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Tuesday, March 1, 2011
The Pilot
Good work tonight.
This is where we're at so far. Continue to break the rest of the story. Bounce ideas off each other.
PILOT EPISODE
WALTER enters the apartment, on his cell phone with his wife, Betty, who kicked him out of the house and wants a divorce. While he gets ready for bed, Walter lets Betty know how desperately he wants to save the marriage. (Establish through attitude that they’re childhood sweethearts.) But Betty’s not interested in reconciling. Walter has spent more time in the air than he has at home, and she's tired of it. For all the time he’s away, she might as well be single. She says goodbye.
Walter tries to go to sleep, but his mind is racing. This isn’t how his life was supposed to turn out. He turns off the light.
OVER BLACK, SUPERIMPOSE: 11:35pm
From the crack under the bedroom door, we see the light go on, and through the door, we hear Walter’s plea as he’s back on the phone, imploring his wife to let him come home. Again, she ends the call.
OVER BLACK, SUPERIMPOSE: 2:07am
Again from under the door, we see the light go on. Through the door, we hear Walter make another plea to Betty to let him come home.
SUPERIMPOSE: 5:15am
Traces of light peer through the curtains. The apartment is quiet…when AMANDA enters, wearing a little black dress, holding a bottle of champagne, clearly drunk from a night of partying in Miami.
She kicks off her stilettos, heads into the bedroom and gets in bed…when she sees Walter in her bed. Surprised by his presence, she starts beating on him, defending herself. (Perhaps she knows martial arts.)
It’s revealed that they’re roommates, but they’ve never met. Amanda lets Walter know that he's in her room. He wasn’t expecting her to be in town. Even so, he has no business being there. She kicks Walter out and sends him to his bedroom.
We see Walter’s bedroom. It’s the size of a broom closet. He’s clearly not happy about it. He hears his cell phone ring. He looks for it, then realizes It’s in Amanda’s room. He goes back to the room, but the door is locked. He knocks on the door, asking Amanda to let him in.
Inside the bedroom, Amanda is passed out on the bed, with Walter’s cell phone ringing next to her.
The next morning, Amanda opens her bedroom door, hung over. Walter is asleep in his boxer shorts, just outside Amanda’s door. She steps over him, heads to the kitchen, and attempts to sober up – either with coffee or hair of the dog.
Amanda heads into the bathroom and brings her drink with her. The sound of the shower being turned on Walter wakes up. He goes back into Amanda’s bedroom, sees that his cell phone is dead, is pissed at Amanda, and locks to door to get some sleep.
Amanda gets out of the shower and heads to her bedroom...but the door is locked, and Walter won’t let her in.
Amanda goes into Walter’s room and throws his suitcase with all his clothes out the window. On the street below, the suitcase either hits a car or Walter’s wife, Betty.
Betty knocks on the apartment door. When the door opens, she sees Walter is in boxer shorts…Amanda is in a towel. Betty takes it the wrong way. She thinks Walter and Amanda are having an affair. Now there’s no chance for reconciliation.
Walter and Amanda are stuck with each other.
This is where we're at so far. Continue to break the rest of the story. Bounce ideas off each other.
PILOT EPISODE
WALTER enters the apartment, on his cell phone with his wife, Betty, who kicked him out of the house and wants a divorce. While he gets ready for bed, Walter lets Betty know how desperately he wants to save the marriage. (Establish through attitude that they’re childhood sweethearts.) But Betty’s not interested in reconciling. Walter has spent more time in the air than he has at home, and she's tired of it. For all the time he’s away, she might as well be single. She says goodbye.
Walter tries to go to sleep, but his mind is racing. This isn’t how his life was supposed to turn out. He turns off the light.
OVER BLACK, SUPERIMPOSE: 11:35pm
From the crack under the bedroom door, we see the light go on, and through the door, we hear Walter’s plea as he’s back on the phone, imploring his wife to let him come home. Again, she ends the call.
OVER BLACK, SUPERIMPOSE: 2:07am
Again from under the door, we see the light go on. Through the door, we hear Walter make another plea to Betty to let him come home.
SUPERIMPOSE: 5:15am
Traces of light peer through the curtains. The apartment is quiet…when AMANDA enters, wearing a little black dress, holding a bottle of champagne, clearly drunk from a night of partying in Miami.
She kicks off her stilettos, heads into the bedroom and gets in bed…when she sees Walter in her bed. Surprised by his presence, she starts beating on him, defending herself. (Perhaps she knows martial arts.)
It’s revealed that they’re roommates, but they’ve never met. Amanda lets Walter know that he's in her room. He wasn’t expecting her to be in town. Even so, he has no business being there. She kicks Walter out and sends him to his bedroom.
We see Walter’s bedroom. It’s the size of a broom closet. He’s clearly not happy about it. He hears his cell phone ring. He looks for it, then realizes It’s in Amanda’s room. He goes back to the room, but the door is locked. He knocks on the door, asking Amanda to let him in.
Inside the bedroom, Amanda is passed out on the bed, with Walter’s cell phone ringing next to her.
The next morning, Amanda opens her bedroom door, hung over. Walter is asleep in his boxer shorts, just outside Amanda’s door. She steps over him, heads to the kitchen, and attempts to sober up – either with coffee or hair of the dog.
Amanda heads into the bathroom and brings her drink with her. The sound of the shower being turned on Walter wakes up. He goes back into Amanda’s bedroom, sees that his cell phone is dead, is pissed at Amanda, and locks to door to get some sleep.
Amanda gets out of the shower and heads to her bedroom...but the door is locked, and Walter won’t let her in.
Amanda goes into Walter’s room and throws his suitcase with all his clothes out the window. On the street below, the suitcase either hits a car or Walter’s wife, Betty.
Betty knocks on the apartment door. When the door opens, she sees Walter is in boxer shorts…Amanda is in a towel. Betty takes it the wrong way. She thinks Walter and Amanda are having an affair. Now there’s no chance for reconciliation.
Walter and Amanda are stuck with each other.
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