DEGRASSI: AFTERMATH - S08E09 - HERE I GO AGAIN PART 2
Disclaimer: I don´t own Degrassi or the characters from it.
1. Ext. Street. Evening.
Frankie gets out of her car and runs up to the house.
2. Int. Miles and Amy´s House. Evening.
Miles and Amy are making out on the couch.
Amy:
Finally, we have the house to ourselves!
Miles:
Let´s not waste time talking. I want you so bad right now!
They go back to making out, when the doorbell rings. Amy looks annoyed.
Amy:
I´ll tell them to leave, so I can get laid!
Miles:
I wouldn´t be so blunt about it. This is a nice neighborhood and people talk.
Amy:
It would have worked, when I was in prison.
Miles:
Let´s leave that kind of attitude, for when were alone together, shall we?
They kiss again and once again, the doorbell sounds.
Amy:
COMING! GIMME A SEC!
Frankie (voice over):
It´s me, Frankie! It´s an emergency!
They both get up and walk to the door. They open it and Frankie comes in.
Miles:
What´s the emergency?
Amy:
Is someone we know, hurt?
Frankie:
No, but my heart could be. Is Winston here?
Miles:
He left a few hours ago. He got a text from the airline, that he could fly cheaper, if he took an earlier flight.
Frankie:
So, that´s why I can´t reach him. He´s already in the air. Dammit! I needed to talk to him.
Amy:
Why can´t it wait?
Frankie:
Because ... because I have to tell him, that I love him and I have to say it in person.
Amy and Miles look confused.
Miles:
Winston, as in Winston Chu?
Frankie:
I know, it´s a lot to take in, but I´ve fallen in love with him all over again.
Amy:
Honey, are you sure you´re alright? You didn´t fall and hit your head or something?
Frankie:
No, if anything I see things clearer, than I ever have! This just means, that I´m flying to Vancouver!
She looks determined.
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2. Int. Basement. Evening.
Sally is getting ready to go out, when Manny and Paige come down to her. Manny has a large and thick binder with her.
Sally:
Hi, Manny. Are you coming tonight?
Manny:
Sure am. I could use a break from parenting, just for an evening.
Paige:
At least, you get a break! It´s non-stop around here.
Manny makes eye contact with Sally.
Manny:
For years, I had to listen to her complain, how she would never find the right guy. Now she has three kids plus you, the best guy, she could have asked for and guess what? She still isn´t satisfied!
Paige:
I didn´t say that! It´ll just be nice to get a break from it.
Sally:
What brings you to this humble space, I call home?
Manny:
Back in my acting days, I printed out all the reviews, my movies got.
Sally:
Even the bad ones?
Manny:
Sweetie, if I had only printed out the good ones, this would have been ten pages long! Do you want to take a look at it, before we leave?
Paige:
I thought it might cheer you up to know, that you´re not alone.
Manny:
Internet reviewers especially, can´t be trusted. Which bit of click bait, do you think will get the most hits? "The show was okay" or "The show was a disaster"?
Sally:
Probably the last one.
Paige:
You can´t even trust the positive ones, because the big studios will sometimes force them to write a positive review, or they risk losing their press clearance. It´s far from unheard of.
Sally:
I had no idea, the system was so rotten.
Manny:
Sometimes they´re right though and objectively in my case, I´d say, they were.
Sally:
Let me see those reviews then.
Paige:
I´ll leave you to it.
Paige leaves them and Manny sits down next to Sally. She opens the book and Sally already giggles.
Manny:
We start off hard with my very first review, with the amazing title "Is Mewesical the worst musical ever made? I believe it is".
Sally:
Weren´t you upset?
Manny:
A bit, but Paige and Jay helped me shake it off. It prepared me for what was to come with the "SharGator" movies. My personal favorite, was a one line review of part 2.
Sally:
I have to hear it.
Manny:
"They should have called it ShitGator!"
Sally laughs so hard, that she has to hold her stomach.
3. Montage - Music: "Call Me" by Blondie
We see Allison and Chrissy, still locked in the equipment room and trying desperately to bang on the door.
A shot of the other side of the door shows, that´s there´s no one around anywhere close to it.
We see Frankie racing through the airport, trying to call Winston, but there´s no luck.
We see Winston sitting in a plane and playing a game on his phone. A stewardess addresses him and the person sitting next to him and they look annoyed. The fight is clearly delayed.
We see Chrissy and Allison taking turns calling Jamie, but it´s frustration every time.
We see Jamie waiting to take his turn in the competition and looking around, wondering where they are.
We see Frankie running to catch her flight and just making it in as the last passenger to board.
