EYES WIDE SHUT II - NICK OF TIME

TITLE: Eyes Wide Shut II: Nick of Time
Written in the surreal, slow-burning style of Stanley Kubrick. A sequel that was never meant to happen — until now.

INT. OLD JAZZ BAR – GREENWICH VILLAGE – NIGHT

The room is empty, smoky, a saxophone playing on vinyl in the background.
DR. BILL HARFORD (Tom Cruise), older now, more cynical, sips quietly on an old scotch.
He’s been haunted for years — by masks, by secrets, by the Party.
The piano man who disappeared all those years ago reappears in the doorway.

NICK NIGHTINGALE (Joseph C. Jukic), wearing a long coat and no regrets.

BILL:
Nick?

NICK: (grins, walks in slow)
Looks like I saved your Eyes Wide Shut cast in the nick of time.

BILL: (half-laughs)
I thought you were gone. Dead, maybe.

NICK:
I was.
To them.
But no one threatens my family — not even some guy in a red cloak and a golden mask.

(leans over, pours himself a drink)
Tom is family.

FLASH CUT TO: A GOLDEN MASK — SMASHED ON THE FLOOR

A ritual interrupted. A secret saved.

BILL: (still shaken after all these years)
You vanished. After the mansion. After… everything.

NICK:
I dropped out of med school.
Didn’t want to kill people and call it medicine.

BILL:
You were good, Nick. You had potential.

NICK:
Sure. But you get the Dr. bill, you go broke, and you die anyway —
With a lot of suffering.

(beat)
Never a doctor. Never a doctor.

INT. COLLEGE CLASSROOM – FLASHBACK – DAY

Nick, older, surrounded by young kids in hoodies and headphones, taking notes on Web Publishing and Digital Film.

PROFESSOR (O.S.):
Today, we talk about how to control a narrative without needing a network.

BACK TO BAR – NIGHT

NICK: (smirking)
So I went back. Learned the web.
Took film. Built a site.
Woke up a few sleepers along the way.

BILL:
That’s why I’ve been seeing those coded videos? The piano themes? The glitched masks?

NICK:
Breadcrumbs.
I’m not just playing for drunk elites anymore.
I’m writing the score now.

INT. SECRET SERVER ROOM – NIGHT

Rows of black servers. Cables like veins.
A monitor displays a flashing eye, the words: “FIDELIO REVOKED.”

BILL: (serious now)
So what happens next?

NICK:
You tell the truth.
About the Party. The masks. The medicine.
You either operate on the lie —
Or you let it rot.

BILL: (quietly)
I’m broke, Nick. They took everything.

NICK: (leans in)
Good.
Now you’ve got nothing to lose.
It’s time to open your eyes.

FADE TO BLACK
EYES WIDE SHUT II: NICK OF TIME
"Never a doctor. But always a witness."