Maxwell's Frontline, Joe and Surge - 1st Scene

Excerpt from the Original Screenplay: Maxwell's Frontline by Brad Havens

(Note: Formatting is adjusted for blog)


JOE enters the kitchen from the front. He finishes buttoning up his chef’s coat one-handed, sipping coffee. He rounds the corner in time to see steam billow from SURGE’s incision in the foil. SURGE preps the rice for use at the station as they talk. 

                                                            JOE 

                    What’s goin’ on? 

                                                            SURGE 

                    There he is. So spill it man, you didn’t come home. How was she? 

                                                            JOE 

                    It was nice... 

                                                            SURGE 

                    Nice? That’s it? Dude, you haven’t been laid in months. What happened? 

                    You choke in the clutch? 

                                                            JOE 

                    C’mon man... 

                                                            SURGE 

                    Naw, naw, naw- out with it. What? What happened? 


Silence. 

JOE bypasses SURGE and steps onto the line, sipping his coffee. He moves to a large pot of sauce sitting over flame on the range top. He stirs the ladle jutting from the sauce pot. 


                                                               SURGE 

                    Damn... That’s a damn shame. Still, I gotta say, once Brandi and I figured 

                    you two were finally gonna get to business, we had some mad crazy foolish 

                    sex all over the place. Except your room, of course. Hard makin’ love in a 

                    tomb. 

                                                               JOE (evenly) 

                    Your sauce broke. 

                                                               SURGE 

                    What? The hell you say. 


SURGE steps over to the pot, picks up a nearby whisk and starts stirring rapidly. 


                                                               JOE 

                    I been stirrin’ it. It’s all fucked up. 

                                                               SURGE 

                    It just needs a little more roux. Thicken it right up. 

                                                               JOE 

                    It already looks like pudding, man. You’re gonna scorch it. 

                                                               SURGE 

                    I’m not gonna scorch it. I’ll balance it with milk. It’ll be just fine. Trust me. 

                                                                JOE 

                    Don’t go fuckin’ up another sauce. I don’t wanna have to pull your ass off 

                    saute today. 

                                                                SURGE 

                    Why are you on my ass? Those other four were flukes. Pure victims of 

                    circumstance. You know this. 

                                                                JOE 

                    I’ll give you a victim. You’re costin’ us money, man. 

                                                                 SURGE 

                    Yeah, yeah. Just ‘cause you got all this pent up sexual frustration don’t think 

                    I’m your bitch, okay? 

                                                                   JOE 

                    You really want to work pantry don’t you? 

                                                                   SURGE 

                    What? Are you serious? 

                                                                    JOE 

                    Probably do you some good to go over the basics. 


They stand off. SURGE gives JOE a long hard look, then backs off.


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