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                 EXT. ARENA - NIGHT

                 Subtitle: After the fight.

                                         KENNY (V.O.)
                           It was a dark and stormy night...

                                         VOICE (V.O.)
                           Was it really stormy?

                                         KENNY (V.O.)
                           No, not really but it was kinda
                           dark... Anyway I entered the arena
                           parking lot and there he was...

                 The parking lot is empty but for a few odd vehicles, the
                 one truck that's still there has a couple grown men
                 standing around getting drunk. One of the men is still
                 wearing half of the chicken suit; he laughs and has a
                 good time.

                 Kenny walks into the parking lot with his eyes on the
                 chicken.



                 EXT. TRUCK - NIGHT

                 The man in the chicken suit who looks young and fit
                 laughs with his two friends as they drink.

                                         CHICKEN
                           So, these kids fight me and I get
                           big payoffs as long as I win.

                                         MAN
                           Stupid kids, they don't even know
                           you're a professional boxer.

                                         CHICKEN
                           I just make a lot of money this
                           way, keeps me going.

                 He toasts his beer in the air when out of nowhere he is
                 tackled to the ground by Kenny; he starts unloading
                 punches into his face.



                 INT. HOUSE - DAY

                 John sits at the table reading the paper, he slams it
                 down.

                                         JOHN
                           Damnit!

                 Jason enters the door and sits down beside him; he still
                 sports a black eye.

                                         JASON
                           What's up?

                                         JOHN
                           They lost again, I can't keep this
                           up.

                                         JASON
                           You lose any money?

                                         JOHN
                           Just a few hundred, nothing
                           special but they have been sucking
                           lately. What were you doing?

                                         JASON
                           I have been looking for Kenny,
                           ever since last night I haven't
                           heard from him.

                                         JOHN
                           Maybe he joined his bum buddies
                           back in prison.

                                         JASON
                           I doubt it.

                                         JOHN
                           Oh, before I forget one of your
                           little friends is waiting for you
                           down in your room.

                                         JASON
                           Really?

                                         JOHN
                           Yeah, he said you'd be surprised
                           to see him, then I let him go
                           downstairs and wait for you.

                                         JASON
                           Okay, thanks. I wonder who it
                           is...

                 Jason gets up and exits. John picks the paper back up and
                 starts reading it again.



                 INT. BASEMENT - DAY

                 The door to the basement opens; Jason runs down the
                 stairs and sees someone sitting at his computer with
                 there back to him.

                                         JASON
                           Kenny?

                 The guy gets up and turns, it's Arcadio Reyes.

                                         JASON (CONT'D)
                           Arcadio?

                 He smiles.

                                         ARCADIO
                           Surprise.

                 Jason sees Warrior sleeping on his futon.

                                         JASON
                           He usually hides when people come
                           over.

                                         ARCADIO
                           He likes me.

                                         JASON
                           Yeah.

                 Jason sits down on his futon and sees the computer is on,
                 Arcadio joins him.

                                         JASON (CONT'D)
                           Were you using my computer?

                                         ARCADIO
                           I got bored. Nice porn collection
                           you have there.

                                         JASON
                           It's not mine

                 Jason gets nervous.

                                         ARCADIO
                           Right.

                                         JASON
                           It's not.

                 Jason looks around; the cat in between them stays asleep.

                                         JASON (CONT'D)
                           So, what brings you back into
                           town?

                                         ARCADIO
                           The film is out and I knew you'd
                           be happy to see me so I thought
                           I'd pay you a visit, show you that
                           I'm a down to earth guy.

                                         JASON
                           You mean you're not a rich prick
                           like the rest of Hollywood?

                                         ARCADIO
                           Nope.

                                         JASON
                           That's cool. I'm sorry if it seems
                           like I'm not happy to see you, in
                           fact I am but I'm worried about
                           Kenny.

                                         ARCADIO
                           Where is he?

                                         JASON
                           That's why I'm worried.

