DEGRASSI: AFTERMATH - S09E01 - BLURRED LINES
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1. Int. Chrissy´s Room. Evening.
Chrissy and Deco are rehearsing lines.
Chrissy:
I don´t know, what to say!
Deco:
Say, that you´ll go to the spring formal with me, Cassandra. You´re the one for me, you always have been.
Chrissy:
Yes, of course, I´ll go with you!
Deco:
Awesome. I can´t wait.
Chrissy:
And scene! That´s the first one out of the way.
Deco:
Then there´s the dancing scenes, where there aren´t that many lines.
Chrissy:
Do you want to rehearse them anyway?
Deco:
Don´t you think, you´ll remember "Sorry, did I step on your foot?"
Chrissy giggles.
Chrissy:
Why does this girl have to be so clumsy all the time?
Deco:
Maybe, they find it endearing or something.
Chrissy:
Next after this is the kissing scene. Are you okay with it?
Deco:
It´s just acting. Regina says, that she´s okay with it, as long as they pay me a lot to do it.
Chrissy grins.
Chrissy:
Spoken like a true material girl! Jamie doesn´t mind either. We had a long talk about "stage kisses" vs "real kisses". It´s just my character. I can´t really identify with her.
Deco:
If I were you, I´d just be happy, that I finally got some lines.
Chrissy:
I´m not complaining! I would just prefer, to not play the boyfriend stealing ho!
Deco:
Didn´t you read the cliffhanger? They´re setting you up for something big.
Chrissy:
Do you really think so?
Deco:
I´m sure of it. This kiss is just one little thing, you have to get past.
Chrissy:
I will. I just have to work up my nerve to do it.
She looks convinced, that she can do it.
OPENING CREDITS
2. Int. Candy Store. Day.
Chrissy is talking to Lisa, who´s working behind the counter. The rain is pouring down outside.
Chrissy:
It´s like, is it okay to kiss him, is it not okay?
Lisa:
It´s your job. Just like mine has been a summer full of snot nosed kids!
Chrissy:
Cheer up. You only have, what, 3 days left?
Lisa:
Two. Then I´ve finally paid off my mom for that disastrous tour last summer.
Chrissy:
I could really use some friendly advice on this.
Lisa:
Both Jamie and Regina knew, what they signed up for. If the screenplay tells you to kiss, then lay one on him. It´s just a kiss.
Chrissy:
A kiss to me has never been "just a kiss" . A kiss to me, has always meant something, it´s an expression of love.
Lisa:
Can´t you just think about it, as something your character and not you, are doing?
Chrissy considers it.
3. Int. Park. Evening.
Suey and Sally are taking cover from the rain at the old shelter. They´re holding hands and look very into each other.
Sally:
I can´t believe, they´re tearing this down.
Suey:
I know. I have so many great memories from this spot. This was where me and Lisa kissed for the first time. It was where I broke up with her.
Sally:
It was where we had our first kiss.
They smile at each other and kiss.
Suey:
That too.
Sally:
I wonder, how everyone will react on Monday.
Suey:
Lisa and Chrissy took it pretty well, didn´t they?
Sally:
No offense, but they must be getting used to it. Once we become public, it´ll hit the tabloid sites in no time. Are you okay with being known as "that musician girl, who´s banging that other girl, who used to be on West Drive?"
Suey:
We´re making a name for ourselves! Maybe you´ll be the one they´ll call "that former actress, who´s banging the keyboard player, from that really cool band". Have you thought about that?
Sally:
It has a much better ring to it.
Suey:
It´s okay to be scared. I didn´t come out, until circumstances forced me to.
Sally:
I´m not prepared to wait that long. It´s better to get it over with.
They hold each other and watch the rain.
4. Int. Spinner´s House. Evening.
Chrissy and Paige are chilling out and enjoying a rare night at home, where it´s just the two of them. They´re watching "Pretty Woman" on the TV.
Chrissy:
It´s not as racy, as I thought.
Paige:
In the original script, the rich guy dumps her and she ends up back on the street. That would have made it edgy!
Chrissy:
You mean, that they end up in love forever more! I never would have guessed it, from a movie called "Pretty Woman"!
Paige:
Sorry, that I spoiled it for you. We can watch something else, if you want.
