March 16, 1989

MARRIED... WITH CHILDREN
"THE HOUSE THAT PEG LOST"

Executive Producers
Michael G. Moye
and 
Ron Leavitt

Supervising Producer
Richard Gurman

Producers
Marcy Vosburgh
&
Sandy Sprung

Associate Producer
Barbara Cramer

Directed By
Gerry Cohen

Written By
Steve Granat
&
Mel Sherer

AN ELP COMMUNICATIONS PRODUCTION

SHOW: #0316
TAPE: 3/17/89
AIR:  N/A


CAST
----
AL BUNDY ...................... ED O'NEILL
PEGGY BUNDY ................... KATEY SAGAL
STEVE RHOADES ................. DAVID GARRISON
MARCY RHOADES ................. AMANDA BEARSE
KELLY BUNDY ................... CHRISTINA APPLEGATE
BUD BUNDY ..................... DAVID FAUSTINO
BUCK, THE DOG ................. MIKE, THE DOG
WORKMAN ....................... Jonathan Coogan
TV ANNOUNCER #1 (O.S.) ........
LAUREN ........................ Allison Barron
TASHA ......................... Tracy Justrich
KAREN ......................... Kristen Pearcey
CHARLENE ...................... Laurie Plaksin
TV ANNOUNCER #2 (O.S.) ........


ACT ONE

SCENE ONE

FADE IN:

INT. BUNDY LIVING ROOM/KITCHEN - AFTERNOON

(AL IS SITTING ON THE COUCH WATCHING TV)

SFX: TV ON

(HIS HAND IS DOWN HIS PANTS. A CAN OF BEER IS ON THE COFFEE TABLE)

TV ANN1	(O.S.) ... where glamour meets Dame Fortune, here we are at "The Luckiest Men On
	Earth" party! And look! Isn't that Joe Piscopo at poolside?

(AL TURNS OFF THE TV)

SFX: TV OFF

(HE PICKS UP THE BEER AND TAKES A SIP. PEGGY ENTERS FROM THE LAUNDRY ROOM. SHE HAS A CIGARETTE)

PEGGY	Al, have you seen my ash tray? Oh, there it is.

(SHE DUMPS HER CIGARETTE IN THE BEER CAN. AL REACTS)

AL	I thought it tasted like your hamburgers.

PEGGY	(MODESTLY) It's an old family recipe. Of course Mom made them a little different.
	She chewed tobacco.

AL	Yeah. I remember her lemonade.

(KELLY ENTERS FROM UPSTAIRS)

KELLY	Mom, Dad... I love you.

(AL AND PEGGY DIG FOR MONEY)

KELLY	No. I already took some, thanks. I just wanted to remind you, tomorrow is the big
	day. So thanks for letting me have a pajama party.

AL	Oh, no. You're not having a pajama party. I'm still having flashbacks from the last
	one you had.

KELLY	Daddy, I was eight.

AL	Yes, but the Judge wanted to try you as an adult.

(BEAT. SHE TURNS TO PEGGY)

KELLY	Thank you, Mom, for letting me have a pajama party.

PEGGY	You're welcome.

AL	Oh, no. I'm not gonna sit here and let you two make my decisions for me. That's how
	we had Bud.

KELLY	Hey, If you'll remember, I was the first to say let's throw him back. But you
	promised I could have another pajama party. It's right here in black and white.

(SHE PULLS OUT A TATTERED PIECE OF PAPER)

KELLY	(READ) "Absolutely no parties involving pajamas, music, or shaving Daddy's head while
	he sleeps, until you're sixteen". Signed, your father, God help me. Al Bundy.

AL	You can't hold me to that. I thought I'd be dead by now.

KELLY	Well, the joke's on you, Dad.

PEGGY	Well, actually the joke's on me... (LOOKS AT AL) ... but not very often.

