Vapors (cont.)
(The Strip - Night) Announcer: The next showing of Key Largo in Activision will begin in 15 minutes.
(O'Neil and Henderson come out and they are drenched.)
Henderson: Was that great or was that great?
O'Neil: You know they don't leave anything to the imagination anymore. I think I liked it better in black and white.
Henderson: I thought it was great.
O'Neil: I take it that you thought it was great.
Henderson: Look. (Stops at an ice cream vendor.) My treat! What do you want?
O'Neil: I don't know.
Henderson: (to vendor) Um…two turtle sundaes.
Vendor: Coming up.
O'Neil: You know, they used to seduce you into the story with um, images and subtle story telling techniques. Now, they hurl debris at you and dare you to leave.
Henderson: It's a joy ride. (to vendor) Thanks. (takes the sundaes and hands one to Tim, then begins munching on her own.)
O'Neil: There's not much challenge in it.
Henderson: Didn't you get that from Salvador Dolly?
O'Neil: Yes. Yes! That was spectacular. The images were clear yet subtle and they would sort of draw you into the painting.
Henderson: (about her sundae) These are great.
O'Neil: Apparently everything is.
Henderson: What's that mean?
O'Neil: Nothing. There just seems to be a lot of great going on in your life.
Henderson: Well, I'm having a wonderful time. How is it?
O'Neil: Great.
Henderson: See. We should take some these to the Captain's Bar-B-Q.
(They walk over to a flower vendor to look at finish their sundae's.)
O'Neil: Um, we…that probably wouldn't be such a great idea.
Henderson: Why not?
O'Neil: You know.
Henderson: Office romance?
O'Neil: We'll see each other there.
Henderson: Are you ashamed to be seen with me?
O'Neil: No. I just don't think it's such a great idea. I think we should stick with this great thing.
Henderson: You don't have to be sarcastic.
O'Neil: I was just being silly.
Henderson: You were being mean.
O'Neil: I'm not being mean.
Henderson: Yes, you were. You've been mean ever since I dragged you into that theater.
O'Neil: No.
Henderson: Absolutely.
O'Neil: No! If I told you that your taste in culture was vapid and infantile, that would be mean.
(Henderson doesn't say anything for a minute. Then she smushes her ice cream in his face and walks away.)
(seaQuest, Med Bay)
Piccolo: Where do we start?
Lucas: Med school. I don't know how to work this stuff.
Piccolo: Well there's got to be manuals around here someplace.
Lucas: I think it's this one. (walks over to a machine) Ah, spectrum analysis. Try to find a manual for this one.
(Piccolo goes to look for one. Lucas sits down at the machine and pushes a key on the keyboard. The machine turns on.)
(Wendi's room)
Computer: Atomic Spectrum Analysis System online.
(Wendi gets up to investigate.)
(Med Bay)
Piccolo: What's spectro-photo-electric-radio-thorine?
(Wendi enters)
Wendi: Hello.
Lucas: Dr. Smith.
Wendi: (to Piccolo) Do you have any idea at the effort it takes to earn an MD and a PhD by the time you're 25?
Piccolo: No…I…I…
Wendi: How many nights you have to say no to a good time because you have to read?
Piccolo: No.
Wendi: 1218. Do you know how single-minded you have to be to earn the most coveted science position on the flagship of the fleet?
Piccolo: No. I know we're not supposed to be…let me tell you…
(Wendi reads his thoughts)
Wendi: What's wrong with your mother?
Piccolo: She's taking these pills and they're doing weird things to her.
(Wendi runs a test on one of the pills.)
Wendi: Everyone wants to be young, Tony. You shouldn't hold that against her.
Piccolo: Yeah, I know.
(Piccolo wants to say that he's sorry but he can't, so he says it in his mind.)
Wendi: It would mean more to me if you said it out loud.
Piccolo: I'm…I'm sorry that I told people about you and the Captain.
Wendi: What did you tell them, Tony?
