Smashed Page #4

24.

KATE:

I don’t know -- I just get stupid

when I’m drunk, and I’m drunk a

lot.

CHARLIE:

We just like to have a good time.

KATE:

Yeah, well...

(beat)

...you’ve gotta promise not to tell

this to anyone.

CHARLIE:

(curious)

I promise.

KATE:

That includes Owen.

CHARLIE:

Of course.

KATE:

Well, last night I kinda, um...

(hushed)

...smoked some crack.

CHARLIE:

WHAT?!

Some bar patrons glance at Kate and Charlie.

KATE:

After I left the bar, I, uh, picked

up this drunk girl and...I don’t

really remember what came next, but

I ended up smoking crack with her.

CHARLIE:

(confused)

Uh...how’s that even happen?

(beat)

You give someone a ride and she

rewards you with crack?!

KATE:

Well...she seemed desperate. She

really needed a ride home.

CHARLIE:

Where?

25.

KATE:

Downtown. I think she maybe lives

in...a tent?

CHARLIE:

What?

KATE:

Well...she might be homeless. Or a

prostitute. Or just some lost

sorority girl.

(thinks about it)

To be honest, I’m not sure...

CHARLIE:

(disgusted)

Oh, my god...you smoked crack with

some random stranger? Did

you...share a pipe?

Kate doesn’t answer. She doesn’t need to.

CHARLIE (CONT’D)

Ughhh...

(beat)

Just playing Devil’s advocate, but

maybe it’s the crack-smoking you

need help with and not the

drinking.

Kate gives Charlie a dirty look.

CHARLIE (CONT’D)

I’m just saying.

KATE:

The drinking led to the crack-

smoking. The drinking leads to

everything stupid I do.

(beat)

I mean...can you even remember the

last time we had sober sex?

Charlie begins to answer, but then...goes blank. He tries to

remember. And can’t.

CHARLIE:

We’ll chill out with the booze for

a while. We can just be wine-with-*

dinner people.

(beat)

How’s that sound?

26.

19 EXT. STREET - DAY 19

Kate and Charlie joyfully ride BICYCLES home from the bar.

CHARLIE:

Maybe you should go to, uh... one

of those meetings. They have ‘em

over there.

Charlie gestures to a

BUILDING (could be a church or different type of building

where AA meets).

Kate LAUGHS.

KATE:

Yeah, right.

CHARLIE:

Remember when I was sh*t-faced and

took that Q & A pamphlet from

there?

KATE:

(laughs)

Holy sh*t! And we answered “yes” to

like every question and at the end

it was like, “If you answered ‘yes’

to any of these you’re an

alcoholic!”

CHARLIE:

Yeah...

(nostalgic)

...that was fun, wasn’t it?

Kate smiles and nods.

CHARLIE (CONT’D)

Hey --

Charlie gestures to the street.

CHARLIE (CONT’D)

-- look out for that crack!

Kate looks down but sees nothing.

KATE:

What crack?

27.

CHARLIE:

Oh, sorry -- I thought there was a

crack there...

(grins)

...but you must have smoked it last

night.

Kate rolls her eyes -- and then jokingly swerves towards

Charlie, trying to knock him over. He LAUGHS and speeds away.

Kate chases after him.

INT. KATE & CHARLIE’S HOUSE - LIVING ROOM - LATER 20

While an old 70’s R & B song plays on a RECORD PLAYER, which

is next to STACKS AND STACKS OF RECORDS -

-- Kate and Charlie drunkenly slow dance, drink WINE, and *

LAUGH at an AA PAMPHLET.

CHARLIE:

“Have you missed days of work or

school because of drinking?”

KATE:

Absolutely.

CHARLIE:

“Do you envy people who can drink

without getting into trouble?”

KATE:

Envy isn’t exactly the right

word...

CHARLIE:

“Do you have ‘blackouts’?”

KATE:

Yeah, but who doesn’t?

CHARLIE:

“Has your drinking caused trouble

at home?”

KATE:

No! We’re great.

CHARLIE:

Yeah. Definitely. But we still had

a lot of “yes” answers.

(refers to pamphlet)

Yep...we still qualify as drunks.

28.

KATE:

I’m gonna go!

CHARLIE:

(disbelief)

Yeah, right.

KATE:

No -- I’m serious! I’m gonna go.

What time is it?

CHARLIE:

Eight.

Kate gets up.

KATE:

See ya.

CHARLIE:

(doesn’t believe her)

Uh-huh...

Kate takes a big sip of wine.

KATE:

(quite serious)

This is me:
going.

Charlie LAUGHS -- he doesn’t buy it.

CHARLIE:

You’ve been boozing.

KATE:

So? You should come too!

Charlie LAUGHS.

CHARLIE:

Yeah, right. You can’t go to AA

wasted. It’s like a rule or

something.

KATE:

Oh, yeah? Watch me!

21 INT. MEETING HALL - NIGHT 21

An AA meeting is in progress.

An OLDER WOMAN stands at the podium sharing her story.

29.

The room is filled with -

-- different groups of PEOPLE, all of whom sit with their

“own group,” like a high school lunch room --but the people

are adults. There are distinct groups of -

-- “PRETTY WOMEN” -

-- “OBSESSIVELY TATTOOED PEOPLE” -

-- “BUSINESSMEN” -

-- and “HIPSTERS.”

As Kate -- who’s slightly confused -- enters the building, a

hip looking man -- DONOVAN, 30’s -- stops her, extending his

hand.

DONOVAN:

(whispers)

Hey, I'm Donovan. Welcome.

KATE:

Hi Donovan -- I’m Kate!

Donovan “shushes” Kate.

DONOVAN:

You must be a newcomer, huh?

KATE:

A what?

DONOVAN:

(whispers)

Um, I'm not really allowed to talk

to new chicks, but there are lots

of women here who can help you out.

KATE:

(confused)

Okay.

(beat)

Do I just sit wherever?

DONOVAN:

The meeting already started so just

try to find a spot anywhere.

Kate drunkenly stumbles to the back of the room, saying

things like “sorry” and “I like that jacket” as she takes a

seat next to two very CLEAN CUT WOMEN.

30.

As the woman at the podium continues to speak, the women next

to Kate quietly try to welcome her.

LILY *

Are you new?

KATE:

To this? Yeah. Why’s everyone

whispering?

SHANA *

It's hard, huh?

KATE:

I guess.

LILY *

Everything’s going to be fine.

You’re home.

Kate doesn't respond -- just looks around with the fear

anyone would have if they felt they had just accidentally

joined Jim Jones’ church.

LATER:

The room is COMPLETELY FULL -- with over ONE-HUNDRED PEOPLE.

The tattooed man stands at the podium.

TATTOO MAN:

Not to embarrass anyone, but so

that we may get to know you better

-is there anybody here in their

first thirty days of recovery?

Several PEOPLE scattered throughout the room stand up and

introduce themselves as alcoholics.

Kate stands up.

KATE:

I'm Kate. I...I'm...I guess I’m a

little drunk right now.

People burst into LAUGHTER.

KATE (CONT’D)

Do you want me to talk about my

childhood or something?

31.

TATTOO MAN:

(painfully polite)

You know, Kate, we actually ask

that you don’t share if you’ve had *

a drink or any mind-altering

substance in the past 24 hours.

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