Generation LMNOP : Episode 11 : Series Finale
Completed as of April 22nd, 2004 TEASER EXT. MIDUS HOME -- MORNING MIDUS is exiting his house, backpack over his shoulder. Jackson joins him, like usual. He's humming a little diddy. MIDUS Oh God. I've got that safety dance song in my head. Jackson pulls out a large stick and starts beating Midus with it. After a long beating, Jackson stops. JACKSON Is it gone yet? Midus weakly raises his hand up into frame. MIDUS No... Jackson continues his onslaught. END OF TEASER ---------------------------------------------------------- 2. ACT ONE INT. MIDUS HOME -- NIGHT MIDUS is surrounded by his family, handing gifts to his parents. A train set and Christmas tree, the works surround him. The tree lights up, all that stuff. Midus opens a present, and it's a large box, that says "If you can't lift this box, it's too heavy." Midus goes to lift, and can't. He then sees the notice, and rolls his eyes. INT. VAL'S HOME -- NIGHT She sits around, on the floor as her parents are above her shoulder. A younger sister resides next to her, as they seem to be watching Lawrence Welk. Her father makes some sort of joke, which Val rolls her eyes to. INT. NICOLE'S HOME -- NIGHT She's home, eating dinner with her family. Something happens to make her roll her eyes. Duh. INT. JACKSON'S HOME -- NIGHT JACKSON is sitting in a mess of a house, a delipidated tree in the corner, as a tumbleweed passes by. He stares, hand raised in confusion, and he rolls his eyes as well. INT. SCHOOL HALLWAYS -- DAY VAL is opening her locker, as NICOLE comes into frame with a present. VAL Well, a merry new year and a happy Christmas to you too. NICOLE Open it! VAL Did you spend the money you got for a Christmas gift, on this Christmas gift? NICOLE Circle of life. Open it! JACKSON appears, as Val pulls out a present and hands it to Nicole. Jackson's intrigued. VAL I got you one too. JACKSON What's going on here? ---------------------------------------------------------- 3. NICOLE We're exchanging Christmas gifts. I got one for you too Jackson. VAL Do you have a gift for us? JACKSON Yes. I do. It's called my presence. Enjoy it. Bask in it. Bathe in it like you would a shower. (pause) I'm serious. Get naked. They laugh a bit, and open their gifts. That's when they walk over to Nicole's locker, where Midus already is, opening his locker. And when he does, he pulls out two gifts and hands them to both Val and Nicole. MIDUS Awh-shan-tay. JACKSON What's that even mean. NICOLE You didn't get anything for Jackson? MIDUS What? And ruin a completely true American stereotype of guys not remembering special occassions? JACKSON She must not think things through. Midus pulls out a gift from his locker, as Jackson pulls something out of his backpack. They open it, while, Val and Nicole do their thing. Midus pulls out a watch, and Jackson grabs sunglasses. JACKSON (CONT'D) I sold my eyes to buy you a watch! MIDUS And I sold my arms to buy you sunglasses! Oh, what a horrid twist of events. OH IRONY, HOW YOU MOCK THEE! Midus laughs, Jackson doesn't. JACKSON Dude, I wasn't joking. I really sold my arms to this scientist guy every Saturday for government testing... ---------------------------------------------------------- 4. MIDUS You... really sold your eyes? JACKSON Yeah. They'll buy anything. Hey! Wait a minute! You lied! You still HAVE both your arms! MIDUS They didn't take your brain as well, did they? JACKSON Not to my... hey! That's another joke! You and your slyness Midus. I don't like it. I don't like it at all! VAL Hey Jackson, here's your gift. Jackson is handed a gift, and he unwraps. It's a puppet, which he promptly tosses in the air and dives for cover. MIDUS That never gets old. VAL Now I know why people say it's better to give than receive. JACKSON Is it touching me? I think it's touching me! Get it off! It's touching me! INT. SCIENCE CLASS -- DAY MIDUS, VAL, JACKSON, and NICOLE all head in. The bell rings. PROFESSOR INATION is there. PROFESSOR INATION Okay class. With Winter break done and finished, we've got something else to tend to. And that's finals. You see, at the end of the semester, the school has this procedure about tests, which gauge how much of the information you've truly absorbed. JACKSON (Raising hand) But we can fake it, right? Just memorize the information and forget it when the test is over? PROFESSOR INATION