Silk Road Screenplay

1 EXT SAN FRANCISCO - DAY 1
A crazed bike messenger darts in and out of high speed

traffic down a San Francisco hill.
BIKE MESSENGER (V. O.)

For those of you who have never
biked around a big city, let me
tell you, when youre bombing hills
at 40 miles an hour, your attention
needs to be 100%, to do this every
day and live.
The bike messenger narrowly misses a collision after
speeding through a red light.
People in this city hate bike
messengers, and probably for good
reason.
The bike messenger turns sharply, again, narrowly missing a
collision.

The dangerous part is when you
combine this sort of attitude with
an interest in psychedelic drugs.
The cars on the road turn weird colors, like lime green or
hot pink.
Its clear to normal people that
doing a job like mine whilst being
out of your mind on acid is a
pretty terrible idea.
The road turns from asphalt grey, to colorful, flowery
patterns.

Usually I would find it hard not to
get distracted by the road. But, if
you make a mistake, you die, so
when trip-cycling your brain
automatically goes into survival
mode.
The bike messenger narrowly avoids another collision, by
looking up from the road at the exact right moment.
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CONTINUED: 2.

This lifestyle is only possible
because a have a great dealer, who
never runs out, does same-day
delivery at a competitive price,
and reliably stocks the highest
quality stuff.
The bike messenger makes it out of the traffic, cycles
one-handed down a flat road.

I am eternally grateful to the
somewhat shady website that let me
find him: Silk Road.
2 INT - OFFICE BUILDING - SAN FRANCISCO - DAY 2
It is light and sunny outside. The mood somewhat resembles a

job interview. On one side of the room sits a bearded former
academic, who goes by his initials RKS.
On the other side sit DILAN, an energetic 20-something, his
friend IMRE, who is in his late teens, and SKY, a glamorous,
20-something woman.
RKS
Silk Road?
DILAN
Its a completely anonymous
marketplace. You want something, we
connect you to whos selling. No
names, no personal details, no bank
accounts.
SKY
Its really popular! We have nearly
10,000 buyers already and its only
been a week since we started. All
we need is $10k to expand.
RKS strokes his beard. The proposition sounds too good to be
true, and DILAN and SKYs salesmanship seems slightly
overzealous.
RKS
What are people using this for? Not
drugs?
DILAN
We dont know, we dont ask. We
think its mainly nerds like us who
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DILAN (contd)
dont want their identity to be
traced.
RKS
Im not saying its a bad idea.
RKS strokes his beard again, then shakes his sandals off,
and puts his bare feet up on the table.
RKS
But I think, if you want to be a
smart aleck, you also need a very
keen sense of what you can get away
with.
RKS turns to DILAN. He wants to figure out if he can trust

them.
RKS
And what about you personally?
Whats your story?
3 INT - COFFEE SHOP - SAN FRANCISCO - DAY 3

SKY is sitting in a coffee shop. She spots DILAN arriving.
SKY
Hey, I think youre my Tinder date.
Dilan, right?
DILAN
Yeah.
SKY
Nice to meet you, Im Sky.
DILAN
Im Dilan.
DILAN sits down next to her.

SKY
Where are you from?
DILAN
I grew up in Singapore.
SKY
Whoa, thats a long way. Pretty
brave.
SKY leans in towards him.
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DILAN
Its actually the opposite of
brave. I moved partly to avoid
military service.
SKY
They have that? What a crazy
country.
DILAN
Where are you from?
SKY
You know, every time I introduce
myself is an opportunity to make my
personal mythology more extreme.
Sky laughs to herself.

SKY
I ran away from home to LA to
become a model. As you may guess,
that didnt last very long. My
names Sky, by the way.
DILAN
Is that your real name?
SKY
Unfortunately yes.
4 EXT - SAN FRANCISCO - DAY 4
SKY and DILAN are talking and walking, just outside of the
coffee shop.
DILAN
So what do you do?
SKY
Have you heard of bitcoin?
DILAN
The digital currency? Sure.
DILAN looks somewhat disappointed.
DILAN
You know, I dont mean this in a
bad way, but everyone in this town
is extremely focused on money.
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SKY
Not quite. Newbies think that at
first, but the money as survival
instinct is superseded by a desire
for power.
SKY is trying to figure out she can say to shock DILAN. It

works.
DILAN
Thats not true.
SKY
Sure it is! Its not about having a
nice house or whatever, its about
economic power. This is where the
children of hippies come to be
robber barons.
DILAN finds this amusing.
DILAN
I can understand that.
SKY
Because youre like that too,
otherwise you wouldnt have moved
here!
DILAN
Yeah, I gotta be working on
something big.
SKY
You know what, I have the perfect
person you should meet.
DILAN seems alarmed.
DILAN
What, now? This is a date!
SKY
Itll only take a minute.
They walk into a nearby building.
6.
5 INT - WORKSHOP - DAY 5

SKY and DILAN go inside a weird indoor workshop. Its full
of obscure electronic gadgets. Ironic stickers on the walls
are signifiers of nerd culture. There is even what appears
to be a 3D printed gun in the background. KEN, a
50-something man is sitting inside.
DILAN
This is like one of those things
where you get a personalized
heaven.
SKY
This is Ken, hes crazy but he
knows his stuff.
DILAN
Im Dilan.
KEN looks at DILAN with curiosity.
KEN
Hello there.
SKY
Give him the tour and tell him
about bitcoin.
SKY leaves. DILAN is momentarily torn between chasing after
her and staying with KEN. But then KEN starts talking and
leading him around the workshop.
KEN
You know, I had a very strange
dream last night. I dreamt that I
was at a trade show. And there was
this device that was the star of
the show. It was made using a
mish-mash of retro technology,
cathode ray tubes and V8 engines,
but somehow it worked. And when I
woke up, I was able to remember the
blueprints from the dream trade
show, and I think Im putting it
together now.
KEN points to an extremely weird contraption.
KEN
The 20th century is over. V-8
engines and cathode ray tubes
should sound quaint to us, but they
dont yet.
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CONTINUED: 7.
DILAN is somewhat confused, but tries to humor him.

DILAN
Why now?
KEN
Because we havent invented the new
stuff yet. This is a special time,
whatever technology is developed
now, sets in stone what the next
century is going to look like.
DILAN
So you think bitcoin is one of
these technologies.
KEN leads him around the workshop to a server farm.
KEN
If you use bitcoin instead of
money, you can circumvent the
banks, the government,
surveillance of any kind. Its
completely untraceable. You see how
this kind of technology poses a
threat to idea of the nation state.
What does a free trade deal between
nations matter if everyone lives
online?
DILAN
You think its that big? This isnt
just some crank currency?
KENs eyes light up. He has reached his favourite topic.
KEN
I know its that big. Look at how
many people are buying gold right
now. And the luxury bunker industry
is booming. People have no faith in
the system Theyre begging for a
new one.
DILAN
Sure would be pretty big to build a
new financial system.
DILAN catches some of KENs enthusiasm.
KEN
Thats right. The problem with
bitcoin is theres nothing to use
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KEN (contd)
it for. Its a financial system
where you cant buy anything.
DILAN
So, we need to figure out what
people would buy anonymously.
KEN
Come, let me show you how it works.
6 INT - APARTMENT - EVENING 6
DILAN is sitting at his computer, typing furiously, when his
roommate, CALEB, a creatively dressed 20-something gay guy,
comes in.
CALEB
Hey roomie, what you doing?
DILAN
Just building this thing.
CALEB
Why?
DILAN
Why? I dont know why! Because I
dont want to end up a washed-up
failed child prodigy in 20 years,
maybe?
DILAN slams has hands on the keyboard, then turns away from
the computer to face CALEB.
CALEB
Youre calling yourself a child
prodigy? Arent you a bit old to be
a child?
CALEB
Also, what is this thing?
DILAN
Just this prototype website using
bitcoin.
CALEB
Oh that thing? I heard thats
really sketchy. Like, some guy put
his life savings into bitcoin can
got robbed by some Singaporean
teenager. Wait, that wasnt you,
was it?
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DILAN
No-
CALEB
OK, good. Just checking. So theres
this party tonight that I think
will be really good. Lots of cute
guys will be there.
DILAN jumps up and paces around the room.
DILAN
Its like you have no theory of
mind! Why would that be a plus
point for me? Stop it, I have stuff
to do.
CALEB
Theres this twink who just moved
here from a small town in
who-knows-where and I need to show
him around.
DILAN
Another one? Youre like Socrates.
One day you will be in hot water
for corrupting the youth.
CALEB takes this insult as a compliment.
CALEB
All Im going to do is tell him it
gets better. Dont be so
conservative! You dont want to be
that nerd that nobody likes. Come
on, itll be fun.
DILAN
OK, Ill come for a bit. Let me
just set the prototype to launch.
Dilan presses a key to launch the site.

The screen says "Silk Road : Your source for anything and
everything" and has kind of goofy design.
DILAN
Let me just post it to some deep
web sites.
CALEB thinks this is an insanely pompous, made-up thing to
say.
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CONTINUED: 10.
CALEB
Whats "deep web"?
DILAN
Its like hidden internet you can
only access with an encrypted
browser. Ill show you sometime.
7 INT - LARGE APARTMENT - EVENING 7
A party with around 100 people takes place in another
apartment. The theme seems to be green - green lighting,
green drinks, green food. People are dressed in stylish but
laid-back clothes. DILAN and CALEB enter.
CALEB
See! Look how great this is!
DILAN
Whats with the green?
CALEB
Its my friend Francoiss party. He
moved here from France two years
ago to work for Apple and just got
his green card today. Hes over
there actually, let me go and say
hi.
CALEB leaves and walks to the other side of the room.

