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SCENE 1 - TITLE SEQUENCE - POLAROIDSMoody evocative 60’s music plays while polaroids of kid CAMILLE & kid LANDRINI pile up, they’re soon seen together in single shots as a high school couple, then in nursing college (her), in college teacher class (him), and then with a small bambino in their arms, some Chloe baby pictures, and finally older Landri & Ryan pics... and the music fades -

SCENE 2 - INT:3 STAR DINER

Ryan sits at table looking miserable with a cup of coffee in front of her.

RYAN (THINKS - V.O.)Why won’t she talk to me?

Ryan puts her hand on her head and sighs.

RYAN (THINKS - V.O.) (CONT’D)If only I could relate to her -

Ryan stirs her coffee, deep in thought and blankly starring off to the side. The waiter approaches (Skip in disguise).

WAITERMilk?

The waiter asks this with a creepy I-know-something-you-don’t-know smile and with a tilt of his head. Ryan notices she didn’t have milk and looks startled.

RYANOh, thank you.

The waiter begins to pour some milk. It falls in slow motion and when the first drop hits the coffee, the room gets shaky and weird music begins to play. As the music slows down and warps we hear the following...

LANDRINI (V.O.)Honey, your mother tries - she just-

CHLOE VOShe just has no idea what its like to be 14 at that school...

LANDRINI (V.O.)Nor does she have any idea what its like to work there...

CHLOE VOWhy does she try to control me so much...

(MORE)

it freaks me out, I feel like - anything I try to do is just going to be wrong...

The frame becomes still and pans up to waiter’s creepy smile. Show coffee again and pan up slowly to Ryan’s face, showing her transformation.

SCENE 3 - EXT: 3 STAR DINER

RYAN (now CAMILLE) is walking down the sidewalk outside the 3 Star when when she hears a knocking noise and looks up to see SKIP tapping from the inside of the Diner window. His mouth is moving but we can’t hear what he is saying. Her eyes suddenly become very wide as she also sees her own reflection for the first time. She locks eyes with it for a good 5-10 seconds.

CAMILLEHoly puberty!

SKIP(mouths words through window)

You’ve changed.

CAMILLE(considers her younger self and the advantages)

Well this isn’t so bad... (has another thought)

Whoa! This is going to confuse hell out of Tony!

SKIP sticks his head out the side door of the diner.

SKIPYou said you wanted to relate to your daughter!

CAMILLEYeah, I did, but -

SKIPSo here you are - all perky and her age! You as you were 20 years ago.

CAMILLEWho the hell are you?

2.

CHLOE VO (CONT'D)

SKIPDoesn’t matter.

Checks notebook, takes off waiter apron, opens door and pitches it on an empty table.

CAMILLEDon’t you work here?

SKIPPlease.

(traces down notebook with his finger)

Time to move it.

CAMILLENow what?

SKIPWe take you to her...

(snaps his fingers and they fade out/disappear)

SCENE 4 - EXT/INT - FIRST AIRWALK GLIMPSE

Skip and Camille with arms linked fly through clouds. Skip explains.

SKIPShe’ll hear and see you -- but not me.

CAMILLEWill she recognize me?

SKIPSort of... that’s hard to explain -

Skip checks a large, strange looking watch -

SKIP (CONT’D)We’re here - get ready to touch down --

SCENE 5 - INT: CHLOE CLASSROOM

Chloe in classroom, CU of her face showing anxiety. Teacher’s voice is reverberating oddly giving us an audio POV for Chloe’s experience. There is an over the shoulder shot showing her homework, scrupulously done. She has even highlighted key things to say. She glances down at it, nervously, bites her lip.

3.

SCENE 6 - INT. HALLWAY - SCHOOL - DAY

Camille sort of falls into the shot out of nowhere. It hurts. Skip comes in more gracefully, like Peter Pan. Camille brushes herself off.

CAMILLEOuch.

SKIPYou’ll get better at it -

Camille rubs her knee. Bends an elbow back and forth.

SKIP (CONT’D)You’re fine. Let’s find her -

Skip looks around, starts walking down hall. Camille follows.

SCENE 7 - INT: CHLOE CLASSROOM

The teacher walk up in front of Chloe. She looks down and her work while continuing to speak to the class.

MISS HERSHKEYSo Gregor’s dilemma isn’t so much that he is or isn’t a bug, but that he has self esteem issues... Does anybody have any thought on that?

She taps on Chloe’s diligently done homework.

MISS HERSHKEY (CONT’D)Any thoughts Chloe?

Chloe freezes up. She shakes her head, teacher presses her, not unkindly - Chloe just looks down as if she doesn’t hear her. Camera pans across skeptical faces of her classmates and we discover CAMILLE peering in at the classroom door. She looks horrified and upset. Focus back on the other kids looking at each other meaningfully as CHLOE continues to not respond. The teacher moves on after the painful silence. Another student responds to the teacher’s question while we see Camille shaking her head as she stares intently at Chloe.

SCENE 8 - INT. SKIP FINDS LANDRINI

Skip is walking down the same hall by himself. We see Camille at her doorway in deep depth of field. Skip moves into close up, we see his head turn.

4.

That’s what he’s looking for - Landrini at the chalkboard shot through the classroom door.

SCENE 9 - INT: LANDRI MATH CLASS - DAY

LANDRINI is teaching math to students who are not paying attention or cooperating. They are passing notes, whispering, and sleeping. He is writing on the chalk board (Mr. Landrini, calculus is written on the side of the board) while simultaneously talking in a slow, methodical voice. His teaching is boring and complicated.

Landrini turns around to face the class with no one paying any attention to him- someone throws something and another is seen whispering loudly across the room.

CLOSE UP ON HIS FACE - IT SHOWS HE IS UPSET AND FRUSTRATED.

LANDRINIWho knows how to find the derivative of a cubed function?

(No one raises their hands, people continue to be disrespectful)

LANDRINI (CONT’D)

It’s easy, guys, come on, someone must know... Anybody?

SHOT BEHIND LANDRI’S SHOULDER WATCHING THE REACTION OF THE CLASS.

Class continues to not pay much attention, talk to neighbors, and no one raises their hand.

LANDRINI (CONT’D)(sighs) (in V.O. softly to himself) Ok... I give up. Everyone can fail, I don’t even care.

He walks over to his desk, sits down, and turns away from the class. His look of defeat turns to sadness and depression.

LANDRINI (CONT’D)(V.O. softly to himself) This is what my life has come to?

Landrini stares down in sadness and deep in thought.

5.

SCENE 10 - INT: CHLOE & CAMILLE HALLWAY

CHLOE is standing by her locker, she is motionless yet upset. Activity swirls on around her, kids talking, loud voices. The audio again transitions to her subjective POV and we hear her thoughts:

CHLOE (V.O.)Why does this keep happening? It’s not like I don’t have anything to say. I just can’t... God I wish I’d never been born...

Another voice moves into her interior world

CAMILLE (V.O.)Don’t say that - not even to yourself...

CHLOE seems startled. CAMILLE walks up. She is wearing 60’s style clothing and does not fit in. The hall is clearing as kids go to class but she gets a curious look from one girl.

CHLOEAre you...? did you just talk to me?

CAMILLE Who else?

CHLOE You know what I’m thinking?

SKIP walks up looking out of place in an out of style suit much too large for him. He is consulting a notebook.

CAMILLEYes - and its not good for you.

SKIP(looks up from notebook- shaking his head)

No. No no no - it is good for her. “Never being born” takes her exactly where you need her to go so you can help her...

CHLOE is still looking at CAMILLE, has not acknowledged SKIP in the least. CAMILLE also ignores SKIP, looking intently at CHLOE.

CHLOEWho are you?

6.

SKIP now steps behind CHLOE to get CAMILLE’S attention. He shakes a finger at CAMILLE

SKIPDon’t go there.

CAMILLENever been born Chloe? - that is just wrong.

SKIP(rolls his eyes, exasperated)

How do you know that Camille?

CHLOE looks down.

CAMILLEChloe - You’ve got to let go of that thought... (pleads)

CHLOE shakes her head.

SKIPThere’s your answer Camille.

He snaps his notebook shut.

SKIP (CONT’D)You may not like it, but I’ve got other people to see, so I’ll take it.

CAMILLE starts to protest.

SKIP (CONT’D)We’re outta of here!

We see CAMILLE and SKIP fade backward and out of the frame as CHLOE blinks.

SCENE 11 - EXT - GREEN SCREEN - SKIP&CAMILLE

SKIP AND CAMILLE SEEM TO BE WALKING THROUGH A TIME LAPSE SHOT OF THE CITY - PARTIALLY IN THE AIR.

SKIP You get off here my dear...

CAMILLE FADES OUT AND IN A FLASH SHE IS STANDING IN FRONT OF THE WEBSTER BRANCH OF THE LIBRARY. SHE LOOKS UP AND GOES IN.

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SCENES 11B EXT & 12 INT WAITING ROOM - BENCHES

CAMILLE and several other time travelers waiting for their slot with GUS THE GURU. SKIP sits next to her impatiently tapping his foot.

SKIPCamille, you really don’t need me to wait with you. You screwed it up and he’ll help you fix it.

He opens notebook, traces a finger, looks at his weird watch.

I gotta fly. Your not my only wish to fry. Gus the Guru will set you straight.

He takes one step up high and vanishes. OLGA the attendant comes out of the Guru room on a unicycle.

OLGA(speaks in gibberish)Aus xrebeshi nirvanacam shtutz?

CAMILLE What?!

OLGAOh - zorry - vrong langvage. You next - git in dere!

Olga peels a banana and takes a bite.

CAMILLE goes in apprehensively.

SCENE 13 - INT. 2ND FLOOR WEBSTER

GUS the GURU is sitting at the end of a long conference table. There is a small child sitting on the table. He is paging thoughtfully through a 1960’s magazine. The child plays with small figures (and may interupt the ensuing scene at odd points...). CAMILLE takes a step further in.

GUS looks up at her ironically.

GUSSit.

CAMILLE sits across the table from him.

