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ALTERED AMERICA - PILOT EPISODE

INT. KINDERGARTEN CLASSROOM - DAY 

CLOSE UP-A MAN’S FACE (35), CHALKBOARD BEHIND HIM.  HE IS ALERT, SLIGHTLY APPREHENSIVE, SMILING WEAKLY, HIS EYES ROAMING AS HE LOOKS FOR SOCIAL CUES FROM THE CHILDREN 5-7YRS. (O.S.) SEATING THEMSELVES (WE HEAR SCUFFLING) IN A SEMI-CIRCLE BEFORE HIM.

STAR SPANGLE (TEACHER) (O.S.)

Children.  Take your seats.  Our guest

teacher would like to teach you some

very interesting things about George

Washington, our great second President.

CAMERA PULLS BACK TO REVEAL THE MAN IN A FINE, CONSERVATIVELY TAILORED SUIT AND SILK TIE, SEATED ON A MUCH TOO SMALL CHAIR.  WE SEE THE CHILDREN AND TEACHER.

KOE (KING OF ENGLAND)

Yes.  Well, hello children.  I’m so pleased to be here 

with you today.  I thought I should like to . ..

CODY

(suspicious)  Are you really the King

of England?

STAR SPANGLE (26-28 y.o.)

Cody!

KOE
(off balance)  Why, yes. Yes I am.

GRETCHEN
(teasy)  I know where you live.

STAR SPANGLE

Gretchen.  Let his Majesty speak.

KOE

Oh, it’s alright, unless you mind but

please,  -  just call me Christopher.

GRETCHEN

(showy)  It’s a big white house.

KOE

Well, yes.  That’s right.  In fact, they

call it The White House.

GRETCHEN

I watcht-ted the news with my nana.

(jumping, pointing)  You’re getting a

(musically) div..orce.

THE CHILDREN LAUGH AND GIGGLE.  THE KING STARES APOPLECTICALLY
INTO SPACE.  HIS FACIAL CLOSE-UP DISSOLVES INTO...<FLASHBACK>

EXT. FRONT OF RED BRICK TOWNHOUSE - DAY

...A CAMOUFLAGED FACE WITH CLOSED EYES, PAINTED AS A RED BRICK
WALL.  THE EYES POP OPEN AND DART SIDEWAYS TO SEE THE KING
APPROACHING A TOWN HOUSE DOOR WITH AN AMPLE BUNCH OF WHITE
LONG STEM AMARYLLIS IN HIS HAND.  THE KING LOOKS AROUND IN ALL
DIRECTIONS, SEES NOTHING OUT OF PLACE AND THEN STRIKES THE
LARGE BRASS DOOR KNOCKER.  THE QUEEN ANSWERS AND SEEMS
SURPRISED AND UNCERTAIN.

THE KING PROFFERS THE FLOWERS.  SHE SEEMS TOUCHED AND AMENABLE
TO HIM.  SHE OPENS THE DOOR WIDER AND BEGINS TO REACH FOR THE
FLOWERS.  SUDDENLY PAPARAZZI APPEAR FROM EVERYWHERE.  ONE
FLOPPING UPSIDE-DOWN HANGING BY HIS LEGS FROM A TREE BRANCH,
TWO FROM THE HEDGE IN GILLEY SUITS, ANOTHER BUSTING FROM A
FAKE CARDBOARD LETTERBOX  -  AND THE RED BRICK MAN.

IN THE BARRAGE OF FLASHES THE QUEEN SLAMS THE DOOR ON THE
BOUQUET, THE KING PIVOTS TOWARDS THE STREET.  FLOWERS ARE
STUCK IN THE DOOR, MOST SPILL AT HIS FEET, AND HE HOLDS ONLY
A PATHETIC FEW, SOME DROOPING WITH BROKEN STEMS.  HE IS FROZEN
AND STARES INTO SPACE.  A NEWSPAPER HEADLINE FADES IN:  “KING
DEFLOWERED!” (THEN IN SUB-HEADING) “AT CLANDESTINE KENSINGTON
LOVE/HATE NEST”.  THE PHOTO IS HIS STRICKEN FACE WHICH <END
FLASHBACK> FADES BACK TO SAME EXPRESSION IN THE CLASSROOM.

INT. CLASSROOM - DAY

STAR SPANGLE

Gretchen!  Children!  That’s not polite!

Sit down!  -  and don’t ask any more

questions without being called on.

KOE

(shaken)  It will be alright Miss Star

Spangle.  The...the children are

curious and I ... I ... I guess I should

get used to these questions.  (sighs) I

might as well start now.  -  Actually,

Gretchen,  -  children, I’m going to live

in America for a while, and the Queen

is going stay in our castle in

England.  It’s called a separation.

It’s not exactly a divorce.

KICKING BIRD (A BOY)

My daddy lives in New Amsterdam with

my baby-sitter.  I live here with my dog. 

STAR SPANGLE 

And your mother, Kicking Bird. 

KiCKING BIRD
Ya.  My mom lives with my dog and me, too.