"STEP BROTHERS" (2008)

STEP BROTHERS

by Will Ferrell And Adam McKay

StoryBy Adam McKay Will Ferrell John C Reilly

4/16/2007

There is a medical conferencein progress. Roughly 200 Doctors and Professionalslisten on as a Doctor in suit and tie, DR. ROBERT DOBACK, 62,conducts a power point presentation on new hearingaids. *

state of the art hearingaid due to

it's magnetic processor.The sound

quality for the patientis digital

and in multiple bands.But the most

exciting new developmentis the BTE

case which fits overthe ear ...

He meets eyes with awoman in the third row. She is NANCY HUFF, 60. She is attractiveand clearly intelligent. She * gives a smile back toRobert who suddenly becomes a tad self conscious.

connector...um ...Imean * processor... which...

He looks at her again. Shelooks away and smiles and then looks up.

MUSIC: AN ART TATUM JAZZPIANO TUNE

Nancy and Robert are furiouslykissing and undressing each other. They fall onto thebed and then the floor. They speak fast and breathy to eachother.

They kiss and roll and slidetowards the shower...

Music: The band finishes outthe Art Tatum song we've been listening to.

Robert and Nancy come out of akiss, everyone cheers, they of course, are now just married,perched at the head of a dais. Robert clinks a glass, he andNancy stand.

Ooos and aahs from the guestsin attendance.

for the shrimp.

Dale. Honey, Dale and Iwelcome you into our home with open arms.

We see DALE DOBACK, 40,Robert's son, sulking at one of the tables.

creating new family and new

love...oh, I'm going to cry...As

you know my oldest sonDerek

couldn't be here becauseof an

important fishing trip.But I've

just learned we're goingto have an

addition to our new family.And no,

I'm not pregnant.

Laughter

ROBERT

I was worried for a second!

supposed to be moving intohis own place but he was recently letgo from his job at Petsmart. So

Brennan will be livingwith us!

BRENNAN HUFF, 39, storms outas well. Purposely knocking over a center piece.

ROBERT

(to Nancy, off mic)

Brennan's going to be livingwith

us? Why didn't you tellme this

before?

NANCY

Robert please.

(and then to everyone)

How about some fun music!Let's

dance!

The band takes their cue asLatin jazz kicks in. We see Brennan staring at Dale fromoutside the banquet hall window. Dale sees him and immediatelyBrennan walks away.

Latin jazz continues as a Movingvan wipes across frame followed by a Volvo stationwagon.

Nancy drives while Brennan sits inthe back seat. Beat of silence.

Robert and Dale sit at the kitchentable of their upper- middle class home. They eat cereal.

DALE

We're men, Dad. We fart. We talk

about pussy. We go on river boat

gambling trips. We make our own

beef jerky. And now that's all

wrecked!

ROBERT

We have literally never done oneof

those things you just listed.

DALE

And now we never will! Doesn'tthat

make you sad?

Another long beatof silence. Brennan is staring out the window.

Robert is cleaningup. Dale is not helping at all.

clothes on, they'llbe here soon.

Giant moving truckpulling into frame. The car pulls up behind the truck.Robert runs out the front door to greet Nancy. The movers startto unload the truck. Dale stands in the door jam holding,not even lifting, a ten pound hand weight while eating abagel. Their house is a nice three bedroom suburban slightlyupper middle class home.

your moving clothes.How was it?

Moving gets underway. Robert andNancy go inside the house. We see the Volvo just parked onthe street. Dale looks on, half-lifting his weight. FinallyBrennan gets out and walks to the beginning of the frontwalkway, facing Dale. They stare at each other for a beat.

Beat.

MUSIC kicks in: "She" by Greenday

TITLE: STEPBROTHERS

They stand there for anotherbeat and then Brennan gets shy and bolts back to the car, jumpsin it, burns rubber and takes off.

We see movers stillmoving furniture into the house, Brennan pulls back up inthe car, gets out and stands there looking at the house. Dalecomes running out the front door, stops and looks at Brennan.They are like two elks staring each down. Suddenly,Brennan bolts back in the car and takesoff.

The movers are finishingwith a few items when Brennanpulls up again and getsout of the car. Dale once again comesout of the house and looksat Brennan. They have the same stand- off. Brennan aftera beat gets back in the car and drives off.

Robert is settingthe table for dinner while Nancy cooksand Dale watches TheReal Laguna Beach on TV. Dale sees through the main window ofthe living room that Brennan has parked across the street andis staring at the house.

Nancy goes to thedoor.

skin!

Beat.

Brennan jogs towards the door.

The whole family is seated for dinner.Dale and Brennan sit at opposite ends of the table.

my bare hands.

Beat.

to ten years.

you sing.

Dale reluctantly leadsBrennan to their room.

Dale carries a couple ofBrennan's bags as they stop in front of a room. *

DALE * Before I show you ourroom, I want * you to look in here.

This is a sparse roomwith foam padding on the walls, a shitty drumset, a DJ mixerand turntables, and some weights.

drumset. Don't fucking touch it! Don't fucking touch it! And if you think you're going to be all sneaky and cool and try to touch it when I'm not around, I will know!

Robert is in bed reading a big non-fictionbook on Middle * Eastern history as Nancy enters andgets under the covers. *

NANCY * I think they're still feeling each * other out... *

ROBERT * What's that? *

NANCY * Dale and Brennan. I just checked on * them. I think it's a feeling out * process. *

ROBERT * So I've been meaning to ask you.. . * what happened with Brennan? I mean, * your other son Derek is quite * successful... *

NANCY * Believe me I've tried to figure it * out. Certainly when Peter and I * split it was hard for him. But I * think it's more than that. * Brennan's always thought that he * could pursue something and be great * right away and then when he's not * he quits. I think that's why he * doesn't sing in public. * (MORE)

ROBERT * I'm familiar with the program.Yes. *

We see quick flashbacks ofthe story Nancy is telling. *

NANCY * He told everyone in townthat it * was a done deal but twominutes * into the try out he pulledhis quad * muscle and was on the groundcrying * louder than I've ever heardanyone * cry. For months after thatthe * whole town would call himNitro and * dump trash on our front lawn.We * finally had to move to adifferent * township. *

ROBERT * They don't mess around onAmerican * Gladiator. If you walk inthere * like a boy scout youwill getyour * ass handed to you. Brennan should * have known that. *

NANCY * Well what about Dale? Imean let's * face it... *

ROBERT * Dale's going to be fine. If * anything he sometimes tendsto * coast off of my success.He's * always asking me why he can'tjoin * the family business. *

NANCY * But you're a medical Doctor. *

ROBERT * I've explained that to him.But he * always just says "It's allabout * who you know." *

NANCY * Well maybe this fresh startwill * get them going. *

ROBERT

I love you. I swear, you have such

a spirit.