                                         ARCADIO
                           He's a grown man; maybe he's just
                           doing stuff.

                 Jason looks at him like he's on drugs.

                                         JASON
                           You don't get it, he's always over
                           here. I mean the only times he
                           hasn't shown up was when he was
                           really badly hurt, or sleeping in.

                                         ARCADIO
                           Well, what can you do about it?

                                         JASON
                           I can't call the police because
                           they'll just laugh.

                                         ARCADIO
                           Really?

                                         JASON
                           Yeah.



                 INT. POLICE STATION - DAY

                 Subtitle: A few years earlier

                 A younger Jason runs into the police station, approaches
                 an officer behind the counter out of breath.

                                         JASON
                           Help! My friend... He didn't come
                           over.

                                         OFFICER
                           Have you checked his house?

                                         JASON
                           No.

                                         OFFICER
                           Go do that.

                                         JASON
                           Okay...

                 Jason walks out, the officer shakes his head.



                 INT. BASEMENT - CONTINUED

                 Arcadio now stands, Jason looks at him.

                                         ARCADIO
                           Well that seems a little
                           overboard.

                                         JASON
                           Maybe it was, but we know each
                           other.

                                         ARCADIO
                           Was he at home?

                                         JASON
                           Yeah.

                                         ARCADIO
                           Okay. What do you wanna do?

                                         JASON
                                (Confused)
                           Don't you have anything better to
                           do?

                                         ARCADIO
                           Nope, not really.

                                         JASON
                           I'm going to look for Kenny.

                                         ARCADIO
                           I'll come along, maybe I can help.

                                         JASON
                           You have a limo?

                                         ARCADIO
                           No, didn't bring it. Can't have
                           people knowing I am here.

                                         JASON
                           With a name like Arcadio, people
                           will know.

                                         ARCADIO
                           Okay, well just call me Dio and
                           we'll leave it at that.

                 Jason gets up.

                                         JASON
                           Okay man, let's get going.

                 Jason and Arcadio leave up the stairs, as they leave
                 Warrior wakes up. He stretches, looks around and squats
                 on the futon getting ready to go to the bathroom.

                                                                 FADE OUT.

                 Opening Sequence

                                                                 FADE IN.



                 INT. THERAPISTS OFFICE - DAY

                 The therapist DAVID CUMMING wears glasses, he has a
                 friendly casual look sits in a chair beside Kenny who
                 lies on a couch.

                                         DR. CUMMING
                           Kenny, why are you angry?

                                         KENNY
                           I'm not; it's just that the
                           chicken hurt my friend.

                 Dr. Cumming takes notes.

                                         DR. CUMMING
                           This... Jason, he is your best
                           friend?

                                         KENNY
                           Yeah, we've been friends forever.

                                         DR. CUMMING
                           Give me an example of a good time
                           with Jason.

                 Kenny puts his hand on his chin.

                                         KENNY
                           Okay, there was this one time in
                           our teenage years when...



                 EXT. STREET - DAY

                 A younger Kenny skateboards around the street; a younger
                 Jason sits at the side of the road on the curb watching.

                 Kenny pulls off a kick-flip and than stops in front of
                 Jason.

                                         KENNY
                           Come on, man. Just try it once.

                                         JASON
                           No, I'll hurt myself.

                                         KENNY
                           Come on, don't be a pussy.

                                         JASON
                           You sure I won't get hurt?

                                         KENNY
                           Positive, my friend.

                 Jason takes the skateboard, puts it down and smiles to
                 himself. Jason takes a run and jumps on almost
                 immediately falling off and landing face first onto the
                 ground.

                 Jason rolls around on the ground in pain, Kenny rolls
                 around on the grass laughing.



                 INT. THERAPISTS OFFICE - CONTINUED

                 Kenny laughs, Dr. Cumming takes notes.

                                         KENNY
                           Good times.

                                         DR. CUMMING
                           What about an example of a bad
                           time?

                                         KENNY
                           Well there was this other time
                           when...



