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[ [ "Coach Harvey enters.\n \n COACH HARVEY\n Hey, Freedman, save some for the\n game.\n \n Mike sinks one last jumper, turns to the coach.\n \n MIKE\n Just warming up, Coach.", "COACH HARVEY\n Let's go! Remember, Boys, winners\n get the girls. Losers please\n themselves!\n \n Mike and the Falcons jog onto the court. Mike takes his\n place for the jump ball. The Crowd stomps, cheers LOUDLY.", "Where did you hear that?\n \n MIKE\n (COVERS)\n I don't know? Read it somewhere I\n guess. Be a sport. Show me what\n you got.\n \n Mike tosses Alex the ball. Alex begins to dribble. Mike", "Coach Harvey hands Mike a towel.\n \n COACH HARVEY\n Son, I haven't seen anyone with\n your shooting ability in, well, in\n a long time. I called a couple\n college scouts I know. They're\n coming to the game tonight...to", "steps up to defend. Alex dribbles quicker, through his legs.\n \n MIKE (CONT'D)\n Alright. You got a little game.\n \n WHAM. The doors slam open. In walk Stan and his Posse. A\n BLOOD speckled BAND-AID covers the tip of Stan's nose.", "watch you. If you have half the\n season I think you're capable of,\n you can play anywhere you want.\n \n MIKE\n That's the plan, Coach.\n \n The rest of the Falcons basketball team jogs out from the\n locker room followed by a PHOTOGRAPHER.", "Mike and Alex school Stan and Jazz. Steals, picks, fancy\n passes and scoring. The Coach watches with awe. A final 3\n pointer by Mike in Stan's face seals the deal.\n \n COACH HARVEY\n That makes 11-3. Game over.\n Gather up.", "INT. FITCH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL/GYM - NIGHT\n \n An empty gym. Mike stands feet beyond the 3 point line,\n grabs balls from a hopper and rapidly shoots, shoots, shoots.\n SWISH...SWISH...SWISH. Automatic.", "COACH HARVEY\n Hey, O'Donnell, save some for the\n game.\n \n Mike sinks one last jumper, turns to the Coach.\n \n MIKE\n Just warming up, Coach.\n \n Coach Harvey hands Mike a towel.", "COACH HARVEY\n Hey! Hey! Knock it off.\n \n Coach Harvey pulls the Players apart just as the gym doors\n burst open. ED FREEDMAN, 17, sporting a jacket over a WIZARD\n costume, runs in, trips on his robe, gets up, peels his\n clothes off.", "Stan, carrying a basketball, his goons and Maggie come up\n behind Mike.\n \n STAN\n Heads up!\n \n Stan whips the ball at Mike. Mike, cat-quick, spins around,\n catches the ball.", "A game of 1 on 1. Alex dribbles up to Mike. Mike crouches\n in a defensive stance. Mike goes for the ball. Alex crosses\n over. Mike misses. Alex pulls up, shoots and scores. Mike\n smiles, shakes his head.", "INT. FITCH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL/GYM - CONTINUOUS\n \n An empty gymnasium except for a shirtless MIKE O'DONNELL, 17.\n Mike stands feet BEYOND the 3 point line, grabs balls from a\n hopper and rapidly shoots, shoots, shoots.", "was on the basketball team because\n I knew he'd never make it to a\n game.\n \n MIKE\n Then why would you tell him that?\n \n ALEX\n I guess I was hoping it would make\n him like me more.", "MIKE (CONT'D)\n 3, 2, 1-\n \n 9.\n \n \n \n Mike hits a perfect jumper at the imaginary buzzer, smiles.\n \n MIKE (CONT'D)", "INT. BASKETBALL COURT - DAY\n \n Alex stands behind the 3 point line. Mike rapidly feeds him\n balls. Alex catches, shoots and moves. This time...they're\n all going in. Mike passes the last ball. Alex shoots and we-\n \n CUT TO:", "drills, scrimmaging, getting in\n shape.\n \n Maggie stifles a laugh.\n \n MIKE\n That's my boy. Remember, it's not\n how big you are-\n \n ALEX", "COACH HARVEY\n This can't be happening again.\n \n Mike steps over to Alex-\n \n MIKE\n It's your turn now. Good luck.\n \n Mike rushes off the court. As Mike disappears into the", "Mike peers around...nobody.\n \n MIKE\n Alex?\n \n No answer. A basketball sits in the middle of the floor.\n Mike enters, picks up the ball, begins dribbling...faster,\n between his legs, around his back, up to the 3 point line-", "The kid's still got it.\n \n Mike dashes for the bouncing ball, scoops it up, goes for a\n reverse lay up, makes it but when he lands...he\n lands...CRACK...hard. Mike grabs his lower back, groans-\n \n MIKE (CONT'D)" ], [ "Stan, carrying a basketball, his goons and Maggie come up\n behind Mike.\n \n STAN\n Heads up!\n \n Stan whips the ball at Mike. Mike, cat-quick, spins around,\n catches the ball.", "drills, scrimmaging, getting in\n shape.\n \n Maggie stifles a laugh.\n \n MIKE\n That's my boy. Remember, it's not\n how big you are-\n \n ALEX", "Coach Harvey enters.\n \n COACH HARVEY\n Hey, Freedman, save some for the\n game.\n \n Mike sinks one last jumper, turns to the coach.\n \n MIKE\n Just warming up, Coach.", "The kid's still got it.\n \n Mike dashes for the bouncing ball, scoops it up, goes for a\n reverse lay up, makes it but when he lands...he\n lands...CRACK...hard. Mike grabs his lower back, groans-\n \n MIKE (CONT'D)", "COACH HARVEY\n Let's go! Remember, Boys, winners\n get the girls. Losers please\n themselves!\n \n Mike and the Falcons jog onto the court. Mike takes his\n place for the jump ball. The Crowd stomps, cheers LOUDLY.", "INT. FITCH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL/GYM - CONTINUOUS\n \n An empty gymnasium except for a shirtless MIKE O'DONNELL, 17.\n Mike stands feet BEYOND the 3 point line, grabs balls from a\n hopper and rapidly shoots, shoots, shoots.", "COACH HARVEY\n First game of the season and the\n scouts are already lining up. You\n have half the season I know you're\n capable of, you can play anywhere\n you want, Mike.\n \n MIKE\n That's the plan coach.", "Where did you hear that?\n \n MIKE\n (COVERS)\n I don't know? Read it somewhere I\n guess. Be a sport. Show me what\n you got.\n \n Mike tosses Alex the ball. Alex begins to dribble. Mike", "Coach Harvey hands Mike a towel.\n \n COACH HARVEY\n Son, I haven't seen anyone with\n your shooting ability in, well, in\n a long time. I called a couple\n college scouts I know. They're\n coming to the game tonight...to", "MIKE (CONT'D)\n 3, 2, 1-\n \n 9.\n \n \n \n Mike hits a perfect jumper at the imaginary buzzer, smiles.\n \n MIKE (CONT'D)", "Mike peers around...nobody.\n \n MIKE\n Alex?\n \n No answer. A basketball sits in the middle of the floor.\n Mike enters, picks up the ball, begins dribbling...faster,\n between his legs, around his back, up to the 3 point line-", "INT. FITCH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL/GYM - NIGHT\n \n An empty gym. Mike stands feet beyond the 3 point line,\n grabs balls from a hopper and rapidly shoots, shoots, shoots.\n SWISH...SWISH...SWISH. Automatic.", "MIKE\n That's why we focus on your speed,\n dribbling and outside shot.\n Remember, it's not how big you are-\n \n ALEX\n -it's how big you play.\n (QUIZZICALLY)", "Mike searches the pictures until he finds it...the photo WE\n saw being taken earlier...the team of 1989. Ed mid howl from\n Dom's wedgy.\n \n Mike stares at the photograph...lost in time and thought.\n The smiling, confident image of his youth stares back at him.", "steps up to defend. Alex dribbles quicker, through his legs.\n \n MIKE (CONT'D)\n Alright. You got a little game.\n \n WHAM. The doors slam open. In walk Stan and his Posse. A\n BLOOD speckled BAND-AID covers the tip of Stan's nose.", "MIKE\n I'm moving on. See you at the\n game.\n \n Mike climbs into the car, pulls out of the driveway.\n \n \n INT. MIKE'S HOUSE/KITCHEN - DUSK", "EXT. BASKETBALL COURT - DAY\n \n Alex scampers through the maze of cones, dribbling from hand\n to hand...and does it perfectly. Mike and Alex high 5.\n \n \n EXT. MIKE'S HOUSE/BACKYARD - DAY", "Alex runs over, hugs Nicole. Mike beams with pride. Coach\n Harvey puts an arm around him-\n \n COACH HARVEY\n Son, I don't know where you came\n from but you just made my year.", "A game of 1 on 1. Alex dribbles up to Mike. Mike crouches\n in a defensive stance. Mike goes for the ball. Alex crosses\n over. Mike misses. Alex pulls up, shoots and scores. Mike\n smiles, shakes his head.", "Mike looks around the gymnasium...it almost seems to SLOW\n UP...the sound deafening. He finds Alex on the bench...his\n hopeful face. Mike looks into the stands...Maggie and\n Scarlet. Scarlet abruptly stands, climbs back down the\n bleachers and exits the gym.\n \n 100." ], [ "together. He'll be fine. That's\n what I did.\n \n Mike eyes Ed, considers just how \"well adjusted\" Ed is. A\n determined look comes over Mike. He pounds the bar.\n \n MIKE\n You're right! My kids need me.\n \n ED", "MIKE\n I'm moving on. See you at the\n game.\n \n Mike climbs into the car, pulls out of the driveway.\n \n \n INT. MIKE'S HOUSE/KITCHEN - DUSK", "MIKE\n Fine. I want to have some kids\n over tonight to celebrate Alex\n making the team. Is that cool?\n \n Ed, wearing only his banana hammock underwear and socks,\n steps from the room, hands the clothes to the Salesman.\n \n ED", "dominating these kids, ripping\n their hearts out.\n \n An OLDER WOMAN takes a seat next to the boys.\n \n MIKE\n I know why you're encouraging me\n all of a sudden.\n \n ED", "90.\n \n \n \n MIKE\n Let me explain, Scar.\n \n As she passes Ed and Julie.\n \n SCARLET\n Your son needs a shrink!", "INT. MIKE'S HOUSE - NIGHT\n \n Alex rushes through the door. Mike and Maggie follow.\n Maggie slaps Mike's butt.\n \n \n INT. MIKE'S HOUSE/KITCHEN - NIGHT\n \n ALEX", "MIKE\n She hates me, Ed. I've ruined\n everything.\n \n Mike runs for the house. Julie looks quizzically to Ed.\n \n JULIE\n Who hates him? What's going on?\n \n Ed shifts uncomfortably, takes a deep breath.", "Mike glares at Ed, follows Lisa out. Ed turns to Julie.\n \n ED (CONT'D)\n They grow up so fast. Mojito?\n \n JULIE\n I beg your pardon.\n \n ED", "Mike, Alex, Nicole, Maggie, the Bras and a slew of KIDS hang\n by Mike's Aston. Stan, Jazz and Kevin are all that's left by\n Stan's Mustang.\n \n 67.", "MIKE\n Tweaked my back pumping iron.\n Really, really heavy iron.\n \n \n INT. CHEESECAKE FACTORY - NIGHT\n \n Mike, Alex and Maggie sit before dinner. Alex eats heartily.\n Maggie quietly pushes her food around.", "The kid's still got it.\n \n Mike dashes for the bouncing ball, scoops it up, goes for a\n reverse lay up, makes it but when he lands...he\n lands...CRACK...hard. Mike grabs his lower back, groans-\n \n MIKE (CONT'D)", "MIKE\n Maggie?\n \n -seated on the floor, head hidden between her knees. Maggie\n looks up, sees Mike, quickly dries her eyes.\n \n 64.\n \n \n \n MAGGIE", "Scarlet winces as if dealt a blow-\n \n SCARLET\n What? Why would you say that?\n \n MIKE\n It's the truth. I'm the father of\n your children. You have to believe\n me.", "I know so.\n \n Maggie throws her arms around Mike, hugs him tight. Mike\n hugs her back. A moment he's never had with his daughter.\n \n MAGGIE\n You're so sweet.\n \n ANGLE ON Maggie's face. She's SMITTEN.", "ED\n You know what this means? You need\n to let them go. You need to let\n them get on with their lives and\n you need to get on with yours.\n \n Mike chokes back tears...because he knows Ed is right.", "MIKE\n Nothing.\n \n ED\n You're just gonna disappear?\n \n MIKE\n To be honest, I think she'd rather\n have it that way. What's with the\n attitude?\n \n ED", "MIKE\n Good luck with the project.\n \n SCARLET\n Nice to meet you. And, Alex, be\n home by 10:30.\n \n Mike heads back inside. Scarlet stares after him.", "hours. What do you expect?\n \n Alex follows Maggie into the house. Mike makes his way\n around back.\n \n \n EXT. MIKE'S HOUSE/BACKYARD - DAY\n \n As Mike rounds the corner, he almost runs into a smiling Dom", "Daddy.\n \n 82.\n \n \n \n Maggie dives across the bed. Mike dodges, runs out the door.\n \n \n EXT. ED'S HOUSE/BACKYARD - NIGHT", "84.\n \n \n \n \n INT. ED'S HOUSE/HALLWAY - NIGHT\n \n Mike sprints down the hall, throws open the door to find-" ], [ "Mike places the PAPER ON THE TABLE, looks over to Scarlet.\n Scarlet just stares at him, tears streaming down her\n cheeks...sadness...recognition?\n \n JUDGE\n Alright, son, you have to go now.\n \n Mike nods, walks down the aisle and out the door.", "MIKE\n I'm moving on. See you at the\n game.\n \n Mike climbs into the car, pulls out of the driveway.\n \n \n INT. MIKE'S HOUSE/KITCHEN - DUSK", "ED\n You know what this means? You need\n to let them go. You need to let\n them get on with their lives and\n you need to get on with yours.\n \n Mike chokes back tears...because he knows Ed is right.", "Stan turns angrily toward Mike as he approaches.\n \n MIKE\n Party's over, Stan. You're out of\n here.\n \n STAN\n Who's gonna make me leave? You?\n \n MIKE", "MIKE\n She hates me, Ed. I've ruined\n everything.\n \n Mike runs for the house. Julie looks quizzically to Ed.\n \n JULIE\n Who hates him? What's going on?\n \n Ed shifts uncomfortably, takes a deep breath.", "Mike swallows his pride and exits.\n \n \n EXT. FITCH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL/PARKING LOT - DUSK\n \n Mike pulls into the empty parking lot, climbs out of his car\n and into the building.", "Alex and Nicole march past. Mike reaches for Alex's arm.\n Alex pulls it away.\n \n MIKE\n Alex, wait. Let me explain-\n \n ALEX\n How could you do this to me?", "MIKE\n Nothing.\n \n ED\n You're just gonna disappear?\n \n MIKE\n To be honest, I think she'd rather\n have it that way. What's with the\n attitude?\n \n ED", "Scarlet storms off. Before Mike can protest-\n \n MAGGIE\n Pervert!\n \n Mike turns. SLAP. Maggie lights him up, runs for the house.\n SLAP, SLAP, SLAP. The Bras add theirs on the way out.", "Mike rises.\n \n ALEX\n I wouldn't go over there. Stan and\n his Baboons have lunch this period.\n \n MIKE\n Don't worry. I'll see you tonight.", "his door open, jumps out into the pouring rain.\n \n \n EXT. ROAD - NIGHT\n \n MIKE\n Hey!? Get away from there!?\n \n 16.", "90.\n \n \n \n MIKE\n Let me explain, Scar.\n \n As she passes Ed and Julie.