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Second Chances – 1.1 Pilot

 

*All scenes from this point on are in 2006 unless marked otherwise*

+Possible Edit+

Some Notes for further edits are in Bold/Italics

 

SCENE 1.

 

1999. INT. BEDROOM. DAY.

 

Daniel walks across the room with a handful of clothes, he stuffs them into a bag on his bed. He looks over at a framed family photo sitting on his bedside table. He picks it up. We can see sadness in Daniel’s eyes as he looks at the happy faces in the photo. A car horn sounds in the background. Daniel carelessly drops the photo onto the bed. He zippers his bag up and grabs it, pulling it off the bed. We hear something break as he walks out of the room. We see, on the floor, the family photo face-up, the glass smashed.

 

1999. EXT. FRONT OF HOUSE. DAY

 

A car horn sounds as Daniel walks out of the front door of his house.

 

                                        Daniel

                    Coming!

 

The sound of a car is heard in the distance (clearly not the car that used the car horn). Daniel runs to the red convertible parked on the side of the road. He throws his bag into the back. Daniel looks as a car speeds into the driveway. Daniel’s mother gets out.

 

                                        +Daniel’s Mother+

                    Please don’t go!

 

Daniel looks sad and turns away.

 

                                        +Daniel’s Mother+

                    Daniel! Please stay! I need your strength! I don’t know how I’ll survive without you!

 

Daniel’s step dad gets out of the car. He walks briskly to Daniel’s mother and hits her. She falls to the ground.

 

                                        +Daniel’s Step Dad+

Shut up bitch! (talking to Daniel’s Mother) Daniel, why haven’t you Fuckin’ left already! I’ve had enough of your crap for 16 years! If you ever put one foot on my property you’ll be no fuckin’ better than your bitch of a mum!

 

Daniel looks back and sees his mum on the ground crying. She looks so tired and weak. Daniel thinks for a second and then jumps into the car.

 

                                        Matt

                    Good to see ya Daniel. Ready?

 

Matt looks back at Daniel’s mother.

 

                                        Daniel

                    Just fuckin’ drive Matt.

 

Daniel closes his eyes for a few seconds.

 

                                        Daniel

                    I’m sorry…

 

As the car drives off. Daniel’s step dad walks inside the house. Daniel’s mother lies on the ground crying. The screen slowly fades to black with her cries still being heard, slowly getting quieter.

 

 

SCENE 2.

 

*2006. INT. BATHROOM. AFTERNOON

 

We see the outline of a man’s body in a shower. The shower stops and the man steps out. He wraps a towel around his waist and turns around. It’s Daniel. He looks exhausted and aged. He approaches the bathroom cabinet. He opens a cupboard above the cabinet and we see inside. He brings a syringe out. He positions the syringe above the underside of his elbow. He uses the syringe and sighs in pleasure/relief. He throws the syringe in a waste can beside the cabinet. We see there are a lot of syringes and empty alcohol bottles in the waste can. Daniel drinks from a bottle of alcohol on the cabinet. There’s only a mouthful left. Daniel drops the bottle in the waste can as he leaves the bathroom.

 

INT. MAIN ROOM. AFTERNOON

 

Empty bottles of alcohol, syringes on a coffee table, clothes and other rubbish is scattered everywhere. Daniel is looking for alcohol. He chucks clothes out of his way, tips lounge chairs over, and even attempts to drink from the empty bottles scattered everywhere. We can see Daniel is getting frustrated, and his hands start to shake. In a burst of anger he tips the dining room table over and a vase full of red roses smash. We see there’s a tag on the flowers from a woman named Danielle. Daniel grabs his head in frustration before hurrying back to the bathroom (we follow him walking to the bathroom). Daniel hurriedly opens the cupboard and grabs a container of syringes. He opens one up and uses it, sighing with pleasure/relief. Daniel is still shaking. We can tell it didn’t have the same effect as the last syringe. Daniel opens another syringe and uses it. Daniel is still shaking. Daniel throws both syringes into the waste can, knocking the waste can over. The syringes spill over the ground with broken glass. Daniel grabs his hair, he looks in the mirror, his reflection blurs and Daniel blinks. The mirror blurs again, and Daniel staggers back. He faints. His head hits the bath behind him. A drop of blood falls to the white tiles. We see Daniel on the ground, syringes and broken glass at his feet and his head against the bath.

 

 

*Intro Music/Titles/Brief Credits*  

 

 

SCENE 3.              

 

INT. SAINT JOANNE HOSPITAL. DUSK.

 

Linda reaches across a desk.

                                       

Linda

Thanks for the sushi Charity. What would I do without you?                   

 

Linda grabs the file and then turns around. She walks back to Charity browsing the contents of the file.

 

                                        Charity

                    Nothing. As my name suggests, I’m an angel.

 

Linda closes the file and looks up at Charity and smiles.

 

                                        Linda

                    What’d you say?

 

                                        Charity

                    Oh, Nothing. Anyway how’s the love life goin’?

 

                                        Linda

                    It’s ok…

 

 

                                        Charity

Ok? Hmm…sure I’ll believe that if you give me a bite of your sushi.

 

                                        Linda

                    (Laughs) Sure

 

Charity reaches into the brown paper bag and pulls out a container of sushi. She opens it up and smells.

 

                                        Charity

Mmm…my favourite. It’s too bad you’re working all these hours, I WAS going to ask you out tonight…but…

 

Suddenly the emergency doors open and a doctor and two paramedics push a trolley through. The trolley has Daniel on it. The trolley stops by Linda and Charity.

 

                                        Charity

(Smiling at a handsome paramedic)…It seems there’s a lot more exciting things to do at work…

 

                    Doctor

Linda could you fetch 30ml of (insert drug name here).

 

Linda sighs.

 

                                        Doctor

                    (Sternly) Please

 

The Doctor calls over 2 nurses and they help him move the trolley to the ICU. The paramedics move back down the hall through the emergency doors. Charity watches after the paramedic she had smiled at.

 

                                        Linda

I’m sorry but I really gotta go. Ah…I’ll call you tomorrow?

 

                                        Charity

Oh…ok…make sure it’s the afternoon though…you know what I’m like with a hangover.

 

Linda starts walking away backwards (so she can still see Charity).

 

                    Linda

Haha…bye

 

Charity

                    Bye Linds.

 

                                        Linda

(Jokingly) What have I told you about calling me that in public? It belongs in the playground…which, I’ll remind you, we left 10 years ago!

 

                    Charity

(Sarcastically) Ok sheesh…haha

 

                    Linda

                    Bye

 

Linda turns around and walks faster down the hall. Charity does the same in the opposite direction but then turns back around.

 

                                        Charity

(Holding the sushi bag in the air) What about the sushi?

 

Linda turns around smiling.

 

                    Linda

(Sighs) Eat it!

 

Linda turns around and walks down the corridor, we see her turn and then the screen goes black.
 

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