Chrissy:
No, it´s fine. It´s a nice little love story. Where do you think, the limit goes?
Paige:
For what is and what isn´t prostitution?
Chrissy:
Yeah. Do you think, that sex is the marking point?
Paige:
It´s a tough question. I guess that to me, it switches, when it starts to involve nudity. Why do you ask?
Chrissy:
Is kissing a guy for money prostitution?
Paige:
Is this about the scene tomorrow?
Chrissy nods.
Chrissy:
It´s sort of a grey zone, isn´t it? I have to kiss this guy, because I´m under contract to do, what they tell me to. I don´t want to kiss him, most of all because I have Jamie.
Paige:
Is it because you feel like, you´ll be cheating on him?
Chrissy:
A little bit, yeah. We´ve had a talk about it and he´s fine with it. It´s just me, who isn´t.
Paige takes a moment to consider it.
Paige:
No one can make you do it, if you really don´t want to.
Chrissy:
My career is practically dead in the water, if I don´t do it, isn´t it?
Paige:
I´m afraid so. At this stage of your career, you can´t really afford to make demands. Look, take the night to sleep on it. If you really feel like you´d be prostituting yourself, then you have to say no. For your own good.
Chrissy:
What would I do, then? It´s not like I´m good in school. College is hardly an option, with my learning disability.
Paige:
College doesn´t have to be the end all, be all. I flunked out, half way through my first semester and I´ve done alright for myself, haven´t I?
Chrissy:
I´d say so.
Paige:
There´s thousands of options available to you and it´s really only your imagination, that sets the limits. Acting can just be a fun hobby, you have on the side. It doesn´t have to be on a professional level. You´re the only one, who can make that decision.
Chrissy considers it, as she watches Richard Gere seduce Julia Roberts on the TV.
5. Int. Lisa´s Room. Evening.
Lisa is lying on her bed, watching the same movie, when there´s a knock on the door. Lisa tries to get up, but is too tired to move.
Lisa:
You may enter!
The door opens and Suey comes in.
Suey:
Zombie mode again?
Lisa:
I´m so beat, that I can´t move. Please tell me, that this isn´t what I have to look forward to after college!
Suey lies down on the bed next to her.
Suey:
If the whole rock star thing fails, then you should probably look into jobs, that involve sitting!
Lisa:
I could be a chair tester. I´d be really good at that!
Suey:
Or a bed tester.
Lisa:
Now you´re talking! How was your date with Sally?
Suey:
Nice, as usual.
Lisa:
I´m sensing a but?
Suey:
But, it´s very PG. I can maybe get her up to an NC-17, but that´s it.
Lisa laughs.
Lisa:
She´s still new to it. Give her some time.
Suey:
That´s easy for you to say. You get everything you need from Nicky-Boy. For me, it´s been over a year. That´s not just a drought, it´s a wasteland!
Lisa:
Just enjoy it, while it´s new. She´ll come around, sooner or later.
Suey snuggles up next to Lisa and they watch the movie together.
6. Int. Movie Set. Morning.
Deco and Chrissy are getting ready to shoot their first scene of the day. Both of them look very tired and they toast on their cups of coffee, before taking a sip.
Chrissy:
What kept you up?
Deco:
Six letters. Begins with an R and ends with an A, You?
Chrissy:
A moral dilemma. Whether kissing you tonight constitutes cheating. I´m also a bit iffy on whether or not it´s prostitution.
Deco:
If they say I have to do it, I just do it. I don´t really think about it.
Chrissy:
Where does the line go? Would you do porn?
Deco:
I would have to be extremely desperate.
Chrissy:
But you would do it?
Deco:
I can´t say for sure, if I could go through with it. If I was in a situation where it was that or starving or becoming homeless, I probably would.
The both stand up and finish their coffees.
Chrissy:
At least we´re only glorified extras in the first scene.
Deco:
Good. It´s about all my half sleeping brain, can handle right now
They look at each other and sigh.
7. Montage - Music: "Summertime" by the Fresh Prince and DJ Jazzy Jeff.
We see Suey and Sally working together down at a grocery store. They´re stocking shelves next to each other and sneaking stolen glances. They don´t notice a reporter taking pictures of them with a small camera, as he pretends to be a shopper.
