Jones St., Chapter 4: Pages 23-25
Page 23, 5 Panels- Dining Table, Myers’ Apartment, Jones St., Las Vegas NV
Panel 1-2: Same setting/layout as the last panel of the previous page. In Panel 1, Tara takes his focus back toward the TV, chewing the food up in a moment of ponderous thought. Then after a few moments, in Panel 2, he looks back toward his dad and gives a subtle nod; swallowing what little food he had in his mouth beforehand.
TARA [to Randall, open; Panel 2]: Okie dokie…if I remember right, it's not a real dressy-up type of place.
Panel 3: Back to Randall in the same setting and layout as Panel 5 of the previous page. He sticks his fork into the last bit of chicken, which is visible on his plate in the bottom of the panel view along with maybe a couple of scoops of rice next to it. He shakes his head and lets out a non-judgmental chuckle at the question.
RANDALL [firing back, to Tara]: Yeah, I don't think so either.
Panel 4: Cut to Tara in the same setting and layout as Panel 2. He nods in agreement to the comment, reaching his can of soda without looking as he speaks. You can see a little bit of the remaining food on the young man’s plate at that point in time, which is a bit more than his father’s was in the previous panel.
TARA [agreeing, but with an explanatory point to his original question]: Yeah. But it's Easter. Isn’t it usually traditional that people get really dressed up for Easter?
Panel 5: Action shot of Randall a few moments later, standing up from his chair with the now mostly empty plate over to the sink which is now more visible behind him in the background. He chuckles a little louder at the follow-up, flashing a loving fatherly smile that sparks the reply to his son.
RANDALL [trying to be funny]: I think that’s just religious people, son. Or people who like to pretend they’re from the South. TARA [Off-Panel]: Ah I see. RANDALL [Bubble 2]: Besides...when have we ever been traditional?
Page 24, 7 Panels- Laundry Room, Melanie's Apartment Building, Las Vegas NV
Panel 1: Cut to a shot of Melanie, dressed in a baggy Golden Knights T-shirt, later on at night in the lower floor laundry area later on that night. She sorts large piles of darks and lights on top of one of the washers, listening to Eric B & Rakim which bumps through a wireless speaker located on the top of the washer; the lyrics to "Paid in Full" wafting in the top level of the panel view.
MELANIE [thought bubble]: I have to be at work in 10 hours. My brain's telling me I should be collapsing to bed like a rock, and here I am...doing laundry.
Panel 2: Action shot of Ms. Haynes taking the pile of clothes into the washer that we saw partially in the previous panel with both hands. The music continues on in the same upper panel area at the same moment.
MELANIE [Cont. thought bubble]: Could I have done this 4 hours ago? Yeah. But I was in a good groove.
Panel 3-5: A three-part set of panels that follows along the next steps in the laundry making process. First in Panel 3, by placing the appropriate amount of change into the cash area. Then in Panel 4 by placing a Tide POD into the appropriate area. Finally, after all this is done in Panel 5, Melanie ends it by turning the machine on. In each of the three panels, you can see the lyrics to the song and the beat behind it float through the top of each panel's view.
MELANIE [thought bubble, Panel 3]: Got a third of the way through the stuff Crosby sent me riding it. MELANIE [Cont. thought bubble, Panel 4]: Should be good to go for hitting that 5 day deadline of his, give or take something epically chaotic happening. MELANIE [thought bubble, Panel 5]: When I make it, that's when I'll start celebrating.
Panel 6-7: A two-part set of panels that starts with Melanie in Panel 6 doing a little bit of a boogie in between a row of other washers and dryers that line both sides of the panel view. In Panel 7, a few moments later, the music that operates the top left of the panel view is interrupted by the sound of ringing coming from the speaker.
MELANIE [Cont. thought bubble, Panel 6]: Right now though, I...did I put my socks in with my damn darks a--?
Page 25, 4 Panels- Laundry Room, Melanie's Apartment Building, Las Vegas NV
Panel 1: Action shot of Melanie moving back toward the white stool where her bag is located as the music continues once more through the wireless speaker. Her left hand grabbing the handle to the bag while the right one is hidden off-panel view. In the background, you can see the beige wall that was visible at the end of the previous page.
Panel 2-3: A two-part set of panels that starts with her opening the bag up, reaching in with her right hand to pull out her phone which is hidden inside. In Panel 3, we see it out and placed just below chest view; her eyes looking down as she opens the Lock screen.
Panel 4: Cut to a shot of the phone's screen itself a minute later where we see the message that sparked the initial disruptive noise from Page 24. It's an E-Mail notification from a non-descript dating site about a match with someone on their site; the subject line reading- "DoctorRedwood90 Wants to Meet You."
MELANIE [Off-Panel, to herself]: Huh...what a stupid ass username!