[Black Screen]
INT. AIRPLANE CABIN
AIRPLANE PILOT
Los Angeles Tower, this is Transworld two-two Heavy. We are going down. Repeat, engines two and…L.A. Tower, this is…Mayday.! Mayday! Two-two Heavy, pull up.! Pull up.! [Melodic Hindi prayer begins in Soprano as everyone on the plane panics. Everything is in slow motion with the center point of focus on Andrew.]
INT. BEDROOM – MORNING TIME [Andrew wakes up from his nightmare and hears his father on the phone]
GIDEON
Andrew, this is your father? Hello? Look, you don't call me back. So I don't know how to do this. If you're not gonna return my calls...then there's no way for us to communicate. [Begins to cry] Look, I don't know how to do this...but you're gonna need to come home now. Last night...your mother died. Last night, Andrew. She drowned. Last night, she drowned in the bath. [Coldplay's "Beautiful World" plays.]
INT. BATHROOM - CONTINUED [Andrew looks in the the mirror doors of his cabinet as they split his reflection in half. He then opens it to reveal the contents inside - an abundance of prescription drugs.]
EXT. HIGHWAY [Andrews drives to his current job as a waiter, upon entering the parking lot, realizes a ripped off gas pump is stuck in his tank.]
EXT. FANCY HOLLYWOOD VIETNAMESE RESTAURANT [In the kitchen.]
MANAGER
[Walks up casually but angry beside Andrew] Ten résumés just today. They come in every day from Idaho or Milwaukee or Florida. And you know what they want even more than a guest spot on Everybody Loves Raymond? They want your job. This cannot happen again. This will never happen again. You have two tables. You are 30 minutes late. And if I ever say this again, your job will go to...Todd Slauson from Duluth, Minnesota.
INT. FANCY HOLLYWOOD VIETNAMESE RESTAURANT [Andrew makes his way to his table.]
WAITER
Sparkling or flat?
VIETNAMESE MAN’S VOICE
Waiter 10, do you have your earpiece in? You forget the order 41 for Table 101.
YOUNG HOLLYWOOD GUY
What the f*ck, man? What, are you on break? Nah, I'm just messin' with you. Uh, we'll have four Ketel Red Bulls and...
REELING GIRL
[Gets off her phone to speak] And I'll have a Ketel cosmo with a Red Bull and some bread ASAP.
ANDREW
We don't have bread.
REELING GIRL
What do you mean, you don’t have bread? How can you not have bread?
ANDREW
Uh, we're a Vietnamese restaurant. We just don't have bread.
REELING GIRL
But you're not Vietnamese.
ANDREW
No, I'm not.
REELING GIRL
Can I have something to chew on? f*ck. Bamboo, whatever.
ANDREW
I'll see what I can find. [Turns and leaves.]
VIETNAMESE MAN’S VOICE
Waiter number 12. Flight Number 121 with nonstop service to Newark International will be departing from Gate 32.