DILAN approaches a group of three PARTYGOERS talking. One of
them is TIFFANY, a 20-something woman who dresses like a
goth.
PARTYGOER 1
Did you see those people from
Twitter went to go fight in the
Free Syrian Army?
PARTYGOER 2
What, for fun? Like, Arab Spring
Break?
PARTYGOER 1
Kind of, they were recent grads who
decided to be vigilantes to help
the Syrian moderates. Look, I can
show you their Snapchat story. Im
pretty sure theyre going to die.
TIFFANY is open-mouthed in horror.
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CONTINUED: 11.
TIFFANY
Ive seen some messed up stuff on
the internet before, but that is
insane.
PARTYGOER 1 tries to backtrack.
PARTYGOER 1
Wouldnt you fight for your
country?
PARTYGOER 2
Depends, do I get to choose my
country?
PARTYGOER 1
Sure.
PARTYGOER 2
Then I choose Francoist Spain,
which I have always considered my
country.
TIFFANY ponders this for a moment.
TIFFANY
I think the internet is my country.
DILAN is amused by the conversation, and tries to find a

moment to interject.
DILAN
Me too. Except internet culture is
just American culture.
TIFFANY
Yeah, but its like a new and
improved version. Hi, Im Tiffany,
though you may know me as
Aciddiction.
DILANs face lights up.
DILAN
I recognize the name. You were a
popular blogger once, right? Im
Dilan.
TIFFANY is very pleased to hear this.
PARTYGOER 1
I cant believe youre not
embarrassed about that teen angst
drivel.
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CONTINUED: 12.
TIFFANY
Its part of my personal brand. Im
the person who cant function in
life, and can only function on the
internet.
DILAN sees SKY elsewhere in the party and leaves the

conversation to walk towards her. He chases after her.
DILAN
Sky! Remember me! I was your Tinder
date.
SKY
Hi there! Small world.
SKY is slightly guilty about bailing on him. She is unsure
of whether she likes him or not.
DILAN
I took your friends advice and got
into bitcoin.
SKY
Good to hear!
DILAN
You never told me what you do.
SKY
Oh, I just wait for whichever tech
startup looks like its about to
blow up and then I join it. Its
the same as my approach to sports,
I cheer for whoevers winning.
DILAN
Well, I guess Ill have to call you
when Im winning.
SKY
Thats right.
8 INT - APARTMENT - MORNING - SAME 8
The alarm wrings and DILAN gets out of bed. He goes to check
his computer.
DILAN
Whoa ... 10,000 users?
CALEB comes in, in his pyjamas.
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CONTINUED: 13.
CALEB
What, my friend, have you done now?
DILAN
Theyre all using my thing!
CALEB
This is the buy and sell random
shit without the government
tracking you thing?
DILAN is elated.
DILAN
This is amazing! I have to call
Sky!
CALEB
I bet 99% of those transactions are
drugs. Literally.
DILAN looks annoyed.

DILAN
What?
CALEB
What else would people want to buy
on there?
DILAN
I dunno? USB sticks?
CALEB laughs. Dilan looks pretty embarrassed.

DILAN
Come on man, I grew up in
Singapore. The only people there
who do drugs are weirdos with bald
heads, because they test your hair
for marijuana traces. Dont make
fun of me.
CALEB
This is so hilarious. Oh my god
youre going to be an internet
druglord.
DILAN frantically checks his computer again.
DILAN
Let me just check what theyre
actually buying.
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CONTINUED: 14.
CALEB
You realize the very first thing
ever sold on the internet was a
bunch of MIT students selling a
bunch of Stanford students a bag of
weed?
DILAN reads from the screen.
DILAN
OK let me read the items listed on
the site ... a bar of solid gold,
an AK-47, 15 grams of cocaine, a
10-strip of LSD, a bunch of weird
bodybuilding drugs whose names I
cant pronounce, some erotica and a
stolen credit card.
CALEB
So, drugs.
DILAN
But not just drugs.
BEAT, CALEB is not sure what to make of this.

CALEB
So what are you going to do, turn
it into a site for gold bugs, gun
nuts and horny women?
DILAN
Who knows. But 10,000 users in one
night! Im winning!
DILAN gets up and starts pacing again.

CALEB
You worry me.
DILAN
Ive got to call Sky.
9 INT - FANCY APARTMENT - DAY 9
IMRE and KEN are sitting opposite each other in a large,
sunny apartment, playing chess, whilst eating breakfast.
IMRE is eating a normal breakfast, whilst KEN is eating a
plate of Brussels sprouts with a fork. KEN keeps stabbing at
the plate and missing the sprouts, making a loud clanging
sound.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 15.
IMRE
Your move.
KEN
I cant believe Im losing to a
kid!
KENs mind is not really on the game. He stabs the plate

with his fork again.
IMRE
Youve lost to me a million times
already.
KEN
How did you get so good at this?
IMRE
I spent my childhood beating other
people at video games. Im an idiot
savant.
KEN
People dont generally call
themselves idiots.
KEN makes his move, then goes to the kitchen and brings out
a second course for both of them. For KEN, it is a bunch of
vials of different liquids, for IMRE its orange juice.
IMRE
I have to ask - what are you
eating?
KEN
Life extension supplements.
IMRE
Huh.
IMRE makes his move.

KEN
I want to live long enough to see
what the world looks like once
Bitcoin replaces the financial
system.
Ken makes a move, hastily.
IMRE
Heh, thats never going to happen.
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CONTINUED: 16.
IMRE moves a piece, without even thinking about it, putting

KEN into checkmate.
KEN
I taught a guy, slightly older than
you, the other day at the workshop,
about bitcoin marketplaces. He got
really into it.
IMRE
Really?
IMRE is not really paying attention to him.

KEN
Thats one of the best things about
this town, randomly running into
just the person you want to meet. I
think he might get pretty far.
IMRE
Your move.
KEN realizes what has happened.

KEN
Not again.
IMRE
Checkmate.
10 INT - COFFEE SHOP - SAN FRANCISCO - DAY - SAME 10
SKY and DILAN are in line for coffee.
DILAN
So, the site is doing well, but I
dont know what to do about all the
sketchy stuff on there.
DILAN seems stressed, but SKY is remarkably detached.

SKY
Do you want a coffee?
DILAN
Okay.
SKY
What kind?
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CONTINUED: 17.
DILAN
I dunno, any kind. Latte?
SKY
Is that with soy milk?
DILAN throws up his hands in exasperation.

DILAN
Oh my god, you people, you dont
have to cater to my every whim. My
desires are not so important.
SKY
Yes, they are. Fun is half the
point of civilization. Consumer
choice is what separates us from
the commies.
DILAN
You know what, dont worry about
it. I just want your advice.
The two leave the queue and sit down in the coffee shop.
They site down opposite each other.
DILAN looks straight into SKYs eyes.
DILAN
Should I keep the website?
SKY
Depends what keeps you up at night.
DILAN sighs. He opens up his laptop.
DILAN
You know, I saw this ad on there
for an internet hitman.
DILAN shows SKY a video on his laptop of a guy waving an
anime sword around.
DILAN
Thats messed up, right?
SKY
Look, Im sure theres a way to
make it work. Youre onto
something, and thats rare.
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CONTINUED: 18.
DILAN
Well what keeps you up at night?
SKY
The idea that people I went to
school with might be making more
money than me.
SKY laughs. DILAN smiles.
DILAN
Youre such a bad influence.
SKY
Maybe you need a bad influence. Or
even better, a group of bad
influences.
DILAN
What do you mean?
SKY
Lets get a bunch of friends
together and figure out what were
going to do.
ESTABLISHING SHOT - A BAR CALLED EXPATS BAR AND GRILL
11 INT - EXPATS BAR AND GRILL - EVENING 11

DILAN and SKY have gathered around a table, with CALEB,
TIFFANY and IMRE around them. The atmosphere of the place is
casual, and the clientele are young but varied in dress &
mannerisms.
SKY is sitting at the head of the table. She gestures
towards DILAN.
SKY
I brought you all here today
because this man has a story you
all have to hear. This guy has
created the next big thing.
CALEB
Hes become a massive internet
druglord.
DILAN nervously begins to speak to the group.
DILAN
Its a totally anonymous
marketplace. Completely encrypted.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 19.
IMRE
So how much of it is drugs?
DILAN
About 60%.
JARRED laughs sarcastically.

IMRE
What a joke.
DILAN
(to SKY)
Who is this guy?
IMRE
Google the username "imre93".
DILAN
If I do that, what am I going to
find?
IMREs deadpan demeanor easily winds DILAN up.
IMRE
A ton of videos of me as a
16-year-old leading a bunch of
13-year-olds through the wilderness
into battle.
DILAN
Like a real life battle?
IMRE acts like DILAN is totally stupid.
IMRE
What the fuck? No, on Runescape.
SKY
Its a game.
DILAN
I know.
SKY
Hes internet famous as like a
gaming general. He won nearly every
Runescape battle by brainwashing
his followers and then hacking the
game. Hes amazing. Hell help us.
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IMRE
"Help"...
IMRE laughs.
CALEB
Cant you just ban the drugs?
DILAN
Not at first, since thats our top
use case. But we could later. Like
how all those video sites turned a
blind eye to piracy at the start.
TIFFANY
You guys have to get rid the super
sketchy stuff though, like the
internet hitmen.
DILAN
From now on, we can keep addresses
and encrypted communications only.
We figured out that if we dont ask
what anyone buys, its possible we
can evade criminal liability.
SKY
Though not likely.
TIFFANY looks to SKY for reassurance.
TIFFANY
So what does this mean, you want me
to join the internet mafia?
SKY
You dont understand, this is
blowing up. He got nearly 10,000
users in a week. You wouldnt say
no to joining Google in 1999, would
you?
TIFFANY leans back. BEAT, as she considers what to say.
TIFFANY
Am I going to jail or just hell?
DILAN
Just hell, I think.
TIFFANY
Thats OK, hell isnt real.
Unexpectedly, IMRE leans in.
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CONTINUED: 21.
IMRE
Im in.
DILAN
Is that sarcasm?
IMRE
Not at all. This sounds like a
really noble cause.
DILAN cannot quite tell if it is a joke, but SKY knows he is
not joking.
CALEB
Im in as well.
DILAN
Im glad.
CALEB
Its just such a weird idea. I just
want to see what happens.
CALEB smiles.
12 INT - OFFICE BUILDING - SAN FRANCISCO - DAY - SAME 12
RKS
So you guys all going to work on
growing on this marketplace?
DILAN
Thats right.
RKS
And youre sure this isnt for
drugs.
DILAN
We have that under control.
BEAT, as RKS weighs his options. He likes them, but they

seem really crazy.
RKS
Alright youre funded. Im curious
to see how whatever this is,
develops.
22.
13 INT - SILK ROAD SECRET OFFICE - DAY 13

DILAN, SKY, CALEB, IMRE, and TIFFANY are in what looks like
a normal startup office.
A couple of energized FANS, who are clearly students of some
kind, come in through the door.
FAN 1
Are you guys ... Silk Road?
DILAN
Who are these guys? Does anyone
know them?
DILAN looks around the room for reassurance.
FAN 2
Were just fans.
TIFFANY gets up and opens the door.
TIFFANY
Okay, get the hell out of here.
The slightly jumpy FANS flinch.
FAN 1
Wait, we just wanted to ask one
question!
BEAT, nobody knows whether to respond.
DILAN
How did you even find this place?
SKY
We really need better opsec. Next
office is going to be like Area 51.
Actually, Dilan, are there any
disease labs that we can rent?
TIFFANY picks up the phone.
TIFFANY
Im calling security.
FAN 2 waves her hands frantically.

FAN 2
No, guys, listen. We use your
website to buy Adderall every week.
And other stuff too, but more
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FAN 2 (contd)
occasionally. And we just wanted to
ask about this one supplier thats
gone offline.
SKY is almost yelling.

