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FADE IN
INT. JW MARRIOTT HOTEL DOWNTOWN LA, PENTHOUSE SUITE
HALLWAY
The knob on the front door of the hotel room is jiggling as
the sounds of a failed entry by electronic key can be heard
from the other side. Its clear that whoevers trying to
get into the room is struggling mightily.
Finally after the sixth try, the door unlocks and opens.
BRENT SHERIDAN, a very handsome movie star in his midthirties, stumbles into the hallway of the suite with a
half-full glass of vodka in one hand.
Vodka spills out of his glass with each step he takes as he
hugs the wall with his shoulder while making it slowly
towards the opulent living room.
LIVING ROOM
Brent tries to put his drink down on an end table but it
falls off and spills all over the floor.
Upset, he flies into a drunken rage thinking its the end
tables fault for spilling his drink.
He knocks the end table over on its side then continually
stomps on the legs until they break off.
Then he grabs a leg and flings it against the wall across
the room.
Next he picks up a lamp and chucks it against another wall,
breaking the bulb in the process.
He walks in a circle around a coffee table that sits in the
middle of the room, huffing and puffing, thinking about his
next move.
After a few completed circles, Brent decides to grab a
portrait off of a wall and slam it right through the coffee
table.
BRENT SHERIDAN
Fuck me! Fuck me!
LATER ON
Brent is quietly sitting on the couch, with his hand and
wrist wrapped in a towel, drinking his vodka when theres a
knock on the door.
He continues drinking and doesnt react to the knock.
Theres another knock after a few seconds, this one much
louder and longer.
HOTEL MANAGER (O.S.)
Mr. Sheridan, are you in there?
(pauses)
Mr. Sheridan, its the manager.
need to speak to you.
BRENT SHERIDAN
I had a little accident.
HOTEL MANAGER
Look at what you did to this room!
BRENT SHERIDAN
Its not that bad, just get a broom and
some bleach to clean it up. Go to IKEA
tomorrow to redecorate and itll be like
brand new.
HOTEL MANAGER
Mr. Sheridan this isnt funny and I can
assure you its no laughing matter.
BRENT SHERIDAN
I dont find it funny, I find it a sad
action from a troubled individual.
HOTEL MANAGER
Im going to have to call the police.
Brent takes one final gulp of his vodka.
BRENT SHERIDAN
Wait, dont call the cops, call my people
instead.
Your people?
HOTEL MANAGER
Whose your people?
HOTEL MANAGER
You have publicists?
Who
BRENT SHERIDAN
(confidently)
You know who I am.
HOTEL MANAGER
Im sorry, but I dont.
BRENT SHERIDAN
You do, you even called me Mr. Sheridan.
HOTEL MANAGER
Yes, youre Mr. Sheridan, a guest of our
hotel. I know your name but I dont know
who you are.
BRENT SHERIDAN
Im an actor. A pretty big one at that.
BRENT SHERIDAN
Ewww, no Im a movie star.
HOTEL MANAGER
I dont watch movies either.
BRENT SHERIDAN
What the hell do you do then?
HOTEL MANAGER
I read.
BRENT SHERIDAN
OK, whatever nerd, its not 1986 anymore.
I was named one of People Magazines sexiest
people alive last year and the New Yorker
said I could be the next Steve McQueen
whoever the hell that is. It sounds neat
at least.
Brent reaches into his pocket again and takes out his
iPhone.
BRENT SHERIDAN (contd)
Here, check out my IMDB profile.
The manager grabs his phone and swipes through his profile
intently.
HOTEL MANAGER
Oh, you did Avalanche? My niece likes
that movie.
BRENT SHERIDAN
Not only that but Ill be working on
Avalanche 2 come this summer.
(thinking)
How about this, you call my publicists
instead of the police, Ill make sure
your niece gets a signed DVD copy of
Avalanche.
HOTEL MANAGER
Thatd certainly be nice but with that
said, youve done some serious damage
to this room.
3:45!
KATIE MONROE
This better be important.
JACOB PETERS
Im sure it is honey, I dont have any
friends that would call me so late,
theyre family men just like me.
KATIE MONROE
But were not a family yet.
JACOB PETERS
Katie, dont start this again, not now.
Its too early.
KATIE MONROE
Or too late.
Jacob rubs his eyes to wake up before answering the phone.
JACOB PETERS
Hello.
