Episode 11: Spy or Neigh?

Episode 11: Spy or Neigh?

 

(Scene 1:We open on the boy’s apartment.  Norman is on the couch reading a book, a notebook perched on his lap, Brad enters from the hallway to their bedrooms)

Brad: Hey Norm!

Norman: Hello.

Brad: Whatcha reading?

Norman: Homework for my history course...all about the Spanish Inquisition.

Brad: I wasn’t expecting that.

Norman: No one ever does. (Laughter) Say, what are you planning on doing (He looks up only to find the door slowly closing and Brad gone) ...tonight?  Where is he off to in such a hurry?

(There is a knock at the door)

Norman: Locked himself out it would appear.

(Norman opens the door revealing Sweetie Belle)

Norman: Oh hello Mini Aryan. (Laughter)

Sweetie: My name is Sweetie Belle.

Norman: Yes, but if I said “Hello Sweetie”, people would get the wrong idea now, wouldn’t they? (Laughter)

Sweetie: Is Brad in?

Norman: Afraid not, he just left.  Disappeared without a trace, really.

Sweetie: Weird.

Norman: What’s that?

Sweetie: Rarity just did the same thing.

Norman: That is odd…(He shudders violently before collapsing to the ground, Sweetie runs to him and kneels beside him)

Sweetie: Oh my Gosh!  Are you okay?  What was that?

Norman: I dunno but whatever it was…(He shudders as he says it himself) it was Bradical. (Laughter)

(Sweetie helps him up, as she does so he looks out the window and then runs to it. Sweetie joins him.)

(Cut to their view as they see Rarity and Brad getting into the Bradilac, Brad holding the door for him.)

Norman: Not my waifu...anyone but my waifu! (Laughter)

Sweetie: You don’t think…?

Norman: No...no it couldn’t be….

Sweetie: (Simultaneously with Norman) My sister took my Brad!

Norman: (Simultaneously with Sweetie) My roommate stole my Aryan Beauty! (Laughter)

Sweetie: We need to follow them.

Norman: Agreed, but we don’t know where they are going.

Sweetie: I do.

Norman: How?

Sweetie: I placed a tracking device on Brad’s cell phone so I would know where he goes...for some reason he keeps going to the apartment down the hall that the new family moved into, are there a lot of curtain problems there?

Norman: (Thinking back to their last adventure) Uh...yeah...thats the exact problem. (Mentally) Note to self: Never grant Mini-Aryan access to sharp objects…(Laughter) Right we’ll follow them.

Sweetie: But I don’t have a car.

Norman: No worries.  Quickly, to the Ferrarity Equestarossa!

(Cut to the Bradilac where Brad visibly cringes)

Rarity: Are you alright?

Brad: I….I think so. (Laughter)

(We see Norman and Sweetie leaving the apartment, just before the door closes, a pink hand is seen stopping and reopening it.)

(Meanwhile in the parking lot, we see Norman and Sweetie from the front)

Norman: (Proudly) Here it is!

Sweetie: (Disgusted) That’s a Fiero with a body kit.

(Norman’s Face falls.)

(Laughter to end scene)

 



(Scene 2: Opens inside of the fancy Italian restaurant from episode 2.  Brad and Rarity are seen drinking wine and conversing with each other, Brad tells a joke and Rarity laughs at it.  Behind them we see a couple lower their menus.  Norman is dressed in an outfit similar to the won he wore to the fall formal. Without his hat, he does look a little different.  Sweetie is also dressed nice.  She has on a green wig)

Sweetie: I hear this place is famous for jumbo slices of pizza, nearly as big as your head.  If you order a whole one, it comes in a box like you get a flat-screen TV in.

Norman: Lord...that could kill somebody.  Where did you get that wig from anyway?

Sweetie: Oh...Vinyl let me borrow it...its her roommates.

Norman: Oh…(Realization) Oh shi…

(Quick cut to Octavia’s room where she goes to her desk and sees a bald mannequin head, next to it a letter: “Octy,  Let Norman’s friends sister borrow your wig for a bit. XOXO Vinyl.)

Octavia: (Yelling) You will take responsibility Norman Normal! (Laughter) (Cut back to Restaurant with Sweetie and a visibly paler Norman)

Sweetie: (Looking at Rarity and Brad) Look at her...she knew he was mine!

Norman: Now now…(trying to sound confident but his worry betrays him) I’m sure they are just meeting as friends.

(Brad and Rarity laugh and clink wine glasses together)

Norman: I’m gonna kill him…(Laughter)

Sweetie: We have to stop them before they go too far.  