We see Chrissy looking at pictures of her and Jamie on her phone in between shots. She still torn about whether to do the scene or not.
We see Suey and Sally eating lunch together at a small diner. The same reporter from before is still taking pictures of them, but is doing a good job hiding it.
We see Lisa trying to serve an entire store full of kids and families and sweating profusely. She looks like, she´d rather be anywhere else.
We see Suey and Sally sneaking a kiss, before going back to work. The reporter takes more pictures of them, but they don´t notice.
8. Ext. Candy Store. Day.
Lisa comes out from the store and raises her arms in triumph. Suey and Sally smile at the sight of her.
Lisa:
One day left and I´m home free!
Suey:
I´ll see, if we can´t get you my job at the grocery store next year.
Sally:
It´s actually okay, once you get used to it.
She gets a phone call and takes her phone out. She looks at the screen.
Sally:
I know this number. It´s a tabloid, that used to bombard me with calls.
Lisa:
You haven´t done anything scandalous lately, have you?
Sally:
Not ... particularly. Unless you count my recent sexual awakening.
Suey:
We´ve been super careful. How could they know?
Lisa:
They know somehow.
Sally:
I don´t care. That whole part of my life is over.
She discards the call and blocks the number.
9. Int. Gymnasium. Day.
Chrissy and Deco are being directed by Paige. The gymnasium is set up to look like a prom and there´s lots of extras in the scene too.
Paige:
It´s now or never, Chrissy. Yes or no?
Chrissy:
Yes.
Paige:
Good. It´s only acting, remember that.
She goes back to her director´s chair.
Paige:
Places, everyone! I want to get this in the first take. Action!
We cut to Chrissy. Deco comes running over to her.
Deco:
Cassandra, I´m so sorry. I had no idea, that she would do that!
Chrissy:
It´s okay. She´s the kind of girl guys like you fall for.
Deco:
What makes you think that?
Chrissy:
Isn´t it?
Deco:
Let me answer you like this.
He moves in to kiss her, but she moves her head back as a natural reaction, since she doesn´t really want to kiss him.
Paige:
Cut!
Chrissy:
I´m sorry, Paige.
Paige:
It´s okay, that your character is a little nervous. There´s nothing wrong with that, but you have to look like you want him to kiss you.
Chrissy:
I´ll try.
Paige:
Deco, you´re moving way too fast. It´s not a contest to see, how fast you get the scene over with.
Deco:
Got ya.
He moves back to his spot.
Paige:
Take 2, Action!
We cut to Chrissy. Deco comes running over to her.
Deco:
Cassandra, I´m so sorry. I had no idea, that she would do that!
Chrissy:
It´s okay. She´s the kind of girl guys like you fall for.
Deco:
What makes you think that?
Chrissy:
Isn´t it?
Deco:
Let me answer you like this.
This time, they do the kiss, but it looks very awkward, like two people who really don´t want to be kissing each other. A few girls among the extras giggle at how bad it looks.
Paige:
Cut!
Chrissy and Deco separate. Chrissy wipes her mouth.
Chrissy:
Sorry, Deco.
Deco:
Don´t take it hard. I was bad too.
Paige:
Yes, you were! Try it again.
He goes back to his place.
10. Int. The Dot. Day.
Sally is with Spinner at the counter.
Sally:
I would have told you sooner, but I wanted it to be timed right. I just wanted you to know from me, rather than someone else.
Spinner:
It´s okay by me and Paige, if that´s what you´re worried about. We´ll find a good way to tell the boys, so they can understand it.
Sally:
Thanks. I used to hope, that I would get on those sites. Now I,´m praying, that they see me as yesterday´s news.
Spinner:
We´ll get through it as a family.
Sally:
I still can´t get enough of when you say that. Dad.
They smile at each other.
Spinner:
You´d better run along. We can´t have paparazzi filling up the place.
Sally:
Unless they pay, right?
Spinner:
Oh yeah, then they´re more than welcome!
She waves goodbye to him and leaves.
11. Ext. Street. Day.
Sally comes out from the Dot. Lisa and Suey were waiting for her.
Sally:
That´s the big one out of the way.
Suey:
I´m proud of you.
Sally:
It feels so good to be able to do this, without caring, what anyone thinks.