SKY
Then use the customer service form
on our website. Oh my god! The
incompetence!
FAN 1
Its urgent!
SKY
You guys have a test tomorrow?
DILAN
Its weird how running an online
drug marketplace is less stressful
than exams ever were.
The FANS sense they are getting somewhere.

FAN 2
We just need the address of this
one guy.
DILAN
(TO SKY)
Can we do it for them?
SKY
This should not be happening! Its
a massive vulnerability that were
keeping these guys shipping
addresses anyway.
FAN 1
If you dont we can just tell
everyone where your office is.
TIFFANY starts dialing the numbers on the phone.
TIFFANY
You guys want to go to jail as
well?
FAN 2
Lets get out of here.
The FANS leave.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 24.
TIFFANY
You keep running!
BEAT, people wonder what to make of that situation.
SKY
We really need better opsec.
14 ANIMATED TEXT 14
An advert for the Silk Road website plays. It is composed of
mostly animated text on screen. Its a simple animation with
catchy music in the background. It seems jarringly vanilla.
AD TEXT
Meet Chad
AD TEXT
Hes a bodybuilder
AD TEXT
Recently his job made him move
countries
AD TEXT
and he cant find any of his usual
supplements
AD TEXT
he didnt think hed ever find his
nootropics again
AD TEXT
until he found
AD TEXT
Silk Road
AD TEXT
its the worlds best anonymous
online marketplace
AD TEXT
Free sign up
AD TEXT
No fees for purchases
AD TEXT
eBay style rating system
(CONTINUED)
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AD TEXT
it was the best decision Chad could
have made
AD TEXT
because the next day Chad is
pumping iron as usual
15 INT - APARTMENT - EVENING 15
SKY, DILAN, TIFFANY, IMRE and CALEB are sitting in the

living room. The advert for the marketplace has just been
playing on TV.
SKY
I love it.
DILAN
Are we sure thats not too
"conspiracy to drug trafficking" or
whatever.
TIFFANY
I was trying to showcase one of our
more legitimate use cases.
DILAN
But its not legal, right?
TIFFANY
Its a grey area.
SKY
I think its great. Besides, were
only going to be releasing this on
dark net websites anyway. Your mum
is not going to be able to find
this without special software.
DILAN
Alright, Sky, I trust your
judgement.
IMRE changes the channel to the news.
IMRE
Hey guys, check this out.
NEWS CASTER
And now we turn to a special
segment on ... the dangers of the
deep web.
SKY seems annoyed.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 26.
SKY
What is this?
IMRE
I dunno, people are IM-ing me to
watch this.
The five watch the broadcast intently.

NEWS CASTER
Most people have not heard of the
deep web. It can only be accessed
via a specialist tools, that allow
a dedicated computer geek to get
through to hidden websites.
SKY
Whoa, were dedicated computer
geeks.
SKY expects the others to join in with her mockery, but they
do not.
NEWS CASTER
We talked to an expert on computer
crime. Dr. Isaac.
DR. ISAAC
Weve been seeing a marked increase
in illicit sites operating via the
deep web. They can spread very
rapidly through word of mouth,
making it very hard for authorities
to detect.
TIFFANY
Theyre onto us!
TIFFANY said what the others (except SKY) were thinking.
They are alarmed that she said it out loud, confirming their
worst suspicions.
SKY
Shut up, just because they know
about the technology in general,
doesnt mean theyre onto us.
On the TV screen is a screenshot of a webpage, with all

kinds of illegal stuff for sale.
DR. ISAAC
The thing were most concerned
about are dark net marketplaces.
(MORE)
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 27.
DR. ISAAC (contd)

Its possible for a 14 year old,
knowing the right address, to log
on and buy heroin, crack or LSD.
Investigating these online
marketplaces has become a priority
for law enforcement.
SKY throws a rolled up ball of paper at the screen.
SKY
Booo!
DILAN
OK, Im worried. Im serious. We
can still shut this all down and do
something else?
DILAN is half-joking, half-serious. But SKY takes it very

seriously.
SKY
What are you talking about? We do
20,000 transactions a day. Were
growing faster than eBay did in
their early days.
DILAN
This isnt a joke, Sky.
SKY
So you quit. Do you want a 6 month
gap in your resume? Honestly, just
ignore them, its not a big deal.
SKY feels increasingly threatened.

TIFFANY
I wouldnt worry either. We dont
control what people use the
platform for. Its totally peer to
peer.
DILAN is relieved that TIFFANY gave him a rationale to
continue. He didnt want to quit either, though he feels
deep down he should.
DILAN
Yeah, I guess so. Still, we need to
double down on security. From now
on, everyone is using encrypted
chat only. And Imre?
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 28.
IMRE
What?
DILAN
No more bragging to your friends
about what youre doing. Tell them
you work at a bank.
IMRE laughs. He always uses his most caustic tone with
DILAN.
IMRE
I would never work at a bank.
DILAN, SKY, CALEB, IMRE, and TIFFANY are in their startup
office from before.
CALEB
Did you guys see how the founder of
InfoGames is having a Game of
Thrones themed wedding?
TIFFANY
Looks extravagant.
CALEB
I think I have a few mutual friends
with him. Im gonna try and see if
I can wrangle my way into an
invite.
The phone rings.
CALEB
Hi there, this is Tiffanys
Cupcakes.
Split screen to include a TOUGH GUY in sunglasses on the
other side of the phone
TOUGH GUY
Cut the crap, wise guy.
CALEB
Who is this?
CALEB looks to the others for support. He gestures to them
that something is up.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 29.
TOUGH GUY
Im a seller on your marketplace.
CALEB
Oh... how can I help?
TOUGH GUY
You can help by telling the punk
who scammed me to give me my money
back.
CALEB
How much money was that?
TOUGH GUY
That was $10,000 dollars in cocaine
I sent him, that he didnt pay for.
SKY gestures to ignore the caller. CALEB is not sure what to

say.
CALEB
Im sorry, but we cant deal with
complaints from individual sellers.
TOUGH GUY
Youd better deal with this
individual seller if you want to
keep your arms and legs.
CALEB gets scared and passes the phone to SKY.

SKY
Who is this?
TOUGH GUY
An angry damn customer who got
robbed by one of your buyers. He
said he had paid me $10,000 in
bitcoins via your website, but he
didnt.
SKY rolls her eyes.
SKY
This is why we ask both buyers and
sellers to use our escrow system
for large transactions. Im sorry,
but you should have been more
responsible.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 30.
TOUGH GUY
You get me my money back if you
want to keep your arms and leg-
SKY hangs up.
CALEB
What did you say to him?
SKY
Oh, nothing. Dont worry, Ill deal
with him later.
SKY smiles, hoping to calm CALEB down.
DILAN
What happened?
SKY
Nothing.
CALEB
This cocaine dealer is threatening
us, asking for 10 grand.
DILAN becomes visibly stressed.
DILAN
Im going for a walk.
SKY
Wait!
DILAN
Every day theres something like
this.
DILAN leaves the office.
17 EXT - PARKING LOT - DAY 17
DILAN is walking around the parking lot outside his office

by himself, frustrated.
DILAN sees 35-ish man NAT outside. NAT is dressed in sporty,
all-black gear and is wearing sunglasses.
DILAN
Are you ... Nat Englebright?
NAT
I am.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 31.
DILAN
As in, the guy who created the
Death Valley video game series?
NAT
Yep.
BEAT, DILAN is too starstruck to know what to say.
DILAN
I am so starstruck right now. I am
such a big fan. I was so mad when
they banned your franchise in
Singapore.
NAT
Hey, dont be. Im just a human
being like you, who spent way too
much time on video games.
DILAN
You have no idea how cool this is,
running into literally my childhood
hero here. This is such a crazy
coincidence.
NAT smiles, in a slightly sheepish fashion.
NAT
Well, a lot of tech people live in
the area. Nice to meet you. What do
you do?
DILAN
Well, I run an anonymous internet
marketplace.
NAT suddenly becomes genuinely interested.
NAT
Like Silk Road?
DILAN
Yeah! Thats right! Youve heard of
it?
NAT
Im a regular buyer.
NAT winks.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 32.
NAT
OK, Ive gotta go now. Good to meet
you.
NAT leaves.
SKY comes in, chasing after DILAN. She has clearly been
rehearsing in her head a bunch of ideas about what to say to
him.
SKY
OK, Dilan, please dont quit, I
know exactly what to do about these
guys who are threatening us, I know
its scary but-
DILAN
I get it Sky. Dont worry, Im not
going to quit. Tell me your plan.
SKY is pleasantly surprised by DILANs newfound calm.
18 INT - SEEDY NIGHTCLUB - EVENING 18
It appears to be S&M night at the nightclub. Lots of people

are wearing fetish costumes. DILAN and SKY are together at a
table, waiting for an INVESTIGATOR.
SKY
You know whats unique about the
West? BDSM. No other cultures do
it.
DILAN
That cannot be true. Have you ever
heard of hentai? The Kama Sutra?
SKY
It became a big thing in 18th
century Europe, individuals started
to have more responsibility.
Predictably, people started to want
to escape that. They wanted to have
control taken away from them, to be
reduced to nothing, to escape the
moral responsibility of being a
single person in society.
DILAN
That is a very fascinating bullshit
theory, that reveals more about the
theorizer, than the actual world.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 33.
SKY
Dont blame me, its true.
The INVESTIGATOR arrives. He is in his late 30s, looks
reasonably polished, but dresses down by wearing a heavy
metal t-shirt.
INVESTIGATOR
Hi Sky, long time, no see.
SKY
Hello there. This is my friend
Dilan.
DILAN
Hi.
SKY leans into the table.

SKY
So we have a problem with people
calling up our business and
threatening us. Its their fault
really, these guys refuse to do
their transactions through our
secure escrow system.
INVESTIGATOR
But the customer is always right.
SKY
Right, exactly. We can pay off the
angry suppliers with our extra
profits right now. But we want to
stop this from happening in the
future.
INVESTIGATOR
So you want me to investigate the
scammers.
DILAN
Yeah, just a few cases so we can
find patterns in the fraud. Then we
can figure out how to predict who
is likely to be scamming us.
INVESTIGATOR
Alright, should not be a problem.
SKY sees an old friend across the room, JAMIE, a
20-something man, dressed in S&M gear.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 34.
SKY
Excuse me for a minute.
SKY runs over to him.
SKY
Jamie!
JAMIE
Sky! What are you doing here?
JAMIE looks for an exit.

