SYNOPSIS:

Two successful sisters haven't spoken to each other in years. One has been diagnosed with Duct Carcanoma. The other sister is a match for her to be a donor. Does she give her kidney to her sister to prolong her life?

FACE IN THE CROWD

FADE IN INT. MOUNT AUBURN HOSPITAL - NIGHT JAMIE ICCARUS, twenty-eight, LPN nurse, blonde, hair pulled back in a hair tie, tired, going through paper work at the front desk of the hospital. She looks at her watch, looks at her paper work, and begins to write a few things in the records. WOMAN 1, in her forties, medium stature, hair mildly going grey, walks over to the counter where Jamie is filling out paper work and pulls out a clipboard with the word “STAT” spelled out in permanent marker on the silver clip that holds the papers together on the clipboard from behind the desk. Jamie grabs a regular clipboard from behind the desk. WOMAN 1 (in a good mood) Hey Jamie, how are you this evening? JAMIE ICCARUS (annoyed) Tired. Dr. Smith is really riding my ass. WOMAN 1 What do you have going on later? JAMIE Well since my shift was over two hours ago, going home. WOMAN 1 So will I see you tomorrow? Jamie closes the file folder and returns the clipboard to the woman who is sitting behind the desk where Jamie and her co-worker are filling out paper work. JAMIE Don’t be surprised if you see me back here in the next two hours. Jamie begins to exit left from the hospital hall. WOMAN 1 (smiling) Have a good night. JAMIE (O.S.) Thanks. You too. INT. JAMIE AND COLIN’S HOME - NIGHT There are degrees and awards hanging on the walls in frames of Jamie’s achievements as well as pictures of Jamie with her parent’s; from high school to medical school graduation; her wedding pictures with her friends and family; and a poster size picture of Jamie with her husband COLIN ICCARUS. Everything is clean and orderly like a museum. Jamie comes home, takes off her coat, stethoscope, and places it on the coat hook beside the front door in the entry way of her home. INT. BEDROOM - NIGHT The bedroom is just as orderly and clean as the living room. WE SEE JAMIE’s husband COLIN ICCARUS, forty, stubble growth on his face, laying on the bed watching “Pawn Stars” holding the television remote control in his left hand, a glass beer bottle in his right hand, wearing his shirt and pajama bottoms watching television. Jamie climbs on the bed, kisses Colin on the forehead and places her head on his chest watching “Pawn Stars” with Colin. COLIN ICCARUS You’re home pretty late, night out with the girls? JAMIE (coldly) Nope. Got held up at work. As Jamie and Colin are talking, the pause between them, the show holds their attention. COLIN What happened? JAMIE We had a patient with gangrene. We’ll have to do an amputation later next week. Colin laughs at what’s going on “Pawn Stars” . Jamie’s eyes grow bigger when she hears Colin’s voice carry. JAMIE (CONT’D) What’s so funny? COLIN (laughing) This reminds me of the time I had to pick up this girl I was dating in high school and I was riding with a buddy of mine and we had borrowed my dad’s car and the car stalled and, I'm watching what’s going on and it reminds me of that. It’s just too funny. Jamie is rolling her eyes and get’s up from bed. JAMIE (gets up from bed) I’m up do you need anything? Colin responds no. Jamie leaves the bedroom. INT. HALLWAY - NIGHT Jamie is walking down the hallway when feels a shortness of breath, involuntary falls down flat on her face onto the floor of the hallway. INT. BEDROOM - NIGHT Colin hears a thud, freaking out, and rushes from his bed to Jamie’s side in the hallway of their home. INT. HALLWAY - NIGHT Jamie is flat on the floor with her head is turned to the left, eyes closed, and unresponsive. There’s no color in Jamie’s face. Colin launches from his bed, his bottle of beer is flying from his hand, and lands on a random area on the floor in the bedroom. Colin is frantic trying to wake Jamie up. DISSOLVE TO: INT. MOUNT AUBURN HOSPITAL - EXAMINING ROOM - NIGHT JAMIE’S POV Slowly waking up and looking around realizing she’s back in the hospital, but this time she’s a patient. She begins to wake up slowly finding herself laying on a padded table and feels that she’s wearing a paper gown. DR. THEODORE SMITH, sixty seven, balding grey hair, wearing glasses, tall, mustache, and holding a manila file folder of papers in his left hand. DR. THEODORE SMITH Jamie, are you awake? JAMIE (rubbing her eyes and slowly sitting up) Gradually, in short sabbatical's. Why? DR. SMITH I’m afraid I have some news you’re not going to like. JAMIE Theo, you and I are both in the medical field. It’s our job to be the bearer of bad news except when you’re talking to future fetus condos. Dr. Smith rolls his eyes when he hears Jamie calling him Theo but brushes it off. DR. SMITH You know the Chemo Therapy you have been receiving for the past two years for your Duct Carcinoma? Jamie is worried and nods her head in agreement. DR. SMITH (CONT’D) The chemo you have been receiving has caused one of your kidneys to fail. WE SEE a sixty five inch plasma screen television hanging on the wall in the examining room playing a late night talk show in the background. A woman is giving a late night monologue. JAMIE (perplexed) So what’s next? DR. SMITH The next step is to see if an immediate family member is willing to be a donor. Not to mention on top of that you have a rare blood type as well. I mean, you can’t just get the kidney from anywhere. We’ve all learned that in medical school. That and loosing weight is not like taking out the trash. JAMIE Well, can I live with just one kidney? DR. SMITH You can. Allot of people live normal lives with one kidney. But their lives are cut in half. Dr. Smith is looking through his records of Jamie’s paperwork. DR. SMITH (CONT’D) I’m looking through your records, your parent’s are not a match. The kidney you received from your uncle your body rejected. JAMIE (rolling her eyes) Figures. Dr. Smith perusing through the records in the manila file folder. He lifts up his eyebrows. DR. SMITH (lifts up his eyebrows) You never told me you had a sister. JAMIE (passive) I’m not real close with her. DR. SMITH She’s funny. How could you not tell me your sister is Susan Halleck? JAMIE Long story. (confused) Wait what? DR. SMITH My wife and I record all her shows. We never miss Sundown With Susan. She has a catchy opening on her show. We both have her cell phone application on our phones. Dr. Smith and Jamie turn their heads to the sixty five inch plasma screen television and see SUSAN HALLECK, thirty-six, brunette, vibrant, wavy hair, thin, and blue eyes. CUT TO: LCD TELEVISION Susan is delivering the monologue. SUSAN HALLECK Hey speaking of people who are big as houses, Kristie Alley is back in the news again and has put out a press release that she’s going to start a weight loss program of her own. Well pardon us, Ms. Alley, but what color is the sky in your world? This goes back to the time when Willie Nelson said he owned Texas but then someone from his camp came up to him and said, no Willie you don’t own Texas, you owe taxes. I know, that was an awkward moment for all of us. Audiance laughs and some of the audience makes a hostile reaction. SUSAN But that’s neither here nor there. (rubbing her hands together) Alright, we got a great show, MATCH CUT TO: JAMIE AND DR. SMITH Dr. Smith is laughing an writing stuff down in the records. Jamie is perplexed on the joke. DR. SMITH She’s a riot. I don’t know where she get’s it from. JAMIE (still looking at the television in confusion) I don’t either. (turns her head facing Dr. Smith) My parent’s and I never found her funny. DR. SMITH (writing some notes down) Well she’s doing something right. She has a book out, a podcast. JAMIE (interrupts Dr. Smith) Wait, she has a book? DR. SMITH Yeah. Bourbon Apologies is number one on the New York Times Best Seller list and from what my wife tells me she has a second book soon to be released. Dr. Smith reaches to left grabbing Susan’s book Bourbon Apologies from the side table in between the two chairs in the examining room and gives the book to Jamie for her to look at. CU. - BOOK “BOURBON APOLOGIES” BY SUSAN HALLECK. Dr. Smith hands Jamie the “Bourbon Apologies” with Susan on the cover laying in the grass on her with a bottle of bourbon and holding a glass of bourbon on ice. Jamie flips over the back jacket of the book and it’s a picture of Susan at her desk on the set of Sundown with Susan. CUT BACK TO: DR. SMITH Writing his file folder. DR. SMITH If I were you, I’d go over to where the show is and go see her. Jamie hands the book back to Dr. Smith. JAMIE (indignant) Are you serious? DR. SMITH How serious about you prolonging your life? Jamie rolls her eyes, hops off the examining table, goes behind the changing screen, mumbling under her breath, and exits Dr. Smith’s examining room. DR. SMITH (CONT’D) (under his breath) You try to help people and this is the thanks you get. I hope Susan is not that stuck up. CUT TO: INT. “SUNDOWN WITH SUSAN” SET - NIGHT Susan is standing in front of the camera holding a CD for the band April Calling. SUSAN Here to perform on the Sundown Stage is a band to promote their album, Empathy. Performing their song of their latest release April Calling playing “Sheep’s Clothing.” CUT TO: STAGE White candles are lit. The bassist is strumming the first cords to get the band started on the song. The drummer twirls his fingers around and starts drumming on the drums to start the song as well. Lead singer approaches the mike stand and begins to sing. During the interlude of the song the lead singer motions two fingers for Susan to come on the stage. MATCH CUT TO: SUSAN Pointing to herself. The Sundown With Susan crew encourages her to get on the stage with the lead singer. The lead singer holds out his right hand to bring Susan on the stage. Susan put’s her left hand in the lead singer’s right hand and is now standing on the stage with the lead singer. The lead singer and Susan sing this part of the song. SUSAN AND THE LEAD SINGER (in unison) I got my own goals. I got my own dreams. I don’t really need for you to come in between. Everybody cheers for the little performance. The band stops performing and Susan shakes hands with the band thanking them for coming on the show. Susan then steps to the microphone. SUSAN (into the microphone) April Calling everybody! The audience cheers and gives a standing ovation. SUSAN (CONT’D) That’s our show for tonight. Join us back here same time next week. My comedic muse Jimmy Kimmel will be on later in the week and Kathy Griffin will be on the show doing stand up. Your not going to want to miss it. Thank you very much and good night. Camera man DENNIS, sixty-eight, long brown hair, beer gut, giving the signal that Susan’s show is finished for the night. DENNIS And that’s a wrap. SUSAN (clapping her hands) Great show everybody! The television crew laughs. Television Executive COHEN PAPPAS, fifty-six, in a suit and tie holding a briefcase. COHEN So what do we do now? SUSAN What night is it? Well technically it’s Thursday morning. Silver Cricket anyone? (to April Calling) Hey guys, would you like to come to the Silver Cricket? The band talks amongst themselves and they say yes to Susan. CUT TO: INT. SILVER CRICKET - BAR - NIGHT Susan, April Calling and her crew are at the bar having drinks, jazz music blaring in the background, chatting, smoking cigars and cigarettes, and swapping war stories about the show. DENNIS So whose turn is it to play house? SUSAN Mine. You play the door and it’ll give me an excuse to slam you against the wall. Everyone laughs. ANGLE ON Susan, smoking a cigarette, a scotch glass at her left elbow, and she’s laughing at everyone’s reaction. BARTENDER is behind the bar holding a rotary telephone in his hand and walks up Susan who is sitting at the bar. Susan turns her body around and notices the Bartender holding the phone and get’s startled. SUSAN (CONT’D) You scared me! Next time wear brighter colors. BARTENDER Ms. Halleck, Mrs. Iccarus is on the phone. SUSAN Yeah right, (laughing) And Rush Limbaugh sent me an e-mail about coming on my show to talk about the time he test drove a hybrid. Yeah ok. BARTENDER Susan, your sister is on the line. Susan turns around. She stops laughing and her voice get’s lower on a serious note. SUSAN Jamie? You serious? Bartender says yes. SUSAN (CONT’D) Can I see the phone please? Bartender hands Susan the phone. Susan takes the hand set rotary phone from the bartender, thanks the bartender, puts the phone to her ear, and begins to speak to her sister. SUSAN (CONT’D) Hello? CUT TO: INT. JAMIE’S HOME - BEDROOM - NIGHT JAMIE She is on the phone, the light from the night table lamp is only showing Jamie, she’s wiping the tears away from her eyes with a tissue. She’s shaking her legs profusely. Colin is in bed asleep on