COLD OPENING

SCENE ONE

INT. PHIL'S APARTMENT - EARLY EVENING

PHIL SEAWRIGHT IS WAITING FOR DINNER TO BE COOKED IN HIS MICROWAVE WHEN THE PHONE RINGS. HE ANSWERS.

PHIL

Hello?

MITCHELL

Hey, son, how're you doing?

PHIL

Great, dad -- the show is chugging along. Should be filming our debut episode in a few weeks.

MITCHELL

I have some wonderful news for you.

PHIL

Well, I know it's not an addition to the family -- unless you're adopting.

MITCHELL LAUGHS.

MITCHELL

No, I have a dealer friend in L.A. who I did a favor for a while back, and now he's returned the favor.

PHIL

Good, but what does that have to do with me?

A SNAP OF FINGERS IS HEARD OVER THE PHONE.

MITCHELL

Check your dinner table.

AN ENVELOPE MAGICALLY APPEARS ON THE TABLE.

MITCHELL (CONT'D; O.S.)

Well, go open it.

PHIL DOES, AND FINDS BASEBALL TICKETS INSIDE.

PHIL

The Phillies at Dodger Stadium -- this weekend!

MITCHELL

And check where they are.

PHIL EXAMINES THEM MORE CLOSELY.

PHIL

Wow...four seats in the field level VIP box behind home plate Friday night.
(pauses)

I--I don't know how to thank you.  Come out and join me.

MITCHELL

Would love to, but I can't. We have a regional meeting of Chevy dealers this weekend, and I have to go. Take a few of your buddies from work, and enjoy. 

PHIL

Funny, but I was thinking about going this weekend, but sitting up in the top deck.  Glad I didn't buy in advance.

MITCHELL

Baseball meant so much to you growing up.  Remember when we used to play catch?  I was gonna make you the next Mike Schmidt.

THE MICROWAVE BEEPS, AND PHIL'S DINNER IS READY. 

PHIL

Excuse me, dad, but I need to get my dinner.

PHIL PUTS THE PHONE DOWN.

MITCHELL

Before you do, son, one more round of catch with dad.

JUST AS PHIL IS READY TO OPEN THE MICROWAVE, A BASEBALL COMES OUT OF ONE END OF THE PHONE.  PHIL INSTANTANEOUSLY SNAPS HIS FINGERS, A GLOVE MATERIALIZES ON HIS HAND, AND HE CATCHES THE BALL.

PHIL

Thanks, dad.

MITCHELL

You were always great with the leather.  If only you had hit the curveball...

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ACT ONE

SCENE ONE

EXT. NEWSSTAND - MORNING

BOB GORDON, WEARING HIS NEWSSTAND WORK OUTFIT AND SMOCK, IS OPENING UP A SHIPMENT OF MAGAZINES WHEN PHIL SEAWRIGHT, WEARING A RED PHILLIES CAP, WALKS OVER AND TAPS HIM ON THE SHOULDER.

PHIL
(softly sings)

Take me out to the ballgame, take me out--

BOB TURNS AROUND, SEES PHIL, AND SMILES.

BOB

Yeah, I know, the Phillies are in L.A. this weekend, and yes, like any good ex-Philadelphian, I'm thinking of going.

PHIL

Well, I want you to go with me Friday night -- and sit in the field level box behind home plate!

PHIL LOOKS AROUND TO MAKE SURE NO ONE ELSE SEES HIM, SNAPS HIS FINGERS, AND ONE OF THE TICKETS MATERIALIZES.

PHIL
(to Bob)

It's yours, on me, thanks to Dad.

BOB EXAMINES THE TICKET AND IS IMPRESSED. 

BOB

I don't know how Mitchell does it.  Okay, I'll go, but on one condition.

PHIL

And what is that?  I promise not to buy nachos?

BOB

That Valerie, from your office, also goes too.
(sighs)

Pure goddess.

PHIL

You like her, don't you?

BOB
(nodding)

I'd like to take her out.  She just seems special.  Beautiful, talented...aw, but what am I thinking?  I don't stand a chance with her.

