LoveLocked: Infomercial #1
Introduction:
Presenting the script for LoveLock Infomercial #1.
[Scene: Middle-class living room. Blue sectional sofa, hi-def TV, two chairs and ottomans in red leather, two end tables, one with large ceramic vase. Standing center are HUSBAND and WIFE, white, late 30s. He wears blue jeans and a polo. She wears a white sun dress and strappy sandals. Her long, sharp fingernails are painted fire-engine red. They are mid-fight.]
Husband [pleading]: Please, please, just listen to meâ
Wife: No! Goddammit, I have had it! Get OUT!
Husband: Look, I just need you to listen to meâ
[WIFE tucks her head and clamps her forearms over her ears.]
Husband: Aw, Christ, please donât do thatâ
[WIFE shakes her body left and right like an angry child.]
Husband: Dammit, honey, please can you just listen to me.
[HUSBAND lightly touches WIFEâs wrist. WIFE jerks back.]
Husband: Honey, look at me. We can work this out. Our therapistâ
Wife: Fuck our therapist. There is no âwe.â âWeâ are done. I want you out.
Husband: Iâm not going. This is my home, too.
Wife: Get out of my house!
Husband [bristling]: You leave. Itâs you who wants out of this marriage. Not me!
Wife: Youâre the man. Be brave, and get out!
Husband: This is my HOME! And I didnât do anything wrong. Pleaseâ
Wife: No, itâs not. And yes, you did. Now get out.
Husband [steps forward]: Iâm notâ
Wife [flinches]: Iâll call the cops!
Husband [touches her arm]: Please just listenâ
[WIFE slaps HUSBAND so hard he stumbles.]
Husband: Fuck!
Wife: I fucking warned you! [WIFE leaps on HUSBAND and claws his face.]
Husband [struggling]: Fuck! Fuck!
[WIFE plants her thumbs in his eyes.]
Husband [panicking]: No! FUCK!
Wife: Gonna kill you!
[HUSBAND throws WIFE onto couch. She gasps and gapes.]
Wife: Abuse! Abuser! Iâm calling the cops!
Husband [incredulous]: You were gonna blind me!
Wife: You abusing fuck! Iâm calling the cops!
Husband [takes enormous, calming breath]: Look, I justâ
Wife: You sonofabitch, youâre going to jail! Youâre gonna lose everything, me, our daughter, your job, everythingâ!
Husband: Are you even listening to yourself? Can you hear yourself? Youâre crazy!
Wife: Help! Help! Rape!
Husband [kneels and moves forward]: Youâre crazy! I just want to talkâ
[WIFE kicks at him. HUSBAND fends off blows.]
Wife: This is the end!
[WIFEâs face demonic. HUSBAND considers. Then he raises his arm in a fist. Scene freezes.]
[SPOKESMAN voiceover]: Men, has this happened to you? Youâre reasoning with your loved one and she just wonât let you get in a word?
[SPOKESMAN walks in, stands in front of still image of HUSBAND about to strike WIFE. The SPOKESMAN is in his early 50s, silver-haired, and black-suited.]
Spokesman: If you havenât experienced it yourself, you probably will. More than half of all marriages end in divorce. It puts a brutal strain on all family members. And sometimesâ[gestures to image]âmatters get violent.
[Scene switch. Three muscular BLACK COPS are in the living room. COP 1 is handcuffing Husband. COPs 2 and 3 are standing by WIFE. HUSBANDâs face and neck are welted, and his eyes are swollen shut. WIFE holds an icepack to her face.]
Husband [to WIFE]: I didnât even hit you!
Cop 1: Man, shut the fuck up.
Wife [to HUSBAND]: Youâre a monster.
Cop 2 [grinning]: Itâs pretty open and shut.
Cop 3 [to COP 2]: We could take him the long way . . . .
Wife [to COP 3]: What would that mean?
Cop 2: Weâd do to him what he was gonna do to you.
Wife [confused]: But he was going to . . . you know. Rape me.
Husband: No, I wasnât! This is bullshitâaggh! [COP 1 wrenches HUSBANDâs handcuffed wrists up.]
