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“We can help you get everything you’ve ever wanted. You just have to trust us,” Peter added.
Edie looked back and forth between them, her face flushed, her eyes filling with tears. Staring into all of Edie’s hope and need suddenly felt uncomfortable. It took a certain amount of delusion to believe in love in the first place. But to believe you could find it on reality TV? That was borderline insane.
“You deserve an epic love story,” said Jessa. “Let us give that to you.”
Edie wiped her eyes and straightened her spine. “Okay, what happens next?”
Peter gave her his own version of a toothy grin. “We get to work.”
TAKE 5 PRODUCTIONS
THE KEY
EDIE PEPPER INTRO PACKAGE [DRAFT FOR EP APPROVAL]
TAPE #47
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00:00:00 ESTABLISHING SHOT / CHICAGO
ADAM FOX: How far would you go for true love?
The Keyis about finding that one person, a soulmate, who can truly unlock your heart. There are no rules, which is why tonight we came all the way to Chicago to meet the woman who’s been here all along, waiting for Bennett to come home.
EDIE / CHILDHOOD BEDROOM / SITTING ON BED WITH STUFFED ANIMALS
EDIE: I’m Edie and I’m here to find love with my high school sweetheart! Again!
EDIE SHOWING YEARBOOK TO CAMERA.
EDIE: Here’s Charlie and me our junior year—oh, did you want me to call him Bennett? It’s hard—he’ll always be Charlie to me. Look, here we are in the production ofBye Bye Birdie. He only had one line and he forgot it. How sweet is that?
EDIE AND ALICE PEPPER / MOTHER’S KITCHEN
EDIE: I’ve known Charlie since forever. Kindergarten. He lived right around the block from here.
ALICE: His mother always had such a hard time withhim. He was always sick and falling over, so this has come as a real surprise.
EDIE: During our senior year we finally started dating. It was magical for both of us. I still remember our first kiss.
ALICE: Edie wore theugliestdress to Homecoming. I warned her, but she did it anyway. Let me find a photo.
00:30:00 EDIE / EDIE’S APARTMENT / SITTING ON COUCH WITH CAT
EDIE: Oh god, I’ve dated so many people since Charlie. There was a guy who said he was a writer but really wrote undergraduate papers for money. I dated a guy for two months and he never kissed me the entire time, and yes, we were definitely dating. And then there were all the guys who just—poof—disappeared.
But who needs a man when you have a warm cat to cuddle with, right?
CLOSE UP: CAT
B ROLL OF EDIE STARING AT GROUPS OF MEN WISTFULLY
EDIE: But I never gave up on finding love.
EDIE / CHILDHOOD BEDROOM / LOOKING AT OLD PHOTOS
EDIE: And as soon as I saw Charlie again, I knew he’s who I’m supposed to be with.