PHIL

She's really not that intimidating.

BOB

Maybe not to you, but to me. Look at me. Could I honestly be worthy of her?

PHIL

If Val recognized you for your many good qualities, yes.  She's not a social climber...unlike some people I know at the show.

BOB

So will you ask her?  I would myself, but right now I feel I have to worship her from afar.  Especially if she sees me in this instead of a suit and tie.

PHIL

Okay, I will -- but not until tonight, when she's doing her jazz gig.  I have a feeling she'll be more comfortable there, and I promised her I'd go.

BOB

I'd see her sing, but the comics sections of the Sunday papers are arriving tonight and I have to be here.

SCENE TWO

INT. PHIL'S OFFICE - DAY

PHIL'S AT HIS COMPUTER, WORKING ON A SCRIPT AND STILL WEARING HIS PHILLIES CAP, WHEN SCOTT GALLAGHER ENTERS.

SCOTT

So it's root, root, root for the home team, eh?

PHIL
(points at cap)

I'll take it off if you deem it unprofessional.

SCOTT

Nah, keep it on.

PHIL

I was able to wangle four field-level seats behind home plate for Friday's game at Dodger Stadium.

SCOTT

Well, enjoy.  I once had season tickets behind the L.A. dugout, but gave them up when Belinda cleaned me out in the divorce two years ago.

PHIL

Oh, yeah, Belinda Finn the actress.

SCOTT
(ruefully)

She took just about everything, including the Beverly Hills home I treasured.  Now I live at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel.

PHIL

I'm sorry it went so badly.

SCOTT

To call her vindictive would be an understatement.
(smiles)

Heck, I just remembered why I came by here.  Writers' meeting, top of the hour.  Be there!

PHIL

Will do.

SCOTT LEAVES THE OFFICE, AND PHIL REMOVES HIS CAP.

SCENE THREE

INT. JAZZ LOUNGE - EVENING

PHIL SEAWRIGHT, ANITA DEVESTY AND ALEXANDRA STEFANO ARE SITTING AT A TABLE, WATCHING VALERIE POST SING ON STAGE WITH A QUARTET BACKING HER.  VALERIE IS WEARING A LONG BLACK DRESS SLIT TO ABOVE THE KNEE.  ABOUT TWENTY PEOPLE ARE IN THE ROOM.
VALERIE
(singing)

I'd love to get you, On a slow boat to China, All to myself, alone...

PHIL NODS HIS HEAD TO THE RHYTHM.

ALEXANDRA

I'm impressed.

ANITA

I told you, she's good.

PHIL
(to Alexandra)

Maybe she could use an agent.

ALEXANDRA

The music industry really isn't my bag.  Now, if Marjorie wanted to cut an album, things might be different...

VALERIE
(continues singing)

Out on the briny, With the moon big and shiny, Melting your heart of stone, Yes, I'd love to take you on a slow boat to China, All to myself, alone.

THE LOUNGE APPLAUDS AND VALERIE BOWS. 

VALERIE

Thank you, thank you.  We'll be back in a few minutes with the rest of our show -- including Gershwin's "Someone To Watch Over Me."

VALERIE SHUTS OFF AND PUTS DOWN HER MICROPHONE AND TAKES A SEAT AT THE TABLE WHERE PHIL, ANITA AND ALEXANDRA ARE SITTING.

PHIL

I can't say enough about your performance...you're wonderful!

ANITA

Wait till you hear her sing Gershwin.  George would be proud.

VALERIE
(smiles)

And Ira too, I hope.

PHIL

Val, I have an invitation for you if you're free Friday -- field-level seats behind home plate at Dodger Stadium.

VALERIE

Really?  I don't think Scott's ever had seats that good.  Sure, I'd like to go.

PHIL

Great, because my friend Bob -- who you met the other day at the office -- is going with me, and insisted you be invited.
VALERIE

Well, that's sweet of him, but I'm not sure he's my type.

PHIL

I think he's a bit in awe of you.  He told me he loved both your singing and your looks.

VALERIE

Then why isn't he here?  I could use a few more people in the house to help land more good gigs in the future.

