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Ralph Cook walks into Mary's Billiards, Chicago 1992 β a pool-hall scene about debt, charm, and the coffee George Chapel brings to the curb.
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INT. MARY'S BILLIARDS, CHICAGO IL, 1992 β MORNING
RALPH COOK (45) breaks open the pool hall doors. Morning light floods in, silhouetting his rail-thin frame. He doesn't bother taking off his sunglasses or putting out his cigarette.
He walks toward the counter. The door shuts behind him. The room goes dim again, barely lit by tinted windows.
RALPH
Tom. Tom. Pajama Tom.
PAJAMA TOM (29) looks up from his shot. He never skips a day to look like a hippie in pajamas, son of a famous Bank Pool player.
PAJAMA TOM
Hey hey, lookee lookee, Captain Cook.
TINA (40s), unimpressed, behind the elevated counter.
TINA
You look like shit.
RALPH
Playing hard to get. That's okay. I dig that.
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George comes from behind Ralph and reaches over his shoulder, offering a cup of coffee.
GEORGE
It's free. She didn't even spit in it.
GEORGE (CONT'D)
You can stay with Jo and I.
RALPH
Still lending that $50?
GEORGE (smiles)
With interest.
FADE OUT.