{"id":2138,"date":"2012-01-09T12:13:38","date_gmt":"2012-01-09T17:13:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gadflyonline.com\/wpblog\/?p=2138"},"modified":"2012-07-15T20:11:22","modified_gmt":"2012-07-16T00:11:22","slug":"god-talks-to-mommy-part-one-by-shannon-casey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gadflyonline.com\/home\/index.php\/god-talks-to-mommy-part-one-by-shannon-casey\/","title":{"rendered":"God Talks to Mommy (Part One) by Shannon Casey"},"content":{"rendered":"

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FOR THIS SEQUENCE WE ARE IN MA\u2019S SCHIZOPHRENIC MIND<\/span>:<\/p>\n

INT. HOSTEL BATHROOM – LATE NIGHT (MA\u2019S MIND)<\/p>\n

We\u2019re in a beaten down bathroom. Tiles, tub and walls are filthy. We can see the kitchen below through the various holes in the floor.<\/p>\n

CLOSE UP – Swollen fingers massage a REVOLVER BULLET.<\/p>\n

POP is an Asian male in his thirties; however, he looks much older with his deep wrinkles.<\/p>\n

Pop\u2019s hunched over, hugging the toilet. A cigarette hangs off his chapped bottom lip. Pop forces the bullet into a REVOLVER CYLINDER and spins it…round and round it goes.<\/p>\n

CLICK-CLICK-CLICK-CLICK.<\/p>\n

Pop presses the REVOLVER deep into his temple. The pressure makes his skin turn red.<\/p>\n

He squeezes the trigger.<\/p>\n

CLICK – EMPTY.<\/p>\n

Pop grunts.<\/p>\n

Pop lowers the revolver. He reaches for a bottle of Jack D. He drinks between his cigarette totes. Pop swings open the<\/p>\n

revolver cylinder, locates the single bullet. He takes it out, massages it with his fingers, loads it and spins it.<\/p>\n

CLICK-CLICK-CLICK-CLICK.<\/p>\n

Now, he pins the revolver under his chin.<\/p>\n

CLICK – EMPTY.<\/p>\n

CUT TO<\/p>\n

Pop stares at himself in a dirty mirror. There\u2019s ambition in his eyes now. He puts on a hockey mask. He loads the revolver and cocks it. Bullet\u2019s in the chamber. He finishes off the Jack D and presses the gun to his eye. He tears up. His finger\u2019s on the trigger…<\/p>\n

We hear three KNOCKS on the door.<\/p>\n

SONNY (O.S.)<\/p>\n

Pop?<\/p>\n

We hear SONNY. He\u2019s a cute, charming Asian-American boy in his mid to late teens. Pop\u2019s finger is still touching the trigger. Gun\u2019s still pinned on his eyeball.<\/p>\n

SONNY (O.S.) (CONT\u2019D)<\/p>\n

Pop?<\/p>\n

We see the door knob turn left and right from the other side. Door\u2019s locked.<\/p>\n

SONNY (O.S.) (CONT\u2019D)<\/p>\n

Pop… I dreamt about her again… Ma… I miss her Pop. I really miss her.<\/p>\n

POP<\/p>\n

Yeah?<\/p>\n

He lowers the gun.<\/p>\n

SONNY (O.S.)<\/p>\n

Yeah… you think we\u2019ll see her again? Do you think she\u2019ll come back to us?<\/p>\n

We see the door knob turn left and right again.<\/p>\n

POP<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know… she\u2019s married to Jesus<\/em> now. She does God\u2019s<\/em> work.<\/p>\n

Awkward silence.<\/p>\n

SONNY (O.S.)<\/p>\n

You know Pop… I was calculating, if I take a break from school and work full-time. It won\u2019t take us that long to earn the money back that she took…<\/p>\n

POP<\/p>\n

Stole son…That she stole from us.<\/p>\n

Tense Silence<\/em>.<\/p>\n

POP (CONT\u2019D)<\/p>\n

(Mutters to himself)<\/p>\n

Fifteen years it took me to save that money. Fifteen<\/em> years.<\/p>\n

Pop drinks from an empty bottle of Jack.<\/p>\n

POP (CONT\u2019D)<\/p>\n

Could you get me another bottle of Jack?<\/p>\n

SONNY (O.S.)<\/p>\n

Pop, you need to stop… remember what the doctor said?<\/p>\n

POP<\/p>\n

We\u2019re all dying slow son… Some faster than others.<\/p>\n

SONNY (O.S.)<\/p>\n

Lies hide the…<\/p>\n

POP<\/p>\n

Lies hide the pain. Some smoke, some drink, some jerk off to porn, inhale hairspray, collect coins…etc.<\/p>\n

HOSTEL HALLWAY (MA\u2019S MIND)<\/p>\n

Sonny mouths the speech. He\u2019s heard it all before.<\/p>\n

POP (O.S.) (CONT\u2019D)<\/p>\n

It\u2019s all just different ways to lie to ourselves, different ways to hide the pain.<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll get you some beer. How\u2019s that?<\/p>\n

Hallway is crowded with Restaurant workers that are fast asleep. Sonny carefully steps over them.<\/p>\n

He gets all the way to the bedroom door when he\u2019s startled by something<\/em>. Tentatively, he looks down…it\u2019s a toddler.<\/p>\n

A toddler\u2019s got a hold of Sonny\u2019s pant leg. Sonny stares down the hallway where the toddler\u2019s mommy\u2019s fast asleep. She\u2019s got her hands out searching for her baby.<\/p>\n

Sonny places the toddler back into his mother\u2019s arms.<\/p>\n

We hear CLICK-CLICK-CLICK-CLICK shortly after Sonny walks pass the bathroom door.<\/p>\n

HOSTEL BEDROOM (MA\u2019S MIND)<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a small modest space. Bed, no frame, desk, no chair…etc.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s clean, too clean, immaculate even…as if being PRESERVED.<\/p>\n

Car headlights drift from one side of ceiling to the other.<\/p>\n

On the wall we see a DISTORTED GLOW FADE.<\/p>\n

We get a glimpse of MA; an early to mid thirties woman. A diagnosed SCHIZOPHRENIC who\u2019s HYPER-RELIGIOUSLY PREOCCUPIED. She always has a look about her as if she\u2019s neither here nor there.<\/p>\n

Ma walks into a closet. Camera pans through the closet shutters.<\/p>\n

INT. HOSTEL BEDROOM CLOSET (MA\u2019S MIND)<\/p>\n

We see it\u2019s a walk-in closet turned cozy bedroom. Family pictures fill the wall of a time which has long come and past.<\/p>\n

MA<\/p>\n

Why don\u2019t you ever dream about anything else, son?<\/p>\n

She taps Sonny\u2019s forehead as if it were a light bulb.<\/p>\n

Sonny\u2019s fast asleep. He tosses and turns in his sleep; cold sweat percolates off his forehead. He mouths CLICK-CLICK-CLICK-CLICK.<\/p>\n

All of a sudden LIGHT SHOOTS OUT OF SONNY\u2019S FOREHEAD as if \u00a0his forehead were a MOVIE PROJECTOR. We see a moving image formulate on the wall.<\/p>\n

It appears<\/em> Ma has special powers. It appears <\/em>Ma\u2019s peering through Sonny\u2019s dream and projecting it onto the wall.<\/p>\n

Camera zooms into the image.<\/p>\n

HOSTEL BATHROOM (MA\u2019S MIND)<\/p>\n

Pop takes off the hockey mask. His eyes are red and tears stream down his face. He loads and cocks the gun and stares deep into his miserable eyes.<\/p>\n

HOSTEL CLOSET (MA\u2019S MIND)<\/p>\n

Sonny reaches into a secret compartment in the hardwood floor and pulls out some beers.<\/p>\n

We hear a thunderous BANG!<\/p>\n

The BANG startles Sonny.<\/p>\n

HOSTEL HALLWAY (MA\u2019S MIND)<\/p>\n

Sonny bum rushes the door repeatedly.<\/p>\n

HOSTEL BATHROOM (MA\u2019S MIND)<\/p>\n

Sonny holds his bloodied father in his arms. It doesn\u2019t look good.<\/p>\n

HOSTEL HALLWAY (MA\u2019S MIND)<\/p>\n

Sonny drags his father down the hallway. Workers look on. No one offers him any help. Sonny drags Pop\u2019s limp body down the stairway.<\/p>\n

HOSTEL FRONT PORCH (MA\u2019S MIND)<\/p>\n

Sonny drops his father. He picks him up and again drags him to the car.<\/p>\n

INT. VAN (MA\u2019S MIND)<\/p>\n

Sonny starts the car. Gas is on Empty. It won\u2019t start. Sonny punches the steering wheel.<\/p>\n

EXT. STREET (MA\u2019S MIND)<\/p>\n

Sonny pushes his dead father in a shopping cart down the street. As a car approaches Sonny jumps out in front and waves his hands. Car maneuvers around Sonny.<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

Help! Help! Please Help!<\/p>\n

DRIVER<\/p>\n

(Shouts out of his car window)<\/p>\n

Fucking Bums! Get a fucking day job!<\/p>\n

Sonny continues pushing his father down the street to the hospital.<\/p>\n

Camera zooms out of Sonny\u2019s DREAM which again is projecting out of Sonny\u2019s head onto the wall.<\/p>\n

INT. HOSTEL CLOSET (MA\u2019S MIND)<\/p>\n

Ma wipes the sweat off his forehead.<\/p>\n

MA<\/p>\n

How about something a little more pleasant – bubbles and butterflies.<\/p>\n

She looks at him affectionately and kisses Sonny on the forehead.<\/p>\n

The image on the wall changes. Now we\u2019re on a train.<\/p>\n

Ma digs into some potato chips, sips on a soda pop.<\/p>\n

Again image projects out of Sonny\u2019s forehead…Camera pans in.<\/p>\n

INT. TRAIN (MA\u2019S MIND)<\/p>\n

Metro sways side to side. Sonny steams up the window and writes \u2018I love you.\u2019 He wakes up LETA who\u2019s fast asleep on his lap. Leta is an island gal: gorgeous, sweet and playful.<\/p>\n

LETA<\/p>\n

I love you too. I\u2019d love you more if you\u2019d tell me why we\u2019ve been on this train for two days. Sonny, my hair\u2019s a mess, I\u2019m starving and I\u2019m starting to stink. Please, tell me what\u2019s wrong.<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

…What did you?… when your mother passed… how did you… deal with… how did you come to terms with that?<\/p>\n