I don't think that's very wise. ---------------------------------------------------------- 5. MIDUS You've been with Jackson all semester and you're wasting breath on telling him that his evil scheme is stupid? JACKSON What's evil about memorization! MIDUS I see you've never been on the classic game show. INT. GAME SHOW -- AFTERNOON MIDUS is a contestant, as is some random girl. MIDUS I can solve the puzzle! Cut to a puzzle, which basically reads "Raise the demon from beyond," in Classic Concentration style. D+Jamacian man is demon. MIDUS (CONT'D) Raise the Demon from beyond. And that's when the ground cracks, and out walks Steve and Boneking. The crowd screams, as Steve eats the game show host. MIDUS (CONT'D) Does this mean I win? INT. SCIENCE CLASS -- CONTINUOUS Everyone's still there. Duh. Close ups on all the characters, down the line. PROFESSOR INATION So folks, that means that 20 percent of your final grade will be determined by this single exam. NICOLE Oh no! VAL (gasps) * JACKSON Shit. MIDUS (not reacting) Oh... Yeah. (high pitch gasp) ---------------------------------------------------------- 6. INT. ENGLISH CLASS -- LATER ELLIOT A. RACEY is there, as are the class. Bell rings. ELLIOT A. RACEY As you are all probably aware by now, we are rapidly approaching finals, which occur in a week. NICOLE Oh no! VAL (gasps) * JACKSON Shit. On MIDUS, who's sleeping with a soft snore. Jackson pokes him with a stick, which Midus swats away. Jackson does it two more times, and that's when Midus wakes up, a bit dishelved, throwing his hands around. MIDUS There's too much taffy! He looks around, realizing where he is. Really milk his shifting eyes, and then end with a sigh. END OF ACT ONE ---------------------------------------------------------- 7. ACT TWO INT. VAL'S ROOM -- EVENING VAL is studying quite hard. She gets jarred as the phone rings, and knocks her glass of milk on the ground. Shattering it. A man appears wearing a milk moustache. RANDOM MAN Got milk!? VAL I do now! She kicks him and takes the milk. VAL (CONT'D) Hey! This is empty! RANDOM MAN I did ask for some milk just there, what made you think I had any? She answers the phone. MIDUS is on the other line. VAL Make it quick. I've got spillage. MIDUS Spillage of what? VAL What, are you writing a book about it. MIDUS Maybe. Know any publishers that are interested? (pause) What's up beyond the spillage. VAL I'm studying. Who's this? MIDUS Midus. VAL No. Really? Who is this. Jackson, are you playing some pratically joke. MIDUS Yes. I am. But since it's pratically been done to death, you're quick to catch on. VAL It IS you Midus! How are you? ---------------------------------------------------------- 8. MIDUS Just bored outta my mind. Wanna kill some time. You interested? VAL Uhmmm... You do know we have finals soon. I mean, I would, if not... MIDUS Yeah, I know. VAL Why don't you study for them too? MIDUS I've found out over the years that for everything new I stick in my head, something old is lost. Like Kelly in Married with Children. VAL Or Homer in his wine drinking class. MIDUS Exactly. So, I'm just gonna go wing it. VAL This isn't something you can wing! It's not like politics with their left and their right! MIDUS But I bet there's still a red button I can press. VAL Yes. And it says the word "fail" on it. MIDUS I bet you think the glass is always half-empty. VAL No. The glass is shattered and stabbing my feet. EXT. PLAYGROUND -- EVENING JACKSON is running around like a maniac. Eddie Cheno is there, smoking a hand rolled "cigarette." JACKSON Finals! I've got finals! They could kill me! Kill me dead! ---------------------------------------------------------- 9. EDDIE CHENO Der be a killage dat dun be killin' you mang? JACKSON ... Funk you Cheno. EDDIE CHENO Woah mang, ya gotsa chill da funk out biznitch. JACKSON Yeah... you're probably right. Just look how crazy I am, and I haven't even taken any of this acid you sold me yet. Holds up a bottle of chemical acid. JACKSON (CONT'D) I heard this stuff totally funks you up. INT. VAL'S ROOM -- CONTINUOUS Same as before. VAL So, why aren't you calling Jackson instead of me. He'd be more likely to blow off his studies than me. MIDUS I can't deal with that guy anymore. He's too much of an idiot. INT. VIDEO STORE -- EVENING JACKSON is browsing movies. He grabs one. JACKSON A Steven Segal film I HAVEN'T seen? This is the