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FADE IN: OVER BLACK: SIX MONTHS AGO INT. DEPT. CULTURAL AFFAIRS, BATHROOM - ONE YEAR AGO 1 We discover FELICITY GREEN (40s, black). She spins her wedding ring. She pops her crisp collar. She tucks her hair behind her ear. Until the whole person is revealed. She confident-ally takes in her own image in the bathroom mirror while TWO WOMEN (20s) gossip from inside stalls. WOMAN #1 (0.S.) I'm not happy that she’s leaving but like, she’s kinda scary. WOMAN #2 (0.S.) Totally. But like in a hot way. WOMAN #1 (0.S.) Oh totally. Her divorce got ugly. WOMAN #2 I know. I felt bad for her. WOMAN #1 I heard a rumor that she hooked up with an employee. WOMAN #2 (0.S.) Gahd, I wish it was me. They laugh. Then, they open the stall doors, see Felicity and blush. WOMAN #1 Sorry ma’am. We didn’t know anyone else was in here. WOMAN #2 Yeah. Sorry. That was FELICITY It’s OK. (then) I wish it were me too. The women giggle and exit. Leaving Felicity to consider her next move. She makes final adjustments to her hair. She slips her wedding ring into her purse. And goes. * % * % * % X % * % ¥k

IS Blue Rev. (mm/dd/yy) INT. DEPT. CULTURAL AFFAIRS, HALLWAY - CONTINUOUS 2 We track with Felicity as she struts down the empty hallway. Stride. Stride. Stride. Heels echo. She stops at an office door marked: DIRECTOR OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS. She turns the knob and enters with purpose. INT. DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS - CONTINUQUS 3 BETTE PORTER turns to the sound of the door opening. BETTE Hello again. 0ff Bette’s confident, knowing smile... PITLE CARD: THE L WORD FADE IN: EXT. EAST SIDE BUNGALOW -~ PRESENT DAY 4 Tucked away in the hills of Los Feliz, BUNGALOWS surround an infinity pool. Morning glories. Humming birds. Paradise. INT. EAST SIDE BUNGALOW - DAY 5 DANI AND SOPHIE’'S BEDROOM SOPHIE SANTOS (33, Afro-Latina, sweet, understated) thrusts her hips and reaches for the wall behind her as someone goes down on her beneath the sheets. SOPHIE Mm-hm, mm-hm, mm-hm! Sophie orgasms and relaxes. Then, DANI NUNEZ (30, Latina, confident, smart, extroverted) pulls the covers back and reveals her contagious smile. DANT G'Morning.

SOPHIE (smiling) Good God. I don’t know what came over me. I woke up so horny and - Dani peels back the covers and they spot her BLOODY HAND. DANI SOPHIE (CONT'D) That explains the penny Oh God, no! It looks like a smell. crime scene. DANI SOPHIE (CONT'D) It’s OK, this happens every I know! You'd think I‘d know month. by now. DANT I love you. SOPHIE I'm sorry. DANT Please don’t apologize. SOPHIE OK. I'm not sorry. They smile at each other and kiss. Sophie goes off to the bathroom. SOPHIE (CONT’D) (as she goes) Just don’t touch anything. DANI You are a charmer Idgie Threadgoode. Sophie reenters, tosses wet-ones to Dani. SOPHIE Here. Dani watches Sophie in front of the closet, naked. SOPHIE (CONT’D) I should have laid out my clothes last night. How can I own all this shit and have nothing to wear? DANT You've got stuff.

SOPHIE Not good stuff. % DANT (beat) You're going to be incredible, Ms. Producer. Sophie curtsies despite having nothing on. SOPHIE Thankyaverymuch for knowing my anxiety has nothing to do with my outfit. DANI I can’t wait to marry you. SOPHIE (playfully) That’s funny ‘cause I don’t see no ring on this finger. DANI You know what’s gonna happen? SOPHIE What? DANT I711 tell you what'’s gonna happen. SOPHIE I'm waiting. DANI What’s gonna happen is that you're gonna think I forgot that I said I'd propose, right? And then... when you least expect it... BAM. There’s gonna be a ring. SOPHIE Will it have dolphins on it? DANI Yes? SOPHIE No. DANT Thank God. My heart stopped for a hot sec there.

SOPHIE But I appreciate that you would have gotten me a dolphin ring if that's what I really wanted. DANT Anything. Sophie looks at Dani laughing in bed. SOPHIE You make it impossible to leave. DANI How? What am I even doing? Nothing. Just laughing at my own Jjokes. Dani pulls back the sheet and teases Sophie with some skin. SOPHIE We stained the duvet - THEN - The door swings open. Sophie dives back into bed with Dani - they scramble to cover the important bits. DANT SOPHIE (CONT'D) Micah! What is wrong with you? MICAH I'm sorry, I'm sorry, sorry - MICAH KIM (30, Korean, trans male, steady, a climate scientist at JPL) crawls over the bed. Peeks out their blinds. DANTI SOPHIE What the fuck are you doing? Do you know that we’re both naked under here? MICAH It's an emergency -- What are you looking at? MICAH Not what. WHO. DANT SOPHIE Ooh. Ooh. Dani and Sophie sidle up beside him at the window.

Blue Rev. (mm/dd/vyy) 6. MICAH There’s an insanely hot guy movin in next door. SOPHIE Fun. What’s his name? MICAH Dunno. Haven’t left the house yet. But I saw him out of the corner of my eye and I could have sworn it was Mario Lopez!. DANI No! MICAH YES! (then) It wasn’t but... he’s still hot. SOPHIE Wait. I missed something. Do you think Mario Lopez is attractive? DANI He's Micah'’s ideal man. MICAH Oh my God, there he is. JOSE (40, Latino, an artist) wipes past the open window with a BOX. Shirtless. Sweat glistens. MICAH (CONT'D) DANI (suggestively) (suggestively) Hello. Hello. Jose stops, checks around - he definitely heard that. Micah, Dani and Sophie duck down and giggle. DANI (CONT'D) Oh. We know him. That’s Jose. He’'s the new property manager. MICAH Really? SOPHIE Yeah. I met him last week. He’'s an artist and his uncle owns the place.

