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THE LUNCHROOM
Episode Five
"All Your Friends Are Doing It"
Written by
Bruce Snyder
Created by
Bruce Snyder
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Bruce Snyder
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Vincent Biga
STORY EDITOR
Melinda Waterman
CAST LIST
Will Cooper.................................
Joel Mayberry...............................
Brian Vandele...............................
Brock Warner................................
Reicther....................................
Casey Jennings..............................
GUEST CAST LIST
Kirk McNeil.................................
Rene David..................................
John........................................
Copyright © Bruce Snyder
TEASER:
INT. BROCK'S HOUSE LIVING ROOM - DAY
TEASER:
INT. HALLWAY MORNING
Will is at the coke machine. Trying to get his dollar to
go in. Casey is has back against the machine next to
Will's.
WILL
Damn it, I hate this machine.
This time the machine accepts the dollar. Will starts to
press the button. Nothing happens.
WILL
Hey! Hey, nothing's coming out!
Will kicks the machine and then frantically presses the
button.
WILL
I think the damn thing ate my
dollar!
He kicks a couple more times and continues to
frantically push the button. Calmly, Casey walks over.
He pushes another button. This time it works.
CASEY
It was out of that kind.
Casey walks away, leaving Will by himself.
WILL
Oh.
OPENING CREDITS:
Marvin Gaye's "Ain't That Peculiar."
INT. HALLWAY - LATER
Will and Casey are walking down the hallway.
WILL
How does your mom handle it?
CASEY
Well, she basically tries to put it
in the back of her mind.
KIRK MCNEIL quickly runs up and grabs Will's shoulder.
WILL
(in surprise) OH JESUS!
Will and Casey turn to see Kirk.
WILL
Holy fucking shit, Kirk.
Kirk seems to be lay back and sedated.
KIRK
Hiya, Will.
WILL
Hello, Kirk.
KIRK
How are...(thinks)...things?
WILL
Oh things? Um...things are good.
KIRK
Well that how things should always
be...good.
WILL
Yep.
KIRK
Hey, Will. I've got a question.
WILL
What?
KIRK
Would you ever try acid?
WILL
No.
KIRK
Oh.
WILL
Why do you ask?
KIRK
Oh, just wondering.
Pause.
KIRK
You know that Jim Morrison took
acid?
WILL
Yeah...and now he's dead.
KIRK
So.
WILL
Well, call me old fashion but drugs
are bad.
KIRK
But they expand your mind.
WILL
That may be true, but -
KIRK
(interrupting) It's very good
experience.
WILL
Really now?
KIRK
Yeah.
WILL
Well I'll try to remember that,
Kirk.
KIRK
I would do acid.
WILL
I bet you already have.
The minute bell rings.
WILL
We've got to be going, Kirk. See
you around.
Will and Casey begin to walk away. Kirk stays and waves.
KIRK
Bye, Will.
Will and Casey continue to walk down the hall.
CASEY
Who the hell was that?
WILL
That was Kirk McNeil.
CASEY
Is he related to Keri?
WILL
They're brother and sister.
CASEY
What was that whole deal about
acid?
WILL
Well, Kirk has one major flaw.
INT. SCHOOL LIBRARY A LITTLE LATER
Reicther and Joel are sitting at a table. He is reading
a book. Across from him sits Kirk. He is staring at the
wall, not moving. Reicther takes notice.
REICTHER
(whispering)
Hey, Joel.
JOEL
(whispering)
Yeah.
REICTHER
(whispering)
I think this guy is a vegetable.
They both look over at Kirk, is still not doing anything
but staring up. Joel lets out a small laugh.
JOEL
(whispering)
I don't think he's vegetable. Just...
Joel begins to think.
JOEL
(whispering)
...sedated.
INT. GEOGRAPHY CLASS SAME
MR. ZIMMER is at in the front of the room, talking to
the class.
ZIMMER
Now, in this simulation you and a
group of three others will become
leaders of a fictional country.
Your goal is to solve as many of
the countries problems as listed on
this paper I hand out.
Brief pause.
ZIMMER
Let's get to work.
Zimmer walks to his desk. The class then begins to
organize themselves into groups.
IN THE BACK CORNER -
Brock has pulled his desk into the corner of the room.
Brian then pulls his desk into the corner.
BRIAN
How many more people do we need?
BROCK
Two more.
Brian quickly looks around, and spots someone.
BRIAN
Casey, get your sagging ass over
here!
Casey pulls his desk up to the two of them.
CASEY
My ass isn't sagging that bad, is
it?
BROCK
We still need one more.
JOHN TORREZ walks over.
JOHN
Do you guys mind if I join your
group?
BRIAN
Guess not.
John smiles. He grabs a chair pulls it up to the group.
INT. MATH CLASS SAME
Will and Rene sit at their table, both are laughing at
something.
WILL
So I figure that maybe he'll stop
hitting me now. But oh, no. He
keeps going. Before he swings, and
misses.
RENE
Wait, if he missed, wouldn't that
be a good thing?
WILL
Normally it would. But when I
ducked from his punch and tripped
backwards and landed on Kevin's
stereo.
Rene explodes with laughter.
WILL
I pulled my shoulder and couldn't
move it the rest of the day.
She continues to laugh uncontrollably.
RENE
I'm sorry, Will.
WILL
It's okay. I'm starting to think
that God put me on this planet for
other people's amusement.
RENE
Is your life really that bad or are
just making this stuff up?
Will points to a spot on his cheek.
WILL
See that small scar?
RENE
Yeah?
WILL
I got that when I was six years old.
You know how?
RENE
How?
Will smiles a bit.
