Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

(calm, dignified)

We hope you’ll reconsider, Mr. Shaw. We’re not difficult to find. Until then, we thank you for your time.

Shaw Sr. and Senator Shaw watch Mary Lou as she turns, leading her children out. The newsroom has fallen quiet, everyone craning to hear the row.

As he departs, Credence drops a leaflet. Senator Shaw moves forward and bends to pick it up. He glances at the witches on the front.

SENATOR SHAW

(to Credence)

Hey, boy. You dropped something.

The senator crumples up the leaflet before putting it in Credence’s hand.

SENATOR SHAW

Here you go, freak—why don’t you put that in the trash where you all belong.

Behind Credence, Modesty’s eyes burn. She clutches Credence’s hand protectively.

SCENE 39

EXT. BROWNSTONE STREET—SHORTLY AFTERWARD—DUSK

Tina and Newt stand on either side of an ailing Jacob, trying to keep him steady.

TINA

Take a right here . . .

Jacob makes various retching sounds, the bite on his neck clearly affecting him more and more.

As the group rounds a corner, Tina hurries them to hide behind a large repair truck. From here she peers at a house across the street.

TINA

Okay—before we go in—I’m not supposed to have men on the premises.

NEWT

In that case, Mr. Kowalski and I can easily seek other accommodation—

TINA

Oh no, you don’t!

Tina quickly grabs Jacob’s arm and pulls him across the road, Newt dutifully following.

TINA

Watch your step.

SCENE 40

INT. GOLDSTEIN RESIDENCE, STAIRWELL—DUSK

Newt, Tina, and Jacob tiptoe up the stairs. They have just reached the first landing when Mrs. Esposito, the landlady, calls out. The group freezes.

MRS. ESPOSITO (O.S.)

That you, Tina?

TINA

Yes, Mrs. Esposito!

MRS. ESPOSITO (O.S.)

Are you alone?

TINA

I’m always alone, Mrs. Esposito!

A beat.

SCENE 41

INT. GOLDSTEIN RESIDENCE, SITTING ROOM—DUSK

The group enters the Goldstein apartment.

Although impoverished, the apartment is enlivened by workaday magic. An iron is working away on its own in a corner, and a clotheshorse revolves clumsily on its wooden legs in front of the fire, drying an assortment of underwear. Magazines are scattered around: The Witch’s Friend, Witch Chat, and Transfiguration Today.

Blond Queenie, the most beautiful girl ever to don witches’ robes, is standing in a silk slip, supervising the mending of a dress on a dressmaker’s dummy. Jacob is thunderstruck.

Newt barely notices. Impatient to leave as soon as possible, he starts peeking out the windows.

QUEENIE

Teenie—you brought men home?

TINA

Gentlemen, this is my sister. You want to put something on, Queenie?

QUEENIE

(unconcerned)

Oh, sure—

She runs her wand up the dummy and the dress runs magically up her body. Jacob watches the display, dumbfounded.

Tina, frustrated, starts tidying the apartment.

QUEENIE

So, who are they?

TINA

That’s Mr. Scamander. He’s committed a serious infraction of the National Statute of Secrecy—

QUEENIE

(impressed)

He’s a criminal?

TINA

—uh-huh, and this is Mr. Kowalski, he’s a No-Maj—

QUEENIE

(suddenly worried)