8.

GUS (CONT’D)Well, firstly - thanks to your display of anxiety over her inner thoughts you just showed why you are not ready to interact with Chloe in her current state of mind. Secondly, you just DID interact with her. Her extreme shyness is now complicated by a highly confusing visit from an oddly familiar stranger.

CAMILLE starts to say something.

GUS (CONT’D)One who then proceeded to vanish before her eyes.

CAMILLEIs this going to make her worse?

GUSWhat do you think?

CAMILLE(mumbles to herself)

Does it matter what I think?

GUS(puts his hand on hers)

Yes - on many levels - in fact, it really does.

CAMILLEWell... I was trying to help, so... Anyway Skip yanked me out of there -

GUSYeah - he does that. He’s overworked. So what do you think - make a choice. Your visit makes her dilemma worse, or not?

CAMILLENot. Chloe jut needs someone she can talk to.

GUS(Gives her a ‘you’re an idiot’ look)

CAMILLENow what?

9.

GUSHer thoughts are just as powerful as yours - well my dear, she was just, as she wished, ‘never born...’

CAMILLENever born!?

GUS(nods head)You messed with reality big time and now it’s up to you to fix it.

CAMILLEGo back and “un-birth” her?

GUSSort of. Lets just say this will give your newly unborn child a chance. Here’s a few memories to get you in the mood...

SCENE 14 - EXTS - TV B&W MEMORIES

GUS takes tiny TV from the child’s little toys and turns a tiny dial. We zoom in until TV screen takes over the screen and a montage of B&W images rolls - Camille & Tony from their teen courtship - happy moments, they laugh, buy ice cream, listen to 60’s music, etc. Shot of GUS watches CAMILLE watch. He stops it after a minute.

GUSAt the risk of sounding like your therapist - how does that make you feel?

CAMILLE(Looks sad, hesitant)

I guess I forgot how good everything was. I don’t know where it all went wrong...

GUSWell you’ll find out soon enough - you’ll be revisiting that time. Look - I suggest you just let it unfold - don’t be so controlling. Go for what you want but don’t mess with Tony if he isn’t ready to be messed with.

10.

CAMILLE(nods)

GUS picks up his 60’s magazine and starts to browse...

GUSBesides, it’s not everyone who gets to go back and spend some quality time with the one they made kids with before the kids were even made!

CAMILLEKids?

GUSEnjoy!

SCENE 15 - GREEN SCREEN(CUT?)BACK TO UNBIRTH IN CENTRAL PARK

As they fly SKIP is in the middle of counseling CAMILLE -

SKIPReally just enjoy Tony when you get back there. Just be in the moment and appreciate him for who he is.

CAMILLE is nodding. She’ll give it a try. When she drops in however, its a little different than she expected...

RE-EDIT so we hear YOUNG TONY’S voice before she arrives...

SCENE 16 - EXT. CENTRAL PARK WITH DOG DAY

CAMILLE is walking her dog with YOUNG TONY who is ‘burned up’ with jealousy.

YOUNG TONYI’ve seen you with the guy, Camille. What is there to say?

CAMILLE(trying to get her bearings) With who?

YOUNG TONYSkinny guy, ponytail, fancy walk.

CAMILLEOh my God! Gerard?! He’s my dance teacher. He was giving me advice about schools.

11.

YOUNG TONYI dunno. You looked pretty happy with him...

CAMILLE stops - she is going to explain this VERY CLEARLY.

CAMILLEHappy to get advice.

YOUNG TONYEvery time I see you wit someone there’s some excuse!

CAMILLE loops the dog leash over a tree branch - turns to him.

CAMILLELook Tony - how can I say this some way I haven’t already said it a gazillion times?!

YOUNG TONY(makes a ‘heard this before’ gesture)

CAMILLEYou have got to trust me. What do you want? A blood oath. Some type of Italian ritual?

YOUNG TONYVery funny. That’s very humorous.

CAMILLEWhich brings me to another point - its time I know exactly what you’ve been doing to bring in all this cash you’ve been flashing around...

In the background of the shot the dog is seen getting loose. They don’t notice...

YOUNG TONYThat’sa my business.

CAMILLENo. Not if we are serious Tony. Not if we have a future together.

The dog is starting to make a run for it - but he’s small, it takes a second for him to get far.

12.

YOUNG TONYLook - you wanna talk about trust - this is a business.

CAMILLEWhat kind of business? The kind that “the pigs” don’t like?

YOUNG TONYYou know what?! I’m tired of you questioning me all the damn time.

CAMILLEYou know what Tony, me too!

YOUNG TONYBy the way, your stupid dog isa running down that hill.

CAMILLEOh my god, Ziggy. Help me catch him Tony!

TONY looks at his gaudy gold watch.

YOUNG TONYI gotta get outta here - I gotta appointment.

TONY high tales it, stomping away.

CAMILLETony get back here! We talk about this now or I don’t want to see you again!

TONY keeps walking.

CAMILLE (CONT’D)Ever! It’s OVAH TONY!

CAMILLE looks from TONY to ZIGGY who has disappeared over the edge of the hill. CAMILLE is pissed. She follows ZIGGY’s trail.

We see her run over the edge of the hill and cut to a drainage tunnel which ZIGGY runs into. CAMILLE follows and ... (RIPPLE EFFECT)

SCENE 17 - INT. BEDROOM - NT. CHLOE SEES TONY ON TVChloe is in her modern room and stops working on her homework to flick on the TV.

13.

NEWSCASTER V.O.Mobster Tony Landrini, known as Pollo Diablo, escaped his house arrest today after 7 years when he jealously confronted his young wife over suspected infidelity.

MONTAGE of Landrini's famous crimes, his marriage to young wife.

NEWSCASTER V.O. (CONT’D)Landrini had somehow gotten a gun into his Long Island mansion.

CLOSED CIRCUIT TV OF LANDRINI AND YOUNG WIFE - characters walk in and out of the shot, but their voices are clear.

ADD - ANTI-DEPRESSANT PILLS, THERAPIST CALL, THEN HE FLIPS

YOUNG WIFEYou’re the one under arrest. I can go out if I want.

LANDRINIAww why don’t you shut up!

YOUNG WIFEWhat are you gonna do Tony, hit me? Slap me around? You forgot da camera?

LANDRINIYou maka me sick. Tell you what sweet cheeks, wasn’t for that camera I’d filet that motherpepper Sonny.

YOUNG WIFESonny? Sonny is my god child. Whatsa matter with you Tony?

LANDRINIYeah? Well he’s old enough.

YOUNG WIFEOh my God.

LANDRINIYou know what? I’m tired of this nonsense. How much more of this am I supposed to take, caged up like an animal?

14.

He takes out a handgun that has been stowed in the furniture.

LANDRINI (CONT’D)You want the protection of the camera - well sweetcheeks, what you gonna do NOW?

He shoots the camera out.

NEWSCASTER Donna Landrini made it safely to a local precinct (snapshot of YOUNG WIFE with a black eye), but Landrini is at large and considered armed and dangerous.

SCENE 18 - ABSORBED INTO 17 ABOVE. NEWSCAST OF INT. FANCY APT. - DAY TONY

SCENE 19 - INT BEDROOM - NT. CHLOE PONDERS

CHLOE shivers as she switches off the TV.

CHLOE VOWhy does he look so familiar?

Something isn’t right. She walks to her door. Puts her ear to it, listens, then opens it.

There is a RUSH of SPACE as her hallway pulses and fades in and out. She slams the door shut and...

SCENE 20 - INT. GUS AT THE ARMORY

CAMILLE and ZIGGY walk into the enormous (or old Webster) space - it is apparently deserted. ZIGGY barks, it echoes.

CAMILLEHello? (echoes - oh oh oh oh) Oh Ziggy - what are we doing here?

She looks around and then hears a voice reverberate oddly.

GUS VOWell Camille - is it fate or choice?

CAMILLEWhat? Where are you?

15.

GUS-STER VO (DIFF LIGHTER VOICE!)Over here Camille.

CAMILLE follows the voice around a corner and sees GUS-STER who is a smaller man with a scraggly beard sitting at a child size table. There is a small blonde child at the table playing with polly pockets dolls.

GUS-STERYess.

CAMILLEWhere’s Gus?

GUS-STER speaks sweetly and carefully to Camille, as if she is in Kindergarten. Slight indeterminate accent with a hint of bemusement throughout.

GUS-STERI think Gus is a little too serious. I mean really - he’s a nice man, but you need someone with a lighter touch on your case.

CAMILLEOh. So no more Gus?

CHILD is talking in different doll voices. They watch her.

GUS-STERGus took a vacation to Brazil - to relax for a little while...

Reaches behind his back and pulls out a picture of Gus on vacation.

CAMILLEOh.

Pause. GUS-STER smiles at Camille. Puts picture back wherever it came from. Pause.

CAMILLE (CONT’D)That’s nice.

CHILD talks some more in different voices. Stops. GUS-STER continues to look at CAMILLE kindly. She’s uncomfortable - guilty.

CAMILLE (CONT’D)So - How did I do?

GUS-STER(warm smile) Horribly.

16.

GUS-STER picks up the small TV - holds it out to her.

TV “It’s ovah Tony!”

GUS-STERSo what happened there?

CAMILLE (INTO RYAN VO)In my defense -

(her voice switches to RYAN’s voice in mid-sentence)

Tony NEEDS to be challenged - for all his bluster the man is a noodle.

CHILD looks at CAMILLE in admiration of her ability to change voices.

GUS-STERInteresting. So what’s your result from this little visit to your past?

CAMILLE has no immediate answer. CHILD speaks up through her doll-

CHILDDon’t be mean. Being mean never works.

GUS-STER(channels CAMILLE’S voice)

“It’s over Camille”

CHILD looks at GUS-STER and smiles.

CAMILLEWhat?

GUS-STERYou broke up with Tony - so - Tony went mobster. 20 years ago.

CAMILLEOh.

GUS-STERSo Camille, what do you think this means for Chloe?

CAMILLE shakes her head, unsure.

