Harry and Phillip

Harry and Phillip

By

Jacob Ayers

FADE IN:

INT. DRUG DEALER’S HOUSE - DAY

Harry (18-20) and Phillip (18-20) are on the couch searching

for something to watch on netflix.

HARRY

Just fucking choose something

already.

PHILLIP

I am looking Harry.

HARRY

Oh come on you literally just

passed Monty Python.

PHILLIP

That movie was awful.

HARRY

You think it is awful because it

nearly made you piss your pants

while you were high.

DISSOLVE TO:

INT. PHILLIP’S HOUSE - NIGHT

EXTREME CLOSE UP: PHILLIP’S FACE

He looks horrified

The television is on the "find the fish" scene in Monty

Python’s the Meaning of Life.

Harry and Phillip are sitting watching Monty Python and

Phillip looks like he is terrified.

PHILLIP

I can’t handle this right now

Harry.

He then gets up and starts running out of the room.

HARRY

Phillip, what’s the matter?

DISSOLVE BACK TO:

2.

INT. DRUG DEALER’S HOUSE - DAY

PHILLIP

It didn’t nearly make me piss my

pants.

HARRY

Phillip, you ran into the bathroom

simultaneously crying and laughing

for an hour afterwords.

PHILLIP

No I did not!

HARRY

That is what happens when you get

too damn high.

PHILLIP

I wasn’t too damn high! You’re the

lightweight out of the two of us.

HARRY

Well I didn’t nearly piss myself

did I?

PHILLIP

I DIDN’T NEARLY PISS MYSELF!

Their drug dealer walks in on them arguing.

DRUG DEALER

Would you two shut up?! God damn

you two are like an angry old

married couple.

They both stop immediately and look at the drug dealer.

DRUG DEALER

Give me the damn remote.

Phillip hands him the remote. The Drug Dealer turns the

television off.

DRUG DEALER

Now here’s the stuff.

He lays a small bag of weed on the table. Phillip and Harry

go to grab it.

DRUG DEALER

Hands off! You two bozos still owe

me from last time.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 3.

HARRY

Uh... yeah, about that.

PHILLIP

Come on man didn’t Harry’s dad do

some legal work for you in the

past?

HARRY

Yeah dude cut us some slack.

DRUG DEALER

I cut that slack by letting you two

morons in here.

PHILLIP

Can’t you put it on our tab or

something like that for the future?

DRUG DEALER

Does this look like a bar to you?

PHILLIP

Well in some ways they carry

similarities.

DRUG DEALER

(to himself)

Jesus christ.

HARRY

Come on dude my dad recently died

and all.

PHILLIP

Yeah man that’s cold.

DRUG DEALER

What the hell does that have to do

with anything!?

Harry and Phillip are out of excuses. The Drug Dealer looks

like he is holding in a lot of anger/annoyance.

DRUG DEALER

So lemme get this straight, you

came here hoping for some weed and

didn’t bring any money while in

debt to me?

There is an awkward silence. Harry and Phillip are trying to

think of something to say.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 4.

PHILLIP

Well can you give us some and we

will pay you back next week?

They both look at the drug dealer hopefully.

EXT. DRUG DEALER’S HOUSE - DAY

The drug dealer closes the door on both of them.

PHILLIP

Well now what do we do?

HARRY

Well I guess we could survive a

couple more days without some weed.

They sit there awkwardly for a moment.

PHILLIP

Would rather not though

HARRY

Yeah totally we gotta think of

something.

They start walking down the street.

PHILLIP

Well you gotta job right?

HARRY

Yeah.

PHILLIP

How long until you get your next

paycheck?

HARRY

Three days.

PHILLIP

Crap I don’t want to wait that

long.

HARRY

Yeah.

PHILLIP

Come on dude we need to think of

something.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 5.

They continue walking until they reach Harry’s house.

Phillip points a house out to Harry.

PHILLIP

Hey isn’t that, that asshole Jim’s

house?

HARRY

Yeah.

PHILLIP

Remember when he egged your window?

HARRY

Yeah, but that was in like...

Elementary school bro.