WILL
Me and my little brother were
playing superheroes. I was Superman
and he was Batman. And he decided
to see how invincible I was to
broken sticks.
Rene begins to laugh, but covers her mouth to cover it
up.
WILL
Now you tell me...do you think
anyone in their right mind could
come up with something like that?
RENE
No.
The two begin to laugh at it.
INT. LIBRARY SAME
Joel is reading, while Reicther is now flicking little
balls of paper at the sedated Kirk. Joel looks over.
JOEL
What the hell are you doing?
REICTHER
Trying to bring this guy back into
the real world.
Reicther flicks one that hits Kirk right the middle of
his head. Kirk doesn't flinch.
REICTHER
This guy won't move.
Reicther takes a little ball and shoots again. This time
it hits Kirk in the eye. Kirk immediately sits up.
Reicther jumps in surprise. Kirk looks around, unsure
where he is. He notices Joel and Reicther.
KIRK
Hi.
INT. GEOGRAPHY CLASS SAME
Brian, Brock, Casey, and John sit in a circle working
on their project. Casey reads from a paper.
CASEY
It says here we need to find some
of getting money to build certain
things. It says we can do anything
to get the money.
BRIAN
Anything, huh?
The four begin to think.
BRIAN
I say we start trafficking drugs.
BROCK
My vote goes for prostitution.
JOHN
Youre both wrong. We should start
child labor.
CASEY
What about the Mafia? They're
always good for something.
BRIAN
I think we should with everyone's
plan except for John's.
JOHN
What? What's wrong with my plan?
BROCK
Well, it's a tad bit...evil.
JOHN
My plan is evil?
BRIAN
Yeah it is. You shouldn't make
children work.
JOHN
You're idea is to sell and buy
drugs.
BRIAN
Yeah, but it involves responsible
adults. Not kids.
BROCK
Yeah. Same goes for my plan. I mean,
how is a kid going to pay all that
money to be with a prostitute?
CASEY
And how is a kid going to shot
someone like the mafia?
John gives up arguing. He sighs.
INT. MATH CLASS SAME
Will and Rene are still sitting at their table. This
time they seem hard at work.
WILL
I give up. No way I'm getting this
done in time.
RENE
C'mon, Will. There's still time.
WILL
Let me see your answer for number
twelve.
RENE
Okay. Just give me a sec.
WILL
Don't worry. Don't move.
Will grabs her hand and lifts it up to see the paper. He
reads the answer. While he reads, he still holds on to
her hand. After a few seconds of holding, Rene looks
over at Will. Realizing that he's hold her hand for a
good few seconds. Will looks over at Rene, and sees that
she notice. But oddly enough...they don't let go.
VOICE (O.S.)
All right, clear your desks
everyone.
They quickly let go and begin to clear the table off.
INT. LIBRARY SAME
Joel and Reicther try to read, but seem a little
uncomfortable with Kirk staring at them.
Pause.
KIRK
Do you guys get high?
Pause.
JOEL
Um...no.
Pause.
KIRK
Do you wanna get high?
REICTHER
What for?
KIRK
For the mind blowing experience it
provides.
REICTHER
Oh.
KIRK
You know, I get high.
REICTHER
Why?
KIRK
Because I wanna be just like Jim
Morrison.
JOEL
But he died of a drug overdose.
KIRK
So?
REICTHER
Man, you're an idiot.
INT. GEOGRAPHY SAME
Brian, Brock, Casey, and John are hard at work.
CASEY
Okay, the paper says that the next
problem the country has is that
constantly fighting among the
townspeople. How do you plan to
solve this?
The group thinks.
JOHN
What if we have a lock in?
BRIAN
A what?
JOHN
We lock all the people into room
for one night. And over the course
of the night the learn to like each
other. It worked on South Park.
BRIAN
See, there's a problem with that.
You stole the idea.
JOHN
Sorry.
BROCK
You got to figure, someone is bound
to kill someone else if that did
happen.
The bell rings. Everyone slowly gets up and walks away.
INT. LIBRARY SAME
Joel and Reicther are getting up to leave. Kirk remains
seated.
KIRK
Remember, if you guys do want to
get high, you know where to find
me.
REICTHER
(to himself)
Probably passed out in the bathroom.
Joel laughs.
INT. LUNCHROOM MINUTES LATER
Will, Brian, Joel, Brock, Reicther, and Casey are all
sitting around the table. They are all eating and
talking.
REICTHER
There is too.
BROCK
No. The Millennium Falcon didn't
have rocket boosters.
WILL
Yes they did.
BROCK
Never did I see rocket boosters on
that thing.
REICTHER
What about the white thing on the
very back of it?
Brock is about to say something but stops.
BROCK
Damn it!
Everyone laughs about this.
CASEY
Hey, the line just broke free.
Joel, Casey, Brock, and Reicther get up and leave.
BRIAN
I know I sound like a broken record
player, but have you heard from
Cathy yet?
WILL
No. I'm sorry, Brian.
BRIAN
It's okay. It's just the fucking
anticipation that's killing me.
Will nods and then looks off camera.
BRIAN
Sorry, I know I must be wasting
your time with my love problems.
WILL
Well, like I say a friend is
someone who is there for you when
he'd rather be somewhere else.
Will then spots someone from far away.
BRIAN
I know I must hurting your love
life as well.
WILL
(while looking at
offcamera person)
Don't worry, Brian. Right now, I
have no love life.
We see for the first time that he is looking at Rene
from a far. She notices him. She smiles and waves. Will
waves back.
WILL
(smiling)
But you never know when something
might come up.
Brian, not noticing that Will is looking off camera,
nods in agreement.
FADE OUT.
END OF EPISODE
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