Tough Love: Episode 1

My house, silly. The same place you’ll be for the rest of your life. Isn’t that great?

DUKE

I don’t remember agreeing to move in with you.

KATIE

Of course not. That’s why I drugged you. And now we can be together forever.

DUKE

What if I don’t want to be “together forever”?

KATIE

That’s what the ropes are for. And if you get free I’ll just have to kill you. (Barely containing her excitement.) Oh, we’re going to have so much fun! (Calming down a bit.) Now, you wait here and I’ll be right back.

(Katie exits leaving Duke alone in the room. Cut to a medium shot of Duke as he rocks back and forth trying to get out of his restraints. The chair tips over from all of his struggling and Duke falls on his side.)

DUKE

Ow.

(Cut back to a full shot of the room where we see Wilt come up to the basement window. He taps on the glass to get Dukes attention.)

WILT

(Whispering) Duke?

DUKE

Wilt! I knew you’d come crawling back.

WILT

(Annoyed) Well, goodbye forever.

DUKE

Wait! Don’t leave me, this chick is crazy!

(Wilt rolls his eyes and climbs in through the window. He hurries over to Duke and pulls out a pocket knife to cut the rope. Duke gets off the floor and starts rubbing his now freed wrists.)

WILT

Come on!

(Wilt climbs back out through the window and Duke tries to follow. About half way through the window Duke gets stuck. Cut to a medium shot of the window from outside of the house.)

DUKE

Wait! I’m stuck!

(Wilt grabs Dukes arms and tries to pull him through. He tries tugging harder and harder while Duke winces from the pain.)

WILT

(Struggling) Damn it, Duke!