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GA Episode: When Life Gives You Pink Lemons

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[The episode begins with Timmy returning home from work. He walks through the front door.]

TIMMY: I’m home! 

SALLY: Timmy! Thank goodness you’re here! [She grabs his hand and sits him down at the dining room table.]

TIMMY: So, how’s spring break going?

SALLY: Robert and Linda are driving me crazy! 

TIMMY: How?

SALLY: I can’t get anything done around here. I can’t watch my favorite TV shows or listen to my favorite songs. And just yesterday, I caught Robert reading in his room.
 

TIMMY: And?

SALLY: Who reads during spring break?

TIMMY: It’s only two weeks, Sally. They’ll be back in school before you know it.
 

SALLY: I know. And don’t get me wrong: I love them. But every once in a while, they just get to be a bit too burdensome.

[Timmy pokes his head out of the dining room door and looks into the living room, where Robert and Linda are quietly watching a nature program.]

TV ANNOUNCER: The mother penguin feeds her young via regurgitation.

TIMMY: [sarcastically] I see what you mean.

SALLY: So, do you think you can help me out here?

TIMMY: Well, I have to go to work every day…but I can take them with me if you want. Show them how everything works. That should make for a good learning experience.

SALLY: Yeah, yeah, sure. Learning experience. Awesome. I know that Robert’s been researching lemonade a lot recently.

TIMMY: He has?

SALLY: Yep, he’d love to go to work with you. So, are you ready for dinner?

TIMMY: Sure. What are we having?

SALLY: Chocolate chip pancakes with chocolate sauce and some Rocky Road on the side.

TIMMY: Actually, I’m really not that hungry.

SALLY: Hmph.

[We transition to the next day, with Timmy driving Robert and Linda to work with him.]

LINDA: Why are we doing this?

ROBERT: Come on, Linda. It’ll be fun.

LINDA: [bored] Yeah, lemonade sure is fun.

TIMMY: That’s the spirit, Linda. Oh, you guys are gonna love this. Don’t mind Steve, though. He’s just a bit grumpy…a lot.

[They pull into the lemonade store’s parking lot.]

TIMMY: [opens the door for his adults] Welcome to the Lemonade Lounge! [Steve walks by.] Hey, Steve! Meet Robert and Linda, my grownups.

STEVE: [in an uninterested voice] Hi, Robert and Linda, my grownups. What can I get for you today?

TIMMY: Oh, they’re not here to drink, Steve. They’re here to work.

STEVE: Oh. Okay. Well, I’ll be in the back if you need me. Working. [He says this last word as if he has no intention of working.] [walks off]

TIMMY: Well, that was Steve. You’ll see more of him later. For now, let’s head into the kitchen.

[He leads them into the backroom. There, they see two lemonade artists decked out in white chef’s robes, in addition to a busboy standing next to the sink.]

TIMMY: Robert, Linda, I want you to meet Pierre and Yuri. [He’s talking about the two chefs.] And that over there is Jarrett.

[Jarrett gives them a wave, while Pierre and Yuri shake hands with the two.]

YURI: [to Linda] Nice shirt. I’m a Summerville fan myself. Did you watch the game last week?

LINDA: Yeah, they totally crushed Winterberg.

YURI: And that steal by Finnegan?

LINDA: Cervas didn’t even know what hit him.

TIMMY: Okay, so why don’t we split you guys up? Linda, you and Yuri can take care of the juicing. And Timmy and Pierre can wash and slice.

YURI: Sounds good to me.

PIERRE: [in French accent] Let us begin.

[The two join their respective partners.]

ROBERT: So, where do we begin?

PIERRE: [pushes a bowl of lemons toward Robert] Vash. [From here on out, Pierre’s French will be spelled phonetically. For example, “vash” equals “wash”.]

ROBERT: Right. [He places the colander of lemons beneath the tap and turns it on.]

PIERRE: Non! Vat are you doing? Zat eez no vay to vash lemons!

ROBERT: I’m sorry?

PIERRE: You don’t vash zee lemons all at vonce. Vone by vone. They each require a, how do you say, personal touch?

ROBERT: Oh, okay. [He starts rinsing them each individually.] So, I’ve been reading a lot about lemonade lately, and I was wondering…what would happen if you used pink lemons?

PIERRE: Peenk lemons? [He starts laughing uproariously.] You must be joking! [Robert looks at him seriously.] Ah, you veren’t.

ROBERT: I mean, wouldn’t pink lemons work just as well? Has anyone even tried using them before?