his side of the bed. JAMIE (on the phone) Hi. SUSAN (on the phone) Well, well long time no chat. How are you? JAMIE I’m good. I got some time off and I’d like to see you. SUSAN (on the phone) What happened? You and Colin ran out of places to go on vacation? BACK TO: SUSAN Smoking a cigarette, holding the phone to her ear, and listening to her sister very intently. JAMIE (on the phone) You can never be serious for one moment can you? I’d like to fly to Los Angeles and see you for a week. SUSAN Really? I guess you guys really did run out of places to go on vacation. MATCH CUT TO: INT. JAMIE’S HOME - BEDROOM - NIGHT DOLLY UP Jamie on the phone still sitting on the bed with her feet on the floor, shaking her legs. SUSAN (on the phone) Yeah that’s fine. Why don’t you fly out in a few days, I’ll have Dennis my camera guy pick you up at the airport and bring you to the television studio. I’ll even give you a tour of where I work. JAMIE (uneasy) Sounds great. I’m looking forward to it. BACK TO: INT. SILVER CRICKET - BAR - NIGHT Susan on the phone smoking a cigarette, resting her right elbow on the back of the chair, and holding the phone in her left hand. JAMIE (on the phone) I’ll see you. Bye Susan. SUSAN Bye Jamie. CUT TO: INT. JAMIE’S HOME - BEDROOM - NIGHT Jamie hangs up the phone and places it beside her bed on her night table. COLIN You didn’t tell her did you? JAMIE No. COLIN When are you going to tell her? JAMIE When the time is right. COLIN And when will that be? JAMIE I don’t know babe. I don’t know. Jamie turn’s off her lights, turns her body on the bed, lays flat on her back, covers herself with the bed sheets and begins to go to sleep. CUT TO: INT. SILVER CRICKET - BAR - NIGHT Susan hangs up the phone and thanks the bartender. Bartender takes the phone and goes back to making drinks. SUSAN (waving her hands and smiling) Guys, guys, I have an announcement I need to make, my sister is coming to town. The guys make cat calls and start howling. SUSAN (CONT’D) Alright calm down, and let me state for the record, my sister is nothing at all like me. DENNIS So wait, she’s not easy? COHEN No her face was her own chaperone is what she’s getting at. Susan’s television crew begin to laugh hysterically. Susan is sitting at the bar laughing with them. She knows it’s true. SUSAN This had to be what kindergarten teacher felt like. (laughing) I’m serious. My sister is so up tight, her ass is nicknamed the Library of Congress. COHEN (to Susan) So when is Jamie coming? SUSAN Few days. I’m bringing her by the studio and then she’ll be staying at my house. (looks at her watch and finishes her glass of scotch) Well guys I hate to sound like a fun dart but I have to get home to Toby. The guys react. Susan gets up from her bar stool, finishes her cigarette, her scotch on the rocks, and begins to gather her things. SUSAN (CONT’D) Oh don’t act so jealous. The difference between me and you guys, I don’t have to worry about Toby’s surprised face looking a little deflated to one side. COHEN Does Toby know Jamie is coming? SUSAN The fact that my sister is even coming to see me at all is a shock. COHEN Do they get along? SUSAN They’re civil with each other as far as I know. Cohen makes a hostile reaction with his facial muscles. SUSAN (CONT’D) Don't look at me like that. (to her crew) I’ll see you guys in the morning. Susan exits the Silver Cricket and heads to her car. DISSOLVE TO: INT. SUSAN AND TOBY’S HOME - LIVING ROOM - NIGHT Susan’s home has framed pictures. The home is a little scattered but easy to find things. Susan and Jamie posing together in a few pictures. There are also couple pictures of Jamie jumping her horse and Susan riding her horse as well. There are also framed pictures of Susan holding her books she wrote, “BOURBON APOLOGIES”, Susan and her boyfriend Toby posing in various places they went on vacation, Toby with his friends and family, Susan with her family and sister Jamie, Toby shaking hands with the New York Islanders hockey players and some of them are with Susan with Toby and his family, and a couple more pictures of Susan interviewing memorable guests. The windows are open in the house, the full moon is lighting the whole inside of the house. There’s a small breeze going through the house. Susan enters her home and throws her keys on the small wood table next to the door. She takes off her jacket and goes into the bedroom. INT. MASTER BEDROOM - NIGHT Susan’s boyfriend, TOBY GERBER, thirty-seven, motion picture director, Brooklyn accent, athletic, short red hair, muscular. Toby is half asleep, he opens his eyes up a little and sees Susan getting ready for bed. Windows are open in the bedroom. There’s a slow breeze blowing through the white satin curtains. The full moon in beaming through the windows lighting up the inside of the bedroom. TOBY GERBER I forgot Thursday's you go out with your crew. SUSAN Yeah. The show went on a little too long to my for liking. TOBY What happened? Who did you have on? Please tell me you didn’t have Captain Crazy Pants Gary Busci? SUSAN No. It was Justin Timberlake and he was going on and on about his Tequila. Never in my life did I hope to for the worm at the bottom. But to finish it off on a good note, we had this Florida band April Calling on. You have their CD Empathy in your car. Toby nods his head in agreement. TOBY I’m glad you had a good show. Susan crawls onto the bed on her hands and knees towards Toby. Toby and Susan begin to kiss. SUSAN My sister is coming to town. Toby stops kissing Susan. TOBY (annoyed) Of all people why her? Susan is sitting on her butt touching her heels on the bed. SUSAN Baby I know. But she called me at the Silver Cricket. TOBY (laying back down, rubbing his forehead with his right hand) Why couldn’t your father have a son? I’m sure if your mom had a son, your father would’ve been out in the pasture at their house setting up a race track to teach him how to be a Indy car driver. SUSAN Honey believe me. I’m just as surprised as you. TOBY So when does Jamie come into town? SUSAN I want to say a few days. I’m having Dennis go pick her up for which ever date she arrives. TOBY (laughing) Oh that should go over real well. Dennis? Meeting your sister? I can see it now. Did you tell him when he does pick up your sister this is the only time besides making a court appearance he has to wear a tie? (stops rubbing his forehead with his right hand and touches the side of Susan’s face) Did you also tell him he has to shave? SUSAN He’s shaved his beard off since the last time you saw him. Susan laughs at Toby and gets herself underneath the covers. TOBY I know Dennis and every time I see him and that beard of his, I’m thinking to myself there’s some poor girl out there walking around Los Angeles very chilly and chapped lips. SUSAN (laughing) Oh my god. You’re starting to sound like my father. TOBY What happened? Was he holding a Styrofoam cup with coffee in it and someone put a few dollar bills in by mistake? Susan makes a sarcastic remark and both Susan and Toby begin to mess around in bed. DISSOLVE TO: INT. OFFICE - DAY Employees are sitting at desks on the phone, typing up important reports on the computer. There are advertisements of Susan’s show and books posted around the office framed all over. ALEXANDRIA, thirty-two, long brown hair, tan, and thin. She’s also Susan’s assistant. Susan exits the elevator holding her purse in her left and her hemp material messenger briefcase bag over her shoulder. Alexandria looks to her right and waits ten minuets for Susan to get settled into her office. INT. SUSAN’S OFFICE - DAY Susan is setting her stuff down, turns on her computer, and takes a seat at her desk. Alexandria follows Susan into her office with a legal pad and a cup of coffee. ALEXANDRIA Good morning, Susan. SUSAN Good morning Alexandria. How are you this morning? ALEXANDRIA Oh pretty good. How are you? Alexandria places Susan’s coffee mug on her desk and takes a seat in a chair in front of Susan’s desk, and is ready to take notes for the day. SUSAN (sitting at her desk going through paper work) Well my sister called me while I was at the Silver Cricket after the show last night. ALEXANDRIA I know, she called me. SUSAN How do you know? Did you two know each other? ALEXANDRIA No, the answering service called me and patched me through to her and I gave her the number. SUSAN Oh. (perplexed) Why would the answering service have my calls go to you after hours? You have a life too for god sake. Oh well I'll get on them later. ALEXANDRIA (hinting) I can call them if you need me to? SUSAN Oh thank you that would be a huge help. ALEXANDRIA What did she call you about exactly? Do you know? SUSAN Oh, also could you do me a favor? Could you please book a flight for Mrs. Jamie Iccarus to leave Thursday from Logan Airport in Boston, Mass to arrive into Los Angeles and put it on my card. Alexandria writing in her legal pad of things to do. ALEXANDRIA She’ll have to arrive tomorrow night after your book signing in the evening. You also have an appointment tomorrow morning with your publisher to discuss writing your second book. Alexandria hands Susan the piece of paper. Susan takes the piece of paper out of Alexandria’s hand, begins to read it, and places the paper down on her desk. SUSAN (looking on top of her desk) I told her I’ll see her in a few days. (comes across another piece of paper on her desk, picks it up and holds up the piece of paper and begins to read the piece of paper) What’s this that’s on my desk? ALEXANDRIA Cohen came in your office two hours before you arrived, dropped it off and left. SUSAN (annoyed and raises her voice) I don’t know how many times I have told him that I don’t like it when he puts stuff on my desk without me knowing about it. ALEXANDRIA I’m sorry, Susan. SUSAN (slowly calming down) Oh no, honey it’s not your fault. The only person that’s allowed to put stuff on my desk is you. No, Alex it is not your job to be Cohen’s external memory drive. The next time you see Cohen do anything that even comes close to coming in my office he has to give it to you. That’s why I pay you more. (claps her hands together and begins to rub them together slowly) What else do you got? ALEXANDRIA (looking at her second legal pad of Susan’s schedule) You also have a Friday morning brunch meeting with the executives at E! They want to do a True Hollywood Story on you long before you meet with your publicist. Mr. Carolla’s publisist is going to be phoning in soon to confirm his appearance on the seventeenth to promote his book. What should I tell her when she calls? SUSAN (turns her head to the and mutters under her breath) Oh that’s right I forgot Adam’s coming on the show. (turns her head facing Alexandria) Tell Mr. Carolla’s publicist that the seventeenth is fine and he will be following Vincent Chase. ALEXANDRIA (writing in her legal pad) Jamie will be here tomorrow in the evening while your doing your book signing. Do you want me to go to LAX and pick her up? SUSAN Alex you work hard around here. I’ll give you the night off and I’m going to have Dennis go pick Jamie up. ALEXANDRIA (disappointed) Oh. Alright. You told Dennis he had to shave his beard right? Susan stops looking through her paper work and throws all the paper work on her desk. SUSAN Why does everybody think Dennis has a beard? Dennis shaved his beard three years ago when he lost a bet. MATCH CUT TO: INT. LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT - NIGHT There are advertisements of Susan’s book all over the airport terminal. Dennis is standing by the escalators looking around for Jamie. JAMIE Walks up to Dennis wearing coke bottle white sunglasses, high heels, right arm at a ninety degree attention with her designer bag dangling from her elbow like a Christmas ornament. JAMIE Who are you? DENNIS I’m Dennis. Your sister’s camera guy on her late night television show. She asked me to pick you up. JAMIE (looking at Dennis up and down) You do look like someone my sister would hang out with. (places her sunglasses on her head and looks at Dennis in repugnance) Why didn’t Susan come down here? There is a advertisement poster of Susan doing a book signing at local book store. Dennis uses his head to point at the poster. CU. - SUSAN’S BOOK SIGNING POSTER The poster is a picture of Susan sitting down at her talk show desk with her bottle of Bourbon. The poster reads “author of Bourbon Apologies and host of late night talk show host Susan Halleck will be doing a book signing on the Sunset strip and is looking forward to meeting her fans. Come meet her tonight at Barnes and Noble on the sunset strip have your picture taken and you book signed by Susan Halleck herself.” Jamie turns her head to the right to look at the poster. JAMIE Well I guess that answers my question. Jamie rolls her eyes, and begins to head to the baggage claim. JAMIE (CONT’D) Come