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                                                 First Draft
                                                 October 15, 2005 -
                                                 December 22, 2005














                "THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE"


                       Episode #1
                        "Pilot"

                  Written and Created

                           by

                      John Manson





                           ACT ONE


FADE IN:

SUPERED OVER A BLACK BACKGROUND:

                           "FRIDAY

                         1:34 a.m."

INT. LUKE AND STEVEN'S BEDROOM - THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT -
(NIGHT 1)

The ending credit music for "Late Night With Conan O' Brien"
plays from the TV. LUKE, 14, and his cousin, JERRY, 16,
stare at the screen with a look of boredom and slowly fading
interest. The room is small, with two beds and a few windows.
Luke is lying on the floor in front of the entertainment
center and Jerry is on the futon next to him.

                        LUKE
                   (flipping channels)
            There's nothing on.
                   (flip)
            Crap.
                   (flip)
            Crap.
                   (flip)


                        JERRY
            Just put it on the country channel,
            and stop whining. It makes me wanna
            barf.

The video for "Mississippi Girl", a song by Faith Hill, is
on CMT. It's a video they've seen many times.

                        LUKE
                   (re: Faith)
            Ooo, check that out.

                        JERRY
            I've seen it, thank you.

                        LUKE
            Yeah, well.
                   (turning to his Faith
                   Hill poster)
            She is hot, though.

                                                            2.


                        JERRY
            Shania Twain is hotter.

                        LUKE
            You're crazy.

                        JERRY
            I don't know... I think Shania
            might be hotter.

                        LUKE
            No way, man! Faith is definitely
            hotter.

                        JERRY
            We agree to disagree.

                        LUKE
            Fine. But I'm still right.

They watch the video for a few more seconds. Luke smiles to
himself, amused by one of his own thoughts.

                        JERRY
                   (wanting in on it)
            What?


                        LUKE
            You know what would be awesome, and
            a great solution to our problem?

                        JERRY
            What?

                        LUKE
                   (giddy)
            A threesome.

Jerry can't help laughing out loud.

                        JERRY
            That would be awesome.

                        LUKE
            I mean, just thinking about them
            making-out with each other is
            enough. But a real, live threesome.
                   (waits for initial
                   laughter to die off)
            You think it could happen?

                        JERRY
            With us?

                                                            3.


                        LUKE
            Yeah.

                        JERRY
            I would doubt it.

                        LUKE
            Why? It could happen.

                        JERRY
            What would you say? "My name's Luke.
            I'm fourteen, and I was wondering
            if you'd like to have a threesome
            with me."

                        LUKE
            No. It doesn't have to be when I'm
            fourteen. It could happen whenever.

                        JERRY
            I really don't think so.

                        LUKE
            Why not?

                        JERRY
            For starters, they're both married.

                        LUKE
                   (facing the painful reality)
            Oh... yeah.
                   (under his breath)
            Fucking Tim Mcgraw.

Their attention returns to the television. Luke's non-
identical twin brother, STEVEN, makes sleeping noises from
his bed.

                        LUKE
            Hey, did you know that Steven's
            going out with Gwen again?

                        JERRY
            Why?

                        LUKE
            He asked that girl Charlotte
            Townsend to go with him to Tim
            Keebler's party and she said she
            wasn't going, so he asked Gwen instead.

                        JERRY
            Couldn't he have just gone by himself?

                                                            4.


                        LUKE
            Yeah, I guess.

                        JERRY
            And she's the one who sends him
            like twenty e-mails a day begging
            him to go back out with her?

                        LUKE
            Uh-huh. Maybe he's retarded.

They laugh.

                        JERRY
            You gonna ask anyone?

                        LUKE
            Ask anyone what?

                        JERRY
            To Keebler's party?

                        LUKE
                   (doubtful)
            I don't know.

                        JERRY
            What about Megan Bauer? You two
            seem like pretty good friends.

                        LUKE
                   (timid)
            Yeah.

                        JERRY
            Why don't you ask her?

                        LUKE
            It's weird.

                        JERRY
            Weird how? Like clown weird?

                        LUKE
            Because if I ask her and she says
            'no', then I would end up looking
            really stupid.

                        JERRY
            Do it when no one's looking.

                        LUKE
            Jerry...

                                                            5.


                        JERRY
            Luke, you'll never know if she
            likes you if you don't ask. Now be
            a man!

                        LUKE
            Maybe I will.

                        JERRY
            You won't. You never do.

                        LUKE
            I'll have to eventually.

