Screenplay: Beauty and The Geek

Beauty and The Geek
by
Nina Tryggvason
Written in 9 days, in the RomCom Room Challenge

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EXT. SKI RESORT. NIGHT
A beautiful vista of a snowy mountainside, with a quaint
collection of villas. SKIERS move between buildings.
INT. SKI LODGE CABIN. NIGHT
The cabin is filled with rough hewn wood furniture, hunting
trophies and ski paraphernalia on the walls. A large picture
window shows a mountain vista and a heavy snow snowfall.
Faces flushed with cold, TAMARA TYLER (early 20’s, sporty
glamour) and JIM FARRIS (mid 20’s, chiselled Ken doll) enter
in a cloud of snow.
They kiss, the snow raging in the door frame.
Tamara breaks the ever increasingly passionate kiss by
laughing.
TAMARA
We have to close the door before we
freeze.
JIM
Well…
Tamara kisses him quickly, and then closes the door.
TAMARA
I know you can keep me warm, I just
hate drafts.
JIM
I guess I’ll start a fire.
Tamara kisses him deeply.
JIM (cont’d)
I guess I already did.
They share several short kisses, as Jim moves to the
fireplace.
JIM (cont’d)
Let me get this one started.
TAMARA
I’ll fix us something.
(CONTINUED)
Tamara sheds layers of clothing as she makes her way to the
kitchenette area.
Jim stacks wood and lights the fire. He pulls a ring box from
his pants pocket, opens it, and watches the diamond flicker
in the firelight.
Jim smiles to himself.
TAMARA (cont’d)
We have cold roast chicken or beef.
Jim fumbles to stash the ring-box.
JIM
Chicken, chicken is good.
Tamara gets closer.
TAMARA
Is something wrong?
Chagrined, Jim stands up face Tamara.
JIM
What could possibly be wrong?
TAMARA
Well, there’s only enough chicken
for one, and I want it.
JIM
Then you have it, you have whatever
you want.
Tamara looks at him sharply.
TAMARA
What’s up? You’ve been funny all
day.
JIM
Have I?
Tamara hits him on the arm.
TAMARA
You know you have been.
JIM
Yeah, I have been, I, uh…
2.
CONTINUED:
(CONTINUED)
Jim pulls the ring-box out of his pocket and offers it to
Tamara.
Her eyes pop as she opens the box.
TAMARA
Ohmigawd, are you sure?
Jim LAUGHS.
JIM
Not the response I was expecting,
exactly.
TAMARA
Really, what were you expecting
then, exactly?
Jim steps forward, tips Tamara’s face upwards and leans in to
kiss her tenderly.
A boom microphone bonks Jim on the head.
DIRECTOR (OS)
Cut!
A bluescreen replaces the mountain vista as the snowfall in
the window stops and a PRODUCTION ASSISTANT appears.
INT. STUDIO WITH SKI LODGE CABIN SET. CONTINUOUS
CREW rushes to reset the set.
Tamara moves to the edge of the set.
TAMARA
Should we do it again?
DIRECTOR
No, that was fine, we got a good
sense of how you kiss.
TAMARA
Oh, well, thank you then.
Tamara retreats.
CASTING AGENT
We’ll call you agent by Friday.
Thanks for coming in, Tamara.
3.
CONTINUED: (2)
(CONTINUED)
TAMARA
Thank you.
Tamara exits, as a SECOND PRODUCTION ASSISTANT brings in a
LOOKALIKE ACTRESS.
Jim intercepts Tamara.
JIM
You’re really good, I’ll put a word
in for you.
Tamara gushy flirts.
TAMARA
It would be really great to get the
chance to work with you.
Jim gets closer to her. Tamara smiles, warm and inviting.
JIM
How about I give you my number so I
help you with the lines for your
callback audition?
MARSHA TYLER (Roslind Russell-type stage mom) steps out of
the dark.
MARSHA
Tarama’s very good at learning
lines all on her own, thank you.
Tamara pouts like a naughty little girl, and covertly flirts
with Jim when Marsha is not looking.
Jim looks back and forth between the two women, and
immediately backs off.
JIM
Sure, sorry, they’re gonna want me
back on the set for the next
audition.
(flirting with Tamara)
Good luck, Tamara, I hope you get
the part.
Jim exits,sneaking glances back. Tamara flirts just a tiny
bit, as if hiding her intentions from her mother.
Tamara and Marsha walk through the studio hallway to the
exit.
4.
CONTINUED:
INT. STUDIO HALLWAY. CONTINUOUS
Marsha walks faster than Tamara down a long studio hallway.
There are posters from various movies.
MARSHA
You blew three lines.
TAMARA
Do you think they noticed?
Tamara looks back at the now closed doors to the studio with
worry.
MARSHA
The director didn’t, the casting
agent did. But I think you covered
it well. The director was hanging
off of each kiss.
Marsha gives Tamara a quick, but maternal, hug as they
continue towards the outside exit.
TAMARA
Think they’ll call?
MARSHA
Of course they’ll call, but you
have to be better to get the part.
Now, what was that crap with that
actor?
TAMARA
I figured a little flirting
wouldn’t help, he said he’d put a
word in.
MARSHA
He’d got no pull, and he wouldn’t
use it if he did. Actors are a
waste of your time. It’s the
directors you need to focus on at
auditions. Producers if the
director doesn’t bite.
TAMARA
The producer was a woman.
Marsha stops and looks hard at Tamara.
5.
(CONTINUED)
MARSHA
What did I tell you about that?
TAMARA
Whoever it takes to really get the
part.
MARSHA
It’s not for life, just the run of
the shoot.
TAMARA
Right, well, the director was
interested.
They continue walking.
MARSHA
We’ll work on this later, I got you
that commercial, it’s a national
one. Good exposure.
TAMARA
The dish soap or the fried chicken?
MARSHA
The computer one, software or
network services, I can’t remember.
Something techie.
TAMARA
Great.
MARSHA
I know it’s not a feature, but it’s
a national commercial, it’s good
upfront and there’ll be residuals.
And, besides…
TAMARA
Someday the director might be
making features and it’s good to
make those connections.
Marsha hugs Tamara.
MARSHA
That’s my girl.
6.
CONTINUED:
INT. OFFICE SET FOR COMMERCIAL. DAY.
Tamara is dressed as a harried office worker, sitting at a
computer desk. Her computer has crashed.
TAMARA
Computers were supposed to make
working easier, but the network’s
always down or having integration
problems between our global
branches. How is my team supposed
to finish the project?
NETDUDE (dressed as a puffin in a blue hat) appears in a rain
of software boxes.
NETDUDE
Never fear, Netdude’s here – with a
lot cost, multi-office suite
supporting, global networking
solution that’s guaranteed to never
to go down.
TAMARA
Just the computer will never go
down? Tell me more, Netdude.
The COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR and DAVID MARKSON (mid 20’s, Computer
Company CEO, nervous around women) grin at each other.
INT. FOOD SERVICE COUNTER – COMMERCIAL SET. DAY
CREW and GEEKS mill around, helping themselves to food.
Tamara gets a plate of food, nibbling her way down the table
of sandwiches, veggies and other foods.
David nervously sidles up to her, he gathers an odd
assortment of food, trying to work up his courage.
Tamara is finished and starts to move to the sitting area.
David screws up his courage and takes the plunge.
DAVID
You’re quite an actress.
7.
(CONTINUED)
TAMARA
Actor.
David looks her up and down, first in appreciation and then
in surprise.
DAVID
So you’re pre-surgery?
TAMARA
I don’t go in for that, at least
until 40, anyway.
DAVID
I thought it’s just a two year
wait.
TAMARA
Two? What are you talking about?
DAVID
Gender reassignment surgery?
TAMARA
Reassignment? Me?
DAVID
(stuttering)
Well, uh, you said actor, so I
thought….
Tamara LAUGHS.
David fills a pate while he re-groups.
TAMARA
No, we all call ourselves actor,
gender doesn’t matter. No one uses
actress anymore.
DAVID
But the Oscars still use actress.
TAMARA
Don’t go there.
David looks around and spies a partially empty table.
DAVID
Okay. Do you want to go over there?
Uh, I’m David Markson. CEO of
Netware Solutions.
8.
CONTINUED:
(CONTINUED)
TAMARA
Tamara Tyler. Thanks for casting me
in your commercial.
DAVID
Sorry about it, the dialog is kinda
silly.
They move to the table.
TAMARA
Yeah, a bit sophomoric.
DAVID
It’s geek driven humour, it’s our
demographic. We want them to think
that they’d have a chance with a
girl like you, if they could solve
your problem.
TAMARA
And what’s my problem.
DAVID
You don’t have a geek in your life.
Tamara LAUGHS.
TAMARA
I don’t have a lot of luck with
men, geeks or otherwise.
DAVID
I find it hard to believe that you
have a problem getting men.
TAMARA
No problem getting, just keeping.
DAVID
Because you’re a dedicated career
woman with crazy hours involving
being glamorous and pretending to
have sex with very handsome men?
TAMARA
Not yet, but I guess I am working
towards that. Something like that,
except maybe roles that don’t
involve so much sex.
9.
CONTINUED: (2)
(CONTINUED)
DAVID
So, if that’s not the problem, a
least yet…
Marsha approaches the table.
MARSHA
Tamara, have you finished preparing
for your final shot?
TAMARA
Yes, Mom. Have you met David? He’s
the CEO of the computer company.
David, this is my Mom, Marsha,
she’s my agent and drama coach.
Marsha looks him over, and finds him lacking.
MARSHA
Pleased to meet you. Tamara, I’d
like to go over your final shot.
Tamara looks down at her mostly full plate.
TAMARA
I wasn’t that hungry. Thanks again.
Tamara and Marsha exit. David watches Tamara’s departing
figure wistfully.
CAITLYN (late 20’s, soft butch, in love with David and
pretending to be a lesbian so David is comfortable around
her.
CAITLYN
So, the shoot’s going well?
DAVID
Yeah.
Caitlyn looks from David to Tamara.
CAITLYN
Everything okay?
DAVID
Yeah.
CAITLYN
Okay, then.
10.
CONTINUED: (3)
(CONTINUED)
David watches Caitlyn, unrequited longing on his face, as she
walks away.
INT. DAVID’S OFFICE. NIGHT
David is going over some paperwork. He can’t concentrate. He
picks out a CDRom from his in-basket, and puts the CDrom into
his computer.
Tamara’s commercial plays.
David sits back in his chair, smiling.
David makes a phone call.
DAVID
Caitlyn, it’s David, can you get me
the number for that actress- I mean
actor, Tamara Tyler, who filmed the
commercial last week? We’re gonna
need her back for the print ad
campaign too. Just leave her number
on my voice mail. Thanks.
David replays the commercial.
INT. GYM. DAY
Tamara and Sadie BLUE (mid 20, actor) work out on
stairmasters. A PLETHORA OF GYM PATRONS work out on various
machines around them. Several MALE PATRONS are pumping and
primping for Tamara and Sadie, but only Sadie sneaks peeks.
SADIE
So, big party Saturday.
TAMARA
I have a workshop on Sunday.
SADIE
You gotta take a weekend off. It’s
an industry party, lots of
networking opportunities.
TAMARA
It’s not just about the networking.
11.
CONTINUED: (4)
(CONTINUED)
SADIE
Don’t let your Mom hear you say
that.
TAMARA
(laughs)
Yeah, but this is going to be a
good workshop, you get to do camera
work, so I’ll have something to add
to my demo reel.
SADIE
How’d that commercial shoot go?
TAMARA
A bit embarrassing actually, lame
dialog, but they want me back for
print ads.
SADIE
Oooh, Tamara Tyler, Goddess of
Geeks. Still, it’s a national
commercial, can’t knock those
residuals, or exposure.
TAMARA
At least it wasn’t a tampon
campaign.
SADIE
So, you gonna do the ads?
TAMARA
I hoped that my first billboard
would be for a feature, not a
computer networking solution.
SADIE
Anytime you get a chance to be
larger than life, go for it.
BUFF MALE PATRON on a treadmill flexes for Tamara, failing to
get her attention.
TAMARA
So, where’s this party?
SADIE
Ah, the lure of cute guys is strong
in this one.
12.
CONTINUED:
(CONTINUED)
TAMARA
No, I’m through with guys for now.
SADIE
Well, there’ll be plenty of
gorgeous gals too.
TAMARA
Sadie! Seriously, tempting.
Buff Male Patron nearly chokes as he backwashes his sport
drink.
SADIE
Seriously?
TAMARA
No. I don’t mean I’m off of guys, I
just want to focus on getting my
career going. I don’t need
distractions.
Buff Male Patron, crestfallen, exits.
SADIE
That’s Mama talking.
TAMARA
I think Mom would be happy for me
to have a relationship to support
me. I just don’t seem to attract
the right kind of men.
