WATTRESS by Adrienne Shelly WGA registered November 28,2005 YELLOW REVISED Waitress Productions, LLC 1041 N. Formosa Avenue Santa Monica Bast, Suite 104 West Hollywood, CA 90046 323-850-3192/323-850-3193 FAXFADE IN: INT. RESTAURANT KITCHEN - MORNING 1 THE TITLE SEQUENCE BEGINS over shots of various pies being made. We can't see who's making them, but expert feminine hands are doing all the work. Graham cracker is quickly sprinkled on the bottom of an aluminum tin pie pan, and whipped cream is dolloped inside -Fresh peaches are sliced, Benihana FAST -Pastry is shaped over the top of a blueberry pie -Chocolate mousse is being whipped by hand -Cinnamon and sugar are sprinkled into a bowl of peeled, sliced apples, while a spoon mixes them all together Chocolate shavings are generously sprinkled on top of a cream pie -Lemon filling dollops into a pie pan -Cherry filling dollops into a pie pan Key Lime filling dollops into a pie pan -Chocolate syrup is poured over sliced bananas in a pastry shell - then the bananas get mashed -We see an oven open. A pair of hands remove a fresh baked pie; 2 new pies are placed inside the oven. The TITLE SEQUENCE is coming to an end. As a pair of hands stirs a bowl of thick, molten chocolate, we pan up to a face: THIS IS JENNA. Early 30's, attractive. Her face is dusted in flour. she's dressed in a waitress uniform, with an apron over it. JENNA is in a zen-like state as she works, since she is, in fact, possibly THE BEST PIE MAKER THE SOUTH HAS EVER KNOWN. She concentrates hard on her pie-making task. BECKY (0.S.) Hon, you've put it off long enough. JENNA What? We reveal 2 other waitresses, BECKY and DAWN. BECKY is in her 40's and overly made up, with frosted blonde hair. DAWN is late 20's to early 30’s, skinny, with glasses.BECKY AND DARN You know what. CUT TO: INT. BATEROOM - EARLY EVENING 2 CLOSE UP on the image of a PREGNANCY TEST, held in a woman's hand. BECKY Negative. Negative. Comeon' negative. Comeon. DAWN Dear lord above, please protect our Jenna from the hell of unwanted pregnancy. JENNA I don’t need no baby. I don’t want no trouble. I just wanna make pies. That’s all I wanna do. Make pies. BECKY I thought you don’t even sleep with your husband no more. DAWN He got her drunk one night. JENNA Got me drunk. I should never drink. I do stupid things when I drink. Like sleep with my husband... (she Gasps) Oh no... It looks like a pink line is formin'... shit... BECKY One line or 2 lines? one line or 2 lines? JENNA 2 lines. The control line and the other line. The bad line. The yes line. BECKY Let me see that now, BECKY swipes the test out of JENNA's hand.BECKY (contd) 2 lines. 2 definite lines. No mistakin’ em. (TEE WOMEN all look at each other. They're a little horrified. A beat, then:} Just then, there's a knock on the bathroom door. CAL (0.8.) What's goin on in there? We have customers. Where are my waitresses? BECKY Hold your balls straight, cal. venna aint feelin’ weil. CAL (0.8.) What's wrong with ‘er? BECKY None ‘a yer business, ya blowhard. JENNA Nothin’, Cal. I'm fine. We'll be ight out. CAL (0.8.) Hurry UP! The WOMEN wait a beat, for CAL to walk away. ALL eyes are on JENNA. Her eyes are shut, and she’s deep in thought. DAWN Honey, you o.k? JENNA shh. I'm inventin’ a new pie in my head, Tomorrow’s blue plate special. BECKY Of course. cur To:INT. KITCHEN 3 A very close shot of a quiche being made. Scrambled eggs, ham and cheese are quickly poured, then blended into a crust. (This takes 3 seconds.) BACK TO: INT. BATHROOM - SAME 4 JENNA I'm callin’ it “I Don’t Want Earl’s Baby Pie.” DAWN I don’t think we can write that on the menu board, hon. JENNA Then 1/11 just call it “Bad Baby Pie.” BECKY What’s in it, honey? JENNA It’s a quiche of egg and brie cheese with a smoked ham center. BECKY Sounds good, baby. JENNA opens her eyes. She looks at the women squarely. JENNA I aint never gonna get away from Earl now. cur To: EXT. DINER ~ EVENING 5 We reveal the neon sign on the DINER "JOE'S PIE DINER" The interior of the diner is darkened. DAWN, JENNA and BECKY sit outside of it on a bench. JENNA is carefully wrapping a slice of pie in tin foil. BECKY smokes a cigarette. She offers a drag to JENNA.BECKY Want it? SENNA No. Are you crazy? Can’t have no cigarette. I'm having a stupid damn baby. So if I’m amokin’ she’s smokin’. BECKY She? How do you know it’s a girl? SENNA Boy, girl, whatever. Anyway, Earl don't let me smoke. He’s comin’ any second to pick me up. DAWN You gonna tell him? JENNA Not sure. 1£'n my plan comes true and I can make my big escape from him in a couple months maybe he never even has to know. BECKY Ave you sure it's his child? JENNA looks at her like “are you crazy?" JENNA You know everything I do. I aint never cheated. I'd never do that. DAWN No, you’d just run away from him without any warning, abandoning him forever. JENNA That’s different from cheating. That's escaping to Jonesville where that big pie bake-off is held- then winning the prize money- and then starting a fresh new life for mysel£. DAWN I feel real sorry for you, Jenna. I mean, I'd do anything to meet a man, and Becky's husband is a downright senile fruit cake...BECKY DAWN! DARN Well, I'm sorry, it's true. But now, here you are, married to this handsome guy... BECKY Who's got very good hair... DAWN Who's got very good hair...and pregnant with a little girl... SENNA We don't know it's a girl. DAK But neither of us would trade places with you for one second. Would we, Becky? BECKY No, we wouldn't Dawn. No we wouldn't. Except just once in my life, I'd like to make a pie halt as good as Jenna can make a pie. DAWN (Wistfully) Yeah, me too. JENNA oh comeon. So what if I can make a decent pie. Who cares? DAWN Your pies are magic. You don’t have no self-esteem. BECKY Look at this, Jenna, As you can plainly see, my right boob is much higher than my left boob. Dawn here has pasty pasty skin. I’m stuck in a marriage to Drooling Phil the invalid and Dawn eats tv dinners alone, but we still wouldn't rather be you, Jenna.DARN I do have pasty pasty skin. JUST THEN, we hear honking. EARL is pulling up in hie black Buick. He's honking non-stop as he pulls up. He's that kinda guy. SENNA (under her breath) Yeah, I know you're here. DAWN See you tomorrow, honey. BECKY Good luck. If you do tell ‘im you're having a... SENNA shhhh. EARL, 40, handsome with a conservative haircut, is now alongside them in his Buick, He rolls the window down, EARL Hey! JENNA Hey. BECKY Hiya Earl! We all just agreed that your hair is super attractive. Hooray for you! FARL doesn’t respond. JENNA elbows BECKY, then gets up from the bench, walks toward the car, and gets in. DAWN and BECKY wave goodbye as the car takes off down the road. DAWN I don’t care if she is a pie genius, I wouldn’t trade places with her. BECKY No, me neither. CUT TO:INT. EARL’S BUICK - NIGHT ‘The BUICK ig driving down a dirt road. EARL, driving, looke over for a moment at JENNA, who's sitting like a child with her hands folded in her lap. EARL You don't look happy to see me. Aren't you happy to see me? SENNA Yes, I'm happy to see you. I even brought you a piece of today’s special- Kick in the Pants Pie. cinnamon epice custard. BARL has no response to that. EARL You didn't give me a kiss. Give me one. JENNA leans over and gives EARL a kiss on the cheek. EARL (cont'd) That's more like it. Where's the money you made today? JENNA Right here in my pocket. EARL Well now, hand it over. JENNA hands EARL the money from her pocket. EARL (cont'd) Not much here, is there? JENNA Slow day. You know. EARL puts the money in his pocket. EARL You been having more and more of those. I'm really not sure it’s worth your working there anymore. I think I might rather have you be at home. Make MB pies ALL DAY LONG. Me and me alone.EARL (cont’d) i don't like those girls. or your boss. JENNA Yeah, I know. EARL You didn't ask me how my day was. SENNA How was your day? EARL Ask me like you care about it. SENNA (pretending to care more) How was your day, Earl? EARL Well, you know. Johnson was on my case again, About the mortgages and everything, But I can't control the policies of the bank, and I told him that. But he doesn't listen... as EARL blathers on, JENNA turns and faces the window. She shuts her eyes, in deep concentration. We hear her