                        JERRY
            And you said she was good-looking,
            right?

                        LUKE
            Yeah, but...

                        JERRY
            Then, what's the problem?

                        LUKE
            What if she tells everybody?


                        JERRY
            So what? You'd be more respected
            for doing it. Do you know how many
            other fourteen year olds there are
            out there who quiver at the thought
            of asking a girl out? Wouldn't it
            be great to be one of the few who
            actually did something about it?

                        LUKE
            I just don't want people talking
            about me.

                        JERRY
            Well, you shouldn't ask her if
            she's not worth the trouble.
                   (beat)
            Is she?

                        LUKE
            I don't know. Maybe.

                        JERRY
            Just maybe?

                        LUKE
            Yeah, maybe. As in, I don't know yet.

                                                            6.


                        JERRY
            Well, if you do ask her, be sure
            you're sincere about it. Because
            the one thing she'll know for sure
            is whether or not you really want a
            relationship.

                        LUKE
            How?

                        JERRY
            I don't know. It's like a weird
            sixth sense.

Luke nods.

                        LUKE
            Jerry, how do you know all this stuff?

                        JERRY
            A lotta "Lifetime" television, and
            a few re-runs of Sisters. It fills
            your senses.

Steven wakes up. He looks at his clock and then at Luke and
Jerry.

                        STEVEN
                   (peeved)
            Hey! You guys are supposed to be in
            bed. It's a school night, you know.

                        LUKE
            Yeah, just shut up and go back to
            sleep.

Luke and Jerry crack up. Steven covers up and goes back to
sleep. "Anything but Mine" by Kenny Chesney is on TV as we...

                                             DISSOLVE TO:

INT. JOHNSON KITCHEN - THE NEXT MORNING (DAY 2)

Luke stares at Steven from across the kitchen table.

                        STEVEN
            What?

                        LUKE
            You're eating cereal with a fork?

                        STEVEN
            I like to drink the milk separate.
            Is that a problem?

                                                            7.


                        LUKE
            No. I've heard that a lot of famous
            people eat cereal with a fork.

                        STEVEN
            Like who?

                        LUKE
            Richard Simmons, Saddam, Pauly
            Shore, Jarred Subway, the Bush's
            Bean guy...

                        STEVEN
                   (dry)
            Ha. Ha.

Jerry enters.

                        JERRY
            You guys ever wake up with like the
            perfect hairdo?

                        STEVEN
            I'm not vain about things like that.

                        JERRY
            Hey, it's the forkman!

                        STEVEN
            Very funny.

Jerry gets a glass of orange juice and joins Luke and Steven
at the table.

                        JERRY
            So what time's the party?

                        STEVEN
            Sevenish.

                        JERRY
            And you have Keebler's address?

                        LUKE
            My mom does. His mom works at her
            school.

                        JERRY
            Aunt Brenda knows Mrs. Keebler?

                        LUKE
            Yeah.

                                                            8.


                        JERRY
            You know what they say about her,
            don't you?

                        STEVEN
            Who?

                        JERRY
            Keebler's mom.

                        STEVEN
            No, what?

                        JERRY
            I heard that she was having an
            affair with Coach Morris.

                        STEVEN
            Come on...

                        JERRY
            No, really. Tim couldn't make the
            football team, so his mom did it
            with the coach like fifty times
            until he let Keebler join.

                        LUKE
            I didn't see him at the game last week.

                        JERRY
            He got kicked off after the second
            practice. It's really a sad story.

There's a long, gloomy silence. Steven can't stand it any
longer and has to say something.

                        STEVEN
            Are you bringing a date, Jerry?

                        JERRY
            No. My goal is to actually have a
            good time.

                        STEVEN
            Gwen's gonna kill me at this party.
            I know she is. It's like she can't
            help but be constantly annoying.

                        JERRY
            What I can't understand is why
            you'd go back out with a girl like
            Gwen in the first place.

                                                            9.


                        LUKE
            Steven's always been fond of stalkers.

                        STEVEN
            At least I have a date.

                        LUKE
            I could get a date if I wanted to,
            couldn't I, Jerry?

                        JERRY
            Neutral.

                        STEVEN
                   (to Luke)
            I'd like to see that happen.

                        LUKE
            You wanna bet with me?

                        STEVEN
            Maybe I do!

                        LUKE
            Then you're on, buddy.

                        STEVEN
            Alright!

They shake on it. Steven puts his bowl in the sink and exits.

                        LUKE
                   (dropping his face
                   into his hands)
            What the crap did I just do?

