Thursday, November 2, 2017

ANOTHER WORLD 269 Iris lets loose

ANOTHER WORLD 269
Created by William J. Bell and Irna Phillips


Iris lets loose
Allen confides in Toni
KC notices something

Written by C. Nathaniel Richardson
Consultants:  A. Washington Beeby and ML Cooks

PART 1
KC

OUTSIDE, IN THE CENTER, KC IS WALKING WITH A SMILE ON HER FACE WHEN KIRKLAND CATCHES UP WITH HER.
Kirkland

KIRKLAND:  Hey cuz what’s up?
KC:  Hey I was just gonna go meet Eric and tell him the good news.
KIRKLAND:  Oh he must be leaving Bay City with his mother.
KC:  Nooooo, not even close.  
KIRKLAND:  Oh I got it, Eric is taking a rocket ship to Mars.  That would be great news.
KC:  Well...you’re looking at the new PR intern at Bay City Medical Center.
KIRKLAND:  Oh well congrats are in order huh?  I’ll buy you a latte.
KC:  Awww Kirkland you don’t have to do that, my generous cousin.
KIRKLAND:  You got jokes right?
KC:  Yeah.

THEY BOTH LAUGH AND PROCEED TO THE COFFEE SHOP.

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Eric

INSIDE, ERIC IS WIPING DOWN A TABLE WHEN CHARLIE WALKS IN AND OBSERVES HIM.  ERIC LOOKS UP AND NOTICES HER, AND CHARLIE WALKS UP TO HIM.
Charlie

CHARLIE:  Hi.
ERIC:  Hey Charlie what’s goin on?
CHARLIE:  Coming to get my usual.  I’m...meeting Kirkland down here.
ERIC:  Latte.  I’ll get it for you...on the house.
CHARLIE:  You don’t have to do that.
ERIC:  No it’s not a problem.  How’s everything?
CHARLIE:  Well aside from not getting the hospital internship, everything’s just great.
ERIC:  KC was applying for that, too.
CHARLIE:  Oh...so she’s the one who got it.
ERIC:  She did?  She never told me.
CHARLIE:  Well maybe she hasn’t had the chance?

KC AND KIRKLAND WALK IN AND SEE ERIC TALKING TO CHARLIE.

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AT THE POLICE STATION TONI IS IN HER OFFICE WITH DANTE…


Dante
Toni

DANTE:  This is crazy.
TONI:  I know.  I still can’t believe the DA went that way.
DANTE:  I think the tire tracks may have killed the case.
TONI:  The fact that they weren’t Felicia’s.
DANTE (shaking his head):  She’s really gonna get off.  I mean, why didn’t Christy wanna press charges?
TONI:  I dunno.

ALLEN KNOCKS ON THE DOOR AND OPENS IT.
Allen

ALLEN:  Hey Toni.  Dante.
DANTE:  Allen what’s up?
ALLEN:  Toni I was hoping I could…talk to you for a minute?
DANTE:  Umm I’ll go...call my mom and see what she’s up to.
ALLEN:  She’s probably with Amanda.
TONI:  Their meeting’s today?
ALLEN:  Yeah.


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MEANWHILE, AT CORY PRODUCTIONS…
Rachel

Iris

Paulina

RACHEL:  This meeting is adjourned.  
IRIS:  The hell it is!
PAULINA:  Take the L Iris.  You’re out of the new company.
IRIS:  I want to speak to Rachel, Matthew, Amanda, Paulina and Devin...alone.  All the other board members can leave.  We are not finished.  
PAULINA:  What would you possibly have to talk about?
IRIS:  Oh I got a lot to say.

CAMERA PAN ON IRIS...SLOW FADE TO THEME SONG.