LETA<\/p>\n

(She studies Sonny\u2019s face)<\/p>\n

I didn\u2019t, I haven\u2019t. Some days I\u2019m real angry and other days I\u2019m real sad. I miss her. Why?<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

My father\u2019s in the hospital. He… (makes a gun with his fingers and<\/p>\n

shoots his head) They say he\u2019s not going to make it.<\/p>\n

Leta pulls Sonny in closer to her, holds him tighter.<\/p>\n

Wall goes black.<\/p>\n

MA<\/p>\n

That\u2019s not bubbles and butterflies. Oh Lord, oh Lord…<\/p>\n

Ma exits the closet.<\/p>\n

HOSTEL BEDROOM (MA\u2019S MIND)<\/p>\n

She lies down in the bed. She bounds her left leg with rope already tied onto the left bed frame and then bounds her right leg also with rope already tied onto right bed frame.<\/p>\n

MA<\/p>\n

Oh Lord, oh Lord.<\/p>\n

Just as she bounds her left arm with rope…<\/p>\n

The LIGHTS FLICKER on and off.<\/p>\n

Ma freezes up.<\/p>\n

The lights flicker again, but, it\u2019s not coming from the ceiling lights nor the lamp in the corner. Where is it coming from?<\/p>\n

Lights flicker again… Ma locates it coming from the mirror in the corner.<\/p>\n

MA (CONT\u2019D)<\/p>\n

Father God, Lord Jesus… please protect me from the Enemy. Please oh Lord, oh Lord…please for I am so tired…so, so tired.<\/p>\n

We hear a ripping… the mirror rips off the wall and suspends in mid air. A liquid substance drips off the side of the mirror and onto the hardwood floor.<\/p>\n

MA (CONT\u2019D)<\/p>\n

Father God, Lord Jesus… please protect me from the Enemy. Please oh Lord, please.<\/p>\n

ALLIGATOR EYES appear on the top left and top right corners of the mirror. It appears to be blood dripping off of it. The mirror slams into the ground; miraculously nothing breaks. Mirror goes black.<\/p>\n

Ma prays with more and more desperation.<\/p>\n

The room vibrates, loud thumps of destruction come from the hostel stairway just a few footsteps away.<\/p>\n

VIA THE MIRROR – we see a GIANT TAIL wiggle its way through the front door of the hostel.<\/p>\n

HOSTEL BEDROOM (MA\u2019S MIND)<\/p>\n

Ma opens her eyes.<\/p>\n

MA (CONT\u2019D)<\/p>\n

The MIRROR! Thank you, Thank you,<\/p>\n

Thank you Lord!<\/p>\n

We see via the mirror – A monstrous alligator ease its way up the stair. It swings left and right. Its mouth is too big. It\u2019s stuck on the stairs. Another alligator dives into the wooden stairway mouth first, chomping whatever\u2019s in its path.<\/p>\n

With haste Ma unties herself. Sonny\u2019s starting to wake from his deep slumber.<\/p>\n

Via mirror – Alligators rip through and pillage the first room down the hall. They flip the mattress.<\/p>\n

Ma picks up a chair and swings away at the mirror.<\/p>\n

BANG!<\/p>\n

Sonny pops up.<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

Ma? Ma?! What is it?! What\u2019s wrong?!<\/p>\n

Via mirror – The reckless, vicious alligator lunges to and through the wall into the neighboring bedroom.<\/p>\n

Ma swings the chair at the mirror repeatedly, but to no avail. They\u2019re coming and they\u2019re coming fast. We see on the opposite side of the wall, the powerful lethargic alligator sniff around. It puts its nose to the wall and slowly pushes through it.<\/p>\n

Ma watches the alligator\u2019s head pop in through the wall. It jerks its head side to side. It rips through the wall. It looks in Sonny\u2019s direction. Ma takes the chair and swings it at the alligator\u2019s head. It swallows the chair whole.<\/p>\n

Sonny looks in its direction. Then he looks at Ma. Then he looks back at the wall.<\/p>\n

The reckless alligator crashes through the wall just missing Sonny and jumps on top of Ma. Sonny rushes over to Ma.<\/p>\n

SONNY (CONT\u2019D)<\/p>\n

Ma? Hold still. It\u2019s me Sonny, your son. Can you hear me?<\/p>\n

Sonny sticks a MEDICATED needle into Ma\u2019s forearm.<\/p>\n

Ma blacks out as does the screen.<\/p>\n

END SEQUENCE IN MA\u2019S MIND:<\/p>\n

FADE OUT<\/p>\n

FADE IN<\/p>\n

INT. HOSTEL BEDROOM<\/p>\n

Ma springs up. She\u2019s tied up to the bed again. She surveys the room. There\u2019s NO DAMAGE to the room what so ever. Sonny sits by her bedside.<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

It\u2019s okay, Ma. It\u2019s me, Sonny, your son.<\/p>\n

Sonny flicks up another vein in Ma\u2019s forearm. He sticks another medicated needle in her. Ma falls back asleep.<\/p>\n

SONNY (CONT\u2019D)<\/p>\n

It\u2019s okay, Ma. I\u2019m here.<\/p>\n

EXT. HOSTEL – DAWN<\/p>\n

Red sun breaks the horizon.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a broken down three family house. It\u2019s got three floors and about a third of the windows are boarded up. A car frame rests on cylinder blocks in the front yard. Golden brown grass is intermixed with dirt patches and graffiti. A real dump.<\/p>\n

INT. HOSTEL BEDROOM<\/p>\n

Sonny unlocks a series of locks and SAFETY FEATURES on the window. It\u2019s similar to a psyche ward. Sonny throws some eggs into a frying pan on top of a portable stove.<\/p>\n

Sonny takes a seat next to his mother on the bed. He unties his mother.<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

It\u2019s time to get up, Ma. Big day for you today.<\/p>\n

MA<\/p>\n

Sonny? Did you see them? Did you see them Sonny? The Alligators… there were two of them. Two…<\/p>\n

She reaches out to him. Sonny lifts her up. She URINATED in the bed. Sonny sighs. He sits her down in a chair. He changes the sheets. It\u2019s all very routine to him.<\/p>\n

Ma surveys the room. Again, there\u2019s no damage.<\/p>\n

MA (CONT\u2019D)<\/p>\n

One of them things blasted through that there wall. Father God, Lord Jesus the mirror…<\/p>\n

We see the mirror\u2019s still on the wall and again there\u2019s no damage.<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

Big day for you today, Ma. I made your favorite.<\/p>\n

He drops some scrambled eggs with cheese onto a plate.<\/p>\n

MA<\/p>\n

I was hitting that damned mirror over and over again, oh Lord. Then the Gator…<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

…You were hitting the wall, Ma. The wall…<\/p>\n

MA<\/p>\n

Say what?<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

You were hallucinating again…<\/p>\n

MA<\/p>\n

I was?<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

Yeah. You were. Shirt…<\/p>\n

Sonny gives his mother a bird bath. Ma notices some cuts on Sonny\u2019s face.<\/p>\n

MA<\/p>\n

What happened to your face?<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

Pants.<\/p>\n

She takes off her pants. Sonny wipes her legs down.<\/p>\n

MA<\/p>\n

Did I do that to your face?<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

Yup.<\/p>\n

He wraps her hair in a bun.<\/p>\n

SONNY (CONT\u2019D)<\/p>\n

Eat up. We\u2019re going to be late.<\/p>\n

She plays with her food.<\/p>\n

SONNY (CONT\u2019D)<\/p>\n

What? What is it?<\/p>\n

Sonny takes the spoon from her and feeds her.<\/p>\n

SONNY (CONT\u2019D)<\/p>\n

Open up.<\/p>\n

MA<\/p>\n

I\u2019m sorry Sonny, I\u2019m real sorry.<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

It\u2019s okay, Ma.<\/p>\n

MA<\/p>\n

I was just trying to protect you… protect you from the alligators.<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

I know Ma, I know.<\/p>\n

EXT. MODERN PSYCHIATRIC WARD<\/p>\n

Nine passenger van pushes its way through the fog. Patients and Orderlies spread out across the eerie terrain. We see them move, but we don\u2019t hear them. It\u2019s as if they are muted. The lands are grim and morbid.<\/p>\n

INT. MODERN PSYCHIATRIC WARD WAITING AREA<\/p>\n

Sonny and Ma sit in what looks like a throne of a chair which complements the eclectic oversized decor. He stares at a flyer which reads \u201cDo you suffer from depression? Thoughts of suicide?\u201d<\/p>\n

Orderly comes out.<\/p>\n

ORDERLY<\/p>\n

Hi Sonny, how are you? And hi Miss Pain, it\u2019s good to see you again…<\/p>\n

MA<\/p>\n

It\u2019s pronounced Pon…<\/p>\n

ORDERLY<\/p>\n

Pain?<\/p>\n

MA<\/p>\n

Pon…<\/p>\n

ORDERLY<\/p>\n

Pan<\/p>\n

MA<\/p>\n

Pon.<\/p>\n

ORDERLY<\/p>\n

Pon.<\/p>\n

Ma gestures.<\/p>\n

ORDERLY (CONT\u2019D)<\/p>\n

Lovely.<\/p>\n

PSYCHE WARD SECTION B ENTRANCE WAY<\/p>\n

Sonny and Ma wait. Orderly punches in a code and then swipes his card. Door props open.<\/p>\n

PSYCHE WARD SECTION B<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a pretty decent size space. There are plenty of rooms. There are predominantly sparse bedrooms with plenty of light, tiled floor, an occasional framed piece of art.<\/p>\n

ORDERLY<\/p>\n

(Whispers)<\/p>\n

Ms. Pon, why don\u2019t you sit in on morning meeting?<\/p>\n

Sonny nods. Ma grimaces. Sonny leaves Ma there.<\/p>\n

SECTION B COMMON AREA<\/p>\n

Ma takes a seat in the corner. Patients sit in a circle. They all look quite ill and heavily medicated. They listen to BILLY, an early twenties patient who\u2019s \u201ctroubled\u201d by birds.<\/p>\n

BILLY<\/p>\n

The birds, they mock me. They laugh at me. They\u2019re plotting against me.<\/p>\n

Bird lands on the window ledge. It startles Billy.<\/p>\n

BILLY (CONT\u2019D)<\/p>\n

See… they want revenge. They know I did it. They know what I\u2019ve done…<\/p>\n

