Firefly Lane

written by

Maggie Friedman & Davah Avena

INT. LIVING ROOM AT KATE'S HOUSE - DAY

Tully looks out the window waiting for Kate to arrive

KATE (O.S.)

Hey, Marah, you want to get a pizza?

Tully turns around to see Kate walk into the room. She is
relieved to finally get the chance to talk with her.

Kate sees Tully at the window and freezes in place. She is

TULLY
Kate.

KATE
(exhales)
What the hell are you doing here?

TULLY
(sighs)
I... I'm guessing Marah texted me
from your phone. I thought it was
you.

KATE
I cannot fucking believe this.

TULLY
I know, but since I'm here, can
can we just talk?

Kate stares a Tully in disbelief, not saying anything

TULLY (CONT'D)
Will you at least acknowledge my
existence?

Kate turns around and storms out of the room

TULLY (CONT'D)
Kate! Please?

Kate looks at Tully for a moment.

KATE
(exhales)
Okay, you want to talk? Let's
fucking talk.

Kate moves back into the living room and sits down on the
couch. Tully sits in an armchair opposite Kate. Tully looks
at Kate expectantly. Kate stares at Tully impatiently. The
tension is thick and awkward.

KATE (CONT'D)
All right, let's hear it.

TULLY
Okay. Okay. So, I have an
explanation for everything.But
tell me what you're most upset
about, and I'll start with that.

KATE
(scoffs)
I'm not gonna do this for you.
Either you have something to say
here, or you don't.

TULLY

I.. Okay, I do. I do. Um The frat

KATE
After I explicitly told you that
she was grounded.

TULLY
Yes.But [chuckles] you should
have seen her face when Ashley
invited her.She lit up like a
Christmas tree. She wanted to go
so badly. She's in love. And I
know what it feels like to have
your heart crushed, and and it
seemed innocent, so I just wanted
her to be happy.

KATE
You drove drunk with my daughter
in your car.
 3.

TULLY
I wasn't drunk.

KATE
(scoffs)

TULLY
I wasn't. I.. When she called me
from the party, I just acted on
instinct. I could hear how scared
she was, and I knew I had to save
her.

KATE
From the dangerous situation that
you put her in.

TULLY
I thought she was at the movies!

KATE
Yet instead, she was getting
groped by some drunk frat boy.
But at least you went to pick her
up, also drunk.

TULLY
I, Jesus.(Tully starts to stand
up from her chair) I wasn't
drunk. I had had a couple of
drinks. I, I didn't even feel
buzzed. I just knew I had to go
and get her.

KATE
You could've called a car
service. You could've called the
police. You could've called me.
I'm her mother. But no, you
didn't think about that. It's all
about you. Just covering your ass
so that I wouldn't find out. And
then Marah is the one who pays
the price.
 4.

TULLY
Well, I am paying a price too,
Kate. I am. My career might be
over. They dropped my new talk
show. My mug shot is everywhere,
and no one no one is
acknowledging that that car
accident was not my fault. But
worst of all, I may have lost my
best friend. And I am completely
alone. The only people who will
talk to me are Justine, because I
pay her, and fucking Cloud.

KATE
Yeah, that's on you, Tully. You
push, and you push, and you push
people away, and then when they
go, you blame them for leaving.
But I'm done. I am so done
bending over backwards to just
clean up all of your messes.
fuck, I've done it for the last
30 years, and I'm sick of it.

TULLY
(scoffs)
What about everything I've done
for you? I've been your biggest
champion. What about all the jobs
I've given you?

KATE
(scoffs)
You give me jobs because you want
me around. You cannot stand to be
alone. You don't care about me.

TULLY
That isn't true. You're the only
person I care about.

KATE
No. The only person you care
about is you. I've known how
selfish you were since the very
first day I met you. But I didn't
care. It's the price of being
your friend. I just never thought
that price would include my
daughter.
 5.

Tully moves to the couch to sit by Kate.

TULLY
Jesus, Kate I swear, I did not
mean for this to happen. I
thought I was doing something
right. It was.. .It was an
accident!

KATE
So what?

TULLY
So [breathes shakily] So, you're
right. You were right. About
everything. I, I fucked up.
[inhales shakily] I really fucked
up. But I will do anything to
make it right. I can't live
without you. Please... Please I'm
sorry. I am truly sorry.

KATE
I know how hard that must've been
for you. I missed you too. Every
morning when I wake up, I'd pick
up the phone to call you.

TULLY
Me too. I am not me without you.

KATE
But I can't... I can't forgive
you. God, I want to. So bad. But
whenever I look at you, all I can
think about is getting that call.
Marah in the hospital. You did
that to her. To me. To us. I
can't forgive you.

TULLY
(exhales shakily)
So that's it, then? Thirty years
just over?

KATE
I'm sorry.

Kate gets up to leave. Tully is left on the couch alone, head