17.

CAMILLEShe’s a little ... gangster?

GUS-STERWhy don’t you take a look -

GUS-STER picks up a polly pocket and says in CHLOE’S voice -

GUS-STER (CONT’D)What did you do to me mommy??

SCENE 20B - GREEN SCREEN- SKIP & CHLOE

Jump cut into flying.

CAMILLEWhere are we going Skip?

SKIPAre you a Catholic, Camille?

CAMILLENo - Presbyterian.

SKIPWell Chloe is in what a Catholic might call ‘Limbo.’

CAMILLEWhat does that mean?

SKIP dances the limbo.

CAMILLE (CONT’D)She’s at a disco?

SKIP stops dancing and checks notebook.

SKIPYou broke up with Tony, right?

CAMILLEI guess so.

SKIPWell that means Chloe is fading.

CAMILLE looks alarmed...

SKIP (CONT’D)Yeah... we better get you there.

18.

CLOUDS turn to orange overdrive and we see CAMILLE slightly freaked by the change. Jump cut to

SCENE 21 - INT FADING HALLWAY - CHLOE AND CAMILLE

Over the shoulder of CAMILLE in the OVERDRIVE looking through CHLOE’s bedroom door at Chloe.

CHLOEWhoa. You again?

CAMILLECan I come in?

CHLOEUh, sure. I should have known you had something to do with this.

CAMILLE steps from the door into the room. They both look at each other, then back at the freaky pulsating hall.

CAMILLECan we close that door?

CHLOEDefinitely.

CAMILLE pulls the door shut behind her.

SCENE 22 - INT BEDROOM - NT - CHLOE & CAMILLE

CAMILLESo Chloe, can we talk?

CHLOEYeah? Like use regular words? Or are you just going to blather on in my brain again?

CAMILLEYou prefer words.

CHLOE looks at her peevishly.

CHLOE VO Uh - yes - I do.

They stare at each other for a beat.

CHLOEDo you know what’s happening to my hall way?

19.

CAMILLESort of.

CHLOE notices the end of a TV segment with TONY.

CHLOEOh wait - damn. It’s over.

CHLOE grabs remote and starts jumping through channels. She lands on a Spanish station.

CHLOE (CONT’D)Here it is!

We see the same closed circuit video and a similar but different montage as the announcer speaks in Spanish about Pollo Diablo. CAMILLE stares in disbelief at the transformed TONY.

CHLOE (CONT’D)(10 or more seconds in she talks over the broadcast)

Why does this guy seem so familiar. I know he’s some celebrity mobster or whatever, but I feel like I’ve known him all my life.

CAMILLE VOYou have.

They stare at each other for about 3 seconds.

CHLOEHEY!

CAMILLEWhoops. Did I say that?

CHLOENo you didn’t!

CAMILLESorry.

CHLOEI was doing my homework and I turned the TV on for absolutely no reason - I never watch TV - and there’s this Tony Devil Chicken and I open my door and --

CAMILLECan I see that for a second?

20.

CHLOE(hands her the remote) Are you even listening to me?

CAMILLEWhat?

CAMILLE points the remote at the TV and clicks pensively.

Instantly SKIP is on the TV

SKIPOpen the door Camille - right away - its important.

CHLOEWho’s that?

CAMILLESkip.

CAMILLE is moving toward door.

CHLOEWho’s Skip -

CAMILLE opens door.

SKIPI’m Skip.

CHLOE looks at the TV and its POLLO again. SKIP hands CHLOE his GURU INDUSTRIES card. She looks at it. SKIP grabs CAMILLE’S wrist -

SKIP (CONT’D)Sorry I didn’t warn you Camille - don’t close doors unless I tell you to -

CAMILLEWhat?

SKIPYou want to be an anachronism? Timed out - so to speak? Just trust me for now - I’LL close the doors around here, OK?

CAMILLEUh - OK.

SKIP pulls her into the pulsating hall.

21.

SKIPSorry Chloe. She’ll be back. Just uh - finish your homework. In case you need it -

He pushes the door closed with his foot.

CHLOE stares at it. Blinks.

CHLOEGreat. This is just great.

SCENE 22B - CAMILLE BACK AT WEBSTER WITH GUS-STER/GLADAMIR

We hear cartoon voices. GLADAMIR is watching the tiny TV set and giggling. He has a large mandela of M&M’s in front of him. CAMILLE walks over to take a look at the TV and it is real people having an argument in cartoon voices.

GLADAMIR switches it off guiltily.

CAMILLESo who are you anyway?

GUS-STERYou can call me Gladamir.

CAMILLEIs that your name?

GLADIMIRWhat’s the difference. (guilty smile) You got a look at your husband Tony?

CAMILLESo he’s still my husband?

GLADIMIRUh - no. Does that upset you?

CAMILLEI’m worried about Chloe. All this was to give me an opportunity to HELP her. What exactly is going on?

While he talks GLADAMIR plays with his M&Ms.

GLADIMIRSo here’s the problem with you breaking up with Tony.

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(MORE)

Chloe is fading. Now we’ve got to get both of you back into that earlier time.

He studies one M&M - its dented.

GLADIMIR (CONT’D)Its only fair that she has a shot at altering her destiny before she’s snuffed out like a candle.

He eats the M&M. CAMILLE is appalled. She leans forward, then gets up and paces, alarmed and pissed, tries to sort it out.

CAMILLE (IN RYAN VOICE)So I’m sitting at a diner minding my own business, and I have a simple thought that I want to be able to relate to my daughter...

GLADIMIRMore than a thought, Camille. A very strong wish. Very. Guru Industries does not respond to simple thoughts.

CAMILLEApparently not. (with double entendre)

GUS moves an M&M and smiles.

CAMILLE (HER OWN VOICE) (CONT’D)So from my very strong wish I become my younger self, and Skip takes me to Chloe but I just freak her out... so you send me back in time... why exactly?

GLADIMIR(picks up an M&M and holds is up) You’re forgetting something Camille. Chloe’s wish sent you back in time, not yours.

CAMILLEWhat wish?

GLADIMIRThat she’d never been born. You heard one thought, got freaking anxious, and within seconds you’re scolding her -

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GLADIMIR (CONT'D)

CAMILLEThat was not scolding! She was being ridiculous!

GLADIMIR(smiles) Interesting. So seeing her feelings as ridiculous shows how you were trying to relate - ?

CAMILLEOK, maybe not.

GLADIMIRShe felt judged (because she was being judged) and then HER wish becomes very strong and then SHE becomes the one altering reality...

CAMILLE considers. GLADAMIR quickly rearranges M&M.s

GLADIMIR (CONT’D)YOu see how all this works?

GLADAMIR takes one M&M and pops it in his mouth. CAMILLE takes a deep breath. She understands.

CAMILLESo what went wrong with Tony then?

GLADAMIR smiles mischievously.

GLADAMIRThat was just Gus and I having a little fun. To give Chloe her wish we unleashed his paranoid arrogance and your controlling streak -

CAMILLE (RYAN’S VOICE)My controlling streak?!

GLADIMIRCome now Camille. Clearly you Love to ‘fix’ things.

CAMILLELook. I was the one back there. He was truly annoying. Whatever you ‘unleashed,’ I was just being honest. Is that so wrong?

GLADAMIR goes back to organizing the M&Ms.

GLADIMIRWhy do you sound defensive?

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CAMILLETony was being a complete and utter jerk.

GLADIMIRYou’re right. Of course, you’re always right. Whatever we unleashed it was still him. Maybe he just wanted your undivided attention. Maybe he didn’t think he was good enough for you. Something somewhere was wrong with that relationship. Who knows?!

CAMILLE (RYAN VOICE)I know. I married the man.

ZIGGY barks. GLADAMIR tosses him an M&M.

GLADIMIR(IN CHILD’S VOICE)

Oh my God Camille, you’re like burning daylight. Have you forgotten Chloe soon won’t even EXIST?

CAMILLE jumps up.

CAMILLEWhat do I do? What do I do?

GLADAMIR laughs.

GLADIMIRWow. Relax. Literally. Its just a time dimension. Stop the Fix! That’s kind of a motto here at Guru Industries. I’ll sendi you to her - try and relate -

GLADAMIR opens his mouth and an M&M unchews itself and comes back out into his hand. He puts it back in the Mandela. Suddenly with a ripple CAMILLE is in CHLOE’S hallway. She knocks on the door.

SCENE 22C - BACK AT CHLOE’S BEDROOM

CHLOE is pacing manically with the Guru Industries card in her hand. When she hears the knock she opens her door and the hallway pulsates a hotter weirder color. CAMILLE steps in but doesn’t close the door.

25.

CAMILLEChloe, I think you’re going to have to talk to this Pollo Diablo Devil guy - maybe as he is now, maybe as he was - I don’t know - but look at your hand, closely.

CHLOE looks.

CHLOEWhat?

CAMILLEHold it up to the light.

CHLOE does. You can sort of begin to see things through it.

CHLOEHoly ______!

SKIP appears.

SKIP Sorry to keep you waiting Chloe. Lets go!

CAMILLESee you in the park, Chloe.

CHLOEWhat??

SKIPDid you finish your homework Chloe?

CHLOESeriously?!

SKIPNah - that was a joke - Hold my arm! (she does) And we are out of here...

He pulls her through the doorway. CAMILLE lingers. Looks at the pictures on CHLOE’S desk. One of them has Ryan and Landrini in it - she shakes her head. They start to fade in the picture. She drops it and and goes for the door. This time she dives through.

SCENE 23 - INT/EXT - GREEN SCREEN- SKIP & CHLOE

SKIP and CHLOE are on the magic carpet. CHLOE seems to be enjoying herself.

26.

CHLOEThis is awesome!

SKIPGlad you like it.

CHLOEWhooo - hooooo!

SKIPPretty happy for a fading girl, aren’t you?

CHLOEExcuse me? I’m not supposed to be happy? I’m flying!

SKIP nods his head.

SKIPNot the usual response, but OK. Whoops - here we are. Lets see how you like this...