(BUD ENTERS FROM UPSTAIRS)

BUD	Hey, Kell. Word through the peephole in the girls' shower room is that you're having
	a pajama party. Is this true? Girls. Here? In pajamas?

KELLY	Bud, please, your pimple is squirting me. Mom, please, it's girls only. Can't you
	send him somewhere? Like Steve and Marcy's. The zoo. The feeb tank at Marineland.

PEGGY	Bud, while Kelly's having her party, you'll stay in your room. You're only allowed
	out for dinner, which means you'll be in your room.

KELLY	Oh, come on, Bud. Just pretend it's a normal Saturday night. Turn down the lights,
	play some soft music, and dial 1-800-NO-DATE.

BUD	No, Kell. If it was a normal Saturday night, I'd be busy selling low numbers to the
	guys lined up under your window.

KELLY	Eat toe rot.

BUD	Lick road kill.

(BUD EXITS UPSTAIRS)

AL	Y'know, I'm getting hungry.

KELLY	Thanks, Mom. By the way, on party night, I want you two in your room by seven. And no
	coming out during the party. If my friends knew what you looked like, I'd die.

(KELLY EXITS UPSTAIRS)

AL	Peg, this is my house. I pay for it, I live in it, and I like to feel I can roam
	around it like any other desperate, caged animal. What am I supposed to do locked in
	a room with you all night?

PEGGY	(SEXILY) Well, I too have a promissory note you signed when Kelly was eight.

AL	Hey. You told me that I was to never have to do it again.

PEGGY	Next time, read the small print. (LOOKS AT HIM) I do.

SFX: DOORBELL

AL	Oh, please let this be a bullet with my name on it.

(HE OPENS THE DOOR TO STEVE AND MARCY)

AL	It's never what I want.

MARCY	We love you guys.

AL	Trapped between a rock and a horny place. What do you want?

MARCY	We just wanted to say how we felt. (BEAT) Oh. And ask if you'd watch our house
	for us while we're in New York. Oh, Peggy, Steve is taking me to the theater, and
	then we're going to check into a little hotel we know...

STEVE	(PROUD) It's not really little. It's two hundred a night.

(THEY NUZZLE AND KISS)

PEGGY	How come you don't take me to a hotel, Al?

AL	'Cause you'd just find your way home.

MARCY	Look. We stopped the mail, cancelled the paper, put the plants in the bathtub. All
	you have to do is let the plumber in to fix our sink. (THEN) Oh, Steve, now that I
	hear myself say it, I'm not sure they can do it.

STEVE	(SOTTO) Marcy, it's so easy a chimp can do it. Unfortunately we couldn't find a
	chimp, so we lower our standards and go with these two.

(STEVE GIVES PEGGY THE KEY)

STEVE	Here you go. Oh, and if a chimp comes by, tell him we couldn't wait any longer.

(THEY EXIT)

AL	Have a nice time. Enjoy the play, have a safe trip, and don't worry about a thing.
	(THEN) Okay, they're gone. Take the key. It's time to loot.

(THEY EXIT EXCITEDLY)

DISSOLVE TO:


ACT ONE

SCENE TWO

INT. BUNDY LIVING ROOM/KITCHEN - LATER THAT DAY

(AL AND PEGGY ENTER, CARRYING ARMLOADS OF BLANKETS AND STUFF FROM STEVE AND MARCY'S HOUSE)

AL	Y'know, you can learn a lot about people going through their safe. I wonder if Steve
	knows the house is only in Marcy's name.

PEGGY	I wonder if Marcy knows Steve's mother is the beneficiary of his life insurance.

AL	Well, we don't have much, but at least we don't keep secrets from each other.

PEGGY	You said it, Al.

(THEY BOTH TURN AWAY AND LOOK GUILY. KELLY AND BUD ENTER FROM UPSTAIRS)

BUD	Come on, Kell. I cleaned your room. I alphabetized your albums. I even put an "Over
	One Million Served" sign on the wall by your bed. Now can I stay for your pajama
	party?

