Nursing a hangover, Hope wakes up in the wrong bed. Chanise learns that Lionel hasn't been keeping it 100 and Brianna teaches her mother a lesson.
SEASON 2: EPISODE 10 (Let Me Find Out)
Nursing a hangover, Hope wakes up in the wrong bed. Chanise learns that Lionel hasn't been keeping it 100 and Brianna teaches her mother a lesson.
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Episode Ten: “Let Me Find Out”
SCENE 10
INT. SOMEONE’S HOUSE
FX: HOPE ROLLS OVER IN BED
HOPE: (V.O.) Damn, I could have saved the $1600 I paid Valerie, if I knew this is all I needed to get centered.
(EXHALE)
Waking up in someone else’s bed never felt so good. This hangover on the other hand not so much. The best part
(BEAT)
I didn’t think about what’s his face at all.
FX: HOPE SHUFFLES AROUND IN BED
HOPE: Nice sheets. (LOOKS AROUND) This is fancy for a bachelor pad. He’s hella neat. Oh, and he has a green thumb.
(BEAT)
My mom says that means a man is kind when he can take care of plants.
HOPE: (SNIFFS) Ummm, smells like he can cook too.
(BEAT)
I don’t even remember dudes name… Brian? Ummm Samuel. ( BEAT) Hmmm, let me freshen up before he comes back in here.
FX: HOPE CLIMBS OUT OF THE BED.
BOOB MAN: Hope!
FX: HOPE SCREAMS
HOPE: How did you get here? Boob Man, I mean… Bruce.
FX: BRUCE LAUGHS.
BRUCE: Hope you’re so funny. (BEAT) I live here.
HOPE: You? What?
BRUCE: I invited you over. I sent you an Uber.
HOPE: Stop. That was you?
BRUCE: I just text you out of the blue. I was trying to, see how you were, and you answered.
HOPE: (WHINES) I’m not feeling well. Where’s the…
BRUCE: Down the hall to the left.
FX: HOPE WHINES AND RUNS OFF TO THE BATHROOM
INT. BATHROOM - CONTINUOUS
HOPE: (V.O.) Oh no! Oh no! How did this happen? I can’t breathe. My stomach is in knots! Oh my GOD! (BEAT) I can’t believe I slept with Boob Man!
FX: HOPE ALMOST THROWS UP THINKING ABOUT IT.
HOPE: (V.O.) Shit! I don’t remember a thing.
(BEAT) Wait, wait.
FLASHBACK
BRUCE: My nipples. My nipples.
BACK TO SCENE
FX: HOPE GASP
HOPE: (V.O.) I sucked his nipples. Oh my GOD! It’s all starting to come back.
(BEAT)
No, no… What? Not his toes!
FX: BRUCE KNOCKS ON THE DOOR
BRUCE: Are you okay in there?
HOPE: I’ll be right out.
BRUCE: I made my mom’s secret recipe for you. It’s for hangovers.
HOPE: (V.O.) Why??????
VALERIE THE COACH: (VOICE OVER -IN HOPES MIND) Hope make another choice. Look how kind he is. Someone that thinks about your needs. Isn’t that what you say you never get in relationships?
HOPE: Valerie, Shut up! Shut up!
BRUCE: My mom would have liked you.
FX: WE HEAR A MUFFLED SCREAM.
HOPE: (V.O.) Hope you must get yourself together. Breath. Breath. Breathe.
FX: HOPE OPENS THE BATHROOM DOOR.
BRUCE: This should settle your stomach.
FX: HOPE GULPS IT DOWN QUICKLY.
HOPE: (FLUSTERED) Thank you? I have to go.
BRUCE: Are you hungry? I made breakfast.
HOPE: You know. I’m sorry. I feel so sick, and I have such a busy day. I’m terribly busy. Like I’m never available. (BEAT)
Have you seen my purse?
BRUCE: On the door.
FX: BRUCE FOLLOWS AS SHE WALKS TO THE FRONT DOOR AS HE FOLLOWS.
BRUCE: I had a great time Hope. Do you mind if I call you baby?
HOPE: Let’s play it by ear.
