The Mortal Instruments - Screenplays & Scripts

7ER-46,20154:21PM-4718852ND REVISED NETWORK DRAFT 02/23/1520154:ar885-M21PM-471ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. COPYRIGHT 2015 ABC FAMILY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. NOT TO BE DUPLICATED WITHOUTPERMISSION. THIS MATERIAL IS THE PROPERTY OF ABC FAMILY AND IS INTENDED SOLELY FOR USE BY ITSPERSONNEL. THIS MATERIAL IS NOT FORCIRCULATION AND MUST BE RETURNED UPON DEMAND. THE SALE,COPYING, REPRODUCTION OR EXPLOITATION OF THIS MATERIAL IN ANY FORM IS PROHIBITED. UNAUTHORIZEDDISTRIBUTION OR DISCLOSURE OF THIS MATERIAL IS ALSO PROHIBITED.EDPM-471885EN-Mar310.247.03009200 Sunset Blvd., Suite 800West Hollywood, CA ,2015TER4:15Directed byTBDTAINM6,20154:EN21PMBased on The Mortal Instruments byCassandra ritten byEd Decter5-MUNarEpisode 100120156,20“The Mortal Cup”TIT4:21The Mortal Instruments21PM-471LED885-Mar6,2015

7588711PMPM-4EXT. THE POND AT CENTRAL PARK - AFTERNOON-471LED885We float downward from the impending storm through thetowering skinny skyscrapers that stand like ominous sentinelsalong Central Park South. The camera ANGLES -4718*-4718ON N-Mar6,20CLARYQuit it! Let go!ON THE BAHAMIAN NANNY2015*****Clary forcefully tries to yank the doll away, but whatever isholding on to it is powerful and bigger than we imagine.88571-4EDPM21*****Who is instantly alert. She withdraws what looks like a MONTBLANC PEN from the pocket of her jacket.Most young girls would be frightened, but Clary begins to tugvigorously -- trying to rescue her doll from whatever lurksbeneath the surface.4:********-MarTAINM6,20Who is gliding her mermaid doll in the pond, when a CLAWEDTENTACLE slowly rises out of the cover of the lily pads andtakes hold of the legs of the doll!BACK ON JOCELYN**15154:EN21PM-47188The camera SWIVELS to find Clary’s impossibly young andbeautiful mother, JOCELYN FRAY, sitting on a park bench a fewfeet from a uniformed BAHAMIAN NANNY who shakes a rattle overa baby carriage. The Nanny looks skyward; seeing the clouds,she pulls the hood up on the baby’s carriage.BACK ON CLARY****55-MUNar6,2015TIT4:21At the bank of The Pond, we find a seven-year-old GIRL withfiery red hair, CLARY FRAY. Clary has a singular destiny thatwill transform worlds seen and unseen, but for the moment sheis amusing herself with a MERMAID DOLL at the water’s edge.She’s transfixed with a frog on a lily pad -- an idyllicscene of youth. We become aware the lily pads are moving, asif something is swimming beneath them.TITLE: TEN YEARS AGO(CONTINUED)4:156,-Mar*204:ENT156,-MarDARK STORM CLOUDS GATHER1.*20TEASER/ACT ONE1ER-4PM2ND REVISED NETWORK DRAFT - 02/23/1521Shadowhunters - Ep #1001

ctively, Clary turns toward her mother for help, andfrom Clary’s POV: We see Jocelyn striding forward wielding alethal-looking GLOWING SWORD (which we’ll come to know as aSERAPH BLADE).*6,20154:21PMT-PMEN214:1520TAINM6,-4BACK WITH THE NANNY-4******When the Nanny looks back toward Clary, a completely-incontrol Jocelyn is with her taking her hand. Huh? How didthat rom her POV: She spies a frightened Clary who seems to beducking away from some unseen danger -- but the Nanny doesn’tsee Jocelyn or the Creature! Something seems terribly wrongto the Nanny and she protectively checks on THE BABY in thecarriage.ar156,20TER15206,MATCH CUT TO:*CLARY’S WORRIED EYES LOOKING UPWARD -- not at JOCELYN but atA VERY HANDSOME EURASIAN MAN, who we will come to know asMAGNUS BANE.***885-M*20154:21PM-471ar**2EN-MINT. SOMEWHERE - AFTERNOON88571-4EDPM21****Clary’s eyes go wide as her mom WHIPSAWS the blade RIGHTTOWARD CLARY -- but the blade expertly whooshes past andBEHEADS a GRUESOMELY FANGED CREATURE that has emerged fromthe pond. For some reason the TWO SECTIONS of the creaturedon’t spurt any blood, instead, they begin to IMPLODE andthen DISAPPEAR!We PUSH into an EXTREME CLOSE UP OF CLARY’S WORRIED EYESLOOKING UPWARD and we.4:***6,6,20As a second CLAWED TENTACLE RISES out of the pond and curlstoward her.2****1515TIT4:ON CLARY-Mar6,-Mar588LED7121PM-4But, when the Nanny turns, she discovers that Jocelyn hasVANISHED. The Nanny cranes her neck, looking in everydirection, but Jocelyn is NOT THERE.(CONTINUED)4:156,ENT***20Who looks toward Clary, but for some reason doesn’t see theclawed tentacles holding onto the doll. It appears as ifClary is talking to herself.BAHAMIAN NANNYI see your daughter has found animaginary friend.2.2014:CONTINUED:1512ND REVISED NETWORK DRAFT - 02/23/1521Shadowhunters - Ep #1001