SKIP yanks on the carpet and they both seem to roll, and CHLOE plops into either the waiting room, the library, some GURU spot.

SCENE 24 - INT - WEBSTER - MEETS OLGA - MODERN FLOOR

The unicycle secretary comes rolling toward CHLOE.

CHLOE(smiles)

Hello.

SECRETARYSschmurtz werkin smellinkopf?

CHLOEGeseunteit!

We hear GLADAMIRS’s voice from inside, behind a bookcase, whatever -

GLADAMIR VOGet in here kid. No time to lose.

The unicycle secretary pulls a bunch of grapes from her vest. CHLOE reaches out and grabs a couple and runs in the office. The secretary looks surprised, then eats a few herself.

27.

SCENE 25 - INT - WEBSTER - GURU SET UP AT KIDS TABLE WITH SKULL

GLADAMIR sits in tiny kids chair looking very serious and somewhat urgent. ZIGGY is there.

GLADIMIRSo nice to meet you Chloe. You know why you’re here?

CHLOEScmertz werkin shtutz?

GLADIMIRWhat?

CHLOEI’m fading.

GLADIMIRUh - yes... unfortunate. You can blame your mother if you like -

CHLOE shakes this off -

CHLOEI don’t want to blame anyone - what do I do - Mr - what’s your name?

GLADIMIRGladamir.

CHLOE holds up the Guru Industries card.

CHLOEIs this you?

GLADIMIRI am but one of many.

CHLOEGreat. So what do I DO.

GLADIMIRChloe - you’ve got a great attitude!

CHLOEBurning daylight!

ZIGGY barks.

28.

GLADIMIRRight - so - you have to go to Pollo - young Pollo - before you were born and - well - your buddy Camille?

CHLOEYeah - what about her?

GLADIMIRLet’s just say if you help her then she can help you.

GLADAMIR turns on the little TV and flicks through channels. On one of them SKIP is eating a banana and reading a magazine.

GLADIMIR (CONT’D)Hey - you’re not on break!

SKIP slams the magazine shut and jumps up. GLAD finds YOUNG TONY and CAMILLE

GLADIMIR (CONT’D)Here he is - young Pollo - otherwise known as Tony -

Shots of YOUNG TONY and CAMILLE

CHLOESo - what - is he like her boyfriend?

GLADIMIRYes indeed.

CHLOESo if that’s Young Pollo why does she look exactly the same when Pollo looks so ... much older?

GLADIMIRVery good question - look Chloe, I’m only authorized to tell you Your task - which in this case is to make sure that Tony and Camille stay happy with each other -

CHLOEStay happy with each other?

GLADIMIRAt all costs.

29.

CHLOEHow am I supposed to do That?!

GLADAMIR flips channel and sees skip with the huge clock pointing -

GLADIMIROh look - we’re out of time -

HE opens the bathroom door and pushes CHLOE towards it.

GLADIMIR (CONT’D)Chloe, just go in there - faster. Oh yeah - take Ziggy.

CHLOE takes Ziggy in her arms and starts to say something and GLADAMIR closes the door on her. We see a second of Ziggy and her in pulsing orange red.

GLADIMIR (CONT’D)Camille? (shouts) Ca-mee-ll-

CAMILLE VO Yes - I’m stuck to this orange chair.

EST shot - CAMILLE is indeed stuck to an orange chair.

GLADIMIROh right, sorry about that.

He flicks a little switch on his table. Suddenly she sits up and then stands freely. GLAD smiles.

CAMILLE VOOK - weird.

GLADIMIROver here.

CAMILLE Where’s Chloe.

HE gestures towards the bathroom

CAMILLE (CONT’D)So ?

GLADIMIRThis time, when you go back, try and just - act like a teenager.

30.

(MORE)

Forget about what it’s like being married to Tony, about having a teenage kid, just follow your adolescent instincts...

CAMILLEAnd that will... do what?

GLADIMIRWe’ll see - won’t we.

GLADAMIR opens the door and shoves CAMILLE through it.

SCENE 26 - INT/EXT - GREEN SCREEN- SKIP, CHLOE & ZIGGY

SKIP and CHLOE are flying. Suddenly CAMILLE appears between them.

CHLOE(jumps - surprised)

Oh! Hey.

CAMILLEHi!

CHLOEYou’re pretty cheerful -

CAMILLEWhat’s not to like - I’m a teenager and I’m flying...

CHLOEYeah - so am I...

SKIPYeah - so am I

CAMILLEAre you?

SKIPDoes it matter?

CHLOEWell I’m excited to meet your Boyfriend Camille!

CAMILLEYeah?

SKIPOK - here you go ladies. Park.

31.

GLADIMIR (CONT'D)

SCENE 27 - EXT CENTRL PARK DAY - IF ITS A DIFF SEASON SKIP HAS EXPLAINED

YOUNG TONY is sitting on a bench waiting for CAMILLE. He looks at his expensive watch. He looks up the path in the direction he expects her to come from.

CAMILLE, CHLOE and ZIGGY land but in the opposite direction. CAMILLE points out YOUNG TONY and makes a sneaky ‘shhh’ gesture to CHLOE, who walks apart from CAMILLE and ZIGGY.

CAMILLE act very differently this time around - like she just wants to have fun. That’s all she reallyy waants-just wants-

Meanwhile, YOUNG TONY is staring at the back of a sleeping bum lying on a cardboard box in front of a bench. There is an extra tall starbucks cup on the ground next to the bum. YOUNG TONY again looks down the path where he is expecting CAMILLE and then get up and walks over to the bum and looks in his cup. He sees a ten dollar bill and some ones.

CAMILLE and ZIGGY are walking toward him when he reaches in and takes the money.

CAMILLETony, what the hell?

TONY jumps when he hears her voice, then sort of freezes, money in hand. Throughout the bum just stays asleep.

CAMILLE (CONT’D)What are you doing?

YOUNG TONYGiving this guy some cash. Looks like he can use it.

CAMILLE(goads him) You were taking it out!

YOUNG TONYWhat?

CAMILLE(disbelief) You were gonna steal from a homeless guy??!

CHLOE sees this unfolding and runs up -

CHLOEHey Hi excuse me - what kind of dog is that?

32.

CAMILLEWhat? It’s a daschund retriever.

CHLOEI’ve never seen one like that - where did you get it?

CAMILLEUmm - dog store.

CHLOECan I pet her.

CAMILLESure.

TONYYeah - I always said he wasa a cute dog.

CAMILLEYou never said he was cute.

TONYWhat are you talking about? I always saida he was a goofy cute little dog and I wasa crazy for him.

CHLOEHe sure is playful.

CAMILLEHe likes kids.

TONYEspecially girls.

CAMILLE(glares at Tony)

TONYWhat?

CHLOECan I hold your doggie miss?

CAMILLESure, here take his leash. You can run him around if you want.

CHLOEThanks!

33.

CHLOE takes ZIGGY by the leash and runs with him.

TONYWhere the heck you been - I been sittin here for half an hour.

CAMILLEWhere’s the fire?

TONYHuh?

CAMILLEWhat’s your rush?

TONYI gotta meet someone.

CAMILLE(mocks him) Yeah? Bidnesss?

TONYI gotta ask you - I seen you wid a guy today when I was pickin’ up uh...some groceries...

CAMILLEWhat guy?

YOUNG TONYSkinny guy, ponytail, fancy walk.

CAMILLEOh my God! Gerard?! He’s my dance teacher.

YOUNG TONYYeah - well you wuz talkin’ all cozy seems to me!

CHLOE is overhearing the tone, scoots over.

CHLOEYou’re a dancer, miss? What kind of dance?

CAMILLEUmm... modern, Isadora Duncan ...

THEY look at her. CAMILLE demonstrates!

CHLOEWow - very freeing!

34.

CAMILLE continues to dance. TONY looks on half admiring half looking around to see if anyone else is watching.

YOUNG TONYSexy huh?

CAMILLE shoots TONY a look but keeps dancing.

CHLOEYa know my Mom loves that stuff!

CAMILLE stops in her tracks and stares at CHLOE blankly.

CHLOE (CONT’D)She’s always saying she would have been a dancer if it hadn’t been for old hubbie the schlubbie...

CAMILLEWell thanks for sharing that little girl.

YOUNG TONYSo about this guy you wuz talkin’ to -

CAMILLEHow is that any of your ‘bidness’ Tony?

CHLOEExcuse me, but how old do you think I am miss?

CAMILLEUh - twelve?

CHLOETry fourteen! I’m not a baby!

CAMILLEThat’s nice kid.

YOUNG TONYI don’t want to be wondering about who my goil is talkin’ to-

CAMILLESo don’t wonder!

A sexy guy runs by in vintage running gear. CAMILLE watches him. TONY and CHLOE watch her watch him.

35.

TONYWhat wuz that?!

CAMILLE‘Wuz’ what?

TONYYou checkin’ that guy out!?

CHLOENo - I don’t think so - she was just - admiring his shorts -

CAMILLEOh my God! Kid give me my dog and see ya later.

TONYI don’t like your attitude today Camille!

CHLOESheesh - Sorry!

CAMILLE turns to CHLOE -

CAMILLECan I just have a conversation with this fine specimen of DUMB ASS boyfriend I got here?

CHLOEOK - Jeez Lady!!!

CAMILLE grabs ZIGGY’s leash. CHLOE backs reluctantly away. CAMILLE turns to YOUNG TONY.

YOUNG TONYI’m sorry - did you just call me dumb ass?

CAMILLEAnthony - let me tell you something. You are a dumb ass.

TONY cocks his head in disbelief. CAMILLE explains.

CAMILLE (CONT’D)You got me Tony - and all you do is get jealous and fuss and worry. I can’t cope - honestly? The more you act like this the more I WANT to shop around.

36.

CHLOE steps up -

CHLOENow Camille - you love Tony - you know you do. Say it! Say I love Tony!

CAMILLEWho ARE you?! Why are you even talking to me??

YOUNG TONYYou know what - take your damn Gerard or you damn runner in tight shorts or whoever hell else it is you want!

