Brief Reunion

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[Sound]:
SOUND OF A TRUCK

PASSING:

[sound]:
SOUND OF A TRUCK

PASSING:

[sound]:
OPENING SCORE -

MINIMALIST PIANO AND STRINGS

[sound]:
INDISTINCT VOICES

[sound]:
LAUGHTER

Mark:
Oh hey. Listen, if a guy

named Teddy Gish friends you,

ignore it. Alright? Do not

accept.

Aaron:
Uh-oh.

Mark:
You already did.

Lea:
Uh huh. You know he's in

town. Right?

Mark:
What? Aaron: Why?

Lea:
Yeah. He's dating this

Dartmouth grad student.

Lea:
It's on his profile.

Aaron:
No. I never go on there.

Gavin:
Why don't you want to allow this

guy to play in your virtual sandbox?

Aaron:
Mark never really liked

Teddy.

Mark:
Nobody did.

Lea:
Hey.

Aaron:
Remember that time he hid

cards up his sleeve for poker?

Mark:
Yeah. And he was always borrowing

money and never paying it back.

Aaron:
Drinking your last beer.

Mark:
Bogarting your joint.

Aaron:
Hitting on your

girlfriend behind your back.

Gavin:
Ah. There it is.

Lea:
Oh Whose? Yours? Lisa? Mm

hmm.

Aaron:
No.

Lea:
What?

Gavin:
What yours?

Mark:
It was college. I was

experimenting.

Gavin:
What is it with you Americans? Nobody

knows how to refill a goddamn wine glass.

Gavin:
Aaron. Would you like

some more wine?

Aaron:
Why yes. Gavin. Thank

you.

Mark:
Mister Manners.

Gavin:
Lea?

Lea:
Yes please.

Lea:
Well maybe he's changed.

Gavin:
No. People don't change.

Not after adolescence.

Mark:
The oracle has spoken.

Gavin:
Nobody really knows anybody

anyway. Least of all themselves.

Mark:
My god. Does anyone have

a pen?

Gavin:
You only know what you want

to believe you know about me, my love.

Lea:
I don't know. I think I've changed

a lot since college. So have you guys.

Mark:
Believe me. This is not a guy

that we want back in our lives, okay?

Aaron:
Yeah let's just keep it

online.

Mark:
No. Not even online.

Aaron:
Okay.

Gavin:
So sorry. The loo is off

limits for the next 48 hours...

to anyone without a Hazmat suit.

Mark:
That's nice. Dear.

Lea:
So what's his twin like? [Sound]:

AARON ARGUES ON PHONE OFFSCREEN

Mark:
Whose?

Lea:
Teddy's.

Mark:
He doesn't have a twin.

Lea:
He's on his friend list.

Mark:
What? What's his name?

Lea:
Tom?

Mark:
Yeah that's his brother.

But not twin.

Lea:
They have the same

birthday.

Gavin:
Maybe different years.

Lea:
Did you ever meet him?

Mark:
No. Do you know what the

odds of that are?

Gavin:
Three hundred sixty five

to two?

Mark:
No.

Aaron:
(offscreen) Well there'sa big

difference between "it just doesn't feel right"

Aaron:
And an actual problem

with the tracking.

Mark:
Look, we'd definitely

know if Teddy Gish had a twin.

Gavin:
Maybe he doesn't want

you to know.

Aaron:
Oh, God! F***!

Aaron:
Get the broom! Get the

broom!

[Sound]:
SMALL WINGS

FLUTTERING:

Mark:
Here. [Lea screams]

Gavin:
Get him to fly over here. Get him

to fly over here. [Sound]: WINGS FLUTTERING

Lea:
Aaron! Don't hit it!

Aaron...

Gavin:
It's still alive.

Mark:
So put it out the window,

just... okay. Okay, okay...

Mark:
O-kay.

Lea:
Aaron.

Lea:
You could have chased it

outside.

Aaron:
It would've come back in.

Lea:
Well, they're good. They

eat bugs.

Aaron:
And carry rabies.

Aaron:
What?

Lea:
I thought I saw something.

[Sound]:
CAR ENGINE STARTING

Lea:
What?

[Sound]:
CAR DRIVING AWAY

Lea:
Oh, sorry. It's nothing.

Aaron:
Or whatever it was, it's

gone.

Aaron:
Or is it?

Lea:
Aaron

Aaron:
What was that?

Lea:
Oh god! Stop it.

Aaron:
Sorry.

Aaron:
Do you have to work

tonight?