FX: HOPE LEAVES IN A HURRY
FADE
SCENE 11
INT. POSTAL ROUTE
FX: CHANISE DELIVERING MAIL
CHANISE: (V.O.) Diamond sent me Lionel’s new realtors’ info and it looks like her office is near the hood I’ve been working in. All I needed was one look at this photo on her business card and just as I expected, totally Lionels type. We’re not together, but that doesn’t keep us from hooking up from time to time. However, one thing that I felt we always had between each other is honesty. We promised each other that when we got serious with someone new that we would let the other person know. So, why am I finding out like this?
FADE
SCENE 12
INT. VIVAN SOSA SALON
FX: BRIANNA MAKES NOISES WITH TAPE AND PEOPLE ARE LAUGHING
BRIANNA: (V.O.) Our renaming ceremony is this afternoon, and my mom has been walking on cloud nine all day. Well, I have a little surprise for her. I wanted to send her a little reminder that we can either work with each other or against each other.
FX: DIANA ENTERS THE OFFICE.
DIANA: What’s with all the caution tape.
BRIANNA: I divided up the salon to represent both of our sides to make sure it’s established that we both have a part in the business.
DIANA: Sweetie, is there something you want to talk to me about?
BRIANNA: Nope.
DIANA: Good. Can we take all this down? Let’s have a good day today.
BRIANNA: (V.O.) This is it. Exactly it. She’s been dismissive of me my entire life. Then she wonders why we don’t have a closer relationship. Well, today, I will no longer be silent.
DIANA: Everyone let’s gather around outside.
FADE
SCENE 13
EXT. VIVAN SOSA SALON
FX: MUSIC PLAYS AND PEOPLE ARE EXCITED AS DIANA DELIVERS HER SPEECH
DIANA: This is one of the best investments I have ever made and having the opportunity to work alongside my daughter means the world to me. We are in it for the long haul, and everyone will know the brand Regal Diana. Brianna, do you have anything you would like to add.
BRIANNA: When I embarked on the idea to get the salon, I never knew it would come to fruition. Now, here we are. Brianna’s Beauty Box will be the classiest spot in the neighbourhood. I wholeheartedly have to thank my mom on this one. This was MY dream, not another POWER PLAY.
FX: DRUM ROLL
DIANA: (SAY AT THE SAME TIME) Introducing Regal Diana
BRIANNA: (SAY AT THE SAME TIME) Introducing…Brianna’s Beauty Box
FX: DRAPE IS LIFTED OFF OF SIGNS AND TRUMPETS FLAIR.
DIANA: What the hell is that?
DIANA: Brianna we can’t have two signs on the building. This is preposterous.
BRIANNA: What’ s preposterous Diana is that you’re taking credit for everything.
DIANA: Clearly my name holds up to what we’re trying to do here. What the hell is a beauty box? We talked about this!
BRIANNA: We didn’t talk about anything! And I don’t see a WE in that at all. So, as they say two is always better than one. (BEAT)
DROP IT!
FX: THE CRANE GOES TO DROP THE SIGN ON TOP
DIANA: You’re being ridiculous. You’ve always been a spoiled brat?
BRIANNA: How would you know? You never spent more than two nights alone with me.
DIANA: Oh, here we go digging into your deep dark childhood where you got everything you wanted in the world, but we were horrible parents.
BRIANNA: Really, Diana because I could go on until you die about my deep dark childhood. And I have the right to.
DIANA: When will I ever live it down! Go ahead what’s next, let me guess how I slept with the Spider Man at your 3rd birthday party. And the fact that you didn’t get your pet pony on your 10th birthday? Your father said NO! Not me.
BRIANNA: No, Diana. It’s not everything I got. It’s what I didn’t get.
FX: SOMEONE CLEARS THEIR THROAT. THE CRANE GOES TO DROP THE SIGN ON TOP.
DIANA: Let’s get over with this.
BRIANNA: (V.O.) Spoken in true Diana fashion. Put your head in the sand and forget about it.
FX: SCISSORS CUT AND PEOPLE CLAP
FADE
SCENE 14
INT. CHANISE HOUSE
FX: CHANISE SITS A GLASS DOWN
CHANISE: Two signs? I wish I could have seen Diana’s face!
BRIANNA: Oh, she was pissed.
FX: CHANISE POURS MORE WINE
BRIANNA: She doesn’t get it.
CHANISE: Your mother is so used to being the boss. I’m sure sharing the fruits will be a little to get used to.
BRIANNA: It’s my salon! Mine!
CHANISE: Well, at the looks of this picture you can’t tell who or what this is. What are you going to do?
