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Episode
13
Job Hunting
PART 1
1 NANCY’S HOUSE, DINING ROOM—EVENING
2 Nancy, Edward, Rebecca, and Angela are sitting at the table in the kitchen. Melaku brings in a large platter
3 with a special Ethiopian dinner. He puts the platter on the table.
4 MELAKU (to Rebecca) Please watch out, this dish is very spicy. We use special hot peppers
5	in Ethiopian cooking. Now, Rebecca, please take a piece of bread and eat what
6	you like.
7 NANCY Well, let’s drink to Rebecca and welcome her to San Francisco. Here’s to the
8	beginning of a new life!
9 EDWARD As a Californian!
10 The four of them raise a glass and toast Rebecca. She takes a bite of food. It is hot and Rebecca needs water.
11 MELAKU Rebecca, would you like some more water?
12 REBECCA (nodding “yes”) Ah, yes please.
13 Melaku pours a glass of water for her. Rebecca drinks some water to cool her mouth.
14 ANGELA Ah, you see, Melaku, not everyone believes that spice is the variety of life.
15 EDWARD Angela, I believe the phrase you’re looking for is: ‘Variety is the spice of life.’ It
16	means.. . What does it mean, huh?
17 ANGELA Watch out, Rebecca, Edward loves to correct our speech.
18 EDWARD Only when it’s wrong.
19 MELAKU I’m glad you do. It helps me improve my English.
20 NANCY You speak very well, Melaku. Many Americans don’t speak English as well as you do.
21 MELAKU I’ll need it for my business some day...
22 EDWARD I’d like to hear from the new arrival. You must be experiencing a certain amount
23	of culture shock. . . moving to a new city, sharing this old house with people you
24	don’t know, having a meal with a senior citizen let out for the evening.
25 NANCY Now, Uncle, don’t make everyone uncomfortable.
26 EDWARD I have to make my little jokes while I can, Nancy.
27 REBECCA My trip out here has been. . . Well, there’ve been several surprises since I left
28	Boston. . . but I feel lucky.. . and thankful. . . that my mom’s best friend has
29	taken me in. . . and introduced me to all of you. I feel ready to take whatever
30	comes my way. I’ll even take some more of your Ethiopian food, Melaku. . . and
31	some more water. (Everyone laughs.)
32 LIVING ROOM—NIGHT
33 Rebecca is on the phone, talking to Kevin back in Boston. She is in her bathrobe.
34 REBECCA Don’t ask, Kevin. My car broke down, and this guy helped me out. I had to sell
35	my car and take the bus the rest of the way. Anyway, how’s Dad?… Are you
36	sure?… No, don’t wake him… just tell him everything’s OK…The house?
37	It’s fine…It’ll be just fine.
38 FRONT HALL
39 Nancy returns. She just drove Edward back to the retirement home. She stops in the hallway and quietly
40 cries. She doesn’t know that Rebecca is near.
41 Rebecca hears Nancy crying and says goodbye to Kevin.
42 REBECCA Kevin, I have to go. I’ll talk to you and Dad real soon, OK? Me too. Bye.
43 She hangs up the phone and goes to Nancy, who is sitting by the staircase.
44 STAIRCASE
45 Nancy realizes that Rebecca is there and stops crying.
46 REBECCA What’s wrong, Nancy? Is there anything I can do?
47 NANCY Not really. I don’t think Edward’s going to come back for dinner anymore.
48 REBECCA No?
49 NANCY Oh, he said these trips wear him out. . . and it takes him all week to recover. He
50	was always such a strong man...
51 REBECCA Maybe he’ll feel better next week...
52 NANCY I’ll tell you, growing old ain’t easy.. . See you in the morning.
53 REBECCA OK. . . goodnight.
54 NANCY Goodnight.
55 Nancy goes upstairs by herself.
PART 2
56 SECOND FLOOR HALLWAY—MORNING
57 Rebecca’s in her robe. She takes her toothbrush, toothpaste, hairbrush, and towels and is about to head to the
58 bathroom. As she opens her door, Melaku passes by. She goes back into her room. After Melaku passes,
59 Rebecca starts to walk towards the bathroom again, but she stops.
60 Angela comes out of her bedroom and heads towards the bathroom. She is dressed for work. She goes into
61 the bathroom. Rebecca is waiting, and she watches Angela.
62 REBECCA Morning.
63 ANGELA Oh, good morning!
64 Angela puts on her lipstick and then leaves the bathroom.
65 ANGELA Well, it’s all yours. See ya later.
66 REBECCA Thanks.
67 She goes into the bathroom. She puts a “DO NOT DISTURB” sign on the door arid then closes it.
68 HALLWAY
69 Melaku and Angela meet near the staircase.
70 MELAKU Good morning, Angela. You look very sharp.
71 ANGELA Thank you.
72 MELAKU Well, I’m off to the library. I have a paper due in a few days. Have you seen
73	Miss Shaw?
74 ANGELA Uh… no, why?
75 MELAKU I have to give her my rent check.
76 ANGELA Oh… Is it the first of the month already?
77 MELAKU Yes. Will you tell her I left the check on the hall table?
78 ANGELA Yes.
79 MELAKU Thank you.
80 Angela disappears into the kitchen. Melaku walks to the front door. He leaves an envelope on the hall table.
81 It reads: “To Miss Shaw. September rent, from Melaku.” When Melaku opens the front door, he meets
82 Nancy. She’s dressed in walking clothes.
83 MELAKU Well, how was your walk?
84 NANCY Good. My friend Marsha’s a little slow, but I guess she’s getting old.. . like the
85	rest of us.