Blue Rev. (mm/dd/yy) 7. > DANI You should definitely have sex with * that person. * MICAH It could be messy if he lives next * door. DANT He won’'t always. BEAT. MICAH Is that your less-than-subtle way of telling me to get my own place? DANI Was it that obvious? MICAH Ugh. It’s fine. I’'1ll be in my room * crying about something else. He spots a blood stain on the duvet cover. MICAH (CONT’D) (as he goes) Def don’t miss that. * He closes the door. Sophie and Dani get dressed. SOPHIE We definitely need our own place. MICAH (0.S.) I heard that! Dani pulls on a shirt and runs out her bedroom door... DANI (as she runs out) I'm comin’ in so hot right now. MICAH'S BEDROOM - CONTINUQUS 6 Dani barges in and playfully tackles Micah. Then, she presses her lips to his ear and whispers. DANT You got the ring?

MICAH Of course. Micah unclenches his fist and reveals AN ENGAGEMENT RING. DANT Have you been literally holding it this whole time? MICAH You said: hold onto this. So... (shrugs) I did. DANT I meant like hide it in your room or something. Oh. Well. DANT Wow. Wow, wow, wow. You are... SO special to me. I really mean that. Dani slips the ring into her pocket. EXT. SILVER LAKE, LOS ANGELES 7 SUNSET BLVD (SARAH) FINLEY (26, white, former Olympic swimmer, charming, unfocused) rides her bicycle in jeggings and a sports bra. She zips past HIPSTERS, coffee shops, poke restaurants, ramen places, and tattoo parlors. NPR’s ‘Morning Becomes Eclectic’ plays from her IPHONE speaker. She stops at a stoplight, slips the device from her armband and orders a kale smoothie off an app. She looks up - the light’s still red. She opens HER (a dating app for queer women designed by queer women) and swipes left, left, left, right. THEN -- A CATCALLER whistles at her from the sidewalk. CATCALLER Damn honey! Gimme a smile!

10 FINLEY TIME’'S UP MOTHER FUCKER! The light turns green, Finley flips him off and pedals on. I/E. SUNSET JUNCTION - MOMENTS LATER 8 The cafe in the Sunset Junction where hipsters scroll through instagram and wait in line. Finley enters, skips the absurdly long line and BARISTAS swoon. BARISTA Hey, Finley. FINLEY Morning. You good? BARISTA Better now that you’re here. FINLEY Stop. No. You makin’ me blush. BARISTA I got your power green smoothie with an extra boost all ready for va. FINLEY (as she goes) Thank you kindly. Finley swipes the GREEN SMOOTHIE, smiles and goes. EXT. BETTE'S HOUSE - MORNING 9 A modest two-story craftsman with impeccable foliage sits on a neat plot of land on the east side of Los Angeles. A ‘PORTER FOR MAYOR’ sign pokes out of the front lawn. PRELAP: Cardi B’s latest track plays. INT. BETTE'S HOQOUSE - MORNING 10 BATHROOM ANGELICA PORTER-KINARD (16, Mixed b/w, qgueer, smart) listens to Cardi B while she cleans up the fade in her hair. Her black hair hits the porcelain sink in feathery clumps.

11 DING. TEXT FROM JORDI: bring extra towels. Angie thumbs a response: k She watches three dots appear - Jordi is writing back. hopeful smile slides onto her face. Then the dots disappear. Ang types TO JORDI: im sooooooo excited!!! Xoxoxoxoxo She stares at the message. BETTE (0.S.) Ang! Ang erases her text. ANGIE Yeah? Angie steps back and studies her reflection. KITCHEN - SAME Bette and PIERCE (30s, Trans male POC), her Campaign Scheduler, scramble for the door. BETTE (calling off) Do you need a ride to school? ANGIE (0.S.) No mom! I‘m good! BETTE You sure?! PIERCE She said she’s good -- ANGIE (0.S.) I said good!! Bette side eyes Pierce as he smiles smugly to himself. BETTE Don't. He passes her an iPad with her daily schedule. PIERCE We have a jam-packed day. Donor solicitations up first. Press in the afternoon. 11

13 Blue Rev. (mm/dd/yy) 11. BETTE (calling up) Bye Ang. Love you! BATHROOM - SAME 12 0/S The FRONT DOOR CLOSES. Angie smiles devilishly. Angie pulls on her vintage jean jacket, steps back and checks herself out in the mirror. She shrugs - not the best BUT not the worst either. She grabs TWO TOWELS and goes. INT. ALICE AND NAT’'S HOUSE - DAY 13 A guaint three bedroom in the Hollywood Hills. Impressive views and landscapes but lacking in square footage. Two KIDS, OLIVE (8) and ELI (6), stare at their IPADS while their scrambled eggs burn. WOMAN Where the fuck does your mother keep the spatula? That woman, ALICE, CLANGS open the cutlery drawer then * notices the kids blank stares. Not her finest moment. ALICE OK. That'’s the real qguestion. They look up at her just as their mom, NATALIE “NAT” (40s, * funny, maternal) enters dressed for work. NAT (pointing) Spatula’s above the - ALICE Thank you. Alice nod, grabs it, saves the eggs. Nat kisses her kids. NAT Alice is making you breakfast before she takes you to school. That’s so nice. What do you say? OLIVE ELT * Thank you. Thank you. o

