Wine Mama (40)-Early Buds

Kirk Carter@ WGA Copyright 2013

WINE MAMA (40)

EARLY BUDS

INT: GATOR TAIL RESTAURANT-KITCHEN-10 AM

BRIAN GOING OVER MENU WITH JOHN HIS GENERAL MANAGER

BRIAN

"...So Sandy's picking all this Rosemary and I figured...can't let this go to waste, so I cut it up and stuck the sprigs kind of sticking out like..."

JOHN

"...Like a Porcupine, look like spiny Porcupine?"

BRIAN

"Yea, like a spiny Porcupine, grilled it out, pulled the Rosemary out, and boy...was it good!"

JOHN

"You marinade with the Port?"

BRIAN

"Oh, of course, takes out the gaminess, really was surprised by the flavor...of course now I'm all out of Rosemary, but it grows back pretty quickly..."

JOHN

"So, you put it on menu now?"

BRIAN

"Sure, why not...we will have to come up with a name?"

JOHN

"You call it Prickly Gator Tail a La Rosemary."

BRIAN

"I don't know, cause we would have to pull the sprigs out before serving it, otherwise that stuff would get caught in your teeth, maybe just rake it out with a fork, I'll think of something."

JOHN

"Oh yea, we order more tomato paste for the sauce, extra vegetables coming in, need extra eggplant  we sell out quickly!"

BRIAN

"Guess you can't complain when business is good?"

JOHN

"One thing for sure..."

BRIAN

"What's that?"

JOHN

"No waste, no leftovers!"

BRIAN

"There you go!"

(scene switch)

INT: ZIMMERMAN'S YACHT "ATROCIOUS"-GALLEY-11 AM

ZIMMERMAN COMES DOWN TO THE GALLEY TO JOIN THE TWO NEW GERMAN ASSASSINS  BORIS AND DEVLIN FOR A BITE TO EAT

ZIMMERMAN SPOTS TEN EMPTY GERMAN BEER BOTTLES ON TABLE

ZIMMERMAN

"So Boris, you feel good now, I see you found the beer?"

BORIS

"Your out of German beer now, so try Moosehead...very weak!"

ZIMMERMAN

"I'll have to see what I can do about that."

BORIS

"So, what you need us for?"

ZIMMERMAN

"Your going to take down a couple, as in take them out for good...they are like stinking rats, just can't seem to get rid of them, they won't leave!"

BORIS

"Rats are dirty, but stinking rats are worse...Boris take care of dirty stinking rats...you give us location, we go take care of problem!"

ZIMMERMAN

"Good, good, like you attitude, straight forward...I'll call your boss and we'll make arrangements."

BORIS

"We get back on little boat now and go back to car, call us when your ready, have payment ready, say fifty thousand, you confirm?"

ZIMMERMAN CHOKING AFTER HEARING AMOUNT

ZIMMERMAN

"A bit more than I thought, but if you can get the job done, that's no problem...yea, let's get this done, so you take care, I'll be in touch..."

ZIMMERMAN SLAPPING DEVLIN ON BACK

ZIMMERMAN

"...It was nice meeting you too Devlin!"

DEVLIN GROWLING

BORIS

"Devlin, you no touch...he like animal!"

ZIMMERMAN

"Yea, I can kind of see that...hear it, too...hey Paul, give these two gentlemen a ride back to port, want you please?"

(scene switch)

EXT: HUDSON VINEYARDS-12 PM

SANDY DRIVES OVER TO VINEYARD

GOT FORTY-FIVE PISTOL STRAPPED TO HER WAIST LIKE ANNIE OAKLEY

GETS OUT OF LAND ROVER AND STARTS WALKING DOWN THE ROWS OF GRAPE VINES

LOOKING CLOSELY AT THE VINES, NOTICING THOUSANDS OF BUDS, STARTS SCREAMING IN JOY, CALLS BRIAN ON PHONE

SANDY

"Hey babe, took a drive over out to the vineyard and the vines are full of buds...isn't that cool?"

BRIAN

"No shit, this early...man, that's some good news!"

SANDY

"Yea, we touched them, cleaned them up, put some fresh dirt on their feet, gave 'em fresh food, and Loved on them, and wham...they're getting busy with it, just like you said!"

BRIAN

"That's great Sandy...I'm going to have to stop by after work and take a look...hey by the way, are you going to attempt cooking tonight?"

SANDY

"You sure you trust me...otherwise it's a toss up of Spaghetti-o's or peanut butter and jelly...I mean Brian, I'd hate to burn the house down trying to show off or anything...I'm not there yet, you hear me?"

BRIAN

"Yea, your probably right, I'll bring something from work, anyway, the early buds are the best news I've heard in a while...now get your butt back to the house, you know I don't like you over there by yourself!"

SANDY

"Oh, don't worry about me...got my trusty forty-five strapped on...nobody messing with this girl!"

BRIAN

"Well actually, I was more concerned with the welfare of the animals...they always seem to turn up dead when your around...we'll go back over there later, now go!"

SANDY

"All right worry wart, I'll see you this evening, Love ya, bye!"

BRIAN

"Love you too, bye!"

(scene switch) 



INT: FBI CENTRAL OFFICE-SACRAMENTO-CHIEF O'BRIANS'S OFFICE


CHIEF O'BRIAN IN HIS OFFICE WITH AGENT CLIFF MARKOV AND AGENT TONY PERRY GOING OVER NOTES AND TRANSCRIPTS OF DETECTIVE SHELLY SMITH'S HIDDEN RECORDINGS


O'BRIAN

"I just couldn't find any convincing statements pinning together anything conclusive...I need intent, something that would bind all this together."


AGENT MARKOV

"Well, as soon as Brown get's out of intensive, we could see what he know?"


AGENT PERRY

"Yea, we better find something to work with soon...at this rate, all our principle players will have outed themselves...they'll be no one alive to prosecute!"


EVERYBODY LAUGHING


O'BRIAN

"Now that would be a dilemma..."


PERRY

"We could always blame it on the Bear's?"


MARKOV

"And the rabid Raccoon don't forget him!"


O'BRIAN

"Yea, did they ever find that big guy?"


PERRY

"Yea, they found him dead over by a creek bed."


O'BRIAN

"Rabies finally got him, huh?"


MARKOV

"No, he was full of Cyncl!"


EVERYBODY LAUGHING



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