MOM & SON ESQ. P.I. - "PILOT"
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JOAN Just going back to work, pretending like nothing is wrong, feels so - strange. My husband has - disappeared, and I... Panicked that he has upset her, Todd moves to comfort Joan: TODD And I’m gonna find him. I promise. But Joan resists his comfort, and pulls herself together: JOAN No I - I have work to do. (motto) And I don’t let my personal life interfere with my career. Alright. Enough. Kim will be coming back in any minute... She marches out, stiff-upper-lipped. And Todd sighs: Joan’s emotional rebuff is familiar, but still painful. INT. FANCY LAW FIRM - DAY Todd struts through the office like he owns the place. People stare after him: who is that? He swipes a donut from a box. INT. LYLE’S OFFICE - DAY Todd finds Lyle fastidiously organizing objects on his desk: TODD info database. Cool office. Super clean. So can you just give me the logins or you want me to do my search from your computer or what? LYLE (beat, extra dry) And you are? Todd pauses, smirks, thinking he has power over Lyle: TODD Todd. Enright . My mother Joan is your boss? Probably signs your paychecks? Lyle stands, calmly. He is a lion in a snail’s shell: LYLE (munching donut) Hey there, you Lyle? I need access to the RMLS property
Your mother is not my boss. I am an employee of the firm, answering only to the bylaws of the corporation. (MORE)
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