on. Let’s get my luggage. At least you look useful for something. Jamie takes her phone out of her purse and begins to call Colin. JAMIE (CONT’D) (on the phone) Hey baby. I’ve landed. Yeah. No I didn’t see Susan. She’s at a book signing. No this creepy old man picked me up and is going to take me to her. Because she’s the one doing the book signing. I know, I didn’t know she did either. The whole time Jamie is on the phone talking to Colin, she is walking behind Dennis. INT. LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT - BAGGAGE CLAIM - NIGHT Dennis and Jamie are standing side by side. Dennis is trying to look for Jamie’s suitcase. Dennis is pointing out a series of suitcases to Jamie to be helpful. Jamie is on the phone. Every time Dennis points out a suitcase, Jamie rolls her eyes and continues talking on her phone to Colin. Dennis is looking at his watch. Finally a high end suitcase comes across the baggage claim belt, Jamie is still on the phone, she rolls her eyes, she bends slightly to pick up the suitcase from the baggage claim belt, places the wheels of the suitcase on the floor, lifts up the lever and begins walking to the automatic doors. Dennis sees Jamie leaving and begins to catch up with her. EXT. LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT - NIGHT Dennis and Jamie are standing at the entry way of the airport. Dennis turns to his left and gives the ticket to the valet guy to get Susan’s car. Jamie is on the phone still talking on the phone when the valet pulls up a white Porche Nine Eleven convertible. Jamie’s eyes widen and hangs up the phone. The front and back of the license plate on the Porche says “SUES SUN”. Dennis get’s in on the left side driver’s side of the car. Jamie places her suitcase in the back and get’s in on the right side of the passenger side and the two begin to exit Los Angeles Airport. INT. SUSAN’S PORCHE - NIGHT The top is down in the Porche. The wind is blowing in their hair. Jamie is looking around at Los Angeles from the front seat of the car. Dennis breaks the uncomfortable silence by striking a conversation with Jamie. Jamie doesn’t respond to Dennis because she’s amazed that Susan has a better car than she does. JAMIE (perplexed) So this is my sister’s car? DENNIS (with a smile) Yeah. Your sister has made quite a name for herself. She’s really successful. JAMIE (not impressed) I don’t get it. I honestly don’t. Jamie’s phone makes a noise that she’s getting a text message. JAMIE (CONT’D) Excuse me. Jamie takes out her phone, begins to looking at it, and begins to text on her Blackberry cellphone. Dennis is still driving he quickly looks over at Jamie, continues to talk to her. Jamie ignores Dennis and continues texting. EXT. BARNES AND NOBLE - BOOKSTORE - NIGHT Dennis and Jamie park the car in front of the book store. They get out of the car and begin to enter the book store. Jamie get’s out of the car. She is still texting on her phone. INT. BARNES AND NOBLE - BOOKSTORE - NIGHT Dennis is in front of Jamie. Jamie is following Dennis behind him still texting her phone. There is a long line of people standing and waiting for Susan to sign and get a their picture taken with Susan. CUT TO: SUSAN Sitting at a table with her Sharpie marker in her right hand talking to a fan on who to make the book out to and takes her picture with the fan. She sits back down and asks whose next in line. She looks up from what she’s doing and sees Dennis and Jamie. SUSAN (to Dennis) Hey. How did it go? (standing up) My friend’s you couldn’t have picked a better time to come out because I have a special announcement, my sister, Jamie has just arrived from Logan Airport and is gracing us with her presence. Jamie pauses from her texting for a minuet and looks up from her phone in shock. The people waiting in line are applauding for a second and continue waiting in line. Susan is going back to sitting at the table and is signing books when Dennis walks up to her and begins to talk to her. DENNIS How much more do you have to go? SUSAN (leans to her left and goes back to signing) From the line, I would say about another hour and after the last person, I'm going to wrap it up and Jamie and I are going to go home. How did it go picking her up? DENNIS Can I say this, Susan? You are nothing at all like your sister. Dennis exits the Barnes And Noble. Susan thanks the person for coming out and sits back down in her seat to continues signing her book. As she is signing the book, the inner voice of Dennis goes off in her head. She looks over a Jamie who is sitting in a chair with her left leg resting on top of her right knee texting on her phone. Susan shakes her head and goes back to signing books and greeting her fans. DISSOLVE TO: EXT. BARNES AND NOBLE - BOOKSTORE - NIGHT Susan and Jamie are exiting the bookstore and walk to Susan’s car and begin to drive away from the bookstore. SUSAN Did you have safe flight coming over here? INT. SUSAN’S PORCHE - NIGHT The top is down on Susan’s white convertible Porsche Boxser. Susan and Jamie are in the car with the seat belts on and begin to depart the Barnes and Noble parking lot. The air is crisp and balmy. The wind is blowing through their hair. JAMIE Yeah. I think we went into turbulence over Witchita. Overall, I had a good flight. SUSAN Well that’s good. I’m glad you came out. Is Colin missing you yet? JAMIE (smiling) Yeah. He didn’t want me to go. SUSAN He could’ve came out. I would’ve bought an extra ticket. JAMIE I know but, I haven’t seen you in a while so I wanted to come out alone. Plus I need a vacation from the hospital. SUSAN I hear you on that. JAMIE Are you and Toby still together? SUSAN (smitten thinking about Toby) Yeppers. He’s still the same. He’s actually home right now. INT. SUSAN AND TOBY’S HOME - LIVING ROOM - NIGHT Susan and Jamie enter Susan’s home. Jamie is carrying her suitcase with her big white designer handbag dangling off her right elbow. Susan has her messenger bag over the shoulder and closes the door behind her. SUSAN This is my home. My humble aboard. This is the living room, that’s the kitchen. Toby walks up to Susan and Jamie. Toby gives Susan a kiss on the lips. SUSAN (CONT’D) You remember my boyfriend Toby? JAMIE How can I forget. (shakes Toby’s hand) Hi Toby, good to see you as always. TOBY Jamie, great seeing you in Los Angeles. How do you like it here? JAMIE Oh it’s ok. Nothing that a little Germ-X can’t fix. Toby sarcastically laughs. SUSAN Jamie, your room is down the hall and the first room on your left. Jamie follows Toby to the guest room where Jamie is staying. TOBY Follow me to the guest room. INT. GUEST ROOM - NIGHT Toby opens the door and enters into the guest bedroom with Jamie following behind him. Jamie rolls her suitcase to the corner of the guest room. TOBY Here’s your room. If you need anything let us know. Jamie pivots facing Toby. JAMIE Ok. Thanks. Toby exits the guest room. DISSOLVE TO: INT. GUEST ROOM - LATER Jamie is on her Blackberry cellphone talking and sitting on the fold out couch bed. JAMIE (on the phone, whispering) I’m here. She lives in a dump. How is it a dump? Well number one there’s no elevator. Second, I'm sleeping on a fold out couch. WE SEE a silhouette of Toby standing in the doorway. Jamie looks to the doorway and goes back on the phone talking in her normal voice. JAMIE (CONT’D) (on the phone, normal voice) Yeah, I’ll be home in a few days. Yeah, Alright honey I love you. I’ll see you when I get back. Ok, bye. Toby is standing beside Jamie. TOBY That the hun bun? Jamie hangs up her phone. JAMIE Uh, yeah. That’s what you do when you’re married. TOBY Or dating? Jamie places her elbows to her knees and purses her lips together. JAMIE You and my sister are more along the lines of living in sin mates. Really doesn’t count. TOBY (more crass) I don’t know who you think you are, but Susan is real sweet and is very happy to have you here. JAMIE What makes you think I'm up to something? TOBY You’ve been very secretive since you got here. (beat) You’re up to something and I don’t like it. Toby exits the guest bedroom. Jamie rolls her eyes and goes back to texting on her phone. INT. SUSAN AND TOBY’S HOME - LIVING ROOM - NIGHT Susan looks up from her magazine when she sees Toby enter the living room. SUSAN Everything alright? TOBY Yeah. (takes his place on the couch next to Susan) When you brought Jamie home, did she say anything to you about why she’s was here? SUSAN We talked for a little bit. (looks up from her magazine and turns her head to the right facing Toby) Why do you ask? TOBY She was on the phone with, I guess her husband and I don’t know. She was real secretive with him. And when I came in the room she, I don’t know, Sue, it’s, SUSAN I wouldn’t pay any mind to it. Honestly, the more you read into it, the more frustrated your going to be. TOBY (non convincing voice) I guess you’re right. What do you have going on when she’s here? SUSAN I’m going to take her to Argyle Day Spa all day tomorrow. Plus I need the usual tune up myself. Afterwards she talked about going to The Museum of Tolerance off of Pico Blvd., then we’re going shopping. Sunday night, I’m having dinner with Cohen to talk about the show. I’m going to have Jamie come on as a guest on my show. (beat) Alex told me today that E! wants to do a True Hollywood Story on me. TOBY Oh my god! Babe that’s great! Wow! Congratulations! Susan and Toby exchange a kiss and a hug. SUSAN Thanks. TOBY Would it be too late to say in honor of finding out about your documentary, I’m having the guys over on Sunday. Not only to celebrate but to watch the Islanders vs. Sharks. SUSAN Honey, you know I don’t care. Just clean up your mess. (goes back to reading her magazine) I don’t know why you feel that you have to ask me. TOBY The Islanders are in the Stanley Cup Finals and I told the guys to come over. SUSAN Go ahead. Who knows, Jamie might come out and watch the hockey game with you guys. She use to date a guy who played hockey when she was in college. TOBY I hope she doesn’t come out and pull her Dr. Diva tendencies. None of the guys will put up with that bullshit. DISSOLVE TO: INT. ARGYLE SALON & SPA - DAY Susan and Jamie enter the day spa. They’re in dresses and make up is done. Jamie is walking behind Susan and texting the entire time she is entering the spa. Susan approaches the reception desk. SEDONA, twenty four, brunette, happy to see Susan. Jamie is standing next to Susan still texting. WE SEE Susan’s books “BOURBON APOLOGIES” displayed on the back desk of the Sedona’s desk. SEDONA (smiling) Susan! Good morning! How are you? Your show had me nearly peeing my pant’s yesterday. SUSAN Just like the time you were laughing so hard you fell off the couch. SEDONA (places her index finger to her lips) Shhhh. You’re the only person that knows that. Susan and Sedona share a giggle. Sedona stops giggling, tilts her head to the left facing Jamie. SEDONA (CONT’D) And whose this? SUSAN (caught off guard) Oh, I'm sorry. Susan introduces Jamie and Sedona to each other. SEDONA How are you liking LA? JAMIE (still texting) It’s ok, I guess. Wouldn’t want to live out here though. Sedona’s raises her eyebrows and goes back to talking to Susan. SEDONA Uh huh. (to Susan) Quite the chatter box. SUSAN (brushes it off) She just misses her husband. There’s a call coming on the phone intercom. INTERCOM Sedona, will you tell Susan’s sister that Carlo is ready to give her a sea shell massage. SEDONA I will. (to Jamie) Jamie, is it? Jamie is startled and stops texting. SEDONA (CONT’D) Your sea shell massage is ready. Go to the Tranquility room and Carlo will be waiting. Jamie put’s her Blackberry cellphone in her purse and exits the reception area. Sedona and Susan watch Jamie leave and go back to chatting before Susan’s massage. SEDONA (CONT’D) Susan, you’ve been coming here for six years. You’re my favorite customer. But can I say something? SUSAN Sure what is it? JAMIE Just be careful. SUSAN (confused) What are you talking about? JAMIE I’m going to tell you right now, just by looking at Jamie, she’s scandalous. I wouldn’t tell you if I didn’t have respect for you. TODD the massage therapist walks up to the reception desk and begins to play along. TODD Yeah. Because we all know that bitch is tripping. Susan and Sedona are startled when they hear Todd’s accent and begin to giggle. SUSAN Looks like my massage is ready. SEDONA You having your usual? SUSAN You know it. TODD Come with me, Ms. Susan. Susan follows Todd back into one of the massage rooms. INT. ARGYLE SALON AND DAY SPA - TRANQUILITY MASSAGE ROOM - DAY The room is semi lit with candles lit on a small corner of the table. The sound of water running on rocks and tranquil music playing in the background. Jamie is standing at the corner of the room texting on her Blackberry cellphone and her expensive handbag hanging from her body. Carlo is straightening the