                        JERRY
            What?

                        LUKE
                   (panicky)
            I can't ask Megan out.

                        JERRY
            It's no sweat. I'll walk you
            through the whole thing.

                        LUKE
            Really?

                        JERRY
            Sure. Where are you gonna ask her?

                                                           10.


                        LUKE
            English class. Mr. Bobeck.

                        JERRY
            Mr. Bobeck?

                        LUKE
            Yeah.

                        JERRY
            I had him in the ninth grade. Neurotic?

                        LUKE
            More than ever.

                        JERRY
            Where's Megan sit? In front of you?

                        LUKE
            Next to.

                        JERRY
            Left or right side?

                        LUKE
            Right.

                        JERRY
            Long hair?

                        LUKE
            I don't know, she wears it up
            sometimes.

                        JERRY
            Okay, this is what you gotta do:
            You lean over to her and you simply
            say...

                                             QUICK CUT TO:

INT. MR. BOBECK'S ENGLISH CLASS - DAY (DAY 2)

Luke leans over to MEGAN BAUER, the attractive girl in the
seat next to his.

                        LUKE
                   (playing casual)
            You wanna go to Keebler's party
            with me tonight?

                        MEGAN
            Yeah, cool. You mean like carpool?

                                                           11.


                        LUKE
                   (becoming nervous at
                   the unfortunate turn
                   of events)
            Ummm...

                        MEGAN
            'Cause I got these friends that're
            going and I think I'd be cool if we
            all went together.

                        LUKE
                   (caving)
            Okay, yeah, sure, great, carpool,
            great, yeah, sure.

                        MEGAN
            Great, I'll get my mom to stop by
            your place tonight. You still live
            on Foghorn?

                        LUKE
            I thought I could pick you up. My
            cousin, Jerry and Steven are going.

                        MEGAN
            Don't be silly. My mom's got "the
            van" remember?

                        LUKE
            Oh, yeah. "The van."

                        MEGAN
            I'll see you tonight.

                        LUKE
            Okay. Super.

Smiling, Megan turns away. Luke sinks in his seat.

                                             FADE OUT.

END OF ACT ONE.

                                                           12.



                           ACT TWO


FADE IN:

EXT. JOHNSON HOUSE - ESTABLISHING SHOT - NIGHT (STOCK)

INT. JERRY'S ROOM - NIGHT (NIGHT 2)

Jerry, Luke, and Steven, wearing clothes for the party,
check themselves in a long, full-length mirror, which is
just one of the many large pieces of furniture crammed into
this little room. The boys stand in the two-foot-long empty
space in the middle of the room.

                        JERRY
            I can't believe you caved.

                        STEVEN
                   (laughing)
            I knew it. I told you it would happen.

                        LUKE
                   (down on himself)
            You guys should've seen it. My mind
            kept telling me to "say no. say no."
            But once it realized I was talking
            to a girl, it switched into
            automatic agreeable mode.

                        JERRY
            I really don't want to go to the
            party with Megan's friends.

                        LUKE
            Neither do I. I wanted us to be
            alone. Now everything's all screwed up.

                        STEVEN
            I don't want to seem insensitive,
            but does this mean I win the bet?

Luke and Steven's mom, BRENDA, enters.

                        BRENDA
            Hey, freeloaders, that girl's mom
            is here. And Jerry, I told your dad
            that you wouldn't be back until
            later to go home.
                   (admiring their wardrobe)
            Righteous duds. Don't tell me you
            guys actually managed to get dates?

                                                           13.


                        STEVEN
            Yep.

                        LUKE
            Kinda.

                        JERRY
            No.

                        BRENDA
            Steven's the only one with a date?
                   (to Luke and Jerry)
            That's pretty sad, guys.

                        STEVEN
                   (suffering another
                   massive blow to his
                   already bruised ego)
            Thanks, mom. Always helpful.

                        BRENDA
            Who's the semi-fortunate girl?

                        STEVEN
            You remember Gwen Taylor?

                        BRENDA
            Gwen? The psycho Gwen?

                        STEVEN
                   (desperate for approval)
            Mom...

                        BRENDA
            No, I'm sorry. Gwen was really... nice.

                        LUKE
            Nice and crazy.

Jerry and Brenda chuckle.

                        STEVEN
            Not funny.

                        LUKE
                   (with one last hair adjustment)
            Okay. I'm ready, let's go.

They move out of the room.

                                                           14.


