Zack and Cody -- Act 1 Scene 1

ACT ONE

SCENE ONE

FADE IN:

INT. LOBBY – A LITTLE LATER (DAY 1)

(CAREY, MOSEBY, MADDIE, LONDON, EXTRAS)

CAREY IS SITTING ON THE LOBBY COUCH, DRESSED UP FOR WORK. SHE IS TYPING ON HER LAPTOP. MOSEBY APPROACHES AND LOOKS OVER HER SHOULDER.

MOSEBY
Carey, I’ve been watching you type for the past seven minutes and twenty-eight seconds. What do you think you are doing?

CAREY
Okay, first of all, creepy. Second of all, I’m on my break. I’m filling out a matchmaker survey so I can be set up on a blind date.

MOSEBY
(INTERESTED) Really? (REGAINING COMPOSURE) Pshaw! That’s absurd. Your break is over.

CAREY
Sheesh, calm down. Looks like I’m not the only one in dire need of some fun. (TYPING) "Overbearing hotel keeper seeks someone to boss around."

MOSEBY
Ba ba ba, get back to work.

MOSEBY SHOOS CAREY AWAY AND THEY EXIT. THEN, LONDON STAGGERS INTO THE LOBBY THROUGH THE ELEVATOR WITH HER EYES PATCHED UP. SHE IS WAVING A CANE AROUND. SHE EVENTUALLY MAKES HER WAY TO MADDIE’S CANDY COUNTER, KNOCKING GUESTS AND FURNITURE ON THE WAY.

MADDIE
Is this the new look for fall?

LONDON WHACKS MADDIE IN THE HEAD WITH HER CANE.

LONDON
I had an allergic reaction to the eye shadow I put on this morning. My eyes are going to be swollen shut for the next 72 hours. I have to put this cream on every time they start to itch.

LONDON HOLDS UP A TUBE OF CREAM. MADDIE TAKES IT FROM HER.

MADDIE
London, this is toothpaste.

LONDON
What? Let me see that. (GRABBING THE TUBE OUT OF MADDIE'S HAND AND THEN YELLING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION) Maddie! What am I going to do?

MADDIE
Well, you can’t stand here. You’re scaring the customers.

MADDIE LEADS LONDON OVER TO THE LOBBY COUCH AND HANDS HER A MAGAZINE.

MADDIE (CONT’D)
Here, read this.

LONDON THUMBS THROUGH THE MAGAZINE AND THEN REALIZES THAT SHE CAN’T SEE IT. SHE CALLS TO MADDIE FOR HELP.

LONDON
Maddie! Maddie! Maddie?

MADDIE PUTS EAR MUFFS ON HER HEAD AND SMILES CONTENTLY.

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