Orange Is the New Black Page #5

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PIPER:

Have you seen people jump from here

before??

GUIDE MAN:

Oh yes, Miss.

PIPER:

Have you ever jumped?

ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK "Pilot" JENJI DRAFT 15.

GUIDE MAN:

Oh no, Miss.

ALEX:

(to Piper)

C’mon! A dare is a dare. You

gotta do it.

PIPER:

Are you gonna do it?

ALEX:

Of course!

PIPER:

Hold my hand.

ALEX:

No. I need to hold my nose.

PIPER:

Okay. Fine. Ready?

ALEX:

Ready. On three. One. Two.

THREE!

Piper summons all her courage and strength, and then flings

herself off the rock, shrieking as she plunges into the green

gorge below. She bursts the surface, laughing.

PIPER:

Whooooo! That was awesome! Holy

sh*t. Alex? ... Alex!

Where’s Alex? Alex is still above on her rock. Alex is not

going to jump. Alex is shaking her head and climbing back

up. Piper is alone in the water with the thundering falls.

PIPER (CONT’D)

F***.

LARRY (O.C. PRE-LAP)

(sotto)

She is not a happy person.

CUT TO:

INT. STANSBURY LOBBY - A FEW MOMENTS LATER

PIPER:

Shhh! Stop it.

ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK "Pilot" JENJI DRAFT 16.

Piper and Larry stand before a seemingly unhappy FEMALE C.O.

(”Corrections Officer”) who sits behind a raised desk,

talking on the phone. The room has chairs, lockers, a soda

machine. It is spotless and cold and institutional.

FEMALE C.O.

(into phone)

Self-surrender. No one told me

either.

(re:
papers)

Paperwork is here. Name is

Chapman. Yeah. Chap. Like when

your lips get all dry they’re

chapped?

(she covers the phone with

her hand)

Have a seat.

(back into phone)

Piper. Rhymes with sniper.

Piper and Larry sit. Larry unzips his small cooler bag.

LARRY:

You hungry?

PIPER:

Not really.

LARRY:

Eat anyway. I got you burrata,

tomato and basil on baguette with

balsamic drizzle.

PIPER:

Thanks.

Larry hands her a gorgeous sandwich wrapped in wax paper. He

also pulls out two Diet Cokes and a bag of gourmet chips of

some kind. They have a picnic.

PIPER (CONT’D)

You think I’m the first Seven

Sisters grad to eat burrata in the

lobby of a federal penitentiary?

LARRY:

Nah.

DISSOLVE TO:

ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK "Pilot" JENJI DRAFT 17.

INT. STANSBURY LOBBY - LATER

Only wrappers are left.

has been mostly eaten.

Coke cans smushed. A lovely brownie

DISSOLVE TO:

INT. STANSBURY LOBBY - EVEN LATER

Piper and Larry are on their phones. He’s playing Scramble.

She’s on her website -“thepipebomb.com.” We should see it.

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