Kirk Carter@ WGA Copyright 2013
WINE MAMA (55)
GRAPE SITTING
EXT: SHEFFIELD WINERIES-PARKING LOT-FRIDAY-6 P.M.
AS THE BUS FULL OF WORKERS GOES INTO THE SHEFFIELD WINERY'S PARKING LOT, EVERYBODY IS PROMPTED BY THOMSON'S ASSISTANT TO DEBOARD THE BUS
HE QUICKLY HANDS OUT ENVELOPES TO ALL THE WORKERS
EACH ENVELOPE CONTAINS THREE TWENTY DOLLAR BILLS
THE WORKERS REJOICE, TIRED BUT HAPPY
ARTHUR JUST STANDING THERE, AS ASSISTANT REALIZES HE'S NOT ONE OF THE CREW, HE WALKS UP TO HIM
ASSISTANT
"Who are you?"
ARTHUR
"Ah, Tom Watts sir, I helped your crew pick grapes today, thought we were coming here to unload?"
ASSISTANT
"No, we just dump it in the dethatcher...who sent you here?"
ARTHUR
"Well, I'm one of Brian Cashman's assistants on the vineyard, the Hudson Vineyard...I work on his property!"
ASSISTANT LOOKING AT OTHER WORKERS
ASSISTANT
"Did this man help you pick?"
ALL SHAKING THEIR HEADS "YES"
ASSISTANT GETTING ON PHONE, CALLING THOMSON
ASSISTANT
"Hey boss, we got an extra worker here on the crew...he says his name is Tom Watts, he say that he's with Cashman...you know anything about this?"
THOMSON
"What the fuck's he doing over there, look ah...if you have some extra money, pay him out and take him back to the Hudson Vineyard, drop him off, say "thanks for the help", whatever...I don't want any crap from them...as long as we have the grapes in our possession and on the property, that's all I care about, understand?"
ASSISTANT
"That's a good move boss, everything will be okay, I'll take care of it for you...bye!"
(scene switch)
EXT: SHEFFIELD WINERY-OUT FRONT IN THE STREET-7 P.M.
JUNIOR SHERIFF EXPLORERS ON BIKES GOING UP AND DOWN STREET
ONE OF THE BOYS (KEVIN) CALLS LIEUTENANT BROWN ON PHONE
KEVIN
"Lieutenant Brown, this is Kevin, ah the grape trucks made it to the winery...they're inside behind the gate...what did you want us to do now?"
BROWN IN A VAN A BLOCK AWAY FROM THE WINERY PLAYING WITH TRANSMITTING GRAPE RECEIVER
BROWN
"Okay guys, good job...I've got signals coming from both trucks, so if they move, it will notify me, I'll know it!"
KEVIN
"So, you have bugging devices on the grape trucks?"
BROWN
"That's right, in good police work, when doing surveillance, you need to have several back-up plans just in case, you guys go on head and go home, thanks again..."
KEVIN PROMPTING OFF PHONE, TALKING TO TOBY AND PETE
KEVIN
"Man, get this, the Lieutenant has secret transmitters on the trailers ..says if they move them, it will notify him right away, how cool is that?"
(2 hours later)-8 p.m.
