Episode 7: Visiting Hours

Episode 7: Visiting Hours

 

(Scene 1 opens looking at the door of the apartment from the hallway.  The door opens and Norman and Rarity step out into the hall.)

Norman: Alright Brad, Rarity and I are heading out to lunch for the afternoon. Be back later.

Brad: (v/o) Sounds good.  Have fun, see you later.

(Norman closes the door and he and Rarity begin to walk away.)

Rarity: What do you think Brad is going to do while we are gone all day, Darling?

Norman: Trust me, we probably don’t want to know. (laughter)

(Cut back to the inside of the apartment.  The camera is in the living room looking down the hall toward the bedrooms.  The sound of Norman and Rarity talking fades away and then disappears altogether.  Brad slowly sticks his head out the door of his room (Laughter))

Brad: Nice.

(He ducks back into his room and quickly reappears walking into the common room with a small table which he sets up near the recliner.  He goes to the kitchen and puts the tea kettle on the stove, returns to his room, and comes back with a phonograph that he places on the table.  back into the room and he returns and sets a book down in the recliner.  By this time the kettle is whistling and he pours and brews the tea which he sets next to the phonograph.  He is about to sit down)

Brad: (Holding up a finger as he is reminded of something) Ah.

(He runs back into the room only to reappear wearing a velvet smoking jacket) (Laughter) (He turns on the phonograph which begins playing music by Vivaldi.  He sits in the chair and begins moving his hands, as though conducting the music) (Laughter)  

Brad: Finally, a little “me-time”

(Brad adds sugarcubes daintily to his tea and picks up his book revealing it to be a very worn copy of “War and Peace” (Laughter)  As he is about to start reading there is a knock at the door causing him to recoil in horror at the prospect of it being Fluttershy or Harshwhinny (Laughter))

Brad: W...Who is it? (No response.  He moves to the peephole, takes a single look through, and immediately straightens up.)

(From outside the apartment he can see the back of a girl.  She appears to be in her late teens, perhaps a junior or senior in High School.  She has fair skin and streaked pink and purple hair.  We can hear stuff being hastily moved about in the apartment.  Brad swings open the door and still has the smoking jacket on, he quickly realizes and slams the door only to reappear again as normally dressed. (Laughter).  The girl seems to recognize Brad but he doesn’t know her.)

Girl: Hello!  I was supposed to meet up with my sister but she doesn’t seem to be in her apartment, can I come in and call her?  I am afraid my cell phone is dead.

Brad: (Has been checking this girl out the entire time and has a devious smile on his face) Of course, my dear.  Come in, make yourself at home.  

(She enters, Brad watching her the entire way)

Brad: (inner monologue v/o) Bradical!

(Quick cut to Norman and Rarity at a restaurant eating lunch together.  Norman noticeably cringes)

Rarity: Darling, are you cold?  That was quite a shiver you gave there.

Norman: I have no idea what just happened. (Laughter)

(Cut back to the apartment, the girl hangs up the phone)

Girl: That’s odd, her phone isn’t picking up.  She must have it turned off.

(Brad hands her a cup of tea)

Brad: Well, if she lives here in the complex as you say, you can always stay here until she returns.

Girl: Thank you very much.  (She takes a sip of the tea)  It’s good to see that there are some gentlemen left in the wor...(She proceed to pass out, Brad catching her and placing her on the couch.

Brad: Oh...I wouldn’t say I’m gentle. (Laughter)

(Brad chuckles and takes the tea she had just set down, he is about to sip from it when he realizes that would be a bad idea and walks toward his room)

Brad: Now where did I put my cup of tea? (Laughter)

(While Brad enters his room and closes the door to look for his tea, we hear the door of the apartment open and see, from behind, and older man and woman enter and look over the passed out girl.)

Man: Well well well, what do we have here?

(End of scene)

 



(Scene 2 opens where we left off, the man and his wife are looking a the sleeping girl on the couch, they are an older couple, probably in their fiftie.  The fellow wears a suit and tie, he looks a bit like J Jonah Jameson.  His wife looks like a typical sitcom mother...from the fifties and sixties, very much a June Cleaver style of character)

Woman: (Noticing the box of tissues near the couch) Honey, Perhaps she has a cold and is sleeping it off on the couch.

Man: Indeed...well, my dear, perhaps she knows where our son is?