DOCTOR SO\u2019S OFFICE<\/p>\n

The dimensions of the room are unpleasing. It\u2019s triangular and similar to an unfinished attic. DOCTOR SO (40s) wears<\/p>\n

Scooby Doo tie. He pours Sonny a glass of water, flips through some paper work. There are couches, bean bags. It\u2019s got a college dorm ambiance to it.<\/p>\n

DOCTOR SO<\/p>\n

Here at Modern, we take pride in our reputation. We have a tremendous staff filled with decorated doctors.<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

I know, that\u2019s why you\u2019re so expensive and that\u2019s why we\u2019re here… I don\u2019t mean to be rude, but; I have to be at work soon.<\/p>\n

DOCTOR SO<\/p>\n

Very well, we\u2019re happy to offer your mother placement in our facilities.<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

Terrific.<\/p>\n

Sonny gets up, extends his hand out.<\/p>\n

DOCTOR SO<\/p>\n

Before you leave, I would like a little back story on your mother… I see that your mother\u2019s been to Presbyterian.<\/p>\n

He flips through stacks of medical history.<\/p>\n

DOCTOR SO (CONT\u2019D)<\/p>\n

Mount Sinai, Queens, Our Lady…<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve jumped around a lot of these places in the last few years.<\/p>\n

DOCTOR SO<\/p>\n

And I see that she\u2019s been diagnosed with a violent form of schizophrenia caused by her hyper-religious preoccupation. Wow, that\u2019s a mouth full…<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

Let me just cut to the chase… I gotta get these workers to the restaurant in half an hour. When I was five years old, my mother woke up out of her sleep and said that she was married to Jesus now and was required to do God\u2019s work. She got up and left us… me and Pop that is. I didn\u2019t see her for three years. Then she came back one day. Then she left again and then she came back and that\u2019s pretty much how it\u2019s been.<\/p>\n

INT. VAN<\/p>\n

Sonny honks the horn. He adjusts his seat back and dozes off.<\/p>\n

SONNY (O.S.)<\/p>\n

My mother thinks God talks to her. She thinks the devil\u2019s after her. She hallucinates…among other things. I\u2019ve been giving her a steady dosage of lithium and Risperdal; but lately she\u2019s been getting worse and that\u2019s why we\u2019re here and that\u2019s why I\u2019m paying you an absurd amount of money. Now if you can excuse me, I have to go.<\/p>\n

DR. SO (O.S.)<\/p>\n

Just one more question… Has your mother ever physically harmed herself or anyone else?<\/p>\n

Sonny hesitates. Camera zooms in on the scratches on his face.<\/p>\n

SONNY (O.S.)<\/p>\n

No doc, she\u2019s too smart for that. Just make sure she gets her meds… you\u2019ll be fine.<\/p>\n

A playful finger says hello to a sleeping Sonny. It caresses his eyebrows and then works down to his NOSTRILS.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s flirting with the possibility. It\u2019s thinking about it. It wouldn\u2019t. It won\u2019t. Finger goes up Sonny\u2019s nose!<\/p>\n

Sonny wakes up disgusted.<\/p>\n

NOODLES<\/p>\n

(Always speaks with a mixture of<\/p>\n

English and Mandarin)<\/p>\n

Gross!<\/p>\n

ANGEL \u201cNOODLES\u201d CHEN is an early to mid teens, fresh off the boat immigrant. He\u2019s wacky, goofy, funny…etc. Noodles wipes his finger off.<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

Really?<\/p>\n

NOODLES<\/p>\n

Really.<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

Was it funnier in your head?<\/p>\n

NOODLES<\/p>\n

Yeah.<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

Do you regret it now?<\/p>\n

NOODLES<\/p>\n

A little.<\/p>\n

Noodles lays a wet one on Sonny\u2019s forehead.<\/p>\n

NOODLES (CONT\u2019D)<\/p>\n

Raise and shine ABC.<\/p>\n

Noodles honks the horn.<\/p>\n

NOODLES (CONT\u2019D)<\/p>\n

(Sings)<\/p>\n

Zroom Zroom, Giddy up, Giddy up, Giddy Up, Giddy up…<\/p>\n

CUT TO<\/p>\n

Workers file into the van grumpy and slow. Noodles acts as if he\u2019s a tour guide on a tour bus. He\u2019s obviously a morning person.<\/p>\n

NOODLES (CONT\u2019D)<\/p>\n

On today\u2019s tour we will not be seeing the Statue of Liberty, we will not be seeing the Empire State Building… There is only one stop on this tour and it is yay!!! Pavilion. Yay!!! Boo!!!<\/p>\n

Sonny flicks on the van\u2019s headlights.<\/p>\n

INT. PAVILION RESTAURANT KITCHEN<\/p>\n

Sonny flicks on the kitchen lights. Tired workers go do what they do every morning. Some wash woks, others prep foods… etc.<\/p>\n

PAVILION RESTAURANT DINING ROOM<\/p>\n

It\u2019s an upscale, yet everyman restaurant, decent size, modern, rich with personality and culture.<\/p>\n

Sonny dumps a bunch of string beans on the table. He peels the ends with a few waitresses. The pile of string beans gets smaller and smaller and smaller.<\/p>\n

Noodles taps Sonny on the shoulder.<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

No, not today. No.<\/p>\n

Noodles holds out a broom stick.<\/p>\n

NOODLES<\/p>\n

It\u2019s Monday. Madonna wake up late today.<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

It\u2019s Primadonna<\/em> and no, he\u2019s going to be on time and he\u2019s gonna catch us and we\u2019re all going to get fired… again.<\/p>\n

KITCHEN<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the most intense game of green pepper broom stick hockey ever. Two on two, four broom sticks and two goals. Sonny and Noodles versus MEXICO (Bus boy) and MAY (Cute Waitress).<\/p>\n

Noodles goes between his legs off the wall, no look pass to Sonny and they SCORE! And the crowd goes wild.<\/p>\n

Gamblers collect their winnings. Mexico and May blame each other. Sonny and Noodles do a little celebration dance.<\/p>\n

In walks BOSS MAN also known as PRIMADONNA (middle aged male) a cranky romantic, fresh off the boat twenty years later.<\/p>\n

PRIMADONNA<\/p>\n

(English no good)<\/p>\n

What I pay you for?! To waste food?! Who pay for this? Who pay for this?<\/p>\n

He picks up pieces of a green pepper as if it had some sort of sentimental value.<\/p>\n

PRIMADONNA (CONT\u2019D)<\/p>\n

You. Always you.<\/p>\n

He rips a broom stick away from May and chases Noodles with a broom stick.<\/p>\n

PRIMADONNA (CONT\u2019D)<\/p>\n

I fire you! I fire you! And you!<\/p>\n

And you! And you!<\/p>\n

DINING ROOM<\/p>\n

It\u2019s rush hour. There\u2019s not one empty seat in the house. Bus boy scrambles to clean tables, pours water into glasses.<\/p>\n

KITCHEN<\/p>\n

Waiters yell at Chefs to get orders out quicker. Chefs tell the waiters to go fuck themselves.<\/p>\n

ENTRANCE WAY<\/p>\n

Sonny greets each customer as if they are old friends. He\u2019s very charming.<\/p>\n

KITCHEN<\/p>\n

Sonny walks into workers exchanging unpleasantries.<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

Hey! Hey! Hey! What\u2019s the problem?!<\/p>\n

Everyone talks at once. He gives everyone a look. Everyone silences. He looks at Noodles.<\/p>\n

NOODLES<\/p>\n

That still impresses me how you can get everyone to shut up with a look. It\u2019s like you\u2019re our mother and we\u2019re all scared to get a spanking.<\/p>\n

Sonny spanks Noodles with a motherly scold.<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

Wait.<\/p>\n

(looks around)<\/p>\n

Where the hell is my Head Chef? Noodles?<\/p>\n

NOODLES<\/p>\n

Head Chef went on a run.<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

Went on a run?<\/p>\n

(Doesn\u2019t compute)<\/p>\n

Why\u2019s my head chef making deliveries?<\/p>\n

ANGEL<\/p>\n

No, he\u2019s taking a run.<\/p>\n

(Snaps his fingers searching for…)<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a idiom. No wait, a euphemism.<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

Angel \u201cNoodles\u201d Chen… Talk in Chinese.<\/p>\n

ANGEL<\/p>\n

(Flustered, but determined)<\/p>\n

He\u2019s in the bathroom… running?<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

Angel! Speak in Chinese!<\/p>\n

NOODLES<\/p>\n

You told me to practice my English!<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

Damn it, Angel!<\/p>\n

NOODLES<\/p>\n

(Chinese)<\/p>\n

He\u2019s taking a shit!<\/p>\n

A disturbing sound resonates from the deep freezer, catches them both off guard. Everyone stares at the deep freezer.<\/p>\n

DEEP FREEZER<\/p>\n

Sonny and Noodles caution their step. There it goes again, it sounds like a cross between a goose and a moose. Sonny and Noodles peek behind the shelves of food. LEE (20s) a very young looking immigrant sits on a pile of frozen foods. He\u2019s lighting dollar bills on fire.<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

Lee?<\/p>\n

Sonny waits for an explanation.<\/p>\n

NOODLES<\/p>\n

Before Lee come to America. He had Zroom Zroom, Giddyup Giddyup Giddyup with peasant girl. Peasant girl\u2019s parents went to great measures to arrange her marriage to a very wealthy suitor. Well, being that Lee got peasant girl pregnant.<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

Angel, I don\u2019t have time for this…<\/p>\n

NOODLES<\/p>\n

Which is impressive because she really wasn\u2019t all that cute to begin with and then given the fact that she\u2019s dirt poor…<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

Angel…<\/p>\n

NOODLES<\/p>\n

Long story short… the girl\u2019s parent sued Lee\u2019s family for $80,000 and won.<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

$80,000<\/p>\n

ANGEL<\/p>\n

$80,000… for one night of zroom zroom giddyup giddyup, and she wasn\u2019t even that cute.<\/p>\n

Lee weeps like a moose\/goose again.<\/p>\n

Sonny leaves, it\u2019s too much to deal with right now. Noodles hands Lee a frozen piece of meat. Lee wipes his tears with it.<\/p>\n

NOODLES<\/p>\n

You know, that kind of look likes fun.<\/p>\n

Lee hands Noodles the matches and the dollar bills. Noodles puts the money right into his pocket.<\/p>\n