SKY
Dont be embarrassed. I dont
judge. How have you been?
JAMIE
Good, actually. Ever since we sold
the company Ive just been trying
to figure out what to do next. What
are you up to Sky?
SKY
I probably shouldnt be telling you
this, but, since we now have mutual
dirt on each other, - have you
heard of Silk Road?
JAMIE forgets the awkward situation momentarily, he is

genuinely interested.
JAMIE
The drug site?
SKY
Stop it! We call it an "anonymous
marketplace". Its doing really
well, were nearly at $1 mil
monthly revenue.
JAMIE
No way!
SKY
Its been quite a ride.
SKY is especially self-satisfied. JAMIE is torn between his

genuine interest and the awkwardness of the situation.
JAMIE
You know, I would love to hear more
about this another time. One of my
(MORE)
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 35.
JAMIE (contd)
friends is throwing this big party
in his bunker next week.
SKY
A bunker?
JAMIE
Its like a luxury bunker. So you
can prep for the apocalypse, and
also have somewhere cool to live.
SKY
Wow. Sounds fun. See you around!
JAMIE
See you Sky.
19 INT - MESSY APARTMENT - DAY 19
Two STONERS are presenting a web tv show. They stare at the
camera awkwardly.
STONER 1
Welcome to, episode 1 of Silk
Roads funniest home videos! Or,
home gifs, rather.
STONER 2
We thought this would be a cool way
to bring together lot of the stuff
thats been happening in the Silk
Road community.
STONER 1
OK, heres a clip of a guy who
forgot to read the community FAQ on
test kits.
A BREIF CLIP OF A GUY TESTING MDMA, AND THE TEST KIT

CATCHING FIRE.
STONER 2
I love that. Its so goofy.
STONER 1
Heres another clip, this guy tried
to IV nicotine.
A GUY IS PREPARING AN IV.
HE INJECTS HIMSELF.
HIS EYES BECOME ABNORMALLY DILATED.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 36.
STONER 2
Whoa!
STONER 1
We try stuff on this show, so you
dont have to.
STONER 2
Check out this guys vaping gear.
A GUY HAS A REALLY LARGE VAPORIZER THAT EMITS HUGE AMOUNTS

OF VAPOR AT ONCE.
STONER 1
Thats called the Nuclear Bong, you
can buy it on the site linked
below.
STONER 2
I love the Silk Road community.
People, all over the world, coming
together to do drugs.
STONER 1
Its so amazing man, its like a
whole subculture just sprung up
overnight. Much respect for the
mysterious people who made the
site. Much respect.
DILAN, SKY, CALEB, IMRE, and TIFFANY are in their startup

building from before.
IMRE
I did something really cool with
drones this morning.
CALEB
Drone delivery is cool, but its
just not economical. Like it takes
a 5 pound drone to carry a 1 pound
burrito. Its not worth the cost.
IMRE
Think about something we sell that
is really light and really
expensive.
CALEB
OK, I get your point.
IMRE switches on a live video feed from a drone.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 37.
IMRE
I rented out about 20 of these on
the marketplace. Theyre selling
like hotcakes. Delivery where you
dont even need to supply an
address.
TIFFANY
Are you sure thats safe?
IMRE switches to a different feed, where you can see 20
drones flying over the city.
CALEB
This is pretty cool.
SKY
Come outside!
The group go outside. SKY has a new car.
DILAN
Whats this?
SKY
This weeks profits! Hop in!
CALEB
Nice ...
TIFFANY
Flashy, this is very 80s.
BEAT, as nobody knows how quite to react.
SKY
I have a party we can all go to.
Its in a bunker. Just outside
Sacramento.
CALEB
Apocalypse chic, I like it.
CALEB jumps into the car, and SKY gets in the drivers seat.
DILAN is unsure.
DILAN
Whatever, lets do it.
DILAN gets in the car.
38.
21 INT - LUXURY BUNKER - EVENING 21

The interior decorations are dark and modern, and there some
extreme extravagances like a tiger in a cage and an indoor
swimming pool. SKY is wearing a 1920s style flapper dress.
Most of the other guests are dressed less formally, though
there is a lot of black.
DILAN AND JAMIE ARE STANDING IN A CORNER, NEAR A PARTYGOER.
PARTYGOER 3
Im an space super-hawk. If we see
aliens we have to nuke them.
DILAN
Why?
PARTYGOER 3
More likely than not, if theyve
made it to Earth, they have better
technology than us, and could kill
us.
JAMIE
Isnt it better to then just beg
for mercy?
SKY comes in with her arms around LI, a Chinese guy in his
mid-20s.
SKY
This is Li, hes the winner of the
Chinese version of the X-factor.
LI
Hi.
DILAN feels obliged to be friendly.
DILAN
Hi there. Do you think its a good
idea to get into some arms race
competition with aliens?
LI
Life is a competition.
DILAN is slightly annoyed, turns to talk to somebody else.

DILAN
What do you do?
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 39.
PARTYGOER 3
I was a futurist for many years,
now I study AI risk.
DILAN
Whats the risk?
PARTYGOER 3
If we create a superhuman-level
artificial intelligence, theres a
non-significant chance it kills us
all. I personally think a safe AI
will kill about 1 billion people,
on average.
JAMIE
Hes crazy.
PARTYGOER 3
What do you do?
SKY
We are the brains behind Silk Road.
DILAN is slightly unsettled by this, but tries to hide it.

PARTYGOER 3
Whoa, you guys connected me to my
adderall dealer for the past 18
months!
SKY
Im glad we have a fan.
PARTYGOER 3
That must be a great business.
Youre like the guys selling
pickaxes during a gold rush.
SKY
We have about 30,000 dealers using
our system, its pretty big.
PARTYGOER 3
I think this is like a whole new
thing. Youre the worlds only
truly global marketplace.
DILAN acquiesces, decides to join in with the bragging.
DILAN
Yeah, we figured if enough people
start using bitcoin in their daily
(MORE)
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 40.
DILAN (contd)
lives, bitcoin could finally
replace the financial system.
SKY
I mean, if we were truly
successful, we could stop the drugs
part and have it just be, the
backbone of commerce in general.
PARTYGOER 3
Society is getting more and more
decentralized. You guys are totally
onto something.
The HOST comes in, holding a bag of weed in each hand.
HOST
Who wants some drugs? Ive got
everything! Its time to party like
its the end of the world.
This does not get the enthusiastic reaction he expected.
HOST
By the way, Im your host.
Everyone cheers, meekly.
SKY
We truly are a wasted bunch.
22 EXT - CENTRAL VALLEY - DAY 22
DILAN is sitting on the top of the bunker entrance, which is

on top one of the golden hills in central valley. As the sun
rises, a warm pink glow comes over the horizon. He is by
himself, as far as he can see.
TIFFANY crawls out of the top of the bunker.
DILAN
Hey.
TIFFANY
Hey there.
DILAN
Good night?
TIFFANY
Just about recovering.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 41.
DILAN
Some really weird people there.
TIFFANY
Yeah. I heard theyre going into
town for breakfast at some cafe
frequented by Hells Angels.
DILAN
Sounds wild.
BEAT, whilst Dilan has something else on his mind.
DILAN
An you saw Sky with that Li guy?
What was that all about?
DILANs phone starts ringing.
DILAN
Oh man, 21 missed calls. Nobody
ever calls me.
DILAN starts to realize something is up.
DILAN
I wonder who it is. Wait, its our
investor.
Split screen with DILAN and RKS. RKS seems really mad.
RKS
Have you seen the news?
DILAN
No, what news?
RKS
All new ideas have three types of
people chasing after them:
innovators, imitators and idiots.
You guys are bona fide idiots.
DILAN
OK, what have you read?
RKS
Are you living under a rock? I
thought you kids checked Twitter
every 15 minutes. Its that gossip
blog, they have a whole longread on
you guys and your drug smuggling
operation. To think I could ever-
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 42.
DILAN
Let me call you back.
DILAN hangs up.
DILAN and TIFFANY go back into the bunker, into the living
room and switch on the TV.
23 INT - LUXURY BUNKER - MORNING 23
DILAN hangs up.
TIFFANY switches on the TV and changes channels for the

news.
DILAN
Wheres my laptop?
DILAN searches around for his laptop, opens it and looks for
the article.
CALEB comes in.
CALEB
Whats going on?
DILAN reads aloud.
DILAN
"An expose of Onion Marketplace,
the #1 drug website on the dark
net". This article has 100,000
views!
TIFFANY
Did they get our names?
DILAN
Doesnt look like it.
CALEB
Oh my god.
SKY and IMRE come in.
SKY
Whats happening?
TIFFANY turns up the volume on the TV.
NEWS CASTER
In other news, following the
revelations about online darknet
(MORE)
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 43.
NEWS CASTER (contd)

marketplace Silk Road, a high
priority investigation has been
commissioned into both the drug
traffickers who use the website and
the unknown hackers who operate the
marketplace itself.
TIFFANY
Unknown hackers.
SKY
So its not over yet.
BEAT, as DILAN cannot quite believe she said that.

DILAN
Have you lost your mind? It is time
to pack this up.
SKY
What, are they going to let us off
because we repented halfway
through?
DILAN
I cant handle this anymore.
SKY
May I remind you how fast we are
growing.
DILAN
Can you just shut up, I cant think
right now.
NEWS CASTER
Authorities are calling for a
crackdown. To quote one
cyberculture expert, the internet
has led to severe moral decay. Many
people are concerned about the
dangerous level of self-indulgence
and irresponsibility in our
society.
CALEB turns off the TV.
CALEB
Lets get back to the city. Ill
drive. We can figure out what to do
later.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 44.
TIFFANY
Ive been through worse situations.
CALEB
I know, I read your blog.
TIFFANY musters a muted laugh. The others are still crushed.
24 INT - SKYS APARTMENT - EVENING 24
SKY sits by herself, with her laptop. She is writing.

SKY (V.O)
My name is the Wicked Witch of the
West. I am the creator of Silk
Road.
SKY (V.O)
You may have seen the revelations
come out this morning, from that
gossip blog which I will NOT link
to. I will say this: the enemies of
this community have made themselves
clear.
Sky goes outside for a midnight walk.
SKY (V.O)
If we are going to survive, we need
to adopt a long term vision. We are
going to be prepared for the war to
come. Its the only way we can have
a shot at realizing our vision.
Sky climbs to an urban peak somewhere and looks out at the
night sky.
SKY (V.O)
This is not some silly experiment,
not some shooting star that burns
out quickly. We are not going to
let these the moral zealots wage
their crusade against the internet.
Sky turns around and starts walking back home.

SKY (V.O)
Silk Road was built to serve you.
This site is nothing without the
buyers and suppliers that make this
community what it is. And as we
grow stronger, the system grows
weaker. We will never let the dream
of a fully open marketplace die.
45.