PHIL

He had to work tonight.

ALEXANDRA

Hey, you know those media executives and all the hours they put in. 

ANITA

Huh?

PHIL GENTLY KICKS ANITA UNDERNEATH THE TABLE AND PUTS HIS FINGER TO HIS LIPS.

VALERIE

But I will go, Phil -- more as a favor to you than to him.  Just don't let on, okay?

PHIL

You've got my word on it.  Three down, one ticket to go.

VALERIE LOOKS AT HER WATCH AND RISES FROM HER SEAT.

VALERIE

I've got to go back on stage and sing.  Thanks for the invite.

VALERIE RETURNS TO THE STAGE, WHERE SHE JOINS HER COMBO AS THEY TUNE UP.

PHIL

Which reminds me -- who should get that fourth ticket?  Of course...

SCENE FOUR

INT. JAZZ LOUNGE LOBBY - EVENING

PEOPLE ARE FILING OUT OF THE CLUB AFTER VALERIE'S PERFORMANCE.  PHIL IS STANDING NEAR A WALL, USING HIS CELL PHONE.

PHIL

Hello, Dawn?

DAWN

Hey, how are you?

PHIL

Very good.  A question: Do you have anything planned Friday night?

DAWN

No, why?

PHIL

How'd you like to see the Dodgers play the Phillies from a field-level seat behind home plate?

DAWN

Would I?  Of course!

PHIL

Do you like baseball?

DAWN

Sure.  I played softball in high school, but I really was a terrible hitter.

PHIL

I'm surprised to hear that -- you seem pretty athletic.

DAWN
(with a giggle)

Yeah, but when your strike zone is as big as mine, you get rung up a lot.

PHIL

Hadn't thought about that.

DAWN

I'm only teaching a half-day tomorrow.  When can I pick up my ticket, or should I meet you Friday?

PHIL

Hey, come on by to the office tomorrow afternoon for the ticket and get to meet people creating a real live sitcom.  How's that?

DAWN

Sounds like fun.

PHIL

At times, it actually is.  Okay, here are directions...

SCENE FIVE

INT. GALLAGHER OFFICE LOBBY - AFTERNOON

VALERIE POST AND MARJORIE GARWOOD ARE TALKING NEAR VAL'S DESK.

VALERIE

Would've loved to have seen you at my club date last night.

MARJORIE

Sorry I missed it, but I'm not sure if the crowd I run with would be into jazz.

VALERIE

Phil set me up with a friend of his to go see tomorrow night's Dodger game from behind home plate, field level.  You've seen those seats on TV, right?

MARJORIE

Oh, those are neat.  Everyone gets to see you...you're a real VIP.

VALERIE

I think Phil said he had one ticket remaining.

MARJORIE
(smiling)

Then I guess I should ask him.

VALERIE ROLLS HER EYES, ALTHOUGH MARJORIE DOESN'T NOTICE.  DAWN VIERRA ENTERS THE OFFICE, LOOKS AROUND, AND THEN NOTICES MARJORIE.

DAWN
(a bit in awe)

Wow -- Marjorie Garwood, a real live movie star.

MARJORIE

Yep, that's me. 

DAWN WALKS TOWARDS MARJORIE IN A FRIENDLY, NON-THREATENING WAY.  MARJORIE TRIES TO BE GRACIOUS, BUT NONETHELESS FEELS INTIMIDATED BY THIS MUCH TALLER WOMAN.

MARJORIE
(as an aside, to Valerie)

Who is this giant?

VALERIE SHRUGS HER SHOULDERS. 

VALERIE
(softly)

I don't know, I've never met her.

PHIL COMES IN FROM THE HALL AND WAVES AT DAWN.

PHIL
(with a smile)

Great -- you got here on time!  I'd like to have you meet Marjorie Garwood, star of our new show "Under Her Spell"--

MARJORIE

We just met.

PHIL

And Valerie Post, personal assistant to our producer, Scott Gallagher.

VALERIE
(to Dawn)

Hello.