KELLY	No, pus bomb, you can't.

BUD	C'mon, Kelly. I'm not gonna touch anything. I just want to say hello, ask how it's
	goin', watch their moist, nubile young bodies as they gently...

KELLY	Mom, can't the vet neuter him or put him to sleep or something?

PEGGY	Bud, you'll stay in your room.

KELLY	Hah.

BUD	(DEFIANTLY) Spell it.

(BUD EXITS. KELLY GOES INTO THE KITCHEN AND LOOKS IN THE REFRIGERATOR)

PEGGY	(SIGHS) Gee, Al, they grow up so fast.

AL	Yeah. Kelly's a young woman. Bud's a Peeping Tom. Where does the time go?

KELLY	Daddy, we don't have any food.

AL	My underwear has no elastic. Take it up with June Cleaver over there.

(INDICATES PEGGY)

PEGGY	Hey, who died and made me Mom?

AL	I was being selfish again, wasn't I, June? Well, I'm going shopping. If I'm not back
	in four days, eat without me. And if I do come back, call a doctor, 'cause 
	obviously I don't know who I am.

PEGGY	Fine. While you're out, pick me up some panty hose and some industrial size "Roid-Be-
	Gone" for Mom.

AL	I'm dead. Why don't I fall down?

(AS HE EXITS HE OPENS THE DOOR TO A WORKMAN)

AL	(TO WORKMAN) If you're a kidnapper, don't forget the little male child upstairs. Have
	a nice day.

(AL EXITS)

WORKMAN	Excuse me, Ma'am. I'm looking for a... (READS THE WORK ORDER) "Steve's Roadhouse?"

PEGGY	Next door. Here's the key. And if you get thirsty, there's some good wine under a
	false tile in the bathroom.

WORKMAN	Like I wouldn't have found it anyway.

(THEY LAUGH. HE EXITS)

PEGGY	(SIGHS) Work, work. Work.

(PEGGY CROSSES TO THE COUCH AND SITS. KELLY SITS NEXT TO HER ON THE COUCH)

KELLY	Hey, Mom. Y'know, the house is kind of dirty for my party. You think Dad'll have
	time to clean it?

PEGGY	Of course he will. (HAPPILY) It's his day off.

(THEY BOTH PUT THEIR FEET ON THE COFFEE TABLE. PEGGY REACHES FOR THE REMOTE CONTROL)

DISSOLVE TO:


ACT ONE

SCENE THREE

INT. BUNDY LIVING ROOM/KITCHEN - LATER THAT DAY

(PEGGY IS WATCHING TV)

SFX: TV ON

TV ANN2	(O.S.) Today on Oprah. "Men: Herd 'em up, kill 'em all."

(AL ENTERS. HE CARRIES A BAG. PEGGY TURNS OFF THE TV)

SFX: TV OFF

AL	How ya doin', Peg? Y'know, we oughta get a little motor for the couch, so you can
	putter around the living room during commercials.

PEGGY	I do plenty around here. Who do you think put that bullseye on the toilet for you?
	(BEAT) Oh, and I let the plumber in for Steve and Marcy.

AL	(OFF-HANDEDLY) They'll be so happy. By the way, did you know their house is gone?

PEGGY	What do you mean "Gone"?

AL	Like hauled away, empty, y'know, was there this morning, not there now. Gone.

(SHE GOES TO THE WINDOW AND LOOKS OUT)

PEGGY	Oh, Al, Steve and Marcy's house is gone.

AL	Nothin' gets by you, does it, Peg? Except a house.

FADE OUT:

END OF ACT ONE


ACT TWO

SCENE ONE

FADE IN:

INT. BUNDY LIVING ROOM/KITCHEN - A SHORT TIME LATER

(AL AND PEGGY ARE ON THE COUCH. BUD IS ON THE PHONE)

AL	Peg, how could they move a whole house and you not hear it?