(listens)
Yes Im him.
(listens)
Yes, I know him. Hes my client. What
did he do now?
(listens)
Oh really, is that right? Oh boy.
(listens)
No, no, lets make a deal, OK? Ill
have someone come down first thing in
the morning with a check to take care
of the damages, and with a little some(MORE)
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JACOB PETERS
Itll be fine.
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JACOB PETERS
Well good luck with that.
Jacob closes the bathroom door as Katie drops back onto her
side of the bed.
KATIE MONROE
Whatever, Im going back to bed.
I need my REM sleep if Im going to
be the least bit productive today.
EXT. JACOBS MERCEDES CONVERTIBLE, I-405 HIGHWAY
SUNRISE
Jacob is driving down the highway wearing his headset when
he receives a call from Brent.
JACOB PETERS
Brent, good to see youre still alive.
Everything OK?
BRENT SHERIDAN (O.S.)
(drunkenly)
Where the fuck am I?
JACOB PETERS
Youre downtown at the JW Marriott.
(pauses)
Wait, you are in your hotel room, right?
INT. JW MARRIOTT PENTHOUSE SUITE, BATHROOM
Jacob is sitting on the floor with his back up against the
tub and an empty bottle of vodka next to him.
BRENT SHERIDAN
(looks around)
Yeah, I think so. I see free shampoo
samples all around me and too many white
towels to count.
JACOB PETERS (O.S.)
Good, yes, youre at the J Dub.
BRENT SHERIDAN
What the fuck am I doing in a hotel,
in LA? I live in LA!
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JACOB PETERS
Not everybody in this town is
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Can
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You
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JACOB PETERS
And dont worry Brenty boy, I have it
all under control. Trust me.
Jacob ends his call then continues cruising down the
highway with the wind blowing through his hair.
EXT. THE POLO LOUNGE, PATIO, BEVERLY HILLS - MORNING
Its early in the morning and Katie is sitting by herself
at a table checking emails on her phone.
After a few moments, DYLAN DAME, an all-American-looking
pop star musician in her early-twenties, approaches the
table and immediately gives her a kiss on both cheeks.
DYLAN DAME
Katie, I am so sorry for being late.
KATIE MONROE
No problem girl. I get it, the life of
a pop star.
Dylan quickly takes her seat and puts her napkin across her
lap.
DYLAN DAME
Come on, you know Im not like that, not
with you anyways. Youre my kindred
spirit and I always respect you.
KATIE MONROE
Well thank you.
DYLAN DAME
I take it you already ordered for us?
KATIE MONROE
I didnt actually, I didnt know what
you wanted.
DYLAN DAME
Come on Katie, youve known me since I
was in diapers. You were my babysitter
for gods sake. How do you not know what
Id want for breakfast?
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God,
KATIE MONROE
Whats wrong with them?
DYLAN DAME
Ive known them since grade school!
KATIE MONROE
So?
DYLAN DAME
Its too close to home.
KATIE MONROE
Too close to home for a fake relationship?
DYLAN DAME
Yes.
KATIE MONROE
Arent those the best kind of fake
Relationships though?
DYLAN DAME
I dont know, Ive only had a few so far.
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JACOBS OFFICE
Where Jacob is sitting on his desk consoling an actress
whos on a couch across from him.
That actress is COURTNEY FORD, a young, flaky, up-andcoming blonde actress in her mid-twenties whos known just
as much for her promiscuity and coke use as her acting.
The assistant hands them both a coffee before leaving.
JACOB PETERS
Thank you. You can leave the door open,
get some air ventilating in here.
Courtney has been tearing up while in the middle of telling
a story about her antics from the prior night.
JACOB PETERS
So where did you leave your coke?
COURTNEY FORD
In my purse.
JACOB PETERS
And wheres your purse?
COURTNEY FORD
Somewhere in Saddle Ranchmaybe.
JACOB PETERS
Why the hell are you slumming it in Saddle
Ranch?
COURTNEY FORD
Because Jordan was going to stop by there
with some friends and I wanted to see him.
Why?
JACOB PETERS
You know Jordan is married, right?
COURTNEY FORD
I dont care, I love him!
JACOB PETERS
Wait, have you fucked him?
COURTNEY FORD
Yes but only a few times.
COURTNEY FORD
As what? The cool, fun, party girl?
JACOB PETERS
No, the homewrecking whore.