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PART 2

TONI:  I thought...you’d be there.  Why aren’t you there?
ALLEN:  I dunno about that.  There’s gonna be fireworks.
TONI:  The fourth of July at Cory Productions, so why do you look like you just lost your best friend?
ALLEN:  I betrayed Amanda.
TONI:  What?  How?
ALLEN:  I looked at the meeting document while she was in the bathroom.  
TONI:  So Iris told you to steal company secrets huh?
ALLEN:  Yeah, something like that.
TONI:  Allen, that’s corporate espionage.  That’s a crime.  So did you tell Iris what you saw in the document?
ALLEN:  No.
TONI:  So then how is that betraying Amanda?
ALLEN:  She caught me.  Amanda left it on top of her briefcase, but I saw what they were planning to do.  Iris isn’t gonna be happy about it.
TONI:  Amanda should have been more careful.  She knows you work for KBAY.
ALLEN:  Well I...probably won’t be after this meeting.
TONI:  Iris is gonna fire you?
ALLEN:  There’s not gonna be a KBAY after the meeting.
TONI:  Why did you do it?  Did Iris promise you anything in exchange?
ALLEN:  A big raise.  And after I saw the text on KC’s phone.
TONI:  Wait a minute...what text on KC’s phone?
ALLEN:  Her first tuition payment is due.  
TONI:  Well she didn’t tell me about it either.
ALLEN:  I had to do something to help her Toni.

TONI NODS HER HEAD.

ALLEN:  I missed too much of her life already.  I’m her father, and a father is supposed to take care of his child.  
TONI:  Look I...I understand.  For what it’s worth she didn’t tell me either.  And she just got this internship at the hospital.  I’m not gonna let money stop her from getting an education.  We can’t.

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AT THE COFFEE SHOP, KC AND KIRKLAND SEE ERIC TALKING TO CHARLIE.  KIRKLAND IS HORRIFIED AND KC LOOKS BACK AND FORTH AT KIRKLAND, THEN CHARLIE AND ERIC.  KC WALKS OVER TO ERIC, AND KISSES HIM ON THE LIPS.  KIRKLAND FOLLOWS HER TO THEM.

KC:  Hey baby.
ERIC:  Oh hey.  
CHARLIE:  I’m gonna go get those lattes.
KC:  I came to tell you some great news.
ERIC:  I heard.  Congratulations on your new position!

ERIC KISSES KC ON HER LIPS.

ERIC:  We gotta celebrate.

ERIC LOOKS AT KIRKLAND.

ERIC:  Doesn’t look like you will be doing too much of that.
KC:  Did Charlie tell you?
ERIC:  Yeah she just did.  I wish you would have told me first.
KC:  It’s okay.  

CHARLIE REJOINS THEM.

CHARLIE:  Hey babe.  You ready?
KIRKLAND LOOKS BACK AT ERIC AND KC.

KIRKLAND:  Yeah let’s get outta here.

ERIC PUTS HIS ARMS AROUND KC’S WAIST.

KC:  What’s up with my cousin?
ERIC:  Maybe he’s...disappointed about Charlie not getting the internship.
KC:  No I mean...before I even came over here he...looked like he’d seen a ghost.
ERIC:  I dunno.  I’ll be off in about two hours.  We can celebrate then.
KC:  Well my parents offered to take me out to dinner, so I definitely wasn’t going to turn that down.

KC TILTS HER HEAD DOWN, LOOKS BACK UP AT ERIC, AND SMILES.

KC:  After that...we can have our own little party.
ERIC:  I like the sound of that.

THEY KISS.

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OUTSIDE THE COFFEE SHOP...

CHARLIE:  So she got the internship.  I...I just thought it would be a slam dunk for me…
KIRKLAND:  I thought I told you to stay the hell away from Eric.
CHARLIE:  What?  Where is this coming from?  Is this what you mean by protecting our marriage?
KIRKLAND:  What are you talking about?
CHARLIE:  I heard you the other night before we went to bed.  You uttered the words ‘protecting my marriage.’  It has something to do with Eric doesn’t it?  

KIRKLAND TAKES A FEW STEPS AWAY FROM HER AND CHARLIE FOLLOWS HIM.