PEGGY	Well, it was kinda noisy out there, so I just stuffed cotton in my ears like I did
	when the kids were teething. Hey I know. Maybe the plumber had to take it to the
	shop. You don't think Steve and Marcy will be mad about this, do you?

AL	I dunno. They're awful moody people. Look, who knows? Maybe they'll come back, see
	the hole and say, "It's the ditch we always dreamed of."

BUD	Well, I found it. Here's the information.

(HE HANDS AL A PIECE OF PAPER)

BUD	They can have it back in two, three days, tops. Depending on traffic.

PEGGY	They're gonna kill us, Al. They get mad when we take their garbage cans. Bud, go put
	their garbage cans back. Y'know, as a show of good faith.

AL	Bring the lids, too. They may be living in 'em and they say it's gonna rain tomorrow.

(BUD EXITS)

PEGGY	I just know they're gonna throw this up to me next time I try to borrow something.

AL	Don't worry, Peg. They're not due back till tomorrow. A lot can happen in one day. I
	remember one time, I was happy, I was healthy, I had money in my pocket. Then in one
	day, Bam, I lost it all. That was the day I married you, Peg.

PEGGY	Oh, Al. (SHE KISSES HIM) You really think Steve and Marcy will forgive me?

AL	I never have.

DISSOLVE TO:


ACT TWO

SCENE TWO

INT. BUNDY LIVING ROOM/KITCHEN - THE NEXT NIGHT)

(AL AND PEGGY COME DOWNSTAIRS. THEY CARRY SUITCASES. KELLY COMES WITH THEM.)

PEGGY	Have a nice party, honey. We'll be at Grandma's for a week or so. When Steve and
	Marcy come back home they're probably going to ask where their house is. But if they
	don't bring it up, you don't bring it up. No boys at the party, now.

(SHE KISSES HER. SHE HEADS UPSTAIRS)

KELLY	(MUTTERS) Boy, you make one mistake when you're eight years old and they never let
	you forget it.

(SHE EXITS)

AL	Hey, Peg. I got a way out of this. We bring your mother here, wedge her into Steve
	and Marcy's foundation, drop a roof on her, and the only thing they'll wonder is
	why their house smells so bad. Of course, they'll probably appreciate the extra room.

SFX: CAR PULLING UP

PEGGY	It's them. They're home early. Boy, they're gonna be in a foul mood. I hope they're
	not gonna come over here.

AL	What are they doing?

PEGGY	Well, they're looking at their hole. Now they're looking at our house... now their
	hole. Yep, I knew it. Here they come. I just know they're going to blame us.

SFX: DOORBELL

AL	Who is it?

STEVE	(O.S.) Open up in there.

AL	Oh, Steve. Look, I'd love to talk to you, but I know you're tired from your trip,
	and all, so why don't you just turn in and we'll chat tomorrow. Sleep tight.

(STEVE POUNDS ON THE DOOR)

AL	Who is it?

(BEAT, THEN WE HEAR THE SOUND OF THE DOOR BEING KICKED. IT OPENS TO STEVE AND A COMATOSE
MARCY)

AL	Hey, Steve. That's pretty rude. A man's home is his castle.

STEVE	Well, ours is a moat, Al. What did you do to our house?

AL	Relax, Steve. Tell us about your trip first.

STEVE	(BITTER) You want to hear about our trip? Okay. I'll tell you about our trip.

(CROSSES TO THE COUCH, SETS MARCY DOWN)

STEVE	First they lost our luggage. Then our hotel reservations. And the play we wanted to
	see stunk, and I didn't get any sleep. Why? Because all the good heating grates
	were taken, so we came home. You have anything to tell us?

AL	Well, Kelly's going to have a party. Bud's been doing well in school...

STEVE	Where's our house, Al?

AL	It's a chicken restaurant in Waukeegan. See, you didn't think we'd know, did you?