PHILLIP

Did you ever get him back for that?

HARRY

Yeah.

PHILLIP

How?

HARRY

(chuckles)

I fucked his sister.

PHILLIP

Oh what the hell man.

HARRY

(chuckles more)

PHILLIP

Well I mean your parents paid good

money for that window.

HARRY

Yeah.

PHILLIP

It was sensual right?

HARRY

What?

PHILLIP

Your relationship... With his

sister. It was sensual right?

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 6.

HARRY

N-

PHILLIP

(cutting Harry off)

Tell me it was sensual!

HARRY

Alright, it was sensual. Where are

you going with this?

PHILLIP

Well you still have to pay him back

for throwing the egg at your

window.

HARRY

Well it was a long time ago

Phillip. And he could make the

argument that me fucking his sister

was payback.

PHILLIP

Dude it left a small dent in the

window

HARRY

Right.

PHILLIP

Well to pay him back... Let’s rob

his house... I mean you have been

sitting there every day that you

wake up seeing that dent in the

wall. The damage he did to you was

long and constant. What we will do

will be powerful but short.

Harry starts to seem to be more convinced.

HARRY

Dude you had me at "rob his house."

DISSOLVE TO:

EXT. JIM’S HOUSE - DAY

Their costumes are revealed. Harry has a gas mask on, and

Phillip has a makeshift mask made from wrapping a towel

around his head.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 7.

PHILLIP

Man you are going to have to be

doing the heavy lifting.

HARRY

No we aren’t going to take out

things that we can’t carry.

PHILLIP

No I mean I can’t see shit out of

this thing so you are going to have

to do most of the work.

HARRY

Dammit this was your idea.

PHILLIP

Yeah it was the idea that you

agreed with. Not my damn fault you

didn’t keep any of your previous

Halloween costume masks. Where the

hell did you get that gas mask

anyways?

They start heading in. They find a key under the mat.

HARRY

Dude my mom is afraid of some

disaster or something. You saw them

all leave right?

PHILLIP

Yeah dude don’t worry. And you

should be happy that your mom is

stockpiling that stuff.

They make their way inside.

HARRY

Yeah I would have agreed with you a

year ago or so.

PHILLIP

What made you change your mind?

HARRY

The Road.

PHILLIP

What the hell is that?

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 8.

HARRY

A depressing ass book set after an

apocalypse.

They continue throughout the house stealing random expensive

items that they see, while carrying out the conversation.

PHILLIP

How did it change your mind about

wanting to live after a disaster?

HARRY

It made me not want to live after a

disaster.

PHILLIP

Why wouldn’t you want to live as

long as you can? Things could

smooth out after a while.

HARRY

Though is that time worth living?

The conversations starts to turn into a debate.

PHILLIP

Of course it is worth living.

HARRY

What, surviving through years that

you will most likely die just for

the possibility of a shitty life?

Nah man I’d take death. You’d see

me driving towards the mushroom

cloud so it would be quicker.

PHILLIP

Jesus, you don’t have to be so

cynical about it.

HARRY

Wow I am surprised that you know

what cynical means.

PHILLIP

Oh shut up.

HARRY

Dude I was in that class with you

and all you did was stare at the

teacher’s tits.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 9.

PHILLIP

What class?

HARRY

English.

PHILLIP

Did not.

HARRY

Tell me what happened at the end of

The Picture of Dorian Gray.

There is a moment of silence.

HARRY(CONT’D)

Yeah that is what I thought.

PHILLIP

I forgot bro, people forget things.

HARRY

Not that thing.

PHILLIP

What thing?

HARRY

The end of the damn book!

PHILLIP

(chuckling)

Sorry bad memory.

HARRY

(chuckling)

Shut up.

They hear cars pulling up into the driveway of the house.

PHILLIP

Oh crap.

HARRY

Let’s blow this joint.

PHILLIP

Not now Harry... Later.

HARRY

I can’t believe that you know what

cynical means.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 10.

They start running around and exit out the back. Phillip’s

towel mask slips off so he starts running around while

holding the items they stole meanwhile pressing the mask

against his face with his other hand. Making him run around

like a maniac.

