223. Utopia - Leslie

• FADE IN:


• INT. DOCTOR'S WAITING ROOM - DAY


• ALEX sits in the front row of waiting room chairs leafing through a Newsweek.


• Patients are scattered across the space reading and watching the tv which is blaring across the room from its perch.


• The majority of the people in the waiting room are seniors.


• The room itself is drab, ugly wallpaper and the colorful magazines clashing.


• Alex looks up as a catchy jingle rattles through the tv's speakers.
  


• TV NARRATION(V.O.)
• Why stop having fun when you hit 70?


• A group of good-looking seniors laughs on-screen as their yacht races through the water.


• One of the patients in the waiting room bobs his head to the beat.


• TV NARRATION(V.O.)
• Vitalix Bone Strength, it's the supplement that'll keep you energetic and give those young 'uns a run for their money. Enjoy your golden years the way you want!


• The men lounge by a beautiful pool sipping drinks.


• Alex rolls her eyes in disgust.


• The next ad comes on, once again showing seniors enjoying their elegant lives.


• TV NARRATION(V.O.)
• Do whatever you want with your life! You deserve it.


• Alex notices an OLD WOMAN staring wistfully at the screen.


• Alex stands up and walks to the tv, incensed.


• ALEX
• Come on! I'm sick of getting sold these lies. They're asking you to lose yourself in these people's lives and forget your tired existences. You can't do whatever you want...yeah, you deserve it, but it didn't turn out the way it was supposed to did it.


• She pulls a chair behind her, places it under the tv, and steps onto it and begins yanking at the tv.


• The patients stare at her, bemused.


• The RECEPTIONIST stares, reaching for the phone slowly.


• ALEX
• And this box is trying to tell you that it's all just find; especially if you by what their selling. They hook you with the promise of the good life, then leave you hanging. So pull your heads out of the tube and go do something, make your own utopia before it's too late!


• She rips the tv from its mount, steps off the chair and proceeds to the large window that looks out on the parking lot.


• With a strong movement she tosses the tv out the window.


• Glass shatters and patients scream.


• Alex stalks out the door, slamming it shut.


• A door opens and a nurse sticks her head out the door.


• NURSE
• Alex? Alex Gray?


• No one replies.


• She sees the broken glass and freezes.


• The wistful old lady lifts her hand and points to the entrance.


• WISTFUL OLD LADY
• I think she went that way.


• FADE TO BLACK.