[BSG] TMUTMD... TMI?
Yesterday I posted to rememberlaura about the mini-series draft script that I found via battlestar_blog. Well today, one of the girls there found a draft script for Tigh Me Up Tigh Me Down, and there's this bit with Laura and Billy that's FRAKKIN HILARIOUS about dates and bases...
7 INT. COLONIAL ONE - INNER OFFICE
Billy ENTERS; his tie loose, his jacket over his shoulder. LAURA is waiting for him, alone in the office for once.
LAURA
Have a good time?
His hand waggles -- "so-so."
LAURA (cont'd)
Second base?
BILLY holds up one finger.
LAURA (cont'd)
Well, war is hell, better luck next time -- what'd you find out?
BILLY
D couldn't put her finger on it, but... yes, she said he seems different.
LAURA
I could see that myself. Distracted, unfocused... almost like he's a different man. I swear
he almost backed out when he lost the corn flip and had to take the Cylon test frrst.
BILLY
You flipped for it?
LAURA
You been drinking?
BILLY
It did start as a date. And I have to say, I'm not really comfortable using my relationship to--
LAURA
Enough said. You were a good soldier, and I won't ask you to do it again. Anything else?
BILLY
( reluctant )
Some... scrambled wireless calls he didn't want logged. She didn't know who he called or why. But none of this is damning evidence. His calls could be security related, the odd behavior could be a result of stress, pure and simple, or paranoia or exhaustion--
LAURA
--It could be any one of those things. You're right.
( beat )
But I wasn't told Commander Adama was tired or stressed, I was told he was a Cylon.
BILLY
By a condemmed cylon agent. A machine programmed to disrupt and damage our government through any means necessary.
LAURA
Look, I don't want to believe this, all right?
BILLY
He's a father, he has a history, a career, frrends -- he was alive and human long before the Cylons were even able to look human.
LAURA
What if he's been replaced?
BILLY
Can they do that?
LAURA
I don't know. Can they do that? You teIl me. What can they do? What are they capable of?
Billy doesn't have the answers and she knows it.
LAURA (cont'd)
I hope to the gods you're right and this is all a bad dream.
She takes a beat, moves about the office for a moment.
LAURA (cont'd)
But every time I talk to him, every time I sit in a room with him, every time I hear his name. . . a little voice in the back of my head whispers, "What if it's true?"
BILLY
He's taking the test. We'll find out soon enough.
LAURA
Right.
( beat )
Okay. See you in the mornrng.
BILLY
Good-night.
He heads out the door -- Laura spots a grin forming on his face.
LAURA
What?
BILLY
Nothing.
LAURA
No -- what are you grinning at?
BILLY
No, really. It's inappropriate. . . .
LAURA
Okay, now you have to say it.
BILLY
I was just... wondering... you know... you and the Commander... if he got to...
(holds up one finger)
LAURA
Go sober up.
In mock shock, Billy holds up two fingers.
BILLY
No...
LAURA
Good-night.
BILLY
(holds up three fingers)
Oh, my gods...
LAURA
Out !
Billy retreats and once he's gone, Laura allows herself to chuckle to herself,
LAURA (cont'd)
We're all losing our minds...
I know it changes the atmosphere of the scene dramatically but oh dear gods, why couldn't we have had this at least as a deleted scene?!
7 INT. COLONIAL ONE - INNER OFFICE
Billy ENTERS; his tie loose, his jacket over his shoulder. LAURA is waiting for him, alone in the office for once.
LAURA
Have a good time?
His hand waggles -- "so-so."
LAURA (cont'd)
Second base?
BILLY holds up one finger.
LAURA (cont'd)
Well, war is hell, better luck next time -- what'd you find out?
BILLY
D couldn't put her finger on it, but... yes, she said he seems different.
LAURA
I could see that myself. Distracted, unfocused... almost like he's a different man. I swear
he almost backed out when he lost the corn flip and had to take the Cylon test frrst.
BILLY
You flipped for it?
LAURA
You been drinking?
BILLY
It did start as a date. And I have to say, I'm not really comfortable using my relationship to--
LAURA
Enough said. You were a good soldier, and I won't ask you to do it again. Anything else?
BILLY
( reluctant )
Some... scrambled wireless calls he didn't want logged. She didn't know who he called or why. But none of this is damning evidence. His calls could be security related, the odd behavior could be a result of stress, pure and simple, or paranoia or exhaustion--
LAURA
--It could be any one of those things. You're right.
( beat )
But I wasn't told Commander Adama was tired or stressed, I was told he was a Cylon.
BILLY
By a condemmed cylon agent. A machine programmed to disrupt and damage our government through any means necessary.
LAURA
Look, I don't want to believe this, all right?
BILLY
He's a father, he has a history, a career, frrends -- he was alive and human long before the Cylons were even able to look human.
LAURA
What if he's been replaced?
BILLY
Can they do that?
LAURA
I don't know. Can they do that? You teIl me. What can they do? What are they capable of?
Billy doesn't have the answers and she knows it.
LAURA (cont'd)
I hope to the gods you're right and this is all a bad dream.
She takes a beat, moves about the office for a moment.
LAURA (cont'd)
But every time I talk to him, every time I sit in a room with him, every time I hear his name. . . a little voice in the back of my head whispers, "What if it's true?"
BILLY
He's taking the test. We'll find out soon enough.
LAURA
Right.
( beat )
Okay. See you in the mornrng.
BILLY
Good-night.
He heads out the door -- Laura spots a grin forming on his face.
LAURA
What?
BILLY
Nothing.
LAURA
No -- what are you grinning at?
BILLY
No, really. It's inappropriate. . . .
LAURA
Okay, now you have to say it.
BILLY
I was just... wondering... you know... you and the Commander... if he got to...
(holds up one finger)
LAURA
Go sober up.
In mock shock, Billy holds up two fingers.
BILLY
No...
LAURA
Good-night.
BILLY
(holds up three fingers)
Oh, my gods...
LAURA
Out !
Billy retreats and once he's gone, Laura allows herself to chuckle to herself,
LAURA (cont'd)
We're all losing our minds...
I know it changes the atmosphere of the scene dramatically but oh dear gods, why couldn't we have had this at least as a deleted scene?!