He kisses her and turns out the light.

Nancy pulling out in her Volvo.Robert and Dale leaving in Robert's Audi. Brennan says goodbyefrom the front door.

just gonna read through thewant ads.

As soon as the cars pull awayBrennan runs into the house and up the stairs to the drum set.

Robert drops Dale off in frontof the building. Dale confidently gets out of carwith briefcase and bounds up the concrete steps to the front.

Nancy is pulling into her parkingspot.

Brennan is hammering away atDale's drum set. Playing as hard as he can. He doesn't reallyknow how to play.

Robert is with patient, checkinga new fangled hearing aid with a diagnostic instrument. *

Dale is seated across from BARRY, 28,a slick financial analyst.

Beat.

Dale is getting off thetrain and beginning to walk.

Dale walks in to see Brennan layingon the couch, watching the View. He quickly buttons uphis pants.

Dale walks up the stairs andBrennan goes back to watching tv.

Dale checks his drum set to seeif anything is out of place. We see quick cuts of the drumsticksresting on the snare drum, the base pedal, the crashcymbal and then quick cut back to the drumsticks. Close-upon the drumsticks. Closer on one of the sticks, wherewe notice a notch in the head of the stick.

CLOSE-UP OF DALE'S FEET

Running down the stairs.

Brennan is on the couch, flippingthrough the channels, eating a fruit roll-up

Dale stands there fora beat, while Brennan flips throughthe channels.

Another beat.

Brennan does not respond.He keeps flipping through the channels. Dale grabshim, violently.

Brennan scramblesup off the couch. They both square off.

on your ass!!

Brennan starts to run up the stairs.

Brennan bursts into the roomand starts to take his pants off. Proceeds to rub his ballsackon the drum kit.

Dale bursts into the room,half crying.

Dale tackles him andthey justbegin brawling amidst the drumset.

Nancy is seated at aconference table with three other pharmaceutical reps,going over sales packets.

She pick up the phone.

Hangs up the phone.

Brennan and Dale rolldown the stairs and land in the living room. They immediately standand start punching each other. Dale slams Brennan intothe dry wall, making a sizable indentation. There is alsonow a ferocious, barking German Shepherd at the frontwindow, trying to get into the house. *

Brennan flings Dale across a coffeetable and then makes a break for it out the front door.

Brennan runs out the front door andthe German Shepherd * immediately starts nipping at his legs.This stops Brennan in his tracks which allows Dale to catchup to him. They resume throwing punches at each other,while the dog barks at them.

Nancy pulls up in her car.

She gets out of her car and runsup to the fight.

She tries to break up the fight andthe Ge=an Shepherd

attacks her.

Dale keeps fighting Brennan.

Robert is talking to a fellowDOCTOR, 48.

His phone rings.

He hangs up the phone.

Dale has a baseball bat.Brennan has golf club as they continue to try to hit eachother. Six other dogs have joined the fracas as twelve neighbors,in groups of two and three all watch. Nancy is sprayingthe dogs with a hose and screaming. After a momentof this, Robert pulls up and runs out of his car.

They're not listening at all and continueto fight.

They simultaneously swing and connectwith each other's skulls. Knocking the other one out andboth falling to the ground at the same time. We IRIS OUT aswe hear Nancy's voice.

Brennan and Dale both sit with tvtrays, their heads wrapped up with ice packs watching Game Show Network.

CU OF FULL FRAMETV

The tv goes to black as Robert stepsin front.

family and I don't want you tired and cranky.

MUSIC: DREAMY VIBES

We pan across Nancy and Robert asleepin their bedroom and continue panning through thewalls over to Brennan and Dale who each sleep in separate singlebeds in the same room.

Brennan gets up out of bed.We can tell from his half closed eyes and clumsy manner that he issleep walking. He walks out of the room.

Brennan sleep walks in the hallwaymaking feint groaning sounds as he paces back and forthaimlessly. Then we see Dale there also pacing back and forth.He too is sleep walking.

We see the dark empty kitchen litonly by moonlight. After a beat Dale enters clumsily andgoes towards the fridge. He opens it and finds a half poundof turkey cold cuts. He binge eats the turkey with grunting soundsall while still asleep.

Then Brennan walks in and startsto fumble in the cabinets for a coffee mug. He then beginsgrinding coffee beans, pouring the grinds into themug, motioning like his sipping and then dumping them on theground, over and over again.

Dale is done with the cold cutsand now reaches for a bottle of soy sauce, which he beginsguzzling. Brennan is in the foreground of the shotwalking in tight circles.

Carol is so fast!

Dale and Brennan are fastasleep in their beds, mouths open while Dale holds a loafof bread, his mouth is smearedwith mustard. Both of them aresnoring hard.

Nancy enters freshly dressedfor work, followed by Robert.

Both guys are still asleep, snoring.We hear the alarm, you get the sense it's been beeping fora long time. The clock reads 11:20. Finally Dale stirs andshuts it off.

We see DEREK, Brennan's brother,he's a very handsome, George Clooney-looking type guy, drivinga Mercedes SUV. Sitting next to him is his wife, ALICE, 39,a quiet yet attractive brunette. In the back seat aretheir three perfect children TOMMY,12, TREVOR, 10 and TIFFANY,8. They are all singing Guns n' Roses, "Sweet Child ofMine". They sing this in perfect a capella with each familymember having a specific * solo or harmony.

ALICE DEREK

HER HAIR REMINDS ME No ....no ....Jesus,god OF A WARMSAFE PLACE no! ...terrible......Derek's WHERE AS A CHILD I'D HIDE got to save it with the solo AND PRAY FOR THE THUNDER AND THE RAIN TO QUIETLY PASS ME BY

Derek starts to do a air guitarsolo of the song and almost loses control of the car.

The Mercedes SUV pulls into the drivewayof the house. Nancy comes running out followed by Robert.Dale is peaking out the front door.

Derek hugs Nancy. Nancy hugs all ofher grandchildren.

Everyone is seated at the table,minus Brennan. All the children are eating with perfecttable manners. Robert has just finished a story.

Everyone laughs.

We see that Robert is smiling like anidiot.

Dale gets up and stormsout.