PEGGY	This is so funny. See, a guy came and asked for Steve's Road House. I thought he
	wanted Steve Rhoades' house. Then one thing led to another and they took your house
	away. (BRIGHTLY) Oh, look. Marcy's coming to.

MARCY	I had this awful dream. I dreamt I was Dorothy in "The Wizard of Oz". Peggy, you
	were there. You were all there. Peggy, you were the good witch; Al, you were looking
	for a brain; and Steve, you were Don Johnson, naked. Then a train went through a
	tunnel and our house was gone. Oh, well, I'm feeling better now. (TO PEGGY) Did you
	remember to let the plumber in?

DISSOLVE TO:


ACT TWO

SCENE THREE

INT. BUNDY LIVING ROOM - EVENING

(AL AND PEGGY ARE HANDING STEVE AND MARCY BLANKETS. STEVE AND MARCY HUDDLE ON THE SOFA, SHE'S
DRESSED IN ONE OF PEGGY'S TACKIEST FEATHERED PEIGNOIRS. HE WEARS BAGGY SWEAT PANTS AND A
T-SHIRT MARKED "I'M MARRIED. SHOOT ME")

MARCY	Oh, Steve... we're homeless!

(STEVE ARRANGES THE BLANKET AROUND THEM)

STEVE	Not really, Marcy. We have our VCR, our blankets, and everything else they could
	strap on their backs and haul over here. So except for our actual house, we're as
	close to home as you can be.

MARCY	Well, I'm happy as long as I have you.

STEVE	(RUEFULLY) Yeah. Right. Goodnight, honey.

(THEY KISS)

SFX: DOORBELL

KELLY	(O.S.) They're here! They're here! 

(KELLY, IN HER PAJAMAS, BOUNDS DOWN THE STAIRS AND GOES TO THE DOOR. STEVE AND MARCY BOLT UP)

STEVE	Who...? What...?

(KELLY OPENS THE FRONT DOOR. FIVE SIXTEEN YEAR OLD GIRLS; LAUREN, TASHA, KAREN, CHARLENE,
AND AN EXTRA, POUR IN, ALL TALKING AT ONCE. DIN OF BABBLE. STEVE AND MARCY CLUTCH THEIR
BLANKETS. THE GIRLS CARRY RECORDS, PIZZA, MANICURING SETS, ETC. THEY REMOVE THEIR COATS. 
THEY'RE ALL WEARING BABY-DOLLS AND OTHER CUTE SLEEPWEAR)

LAUREN	Gee, Kell, who are the old people?

TASHA	Is this your Mom and Dad?

KELLY	(APALLED) Oh, God, no. It's just the neighbors. They live in the empty lot next
	door.

TASHA	(LOUD WHISPER) They look dirty.

(THEY ALL STARE AT STEVE AND MARCY. STEVE AND MARCY LOOK UNCOMFORTABLE)

DISSOLVE TO:


ACT TWO

SCENE FOUR

INT. AL AND PEGGY'S BEDROOM - EVENING

(AL AND PEGGY ARE IN BED. AL APPEARS TO BE SLEEPING. PEGGY STARES AT HIM)

PEGGY	Al, who do you think you're fooling. I just saw you get in bed.

(AL GIVES THREE QUICK SNORTS)

PEGGY	Let's go, Al.

AL	Aw, Peg. I'm just not comfortable foolin' around with other people in the house.
	Y'know, Steve, Marcy, the kids, you.

PEGGY	Shut up and pleasure me.

(AL MOANS. STEVE AND MARCY ENTER)

AL	Steve. Marcy. Good to see you. Look, Peg. It's Steve and Marcy.

PEGGY	Don't you two have a home? Oops. Sorry.

AL	So what's going on?

STEVE	Your daughter threw us out of the living room. We need a place to sleep. So we came
	here.

PEGGY	They couldn't have come one minute later. It would have been all over but the
	promises of a better performance next time.