COURTNEY FORD
Ouch, thats harsh. Why do you think that?
JACOB PETERS
Because you fuck every married actor in
this town and everyone knows it!
COURTNEY FORD
Hey, Ive never fucked Tom Hanks.
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How are we
JACOB PETERS
How much coke did you have in it?
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COURTNEY FORD
A lotlike, a lot.
JACOB PETERS
How much is a lot?
COURTNEY FORD
Like this much.
Courtney holds her fingers straight up on both hands three
inches apart, then moves them six inches apart before
finally settling on eight inches from each other.
JACOB PETERS
(confused)
I dont even know what the hell that means
when it comes to coke measurement.
COURTNEY FORD
Its a lot, trust me.
JACOB PETERS
Did you have identification in your purse?
COURTNEY FORD
Yes, my license. So they know that cokes
mine! Oh god, Im so screwed.
JACOB PETERS
Not necessarily, well wait for whoever
has it to reach out.
COURTNEY FORD
Thats it?
JACOB PETERS
Yes.
COURTNEY FORD
But what if they post my coke to Instagram
and hashtag me in it?
JACOB PETERS
Court, you have to understand that in
this day and age everyones a businessman.
The person that has your purse will sell
out to whoevers offering the most. Well
just need to make sure our offer is better
than TMZ, and I think we can do that.
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COURTNEY FORD
How?
JACOB PETERS
Just leave that up to me.
COURTNEY FORD
I really want that coke back though, like
now.
JACOB PETERS
Jesus, if its that important to you, go
down the hall to accounting and get some
petty cash.
COURTNEY FORD
Sweet! Ill text my assistant to do that
right now. Thanks Jake!
She jumps off the couch and gives him a big hug and kiss on
the cheek before rushing out of his office.
HALLWAY
Courtney elatedly skips down the hallway as DAVON & JAVON
DOWNS, the twin African-American brothers in their earlytwenties who make up the successful rap duo DOUBLE DOWN,
walk up the hall while engaged in a heated argument.
JAVON DOWNS
Fuck you man.
DAVON DOWNS
No, fuck you man.
JAVON DOWNS
Youre an asshole.
DAVON DOWNS
No, youre an asshole.
Courtney stops in the hallway to give both of them a big
hug and kiss on the cheek, which makes the two brothers
temporarily stop arguing.
Hey guys!
COURTNEY FORD
How yall doing today?!?
Whats up?
DAVON DOWNS
You looking fine.
JAVON DOWNS
Yeah, fiiiine, with a capital F.
COURTNEY FORD
Oh stop guys, youre so crazy.
doing here? Seeing Katie?
What are
DAVON DOWNS
We got some beef to iron out.
Ohhh, beef!
beefin with?
COURTNEY FORD
Sounds tough, who are you
JAVON DOWNS
Each other.
COURTNEY FORD
(obliviously)
OK, well good luck with that!
With that Courtney continues skipping down the hallway as
the brothers pick up their argument.
JAVON DOWNS
Youre just a big fucking baby.
DAVON DOWNS
Youre a bigger baby.
JAVON DOWNS
Are you just going to repeat everything
I say?
DAVON DOWNS
Maybe I will just to piss you off.
JAVON DOWNS
Jesus, you act like such a kid, its no
surprise youre the younger child.
DAVON DOWNS
By four and a half minutes jerkoff.
JAVON DOWNS
And I have more class than you.
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KATIE MONROE
What did I say?
DAVON DOWNS
Intimate? Were rappers, we dont get
intimate, we fuck.
KATIE MONROE
Yep, thats not graphic at all.
(to herself)
I might have to re-think my Dylan idea.
DAVON DOWNS
What was that?
KATIE MONROE
Oh nothing, nothing at all.
it then?
So what is
JAVON DOWNS
Its no big deal, Im just thinking of
a little brand building opportunity
beyond music.
KATIE MONROE
And that is?
JAVON DOWNS
Action figures.
KATIE MONROE
Action figures?
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JAVON DOWNS
Yeah, check it out, I had a guy on
Crenshaw do a mock up.
Javon takes out a couple action figures from a pocket
inside his black leather jacket that look like him and his
brother and places them on her desk.
KATIE MONROE
(still perplexed)
Action figures?
DAVON DOWNS
Stupid idea, right? But thats not the
worst of it. Check out the figures.