KIRKLAND:  When i see you talking to him it makes me wonder.
CHARLIE:  You think he’s a threat to our marriage don’t you?

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RACHEL:  The vote has been passed.  There’s nothing else to discuss.
IRIS:  You think you’ve won Rachel!  Think again.
AMANDA:  Iris what is this all about?
IRIS:  You all think you’re entitled to this company!  I may be Brandon Spaulding’s biological daughter, but Mac Cory is my daddy!  I am just as deserving to be a part as any of you think you are!
MATT:  We haven’t forgotten what you did to Mac.  You’re not gonna do that to us.
RACHEL:  We won’t let you have the chance.

IRIS SLOWLY WALKS OVER TO DEVIN.
Devin

IRIS:  And you.  You double crossed me!

DEVIN STANDS UP AND FACES HER.

DEVIN:  Did you really think I was gonna help you get this company?  You tried to kill my father!
IRIS:  And I served my time for that!
DEVIN:  This was the perfect way to pay you back.  
RACHEL:  We all knew you would try to backdoor us somehow.
PAULINA:  Typical you.  It never fails.

DEVIN SITS BACK DOWN AS IRIS WALKS OVER TO PAULINA.

IRIS:  Really?  You think you’re entitled to this?
PAULINA:  Mac was my father, too.
IRIS:  You didn’t give a damn about daddy!  You came to Bay City to get your hands on his money, and you want to convince everyone else that you’ve changed.  Well I still think you’re a scheming, gold-digging, social climbing, piece of trailer park trash!  

IRIS LOOKS AT AMANDA AND WALKS OVER TO HER.

IRIS:  And you, Amanda, always playing the ‘daddy’s little girl’ act.  Trying to show all of us that you’re a business savvy, working woman and mother.  The truth is you’re a spoiled brat!  You always have been.  Too bad your husbands wouldn’t stand for it.  You’ve been cheated on I don’t know how many times.  You dont have a clue about how to keep a man happy.
AMANDA:  You’re so jealous.
RACHEL:  She’s felt that way about you since the day you were born.  She didn’t want Mac to have any other daughters besides her.

IRIS FIXES HER EYES ON RACHEL, AND WALKS SLOWLY TOWARD HER.

IRIS:  Oh Rachel.  You finally got me out of daddy’s company huh?
RACHEL:  We can’t trust you Iris.  Ever since I found out you were the Chief.
IRIS:  Daddy forgave me for that a lonnng time ago.  
RACHEL:  We all have forgiven you.  It doesn’t mean we’re going to forget.
IRIS:  Oh there are plenty of things that I haven’t forgotten about you, you see, you’re just as much of gold digging social climber as Paulina.  No wonder you two get along so well.  You got your hooks into my father.  I always saw through you, and ever since then you’ve been trying to get me out of his life.
RACHEL:  Spare the victim routine Iris.  You weren’t always the dutiful daughter.  You let him the take the rap for Drew Marstons’ murder, and then you tried to steal his company right out from under him.
IRIS:  Everything I did for daddy was out of love!
RACHEL:  Your actions were out of greed.
IRIS:  And what about your actions Rachel?  You married Carl Hutchins of all people.  The man who killed Thomasina Mason’s husband.  The man who tried to kill Kathleen McKinnon.  The man who wanted to take over daddy’s life!
DEVIN:  That’s enough!
IRIS:  No it’s not enough!  Face the truth about your father Devin!  He couldn’t be more envious!  Carl wanted to be the head of daddy’s house; marry daddy’s wife; take over his company.  And he accomplished all three.  Rachel let that fox into our hen house by marrying him.  I always thought you were stupid Rachel.
AMANDA:  Should we call security to escort her out?
PAULINA:  No I’ll throw the bitch out myself!
IRIS:  No need.  I’m leaving.

IRIS WALKS TO THE DOOR OF THE BOARD ROOM, THEN TURNS AROUND TO FACE THEM.

