The Wonder Years - Transcript

Episode 87: "Lunch Stories"

Written by Sy Dukane & Denise Moss
Transcribed by Kyle Gittins
Edited by Peter Reynders

OPENING SEQUENCE

[Clip of a Russian [?] spacecraft lifting off the pad.]

NARRATOR: In March of nineteen-seventy-two, a lot of great things...

[Clip of people on the Great Wall of China.]

NARRATOR: Were happening. Events...

[Clip of Presidant Nixon sitting in a chair, speaking and gesturing.]

NARRATOR: That would shape history, and alter...

[Clip of Chairman Mao Tse Tung sitting in a chair, smiling and looking off.]

NARRATOR: The way we think.

[Clips of Governor George Wallace at a podium.]

GOV. WALLACE: Now, I bet ya Mao Tse Tung was askin' 'bout the bussin' business over here...

[Clip of presidential candidate George McGovern shaking hands with a factory worker.]

GEORGE McGOVERN: You fellas know I'm running for President...

[Clip of Edmund Muskie talking to reporters in a light smowfall.]

EDMUND MUSKIE: Good woman...

[Clip of a US bomber dropping its stick of bombs.]

NARRATOR: Still, among all that change, there was a common thread.

[Slow motion clip of bombs exploding in the jungle.]

NARRATOR: One experience that united us all.

Cut to


INT. DAY. CAFETERIA.

[Shot of the double doors as they are opened and a crowd of students approaches the camera. Music "Oom, Mow, Mow" - The Rivington's plays.]

NARRATOR: Lunch.

[Low shot of the legs of students as they walk past the camera.]

NARRATOR: At twelve-oh-five PM every day...

[Shot of students approaching the camera. The camera pulls up and back slightly.]

NARRATOR: Kids all over America piled in to high school cafeterias.

[Students find places at the tables.]

[Close shot of a stack of red plastic trays as a succession of student's hands pick one up.]

NARRATOR: Like lemmings to the meatloaf.

[Close shot of the bins of silverware as a succession of student's hands pick them up.]

NARRATOR: You remember.

[Close shot of a stainless-steel tray as the cover is lifted, revealing green beans.]

NARRATOR: The sights, the sounds...

[Shot of two tables as a boy sets his tray down, followed by other students sitting in sequence toward the camera.]

NARRATOR: And that smell. That odd combination of...

[Low shot of the chairs as students approach them and pull them away from the table.]

NARRATOR: Wet trays, warm silverware, and...

[Close shot of a plate of food, consisting of Sloppy Joe's, green beans, mashed potatoes and a sald. A fork dips into the potatoes.]

NARRATOR: Pale green beans.

[The fork, with potatoes, stabs into a grean bean.]

[Shot of a group of guys and a girl playing guitars as another boy on crutches hobbles past them.]

NARRATOR: But lunch at my school, like most others...was rarely about food.

[Wide shot of a group of students as a girl and guy kiss.]

NARRATOR: It was about drama...lust...

[Shot of two boys intently playing chess.]

NARRATOR: Power.

[Shot of a group of guys as one launches a paper airplane.]

NARRATOR: Intrigue.

[Wider shot of the same group as the airplane flies past a boy holding a stack of books, causing him to drop them. Most people laugh and clap.]

NARRATOR: Not to mention...humiliation.

[The boy bends over and picks up his books.]

[Shot of a boy wearing glasses and a pocket protector approaching the camera, carrying his tray and books. The camera rolls backward with him.]

NARRATOR: In a way, it was kind of a stage. And we...its principle players.

[The boy approaches and empty seat next to a girl, who slides her books over to block him from sitting down.]

NARRATOR: There were those who could never seem to find a place to sit...

[The boy frowns and turns away.]

[Shot of a long-haired guy in the distance, sitting alone.]

NARRATOR: And those no one wanted to sit with.

[He licks some food he is holding.]

[Shot of Winnie and another girl chatting as they approach the camera.]

NARRATOR: Those with natural charm...

[Winnie taps the girl on the arm and gestures, and they pass the camera.]

NARRATOR: And those...

[The camera stops on Slovosky and others at a table. Slovosky holds a Sloppy Joe.]

NARRATOR: Who had to work for it.

SLOVOSKY: OK, everybody - watch! One bite!

[Slovosky stuffs the Sloppy Joe into his mouth. The others gesture and chant.]

GUYS: Go! Go! Go!

[Slovosky raises his arms in victory.]

[Close shot of a pan of Sloppy Joe sauce as it is stirred with a big spoon.]

[Shot of Kevin at the counter as the cook puts a spoonful of sauce on his bun.]

NARRATOR: Me...I was just an ordinary Joe...

[Kevin takes his tray and turns toward the camera which rolls back with him.]

NARRATOR: Being served something unidentifiable by a guy in a hair-net.

[Kevin sets his tray on the rails as he picks up a carton of milk.]

NARRATOR: Stocking up on waxy milk...

[Kevin lifts some type of brown food onto his plate with a spatula.]

NARRATOR: And congealed blue-plate special.

[Kevin turns toward the camera and passes it.]

[Shot of Chuck standing in the aisle, holding his tray and looking past the camera, as Kevin joins him.]

NARRATOR: Yeah. All in all...life was good.

[Chuck smiles and shakes his head slightly.]

CHUCK: I don't believe it.

[Kevin looks at him.]

[Shot from Kevin's perspective of a girl in the distance as she sits down at a table.]

CHUCK [V/O]: Isn't she beautiful?

[Shot of Kevin and Chuck looking at each other, then Chuck looks toward the girl off-screen as two girls cross the camera.]

NARRATOR: Chuck Coleman had one obsession in life.

[Closer shot of the girl at the table as she flips her hair over her shoulder.]

NARRATOR: Sheila McCaffrey - clarinet player.

CHUCK [V/O]: I mean, she is hot!

KEVIN [V/O]: Yeah, yeah, yeah...

[Wider shot of Kevin approaching the camera, as Chuck follows and gestures.]

CHUCK: I mean, not just regular hot - I mean, she is...

[Kevin frowns and rolls his eyes upward.]

KEVIN & CHUCK: Diaphanous.

[They turn and go across a row of tables.]

NARRATOR: For the past three weeks, Chuck had been using that word. I'm pretty sure he thought it meant..."stacked".

KEVIN: So, why don't you just ask her out? [Frowns.]

[Chuck slows up.]

CHUCK: You can't just make a move on a girl like that! [Gestures.] You have to find the precise moment!

[Shot past Chuck of Kevin looking at him.]

CHUCK: The perfect thing to say. [Gestures.] The right shirt!

[Shot past Kevin of Chuck looking at him.]

NARRATOR: Face it. The guy was scared witless.

[Shot past Chuck of Kevin looking at him.]

KEVIN: Chuck?

CHUCK: What?

KEVIN: We're here.

[Shot past Kevin of Chuck as he looks off slightly, as Kevin sits down.]

CHUCK: Oh.

[Shot past Kevin of Ricky sitting at the table with his arms crossed.]

