Orange Is the New Black Page #5

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MR. BUTORSKY

That’s tough.

PIPER:

Yeah, well. I did it... That one

time... Ten years ago.

MR. BUTORSKY

What did your lawyer say?

PIPER:

He said with mandatory minimums for

drug crimes, he couldn’t recommend

risking a trial. I pleaded out.

MR. BUTORSKY

And here you are.

PIPER:

Here I am.

MR. BUTORSKY

Aw, well. In a little bit, I’ll

have them take you up to the camp.

Piper pales.

MR. BUTORSKY (CONT'D)

Are you going to barf? Tell me, if

you’re going to barf. There’s a

can behind you.

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PIPER:

I’m not gonna barf.

MR. BUTORSKY

I will be truly displeased if you

barf anywhere but in the can.

PIPER:

Not gonna barf.

MR. BUTORSKY

Miss Chapman, no one is going to

mess with you unless you let them.

This isn’t Oz. You won’t get

shanked. Women fight with gossip

and rumors. And some will peg you

for rich so they’ll hit you up for

commissary.

(he leans in)

And there are lesbians.

Piper reacts. Guess he didn’t read her file that closely.

MR. BUTORSKY (CONT’D)

They’re not going to bother you.

Some will try to be your friend,

just stay away from them. I want

you to understand, you do not have

to have lesbian sex.

She nods. The man’s got issues.

PIPER:

I have a fiance. Larry. He’s a

writer. Um. When can he come

visit me?

MR. BUTORSKY

(re:
file)

Is he in here?

PIPER:

Yes. Everyone’s in there.

MR. BUTORSKY

Anyone who is in your PSI is

cleared to visit. He can come this

weekend. I’ll make sure the list

is in the visiting room.

PIPER:

Oh, thank you!

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MR. BUTORSKY

You just keep to yourself, you’ll

be fine.

He stands up. Gathers her paperwork.

MR. BUTORSKY (CONT'D)

See you at camp. And remember:

Nothing goes on there that I don’t

know about.

CUT TO:

INT. PIPER AND LARRY’S APARTMENT -FLASHBACK -LIVING ROOM

Mid-fight. Indictment papers on the coffee table.

LARRY:

You know everything about me! I

tell you everything! The web-cam

horror. The penis shaving

incident. How did I not know this?

PIPER:

How was I supposed to tell you? It

was a phase. It was my dykey, drug-

running, post-college, lost-soul

adventure phase. I was

embarrassed. I can’t believe she

did this.

LARRY:

I can’t believe YOU did this! Who

are you? I feel like I’m in a

Bourne movie. Have you killed?

Piper bursts into tears.

LARRY (CONT’D)

Oh, Jesus. Oh, baby. No. Stop.

PIPER:

You should break up with me. You

didn’t sign up for this.

LARRY:

Come on. Come on.

Larry joins her on the couch. Takes her in his arms. She

weeps.

LARRY (CONT'D)

Shhhh. Shhhh. It’s okay.

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PIPER:

Okay?!?

She picks up the papers and reads aloud.

PIPER (CONT'D)

“Alex Vause states, Piper Chapman

carried drug money... Piper

Chapman was part of the ring...”

LARRY:

Were you?

PIPER:

I was twenty two years old! I

thought I was in love. I was in

love. It was all crazy. And then

it got scary, and I ran away and

became the nice lady I was supposed

to be. I knew she wasn’t a good

person, but... This is not going

to be okay.

LARRY:

No. But we’ll deal with it. We’ll

figure it out. Have you called a

lawyer?

PIPER:

No.

LARRY:

I’ll call my dad.

PIPER:

No! Oh, god, no. He already hates

me.

LARRY:

Yeah, well. I love you. And he

loves me, so, here we go.

CUT TO:

EXT. STANSBURY PARKING LOT/INT. TRANSPORT VAN - DAY

Piper gets into a white transport van. The driver, ROSEMARIE

PERRONE, late twenties/early thirties, Boston Italian,

wearing make-up and sunglasses and a big cross, looks up from

the BRIDAL MAGAZINE she’s flipping through.

ROSEMARIE:

That it?

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SCARY C.O.

One more coming. Hold up.

Scary C.O. leaves the door open. Piper, now wearing an ugly,

brown stadium coat with a broken zipper over her scrubs, sits

in the seat behind the passenger seat, and holds her large,

mesh laundry bag stuffed with bedding, towels, and some small

soaps in a baggie, on her lap. A young (early 20s), tough

seeming black woman, JANAE WATSON, is seated next to her, her

mesh bag between them. Piper plays with her broken zipper.

She’s cold. She wraps the coat around her and holds it.

PIPER:

The zipper is broken.

Rosemarie looks in the rearview. Pushes up her glasses.

ROSEMARIE:

First time down?

PIPER:

My first time here?

ROSEMARIE:

Your first time in prison.

PIPER:

Oh. Yes.

ROSEMARIE:

It’s not so bad. Everyone’s okay,

but you gotta watch out for the

stealing.

Janae takes the bag that’s sitting between her and Piper and

puts it on the floor by her feet. Steps on it. No one’s

gonna steal from her.

Beat.

ROSEMARIE (CONT’D)

So what’s your name? Last name.

Everyone uses last names here. I’m

Perrone. That’s Watson.

PIPER:

Chapman.

ROSEMARIE:

How much time you got, Chapman?

PIPER:

Fifteen months.

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ROSEMARIE:

That’s not so bad. I’m in for

thirty four, but I’m hopin’ with

good time it’ll be less. Already

done eight.

PIPER:

You’re... They let you drive?

ROSEMARIE:

Who else is gonna do it? We do

everything around here.

(then)

Can I ask you something? You look

like you’d know. Which dress you

like better...?

(Rosemarie passes back her

Bridal magazine)

My top two faves are the ones with

the Half & Half lids stuck to the

pages.

Piper crams her bag onto the floor and takes the magazine.

She turns to the two pages and flips back and forth,

assessing wedding dresses. Janae leans over to look too.

ROSEMARIE (CONT’D)

I want something that’s gonna

express my personality, you know?

And the trick is, I wanna show off

the b*obs and the ass, but I’m not

so happy with the upper arms and

the stomach, so there’s the

challenge.

PIPER:

...They’re both... nice.

ROSEMARIE:

That’s all you gotta say?

Janae points to a dress on a different page.

JANAE:

What about this one?

ROSEMARIE:

Lemme see.

Rosemarie turns around, and Janae takes the magazine out of

Piper’s hands and holds it up for her.

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ROSEMARIE (CONT’D)

Oh, yeah. I looked at that one.

It’s gorgeous. But you see all the

beading? That means it’s gonna

weigh a ton. I can’t have a dress

that’s too heavy cause I wanna

dance my ass off. We even got a

whole surprise dance planned. Like

on YouTube?

CUT TO:

EXT. PEA ISLAND, BEACH, CAPE COD - FLASHBACK - DAY

Recent Piper in a modest bathing suit, wet from an ocean

swim, makes her way back to Larry who sits on a beach chair

under an umbrella, an empty chair and beach stuff next to

him. He holds a cell phone, records video.

PIPER:

Oh, Jesus. Shut that off.

LARRY:

You’re making a big mistake. This

could go viral.

PIPER:

For what? It’s totally boring.

LARRY:

You have a jellyfish in your hair.

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