Eddie sits alone in his home, reminiscing about his late wife Rose through her belongings and favorite scents. Meanwhile, Evelyn angrily strips her bed after learning of her husband Richard's infidelity with a younger woman. Both elderly spouses are coming to terms with the absence of their partners through smell, touch and memory as they dwell alone in the dark.

1. Collision
By
Ashley Jackson & Hannah Rewbury
Bridgwater College
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2. FADE IN.
INT. ELDERLY MAN’S HOUSE - SITTING ROOM - DARK ROOM
EDDIE sits down in armchair, one leg crossed over the other.
EDDIE
Aah a bit of peace and quiet. Now
where’s my pipe?
Rummages in cardigan hung over chair.
Rose likes the smell of baccy, but
she always complains that I tap my
pipe on my heel, or wipe the edge
with the curtains.
Chuckles and taps the pipe on his heel and sucks on pipe.
Rose always gets my dinner about
now. (smiles to himself) We like
to have a bowl of soup and a crusty
roll. Tomato’s her favorite.
Ruffles hair.
She said it was my hair that
attracted her, ruffled with a hint
of James Dean. (pause) Everyone
loves Rose.
CUT TO shot of dress in bedroom on mannequin.
With her Marylin Monroe curves;
she’ll always be a star to me.
Don’t know what she ever saw in me.
Always said I was the rock that
kept her anchored.
Sucks pipe.
CUT TO.
INT. ELDERLY LADY’S HOUSE - BEDROOM - DARK ROOM
Evelyn is sat at a dressing table, running a brush through
her hair.
EVELYN
One hundred brushes every night-
that’s what my mother insisted we
did before bedtime. I like to look
my best. Richard wants me to play
the part, hostess with the mostess.
Laughs.
Entertaining all his clients

3. 2.
CUT TO dining room, table set for dinner party. EVELYN is
stood holding a bottle of wine and fills a glass, talking to
the empty room.
"yes Mr Hiroshura, the veal is
locally sourced. Would you care for
more wine?"
CUT TO EVELYN back in the bedroom at the dressing table.
Picks up glass of wine and sips.
Cheers. Richard never likes me to
drink before 6, but what the hell.
When the cat’s away the mice will
play.
Laughs and sips wine.
CUT TO.
INT. ELDERLY MAN’S HOUSE - BEDROOM - DARK ROOM
EDDIE picks up nightgown and lays on bed and inhales smell
from nightgown.
EDDIE
Chanel number 5, Rose’s favourite.
CUT TO dressing table and Chanel bottle.
She always said it was her one
luxury. I used to collect my loose
change in an old biscuit tin and
when it was full I would go to
Jolley’s and buy her a bottle. Her
skin is still as soft as silk.
CUT TO bathroom. Taps running.
A simple girl she would say - ponds
face cream for me and a drop of
almond oil in my bath.
CUT TO mirror. EDDIE walks forward towards the mirror with
night gown in hand.
(Smiling)
She would let me scrub her back -
come closer Eddie she would say.
Tendrils of hair falling down and
brushing her neck. Oh to kiss her
slender neck. That is what I will
miss the most.
Drape nightgown over mirror.
CUT TO.
INT. ELDERLY LADY’S HOUSE - BEDROOM - DARK ROOM

4. 3.
EVELYN picks up perfume bottle with stopper and dabs behind
ears.
EVELYN
Richard and I went to Grasse last
year. He treated me to my own
parfum.
EVELEYN places stopper back in bottle.
(Pronounced in French - parfaa) A
top note of verbier with bottom
notes of vanilla and ylang ylang
(pronounced yang). Good job my
mother had the foresight to
christen me with a decent name,
l’eau d’Evelyne (pronounced
Evehlean) has a much more
distinctive edge to it.
(Sounding bitter)
Imagine if you were called Rose.
CUT TO hospital ward and bed, with a sign on the wall
reading ’Rose’.
Eau d’Rose sounds like a lavatory
cleaner.
CUT TO.
INT. ELDERLY MANS HOUSE - BEDROOM - DARK ROOM
EDDIE sat on the edge of the bed gazing ahead, unfocused.
EDDIE
Why Rose? Did you grow tired of
your bingo and nights down the
club? Was the rough at the edges
one time bad boy not good enough
for you?
Sighs.
I will always love you Rose. My
beautiful fragrant Rose.
Lays down on bed, runs arm up Rose’s side of the bed.
CUT TO.
INT. ELDERLY LADY’S HOUSE - BEDROOM - DARK ROOM
EVELYNE putting on red lipstick, then walks to the wardrobe
and takes out silk ties.

5. 4.
EVELYN
I have been a good wife, obedient,
subservient, housekeeper and cordon
bleu cook. Richard has always been
attracted to the finer things in
life. He used to call me his Geisha
girl.
Fingers silk ties and puts around neck.
What ever possessed you to put it
about with a brassy barmaid? I’ve
turned a blind eye in the past but
this really hurts.
CUT TO.
INT. ELDERLY MANS HOUSE - BEDROOM - DARK ROOM
EDDIE sits at the dressing table and picks up Rose’s
belongings in turn.
EDDIE
You always were attracted to the
smooth ones, especially if they had
the patter and (siren sounds fade
in) a fast car.
CUT TO ambulance leaving hospital.
A silver XJs with leather seats,
CUT TO car stopped on road, hazards flashing.
No competition hey? He out did me.
FADE TO EDDIE on dressing table stool. (sirens fade out as
well)
What did I tell you Rose?
CUT TO shot of no seat belt warning on dashboard of car.
Clunk Click every trip, why were
you so careless?
CUT TO EDDIE on stool.
No time for Goodbyes now.
EDDIE sobs and sinks down onto dressing table.
CUT TO.
INT. ELDERLY LADY’S HOUSE - BEDROOM - DARK ROOM
EVELYN frantically starts stripping the bed.
She picks up Richards PJs and sits on the end of the bed.

6. 5.
EVELYN
What are you going to do now
Richard, ? Or should I call you
Dick? How does it feel to be all
alone?
(Sounding bitter)
Was there a lot of blood, red like
a Rose, trying to impress her were
you? Well she’s gone now.
(Sounding wistful)
You know, don’t you. I will be
here, waiting.
FADE OUT.