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THE LunchROOM
Episode 1.08
"Join the Army"
TELEPLAY BY
Casey Wrenn
and
Vincent Biga
STORY BY
Vincent Biga
and
Bruce Snyder
CREATED BY
Bruce Snyder
CAST LIST
Will Cooper.................................
Joel Mayberry...............................
Brian Vandele...............................
Brock Warner................................
Reicther....................................
Casey Jennings..............................
GUEST CAST LIST
Chris Hughes................................
Army Guy....................................
Clerk.......................................
Rene David..................................
Emily Lucas.................................
Cathy Phenis................................
Copyright © Bruce Snyder
TEASER:
INT. MALL – DAY
Will is walking towards an arcade and passes by a tall
man dressed in Army Clothes. Will turns, and walks back
in front of him.
WILL
Is it fun? Being in the Army?
The Army guy stares at him, but doesn’t say anything.
WILL
What’s it like to shoot people?
ARMY GUY
Get out of here kid.
WILL
Do you ever get scared of guns?
ARMY GUY
Do you want some trouble kid?
WILL
I just want to know what it is like
to be in the Army. I mean do you
guys feel any fear?
The Army Guy takes Will by his arm.
WILL
Where are we going?
ARMY GUY
You want fear?, I’ll give you some
fear.
The Army Guy pulls Will, as they walk towards the exit
of the mall. The camera shifts to across the mall
hallway into a Electronics Boutique we see Brian
taking to a clerk.
BRIAN
What do you mean it was pushed
back?
CLERK
Samurai Warriors was pushed back
till May, sorry.
BRIAN
But it’s freaking March, what’s the
fucking deal!? Why push it back so
far?!
CLERK
Sorry, you can reserve it though.
Brian looks angry, his fists are clenched and a few
seconds pass by
CLERK
Hey man are you ok?
Brian still says nothing his face starts getting red.
BRIAN
(quietly)
You bastard.
OPENING CREDIT SEQUENCE:
Marvin Gaye's "Ain't That Peculiar" plays over the
credits.
FADE IN:
EXT. HOUSE – DAY
Casey walks up to his mail box. He shifts his book bag
to his left shoulder. He pulls a handful of mail out,
and carries it, as he walks up his front porch and
through the front door.
INT. LIVING ROOM - SAME
Casey sets his book bag on the couch, and places the
mail on the end table. He walks to the answering
machine. "1" flashes. Casey hits play.
LACIE’S VOICE (O.S.)
Casey, why do you act like such a
dick around me? We need to talk.
Sit with me tomorrow or I’ll sit
with you.
Casey hits the delete button.
CASEY
Crap.
Casey walks out the front door.
INT. LUNCHROOM – DAY
Casey walks up to Lacie. Lacie looks up from her seat.
Casey walks over to the table, and takes a seat.
LACIE
Hey, ass.
CASEY
What do you want from me?
LACIE
I just want to know why you act
like a dick every time your around
me. All quiet and such?
CASEY
That's how I always act. Remember?
LACIE
You could at least say hi.
CASEY
We sit on opposite sides of the
class room.
LACIE
Fuck it I don’t know why I bother
with you!
CASEY
Well stop then!
LACIE
Fine I will!
They both get up and leave, the chairs slam into the
table as they push them in, focuses on the clock, thirty
minuets pass by quickly, camera moves to focus on the
table that Casey and Lacie were sitting at, We see Will
and Brian next to them is sitting ANDY JENNINGS who is
eating. Will and Brian remain silent as Andy eats.
When he finishes Andy gets up and walks away.
WILL
Finally I never thought the
homophobe would leave.
BRIAN
So what did he do to you?
WILL
Well after he crammed me into his
jeep he started driving...really
fast
INT. JEEP – DAY (FLASHBACK)
FLASH BACK: Will sitting with the Army guy in a car, the
army guy is driving.
ARMY GUY
Are you scarred yet?
WILL
No.
ARMY GUY
You will be.
Short pause.
WILL
Why does this jeep smell funny?
ARMY GUY
That’s classified.
Short pause..
INT. LUNCHROOM – PRESENT
Will seems to be disgusted by the way the story is
going. He looks over Brian's shoulder.
WILL
I’ll finish it up latter. Time to go
to class.
Brian and Will go their separate ways at a forked
hallway.
