Ordinary People Page #2

Essentially?

FRIEND'S WIFE

Well let's face it: Clyde Banner's

getting fat.

BETH:

Yes.

FRIEND'S WIFE

He should never turn profile.

CALVIN:

Most of us shouldn't turn profile.

6 INT. CAR. COUNTRY ROAD ­ NIGHT 6

Calvin seems stunned.

BETH:

What was it you were you thinking

about?

CALVIN:

When?

Calvin gives his wife a conventional smile. She coddles up

against him, but it is cold.

7 INT. JARRETT'S HOME. ­ NIGHT 7

Car enters garage.

[car door Alarm On] / [car door Alarm Off] as car doors open

and close.

Beth goes upstairs and directly into her bedroom. Calvin

notices this, then notices the light under his son's bedroom

door. He knocks.

8 INT. CONRAD'S BEDROOM ­ NIGHT 8

Conrad is lying on his stomach, on his bed, thinking. He

composes himself, grabs his book as if he had been reading.

CONRAD:

Yeah?

(CONTINUED)

7.

8 CONTINUED:
8

Calvin opens the door, but does not enter the room,

respecting his son's privacy:

CALVIN:

You okay?

CONRAD:

Mmm, mm. Yeah.

How was the show?

Calvin shrugs, as if to say "so and so..."

CALVIN:

Mmmh. Trouble sleeping?

CONRAD:

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