(SHE BURIES HER FACE IN THE PILLOW)

AL	Don't mind her. I'm glad to see you kids. Stay as long as you want.

STEVE	Thanks, Al.

(SPREADING THEIR BLANKETS ON THE FLOOR)

STEVE	We're suing you, you know.

AL	Fine. Take it all, I've had too much for too long.

MARCY	Oh, Let's just go to bed, so this day of a thousand deaths can end.

(THEY SETTLE IN ON THE FLOOR AT THE FOOT OF THE BED. THEY SIGH CONTENTEDLY)

STE/MAR	Ahhh.

MUSIC CUE: LOUD ROCK MUSIC O.S.

MARCY	Oh, this is horrible. I just can't take it anymore.

STEVE	Don't worry, Marcy. Our house will be back tomorrow.

MARCY	Not that. I smell Al's feet.

DISSOLVE TO:


ACT TWO

SCENE FIVE

INT. BUNDY LIVING ROOM - LATER THAT NIGHT

(THE PARTY IS IN FULL SWING. THE GIRLS ARE PAINTING TOENAILS, GIVING EACH OTHER FACIALS, ETC.
BUCK IS LYING ON THE FLOOR. HE HAS TWO PINK CURLERS ON HIS HEAD)

TASHA	Can you believe Charlene? What a loser. God I hate her.

LAUREN	She's so phony.

KELLY	And a fat-thighed slimy pig. You notice she didn't bring a toothbrush.

(CHARLENE ENTERS FROM AL'S BATHROOM)

KELLY	Oh, hi Charlene! You look great. Dynamite smell.

TASHA	My turn.

(TASHA EXITS TO AL's BATHROOM. THEN:)

KELLY	God, I hate her. She talks behind everybody's back.

(THEY ALL NOD AND WALLA HOW BAD SHE LOOKS. BUD SAUNTERS DOWN THE STAIRS IN HIS SMOKING
JACKET. HE CARRIES A PIPE, JAUNTILY. HE IS GRAY AROUND THE TEMPLES)

BUD	(DRIPPING WITH SOPHISTICATION) Good evening, ladies. Just a reminder. When you get
	tired of the endless drone of girlish chatter, step up to pleasure. Step up to Club
	Bud.

KELLY	Get out of here, you little she-male.

LAUREN	No, that's okay. Let him stay. I think he's cute.

BUD	(SMUG) You and the rest of the world, baby.

(LAUREN WINKS AT THE OTHER GIRLS. SHE PATS THE COUCH NEXT TO HER. BUD SITS)

LAUREN	Oh, Bud... you drive me crazy.

(SHE STROKES HIS HAIR. BUD'S HORMONES GO INTO OVERDRIVE. HIS LEG STARTS TWITCHING)

LAUREN	Let me give you something special. Close your eyes.

(BUD DOES. THE GIRLS PUT A CURLER IN HIS HAIR UNDER THE GUISE OF PLAYING WITH IT. KELLY
BRINGS BUCK OVER. SHE MOTIONS TO LAUREN)

LAUREN	Pucker up, baby.

(BUD DOES. BUCK GIVES HIM A KISS)

BUD	Come on, baby! Give me all you got!

(HE OPENS HIS EYES. THE GIRLS BEGIN TO LAUGH HYSTERICALLY. BUD REACTS)

BUD	Okay, Hah hah. Another fine example of bimbo wit. Well, I'm done. Finished. I'm
	going upstairs.

KELLY	Before you go, can you say, "I'm drinking milk. And one day I'm going to be big and
	strong"?

BUD	Tee hee, Kell. Oh, by the way... (PULL SOME PAPER SCRAPS FROM HIS POCKET) I almost
	forgot. There were some messages for you. (GLANCES AT PAPERS) Dan Peterson called. He
	said tomorrow night behind the Seven-Eleven will be fine.

KELLY	(NERVOUSLY) Uh, Bud, I don't think anyone wants to hear...

