LV (scene 8) - We reel-ate to Denver

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Tracy is seen staring at an unseen person so keenly and grinning sheepishly. She heaves a sigh as she continues her grinning.
Tracy: I know it's offensive to say this, considering you're not available in the market, but you are way more handsome than my future ex.
Jesse: (rolls his eyes) Miss Tracy, I'm personally offended. And please tell me you're practising your lines for the TV show.
Tracy: What's wrong with what I said? (The camera finally shows Gerald, who's slightly weirded out by Tracy's "confession") [laugh track]
Gerald: Um, thanks. But Tracy, I can't be your future boyfriend. I'm married with kids.
Jesse: Dad?! Don't thank her! You just made it worse.
Tracy: Jesse, your sister doesn't mind.
Gabrielle: (pouting angrily in a stroller and pointing at Tracy) Don't [laugh track]
Tracy: Y'all are no fun. I need a lawyer.
Logan: (comes out wearing a lawyer's gown) [laugh track] Sorry, Tracy. This lawyer is already booked for a movie with Gerald, who happens to be famous, luckily for me.
Tracy: That's why I said, "A lawyer." It can never be you. (She sharply turns to Gerald again with a smirk) But it can be you, Mr Gerald. (Logan rolls his eyes and walks away. Gerald clears his throat to express his discomfort. Jesse briskly sits in between Gerald and Tracy) [laugh track]
Jesse: No disrespect, Miss Tracy, but there are boundaries for an obsessive fan girl.
Gerald: I didn't want to say anything before. But you're acting like that crazy fan who said she'd never wash her blouse again [brief laugh track]
Tracy: (scoffs) You think I'm an obsessive fan. Watch this. (She clears her throat and exhales). Personally, I don't think he's adorable.
Logan: (offscreen) TRACY, DON'T U DARE TALK NONSENSE ABOUT HARRY STYLES!!! [laugh track]
Gerald/Jesse: Woah! [brief laugh track]
Gerald: The fact that he knows you're talking about Harry Styles is creepy. At least, he doesn't have some wallpaper of him.
Tracy/Jesse: (exchange glances) Ehhh?
Logan: (offscreen) Who splashed ketchup all over my Harry Styles painting?!
Gerald: (clearly surprised) There's a painting too?! [heavy laugh track]
Logan: (comes out of his room. This time, he's wearing a green T shirt and black sweatpants). Sorry, I've been keeping you guys here. But I'm done cleaning the painting and I'm ready now. (He eyes Baby Gabrielle suspiciously) I'm watching you, Gabby [laugh track]
Jesse: (freezes and stares into space. The camera closes in on his right eye, followed by the speeding green wave of light, before opening like a tunnel. He sees Logan holding a paper. However, he has a surprised expression on his face as he scans the contents of the paper - and not the good kind of surprised)
[Logan: I can't believe this!]
(The vision quickly closes, followed by the green light wave, and finally Jesse's eye and face. As soon as he regains consciousness, he exhales in a worried manner)
Jesse: (proceeds to tell them what he just saw) Mr. Liam, I just - (He pauses and raises an eyebrow at the others, who have silly expressions on their faces) You can not be serious! (Gerald, Tracy, and Logan are grinning at Jesse. It's obvious they noticed he was having a vision and can't wait to know its content. Jesse, on the other hand, is clearly unimpressed) [laugh track]
Tracy: What did my favourite student see in his vision?
Logan: (nudges Tracy) He's my favourite student. I'm practically his teacher/big brother/fake daddy [brief laugh track]
Gerald: (smirks at the other two) But I'm his real daddy, so I have the upper hand. Ha! (Tracy and Logan groan in fake defeat)
Jesse: Well, if we don't want my vision to come true, we better hurry [laugh track]. (Tracy, Logan, Jesse, and Gerald quickly exit the living room and walk out of the house. A few seconds later, Gerald returns to take clueless Gabrielle, who's still in the stroller)
Gerald: Hold on! I forgot the baby! [laugh track] (Gerald takes Gabrielle with him out of the house and locks the door)