SADIE
Other than old, rich and on oxygen,
what is the right kind of guy?
Sadie stops walking and slides off the end of the machine.
Tamara follows her off.
TAMARA
(laughs)
Well, going by my recent past, not
gay, not a ‘hey there, hi there, ho
there’ networking smarmy guy, not
really in love with someone else
that I look like, and someone who
doesn’t just disappear on you.
Sadie stifles a pretend yawn.
13.
CONTINUED: (2)
(CONTINUED)
TAMARA (cont’d)
I don’t think that’s particularly
fussy.
SADIE
I think that the women who say they
aren’t fussy, tend to be really
fussy but they are the only ones
don’t know it.
Tamara whacks Sadie with her towel.
TAMARA
I’m not fussy, I just meet disaster
guys. Occupational hazard. And I
have a voice class in an hour, so I
have to book.
SADIE & TAMARA
Star kiss!
They air kiss each other, much to the disappointment of
several male and a few female patrons.
They exit to the change rooms.
INT. PHOTO STUDIO. DAY
Tamara poses at a workstation set with software boxes.
PHOTOGRAPHER and PHOTO ASSISTANT take light metre readings,
pose Tamara and fiddle with the set.
Marsha watches from the sideline, stopping herself from
interfering periodically.
David and Caitlyn (mid 20s, hard core geek, Executive
Assistant to David) stand near Marsha.
DAVID
(to Caitlyn)
She is the most gorgeous woman.
PHOTOGRAPHER
(to Tamara)
Tamara, look like the boxes really
excite you.
14.
CONTINUED: (3)
(CONTINUED)
CAITLYN
(to David)
If you like that type. Which, duh,
you’re male, so you do.
TAMARA
(to photographer)
The boxes, or what they represent?
DAVID
(to Caitlyn)
Jealous?
PHOTOGRAPHER
(to Tamara)
Whichever makes you hotter.
CAITLYN
(to David)
(jealous)
I could do better.
David gives Caitlyn a lovesick look.
TAMARA
(to photographer)
How about the idea that I’m going
to be on billboards?
Marsha glares. Tamara strikes a sizzler pose.
MARSHA
Tamara’s an artist, and your
chatter is distracting.
CAITLYN
Right, cause standing by a desk is
so hard.
PHOTOGRAPHER
(to Tamara)
Gorgeous dahling, makes me almost
wish I was straight.
MARSHA
You want her to make your product
look good, don’t you?
15.
CONTINUED:
(CONTINUED)
CAITLYN
Our product works, that’s what we
need to sell, the stability and
integration, not wet dream
fantasies.
Caitlyn whacks David on the arm.
CAITLYN (cont’d)
Later, dude.
DAVID
Fer sure, totally.
David is completely enraptured by Tamara.
MARSHA
I guess those box designs really
work for him.
David realizes he’s being talked about and looks at Marsha
and Caitlyn.
DAVID
Sorry, uh, modelling, that’s quite
a talent.
MARSHA
Yeah, she’s quite the girl.
DAVID
Have you been her agent long?
MARSHA
Yeah, since she was a kid,
actually.
DAVID
Is she, um, involved with anyone?
Marsha sized David up and finds him very lacking.
MARSHA
Yes. For a long time now.
David is crestfallen.
CAITLYN
He’s probably a big muscle-y actor
guy with lots of chest hair and
chiseled features.
16.
CONTINUED: (2)
(CONTINUED)
DAVID
What would a girl like that want
with a squirrelly geek like me?
Marsha starts to walk away.
CAITLYN
Cheer up, stand a man on his wallet
and he usually gets taller. As long
as she likes guys, you got a
chance.
MARSHA
(sotto voce)
No chance.
CAITLYN
Hey, maybe you could offer to
invest in a movie for her?
Marsha stops walking, but she doesn’t return to their
conversation directly.
DAVID
What do movies cost?
CAITLYN
I ain’t talking Lord of the Rings
or Barbarella, here, just a simple
character drama, can’t be more than
a couple million.
David looks like he’s going to barf.
Marsha rushes back, sweet and enthusiastic.
MARSHA
You wouldn’t need to raise it all
at once, even just a half million
would interest other investors.
DAVID
I don’t know much about making
movies. Where do you get a script?
Marsha puts her arm through David’s.
MARSHA
Leave that to me, I have a
wonderful script for Tamara.
17.
CONTINUED: (3)
(MORE)
(CONTINUED)
It’s drama, comedy and romance, oh
the romance. But no nude scenes,
she doesn’t do nude.
David looks helplessly at Caitlyn.
DAVID
N-never said that she w-would.
Caitlyn watches them head down the hall with narrowed eyes.
INT. COFFEE ROOM – COMPUTER COMPANY. LATER
The coffee room is decorated with dog eared SF movie and
video game posters. There is a set of Nerf (TM) guns and
several action figure toys from comics and SF movies/tv
series that have been assembled are various torsos, limbs and
heads.
The centre piece on the coffee able is a mini-Stonehenge made
of bricks, complete with a still intact Barbie (TM) doll
sacrifice. A Druidic GI Joe (TM) doll holds a tiny knife
above her.
Tamara sits on a couch, sipping coffee, taking in the
surroundings.
Caitlyn enters and gets coffee.
Caitlyn moves Joe’s knife arm a little bit closer to Barbie,
then plunks down, very close, to Tamara.
CAITLYN
It’s a work in progress.
TAMARA
Oh, an installation piece.
Performance art, sure.
CAITLYN
It’s more a stress reliever. Every
bad day, the blade gets a little
closer. That’s the tenth Barbie
this year.
TAMARA
But it’s only April.
CAITLYN
Yeah, research and development can
be a bitch.
18.
CONTINUED: (4)
MARSHA (cont’d)
(CONTINUED)
TAMARA
I thought you were Mr. Markson’s
assistant.
CAITLYN
Executive Assistant. I am, I’m also
a head programmer. We’re a solid
company, not a paper dotcom, but
we’re still a in the garage
mentality. We all do whatever’s
needed.
TAMARA
I can relate to that. Doing
whatever’s needed.
CAITLYN
Really? And what’s needed for you?
TAMARA
A lot of networking, always taking
classes and workshops, doing
anything to get your face and name
out there. Whatever it takes.
CAITLYN
Oh, I thought agents did all that.
TAMARA
Agents do a lot, but you have to
put in the effort, and most agents
have a big client roster, so you
have to market yourself to your
agent too.
CAITLYN
Your agent…
TAMARA
Also my Mom, so she’s a bit more
dedicated to me. But she does have
other clients. She’s not a freaky
stage mom or anything like that.
CAITLYN
She’s still talking to David?
TAMARA
Yeah, something about him investing
in a film? I didn’t think you guys
did that.
19.
CONTINUED:
(CONTINUED)
CAITLYN
We don’t, but you always want to
reach into new markets. We’re all
big movie fans.
TAMARA
Maybe you could develop special
effects or editing software.
CAITLYN
Yeah, who knows. Anyway, I have a
team meeting, got to get back to
work.
TAMARA
Thanks for having me back, for the
print ads, it was unexpected.
CAITLYN
Yeah, I have a feeling we’ll call
you back for another commercial
too. It’s a big thing, doing like
mini-series for commercials,
instead of one of’s.
TAMARA
I take it that you do marketing
too?
CAITLYN
I used to, while we got this place
going, I’m not proud of that rent
job.
INT. TAMARA’S APARTMENT. NIGHT.
The apartment is minimalist and impersonal, with a small
workout area and motivational posters, affirmations and had
written goal targets everywhere.
The few decorations are studio glamour shots of Marilyn
Monroe, Betty Grable, Rita Hayward, etc.
Tamara and Marsha are strategy planning at the dinning area
table. There is a dry erase 4 month wall planer covered in
more details of auditions, networking parties represented by
notes and stars and shapes than the Pentagon would have for a
major battle offensive.
20.
CONTINUED: (2)
(CONTINUED)
Along one wall, there are photos of producers and directors,
with bio notes, and lines connecting people in their industry
network.
Tamara’s bookcase is filled with books on acting techniques,
monologues for actors, audition advice, celebrity
biographies, and technical books about lighting, camera and
directing.
TAMARA
So, Friday night, I’m at the Women
in Film Career Café until 9, and
then I’m off to the fundraising
party at Metro’s?
MARSHA
Yes. And don’t stay passed 11:30,
because you’ve got that audition
for the indie production at nine.
Tamara sits back and sips her ice water with lime.
MARSHA (cont’d)
There’s no good way to tell you
this.
Marsha paces.
TAMARA
Tell me what?
MARSHA
You didn’t get the support role in
the John Woo picture. Delna did.
Tamara is crestfallen, and then cheers up.
TAMARA
It’s okay, she works hard, and at
least she’s part of your stable.
Any one of us that does well
reflects back on the group, right?
MARSHA
Stow it, that’s what I tell the
clients when you get the roles.
TAMARA
I don’t want preferential
treatment. You’re Delna’s agent
too.
21.
CONTINUED:
(CONTINUED)
MARSHA
Yeah, well, I’m thinking that I got
to do more than agent, packaging,
that’s the way to go.
TAMARA
I have a great demo package.
MARSHA
No, I mean package you and a script
and some funding. Money and a
packaged deal on the table, that
makes the big players pay
attention.
TAMARA
How are we going to do that?
MARSHA
Remember Tanya, that writer from
the spring workshop? The goal
setting one?
TAMARA
Yeah, she had a script about
lesbians camping or something.
MARSHA
It was a character story, 5 women,
only three were lesbians, very few
locations, easy to shoot. Lots of
angst and comedy. You’d be perfect
as the straight girl. Gay movies
are hot properties.
TAMARA
Okay, so me and the script.
MARSHA
I cast all the roles from my
roster. A total package.
TAMARA
Okay, so where does the funding
come from?
MARSHA
This is where you come back in,
Saturday night.
22.
CONTINUED: (2)
(CONTINUED)
TAMARA
This is the real hard thing you’re
going to tell me, the Delna got the
part was a set up?
MARSHA
Am I that transparent?
TAMARA
Only that you’re up to something,
not what.
MARSHA
I found an investor, and you are
going to wine and dine him
TAMARA
Who?
MARSHA
David Markson.
TAMARA
The computer guy?
MARSHA
Yup. I think we can get about a
mil, mil and half. That’s half of
what we’d need to film that script.
TAMARA
And what exactly is he expecting
for this investment?
MARSHA
I’m an agent, not a pimp, Tamara
Eloise Tyler.
TAMARA
Okay, dinner. I can do that.
MARSHA
You have to close the deal. He’s
still unsure. And that assistant of
his, Caitlyn, she’s sharp and not
happy. She’s got her eye on him.
TAMARA
She’s a lesbian. You’re losing your
touch.
23.
CONTINUED: (3)
(CONTINUED)
MARSHA
Lesbian? I don’t believe it. Never
mind that. You need to convince him
that this investment is sound. Be
business, a little flirty, but
that’s all.
TAMARA
Sounds less involved than I
thought. Okay, he seemed nice.
EXT. RESTAURANT. NIGHT
Establishing shot.
DAVID (OS)
You did a great job on the print
ads, thanks for coming back.
EXT. RESTAURANT. NIGHT
Establishing shot of fancy restaurant.
DAVID (OS)
You did a great job on the print
ads, thanks for coming back.
INT. RESTAURANT. NIGHT.
Tamara and David eat dinner at a secluded table in an upscale
restaurant.
TAMARA
Thanks for giving me the job. It’s
a big career step, doing a national
ad campaign.
DAVID
Um, how long have you been acting?
TAMARA
Early teens, plays and stuff. How
long have you done computer…
stuff?
24.
CONTINUED: (4)
(CONTINUED)
DAVID
Same, I didn’t really have a lot of
friends in high school, and I, ah,
like computers better than people.
They’re more….predictable.
TAMARA
I love e-mail and getting to
electronically submit my demo
package, but I have to admit, I
mostly use my computer to play
games.
DAVID
(laughs)
So do I. It was so bad when Quake
III came out, the whole company
shut down for a week!
TAMARA
I’m a Sims player, I don’t like the
violent games, although, I have to
admit, I did drown a couple of my
Sims.
DAVID
(laughs)
They’re pretty cute when you
electrocute’em too.
TAMARA
(laughs)
So, what made you get interested in
movies?
DAVID
Well, um, I hadn’t thought about
them much, in terms of being
involved….until your agent…
um…she’s your Mom, right?
TAMARA
Yeah, but we keep those
relationships separate. She has
other clients, but I’m her only
child, so we’re close. Actually,
she used to act, small movie parts
and theatre, until I came along,
then she switched to agenting so
she could raise me.
25.
CONTINUED:
(CONTINUED)
DAVID
Really? Cool. What did your dad do?
