FLIGHT

PAGE ONE

PANEL ONE
The Sundays house. It’s night and a trampy looking but young guy with long hair is walking past swigging from a cider bottle.
RICHARD: We can’t both wear the same suit. We look ridiculous.
STUART: You bought me this suit! Also we’re not even going to the same place. Why do you care?

PANEL TWO
Richard and STU are indeed both wearing two piece suits with black ties. STU has not put his tie on yet though and is holding it.
   RICHARD: I’ll know that’s why. Why are you wearing a suit anyway? You’re fifteen and it’s not a wedding or a funeral.
   STUART: I’m seventeen, Dad. It’s another theme party.

PANEL THREE
Richard hands a shot to STU and has one himself.
   RICHARD: What’s the theme? Ruin your Dad’s feelings of individuality by biting his style?
   STUART: Yes it is. That’s the theme.
   RICHARD: How postmodern. Okay, on three. Three!

PANEL FOUR
Richard and Stu both down their shots.

PANEL FIVE
Stu is choking, he drops the tie. Richard is laughing, reading from the label.
   STU: Gah! What was that stuff?
RICHARD: This is a bottle of fifty percent proof if-you’re-going-to-wear-a-suit-then-man-up-and-drink juice.
   STU: It tastes like aniseed.

PANEL SIX
   RICHARD: Life tastes like aniseed, Stu. Life does.
   STU: No, it doesn’t.
   RICHARD: Some of it does.

PAGE TWO

PANEL ONE
RICHARD is pouring out two more shots for them. STU picks his tie back up.
STU: So if you’re drinking so much how am I getting there? You remember what happened last-
RICHARD: Silence! We agreed to never discuss Black Wednesday. Is the fat kid not giving you a lift?

PANEL TWO
STU is exasperated. RICHARD is laughing and handing STU a shot.
STU: No! I told you about five times! He’s got a girlfriend now and she doesn’t like me.
RICHARD: Oh yeah, I remember. I just found it hard to believe. Her existence I mean, not the bit about not liking you.

PANEL THREE
STU drinks. RICHARD looks shocked.
STU: Sure. Anyway she’s driving Teddy there.
RICHARD: She’s driving? What about the drinking? Remember Black Wednesday!

PANEL FOUR
RICHARD has stood up on something and is pointing at Stu’s face like a creepy old fortune teller might. Stu has completed the tie procedure.
STU: I thought I wasn’t allowed to remember Black Wednesday?
RICHARD: You’re not allowed to discuss Black Wednesday or make me feel bad about it but you must sure as heckfire remember Black Wednesday and the lessons it has taught us about drinking, responsibility and opening car doors on motorways.

PANEL FIVE
Richard drinking.
STU: Will do. I think they’re staying over anyway.
RICHARD: Good. Well Chernose should be here any second in one of those taxi things. We’ll drop you off on the way.
STU: Chernose?

PANEL SIX
FX: HOOOOONK!
RICHARD is cheering with one hand and pouring out two more shots with his other.
RICHARD: Chernose is here! Celebratory shot!
STU: Who’s Chernose?