thoughts. JENNA (V.0.) “I Hate My husband Pie.” cur To: INT. KITCEEN 7 Another close and fast shot of a pic being made, as JENNA describes it. (Dark chocolate poured into a crust, and caramel poured on top.) JENNA (V.0.) You take bittersweet chocolate and don’t sweeten it. You make it into a pudding and drown it in caramel... BACK TO:10. INT. CAR - AS BEFORE EARL You're not listening to me. SENNA Yes I am. EARL what did I say? SENNA You're bitching about Mr. Johnson. EARL But what are the exact words I said? JENNA I can't repeat them verbatim. Please don't make me try. EARL You don't listen to me. Hurts ny feelins. Please just say you're sorry so I can let you out of this car and you can start my dinner. JENNA (Without missing a beat:) I’m sorry, Earl, for not being able to repeat your words verbatim. It’s something I should be able to do. EARL whenever I need it. SENNA Whenever you need it. EARL O.k., then. The Buick pulls up in front of a modest, depressing house. Small, without chazm. CUT TO: INT, DINING ROOM - NIGET CLOSE UP on the image of a SPAGHETTI DINNER PIE that's been slightly ravaged.al. PAN OUI- JENNA and EARL sit at their dinner table, eating this pie. JENNA's barely touched the food on her plate. SENNA You lock handsome tonight, Earlie. EARL ‘Thank you honey. It's been a long long time since you called me Earlie. I like it. and you look pretty tonight. Maybe a little tired is all. You're not eating your spaghetti ple. why not? SENNA Because I’m... I'm thinking I want to borrow some money from you. EARL My answer to that, of course, is no. JENNA There's a big pie bake-off in Jonesville in a couple of months and I'd like to go. EARL And my answer to that, of course, is no. JENNA Prize money is pretty good. EARL why do you need money? I give you everything you need, don’t I? JENNA Absolutely. EARL You want for nothing, don’t you? JENNA Yes, Earl. I want for nothin’. EARL You’re pies aren‘t bad but what's so important about that when you got me to take care of?10 ql 12 13 12. JENNA Good point, Earl. INT. BEDROOM - NIGHT 10 JENNA and EARL are in bed. EARL is fast asleep. JENNA has her eyes wide open... She gently sits up, then gets out of the bed, trying to be quiet. She exits frame. CUT TO: INT. LIVING ROOM - NIGHT 1 JENNA, lit only by moonlight, enters the living room. she tip toes quickly over to the couch. She's holding something in her hand— looks like a wad of cash. JENNA kneels down and shoves the cash all the way under the couch. cur To: INT. DOCTOR'S OFFICE - MORNING 12 JENNA sits in the waiting room of a Doctor's office. There's a pie in her lap. There are 2 other women also seated in the waiting room- they're in various stages of pregnancy. JENNA stares at them, and then at the wall. She looks like a deer caught in the headlights. After a moment: DOCTOR'S ASSISTANT Jenna Hunterson? JENNA stands up. JENNA Yes! Here. DOCTOR'S ASSISTANT The doctor will see you now. cur To: INT. EXAMINATION ROOM - MOMENTS LATER 13 JENNA is wearing a little white patient's robe. she's sitting on the gynecological table. She still looks like a deer caught in the headlights, and still holds the pie in her hands. After a moment, the door swings open, revealing:13. DOCTOR POMATTER, a man in his early 30's. DOCTOR POMATTER is not exactly handsome and not exactly not. He grows on ya. Big, sad eyes. Warm, if clumsy, manner. He speaks without a southern accent- sounds like he’s from the North East. JENNA looks at him, confused. DOCTOR POMATTER Hello. Ms. Bunteraon? SENNA Hunterson. Who are you? DOCTOR POMATTER I'm your doctor. Oh wow. You brought me a pie. How nice. You know, I’ve only been in town a few weeks but I’m so impressed with the genuine hospitality of the place. He takes the pie from JENNA. She immediately takes it back. JENNA You're not my doctor, Lily Mueller is my doctor. This pie is for her. it's “Marshmallow Mermaid”, her favorite. DOCTOR POMATTER She's semi-retired now. She's not seeing many patients. She's not taking any pies! JENNA Nobody told me about this on the phone when I called yesterday. DOCTOR POMATTER It Just happened this morning. She kinda quit. We didn't have time to call anybody. JENNA Dr. Mueller delivered me. She's been my doctor forever. I really liked and trusted her. DOCTOR POMATTER Well maybe you can really like and trust me too. SENNA I've never laid eyes on you before.He shakes a4. DOCTOR POMATTER Yeah, I was just hired. Long story. Making it short: This is still Dr. Mueller's practice. I'm the “Junior” doctor on staff. I'm from Connecticut. Just moved here 2 weeks ago. Doctor Mueller taught a class over a summer and I was one of her students. Are you bored yet? JENNA No. Yes. DOCTOR POMATTER Sorry. Anyway. If you're not confortable having me as_your doctor, that's fine, my feelings won't be hurt, you can go get yourself another gynecologist in the area. JENNA There is no other gynecologist in the area. I'd have to travel 40 miles or something. DOCTOR POMATTER This has been one hell of a morning. I've been going through this with every patient who's come in. Nobody's happy about it. JENNA Well, do they ultimately accept it and let you be their doctor? DOCTOR POMATTER Yeah. They do. JENNA Well then, I guess T will too. DOCTOR POMATTER Good. Great! Then I'm your doctor. her hand. DOCTOR POMATTER (cont‘d) Nice to meet you. JENNA What's your name again?15. DOCTOR POMAT'TER Doctor Jim Pomatter. And you are. JENNA Mrs. Eunterson. Jenna Hunterson. DOCTOR POMATTER Nice to meet you, Jenna Hunterson. Now, what seems to be the problem? SENNA Well, I seem to be pregnant. DOCTOR POMATTER oh! Good! Good for you. congratulations. JENNA ‘Thanks, But I don't want this baby. DOCTOR POMATTER Oh. Well- we don't perform abor... JENNA No- I'm keeping it, I'm just telling you I'm not so happy about it like everybody else would be, so maybe you can be sensitive and not congratulate me and make a big deal every time you see me, I'm having the baby and that's that, It's not a party, though. DOCTOR POMATTER Got it. Not a party. 0.k. Well. Umm. Maybe we should... let's do a pregnancy blood test, make sure you’re really pregnant- and then I'll do some other tests to check for disease, hormone levels, stuff like that. JENNA 0.k. Sounds like a plan. DOCTOR POMATTER The nurse will be right back in. Don't go anywhere. JENNA Nowhere to go.14 16. DOCTOR POMATTER, scuffling out of the room, eyes the pie but JENNA doesn't offer it to him. She just watches him leave. cur To: INT. DOCTOR POMATTER'S PRIVATE OFFICE - A LITTLE LATER 14 DOCTOR POMATTER sits at his desk, shuffling through piles and piles of papers. There's a knock on his door. DOCTOR POMATTER come in! The door opens and JENNA enters, wearing her street clothes. Holding the marshmallow pie. DOCTOR POMATTER (cont'd) Hello, Jenna. Have a seat. JENNA 0.k. I’m gonna give you this pie, Doctor Pomatter. JENNA hands him the pie. DOCTOR POMATTER Wow. Thank you! Thank you so much... A whole pie. Look at that. JENNA nods. She moves to sit down, but there are papers all over her chair. DOCTOR POMATTER (cont’d) oh, just push those off the chair. It's fine. Just push them off. I'll get to them later. JENNA pushes the papers off the chair, and takes a seat. DOCTOR POMATTER (cont'd) Well, uncongratulations. You're definitely having a baby. JENNA Well, un-thank you. DOCTOR POMAT'TER over the next 8 months I'm here whenever you need me. If you have any questions, just give a call. (MORE)a7. DOCTOR POMATTER (cont'd) We'll be doing some tests, which I'll tell you all about before they happen. And here's a prescription for some prenatal vitamins. He searches for a pad on his desk- finally finding one. He starts filling out the prescription. DOCTOR POMATTER (cont‘d) Now, do you have any questions for me? SENNA What kind of questions? DOCTOR POMATTER 1 don't know. Concerns about your pregnancy. Do's and don'ts. Anything you're wondering about? Exercise, sex. JENNA Well, I don't really do much of either of those things. DOCTOR POMATTER O.k... any diet concerns? JENNA Not really, Just eat healthy. Right? DOCTOR POMATTER Eat healthy. Avoid certain fish. Certain cheeses. The receptionist will give you a list of good and bad foods for your pregnancy. And general do's and don'ts. JENNA O.k. DOCTOR POMATTER Here's your prescription. He rips