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TROY:

I’ve never flown business.

Brad gives Troy an emphatic that-settles-it grin then rises.

20 INT. GATE COUNTER - MOMENTS LATER 20

Brad has waited his turn in line. He approaches the FEMALE

AIRLINE REP.

AIRLINE REP:

How can I help you?

BRAD:

Hi. I’m flying today with my son -

he’s a senior in high school and

we’re going East to look at

colleges.

(no response)

Pretty cool. Umm, wondering if

there’s any room in business so we

could upgrade.

(CONTINUED)

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AIRLINE REP:

Let me see. I believe there might

be. Two of you are traveling?

(taps away on computer)

Good news. There are two seats

available in business.

BRAD:

Awesome.

AIRLINE REP:

Can I see your tickets?

Brad hands over his tickets. As she types...

BRAD:

I was hoping I could use my miles.

I have a bunch of miles I think...

AIRLINE REP:

Unfortunately, no - not for this

flight, you can’t. The cost to

upgrade to business would be eight

hundred and twenty one dollars a

ticket.

(types away)

So the total would be sixteen

hundred and forty-two dollars.

BRAD:

Sixteen hundred dollars? For a

domestic flight?

AIRLINE REP:

Sixteen forty-two, yes.

(as he stalls)

Do you want to go ahead and

purchase the tickets?

BRAD:

Uh... hmmm... sixteen...

AIRLINE REP:

Do you want to sit down and think

about it while I help some of the

other passengers in line?

BRAD:

You know what, let’s just do it.

(gets out wallet)

I’ll put it on the Amex. I mean,

the MasterCard. No, the Amex.

(CONTINUED)

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AIRLINE REP:

(takes card)

Great! Let me just run that.

BRAD:

(justifying)

It’s a once in a lifetime thing.

My only kid - going to college.

AIRLINE REP:

Mr. Sloan, actually, unfortunately -

we can’t upgrade you. I’m sorry.

BRAD:

Why not?

AIRLINE REP:

It seems as though you bought your

tickets on a discounted website.

With that type of ticket, we can’t *

upgrade you.

BRAD:

Even if I pay sixteen hundred

dollars?

AIRLINE REP:

There’s actually no amount of money

you could pay to get an upgrade.

I’m so sorry. Anything else?

BRAD:

Uh, no. It’s no big deal. What if

I’m a Silver Flyer Member...?

The Rep shakes her head and waves the next customer up.

Brad, disappointed, returns to his seat.

INT. AIRPLANE - DAY 21

Troy and Brad board the plane, passing...

...the PASSENGERS in FIRST CLASS. They are being served

mimosas and champagne. They’re all wealthy and well-dressed.

Brad looks at them as he slowly makes his way down the aisle.

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22 INT. AIRPLANE - DAY 22

Troy and Brad sit toward the back of the plane. They look

cramped and uncomfortable. Brad pulls out his SILVER FLYER

CLUB MEMBER CARD from his wallet.

BRAD:

I’m sorry I couldn’t get us the

upgrade. I...

TROY:

It’s no biggie.

BRAD:

This Silver Flyer Card is totally

meaningless. It means nothing. It

gets you nothing.

TROY:

Well, get rid of it.

BRAD:

I’m gonna. I’m tossing it. Should

I? Yeah, f*** it - it’s trash.

(nowhere to throw it)

I’ll just keep it for now.

Brad puts it back in his wallet and SIGHS.

23 INT. AIRPLANE - LATER 23

Troy listens to music and thumbs through a magazine. Brad,

deep in thought, looks out the plane’s window.

NARRATOR:

On the flight, Brad wondered when

was the last time Craig Fisher flew

economy. Probably not in decades.

24 INT. FIRST CLASS - DAY 24

We SEE Craig Fisher, sitting in First Class, drinking a

mimosa, approached by a FLIGHT ATTENDANT.

NARRATOR:

Brad imagined Craig enjoying all

the perks of first class.

