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At this point, I think it’s safe to assume that Belinda and Gina have become Lucy Ricardo and Ethel Mertz.
BELINDA
A housekeeping uniform. That is
so clever. You’re so clever, Gina.
GINA
Thanks. It was a collaborative effort.
BELINDA
(turning serious)
Gina, it was Charlotte! Charlotte’s
the one who put me in here! She
planted the drugs in my house! She
used her power to put me in here!
She’s trying to steal my family….
GINA
(calming)
I know.. I know, honey…
BELINDA
She was just here.. a few minutes ago!
You should have heard her! She’s
insane! She said things to me that
were right out of a horror movie!
GINA
Sshhh… I know, honey…
I know all about it.
BELINDA
You do?
GINA
Mm-hmm.
BELINDA
(waiting to explode)
You knew all about it?
GINA
I’ve known ALL about it…
The whole time.
BELINDA
The whole time?
GINA
Yes, baby.
BELINDA
(whispering loudly)
THEN WHY THE FUCK DID YOU
LET ME ROT AWAY IN THIS STINKING
HELLHOLE FOR THE LAST THREE MONTHS?!!!
WHEN YOU KNEW ALL ABOUT IT?!!
GINA
Hey!! It took us a while to
come up with a plan, okay?!
BELINDA
Us?.. Who is US?.. And please don’t
tell me who I think you’re going
to tell me.
GINA
Me…
BELINDA
Yeah?
GINA
… and Jane and Kathy.
BELINDA
(slapping her forehead)
Oh, gawd!
Well, with the three of you at the helm,
I’m surprised all of the world’s
problems didn’t get solved.
GINA
HEY!! No wisecracks, alright?
I can leave you in here, ya know!
BELINDA
I’m surprised Jane doesn’t come
waltzing in here wearing a
Food Service uniform.
GINA
Yeah, we considered that.
BELINDA
Oh, dear lord.
GINA
Well, you know how she likes
to play “dress-up.”
BELINDA
(smiling)
She does, doesn’t she.
They both contemplate
this for a moment.
BELINDA
(snapping out of it)
Well, what the hell is wrong with
Charlotte?!! Is she insane again?!
I thought she was over that?
I thought she was cured?
GINA
It’s her schizophrenia.
It’s acting up again.
BELINDA
Acting up again? Gina, it’s not
Athlete’s Foot. Schizophrenia is an
extremely complex condition.
GINA
Complex condition? Well, aren’t
we just a little Margaret Nightingale?
BELINDA
Margaret Ni…? What about the band?
GINA
What? What about the band?
BELINDA
She told me you guys kicked
me out of the band.
GINA
WHAT?!!
BELINDA
She said you guys had enough of
my lyin’ and gettin’ in trouble and
shit, and voted to kick me
out of the band.
GINA
Oh, she’s just fuckin’ with ya.
That’s the disease talkin.’
BELINDA
So, you didn’t kick me out?
GINA
Kick you out?! Why the hell
would we do that?! We would
totally suck without you!
BELINDA
That’s exactly what I thought.
GINA
Uh-huh… Always got time
for that, don’t ya?
BELINDA
Oh, shut up.
GINA
Alright… enough of this yackin.’
We gotta figure out how to get you
out of this bed.