CHUCK [V/O]: Hey, Ricky.

RICKY: Hey, guys.

[Chuck sets his tray next to Ricky and starts to sit down.]

NARRATOR: That was the thing about lunch...

[Shot past Ricky of Kevin smiling slightly and looking off, then smiling at Ricky.]

NARRATOR: You always sat with the same people because...well...

[Kevin sips his milk.]

NARRATOR: You always sat with the same people.

[Wide shot of the three at the table as Kevin takes a bite of food. Ricky looks toward Chuck's tray, then turns toward Chuck.]

RICKY: Hey - I get the pickle.

[Chuck holds some food away from Ricky.]

CHUCK: Uh.

RICKY: Please. [Frowns.]

[Chuck gives the pickle to Ricky, who nods. Paul approaches, wearing a blue jacket and white pants.]

PAUL: Hey, guys!

[Paul sets a light tan bag over the chair back, looks at the guys who are looking at him, and pauses.]

PAUL: What?

CHUCK: Nice tie. [Nods.]

[Shot past Chuck of Kevin looking at Paul off-screen.]

KEVIN: What...

[Kevin looks at Chuck.]

KEVIN: Your mom dress you again? [Smiles.]

[Shot of Paul looking at Kevin off-screen.]

PAUL: Oh, very funny. Look, I-I got a debate tournament this afternoon...[shrugs]...I gotta look nice.

[Shot past Chuck and Ricky of Kevin looking at Paul off-screen.]

NARRATOR: Now, of course, Paul was the brain of our group.

[Shot of Paul as he takes off his jacket. He is wearing a white shirt and dark tie.]

NARRATOR: So we treated him with the respect he deserved.

[Wider shot of all as Paul sets his jacket over the back of the chair. Some kids cross the camera.]

CHUCK: Well, sit down...before somebody sees you! [Laughs.]

PAUL: Oh, remind me to laugh. [Frowns.]

[Paul sits down. Another kid crosses the camera. Ricky looks at Paul.]

RICKY: Hey, are you gonna have those mashed potatoes?

PAUL: Ricky, I just got here.

[Shot past Kevin and Paul of Ricky and Chuck, and Alice in the aisle.]

ALICE: Ricky! Ricky!

[Ricky and Chuck look at her and frown.]

ALICE: Did you do your report for *Calvin's" class?

RICKY: Uh, report...[frowns]...what report?

[Close shot of Kevin frowning slightly and looking toward Paul off-screen.]

ALICE [V/O]: The report! The one that's due...

[Close shot of Paul looking at Kevin off-screen, then down.]

ALICE [V/O]: Today!

[Shot past Ricky of Alice looking at him.]

ALICE: A thousand words on the day in the life of a citizen of ancient Rome - and if I don't get it done, I'm gonna fail.

[She looks forward.]

ALICE: I'm gonna look like an idiot! [Frowns.]

[Close shot of Ricky looking at Alice off-screen. Kevin is in the background looking at them.]

RICKY: Are you sure it's due today?

[Shot past Ricky of Alice, as a student crosses the camera.]

ALICE: Fourteen people told me it was.

[Close shot of Ricky frowning at Alice off-screen. Kevin is in the background looking at them.]

RICKY: Well, well, how come we didn't know about it?

[Wider shot from behind Kevin and Paul as Alice stands up.]

ALICE: I have to go. [Gestures.] I have to find a pencil.

[She turns and collects her things from her table. Ricky looks forward as she exits.]

RICKY: Oh, my God!

[Shot past Ricky of Kevin looking at him.]

KEVIN: Ricky! Calm down.

RICKY: A thousand words...

[Shot past Kevin and Paul of Ricky and Chuck.]

RICKY: What am I gonna do?

[Ricky opens a book nervously.]

RICKY: I-I...I don't know...

[He leafs through the book quickly.]

NARRATOR: It was inevitable.

[Shot past Ricky of Kevin taking a forkful of food.]

NARRATOR: Every day, somewhere between fish sticks and Jell-O...

[Kevin sips some milk and looks at Ricky.]

[Shot past Kevin and Paul of Ricky and Chuck. Chuck is holding a pen up high and waving it while looking at Ricky.]

NARRATOR: Ricky Halsenbach would have at least one academic crisis.

[Ricky takes the pen.]

[Shot past Chuck of Paul looking at Ricky off-screen.]

RICKY [V/O]: OK, OK - I can do this.

[Shot past Ricky of Kevin looking at Paul off-screen and smiling slightly as he takes a forkful of food.]

RICKY: A day...

[Shot past Kevin and Paul of Ricky and Chuck as Ricky writes.]

RICKY: In the life...

[Shot past Ricky of Kevin looking at Ricky's paper as he rubs his lip.]

RICKY [V/O]: Of...ancient Rome.

[Shot past Chuck of Paul rolling his eyes.]

RICKY [V/O]: By...Ricky...

[Shot past Kevin and Paul of Ricky and Chuck as Ricky writes.]

RICKY: Halsenbach.

[Ricky moves his pen quickly across each word.]

RICKY: One-two-three-four-five...

[Shot past Chuck of Paul looking at Ricky off-screen.]

RICKY [V/O]: Six, seven, eight, nine, ten...

[Shot past Kevin and Paul of Ricky and Chuck as Ricky writes.]

RICKY: Ricky...

[The guys nod and mouth simutaneously with Ricky.]

RICKY: David Halsenbach.

[Chuck smiles slightly.]

[Close shot of Kevin smiling and looking toward Paul off-screen.]

NARRATOR: Sure, we weren't exactly the "A" table...

[Kevin looks past Paul.]

[Wide shot of all as the boy wearing glasses and the pocket protector pauses behind Paul and Kevin.]

BOY: Excuse me...is-is this seat...

[Paul gestures.]

ALL: Taken...

NARRATOR: But we had our standards.

[The boy walks off slowly.]

NARRATOR: Such as they were.

[Close shot of Chuck looking toward Sheila off-screen, as he twitches nervously.]

CHUCK: Look at her, Kev...

[Close shot of Kevin looking toward Sheila off-screen.]

CHUCK [V/O]: Doesn't she look...

[Close shot of Chuck looking toward Sheila off-screen.]

CHUCK: Just like Ali McGraw?

[Chuck blinks nervously.]

[Shot from Kevin's perspective of Sheila in conversation with another girl.]

[Close shot of Kevin looking toward Sheila off-screen, then frowning slightly and rising.]

KEVIN: I'm gonna get a soda.

[Wide shot of all as Kevin aproaches the camera as Paul watches him.]

NARRATOR: Heck. Even I needed a break from these bozos once in awhile.

[Shot from behind Kevin as he walks away from the camera toward a soda machine against the far wall. Three guys are standing near it.]

NARRATOR: Which in this case meant - a trip to the soda machine.

[Closer shot of the three guys as they separate slightly as Kevin approaches betwen them.]

NARRATOR: In our cafeteria, it was...

GUY: So, Arnold.