sheets on the massage table. CARLO Ok Mrs. Iccuas? JAMIE (snappy) It’s Iccarus. CARLO I apologize, Mrs. Iccarus. Would please go behind the screen and put on this robe for me. Jamie turns off her phone, places the phone in her purse, takes the robe from Carlo, and goes behind the changing screen, comes out from behind the changing screen with her bathrobe on and is now standing in the corner of the room. CARLO (CONT’D) Could you please disrobe and get on the table face down please? JAMIE I thought you were going to give me a massage? CARLO I am. I need you to take off your robe and get on the table facing down please. JAMIE Can’t you just massage me with the bathrobe on? I mean that is what you went to school for isn’t it? CARLO Look Mrs. Iccarus, just get on table and face down please? Jamie rolls her eyes, takes off her robe, and lays face down on the table. Carlo begins to massage Jamie. CARLO (CONT’D) Thank you, Mrs. Iccarus. Tell me what do you do for a living? JAMIE I am a happily married woman. CARLO (confused) Ok, so what do you do for a living? JAMIE I’m a nurse. CARLO Very nice. JAMIE I know. I worked very hard to get where I am. CARLO Your Susan’s sister? JAMIE Yeah. CARLO What brings you out to Los Angeles? JAMIE I came to see my sister. What’s it to you? Carlo continues to massage Jamie and the conversation. CUT TO: INT. ARGYLE SALON AND DAY SPA - SERENITY MASSAGE ROOM - DAY The room is semi lit. The sound of water running on rocks and tranquil music playing in the background. Susan is face down on the massage table as Todd is massaging Susan. The mood is a little more light hearted and filled with laughter. TODD I loved your show this week. SUSAN Oh why thank you. TODD I even enjoyed that segment when you were talking about that over weight girl in high school that was mean. I loved the nickname you had for her. SUSAN Oh your talking about Tubby Tears? TODD (laughing) Yeah. My Garcelle and I could not stop laughing. I think she pee a little she was laughing so hard. SUSAN I’m glad my writers and I made you laugh Todd. TODD And how are thing’s with you and Mr. Toby? SUSAN Oh Toby is fine. He’s working landing a directing gig for a new television pilot. TODD What do you and your sister have going on while she’s here? SUSAN Probably going shopping and Jamie talked about going to Museum of Tolerance off of Pico Blvd. TODD Oh that should be fun. DISSOLVE TO: INT. ARGYLE SALON AND DAY SPA - LOBBY - DAY Susan enters the lobby relaxed and walks over to the reception desk where Sedona is. SEDONA How was your massage? SUSAN (approaching the desk) Great as usual. I really needed a tune up. SEDONA Is Jamie out yet? Both Susan and Jamie turn their heads looking for Jamie. Jamie enters the lobby where Susan and Sedona. While Jamie is walking, she texting on her Blackberry cellphone. Susan and Sedona have confused looks on their faces. SUSAN Did you get a massage? JAMIE (texting on her phone) Yeah. SEDONA Who did you have? JAMIE I don’t know. Carlos? Carlito? Somebody ethic? Susan and Sedona nod their heads. Susan gives Sedona her credit card to pay for the massage. Sedona gives Susan the receipt. SEDONA Have fun today. Will we be graced by your presence same time? SUSAN Of course. I’ve been coming here for six years. See you later. SEDONA Bye. You two have fun. CUT TO: EXT. SUSAN AND TOBY’S HOME - BACK YARD - DAY Toby is sitting outside on the porch talking on his phone drinking a beer. TOBY (on the phone) Really? Oh that’s great. Yeah. I’ll be in the office Monday. Susan’s sister is in town. Susan. My girlfriend. The talk show host. The one that has the book out? Bourbon Apologies. INT. LIVING ROOM - DAY Susan and Jamie walk in with shopping bags in their hands. Susan turns her head to the right and notices Toby on his phone talking. SUSAN See, I like to see that. Sounds like Toby is on that call with the studio. Jamie closes the door behind her, sets the shopping bags down, and begins to look through the shopping bags to take what she bought. JAMIE What is he again? SUSAN He’s a director and writer. JAMIE I never knew that. SUSAN Toby actually went to the 2010 NHL Entry Draft and announced the final pick of the first round for the New York Islanders. JAMIE (exits the living room and goes to her room) Very cool. Susan waves to Toby from where she is in the living room. Toby hangs up his cellphone, opens the sliding glass door, enters the living room, and closes the sliding glass door behind him. TOBY (kisses Susan on the lips) Hey babe. How was your day with Jamie? Toby goes into the kitchen, takes out two beers, gives one to Susan and takes his place on the couch. Susan is putting stuff away from the shopping bags. SUSAN We had a fun time. We went to Argyle and had a massage. I got my usual tune up. We also went to the Museum of Tolerance. Todd says hi by the way. TOBY Oh, well, tell him I said hello as well. Are you planning on having Jamie on the show when she’s here? SUSAN That’s the game plan. TOBY Just be careful. I got a bad vibe from her. The minuet she set foot in our house. SUSAN Oh Toby, that bad vibe is called gas. You shouldn’t eat so much garlic. TOBY I can’t help it. I have an Italian girlfriend who uses garlic like deodorant. DISSOLVE TO: INT. SUSAN’S HOME - LIVING ROOM - DAY Toby and his friend’s are watching a hockey game on television the New York Islanders playing against the San Antonio Sharks. The guys are reacting to the game. GUY 1 Dude did you see that? TOBY My mom could’ve made that shot and she’s got cataracts. GUY 2 I think we all should have a drinking game. Every time, the Sharks score a goal, you take a punishment shot. If the Islanders score a goal, take a sip of beer. TOBY (agreeing) Alright. You’re on. Guy 2 get’s up from the couch, goes into the kitchen and comes back with four shot glasses and glass bottle of Jamison Whiskey. He places the three shot glasses on the table and begins to pour the whiskey into the shot glasses. GUY 3 Tobias, dude, I can’t believe Susan let’s you do this. TOBY Susan doesn’t give a shit about what I do. Just as long as I clean my mess. Jamie enters the living room texting on her cell phone. Toby takes a sip of his beer when he sees Jamie. TOBY (CONT’D) Oh shit. GUY 2 What’s up? TOBY Susan’s sister Jamie is here. She just went into the kitchen. GUY 1 For real? Is she hot? Toby, GUY 2, and GUY 3 look at GUY 1. GUY 1 (CONT’D) What? Jamie comes out of the kitchen and makes a disgusted look on her face. JAMIE Uh, do you and Susan have any Kashi cereal? TOBY (makes a confused face) Kashi? The hell is that? JAMIE It’s healthy. (looks around at the mess in the living room with a disapproving look on her face) My sister let’s Neanderthals make a mess of the house? TOBY Oh she’s all for it. And then when she comes home, we stamp our feet into the carpet to make sure the crumbs good and embedded into the as much as we can. JAMIE (rolls her eyes) I wouldn’t let my husband make my house a mess like this. TOBY I’m sure you wouldn’t. You also have a dog house in the backyard and a food bowl with his name painted on it. JAMIE You’re such a horse’s ass. TOBY You know what Jamie, you really have a big ego. Shit, I don’t think Simon Cowell’s ego is as big as your’s. Jamie rolls her eyes and goes to her room. Toby’s friend look at Toby. TOBY (CONT’D) What? GUY 3 Dude, what the hell was that about? TOBY I don’t know. That girl has more problems than a college algebra book. GUY 2 She’s not related to you is she? TOBY No. God no. No my sister would kick her ass. GUY 2 I met your sister dude. She does not put up with no bull crap. TOBY Well she’s Susan’s sister. GUY 3 (shocked) What? Please be joking? TOBY I wish I was but unfortunately i’ m not. GUY 1 Yeah but Susan is nothing like that. Susan is fun and least she acts like one of the guys. TOBY (to Guy 1) I know. She could neuter a man with that look she gave you. GUY 1 Don’t tell my wife. She’s been trying to get me a vasectomy for years. TOBY Chill out guy. It was just a joke. CUT TO: INT. MORTON’S - STEAKHOUSE - NIGHT Cohen and Susan are sitting across from each other eating dinner discussing the show and eating surf and turf. Cohen is drinking a scotch on the rocks. Susan is have a glass of Merlot. SUSAN So what guests do you have coming on the show this week? COHEN Well besides Adam Carolla and Vincent Chase, I’ve lined up Maroon Five, Donald Trump, and Lewis Black. SUSAN Oh good. I’ve been meaning to get him on my show. (beat) Oh, my sister Jamie is going to be my guest on tomorrow’s show. We’re going to have to squeeze her in. Cohen stops eating takes a sip of his scotch. SUSAN (CONT’D) (perplexed) You’re done? You’ve always finish you dinner. Did I say something wrong? COHEN Susan, you’re my friend, right? SUSAN Yeah? Cohen you’re the closest guy I have as a father since mine passed away. COHEN And don’t get me wrong for what I'm saying, I think your sister maybe up to something. I could be wrong. But I have a bad feeling. SUSAN Toby and everybody else has been saying that since she landed. My god when Dennis was at my book signing he said you are nothing at all like your sister. COHEN (goes back to finishing his steak) It’s probably all the drinking he did before he picked her up. SUSAN No I made him not have a drop of alcohol all day because he was going to be picking up Jamie. COHEN Changing the subject, when are you going to give me back my Dodgers jersey? SUSAN Which one? COHEN Which one? My dear I'm talking about my Sandy Kofax jersey. SUSAN Which by now you probably can’t fit into. COHEN My dear, I’ve had that jersey since before you were even thought of. SUSAN So I guess it is true, my age and your waist line do have something in common. TOBY Well excuse me, my stomach is a sign that i’ m happy and have a wife that’s a good cook. SUSAN If Andrea is such a great cook then why are you out with me to dinner? TOBY She’s at a tupperware party. SUSAN Is that what you choose to believe or is she really buying a big plastic box to keep her Good Housekeeping magazines fresh? TOBY When you and Toby do end up tying the knot you need to start thinking about stuff like that. Both Susan and Cohen share a laugh. COHEN I’ll line Jamie up to be your guest for tomorrow’s show. SUSAN I appreciate it. Thank you. JUMP CUT TO: INT. SUSAN AND TOBY’S HOME - LIVING ROOM - NIGHT Toby is cleaning up the hockey game after math in the living room. There’s popcorn, beer nuts, beer cans, beer bottles, and pretzels all over the carpet. Susan enters the home, throws her keys on the side table, takes off her jacket, and hangs her jacket on the hook beside the door. SUSAN So who won? Toby looks up at Susan from what he was doing. SUSAN (CONT’D) I don’t want to know do I? TOBY No the Islanders won. Jamie came out here. SUSAN Oh did she watch the game with you guys? TOBY Well, not exactly. SUSAN (confused) What do you mean? What happened? TOBY Well, Jamie comes out here twisting her little ass talking about some stupid shit about some cereal. SUSAN Oh that’s right I forgot to pick up some Kashi cereal on my way home. (waving her hand) Not a big deal. I’ll pick some up tomorrow. TOBY Well she was having a bitch fit or tbf or whatever the hell you call it when ever you have that monthly thing. (beat) Just out of curiosity, did she go with you to get a massage? SUSAN (helping Toby clean up the living room) Yeah. Why? TOBY Just curious. How is it that a woman comes out of a massage more uptight than prom date? SUSAN (brushing off what Toby said) Oh stop you’re really making too much out of this. TOBY (rising to his feet and walks over to Susan) Am I? What has she done the entire time she’s been in LA? I’m surprised she’s not out spending her husbands money on Rodeo Drive. SUSAN Her husband works in construction. TOBY Well that’s a little bit out of her realm, don’t you think? I figured she’d be married to a doctor or somebody pretty high up. SUSAN Well, I have Jamie booked as my guest for the show tomorrow. TOBY What? Please tell me your joking? SUSAN Come on Toby, she’s my sister. Why would I not have her on the show? TOBY Susan I’ve seen broads just like her all my life. MATCH CUT TO: INT. GUEST ROOM - NIGHT Jamie is sitting on the bed talking on the phone with her husband Colin. WE HEAR Susan and Toby’s conversation about Jamie being on Susan’s talk show tomorrow night. JAMIE I’m going to tell her tomorrow. COLIN (on the phone) Really? What time does her show go on the air? JAMIE She goes on at 11:30 p.m tomorrow night. It’ll be live. COLIN (on the phone) Are you nervous about telling her you have cancer and she’s the only match? JAMIE Not really. Because she’ll do it. I know she will. Susan’s always been about family. COLIN (on the phone) Well she’s got money. So she’s got no excuse why she can’t do it. JAMIE This is true. You are not wrong. I don’t like Susan’s boyfriend. COLIN (on the phone) Whose that