LIEUTENANT BROWN HAS SETTLED IN BACK OF UNMARKED VAN LAYING ON SLEEPING BAG, STARING AT THE RECEIVER, SEEING THE TWO SIGNALS COMING FROM THE TRANSMITTING GRAPES
HE SETS THE ALARM WHICH WILL ALERT HIM IF THERE IS ANY CHANGE IN SIGNAL
(30 minutes later)
ALARM GOES OFF
HE NOTICES CHANGE ON GRAPE #ONE'S SIGNAL STRENGTH
(scene switch)
ON SIDE OF WINERY, WORKERS ARE ELEVATING BIN ON FIRST TRUCK, DUMPING CONTENTS INTO DETHATCHER, TRANSMITTING GRAPE FALLS STRAIGHT THROUGH TO THE CLEAN BIN, BUT REMAINS TRANSMITTING
(30 minutes later)
(scene switch)
BROWN NOTICES CHANGES ON GRAPE #TWO
(scene switch)
WORKERS ELEVATE 2ND TRUCK, WITH TRANSMITTING GRAPE FALLING INTO CLEAN BIN, BUT STILL TRANSMITTING
(1 hour later)
(scene switch)
BROWN HEAR'S ALARM
GETS UP TO TAKE LOOK THROUGH BINOCULARS
SEE'S FRONT GATE OPENING AND ONE BIG TRUCK LEAVING FACILITY
NOTICES THAT SIGNAL STRENGTH STARTS TO INCREASE ON BOTH SIGNALS, THEN QUICKLY FADE OFF AS TRUCK MAKES WAY DOWN THE STREET
REALIZES THAT SUSPECT LOAD IS ALL IN THE BIG TRUCK
STARTS VAN AND TRIES TO CATCH UP TO HIM
BIG TRUCK CROSSES RAILROAD TRACK JUST AS WARNING LIGHTS GO DOWN
AMTRAK TRAIN GOES BARRELING THROUGH
GATES GO UP...NOTHING, NO SIGHT OF TRUCK
BRIAN BANGING HAND ON STEERING WHEEL IN FRUSTRATION
HE HEADS BACK TO OFFICE
GETTING BACK TO OFFICE, IT'S 11 P.M. HE MAKES PHONE CALL TO BRIAN
BUT BRIAN IS DEAD ASLEEP, PHONE GOES TO VOICE-MAIL
BROWN (leaving message)
"hey Brian, it's Lieutenant Brown...sorry buddy, but somehow the grapes took off in another truck and I have no clue where they went, call you later if something comes up, bye!"
(6 hours later)
INT: HUDSON VINEYARD-BEDROOM-SATURDAY-6 P.M.
SANDY AND BRIAN FINISHING UP MORNING ROMP
BRIAN FORCING HIMSELF OFF THE BED AND ON HIS FEET
BRIAN
"All right troops, are we all ready...it's time for nutrition!"
SANDY
"Something that can fit through a straw please?"
BRIAN
"I'm going to make like Jack La Lane and juice this morning...great idea!"
SANDY
"Didn't he use'd to carry girls on his shoulders while he was water skiing?"
BRIAN
"I don't know about that, but he was probably in better shape when he died, then I'll ever be...man was amazingly fit...so what does woman want?"
SANDY
"Well...since your all tapped out and no fun anymore, I'll have..."
BRIAN
"I don't even want to go there...please, I'll admit it...I'm all tapped out, you have pleasured yourself of all my nectar, nothing more to give at this time...the spicket is dry!
SANDY
"I know Shakespeare, your barren...I was trying to order here...some eggs, I don't care what style, just take them out of their shells and put some heat around them, um...um some Baudouin sausage, and go juice something tasty...something I can put in a straw...I'll be thinking of you...well, a littler you...your know I think your dick is fucking my lips up!"
BRIAN
"Oh yea, maybe you need more practice taking it in...also, think olive oil followed by lemon slices...get's those lips back into shape in no time...so, you go hit the shower, and your demands will be set forth on the table before your wet feet touch the floor...in a blink!"
SANDY
"Shit, your like the freaking breakfast genie...snap my fingers and shazzamm!"
BRIAN
"Something like that..."
LOOKING DOWN HE SEES SEVERAL MESSAGES ON HIS PHONE
WALKS INTO KITCHEN, STARTS BREAKFAST
(30 minutes later)
FINISHING BREAKFAST, BRIAN CHECKS MESSAGES, LOOKING AT VENDOR SOLICITATIONS, THEN HE SEE'S LIEUTENANT BROWN'S MESSAGE
PROMPTS TO LISTEN
BRIAN
"Oh shit, fuck no...they lost the grapes, this can't be happening, fuck!"