\n \n SCARLET\n Your son needs a shrink!", "together. He'll be fine. That's\n what I did.\n \n Mike eyes Ed, considers just how \"well adjusted\" Ed is. A\n determined look comes over Mike. He pounds the bar.\n \n MIKE\n You're right! My kids need me.\n \n ED", "Mike looks around the gymnasium...it almost seems to SLOW\n UP...the sound deafening. He finds Alex on the bench...his\n hopeful face. Mike looks into the stands...Maggie and\n Scarlet. Scarlet abruptly stands, climbs back down the\n bleachers and exits the gym.\n \n 100.", "Mike takes Scarlet's hand and as they walk out of the tunnel-\n \n MIKE (CONT'D)\n I think it's best if we don't tell\n the kids about this. Especially\n Maggie.", "ED (CONT'D)\n Are you alright?\n \n MIKE\n I really messed up. I've lost my\n family.\n \n 92.\n \n \n \n ED", "MIKE\n Good luck with the project.\n \n SCARLET\n Nice to meet you. And, Alex, be\n home by 10:30.\n \n Mike heads back inside. Scarlet stares after him.", "MIKE\n I know he bullies your brother.\n \n MAGGIE\n Stan barely knows Alex exists.\n We're moving in together after\n graduation.\n \n MIKE\n Whoa. Whoa. Whoa. I thought you", "like an idiot. I'm sorry. Please\n stay.\n \n Julie begrudgingly sits back down.\n \n JULIE\n Act normal or I'm leaving.\n \n \n INT. ED'S HOUSE/MIKE'S BEDROOM - NIGHT", "MIKE\n (to Scarlet)\n Excellent. Gotta run.\n \n He kisses her cheek, starts off, turns back-\n \n MIKE (CONT'D)\n What's wrong?" ], [ "MIKE\n You can give me the promotion,\n Roger!\n \n ROGER\n Things have changed. I couldn't\n even hire you now with only a high\n school diploma. My hands are tied,\n bro-ski.", "Maggie rolls her eyes.\n \n ALEX\n Did you get the promotion, Dad?\n \n MIKE\n Still waiting to hear.\n \n Mike forces a smile hiding his disappointment.", "MIKE\n How could you do this to me? I've\n been a salesman here 18 years.\n Wendy's only been here 2 months!?\n \n ROGER\n Look, your sales are admittedly\n better but she has the college\n degree. What can I do?", "Mike flirtatiously stalks her. Scarlet fights smiling.\n \n 14.\n \n \n \n SCARLET\n You can stop now. It's not\n working.\n \n MIKE", "MIKE\n But why?\n \n ALEX\n Because they can and so they do on\n a daily basis.\n \n MIKE\n (SHOCKED)\n But you're one of them.", "Stan turns angrily toward Mike as he approaches.\n \n MIKE\n Party's over, Stan. You're out of\n here.\n \n STAN\n Who's gonna make me leave? You?\n \n MIKE", "ROGER (CONT'D)\n All being said, congratulations-\n (Mike begins to rise)\n Wendy.\n \n Dumbfounded, Mike slumps back into his seat. Wendy springs\n up out of hers, SCREAMING and BOUNCING.", "MIKE\n You know, Stan, I feel sorry for\n you.\n \n STAN\n You don't know me.\n \n Mike speaks loudly now, playing to the cafeteria.\n \n MIKE", "MIKE\n Hey, you didn't run him off. Don't\n blame yourself for his stupidity.\n \n SCARLET\n I knew he was unhappy. I knew he\n hated his job. I should've been\n more supportive, more sympathetic\n to what he was going through. He", "Off Mike's stunned reaction.\n \n CUT TO:\n \n \n INT. MIKE'S HOUSE/FOYER - NIGHT\n \n Mike marches in behind Scarlet. As they reach the door, he\n steps in front of her.", "team.\n \n Mike is stunned.\n \n MIKE\n But I thought you were getting\n ready for the season?\n \n ALEX\n I never told you that.", "MIKE\n (to Scarlet)\n Excellent. Gotta run.\n \n He kisses her cheek, starts off, turns back-\n \n MIKE (CONT'D)\n What's wrong?", "MIKE\n Maggie, what...\n \n Maggie places a finger on his lips.\n \n 70.\n \n \n \n MAGGIE\n Shhh. I get it now. Why you didn't", "Mike, in a daze walks right past Ed. Takes his place for the\n jump ball. The Crowd stomps and cheers LOUDLY.\n \n The Ref is about to toss the ball. Mike looks up at the\n stands, sees a crushed Scarlet heading for the exit. Mike's\n torn. Play or go after her. He goes after her.", "Mike rises.\n \n ALEX\n I wouldn't go over there. Stan and\n his Baboons have lunch this period.\n \n MIKE\n Don't worry. I'll see you tonight.", "MIKE\n Alex, I'm your fa...I don't know.\n I'm sorry.\n \n Alex stands-\n \n ALEX\n You're lucky I don't punch you out.", "MIKE\n Let's see who the lucky guy is.\n \n 73.\n \n \n \n Mike swings the door open revealing...Dom Johnson.\n \n MIKE (CONT'D)\n I knew it!", "MIKE\n I know he bullies your brother.\n \n MAGGIE\n Stan barely knows Alex exists.\n We're moving in together after\n graduation.\n \n MIKE\n Whoa. Whoa. Whoa. I thought you", "STAN\n What are you 2 queers doing in my\n gym?\n \n MIKE\n Let's go, Alex.\n \n Alex stops dribbling. He and Mike move towards the door.\n Stan and his Posse block the way.", "MIKE\n I'm moving on. See you at the\n game.\n \n Mike climbs into the car, pulls out of the driveway.\n \n \n INT. MIKE'S HOUSE/KITCHEN - DUSK" ], [ "As a confused Mike and Alex approach the scene, BOYS call out\n to Mike, tap his fist. GIRLS fawn over him. Mike's become a\n celebrity...and he's eating it up.\n \n ANGLE: Lauren spots Mike with Alex.\n \n LAUREN\n Here he comes!", "MIKE\n I'm not Mark.\n \n SCARLET\n I'm not in the mood for games.\n \n MIKE\n It's no game. I'm me...him...Mike.\n It's me...your husband.", "Stan, carrying a basketball, his goons and Maggie come up\n behind Mike.\n \n STAN\n Heads up!\n \n Stan whips the ball at Mike. Mike, cat-quick, spins around,\n catches the ball.", "MIKE\n I got'a use the bathroom.\n \n WE follow Mike down the hall. As he passes a half open door,\n he pauses, peeks in...Scarlet, facing away, pulls a shirt\n over her nude back, shakes out her long hair.", "MIKE\n Let's see who the lucky guy is.\n \n 73.\n \n \n \n Mike swings the door open revealing...Dom Johnson.\n \n MIKE (CONT'D)\n I knew it!", "MIKE (CONT'D)\n Oh no!\n \n Mike rushes over to her.\n \n MIKE (CONT'D)\n Scarlet, what are you doing here?\n \n SCARLET", "Mike sits, starts paging through the book and gets lost in\n the bright colored pictures...smiling STUDENTS, CAMPUSES and\n LECTURE HALLS...THE OPTIONS HE LOST YEARS AGO.\n \n \n INT. ASTON MARTIN - NIGHT", "CLOSE ON MIKE, Light bulb goes off. He leaps out, runs for\n the house.\n \n MIKE\n The janitor!\n \n CUT TO:", "36.\n \n \n \n \n INT. ED'S HOUSE/OFFICE - NIGHT\n \n Mike and Ed, surrounded by the magazines and music discs, sit\n before the computer. Ed TEACHES Mike how to create a MYSPACE\n page.", "Mike swallows his pride and exits.\n \n \n EXT. FITCH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL/PARKING LOT - DUSK\n \n Mike pulls into the empty parking lot, climbs out of his car\n and into the building.", "team.\n \n Mike is stunned.\n \n MIKE\n But I thought you were getting\n ready for the season?\n \n ALEX\n I never told you that.", "ANGLE ON: Scarlet as she appears at the far end of the\n tunnel.\n \n SCARLET\n What took you so long?\n \n ANGLE ON: Mike and he's 36 years-old again, bursting out of\n his uniform.", "like...No. I'm fine. Come in.\n Please.\n \n 44.\n \n \n \n \n INT. MIKE'S HOUSE/LIVING ROOM - NIGHT", "MIKE\n Good luck with the project.\n \n SCARLET\n Nice to meet you. And, Alex, be\n home by 10:30.\n \n Mike heads back inside. Scarlet stares after him.", "MIKE\n Jesus!\n \n Mike turns the wipers on high. Not much help. He slows the\n car to a crawl, straining to see out the windshield.\n \n LIGHTNING flashes. We see the Janitor leaning over the\n railing looking into the raging river. Mike brakes, throws", "Mike tries to peer around Ed. Mike finally physically moves\n Ed steps aside.\n \n ED\n Oh, right. Sorry. This little\n chicken pock here is Mark. Say\n hello, Mark.", "Mike turns, sees what appears to be UNDERWEAR stretched over\n the corner of a closed stall door.\n \n 21.\n \n \n \n Mike approaches the door, swings it open...there HANGS Alex,", "like an idiot. I'm sorry. Please\n stay.\n \n Julie begrudgingly sits back down.\n \n JULIE\n Act normal or I'm leaving.\n \n \n INT. ED'S HOUSE/MIKE'S BEDROOM - NIGHT", "MIKE\n Calm down! We need to talk! We\n can work this out!\n \n FEMALE VOICE (o.s.)\n Aye dios mio!\n \n They stop wrestling, look up. The LATINO MAID stands in the", "Mike flirtatiously stalks her. Scarlet fights smiling.\n \n 14.\n \n \n \n SCARLET\n You can stop now. It's not\n working.\n \n MIKE" ], [ "Some students, including Alex, ERUPT. The Wonder Bras eye\n Mike with new found lust.\n \n ANGLE ON Mike's face as he walks away.\n \n MIKE (CONT'D)\n (to himself)", "thing to do.\n \n SAMANTHA\n He was totally sexing on you.\n \n LAUREN\n He's coming. Pretend you're not\n here.\n \n Mike approaches, big smile. The Wonder Bras look off in", "ED (CONT'D)\n But what do you care? You're going\n to college, right? Life's one big\n panty raid for you.\n \n Mike feigns innocence.\n \n MIKE\n I don't know what you're talking", "MAGGIE\n Do what?\n \n MIKE\n That thing...that rabbits do a lot\n of and that a girl your age should\n never do and should only do when\n she's married.\n \n MAGGIE", "STAN\n What did you did do? Mug the\n mannequin at the Ed Hardy store?\n \n JAZZ\n Tool!\n \n Laughter from the class. Mike shies. The Jocks sit, Stan\n behind Mike. Just as the last bell rings, Maggie rushes in,", "ED\n See you at the next bake sale then?\n \n Julie shuts the door, shakes her head in disbelief.\n \n \n INT. FITCH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL/CALCULUS CLASS - DAY", "MIKE\n I got'a use the bathroom.\n \n WE follow Mike down the hall. As he passes a half open door,\n he pauses, peeks in...Scarlet, facing away, pulls a shirt\n over her nude back, shakes out her long hair.", "The Boys gather a stack of TEEN MAGAZINES and TABLOID RAGS.\n Ed slips a MELONS Magazine into the pile.\n \n \n INT. TRENDY HAIR SALON - NIGHT\n \n A picture of a YOUNG, POPULAR STAR torn from one of the teen", "all over Stan's DESKTOP and CHAIR.\n \n Mike sits just as the rest of the class files in. Stan kisses\n Maggie and takes his seat.\n \n 55.\n \n \n \n Stan leans on his desk, placing a FOREARM and a HAND on the", "come up here and solve this for me?\n Anyone?\n \n Blank, uninterested faces. Scattered giggles. Adams tosses\n the chalk angrily on his desk.\n \n MR. ADAMS (CONT'D)\n Not one person. Fine. Miss", "Mike steps in. Scattered giggles at his appearance. Mike\n takes a seat, eyes three sexy girls wearing next to nothing,\n SAMANTHA, LAUREN and JAMIE, busy texting on their phones.\n \n MIKE\n Do their mothers know they dress\n like that?", "makes me horny.\n \n Jamie spins Mike towards her, places his hands on her boobs-\n \n JAMIE\n Perfect, aren't they?\n \n Samantha pulls Mike roughly by the hair, twists him around-\n \n SAMANTHA", "ED\n Wrap it up. No, it's not cool. I\n remember hearing what those parties\n were like, kids peeing everywhere,\n food on the ceilings, puke in the\n pool.\n \n MIKE\n Listen to you. You sound like an", "ED\n Come on. It couldn't have been\n that bad.\n \n MIKE\n My beanbag was lit on fire, videoed\n and sent to every member of student\n body.\n \n ED", "slapping them down on the desks..\n \n MR. ADAMS (CONT'D)\n C-, C, B-, D, D-, F\n \n Adams reaches Maggie, drops the test on her desk...\n \n MR. ADAMS (CONT'D)\n D for O'Donnell.", "ED\n I help him with his homework...a\n lot.\n \n MIKE\n Oh, dad, the doctor called. You\n were right. It is herpes.\n \n Ed's jaw drops. Julie rises abruptly.", "ED\n AAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!\n \n Ed slams the door, frantically wobbles away. The door opens,\n ANGLE ON the muddy feet as they enter and follow the trail of\n cotton balls up the stairs and to the bathroom door.\n \n \n INT. BATHROOM - DAY", "Julie laughs hysterically.\n \n ED\n God's honest truth. I had the\n whole costume. I used to go\n everywhere dressed like a wizard.\n No wonder I didn't get a date all\n through high school. Annnnd you", "MR. ADAMS, 45, prissy, strides in carrying a stack of papers.\n \n MR. ADAMS\n Here are yesterday's tests. Let's\n see how you all did.\n \n Moans from the class. Adams walks up and down the aisle", "around on the furniture. A furious Ed screams-\n \n 87.\n \n \n \n ED\n Everybody out! Get out! Get out!\n \n Nobody flinches. Julie WHISTLES loudly. The Kids stop." ], [ "MIKE\n Your Honor! I have a letter from\n Mike O'Donnell. Just let me read\n it. Please.\n \n JUDGE\n I'm sorry, but-\n \n SCARLET", "Mike places the PAPER ON THE TABLE, looks over to Scarlet.\n Scarlet just stares at him, tears streaming down her\n cheeks...sadness...recognition?\n \n JUDGE\n Alright, son, you have to go now.\n \n Mike nods, walks down the aisle and out the door.", "96.\n \n \n \n A tearful Scarlet starts to leave, stops, picks up Mike's\n `letter'...DIRECTIONS TO THE COURTHOUSE. She looks back\n confused.\n \n \n INT. BMW CONVERTIBLE - DAY", "MIKE\n Right. Forget it.\n \n Confused, Mike stumbles to the bathroom. He's about to enter,\n three letter jacket wearing JOCKS, STAN, JAZZ and KEVIN,\n burst out laughing, knocking Mike on the way by.", "The whole cafeteria turns their attention on Mike and Stan.\n Mike points to the name `Stan' on Stan's letter jacket, reads-\n \n MIKE\n Stan. Did mommy sew that on there\n so you wouldn't forget your name?\n \n Laughter from the Students.", "MIKE\n Nothing.\n \n ED\n You're just gonna disappear?\n \n MIKE\n To be honest, I think she'd rather\n have it that way. What's with the\n attitude?\n \n ED", "Mike turns, sees what appears to be UNDERWEAR stretched over\n the corner of a closed stall door.\n \n 21.\n \n \n \n Mike approaches the door, swings it open...there HANGS Alex,", "95.\n \n \n \n MIKE\n Thank you, your Honor.\n (READS)\n September 7th, 1988 was the first\n time I saw you. You were reading\n `The Great Gatsby' and wearing a", "ED\n You know what this means? You need\n to let them go. You need to let\n them get on with their lives and\n you need to get on with yours.\n \n Mike chokes back tears...because he knows Ed is right.", "then.\n \n Scarlet exits.\n \n MIKE\n What was that all about?\n \n ED\n That envelope contains divorce\n papers.