TAMARA
He didn’t hang around and I figured
that if he wasn’t interested in
being part of my life, then I
wasn’t going to waste time and
emotion trying to figure him out.
DAVID
Oh. So, it’s not a touchy subject?
TAMARA
No, I mean, I know there had to be
a dad-person, but I didn’t know
him, my Mom doesn’t talk about him,
so he’s sorta non-baggage. Does
that make sense?
DAVID
I guess so, you can’t miss what you
never had?
TAMARA
Yeah, you know, it’s so cool that
you get it. Funny, everyone else I
know wants to push me into being
upset. I dated a guy who seemed to
really need me to have a Daddy
complex, I think it was so he could
control me.
DAVID
It surprised me that you wouldn’t
have had a lot of luck with men.
TAMARA
I guess it depends if you consider
quantity or quality as lucky. I
have my fair share of male
attention, but I’m not very lucky
with the guys.
DAVID
It’s like watching a train wreck, I
don’t know that I want to know, but
I can’t help myself. Why have they
all gone so wrong?
26.
CONTINUED: (2)
(CONTINUED)
TAMARA
Well, I seem to attract a lot of
gay men. That’s weird, why would
they want to date me? I had one
date, got up in the middle of the
date and never came back from the
bathroom.
DAVID
You got stood up in the middle of
the date?
TAMARA
Yeah. And, the worse one, the last
one, he cheated on me.
DAVID
I can’t imagine….
TAMARA
(nursing fading hurts)
Yeah, oh, it’s stupid that I let it
bother me, it’s ancient history.
Let’s go back to parents, seems
like less baggage. Do you have two
parents?
DAVID
Yeah, still married, to each other
even. Go figure. Oh, and I have a
younger brother.
TAMARA
That musta been hard growing up,
having two battlefields, or did
they do a united front thing?
DAVID
No, my Dad’sa business man, he
traveled a lot, so he’d be gone and
then home and we’d do all kinds of
things together. My Mom was the
constant one, she worked, but she
was really supportive of us.
The eat in comfortable silence for a moment. Tamara gives
David a soft “what if he’s the one” possibility.
TAMARA
Hmmm, we’re getting into like third
date conversations.
27.
CONTINUED: (3)
(MORE)
(CONTINUED)
We better move back into
intellectually safe territory.
David gets nervous.
DAVID
Did I do something wrong?
TAMARA
Ohmigosh, was that out loud?
DAVID
Yeah, it was. Um, how’s your
dinner?
TAMARA
Fine, I’ve never been here before.
Thank you.
DAVID
I’m not good at dating, or casual
conversation. I just….don’t get
to meet a lot of women in my
industry.
TAMARA
What about Caitlyn?
DAVID
I’d be lost without Caitlyn.
TAMARA
So, no office romance there?
DAVID
Caitlyn’s a lesbian. Besides,
office romances are bad for
business since they usually end
with lawyers.
Tamara smiles to herself.
DAVID (cont’d)
What?
TAMARA
It’s silly, but I thought Caitlyn
was and my Mom was sure she wasn’t.
DAVID
Well, score one for you.
28.
CONTINUED: (4)
TAMARA (cont’d)
(CONTINUED)
TAMARA
So, how did my Mom rope you into
investing?
DAVID
Uh, well, I was really impressed
with the commercial shoot, and my
accountant said I should look for
some diversification….
TAMARA
So, you thought you’d be a movie
producer.
DAVID
No, just investor.
TAMARA
Right, well, did you want a copy of
the script first?
DAVID
I probably should. Maybe we could
go other that during office hours.
I just really want to get to know
you.
TAMARA
Not much to know really. I’m very
career focussed.
DAVID
Not trying to get ahead of myself,
but isn’t that easier when you have
a partner to support you and take
care of the little things?
TAMARA
David, you seem really nice, but
I’ve gone down that road, and it’s
harder. I spend a lot of time in
classes, keeping fit physically and
mentally, in auditions and going to
networking events.
DAVID
And working…
TAMARA
Yeah, and working when I get cast.
29.
CONTINUED: (5)
(CONTINUED)
DAVID
But you have to have downtime.
TAMARA
I sleep, but I don’t have time for
a cat, and they’re low maintenance.
DAVID
High strung though. Well, we’ll
have a meeting and you can pitch me
your feature investment plan, and
I’ll get equal time to pitch you my
Your Boyfriend plan.
Tamara laughs.
TAMARA
You’re serious?
DAVID
Yeah, I’m a geek, I don’t have
social skills, but I understand
business proposals.
TAMARA
Are these interdependent proposals
or can they be severed deals?
David winces.
DAVID
Don’t like severed, but they are
separately negotiable.
INT. GYM. MORNING
Tamara and Sadie do a weight training workout.
SADIE
So, how’d it go?
TAMARA
He wants to be my boyfriend, but
it’s just not the time.
SADIE
Is he presentable?
TAMARA
Yeah.
30.
CONTINUED: (6)
(CONTINUED)
SADIE
Is he steadily employed?
TAMARA
He’s the CEO of a computer company,
so not really. They go up and down
and get bought out all the time.
SADIE
But he’s a CEO and if the company
was bought, he’d get a golden
parchute and a directorship in the
merger.
TAMARA
Okay, fine, yes, then.
SADIE
And he likes you?
TAMARA
Enough to maybe invest in a film
for me to star in.
SADIE
And the problem is…?
TAMARA
I don’t mind flirting to network,
but I do mind dating for
investment. That just crosses a
line.
SADIE
So, if he didn’t invest, would you
date him?
TAMARA
If he didn’t invest, and I didn’t
have the worst luck with men, yeah,
I’d date him.
SADIE
So, get over yourself, stop him
from investing and date him.
TAMARA
How about if I let him invest, and
not date him.
31.
CONTINUED:
(CONTINUED)
SADIE
Then you’re still leading him on
and getting very close to that line
you don’t want to cross.
Tamara stops working out.
TAMARA
You’re right. Some things are not
worth doing to get ahead.
SADIE
Is that a glimer of principles?
Tamara cough/chokes.
TAMARA
Stick in your throat they do. Let’s
get a juice.
They exit.
INT. OFFICE BOARDROOM. DAY
David is distracted by a poster print ad of the Tamara
campaign during a marketing presentation. Caitlyn kicks him
under the table.
DAVID
Owwww!
MARKETING GUY
You okay?
CAITLYN
He’s having focussing problems. Can
you excuse us a minute?
Caitlyn and David exit.
INT. HALLWAY. CONTINUOUS
David limps into the hall after Caitlyn.
CAITLYN
You need to focus on your work.
DAVID
The point of work is to have a
life. And I want one.
32.
CONTINUED: (2)
(CONTINUED)
CAITLYN
David, she’s an actress.
DAVID
Actor.
CAITLYN
Don’t get all PC with me.
DAVID
Sorry, I forgot, straight white men
can’t be more PC than anyone.
CAITLYN
No, I meant don’t you, David, get
all PC with me, Caitlyn. We’re
better than that.
DAVID
Dude, what’s bothering you?
CAITLYN
She’s an actor and you’re a geek.
It’s not going to work. She’s a
golddigger, she’s only giving you
the time of day because you might
invest in her little movie.
DAVID
She’s not like that.
CAITLYN
Then don’t invest and see how many
times that you are gonna not get
your calls returned before you give
up.
DAVID
Caitlyn…
CAITLYN
Not so sure of her good intentions
now, eh?
DAVID
Why are you freaking about this? It
doesn’t involve you.
CAITLYN
It does, David, because….we’re
not just co-workers, we’re friends.
We look out for each other.
33.
CONTINUED:
(CONTINUED)
DAVID
Don’t you want me to at least try
to be happy? I can’t spend my life
here, doing 90 hour work weeks.
Caitlyn recoils.
CAITLYN
Why? Why not? It’s been good enough
for the last 5 years.
DAVID
Because I’m tired and I want to
slow down. I want to leave more
behind than obsolete code. I want
to get married and have kids.
CAITLYN
Mathematically, speaking, your DNA
code is gone in less than 10
generations.
DAVID
But at least it lingers a while
longer than if I don’t have kids.
CAITLYN
You’ve never talked this way
before.
DAVID
Well, you’re a friend and guys
don’t talk to their guy friends
like this.
Caitlyn grabs her boobs at David.
CAITLYN
I’m not a guy, David.
DAVID
Yeah, but guy, dyke, same
difference. I think of you as a
guy. Look, we gotta finish the
meeting. Let’s go for a drink
later.
David exits to the boardroom.
CAITLYN
I’m not a gay, David.
34.
CONTINUED: (2)
INT. LOBBY OF TAMARA’S BUILDING. DAY.
Tamara gets off the elevator and crosses the lobby to the
exit doors.
CONCIERGE BOBBY waves her over.
TAMARA
Hey, Bobby, what’s up?
Concierge Bobby lifts a bouquet of roses onto the counter.
CONCIERGE BOBBY
For you.
Tamara reads the card “Thanks for a wonderful evening, David”
TAMARA
Wow. Um, I’m almost going to be
late, can you hold these for me?
CONCIERGE BOBBY
Of course, they do make a nice
addition to the lobby.
Tamara takes a single rose and exits.
INT. AVERAGE RESTAURANT. DAY.
Tamara and Marsha have lunch. The Rose is nestled in Tamara’s
coat lapel, slung over her chairback.
MARSHA
So, how much is he going to invest?
TAMARA
I don’t think this is a good idea.
MARSHA
Tamara, this could be your big
break.
TAMARA
He’s not investing because he’s an
investor, he’s investing because he
likes me and wants to be my
boyfriend. That’s not right.
35.
(CONTINUED)
MARSHA
So, you let him down easy, and make
the movie.
TAMARA
And what’s his incentive if I don’t
dangle myself?
MARSHA
It’s a good investment, even if it
doesn’t make money, it’s a tax
write off – and that’s good money.
TAMARA
Speaking to you as my mother, not
my agent, but I don’t think you
raised me to be a prostitute.
MARSHA
Well, not working the street for
drug money, but Tamara, everyone’s
a hooker. I’m a hooker! It’s all
about the hustle and what you can
get. You can be nice. Just play him
along until the cheque clears and
then you can let him down easy. He
can play at being a producer, and
have you on his arm at the premiere
and everyone’s happy and you, my
baby, are on her way.
TAMARA
I have principles.
Marsha looks all proud and touched, and then businesslike.
MARSHA
You can have principles after your
famous and can afford them.
TAMARA
My mother is telling me to date a
guy for movie money. My agent is
telling me to date a guy for movie
money. Is this advice you’d give to
all your clients?
MARSHA
Yeah, if they had a line on a guy
with movie money.
36.
CONTINUED:
(MORE)
(CONTINUED)
It’s just a few dinners, you don’t
have to have sex, you just have to
be nice, you don’t have to fall in
love.
TAMARA
With all of my classes and
workshops and workouts and
networking events, I have to find
time for dinner dates?
MARSHA
You took that Time/Project
management class for a reason, that
Harvard electronic daytimer’s not
cheap and in your purse for a
reason.
Tamara withers under the onslaught.
TAMARA
Okay, but I do not have to like
this. It won’t look good in my
memoir.
MARSHA
The official version or the after
you’re dead version?
TAMARA
You are hopeless.
MARSHA
Eat your salad and sit up straight.
INT. LOBBY OF TAMARA’S BUILDING. NIGHT
Tamara (dressed for a party) crosses the lobby. Concierge
Bobby gives her a knowing smile and nods to the lounge area
of the lobby.
David is holding a bouquet of yellow roses.
Tamara smiles and goes to sit with him.
TAMARA
So, you were passing by with roses
and dropped in on spec?
DAVID
Something like that.
37.
CONTINUED: (2)
MARSHA (cont’d)
(CONTINUED)
David gives her the roses.
TAMARA
This is dangerous, a girl should
get used to being showered with
roses. Long stemmed ones too.
DAVID
I guess you’ve already had dinner.
TAMARA
If you can call cheese and crackers
and a stray veggie dinner. It’s all
they ever seem to have.
DAVID
Sounds extravagant.
TAMARA
Oh, one time, this party had
chicken satay skewers, and the best
was a grape covered in herbed cream
cheese and rolled in crushed
walnuts. Amazing.
DAVID
Sounds tasty, but not very filling.
TAMARA
So I suppose you’re available for a
late night dinner?
DAVID
Well, I am pretty busy delivering
roses, but I guess I can take a
dinner break.
EXT. RESTAURANT BOULEVARD. NIGHT
David and Tamara walk down the street, passed fancy stores
and restaurants, eating hot dogs.
TAMARA
This is sooo good.
DAVID
Yeah, I get so focussed on work
that I forget the pleasure of the
very simple things.
38.
CONTINUED:
(CONTINUED)
TAMARA
Okay, so let’s make a deal.
