Parks and Recreation - Out of Her League

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Parks and Recreation

"Out of Her League"

byDerek Robertson

May 14th, 2009


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COLD OPENING

FADE IN:

EXT. FOOT BRIDGE - DAY

(LESLIE)

LESLIE STANDS IN THE MIDDLE OF A LONG FOOT BRIDGE, BEAMINGEAR TO EAR WITH A WIDE EYED SMILE AS SHE STARES STRAIGHT DOWNTHE BARREL OF THE CAMERA.

LESLIE

Im so glad I could show you guys

this. This is the Arthur Allan foot

bridge, named after my boss Ron

Swansons predecessor, Arthur Allan.

This! This is his legacy!

LESLIE WAVES HER HAND WITH A FLOURISH RESERVED FOR PRESENTINGCARS OR MAGICIANS, NOT A FOOT BRIDGE.

SHE CROSSES OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE BRIDGE

LESLIE (CONTD)

And look at this, look, look.

LESLIE TAPS THE POST ON THE SIDE OF THE BRIDGE.

LESLIE (CONTD)

Can you zoom in on this?

THE CAMERA DOES NOT.

LESLIE (CONTD)

It looks like real wood from afar

doesnt it? Totally synthetic! No kids

will get splinters from this puppy,

its like a wonder of the modern ages.

LESLIE PAUSES, BREATHING IN THE INSPIRATION.


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LESLIE (CONTD)

You know they put a plaque up to

honour Arthur Allan, cause its his

legacy and all.

THE CAMERA ZOOMS IN OVER LESLIES SHOULDER.

SURE ENOUGH THERE IS THE PLAQUE.

AND WHAT APPEARS TO BE A HOMELESS PERSON URINATING ON IT.

LESLIE (CONTD)

I cant help but dream that one day

when the pit my staff and I are

tirelessly working on turning into a

park is complete, that Pawnee will

feel the need to honour me the same

way.

LESLIE TURNS TO SEE THE PLAQUE AND FINALLY NOTICES WHAT WEHAVE BEEN WATCHING.

LESLIE (CONTD)

Sir! Sir! Stop that, you are

desecrating a municipal monument!

LESLIE RUNS AT THE HOMELESS MAN, SEEMINGLY TO SHOO HIM AWAYLIKE ONE WOULD A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS.

CUT TO:

INT. RONS OFFICE - DAY

(LESLIE, RON)

RON SITS CASUALLY BEHIND HIS DESK, A STRIKING OPPOSITE FROMLESLIE WHO COMES ACROSS VERY TENSE.

"Out of Her League" 2.PARKS AND RECREATION


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LESLIE

Is this about the re-zoning committee,

Ron? Have they made a decision?

RON

No Leslie, this isnt about some made

up bureaucratic voodoo like zoning,

this is about something thatll

actually do people good.

LESLIE

Turning that pit into a park will do a

lot of people a lot of good.

LESLIES ENTHUSIASM OBVIOUSLY RUFFLES RONS FEATHERS.

RON

Alright, lets not drag this out. Im

putting you in charge of organizing

the Pawnee Little League World Series

this year. Thats all, alright?

LESLIE STARES AT RON, MOUTH GAPING.

CUT TO:

RON TALKING HEAD

RON

Yes, I put Leslie in charge of this

years little league championship.

Cause every year I do it and its

always the same.


(MORE)


5/36

Coaches want this, parents want that.

Id rather be home cleaning the

eavestrough, frankly. Plus this year

theres that whole thing with the

permit... I mentioned the permit thing

to Leslie right?

CUT TO:

LESLIE TALKING HEAD

LESLIE

The Pawnee Little League World Series.

Wow.(BEAT)

Wow. What a show of trust, that Ron

would put me in charge. The Little

League World Series is only like the

sixth biggest social event in Pawnee.

And Im organizing it! Maybe Im

getting a little a head of myself here

but if this goes well, I think its

quite possible you might be looking at

the official Parks and Rec liaison

for the Pawnee Pumpkin Festival!

CUT TO:

INT. OFFICE BULLPEN - DAY(LESLIE, TOM, APRIL, RON)

APRIL IS SHOWING TOM SOMETHING ON THE COMPUTER SCREEN ASLESLIE ENTERS.