\n \n Mike eyes the envelope, in stunned silence.", "MIKE\n I'm moving on. See you at the\n game.\n \n Mike climbs into the car, pulls out of the driveway.\n \n \n INT. MIKE'S HOUSE/KITCHEN - DUSK", "MIKE\n She hates me, Ed. I've ruined\n everything.\n \n Mike runs for the house. Julie looks quizzically to Ed.\n \n JULIE\n Who hates him? What's going on?\n \n Ed shifts uncomfortably, takes a deep breath.", "Mike's silence says it all. Scarlet fights back tears.\n \n SCARLET (CONT'D)\n I never asked you to marry me.\n \n MIKE\n But I did.\n \n Scarlet shakes her head in frustration.", "MIKE\n Scar, just calm down. I have\n something to tell you but I need\n you to keep an open mind. Can you\n do that for me?\n \n SCARLET\n This conversation is over, Mark.", "SCARLET\n If it's okay, your Honor. I'd like\n to hear it.\n \n JUDGE\n Make it quick.\n \n Mike digs into his pocket, pulls out a piece of paper.\n \n 95.", "Mike watches...no, he GAZES longingly, lovingly...lost in her\n beauty until...Scarlet turns, startles-\n \n SCARLET\n Mark? I didn't know you were\n there.\n \n MIKE", "Ed holds up the manila envelope of divorce papers.\n \n ED (CONT'D)\n -you're due in court in an hour.\n \n A look of determination comes over Mike's face.\n \n \n EXT. ED'S HOUSE - DAY", "Mike searches the pictures until he finds it...the photo WE\n saw being taken earlier...the team of 1989. Ed mid howl from\n Dom's wedgy.\n \n Mike stares at the photograph...lost in time and thought.\n The smiling, confident image of his youth stares back at him.", "MIKE\n Jesus!\n \n Mike turns the wipers on high. Not much help. He slows the\n car to a crawl, straining to see out the windshield.\n \n LIGHTNING flashes. We see the Janitor leaning over the\n railing looking into the raging river. Mike brakes, throws", "SCARLET\n I'm sorry you're not happy with the\n way your life turned out Mike,\n really, I am, but you're not the\n victim here.\n \n Scarlet goes back to shoveling. Mike turns, steps, falls\n into a hole." ], [ "36.\n \n \n \n \n INT. ED'S HOUSE/OFFICE - NIGHT\n \n Mike and Ed, surrounded by the magazines and music discs, sit\n before the computer. Ed TEACHES Mike how to create a MYSPACE\n page.", "Ed holds up the manila envelope of divorce papers.\n \n ED (CONT'D)\n -you're due in court in an hour.\n \n A look of determination comes over Mike's face.\n \n \n EXT. ED'S HOUSE - DAY", "the door so as not to mess up his freshly polished nails.\n \n ED\n Coming! I've been worried sick!\n WHERE-\n \n Ed opens the door...standing before him is Mike, covered in\n MUD. His ripped, grimy suit now hangs off of him", "84.\n \n \n \n \n INT. ED'S HOUSE/HALLWAY - NIGHT\n \n Mike sprints down the hall, throws open the door to find-", "INT. ED'S HOUSE/MIKE'S BEDROOM - DUSK\n \n Mike works on his laptop, plugs his iPhone into\n it...downloads pictures.\n \n Mike moves to the bed, packs his Falcons uniform into a", "ED\n You know what this means? You need\n to let them go. You need to let\n them get on with their lives and\n you need to get on with yours.\n \n Mike chokes back tears...because he knows Ed is right.", "MIKE\n Damn it.\n (pushes doorbell)\n Ed! Ed! I lost my key!\n \n \n INT. ED'S HOUSE - MORNING\n \n Ed, wrapped in a robe, tissue between his toes, wobbles to", "MIKE\n Nothing.\n \n ED\n You're just gonna disappear?\n \n MIKE\n To be honest, I think she'd rather\n have it that way. What's with the\n attitude?\n \n ED", "Alex runs over, hugs Nicole. Mike beams with pride. Coach\n Harvey puts an arm around him-\n \n COACH HARVEY\n Son, I don't know where you came\n from but you just made my year.", "MIKE\n I can't do it. I don't have it in\n me.\n \n 35.\n \n \n \n ED\n Hey, no sweat off my sack. Tell\n Alex to stop wearing underwear all", "MIKE\n Fine. I want to have some kids\n over tonight to celebrate Alex\n making the team. Is that cool?\n \n Ed, wearing only his banana hammock underwear and socks,\n steps from the room, hands the clothes to the Salesman.\n \n ED", "MIKE\n I'm moving on. See you at the\n game.\n \n Mike climbs into the car, pulls out of the driveway.\n \n \n INT. MIKE'S HOUSE/KITCHEN - DUSK", "mags hangs on the mirror.\n \n A HAIRDRESSER cuts away and highlights Mike's long locks. Ed\n sits beside Mike sipping wine, enjoying a manicure.\n \n \n INT. TRENDY CLOTHES STORE - NIGHT", "Mike sits, starts paging through the book and gets lost in\n the bright colored pictures...smiling STUDENTS, CAMPUSES and\n LECTURE HALLS...THE OPTIONS HE LOST YEARS AGO.\n \n \n INT. ASTON MARTIN - NIGHT", "like an idiot. I'm sorry. Please\n stay.\n \n Julie begrudgingly sits back down.\n \n JULIE\n Act normal or I'm leaving.\n \n \n INT. ED'S HOUSE/MIKE'S BEDROOM - NIGHT", "MIKE\n Yeah, but I just had a manicure.\n \n SCARLET\n (LAUGHS)\n You're serious? You want to help?\n \n MIKE\n Are you kidding? I love\n landscaping!", "Alex whisks Nicole into the house. Mike lowers his head. Ed\n stomps over, grabs Mike.\n \n ED\n This place is a disaster! A kid\n pissed all over my English garden!\n What were you thinking!?\n \n MIKE", "Stan, carrying a basketball, his goons and Maggie come up\n behind Mike.\n \n STAN\n Heads up!\n \n Stan whips the ball at Mike. Mike, cat-quick, spins around,\n catches the ball.", "Mike's tits and TWISTS. Both of them HOWL in pain.\n \n SALESMAN\n Sir! Please!\n \n Mike and Ed, both still titty twisting, look up. Everyone in\n the store stares. They each let go, force smiles.\n \n ED", "you hard.\n \n ED\n For real?\n \n Ed jerks around to blatantly stare at her.\n \n MIKE\n Smile, pud.\n \n Ed flashes a goofy smile. MUFFY mimes puking." ], [ "Mike, in a daze walks right past Ed. Takes his place for the\n jump ball. The Crowd stomps and cheers LOUDLY.\n \n The Ref is about to toss the ball. Mike looks up at the\n stands, sees a crushed Scarlet heading for the exit. Mike's\n torn. Play or go after her. He goes after her.", "MIKE\n I'm moving on. See you at the\n game.\n \n Mike climbs into the car, pulls out of the driveway.\n \n \n INT. MIKE'S HOUSE/KITCHEN - DUSK", "Mike peers around...nobody.\n \n MIKE\n Alex?\n \n No answer. A basketball sits in the middle of the floor.\n Mike enters, picks up the ball, begins dribbling...faster,\n between his legs, around his back, up to the 3 point line-", "Stan, carrying a basketball, his goons and Maggie come up\n behind Mike.\n \n STAN\n Heads up!\n \n Stan whips the ball at Mike. Mike, cat-quick, spins around,\n catches the ball.", "Coach Harvey enters.\n \n COACH HARVEY\n Hey, Freedman, save some for the\n game.\n \n Mike sinks one last jumper, turns to the coach.\n \n MIKE\n Just warming up, Coach.", "Mike looks around the gymnasium...it almost seems to SLOW\n UP...the sound deafening. He finds Alex on the bench...his\n hopeful face. Mike looks into the stands...Maggie and\n Scarlet. Scarlet abruptly stands, climbs back down the\n bleachers and exits the gym.\n \n 100.", "Mike swallows his pride and exits.\n \n \n EXT. FITCH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL/PARKING LOT - DUSK\n \n Mike pulls into the empty parking lot, climbs out of his car\n and into the building.", "Coach Harvey hands Mike a towel.\n \n COACH HARVEY\n Son, I haven't seen anyone with\n your shooting ability in, well, in\n a long time. I called a couple\n college scouts I know. They're\n coming to the game tonight...to", "The Ref readies to toss the ball. Mike takes a deep\n breath...and walks off the court.\n \n REFEREE\n Son! Come back here! You're gonna\n get a delay of game!\n \n COACH HARVEY", "STAN\n What are you 2 queers doing in my\n gym?\n \n MIKE\n Let's go, Alex.\n \n Alex stops dribbling. He and Mike move towards the door.\n Stan and his Posse block the way.", "MIKE (CONT'D)\n 3, 2, 1-\n \n 9.\n \n \n \n Mike hits a perfect jumper at the imaginary buzzer, smiles.\n \n MIKE (CONT'D)", "INT. FITCH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL/GYM - CONTINUOUS\n \n An empty gymnasium except for a shirtless MIKE O'DONNELL, 17.\n Mike stands feet BEYOND the 3 point line, grabs balls from a\n hopper and rapidly shoots, shoots, shoots.", "INT. FITCH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL/GYM - NIGHT\n \n An empty gym. Mike stands feet beyond the 3 point line,\n grabs balls from a hopper and rapidly shoots, shoots, shoots.\n SWISH...SWISH...SWISH. Automatic.", "RRRRIIIIPPPP. Jazz yanks. Stan's SCREAM echoes.\n \n \n INT. FITCH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL/GYM - DAY\n \n Mike, wearing basketball gear and bouncing a basketball,\n stands in the middle of the court. Alex enters.", "Stan turns angrily toward Mike as he approaches.\n \n MIKE\n Party's over, Stan. You're out of\n here.\n \n STAN\n Who's gonna make me leave? You?\n \n MIKE", "watch you. If you have half the\n season I think you're capable of,\n you can play anywhere you want.\n \n MIKE\n That's the plan, Coach.\n \n The rest of the Falcons basketball team jogs out from the\n locker room followed by a PHOTOGRAPHER.", "The kid's still got it.\n \n Mike dashes for the bouncing ball, scoops it up, goes for a\n reverse lay up, makes it but when he lands...he\n lands...CRACK...hard. Mike grabs his lower back, groans-\n \n MIKE (CONT'D)", "COACH HARVEY\n This can't be happening again.\n \n Mike steps over to Alex-\n \n MIKE\n It's your turn now. Good luck.\n \n Mike rushes off the court. As Mike disappears into the", "COACH HARVEY\n Let's go! Remember, Boys, winners\n get the girls. Losers please\n themselves!\n \n Mike and the Falcons jog onto the court. Mike takes his\n place for the jump ball. The Crowd stomps, cheers LOUDLY.", "INT. FITCH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL/HALL - DUSK\n \n Mike hurries down the hall, opens a door, peeks his head in.\n \n \n INT. FITCH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL/GYM - DUSK" ], [ "Mike's silence says it all. Scarlet fights back tears.\n \n SCARLET (CONT'D)\n I never asked you to marry me.\n \n MIKE\n But I did.\n \n Scarlet shakes her head in frustration.", "MIKE (CONT'D)\n Oh no!\n \n Mike rushes over to her.\n \n MIKE (CONT'D)\n Scarlet, what are you doing here?\n \n SCARLET", "MIKE\n (to Scarlet)\n Excellent. Gotta run.\n \n He kisses her cheek, starts off, turns back-\n \n MIKE (CONT'D)\n What's wrong?", "Scarlet can't take her eyes off Mike.\n \n SCARLET (CONT'D)\n It's crazy how much you like my\n husband when he was a teenager.\n \n Mike switches subjects, points to her dirty clothes-\n \n MIKE", "Mike flirtatiously stalks her. Scarlet fights smiling.\n \n 14.\n \n \n \n SCARLET\n You can stop now. It's not\n working.\n \n MIKE", "Scarlet strokes Mike's face. Mike loses himself in her\n caring, gentle touch.\n \n MIKE\n Not anymore. You smell great.\n \n Scarlet, a bit weirded out by Mike, stands.\n \n SCARLET", "SCARLET\n Then where is he?\n \n Mike steps from the house, sees Scarlet-\n \n MIKE\n What's going on?\n \n SCARLET", "then.\n \n Scarlet exits.\n \n MIKE\n What was that all about?\n \n ED\n That envelope contains divorce\n papers.\n \n Mike eyes the envelope, in stunned silence.", "Off Mike's stunned reaction.\n \n CUT TO:\n \n \n INT. MIKE'S HOUSE/FOYER - NIGHT\n \n Mike marches in behind Scarlet. As they reach the door, he\n steps in front of her.", "MIKE\n You doing some gardening?\n \n SCARLET\n I am. I'm a landscape designer.\n I'm actually redoing the backyard.\n I'll show you.\n \n Scarlet stands, leads Mike to the french doors.", "Mike places the PAPER ON THE TABLE, looks over to Scarlet.\n Scarlet just stares at him, tears streaming down her\n cheeks...sadness...recognition?\n \n JUDGE\n Alright, son, you have to go now.\n \n Mike nods, walks down the aisle and out the door.", "MAGGIE (o.s.)\n Scarlet!?\n \n Mike's eyes pop open. WIDER reveals Mike and Maggie on the\n bed. Mike's head rests on Maggie's lap.\n \n Mike JUMPS off the bed, scrambles to the other side of the", "SCARLET\n And it's all my fault, isn't it?\n \n MIKE\n I didn't say that.\n \n SCARLET\n No, but it's what you think, right?", "MIKE\n `Mouth is alive, with juices like\n wine, and I'm hungry like the wolf'\n \n Mike gets close to Scarlet's face. She smiles, stops herself\n and pushes him away.\n \n SCARLET\n You no longer have the right to", "But she's dead now.\n \n SCARLET\n Oh? I'm sorry.\n \n MIKE\n I warned her about kite surfing\n during hurricane season. So how\n are things with you? Doing\n anything exciting? Dating?", "MIKE\n Scar, just calm down. I have\n something to tell you but I need\n you to keep an open mind. Can you\n do that for me?\n \n SCARLET\n This conversation is over, Mark.", "Mike takes Scarlet's hand and as they walk out of the tunnel-\n \n MIKE (CONT'D)\n I think it's best if we don't tell\n the kids about this. Especially\n Maggie.", "Mike, in a daze walks right past Ed. Takes his place for the\n jump ball. The Crowd stomps and cheers LOUDLY.\n \n The Ref is about to toss the ball. Mike looks up at the\n stands, sees a crushed Scarlet heading for the exit. Mike's\n torn. Play or go after her. He goes after her.", "Mike watches...no, he GAZES longingly, lovingly...lost in her\n beauty until...Scarlet turns, startles-\n \n SCARLET\n Mark? I didn't know you were\n there.\n \n MIKE", "Mike looks around the gymnasium...it almost seems to SLOW\n UP...the sound deafening. He finds Alex on the bench...his\n hopeful face. Mike looks into the stands...Maggie and\n Scarlet. Scarlet abruptly stands, climbs back down the\n bleachers and exits the gym.\n \n 100." ], [ "Scarlet and Mike sit across from one another. Scarlet stares\n at Mike as if examining every pore on his face.\n \n SCARLET\n And you say Ed Freedman is your\n father?\n \n MIKE\n That's my dad. All 68 inches of", "MIKE\n (NERVOUS)\n Me? No. Yes. It's Ed. I mean\n dad. Not your dad. My dad. I'll\n just call him back.\n \n Scarlet enters. She looks AMAZING.