JUST SHOOT Me
A Promotion For Maya
Rating PG-13
Summary: Jack is retired. Maya is in charge, will it be business as usual
or will Maya have to start back at square one?
Disclaimer: Characters are not mine.
Yes it's in script form. too much interaction for novel type.
TEASER
MAYA RUNS IN
MAYA
OKAY EVERYBODY, I AM NOW OFFICIALLY. IN CHARGE!
LET'S HEAR IT, FOR ME!
NOBODY MOVES..
MAYA
OK! Screw all of you!!!!!!
SHE GOES INTO HER NEW OFFICE
NINA
(To Elliot)
Not only is she in charge, she's a bitch
Hugging Elliot
NINA (CONT'D)
Oh.... God!!!! How I long for the old days!
Elliot pats her on the shoulder)
END OF TEASER
CUT TO:
OPENING CREDITS
FADE IN:
INT. BULLPEN
FINCH IS FOLLOWING ELLIOT
FINCH
Can I borrow your new camera for the day?
ELLIOT
No
FINCH
Half a day?
ELLIOT
No
FINCH
Half an hour?
ELLIOT
No
FINCH
Five minutes?
ELLIOT
No
FINCH
Half a second?
ELLIOT
(exhausted)
Finch why don't you duct tape my mouth and kick me in the nuts?!!!
FINCH
If it means getting to use your camera, sure.
ELLIOT LETS OUT AN EXASPERATED SIGH.
DISSOLVE TO:
INT. BULLPEN
TIME- AFTERNOON
MAYA
OK! I called this meeting to go over any problems or concerns you might
have.
NOBODY MAKES A MOVE TO HELP HER
MAYA (CONT'D)
What??!!!!! I'm still me for God's sakes!! We've been friends a long
time!!!!! So tell me, would it be like this if my father had died,
instead
of retiring?
FINCH LEAVES THE TABLE IN TEARS
NINA
(going after Finch)
See what you did you heartless bitch!!!
MAYA AND ELLIOT ARE THE ONLY ONES SITTING THERE.
MAYA
(to Elliot)
What.... the hell just happened???
ELLIOT
I would say, meeting was adjourned due to unpopular demand.
MAYA
this magazine will be just as good as if my father was still running it!
ELLIOT GETS UP AND WALKS TOWARDS HIS STUDIO AND SMILES AT MAYA.
ELLIOT
(WHISPERING)
Good luck kid.....
HE TURNS AND CONTINUES ON HIS WAY.
BLUSH COVER
GET IT OFF YOUR CHEST!!
SAY WHAT NEEDS TO BE SAID WITHOUT THE GUILT.
INT. BULLPEN
DAYS LATER
NINA, ELLIOT AND FINCH ARE SITTING AT THE ROUND TABLE.
MAYA WALKS OFF THE ELEVATOR
SHE SMILES
MAYA
Good!! I don't need to round up everybody. Good job Finch!!
THEY START TO GET UP TO LEAVE
MAYA (CONT'D)
Stop!!! Nobody move!!!! Now I wanna know why I'm being treated like
crap!
NINA
Well..... It's not you Maya, it's not the same without Jack.
MAYA
Why?!! Because I don't gloss over everything? I hold these staff meetings
for
a reason.
FINCH
Because you can't get an early tee time either?
MAYA IGNORES THIS
MAYA
When I call a staff meeting, I expect the same response as my father got
FINCH
Weren't we just doing that??
ELLIOT
Except with a lot less effort..
FINCH AND ELLIOT high 5 each other.
MAYA
Everyone will now sit!
NINA
Maya is this going to take long?
MAYA
As long as it takes.
FINCH
Makes me wish I brought the preparation H.
HE RAISES HIS HAND, EXPECTING A HIGH 5
FINCH (CONT'D)
No takers.
NINA
That is disgusting!
MAYA
OK!!! Let's start
1 Hour later
MAYA FINISHES THE MEETING.
MAYA (CONT'D)
Now everyone knows what I expect..
NINA
Thank God! I think my ass went to sleep
FINCH
You heard it here, first folks!!!
ELLIOT WATCHES MAYA
ELLIOT
Maya now that you are in charge, who's going to be your articles editor.
MAYA
I hadn't given it that much thought.
ELLIOT
You can't do both.
MAYA
Who am I going to get??
As if in answer Cindy walks off the elevator
CINDY
Maya, it's so good to see you!
MAYA
Cindy! How have you been?
CINDY
OK I guess.
MAYA
So are you working?
CINDY
No.
MAYA
I think, I know how I can help you.
NINA GRABS MAYA
NINA
Maya, in the last hour have you lost your mind?!!
MAYA
She needs a job.
NINA
No No No!!! Maya reconsider.
MAYA
No! I'm going to help her!
NINA
(SINGING AS SHE GOES TO HER OFFICE)
You're going to regret this......
MAYA
Cindy! I am in charge now, would you like to work for me?
CINDY
But Mr. Gallo...
MAYA
It's OK I can hire you!
CINDY
When can I start?
MAYA
Anytime!
CINDY
Oh thank you Maya!
They embrace each other.
Finch and Elliot watch them.
ELLIOT
Is it just me, or have we gone through this before??
FINCH
Yes I believe we have....
ELLIOT
Real or dreamed?
FINCH
(whispering)
More like a really bad nightmare...
Maya glares at them..