CUT TO:

INT. HARRY’S ROOM - DAY

They come running into Harry’s room.

PHILLIP

Holy shit Harry I can’t believe

that worked.

HARRY

Let’s see what we got.

Harry lays his bag on the floor. He starts pulling stuff out

that he stole. They are generally items that are a bit

expensive that he could fit into a bag.

PHILLIP

Nice job Harry.

HARRY

Yeah dude, let’s see what you

grabbed.

Phillip sets his bag on the floor. There are generally less

expensive items. Harry grabs a vase that Phillip grabbed.

HARRY

Why on Earth would you grab a plant

vase?

PHILLIP

Hey man it could be made out of

crystal or something.

HARRY

Bullshit, I can run to the nearest

general goods store and buy this

for a dollar.

PHILLIP

Okay I had a bad find, whatever

dude. It’s not like it cost you any

money.

Harry continues to look through Phillip’s bag. He pulls out

a family photo of Jim and his sister that Phillip grabbed.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 11.

HARRY

What the hell Phillip? Why did you

grab this?

PHILLIP

Do you see those jewels that are on

the frame?

HARRY

Yes.

PHILLIP

And?

HARRY

They are fucking plastic Phillip.

PHILLIP

Sorry I didn’t have enough time to

analyze the frame, I just saw the

jewels and grabbed it.

HARRY

This could have been an important

family photo to them. We are

supposed to be taking the expensive

replaceable stuff, not their

priceless memories.

PHILLIP

Oh come on Harry now you are making

me feel bad.

HARRY

You should feel bad Phillip, this

may have been their only copy of

this photo

PHILLIP

Are you just trying to make the

fact that we stole someones crap

for weed even worse?

HARRY

No I am implying that when you rob

someone you don’t steal their

priceless memories you cunt.

PHILLIP

You’re the cunt Harry.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 12.

HARRY

How am I the cunt? It was your idea

to rob the person’s house in the

first place.

PHILLIP

Well you fucked Jim’s sister.

HARRY

What the hell does that have to do

with anything?

PHILLIP

It has everything to do with

everything?

HARRY

How?

PHILLIP

Uh let’s just go pay off our debt

from last time.

HARRY

Fine. Though it would still be

better to drive towards the

mushroom cloud.

PHILLIP

Oh look now you are trying to win

the argument by having the last

word.

HARRY

No I am just restating my opinion.

PHILLIP

At the end of the damn

conversation.

HARRY

Yeah, that doesn’t mean I am trying

to win the argument.

PHILLIP

It gets it into your head that when

you get the last word in an

argument, it means that you win.

HARRY

When did I say that?

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 13.

PHILLIP

It’s implied!

HARRY

LET’S JUST GET OUR WEED. You keep

getting us sidetracked.

PHILLIP

Oh my god there it is again.

HARRY

What is there again?

Phillip starts walking out of Harry’s room.

PHILLIP

Let’s go.

HARRY

What are you talking about.

They exit leaving all of the stuff inside. Phillip runs back

into Harry’s room and grabs Harry’s bag. Phillip follows

him.

HARRY

Look now you are just avoiding the

argument.

CUT TO:


They knock on the front door of the drug dealer’s house. The

drug dealer comes to the front door.

DRUG DEALER

(ticked off)

What are you two doing back here?

HARRY

We got some stuff, to repay you for

last time.

Phillip hands the drug dealer the bag.

HARRY

As I said... Stuff.

DRUG DEALER

And where did you get this stuff?

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 14.

PHILLIP

Around our houses.

The Drug dealer pulls out some item that has Jim’s name on

it. He shows it to them. Phillip and Harry get scared.

DRUG DEALER

Where did you get this stuff?

HARRY

Stole it.

DRUG DEALER

From who?

HARRY

Jim.

PHILLIP

Soooo...

DRUG DEALER

So what?

PHILLIP

Are we cool?

DRUG DEALER

Yeah we cool.

HARRY

It being stolen doesn’t bother you?

DRUG DEALER

Did you expect a drug dealer to

worry about receiving stolen crap

as payment?