Robert tries to cover theawkwardness.

Dale walks across the backyardto a tree fort in the backyard.

Dale comes climbing up intothe fort, already seated in there is Brennan, reading an oldplayboy magazine to the light of a Coleman lantern.

Dale climbs up, grabs a Playboyand sits.

Robert and Nancy are cleaningup the dishes.

Brennan and Dale are still lookingat Playboys. Dale hands Brennan one.

Derek pops up through the floorhatch.

The guys say nothing.

He stops and Brennan and Daleare just looking at him.

Dale punches Derek in the face hard.Derek falls from the tree fort a good ten feet and hitsthe ground hard.

Brennan turns to Dale. He's amazedand impressed.

Derek and the family are loadingup in the car.

Robert gives Derek a warm embracethat goes on little too long.

Brennan is saying goodbye tothe kids.

He hands her some sheet music.

John's "I'm Still Standing".Why don't you learn it andwe can sing it together next timeyou come back.

Dale stands by the frontdoor watching everyone leavingwhen as if out of nowhere,Alice comes up to Dale and speaks very rapidly, in hushed tones,right into his face.

ALICE DALE

Hello I'm Alice, Derek's Hi, I'm- wife, is it true thatyou ...........Yeah ....... struck Derek in the faceand Thank you ......Oh my he fell from the treehouse God .......................... because that's themost incredible thing I'veever ......No,stop- heard, I want you toknow that tonight I'm goingto pleasure myself to the image of you doing that toDerek, you have the most braveeyes, eyes like a lion, I justwant to lie in your mane allday and yet you seem sad atthe same time, you know there's this charge betweenus and I can picture us making love and growing old togetherand with Derek I never pictureus growing old, butwith you I picture us growing old and living in New England and learning how to refurbish antique boats and Iwrite a spy novel, that's ridiculous, but here's the thing, I'mnot wearing panties and here'smy cell phone number and-

She kisses him on the lipsand gives Dale her number and leaves hurriedly.

She trots off to the car leavingDale stunned and aroused. Brennan walks back up towards Dale.

MUSIC CUE: "SEVEN NATION ARMY" -WHITE STRIPES

Close-up of an ornate samurai swordbeing unsheathed. We pull out to see Brennan holding the sword.

Dale reaches under hisbed and flips up his mattress to reveal a cache of, literally,500 fireworks. Roman candles, bottle rockets, cones,M-80's, everything.

Dale points to his face.

CLOSE-UP ON BLACK CASE

Brennan undoing latches and slowlylifts the top to reveal...

Brennan turns off the lights.In the darkness we hear Dale say ...

We see through Brennan'sPOV that he's looking through night vision goggles. Dale hasthem on as well.

Brennan turns on the lights,scrambles under his bed and pulls out a poster tube.

Dale is not saying anything.

Dale takes the lid ofbig plastic container. He starts stacking plastic cup onthe dresser.

the other guy, I got the colonel. That's right, the entire Burger King Armageddon collectible cup

series. Except for one.

Beat. Brennan looks at him.

They both tear out of the room andrun down the stairs.

MUSIC CUE: "YOU MAKE MY DREAMS COME TRUE"- HALL AND OATES

CU OF FEET RUNNING DOWNTHE STAIRS

Dale and Brennan throw nuts, cherries,whip cream and a ton of ice cream into a bowl with peanutbutter and graded cheese. They both laugh when theyput the cheese on.

CU OF FEET RUNNING UP AND DOWNTHE STAIRS

Robert and Nancy are in bed, hearingthe footsteps.

Brennan is holding a boardand Dale breaks it with his foot. Brennan then takes a shot ata board and breaks it with his head. They both react veryexcitedly.

CU OF FEET RUNNINGUP AND DOWN THE STAIRS

Back to Robert and Nancy inbed.

Dale and Brennan are both inthe bathroom with a tape measure, measuring penis sizeand holding up the results.

CU OF FEET RUNNINGACROSS THE LIVING ROOMFLOOR

They sit and watch "Over theTop" with Sylvester Stallone. * Sly pins his opponent in thechampionship arm wrestle, the guys pump their fists like idiotswhile they eat their ice cream creation.

The door flies open, Brennanand Dale nervously stand in the doorway.

They stand there staring atthem.

They bolt out of the room.

HALL AND OATES, KICKS BACK IN

Quick cuts of (1) Dale andBrennan lifting the beds together, (2) they harrrrnerthepoststogether, (3)they both jump on the top bunk which irrrrnediatelysplintersandbreaks,they fall to the ground.

We see Brennan's a= is scraped.

Dale comes running in.

Robert, Nancy and Dale come runningback into the bedroom. Brennan is thrashing around onthe floor.

Robert and Nancy just stand there.

Slowly Brennan stops thrashingand everyone is silent. Brennan and Dale are both justbreathing kind of hard.

Robert andNancy are going back to bed.

supposed to have sextonight and

instead we're talkingabout Dale

and Brennan! *

let's just stop talkingand have

sex. Come on then!

Robert rolls over. *

know that? *

Both the boys are sleepingextremely hard. After a beat, Brennan slowly getsup, walks out the door. Then Dale gets up, walks out the door.

MUSIC CUE: CHIMEYVIBES

They guys are "sleep driving" a car.We see it's going really slow and hugging the side of theroad. They pull into a convenience store, park the car sidewaysacross three spaces.

We see from the security cam: Thestore is empty, except for a DOMINICANCLERK, 23, behind thecounter. Dale and Brennan march in like zombies. Brennan "sleep"reads some magazines, kinda of making a mess of them.Dale makes a bee-line for the refrigerated case.

Dale opens a carton of milk and startsto chug it, most of the milk spills down the front ofhis pajamas.

Clerk starts walking over to him.Brennan is putting stuff into the microwave. Dale then startsripping into cheese packs. The clerk tries to grabhim and Dale pounds on him, like some weird robot-machine. ImmediatelyBrennan runs over to Dale's defense, in doing so,Brennan pushes over a whole aisle of stuff. The clerk fightsback a little beat, but is beaten down by both guys. The guysmake a dash for the front of the store, grabbing bags of chips,ripping them open and half eating the contents.

The guys are driving home butwe see that now they're just cutting across the front lawnsof the neighborhood houses. Driving over front lawn after frontlawn, fences, hedges, parallel to the road. They "sleepsing" to a song on the radio,"Two Tickets to Paradise"by Eddie Money.

Pan down to see Robert'sAudi, mud caked on the tires, shrubs sticking out of it, asit is parked across the front lawn.