PIERRE: Vell, no. But eet’s steell a stupid idea. Who vould vant pink lemonade? Eet’s a ridiculous proposition!

ROBERT: I’m pretty certain it would be just as good as-

PIERRE: Nonsense. Now, enough veeth ze peenk lemonade. Time to chop. [He picks up a lemon and holds it against the cutting board.] So, chop. [He chops the lemon in half.] Now, you try.

ROBERT: Okay. [He grabs another lemon and presses down, while holding the knife above it. Then, he presses down with the knife. The slippery lemon flies out from underneath him and goes flying about the room.]

PIERRE: Non! You aren’t doing it right.

ROBERT: But the books say to push down at a seventy-five-degree ang-
 

PIERRE: Wrong. Ninety degrees. Your books are full of ze lies!

[At this point, Robert sighs. He looks to his right, where Linda and Yuri are hitting it off as they juice the lemons.]

PIERRE: Perhaps you are not cut out for lemonade. Maybe milkshakes are more your speed.

[A look of sadness crosses Robert’s face.]

[The scene transitions to the next day, where Timmy and Linda are sitting at the dining room table having breakfast.]

TIMMY: [to Linda] Where’s Robert?

LINDA: He isn’t feeling so good. I don’t think he’s coming today.

SALLY: [narrows his eyes] Did something happen yesterday?

LINDA: Not really…well, Pierre was a bit hard on him yesterday. He was having a lot of trouble with the lemons.

TIMMY: Yeah, Pierre’s a genius, but he definitely isn’t the best teacher. Probably wasn’t the best idea to pair them up yesterday.

SALLY: Poor Robert.

LINDA: Yeah, but I’m not so sure about his pink lemonade. [She laughs to herself.]

SALLY: Pink lemonade?

LINDA: Yesterday, he was telling Pierre about how he thought pink lemonade would be a good idea. Silly, silly Robert.

TIMMY: Ha! Pink lemonade! He must’ve been joking. [laughs]

SALLY: What’s wrong with pink lemonade?

LINDA: It’s just the idea of it. And juicing pink lemons just sounds…unnatural.

SALLY: Have either of you tried it before?

TIMMY: [looks at Linda, who shakes her head] Well, no, but still…it’s pink lemonade. You don’t have to try it to know it’s a stupid idea.

[Robert is peeking through the door and hears this. He walks off, but no one notices.]

LINDA: But you can’t really judge it then, can you?

[We cut back to Robert, who is in his room, sitting at the edge of his bed. He gets up and looks at his bedside table, where a book about lemonade rests. He picks it up and carries it to his bookshelf, where he rests it on the bottom level. Then, he hears a knock at the door; Robert walks over and opens it to find Sally there.]

SALLY: Hey, Robert.

ROBERT: Sally?

SALLY: Listen, Timmy and Linda told me about your pink lemonade idea, and…

ROBERT: Yeah, I know. It was pretty stupid. Pink lemons. Pfft.

SALLY: No, it’s good. Actually, I was wondering if you’d like to give it a try. Just the two of us. It might turn out to be pretty good.

ROBERT: And if it’s not?

SALLY: You can never know until you try.

[Robert and Sally exchange a look of understanding and smile at one another.]

ROBERT: Just one question: where are we gonna get pink lemons?

[A light bulb goes off above Sally’s head. The scene transitions to the backyard of Talula’s house, where Talula is draped on a hammock, taking a nap. In the background, we see Robert and Sally run away with two baskets full of pink lemons in their arms. We then cut to the Dunns’ kitchen.]

SALLY: That was close.

ROBERT: Yeah, but I feel kind of bad. I mean, those were Talula’s lemon trees.

SALLY: I didn’t tell you? When Talula first ran for mayor, she promised free pink lemons for the whole town! So technically, we didn’t do anything wrong.

ROBERT:  Okay, so let’s get to work.

[Then, we get a montage of Robert and Sally preparing lemonade. We see Sally pinning down lemons one-by-one as Robert, dressed in a samurai outfit, performs fancy knife tricks before chopping them in rapid succession. We then see Sally squeezing the lemons, and Robert pouring in sugar and mixing the lemonade. The final bit of the montage focuses on Robert and Sally constructing a stall in order to sell lemonade from. The montage concludes with the two looking at their handiwork: a lemonade stall with several cups and a pitcher of pink lemonade on its surface.]

SALLY: Let’s get to work. [looks to see that something is bothering Robert] What’s wrong?

