FALL FOR YOU
SEASON 1

SCRIPT WRITTEN BY
EMERALD LORDSFAME

STARRING
EMERALD LORDSFAME as Winifred
PATHA D’RAY as Tina
EVA NATHAN as Vera
NORMAN WOOD as Cleve Daniels
ROLLAND PARSLEY as Clive Daniels

EPISODE 1
Winive.

BLACK SCREEN

FEMALE VOICE
It has been months since the recession. A country filled with milk and honey now suffers for it. The people are suffering...

FADES IN
EXT. HOUSE - DAY
TATTERED - A two yr old baby crying in his mother’s arm. The mother shed tears petting him.

BLACK SCREEN

FEMALE VOICE
And our leaders fight within the government...

FADES IN
INT. GOVERNMENT HOUSE – DAY
NOISE
Quarrel between members in the house of rep.

BLACK SCREEN

FEMALE VOICE
The world is being affected as Local and international businesses feel the hands of the recession. Companies that aren’t strong enough to cope are shutting down...

FADES IN
INT. BULLPEN - DAY
PEOPLE SITTING IN A BOARD MEETING
They stand and leave the meeting quietly in sadness picking their files on the table.

INT. OFFICE – DAY
A man standing behind his desk with a file box, picks his box full of files and properties and starts to walk out quietly, looking back at the office sadly.

BLACK SCREEN

FEMALE VOICE
Only the strong can survive. One of the strong is WINIVE. A company owned by two sister cousins, WINIFRED the smart and beautiful one and VERA the funny and childish one.

FADES IN
INT. WINIVE:CONFERENCE ROOM – DAY
MURMURS IN THE ROOM
WE OPEN ON TWO FEET ON HEELS. They start to walk in
THE FEET SEPARATE AND WALK AWAY IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS. They are WINIFRED AND VERA

There are eight seats at the long conference table, three at each side. Both sides are occupied save for the seats at edges.
There are bottle waters and newspaper in front of each seat.
The workers stand as curtsy.

WINIFRED&VERA
Hello guys, please sit.

(As Winifred and Vera sit at the edges opposite each other.)

VERA
As we all know about Mr Wena the accountant was sacked this morning because of the discrepancies in the company’s account, we are glad to introduce to you the new accountant, Miss Omone. Miss Omone please introduce yourself to the company.

OMONE
(stands)
My name is Miss Joy Omone, the new accountant of Winive.

CHORUS
You’re welcome.

(Winifred smiles and her eyes stray to the picture on the newspaper in front of her, she furrows and picks it.)

FEMALE VOICE
While the country battles to survive, the two sisters battle with love... in a very unusual way.

IN THE PAPER —
HEADLINES:
* Under CLIVE DANIELS’ picture: THE HANDSOME AND RICH NIGERIAN ACTOR ON THE SET OF ‘THE STARS’ AN INTERNATIONAL MOVIE IN CALIFORNIA, USA
* THE NIGERIAN ECONOMY RECESSION IS AFFECTING THE BUSINESSES – LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL
* NIGERIAN STOCK MARKET
* THE NOVEL ‘DIANE’S FANTASY’ BY EMERALD LORDSFAME IS MAKING WAVES IN USA AND EUROPE
* AGRICULTURE NOW MAKING ITS WAY INTO HOMES IN FULL FORCE
* OUTSTANDING ACTOR/WRITER EMERALD LORDSFAME IS PREPARING FOR HER MOVIE ‘DARK’ WHICH WILL BE SHOT IN FIVE COUNTRIES – INTERVIEW WITH BG TYMES

Winifred smiles passionately gazing at Clive’s picture in the paper, lost in the realm.

VERA
Thank you. To save our time, we will skip the normal introduction. Please, get to know each other after this meeting.

Vera looks at Winifred to pick up from there but Winifred is busy smiling at the paper in her hands, and that makes everyone look at Winifred.
Winifred looks up and sees them; not flinching, she looks at Omone.