best night of my life! If only I had some sex... Looks over to his side, and sees the XXX side of the video store. He creeps over, and gets stopped by a large man. EXT. VIDEO STORE -- CONTINUOUS JACKSON is thrown through the door, and lands on his ass. JACKSON I believe I had some entertainment! The Bouncer walks out, and throws him his video. ---------------------------------------------------------- 10. BOUNCER Don't ever come back here... except in three days when that's due back here. But after that's due back here, you better never come back here again. EXT. STREETS -- AFTERNOON JACKSON is standing next to a crying child who's holding his knee in pain. JACKSON Kid? Why are you crying? Is it cuz I stole your candy or because I tripped you to do it? EXT. BACKYARD -- AFTERNOON JACKSON is climbing a tree. MIDUS is below. JACKSON I told you I could do it! MIDUS Okay. Climb down and I'll give you your dollar. Jackson looks down, and gets frightened. JACKSON Can't. Scared of heights! Jackson turns away from Midus, and propped in the tree is a puppet. Jackson freaks, flailing his arms and falls, smacking branches as he falls to the ground in a bloody mess. Midus looks down and smiles, before dropping his dollar onto the prone body of Jackson. MIDUS Worth every penny. Midus walks away. Jackson weakly raises his hand. JACKSON (meekly) Medic? He falls. Face first with a thud. INT. VAL'S ROOM -- EVENING Val is there, duh. VAL How much of that actually happened? MIDUS I think he really likes Segal. ---------------------------------------------------------- 11. VAL ... Sinister. MIDUS Heh. I wonder if friends in high school called him Seagul. VAL I really doubt it. INT. SCHOOL GYM -- NIGHT Steven Segal is there for a high school reunion. He pins on his name tag and walks up to a group of people. STEVEN SEGAL Hey guys! MAN Hey! Is that... It's Seagul! How you doing fat chin? Segal runs around crying into the palm of his hands. INT. VAL'S ROOM -- CONTINUOUS Val is there, duh. VAL I should... MIDUS Really study. I totally understand. In fact, there's one last person I've yet to call. Save the biggest risk with the biggest reward for last. VAL ... see ya. Val hangs up the phone. Not a second later, the phone rings again. Val sighs, and picks it up. JACKSON Oh God! Ho God! These finals! I'm so worried! VAL Jackson, right? Well, then why not study? Like I am. JACKSON Study huh? (pause) How come I didn't think of that. ---------------------------------------------------------- 12. INT. NICOLE'S ROOM -- CONTINUOUS Phone call for NICOLE. MIDUS on the other end. MIDUS Hey Nicole. It's Midus. You bored? NICOLE Am I ever. Let's mini-golf. MIDUS You seem way too up. Did you take anything? NICOLE Only what the leprachaun told me to. Let's go! MIDUS Just... you and me? NICOLE Well... no. Laura and Alicia are coming along too. MIDUS Oh... (doesn't let on) That should be fun. EXT. MINI-GOLF -- EVENING NICOLE, LAURA, ALICIA, and MIDUS all get out of a car. Midus holds the seat forward for Nicole, and then slams the car door shut. They exchange a glance. MIDUS Well, don't I feel like a prime number. NICOLE What do you mean? MIDUS Well, I'm the only one. And well, prime numbers, nothing can go into them. They're all alone. NICOLE Well, two's a prime number. That's how many people are in a couple. Are they alone? MIDUS ... Sometimes. Sometimes always. (slight laugh, looks at her) Sometimes never. ---------------------------------------------------------- 13. LAURA Hey, I can here to avoid math. MIDUS We don't even have math this semester. INT. VAL'S ROOM -- CONTINUOUS VAL is sitting on a heap of books, as JACKSON still talks. JACKSON I'm going to be one of those guys, living in a van. VAL Down by the river? JACKSON I'm gonna be a hippie! You know how much I hate hippies! VAL No. That's Cartman. JACKSON Don't you know I base my politic ideals on smart ass television cartoon characters? VAL My mistake. JACKSON Darn tooting. Awkward pause. JACKSON (CONT'D) I'll forget I said that if you forget it. VAL That'd be a deal if it wasn't so embarassing for you. JACKSON You do realize I'm never going to hang up the phone now. VAL You weren't going to before this. JACKSON You're a WITCH! You knew what I was going to do before I do it! Get the sticks! We're having a fire building contest with you as the main log! ---------------------------------------------------------- 