\n \n SCARLET", "I'm supposed to use-\n \n MIKE\n Slow down. Have you ever kissed a\n girl before?\n \n ALEX\n Not a real one. I used to practice\n on my dad's Playboys.\n \n MIKE", "MIKE\n Wait! This is highly inappropriate\n and dysfunctional. Listen to me,\n Maggie. I'm your father.\n \n Maggie growls, stalks Mike around the bed.\n \n MAGGIE\n And I've been a bad, bad girl,", "Maggie jumps up. Kids all stare.\n \n MAGGIE\n Who do you think you are!? My\n father?!\n \n Maggie stomps over to the still bickering Bras.\n \n MIKE", "Mike spies Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment on a table.\n \n MIKE (CONT'D)\n -a convict. In New Jersey. They\n met while dad was at Princeton.\n She was on parole. B&E, fist\n fighting, shanking. Nothing major.", "ED\n Because I'm a supportive dad.\n \n MIKE\n Because you want to nail my\n principal.\n \n ED\n Did she ask about me?\n \n MIKE", "who's listening, Michael.\n \n Michael wistfully eyes the old photo, looks back to the\n JANITOR-\n \n MIKE\n How did you know...\n \n ALEX (O.S.)\n ...What are you doing, Dad?", "MIKE\n Alex, I'm your fa...I don't know.\n I'm sorry.\n \n Alex stands-\n \n ALEX\n You're lucky I don't punch you out.", "Daddy.\n \n 82.\n \n \n \n Maggie dives across the bed. Mike dodges, runs out the door.\n \n \n EXT. ED'S HOUSE/BACKYARD - NIGHT", "ED\n Are you out of your freaking mind!?\n \n MIKE\n My son was hanging by his underwear\n from a bathroom stall door and my\n daughter was being mauled by a\n smarmy gorilla. They need me.\n \n ED", "ALEX\n How do you know my name?\n \n MIKE\n I'm...Mark...Freedman. Your Uncle\n Ed's son. He told me to look out\n for you.\n \n ALEX", "him.\n \n SCARLET\n You don't look anything like him.\n If you don't mind me asking, who's\n your mother?\n \n MIKE\n My mother...she...she was...a...", "dominating these kids, ripping\n their hearts out.\n \n An OLDER WOMAN takes a seat next to the boys.\n \n MIKE\n I know why you're encouraging me\n all of a sudden.\n \n ED", "you hard.\n \n ED\n For real?\n \n Ed jerks around to blatantly stare at her.\n \n MIKE\n Smile, pud.\n \n Ed flashes a goofy smile. MUFFY mimes puking.", "attention that Mark may have Krazy\n glued a boy to his chair.\n \n Ed stifles a laugh, puts on a serious face.\n \n ED\n My son? Mark! Get in here! Now!\n \n Mike slouches in, takes a seat.", "MIKE\n Good luck with the project.\n \n SCARLET\n Nice to meet you. And, Alex, be\n home by 10:30.\n \n Mike heads back inside. Scarlet stares after him.", "like an idiot. I'm sorry. Please\n stay.\n \n Julie begrudgingly sits back down.\n \n JULIE\n Act normal or I'm leaving.\n \n \n INT. ED'S HOUSE/MIKE'S BEDROOM - NIGHT", "MR. ADAMS\n And you are?\n \n MIKE\n Mark Freedman. It's my first day.\n \n Adams turns, walks back towards the front of the room.\n \n MR. ADAMS", "Scarlet winces as if dealt a blow-\n \n SCARLET\n What? Why would you say that?\n \n MIKE\n It's the truth. I'm the father of\n your children. You have to believe\n me." ], [ "MIKE\n If you feel it, you know, getting\n angry, take a step back. Now go get\n that kiss.\n \n Alex takes a deep breath, steps outside.\n \n \n EXT. ED'S HOUSE/BACKYARD - NIGHT", "like an idiot. I'm sorry. Please\n stay.\n \n Julie begrudgingly sits back down.\n \n JULIE\n Act normal or I'm leaving.\n \n \n INT. ED'S HOUSE/MIKE'S BEDROOM - NIGHT", "Mike scoffs, storms off. Ed calls after him-\n \n ED (CONT'D)\n I'm not paying for college!\n \n \n INT. FITCH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL/HALL - DAY", "ED (CONT'D)\n Did you glue a boy to his chair?\n \n MIKE\n No.\n \n Ed throws his hands up in exasperation.\n \n ED\n See? The boy's out of control.", "Some students, including Alex, ERUPT. The Wonder Bras eye\n Mike with new found lust.\n \n ANGLE ON Mike's face as he walks away.\n \n MIKE (CONT'D)\n (to himself)", "PULL BACK TO REVEAL Ed and Mike sit outside Principal's\n office. Mike is dressed in an overly exaggerated hip style,\n (a grown-ups concept of what's cool- he looks ridiculous).\n \n MIKE\n Take a deep breath. All you have to", "She's gonna be pissed.\n \n MIKE\n Act like you're hurt and she won't\n be able to stay mad at you.\n \n The door swings open. An elated Ed blows in.\n \n ED", "MAGGIE\n Sex? No, that's why he dumped me!\n \n Maggie bawls again. Mike silently celebrates, sits beside\n her, awkwardly pats her on the back.\n \n 65.", "INT. ED'S HOUSE - NIGHT\n \n A distraught Alex pushes his way through the insanity. He\n finds Mike running down the stairs.\n \n ALEX\n Mike, I blew it! I totally blew\n it!", "pick up a blow dryer...\n \n Mike angrily stands-\n \n MIKE\n Enough!\n \n Mr. Adams turns to Mike.\n \n MR. ADAMS\n Excuse me?", "36.\n \n \n \n \n INT. ED'S HOUSE/OFFICE - NIGHT\n \n Mike and Ed, surrounded by the magazines and music discs, sit\n before the computer. Ed TEACHES Mike how to create a MYSPACE\n page.", "Mike and Ed sit.\n \n ED\n Before we get started I want you to\n know that Mark's a bastard.\n \n JULIE\n Excuse me!?\n \n ED", "MIKE\n She hates me, Ed. I've ruined\n everything.\n \n Mike runs for the house. Julie looks quizzically to Ed.\n \n JULIE\n Who hates him? What's going on?\n \n Ed shifts uncomfortably, takes a deep breath.", "MIKE (CONT'D)\n Stupid, idiot, stupid.\n \n \n INT. MIKE'S HOUSE/BATHROOM - NIGHT\n \n Mike enters, steps over to the toilet. Maggie slips in behind\n him, shuts the door. He whirls around.", "because...HE'S 17 AGAIN.\n \n Ed's eyes widen with FEAR.\n \n 17.\n \n \n \n MIKE\n I've had a really rough night.\n \n ED", "ED (CONT'D)\n Are you alright?\n \n MIKE\n I really messed up. I've lost my\n family.\n \n 92.\n \n \n \n ED", "ED (CONT'D)\n But what do you care? You're going\n to college, right? Life's one big\n panty raid for you.\n \n Mike feigns innocence.\n \n MIKE\n I don't know what you're talking", "90.\n \n \n \n MIKE\n Let me explain, Scar.\n \n As she passes Ed and Julie.\n \n SCARLET\n Your son needs a shrink!", "Alex whisks Nicole into the house. Mike lowers his head. Ed\n stomps over, grabs Mike.\n \n ED\n This place is a disaster! A kid\n pissed all over my English garden!\n What were you thinking!?\n \n MIKE", "Mike swallows his pride and exits.\n \n \n EXT. FITCH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL/PARKING LOT - DUSK\n \n Mike pulls into the empty parking lot, climbs out of his car\n and into the building." ], [ "MIKE\n I'm moving on. See you at the\n game.\n \n Mike climbs into the car, pulls out of the driveway.\n \n \n INT. MIKE'S HOUSE/KITCHEN - DUSK", "MIKE\n Hey, you didn't run him off. Don't\n blame yourself for his stupidity.\n \n SCARLET\n I knew he was unhappy. I knew he\n hated his job. I should've been\n more supportive, more sympathetic\n to what he was going through. He", "Mike swallows his pride and exits.\n \n \n EXT. FITCH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL/PARKING LOT - DUSK\n \n Mike pulls into the empty parking lot, climbs out of his car\n and into the building.", "MIKE\n Nothing.\n \n ED\n You're just gonna disappear?\n \n MIKE\n To be honest, I think she'd rather\n have it that way. What's with the\n attitude?\n \n ED", "Stan turns angrily toward Mike as he approaches.\n \n MIKE\n Party's over, Stan. You're out of\n here.\n \n STAN\n Who's gonna make me leave? You?\n \n MIKE", "MIKE\n She hates me, Ed. I've ruined\n everything.\n \n Mike runs for the house. Julie looks quizzically to Ed.\n \n JULIE\n Who hates him? What's going on?\n \n Ed shifts uncomfortably, takes a deep breath.", "ED\n You know what this means? You need\n to let them go. You need to let\n them get on with their lives and\n you need to get on with yours.\n \n Mike chokes back tears...because he knows Ed is right.", "ALEX\n Forget it.\n \n MIKE\n Yeah, you're right. You probably\n don't have any skills anyway.\n \n Mike begins to walk out.\n \n ALEX", "Mike sits, starts paging through the book and gets lost in\n the bright colored pictures...smiling STUDENTS, CAMPUSES and\n LECTURE HALLS...THE OPTIONS HE LOST YEARS AGO.\n \n \n INT. ASTON MARTIN - NIGHT", "MIKE\n (to Scarlet)\n Excellent. Gotta run.\n \n He kisses her cheek, starts off, turns back-\n \n MIKE (CONT'D)\n What's wrong?", "MIKE\n But why?\n \n ALEX\n Because they can and so they do on\n a daily basis.\n \n MIKE\n (SHOCKED)\n But you're one of them.", "MIKE\n You know, Stan, I feel sorry for\n you.\n \n STAN\n You don't know me.\n \n Mike speaks loudly now, playing to the cafeteria.\n \n MIKE", "MIKE\n Maggie, what...\n \n Maggie places a finger on his lips.\n \n 70.\n \n \n \n MAGGIE\n Shhh. I get it now. Why you didn't", "MAGGIE\n Sex? No, that's why he dumped me!\n \n Maggie bawls again. Mike silently celebrates, sits beside\n her, awkwardly pats her on the back.\n \n 65.", "MIKE\n Yeah, but I just had a manicure.\n \n SCARLET\n (LAUGHS)\n You're serious? You want to help?\n \n MIKE\n Are you kidding? I love\n landscaping!", "MAGGIE\n What do you want? To rub it in my\n face? Say I told you so?\n \n MIKE\n You lost me?\n \n Maggie drops her head back between her knees.\n \n MAGGIE\n Stan dumped me.", "Mike places the PAPER ON THE TABLE, looks over to Scarlet.\n Scarlet just stares at him, tears streaming down her\n cheeks...sadness...recognition?\n \n JUDGE\n Alright, son, you have to go now.\n \n Mike nods, walks down the aisle and out the door.", "Mike flirtatiously stalks her. Scarlet fights smiling.\n \n 14.\n \n \n \n SCARLET\n You can stop now. It's not\n working.\n \n MIKE", "MIKE\n Jesus!\n \n Mike turns the wipers on high. Not much help. He slows the\n car to a crawl, straining to see out the windshield.\n \n LIGHTNING flashes. We see the Janitor leaning over the\n railing looking into the raging river. Mike brakes, throws", "love my job. I am a lucky man.\n Who's lucky? Mike O'Donnell.\n \n Mike yanks his tie straight up as if he were hanging himself.\n \n \n INT. ED'S HOUSE/LIVING ROOM - MORNING" ], [ "Mike sits, starts paging through the book and gets lost in\n the bright colored pictures...smiling STUDENTS, CAMPUSES and\n LECTURE HALLS...THE OPTIONS HE LOST YEARS AGO.\n \n \n INT. ASTON MARTIN - NIGHT", "MIKE\n I'm moving on. See you at the\n game.\n \n Mike climbs into the car, pulls out of the driveway.\n \n \n INT. MIKE'S HOUSE/KITCHEN - DUSK", "MIKE\n You know, Stan, I feel sorry for\n you.\n \n STAN\n You don't know me.\n \n Mike speaks loudly now, playing to the cafeteria.\n \n MIKE", "MIKE\n Jesus!\n \n Mike turns the wipers on high. Not much help. He slows the\n car to a crawl, straining to see out the windshield.\n \n LIGHTNING flashes. We see the Janitor leaning over the\n railing looking into the raging river. Mike brakes, throws", "As a confused Mike and Alex approach the scene, BOYS call out\n to Mike, tap his fist. GIRLS fawn over him. Mike's become a\n celebrity...and he's eating it up.\n \n ANGLE: Lauren spots Mike with Alex.\n \n LAUREN\n Here he comes!", "36.\n \n \n \n \n INT. ED'S HOUSE/OFFICE - NIGHT\n \n Mike and Ed, surrounded by the magazines and music discs, sit\n before the computer. Ed TEACHES Mike how to create a MYSPACE\n page.", "Stan turns angrily toward Mike as he approaches.\n \n MIKE\n Party's over, Stan. You're out of\n here.\n \n STAN\n Who's gonna make me leave? You?\n \n MIKE", "Stan, carrying a basketball, his goons and Maggie come up\n behind Mike.\n \n STAN\n Heads up!\n \n Stan whips the ball at Mike. Mike, cat-quick, spins around,\n catches the ball.", "his door open, jumps out into the pouring rain.\n \n \n EXT. ROAD - NIGHT\n \n MIKE\n Hey!? Get away from there!?\n \n 16.", "Mike rises.\n \n ALEX\n I wouldn't go over there. Stan and\n his Baboons have lunch this period.\n \n MIKE\n Don't worry. I'll see you tonight.", "MIKE\n What are you doing now?\n \n Ed looks over, sees Mike watching.\n \n 6.\n \n \n \n ED\n There he is. There's Mr. Sunshine.", "Mike swallows his pride and exits.\n \n \n EXT. FITCH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL/PARKING LOT - DUSK\n \n Mike pulls into the empty parking lot, climbs out of his car\n and into the building.", "MIKE\n Maggie, what...\n \n Maggie places a finger on his lips.\n \n 70.\n \n \n \n MAGGIE\n Shhh. I get it now. Why you didn't", "MIKE\n (to Scarlet)\n Excellent. Gotta run.\n \n He kisses her cheek, starts off, turns back-\n \n MIKE (CONT'D)\n What's wrong?", "MIKE\n But why?\n \n ALEX\n Because they can and so they do on\n a daily basis.\n \n MIKE\n (SHOCKED)\n But you're one of them.", "MIKE\n Good luck with the project.\n \n SCARLET\n Nice to meet you. And, Alex, be\n home by 10:30.\n \n Mike heads back inside. Scarlet stares after him.", "MIKE\n Yeah, but I just had a manicure.\n \n SCARLET\n (LAUGHS)\n You're serious? You want to help?\n \n MIKE\n Are you kidding? I love\n landscaping!", "MIKE\n Nothing.\n \n ED\n You're just gonna disappear?\n \n MIKE\n To be honest, I think she'd rather\n have it that way. What's with the\n attitude?\n \n ED", "like...No. I'm fine. Come in.\n Please.\n \n 44.\n \n \n \n \n INT. MIKE'S HOUSE/LIVING ROOM - NIGHT", "ED\n You know what this means? You need\n to let them go. You need to let\n them get on with their lives and\n you need to get on with yours.\n \n Mike chokes back tears...because he knows Ed is right." ], [ "SCARLET\n Alex, I'll meet you at the car. I\n need to talk to Uncle Ed for a\n second.\n \n Alex shuffles out of the office. Scarlet turns to Ed, hushed-\n \n SCARLET (CONT'D)\n Did you give him the divorce", "JUDGE (CONT'D)\n Let's proceed.\n \n SCARLET\n Your Honor, Sir. I'm sorry. I'm\n in no shape...I need to\n postpone...I'm sorry.\n \n 96.", "Did you give him the divorce\n papers?\n \n ED\n I sent them to him.\n \n SCARLET\n Is it another woman? I can handle\n it. Tell me the truth.\n \n ED", "Mike's silence says it all. Scarlet fights back tears.\n \n SCARLET (CONT'D)\n I never asked you to marry me.\n \n MIKE\n But I did.\n \n Scarlet shakes her head in frustration.", "SCARLET\n (SADLY)\n No, your Honor.