Jennifer Falls Page #3

STEPHANIE STARES AT JENNIFER.

JENNIFER:

What?

STEPHANIE:

Nothing. It’s just, you used to

babysit me and now I’m your boss.

Isn’t that crazy?

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JENNIFER:

So crazy.

STEPHANIE:

Okay, ready to try pouring a draft?

First thing you need to do-

JENNIFER:

Stephanie, I was a senior VP for a

Fortune 500 company. I can pour a

beer.

SHE POURS A DRAFT, TAKES IT DOWN THE BAR AND SERVES IT TO THE

CUSTOMER, ETHAN (40S, GOOD LOOKING, SMARTER THAN HE LOOKS).

JENNIFER (CONT’D)

Here you go. One... (LOOKS AT GLASS)

Glass of foam. Sorry. That one’s on me.

ETHAN:

So, you’re Wayne’s sister?

JENNIFER:

Jennifer.

ETHAN:

Ethan. When did you start working here?

JENNIFER:

Oh, no, no, no. I’m not working here.

I’m just helping out. I’m not a bar maid.

ETHAN:

O-kay.

SHE HAS TO BEND OVER TO WASH A GLASS AND HER B*OBS HANG OUT.

ETHAN (O.S.) (CONT’D)

Hello, girls.

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JENNIFER STANDS UP, PISSED.

JENNIFER:

Hey, just because I have to wear this

little sports-whore outfit doesn’t

mean I have to take crap from jerks

like you.

ETHAN:

Got it. And these are my girls, Abbie

and Lily. It’s our weekend together

and we’re having dinner here.

TWO PRETEEN GIRLS WALK UP TO THE BAR.

JENNIFER:

Oh. It’s very nice to meet you.

ETHAN:

(TO GIRLS) I’ll be right there.

THEY GO.

JENNIFER:

I’m sorry. Your girls are adorable.

ETHAN:

Thanks. Yours are too.

ETHAN GRINS AND LEAVES.

JENNIFER:

Cute. (CALLS AFTER HIM) Real cute.

ETHAN (O.S.)

It’s a little cute.

WAYNE COMES OUT OF THE BACK ROOM WITH A BLOCK OF ICE AND

STARTS CHIPPING IT INTO THE BEER COOLER WITH AN ICE PICK.

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JENNIFER:

Hey, Bro, can you give me an advance

on my check? Gretchen’s kinda’ bummed

and I told her I’d take her clothes

shopping. Just like a hundred bucks.

WAYNE:

You know what? This feels good. I

have to admit all those years you were

so successful it was hard being your

older brother. It feels nice to have

some power. Let me just check with

Stephanie.

STEPHANIE (O.S.)

About what?

STEPHANIE ENTERS.

WAYNE:

Jen wants an advance.

STEPHANIE:

Oh. Well, there’s no shame in that,

Jennifer.

JENNIFER:

I didn’t say there was.

STEPHANIE:

We’re happy to give you an advance.

JENNIFER:

Great.

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STEPHANIE:

And this can be a teachable moment.

JENNIFER:

I’m sorry, what?

STEPHANIE:

It’s a great opportunity to talk about

money management. Now, I don’t know

about you, but the way Wayne and I

manage our money is we don’t spend

money we don’t have.

JENNIFER:

Uh huh.

STEPHANIE:

Does that make sense?

JENNIFER:

Excuse me. Wayne, can I talk to you

over by the Slim Jims.

JENNIFER TAKES WAYNE A FEW STEPS AWAY.

JENNIFER (CONT’D)

I just needed to step away from your

wife for a minute because if I didn’t

there was a very strong chance I would

stick an ice pick in her skull. I

don’t know about you guys, but the way

I manage my anger is, I stick an ice

pick in someone’s skull. Does that

make sense?

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WAYNE:

Uh, you’re kinda’ freaking me out.

JENNIFER:

Oh, come on. You don’t actually think

I’m going to stick an ice pick in your

wife’s head on my first day of work.

(THEN) Okay, better now.

JENNIFER COMES BACK TO STEPHANIE.

JENNIFER (CONT’D)

(FORCED GOOD CHEER) That makes a lot

of sense, Steph.

STEPHANIE:

Great. This is going to be fun!

JENNIFER:

Super fun!

STEPHANIE GOES INTO THE BACK. JENNIFER STARTS CUTTING LIMES

BUT STOPS SHORT WHEN SHE SEES A CUSTOMER WHO’S JUST SAT DOWN.

