SCENE 36
INT. NEWT’S SITTING ROOM—FIVE MINUTES LATER—NIGHT
The threesome sit at a table bearing NEWT’S mismatched crockery, the atmosphere tainted by TINA’S absence. QUEENIE’S case lies open on the sofa.
QUEENIE
Tina and I aren’t talking.
NEWT
Why?
JACOB’S POV—pink and hazy, as though happily drunk.
QUEENIE
Oh well, you know, she found out about Jacob and I seeing each other and she didn’t like it, ’cause of the “law.”
(miming quotation marks)
Not allowed to date No-Majs, not allowed to marry them. Blah, blah, blah. Well, she was all in a tizzy anyway, ’cause of you.
NEWT
Me?
QUEENIE
Yeah, you, Newt. It was in Spellbound. Here—I brought it for you—
She points her wand at her suitcase. A celebrity magazine zooms to her: Spellbound: Celebrity Secrets and Spell Tips of the Stars! On the cover, an idealized NEWT and an improbably beaming Niffler. BEAST TAMER NEWT TO WED!
QUEENIE opens the magazine. THESEUS, LETA, NEWT, and BUNTY stand side by side at his book launch.
QUEENIE
(showing him)
“Newt Scamander with fiancée, Leta Lestrange; brother, Theseus; and unknown woman.”
NEWT
No. Theseus is marrying Leta, not me.
QUEENIE
Oh! Oh dear . . . well, see, Teen read that, and she started dating someone else. He’s an Auror. His name’s Achilles Tolliver.
A silence. Then NEWT starts to notice JACOB’S state: Eating sloppily, he hums to himself, then tries to drink the salt. QUEENIE takes it and puts his glass in his hand, trying to cover.
QUEENIE
Anyway . . . We’re real excited to be here, Newt. This is a—well, it’s a special trip for us. You see, Jacob and I, we’re getting married.
She shows him her engagement ring. JACOB tries to toast the moment and pours beer all over his ear.
JACOB
I’m marrying Jacob!
Now sure he knows what’s going on, NEWT glares at QUEENIE.
NEWT (V.O.)
(speaking telepathically)
You’ve enchanted him, haven’t you?
QUEENIE
(reading his mind)
What? I have not.
NEWT
Will you stop reading my mind?
(speaking telepathically)
Queenie, you’ve brought him here against his will.
QUEENIE
Oh, that is an outrageous accusation. Look at him. He’s just happy. He’s so happy!
NEWT
(drawing his wand)
Then you won’t mind if I—
QUEENIE jumps up and tries to shield JACOB from him.
QUEENIE
Please don’t!
NEWT
Queenie, you’ve got nothing to fear if he wants to get married. We can just lift the enchantment and he can tell us himself.
Several painful moments pass. At last she moves aside.
JACOB
What you got there? Whatchu gonna do? Whatchu gonna do with that, Mr. Scamander?
NEWT
Surgito.
JACOB reacts as though to a bucket of cold water. He comes back to himself and takes in his surroundings. He looks at NEWT.
NEWT
Congratulations on your engagement, Jacob.
JACOB
Wait, what?
NEWT looks at QUEENIE.
JACOB
Oh no.
He realizes he has been taken against his will. Slowly, he gets to his feet to face QUEENIE.
She reads his mind. With a sob, she runs to close her case (several small objects, including a lipstick and a fragment of torn postcard, fall out) and flees the apartment.
JACOB
Queenie!
(turning to NEWT)
It’s very nice to see you. Where the hell am I right now?
NEWT
Uh, uh, London.
JACOB
(frustrated)
Oh! I always wanted to go here!
(angry)
Queenie!
He runs after her.
SCENE 37
EXT. NEWT’S STREET—A MINUTE LATER—NIGHT
QUEENIE dashes out of NEWT’S house and off up the street, crying. JACOB runs after her, livid.
JACOB
Queen, honey. Well, I’m just curious, when were you going to wake me up? After we’d had five kids?
QUEENIE turns to confront JACOB.
QUEENIE
Why is it wrong to want to marry you?
JACOB
Okay—
QUEENIE
To wanna have a family? I just want what everyone else has, that’s all.
JACOB
Okay, wait. We talked about this, like, a million times. If we get married and they find out, they’re gonna throw you in jail, sweetheart. I can’t have that. They don’t like people like me marrying people like you. I ain’t a wizard. I’m just me.
QUEENIE
They’re really progressive here, and they’ll let us get married properly.
QUEENIE gestures to the street.
JACOB
Sweetheart, you don’t need to enchant me. I’m already enchanted! I love you so much.
QUEENIE
Yeah?
JACOB
Yeah. But I can’t have you risking everything like this, you know? You’re not giving us a choice, sweetheart.
QUEENIE
You’re not givin’ me a choice. One of us had to be brave, and you were being a coward!
JACOB
I was being a coward? If I’m a coward, you’re a—
She reads his mind.
QUEENIE
—crazy!
She reacts. He knows she “heard” him.
JACOB
I didn’t say it . . .
QUEENIE
You didn’t have to.
JACOB
No, I didn’t mean it, sweetheart.
QUEENIE
Yeah, you did.
JACOB
No.
QUEENIE
I’m gonna go see my sister.
JACOB
Fine. See your sister.
QUEENIE
Fine.
QUEENIE Disapparates.
JACOB
No, wait! No! Queenie! I didn’t mean it. I didn’t say nothing.
But he is alone in the street.
SCENE 38
INT. NEWT’S HOUSE—SHORTLY AFTER—NIGHT
NEWT’S miserable gaze falls on the piece of postcard. He crosses to pick it up, then points his wand at it.
NEWT
Papyrus Reparo.
It reconstitutes into a whole. We see a picture of Paris.
Postcard text becomes visible onscreen.
TINA (V.O.)
My dear Queenie,
What a beautiful city.
I’m thinking of you,
Tina X