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KYLE:

What’s an atomic ball tap?

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INT. HALLWAY RIGHT OUTSIDE - CONTINUOUS (DAY FOUR)

(BRODY, DERRICK, KYLE)

BRODY:

Are you crazy? We need to get out of

here. If Mansfield shows up, you’ll

get fired.

KYLE (O.S.)

Ahhh!

THEY LOOK THROUGH THE GLASS TO SEE KYLE IN THE FETAL POSITION

ON THE GROUND, HOLDING HIS CROTCH. BRODY RUSHES DERRICK OUT

OF THERE.

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II/W

ACT TWO:

SCENE W:

INT. ELEVATOR - MOMENTS LATER (DAY FOUR)

(BRODY, DERRICK)

BRODY AND DERRICK RIDE DOWN IN THE ELEVATOR.

DERRICK:

I did it. They totally bought it.

BRODY:

You had about five seconds left.

You’re wearing white sneakers and a

49ers tie.

DERRICK:

Nine-ers! Represent. (PULLING ONE

FROM POCKET) Water cracker?

BRODY:

What were you thinking? Do you even

realize how dumb that was?

DERRICK:

Oh, I’m dumb?

BRODY:

That is correct.

DERRICK:

I’ll tell you what’s dumb: (MOCKING

VOICE) “I can’t stop thinking about

you either.”

BRODY:

Riiiight, you guys share everything

down there. Super.

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DERRICK:

You know what would make me feel

really dumb?

BRODY:

Math?

DERRICK:

Yeah, but also kissing a girl who just

stands there and doesn’t kiss back.

Harsh.

BRODY:

(CASUAL) Jenny didn’t just stand

there; she kissed me back.

(REALIZING) Wait. She kissed me

back!

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ACT TWO:

SCENE X:

INT. GROUND FLOOR BULLPEN - MOMENTS LATER (DAY FOUR)

(BRODY, JENNIFER, DERRICK, HARVARD, TORI)

BRODY IS IN FRONT OF JENNIFER’S DESK. DERRICK MOVES TO HIS

DESK. HARVARD AND TORI ARE THERE.

DERRICK:

Suck it, Harvard. They all bought it.

BRODY:

They did not. (TO JENNIFER) You

kissed me back!

JENNIFER:

What?

BRODY:

Last night. Your lips matched my lips

in movement and pressure. Plus, at

the end, there was even a little

tongue darting.

JENNIFER:

Your tongue was darting. Mine was

just defending itself.

TORI:

(TO DERRICK) Why’s he always down

here?

DERRICK:

I saw your breasts yesterday.

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TORI:

Do you just say whatever you’re

thinking?

DERRICK:

I did. I saw ‘em. Both of ‘em.

BRODY:

Just admit that you kissed me back.

JENNIFER:

Of course, I did. I’m not rude. If

someone kisses me, I always kiss back.

HARVARD:

Jen, can I talk to you in the closet

for a second?

BRODY:

Say what you want, you were into it.

I didn’t have to spend all night

feeling like a fool.

JENNIFER:

Why? Because you misread why I came

over last night, or because I know

that your apartment is filled with

unpacked boxes, even though you’ve

lived there for over a year?

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BRODY:

The first one, because I did not

realize that you noticed the second

one. (THEN, DEFEATED) Why do you

keep messing with me?

JENNIFER:

I’m not. I would never mess with you

on your birthday.

BRODY:

How do you know it’s my birthday?!

JENNIFER:

That first night we got together, I

looked through your wallet.

TORI:

(TO HARVARD)

that.

Taking some cash. I do

JENNIFER:

I couldn’t remember your name so I

looked at your license.

HARVARD:

You wouldn’t have needed it if you

knew he was going to call his own name

out once you started doing it. (BRODY

VOICE) “Yeah, Brody, you’re on fire!”

BRODY:

(TO JENNIFER)

everything?!

Why do you tell them

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TORI:

It’s called being friends, dude. We

share everything with each other.

