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THE LunchROOM
Episode 1.03
"Screw Your Spirit"
WRITTEN BY
Bruce Snyder
CREATED BY
Bruce Snyder
CAST LIST
Will Cooper.................................
Joel Mayberry...............................
Brian Vandele...............................
Brock Warner................................
Reicther....................................
Casey Jennings..............................
GUEST CAST LIST
Cheerleader #1..............................
Cheerleader #2..............................
Rene David..................................
Emily Lucas.................................
Josh Hamm...................................
Mrs. Mitchell...............................
Mr. Kline...................................
Tuba Player.................................
Justin Johnson..............................
Coach Chase.................................
Principal Stevens...........................
Cheerleader #3..............................
Copyright © Bruce Snyder
TEASER:
INT. SHOP CLASS – MORNING
Reicther and Will are working together on a making
something out of wood. Will is carefully cutting the
wood, while Reicther watches. In the background we can
here Maroon 5's "This Love" playing on a radio.
REICTHER
God, I hate this song.
WILL
What song?
REICTHER
Listen.
Will does so.
REICTHER
Oh, DAMN YOU MORON 5!
Will shakes his head.
WILL
Your not too smart are you,
Reicther?
REICTHER
Why are you calling me dumb? At
least I didn't name my band Moron 5.
OPENING CREDIT SEQUENCE:
Marvin Gaye's "Ain't That Peculiar" plays over the
credits.
INT. HALLWAY – MID-DAY
At the turnpike of this hallway, stand two CHEERLEADERS.
They have flyers. They hand them out to the people that
walk by.
CHEERLEADER #1
Listen up, everybody! Tomorrow
night, our Centerville Bulldogs
will play the Richmond Knights for
the state championship. Show up for
the game and support your team!
CHEERLEADER #2
YEAH!!!
Will walks by. They hand him one. He looks it over and
throws it down. CHEERLEADER #1 bends down and picks it
up.
CHEERLEADER #1
Here, you dropped this.
Will looks at her, then the paper.
WILL
No, I didn't.
He drops again and walks off. Just then Reicther is
walking by. CHEERLEADER #2 shoves a flyer in his face.
He screams out of surprise and drops his stuff.
INT. MATH CLASS – SECONDS LATER
Will is sitting down at his table. He is rubbing his
head. EMILY and RENE walk up and sit down.
WILL
I can't tell you how much I'm
awaiting three o'clock.
EMILY
Cause of vacation?
WILL
Well, there is that. But I can't
take all this...
(searches for word)
spirit.
RENE
There's nothing wrong with a little
spirit.
WILL
Little? In gym class, when I was
showering Brian Layton has his nuts
painted with the school colors. The
right was blue. The left was white.
Rene and Emily laugh at this.
WILL
That's pushing it too far.
INT. ENGLISH CLASS – SAME
Brock and Brian sit, listening to the teacher, MRS.
MITCHELL.
MITCHELL
Now, since it's the last day before
break and because of the game
tomorrow we're going to write an
essay about the crazy things that
have been happening.
Brian and Brock seem disappointed.
MITCHELL
At has to be at least ten sentences.
And I only want positive things.
Nothing negative.
Brock leans into Brian, talking quietly.
BROCK
How the hell are we suppose to do
that?
Brian shrugs.
MITCHELL
You have until the pep rally at one
thirty.
She sits. The class quickly gets to work. Brian and
Brock are the only ones who have to think about this.
BRIAN
How the hell are we going to do
this?
Brock shrugs. The both begin to stare at the papers in
front of them.
INT. SPANISH CLASS – SAME
Most of the class are talking. We notice that Reicther
is sitting in the back. MR. KLINE gets their attention.
KLINE
Ladies and gentleman. I have an
announcement to make.
Everyone quiets down.
KLINE
I've just been informed that do to
the overcrowded seating for the
pep rally, we'll be seated next to
the band.
Reicther doesn't like this idea.
REICTHER
(to himself)
Crap.
INT. MATH CLASS – SAME
Will, Rene, and Emily still sit. This time, JOSH HAMM
has joined them. They have all stopped working and are
now talking.
JOSH
You know, what I would pay good
money to do?
WILL (V/O)
Lose weight? Ha ha. Ba zing!
Will looks around and realizes that he didn't say
anything.
