The 11th Hour (1995 Video Game)

Gayle Wilson: Anchorperson

Quotes 

• [opening scene: Carl Denning sits at his home, watching the news on TV] 

  Anchorperson : ...State police have called off the intense search for producer Robin Morales of television's Case Unsolved.

  [Robin's photo is shown on the TV screen] 

  Anchorperson : Morales was researching a story about the famed haunted house in the small town of Harley-on-Hudson, the abandoned mansion of Henry Stauf.

  [the screen shows a photo of the mansion, a current image of the main street of the town, and finally a photo of Henry Stauf] 

  Anchorperson : Police have expressed concern that Morales' disappearance may be connected to a series of killings that have plagued the Hudson Valley this year. So far, four women and three men have been victims, fitting a pattern of homicide, and several others are missing.

  [the screen shows a clip of a police officer, putting on plastic gloves, approaches an area in the grass, restricted by a yellow banner. A body lies in the grass] 

  Anchorperson : Robin Morales has been missing for more than three weeks, and seems to have vanished without a trace. She's the producer for the very popular and flamboyant Case Unsolved reporter, Carl Denning.

  [the screen shows a clip of Carl, holding an umbrella, talking into a microphone] 

  Anchorperson : Denning is said to have been in seclusion in his country home in Connecticut since Morales' disappearance. It's rumored that the two became romantically involved while working...

  [Carl turns the TV off. He becomes sunk in thought. Suddenly, the door bell rings. Carl stands and walks toward the door. The sounds of a car door slams and a car drives off are heard from the outside. Carl opens the door. He sees a while UPS truck pulling away. He looks down and sees a package on the door step. He picks the package, examines the envelope and goes back inside, closing the door. He opens the package, revealing a small, portable computer. He switches it on. Robin's image appears on the screen. She looks frightened, apparently in a basement. She talks directly to Carl] 

  Robin Morales : [sobbing]  Carl, help me, please! I can't get out!

  [the screen becomes blank] 

  Carl Denning : [puzzled]  What is this?

  [Carl clicks on the switches, but nothing happens. He closes the computer and places it on a chair. Carl paces around the room, deep in thought. Suddenly, he hears beeping. He opens the computer and turns it on. Am image of Stauf's mansion appears on the screen, and soon fades away] 

  Carl Denning : Damn!

  [again, Carl clicks on the switches, but nothing happens. Robin's image reappears] 

  Robin Morales : [sobbing]  Help me.

  [the screen becomes blank. Carl sighs and closes the computer. He takes a leather jacket and exits. He puts the jacket on, stuffs the computer in his pocket and approaches a motorcycle. Then he rides to Harley-on-Hudson. On the way, he has flashbacks of conversations he had with Robin] 

• [alternative ending #2: Carl chooses Robin. The audience boos. Robin smiles in relief, tears in her eyes. She and Carl kiss repeatedly, while Marie scowls. Robin and Carl hug] 

  Robin Morales : Thank god...

  Carl Denning : Let's go home.

  [they enter the door behind Robin and disappear from view. Samantha is saddened. Some time later, Robin is watching a newscast on TV] 

  Anchorperson : The body of TV reporter Carl Denning...

  [Carl's photo is shown on the TV screem] 

  Anchorperson : ...was found floating in the Hudson river today. Denning disappeared during his honeymoon in Harley-on-Hudson, after his celebrated marriage to Robin Morales, newly appointed president of the Stauf Broadcasting System.

  [Robin, totally indifferent to Carl's death, turns the TV off]