Toby? JAMIE Yeah. COLIN (on the phone) Yeah. I can hear him over the phone. JAMIE Yeah. COLIN (on the phone) Does he ever have a terribly empty feeling? You know, in his skull? JAMIE Yeah. I’m going to head to bed. Got a big day tomorrow. Don’t forget to watch the show. COLIN (on the phone) I will. Good luck babe. CUT TO: EXT. LOS ANGELES SKYLINE - DAY The sun is rising on the city of Los Angeles. INT. SUSAN AND TOBY’S HOME - GUEST ROOM - DAY The sun rays shine through the blinds of Susan and Toby’s Guest Room where Jamie is sleeping while she’s in Los Angeles visiting Susan. Jamie is asleep face down on the bed when we hear Susan’s music and Susan signing off key to the music. Jamie’s eyes open wide very quickly. She turns over to the left side of the bed and rises up to her feet. Her hair is a mess. She walks over to the door and opens it to exit her room. INT. KITCHEN Susan is in the kitchen pouring a cup of coffee into a coffee mug over the kitchen sink. She’s still singing the song she has blaring from her bedroom. She stops pouring the coffee, places the coffee pot back onto the coffee maker, and walks away from the coffee maker. Susan takes a few steps to the entry way of the kitchen and almost runs into Jamie in the kitchen. Jamie is half asleep, hair is all over the place. SUSAN (cheerful) Oh good your up. I was going to wake you up when I was done with my morning yoga class. So this is great we’ll be ahead of schedule. Jamie half asleep slowly walks over to the cabinet above the coffee maker, grabs the nearest coffee cup, closes the cabinet, takes out the pot of coffee , walks over to the kitchen sink and pours the coffee into the coffee cup. JAMIE (grouchy, half asleep) Well I was asleep until your screamo music woke me up. SUSAN Well, you’ve been sleeping 12 hours a day since you been here. JAMIE In case you forgot Susan, I work in a hospital. I work long grueling hours. SUSAN Yeah Jay. I know. I got the memo. (walking away) I’ll be back in an hour. Don’t worry about putting on make up and doing your hair. The stylists will do all that before you go on the show. JAMIE (annoyed) Are you kidding me? SUSAN Jamie, it’s just one day. I’m sure you can go without slapping a coat of paint on your face all by yourself for one day. WE HEAR the sound of Susan closing the door. Jamie rolls her eyes and goes into her room. DISSOLVE TO: INT. SET OF SUNDOWN WITH SUSAN - DAY The television crew of Susan’s late night show are up and at it working on putting the set together. The crew members are on the main stage of Susan’s show. Susan enters the sound stage of where her show takes place. She’s still wearing her running outfit, hair is in a pony tail, sunglasses on shading her face from the hot summer sun, paper coffee cup in her left hand, and holding her car keys in her right hand. When one crew member sees Susan, the announcement is passed around verbally. Susan removes the sunglasses from her face and places them on her head turning into a head band looking around at the work everybody on her crew is doing. SUSAN (smiling responding to her crew) You guys I know I’m in the building. The set looks great. Susan walks around the set she’s on and his smiling the entire time she’s looking at the set. Cohen walks up to Susan and is standing next to her to her right. COHEN Susan? A word? Cohen pivots right and walks towards the side Susan on the stage where Cohen’s office is located. Susan turns her head to acknowledge Cohen and tells him she’ll be right there. Susan tells the crew to keep up the good work and tells them to keep working and follows Cohen to where he is walking. INT. COHEN’S OFFICE - DAY Cohen is in his office standing behind his desk going through paper work. Cohen’s office are framed pictures of him with celebrities, his wife, Susan, and Susan’s book. COHEN (handing Susan a package) This package came for you this morning. SUSAN (takes the package from Cohen’s hand and opens it) What is this? COHEN That’s Adam Carolla’s new book. SUSAN I already have a copy, oh this is the extra I had ordered for Toby. COHEN Have you been up to your office yet? Susan points out the obvious with what she’s wearing that she hasn’t been in the office at all this morning. COHEN (CONT’D) Sorry. Anyway getting back to what I was saying, did you see Jamie this morning? SUSAN Well yeah she’s sleeping in my guest bedroom. COHEN Did you know she has announcement she want’s to make on show? SUSAN (looks up at Cohen from unwrapping the package with a perplexed look on his face) When did you hear this? COHEN So you don’t know either? SUSAN No. Who told you? COHEN Your assistant sent me an e-mail telling me Jamie called her this morning while you were gone. Susan exits Cohen’s office, throws out her paper coffee cup in the trash bin and goes upstairs to her office. INT. OFFICE - DAY Employees are sitting at desks on the phone, typing up important reports on the computer. There are advertisements of Susan’s show and books posted around the office framed all over. Alexandria is sitting at her desk texting on her Blackberry Cellphone. Susan exits the elevator still wearing her runner’s outfit, hair pulled back, and sunglasses still on top of her head. She walks over to Alexandria’s desk. ALEXANDRIA Good morning. SUSAN Hey, did you talk to my sister? ALEXANDRIA Yeah she called and told me she had an announcement she wanted to make on the show. SUSAN Do you know what it is? Did she at least tell you? ALEXANDRIA Well she’s your sister. Don’t you know? Susan walks away from Alexandria’s desk, walks towards the elevator, hits the down button of the elevator, and crosses her arms waiting for the elevator to open, sound of the elevator opening dings and the doors open, enters the elevator, hits the down button on the elevator, the doors close and elevator ascends down. EXT. TELEVISION STUDIO - DAY Susan exit’s out of the studio, get’s in her car and drives away. CONTINUOUS INT. SUSAN AND TOBY’S HOME - LIVING ROOM - DAY Jamie is on the couch wearing jeans and a simple white dress shirt texting on her Blackberry cellphone. The sound of the key entering the lock turns, the door and Susan enters her home, closes the door behind her, and places her belongings on top of the side table by the door. She looks over at Jamie and see’s she’s on the couch ready to go. JAMIE (concerned) Hey, I’ve been waiting. Is everything ok? SUSAN Yeah. I just got held up at work. JAMIE I thought you had your yoga class? SUSAN I did. I also stopped by the studio for a quick check. I’m going to shower and change real quick and we’ll go. Susan exits the living room and goes to the back room of her bedroom where she begins to get showered and dressed. Jamie goes back to texting on her phone. She stops texting on her Blackberry, places her phone on the sofa cushion next to her and looks around the living room from where she is sitting. Susan’s book “Bourbon Apologies” catches Jamie’s eyes. Jamie is eyeing the book picks up the book from the coffee table, opens it and begins to read it. JAMIE (V.O.) Bourbon Apologies. By Susan Halleck. (opening up the book and reading the different chapters) You Gave Away My Couch And Now I Have Nowhere To Sit. How Do You Piss Off An Atheist? (face scrunches up and sees a chapter title and begins to read it) Depression And Pilates. (opens up to the chapter where the name of the chapter is and begins to read it) I had a bad day at work and decided to go by myself to Siesta Key Oyster Bar. I was sitting at the bar enjoying a beer and texting my friend Janice when I met a guy by the name of Jeff. Granted Jeff’s teeth looked like paint tile samples in the paint department of Lowe’s, but aside from that, he was a nice guy. We’ve been texting back and forth for over a week when I texted him I wanted to come over. He texts back, I have my nephew. I texted how long do you have him? He said he won’t be in the same room with us. I thought whatever. He’s probably doing a favor for one of his sibling’s I didn’t think too much of it. I’m on my way to his house and I’m looking for a place to park my car and all I kept seeing were tow away zone signs. I texted him, I can’t park anywhere because there are tow away zones. He texts back, just park your car. Your car will be fine. I park my car and thought to myself, I guess I’ll hoof it and see what happens. As I’m walking down the sidewalk I come up to a gated community and I thought to myself, there’s no way he could possibly live here. Sure enough I see a gate open up with Jeff in the car and little boy and a girl in their baby seats and toys in the car. I get in the car and he laughed and said I guess I got the both of them today. Jamie places her Blackberry on the page she was reading, get’s up to the kitchen to put her coffee mug in the kitchen sink and comes back to the couch to pick up where she left of in the book and begins to finish the chapter before Susan comes home. JAMIE (V.O.) (CONT’D) I was glad I had my sunglasses on so he wouldn’t see me rolling my eyes. He also smelled so bad, I wouldn’t have been surprised if I was a blonde by the time I got out of the car. I get out of his car and I got in his apartment and his apartment was just as messy. There was kids toys everywhere. You’d think he was the one with the kids. I said wow, you really did just move in. He said no I've lived here for a while. I’m thinking to myself and it would’ve killed you to plug in a vacuum or use any cleaning solution to make look or even smell presentable. After he put his niece and nephew to bed. One thing lead after another we go into his bedroom and Jeff just laid there like bib lettuce on top of me. I knew this wasn’t going to go any further so I told him, I got stuff going on today. I showed myself out the door. As I was walking I didn’t realize the gate wasn’t automatic if I walked up to it. I tossed my purse and my shoes under the gate and crawled underneath the gate. As I was crawling under the gate, I thought to myself, you know three years ago I would’ve gotten stuck. I get up, collect my belongings and walk to my car with my head held high and thought to myself, thank you depression and pilates. Jamie closes the book and tosses it on the coffee table. No sooner after the book lands on the coffee table, Jamie’s cellphone rings. CU - LCD BLACKBERRY CALLER ID the caller id reads saying “Dr.Smith” is calling her. MATCH CUT TO: JAMIE Sitting on the couch hitting the send button on her phone, rises from the couch exiting from the living room and outside to the back porch. EXT. SUSAN AND TOBY’S HOME - BACK PORCH - DAY Jamie enters the porch and closes the sliding glass door behind her. JAMIE Hey Dr. Smith what’s going on? DR. SMITH (on the phone) Hello, Jamie. Did you get a chance to break the news to Susan? JAMIE No. I’m going to ask her today. On her show. Well, I figure good of time as any. Toby enters the porch and closes the sliding glass door behind him. He turns around and sees Jamie on her Blackberry cellphone talking. He quietly creeps over to the nearest chair to hear what Jamie is talking about. JAMIE (CONT’D) I don’t see why Susan wouldn’t say no. She’s all about family. Yes, I will tell her. Bye doc. Jamie hit’s the end button on her phone and let’s out a very heavy exhale. Toby is sitting in the chair with his left leg crossed over his right leg begins to speak up and holding a beer. TOBY Tell Susan what? Jamie’s eyes widen, she turns around, and sees Toby sitting in the chair. TOBY (CONT’D) What’s the matter Jamie? Ruined your plan did I? JAMIE (walking over to the sliding glass door) You know what, I'm busy now. Can I ignore you some other time? TOBY (standing up from his chair) Jamie, that conversation reminded me of being on a boat. Your little plan made me sick! JAMIE Look what I have to tell Susan is between Susan and I. TOBY What’s the matter, Jamie? Pregnant? Not sure if Colin is the father? Jamie rolls her eyes, opens the sliding glass door, and enters the living room. TOBY (CONT’D) Keep running your mouth. At least I know you can open something, besides your legs. INT. SUSAN AND TOBY’S HOME - LIVING ROOM - DAY Susan comes out in jeans and a concert tee shirt. Jamie storms into the living room and whips right by Susan and storms out the front door. Susan is stopped dead in her tracks when Jamie brushes by her. JAMIE (aggervated) I’ll meet you at the car. Jamie exits the living room and slammed the door behind her. Susan pivots to her right and looks through the sliding glass door and raises her arms up when she sees Toby. Toby raises his arms the same way. Susan places her arms back down to her side, goes to the side table where her belongings are, gathers her things, opens the front door and exits her living room. EXT. TELEVISION STUDIO - DAY Susan and Jamie arrive to the television studio where Susan has her television show broadcasts on a daily