DEGRASSI: AFTERMATH - S03E04 - THAT´S THE WAY LOVE GOES
Disclaimer: I don´t own Degrassi or the characters from it.
1. Int. Frankie´s Fashions. Day.
Frankie and Amy are unpacking boxes together. Frankie gets a beautiful dress out of one of them. They seem to be getting along great. Amy obviously likes the dress.
Amy:
It´s gorgeous. Is that a C&M?
Frankie:
It is and you won´t be able to afford it on the salary, I´m paying you.
Amy:
It´d just be so cool to say that I own a C&M original.
Frankie:
Did you know, they´re both from Toronto? I met Fiona Coyne Moreno lots of times, when I was a kid, before her family went bankrupt. I´ve met her wife Imogen Coyne Moreno too, but that was long before they became famous. Imagine what it´s like to work with a fashion genius like her. Just being in the same room as her must be so inspiring.
Hunter Hollingsworth comes into the store. He´s now 28 and has grown into quite a handsome and certainly well dressed adult, but he still has the same slightly unsettling aura about him.
Hunter:
If you´d told me, I´d actually get to see you work, I would have come up for the opening.
Frankie tries to look happy to see her brother.
Frankie:
Hunter. It´s been a long time.
Hunter:
Too long. Can a brother get a hug?
Frankie:
Of course. It´s good to see you.
Hunter:
You too, Sis. Congratulations on the store.
Frankie:
Thanks, bro.
They hug, but it´s kind of awkward.
Hunter:
Who´s your new employee?
Frankie:
This is Amy. She´s a good friend of Lola and Maya´s and we´ve been getting on pretty well too, I´d say.
Amy:
I´d say so too. It´s nice to meet you, Hunter.
She sticks out her hand for him to shake it, but in stead he kisses it.
Hunter:
I believe beautiful women should be treated like beautiful women. Not with something as crass as a handshake. A kiss on the hand signifies that I admire and respect your beauty.
Amy:
That´s the nicest thing a man´s ever said to me.
Hunter:
That´s because you´ve been hanging around the wrong men.
Amy looks a little smittten.
Frankie:
You didn´t come here to hit on my assistant, did you?
Hunter:
Amy and I are just getting aquainted. I do have a reason for coming here, besides the utter joy of watching you do menial labor.
Frankie:
Ha, ha. Get to the point.
Hunter:
I´m only back in town for a few days, so mom and dad thought, we should have a family dinner tonight. Like we had in the old days. What do you say?
Frankie:
That sounds great. I know, I should visit them more often. Now you´re back, it´s the perfect occasion.
Hunter:
You can come over any time you want. Dinner gets served at eight, but I know they´ll love it, if you came over sooner.
Frankie:
I´ll try.
Hunter:
I´d love to stay and chat, but it´s not a real holiday and time is still money. I´ll se you later, Sis. Amy, enchante.
Amy:
You speak Spanish. I think, it´s the most sensual language.
He smiles at her lack of knowledge and leaves.
Amy:
That´s some brother, you have there.
Frankie doesn´t look too happy.
OPENING CREDITS
2. Int. Frankie´s Fashions. Day
Frankie is a little shook up by Hunter´s visit. Amy is still unboxing.
Amy:
He´s a handsome one, your brother. Do you think, he really thought that I´m beautiful?
Frankie:
Probably. I´m not letting you get involved with my brother, if that´s what you´re fishing for.
Amy:
If he´s only in town for a few days, he probably won´t have time anyway.
Frankie:
Trust me on this one. I love my brother, but he has a history. There´s a reason, why we never talk anymore.
Amy:
Why don´t you visit your parents? I met them at the opening and they seemed nice to me.
Frankie:
My family isn´t like other families. There´s a long and complicated past there. Tonight´s gonna be as fun as getting a root canal.
She goes back to helping Amy, but isn´t as enthusiastic as she was before.
3. Int. Eddy and Manny´s Apartment. Day.
Eddy and Manny are having their morning coffee in the kitchen. He´s not looking too pleased with her.
Manny:
Are you gonna be in this mood all day?
Eddy:
Maybe.
She smiles at him, to try make him smile, but it´s not working.
Manny:
So the great make up sex didn´t do anything for you?