There is a moment of silence.

PHILLIP

I dunno.

HARRY

Well we will come by again in a day

or two.

DRUG DEALER

Sounds good.

He shakes their hands. He then starts to lead them out of

his house. Phillip notices some flowers that are not in a

vase on the drug dealer’s kitchen counter.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 15.

PHILLIP

What happened there?

DRUG DEALER

Nothing man just broke a vase.

Harry gives a look of disbelief while Phillip gives him an

"I told you so" look. They exit the drug dealers house.

CUT TO:


PHILLIP

I told you the vase was a good

choice.

HARRY

No I implied that you were an idiot

for grabbing it, then you failed to

defend yourself.

PHILLIP

Well I was still in the right for

grabbing the stupid vase.

There is a moment of silence as they are walking.

HARRY

Well if you were so in the right

then you would have grabbed it when

we brought the stuff over.

PHILLIP

There it is again, you trying to

get the last word in.

HARRY

That wasn’t the last word in the

conversation, you were perfectly

open to defend yourself. But I am

guessing that you have no defense.

PHILLIP

You shouldn’t imply that crap.

HARRY

I can imply whatever I want in an

argument.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 16.

PHILLIP

Whatever, what are we going to do

about next time?

HARRY

Look now you are trying to change

the subject.

PHILLIP

You are trying to get the last

word.

HARRY

Changing the subject in an argument

is worse.

PHILLIP

No it isn’t! What are we going to

do about our next visit?

HARRY

You are trying to do it again.

PHILLIP

Well unlike you I am trying to keep

our main goal focused in on.

HARRY

Look, now you are changing the

subject of your changed subject.

PHILLIP

You know what? I am done with you

for today.

Phillip walks off, Harry continues walking.

FADE BLACK TO:

EXT. HARRY’S HOUSE - NIGHT

Phillip walks into Harry’s house. He approaches Harry as he

is watching T.V.

HARRY

I thought that you said that you

were done with me for today.

PHILLIP

Doesn’t matter.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 17.

HARRY

Of course.

PHILLIP

What matters is, is that I think I

found a good target.

HARRY

For what?

PHILLIP

To rob.

HARRY

Since when were we becoming petty

criminals?

PHILLIP

Well, until we get our pot. Just

one more.

HARRY

Fine... Where is it?

PHILLIP

The gated community a few blocks

down.

HARRY

What?

PHILLIP

Think about it Harry, they have

those big ass gates surrounding

their neighborhood so they wouldn’t

suspect to get robbed. Plus they

are probably rich enough to replace

whatever we take.

HARRY

Well the less suspectful part may

be true, but since when did you

become Robin Hood?

PHILLIP

How am I Robin Hood?

HARRY

You want to steal from the rich.

PHILLIP

But I am not giving to the poor.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 18.

HARRY

I never said you were.

PHILLIP

You indicated that I was Robin Hood

meaning that I rob the rich and

give to the poor.

HARRY

Well you are robbing from the rich

and buying weed. You are half Robin

Hood.

PHILLIP

Whatever. When do you think we

should hit up one of the houses?

HARRY

I don’t have any plans for tonight.

PHILLIP

Neither do I.

CUT TO:

EXT. GATED COMMUNITY - NIGHT

They are standing in a driveway looking up towards the gate

around the gated community.

HARRY

Did you think of a way to get

through the gate?

PHILLIP

No.

HARRY

Of course you didn’t.

PHILLIP

Hey man I shouldn’t be the one

doing the heavy lifting when it

comes to thinking out our plans.

HARRY

Good you used heavy lifting

correctly.

PHILLIP

I used it correctly last time, you

misinterpreted it.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 19.

HARRY

Let’s just get through the stupid

gate.

PHILLIP

Oh look who’s changing the subject

now.

HARRY

Shut up, let’s keep our priorities

straight with getting through this

gate.

PHILLIP

You god damn hypocrite.

HARRY

We just need to keep our eyes on

the security guard and see when he

takes his eyes off of the gate.

PHILLIP

Alright.

