ROCKLAND COUNTY – EPISODE #44 – NOVEMBER 16, 2005 “SETTLING IN”

 

WRITTEN BY

Roger Newcomb

 

STARRING

Barbara Thomas as Eve Morgan

Jeffrey Richardson as Dr. Brian Morgan

Angela Mazziotta as Arden Morgan

Delaina Dixon as Dr. Angela Givens

Kelly Christopher as Karen Grissom

Jason Nishimoto-Thompson as Cyrus Connor

 

INT. RAMOS ESTATE GUEST HOUSE - DAY

BRIAN is talking with ARDEN in the living room when EVE walks downstairs.

 

EVE

Good morning, children.

 

BRIAN

Ugh, this is not the way I wanted to start this day.

 

EVE

It’s so nice to be in this big family house with my two adoring kids.

 

ARDEN

Oh, please, Mom. 

 

BRIAN

Mom, when are you going to find some place else to stay?  Arden is staying here as a favor from Dante, but no one invited you to live here too.

 

EVE

I had no other place to go, Brian.

 

BRIAN

You have a home in Vermont to go back to, Mom.

 

EVE

That trailer is falling apart.  I can’t go back there and deal with Cliff and a stack of bills.  I need a fresh start, just like Arden.  Just like you had all those years ago.

 

ARDEN

Mom, Brian’s right.  You should go back to Vermont.  But if you’re really interested in staying in New York, you have to find a job and a place of your own to live.

 

EVE

Maybe I should trying waiting tables with you at Sutter’s Mill?

 

ARDEN

Oh God, please don’t.

 

BRIAN

Look, I’m going to shower and head over to the hospital to see Angela.  Arden, thanks for letting me crash here last night.

 

ARDEN

Hey, any time, Bri. 

 

INT. ROCKLAND PSYCH CENTER - DAY

ANGELA is sitting at her desk when KAREN and CYRUS walk into her office.

 

KAREN

Angela, where have you been all night?

 

ANGELA

Karen, hi.  I had a late night with Damien.  I stopped by Sutter’s Mill and then ended up sticking around until his shift ended.  We went to see Jarhead at the mall.

 

KAREN

I kept calling your cell phone, and you didn’t answer.

 

ANGELA

Yeah, I just realized this morning that my battery is completely dead.  It won’t even charge.   So what’s up?  What’s so urgent?

 

KAREN

Something happened here last night, at the hospital.  And Cyrus saw the whole thing.

 

ANGELA

Was there a problem with one of the patients?

 

CYRUS

Dr. Givens, I saw your boyfriend, Brian, getting physical with Karen last night.

 

ANGELA

What?!  What are you talking about?

 

KAREN

Angela, Brian stopped by here, I guess to confront me about telling you what happened between us at dinner the other night.  He was angry that I mentioned it to you.

 

ANGELA

I saw Brian yesterday and he completely denied it Karen.  He was totally blown away when I told him.

 

CYRUS

All I know is that I walked up and saw him giving Karen a hard time.  I came over and asked him to leave.

 

ANGELA

No.  I must be missing something here.  Brian said he was going to talk to you about this, but he wouldn’t get angry, or “physical” with you.  What did he do?

 

KAREN

He just kept telling me I was lying and I asked him to leave but he wouldn’t.

 

ANGELA

Cyrus, you saw this?

 

CYRUS

I walked up at the end, but yeah, Karen was very upset when I arrived.

 

ANGELA

There has to be more to this story than you’re telling me.

 

KAREN

I’m sorry, Angela.  I didn’t want to upset you, but I couldn’t keep this to myself.

 

ANGELA

Don’t worry, Karen.  I’m going to get to the bottom of this.