\n \n JUDGE\n Then I take his absence as\n agreement to the orders of the\n divorce. Let's proceed. You're\n not asking for alimony or child", "then.\n \n Scarlet exits.\n \n MIKE\n What was that all about?\n \n ED\n That envelope contains divorce\n papers.\n \n Mike eyes the envelope, in stunned silence.", "I do.\n \n Scarlet sits beside her ATTORNEY. The Judge eyes her papers.\n \n 93.\n \n \n \n JUDGE\n You've requested a divorce by the\n State of California citing", "SCARLET\n Nothing, Mark. I was just dropping\n something off.\n \n Scarlet tosses a manila envelope on the patio table.\n \n SCARLET (CONT'D)\n Our court date is the 27th. If he\n has anything to say, he can say it", "looms over him, the 2 in a heated conversation-\n \n SCARLET\n I haven't heard from him in three\n weeks. Obviously he doesn't care.\n \n ED\n He cares.\n \n 53.", "SCARLET\n Don't ever come near me or my\n family again. If you do, I'll have\n you arrested or better yet,\n institutionalized.\n \n Scarlet marches towards the house. Mike on her heels\n pleading.", "96.\n \n \n \n A tearful Scarlet starts to leave, stops, picks up Mike's\n `letter'...DIRECTIONS TO THE COURTHOUSE. She looks back\n confused.\n \n \n INT. BMW CONVERTIBLE - DAY", "Mike flirtatiously stalks her. Scarlet fights smiling.\n \n 14.\n \n \n \n SCARLET\n You can stop now. It's not\n working.\n \n MIKE", "Scarlet winces as if dealt a blow-\n \n SCARLET\n What? Why would you say that?\n \n MIKE\n It's the truth. I'm the father of\n your children. You have to believe\n me.", "SCARLET (o.s.)\n Coming!\n \n The door opens revealing Scarlet in her dirty yard attire.\n \n SCARLET (CONT'D)\n I've been dying to meet you. I've\n known your father since...(gasps)", "execution for this marriage, your\n Majesty.\n \n SCARLET\n He's my husband's best friend.\n \n JUDGE\n Are you a lawyer, best friend?\n \n ED\n No but I have been a defendant in", "Off Mike's stunned reaction.\n \n CUT TO:\n \n \n INT. MIKE'S HOUSE/FOYER - NIGHT\n \n Mike marches in behind Scarlet. As they reach the door, he\n steps in front of her.", "Scarlet can't take her eyes off Mike.\n \n SCARLET (CONT'D)\n It's crazy how much you like my\n husband when he was a teenager.\n \n Mike switches subjects, points to her dirty clothes-\n \n MIKE", "But she's dead now.\n \n SCARLET\n Oh? I'm sorry.\n \n MIKE\n I warned her about kite surfing\n during hurricane season. So how\n are things with you? Doing\n anything exciting? Dating?", "MIKE (CONT'D)\n Oh no!\n \n Mike rushes over to her.\n \n MIKE (CONT'D)\n Scarlet, what are you doing here?\n \n SCARLET", "SCARLET\n You're sweet. I have no idea why\n I'm telling you all this. There's\n just something so familiar...\n \n Scarlet looks into Mike's eyes. Mike stares back. She's\n vulnerable. He loves her. It's perfect. Mike leans in and" ], [ "MIKE\n Your Honor! I have a letter from\n Mike O'Donnell. Just let me read\n it. Please.\n \n JUDGE\n I'm sorry, but-\n \n SCARLET", "Mike watches...no, he GAZES longingly, lovingly...lost in her\n beauty until...Scarlet turns, startles-\n \n SCARLET\n Mark? I didn't know you were\n there.\n \n MIKE", "MIKE (CONT'D)\n Oh no!\n \n Mike rushes over to her.\n \n MIKE (CONT'D)\n Scarlet, what are you doing here?\n \n SCARLET", "96.\n \n \n \n A tearful Scarlet starts to leave, stops, picks up Mike's\n `letter'...DIRECTIONS TO THE COURTHOUSE. She looks back\n confused.\n \n \n INT. BMW CONVERTIBLE - DAY", "SCARLET\n If it's okay, your Honor. I'd like\n to hear it.\n \n JUDGE\n Make it quick.\n \n Mike digs into his pocket, pulls out a piece of paper.\n \n 95.", "Mike places the PAPER ON THE TABLE, looks over to Scarlet.\n Scarlet just stares at him, tears streaming down her\n cheeks...sadness...recognition?\n \n JUDGE\n Alright, son, you have to go now.\n \n Mike nods, walks down the aisle and out the door.", "Scarlet can't take her eyes off Mike.\n \n SCARLET (CONT'D)\n It's crazy how much you like my\n husband when he was a teenager.\n \n Mike switches subjects, points to her dirty clothes-\n \n MIKE", "Mike flirtatiously stalks her. Scarlet fights smiling.\n \n 14.\n \n \n \n SCARLET\n You can stop now. It's not\n working.\n \n MIKE", "Mike's silence says it all. Scarlet fights back tears.\n \n SCARLET (CONT'D)\n I never asked you to marry me.\n \n MIKE\n But I did.\n \n Scarlet shakes her head in frustration.", "MAGGIE (o.s.)\n Scarlet!?\n \n Mike's eyes pop open. WIDER reveals Mike and Maggie on the\n bed. Mike's head rests on Maggie's lap.\n \n Mike JUMPS off the bed, scrambles to the other side of the", "Scarlet...SPEECHLESS...visibly stunned by the resemblance...\n \n MIKE\n Is something wrong?\n \n SCARLET\n (FLUSTERED)\n No. It's just...you look", "then.\n \n Scarlet exits.\n \n MIKE\n What was that all about?\n \n ED\n That envelope contains divorce\n papers.\n \n Mike eyes the envelope, in stunned silence.", "SCARLET\n Then where is he?\n \n Mike steps from the house, sees Scarlet-\n \n MIKE\n What's going on?\n \n SCARLET", "Scarlet winces as if dealt a blow-\n \n SCARLET\n What? Why would you say that?\n \n MIKE\n It's the truth. I'm the father of\n your children. You have to believe\n me.", "Scarlet sits at the kitchen table working on her laptop. The\n noise of an incoming email. She clicks over...MARK FREEDMAN.\n \n Scarlet reads Mike's email then clicks on the link. A web\n site pops up...`Scarlet's Sanctuaries'. Scarlet smiles.", "MIKE\n Scar, just calm down. I have\n something to tell you but I need\n you to keep an open mind. Can you\n do that for me?\n \n SCARLET\n This conversation is over, Mark.", "MIKE\n (to Scarlet)\n Excellent. Gotta run.\n \n He kisses her cheek, starts off, turns back-\n \n MIKE (CONT'D)\n What's wrong?", "Scarlet and Mike sit across from one another. Scarlet stares\n at Mike as if examining every pore on his face.\n \n SCARLET\n And you say Ed Freedman is your\n father?\n \n MIKE\n That's my dad. All 68 inches of", "Off Mike's stunned reaction.\n \n CUT TO:\n \n \n INT. MIKE'S HOUSE/FOYER - NIGHT\n \n Mike marches in behind Scarlet. As they reach the door, he\n steps in front of her.", "SCARLET\n You're sweet. I have no idea why\n I'm telling you all this. There's\n just something so familiar...\n \n Scarlet looks into Mike's eyes. Mike stares back. She's\n vulnerable. He loves her. It's perfect. Mike leans in and" ], [ "Mike, in a daze walks right past Ed. Takes his place for the\n jump ball. The Crowd stomps and cheers LOUDLY.\n \n The Ref is about to toss the ball. Mike looks up at the\n stands, sees a crushed Scarlet heading for the exit. Mike's\n torn. Play or go after her. He goes after her.", "Mike flirtatiously stalks her. Scarlet fights smiling.\n \n 14.\n \n \n \n SCARLET\n You can stop now. It's not\n working.\n \n MIKE", "MIKE\n Who's that stone cold fox? Oh,\n it's my girlfriend.\n (walks over)\n I'm glad you're here, Scar. This\n whole scout thing's got me wicked\n nervous.\n \n Dom dribbles past, smiles at Scarlet.", "MIKE (CONT'D)\n Oh no!\n \n Mike rushes over to her.\n \n MIKE (CONT'D)\n Scarlet, what are you doing here?\n \n SCARLET", "MIKE\n (to Scarlet)\n Excellent. Gotta run.\n \n He kisses her cheek, starts off, turns back-\n \n MIKE (CONT'D)\n What's wrong?", "Mike looks around the gymnasium...it almost seems to SLOW\n UP...the sound deafening. He finds Alex on the bench...his\n hopeful face. Mike looks into the stands...Maggie and\n Scarlet. Scarlet abruptly stands, climbs back down the\n bleachers and exits the gym.\n \n 100.", "Dom imitates humping, jogs after Scarlet.\n \n MIKE\n Don't you lay a finger on her,\n Johnson! I know where you live!\n \n Mike slams the door.", "SCARLET\n Then where is he?\n \n Mike steps from the house, sees Scarlet-\n \n MIKE\n What's going on?\n \n SCARLET", "Mike smiles playfully and begins to serenade-\n \n MIKE\n `In touch with the ground, I'm on\n the hunt I'm after you.'\n \n Scarlet shakes her head-\n \n SCARLET", "MIKE\n Scar! Wait.\n \n She turns, slumps against the wall. Mike catches up to her.\n Mike leans in and kisses Scarlet.\n \n CUT TO:\n \n 5.", "Off Mike's stunned reaction.\n \n CUT TO:\n \n \n INT. MIKE'S HOUSE/FOYER - NIGHT\n \n Mike marches in behind Scarlet. As they reach the door, he\n steps in front of her.", "KISSES HER...PASSIONATELY.\n \n SSSSSLAP. Mike falls off the chair. Scarlet leaps up.\n \n SCARLET (CONT'D)\n What do you think you're doing!?\n \n Mike scrambles to his feet.", "Mike watches...no, he GAZES longingly, lovingly...lost in her\n beauty until...Scarlet turns, startles-\n \n SCARLET\n Mark? I didn't know you were\n there.\n \n MIKE", "Scarlet strokes Mike's face. Mike loses himself in her\n caring, gentle touch.\n \n MIKE\n Not anymore. You smell great.\n \n Scarlet, a bit weirded out by Mike, stands.\n \n SCARLET", "ANGLE ON: Scarlet as she appears at the far end of the\n tunnel.\n \n SCARLET\n What took you so long?\n \n ANGLE ON: Mike and he's 36 years-old again, bursting out of\n his uniform.", "MIKE\n I got'a use the bathroom.\n \n WE follow Mike down the hall. As he passes a half open door,\n he pauses, peeks in...Scarlet, facing away, pulls a shirt\n over her nude back, shakes out her long hair.", "Stan, carrying a basketball, his goons and Maggie come up\n behind Mike.\n \n STAN\n Heads up!\n \n Stan whips the ball at Mike. Mike, cat-quick, spins around,\n catches the ball.", "MIKE (CONT'D)\n My bad.\n \n GIRL'S VOICE (o.s.)\n Mike?\n \n SCARLET, 17, an 80's beauty, stands at the end of the bench.\n \n MIKE", "Scarlet can't take her eyes off Mike.\n \n SCARLET (CONT'D)\n It's crazy how much you like my\n husband when he was a teenager.\n \n Mike switches subjects, points to her dirty clothes-\n \n MIKE", "MIKE\n Good luck with the project.\n \n SCARLET\n Nice to meet you. And, Alex, be\n home by 10:30.\n \n Mike heads back inside. Scarlet stares after him." ], [ "Mike sits, starts paging through the book and gets lost in\n the bright colored pictures...smiling STUDENTS, CAMPUSES and\n LECTURE HALLS...THE OPTIONS HE LOST YEARS AGO.\n \n \n INT. ASTON MARTIN - NIGHT", "MIKE\n I'm moving on. See you at the\n game.\n \n Mike climbs into the car, pulls out of the driveway.\n \n \n INT. MIKE'S HOUSE/KITCHEN - DUSK", "36.\n \n \n \n \n INT. ED'S HOUSE/OFFICE - NIGHT\n \n Mike and Ed, surrounded by the magazines and music discs, sit\n before the computer. Ed TEACHES Mike how to create a MYSPACE\n page.", "Mike swallows his pride and exits.\n \n \n EXT. FITCH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL/PARKING LOT - DUSK\n \n Mike pulls into the empty parking lot, climbs out of his car\n and into the building.", "MIKE\n Yeah, but I just had a manicure.\n \n SCARLET\n (LAUGHS)\n You're serious? You want to help?\n \n MIKE\n Are you kidding? I love\n landscaping!", "love my job. I am a lucky man.\n Who's lucky? Mike O'Donnell.\n \n Mike yanks his tie straight up as if he were hanging himself.\n \n \n INT. ED'S HOUSE/LIVING ROOM - MORNING", "MIKE\n Jesus!\n \n Mike turns the wipers on high. Not much help. He slows the\n car to a crawl, straining to see out the windshield.\n \n LIGHTNING flashes. We see the Janitor leaning over the\n railing looking into the raging river. Mike brakes, throws", "INT. MAC STORE - NIGHT\n \n A SALESMAN hands a smiling Mike his new iPhone.\n \n \n INT. ED'S HOUSE/MIKE'S BEDROOM - NIGHT\n \n Mike sits on the bed, types away on his laptop. A knock on", "like...No. I'm fine. Come in.\n Please.\n \n 44.\n \n \n \n \n INT. MIKE'S HOUSE/LIVING ROOM - NIGHT", "Stan, carrying a basketball, his goons and Maggie come up\n behind Mike.\n \n STAN\n Heads up!\n \n Stan whips the ball at Mike. Mike, cat-quick, spins around,\n catches the ball.", "in on a large, MEDITERRANEAN STYLE HOUSE.\n \n \n INT. ED'S HOUSE/MIKE'S BEDROOM - MORNING\n \n MIKE O'DONNELL, now 36, angrily slaps the alarm off...6 AM.\n He climbs out of bed, bones creaking, stiff, groans.", "EXT. SAN FERNANDO VALLEY - MORNING\n \n Mike wheels his Audi A4 below a nondescript, two level\n building. Sign reads, `Wyatt Pharmaceuticals'.\n \n \n INT. WYATT PHARMACEUTICALS/CONFERENCE ROOM - MORNING", "As a confused Mike and Alex approach the scene, BOYS call out\n to Mike, tap his fist. GIRLS fawn over him. Mike's become a\n celebrity...and he's eating it up.\n \n ANGLE: Lauren spots Mike with Alex.\n \n LAUREN\n Here he comes!", "INT. ED'S HOUSE/MIKE'S BEDROOM - DUSK\n \n Mike works on his laptop, plugs his iPhone into\n it...downloads pictures.\n \n Mike moves to the bed, packs his Falcons uniform into a", "Mike peers around...nobody.\n \n MIKE\n Alex?\n \n No answer. A basketball sits in the middle of the floor.\n Mike enters, picks up the ball, begins dribbling...faster,\n between his legs, around his back, up to the 3 point line-", "Mike searches the pictures until he finds it...the photo WE\n saw being taken earlier...the team of 1989. Ed mid howl from\n Dom's wedgy.\n \n Mike stares at the photograph...lost in time and thought.\n The smiling, confident image of his youth stares back at him.", "Mike is CRUSHED.\n \n \n INT. GUCCI STORE - DAY\n \n Mike paces in front of a dressing room. A SALESMAN waits by\n the door.\n \n MIKE\n My wife's moving on. My son", "MIKE\n Good luck with the project.\n \n SCARLET\n Nice to meet you. And, Alex, be\n home by 10:30.\n \n Mike heads back inside. Scarlet stares after him.", "The kid's still got it.\n \n Mike dashes for the bouncing ball, scoops it up, goes for a\n reverse lay up, makes it but when he lands...he\n lands...CRACK...hard. Mike grabs his lower back, groans-\n \n MIKE (CONT'D)", "MIKE\n Let's see who the lucky guy is.\n \n 73.\n \n \n \n Mike swings the door open revealing...Dom Johnson.\n \n MIKE (CONT'D)\n I knew it!" ], [ "INT. FITCH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL/GYM - CONTINUOUS\n \n An empty gymnasium except for a shirtless MIKE O'DONNELL, 17.