CAVEMEN: The Final Episode
INT. RESTAURANT - EVENING
JOEL takes a seat in a booth. He uncomfortably eyes the other customers who quietly judge him.
A waitress brings him a menu.
WAITRESS
Just you?
JOEL
No, one more.
WAITRESS
Okie doke.
JOEL
Oh, can I get some onion rings?
WAITRESS
Sure thing.
Joel flips through the menu, but sets it down when he notices the tabletop jukebox.
He finds the perfect song and deposits a quarter.
He looks up to
NICK enters.
Joel’s song selection plays: “Any way you want it, that’s the way you need it, any way you want it…”
Nick takes his seat.
NICK
Sorry I’m late.
JOEL
No problem. I ordered us some onion rings.
NICK
(unsure)
Ooh, fried food?
JOEL
Come on. They’re the best in the state.
The waitress brings two glasses of water and the onion rings. Joel and Nick start eating them.
NICK
So what did you want to discuss?
Joel shifts in his seat, and takes a sip of his water.
JOEL
I really don’t know how to say this.
NICK
Come on, Joel. Just say it.
Joel looks nervously at a customer that walks by on his way to the restroom.
NICK (CONT’D)
Joel, man, you can tell me anything.
Joel sighs. The music continues to play: “Ooh, all night, all night…”
JOEL
Nick.
NICK
Joel.
JOEL
We got canceled.
NICK
Oh, God.
Nick holds his head in his hands.
NICK (CONT’D)
I knew this was coming.
JOEL
Nick, it’s okay.
Joel reaches across to put his hand on Nick’s shoulder.
NICK
How could this be okay?
JOEL
I’ve got good news.
NICK
Good news?
The music swells with the chorus: “Any way you want it, that’s the way you need it…”
JOEL
I just saved a bundle of–
The screen goes black. The sound cuts.
THE END
Geremy wrote:
This is brilliant! This is probably, exactly what they have planned for the first episode, being that they will probably only get on episode.
Posted on 31-Oct-07 at 7:26 am | Permalink
drretaaarded wrote:
I guess I’m pretty much totally out of the tv loop, but I assumed this show had already aired and was canceled by now. Anyway, fantastic buildup–really, I didn’t see it coming.
Posted on 31-Oct-07 at 5:19 pm | Permalink
beau wrote:
The show has already aired, but I haven’t seen it. I think I heard that it’s got good enough ratings to stick around. Oh well. I hope those of you who have read this get the Sopranos reference.
Posted on 31-Oct-07 at 6:20 pm | Permalink