DAVID
Anything.
TAMARA
No work talk. We can only talk
about our non working hours, no
business, oh, and no family stuff.
DAVID
What does that leave us? Political
views and hobbies?
TAMARA
Politics are out, I have no
political opinions. So, I don’t
think either of us have hobbies
unrelated to our respective
work….
DAVID
We are rapidly running out of
things to talk about.
TAMARA
Okay, deep dark secrets?
DAVID
No, I want to retain some mystery,
besides, I don’t want to scare you
away too soon.
TAMARA
Well, knowing you have a scary
secret may be enough to do the
trick. I don’t have good luck with
men and their secrets.
DAVID
I spent all of high school in the
computer lab, even prom night. Not
that scary.
TAMARA
A little lonely, but not scary.
DAVID
Hey, there was a bunch of us, it
wasn’t lonely, and besides, we had
the MUDs.
39.
CONTINUED:
(CONTINUED)
TAMARA
You played in mud?
DAVID
No, MUDs are multi-user dungeons.
The earliest internet. We played
dungeons & dragons and other role
playing games. With geek from
around the world.
TAMARA
Chat rooms, you spend your life in
chat rooms.
DAVID
Yeah, but we’re getting dangerously
close to talking about my work.
The boulevard ends at a beach front.
TAMARA
Have you ever had a moonlight walk
on the beach?
DAVID
No.
David moves back towards the boulevard.
TAMARA
What’s wrong?
DAVID
I never liked the beach, I read too
many comic books.
TAMARA
What do comics books have to do
with the beach?
DAVID
Not the book, but in the back, that
ad, the bully picking on the skinny
guy, who orders the barbells?
TAMARA
Yeah?
DAVID
I didn’t want to spend money on
barbells, so I never went to the
beach.
40.
CONTINUED: (2)
(CONTINUED)
Tamara laughs.
TAMARA
We can walk on the other side of
the street.
Tamara links her arm though David’s. He smiles.
TAMARA (cont’d)
Of course, we could get mugged
going by the alleyways, so you
might have to send away for
barbells yet.
David laughs uncomfortably.
DAVID
Are you saying that you’d just go
off with an alpha male?
Tamara thinks about it for a minute.
TAMARA
He’d have to have a cool car, be
able to reseat a toilet and fix my
computer when it locks up.
DAVID
Two out of three ain’t bad.
TAMARA
Is plumbing a hobby of yours?
DAVID
I’m sure I could find a website
that walks you through it.
Tamara laughs.
They walk down the street, laughing and window shopping.
INT. DAVID’S OFFICE. DAY
David takes a Nerf ball from a trashcan full of them and
throws it to the wall mounted basketball hoop. It bounces off
the rim.
Caitlyn tosses one from the client side of the desk and drops
it in the basket.
41.
CONTINUED: (3)
(CONTINUED)
CAITLYN
I score! You suck!
DAVID
So, how do you do it?
CAITLYN
With a little thing that I like to
call, physics.
DAVID
No, I mean, ask girls out.
CAITLYN
Who has time to ask girls out? I
live here with you.
DAVID
I’ve been thinking about what you
said, about Tamara being a
golddigger.
CAITLYN
This is good to listen to me.
DAVID
I want you to find out for sure.
CAITLYN
How am I supposed to do that,
exactly?
DAVID
Hit on her. Tell her that you won’t
let me give the money unless she
sleeps with you. I want to know how
far she’ll go to get her movie
made.
Caitlyn shifts uncomfortably.
CAITLYN
Stringing you along is a far cry
from sleeping with a woman. I don’t
think Tamara’s that kinda of girl.
DAVID
If she’s the kind of girl you think
she is, then she will do whatever
it takes to get the money,
including sleeping with you.
42.
CONTINUED:
(CONTINUED)
CAITLYN
Okay, this isn’t some kinky fantasy
where you get to watch, because I’m
not into audiences.
DAVID
Caitlyn, eewww. I don’t want to
watch my best buddy have sex. Brain
meltdown, don’t go there.
CAITLYN
Oh, am I that icky to think of
naked?
DAVID
Don’t go all girl on me, no, you’re
my friend, I don’t think of my
friends having sex, it’s like
imagining your parents. Ewwww,
thanks for the image! Say something
else and get this outta my brain.
CAITLYN
Okay, how am I supposed to get her
into bed and prove it to you then?
Her underwear?
DAVID
No, that’s too highschool. Look,
we’re grownups and I trust you. You
try and let me know what happens.
CAITLYN
Agreeing’s the same as doing,
right?
DAVID
No, she might agree and then back
out at the critical moment, I have
to know. Will her better nature
control her or her desire to be
famous?
CAITLYN
David, this is creepy. She’s not my
type, I don’t want to sleep with
her. Besides, what’s it really
going to prove anyway?
DAVID
It’ll prove that she’s not the one
for me.
43.
CONTINUED: (2)
(CONTINUED)
CAITLYN
I can do that right now!
DAVID
How?
CAITLYN
You want a marriage like your
parents, and kids. She wants to be
a famous actor, that means travel,
going away to make movies, living
in LA for a lot of the year, your
life, your friends, your company is
all here. Those are not compatible
goals. Think global, act local,
that’s all I’m saying.
DAVID
Maybe her goals could change.
CAITLYN
You think her mother is going to
let that happen? Talk about living
your dream through your kid.
DAVID
Her mother is going to want
whatever makes Tamara happy.
CAITLYN
Okay David, I’ll seduce her for
you. If that’s what it takes, I’ll
do it. I’m not going to enjoy it.
DAVID
I think you’re protesting too much.
CAITLYN
David, trust me, we do not like the
same thing.
DAVID
What do you like then? She’s
pretty, she’s femme, she’s smart,
what’s not to like.
CAITLYN
I like them……more butch than
me.
DAVID
Is that possible?
44.
CONTINUED: (3)
(CONTINUED)
CAITLYN
I’m a soft butch, what you don’t
know about the queer community,
would fill more lines of code than
the newest MSOffice suite.
DAVID
Wow, that’s a lot of code. Now, get
out there and seduce my girlfriend!
Caitlyn gets up, as if carrying a heavy burden.
DAVID (cont’d)
C’mon, you haven’t had a date in
three years, I’d think you’d be
looking forward to the challenge.
CAITLYN
Well, I work 100 hours a week, when
I supposed to meet anyone.
DAVID
Yeah, we need to hire more women.
Can you send a memo to HR?
CAITLYN
Yeah, I’ll tell Tony to get right
on that.
DAVID
By the way, the script her agent’s
given me is a lesbian script.
Tamara’d play the only straight
girl, but can you read it? Tell me
if it’s good, it’s a romantic
comedy of manners or something. You
know me, if it doesn’t have robots
and explosions…
CAITLYN
You don’t want to know. Sure, give
it to me.
David hands Caitlyn a thick manilla envelope.
CAITLYN
How about if the script is crap, we
don’t invest?
DAVID
If the script is crap, I don’t want
to invest, Tamara notwithstanding.
45.
CONTINUED: (4)
(MORE)
(CONTINUED)
I’m not that stupid, this is my
personal money we’re talking about.
CAITLYN
Glad to know that the big head
still does some thinking.
DAVID
Yeah, I still do.
CAITLYN
It’s okay, David, you’ll get it
later, or not depending on my
little project outcome.
Caitlyn hesitates, giving David a long lingering look. He’s
missing baskets because of trying too hard and doesn’t see
her. Caitlyn exits.
David scores a basket.
DAVID
Hey, I think I was just insulted.
INT. GYM. DAY
Tamara and Sadie do a nautilus machine workout.
SADIE
So, the principles didn’t last
long.
TAMARA
Yeah, I don’t want to go there.
They work out in silence.
SADIE
Good weather lately.
TAMARA
Sorry.
SADIE
It’s okay, I remember having
principles. It gets easier the next
time you compromise them.
Tamara looks at Sadie, stricken.
46.
CONTINUED: (5)
DAVID (cont’d)
(CONTINUED)
TAMARA
Next time? Great. Freaking great.
Sadie gives Tamara a weak smile.
SADIE
If getting ahead is all that
matters, then it’s all that
matters.
TAMARA
Maybe I’m stating to wonder if it’s
all that matters, then.
EXT. CAITLYN’S TOWNHOUSE COMPLEX. NIGHT
Establishing shot of an upscale townhouse/condo complex.
YUPPIE FAMILIES greet each other by name as they stroll along
the landscaped greenbelt, and pre-teen boys play cul-de-sac
hockey.
INT. CAITLYN’S TOWNHOUSE – LIVING ROOM. NIGHT
Caitlyn’s home is fashionably decorated in a earth tones with
pastel highlights.
She has a workout area defined by a yoga mat, and an
ergonomic workstation. A huge ball serves both areas a
workout tool and office chair.
Her bookcase has two shelved dedicated to Male-Female
relationships/self-help. The remainder of her bookcase is
overflowing computer programming.
Caitlyn finishes reading the script – which has been marked
up with sticky flags.
CAITLYN
Dammit, it’s good.
Caitlyn pours another glass of red wine, sipping it
thoughtfully.
CAITLYN (cont’d)
Okay, let’s do this methodically.
Tamara’s an actor. She knows lots
of gay men. She’ll know some
lesbians. Study this, and then, to
the internet.
47.
CONTINUED:
(CONTINUED)
Caitlyn puts down the script and heads to the computer to
boot it up.
CAITLYN (cont’d)
How likely am I going to be able to
search for lesbian and not get
porn.
The computer boots up. The desktop is a picture of David and
Caitlyn at a company event.
CAITLYN (cont’d)
My luck his stupid plan will work.
Better look up the porn first.
Caitlyn starts typing. A list of lesbian resources generates
on the website.
CAITLYN (cont’d)
Girl on Girl, Riot Girls, All
Girls, oooo, Lesbian Flirting 101,
that doesn’t sound porny.
INT. DAVID’S CONDO. NIGHT
David’s home is monochromatic, with blacks, whites, glass and
chrome. His bookcase is all science fiction and computer
books. There are dozens of intact action figures from SF
movies and tv shows.
David lounges on the couch, with a laptop. He can’t focus on
the spreadsheet. He turns off the program.
He clicks on the desktop icon for “The Sims”, and launches
the game.
On the screen appears a suburban neighbourhood – a network of
roads and houses. He clicks on a house.
The screen changes to the inside of the house. A digital
Tamara and David, with two kids eating dinner at the table
appears.
David’s face is soft and glow-y, as the Tamara and David
characters hug, kiss and interact romantically, with the kids
running around the screen.
David settles into the couch for a long stretch of gaming.
48.
CONTINUED:
INT. TAMARA’S APARTMENT. NIGHT
Tamara enters, glamorously dressed and exhausted.
She kicks off her high heels and overcoat. She drops her
purse on a small table near the door.
Tamara hits play on the stereo, SOFT MUSIC PLAYING.
Tamara moves through the apartment, slowly disassembling her
glamour persona into a quiet beauty in casual clothes.
Her hair loose, in a comfy tracksuit, Tamara looks through
her bookcase and selects a Building Relationships/Networking
book.
Tamara flops down on the couch. She tries to read a few
pages, and falls asleep. The book falls to the floor.
INT. CAITLYN’S OFFICE. DAY
The office is mid sized and cluttered. Photos of company
events line the walls, alongside Caitlyn’s university degrees
in computer science, programming, marketing and promotions,
and a certificate identifying Caitlyn as the Minister of
Small Metal Things That Secure Paper Things Together in the
Dogbert New Ruling Class (TM).
Caitlyn stares at the phone like it’s a venomous snake.
Caitlyn picks up the phone and dials.
TAMARA (PHONE)
Hello?
CAITLYN
Tamara, hi, it’s Caitlyn from
Network Solutions….
TAMARA (PHONE)
Oh, hey, are you doing another
commercial?
CAITLYN
Probably, not why I’m calling
though.
49.
INT. WAITING ROOM. DAY
Tamara sits in a room with LOOKALIKE ACTORS, holding script
pages in one hand and her cell phone in the other.
TAMARA
Oh? What’s up?
CAITLYN (PHONE)
Can we hook up tonight, I really
need to, uh, talk. It’s about the
movie investment.
TAMARA
Has David changed his mind?
CAITLYN (PHONE)
Can’t get into that right now,
when’s a good time for you?
TAMARA
Hang on.
Tamara puts the cell and script pages on the couch beside
her. She rifles her bag for her palm pilot.
She pushes a few buttons and peers at the screen. She deletes
a networking party.
TAMARA (cont’d)
I’m good tonight, can you come to
my apartment, though? I could use a
night in.
INT. CAITLYN’S OFFICE. CONTINUOUS.
CAITLYN
Sure, what’s your address?
Caitlyn writes on paper.
