The play
Brandon: Well, guys, we made it. Opening night. Mat and I couldn't have done it without you.
Actor: Well, that's true.
Brandon: And now we get to, uh, just coast for the rest of the year 'cause our senior project is done.
Actor: Screw you. I still got a dumb-ass paper to write.
Brandon: Although, I I guess it only, uh, matters if you go to Anchor Beach.
Chase: You know, I wish I would have thought of this when I was a senior.
Brandon: All right, well, thank you all for being here and making this possible.
Lou: Yeah, you owe me big time.
Actor: Uh, yeah he does!
Brandon: So, just remember to, uh, talk loud, tell the truth, and "unbreakable" on three. Let's go. One, two, three.
All: Unbreakable!
Brandon: All right, guys. I'll see you out there.
Nick: Hey, Mariana! Flowers for my, uh, beautiful flower.
Mariana: Aww! Thanks.
Nick: Anytime. Come here.
Zoey: Give me that. We should open them at the same time.
Mat: Okay.
Brandon: Hey. I... I didn't think you were gonna come.
Cortney: I wasn't gonna miss your show, Brandon. Uh, here. Animal crackers. It's dumb, I know. I bought them before you know.
Callie: Hey, um, I'm gonna open the house if that's... Okay.
Brandon: Yeah. Sure.
In the street
Police radio: Neighbors reporting what sounded like domestic violence.
Police officer: Sorry, you're gonna miss the show.
Stef: Yeah, me too.
Officer: Hey, Foster.
Stef: Hi. I know this place. I've been here before. My kids This is their last foster home.
Credits
The play
Brandon: Two households, both alike in dignity In fair Verona, where we lay our scene From ancient grudge break to new mutiny Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean...
Zoey: It's kind of ironic that I'm playing the nurse when I'm really Mat's Juliet and you're more like his Rosaline.
Song: From forth the fatal loins of these two foes A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life Whose misadventured piteous overthrows Do with their death Bury their parents' strife The fearful passage of their death-mark'd love And the continuance of their parents' rage Which, but their children's end Nought could remove Is now the two hours' traffic of our stage The which if you with patient ears attend What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend...
Flashback - Callie and Mariana's room
Mariana: If I'm being honest, this play is kind of dumb.
Callie: What do you mean?
Mariana: If Romeo and Juliet just told somebody they were in love and already got married, maybe they could have worked it out and it wouldn't be so tragic. I mean, sure, it would have been hard on the families and everyone, but they would have had to figure it out, right? Secrets are, like, the worst. They didn't have to die.
The play
Song: Along this road of shadows You got to bend a few rules To put down the overthrows If you want to keep control All Montagues: That's just the way it goes You got to keep your eyes wide open If you want to make it out on top Like you're hoping They can try to hold the line All Capulets: It's a just a waste of time Nothing you could do Could ever stop us We're unstoppable, unstoppable Nothing you could say could ever break us We're unbreakable, unbreakable Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, we're unbreakable If you want to keep control That's just the way it goes Nothing you could do could ever stop us We're unstoppable, unstoppable Nothing you could say could ever break us We're unbreakable, unbreakable We're unbreakable...
Flashback - Jude's room
Jack: I'm sorry about Connor. Never been in love before um, but, uh I I know what it's like to feel alone.
Jude: Sorry they shut your group home down. But you know it wasn't safe.
Jack: I know.
Jude: But they're gonna find you a good home. And until then I'm happy you're here.
Jack: Me too. Thanks.
Jude: Good night.
The play
Romeo: What's an island without an ocean What's a star without a sky There's a picture of us in my memory But we're fading to the back of my mind All I really know is I need you back here Tell me in sadness, who is that you love. Out of love.
Actor: "Out of love"?
Romeo: Out of her favor, where I am in love.
Actor: Be ruled by me. Forget to think of her.
Romeo: O, teach me how I should forget to think!
Actor: By giving liberty unto thine eyes. Examine other beauties.
Romeo: I dreamed a dream last night.
Flashback - In the garage
Cortney: I'm a mom, Brandon. I'm sorry, but that's the way it is and if you can't handle that, then...
Brandon: I... I never said I couldn't handle it.