86 MELAKU I left my rent check on the hail table.
87 NANCY Oh, thank you.
88 Melaku leaves. Nancy picks up the rent check and heads for the kitchen. Nancy passes Angela on her way
89 out. Angela is rushing off to work.
90 ANGELA Good morning.
91 NANCY Don’t you look nice, all dressed up...
92 Angela looks down at her clothes, then at Nancy.
93 ANGELA Thanks, I got this blouse on sale. 50 percent off!
94 NANCY Good for you.
95 ANGELA Well, I’m off to school, and then off to my part-time job.
96 NANCY (calling after her) Oh, Angela, don’t forget, the rent’s due today.
97 ANGELA Oh, yes, I know that. I’ll give it to you tonight, OK? See ya!
98 NANCY	Uh...
99 Before Nancy can respond, Angela is out the door.
100 STAIRCASE
101 Rebecca is dressed for school. She goes downstairs with her school forms in her hand.
102 KITCHEN
103 Nancy is preparing juice. Rebecca enters the kitchen.
104 REBECCA Good morning.
105 NANCY Good morning. How did you sleep after your long bus ride?
106 REBECCA Oh, I slept like a log. I was dead to the world.
107 NANCY Help yourself to some coffee. Use the big blue mug. Consider it yours.
108 REBECCA Thanks. (pouring herself some coffee) Mm, the coffee smells good.
109 NANCY The milk’s in the refrigerator. The sugar’s on the table.
110 REBECCA Oh, that’s OK. I take it black.
111	Rebecca sits down at the table.
112 NANCY You want a vitamin?
113 REBECCA No thanks.
114 NANCY So, what are your plans for today?
115 REBECCA I have a job interview at school.
116 NANCY Oh, that’s why you look so. . . business-like.
117 REBECCA Do you think it’s OK? I’m not quite sure what they expect.
118 NANCY It’s fine. What kind of job are you applying for?
119 REBECCA I don’t know. I’m supposed to work at the college to cover some of my tuition.
120 NANCY Oh. College is so expensive these days, I don’t know how anybody can afford it.
121 REBECCA Some people get scholarships, and there are student loans. . . and work-study
122	programs like mine.
123 NANCY	Yes, but not everyone can get it...
124 REBECCA Oh, my gosh.. . look at the time. I don’t want to be late for my interview. Can
125	you tell me how to get to the college by bus?
126 NANCY Take a right. . . go two blocks. You’ll see the bus stop. Take the number 1 bus.
127	Ask the bus driver to tell you where to get off.
128 Rebecca finishes her coffee, and when she puts down the cup, she sees Melaku’s check.
129 REBECCA By the way, urn, when is the rent money due?
130 NANCY Actually, it’s due today. . . but you can give it to me in a few days. . . Good luck131	with your interview.
132 REBECCA Thanks.
PART 3
133 SAN FRANCISCO COLLEGE OF MUSIC—MORNING
134 Rebecca walks toward the school and goes inside. Rebecca walks down the hallway. Students are practicing
135 different kinds of music. Rebecca smiles. She knows that this kind of education is what she wants.
136 FINANCIAL AID OFFICE
137 The financial aid officer is sitting at her desk. Rebecca goes in and sits down.
138 REBECCA Hello, I’m Rebecca Casey.
139 MARIA Hi. I’m MarIa Gómez. How can I help you?
140 REBECCA I’m a new student. I’m here about my work-study arrangement.
141 Rebecca hands her the letter that she received from the college. Maria looks for Rebecca’s file on her
142 computer.
143 MARIA Oh, uh. . . didn’t you receive our latest letter?
144 REBECCA What letter?
145 MARIA We sent out a letter. . . dated August 10th. Because of budget cuts, we had to
146 cancel our work-study program this year. But don’t worry! You still have your
147 partial scholarship.
148 REBECCA What? Do you mean you don’t have a job for me?
149 MARIA I’m afraid not.
150 REBECCA I can’t believe this. How am I going to pay for college?
151 MARIA We tried to notify everyone. I’m really very sorry, but because of government
152 budget cuts, there’s just no money for these programs.
153 REBECCA But I was counting on that money to help pay for tuition, books, living expenses,
154 and rent. 
155 MARIA	I understand. We do have some alternatives. Sometimes there are jobs off-campus
156 that come in. Why don’t you check our bulletin board outside?
157 REBECCA	Outside?
158 MARIA Uh-huh… in the hallway. And I’ll keep your résumé here on file...
159 REBECCA I don’t have a résumé.
160 MARIA You’ll need one. Here, use this one as a sample. And you can use our computer
161 lab to type it and print it out.
162 REBECCA Thanks.
163 MARIA You’re welcome.
164 BULLETIN BOARD
165 Rebecca looks at the bulletin board in the hallway. There are only a few notices. Most of them already have
166 “filled” written over them in ink.