Cop 3 [grinning]: Yep. You know. A little âbrotherly justice.â
[WIFE realizes what COP 3 means.] Youâd do that?
[COP 3 nods]
Cop 2: We all would. Teach the man to respect his woman. All women. All women matter, you know.
Husband [freaking out]: Respect? What about me? Whereâs MY respect?
Cop 1: Shut the FUCK UP, bitch!
[The BLACK COPS roughly force HUSBAND toward the door. WIFE stands.]
Wife: Wait! Please!
[BLACK COPS turn. HUSBAND is relieved, certain that WIFE is saving him.]
Wife [coyly]: Can I watch?
Husband: Oh my God!
Cop 1 [chuckling]: Weâre sorry, maâam. Against policy.
Cop 2 [laughing]: But tell you what. Weâll wear our body cams. Give you the footage.
Husband: Oh my God!!
Wife [giggling]: Oh, thank you! [She pulls ice pack from her face.]
Husband: Look! Look! Thereâs no bruising! Nothing! I didnât touch her!
[COP 3 walks over to inspect her eye.]
Cop 3: Itâs true, Sarge. Not a trace.
Wife [placing her hand on COP 3âs crotch]: Iâve always healed fast.
Cop 3 [to COPs 1 and 2]: You guys deal with Mister Failed Rapist there. I need to take an . . . in-depth statement with the missus, here.
[HUSBAND screams and struggles. COPS 1 and 2 laugh and muscle him out the door. WIFE kneels in front of COP 3 and yanks at his belt. Scene freezes to a still.]
[SPOKESMAN appears in front of still image.]
Spokesman: Well, our friend is faced with a pickle! Two enormous ones, in fact! But you might face similar pickles if you try resolving a marital dispute yourself. So . . . consider using LoveLock, instead!
[Bottom of screen: LoveLock logo, url, and 1-800 number.]
Spokesman: LoveLock will resolve your marriage conflicts, permanently. Just watch how our friendâs situation could have turned out differently.
[Scene change. Back to living room, at the very start of the fight.]
Husband [pleading]: Please, please, just listen to meâ
Wife: No! Goddammit, I have had it! Get OUT!
Husband [breathes deeply]: . . . All right.
Wife [confused]: What?
Husband: Okay. You win. Iâll go.
Wife: Youâre . . . youâre leaving? Youâre not going to fight?
Husband [shrugs]: You want me gone. I understand. Iâll respect that. Iâll pack up and go.
[WIFE picks up huge vase and hurls it at HUSBAND]: You PUSSY!
[HUSBAND ducks]: Jesus Christ!
Wife: What kind of fucking pussy are you? You wonât even fight for your home! [Storms out]
[HUSBAND exhales, shakes head, pulls smartphone from pocket, and dials]: Hello, LoveLock? Yes, Iâm interested in your services. Uh-huh. Yes, thatâs right. I love my wife, but . . . .
[SPOKESMAN V.O.]: LoveLock is quick, professional, and confidential.
[Scene change. HUSBAND answers door to two LoveLock EMPLOYEES. EMPLOYEES 1 and 2 are white, tall, muscled, and wearing brown uniforms with a LoveLock seal on them.]
Employee 1 [brightly]: You called for us, sir?
Husband: God, yes. I just canât take it any more. Iâve tried, butâ [gestures helplessly]
Employee 2: Itâs all right, sir. Thereâs no shame. Some partners are just too far gone.
Husband: Got that right.
[SPOKESMAN V.O.]: LoveLock has already helped tens of thousands of marriages. But donât just take my word for it.
[Scene change. From the chest up we see a balding, middle-aged white NEBBISHY MAN sporting glasses, a mustache, and a sweater. He addresses the camera.]
Nebbishy Man: I tried everything to save my marriage. I lost weight, got a better job, bought her gifts, took those âget a personalityâ classesâeverything. I even agreed to an open marriage. For her, not me. Nothing worked. She was still gonna divorce me. I was out of options.