                        BRENDA
                   (calling after them)
            See ya, fellas! Tell me all about
            it when you get back! I'm the mood
            for a good laugh!

Brenda shuts out the light and exits.

INT. KEEBLER'S HOUSE - PARTY ROOM - NIGHT (NIGHT 2)

The party is in full swing. Loud, dance music plays from the
expensive, fully-loaded stereo system. Luke, Megan, Jerry,
Steven, and his date, GWEN, enter, feeling like they've
arrived two hours late for a party that started two hours
early. Gwen is tall, feisty and very overplayed.

                        LUKE
            Wow. This place is huge.

                        JERRY
            Must be from all the whore money
            Mrs. Keebler got from Coach Morris.

Gwen laughs more than what would be considered normal.

                        GWEN
            That was so funny wasn't it, Steven?

                        STEVEN
            It was okay.

                        GWEN
                   (quickly composing herself)
            You're right. I took it too far.
            I'm sorry. Sometimes I go overboard.
            I know. It's my fault. God, I'm so
            stupid. Can you ever forgive me?

                        STEVEN
            Why not?

                        GWEN
            Oh, thank God!

                        MEGAN
            Sorry my friends couldn't make it,
            guys.

                        LUKE
                   (pleased)
            That's okay. We can still have a
            good time.

                                                           15.


                        JERRY
                   (under his breath)
            I'm sure you can, Romeo.

TIM KEEBLER, our host, greets them with a smug, self-
confident smile. He has his father's money and his mother's
good-looks.

                        KEEBLER
            Hey, hey, hey, gang!

                        JERRY
            Keebler!

                        KEEBLER
            Hey, now! It's Jerry Underwear!

                        JERRY
            It's Underwood, actually.

                        KEEBLER
            Of course it is.

                        STEVEN
            What's up, Tim?

                        KEEBLER
            Steven... Who invited you?

                        STEVEN
                   (nervous)
            Uh, well, I just thought that, you
            know, because we went to Space Camp
            together, that I would be, uh, you
            know, allowed to, umm, make my
            presence known at such a...
            ahh...well, the thing is...

                        KEEBLER
                   (slaps him on the back)
            I'm just messin' with ya, fungus
            face. Who's your date there?

                        STEVEN
                   (reluctantly)
            She's Gwen.

                        KEEBLER
            The Gwen?

                        STEVEN
                   (soft)
            Yeah.

                                                           16.


                        KEEBLER
            Well, good luck with that.
                   (addressing all)
            You guys have fun. There's a
            bootleg copy of "King Kong"
            screening in the master bedroom and
            "Brokeback Mountain" in the den.

                        LUKE
            "Brokeback Mountain"?

                        KEEBLER
                   (defensive)
            It's my sister's! And besides, ol'
            Steven here needs something to
            watch too, right?

Steven says nothing.

                        KEEBLER (CONT'D)
            Speaking of which, Jerry, could you
            do me a solid and bring the spare
            TV up from the basement? Some of
            the science geeks got word that I
            have a copy of "March of the Penguins."

                        JERRY
            Sure. Isn't doing work the whole
            point of going to a party?

                        KEEBLER
            There's that wit. I love it.

Keebler moves away to greet another group of people arriving
at the door.

                        JERRY
                   (to his group,
                   sounding like someone
                   giving directions)
            If you guys want me, I'll be
            somewhere between the burnouts and
            the skanks. If you run into a guy-
            on-guy make-out session, you've
            gone too far.

Jerry departs.

                        STEVEN
                   (to Gwen)
            You wanna get some punch?

                                                           17.


                        GWEN
            Do I want some punch? It's only
            like the greatest drink ever!

                        STEVEN
                   (awkwardly)
            I like orange soda myself.

                        GWEN
            Me too!

They exit.

                        LUKE
            They're quite a couple.

                        MEGAN
            The sophisticate and the psycho.

INT. HALLWAY

Jerry enters a deserted hallway. He checks a few doors until
he finds the one for the basement. He flips on the light and
steps inside.

INT. PARTY ROOM

Luke and Megan sit on a couch, eating from a bowl of
pretzels. A couple is making out right next to them.

                        LUKE
            I'll bet you those two didn't even
            know each other before tonight.

Megan checks her watch.

                        LUKE
            Don't worry, we've got plenty of time.

                        MEGAN
            No, it's just that my date was
            supposed to be here by now. He
            must've hit traffic.

                        LUKE
            You have a date?

                        MEGAN
            I'm sure I told you.

                        LUKE
            I'm sure you didn't.

