Orphans Beloved: "Plot Twist…"
Summary: Like my Immortal Beloved and Sheldon Swifties bits in my Buffyverse and Sheldonverse, these are fragments and short bits, some longer…Just to fiddle with ideas, possibly forming longer tales later.
Disclaimer: No copy write infringement intended…
Note-a bit different set up here.
Production offices of a certain BBC America series…
Two young gentlemen seated, startled by sudden entrance of their star…Frowning at the two while in her day's costume, that of suburban housewife…Glance to group of actors at table.
"A reading without me? Guys?"
"Not really…A reading, per se…Tat." One, Graham by name, notes.
"Not really…" his partner, John by name, nods.
Frown, arms folded. "All right…Fellas…What's this about the series continuing after the five year end? I mean I'm a team player but…I gotta contract and a career to consider…"
"You are you are, Tat. And we would never…" Graham.
"Never…" John. "Curtail your career…"
"Your outstanding, phenomenal career…"
"To continue the show…"
"Oh…" eyes the two, nodding. "So…?"
"But…We can see additional stories to be told…."
"Gotta tell em, that's what we do, Tat…"
"Wait." Grim look…Peer over at reading table where Kathie sits looking a bit nervous… "You're continuing OB without me…Me?"
"Well…" "You see…"
"Look, if there's loose ends to tie, I could consider another season or two…" Or three, if Tom and I do get that vacation house… "I can't see it as OB without me playing the girls. No matter whom you might possibly be thinking of to replace me." Narrow-eyed stare to Kathie.
"That's great…Isn't she great, John?"
"I've always said…" Nod…"But…" "But…" Graham echoes.
"But…?" grim stare.
"We wanna take the show ina whole new direction…" "Whole new, really new…" nod.
"You mean Ari. You're going with male-dominated OB?" slight annoyance. "A show founded on tellin' us how capable women can be and you wanna turn it into another male action sci-fi flap?"
"See how she's always on character, slipping into Sarah there, John?" "Always…Sign of a consummate actress…" nod.
"I'm 'slippin' into Helena in another minute, before she found peace and love." Grim look. "Sos, what is this 'new directions', peoples?" Helena accent.
"Well, see we wanna see the long-term implications of the project…" "Long-term, down the road…" nod. "Say, thirty years in the future…"
"Thirty years?" blinking…Pondering, finally shrug… "Well, I can do sixty-year old Sarah…Alison's no problem. Helena might have to tone down things…"
"Oh…That's great. It would've been great." "Would've been…Would have been…"
"Would have been?"
"We got someone, Tat. Someone fantastic…" "Fantastic, really fantastic…"
"What? Who? Bloody Meryl wants me action? I'll show bleedin' Sophie whose Choice the fans make…"
"Actually, dear…" chair turns round. "It's me." Beam. "So good to see you again, Tatiana. Is good, sestra." Grin.
"Helen?" blinking.
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