                 EXT. STREET - DAY

                 Snow is on the ground as a younger Kenny is dressed in
                 street hockey gear, a younger Jason is dressed in Goalie
                 equipment as they play shoot-out up against a garage with
                 a net behind Jason.

                 Kenny runs up and dekes Jason out scoring into the net.

                                         KENNY
                           He shoots, he scores.
                                (Says slowly)
                           M-a-r-i-o L-e-m-i-e-u-x

                 Jason clears the ball back to Kenny who fires it
                 immediately and it hits Jason directly in the crotch, he
                 falls to the ground holding himself and moaning in pain.

                 Kenny falls to the ground laughing again.



                 INT. THERAPISTS OFFICE - CONTINUED

                 Kenny laughs to himself, Dr. Cumming takes more notes.

                                         DR. CUMMING
                           It seems as if all of your good
                           moments and bad moments are one in
                           the same, which explains why
                           you've been getting into more and
                           more trouble as you've gotten
                           older.

                                         KENNY
                           Oh, you misunderstood me. That was
                           another good moment, the bad
                           moments are when my mother
                           abandoned me, when my father let
                           me go to jail and rot for a few
                           months while he got head from some
                           woman that's around my age or
                           maybe when he tells me he loves me
                           but really the only person he
                           loves is himself.

                 Dr. Cumming nods and takes more notes.



                 EXT. CONVENIENCE STORE - DAY

                 A new poster is on the door, it says "Better Days" in big
                 bold letters at the top, at the bottom is a line saying
                 the film based off of the series once called "Odd and
                 kind of Pointless" by a famed reviewer.

                 Jason and Arcadio enter the parking lot and see it.

                                         ARCADIO
                           What is that?

                                         JASON
                           It looks like they are making
                           another lame ass movie teen
                           comedy.

                                         ARCADIO
                           What has the world come to, Better
                           Days sounds like a drug addict in
                           rehab. Another human interest
                           story made for T.V., god when will
                           they stop.

                                         JASON
                           We don't even know what it's
                           about, give it a chance.

                                         ARCADIO
                           Maybe, but the concept has been
                           done before. Have you ever seen
                           Seinfeld?

                                         JASON
                           Yeah, that show's cool.

                                         ARCADIO
                           People are so gullible.

                 The Clerk pokes his head out of the door.

                                         CLERK
                           Hey, you two. Stop that, this is
                           not a peep show.

                                         ARCADIO
                           Do you know anything about this
                           new film?

                                         CLERK
                           No. I only work here; I don't care
                           about the movies.

                 The Clerk disappears back inside, Arcadio turns to Jason.

                                         ARCADIO
                           What's wrong with that guy? He
                           seems angry.

                                         JASON
                           I don't know, he's annoying.

                 They walk toward the door, Jason looks once more at the
                 poster.



                 INT. CONVENIENCE STORE - DAY

                 Jason and Arcadio enter, The Clerk who stands behind the
                 counter watches them enter.

                                         CLERK
                           Why did you come in?

                                         JASON
                           We're customers, dude.

                                         CLERK
                           Maybe...

                                         JASON
                           Have you seen Kenny?

                                         CLERK
                           Who's that?

                                         JASON
                           The guy I'm always with.

                                         CLERK
                           Oh yeah. No!

                                         JASON
                           Damnit!

                                         ARCADIO
                           It's alright Jason, we'll keep
                           looking.

                                         CLERK
                           If you're not going to buy
                           something, get out.

                 Jason and Arcadio continue to look around ignoring The
                 Clerk who watches their every move.



                 INT. THERAPISTS OFFICE - DAY

                 Kenny and Dr. Cumming still sit in the same places as
                 they continue to talk.

                                         DR. CUMMING
                           This Jason seems to be a big part
                           of your life, tell me about him.

                                         KENNY
                           Well there was this other time...



                 EXT. STREET - DAY

                 A beautiful woman is being mugged by a big man with a
                 knife to her throat; Kenny starts down the street and
                 sees this going on.