Nancy is making eggs.Dale and Brennan are seated at the kitchen table whileRobert pours a cup of coffee. The tiny kitchen TV is on inthe background playing the local news.

We see grainy securitycam footage of Dale and Brennan attacking the Clerk butit's impossible to make them out.

Robert puts pieces of paperin front of Dale and Robert.

They're silent. Slowly Brennan startsto cry.

your voice.

BOSS sits behind desk.Dale and Brennan sit across fromhim in tuxedos.

Everyone sits and staresat each other. Finally Dale starts to rummage in his briefcase.

Dale reaches out of thebriefcase and gives the guy a middle finger. Dale quickly runsout of the office, leaving Brennan just sitting there.

Beat as Brennan just sitsthere.

A HUMANRESOURCES WOMAN is interviewingthe guys, but now Dale is seated behind Brennan.

This time Dale is seatedin front, Brennan stands behind him. They are talking to GUY, insuspenders and tie.

reference is from a "PanGringe"

which you've hand writtenon the

resume.

A MANAGER,51, of a SportingGoods chain is seated across from Brennan and Dale readingtheir resumes.

At that moment the longest,high pitched fart you have ever heard, is unleashed.

The manager just stares atthem.

Dale and Brennan get offthe bus, they're tuxedos are now rumpled. Dale unlocks hisbike that was chained to a stop sign. He gets on and slowlypedals next to Brennan, who just walks.

Dale pedals for a beat.

times. I just don't want the hassle. Let's go the longway.

They now havewalked to a section of the street that hasa park/schoolyard,where 50 kids are hanging out. Brennanand Dale come strollingby.

CHRIS GARDOKI, abig 13-year-old,is doing pull-ups onthe monkey barswearing a Polo, short sleeve shirt. An odd- looking RED HEADkid, steps into frame.

Chris swings offthe bars and lands next to the kid.

All the kids startmaking ape sounds, jumping up and down. Chris starts punchingthe air like a boxer. Dale stops inhis tracks.

Chris and thewhole pack of kids start walking towards them.

Before we have any idea what'sgoing on, the red-headed kid punches Brennan right in thenose.

Three other kids jump on Brennan.All making ape noises. Chris Gardoki goes after Dalewith a karate kick. The kids circle around as Dale and Brennanfight the kids. It's a pretty even match.

MINUTES LATER

Dale, Brennan, Chris Gardokiand the red-headed kid sit across from the PRINCIPAL.Dale has a black eye. Brennan has a bloody nose.

Gardoki over here saidthat my mom

must have a "fag-gina",cause all that ever came outof it was fags like me. *

sir. Now I wantyou both off the

school grounds immediately.Do you have a means oftransportation?

Chris Gardoki andthe red-headed kid high five.

Dale and Brennan arein the back seat.

DALE

Nancy we did nothing wrong.

BRENNAN

Can we get pizza tonight?

NANCY

I was actually going to cook a

piece of fish.

BRENNAN

Maybe Dale and I will get pizza.

NANCY

So Robert and I were talking and

maybe both of you should be talking

to someone professionally.

BRENNAN

What are talking about?

NANCY

You know, a therapist.

DALE

No-no-no-no, uh-uh. I'm not letting

those psychos into my head.

(MORE)

Michael Jackson? Theyonly way I'll

do it, is for a hundreddollars.

NANCY

Well I'm afraid this isnon-

negotiable. You've gotless than

two months to find jobsand frankly

I think you should takeany help

you can get.

BRENNAN

This is fucked up!!

NANCY

Brennan! Where didyou learn to

talk like that?!

BRENNAN

From you!

Dale and Brennan both layin their beds staring at the ceiling.

They high-five. *

CUT TO: *

Dale is seated across froma male THERAPIST, 42. They are * quiet. Dale fidgets. *

Brennan is seated across froma female therapist DENISE, 35. * They are quiet. Brennan fidgets. *

THERAPIST * So how are you doing todayDale? *

DALE

(super defensive)

How are you doing today?

DENISE

So I thought we would startwith

talking about your parents divorce.

BRENNAN

Ok.

DENISE

How old were you?

BRENNAN

I was fifteen.

DENISE

That must have been very hard for

you.

Beat.

BRENNAN

I ...loveyou.

THERAPIST

Sure it's not been easy. I'vebeen

divorced. I have some unreconciled

issues with my father. And those

have led to some anger issues. I've

been honest with you. Now willyou

be honest with me!

DALE

Oh my God! You are seriouslymessed

up! Are you gay?

DENISE

What feelings do you have about

that time after your Father left.

BRENNAN

I just really, really want tokiss

your neck right now. It's the

prettiest neck I've ever seen.

DENISE * Mr. Huff please, I thinkyou're * experiencing a lot ofemotions and * you're confusing my compassionwith * love. It's very common with * patients. *

BRENNAN * I'm experiencing one feelingand * that's the feeling you getwhen you * look at a woman who'sbeauty is so * exquisite that it makesyou want to * carve her image out of iceor wood. * Preferably redwood. Usinga chain * saw. *

DENISE * I think this session isover. *

CUT TO: *

We see a parking lot fullof cars. It is a semi-upscale steak restaurant off of thehighway, RJ Posner's Steak and Fine Dining.

A big birthday celebrationfor Derek is taking place. We see a huge banner that say, uHappyB-day Derek, You're so Money!u, with helicopterson each side of it. Derek and his wife Alice are there, alongwith about a dozen guys from work, all in crispwhite shirts and expensive ties. Robert and Nancy are there closeto Derek. Dale and Brennan sit at the far end of the gianttable, both are eating a lot of bread. Waitresses arebringing in platters of jumbo shrimp and Caesar salads. Derekis opening a gift. *

with my digital camera allday?

two steps back phase?

Derek leans in.

Robert and Derek laugh really hard.

We are the cling-cling of knifeagainst a glass and see Dale standing, as if to make a toast.Brennan is behind him setting up a slide projector.

Lights go out and a slideis shown on the wall with a crudely drawn logo that says,"PRESTIGE ENTERTAINMENT". We hear abad synth beat playingon a boom box, Dale and Brennan both speak into mies.

Slides progress: (ineach photo the guys are deadly serious) * photo of Dale playinghis drums with black gloves on and a headset; photo Dale andBrennan holding up champagne glasses in the backyard, bothwear black t-shirts; photo of Brennan standing next to aposter of a tiger; photo of Dale and Brennan wearing sunglassesand posing next to Robert'sAudi.