PHIL

And I'd like you two to meet Dawn Vierra, whom I'm taking to the game tomorrow.

PHIL GETS HIS WALLET FROM HIS POCKET, PULLS OUT THE TICKET, AND HANDS IT TO DAWN.

PHIL

Be here by 5:15 tomorrow, then we'll go to the ballpark.  Okay?

DAWN

Sure.

PHIL

I'd show you around the place, but Randolph and I are punching up the debut script and I have to get back to work.  Some other time, I promise.

DAWN

Okay.

DAWN THEN HUGS PHIL, MUCH TO VALERIE'S SURPRISE AND MARJORIE'S CONSTERNATION.

DAWN
(affectionately)

See you tomorrow.

DAWN LEAVES WITH HER TICKET, WHILE PHIL RETURNS TO THE HALLWAY.

VALERIE

I don't believe what I just saw.

MARJORIE

How dare he!

ACT TWO

SCENE ONE

INT. GALLAGHER'S OFFICE - AFTERNOON

SCOTT GALLAGHER IS WORKING AT HIS DESK WHEN MARJORIE GARWOOD COMES CHARGING IN AND SHUTS THE DOOR BEHIND HER.

MARJORIE

You know, I don't ask many things of you, but I will ask one now.  I want you to fire Phil Seawright.

SCOTT

I can't dismiss someone without a valid reason, some sort of offense.  What has he done that warrants his firing?

MARJORIE

He won't take me to the Dodger game tomorrow.

SCOTT

You view that as reason to fire him? 

MARJORIE

He's taking some huge Amazon instead.  Jeez!  If I went, we might get some publicity for the show, create some buzz.  Instead, he'll look ridiculous.

SCOTT
(deadpan)

Yes, I can imagine the announcers making fun of a sitcom writer no one's ever heard of because he's out in public with a woman taller than he is.

MARJORIE

Okay, maybe I was wrong to try and have him fired.

SCOTT

And as I understand it, when you dated him recently, you left him high and dry.

MARJORIE

Yes, but there were extenuating circumstances.

SCOTT
(smiles)

I'm sure there were.  Marjorie, you'll help establish this series by your acting on it, not whom "MarGar" is seen with on the gossip pages.

MARJORIE
(pauses)

I understand.

SCOTT

Now if you really want to go to the ballgame, I have friends in the business and can probably get you two nice seats, though they won't be VIP caliber.

MARJORIE TURNS AWAY AND PUTS HER HAND ON THE DOORKNOB.

MARJORIE
(embarrassed)

No.  I guess I wanted to go for all the wrong reasons.  Thanks anyway.

MARJORIE OPENS THE DOOR AND LEAVES.

SCENE TWO

INT. PHIL'S APARTMENT - NIGHT

PHIL IS IN JEANS, WATCHING TELEVISION, WHEN SANDRA SEAWRIGHT MATERIALIZES BEFORE HIM.

SANDRA
(turns to TV)

Oh, David Letterman.  Who's on with him tonight?

PHIL

Don't know, just flipped it on.  Shouldn't you be at work?

SANDRA

Just finished, and thought I'd pop over here for a few minutes before driving home.  So I hear you're going to the Phils' game tomorrow night.

PHIL

I'm sorry I didn't invite you.

SANDRA

No big deal.  I'm working. 

PHIL

I'm taking Dawn, while Bob's going with Valerie.

SANDRA
(smiles)

Philip Winthrop Seawright -- sounds like you and Dawn are becoming an item!  I'll be more careful about popping in here...who knows what I might disturb?

PHIL
(gently laughs)

We're not at that point, Sandra, but in the future, it might be wise to drop by without the use of magic.

SANDRA

Well, when it does happen, I'm sure she'll be worth the climb. Then again, you can't climb horizontally.

PHIL

You think I'm trying to--

SANDRA

Get her in the sack?  Nah, you're more of a gentleman than that.  Anyway, you'd need a longer bed.

PHIL

I've been meaning to ask -- how are you and Matthew going?  Haven't chatted much with him recently.