BRIANNA: I don’t know. She’s so damn stubborn and she only sees it her way.
FX: OVEN BEEPS
CHANISE: I’m going to grab this pizza.
FX: THE DOORBELL RINGS
BRIANNA; Are you expecting someone?
CHANISE: Answer that will you?
FX: THE DOORBELL RINGS. BRIANNA OPENS THE DOOR. IT’S HOPE.
BRIANNA: Hope. What are you doing here? I don’t like to be ambushed this way.
HOPE: Like you did me at my place?
BRIANNA: I can show you a real ambush now if you want it.
CHANISE: Whoa, whoa whoa!!!!!
HOPE: Get your girl. She’s doing too much.
CHANISE: Stop! I mean, I was hoping we could talk this out. Brianna at least stay and eat.
BRIANNA: No. I’m out.
FX: THE DOOR SLAMS
CHANISE: That didn’t go well.
HOPE: Let her go. I’m tired of walking on eggshells.
CHANISE: Hope, you could just listen. Let her get it out.
HOPE: My life coach Valerie said if I take responsibility for something that is all I can do. It’s up to her to forgive me.
CHANISE: I’m beginning to hate this Valerie chick. (BEAT) Come on. Let’s eat.
FX: EATING
CHANISE: Did I tell you that Lionel has a new boo?
HOPE: No, you didn’t.
CHANISE: I feel like he should have told me.
HOPE: At least he’s not marrying the bitch.
CHANISE: It’s not the same Hope. I mean, he hasn’t been out for a full year and he has someone. In 13 years, I’ve had one half -ass relationship and hid it. I don’t even know if that counts.
HOPE: It counts. (BEAT) Have you asked Lionel about her?
CHANISE: Not yet. I was thinking I would invite him over for dinner.
HOPE: Oh, I see where this is going.
CHANISE: What? Just a friendly dinner.
HOPE: Chanise you go from friends to engaged to hating each other. I really don’t know what to say. Anyways, I have my own issues.
CHANISE: What’s up with you?
HOPE: Well, remember that guy that I met on It’s Complicated?
CHANISE; Really? Girl I can’t keep up.
HOPE: No, the one I really wasn’t into and I kept bumping into him.
CHANISE: Oh, Bruce the Boob Man? The one you saw at church.
HOPE: Yes! (BEAT) I slept with him.
CHANISE: What?
HOPE: I know. That night we went out and I told you I got a text, it was him.
FX: HOPE SQUEALS. CHANISE LAUGHS.
CHANISE: (LAUGHS) Noooo!
HOPE: Girl, I woke up and he walked in that room and I nearly loss it.
(BEAT)
Since then, he’s been so extra. I had to block him and now he’s sending me love messages on social media. People are reading them and egging him on.
CHANISE: I knew something was up when I got that blurry ass picture.
(BEAT) Was the dick good at least?
FX: THEY BOTH STOP EATING. HOPE DRINKS A DRINK AND THEY GULP.
HOPE: It was kind a good! (LAUGHING)
CHANISE: Well, what you are complaining about.
HOPE: My eyes were closed. My eyes were closed.
FADE OUT
SCENE 15
INT. RESTAURANT
FX: BRIANNA AND DIANA BREAKING BREAD AT DINNER
BRIANNA: (V.O.) Diana invited me out tonight. I accepted cause she’s paying of course, and I want to keep the peace.
FX: DRINKING CHAMPAGNE.
DIANA: I thought just for once we could have some time together where we are not talking about work. I wanted to also officially congratulate you on a job well done. I see how well you keep the place running smooth. Being in sync with all those personalities. It’s not an easy task.
BRIANNA: Thanks mom.
DIANA: So, how have you been?
BRIANNA: I’m good. I can say, I’m at one of the happiest points of my life. I really am. Despite all the other stuff.
DIANA: It’s a nice place to be. Believe it or not, one of the happiest points in my life is when your dad and I brought you home from the hospital.
BRIANNA: (SENTIMENTAL) Mom.
DIANA: I promise. Your father was a nervous wreck. He almost left you outside in your car seat. I remember asking him just as we were driving off, where you were. We both looked at each other and cracked up laughing. There you were so small and innocent. You were a beautiful baby.
BRIANNA: When Dad tells that story he always makes it like you weren’t sure you wanted to take me home.