The whole room groans.

VOICE Fuck that.

More slides come across.Photo of a question mark.

Photo of Brennan singingway too hard while Dale plays drums.

Photo of Dale holding a traywith someglasses on it and Brennan pointing as to where to go.

Photo of Dale and Brennan talkingon cell phones, each wearing sunglasses.

Photo of Brennan with samurai sword,Dale with fireworks. Both striking aggressive poses intheir bedroom.

Photo of Dale lifting weights andBrennan holding a head of lettuce and a carrot to camera.

Photo is clearly taken off thetv of Tom Cruise in Mission Impossible.

Photo of the word "FUTURE".

Lights go up.

At that moment,the doors to the banquet room burstopen. The MANAGERand someof the wait staff come in.

Denise. We've gota date Thursday

at her office at 11amfor an hour.

Brennan walks backinto the restaurant. Dale mutters to himself.

Alice, Derek'swife, walks right up to Dale.

She starts pushing him back intothe hedge. She reaches down, undoes his pants and begins straddlinghim.

They both reach climax, as a familywalks by.

The family leaves.

She scurries away.

Robert is driving, Nancy is inthe passenger seat. The guys sit in the back. Dale is still inshock from his encounter with Alice.

The car is now pulling into the drivewayof the house.

family business and now this!

The conversation continues as they exitthe car and walk to the front door.

business idea of yours is half

baked!

The conversation continuesthrough the front door and into the living room.

adrenaline)

Awwww! ! !Alice!!

We hear Robert yellsthe loudest anyone has yelled in the entire movie.

Robert awkwardly grabsBrennan, who resists. He pulls himand then tackles him tothe couch.

Robert rights himself and begins spankingBrennan.

Nancy tries to come over and pullRobert off of Brennan.

Then Dale tries to pull Nancy offof Robert.

Dale shoves Nancy off of Robert.Robert continues to spank Brennan. Nancy smashes a vase offof Dale's head.

CUT TO: *

Suburban office complex. *

Brennan is seated across fromhis therapist, Denise. There * are a dozen different bouquetsof flowers in the room. Some * with balloons, some with stuffedanimals... *

DENISE * So is there anything goingon in * your life right now thatyou'd like * to talk about? *

BRENNAN

Nope. I'm good. Did you getthe

flowers I sent?

DENISE

You know that I did, they'reall

around us right now. Now let'sget

back to the events of theother

night...

BRENNAN

Did you used to play fieldhockey?

DENISE

Yes. Why?

BRENNAN

Because you have very sexy,

slightly athletic legs.

DENISE

Brennan let's be really clearabout

something. You and I,will never be

in a relationship. Never.

BRENNAN

Why do you have a boyfriend?

DENISE

No. I mean, I'm not goingto answer

that.

BRENNAN

Ok, so you don't. What if we did

something like this, I give you

foot rubs and make you dinner every

night this week. And if at the end

of the week, you do not have any

feelings for me, I walk away for

good.

DENISE

No, that's not going to happen.

BRENNAN

Ok fine. How about this? The next

rainy day, we rent your three, all

time favorite movies, make sangria

and popcorn, and hold hands. Once

again, end of the day, if you have

no feelings, I leave.

DENISE

Well that actually sounds like a

lot of fun but no.

BRENNAN

Why do you keep saying no?

DENISE

Here's why. Because the third

sentence you said to me was "I love

you". You don't even know who I am.

You're in love with an idea.And

that's off putting and it'snot

respectful and it's a way to avoid

doing real work on yourself.

BRENNAN

You don't think I know who youare?

DENISE

No Brennan! I don't think youdo!

BRENNAN

You Dr. Denise Breckstein. You're

thirty-four years old and youwork

in suite 211 at the GorshinMedical

Plaza. When you first set-upyour

office you were really excited

about it. But now it seemsdrab and

depressing to you. You're tiredof

always being the stable onein the

relationship.

(MORE)

Long beat as she just staresat him. *

DENISE * I don't like this. You haveto go. * This session is over. *

BRENNAN * Ok I'll leave. And I'msorry if I * made you feel uncomfortable. * However, if you're justfaking it * and secretly you're justreally * excited about what I said,then I * think that would go against * everything you talk aboutin here * about expressing yourself. *

Beat. Then they both kissfuriously. *

DENISE * Oh my God ...You aresucha mess ... * and you make me so hot ... *

BRENNAN * I don't even have a checking * account and I'm 39! *

DENISE * Ohhh! ! ! *

BRENNAN * I haven't been to the dentistin * eight years!! *

Denise pulls away. *

DENISE * Stop! These walls arethin. Come to * my house tonight. Here'smy number. *

BRENNAN * You'll have to pick me up. I don't * have a car. *

DENISE * You're driving me crazy! *

She kisses him again. *

DISSOLVE TO: *

MUSIC: WINTER WONDERLAND

We pan past houses with elaborateChristmas lights up. It is Christmas time. Occasionallywe seea close-up of a smiling lawn reindeer or a waving Santa Clause.It is a very cheery time.

We see Dale and Brennan's house.They have some Christmas lights up.

Nancy and Dale are hanging ornamentson the Christmas tree * while Robert reads a magazine onthe couch. *

say, except for the time you stole

money from my purse, you have been

a joy these past few weeks.

Brennan comes in eating a roll.

NANCY

Brennan did you get the message

Denise called?

BRENNAN

Yup. She's taking me out todinner

for New Year's.

ROBERT

Unbelievable. *

NANCY * Brennan's always had lovely

girlfriends. I haveto say. *

DALE * So Morn? Dad?Would itbe cool if

Dale and I were allowedto open one present each, since itis Christmas Eve?

BRENNAN * Oh yeah! Can we, please,please, please?

Robert is just staring atthem.

And if you ask me to leavecookies

for Santa Claus, I swearI'm gonna punch you in the mouth.

Dale and Brennan just stare at him.

NANCY

Go ahead.

They run over and tear into twopresents like wild animals.

ROBERT

I'm going down to the Cheesecake

Factory for a drink.

NANCY

Robert, it's Christmas Eve.

Robert grabs his jacket and leaves.

DALE

Oh my God! Hulk hands that make a

smashing sound when you punch!!

BRENNAN

A 100% rawhide wallet!! How come

Dale got the Hulk Hands! That's

bullshit!

Nancy is reading a book on JackieKennedy as Robert enters.

NANCY

You reek of cheesecake and scotch.

ROBERT

You know tonight down at the

Cheesecake Factory is the happiest

I've been in months.

