The Hollars Page #5

SALLY:

I thought he was nice.

RON:

He married Gwen.

John is a bit taken aback by this information.

JOHN:

(surprised)

She married Jason Owens?

RON:

She just had a kid.

JOHN:

Are you serious? How did I not know that?

Ron shrugs.

DON:

Who’s Gwen?

SALLY:

(Surprised, but polite)

Oh, you know Gwen. Johnny’s girlfriend in

high school.

(CONTINUED)

13.

B10 CONTINUED:
(3) B10

Ron nods.

RON:

(can’t believe his father

doesn’t remember)

They were engaged for God’s sake!

DON:

John had a girlfriend in high school?

JOHN:

It was complicated.

RON:

Jesus Christ, Dad. Where you been our

whole lives anyway?

DON:

Working my ass off so you kids could go

to college. That’s where I’ve been.

RON:

(under his breath)

Yeah. A lot of good that did.

DON:

What did you say?

RON:

Nothing.

JOHN:

(to himself)

Gwen married Jason Owens?

RON:

(To John)

Just had a kid.

DON:

No, tell me what you just said.

RON:

(To Don)

I didn’t say anything.

DON:

You better watch yourself, boy.

RON:

Oh, is that a threat?

DON:

No. It’s a promise.

(CONTINUED)

14.

B10 CONTINUED:
(4) B10

RON:

That doesn’t even make sense.

DON:

I’ll punch you in the face.

RON:

(laughs)

What?

DON:

I swear to God, I will.

RON:

Yeah, well, what’s stopping-Don

slaps Ron hard in the face.

RON (CONT'D)

Ow! Man!

SALLY:

Donald!

RON:

That hurt.

JOHN:

Jesus Christ, Dad. What are you doing?

SALLY:

Donald! Apologize to Ron right now!

Don looks very remorseful for what he’s just done. He

puts his hand on Ron’s back.

DON:

I’m sorry. Ron. I didn’t mean to-Ron

slaps his father.

RON:

A**hole.

Don and Ron get into a pretty serious slap fight.

John tries to break up the fight.

JOHN:

Guys! Guys, stop!

Suddenly Sally just slightly raises her hand.

(CONTINUED)

15.

B10 CONTINUED:
(5) B10

SALLY:

(Quietly)

Boys.

The boys immediately calm down as a quiet Asian man

enters the room holding a medical chart. His name is DR.

LARRY FONG, 40. Everyone turns to look at him.

DR. FONG

(to Sally)

Sally Hollar?

SALLY:

Yes.

DR. FONG

I’m Doctor Fong. Sorry about the wait.

(beat) I was golfing.

SALLY:

No problem, Doctor.

Dr. Fong brings up a cat scan image on a monitor on the

wall.

DR. FONG

I looked over your cat scans.

You have a pretty big brain tumor in the

center of your frontal lobe.

DON:

Oh, Christ. Oh, Jesus Christ.

Don sits down on a chair. He starts trembling. He is way

overdoing this. Sally tries to keep a smile on her face

but she looks terrified.

JOHN:

What does that mean? Pretty big?

Dr. Fong gives John a serious look.

DR. FONG

It means...big.

JOHN:

So, what do we have to do?

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