BLUSH COVER:
THE BEST CHOCOLATE CAKE YOU EVER ATE
FADE IN:
INT. BULLPEN
Finch is at his desk. Nina is in the kitchenette.
Maya is in her office.
The elevator doors open, in walks an angry Jack
Nina sees him and runs over to him
NINA
Oh Thank God!!! You’re here!!!!
JACK (FUMING)
Where’s Maya?!!!
MAYA STEPS OUT OF HER OFFICE
MAYA
Hi Dad! How’s things?
He MOTIONS her over to the round table.
And slams down the open magazine.
JACK
You know, when I started this magazine, it was to embrace our readers.
Not, and I repeat not! Burn them out of their homes!!
MAYA
What??!! What the hell are you talking about??!
JACK
(Pointing at recipe) read it!!!
MAYA
Line cake pan with wax paper. Preheat oven at 750 degrees F., Bake 15-20
hours. What?? This isn’t right!!!
JACK
Really!!
Nina casually walks over
NINA
Could it be your new articles editor?
JACK
And who is your new articles editor?!!!!
ON CUE CINDY COMES OUT OF MAYA’S OLD OFFICE.
JACK (CONT’D)
I should have known!!
MAYA
(rushing over to CINDY)
Cindy!!!!!! You were suppose to check the articles before letting them
go
through!!!!!
CINDY
(looking over recipe) oh It was suppose to be 350 degrees F. For
15-20 minutes. Oops.... My bad!!!!
(CONT’D)
JACK
Pull it now!!!
MAYA
Yes.
SHE GOES TO HER OFFICE
JACK
Run a correction
MAYA
(over her shoulder)
I’m on it.
JACK
(to Cindy)
if I was still running this magazine, you’d be fired!
CINDY
Well you’re not! Ha ha!
Jack turns on his heels and follows Maya
INT. MAYA’S OFFICE
JACK WALKS IN
JACK
Fire her now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MAYA
But dad I’m in charge!!
JACK
Right now!!!!
MAYA
But
JACK
Do you, have any idea, what this fiasco could have done?!!!!!!! I’ll
tell
ya, it could have cost us millions!!, we would have been ruined!!!!
FINCH AND NINA RUSHES IN
NINA
Oh..... God No!!
(CONT’D)
FINCH
Oh hey Jack!
Jack glares at them
FINCH (CONT’D)
Oops bad time
THEY LEAVE
JACK
I said it before and I’ll say it again.
I don’t like her.... she’s evil. Make her go away.... For the
last
time!!
MAYA
I just thought maybe she grew intellectually.
JACK
She hasn’t. Trust me!
Cindy walks in
CINDY
Another shiny new edition hitting the press!!!
Jack glares at Maya
JUMP CUT TO:
BULLPEN
FINCH IS STILL BOTHERING ELLIOT.
FINCH
Why won’t you let me use your new camera??
ELLIOT
(extremely annoyed)
Because, Finch It’s not a toy!!! It’s a Complicated piece of
machinery.
FINCH
Dude!!!!! Come on! What do you take me for; a two headed moron?
ELLIOT
the answer is no!!!!
FINCH
I just wanna take pictures of my neighbor.
ELLIOT
No!!!!!
FINCH RUNS AFTER ELLIOT ALL THE WAY DOWN TO HIS STUDIO.
FINCH (O.S.)
I’ll even make you a copy
ELLIOT (O.S.)
Leave me alone!!!!!!
JACK STEPS OUT, HE IS LEAVING. MAYA COMES OUT HER SPIRIT BROKEN.
JACK
You have one week to get her out of here!
MAYA
Yes Dad!
JACK LEAVES. NINA STEPS OUT OF HER OFFICE.
NINA
Well well well. I told you Maya, You’d regret this.
MAYA
Shut up Nina!
NINA
All right! I won’t say another word, but don’t you ever come back and
say
I didn’t warn you!!
NINA GOES BACK TO HER OFFICE.
BLUSH COVER:
STOP MAKING THE SAME MISTAKES:
LEARN FROM YOUR PAST AND MOVE ON!!!
MAYA GOES INTO CINDY’S OFFICE
MAYA
Cindy, What just happened, was bad.
It was very, bad Cindy!!!! The Goal of this magazine, is to help people
enhance, their lives, their relationships and their sense of fashion. We
are
not in the market to help send our readers to a burn out shelter!
CINDY
Yes I know I messed up. There is just
Too much here.
MAYA
That’s why I need to let you go..
CINDY
It’s OK. It was nice to help me out.
I knew I wasn’t cut out for this....
MAYA
Maybe if you went to school.
CINDY
No, I wouldn’t have the patients for it.
MAYA
I guess I still feel bad, that it couldn’t work out.
CINDY
Sometimes, you need to learn from your mistakes and move on!
CINDY GOES AROUND THE DESK, AND HUGS MAYA.
MAYA
Best of luck Cindy. Good bye......
CINDY
Bye bye.
Maya leaves, Cindy’s office, deep in thought.
Nina comes out of her office, puzzled.
NINA
Maya, Your articles editor.
MAYA
Cindy?
NINA
Ask her to explain the front cover. Especially this “Black, is the
new
creme!!”
MAYA
Don’t worry Nina, it’ll be straightened out. Cindy doesn’t work
here
any... .... anymore.
Maya goes into her own office and closes the door
NINA IS STILL STANDING THERE.
NINA
(to herself)
She must have been quite an emotional child....
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