SANDY
"Wasn't Arthur with them?"
BRIAN
"Yea, where is Arthur anyway?
BRIAN CALLING ARTHUR ON PHONE, GOES TO VOICEMAIL
BRIAN (leaving message)
"Hey Arthur, this is Brian...where are you, you okay, give me a call, bye!"
SANDY
"All that shit you went through with the protections, back-ups, and for what?"
BRIAN
"This is a hell of a way to start the morning!"
BRIAN CALLING LIEUTENANT BROWN'S NUMBER, GOES TO VOICEMAIL
BRIAN (leaving a message)
"Hey Brown this is Brian Cashman, I'm at the office now, give me a call, thanks!"
BRIAN
"Shit, is everybody going to voicemail, is that what society is coming to...we have conversations by-way of a series of digital recordings?"
SANDY
"Hey, it's not healthy, it delays emotions, it's toxic to our psyche's because when we leave the message, we're probably stressed and not thinking, so by the time the other party listens to it, we've probably already rethought the issue, and are over it!"
BRIAN
"And then the other party rekindles the fire and all the shit starts over again...and for what, it's nothing...just a big waste of time for everybody, thank you social media, thank you very much!"
(scene switch)
ARRIVING AT THE GATORTAIL, JOHN IS ALREADY IN THE KITCHEN GETTING THE MORNING BREAKFAST GOING
BRIAN
"Morning John, you wouldn't believe what's going on?"
JOHN
"No. what is it I won't believe...with you, no surprise anymore?"
BRIAN
"Lieutenant Brown called and left a message...said he lost the grapes, you believe that shit?"
JOHN
"How he lose grapes...I thought Jesus man be watching them, they have transmitters, say location, what went wrong?"
BRIAN
"I don't know, like I said...it was just a message, haven't talked to him yet, and I don't even know what happened to Arthur?"
JOHN
"Maybe they find out he snitch, they beat and torture him, pull out fingernails, make him listen to Paris Hilton singing songs, that hurt...I tried that already, no thanks!"
BRIAN
"Yea John, you wanna get serious for a minute, what do you think, what's going on with that psychic world you live in?"
JOHN
"I think they cleaned up grapes, put them in one big truck, take elsewhere!"
BRIAN
"If that's the case, then where?"
LONG PAUSE
THEN BRIAN AND JOHN LOCK EYES WITH THE ONLY TRUTH THERE COULD BE
JOHN
"He take them to bidder, old winery, fifty cents on the dollar, thanking God for great deal on your stolen grapes...but he thinks it's overflow from Sheffield, he not bad man."
BRIAN
"No, I didn't say he was a bad man, but I need to contact Brown and get his butt over there with that receiver, assuming your correct and even see the trailer or whatever it's in and verify that the transmitting grapes are even there...this could work!"
JOHN
"Sandy, hold down the fort...we've got to go check this out!"
SANDY
"All right Captain, you be careful please...don't be trying to take on the whole world by yourself?"
SANDY WALKS OVER AND GIVES HIM A HUG
BRIAN
"I will, I will...we can always make more if it comes down to it...I've got to keep remembering that!"
SANDY
"That's right...grapes can be replaced, they are insured on base value, but I'll never have another Brian!
BRIAN
"Tapped out and all?"
SANDY
"If your just a big old dried up well for the rest of our lives, I want you forever!
JOHN
"You two Love birds make me want to shoot myself...Brian, let's go!"
SANDY AND BRIAN GIVE ONE LAST HUG
scene close
(2 hours later)-8 p.m.