CAITLYN (cont’d)
Excellent. See you at seven.
Caitlyn hangs up and looks guilty at the phone. She picked up
the envelop with the script in it and heads to David’s
Office, across the hall.
50.
INT. DAVID’S OFFICE. DAY
David is working on his computer. Caitlyn enters.
CAITLYN
You’re sure you want me to do this?
DAVID
It’s all set up?
CAITLYN
Tonight, her place.
DAVID
H-her place? Really?
CAITLYN
Yeah, is that proof enough?
David gets up and starts pacing.
DAVID
How’s the script?
CAITLYN
For something that doesn’t involve
spaceships or swords and sorcery,
it’s pretty damn good. Human drama
and pathos, all about the nasty
games we play with each other to
find love.
DAVID
Oh. So, you think it should be
made?
David paces behind Tamara. She leans slightly towards him, to
make a tiny rush of contact, she half closes her eyes in
desperate wanting.
CAITLYN
Well, you know, I only see special
effects movies in theatres, and I
only buy comedies because they’re
so re-watchable, but if this was on
tv, I’d watch it.
DAVID
I thought that gay movies had a
more dedicated following than that.
51.
(CONTINUED)
CAITLYN
Right, yeah, don’t know what I was
thinking, I’m sure that I’d see
this. It’s got couple of pretty hot
kissing scenes.
DAVID
Does Tamara’s character kiss
anyone? Her character’s supposed to
be straight.
CAITLYN
Her character’s straight, but she
chases almost all the other women,
her character is confused and
greedy, she only dates money.
Crestfallen, David sits at his desk.
CAITLYN (cont’d)
David, this is horrible, three
weeks ago, we’re on top of the
world, and this woman has entered
our lives and everything’s
miserable.
DAVID
I really like her.
CAITLYN
You don’t know her, she’s just a
pretty package.
DAVID
She’s pretty and ambitious, but
she’s got something, I feel, almost
comfortable around her, more than
any straight woman I know, that has
to mean something.
CAITLYN
(hurt)
Well, it just means that she paid
attention to the manipulation
lessons that her Mom taught her.
And I’m going to prove it.
Caitlyn exits.
52.
CONTINUED:
INT. LOBBY OF TAMARA’S BUILDING. NIGHT
Caitlyn enters.
CONCIERGE BOBBY
Good evening, miss, may I help you?
CAITLYN
I’m looking for Tamara Tyler’s
suite.
CONCIERGE BOBBY
She’s expecting you?
CAITLYN
Yeah.
CONCIERGE BOBBY
She’s sevon-o-one. That elevator.
Caitlyn nods and then hesitates.
CAITLYN
Is this a tipping situation? I
never can remember.
CONCIERGE BOBBY
No, miss, it’s on me.
Caitlyn smiles and heads to the elevator.
INT. HALLWAY TAMARA’S APARTMENT. NIGHT
Caitlyn stands outside Tamara’s door. She checks her watch -
6:55 PM.
She paces up and down the hallway, disgusted with herself,
angry at David and wanting to be anywhere but here.
CAITLYN
I could just tell him she did…
Caitlyn heads back to the elevator.
53.
INT. DAVID’S OFFICE. DAY
There no lights on. David (wearing safety goggles) crouches
by his desk, a suction dart gun in each hand, a third at the
small of his back, tucked into his pants, aiming a suction
dart gun at the door.
The door opens a crack.
David tenses, shifting very slightly.
The door swings open, David jumps up and fires both guns a
chest level into empty air.
From the ground, Caitlyn fires two darts into David’s torso.
CAITLYN
Gotcha.
David falls down in dramatic death throes.
Caitlyn closes and locks the office door and sits on his desk
waiting for him to finish, removing her safety gogges.
Once David is still, she reaches down and pulls a card from
his shirt pocket.
CAITLYN (cont’d)
Tony in HR/Finance, I’ve coming to
clock you out.
DAVID
That was a nasty trick.
CAITLYN
And yet you fall for it every time.
David gets up.
DAVID
I see why you always win the luncholympics.
CAITLYN
No, that’s not why.
SOUNDS OF AN EPIC BATTLE RAGE IN THE HALLWAY.
DAVID
How do you do it?
54.
(CONTINUED)
CAITLYN
I figure out who has my card and
get them first. Then I can hunt
down the rest of you.
DAVID
Speaking of hunting…
CAITLYN
Yeah, look, I went to her place,
and you’re not going to be happy.
David sits in is chair, looking very wounded. He takes off
the safety goggles and drops them on his desk, beside the
empty guns.
DAVID
So, you were right.
Caitlyn hesitates, knowing her entire future relationship
with David is in the balance.
CAITLYN
I will tell you the truth of what
happened, but you have to be sure
you really want to hear it.
DAVID
I don’t follow you.
CAITLYN
We’ve known each other a long time
David, and I never should have
agreed to your request. Because I
don’t want to hurt our
relationship.
DAVID
It’s not about us, Caitlyn.
CAITLYN
Sure, you’re going to be okay with
my telling you that I had sex with
the women you have feelings for,
and you are going to walk away from
her and not blame me?
DAVID
Are you telling me that she slept
with you?
55.
CONTINUED:
(CONTINUED)
CAITLYN
I’m not telling you anything
happened, I am asking you, are you
really prepared to hear the truth?
David sulks in his chair.
CAITLYN (cont’d)
I should have known better than to
get in the middle, because I don’t
want to lose you, to not be able to
work here.
DAVID
So you did, then.
CAITLYN
I don’t think you’re ready to know.
David, I can’t help you figure out
if Tamara’s on the level, you have
to figure it out.
DAVID
How am I supposed to do that?
CAITLYN
Don’t invest in the film.
DAVID
You said it was good.
CAITLYN
Lots of good scripts don’t get made
into movies. It’s not your job to
make her dreams come true. And
that’s not the way to get her and
know it’s for you.
DAVID
She’s been disappointed by so many
men in her life.
CAITLYN
Yeah, and little girl lost is great
sex appeal, but it’s not your job
to make up for all those other men.
DAVID
I’m not trying to make up for
anything.
56.
CONTINUED: (2)
(CONTINUED)
CAITLYN
David, you’ve never been interested
in film investment, you’re either
going for the most expensive date
present ever, or your trying to
make up for all her life’s
betrayals.
DAVID
Sounds pretty awful when you put it
that way.
CAITLYN
David, you’re a great guy, you’re
just being too generous. Besides,
by not bankrolling her movie, you
get to see what she’s made of, not
sending me on fools errands.
DAVID
Okay, I get it.
Caitlyn puts on her safety goggles. She reloads her guns.
CAITLYN
Sorry I had to kill ya, you shoulda
gotten outta dodge when I tole ya
to.
Caitlyn opens the door a crack and peeks out. The hallway is
empty.
She slips out of the office, leaving the door open.
A hail of suction darts hits Caitlyn from the ceiling.
INT. HALLWAY DAVID’S OFFICE. CONTINUOUS.
Caitlyn stares up at THREE COWORKERS who are bracing
themselves against the false office ceiling with their feet
against one wall and one hand against the other.
They are grinning and inching their way down the wall.
Caitlyn smiles and then gives them a dramatic death scene.
David LAUGHS OFF SCREEN.
57.
CONTINUED: (3)
INT. GYM. DAY
Tamara and Sadie sit in the whirlpool, massaging their own
shoulders.
TAMARA
He’s different from everyone else
I’ve met.
SADIE
Because he has money he’s willing
to spend?
TAMARA
No, because he’s sweet and
considerate. He showed up at my
place and we had a walk on the
boulevard and ate hot dogs.
SADIE
That’s a cheap date, has his
company gone bankrupt?
TAMARA
No, it was so great, the kind of
date I should have had in high
school.
SADIE
Sounds like someone has a crush.
TAMARA
I know, and he’s not my type.
SADIE
There’s something to be said for
Charlie males.
TAMARA
He’s a CEO, he has to be at least a
Beta male.
SADIE
Okay, I’ll give you Beta. You sure
he’s not just looking for a trophy
girl?
TAMARA
Yeah, I don’t get that sense from
him, nothing below board at all.
58.
(CONTINUED)
SADIE
Hmmm. The Quiet Ones are the ones
to watch out for. I don’t trust
anyone who doesn’t appear to have
ulterior motives.
TAMARA
Not every one is cut-throat out for
what they can get.
SADIE
Then, how did he get to be a CEO in
the computer industry?
TAMARA
He started the company in his
garage.
SADIE
Right, so how’s he fending off the
competition?
TAMARA
How you conduct yourself in
business is not the same as your
personal relationships.
SADIE
Too bad, you could use a hostile
takeover.
Tamara splashes water at Sadie. Sadie retaliates.
INT. TAMARA’S APARTMENT. NIGHT
Tamara sits cowed at the dining table, the wall charts and
photos mocking her.
MARSHA
So, he’s declined to invest. How
did you let him get away?
TAMARA
I didn’t let him get away, we had
two dates.
MARSHA
I had a second investor coming in,
and now they’ve backed out.
59.
CONTINUED:
(CONTINUED)
TAMARA
We’ll find a way to put the package
together.
MARSHA
Yeah, you will, call him and get
him back in the picture.
TAMARA
You don’t see another way.
MARSHA
He’s what started the whole project
going. Get him back in.
Tamara fumes, but acquiesces.
INT. DAVID’S OFFICE. DAY
David is working on the computer. The phone RINGS.
DAVID
Hello?
TAMARA (PHONE)
David, it’s Tamara.
DAVID
Hey, how are you?
TAMARA (PHONE)
Good, I was wondering what you’re
doing for dinner. Tonight.
INT. TAMARA’S APARTMENT. DAY
Tamara’s on the phone on the couch. Marsha paces like a caged
lion.
TAMARA
I’d be happy to cook.
DAVID (PHONE)
Really?
TAMARA
It’s one of my non-work related
skills that we can talk about.
60.
CONTINUED:
(CONTINUED)
DAVID (PHONE)
Sure, 6:30?
TAMARA
It’s a date.
Tamara hangs up.
Marsha gives her a “well,then?” look.
TAMARA (cont’d)
So, he’s coming over. And I have to
go shopping.
MARSHA
Do you want me here for the close?
TAMARA
No, I can do this.
MARSHA
Just be sure this time.
INT. CAITLYN’S OFFICE. DAY
Caitlyn is playing solitaire on the computer.
David enters.
CAITLYN
I put the Peterson report in your
in-basket.
DAVID
She invited me for dinner.
CAITLYN
Oh.
DAVID
At her apartment.
CAITLYN
Double oh.
DAVID
I don’t know if I should go. I
talked to her Mom an hour ago. I
think it’s the money.
61.
CONTINUED:
(CONTINUED)
CAITLYN
Then don’t go.
DAVID
But what if it’s not.
CAITLYN
Then go.
DAVID
You’re not helping.
CAITLYN
You sound like a chick, a pathetic
chick I might add, what I am
supposed to say?
DAVID
You’re supposed to tell me what to
do.
CAITLYN
I can’t David, you have to run your
life. You are the only one who can.
DAVID
What would you do?
CAITLYN
That’s another way of asking me
what you should do.
DAVID
Well, okay, look, I’m on a limb
here.
CAITLYN
You’re over thinking it. If you
don’t go, you will never find out,
and that will kill you. So go.
DAVID
And if she turns out to be a
golddigger?
CAITLYN
You’re a grown up, with a
functioning brain stem, just
because she’s after your money
doesn’t mean that she’d going to
get it.
62.
CONTINUED:
(CONTINUED)
DAVID
Right.
CAITLYN
Besides, if what she wants is your
money, and what you want is her,
then, you both get what you want.
DAVID
That’s cold.
CAITLYN
David, grow up. Money is the social
equalizer. Without you having
money, a girl who looks like Tamara
wouldn’t give you a second glance.
Use it if you got it.
DAVID
What’s wrong?
CAITLYN
Nothing. Tactical error, never mind
me. Just go. Go and find out, it’s
the only way you’re going to get
what you want or be able to move
on.
David moves towards the door.
DAVID
Okay, well, then, I’ll see you
tomorrow.
CAITLYN
Yeah, tomorrow.
INT. HALLWAY TAMARA’S APARTMENT. NIGHT
David waits in the hall, holding Fire & Ice roses.
He moves to knock and then hesitates.
The door opens.
Tamara jumps back in shock. She’s holding a trash bag with
vegetable scraps.
63.
CONTINUED: (2)
(CONTINUED)
TAMARA
I was just, ah, getting rid of this
down the chute. Come in, get
comfortable and I’ll be right back.
David and Tamara negotiate changing places.
INT. TAMARA’S APARTMENT. NIGHT
David peeks in the kitchen area. There are several pots
simmering on the stove-top and a roaster pan in the oven.