WILL (V/O)
Man I wish the others heard that.
RENE
What's that?
JOSH
I would pay good money to be in the
locker room before tomorrow's game.
Rene and Emily nod their head. Will seems confused.
WILL
Wait, why the would you want that?
JOSH
C'mon, Coach Chase's speech before
the game would be the greatest.
Will stares at him, like he's an idiot.
WILL
It wouldn't be that great. Now, if it
were like a movie he would give a
five minute emotional speech where
he would cry at the end. And this
motive our team so much we would
win. Unfortunately, we live in
Indiana. Here, Jerry Springer is
considered masterpiece theater.
Rene and Emily laugh. Josh smiles, but doesn't like how
he bashed his dream.
WILL
It will probably go a little
something like this.
(imitating coach)
"Sorry I'm late. I got backed up in
traffic. Um...a famous person once
said...this one's for all the
marbles. So go out there and win
those marbles."
Rene and Emily laugh harder. Josh joins in by laughing.
EMILY
God. You're got no spirit what so
ever do, Will?
WILL
I can't get very excited about a
group of guys who call "assface"
every morning. That's like Jews
getting excited about Nazis.
INT. ENGLISH CLASS – SAME
Brian and Brock try to work, but seem to have a bad case
of writer's block.
CLOSE UP ON BRIAN'S FACE:
He begins to write.
BRIAN (V/O)
"Spirit week is...
Brian begins to think.
BRIAN (V/O)
"Spirit week is...
Brian gulps, like he's about to do something bad.
BRIAN (V/O)
"...good."
Brian sighs.
BRIAN
(to himself)
That felt wrong on several levels.
Brock finishes up writing and gets up. He walks up to
Mitchell and hands her his paper. He begins to head
back.
MITCHELL
Wait, Brock.
Brock stops and turns back to her.
MITCHELL
I've just got look over this,
quickly.
She begins to read over it, pleased so far. She gets to
spot, and looks up at Brock.
MITCHELL
(shocked) Brock! Well, I think we
both know you need to fix this
paper.
She hands Brock the paper back, and he walks away.
When he returns to his seat, Brian seems eager.
BRIAN
What'd you write?
Brock lifts the paper and points. Brian reads it and
smiles.
INT. MATH CLASS – SAME
Rene and Will are still seating. Emily and Josh have
left.
WILL
What does a person do during a pep
rally?
RENE
Um...rally...your pep for the team.
WILL
(sarcastic) You're very helpful, you
know that?
RENE
To be honest, I'm not sure what the
hell will happen.
VOICE (O.S.)
All right, everyone gather their
things. The rally is going to begin
soon.
INT. ENGLISH CLASS – SAME
Brock and Brian sit. They look guilty.
BROCK
That was the hardest thing to ever
write.
Pause.
BRIAN
I feel like I've killed somebody or
something.
Pause.
BROCK
I feel the need to take long cold
shower.
Pause.
CLOSE UP ON CLOCK:
It strikes: "1:30."
Brian looks up and notices it.
BRIAN
Ah, crap.
INT. MATH CLASS – SAME
Rene is now talking to Emily. Will is looking up at the
clock. The loud speaker comes on.
VOICE (O.S.)
If, all the freshmen could make
their way to the gym. We're going
to start the pep rally.
Will sighs. He stands and leaves frame.
INT. GYM – SAME
In the corner of the bleachers are the BAND. The Spanish
class are seating themselves next to them. Reicther
looks around for a seat and sees the only empty one is
next a TUBA PLAYER. He sighs, but doesn't move. Mr.
Kline comes up behind.
KLINE
C'mon, Mr. Reicther. Take a seat.
REICTHER
Do I have to seat there?
KLINE
Is there anywhere else to sit?
REICTHER
No.
KLINE
Then I guess you sit there.
Reicther walks up to the seat and sits down. He eyes the
Tuba Player. The Player doesn't notice him and blows
into his tuba. Reicther jumps at this. He begins to eye
the Player. The Player doesn't notice.
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BLEACHERS -
Will, Brian, Brock, and Casey are walking up the
aisle. The four turn and scrunch into a row. The group
sits quiet for a second.
WILL
This sucks ass.
BROCK
What the hell are we having a pep
rally for?