Norman: You have a plan?

Sweetie: Not yet.

(The waiter comes to their table)

Waiter: What a beautiful couple.

Sweetie: Oh...why thank you.  He’s a great bo…

Norman: (Interrupting) Brother!!! Brother!  Yep...I’m her brother! (Laughter)

(The waiter leaves looking confused)

Norman: I’ll be back….(He gets up and walks toward the bathroom, when he arrives the door seems jammed and won’t open.  Norman keeps trying, nothing.  He steps back a bit and runs full blast into the door swinging it open, hitting and knocking out the fellow on the other side.  He is dressed in a nice suit, he looks like he might be the maître d' of the restaurant.)

Norman: I’m so sorry...wait...idea. (Laughter)

(Cut outside of the bathroom as the door opens and Norman comes out in the man’s clothes, he walks over to his table)

Norman: (Suavely to Sweetie) Another drink, miss?

Sweetie: Yes, thank yo…(Noticing) Norman!

Norman: (Smiling) I’m gonna go ruin this little dinner of theirs.

Sweetie: Good luck.

(Norman begin walking over toward Brad and Rarity’s table but is stopped and pulled down into a seat by an Italian looking fellow and another man in a brown suit.  Both have napkins tucked into their shirt.)

Sollazo: (Clearly mistaking Norman for someone else) Michael...glad to have you back.  Commisioner McCluskey (He motions toward the other fellow) and I were wondering if you fell in. (The two laugh while Norman looks on nervously)  You’re lucky your veal didn’t get cold.  It’s the best in Canterlot, after all.

McCluskey: (Tucking into a portion of it himself) It is pretty good.

Sollazo: I’m gonna talk Italian to my friend if you don’t mind.

McCluskey: Go ahead.

(Sollazo now begins to speak rapidly in Sicilian to Norman, who stares dumbly at him, nodding every now and then. Subtitles on screen note the following: “So now that you got the gun that we hid in the bathroom, we are going to wait until the train goes by outside.  It’s quite loud.  When it does, we whack McCluskey and we get to the car, understood?” Norman, having no idea what is going on nods dumbly)

(A train is heard approaching outside, Norman notices something in the pocket of the suit...heavy...metal...a gun! Freaking out he jumps up and runs)

Norman: Bathroom! (Laughter)

McCluskey: The hell!?!

Sollazo: No worries...that gun wasn’t loaded, and now he’s trapped himself...our boys will take care of him...he might not have fallen into the trap as planned...but he’s still in the trap.

(Meanwhile, in the bathroom we see Norman washing his face, in the mirror behind him appears the fellow he knocked out.)

Michael: Is that my suit?

Norman: Ah….so it would seem….(Laughter)

Michael: Listen...just give it here and we will forget this ever happened.

Norman: Yes sir.

(We see Norman return to the table with Sweetie back in his suit from earlier)

Sweetie: Brad and Rarity left already.

Norman: I got...delayed. (Laughter)

(In the background we see Michael come out of the bathroom and point a gun at McCluskey.  He pulls the trigger and nothing happens.  Sollazo and McCluskey pull their weapons which both misfire...there is a struggle and fist-fight while Norman pulls down Sweetie to protect her as they make for the exit.  The fight ends with Sollazo and McCluskey as well as a few of Sollazo’s men suffocating Michael with one of the jumbo pizzas.)

Norman: (As he and Sweetie get to the exit) Told you it could kill somebody. (Laughter) (They get out)

Goon: (Surveying the body) So what do we do now, boss?

Sollazo: Well...there’s a dead body, a giant pizza is the weapon, and there are a bunch of us...I say we eat the evidence, then we cheese it.

McCluskey: Geez...keep that up and we will have to put you in the Pun-itentiary. (Laughter to end scene)

 

 

 



(Scene 3 opens on the dash of the car looking back at Norman and Sweetie.  They are both panting having gotten out of the restaurant)

Norman: I...I think we’re safe.

Sweetie: Thank you…

Norman: No worries.

Sweetie: No...really...You’ve proven to me that you are perfect for my sister.  If you take half as good of care of her as you have of me tonight...then you will make her very happy. (Awwww)

Norman: Thank you, Sweetie.  I think you’re the perfect form of comeuppance for Brad. (Laughter)

Sweetie: Well, we can still follow them.