They stand there keeping their eyes on the security guard

and once he lets his guard down they hop the gate.

INT. GATED COMMUNITY - NIGHT

Once they are over the start wandering around for a bit

waiting to see people leave their home.

They finally see a couple leave their home.

PHILLIP

Looks like this is our chance.

HARRY

Better than nothing.

PHILLIP

Why do you do that?

HARRY

Do what?

PHILLIP

Always say things as negatively as

possible.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 20.

HARRY

I barely do that.

PHILLIP

You do it every day.

HARRY

Just don’t steal anything that is

priceless, only things that can be

replaced.

PHILLIP

Wow now you are being a hypocrite

again.

HARRY

How?

PHILLIP

By changing the subject. Earlier

today you called me out for doing

it. Now you have done it twice

within ten minutes.

HARRY

Whatever it doesn’t matter.

PHILLIP

It seemed to matter when I changed

the subject.

HARRY

Let’s just break into this damn

house.

They start approaching it and once they get near the door

they start searching around for a spare key.

Harry finds one and opens up the door. Once they do it an

alarm starts going off.

They start running away quickly.

HARRY

Look what this got us Phillip.

PHILLIP

God what are these people so

worried about inside of a gated

community?

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 21.

HARRY

People like us Phillip.

Phillip doesn’t respond.

PHILLIP

Well we didn’t break into here for

no reason.

HARRY

Phillip you do realize that, that

alarm will bring the police.

PHILLIP

Yes.

HARRY

So we should get out of here.

PHILLIP

No we can use that alarm as a

distraction.

HARRY

Are you retarded?

PHILLIP

No seriously, everyone will run

over to their house wanting to see

what is going on. Once they are

doing that we go and break into

someone else’s house while they are

distracted.

HARRY

Go ahead, I can go a couple more

days without some weed.

PHILLIP

Fine, don’t come asking me for some

once this is over.

HARRY

Oh come on, how many times have I

given you some from my stash? For

free.

PHILLIP

Fine we can share a joint or two.

As long as you don’t force me to

watch Monty Python again.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 22.

HARRY

Deal.

Harry walks off.

Phillip watches as some people exit a home nearby in order

to go and see what is going on with the alarm at their

neighbor’s home.

He then walks into the house and then immediately encounters

a small boy.

PHILLIP

(Nervously)

Hi there.

LITTLE BOY

Who are you?

PHILLIP

Your mom told me to watch you while

they ran to see what is going on.

LITTLE BOY

Okay.

PHILLIP

Where is the restroom?

LITTLE BOY

Upstairs.

PHILLIP

I am going to run on up there for a

moment and I will be back down.

Phillip runs upstairs and slips a laptop into his bag. He

then runs back downstairs. He is met with the little boy.

LITTLE BOY

Why did you go upstairs?

PHILLIP

I told you, to go to the restroom.

LITTLE BOY

Well I didn’t hear a flush.

PHILLIP

Oh my bad?

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 23.

LITTLE BOY

You didn’t go did you.

PHILLIP

Yes I did go pee.

LITTLE BOY

Then why didn’t you flush?

PHILLIP

Because I bloody forgot.

LITTLE BOY

Then go back up and do so.

Phillip runs back upstairs mumbling to himself.

While he is upstairs the little boy’s parents come back.

Phillip slips out of the house through a window and sprints

back through the exit of the gated community.

DISSOLVE TO:

INT. HARRY’S HOUSE - NIGHT

Phillip walks in and sits next to him Harry as he watched

television.

HARRY

How did it go?

PHILLIP

I got a laptop.

He pulls the laptop out of his bag. He hands it to Harry.

HARRY

Good job Phillip.

Harry opens up the laptop

HARRY(CONT’D)

Is that it?

PHILLIP

What are you talking about. I

didn’t have enough time to grab

anything else.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 24.

HARRY

So you didn’t grab the charger?

PHILLIP

No I didn’t grab the bloody

charger.

HARRY

Why? Didn’t you have enough time to

grab anything else?

PHILLIP

I ran into a house, and there was a

kid there and his parents

eventually showed up.