FLIGHT ATTENDANT

Mr. Fisher, can I offer you a warm

towel?

(CONTINUED)

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24

CRAIG:

Warm towel. Yes, thank you.

With a tong, she hands him a towel.

Craig places it over his face and reclines in his cushy seat.

25 EXT. AIRPORT TARMAC - DAY 25

Jason Hatfield and his ELEGANT WIFE and their FOUR TOWHEADED

CHILDREN cross a tarmac towards their PRIVATE PLANE.

NARRATOR:

Then Brad thought about how JasonHatfield has his own private plane.

Probably never has to flycommercial at all.

26 EXT. AIRPORT TARMAC - DAY 26

Nick Pascale and his BOYFRIEND and their DOGS get out of aHELICOPTER and cross the tarmac, then walk the stairs to

their private plane.

*

*

*

NARRATOR:

Nick Pascale probably flies

private, too. Brad thought what ahigh it must be for these guys toalways feel important and specialand better than. It must be like a

drug - a drug Brad distrusted yetcoveted, and never seemed to have

the opportunity to try.

27 INT. PRIVATE PLANE - DAY 27

The Hatfield family enters the plane.

playing, taking pictures.

They begin eating, *

NARRATOR:

Brad imagined all the greatvacations they went on - the exoticdestinations.

Jason and his wife drink champagne from flutes, then chuckthe glasses. She then takes a selfie of her and Jason.

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28 INT. AIRPLANE - DAY 28

The same SELFIE PHOTO is on an INSTAGRAM page of JACQUELINE

HATFIELD.

WE SEE Brad scrolling through Jason’s wife’s Instagram page,

a sour look on his face.

ON PHONE - more PHOTOS of Jason’s family living the goodlife.

NARRATOR:

The adventures. And the sense of

possibility. No door ever closed.

Everything an option.

Brad puts away the phone and stares out the window. *

NARRATOR:

The world for them is not a

battlefield. Not even an obstacle

course.

He looks out at the clouds and the landscape below.

NARRATOR:

It’s a playground.

Heaven manifest.

A dream. A

Troy taps Brad on the shoulder.

behind him with her cart.

A FLIGHT ATTENDANT stands

TROY:

Dad, can I get some Pringles?

They’re seven dollars.

BRAD:

Seven dollars? Yeah. Okay.

TROY:

I need your credit card.

Brad pulls out his wallet and hands over the card.

29 INT. AIRPLANE - LATER 29

Troy has fallen asleep. Brad sits and stares, thinking.

NARRATOR:

Brad’s thoughts soon drifted backto his college days at Tufts.

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30 EXT. TUFTS UNIVERSITY - SUNSET 30

The late ‘80’s. From a grassy knoll, we WATCH a GROUP ofMALE STUDENTS gather and greet each other. It’s a nostalgic,

beautiful image.

NARRATOR:

Wasn’t Brad then the golden boy?

Wasn’t he the one destined for

great things? How did he end upthe one compromised by life andliving in the margins? Brad

likened it in his mind to a love

affair. When he was young, he wasin love with the world. And the

world loved him.

30A EXT. SHOT OF PLANE LANDING 30A *

The SCREECH of TIRES on the runway. *

31 INT. AIRPLANE - AFTERNOON 31

The plane has just landed. It taxis across the runway.

NARRATOR:

It pained him to admit the worldhad fallen out of love with him

first. This realization made him

want to cry.

Brad looks like he might cry, then realizes Troy is talkingto him.

TROY:

...they say air travel leaves a

huge carbon footprint - and with somany people flying now, it’s a bigcontributor to global warming.

Kinda sucks.

Brad snaps out of it, feigns attention to Troy.

FLIGHT ATTENDANT (O.S.)

Welcome to Boston. Local time here

is 6:
15 PM...

32 EXT. BOSTON - DUSK 32

ICONIC BOSTON SPOTS from inside a moving TAXI.

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