[Kevin pauses in front of the machine and looks at the guy. A girl carrying a tray crosses the camera.]

GUY: How's it hanging? [Shrugs.]

NARRATOR: On the other side of the tracks.

[Shot past two guys of Kevin looking at them.]

KEVIN: Hey.

[He glances at another guy off-screen.]

[Wide shot of all as Kevin faces the macine. Two girls cross the camera.]

NARRATOR: Jimmy Donnelly, Joey Spinoza and Neal Pemish.

[Kevin glances at Donnelly.]

[Close shot of Donnelly glancing slighty at Pemish.]

NARRATOR: Their school motto was...

[Close shot of Spinoza looking forward blankly.]

NARRATOR: "We came, we left."

[Spinoza frowns slightly.]

[Wide shot of all as Kevin deposits a coin into the machine, then pushes the button. Donnelly kicks the soda machine, causing a can to fall.]

[Shot past Donnelly and Pemish of Kevin looking at them.]

KEVIN: Thanks.

[Kevin glances at them again, then bends down.]

[Wide shot of all as Kevin retrieves the soda.]

DONNELLY: So, Arnold...

[Kevin stands up.]

DONNELLY: We're, uh...ditchin' fifth and sixth period.

[Shot past Donnelly of Kevin looking at him.]

KEVIN: Good for you.

[Shot past Kevin of Donnelly looking at him.]

DONNELLY: Yeah, we're gonna see "The Devil in Miss Jones".

[Shot past Donnelly and Pemish of Kevin looking at them.]

KEVIN: Yeah, right!

[Close shot of Spinoza looking at Kevin off-screen.]

SPINOZA: Uh...wh-what's that supposed to mean? [Frowns.]

[Shot past Donnelly and Pemish of Kevin looking at Spinoza off-screen.]

KEVIN: It means it's X-rated!

[Shot past Kevin of Donnelly looking at him.]

DONNELLY: Ooooooooh...[Frowns.]

[He looks at Pemish.]

[Wide shot of all as Pemish gestures with both hands.]

PEMISH: Whoa...

[Donnelly put his hand on Kevin's shoulder.]

DONNELLY: That's no problem.

[Shot past Donnelly of Kevin looking at him.]

DONNELLY: My cousin works the door - figured we'd take in a matinee.

[Wide shot of all.]

PEMISH: Yeah, we thought ya might want to come along.

KEVIN: Me?!

DONNELLY: Yeah, we like you!

[Donnelly puts his hand on Kevn's shoulder again.]

[Shot past Kevin of Donnelly looking at him.]

DONNELLY: We think you're great!

[Donnelly pulls away slightly.]

DONNELLY: Everybody says you're a really cool guy.

[Shot past Donnelly of Kevin glancing at the guys.]

KEVIN: Well...

[Close shot of Spinoza looing at Kevin off-screen.]

SPINOZA: Plus, you got a car.

[Shot past Kevin of Donnelly glancing off and gesturing.]

DONNELLY: Look, uh...

[He looks at Kevin and shrugs.]

DONNELLY: Pemish's carburetor blew up again, and, uh...[frowns]...we really thought you'd be the kind of guy who'd want to help us out.

[He raises an eyebrow slightly.]

[Shot past Donnelly of Kevin looking at him.]

KEVIN: Well, I'm not.

[Shot past Kevin of Donnelly frowning and looking down slightly.]

DONNELLY: Sure.

[Donnelly shrugs as he rubs his ear and looks off.]

DONNELLY: We, uh, understand - you, uh...you gotta get back to your geeky friends over there. [Nods.]

[Shot past Donnelly of Kevin looking at him.]

KEVIN: For your information, my friends are not geeks.

[Donnelly glances off.]

[Shot of Pemish, Donnelly and Kevin as Donnelly takes a step forward, and puts his arm around Kevin's shoulders.]

DONNELLY: Oh, yeah?

[Shot Chuch, Paul, and Ricky, as Chuck balances a straw across his lip, and Paul and Ricky tug at something.]

PAUL: No, no.

NARRATOR: Hmmmm...

[Shot of Donnelly and Kevin as Donnelly pats him on the stomach.]

DONNELLY: Proof's in the pudding, man.

[Kevin looks at Donnelly.]

KEVIN: Well...

[Shot past Donnelly of Kevin looking at him.]

KEVIN: Anyway...I'm not interested, OK? [Nods.]

[Donnelly puts both hands on Kevin's shoulders.]

DONNELLY: Just think about it, Arnold.

[Shot past Kevin of Donnelly looking at him.]

DONNELLY: That's all we ask - just think about it.

[Shot past Donnelly of Kevin looking at him, as Donnelly removes his hands.]

KEVIN: Sure.

[Kevin glances at the other guys.]

KEVIN: I'll do that. [Frowns.]

[Shot of Pemish, Donnelly and Kevin as Kevin turns and approaches the camera.]

NARRATOR: Let's face it - I wasn't the "ditching" type. I was more your average, everyday...

[Wayne walks past Kevin and snatches his soda.]

WAYNE: Thanks, butthead.

[Kevin turns toward Wayne.]

KEVIN: Hey!

NARRATOR: Victim.

WAYNE: I need this, OK?!

KEVIN: Buy your own!

WAYNE: It's not for me! [Gestures.]

[A girl crosses the camera.]

WAYNE: It's for...

[They slowly turn away from the camera as some dramatic music plays. The camera pans over to a long-haired guy sitting at a table in the distance, hunched over some food.]

WAYNE [V/O]: Him.

[Shot of Wayne and Kevin looking at him off-screen.]

NARRATOR: We called him "Maniac". You know the type.

[Shot from Kevin's perspective of Maniac as the boy with glasses and the pocket protector approaches him.]

NARRATOR: You never knew where he came from...

[The boy sets his tray on the table.]

NARRATOR: What he was thinking...

[Maniac looks up slowly and frowns at the boy.]

NARRATOR: How many family members he might have killed...

[The boy nervously picks up his tray and exits.]

WAYNE [V/O]: Some guys...

[Shot of Wayne and Kevin looking at him off-screen, as Wayne leans a little closer.]

WAYNE: Bet me twenty bucks I couldn't...[gestures]... find out Maniac's real name. Heh-heh. [Smiles.]

KEVIN: And you think a can of soda's gonna do it?

WAYNE: Nah-nah-nah-nah.

[Wayne glances at the soda can.]

WAYNE: It's just the ice-breaker.

[Shot from Kevin's perspective of Maniac looking after the boy off-screen.]

KEVIN [V/O]: You're out of your mind.

[Shot of Wayne and Kevin looking at Maniac off-screen, as Wayne smiles woodenly.]

WAYNE: Hey. For twenty bucks, I'd lick the paint off our house with my tongue. Heh-heh.

[They look at each other.]

NARRATOR: I got news for ya.

[They look at Maniac off-screen.]

NARRATOR: A year later - he did it, for ten.

[Close shot of Maniac chewing some chicken.]

WAYNE [V/O]: Ah! Here we are.