NANCY

Then I feel very sorry foryou.

ROBERT

I love you Nancy. But I thinkwe

have to face the fact thatthis

isn't working.

NANCY

Well what are you suggesting?

Just then their bedroomdoor bursts open and Brennan andDale * stagger in, in theirpajamas, clearly sleepwalking. *

ROBERT * Oh sweet Jesus! *

NANCY * It's alright, they're sleepwalking. *

The two guys stand inplace, swaying and making odd noises, * as they seemingly "stare"at Robert and Nancy. Just likethat * they turn around andwalk out of the room. *

ROBERT

Boy that is weird! Iwill never get

used to that.

NANCY * It is definitely disconcerting,but

there is nothing you canreally do

about it. *

Suddenly Brennan comesback with a armful of presents and * tosses them on the bed. *

ROBERT * What the hell?! *

He's immediately followedby Dale who also has presents and * tosses them on the bed. *

NANCY * Remember don't wake them. *

The guys keep coming backwith presents but they're now just * walking into the room andhurling them. *

ROBERT * Are you sure we can'twake them? *

NANCY * I'm telling you they coulddo real * harm to themselves or othersif you * attempt to wake them! *

ROBERT * It's just bizarre. *

NANCY * I know it is. *

We now see the front of theChristmas tree being forced * through the bedroom door. *

ROBERT

Jesusthe Christmas tree!

NANCY

Ahhh!

ROBERT

Be quiet!

They both carry the Christmas tree intothe room and throw

it.They pause and have a "conversation"

DALE

BRENNAN

Ahhhsbssmmmmmrn!!

DALE

Gorphahiffkm!!

BRENNAN

No!

They storm out, leaving the room litteredwith debris.

Long beat.

ROBERT

I'llput the tree back.

It's late afternoon. Around 4pm.We see Derek's SUV in the

driveway.

MUSIC: HARKTHE HERALDANGELS SING

Robert, Nancy, Dale and Brennan are joinedby Derek, Alice and their two children for Christmasdinner. There is a big * turkey on the well appointed table andeveryone is eating and talking. *

Robert laughs hard.

Alice leaves quickly. Dale looksat her plate and we see that she has shaped her food to read"Please meet me in the living room my love." Dale quicklymesses it up.

Dale goes through the kitchendoor.

We follow Dale and he walk-runsthrough the kitchen and out the back door and around the frontto the door and into the living room.

Instantly Alice pulls Daleup against her and they begin having sex against thewall with Alice's back to Dale and her dress hiked up.

The rest of the family is eating.

All of the sudden there is rhythmicbanging against the wall.

Suddenly the dining room door burstsopen. It's Dale and Alice, they are still engaged inintercourse, but Dale is behind Alice and they are stillrelatively clothed. Alice is slightly hunched over and Dalehas his hands on her shoulders. The kids have theirbacks to this.

are plenty of chairs. *

Beat as they stand there.

The awkwardly inch back outthe door.

They exit.

The bumping starts again.

with Deborah Norville.

Dale and Alice push through thedoor again.

They leave again.

They stop having sex. Alice givesDale a check.

We see close-up of coffee drippinginto a coffee maker. Pull out to see dessert has been served.The kids are in the other room playing with toys. Derek isin the middle of a story.

Everyone just looks ateach other. Brennan and Dale both begin to sob.

Brennan and Dale explodewith wailing.

The boys sob asNancy starts clearing the table and slowly everyone goes tothe living room.

MUSIC CUE: GREENDAY "PARADISE"

MONTAGE

l)For sale signbeing put on the front lawn with a smiling picture of DerekHuff on it.

2) movers come in andmove all the furniture out.

3) Nancy huggingDale and Brennan good-bye, then drivingoff.

4) Robert huggingDale and Brennan good bye, then driving off.

5) Chris Gardoki andthe weird Redhead ride by on their bikes, Dale and Brennanrun into the house.

6) Shots of severalrooms that are empty, except for folding lawn chairs.

7) Last shot is theirroom packed with stuff, in the center is a fort made froma blanket with a flashlight on inside.We push on inside.

They do the entire scenewith a flashlight lighting uptheir faces.

phrase right.

and dad back together.

Dale hands BrennanAlice's crumpled check.

CUT TO: *

Derek is showing the houseto a young couple, KATHY, 28 and * JIM, 28. They walk up tothe front door. *

DEREK * As you can see you got anice big * front lawn, beautiful colonial * entry and great neighborhood.Let * me just get this door open. *

KATHY * It's beautiful. What doyou think * Jim? *

JIM

It is really nice. I'm gettinga

good feeling from this one,Kathy. *

They enter into the house and find Dalethere, cradling * Brennan, wrapped up in a shower curtain,holding himself as * stiffas a board, as if he's a dead body. *

DALE

Can't you people give me some

privacy!! He just died last night!!

KATHY

Oh my god!!

JIM

We are so sorry

They run out of the house. Derek just standsthere. Dale and

Brennan stand up.

DEREK

You fuckers just cost me a sale.

BRENNAN

That was the whole idea, now wasn't

it Derek?

Derek turns and stands in the doorway.

DEREK

I'm going to have to take this up a

notch.

He closes the door and leaves.

DALE

We're going to have to get mom and

dad back together fast.

CUT TO: *

Brennan and Dale stand on the streetacross from Nancy's * office building. Dale has a cellphone ready to dial. *

BRENNAN * Hold on ...she'snot there yet.. . *

We see Nancy through her third storywindow walk into her * office and sit behind her desk. *

BRENNAN * Okay, now!

Dale presses send.

The phone rings in Nancy'soffice. She picks it up.

NANCY * Hello, Nancy Huff speaking.

DALE (O.C.)

(doinga mild impression

of Robert)

Hello Nancy. It's Robert.

NANCY

Hello Robert? This connectionis

terrible. I can barely hearyou.

Brennan is right up againstDale's head so he can hear. We

cut back and forth throughoutthe conversation.

DALE

It doesn't matter. Becausethe real

connection I want is betweenus. *

NANCY

What?

DALE * I miss you sweetie. I missthe way

you touch me.

BRENNAN

(whispering)

Hey! That's my Mother!

DALE

(whisperingback to * Brennan)

This is how married couplestalk. *

NANCY

Who is this?

DALE

It's Robert. And we made amistake

breaking up. I'm so hard rightnow.

Will you stroke my shaft?

BRENNAN

Fucking stop it!

NANCY

Brennan?

Dale hangs up.