4. Int. Restaurant. Evening.
Manny, Paige and Sally are waiting in line for the Maitre D, when two drunk women in their 20´s get in line behind them.
Girl #1:
Get out of our way! We have hungry people back here!
Paige looks annoyed with them and turns around.
Paige:
You yelling, won´t get you anywhere.
Girl #2:
Lay off her, you dried up, old bag!
Paige:
What did you call me?
Sally grabs her arm and tries to calm her down.
Sally:
They´re not worth your trouble.
Girl #1:
Oh, my God. It´s Ella from Degrassi!
Girl #2:
Show us some of that terrible acting, we can´t get enough of!
Girl #1:
You are so bad, that watching you try to act, makes me feel better about myself!
Manny:
Just lay off her. She doesn´t need it from a pair of drunk bitches, who have never done anything in their own lives!
Girl #1:
I know your face too!
Girl #2:
She was in those awful "SharGator" movies!
Girl #1:
Wow! A has-been to be and a true one!
Girl #2:
Calling her a has-been implies, that she was a someone.
Girl #1:
You´re right, I mean, can you really call it a career, when a couple of straight to DVD, dumb ass moster movies was the highlight?
Paige looks ready to explode.
Paige:
Do you want to take this outside?
Girl #2:
Careful, Old lady, or you´ll break a hip!
Manny:
We´re too old to fight, anyway.
Girl #1:
Listen to your friend, Grandma!
Paige has a stare down with the girl, but gets dragged away by Manny, because it´s their turn.
5. Int. Equipment Room. Evening.
The strain is starting to get to both of them. Allison kicks a gym mat in frustration.
Chrissy:
It´s not the mat´s fault, that you got us locked in here.
Allison:
I didn´t close the door!
Chrissy:
Was it my idea to go in here in the first place? I wanted to back track, but you had to see, if you could find a short cut.
Allison:
So, I could register in time and I wouldn´t have come here for nothing! I only took you to the bathroom to be nice to you.
Chrissy:
You did it, because you think making good with me, will make everyone else forgive you. Well, it doesn´t work that way!
Allison:
Do you really think, I would use you like that?
Chrissy:
It´s not unthinkable. You were pretty Gung Ho on becoming class president.
Allison sits down next to her.
Allison:
When I saw Jamie starting to make something of his career, I wanted to find my own thing, that made me special- So we were kind of even, you know?
Chrissy:
You´re special in your own right. You always have been.
Allison:
Maybe, but I´ve never felt, like I was special. Then I did that first interview and people started caring, what I thought about things. I met Esme and saw what a powerful woman in politics looks like and thought, man, I wish that were me. What I didn´t consider, was that she had to alienate a lot of people, even friends of hers, to get there. It took me a while to realize it, but I´m not prepared to do that anymore. I tried it and look where it got me. This is who I am and if people don´t like it, then screw them!
Chrissy:
For what it´s worth, I´ve always liked you. Except for that one time, you threatened to knock my teeth out!
Allison laughs to herself.
Allison:
Back when I thought, you were sneaking around with Simon. I´m really sorry, if I scared you back then. It feels kind of foolish to think back on.
Chrissy:
Oh, you did! You probably don´t remember, but I stayed away from you for weeks!
Allison:
I guess, that´s another one I owe you.
Chrissy:
Nah. You took care of Jamie, after I broke his heart. That makes us even.
They smile at each other.
6. Int. Vancouver International Airport. Evening.
Frankie is sitting on a bench, wondering what her next move should be. An elderly woman comes over to her.
Woman:
Do you mind, if I sit, Dear? My legs aren´t what they used to be.
Frankie:
Of course, you can. It´s really me that´s taking up space, that should be reserved for your age group.
The lady sits down.
Woman:
You have good manners. Not everyone in your generation does.
Frankie:
My mom was very big on me being lady like.
Woman:
It sounds like, you have a good mother.
Frankie:
We´ve had our squabbles, but I think, I do.
Woman:
Dear, everyone has squabbles. If you don´t have a few of those, you´ve never lived life to the fullest.
Frankie:
She´ll think that I´m crazy for going here. I came all the way from Toronto for a guy and I hoped, I could find him here and surprise him. I had this image in my head, that we would see each other and kiss right here in the middle of the terminal.
The woman laughs to herself.
Woman:
I think, you´ve been watching too many romance movies.
Frankie smiles to herself.
Frankie:
I might be guilty of that,
Woman:
It took me and my husband two years from when we first met, to our first kiss. It was in a barn, of all places.
Frankie:
Did you have a little rump in the hay?