[Wayne passes the camera.]

WAYNE: Hi!

[Maniac looks up a Wayne takes a seat opposite him.]

WAYNE: You don't know me, but, uh...

[Shot from the end of the table of both in profile. Maniac is hunched over his food, and a brown bag and some food is scattered on the table.]

WAYNE: I'm Wayne Arnold, and...[points]...you would be?

[Shot past Wayne of Maniac looking at him as Wayne holds his hand out.]

[Shot past Maniac of Wayne looking at him and retracting his hand.]

[Shot from the end of the table of both in profile.]

WAYNE: Here.

[Wayne sets the can down and slides it forward.]

[Close shot of Maniac looking at Wayne off-screen as he chews slowly.]

WAYNE [V/O]: Bottoms up! Heh-heh.

[Shot of Kevin walking toward the camera. Winnie hurries from a table behind him.]

WINNIE: Kevin?

[Kevin slows up.]

WINNIE [V/O]: Wait!

[Kevin and turns toward her.]

KEVIN: Hey, Winnie!

[Winnie stops in front of him.]

WINNIE: You have a minute?

[Shot past Kevin of Winnie looking at him.]

NARRATOR: Was she kidding? For Winnie - I had a lifetime.

[Wider shot of both.]

KEVIN: You bet. [Smiles.]

WINNIE: See...

[They start to walk forward slowly, and the camera rolls back with them.]

WINNIE: I volunteered to run this drive for McKinley...and I really need people to contribute. But you know how people are.

[Kevin looks forward.]

KEVIN: Yeah, I know.

[Winnie looks forward.]

WINNIE: They're so...apathetic.

[She looks at Kevin and shrugs slightly.]

WINNIE: So, I thought...

KEVIN: Winnie! [Gestures.] Winnie...

[They slow and turn toward each other.]

KEVIN: Count me in. [Smiles.]

[Shot past Kevin of Winnie looking at him.]

WINNIE: Great. [Smiles.]

["Winnie's Theme" plays.]

[Shot past Winnie of Kevin looking at her and smiling as the camera moves in slowly.]

NARRATOR: After all, this was the love of my life.

[Shot past Kevin of Winnie looking down.]

NARRATOR: Potentially.

[She looks at Kevin and smiles.]

NARRATOR: The future mother of my children.

[She looks down again.]

NARRATOR: Potentially.

[Shot past Winnie of Kevin looking at her and smiling as the camera moves in slowly.]

NARRATOR: There wasn't anything I wouldn't do for her.

KEVIN: So...[shrugs]...what would I be contributing?

[Close shot of Winnie looking at Kevin off-screen.]

WINNIE: Blood.

[Winnie nods and smiles faintly. "Winnie's Theme" ends.]

[Close shot of Kevin looking at Winnie off-screen and pausing, then taking a little step backward.]

KEVIN: Blood? [Frowns.]

[Some squeaky "Twilight Zone" music plays.]

NARRATOR: Blood?!

WINNIE [V/O]: Kevin?

[Shot past Kevin of Winnie moving closer, seductively.]

WINNIE: I wouldn't ask if it wasn't really important.

[Close shot past Winnie of Kevin looking at her.]

NARRATOR: Oh, God - I was caught between sex and death!

[Close shot of Winnie lookng at Kevin off-screen and biting her lip slowly.]

NARRATOR: Sex-death, sex-death.

[Close shot past Winnie of Kevin looking down at her mouth.]

NARRATOR: Sex!

[Kevin looks Winnie in the eye and shrugs.]

KEVIN: OK, I'll do it!

[Close shot of Winnie smiling broadly.]

WINNIE: Great! See you after lunch. [Smiles.]

[Shot of both as Winnie turns and exits past the camera.]

KEVIN: Great. [Smiles.]

[Kevin glances off and frowns slightly.]

KEVIN: Great.

[Kevin approaches the camera which rolls back with him.]

GUYS [V/O]: Go! Go! Go! Go! Go!

[Kevin passes the camera as Kovinsky bends over several cubes of Jell-O on the table as his buddies chant, and he sucks them up.]

[Wider shot of the cafeteria as Kevin approaches his table.]

NARRATOR: Meanwhile, back at the zoo...

[Kevin sits down.]

RICKY: OK.

[Shot past Paul of Ricky looking at his paper.]

RICKY: An ancient Roman...lived in a Roman house...with a Roman wife and spoke Roman to a lot of Roman people.

[Close shot of Kevin looking at Ricky off-screen.]

RICKY [V/O]: What do you think so far?

[Kevin looks toward Paul off-screen.]

[Shot past Chuck of Paul looking at Ricky off-screen and hesitating.]

PAUL: Don't change a word.

[Close shot of Chuck looking toward Sheila off-screen, then Kevin off-screen.]

CHUCK: Have you noticed Sheila's skin?

[Chuck looks toward Sheila off-screen again.]

[Shot of Sheila and some other girls at their table. She flips her hair over her shoulder.]

[Close shot of Chuck looking at Sheila off-screen.]

CHUCK: It's like that thin paper that we use in typing class.

[Shot past Chuck of Paul slapping something on the table and looking at Chuck.]

PAUL: Sheila, Sheila - why don't you just go talk to her?

[Close shot of Chuck looking at Paul off-screen.]

CHUCK: I can't...

RICKY [V/O]: Why not?

[Chuck looks toward Sheila off-screen and shrugs.]

CHUCK: She's eating. [Frowns.]

[Shot past Chuck of Paul looking at him.]

PAUL: It's a cafeteria, Chuck. [Frowns.]

[Shot past Paul of Chuck looking at him.]

CHUCK: Paul, you can't ask a girl out when she's eating! [Frowns.]

[A boy crosses the camera.]

CHUCK: It's like a landmine. What happens if she smiles, and she has all these particles of tuna on her teeth?

[Shot of all four from behind chuck and Ricky. Eveyone is looking at Chuck.]

CHUCK: She'd be humiliated. You can't recover from something like that.

KEVIN: Chuck, will ya stop acting like such a geek? [Frowns.]

CHUCK: Well, what do you mean?

KEVIN: If you want to ask her out...[gestures]...ask her out. [Frowns.]

[Close shot of Chuck looking down and nodding slightly.]

NARRATOR: And, from small ideas do great decisions grow.

[He looks at Kevin off-screen as a boy crosses the camera.]

CHUCK: You're right, Kevin.

[Chuck stands up.]

[Wider shot of Chuck as he smoothes his shirt inside his pants.]

NARRATOR: So began that long march.

[A version of "The Addam's Family Theme" [?] plays.]

[Shot of Paul, Kevin and Ricky looking toward Chuck off-screen.]

NARRATOR: That test of fortitude to manhood.

[Shot from behind Chuck as he walks forward stiffly. The camera rolls forward with him, as he bends down out of the shot.]

PAUL [V/O]: What's he doing?

[Several students cross the camera.]

[Shot of Kevin, Paul and Ricky. They are turned around in their chairs, looking at Chuck off-screen.]