BRENNAN

You just asked my Mom to stroke

your shaft!

DALE

Grow the hell up! I'm sure your Mom

stroked my Dad's shaft a hundred

times.

BRENNAN

Nooooo!! !

Brennan tackles Dale on the streetand they fight.

Nancy watches from her officewindow shaking her head sadly.

DALE

Shit! She can see us!

BRENNAN

Book!

They run down the street. Nancy isnow on the phone.

NANCY

They just called me pretending to

be you ...I know ...Ibet you they

haven't even left the house yet...

We see Denise in her Honda pullingup to the house. She gets

out and walks up to the front door.She knocks and Brennan

steps out closing the door behindhim.

BRENNAN

Oh my God, I'm so glad you came!

He gives her a kiss.

DENISE * Brennan where have youbeen? You

haven't called in a week.

BRENNAN

I was scared.

DENISE

Why were you scared?

BRENNAN

Because I think part ofthe reason

you spend time with me isbecause

I'm messed up.

DENISE

Of course. I've been nothingbut up

front about that.

BRENNAN

Well now I'm taking careof myself.

I'm living in my own homeand

things are going reallywell. And I

guess I thought you wouldn'twant

to be around me anymore.

DENISE

Brennan, I want nothingbut the

best for you. If you'redoing well

that makes me happy.

BRENNAN * Oh thank God. I was worriedI was * doing too well.. . *

DENISE * Don't worry. Now can I seeyour * place? I'm excited foryou. *

Denise walks into the houseto find that it is a wreck. There * are literally stacks of ahundred Domino's pizza boxes * everywhere in the livingroom, a flat screen TV with hash on * it, dirty clothes and a coupleof For Sale signs laying on * the floor. In the diningroom a batting cage has been set up * and Dale is in it naked andtaking cuts. *

DALE * Hey! Brennan was right!You are * hot! *

DENISE

(inshock)

Oh my God ...

Brennan lights up a cigarette.

BRENNAN

I took up smoking. Doesn't it make

me look cool?

DENISE

Why are there so many empty pizza

boxes?

BRENNAN

Most of the boxes are full.We just

ordered this many so we didn't have

to keep calling.

Dale walks over, still naked,holding a piece a pizza.

DALE

Hey Brennan? I figured it out.We

can clean our clothes in the

neighbors' pool at night.

BRENNAN

Denise this is my stepbrother Dale.

DALE

Hey nice to meet you. Look I can

put a robe or towel on if you're

uncomfortable but if you're fine

with it, I'm definitely coolwith

it.

DENISE

I should go ...I'm going to

leave...

She walks out the front door.Brennan follows.

DENISE

I am such an idiot... I'm sucha

fucking idiot...

BRENNAN

What's going on?

DENISE * Brennan, somedayyou're going to * take a leap and I'llbe very * excited to talk tothat person that * you become. But untilthat point, I * can't see you anymore.I'm sorry. *

Denise gets into hercar and drives off. *

BRENNAN * Denise! Denise!! *

Dale comes walking outnaked. *

DALE * Let her go bro. *

BRENNAN * Maybe we should justleave the * house and go get jobs... *

DALE * Hey! Hey! We have gotto stay * focused! Once we getMom and Dad * back together everythingwill go * back to being theway it was. *

BRENNAN * Really? *

DALE * Of course. Now say it... *

BRENNAN * (fired up again) * Not in the house!! *

CUT TO: *

MUSIC: PLUCKYSTRINGS

Nancy is walking down thehallway of her office talkingto a CO-WORKER.

Her Assistant runs up to her.

Robert is performing a hearingtest on a patient.

Robert's Receptionist peaks inthe door.

The receptionist leavesand Robert turns to the patient.

Brennan and Dale arethere with two neighbors. MRS. LAWSON, 71 and MR. WEEDLE, 81.Dale is handing them boxes of old pizza as payment.

the tv.

DALE

Oh, well thanks for helping us.

BRENNAN

She's Vietnamese.

He ushers them out thedoor.

the pool, eat some pizzaand take a few cuts in the battingcage to get

ready.

We see a quaint Italian restaurantin downtown Sacramento.

Robert walks into the restaurantand goes up to the HOSTESS.

She looks at her reservationlist and then smiles slyly.

She leads him through the restauranttowards the back corner. There we find Nancy already seatedat the table.

The Hostess leaves as Robert stands thereawkwardly.

Robert sits down.

MONTAGE:MUSIC: ART TATUMPIANO

Shots of Robert and Nancy enjoyingdinner, laughing, selecting a bottle of wine, havingwhat appears to be a great time.

Brennan and Dale enter the restaurant.Dale is playing guitar and Brennan is singing loudlyand carrying a dozen roses.

MUSIC: TONIGHT I CELEBRATE MY LOVE FOR YOU

They come walking towardsNancy and Robert's table.

They are now right in frontof their table.

TOGETHER SO THEIR SONS CAN HAVE A

HOME WITH CLEAN LAUNDRY!

MALE RESTAURANT PATRON

Shut up! You suck!

Ummm...I might cry...I toldyou I

didn't want to sing Dale!

DALE

Don't listen to him. You sound

great. Keep going!

(continues singing)

TONIGHT I CELEBRATE MY LOVE FOR YOU

okay?

DALE

Okay. Go!

Dale keeps strumming as Brennantakes out some crumpled

notebook paper.

NANCY * Brennan, don't. *

BRENNAN * "Today was a tough one. Robert * didn't want to have sex again. He * acted like it was because he was * tired but I think it's either his * anti-depressants or the fact that * he's just plain old and cannot * achieve consistent erections * anymore. But despite this, I still * love him" Do you hear that Robert? * She loves you. *

ROBERT * I'm leaving. *

Dale pushes his Dad back down.And then filling around the * table and entering from differentpoints of the restaurant are Nancy's assistant, Robert'sreceptionist, Alice, Dr. Kalane, Mr. Weedle and Mrs. Lawson.

DALE * Do you see how much people want you together? Because... TONIGHT NANCY AND ROBERT WILL GET BACK TOGETHER...

Songs ends.

BRENNAN

All of the people from your life came here tonight just to tell you that they think it's crazy you two aren't together.

read pages from their diaryand

expect two people to getback together.

Dale and Brennan are walkingdown the street. Brennan is holding the guitar andDale is on his bike.

Beat.

and gross.

Dale shoves Brennan. Brennan looksup.