About an hour later...
The scene opens at a residential duplex structure. It happens to be a movie set where Logan, Tracy, Jesse, and Gerald are among several actors on their latest project. While the exterior is painted grey with green window frames and green roof, the interior is also mostly painted the same green and grey. However, the kitchen is painted orange, and with floral tiles on the walls halfway, the bathrooms are also done in the exact same fashion. Meanwhile, the potential actors, including the four characters, are practising their lines for the new project.
Tracy: (talking to Jesse) So, Logan was surprised at a script? Tell me something I don't know.
Jesse: We have to find out what would have surprised them so much
Tracy: Affirmative. And we also have to find a way to give you longer visions [brief laugh track]. (Suggestively) Let's meet Neil.
Jesse: (almost immediately) Absolutely not! [laugh track]
Gerald: (going through the script) It's funny we're acting a sitcom based on a reality show.
Logan: Yeah. The good thing is that people will laugh over the show. Bad side, they're all dead [laugh track]
Gerald: If it makes you feel better, the fake laughter belongs to people who genuinely believe in comedy. Now, everyone's too bossy to see the fun in things.
Logan: Come to think of it. Who's the new director now? (Simran suddenly pace walks in with a cup of coffee. She's dressed in a black gown with a green raincoat and black heels)
Simran: Alright, people! We have a show to run, and we can't afford to break off from our schedule.
Tracy: (whispering to Logan) If she keeps running us like that, our schedule won't be the only thing breaking here [laugh track]
Simran: (sits on a director's chair and announces confidently) Places people! We're on a comedy-based reality show. We're not going to be famous by standing around looking pretty.
Logan: Isn't that what they do in reality show?
Simran: GET THE POINT, MR HILSON.
Logan: Girl, you better watch your mouth. I have a name.
Simran: And I have places to be, pretty boy!
Logan: (smirking at Tracy) I told you I caught girls' fancy [brief laugh track]
Tracy: Why am I even here? I'm going home. (She proceeds to leave)
Simran: (sharing random scripts to the cast) Now, I've made slight changes. I suggest we pretend it's the roles we got.
Logan: (going through his script. He slowly has a surprised expression on his face) I can't believe this!
Jesse: (to himself) Wait, that was my vision?!
Logan: (slightly annoyed) Miss Simran, why do I play Rich Friend #3? I auditioned for Rich Friend #2!
Simran: (sarcastic) Rich Friend #3 has a name, sweetheart [brief laugh track]. Look, it would make sense that you acted that role. It fits you better. (whispers) Besides, Mr. You know who would've not given you the role at all.
Logan: Simran, we don't mention his name. We know he would've ruined my life.
Simran: (pats his back) I know, Logan. But for now, you're Rich Friend #3 [brief laugh track]
Tracy: If Logan's Rich Friend #3, who's #2?
Simran: You. (Logan, Gerald, Jesse, and everyone present widen their eyes in surprise, Tracy inclusive)
Tracy: How? (shrugs) I don't wanna know. I'm not acting, I already have a perfectly social life as a blogger and as Logan's main manager. That's right, my man has 2 managers [laugh track]. (Simran, Gerald, Logan, and Jesse try to make sense of the last statement Tracy just made. But she quickly clarifies as she rethinks her words) When I mean my man, I mean my boss. (squirms) Bleh! It sounds even weirder when I say he's my boss [another laugh track]
Gerald: Why did you say you hired Tracy again?
Logan: I didn't have a second option. Even my second option wasn't supposed to be an option [laugh track].

Later...
Jesse and Danny are discussing just outside Madison's food truck. Jesse is telling them about Tracy's sudden role in the reality show.
Jesse: So, that's how Tracy got the part of Rich Friend #2 all of a sudden? Apparently, Tracy and Logan's constant bickering in front of the audition guys ironically got her the role.
Madison: Jesse, stop summarising your stories midway. You literally just got here about 2 minutes ago.
Danny: (shrugs) Good for Tracy. Now, I finally get to see someone I know on TV.
Jesse: You've been on TV before. And so did Harrison.
Danny: He was an extra [laugh track]
Madison: Wait, Danny's been on TV before?
Jesse: Yeah, we did a Crazy Kids movie. Myself, Danny, Drea, and Kelsea. Now, Drea and her family moved to Las Vegas.
Madison: Well, Denver is about to have a hit reality show. It's funny how we know half of the potential stars on the show.
Danny: Yeah. But I have to go now. If I don't hurry home now, then Danielle might run away with my money. For real, the last time she owed me, she boarded a bus to New York to escape [brief laugh track]. (Danny leaves them soon after. Jesse and Madison are taken aback by Danny's revelation, but brush it aside).
Madison: Jesse, what type of snacks and ice cream flavour does Logan take when he's in a celebratory mood? I know he has a regular special and a festivity special. Plus, he's like your big brother. (smirks) Only mature and hotter.
Jesse: (proudly) I know, he got the cuteness from me [laugh track]. And I thought you already knew his specials.
Madison: (shrugs) Let's just say his special is also going to be my special. (She proceeds to prepare some snacks. Jesse smirks knowingly as the "ooooh" soundtrack is heard)
Jesse: (to the camera) My big brother is all grown up [final laugh track]. (The scene comes to a close)

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