Bader Zamalano the show. pilot
Season #1 Episode #1- Year:
- 2023
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FADE IN:
INT. BADER'S KITCHEN - MORNING
Bader (age 9) is making oatmeal for his little sister Shaikha (age 1) while his older brother Slim Z (age 14) and babysitters Annie Baltic (age 22) and Caleb Reynolds (age 23) are having breakfast.
CALEB REYNOLDS:
(looking at Shaikha's oatmeal)Bader, why is the oatmeal lumpy?
SLIM Z:
Yeah, it looks gross.BADER:
(defensively)I didn't mean to make it lumpy.
ANNIE BALTIC:
(reassuringly)It's okay, Bader. Shaikha doesn't have to eat it if she doesn't want to.
CALEB REYNOLDS:
(grimacing)But we can't throw it away. That's 30 cents worth of oatmeal.
ANNIE BALTIC:
(smiling)Well, we can always give it to Bader.
Bader looks defeated as Caleb Reynolds chuckles to himself.
BADER:
my babysitter Caleb Reynolds always knew The price of everything.[montage:
]CALEB REYNOLDS:
[retrieving a chicken wing from the trash] That's $1.09 in the trash.CALEB REYNOLDS:
[next to a tray of burnt biscuits] That's $2 on fire.CALEB REYNOLDS:
That's 49 cents of spilled milk dripping all over my table. Somebody's gonna drink this milk.INT. OUTSIDE - DAY
ANNIE:
If I ever catch any of y'all spray painting on anybody's wall, I'm gonna put my foot so far up your behind, you'll have toes for teeth. Get inside.BADER:
[v.o.] That's my Other babysitter and Caleb Reynolds’s girlfriend Annie Baltic Rochelle. She had a hundred recipes for whooping butt[montage:
]ANNIE:
Boy, I will slap the caps off your knees.ANNIE:
I will knock you into last night.ANNIE:
I will slap your name out the phonebook and call Ma Bell and tell her I did it.CUT TO:
INT. BADER'S LIVING ROOM - LATER
Caleb Reynolds is looking through bills while Annie Baltic is playing with Shaikha.
CALEB REYNOLDS:
(confused)Annie, why did you only pay half of these bills?
ANNIE BALTIC:
(offended)Excuse me, Caleb, but I have been trying my best to keep up with everything. I don't need you questioning my ability to do my job.
CALEB REYNOLDS;(agrees)
Okay, fine. You do it your way. But I'm going to pay them my way and see if that works out better.
ANNIE BALTIC:
(rolling her eyes)Suit yourself. And slim z if you come home from school take care of your sister
SLIM Z:
ugh fineBADER:
[v.o.] Since my older brother slim z was the oldest, he had to be the emergency adult.[montage:
]CALEB REYNOLDS:
If you smell smoke, and you think the house is gonna catch fire, get your brother and your sister and get out of here.CALEB REYNOLDS:
If you smell gas and you think the house is gonna blow up, get your brother and your sister and get out of here.CALEB REYNOLDS:
If you smell smoke, and your brother catches on fire, get your sister and get out of here.BADER:
[v.o.] Fortunately, the house never caught fire and neither did my i.CUT TO:
INT. BADER'S BEDROOM - MORNING
Bader is getting dressed for school but is disappointed to find that he has to wear Slim Z's hand-me-down smart shoes instead of his own cool sneakers.
BADER:
(sighing)These shoes are so lame.
CUT TO:
Bader is waiting for the bus while reading the newspaper.
BADER:
(excitedly)I learned more on the way to school than I learned at school.
CUT TO:
Bader runs into the school bully, Tashi Anderson.
TASHI ANDERSON:
(teasingly)Nice shoes, Bojangles.
BADER:
(trying to outdo her)Bojangles? That’s not what your mom said after I was tap dancing in her drawers last night.
Tashi walks to bader
TASHI ANDERSON:
WhatBADER:
Did I stutter?Tashi punches Bader, causing him to fall into the new Principal.
PRINCIPAL:
(sternly)What on earth is going on here?
TASHI ANDERSON:
(defiantly)Nothing.
BADER:
(explaining)She punched me because I accidentally stepped on her foot.
PRINCIPAL:
(warningly)I don't want to hear about any more trouble from either of you. Behave yourselves.
TASHI ANDERSON:
(threateningly)You'll get it after school, shrimp.
Suddenly, another student, Chris (10), walks by. Tashi steps on his shoe, scuffing it.
CHRIS:
(angry)Hey, watch it!TASHI:
(faking innocence)Oops, sorry. Didn’t see you there, Blackie.Chris punches Tashi, causing her to bump into the new principal.
PRINCIPAL:
(angry)What’s going on here?!TASHI:
(sobbing)He hit me!Bader looks in shock as the kids get told off and warned to behave. Tashi, however, is still not done with Chris.
TASHI:
(to Chris)This isn’t over, (N-word).The N-word is bleeped out, and Bader narrates:
BADER:
(V.O.)Oh, she got away with calling him the N-word that day, but later in life she said it at a DMX concert and almost got stomped to death.Bader reunites with his best friends, Everleigh LaBrant (age 10) and Caleb Johnston (age 11).
EVERLEIGH LABRANT:(excitedly)
Bader, what happened?
CALEB J:
(teasingly)Did you get beat up by a girl?
BADER:
(frowning)It was Tashi. And, no, I didn't get beat up.
EVERLEIGH LABRANT:(curiously)
What happened to the old Principal?
BADER:
(NARRATING)(Mystically)
Mr Palmer was accused of doing something that we can't tell you about because of the network censors.
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INT. PIZZA RESTAURANT - LUNCHTIME
Bader, Everleigh, and Caleb are seen enjoying a slice of pizza.
EVERLEIGH:
(teasingly)Bader, you should've stayed away from Tashi. You know she's trouble.
CALEB J:
(grinning)Yeah, maybe next time you'll think twice before trying to 'out-black' her.
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