We pan in over saguaro and sage, copper-toned mesas, to follow a grey Range Rover along a desert highway. A woman in her early 30s, cool wind in her hair, listens to Leonard Cohen and stares expressionless in the blue cast morning sunlight. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The onboard dash blinks and hums indicating an incoming call. We see the caller ID: Izzy G. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
CHARLIE: Heyyy. Early on the coast there, what’s up?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ISABELLE: Good morning. Sorry to catch you but I wanted you to be the first to know. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pause a beat. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
CHARLIE: Yer killin’ me babe. You finally win the MegaBall? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
ISABELLE: Kinda! I got a pilot! You’re talking to Lady Pendergrew, the widow and heiress of Duke Montalban! <\/p>\n\n\n\n
CHARLIE: !!! Get out! Hon, that’s fantastic! You deserve it!! What–<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ISABELLE: Thanks, and damned straight. All my years of being a serving wench at Applebee’s have finally paid off!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
CHARLIE: Haha! I never doubted you. The cream always rises. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
ISABELLE: Yeah. Well I’m excited. It’s produced by AMC with some folks from A24, Ana Duvrais who wrote and directed Caste Off! And I’m not some bit part, I’m in half the scenes! I can’t tell you more right now, signed the contract, NDA and all that. But it’s GOOD! Kinda like… it’s like Sense and Sensibility meets … I dunno… Blade Runner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
CHARLIE: Wow! That sounds… interesting for sure. I’m so excited for you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ISABELLE: Thank you. I haven’t been able to sleep since I found out last night. I<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Charlie slows and turns onto a long unfinished road, passing through a canyon between mesas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
CHARLIE: Really Izzy, I’m so happy for you. I know you’re gonna kill it. You deserve this break. Listen, I gotta let you go, heading into work. But we should really catch up. Hoping I get some time off next week, I can call you. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
ISABELLE: Chucky, we sure have come a long way. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
CHARLIE: Just girls from the ‘hood, dreaming of beautician school. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
ISABELLE: You’re still an idiot. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
CHARLIE: Love you. Congrats. Talk soon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
ISABELLE: Love you too. Thanks for picking up. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
CHARLIE: Of course. Gotta go. Break a leg!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Charlie hits the call end button and slows to pull up to the first security checkpoint. A man steps out of the small kiosk and approaches the car. She pulls her ID tag out of her jacket on the seat next to her and presents it to the guard. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
SHAWN: Thank you, ma’am. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He returns to the kiosk, and the tall chain-link fence slides slowly aside. The Rover proceeds down the road, now paved, to the mountainside tunnel entrance half a mile ahead. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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