He can´t help but smile a little bit.
Eddy:
That part I had nothing against.
Manny:
Sp, we had our first fight. We lasted eight months until it happened, I think that´s pretty impressive.
Eddy:
Promise me, it´ll be at least that long until the next one.
Manny:
If you don´t give me anything to fight with you about, it won´t happen. You can´t go on eating those pills.
Eddy:
You called my doctor and made agreements with him, behind my back. Can´t you see that you over stepped a line there?
Manny:
Do you think it´s wrong, that I don´t want you to die? You´re about to become a dad and you have me. That should mean more to you than some pills.
Eddy:
Of course, it does.
He finishes his coffee, gets up and kisses her on the forehead.
Eddy:
You can have the shower first, if you want it. I´m getting my morning news fix on.
Manny:
I still mean what I said last night. If I catch you taking them again, it´s over.
Eddy:
Understood.
Manny gets up and goes to the bathroom. Eddy goes to his jacket and pulls a small bag with three pills out of the pocket. He goes to the sink and dumps the pills out of the bag into it. He stares at them for a several seconds until he can hear Manny singing in the shower. He smiles to himself and turns on the water, letting the pills get flushed out.
4. Ext. CTV Parking Lot. Day.
Lola and Maya are coming up to the building.
Lola:
Nervous?
Maya:
Now that we´re almost there. Yes, absolutely! What if I panic in front of the camera?
Lola:
You´ve been on camera lots of times.
Maya:
Not with a actual film crew. Maybe they won´t pay me, if they can´t use it.
Lola:
Okay, stop.
They stop up.
Maya:
We need to get in there, or we´ll be late.
Lola:
First you need to relax. Close your eyes.
Maya closes her eyes.
Maya:
This can´t take too long.
Lola:
It won´t. Okay, imagine some puppies.
Maya:
Okay. I´m imagining puppies.
Lola:
Are they cute and adorable?
Maya:
They´re very cute and adorable.
Lola:
Imagine that they´re running around on a lawn. They´re having fun and playing.
Maya:
It´s very cute.
Lola:
Now imagine that there´s an earthquake! The ground swallows up all the puppies!
Maya opens her eyes again.
Maya:
That´s sick!
Lola:
Do you wanna do well on your interview?
Maya:
Of course, but ...
Lola:
Then close those eyes again.
Maya closes her eyes again.
Lola:
Now imagine a cute litter of kittens ... that are on fire! They´re on fire and they´re inside a burning house and they can´t get out!
Maya:
Are you on some kind of heavy medication today?
Lola:
Now imagine that you´re in a comfortable chair, sitting across from a nice person, who´s asking you questions.
Maya opens her eyes again.
Maya:
I get what you´re saying.
Lola:
Doing that interview doesn´t seem so scary now, does it?
They smile at each other and head inside.
5. Int. Grace Records. Day.
Jonah is passing time by practicing his juggling. He´s juggling with three sticks and he´s very good at it. Frankie comes in and looks surprised, but can´t help smiling.
Frankie:
You keep being full of surprises. When did you learn?
Jonah:
I used to practice it all the time, when I was a kid. It kinda relaxes me. It´s all about keeping your concentration and blocking out everything else.
He catches the sticks. Frankie applauds him. He bows.
Jonah:
So what brings you here, except to see your´s truly?
Frankie:
I need a favor from you.
Jonah:
Let me hear it first.
Frankie:
I´d like to ask you to come to dinner tonight with me, my brother and my parents. I´d also like to ask if you would pretend to be my boyfriend for the night.
Jonah thinks about it for a several seconds. Frankie gets impatient.
Jonah:
Sorry, Frankie. It has to be a no this time.
Frankie:
Please! It would make everything so much easier tonight, if I had you there.
Jonah:
What about afterwards? You have to deal with your family on your own, at least until Miles comes back.
Frankie:
That´s not for several months.
Jonah:
This time, you have plenty of reasons to be proud of yourself. They´ll see it too.
Frankie:
We´re still on for cooking tomorrow, right?
Jonah:
Yep. We´ll be taking a culinary visit to the beautiful Greek isles. Try to have fun tonight.