He moves to the living room area and sits down. Playing
awkwardly with the flowers.
Tamara returns.
TAMARA
Wow, those are beautiful.
David offers her the roses.
Tamara takes them to the kitchen.
David fidgets with his clothes, uncomfortable and unsure.
Tamara reappears to place the roses in a vase on the dining
table.
TAMARA (cont’d)
Dinner’s ready.
DAVID
Excellent. Smells great.
TAMARA
If you want to grab a chair, I’ll
dish.
David moves to the dining table.
Tamara moves the roast from the pan to a plate an carves
several slices.
DAVID
Want help?
TAMARA
I got it.
64.
CONTINUED:
(CONTINUED)
Tamara brings two plates with roast and veg to the table.
They eat for a few moments in awkward silence.
DAVID
This is very good.
TAMARA
Mom’s recipe. She taught me well.
DAVID
Ah. Yes. Very good.
TAMARA
I think the secret is the rub.
DAVID
Rub?
TAMARA
Spices, you rub it on the outside,
so you get a flavour crust.
David looks at his plate and sees a dark rim on the meat.
DAVID
Ah, there’s the rub.
Tamara laughs.
TAMARA
It’s nice to cook for someone. I
never do a full dinner for just me.
DAVID
Yeah, I pretty much have juice and
condiments in my fridge, and take
out leftovers.
TAMARA
Yeah, I’d be lost without take out.
They eat a few bites in silence. David tops up his plate.
TAMARA (cont’d)
I’m sorry, I can’t do this.
DAVID
What?
65.
CONTINUED:
(CONTINUED)
TAMARA
David, you’re a sweet man, and I
can’t ask you to…
DAVID
You don’t want the money?
TAMARA
I do, but not this way. Only if
it’s an investment you think is
sound for you, not because you
think that I’ll be your girlfriend.
DAVID
Do I have a chance with you if I
don’t invest?
TAMARA
David, I’ve had such bad luck with
men, and my career is just getting
started…
DAVID
Those aren’t reasons, you said
yourself you never eat properly
because there’s just you.
TAMARA
It’s not that simple, when you’re
working your way up, you need to
appear to be available to your
fans, it’s part of the illusion.
DAVID
People don’t expect that they’ll
meet and marry famous people.
TAMARA
Not expect, but the fantasy has to
be there, look at any famous person
who got married, their movie box
office, record sales, TV ratings,
they all drop.
DAVID
Maybe with teen fans, but grown up
fans…
TAMARA
Start as teen fans.
66.
CONTINUED: (2)
(CONTINUED)
DAVID
Lots of celebrities ae married
before they get to be celebrities.
TAMARA
And usually end up divorced,
doesn’t that tell you that we’re
doomed before we start?
DAVID
So, you are choosing a life of fame
and nothing else. No one to love
you, no one you can trust,
children…
TAMARA
I….
DAVID
Celeb to celeb marriages never
work. You can’t get married after
you’re famous, because you’ll lose
fans, and you can’t get famous
because you’ll already be married?
TAMARA
When you put it that way….
DAVID
You have the least risk being
married first. Hypothetically
speaking.
TAMARA
You make a valid argument, but it
doesn’t get around my complete
failure rate of relationships.
DAVID
I am not like those other guys.
TAMARA
Based on?
DAVID
How many reasons do I have to give
you, so you’ll give me a chance?
Tamara considers her answer.
TAMARA
Three’s the magic number.
67.
CONTINUED: (3)
(CONTINUED)
DAVID
I’m not in the entertainment
industry.
TAMARA
True, the men I’ve dated have been,
in one capacity or another.
DAVID
I’m already successful in my field,
so I’m not threatened by you
achieving success and I’m not
competing with you.
TAMARA
Okay, true.
DAVID
You’d be dating me for real, for
fun, to see where things go, not
for any career advancement that
undermines the ability for a
relationship to be based on trust
and mutual affection.
TAMARA
Wow.
DAVID
Was that enough?
TAMARA
Enough for a good try.
Tamara leans forward and kisses David. The romantic kiss
turns passionate.
Tamara breaks off the kiss.
TAMARA (cont’d)
I gotta have some mystery.
David grins.
DAVID
I’m just happy that you’re giving
me a chance. It’s enough.
(a beat)
For now.
68.
CONTINUED: (4)
INT. GYM. DAY
Tamara and Sadie lounge in the steam room. Tamara is super
relaxed while Sadie is hanging on her every word.
SADIE
Does he have a brother?
TAMARA
A younger one, I don’t know what he
does, or if he’s already taken, but
I’ll find out.
Sadie hugs herself and swoons slightly.
SADIE
Tell me the story again.
INT. DAVID’S OFFICE. NIGHT
David is playing the David and Tamara in The Sims game, with
a stupid grin on his face.
Caitlyn comes in with a CDRom.
CAITLYN
I have those project reports you
asked….what happened?
DAVID
You were wrong.
CAITLYN
Oh?
DAVID
I’m not investing, and she’s my
girlfriend.
CAITLYN
Congratulations.
DAVID
I owe it all to you, thanks.
CAITLYN
Sure, anyway, here’s those reports.
69.
(CONTINUED)
Caitlyn starts to exit. David gets up and stops her.
DAVID
I thought you’d be happy.
CAITLYN
David, it’s nothing to me if you’re
dating someone.
David recoils.
DAVID
Thanks for the report.
CAITLYN
Is that everything?
DAVID
Yeah.
Caitlyn exits. David goes back to his desk.
INT. CAITLYN’S OFFICE. DAY
Caitlyn sits at her desk and cries. Her computer beeps with
an e-mail arrival.
Caitlyn dries her eyes. The notification pop up says the emails
from David.
She gets up and looks at her collection of photos on the
wall.
CAITLYN
Enjoy it while you can, David.
Caitlyn its down and checks her address book on the computer.
Caitlyn picks up the phone.
CAITLYN (cont’d)
Hello, Marsha Tyler?
EXT. STREET – THEATRE ROW. NIGHT
David and Tamara walk past LINES OF PATRONS.
70.
CONTINUED:
(CONTINUED)
TAMARA
So, where are we going?
DAVID
To a play.
TAMARA
But we passed all the theatres…
DAVID
All the big theatres.
TAMARA
So, where’s this play then?
DAVID
It’s not mainstream.
TAMARA
Ooo, one of those cafe things.
DAVID
You’ll see.
TAMARA
I feel like that yapping little dog
following the bulldog in those old
cartoons.
DAVID
Well, relax, we’re here.
They are outside a cafe. There is a sign on the wall
announcing a cold script reading.
TAMARA
Hey, I’ve been trying to get to
these things.
DAVID
Shall we go in?
David holds the door open for Tamara, grinning like a fool.
Tamara enters.
David does a little self satisfied happy dance, and then
follows her in.
71.
CONTINUED:
INT. CAFE. CONTINUOUS
David stands behind Tamara.
There is a cleared area set up with chairs, CAFE PATRONS fill
most of the audience chairs.
A FEMALE DIRECTOR mills near the stage entrance. She’s
holding a script.
David waves to the Female Director. She makes a beeline for
David and Tamara.
FEMALE DIRECTOR
So glad you’re here.
TAMARA
Really?
DAVID
I haven’t told her yet.
FEMALE DIRECTOR
Oh. Well, here’s your script, your
character is Linda.
TAMARA
Wait, I know this script….
DAVID
You should, I wanted to see you get
to really act in something. And
this script was all I had.
TAMARA
You arranged this?
DAVID
Not really, I asked your Mom to
arrange it. She’s invited casting
agents.
Tamara kisses David.
Marsha gets up from the audience.
MARSHA
Come on, Tam, you’ve got to change
backstage.
72.
(CONTINUED)
The Female Director leads Tamara backstage.
David and Marsha sit together at a close table.
MARSHA (cont’d)
So…
DAVID
I’ve never been to one of these.
MARSHA
It’s straightforward. A narrator
will read all the description and
character actions, and actors read
the dialog.
DAVID
Tamara was really surprised.
MARSHA
So, you see the script as a play,
and then what?
DAVID
It’s not my kind of movie, I can’t
judge it. This way, I watch the
audience, if it goes over well,
then I’ll invest – but you can’t
tell Tamara.
MARSHA
What’s your angle then? If not her
gratitude?
DAVID
I’m doing this because I care for
her and want her to do well, I
don’t want Tamara to think that I
think I can buy people.
MARSHA
Whatever floats your boat.
The Female Director comes into the centre of the stage area.
73.
CONTINUED:
(CONTINUED)
FEMALE DIRECTOR
Good evening everyone, and thank
you for coming to the script
reading of The Getaway, a comedy of
lesbian manners where five women
explore the fine line between
friends and lovers, crushes and
true love.
MILD APPLAUSE.
Tamara, Sadie and FOUR FEMALE ACTORS enter the stage and
stake seats. Each hold a script.
Each actor waves as they are introduced.
STEPHANIE MICHEALS and Sadie dressed in jeans and flannel.
Tamara and SELMA NICHOLS dressed in blouses and dress pants.
MAI LEE dressed in jeans and T-Shirt.
SPIKE GAIASDOTTIR in leather and denim.
FEMALE DIRECTOR (cont’d)
I’d like to introduce the cast,
Stephanie Micheals as Narrator,
Sadie Meyers as Kait, Tamara Tyler
as Linda, Selma Nichols as Blair,
Mai Lee as Norma and Spike
Gaiasdottir as Jacque.
MODERATE APPLAUSE
Female Director leaves the stage and sits with Marsha and
David.
Stephanie steps forward.
STEPHANIE/NARRATOR
Interior, JACQUE’S CAFÉ – FRIDAY
MORNING. The cafe has a funky
atmosphere. TWO PATRONS are dining
near the window. At a middle table
are KAIT, JACQUE, BLAIR and NORMA.
SADIE/KAIT
Norma and Blair’s bags are already
in my car, and I’ll be back in two
hours to pick them up. Jacque,
you’re on your bike?
74.
CONTINUED: (2)
(CONTINUED)
SPIKE/JACQUE
Yeah, I’ve got my saddle bags
loaded, but you’ll take that cooler
for me?
SADIE/KAIT
Sure, you’re sure you don’t want to
ride in the car with us? There’s
room, and it’s a five hour drive.
SPIKE/JACQUE
No offence Kait, but I’ve ridden
with you before.
LAUGHTER
Marsha smiles at David. He grins and nods at her.
LATER
David watches enraptured as Tamara turns in a soulful
monolog.
TAMARA/LINDA
I went to Europe to study. It was
arranged before I met Kait. I met a
woman and I stayed longer. I
thought it would work out. Europe
was so romantic, so much…
culture. But no matter who I was
with, some part of me kept thinking
about Kait, how easy it was to walk
through the city holding hands,
that she took my hand as a matter
of course, she kissed me and I
guess most of all, she never asked
me for more than I could give,
emotionally or physically. It’s a
rare quality to let someone just be
themselves and not try to tie or
change them.
Marsha watches David watching Tamara. Many AUDIENCE MEMBERS
are almost as enraptured as David.
LATER
TAMARA/LINDA (cont’d)
I just want to enjoy this moment,
watching the light fade from the
woods.
75.
CONTINUED: (3)
(MORE)
(CONTINUED)
We can’t decide our whole
relationship in a discussion
anyway.
SADIE/KAIT
Okay, but there’s one more burning
question, and I’m afraid it’s a
make or break issue.
TAMARA/LINDA
It’s not the bi thing… because
I’m not bi anymore, I’m 100%
lesbian, give or take a percentage
because I still don’t like labels.
LAUGHTER, some NERVOUS LAUGHTER
SADIE/KAIT
Actually, it’s not the bi thing,
that’s way less a big deal for me
these days. It’s the toilet paper
thing. Which way do you hang it,
the natural easy to get at method
of over the top or sadist deranged
method of knuckle banging torture
hanging down the wall?
MUCH LAUGHTER
STEPHANIE/NARRATOR
Linda hits Kait gently, and then
takes her face in her fingertips
and kisses her deeply. Kait
dissolves into the kiss.
TAMARA/LINDA
You’ll just have to wait until
you’re invited to sleep over at my
apartment to find out.
SADIE/KAIT
Oooooo suspense, I like that in a
girl.
STEPHANIE/NARRATOR
Kait leans in and they kiss.
WILD APPLAUSE.
The script cast take a bow, and then they exit the stage.
Marsha looks expectantly at David.
76.
CONTINUED: (4)
TAMARA/LINDA (cont’d)
(CONTINUED)
DAVID
It’s really different, reading a
script and seeing it performed.
MARSHA
It’s even better seeing the movie.
Are we going to see the movie?
DAVID
If I can help it we will. How much
do you need to really get it made
well?
MARSHA
Three to five million is reasonable
for the kind of script, character
driven, mostly talking. Eight to
ten gets better crew, directors,
other actors. A name actor.