SHE’S CUTE, KIND OF TOM BOYISH, FORTIES.

JENNIFER (CONT’D)

(DELIGHTED) Dina!! Oh, my God, you

look exactly the same!

DINA:

That’s depressing. I spent a lot of

money trying to look better.

JENNIFER:

(LAUGHS) I’ve missed you so much.

DINA DOESN’T SEEM TO SHARE THE SENTIMENT. IT’S AWKWARD.

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JENNIFER (CONT’D)

How’s Jeremy?

DINA:

Happy. Loving life. We’re divorced.

JENNIFER:

Oh. I’m sorry. And Jacob?

DINA:

Sixteen now. It’s a magical age. He

yells at me to leave him alone, then

yells at me for ignoring him. There’s

a lot of yelling.

JENNIFER:

And how are you?

DINA:

Okay. Still working for UPS. Still

pitching for my women’s softball team,

the L.A. Lesbians--the ladies like to

put it out there. It’s great for me,

though. Keeps the a-holes away when

we’re having beers after a game.

JENNIFER EXPECTS DINA TO ASK ABOUT HER LIFE BUT SHE DOESN’T.

JENNIFER:

So I’m still single. I got fired at

Blair for scaring the men folk. And

I’m back at my mom’s. Temporarily.

With Gretchen, who’s beautiful, and

complicated, and scares me.

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DINA:

Your mom didn’t tell me you were

working here.

JENNIFER:

It’s just ‘til I can figure out what

to do with my life. God, remember

when we used to hang out in my

backyard and smoke cigarettes and talk

about boys and what we were going to

do with our lives? I was going to be

the first woman in space. Until Sally

Ride-

DINA:

You gotta let that go. Okay, well,

see ya’.

JENNIFER:

What? Don’t you want a drink? It’s on

the house. I’m not sure if I can do

that but what the hell I’m doing it.

DINA:

I forgot I had something I had to do.

SHE STARTS TO GO.

JENNIFER:

Dina, wait. Let’s make a plan. Let’s

get together. I have a lot of free

time and-

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DINA:

Yeah, I really don’t.

JENNIFER:

What’s going on? I thought we were

friends.

DINA LOOKS A LITTLE EMOTIONAL, BUT STUFFS IT BACK DOWN.

DINA:

That was a long time ago.

DINA GOES.

JENNIFER:

Wait, Dina. Dina!

JENNIFER IS DEVASTATED. STEPHANIE AND WAYNE COME OUT OF THE

BACK. STEPHANIE HAS A CHECK AND A PEN AND PAPER.

STEPHANIE:

Okay, here’s your advance.

SHE HANDS IT TO JENNIFER.

STEPHANIE (CONT’D)

And, this’ll be fun. We’re going to

make a no-no list of all the things

you spend money on you don’t need.

JENNIFER TURNS AND STARES AT STEPHANIE. WAYNE REACHES OVER

AND MOVES THE ICE PICK OUT OF HER REACH.

FADE OUT.

END OF ACT TWO:

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ACT THREE:

SCENE H:

FADE IN:

INT. MAGGIE’S HOME OFFICE RECEPTION ROOM - (THE NEXT) DAY

LORNA (30S, EFFICIENT-LOOKING), MAGGIE’S ASSISTANT, IS AT A

LITTLE RECEPTION DESK. JENNIFER ENTERS.

JENNIFER:

Is my mom in?

LORNA:

No. Sorry.

MAGGIE COMES OUT OF HER OFFICE.

MAGGIE:

Hi, sweetie. Come on in.

JENNIFER GOES IN WITH HER MOTHER AS LORNA STARES AT HER.

RESET TO:

INT. MAGGIE’S HOME OFFICE - CONTINUOUS

MAGGIE AND JENNIFER ENTER.

JENNIFER:

(RE:
LORNA) Are you hiring your

patients again?

MAGGIE:

Isn’t Lorna great?!

JENNIFER:

She just lied to my face.

MAGGIE:

(LAUGHS) It’s a coping mechanism.

She only does that when she’s feeling

threatened. Her family was a mess.

(MORE)

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MAGGIE (CONT'D)

Poor thing. Bipolar father,

domineering mother, toxic brother.

Wet her bed until she was fourteen.

Now she acts out sexually with men she

barely knows. I can’t really talk

about it.

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