(The woman kneels down and gently shakes the girl.  She awakens and gasps, surprised to be in an unfamiliar place with more unfamiliar people.)

Woman: I’m sorry to wake you dear but I was wondering if you knew where our son was, we just came to visit him, perhaps you know?

Girl: (Putting two and two together) Son....oh yes.  I am quite...familiar with your son.

Man: (Smiling) Haha, what did I tell you, dear?  Son of a tiger he is, just look at her...he gets his picking skills from me. (Laughter)

(as this is going on, Brad has started coming out of his room, he enters the living room only to find two strangers with their backs to him, they have not noticed him.  The girl, however, has and shoots him a coy smile.  Brad mouths a quick “Oh crap!” and quietly sneaks back to his room. (Laughter))

Woman: Well, is he in?

Girl: Yes, I believe he’s just taking  a nap.  I am sure he will be out soon and he will be happy to see you.

(By this point the man has wandered into the kitchen and comes back out with teacups for he and his wife)

Man: (Sitting at the table in the dining area) Well miss, why don’t you join my wife and I while we wait for him.

(The woman and the girl join him at the table.  The man and woman sit with their backs to the bedroom hallway while the girl sits facing the hall, we see from her perspective Brad sneaking out of his room and hiding behind the recliner which she notices)

Woman: Well, now...how do you know our son?

Girl: Oh....well, we went to the same high school together, although he was a few grades ahead of me to be honest.

Woman: Then you’re still a high schooler?!?

Man: (To his wife) Now Dear, last I checked I knew someone five years younger than me who was just as beautiful as the day I met her,

(The two lose themselves and forget where they are for a moment and kiss, the girl has a small smile on her face from the couple.  Brad, peaking over the recliner is a little disgusted but is more disturbed about how his day is going. (Laughter))

Girl: I even danced with him at the prom my first year.

Woman: Well that’s romantic now isn’t it dear?

Man: It certainly is.

Girl.  Yeah, but see the thing is that after the dance, he kind of....(She thinks back to prom night and what happened involving Brad, then thinks back to what happened with her friends at Dash’s house and thinks better of continuing on.

Woman: Kind of what, dear?

(Brad is trying to hear exactly what they are talking about from behind the recliner)

Girl:....um....

Man: Oh, don’t tell me he stole your first kiss.

Girl: (Thinking quickly) Yeah!  Yeah, you could say that.

Brad: (Inner-monologue v/o) Someone got lucky on prom night?  Pssh!  Join the club. (Laughter)

Man: (Looking at his wife) Well, shall we tell her some embarrassing stories about our boy from when he was young?

Woman: Let’s...

(Brad perks up a bit at this but ducks back down when he sees the girl smiling evilly toward him)

Girl: Yes please. (Laughter to end the scene)

 



(Scene 3 opens in the apartment, we join the conversation between the three at the table mid-story)

Man:...And thats why he can’t go on bumper cars any more!

(The three begin laughing)

Woman: Oh but he is a good boy though.

Man: And he tries hard when it comes to things he loves.  Just like his grandfather.

Woman: We named him after him.

Girl: What was he like?

Man: Well, dad was a ball bearing salesmen.  It wasn’t exciting work but he took it seriously and he believed in an honest way of doing business.  One time, his boss wanted him to take a client who had a bit of a drinking problem out to a bar.  He figured dad could get him stinking drunk and then cut a deal with him that way...

(Quick cut to Norman and Rarity at lunch, he is seemingly continuing the story as Rarity asked him about his family)

Norman: So grandpa doesn’t want to do it that way.  Instead he takes the client out to dinner and shows him how effective the bearings are.  He pitches their quality and price and he ends up with the biggest contract the company ever got.

Rarity: He sounds like he was a wonderful person.

Norman: He was.  He cared for his fellow man, too.  Hated dirty jokes.  He went to a party once and got annoyed by someone telling a story about an eskimo who mistook his wife for a walrus. (Laughter)  He always said that jokes about ethnicity were the worst.  They were merely weak ways to try and make oneself feel superior over others.

Rarity: Don’t you think thats a bit ironic given your reputation at the school. (Laughter)

Norman: (Jokingly) I am not a racist.  I am a melting pot of friendship. (The two laugh as does the audience)

Rarity:(Taking Norman’s hand) Well....you inherited your name from a wonderful person and you took after him. (Audience: Aww)

Norman: (Smiling) Thank you, Rarity.  Shall we head back.

