The son asks his mother for money to go out with friends. When she refuses because she spent hours cooking dinner, he insults her cooking and laughs. This causes the mother to throw a kitchen utensil at him in anger. The son then slaps his mother, causing her to fall to the ground. He takes money from her purse and leaves, calling his assault a joke. Distraught, the mother escapes from the kitchen and leaves the house.

1. Screen play
Scene 1:
We see the son in his room getting changed. He grabs a hoodie thats hung
on the back of a chair and pulls it over his head. He opens a drawer and
pulls out tobacco, rolling papers, a portable charger, a cord and his
wallet. He opens his wallet and sees that it’s empty.
Son:
(Sighs)
He picks up his phone and keys from his bedside table and leaves his
room.
Scene 2:
We see the mother in the kitchen. She is cooking pasta on the stove and
chicken in the oven. She takes a spoonful of pasta and tastes it to see
if its ready. She takes the pot off the hob and goes over to the sink to
the drain the water from the pasta pot. The hob gets blown out by the
wind. She walks back over to check the oven. The flame on the hob is out
so she assumes the hob is off
Scene 3:
Son enters the kitchen
Son:
Hey mum, can I get some money for dinner and a movie?
He sits by the dining table. He pulls out his tobacco and rolling papers
from his pockets. He starts to roll a cigarette.
Mother:
What? Your going out?
Son:
Yeah, Jake, Sarah, Lyla and I just made plans.
Mother:
But I just spent 2 hours cooking the chicken.
Son:
Yeah, but in comparison to Frank’s burgers your cooking tastes like ass.
(Laughs)
Mother grabs a kitchen utensil and throws it at her son
Son:
What the hell?
He stands up and goes over to his mother. He slaps her and she falls to
the ground. He walks over to her purse and takes £20 from her wallet.
Son:
It was just a joke.
He sits back down but the dining table and continues to roll his
cigarette.

2. Mother tries to get up, using the oven to pull herself up. She opens
carefully so that the son doesn’t notice and runs out of the room and up
the stairs.
Son:
Oh don’t cry. Dad always said you were an ugly crier
Scene 4:
The mother re-enters the kitchen, now wearing a jacket. She grabs her
purse and then leaves the house.
The son gets out his phone and starts playing music on the speaker in the
kitchen. He finishes rolling his cig and places it on the table. He
fumbles for his lighter in his pocket. He gets it out and holds it up to
his cigarette and lights it.
(Screen goes black)
END.