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| Episode 324; OAD: Thursday January 9, 2014 | |
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| Ali | Aug 12 2014, 05:19 AM Post #1 |
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CLOSE TO HOME EPISODE 324 OAD: Thursday January 9, 2014 SCENE ONE: GORDON BAY BOARDWALK Aries is walking down the boardwalk. He takes his time as he looks down at the beach. The look of all the people playing makes him smile. As he is walking past the alleyway. Someone grabs him by the shirt and pulls him in. As he is pulled in, he looks at the person who did pulled him in. As he looks at them, they are wearing a mask. Suddenly, the assailant stabs Aries. ARIES Ah! Aries is against the wall of a building as the assailant pulls his knife out and runs away. Aries holds onto the area under his chest where his lung is located on the right. He falls down to the ground gasping for air. SCENE TWO: THE LINE On the ground in a mysterious area, is Aries. He lays on the ground holding onto the area where he was stabbed. Suddenly, a mysterious figure is seen standing over him. A woman with blonde hair and wearing a beautiful long white dress. Slowly she bends down and passes her hands on Aries as he slowly opens his eyes. He looks up at the person and seems to see a ghost. He slowly backs away from the figure and slowly gets up to his feet. As he is holding onto his wound, he never takes his eyes off of the woman. Slowly he moves his hands from the wound and places them in front of his face. He looks down at his wound and sees that it isn’t there. Slowly Aries looks back at the woman. ARIES M… Mom? The woman smiles at Aries. Amelia walks towards him and hugs her son. Aries is visibly taken aback. AMELIA It’s me. You’ve grown so much kiddo. ARIES But… how? I was just stabbed… why are you here? I have to be dreaming. You look exactly like you did… AMELIA When I died? ARIES You mean when you were murdered? You didn’t just die. You didn’t have a heart attack, or even die in your sleep. Mom, you were taken from me and Justin. You were so young, you didn’t deserve to die! AMELIA And neither do you. That’s why I’m here! Aries, you were stabbed and you’re not dreaming. By all means, you should be dead right now. In total honesty, I didn’t think you’d get another chance. You murdered your father. Patricide isn’t taken lightly around here. You’re honestly lucky because of the situation surrounding your actions. ARIES I… don’t understand. With all intensive purposes, I’m dead? I should be dead right now? I can’t die, I have a wife and sister to take care of! I wanted to have my own children! I wanted to be able to be the man that Paul never was! I can’t do that dead! Amelia places her hands on her sons shoulders. AMELIA And you won’t have to, if you confront your demons. You have another chance, you just have to do what I say. Tears are beginning to fall from Aries’ eyes. He looks at his mother with a somber expression. ARIES Anything to see my wife and sister again. Amelia smiles at her son. She wipes the tears from her sons eyes as she looks at a door across the room. AMELIA First, you have to go through there. This won’t be easy, but it has to be done. The door opens on its own. The sound of laughter can be heard as Aries slowly walks through the door. As he does, he walks into a living room. On the couch sits a young boy reading a book. Suddenly, an older boy walks out of his bedroom and shortly after the sound of a door closing can be heard. He turns around to be punched in the face by Paul Simpson. The boy falls down to the floor. The other boy puts down the book as Paul gets on top of the older boy and begins to punch him in the face. A woman quickly runs over and tries to pull him off. The woman is Amelia. AMELIA Paul… Paul stop it! PAUL Not until this son of a bitch gives it back! The young boy gets off of the couch and tries to pull Paul off. Paul turns his attention to the boy, he pushes the boy down to the ground. AMELIA Aries! Amelia goes towards Aries and makes sure he’s okay. She places her hands on his head. Paul gets off of the other boy and turns his attention to Aries. AMELIA Now what did you do that for!?! PAUL I didn’t mean to. You know that I didn’t. I told him about getting in MY way! AMELIA All he was doing was trying to help Justin! You shouldn’t be beating your child like that! PAUL Don’t… don’t tell me what to do with MY child! AMELIA He’s my son too. Justin gets up from the floor. He looks at Paul with a disgust. JUSTIN You’re kidding me right? What have I ever done to deserve that? You’re mad that I have proof that you’ve been cheating on mom for years? Are you that mad about that? You know that she’s known for years. You think that she really believed that you had all those business trips to make? You know, we’re not that stupid. PAUL YOU BETTER SHUT YOUR MOUTH! JUSTIN Why are you that afraid that your gravy train is going to go dry? Aries slowly stands up to his feet with Amelia. Aries slowly walks over to the two. ARIES Would you two just stop it! We have enough of this fighting all of the time. Paul turns his attention to Aries. PAUL Nobody asked you kid. ARIES Yeah you didn’t, but I have an opinion. Look at what you’re doing, look at what you’ve done to this family! You’ve ruined it for long enough! You need to leave! PAUL Excuse me? Paul reaches over and grabs onto Aries’ shirt. He pulls him closer. PAUL TELL ME THAT AGAIN! Amelia walks over and pushes Paul away. He lets go of Aries. He then raises her right hand and slaps Amelia. She falls