LIEUTENANT BROWN HAS SETTLED IN BACK OF UNMARKED VAN LAYING ON SLEEPING BAG, STARING AT THE RECEIVER, SEEING THE TWO SIGNALS COMING FROM THE TRANSMITTING GRAPES
HE SETS THE ALARM WHICH WILL ALERT HIM IF THERE IS ANY CHANGE IN SIGNAL
(30 minutes later)
ALARM GOES OFF
HE NOTICES CHANGE ON GRAPE #ONE'S SIGNAL STRENGTH
(scene switch)
ON SIDE OF WINERY, WORKERS ARE ELEVATING BIN ON FIRST TRUCK, DUMPING CONTENTS INTO DETHATCHER, TRANSMITTING GRAPE FALLS STRAIGHT THROUGH TO THE CLEAN BIN, BUT REMAINS TRANSMITTING
(30 minutes later)
(scene switch)
BROWN NOTICES CHANGES ON GRAPE #TWO
(scene switch)
WORKERS ELEVATE 2ND TRUCK, WITH TRANSMITTING GRAPE FALLING INTO CLEAN BIN, BUT STILL TRANSMITTING
(1 hour later)
(scene switch)
BROWN HEAR'S ALARM
GETS UP TO TAKE LOOK THROUGH BINOCULARS
SEE'S FRONT GATE OPENING AND ONE BIG TRUCK LEAVING FACILITY
NOTICES THAT SIGNAL STRENGTH STARTS TO INCREASE ON BOTH SIGNALS, THEN QUICKLY FADE OFF AS TRUCK MAKES WAY DOWN THE STREET
REALIZES THAT SUSPECT LOAD IS ALL IN THE BIG TRUCK
STARTS VAN AND TRIES TO CATCH UP TO HIM
BIG TRUCK CROSSES RAILROAD TRACK JUST AS WARNING LIGHTS GO DOWN
AMTRAK TRAIN GOES BARRELING THROUGH
GATES GO UP...NOTHING, NO SIGHT OF TRUCK
BRIAN BANGING HAND ON STEERING WHEEL IN FRUSTRATION
HE HEADS BACK TO OFFICE
GETTING BACK TO OFFICE, IT'S 11 P.M. HE MAKES PHONE CALL TO BRIAN
BUT BRIAN IS DEAD ASLEEP, PHONE GOES TO VOICE-MAIL
BROWN (leaving message)
"hey Brian, it's Lieutenant Brown...sorry buddy, but somehow the grapes took off in another truck and I have no clue where they went, call you later if something comes up, bye!"
(6 hours later)
INT: HUDSON VINEYARD-BEDROOM-SATURDAY-6 P.M.
SANDY AND BRIAN FINISHING UP MORNING ROMP
BRIAN FORCING HIMSELF OFF THE BED AND ON HIS FEET
BRIAN
"All right troops, are we all ready...it's time for nutrition!"
SANDY
"Something that can fit through a straw please?"
BRIAN
"I'm going to make like Jack La Lane and juice this morning...great idea!"
SANDY
"Didn't he use'd to carry girls on his shoulders while he was water skiing?"
BRIAN
"I don't know about that, but he was probably in better shape when he died, then I'll ever be...man was amazingly fit...so what does woman want?"
SANDY
"Well...since your all tapped out and no fun anymore, I'll have..."
BRIAN
"I don't even want to go there...please, I'll admit it...I'm all tapped out, you have pleasured yourself of all my nectar, nothing more to give at this time...the spicket is dry!
SANDY
"I know Shakespeare, your barren...I was trying to order here...some eggs, I don't care what style, just take them out of their shells and put some heat around them, um...um some Baudouin sausage, and go juice something tasty...something I can put in a straw...I'll be thinking of you...well, a littler you...your know I think your dick is fucking my lips up!"
BRIAN
"Oh yea, maybe you need more practice taking it in...also, think olive oil followed by lemon slices...get's those lips back into shape in no time...so, you go hit the shower, and your demands will be set forth on the table before your wet feet touch the floor...in a blink!"
SANDY
"Shit, your like the freaking breakfast genie...snap my fingers and shazzamm!"
BRIAN
"Something like that..."