the sheet off the pad and hands it to her. It's a clumsy hand-off. He drops it. She fumbles trying to catch it. DOCTOR POMATTER (cont’d) Nice meeting you, Jenna. I'll want to see you in 3 weeks.15 18. SENNA oh. O.k. (short pause, then:) Wait, I do have one question. DOCTOR POMATTER Shoot . SENNA How pregnant am I, exactly? DOCTOR POMATTER um, VERY pregnant. There's really only one degree of pregnancy, 80 to speak... SENNA No, I mean... how far along? DOCTOR POMATTER Oh! You're about 6 weeks. Give or take. JENNA Yup. That was Earl getting me drunk that night, alright. DOCTOR POMAT'TER just looks at her, not knowing how to react. cUuT TO: INT, DINER - DAY 1s JENNA, a full plastic bag in hand, rushes through the front door of the diner. She's making a bee-line for the bathroom. CAL, her boss, approaches her on the trail. CAL You're late. JENNA By 6 minutes. I'm sorry. Bus was late. CAL why doesn't your damn husband buy you a car already? JENNA (ander her breath) Because he don't want me goin’ nowhere.16 19. JENNA rushes cff. BECKY, already dressed for work, enters. cAL And YOU, late again! You're inches away from being fired, lady. BECKY Aw, you just try firing me, you old bucket a’ cheese. cAL Who you calling an old bucket a cheese? Need a sponge to clean you off the bottom of the fridge. Now GET TO WORK or I’1l FIRE YOUR ASS! BECKY Aw, calm down, you psychotic ape. She rushes off. INT. BATEROOM - CONTINUOUS 16 JENNA takes her waitress dress out of the plastic bag. She starts taking her blouse off. JUST THEN, the doo swings open and BECKY enters. JENNA What are you doin'? Close the door. BECKY closes the door. Through the following exchange, JENNA gets out of her clothes and into her waitress uniform. BECKY How was the dec? JENNA Fine, Tt was fine. New doctor. A man. BECKY Aman, Wow. Ts he single? Maybe he'd be good for Dawn. JENNA No. I think he had a ring. Weird guy. Nervous. From Connecticut. BECKY What the hell is he doin’ here?17 JENNA I have no idea. BECKY Hey honey, could you do me a favor? JENNA What? BECKY Old Joe just came in and sat in my station. Could you take him? You're better with him than I am. I can't deal with him today. JENNA No problem. I'll take him. BECKY Thanks, honey. You're a trooper. 20. JENNA is now dressed. She smooths out her uniform. Then lifts her head. A look crosses her face, like one of deep nausea. JENNA oh, no... BECKY What? You o.k., honey? You gonna be sick? JENNA doesn't move for a moment. Then, the nausea seems to pass and she takes a breath. JENNA No, I'm o.k. Just a little nauseous for a second. JUST THEN, there's a knock on the door. CAL (0.8.) Hurry up and get to work! cur To: INT. DINER - A LITTLE LATER The diner is half full of patrons. We pan past DAWN, a tray of food enroute to a table. Then catch JENNA, walks, pad in hand, over to a table. We CLOSE IN on the table. 17 holding as she21. OLD JOE, a feeble looking old man (in his 80s) site alone, reading a newspaper. So feeble that it seems like a gust of wind could knock him off his chair. JENNA reaches the table. SENNA Hi, Joe. How ya doin’ today, my friend, and what can I get you? There's a pause as OLD JOE clears his throat. JENNA just waits for him to speak. when he finally does, his voice BOOMS. He speaks unnaturally loudly. JOE ‘This is MY PIE DINER. I own it. SENNA I know you do, Joe. JOE And I think it’s warm in here. I'm warm. Turn the air on. JENNA I'll tell Cal, hon. JOE They keep all my businesses too warm ineide. My gas station. My supermarket. My Laundromat. But this is my favorite business. JOE'S PIE SHOP. I'm JOB. And I will NOY TOLERATE IT BEING TOO DAMN WARM. JENNA I hear you, Joe. JOE TURN THE ATR ON. JENNA Yessiree, Bub. JOE I want water. 2 glasses. NO ICE. JENNA 2 glasses. No problem. JOE 2 glasses of WATER. JENNA Right.JOE, No ICE, I want the special BAD BABY QUICHE pic. Tamata on the side, on it's OWN PLATE. SENNA No potatoes with that? SOB Did 1 say anything about patatas? Where'd you get patatas from? SENNA No potatoes. Tomato. oon, on it's OWN PLATE, Salt and peppa. JENNA That everythin’? JOE, No, I also want orange juice. But don't bring that first. Bring the water first. Bring the OJ with the meal. 0.k,, NOW I’m finished. Listen to my horoscope before you Skadoodle away. (he opens his newspaper and reads) "Aquarius. Smooth sailing today as Mars enters your inner circle." WHATEVER TEE HELL THAT MEANS. "The ones you love will listen carefully to you today, just make sure you're careful with what you say." T DON'T HAVE ONES I LOVE. You want to hear yours? On JENNA. She looke nauseous again. JENNA I'm Aquarius too, hon. T don't have ones I love either. Just ones I live with. Excuse me. I feel like I'm gonna be sick... JENNA rushes off. OLD JOE watches her leave. CUT TO:18 23. INT. BATEROOM - A MOMENT LATER 18 JENNA, standing over the toilet, leans up. She flushes the toilet. Then goes over to the sink and turns it on. TEE DOOR swings open, revealing DAWN. DAWN Hi, sweetie. You ok? JENNA I'm o.k. DAWN Good. Listen- I got me a 5 minute blind date tonight. with an insurance salesman named Pete. 37, 5 foot 10, all his hair, nice picture, loves fishing. JENNA 5 Minute blind date? Can’t the guy pay for a whole thing? UENNA is washing up, and gargling with water. DAWN No. See, 1 got this new idea. I'm meeting men through personal ads, but I just give 'em 5 minutes for the first date. whether we like each other or not, we just have 5 minutes together. JENNA Huh. DAWN That way I don't waste a whole evening if the guy makes me sick. Anyway, I have to be at Banshees at 7. I was wondering if you'd do a full makeup for me? Right here in the bathroom, before we leave. JENNA A full makeup for 5 minutes? DAWN It's important to make a good first impression. What if he's Prince Charming?1s 24, SENNA There is no such thing. DARN Whatever. Will you do that for me? SENNA Yeah. Of course. I'd do anything for you. DANN Would you also make me your “Love at First Sight” chocolate mousse pie to take to him? People come from miles around to taste your “Love at First Sight” chocolate mousse pie. I think it'd really impress him. JENNA Ah, what the heck. I'll make it during my break. No problem. DAWN You're the queen'a kindness and goodness. JENNA squirts breath freshner into her mouth. cUuT TO: INT, DINER - MINUTES LATER 1s JENNA, tray of food in hand, walks over to OLD JOE'S table. She reaches it, then starts unloading his plates of food. JOE You with child? JENNA SHEHEEHHEER. Quiet. JOE, I seen that look on a woman before. Her name was Annette. I made sweet love to her all through the sunmer of 1948. She got that sick look on her face, like you had, all through the fall. Almost married her right up. She lost the baby, though. Close call. when you due?25. SENNA SHEHE. Joe! I don't want Cal to hear you. Can't lose my job. ‘trying to eave money so I can leave my husband. JOE, why, what's wrong with him? BEY! There's no SALT and PEPPA on the table. I gaid I wanted SALT AND PEPPA. And NO ICE in my juice glass. Can't you get nothin’ I say right? SENNA I go get you salt and peppa and juice with no ice. But you have to promise me you'll keep your mouth shut about this baby. JOE, What baby? A beat, then: JENNA Good man. She grabs the juice glass from the table, then walks off, on her way back to the kitchen, BECKY grabs her arm. BECKY Honey... Earl's on the phone. JENNA Awww... tell him I’m busy. BECKY You don't talk to him, he might come over here. Cause a scene again. JENNA Yeah. Okay. BECKY can I ask you a question? Is it my imagination or is my left one droopin’ down even lower today? JENNA has no response.20 21 22 26. BECKY (contd) I’m startin’ to feel like somethin’ Picasso woulda made. SENNA Do me a favor, hon. Get Old Joe gone OJ, NO ICE, or he'll bite your head off. And some salt and pepper. BECKY Got it. she takes the glass from JENNA, then walke off. CUT TO: INT, DINER - KITCHEN ARFA - A MOMENT LATER 20 In the front of the kitchen area there's a wall phone, with it's receiver resting on a small table right underneath it. UENNA enters frame. She picks up the receiver. JENNA Hello, Earl. Good, Good.... No, I am glad you called... you pickin’ me up tonight..? No, that's fine. i'll ask Becky to drive me. Yes, I know you work hard... Earl, I gotta get back. It's busy here