Rarity: Yes.  (The two stand to leave. Quick cut back to the apartment where the man and woman finish the story)

Man: Dad was a great man, he taught me the value of a hard day of work and I passed that onto our son.  Sure he has his odd moments and he often requires help from his friends.  but in the end, he still tries hard and makes us proud. (The man and woman look at eachother and smile, proud of their son)

Girl: (Thinking about what happened to her when she came to the apartment earlier) Listen, I’m sure you’re proud of him but there are things you don’t know about him.

Woman: Like what, dear?  

Girl: (Standing, addressing the recliner) I know you’re over there, you might as well confess now.

Man: Is she interrogating that recliner? (Laughter)

Brad: (Popping up from behind the chair) Hello! How are Mr. and Mrs. Normal today.

Mr Norman: Brad, my boy...how long have you been back there?

Girl: Normal?  (To Brad) I thought your last name was Sentry.

Brad:(Confused at why she knows this) It is.

Mrs. Normal: (Noticing something) That’s right, we never asked you your name, dear.

Girl: Me?  Well, my name is....

(Norman and Rarity enter with Rarity noting the girl)

Rarity: Sweetie Belle?!?

Brad: (Jumping back in horror) Sweetie Belle! (Laughter)

Mr and Mrs Normal: Norman!

Sweetie Belle: (Running to give Rarity a hug) Sis!  

Norman: Mom?!?  Dad?!?

Brad: What is this, homeroom roll call? (Laughter)

Sweetie: Rarity, I came to visit but you weren’t in so I came over here and then...(She looks directly at Brad who loudly gulps and is sweating. She smiles deviously at him, the tables have turned and blackmail is about to be delivered) we were going to play Yahtzee. (Laughter) But then Norman’s parents came to visit looking for him and we ended up waiting here for both of you to come back instead.

Rarity: Well Sweetie, I’m sorry I missed you earlier.  I’ll tell you what.  Why don’t we go out for ice cream and shopping and then you can join Norman and I for a movie tonight.

Sweetie: works for me.

Rarity: It’s good to see you again Mr and Mrs Normal.

Mr Normal: A pleasure to see you as well, I hope my son wasn’t too much trouble.

Mrs. Normal: (Somewhat coldly, through gritted teeth) Hello, Rarity dear.

Rarity: Well, Sweetie and I will take our leave.  (To Norman) We’ll let you and your family catch up.  See you tonight.

(They exit, Brad walks up to Norman’s father feverishly shaking his hand for helping stop him from ending up with Sweetie again)

Brad: Thank you, my savior! (Laughter)

Mr. Normal: (Chuckling,a bit confused) Eh?  Well, you’re welcome son.

Mrs. Normal: Now then, Norman, why don’t we go out for a while to catch up and get some dinner later one before you’re movie.

Norman: Sure, just let me get some things, I’ll meet you downstairs.

(His parents go to leave, his dad stops near him)

Mr. Normal: Going the sister route eh.(elbows him a few times) Very good, very good. (Laughter)

Norman: What?

Mrs. Normal: Just remember, Norman, True Love is like the Highlander, there can only be one. (Laughter)

Norman: (Thoroughly confused) What?!?

(The two leave, as Norman walks by Brad, he thinks back to one of Mr. Normal’s stories he heard behind the recliner.)

Brad: (To Norman): So is that the reason why we can never go to the Spaghetti Warehouse for dinner, you’re banned?

Norman: (Freezes, turns and charges out the door yelling down the hall to his parents) What did you tell them!? (Laughter to end the scene)

 

 

After Credits Scene: (We open in the apartment, it is dark except for the TV screen of the ending movie.  We see Norman and Rarity on the couch have fallen asleep at some point and are leaning on each other.  Sweetie gets up and covers the two of them with a blanket)

Sweetie: (to the sleeping Norman) If what you’re parents say about you is true, then you will make my sister very happy. (Awww)

(She take Rarity’s key and starts toward the door to head next door.  She then stops, an evil grin on her face.  We see her instead head down the hall to the door to Brad’s room and deftly maneuver inside.  The scene goes black as we hear...)

Brad: Oh God!  Not again!!! (Laughter to end the episode)