2. FADE IN:
INT. HOSPITAL WAITING ROOM - MORNING
We begin in a hospital with Lenny, sitting all alone in a
waiting room. He sits in the chair, fidgeting in his
chair, unable to keep still as the anticipation builds.
Woman comes into the waiting room.
WOMAN
The doctor is ready to see you
now.
Lenny takes one last deep breath and leaves his chair,
walking towards the doctors office.
INT. DOCTORS OFFICE
Lenny enters the doctors office, he shakes the doctors
hand and takes a seat. Theres silence for a few moments
as the doctor is on his computer.
DOCTOR
Good morning Lenny, how you been
feeling?
LENNY
(Nervously)
Eh.. Im alright. There seems to be
a growing amount of blood when I
cough. Sometimes I cant stop
myself and end up throwing up,
which again is full of blood.
DOCTOR
Ok Mr Lenny, we've had your test
results back and its not looking
good, it seems like you have an
aggressive form of cancer attached
to your right lung which is likely
to spread quickly. The cancer is
SCLC, otherwise known as Small
Cell Lung Cancer…
The sound of the doctors voice starts to drone out as the
camera focuses on Lenny’s face as we can see the
confusion and surprise in his face.
As the doctor is still explaining the specific problems,
the doctors voice comes back in as Lenny interrupts.
3. .2
LENNY
(Quietly, tremble in his voice)
Is there anything we can do?
DOCTOR
The cancer has been attached to
your lung for a rather long time,
its viciously spread and covered-
Lenny again interrupts the doctor, shaking his head as
anger and confusion starts to grow.
LENNY
Are you telling me theres nothing
we can do?
DOCTOR
We can run some more tests, see if
theres a way to stop any further
growth. Because of your smoking
habits, we don't believe you'd be
able to function correctly with
only one working lung, therefore
any form of operation is out of
the question.
LENNY
How long do I have?
DOCTOR
The growth of cancer started
rapidly but its slowed down
drastically now, the effects are
too severe to reverse, therefore
we have no definite answer, it
could be anywhere from 6 months to
4 years.
FADE OUT:
FADE IN:
INT. BUS - MIDDAY
Camera cuts to Lenny just sitting on the bus, close-up on
his face as he sits there with a blank expression. Only a
2-4 second shot of him looking like he’s lost in his own
thoughts and his face is just emotionless.
4. .3
INT. LENNY’S HOUSE - DAY
Camera cuts to the next shot of Lenny sitting at home in
his kitchen, all alone, eating his dinner. He has the
same emotionless expression on his face.
Camera then cuts to another close-up of Lenny, sitting in
his living room with the TV on in the background, he
doesn't look at the TV as he stares off into the
distance, still with the same emotionless expression on
his face as a loud noise comes on the TV and grabs his
attention. Lenny gets up and goes up to his bedroom where
he goes into a draw and pulls out a photo album. He sits
down and starts looking at all the photos. As he looks
through them, he starts to get emotional and upset as we
see that they are pictures of him and his family.
INT. LENNY’S BEDROOM - DAY
Camera cuts back to Lenny as tears run down his face, he
wipes them away and continues to look through the photos.
MONTAGE - INT. LENNY’S BEDROOM
Lenny looks at the picture and turns it over where we see
an address and a phone number on the back. He gets up and
goes to pick up his phone, he dials the number and goes
to press call. He paces up and down in his living room
and toys with the idea of calling his son.
LENNY
No…
Lenny walks over and picks up his coat, he looks at the
picture one more time and smirks before leaving the room.
EXT. LENNY’S STREET - EVENING
Lenny puts on his coat as he leaves the door and turns
around and locks up. He takes one last look at the
picture and puts it away in his pocket and then walks
off.
EXT. SONS HOUSE - EVENING
We see Lenny approach a house, as he starts to walk up
the driveway he slows down and starts to have flashbacks.
5. .4
FLASHBACK - LENNY’S OLD HOUSE
Lenny sits in his kitchen with his ex-wife, letters and
bills all around them as he looks stressed with his head
in his hands. His son runs in and starts asking his mom
and dad for a new bike.