Cortney: Well, you might as well have the way you responded to that woman on the beach yesterday. "I'm not his father." You just you blurted it out like she was accusing you of something!
Brandon: Okay. I'm sorry. This is kind of new to me.
Cortney: Brandon, all I'm asking is that you be honest about what you can handle. You gotta decide if you're ready for this, and not just because of Mason. You gotta decide if you're really ready to get over Callie. Here's the thing. If you're not done with Callie, like, really, truly done then I have to be done with this.
The play
Romeo: They a Capulet!
Actor: So they are.
Romeo:But they're my mother's sworn enemy.
Actor: Shall we? Go. Peace. Come on.
Actor: Happily met, my lady and my wife. That may be, sir, when I may be a wife. That "may be" must be, love, on Thursday next. What must be, shall be.
Romeo:What lady's that?
Actor: I know not, my friend. Go to her!
Song: Love, we were made for love Living while we're young Nothing's gonna stop us Nothing's gonna stop us Something about you I got to figure out 'Cause I'm believing dreams can come true Turning everything upside down Nothing's gonna stop us Nothing's gonna stop us Nothing's gonna stop us Nothing's gonna stop us
Actor: A Montague?! Now, by the stock and honor of my kin, to strike him dead I hold it not a sin!
To a house
Stef: So we think the wife's still inside, but we haven't heard anything from her yet and he won't let us in without a warrant.
Officer: Based on what dispatch said, we have cause for entry.
Stef: No. Listen, I know this guy, okay? I arrested him last year and he had a gun. So we wait for the negotiator.
Officer: Do you really want to do that? What if the wife is hurt?
Stef: If I remember correctly, there's a clear view through the back door.
Officer: Okay. All right. Take your team around back. See what you can find. But soft!
The play
Mariana: What light through yonder window breaks? Romeo. O, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name. Or, if thou wilt not be but sworn my love, and I will no longer be a Capulet.
Song: You speak near and true Though not a word I hear from you For your eyes say it all And I admit I'm about to fall Because what we have There is no controlling this This love could be great But they say it would be wrong I don't care, I'd be lost without you
Flashback - In the garage
Callie: What are you doing up so late?
Brandon: Uh, just trying to get this song right.
Callie: Sounds pretty good to me.
Brandon: Eh, I don't know. I don't know if the harmonies are right, but... Do you actually... Do you think you could wake up Mariana? Maybe get her to sing with me?
Callie: Wait, you really want me to unleash the beast? And you know what she's like when you try to wake her up. Be afraid. Be very, very afraid.
Brandon: Well, do you do you think you could maybe sing with me?
Callie: Uh, no. I'm... I'm...
Brandon: Come on. Please?
Callie: Okay.
Brandon: Uh, Juliet's part goes like...
Callie: No, I know it. I've heard Mariana sing it, like, a billion times.
Song: This love could be great But they say it would be wrong I don't care I'd be lost without you We live because we love We love 'cause we belong Yes, I swear Oh, you heal the scars That never felt a wound And we'll never need their rules To guide the way Love will light the day What's in a name I'm ready to risk the blame Call me your own No matter where we've got to go 'Cause what we have There is no controlling this This love could be great But they say it would be wrong I don't care 'Cause I'd be lost without you We live because we love We love 'cause we belong Yes, I swear Oh, you heal the scars That never felt a wound And we'll never need their rules To guide the way Love will light the day Love will light the day Love will light the day Love will light the day
Callie: Okay. It's funny. Um I was talking to Mariana earlier and she was saying how if Romeo and Juliet had just told their parents then maybe their ending wouldn't have been so tragic. Do you ever think what might have happened if we just told?
The play
Zoey: Juliet!
Mariana: Oh. Honey nurse! My love is an honest gentleman. Come with us.
Zoey: Where?
Mat:To Friar Lawrence's cell. I, a husband to make your young maiden, mine wife.
Mariana: A husband? Romeo?
Mat: Midnight angel, can you love the gentleman?
Mariana: Aye.
Zoey: Juliet! His name is Romeo. And a Montague. The only son of your great enemy. God's lady dear! Is this the poultice for my aching bones?
Mariana: Honey nurse, I beg of thee.