Woman:
Hardly! It smelled like manure in there!
Frankie:
Eww!
Woman:
I know, but it was the only place, where we could be alone. When I look back, it wasn´t the surroundings and certainly not the smell, I remember fondly. None of those things mattered, because it was with him.
Frankie:
That´s sweet. I know where my guy lives, I just can´t get in touch with him!
Woman:
What are you doing here, then? Hoping for a one in a million chance, that you´ll see him? You have to work for love. It´s not just gonna come to you.
Frankie looks resolved again and stands up.
Frankie:
Thanks for your words of wisdom. They helped a lot.
Woman:
Good luck with it. I´ll keep my fingers crossed for you.
Frankie waves goodbye to her and hurries towards the parking lot.
7. Int. Restaurant. Evening
Paige downs a glass of wine, when we come back to her, Manny and Sally. They´re eating dinner, but Paige still looks annoyed (and a bit drunk).
Paige:
I still can´t get those annoying girls off my mind.
Manny:
It´s not like they´re the first ones, we´ve met.
Sally:
If you let them get to you, that means you´ve let them win.
Manny:
Listen to little miss "Wise Beyond Her Years" here. We came here to enjoy ourselves.
Sally:
I don´t know about you, but I´m enjoying the food.
Manny:
Me too. What do you say, Paige?
Paige is off in her own world, staring down one of the girls from before, as she heads to the bathroom.
Manny:
World to Paige! Hello!
Paige:
What?
Manny:
What do you think of the food?
Paige:
It´s good. I gotta take a leak.
She gets up and leaves the table.
Sally:
We can´t accuse her of not being direct about it!
They smile at each other.
8. Int. Bathroom. Evening.
Paige comes into the bathroom to find the girl waiting her turn.
Paige:
Remember me?
The girl clearly feels threatened.
9. Int. Restaurant. Evening.
Paige comes back to the table, feeling satisfied about herself.
Manny:
That was quick!
Paige:
There was a queue, so I can wait.
Two waiters come over to the table, with the girl from before and an elderly woman.
Waiter:
Excuse me, did just make violent threats against this woman?
Paige:
She started it.
Woman:
That doesn´t give you the right, to say that you would do those things to her! Quite frankly, I think, it would take a sick mind to even think up those things!
Sally:
What did you say, you would do to her?
Paige:
Stick my hand down her throat and rip out her ...
Waiter:
Please! That does not need repeating and especially not in here, where there´s children present.
Paige stands up and gets in girl´s face.
Paige:
I´m a Michalchuk, bitch! I know how to fight!
She takes the girl down with a football tackle and a huge commotion ensues, as the girl´s friend rushes to her aide and along with the waiters manage to pull Paige off her.
Friend:
Stay away from her or ...
Now they have Manny riled up too.
Manny:
Or what? I´ve wiped the floor with girls, who are a lot tougher than you!
Friend:
Can we get fewer comments from the has-been skank section?
Manny has had enough and soon it turns into a brawl with her and the other girl too. Tables are knocked over as the hapless waiters try to get things under control. Sally could in no way possible look more embarrassed and face palms.
10. Int. Equipment Room. Evening.
Chrissy and Allison are passing the time by singing "The Beaver Song" from "How I Met Your Mother".
Allison/Chrissy (singing):
Hey Beaver come on
When you feel alone
Just pick up that phone
And I'll be there to share my
Ice cream cone
We'll lick it side-by-side
And deep inside you'll know before the day is done
Hey beaver, it's true
I do believe anew
I got that fever too
So let's go do what hungry beavers do
It will taste so good
We gobble wood and have ourselves some damn good fun
Two beavers are better than one
Da da da da da da da da da da da
Two beavers are better than one
They're twice the fun
Ask anyone
A second beaver can be
Second-to-none
Two beavers are better than one
Da da da da da
You're my favorite beaver
Da da da da da
Space Teens are forever
Da da da da da
Don't forget to do your homework
Cause math is cool!
We'll share a root beer float
And learn about how friendship
Weighs a metric ton
Two beavers are better than one
Da da da da da da da da da da da
They laugh and applaud themselves.
Allison:
We´re not that bad!
Chrissy:
And those lyrics are a hundred percent about friendship and there´s nothing dirty in them at all, right?
Allison:
Maybe they´re just a tiny bit hinting at something!
Chrissy:
It would be the perfect song to invite a guy to a three way.
Allison:
Should we, just for fun, try it on Jamie?
Chrissy:
It would be fun to see his reaction, but I think the poor boy has gone through enough!
Allison:
Yet another thing, we have in common.