RON (CONT'D)


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LESLIE

Staff meeting everyone!

APRIL LOOKS AROUND, ONLY SHE AND TOM ARE IN THE ROOM.

LESLIE (CONTD)

Big news everybody! Big news!

TOM

Theyve canceled The View?

LESLIES MOOD DOES A 180.

LESLIE

They did?

TOM

Im not sure.

LESLIE(OBLIVIOUS)

Well that sort of kills my big news.

TOM

Go on, we can still pretend like its

big.

LESLIE

Alright, well... Ron has put me in

charge of this years Little League

World Series.(BEAT)

It was more exciting a few minutes

ago.



7/36

TOM

Yeah, gotta say, didnt really live up

to the hype. I wouldve opened with

the more accurate news everybody.

LESLIE

Theres a lot of work to get ready for

this thing. Tom I need you to design

like a banner that says something like

Welcome to the Pawnee 2009 Little

League World Series.

TOM

How about Welcome to the Pawnee Youth

Steroid Association?

LESLIE

No.

TOM

How about Pawnee Little League World

Series. Accepting Visa, Master Card,

and Forged Birth Certificates.

LESLIE

No!

TOM

Alright, alright. Just brainstorming.

Just spit balling.



8/36

LESLIE

Youll work on the banner, Im going

to order the trophies, and our darling

intern April... could you get on the

Google and find out about this whole

thing with cancelling The View?

APRIL

Sure.

RON STICKS HIS HEAD OUT HIS OFFICE.

RON

Hey Leslie, youre all over the permit

thing right?

LESLIE

No, what? What permit thing?

CUT TO:

RON TALKING HEAD

RON

Apparently I didnt tell her.

CUT TO:

INT. PERMIT OFFICE - DAY(LESLIE, SANDRA)

LESLIE STANDS IN LINE FOR HER CHANCE TO TALK TO THE GLUMLOOKING WOMAN BEHIND THE COUNTER, SANDRA.

LESLIE(RE: CAMERA)

What youre about to see is the inner

workings of city hall.


(MORE)


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Department to department, coming to

together to get something done, the

cogs of the civil service.

AS THE PERSON AHEAD OF HER FINISHES UP AND LEAVES LESLIEAPPROACHES SANDRA.

LESLIE (CONTD)

Hi there! Leslie Knope, Deputy

Director, Parks and Recreation.

LESLIE REACHES OUT TO SHAKE SANDRAS HAND. THE GESTURE IS NOTRETURNED ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COUNTER.

SANDRA

How can I help you?

LESLIE

I dont know if youve heard but Im

organizing this years Pawnee Little

League World Series and apparently

there was a bit of a mix up with the

permit.

SANDRA

A mix up?

LESLIE

Yeah, see every year the game is held

at the diamond in Breech Park but this

year apparently something called the

Pawnee Beer League has the permit to

use the park on Sunday.


LESLIE (CONT'D)


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SANDRA

Than the Pawnee Beer League has the

permit.

LESLIE

No see, I think youre

misunderstanding the situation...

LESLIE INSPECTS SANDRAS NAME PLATE ON HER COUNTER.

LESLIE (CONTD)

...Sandra. Im from the Parks and Rec

department, were two cogs in the

machine. Youre supposed to help me

out here.

SANDRA

So because we both work in the same

building, you want me to give you

special treatment?

LESLIE SHRUGS AND SMILES AT SANDRA AS IF TO SAY NOW YOUREGETTING IT.

SANDRA (CONTD)

Is that how it works for you? If I

wanted to go around lighting bushes on

fire in the park, would you give me

special permission to? Cause we work

in the same building.



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LESLIE

No, no.(TO CAMERA)

No!

SANDRA

The best I can do is say talk to the

beer league, if theyre willing to

give up their permit for Sunday I can

re-issue it to you.

CUT TO:

INT. OFFICE BULLPEN - DAY(LESLIE, APRIL)

LESLIE STORMS IN.

LESLIE

April come on!

APRIL LOOKS UP FROM THE COMPUTER SHE WAS PLAYING MINESWEEPERON.

APRIL

Where are we going?

LESLIE

Weve got to pay a visit to a beer

league.

APRIL GETS UP, GRABS HER PURSE AND HURRIES OVER.

APRIL

Can we stop at my house? I gotta grab

my sisters ID.