(RE:
DERRICK) Eleven toes, (RE: SELF)

little bi in high school, (RE:

HARVARD) in love with Jennifer.

HARVARD:

That one we said we wouldn’t tell.

JENNIFER:

Everybody knows. (TO BRODY) So, are

you doing anything fun for your

birthday tonight?

BRODY:

Whenever one of us has a birthday,

Mansfield takes us out for steak and

scotch.

JENNIFER:

Is that fun?

BRODY:

It’s kind of mandatory.

JENNIFER:

When was the last time you did

something fun on your birthday?

BRODY THINKS FOR A LONG TIME.

BRODY:

Right before I went off to college, my

dad took me to this piano bar.

(MORE)

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BRODY (CONT'D)

He snuck me in; let me have a few

beers. My dad’s awesome. We stayed

out, talked and listened to music

‘till like 4am. It was a great night.

JENNIFER:

So, you haven’t had any fun birthdays

since you were eighteen?

BRODY:

Every birthday I’ve had since then,

I’ve either been studying or working--

(REALIZES) I don’t think I’m supposed

to talk to you anymore.

JENNIFER:

We always go out to this bar,

Shenanigans, after work. You should

come with us tonight. You’d have fun.

BRODY:

Yeah, I don’t think so.

JENNIFER:

Okay, well, if you change your mind,

we leave here at six.

HE HEADS OUT. SHE CALLS AFTER HIM, JOKING:

JENNIFER (CONT’D)

Think about it; it’s your birthday so

we’ll let you pay.

HE SMILES TO HIMSELF AND EXITS.

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II/Y

ACT TWO:

SCENE Y:

INT. BRODY’S OFFICE - LATER (DAY FOUR)

(BRODY, THREEPEAT, MANSFIELD)

BRODY AND THREEPEAT WORK. MANSFIELD ENTERS.

MANSFIELD:

Birthday steaks and scotch tonight -

you boys ready?

BRODY:

We’re just going to finish up this

client brief on the current interest

rates, then we’ll head out.

MANSFIELD:

Going late to his own birthday. He’s

back, ladies and gentlemen. Brody

Moyer’s back on track.

THREEPEAT:

I can’t wait, sir. Tonight’s going to

be fandango.

MANSFIELD:

(CHORTLES) Yes, it will.

HE EXITS.

THREEPEAT:

I don’t love “fandango”.

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II/Z

ACT TWO:

SCENE Z:

INT. GROUND FLOOR BULLPEN - EVENING (NIGHT FOUR)

(JENNIFER, HARVARD, DERRICK)

IT’S 6:
20. EVERYONE IS GONE. JENNIFER SITS ALONE AT HER

DESK. HARVARD ENTERS.

HARVARD:

Let’s go. It’s twenty after. He’s

not coming.

JENNIFER:

I just want to wait a little longer.

HARVARD:

If we wait too long, that bartender

who thinks I’m cute and trades me

drinks for hugs will be gone, and the

girl bartender will be there.

JENNIFER:

Fine, we can go.

HARVARD:

What is the big deal about this guy?

He’s just another upstairs tool.

JENNIFER:

No, he’s different. He rescued

Derrick. All the other guys up there

would have let him get fired and then

laughed at him.

HARVARD:

Eh... maybe.

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JENNIFER:

Plus, I think he needs us. (THEN,

CALLS OUT) Derrick, come on. Tori’s

already gone.

DERRICK COMES OUT OF THE CLOSET.

DERRICK:

Really? She’s not going to change

before she goes to the bar?

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II/AA

ACT TWO:

SCENE AA:

INT. THE BRASS CAP STEAKHOUSE - NIGHT (NIGHT FOUR)

(BRODY, THREEPEAT, MANSFIELD, THE WHOLE MONEY MANAGER PATROL)

THREEPEAT AND BRODY ENTER. BY THE ENTRANCE, THERE’S A MAGNUM

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