TV Channel 50 Fox Family, Fri May 19, 2000, "One of Those Days."
Written by Jeff Cohen, Directed by Alan Simmonds.

It's got to be her...

Looks like he's a no-show. He'll be here. I don't know. Coming from the wrong side of the tracks to meet his pretty little rich girl? It's getting a bit dicey. We're way past that. And I'm getting tired of playing watchdog. Security's everywhere. He's here. I can tell. If we get caught past curfew, we'll both be on shuns for a week. I said, we'll both be on shuns for a week. Uh... Back off, tamara, you're probably scaring him away. Story of my life. I always scare away the good ones.

Bobby joe? Where are you, bobby? Maybe if your name wasn't "bobby joe," they'd love you like i do. You don't like my name, I'll change it. Bobby joe, gillian-- bobby joe, gillian... They're only names, that's all. We go a lot deeper. Like this...

And cut. Okay, can somebody get the blinds?

All right, all right. You're Good.

All right, shut up.

Isn't acting wonderful? Really.

Um, this is the theater, sophie. "Cut" is what they say in the movies-- and, anyway, as i'm the director, I should be the one to stop rehearsal. It is my play.

Your play, right.

And, guys, can you save that kiss for opening night? Pending further discussion.

Are you okay? Oh, yeah, fine.

So... What do you think of the scene? I think it's great... Except it's a complete rip-off. I mean, everybody reads this play in ninth grade. What're you talking about? Romeo and Juliette. Yeah. I thought it was the west side story. Same thing. It's bobby joe and gillian, and there's no comparison. No compar-- ezra, it's the balcony scene. It's a lodge with a balcony. I write what i know. Yeah, with a little help from shakespeare.

How's bobby joe and gillian doing? Oh, I think shakespeare's probably turning cartwheels in his grave.

Hey, guys, how's the actor's life, huh? The smell of greasepaint, the roar of the crowd. What you're smelling is probably ezra. I think that roar's got something to do with that eggplant at lunch. Well, eggplant or no eggplant, remember, parents' week is coming up, so the show must go on. Do you have any more acting euphemisms, or can we get back to rehearsal? Oh, sorry. Break a leg.

Um...Can i talk to you for a minute? sure. I'll have her back soon.

I've spent all day talking to your mother, trying to come up with an alternative to keep you here, but I haven't got one. Not yet. Fine. Whatever. If it was just about the tuition, shel, I'm sure i could come up with a solution, but what it boils down to is your stepfather is bedridden and your mother is waiting tables, and your little sister's at school, so they want you to come home and help take care of things. Take care of things... Like emptying bedpans for the man that abused me, cooking for the man that abused me, cleaning for the man--

shel, you've done so well since you've been here. You know that. You have learned... You have had to face some demons, man, and you won. You've been brave. I'm sure you can face this. Just tell me when I'm going. Your mother's coming to pick you up tomorrow. Tomorrow? I don't even get a week's notice. I'm sorry. Well... Got to go. My family needs me. Shelby, my ultimate responsibility is to you. It's not your mother or your stepfather or even your little sister. Now, I will petition the courts and get them to adjudicate you here if that's what it takes. No court's going to send me here. As far as they're concerned, I'm already cured.

What about child protective services? Forget it. Shelby, I called cps the day that you told me about your stepfather. Three days later, they were here, and then suddenly you denied it, like it never happened. I don't understand it. Why are you protecting him? I'm not protecting him. Well, then, help me to help you. Cps could have removed you from home if you'd just tell the truth. I don't get it. You don't get it? No. After you sat there and watched them take apart scott, humiliate him, after they told him, "tough luck," you don't get it? I'd rather empty bedpans, thank you.

Oh...Just do me one favor. What? Let me say goodbye how I want and to who I want. Okay. Nobody gets your bed, shelby. We'll figure something out. Stop trying to give me hope. I have no room left for it.

Can you take care of this? Hey, pete. Hey... Marc. You and dad have this thing about unannounced visits, huh? Must be in the genes. You all right? Yeah, oh, yeah. Just.. What, can a brother drop by without being all right? No. Sure. If you're staying in town, you can just crash at my pad if you want. No, it's okay. I got a room already at the Best Western.

So what's this about, huh? What do you mean? It's been almost seven years, since we've seen each other, I mean except for dad's funeral, and we barely spoke, so... I had some business on the West Coast, and you're nearby. Thought I'd come by and see you. What? Nothing, it's just that's exactly what dad said when he came here. At least I'm not gonna die on you. Just a joke.