HARRY

Now you have someone that saw you?

PHILLIP

Yeah, but he was only a little kid.

Nothing to worry about.

HARRY

No now we have everything to worry

about, they will probably get one

of those artist people that draw

the faces of what people say they

saw.

PHILLIP

What?

HARRY

Haven’t you seen any movie that

involves detectives?

PHILLIP

Nah man I don’t waste any of my

time with that crap.

HARRY

That crap, what crap do you waste

your time with?

PHILLIP

Well I have been robbing people

recently.

HARRY

You just started doing that today,

how about before... Today.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 25.

PHILLIP

Uuuh... I smoked a lot of pot with

you.

HARRY

What the hell do you do when I am

not around?

PHILLIP

Ride my scooter.

HARRY

Jesus Christ, and you are accusing

me of wasting my time with watching

detective shows, meanwhile you

aren’t doing anything other than

smoking pot.

PHILLIP

Hey man you shouldn’t diss

scooters.

HARRY

Enlighten me.

PHILLIP

Okay. What do you think of a kid

our age when he skateboards?

Harry doesn’t respond.

PHILLIP (CONT’D)

You think that he either is a

druggy or has daddy issues... or

both.

HARRY

Then why not use a bike?

PHILLIP

Too big and expensive. You have to

constantly be pumping up the tires

and shit.

HARRY

What about walking?

PHILLIP

Not as fast.

HARRY

Interesting... Well at least you

aren’t using roller blades.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 26.

PHILLIP

(chuckles)

Let’s just go and get our stuff.

HARRY

Well we are going to have to go and

get a charger first. Do you have

any cash?

PHILLIP

Why do I have to pay for it? I’m

the one who stuck my ass on the

line and got the laptop in the

first place.

HARRY

Fine, if I do this I want to split

the pot half and half.

PHILLIP

Dude, I am providing the more

expensive part of the deal.

HARRY

You fucking stole the thing, you

didn’t pay for it.

PHILLIP

Well...

HARRY

Well what?

PHILLIP

I’ll give you half of what we get.

HARRY

Damn straight.

CUT TO:

EXT. DRUG DEALER’S HOUSE - NIGHT

They knock on the door. The Drug Dealer comes a minute or so

after they knock and comes out pissed.

DRUG DEALER

Why the hell did you decide to come

so damn late?

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 27.

PHILLIP

We wanted some pot.

HARRY

Yeah I am not quite sure what you

were expecting.

DRUG DEALER

Did you rob some more people?

HARRY

Yeah.

DRUG DEALER

And you’re the son of a lawyer? I

am sure he would be real proud of

you.

HARRY

Hey man there isn’t a reason to go

and insult my father.

DRUG DEALER

I wasn’t insulting your father, I

was insulting you.

HARRY

Well you shouldn’t be insulting

anyone for how they are, you’re a

drug dealer. You’re ruining peoples

lives.

DRUG DEALER

Says the person who is buying from

me.

PHILLIP

Hey, hey, hey we didn’t come here

to argue, we came here to buy some

pot.

DRUG DEALER

What do you have?

Phillip pulls out a laptop.

PHILLIP

How much will this get us?

DRUG DEALER

Lemme inspect it, come on inside.

They walk inside.

28.

INT. DRUG DEALER’S HOUSE - NIGHT

They make their way onto the couch.

The Drug Dealer turns the laptop on.

He looks at the laptop and gets to the point where he has to

type in a password.

DRUG DEALER

So... What’s the password?

Harry and Phillip look stressed.

HARRY

Yeah Phillip what’s the password?

PHILLIP

I... don’t... know.

EXT. DRUG DEALER’S HOUSE - NIGHT

The drug dealer kicks them out of his house.

PHILLIP

We should have brought the vase to

ease the tension.

HARRY

Fuck the vase Phillip, we need to

find a way to break into this

computer so he will take it.

PHILLIP

You have work tomorrow right?

HARRY

Yes.

PHILLIP

Well while you are doing that I

will go and deal with the laptop.

HARRY

I don’t know what to think about

that.

PHILLIP

Is that an insult.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 29.

