The lights come up on HUGO, seated at a small table in arestaurant, complete with settings. He glances at hiswatch.HUGO Sammy described himself as an avid reader, blonde, six-one, 200 lbs. He works out regularly and won a medal in the college swim team.
A short, fat old man-- SAMMY-- hobbles in on a walker. He istotally bald.HUGO He was late, but as long as he matched his description, he could show up next week and I wouldn't mind.
HUGO looks around him with a "You talking to me?" look.SAMMY blows his nose on his shirtsleeve, looks closely at thecontents.SAMMY Are you Hugo?
SAMMY grabs at his chest with the hand not in his nose andcollapses to the floor, dead.SAMMY I'm Sammy.
HUGO (To audience) Looks like he won that college medal a long time ago.
(To Sammy) Uh, Hugo? Uh, that's not me...
SAMMY You must be Hugo. You fit the description.
HUGO Wrong person.
BLACKOUT.HUGO Check, please!
Spot comes up on HUGO at table.
Lights come up on PRENTISS, an attractive young man dressedentirely in leather.HUGO Date number two. Prentiss.
He slams a fist down on the table to accent each "never."PRENTISS I've always been interested in the way that power affects people's relationship with each other.
HUGO Me, too. I...
PRENTISS You interrupted me.
HUGO Sorry...
PRENTISS NEVER INTERRUPT ME! NEVER! NEVER! NEVER!
BLACKOUT.PRENTISS I think the most interesting people are those who have no opinions about anything.
HUGO Really?
PRENTISS Because then I can mold them to be the lover that I want them to be.
HUGO Check, please!
MARSHALL is a nerd, glasses that make him look like a bug, greasyhair, pocket protector.HUGO Then there was Marshall.
He looks at the untouched food on HUGO's plate.MARSHALL I don't like books much, except science fiction.
HUGO Have you ever read William Gibson? "Neuromancer," "Mona Lisa Overdrive"?
MARSHALL That's not science fiction. That's cyber-punk. That stuff's crap. I'm a purist.
He reaches over and grabs the food off the plate.MARSHALL Are you going to eat those nachos?
BLACKOUT.HUGO Check, please!
SCENE FOURHUGO, same as before, sad and exhausted-looking.
DONOVAN, wearing a business suit, finishes a cellular phonecall at the dinner table.HUGO Donovan.
He closes his phone up and tucks it in his jacket.DONOVAN See you at the rally tomorrow. Yep. Same to you. Later.
BLACKOUTDONOVAN I think Hitler was misunderstood. Don't you?
HUGO Check, please!