Frankie:
That´s so easy for a non-Hollingsworth, to say. See ya.
She starts to leave the store and Jonah goes back to his juggling.
6. Ext. CTV Parking Lot. Day.
Maya and Lola come out of the building in high spirits.
Maya:
I can´t believe, how afraid I was of it.
Lola:
Did you get to tell the truth about what happened?
Maya:
We started out by talking about the things in my past. Cam´s death, the bus crash, my addiction and so on.
Lola:
I thought it was about the time in jail and after.
Maya:
They had to put some things from my past in there, to get the full story. We spent most of the time talking about the night it happened, my time in jail, how Lois´ article has hurt me and my family.
Lola:
Did you mention me?
Maya:
Only in the most glowing way. I practically painted you as the one, who´s saved me from myself. Which, honestly, isn´t far from the truth.
Lola:
Do you think I´d have the sweet-ass life I have now, if it wasn´t for you?
Maya:
I´m starting to think that somehow, we were meant to meet that day in the airport.
Lola:
I think so, too. I think it was the universe finally deciding, to do something nice for us.
Maya:
You´re a loveable little weirdo.
Lola:
Takes one, to know one.
They reach their car and get in.
7. Montage - music: "Down in a Hole" by Alice in Chains.
We see Eddy arrive at school and he puts on a brave face to greet Marco and the other teachers. After he´s greeted them, he heads straight to the bathroom. He splashes water in his face and tries to steady himself. He teaches an art class and has to steady himself against the blackboard. We get a POV shot from him and see his vision becomes blurry for a few seconds, before it goes back to normal. We see him visiting the school nurse and he looks down right terrible. We see him about to get in to his car, but Marco stops him from it. He drives Eddy home and looks worried about him. Up in the apartment, he has to help Eddy get to the couch, where he can lie looks like something that´s already half-dead as he tries to sleep. Finally we see that Manny comes home to care for him. She´s worried, but obviously knows that it´s a good thing and that it means he´s not on the pills anymore.
8. Ext. Hollingsworth Mansion. Evening.
Frankie gets out of a taxi, that´s pulled up to the Mansion gates. She hesitantly pushes the intercom button.
We see her walk up to the house with very little enthusiasm. The door opens. Hunter and her parents Miles Senior (54) and Diana (53) stand there, ready to greet her.
Miles Senior:
There´s our little buttercup.
Frankie:
How´s it going, dad?
Miles Senior:
Two out of my three kids are home and we´ve got an awesome menu, waiting to be served. Can´t say that I have anything to complain about.
Diana:
How are you, dear?
Frankie:
Great, actually. With the store opening and everything. It´s been pretty exciting lately.
Diana:
That´s great to hear.
Frankie:
How about you?
Diana:
Things are the same as they always are. You know me. I´m not crazy about change.
Hunter:
But our very own little Frankenstein is. I, for one, am just dying to hear about it.
Frankie manages a small smile for them.
9. Int. Living Room. Evening.
Everyone has a glass of wine and there in a tray of kanapees on the table. Frankie bites in to one and you can see on her face, how much she enjoys it.
Frankie:
These are amazing.
Miles Senior:
Better than your usual diet, I assume?
Diana:
I think it´s wonderful, how you´ve started cooking for yourself. I never learned to.
Hunter:
So what´s on the menu at "Casa de Frankie"? Mac and Chesse? Maybe some of those pre-made dishes, I hear they have at supermarkets.
Frankie:
I´m getting better with every week. It´s all thanks to Jonah. He´s been a fantastic teacher. I´m eating healthier too, with the great vegan dishes, he´s teaching me to make.
Hunter:
Jonah? It´s not the same weird loser, you dated in High School, is it?
Frankie:
That "Weird Loser" owns a successful store and happens to be a great guy. We´ve become friends again, since I moved back.
Miles Senior:
As long as that´s all you are.
Frankie:
What´s that supposed to mean?
Diana:
Don´t get worked up, honey.
Frankie:
I´m not.
Diana:
All your father meant is that you´ve out grown your rebellious fase. Now you´re a woman and you know that it´s not enough for a guy to be attractive anymore. Not if you´re going to get serious with him. You´re a Hollingsworth. You can´t just marry anyone.
