DEGRASSI: AFTERMATH - S02E10 - EVERYTHING IN IT´S RIGHT PLACE
Disclaimer: I don´t own Degrassi or any of the characters from it.
1. Int. Prison Waiting Room. Evening.
We´re back at the exact same moment we left off.
Maya:
YES! YES! YES! FRIGGIN´ YES!
Georgia:
You´ll be entitled to a compensation, but we can discuss all that at another time.
Maya:
Could you call my sister and my mom?
Georgia:
I called her while I was waiting. Your sister said she´ll make sure everyone knows and that she can´t wait to see you.
Maya:
It´s almost weird that it´s over.
Georgia:
I have to get back to the city. I´ll be in contact with you in a few days. You´ll probably want to celebrate it in fashion.
She stands up and shakes Maya´s hand.
Maya:
I don´t know how to thank you.
Georgia:
We had luck on our side this time.
She knocks on the door and the guard lets her out. Maya smiles to herself as the guard leads her away.
OPENING CREDITS
CLOSE UP ON TV SCREEN.
We see a 14 year old Zoe with a handsome young boy. In a heavily staged scene. she dances with him at a school dance. She actually does some fancy dance moves.
2. Int. Maya and Lola´s Apartment. Evening.
We pan out and see, that Lola, Frankie and Zoe are watching West Drive reruns.
Zoe:
They made us work for five hours with a choreographer. All for a dance sequence, that got cut to 20 seconds.
Frankie:
It looks like it paid off, cuz you´ve got some pretty sweet moves there. Did you make out with him on the show?
Zoe:
He was my first and only on screen boyfriend. Until he was murdered when my evil stepmother pushed him down an empty elevator shaft. It was all to hide a scheme to replace him with his evil identical twin, who was also her long lost nephew after she´d been switched at birth. Then they began using me to get after our family fortune.
Frankie:
To think this series never won an award.
Lola´s phone rings, she gets up and goes out to the hallway to talk.
Lola:
Just a moment, Katie.
She begins to talk as she´s walking.
Lola:
I can hear you better now. What about Maya?
She runs back into the living room.
Lola:
MAYA IS GETTING RELEASED TOMORROW!
Zoe:
Are you serious?
Lola nods and the girls begin to celebrate.
3. Int. Jail Cell. Evening.
Maya gets back to the cell and the guard locks the cell behind her. She nonchalantly lies down on her cot. Alex is busting with excitement.
Alex:
So? What did she say?
Maya smiles widely.
Maya:
They´re dropping all the charges. I´m getting out tomorrow.
Alex:
Are you serious?
Maya:
At 10 o´clock, I´m walking out that door and never looking back.
Alex:
I´m gonna miss having you around, but I couldn´t be happier for you..
Maya:
When you get out, promise me you´ll look me up. We can be friends in the real world, too. I know people that can help you, if you let them.
Alex:
The last times I´ve been out in the real world, things turned bad quickly.
Maya:
This time find me before they do.
Alex:
We still have one more thing we need to do, before you ride off into the sunset.
Maya:
Amy?
Alex:
If we take her to Ellen and explain the situation, she´ll transfer her to my cell right away. Ellen´s cool that way. Then Amy can be my constant shadow for the next four months, until she gets out.
Maya:
That´s a great idea. Have you ever thought of becoming a bodyguard?
Alex:
I´ve never thought about it. It´s not a bad idea.
Maya:
I wonder what Jay is doing right now. If he´s got the news or not.
Alex lies back down on her cot and thinks about her new potential career. Maya closes her eyes, but is still way too excited to sleep.
4. Int. Living Room. Evening.
Jay is seated on the couch between Chrissy and Jamie. They´re watching a movie. When Jay leans forward to grab some chips , they hold hands for a moment behind his back. He leans back again and they almost don´t let go in time, so he nearly leans back on their hands.
Chrissy:
Uncle Jay, it´s been fun having you over to babysit with us. But you really don´t have to stay. My dad´s coming home in twenty minutes.