LESLIE

Why would you need your sisters ID?



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THE TWO STARE AT EACH OTHER BLANKLY FOR A BEAT.

LESLIE (CONTD)

Come on.

THEY WALK OUT INTO THE...

CUT TO:

INT. HALL - DAY(LESLIE, APRIL)

LESLIE AND APRIL WALK DOWN THE HALL.

LESLIE

Did you discover if The Views been

canceled?

APRIL

Uh, no. Ive still got like eight

hundred and three million results left

to go through.

LESLIE SHAKES HER HEAD

LESLIE

The internet.

NOTICING A NEWSPAPER BOX.

LESLIE (CONTD)

Newspapers dont give you a million

results April, newspapers.

LESLIE GOES OVER TO THE BOX, PUTS IN HER MONEY AND OPENS ITUP.

SHE PULLS OUT THE NEWSPAPER BUT AS SHE LETS THE DOOR OF THEBOX SLAM SHUT IT CATCHES HER SHIRT SLEEVE.

SHE GOES TO WALK AWAY BUT GETS YANKED BACK.

SHE IS STUCK.



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SHE TRIES A FEW MORE TIMES.

REALLY STUCK.

LESLIE (CONTD)

Uh, April?

APRIL

Yeah?

LESLIE

You dont happen to have any quarters

on you do you?

APRIL

Leslie no, if its not in that paper

its not in any of them.

LESLIE

No, no. Im stuck April. My shirts

stuck in the box!

LESLIE YANKS HER ARM TO DEMONSTRATE.

APRIL(FIGHTING BACK LAUGHTER)

Ill -- uh -- Ill... get help.

APRIL RUNS DOWN THE HALL WAITING TILL SHE IS A SAFE DISTANCEAWAY BEFORE BURSTING INTO LAUGHTER.

SOME CITY EMPLOYEES WALK BY, LESLIE TRIES TO LEAN ON THE NEWSBOX CASUALLY.

CUT TO:

INT. LESLIE AND TOMS OFFICE - DAY(APRIL, TOM)

APRIL

Tom! Tom! Its Leslie!



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SHE BEGINS TO LAUGH, BUT QUICKLY REGAINS COMPOSURE.

APRIL (CONTD)

Youve got to help Leslie!

TOM

Oh God, she didnt fall down the pit

again did she?

APRIL

No, she is caught in the newspaper

box! Her sleeve! She is like... stuck.

TOM GETS UP AND RUNS OUT OF HIS OFFICE, APRIL FOLLOWINGBEHIND.

CUT TO:

INT. HALLWAY - DAY(TOM, LESLIE, APRIL)

LESLIE IS STILL TRYING TO LOOK AS CASUAL AS ONE CAN BE...STUCK IN A NEWSPAPER BOX.

TOM AND APRIL ENTER.

TOM(NONCHALANTLY)

Oh hey Leslie.

LESLIE

Tom.

TOM

I was wondering, which of these banner

designs do you like better?

TOM HOLDS UP TWO PIECES OF PAPER.

CASUALLY LESLIE TRIES TO POINT BY TILTING HER HEAD.



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LESLIE

That one.

TOM

Which one?

LESLIE AGAIN TRIES TO POINT BY TILTING HER HEAD.

LESLIE

That one.

TOM

I have no idea what one youre talking

about. Just come over here and point

at one.

LESLIE

I cant Tom. Im stuck. Im stuck in

the newspaper box.

TOM

You got stuck again Leslie?

APRIL

Again?!

CUT TO:

LESLIE TALKING HEAD

LESLIE

I may or may not have gotten stuck in

that death trap before, I really dont

want to talk about it. But how about

those designs for the banner, huh? Tom

did some nice work.



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LOOKING OFF TO THE MIDDLE DISTANCE.

LESLIE (CONTD)

And you know a good banner, that can

get people talking. That Mission

Accomplished banner, that put George

Bush on the map.

CUT TO:

INT. CAR - DAY(APRIL, LESLIE)

LESLIE, NOW MISSING ONE SLEEVE, PULLS TO A STOP. APRIL IN THE

PASSENGER SEAT BESIDE HER.

APRIL

Were going to the mall?