CHLOETony!? Tony - say I love Camille - say it!

YOUNG TONYMy momma told me not to go out with a Dancer!

TONY stomps to the hobo reaches in and takes the money. Hobo sleeps through all of this.

CAMILLEOkay dumb ass. See ya later! Some other lifetime perhaps.

Tony walks away, quickly and angrily.

YOUNG TONYFongue....

ZIGGY gets out of his collar (or somehow gets away) and once again makes a run for it as we watch CAMILLE and CHLOE stare in the direction of YOUNG TONY’S exit. Suddenly CHLOE notices tiny dog running.

CHLOEOh my God - Ziggy!

She starts running to catch him. As CAMILLE follows she notices the runner in the tight shorts running back from the way he came and she almost runs into a tree.

37.

SCENE 28 - EXT CP TUNNEL DAY (BUT DARKISH) - CHLOE AND CAMILLE

We see them both run into the tunnel and CHLOE grabs the dogs leash. When she does so we notice she is seriously faded.

CHLOE(ironically)

Well that went well...

CAMILLE looks distracted.

CAMILLEYou think?

CHLOENo! I was supposed to make sure you and Tony were happy!

CAMILLEWait, why would that matter to you?

It’s starting to come back to CAMILLE.

CHLOEI’m not sure - Gladamir told me it was important and I totally failed!

CAMILLE notices CHLOE’s see-through ness.

CAMILLEOh my God - Chloe - you are really fading!

CHLOE looks down and is shocked and pissed.

CHLOELike you even care!

CAMILLEI do too - I do Chloe -

CHLOE is panicing.

CHLOEGladamir said if I help you then you can help me ... I don’t get it!! HOW can you help me??!

CAMILLE now remembers CHLOE’S dilemma.

CAMILLEOh my God - I wasn’t supposed to break up with Tony -

38.

CHLOEWell then you probably shouldn’t have called him a dumb ass and stared at that runner’s butt!

CAMILLE is panicing.

CAMILLEI CAN’T break up with Tony!

CHLOEWait - what does boyfriend Tony have to do with THIS??

CHLOE hold up her arm and waves it in front of CAMILLE’S face. We see CAMILLE wide-eyed through the arm.

CHLOE (CONT’D)Who the hell ARE you anyway?

CAMILLE turns in embarassment, defeated.

CAMILLEIt doesn’t matter.

CHLOEOf course it matters. None of this makes any sense unless ...

CHLOE stares at CAMILLE.

CHLOE (CONT’D)When was I born?

CAMILLEOn a cold day in late February.

CHLOEWhere do you study dance?

CAMILLEWhen?

CHLOEThen - where we just came from -

CAMILLE92nd St. Y

39.

CHLOEOK - one last question. Why are you so incredibly selfish one moment and so incredibly certain you know what’s best for everyone else the next?

CAMILLEBecause I’m a complete and utter jerk!

CHLOEMOM!? What the freak!?! How the heck did I NOT know it was you?!

CAMILLEI completely screwed up! Oh my God Chloe - you have no idea HOW MUCH I screwed up.

Now that CHLOE knows who CAMILLE is, she thinks its kind of funny...

CHLOESo you screwed up. You told off that Tony guy good - what’s new Mom? Just a younger version of your usual tell-everyone-like-it-is, tell-everyone-off self.

CAMILLEOh my God - I was being CRAZY - adolesence is no joke!

CHLOEWell we can agree on that one, Mom.

CAMILLEOh my God - I forgot about the arrogance. I forgot about the hormones!

CHLOE is looking at her MOM circa teen years reacting to what its like to be a teenager from her older self and its starting to crack her up.

CHLOEYou are seriously scrambled Mom!

CAMILLE (staring at her) Oh my God Chloe, you are seriously not showing up the way you should in this light.

40.

A possibility dawns on CHLOE...

CHLOEWait, if you’re YOU from ‘back in the day’ who exactly is TONY?!

CAMILLEUh, well Chloe, Tony is... Uh... Tony was? Uh Tony ...

CHLOE gets it. He’s her Dad.

CHLOEOh my God!

(she realizes and snaps out of her trance)

Lets go - we gotta get to Gladamir.

CHLOE runs deep into the tunnel and dissappears. CAMILLE stares after her. A moment to deal with who she was, who she wants to be. Chooses to go after her daughter.

CAMILLEWait Chloe, I’m coming!

She runs out. She’s forgotten ZIGGY, dropped his leash. He barks - it echoes but fades.

SCENE 29 - INT/EXT - GREEN SCREEN - FLYING TO POLLO’S PLACE

CHLOE and SKIP are flying and talking.

SKIPOkay so you know who’s who. I’m taking you to older Tony- the one you saw on the news.

CHLOEWhy?

SKIPHe’s on the lam.

CHLOEOn a lamb?

SKIPNo - THE lam - he’s running from the law.

CHLOEAnd what am I supposed to do?

41.

SKIPI’m sorry Chloe - but can I just express that this is THE worst part of my job - reminding everyone what the HELL they are doing when they start getting caught between time dimensions!

CHLOEI really don’t know what I’m supposed to do Skip.

SKIPPerfectly understandable. How would you. I’m sorry. I lose perspective - my hours suck - I’m completely overworked.

CHLOEI’m sorry.

SKIPThank you. You’re very kind.

CHLOESo what do I do?

SKIPSave him. Mom broke up with him - which is why you are fading. So if you want a Mom and a Dad and to be a living breathing person again - well we gotta get Pollo Tony to Gladamir.

CAMILLE suddenly appears between them.

SKIP (CONT’D)Oh - nice of you to show up.

CHLOEUh, hi Mom - we’re going to see Tony who’s a mobster with a young wife he beats on and its all your fault.

SKIPRight - because your Mom here broke up with him and ruined his life.

CHLOEMom - what were you thinking?

CAMILLE glares at SKIP. SKIP stares at her -

42.

SKIPWhere’s Ziggy?

CAMILLEOh my God! I gotta go back -

CHLOEMom I gotta get to Tony.

SKIPThis complicates things.

CAMILLEHow do we do this?

SKIPThat was your last mistake Camille. Say bye to your forgetful, selfish Momma Chloe - you’re gong to the Devil ---!

SKIP pushes CHLOE off the carpet. CAMILLE screams.

SKIP (CONT’D)Wow. You REALLY need to relax.

We see CHLOE free falling hands out.

CHLOEWeeeeeeee!

SKIP looks at CAMILLE.

SKIPShe’s going to the devil chicken, Camille. Poy Yo Dee A Blo...

CAMILLE is recovering from hyper ventilating.

SCENE 30 - INT TONY'S - TONY, CHLOE

Italian restaurant. Tony at a corner table. He is hunched over, a combination of depressed and paranoid. He’s on the lam. A big dish of chicken in front of him, mostly untouched.

SKIP and CHLOE land and SKIP quickly gestures to CHLOE to step around a corner. She is wearing a bus boy outfit. SKIP straightens her tie. She looks down at it...

SKIPOK so Chloe, you work here now. That’s your in. You’re a bus girl.

43.

(MORE)

Take this water pitcher and fill ‘em up - look busy. First chance you get to talk to Pollo, do it.

CHLOE nods. Takes water pitcher and fills up a customer at a table next to POLLO. She walks by POLLO’s table - he seems to ignore her, staring dully forward. When she gets a few steps by he calls her -

LANDRINIHey kid - whatsa matter with you. I got a half empty glass here and you walk right by me.

CHLOEYour glass is half full.

LANDRINIWhat?

CHLOEI said that glass is half full.

LANDRINIYou gettin’ smart with me?

CHLOEIts a matter of opinion - half full, half empty...

LANDRINII’m a one paying you - right?

CHLOEYes sir.

LANDRINISo could you just fill my water glass?

CHLOE fills the water glass. LANDRINI considers her.

LANDRINI (CONT’D)Kid you mind sitting down for a sec? I got something I want to ask you.

CHLOESure Mr. Chicken sir.

LANDRINIVery funny kid.

44.

SKIP (CONT'D)

CHLOE sits down. Puts water pitcher on the empty table on the other side.

CHLOEMy Spanish doesn’t sound so good.

LANDRINIGlad you know who I am.

CHLOEYou’re all over the news, aren’t ya?

LANDRINIUnfortunately.

CHLOESo what’s it like being famous?

LANDRININot so great when they hunt you like an animal.

CHLOEWell maybe you’d be happier doing something else with your life - a different line of work...

LANDRINIWhy the hell do you look so familiar?? I can’t figure it.

CHLOELike something more mundane, less violent.

LANDRINIYou want violent? Keep sassing me.

CHLOEI’m sorry Mr. Chicken sir.

LANDRINISay Pollo.

CHLOEPolo.

LANDRININo. Poy yo.

CHLOEPoy yo.

45.

LANDRINIBetter.

CHLOEThank You.

LANDRINIYou work for me you do whatever I say...?

CHLOEOf course. Of course I would.

LANRINI leans down, motions for her her to lean in.

LANDRINIThe guy at that table three down, to the right, wearing the purple tie -

CHLOE looks around. Its Mr. Sal.

LANDRINI (CONT’D)(hisses) Don’t look around!

CHLOE snaps her head back to him.

LANDRINI (CONT’D)I don’t like that guys tie.

CHLOEYes Mr. Poy Yo sir, neither do I.

LANDRINIDo something about it.

CHLOE gets up. She picks up a ketchup bottle from a table. Unscrews the top. Walks toward the table 3 down and to the right...

CHLOEExcuse me.

MR. SALHow ya doin?

CHLOEI’m sorry but the owner doesn’t like your tie. Your going to have to take it off.

46.

MR. SALYou crazy. You want I should call the cops on that crazy Diablo?

CHLOEThat’s my patrone - I’ma sorry but the tie offends him....

They stare each other down. Then CHLOE squirts ketchup on the tie.

MR. SALOK - the gloves are off -

He grabs his cell phone. Dials.

MR. SAL (CONT’D)You lookin’ for that loser Landrini - why don’t you try his chicken restaurant...