HARRY

Could be. That’s for you to decide.

PHILLIP

I am done with you for today.

Phillip starts walking away.

HARRY

Just like you said last time.

PHILLIP(O.S.)

Cut it out with that shit Harry.

HARRY

(to himself)

What shit?

CUT TO:

EXT. JIM’S HOUSE - DAY

Phillip knocks on the door. Jim opens the door.

PHILLIP

Hey Jim.

JIM

Who the hell are you?

PHILLIP

Remember me? It’s Phillip, from

grade school.

JIM

You chose a bad time Phillip.

PHILLIP

How so?

JIM

Just got robbed yesterday.

PHILLIP

That’s awful.

JIM

Yeah, so what do you want?

PHILLIP

I remember that you used to be

interested in computers, so I was

(MORE)

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 30.

PHILLIP (cont’d)wondering if you could help me get

into this laptop that I got off of

craigslist.

JIM

What’s wrong with it? And why

haven’t you just contacted the

person who sold it?

PHILLIP

The dude I bought it from forgot to

mention what the password was. I am

worried that it may be stolen...

But I invested a months worth of

money into this thing.

JIM

Piss off.

Jim starts to close the door on Phillip. But Phillip holds

the door.

PHILLIP

Can you at least point me in the

right direction?

Jim slams the door.

CUT TO:

INT. PHILLIP’S HOUSE - DAY

He is looking at the password screen.

Phillip types in 12345 as the password. He hits enter.

It loads for a bit, but then he gets the error message that

the password is wrong. He clicks on the password hint

option. It says Password

He types in password.

The password doesn’t work.

He types in Password123

The password works.

PHILLIP

Fuck yeah.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 31.

He starts going through the computer and finds a lot of

personal stuff on the family that he stole it from. It looks

as if one of the parents is a stay-at-home parent that works

off of the laptop.

He grabs his phone and calls Harry.

PHILLIP

(into phone)

Hey Harry I’ve got an update on the

laptop.

INT. HARRY’S WORK - DAY

HARRY

(into phone)

How come you couldn’t just wait for

me to get off of work?


PHILLIP

(into phone)

I managed to get the password.


HARRY

(into phone)

How?


PHILLIP

(into phone)

Well I went over to Jim’s house

because I remembered that he was

good with computers.


HARRY

(into phone)

Why the fuck would you go to Jim’s

house? Why didn’t you just take it

to some electronics store?

32.


PHILLIP

(into phone)

I don’t know man, I figured that

the police would have let out

notices or some shit that some

people might bring a laptop to them

or something. Then they might have

my face or something.


HARRY

(into phone)

So you thought that it would be a

better plan to go to the person we

robbed on the same day? What the

hell is wrong with you?


PHILLIP

(into phone)

That doesn’t matter, what matters

is that I guessed the password.

Though there is a problem


HARRY

(into phone)

So your trip to Jim’s was in vane?


PHILLIP

(into phone)

Drop the fucking Jim thing okay.


HARRY

(into phone)

Fine what is the problem then?

33.


PHILLIP

(into phone)

Well you know how you said we

shouldn’t take irreplaceable items?


HARRY

(into phone)

Yeah.


PHILLIP

(into phone)

Well I was looking through the

laptop, and it looked like taking

the thing could ruin their lives.


HARRY

(into phone)

How so?


PHILLIP

(into phone)

Well it looked like he was running

his business or something off of

it, and then there were some photos

and shit that looked irreplaceable.


HARRY

(into phone)

Shit man, like put it back or

something. We can’t just ruin some

family’s life over some weed.

34.


PHILLIP

(into phone)

I will, I am just going to wait

till tomorrow.

FADE BLACK TO:

INT. GATED COMMUNITY - MORNING

He looks at the house that he stole the laptop from.

Phillip walks up and sets the laptop on the front porch,

with the charger.

He then runs away from the house.

DISSOLVE TO:

EXT. HARRY’S HOUSE - MORNING

Phillip walks into Harry’s house and goes to see Harry.

Harry looks distressed.

PHILLIP

I did it.

