MOM SON ESQ PI 1-23-22 prendergast CLEAN.pdf

MOM & SON ESQ. P.I. - "PILOT"

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JOAN You’re in jail. TODD Worse. Airport jail. Joan sees the laptop/news, and smiles at Todd. JOAN I couldn’t have done it without you. You are - good - at your job. TODD I know. (beat) And so are you. JOAN Maybe I just need to (quoting Harry) let you be who you want to be . TODD Yep. Yeah. Maybe so. JOAN But there is one thing I could do. To help you get back on your feet. To help us both, actually. If you’ll let me... Todd gives his mother a look: what is she planning? INT. FANCY LAW FIRM - DAY Joan’s firm is bustling as usual. Todd rounds a corner, freshly shaven, wearing a shirt and tie. He looks grown up, professional, like an adult. He goes into the bathroom. INT. FANCY LAW FIRM - BATHROOM - DAY Todd looks at himself in the mirror. Who the hell is that? No longer scruffy, or an outsider. He narrates into his watch: TODD It’s gonna be fine. You’re a detective again. This is what you want. This is - the way back. A PARALEGAL comes out of a stall and gives Todd a weird look: who’s he talking to? He exits. Todd stares into the mirror. TODD

You’re an investigator. You’ll be investigating. That’s all that matters. OK? OK. OK.

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