CHLOE splashes the water pitcher all over him but too late, the call has been made...

LANDRINIHey Kid, come here ... and you wit da purple tie, get outta here...

MR SAL hightails it.... two waiters chase him.

LANDRINI (CONT’D)So kid - what’s your name.

CHLOEChloe.

LANDRINIWhat do your friends call you?

CHLOEMy what?

LANDRINIYour friends.

CHLOEUh -

LANDRININever mind. That wasa nice show.

CHLOE nods. Smiles.

47.

CHLOEI was inspired by your handling of your wife on the news.

LANDRINIEnough was enough with her.

CHLOECops are probably coming here Poy Yo.

LANDRINIWhat line of work you think I could do...?

CHLOEI don’t know. Something calm. You lost your taste for the chicken racket? Maybe you’re ready for something more mature...

LANDRINILike what?

CHLOEYou like kids?

LANDRININot really.

CHLOEYou ever had a kid?

LANDRININope.

CHLOEYou happy?

LANDRININot so much.

CHLOETeachers spend time with kids. You could give it trial run.

LANDRINITeacher? Why would I want to do that?

CHLOESteady - keeps you busy, thinking, on your toes.

48.

LANDRINIWhat would I teach.

CHLOEWhat are you good at?

SIRENS are heard outside. SKIP steps up to CHLOE.

SKIPWe gotta get him outta here to make this work. Tell him you know a way out...

SKIP ducks into the kitchen comes out with an enormous tray of food just as the COPS are coming in the front door.

CHLOEPoy Yo - I know an escape -

LANDRINIWhat’s the point...

CHLOENo really -

SKIPAaaaagghhhh

SKIP trips and the tray goes flying. The cops are watching the air born food and plates and CHLOE grabs LANDRINI’s hand and drags him through the kitchen door. He looks at her surprised that he is doing what she says. SKIP steps through the door and quickly snaps and they dissappear.

The COPS come into the kitchen and look around split up - bump into each other - try different ways...

COPWhere the hell did he go??!!

SCENE 31 - GREEN SCREEN - SKIP HELPS POLLO GETAWAY

As Skip has got Pollo middair Pollo is panicing...

LANDRINIOh sweet Mary holy crap! (squeals) What the hell’s going on here~!

49.

SKIPWould you feel better with a little something under your feet Tony?

SKIP starts to let go of him to reach behind him.

LANDRINIDon’t let go don’t let go!

SKIPWow Tony Poy Yo Diablo - a big mobster like you - chicken??

LANDRINI despite the panic looks at him with stern irony.

SKIP (CONT’D)No pun intended...

SKIP lets go and POLLO puts his arms out like a plane but totally panicing. SKIP is silently cracking up. Pulls out a carpet from under his jacket and shakes it out.

SKIP (CONT’D)Get on Poy Yo!

LANDRINIOh my God thank you oh my god...

SKIPWe gotta get you to the Glad the Guru pronto!

LANDRINI tries to breathe deeply, looks over the edge of the carpet, swoons, pulls back.

SKIP (CONT’D)You one sick puppy of a deviled chicken, pardner...

SCENE 32 - INT - ARMORY - CHLOE & TONY

TONY doesn’t see anyone - it is a dramatic spotlight with GLADAMIR on the edge of it. He is lounging - perhaps lying on a couch. CHLOE and SKIP are nowhere to be seen. GLADAMIR speaks up from afar - his voice echoes.

GLADIMIRHow was your flight?

LANDRINIFunny you should ask.

50.

TONY walks warily towards the light. As he steps to the edge of it - GLAD claps and it cuts out.

LANDRINI (CONT’D)(grunts suspiciously)

GLADIMIRYou like darkness Poy-yo?

LANDRINIWhere’s the girl?

GLADIMIRChloe?

LANDRININo - Bridget Bardot!

GLADIMIRNice comeback.

GLAD claps and the light comes back on. LANDRINI has moved so he is dead center. GLAD continues to lounge.

GLADIMIR (CONT’D)So Poy-you - you have some questions for me?

LANDRINIYeah. Where’s the girl?

GLADIMIRAre you worried about her?

LANDRINIShould I be?

GLADIMIRNo. Its nice to see you have feelings for her.

LANDRINIFunny kid.

GLADIMIRYes she is.

LANDRINIWho the hell are you anyway?

GLAD sits up.

51.

GLADIMIRCome - lets trade places. Relax. Take a load off?

LANDRINIWhy should I?

GLADIMIRYou want to go back to the restaurant Tony?

LANDRINIMaybe. Maybe I do.

GLAD stands.

GLADIMIRBut then what happens to the girl?

LANDRINIYou said I shouldn’t be worried about her.

GLADIMIRWell - if you want to see what happens to her, you’ve got to stick around here. Capiche?

LANDRINIOK. OK.

GLADIMIRSit.

LANDRINIWhat is this - some kind of therapy?

GLADIMIRMaybe.

LANDRINIWhy should I trust you?

GLADIMIRIts not necessary that you trust me.

LANDRINIWhat is necessary?

GLADIMIRFor us to get started? You have to sit down.

52.

LANDRINI and GLAD stare at each other. LANDRINI is annoyed. GLAD is neutral.

LANDRINIOK.

LANDRINI sits. GLAD stands.

LANDRINI (CONT’D)It’s been a long day.

GLADIMIRBeen a long 20 years Poy-yo.

LANDRINIOh please.

GLADIMIRHow’s it going for you this lifetime?

LANDRINIWhat?!

GLAD holds up the tiny TV at POLLO’s eye level. Souped up version of the news montage we’ve seen then POLLO shooting out the camera - some random shots of humiliating moments - with women, with food, in prison orange. Some shots of LANDRINI reacting, of GLAD seeing him react. The moments work backwards and end with “It’s Ovah Tony” or the last line of Scene 28. GLAD flicks off the TV. After a moment TONY speaks.

LANDRINI (CONT’D)Jesus. Where did you get all that?

GLADIMIRFrom you Tony. It’s all you.

LANDRINICamille. That was a good kid too.

GLADIMIRYeah?

LANDRINIThat was one I could have stayed straight for.

GLADIMIRYeah? Well you still can.

LANDRINICut it out.

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GLADIMIRI’m a gonna make an offer.. you canta refusa.

LANDRINIAre you mocking me?

GLADIMIRTony - I woulda never do that.

TONY gets up. Paces around the edge of the light - looking out.

LANDRINIWhat the hell am I doing here?!

TONY shouts out into the empty space - it reverberates.

LANDRINI (CONT’D)HEL-LO! HELLLL LO! KID?! CHLOE? WHAT THE HELL KINDA TRICK IS THIS?

In the dark we can see CHLOE and CAMILLE looking on - watching the scene unseen. CAMILLE is confused - a range of emotions on her face. CHLOE’s face is part air, part face.

GLADIMIRYou want your life back Tony?

TONY stops pacing.

GLADIMIR (CONT’D)Not the old one - not the Poy-yo life.

LANDRINIWhat kinda life?

GLADIMIRThe way it coulda been for you Tony.

LANDRINIWhy should I believe you?

GLADIMIRBecause its a choice.

LANDRINIWhat do I do?

GLADIMIRI’m going to send you back to see yourself... and Camille.

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LANDRINIAnd that’s gonna change everything? Seeing a woman I haven’t seen for 20 years?

GLADIMIRIt could. All you have to do - is try not to be so hard on yourself.

LANDRINIWhen is this going to happen?

GLADIMIRNow Tony. We’re channeling you into someone in the park near where you broke up.

LANDRINIYeah? What do I do.

GLADIMIRTry to affect life for the positive, Tony. Think of it as penance for you your crimes.

GLAD claps his hands and the lights go out.

We see a quick flash of CAMILLE and half CHLOE. CAMILLE looks broken down having seen TONY this way.

GLADIMIR VO (IN THE DARK)Oh - take the dog Tony. You’re crazy for that dog.

GLAD claps again and then takes the light and points it toward CHLOE and CAMILLE.

GLADIMIRWhat are you two feeling?

HALF CHLOEHe’s a sad man.

CAMILLEI know him - yet I don’t know him.

GLADIMIRIt can start to get confusing Camille. That’s just one way he could have ended up. Don’t worry - part of what we do is provide other choices.

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HALF CHLOEDon’t worry?!

GLADIMIRIf I was you Chloe, I would worry.

GLAD claps again and it goes dark again.

SCENE 33 - SKIP TRANSPORTS TONY

TONY is holding ZIGGY and flying next to SKIP. He is calmer, but avoiding looking down. He looks over suspiciously at SKIP.

LANDRINISo is that your boss?

SKIPWho?

LANDRINIThat guy.

SKIPWhat guy?

LANDRINIVery funny - the guy I was just with!

SKIPYou got a name for this guy?

LANDRINIHe never told me.

SKIPThen I’m not sure I know him.

LANDRINIYou people are a pain in the ass with your riddles.

SKIPUs ‘people’? Who are talking about?

LANDRINIOh for cryin’ out loud, I don’t even know anymore.

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SKIPTony - you got too many questions.

ZIGGY barks.

SKIP (CONT’D)Even the dog thinks so.

SKIP looks at his watch.

SKIP (CONT’D)Here’s your stop.

SKIP pushes LANDRINI and ZIGGY off the carpet. We hear a fading scream - not too dramatic.

SKIP (CONT’D)“Us people...”

CAMILLE and HALF CHLOE pop up.

SKIP (CONT’D)OK - it’s all up to you this time Camille. Chloe can’t do much the state she’s in.

SKIP pushes them off the carpet. No scream. No ‘weeee’ We see them plummeting face down like cliff jumpers in flying suits.

SCENE 34 - EXT PARK - LANDRINI LANDS HOMELESS

We see LANDRINI looking around him in Central Park, somewhat disoriented. He is standing, wrapped in the same blanket the homeless guy in scene 27 was wearing. He looks down and there is the extra tall starbucks cup with money in it. He flips the blanket open to air out (he notices that he smells?) and there is Ziggy.

