Scene opens with AJ & Justus in the
Quartermaine living room. AJ is drunk, and he and
Justus are arguing. Jason walks in.
Jason: (pointing to AJ) "Forget the foundation.
Keesha told me what happened!"
AJ: "I'm sure she didn't tell you my side of what
happened."
Justus: (to Jason "I'm glad you're here. Your brother
needs help."
Jason: (looking angrily at AJ) "Yeah, does he know
that?"
Justus: "Well, we'll see. Look, I don't mean to back
out of a bad situation, but I think this is best
handled by people who....."
AJ: (yelling) "What?!?! Wait a minute!! HELLO!! Am I
in this room here?!?!"
Jason: (yelling at AJ) "THANKYOU!" (turns to Justus)
"For getting him home Justus......um.....I'll call
you later."
Justus: "Good luck." (turns to AJ) "Like I said
buddy, it's up to you."
AJ: "Oh yeah....hey! I got a myriad of choices, don't
I?!" (Justus leaves)
Jason: "(walks toward AJ) "You do have some
choices."
AJ: "Oh.....is this where you set up the
conditions.....so you don't tell mommy and
daddy?"
Jason: (shaking his head) "In your dreams."
AJ: "C'mon man.....why make it any tougher....."
Jason: (yelling) "Why are you asking me that AJ?!?
That's a question you should be asking yourself!"
AJ: "What? Why should I Jason? You always seem to
have all the answers!"
Jason: "Yeah, and you're back to the point where your
answer to everything is another drink, and another,
and another!"
AJ: "Oh, for crying out loud! Will you just get off
your pulpit! Everything with you, everything
is.....is, a moral issue." (walks away) "This isn't
a problem Jason. It never was a problem."
Jason: (nods) "I see, I see.....you never had a
problem. All the arrests for drunk driving? The
hush-ups, the pay-offs to get the charges dropped? A
month in the drunk tank?!" (AJ looks at him) "Well,
that's poor AJ being the family scapegoat again. IF
you think....." (pauses) "I'm gonna stand here and
listen to your manipulation....."
AJ: (bangs on top of liquor cabinet and yells)
"ENOUGH! You're not!!! You're just going to stand
there and plotipicate in that fine up-standing,
self-rightious way you do!!!"
Jason: "Well it's better than whining and sniveling
isn't it? Or exploiting someone who cares about
you?!"
AJ: (walks toward Jason) "You tell me when I ever got
close enough to anyone to exploit them." (pushes
Jason, and walks behind him)
Jason: (turns around to look at AJ) "Well, you got
close enough to Keesha didn't ya?" (AJ nods) "You
just used her to get you sicker, didn't ya?"
AJ: (closes eyes for a sec) "So, this is about Keesha
isn't it? Hmm?"
Jason: (shaking head) "No.....no, I'm not biting AJ.
Because if I start rolling, I'll blow up and you'll
be in big trouble." (pauses) "Ahhh.....you
know.....I'm out of this."
AJ: "Fine." (waves to Jason)
Jason: "I'm done. That's it. Go ahead. Go right ahead
in your grand 'ol, self-pitying, pathetic way &
submerge yourself into the bottle. Go ahead. But
DON'T come to me for help!"
AJ: "Great. That's fine." (takes off coat) "We all
know AJ is a hopeless drunk." (throws his coat onto
Jason) "Tell you what pal. I'll drink to that." (he
picks up bottle of liquor and drinks out of the
bottle)
Jason: "Ohhh, wow. Wow. That was effective, that was
effective. The song of an alcoholic-'The hell with
you if it kills me.'" (Edward walks in)
AJ: (turns to Edward) "Hey!"
Edward: "What's going on in here?!"
Jason: "Oh.....I'm telling you grandfather. We can
watch AJ self-destruct together."
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
AJ: (Emily walks in) "Yeah, that's right, I'm drunk
grandfather. Why don't you pull yourself up a chair
and watch me get a little drunker, huh?" (AJ goes to
take a drink, but Edward grabs the bottle and throws
it to the ground) "OH! BULLSEYE! You wanna try for
two?!?! Maybe we should get you a hatchet. So you can
just chop up the bar. We all know how good you are at
hatchet jobs!" (throws a bottle)
Edward: "You're damn lucky it wasn't your head. The
next time it will be!"