Blue Rev. (mm/dd/yy) 12. ALICE You know when I was your age, I made my own breakfast. My mom never made me eggs or - OLIVE You’re not our mom. ALICE OK. I know that but -- GIGI (40s, Persian, warm) their “real” mom knocks and enters. GIGI Hi, hi, hi. Who’s ready for school? Olive and Eli run to greet her. Alice throws Nat a look. ALICE (aside) What’s happening? Today’s my day. NAT Hm? GIGI Hi Alice. ALICE (covering) Hi Gigi. Good morning. GIGI I saw your show the other night. My mom’s obsessed with it. ALICE Oh, yeah, that’s - It’s cute. Very... poppy. Ya know? BEAT. Alice tries not to let on that she expected more. Mm-hm. Thank you. GIGI You guys ready? ALICE (aside to Nat) Are you not gonna tell her that I'm supposed to --

Blue Rev. (mm/dd/yy) NAT (aside to Alice) Just let her take them -- GIGI Oh. I'm sorry. Did you want to take them today? ALICE NAT Oh, no, no, it’'s - It’s fine - ALICE GIGI It’s not a big deal if - I don’t mind if - NAT ALICE Either way is - Same. Both are good. BEAT. QLIVE I wanna go with mom. BEAT. Alice looks to Nat. NAT Great. Settled then. pick you up at 2. They say their good byes. The door closes. Nat and Alice are left alone. ALICE Um. That was... Nat looks at her watch. NAT I have to leave in 7 minutes. ALICE My feelings are hurt. I'm a little raw right now and -- Nat strips. ALICE (CONT'D) Oh, OK, let’s, yeah, let’s do that. Nat throws Alice against the sofa and they kiss hard. roll off the couch and crash onto the floor. 13. They

14 15 Blue Rev. (mm/dd/yy) 14. EXT. LAX - DAY 14 A few elite passengers descend the steps of an airliner. Then, in slo-mo, like the rock star she is, SHANE steps off. She adjusts her sunglasses as she makes it onto the tarmac. Everything is perfectly LA. The sun. The sky. The palm trees. THEN, from behind her... FLIGHT ATTENDANT (O.S.) Shane? Shane turns to her. Smiles. FLIGHT ATTENDANT (CONT'D) You wanna show me around LA? Off Shane’s mischievous smile... INT. SHANE'S HOUSE - DAY 15 An 80s style two story house in the hills. White walls. Cement floors. No furniture except huge leaning mirrors surrounding a hair dresser’s chair in the alcove. Unclear if anyone even lives here. But then, A CRASH off screen. And moans. And then... Shane and Flight Attendant (30s, POC) smack into the wall. The Flight attendant’s uniform is on the floor. Their suitcases are unpacked. They fuck against the wall, crash onto the bed and finally slide onto the floor. FLIGHT ATTENDANT (quietly) You’re perfect. You're perfect. Your hands. Are... Flight Attendant gasps. ECU: Body parts. Hands. Flesh. Lips. THEN -- an ALARM. Shane looks at her phone. SHANE Shit. I gotta go. PRELAP: Shane'’s Camaro purrs. P

16 17 Blue Rev. (mm/dd/yy) 15. EXT. SUNSET/GOWER - DAY 16 Shane’s Camaro zooms down Sunset Blvd. She pulls into the studio. A BILLBOARD for Alice’s show hangs outside. INT. ALICE’S STUDIOQ - DAY 17 Alice watches on as Finley tinkers with Alice’s host desk on stage. The set is a sophisticated take on the late night talk show. (Something like the docuseries Chelsea Does.) Alice reviews her notes while, from the ground, Finley finishes assembling Alice’s new desk. FINLEY So, the hot bartender at Black broke up with her boyfriend. ALICE Uh-huh. FINLEY And last night I finally get a text from her. ALICE Mm-hm. FINLEY And she’s all “u up?” And I'm all: “FOR YOU KWEEN? YAAS.” ALICE Mm-hm. FINLEY So I go to her house last night. We fudge. It’'s awesome. BUT -- ALICE Uh-oh. FINLEY I only had enough gas for a one way trip to Topanga. So I drove there, ran out of gas, left my car there, borrowed her bike and... boom. Look at me. Still on time and shit. ALICE I honestly don’t know what to say.

Blue Rev. (mm/dd/yy) 16. FINLEY cool. Take your time, Boss. Think it over. Finley stands up brushes herself off. FINLEY (CONT’D) Done. ALICE Great. (then) Your shirt’s on backward. As Finley strips to change, Alice hears a slow clap from the somewhere in the audience. SHANE Well, well, well. Look what we have here. ALICE HI! You’'re here! You're really here! SHANE I'm really here. Alice runs to Shane and hugs her tight. ALICE Shane, Finley. Finley, Shane. SHANE FINLEY Hey. Sup. ALICE Shane’s my best friend and she’s doing my hair this season and Finley’s the office PA. So if you need anything, she’s your best bet. (then) OK, I’'m gonna take Shane on a little tour so if our new producer shows up, just show her, her office. OK? FINLEY Sure thing Boss. Alice watches Shane take in the set.

18 Blue Rev. (mm/dd/yy) 17. ALICE * What d’you think? Not bad, huh? * SHANE * It’s incredible Al. It’'s fucking * incredible. * * Finley watches on enviously as Shane throws her arm around Alice and the two walk down the hall together. * PIERCE (PRELAP) I know begging isn’t your strong suit but if you could... I/E ESCALADE/FAMILY PHARMA CORPORATE OFFICE - DAY 18 Pierce preps Bette as they pull up to a nondescript building surrounded by a barbed-wire-topped iron fence. BETTE I'11 do my best. PIERCE Please. BETTE I hear you. I will try. Security cameras inconspicuously record as the SUV stops at the GUARD STATION. Pierce lowers the window. PIERCE Yes. Hi. We're with Bette Porter. She'’s here to see Rudolfo Nunez. The Guard nods, presses a button and a gate slides open. ALICE (PRELAP) It’s too small. EXT. SUNSET GOWER - DAY 19 Alice and Shane approach a row of trailers. * SHANE What is? ALICE Nat'’'s house. It’s tiny. *