KEVIN: He's tying his shoes. [Frowns.]

[Ricky puts his hand on his face.]

PAUL: But he's got loafers on. [Frowns.]

[Shot of Chuck as he stands up.]

PAUL [V/O]: OK - here we go.

[The music resumes as Chuck walks forward, followed by the camera. Chuck pauses, and smoothes the back of his shirt inside his pants.]

KEVIN [V/O]: Now, what?

PAUL [V/O]: He's tucking in his shirt.

[Shot of Kevin, Paul and Ricky looking at Chuck off-screen. Ricky half stands and gestures.]

RICKY: It's tucked, ya doofus!

[Shot from behind Chuck as he pauses, looks off, and waves.]

PAUL [V/O]: Who's he waving at?

[Chuck continues forward.]

PAUL [V/O]: OK - he's gonna do it now.

[Chuck turns around, with a worried look on his face and approaches the camera, twitching nervously. The camera rolls back.]

PAUL [V/O]: He's running away.

KEVIN [V/O]: What's the matter with him?

[Shot past Ricky of Paul and Kevin looking at each other.]

PAUL: He did better than I thought he would...[Gestures.]

[Kevin looks toward Chuck as he approaches and reaches for his chair.]

KEVIN: What happened? [Gestures.]

RICKY: You were right there!

[Close shot of Chuck as he sits down.]

CHUCK: My part was off.

[Shot of all four from behind Chuck and Ricky.]

PAUL: You're so full of it. [Frowns.]

[Shot past Paul of Chuck looking at them.]

CHUCK: I'll ask her out later! [Frowns.]

[Shot past Chuck of Paul looking at him.]

PAUL: Well, if she turns you down, you can always go out with the guy...

[Shot past Paul of Chuck looking at him.]

PAUL [V/O]: With the hair-net.

CHUCK: Shut up, Pfeiffer! [Frowns.]

[Shot of all four from behind Chuck and Ricky.]

PAUL: Maybe you can take him to the prom.

[Paul glances at Kevin and laughs. Kevin smiles.]

[Shot past Paul of Chuck twitching nervously.]

[Shot of all four from behind Chuck and Ricky as Paul, Kevin and Ricky laugh.]

NARRATOR: But it was almost as if Paul's sarcasm...

[Paul picks up his Sloppy Joe.]

NARRATOR: Had aroused the anger of the lunch gods.

[Close shot of Paul smiling as he starts to take a bite. Most of the Sloppy Joe slides out of the bun and makes a "splat" sound. Paul looks down and frowns.]

[Close shot of Kevin looking at Paul's pants off-screen.]

[Shot past Chuck of Paul dropping his Sloppy Joe and standing up quickly. He has a 5-inch wide glob of Sloppy Joe sauce on his pants between the pocket and zipper.]

PAUL: My pants!

[Closer shot of Paul's pants.]

NARRATOR: And they smote him down...with...

[Paul watches a boy cross the camera.]

NARRATOR: Four ounces of ground beef...

[Paul sits down.]

NARRATOR: And a can of tomato sauce.

[Music "Oom, Mow, Mow" plays as the guys laugh.]

[Close shot of Chuck looking at Paul off-screen and laughing.]

[Shot past Chuck of Paul looking down and frowning.]

[Close shot of Kevin looking toward Chuck and laughing, then looking down.]

Fade to


[Clip of Henry Kissinger getting out of a car and smiling as he approaches a Chinese man.]

NARRATOR: It was halfway through lunch.

[Clip of Henry Kissinger walking though a doorway and shaking hands with a Chinese man.]

NARRATOR: In Paris, peace talks were getting under way.

[Clip of John Erlichman frowning as he walks next to a car in the street.]

NARRATOR: While in Washington...

[Clip of John Haldeman speaking and nodding.]

NARRATOR: Five campaign workers were breaking in...

[Clip of the Watergate hotel.]

NARRATOR: To Democratic headquarters.

Cut to


INT. DAY. CAFETERIA.

[Shot past Chuck of Paul and Kevin as Paul rubs his pants with a napkin.]

NARRATOR: But we at McKinley had more pressing concerns.

PAUL: It's not getting any better!

[Kevin looks toward the stain, then looks forward.]

KEVIN: Paul, take it easy. [Frowns.]

[Shot of Ricky and Chuck. Ricky is looking at his paper.]

PAUL [V/O]: "Take it easy"? How am I gonna debate this afternoon with...

[Shot of Paul and Kevin.]

PAUL: Sloppy Joe on my pants.

[Kevin looks at Paul.]

KEVIN: Paul, it's not even that...

[Kevin looks toward the stain and pauses, then looks at Paul.]

KEVIN: May be no one'll see it.

[Wayne and Maniac. Food is scattered all around Maniac's tray. He holds a Twinkie, poking it with a pocket-knife.]

WAYNE: So, I...notice you eat alone all the time.

[Shot past Wayne of Maniac looking at his Twinkie.]

WAYNE: Bet you'd like some friends. Heh.

[Maniac looks at Wayne.]

[Shot past Maniac of Wayne looking at him.]

WAYNE: Hey, I got an idea! [Gestures.] Um, maybe if I...knew your name, I could introduce you around...[gestures]...you know...get to know some people. [Gestures.]

[Shot past Wayne of Maniac looking at Wayne.]

[Shot past Maniac of Wayne looking at him.]

WAYNE: So, you have any hobbies? [Frowns.]

[Some of Maniac's Twinkie falls onto his tray.]

[Shot of Ricky and Chuck as Ricky looks up.]

RICKY: Hey - do any of you guys know how to spell "org-y"?

[Chuck looks up and sighs.]

[Shot of Paul and Kevin looking at Ricky off-screen.]

KEVIN: It's "orgy", Ricky. "O", "R", "G", Y".

[Shot of Ricky and Chuck as Ricky looks at his paper, and Chuck looks off and frowns, shaking his head.]

CHUCK: I shoulda asked her out.

[Shot of Sheila smiling and talking to another girl at her table.]

CHUCK [V/O]: I'm spineless. That's what I am.

[Shot of Ricky and Chuck.]

CHUCK: If they cut me open, I wouldn't have a spine. I blew it.

[Shot of Paul and Kevin. Paul is looking down as he works on his stain. Kevin looks at Chuck off-screen.]

CHUCK [V/O]: I totally blew it.

KEVIN: Chuck, it'll be OK.

[Shot of Sheila as she stands up.]

CHUCK [V/O]: Oh, no.

[She puts her purse strap over her shoulder and collects her books.]

[Shot of Ricky looking at Chuck as Chuck looks at Shelia off-screen.]

CHUCK: Here she comes. [Frowns.]

[Shot of Paul and Kevin looking at Chuck off-screen.]

[They look over their shoulders toward Sheila off-screen.]

CHUCK [V/O]: I gotta talk to her.

[Shot of Sheila holding her tray as she starts to exit.]

CHUCK [V/O]: I gotta talk to her.

[Shot of Ricky looking at Chuck as Chuck looks at Sheila off-screen.]