He notices CAMILLE up the path sitting on the bench, waiting staring up the path in the opposite direction from where he is. She is worried but calm. He shakes his head in disbelief that its her. He puts down Ziggy and watches him run toward Camille - then decides to hide and watch - lies down and covers on the cardboard boxes.

CAMILLE staring up the path hears or feels ZIGGY at her feet. She’s looks around, where did he come from? LANDRINI is covered - she doesn’t notice him. She picks up ZIGGY and pets him, and continues to do so as she looks up the path away from LANDRINI.

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YOUNG TONY walks up the path from the opposite direction notices that LANDRINI (the homeless guy) seems to be sleeping and reaches in and takes his money. LANDRINI sees this with one eye open - rolls his one eye. YOUNG TONY continues walking toward CAMILLE.

SCENE 35 (CONTINUOUS)- 3RD PARK TRY - YOUNG TONY OLD TONY

TONY walks up.

YOUNG TONYHey Baby.

CAMILLETony, where you been all my life?

TONY is suspicious of this overly warm reception. HE looks at his expensive watch -

YOUNG TONYWhatsa big deal? I said around 3 - itsa round 3, idnn’t it?

CAMILLEI’m worried Tony -

YOUNG TONYYeah - me too.

CAMILLEWe gotta talk.

SHE sits - gesture for him to sit. HE sits.

YOUNG TONYI want to talk. I want to talk about that long haired freak I saw you wit today.

LANDRINI starts moving around hearing TONY’S tone.

CAMILLEWhat? Who?

YOUNG TONYGood lookin’ guy, fancy walk.

CAMILLEPony tail?

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YOUNG TONYYeah that’s him - so ya know who I’m talking about?!

CAMILLEYes Tony - that’s Gerard - my dance teacher.

LANDRINI sits up. He’s got a memory about this...

YOUNG TONYWhat was all that laughing about?

CAMILLEGerard is ... a cut up Tony. He jokes around a lot!

YOUNG TONYYeah. He’s funny huh? What I’m not funny?

LANDRINI starts walking toward them, blanket around him.

CAMILLENo Tony, not like that your not.

YOUNG TONYYou was talking way too cozy with this Gerard freak.

CAMILLETony, trust me on this, you got nothing to worry about -

HALF CHLOE appears over TONY’s shoulder where CAMILLE can see her - she nods urgently.

CAMILLE (CONT’D)LISTEN we got WAY more serious things to worry about Tony...

YOUNG TONY looks worried.

LANDRINIHey buddy - can I say something?

YOUNG TONY looks around, surprised.

YOUNG TONYWe’re having a private conversation here?!

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LANDRINIYeah - but I just gotta tell you, just cause there smoke don’t necessarily mean there’s fire.

YOUNG TONYWhat?!?

LANDRINII mean - how can I put this - I been through EXACTLY what you’re going through RIGHT now.

HALF CHLOEThat’s way too true!

CAMILLE cocks her head with a ‘shh’ expression to HALF CHLOE. LANDRINI sees HALF CHLOE and his eyes get big. YOUNG TONY has no idea what they are looking at or why they are acting strangely. CHLOE dissappears. LANDRINI looks around, upset.

YOUNG TONYWhat I’m going through huh? And this is why you are a park bum, right?

LANDRINI(half distracted)

You got some nerve, asshole!

TONY stands up -

CAMILLETony - take it easy!

YOUNG TONYTony take it easy?! This guy calls me an asshole and it’s TONY take it easy???

CAMILLEYou don’t know what he’s been through -

YOUNG TONYOh - but HE knows what I’ve been through??

CAMILLEMaybe he does.

LANDRINI sits down and talks to TONY simply as he indicates CAMILLE.

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LANDRINII’m just saying, have some faith in your girl. She seems like a great young lady.

CAMILLEThank you.

LANDRINI is now looking at CAMILLE meaningfully.

LANDRINIAnd I mean that from the bottom of my heart.

YOUNG TONYWhat the hell is going on here?!

CAMILLE turns to him, frustrated.

CAMILLETony - there’s nothing to fight about here.

YOUNG TONYI want some answers about Gerard and I want your ‘friend’ here to go back to his box.

LANDRINI rolls his eyes.

LANDRINIOh my God. Don’t be an idiot!

YOUNG TONYExcuse me?!

LANDRINI stands back up.

LANDRINII said don’t be a freakin’ idiot!

YOUNG TONYWhy are you even talking to me?

LANDRINIBecause when I see a guy being a complete asshole to an obviously amazing and beautiful young lady -

YOUNG TONYSo what are you ... like... hitting on my girl friend?

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LANDRINIWhat is the matter with you?!

CAMILLE shakes her head in disbelief at YOUNG TONY -

LANDRINI (CONT’D)How old do you think I am?

YOUNG TONYAnd that’s supposed to make a difference?

LANDRINI is getting worked up - the mobster has been reawakened - he does not much like his younger self. He growls at YOUNG TONY, looks to her for support.

LANDRINIHow do you even deal with this dimwit?

CAMILLELook I understand what you mean. He’s hard for me to deal with sometimes -

YOUNG TONY is looking from one to the other in disbelief.

YOUNG TONYI’m siting RIGHT HERE!

CAMILLEYes Tony, we know.

YOUNG TONYWE know. WE being this GUY and you?

LANDRINI’s strained civility finally cracks. He’s ticked off. He’s seen enough of YOUNG TONY to irritate him to the core.

LANDRINIYou know what, you stubborn, bone headed ignoramus -

CAMILLEEasy!

LANDRINII’m sorry but I have been waiting my entire life to tell off this young arrogant blind dimwit - to tell him just what he REALLY is.

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YOUNG TONYHey now wait a minute!

LANDRINII know a little more about you than you think I do, you whelp, you stupid, self important, mobster wanna be with your arrogant close minded LIMITED outlook -

HALF CHLOE(mouths) MO-OM!

CAMILLESir - this is really not helping. If you care about Chloe you have got to stop.

LANDRINIWhat the hell does the stupidity son of a bitch/loser have to do with the wonderful Chloe??

YOUNG TONYWho the hell is Chloe?! Are you seeing some girl now Camille?

LANDRINIOh my God! Do you see what I mean? And you want to be with this moron, Camille?

CAMILLESir - just give us some room. If you really want to help - you need to just give us some space.

YOUNG TONYHow do you know this man?

LANDRINI paces, attempts to calm himself, sees that he might be going about this the wrong way. He turns back to Young Tony.

LANDRINILook, I’m sorry if I went overboard. I’m just trying to tell you this may be your last chance to do something right with your life.

YOUNG TONYYeah. And on what authority do you have this information?? Who are you - the Pope of Central Park?

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(MORE)

And where did you get this twisted interest in my future?

LANDRINIIf you only knew.

YOUNG TONYListen - both of you. I don’t do what I’m told. OK?I do what I want because it gets me what I want.

LANDRINIYeah - you take what you want too?

YOUNG TONYWhatsa that supposed to mean?

LANDRINIThat money in your hand - you know how much it is?

YOUNG TONYWhat?

LANDRINIYou don’t do ya?

YOUNG TONYUh .. no.

LANDRINI shakes his head.

YOUNG TONY (CONT’D)So what?

LANDRINICause you took it from my cup. Its a five and six ones - eleven bucks.

CAMILLETony - you took money out of his cup?

YOUNG TONYGuys crazy!

CAMILLEYeah - is he? Give it to me!

YOUNG TONYWhat?!

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YOUNG TONY (CONT'D)

CAMILLEGive me the money!

YOUNG TONYNo Camille...

CAMILLEWhat are you worried about?

YOUNG TONY is a completely humiliated small boy who has been caught.

YOUNG TONYFine! I took it - I was going to get you something! I’m short on a payment - I ... owe somebody...

CAMILLETony - one day you’re loaded, the next your stealing from a homeless guy?? Something’s wrong here somewhere -

LANDRINI is practically pleading now -

LANDRINIYou hear her? Change your life Tony, this is your chance - straighten out and stick with this young lady!

TONY considers it but his shame and embarassment are just too great to over come in the moment...

YOUNG TONYYou know what? You two make a great couple... what the hell! Here take your damn eleven bucks!

He slaps the money in LANDRINI’s palm.

YOUNG TONY (CONT’D)And Camille - your stupid little dog is running up the hill -

He stomps off...

CAMILLE and LANDRINI look at each other alarmed. The dog is running up the hill. CAMILLE and LANDRINI run after it. CAMILLE runs over the top of the hill. LANDRINI stops, out of breath. SKIP appears and snaps his fingers. LANDRINI and SKIP dissappear.

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SCENE 36 - SKIP REPRIMANDS TONY - GREEN SCREEN

SKIP and LANDRINI flying. LANDRINI is choked up.

SKIPThat’s having a positive affect Poy-yo?

LANDRINIExcuse me? I’m not supposed to feel what I feel?

SKIPYou know what? You’re right Pollo.

LANDRINII am?

SKIPIt’s beautiful a man such as yourself should have such emotion -

HALF CHLOE and CAMILLE appear. LANDRINI sees CAMILLE first.

LANDRINII’m sorry Camille.

CHLOECoulda woulda shoulda.

LANDRINI sees HALF CHLOE and jumps.

CAMILLEWe do what we do as best we can.

CHLOEEasy for you to say -

LANDRINIShe’s right kid. Whatever it is that ails you - we’ll find a way to fix it.

SKIPAlright big happy, we approach the lair of Guru Gladamir...

SCENE 36B - EXTERIOR - WEBSTER

The three of them land just down the block from WEBSTER. As they approach they hear in VOICEOVER -

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GLADIMIR (V.O.)If you could do anything you wanted with time, bend it to your will - would you race through the boring parts to get to the end of the story? - only to see yourself stretched out as a corpse? Or would you go back to your childhood? - a moment in your parent’s adulation perhaps, or - maybe just to lie on a favorite rug under your dining room table at the age of 4 and never get up?

SHOT of the bottom of dining room table and then the reverse in XCU of CHLOE’s eyes looking up.