Blue Rev. (mm/dd/yy) SHANE Why didn‘t you all just move into your house? ALICE I live in the right school district. SHANE Oh. ALICE And my living in my house. It’s a long story, I don’t really wanna get into it. A PACK of BASIC YOUTUBERS (early 20s) stop Alice. BASIC YOUTUBER Excuse me, can we get a selfie? ALICE Of course! Shane steps out of the way. ALICE (CONT'D) Get in. You want her too. She does my hair. The girls swoon, snap a photo and peel off. ALICE (CONT'D) Anyway, I burnt the kids' breakfast ‘cause I couldn’t find the spatula and then Gigi showed up - SHANE That'’'s their other mom, right? ALICE Yeah and just so much better at everything than me. SHANE their mom. She’s has more practice. ALICE I know. I just wish she wasn’t better than me in like every way, ya know? %

Blue Rev. (mm/dd/yy) SHANE But didn’t you have incredible morning sex with Nat? ALICE Yeah. I did. SHANE I think you’re doing fine. ALICE Gahd, I missed you. SHANE Missed you too. Alice looks at Shane. ATLICE How are you holding up? SHANE I'm fine. I'm good. Happy to back. I needed a fresh start. ALICE And have you spoken to “she who shall not be named?” SHANE Nope. ALICE So it’s like done, done? Like for real over? Like in the legal ways? SHANE over. HAIR AND MAKE UP TRAILER - CONTINUQUS Alice leads Shane inside. ALICE Ta-da. Shane drops her bag. Makes herself at home. 19. Alice opens the door to Shane’s hair and make up trailer. 20 * % * % *

21 22 Blue Rev. (mm/dd/yy) 20. SHANE My dad told me once - in this business, weather you make or not, it doesn’t matter, ‘cause either way, you end up in a trailer. INT. FAMILY PHARMA CORPORATE OFFICE - DAY 21 CORRIDOR Dani steps off the elevator and hurries down the corridor. She seamlessly texts and nods familiarly at COWORKERS. She rounds the corner and the CEO’S ASSISTANT rises to greet her. DANT Is my dad in his office? ASSISTANT No. He got pulled into something. DANT But we have a - ASSISTANT Meeting. I know. He’ll meet you in there. Five minutes. Maybe ten. DANI (off her look) Is something wrong? ASSISTANT He didn’'t say. Dani inhales deeply and then... CONFERENCE ROOM - CONTINUOUS 22 Pierce impatiently checks the time while Bette intently looks over an elaborate proposal: A comprehensive plan to convert city-owned property into corporate offices. Then, the glass door swings open, Dani enters. DANI My father'’'s deeply sorry but he’ll be another minute. (extending her hand) Ms. Porter, I'm Dani Nunez, the associate-director of communications. It’s a pleasure to meet you.

25 BETTE Your father'’s the CEO? DANI He is. (off Bette’s look) I like to think that I was bred for the job. I pursued communications at Stanford and then did my graduate work at USC but possible, there was nepotism involved. If that’s what you're thinking. Bette nods - Impressed. DANI (CONT'D) Please. Have a seat. EXT. SUNSET GOWER, PRODUCTION SUITE - DAY 23 Finley whips her GOLF CART around a corner. Sophie holds on for dear life. FINLEY Yeah so I used to work for TaskRabbit actually. Alice hired me to put together a bed for one of her step kids and then she was like, oh can you fix these other things and one thing lead to another I guess and now I'm the office PA here so... pretty cool. Finley and Sophie both smile as the buildings whoosh by. They bask in a feeling of accomplishment. They made it. INT. SUNSET GOWER, HALLWAY - MOMENTS LATER 24 Finley carries a few boxes for Sophie as she leads her down the hall past posters and merchandise for Alice’s show. FINLEY Your office is right here. Finley opens the door. INT. SOPHIE'S OFFICE - CONTINUQUS 25 Finley puts the boxes down on Sophie’s desk.

26 SOPHIE Thank you so much for your help. FINLEY Anytime. Um... if you need anything just let me know. SOPHIE Thank you. Finley hesitates. FINLEY Oh, um. OK. I’ll go now. She leaves but waits outside the door, considers reentering, desperate to stay a little longer but instead... she goes. CONFERENCE ROOM - LATER 26 Alice sits at the head of the table with 12 SEGMENT PRODUCERS, including Sophie who studies the rowdy group as they swivel familiarly in their chairs. ALICE I'd like to introduce everyone to our newest producer Sophie Santos. She’s joining us from the doc world. MALE PRODUCER Is that code for reality? SOPHIE Um. no. It’s not code for MALE PRODUCER Well, Welcome to the dark side. ALICE Let’s get started. Who is booked for tomorrow? MALE PRODUCER Ariana Grande just fell out. Who's coming instead? MATE PRODUCER I spoke with Kylie Jenner's manager-—

27 ALICE No, no, no. Please. I don’t want to interview any more Kardashians. I'm begging you. MALE PRODUCER She’s a Jenner. ALICE still a no. (to Sophie) Can you find someone? SOPHIE Oh. Um. Sure. Of course. ALICE Someone in the political space, maybe? The room laughs. BEAT. Sophie notices the others side-eye her. Alice sneaks a sympathetic smile to Sophie who balks. INT. MALE PRODUCER What is this? SOPHIE I can see if Kamala Harris is town. ALICE That’'d be perfect Sophie. That's exactly why I brought you in. SOPHIE see what I can do. ALICE Great. Let’s move on. FAMILY PHARMA CORPORATE OFFICE - DAY CONFERENCE ROOM 23. 27 CLOSE ON: Bette listening as Dani presents a 3D rendering of a building updated with their company’s proposed improvements.