LOOKING DOWN HE SEES SEVERAL MESSAGES ON HIS PHONE
WALKS INTO KITCHEN, STARTS BREAKFAST
(30 minutes later)
FINISHING BREAKFAST, BRIAN CHECKS MESSAGES, LOOKING AT VENDOR SOLICITATIONS, THEN HE SEE'S LIEUTENANT BROWN'S MESSAGE
PROMPTS TO LISTEN
BRIAN
"Oh shit, fuck no...they lost the grapes, this can't be happening, fuck!"
SANDY
"Wasn't Arthur with them?"
BRIAN
"Yea, where is Arthur anyway?
BRIAN CALLING ARTHUR ON PHONE, GOES TO VOICEMAIL
BRIAN (leaving message)
"Hey Arthur, this is Brian...where are you, you okay, give me a call, bye!"
SANDY
"All that shit you went through with the protections, back-ups, and for what?"
BRIAN
"This is a hell of a way to start the morning!"
BRIAN CALLING LIEUTENANT BROWN'S NUMBER, GOES TO VOICEMAIL
BRIAN (leaving a message)
"Hey Brown this is Brian Cashman, I'm at the office now, give me a call, thanks!"
BRIAN
"Shit, is everybody going to voicemail, is that what society is coming to...we have conversations by-way of a series of digital recordings?"
SANDY
"Hey, it's not healthy, it delays emotions, it's toxic to our psyche's because when we leave the message, we're probably stressed and not thinking, so by the time the other party listens to it, we've probably already rethought the issue, and are over it!"
BRIAN
"And then the other party rekindles the fire and all the shit starts over again...and for what, it's nothing...just a big waste of time for everybody, thank you social media, thank you very much!"
(scene switch)
ARRIVING AT THE GATORTAIL, JOHN IS ALREADY IN THE KITCHEN GETTING THE MORNING BREAKFAST GOING
BRIAN
"Morning John, you wouldn't believe what's going on?"
JOHN
"No. what is it I won't believe...with you, no surprise anymore?"
BRIAN
"Lieutenant Brown called and left a message...said he lost the grapes, you believe that shit?"
JOHN
"How he lose grapes...I thought Jesus man be watching them, they have transmitters, say location, what went wrong?"
BRIAN
"I don't know, like I said...it was just a message, haven't talked to him yet, and I don't even know what happened to Arthur?"
JOHN
"Maybe they find out he snitch, they beat and torture him, pull out fingernails, make him listen to Paris Hilton singing songs, that hurt...I tried that already, no thanks!"
BRIAN
"Yea John, you wanna get serious for a minute, what do you think, what's going on with that psychic world you live in?"
JOHN
"I think they cleaned up grapes, put them in one big truck, take elsewhere!"
BRIAN
"If that's the case, then where?"
LONG PAUSE
THEN BRIAN AND JOHN LOCK EYES WITH THE ONLY TRUTH THERE COULD BE
JOHN
"He take them to bidder, old winery, fifty cents on the dollar, thanking God for great deal on your stolen grapes...but he thinks it's overflow from Sheffield, he not bad man."
BRIAN
"No, I didn't say he was a bad man, but I need to contact Brown and get his butt over there with that receiver, assuming your correct and even see the trailer or whatever it's in and verify that the transmitting grapes are even there...this could work!"
JOHN
"Sandy, hold down the fort...we've got to go check this out!"
SANDY
"All right Captain, you be careful please...don't be trying to take on the whole world by yourself?"
SANDY WALKS OVER AND GIVES HIM A HUG
BRIAN
"I will, I will...we can always make more if it comes down to it...I've got to keep remembering that!"
SANDY
"That's right...grapes can be replaced, they are insured on base value, but I'll never have another Brian!
BRIAN
"Tapped out and all?"
SANDY
"If your just a big old dried up well for the rest of our lives, I want you forever!
JOHN
"You two Love birds make me want to shoot myself...Brian, let's go!"
SANDY AND BRIAN GIVE ONE LAST HUG
scene close
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