The Bench Scene

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Buzz and Jenna are at the park sitting at a picnic table. Buzz is sitting on the table with his back to Jenna, who is on the bench.

Buzz: [emotionally] I can't--I can't. Look at me. I'm his father--look at me. I'm useless. My baby. And I can't help.

Jenna: [rubbing the side of her head with her fingertips] We've done everything. What else can we do? What else can we do?

Buzz: I'll make a bargain with God. I'll give him my soul and my life--anything.

Jenna: [crying] Yeah.

Buzz: Anything.

Jenna: [turning her head and crying] I would, too.

Buzz: [sighs] I swore to myself, if I had another one, I'd stand by him. [Jenna's hand is covering her eyes] Look at me. Look at this. You know, when you told me--when you told me Coop was mine, I had all feelings. I felt anger. I felt cheated, you know? But I looked at him for five minutes and it melted. It disappeared. Oh God! [Buzz falls into Jenna's lap and cries] Oh God!

Jenna starts to cry more. She takes ahold of Buzz's jacket and puts her head on him and embraces him. She continues to let her cries out. [NOTE: This is the scene that blew Kassie DePaiva's LIVE performance out of the water!]