MOM & SON ESQ. P.I. - "PILOT"
16.
ACT ONE INT./EXT. TODD’S CAR - 11:25 P.M.
Joan sits in Todd’s (ramshackle) car staring in confusion at a small YELLOW HOUSE on a quiet cul-de-sac in Gresham. Todd dashes away from the house and gets back into the car. TODD It’s empty. Looked in all the windows, no furniture, nothing. I could probably pick the lock in back, but... JOAN No Todd, no. That’s criminal. 6 months, minimum. They stare at the house - pondering. Joan is sombre, quiet. JOAN
While you were gone I was staring at that garage and imagining Harry inside there. Dead. What if he - hung himself - in that garage. Like Bradley Coopman in that Madonna movie. Starborn. TODD (beat) Like Bradley COOPER in the LADY GAGA movie A STAR IS BORN? Mom. What is it with you and titles? And why would he send his bills to a house where he’s dead? That doesn’t make any sense. (phone rings) It’s Allison. JOAN
No, do not answer. I don’t want anyone in the family to know what’s going on. TODD I’m in the family. JOAN DO NOT tell your sister. HANG UP. Todd silences the call. Joan is frustrated, agitated. JOAN So now - what? We sit here and wait? TODD
We don’t have his phone, his laptop, any of his passwords, we have no other leads, he has a link to this house ... and he has to sleep somewhere tonight.
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