Notes: (Re-edited and re-uploaded September 2010)
Guest Cast:
Cherry Cherry: Delta Burke
Mrs. Ferrera: Susan Ruttan
Art Fleischer: Brett Cullen
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POPULAR: SENIOR YEAR
GIRLS, GIRLS EVERYWHERE, AND NOT A ONE TO SIT
TEASER
FADE IN:
EST. A CITY SKYLINE - DAY
When the panoramic shot passes a few familiar landmarks—such
as the Space Needle—it becomes clear that the city in
question is Seattle.
DISSOLVE TO:
MONTAGE
As the scenes close into more detail, however, it also becomes
clear that this Seattle isn't quite the same: most of the
cars are pointed, bulletlike; and a few float above the
streets instead of rolling along them. A shot of workmen
taking down a worn sign that reads "Happy New Year 2026" sets
the time clearly. The scene finally focuses in on a gleaming
blue-and-green geodesic dome that seems to float above the
waters of the bay. As the shot closes in further, a stylized
sign reading "REIGNDOME" slides by; the blank wall of the dome
swells to fill the screen, and—
CUT TO:
INT. THE REIGNDOME
A state-of-the-art basketball arena, which is also apparently
deserted. The scene is sweeping across the empty stands
when—
WOMAN (O.S.)
Hey!
The panning movement stops suddenly.
WOMAN (O.S.) (CONT'D)
Down here!
The shot drops precipitously, to a grown-up Mackenzie McQueen,
dressed in a Seattle Reign uniform and standing in the middle
of the court, basketball in hand.
MACKENZIE
(to the camera)
Hi. I'm Mackenzie McQueen, of the
Seattle Reign.
INSERT: THE REIGNDOME CEILING
A set of WNBA Championship banners is hanging from the
rafters.
A sharp whistle brings the shot back down again.
MACKENZIE (CONT'D)
Yeah, those are nice—but it's not
what I wanted to talk about.
She starts meandering around the court, casually dribbling the
basketball.
MACKENZIE (CONT'D)
I'll tell you the weirdest
question I ever got in an
interview. It was, "How did you
turn out so normal, when your
family is so strange?"
(considering)
Well, first of all, I'm glad
people think I'm "normal"...but I
have to tell you, I didn't just
have a strange family. Not that
they AREN'T strange—I mean, I
have two older half-sisters, who
are step-sisters to each other.
Kinda makes us a triangle—like
the old triangle offense twenty
years ago?
(pause)
Nevermind—nobody uses it anymore.
Anyway, it wasn't just them.
During my first formative years,
EVERYONE I was around was strange.
You wouldn't believe some of the
things that happened.
(reflecting)
There was this one day...I don't
even think I was six months old
yet. And this one day was just, a
complete symbol of my whole world
growing up.
(chuckling)
The thing is, people swear to me
that this day, never happened.
But I remember.
I know, you're thinking I was too
young to remember anything. But I
have excellent neo-natal memory.
The doctors say so. It's some
gene—the same thing that lets me
see the seam in the 3-2 zone,
every time.
(frowning)
At least, I think it's the same
gene...
(shrugs)
Hey, what do I know? I got a C
minus in bio-genetics. But I do
remember that day...and if there's
two things I'm really, really good
at, it's remembering things, and
basketball.
With that, she turns and flips up an effortless shot that goes
whishing through the basket, fifty feet away.
MACKENZIE (CONT'D)
(grinning)
See? Watch, and learn.
WHITE OUT.
END OF TEASER