today. O.k., bye...Love you too. she hangs up. Then waits a moment, picks the receiver back up and SLAMS it down. CUT TO: EXT. DINER - DUSK 2. The sun sets over the diner. INT. DINER - KITCHEN AREA - EARLY EVE 22 JENNA, alone in the kitchen, takes a pot of melted chocolate off the stove. She carefully pours it into a bowl of cream, then stirs the mixture. She takes her finger, dips it in, and licks the chocolate-cream off of it, savoring what she tastes. JENNA Mnmmmm.... Falling in Love Pie...23 27. She mixes more, then licks more chocolate cream off her finger, getting some of it on her face. She continues to stir- so clearly in her element here. CUT TO: INT. DINER - BATEROOM - EARLY EVENING 23 DAWN, dressed up for her 5 minute date, sits on the closed tollet seat. JENNA stands over her, applying make-up. BECKY stands at the mirror, applying lipstick. BECKY Pretty outfit, Dawn. DAK Thank you. Tt's a little tight in the butt, IT fear. BECKY Aw, no worries. Men like a little meat back there, don't they, Jenna? JENNA I have no idea what men like. BECKY Speaking of more meat... Does Bart have any clue at all that you're pregnant? JENNA Nah, he don’t notice. And I’m never gonna tell him. Just gonna run away. DAWN WOW. How much money you got saved? JENNA Not much. 12 hundred dollars. I can save another couple hundred before the Jonesville bake off... DAWN How much is that prize money, Jenna? JENNA 25,000 dollars, hon. DAWN WOW. What pie you gonna bake?Just then, 28. SENNA Not sure. Thought maybe I'd make one of my really unusual ones, like my momma used to make. Something where you wouldn’t think the ingredients would all go together, but they do. BECKY squeals. BECKY Dawn honey! You're beautiful. Your skin looks like a normal persons. DAWN um, Thank you. You know what 1 think you should do with taht prize money Jenna? I think you should open a pie shop. BECKY Oh yeah! She could have her own little pie shop somewhere. Somewhere that people could really use a little pie shop. Like Europe, Or New Jersey. JENNA Wow... my own pie shop. BECKY, “Jenna's Pie Palace” DAWN “Jenna's Pastry Heaven” JENNA 0.k.., Back to reality for a minute? (MORE)29, JENNA (cont'd) Can you drive me home, Becky? Earl don't wanna come get me tonight. BECKY No. Take the bus. I can't drive you. I got somewhere to go. SENNA Where you goin'? BECKY can't tell you that. JENNA AND DAWN (TOGETHER) WEAT?? BECKY Yet. Can't tell you yet. DAN WHY NOT? BECKY Gotta go, Have a good time on your date, Dawn. Use a 5 minute condom. She kisses JENNA on the cheek. But BECKY BECKY (cont’d) Bye. JENNA Wait a minute,.! DAWN (CALLING OUT) Hey is gone. DAWN and JENNA just look at each other. JENNA Well, whatever it is, I hope it's good... Go lock at yourself, honey. The guy's not gonna know what bit him. DAWN smiles, gets up and looks at herself in the mirror. DAWN Oh, look what you did. You've made me almost pretty. JENNA What do you mean, almost pretty? You're a flower. Look at yourself.24 25 26 30. DAWN embraces her. SENNA (cont'd) Hey sweetie... You think you can drop me off at the bus stop on your way to Banshees? CUT TO: EXT. BUS STOP — NIGHT 24 We 200M in on a lone figure sitting on a bench. This ia SENNA, looking small. It's a windy night. JENNA shuts her eyes. cur vo: INT. KITCEEN 25 Again, a super fast pie is ‘created’ as Jenna describes it. (Pecans and nutmeg sprinkled on top a cheesecake.) JENNA (V.0.) “Baby Screaming It’s Head Off in the Middle of the Night and Ruining my Lite Pie.” Pecans and nutmeg over a New York Style Cheesecake. No crust... BACK TO: EXT. BENCE - AS BEFORE 26 DOCTOR POMATTER approaches the bench. Be sees JENNA deep in thought and doesn’t quite know what to do about it. Finally: DOCTOR POMATTER Un... hello. Umm... Jenna? At the sound of her name, JENNA is broken out of her pie- inventing trance. She looks up. Totally surprised to see him. JENNA what?? Hi! Doctor Pomatter. What are you doin’ here? DOCTOR POMATTER car wouldn't start this morning. who knows why. Gotta take the bus home.3. SENNA Where do you live? DOCTOR POMATTER Stanton Grove. JENNA Oh, it's nice over there. DOCTOR POMATTER Sure, if you like trees. Which, you know, who doesn’t like trees? It was kind of a long walk. You mind if I sit down? SENNA Not at all. DOCTOR POMAT'TER sits on the bench next to JENNA. DOCTOR POMATTER So, you're a waitress? JENNA I’m a waitress. DOCTOR POMATTER Where do you work? JENNA Little diner off highway 27. Joe's Pie Diner. DOCTOR POMATTER Wow. Sounds like a virtual factory of pie. Never been there. Is it any good? JENNA Yes, it's very good. We make all the pies there fresh, Breakfast pies, dinner pies, 27 different varieties of pie, and a special new pie that I invent every day, I was just inventin’ a new one in my head, when you got here. DOCTOR POMATTER Did you make that marshmallow pie you brought me?32. SENNA Yes, I did. Mermaid Marshmallow Pie. Invented it when I was 9 years old. In my mermaid phase. DOCTOR POMATTER It was probably the best pie I've ever tasted in my life. It was biblically good, that’s how good it was. It could win pie contests and ribbons and things. SENWA (BLUSHING) Thank you. DOCTOR POMATTER You know, there was an old pie restaurant right near where I grew up. I used to go there after school everyday. I had thie mad crush on a waitress named Beatrice, who was tragically cute in her uniform. Years later, I was doing my residency, and she came in with an emergency ovarian cyst. I actually treated her. JENNA ‘That musta been somethin’ for ya. DOCLOR POMATTER By that time she was at least 50 years old. JENNA looks down at DOCTOR POMATTER'S hand. He's wearing a wedding band, all right. JENNA Idfe does funny kinda things sometimes. DOCTOR POMATTER Yes, it does. You wanna know something else kinda funny? JENNA what? DOCLOR POMATTER when I saw you sitting here all by yourself in your uniform, I had a flashback. (MORE)33. DOCTOR POMATTER (cont'd) You made me think of her. You remind me of her, when she was younger. SENNA Wow. What a thing to say. DOCTOR POMATTER I'm sorry. It's a compliment. SENNA I know, That's why it made me uncomfortable. DOCTOR POMATTER You're blushing. I'm sorry. T shouldn't have said that. SENNA No, it was nice to hear. Nobody ever notices me that way. DOCTOR POMATTER Well, SOMEBODY must have noticed you that way. Or you wouldn't be in the condition you're in. JENNA oh, HIM? He don't count. He's just my’ husband. (DOCTOR POMATTER looks confused.) JENNA (cont’d) I'm kiddin’. O£ course he counts. He's my busband. Oh, look. Here's the bus now. THE BUS IS PULLING UP. JENNA and DOCTOR POMATTER stand up. JENNA (cont’d) Nice talkin’ to you, Doctor Pomatter. DOCTOR POMATTER Call me whenever you need me, Jenna. I'm here for all your questions and concerns. JENNA Good te know, Doctor Pomatter.27 28 34. He smiles at her. Then the bus pulls up in front of them, blocking them from view. cur To: INT. EARL AND JENNA'S HOUSE - LIVING ROOM - NIGHT 27 EARL and JENNA sit on the couch. The television is on. EARL holds JENNA'S hand in his lap as JENNA watches T.V. EARL stares at JENNA for several moments. Then: EARL Please, honey. JENNA I’m sick to my stomach, Earl. EARL It's been over a month. JENNA I feel about as sexy as a tree stump. EARL You've never been sexier. Am I imagining it- or are your boobies bigger? Like they grew a size practically overnight. JENNA Earl, that’s crazy... EARL I gotta be with you or I’m gonna die. cur To: INT. BEDROOM - NIGHT 28 JENNA and EARL in bed. Making love. (If you can call it that.) Rather- EARL moves up and down, on top of her. Throughout this, we pretty much only see JENNA's face. Completely devoid of any reaction to what's going on. EARL EARL Kiss me, baby. He leans down and kisses her.29 30 35. EARL (cont’d) Comeon, babe. Kiss me better than that. He continues kissing her. And moaning. EARL (cont‘d) Move a little bit. Comeon, honey. EARL leans back up, away from her face. She just watches him. EARL (cont’d) Say somethin’ sexy to me. JENNA What do you want me to say? But finally, just then, (mercifully) he has an orgasm. He drops on top of her, then quickly rolls off. EARL Oh that was great, baby. (Silence. ) EARL (cont’d) Wasn't it? JENNA Yes. Absolutely. Wonderful. There's a beat of silence. Finally, EARL starts to snore. cur To: EXT. DINER - MORNING 29 A short, bald man in his 40's approaches the door of the diner. This is OGIE. INT. DINER - SAME 30 OGIE enters the diner. He makes a beeline through the diner for DAWN, who's waiting on a table. In long shot, we see him touch DAWN on the shoulder. She turns around, sees him and flinches- then talks to him for a brief moment. She then points to an empty table on the other side of the diner. ocIE walks over to the table and sits. This table is in JENNA's section. We CLOSE IN on it, as JENNA approaches. She takes out her pad, as if to take his order.36. OGIE Oh no. No no no. I don’t want you as my waitress. I want her. Dawn. That lady right there. He points. JENNA turns around and looks in the direction he's pointing in. DAWN, watching, shakes her head “no” at JENNA. OGIB doesn't see this, he's looking at JENNA. SENNA i'm sorry, honey. You're sitting in my station. All the tables in Dawn's station are taken. OGIE But I don't want you. I want her. JENNA Well, if you want to eat in this diner, you gotta sit here, and I gotta wait on you, OGIE I don’t like it one bit. JENNA Nobody says you gotta like it. OGIE she a good friend of yours? what de you knew about her? What can you tell me? What are her likes and dislikes? What does she look for in a man? JENNA Umm...honey, I'm Just here to bring you pie or coffee or somethin’ like that. T don't dispense romantic advice. OGIE What if I paid you? JENNA ‘scuse me, honey, I'm gonna go talk to Dawn for a minute and see if she won't come deal with you herself. OGIE That would be wonderful.37. JENNA walke off- toward DAWN. She reaches her at the back of the diner, near the kitchen. Upon seeing JENNA, DAWN grabs her. DANN You gotta help me!! SENNA What is goin’ on??!! DANN That guy- his name is Ogie. Short for Oklahoma. I was supposed to meet someone named Pete last night. Instead, he sent his cousin ogie. it was the worst 5 minutes of my life. I made the mistake of telling him I work here. JENNA How could a 5 minute date be that bad? DAWN He took me through the entire medical and psychiatric history of nis family. JENNA Oh no. DAWN He told me he wants to marry me. JENNA Oh NO. DAWN MARRY ME! And he's not givin’ up, not ever givin’ up. That's what he said. First guy who shows any interest in me in 2 YEARS and he turns out to be a mad, stalking elf. I'm tellin’ ya, your makeup job was TOO GOOD, Jenna. And your magic love pie. I never should have brought it with me. JENNA I'm sorry. DAN what am I supposed to do?38. SENNA Go over there and tell him you're not interested. DANN I told him that last night. SENNA Tell him better! DANN come with me. SENNA Iean't. I gotta go throw up. DANN Fine. I'll do it on my own, then. cur To; 31 INT. DINER - OGIE'S TABLE - MOMENTS LATER 31 DAWN sits across the table from OGIE, her arms crossed. OGIE I'ma very persistent man, Dawn. I know what I want. I know what makes me happy. DAWN Blah blah blah. OGIE I’m a tax auditor, I make 31,000 dollars a year plus bonuses. T drive a very nice compact car. I eat at all the best restaurants within a 50 mile radius. I love my mother. What else do you need to know about me? DAWN How to make you go away. OGIE You can't, I never take no for an answer. I'll just keep comin’ back and comin' back until finally your resistance is weakened. We were meant to be together, Dawn.38a. DAWN YOU DON'T KNOW MB!!!32 3a. OGIE Oh yes, I do. You're Dawn. And you inspire poetry in me. Here’s one I’m making up right here on the spot. Dawn, Can I bring you joy like you brung me sunshine? Can i hold you a minute and it turns into forever? Didya like that one? DAN No! OGIE How about a spontaneous tidbit that rhymes? All my life T found Harlots but you are a queen. Da Da Da, Da Da Da, somethin’ between. cotta work on that one... DAWN Leave me alone!! OGIE I can’t leave you alone because I an in love with you, Dawn, and you're gonna be my wife!! DAWN LISTEN TO ME. YOU MAKE ME SICK. I THINK YOU'RE A CRAZY LITTLE FREAK AND I WISE YOU WOULD GO AWAY AND DIE!! Thie she screamed so loudly that the other patrons in the diner have all turned to look at them. DAWN sees this, and she's embarrassed. Then she turns back to face OGIE. He looks terribly, terribly hurt. He starts to cry. It's a pathetic, Little boy kind of crying. DAWN (cont'd) Oh, I'm sorry hon... CUT TO: INT. DINER - OUTSIDE BATHROOM DOOR - DAY 32 JENNA steps out of the bathroom. She looks a little concerned about something. She turns right and heads into the33 39a. INT. DINER - KITCHEN AREA - CONTINUOUS 33 JENNA enters the kitchen area. She takes a little white card out of her apron, then reaches for the wall phone. Ao she dial, CAL enters. cAL You're always on the phone.SENNA Sorry, this is an important call. cAL Yeah, what's so important? SENNA can I please have some privacy? CAL shakes his head and keeps walking, exiting frame. SENWA (INTO PAOWB) (cont’d) Yes, hello. Is Doctor Pomatter there..? Jenna Hunterson. I'm his patient. (there's a beat, then:) Hi, Doctor Pomatter. It's Jenna Hunterson. Listen, I'm sure it's nothin, but you said to call if 1 ever had any concerns. Well, this mornin’, I'm bleeding a little bit... No. No, it's very very light, like spotting. There's a beat, and then BECKY enters frame. She sees JENNA and immediately throws her arms around her, in a playful, sisterly way. JENNA (INTO PHONE) (cont'd) Come in to see you? Fine. Tomorrow morning? You in at 7:00..? Well, o.k., then, Glad your office is open so early so I won’t be late for work... Thanks. See you then. She hangs up. BECKY breaks out of the embrace. BECKY Who you seein’ at 7:00 tomorrow? JENNA Not tellin’ ya. Cause you don't tell me YOUR secrets neither. BECKY oh, so this is a secret? JENNA No, I'm just going to see the doctor, There. That's my big secret. What's yours?34 35 4l. BECKY Can't say. Not YET. She turns and walke off. SENNA But why the hell not? JUST THEN, CAL re-enters. He bumps into BECKY who shoves him off her like he’s a flea-ridden dog, then just continues on her way. caAL (To BECKY) Hey!! (To JENNA) Don't you have customers? SENNA How come you can't never say one nice thing, ever? Like, “how are you, Jenna?" Or "nice to see you, Venna?” Or "Great Lemon Meringue Pie you made, Jenna." All you ever say is stuff like "Don't you have customers?” and "get out of the kitchen” and "go back to work." CAL Don't you have customers? Get out of the kitchen. Go back to work. CUT TO; EXT. BUS STOP ~ DAWN 34 JENNA, wearing her waitress uniform, gets off the bus. We follow her as she walks. She's holding a paper bag with handles. EXT. STREET - MOMENTS LATER 35 JENNA turns a corner, walking, as the sun continues it's rise. She approaches a group of small houses with commercial signs in front. One of them reads "Dr. Lily Mueller. OB-GYN." JENNA rings a bell on one of the doors. She waits a minute. No answer. Finally, the door swings open, revealing DOCTOR POMATTER. JENNA looks a little surprised to sce him actually opening the door. DOCTOR POMATTER Hi, Jenna.42. SENNA Hello. JENNA awkwardly hands him the paper bag. SENNA (cont'd) Here... I brought you some peachy keen tarts. DOCTOR POMATTER Wow. Thank you. SENNA You're welcome. Where's everybody else? DOCTOR POMATTER Well, I came in a little early to see you. Nobody else ie here. JENNA oh. DOCTOR POMATTER That's why I'm opening the door for you. JENNA I see. DOCTOR POMATTER So, come in. CUT TO: 36 INT. EXAMINATION ROOM - MORNING 36 JENNA sits in her little white robe on the examination table. DOCTOR POMATTER enters. DOCTOR POMATTER (0.8.) Now you say the bleeding was very mild? JENNA Yes. DOCTOR POMATTER And has it stopped? JENNA Yeah. I only saw it the one time.37 43. DOCTOR POMATTER ©.k. Good. You can get dressed and meet me back in my office when you're ready. SENNA That's it? You're not gonna examine me? DOCTOR POMATTER No need to. Get dressed and we'll talk. He exits. SENNA Um, ok. cur vo: INT. DOCTOR POMATTER'S PRIVATE OFFICE - MORNING 37 DOCTOR POMATTER is sitting behind his desk, He looks a little nervous. Ee absentmindedly knocks over his pencil cup, then straightens it up, just as JENNA enters. JENNA Hi. DOCTOR POMATTER Hello. sit down. JENNA sits. DOCTOR POMATTER reaches into the paper bag that JENNA gave him and retrieves a peach tart. He takes a bite of it, and something like the look of bliss crosses his face. DOCTOR POMATTER (cont'd) Oh my god... There's a beat, as DOCTOR POMATTER continues eating. Finally: JENNA Well, am I o.k.? Is something wrong with me? DOCTOR POMATTER No. Nothing's wrong with you. Light spotting is a perfectly normal symptom early in pregnancy. Were you worried about miscarriage? SENNA Not really.44, There's an uncomfortable beat. SENNA (cont'd) Well, is that everything you have to say? DOCTOR POMATTER Unn.. .Yes. Beat. She looke at him. DOCTOR POMATTER (cont‘d) No. Another beat. Nobody says anything. Finally... JENNA Well, what? DOCTOR POMATTER I.