DANI Family-Pharma needs to expand our corporate offices and after nearly three decades, our family-owned company wants to expand inside LA's City limits. The vacant Riverside Jail is already zoned for exactly what we need and we have the capital to invest in a project of this scale. We want to support your candidacy for mayor, Ms. Porter and we know this is a hot property so if you can support our family-owned company’s bid on the space, we’d love to support your campaign. Dani meets Bette’s eyes from across the conference table. DANI (CONT’D) So. Do we have a deal? Bette smiles confidently and sits back in her seat. BETTE You said family-owned twice. BEAT. DANI Did I? BETTE Other than that I think you did well. Dani smiles thinly and searches Bette’s face - wondering where she’s going with this. BETTE (CONT'D) Do you know why running for mayor? DANI I'm happy to know more. BETTE We are in the midst of the biggest housing crisis in our city’s history. And, as is typical, people of color, members of the LGBT community and women get hit the hardest in a crisis. I happen to be all three of those things.

DANI Me too. (beat) And you said crisis twice. BETTE Funny. (beat) Do you suffer from extreme self- loathing? DANT Excuse me? BETTE That jail could be converted into moderate-income housing. Not just serve as a way for your family to turn a profit. How could someone as smart as you spend her days working for a company that has sold more opioids in LA than any other company? And, while there are other reasons for our city’s homelessness crisis, heroin addiction, which is on the rise due to the products you are pushing, played no small part. I could understand the willful ignorance of a straight, white man but now that I know you’re a queer, brown, woman, I find myself wondering: how the hell do you sleep at night? Off Dani’s ashen look. I/E. ESCALADE/FAMILY PHARMA - MOMENTS LATER The SUV pulls out. Pierce looks at Bette. PIERCE Well. That was the opposite of what I asked you to do in there. BETTE I know. I'm sorry. I started out with the right intentions but, well, you know me. PIERCE I do. You were fierce. (off her look) Loved every goddamn second.

29 30 26. Pierce watches the looming edifice fade out of view. EXT. HARVARD-WESTLAKE - DAY 29 A palatial campus featuring terra-cotta buildings with Spanish-style roofs sits on rolling hills made of real grass. The BELL RINGS and clumps of STUDENTS (ages 11-18) gossip as they pass through the breezeway to their next class. A second BELL RINGS... TEACHER (PRELAP) So...picking up from yesterday... INT. HARVARD-WESTLAKE, CLASSROOM - 30 Ang takes notes alongside 20 other equally engaged STUDENTS. Their TEACHER, (30s, black, male) writes on the white board. TEACHER When analyzing the characters in Don Quixote, the questions I want you to keep coming back to are... Everyone turns to the sound of the classroom door opening. An ADMINISTRATOR holds a post-it note. Students crane to sneak a peek but the angle ensures that only the teacher can read it. The teacher nods at the Administrator. The door closes. The teacher continues while walking down the center aisle toward Angie. TEACHER (CONT'D) Who can tell me what Don Quixote wants when the story starts? Hands go up. The teacher points to a STUDENT. TEACHER (CONT'D) Marnie. Yes. Take a stab please. MARNIE'S VOICE fades as the teacher stops at Angelica’s desk, whispers something and off his concerned smile... COUNSELOR’S OFFICE 31 The COUNSELOR gestures for Angie to take a seat.

Blue Rev. (mm/dd/yy) 27. COUNSELOR I'm sure you're scared - wondering what’s going on right now. ANGIE Uh... yeah. Is everything OK? COUNSELOR I have your mom, Tina on the line. And she has a bit of bad news that she’d like to tell you herself. Would that be OK? ANGIE Um... yeah. I guess. The counselor passes the phone to Angie and unmutes the line. ANGIE (CONT'D) (into phone) H-h-hello? JORDI (V.0.) Hi honey. It’s mom. ANGIE Hi mom. What’s wrong? JORDI (V.0.) It’s grandma. She took a turn. MOMENTS LATER... 32 EXT. HARVARD-WESTLAKE - CONTINUOUS 32 The Counselor and Angie emerge and approach an idle BMW. COUNSELOR Is that her? ANGIE Yeah. That'’s her. COUNSELOR OK, well I hope your grandma feels better. Family is important. ANGIE Mm, hm. Thank you. The Counselor nods somberly and returns inside as Ang duck into the idle car... *

33 Blue Rev. (mm/dd/yy) 28. I/E. JORDI'S BMW/WOODWARD PREP - CONTINUOUS 33 We reveal it’s not Tina, it’s JORDI YANG (18, non-binary, Chinese-American) smiling mischievously in the front seat. JORDI Works every time. Ang holds her breath and anxiously checks the rearview mirror. The school dips out of sight. Ang smacks Jordi playfully. ANGIE Holy shit! JORDI Good one, right? ANGIE I can’t believe you pulled that off! JORDI Dude, I told you! Angie grabs Jordi’s shoulders and playfully shakes them. JORDI (CONT'D) I'd like to dedicate this day to two very important people. Ang holds her iPHONE like a mic and records the exchange. ANGIE And who might they be, Jordi? JORDTI First, to your absentee mother, Tina. ANGIE Ah, yes, of course. JORDI And also, to my equally unreliable mother, Karen. ANGIE Wonderful.

34 Blue Rev. (mm/dd/yy) 29. JORDI If these fine women willfully abandoned their children, the school administrators might know what their voices sound like which would have made today - impossible. Then, Jordi cranks up the volume to Desiigner’s latest trap and the 808 beats vibrate the beamer. As the two wind westward on Sunset Blvd, Ang steals glances at Jordi who basks in Ang’s sweet, unwavering attention. ALICE (PRELAP) What do you mean? INT. HAIR AND MAKE UP TRAILER - DAY 34 Alice sits at the mirror. Shane styles her hair. SHANE I just got back from Atlanta. I haven’t gotten around to buying furniture yet. That’s all. ALICE What did you sleep on last night? SHANE A lovely flight attendant named Missy. ALICE Ew. SHANE Don’t worry about it. I've been doing hair on a tour bus for a decade, I can sleep anywhere. Alice takes out her phone, goes to Restoration Hardware and orders Shane a bed. ALICE I'm sending a bed to your house. SHANE I can buy my own furniture. ALICE But you won't. * % *