gently)Magnus, I don’t want her part ofour world.PM214:4:21PMMagnus takes a deep breath. Whatever he is about to do ishard for him. Magnus’s pupils narrow, we can’t help butnotice: they are yellow like a panther’s.1520TITLE: TODAY*71-Mar*****PM214:2015*8856,SLOW DISSOLVE:-488571-4ED****CLOSE ON: 18-YEAR-OLD CLARY FRAY, with a similar expressionon her face. Clary is now a beautiful, impassioned,intelligent, red-headed, young woman who hasn’t a clue howpowerful and important she is to the survival of her ownworld and a world she doesn’t even imagine exists.EN-Mar6,2015TERWE PUSH IN ON CLARY: Her face clouds with 4:6,20***ararTAINM6,20MAGNUSWhen the protections fade, she willbe vulnerable.21*****154:EN21JOCELYN(nods)For as long as possible.***PMT-PM-471MAGNUSYou mean deceive her.*********-4885-MUNarJOCELYN(to Magnus)Just protect her.15TIT4:156,20CLARYMom?1521PM-471LED885As we PULL BACK, we see a very disturbing sight; Clary isSTRAPPED to an UPRIGHT GURNEY as if the victim of someterrifying medical experiment. Jocelyn stands next to Magnuslooking down at Clary. REVEAL that the three of them aren’tin a torture chamber or a medical laboratory, they are in AVERY HIGH-END WINE CELLAR.Clary doesn’t understand what is going on.3.****20MAGNUSAre you sure, Jocelyn? This willeventually wear off and she’ll hateyou.4:ER-4PM24:CONTINUED:1522ND REVISED NETWORK DRAFT - 02/23/1521Shadowhunters - Ep #1001

758871-4-471LED885On a gray, cloudy afternoon (similar to the one ten yearsago) with storm clouds amassing in the heavens. Clary lookslike she’s headed toward a firing squad as she powers downthe street in the direction of THE BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF ART.PM214:1520ar58871-4PM4:EN4:21SIMONWouldn’t dream of it.21-M6,T--471CLARYDon’t distract me.PMUNar-M588SIMONDon’t support you?6,2015TIT4:21PMClary’s life-long best friend, SIMON LEWIS, folds in next toher. Simon is handsome but in a not-calculated kind of way.He wears an NYU Accounting sweatshirt. Simon, also, has noidea he is about to embark on a dark journey into a ShadowWorld beyond his understanding.CLARYSimon, �m nervous and when I’m nervous Iget --- ould you SIMONYou don’t need luck, you havetalent.TER4:21PM-4718CLARY(with a smile)I was going to say ‘bitchy.’ Wishme luck.Biased.4:206,3-Mar-MarEXT. A BROOKLYN STREET - AFTERNOON15ENT6,20PULL BACK TO REVEAL we are:3ER-4PM24:CONTINUED: (2)4.1522ND REVISED NETWORK DRAFT - 02/23/1521Shadowhunters - Ep #1001(CONTINUED)***