DIANA: He’d do anything to make me look bad. Brianna, why do you think I worked so much. It was for you. I never wanted you to grow up thinking women couldn’t be successful and that you had to depend on a man. I wanted to be an example for you. My mother largely depended on men, and she made the worst decisions when it came to money. I remember one time she took us to Disneyland and pretended that we were on a field trip, let’s just say it was the longest field trip I could remember.
BRIANNA: Grandma sounded creative. I wish I could have met her.
DIANA: Me too. She would’ve loved you to pieces.
BRIANNA: Is that why you didn’t have any more kids?
DIANA: I didn’t have the desire for more children because, I started feeling like I could barely see the one I had.
BRIANNA: I hated being away from you.
DIANA: I hated that we sent you. I just thought it was the right thing. You had a great education. The opportunity to see the world and plenty of friends.
(BEAT)
I hope I didn’t scare you away from having your own kids.
BRIANNA: I wish I could blame you. I learned a few years ago that I had some infertility issues. I just kind of filed it into the back of my mind, never thought about it much again.
DIANA: Well, I think someone needs to pull that file out. What are the next steps? I’m so ready to be a glamother.
BRIANNA: What did you say?
DIANA: Yes, how else will I make up for my parenting sins.
BRIANNA: (V.O.) Why am I looking at Diana so differently. She has never been so authentic and real with me. I never even knew she felt guilty about the things that happened in my childhood. And now she’s saying she wants to be a grandmother. She’s sounding like the mother I always wanted.
DIANA: Good thing they have the technology to do gene selection. What about a donor with a high IQ. You know they can pick the eye colour and all of that. We could really build the perfect child.
BRIANNA: (V.O.) Well, almost.
FADE OUT
SCENE 16
INT. CHANISE HOUSE
FX: CHANISE IN BED WITH LIONEL KISSING
LIONEL: Damn, you thick. I like it.
(BEAT)
I can tell you really missed me. Thanks for dinner.
CHANISE: I haven’t seen you much since you been off your monitor and I just wanted to see how you’re doing.
FX: LIONEL KISSES HER
LIONEL: I’m good.
CHANISE: Beer?
FX: SHE OPENS A BEER AND HANDS TO HIM LIONEL DRINKS
CHANISE: So, I see you got a new ride.
LIONEL: I’ve just been chilling. Working again. I’ve been getting my rhythm back and it feels good.
CHANISE: Me too.
(BEAT)
I’ve been working a temporary route back near the old neighbourhood. I saw Diamond the other day.
FX: LIONEL SIGHS
LIONEL: Oh, so that’s what this is all about?
CHANISE: What?
LIONEL: What Diamond run and tell?
CHANISE: What would she have to tell?
LIONEL: Nothing.
CHANISE: Are you sure? (BEAT) Just be straight with me.
LIONEL: There’s nothing that you need to know.
CHANISE: If there was, would you have given me the heads up or no.
LIONEL: I got to go now. I have an early morning start.
CHANISE: Where you rushing off too?
LIONEL: Home. You don’t usually like me to stay. What are you always saying?
(BEAT) Stand my ass up and get the fuck out.
CHANISE: Lionel you know those are jokes.
FX: LIONEL STARTS GETTING DRESSED
CHANISE: You think I’m some fool? You think you can come over here and smash and be running around town with other chicks?
LIONE: I gave you what you wanted, so, what you bitching for.
CHANISE: What did you say?
LIONEL: You over here talking about you miss me. Want to get back together. Please! When I was on the monitor you didn’t want nothing to do with me.
CHANISE: All I wanted you to do is get yourself together and I was giving you time to do that.
LIONEL: You don’t want me, until someone else does.
CHANISE: So, there is someone else. Telling the truth for a change must hurt.
LIONEL: Naw, I’m peeping game. You need some shit to do, because, clearly you ain’t busy enough. How about this. From now on, we don’t have anything to talk about unless it’ s about our son. Period.
CHANISE: Period! Period! Good! Don’t call me. Don’t text me. Don’t pop up over here.
FX: LIONEL LEAVES
CHANISE: (V.O.) Oh, now I’m in the wrong cause I called him out. Call me petty, a hater, whatever you want. I was with this man through thick and thin. I have the right to know when he moves on. But, okay, you know what? He can forget it. Like he said, if it’s not about Legend, we have nothing to discuss. Fuck him.