Frankie:
I never knew, my family name dictated, who I can date.
Miles Senior:
Jeff´s family had a bit of a sordid history, but at least they have money. If you can´t find one from a suitable family right now, it´s better to wait, like Hunter has. You´re recently divorced and you want to play the field a little. Do it! Have some fun with your new friends! It´s not unusual behavior for someone in your situation. At some point you´ll get over it and things will be back to normal again.
Hunter:
With Miles being the way he is, it´s up to us to carry on the family name, sis.
Frankie is trying her best not to get mad. She takes a sip of wine in stead to calm herself.
10. Int. Maya and Lola´s Apartment. Evening.
Maya is looking in the mirror and putting the final touches on her hair, She´s dressed up quite sexily in a pair of tight, leather pants and a net shirt that shows off her bra underneath. The doorbell rings and she looks herself in the eyes.
Maya:
No hallucinations. That´s all behind you.
Satisfied with the pep talk, she´s given herself, she goes to answer the door. It´s Jay.
Jay:
Hey. What´s the ...
He looks her over and his jaw nearly drops.
Jay:
... Emergency?
She kisses him and pulls him into the apartment. He shuts the door behind him with his foot.
Maya:
The emergency is, that your girlfriend is so horny, she could explode.
Jay:
We can´t have that. I guess this means, the interview went well.
Maya:
It did, but I´ll tell you about it later. Right now, we´ve got something much more exciting to attend to.
They kiss again.
11. Int. Eddy and Manny´s Apartment. Evening.
We focus on the TV. We see Manny from 17 years earlier, when she had just moved to LA. She´s riding a horse and is chasing after a car. The picture quality isn´t the best and neither is the sound. It´s a pretty cool action scene, where her stunt double jumps from the horse to the roof of the car and climbs into the front seat through the window. Manny gets to look pretty badass here as she knocks out the bad guy and saves a girl, who´s being held captive in the back seat. We cut away from the TV, to see Manny eating popcorn and enjoying what she´s seeing, while Eddy is still sleeping. Cutting back to the TV, we see Manny pulling the car over to the side of the road. The bad guy sitting next to her begins to wake up, so she slams his head against the dashboard.
Girl (voice over):
You´re so badass!
Manny (voice over):
That´s why they call me ...
We cut to Manny in the present mouthing along to the words.
Manny (voice over):
... Miss Badass!
Eddy begins to come to and she puts it on pause. He groans as he tries to sit up.
Manny:
Hold tight, honey.
She helps him to sit up and sits down next to him.
Manny:
How are you feeling?
Eddy:
Not good. But I´m better than before my nap.
Manny:
It was a little longer than the average nap. You´ve slept for over ten hours.
Eddy drowsily looks over at the TV.
Eddy:
Thought you´d watch "Miss Badass" for the six hundreth time, did you?
Manny:
Is it bad with the withdrawals?
Eddy:
I still feel like dirt. I´m afraid we´re about to have another first, we could have done without.
Manny:
What´s that?
Eddy:
You´ll need to help me use the bathroom. I´m not sure I can stand up on my own.
Manny:
I´m in this for better or for worse. Let´s go, big boy.
She helps him get up. He´s still pretty shaky on his legs.
Manny:
Is it number one or number two?
Eddy:
Just number one.
Manny:
Thank god!
They slowly make their way to the bathroom.
12. Int. Dining Room. Evening.
Dinner is being served at the Hollingsworth Estate. Pierre (the chef) has just served them the Main Course.
Diana:
It smells and looks amazing, Pierrre.
Miles Senior:
Good job.
Pierre:
Thank you, sir.
Miles Senior takes in the smell with a smile. Hunter looks less impressed.
Hunter:
The meat looks a little dry to me, but you can´t expect perfection every time.
Pierre:
I assure you that it´s not dry, sir.
Hunter:
Don´t argue with your betters. It a very unbecoming trait for a servant.
Pierre is not happy, but holds his tongue. Frankie clearly sympathises with him.
Pierre:
Yes, sir. It won´t happen again.
Frankie:
I can´t wait so sink my teeth in to it. It smells great.
Pierre clearly appreciates the comment.
Pierre:
Thank you, miss.