                                         MAN
                           I'm going to kill you.

                 Kenny out of nowhere kicks the robber off, holds him down
                 with his foot and pulls a gun. He cocks the gun to one
                 side.

                                         KENNY
                           Freeze! Motherfucker, I'm a
                           gangsta.

                 Kenny and The Robber exchange glances.



                 INT. THERAPISTS OFFICE - CONTINUED

                 Dr. Cumming looks confused.

                                         DR. CUMMING
                           Kenny, that has nothing to do with
                           Jason, I think we should really
                           focus on him and your friendship.

                                         KENNY
                           Now hold up you over achiever, I
                           wasn't finished...



                 EXT. STREET - BACK TO

                 Kenny and the beautiful woman now stand face to face, the
                 robber runs away down the street. Kenny shoots his hand
                 onto her breast and than her hand shoots onto his crotch.

                                         WOMAN
                           Wow, it's so big.

                                         KENNY
                           Thanks.

                 They kiss.



                 INT. THERAPISTS OFFICE - CONTINUED

                 Dr. Cumming seems a little agitated now.

                                         DR. CUMMING
                           Kenny, that has nothing to do with
                           what we're here to talk about.

                                         KENNY
                           Well this is about me and my
                           problems so go find your own
                           therapist if you want to talk
                           about you.

                                         DR. CUMMING
                           Stop changing the subject with
                           your flashbacks, we have made some
                           important progress otherwise.

                                         KENNY
                           The only reason I'm here is so
                           they won't just stick me back in
                           prison, they "believe in me."

                 Kenny laughs.

                                         DR. CUMMING
                           Okay, let's talk about why you'd
                           rather be in prison.

                                         KENNY
                           It's safe in there; the only thing
                           that keeps me going is Jason. My
                           father is an asshole, my mother a
                           slut, everything I've ever done
                           was because of those two. I'm
                           tired of being in that family; I
                           wish I could be in Jason's
                           family...

                                         DR. CUMMING
                           Continue.

                                         KENNY
                           I don't know if I want to, that's
                           the problem.

                 Kenny shifts his weight.

                                         DR. CUMMING
                           I understand what you're going
                           through.

                                         KENNY
                           Do you? When I was seventeen I
                           called a suicide hotline and the
                           best advice they could give was
                           "You matter" Fuck, shit matters
                           but that doesn't stop us from
                           flushing it, don't tell me that I
                           matter.

                                         DR. CUMMING
                           I care, even if you don't.

                 Kenny stops for a few moments, Dr. Cumming writes down
                 more onto his pad.



                 INT. HAIR SALON - DAY

                 Jason and Arcadio walk through the front doors; Arcadio
                 now has a film magazine called "The Industry" in his
                 hands.

                                         ARCADIO
                           They like my film; I got four
                           stars out of five from this
                           reviewer.

                                         JASON
                           I would have given it a five, what
                           didn't he like?

                                         ARCADIO
                           He said because it came out around
                           the same time as that Sky Captain
                           thing it hurt mine.

                                         JASON
                           That Sky Captain film was lame, in
                           my books you're number one.

                                         ARCADIO
                           Thanks.

                 Barbara walks out of the back area and sees them standing
                 there; she looks at Arcadio as if she knows him but can't
                 remember.

                                         BARBARA
                           Jason...

                                         JASON
                           Hey Barbie, you remember Arcadio.

                                         BARBARA
                           No.

                                         JASON
                           Come on. Movie premiere? Press
                           conference? Big time director?

                 Barbara kind of clues in and nods.

                                         BARBARA
                           Oh, yeah, right.

                                         JASON
                           Anyways he's in town for a few
                           days and is helping me look for
                           Kenny. You wouldn't happen to know
                           where he is, would you?

                                         BARBARA
                           Why would I?

                                         JASON
                           He's our friend.

                                         BARBARA
                           No, he's your friend. I don't like
                           that asshole, I hope he moved
                           away.