KITCHEN<\/p>\n

Sonny rips three, four orders off the clip board and fires up three woks. He tosses various meats, assorted veggies, spices in each. He even has time to do a little a dance. Walah… waiter takes out dish after dish. Problem solved.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a clothes pin on Angel\u2019s nose. He knocks on the bathroom door.<\/p>\n

NOODLES (CONT\u2019D)<\/p>\n

Head chef?<\/p>\n

Door opens. Noodles tosses Pepto Bismol in.<\/p>\n

Primadonna taps Sonny\u2019s shoulder.<\/p>\n

PRIMADONNA<\/p>\n

Am I Jennifer Aniston?<\/p>\n

Sonny\u2019s stumped.<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

Are you…?<\/p>\n

PRIMADONNA<\/p>\n

I fifty years old and cannot keep wife. Why? Why wife always leave me?<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

…because you\u2019re Jennifer Aniston?<\/p>\n

PRIMADONNA<\/p>\n

(Takes in a deep sigh due to the painful revelation, nods, then starts pathetically singing the Friend\u2019s theme song)<\/p>\n

Primadonna hands Sonny the cordless phone.<\/p>\n

PRIMADONNA (CONT\u2019D)<\/p>\n

(While exiting)<\/p>\n

He\u2019s young, cute. Okay, but, he\u2019s broke. I have lots of money… I don\u2019t understand…<\/p>\n

Sonny looks at the number on the caller i.d. and instantly smiles.<\/p>\n

LETA (O.S.)<\/p>\n

Are you cheating on me?<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

Am I cheating on you…<\/p>\n

Sonny\u2019s going to have some fun with this.<\/p>\n

LETA (O.S.)<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been in Seattle for a month now and you mean to tell me that you\u2019ve been faithful to me?… Excuse<\/em> me?<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

Well, I get the feeling sometimes that I\u2019m getting fucked.<\/p>\n

Sonny turns. He has quite the audience in the kitchen.<\/p>\n

FREEZER<\/p>\n

Lee\u2019s still sitting in the corner sobbing quietly. Sonny acknowledges he\u2019s there, then returns to Leta.<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

My boss be fucking me. These customers be fucking me. Someone\u2019s always fucking me.<\/p>\n

LETA (O.S.)<\/p>\n

Ha-ha. Sonny…<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

Two weeks, just give me two weeks. I just put her in a new hospital… two weeks. I promise.<\/p>\n

LETA (O.S.)<\/p>\n

That\u2019s what you said last time and the time before that… You know one day… if you can love me half as much as you love your mother that would be more than enough for me.<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

Are you menstruating?<\/p>\n

LETA (O.S.)<\/p>\n

Why do you go there every time?<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

Because every time we get into an argument you\u2019re menstruating.<\/p>\n

LETA (O.S.)<\/p>\n

NO, I AM NOT MENSTRUATING, BUT IF I WERE TO BE MENSTRUATING, ASKING ME IF I\u2019M MENSTRUATING WOULD BE A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF WHAT NOT TO SAY TO ME, A WOMAN THAT\u2019S MENSTRUATING!!!<\/p>\n

Beat.<\/p>\n

LETA (CONT\u2019D)<\/p>\n

I\u2019m horny and I\u2019m gaseous, moody, and irritable…<\/p>\n

Beat.<\/p>\n

LETA (O.S.) (CONT\u2019D)<\/p>\n

I\u2019m sorry.<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

Yeah. Tell me about it.<\/p>\n

Beat.<\/p>\n

LETA (O.S.)<\/p>\n

I miss you.<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

I miss you too.<\/p>\n

LETA (O.S.)<\/p>\n

Two weeks?<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

Two weeks, I promise.<\/p>\n

LETA (O.S.)<\/p>\n

Okay.<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

How are classes going?<\/p>\n

LETA (O.S.)<\/p>\n

Stressful, we\u2019ve got midterms coming up next week.<\/p>\n

Primadonna opens freezer door.<\/p>\n

PRIMADONNA<\/p>\n

I no pay you to sit in the freezer and talk on the phone!<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

I gotta go babe… I\u2019ll call you tonight.<\/p>\n

LETA (O.S.)<\/p>\n

Okay.<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

Hey\u2026<\/p>\n

LETA (O.S.)<\/p>\n

What?<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

I love you too.<\/p>\n

LETA (O.S.)<\/p>\n

Two weeks? You promise?!<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

Promise.<\/p>\n

LETA (O.S.)<\/p>\n

(Finally warming up)<\/p>\n

Okay.<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

(clears throat)<\/p>\n

LETA (O.S.)<\/p>\n

I love you too.<\/p>\n

PRIMADONNA<\/p>\n

And you? What are you doing? Get to work!<\/p>\n

He pulls Lee out by his earlobe.<\/p>\n

SUPER : TWO WEEKS LATER<\/p>\n

EXT. PSYCHE WARD PLAYGROUNDS<\/p>\n

Patients roam aimlessly on the basketball court. Some follow the direction of the ball carrier, some don\u2019t. There\u2019s about thirty patients playing a game of full court basketball.<\/p>\n

Ma\u2019s playing the most intense game of her life without a ball.<\/p>\n

She splits through defenders, dribbles her imaginary ball between a patient\u2019s unsuspecting legs and pulls up from long range. She holds her shooting form as the imaginary ball travels through the air. Patients glance at the rim, then back at Ma. One celebrates, prematurely running off the court.<\/p>\n

EXCITED PATIENT<\/p>\n

We won! We won!<\/p>\n

OLDER PATIENT<\/p>\n

What\u2019s he cheering about? The ball\u2019s still in the air.<\/p>\n

YOUNGER PATIENT<\/p>\n

Someone didn\u2019t take their medication today.<\/p>\n

MA<\/p>\n

Swish.<\/p>\n

A chain reaction happens. Patients on the court celebrate the victory. All the patients… who lost the game?<\/p>\n

Sonny tentatively makes his way through the festivities. Patients carry Ma on their shoulders. Orderly appears and safely hoists her down.<\/p>\n

Ma sees Sonny and runs to him.<\/p>\n

MA (CONT\u2019D)<\/p>\n

Abandon ship. Abandon ship.<\/p>\n

(To Sonny)<\/p>\n

We won! We won! Did you see my game winning shot?<\/p>\n

Sonny looks around. Patients still celebrating. He nods. It\u2019s tough for him.<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

Ma, we have to talk.<\/p>\n

Orderly rings hand bell. Patients head back in.<\/p>\n

MA<\/p>\n

C\u2019mon, it\u2019s lobster night. We\u2019ll talk in the cafe.<\/p>\n

INT. PSYCHE WARD CAFETERIA<\/p>\n

Sonny plays with his food. Ma stuffs her face in, bowl to face. Food\u2019s everywhere.<\/p>\n

MA<\/p>\n

(Food in mouth)<\/p>\n

Why aren\u2019t you eating? You love lobster.<\/p>\n

It is not lobster! It\u2019s like grade D dog meat loaded with ketchup.<\/p>\n

Ma tries to spoon feed Sonny.<\/p>\n

MA (CONT\u2019D)<\/p>\n

Open up… c\u2019mon just try it.<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

No. Ma?! I don\u2019t want any… Ma, I\u2019m leaving. I\u2019m going to Seattle.<\/p>\n

MA (CONT\u2019D)<\/p>\n

What? No…<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

Ma, you\u2019re in a good place. It\u2019s one of the best facilities in the country. I\u2019ve paid off your hospital bills for the next six months.<\/p>\n

MA<\/p>\n

Six months?<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll be back before then… I just need some time to deal with…<\/p>\n

MA<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve been good though? Haven\u2019t I? Haven\u2019t I been good? I\u2019m taking my meds…<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

Yes, Ma, you\u2019ve been great. I\u2019m proud of you. You\u2019re doing good.<\/p>\n

MA<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t give up on me, Sonny. Just give me a little more time…please don\u2019t go. I\u2019m getting better. It\u2019ll be like how it was when you were young…soon, real soon.<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

Ma, I\u2019ll only be gone for a little while. Be back before you know it.<\/p>\n

Ma turns so that her back\u2019s facing Sonny.<\/p>\n

MA<\/p>\n

God said the world wouldn\u2019t understand. He said that the world would treat me like they did Jesus.<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

What?<\/p>\n

MA<\/p>\n

God told me to take that money, Sonny, to save that woman, Sonny. God did… and I\u2019m sorry for what happened. I really am. But, that woman is alive and well because of me… because of God.<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

Right, God told me to do this and God told me to do that… God said it and you did<\/em> it and now we\u2019re here and my father\u2019s dead. My father\u2019s…<\/p>\n

Sonny calms himself. He sucks in the tears.<\/p>\n

Beat.<\/p>\n

MA<\/p>\n

The only reason why I\u2019m here is because you<\/em> think I need help. I\u2019m here for you.<\/p>\n

Ma gets up and walks away.<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

Ma? Ma! Is that really how you want to say goodbye to me?<\/p>\n

She stops. She turns.<\/p>\n

MA<\/p>\n

I\u2019m sorry for what happened. I really am, I really am… and I know how it looks… but, God\u2019s gonna make sense of it all in the end. He is… you just have to have a little faith. Don\u2019t you have a little faith in God? Don\u2019t you have a little faith in me?<\/p>\n

Sonny gets up. He gives his mother a hug and exits.<\/p>\n

INT. HOSTEL BEDROOM – NIGHT<\/p>\n

Sonny sits on the window sill. He spins an empty bottle of Jack – round and round it goes…<\/p>\n

FLASHBACK TO:<\/p>\n

INT. HOSTEL BEDROOM – NIGHT (FIVE YEARS PRIOR)<\/p>\n

Jack D bottle spins on the window sill. It knocks into a clock. It reads \u201c4:23 a.m.\u201d His head and body sway. He\u2019s drunk. He looks over at a pile of clothes on the bed. He stumbles off the chair. He makes his way to the bed, props himself up.<\/p>\n

POP<\/p>\n

Cheers.<\/p>\n

He lifts his arm and drinks thin air. He forgot to bring his bottle. He looks over at the half-empty bottle of cognac on the window sill. He stands to his feet, gathers himself, takes one step and stumbles back onto the floor.<\/p>\n

Sonny (pre-teens) stands by the door with his head down. Pop closes his eyes, swings his head side to side, opens his eyes. Whoa, he\u2019s dizzy now.<\/p>\n