Jay:
I know all about what a teenage boy and a teenage girl can get up to on their own, if they twenty minutes alone on the couch.
Chrissy:
Jay, I´m only 13.
Jay:
That means you´re a teenager. (turns to Jamie) Kid. How old are you?
Jamie:
13, sir.
He turns to Chrissy.
Jay:
I love it when he does that. Makes me feel all adult.
Chrissy:
You´re over 40. Isn´t it about time you start feeling like one all the time?
Jay:
You´d think so, wouldn´t you? But seriously. I knew a lot of girls, who started when they were your age, they regretted it and it´s not happening on my watch. You´re too good for that.
His phone rings.
Jay:
Katie? Oh, Maya´s sister. She´s being released? Yeah, I´ll see you tomorrow.
He puts down his phone, gets up and does a victory dance.
Jay (singing):
Maya´s getting out. My girlfriend´s getting out.
Chrissy lights up too.
Chrissy:
Are you serious?
Jay:
10 o´clock tomorrow!
He continues his victory dance.
5. Int. Call Centre. Evening.
Manny has stepped out for a moment and picks up her phone.
Manny:
Hi, Eddy. What´s up?
Eddy (voice over):
I just thought you should know that they´re dropping all the charges against Maya. She´s being released tomorrow.
Manny:
Are you serious? That´s great news.
Eddy (voice over):
We´re throwing her big welcome home party tomorrow night. Maybe you could ask Bianca, if she can find someone else to take over your shift.
Manny:
I´ll ask her. I know this means a lot to you. I wish I was there to celebrate it with you. Are you by yourself tonight?
Eddy (voice over):
I wish you were here too. I´m with Kayla.
Manny is obviously not happy about hearing that name.
Manny:
Kayla. With the band, your music class and everything else, you two have been seeing a whole lot of each other lately. Now you´re hanging out alone in our appartment.
Eddy:
You´re not jealous, are you? Do you think I´d wait 8 years to get together with you and then cheat on you?
Manny:
No, I guess not. What are you doing?
Eddy (voice over):
I´m helping her with a college report on Van Gogh she´s got due and she´s way behind on. She says it´s because she can´t keep up with all the homework, but I know the real reason. I told her she shouldn´t party so much, but she won´t listen.
Manny can faintly hear Kayla laughing in the background and looks more than a bit upset. Carlos comes rushing out to her.
Carlos:
Bianca needs you, now.
Manny:
Look, I gotta go. I´ll try to get tomorrow off.
Eddy (voice over):
Allright, have a good shift or what´s left of it.
Manny:
Love you.
Eddy (voice over):
I love you too, Manny.
She hangs up. Carlos can read her like a book.
Carlos:
For what it´s worth, he doesn´t seem like the cheating type.
Manny:
Thanks, Carlos. We better get back to Bianca.
Before they can go anywhere, Bianca comes towards them. She hands Manny her coat.
Bianca:
You and I are leaving right away.
Carlos:
What´s happened?
Bianca:
I talked to the police. Ed´s locked himself in their hotel room and he´s threatening to kill himself. He´s got a gun.
Manny puts on her coat, while they hurry out.
6. Int. Car. Evening.
Manny and Bianca are heading to the hotel.
Bianca:
I understand if you´re scared. I´m not too happy about the situation either, but we have to try to talk him out of it.
Manny:
Just terrified. I think Deb was the caller, who hanged up. The only who thought their dad would kill their mom.
Bianca:
We have no proof of that.
Manny:
But what if it was her and he did kill her? What if we´re stepping into a hotel room with a suicidal murderer?
Bianca:
I´ve known the family for a long time. Ed isn´t an angel in any way, but I don´t think he has it in him to kill someone. The kids have just lost their mom. The least we can do is try to save the one parent they have left.
Manny:
I hope you´re right.
Bianca:
If things go bad, we´ll have the police to back us up.
7. Int. Eddy´s Apartment. Evening.
Kayla and Eddy have finished her report. She closes her laptop.
