DELIA: Ephram!
EPHRAM: WHAT!?
DELIA: We're locked out.
[He turns to flag the Abbotts down but they're already up the street.]
[Cut to inside the Abbott home. Dr. Abbott and Amy are just arriving.]
DR. ABBOTT: Over my dead and decaying corpse you're going to Thaw Fest with that boy!
AMY: I am not going with him. I'm just meeting him there. And, since when do you care who I go to Thaw Fest with?
DR. ABBOTT: Since you started asking future parolees to attend with you.
AMY: You don't know him! This is so unfair.
DR. ABBOTT: Well in certain parent-child conflicts, fairness is irrelevant.
AMY: Why is it always the parent that always gets to decide the relevancy of fairness?
[Mayor Rose Abbott, mother to Bright and Amy Abbbott as well as husband to Dr. Harold Abbott Junior, is in the lounge listening to the conversation while working on some papers.]
ROSE: An excellent question, if I do say so myself.
DR. ABBOTT: Hello, dear.
AMY: Mom, Dad is being EXCRUCIATING!
DR. ABBOTT: Excruciating literally means to feel the pain of crucifixion. While my law may be difficult at times, I think we can both agree that Jesus had it a bit tougher.
[Amy starts walking up the stairs.]
AMY: He didn't live here.
DR. ABBOTT: Well. Now. Where are you go...? W-We haven't even got to, got to the movie half of the evening yet. It's your favorite. Repeat viewing of The Red Shoes.
[Amy's gone. Dr. Abbott looks at his wife.]
DR. ABBOTT: Oh, don't look at me like that. Like you're gonna overrule me.
ROSE: I don't need to. You're gonna rescind your own ruling. Our daughter hasn't had a moment's fun since Colin's accident. And right now, if she wanted to go to that festival with Eminem, I'd let her do it.
DR. ABBOTT: Rose, Rose, do you know who this boy is? He's the son of that-that faux Marcus Welby... oh, oh you'll be interested to know. We had another five cancellations today. "Just feeling better, Dr. Abbott", they all say. Yeah give me a break. Like Maryanne Waddell's Biliary Cirrhosis just healed itself? Come on. They're all going across the street for some free medicine. And how can I compete with that?
ROSE: We've had this conversation upteen times, Harold. This isn't about that doctor or his son or-or even about free medicine. You know what this is about.
DR. ABBOTT: This is not about my mother. I couldn't care less what that battle axe does. Her working there is just another one of her attempts meant to embarrass me and it'll prove just as ineffective as all the others.
[Rose walks up, gives him a kiss and heads upstairs.]
ROSE: Good night, Harold.
[Cut to Delia's classroom. Miss Violet is writing on the blackboard. Then, she notices Delia.]
MISS VIOLET: Delia Brown! What did I tell you about hats in class? Hmmm?
DELIA: [bored] No hats in class.
MISS VIOLET: That's right.
[Miss Violet begins storming up to Delia, chanting "No hats in class". As she walks closer, she begins expanding and turning purple. Delia becomes alert.]
DELIA: [panicking] Miss Violet, you're turning VIOLET!
[Miss Violet is still chanting with the class joining her. Delia begins screaming but doesn't mouth the words.]
DELIA: [off camera] SHE'S GONNA EXPLODE!!! SHE'S GONNA EXPLODE!!!
[Cut to Delia's bedroom. She's sitting up in bed screaming. Ephram comes running in.]
EPHRAM: Delia, what's wrong?
DELIA: [yelling] Miss Violet's gonna explode!