35 Blue Rev. (mm/dd/yy) 30. SHANE Al. ALICE I know you. You live like an animal when depressed. (then) I've sent you a bed. BEAT. SHANE Thank you. ALICE You're welcome. You should take Finley with you. She can put together anything. SHANE I'1l be fine on my own. INT. FAMILY PHARMA - CEO’S OFFICE - DAY RUDOLFO NUNEZ (50s, Dani’s no-nonsense father), wraps up a call just as Dani storms into his office. DANI You left me there to -- RUDOLFO (into phone) have to call you back. DANT -- to go over a plan that I know nothing about. She -- RUDOLFO I'm sorry. DANT She made me feel like an idiot. RUDOLFO I'm sorry. DANT Where the hell were you? Rudolfo inhales deeply and sighs. 35 * ok

36 31. RUDOLFO We have a situation. 0ff Dani’s anticipatory look... CONFERENCE ROOM - MOMENTS LATER 36 Rudolfo somberly addresses FOUR COMMUNICATIONS EXECS. Among them, Dani, the only woman and the youngest by 15 years. RUDOLFO Last night, Jack’s son died. Rudolfo pats JACK’s (60s, white) shoulders. Dani and the others smile sympathetically at their fellow executive. RUDOLFO (CONT’D) I know I speak for everyone when I say that I am so, deeply sorry for your loss. No father should have to bury his child. Jack nods stoically. RUDOLFO (CONT'’D) If there’'s anything that any of us can do for you, please do not hesitate. We are your family too. You can lean on us. JACK Thank you sir. That means a lot to me and my wife and our daughters. BEAT. Then, Rudolfo shifts gears. RUDOLFO Now, we all know how the media is going to spin this. A pharmaceutical executive’s son died of a heroin overdose. They’re gonna try to blame our company. They’ll try to attack us personally. Attack our corporate family. And, they're gonna go after Jack. All eyes on Jack except for Dani who takes copious notes. RUDOLFO (CONT’'D) Dani. Dani 1lifts her head and meets her father’'s eyes.

BEAT. Dani DANT Ves, sir. RUDOLFO I want you to take point on this. I need you to do anything in your power to protect Jack from the media. Get ahead of this. Let them hear our story first. hesitates. RUDOLFO (CONT'D) (off her look) Dani? DANI Hm? RUDOLFO I need you to do your Jjob. DANT Yes, sir. RUDOLFO Thank you. 32. Dani addresses Jack directly and continues to take notes. DANI Jack. I'm so sorry. JACK Thank you. DANT I know this must be hard but my dad is right. The media will eat you £ alive if we let them. JACK I know. DANT But I won’t let them. JACK I know that too. DANT Good. (then) (MORE)

37 33. DANI (CONT'D) I'm gonna need any photos of -- what's your son’s name? JACK Michael. DANI Does he have any nicknames? JACK My wife and I called him Mikey when he was young. DANT That’s sweet. Thank you. Dani pauses. Swigs water. Swallows the lump in her throat. DANI (CONT'D) And how old was he? JACK He was only 23. DANT I'm so sorry. (then) What did Mikey love? Their voices fade into inaudible white noise as Dani fires off each question. Rudolfo watches on proudly. INT. CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS - BETTE’S OFFICE 37 CLOSE ON: Live news coverage on a flat screen TV. Split screen, a REPORTER on the left and Jack on the right. REPORTER (ON TV) I can’t help but mention the fact that Family Pharma, where you have worked for almost twenty years, manufactured the pain killer that got your son addicted and eventually led to his death. What do you make of that? JACK (ON TV) I know it’s your to report the news. I have a great respect for your job. But I am honestly shocked that you would bring that up.

REPORTER (ON TV) But -- JACK (ON TV) My son, Mikey, he loved fishing, he played chess, he was a person not a salacious news story. And if you have any respect for the pain of a grieving father, I'd ask you to not forget that. My son was an addict but he was also just my son. The Reporter nods apologetically and ends the interview. BETTE (0.S.) Oh come on! Don’t let him off the hook like that! PULL BACK as Bette mutes the TV. BETTE (CONT'D) That was bullshit. PIERCE He’'s a grieving father. BETTE a fucking criminal who is exploiting the death of his son to garner praise for his legal cartel. PIERCE Maybe say that during your policy speech. That’ll lighten the mood. Pierce gathers BAGS full of “PORTER FOR MAYOR” freebies. 38 EXT. FAMILY PHARMA CORPORATE QOFFICE - DAY 38 Rudolfo walks Dani to her car. RUDOLFO You're brilliant. You know that? DANT Thanks dad. RUDOLFO I think you’re ready. DANTI For what?

35. RUDOLFO The Board and I have talked it over and we would like to make you an Executive Vice President. BEAT. DANT I - I know what to say. RUDOLFO I think, “Thank you, sir,” is traditional -- DANI Yes, yes. Thank you, sir. Oh my God. I can’'t even -- She wraps him up in a hug. RUDOLFO And you know that comes with a 15 percent bump and a corner office. DANT Thank you. I love you. RUDOLFO I love you too. Very proud of you. Very proud. He kisses both her cheeks. His cell RINGS. RUDOLFO (CONT'D) celebrate this weekend. (as he goes, into phone) Rudolfo Nunez. DANI OK. Bye. Dani ducks into her Audi and starts her engine. She drums the wheel to celebrate. THEN -- something catches her eye. Through her tinted windows -- she strains and then, the image comes into focus. Jack sobs uncontrollably in the front seat of his idle car. PUSH IN on Dani as she watches on empathetically.