Katie picks up the action figures and examines them
closely.
KATIE MONROE
What exactly am I looking for?
Exactly.
idiot.
JAVON DOWNS
See DaVon, youre being an
DAVON DOWNS
You dont see it? You honestly dont see
it?
KATIE MONROE
No DaVon, I dont see anything.
DAVON DOWNS
Check out the package.
KATIE MONROE
What?
DAVON DOWNS
The junk, the dick, the groin area.
Katie examines the groin area of the two action figures and
notices that one is slightly bigger than the other.
KATIE MONROE
OK, so ones crotch is slightly bigger
than the other.
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DAVON DOWNS
Yeah, thats me.
KATIE MONROE
But youre twins, how will anyone know
its him and not you.
DAVON DOWNS
Ill tell you how.
DaVon takes out a couple action figure accessories tiny
black leather jackets from inside his black leather
jacket and hands them to Katie.
DAVON DOWNS
Check out these jacket accessories.
Katie sees that on the back of one jacket has red writing
that says JaVon and Double Down while the other has
blue writing that says DaVon and Double Down.
DAVON DOWNS
See theyre color-coded, the jackets are
supposed to match the same color strip
on the sneaker of the action figure. Im
blue which means I have the smaller dick.
KATIE MONROE
Uh huh. But DaVon you can hardly tell
theres a size difference, I had to stare
at it for a good ten seconds.
DAVON DOWNS
Doesnt matter, as long as I know theres
a difference, it bothers me.
KATIE MONROE
So JaVon, why were you compelled to have
action figures made?
JAVON DOWNS
Aha! All part of my master plan to make
us truly global!
KATIE MONROE
Which is?
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Youre
DAVON DOWNS
I should fucking punch you in the face
asshole.
KATIE MONROE
No violence, save that for other people,
not each other.
JAVON DOWNS
See Katie, when you think about the
storyline youll understand how
visionary this idea really is. Im
taking on so many current, hot-button
issues war, the difficulties veterans
have acclimating to a normal life after
they come home, mental illness, racism,
institutional racism, prison overpopulation,
law enforcement vs. minority relations.
Its a happy ending, everyone wins, not
only does JaVon gain his freedom but
he gets the help he needs, Im a hero
and I end up with the hot Latina girl
with a big ass.
DAVON DOWNS
But Im still retarded.
KATIE MONROE
With a smaller dick.
Exactly!
DAVON DOWNS
With a smaller dick too!
JAVON DOWNS
Come on, those are just little issues,
and I mean that. You have to look at
the big picture here. I mean, am I the
only one capable of thinking big, outside
the box, around here? I hope to god not!
KATIE MONROE
JaVon, it doesnt sound like a happy
ending for the cops either, or the
prison guards for that matter, outside
of the hot Latina of course.
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DAVON DOWNS
What the hell is smitten?
KATIE MONROE
You know, when they ask you about her,
you just smile, look away and say something like, were just friends. You
do not come out and admit your dating,
thats a dead giveaway that youre not.
DAVON DOWNS
(shakes his head)
This is a weird fucking industry.
KATIE MONROE
You got that right. Also under no
circumstances will you fuck, or try to
fuck, Dylan.
DAVON DOWNS
So I cant even partake in the best part
of a fake relationship?
KATIE MONROE
No, you cannot.
Why not?
DAVON DOWNS
Were both adults.
KATIE MONROE
Because thatd totally complicate things
and I dont need that, none of us need
that. You know that too, come on, you
know how Dylan is, how Dylan can get.
DAVON DOWNS
But
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JACOB PETERS
There you go again with your passiveaggressiveness.
KATIE MONROE
I think Im going to eat my salad.
Katie and Jacob take several bites of their food and sit in
awkward silence for a while before Jacob speaks up.
JACOB PETERS
You know your snarky comment from the
other morning isnt lost on me.
KATIE MONROE
What snarky comment?
JACOB PETERS
Come on, you know what you said.
KATIE MONROE
No, no I dont.
JACOB PETERS
Remember when you said that we werent a
family?
That?
KATIE MONROE
You remember that from this morning?
JACOB PETERS
You know I remember everything.
KATIE MONROE
OK, well I stand by what I said.
not a family.
Were
JACOB PETERS
And what exactly do you think a family
entails?
KATIE MONROE
Marriage, kids, a golden lab, a white
picket fence, the whole nine yards.