+. nothing. You can go now. I'll see you at your next regularly scheduled appointment. Don’t... JENNA s+shesitate to call you if I have any questions or concerns. DOCTOR POMATTER Exactly. A beat, Then: JENNA why'd you have me come all the way in here if spotting is a perfectly normal symptom in early pregnancy? I had to get up early, take a bus, walk 5 blocks... just to hear that spotting is a perfectly normal symptom? DOCTOR POMATTER I have no response for that. JENNA And what time does this office normally open, doctor? €:30? DOCTOR POMATTER 9:00.38 45. SENNA 9:00. Great. You came here 2 hours early to tell me that spotting is a perfectly normal symptom in early pregnancy? DOCTOR POMATTER Well, it seems that way. Yes. SENNA (a bit angrily) Goodbye, Doctor Pomatter. DOCTOR POMATTER Goodbye, Jenna. SENNA I think you're strange. I'm not sure I want you to be my doctor anymore. You make me uncomfortable. DOCTOR POMATTER I'm sorry, Jenna. I'm really sorry, Iwon't do it anymore. Whatever it is I do. You shouldn't be uncomfortable during this time. JENNA You're doing it again. DOCTOR POMATTER How? What'd I do? JENNA I don't know, you know, that NICE GuY talky thing you do. You just... aww, forget it. She gets up from her chair, turns and exits, closing the door behind her. CUT TO: DOCTOR'S OFFICE - MORNING 38 JENNA exits the office, then walks away, in a huff. After a moment she stops dead in her tracks. JENNA (to herself) Damn. My purse...Abe She turns around, and walke back toward the office, finally reaching the door. She rings the buzzer. After a moment, the door swings open, revealing DOCTOR POMATTER, who's holding her purse. DOCTOR POMATTER You forgot your... SENNA lunges forward & kisses Doctor POMATTER, hard, on the mouth. He just stands there a moment - finally, he returns the kiss with full-out passion. It's a long, crazy, kiss. When they finally break away, JENNA is in tears. She grabs her purse from DR. POMATTER and walks off. DOCTOR POMATTER (cont‘d) Hey. But JENNA doesn't turn back around. She keeps walking. DOCLOR POMATTER (cont'd) Heys! DOCYOR POMAV'TER runs after her. Finally catching up. DOCTOR POMATTER (cont’d) Stop walking away. JENNA stops dead in her tracks. But she can't look at him. They just stand there for a moment, awkwardly. JENNA Well, what do you want? DOCTOR POMATTER I want to see you again. Talk to you. Somewhere outside of here. Have coffee together or something. JENNA I can't have coffee, It's on the BAD FOOD list you gave me. What kind of doctor are you? DOCTOR POMATTER You don't have to actually drink coffee. You can have water or fruit juice.ale SENNA It's a bad idea. I'm married. You're married. I'm pregnant. You're my doctor. She looks up at him. DOCTOR POMATTER You're absolutely right. It's crazy. It's unethical on my part. And it's... But with that, JENNA kisses him again. After a moment, she pulls away from him. SENNA Wait! No kissing in the street. 1 have a very jealous husband. He'd Kill you if he ever saw us. He don't like it when other men even look at me. DOCTOR POMATTER Is he very large? JENNA Large enough. AND he drives right past here on his way to work. DOCTOR POMATTER Well then, maybe we shouldn't be standing here. JENNA I gotta go make pies. It'll take me time to walk the 5 blocks then wait for the bus and I don’t want to be late. Cal gets mad when I'm late. DOCTOR POMATTER Let me drive you there. JENNA No. (beat, then:) Yes. Please. CUT TO: 39 EXT. DINER - MORNING 39 DOCTOR POMAT'TER'S car pulls up in front of the diner.40 4g. JENNA and DOCTOR POMATTER, inside the car, just sit there. After a beat: DOCLOR POMATTER Thank you for the tarts. They're... unbelievably delicious. Delicious isn’t even a good enough word for what they are, What you do with food, it’s unearthly. It’s sensual. Does anybody else appreciate what you. .? SENNA You're welcome. DOCTOR POMATTER So, um, do we... what do we...? Can Iee.? JENNA Doctor Pomatter- I'll call you if I have any questions or concerns. She doesn't wait for a response from him. She opens the car door, and jumps out of the car, slamming the door shut. She walks toward the door of the diner, never looking back. Finally, DOCTOR POMATTER'S car pulls away. ON JENNA~ She hears the car driving away, then turns around. Watching it drive off. JENNA doesn't enter the diner. Instead, she takes a seat on the bench out front. She shuts her eyes. INT. KITCEEN 40 We see hands creating the pies JENNA describes. (2 different setups.) SENNA (V.0.) “Barl Murders Me Cause I’m Raving An Affair Pie.” You smash blackberries and cherries into a chocolate crust. "I can’t Have No Affair Because it’s Wrong and 1 Don’t Want Earl to Kill Me Pie.” vanilla custard with banana. Hold the banana...al 4g. We hear: JOE (V.0.) Don’t you have no home? BACK TO: EXT. DINER- AS BEFORE aL OLD JOE, holding a newspaper, leans over JENNA, who jumps out of her pie-inventing trance. JENNA Excuse me? What? SOE I’m wondering if you have to sleep outside my diner because maybe you don’t have no hone, JENNA I have a home, JOE Right. and a bad husband, 1 remember. You have lipstick all over your face. JENNA What? JOE, Your lipstick is all smudged like someone gave ya a good one. JENNA wipes her month area with the back of her hand. JOB (cont ‘d) I'm going inside now. Once you're done wipin' away your indiscretions, I‘1ll be sitting in your section, wantin’ fresh squeezed orange juice, no ice, a spanish dancer pie with patata crust. OLD Jog turns and enters the diner. JENNA opens her purse, and takes out a mirror, In the mirror, she sees that indeed, there's lipstick smudged all over her mouth area. She takes out a tissue and wipes it off.az 50. INT. DINER - CLD JOE'S TABLE — MORNING 42 The diner has not officially opened yet, and OLD JOB is the only patron. JENNA brings a tray of food over to his table. She starts unloading the tray. SENNA Here you go. OLD JOE has his newspaper open. SOE, Dear Lizabeth. Do you know this column? It's for the lonely hearts. “Dear Lizabeth. My husband fell in love with another woman from his workplace. I want to kill myself. OLD JOE laughs. YOR (cont'd) I want to write the perfect suicide note te let him know just how much pain he’s caused me. OLD JOE laughs harder. JOB (cont'd) I am wondering if you can dispense any advice on composing a suicide note that would harm my snake of a husband and his slut girlfriend the most. Yours Truly, Betrayed in Biloxi.” OLD JOE keeps laughing. JOB (cont‘d) I love living vicariously through the pain and suffering of others. Idgabeth just tells her some nonsense to not kill herself and etc. etc. Wish it were my column. JENNA I don’t believe for one second that you're as mean as you play. You tip me better than anyone. JOE What do you know? Go get me more WATER for this EMPTY GLASS.Sl. JENNA smiles and walks off. She hears the sound of a small toddler having a meltdown- then sees: In a booth, a mother in her 30’s struggles to handle this unruly toddler. He is throwing pie everywhere, particularly at her. The MOTHER struggles to keep her composure. MOTHER Now, stop that, sugar. Please. Please. You CaN have chocolate milk, o.k? I’m sorry. I/11 get you chocolate milk. You can have as much chocolate milk as you want. JENNA takes this in, a look of utter disgust crossing her face. She's met by DAWN and BECKY. They pull her quickly into a booth. BECKY Hey darlin’. We bought you somethin. A present. The three women sit. DANN hands JENNA a wrapped gift. JENNA Oh, that's so sweet. You shouldn'ta. DAWN open it. JENNA Ok. JENNA quickly rips the gift wrap off. It's a book. JENNA reads off the title. JENNA (cont’d) Oh it's a book. "What a Mama You're Gonna Bi Oh, look at