IRIS:  I may be down, but I’m nowhere near out.  I’m gonna grind this company to dust.  There will be nothing left when I’m through! I promise you that.

FREEZE FRAME ON IRIS...SLOW FADE OUT...END OF EPISODE 269

ANOTHER WORLD 268 The KBAY/Cory Productions merger meeting begins

ANOTHER WORLD 268
The KBAY/Cory Productions merger meeting begins



Written by:  C. Nathaniel Richardson
Consultants:  A. Washington Beeby and ML Cooks


PART 1


AT THE HOSPITAL, RUSS PRESSES END CALL ON HIS CELL PHONE, BUT BEFORE HE PLACES IT BACK INTO HIS POCKET, HE GETS ANOTHER CALL.  THE SCREEN READS “Sarah”.  HE SMILES AND PRESSES THE GREEN PHONE BUTTON TO ANSWER.
Jed Allan as Dr. Russ Matthews


RUSS:  Hey sweetheart.  How’s my granddaughter?....Good I’m glad to hear that.  Well of course I’m working at the hospital.  You know I’ve always enjoyed being a doctor...Listen when are you going to come see us.  Iris wants to see you, too you know....Well your grandmother’s been busy with the business.  Her company and Cory Productions are merging.  They’re gonna finalize it today.


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A SIGN ON THE DOOR READS:  MEETING ROOM.  RACHEL, MATT, AND AMANDA WALK UP TO IT ALL CARRYING THEIR BRIEFCASES.  RACHEL TAKES A DEEP BREATH, OPENS THE DOOR, AND TURNS THE LIGHT ON.  THEY LOOK ON AT THE LONG, SOLID, FINISHED, POLISHED OAK WOOD TABLE, WITH OFFICE WITH FOUR OFFICE CHAIRS ON EACH SIDE OF THE TABLE.  ONE CHAIR IS AT THE HEAD OF THE TABLE, AND RACHEL SITS DOWN, AND MATT AND AMANDA SIT IN THEIR CHAIRS.  ANOTHER OFFICE CHAIR AT THE OPPOSITE HEAD OF THE TABLE.
 Amanda

Matt

Rachel


AMANDA:  Where is everyone?
RACHEL:  Meeting’s not gonna start for another half hour or so.
MATT:  The other board members start coming around fifteen minutes before.


PAULINA WALKS IN.
Paulina


PAULINA:  Hi.  I thought I was gonna be late.  Traffic’s a little backed up.
AMANDA:  You wouldn’t expect that in Bay City.
MATT:  All the construction’s going on.
RACHEL:  Hi sweetheart.  Take your seat.


PAULINA GOES AND SITS IN HER CHAIR.


PAULINA:  I wouldn’t miss this for the world.
MATT:  Mom you should know that...Sandy’s proxy wasn’t designated.
RACHEL:  We may not need it to accomplish what we want.
PAULINA:  I wonder where Iris is.


IRIS WALKS IN DRESSED IN A WHITE BUSINESS SUIT AND A MATCHING HAT.
Iris


IRIS:  Someone mentioned my name?


CAMERA PAN ON IRIS...SLOW FADE TO THEME SONG.



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AT THE HOSPITAL, RUSS PUTS HIS CELL PHONE IN HIS POCKET WHEN MAGGIE WALKS UP WITH A PLASTIC CONTAINER.
Maggie


RUSS:  Maggie what’s that you’re drinking?
MAGGIE:  Iced coffee.
RUSS:  Hope you don’t crash later.
MAGGIE:  No it’s decaf.  
RUSS:  Only coffee lovers drink that.  I drink it when I need to wake up.
MAGGIE:  Caffeine is one hell of a drug.
RUSS:  Yeah.
MAGGIE:  My shift’s gonna start soon.  I’m gonna go to the locker room.
RUSS:  You’re gonna be able to finish your coffee?
MAGGIE:  Probably not, but I’ll drink it even with the ice melted in it.
RUSS:  Yeah you’re a true coffee lover.