Piccolo: Just that you were alone in the Hydroponics lab…
Wendi: And?
Piccolo: In…you know…in an embrace.
Wendi: A romantic embrace.
Piccolo: Well, yeah.
Wendi: Did it ever occur to you that we were clinging to each other because you practically knocked me in the water?
Piccolo: Yeah. It just seems to me like there was romance in the room. I was wrong?
Wendi: I'm gonna have to leave seaQuest because of this.
Computer: Spectrum Analysis complete.
Lucas: Well, that's ridiculous. You don't have to leave seaQuest. It was a misinterpretation. Now it's an unfounded rumor. You can change that.
Wendi: Yeah, well unfounded or not it has the appearance of impropriety. The UEO will see it as interfering with the Captain being able to carry out his duties.
Piccolo: Dr. Smith…I'm sorry…but, um, what about my mother's pills?
Wendi: Your mother will probably be okay. Just don't let her take anymore. I'm going to send this off to the UEO and we'll have more information in the morning.
Piccolo: I'm very sorry.
Wendi: I forgive you, Tony. Good night.
Dagwood: Good night, Dr. Smith.
Lucas: Dr. Smith, why does the UEO have to know about this stupid rumor?
Wendi: Because everybody on the boat does. They'll find out. I don't see a choice. I have to put in for a transfer, Lucas. Good night.
Lucas: Yeah, good night.
(Piccolo Home - Day)
(Nick is gardening as Piccolo walks up.)
Nick: Oh. Anthony. Did you do it?
Piccolo: Dad.
Nick: Did you take care of that thing?
Piccolo: All done.
Nick: Thank God. Your mother wouldn't let me out of her site.
Piccolo: Did you know what you were giving her?
Nick: No. I…I guess it wasn't good.
(Marie runs out.)
Marie: Tony! Do you have my pills?
Piccolo: No ma, I don't.
Marie: Honey, I need my pills. Please.
Piccolo: They're killing you.
Marie: Your father is killing me.
Nick: No, Marie…
Marie: Shut up! Tony, honey, I need my pills, baby.
Piccolo: Ma, they're poison. RU268 was an insecticide. It was developed as an insecticide. (to Nick) Did you know that?
(Marie slumps down to the ground.)
Nick: No! I didn't know that!
Piccolo: Where'd you get 'em?
Nick: This guy! This guy said that women would love it.
Piccolo: Did he tell you she'd die for it?
Nick: No. I swear.
Piccolo: (leans down to talk to Marie) This stuff burns your fat, and when your fat's gone it burns your muscle. That's why you look so young. It's eating out your insides and what's left is getting tight around the bone.
Marie: Tony, I like the way people look at me.
Piccolo: Look at me, Ma. Look at me. Look at the way I'm looking at ya. I k now we don't talk much, but I need you to be old. I…older than me. I need you to be there, like a mother's there. Don't take my mother away from me. (to Nick) Make sure she gets a physical. (hands Nick a folder) This is everything they know about the drug.
Nick: Okay, okay.
Piccolo: I love you, Ma. Come on. (helps her up) (to Nick) She's right about you getting a job.
Nick: Okay.
Piccolo: It'd be nice if you'd call once in a while just to say hello. (leaves)
(Bridger's House)
(He's trying to hang some lanterns and he wants Darwin to help.)
Bridger: I need a favor. I want you to take this line and run it over there so I can string these lanterns.
Darwin: How much?
Bridger: How much?
Darwin: How much?
Bridger: How much what?
Darwin: How much money?
Bridger: You want money?
Darwin: Ten dollars.
Bridger: Who taught you about money?
Darwin: Lucas.
Bridger: Why?
Darwin: That's the way the world works.
Bridger: Okay. That's it. I'm gonna do it myself.
(Gets up and sees a boat carrying Wendi coming to the house.)
Bridger: Hi.
Wendi: Hi.
(He helps her out of the boat.)
Wendi: Thank you. You don't mind I came early?