The rest of the play has everything -- action, adventure, romance, sex -- and everybody gets a part. What sex? Um, it's implied sex. Very tasteful. Let's read through it. I want to see how implied is "implied."

Who do i play? Gillian's brother, trank. "Trank?" Is that a name? Yeah. You hate bobby joe. You get into a fight with him to save gillian's honor and get killed in act one. So he's tybalt. Who's that? Juliet's brother. You have a brother named tybalt? Not me, juliette-- romeo's juliet. Whatever.

Katherine, you play gillian's mother. You have an estranged relationship with your daughter. I know. You want gillian to be with this cute guy from the country club. "Paris." I know.

Okay, you guys start reading. I'll be right back.

All right, let's start scene one, page one. [Sophie falls down with terrible pain]

What did peter want? What? Nothing important. Just some encouraging words on how much progress i've made. Oh... The speech, huh? Yeah. What?

Okay, people, we are back.

Sophie? What's wrong? Nothing. I'm fine. Hey, you g-- shh, no. I'm fine. You're not fine. What's wrong? I have endometriosis. Do you know what that is? I'm a woman. I know everything that can go wrong with us. How bad is it? Well... Worse than i thought, apparently. I'm going to see the doctor in the morning. So that's it. That's why you can't have children, right? Yes. Daisy? Can we keep this just between us, just for now? Forever, if you wish.

So... Fill me in. A lot's happened since we last hung out. Yeah, a lot. I don't know where to start. I mean -- I remember the last time you came to visit me. You came asking me for money. Do you remember that? I'll never forget how you looked. You looked like death warmed over. Well, I was addicted to drugs. I'd lost everything, including my pride, apparently. You can say that again. But you were right to turn me away, marc. I know, I know.

So anyway... I ended up in the gutter in seattle, and with a little luck and some help from a couple of good friends, everything's been up since then. That's great. And here you are. Here I am.

Why? Because I need to be there to "care" for him. What ill-favored karma a good soul must weather. After the heart attack, he's out of work. There's no more money. So you're not coming back? Ever? No. And I have one day to say goodbye to Scott forever. Saying goodbye hurts, especially if someone really cares. I keep rehearsing it in my head, but there's too much to say. Don't rehearse. Ask for the words, and they'll be there.

Okay, I want to congratulate you on your inheritance. Thanks. "Thanks." You know, that's funny. You know what I got? Got a pair of cufflinks-- sapphire, mind you -- set of golf clubs, which Dad knows I can't use because I golf left-handed, and a bank draft with a hundred and fifty thousand dollars. You get the company, which is worth $12,750,000. Cufflinks, 12 mil. I plan on selling the company, marc. I'm going to set up a scholarship fund here at horizon.

Oh, that's nice. That's great, little brother. Sell the company... 32 employees on the street. Think that's what dad really wanted? You know, I plan on taking care of them. Come on, peter. Come on. Severance payments are not going to be enough. Okay, now -- now, I happen to be one of those "employees." I'm contesting the will. It's bogus, and you know it.

Oh, I see. I see now. So why would you come 3,000 miles when a phone call from your lawyer would've done the same job? Because I didn't think that a phone call could possibly convey how ticked off I am. Well, you know what, marc? I am ticked off, too, because I just had to send a very damaged girl home to an abusive stepfather, and I can't do anything about it because I don't have any legal standing to keep her here. There are hundreds of damaged kids in the world that should be here at Horizon, but they're not, because they don't have enough money and neither do I. So I am ticked off, too, marc. Here we go, right? Here we go. Here we go.

Picking it up with act two, scene seven, where tamara tells gillian that bobby joe stabbed trank. You mean when the nurse tells juliet that romeo stabbed tybalt. Listen, kat, I've worked real hard at this play, and let me tell you something -- calling upon the muse... It isn't easy, believe me.

Oh, the torment of an artist.

How about the guilt of a plagiarist? Okay. Daisy, shelby.

He's nothing to you, gillian. Nothing. He murdered your brother, betrayed you. I won't stop loving him. I can't. If they find him, they'll kill him. He's probably gone already, and he won't come back.

Daize?

Won't come back...

I can't pick up any of the fine details with this, but the endometriosis has caused a lot of scarring on both fallopian tubes. Not news to me.

My concern is that the lining cells of the uterus may have backed up onto the abdominal wall and are causing bleeding there, which would explain the severe pain. That's news to me. It's never been this bad.

