Halfway
Half-Hour Pilot ~ Comedy/Drama ~ 38 pages
Impulsive dreamer JOY SCUTTY returns home from rehab and is energized with a clear new purpose — to save her little sister from the grip of their family-owned halfway house.
JOY
She wants to talk like me, be like me, and yet she’s coming here to rescue me, her mentor in a lot of ways, can you believe that Dianne? And that’s just how big sisters do thaaangs, make inroads, I’m cutting through the jungle with an axe and God you’re stunning. Can I say that?
MOTHER
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