They look up to see their housewith a sheriff'scar in front of it, with flashing lights. Two deputiesare putting a padlock on the front door. Derek andone of his jackass friends are standing in front ofthe house smirking.

Sun is rising up over the neighborhood.

We push in on the tree fort toreveal that Dale and Brennan are jammed in there, sleeping.

The tree fort beginscreaking and moaning.

We see the entiretree fort fall from the tree to the ground and smash apart leavingBrennan and Dale strewn acrossthe back lawn.

Dale gets us and dusts himself off.

Big McMansion with Derek andAlice's car and a red Porshe' in the front driveway.

The doorbell rings itchimes with "Eye of the Tiger" and Alice answers the door.Dale and Brennan are there.

They enter and in the livingroom sit Derek, Robert and Nancy.

They all have some sortof group hug. Alice joins in thehug.

The door to the studyopens up and a man in a suit, BRADLEY, 52, enters with awoman behind him, carrying some papers.

with their taxes and make it easier forthem to care for you.

Brennan is furiously signing the documents.

Dale is watching this with uneasiness.He looks over at Alice who is looking at him.

it, we won.

hate you and because I hateyou, I'm going to bust your balls everyday?

anymore. All I know is I'm goingto get some ice cream with my mom and dad. Later I'll probably lightoff some fireworks, have some pudding and start drawing pictures ofthe new tree fort, for the backyard. (MORE)

Alice runs up to Dale and startskissing him.

have you!

MUSIC: "Don't Cry Out Loud"MELISSA MANCHESTER

We see Brennan's face pressedup against the back windshield of Robert and Nancy's car, asit pulls out of the driveway. Brennan is doing a silent yellbehind the glass. Dale stands on the front lawn watchingthem pull away.

MONTAGE

l)Shot of hazmat crew cleaningout the house of pizza boxes and trash with Robert, Nancyand Brennan watching on. 2) Dale is with a realtor who is showinghim a studio apartment 3) Brennan plays Dale's drums andthen slams the sticks down and * walks away 4) Dale sits at adesk in a tiny cubicle, at a giant office, filling outW2 form. Derek walks in, looks at the W2 form, tears it up andmakes him fill out another one 5) Brennan puts on eye shadowand paints his pinky finger black. We see that he is goingGoth 6) Dale is having a beer with a couple co-workers,they are all laughing, he seems awkward. Then Dale says something,they all laugh, Dale seems to loosen up. 10) Brennan,wearing all goth clothes and make- up, stands on the front lawn.

Chris Gardoki and the weirdred-head ride by on their bikes. Brennan chases them and theyare now afraid of him.

Dale sits across from RANDY, 28,a mid-level manager at Derek's company.

Donna Abdul, Paula Abdul's mother and she brought it. She brought every bit of it.

Randy just stares at Dale, breathinga little to hard.

that. I'm gonna be breathingup your ass the whole way. So guess what hombre, if you know aworld class singer, now is the timeto make that phone call!

Brennan is now full goth, eyeshadow, painted fingernails, earrings, black lipstick anda tuxedo t-shirt.

He lies on his bed listeningto the Cure, "Boys Don't Cry". Nancy peaks into the roomholding a cordless phone.

Finally Brennan gets up andturns down the music.

She hands him the phone andwalks out.

DALE * Brennan, it's okay if you're

scared. I'm scared too.

BRENNAN

I'm not scared! And besides,don't

you remember what that guyyelled

at me at the restaurantwith Mom

and Dad? I suck! So leaveme alone!

Brennan hangs up the phone,turns up the Cure and instantly starts crying.

It's a gorgeous day off CatalinaIsland. Sailboats cut through the waves as we push in.

We see the landmark Catalina Casinoright on the water's edge. There's a medium sized functiongoing on. About sixty businessmen mill about in shirtsand ties drinking wine and eating hors doerves A small fourpiece band plays some Chuck * Mangione, "Feels So Good" with organ,bass, trumpet and drums. Dale is in the middle of itwith huge pit stains looking very nervous. A bannerhangs over the function that says, "STEEL RAVENEXECUTIVE HELICOPTERS"

MUSIC: Feels So Good

Dale's Manager Randy comes up tohim.

At that moment Derek walks up.

Dale runs over to the singer.People are starting to leave.

Randy pulls the plugon the band and steps on the stage.

Derek shows up and getsin Dale's face.

We now hear Brennan'svoice o.c.

We see Brennan in a billowing whitecotton shirt, black leather pants, neatly trimmed five o'clockshadow and sandals. We've never seen him likethis before, he looks good and is very confident.

Brennan is walking through the crowd,he strokes a woman's cheek.

Drums kick in and we see thatDale is playing. People are filing back in.

Rest of the band starts to kickin.

Dale steps out from thedrums to the front of stage with Brennan.

Brennan finishes with an insanenote that is either great or awful, depending on yourupbringing.

Dale hugs Brennan.

We see that everyone hasreturned to the wine mixer, including hotel staff andextra boats have pulled up to the water's edge. A guy with aRaytheon name tag starts applauding. Then another fromGE, Bechtel, Northrup, Carlysle Group, etc. all start applauding.

Derek hops up on stage.

He winds up to punch him but insteadBrennan punches him really hard in the a=.

Dale and Brennan walk away.

Denise walks up to Brennan.

DENISE

That was the bravest thing I have

ever seen.

BRENNAN

Denise? I can't believe you came.

DENISE

I figured I'd hide inthe back of

the crowd in case you didsomething

fucked up. But thatwas ...that was

great.

She kisses him lightly onthe lips.

BRENNAN

I hate to be rude butmy Step Bro

and I need some time.

DENISE

I completely understand. I'llcall

you later.

Dale and Brennan are standingon the outside deck, near the front of the boat. It'sprobably too choppy to be standing out there and the guys arehaving to speak pretty loudly over the wind.

A DECK HAND, 25, calls outat them.

Dale and Brennan both givehim a thumbs up and keep talking.

The boat hits a huge wave and pitchedboth guys overboard.

The boat hits a siren and startsto turn around.

Dale and Brennan are bothwrapped up in blankets, drinking mugs of coffee.

They sit there shivering, sippingtheir coffee.

The house is decoratedwith lights, looks very festive.

A big Christmas dinner is goingon. Seated around the table are Robert and Nancy; Derekand Alice, Trevor, Tiffany and Tommy; Dale is in a policeuniform; and Brennan sits next to Denise. *

DENISE

I know Nancy, I got your five messages yesterday.

Everyone applauds.

We start to pull out onthe scene as everyone talks and eats and laughs.