SON
Mom, Dad, all my friends have gone
out on their new bikes, when am I
going to get mine?
Lenny looks at his wife with a hint of disappointment in
his face.
LENNY
(sighs) uh, soon son, not right
now but soon, I promise.
The sons face drops and he leaves the room looking down.
Camera cuts back to Lenny as you can see the sadness that
he's letting his family down.
EXT. SONS DRIVEAWAY - EVENING
Lenny wipes his face and shakes his head as he proceeds
to walk. He walks up the driveway towards the front door
and goes to press the doorbell, as he does it he starts
to think again.
FLASHBACK - LENNY’S OLD HOUSE
Lenny walks into his sons bedroom whilst he's asleep and
strokes his face, he then kisses him on the forehead.
LENNY
(Whispers) I love you, son.
His son rolls over and sees him.
SON
(Whispers) I love you too, daddy.
Lenny leaves the room and goes downstairs. He puts his
bag on his back and leaves a small package and a note.
The camera cuts to the note so we can see what it says as
Lenny leaves.
6. .5
EXT. SONS DRIVEWAY - EVENING
Lenny starts to question his decision on whether or not
he would want to see him. Lenny starts to get emotional
as he walks towards the door and decides to walk away.
The camera faces Lenny as he walks away, we see a figure
come out of the door behind him.
SON
Can I help you?
LENNY
Uh…
Lenny slowly turns around as he sees his son standing
there. The son notices who it is and starts to look
angry.
SON
What are you doing here?
LENNY
I’ve just come to talk-
SON
(Interrupts)
Talk? I haven't seen you in 20
years and you just want to talk?
LENNY
Look, son-
SON
No, I don't want to hear your
excuses, get off my property.
LENNY
No, please just listen to me son,
I need to expl-
SON
(Interrupts)
Son? Why do you keep saying that?
Im not your son, Im not your
anything, get away from me.
The son walks in and slams the door behind him. Lenny is
left standing there as he looks at the door. He looks
down to the floor and wipes his face down before walking
away.
INT. SON’S HOUSE - EVENING
7. .6
The Son walks in to the living room and wipes his face
down with his hands. His wife walks in behind him.
WIFE
Honey? are you alright?
SON
Who does he think he is? He turns
up to MY house and expects to talk
to me?
WIFE
Wait, what? What are you talking
about?
SON
My “Father” Turns up to my house
and expects to see me?
WIFE
Your father was here? Just?
SON
Yes. He wanted to explain to me?
Why now? Why not over the past 20
years?
WIFE
Calm down baby, just sit down and
talk to me.
The Wife grabs his hand and pulls him down onto the chair
next to him.
Listen, I know you're angry at him
but I don’t want you to do
anything you'll regret out of
anger.
SON
What do you mean?
WIFE
I think you'll regret not hearing
him out. Im not saying have a
relationship with him, just go and
see what he has to say, maybe he
didn't do it for a bad reason,
maybe he did. You deserve to know
the truth.
Lenny’s son exhales and gets up.
8. .7
SON
Ugh I don’t know, I need to be
alone.
The Son walks out the room.
FADE OUT
FADE IN
INT. LENNY’S HOSPITAL ROOM
Camera focuses on Lenny as he lies in the hospital bed,
Mask on his face and multiple tubes attached to him as a
heart monitor is running in the background.
INT. HOSPITAL - DAY
Cuts to inside the hospital, Lenny walks through the door
and walks up to the counter.
LENNY’S SON
Hi, Im looking for Lenny Davies, I
was wondering if you could direct
me to his room? Im his son.
Secretary
Hold on a second… Yes, your father
is in room 84, just down the
corridor there.
The secretary points to the door and Lenny’s son smiles
and walks in that direction. He approaches the room 84 as
we focus on the room door. We cut to a close up of Lenny
as he starts deciding whether or not to go in. He opens
the door a small bit as you hear Lenny in the room.
We see Lenny’s son start to open the door.
CUT TO BLACK
LENNY’S SON
Hello, Dad.