39 INT. Blue Rev. (mm/dd/yy) SOPHIE'S OFFICE - DAY 36. 39 Finely hangs Documentary Film Posters, Sophie finishes up a call ALICE Please tell me you found someone. I am so sick of interviewing Bachelorette contestants. I’'ve met with seven of them. At different times. And then all together. It’'s my own personal hell. FINLEY I watched them all. Very compelling. ALICE Thanks Finley but I wanna be taken seriously and this feels like a real chance. SOPHIE Well, Kamala’s in Washington along with Feinstein -- ALICE Shit. SOPHIE But I have a call into Kim Foxx and it's looking pretty good. FINLEY Who's that? ALICE She’s that attorney, right? SOPHIE Yeah. She’s the Chicago DA who brought charges against R. Kelly. FINLEY Hot. SOPHIE Yeah. She’s a woman of color doing incredible things. ALICE She sounds perfect. Thank you. I'm so glad you’'re here. as Alice enters. Softly closing the door behind her. ok * * * K %

40 Blue Rev. (mm/dd/yy) 37. INT. EAST SIDE BUNGALOW - DAY 40 Micah double knots the laces on his sneakers. outside his window, Jose grunts as he struggles to move his dining room table. Micah checks himself out in the mirror, adjusts his gym shorts, considers a sweatband, decides against it, and goes. EXT. EAST SIDE BUNGALOW - CONTINUOUS 41 As Micah approaches, Jose clumsily drops two dining chairs. _ JOSE Shit. MICAH Ooh, lemme help. JOSE It’s OK, I think I can -- Micah lifts both chairs. His veins bulge from his neck. JOSE (CONT'D) You sure you got both of those ‘cause - MICAH Mm-hm. These are beautiful. JOSE Thanks. My ex hated them. He thought they took up too much space. Jose watches as sweat drips down Micah’s temple. Then, Jose gets ahead of Micah and opens his front door. JOSE (CONT'D) Here, lemme get the -- SMASH. Micah shatters a pane of glass in the front door. MICAH JOSE (CONT'D) Ohmygod - OK - MICAH JOSE (CONT'D) Ohmygod - Really, it’'s fine -

38. MICAH JOSE (CONT'D) I'm so sorry - I would have done the same thing. BEAT. Jose and Micah look at each other, and the shattered glass and laugh. MICAH I'm, um, Micah - by the way. JOSE Jose. Micah extends his hand to shake, Jose accepts. JOSE (CONT’D) Sorry. My hands are... I was gonna say damp but - MICAH They’re pretty wet. JOSE Yup. They sure are. BEAT. MICAH uh, clean that glass up and fix the door. JOSE I can fix it. It’s kinda my job. MICAH OK. OK. Good. Well... If you need me to break anything else, I live right there so... Jose laughs. JOSE Thank you. MICAH Sure. Micah goes. Before he enters. Jose calls after him. JOSE Hey. Micah turns back.

Blue Rev. (mm/dd/yy) 39. JOSE (CONT'’D) We should go out sometime. MICAH Uh... yeah. Sure. I'd love that. Off Jose’s smile... LA CITY HALL - DAY 42 The massive Art Deco tower dwarfs everything nearby; including the PEOPLE that hustle up and down the concrete steps that lead to its arched entryway. INT. GAY AND LESBIAN CENTER - DAY 43 CORRIDOR Bette flips through note cards and reviews her speech. Her heels echo with each step. Pierce trails. PIERCE signal you to wrap up and open the floor to questions. This is a friendly crowd but still keep it brief. Keep it vague. They pass a CROWD waiting to hear Bette’s speech. MAIN ATRIUM - CONTINUOUS 44 Pierce ushers Bette behind a thick curtain where they watch an EDUCATOR introduce Bette from a podium at center stage. PIERCE You good? Need anything? BETTE Did you notice that guy? PIERCE What guy? Bette considers explaining herself but before she can... EDUCATOR Ladies and gentleman, I’'d like to introduce the person who I believe will be the next Mayor of our great City, Bette Porter.

Bette takes a deep breath and steps on stage. The CROWD of GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, CITIZENS and REPORTERS clap enthusiastically as Bette makes her way to the podium. She shakes the Educator’s hand and addresses the crowd. BETTE Good afternoon. Thank you all so much for being here. Bette clocks Tyler Greene in the crowd, swallows down an uneasy feeling and continues her speech. > EXT. ECHO PARK - DAY Jordi and Angie strut down the strip, stopping to watch STREET PERFORMERS. They browse homemade jewelry at a craft stand. Jordi reaches for Angie’s hand and pulls her up to the counter. JORDT You need this. ANGIE What? No, I - I don't need - She slips a BEADED NECKLACE over Ang’s head and gushes. JORDI Ohmygod, no, you do. You really do. (to Vendor) How much? VENDOR For you? Gimme twelve. JORDI I'11 give you seven. VENDOR Beautiful and cheap. You want to come home with me tonight? JORDI Ew. Fuck no. That'’s disgusting. Jordi slips the Vendor $10, reaches for Ang’s hand and pulls her along. Ang stares at their interlaced fingers. With her free hand, she clutches the beaded necklace.

Blue Rev. (mm/dd/yy) a1, 46 INT. LA CITY HALL - DAY 46 Bette spots Pierce’s “wrap it up” signal. BETTE And with that, like to open up the floor for questions. A flurry of hands shoot up. The MODERATOR passes the mic to TYLER GREENE (40s). TYLER Prior to running for office, you were the Director of Cultural Affairs for the City of Los Angeles. BETTE That’s correct. TYLER And while you were serving as director, do you remember fucking my wife? The room STIRS. Cameras FLASH. Shutters CLICK. Bette FREEZES. BETTE Um, I, um - TYLER How does fuckin Felicity Greene, a married employee of yours, make you to be Mayor? 47 QUICK NON-SYNC SERIES FLASH IN BETTE'S MEMORY... 47 -~ Bette slides Felicity onto the conference table. -~ Felicity wraps her legs around Bette. -- Felicity unbuttons Bette’s shirt. —- Bette pulls Felicity's dress up, and her underwear down. She kisses her inner thigh. -— Felicity draws Bette's head closer, closer, closer... BACK TO:

49 50 Blue Rev. (mm/dd/yy) 42, INT. LA CITY HALL - DAY 48 Bette stares helplessly as SECURITY descends onto the crowd. Tyler screams violently. Spit catches the corners of his mouth. CHAOS ensues. TYLER SHAME ON YOU MS. PORTER! SHAME ON -- The mic POPS - the sound cuts out. Pierce yanks Bette off stage and shields her from the room of iPhones recording. IS 0 CORRIDOR - CONTINUOQUS Bette’s heels echo as she hustles toward the nearest exit while REPORTERS and SPECTATORS trail. FROM BETTE’S POV: -- Overwhelming swirls. Questions become distorted. She focuses on the sound of her own breath. -~ She stares at the waxed tiles and searches for clarity. ~- Then, an a-ha moment. She grips Pierce’s shoulder. BETTE Call my kid. I don’t want her to read about this on fucking Twitter. He whips out his phone. They turn the corner and duck out of sight. EXT. ECHO PARK - DAY 50 Ang and Jordi hit Jordi’s vape and crack up laughing as couples in swan boats paddle by. Jordi fix’s Ang’s necklace. JORDI You’d look good with a tattoo right here. ANGIE

51 Blue Rev. (mm/dd/yy) 43. JORDI Mm-hm. Ang admires Jordi’s face. Off her look. JORDI (CONT'D) What? ANGIE Nothing. JORDI Yeah right, fool. They stare at one another. Smiling awkwardly. Maybe leaning in to kiss but maybe it’s just the pot and then... DING. DING. DING. DING. And the romantic moment gone. JORDI Your phone’s blowing up. ANGIE Yeah. Sorry. I - + Angie glances at the screen. FROM MOM: Hi. Don’t look at twitter. Come home right after school. Thanks. JORDI What'’'s wrong? ANGIE Hm? Oh. Um. Nothing. (then) Nothing. JORDI Yeah OK. Jordi playfully shoves Ang’s shoulder. INT. EAST SIDE BUNGALOW, KITCHEN - EVENING 51 Dani makes dinner. Micah steals bites when she’s not looking. DANI He was just sobbing in his car. Micah stares blankly. MICAH Fuck, that’s hard.

Blue Rev. (mm/dd/yy) DANI I know. I can’t stop thinking about it. He was... broken. God. I think ever seen a dude cry like that. It was... horrible. MICAH I'm so sorry. DANT Thanks. Dani tries to shake off the memory. DANI (CONT'D) Can we talk about something else? MICAH Are you sure? DANT Yeah. I don’t want to think about it for a second. MICAH Um... I broke Jose’s window. DANTI What? How? MICAH I was tryna help him move and I got a little cocky with a chair. DANI Oh, well, that’s not that bad. I thought you were gonna say you threw a baseball through it or something. MICAH I don’t own a baseball. DANI That’s why I couldn’t picture it but I'm with you now. MICAH I think we’re gonna go out. DANT This story is just full of unexpected turns. > >

Blue Rev. (mm/dd/yy) MICAH I really done this yet. DANI Done what? MICAH Dated. DANI You got on dates all the time. MICAH Nah, I meet guys on Grindr. I don’t go on real dates. DANI Maybe now’s a good time to start. DING. Dani gets a text from Sophie: ON MY WAY HOME. DANI Oh my god. She’s coming. OK. Does the house look OK? Do I look OK? MICAH Yeah. It’s fine. You’re fine. Off Dani’s “thanks for nothing” look... ANGIE (PRELAP) Hey, it’s Angie, leave a message. INT. BETTE'S HOUSE, KITCHEN - EVENING Alice and Shane drink wine. Bette hangs up the phone. BETTE Where the fuck is she? ALICE She ditched. she’s fine. BETTE How the hell do you know? ALICE Shane never went to school and she turned out... Well... SHANE Funny. 52 % ok

ALICE I'11l try her. Maybe she’ll answer if I call. Alice does. That’s bullshit. BEAT. T know. SHANE What are you gonna do? What are your options? BETTE My advisors are telling me to drop out -- SHANE ALICE SHANE I don’t get what the scandal is. ALICE She slept with an employee. BETTE It was my last day. ALICE You sound defensive. BETTE I am defensive. ALICE She was married. BETTE Which I didn’t know. SHANE I think it’s ‘cause you're gay. BETTE I can’t believe that’'s still a thing. SHANE ALICE I know. BETTE s like two steps forward, fucking step back. You do that. *

53 SHANE You gotta speak publicly. ALICE You gotta come on my show. BETTE You just said I sounded defensive. ALICE You do. SHANE People are trying to paint you like these predator dudes. BETTE I'm afraid I'm exactly like them. SHANE You’re not. shame. kill you. ALICE We can do it all on my show tomorrow. make sure Sophie has a heads up on the new direction. BETTE I - I know. SHANE Keep your head up. You're Bette fucking Porter. BETTE It’s good to have you back. The door swings open. ANGIE Hello? Bette looks at Alice and Shane. BETTE Would you both excuse us please? INT. EAST SIDE BUNGALOW - NIGHT BATHROOM 53

Dani looks at herself in the mirror. Adjusts her hair. She looks at the engagement ring in the palm of her hand. Then, she hears the front door open. SOPHIE (0.S.) Hi! Sophie’s voice makes Dani smile. DANT Hey babe. Dani goes into... LIVING ROOM - CONTINUOUS Sophie wraps up a call. SOPHIE (on phone) Yes... Understood... You want talking points for her and questions for you?... No problem. Of course. See you in the morning. She hangs up as she jots down notes. DANI Hi, how was your first day -- SOPHIE Ugh. Hold me. Sophie flops into Dani’s arms. DANI Oh no, was it bad -- SOPHIE No, no, it was great. Alice is great, she really believes in me - DANT Of course she does. You're the smartest person I know. SOPHIE But I have to work all night. DANT You can take a break though, right? You should probably take a break.