[Camera pans back. NEBBISHY MAN is sitting in a chair. Kneeling next to him is a LOVELY WOMAN with long black hair in a collar, corset, and stockings. Before her is a bowl of silver and beige fluid.]
Nebbishy Man: But then I contacted LoveLock. In two daysâ time, theyâd saved our marriage! [pets LOVELY WOMANâs head] Right, dear?
Lovely Woman [adoringly]: Yes, Sir. LoveLock saved us. May Bitchsnacks eat, now?
Nebbishy Man: Of course, Bitchsnacks. Eat up.
[BITCHSNACKS laps from the bowl. NEBBISHY MAN places his hand at her rear. Then come squishy sounds. BITCHSNACKS groans and grins.] Oh, thank you, Sir. Bitchsnacks loves it when you finger her.
Nebbishy Man: You love anything, donât you?
Bitchsnacks: Anything you want, yes, Sir. Bitchsnacks loves it all.
[SPOKESMAN V.O.]: LoveLock helped this man. Can we help you?
[Scene change. In the living room, EMPLOYEES 1 and 2 are wrestling a straitjacketed WIFE. She struggles and curses.]
Wife: FUCK YOU!
Employee 1: Maâam, if youâd calm downâ
Wife: EAT ME! YOU FUCKING FUCKERS!
Employee 2: Maâam, language, pleaseâ
Wife: I WILL NOT BE SILENT! SILENCE IS CONSENT!
[EMPLOYEE 2 pulls a syringe from a pocket and plunges it into WIFEâs neck.]
Wife: NO! NO! NO! [WIFEâs screaming fades. EMPLOYEES 1 and 2 grip her until sheâs unconscious, then lay her on the couch.]
Husband: She picked up that stuff a while ago. I donât know where she gets it from.
Employee 1: Itâs probably because she can read or something. Itâs not your fault.
Employee 2: Itâs sinister, this stuff. Itâs everywhere.
Husband: You guys are busy?
Employee 1: Business is booming, yes.
Husband: So, when can you have her back to me?
Employee 2: The standard process is just 48 hours.
Husband [frowns]: But we were hosting a party tomorrow. Folks from our ChurchâIâm a deacon there. Weâd have to cancel.
Employee 1: Oh! Well, sir, there is a 24-hour rush option.
Husband: Whatâs the difference?
Employee 2: It costs a little more, as you might imagine. But the main difference is the discomfort the subject feels.
Husband: Discomfort?
Employee 1: Yes. Well, not just discomfort. Some pain.
Husband: Pain?
Employee 2: Yes. Well not just pain. A little agony.
Husband: A little?
Employee 1: Yes. Well. Actually, a lot. Like sheâs on fire for a day. You see, for the 48-hour process, we put her into a coma. She wonât feel a thing. But for a rush job? She has to stay awake for the whole teardown and build up.
Husband [considering]: I donât know. . . .
Employee 2: We understand, sir. We know you love her. But once the process is done, sheâll be happy it happened. Sheâll even thank you, because sheâll know itâs what you wanted.
Husband: Really?
Employee 1: Yes, indeed! In fact, it gets better. With the 24-hour process, we provide an extra implant. Not only will she be happy about it, sheâll even want to watch all the footage of what happened to her!
Husband: Thereâs footage? And she will?
Employee 2: Yup! Sheâll love watching herself get processed. The full 24-hour video comes with your account. Weâll host it forever. Or at least until North Korea tosses an EMP at us . . . .
Husband: Those nutty North Koreans.
Employee 1: We know. Of course, theyâre who we got this technology from, so they canât be all bad.
Husband: I suppose not. All right. So, 24 hours?
Employee 2: Absolutely, sir. What time is your dinner party?
Husband: Starts at 5:30 tomorrow.
Employee 1: Thatâs perfect. Weâll get her back to you by 4. You can give her a test run before guests arrive.
Husband: Sheâll be able to help me host?
Employee 2: Sir, sheâll do anything you want. Thatâs our guarantee, or we buy her from you.
Husband: All right.
[EMPLOYEE 2 slings the unconscious, straitjacketed WIFE over his shoulder. She moans.]