AJ: "I think you took care of that."
Edward: "Now you listen to me you little jack-ass!"
(Emily runs out of room) "I will not accept the blame
for the wreckage that you have made out of your life!
And I will not stand here and watch you drown
yourself in alcohol and self-pity!"
AJ: "Well somehow I think I'll be able to get along
just fine without your customary show of
support."
Edward: "Furthermore, I will not cover for you. I
will not protect you from the law, and I will not pay
one dime to salvage your reputation ever again!"
AJ: "Well yee-haw!!! Now I can finally start having
some fun!"
Jason: "AJ for God's sake. When are you gonna wake
up?!?!"
AJ: (walking towards Jason) "Excuse me. Weren't you
the guy who just said 'I don't care." (pokes Jason in
the chest)
Jason: "No, that's not what I said. I said I wasn't
going to help you destroy your life. Can't you see
that's what you're doing?"
AJ: "So what."
Jason: "So quit the self-pity and get into a rehab.
No one else can do that for you."
AJ: "Did I ask you for your advices or opinion? I
don't think so." (Alan, Monica and Emily walk in)
Monica: "AJ!!"
AJ: "Ho! Great! Now you've got reinforcements. Well,
I hope you all brought your own ammo, cuz I think
'The Golden Boy' and 'Grandaddy' here are just about
out."
Alan: (to Edward) "What is going on here?" (refers to
Emily) "You've got this poor child frightened to
death!"
Edward: "I frightened her?!?! I was merely responding
to the fact that your son is a stinking drunk!!"
Monica: (goes toward AJ) "AJ, what happened?"
Alan: (holds Monica back) "Don't. Don't. Don't
Monica. Don't try to kiss it and make it better."
AJ: "Oh, yeah. God forbid anybody try."
Alan: "Are you happy now AJ? You have us all now
exactly where you want us. Father is throwing things,
your brother is turned inside-out, your mother is
heartsick, this child is frightened to death. And it
all revolves around you."
AJ: "Well-you forgot yourself Dad. Where are you in
all this?"
Alan: "Me? I'm scared to death. I'm scared. Not
because of the flying glass or the screaming, but I'm
scared for your life. I'm scared that I'm going to
find you in the gutter, or dead in a totaled car, or
in a mental ward with a wet brain. I'm scared of
watching helplessly while you select one of these
options. I'm scared that you're going to drag this
entire family down with you."
AJ: "That's fine. Nobody has to watch. Outta sight.
Outta mind. I'll just go hold up in my room." (tries
to leave, but Alan stops him)
Alan: "No you won't! No you won't! You are going to
stay and you are going to make a choice. You either
check yourself into a rehab tonight or you will leave
this house and find someplace else to live while you
kill yourself!"
Monica: "ALAN!"
Alan: "And you will also find yourself some way to
support yourself. I may not be able to cut off your
trust fund, but I am cutting off your allowance AJ. I
am not going to just stand by and watch you kill
yourself. You find some other way to support
yourself."
Monica: "Listen don't you make me a part of this
Alan."
Alan: "Monica, what are you going to do? You going to
finance his ruin?"
Monica: "I know you think you're doing this for his
good....."
Alan: "No! I'm no longer concerned about his good. I
am now only concerned about the welfare of everybody
else in this house."
AJ: "Whoa! Way to go Dad! That's just what the boy
needs. A dose of toughlove. You got the tough part
down real good. It's the love angle you have a little
trouble with. Doesn't matter. I'll tell you what. You
can practice on everybody else. Tell you what
everybody. It's been a slice. I'm outta here!" (walks
out)
Monica: (to Alan) "ALAN!"
Jason: "Ok, ok Mom. Don't panic. He can't go far.
I'll handle him."
Alan: (trying to stop Jason) "No, no....."
Jason: "No Dad, stay with Mom please."
Jason runs out the door, while everyone else stands
in the room in disbelief.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
AJ spots Lois' new sportscar in the driveway. You can
hear Jason in the background yelling for him.
