And wrapping up the scene we begin with Tuesday's quote -
Page 79D/Scene 177C - Julia: 'I know, but you were there, and it's appreciated professor. Now just keep me away from decadent losers pining away for their mothers.'
- followed by the script indicating:
She takes another drink as Woodard watches her.
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And that's when yesterday's quote -
Page 79D/Scene 177C - Woodard: 'Figure out a way to give me back twenty years and your problems are over.'
- comes up, followed by the script continuing with:
A moment, as she looks at him, a long, warm look.
JULIA A nice thought. (a beat) Now, I think we better get over to the hospital...
She turns to leave. Woodard stares after her a beat, then follows.
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End of scene and end of sequence.
I do have to say that the Donald character intrigues me - particularly the description of him as a "decadent loser" - and especially the "decadent" part. Makes one wonder if he had shown up, just what he might have been like and what sort of havoc might he have created. And as Uncle Roger suggests, his possible arrival in Collinsport could have opened up all sorts of stroyline possibilities. And if the show had actually been brought back as a daytime soap (which was a possibility at one time - but DC was adamantly against it) rather than a primetime show, meaning there would have been an opportunity for much more story, it probably would have almost been a certainty that Donald would have shown up. Plus, given some of the seeming hints given in the direction for Scene 177C, one also has to wonder if Woodard was in some way pining for Julia and, if the show had been revived as a soap, if he might have tried acting on it (think of the complications of a Barnabas/Julia/Woodard triangle, even if all of it had simply remained unrequited on Julia's part with Barnabas and Woodard's part with Julia!). But of course, we'll never know the answers to any of that...
And up next, one more short bit before we get back to stuff that actually was in the pilot. Though fairly soon afterward things will deviate from the pilot because some scenes will be playing out in a different order in the script than they appear in the pilot. But more on that when they come up...