LESLIE

No, well yes. Sort of. Toms instance

to take photos really put us behind

schedule. Youre going to pick up the

trophies I pre-ordered from Eds

Sports. Im going to go to the

ballpark and get this permit thing

sorted out.

APRIL

And than we go to the beer garden?

LESLIE

Beer league? No, Im going there now.

APRIL

Im not coming with you?



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LESLIE

No?

APRIL

Than why did we stop for my sisters

ID?!

APRIL OPENS THE DOOR AND GETS OUT.

LESLIE

What does your sisters ID have to do

with anything? Honestly?!

DISSOLVE TO:

EXT. BASEBALL DIAMOND - EVENING(LESLIE, MARK)

LESLIE WALKS ACROSS THE FIELD AS ONE OF THE SOFTBALL TEAMS,THE PORK CHOP SANDWICHES, WARMS UP.

LESLIE

Excuse me, excuse me. Who is in charge

here?

ONE OF THE MEN STOPS THROWING THE BALL. AT FIRST WE CANTMAKE OUT WHO IT IS BUT IN A MOMENT WE NOTICE.

AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME LESLIE DOES...

LESLIE (CONTD)

Mark?

SURE ENOUGH IT IS MARK BRENDANAWICZ.

MARK

Leslie? What are you doing here?



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LESLIE

Mark youre one of the(OFF SHIRT)

Pork Chop Sandwiches? Really?

MARK

Yep, thats me. What are you doing

here?

LESLIE

Mark, weve got a problem.

MARK

Its 5:30, I am off the clock Leslie.

LESLIE

No, this is not official subcommittee

business. I wish it were.

LESLIE SWALLOWS HARD, PUNCTUATING HER SENTENCE.

MARK

What is... wrong?

LESLIE

Theres no easy way for me to say this

Mark...

CUT TO:

INT. MALL FOOD COURT - EVENING(APRIL)

APRIL SITS WITH TWO OF HER FRIENDS LAUGHING AND TALKING OVERSOME FAST FOOD.

APRIL (V.O.)

I am going to get to the trophy thing.

CUT TO:



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APRIL TALKING HEAD

APRIL

But like I totally just ran into them,

it wouldve been rude to just blow

them off. Besides Jessicas going

through this whole pregnancy scare

thing. It wouldve been rude.

CUT TO:

EXT. MALL ENTRANCE - NIGHT(LESLIE, APRIL)

APRIL IS STANDING OUTSIDE THE CLOSED UP MALL WAITING FORLESLIE, WHO HAPPENS TO PULL UP IN A TAXI.

GETTING OUT OF THE CAB.

LESLIE

April, sorry I am late.

APRIL(EMOTIONLESS)

Yeah.

LESLIE

Where are the trophies?

APRIL

Wheres your car?

LESLIE

Thats not... dont worry. Wheres the

trophies?

APRIL

I couldnt make it in time.



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LESLIE

What? Youve been here for three

hours!

APRIL

I know.

LESLIE

April, I know youre just in school

and everything but if theres one

thing I can teach you in this

internship... no, two things. One,

government is dope. And two,

responsibility.

CUT TO:

EXT. BASEBALL BLEACHERS - EARLY THAT EVENING(LESLIE)

LESLIE, BEER IN HAND JUMPS UP FROM HER SEAT, BEER SPILLINGALL OVER.

LESLIE (V.O.)

Its the key to life.

CELEBRATING SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED ON THE FIELD SHE DOES ALITTLE VICTORY DANCE.

LESLIE (CONTD)

Life will literally eat you alive if

you dont learn responsibility.

LESLIE HIGH FIVES EVERYONE IN THE STANDS AROUND HER.

LESLIE (CONTD)

Its just one of those stages of

growing up I guess.



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LESLIE STARTS CHUGGING THE BEER.

CUT TO:

EXT. MALL ENTRANCE - NIGHT

(LESLIE, APRIL)

LESLIE

Some of us reach it sooner than

others. Like learning to drive, or

boobs. Its not our fault Ashley Ross

body matured faster.

LESLIE REALIZES SHES GETTING PERSONAL.

LESLIE (CONTD)

Or... responsibility. Im

disappointed.

LESLIE STARTS WALKING BACK TO THE TAXI, APRIL FOLLOWING.

APRIL

Did you get the permit?

LESLIE

I dont want to talk about that.