Norman: They have a 5 mile head start, we’ve got full stomachs, half a tank of gas, it’s dark and we’re wearing formal clothes…

Sweetie: Hit it! (Laughter)

(We see a montage of scenes set to “Can’t Turn You Loose” of Rarity and Brad doing different things together.  Eating ice cream with an obviously disguised Sweetie and Norman serving them.  At the movies, Brad puts his hand atop Rarity’s causing Norman to almost jump him from the row above.  Sweetie pulls him down though causing them to miss Brad quickly removing it and apologizing.  The two are also seen on a swan shaped boat on a pond with two snorkels following close behind.  (Laughter)  Finally the two are seen pulling back into the parking lot of the apartment complex with Norman and Sweetie pulling in quite a few spots away with their lights off.  Brad and Rarity walk toward the door as we see Norman and Sweetie tailing them.  Sensing something they turn around as we see Norman and Sweetie dive into the bushes. (Laughter)  Rarity and Brad shrug and continue in. (Laughter))

Sweetie: Quick, use the other door and we can head them off!

Norman: Okay!

(The two get upstairs just in time to see Rarity and Brad entering the boy’s apartment)

Norman: Oh God!  He invited her in!  Nothing good ever happens when he invites a girl in! (Laughter)

Sweetie: (Thinking back to when Brad last invited her in) Tell me about it. (Laughter)

Norman: (Resolutely) This ends now!

Sweetie: I’m with you!

(The two charge to the door and Norman opens it, they rush in)

Norman: Unhand her you vile…..

The lights turn on and there are pops and party favor sounds.  Literally Everyone from the Series up till this point is in the apartment)

All: SURPRISE!  Happy Birthday Norman! (Laughter and Cheers)

(Norman and Sweetie are dumbfounded)

Sweetie: It’s your birthday?

Norman: It is?  (Laughter)...I mean...it is!

Pinkie: (Outanowhere!) Are you surprised?!?!?! Huh Huh Huh!?  Are ya, are ya?!?!

Norman: Yes...very.

Brad: (Coming over) Happy Birthday Bro!

Rarity: Yes, happy birthday Darling. (She kisses him on the cheek) (Audience:Wooooo!) Sorry we had to lead you on such a wild goose chase.

Norman: You mean this whole thing with you and Brad was set up?

Brad: Yeah...we had to get you out so that Pinkie could decorate for the party somehow.

Sweetie: And you knew it was us the whole time?

Rarity: Well darling, its not that hard for me to recognize the suit and dress that I made for the fall formal a few years back.

(Norman and Sweetie look at their outfits...then at the carousel boutique tags on them)

Both: Oh… (Laughter)

(Octavia comes up to Sweetie and takes back her wig)

Octavia: (To Sweetie) I’ll take zis back, thank you very much. (To Norman) This is all your fault you know….I expect you to take ze responsibility for this.

Norman: Eh….

Octavia: (now blushing a bit) oh...and….happy birthday...dummkopf.(Laughter)

Norman: What just happened? (Laughter)

(Rarity and Brad shrug and Brad walks away)

Rarity: (Alone with Norman:) I have something special for you, birthday boy.

Norman: (Mentally) Oh Boy, Oh Boy, Oh Boy…(Laughter)

Rarity: Close your eyes.

(Norman does so)

Norman: (Mentally) Oh man...in public with everyone here...Aryan Beauty you temptress you…(Laughter)

Rarity: Open them!

(Norman opens his eyes in time to see that Rarity is holding a new suit)

Rarity: After seeing you in Seersucker at the Derby, I just had to make you another one!  Do you like it?

Norman: (Mentally) Eh...close enough. (Laughter) (Aloud) I love it!

Brad: (v/o from offscreen) Norm, come get some pizza, we got it from Jumbo Slice.

Norman: (Eyes wide) I don’t wanna die!

(Laughter to end scene)

 

(After Credits Scene)

(Open on the apartment, Norman and Brad are on the couch after the party.  They are the only ones left.)

Brad: You’re not mad about what we put you through today, are you?

Norman: Are you kidding, all in all, it was one of the best Birthday’s I’ve ever had.

Brad: Good, Rarity and I were worried that you might have gotten jealous.

Norman: It’s fine...since the whole thing was a set-up, I feel a lot better knowing now after some of the events that took place, like at the restaurant.

Brad: (Heading to Bed) I have no clue what you are talking about.

(Norman turns on the TV)

Norman: So it was all a game…

TV NEWS REPORTER: Police are still investigating the death of a man at an Italian restaurant.  Reports say a weapon is oddly absent...as though it vanished into thin air…

Norman: (Turning off TV) Or was it! (Laughter and freeze frame to end scene)