POP (CONT\u2019D)<\/p>\n

(Slurring)<\/p>\n

Do you know what time it is?<\/p>\n

No response. Pop raises his hand like an excited school boy.<\/p>\n

POP (CONT\u2019D)<\/p>\n

…I do. I do. But, I asked you.<\/p>\n

Pop tilts his head until he leans over.<\/p>\n

POP (CONT\u2019D)<\/p>\n

Bring me that bottle over there.<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

Pop, I think you had enough to drink.<\/p>\n

POP<\/p>\n

Bring it to me!<\/p>\n

Sonny brings him the bottle. Pop taps the floor. Sonny sits.<\/p>\n

POP (CONT\u2019D)<\/p>\n

Get ready for this, it\u2019s a metaphor.<\/p>\n

(Clears throat)<\/p>\n

See, this bottle. I like this \u00a0bottle, cause the bottle can\u2019t walk out of my life!<\/p>\n

Pop pushes the bottle into Sonny\u2019s chest. He stares at it.<\/p>\n

POP (CONT\u2019D)<\/p>\n

The bottle knows it\u2019s four a.m. Do you?<\/p>\n

(Beat)<\/p>\n

Give me my metaphor back.<\/p>\n

Pop snatches the bottle out of Sonny\u2019s hand. He gulps and wipes his mouth.<\/p>\n

POP (CONT\u2019D)<\/p>\n

Where were you?<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

Heard there was a gathering at Benson court…went looking for her. She wasn\u2019t there.<\/p>\n

Pop pats him on the back and shoves the bottle into Sonny\u2019s chest.<\/p>\n

POP<\/p>\n

Here, have a drink with your old man.<\/p>\n

Sonny looks at it. He drinks and coughs it out.<\/p>\n

POP (CONT\u2019D)<\/p>\n

(Chuckles)<\/p>\n

Pop laughs at him. He pulls his son in and hugs him so tight, he begins to tremble.<\/p>\n

POP (CONT\u2019D)<\/p>\n

You, me and Mr. Jack D. We gon be okay.<\/p>\n

FADE OUT<\/p>\n

FADE IN<\/p>\n

They sit by the window. Empty chairs face outward into the window. They survey the spectacle at Benson Courts.<\/p>\n

POP (CONT\u2019D)<\/p>\n

So some elder gets a sign from God from which he predicts what day the world will end. So then on that day these people gather at where they believe Jesus will re-appear and pull them up to Heaven prior to the destruction of all human kind as we know it.<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

Yup.<\/p>\n

Pop passes the liquor. Sonny passes the liquor back to Pop.<\/p>\n

POP<\/p>\n

Hmm. How long have these people been out there?<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

Since three o\u2019clock this afternoon.<\/p>\n

POP<\/p>\n

It\u2019s damn near six in the morning now.<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

Yup.<\/p>\n

POP<\/p>\n

I hope they brought food and drink. Hmm… how many times has this elder been wrong?<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

Every time.<\/p>\n

POP<\/p>\n

And he still has that many followers?<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

He\u2019s actually gained followers. Looks like a couple thousand have gathered this time around.<\/p>\n

POP<\/p>\n

Hmm.<\/p>\n

(Sound of guzzling)<\/p>\n

Should we go?<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

Naw, I gotta feeling the world\u2019s not gonna end today.<\/p>\n

POP<\/p>\n

Ok.<\/p>\n

Pop stands up and unzips his fly.<\/p>\n

EXT. HOSTEL<\/p>\n

Urine spouts out second floor window, splashes onto car frame.<\/p>\n

INT. HOSTEL<\/p>\n

Pop drinks from the bottle of Jack D as he urinates out the second floor window. Sonny can\u2019t believe Pop\u2019s actually urinating out of the window while he\u2019s drinking.<\/p>\n

HALLWAY<\/p>\n

Sonny tugs on the bathroom door. It\u2019s locked. He knocks.<\/p>\n

MEN (O.S.)<\/p>\n

(In Mandarin)<\/p>\n

Leave me alone.<\/p>\n

Sonny looks defeated.<\/p>\n

FADE OUT<\/p>\n

FADE IN<\/p>\n

EXT. HOSTEL<\/p>\n

Two streams of urine flow out a second floor two family house.<\/p>\n

SONNY (O.S.)<\/p>\n

Hey Pop, why\u2019s yours so much bigger than mine?<\/p>\n

POP (O.S.)<\/p>\n

Well, hmm, you must get that from your Mother\u2019s son.<\/p>\n

INT. HOSTEL<\/p>\n

They zip up and turn to another spectacle. The sight of Ma standing by the door! Sonny and Pop are in complete shock. She doesn\u2019t say a word. She just stands there.<\/p>\n

MA<\/p>\n

I\u2019m sorry…<\/p>\n

Sonny and Pop are still in shock.<\/p>\n

Pop awkwardly makes his way over to Ma. She\u2019s got her head down.<\/p>\n

MA (CONT\u2019D)<\/p>\n

I\u2019m sorry…I didn\u2019t mean to cause you any pain. Please, forgive me.<\/p>\n

Pop pulls her in and embraces her. He holds her so tight. His face is full of emotions.<\/p>\n

Sonny is not as forgiving, in fact; he\u2019s got a bitter expression on his face.<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

Three years, it\u2019s been! Three years! Where the fuck were you? How could you just leave us like that? You told us it\u2019d be different this time!<\/p>\n

MA<\/p>\n

God.<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

Fuck you and your God.<\/p>\n

POP<\/p>\n

Okay! That\u2019s enough…<\/p>\n

A tense silence fills the room. Both sides catch their breath.<\/p>\n

POP (CONT\u2019D)<\/p>\n

…Show your mother some respect.<\/p>\n

Sonny refuses to move, he refuses to acknowledge her presence. Pop scolds him. Finally, Sonny walks over to his mother and pats her on the back.<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

Welcome back.<\/p>\n

He then turns and walks into the closet and closes the door behind him.<\/p>\n

Pop turns to Ma. She\u2019s still got her head down.<\/p>\n

POP<\/p>\n

C\u2019mon, I\u2019ll make you something to eat.<\/p>\n

INT. HOSTEL CLOSET<\/p>\n

The smell of home cooking still lingers. Pop watches Ma sleep in the bed. He caresses her face and kisses her hand.<\/p>\n

Sonny comes out of the closet.<\/p>\n

POP<\/p>\n

Hmm… You\u2019ve got to hold your liquor better boy.<\/p>\n

Pop messes with his boy\u2019s hair and rubs his forehead against his.<\/p>\n

POP (CONT\u2019D)<\/p>\n

Come here, sit down.<\/p>\n

Pop waits as Sonny makes his way over and sits down.<\/p>\n

POP (CONT\u2019D)<\/p>\n

Those who do not forgive will never be forgiven. You\u2019ve only got one mother and she\u2019s only got one son. And one day you\u2019re going to fuck up too and she\u2019s going to forgive you. Never give up on family. Never. Never. You understand that boy? Never give up on family.<\/p>\n

Sonny nods his head. The words echo over and over again.<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

I\u2019m sorry, Pop. I was out of line.<\/p>\n

POP<\/p>\n

I forgive<\/em> you.<\/p>\n

They hug.<\/p>\n

Sonny notices Ma\u2019s eavesdropping. She reaches out for him. Sonny goes to her.<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

I\u2019m sorry, Ma.<\/p>\n

The three of them embrace.<\/p>\n

BACK TO PRESENT:<\/p>\n

EXT. HOSTEL BACKYARD<\/p>\n

Sonny sits on the side of Pop\u2019s tombstone. He\u2019s all packed and ready to go. He\u2019s sipping from a bottle of Jack D in between his cigarette totes.<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve done all that I can do for her. I\u2019ve dropped out of school to provide for her. Spent over $60,000 in hospital bills alone these last couple years. I\u2019m tired Pop, real tired now. If going to Seattle is wrong, please forgive me…<\/p>\n

Sonny nestles his forehead into the tombstone as his father once did to him.<\/p>\n

INT. AIRPORT CHECK IN DESK<\/p>\n

An attendant hands boarding passes to a man.<\/p>\n

ATTENDANT<\/p>\n

Thanks for flying with American Airlines; have a good flight.<\/p>\n

Man exits.<\/p>\n

ATTENDANT (CONT\u2019D)<\/p>\n

Good Morning, how many bags are we checking today?<\/p>\n

Sonny hoists a luggage bag onto the counter and hands her his driver\u2019s license.<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

Just one.<\/p>\n

ATTENDANT<\/p>\n

I\u2019m sorry sir, it seems flight 342 to Seattle is delayed an hour due to weather conditions.<\/p>\n

GATE D<\/p>\n

Sonny watches the rain drip down the window.<\/p>\n

LETA (O.S.)<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve called out of work already. I\u2019m skipping class tonight. I got the food in the oven. Been doing \u00a0some kegel<\/em> exercises.<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

What are kegel exercises?<\/p>\n

LETA (O.S.)<\/p>\n

It gets it tighter.<\/p>\n

INTERCOM<\/p>\n

We are now boarding for flight 342 to Seattle, we apologize for the delay, but here American Airlines we take your safety very seriously…<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

Okay, they\u2019re boarding.<\/p>\n

LETA (O.S.)<\/p>\n

Yay! I love you! I love you! I love you! I love you! I take back all those bad things I said about you these last few months.<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

They got exercises to make it tighter?<\/p>\n

LETA (O.S.)<\/p>\n

Well, you\u2019ll find out soon enough…<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

Oh, baby…<\/p>\n

LETA (O.S.)<\/p>\n

Yup. Tons of things one learns in college.<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll see you soon. Love ya too.<\/p>\n

Sonny hands over his boarding pass. As he\u2019s walking through the boarding tunnel; he gets another call. Phone reads Modern Psychiatric.<\/p>\n

SONNY (CONT\u2019D)<\/p>\n

Yes, hello. Say what?<\/p>\n

(Beat)<\/p>\n

What do you mean you can\u2019t locate my mother?<\/p>\n

(Beat)<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll be right there.<\/p>\n

He hangs up the phone, breathes heavy. How\u2019s he going to explain this one to Leta?<\/p>\n

He takes a moment to compute this. Passengers walk around Sonny and board the plane.<\/p>\n

Sonny\u2019s stuck. He can\u2019t move. An attendant by the plane\u2019s entrance notices and walks to him.<\/p>\n

ATTENDANT<\/p>\n

Sir? Are you okay?<\/p>\n

Sonny nods absent-minded.<\/p>\n

ATTENDANT (CONT\u2019D)<\/p>\n

We\u2019re boarding…will you be joining us.<\/p>\n

Sonny exhales and shakes his head no.<\/p>\n

He dials Leta\u2019s number.<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