CUT TO:

EXT. GENERIC HOUSE - NIGHT(APRIL, LESLIE, ED)

LESLIE IS ON THE DOOR STEP, KNOCKING. APRIL HANGS BACK A BIT.

APRIL

My mum doesnt like me missing dinner.

THE DOOR OPENS REVEALING AN ELDERLY MAN.



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LESLIE

Excuse me are you Ed Swarts of Eds

Sports?

ED

Ye -- yeah?

LESLIE

Leslie Knope, Deputy Director of Parks

and Recreation. Im afraid we have a

bit of a government emergency.

CUT TO:

LESLIE TALKING HEAD

LESLIE

So Ed... Dear, sweet Ed. Botched the

trophy job!

LESLIE HOLDS UP A TROPHY REVEALING A BRONZE WOMAN IN A SKIRT,BOWLING.

LESLIE (CONTD)

Lady bowlers Ed? For a baseball

tournament, really?

CUT TO:

END OF ACT 1



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ACT 2

INT. SPORTING GOODS STORE - DAY(LESLIE, ANN)

LESLIE AND ANN PERKINS STAND IN LINE AT THE CHECK OUTCOUNTER.

LESLIE

Thanks again for driving me Ann.

ANN

Oh you know, no problem. Always happy

to help when it comes to filling the

pit.

LESLIE TRIES TO LOOK AWAY CASUALLY, WHICH NATURALLY DOES NOTLOOK CASUAL AT ALL.

ANN (CONTD)

This... isnt pit business is it?

SHEEPISHLY TURNING BACK TO ANN, JIGS UP.

LESLIE

Its pit business.

ANN STARES AT HER DISBELIEVINGLY.

LESLIE (CONTD)

In a way. If this baseball game goes

well it cant help but make the zoning

committee look at our pit

redevelopment plan favourably.

ANN

Baseball? Im running errands for some

baseball game?!

LESLIE TRIES TO LAUGH TO EASE THE TENSION.



24/36

LESLIE

Some baseball game, oh Ann, youre a

riot. Its the Pawnee Little Lea --

hey do you know anything about The

View?

CUT TO:

ANN TALKING HEAD

ANN

You know Im actually pretty busy. Im

a nurse. Thats a pretty demanding

job. Plus Ive got a boyfriend with

two broken legs. Two! I havent seen

any of my friends in three weeks, and

Ive got a load of laundry thats been

sitting in the dryer for the past

eleven days.

CUT TO:

INT. SPORTING GOODS STORE - DAY(LESLIE, ED, ANN)

LESLIE STEPS UP TO THE COUNTER, ED STANDS OPPOSITE.

LESLIE

Hello Ed, remember me?

ED

Unfortunately.

LESLIE

Uh oh, someones grumpy this morning.



25/36

ED

Can I help you?

LESLIE

Do you recall supplying me with

trophies last night?

ED

Do I remember you practically forcing

me from my house to drive all the way

back here with that girl.

POINTING AT ANN.

ED (CONTD)

She looks a lot older today.

LESLIE TURNS TO LOOK AT ANN.

LESLIE

No, shes not the same... look Ed,

lets not beat around the bush.

LESLIE SLAMS ONE OF THE BOWLING TROPHIES DOWN ON THE COUNTER.

LESLIE (CONTD)

You sold me bogus awards!

ANN COMES OVER TO THE COUNTER, SUDDENLY INTERESTED.

ANN

A lot older than April he means?

(RE: ED)

How much older do I look?

ED SCRUTINIZES ANN.

ED

I dont know, twenty years?



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ANN

Twenty years?! Alright Leslie, Im

going home.

ANN STARTS TO LEAVE.

LESLIE

No Ann, wait! Ed doesnt know what

hes talking about, hes as blind as a

bat. He thought this was a baseball

player!

ANN DOESNT COME BACK.

LESLIE (CONTD)

Ann, can you at least drive me back to

my car?

LESLIE TURNS BACK TO ED.

LESLIE (CONTD)

So, what are you going to do about

this?

ED

Nothing, theyre already engraved.

LESLIE

Couldnt you just like take them back

and hold onto them until say a...

LESLIE PICKS UP THE TROPHY AND READS IT.



27/36

LESLIE (CONTD)

...Sean Bryson Right Field, wins a

womans bowling tournament?