LAUREN	Dan Peterson! That's my boyfriend!

BUD	Oh, is he? Gee, Kelly thinks he's hers. Anyway, Kell, Greg Barnett called, too. You
	have a date, Tuesday. And wear something tight.

(TASHA ENTERS)

TASHA	Wait a minute! I'm dating Greg.

BUD	Uh oh. (READS ANOTHER NOTE) And, let's see... whose boyfriend is Bobby Brocatto?

KAR/CHA	Mine.

(KAREN AND CHARLENE GLARE AT EACH OTHER)

BUD	Well, you guys have a lot to talk about. Goodnight.

(HE HEADS TO THE STAIRS AND SITS TO WATCH. KAREN AND CHARLENE BEGIN A LOUD AD-LIB ARGUMENT,
AND THE OTHER GIRLS BEGIN TO ADVANCE ON KELLY, HISSING EPITHETS)

TASHA	(TO KELLY) You're seeing my Greg?

LAUREN	And Dan?

KELLY	Well, I wasn't gonna keep 'em.

LAUREN	Sow.

TASHA	Trollop.

LAUREN	Tramp.

TASHA	Slut.

LAUREN	Bundy.

(KELLY GETS MAD AND POPS LAUREN WITH A RIGHT. LAUREN GOES BACK ON THE COUCH. A HAIR PULLING
BREAKS OUT. BUD HUMS ON THE STAIRS, TAKES OUT A CAMERA AND SNAPS SOME PICTURES OF THE FIGHT.
A BRA FULL OF TOILET PAPER GOES BY HIS HEAD)

BUD	Yum yum, gimme some.

(THE GIRLS FIGHT ON)

DISSOLVE TO:


ACT TWO

SCENE SIX

INT. AL AND PEGGY'S BEDROOM - LATER THAT NIGHT

(STEVE AND MARCY ARE STILL ON THE FLOOR. AL SNORES. AL'S BARE FEET LOOM ABOVE THEIR HEADS.
THEY LOOK. STEVE PULLS THE COVERS OVER THEM)

MARCY	How can he get that smell with only ten toes?

STEVE	Go to sleep, Marcy.

MARCY	I can't Steve. I'm just so upset. I miss our little house.

STEVE	I know, Marcy. We'll get it back, Angel Cups.

MARCY	You haven't called me Angel Cups in a long time, Sugar Tush.

(THEY SNUGGLE. AL AND PEGGY SIT UP AND PEER AT THEM IN WONDER)

STEVE	Remember what I said when we didn't think we could afford a house? We need no home.
	Our love is shelter enough against all storms.

MARCY	Man, thy name is Steve.

(DURING THE FOLLOWING, AL AND PEGGY GATHER UP THEIR BLANKET AND PILLOWS)

STEVE	And love, thy name is Marcy. The warmth of your arms is my hearth.

MARCY	And your strong arms are my support beams.

STEVE	And your lips are my doorways to heaven.

MARCY	And your blue eyes are the window to my world.

STEVE	And your hair...

(AL AND PEGGY EXIT)

DISSOLVE TO:


ACT TWO

SCENE SEVEN

INT. BUNDY LIVING ROOM/KITCHEN - MOMENTS LATER

(THE FIGHT RAGES ON. AL AND PEGGY COME DOWNSTAIRS)

BUD	Where are you guys goin'?

AL	To sleep in the hole, Bud.

PEGGY	Goodnight, kids. Oh, Kelly.

(KELLY PICKS HER HEAD UP. HANDS ARE AROUND HER THROAT)

PEGGY	Remember, no boys.

KELLY	(CHOKED) Okay, Mom.

PEGGY	Good girl.

(THEY OPEN THE DOOR)

PEGGY	It's raining, Al.

AL	Perfect. I'll sleep with my mouth open. Maybe I'll drown.

(THEY TURN OUT THE LIGHT AND EXIT)

FADE OUT:

END OF ACT TWO