Chrissy:
Loving "How I Met Your Mother"? How can I not, when it has Robin, who´s so Canadian, that she puts the girls on our networks to shame?
Allison:
We both care deeply about him.
Chrissy:
Well, he is a special kind of guy, isn´t he?
Allison:
You should ask him out, for real. He shouldn´t be alone and if I´m gonna hand him off to someone, I´d rather if it´s you, than some bimbo. As gullable as he can be, you never know what kind of girl, could catch him in her web.
Chrissy:
What you call gullable, I call being kind hearted. I love his kind heart.
Allison:
Which is exactly why, he should be with you. You´ll treat him, like he should be treated. If it´s some girl, who only wants him, because she´s heard of him, she´s more likely to take advantage of him. I don´t want to see that happening.
The door suddenly opens and the equipment manager steps in.
Manager:
What are you doing here?
Allison:
The door was open and we got locked in.
Chrissy:
We´re really sorry for the trouble.
Manager:
It´s no trouble, but why didn´t you call the number on the sign? I could have had you out in five minutes! You´re not the first ones, to get locked in here, you know?
They see the sign and both feel kind of dumb. Of course, this is when Allison´s phone rings and it´s Jamie. She shows it to Chrissy and they make eye contact.
Chrissy:
Boys!
Allison:
What are we gonna do with them?
They both remember the song they just sang and start giggling.
11. Int. Arena. Evening.
Jamie is holding his trophy and is looking around for them. He´s pleased to see them, when they approach him.
Jamie:
Where have you been? Did something happen?
Allison:
Something did. We both acted like a pair of grade A morons!
Chrissy:
We got some work done on our harmony singing, though!
Jamie looks puzzled.
Allison:
Yeah, I guess, it was a bad day after all. Even if it didn´t go according to plan.
Chrissy:
Do you want to do it again tomorrow? I have the entire series on DVD.
Allison:
Yeah, why not?
Jamie:
What did I miss?
Chrissy:
A whole lot. But it was one of those things, where you had to be there.
Jamie:
I guess so!
Allison:
And we just have time to make the train back! Perfect!
They head to the exit and Chrissy starts humming "The Beaver Song" to herself. They pass by two skaters, a boy and a girl, just as she starts quietly singing to herself.
Chrissy (singing):
Two beavers are better than one ...
Allison (singing):
Da da da da da da da da da ...
The boy skater looks with envy at Jamie, as he leaves the arena with the girls.
Skater Boy:
That guy is about to have a three way!
The girl punches him on the arm.
Skater Boy:
What? I wasn´t doing anything.
Skater Girl:
No, but you wished, that you were him!
Skater Boy:
Of course, I didn´t! You´re the only one for me, babe!
He gives her a reassuring hug, but can´t hide that he wished it were him.
12. Int. Manager´s Office. Evening.
The manager is handing Paige and Manny over to Sally.
Manager:
You can be glad, that your daughter talked your case for you. If it hadn´t been for her, I would have called the cops.
Manny:
We´re sorry.
Paige:
Yeah, we promise not to do it again.
Sally:
I´ll make sure, they get thoroughly grounded, when we get home!
The manager smiles to himself.
13. Ext. Restaurant. Evening.
Sally, Manny and Paige come out of the restaurant.
Manny:
Thanks for saving our butts!
Paige:
Spend next month´s rent, on having fun in stead. You deserve it.
Sally smiles.
Sally:
Thanks!
Paige:
Just remember that fighting is wrong and you should always try to settle thing with words.
Manny:
You must look at me, as everything you don´t want to be!
Sally:
Why would you say that?
Manny:
My movie career was a joke, almost my entire life is either at work or with my family and apparently, I still can´t control my temper!
Sally:
Don´t be hard on yourself. Are you happy with your life?
Manny:
Yeah, as a whole. I worked my butt off to get the job I have. I get to help people, who need it and I feel good about myself, when I go home to a family, I love.
Paige:
That doesn´t sound like a half bad life to me.
Sally:
Me neither. If anything, you´re one of the ones, I should look up to.
Manny:
I wouldn´t go that far.
Sally:
It´s true. You lived out your acting dream and so what, if it didn´t take you to the top! You had fun doing it, didn´t you?
Manny:
I certainly did.
Sally:
And now you´ve moved to having a career, you love and a loving family! If I´m where you are in 25 years, I´ll consider myself a success. How many of your old colleagues do you think are doing as good, as you are?
Manny and Paige smile at each other.
Manny:
Can I take her home with me?
Sally smiles too.
Manny:
I´m sure, Eddy would protest, but I have my ways.
Sally:
Please, spare me the details!