She gives Suey a kiss.
Lisa:
Is this the time to tell you, that you barely made the internet tabloids?
Sally smiles.
Sally:
Actually, that´s the best news, I could have gotten.
Suey:
It´s under the headline "former teen star works in a grocery store". I doesn´t mention a word about you being a lesbian.
Lisa:
You´re not crawling back into the closet again, are you?
Sally:
There´s no chance of that!
Suey:
Good, because I´m not settling for a part time girlfriend.
She takes Sally´s hand and they look happy together.
12. Ext. Degrassi. Evening.
Chrissy and Paige come out together.
Paige:
I could go for a milkshake on the way home. How about you?
Chrissy:
It sounds good. I need something to get the taste of Deco out of my mouth.
Paige:
It can´t have been that bad! There must be a thousand girls, who would gladly trade places with you.
Chrissy:
He´s not Jamie.
Paige:
Does it feel like, you cheated on him?
Chrissy:
It did at first, but I got used to it, I guess. I´m sorry, that it took so many takes.
Paige:
That´s okay. Hun. You´re still better, than I was.
Chrissy:
That´s like saying that I´m better than a piece of set dressing!
Paige:
Smart ass!
They smile at each other.
13. Int. Lisa´s Room. Evening.
Lisa and Suey are lying on Lisa´s bed.
Lisa:
Your first official evening as a couple and she doesn´t even want to spend it with you.
Lisa shakes her head.
Suey:
It´s fine. We´ll have plenty of time together this next year.
Lisa:
It should be fun. We need to start a new band.
Suey:
I´ve been thinking about taking a break from the whole band thing.
Lisa:
Are you sure?
Suey:
I´ve been doing it since I was 12. I want to try something new next year.
Lisa:
It won´t be the same without you.
Suey:
You should start something up with Nick.
Lisa:
Simon has been saying, how he misses playing in a band.
Suey:
There you go. That´s already a nice power trio, you have right there.
Lisa:
It´s so weird, that it´s your last year in High School. I´m gonna miss you next year.
Suey:
Let´s wait and see. Toronto has a pretty good college too, you know?
Lisa:
You have plenty of reasons to stay now.
Suey:
Right now, I just want to enjoy this moment, where everything is as perfect, as it can be.
She smiles to herself. Lisa looks happy for her.
14. Int. Adam´s Room. Evening.
Sally is explaining things to Adam, who´s in bed ready to go to sleep.
Sally:
I´m just like all other people, except I like girls in stead of boys.
Adam:
I know what a lesbian is. We have Netflix, you know?
Sally smiles at him.
Sally:
Kids could pick on you and James at school because of it. I´m hoping, that it won´t happen, but it can happen.
Adam:
They can always find some reason to pick on you.
Sally:
I know, but it would really hurt me, if they do it because of something, I did.
Adam:
Don´t be. You´re my sister and I love you, just like James does.
Sally:
You can always ask me, if there´s anything, you´re confused about.
Adam:
How do you have babies? Doesn´t that take a man and a woman?
Sally:
Let´s leave those questions for when you´re a bit older. Little brother.
She gives him hug.
Adam:
Nightie night.
Sally:
Nightie night, Adam.
She turns off his night light and leaves the room.
15. Int. Living Room. Evening.
Sally comes down to Chrissy, Spinner and Paige in the living room.
Spinner:
Some day, huh?
Sally:
You can say that again! How did your kissing scene go?
Chrissy:
It went. But at least, we got it in the can.
Paige:
You´d better get used to it. There´ll be plenty of it next season.
Chrissy:
If that´s what I have to do, then I´ll have to live with it.
Sally:
You don´t see it as prostitution?
Chrissy:
No, it´s just acting.
Paige:
What if we wrote in, that you had to kiss some old or really gross guy?
Chrissy:
I´d rather, if you didn´t!
Spinner:
If she doesn´t, then I´m vetoing it!
Chrissy:
Thanks, dad. I still have to find out, where my limits go, I guess.
Paige:
Don´t let anyone force you into doing something, you´re not comfortable with, Hun. There´s plenty of creeps in the business, who would take advantage of you in a second.
Chrissy:
I know. I´m not a kid anymore.
She looks positive about the future.
CLOSING CREDITS