BRIAN
The team won something...a game I
think. And now, there going to play
another game...or least that's what
I think.
Casey is looking forward before...BAM! A pair of beads
hit him right in the eye.
CASEY
Owwww!!!
WILL
You bastards!
Will picks up the beads and is about to throw them back.
CASEY
Wait! I still want the beads.
Casey takes the beads. Just then JUSTIN JOHNSON walks up
the aisle. He notices Will sitting on the edge. He rubs
Will's hair.
JUSTIN
Hey, Willie.
He walks away. Will looks forward, angrily. The others
are looking at him.
CASEY
Will, you're not going to anything
stupid are you?
WILL
Not physically. But right now, in
my mind, I'm kicking the shit out
of him.
The lights dim.
REICTHER -
The band begins to play, while Reicther grabs his ears
like their in great pain.
THE GUYS -
They all look around, confused.
WILL
What the hell is going on?
VOICE (O.S.)
Ladies and Gentleman, please
welcome...your Centerville
Bulldogs!
Suddenly, TWELVE TEENAGE BOYS run out on the Gym floor.
The audience on the bleachers go nuts, except for the
guys. They look around.
The audience going nuts lasts for a minute, before
things quiet down. COACH CHASE walks up in front of the
guys, with a microphone.
CHASE
Hello, everybody.
He is greeted with applause.
CHASE
Please, please. I don't deserve it.
If anyone does, it should be these
fine gentlemen behind me.
Everyone begins to clap. Brian seems annoyed.
BRIAN
Jesus Christ, are these guys going
to applaud at everything?
CHASE
Now, before I go on, Principal
Stevens would like to say something.
PRINCIPAL STEVENS walks out onto the court.
REICTHER -
The band begins to play again. He covers his ears.
REICTHER
(to himself)
Son of a bitch.
Stevens grabs the mike.
STEVENS
Well, I don't know about everyone
out there but I'm proud of my
Centerville Bulldogs. Now it's not
like this happens everyday.
As Stevens goes on with his speech, The guys look bored
and space out.
SWIPE TO:
A FEW MINUTES LATER -
Stevens is just finishing up his speech.
STEVENS
That's why I declare today, Bulldog
day.
The audience goes wild again. Brian leans over to
Will.
BRIAN
Does he really have the power to do
that?
Will shrugs. Now, a group of CHEERLEADERS enter onto the
gym floor.
CHEERLEADER #3
All right, who wants to win some
prizes?
The audience continues to go nuts.
While everyone goes nuts, The guys look at each other
and begin to have a normal conversation.
CASEY
So did you guys find out what sport
they won at?
BROCK
I don't think they said.
BRIAN
They had to say.
WILL
No, actually I think Brock might be
right. See I ne –
Just then, I small fluffy thing hits Will in the head.
WILL
What the hell?
He picks it up, to reveal that it's a SUBWAY SANDWHICH.
WILL
I was just attacked by a low fat
sandwich.
CASEY
We keep getting by things. It's
like a fucking war, man.
BRIAN
I hope this thing doesn't last too
much long.
Will unwraps the sandwich and takes a bit. He quickly
swallows and looks disgusted.
WILL
It's got that loaf stuff on it.
Will just randomly tosses it forward.
INT. HALLWAY – MINUTES LATER
Brian, Will, Brock, and Casey quietly come through the
gym doors. They are followed by a large crowd.
WILL
Free at least, free at least, THANK
GOD ALMIGHTY I'm free at last!
INT. STUDY HALL – MINUTES LATER
Reicther sits at his table alone, feeling his ear. Will
and Brock come up and sit down.
WILL
That's all that was? It was
basically them just saying "we're
going to win" for half an hour.
BROCK
It was pretty stupid.
REICTHER
I think it would be funny if we
lose. I mean, after all this
build-up.
WILL
What's wrong with your ear?
REICTHER
They sat me next to the tuba player.
Brock has a good laugh over this. Will smiles.
WILL
How well can you hear?
REICTHER
Barely.
Justin Johnson is walking in the background. He's got an
idiotic smile on his face. Brock notices him. Justin
walks, and is talking to someone off camera. He quickly
trips over a stack of boxes. The contents spill all over
the floor. Will and Brock begin to laugh.
REICTHER
Did you guys hear that?
FADE OUT.
END OF EPISODE
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