                                         JASON
                           His stuff is still at home.

                                         BARBARA
                           Maybe you should go see his dad,
                           might help. When are you going to
                           go out with Poppy again?

                                         JASON
                           Why, is she asking?

                                         BARBARA
                           Yeah.

                                         JASON
                           Tell her I'll call her later.

                 Arcadio smiles at Barbara.

                                         ARCADIO
                           So, you wanna catch a movie?

                                         BARBARA
                           What movie?

                                         ARCADIO
                           I don't know, I'll write you one
                           and you can star.

                                         BARBARA
                           Really?

                                         ARCADIO
                           Of course, I'm rich.

                 Jason rolls his eyes and leaves the salon.

                                         BARBARA
                           You better catch up.

                 Arcadio looks to see Jason is gone.

                                         ARCADIO
                           Let him go. Let's have lunch, on
                           me.

                                         BARBARA
                           Sure.

                 She smiles and he takes her hand.



                 EXT. CINEMA - DAY

                 Casey stands outside by himself smoking a cigarette; he
                 scratches himself and blows a large mouthful of smoke up
                 into the air.

                                         CASEY
                                (Relieved)
                           Ah, ozone.

                 Jason joins him.

                                         CASEY (CONT'D)
                           What's up, bitch?

                                         JASON
                           You know, stuff.

                                         CASEY
                           Yeah, where's Kennifer?

                                         JASON
                           That's what I wanna know.

                                         CASEY
                           Maybe he's having sex with a hot
                           broad, could happen but I doubt
                           it.

                                         JASON
                           What have you been up to, man?

                                         CASEY
                           I was with another hot bitch last
                           night and she was all into some
                           freaky shit but she wanted me to
                           do stuff that I'm not comfortable
                           with.

                                         JASON
                           Like what?

                                         CASEY
                                (Looks around,
                                 whispers)
                           Anal... On me. The bitch brought
                           over a dildo so I had to kick her
                           ass to the curb. I might have to
                           start sleeping with my teachers,
                           it's the new trend.

                                         JASON
                           Yeah.

                                         CASEY
                           Have you seen "The Tape?"

                                         JASON
                           Which one?

                                         CASEY
                           The one with Hobbits and some
                           ring?

                                         JASON
                           Yeah, The Lord of The Rings, it's
                           a good film but really long.

                 Casey looks at him for a moment, takes a drag of his
                 cigarette and continues talking.

                                         CASEY
                           It's a film? I downloaded this
                           short porno called "The Hobbit
                           Fetish." It had these two little
                           midget looking fuckers all like
                           "Oh, Mr. Frodo" and than the Frodo
                           one was all like "You really are
                           brave Sam Wise." I almost threw up
                           but than I got kinda aroused.

                                         JASON
                           That's sick dude, really sick.

                                         CASEY
                           You like it, bitch.

                 Casey drops his cigarette and crushes it.

                                         CASEY (CONT'D)
                           I have to get home, but when you
                           find Kennifer tell him I have that
                           film he wanted.

                 Casey laughs and leaves back into the Cinema, Jason turns
                 and walks the other way.



                 INT. THERAPISTS OFFICE - DAY

                 Kenny and Dr. Cumming now stand.

                                         DR. CUMMING
                           Well, Kenny, I feel we have made
                           some very serious progress here
                           today. You have another
                           appointment next week, I'll see
                           you then.

                                         KENNY
                           Oh and Doctor, if you tell anybody
                           about this I will fuckin' kill
                           you... Serious.

                 Kenny leaves closing the door behind, Dr. Cumming sits
                 back down.

                                         DR. CUMMING (V.O.)
                                (His thoughts)
                           What a temper on that young man,
                           I'll be sure to ask my wife her
                           thoughts while I'm pounding her
                           later on tonight.

                 Dr. Cumming scratches his chin.



                 EXT. HOUSE - NIGHT

                 Jason, Barbara and Arcadio sit on the small porch of
                 Jason's house.

