SHOW: Just Shoot Me
CHARACTER: Mark
SCENES: 4
THIS SCENE: Starts with Finch in his workplace, which
leads
to the school hallway
OUTFIT: Alex is wearing black pants with pockets on the
sides, a light blue t-shirt, with a navy blue open button-up shirt with
lighter blue on the front over it. He also has a watch on his left
wrist,
earrings, and his black and white necklace.
FINCH: No way.
JACK: Dennis, it’s just one day. Stanley can fill in for
you.
KEVIN: That’s Kevin.
JACK: You don’t look like a Kevin.
KEVIN:
I know. I don’t feel like a Kevin
FINCH:
Look, I’m not wasting my time hanging out with a bunch o
fhighschoolers.
[Finch sips juice, Jack takes it away]
JACK:
Come on, it’ll be fun, you’ll be undercover.
[Finch gets another juicebox
from fridge]
MAYA:
Yah, it’ll be easy! You just have to hang out with the kids, find out
what
they like, I’ll do all the writing.
FINCH:
Forget it. I hated highschool the first time around. I was too fragile
to
play sports, never had a date, never went to the prom.
MAYA:
You must’ve had friends?
FINCH:
Just a bunch of guys that called me ‘Denise’ and took my pants.
[Jack takes Finch’s juice
again]
JACK:
Dennis, I strongly suggest you reconsider.
FINCH: Jack, do you really think you can bully me into going back
to
highschool by taking my juice?.
[Scene is now in school
hallway]
MARK: Whoops. [ Knocks juicebox out of Finch’s
hand] Hey, New Guy!
FINCH:
Dammit.
THIS SCENE: Later in the school hallway, Finch and kids
are
gathered near lockers
OUTFIT: Same.
MARK:
So. We have a little initiation ritual here to welcome all of our new
students.
FINCH:
Alright...
BOY:
So we’ll be needing your pants.
FINCH:
Oh, here we go.
[Cheerleaders walk
up.]
CRISSY:
Hey guys!
MARK:
Hi crissy!
BOY:
Hey Crissy!
CRISSY:
Mark, what are you doing?
MARK:
I’m, uh, gettin’ New Guy’s pants.
CRISSY:
How many pairs of tiny pants do you need?
[Laughs from
all]
CRISSY:
Heads up, Mr. Peters.
[MARK faces open
locker.]
MR. PETERS:
What’s this little congregation? Mark? Aren’t you supposed to be in my
English class...right now?
[MARK faces Mr.
Peters.]
MR. PETERS:
And you, no drinking in the hallway.
[Mr. Peters grabs Finch’s
juice.]
FINCH:
Hey, that’s mine.
MR. PETERS:
Well, now it’s mine.
[Finch grabs juice
back.]
FINCH:
Now it’s mine.
MR. PETERS
:
What’s your name, young man?
FINCH
:
D Finch.
MR. PETERS:
And what’ s the D stand for?
FINCH:
D Cup, ‘cause that’s the way I like my ladies. [Laughs silently
to
MARK and Boy]
MR. PETERS:
Well, as of today, D stands for Detention!
FINCH:
Are you sure D doesn’t stand for dance?
[Finch dances with weird
expressions on his face. MARK and Boy laugh.]
MR. PETERS:
Oh, very clever, that’ll look very nice on your permanent record.
FINCH:
Oh no, no my permanent record. Then I can’t be an English teacher and
wear
a powerful, high energy sweater vest!
MR. PETERS:
Hey, watch it.
FINCH:
Lemme guess. You took the teaching gig so you’d have time to write a
serious novel.
MR. PETERS:
That’s enough.
FINCH:
Now fifteen years later it’s still not finished and you won’t show it
to
your wife because [fake cries] it’s not any good!
MR. PETERS:
It’s a work in progress! [Runs off]
[All
laugh.]
Boy
:
You smoke him, man!
FINCH:
The dude touched my juice.
[More
laughter.]
THIS SCENE: School lunchroom.
OUTFIT: Same.
CRISSY:
So...why did you get kicked out of your old school?
FINCH:
Well, I borrowed the principal’s car for a trip to Vegas-with his wife.
[Laughter]
MARK AND BOY:
Cool!
BOY:
Hey, D Cup, we’re gonna go tell the guys what you said to Mr. Kawahlski
in
gym class.
MARK:
Yeah, D! Say it again!
FINCH:
Alright. You climb the rope!
[MARK and Boy laugh.]
BOY:
Awesome! Simply awesome.
[MARK and Boy get up and leave. The scene continues with
Finch
and Crissy.]
THIS SCENE: Prom at school. MARK has no lines. He is in
the
background in a black tuxedo with white shirt and a silver vest. He has
a
purple flower on his jacket. In the end, a crowd of kids including
MARK,
close in on Finch.