Network - Episode 2.17 - California Dreaming




Network
2x17 - “California Dreaming”


Written By:

Jessica Boggs
FADE IN:


INT. LAX TERMINAL - DAY

SUPER: PREVIOUSLY ON NETWORK...

Holly motions Charlie over to the luggage area. 

HOLLY
Your Birkins, Charlie?

CHARLIE
Coming up, ready and loaded. 

Charlie then grabs her expensive luggage, one suitcase bag on each hand. 

Jack and Noah then stare blankly at Charlie. 

JACK
Who can afford $60,000 luggage bags in this economy?

NOAH
Beats me. 

Kasey, clenching her almost nine month pregnant belly, turns towards Noah and Jack. 

KASEY
It’s okay. She’s got the money. I couldn’t afford the stuff she has anyway. 

BACK TO CURRENT EPISODE. 

INT. HOTEL HALLWAY - DAY

Jack and Noah walk through the hallway when they spot Mike. 

Mike stops, turns around, and faces the boys. 

Noah, with a confused look, looks at Mike. 

NOAH
Well, well. What are you doing here? 

MIKE
I’m meeting with the network president in LA. 

NOAH
Couldn’t you have found headquarters on the other side of the country?

MIKE
(cockily)
Don’t you know that the network executives have traveled to LA to hear our pitches? They’ll love mine!

JACK
I wouldn’t be so sure of yourself, Mike. I was behind the network president and his wife on the plane. 

Mike crosses his arms. 

MIKE
I sat with the woman who also says she is the network president. Not sure I believe you right now. 

All of a sudden, Charlie enters the hallway. 

Jack, Noah, and Mike turn to face her. 

CHARLIE
Speak for yourself. Ash and I are co-presidents. 

Jack’s jaw drops to the floor as he faces Charlie. 

INT. HOTEL BAR - DAY

Ash, Leah, Kasey, Jesse, Matt, and Holly gather around the hotel bar for drinks. 

Ash orders drinks for everyone, double-checking with Kasey. 

KASEY
Non-alcoholic beverage, Ash. I’m pregnant, remember? I could go into labor at any moment in time. 

Holly turns to look at Kasey. 

HOLLY
At least be glad you get the chance to enjoy pregnancy. I never got the chance to carry my baby to term. 

KASEY
Wow Holly. Salty much?

HOLLY
I’m not trying to be salty. What we have in common was that we dated the same man. I dated Jesse before you and even got pregnant by him. 

Jesse stands up suddenly while Ash and Leah turn towards him. He faces Holly in a flood of embarrassment. 

JESSE
Do you really have to bring all that up? I thought we were past all this drama. 

HOLLY
Memory lane. 

KASEY
Holly, I wish I would have known all of this. 

Jesse shrugs. 

JESSE
Continue on. 

Ash turns to Leah in disbelief. 

Jesse sits down. 

HOLLY
Now, if I’ve learned anything through our relationship is that we should have developed ourselves through trust, loyalty, and respect. 

Leah claps her hands. 

LEAH
Amen to that! 

JESSE
Oh no. I think I know what this means. 

HOLLY
It wasn’t healthy for any of us. But it allowed us to grow up after we broke up. I see that Jesse is a better person now. 

Jesse puts his head down. 

KASEY
You’re right. He is. But we still have a long way to go. Relationships are supposed to have conflict in between. 

Matt, sips his drink and turns to Holly.

MATT
And Charlie had to get in the middle of the drama between you and Leah. 

HOLLY
Oh yeah, Charlie. I noticed she’s mellowed out some. But she does have the craziest taste in bags and fashion. 

JESSE
Mellowed out? She still carries around that baseball bat when she wants to start s***. 

Charlie, Mike, Jack, and Noah enter the scene. 

CHARLIE
I heard these guys’ pitches! 

Everyone in the bar turns around. 

ASH
Okay, let’s hear them. Then, we can enjoy ourselves and get back to New York. 

Jack winks at Noah. Mike shrugs confidently.

JACK
Here goes nothing. 

Ash then attentively listens as the rest of the gang gets their phones. 

FADE OUT
NETWORK is written and executive produced by Jessica Boggs and production is overseen by TVRG Originals and Boggs Productions.


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