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INVENTING THE ABBOTTS - Daily Script

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44.<br />

71 CONTINUED: 71<br />

DOUG<br />

I'm going to the University of<br />

Pennsylvania. I think I'm going<br />

to be an architect, too.<br />

JACEY<br />

Like hell you are.<br />

DOUG<br />

Why not? Maybe we can be<br />

roommates in Philadelphia?<br />

JACEY<br />

You're nuts. You'll never get<br />

accepted to Penn. Besides, Mom<br />

couldn't afford it anyway.<br />

DOUG<br />

I'll get a scholarship.<br />

JACEY<br />

I had a four-point-0 grade average<br />

and I couldn't get a scholarship<br />

-- so, I say you got your head up<br />

your ass.<br />

Jacey skillfully manipulates the volley and wins the game<br />

with a savage return that Doug is unable to counter.<br />

Jacey smiles, puts his paddle down, and walks out of the<br />

garage. Doug quickly picks up a ping-pong ball and hits<br />

it into the back of Jacey's head. Jacey turns and shoots<br />

a perturbed look at Doug -- Doug smiles:<br />

'Night.<br />

DOUG<br />

72 INT. WOMEN'S APPAREL STORE (DOWNTOWN HALEY) - DAY 72<br />

(WINTER, 1958)<br />

Helen looks over the merchandise. Doug absent-mindedly<br />

trails after his mother as he studies a large brochure<br />

about the University of Pennsylvania.<br />

DOUG<br />

What's 'scenic design'?<br />

HELEN<br />

In what context?<br />

DOUG<br />

What a minute -- it's theatre.<br />

Mmmm?<br />

HELEN<br />

(CONTINUED)

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