CUT TO:

INT. LESLIE AND TOMS OFFICE - DAY(LESLIE, TOM)

LESLIE WALKS INTO THE ROOM, BOX OF TROPHIES UNDER HER ARM.

PUTTING THEM DOWN ON HER DESK SHE WALKS OVER TO TOM.

LESLIE

Tom, Im having a bad day.

TOM

Anything I can do to help?

LESLIE

Yeah actually, could you organize the

players barbecue.

TOM

Oh, no can do Leslie. Participating in

or helping to facilitate a barbecue is

strictly against the fifth pillar of

my religion.

LESLIE

Oh no! Tom Im so sorry. I wasnt even

thinking!

CUT TO:



28/36

TOM TALKING HEAD

TOM

Southern Baptist. But Leslie is all

for respect of other races and I

really didnt want to barbecue.

CUT TO:

INT. LESLIE AND TOMS OFFICE - DAY(LESLIE, TOM)

LESLIE

Thats weird though, I couldve sworn

I was over at your place in June for a

barbecue.

TOM

Yeah, and Im still repenting. I cant

take much more flogging Leslie, but I

guess if its for the job...

LESLIE

No, say no more. Ill pick up the meat

on my way back from finding a new

baseball diamond.

Leslie exits the office.

TOM

Youre the best Leslie!

LESLIE (O.C.)

April come on!

CUT TO:



29/36

EXT. CITY STREET - DAY(APRIL, LESLIE)

THIS ISNT THE CHEERIEST OF STREETS. THE HOUSES, THE LAWNS,EVERYTHING LOOKS RUNDOWN.

A CAB COMES TO A STOP, LESLIE AND APRIL GET OUT.

APRIL

Are you sure this is the best part of

town to have like kids come to?

THE TWO WOMEN START WALKING DOWN THE STREET.

LESLIE

Oh dont let appearances fool you

April, theyre Pawnee residents like

you or I.

APRIL

I heard this girl was walking like two

streets over when she got...

LESLIE

Alright, alright, enough April.

THEY WALK IN SILENCE FOR A BEAT, THEN LESLIE SUDDENLY STOPS.

LESLIE (CONTD)(BETWEEN GRITTED TEETH)

Oh my God dont let the ice cream fool

you that guy is totally glaring at us!

APRIL LOOKS TOWARDS WHERE LESLIE IS LOOKING ONLY TO SEE A KIDEATING AN ICE CREAM CONE.

LESLIE (CONTD)

Walk faster! Walk faster!

AND THEY DO.



30/36

WITHIN SECONDS THEY REACH THE BALLPARK. OR WHATS PASSING FORA BALL PARK.

THERES DIRT, ROUGHLY IN A DIAMOND SHAPE. THERE IS ABACKSTOP, A RUSTED, WARPED METAL BACKSTOP. AND GARBAGE AND

WEEDS ALL OVER THE PLACE.

LESLIE (CONTD)

Here it is.

APRIL

It kind of reminds me of the pit.

LESLIE

Well, lets get cleaning.

APRIL LOOKS AT LESLIE DISBELIEVING.

LESLIE SMILES BACK.

LESLIE (CONTD)

Oh come on, it wont be so bad!

CUT TO:

APRIL TALKING HEAD

APRIL

If I didnt sleep in that day they

assigned internships I would be

somewhere really cool right now. My

one friend, hes interning at a

factory that makes sticky notes.

Boring? Sure.

CUT TO:

EXT. RUN DOWN BALLPARK - DAY(APRIL)

LESLIE STARTING TO PICK UP GARBAGE STREWN AROUND THE DIAMOND.



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APRIL (V.O.)

But would it beat picking up garbage

with Leslie? Probably.

WE SEE APRIL, NOT HELPING. SHES SITTING ON A BENCH TEXTINGSOMEONE.

APRIL (CONTD)

Plus Id know the secret formula to

how they make sticky notes.

CUT TO:

APRIL TALKING HEAD

PICKING UP STICKY NOTES FROM THE DESK IN FRONT OF HER ANDEXAMINING THEM.

APRIL

Or I guess its just glue and paper.(BEAT)

I think Id want to work at a factory

with a secret formula. Oompa Loompas

never picked up garbage.