CALEB and TIFFANY are sitting in the office together.
CALEB sees a popup ad on his computer saying "WARNING: THIS
IS THE POLICE. CALL THIS NUMBER NOW"
CALEB
Whoa, Tiffany, look at this!
TIFFANY
That is an obvious scam, thats a
1-800 number. Dont be so paranoid.
BEAT, as CALEB realizes it is in fact a scam.
CALEB
Sky was right. We need to encrypt
everything. The site, our personal
communications, our data,
everything.
TIFFANY
Since the media know, we may
already be compromised.
CALEB
Youre right, we need to take extra
precautions when we set up the
encryption.
TIFFANY
Dont worry - I know how to make
sure that that nobody can tamper
with it.
MONTAGE - MUSIC: SUNSHINE BY RYE RYE

26 INT - TIFFANYS APARTMENT - EVENING 26
TIFFANY is buying airline tickets online.
TIFFANY (V. O.)

We should do a bit of travel for
it. If there is a threat, someone
will have to physically follow us
to get close enough to tamper with
our hardware. Lets head to Nevada
to get some jurisdictional
diversity.
46.

CALEB and TIFFANY are in a car, driving to the airport.
TIFFANY
Whoa, you didnt think I would
actually take the ticket we bought
online?
CALEB
I dunno?
TIFFANY
Who knows how many people have
access to airline passenger lists,
legally or illegally.
CALEB AND TIFFANY ARE DRIVING OFF INTO THE DESERT.
TIFFANY (V. O.)
Where were going is a few hundred
miles from the destination on the
dummy ticket, so if anyone is
following us, that should buy us
some time.
CALEB ROLLS SOME DICE.
TIFFANY (V. O.)

We pick the town we stop at at
random.
CALEB AND TIFFANY GET OUT OF THE CAR IN A SMALL, REMOTE

DESERT TOWN.
TIFFANY (V. O.)
We pick the hardware store we go to
at random.
TIFFANY (V. O.)
We pick the brand of laptop we buy
at random. Because now theres an
almost zero chance this particular
laptop has been compromised when we
buy it.
CALEB AND TIFFANY WALK INTO A HARDWARE STORE.

They buy 5 laptops, 5 phones, a camera and some
e-cigarettes.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 47.
CALEB
I cant get through this without
vaping.
CALEB AND TIFFANY ARE DRIVING AGAIN.

TIFFANY (V. O.)
We stop at a motel chosen at
random.
They stop at a motel and go in.

28 INT - SMALL TOWN MOTEL - DAYTIME 28
TIFFANY
Can we get a room for Peaches
Mercedes and Johnny Gypsy.
TIFFANY
Those are our real names.
TIFFANY PAYS CASH.

CALEB AND TIFFANY GO TO THEIR HOTEL ROOM.
TIFFANY
There should only be the two of us
present in the room when I run the
process. Theres not much you can
do against slight of hand attacks
that could compromise the machine.
CALEB
What, you think were going to be
hacked by an amateur magician?
TIFFANY shrugs. They both start modifying the machines.
TIFFANY (V. O.)

We remove the WiFi adapter before
powering on the laptop. We want
absolutely no online tampering or
monitoring. We remove the
microphones and accelerometers too,
just in case.
TIFFANY inserts a disk drive.
TIFFANY (V. O.)
We boot these guys straight from
the DVD drive.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 48.
TIFFANY PLANTS CAMERAS OUTSIDE THE HOTEL ROOM.

TIFFANY (V. O.)
Computers can leak electromagnetic
interference that can give an
eavesdropper information on the
computation. Im not kidding, this
is a real attack. We want to
monitor the area to make sure there
are no black vans outside as we run
the process overnight.
THE NEXT MORNING, CALEB AND TIFFANY WAKE UP.

TIFFANY
Time to scan the camera footage for
black vans.
TIFFANY SKIPS THROUGH THE TAPES.

TIFFANY
Looks good.
TIFFANY
Alright, time to head home.
CALEB AND TIFFANY DRIVE BACK ACROSS THE DESERT.
TIFFANY (V. O.)
One more stop.
They stop in a random location on the side of the road.
TIFFANY
Lets remove the batteries, I have
no desire to start a lithium fire.
They blow up the camera.
CALEB and TIFFANY get back in the car again, and start
driving. CALEB vapes.
CALEB
Safe at last.
The phones are ringing nonstop. TIFFANY and IMRE are the
only two in the office.
TIFFANY picks up a ringing phone.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 49.
TIFFANY
Hello?
TIFFANY
Yes, I know youre worried about
the investigation. We are doing our
best to keep your info secure but
there are no guarantees.
TIFFANY
Can you not say those kinds of
things to me on the phone? Were
all in this together, buddy. Im
just as scared as you.
TIFFANY
You know what, youre boring me.
Never call this number again.
TIFFANY hangs up.
TIFFANY
You will not believe what this
guys screen name was.
"Ctrl-Alt-Weed". Now hes worrying
about being busted for selling
weed.
IMRE
What do we do about these guys?
TIFFANY
I dunno. Lets just unplug the
phones.
IMRE
Were even getting letters.
IMRE picks up a letter and is about to open it.
TIFFANY:
Dont open that! It might be
anthrax.
SKY comes in.
TIFFANY
These guys are freaking out.
Theyre going to attract the wrong
kind of attention, very fast.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 50.
SKY
We need to do something about these
guys. There are a number of people
who know this address. I bet a few
know our identities too.
SKY sits down at a computer. She checks out the section on

Silk Road under assassinations, and starts typing out an
ad starting HITMAN WANTED
30 INT - SEEDY NIGHTCLUB - EVENING 30
SKY is sitting down at a table in the nightclub, waiting for

a HITMAN to arrive. The HITMAN is a young man dressed very
self-consciously like an anime villain. He has brightly
colored hair and is wearing a black trench coat.
SKY
Are you the cleaning man?
HITMAN
You got a mess, I clean it up.
BEAT, as SKY wonders if the HITMAN has actually taken that

as a metaphor, or literally.
SKY
Heh, cool. So I have a bunch of
people I need "taken out".
HITMAN
Have you ever done this before?
SKY
Why are you asking me this? Have
you ever done this before?
HITMAN
No.
SKY leans back in her chair.

SKY
What is this, amateur hour?
SKY gets up and starts to leave.
HITMAN
Did you know, Facebook Live airs on
average four murders in one day!
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 51.
SKY
What?
SKY turns back around.
HITMAN
What Im saying is, you can learn
anything on the internet.
SKY
Look, I dont have time for this.
BEAT, as the HITMAN thinks about how to convince her.

HITMAN
I get it. You sense your party boat
drifting toward a waterfall, and
youre thinking about which way to
leap.
SKY
Pretty much.
SKY steps back towards the hitman.

HITMAN
Who do you need taken out.
SKY sits back down again.

SKY
A bunch of people. A bunch of
suppliers who know our identity and
are likely to talk, plus a private
investigator that I hired.
HITMAN
You want me to kill someone YOU
hired before? You have to see why
that makes me concerned.
SKY
He was a P.I., not a hitman. What
you think - Im going to hire
another hitman to go after my first
hitman? What kind of operation is
this?
HITMAN shrugs.
HITMAN
Youre the one who used the phrase
amateur hour.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 52.
SKY
Whatever, get it done. $100,000 in
bitcoins, right?
HITMAN
Per hit.
SKY shows HITMAN her phone.
SKY
Heres my Snapchat. Send me pics
when youre done.
The HITMAN is genuinely shocked.
HITMAN
Thats pretty fucked up.
SKY
I want to make sure youre not
joking with me.
HITMAN shrugs.
HITMAN
Okay. Alright.
31 EXT - PARK- SAN FRANCISCO - DAY 31
CALEB and TIFFANY are lying down in a park in San Francisco.

TIFFANY
Looks like another exchange got
hacked.
CALEB
Which one?
TIFFANY
This one started off as a Magic:
The Gathering trading site, then
they expanded into a bitcoin / USD
exchange, then the guy who started
it took the money and ran off to
Japan.
CALEB
Hey look at this.
CALEB shows a video on his phone.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 53.
TIFFANY
Whats this?
CALEB
You know that guy on YouTube who
does those chalkboard conspiracy
videos? He did one about us.
TIFFANY
No way! That guy is hilarious!
CALEB
Im sure its funny from a
distance, like if you dont know
people who actually believe that
stuff.
TIFFANY
Let me see.
The CONSPIRACY GUY is pacing around his studio, writing on a
chalkboard.
CONSPIRACY GUY
But you see, heres the thing. Let
me tell you folks. A lot of people
are thinking, the economic system,
not of this country, but the world
will collapse.
He turns the chalkboard over, to reveal a diagram about

bitcoin.
CONSPIRACY GUY
The rest of the media, they say
"Dont worry about it", "Whos
thinking that?" They mock, they
threaten, they downplay. Everyone
tries to discourage you from buying
gold. And whilst the price is low,
they gobble it all up.
The CONSPIRACY GUY looks directly into the camera.
CONSPIRACY GUY
You guys remember my golden rule,
right? Whoever has the gold, makes
the rules.
CONSPIRACY GUY points to the chalkboard again.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 54.
CONSPIRACY GUY
If gold isnt available to you and
me, were thinking, we need to
switch to something else. And Ive
found something else - an online
currency called bitcoin. It wont
collapse as the system collapses.
The CONSPIRACY GUY points to a projector screen with the
Silk Road interface blown up.
CONSPIRACY GUY
And look, you can go on websites
like this one, Silk Road, and use
this currency, without being
tracked by anyone. No state
surveillance, no inflation. This,
my friends, I think is the future.
TIFFANY
I guess this is the most positive
mainstream media attention were
going to get.
The HITMAN is following a DRUG DEALER from the Silk Road
website down a street. He is trying extra hard to be sneaky,
so much that he looks suspicious. He is still wearing the
black trench coat from before.
He takes a short video of the DRUG DEALER and sends it to
SKY.
THE DRUG DEALER TURNS ONTO AN ABANDONED ALLEYWAY, AND THE
HITMAN FOLLOWS HIM.
THE HITMAN OPENS HIS COAT TO REVEAL A BUNCH OF COMICALLY
STYLIZED WEAPONS - A LIGHTSABER, A SWORD, A PISTOL ETC -
THAT LOOK LIKE SOMETHING OUT OF A VIDEO GAME.
MUSIC: CROWN ON THE GROUND
The DRUG DEALER notices him.
DRUG DEALER
That is it. I have had enough of
this damn website.
THE DRUG DEALER STARTS WALKING BRISKLY, TURNING BACK ONTO
THE MAIN ROAD.
The HITMAN chases after him. As he runs, the HITMAN takes
out his phone to call SKY.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 55.
HITMAN
This guy is getting away!
THEY RUN DOWN A MAIN STREET.

A COP SEES THE CHASE AND STARTS RUNNING AFTER BOTH OF THEM.
NOTICING THE COP, THE DRUG DEALER JUMPS INTO A NEARBY
CONVERTIBLE AND STEALS IT. HE DRIVES AWAY.
THE HITMAN ALSO STEALS A CAR AND CHASES AFTER HIM.