SANDRA

We're checking out some of the area museums Saturday, then go to a great new seafood restaurant in Westwood, followed by a movie.

PHIL

Full plate.

SANDRA

Yep.  I'd better be heading home -- via my car, that is.  Bye.

SANDRA SNAPS HER FINGERS AND MAGICALLY DISAPPEARS.

PHIL
(looks at his bed)

Maybe someday I will need to lengthen it...

SCENE THREE

EXT. GALLAGHER ENTERPRISES PARKING LOT - LATE AFTERNOON

PHIL SEAWRIGHT, WEARING A PHILLIES CAP, AND VALERIE POST ARE STANDING NEAR PHIL'S CAR, AS EACH WAITS FOR THEIR DATES TO ARRIVE.

PHIL

Yeah, this is one of the advantages of having a dad in the car business.  New model, all paid for, only several thousand miles.  Drove it out here.

VALERIE

And when it breaks down, you use magic.

PHIL

You still gotta know what you're doing.  When I ran the parts department, I once used magic to fix a customer's car and inadvertently voided the warranty. 

BOB GORDON WALKS UP TO PHIL AND VALERIE.  HE'S WEARING A PHILLIES CAP AND JACKET.

VALERIE
(looking at Bob's jacket)

So it's root, root, root for the visiting team.

BOB

You a Dodger fan?

VALERIE

Nope -- White Sox.  I was a little girl in Chicago in 1917 when they won the World Series.

PHIL

Until 2005, you haven't missed much since.

VALERIE

And it's another reason I can't stand Randolph Henderson.  Damn snobby Cub fan.

PHIL

Anyway, I'm glad your date showed up.  Now where's mine?  And remember, she's a non, so ixnay on the witch talk.

A CAR ENTERS THE LOT, PARKS IN THE SPACE NEXT TO PHIL'S, AND THE DRIVER GETS OUT.  IT'S DAWN VIERRA, WEARING A BLUE AND GOLD CAL-IRVINE ANTEATER JACKET.

DAWN
(pointing at her jacket)

I can still fit into this!

PHIL

In case I hadn't mentioned it, Dawn played basketball at UC Irvine.

VALERIE

Darn, I thought she was a gymnast.

DAWN BEGINS LAUGHING.

DAWN

I'm imagining myself in a team photo, wearing a blue leotard, surrounded by munchkins.  Yeah, I'd make a great gymnast, with my center of gravity!

PHIL

Gang, we can't imagine away the traffic, so we better go now.  Dawn, you sit in the passenger seat and push it back -- you need the legroom...

SCENE FOUR

INT. DODGER STADIUM - EARLY EVENING

PHIL SEAWRIGHT, DAWN VIERRA, VALERIE POST AND BOB GORDON ARE AT THE TURNSTILE, ALL WITH TICKETS IN HAND.  A MALE TICKET TAKER IN UNIFORM IS ALSO PRESENT. 

PHIL

Which way to the field-level boxes behind the plate?

TICKET TAKER
(pointing)

Just go down the hall, and you'll see a field box sign on the left with an elevator.  Take it, go down two levels and you'll be there.

PHIL

Very good.

PHIL GOES THROUGH, FOLLOWED BY DAWN.  THE TICKET TAKER NOTICES HER HEIGHT AND CAL-IRVINE JACKET.

TICKET TAKER

Has anyone ever told you how much you look like Victoria Vierra?

DAWN
(grimaces)

Well, I should.  I'm her older sister.

TICKET TAKER

I've seen clips of her on TV.  She's something else.

DAWN

I suppose she is.

BOB

Can we get the line moving, please?  There are people in back of me.

TICKET TAKER

Okay!

THE TICKET TAKER LETS DAWN GO THROUGH, FOLLOWED BY VALERIE AND BOB.

SCENE FIVE

INT. DODGER STADIUM BOX - EVENING

PHIL, DAWN, VALERIE AND BOB, ASSISTED BY A FEMALE USHER, ARRIVE AT THEIR SEATS, WHICH ARE IN THE FRONT ROW NEAR A MESH SCREEN.

