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Wonderfalls "Hanging Koala" by VLC Based on, Wonderfalls by Tim Minear and Bryan Fuller Revisions by VLC Current Revision 5.618 Name: tHE Mouse209 Company Address Phone Number Email: [email protected] Wonderfalls “Hanging Koala” 2x03 06/06/2006 (edit-outs in red ) 1/ 115 WONDERFALLS “HANGING KOALA” TEASER (1) SHOT : OPEN WITH A SCENE SOMEWHERE IN QUEBEC - DAY. A line of people at an outdoor bakery or café. Frenchy romantic atmosphere. One man in line, wearing a Beret-style hat, makes his purchase (in French), TURNS, and WALKS toward us out of frame. It was ERIC! CAMERA PULLS DOWN at nearby a couple’s lips about to kiss. (2) INT. TYLER HOUSE – DAY (2A) SHARON applying lipstick in the bathroom. SHARON (aloud to Jaye O.S.) There’s 10 things in the fridge ready to eat. Don’t use the stove. Don’t answer the door. (2B) Sharon exiting the bathroom & entering living room. SHARON (CONT'D) I’ll only drop off Beth’s blueprints at her jobsite. 5, 10 minutes tops. (to self) Um, blueprints. (2C) She finds any nearby paper. SHARON (CONT'D) If Dr. Ron arrives early, I’ll come thru the garage door. Just say “changing the oil”. AND be sure to slip in that question I told you for— (2D) SHARON exits bathroom into the living room and spots DR. RON already in the house with JAYE. They sit up from their couch session. Wonderfalls “Hanging Koala” 2x03 06/06/2006 (edit-outs in red ) 2/ 115 SHARON (CONT'D) Dr. Ron! DR. RON Hello Sharon. JAYE He's coming early. SHARON (Trying to assemble an excuse) I was... I wasn’t... (polite hello) Dr. Ron. DR. RON (to Jaye) Ah, got big sister’s to watch you today. (to Sharon) Hope Jaye hasn’t been too much on your hands? SHARON A peach. DR. RON Are you leaving? The Tylers home? JAYE They’re out. (parsing a “your busted” smirk) Just us. DR. RON Leaving Jaye home alone? You know family support is essential into this part of your sister’s post-transitional therapy. JAYE (hint of sarcasm) Oh, no not Sharon intentionally. Big sister leaving little sister the ex-mental patient – alone? Wonderfalls “Hanging Koala” 2x03 06/06/2006 (edit-outs in red ) 3/ 115 JAYE (CONT'D) With Share's My Little Pony wallpaper and a home supplied with natural gas. SHARON (fake laugh) (sotto to Jaye) Leave my unicorns out of this. (to Dr. Ron) Of course not. I made a promise. Just looking for my briefcase. Ah! DR. RON You’re dressed. SHARON I’m a pretty girl. DR. RON (shares a round of laughter) Very well. Nice progress today. Until our next session. DR. RON (CONT'D) (to Sharon) By the way, good catch cutting the faces out from the morning paper. That's Oh. Yes. One more thing. "Gay" is not inherently genetic. The outcome of social psychological experiences in one's lifetime draws them to a specific sexual preference or trait. Purely their own determination. ...To answer your previous question. My office is always open. Wonderfalls “Hanging Koala” 2x03 06/06/2006 (edit-outs in red ) 4/ 115 (3) MONTAGE : “FIND A BABYSITTER” CUE MUSIC: Jazzy. Instrumental Montage sequence... (3A) INT. TYLER HOUSE – DAY ( CONTINUOUS ) Sharon on the phone. SHARON (per caller) Hi, can you baby-sit? A 26 year old girl. Little Jaynee... She’s 26 now... REPLIES PER CALLER No. No. Nope. Sorry. JAYE You gotta sell it. Incentive! SHARON (per caller) Babysitter paid upfront... I’ll pay if you just show up... 10,000 channels... REPLIES PER CALLER Yes. Yes. Sure. BOY Ya get the Playboy Channel? OLD LADY MAHONEY Of course Share Bear. I live just down the street. I babysat you two when you were just knee-high munchkins. I’ll unplug my Rascal and be on my way. SHARON Thank you Mrs. Mahoney. Wonderfalls “Hanging Koala” 2x03 06/06/2006 (edit-outs in red ) 5/ 115 (3B) EXT. TYLER HOUSE - FRONT DOOR – ( CONTINUOUS ) Sharon or Jaye answer the door. The strangest sitters show up. Each sitter is REJECTED and PAID... --First, a BLIND GUY. --Second, BIG BLACK DUDE with bandana and muscles (paid via the mail-slot thru the door). --Third, MRS. BEETLE holding a plate of muffins. --Fourth, a little pervert BOY comes running out of the Tyler house with a video camera in-hand, Jaye chasing him out in a bath robe and head towel. JAYE That better not be on YouTube! I know where you live!! (3C) Wind-down montage music. (3D) EXT. TYLER HOUSE – ( CONTINUOUS ) Sharon locks up house. Goes to her car. Jaye is in the passenger seat. SHARON No matter what, you