Kayla:
You totally saved my life tonight.
Eddy:
You knew most of it. Most of what I did was help you put it together.
Kayla:
Do you ever stop that?
Eddy:
What?
Kayla:
Being the "encouraging teacher".
Eddy:
It´s a job hazard.
Kayla:
Are you ready for your massage?
Eddy:
I´ve got enough sore muscles, that´s for sure.
Kayla:
Then let´s do something about them. Get your shirt off and I´ll get the massage oil.
Eddy:
Nice.
She gets up from the couch. He takes his shirt off and she stops for a second to check him out, mouthing "Ooh" to herself.
8. Int. Hotel Lobby. Evening.
Manny and Bianca arrive and are immediately met by officer John Riggs, a large man in his forties.
Riggs:
Good thing you´re here, DeSousa. He won´t talk to us. You´ve got a long history with him, you´ll probably have much better luck than we did.
Bianca:
Where are the kids?
Riggs:
They´re in another room. We´ve brought in a child psychologist to talk to them. Does she know him too?
Bianca:
Manuella Santos, meet John Riggs.
Manny:
Hi.
He gives her a slight nod.
Bianca:
She was with me on the last house call and knows almost as much about them as I do.
Riggs:
Okay, then. Danny!
Danny, a young officer, comes over.
Danny:
Yes?
Riggs:
Get them some vests. We´re sending them in.
9. Int. Hotel Hallway. Evening.
Riggs brings Manny and Bianca up to the door. Bianca knocks.
Bianca:
Ed, It´s me. Bianca. I´m here with Manuella. Can we talk to you?
Ed (voice over):
Get the cops away from the door. If I see a cop, when I open the door, I start shooting.
Manny looks very worried now.
Bianca:
Riggs, can you move your people down the hallway?
Riggs:
Let´s move.
The officers move further down the hall.
Bianca:
The police have moved down the hall, Ed. Can we talk?
Both Bianca and Manny can barely breathe, when the door is opened. Ed looks a mess and is holding a 12 millimeter pistol.
Ed:
Get in.
The step into the hotel room.
10. Int. Hotel Room. Evening.
Ed locks the door behind them.
Ed:
I´m not gonna shoot you, if that´s what you´re afraid of. I´m not perfect, but I´ve never shot anyone and I don´t plan on starting now.
Bianca:
Let´s sit down and talk this out. You don´t want to do this. What about your children? Don´t you think they´ll want their dad in their lives?
Ed:
I don´t know why they´d want to. I´m a cancer. A cancer that rots away at everything good.
Bianca:
I don´t believe that. I also don´t believe that you want to take your own life.
Ed:
I don´t know how many times today, I´ve put the gun to my head and tried to pull the trigger. I drove her to it. All of it. She was so innocent before she met me. Until I broke her. I beat her up many times, back when we both drank too much.
Bianca:
It was still her choice to commit suicide.
Ed:
We had a big fight. I didn´t hit her, but I was mean to her. Said some nasty things. Then she slit her wrists. God, when I found her, I knew right away, it was my fault. I finally drove her over the edge.
He´s clearly fighting the urge to cry.
Bianca:
Ed, you need help to deal with this. Give me the gun, please. We´ll walk out and you can be reuinted with Sebastian and Deborah. I´m sure they miss their dad.
Ed:
No, I can´t. I ... I need to think.
Bianca:
We can wait.
Bianca and Manny sit down. Ed leans against the wall and ponders over what to do. We see on the clock on the wall that the time is 10:36.
11. Int. Eddy´Apartment. Evening.
Eddy is being massaged by Kayla. He´s lying on his stomach and she´s working on his lower back.
Eddy:
Ahh.
Kayla:
We´re stopping now. My hands are tired.
She gets off him and he sits up.
Eddy:
You´ve made me feel like a new man.
Kayla:
You helped me, so I helped you.
Eddy:
That´s what friends do.
They smile at each other. Kayla takes his hand.