FADE OUT
FADE IN:
INT. HALLWAY – MINUTES LATER
Joel and Chris are walking down the hallway. Joel is
explaining something to Chris.
JOEL
So usually try not to applaud at
them. But we get the occasional
teacher that tells us we have to.
CHRIS
Oh I see. Hey, where's the nearest
bathroom at?
JOEL
Up here.
They walk up to a bathroom. Just then THREE SENIORS walk
out. Before Chris and Joel enter, FIVE more SENIORS walk
out. Followed by EIGHT SOPHMORES. After all this people
have left, Chris and Joel stare at each other in
amazement. They quickly enter the bathroom.
INT. BATHROOM – SAME
Joel and Chris enter. We see that there are FOUR stalls
and FOUR of the wall toilets.
CHRIS
How the hell did all of them use
the bathroom?
INT. MATH CLASS – MINUTES LATER
Will is starring into space suddenly Rene and Emily sit
down beside him.
RENE
Hi Will.
Will snaps out of it.
WILL
Hi.
RENE
Did you do anything fun over the
weekend?
WILL
Well first there was the run in
with the KKK, then a private in the
army almost rapped me. I don't know
about you but it sounds like I'm
having one hell of a week.
RENE
(Shocked)
I heard about that, how some guys
saved a black kid from them I
didn't know you were there!
WILL
Oh yeah I was there.
EMILY
I didn’t know you were friends with
any black guys.
WILL
What are you trying to say?
EMILY
Er.. I just meant...well...I...
WILL
I'm kidding and I didn't know Chris
till that night.
RENE
You mean you saved a guy you just
met from the KKK?
WILL
Yeah so?
RENE
Well that’s just a really nice
thing to do.
WILL
Well my friends helped too if
Brian and Joel weren’t there I
don't know what would have happened.
EMILY
I heard Brian was about to take
them all on when they said something
about beating up Asians.
WILL (V/O)
Oh shit.
RENE
Yeah I heard about that too, do you
know why he did it Will.
WILL (V/O)
Think of something you idiot!
EMILY
Will?
Emily hits him in the back of the head
WILL
Oh sorry, Brian’s step mom is
Asian, and she’s like...
(thinks)
...nice...to him...and stuff.
RENE
Oh.
EMILY
That's funny.
WILL
Why?
EMILY
I never knew Brian had a heart.
WILL
You'd be surprised.
RENE
Now what’s this about an army guy?
WILL
Oh Christ.
Before Will can begin his story the screen fades to
black.
FADE IN:
INT. HALLWAY – MINUTES LATER
Casey is walking down the hallway by himself. He stares
down at the ground, deep in thought.
CASEY (V/O)
I wonder if what Lacie said was
true? Am I dick? Then again Lacie
says a lot of things that aren't
true.
Casey bumps into someone.
CASEY
Sorry.
STUDENT
Watch where your going, dick.
The student walks off.
CASEY
I'M NOT A DICK!
INT. LIBRARY – MINUTES LATER
Brian at a computer in the library typing quickly Will
walks up to him.
WILL
What are you doing?
BRIAN
Trying to finish this thing.
WILL
What is it?
BRIAN
A speech for Speech class.
WILL
Hey.
BRIAN
Yeah.
WILL
Do you have a step mom?
BRIAN
Yep.
WILL
She's Asian now.
BRIAN
Gottcha.
Will and Brian laugh.
WILL
See ya' man.
Will walks off. After a few seconds Brock enters.
BROCK
(to Brian)
They pushed it back.
BRIAN
Yeah I know it sucks.
BROCK
Do you know how far?
BRIAN
May.
BROCK
Geez.
BRIAN
That’s what I thought
Brian sees a book in Brock's hand.
BRIAN
Want me to get you a good book.
BROCK
No thanks I’ve seen what you call
'good' books.
BRIAN
Just cause one of the guy’s is
named Pug
BROCK
It’s so stupid, though!
BRIAN
Pug kicks ass, he’s like the
Gandalf of that series, only
stronger.
BROCK
I doubt that.
BRIAN
Whatever, now away with you, I have
to finish this.
BROCK
See ya.
Brock exits, after a few seconds of typing Brian looks
over his shoulder to look at a clock, he moves his eyes
down and sees Cathy looking for a book, he looks on a
few more second’s not noticing he’s staring, suddenly
Cathy look over her shoulder, they make eye contact for
a split second, Brian quickly turns his head and
starts typing again.
