Preoccupied with 1955: Day One

November 5th, 1955: Marty arrives early in the morning (around 6:00 -- 6:15), having just escaped the Libyans at Twin Pines Mall. He crashes first into a scarecrow, and then into a barn. Turns out he's been transported back to the Peabody farm that will eventually house the mall. The Peabodys are awakened by the noise and go out to investigate. They find the DeLorean in the barn -- Old Man Peabody thinks it looks like an airplane without wings. His son Sherman, however, thinks it's a spaceship -- his "Tales From Space" comic shows a UFO that looks very similar to the DeLorean. Suddenly, the door open, and a strange creature in a yellow suit emerges. The Peabodys freak out and flee, leaving Marty stumble over some hay and wonder why he's in a barn. Marty tries to talk to the Peabodys, but is instead greeted with buckshot from a terrified Old Man Peabody. Marty gets back in the DeLorean and high-tails it out of there, running over one of pine trees fronting the farm. **Time Change: Mall changes to Lone Pine Mall** Peabody shoots out his own mailbox in a rage.
Marty drives back to his own neighborhood as the sun comes up, only to discover that Lyon Estates isn't there yet -- it's just a billboard and open farmland. After unsuccessfully trying to get help from a couple driving by, Marty tries to drive on -- but the DeLorean's motor won't start. Worse yet (though Marty doesn't realize this) is that the plutonium chamber is empty. Marty strips off his radio suit and walkman, hides the dead DeLorean behind the billboard, then walks the two miles to the center of Hill Valley. It's not much like the Hill Valley he knew in 1985 -- there's a Ronald Reagan movie playing at one of the theaters, Lou's is a Cafe, not an Aerobics Studio, a team of car specialists waits at the local Texaco to wash windows, check tires, and pump gas, and the famous Clock Tower Clock still works. Marty confirms the date off a trashed newspaper. Still stunned, he see's a public telephone sign on Lou's and jogs over. Lou makes a crack about his "life preserver" but lets him use the phone.
Marty looks up Doc's name in the phonebook and calls him. Unfortunately, there's no answer. Frustrated, Marty takes the page with Doc's name and goes to ask Lou for directions to Doc's place. Lou, apparently annoyed, asks him if he's going to order something. Marty tries to order the 80s drinks Tab and Pepsi Free, getting Lou frustrated, before just asking for something without sugar. Result -- black coffee. Marty pays, then strangely enough imitates the way the kid next to him is holding his head. At a sudden call of "Hey McFly!" they both turn toward the door. Standing there is a teenage Biff, with three cronies. Biff ignores Marty and goes straight to his neighbor -- GEORGE! Biff bullies George into doing his homework for him ("I gotta have time to recopy it") and pulls the "your shoe's untied" joke on him, before leaving. A stunned Marty ends up staring at George until George can't take it anymore and asks him who he is. Before Marty can reply, a black waiter shows up to berate George for his cowardice. The waiter says he should "stand tall" and make something of himself. Marty recognizes the waiter and blurts out that he's going to be mayor. The waiter, Goldie, instantly warms to the idea. George, however, leaves, riding away on his bike. Marty follows. "Dad! George! Hey, you on the bike!"
Marty follows George into a neighborhood, eventually spotting him up a tree. Turns out dear old George is not a "birdwatcher," but a Peeping Tom! While in the midst of spying on someone, George loses his balance and falls into the road, into the path of an oncoming car. Without thinking, Marty goes and shoves him out of the way. The car hits him instead, knocking him out. George flees, and the car's driver, Sam Baines, calls for his wife to help take Marty inside.
Marty awakens inside and sees what he thinks is his mother next to him. "I had a horrible nightmare. I dreamed that I went -- back in time. It was terrible."
"Well, you're safe and sound now, back in good old 1955."
"1955!"
Surprise! It is his mother, only as a teenager! Marty's in shock again -- and only in his T-shirt and underwear, his pants are on Lorraine's hope chest. Lorraine thinks his name is Calvin Klein because it's written on his underwear. Marty explains that people call him Marty. Lorraine sits next to him and tries to touch his bruise, causing a nervous Marty to fall off the bed. Lorraine's mother Stella hears the noise, promptly Lorraine to give Marty his pants and flee the room.
Once Marty's dressed, he heads downstairs with Lorraine and Stella, who asks him how long he's been in port because of his "life preserver." Sam is fiddling with the TV while Lorraine's siblings eat dinner. Marty meets a baby version of his Uncle Joey, playing in his playpen -- Stella admits the "he cries whenever we take him out, so we just leave him in there all the time." Sam wheels in the new TV to watch Jackie Gleason -- Lorraine asks Marty if he has a television. Marty replies that he has two, prompting Milton to say that he must be rich. Stella says that Marty must be teasing, no one has two television sets. Marty recognizes the "Honeymooners" episode as the one George was watching, saying he saw it on a rerun -- Milton says it's brand new and asks what a rerun is. Marty asks Sam for directions to "Riverside Drive" -- Sam gives them, saying it's a "block past Maple." Marty says that's JFK Drive -- Sam asks who JFK is. Lorraine asks if Marty could spend the night, since Sam nearly ran him over. "He can sleep in my room," she says, squeezing his thigh. Not surprisingly, Marty promptly makes his goodbyes and leaves. Stella comments that he's a strange young man, and Sam replies that he's an idiot and that he'll disown Lorraine if she has a kid like him.
Marty eventually finds his way to Doc's house -- now a mansion! Knocking on the door, he is greeted by a 35-year-old Doc in the middle of a mind-reading experiment and is immediately recruited as a new test subject. Doc tries unsuccessfully to read Marty's mind, and dismisses Marty's claim of being from the future. Marty tries to prove it by showing him his driver's license and a picture of him and his siblings -- Doc dismisses that as a photographic fakery, as Dave is missing his hair. Marty begs Doc to believe him, so Doc asks him the name of the president in 1985. Marty replies Ronald Reagan, causing Doc to mock him and flee the house with his blueprints. Marty follows him down to the garage, where Doc tells him that he's had enough practical jokes for one evening and locks him out. Marty finally pulls out his big gun and tells Doc the story of how Doc got the bruise on his head and how he came up with the flux capacitor. Doc immediately emerges, wide-eyed. A little while later (presumably after more convincing) the pair drive up to where Marty hid the DeLorean. Doc shows Marty his sketch of the flux capacitor, Marty shows him the real thing. Now convinced (and estatic that he invented something that worked), Doc says that they have to get the car back to his lab. "We've got to get you home!"

( Because this is long enough )

Now time to go and do the stuff I've been putting off. Be back later with a NaNoWriMo update.