Fleabag : the scriptures / Phoebe Waller-Bridge.
"Phoebe Waller-Bridge's critically acclaimed, utterly unique series Fleabag took the world by storm with its piercing dialogue, ruthlessly dry wit, and deeply human drama. In Fleabag: The Scriptures, Waller-Bridge brings together for the first time the complete filming scripts of the first and second seasons, annotated with never-before-seen stage directions and exclusive commentary on her creative process and the making of the series. Now recognized as one of today's most essential voices, she delivers powerful insights into her now-iconic protagonist: the hilarious, emotionally damaged, sexually unapologetic woman who can make viewers laugh, cry, and cringe in a single scene."--Amazon.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593158272
- ISBN: 059315827X
- Physical Description: 417 pages : music ; 22 cm
- Edition: First U.S. edition.
- Publisher: New York : Ballantine Books, an imprint of Random House, [2019]
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Subject: | Fleabag (Television program) Television scripts. Performing arts. |
Genre: | Television plays. |
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INT. FLEABAGâS FLAT. CORRIDOR â NIGHT
Sounds of a woman breathing.
Shot of the inside of a front door. Fleabagâs POV.
Shot of Fleabag a few steps away from the door, watching it as if sheâs ready to pounce. Smudged makeup, hair tousled.
Out of breath.
Shot of the inside of a front door. Fleabagâs POV.
Shot of Fleabag. She turns to camera.
FLEABAG
(earnest, touch of pain. To camera)?
You know that feeling when a guy you like sends you a text at 2 oâclock on a Tuesday night and asks if he can âcome and find youâ and youâve accidentally made it out like youâve just got in yourself, so you have to get out of bed, drink half a bottle of wine, get in the shower, shave everything, dig out some Agent Provocateur business, suspender belt, the whole bit, and wait by the door until the buzzer goesâ
(buzzer goes)?
And then you open the door to him like youâd almost forgotten he was coming over.
She opens the door to a HANDSOME MAN.
FLEABAG
(casual)Â
Oh hi!
ARSEHOLE GUY
Hey.
FLEABAG
Hey.
Beat.
ARSEHOLE GUYÂ
Hey.
FLEABAG
(to camera)
And then you get to it immediately.
They start snogging violently.
Â
INT. FLEABAGâS BEDROOM â NIGHT
They are going at it on the bed; we are looking at Fleabagâs back while she is on top. In a throe of passion Arsehole Guy flips her over onto her side so she is facing us, with him behind her.
FLEABAG
(to camera)
After some pretty standard bouncing you realise that he is edging towards your arsehole. But youâre drunk, and he made the effort to come all the way here so, you let him. Heâs thrilled.
ARSEHOLE GUY
(whispered)
Iâm so thrilled.
INT. FLEABAGâS BEDROOM â MORNING
Fleabag lies in bed, peacefully.
She suddenly opens her eyes and talks to us.
FLEABAG
(to camera)
And then the next morning, you wake to find him fully dressed, sat on the side of the bed, gazing at you...
REVEAL: Arsehole Guy is sat on the bed, gazing at Fleabag earnestly. Fleabag looks at him, and then back to camera.
FLEABAG
(to camera)
He says thatâ
ARSEHOLE GUYÂ
Last night was incredible.
FLEABAG
(to camera)
Which you think is an overstatement, but then he goes on to say thatâ
ARSEHOLE GUY
It was particularly special because Iâve never managed to actually... up the bum with anyone beforeâ
FLEABAG
(to camera)
To be fair, he does have a large penis.
ARSEHOLE GUY
And although itâs always been a fantasy of mine, Iâve... never found anyone I could do it with.
FLEABAG
(to camera) And then he touches your hair.
He touches her hair.
FLEABAG
And thanks you with a genuine earnest.
ARSEHOLE GUY
(earnest)
Thank you.Â
FLEABAG
(to camera)?
Itâs sort of moving. Then he kisses you gently.
He kisses her gently.