FADE OUT
SCENE 17
INT. HOPE TOWNHOUSE
FX: HOPE IS WITH HER LIFE COACH CREATING A VISION BOARD
HOPE: (V.O.) Last night, there I was just me, my thoughts and my computer. My creative juices flowed like nobody’s business. I wrote 20 pages in less than an hour. I was feeling so productive, and then I get a notification. I said self, check it later. But, here comes my subconscious big mouth.
(BEAT) What if you miss something? What is it? Just look real quick.
(BEAT)
I’m not going to do it. I’m not going to do it.
FX: HOPE CLICKS ON THE NOTIFICATION
HOPE: (V.O.) I did it. (BEAT) Staring back at me was a beautiful photo of Tre and his finance announcing their wedding date. In six weeks! I spiralled headfirst into loserville. My mind raced on who, what, why. Was it me? He’s so quick to marry her, but, dragged our relationship on for years. What is it about this girl? What’s so different about her that makes him want to make that commitment?
FX: PULLING TAPE
VALERIE THE LIFE COACH: Hope, Are you okay? You don’t seem like yourself today. You seem like you’re somewhere else.
HOPE; Oh, I’m sorry. I had a rough night.
VALERIE THE LIFE COACH: Do you want to talk about it?
HOPE: Not really. You know Valeire, I’m tired of hearing myself talk about the same stuff. I sound like a broken record.
VALERIE THE LIFE COACH: That’s what I’m here for. I’m here to listen to you as long as it takes you to shake whatever it is off. (BEAT)
Is this about Tre?
HOPE: How’d you guess?
(MOANS) I can’t blame him. Honestly, It’s really about me. I keep making the same mistakes. Waddling in the same thoughts. I’m not trying to, but, why can’t I get it right just for once.
VALERIE THE LIFE COACH: Maybe the universe is trying to tell you something?
HOPE: What? That I will forever be a LOSER FOREVER!
VALERIE THE LIFE COACH: Hope, we’ve been over this.
(BEAT)
First of all, you are what you speak. I’ve told you time and time again your words are powerful. Do you want to continue to manifest this mess?
HOPE: No.
VALERIE THE LIFE COACH: Then you have to start talking differently. Stop accepting behaviour from yourself that you know that you don’t want any longer.
HOPE: Well,
VALERIE THE LIFE COACH: What? (BEAT) Personally, Hope I think you need a break from men and anything that may get you there. So, no dating app. No looking for love. You need a social media detox.
(BEAT) I suggest you use this extra time to discover you. Redefine yourself.
HOPE: Like how?
VALERIE THE LIFE COACH: Well, how do you want to represent yourself moving forward? What lessons have you learned from your mishaps? What should someone see when they see Hope?
VALERIE THE LIFE COACH: I’m going to leave you too it and I look forward to a full report in a few days.
FX: VALERIE LEAVES. A NOTIFICATION COMES IN ON HOPES PHONE
HOPE: (V.O.) Don’t look at it Hope. Who am I kidding.
FX: HOPE CLICKS ON IT AND RELEASES A MOAN.
FADE OUT
SCENE 18
INT. FERTILITY DOCTOR
FX: BRIANNA AND DIANA SIT IN FRONT OF DOCTOR
DOCTOR: I have good news and bad news.
DIANA: We’ll take the bad news first Dr.
BRIANNA: I prefer the good news.
DIANA: Let’s hear it.
DOCTOR: After doing a few test. I am sorry to say that you may not be able to carry a baby to full term. At your age you have maybe a 3% chance of getting pregnant. Not to mention you would be considered a geriatric pregnancy and the risk that come with that. I don’t want to discourage you though; you could still give it a go.
DIANA: Unbelievable.
DOCTOR: Here’s a little silver lining. You could try using a surrogate.
BRIANNA: It sounds expensive.
BRIANNA: (V.O.) Two percent. That’s like telling me I have no chance in hell. Did he say geriatric? I didn’t think about all of this.Do I want to go through this alone? What happened to going ½ on a baby?
DOCTOR: A surrogate could cost anywhere, from 60 to 150k or higher. Much of that is the legalities involved. That’s something we can go over.
BRIANNA: Mom?
DIANA: Don’t look at me. This shop is closed.
FADE OUT.
ANNOUNCER: Previously on Forties AF.