                                         JASON
                           So, what did you two do today?

                                         BARBARA
                           Went out for lunch and dinner,
                           seen a movie and shared "ideas"
                           for Dio's next film project.

                                         JASON
                           I see.

                 Arcadio pats Jason on the back.

                                         ARCADIO
                           What's wrong Jay? Still can't find
                           Silent Bob?

                                         JASON
                           No, nobody seems to know where he
                           is. Though his father was acting a
                           little strange when I was over
                           there, may just be how he is.

                                         ARCADIO
                           I wouldn't know.

                                         JASON
                           Yeah, me either.

                 A moving truck pulls into the house next door.

                                         JASON (CONT'D)
                           I wonder who's moving in on this
                           lame dick street.

                                         ARCADIO
                           I don't know, I kind of like it.

                                         BARBARA
                           Yeah, it's the perfect place to
                           raise a family.

                 She smiles and looks at Arcadio who looks back at her,
                 Jason stares at the car that arrives soon after.

                 CLOSE UP: Car Window

                 A beautiful blonde haired girl with the features of a
                 movie star sits in the front seat.

                 Jason snaps back when the screen door hits him in the
                 back, John stands in the doorway.

                                         JOHN
                           Kenny called a couple hours ago
                           and said he'd be by, forgot to
                           tell you.

                                         JASON
                           Thanks, pop.

                                         JOHN
                           No problem.

                 John disappears back into the house.

                                         BARBARA
                           I wonder where he's been all day
                           without calling his best friend.

                                         JASON
                           I don't care anymore as long as
                           he's alright.

                 Kenny shows up at the end of the driveway, he approaches
                 them.

                                         JASON (CONT'D)
                                (Loudly)
                           Hey man.

                 Kenny arrives and joins them on the porch, he sits beside
                 Jason.

                                         KENNY
                           Sorry about today, hope I didn't
                           cause any problems.

                                         BARBARA
                           Actually...

                                         JASON
                           No, not at all. I was just hanging
                           out with Dio.

                                         KENNY
                           You didn't discuss his film all
                           day, did you?

                                         JASON
                           No, we haven't really had time to.
                           All that fun we were having, it
                           just never came up.

                                         KENNY
                           Cool, I see Barbie came running
                           back again... Typical.

                 They all laugh.

                                         JASON
                           So, did you want to stay over
                           tonight Dio?

                                         ARCADIO
                           I could rent a room but where's
                           the fun in that, sure.

                                         JASON
                           We can watch movies, and you can
                           critique them.

                                         ARCADIO
                           Okay, but I hold every film in a
                           class of its very own.

                                         JASON
                           Don't we all?

                                         ARCADIO
                           Maybe.

                                         JASON
                           Kenny, Barbie, what about you?

                                         KENNY
                           Movie night with the rich and
                           famous? Count me in.

                 Barbara looks around as if she's the odd one out.

                                         BARBARA
                           I can't, it's not right for me to
                           be staying over.

                                         KENNY
                           Okay... Joey.

                 Arcadio and Jason laugh, Barbara gives in.

                                         BARBARA
                           Okay, fine.

                                         KENNY
                           Alright, foursome at Jason's...

                 Barbara hits him in the arm.



                 INT. BASEMENT - NIGHT

                 The four walk downstairs, Warriors sits on the floor
                 watching them. Arcadio bends down and pats the cat who
                 purrs up against his leg.

                 Jason jumps onto the futon and lays still.

                                         JASON
                           I'm wet.

                                         KENNY
                           Well get up and go to the toilet.

                 Jason gets up and a puddle has formed up his back.

                                         JASON
                           Fucking sick, I'm going to kill
                           you.

                 He runs toward the cat who speeds off upstairs, Jason
                 takes off upstairs after him.

                 Kenny gets closer to the futon and smells it, then
                 laughs.

                                                                 FADE OUT.

                                         ...THE END...



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