Hi, umm… there\u2019s been a change in plans.<\/p>\n

She hangs up on him.<\/p>\n

INT. MODERN PSYCHIATRIC WARD CONFERENCE ROOM<\/p>\n

We HEAR dial tone, dialing and then ringing.<\/p>\n

We SEE Sonny in a very large very empty conference room.<\/p>\n

We HEAR Leta\u2019s voice mail pick up.<\/p>\n

Sonny carves Leta into a leg of the conference table. He looks so sad, suffocated by the big empty space.<\/p>\n

Sonny hangs up and calls her again. Again her voice mail picks up. There\u2019s a numbing pain in his face.<\/p>\n

Dr. So enters wearing huge bifocals. He\u2019s decorated by colorful duct tape and another Scooby Doo tie. It\u2019s<\/p>\n

purple…very purple. He signs some forms and hands them to an orderly. A group of detective suits and hats follow.<\/p>\n

ORDERLY<\/p>\n

(It\u2019s obvious she has a crush on him)<\/p>\n

You were great in there, Dr So. You sounded just like him \u2013 like Scooby.<\/p>\n

DR. SO<\/p>\n

I\u2019m glad you enjoyed it.<\/p>\n

ORDERLY<\/p>\n

Oh, I did…I mean, we all did…I \u00a0think some of the patients actually thought you were <\/em>Scooby.<\/p>\n

DR. SO<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s hope not.<\/p>\n

Dr. So gives her a fake smile. She curtseys as she exits. He catches his breath as he takes off his Scooby tie and bifocals.<\/p>\n

Three knocks, door props open…<\/p>\n

Now Sonny\u2019s surrounded by strangers with suits and detective hats.<\/p>\n

DR. SO (CONT\u2019D)<\/p>\n

The board is very embarrassed and has made it their absolute priority to resolve the matter as it pertains to your mother. The board has hired a team of proven private investigators and believe this matter will be resolved shortly and with efficiency.<\/p>\n

They all nod with their detective hats.<\/p>\n

DR. SO (CONT\u2019D)<\/p>\n

In exchange the board thinks it best that we all keep quiet about this very unfortunate matter…<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

You\u2019re so…articulate. So articulate and so removed<\/em> of emotion. You know what that tells me? You don\u2019t give a fuck and that\u2019s fine. It\u2019s fine.<\/p>\n

PRIVATE I<\/p>\n

Sir, if I may, you can rest assured. We\u2019ve already started going through all the tapes…<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

…you\u2019re gonna round up all the usual suspects and you will find<\/em> her. You will<\/em> find her. You<\/em> will find her.<\/p>\n

PRIVATE I<\/p>\n

Yes, we will.<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

Yes, you will.<\/p>\n

Sonny chuckles.<\/p>\n

PRIVATE I<\/p>\n

Is something funny?<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

Have you ever not found someone?<\/p>\n

Private I\u2019s stumped by this.<\/p>\n

PRIVATE I<\/p>\n

(Regroups)<\/p>\n

We here at the agency.<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

Oh, would you quit already?! You\u2019re just making a pay check, that\u2019s all and that\u2019s fine. You got the job, go do your job and spare me the false advertisement please.<\/p>\n

(To Dr. So)<\/p>\n

And as for you, I\u2019ll be expecting a full refund. Won\u2019t I?<\/p>\n

Sonny exits.<\/p>\n

INT. HOSPITAL<\/p>\n

Receptionist checks her database.<\/p>\n

RECEPTIONIST<\/p>\n

I\u2019m sorry, she\u2019s not in the system.<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

Okay, thank you.<\/p>\n

INT. POLICE STATION<\/p>\n

Receptionist checks her database.<\/p>\n

RECEPTIONIST<\/p>\n

I\u2019m sorry, she\u2019s not in our system.<\/p>\n

INT. CHURCH<\/p>\n

Sonny scans the crowd of what looks like the homeless and disregarded.<\/p>\n

INT. TRAIN STATION<\/p>\n

Sonny points to a picture of his mother. Homeless man shakes his head no.<\/p>\n

EXT. BENSON PROJECTS BASKETBALL COURT<\/p>\n

Sonny sifts through the crowds, searching for Ma. She\u2019s no where in sight.<\/p>\n

A group of women pray fiercely in a circle in the corner. It appears they are generating energy. Wind circulates litter and blows up and away.<\/p>\n

A group of men shoot dice.<\/p>\n

A couple kids carry a bloodied mattress. Another kid pushes along a lawn mower as if it were a shopping cart. No one even lifts a head indicating that this type of activity is all very normal.<\/p>\n

Sonny takes a seat.<\/p>\n

WOMAN<\/p>\n

Look, it\u2019s adorable.<\/p>\n

Homeless woman tries to sell Sonny a Dance with me Elmo Doll. She presses a button.<\/p>\n

ELMO<\/p>\n

Where do cows go on Saturday night?<\/p>\n

Woman presses Elmo again.<\/p>\n

ELMO (CONT\u2019D)<\/p>\n

To the mooooovies.<\/p>\n

WOMAN<\/p>\n

What do you say? Huh? Huh?<\/p>\n

Sonny shakes his head no.<\/p>\n

WOMAN (CONT\u2019D)<\/p>\n

Alright, just wait one minute… give me a chance here…<\/p>\n

Whips open heavy overcoat.<\/p>\n

WOMAN (CONT\u2019D)<\/p>\n

Life got you down? Can\u2019t get it up? Feeling under the weather? Slipped one by the goal less than 72 hours ago…<\/p>\n

She wiggles pills in Sonny\u2019s face.<\/p>\n

WOMAN (CONT\u2019D)<\/p>\n

I got Prosaic, Viagra, Dayquil, Plan B…<\/p>\n

No. Searches deeper into her overcoat.<\/p>\n

WOMAN (CONT\u2019D)<\/p>\n

I got CD\u2019s, DVD\u2019s, deodorant, soap, shampoo all on sale just for you…<\/p>\n

No.<\/p>\n

WOMAN (CONT\u2019D)<\/p>\n

But, that\u2019s not all.<\/p>\n

She pulls out a King James Bible.<\/p>\n

WOMAN (CONT\u2019D)<\/p>\n

For a limited time a collector\u2019s edition of the Good Book signed by the Pope himself which comes with a two to three or four ounce supply of holy water.<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

Have you seen this woman?<\/p>\n

She studies the picture.<\/p>\n

WOMAN<\/p>\n

Yes, I mean no, I mean I can\u2019t remember…<\/p>\n

Sonny hands her a couple of dollars.<\/p>\n

WOMAN (CONT\u2019D)<\/p>\n

I see her every once in a while feeding the stray dogs, squirrels, birds… got \u2018em trained too. They find her coins and she gives them food. Best bet… keep on feeding these animals cause where they are, she\u2019ll be.<\/p>\n

WOMAN (CONT\u2019D)<\/p>\n

I got bread…<\/p>\n

Sonny buys a loaf. He starts feeding the stray animals. They immediately form a circle around him.<\/p>\n

CUT TO<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a crowd of animals around Sonny now, but still no Ma.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s pretty dark. The religious fanatics are gone. The streets are pretty empty, except for the homeless and the drug fiends trying to get a fix.<\/p>\n

Out the corner of his eye Sonny sees a PERSON in a WHEEL CHAIR staring at him. Person\u2019s dressed like the grim reaper. Sonny looks away for a second and then looks back. Grim reaper\u2019s still staring at Sonny. Wind blows off grim reaper\u2019s hoodie.<\/p>\n

Sonny sees it\u2019s Ma.<\/p>\n

He pops up and sprints after her. Ma presses a button on her power wheel chair. She turns and drives off in the opposite direction.<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

Ma! Ma! It\u2019s me, Sonny. Ma! Stop!<\/p>\n

Sonny runs with all he\u2019s got. He\u2019s getting closer and closer until… Ma shifts into a higher gear. She builds some separation between her and Sonny.<\/p>\n

SONNY (CONT\u2019D)<\/p>\n

Ma! Stop!<\/p>\n

Sonny just avoids getting hit by a car at an intersection. He collides into a parked car. He regroups and sprints after Ma.<\/p>\n

Ma turns a corner.<\/p>\n

Sonny gets to the corner and she\u2019s gone.<\/p>\n

EXT. STREET<\/p>\n

Off screen – We hear a dial tone.<\/p>\n

Sonny hobbles along. He lifts his shirt, he\u2019s cut pretty bad.<\/p>\n

EXT. HOSTEL<\/p>\n

Off screen – We hear Leta\u2019s voice mail pick up. Phone clicks. Sonny unlocks the van.<\/p>\n

INT. VAN<\/p>\n

Off Screen – Again, we hear a dial tone. Again, Leta\u2019s voice mail picks up. Phone clicks.<\/p>\n

Sonny reaches into the glove department.<\/p>\n

He cleans up his rib and his chest wounds and wraps ace bandage around himself. He takes a sip of Jack.<\/p>\n

He tosses a blanket over his head.<\/p>\n

CUT TO<\/p>\n

Ma stares at Sonny fast asleep in the driver\u2019s seat. She takes an OPENED CAPSULE of MEDICINE. She sprinkles the POWDERED CONTENTS into a bottle of Jack. Powder dissolves into the liquid. Ma sets it down and gently closes the door.<\/p>\n

VAN – EARLY MORNING<\/p>\n

Sonny\u2019s fast asleep. Workers file in one by one. Same shit just another day…<\/p>\n

NOODLES<\/p>\n

Ooo, Donna is mad with you! I think he\u2019s going to fire you today.<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

Well, what else is new?<\/p>\n

Sonny wipes the crust from his eyes, tosses aside his blanket. Noodles rests his seat way back, he hits the worker behind him.<\/p>\n

Sonny takes a swig of Jack.<\/p>\n

WORKER<\/p>\n

Ouch!<\/p>\n

NOODLES<\/p>\n

Sorry.<\/p>\n

WORKER<\/p>\n

You\u2019re such a fucking Quiff.<\/p>\n

NOODLES<\/p>\n

I told you to stop calling me that!<\/p>\n

WORKER<\/p>\n

Did you ever find out what it means?<\/p>\n

NOODLES<\/p>\n

No.<\/p>\n

WORKER<\/p>\n

Quiff.<\/p>\n

Noodles pins his seat back more onto the worker\u2019s knees and rests his arm over his face.<\/p>\n