Song: Happily ever after No, it doesn't exist It's just a lie to Get you to take the risk Gotta guard your heart Oh, I know you feel he's a perfect fit But nothing about this makes sens
Flashback - Jude's room
Jack: That's it! Come on! Just let it go! Just to hell with Connor! Uh Now let's scream!
Jude: Aah! No, no!
The play
Song: Even if this is love It's never gonna do Let's away. When I look in your eyes I see the one that I want for all time Just place your hand in mine Together I know we can conquer the darkest night I will be yours Forever, forever I will be yours Forever Every song I sing, it's you Every laugh I laugh, it's you When I look in your eyes I see the one that I want for all time Brandon: When I look in your eyes I see the one that I want for all time Just place your hand in mine Together I know we can conquer the darkest night I will be yours Forever, forever I will be yours Forever Every song I sing, it's you Every laugh I laugh, it's you Every hope I have is you I will be yours Forever, forever I will be yours Forever, forever Romeo: I will be yours I will be yours - Forever, forever - Forever, forever - I will be yours - I'll be yours Forever Just say, "I do" I do
Mat: Hey, you you okay? Hey, what's wrong? You're doing great out there.
Mariana: Yeah, I I know. It's just... This is really hard.
Mat: Why?
Mariana: I know I shouldn't say this, but because I still love you.
Mat: Then why didn't you answer my letter?
Mariana: What what letter?
Mat: I wrote you a letter and I put it in your bag.
Mariana: Well, I I never got it. What did it say?
Mat: That I still love you too.
Nick: Baby, baby! You are killin' it! Come here, come here.
To a house
Stef: Eyes on suspect. He is armed, looks to be a 45, and no sign of the wife.
Officer: Copy. She's not there.
Stef: How do you know that?
Officer: She just pulled up out front. She hasn't been there all day.
Stef: Well, then who's inside?
The play
Gentlemen, good e'en.
A word with one of you.
And but one word with one of us? Couple it with something.
Make it a word and a blow.
Romeo.
The love I bear thee can afford, no better term than this: Thou art a villain.
Zoey: It's going great, right? You know, maybe we should just rewrite the show. What if Juliet just chooses Paris instead?
Mariana: Yeah, I don't I don't think Brandon would like that very much or Shakespeare.
Zoey: Well, I guess it's good they died then. I mean. Romeo and Juliet were never gonna make it as a couple. I don't even think they ever consummated their relationship. Everybody knows sex is where the real bonding happens. Like with me and Mat. When we had sex, it really took things to the next level and it really brought us so much closer. You know, and I knew that I could trust him. He's just not the kind of guy who would just have sex with a girl and then dump her. Anyway, see you out there.
Song: Along this road of shadows You got to bend a few rules To put down the overthrows - Wait, don't! - If you want to keep control That's just the way it goes Nothing you could do could ever stop us We're unstoppable, unstoppable Nothing you could say could ever break us We're unbreakable, unbreakable Oh, oh, oh Oh, we're unbreakable
In the house
Officer: Can you ID any children inside?
Stef: Drop the gun!
The play
Song: You got to keep your eyes wide open If you want to make it out on top like you're hoping
Benvolia: No! Stop! They can try to hold the line. It's just a waste of time
Song: Nothing you could do could ever stop us We're unstoppable, unstoppable Nothing you could say could ever break us We're unbreakable, unbreakable Oh, oh, oh - Oh, we're unbreakable
Mat: Mercutio, stop! No! No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no!
In the house
Stef: Okay. Hold you fire! Suspect is down! Suspect is down! Requesting medical stat
The play
Tybalt! Mercutio's soul is but a little way above our heads.
Either thou or I or both of us go with him! Thou, wretched boy, shall with him hence! - (grunts) - (screams) (gasps) (breathing heavily) Romeo, away! Be gone from Verona! - Paris will doom thee to death.
- Nay! Benvolia: Be gone! Away!
Flashback - Callie's room
Callie: Hey.
Jack: Hey. Uh, I I think, uh I think I did something stupid.
Callie: What?
Jack: I kissed Jude.
Callie: Well, why is that stupid? I mean, do you like him?