CHUCK: I can't.

[Chuck shakes his head.]

CHUCK: I'm not ready. [Gestures.]

[Chuck looks toward Paul and Kevin off-screen.]

CHUCK: I can't do it. I got to. I can't. I can't.

[Chuck looks at Sheila off-screen.]

[Shot of Sheila and another girl approaching the camera.]

CHUCK [V/O]: I got to.

[Shot of Paul and Kevin looking over their shoulders.]

CHUCK [V/O]: I got to.

[They look forward.]

[Shot of Ricky writng on his paper as Chuck looks at Sheila off-screen.]

CHUCK: Uh...I can't. I can't, I can't, I can't. I can't.

[Chuck starts to stand up, holding his tray.]

[Shot from behind Chuck as he steps in front of Sheila.]

CHUCK: Stop...please.

[Shot past Sheila and Chuck's trays of Paul and Kevin looking at him off-screen.]

[Close shot of Chuck looking at Sheila off-screen and swallowing nervously.]

CHUCK: Hi...

[Close shot of Sheila smiling at Chuck off-screen.]

[Close shot of Chuck looking at Sheila off-screen and nodding as he chews his gum.]

CHUCK: I'm Chuck. [Smiles.]

[Close shot of Sheila looking at Chuck off-screen.]

SHEILA: Hi. [Smiles.]

[Close shot of Chuck looking at Sheila off-screen as he swallows his gum and frowns slightly.]

CHUCK: I was just wondering, um...if maybe you'd like to...

[Chuck blinks nervously.]

CHUCK: Uh...go out sometime.

[Shot past Sheila and Chuck's trays of Paul and Kevin looking at them off-screen.]

NARRATOR: Amazing. After three months, Chuck had finally done it.

[Close shot of Sheila looking off and smiling.]

SHEILA: Gee, Chuck...

[She looks at Chuck off-screen.]

SHEILA: That'd be nice. [Smiles.]

[Close shot of Chuck looking at Sheila off-screen.]

NARRATOR: And hit pay-dirt.

CHUCK: Great. [Smiles.]

[Close shot of Sheila smiling at Chuck off-screen.]

[Shot past Sheila and Chuck's trays of Paul and Kevin looking at them off-screen.]

NARRATOR: And that's when it happened.

[Chuck starts to nervously shake his tray. Ominous music plays.]

[Shot past Chuck of Sheila looking at his tray and frowning slightly.]

[Shot past Sheila of Chuck looking at her as he shakes his tray.]

CHUCK: Uh, How about Friday?

[Shot past Chuck of Sheila looking at his tray.]

SHEILA: Friday.

[She looks off and frowns.]

SHEILA: Uh, Friday...

[She makes a little face and looks at Chuck.]

SHEILA: I have band practice this Friday.

[Shot past Sheila of Chuck looking at her as he shakes his tray.]

CHUCK: Saturday - uh, we could go skating.

[Shot past Chuck of Sheila looking up and off.]

SHEILA: Oh...

[She looks at Chuck.]

SHEILA: Gee...guests from out of town.

[Shot past Sheila of Chuck looking at her as he shakes his tray.]

NARRATOR: It was horrible. Right before our eyes...

[Shot past Sheila and Chuck's trays of Paul and Kevin looking at them off-screen. The shaking increases.]

NARRATOR: The kid was twitching his way toward total self-destruction.

CHUCK [V/O]: Uh, how about NARRATOR: next weekend?

[Shot past Chuck of Sheila looking at him.]

SHEILA: Uh, I think I'm gonna have to study that weekend.

[She starts to step sideways.]

[Shot past Sheila of Chuck stepping in front of her.]

CHUCK: The weekend after that?

[Shot past Chuck of Sheila looking past him a moment, then looking at him.]

SHEILA: I may have band festival. [Frowns.]

[Shot past Sheila of Chuck looking at her as he shakes his tray.]

CHUCK: Um, you know, maybe we should just try this, ya know, when you're not so busy.

[Shot past Chuck of Sheila looking at his tray.]

SHEILA: Yeah.

[She looks at him.]

SHEILA: It was great talking to you.

[She exits past Chuck and the camera.]

CHUCK: Yeah.

[Chuck frowns and looks after her off-screen.]

[Shot past Chuck of Sheila walking away from the camera. Chuck stops shaking his tray slowly, and looks toward the guys off-screen.]

[Shot past Chuck of Paul and Kevin looking at him.]

[Shot of Ricky as Chuck sits down and looks off. Some Snuffy guitar plays.]

NARRATOR: And in that moment...

[Close shot of Kevin looking toward Chuck off-screen.]

NARRATOR: I guess we all searched our hearts for the right thing to say.

[Shot of Ricky and Chuck. Ricky pauses in writing and looks at Paul and Kevin off-screen.]

NARRATOR: The caring thing. The sensitive thing.

[Shot of Paul and Kevin.]

PAUL: Kev - you gotta take me to the bathroom.

[Kevin turns toward him.]

KEVIN: What?!

PAUL: I can't let anyone see me like this.

[Kevin looks off.]

KEVIN: Paul!

PAUL: Just - just - just walk in front of me.

Cut to


INT. DAY. REST ROOM.

[Shot of the door as Kevin enters, closely followed by Paul walking in the same stride. Kevin looks around a divider.]

KEVIN: You can come out now, Paul. [Frowns.]

[Paul leans past Kevin slilghtly.]

PAUL: Is anybody in here? [Frowns.]

[Kevin looks over his shoulder.]

KEVIN: Paul... [Frowns.]

NARRATOR: I mean, hey...

[Kevin walks past the camera.]

NARRATOR: I led the horse to water...

[The camera pans with Paul as he hurries to a sink and gets a paper towel from the dispenser.]

NARRATOR: What he did now was up to him.

[Paul folds the paper towel into quarters, looks at his pants, then looks at Kevin.]

PAUL: Kev - I think it's spread.

[Shot past Paul of Kevin looking at him.]

KEVIN: Paul - stop worrying. You'll get it out. Besides...

[Kevin glances off.]

[Shot of the doorway as Donnelly enters, followed by Spinoza and Pemish.]

KEVIN [V/O]: No one's even gonna see it.

[Shot past Paul of Kevin looking toward the door off-screen. Paul looks over his shoulder.]

[Shot of Donnelly, Spinoza and Pemish approaching the camera.]

SPINOZA: Hey...[points]...nice stain, Pfeiffer!

[Spinoza and Pemish laugh.]

[Shot of Paul looking at his pants, then the trio, who are reflected in the mirror.]

PAUL: It's Sloppy Joe!

[Shot of Donnelly, Spinoza and Pemish. Spinoza and Pemish nod at each other as Donnelly looks at Paul off-screen.]

DONNELLY: Yeah, right.

[Donnelly looks at Kevin off-screen.]

DONNELLY: So Arnold?

[Donnelly crosses his arms and approaches the camera.]

DONNELLY: Made up your mind, yet?