\n Mike stands feet BEYOND the 3 point line, grabs balls from a\n hopper and rapidly shoots, shoots, shoots.", "Mike, in a daze walks right past Ed. Takes his place for the\n jump ball. The Crowd stomps and cheers LOUDLY.\n \n The Ref is about to toss the ball. Mike looks up at the\n stands, sees a crushed Scarlet heading for the exit. Mike's\n torn. Play or go after her. He goes after her.", "love my job. I am a lucky man.\n Who's lucky? Mike O'Donnell.\n \n Mike yanks his tie straight up as if he were hanging himself.\n \n \n INT. ED'S HOUSE/LIVING ROOM - MORNING", "Coach Harvey hands Mike a towel.\n \n COACH HARVEY\n Son, I haven't seen anyone with\n your shooting ability in, well, in\n a long time. I called a couple\n college scouts I know. They're\n coming to the game tonight...to", "The kid's still got it.\n \n Mike dashes for the bouncing ball, scoops it up, goes for a\n reverse lay up, makes it but when he lands...he\n lands...CRACK...hard. Mike grabs his lower back, groans-\n \n MIKE (CONT'D)", "COACH HARVEY\n Hey, O'Donnell, save some for the\n game.\n \n Mike sinks one last jumper, turns to the Coach.\n \n MIKE\n Just warming up, Coach.\n \n Coach Harvey hands Mike a towel.", "INT. FITCH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL/GYM - NIGHT\n \n An empty gym. Mike stands feet beyond the 3 point line,\n grabs balls from a hopper and rapidly shoots, shoots, shoots.\n SWISH...SWISH...SWISH. Automatic.", "Coach Harvey enters.\n \n COACH HARVEY\n Hey, Freedman, save some for the\n game.\n \n Mike sinks one last jumper, turns to the coach.\n \n MIKE\n Just warming up, Coach.", "Mike peers around...nobody.\n \n MIKE\n Alex?\n \n No answer. A basketball sits in the middle of the floor.\n Mike enters, picks up the ball, begins dribbling...faster,\n between his legs, around his back, up to the 3 point line-", "MIKE\n That's why we focus on your speed,\n dribbling and outside shot.\n Remember, it's not how big you are-\n \n ALEX\n -it's how big you play.\n (QUIZZICALLY)", "Mike sits, starts paging through the book and gets lost in\n the bright colored pictures...smiling STUDENTS, CAMPUSES and\n LECTURE HALLS...THE OPTIONS HE LOST YEARS AGO.\n \n \n INT. ASTON MARTIN - NIGHT", "MIKE\n Your Honor! I have a letter from\n Mike O'Donnell. Just let me read\n it. Please.\n \n JUDGE\n I'm sorry, but-\n \n SCARLET", "COACH HARVEY\n Let's go! Remember, Boys, winners\n get the girls. Losers please\n themselves!\n \n Mike and the Falcons jog onto the court. Mike takes his\n place for the jump ball. The Crowd stomps, cheers LOUDLY.", "watch you. If you have half the\n season I think you're capable of,\n you can play anywhere you want.\n \n MIKE\n That's the plan, Coach.\n \n The rest of the Falcons basketball team jogs out from the\n locker room followed by a PHOTOGRAPHER.", "Stan, carrying a basketball, his goons and Maggie come up\n behind Mike.\n \n STAN\n Heads up!\n \n Stan whips the ball at Mike. Mike, cat-quick, spins around,\n catches the ball.", "RRRRIIIIPPPP. Jazz yanks. Stan's SCREAM echoes.\n \n \n INT. FITCH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL/GYM - DAY\n \n Mike, wearing basketball gear and bouncing a basketball,\n stands in the middle of the court. Alex enters.", "COACH HARVEY\n First game of the season and the\n scouts are already lining up. You\n have half the season I know you're\n capable of, you can play anywhere\n you want, Mike.\n \n MIKE\n That's the plan coach.", "Mike looks around the gymnasium...it almost seems to SLOW\n UP...the sound deafening. He finds Alex on the bench...his\n hopeful face. Mike looks into the stands...Maggie and\n Scarlet. Scarlet abruptly stands, climbs back down the\n bleachers and exits the gym.\n \n 100.", "Mike teaches Alex the cross over dribble. Scarlet brings the\n boys water. Mike checks her out as she goes back in the\n house. Alex bounces the ball off his head.\n \n \n INT. FITCH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL/CALCULUS CLASS - DAY", "MONTAGE OF LIFE\n \n \n EXT. BASKETBALL COURT - DAY\n \n Alex dribbles, using both hands, while running through a maze\n of cones. Whenever he messes up, Mike makes him start again." ], [ "MIKE\n Maggie?\n \n -seated on the floor, head hidden between her knees. Maggie\n looks up, sees Mike, quickly dries her eyes.\n \n 64.\n \n \n \n MAGGIE", "MAGGIE\n What do you want?\n \n MIKE\n Stan. Why are you dating him?\n \n MAGGIE\n Get to the point why don't you?\n \n MIKE", "sits with the Bras.\n \n MAGGIE\n Oh thank God he's not here. I ran\n all the way from-\n \n Something catches Maggie's eye. It's Mike waving to her.\n \n MAGGIE (CONT'D)", "I know so.\n \n Maggie throws her arms around Mike, hugs him tight. Mike\n hugs her back. A moment he's never had with his daughter.\n \n MAGGIE\n You're so sweet.\n \n ANGLE ON Maggie's face. She's SMITTEN.", "MIKE\n Maggie, why are you friends with\n these horrible girls?\n \n MAGGIE\n Listen, I appreciate what you did\n in class but, I already have a\n boyfriend.\n \n MIKE\n You have a boyfriend?", "MAGGIE\n What am I going to do? I can't\n live without him.\n \n Maggie takes Mike's shirt, BLOWS her nose on it.\n \n MIKE\n Maggie, did you two...you\n know...do...", "MIKE (CONT'D)\n Stupid, idiot, stupid.\n \n \n INT. MIKE'S HOUSE/BATHROOM - NIGHT\n \n Mike enters, steps over to the toilet. Maggie slips in behind\n him, shuts the door. He whirls around.", "MAGGIE\n Sex? No, that's why he dumped me!\n \n Maggie bawls again. Mike silently celebrates, sits beside\n her, awkwardly pats her on the back.\n \n 65.", "MAGGIE (o.s.)\n Scarlet!?\n \n Mike's eyes pop open. WIDER reveals Mike and Maggie on the\n bed. Mike's head rests on Maggie's lap.\n \n Mike JUMPS off the bed, scrambles to the other side of the", "MIKE\n What? No-no-no-no. I'm not gay.\n I'm...I've been in love with the\n same girl since I was 17.\n \n Maggie switches back into predatory mode.\n \n MAGGIE", "INT. MIKE'S HOUSE - NIGHT\n \n Alex rushes through the door. Mike and Maggie follow.\n Maggie slaps Mike's butt.\n \n \n INT. MIKE'S HOUSE/KITCHEN - NIGHT\n \n ALEX", "MAGGIE\n What do you want? To rub it in my\n face? Say I told you so?\n \n MIKE\n You lost me?\n \n Maggie drops her head back between her knees.\n \n MAGGIE\n Stan dumped me.", "MIKE\n I know he bullies your brother.\n \n MAGGIE\n Stan barely knows Alex exists.\n We're moving in together after\n graduation.\n \n MIKE\n Whoa. Whoa. Whoa. I thought you", "MIKE\n There, there now. It's okay.\n \n MAGGIE\n Sure he was a jerk but he was there\n for me. Which is more than I can\n say for any other man in my life.", "-Mike turns a little more in his seat...MAGGIE smiles\n seductively at him, blows a kiss. Mike GASPS, spins back\n around...TRAUMATIZED.\n \n \n EXT. MIKE'S HOUSE/BACKYARD - DAY", "MAGGIE\n I'm counting down the minutes.\n \n Maggie heads straight for the modest ranch house and inside.\n \n MIKE\n What's with her?\n \n ALEX\n We see you once a week for a couple", "Maggie jumps up. Kids all stare.\n \n MAGGIE\n Who do you think you are!? My\n father?!\n \n Maggie stomps over to the still bickering Bras.\n \n MIKE", "MIKE\n I'm serious. He's not a nice guy.\n Matter of fact he's a jackass.\n \n MAGGIE\n Don't talk about him like that.\n You don't even know him.\n \n MIKE", "MIKE\n Wait! This is highly inappropriate\n and dysfunctional. Listen to me,\n Maggie. I'm your father.\n \n Maggie growls, stalks Mike around the bed.\n \n MAGGIE\n And I've been a bad, bad girl,", "MAGGIE\n Shhh. Yes, you are. You're a good\n guy. You're not like the others.\n \n MIKE\n That's right! I'm not like the\n others. I'm very different than\n the others. So different that you" ], [ "Mike swallows his pride and exits.\n \n \n EXT. FITCH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL/PARKING LOT - DUSK\n \n Mike pulls into the empty parking lot, climbs out of his car\n and into the building.", "The whole cafeteria turns their attention on Mike and Stan.\n Mike points to the name `Stan' on Stan's letter jacket, reads-\n \n MIKE\n Stan. Did mommy sew that on there\n so you wouldn't forget your name?\n \n Laughter from the Students.", "MIKE\n ...I'm going back to high school.\n \n ED\n ...lock. I'm sorry. Could you\n repeat that? Because I thought you\n just said you were-\n \n 23.", "MIKE\n Going back to high school.\n \n Mike grabs a beer from the fridge, cracks it. As Mike is\n about to take a sip, Ed swipes the beer from his hand...CHUGS\n it down.\n \n ED", "because...HE'S 17 AGAIN.\n \n Ed's eyes widen with FEAR.\n \n 17.\n \n \n \n MIKE\n I've had a really rough night.\n \n ED", "CLOSE ON Mike's face, eyes shut. A hand gently strokes his\n head. Mike stirs awake, smiles, eyes still closed-\n \n MIKE\n I had the craziest dream. I was 17\n again and back in high school. It\n was horrible, Scarlet-", "As a confused Mike and Alex approach the scene, BOYS call out\n to Mike, tap his fist. GIRLS fawn over him. Mike's become a\n celebrity...and he's eating it up.\n \n ANGLE: Lauren spots Mike with Alex.\n \n LAUREN\n Here he comes!", "yours.\n \n Stan walks off. Mike slams his locker shut.\n \n \n INT. FITCH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL/CALCULUS CLASS - DAY\n \n Mike slips inside the empty classroom, slathers KRAZY GLUE", "JAMIE\n Did you see-\n \n LAUREN\n I told you he was cute.\n \n \n INT. FITCH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL/HALL - DAY\n \n It's the MOMENT. Mike walks the hallway, handsome and hip.", "splashes his face frantically. Mud gone. He's still 17.\n \n MIKE (CONT'D)\n AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!\n \n Mike tears his suit jacket and shirt off...hairless chest.\n He yanks off his pants, peeks down his boxers-", "attention that Mark may have Krazy\n glued a boy to his chair.\n \n Ed stifles a laugh, puts on a serious face.\n \n ED\n My son? Mark! Get in here! Now!\n \n Mike slouches in, takes a seat.", "MIKE (CONT'D)\n My bad.\n \n GIRL'S VOICE (o.s.)\n Mike?\n \n SCARLET, 17, an 80's beauty, stands at the end of the bench.\n \n MIKE", "there.\n \n The Janitor leans in, takes a closer look at Young Mike.\n \n JANITOR\n Adolescence can be so cruel.\n \n MIKE\n What are you talking about?\n (lost in the picture", "Mike scoffs, storms off. Ed calls after him-\n \n ED (CONT'D)\n I'm not paying for college!\n \n \n INT. FITCH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL/HALL - DAY", "EXT. FITCH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL/PARKING LOT - DAY\n \n The Audi screeches to a stop in front of the school. Mike\n bounds out, wearing a robe, races inside.\n \n 20.", "The kid's still got it.\n \n Mike dashes for the bouncing ball, scoops it up, goes for a\n reverse lay up, makes it but when he lands...he\n lands...CRACK...hard. Mike grabs his lower back, groans-\n \n MIKE (CONT'D)", "INT. FITCH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL/HALL - DUSK\n \n Mike hurries down the hall, opens a door, peeks his head in.\n \n \n INT. FITCH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL/GYM - DUSK", "What's your problem, it's only mud.\n \n The muddy feet turn toward the mirror and-\n \n MIKE (CONT'D)\n AAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!\n \n ANGLE ON the mirror. Mike's 17. He turns on the water,", "ALEX\n How do you know my name?\n \n MIKE\n I'm...Mark...Freedman. Your Uncle\n Ed's son. He told me to look out\n for you.\n \n ALEX", "MALE VOICE (o.s.)\n You know someone in that picture?\n \n Mike startles from his daydream, turns. A kind-faced, old\n JANITOR, stands behind him, mop in hand.\n \n MIKE\n I do. Me. I'm in the center" ], [ "ALEX\n Hey! I got skills.\n \n Mike turns back.\n \n MIKE\n So what's your problem? Is it Stan\n and his friends?\n \n ALEX\n Just leave it alone.", "ALEX\n Uncle Ed has a son?\n \n MIKE\n Believe me, it's gonna be a\n surprise to him too. Did those\n guys do this to you?\n \n ALEX\n Goons from the basketball team.", "ALEX\n She won't like me, Mark. I'm a\n loser.\n \n Mike grabs Alex by the shoulders.\n \n MIKE\n Why? Because Stan says so? You\n think Stan's a winner? He's going", "MIKE\n I know he bullies your brother.\n \n MAGGIE\n Stan barely knows Alex exists.\n We're moving in together after\n graduation.\n \n MIKE\n Whoa. Whoa. Whoa. I thought you", "But, People, Stan's a bully. Why?\n It would be way too easy to say\n Stan preys on the weak because he's\n simply a dick. No, Stan's more\n complex than that. According to\n leading psychiatrists Stan is a\n bully for 1 of 3 reasons. 1, under", "Mike rises.\n \n ALEX\n I wouldn't go over there. Stan and\n his Baboons have lunch this period.\n \n MIKE\n Don't worry. I'll see you tonight.", "drills, scrimmaging, getting in\n shape.\n \n Maggie stifles a laugh.\n \n MIKE\n That's my boy. Remember, it's not\n how big you are-\n \n ALEX", "Alex throws his hands up, tries to defend the much bigger\n Stan. Stan easily backs Alex down, faking left and right.\n \n STAN\n You ready? Here it comes.\n \n Stan spins, elbows high...POW...Alex catches one to the head", "steps up to defend. Alex dribbles quicker, through his legs.\n \n MIKE (CONT'D)\n Alright. You got a little game.\n \n WHAM. The doors slam open. In walk Stan and his Posse. A\n BLOOD speckled BAND-AID covers the tip of Stan's nose.", "Alex whisks Nicole into the house. Mike lowers his head. Ed\n stomps over, grabs Mike.\n \n ED\n This place is a disaster! A kid\n pissed all over my English garden!\n What were you thinking!?\n \n MIKE", "Alex turns. Mike grabs his arm, turns him back.\n \n 48.\n \n \n \n MIKE\n What are you so nervous about?\n \n ALEX\n The beach is for the older, cool", "CUT TO:\n \n \n INT. FITCH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL/GYM - DAY\n \n CLOSE ON a ball going through the hoop. Wider reveals Alex\n following through. He and Mike tap fists.", "RRRRIIIIPPPP. Jazz yanks. Stan's SCREAM echoes.