7.16 Control by AM & MR (Part X)

MR: Then don't come. Clark continues, "But you completely avoided my question, Chloe. After all you went though... how are you doing?"
AM: Chloe makes another attempt at her fake smile but isn't nearly as successful, "Well, I have been a little busy catching up on my TiVo. But no worries, I am doing just great, really."
JG: Come on, even Clark can't fall for that, can he?
TW: Even Clark?
AoT: Agreed. Even Clark isn't that dull.
TW: Come on.
KK: I disagree.
TW: Thank...
KK: Clark is definitely dumb enough to fall for this.
TW: [Scowls]
MR: "Chloe, stop that."
AM: Chloe's smile gets even faker.
AM: "Stop what?"
MR: "I know you Chloe, obviously everything isn't fine! Why won't you talk to me?"
AM: Chloe keeps smiling, but her eyes start to tear up. "What do you want me to say, Clark? That reading my own obituary didn't bother me? That I'm perfectly OK with the fact I can't explain why I am alive without coming out as the ultimate meteor freak? Everyone I know saw me buried!"
KK: Except for Lois and Clark who skipped the funeral.
MR: Jerks.
AM: "Clark, I can't even walk around town without letting my secret out! My life is over!"
KK: Aw, poor Chloe. Pity party anyone?
AoT: Maybe Chloe could change her name so people don't know she's a freak. You know? Take on a brand new identity.
AM: Was a freak.
ED: You're right, Annette! Maybe give herself a new look by dying her hair or something.
KK: I bet the fans would never see that coming.
MR: "Chloe, you've gotten through this kind of thing before. Remember when you took down Lionel? It will be alright. I'll talk to Ollie."
AM: Chloe's voice starts to break. "This isn't the kind of problem Ollie can magically solve."
KK: Off-screen.
JG: You gotta love off-screenville.
AM: "Every time I close my eyes I'm strapped to a table at one of Lex's labs surrounded by doctors ready to turn me into a living vivisection project. I can't eat, can't sleep, I can't even try to ignore it by burying myself in my work! I don't even feel like a whole person anymore... as if I've lost a part of myself I can never get back."
MR: Clark puts his hands over hers as he moves to sit beside her. "Chloe, you can get through this. I can't imagine what you went through, but I am here."
AM: Chloe smiles sadly at Clark. "My own personal bomb squad, huh?"
MR: Clark, "Of course."
AM: "Do you know what the last thing I remember is, Clark? Before I showed up in the warehouse today? I remember your voice. You said you would keep me safe, that you wouldn't let anything happen to me." Chloe starts to cry. "Why didn't you save me, Clark?"
KK: Passive aggressive much?
ED: OK, which loft scene did you steal that from?
KK: Shut up.
MR: Clark is devastated. "Chloe, I thought you were dead. If I had known... If I had any idea you were alive..."
AM: Chloe starts to completely break down. "You said you would keep me safe." She puts her head on his shoulder and sobs. Clark puts his arms around her and holds her close. "You always save me, Clark. You are my hero. Why didn't stop them? Why didn't you save me?"
MR: Go to black.

ED: Holy crap! Could it get any more depressing?
KK: Chloe could die.
AM: No thanks. Been there, done that.
ED: Not anything against that scene but how about we move my scene to the end? That way we can end on an up beat!
AM: I don't think so.
MR: Besides, Erica, don't you mean "end with a bang"? [Imatates porn music] Wacka wacka boom! Wacka wacka boom!
ED: Shut up.
TW: I know. How about we scrap the scene entirely?
AM: I don't think so.
TW: "Why didn't you save me?" Allison, really.
AM: Really, Tom? When Bryan decided to send me off to Capirca why didn't you save me? How could you stand by and let that happen?
KK: You loved being on Caprica!
AM: Yeah, but I didn't know I would at the time.
TW: I didn't...
AM: That's right. You didn't. [hugging KK] But Kristin did!
KK: [Pushing out of AM's hug] Get away from me!
TW: Do you have to take it out on Clark?
KK: Are you serious? That scene was nothing. You should have seen what I suggested.
JG: I'd love to see it.
TW: It's not fair to give Clark yet another mega guilt trip!
AoT: Tom's right. Didn't Lana already do that to him enough?
KK: Lana may be dead but her legacy must go on. I just thank the powers that be [points to herself] it's up to someone else's character now.
MR: Buck up, Tom. At least you don't have to wear the suit!
AM: Now, if I'm not mistaken someone mentioned tequila and karaoke!
ED: I'm not going.
KK: You should re-consider.
AoT: You don't have to be pregnant.
ED: The answer is no.
KK: There's going to be a wet T-shirt contest.
MR: Really!?!?! Wahoo! [To ED] You can show of your officially non-pregnant bod!
ED: Tempting. Still no.
AM: I can't believe my welcome back party consists of a wet T-shirt contest!
MR: Don't forget the tequila and karaoke! Erica, you should reconsider.
ED: It's too cold for a wet T-shirt so I wouldn't participate even if I was going.
KK: Oh, you couldn't. Even if you wanted to.
MR: [nodding] Amateurs only, huh?
ED: [Throwing a piece of paper at MR] Hey!
KK: Guys only.
ED & AM & AoT: Guys only?
KK: Yup.
ED: I'm there.
AoT: Me too.
MR: Dammit!
KK: And I've already entered Tom and Michael's names.
MR & TW: What!?!?
JG: Just Tom and Michael!?!? What am I? Chopped liver?

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