14. Pause. VAL ... who are you talking to? JACKSON ... I guess... God? STRIKE HER DOWN GOD! Nothing happens. JACKSON (CONT'D) Oh come on God! I took your ugly step sister to the ball and she DIDN'T turn into a gorgous beauty at the end of the night! I think I deserve my debt repaid. (pause) You know, I just thought of how Cinderella became a beautiful princess and disappeared before the end of the night. VAL These's are always amusing. JACKSON Well, the prince got so drunk that he saw a beautiful girl when the shrew came into the ball, but then got sober as the night wore on, and she left before he could see her true face. VAL Then how do you explain the him knocking door to door and falling in love with her? JACKSON Hollywood trite. VAL Ah. (pause) Is everything with a happy ending Hollywood trite? JACKSON Hell, some of the bad endings are still trite. They're just awesome because the bad guy wins. VAL Remind the army to never draft you. END OF ACT TWO ---------------------------------------------------------- 15. ACT THREE EXT. MINI-GOLF -- CONTINUOUS MIDUS takes a swing. The ball goes flying. NICOLE, LAURA, and ALICIA are there. MIDUS So, everyone's all "RUAHH! Lately about these tests coming up, and I'm all calm as a bubble. Until they start poking me with a stick. LAURA How are bubbles calm. NICOLE Midus, we aren't playing golf. MIDUS Are you sure? I'm fairly certain we are. I mean, golf club, golf ball (looks) Somewhere over there.... 18 holes? I'd consider this golf. NICOLE I just mean, don't hit it so hard. You gotta be gentle. MIDUS It's my first time. He goes off to get his ball. Alicia lines up to take her shot. INT. VAL'S ROOM -- CONTINUOUS VAL is near asleep, still on the phone. JACKSON So, I'm saying pringles have to have some sort of nicotine in them. Cuz there's gotta be a reason you can't stop once you pop. Val's head slumps down and it smacks against the table. She drops the phone, awakens in a mass of confusion. JACKSON (CONT'D) What the hell was that? VAL ... my embarasing moment. ---------------------------------------------------------- 16. EXT. MINI-GOLF -- CONTINUOUS LAURA is shooting. MIDUS, NICOLE, and ALICIA are off to the side. ALICIA Are you two still friends with that Jackson kid? MIDUS Till the day I die it seems. ALICIA I don't know how you can stand him. Tell you the truth, I never liked him. MIDUS They why did you go out with him! ALICIA He had guts. He had fortitude. But then I find out his guts came from being and ass and not caring about anything he did. MIDUS So, you didn't like him, but you went out with him anyway? ALICIA It's all about confidence Midus. Take that to the grave with you. MIDUS I surely hope I'm not dying anytime soon. ALICIA Keep hanging around Jackson and you may. Laura swings. The ball richotes off in the distance. A man cries out in pain. It's LINK. LINK Oh God! My Spleen! MIDUS (yelling) Don't you have any other body parts?!? INT. VAL'S ROOM -- CONTINUOUS VAL is still on the phone. She slams the book shut. ---------------------------------------------------------- 17. JACKSON Oh. Did I tell you about the time I found Jesus? Yeah. I found Jesus. And he's in Minneapolis! VAL I forgot. I have the power to end this. JACKSON No Wait! You don't wa- She cuts him off by ending the call. She smiles, and goes back to her work. EXT. MINI-GOLF -- CONTINUOUS MIDUS and LAURA are off to the side, while NICOLE goes to shoot. ALICIA is trying to show her how, but she keeps shying off of her. Midus and Laura are both enjoying a cigarette. LAURA How's the unhealthy life treating you? MIDUS What? The cigarettes? Just fine. I grow them in my backyard, roll them up. It's a cheap addiction. LAURA Then why do they say "Parliament" on them? MIDUS I get bored. I'm quite creative. Nicole swings, hits the ball really hard as Alicia has been distracting her. It hits off an obstacle and richoets back into Alicia's face. LAURA Do people get to go out on the town and NOT get hurt? MIDUS Not while I'm around. Nicole walks up, while Laura goes to take her shot. NICOLE Everything you expected this to be? MIDUS And more. (looks at Alicia) So much more. ---------------------------------------------------------- 18. BONEKING is playing Mini-Golf, when KENT, LILLIAN, and MAGUS appear, attacking him. BONEKING What are you doing?! Boneking only want to play this smaller form of Golf! They