                                                           18.


                        MEGAN
            Is this a problem?

                        LUKE
                   (obviously distraught)
            Are you kidding? I'm fine. I'm just
            kinda surprised, that's all.
                   (quickly rises)
            I think I'm gonna go look around some.

Luke tries to casually walk away. Megan is left, feeling uneasy.

INT. BASEMENT

Jerry struggles up the basement stairs with the heavy TV set.
He turns the knob, but the door doesn't open. He tries again.
Same result. He puts the box down and begins to fight
forcefully to get the door open. It doesn't budge.

                        JERRY
            Oh, I don't believe this!

He continues fighting.

                        JERRY
            Help! Help!

INT. HALLWAY

Jerry's screams don't stand a chance against the loud music.

INT. PARTY ROOM - SPOT NEAR THE PUNCHBOWL

Steven and Gwen stand together against a wall in a corner of
the room overlooking the dance floor.

                        GWEN
            Do you wanna dance?

                        STEVEN
            I don't think so.

                        GWEN
            Come on, Steven. You never wanna do
            anything with me.

                        STEVEN
            And why do you think that is?

                        GWEN
            Come on. Let's do something.

                                                           19.


                        STEVEN
            Gwen, I don't wanna do --
                   (stops suddenly)


                        GWEN
            What? Are you having a heart attack?

                        STEVEN
            It's her.

                        GWEN
            Her who? Cher? Madonna? Michael
            Jackson?

                        STEVEN
            It's Charlotte.

                        GWEN
            Charlotte who?

                        STEVEN
            Charlotte, the girl I... I'll be
            right back.

Steven hurries off.

INT. BASEMENT

Jerry runs at the door at full speed. He hits it hard and
springs backwards onto the floor.

EXT. FRONT PORCH

Luke sits on the stoop. The door opens and Steven comes out.
He sits down beside him.

                        STEVEN
            Charlotte's here. I saw her dancing
            with some guy.

                        LUKE
            Did you say anything to her?

                        STEVEN
            No. I was currently tied down by a
            ninety-five pound time bomb, who,
            I'm sure, would've detonated in my
            face at the mention of any other
            female human being who isn't her.
            Besides, I doubt I would have
            anything to say.
                        (MORE)

                                                           20.


                        STEVEN (CONT'D)
            If I ask her why she lied to me,
            the only thing I could possibly get
            in return is more reasons to add to
            the "why Steven is a loser" list.
            Not really a victory in my book.

                        LUKE
            Then, don't let her say anything
            bad about you.

                        STEVEN
            What?

                        LUKE
            Start tearing her down right off
            the bat, don't let her get a word in.

                        STEVEN
            So, you're saying I walk up, start
            trashing her, and I walk away
            before she can say anything bad
            about me?
                   (a moment of thought)
            That's brilliant.

                        LUKE
            And in the end, you look cooler
            than ever.

                        STEVEN
            That's great! Thanks, Luke.
                   (heads inside, voice
                   trailing off)
            Look out, baby!

Luke laughs to himself and steps out onto the lawn. He tilts
his head back and looks up at the stars in the clear night's
sky. He lies down on the cool grass and stares upward.

                        MEGAN (O.S.)
            Which one's your favorite?

Luke looks back and sees Megan moving towards him.

                        LUKE
            I always liked the really bright one.

                        MEGAN
            That's Venus, you know?

                        LUKE
            Oh. Well, I guess I'm just the king
            of misunderstandings tonight, huh?

                                                           21.


She lies down next to him, also starring forward.

                        MEGAN
            It's not really all your fault.

                        LUKE
            The way I see it, It's not any my
            fault.

                        MEGAN
            I'm sorry, okay.

                        LUKE
            You should've said something.

                        MEGAN
            How was I to know that you'd get
            all upset if I brought a date?

                        LUKE
            Because... I don't know. Maybe I
            thought that...

                        MEGAN
            I liked you?

                        LUKE
            Yeah.

                        MEGAN
            You're my friend, Luke. A close
            friend. I don't want to screw that
            up. What if we started dating and
            it didn't work out? We couldn't go
            back to the way things are.

                        LUKE
            I know. I was just being stupid.

                        MEGAN
            You were being yourself. It's
            understandable.

                        LUKE
            I'm just not good at putting on the
            acts to impress people. You know?

                        MEGAN
            Hey, you're not the only one. I'm
            not very good at relationships
            either. Hell, my date never even
            showed up.

Luke laughs.

                                                           22.


