Digital Lane | Friday 13th December | Winter Block
HOUR LONG EPISODE
Christine is lying in her bed staring at the note she was given last night. She sighs as she puts it on the bedside cabinet before getting up. Sandy sits on the couch, exhausted after not sleeping. She goes upstairs to check if she missed Dwayne coming back but there is an empty bed. Luisa and Mark are cuddling in the bed, as Luisa’s face is guilt ridden.
The Hendersons are sitting round the table having breakfast as Rachel asks Pauly about his job at Planet Fitness. Before Pauly can speak, a drunk Ant walks in and demands for Rachel to make him food. Rachel tells him that if he wants food he can make it himself. Ant grabs his mothers wrist and tells her to make him food. “Stop that! Your hurting me!” Rachel says as she tries to pull away. Ant releases her wrist and glares at her. Natalie and Pauly sit nervously. Rachel gets up and goes into the kitchen.
Dwayne wakes up in a hotel room. He can hear singing from the shower as he gets up, rubbing his head. He looks down at the floor to see female underwear and 4 bottles of wine. He slowly approaches the bathroom, trying to discover who he slept with. He reaches the door and the singing gets louder. He opens it slightly and peers inside. “Oi! Just come in.” the voice shouts. Dwayne opens the door and Maria Bolen is standing in just a towel, smirking.
Luisa and Mark cuddle on the sofa as it is Mark’s day off. Mark tells her that they have the whole house to themselves, Rose is at school and Peter is down at the golf courses. Luisa tells him she doesn’t feel like it right now and rests her head on Mark’s chest. Mark sighs as he goes through the channels.
Wendy and Jack watch their granddaughter, sleeping peacefully in a coma. Wendy tells Jack that she wishes Frankie would come out of this so they can find out who did this to her. Jack tells her Frankie may not even know herself.
Rachel cleans the dishes as Natalie watches. “I don’t know why you let him treat you like that. He’s old enough to care for himself.” Natalie tells Rachel. “He’s my son! It’s not easy to just tell your son to go. I love him.” Rachel tearfully says to Natalie. Natalie huffs and walks away. Rachel lets out a tear onto the clean plate.
Dwayne asks Maria how they got together and Maria tells him,
FLASHBACK – Dwayne sits drowning his sorrows at the bar and Maria comes in and orders a drink. She looks over and sees a sad Dwayne and pounces. “What’s up?” she says to him. “You saw. You heard. Don’t bother.” Dwayne replies. Maria tells him she has had a pretty bad day too, fighting with her sister and her possible mother in law hating her. Dwayne chuckles. Maria looks at Dwayne lovingly and tells him he can do much better than Sandy anyway. “I really can’t.” Dwayne tells her. Maria says “Yes you can, watch.” Before passionately kissing him.
“And that’s how it happened.” Maria says. Dwayne sits on the bed full of regret telling her it should have never happened. “Well I’m bloody glad it did.” Maria says before grabbing her coat and bag and walking out the hotel room.
Christine is hovering when a nosy Stephanie walks in. “Oh I didn’t see you come in.” Christine says as she turns the hoover off. Stephanie tells her the door was open so she let herself in. “Is there something I can help you with?” Christine asks. “No, just wanted to invite you to my dinner party on Monday, can you come?” Christine tells her she will be there and gets back to her hoovering. Stephanie walks out smiling.
Peter walks in to find Mark and Luisa sharing a passionate kiss on the couch while watching tv. Peter goes upstairs jealous and slams his bedroom door before thinking of what to do next. He sees a bit of paper and grabs a pen and begins to write.
Maria walks in the front door to find rose petals laid out on the floor leading to the dining room. She puts her coat and bag down on the couch and confusingly follows the trail. She opens the dining room door to find romantic decorations up and 2 plates on the table. Jamie emerges from behind and gives her a kiss on the cheek. Maria smiles and asks what this is all about and Jamie says she will find out later. Maria sits down with a massive grin on her face.
Rachel stands out the back smoking when she hears shouting from inside. She rushes inside to find Ant repeatedly hitting Pauly with Natalie screaming. Rachel grabs Ant and pulls him away. She slams him against the wall and tells him that if he steps out of line on more time, he’s gone. Ant shoves her away and storms off out. Natalie tries to wipe away the blood on Pauly and Rachel evilly looks out at Ant outside.
Peter folds up a bit of paper and goes downstairs. He puts it into his pocket and asks Rose what her favorite Christmas book is. “I don’t have one. But daddy always reads Cinderella to me on Christmas Day before I go to bed!” She tells her uncle. Peter smirks and goes back upstairs. He goes to Rose’s bookshelf and looks for ‘Cinderella’. He opens the book and puts the bit of paper in it. He puts the book back in the bookshelf and walks out.
Maria asks why Jamie is doing all of this and he tells her there is something very important he needs to ask. Maria looks at him suspiciously as he gets down on one knee. “Maria Bolen, I’ve loved the past year I have spent with you. You picked me up from when I was in a very dark place after my brother died in that awful car crash. Maria, will you do the honor of being my wife and marry me?” Jamie lovingly says to her. Maria sits stunned in her chair and instantly says yes before passionately kissing him and laughing. The camera moves to the living room, where a jealous Abby Bolen is standing by the door, listening to every word.
Christine walks out of her house and gets her bag from the car. She looks up at the full moon and smiles. She then shuts the car door and locks it. At the corner of her eye she can see a figure behind the bushes. She looks at it confusingly before slowly crossing the road and heading towards the bush. She nervously stops and looks at it. No one is there and she takes a deep breath. She quickly walks back to her house. “Yes. It’s definitely her.” A voice says from behind the tree.” The camera moves round to reveal Christine’s mother on the phone to someone.
Sandy lies sprawled out on the couch as she eats junk food. Brad comes down the stairs, looking distressed. Sandy tells him to sit down. Brad sighs and sits on the end of the couch. Sandy sits up and demands Brad to tell her what is wrong. Brad tells her nothing is wrong before looking over and seeing Rachel sitting on the Henderson doorstep. “Is it about them?” Sandy says. “You could say that.” Brad replies. Sandy tells her son that he can tell her anything and she will still love him. “Even if I ran over someone?” Brad replies. Sandy sits stunned and quietly asks who. “Jake Potter, it was that night when you were all fighting out on the lane.” Sandy struggles to breathe and asks him why he has kept this a secret. Brad tells her that she would have gone to the police right away if she knew. Sandy hugs her son and tells him everything will be alright, mum’s going to make it better.
Cast List (19 Regulars, 1 Recurring)