Notes: (Re-edited and re-uploaded September 2010)

Guest Cast:
Dr. Bennett: Jennifer Connelly
Fredrico: Philippe Bergeron
De Wolf: Lindsay Crouse
Wink Martindale: Himself

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POPULAR: SUMMER SCHOOL

HEAT WAVE

TEASER

FADE IN:

INT. BROOKE'S HOSPITAL ROOM - MORNING

ANGLE: MIKE

An extreme close-up.

MIKE
This is a bad idea. This is a
very bad idea. In fact, this idea
isn't happening.

BROOKE (O.S.)
Dad, you're going.

MIKE
This is insane. My daughter's in
the hospital. I must be nuts to
think of leaving her and globe
trotting halfway around the world.

BROOKE (O.S.)
Dad, I'm not dying, and you're
going. And Barbados isn't halfway
around the world.

Mike gets up from his chair and begins pacing back and forth
alongside Brooke's bed, while she divides her time between
nosing through her crossword puzzle book and watching him
tolerantly.

MIKE
This is a bad idea. You're just
starting physical therapy. What
if you need me for something?

BROOKE
I have Sam. I have Harrison. I
have Sam and Harrison. In fact, I
can't seem to get rid of Sam and
Harrison. Dad, I love you, but
you're going to drive me crazy.
If you don't go on this trip, I'm
going to have to take drastic
measures.

MIKE
Brooke...

BROOKE
(sternly)
Dad—you're going, and that's
final.

She looks up from her book.

BROOKE (CONT'D)
(offhandedly)
Any idea who was catcher for the
Mets in 1979?

CUT TO:

INT. MIKE AND JANE'S BEDROOM - LATER

Suitcases are in various stages of being packed. Jane is
rushing around, while Sam lays on the bed, playing with
Mackenzie. Finally Jane stops and confronts her.

JANE
All right, this is really a bad
idea, isn't it?

Sam sighs and rolls her eyes at the ceiling.

SAM
Mom, we have this same
conversation every time you take a
vacation. The last one turned out
okay, right? You met Mike.

JANE
Last time, I didn't have a two
month old baby! This is nuts—I'm
taking a baby to Barbados!

SAM
Besides being needlessly
alliterative, what's wrong with
that? I'm sure they have babies
there already.

JANE
What if she gets sick? What if
she comes down with some rare
tropical disease? Or...a fungus?

SAM
She's not a plant, Mom. Hey—if
you feel that guilty about it,
leave Mac—take me.

JANE
Ha-ha.

Jane resumes her rushing around.

SAM
You need a break. I need a break.
Mackenzie needs a break.

She holds Mackenzie up in front of her face and mock-throws
her voice.

SAM (CONT'D)
(baby voice)
Mom, I need a break. Take me to
Barbados.

JANE
Sam, don't use your sister as a
puppet.

A noise catches Jane's attention.

JANE (CONT'D)
Is that the air conditioner? It's
seven a.m.!

SAM
Yeah, and it's already eighty
degrees outside. Barbados is
actually going to be cooler than
L.A.

From downstairs, the front door closes.

MIKE (O.S.)
Honey! I'm home!

SAM
That is SO Nick at Nite.

Jane gives Sam a dirty look.

JANE
Up here!

CUT TO:

INT. THE UPSTAIRS HALLWAY - CONTINUOUS

Jane comes out of the bedroom and practically runs into Mike.

JANE
Mike—this is a bad idea, right?

MIKE
It's a very bad idea. But, Brooke
is going to officially disown me
if we don't go.

JANE
Sam, too.

MIKE
(nods towards the bedroom)
Did you—?

JANE
Oh—no. I'm going to.

MIKE
Okay.

Mike turns and heads for the bathroom.

CUT TO:

INT. MIKE AND JANE'S BEDROOM - CONTINUOUS

Jane comes in and sits on the bed next to Sam, who is still
idly playing with Mackenzie.

JANE
Sam—since it appears that we are,
indeed, going, I want to talk to
you about something.

SAM
(sitting up)
Shoot.

JANE
Look...I realize that this is far
from the first time that I've left
you alone to fend for yourself.
But it's the first time when
you've been...involved...with
someone.

Sam jumps up and backs away.

SAM
Oh, no... Even having this
conversation in the abstract was
one of the most horrifying
experiences of my life.

JANE
I'm not going to lecture you, Sam.
You're seventeen years old—old
enough to make your own choices.
I just want you to be responsible.

SAM
(edgily)
All right, I'll be responsible,
okay? I'm begging you—don't go
there.

JANE
All I'm saying is, if you and
Harrison—

SAM
Argh!

JANE
—if you decide to do something, I
want you to take all the necessary
steps.

SAM
(panicked)
Mom, stop! You're totally
freaking me out!

Jane leans over, opens the nightstand drawer, and lifts up a
box of condoms for Sam to see.

JANE
Just so you know where they are.

Sam stares wide-eyed at Jane, then covers her ears and runs
from the room. A few moments later, Mike pops his head around
the door frame.

MIKE
Did it work?

JANE
(nodding)
Oh, yes. I don't think we have to
worry about Sam and Harrison doing
anything while we're gone.

WHITE OUT.

END OF TEASER