\n \n \n INT. FITCH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL/GYM - DAY\n \n Mike, wearing basketball gear and bouncing a basketball,\n stands in the middle of the court. Alex enters.", "STAN\n What are you 2 queers doing in my\n gym?\n \n MIKE\n Let's go, Alex.\n \n Alex stops dribbling. He and Mike move towards the door.\n Stan and his Posse block the way.", "My first parent/principal\n conference.\n \n Scarlet looks sternly to Alex-\n \n SCARLET\n Fighting? What's gotten into you?\n \n ALEX\n (rubs his jaw)", "Alex stops, turns back around and blurts out-\n \n ALEX\n Hi, Alex. I'm Nicole.\n \n Nicole and her Friends giggle.\n \n NICOLE\n You don't look like a Nicole.", "MIKE\n You don't need to be afraid of\n them, Alex.\n \n ALEX\n I'm too small anyway.\n \n 57.", "was on the basketball team because\n I knew he'd never make it to a\n game.\n \n MIKE\n Then why would you tell him that?\n \n ALEX\n I guess I was hoping it would make\n him like me more.", "As a confused Mike and Alex approach the scene, BOYS call out\n to Mike, tap his fist. GIRLS fawn over him. Mike's become a\n celebrity...and he's eating it up.\n \n ANGLE: Lauren spots Mike with Alex.\n \n LAUREN\n Here he comes!", "Mike teaches Alex the cross over dribble. Scarlet brings the\n boys water. Mike checks her out as she goes back in the\n house. Alex bounces the ball off his head.\n \n \n INT. FITCH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL/CALCULUS CLASS - DAY" ], [ "MAGGIE\n What do you want? To rub it in my\n face? Say I told you so?\n \n MIKE\n You lost me?\n \n Maggie drops her head back between her knees.\n \n MAGGIE\n Stan dumped me.", "Stan dumped me.\n \n Maggie BAWLS loudly. Mike panics, fearing the worst-\n \n MIKE\n What happened? What did he do?\n You didn't...\n \n MAGGIE\n My mom was working last night.", "MAGGIE\n What do you want?\n \n MIKE\n Stan. Why are you dating him?\n \n MAGGIE\n Get to the point why don't you?\n \n MIKE", "MAGGIE\n Whatever. I'm with someone else\n now.\n \n STAN\n Yeah, right. Who'd be stupid\n enough?\n \n MAGGIE\n Him.", "want me to be with Stan, the nice\n things you said in the library.\n It's because you wanted me.\n \n Maggie backs Mike against the wall.\n \n MIKE\n Maggie, listen to me. I'm not the\n person you think...", "STAN\n Bro-ski, what are you doing at our\n table?\n \n MAGGIE\n Nothing. He was just leaving.\n \n Maggie nods for Mike to go.\n \n MIKE\n (SARCASTIC)", "INT. AUDI - MOMENTS LATER\n \n Mike drives off out of the parking lot. To his left he spies-\n ANGLE ON: Stan and Maggie making out against Stan's Mustang.\n \n Mike pounds on the horn, scaring them apart. Drive's off.", "MAGGIE\n Sex? No, that's why he dumped me!\n \n Maggie bawls again. Mike silently celebrates, sits beside\n her, awkwardly pats her on the back.\n \n 65.", "MIKE\n I know he bullies your brother.\n \n MAGGIE\n Stan barely knows Alex exists.\n We're moving in together after\n graduation.\n \n MIKE\n Whoa. Whoa. Whoa. I thought you", "STAN\n Now make like Tom and Cruise.\n \n Flush with humiliation and ice cream dripping down his face,\n Mike turns and walks out.\n \n MAGGIE\n That was so not cool.\n \n STAN", "Maggie solves a difficult problem on the board, much to Mr.\n Adam's chagrin.\n \n 66.\n \n \n Maggie turns from the chalkboard and smiles flirtatiously at\n Mike. Stan catches this exchange and pops the back of Mike's\n head.", "STAN\n What did you did do? Mug the\n mannequin at the Ed Hardy store?\n \n JAZZ\n Tool!\n \n Laughter from the class. Mike shies. The Jocks sit, Stan\n behind Mike. Just as the last bell rings, Maggie rushes in,", "were going to Georgetown?\n \n MAGGIE\n I'm going to Westwood Community\n College. Stan and I both are.\n \n Mike loses it, leaps to his feet shouting-\n \n 52.", "(SARCASTIC)\n We should do this again sometime.\n \n Mike stands. Stan pulls Maggie up, starts making out with\n her, hands all over her. WE can see Mike's blood BOIL until-\n \n MIKE (CONT'D)\n Get your hands off her, you little\n punk!", "Stan turns angrily toward Mike as he approaches.\n \n MIKE\n Party's over, Stan. You're out of\n here.\n \n STAN\n Who's gonna make me leave? You?\n \n MIKE", "EXT. ED'S HOUSE/POOL - NIGHT\n \n Stan corners Maggie against the back wall.\n \n STAN\n I was upset. I'm sorry. But I\n need you to show me you love me.\n Then we'll move in together.", "Stan, carrying a basketball, his goons and Maggie come up\n behind Mike.\n \n STAN\n Heads up!\n \n Stan whips the ball at Mike. Mike, cat-quick, spins around,\n catches the ball.", "Scarlet storms off. Before Mike can protest-\n \n MAGGIE\n Pervert!\n \n Mike turns. SLAP. Maggie lights him up, runs for the house.\n SLAP, SLAP, SLAP. The Bras add theirs on the way out.", "watch...not sure whether to laugh or join in.\n \n And then, the Bras fall in. Followed by others. The party\n just got hotter.\n \n Maggie runs through the party and out the back. Stan chases\n after her. Mike inconspicuously Hammer walks his way out of\n the mix and outside.", "O'Donnell. Come up here and dazzle\n us with your brilliance.\n \n Maggie rises nervously from her seat, shuffles to the front\n of the class. As she passes Stan WE see...\n \n Stan lifts his fingers from the desktop...it's WET...he" ], [ "SCARLET\n If it's okay, your Honor. I'd like\n to hear it.\n \n JUDGE\n Make it quick.\n \n Mike digs into his pocket, pulls out a piece of paper.\n \n 95.", "Mike places the PAPER ON THE TABLE, looks over to Scarlet.\n Scarlet just stares at him, tears streaming down her\n cheeks...sadness...recognition?\n \n JUDGE\n Alright, son, you have to go now.\n \n Mike nods, walks down the aisle and out the door.", "MIKE\n Your Honor! I have a letter from\n Mike O'Donnell. Just let me read\n it. Please.\n \n JUDGE\n I'm sorry, but-\n \n SCARLET", "95.\n \n \n \n MIKE\n Thank you, your Honor.\n (READS)\n September 7th, 1988 was the first\n time I saw you. You were reading\n `The Great Gatsby' and wearing a", "Ed holds up the manila envelope of divorce papers.\n \n ED (CONT'D)\n -you're due in court in an hour.\n \n A look of determination comes over Mike's face.\n \n \n EXT. ED'S HOUSE - DAY", "96.\n \n \n \n A tearful Scarlet starts to leave, stops, picks up Mike's\n `letter'...DIRECTIONS TO THE COURTHOUSE. She looks back\n confused.\n \n \n INT. BMW CONVERTIBLE - DAY", "94.\n \n \n \n BOOM. The doors burst open. All turn to see Mike and Ed\n storm down the aisle.\n \n ED\n I declare a mistrial on the grounds\n of insufficient evidence and Sacco", "Adams rips the paper off, holds it out towards Mike. Mike\n sniffs at the air-\n \n MIKE\n Is someone barbecuing?\n (BEAT)\n YYYYEEEEOOOOOWWWWWWW!!!!", "Mike stares at the screen as if it were in hieroglyphics.\n \n MIKE\n I have no idea what this says?\n \n Alex takes the phone from Mike, reads-\n \n ALEX", "Mike's silence says it all. Scarlet fights back tears.\n \n SCARLET (CONT'D)\n I never asked you to marry me.\n \n MIKE\n But I did.\n \n Scarlet shakes her head in frustration.", "then.\n \n Scarlet exits.\n \n MIKE\n What was that all about?\n \n ED\n That envelope contains divorce\n papers.\n \n Mike eyes the envelope, in stunned silence.", "MIKE\n You know, Stan, I feel sorry for\n you.\n \n STAN\n You don't know me.\n \n Mike speaks loudly now, playing to the cafeteria.\n \n MIKE", "The whole cafeteria turns their attention on Mike and Stan.\n Mike points to the name `Stan' on Stan's letter jacket, reads-\n \n MIKE\n Stan. Did mommy sew that on there\n so you wouldn't forget your name?\n \n Laughter from the Students.", "MIKE\n Nothing.\n \n ED\n You're just gonna disappear?\n \n MIKE\n To be honest, I think she'd rather\n have it that way. What's with the\n attitude?\n \n ED", "MIKE\n She hates me, Ed. I've ruined\n everything.\n \n Mike runs for the house. Julie looks quizzically to Ed.\n \n JULIE\n Who hates him? What's going on?\n \n Ed shifts uncomfortably, takes a deep breath.", "SCARLET\n Nothing, Mark. I was just dropping\n something off.\n \n Scarlet tosses a manila envelope on the patio table.\n \n SCARLET (CONT'D)\n Our court date is the 27th. If he\n has anything to say, he can say it", "do is enroll me and say as little\n as possible.\n \n Ed calms. Mike pulls a manila folder out of his book bag.\n \n MIKE (CONT'D)\n Are you sure these look legit?\n \n ED\n (offended/cocky)", "Mike flirtatiously stalks her. Scarlet fights smiling.\n \n 14.\n \n \n \n SCARLET\n You can stop now. It's not\n working.\n \n MIKE", "Scarlet and Mike sit across from one another. Scarlet stares\n at Mike as if examining every pore on his face.\n \n SCARLET\n And you say Ed Freedman is your\n father?\n \n MIKE\n That's my dad. All 68 inches of", "Where did you hear that?\n \n MIKE\n (COVERS)\n I don't know? Read it somewhere I\n guess. Be a sport. Show me what\n you got.\n \n Mike tosses Alex the ball. Alex begins to dribble. Mike" ], [ "Coach Harvey hands Mike a towel.\n \n COACH HARVEY\n Son, I haven't seen anyone with\n your shooting ability in, well, in\n a long time. I called a couple\n college scouts I know. They're\n coming to the game tonight...to", "Alex runs over, hugs Nicole. Mike beams with pride. Coach\n Harvey puts an arm around him-\n \n COACH HARVEY\n Son, I don't know where you came\n from but you just made my year.", "INT. FITCH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL/GYM - CONTINUOUS\n \n An empty gymnasium except for a shirtless MIKE O'DONNELL, 17.\n Mike stands feet BEYOND the 3 point line, grabs balls from a\n hopper and rapidly shoots, shoots, shoots.", "Coach Harvey enters.\n \n COACH HARVEY\n Hey, Freedman, save some for the\n game.\n \n Mike sinks one last jumper, turns to the coach.\n \n MIKE\n Just warming up, Coach.", "INT. FITCH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL/GYM - NIGHT\n \n An empty gym. Mike stands feet beyond the 3 point line,\n grabs balls from a hopper and rapidly shoots, shoots, shoots.\n SWISH...SWISH...SWISH. Automatic.", "Stan, carrying a basketball, his goons and Maggie come up\n behind Mike.\n \n STAN\n Heads up!\n \n Stan whips the ball at Mike. Mike, cat-quick, spins around,\n catches the ball.", "COACH HARVEY\n Let's go! Remember, Boys, winners\n get the girls. Losers please\n themselves!\n \n Mike and the Falcons jog onto the court. Mike takes his\n place for the jump ball. The Crowd stomps, cheers LOUDLY.", "COACH HARVEY\n Hey, O'Donnell, save some for the\n game.\n \n Mike sinks one last jumper, turns to the Coach.\n \n MIKE\n Just warming up, Coach.\n \n Coach Harvey hands Mike a towel.", "CUT TO:\n \n \n INT. FITCH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL/GYM - DAY\n \n CLOSE ON a ball going through the hoop. Wider reveals Alex\n following through. He and Mike tap fists.", "love my job. I am a lucky man.\n Who's lucky? Mike O'Donnell.\n \n Mike yanks his tie straight up as if he were hanging himself.\n \n \n INT. ED'S HOUSE/LIVING ROOM - MORNING", "Jazz and Kevin throw Mike off Stan, punching and kicking him.\n \n COACH HARVEY, now 58, enters the gym, runs over to the\n fracas, pulls the boys apart.\n \n COACH HARVEY\n Hey! That's enough! That's\n enough!", "Mike searches the pictures until he finds it...the photo WE\n saw being taken earlier...the team of 1989. Ed mid howl from\n Dom's wedgy.\n \n Mike stares at the photograph...lost in time and thought.\n The smiling, confident image of his youth stares back at him.", "RRRRIIIIPPPP. Jazz yanks. Stan's SCREAM echoes.\n \n \n INT. FITCH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL/GYM - DAY\n \n Mike, wearing basketball gear and bouncing a basketball,\n stands in the middle of the court. Alex enters.", "watch you. If you have half the\n season I think you're capable of,\n you can play anywhere you want.\n \n MIKE\n That's the plan, Coach.\n \n The rest of the Falcons basketball team jogs out from the\n locker room followed by a PHOTOGRAPHER.", "MIKE\n Oh but I do. All too well. You're\n the man. Captain of the basketball\n team. Dates the pretty girls.\n High school is your kingdom.\n \n Stan and his Posse tap fists. Mike dribbles between his legs.\n \n MIKE (CONT'D)", "Ed holds up the manila envelope of divorce papers.\n \n ED (CONT'D)\n -you're due in court in an hour.\n \n A look of determination comes over Mike's face.\n \n \n EXT. ED'S HOUSE - DAY", "MIKE\n Fine. I want to have some kids\n over tonight to celebrate Alex\n making the team. Is that cool?\n \n Ed, wearing only his banana hammock underwear and socks,\n steps from the room, hands the clothes to the Salesman.\n \n ED", "INT. ED'S HOUSE/MIKE'S BEDROOM - DUSK\n \n Mike works on his laptop, plugs his iPhone into\n it...downloads pictures.\n \n Mike moves to the bed, packs his Falcons uniform into a", "36.\n \n \n \n \n INT. ED'S HOUSE/OFFICE - NIGHT\n \n Mike and Ed, surrounded by the magazines and music discs, sit\n before the computer. Ed TEACHES Mike how to create a MYSPACE\n page.", "MIKE (CONT'D)\n 3, 2, 1-\n \n 9.\n \n \n \n Mike hits a perfect jumper at the imaginary buzzer, smiles.\n \n MIKE (CONT'D)" ], [ "MIKE\n I'm moving on. See you at the\n game.\n \n Mike climbs into the car, pulls out of the driveway.\n \n \n INT. MIKE'S HOUSE/KITCHEN - DUSK", "Mike is CRUSHED.\n \n \n INT. GUCCI STORE - DAY\n \n Mike paces in front of a dressing room. A SALESMAN waits by\n the door.\n \n MIKE\n My wife's moving on. My son", "MIKE\n I know he bullies your brother.\n \n MAGGIE\n Stan barely knows Alex exists.\n We're moving in together after\n graduation.\n \n MIKE\n Whoa. Whoa. Whoa. I thought you", "Ed holds up the manila envelope of divorce papers.\n \n ED (CONT'D)\n -you're due in court in an hour.\n \n A look of determination comes over Mike's face.\n \n \n EXT. ED'S HOUSE - DAY", "Mike places the PAPER ON THE TABLE, looks over to Scarlet.\n Scarlet just stares at him, tears streaming down her\n cheeks...sadness...recognition?\n \n JUDGE\n Alright, son, you have to go now.\n \n Mike nods, walks down the aisle and out the door.", "MIKE\n A winner doesn't have to crash at\n his best friend's house because he\n was kicked out of his own house.