[Shot of KEvin looking at Donnelly as Donnelly pauses in front of him.]

KEVIN: About what?

[Wider shot from behind Kevin of Donnelly and his buddies. Paul looks at them from the background.]

DONNELLY: The movie. [Frowns.]

[Shot past Donnelly of Kevin looking at him.]

DONNELLY [V/O]: You know, "The Devil in Miss Jones".

[Close shot of Paul looking at them as he rubs the stain on his pants.]

KEVIN [V/O]: Oh.

[Shot past Donnelly of Kevin looking at him.]

KEVIN: Listen guys. I don't think I'm gonna go.

DONNELLY [V/O]: Know what your problem is Arnold?

[Donnelly steps a little closer.]

DONNELLY: You think too much, you know that?

[Shot past Kevin of Donnelly looking at him.]

DONNELLY: So you miss a few classes - so what?

NARRATOR: And faced with a logic like that...

[Shot past Donnelly of Kevin looking at him.]

NARRATOR: There was only one thing to say.

PAUL [V/O]: Kevin...

[Kevin looks toward Paul off-screen.]

[Shot past Kevin of Donnelly turning toward Paul off-screen.]

PAUL [V/O]: You can't cut school!

[Wide shot of all as Donnelly turns toward Paul, who steps toward the sink.]

PAUL: You can get into a lot of trouble that way.

[Close shot of Paul looking down as he rubs the stain.]

PAUL: Or you could get suspended. What if someone finds out?

[Shot of Kevin looking at Paul off-screen.]

PAUL [V/O]: What about your parents? Just think...

[Close shot of Paul looking up slightly.]

PAUL: How your mother will feel...if she found out you went to a dirty movie.

[Shot past Kevin of Donnelly looking at Paul off-screen with his arms crossed, then at Kevin.]

[Shot of Paul pausing and looking up.]

[Close shot of Kevin looking at Paul off-screen.]

NARRATOR: And standing there, listening to a guy with chopped meat on his pants...

[Shot of Paul looking at Kevin off-screen.]

NARRATOR: Preach the ten commandments of geekdom...

[Shot past Kevin of Donnelly looking him.]

NARRATOR: The decision seemed pretty clear.

[Close shot of Kevin looking at Donnelly off-screen, then Paul off-screeen.]

KEVIN: Good luck on the debate, Paul.

[Kevin steps toward the camera.]

[Wider shot of all as Kevin pauses.]

KEVIN: Let's go, guys.

[Kevin exits toward the door. Donnelly pats Paul on the shoulder and follows Kevin to the door. Music "Peter Gunne Theme" - Henry Mancini starts.]

Cut to


INT. DAY. SCHOOL HALLWAY.

[Shot of Kevin and Donnelly leading Spinoza and Pemish down the stairs.]

NARRATOR: After all, I wasn't just doing this for me.

[The camera pans over to Kevin as he approaches.]

NARRATOR: I was doing it for the reputation of my entire lunch table.

[The camera rolls back with Kevin.]

NARRATOR: OK...I was doing it for me.

[Shot down the hallway of the trophy cases against the far wall as the guys round the corner and approach.]

NARRATOR: Still, as we marched down that hall, I felt a thrill of exhilaration.

[Shot from behind the guys as they head for the doorway in the background.]

NARRATOR: I was taking a walk on the wild side with guys who knew the terrain.

[Shot through the windows of the doors as the guys approach.]

NARRATOR: It was intoxicating, dangerous...

[Dr. Valenti walks out of a side hallway behind the boys as Kevin and Donnelly push the doors open.]

DR. VALENTI: Boys!

[Shot from behind the boys in the doorway. The music fades.]

DR. VALENTI [V/O]: Where are you goin'?

[They pause, then turn around.]

NARRATOR: Stupid!

[Close shot of Dr. Valenti looking at them off-screen.]

DR. VALENTI: What are you doing?

[Shot of the four boys as they take a step forward. Donnelly presses his hands against himself.]

DONNELLY: Who us?

[Shot past Spinoza, Donnelly and Kevin of Dr. Valenti looking at them.]

DR. VALENTI: Yeah, you.

[Close shot of Donnelly looking down and frowning as he puffs out his cheeks.]

DONNELLY: Well...[shrugs]...w-

[He pauses.]

[Close shot of Kevin looking from Dr. Valenti off-screen to Donnelly off-screen.]

NARRATOR: Guess it was clear someone...

[Close shot of Dr. Valenti looking at them off-screen.]

NARRATOR: Was gonna take the rap.

[Close shot of Donnelly frowning at Dr. Valenti off-screen as he points toward Kevin.]

DONNELLY: We were following NARRATOR: him.

[Close shot of Kevin looking forward.]

SPINOZA: Yeah.

[Kevin looks toward Spinoza with surprise.]

[Close shot of Spinoza looking at Kevin off-screen.]

SPINOZA: W-where were you taking us, Kevin?

[Close shot of Kevin looking toward Dr. Valenti off-screen.]

KEVIN: Uh...

[The camera moves in slowly as heartbeats are heard.]

NARRATOR: And at that moment, I saw my entire academic career flash before my eyes. I saw my mother wringing her hands.

[Kevin looks toward Donnelly off-screen.]

NARRATOR: I saw my father wringing my neck.

[Kevin looks at Dr. Valenti off-screen.]

KEVIN: We...

[Kevin nods and looks at Donnelly off-screen.]

KEVIN: Were just going -

WINNIE [V/O]: Kevin?!

[Kevin looks toward Winnie off-screen as the heartbeats end.]

[Shot from Kevin's perspective of Winnie exiting a door into the hallway and approaching, smiling tightly.]

[Shot of Kevin looking at Winnie off-screen.]

KEVIN: Winnie!

[Shot of Dr. Valenti looking at Winnie off-screen, slightly puzzled.]

[Close shot of Winnie approaching and smiling.]

WINNIE: Kevin! You gonna donate blood now?

[Close shot of Dr. Valenti looking at Winnie off-screen.]

DR. VALENTI: Blood?

[Close shot of Donnelly.]

DONNELLY: Blood? [Frowns.]

[Close shot of Kevin looking at Dr. Valenti off-screen.]

KEVIN: Blood! [Nods.]

[Kevin glances at Winnie off-screen.]

[Close shot of Winnie smiling at Kevin off-screen as music starts.]

Cut to

INT. DAY. NURSE'S OFFICE.

[Wide shot of the guys sitting around a circular table. A nurse is in the background. The camera circles slowly as Kevin sips from a cup.]

NARRATOR: That afternoon, we didn't get to see "The Devil in Miss Jones". But we did get free juice and cookies.

[The nurse approaches Donnelly.]

NURSE: Are we feeling better, Mr. Donnelly?

[Donnelly looks at the nurse, then looks forward, and faints onto the table. Sound of a cash register.]

Cut to

INT. DAY. CAFETERIA.

[High wide shot of the cafeteria.]

NARRATOR: It was ten minutes to the hour. And the drama of lunch was hurtling toward its final curtain.