BRIAN
(quietly)
Stupid, stupid, stupid.
INT. HALLWAY – LATER
Joel and Casey standing out in the hallway, Joel is
wearing a leather jacket and Casey a head bandana.
JOEL
Sounds like a pretty bad fight.
CASEY
Yep.
JOEL
It sounds like she’s paranoid to me.
CASEY
Good I’m not the only one.
JOEL
Ready to practice?
CASEY
Sure.
They begin to practice their dance steps. Brian walks
down the hallway and sees Joel and Casey.
BRIAN
Why are you dressed like that and
why are you standing out here?
JOEL
Were reenacting 'West Side Story'
in our English class.
BRIAN
That's what happens when you get
into those Honor’s classes.
JOEL
Yeah.
Casey accidentally steps on Joel's foot.
JOEL
Owww!!! Jesus Christ.
CASEY
Oh God. I'm sorry Joel.
JOEL
Watch where you going next time,
dickhead.
CASEY
(to himself)
Dick?
BRIAN
Didn't you guys do some kind of
play type thing in 7th grade?
JOEL
Yeah, that was dumb too.
BRIAN
Good thing you didn’t show up that
day.
JOEL
Damn strait.
BRIAN
So who do you guys play?
JOEL
I'm shark punk #1.
CASEY
And I’m punk #2.
BRIAN
Any lines?
JOEL
I'm gonna cut you good!
Brian chuckles as he walks off to his own class.
INT. STUDY HALL – MINUTES LATER
Will, Brock and Reicther talking in the study hall, it
is near the end of the day and every one is standing up
waiting.
BROCK
He took you to his Jeep?
WILL
Yeah.
REICTHER
He likes Britney Spears.
WILL
Yeah.
BROCK
What happened after that, where did
he take you?
WILL
Well you see...
The bell rings and every one starts to leave.
WILL
I'll tell you all tomorrow.
They all leave.
EXT. SIDEWALK – MINUTES AFTER SCHOOL
Will, Joel and Casey are walking home.
WILL
Then he took me to his jeep, I
thought he was gonna take me to
where all the army dudes hang out
and pass me around like a peace
pipe.
JOEL
That's what you get for insulting
him.
CASEY
What happened after that.
WILL
All I can tell you is that the jeep
smelled like shit and he’s a fan of
Britney Spears.
JOEL
Why?
WILL
That’s where I left off with
Brian, Brock, and Reicther I
figure I’ll tell you all tomorrow
at lunch.
CASEY
Ok see ya.
Will heads down an other street while Casey and Joel
continue to walk straight.
INT. CHRIS' HOUSE – BASEMENT - LATER
Will and Chris are playing darts.
CHRIS
And get this, about fifteen
different guys came out of the
bathroom.
WILL
But there's only about eight stalls.
CHRIS
I know. That's the real brain
buster. What did the other guys
use?
Will walks up to the board and collects the darts.
CHRIS
Brian told me to ask you about the
army guy.
WILL
Ah, Jesus.
CHRIS
He also said that Britney Spears
was involved?
WILL
Yep.
CHRIS
Who the hell is that?
Will gives him a look.
INT. LUNCHROOM – NEXT DAY
Will, Joel, Brian, Brock, Reicther, Casey and Chris
are sitting at the table. All of the guys are looking at
Will. Will is occupied with his English homework.
REICHTER
Well?
WILL
Well what?
CASEY
What happened?
WILL
What?
CHRIS
What happened with the army guy?
WILL
Hang on I gotta get this done first
BROCK
Seize the book!
Brian grabs the book from Will.
WILL
What the fuck? I gotta finish that!
BRIAN
The faster you finish the story the
faster you can finish this.
WILL
Alright alright, ok here's what
happened...
Will looks up and notices something. His mouth drops in shock.
JOEL
Hey, no more stalling, tell us the
story.
Will continues to stare.
REICTHER
What are you looking at?
Everyone turns around.
We see that in the there is a special army recruiting
station in the Lunchroom for the day. The Army Guy
working the booth is the same one as before. He doesn't
notice Will at first but looks over and sees him. The
Army Guy waves at Will and smiles.
Everyone at the table, slowly turn and give Will a look.
Will seems speechless.
FADE OUT.
("War (What Is It Good For)" by Mekkanikka plays over the
credits.
END OF EPISODE
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