AJ: "Man. WOW.......now that is beautiful!"
Jason: (Jason runs over to car) "AJ! What are you
doing?"(AJ is getting into the car) "You can't drive
in the shape you're in." (AJ is mumbling something)
"Get out of the car! AJ! GET OUT! Give me the keys!"
(Jason is trying to get the keys from AJ's hand)
"Give me them! You can't drive like this! Give me
them! NOW!" (Jason jumps into passenger seat, and AJ
starts the car)
Ned is inside the gatehouse, and he hears squealing
tires, then *CRASH!* He runs out.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
The front end of the car is smashed into a tree.
AJ: (mumbling, moving his head) "Jason.....you
alright?" (he looks over to the passenger seat, and
Jason isn't there)
Ned: (runs over and sees Jason) "Oh my God." (Jason
is lying on the ground, with his head against a rock.
You can see blood on the rock) "Jason, Jason." (he
kneels down and puts his hand on his head) "Jason,
it's Ned. Oh my God. Jason. JASON!"
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Ned: (taking off coat) "You're alive. Please God. Be
alive." (covers Jason with his coat) "Jason,
Jason....." (Ned hears AJ groan in the background. He
looks over and AJ is on the ground, trying to stand
up) "AJ! AJ! Are you alright?! (picks up AJ) "Was
there anyone else in the car?" (grabs AJ's face)
"AJ!"
AJ: "Jas...Jas...Jason and me."
Ned: "You're drunk."
AJ: (sees Jason) "My brother's head. Is he okay?"
Ned: (shakes AJ) "Were you driving?!?!"
AJ: (mumbling) "Yeah. Yeah, where's Jason?"
Ned: "C'MON! Let's go!" (He turns AJ around and
starts taking him toward the gatehouse) "Let's
gp."
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Ned has brought AJ to the gatehouse and told Reginald
not to let him go anywhere, and not to let anyone
know he's there. He walks out the door and back to
the accident scene.
Ned: (kneeling down next to Jason. You can hear
sirens in the background) "You hear that? That's a
siren. It's coming to help ya. You're going to be
alright. Just keep breathing. That's good. Don't
stop." (Jason tries to open his eyes and moves around
a little) "Yes. That's good. Jason! It's Ned. It's
me. Hey buddy." (Ned waves to the paramedics) "Right
here!" (talks to Jason) "Don't worry. You're not
going to die. You're going to be okay."
Paramedic: "Hi. We're the paramedics."
Ned: "Yes. Um.....he just tried to open his eyes! He
was thrown from the car!"
Paramedic: "How long ago?"
Ned: "Um...not long ago. He just tried to speak."
(paramedics are putting him on a monitor) "Take him
to General Hospital alright?"
Paramedic: "Yeah, was there anyone else injured?"
Ned: "No." (police officer walks over to Ned)
Policeman: "You know this man?"
Ned: "Yes I do. He's my cousin. He's Jason
Quartermaine. I'm Ned Ashton."
Policeman: "You alright sir?"
Ned: "Yes, I'm fine."
Another policeman: "Car is totaled. Nobody in
it."
Ned: "(to the paramedics) "How is he?"
Paramedic: "Yeah, he's alive. He's breathing. We'll
take care of a C-spine, put him on a backboard. We
gotta get him to the ER."
Ned: "Call ahead. Alright. Tell the hospital that
Jason Quartermaine is injured. Alert Tony Jones! Head
of nuerosurgery. And Steve Hardy!"
Paramedic "Got it. Jones and Hardy." (gets up to go
call)
Policeman: "I need to ask you some questions Mr.
Ashton."
Ned: "Just a minute ok?"
Policeman : (to other policeman) "DWI last month. Kid
wasn't charged. Same one?"
Policeman: "Yeah, we'll find out."
Ned: "(kneeling next to Jason) "You're going to the
hospital ok? You're going to be alright. I'll follow
as soon as I finish up here. Hang in there buddy"
(gets up and walks over to police officers)
Policeman: "Sir, were you in the car when it
crashed?"
Ned: "It's my wife's car, and I was driving." (he
turns to look at Jason)
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