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118-1a ACTION UNIVERSE: Jobu attacks Evelyn.
118-1b VARIOUS UNIVERSES: Evelyn blocks each of Jobu’s blows as they flash flash flash through different scenarios
118-1c INT. COURTROOM: Judge Jobu grabs the gavel and swings it at Lawyer Evelyn who blocks it
118-1d ACTION UNIVERSE: The gavel is now flowers.
JOBU
Maybe you win in this universe. But in another-
118-1e EXT FOREST: They are dressed as kung fu warriors.
JOBU (CONT’D)
-I beat youJobu lands several hits but Evelyn pushes her away 118-1f INT. JAIL: They charge each other and right as they hit each other-
118-1g EXT. BACKYARD: They are swinging piñatas again.
JOBU (CONT’D)
-or we tie. Or we eat crepes.
A hand grabs Evelyn Pinata’s head.
118-1h MOVIE STAR UNIVERSE: EXT. HONG KONG ALLEY - Jobu holds Evelyn by the head and pushes her down into the path of an oncoming carJOBU (CONT’D)
Cause all of it’s a pointless Swirling bucket of bullshit.
118-1i ACTION UNIVERSE: INT. IRS - Jobu is holding Evelyn’s head inches from the Bagel.
JOBU (CONT’D)
That bagel is where we finally find peace Evelyn.
EVELYN
Stop calling me Evelyn!
Evelyn flexes her pinky then flicks Jobu’s hand away-
118-1j VARIOUS UNIVERSES: Evelyn blocks Jobu’s blows turning them into a hug.
EVELYN (CONT’D)
I. AM. YOUR. -
118-1k ACTION UNIVERSE: INT. IRS - Jobu breaks free, falls towards the bagel, Evelyn grabs her waistEVELYN (CONT’D)
Mother!
Alpha Gong Gong can’t believe his eyes.
Jobu is flustered for the first time. She squirms back to the Bagel and with renewed strength drags Evelyn towards it.
Evelyn struggles with all of her might, but it’s not enough.
Tornado-like winds pull them towards the Bagel. Her feet slip inch by inch
118-2 CHEF UNIVERSE: EXT. STREET - Evelyn leaps off Chad and beckons him to get on her back.
CHAD (CHEF)
What are you doing?
EVELYN
Get on!
Chad jumps on her back. He pulls her hair and they are on their way. Evelyn screams as she pushes her body-
118-3 HOT DOG UNIVERSE: INT. APARTMENT - Evelyn and Deirdre circle each other continuing the mating ritual.
118-4 MOVIE STAR UNIVERSE: EXT. BUSTLING STREET - Evelyn tearfully pours her heart out to Waymond but we can’t hear her words.
118 ACTION UNIVERSE: Suddenly Evelyn and Jobu stop moving. Two robot arms are wrapped around Evelyn’s waist. What?
It’s Alpha Gong Gong pulling them away from the Bagel as well. Evelyn can’t believe her eyes.
118-5 TAXES UNIVERSE: INT. LAUNDROMAT
GONG GONG
⼥朋友?好吧. (In Cantonese)
GONG GONG
Girlfriend? Hao ba.
BECKY
What? What did he say?
Becky is tearing up, she doesn’t need words to understand.
118 ACTION UNIVERSE: INT. IRS 9TH FLOOR ATRIUM
ALPHA GONG GONG
I can’t believe I’m doing this.
A bloody Waymond stumbles over and weakly tries to help as well. The whole family is trying to drag Jobu away.
JOBU
Seriously……
118-6 ROCK UNIVERSE: Jobu Rock is approaching a cliff’s edge with Evelyn rock on her tailJOBU ROCK
…… can you please just……
119 TAXES UNIVERSE: EXT. LAUNDROMAT
Evelyn chases Joy to her car. Joy stops abruptly and turns.
JOY
…… stop, Mom.
The tears in Joy’s eyes stop Evelyn in her tracks.
Waymond and everyone left watch from the laundromat.
JOY (CONT’D)
Good for you. You’re figuring your Shit out. And that’s great. But I’m tired. I don’t want to hurt anymore. And for some reason when I’m with you, it hurts both of us.
So, let’s just go our separate ways…… Please.
Evelyn is taken aback. For the first time she is truly seeing Joy’s pain. Joy waits for her mom to say something.
EVELYN
Okay.
120 ACTION UNIVERSE: INT. IRS 9TH FLOOR ATRIUM
Jobu slips out of Evelyn’s fingers. The family collapses to the floor as the blackness of the Bagel begins consuming Jobu.
121 ROCK UNIVERSE: EXT. FIELD
Jobu Rock tips over the edge and begins to tumble away from Evelyn Rock who watches from the cliff’s edge-
122 TAXES UNIVERSE: EXT. LAUNDROMAT
Evelyn watches as her daughter walks to her car.
122-1 FLASHBACK: She watches as little Joy runs away from her.
Evelyn turns her back to Joy and begins to walk to the laundromat with her head down in shame.
She hears Joy open her car door.
EVELYN
Wait.
Joy turns, one foot already in the car, but Evelyn doesn’t know what to say.
EVELYN (CONT’D)
You’re getting fat.
JOY
What?
EVELYN
And you never call me even though we are on a family plan and it’s FREE. You only visit when you need Something, and you got a tattoo, and I don’t care if it’s supposed to represent our family, you know I hate tattoos. Out of all of the places I could be, why would I want to be here with you? You are right.
It doesn’t make sense.
WAYMOND
Evelyn, 別說了.夠了.
WAYMOND
Evelyn, stop. That’s enough.
JOY
Let her finish.
EVELYN
Maybe it’s like you said, maybe there is something out there, some new discovery that’ll make us feel
like even smaller pieces of shit.
Something that explains why even after seeing everything, and giving up, you still went looking for me through all of this noise. And why no matter what, I still want to be here with you. I will always want to be here with you.
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