CUT TO:

INT. OFFICE BULLPEN - DAY(MARK, LESLIE, APRIL)

LESLIE AND APRIL WALK INTO THE OFFICE, DIRTY AND LOOKINGEXHAUSTED.

MARK IS SITTING ON ONE OF THE DESKS WAITING.

MARK

There you are! Ive been waiting for

you!

LESLIE INSTANTLY PERKS UP.



32/36

LESLIE

Youve been waiting for me?!

MARK

Uh, yeah.

REMEMBERING SHE LOOKS A MESS LESLIE STARTS TRYING TOSTRAIGHTEN HERSELF UP.

LESLIE

Sorry, I look horrible I know. We were

at this park and it was just covered

in junk, and April got this emergency

text message thing she had to respond

to so Ive been crawling around

cleaning the whole thing myself.

Sorry, Im sure I look horrible.

MARK(COULDNT CARE LESS)

Whatever. Look I came by to tell you I

talked to the guys, it took some

convincing but were going to

reschedule our game. The permits

yours.

LESLIE

Oh my God! Mark you didnt! Youre the

best!

LESLIE RUSHES MARK, HUGGING HIM TIGHTLY.

AND HUGGING HIM.

AND HUGGING HIM.



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MARK

Alright, alright.

LESLIE LETS GO.

LESLIE

You have no idea how much we

appreciate this, isnt that right

April?

APRIL

So we spent the whole afternoon

cleaning that park for nothing?

Unbelievable.

APRIL GETS UP AND LEAVES IN A HUFF.

LESLIE

Dont mind her, I think shes still a

little shaken up from her emergency

text message.

MARK

So, are you going to like, go to the

game?

LESLIE

Yeah, yeah. No, Im coming. Are you?

MARK

I was thinking about it.

LESLIE

Nice.

THE TWO STAND THERE AS THE AWKWARD BRAND OF SILENCE TAKESOVER THE CONVERSATION.



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FINALLY...

LESLIE (CONTD)

Maybe we could sit together?

MARK

Uh, yeah. Yeah, sure. We could do

that.

SILENCE AGAIN FOR A LONG BEAT.

MARK (CONTD)

Well I should... go.

LESLIE

Sure, yeah. Ill see you at the game!

MARK

See you there.

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LESLIE TALKING HEAD

LESLIE

Did organizing the championship go

smoothly? Yes. I mean not in the

traditional sense of smoothly, sure,

but Tom and April are heading to

Breech Park with all the supplies,

its supposed to be beautiful weather,

and I get to sit with Mark

Brendanawicz. So you know, not bad?

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INT. LESLIE AND TOMS OFFICE - EVENING(LESLIE)

LESLIE STARTS PACKING THINGS UP FOR THE NIGHT.

LESLIE (V.O.)

Plus Ive put my own stamp on the

event. Special trophies to pay tribute

to International Womans Bowling

Month. Gotta show your support.

LESLIE TURNS OFF THE LIGHTS AND LEAVES HER OFFICE.

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LESLIE TALKING HEAD

LESLIE

Were there some set backs and

headaches? Yeah, but you know I think

it will all feel worth while when I

see the look of the faces of those

kids tonight. I cant wait!

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INT. HALLWAY - EVENING(LESLIE)

LESLIE WALKS DOWN THE HALL HUMMING TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALLGAME.

THAN SHE STOPS, THINKS ABOUT IT FOR A MOMENT, AND DECIDES TOWALK OVER TO THE NEWS BOX.

LESLIE

Pick me up a little small talk

generator.

SHE PUTS HER MONEY IN, OPENS UP THE BOX AND GRABS ANEWSPAPER.



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CAREFULLY SHE CLOSES THE DOOR TO THE BOX,BEING SURE TO KEEPANY SHIRT SLEEVES OUT.

SUCCESS! BOTH HER ARMS ARE FREE.

PROUD OF HER SELF SHE BEGINS TO WALK AWAY.

THAN SUDDENLY, SHE ALMOST TRIPS.

SHE TRIES YANKING HER ONE LEG AGAIN, AND AGAIN.

HER PANT LEG HAS SOMEHOW GOTTEN STUCK IN THE MACHINE.

SHE PULLS ONE MORE TIME, NO USE.

LESLIE (CONTD)

Hello? Hello?!

FADE OUT.

END OF SHOW


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