We'll need to do a laparoscopy to confirm. What's that? Noninvasive surgery. We put a fiber-optic camera through the navel-- it's this small-- to see what's happening. And if necessary, we follow with instruments to remove any deposits. Basically, it's an outpatient thing, except that you would have to have a general anesthetic. When can we do it? Tomorrow morning, first thing. Good. I can't go through this every month. I'll prescribe medication for the pain, and I'll schedule you in at eight. Okay.

Sophie? Uh-huh? This procedure, it isn't going to undo any of the damage that's been done. No babies. I've known that a long time. I guess it's time I tell him. Somebody who needs to know? Oh... Yeah. No problem.

[shelby prepares to leave.]

I built that company as much as dad did, I got my mba, worked over 12 hours a day for him. He took these meetings in his office, and I'd be making the sales calls. When he finally bankrupted the company, who do you think saved it, peter? It was me. I took the dice and I rolled it on his high risks, and I won. It was me. That company now has over $12 million in holdings, and it's because of me. And he still treated me like a lackey.

That's because you took it. Well, you didn't have to. No, I -- I chose not to. Yeah, you laid around, you got drunk, you let the world come to you. All the women, all the money... Do you really want to go there right now?

Want to know what I've been doing for the last two years? What? It first started with dad's fibrillations, okay? Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom. Two minorheart attacks. We tried angioplasty. That did not prevent a major coronary. But I just played squash with dad a couple of months ago. I know. He didn't want you to suspect anything. When I heard he played squash, I couldn't believe it didn't kill him on the spot.

Anyway, he suffered congestive heart failure. We managed to drain the fluid. That was really painful. His name was so far down the list, Pete, that a transplant was out of the question. So what does he do? He comes here to see you. I'm sorry, marc. I didn't know about any of this. I know. After all I've done for him, he wanted to die in your arms. You know what? I think I deserve better... And that's why I'm here, to fight for what I think is mine. What is that? The company. Is it, marc? Is that really what you want, huh? Come on, peter, just...I'm trying to be straight with you. Save the head games for the delinquents.

Why do you think he left everything to me? I don't know. Why, marc? Because you were his favorite, Pete, because he loved you more, because it's... It doesn't bother me. No.

What you got against me, trank? It's your father, it's my father... It's got nothing to do with us anymore. I warned you... Drop it. No! Drop it. Drop it! It wasn't supposed to go down like this, man, not like this. This is gillian's blood. This is my blood. You're my brother, trank. Gillian!

[ Applause ] Am I the cream or what?

All right, all right... We still have a lot of work to do on that, but you're beginning to bring my words to life. Your words, yes, your plot, no. Look, katherine, you want to know the truth? Yes, I do. I never read it, okay? I mean, romeo and juliet. Never read it in high school. I was sort of absent that month. A little rehab problem. You're serious?

If E.Z. never read the play, that means you're like a -- a genius. You wrote the greatest love story of all time.

Auggie and I really went at each other. You missed it. Psychodrama with testosterone. What's that supposed to mean? I don't know. Stupid joke. Sorry. Yeah, well, we were actually pretty good. I bet you were.

Scott? I'm just going to go get some food before they stop serving. Acting makes me hungry. Come on. No, I'm not hungry. Hey... What's up? Nothing. I may have screwed up in the best friend department, Shelby, but it wasn't because I can't see. Tell me. No.

Not the right moment? There's not going to be a right moment.

[ knocking ] come in. Who was that that just left here? He didn't look too happy. That's my big brother, marc. That was him, huh? Bringing the ghost of my father in tow. It's been one of those days? You have no idea. Oh, yes, I do. You too, huh? Well, what is it? It's nothing. It can wait. Well, if it's nothing, why don't you just tell me then? Don't push me, okay? I'm sorry. You just... You do that a lot, you know? I'm sorry. I'm just a little scattered today. I can't help shelby. I can't help my brother.

That's shelby's mom now. Better go get shelby. Some days I hate this job. I know.

Hi. Come on in.

[ Whistling ] where're you going? Sirens. They're close. You're hearing things. It's just the wind. I gotta go. Don't. Not yet. I'll be back soon, I promise. Then why do I have this awful feeling I'm never going to see you again?

[ Whistles ] It's not the wind, gillian. I get caught here, and you won't see me again.

Line.

Our love...

