RATING: TVMA – SLD
SHOWTIME ADVISORIES: Nudity, Adult Language, Adult Content
Stereo / CCAP
45 m
Credits:
forthcoming
INT. – OCEAN – OFF THE COAST OF FLORIDA – DAY
[Several dolphins are swimming around. Music plays – Frances Faye’s “Frances and her Friends”.]
[title card: Off the coast of Florida, April 1999]
[The song continues on while the dolphins swim around. The dolphins are mating. Several of them swim together, some swim in groups. They swim past one another, touching and swimming in circles.]
INT. – SOUTH COAST AQUARIUM – DAY
[A few Beluga whales swim around, occasionally coming to the glass to mug for the camera.]
INT. – OCEAN – OFF THE COAST OF FLORIDA – DAY
[The dolphins continue to swim around freely.]
[main titles]
INT. – THE PLANET – DAY
[Shane sits at a table with Clea, Steve and Cherie’s daughter. They’re having a coffee.]
Shane: Look. When I say I’ve been with people, I don’t mean 20 or 30.
Clea: Okay, so what? Like, hundreds, thousands? What?
Shane: (hesitating) Somewhere between… 950 and 1200 since I was 14.
Clea: Whoa. Well, whatever, you know, it doesn’t matter. I don’t care.
Shane: I turned tricks in Santa Monica with my friend, Clive. And all these guys thought I was some little street fag and I could’ve been killed.
Clea: That’s so cool when you think about it, right?
Shane: Clea, it’s not cool. Listen, I like you. But what you want from me isn’t gonna happen.
[Clea looks down at the table.]
Clea: Okay, you know… I know, it’s because of my father, right? You guys, you have this business together –
Shane: Clea, I’m involved with someone.
Clea: Oh.
[Shane sighs.]
Clea: Are you in love with her?
[Shane stares away for a moment, thinking.]
Shane: Yeah. (a beat) I am.
[Clea nods.]
ELSEWHERE AT THE PLANET –
[Kit walks past Shane and Clea, on her way to the stage area in the corner of the room. Marina is nearby, putting chairs at a table.]
Kit: (to Marina) Hey, girl.
[Kit goes to the stage to set the mic up. Marina flops down in a chair and sighs.]
Kit: Hey, you okay?
[Marina looks at her, shakes her head, and looks away. Kit goes and sits next to her.]
Kit: Hey, you hang in there. She’ll be back before you know it.
Marina: I hope not.
Kit: Oh. Okay! Well, you finally said it. Can I say what it is now?
[Marina hangs her head.]
Kit: You deserve to be happy.
[Marina looks at her.]
Kit: Your happiness is just as important as anybody else’s.
[Marina smiles and looks down, shaking her head.]
Kit: C’mon, The Planet is yours. If you and Francesca are splitting up, she’s not gonna take it away from you.
Marina: (upset) Yes, she is. (a beat) At best, she wants to be bought out. (a beat) I sat up all night trying to figure out how I can come up with that much money. That’s a lot of money. I worked so hard.
