Posted by: striphe on: March 11, 2008
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INT. CAFE NERVOSA. ROZ IS SITTING AT THE TABLE. FRASIER ENTERS AND SITS WITH HER.
ROZ
Hey Frasier. Shouldn’t you be at the station with Bebe, going over your contract?
FRASIER
Not just yet. (TO BARISTA) Can I have a double expresso, please?
ROZ
Wow, that’s gonna be hard to wash down.
FRASIER
Believe me, it’s not as bitter as my regret.
ROZ
Why? What do you mean?
FRASIER
Well, last night Bebe came by to talk about the state of my contract. We had a little to much to drink, and one thing led to another.
ROZ
Frasier! You must really drive a hard bargain.
ENTER NILES
Hi Roz. Hi Frasier. How’s it going? (TO BARISTA) I’ll have a double caramel macchiato with whipped cream and a fudge ribbon. Shaken, not stirred.
FRASIER
Having that in a small, misery, or extra defeated?
NILES
Maris left the race for wine club president. I must admit; I am partly relieved. It seemed like she couldn’t handle the pressure.
FRASIER
How could you tell?
NILES
When she’s stressed out, sometimes her complexion takes on a sallow, lifeless hue. (A BEAT)
ROZ
She wasn’t recharging in her coffin every night? Did you put a stop to that?
NILES
Well, last night, seeing her relaxed, lying in bed so peacefully, with the barest hint of a smile on her lips, it did cross my mind to wake her, but I thought better of it.
FRASIER
She still doesn’t know you can see her through the keyhole? (A BEAT)
NILES
So how’d it go with Bebe this morning?
FRASIER
I think it went well. I explained things to her calmly, and I don’t think she took it too hard.
ROZ
Wait a minute. You didn’t dump her, did you?
FRASIER
Well, we both have a good working relationship. I didn’t want to undermine that.
ROZ
Real smooth, Frasier. Isn’t she negotiating your contract this very minute? What makes you think she won’t do to you at that table what you did to her last night?
FRASIER
She’s professional and savvy. I have complete faith in her.
ENTER BULLDOG, frantic
BULLDOG
Hey guys, I’ve been looking for you all over! Bebe’s about to jump off a building!
EVERYBODY GRABS THEIR THINGS AND RUNS OUT OF THE BUILDING, EXCEPT NILES, WHOSE EXPRESSION TURNS SMUG.
March 11, 2008 at 11:15 pm
This was a screenwriting assignment. We were given the script for this episode of Frasier, but there was a three-page scene missing. Our job was to write that scene. The day we turned them in, we saw exactly how the screen was actually written and how it aired on NBC.
What I liked was that of all the scripts that got turned in, mine was the closest to what actually aired.