MOM & SON ESQ. P.I. - "PILOT"
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They both stare at the house. And wait... INT./EXT. TODD’S CAR - 12:33 A.M. JOAN
(frazzled) This is insane, this is awful. We should have come in my car. This seat is filthy. And what is this junk at my feet? Is this a telescope? TODD It’s a lens. For a camera. A long lens. JOAN (pause) Todd, without your license, you are not allowed to work as a private detective in the state of Ore-- TODD Yes I know that thank you Mother. I’m just freelancing for insurance companies. Finding people and taking pictures. Pays the bills. Almost. JOAN (disgruntled) I had hoped you were getting out of this field altogether. Considering the amount of trouble you got yourself into. (pause) Is it maybe time to reconsider - law school? TODD Jeeesus Chriiiiist, MAHHHHHM. JOAN Todd, your sister is a surgeon . And your brother is the General of the National Guard of Oregon! Couldn’t you find something more dignified than “medical insurance bounty hunting”? TODD MOM - I am a private detective. I am VERY good at it, it is ALL I’ve EVER wanted to do, YOU gave me that copy of Harriet the Spy when I was NINE, and I am NOT having this conversation with you EVER AGAIN. (pause, then cuts off her rebuttal) AND IF IT WEREN’T FOR ME you’d be back in your empty condo right now, alone, with no idea of where your husband is.
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