Our love... It'll protect us. They can't see us. We're safe. We are? Do you know how much I think about you? Me too, every minute of every day. I love you, bobby joe... And we'll stop there, pending further discussion.

Nice.

[singing] 'Cause I know it. you know it, and life won't wait for us to decide. Sometimes we can't have it all and some days will be hard, but baby you'll always have my heart. [end of singing]

I wasn't that good. Wasn't for the play.

[singing] For the love of a good woman, a good woman. love you for forever, baby. for the love of a good woman, good woman. i'll love you for the rest of my life [end of singing]

where you going? I'll be back.

[singing] I know it, can taste it, can taste it, won't waste it, won't waste it. together, forever. [end of singing]

I'm certain I can find scholarship money for her, Mrs. Blaine. I need her. I need her. Walt's sick and jessie's in school. I'm waiting tables-- a week, two weeks. I'm sure that I could make it happen. No, please. You don't understand. I think that it's important that she not be in that house. "That house." That house is my home. It's our home. It's... It's important for her to be with us. It's important to me. She's my daughter, and I miss her.

Hi, mom. Don't look so sour, honey. You're coming home.

I'm just gonna go say goodbye to peter and sophie. Oh. Sure, I'll just wait in the car.

Well, I'm not mad. That's something, isn't it? You know it is. Daisy...She read my tarot cards and told me that there was a big change coming, and that maybe it wasn't going to be bad. Shelby... You guys are so incredibly warm. Shel? Shelby, there's always room for hope. Don't give up on us.

[ Engine starting ] okay?

Shelby's always late. I'll go find her.

Shelby? Come on, shel.

Scott... She's gone. Her mother picked her up. She's not coming back. She didn't even say goodbye. Yes, she did... In her way. It's not good enough! Not good enough.

Hey, pete. Hey. You found me. There's not a lot of places to look. Listen, I'M... I'm leaving in the morning. I was going to call you. And tell me what; your lawyer'd be in touch with me? Something like that. Want to play a little nine ball? Nine ball? Yeah. I don't think you ever beat me at nine ball in your life. Yeah, well, I'm feeling lucky. Come on. Let's live.

Hi. Sorry I'm late. Scott was tossing and turning. So you wanted to talk? Yes. Open it anywhere. Throw me a romeo cue. "But juliet, why are thou yet so fair?" "Shall I believe "that a unsubstantial death is amorous? It keeps thee here in dark to be his paramour." The mausoleum scene. Want to try me again? I get the point.



I read it 30 times. Why the ruse? I don't know. Maybe I wanted to create this aura of mystery... That it was this incredible accident. And that you were so brilliant. Why not just admit that you were paying homage? Maybe I wanted it to be more special than that. To impress who? Oh. Just you. I didn't know how else to say what I wanted to say. Well, I'm flattered. That's it? Our relationship's very... Platonic. You want more? Uh... I don't have boyfriends, ezra. I never have. Here's a flash... I'll be your first. No... You won't. I just don't feel that. You have no idea how much I truly like you, how much you mean to me.





I'm so sorry. I think your play is beautiful.

Room for one more? Depends. How're you feeling? Like a girl without a best friend and no hope of true love. Just what I'm looking for. Slide on in, sister. So what'd the doctor say? Outpatient surgery at sunrise. Scared? Petrified. Doctors... I mean, they pretty much know what they're doing. It's not that. It's peter. Why? I think he wants me in his future. Finally figured that out, huh? Over a hundred students here could've hipped you to that. Yeah, well, he won't admit it, but he's the one with dreams of white picket fences and porch swings and kids he can bring up right. Just a reality check here. You do realize you're baring your soul to a "troubled teen," right? Yes. Okay, just checking. When he hears about scarring on my fallopian tubes, heis gonna run the other way. Hey... Nobody knows like peter what a pain kids can be. He'll probably be happy. Anyway, when there's only one person in the world for you, you take them as is. Thanks. Oh, yeah. Easy.

This is weird, huh? Yeah. Let's go back to counselor and profoundly dysfunctional adolescent. Deal.

Should we make it best out of seven, huh? Yeah. You guys all set? Yeah, thanks. You don't mind staying open? No, just lock up when you're done. Okay. And slip the keys through the slot. Good to finally meet you, marc. Yeah, really nice to meet you too. All right, you guys have fun. Thanks for everything. Good night. Good night.