that. BECKY We know you didn't initially have a... strong happiness about this whole baby thing, but she is coming anyway, 80... JENNA We don't know it's a she. DAWN. We figured we'd give you somethin‘ every woman is supposed to read. (MORE)52. pawN (cont'd) And every woman is ouppowed to read somethin’ like this. I think. JENNA Well thanke. BECKY You best read and absorb it. SENNA Hey, you know- I been thinkin. you guys ever hear about those people who sell their babies for lots of money through, like, lawyers and stufi? DAWN Jenna, you can't sell your baby. That's a horrible thought. JENNA Well, I just was thinkin’... If'n I did, 1 might make enough money to finally get away from Earl. at this point, the baby is the only real financial asset I have. You know, if I don’t win that pie contest. DAWN I'm gonna pretend you're not saying all this. JENNA Not everybody wants to be a momma, Dawn. That don't make me a bad person. BECKY You're not getting any more affectionate toward this little baby? Not at all? JENNA I respect this baby's right to thrive, I do nothing harmful to it. I don’t drink. I watch my diet. But no- I feel nothing like affection. Maybe that man smothered all the affection outta me. I don’t know. BEAT, The women all look at each other. DANN Gotta go back to work.53. BECKY Yeah. Breakfast crowd’s heatin up. SENNA Hey, thanks for the book. DAWN and BECKY get up from the booth. DAWN there's all these cool things to do in here. There's a little scrapbook section in the back to put pictures ef your pregnant belly as it develops. There’s a place to write your first letter to your baby. JENNA Huh. DAG Right in the middle. Right there. JENNA O.K. Dawn. Thanks. DAWN nods. She leaves. JENNA opens the book to the middle. Right to the "FIRST LETTER TO YOUR BABY" page. WE EEAR HER THOUGHTS; JENNA (V.0.) (cont'd) First letter to my baby... (a beat, then) Firet letter. "Dear baby...” We hear OLD JOE call out to JENNA. JOB Where's my WATER?? JENNA tries to hide the book in her skirt. She gets up and walks over to OLD JOE'S table. We hear her thoughts through the following montage: SENNA (V.0.) "Dear baby..." JENNA refills JOE'S water glass. JENNA (V.0.) (cont'd) "Dear baby... If I was writin’ you a letter it would probably sound somethin’ like an apology. (MORE)Ba. JENNA (V.0.) (cont'd) I know everyone deserves a momma who'd want a nice baby such as yourself. Who was also a good wife. A fine member of society. And I can’t rightly say that I’m any of that. CUT TO: 43 INT. EARL AND JENNA'S EOUSE - DINING ROOM - NIGHT 43 BARL and JENNA sit eating their dinner. BARL is jabbering away. But we can't hear him. We still hear JENNA‘s thoughts. JENNA (V.0.) And I'm not sure that the world is such a fine place to be bringing you. Many of the people I’ve met are not worth meeting. The people T watch on tv seem even worse. cUuT TO: 44 INT, BEDROOM - NIGET aa EARL and JENNA in bed. EARL is snoring. We can hear that, although we still hear JENNA'S thoughts. JENNA (V.0.) And you shouldn't take it personal, baby, if I don't seem like all the other manmas to be, jumpin’ all over themselves with joy, I frankly don’t know what I got to give you, baby. CUT TO: 45 INT. BATEROOM - MORNING 45 Clearly, time has passed. JENNA stands in the mirror, her shirt hiked up. A little bit of a pregnant belly now showing. JENNA (V.0.) What if I can't care for you? What if T leave Earl and don’t win that contest next week and don’t have no money? What the hell am I gonna do with you then? EARL enters the bathroom and pats JENNA on the head, enroute to the sink, JENNA drops her shirt as if to hide her little belly.46 aq 55. EARL You sure is getting fat, baby. cur To: INT. BEDROOM — MORNING 46 JENNA is packing a few things in a suitcase. JENNA (V.0.) All my life, baby, the only thing I ever want to do is run away. What kind of momma is that? EXT. BUS STOP —~ MORNING 47 JENNA sits, waiting for the bus. She's writing in the baby book. She's writing what we can see has become a long letter. We PAN UP from the page to her face. JENNA (V.0.) I wish I could feel other things, baby. Like excitement, that you're with me now. Or faith, that T/1l be a good mamma, even if my life aint such a good place and the world as I see it aint so pretty like they’d have you believe in this book. Anyway, I’m writin’ this letter to you, but it sounds more like a letter to me. Don’t it. Love, mamma. JUST THEN, we hear a honking sound. HONK HONK HONK HONK HONK... EARL pulls up in his Buick. JENNA looks scared. EARL shuts the engine, and jumps out of the car. EARL Where you going, Jenna? JENNA Nowhere, Earl. I mean, to work. EARL Why you got a suitcase? JENNA doesn’t respond. EARL smacks her across the face. Just once - but hard. JENNA starts to cry.48 49 50 56. EARL (cont’d) Shut up and get in the car. cur To: EXT. STREET - MORNING 48 EARL and JENNA in the Buick. EARL Pie baking contest, huh? JENNA Yes. I was gonna just go up there and win and surprise you. EARL You’re lying. You never enter no contest before in your life. You're a liar! EARL smacks at JENNA again. She moves out of the way. She's crying. JENNA Please Earl. Don’t... But he keeps trying to smack her. JENNA (cont’d) I’m PREGNANT!!! SILENCE. And then the car comes to a screeching halt. MORE SILENCE. Just the sound of the wind and JENNA’s gentle cries. cur T0: INT. KITCHEN - MORNING 49 JENNA, red eyed, takes a pie out of the oven. She puts it on a trivet, then carries it out to the: INT. DINING ROOM - SAME 50 EARL is just sitting there, looking to be in shock. JENNA enters, and puts the pie down in front of him. She hands him a fork, then sits across the table from him. EARL puts the fork into the steaming pie. He lifts out a piece, and blows on it. Finally:BT. EARL when was you gonna tell me? SENNA After I won the pie contest. EARL You aint going to no pie contest. You aint going nowhere. He blows on the pie piece some more, then puts it in his mouth. He talks as he eats. JENNA just watches him. EARL (cont'd) Here's the thing, wife. What if... what if you decide to love the baby more than you love me? I really wouldn't like that. Women do it all the time. they have a baby and then to hell with the man. JENNA You're jealous of the baby? EARL No. I don’t get jealous. That’s below me. I'm juat talkin’ it out. Talkin’ ny feelins out. And I know how women get and I’m just not sure I want that happenin’. JENNA is incredulous, but keeps her mouth shut. FARL (cont'd) I'd tell you to get rid of it, but I want you in the same place as me in the hereafter if you know what I mean... (beat; then) Maybe I just need you to make me a promise that you won't love the baby more than you love me, That you'll make a real effort to love me more. If I need somethin’, you'll keep takin’ care of it. You'll hold onto me more. I come first. Not any baby. (beat, then) Well, can you make Earlie that promise?51 52 58. JENNA (without missing a beat) Absolutely. EARL Say "I promise." JENNA I promise. EARL Say "I promise I'll love you more than the kid, Earlie.” JENNA I promise I'll love you more than the kid, Earlie. EARL That’s all I needed to hear. How do you like that? We’re having a baby. Maybe it happened that night I got you drunk. JENNA nods, then jumps up and rushes from the table. EARL (cont’d) Hey? Where you goin'? JENNA (0.8.) Gotta throw up! INT. DOCTOR'S OFFICE - WAITING ROOM - MORNING 51 JENNA sits in the waiting room. She nervously taps her foot. RECEPTIONIST (0.8.) Mrs. Hunterson? The Doctor will see you now. JENNA looks up. cur To: INT. EXAMINATION ROOM - A MOMENT LATER 52 JENNA sits on the gynecological table. She seems pretty apprehensive. A nurse, NURSE NORMA, is setting up a machine- an ultrasound machine.5a. NURSE NORMA Hi there. I'm Nurse Norma, I'll be helping Doctor Pomatter with your ultrasound examination today. You have any questions? SENNA This is when we look for the baby's heartbeat? NURSE NORMA Yes, among other things. You nervous? SENNA No. Do I seem nervous? NURSE NORMA Yes. You do. That's normal. Everybody gets nervous before their first ultrasound. JENNA I'm not nervous, though. NURSE NORMA O.k. You're net nervous. Just then, there's a knock. JENNA (NERVOUSLY) come in. I'm dressed... DOCTOR POMATTER enters. SENNA (cont’d) Hello, Doctor. DOCTOR POMATTER