USHER

Enjoy the game.
PHIL

That we will.  Moreover, we won't be waving like idiots while talking to people on our cell phones.

PHIL IMAGINES A SCENE WHERE MARJORIE GARWOOD IS AT THE GAME, AND DOING PRECISELY THAT.

PHIL

No, ma'am, we're here to watch baseball.

USHER
(sighing)

We need more people like you -- even if you are a Phillies fan.

THE FOUR SIT DOWN, FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: DAWN ON AN AISLE SEAT, THEN PHIL, VALERIE AND BOB.  THE SOUND OF BAT HITTING BALL IS PERIODICALLY HEARD.

PHIL

I see the Phillies are taking batting practice. 
(to Dawn)

What was all that about your sister Victoria?

DAWN

You've never heard of my little sister?  I thought everyone had.  Truth be told, she's not little -- she's 6-foot-7, and even I have to look up to her.

PHIL

If she's not a basketball or volleyball player, that's a waste of height.

DAWN

She plays basketball all right, and much better than I ever did.  She's a junior at Torrance Vocational, averaging 47 points a game.

PHIL

If you don't mind my saying, you sound both proud and jealous.

DAWN

You're right on the money.  Many big colleges are recruiting her -- Stanford, Tennessee, Connecticut, Iowa State, Maryland--

PHIL

My sister Sandra went to Maryland, though she didn't play sports there, in high school or anywhere else for that matter.  She's no athlete.

DAWN

But you're right.  Because of her playing ability, Victoria is fawned over so much that I almost feel like an afterthought.

PHIL

Well, at least your family doesn't feel that way.

DAWN
(upset)

I was talking about my family!  Okay, so I wasn't a star player like her.  I still got a college scholarship, and now have a nice job helping kids.

PHIL

Nothing bad about that at all.

DAWN

Damn right.

THERE'S A PARTICULARLY LOUD SOUND OF BAT HITTING BALL.

BOB
(to Valerie)

Look at Ryan Howard plant one in the bleachers!  Sure hope he can do that during the game.

VALERIE

If he can, fine.

BOB

I really enjoyed your singing in the office the other day.  You have a great voice.  You should contact the Dodgers about singing the national anthem here.

VALERIE
(laughs)

Me?  I'm not a national recording artist.  And with my luck, if I sang the anthem before a game, something would go wrong.

BOB

Well, I think you're wonderful.

VALERIE

That well may be, but

VALERIE RISES FROM HER SEAT.

VALERIE

I have to use the ladies' room, then get some concessions.

PHIL PULLS OUT HIS WALLET AND HANDS A FIVE-DOLLAR BILL TO VALERIE.

PHIL

Can you get me a program?  I always keep score during a game.  In fact, I still have about a dozen scorecards from the '93 Phillies pennant winners.

BOB

Mitchell taught you to keep score?  So did my dad.

VALERIE MOVES PAST PHIL AND DAWN AND WALKS UP THE AISLE, OUT OF THE SECTION.

DAWN

Valerie, I think I'll join you.  I need a hot dog.

DAWN STANDS UP AND FOLLOWS VALERIE UP THE AISLE. 

BOB

Is it me, or do I sense Val's kinda cool to me?

PHIL

Hard for me to gauge these things.  Maybe you're trying too hard.  I mean, Dawn and I hit it off almost immediately...

BOB

Then why did she suddenly go up the aisle with Val?  Maybe she's trying to get some dirt on you.

PHIL WAVES HIS HAND IN DISBELIEF.

PHIL

Nonsense.  Dawn might ask Val a thing or two about me, but it's not as if she's going to learn any big secrets.

PHIL

Then again...

A YOUNG MAN AND A WOMAN GLEEFULLY WALK DOWN THE AISLE AND TAKE THEIR SEATS IN THE SECTION NEXT TO WHERE PHIL IS SITTING.  THE WOMAN TURNS TO PHIL, AND WE SEE THAT SHE'S MARJORIE GARWOOD.

MARJORIE
(to Phil)

Hi there!

PHIL IS INCREDULOUS.