She's nice. Hey, you sure you don't mind me drinking? It's fine it's fine. Come on, break, Romeo. You need this one, little brother. Yeah, I know, I know. You know, I've got to tell you something, pete. When dad gave you the company, I wasn't that surprised. Nice. My turn for the albatross? No, no, not that, exactly. It's just that when dad was younger, he must've had the vision, the energy to start the thing and I think when he saw you, he probably saw himself as he once was, and you'd bring some new life to the company, you know, whereas me, I would just sort of keep it afloat and that would be it.

Oh, fluke. You would like to think so. Just rack them, come on.

Uh... Marc, maybe dad knew that you'd contest the will. What? He must've known that I didn't want to run his company. What are you saying? I'm saying don scarbrow wasn't mean-spirited -- stubborn, yes, tyrannical at times, but... He was reasonable. And I think maybe he wanted to force the issue. What issue? Us. Why? Because you and I, marc, are the only family we have left. We've always fought like cats and dogs. I always thought that's what brothers did. I have a sinking suspicion not. Maybe dad just wanted us to work this out our own way. So you don't think that he just gave you the company so you could rub my nose in it? And leave you with nothing? No. Hey, if you would have done all the work for us, we probably would never have spoken again for the rest of our lives. Yeah. Dad probably put us in this crisis. You really think so? I really think so. I'll buy it if you do. Why not?

Hey, marc? What? Our dad loved you very much. Thanks. He loved both of us, marc... Except he had two very different ways of not showing it. Tell you what. Company's yours. How about you buy me out, say, three million bucks. That'll give me enough to buy the school back from Chloe and start the scholarship fund at Horizon. Pete, come on, are you serious? Hey, it's a good deal. I just want one more thing. What? I want the cufflinks. Cufflinks, company. I'll think about it. All right.

Hey. You know, we didn't always used to fight, not when we were kids. No, not when we were kids. It's your shot. Yeah.

[ Car horn honking ] sophie! Hey, soph? Good morning, sweetheart. Hi. Kind of early. What's with the cab? Oh, uh... I met a woman at this party last week, and she invited me to spend the day at her club-- you know, lunch, hot tub, massage. You've got all of the above right there... Chateau Scarbrow. Yeah, I know. Roger said he'd cover for me. Great. You deserve a break. I'll see you later? Chateau, huh? Sure. Have fun. Thanks.

Peter? Yeah? We're really doing good work here with these kids, and we're doing it together, right? Uh-huh. It's a real commitment. Every day, they need us. Sophie, where are you going with this? Well, sometimes I wonder... If i had kids of my own, I wouldn't have time for horizon, you know? I...I don't know.

You know, I remember once, marc and i were, like, 12 and 7. We laid in this fresh cement, you know, to leave our imprints, and... Anyway, it was a hot summer day and the cement was cool. Just laid there, looking at the clouds... Dozed off.

Smart.

I don't know, like an hour or two later, we woke up stuck. When my mother finally found us, she was, like, "You know, I should leave you two there. It serves you right." Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, you know, that kind of thing.

And, what's the point?

The point is... My mother laughed about that moment for the rest of her life.

Kids. Kids.

I love you, peter. It's okay. You don't have to say anything. I'll see you later, okay?

[singing] Faint heart what's in your blood

only fear of losing love

useless and derelict

on the scraps and bones i've picked

but i know... [end of singing]

[ Shelby ]: Dear Daisy, well, the cards were right. A big change is coming my way, but I can't see how this is gonna be good for me. Doing Romeo and Juliet -- excuse me, bobby joe and gillian-- somehow seems appropriate... Two lovers who die because of other people's problems.

My opinion is that from the day you are born, people start taking pieces of you, and you're lucky just to survive. And people have taken lots of pieces away from me --

Welcome home, baby --

[ Shelby ]: Well, maybe that's not all true. There was peter and sophie. They tried to put me back together. I suppose I owe them for trying. I still feel rotten about the way I treated sophie sometimes, especially about her not being able to have kids. And scott, well... He just doesn't get it. No crime... Except that I loved him, and it hurt way too much. He'll understand one day. I just wish I'd met him then.

As for the other dolts at Horizon, they're a bunch of pains, and I'm glad to be rid of them. And you were the biggest pain of them all, daisy. Thanks for that. It's weird, though, because I wish i was taking every one of them with me, because I feel like I'm leaving my family behind and I'm scared.

[singing] ...that's too much and i'll just have to walk this road alone

then I'll just have to walk this road alone. [end of singing]

[fade to black]

Home