WORKER (CONT\u2019D)<\/p>\n

Quiff. Quiff. Quiff.<\/p>\n

INT. PAVILION RESTAURANT PRIMADONNA\u2019S OFFICE<\/p>\n

Primadonna\u2019s on the couch playing patient. Sonny\u2019s at the computer desk setting up an online dating account for his boss. He scrolls through a hideous collection of photos.<\/p>\n

PRIMADONNA<\/p>\n

They say small egg foo young, I say small egg foo young. Then they say again. I say why you say again slow? They say same thing I say. I say why I say something and you say same thing I say slow back to me? You don\u2019t know what I say? And they no say.<\/p>\n

He looks back at Sonny with a sad face. Sonny\u2019s reaching out to girl after girl after girl… \u201cI\u2019m expressing interest on behalf of my very wealthy boss…\u201d<\/p>\n

PRIMADONNA (CONT\u2019D)<\/p>\n

Why you do that to me? Where you go yesterday? Why no one understand the words that are coming out my mouth?<\/p>\n

Bingo. Sonny\u2019s reeled in a girl.<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

Huh? I\u2019m sorry. I can\u2019t understand the words that are coming out of you mouth…<\/p>\n

PRIMADONNA<\/p>\n

I fire you.<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

Huh? I\u2019m sorry. Come again…<\/p>\n

Sonny leans his ear in a little closer.<\/p>\n

PRIMADONNA<\/p>\n

I fire you! You Fire!<\/p>\n

(Blows)<\/p>\n

Smoke! Water! Fire! Give me keys and bow tie.<\/p>\n

Sonny hands him keys and bow tie and just as Sonny\u2019s about to exit.<\/p>\n

BEAUTIFUL AMERICAN GIRL<\/p>\n

Hello? Mr. Donna? Is that you? Mr. Prima Donna?<\/p>\n

Primadonna looks at the screen. There\u2019s a beautiful American girl flashing on the screen. It\u2019s a Jennifer Aniston look alike on video chat.<\/p>\n

She waves at him.<\/p>\n

Startled, Primadonna waves back.<\/p>\n

PRIMADONNA<\/p>\n

Jennifer Aniston?<\/p>\n

BEAUTIFUL AMERICAN GIRL<\/p>\n

Yeah, I get that a lot.<\/p>\n

(Giggles)<\/p>\n

PRIMADONNA<\/p>\n

I big fan of your work.<\/p>\n

(Sings the Friends theme song)<\/p>\n

BEAUTIFUL AMERICAN GIRL<\/p>\n

(Giggles)<\/p>\n

PRIMADONNA<\/p>\n

I make Jennifer Aniston laugh.<\/p>\n

Primadonna hands Sonny back his keys and bow tie. Sonny exits.<\/p>\n

PRIMADONNA (CONT\u2019D)<\/p>\n

How\u2019s Emma? Are you still with Ross?<\/p>\n

BEAUTIFUL AMERICAN GIRL<\/p>\n

(Giggles)<\/p>\n

PRIMADONNA<\/p>\n

You have beautiful laugh, but, very different from show.<\/p>\n

EXT. HOSTEL – NIGHT<\/p>\n

Sonny again calls Leta and gets the voice mail. He hangs up and tries it again and again he gets the voice mail.<\/p>\n

Van pulls up to the curve. Workers file out. Sonny punches the steering wheel, phone in hand.<\/p>\n

NOODLES<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll be right there. Don\u2019t start the game without me.<\/p>\n

Workers nod and they file out.<\/p>\n

They sit there in silence for a while.<\/p>\n

NOODLES (CONT\u2019D)<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know nothing about it. I honestly don\u2019t know who in the house has been pranking people late at night.<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

What are you talking about?<\/p>\n

NOODLES<\/p>\n

Oh, I thought you were mad cause of… You haven\u2019t gotten any complaints yet?<\/p>\n

Sonny shakes his head.<\/p>\n

NOODLES (CONT\u2019D)<\/p>\n

Late at night, when everyone\u2019s asleep…someone\u2019s been going around smearing Wasabi up people\u2019s noses, over their eyes, into their ears…<\/p>\n

Noodles can\u2019t help, but to break out laughing and neither can Sonny. Sonny\u2019s laugh turns to tears; but not happy tears…<\/p>\n

Noodles notices.<\/p>\n

Sonny regroups.<\/p>\n

Beat.<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

She\u2019s won\u2019t pick up her phone, Angel. I think that\u2019s it. I think we\u2019re done.<\/p>\n

NOODLES<\/p>\n

What your American girl?<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

Yeah.<\/p>\n

Beat.<\/p>\n

NOODLES<\/p>\n

Did she find an American boy?<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

What? No…<\/p>\n

NOODLES<\/p>\n

Italian?<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

No, Angel…<\/p>\n

NOODLES<\/p>\n

(Gasps)<\/p>\n

…Black?<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

… she didn\u2019t leave me for another man.<\/p>\n

NOODLES<\/p>\n

She didn\u2019t?<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

No.<\/p>\n

NOODLES<\/p>\n

Oh… was it her parents?<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

What?<\/p>\n

NOODLES<\/p>\n

Were they racist against us immigrants?<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

What? No. Just shut up for a minute… will you please?<\/p>\n

Beat.<\/p>\n

SONNY (CONT\u2019D)<\/p>\n

Shit\u2019s been getting too much for me to handle lately… she use to help me deal.<\/p>\n

NOODLES<\/p>\n

Oh. What is it exactly?<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know…<\/p>\n

NOODLES<\/p>\n

Is it Primadonna? Is it Lee? Is it…me?<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know… you know what, don\u2019t worry about it. I\u2019ll be fine.<\/p>\n

NOODLES<\/p>\n

You sure?<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

Yeah, I\u2019m sure.<\/p>\n

NOODLES<\/p>\n

Oh, okay.<\/p>\n

They sit alone in silence a bit longer. Noodles doesn\u2019t know what to say.<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

Didn\u2019t you have a game to get to?<\/p>\n

NOODLES<\/p>\n

Oh, right.<\/p>\n

Noodles exits. Sonny watches him go into the hostel.<\/p>\n

Sonny dials Swift\u2019s number again and again it\u2019s a voice mail. Sonny rests his head on the car steering wheel and closes his eyes.<\/p>\n

Three knocks on the glass startle Sonny.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s Noodles. He gets in, pulls out and lights a joint and passes it to Sonny. Sonny just stares at it for a second, then he takes it.<\/p>\n

They smoke their troubles away.<\/p>\n

INT. HOSTEL<\/p>\n

We see Sonny and Noodles put Wasabi on sleeping workers\u2019 faces. They\u2019re chuckling and obviously high off the marijuana.<\/p>\n

They put Wasabi on drunk chefs by the stairway. They put Wasabi on Lee.<\/p>\n

Noodles picks up the infant child who\u2019s always crawling away from his mother. Sonny shakes his head no. Noodles puts Wasabi on the infant\u2019s forehead. They laugh so hard. They\u2019re having the time of their lives.<\/p>\n

INT. PAVILION RESTAURANT FREEZER – NOON<\/p>\n

NOODLES<\/p>\n

Lip stick.<\/p>\n

Sonny hands Noodles the lip stick. He untwists, rubs it on his hand. He conceptualizes…<\/p>\n

NOODLES (CONT\u2019D)<\/p>\n

I think this is too dark. Hand me the other one we got.<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

I told you it was too dark at the store.<\/p>\n

NOODLES<\/p>\n

Okay. You have like all this negative energy surrounding you and I can\u2019t. I just can\u2019t…<\/p>\n

Sonny hands him the lighter color they got. He looks miserable.<\/p>\n

NOODLES (CONT\u2019D)<\/p>\n

Okay sweetie, pucker your lips.<\/p>\n

Noodles applies lip stick on Lee.<\/p>\n

Noodles and Sonny step back and take it all in.<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

Remind me why we\u2019re doing this again…<\/p>\n

NOODLES<\/p>\n

On Tuesday me and Lee calculated that it\u2019d take him something like fifty-seven years to pay off the $80,000. We figured there\u2019s no way that he could get a raise cause half the time he\u2019s crying in the freezer. So I said to Lee maybe he can win some money playing blackjack… Long story short, now he owes some mob boss\u2019 son twenty thousand dollars in addition to the $80,000. Mob boss\u2019 son threatened to cut off his penis and feed it to his mother if he didn\u2019t pay up by Friday. Which is today.<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t even know why I ask anymore.<\/p>\n

Lee\u2019s dressed in woman\u2019s clothing. He\u2019s got a wig, bra and boobies or socks, make up…the works.<\/p>\n

Lee\u2019s a pretty ugly looking girl.<\/p>\n

NOODLES<\/p>\n

I\u2019d do him.<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

Really?<\/p>\n

NOODLES<\/p>\n

Yup.<\/p>\n

Like an artist Noodles formulates a rectangular picture frame with his hands and takes a mental snapshot.<\/p>\n

NOODLES (CONT\u2019D)<\/p>\n

Yup, I\u2019d do him. No question about it.<\/p>\n

Lee starts to cry…again.<\/p>\n

NOODLES (CONT\u2019D)<\/p>\n

Honey, darling, diva…your mascara\u2019s gonna run.<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

We didn\u2019t get mascara<\/em>.<\/p>\n

NOODLES<\/p>\n

Yes, we did.<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

You stole mascara<\/em>? Really Angel?<\/p>\n

Worker barges in. He gets this and that.<\/p>\n

WORKER<\/p>\n

Do this. Do that. Do this. Do that. Fuck you! Blow me!<\/p>\n

He glimpses over at the scene in front of him as he barges out. And then he barges back in again slowly.<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

(It\u2019s all too ridiculous)<\/p>\n

Apparently he\u2019s going to get his dick chopped off…<\/p>\n

NOODLES<\/p>\n

Isn\u2019t she pretty?<\/p>\n

He takes a good look at her.<\/p>\n

WORKER<\/p>\n

I\u2019d do him.<\/p>\n

NOODLES<\/p>\n

Yeah, see.<\/p>\n

(Gives Sonny an \u2018I told you so\u2019)<\/p>\n

Lee starts to cry…again. Noodles pinches him to prevent him from crying. He blows on Lee\u2019s eyes to dry his tears.<\/p>\n

Sonny gets the hell out of there.<\/p>\n

INT. PAVILION RESTAURANT<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a lazy Wednesday afternoon. Restaurant\u2019s pretty quiet. Sonny takes a seat by the bar. Delivery man stacks this and that in the bar area.<\/p>\n