basis. INT. TELEVISION STUDIO - DAY Susan and Jamie enter the television studio holding their drinks in their hands. Susan places her sunglasses on top of her head to see the great job her television crew did with her television studio. Jamie still has her sunglasses on is drinking her drink through a straw and holding her hand bag at a ninety degree angle and is hanging fro her arm like a Christmas tree ornament. SUSAN This is the television studio I do my show from. Jamie finishes taking a sip from her straw and looks around at the craftsmanship of the television studio and pretends to show an interest in the work she does. Susan introduces Jamie to her crew. Susan walks by Dennis and acknowledges him. Jamie is texting on her Blackberry as she’s going through the television studio with Susan. Every time Susan points out something she does with her work, Jamie looks up from her phone from texting, pretends to show an interest and goes back to texting on her phone. INT. COHEN’S OFFICE - DAY Susan and Jamie enter Cohen’s office. Susan introduces Cohen to Jamie. Susan and Jamie exit Cohen’s office and head upstairs to Susan’s office to introduce Jamie to the rest of her television crew. INT. OFFICE - DAY Susan and Jamie exit out of the elevator doors, walk through the office as she’s introducing Jamie to everybody. Everybody in the office looks at each other after Jamie nods at the talking amongst themselves. INT. SUSAN’S OFFICE - DAY Susan and Jamie enter Susan’s office. Jamie takes a seat across from Susan’s, put’s her cellphone in her purse and looks around at all the pictures and awards Susan has received. Jamie notices a small framed four by six picture of her and Susan from a long time ago. Jamie blinks once and brings the picture back to its original spot on the desk. JAMIE You really made a name for yourself. Susan is going through paper work on her desk and looking through the schedules of what she needs to take care of later. SUSAN Thank you. I feel like I came a long way in my life and what I went through to get here. Alexandria enters in Susan’s office and stands next to the right chair where Jamie is sitting. SUSAN (CONT’D) Oh Alexandria good your here. I have go over the schedule for next weeks show. ALEXANDRIA They’re ready for Jamie in make-up. SUSAN Oh good ok. Susan introduces Jamie and Alexandria. Alexandria takes Jamie downstairs for her make up to be done for the taping of the show. Susan looks at the small framed four by six picture Jamie just noticed on her desk and smiles a little bit. SUSAN (CONT’D) I’m surprised she noticed. INT. TELEVISION STUDIO - HALLWAY - NIGHT Jamie and Alexandria are walking down the hallway of the television studio and they enter the make up area. INT. TELEVISION STUDIO - MAKE UP ROOM - NIGHT Alexandria and Jamie enter the make up room. Alexandria introduces Jamie to the make up artist. Jamie sits down in the make up chair. Make up artist wraps a cover all around Jamie and begins to go to work on putting make up on Jamie. Alexandria is on her Blackberry sending e-mails while she’s talking with the make up artist about Susan’s show tonight. Jamie asks the make up artist if she can briefly have a word with Alexandria. The make up artist exits the room. Alexandria stops what she’s doing, puts her phone on vibrate, and takes a seat in the make up chair next to Jamie. ALEXANDRIA What’s up? What did you need to talk to me about? JAMIE It’s about what I told you this morning? You know the announcement I’m going to make on Susan’s show? ALEXANDRIA Yeah? And? What about it? JAMIE (having doubts) Never mind. Forget it. Alexandria not thinking too much about it calls the make up artist back in the make up room to finish working on putting Jamie’s face on. Alexandria tells Jamie she’ll be back in an hour to come get her to take out to the show. INT. TELEVISION STUDIO - NIGHT Susan is standing center stage giving her monologue for the night. SUSAN Kirk Cameron was on MSNBC’s Anderson Cooper’s show this week talking about his faith and the life of being a born again Christian. There’s a little snippet from Anderson Cooper’s show. The camera cut’s back to Susan giving her monologue. SUSAN (CONT’D) From the looks of the footage Anderson Cooper has a little bit of a growing pain on in his third leg. The audience laughs. SUSAN (CONT’D) Hey Kirk a little word of advice, instead of being born again, why don't you just grow up? The audience laughs and hoots and howlers at Susan’s reaction. SUSAN (CONT’D) We have a great show tonight, but this is the very special edition of Sundown, my sister Jamie Iccarus will be on the show and from what my producers tell me, she has a special announcement she want’s to tell me. Hopefully It’ll be I'm going to become an aunt. You’re going to want to leave it here. Audiance stands up and gives a clapping standing ovation. Dennis makes a signal with his right hand for when the show has gone to a commercial. DENNIS And, we’re at commercial. MAKE UP ARTIST walks up Susan and does a touch up with Susan’s make up. MAKE UP ARTIST You really need to quit sweating so much. SUSAN Easy for you to say. You’re close with all nineteen of your siblings. Make up artist laughs. MAKE UP ARTIST You’re going to do fine. Susan goes to her desk and sits down on the chair behind her desk. Make up artist follows behind Susan and touches up her hair and make up. DENNIS (O.S.) Susie, we’re coming back from commercial in ninety seconds. MAKE UP ARTIST What do you think Jamie has to tell you? SUSAN Not sure exactly. DENNIS (O.S.) We’re at thirty seconds. Make up artist stops fussing with Susan. MAKE UP ARTIST Good luck Susan. SUSAN Thanks, I’m going to need it. DENNIS (O.S.) We’re coming back. (beat) In five, four, three, two. The sound of audience applauses is the sign that Susan is back on the air. INT. TELEVISION STUDIO - SIDE STAGE - NIGHT Alexandria and Jamie are standing at the side stage waiting for Jamie’s cue to enter the stage to be Susan’s guest. Alexandria is looking around looking for Jamie’s cue when Jamie get’s Alexandria’s attention. JAMIE Hey before we go on stage. I have to tell you something I'm about to tell Susan. Alexandria on her tip toes looking for Jamie’s cue to go on stage not paying attention to what Jamie is saying. ALEXANDRIA What is it? JUMP CUT TO: SUSAN Sitting at her desk facing the camera. SUSAN Welcome back to the show, Adam Carolla will be on the show tomorrow talking about his new book, In Fifty Years, We’ll All Be Chicks and Vincent Chase will be on Wednesday’s show to promote his new movie Medillin. You’re not going to want to forget that. CUT BACK TO: INT. TELEVISION STUDIO - SIDE STAGE - NIGHT Alexandria is still looking around looking for Jamie’s cue when Jamie get’s Alexandria’s attention. SUSAN (O.S.) My first guest is a nurse from Cambridge, Massachusetts and is here because she has a special announcement she want’s to bring to the table. JAMIE I have cancer and I’m going to ask Susan if she could be a donor. Alexandria turns her head quickly. ALEXANDRIA What? SUSAN (O.S.) Ladies and Gentlemen please welcome to the show, my sister, Jamie Iccarus. Jamie quickly exits the side stage and walks over to the center stage where she will meet Susan over to the first seat next to her desk. Alexandria is confused on what Jamie said to her. CUT TO: JAMIE Walking on the stage. Susan meets Jamie half way on the stage, gives Jamie a hug, and walks her to the couch together. Jamie takes her place on the couch next to Susan’s desk and is sweating profusely. Susan takes her seat behind her desk and turns to her right facing Jamie who is sitting to Susan’s right is getting comfortable. SUSAN (smiling) You alright? Don’t be nervous. JAMIE (nervous, sweating) I’m not nervous. The lights are a little hot. SUSAN (laughing) You’re not going to melt are you? JAMIE (uneasy laugh) No, no. SUSAN My producers tell me you have a special announcement you want to tell me. JAMIE (looks at Susan and then the audience) I really, rather not, SUSAN We want to. Don’t we guys? AUDIANCE (unison) Yes! SUSAN Now you don’t have a choice. You have to tell me. AUDIANCE (repeating in unison) Tell her! CLOSE UP Jamie looking around at everyone in the audience nervously. JAMIE I have cancer. The audience goes from cheering to funeral home quiet very quickly. SUSAN (shocked) What? JAMIE Yeah. SUSAN (eyes and mouth are wide open) What the hell do you mean you have cancer? JAMIE I have a rare cancer that caused one of my kidney’s to totally shut down. I now have one operative kidney and you’re the only match for me. SUSAN Why am I a match? JAMIE Because you and I have a rare blood type. My kidney rejected so many donors. Susan quietly breathing heavy. SUSAN We’ll talk more about this, we’re going to take a break. DENNIS (O.S.) And, we’re at commercial. SUSAN (coldly) Cohen, please take Mrs. Iccarus back to the Green Room keep her there until I get done. Susan’s television crew takes Jamie away from her comfortable position sitting on the couch away from the stage. Susan’s right elbow is on the desk holding up her head. Cohen approaching Susan’s desk. COHEN (stunned) We weren’t expecting that. SUSAN No. No I was not. COHEN Are you going to be ok? SUSAN (taking slow deep breaths) Yeah. I’m about as shocked as my father was when he saw Sammy “The Bull” Gravano with his head shaved. Susan takes her notes and begins to stack them on her desk. COHEN Want to meet for a drink later after your done talking to Jamie? SUSAN Probably not. I’ll probably want to head home after all this to process what just happened. Susan continues stacking her notes, places them on her desk, folds her hands, raises her eyebrows, and widens her eyes. COHEN Ok, I’ll be in my office if you need to talk. Cohen exits the stage. Susan takes a deep breath and stacks her notes on her desk one more time. DENNIS (O.S.) We’re coming back. (beat) In ten seconds. Susan takes a deep breath and continues on with the rest of her show without missing a beat. DISSOLVE TO: SUSAN Sitting on the floor in front of her desk smoking a cigarette in her right hand and a flask in her left hand. Cohen slowly was over to Susan and holding his briefcase in his left hand and his raincoat draped over his right arm. COHEN You forgot Jamie is still in the Green Room? SUSAN I know she’s in there. COHEN So what are you going to do? You can’t keep her there all night. What’s Mr. Carolla going to say? He’s going to think Kimmel grew boobs and they we’ll all be in trouble. Susan stands up, finishes her flask, finishes the last hit of her cigarette and throws her cigarette in the empty flask. SUSAN (standing up) Cohen, you know me better than anybody else does at this station! You know my situation with me and Jamie! How dare talk to me like my father! COHEN I’m sorry, Susie. Susan blinks predominantly at Cohen. SUSAN I’m sorry too, Cohen. Cohen and Susan share a hug and disengage. Susan puts her hands on her hips. SUSAN (CONT’D) I have to talk to Jamie. Susan exits the stage. ANGLE ON Cohen still standing on the stage watches Susan leave. COHEN Good night Susan. SUSAN (O.S.) Good night. (beat) Stop watching me walk, Cohen. CUT TO: INT. GREEN ROOM - NIGHT Jamie is sitting on the couch texting on her Blackberry cell phone. Susan opens the door and enters the Green Room with her arms crossed over her chest. Jamie looks up from her Blackberry cellphone, places the Blackberry cellphone on the coffee table, and stands up on her feet. JAMIE You handled that well. I like that. SUSAN (annoyed) You know what, it really doesn’t matter what you like at this point. JAMIE (confused) What’s that suppose to mean? Susan raises her left to point to where the stage is. SUSAN (listing what happened) You know, I can’t believe the gall you have, Jay. You come on my show in front of millions of people, telling me you need a donor, putting me on the spot looking like the bad guy, JAMIE (passive) I kind of figured you’d react badly to this. SUSAN (crossing her arms) This also goes way back to when you didn’t invite me to your graduations from high school and medical school let alone, your wedding. You know how I found out you got married, Toby was getting the mail one day from when Uncle Harrison and his craft matic adjustable bed robber of a wife sent me the snippet announcement from the newspaper and snail mailed to me. And yet, I am suppose to just let it roll off my back like nothing’s wrong. You know to this day, I’m still bothered by it. JAMIE Because I knew you didn’t care. Why should you know. SUSAN Oh here we go. Susan put’s her hands on top of her head, walks towards the other side of the green room and walks back towards Jamie. JAMIE What? SUSAN Oh my god. I don’t know how many times I have to explain and apologize? Look it, I was hitting puberty when you were born! (beat) Yes I detested you the first six years. But if you do the