WINIFRED
(smiles)
Uh, welcome Miss Omone.

OMONE
(smiles)
Thank you ma.

Winifred opens the paper to the stock market page and sweeps her eyes through.

WINIFRED
(reads; smiles and shakes head)
Err about the issue of this recession and how—

TOM
Famine ma.

Others laugh and Winifred smiles watching them.

TOM(CONT’D)
Yea, this is simply famine; we are just trying to decorate it with grammar.

Winifred and Vera raise their brows at that.

WORKER#2
Yea Tom is right. This is pure famine. It’s in the bible. Everything is hard, prices are high which means no food for the common, what else could it be?

WORKER#3
Famine.

WORKER#2
Hmhmm.

WINIFRED
Alright, famine right? About the issue of this famine and how it’s affecting our products.

Vera notices Clive’s picture on the newspaper in front of her; she smiles and picks it. Some workers notice her.


FEMALE VOICE
They battle for a man without even realizing. But the irony is, while one is for love, the other-- is for status.


TOM
Madam, we really need to do something about it. It’s really affecting the company, I mean our competitors are already increasing their price and I think we should do the same.

OTHERS
(support)
Yeah

WINIFRED
(smiles)
We all know increasing the price of sausage rolls in this country won’t be that easy. Other products can be increased yes, but sausage rolls?
(chuckles)
No. Now let me ask you a question; a sausage roll is N50 and you want to increase it to what, 60, N70? Which one would be easier for you, bringing out N500 to buy ten pieces or bringing out N560 to buy ten pieces?

Others ‘hmm’, nodding their heads in understanding.

WINIFRED(CONT’D)
So I think increasing the price is out of it if we want to maintain our rolls in town.

OTHERS
(nodding)
Yes.

WINIFRED
So we cannot increase the price and still want to make great profit. I think we should cut down on the size, by size I mean reduce the ingredients. If one bag makes 40 cartons, now I want one bag to make 60 cartons

OTHERS
Good idea.

Winifred looks at one of them.

WINIFRED
Operations, I hope you agree?

WORKER #4
Yes ma’am, that’s a very excellent idea.

WINIFRED
Good, so... and for other products, do the same.

WORKER#4
Okay ma’am.

WINIFRED
(looks at Vera)
Vera?

Vera startles and looks up from the paper.

VERA
(smiles)
Yes! brilliant idea Winnie, I concur.

WINIFRED
Then it’s solved. Have a nice day.

ALL
You too ma’am.

Omone wants to stand.

WINIFRED
Miss Omone, please stay back.

Others leave.

INT. WINIVE – BULL PEN - CONTINUOUS
The workers walk out of the conference room into a large bull pen then to their various offices.
Four out of them – two men and two ladies — are gossiping.

WORKER #1
What’s wrong with your bosses and Clive Daniels?

Others laugh, one of the male worker#4 just smiles and listens.

WORKER#2
They are in love with the guy, the guy too handsome na.

WORKER #3
Love kwa? That Vera no be love, that one na lust. She’s just lusting over his money but I pity Winnie cos she’s in love.

WORKER#2
But they are rich, she should just find a way to meet and tell him.

Workers 1&3 look at him in surprise.

WORKER #1
There’s something called woman’s dignity.
(snaps)
And there’s no dignity in that!

The ladies start to walk away.

WORKER #2
(jests)
Dig what? I’m sorry for you, that’s how you lose out in mighty things.

The fourth worker furrows watching the ladies walk away and looks at worker #2

WORKER #4
Shouldn't we have dignity too and stop wooing girls?

Worker #2 raises his brows at him in astonishment.

WORKER#2
(raises brows)
Huh?
(starts laughing)
Na we go suffer am pass. With this attitude of dignity they possess, you wan go dignity yourself too? You want to turn the world to gbim, standstill?

He shuns and freezes then starts laughing and walking away.

WORKER#2(CONT’D)
Dignity my ass, make I no toast women? If na rule, e no go work for me.

...to be continued
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