Employee 2: Sheâs waking up, Don.
Employee 1: Then weâd best take her in, Rob. Donât worry, sir. Weâll fix her. [HUSBAND shakes EMPLOYEESâ hands. Scene freezes. SPOKESMAN walks out in front of the image.]
Spokeman: Many customers prefer the 48-hour option, but there is a 24-hour option. It costs extra, and it does cause the subject agony, but . . . well, thatâs the price of accelerated progress, isnât it? And itâs a small price to pay, wouldnât you agree? Especially for lifelong access to the LoveLock processing video! And when all’s said and done, they wonât mind a bit.
[Scene change: Next day. Living room scene: Snack bowls, wine glasses, empty beer bottles are everywhere. HUSBAND and WIFE are at the door, waving at people offstage. She leans on him.]
Husband: Thanks for coming!
Wife [hoarsely]: We loved having you! Drive safely!
[HUSBAND and WIFE close the door. They look at each other and laugh.]
Husband: That was great!
Wife: It went really well. I think everyone had a lot of fun. I just wish my voice werenât so scratchy. . . .
Husband: Iâm just glad you and I worked things out.
Wife [leans forward to kiss him]: Me, too, love.
Husband: Christ, the place is a pit.
Wife: I know! Weâve got a lot of cleaning to do.
Husband: We?
Wife: Iâm sorry, love. Did you want me to do all the cleaning?
Husband: As a matter of fact, I did. [Slaps WIFEâs behind.] Hop to!
Wife [giggles]: Yes, love.
Husband: Thatâs âSir.â
Wife [smiling hugely]: Yes, Sir. Iâll hop to, Sir.
[WIFE begins gathering empty beer bottles. HUSBAND studies her.]
Husband: Honey? Iâd like to try something out.
Wife: Yes, Sir?
Husband: Take off your clothes. All of them.
Wife: Yes, Sir.
[Wife disrobes. She is slender, fit, and tanned, with a well-groomed triangle of dark brown pubic hair.]
Wife [pirouetting clumsily]: Do you like what you see, Sir?
Husband: I definitely do, honey. Keep cleaning.
[WIFE returns to cleaning. She begins to carry four beer bottles to the kitchen.]
Husband: Wait. Only four?
Wife: Yes, Sir. Thatâs all I can hold at one time.
Husband [smirking]: Oh, weâll see about that.
[HUSBAND takes an empty beer bottle. He holds it in front of WIFEâs face.]
Husband: Here. Suck on this. Like itâs a cock. Get it good and slobbery.
Wife: Okey-dokey. [WIFE complies, looking at him all the while.]
Husband: Good enough. Okay, turn around and bend over.
[HUSBAND rests the base of the beer bottle at the entry of WIFEâs vagina.]
Wife [moans]: Oh God . . .
Husband: You like?
Wife [moans]: Oh God, yes. Yes, I like it, Sir.
Husband: Why do you like it?
Wife: Because youâre doing it, Sir. I like everything you do, Sir.
Husband [grinning]: Good girl. [He pushes bottle into WIFE, and she moans.]
Spokesman V.O.: Thereâs no ramp-up period. When we drop off your spouse, sheâs ready and raring to go. Thatâs a promise.
[HUSBAND works in the bottle until only the lip is visible.]
Husband: Okay, there we go.
[WIFE moans.]
Husband: See? You can take an extra bottle. In fact . . . [picks up another bottle] Here, turn around again. Suck on this one too, you horny little bitch.
Wife [squeals]: Oh, YES! [deepthroats bottle]
Spokesman V.O.: Sheâll be ready for whatever, whenever, no matter what. Thatâs our guarantee.
Husband: All right, turn around and bend over. [Places the lip of the bottle against WIFEâs anus.]
Wife: OHHHHHHHHHHH MY GODâ
[HUSBAND smacks WIFEâs rear, hard.] Shut up, you dumb cunt. You love this.
Wife: Yes, Sir, I love this! Please stick that bottle in my ass! Iâm a dumb cunt, and I love it!
Husband [smirking while working the bottle in]: What happened to âSilence Is Consentâ?