Bridger: It's great. You want some coffee?
Wendi: I'd love some.
Bridger: Cream and sugar.
Wendi: Please. (Bridger heads into the house.) Captain? (he turns) I'm submitting a request to transfer.
Bridger: Wendi, why don't you come inside.
(Inside)
(Wendi gazes out at the water. Bridger brings over her coffee.)
Bridger: Here you are.
Wendi: Thanks. I want to show you something. (She reaches into her bag and pulls out two photographs. One of her mother and the other of her grandmother.) I know I'm the 3rd generation of women in my family to be in some kind of Naval service. It's a pretty unique family tradition. (shows him the picture.) This is my grandmother.
Bridger: You're forgetting…I met her.
Wendi: Oh, that's right. When you dated my mom.
Bridger: Look at your mom. She's terrific. Look how straight her back is.
Wendi: She's furious about it. Both my mother and my grand mother were strong willed and stand up to things tough. I don't have that. I mean, I'm resolute in my own way, but I expend a lot of energy trying to manage my sixth sense. I know you and my mother were close and I thought that with everything you'd been through, that maybe in that darkness of the lab…maybe you saw my mother in me.
Bridger: No, Wendi. No. It was you. (pause) I lost a son when he was 21 years old. Then I lost my wife whom I love very much. She was my anchor. The mistake I made was in clinging to her memory as if that were the anchor. The refuge. I can't do that anymore. You gave me a gift, Wendi. You opened me up to the simple fact that I'm alive, and having done that you can't take a step back in your career just because things are a little awkward now. You're punishing yourself for something you didn't even do. We can get past this.
Wendi: You don't believe that.
(Bridger doesn't say anything. He goes and puts some music on and they dance.)
(A few minutes later Piccolo, Lucas, and Dagwood arrive on jet skis. Wendi and Bridger go outside.)
Bridger: Found us again, huh Piccolo?
Piccolo: You know, sir, a side effect of having gills is that you have fish vision. Like your eyes see what's on the side of your head but whatever's right in front of you you're as blind as a bat. (they just look at him) I'm dead.
Bridger: Lucas! What's does he think he's doing?
(They all turn and watch Dagwood on the jet ski. He falls off into the water.)
Lucas: Dagwood! Dagwood!
(Later)
(Piccolo sits down at the piano.)
Piccolo: I wish my brother George was here. (begins to play.)
(Ford and Brody arrive.)
(Henderson and O'Neil arrive. Ford sees them and starts playing 'Here comes the bride' on the piano.)
O'Neil: See. Now I'm gonna have to listen to that for months, maybe years.
Henderson: Maybe you'll get lucky and not live that long.
O'Neil: Ye….(give her a look)
(Different scenes of everyone having a good time. Lucas at the grill smelling the food, Ford and Piccolo on the piano together, Henderson and Dagwood dancing. Bridger watches Wendi, she looks up and they gaze at each other. Ford and Brody see Ortiz go by on a huge Yacht and they go jump in their boat to catch up to him.)
(Later)
(Bridger is walking back from the pier and Piccolo goes over to him.)
Piccolo: You know, yesterday I almost asked my mother out on a date. (Bridger looks at him.) I mean, I didn't recognize her. She was taking these pills.
Bridger: RU268?
Piccolo: Yeah, that's it.
Bridger: Oh, don't let her.
Piccolo: Already taken care of.
Bridger: Good. It's tough enough being young. I can't imagine someone taking a pill for it.
Piccolo: She looked good though. I didn't recognize her.
Bridger: Apparently not. (smiles)
Piccolo: Can I…can I talk to you about this 'cause I don't know who else to ask and I feel pretty weird.
Bridger: I need someone to talk to myself.
(They walk down the pier to talk.)
(Lucas goes over to Wendi who's on the beach.)
Lucas: I, uh, I heard you're probably not gonna leave.
Wendi: No, I'm not gonna leave. (smiles)
Lucas: That's good. (smiles)
(END)