                        LUKE
            That's true. You're as bad off as I am.

                        MEGAN
            Well at least I still have my good-
            looks.

                        LUKE
            Shut up-a yo face.

They both laugh.

                        MEGAN
            So you wanna go back in?

                        LUKE
            No, I wanna enjoy this.

Megan smiles as they stare together at the twinkling lights
billions of miles away.

INT. BASEMENT CLOSET

The door opens and light engulfs the lens. Jerry parts the
clothes rack and begins looking through random boxes. Near
the back he finds one labeled "DVDs". He picks the box up
and closes the door. The closet returns to black.

INT. PARTY ROOM

Steven stands in a corner observing Charlotte dancing with
her date. He's picking the moment to strike. As if a sign by
God, the dance floor parts, creating a path straight from
him to her. He gets his nerve up and starts his approach,
moving in SLOW MOTION towards her. Time is standing still
for Steven as he gets closer and closer, filling his head
with all the thing we wants to say to her. He steps beside
her and looks her dead in the eye. And...

                        STEVEN
            Excuse me Charlotte... I have
            something I'd like to say...

Right on cue, Keebler pops out of one of the connecting
rooms and gets the party's undivided attention.

                        KEEBLER
            Attention, people! We cannot find
            "March of the Penguins"! If you're
            holding it for ransom, please state
            your demands!

                                                           23.


                        CHARLOTTE
                   (to Steven)
            What did you want?

                        STEVEN
                   (his moment blown)
            Oh... uh... I just wanted to let
            you know that I eat cereal with a
            fork. Good evening.

He walks away, tail between his legs.

                        KEEBLER
            Come on, guys, I need that movie!
            The nerds are getting restless!

INT. BASEMENT

Jerry keeps injecting a DVD as the player rejects it
repeatedly. He has it hooked up to the spare TV with the
disc's empty case on the floor, identifying it as "March of
the Penguins".

INT. PARTY ROOM

Keebler approaches Steven, who's sitting alone, looking very
forlorn.

                        KEEBLER
            Hey, Steve-o, where's your cousin?
            I need him to help me look for the
            movie.

                        STEVEN
            I don't know, I haven't seen him
            since he went to the basement to
            get that TV.

                        KEEBLER
                   (remembering)
            The basement.

INT. BASEMENT

Jerry injects "March of the Penguins" and it's rejected once
again. He sends it back in and puts his hand over the door,
preventing the machine from spiting back out. The player
begins making noises and a "DVD Malfuction" message appears
on the TV screen. The basement door opens and Keebler
hurries down to Jerry.

                        KEEBLER
            Hey Jerry, have you--

                                                           24.


"POP!" The noises stop. Jerry hits the eject button and
holds up the player. Little pieces of disc fall to the floor.

                        KEEBLER
            Was that...

                        JERRY
            Yeah, probably.

                                             FADE TO:

INT. MEGAN'S MOM'S VAN - LATER THAT NIGHT (NIGHT 2)

Luke, Megan, Jerry, Steven, and Gwen ride in opposite facing
couches in the back of the spacious, flamboyantly decorated
van. The party's over and the night's winding down. Jerry
telling a story.

                        JERRY
            Anyway, he told me I'd have to buy
            him another one.

                        LUKE
            How much are those bootlegged?

                        JERRY
            I don't know. I don't think I'm
            really even gonna buy him one.

                        MEGAN
            Jerry, I've been meaning to ask you
            why you live and go to school with
            your cousins?

                        JERRY
            My dad lives in the Ghetto. I don't
            wanna get stabbed.

                        MEGAN
            Enough said.

Steven opens the mini fridge and removes two orange sodas.
He hands one to Gwen.

                        MEGAN
            Someone put on some tunes.

Jerry goes over to the stereo. He chooses a CD from the vast
music collection and inserts it. The song "Kiss Me" begins
to play from the surround sound speakers.

                        GWEN
            Ooh, I love this song.

                                                           25.


                        STEVEN
            Yeah, me too.

                        JERRY
                   (to Megan)
            This is quite a set-up you got here,
            Meg.

                        MEGAN
            Thanks. It's one of a kind.

                        LUKE
            It really lives up to its reputation.

Steven looks out the window.

                        STEVEN
            Hey, look! It's a clear night. You
            can even see the stars.


                        GWEN
                   (joining him at the window)
            Hey, what's that really bright one?

Luke and Megan share a humorous glance.

                        LUKE
            I think that's Venus.

                                             FADE OUT.

END OF EPISODE.

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