Orange Is the New Black Page #7

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Rosemarie exits. Piper stands. Not sure what to do next.

ANITA:

Tell me your name again?

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PIPER:

Piper. Chapman.

ANITA:

(She points across the

room to the older women)

That’s Miss Luz. And that’s

Collins. She’s been been keeping

stuff in your locker but she’ll

take it out. She just got out of

the SHU a week ago. That’s why

she’s back in the rooms. Spent a

month in there.

PIPER:

What’s the SHU?

ANITA:

Solitary. You don’t want it,

honey. Trust me.

PIPER:

Why was she...?

ANITA:

Refused to shovel snow. Told a

C.O. to kiss her ass. Dumb. Why

make trouble for yourself, you

know? Here’s some toilet paper.

You gotta take it with you.

PIPER:

Thanks. What’s that?

Piper points to a large machine next to Anita’s bed.

ANITA:

Oh, that’s my breathing machine. I

need it at night. When I first got

here, I had a massive heart attack.

You know about the count?

PIPER:

The count?

ANITA:

The count. They count us five

times a day and you have to be

here, or wherever you’re supposed

to be, and the four o’clock count

is a standing count. The other

ones are at midnight, two A.M.,

five A.M., and nine P.M. Did they

give you a PAC number?

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PIPER:

I don’t know what that is. Wait,

can you go back to the heart

attack?

ANITA:

I don’t like to dwell. You need a

PAC number to make phone calls.

You need to fill out a phone sheet

and it’s gotta go through the whole

rigmarole. But maybe Torella will

let you make a call tonight. It’s

his late night. It helps if you

cry. Dinner’s after the four

o’clock count which is soon. How

much time you got?

PIPER:

For what? Oh. Fifteen months.

How much time do you have?

ANITA:

A long time.

PIPER:

Oh.

Piper leans down and starts to take sheets out of her bag.

Anita freaks.

ANITA:

Don’t make your bed!!!!

PIPER:

What?

ANITA:

We’ll make it for you.

PIPER:

Oh... no. You don’t have to do

that. I’ll-

ANITA:

Honey. We’ll. Make. The. Bed.

We know how.

PIPER:

I know how to make a bed.

ANITA:

Listen. We know how to do it so

we’ll pass inspection. Butorsky is

nuts about inspection.

(MORE)

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ANITA (CONT'D)

He stands on the lockers and looks

for dust. We clean everything with

Maxi-Pads.

PIPER:

Seriously?

ANITA:

It’s a head scratcher, I know.

Bureau of Prisons won’t spring for

shampoo, but someone in the

bureaucracy thought is was vital

that we get cases of maxi-pads.

Probably made some kick-back deal.

Anyway, that one

(She points to empty bunk

below Piper’s)

doesn’t like to clean. Polish

piece of mail-order garbage.

PIPER:

So, we have to make the beds every

morning?

ANITA:

No. You sleep on top of the bed.

With a blanket over you.

PIPER:

What if I want to sleep in the bed?

ANGELINA:

Look, you can do what you want.

Free country. But you’ll be the

only one in the entire prison who

does. You want that? Be my guest.

GUARD (O.S.)

Count time! Count time! Count

time, ladies!

Anita looks nervous. She points to a glowing red light out

in the hallway, over the officers’ station.

ANITA:

See the red light? That light

comes on, you need to be where

you’re supposed to be, and you

don’t move until it goes off.

Two Latina women come hurrying into the room. MARIA RUIZ,

thirties, and GLORIA MENDOZA, late teens. Franken-Cha-Chas.

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ANITA (CONT’D)

(to the ladies)

This is Chapman.

They don’t care much.

ANITA (CONT’D)

You speak Spanish? They know

English, but they only talk

Spanish.

MARIA:

Only when we’re talking ‘bout you,

DeMarco.

GLORIA:

But we’re sayin’ really nice

things.

PIPER:

Shouldn’t the Polish... person who

doesn’t clean be here?

ANITA:

Oh, she works in the kitchen. Gets

counted there. Okay, shhhhh.

Boots and jangling keys can be heard coming down the hall.

Everyone stands by her bed. A man sticks his head in and

counts everyone, then moves on.

PIPER:

Okay, so...

ANITA:

Shhhh. Wait.

Another man comes in and counts everyone, then leaves.

That’s when everyone relaxes. Gets back on the beds. The

Latinas all chat in Spanish.

PIPER:

We eat at four thirty?

ANITA:

That’s when people start eating.

We’re called down in order. Honor

cubes, then dorms in order of how

well they did on inspection. Rooms

always last. We never do good on

inspection.

Suddenly from the hall we hear,

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GUARD (O.S.)

Recount, ladies!

Everyone stands back up.

ANITA:

They always screw it up.

Nina pulls out her earplugs.

NINA:

How hard is it to f***ing count?

ANITA:

Nina, this is...

PIPER:

Piper. Uh. Chapman.

NINA:

Look at you, Blondie. What did you

do?

PIPER:

Aren’t you not supposed to ask

that? I read that you’re never

supposed to ask that.

NINA:

You read that? What, you studied

for prison?

A guard sticks his head in. Counts. Leaves.

PIPER:

What did you do?

BAGGAGE HANDLER (O.S. PRE-LAP)

(heavily accented)

I can’t understand your French.

CUT TO:

INT. BRUSSELS AIRPORT - FLASHBACK - DAY

PIPER:

Mon bag. It didn’t arrive.

Piper is in her travel duds from the tattoo make-up scene.

She stands at a desk in baggage claim, sweating and nervous.

BAGGAGE HANDLER:

Bags don’t make it onto the right

flight sometimes.

(MORE)

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BAGGAGE HANDLER (CONT'D)

Wait for the next shuttle from

Paris-it’s probably on that plane.

PIPER:

Oh, Jesus.

DISSOLVE TO:

INT. BRUSSELS AIRPORT - FLASHBACK - LATER

A series of shots. Piper is a mess. She’s pacing. She’s

biting her cuticles. She’s checking her watch. Fanning

herself. Sweating. Should she leave? Has it already been

confiscated? Is she going to be arrested? Should she flirt

with baggage guy? What the f***?!?! A new carousel starts

to turn. Bags start sliding down. The baggage handler

points.

BAGGAGE HANDLER:

The flight is in.

Piper looks over. Down the ramp and onto the carousel drops

a black, wheeled Tumi! That’s the one!

PIPER:

Mon Bag! Oh! Merci! Merci

beaucoup por todo. Au revoir.

She runs to it. Grabs it. Pulls up the handle and rolls

away, quickly exiting through a nearby door.

RESET TO:

INT. AIRPORT TERMINAL - FLASHBACK - CONTINUOUS

Piper looks around, trying to find a familiar face. She sees

Alex standing across the room in front of the area where

people are exiting customs. She hustles up behind her.

PIPER:

Bon Jour.

ALEX:

(loud)

Bon jour! Welcome to Belgium!

Alex embraces Piper kisses her on one cheek then the other.

ALEX (CONT’D)

(softly)

All good?

Piper nods.

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ALEX (CONT’D)

I was starting to worry. Where did

you come from?

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