math, fifteen minus nineteen equals six. That’s how long puberty lasts is six years. I know we were both born in the recount state just in case you forgot. JAMIE Oh puberty isn’t that terrible. SUSAN Well guess what, people don’t handle puberty like you. (walks back over to Jamie) But I didn’t just dislike you, I disliked everybody. All I wanted to do was hang out with my friends and be with my horse. The same friends I don’t have to pay to be my friends like that god damn sorority you joined in college. JAMIE Yeah I noticed. Jamie sits back down on the couch and rests her elbows on her knees. SUSAN But six years later, I got over it. JAMIE Mom and I didn’t. SUSAN I’m sorry for how I treated you and mom. I’m also sorry for going through puberty. (beat) Damn it! Why do I feel like I have to constantly apologize for something I can’t change? (beat) This also goes back to when you and Colin were fooling around behind my back. JAMIE (vindictive) I guess you shouldn’t have gone off on that radio remote show with Cohen, should you? SUSAN (snapping back) You knew Colin and I were engaged. Cohen and I have nothing going on between us. He’s like an adopted dad to me since our father passed away. (beat) But I guess it is true about the story about you, you really are easier to get into than a community college. I didn’t want to believe it, but after tonight, it all now makes sense. There’s an uncomfortable pause. Jamie looks up at Susan like nothing happened. JAMIE Well, my doctors appointment is, SUSAN (interrupting Jamie) Did you not hear what I just got done telling you? (beat) My god you were doing nothing but texting on that damn Blackberry. Everybody warned me that you were up to something and I said no. She just misses her husband. Now I'm starting to regret flying you out to my house and making you feel like a guest in my home. Susan pauses and begins to pace the room. SUSAN (CONT’D) So what happens if I don’t give you my kidney? Then what? JAMIE I have six months to a year to live. SUSAN (shaking her head) I don’t know, Jamie, I really need to think about this. Susan heads towards the door of the Green Room. She opens the door pivots to the right facing Jamie. SUSAN (CONT’D) I’m sure you probably didn’t learn this from a heartless doctor, blood runs thicker than money. I want you out of my house when I get home. Susan exits the Green Room. Jamie plops her butt back on the couch. DISSOLVE TO: INT. SUSAN’S HOME - MASTER BEDROOM - NIGHT Toby is asleep in bed when he hears Susan’s keys unlock the door to their home. His eyes are semi open and ascends from the bed to the living room to see Susan. INT. LIVING ROOM - NIGHT Susan enters through the front door, into the living room, closes the door behind her, takes off her jacket and put’s the jacket on the coat hook. Toby walks into the living room where he is watching Susan set her thing’s down on the side table beside the front door. TOBY (half asleep) Everything alright? SUSAN (annoyed) Did you watch the show? TOBY Yeah. She’s gone, Susie. SUSAN (turns her head along with her body facing Toby) When did she leave? Susan places her keys on the side table by the door. TOBY About a half hour ago. Susan hangs up her purse on the coat rack with her coat, walks over to Toby and embraces him. TOBY (CONT’D) I’m sorry sweetie. Toby rubs Susan’s back and kisses the top of her head. SUSAN (crying) Of all people. You know me sweetheart, it would be different if I talked to my sister everyday. I would help her out in a heart beat. TOBY Honey I don’t blame you. You do what you feel is right and I’ll be at your side. MONTAGE - JAMIE’S LIFE IN THE BALANCE -- Jamie is in the hotel room packing. She looks at her Blackberry cellphone to see if Susan called. No sign of new voice mail or text messages from Susan. -- The Blackberry cellphone shows the time and a Blackberry cellphone wallpaper of her husband, Colin. -- Jamie puts the Blackberry cellphone back in her purse. -- Jamie takes her Blackberry cellphone out of her purse and begins to dial Susan’s phone number. -- Jamie leaves a message on Susan’s voice mail. SUSAN (automated voice mail announcement) Hi you’ve reached Susan. Leave me a message and I’ll get back to you. JAMIE (leaving a message on Susan’s voice mail) Hey Susan it’s Jamie. I’m just giving you a call because I was hoping your on your way to see me before I go back to Cambridge. Call me when you get this. INT. OFFICE - CONFERENCE ROOM - DAY Susan is at the office sitting at the round table with her writers gathering ideas for the show. INT. CLOTHING BOUTIQUE - DAY Susan picks up her phone and notices that Jamie has called her Blackberry cellphone multiple times today. Susan rolls her eyes and throws her Blackberry back in her purse. Alexandria is looking at a pair of pants, turns her head to the right and sees Susan getting annoyed. ALEXANDRIA Did Jamie call you again? SUSAN (letting out a bothersome sigh) Yeah. ALEXANDRIA My god she doesn’t stop. SUSAN Well she want’s something i’m not giving her. ALEXANDRIA What’s that? SUSAN My kidney. ALEXANDRIA Why would she want that? SUSAN Well Alex you’re aware of the history between me and my sister aren’t you and hopefully you watched the show. How would you feel if your sister did exactly what she did me to you. Would you want to give her your kidney? ALEXANDRIA I would’ve told to her to spread your legs to someone who has a twelve figure income to care about your problem. Susan and Alexandria continue clothes shopping. ALEXANDRIA (CONT’D) I’m just surprised you were as accommodating as you were to her. SUSAN (slowly realizing) Oh my god, am I that naive? Did everyone but me see that coming? Alexandria begins to sweat and is looking around at the stack of jeans nervously. Susan tilts her head to the left side and sees Alexandria acting very suspicious. SUSAN (CONT’D) Alex, do you know something? ALEXANDRIA (sweating more and heaving) Well, SUSAN (annoyed) Come on Alexandria. Out with it! ALEXANDRIA Well, before Jamie went on stage, she kind of said, SUSAN (more annoyed) Ok, I know you did not just say kind of. There’s no such thing as kind of Alexandria. ALEXANDRIA Jamie told me last minuet before she went on your show last night. Customers in the store are hearing the conversation between Susan and Alexandria getting heated, they drop the items they were going to purchase and exit the store. SUSAN What the hell Alexandria? You knew and didn’t tell me about this? ALEXANDRIA (nervous) The show already was rolling. What did you want me to do? SUSAN (angry) Well gee I don’t know? You’re pretty good at calling me at the last minuet about favors. You could’ve told me I would’ve introduced a new segment on the show. ALEXANDRIA I’m glad I know that. SUSAN I’m glad you do to. Now you can take that little bit of knowledge I taught you today and walk over to NBC with it and be someone’s lap candy. ALEXANDRIA (confused) Excuse me? SUSAN Oh I'm sorry. Let dumb it down for you. Uh, your fired! Pack up your desk now! I don’t want to see that stupid picture of your drunk ass at my Christmas Party. I was kind enough to invite you and your living in sin mate number seven to my home. Alexandria’s face fills up with tears, she throws her stuff on the floor, and exits the clothing boutique. ALEXANDRIA (dismissive) Fine! I’m out of here! The cashier is in shock standing behind the register. Susan turns to her left and notices the cashier was watching everything that went on. She walks up to the register with the items she bought and places them on the register counter. CASHIER There’s a side I never knew you had Susan. Susan shakes her head in disbelief and thinks nothing about what the cashier said. CUT TO: EXT. SUSAN AND TOBY’S HOME - FRONT DOOR - DAY Jamie is at the front door and knocks. Toby opens the door with the New York Islanders hockey game playing on the television in the background. JAMIE Hi Toby. TOBY (coldly) Dr. Giggles. JAMIE I’ve been trying to get a hold of Susan all day. Is she home? TOBY She did step out for a moment she should be home by now. Come in. INT. SUSAN AND TOBY’S HOME - LIVING ROOM Toby opens the front door with the television remote control in his left hand and invites Jamie inside the house. TOBY I’ll go look for Susan and tell her your here. Toby tosses the television remote control on the couch, opens the sliding glass door, and enters outside to the backyard where Susan is working on the yard. EXT. SUSAN AND TOBY’S HOME - BACK YARD - DAY Susan is in the back yard working on her garden. Toby comes out to the garden where Susan is. Susan is wearing a bandana, with a tank top, hair pulled back, and cut off shorts. TOBY Susan, Jamie’s back. Susan stops garden and wipes the sweat from her forehead. SUSAN (annoyed) For what? TOBY Don’t you want to talk to her? SUSAN There’s nothing more to talk about. Tell her to leave. TOBY You can’t possibly mean that Susan. This could be the last time you’ll see her again. SUSAN She’s got her paid family and friends to help out. Have her go ask them for a kidney. TOBY (under his breath) Not going to disagree with you on that. Toby turns around, opens the sliding glass door and enters inside the living room where Jamie is. INT. SUSAN’S HOME - LIVING ROOM - DAY Jamie is standing, leaning against the couch with her arms folded. She turns her head to the right and sees Toby enter the living room. JAMIE Did she change her mind? TOBY (rolls his eyes) What do you think? JAMIE I figured she’d listen to you and have a change of heart. I guess I was wrong. TOBY You know what Jamie, I don’t need to get her to change her mind. To be quiet honest, I don’t blame Susan one bit for her decision. If my sister did the same amount stuck up things you did. Like not inviting me to graduations or wedding, she knows not to ask me for a favor. Ever! Period! (beat) Look I'm sorry if my girlfriend isn’t good enough or a stuck up heartless doctor, but she has never ignored as a sister. Oh and also little news flash, she went through puberty! Get over it! JAMIE Are you about done? Because I have a husband to go home to. TOBY (irritated) Get the out of my house and go fuck yourself. Jamie exits Susan and Toby’s home. SUPERIMPOSE: TWO YEARS LATER INT. SUSAN’S HOME - LIVING ROOM - DAY Susan and Toby are still the same. Sitting on the couch watching television with Toby’s friend’s watching the New York Islanders playing hockey against the Colorado Avalance. The phone rings. Susan and the guys react to what’s going on in the game. Toby announces he’s getting up to answer the phone. Toby places his bottle of beer on the coffee table and rises from the couch to go answer the phone in the kitchen. Susan sarcastically says thanks for warning us. INT. KITCHEN - DAY Toby places the receiver end of the phone to his ear and begins to speak into it. TOBY (on the phone) Hello? CUT TO: INT. MOUNT AUBURN HOSPITAL - DAY Dr. Smith on the phone looking at Jamie’s file. DR. SMITH (on the phone) Ah yes may I please speak to Ms. Susan Halleck? MATCH CUT TO: INT. KITCHEN - DAY TOBY (on the phone) Yeah just a minuet. Toby places the speaking end of the phone to his left shoulder blade, walks over the door frame of the kitchen and looks around for Susan. Susan is sitting on the couch with Toby’s friend’s watching the game. TOBY (CONT’D) Hey Sue? SUSAN (O.S.) Yeah babe? TOBY Can you come here for a second? SUSAN (O.S.) Why? TOBY Would you just come in the kitchen please? SUSAN (O.S.) For what? CUT TO: SUSAN confused, places her beer down on the coffee table and goes into the kitchen where Toby is. INT. KITCHEN - DAY Susan meets Toby in the kitchen. Toby hands Susan the phone. Susan places the receiver to her ear and begins to speak into it. SUSAN (on the phone) Hello? DR. SMITH (on the phone) Hello Ms. Halleck, sorry I'm not on the phone with you about buying tickets to watch your show but I have some news your not going to like. SUSAN (on the phone) What do you mean? WE SEE Susan’s face go from puzzled to bawling her eyes out. The portable phone drops to the floor. Toby opens his arms and begins to comfort Susan for a minuet. Susan is leaning with her back against the wall and is sliding down the wall from Toby’s arms. Susan’s butt is now touching her heels on the floor and is crying in the corner of the kitchen. Toby goes back to the living room. INT. LIVING ROOM - DAY Toby enter’s the living room where his friend’s are sitting on the couch watching the Islanders hockey game. TOBY Hey guys, listen, I’m afraid your going to have to go somewhere else to watch the game. GUY 1 What’s going on? GUY 3 Yeah man, what do you not like us any more? TOBY (smacking GUY 3 upside the head) There’s been a death in the family you mama luke. GUY 2 That’s unfortunate. We’ll leave you guys be. The guys exit the living room and out the door. Susan exit’s out of the kitchen with her hands wiping the tears away after Toby’s