Tough Love: Episode 4

STAGEHAND

(From the other side of the door.) You’re on in ten minutes Ms. Selene.

SELENE

I’ll be out in a moment.

(Cut to a close-up shot of Selene from the shoulders up.)

SELENE

I guess I’ll just have to find someone else to play with.

INT. – PALÁTI TOU DIONYSOU – A FEW MINUTES LATER

(Scene opens with a shot of the entrance to the Paláti Tou Dionysou from the inside. Duke bursts in through the doors excitedly with Wilt and Lana walking slowly behind him.)

DUKE

Now this is more like it! Wasn’t it nice of Lana to show us the local bar?

(Lana and Wilt brush past Duke and head straight for the bar.)

LANA

I need a drink.

(Duke is left alone but still tries to sound upbeat.)

DUKE

Oh yeah! Check’n the night life solo style!

(Duke suddenly hears the stagehand announcing something and turns to look up at the stage.)

STAGEHAND

Ladies and Gentlemen! Performing an excerpt from “The Bacchae”, Selene!

(Cut to a point-of-view shot from Duke. He watches as Selene takes the stage. The stage has an oceanic backdrop and the stage floor has a grey, rocky texture. Duke’s point-of-view moves through the crowd as Selene begins to sing until he makes his way to the front of the crowd.)

SELENE

Where is the home for me? O Cyprus, set in the sea, Aphrodite’s home in the soft sea-foam, Would I lend to thee; Where in the wings of the Lovers are furled, And faint the heart of the world!

(Selene locks eyes with Duke. Close-up on her eyes as they twinkle to show Aphrodite’s spell taking effect. Cut to a side view of the two showing Duke at the foot of the stage and Selene smiling down at him.)

SELENE

Ay, or to Paphos’ isle, Where the rainless meadows smile, With riches rolled from the hundred fold, Mouths of the far-off Nile, Streaming beneath the waves, To the roots of the seaward Caves!

(Cut to a shot of the bar where Lana and Wilt are sitting. After Danny is finished serving a local customer he notices Wilt and walks over to greet him.)

DANNY

Well if it isn’t Wilt!

WILT