Wife: Iâm AHHHHHâconsenting! Iâm consenting!
Husband: Very noisily consenting . . . .
Wife [grunting]: Fuck . . . yeah . . . oh . . . please. . . gawd itâs so big it hurts . . . pleaseâ
Husband [assertively]: You love it. You love the pain.
Wife: YES! YES! I luv it! luv it! luv it! [babbling]
[HUSBAND works bottle into WIFEâs rear. He steps back and admires his work.]
Husband: Feeling full?
[WIFE nods and moans. Her legs are quaking.]
Husband [picks up another bottle]: You always were an overachiever. Letâs make my bitch airtight, shall we? Turn around again. Good. Deepthroat this one, Cupcake.
[WIFE takes the bottle into her mouth. She gags and wretches but slowly takes it in. Her gullet stretches to accommodate it.]
Husband: There we go. All holes filled. Just like God intended, right? Before that bitch Eve got all uppity and blamed Adam?
[WIFE nods and shivers. Gooey strings drip from both her ends.]
Husband: All right. Later, Iâll make you take a shit on your college degree. Right now, go ahead and walk those bottles outside andâ
[The door opens. Their nineteen-year-old DAUGHTER walks in. She is pale and has a black leather coat with fringes, a short black skirt, purple-black dyed hair, and a hooped nose ring.]
Daughter: Mom, Dad, Iâm homeâuh?
[DAUGHTER gapes at the scene before her.]
Husband: Erâ
Wife: [muffled animal noises]
Daughter: OH MY GOD! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
Husband [steps forward]: Look, baby, itâs like thisâ
Daughter [flinches]: You freaks! You FREAKS!
[DAUGHTER runs out the door. HUSBAND looks at WIFE. A silent agreement passes between them. HUSBAND takes out his smartphone and dials.]
Husband: Hello, LoveLock? Yes, itâs kind of an emergency . . . itâs my daughter. [listens] Yes, sheâs 19. In college, and Womenâs Studies, so she might not approve of our lifestyle choices. She saw us and ran away. Could youâ
Spokesman V.O.: At LoveLock, we donât judge. Our job is to help you keep your family together, period.
[Scene switch. Two days later. The house is immaculate. HUSBAND, fully clothed, stands and watches WIFE and DAUGHTER. They recline on the couch, naked except for red heels and black collars. WIFE lightly runs her fingers over DAUGHTERâs shaved pudenda.]
Daughter [shivers]: Oh, Mommy . . . .
Wife: Oh, Baby . . .
[Husband picks up a double-headed dildo roughly 18 inches long. It says âCourtesy of LoveLockâ along the side.]
Husband: All fours, my loves. No, donât poutâyouâll love this. Okay, face away from each other. Good. Okay, Iâll put this end inside youâ[one end disappears into Wife]âand, now, you. Good. Okay, now back up . . . back up . . . . good!
[WIFE and DAUGHTER groan as their vaginas gobble up the double-headed dildo. Eventually their buttocks push against each other.]
Wife [giggling]: Your ass is cold, Baby!
Daughter [moaning]: Yours is, too, Mommy!
Husband: Well, warm âem up! Start bumping those butts together!
[HUSBAND smacks WIFE and DAUGHTERâs buttocks. They squeal, then bounce their rear ends off each other, sliding up and back against the dildo.]
[SPOKESMAN walks into the living room]: Another family saved. Right, sport?
Husband: Right! [Looks directly out of the screen.] Thank you, LoveLock!
Wife [moaning, dazed]: Godâyesâthank you, LoveLockâohâ
Daughter [flushed and panting]: Yes, Thank You, LoveLock, Thank You, Oh, Oh, Oh, Ohâ
[Camera focus on SPOKESMAN]: Call LoveLock today. We can help you save your family. And remember our promise: Our locks last forever, or weâll buy your loved ones from you.
[SPOKESMAN smiles. Background sounds of HUSBAND spanking and urging on WIFE and DAUGHTER, who grunt, moan, squeal, burble, and keen in delight. Fade to black.]