Notes: (Re-edited and re-uploaded September 2010)

Guest Cast:
Cherry Cherry: Delta Burke
Mrs. Ferrera: Susan Ruttan
Art Fleischer: Brett Cullen

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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Personal Note: This is my first posted piece since my mother's death on March 14th. (It was about 1/4 done when she went into the hospital on the 10th.) Therefore please excuse this episode's brevity (it's about six pages shorter than it should be), which is due mostly to several scenes not being quite as fleshed out as they might have been.

POPULAR: SUMMER SCHOOL

"BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA"

TEASER

FADE IN:

INT. JOSH AND LILY'S BEDROOM - NIGHT

ANGLE: THE DOORWAY

From somewhere in the darkness beyond, there are the sounds of
stumbling, and a crash.

JOSH (O.S.)
Oww!

A moment later, Josh appears in the doorway, wrapped in a
blanket.

JOSH (CONT'D)
Lily? Honey?

Only silence greets him.

JOSH (CONT'D)
Baby? Can I come in?

No response.

JOSH (CONT'D)
(sighs)
Come on, Lily, it's been a week!
It's cold out there!

Nothing.

JOSH (CONT'D)
Can I at least have a pillow?

A moment later, a pillow comes sailing through the air,
hitting him square in the face.

FLIP CUT TO:

INT. MCQUEEN KITCHEN - NIGHT

Mackenzie is in her bassinet, cooing while Harrison plays with
her, when Jane and Sam come in through the kitchen doors.

HARRISON
Hey, guys.

He notices something—strange—about their body language.

HARRISON (CONT'D)
What?

Mother and daughter trade a glance.

SAM
(grinning)
They're taking Brooke off the
respirator in the morning!

HARRISON
Really? That's great!

JANE
The doctor said she was breathing
well enough on her own that she
doesn't need it anymore.

As Jane walks over to Mackenzie, Harrison is surprised when
Sam takes his hand and fairly pulls him up the stairs.

CUT TO:

INT. BROOKE AND SAM'S BEDROOM - MOMENTS LATER

Sam sits Harrison forcefully down on her bed, and sits across
from him.

SAM
Harrison, I've been thinking.
About us.

HARRISON
(cautiously)
Okay...

SAM
Look, I think the problem is,
we're tiptoeing around, waiting
for the right time for..."it"...to
happen. There's just too much
pressure. So, I have decided to
take the initiative, and solve our
problem.

Harrison shrugs helplessly.

Sam reaches past him, under her bed, and pulls out a magazine,
holding it up for him to see. The magazine has a photo of a
cheesy honeymoon suite on the cover, along with the title "101
L.A. Passion Pits".

Harrison does a double-take.

WHITE OUT.

END OF TEASER