HARRY

How come you didn’t pick up your

god damn phone?

PHILLIP

Sorry, what are you so worried

about?

HARRY

Fingerprints Phillip, fingerprints.

PHILLIP

What the hell are you talking

about?

HARRY

During the day that we had the

laptop, you, the drug dealer, and I

touched that thing.

PHILLIP

So what?

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 35.

HARRY

Jesus Christ, Phillip you do

realize that they can trace the

fingerprints back to us. Well to

the drug dealer and me at least.

PHILLIP

Well why not back to me?

HARRY

Because you have never had a

fucking job Phillip. So they have

never fingerprinted you.

PHILLIP

Well what are we going to do?

HARRY

We have to go and steal the

laptop... Again.

PHILLIP

You have got to be kidding me.

DISSOLVE TO:


PHILLIP

Well, what are we going to do?

HARRY

I don’t know you were the one that

got inside of the house last time.

PHILLIP

Well everything that I have done

thus far has screwed us over.

HARRY

Well where did you leave the

laptop?

PHILLIP

On their mat.

HARRY

Were there cars in the driveway

when you dropped it off?

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 36.

PHILLIP

No, why?

HARRY

Maybe they are not at the house

right now.

PHILLIP

Well the laptop isn’t where I left

it... Oh shit.

HARRY

What?

PHILLIP

The little boy must have taken it

in.

HARRY

Son of a bitch.

PHILLIP

I know that I can’t go in there

again.

HARRY

Why can’t you go in there?

PHILLIP

Well as you said they have those

people drawing my face and crap

from his memory, I don’t want him

to have a better picture of me in

his mind.

HARRY

So you are saying that I have to do

this alone? After you have screwed

our dealer and me over?

PHILLIP

Well it wouldn’t make everything

better by screwing me over more.

HARRY

Starting to think that it would.

PHILLIP

Hey man I was just trying to make

things right. All you have to do is

go in and take a laptop from some

kid.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 37.

HARRY

If I do this I want the majority of

whatever pot we get next time.

PHILLIP

Will that make up for this?

HARRY

We’ll see.

He makes his way into the house. He walks in and is met by

the little boy’s babysitter.

HARRY

(to himself)

Oh shit.

SARA

Harry, what are you doing here?

HARRY

Wow Sara what a coincidence. How’s

your brother Jim? Sorry I am here

to drop something off.

SARA

What off?

Harry pulls the vase out of his bag. He notices the laptop

on the kitchen counter.

SARA

What the hell is that?

HARRY

A vase, you know, for flowers and

all.

SARA

Why are you dropping off a vase?

HARRY

Gift from my mom.

He runs into the kitchen and quickly pulls out a cloth and

starts wiping down the laptop of the fingerprints as quickly

as he can before Sara walks into the kitchen.

She then comes into the kitchen and he quickly sets the vase

down.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 38.

HARRY

There, it really brings out this

kitchen. Don’t you think?

SARA

Well looks like you did what you

came here to do.

HARRY

Yeah looks like it.

There is an awkward silence.

SARA

Sooo... get out.

HARRY

Yes ma’am.


Harry comes running out of the house.

PHILLIP

What the hell happened in there?

HARRY

It worked out let’s just go.

PHILLIP

Where the hell is the laptop?

HARRY

I wiped it down while I was in

there. It’s dealt with. Let’s just

go.

PHILLIP

Okay.

DISSOLVE TO:

EXT. HARRY’S HOUSE - MORNING

Harry pulls his stuff out of the mailbox.

His paycheck is a part of the mail.

CUT TO:

TWO-SHOT: HARRY AND PHILLIP

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 39.

Harry is looking down at the paycheck.

HARRY

You have got to be fucking kidding

me.

PHILLIP

What?

Harry starts walking into his house without responding to

Phillip.

INT. HARRY’S HOUSE - MORNING

They go and sit down on the couch. Harry hands Phillip his

paycheck.

HARRY

Are you serious?

PHILLIP

Yup.

HARRY

This means that all of that crap

that we just did was all in vane?

PHILLIP

Yup.

FADE OUT:

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