CHLOE, LANDRINI and CAMILLE have reached the steps. They all stop at the same moment and look at each other. Then TONY opens the door and holds it for the ladies...

SCENE 37 - INT. WEBSTER - FINAL GURU SCENE

CHOE, LANDRINI and CAMILLE enter - its a library. From a TONY Over Shoulder shot there’s no one around.

LANDRINIWhere is everyone?

Over the shoulder of HALF CHLOE we see half faded people and a brook-like burble of library sound.

HALF CHLOEOh - they’re here.

Over the shoulder of CAMILLE who is focused on the marble staircase.

CAMILLEWait - I’ve been here with Skip - follow me

And CAMILLE walks to towards the marble staircase as the others follow - HALF CHLOE looking around at the activity.

CONTINUOUS staircase as they look up from the landing and GUS walks into the frame.

GUSHello Camille - how ya been?

CAMILLEYou’re back? Where’s Gladamir?

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GUSOh he’s here. He’s watching re-runs.

GUS turns and walks out of the shot. We hear GLAD’s laughter in the background. As they continue up the stairs they ask CAMILLE questions.

HALF CHLOEWho’s that?

CAMILLEGus. He’s a Guru - Skip brought me to him first.

LANDRINISo he’s like a lower level guru?

CAMILLEI’m not sure.

GLADAMIR in VO hurries them up

GLADIMIR (V.O.)Times flying - let’s go!

We hear Gus laugh. The three hustle up the stairs.

CONTINUOUS - Inside the Conference Room SHOT is set up from behind GUS and GLADAMIR as they watch the tiny TV. They are cracking up - and into the shot walk CHLOE LANDRINi and CAMILLE from out of the waiting area. The three stop in the doorway.

LANDRINISomething funny?

GLADIMIRSorry. You must excuse us. It is a lonely job we do.

CAMILLEHow was your vacation Gus?

GUSBeautiful. Lots of “Quality Time.”

CAMILLEI see.

GUSI’m sorry to see Chloe is not much with us -

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HALF CHLOEThey don’t listen -

GUSThat’s not unusual.

GLADAMIR spins the little TV around -

GLADIMIRWatch and tell me what you see -

GLAD flips through channels - other realities - other kids and parents - an argument with a kid sassing his parents, a too quiet dinner table, a kid at a soccer practice being told off by his Dad for not trying hard enough. None of these characters are recognizable.

GLADIMIR (CONT’D)Well?

CAMILLEParents and kids -

GUSYes -

CAMILLEThey aren’t getting along.

GUSGood Camille.

CAMILLESo what’s new?

GLADIMIRLet’s make it less abstract -

GLAD changes channels again and now we are looking at CHLOE at a dinner table with LANDRINI and RYAN. RYAN (CAMILLE) is being kindly but strongly emphatic with CHLOE who is shut down, and LANDRINI is rolling his eyes but saying nothing.

LANDRINIWait - that’s me!

GLADIMIRYes Tony ...

GLAD switches the channel and we see LANDRINI teaching math - this time the class is listening.

LANDRINII don’t get it. I teach math?

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GLADIMIRFor twenty years.

LANDRINIWhat about the chicken racket?

GLADIMIRChoice are made everyday.

LANDRINIBut I can’t be both -

CHLOEI remember now - you were a math teacher

LANDRINIWait - this is my daughter??

GLADIMIRChoices are made everyday.

CHLOEWhat choice do I have?

GLADIMIRYou have the choice to decide that being born is worth the trouble that come along with it -

CAMILLEAnd me?

GUSYou have the choice to accept how the people in your life need to make their own choices.

CAMILLEOK - so you’re saying ... have no expectations?

GLADIMIRExpectations kill choices because they kill the moment -

CHLOEDefine expectation -

GLADIMIRWhat you think you want... that you actually have no control over.

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CAMILLEBut you gotta have hope -

GUSWe’re not disagreeing -

GLADIMIRHope and expectation - similar but very different

LANDRINIAnd what about Chloe - can we get her back to normal?

GLADIMIRDefine normal.

LANDRININot a half faded freak -

GLADIMIRYou ready to assert yourself in this twisted world kid -

CHLOEYeah - that’s all I have to choose?

GLADIMIRYes.

LANDRINIAnd I get to choose ? What exactly? -

GLADIMIRWell Tony, YOU can choose trust - you can trust the world will provide for you on its own time and that what it gives you is good...

LANDRINISo Camille got older -

GLADIMIROf course she did - by the way what went wrong back there in the Park Tony?

LANDRINII don’t know - I got angry - at my younger self -

GUSAnd that helped?

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LANDRINIWell I do feel a little better - I gotta say -

GLADIMIRYou also make the choice to hold on to what annoys you or to let it go. You ready to stop being so hard on yourself?

LANDRINIYeah - okay.

GUS flips the channels again and we see the soccer kid scoring while his Dad cheers, the sassy kid listening, and the dinner table burbling with conversation.

GUSYou got the moment you’re in.

GLADIMIRAnything ahead of you -

GUSOr behind you -

GLADIMIR & GUSIs pointless.

CAMILLESo what happens -

GLADIMIRWhat happens is what you choose to happen

LANDRINIAnd what if I get angry again?

GLADIMIRSo get angry - but let it go - you can’t see into the future -

LANDRINIBut YOU can -

GUSActually - no we can’t -

CAMILLEWhat?! Why not?

GLADIMIRBecause people keep making choices.

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GUSThat’s what makes the job interesting!

GLADIMIRSkip is waiting. He’s got eggs to scramble -

GLAD claps his hands and they are on the carpet flying.

SCENE 38 - INT GREEN - SKIP TRANSPORTS THEM ALL

SKIPWell Camille - what did you learn?

CAMILLEUh - accept stuff?

CHLOEThat’s deep Mom -

LANDRINIAre you sassing your mother?

CHLOENo. I’m being serious.

LANDRINIGood. She’s a great woman, your Mom -

CAMILLE (RYAN VO)Yeah - am I? I’m not always so sure.

SKIPPeople I’m just going to say there is nothing I can tell you to prepare you this time -

CAMILLEReally?

SKIPThat’s the GOOD news - here ya go...

He shakes out the carpet and they tumble -

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SCENE 39 - 4TH PARK TRY

We see LANDRINI peak out from under the homeless blanket, CAMILLE is on the bench with CASPER at her feet. CHLOE is sitting right next to her. She gives LANDRINI a thumbs up.

YOUNG TONY comes up the path sees the cup, looks up and sees CAMILLE (no CHLOE visible to TONY). CAMILLE waves. TONY waves back.

HE walks up to her and gives her a kiss on the cheek and sits.

CHLOE VOThat is so nice.

CAMILLE hears and smiles. TONY smiles back at CAMILLE.

YOUNG TONYHow’s it going?

CAMILLEGood. A had a great dance class. Then I talked to my teacher about colleges with good dance programs.

YOUNG TONYYeah? I thought I seen you with a guy -

CAMILLEYeah? Gerard?

YOUNG TONYI don’t know - what’s he look like?

CAMILLEPony tail - thin dancer type.

YOUNG TONYYeah. Fancy walk.

CAMILLEHe’s great.

YOUNG TONYHow great?

CAMILLEHe’s on Broadway and still teaches his classes. That’s pretty great because he doesn’t even need the money.

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CHLOE VOYeah Mom - way to go!

CAMILLE smiles. TONY cocks his head, then smiles back.

YOUNG TONYYeah.

CAMILLEHow was your day?

YOUNG TONYWell ... I gotta tell you Camille...

LANDRINI has walked into the shot. YOUNG TONY doesn’t notice him.

YOUNG TONY (CONT’D)I had a bad day.

CAMILLE nods her head - encouraging him to go on.

YOUNG TONY (CONT’D)I got some bidness uh...interests - and a guy I know told me I gotta get my business outta his neighborhood.

CAMILLETony, maybe that’s a business you don’t want to be in -

YOUNG TONYYeah. (he looks down at his feet) Maybe your right...

CASPER is walking up the hill on his own. LANDRINI sees this and starts up the hill after him. CAMILLE and TONY are engrossed in each other and don’t notice.

CAMILLETony - you don’t have to make a lot of money to impress me, you know that don’t you?

CHLOE VOWow - you are melting my heart here Mom -

YOUNG TONY(smiles) Yeah. I guess I do know that.

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CAMILLE stands up.

CAMILLEHey Sweetie - lets take a walk.

YOUNG TONY stands up - takes her hand -

YOUNG TONYOK. Where you want to go?

CAMILLEI know this tunnel where you can hear all kinds of crazy echoes -

LANDRINI is up the hill with CASPER -

LANDRINIHEY - is this your dog?

CAMILLEOh - yeah - THANKS!

CHLOE VOFunny how that worked out.

CAMILLE and YOUNG TONY walk up the hill to get the dog. LANDRINI hands them the leash -

YOUNG TONYThanks mister.

LANDRINIYou’re welcome.

YOUNG TONYI’ma crazy for that goofy little dog.

CAMILLE has walked a few steps to the top of the hill -

CAMILLEHey - the tunnel is right down this hill -

YOUNG TONYOK. Hey mister, you need anything?

LANDRININah - I’m just fine. Thanks for asking.

YOUNG TONY winks at LANDIRIN. THEN he walks up the hill to CAMILLE.

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They kiss - in the background of the shot we see LANDRINI and Half CHLOE watching. The RUNNER with the butt runs through the background of the shot and no one notices.

LANDRINI starts down the hill.

LANDRINI (CONT’D)(to half CHLOE who is already 3/4 Chloe) Clearly we are not needed here.

CHLOE(smiles) I guess not.

They look up and CAMILLE and YOUNG TONY are gone.

CUT TO:

SHOT OF CAMILLE AND YOUNG TONY RUNNING DOWN THE HILL TO THE TUNNEL HOLDING CASPER’S LEASH.

SCENE 40 - RESOLUTION MONTAGE & SCENE

SCENE 41 - EXT/INT DINER

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