We're still at the funeral home, "some time later."
WE HEAR A BABY CRY.
LAVERNE
At-a-girl, Shirl. You did it. You did it!
DOCTOR
Congratulations, Mrs. Meaney [sic]. It's a boy/girl!
SHIRLEY
A boy/girl! Laverne, it's a boy/girl!
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
The ambulance is here.
THE DOCTOR TAKES THE BABY FROM SHIRLEY. LAVERNE AND THE FUNERAL DIRECTOR FOLLOW HIM OUT. THEY ARE ALL TOO EXCITED AND EXIT LEAVING SHIRLEY ALONE AND STILL IN THE CASKET.
SHIRLEY
(NOT MOVING) Yoo-whoo. Hello.
A WOMAN ENTERS QUIETLY. SHIRLEY DOESN'T SEE HER.
SHIRLEY (CONT'D)
Yoo-whoo! Someone. Anyone.
THE WOMAN THINKS SHE'S SEEING THE LIVING DEAD.
SHIRLEY (CONT'D)
Oh, hello. I just had a baby!
THE WOMAN SCREAMS AND RUNS OUT. AS SHIRLEY CONTINUES TO CALL FOR SOMEONE, ANYONE, WE,
FADE OUT
END OF ACT TWO
So Shirley doesn't give birth on a casket, she gives birth in a casket, although at least not Gruber's casket. Then she is abandoned by her best friend in the casket, and mistaken for the living dead. And not only don't we know exactly what kind of workplace she and Laverne were supposed to have, we don't even know whether she had a boy or a girl. (Plout would have a boy.) It is an odd scene to end an odd script, but I still wish we'd gotten to see it onscreen.
Oh my LORD.
ReplyDeleteYep. Season Eight is still Season Eight, no matter how you slice it.
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