will not leave this car. Got it? JAYE What about an accident, or fire? SHARON Air bag. Fire extinguisher. (3E) Sharon pulls out into the street, she backs up to pay an old lady slowly strolling down their sidewalk in a Rascal... SHARON Thank you Mrs. Mahoney. JAYE Road trip. (3F) End Music. END MONTAGE. END OF TEASER TRANSITION: CUT TO THEME SONG Wonderfalls “Hanging Koala” 2x03 06/06/2006 (edit-outs in red ) 6/ 115 ACT ONE (4) EXT. HEALING TREE BLDG. – “STAY IN THE CAR” - DAY (4A) Hospital grounds, Sharon pulls in for parking. By the building entrance, BETH waves Sharon to come inside. Sharon waves Beth to come to her car. Sharon is on her cell with father DARRIN. SHARON Dad? I need you to watch Jaye. Beth is grand opening the Autistic Center. She needs me to... JAYE (sotto) "She needs me". SHARON She's the architect. I’m not getting out of anything. I am at the hospital! Look out a window. INTERCUT with... (4B) INT. HOSPITAL – DAY ( CONTINUOUS ) Darrin is stuck at a desk full of paperwork. DARRIN Sorry Share bear. I’m prepping for a 2 hour bowl obstruction surgery. I wouldn’t be able to keep an eye on her. SHARON Have her stack bedpans. I really need my hands free. DARRIN My hands are swabbed with prep iodine. Again, sorry... (4C) Jaye takes cell phone after a minor back and fourth jostle. Wonderfalls “Hanging Koala” 2x03 06/06/2006 (edit-outs in red ) 7/ 115 JAYE Gimme. It's on speaker. (to Dad) Hi Dad. DARRIN (CONT'D) ...I suppose we can go golfing afterwards, maybe. JAYE Golf? How boring. Let's {adlib}. ...or get some Chinese food? SHARON You’re golfing with Dad. DARRIN Have you tried your brother? Aaron said he had the day off. SHARON That little draft dodger. Beth's here. Call you back! (4D) Sharon ends phone call. END INTERCUT. JAYE What about my Chinese? SHARON (CONT'D) Eat here. (as Beth arrives) Hi. BETH Hi. You made it just in time. The, um, Fire Inspector is about to signoff on the place. It's a big moment. I want to show "it" to you before everyone else gets to see... you know. SHARON I got Jaye. And big brother no-show is somewhere inflating the world's ego. Wonderfalls “Hanging Koala” 2x03 06/06/2006 (edit-outs in red ) 8/ 115 JAYE I can't be left alone; legally. SHARON Medical mandate. BETH You know, I bet I can ask my brother to watch Jaye. He second-chairs the project. The building's done. So all his work here is work is already cutout for him. SHARON Cyle, yes. He's very Zen Jaye. You'll like him. Smart, yet able to restrain you in a moment's heartbeat. JAYE Hey big Sis. Whaddya say we ditch all this, spend that money you saved on babysitting and let's get ingloriously plastered. Just like ol' times. SHARON Awe. Did you hear that? She thinks she's independent. Until you weaned your Class- A's... no newspapers, no tchotchkes, no things with faces, and especially no alcohol. You’re golfing with dad. Relax. Here. Read a magazine. And we never had an "ol' time". JAYE Why are all the faces cut out? (4E) Jaye climbs over the center and crowds Sharon in the driver-side window to show Beth her cut-up magazine. Wonderfalls “Hanging Koala” 2x03 06/06/2006 (edit-outs in red ) 9/ 115 JAYE (to Beth) This caption says "Brad Pitt wedding disaster photos". I can't tell, does the bride's breasts look perky to you? BETH Um. Yup. That's Jennifer. Jennifer Aniston has perky breasts. Angelina is— SHARON Angelina is flat because she works out. You could've ask me. JAYE Pre-GenX, you know nothing of our youth culture. SHARON Please. JAYE Angelina, who? SHARON A-Ang-Angelina... Tomb Raider! She was in that movie. JAYE Brad and Angelina Tomb Raider. I think that what they said in the headlines. SHARON (to Beth) Would you please call Cyle. Wonderfalls “Hanging Koala” 2x03 06/06/2006 (edit-outs in red ) 10/ 115 BETH Already did. He's been at the landscapers all morning. How long does it take to pick out a tree? Right? (answers phone) Text message says, “there in 10... stuck in nurse”. I think he meant nursery. SHARON I guess the Inspector can wait, 10 minutes. (4F) Sharon and Beth can only look at each other. JAYE (reads to self) Top 10 signs she's in the mood— (throws away magazine) Where's your oil maintenance record? (4G) Sharon handcuffs Jaye to the steering wheel. SHARON Detainee insurance. But think of it as a puzzle-- "What would Houdini do?". JAYE He drowned in six feet of concrete. SHARON (leaving) There’s candy in the glove-box.