HITMAN
I have no idea where this guy is
driving! He said he had had enough
of your damn website.
HITMAN
I dont know if he is coming after
you! I dont think this guy even
knows where youre based.
A CAR CHASE ENSUES BETWEEN THE DRUG DEALER AND THE HITMAN.
THE COP IS FOLLOWING AS WELL, THOUGH LAGGING BEHIND.
THE DRUG DEALER STOPS AT THE EXTERIOR OF THE WORKSHOP AND
GETS OUT OF THE CAR. HE GOES INTO THE WORKSHOP.
THE HITMAN SWERVES TO STOP AS WELL.

He is still talking on the phone with Sky.
HITMAN
Im outside that sketchy workshop
place where those hackers hang out.
Sky, Ill call you back.
KEN is in the building, working on his contraption. IMRE is

with him.
The DRUG DEALER storms into the building.
DRUG DEALER
Im looking for Silk Road.
KEN
I dont know anything about it.
Hey, Imre, you must know.
IMRE glares at KEN, who looks immediately apologetic.

IMRE RUNS OUT OF THE BUILDING, DOWN A FIRE ESCAPE STAIRCASE.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 56.
IMRE realizes hes left his wallet behind, but doesnt want
to risk being caught by the angry supplier.
THE DRUG DEALER RUNS AFTER HIM.
A COP ENTERS THE BUILDING STRAIGHT AFTER.
IMRE RUNS OUT OF THE BUILDING AND IS PICKED UP IN A CAR BY

THE HITMAN, WHO DRIVES THEM BOTH AWAY TO SAFETY.
34 INT - APARTMENT - EVENING - SAME 34
DILAN is lying in bed in his apartment. CALEB comes to talk

to him.
CALEB
Come on, you have got to get out of
bed.
DILAN
Im sorry, I cant face anything
right now.
CALEB
I cant take care of stuff without
you. Sky has written this crazy
rant that is going to provoke the
authorities.
DILAN sits up, but his head is still hanging.

DILAN
I saw. Its totally unhinged.
CALEB
And now, all our suppliers are
freaking out in case law
enforcement has their addresses.
DILAN
If they didnt sell drugs, they
have nothing to hide.
CALEB
And you still didnt call back RKS.
Hes our investor, he could sue us.
DILAN
Urgh...
DILAN lies back down.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 57.
CALEB
And apparently Sky wrote an ad
looking for an internet hitman?
Pretty disturbing.
DILAN
I need to get out of San Francisco.
Too much weird stuff happens here.
CALEB
Look, you need to talk to Sky.
Youre the only one shell listen
to.
DILAN
Why me?
CALEB rolls his eyes.

CALEB
Can you stop faking, please?
Because she has a thing for you,
obviously. And its clearly mutual.
DILAN
I dont know if I can face her. I
literally cant move my arms or
legs. Depression affects your whole
body and makes you feel heavy.
CALEB
Take this.
CALEB hands him a pill, and DILAN takes it.
DILAN
What was that? Meth?
CALEB
Yes.
DILAN
Mother of ...
CALEB
Dont worry, its just Adderall.
You need it to snap out of this. We
need you Dilan.
DILAN:
Alright, alright. Just give me a
minute. I will go talk to Sky.
58.

The HITMAN and IMRE are driving out of the city.
IMRE
Thanks for the ride.
HITMAN
No problem.
IMRE
I need to go back to that place, I
left my wallet there.
HITMAN
Never return to the scene of the
crime.
IMRE starts yelling. Yelling seems weird, given his usually

deadpan demeanor.
IMRE
Are you dumb as fuck? Thats not
the scene of the crime! Also, a cop
was already there, and I left my
identification there! Completely
different situation.
HITMAN
What I was trying to say was, its
already over for you.
IMRE knows he is right. He doesnt say anything. He looks
outside the other side of the convertible.
36 INT - SKYS APARTMENT - EVENING 36

SKY is vaping by herself on the balcony of her apartment.
DILAN knocks on her door.
SKY
What!
SKY opens the door.
DILAN
Can I come in?
SKY
Go ahead.
DILAN walks into Skys apartment.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 59.
DILAN
I came here to tell you that
everything has gone totally out of
control. But on the way here, I saw
on the news the police for are
searching for Imre. Apparently he
ran away from that workshop in a
stolen car.
SKY
I saw.
DILAN
You know what that means, right?
The cops are going to be
investigating him, and it is
literally probably a matter of days
before they find us.
SKY turns away from him. She sits down on the couch and
sulks.
SKY
You know as well as me, how unfair
this is.
DILAN
Sky, what is this about.
SKY
The internet has always been this
one place where people can just do
what they want. Where people like
us dont have normies dictate what
we can and cant do.
BEAT, as DILAN decides how to react. He decides to try to
sympathize, and sits down on the couch next to her.
DILAN
Did you have that moment growing
up, where you decided to just opt
out of regular society to live on
the internet.
SKY
This is our turf, Dilan. We have
actual power here. We cant let
them take this down.
DILAN
Come on Sky, I dont even think you
believe that.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 60.
SKY
Maybe. But I am not giving up.
BEAT, as DILAN tries to take a different persuasive
approach.
DILAN
Theres no need to cling on so
tightly to this fake world. The
real world isnt such a hostile
place.
SKY
That is the opposite of true.
DILAN
If it was true for you in the past,
its not true anymore. Come, Im
here for you.
SKY leans against DILAN on the sofa.
SKY
Do you want all the good times to
be behind us?
DILAN
Of course not. But Sky, you have
got to accept that its basically
over. There is no way that we keep
control of the site without getting
caught.
SKY
So what are you saying? I should
just accept your defeatist
attitude? We have a million users,
Dilan!
DILAN
Im saying we should cut our losses
before we lose everything.
BEAT, as SKY realizes the depth of the mess they are in.
SKY
I dont know what to do Dilan. You
know, I hired a hitman. People who
know our identities- some of our
suppliers, the PI from before.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 61.
DILAN
Sky, once you cross that line,
there is no going back.
SKY
I thought if we took those people
out, wed stand a chance at
survival.
DILAN thinks for a moment, trying to calm himself down.

DILAN
Theres still time to fix this.
SKY
What do you mean, fix this? Recall
the hitmen? Shut down the site?
Change our names, get plastic
surgery and run away to Guam?
DILAN
I dunno Sky. Probably all of those
things.
SKY erupts.
SKY
You are just fucking awful.
DILAN
Im saying we can escape from the
cops, Sky. You just need to agree
to give up.
SKY throws her hands up in he air.
SKY
Fine. I give up.
Someone knocks at the door. SKY goes to answer it. Turns out
to be the INVESTIGATOR from before. He seems mad.
INVESTIGATOR
Sky! Long time no see. And your
friend is here too!
SKY
What is this?
INVESTIGATOR
Just a little bit of an update on
your scammer problem.
The INVESTIGATOR pulls out a gun.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 62.
INVESTIGATOR
Sit down.
SKY and DILAN sit on the couch.
INVESTIGATOR
So Im researching this very
persistent scammer of yours, who
calls himself a - Im sorry I have
to use these words - internet
hitman.
SKY
I can explain-
SKY discreetly reaches for a button on a remote near her...
INVESTIGATOR
Shut up. So Im looking through the
activities of this so-called
hitman, he buys anime, he buys
drugs, he scams the people who sell
him anime and drugs, so I hack his
computer, I read his emails, and
guess what I see?
SKY
Why are you asking me?
INVESTIGATOR
Dont play dumb.
SKY
Why? I mean, I am pretty dumb.
INVESTIGATOR
Well let me spell it out for you -
you hired a hitman to kill me!
SKY manages to press the button. The sprinkler system is
activated, distracting the investigator. SKY drags DILAN
into a tiny closet and bolts the door.
The HITMAN and IMRE are driving in the stolen convertible to
a remote area, along the coast.
IMRE
Who even are you?
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 63.
HITMAN
I work for Sky.
IMRE
Im Imre.
HITMAN
Good to meet you Imre.
They stop at a trail that leads to a cave.
HITMAN:
Do you want to come in?
IMRE shrugs.
38 INT - HITMANS CAVE - DAY 38
The HITMANs apartment is located on the inside of a cave.

decorated with anime and movie posters. He has maps and a
sword collection displayed on the walls. IMRE and the HITMAN
enter.
HITMAN
Welcome to my lair.
JARRED
You put a lot of effort into this
actually being a lair.
HITMAN
Thanks.
BEAT, awkward silence.
IMRE
What do you do?
HITMAN
Im a freelancer.
IMRE
A freelance what?
HITMAN
Hitman.
IMRE rolls his eyes and sits down at the living room table.
IMRE
Get real.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 64.
HITMAN
I am real. But to be honest, this
is my first job.
IMRE
For Sky?
HITMAN
Yeah, she told me to kill like 10
people involved in Silk Road for
$100k in bitcoin.
IMRE
$100k total?
HITMAN
Each.
IMRE
OK, I am probably going to both
jail and hell.
HITMAN
Listen, kid, you can hide out here
for the time being whilst you
figure out what to do. But I would
not recommend going back into the
city again.
IMRE
So Im a real fugitive, huh.
HITMAN
You can use my laptop to contact
Sky. If you get busted, chances are
I get busted, so Id prefer you
didnt.
The HITMAN gets up and goes to the door, wielding an anime
weapon.
HITMAN
As for me, I have unfinished
business.
The HITMAN leaves.
65.
39 INT - SKYS PANIC ROOM - EVENING 39

DILAN and SKY are pressed uncomfortably close together in a
tiny panic room.
DILAN
What is this?
SKY
Its a panic room.
DILAN
Why do you have one of these?
SKY
I couldnt afford a war room.
DILAN laughs.
DILAN
Sky, before I met you, I was just a
normal software engineer. I cant
believe Im in this situation.
SKY
Do you regret it?
DILAN
"If you enjoy wickedness, it shows
that Nature intended you to be
wicked, and it would be wicked not
to be."
SKY
Who said that?
DILAN
Marquis de Sade.
SKY laughs, slightly.
SKY
What are we going to do?
DILAN
I dont know. Die in each others
arms?
SKY and DILAN kiss.
SKY
Nah.
66.
SKY presses a button and the panic room acts like an

elevator that takes them out of the building.
40 INT - LARGE APARTMENT - AFTERNOON - SAME 40
KEN is playing chess against himself in his apartment.
The phone rings.

KEN
Hello?
IMRE is talking on the other side.

