" Downtown Loud "

SCENE 1: Open back room, TA.

[ Landyn is sitting down when Kyle peaks

his head in from around the corner. ]

LANDYN: Get in here. Ya freak!

[ Kyle laughs loudly. ]

KYLE: Don’t tell me you guys

finally wrapped today.

LANDYN: Yes! After tons of

treatments, re-takes, and three

grueling months of Mark’s

mouth, we’re done.

Tonight it goes to corporate.

Man, its rough pleasing that

guy!

KYLE: My feelings exactly.

[ Kyle gets behind the camera &

points it at Landyn.  Taking the

DVD out, he replaces it with a

blank one. ]

LANDYN: What are you doing?

KYLE: Wanna shoot something

a lot more interesting?

[ From behind the camera. . . ]

“So Landyn, you got out of rehab

shortly before coming here.  In fact,

you left a couple of weeks early.

With the new pressure’s you’ve

had in the last few months,

tell me, do you ever get the

urge to use again?

SCENE 2: Living room, Jeszyca &

Larrie’s apartment.

[ Larrie is sitting on the couch

when Jeszyca walks over to him

putting her bags down on the

floor. ]

JESZYCA:  Another date night? After

the first two I swear you would

have sworn off women for good.

[ Larrie laughs. ]

LARRIE: So the first one assaulted

me with her purse. And the last

didn’t bother to show.  I still have

some hope left.    

JESZYCA: I see.  Well, you’re braver

than most. Like the way you saved

me from having to face work.

LARRIE: I just asked Ski to move

your vacation.  Thankfully we have

a pretty naive boss.  Could you

imagine if that guy came back?

JESZYCA: I know, right.  Well, I need

to get going.  It’s a three hour drive

to my parents.   

   Have a good time tonight!  I’ll see

you on Sunday.

[ Jeszyca grabs her things & leaves/

Larrie gets up from his seat, checking

his cell phone for the time. ]

[ 15 minutes later a stretch limo pulls

up to Larrie’s building as he’s staring

through the lobby glass.  A dark window

lowers slowly, revealing his date inside. ]

SCENE 3: Meanwhile, in Landyn’s car.

[ Racing towards downtown, Landyn

takes a sudden right and his bag

hits the floor, spilling out DVDs. ]

“Mother ****!!!”

[ Pulling into a space, he grabs a

marked disc and heads toward

the hotel banquet room. ]

[ Inside Mark is standing while

his boss Jim and some other execs

are seated and waiting.  Landyn

hurries in. ]

MARK: There he is!

[ He hands Mark the DVD.   Landyn

shuts off the lights & waits in the

back. His immense excitement turns

when he sees what is on screen. ]

“Do you ever get the urge to use again?”

[ Before he can answer the question

Mark shuts it off.  Excusing themselves,

Landyn follows him to the hall. ]

MARK: I’m not even gonna ask you

what the hell that was.  Just find

the right DVD before we lose

everything.

SCENE 4: Inside the limo, Larrie’s date.

[ Larrie is sipping his champagne

while his older date sits closer to

him. ]

LARRIE: Thanks for picking me up. 

I’ve never been on such a fancy

date.  Hope I don’t do anything

to embarrass you.

CORA: You’re cute.  And don’t

worry about anything dear.

Just be yourself, completely.

[ Larrie smiles, finishing his glass

now, he gazes into Cora’s deep

blue eyes. ]

LARRIE: Where are we headed

exactly?

CORA: Well, if you’re wanting to

know me personally, the best

way really is to see how I live.

I mean, unless you rather go

somewhere more pubic.

LARRIE: No, no.  That works fine

for me.

[ She kisses him quick & pours

him another glass of wine. ]

[ A short while later they arrive

at a three story house.  Cora,

smoothing out her dress, steps

out to meet her assistant. ]

“He’s out cold.  Go and drag

him inside.“

SCENE 5: Outside the Banquet Room. 

[ Mark is pacing back and forth. ]

LANDYN: I got the right one.

Calm down, I’m sure they’re in

there watching it right now.

MARK: Yeah, or maybe they

decided to replay your little

mistake.

What was that anyway?

LANDYN: I don’t know. Kyle

just started filming and I went

with it. 

MARK: Yeah, Kyle.

[ He starts to walk away & before

Mark can get too far, Jim comes

through the doors. ]

  LANDYN: What did they say?

JIM: Well, I have good news

 and maybe not so good news.

MARK: What’s good?

JIM: Everyone loved your commercial.

The TA message shined through and

was better than we originally planned.

MARK: So, what’s the bad?

JIM: The TA experience was golden

but they want Landyn to tell

his story of recovery and how

you helped him get back into

the workforce in your next one.

LANDYN: Excuse me?

SCENE 6: Basement, Cora’s place.

[ Larrie slowly opens his eyes.

In a haze, he first notices he’s

in a dark room.  Coming to a little

more, he tries to move but his

hands & feet are tied together.

Moving around, he can see the

opposite wall & realizes he

is suspended in air. ] 

“Ahhh! Help me!!!”

“HELP!!!”

[ He continues to yell, louder

& longer for minutes, then hours,

but no one answers him. ]