PHIL

How did you--

MARJORIE

Get tickets?  Let's just say I have connections.  Meet my date for the night, Tony Gardner -- he directed my first two films.

TONY TURNS TO WAVE AT PHIL.

MARJORIE

By the way, Phil, where's your date?  I guess she couldn't duck through the doorway.

BOB

Excuse me, but why do you have to make fun of how tall she is?
(pauses)

Oh, and here she comes now.

DAWN AND VALERIE COME DOWN THE AISLE, DAWN HOLDING A HOT DOG AND VALERIE A GAME PROGRAM, WHICH SHE HANDS TO PHIL, AND A SODA SHE KEEPS FOR HERSELF.
PHIL

Val, guess who's sitting next to us tonight?  Our old buddy, Marjorie Garwood.  Say hi, MarGar.

MARJORIE IS PREOCCUPIED, AS SHE'S CHATTING ON HER CELL PHONE.

MARJORIE

Yes, can you believe it -- front row, Dodger Stadium, right behind the batter.  It's gonna be great!  Bye.

MARJORIE PUNCHES NUMBERS TO MAKE ANOTHER CELL PHONE CALL.  BY NOW, DAWN AND VALERIE ARE IN THEIR SEATS.

PHIL

Well, maybe great for her, but not for us who want to watch the game...

(sighing)

TAG

SCENE SIX

INT. SEAWRIGHT PARENTS' LIVING ROOM, PHILADELPHIA - NIGHT

MITCHELL SITS DOWN IN HIS CHAIR WITH A BEER, WHILE ELOISE IS STANDING ABOVE HIM.

MITCHELL

You sure you don't want to stay up and watch the Phillies game?  You might see your son on TV.

ELOISE

Think I'm going to go to bed and finish reading my novel.

ELOISE SNAPS HER FINGERS AND MAGICALLY CHANGES HER OUTFIT FROM A SWEATER AND JEANS INTO A NIGHTGOWN.

ELOISE

Good night, hon.

ELOISE BENDS DOWN AND KISSES MITCHELL ON THE LIPS.

SCENE SEVEN

INT. SEAWRIGHT PARENTS' LIVING ROOM, PHILADELPHIA - LATER

MITCHELL IS WATCHING THE GAME AND CAN SEE HIS SON PHIL WATCHING INTENTLY AT THE BALLPARK WITH A SEATED DAWN, VALERIE AND BOB -- BUT HE ALSO NOTICES, AND IS IRKED BY, THE BEHAVIOR OF MARJORIE GARWOOD, WHO CONTINUALLY IS WAVING AT PEOPLE WHILE CHATTING ON THE CELL PHONE.

MITCHELL

That's it -- I've had enough.

MITCHELL SNAPS HIS FINGERS AND MAGICALLY DISAPPEARS.

SCENE EIGHT

INT. DODGER STADIUM BOX - NIGHT

MITCHELL MATERIALIZES IN AN USHER'S OUTFIT AT THE TOP OF THE ADJACENT AISLE AND WALKS DOWN TO WHERE MARJORIE AND HER DATE ARE SITTING.

MITCHELL
(sternly)

Madam, I kindly ask you to cease waving and making a nuisance of yourself with your cell phone, or else I'll have no alternative than to eject you.  Okay?

MARJORIE IS SHOCKED TO BE REPRIMANDED, WHILE PHIL -- HERETOFORE ENGROSSED IN THE GAME -- IS STUNNED TO HEAR A FAMILIAR VOICE AND LOOKS IN THAT DIRECTION.

MARJORIE

Uh, whatever you say, sir.  I meant no harm, honest I didn't.

MARJORIE HUMBLY SHUTS OFF HER CELL PHONE AND PUTS IT IN HER HANDBAG.

MITCHELL

Thank you.  Your cooperation is appreciated.

MITCHELL WALKS UP THE AISLE, CATCHES PHIL'S EYE AND WINKS AT HIM WHILE HUMMING "TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALLGAME."

DAWN

That was a nice thing for the usher to do, wasn't it?

PHIL
(smiling)

Believe me, I wouldn't expect any less from him.