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Brianna


IN THE LOCKER ROOM, MAGGIE OPENS HER LOCKER AND PLACES HER COFFEE ON THE TOP SHELF.  SHE THEN PUTS ON HER LAB COAT AND LEAVES.  AFTER SHE LEAVES, BRIANNA EMERGES FROM THE OPPOSITE SIDE.  SHE PUTS WHITE LATEX GLOVES ON BEFORE SHE WALKS TO MAGGIE’S LOCKER AND OPENS IT.  SHE GRABS THE ICED COFFEE, AND PLACES IT NEXT TO HER ON THE BENCH.  SHE SITS DOWN, TAKES TWO WHITE PILLS OUT OF A CLEAR BAGGY, MASHES THEM UP WITH THE SIDE OF HER FIST, AND SMILES.


BRIANNA:  Matt won’t believe a word she tells him.  Nobody will.


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AT THE BOARD MEETING, IRIS SITS AT THE OPPOSITE HEAD OF THE TABLE WITH ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT.  IRIS HAS A FLASHBACK…


(EPISODE 205)


Iris walks up to a black car with tinted windows, opens the passenger’s side front door, and gets in.
Iris:  You finally made it.
Devin Lucas is sitting in the driver’s side
Devin Lucas:  Let’s make this quick.  I have someplace else I need to be.
Iris:  There’s a crimp in our plan.  
Devin Lucas:  I thought everything was going smoothly.
Iris:  It was.  I got your grandmother to sign with KBAY Productions, which was essentially going to sink my father’s company, and then Amanda comes to me with this ridiculous idea of a merger.
Devin Lucas:  Well of course you refused it right?  
Iris just looks at Devin Lucas.  
Devin Lucas:  Come on Iris you’re not considering this.
Iris:  She has connections that could make KBAY a huge conglomerate.
Devin Lucas:  What about you and your limitless Spaulding funds?
Iris:  I can’t drain my capital to back Cory Productions into a corner.
Devin Lucas:  If you merge with Amanda then our plan is blown out of the water.
Iris:  For KBAY to be what I want it to be, we need the connections Amanda has.  They pulled out of the company after I tried to take over as The Chief.
Devin Lucas:  What about me?
Iris:  I will make sure you have your place in the company.
Devin Lucas:  You better not be lying to me Iris.  It won’t be good for you.
Iris:  I see the apple didn’t fall far did it?
Devin Lucas:  Get out.  You’re holding me up.
The car alerts Devin Lucas of an incoming call from Lorna, but he presses ignore.
THEY CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION (NOT SHOWN IN 205)
Iris:  Not so fast Hutchins.  I’ve got an idea that might save us.
Devin Lucas:  What is it?
Iris:  What if, somehow, you were able to get your father to vote in favor of a merger with KBAY?
Devin Lucas:  My father has a seat on the board, and you know he’d never vote ‘yay’ for a merger with you.
Iris:  And you can convince him to vote for it.  
Devin Lucas:  He’s dying, so if I could somehow get a seat on the board, I could vote in favor of the merger, and put you in an executive position.
Iris:  I mean, I’m not in any way hoping that your father would die…
Devin Lucas:  Yeah right.
Iris:  I’m serious.  If something happens to him...in the event that he’s not able to vote...doesn’t his seat go to you?
Devin Lucas:  I never thought of that.
Iris:  That’s why you have me here.  
Devin Lucas:  So that’s what we’re going with.  I vote in favor and appoint you as CEO of the new company.


IRIS FLASHES BACK TO THE PRESENT AND SMILES.


PAULINA:  You’re awfully smug over there.  
IRIS:  Don’t you worry about me Paulina.  Everything will turn out the way it’s supposed to.