DELIVERY MAN<\/p>\n

Bad day?<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

Bad life.<\/p>\n

DELIVERY MAN<\/p>\n

Yeah, tell me about it. Took a can of Coke. Cool?<\/p>\n

Sonny nods.<\/p>\n

DELIVERY MAN (CONT\u2019D)<\/p>\n

Okay. Well, you know the drill. Here, here and here.<\/p>\n

(Flips stapled pages)<\/p>\n

Sonny signs here, here and here. He hands it back to him. He flips through the channels on the tube.<\/p>\n

Delivery man exits, but not before…<\/p>\n

PRIMADONNA<\/p>\n

Hey, did you pay for that?<\/p>\n

(To Sonny)<\/p>\n

Did he pay for that?<\/p>\n

Sonny grimaces.<\/p>\n

PRIMADONNA (CONT\u2019D)<\/p>\n

Mmmhmm.<\/p>\n

(Gives Delivery Man the eagle eye as he walk out)<\/p>\n

Can you tell me what this says?<\/p>\n

Primadonna points to a pill capsule.<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

Take four hours prior to…<\/p>\n

(Annoyed)<\/p>\n

The promise of sexual activity.<\/p>\n

PRIMADONNA<\/p>\n

Ok, so this is sex pill.<\/p>\n

(Tries to pique Sonny\u2019s interest)<\/p>\n

Beat.<\/p>\n

Sonny looks up and realizes that Primadonna\u2019s still standing in front of him.<\/p>\n

PRIMADONNA (CONT\u2019D)<\/p>\n

I nervous penis get soft…<\/p>\n

Sonny flips through more channels.<\/p>\n

PRIMADONNA (CONT\u2019D)<\/p>\n

…very embarrassing.<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

MmmHmm.<\/p>\n

PRIMADONNA<\/p>\n

I have sex with Jennifer Aniston yesterday and… very embarrassing. Funny if happened to Ross. But, not funny happen to me.<\/p>\n

On and on he goes, Sonny can\u2019t tune him out. Sonny gets up. Primadonna follows him into the kitchen.<\/p>\n

INT. KITCHEN<\/p>\n

PRIMADONNA<\/p>\n

I ask you sex question. It\u2019s okay?<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

You want to ask me a what question?<\/p>\n

PRIMADONNA<\/p>\n

A sex question.<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

No.<\/p>\n

PRIMADONNA<\/p>\n

Please.<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

No.<\/p>\n

Sonny walks through the kitchen and out the back door. Again, Primadonna\u2019s not too far behind.<\/p>\n

PRIMADONNA<\/p>\n

I masturbator on chair all the time. No problem.<\/p>\n

EXT. PAVILION RESTAURANT PATIO<\/p>\n

Sonny steps out onto the patio. Restaurant rests on a private street just off the main road. We see the cars whizzing by. Some woods and a small stream run on the side of it. It\u2019s a rather romantic location.<\/p>\n

PRIMADONNA<\/p>\n

Jennifer Anniston sex me standing up. Blood no go to penis. Why?<\/p>\n

Camera pans into the distance, we see branches move up and down. It appears something or someone\u2019s lurking in the woods. Out appears a ragged woman.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s Ma!<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know. I have sex standing up all the time… maybe cause Primadonna\u2019s penis too old.<\/p>\n

Ma\u2019s surrounded by squirrels, birds, stray dogs. We hear her whisper to herself and then answer herself in a different voice. A squirrel runs up her shoulder and hands her a quarter. She in turn hands the squirrel some bread.<\/p>\n

Camera pans back to sex therapy session on the restaurant porch.<\/p>\n

PRIMADONNA<\/p>\n

Why you make funny? This not funny. This vaaaaarry hard…<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

(Slight chuckle)<\/p>\n

PRIMADONNA<\/p>\n

for me to tell you. Please help blood go to penis. I call Dr. Dr. tell me take pill. I take pill…no help. Help me please… I want to have sex with Jennifer Anniston.<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know… why don\u2019t you try masturbating while standing up…<\/p>\n

Takes a moment to process it…<\/p>\n

PRIMADONNA<\/p>\n

(Eureka!)<\/p>\n

Agh, you vaaaaaarry smart.<\/p>\n

(Happily goes off whistling)<\/p>\n

Sonny turns, freezes the second he sees Ma. Immediately he jumps off the second floor patio and onto the lawn. He sprints toward her.<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

Ma! Ma! Ma!<\/p>\n

The piercing sound startles Ma and she ducks behind a tree. The stray dogs instantly run out to meet Sonny. They growl and hover around Sonny.<\/p>\n

SONNY (CONT\u2019D)<\/p>\n

Ma! It\u2019s me! It\u2019s Sonny! Your son! Ma! Ma!<\/p>\n

MA<\/p>\n

It\u2019s okay, Sonny. I save you. I here to save you.<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

Ma, it\u2019s me! Sonny! Your son!<\/p>\n

The dogs growl and snap at Sonny\u2019s legs.<\/p>\n

MA<\/p>\n

Sonny. I save you. It\u2019s okay. Come, follow me, I save you. Come Sonny. Come.<\/p>\n

She slides into the woods and disappears. The dogs attack him. One lunges toward Sonny\u2019s face. Sonny dodges it.<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

MA!!!!!!<\/p>\n

Another lunges toward his chest. This one connects and wrestles Sonny to the dirt. It snaps at Sonny\u2019s neck, his face. Sonny jabs at it.<\/p>\n

The other two dogs circle Sonny as well as they prepare to strike.<\/p>\n

SONNY (CONT\u2019D)<\/p>\n

Ma!!!!!! Call them off!!!!!!<\/p>\n

Sonny throws a lucky uppercut and catches the dog\u2019s nose. It winces away.<\/p>\n

But, just as Sonny gets one off of him another attacks him. Dog catches Sonny\u2019s hand. It thrusts its neck side to side ripping away at Sonny\u2019s flesh. Blood shoots out this way and that. Sonny lifts this dog up in the air and body slams it into the ground.<\/p>\n

Now all three surround Sonny.<\/p>\n

SONNY (CONT\u2019D)<\/p>\n

Ma!!!!!!<\/p>\n

Blood drips off their teeth as they circle him. They get closer and closer and closer.<\/p>\n

MA<\/p>\n

Hey! No! No! Come here! Now!<\/p>\n

Dogs whimper their way to her. She disciplines them as if they were infants.<\/p>\n

MA (CONT\u2019D)<\/p>\n

Bad boy! Bad boy! Don\u2019t fight with your brother! Go say sorry to him right now!<\/p>\n

The dogs go say sorry to their brother. Sonny walks around them and toward Ma. The dogs follow him closely. As Sonny gets closer a playful expression surfaces on Ma\u2019s face and\u2026<\/p>\n

MA (CONT\u2019D)<\/p>\n

Tag, you\u2019re it.<\/p>\n

She dashes off.<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

Damn it, Ma!<\/p>\n

Sonny chases after her. He maneuvers around pricker bushes and slippery trails. He stops and surveys his surroundings.<\/p>\n

Ma\u2019s no where in sight.<\/p>\n

We hear movement.<\/p>\n

MA<\/p>\n

Psst. I\u2019m over here.<\/p>\n

Sonny looks in one direction.<\/p>\n

MA (CONT\u2019D)<\/p>\n

Over here.<\/p>\n

Sonny wrestles with some more prickers. He goes down into a stream. Ma stands in the middle of the river, arms extended to the skies. She\u2019s got her eyes closed praying.<\/p>\n

He takes a seat by the river. He checks his wounds and shakes his head.<\/p>\n

INT. VAN<\/p>\n

Ma\u2019s tied up real good in the passenger side seat.<\/p>\n

MA<\/p>\n

Sonny… I need to use the bathroom.<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

So use it.<\/p>\n

MA<\/p>\n

Okay.<\/p>\n

She starts to urinate in the seat.<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

Oh Ma?!<\/p>\n

She stops urinating.<\/p>\n

MA<\/p>\n

Ugh-Oh… I gotta…<\/p>\n

Sonny unties Ma.<\/p>\n

INT. PAVILION RESTAURANT BATHROOM AREA<\/p>\n

Ma sits on the toilet with the door open. Sonny keeps an eye on her by the doorway; hand over his nose and mouth.<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

C\u2019mon Ma.<\/p>\n

MA<\/p>\n

Does it smell bad?<\/p>\n

Phone rings. No one\u2019s by the front counter. Sonny takes a look around the dining room. It\u2019s completely deserted. There are no customers, no workers.<\/p>\n

Toilet flushes.<\/p>\n

MA (CONT\u2019D)<\/p>\n

They\u2019re downstairs.<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

Wash your hands. What?<\/p>\n

She washes her hands.<\/p>\n

MA<\/p>\n

They\u2019re downstairs…<\/p>\n

Sonny stares at his mother. What the hell is she talking about now.<\/p>\n

INT. KITCHEN<\/p>\n

Everywhere Sonny goes, he\u2019s got his mother in his grasp.<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

Hello?!<\/p>\n

It\u2019s deserted.<\/p>\n

FREEZER<\/p>\n

SONNY (CONT\u2019D)<\/p>\n

Hello?<\/p>\n

It\u2019s empty.<\/p>\n

STAIRWAY<\/p>\n

Sonny and Ma go down the stairs.<\/p>\n

BASEMENT<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a fire going inside a large metal trash bin. Everyone surrounds it in awe. May cries. Head Chef\u2019s on his knees with his eyes closed in prayer.<\/p>\n

Sparks flare inside the trash can.<\/p>\n

CAMERA PANS IN and through the flames we see remnants of a person\u2019s body.<\/p>\n

Primadonna\u2019s smoking a cigarette.<\/p>\n

SONNY<\/p>\n

What happened? What is it?<\/p>\n

MAY<\/p>\n

They killed them. They killed them.<\/p>\n

Sonny stares long and hard at the trash can. He starts to approach it and Ma tugs on the rope.<\/p>\n

Sonny looks at his mother. She shakes her head – don\u2019t go.<\/p>\n

CUT TO<\/p>\n

Sonny pokes around inside the trash bin and plops over a decapitated head.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s ANGEL… and it\u2019s LEE.<\/p>\n

The shock knocks Sonny to his knees.<\/p>\n

CAMERA PANS IN on Lee\u2019s and Angel\u2019s heads burning in the trash bin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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