\n \n ED\n Are you kidding?! It doesn't get\n any better than this!\n (MORE)", "ED\n You know what this means? You need\n to let them go. You need to let\n them get on with their lives and\n you need to get on with yours.\n \n Mike chokes back tears...because he knows Ed is right.", "MIKE\n She hates me, Ed. I've ruined\n everything.\n \n Mike runs for the house. Julie looks quizzically to Ed.\n \n JULIE\n Who hates him? What's going on?\n \n Ed shifts uncomfortably, takes a deep breath.", "like an idiot. I'm sorry. Please\n stay.\n \n Julie begrudgingly sits back down.\n \n JULIE\n Act normal or I'm leaving.\n \n \n INT. ED'S HOUSE/MIKE'S BEDROOM - NIGHT", "Mike swallows his pride and exits.\n \n \n EXT. FITCH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL/PARKING LOT - DUSK\n \n Mike pulls into the empty parking lot, climbs out of his car\n and into the building.", "like...No. I'm fine. Come in.\n Please.\n \n 44.\n \n \n \n \n INT. MIKE'S HOUSE/LIVING ROOM - NIGHT", "then.\n \n Scarlet exits.\n \n MIKE\n What was that all about?\n \n ED\n That envelope contains divorce\n papers.\n \n Mike eyes the envelope, in stunned silence.", "INT. MIKE'S HOUSE - NIGHT\n \n Alex rushes through the door. Mike and Maggie follow.\n Maggie slaps Mike's butt.\n \n \n INT. MIKE'S HOUSE/KITCHEN - NIGHT\n \n ALEX", "MIKE\n Maggie?\n \n -seated on the floor, head hidden between her knees. Maggie\n looks up, sees Mike, quickly dries her eyes.\n \n 64.\n \n \n \n MAGGIE", "Mike steps from the kitchen area carrying a TRAY, scans the\n crowded room, finds Alex seated at a table ALONE. It's a\n heartbreaking image. Mike approaches-\n \n MIKE\n Mind if I sit here?\n \n ALEX", "MIKE\n I got'a use the bathroom.\n \n WE follow Mike down the hall. As he passes a half open door,\n he pauses, peeks in...Scarlet, facing away, pulls a shirt\n over her nude back, shakes out her long hair.", "Mike sits, starts paging through the book and gets lost in\n the bright colored pictures...smiling STUDENTS, CAMPUSES and\n LECTURE HALLS...THE OPTIONS HE LOST YEARS AGO.\n \n \n INT. ASTON MARTIN - NIGHT", "Stan turns angrily toward Mike as he approaches.\n \n MIKE\n Party's over, Stan. You're out of\n here.\n \n STAN\n Who's gonna make me leave? You?\n \n MIKE", "Alex and Nicole march past. Mike reaches for Alex's arm.\n Alex pulls it away.\n \n MIKE\n Alex, wait. Let me explain-\n \n ALEX\n How could you do this to me?", "in on a large, MEDITERRANEAN STYLE HOUSE.\n \n \n INT. ED'S HOUSE/MIKE'S BEDROOM - MORNING\n \n MIKE O'DONNELL, now 36, angrily slaps the alarm off...6 AM.\n He climbs out of bed, bones creaking, stiff, groans." ], [ "splashes his face frantically. Mud gone. He's still 17.\n \n MIKE (CONT'D)\n AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!\n \n Mike tears his suit jacket and shirt off...hairless chest.\n He yanks off his pants, peeks down his boxers-", "because...HE'S 17 AGAIN.\n \n Ed's eyes widen with FEAR.\n \n 17.\n \n \n \n MIKE\n I've had a really rough night.\n \n ED", "ANGLE ON: Scarlet as she appears at the far end of the\n tunnel.\n \n SCARLET\n What took you so long?\n \n ANGLE ON: Mike and he's 36 years-old again, bursting out of\n his uniform.", "What's your problem, it's only mud.\n \n The muddy feet turn toward the mirror and-\n \n MIKE (CONT'D)\n AAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!\n \n ANGLE ON the mirror. Mike's 17. He turns on the water,", "there.\n \n The Janitor leans in, takes a closer look at Young Mike.\n \n JANITOR\n Adolescence can be so cruel.\n \n MIKE\n What are you talking about?\n (lost in the picture", "CLOSE ON Mike's face, eyes shut. A hand gently strokes his\n head. Mike stirs awake, smiles, eyes still closed-\n \n MIKE\n I had the craziest dream. I was 17\n again and back in high school. It\n was horrible, Scarlet-", "MIKE (CONT'D)\n My bad.\n \n GIRL'S VOICE (o.s.)\n Mike?\n \n SCARLET, 17, an 80's beauty, stands at the end of the bench.\n \n MIKE", "Scarlet can't take her eyes off Mike.\n \n SCARLET (CONT'D)\n It's crazy how much you like my\n husband when he was a teenager.\n \n Mike switches subjects, points to her dirty clothes-\n \n MIKE", "The phosphorescent water swirls angrily...rising quickly.\n It's mesmerizing. Magical. Mike can't take his eyes off-\n \n LIGHTENING FLASHES Mike's 17 year-old face reflection stares\n back up at him.\n \n MIKE (CONT'D)", "Mike sits, starts paging through the book and gets lost in\n the bright colored pictures...smiling STUDENTS, CAMPUSES and\n LECTURE HALLS...THE OPTIONS HE LOST YEARS AGO.\n \n \n INT. ASTON MARTIN - NIGHT", "The kid's still got it.\n \n Mike dashes for the bouncing ball, scoops it up, goes for a\n reverse lay up, makes it but when he lands...he\n lands...CRACK...hard. Mike grabs his lower back, groans-\n \n MIKE (CONT'D)", "Mike searches the pictures until he finds it...the photo WE\n saw being taken earlier...the team of 1989. Ed mid howl from\n Dom's wedgy.\n \n Mike stares at the photograph...lost in time and thought.\n The smiling, confident image of his youth stares back at him.", "As a confused Mike and Alex approach the scene, BOYS call out\n to Mike, tap his fist. GIRLS fawn over him. Mike's become a\n celebrity...and he's eating it up.\n \n ANGLE: Lauren spots Mike with Alex.\n \n LAUREN\n Here he comes!", "Alex turns. Mike grabs his arm, turns him back.\n \n 48.\n \n \n \n MIKE\n What are you so nervous about?\n \n ALEX\n The beach is for the older, cool", "his door open, jumps out into the pouring rain.\n \n \n EXT. ROAD - NIGHT\n \n MIKE\n Hey!? Get away from there!?\n \n 16.", "Maggie sobs uncontrollably. Mike takes a deep breath, calms-\n \n MIKE\n When you're young everything seems\n like the end of the world. But\n it's not. It's just the beginning.\n And you might have to meet a few", "MALE VOICE (o.s.)\n You know someone in that picture?\n \n Mike startles from his daydream, turns. A kind-faced, old\n JANITOR, stands behind him, mop in hand.\n \n MIKE\n I do. Me. I'm in the center", "Mike turns, sees what appears to be UNDERWEAR stretched over\n the corner of a closed stall door.\n \n 21.\n \n \n \n Mike approaches the door, swings it open...there HANGS Alex,", "Mike swallows his pride and exits.\n \n \n EXT. FITCH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL/PARKING LOT - DUSK\n \n Mike pulls into the empty parking lot, climbs out of his car\n and into the building.", "Mike flirtatiously stalks her. Scarlet fights smiling.\n \n 14.\n \n \n \n SCARLET\n You can stop now. It's not\n working.\n \n MIKE" ], [ "ED\n Come on. It couldn't have been\n that bad.\n \n MIKE\n My beanbag was lit on fire, videoed\n and sent to every member of student\n body.\n \n ED", "ED\n See you at the next bake sale then?\n \n Julie shuts the door, shakes her head in disbelief.\n \n \n INT. FITCH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL/CALCULUS CLASS - DAY", "the word out.\n \n The Bras type away, simultaneously hit SEND. WIDE\n REVEALS...hundreds of students...the beeps of hundreds of\n cell phones.\n \n \n EXT. ED'S HOUSE - NIGHT", "ED (CONT'D)\n But what do you care? You're going\n to college, right? Life's one big\n panty raid for you.\n \n Mike feigns innocence.\n \n MIKE\n I don't know what you're talking", "ED\n I help him with his homework...a\n lot.\n \n MIKE\n Oh, dad, the doctor called. You\n were right. It is herpes.\n \n Ed's jaw drops. Julie rises abruptly.", "The entire cafeteria turns to Mike and erupts in laughter.\n \n As Mike passes each table, WE see the kids are watching his\n `fire dance' on their phones.\n \n Mike approaches a table of the 3 BIGGEST LOSERS in school,", "ED\n Yeah, I caught it on youtube.\n Funny stuff.\n \n MIKE\n They mocked my clothes and phone.\n My daughter got a tongue bath in\n front of me and I have mint chip in\n my ears.", "36.\n \n \n \n \n INT. ED'S HOUSE/OFFICE - NIGHT\n \n Mike and Ed, surrounded by the magazines and music discs, sit\n before the computer. Ed TEACHES Mike how to create a MYSPACE\n page.", "Ed takes a spot next to Dom.\n \n PHOTOGRPAHER\n And 3, 2, 1-\n \n WE see Dom reach behind Ed, grab hold of his\n underwear...RRRRIIIPP...FLASH. And with the flash WE cut to:", "pull out their cells and begin VIDEOING.\n \n Adams scribbles on a pad-\n \n MR. ADAMS (CONT'D)\n -you've earned yourself a trip to\n the principal's office. Welcome to\n Fitch.", "ED\n I'll tell him. I promise.\n \n Scarlet forces a smile. Mike watches her go. For the first\n time he's seen HER REALITY...hurt, pain, frustration. Mike\n places his head sadly in his hands.\n \n Julie the Principal pokes her head out the door.", "ED\n AAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!\n \n Ed slams the door, frantically wobbles away. The door opens,\n ANGLE ON the muddy feet as they enter and follow the trail of\n cotton balls up the stairs and to the bathroom door.\n \n \n INT. BATHROOM - DAY", "STAN\n What did you did do? Mug the\n mannequin at the Ed Hardy store?\n \n JAZZ\n Tool!\n \n Laughter from the class. Mike shies. The Jocks sit, Stan\n behind Mike. Just as the last bell rings, Maggie rushes in,", "Some students, including Alex, ERUPT. The Wonder Bras eye\n Mike with new found lust.\n \n ANGLE ON Mike's face as he walks away.\n \n MIKE (CONT'D)\n (to himself)", "ED\n That ought'a put you over the top.\n And don't forget to hook me up son.\n \n Ed plods off. Off Mike's huge smile.\n \n \n EXT. FITCH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL/PARKING LOT - MORNING", "ED\n Wrap it up. No, it's not cool. I\n remember hearing what those parties\n were like, kids peeing everywhere,\n food on the ceilings, puke in the\n pool.\n \n MIKE\n Listen to you. You sound like an", "Mike teaches Alex the cross over dribble. Scarlet brings the\n boys water. Mike checks her out as she goes back in the\n house. Alex bounces the ball off his head.\n \n \n INT. FITCH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL/CALCULUS CLASS - DAY", "As Ed passes Julie on the way in-\n \n ED (CONT'D)\n I'm heartbroken. The boy's\n incorrigible.\n \n \n INT. FITCH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL/PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE - DAY", "The Boys gather a stack of TEEN MAGAZINES and TABLOID RAGS.\n Ed slips a MELONS Magazine into the pile.\n \n \n INT. TRENDY HAIR SALON - NIGHT\n \n A picture of a YOUNG, POPULAR STAR torn from one of the teen", "thing to do.\n \n SAMANTHA\n He was totally sexing on you.\n \n LAUREN\n He's coming. Pretend you're not\n here.\n \n Mike approaches, big smile. The Wonder Bras look off in" ] ]

[ "What did he discover before his championship game?", "What sport does Mike play?", "How many kids does Mike end up having?", "Why does Mike's family separate from him?", "What stopped Mike from getting promoted?", "Who does Mike pose as?", "What did all the girls do in Sex Education class?", "What did Mike's letter turn out being?", "What gift does Ned give Mike?", "Why does Mike leave the basketball game?", "Why did Mike separate from Scarlet?", "Who is supposed to be Mikes pretend dad?", "Why does Mike lose his temper in Sex Ed?", "Why does Mike quit is job?", "What does Mike think his mission is?", "How long does Scarlet postpone the divorce?", "What did Scarlet notice about the letter Mike read?", "Who does Mike pass the ball to before he chases Scarlet again?", "What is Mike's new job?", "What initially causes Mike O'Donnell to abandon his hopes of becoming a professional basketball player?", "What is Maggie's relationship to Mike?", "Who's son does Mike claim he is when he re-enters high school after being transformed back into his 17 year old self? ", "Who is Alex bullied by in school?", "Why does Stan break up with Maggie?", "What was actually written on the piece of paper that Mike reads during the court hearing?", "What gift does Mike receive from Ned to celebrate his new job as a high school basketball coach?", "Who does Mike have to move in with after him and his wife seperate?", "Who transforms Mike into his 17 year old self again?", "What happened in Sex Ed class that was being video taped and goes viral?" ]

[ [ "His girlfriend was pregnant", "His girlfriend was pregnant." ], [ "Basketball", "Basketball. " ], [ "Two", "Two" ], [ "He blames his wife for abandoning his dream", "He blames his wife for his not achieving a higher education. " ], [ "education and age", "His age. " ], [ "Mark Gold", "Mark Gold" ], [ "gave back their condoms", "Return the condums" ], [ "directions to the courthouse", "Directions to the court room" ], [ "A whistle", "A whistle. " ], [ "To go after his pregnant girlfriend Scarlet.", "To go after Scarlet" ], [ "Because Scarlet blamed him for blaming her about quitting his basketball career.", "He blamed her for his regrets" ], [ "His friend Ned.", "Ned. " ], [ "Because Stan kisses Maggie.", "Because Stan kisses Maggie and makes rude remarks" ], [ "He is passed over for a promotion.", "He was past over for a promotion he deserve." ], [ "To help his kids through high school.", "To help his children. " ], [ "By a month. ", "One month" ], [ "It was the directions to the court house. ", "It is actually directions to the courtroom. " ], [ "His son.", "His son" ], [ "A high school basketball coach. ", "High School Basketball Coach." ], [ "His girlfriend became pregnant", "His girlfriend was pagenant" ], [ "His Daughter/Her Father", "daughter" ], [ "Ned Gold", "Ned's" ], [ "Stan", "Maggie's boyfriend Stan" ], [ "Because she wouldn't sleep with him", "She refused to have sex with him. " ], [ "Directions to the court", "Directions to the court room" ], [ "A whistle", "A whistle. " ], [ "His bestfriend, Ned Gold", "His best friend Ned Gold" ], [ "The janitor", "The janitor" ], [ "Stan and Mike's fight", "Mike and Stan fighting." ] ]

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