Kayla:
I think that right now, you´re my best friend. Look, Eddy, there´s something I have to tell you. This isn´t easy, but I want you to know ...
Eddy´s phone rings. Kayla tries to hide her disappointment.
Eddy:
Hold that thought.
He lets go of her hand, picks up the phone and looks at it.
Eddy:
It´s Marco.
He accepts the call and puts the phone to this ear.
Eddy:
Marco man, what´s up? What about Manny? You´re not making any sense. A hostage sistuation?
He looks worried.
Eddy:
I thought she was manning phones. What´s the address?
He gets a pad and a pen and writes something down.
Eddy:
I´ll see you there.
He puts the phone down.
Kayla:
Sounds serious.
Eddy:
Marco says Manny and Bianca are being held hostage by a guy with a gun.
Kayla:
Oh, my god!
Eddy:
I have to get down there.
Kayla:
Of course.
Eddy:
You were saying something.
Kayla:
It can wait for another time. This is more important. She´s the love of your life, right?
Eddy:
What if she gets shot? I don´t know what I´d do without her.
Kayla seems resigned to the fact that he loves Manny and there´s little she can do about it.
Kayla:
Can you drop me off at the bus station?
Eddy:
Yeah, sure. Let´s get going.
They begin to gather their stuff.
12. Int. Hotel Room. Evening.
The clock on the wall now reads 11:48. The situation is tense.
Bianca:
Ed, you haven´t said anything in a while. How are you doing?
Ed:
A mess. I´m trying to think if I ever did one good thing in my life.
Manny:
What about your kids?
Ed:
Do you have children?
Manny:
No, but me and my boyfriend are planning to.
Ed:
I was a failure as a father. Seb is 14 and out of those I spent 8 being locked up. When I was out, all I did was mess things up for them. Drinking, drugs, smuggling. Even a few hookers here and there. If they become messed up adults, you´ll know who to blame.
Manny:
I had problems with my dad. He was really strict, so I rebelled all I could. Until one day, where it got so bad, he kicked me out.
Ed:
How old were you?
Manny:
16.
Ed:
You must hate him after he did that to you. My old man wasn´t anything to write home about, but he wouldn´t have kicked me out on the street like that.
Manny:
I never did for a second. Now our relationship couldn´t be better.
Ed:
You´re saying, they´ll forgive me?
Manny:
If you end your life now, you´ll never find out.
Bianca:
It takes work. You´ll have to start by regaining their trust and work from there. They love you, I have no doubt about that. You want to change, we can see that.
He begins crying. Bianca slowly walks over and takes the gun from his hand without any resistance fro him.
13. Int. Hotel Lobby. Evening.
Eddy is waiting with Sean, Jay and Emma.
Eddy:
I´m asking again.
Jay:
What´s the point?
Emma:
Let Marco handle it. Speaking of ...
Marco comes rushing over to them.
Marco:
It´s over. They´ll be coming down soon.
Eddy:
What about Manny, did she get hurt?
Marco:
No one did. They talked him out of it.
There is a collective sigh of relief.
Jay:
This has been one crazy night, huh?
Manny and Bianca come down flanked by police officers. Manny and Eddy run into each other´s arms and kiss.
Eddy:
Don´t ever do that again!
Bianca:
You should be proud of your girl here. She helped save a life tonight.
Manny:
Is it okay, if I take a day off tomorrow?
Bianca:
I think you deserve it. If you want, we´ll shift you to weekdays on the phones.
Manny:
I think my significant other here would like that.
Eddy:
A lot.
Bianca:
Then it´s done. I´m going to the station to make my statement. If I talk to Riggs, he´ll let you wait until tomorrow to make yours.
Eddy:
What do you say? Are you ready to go home?
Manny:
After a night as cuckoo bananas as this, I say lead the way!
They kiss again and we fade out.
14. Int. Jail Cell. Day.
We open with a shot from Maya´s point of view as she opens her eyes. She sees that Alex is already up.
Alex:
Ready to blow this joint?