Hello, Mre. Hunterson. Eow've you been feeling? JENNA Oh, fine. DOCTOR POMATTER No problems? JENNA No.0. DOCTOR POMATTER You had no questions or concerns this past month. SENNA No, I certainly did not. There's a little uncomfortable pause. DOCTOR POMATTER 0.k., well, Lie back. Norma, can you turn off the lights? (to JENNA) This is not gonna hurt. Just gonna feel a little cold. NURSE NORMA hits the lights, and the room is darkened. We CLOSE IN on JENNA’s face. After a moment, she jerks back a little, as if feeling something uncomfortable. DOCTOR POMATTER (cont’d) Just a little pressure. O.k... ook... what am I looking at..? (brief pause, then:} There we go. We're having a baby alright. You want to see? JENNA I guess. DOCTOR POMATTER Look at the screen, JENNA turns to the right. We CLOSE IN OW THE SCREEN of the ultrasound machine. There's a blob on the screen. DOCTOR POMATTER (cont'd) Everything looks great. And do you see, right in the center, that flickering? JENNA Um...Yeah...right there. DOCTOR POMATTER That's the heartbeat. WORSE NORMA congratulations, Mrs. Hunterson! JENNA Glory be, hallelujah.el. DOCTOR POMATTER Um, Mrs. Eunterson doesn't really like to be congratulated... NURSE NORMA Oh. Sorry. SENNA Huh. Don't really look like much to me at this point. Certainly don't look like no baby yet. JENNA turns away from the screen. After a moment the lights go back on. DOCTOR POMATTER That's all T need you for, Norma. We're done here. We PULL OUT and see the room in full. The doctor ie taking his gloves off. JENNA is pulling down the hem of her robe. NURSE NORMA exits. Leaving JENNA and DOCTOR POMATTER alone. There's a beat, then: DOCTOR POMATTER (cont’d) Well, there you have it. JENNA Yeah. Another beat. DOCTOR POMATTER I quess we're officially forgetting the nonsense that happened last month. JENNA Yes, we officially are. DOCTOR POMATTER Iwant to apologize for it. I almost called you, T mean, just to apologize. I was so stressed out at the time, taking on all those new patients. Hadn‘t been sleeping too well. My judgement wasn’t what it normally is. I want you to know that it’ll never happen again. From this point on, our relationship is strictly a medical, professional one.62. ‘There's a beat. Somewhere at the end of it, JENNA leans up quickly, grabbing DOCTOR POMATTER and kissing him HARD. He pulls away. DOCTOR POMATTER (cont'd) venna...no!! (a beat, then:) Not with the door open. He rushes to the door, and pushes it shut. Then rushes back to JENNA on the examination table. He kisses her. They fall backwards onto the table. They continue to kiss hungrily, as we hear the following. SENNA (V.0.) Dear baby, P.S... I'd want to be able to teach a baby such as yourself the difference between good and bad, right and wrong... There's a knock on the door. DOCTOR POMATTER pulls away from JENNA's kiss, a look of horror on his face, JENNA (V.0.) (cont'd) (continuing; quickly:) But it seems I'm not fit to teach nobody nothin’. DOCTOR POMATTER jumps off the table. He's trying to smooth out his clothing. JENNA sits up with a start. NURSE NORMA (0.S.) Doctor Pomatter? You still in there? You got a phone call... DOCTOR POMATTER I'll be right out, Norma. NORMA opens the door. Before she can even fully take the scene in, DOCTOR POMATTER inmediately barks orders. Bis voice is commanding, it doesn't even shake. DOCTOR POMATTER (TO NORMA) (cont’d) Mrs. Hunterson needs to be weighed. Can you do that? (to JENNA) I'll see you in my office in a few minutes, Get dressed. With that, he exits. JENNA and NORMA watch him leave. CUT TO:53 63. INT. DOCTOR POMATTER'S PRIVATE OFFICE — MINUTES LATER 53 DOCTOR POMATTER and JENNA sit facing each other. They’re locked in some kind of quiet intimacy. Not speaking. They both look worried. This goes on for an extended moment. FINALLY: DOCTOR POMATTER Don't do that again. SENNA O.k. What? O.k... T won't. (she nods her head.) Kiss you, you mean. DOCTOR POMATTER No, not that. I didn't mean that. I meant- don't go away for a full month. and not call me. JENNA No questions or concerns. DOCTOR POMATTER Don't do that. JENNA Uhis is craziness, Doctor Pomatter. DOCTOR POMATTER Please call me Jim. JENNA No, I won't. DOCTOR POMATTER O.k. Don't. Dr. Pomatter is fine. JENNA Dr. Pomatter, this is sooo... DOCTOR POMATTER I won't have another conversation about how crazy this is, how sorry I am, how bad my judgement is and how I won’t ever touch you again. Not only would I be lying. But whenever I start saying those things, all that happens is you attack me. JENNA You're right.oa. DOCTOR POMATTER Are you taking your pre-natal vitamins everyday? OBNNA Faithfully. DOCTOR POMATTER Good. Having bad morning sickness? JENNA Not too bad. No. DOCTOR POMATTER No more spotting? JENNA No more spotting. DOCTOR POMATTER I'd like you to come back here on friday for ancther appointment. Can you come sometime in the afternoon? Do you get a lunch break? JENNA Yes. But I'll have to ask Becky to drive me. DOCTOR POMATTER Ask Becky to drive you. Noon, Tell the nurse at the desk before you leave to fit you in. I have to go over to St. Mary’s now to deliver a baby. Cause that's what I do. JENNA Ok. DOCTOR POMATTER Are we on the same page now? JENNA We're on the same page now. DOCTOR POMATTER gets up and puts his coat on. JENNA looks at him, not sure what just happened. She remains seated. DOCTOR POMATTER walks toward the door of his office. He reaches it, and is about to exit: DOCTOR POMATTER Good then. I wish it were Friday.64a. JENNA nods. DCCTOR POMATTER node back. Then he exite. JENNA looks utterly confused. Like a deer caught in the headlights. This look is near-frozen on her face.54 55 56 57 65. A funky modern techno-beat fades up. (The only words in the song are -every once in a while- "Dear Baby.") We cur To: EXT. STREET - DAY 54 JENNA walks down the street, to the sounds of the DEAR BABY song. The same dazed and confused deer in headlights look still frozen on her face. EXT. BUS STOP — DAY 55 JENNA sits on the bench at the bus stop. The “Dear Baby" song continues to play. Same deer in headlights look frozen on her face. We stay on her for a moment. All of a sudden, her confused look fades... her expression turns into one of awe and joy. A big, dopey grin. This expression stays on her face for a few moments, until the bus finally pulls in front of her, blocking her from view. cur TO: INT. EARL AND JENNA'S HOUSE - LIVING ROOM - NIGHT 56 EARL and JENNA sit on the couch. EARL is holding JENNA's hand in his lap. The television is on, but nobody watches it. EARL is fast asleep, snoring. JENNA has the same dopey, big grin on her face as she did at the bus stop. The "Dear Baby" song continues it's pulse. cur To: INT. DINER - DAY 57 JENNA, big dopey grin intact, carries a tray of food past CAL, and BECKY, (who've been in the midst of some big animated fight) who both stop and look at her strangely. "Dear Baby" still plays. JENNA walks toward a table of customers. We watch JENNA happily, dopily unload the food as if she's in Paradise picking flowers. Same dopey grin on her face. JENNA (V.0.) Dear Baby... At first it was really just about the sex. SMASH CUT TO:58 59 60 61 66. INT. EXAMINATION ROOM - DAY 58 JENNA and DOCTOR POMATTER are having sex on the gynecological table. JENNA is wearing her little white hospital gown. cur TO: INT. EXAMINATION ROOM - DIFFERENT DAY 59 JENNA and DOCTOR POMATTER enter the examination room. DOCTOR POMATTER immediately slams the door shut and begins groping and kissing JENNA right there, at the door. cur TO: INT. DOCTOR POMATTER'S PRIVATE OFFICE - DIFFERENT DAY 60 JENNA in her waitress uniform, sits on DOCTOR POMATTER'S desk. He slowly unbuttons her dress, then pushes her back on the desk. cur To: INT. DOCTOR'S OFFICE - WAITING ROOM - DIFFERENT DAY 61 JENNA sits in the waiting room, wearing her waitress uniform. (Her pregnancy has definitely begun to show a little more here.) The look on her face is decidedly naughty. She holds a pumpkin pie in her hands. It has a red bow tied around it. NURSE'S VOICE Jenna? The doctor is ready for you now. JENNA Thank you! cur To: INT. EXAMINATION ROOM - DAY 62 JENNA enters the examination room. Seated inside is a woman in her late 50’s. This is LILY MUELLER. DR. MUELLER Hi there! SENNA Dr. Mueller! How are you? I thought you retired!