down to the floor as she holds onto her cheek. Aries and Justin walk to their mother as they all look at Paul. Paul quickly grabs his coat and leaves the home. Suddenly, looking from above the staircase, Aries and Amelia look down at their former selves. ARIES The day Paul left our lives… for good. AMELIA No one really ever leaves your life for good. Whether if they are dead or alive. You’ll always have those people here with you. Trust me, no one ever truly goes away. I mean look at us right now. I never would have thought that I’d be reunited with my beautiful son. Albeit it’s not the best occasion, we’re going to get you back to your wife. I’m sorry to say though… Aries turns to his mother and looks at her with a confused expression. ARIES What are you sorry to say? AMELIA If you don’t do what you have to do here, I have to show you what you’d be leaving behind. ARIES What do you mean? AMELIA That’s all that I can say, you have to see it all for yourself. After you do that, I’ll see you. Aries slowly walks away. He goes over to the door and slowly turns the knob. As he opens the door, Aries walks into the living room of his home. In the living room, there is a bassinet. The sounds of a baby crying can be heard. Suddenly, April appears in the living room and goes over to the bassinet. She reaches into the bassinet and pulls out a baby. She has a smile on her face as she walks over to the couch and takes a seat. She crosses her leg as she consoles the young child. Aries watches from over her shoulder. ARIES April… April! April continues to console the child. Eventually the child stops crying. April looks at the beautiful child and smiles. APRIL God, your father would have loved to have been able to be around you. See those beautiful eyes that you have. You have his eyes, his infectious smile. I think he would have absolutely loved to have seen you. You’re his only son. He didn’t see you be born or anything. In fact, he didn’t know I was even pregnant. You’re our beautiful child, but you’re mine to raise alone. Aries slowly walks over to the couch. He sits on the side of April and places her hand on his child. Suddenly, Amelia appears. She walks over to Aries and places her right hand on his shoulder. Aries diverts his attention to Amelia. AMELIA I know this is a tough reality to face. ARIES But… does this mean that… she’s pregnant? Amelia walks away from Aries and heads towards the door across the room. AMELIA Yes, that’s exactly what that means. I know that it’s not the exact way that you’d want to find out, but we don’t know if you will be around for your son or not. The only way to tell, is to really follow this door to confronting your true demon. Amelia steps to the side. Aries slowly gets up from the couch next to April and walks over to the door. He looks at Amelia and kisses her on the cheek. ARIES I love you. Amelia smiles at her son. She places her hand on his right cheek. AMELIA And I will always love you. Amelia pats her son on the shoulder before he opens the door. Amelia backs away as Aries slowly walks into the door. Aries is in a dark hallway. Not much can be seen, but the room is fairly familiar to him. As he’s walking in. He hears the sounds of familiar voices. “There is a safety deposit box located in Chicago, it holds all the information that Lorenzo used when putting out the hit… and proves my innocence son.” “I don’t believe you, there is no way that you are not responsible.” “Son, I am telling you that it wasn’t my fault, it was Lorenzo’s!” Aries comes out of the hallway. He peaks his head out from the corner of the hallway and sees himself holding a gun. He is pointing the gun at his own father, Paul Simpson. Aries has a look of shock on his face as he silently watches from the shadows. ARIES I don’t believe you! PAUL You need to believe me, or else you will never find out the truth about what really happened to your mother! April opens the door when the gun goes off, she immediately closes it, inside the room Aries is in shock as the gunshot is square in Paul’s heart, he is in shock when throws the gun onto the desk and leaves the room. Aries walks over to his father’s dead body. He gets down onto his knees and touches the lifeless body of his father. Though in his medium state, he looks at Paul’s body. Suddenly, Aries slowly raises up to his feet and turns around. He is shocked to see Paul standing in front of him. PAUL Well son, you seem like you’ve saw a ghost. Well, in this case you’d technically be right. In fact, I guess were both in our own little ghostly state here right? ARIES Cut the bullshit, I have to dissolve whatever demons you and I have to get back to my wife and son. What in the world could we ever have to discuss? You’re a son of a bitch who arranged the killing of my mother. As far as I’m concerned, I have nothing to discuss with you. Now if you’ll excuse me, I’ll try to get back to the real world. Paul starts to laugh. He looks at Aries with a smile before he speaks to Aries once more. PAUL Oh son, you’re really full of it aren’t you? You think that you really didn’t do anything that’s deserving of this long-awaited confrontation? Let me attempt to explain something to you. This is something that you call limbo. I’m not talking about that bullshit game that people play at lame parties. You are riding the line of second chances. Obviously, the big man upstairs thinks that you have a shot in hell to redeem yourself from the biggest sin you have. Somehow, I have a feeling that you don’t realize that patricide is a huge sin. You know, you’re supposed