DAVID
I know a lot of people with money,
I’ll see if I can get a group to
invest.
MARSHA
I don’t get why you don’t want
Tamara to know.
DAVID
Because I want her to like me for
me, not what I can do for her. But
I still want to do this for her.
Tamara comes back in her regular clothes. She’s glowing and
every happy.
Tamara kisses David.
TAMARA
You are the most wonderful man,
ever. Thank you, so much for this.
Marsha gives David a “I told you so” look.
DAVID
It’s the least I can do. Want to go
for dinner now?
TAMARA
I’m so happy, I may never eat
again.
77.
CONTINUED: (5)
(CONTINUED)
Tamara kisses David enthusiastically.
DAVID
Still wanting to hold on to your
mystery?
TAMARA
Well, now I have to, even if only
to see what you’ll do next!
INT. TAMARA’S APARTMENT. DAY.
Tamara dances around the apartment, doing little houseworky
things, to UPBEAT FEMALE EMPOWERMENT SONG.
INSERT: FLASHBACK TAMARA’s POV
Bright lights looking into the script reading audience
APPLAUDING WILDLY.
Tamara continues to dance, lip sync, while dusting and
tidying.
KNOCK.
Tamara answers the door. Marsha comes in and bear hug Tamara.
MARSHA
How’s my little starlet today?
TAMARA
Cloud 9. That was amazing! How
could you keep it a secret from me?
MARSHA
I can’t give away my whole bag of
tricks.
TAMARA
Isn’t David great?
MARSHA
A prince.
Marsha takes off her coat. She watches Tamara’s glowyness
with calculation in her eyes.
MARSHA (cont’d)
How much do you want to know?
78.
CONTINUED: (6)
(CONTINUED)
TAMARA
What do you mean?
MARSHA
You don’t like me to keep secrets?
TAMARA
No, I went out expected to see a
play, not be in one, it caught me
off guard.
MARSHA
You did beautifully.
TAMARA
Not the point.
MARSHA
Okay, so I’ll tell you. David’s not
only investing in the movie, he’s
going to be producer. He’s hitting
up other friends of his to ante up.
We’re going to make the movie!
Tamara recoils in horror.
TAMARA
No, I can’t let him.
MARSHA
Why not? You’d be on your way.
These kind of movies are hot,
people are tired of special effects
epics, they want character dramas,
they want kinky sex stuff.
TAMARA
I have a secret too.
MARSHA
What?
TAMARA
I told David not to invest.
MARSHA
Why would you do such a crazy
thing?
TAMARA
I don’t want him to think I’m for
rent, or sale.
79.
CONTINUED:
(CONTINUED)
MARSHA
It’s just for the shoot.
TAMARA
No, Mom, it’s not for the shoot. I
like David, he likes me, like me a
lot. And I, want to date him.
MARSHA
Tamara, darling, you don’t have
time to date, look at your
schedule. How do you fit a man in
there?
TAMARA
That’s what those project
management classes were for.
MARSHA
I told you, you have to have the
illusion of available, you can’t
get there tied down.
TAMARA
But the getting there would be
easier with support and a partner.
MARSHA
I’m you support, David would only
be a distraction. After you get a
couple of pictures, you can slow
down, pick and choose, baby, it’s
everything we’ve been working for.
TAMARA
I’m not saying I’m marrying David,
I just want to see where it could
go. He’s different….
MARSHA
Okay, so see him, maybe he’s
different than the rest of the men
you’ve dated, or maybe he’s just
the same. I want you to be happy,
I’m you mother, I’m not going to
stand in your way.
Tamara lets out a breath, and her whole body relaxes.
TAMARA
I thought you were going to be
angry.
80.
CONTINUED: (2)
(CONTINUED)
MARSHA
I should be angry? My daughter’s
found a nice fella, who’s going to
bankroll her movie. I should think
anything bad about David.
TAMARA
So, you’re okay then, I’ll still do
all the things you tell me. I can
manage both.
Marsha hugs Tamara..
MARSHA
I only want you to be happy.
Marsha is not pleased.
MARSHA (cont’d)
Besides, this way, we both get what
we want, we get the movie made, and
you get a boyfriend.
Tamara breaks off the hug, Marsha looks very happy.
TAMARA
I’m not entirely comfortable with
him producing.
MARSHA
You have to get over yourself, he
wants to do it. It’s why he wanted
to see the script performed. He
wanted to see you act, he wants to
make you happy. Let him. You got
into the relationship without
asking for the money, but don’t
turn down what’s offered.
TAMARA
Why is it so hard to argue against
everyone lately?
MARSHA
Because you’re a get-a-longer,
Tamara. You never liked arguing.
Now, here’s your schedule for the
week, paper and on disc, upload it
to your calender.
Marsha hands Tamara an envelope.
81.
CONTINUED: (3)
(CONTINUED)
MARSHA (cont’d)
I have to head, another
appointment. See you later.
Marsha kisses Tamara on the cheek and exits.
TAMARA
More like go-alonger.
INT. RESTAURANT. DAY
Marsha and Caitlyn eat lunch together.
MARSHA
So, now that the food’s arrived and
the pleasantries are out of the
way…..
CAITLYN
I’ll get right to the point. You
don’t want Tamara and David
together anymore than I do.
MARSHA
What makes you think I don’t want
my daughter to be happy?
CAITLYN
Because David will put a cramp in
your plans to make Tamara famous.
He’s going to want her time, her
attention, he’s going to want to
marry her, and he’s going to want
kids. Any of that feature into your
plans?
MARSHA
Not until later.
CAITLYN
David’s in the picture now.
MARSHA
So, what’s your interest in David?
CAITLYN
I’ve loved him for five years, ever
since college, all through the
company start up until now.
82.
CONTINUED: (4)
(CONTINUED)
MARSHA
But you’re a lesbian.
CAITLYN
I’m not a lesbian, I’m a tomboy,
I’m a girl who likes sports, and
because I’m more butch than David,
he thinks I’m a lesbian.
MARSHA
All that time, and you never told
him?
CAITLYN
David’s clueless when it comes to
women, he’s uncomfortable, I wanted
to be close, so I let him think I
was gay so he’d relax around me.
MARSHA
Five years, and he still thinks
you’re gay? That’s bad project
management, you shoulda had him
sewn up the first year.
CAITLYN
Well, we got busy, funny how time
slips by when you’re building a
multi-national company.
MARSHA
You’re multi-national?
CAITLYN
We have a small graphics office
affiliate in Canada.
MARSHA
Oh. Well, either way, you’ve taken
five years and gotten no where with
him. I’m an agent, I expect
results, why should I partner with
you?
CAITLYN
Because I can get David to drop
Tamara, and I need you to keep her
out of his way.
MARSHA
But I need him to fund the movie,
so, you see the difficulty.
83.
CONTINUED:
(CONTINUED)
CAITLYN
So, sign a contract for the
investment, and then we’ll break
them up.
MARSHA
You’re willing to let him put his
own personal money into a movie for
another girl?
CAITLYN
I don’t care about money, I care
about David.
MARSHA
Well, I guess we do having
something in common then.
Marsha raises her glass to Caitlyn. Caitlyn clinks her glass
to Marsha’s.
MARSHA (cont’d)
To your romance, my movie, and our
partnership.
They drink.
EXT. PARK. DAY
David and Tamara picnic in the park. Tamara’s CELL PHONE
RINGS
TAMARA
Hello?
MARSHA (PHONE)
Tamara, you’ve got an audition in 1
hour, I’ll text you address.
TAMARA
Um, okay. I’ll be there.
Tamara hangs up.
TAMARA (cont’d)
I have to leave, I have an
audition.
DAVID
We haven’t eaten yet.
84.
CONTINUED: (2)
(CONTINUED)
Tamara kisses David.
TAMARA
Sorry, but it’s work.
INT. TAMARA’S APARTMENT. NIGHT.
Tamara is dressed up. She flips though a magazine listlessly.
She stares at the clock – 8:30 pm
PHONE RINGS.
Tamara pounces on it.
TAMARA
Hello?
DAVID (PHONE)
Sorry, I’m not going to be able to
make it, we had a computer problem
and lost files, and the back up
seems to be corrupted.
TAMARA
But we have tickets….
DAVID (PHONE)
Maybe Sadie could go with you? I’ll
have Caitlyn courier them to the
theatre….
TAMARA
Okay, don’t be there too late.
DAVID (PHONE)
Bill, I don’t know where the
backups are. Caitlyn! Sorry, hon, I
have to go. Bye
TAMARA
Bye.
Tamara hangs up. She goes to her bedroom.
INT. FANCY PARTY. NIGHT
Tamara works an industry party crowd, alone, and without her
usual sparkle.
85.
CONTINUED:
INT. DAVID’S OFFICE. NIGHT
David is working on a computer.
Caitlyn brings in take out food.
CAITLYN
Ya gotta eat, I got your favorite.
David smiles warmly at her.
DAVID
Thanks, what time is it?
CAITLYN
9:30. Why?
David looks ill.
DAVID
I was supposed to meet Tamara to go
to a party.
CAITLYN
I guess you’re late.
DAVID
I got to finish this….
CAITLYN
What can I do to help?
David smiles and slides his chair over. Caitlyn brings he
client chair around to the same side.
INT. GYM. DAY.
Tamara and Sadie are getting massages from hunky MASSEURS.
SADIE
So, I see your toes are permanently
curled.
TAMARA
Life’s great. More auditions than I
know what to do with, booking all
kinds of commercials.
86.
(MORE)
(CONTINUED)
I have a movie in production and I
have the best boyfriend. When I get
to see him.
SADIE
You mentioned a brother?
TAMARA
Yeah, sorry, already married.
SADIE
Damn.
TAMARA
Still….
SADIE
Uh oh.
TAMARA
I don’t think my Mom’s as happy for
me as she acts. And I don’t think
Caitlyn, David’s exec assistant
likes me.
SADIE
How much sway does she have?
TAMARA
A lot, she’s also a programmer, and
helps develop the products the
company makes.
SADIE
But he’s interested in you.
TAMARA
Well, duh.
SADIE
And he’s a man? All man?
TAMARA
Yes.
SADIE
Then no friend is gonna get between
a guy and some.
Tamara laughs.
87.
CONTINUED:
TAMARA (cont’d)
(CONTINUED)
TAMARA
She’s weird, too. She called me a
few weeks ago and asked to come to
my place. She made it all life and
death, and then, she never showed
up.
SADIE
That is weird. Maybe she was gonna
threaten you to stay away and
pucked out.
TAMARA
Maybe. Still. It’s creepy. Oh,
change subject.
SADIE
Okay.
TAMARA
David’s signing the contracts
tomorrow, and we’re seriously going
into production. Mom’s already
hired the keys, David’s helping to
raise extra capitol from other
computer companies.
SADIE
Why do all these geeks want to
invest in a lesbian movie?
TAMARA
I guess, most geeks don’t get a
chance to get the girl, so at least
this way, it’s not their fault?
Sadie laughs.
SADIE
Bit-chi!
Tamara laughs. Masseurs snicker, and then go back to their
professional decorum.
TAMARA
I dunno, David said that in
organized sci-fi fandom, there’s
like ten men to everyone one woman,
and half of the women are lesbians
or bi, so there’s a camaraderie in
being marginalized.
88.
CONTINUED: (2)
(CONTINUED)
SADIE
Huh, I thought being pretty was
tough.
INT. TAMARA’S APARTMENT. NIGHT
Tamara and David share a romantic dinner.
TAMARA
I did a bad thing.
DAVID
What?
TAMARA
I turned all my phones off.
DAVID
Me too!
TAMARA
I just wanted to see you, and we’ve
been having so many interruptions.
DAVID
I left my cell at the office, I
feel kinda naked without it.
TAMARA
Well, if it feels good, do it.
David blushes. Tamara kisses him, romantically, and then
passionately.
TAMARA
Why don’t we go somewhere a bit
more conducive?
Tamara gets up and leads David to her bedroom.
INT. TAMARA’S BEDROOM. CONTINUOUS.
David and Tamara heavy pet.
BANGING ON THE FRONT DOOR.
MARSHA (OS)
Tamara! Tamara!
89.
CONTINUED: (3)
(CONTINUED)
Tamara sits up in bed, adjusting her clothes.
TAMARA
Shit! My Mom.
David jumps off the bed in a blind panic adjusting his
clothes.
DAVID
Wait, we’re not kids…..
Marsha bursts into the room. She clutches her heart.
MARSHA
Oh, thank god!
Marsha envelopes Tamara in a huge hug.
TAMARA
Mom, I can’t breathe.
Marsha lets her go, slowly.
MARSHA
I was so worried, I couldn’t reach
you.
TAMARA
It’s okay, you knew I had a date
with David.