friend’s leave. Toby walks over to Susan. TOBY (hugs Susan and comforts her) I’m sorry, Susan. SUSAN (wraps her arms around Toby) Thank you. TOBY Is there anything I can do? SUSAN (sniffling) Just be you. TOBY Besides that? Susan gently breaks away from Toby’s embrace and wipes the tears from the corner of her eyes. SUSAN Well, I have to call my staff if you don’t mind when I’m done, would you mind driving me to the studio so I can tell them what’s going on. TOBY What’s going to happen from here? Is there going to be a service for Jamie? SUSAN I would imagine. I have to make some phone calls and probably fly out to Cambridge for the funeral. (wiping the tears from her eyes) I probably have to take the red eye after my meeting. CUT TO: INT. SUSAN’S OFFICE - NIGHT Susan’s television staff is all crowding around in her office for an important meeting. Susan is at her desk addressing her staff. SUSAN For those of you who don’t remember two years ago, my sister was here and also was a guest on my show. I just found out this afternoon that Jamie passed away and will be flying to Cambridge, Massachusetts for her funeral. I suggest anybody that has vacation time coming to them, need to take it. One of the crew members raised their hand. SUSAN (CONT’D) (acknowledging her crew member) Yes? Question? CREW MEMBER (standing up) What happened to Alexandria? SUSAN I fired her due to lack of communication. Crew member sits back down in the seat. Dennis raises his hand. Susan acknowledges Dennis. DENNIS (standing up) What if some of us used our vacation time already? SUSAN Then Dennis you need to stay behind in my office when this meeting is over. (to her staff) Does anybody else have any other questions? (beat) Ok. Then without further ado, we will be in re runs this week. I’ll do a little pre recorded opening for tomorrow’s show and someone will have to do some editing for tomorrow’s show and weed like an old show within my pre recorded obituary. Thank you everyone for coming in at short notice. Enjoy your vacation. All of the staff members leave except for Dennis who takes the nearest chair in front of Susan’s desk. SUSAN (CONT’D) Dennis since you did use up all your vacation, you’ll have paid vacation time as well. But you need to do me a favor and not tell anyone I did this and that we had this conversation. Next time for future referance, use your vacation days a little more wisely besides nursing hang overs. DENNIS Thanks Susan. Dennis get’s up from his chair. Susan begins to go through some paper work and writing things down. Dennis opens the door to let himself out but pivots to his left to Susan. DENNIS (CONT’D) Susan, Susan looks up from her paper work at Dennis. DENNIS (CONT’D) My family and I are sorry to hear about your loss. SUSAN (smiles) Thank you, Dennis. I’ll see you in a week. Dennis exits out of Susan’s office. MOMENTS LATER INT. SUSAN AND TOBY’S HOME - MASTER BEDROOM - NIGHT Susan is in the master bedroom packing her suitcase getting clothes from the drawers and from the closet. She is sighing deeply as she’s packing. Toby walks up to the door frame that meets from the hallway to the master bedroom and leans the left side of his body onto the door frame. TOBY Are you sure your going to be alright? Susan mentally pre occupied with packing her suitcase deciding what to pack in her suitcase. SUSAN No i’m ok. TOBY Would you like me to go with you? SUSAN Thank you but I’ll be fine. You’ll probably want to hang back here in case your agent calls you and want’s to start directing that movie you’ve be looking forward to directing. TOBY Are you sure? SUSAN Yeah i’ll be fine. I’ll see you in a week. TOBY (nodding his head in agreement) Ok. Sounds like you have a plan. Toby and Susan embrace and exchange a kiss. TOBY (CONT’D) I love you. I’ll see you in a week. SUSAN (V.O.) Tonight I'm opening the show on a serious introduction, my sister Jamie Iccarus, who I've had on this show passed away over the weekend. Jamie was twenty eight years old. She graduated from Notre Dame University Magna Com Lately. Jamie survived by her mother Abigail Halleck, sister Susan Halleck, and husband Colin Iccarus. Not much of an obit, but at least we got our facts straight. And I think Jamie would’ve wanted it that way. Thank you for tuning in and good night. CUT TO: INT. LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT - TERMINAL - NIGHT Susan’s messenger bag is across her body and she is dragging her suitcase on wheels behind her. She checks in with the ticket counter and goes into the airplane to take her seat. INT. LOGAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT - LATER Susan exits out of terminal of the airport and walks over to the rental car section of the airport to order a rental. The car rental agent gives Susan a key to her rental car. Susan takes the key and goes over to baggage claim to retrieve her suitcase from the baggage carosel. INT. RENTAL CAR - NIGHT Susan is in the car on her way to the hotel she is staying at. She parks her car in the parking lot of the hotel she is staying at. INT. HOTEL - NIGHT Susan approaches the front desk to check in. SUSAN Hi, I’d like a room for a few nights. FRONT DESK AGENT Ok let me check to see if we have any rooms available. The front desk agent does a double take and realizes she’s talking to the host of Sundown With Susan, Susan Halleck. FRONT DESK AGENT (CONT’D) (excited) Oh my god! Your Susan! Your Susan Halleck! You host Sundown with Susan! I love your show! SUSAN (smiling) Thank you. Do any of your staff have my book? I’ll sign it and take some photo’s with you. FRONT DESK AGENT Oh I don’t know. Listen your room is on the house. Just as long as you keep your word. SUSAN (surprised) Oh wow. I was not expecting that. FRONT DESK AGENT So what bring’s you to Cambridge, Mass? If you don’t mind me asking. SUSAN Funeral. My sister passed away a few days ago. FRONT DESK AGENT Oh I'm sorry to hear about that. INT. HOTEL ROOM SUITE - NIGHT Susan is un packing her suitcase and the television is blaring in the background as she’s un packing. There’s a knock on the door. Susan stops un packing and opens the door and sees her brother in-law/ the late Jamie Iccarus’ husband Colin. COLIN Susan. SUSAN Colin. Colin invites himself into Susan’s room by barging in. SUSAN (CONT’D) Why don’t you come in. You’re about as welcoming as a can of refried beans on a tour bus. Colin takes a seat on the couch. Susan closes the door behind her after Colin barges in the hotel room. COLIN Oh Susan. You always have something smart to say don’t you. SUSAN Well Colin someone’s got to. If you don’t like my opinion, improve yourself. COLIN Still mad about our break up aren’t you? SUSAN No. I've moved on since then and in a stable relationship. Unlike our relationship, it was about as stable as Mr. Toad’s wild ride at Disney. COLIN I want to know why didn’t you show up for Jamie’s doctor’s appointment? SUSAN Why do you care? I think both you and I know why I didn’t show up. COLIN You got money. You could’ve flown out here. SUSAN (annoyed) That’s not the point, Colin and you of all people should know that. It’s the fact that I wasn’t invited to your wedding or hell let alone all the graduation ceremonies from the schools Jamie attended. COLIN Because even when you and I were together you didn’t give a rat’s ass about your sister. SUSAN Colin in case you forgot, your older than me. What does that tell you? COLIN The fact that you were gone all the time and you didn’t really invest allot in the relationship. SUSAN Well have you noticed Colin the reason why I was gone on remote shows and doing internships at television and radio stations so I can one day make a name for myself like I how I am doing right now? COLIN Because I heard you cheated on me with Cohen? SUSAN Cohen? Really? Of all people to pick you thought I was cheating on you with Cohen? COLIN You were gone allot and you were always fighting with your parents and your sister. SUSAN Oh for the love of crying out loud, I can’t believe I have to apologize for going through something I can’t control. Look news flash, I got my first present from mother nature the day Jamie was born. And also from the looks of you, your still waiting for your testicles to descend. COLIN Well, I still don’t get what the big deal is. SUSAN (walks over to the hotel suite door) Of course you don’t see the big deal, because you have the charm of a rapist. (opens the door to her suite) I think you’d better leave. Colin looks up at Susan rises up from the chair and begins to exit out of Susan’s room. COLIN Your just like your father. Your always waiting for an excuse to throw me out. JAMIE And you know what, your just like your mother, less compassionate than a desert. After Colin is gone Susan slams the door behind him and goes back to un packing her suitcase. DISSOLVE TO: EXT. EVERGREEN CEMETARY GROUNDS - DAY Friends, colleges, and Sorority Sisters are standing around Jamie’s casket and they are all dressed in black. There’s a canopy shading the funeral patrons from the cold, dreary, rainy Boston weather. The women are in black dresses wearing black hats with the veils covering the faces, wiping their eyes with handkerchiefs crying. There’s a poster size framed picture of Jamie and her husband Colin from their wedding day. The casket is shown above ground with wreathes of flowers covering the top of the casket. SUSAN Shows up at the funeral wearing aviator sunglasses, concert tee shirt, and torn jeans. A cigarette is dangling from the side of her lips like an icicle hanging from the roof on a winter day. Susan is standing in between the stuck up soroity sisters holding her cigarette with her right hand and pulls out her silver flask with her left hand and takes a swig. SORORITY SISTER Who are you? SUSAN (not even noticing the Sorority Sister to her left) I’m Jamie’s sister. You know, the type of sister you don’t have hire by the day. SORORITY SISTER (fake coughs) You know that filthy little stick takes ten years off your life? Susan turns her head to the little blonde soroity girl, takes a puff of her cigarette, and blows the cigarette smoke in her face. SUSAN There. Now you can’t say I never gave you nothing. SORORITY SISTER (waving smoke from her face with her right hand and coughs for real) Oh that’s real mature. Susan mocks the sorority bimbo and continues to mind her own business. The PRIEST get’s up to the podeum and delivers the opening line. PRIEST Good afternoon! Lord, as we mourn the sudden death of our sister, show us the immense power of your goodness and strengthen our belief that Jamie Halleck-Iccarus has entered into your presence. We ask this through Christ our Lord. The priest continues on with funeral while Susan looks around at the few people that showed up to Jamie’s funeral and doesn’t see, Colin in the mix of people. PRIEST (CONT’D) Do not stand at my grave and weep I am not there; I do not sleep. I am a thousand winds that blow, I am the diamond glints on snow, I am the sun on ripened grain, I am the gentle autumn rain. When you awaken in the morning’s hush, I am the swift uplifting rush Of quiet birds in circled flight. I am the soft stars that shine at night. Do not stand at my grave and cry, I am not there; I did not die. (closes his book and address the attendees) Amen. In the name of the son, the holy spirit. Go with god. The funeral is over. Everyone is leaving the funeral except for Susan who is still standing beside Jamie’s casket with her right knee slightly bent, her left leg straight, right arm extended with her left hand draped over her stomach holding up her right arm. She then here’s her name from a far off distance, turns her head to the right to see who is calling her name. DR. SMITH (O.S.) Susan! CUT TO: DR. SMITH sees Susan and walks over to her. WE SEE Jamie’s casket is now being lowered to the ground in the background as Dr. Smith and Susan are talking. DR. SMITH (CONT’D) (out of breath) Susan, big fan. I know this isn’t the time or place, but big fan. SUSAN Thank you. (taking a puff of her cigarette) Jeez, doc, your out of breath? I smoke a pack a day, do yoga and don’t get half as winded as you. DR. SMITH Hilarious. Secondly, if you were to go with the surgery, it wouldn’t have mattered. SUSAN (shaking her head in confusion) Wait, what do you mean it wouldn’t have mattered? DR. SMITH It wouldn’t have mattered because her body has rejected so many kidney’s in the past. She died while in surgery. Her body reacted to the Anastasia, went into shock and died on the table. Susan is still looking around for Colin. SUSAN Where’s Colin in all this? DR. SMITH Colin decided not to come. SUSAN (perplexed) To his own wife’s funeral? Dr. Smith nods. SUSAN (CONDO) (CONT’D) Nice guy. Wow. Thanks doc. Dr. Smith leaves the grave site. Susan throws her cigarette butt into Jamie’s open grave and leaves. FADE TO BLACK.