The East Page #3

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I thought it was a party.

It is, it is.

But it's kind of a work party.

So it's...

You brought us to a work party?

Yeah, yeah, but it'll be fine.

It'll be fine, come on.

Come on!

(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)

You're protecting the jam.

I get it. But...

...I don't want to

mess this up

because I don't know

what's going on.

(WHISPERING) You're doing fine.

Just don't leave the tent.

Keep Porty occupied.

Oh. And don't drink

the champagne.

I have to go.

Can I get you a drink?

No, I'm great.

You are great, aren't you'?

IZZY:
I guess a match

isn't in our future.

I like hard courts.

You're too young

to know better.

Edward, this is Rory Houston.

He's on

Mr. McCabe's board.

Nice meeting you, sir.

Edward Eneicher.

I didn't realize you

had a glass, honey.

Want some champagne?

Thank you.

Have you felt the fake grass

courts with your bare feet?

It's impossible to

tell the difference.

That's why

there's such a fervent

pro-life movement

in this country.

I don't follow.

Everything else

is dead or dying.

Even the grass is fake.

We should probably go find...

Porty.

Excuse us.

Cool it.

Here you go.

Bob, Sarah. This is my stepfather.

This is his party.

Robert. Is this your friend

from boarding school?

I went to public school.

Me, too. I believe in pulling

yourself up by your bootstraps.

Nothing to stop you

but laziness and terrorism.

ROBERT:
(CHUCKLES) Where did

you find this firecracker?

It's nice to see so many people in uniform.

You're in the military?

I work in

the private sector now.

Robert is being modest. He's

the McCabe in McCabe-Grey.

The pharmaceutical company.

Mmm-hmm.

Excuse me.

Sir?

Can I use your phone?

Yes, but this one's actually dying.

I have one in my room.

You want to...?

Wonderful.

This way.

(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

Just a minute!

(KNOCKING CONTINUES)

WOMAN:
Our Vice President,

Paige Williams.

(PEOPLE CLAPPING)

Tonight we're

happy to announce...

...the government will be supplying

our miracle drug, Denoxin...

...to every man

and woman in uniform.

(GUESTS CLAPPING)

Allow me to

introduce our CEO...

...who has led this particular charge

and welcomed us into his home.

Mr. Robert McCabe.

(GUESTS CHEERING)

Thank you, Paige.

(CELL PHONE RINGING)

(TAP RUNNING) (WHISPERING) It's me.

Can you hear me'?

Where are you?

Cape Cod.

I'm at the home of

the CEO of McCabe-Grey.

I think they're poisoning the

company with their own drug.

When?

Right now.

What's the potential damage?

I don't know.

But the side effects

seem severe.

There are families downstairs.

(KNOCKING ON DOOR) PORTY: You

talking to your boyfriend?

(FLUSHES TOILET)

You there?

It wouldn't be on the market if

it were life threatening, okay?

No, just listen.

Stay calm.

You hold your cover.

That's our asset.

But people could get hurt.

I have no idea...

...what the dosage is.

McCabe-Grey is

not my client.

Better? Who were you talking to?

Told my mom we got here safely.

A little old to be checking

in with Mom, don't you think?

I came up here

to use your phone.

Yeah, you did.

Where you going?

Stop-Stop!

Calm down!

(GRUNTING)

(SCREAMS)

ROBERT:
Tonight marks

a special occasion...

...in the McCabe-Grey family

with this announcement.

It warms my heart to be surrounded

by so many familiar faces...

...at our party.

At McCabe-Grey,

we always ask...

...how can we keep

people healthy...

...so they can enjoy their

lives to the fullest?

I'd like to refresh

your glass for you.

And among those we

care about most...

...are our young men and

women in the Armed Forces.

Hi, I'll bring a new glass

in just a second.

I'll take that for you.

Pardon me. Let me

take that, thank you.

ROBERT:
Protecting them from

Third World diseases...

...and biochemical agents

such as anthrax...

...allowing them to continue

bringing freedom and democracy...

...to the darkest

regions of the world.

To them...

...and to us.

(GLASSES CLINKING)

Whoo!

(HOWLING)

I'm sorry we couldn't tell

you before we started.

It must have been hard.

What's going to happen

to those people?

BENJI:
Nothing.

If their drug is as

safe as they claim.

But you know Porty.

Couldn't you have just

talked to his stepdad?

Please. (SCOFFS)

They make $1.4 billion a

year off of Denoxin alone.

They don't give a sh*t.

Maybe, but wouldn't

people know about it?

IZZY:
Doc...

...tell her.

She deserves to know.

Tell her everything.

My sister traveled with me

to do aid work in Kenya.

She took Denoxin. I prescribed

it as an anti-malarial.

Some weeks later,

she woke up one morning...

...and didn't recognize

her face in the mirror.

The drug I had prescribed...

...had damaged her brain.

It's a condition

known as prosopagnosia.

No one believed it

was the Denoxin, but...

...I prescribed myself

the same drug.

And day by day...

...my mind and

body deteriorate.

(CLEARS THROAT)

She killed herself

some months later.

We are The East.

And we are your wakeup call.

And we are not hiding from you.

TOGETHER:
We are you.

We are the morning

you got off the treadmill

and ran under the open sky.

We're the first time you kissed

someone and they kissed you back.

IZZY:
We are the night

you couldn't sleep.

The night you stared at the

ceiling, thinking, "Is this it?

"Is this the best

life has to offer?"

No.

There is a freedom in you

that knows no fear.

Last night, we gave pharmaceutical

giant McCabe-Grey...

...a taste of their

best-selling poison, Denoxin.

We encourage the media to

follow the company's members.

We will counterattack two more

corporations for their injustice.

We will not show mercy.

(LOCK CLICKS)

(WATER SPLASHING)

So you spin the bottle. Whoever

it lands on is your partner.

You ask them permission

for what you want to do.

Like, um,

"Can I shake your hand?"

And they'll say, "Yeah", or...

..."No, I'd rather not."

Or they'll pose an

alternative, like...

..."Why don't we high

five?" Or something.

Here you go.

(ALL LAUGHING)

Can Thumbs and I

hug you for one minute?

All right.

(GRUNTING)

Come on.

Ah!

This is ridiculous.

(CHUCKLING)

Thank you.

I would like you and Thumbs

to hug me for one minute.

(ALL LAUGHING)

Can I kiss your belly button?

You may.

Thank you.

(LAUGHING)

LUCA:
Can I kiss you?

Ah!

(LAUGHTER)

Oh, that's good.

Can I kiss you?

Okay. (CLEARS THROAT) You may.

Can I kiss you?

Can we hug instead?

Sure.

(SNIFFING)

I can't believe these were

going to a landfill.

THUMBS:
Tess.

Where'd you harvest?

Hartford.

New apples come in,

old ones are dumped.

Give me a hand?

Where's Benji been?

He sometimes

takes days to himself.

DOC:
Guys?

You should see this.

MALE NEWSREADER:
Shocking news Friday

that the board of McCabe-Grey...

...had been drugged

by a terrorist group...

...calling themselves

The East.

McCabe-Grey

Vice President...

...Paige Williams

spoke to reporters today.

I had a bad rash

and a nasty stomach ache...

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