Marsha whirls around, as if seeing David for the first time.
MARSHA
Oh, my bad, sorry, when I couldn’t
reach Tamara, I tired David’s
number and got no answer, so I
panicked, I thought maybe you had
an accident. So I came over.
TAMARA
Yes, well, we’re fine, we’re both
fine.
MARSHA
Well, actually, David, Caitlyn’s
looking for you.
DAVID
She is, why?
90.
CONTINUED:
(CONTINUED)
MARSHA
Something called Project Ladybug?
David pales.
DAVID
What did she say?
MARSHA
Just that she was looking for you,
and she’ll be in the R&D lab all
night.
DAVID
Maybe I should go…sounds like
it’s bad.
MARSHA
Yeah, you go…
TAMARA
Can’t you call?
DAVID
We keep our R&D lab isolated, it’s
a separate network, no phones,
disabled floppies and no cd
burners, we had a bad experience
with a code leak once, so our
security is pretty severe.
Tamara kisses David. He leaves.
Tamara looks at her Mom.
MARSHA
So, you wanna watch a movie?
Tamara shrugs and marches back into the living room.
INT. DAVID’S OFFICE. DAY
Marsha, Tamara, Caitlyn, David, DAVID’S LAWYER, are reviewing
papers. MARSHA’S PHOTOGRAPHER snaps photos throughout.
DAVID’S LAWYER
The papers look to be in order.
DAVID
Alright then.
91.
CONTINUED: (2)
(CONTINUED)
Marsha and Caitlyn exchange looks.
TAMARA
Only if it’s what you want to do.
DAVID
I want to do this for you.
David signs. Tamara beams at him.
Tamara kisses David.
Caitlyn nearly bolts from the room, but Marsha stops her.
MARSHA
Okay, people, let’s get this movie
made!
David hands Marsha a cheque. Marsha has the grace to blush.
MARSHA
How silly of me to forget that.
DAVID
(to Tamara)
So, now that you’ve got a movie, I
guess we’ll see a bit more of each
other, since you won’t have all
these other auditions.
TAMARA
I’ll still be having auditions, but
now there’s going to be
rehearsals…
David is crestfallen. Tamara gives him a squeeze.
TAMARA
I promise that we will see each
other.
David is reassured.
Marsha shakes hands with the lawyer, and then leads Tamara
and Marsha’s Photographer out.
DAVID’S LAWYER
She’s pretty. What’s the movie
about?
CAITLYN
It’s a lesbian road movie.
92.
CONTINUED:
(CONTINUED)
DAVID’S LAWYER
Your girlfriend is a lesbian?
DAVID
No, she’s just playing on in a
movie. Besides, there’s nothing
wrong with lesbians. Caitlyn’s a
lesbian.
Caitlyn bursts into tears and runs from the office.
David and David’s Lawyer exchange stunned looks. David runs
after Caitlyn.
INT. HALLWAY. CONTINUOUS
David chases after Caitlyn.
DAVID
Caitlyn! Wait!
Caitlyn dekes into her office.
INT. CAITLYN’S OFFICE. CONTINUOUS
Caitlyn is crying, face down on her desk.
David knocks softly, and then enters.
DAVID
Caitlyn, what’s the matter?
CAITLYN
GO away
DAVID
Am I not supposed to out you?
Caitlyn sits up, her face is a mess.
CAITLYN
No, I just, my girlfriend dumped
me, it’s just hard right now.
David sits on her desk, and puts a hand on her shoulder.
Caitlyn melts into his touch.
DAVID
I didn’t know you had a girlfriend,
you never said…
93.
CONTINUED: (2)
(CONTINUED)
CAITLYN
What, just cause I live here, I
don’t date.
DAVID
Sorry. You just never… I thought
we were closer than that. You’ve
never talked about dating.
CAITLYN
You never did either, until now. We
were both the company.
DAVID
Sorry, I mean, of course you can
date. Of course.
CAITLYN
Thanks for the permission. I suck
at dating.
DAVID
You’ll find someone, you just
haven’t met the right person.
CAITLYN
I did, but…
DAVID
Ohmigawd, it was that night,
Caitlyn, you should have said. It
was me, sending you to Tamara’s,
that’s why you broke up.
David reels with the implications of his misunderstanding.
Caitlyn is confused, and then takes advantage.
CAITLYN
Well, David, frankly, yes, that put
me in a very difficult situation.
It ruined everything.
David paces Caitlyn’s office.
DAVID
Then, that means…..I just signed,
and handed over…….and that
means….
94.
CONTINUED:
(CONTINUED)
CAITLYN
David, it’s not about Tamara
sleeping with me, it’s that I went
at all. Why I went.
DAVID
Tamara slept with you?
David sinks onto the floor.
CAITLYN
David, don’t be an idiot.
Caitlyn gets down on the floor with David.
CAITLYN
I only got as far as her hallway
and I left.
David is overjoyed.
DAVID
So, Tamara’s not a golddigger.
CAITLYN
Are you so selfish and wrapped up
in yourself that you come into my
office, MY office, to comfort me
and turn around and make this about
you?
David recoils.
DAVID
I’m sorry, I’m not following you,
Caitlyn, why did you get dumped if
you didn’t sleep with Tamara.
CAITLYN
Because I would have, for you,
because I did this for you, because
I care so much about you.
DAVID
Why didn’t you tell me to get lost,
that you were in a relationship? It
was a crazy thing for me to ask you
to do.
CAITLYN
Because, because….
95.
CONTINUED: (2)
(CONTINUED)
Caitlyn kisses David. He’s shocked and then instinctively
kisses her back.
They fall to a completely prone position on the floor, the
kissing becoming more passionate and mutually consuming.
CAITLYN
I love you, I love you….
PANTS ZIPPER BEING UNDONE. David is undone.
DAVID
Oh, Caitlyn……
INT. DAVID’S OFFICE. LATE NIGHT.
David is playing The Sims. His household now includes a Sim
Caitlyn.
On the screen, the Sim David kisses the Sim Caitlyn. The Sim
Tamara comes over and smacks the Sim Caitlyn.
David rubs his face hard enough to leave red marks that
slowly fade.
DAVID
Idiot. No girls, now two.
Caitlyn enters, holding two steaming coffee mugs.
CAITLYN
Knock Knock.
David smiles at her, weakly. She hands him a coffee.
CAITLYN
Well.
DAVID
Yeah.
They sip the coffee in silence.
CAITLYN
Sims?
DAVID
With all the expansion games.
CAITLYN
Which is your favorite expansion?
96.
CONTINUED: (3)
(CONTINUED)
DAVID
The making magic one. I like the
sort of Harry Potter double life
your Sims get to have.
CAITLYN
Yeah, the Superstar-Hollywood
expansion is fun too.
DAVID
I like the objects in it, but I
don’t like all the relationship
building you have to do to get
anywhere. Looking for spell
components and practicing magic to
get better is one thing, but all
that networking and still no
guarantee.
CAITLYN
Is that why you really financed her
movie, you wanted to give her a
short cut?
DAVID
Probably, I don’t think I’ve been
thinking that clearly.
CAITLYN
Yes, well, it’s going around.
DAVID
I can’t forget it’s happened.
CAITLYN
Me neither.
DAVID
I’m sorry, I know…..
CAITLYN
You don’t know. David, I’ve had
these feelings for you for a long
time.
DAVID
How could you have?
Caitlyn sits across the desk from David.
97.
CONTINUED:
(CONTINUED)
CAITLYN
I have to tell you something else
that’s going to rock your world.
DAVID
Is this going to be one of those
things that I have to be sure I
want to know?
CAITLYN
It’s something that I have to tell
you, either way.
DAVID
Okay.
David braces himself.
CAITLYN
I’m not lesbian, I never was, you
just thought I was, and you’re so
clueless about women, that I
thought, if you thought I was gay,
you’d get comfortable with me, so
that we could get to know each
other.
DAVID
It’s been five years!
CAITLYN
Well, we got busy, I got
comfortable, it felt like enough,
and then….
DAVID
Tamara.
David puts his face in his hands.
DAVID (cont’d)
I just wish you had told me sooner.
CAITLYN
So do I. But you have a choice you
have to make, now that you know
everything.
DAVID
I don’t know what I’m going to do.
98.
CONTINUED: (2)
(CONTINUED)
CAITLYN
I’ll back off and give you space,
and, I’ll stand by whatever you
decide.
DAVID
I don’t want to lose you.
CAITLYN
I was hoping that you wouldn’t say
that.
DAVID
You’re going to leave if I pick
Tamara.
CAITLYN
Assistants are easy to replace.
DAVID
Not you.
CAITLYN
David, you can’t expect me to stay,
I couldn’t bear it.
DAVID
No, I supposed not.
Caitlyn exits. David sulks, as the Sim characters go about
their daily chores.
DAVID (cont’d)
No women, and now two women. How
unlucky can you get?
David quits the game.
He pulls a stack of paperwork and goes through the pages.
He hits a series of cheque requisitions, with invoices
attached. He starts to sign the cheques, and then randomly
flips through the bills.
A number on Caitlyn’s bill catches his eye. He accesses his
address book on the computer. The number matches Marsha’s.
David compares the dates on the bill to his calender, they
match his last several dates with Tamara.
99.
CONTINUED: (3)
INT. GYM. DAY
Tamara and Sadie are getting dressed in the change room.
TAMARA
So, thanks for tipping me off about
the script reading.
SADIE
Your mom made me promise not to
tell.
TAMARA
Yeah, but who’s friend are you,
mine or hers?
SADIE
Get over it,it was a great
surprise.
TAMARA
It was magic, wasn’t it. An
audience, man, it’s intoxicating.
SADIE
Imagine how it’s going to feel in
the movie theatre.
TAMARA
Really.
SADIE
What’s wrong?
TAMARA
Ever since the investment contract
was signed, things have been going
to hell. We never get to see each
other, and when we do, we’re
interrupted.
SADIE
So, turn your phone off.
TAMARA
I did, and my mother came over.
SADIE
So go somewhere else.
100.
(CONTINUED)
TAMARA
Right at a bad time.
SADIE
Oooooo. Tough luck. Go to his
place?
TAMARA
I just have a feeling we’d get
interrupted there, too.
SADIE
So, I’m going away for the weekend,
use my place.
TAMARA
You are such a good friend.
Because, girl…
SADIE
Say no more.
They slap palms.
EXT. STREET – TAMARA’S CAR. DAY
Tamara sits in traffic. She dials David on her cell.
TAMARA
Hey, David.
DAVID (PHONE)
You’ve reached David Markson,
please leave a message.
TAMARA
It’s Tamara, please call me. O,
green light, gotta go.
Tamara hangs up and drives.
INT. DAVID’S OFFICE. DAY
David hangs up his cell phone. He picks up the phone and
starts to dial.
He hangs up.
101.
CONTINUED:
(CONTINUED)
He exits his office.
INT. CAITLYN’S OFFICE. DAY
Caitlyn’s working on the computer.
David knocks and enters.
DAVID
Hey.
CAITLYN
Hey.
DAVID
So, I have this, uh, for you.
David puts a small ring box on Caitlyn’s desk.
Caitlyn is astonished.
CAITLYN
Is that what I think it is?
DAVID
Sorry, it’s not more romantic.
CAITLYN
It’s very sudden, from lesbian to
pretend thing.
CAITLYN (cont’d)
Yeah, my tactical error. What about
Tamara?
DAVID
My tactical error, I mean, she’s
pretty, but she’s not you.
CAITLYN
You’re picking plain jane over
beauty queen?
DAVID
Nice on the arm isn’t the same as
nice to talk to, to build a life
with.
CAITLYN
That’s kind of old fashioned.
102.
CONTINUED:
(CONTINUED)
DAVID
What?
CAITLYN
Girls marry and girls you have fun
with.
David blushes.
DAVID
Well, ah, in that sense, then, I’d
be marrying her.
CAITLYN
You and she…didn’t.
DAVID
No, when we got to that point, we
kept getting interrupted.
CAITLYN
You know.
DAVID
There wasn’t any other reason for
all your cell phone calls to Marsha
on the days that me and Tamara went
out.
CAITLYN
How do you know about those?
DAVID
I go over the cell accounts before
we pay the bills…
CAITLYN
Oh. Oops. Clearly you’re not mad.
DAVID
Flattered, actually.
Caitlyn picks up the ring.
CAITLYN
Yes.
They kiss.
CAITLYN (cont’d)
What are you going to do about
Tamara?
103.
CONTINUED:
(CONTINUED)
DAVID
She’ll busy with the movie, she’ll
get over me. Wow, I guess I should
have listened more to her.
CAITLYN
What?
DAVID
She said she had bad luck with
guys. I guess I’m not different
from other men.
Caitlyn kisses him.
CAITLYN
Sure you are, you’re mine.