erase our blight,
our myths impel us even
further on a cosmic flight

– the gods need not take our sight …

Episode 5, Part 1

[Draft 7-20-2025, 7-21-2025, 7-22-2025 added notes, 7-24-2025 added sketches of scenes, 7-26-2025 more notes]

“more than anything …” (push past pleased)

Prologue

[Scene description]

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THE SHADOWSCAPE – Episode 4

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[draft 7-12-2025, more notes 7-15-2025]

THE SHADOWSCAPE

(e)scape for free from reality

when simplification equals clarity,
there always is something wiped away, erased.
some pieces near & dear or socially displaced,
whether existing far in time, other space.
hanging your hat there, linger long in that place,
will exact a price for putting doubt aside –
the ever deeper darkness you must abide

– Remembrances of Energy Lords

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THE SHADOWSCAPE – Episode 3

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[draft 7-7-2025, additional notes 7-10-2025]

THE SHADOWSCAPE

(e)scape for free from reality

the AI app matches us so artfully,
its add-in's charm so beautifully.
is it time for us to really see
whether we're a couple, possibly,
without smiling artificially?

Episode 3

“Disarming charm ” (Beyond a shadow of doubt)

[SoCal. Midday. Large interior work area on floor of a dated office building. A casually dressed man works in his cubicle. The far side of the work area is bright, lit by a section of windows. But the worker’s cubicle is mostly in shadow, lit by task lights and computer screens.]

[Scene “Is this a match?”]

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THE SHADOWSCAPE – Episode 2

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[draft 7-3-2025, added more notes. 7-15-2025 added another scene sketch.]

THE SHADOWSCAPE

(e)scape for free from reality

in moving from low to high,
we see our pathway as true,
and that we are in the right.
yet forever left nearby,
as if they are out of view,
still the shadows of the night
– the gods need not take our sight …

Episode 2

“Grace by the gigabyte” (working title)

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THE SHADOWSCAPE – Episode 1

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Here’s a rough sketch of a possible screenplay: The Shadowscape – Episode 1. A dark comedy. Homages to The Twilight Zone, Black Mirror. No peak of eternal light.

[draft 6-18-2025]

THE SHADOWSCAPE

(e)scape for free from reality

“you’re welcome to pass,
but step quickly inside,
you’re letting out the darkness
which i hope you can abide”
– step quickly inside …

Episode 1

“The multiScript Machine”

[Home office, interior, partial daylight – SoCal “June gloom”]

Sitting at a desk, an aspiring screenwriter is working on his laptop computer, struggling with writing on the screen. (In clunkier days, he might be on a typewriter and repeatedly tearing out the page, crumpling & tossing it away, eh.) Nearby on top of the desk is a printed document. Clearly visible on its title page is printed:

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