IMRE
Hi Ken.
KEN
Youre safe!
IMRE
Yeah.
KEN
Let me help you.
IMRE
I dont want to leave this random
cave Im in. Im on the run.
KEN
So I hear.
IMRE
What should I do?
KEN
Once upon a time I founded a cult
in New Zealand.
YOUNG KEN WALKS THROUGH A SMALL VILLAGE IN THE NEW ZEALAND
WILDERNESS. THE BUILDINGS IN THE VILLAGE ARE SHAPED LIKE
GEODESIC DOMES. PEOPLE ARE DRESSED LIKE ITS THE 60S OR 70S.
KEN (O.H.)
I put out a classified ad for
people who wanted to play act the
end of the world. About 20 people
replied. We all moved out to New
Zealand.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 67.
KEN (O.H.)
Eventually, things got more and
more intense, and they started to
believe that doomsday was actually
happening. I tried to convince them
otherwise.
YOUNG KEN IS WORSHIPPED AS THE LEADER.
KEN (O.H.)
But it wouldnt work. They couldnt
get over the cognitive dissonance.
I left, but they still worshipped
me as their leader. Some of them
are still there today.
IMRE IS NOT IMPRESSED.
IMRE
Thats history. What does it have
to do with me?
KEN
I could smuggle you out there via
helicopter. Ill come pick you up,
drive you to the helicopter base.
You can hide out in NZ whilst you
figure out what else to do.
IMRE shrugs.
IMRE
Alright. That makes sense. Thatll
work.
KEN
Cool, Ill come pick you up.
41 INT - EXPATS BAR AND GRILL - EVENING 41
DILAN, SKY, CALEB and TIFFANY sit around their usual table.
The mood is much more somber than usual.
CALEB
So were in very deep shit.
DILAN
Yeah.
TIFFANY
Whats the plan?
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 68.
DILAN
None yet. But there are a few
obvious things we need to do.
CALEB
Such as?
DILAN
Recall the hitman.
A BARTENDER approaches the table. She speaks severely and
authoritatively.
BARTENDER
Can I see some I.D. please?
DILAN overreacts.
DILAN
What? Why?
BARTENDER
For the alcohol.
DILAN
Oh, of course.
DILAN shows I.D. and the BARTENDER leaves.
BEAT, as Dilan waits for Sky to reassure him. She does,

reluctantly.
SKY
Dont worry, Ill take care of the
hitman.
DILAN
We also need to think about
destroying the Silk Road paper
trail. And getting out the money
whilst we still can.
CALEB
Wait, does that mean shutting down
the site?
DILAN
For now, at least.
Everyone seems to be in agreement.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 69.
DILAN
We also probably all need new
identities. We need to hide from
the cops, our suppliers, and this
really angry private investigator.
CALEB
I can hook you all up with fake
IDs?
DILAN
I think we might need a bit more
than that. Luckily, we do run the
worlds biggest illicit
marketplace...
TIFFANY
Has anyone heard from Jarred?
DILAN
Not me. Add that to our to-do list.
CALEB
Whos going to talk to RKS?
DILAN
Who does he hate the least out of
all of us?
CALEB
You.
DILAN
Alright. Ill do it.

DILAN walks into the office building from the beginning. RKS
does not look happy.
RKS
"Its not for drugs", they said.
DILAN
Technically, it wasnt.
RKS
What can I do for you?
DILAN
I wanted to apologize.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 70.
RKS
I did more drugs back in the day
than you kids could ever dream of.
Apology accepted. Just please, take
my name off all the paper records.
DILAN
Were burning everything and
getting new identities anyway.
RKS
I heard nothing. I know nothing.
Begone.
As DILAN exits the room, the INVESTIGATOR is waiting for him
outside. The INVESTIGATOR grabs him from behind and puts his
hand over DILANs mouth...
DILAN
Help!
INVESTIGATOR
Listen buddy, you send a hitman
after me, I send a hitman after
you. Except I cut out the middleman
and just come after you.
DILAN
What do you want?
INVESTIGATOR
Nothing from you specifically. This
is to act as a deterrent.
DILAN manages to break free.

DILAN
Because there are so many other
people who are considering hiring
internet hitmen to come after you.
INVESTIGATOR
You never know what kind of psychos
exist on the internet.
The INVESTIGATOR uses chloroform to render DILAN
unconscious.
71.
43 INT - TIFFANYS APARTMENT - EVENING 43

TIFFANY and CALEB are online shopping at Silk Road.
TIFFANY
I never bought much stuff from this
website you know. Seems like such a
waste in retrospect. We have such
great merchandise.
CALEB
Look at all those fake passports.
What countries do they have?
TIFFANY
All of them.
CALEB
Cool. Can I get two? An American
one and a European one. Actually
three, I want a Canadian one as
well.
TIFFANY
Youve gotta choose one, otherwise
itll get confusing. Where do you
want to abscond to?
CALEB
I think Hawaii.
TIFFANY considers this for a moment.
TIFFANY
Good choice. Thats where I wanted
to go as well. I think Ill come
with you.
CALEB
Im happy to have you.
TIFFANY
Im not sure what kind of fake
passport Sky and Dilan want, Ill
just get a few and let them choose.
CALEB
And we should add some drugs.
TIFFANY
Whats "drugs"?
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 72.
CALEB
I dunno, any kind. I just think
its weird to be the worlds
biggest drug dealer and to never to
have done any drugs.
TIFFANY
Youve never done drugs?
CALEB
No! Just weed.
TIFFANY
Alright, lets order you some top
strength psychedelics.
CALEB
We need to cash out our profits as
well now. It might be our last
chance.
TIFFANY
Youre right. We can use a mixer to
launder the money to several
different accounts.
Tiffany goes onto a bitcoin mixer website called Digital
Launderette

SKY is sitting in the corner of the workshop, which is empty
apart from her. She picks up the phone to call the HITMAN.
The HITMAN is through a redwood forest in a convertible.
SKY
Hey.
HITMAN
Hows my favourite female
psychopath doing?
SKY
First, psychopath is a gender
neutral term, and, second, I am not
a psychopath!
HITMAN
Listen girl, I am really close to
killing the first guy.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 73.
SKY
Its been over a week and you still
havent killed one guy? Boy, I am
actually glad youre this
incompetent.
HITMAN
Im not incompetent, I just take my
time. Would you say the chefs
behind the slow food movement are
incompetent?
SKY
Whatever. Listen, the deal is off.
HITMAN
What?
SKY
Im telling you, dont kill anyone.
HITMAN
Sky, Im literally so close to
killing this guy.
The HITMAN has not quite processed what is going on.
SKY
Stop it! I said no!
HITMAN
You cant reneg on a deal like
that! Its like the rent, you
should have given me at least 1
months notice.
SKY
Ill still pay you the full amount.
Just dont murder anyone.
HITMAN
But I have it all planned out! Why
not?
SKY
Because hiring an internet hitman
is a terrible idea? Because I dont
want to attract attention from the
cops and dig a hole deeper than Im
in? Because I dont actually want a
murder on my conscience? Or maybe,
because Im not actually a
character from Grand Theft Auto?
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 74.
HITMAN
Wow, maybe women are too weak to be
psychopaths.
SKY slams the phone against the wall.
SKY
You fucking idiot!
HITMAN
Im going to kill the guy, Sky. I
have an easily bruised sense of
personal honor. I dont want to be
known as the guy who chickened out
on his first hit job.
SKY
Youre not chickening out! I will
literally pay you not to kill
anyone!
HITMAN
Sorry.
The HITMAN hangs up.

SKY
At least tell me which guy youre
going to kill!
SKY slams the phone against the wall again. CALEB and
TIFFANY walk in.
SKY
Ah, perfect timing.
CALEB
Whats going on?
SKY
This idiotic internet hitman is so
blinded by bloodlust, he wants to
kill our suppliers even when I told
him not to.
TIFFANY
How did you find this guy?
SKY gives her a look.
SKY
How do you think?
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 75.
TIFFANY
Ah.
SKY
He says hes literally on his way
to kill someone.
TIFFANY
I can trace the call, if you call
him again.
TIFFANY opens her laptop.

SKY
Good idea.
SKY calls the HITMAN again.
HITMAN
What now?
SKY
You might actually be the dumbest
person Ive ever met.
TIFFANY
Dont insult him Sky, try to keep
him on the phone.
HITMAN
When I met you Sky, you seemed so
cool, so confident. I knew that
suave attitude was threatening to
collapse into paranoia.
SKY
I hate you!
HITMAN
Heres a tip - dont spend so much
time hating other people that you
forget to hate yourself.
The HITMAN hangs up.
SKY
What does that even mean?
SKY slams down the phone.
SKY
Was that enough?
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 76.
TIFFANY
Yeah. I have his location.
SKY
Cool.
CALEB
Ill drive.
KEN is driving IMRE down the coastal highway from before.

IMRE
Thanks for picking me up.
KEN
It was kind of my fault you got
caught in the first place.
IMRE
It was going to happen at some
point anyway.
KEN
Why did you get involved with those
guys at all?
IMRE
Sense of adventure.
KEN hands IMRE a pair of face covering sunglasses and a
baseball cap.
KEN
Dont want anyone to recognize you.
IMRE
I feel like the man in the iron
mask.
KEN
Dont be melodramatic. You can look
at this as merely the beginning of
another adventure.
46 EXT - FOREST - DAY 46

CALEB is driving SKY and TIFFANY through the forest. TIFFANY
has her laptop open to try and track the HITMAN.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 77.
TIFFANY
So the guy should be somewhere in
this area.
CALEB
What kind of person are we looking
for?
SKY
Total idiot, dresses in a black
trench coat like an anime
character, drives an excessively
flashy car-
They pass the HITMANs car, which is parked on the side of
the road.
SKY
Thats it!
They pull over next to the HITMANs car.
CALEB
If the hitman was following his
target, why is his target all the
way out here?
TIFFANY
Who knows.
They get out and walk through a glen, where they see the
HITMAN. Unfortunately, the HITMAN also sees them.
SKY, CALEB and TIFFANY, chase the HITMAN through the woods.
They finally catch up with him when they reach the bottom of
the glen, where they see DILAN being held captive by the
INVESTIGATOR.
SKY
What the fuck?
HITMAN
I told you I had to follow through!
SKY
You did not explain the situation
on the phone. That is not at all
what you said.
HITMAN
Communication is not my strong
point. That is why I am an internet
(MORE)
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 78.
HITMAN (contd)
hitman rather than a public
relations professional.
SKY
Idiot!
SKY tries to slap him but is held back.
HITMAN
So, shall I kill him?
SKY
There is no need for so much
violence!
CALEB
Hey, you could just distract him
whilst we save Dilan.
The HITMAN tips his fedora.
HITMAN
Happy to be of service.
SKY
And dont kill any more people.
HITMAN
As long as you let me brag on the
internet about killing people.
HITMAN
And you pay me twice my original
fee in bitcoin.
SKY
You know it.
The HITMAN runs after the investigator with an anime-style
sword, chopping and swiping in random directions. It scares
the INVESTIGATOR enough for him to run away.
SKY, CALEB and TIFFANY rescue DILAN.
DILAN
Whoa. Thanks.
SKY
Youre welcome.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 79.
TIFFANY
Lets get out of here.
CALEB
Wait, since were already in the
woods, can we try this one thing.
DILAN
What?
CALEB
Get high on our own supply.
TIFFANY
Its this weird psychedelic that
apparently gives you a very intense
trip. It has a very short half life
so its done within 2 hours.
SKY
Ah, DMT. The businessmans trip.
DILAN
And, we are businessmen.
TRIP SEQUENCE - MUSIC : RILL RILL

DILAN, SKY, TIFFANY and CALEB are sitting around a campfire,
toasting marshmallows.
The colors become at first a lot more vivid.