RACHEL, MATT AND AMANDA ALL LOOK AT EACH OTHER AS IF THEY KNOW HOW THE MEETING IS GOING TO TURN OUT.  RACHEL LOOKS AT HER WATCH AND ACROSS THE TABLE AT ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS, WHO HAVE PAPERS IN FRONT OF EACH OF THEM ON THE TABLE, BUT ONE CHAIR IS EMPTY.


RACHEL:  Hello everyone.  I think we all know why we are here today.  We are here to take a vote on the merger between KBAY and Cory Productions.  In front of each of you is a copy of the proposal for past and future earnings.  We have the chairperson of KBAY with us, Iris Spaulding.  Can you tell us more about KBAY?
IRIS:  I most certainly will.  First I’d like to say good day and I really appreciate you all coming here to take a vote on this.  As you will see in the proposal, KBAY has a very small profit to debt margin.  As you know I landed Felicia Gallant as a client and am producing her book to movie deal.  Her movie is doing very well overseas.  However I realized it will take more than this deal to take KBAY to the next level.  Cory Productions has the connections and trust in the industry, and KBAY has the financial resources to make us a very successful production company.  
AMANDA:  What about Brava?
IRIS:  Brava Sophisticate’s numbers have gone down in the last couple of quarters, but I have no doubt in my mind that merging with the Cory Production brand will revive its sales online and in print.  I was hesitant at first but this was really a no brainer for me.  


DEVIN LUCAS WALKS IN AND SITS IN THE EMPTY CHAIR.
Devin


RACHEL:  Hello Devin.
DEVIN:  Sorry I’m late everyone.  
IRIS:  We were just talking about the proposal for the merger.
DEVIN:  For those of you who may not know, this is my father’s seat I...he left it to me before he died.
RACHEL:  Fair enough.  Thank you Devin.  With that being said I think it’s time we take our vote.  All in favor of the merger between KBAY and Cory Productions, please raise your hand.


AMANDA, MATT AND RACHEL RAISE THEIR HANDS.  IRIS LOOKS AT DEVIN, AND DEVIN RAISES HIS HAND.  


RACHEL:  That’s four.  One more vote and the merger will be official.  Anyone else?  


PAULINA RAISES HER HAND.


RACHEL:  Well that’s it.  KBAY and Cory Productions are now one company.  


RACHEL GETS UP, WALKS TOWARD THE EASEL, AND TAKES THE SHEET OFF OF IT.  


RACHEL:  This is our new logo.  BAYCorP will be the name of the new company.  I have named Amanda as CEO.  Matthew will be responsible for the day to day operations.
IRIS:  What?  What about my position?


DEVIN TAKES OUT A PAPER FROM HIS PILE.


DEVIN:  There’s a...provision in the BAYCorP’s by-laws...that a convicted felon cannot serve in any capacity in the company.


IRIS’S EXPRESSION CHANGES TO A FROWN.


IRIS:  What the hell is that supposed to mean?
PAULINA:  You can’t take a hint Iris.  It means you’re out!
IRIS:  Rachel?
RACHEL:  She’s right.  Since you served time for shooting Carl, you’re disqualified from working at BAYCorP.


IRIS STANDS UP AND SLAMS HER HANDS ON THE TABLE.


IRIS:  You can’t do this to me!
RACHEL:  We just did.  
IRIS:  This is daddy’s company!
MATT:  Who’s to say you wouldn’t try to take over this company, too?
AMANDA:  You can’t be trusted.
IRIS:  How dare you!  You all can’t run a corner store let alone a huge conglomerate!  
RACHEL:  We can run a successful company without having to look over our shoulders.
AMANDA:  Worrying about the schemes that you’re going to pull is very stressful, and that’s something we can’t deal with.
RACHEL:  This meeting is adjourned.  
IRIS:  The hell it is!
PAULINA:  Take the L Iris.  You’re out of the new company.
IRIS:  I want to speak to Rachel, Matthew, Amanda, Paulina and Devin...alone.  All the other board members can leave.  We are not finished.  


FREEZE FRAME ON IRIS...SLOW FADE OUT...END OF EPISODE 268