to love thy father… not kill him. Aries walks closer to Paul. He looks at him straight in the eyes. ARIES You know what, I like to believe something outlawed by the Code of Hammurabi. You know, an eye for an eye. You shot my mother, you shot that wife of yours. You know, the woman that you vowed to love and cherish? You know that bullshit that you said you’d do, but instead you killed her? Look, as far as I’m concerned… I did what I had to do to get what my mother deserved. She deserved the vindication for what you did to her. Paul walks over to his body lying on the ground. PAUL Well, don’t I look suave? I mean even dead, I think I could have had any woman in the world? Don’t you think son? I mean you know Justin is a lady killer, but you could have been to. Instead, you decided to get married to that bitch. ARIES DON’T YOU EVER TALK ABOUT MY WIFE! Look, I don’t care what you think about me. I don’t even care what you think about Justin, or Bianca for that matter. This is about what you did to my mother. This is about the years of mental anguish that you put on my family! I don’t regret shooting you. You deserved it in more ways than one. There is nothing about you that deserved to live. PAUL Well, I guess that’s exactly why you’re here in limbo. Kid, you need to realize that I’m trying to help yo… ARIES HOW ARE YOU TRYING TO HELP ME? All you’re doing is telling me that I need to forgive you for everything that you’ve done to me. You’re asking me to do something that is impossible. I’d never forgive you for what you’ve done. If it wasn’t for you… PAUL If it wasn’t for me, you wouldn’t have ever married April right? I mean you did it not to have to testify against her when she took the wrap for my murder. Everything that you’ve done that’s good in your life, it’s because of me. ARIES Is that what you really think? You think that you’re the reason behind anything that has happened that’s been good in my life? You’re absolutely pitiful. You aren’t anything! PAUL Just go ahead and believe that, go ahead and die. Would it make you feel better to know that I did kill your mother? I killed the bitch that made my life a living hell! What you did was justified in more ways than one. ARIES You are kidding me? I can’t be justified in taking a life, but I can be forgiven for my trespasses. What I did is something that I wish I could take back one day, but after everything that you’ve done to my mother… my brother… to me… and April. It’ll take a few our fathers and Hail Mary’s, but I know things will be okay. I did what I had to do to protect the woman that I love more than life itself. Suddenly, a loud crash is heard. Paul turns his attention away from Aries. Amelia is standing in front of Paul with a smile on her face. PAUL Now Aries, you see what happens when you speak of the devil. AMELIA That’s funny, but I’m not here for you. Aries, the door is open. Your second chance has been sealed. I don’t know what your fate has as of yet. Aries, you’re the only person that can open the door. I love you soon, so I’ll see you when I see you son. Aries gives his mother a hug and a kiss. He walks over to the door and opens it. As he walks into the door, the only thing that is seen is black. Suddenly, there is a flicker of light. Suddenly, April is seen leaning over something. APRIL Oh thank god. Slowly, Aries opens his eyes. He looks up at April. As April places her hands over her husbands. ARIES H…hi. APRIL You have no idea how much you scared me. Aries, another quarter inch, you would have been dead. Don’t you ever do that to me again! ARIES Don’t worry… I don’t think I’ll be leaving you anytime soon. April leans in and kisses Aries as the scene fades to the end credits. |
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| Terry | Aug 12 2014, 03:26 PM Post #2 |
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Wow what a great episode Really TopTV Award-worthy that is for sure and Aries now that he has his second chance at life after almost dying almost coming to be near death he confronted his demons that being his past head on and also confronting the ghost of his mother Amelia and his father Paul Simpson and dealing with everything with Aries finding out that his wife April is pregnant I wonder if he will confront her about this? |
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| ebard | Aug 16 2014, 10:54 PM Post #3 |
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I agree. This is Top Award worthy for sure. I cant wait for Aries to tell April that he knows that she's pregnant! Cant wait to see what else you have up your sleeve for the ending! So far you've been doing great! |
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| Terry | Aug 17 2014, 06:39 PM Post #4 |
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Aries now that he knows April is pregnant I wonder if April will tell him and he will say that he already knows or will he just confront her about it straight away? And since they are already married they are just adding to their family, well George and April's mother are going to be grandparents for the first time But at the same time Aries he did kill someone, he did still take a life, his own father mind you, he committed patricide but at the same time I do understand why he killed Paul and why it was justified but sooner or later the truth the real truth about Aries killing Paul will come out and when it does, the fallout from it all could have lasting effects especially on Aries' half-sister Paul's daughter Bianca |
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