The marshmallows, when inspected closely, have faces in
them, and the faces start shrieking.
The marshmallow shrieks get louder and louder, and the
campfire flames get larger and larger.
Vision starts to shake in step with a pounding heartbeat.
The marshmallows appear to be looking at something in the
sky.
All of the four look upwards towards the sky and see a fleet
of black helicopters come towards them.
The sky is turning orange-red.
The helicopters start landing in the forest.

Marshmallow-faced aliens get out of the black helicopters,
and say-
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 80.
ALIEN
I am Omega. Kneel before us.
CALEB
(Screaming)
Its them! Its them!!

DILAN, SKY, TIFFANY and CALEB are lying in the forest. They
have just recovered from their trip.
CALEB
Wow, what the fuck have we been
selling.
SKYs phone rings.
SKY
Hello?
It turns out to be KEN.
KEN
I have your Imre!
SKY
Thats great!
KEN
Im smuggling him out to New
Zealand.
SKY
Is he okay with that?
KEN
Yes.
SKY
Then great!
KEN
Listen, were driving to this
helicopter base if you want to say
goodbye.
SKY
Is that the one near the woods? We
are in that area, coincidentally.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 81.
KEN
Thats right. See you soon.
KEN hangs up.

49 EXT - HELICOPTER BASE - DAY 49
KEN and JARRED are waiting near the helicopter base. SKY,
DILAN, TIFFANY and CALEB drive up in their car.
SKY
Hey!
JARRED
Hi!
SKY
I almost didnt recognize you, with
the face-coverings.
JARRED takes off his sunglasses and hat.
KEN
Looks like were getting the band
back together.
DILAN
Not really. This is the end, I
think.
KEN
I know.
TIFFANY
Caleb and I are looking to escape
to Hawaii. We have fake passports.
TIFFANY pulls a stack of fake passports out of her handbag,
of different colors.
TIFFANY
These are for you guys.
She hands half the stack to DILAN and SKY. SKY opens up one
of the passports, a Monaco passport, to reveal it has her
picture and a fake name.
DILAN
Thank you.
TIFFANY
Where are you guys going?
SKY and DILAN look at each other.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 82.
DILAN
We dont know yet.
SKY
We might elope together.
SKY is only half-joking.

A helicopter descends.
KEN pulls out a notebook and starts reading.
KEN
"And where are they now? Scattered
to the ends of the earth - or
prematurely aged and decrepit - or
shot and stabbed in street affrays
- or dead of disappointed hopes and
broken hearts - all gone, or nearly
all - victims devoted upon the
altar of the golden calf."
DILAN
Whats that?
KEN
Something written about the
teenagers of the California gold
rush, 20 years later.
SKY
Thats definitely going to be us.
The helicopter lands.
IMRE
I think this is my vehicle.
DILAN
Goodbye Imre.
IMRE
Goodbye, everyone. Ill see you
online.
Imre gets into the helicopter, which flies away.
CALEB
Can we get a helicopter escape as
well?
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 83.
KEN
That can certainly be arranged.
DILAN
In that case, Sky, shall we take
the car?
SKY
Yes. We have some destruction to
do.
DILAN
Goodbye, guys.
SKY
Goodbye.
TIFFANY
Well see you soon.
SKY and DILAN drive away from the helicopter base in the
forest, and towards the city.
SKY
Wa-hoo!
A police car starts chasing them.
DILAN
Where do you want to go afterwards?
SKY
Im not sure yet.
DILAN
Or rather, who do you want to be?
DILAN holds up the fake passports like a fan.
DILAN and SKY manage to lose the police car.

They leave the highway for a smaller road.
SKY
One penultimate stop.
They stop at a suburban store called Matts Laundromat.
84.
51 INT - LAUNDROMAT - DAY 51

DILAN and SKY go in. It seems like a normal laundromat on
the surface. MATT, the owner-operator, is a punkish
40-something with a nose ring.
MATT
Long time no see!
SKY
We need some laundry done.
MATT
How much?
SKY
Around $100 million worth of
bitcoin.
MATT
Whoa. Nice one.
DILAN
Each.
SKY
We were planning to put out bitcoin
through a few mixers.
MATT
Sorry, I dont speak tech
gobbledegook.
SKY
Its like an exchange that takes
bitcoin from a lot of people and
mixes it up so you cant tell who
sent the original money.
MATT
Thats a good first step. I can
launder that through a few shell
corporations. I call it the Global
Laundromat.
DILAN
Cool.
MATT
Your money goes from out of the
bitcoin mixer through this
connection of mine, a Moldovan
oligarch, who I cant name.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 85.
DILAN
How did you get that connection?
MATT
I used to date his sister. I was in
a band.
BEAT, as SKY and DILAN dont know what to say.

MATT
That guy will send it through
various tax havens, a couple of
former Eastern Bloc countries,
maybe even property in London. I
dont claim to know.
SKY
Thats a good sign.
MATT
You can pick it up from one of my
shell corporations.
MATT gives them a fan of business cards. They correspond to

laundromats in various countries.
MATT
Whatever country you end up in, Im
pretty sure youll find an
associate of mine wholl be willing
to help.
SKY
I knew you could help us. This is
such great service.
MATT
You know my fee is 60% right?
DILAN
What?
MATT
Dont look so surprised. Thats
actually a good rate for money
laundering.
86.

DILAN and SKY are driving again.
DILAN
How did you even meet that guy?
SKY
Tinder.
They make it into their office building from before.

SKY and DILAN enter the building.
SKY
You dont have any bitcoin left to
cash out, right?
DILAN
Nope.
SKY sits down at a computer and starts typing.

SKY (V.O)
Good afternoon, Silk Road
community. I am the Wicked Witch of
the West.
DILAN is busy planting explosives all over their offices.

SKY (V.O)
I lied before. I didnt create this
website. I helped it grow, and I
got very attached. Perhaps too
attached.
DILAN plants explosives throughout their server farm.
SKY (V.O)
Silk Road does represent something
important. Technologically,
philosophically, practically. Its
something that was not possible
even a few years ago, something
that has touched millions of
people...
SKY and DILAN stand outside, holding a button.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 87.
SKY (V.O)
Which is why Ill be sad to see it
go. Although Silk Road will shut
down, I hope the dream of an online
underground marketplace never dies.
I leave it to you, the Silk Road
community, to continue our legacy.
DILAN turns to SKY.
DILAN
Ready?
SKY
You do the honors.
DILAN presses the button and the entire office building
explodes.
MUSIC - TALKINBOUT THE SMILING DEATHPORN IMMORTALITY BLUES
He and SKY hop into the car and drive away, with the
explosion in the background.
They kiss and drive off into the sunset.

54 INT - BASEMENT - EVENING 54
A HACKER hangs out in a basement somewhere. On his screen he
flicks through several tabs - Silk Road Reloaded, Onion
Marketplace, Grey Black Market - all full of shady items.
He smiles.

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1 EXT SAN FRANCISCO - DAY 1

A crazed bike messenger darts in and out of high speed

BIKE MESSENGER (V. O.)

BIKE MESSENGER (V. O.)

BIKE MESSENGER (V. O.)

BIKE MESSENGER (V. O.)

BIKE MESSENGER (V. O.)

It is light and sunny outside. The mood somewhat resembles a

RKS turns to DILAN. He wants to figure out if he can trust

3 INT - COFFEE SHOP - SAN FRANCISCO - DAY 3

DILAN sits down next to her.

SKY leans in towards him.

Sky laughs to herself.

SKY is trying to figure out she can say to shock DILAN. It

5 INT - WORKSHOP - DAY 5

DILAN is somewhat confused, but tries to humor him.

Dilan presses a key to launch the site.

CALEB leaves and walks to the other side of the room.

DILAN is amused by the conversation, and tries to find a

DILAN sees SKY elsewhere in the party and leaves the

DILAN looks annoyed.

CALEB laughs. Dilan looks pretty embarrassed.

BEAT, CALEB is not sure what to make of this.

DILAN gets up and starts pacing again.

KENs mind is not really on the game. He stabs the plate

IMRE makes his move.

IMRE moves a piece, without even thinking about it, putting

IMRE is not really paying attention to him.

KEN realizes what has happened.

DILAN seems stressed, but SKY is remarkably detached.

DILAN throws up his hands in exasperation.

11 INT - EXPATS BAR AND GRILL - EVENING 11

JARRED laughs sarcastically.

BEAT, as RKS weighs his options. He likes them, but they

13 INT - SILK ROAD SECRET OFFICE - DAY 13

FAN 2 waves her hands frantically.

SKY is almost yelling.

The FANS sense they are getting somewhere.

The FANS leave.

SKY, DILAN, TIFFANY, IMRE and CALEB are sitting in the

The five watch the broadcast intently.

On the TV screen is a screenshot of a webpage, with all

DR. ISAAC (contd)

DILAN is half-joking, half-serious. But SKY takes it very

SKY feels increasingly threatened.

SKY gestures to ignore the caller. CALEB is not sure what to

CALEB gets scared and passes the phone to SKY.

DILAN is walking around the parking lot outside his office

It appears to be S&M night at the nightclub. Lots of people

SKY leans into the table.

JAMIE looks for an exit.

JAMIE forgets the awkward situation momentarily, he is

SKY is especially self-satisfied. JAMIE is torn between his

A BREIF CLIP OF A GUY TESTING MDMA, AND THE TEST KIT

A GUY HAS A REALLY LARGE VAPORIZER THAT EMITS HUGE AMOUNTS

DILAN, SKY, CALEB, IMRE, and TIFFANY are in their startup

21 INT - LUXURY BUNKER - EVENING 21

DILAN is slightly annoyed, turns to talk to somebody else.

DILAN is slightly unsettled by this, but tries to hide it.

DILAN is sitting on the top of the bunker entrance, which is

TIFFANY switches on the TV and changes channels for the

NEWS CASTER (contd)

BEAT, as DILAN cannot quite believe she said that.

SKY sits by herself, with her laptop. She is writing.