7PM214:4:21PMClary pauses a minute outside the doorway to the ADVANCEDDRAWING WORKSHOP, gathering herself. Clearly, whatever isabout to go down is of life and death importance to her.155202015TITINT. BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF ART - CLASSROOM - MOMENTS LATER6,ar-M588PMT-7171-4PM-4885-MUNar6,Clary opens her portfolio in front of three Williamsburg-lofttype ART PROFESSORS (REESE, CHAIDEZ, and OVERTON). Clary’sportfolio is literally BURSTING with drawings: charcoals,pencils, inks, pastels. The professors examine the nudes,still-lifes, and landscapes.PROFESSOR REESEBold use of line.214:4:EN21PROFESSOR CHAIDEZVery. decorative.15202015Clary is an art student, she knows these are code for“mediocre.”6,ar-M8585-MarTAINM6,CLARYI wasn’t really going for“decorative,” exactly, I ---4718-4718PROFESSOR OVERTONWhat’s this?PM21152015206,PROFESSOR OVERTONDid you write the story as well?20154:21PM-471885-Mar6,arEN-MClary is clearly appalled that she had forgotten the graphicnovel mock up in the portfolio and tries to grab it, butProfessor Overton gets to it first.88571-4EDPM214:CLARYOh, that? Nothing. That shouldn’tbe in there.TER4:21PMWedged in the portfolio is a mock up of artwork illustratinga GRAPHIC NOVEL.4:4:206,-Mar5-4-471471INT. BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF ART - HALLWAY - AFTERNOON88LED885Simon peels off just as Clary passes by a NEWSSTAND. We arecurious why the CAMERA LINGERS for a moment on a NEW YORKPOST headline about a string of “DEMONIC MURDERS.”515ENT-Mar6,20SIMON-- I’m already gone.4ER-4PM34:CONTINUED:5.1532ND REVISED NETWORK DRAFT - 02/23/1521Shadowhunters - Ep #1001(CONTINUED)*

7ER-4PM4:ENTar-M6*88885INT. JAVA JONES - LATER5-MUNarClary’s face says it all -- the dream has died.671-4PMT-PM-471On the television above the coffee bar, we see BREAKING NEWSCOVERAGE: a well-groomed ANCHORWOMAN covers the story of the“Demonic Killer” who thus far has claimed at least seven �t bother.2121PM-471885-MarTAINM6,SIMONGive me the professors’ names and Iwill end them.(off Clary’s look)With a scathing e-mail to the dean.6,2015*ar-M885CLARYAnd the funny thing is, it was thedrawings for our graphic novel thatthey flipped out over --**20154:21PM-471EN-Mar6,2015SIMONThe sad face. Well played.Clary puts the graphic novel mock-up on the table.88571-4EDPM21*4:TER4:She hands a letter to Simon. Simon smiles broadly.4:**2020154:EN21Simon seems slightly distracted, looking toward the entrance.He brightens as Clary comes around a corner carrying a COFFEECUP and a BISCOTTI. Simon immediately clocks that Clary’sexpression is one of T4:PROFESSOR CHAIDEZ(solemnly)The Brooklyn Academy of Art doesn’tbelieve in mistakes.1521PM-4CLARYNo, just the illustrations. for afriend. It’s in there by mistake.**-471LED885-Mar6,20The other two Professors lean in to look at the drawings:these are very different from the landscapes -- incredible,passionate images of fantastical, supernatural demons,monsters, werewolves, vampires, angels, some adorned withstrange markings (like the infinity symbol on her portfolio).We may even recognize the TENTACLED CREATURE from theopening. Clary senses this is all going south.1554:CONTINUED:6.1552ND REVISED NETWORK DRAFT - 02/23/1521Shadowhunters - Ep #1001

520ar-M85-MarTAINM6,****PM-4718CLARYWatching too many Del Toro movieswith you?(considers)You know, when they told me I madethe advanced studio program, Ishould have been jumping up anddown like a cheerleader, but myfirst thought was. ‘this is mydream but why does it feel likesomeone else’s dream?’(off Simon’s look;realizes)My god, the second self. I’m Goku.You think this explains my chroniclack of 4:EN4:158520*6,SIMONHow else can you explain this on seems poised to say something, but is interrupted by:ED*****CLARYA ‘second self’ that hangs out withtentacled demons?PM**SIMONBall. Just one ball. And that wasten years ago. But my point stillstands. Like Goku, you might have asecond self, hidden within you.21**-MUN-M5CLARYI read Dragon Balls.ar6,2015TIT4:21SIMONA hidden self.(off Clary’s blank stare)Have you not read any of the mangaI’ve given -- The professors said the demonswere more ‘real’ than my stilllifes. They said it looked like twocompletely different artists workedon my portfolio.7.***20SIMON(with a smile)-- You’re welcome.4:ER-4PM64:CONTINUED:1562ND REVISED NETWORK DRAFT - 02/23/1521Shadowhunters - Ep #1001