He heads back to the kitchen. Hunter quietly laughs to himself.
Frankie:
What´s funny?
Hunter:
You and this new nice personality, you´re putting on.
Diana:
Hunter, please!
Frankie:
What makes you think it´s a put on?
Hunter:
The last time we talked, you would have bossed him around and not given a damn ,how he feels. No one changes that fast, especially not you.
Frankie:
Maybe I don´t wanna spend my life as a friendless, miserable bitch! Have you ever thought about that?
The mood just went south at the table. Miles Senior looks at Frankie.
Miles Senior:
Did you really feel like that´s what you were?
Frankie:
That´s exactly what I was! I know you liked Jeff. But he turned me into someone I barely recognized anymore.
Diana:
Then divorcing him was the right move.
Miles Senior:
We want you to be happy. So, Jeff wasn´t the one. That´s what happens. You´re not the first one to get married at a young age and regret it later.
Frankie:
I feel like now, I´m finally getting back to who I was, before it all happened.
Hunter:
All you had to do was slum it with the poor saps. I prefer better company.
Frankie:
And what´s "Better Company" to you?
Hunter:
People on my own level. I´m better than most people and the poor can´t stand it. They get jealous and take out their frustrations on me, just like they did in High School.
Miles Senior:
Hunter, that was ages ago.
Diana:
There´s no need to bring all that up again.
Hunter:
That´s where the biggest difference between us comes from. They loved you and hated me. It didn´t matter to them, that I never did what that slut said I did! But you believing her over me, that was the one that really stung.
Frankie:
I stuck by you, when it mattered! Did you forget how they turned on me, too? Lola was the only friend I had left in the world.
Hunter:
Oh, yes. Frankie´s lesbian phase. What a joke that was!
Miles Senior:
Would you both please stop it!
Frankie:
Both of us? He´s the one attacking me.
Frankie´s getting worked up now. Hunter is completely calm.
Hunter:
I´m just telling the truth. Your little girl on girl thing was a phase, just like this is. Let´s be real, sis. Once a guy with a big, fat wallet wifts it under your nose, you´ll be out of Toronto and back to the high life in a heartbeat. It´s who you are.
Frankie:
Shows how little you know me. I´m happier now, than I´ve ever been and it´s thanks to my friends. They´ve helped me to built a different kind of belief in myself, than I´ve ever had before. Honestly, I have no idea why I´m still here, when I could be hanging out with them.
Hunter:
Then go back to your false modesty and loser friends. It won´t be long until you realize, that being a Hollingsworth and being rich is pretty damn sweet! Without your alemony and all that nice divorce money, we all know you wouldn´t stand a chance on your own out there.
Frankie stands up.
Diana:
Francesca, please stay.
Miles Senior:
Please. For your mother´s sake.
Frankie:
I knew this was a mistake. Dad, mom. We´ll have dinner soon, just the three of us. I promise. Hunter, you can go back to those people on your own level and stay with them!
She storms out. Hunter seems slightly amused, that he got such a rise out of her.
Hunter:
Women are so moody. Let´s eat!
He starts eating with great joy. His parents worriedly eye each other. before they join him.
13. Ext. Hollingsworth Mansion. Evening.
Frankie is waiting by the curb. She calls someone on her phone.
Jonah (voice over):
Hi, Frankes. How the dinner going?
Frankie:
It´s not. I got in to an argument with my brother and left.
Jonah (voice over):
What about?
Frankie:
Lots of stuff, both old and new. Can I come over?
Jonah (voice over):
Sure thing. I´m in the mood to celebrate. I just got the best news ever!
Frankie:
The best news ever? Better than when Rage Against the Machine reformed?
Jonah (voice over):
This is great on a different scale than anything, that can happen in music!
Frankie:
Coming from you, that must mean it´s pretty huge.
Jonah (voice over):
Paige is coming to Toronto in three weeks
Frankie:
Is she taking holiday up here or something?
Jonah (voice over):
You haven´t heard the best part yet. That Eli dude chose her to be his AD and she accepted, so we can be together. She´ll be up here for at least 6 months! When she told me, I almost thought I was dreaming!
Frankie looks like her dog just got run over.
CLOSING CREDITS