ROBERT: It’s just that, aren’t we taking away customers from Timmy and Linda?

SALLY: What? No. They don’t make pink lemonade, remember? Everyone we sell to now will have never tried pink lemonade before.

ROBERT: I guess you’re right.

SALLY: Let’s do this.

[We cut to a still shot of Robert and Sally waiting patiently for customers. No one comes.]

SALLY: How long has it been?

ROBERT: Ten minutes.

SALLY: Ugh, this isn’t working. [She thinks for a second.] Hang on! I’ve got an idea! [She runs back inside and then emerges a few seconds later with a boom-box. Eternity Forever’s “Sugar and Spice Make Me Feel Nice” starts blaring.]

ROBERT: How’s that supposed to-

[Before Robert can finish, the duo are swarmed by avid fan-girls who want to buy lemonade.]

SALLY: Marketing 101, Robert.

FIRST CUSTOMER: I’ll have a small lemonade, please.

[Sally pours her a glass and hands it to her.]

SALLY: That’ll be 50 cards.

FIRST CUSTOMER: Ew, this is pink. I don’t want pink lemonade.

SALLY: Have you ever tried it before?

FIRST CUSTOMER: No, but still. It’s pink.

SALLY: You won’t know how good it is until you try it. Come on. Just a sip. If you don’t like it, you don’t have to pay.

FIRST CUSTOMER: Fine. [She takes a sip, and her eyes go wide.] Oh. My. God.

[She turns to the others.]

FIRST CUSTOMER: This. Is. The. Best. Thing. I. Have. Ever. Tasted.

[The crowd goes ballistic, with everyone screaming “me next” and “how about me?” and “gimme”. Sally and Robert just smile at each other.]

ROBERT: Okay, everyone. Form a neat line.

[We transition to the next day, where Pierre is driving his car to work. His eyes go wide as he stares out the front window.]

PIERRE: Vat ze… [He stomps on his brakes as he approaches a crowd of people who are standing in the streets.] Vat eez going on here?

[A girl turns around and looks at Pierre.]

GIRL: Oh, we’re just here for the pink lemonade. But you’ll have to wait a while. There are 542 other people in line. See? [She points to a sign, which reads: “Wait Time From This Point: 47 Minutes.]

PIERRE: Peenk lemonade? Zat sounds très terrible ! [A girl who is walking past Pierre looks at him in shock.]

GIRL #2: Are you kidding me? Here, try this.

PIERRE: Non! I veel not drink such garbage.

GIRL #2: You don’t know it’s garbage until you-

PIERRE: Fine. Fine. Geeve it to me. [He drinks and smacks his lips.] Zees is not bad. [Girl #2 holds out her hand, hoping to get what remains back, but Pierre finishes it.] Zees is outstanding. Timmy must know.

[In the next scene, Pierre is seen leading Timmy and Linda by blindfold to the lemonade stall.]

SALLY: Sorry, we’re closed.

TIMMY: Sally? Is that you?

PIERRE: Are you sure you don’t have room for two more? [He removes the blindfolds.]

TIMMY: Sally? Robert? What is this? Pink lemonade?

LINDA: You’re kidding, right?

PIERRE: I felt the same way. Zat eez, until I tried it.

ROBERT: [to Pierre] Are you sure my pink lemonade isn’t stupid?

PIERRE: Oh, no, Monsieur Robert. I am
très sorry for what I said earlier.

TIMMY: If Pierre says it’s good, then…well, I guess it can’t hurt to give it a try.

LINDA: Oh, fine.

[Robert smiles, handing them both two cups of lemonade. Timmy and Linda each take a sip.]

TIMMY: Whoah, this is absolutely...fantastic.

LINDA: I want more!  

ROBERT: Really?

TIMMY: Yeah, I…Robert. Listen. I was wrong. We were wrong. This pink lemonade…is genius.

LINDA: Yeah, we’re really sorry.

TIMMY: If you don’t mind, I’d like to start selling this stuff at the store. Of course, you would be head chef. You’d get final say in all things pink lemonade.

[Robert looks at him with a look of pure shock on his face.]
 

TIMMY: So, what do you say?

ROBERT: I say…pink lemonade for everyone!

[The five of them cheer.]

[The next day, Timmy, Robert, and Linda pull into the parking lot of the Lemonade Lounge. Timmy quickly presses on the brakes.]

TIMMY: So, um, we might have a problem.

[The trio looks out the car to see a mob of people standing outside the store, desperately waiting for pink lemonade.]

[End credits]

 

 

 

 



 

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