Paige:
Are you sure? They could come in handy one day.
Sally:
Maybe, when I´m a bit older. I´m afraid, that if I know them, I´ll just start using them. Anyway, I´m happy where I am.
Manny:
You found yourself a good one here, Pagey!
Paige:
Don´t we know it? And if you want to quit acting, Honey, then that´s fine.
Sally:
It won´t be, if you ask my mom.
Paige:
Do you think, mine was always happy with me? How fun do you think it was to tell her, that I´d been kicked out of college? That I had been lying to her and everyone else for months, about how great everything was going?
Sally:
Not a lot, I can imagine.
Paige:
I was afraid, that she would hate me for it, but guess what happened? She was understanding and did her best, to help me move on.
Manny:
Mine took me to get an abortion. I was 14.
Sally tries to take it in.
Sally:
Damn!
Manny:
It pretty much shattered the image of her perfect girl, who never did anything wrong.
Sally:
How did she react?
Manny:
There was crying, but she supported me, like you wouldn´t believe. I was afraid, that she would tell my dad and they would punish me or kick me out. But she´s never told him and helped me to move on, just like Paige´s mom did.
Paige:
It´s what moms do. They forgive and help you move on.
Sally:
My mom isn´t like other moms.
Paige:
No matter how she reacts, you´ll always have a family in us.
Manny:
And I could use another niece, to be a fun aunt to.
Sally gets emotional with joy and they give her a group hug.
14. Ext. Train Station. Evening.
Allison is saying goodbye to Chrissy and Jamie.
Chrissy:
Are you still on for a "How I Met Your Mother" marathon?
Allison:
I wouldn´t miss it for the world. Your place at noon?
Chrissy:
Sure. Have a nice evening, or what´s left of it.
Allison:
You too. Congratulations on the trophy, Jamie.
Jamie:
You can have it, if you want. I barely have room in my trophy cabinet.
Allison:
Oh, the troubles of a young and successful boy! I´ve got enough at home, thank you very much! See you on Monday.
Jamie:
Don´t be too nervous about coming back. Even if no one else will talk to you, there´s two people here who will.
Allison:
That´s nice to know. Bye.
She waves goodbye and leaves them. They head for the bus stop.
Jamie:
I´m glad, you became friends again.
Chrissy:
Me too. We just had to find out, that we´re not that different.
Jamie:
You both dated me for a start.
Chrissy:
She actually had this crazy idea, that I should try asking you on a date.
They make eye contact, as he considers it.
Jamie:
She said that?
Chrissy:
Yeah. If I was to ask, what would the response be?
Jamie:
We can try it.
Chrissy smiles.
Chrissy:
You don´t have to feel pressured or anything. It can just be two friends having fun together.
Jamie:
That´s kind of what we used to do, isn´t it?
Chrissy:
From what I remember, anyway. When we weren´t making out, of course.
Jamie:
Of course. I´ve missed having fun with you.
Chrissy:
Same here. No matter what happens, let´s not become estranged again.
Jamie:
I second that.
He does an inviting motion for her to get in the bus first and she does with a smile for him.
15. Int. Apartment Building. Evening.
Winston comes home, carrying his suitcase. He gets into the elevator.
16. Int. Elevator, Evening.
Winston finally gets around to turning flight mode off his phone and sees that he has 42 messages and 23 missed calls.
Winston:
Holy crap!
He begins to go through them, but stops when the elevator door opens. He gets out and is surprised to see Frankie sitting by his door and hugging her legs.
17. Int. Apartment Building. Evening.
Frankie gets up and smiles at him.
Winston:
How? Why? There´s too many questions right now!
Frankie:
I have answers for all of them. As for the how, I ran through two airports looking for you and never found you. Then I told a cab driver to drive as if love depended on it and after ringing your buzzer 20 times, I talked your landlady into letting me in, or more specifically bribed her to. She could think, that I´m some crazy stalker, because she looked at me kind of weird.
Winston:
You´re not? You followed me across the country!
They smile at each other and she gets up close to him.
Frankie:
I know, how crazy I am, but it´s crazy about you.
Winston:
We already talked about, why it wouldn´t work. What about your store or your friends?
Frankie:
There´s a hundred good reasons, as to why it wouldn´t work. But I only need one to know, that it will. I love you and I´m not letting go of you again. Not this time.
Winston:
You always were one of a kind, Frankie. No one else I know, who would do something this crazy.
Frankie:
Do you love me?
Winston:
You know, I never stopped in the first place, don´t you?
He drops his suitcase and holds her. They look into each other´s eyes for a moment before kissing.
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