[Shot from the edge of the table of Wayne and Maniac looking at each other.]

WAYNE: Look! I'll level with you. I made a bet for twenty dollars, that I could find out your name.

[Wayne looks down and fishes in his pocket.]

WAYNE: Now, I'll give you...

[Wayne spreads a bill on the table and pats it.]

WAYNE: Ten bucks right now...[frowns]...if you will just...[gestures]...tell me your name!

[Shot past Wayne of Maniac, as a student crosses the camera.]

WAYNE [V/O]: Please!

[Shot past Maniac of Wayne as he bites his nails and glances around.]

[Shot past Wayne of Maniac looking at him.]

MANIAC: Florence.

[Shot past Maniac of Wayne looking at him and pausing.]

WAYNE: Excuse me?

[Shot past Wayne of Maniac looking at the money.]

MANIAC: My name's Florence.

[Shot from the edge of the table of both as Florence slowly slides the money toward himself. Wayne frowns, then looks at him.]

WAYNE: Florence.

[Shot past Maniac of Wayne looking at him and nodding slightly.]

WAYNE: Well...[smiles]...thanks a lot! I'll never forget this, Florence! Hee-hee.

[Wayne starts to stand up.]

FLORENCE [V/O]: Just one thing.

[Wayne sits down again.]

[Close shot past Wayne of Florence looking at him.]

FLORENCE: If I find out you told anyone, I swear I'll kill you.

[Shot past Florence of Wayne looking at him and pausing.]

[Close shot past Wayne of Florence frowning at him as he flips open his knife.]

[Shot past Florence of Wayne looking at him, as Florence slowly turns the knife upside down.]

[Shot from the edge of the table of both as Florence sticks the knife into the table. The music ends on a final chord.]

[Shot of Ricky and Chuck at the table as Kevin approaches. Ricky is writing. Chuck is absent-mindedly playing with a straw.]

NARRATOR: Still, in those waning seconds...

[Kevin sits down.]

NARRATOR: It was time for a moment of teenage compassion.

KEVIN: Hey, Chuck...

[Chuck looks up at him.]

[Shot past Chuck of Kevin looking at him.]

KEVIN: How ya doin'?

[Shot past Kevin of Chuck looking down and shrugging slightly.]

CHUCK: Alright. I guess.

[Closer shot past Chuck of Kevin looking at him.]

KEVIN: Ya know...[frowns]...I really didn't think she was that hot, anyway.

[Closer shot past Kevin of Chuck looking down and snorting slightly as he shakes his head.]

CHUCK: Yeah...

[Chuck looks off, then at Kevin as he shrugs.]

CHUCK: Neither did I. [Smiles.]

[Closer shot past Chuck of Kevin looking at him and snorting slightly.]

RICKY [V/O]: There!

[Wider shot of all three as a girl crosses the camera. Kevin and Chuck look at Ricky.]

RICKY: I did it. I finished it!

[Ricky looks up and smiles at Kevin as he gathers his papers.]

[Shot past Chuck of Kevin looking at Ricky off-screen.]

KEVIN: A thousand words?

[Shot of all three as Ricky looks at his paper.]

RICKY: Yeah! Ya know, it's pretty good.

[Ricky glances at Kevin as he taps his paper.]

RICKY: I think I might actually get a "C" on this. [Smiles.]

[Ricky starts to stand up as Alice hurries to the far side of the table. Kevin stands slowly.]

ALICE: Ricky, Ricky - did you finish your report?!

[Shot past Alice of Ricky looking at his paper.]

RICKY: Yeah - I just got it done. [Smiles.]

ALICE: You did?

[Shot past Ricky of Alice frowning at him.]

ALICE: It's not fair! [Sighs.] I couldn't do mine - I drew a blank.

[Shot past Alice of Ricky looking at her.]

RICKY: I'm sorry, Alice.

[Shot past Ricky of Alice looking at him.]

ALICE: I'm gonna get an "F" - my parents are gonna kill me! I'm not gonna get into fashion school! [Frowns.]

[Shot past Alice of Ricky looking down and frowning.]

NARRATOR: But most of all...

[Ricky looks at Alice.]

NARRATOR: There was still time...

[Shot of all. Kevin and Chuck are standing and holding their trays.]

NARRATOR: For heroes to emerge.

[Ricky glances at them, then his paper.]

NARRATOR: Heroes as noble and virtuous...

[Shot past Alice of Ricky frowning as he thumbs through his paper, then looking at her.]

NARRATOR: As the Roman gods. Or, as simple as...

RICKY: Here, Alice. Take mine. [Smiles.] I don't need to go to fashion school.

NARRATOR: Ricky Halsenbach.

[Close shot past Ricky of Alice frowning at the paper, then Ricky.]

ALICE: You'd do that for me?

[Close shot of Ricky looking down and smiling as he sighs slightly, then looking at Alice off-screen.]

RICKY: I want to.

[Shot past Ricky of Alice slowly smiling at Ricky, then looking at the paper, and smiling at Ricky again.]

[Shot past Alice of Ricky smiling at her. Snuffy's guitar starts.]

NARRATOR: And, there ya had it.

[Close shot of Chuck looking at them off-screen, then glancing at Kevin off-screen and smiling slightly.]

NARRATOR: Lunch.

[Close shot of Kevin looking at Chuck off-screen.]

NARRATOR: Where romances bloomed and died...

[Kevin looks at Alice and Chuck off-screen.]

NARRATOR: And returned again.

[Shot of Ricky and Alice walking off together as she smiles.]

NARRATOR: Like last weeks leftover tuna casserole.

[They approach the camera between two tables as Alice looks at the paper, then looks at Ricky.]

ALICE: What's an "org-y"? [Frowns.]

[They turn and walk away from the camera, passing Kovosky and others at a table.]

NARRATOR: Where the fondest dreams and aspirations of young adults...

[The camera moves in slightly on Slovosky.]

NARRATOR: Reached their zenith...

[Slovosky points at the other guys.]

SLOVOSKY: Hey, tomorrow, guys...tomorrow - eighteen chili-dogs. And, I'm gonna go to bed without brushing my teeth.

[He slaps the table and laughs, then picks up his tray and approaches the camera, which pans with him.]

NARRATOR: And the quest for knowledge became its own reward.

[Slovosky exits as the camera moves in on Wayne standing next to a table and frowning as he hands out some money to four guys at the table.]

NARRATOR: Sure...

[The camera pulls back as Wayne hands out money.]

NARRATOR: Maybe all those dramas played out over lunch weren't really dramas after all.

[Kevin and Chuck walk past the camera with their trays, looking at each other. The camera continues to pull back.]

CHUCK: Did you ever notice how hot Sara Brockman looks in shorts? I mean, not just hot...but diaphanous.

[The camera rises as Snuffy's guitar plays.]

NARRATOR: Still looking back...they sure seemed that way.

Fade to

CLOSING CREDITS


This transcript was compiled by Kyle Gittins. Please send an e-mail to reynders@merck.de, if you have any suggestions or corrections.

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