We cut to Maya smiling.
Maya:
Hell, yeah!
15. Montage - music: "Bittersweet Symphony" by The Verve. Maya and Alex stand attention as the guard walks by and immediately head towards Amy´s cell, when they get the chance. They get there and Amy is being threatened by Val and Roxy. They decide that they don´t want any more beatings from Alex and leave. We see them in Ellen´s office and Amy looks relieved. They stop by Amy´s cell to get her things. Back at the cell, she hugs Amy and Alex goodbye, knowing that she´s left both of them in good hands. We see her right after she´s changed back into her normal clothes and how great it feels for her. She happily hands over her prison garb on the way out. She is led by a guard out to gate and takes a deep breath as it is opened. She takes a few steps out into her new found freedom and smiles widely when she sees her mom, her sister, Jay and her friends there.
CLOSING CREDITS (keep reading)
POST CLOSING CREDITS EPILOGUE:
16. Int. Lawyer´s Office. Day.
Emma and Spinner are with their lawyers, Crane and Fish. Fish writes something down.
Crane:
That was the last item on the list.
Spinner:
It´s over?
Fish:
Once we get the paperwork settled, you can call yourselves divorced.
Emma and Spinner smile at each other.
17. Int. Hallway. Day.
Spinner is waiting for the elevator. Emma comes over to him.
Emma:
Is it okay. if I ride down with you?
Spinner:
Look Em, I´m sorry I said those things.
The elevator comes and they both get in. She presses a button.
Emma:
Me too. You didn´t sleep with any waitresses, did you?
Spinner:
I never did.
Emma:
Then why was Eddy the only guy you ever hired? Why were all the waitresses young and pretty?
Spinner:
If you were a guy, would you prefer looking at another guy or a pretty girl?
Emma:
And what about your female customers?
Spinner:
In my experience, they don´t care as much as the guys do. But I never hired anyone for their looks. When you spend a lot of time working with someone, you have to get along and if the customers don´t get the service they expect, they won´t care how hot the waitress was.
Emma:
What about your new "Business Partner". Are you two dating?
Spinner:
She says she´s not looking for´a relationship. Me having 3 kids might have something to do with it, but It´s probably for the best. I can just imagine how that first dinner with her, me & Chrissy would go.
Emma:
You´ll find the right one. Make sure she´s right for the kids, too. I think you should give Paige a call.
Spinner:
You´re thinking it´s time for a blast from the past?
Emma:
Chrissy loves her, she has no kids of her own and she´d make a great mom. You´ve always had great chemistry with her. If I were you , I´d at least try going on a date and see where it leads.
Spinner:
She lives in LA.
Emma:
So did Manny until she moved back for Eddy.
The elevator door opens and they step out. They begin walking towards the entrance.
Spinner:
Zoe told me that she´s seeing Lola´s boss.
Emma:
So what you´re saying is that she´s willing to have a long distance relationship?
Spinner:
I appreciate the interest in my love life.
Emma:
You´re a good guy. You´ll find your ms. Right.
Spinner:
You and Sean should come to Maya´s "Welcome Home" party tonight. We´re having it at "Above The Dot".
Emma:
We´re not gonna show up and then you punch him in the face?
Spinner:
I´ll never be happy about how things went down, but you had your reasons and it´s time we all try to be a family. That´s what´s best for our kids and they´re more important than any grudge. If you show up, I´ll shake his hand and we´ll move on.
Emma:
Thank god, Chrissy got us talking again, huh?
Spinner:
Yeah. She can be stubborn and after what happened with ...
Emma:
I remember it vividly.
Spinner:
After that, it was kinda hard to say no to her.
They reach the entrance.
Emma:
I still have a workday ahead of me.
Spinner:
I need to get to The Dot. See you tonight.
They shake hands.
Emma:
Thanks for a good marriage, Spin.
Spinner:
You too, Em.
She watches him leave, smiles to herself and heads back inside.
Author´s note: We´ve made it to the end of season 2. The next chapter is the explanations.
