Notes: (Re-edited and re-uploaded September 2010)
Guest Cast:
Mr. Osbourne: Erick Avari
Principal Krupps: Robert Gant
Art Fleischer: Brett Cullen
Cherry Cherry: Delta Burke
Formatting: The main differences between the way the episodes are presented here and true script format are that on this website, everything is left-justified, while script format has specific block-margins for dialog, etc., and that scripts are still traditionally printed in Courier (monospace) font. These episodes are also available on my Popular website (link is in my info) if you would like to read them as though they were printed scripts.
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POPULAR: SENIOR YEAR
THANKS FOR NOTHING
TEASER
FADE IN:
MONTAGE - CHERRY MANSION - DAY
A series of extreme close-ups, all depicting elaborate and
meticulous preparations for an elegant event: china and
crystal being arranged, wine bottles being examined, mounds of
food being carefully attended to.
CUT TO:
INT. CHERRY KITCHEN - CONTINUOUS
The cavernous kitchen is deserted and silent for the moment.
From around a corner pops Mary Cherry's head. She looks this
way and that nervously, then tip-toes out and begins to make
her way towards the back door. Halfway across the room, she
freezes at the sound of approaching voices, and drops down
behind a counter.
A moment later one of the doors swings open and Cherry Cherry
comes sweeping in.
CHERRY CHERRY
(looking around)
Frankie? FRAAAANK-IE!
Behind her, through the same door, the Cherrys' immaculately
polished butler emerges.
CHERRY CHERRY (CONT'D)
(spinning around)
Baxter! Where is that darn French
chef?
BAXTER
(drolly)
I believe Franios is taking a
delivery, Madam.
CHERRY CHERRY
Well, go find him and tell him I
wanna see him, pronto!
BAXTER
Yes, Madam.
Baxter nods solemnly and goes back through the doors, while
Cherry Cherry huffs. In the silence that follows, Mary Cherry
begins crawling on her hands and knees towards the door
leading outside. Unfortunately, she manages to bump right
into her mother's legs.
CHERRY CHERRY
(looking down)
Mary Cherry, what in tarnation are
you doing down there?
Mary Cherry gets up, dusting herself off.
MARY CHERRY
(scrambling)
I, uh, I...I was lookin' for my
contact lens!
CHERRY CHERRY
(scowls)
You don't wear contacts!
Mary Cherry seems astonished by this news.
MARY CHERRY
(snapping her fingers)
THAT'S why I couldn't find it!
CHERRY CHERRY
If I didn't know better, I'd think
you were tryin' to git out of
gettin' ready for the annual
Cherry Family Thanksgiving Dinner!
MARY CHERRY
(seemingly shocked)
Why, Mama, you know that I just
LOVE our family git-togethers!
INSERT
Mary Cherry's fingers crossed behind her back.
CHERRY CHERRY
I do declare, child, sometimes you
are more trouble than a henhouse
full of—
The door suddenly swings open, and the chef storms through,
cursing in French. He storms up to Cherry Cherry, waving a
handful of mushrooms.
FRANIOS
Madame Cherry! Zeese mushrooms
are completely unacceptable!
CHERRY CHERRY
Now, hold on, pardner. Those are
the finest Texas mushrooms around.
There's been award-winnin' chili
made with them there exact
mushrooms!
FRANIOS
No, no, no! I must have zee
mushrooms from France!
CHERRY CHERRY
Look, Frankie, those foreign
toadstools might be OK for them
fancy French dishes, but if you
wanna cook real live Tex-Mex, ya
gotta use good ol' American
fixin's.
FRANIOS
Madame Cherry—!
While Cherry Cherry and Franios continue to argue, Mary
Cherry sneaks towards the exit.
CHERRY CHERRY
Dammit, I don't care how many
institutes you've been to! In
this mansion, I am the boss of
you, and I say—
The sound of the outside door closing makes her stop and spin
around.
CHERRY CHERRY (CONT'D)
Mary Cherry!
She hurries to the door and throws it open, just in time to
see Mary Cherry's hummer roar away.
CUT TO:
INT. MCQUEEN KITCHEN - DAY
Brooke is in the kitchen, looking over a bowl of fruit with
all the seriousness of a scientist watching a Nobel Prize
winning experiment. After several false starts, she finally
pulls out an orange.
Muffled voices from the next room make her start, and she
hurries to the back stairs, trying to get out of sight. She
almost makes it before Jane walks in.
JANE
Brooke!
Brooke freezes on the first step.
JANE (CONT'D)
We need to talk.
She turns around, trying to smile, but with a distinct
condemned-prisoner look on her face.
WHITE OUT.
END OF TEASER