Lea:
Ugh, yes.

Aaron:
How's it going?

Lea:
Well, it's not The Misfit.

Aaron:
Really, it's the

Grandmother?

Lea:
Nope.

Aaron:
Who?

Lea:
You'll see.

Lea:
What was that?

Aaron:
Northern. They're

threatening to cancel the new order.

Lea:
Because of the tracking

thing?

Aaron:
Yeah.

Lea:
Well can they? What if

they do?

Aaron:
We'll survive.

Lea:
Well, we can't live off

Proem forever.

Aaron:
I'll deal with it.

Lea:
Okay. I know.

Lea:
I'm sorry.

Aaron:
Don't... tell your

parents yet.

Lea:
Oh god no.

Aaron:
As long as I'm out here.

Lea:
Ugh. Mm mm. Well, brush your

teeth before you come to bed, mister.

Aaron:
Yes ma'am.

[Music]

Katie:
Did you get that

message? Teddy somebody?

Aaron:
He came here in person?

Katie:
He said he might stop by later.

I told him you'd be in this afternoon.

Aaron:
If he comes again, tell

him I'm out.

Katie:
He might see your car. And I don't

think lying is part of my job description.

Aaron:
Well neither is telling the details

of my comings and goings to total strangers.

Katie:
Total strangers?

Aaron:
Tell him I'm in a

meeting.

Katie:
With whom?

Aaron:
Myself.

Katie:
Happy Birthday.

Aaron:
Katie, wait.

Aaron:
That's very sweet.

Aaron:
I'm sorry.

Katie:
Sorry I befriended your

stalker.

Aaron:
He's not my stalker.

Katie:
If he comes back, you're

in a long meeting.

Aaron:
Thank you.

Katie:
Everything okay?

Aaron:
Yeah.

Lea:
He can't come home a day

early?

Cynthia:
What do you want? He's

giving a speech.

Lea:
A speech he agreed to give

on his son-in-laws 40th birthday?

Cynthia:
Oh, he doesn't keep

track of birthdays. Ah ha.

Teddy:
Lea? Teddy Gish.

Lea:
Oh, hi.

Lea:
Mom, this is Teddy.

Teddy, this is my mother.

Teddy went to college with

Mark and Aaron.

Cynthia:
Nice to meet you,

Teddy.

Lea:
Teddy and I are friends online

but we've never actually met in person.

Cynthia:
I have no idea how

that's possible.

Teddy:
No, no, we met.

Lea:
Oh.

Teddy:
Yeah, you came to visit

Mark senior year.

Lea:
Oh. Right. Of course.

Cynthia:
What brings you to the

area, Teddy?

Teddy:
My girlfriends finishing

up her Ph. D at Dartmouth.

Cynthia:
Oh really? Maybe you

know her.

Lea:
What department is she in?

Teddy:
Philosophy.

Cynthia:
Oh. Lea teaches

Literature.

Teddy:
I know.

Cynthia:
And what do you do,

Teddy?

Teddy:
Uh, I work from home.

Cynthia:
I see. Well that's

convenient.

Lea:
So, you're going to be

living here for a while?

Teddy:
Yeah, yeah. For a couple months

at least. It's somebody's birthday?

Cynthia:
Aaron's. But don't

tell. It's a surprise.

Teddy:
Oh, how fun! When?

Cynthia:
Tonight.

Lea:
Actually Mom, it's not

a surprise anymore.

He heard me talking

about it with Mark.

Cynthia:
Oh... He could have

pretended. Oh, hey, Teddy!

Why don't you come? You'll be

the surprise.

Bring your girlfriend.

Teddy:
Oh.

Lea:
I... I don't think we have

enough food, Mom.

Cynthia:
Well...

Lea:
Hmm. Yeah...

Teddy:
I have been dying to

show off Simone.

Cynthia:
Simone? What a pretty

name.

Teddy:
Yeah, pretty face too.

Lea:
Okay... well...

Teddy:
Actually though, Uh...

Simone's a vegan. Lea: Oh.

Cynthia:
Well there will be a salad

and we're having shrimp cocktail.

Teddy:
No, unfortunately not

but... Lea:
I don't think so, Mom.

Teddy:
We can bring a

vegan dish.

Lea:
Well it's not really a

potluck thing. Cynthia: Sure!

Lea:
But you know, we could go

out to dinner sometime for vegan,

Teddy:
No. You know what? She'll be fine.

She'll be fine. She eats like a bird anyway.

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