Kirk Carter@ WGA Copyright 2013
WINE MAMA (65)
MAKING BATCH
EXT: COLUMBUS WINERY-2 P.M.
BRIAN AND JOHN PULL UP TO THE COLUMBUS WINERY
OWNER BILL WARD AND SEVERAL WORKERS WAITING BY GATE
WARD LEANS UP AS THEY PULL TANKER TRUCK IN
WARD
"Hello Mister Hudson, are you ready to unload?"
BRIAN
"Mister Ward, ah it's Bill right...my name is Cashman, but you can call me Brian and Hudson is the name of the winery...let's try to keep that in order if you don't mind?"
WARD
"Of course, of course, my bad...did you have any trouble retrieving your sludge?"
BRIAN
"Yea well...a few threats here and there...let's see we burned up a pump, and oh yea, got shot at while leaving the property...almost forgot about that little miscue, could have been worse!"
WARD
"They're all crazy people over there, they'll probably just claim that you were stealing their grapes...well anyway, glad to see you survived...how much were you able to save anyway?"
BRIAN
"That's the way I figure it too, but still man, you don't just shoot at people like that...ah, let's see we sucked up about thirteen-seven, but it's got so much junk in it, it's definitely going to have to be strained out again...so we'll probably lose a little more I figure!"
WARD
"Go on head and bring the truck around and we can start the transfer, okay?"
(2 HOURS LATER)
WITH THE PUMPING COMPLETED, ALL THE GUYS ARE JUST STANDING THERE LOOKING AT THE ALMOST FOURTEEN THOUSAND GALLONS OF WINE SLUDGE SITTING IN SIX STAINLESS STEEL VATS
LITTLE BUBBLES COMING UP FROM THE INVIGORATED MIX
WARD
"We'll start off pulsing this first batch through a fifty count screen and see where we go with that...looks like Sheffield really corrupted this batch...so we'll follow that up by doing a pressure sieve and see what we got!"
BRIAN
"Fuck, I still can't believe this...I mean is this stuff even savable?"
WARD LAUGHING
"Oh, hell yea...when we had bad season's, storms and stuff, we were filtering out tree limbs, dead birds, just about anything you can imagine!"
WORKER
"One time we had to shovel out a Possum, it all comes out good!"
EVERYBODY LAUGHING
BRIAN
"Okay guys...I'm leaving this up to your hands, I'll give you a call, or give me a call if something else comes up...nothing would surprise me at this point!"
WARD
"Okay Brian, now go clean your truck tank real good...that acid will ruin that thing...and don't you worry, we're going to make this wine good, trust me!"
BRIAN
"Thanks again Bill..."
(scene switch)
EXT: BRIAN'S HOUSE-6 P.M.
BRIAN FINALLY PULLS UP INTO DRIVEWAY SEEING AN AUDI A8 WITH WASHINGTON PLATES PARKED BEHIND SANDY'S RANGE ROVER
DECIDES TO CALL INSIDE TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON
SANDY ANSWERING PHONE
SANDY
"Hey, gator boy what's cooking?
BRIAN
"Just sitting out here in the driveway, wondering who's dropping in?"
SANDY
"Oh, just Captain Franks with a surprise visitor!
BRIAN
"Who?"
SANDY
"Well dumb shit, come in and see...it is your house isn't it?"
BRIAN
"I guess I'll do that...but I'm warning you...I'm sludgy!"
SANDY
"Bring your sludgy self in and get you cleaned up, bye!"
WALKING IN HE SEE'S CAPTAIN FRANK DRINKING A MOOSEHEAD AS A HEAD TURNS FROM THE OPPOSING CHAIR
IT'S ARTHUR
BRIAN
"Well I'll be, guess we'll have to call off the funeral, Jesus man does exist!"
CAPTAIN FRANKS
"Yea, he's been hanging with me...we've been doing a few flights together, pretty handy guy...just a little on the weird side sometimes, but otherwise, he's been earning his keep!"
ARTHUR
"Yea, thought I needed to bail out for a while, you seemed to have your hands full..."
BRIAN
"Geez man, you could at least called all something..."
SANDY
"That's what I was telling him, we thought the Bear's got you or something!"
BRIAN
"Well, I've been through so much shit in the past couple of weeks, it was probably for the best....but still, you know...we were worried!"
SANDY
"So, how is the sludge anyway?"
BRIAN
"To keep it simple, it's been moved...trash and everything else."
ARTHUR
"Trash...what happened to it?"
BRIAN
"That old fuckhead Ron Sheffield corrupted my batch when he found out I was coming to take it away...even shot at me a few times, what a piece of work his operation turned out to be!"
ARTHUR
"If you want, I'll go hunt him down for you?"
BRIAN
"No, nothing doing, I'm not even tell Lieutenant Brown, he's got enough crap to worry about...everybody is safe, that's all that matters, it's been transferred to Columbus, they're sieving it, filtering it out...whatever, and we'll just go from there...it's all good...so what, you hanging around for a while, what?"
CAPTAIN FRANKS
"I just came down to get that Delta chute I lent you, but I see it's become a permanent fixture in your Sycamore tree, what are you going to do with it, turn it into a birdhouse or something?"
BRIAN LAUGHING
"No, just haven't had a chance to go up there and dig it out of the limbs...thought if I waited long enough, the wind would knock it down...we'll get it..."
ARTHUR
"We've been doing a little partying here, but I'll climb up there in the morning and get it when I straighten up a little, no problem man..."
BRIAN
"Sounds like a plan...so your camping here tonight?"
CAPTAIN FRANKS
"Well, we were going down to the Comfort Inn and get a room, that's up to you?"
SANDY
"I already told them they're welcome to stay, but they would have to share a sleeping bag...you know, the one we always use?"
BRIAN
"We have couches and the rugs are clean, I mean...save your money and lounge around a little!"
SANDY
"But if you change your mind and want to use the sleeping bag, let me know and I'll throw it in the washer...clean it up a bit!"
CAPTAIN FRANKS
"Really appreciate that Brian, haven't been down here since you fixed this place up...I'm impressed!"
BRIAN
"More of a lady's touch, but hey...I'll take credit for whatever I can take at this point...the important thing is that we're all here, safe and sound, that's all that's important when you get down to it..."
SANDY WALKS UP HANDING BRIAN A MOOSEHEAD
THEY ALL HOLD THEIR BOTTLES TOGETHER
BRIAN
"To good friends..."
THEY CLANK BOTTLES TOGETHER
THEY ALL PROFESS
"Cheers!"
scene close
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