attack in the background. Midus leans in close on Nicole, almost hovering over her shoulder. NICOLE I'm having fun... I'm really enjoying myself. I don't want things to change. The look on Midus' face says it all, as he takes a few steps back, but the "camera" stays fixed as it was, as close as it was when it showed Midus and Nicole together. He just looks down. INT. SCIENCE CLASS -- MORNING PROFESSOR INATION is teaching. PROFESSOR INATION Before I hand out these finals, I want to tell you all that I enjoyed my time teaching you. JOEY MALONE raises his hand. JOEY MALONE Even me? PROFESSOR INATION No. Not you. EDDIE SCOTT POSER What about me? PROFESSOR INATION Alright! I lied. You're all quite annoying! Please take the test in silence. He hands out the test. LUCY SCOTT raises her hand. LUCY SCOTT Am I annoying Prof? PROFESSOR INATION That's not silence! Although I'll let you slide on account of the boobs. Images of the kids taking their test. We'll get to everyone. NOAH HAWKINS sits there, arms cross, refusing to test. JOEY MALONE is talking to a magic Genie that he created out of the air. ---------------------------------------------------------- 19. JACK HARMEN and TONY DAVIS instead decide to throw both nads and snow at each other. JACK BREAKER has his large fish, which has notes on it so he can cheat. Laura Townsend is listening to headphones, test completed. DOUG SANDERS draws boobs onto his paper, while JOHN SANDERS makes his test into a paper airplane. SARAH JONES is hard at work, LINK is playing on his GBA, EDDIE CHENO AND SCOTT are smoking up in the back of the room. AMY TOWNSEND gets abducted by XAHEID and XELIAN. LUCY SCOTT is just looking down at her clevage. MAGUS, KENT, and LILLIAN are absent, as usual. JAKE WALKER is playing with action figures with AUBREY. VAL is frantically answering questions, while NICOLE frets. JACKSON stares, completely wide eyed at what is in front of him. He's in shock, basically. And MIDUS completes his test booklet, closing it to have the "film" turn to black. EXT. SCHOOL YARD -- AFTERNOON MIDUS, NICOLE, JACKSON, and VAL leave the school building. MIDUS turns around, walking backwards, taking one last look at the school. VAL What did you get for answer 25? JACKSON ... C? VAL What about 39? JACKSON C. VAL Is there any answer you didn't get C on? JACKSON 69. I got an A for that. He snickers. Midus and Jackson high five. VAL ... The test stopped at fifty. They just give her a look of "are you serious." NICOLE Can you believe? We're halfway done with our Freshman year. MIDUS One eighth completed. Who knows what's still ahead. ---------------------------------------------------------- 20. JACKSON I don't know what's ahead, but I do know one thing. MIDUS What's that? JACKSON ... Oh crap. I forgot the one thing I know! MIDUS Just take it in. We're officially high school students. JACKSON As we have been for a while. MIDUS But I've never felt like it... This block scheduling, it's like we completed a year of classes... because we did. A year of Health, Science, English, all down the drain... (smiles) I just can't help but feel good about it all. VAL You just took a super hard test, and you're happy? MIDUS Well... let's just say we're one step closer to tripping and falling on our faces in the real world. JACKSON I'd drink to that! He raises his imaginary glass. JACKSON (CONT'D) You know. If we had beer... (pause) Can we get beer? MIDUS I doubt it. JACKSON Damn American Government. Pause. They continue walking. JACKSON (CONT'D) I'm so getting a Junior to take me to Prom. ---------------------------------------------------------- 21. NICOLE You do know that you have to spend a lot of money to go to prom. MIDUS Unless you're boyfriend's going to pay for it. JACKSON Die. MIDUS I'd rather not. JACKSON Sorry. That was the anger talking. END OF ACT THREE ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 22. CREDITS FOUR ---------------------------------------------------------- Over the Credits JACKSON stands there. A guy tries to erase him with a pencil. JACKSON (CONT'D) HA! You can't do SHIZNIT to me! I'm drawn in pen! White out appears. JACKSON (CONT'D) OH GOD! I'M ALREADY TOO PALE! He gets dumped on. Pan out to reveal MIDUS at the drawing board, with a carrot. He takes a bite. MIDUS Mmmmmm! Good eye sight!
Credits

Main Script Writer and Creater: Thomas Ford
Script Doctor: Tim Kelly