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　　DEBBIE THE DOG MOM
　　Here it is-
　　Evelyn snatches it out of her hand and heads to search through piles of pick up laundry.
　　JOY
　　Mom， we’ve been together for three years， don’t you think Gong Gong would want to knowEVELYN
　　Of course. Just not now. Let him enjoy his party tonight.
　　JOY
　　You think Becky is going to make it through the entire party without introducing herself to Gong Gong？
　　Have you met Becky？
　　EVELYN
　　（taken aback）
　　我以為她要上班.
　　EVELYN
　　（taken aback）
　　I thought she had work.
　　JOY
　　She got someone to cover for her.
　　Is that…… not okay？
　　RICK
　　Evelyyyyyn! My belle! Guess whose 20 got eaten by the machine again.
　　It’s RICK， a chipper older white regular， who comes in a little too regularly.
　　Without missing a beat， Evelyn picks up a baseball bat and uses the handle to THUMP a dented air vent in the ceiling.
　　EVELYN
　　Waymond! More customers need help!
　　RICK
　　（inhaling deeply）
　　Evelyn! You know， my wife， God rest her soul， used to wear the same exact perfume……
　　EVELYN
　　I see you at the party tonight？
　　Rick playfully pulls out a party invitation from his pocket.
　　Used to his come-ons by now， Evelyn smiles in approval then spots Waymond and Becky.
　　EVELYN （CONT’D）
　　客⼈⾐服在哪？三⼗⼆號不⾒了.
　　EVELYN （CONT’D）
　　Did you move our customer’s clothes？ 032 is missing!
　　WAYMOND
　　Sorry! It was too crowded. I moved some upstairs. I think the clothes are happier there.
　　Becky looks to Joy who gives a mock thumbs up.
　　
　　7 INT. APARTMENT - DINING ROOM/LIVING ROOM - MOMENTS LATER
　　
　　Evelyn and Joy re-enter the apartment. Hanging precariously from a shelf by the Security Cam TV are some clothes wrapped in plastic with two googly eyes and a sharpie drawn smile.
　　WAYMOND （O.S.）
　　（shouting up the stairs）
　　See？ They’re happier here.
　　EVELYN
　　不是説好把Google eyes全部收起來嗎？No More google eyes!
　　EVELYN
　　I told you to take down all of the google eyes before tonight! No more google eyes!
　　JOY
　　Could we talk about-
　　Evelyn begins ripping the googly eyes off.
　　EVELYN
　　妳爸阿……过了这么多年
　　I still don’t understand how his brain works-.
　　EVELYN
　　Your father…… after all of this time. I still don’t understand how his brain works
　　JOY
　　Can Becky come or
　　EVELYN
　　Stop changing subject. You know， with our auditor， she’s a terrible person. Targeting Chinese in the
　　community. After two year of meetings， she puts a lien on our laundromat， and you know what your
　　father does？ He brings her cookies.
　　神經病! （crazy person!）
　　
　　7-1 Meanwhile， in the security camera feed we see Waymond’s head fall forward then lift up again. He looks around the store suddenly very alert. He beelines it towards a supply closet as if he’s in a spy movie. He begins stuffing random objects into Evelyn’s purse and his fanny pack.
　　EVELYN （CONT’D）
　　Everyday here is a battle. I fight I fight I fight for all of us.
　　Everything I do， I try to make things simpler， easier， 但妳爸……（but your father……）
　　Waymond resumes his position by the coin machine and gives Rick an awkward smile before his head knocks forward again.
　　Then he wakes up， a little disoriented， but continues hitting the coin machine…… What？
　　EVELYN （CONT’D）
　　……有時候我在想， 如果沒有我他怎麽
　　Survive……
　　EVELYN （CONT’D）
　　…… sometimes I wonder how he would have survived without me……
　　Evelyn watches Waymond in the security monitor as he playfully mock-dances with the coin machine. Ignored again， as usual， Joy grits her teeth.
　　
　　8 INT. LAUNDROMAT - CONTINUOUS
　　
　　Evelyn enters as Waymond reaches behind the machine to unplug it， while laughing with Rick.
　　Joy returns as well and storms over to Becky.
　　WAYMOND
　　Evelyn you have to see Rick dance.
　　Look， he knows all of the moves!
　　
　　8-1 He gestures to the TV still playing an old musical. As the two lovers on the screen dance to the orchestral music， Rick follows in time. Waymond claps.
　　WAYMOND （CONT’D）
　　Did you know Rick is in the community theater？ He wants to be an actor like you did. 妳也可以去試鏡啊.
　　WAYMOND （CONT’D）
　　Did you know Rick is in the community theater？ He wants to be an actor like you did.
　　Maybe you can audition too.
　　Evelyn watches the screen as the lovers dance， sing， and circle one another. They move in for a kiss. A flash of longing comes across her face.
　　She snaps out of it and hands Waymond the Dog Mom’s laundry.
　　EVELYN
　　把這個給⼤⿐⼦
　　（to Rick）
　　How much you lose？
　　EVELYN
　　Give this to the customer with the big nose.
　　（to Rick）
　　How much you lose？
　　RICK
　　Twenty. But I take tips.
　　Meanwhile Becky is trying to calm Joy down.
　　JOY
　　（whispered to Becky）
　　I don’t know how to be any fucking clearer. She can choose: You come to the party with me， Gong Gong is eternally ashamed， until he forgets it all happened at all， then he dies. OR we don’t come. Gong Gong is proud of Mom， until he forgets it all， then he still dies.
　　Evelyn gasps and shoots Joy a horrified look. Joy’s face falls.
　　JOY （CONT’D）
　　I didn’t mean that. It was a joke.
　　WAYMOND
　　That’s not a very funny joke.
　　BECKY
　　Hey， guys……
　　Becky is looking at something behind all of them. Joy sees it too. Evelyn angrily rummages through her purse.
　　JOY
　　Mom.
　　Waymond sees it now and freezes. Evelyn pulls out a $10 roll of quarters and hands it to Rick.
　　RICK