JACOB PETERS
Of course, I shouldve know thats what
this is all about.
It is.
KATIE MONROE
Its a big deal to me.
JACOB PETERS
Baby, you know I love you more than life
itself.
KATIE MONROE
So whats the problem?
JACOB PETERS
There is no problem.
KATIE MONROE
Theres a problem to me.
JACOB PETERS
How many times are we going to have the
same conversation?
KATIE MONROE
Until you get your head out of your ass
and ask me to marry you.
JACOB PETERS
Katie, you know how I feel about this
topic.
KATIE MONROE
And you know how I feel about this topic.
JACOB PETERS
Yes.
KATIE MONROE
So dont you want to make me happy?
JACOB PETERS
Yes, more than anything.
KATIE MONROE
So make me happy.
JACOB PETERS
Katie, isnt it enough that we live
together, that we profess our love to
each other on a daily basis and that we
own a thriving PR firm together?
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KATIE MONROE
No time like the present.
JACOB PETERS
Babe, do you know how much time, money and
effort its taking to get our firm off the
ground? With our clients now taking off
and reaching incredible heights, it wouldnt
be very prudent at this point for us to
divert our attention away from our clients
and towards wedding planning.
KATIE MONROE
So you care more about our clients than me?
JACOB PETERS
No babe, dont be like that. You know
I care about you the most, but this firm
was our dream and I want to make sure its
a successand not just a success, I have
big plans to grow this company into a real
Hollywood powerhouse.
KATIE MONROE
And I dont want our firm to be a huge
success?
JACOB PETERS
No, I know you do.
KATIE MONROE
Dont forget I was the first one who
wanted to start this firm. My name is
first on the company.
JACOB PETERS
Its first because the M in Monroe comes
before the P in Peters in the alphabet.
And because Monroe & Peters rolls off
the tongue easier than Peters & Monroe.
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KATIE MONROE
(thinking)
Yes, I think I am, yes.
JACOB PETERS
And what exactly is that ultimatum?
KATIE MONROE
(thinking)
By this time next week Id like you to
present to me a game plan that outlines
a timetable for marriage with key dates
highlighted. Yes, by this time next week
Id like to see that happen.
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JACOB PETERS
Shes not a whore.
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JACOB PETERS
I dont know, Im just glad Im not laying
in a gutter.
KATIE MONROE
You mustve had quite a night after I
left the restaurant.
JACOB PETERS
You can say that again.
KATIE MONROE
You didnt go to a titty club, did you?
You know how I feel about that.
JACOB PETERS
No, there wasnt a titty club, but I still
feel like I got fucked.
KATIE MONROE
What?
JACOB PETERS
I mean not a good fuck, the bad kind of
fuck.
KATIE MONROE
Dig the hole deeper why dont you?
the hell are you talking about.
What
JACOB PETERS
Well the good news is that Courtneys
coke-filled purse has been found. The
bad news is that the prick who found it
is holding it for ransom.
KATIE MONROE
Oh Jesus, how much money does he want?
JACOB PETERS
Its not money he wants.
KATIE MONROE
Its not?
JACOB PETERS
Nope, its a sexual ransom.
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KATIE MONROE
Ewww. What does he want? See her naked?
Play with her tits for a little bit? A
blow job? What?
JACOB PETERS
No he wants to fuck her.
KATIE MONROE
Double ewww.
JACOB PETERS
Twicewithout a condom.
KATIE MONROE
What a fucking creep. What are you going
to do?
JACOB PETERS
He has his ideas, and I have mine.
KATIE MONROE
Well, lets hear them.
JACOB PETERS
OK, so
Just as Jacob starts to explain his ideas, things freeze as
he begins a voiceover directed towards the audience.
JACOB PETERS (V.O.)
And this is where you, the viewer, come
in. After I told my maybe soon-to-be
fianc, Katie, the whole story, we came
up with four possible solutions to handle
our troublesome mystery caller.
The four options appear on the screen as Jacob talks
through each.
JACOB PETERS (V.O.)
A.) Write him a huge check that we know
will beat TMZ. Come on, we live in this
business, we know what the going rate is.
Its high, but long term it might be worth
it. B.) Go to TMZ and work a deal where
theyll squash the story in return for
open access to Courtney. I get its like
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OLDER WOMAN
She is really pretty.
CASHIER
I can help the next customer.
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