Jack: Yeah, I I do, but as a friend. I... I I'm not gay.
Callie: So why did you kiss him?
Jack: He was just so so upset about Connor, and I I wanted to make him feel better.
Callie: Well, then you have to tell him the truth.
The play
Tybalt is gone and Romeo banished.
Romeo that killed him, he is banished.
Paris shall not make me a joyful bride.
Hold then.
Go home, be merry, consent to marry Paris.
Take thou this vial, being then in bed, and this distilling liquor drink thou off.
When presently through all thy veins shall run no pulse the roses in thy lips and cheeks shall fade and in this borrowed likeness of shrunk death, thou shall continue two and forty hours, and then awake as from pleasant sleep.
In the meantime, against thou shalt awake, shall Romeo by my letters know our drift and hither shall he come to save you.
Love, give me strength and strength shall help afford.
Farewell, dear Friar.
Methought we had more time? The time has arrive'd.
Song: I know it was just a moment ago When we stepped out on this road But now I can't imagine love Without you here So hold my heart though you're far away It's not the end but one more day Until we make it through Know that I love you I will be brave I will be strong Nothing can tear us apart Just one more step Just one more breath For you, I will I will be brave
Flashback - Jude's room
Jack: I guess that's everything.
Jude: Hey, everything's everything is gonna be okay. Maybe this will, you know, be your last foster home. Maybe this will be your forever home.
Jack: So listen, um I shouldn't have kissed you.
Jude: No, I I'm glad you did. I'm not really over Connor, but I realized I I can get over him. And, you know, maybe there's someone else out there. Oh, you forgot something. It's a pay-as-you-go phone. I had my moms get it and charge it with a ton of minutes.
Jack: Jude, I can't take...
Jude: And whenever you run out, I will use my allowance to buy you more time. So we can talk, whenever you want.
Jack: Thanks.
The play
Song: We live because we love We love 'cause we belong Yes, I swear Oh, you heal the scars that never felt a wound And we'll never need their rules To guide the way Love will light the day...
Mat: Juliet!
Flashback - In the garage
Brandon: What?
Callie: I mean, what would have happened if we told?
Brandon: You want to tell Moms? Come on. Let's go.
Callie: What? Brandon, come on. Brandon, stop.
Brandon: What?
Callie: We... We can't.
Brandon: We can't what?
Callie: Tell Moms.
Brandon: Why not?
Callie: Because you know why.
Brandon: No, I don't. Tell me. Why can't we?
Callie: It's too late.
Brandon: I know.
The play
Actor: Within three hours will fair Juliet wake. She will beshrew me much that Romeo hath had no notice of these accidents.
Actor: So, to Romeo, a letter of dear import. Now, be gone! The gallant Paris shall ne'er make Juliet a joyful bride.
Mat: Juliet! Juliet!
In the house
Officer: We got a body in the kitchen!
Stef: What did you do? What did you do?
The play
Mat: Eyes, look your last arms, take your last embrace and lips seal with a righteous kiss, a dateless bargain to engrossing death.
Mariana: Romeo. Romeo!
Song: Just close your eyes, love And dream of a place Where no hearts were ever broken No moments to erase In my mind, I see it now That smile upon your face We are nothing without each other When it's said and done We are oceans crashing together But the storm is on the run We are madness, we are beauty We're our own redemption Can't let these walls come between us Our hearts will bleed as one (breathes heavily) (inhales deeply) (gasps) (groans) (piano plays) We are nothing without each other When it's said and done We are oceans crashing together But the storm is on the run We are madness, we are beauty We're our own redemption Can't let these walls come between us Our hearts will bleed as one We are nothing We live because we love We love 'cause we belong We are oceans crashing together But the storm is on the run We are madness, we are beauty We're our own redemption Can't let these walls come between us This love could be great But they say it would be wrong I don't care, I'd be lost without you We live because we love We love 'cause we belong I swear Oh, you heal the scars that never felt a wound And we'll never need their rules To guide the way Love will light the day.
Public: Whoo! Whoo!
Brandon: There shall no figure at such rate be set as that of true and faithful Juliet. As rich as Romeo's by his lady's lie, poor sacrifices of our enmity. For never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo.