FLEABAG
(to camera)Â
And then he leaves.
He leaves.
Beat.
Fleabag frowns.
FLEABAG
(to camera)
And you spend the rest of the day wonderingâ
CUT TO: INT. CAFÃ â MORNING
Fleabag sits with a cup of tea looking up into the distance pensively. A moment of real consideration passes before...
FLEABAG
(to camera, concerned)
Do I have a MASSIVE arsehole?
TITLES: FLEABAG
Â
INT. BUS â DAY
Fleabag sits, reading a newspaper. On the page we see an advert boasting: âThinking of getting a mortgage?â with an inexplicably naked woman advertising it. Fleabag does not react. Because none of us do.
She looks around and catches the eye of a MAN who is looking at her over his paper. We can only see his eyes. He looks away shyly. She looks at the camera and raises her eyebrows slightly. Hello...
He pulls his paper down and smiles and reveals that he has extraordinarily large front teeth.
She quickly looks away with a small grimace.
INT. BUS â DAY, LATER
Fleabag and BUS RODENT are getting off at the same stop. They do a little awkward laugh at each other.
They stand next to each other.
BUS RODENT
(giggly)
Wow... Um. This doesnât happen very often, does it?
FLEABAG
(really giggly)
Nooo no... I er â I suppose itâs... I suppose itâs quite rare, yeah.
(to camera)Â
I hate myself.
BUS RODENT
Um, are you going to work?
FLEABAGÂ
Oh, no actually Iâ
BUS RODENT
Ok, um. This is gonna sound crazy, um, but I think that I should take your number and I think I should call it and I think I should ask you if you wanna go out for a drink with me.
FLEABAG
Um... Iâ?
BUS RODENT
Fuuuck me, youâve got a boyfriend.
FLEABAG
Um, no... No, we broke up quite recently actually.
BUS RODENT
Oh my God, Iâm so sorry slash really pleased. Errrrm, how the hell did he manage to fuck that up?
Â
INT. FLASHBACK, FLEABAGâS BEDROOM â NIGHT
Fleabag is lying in bed with her computer in her lap, eating pizza. She is watching a video of OBAMA giving a speech.
He is very serious.
She is very serious.
She starts touching herself.
Suddenly a YOUNG MANâs head pokes up on the other side of the bed.
HARRY
What are you doing?
She flips the laptop down quickly.
FLEABAGÂ
Nothing!
Beat.
Harry gets out of bed.
FLEABAGÂ
Harryâ
He grabs his bag and starts packing some things from a clothes rail.
HARRY
I know what you were doing.
FLEABAG
I was watching the news!
HARRYÂ
(genuine)
Really?
FLEABAGÂ
Yeah!
HARRYÂ
(genuine)
Really?
FLEABAGÂ
Yeah!
HARRY
(vulnerable)
What was he talking about then?
Beat.
FLEABAGÂ
What?
HARRY
(vulnerable)
Please. I â I just â need to hear this. What was he talking about?
Long pause.
FLEABAG
Iraq.
Hurt and furious, Harry manically starts packing again.
HARRY
Donât say anything.
She doesnât.
HARRY
Please donât stop me leaving.
She doesnât move.
HARRYÂ
(angrily)Â
Please donât.
FLEABAG
Ok.
HARRY
DONâT!
He pauses. Then picks up his stuff.
HARRY
Iâve really tried to be there for you through this. You canât say I havenât tried.
She doesnât say anything.
HARRY
Donât say anything. And please donât contact me. Or turn up at my house drunk, in your underwear. It wonât work this time.
FLEABAGÂ
(to camera)
It will.
HARRY
(sadly)
Iâm taking the posh shampoo.
He goes to leave, then stops at the door and looks at her.
HARRY
He was talking about democrâ
HARD CUT TO:
They giggle and walk off in opposite directions. As she walks, Fleabag checks her phone. She suddenly BOLTS it down the street.
Sounds of a woman breathing.
Shot of the inside of a front door. Fleabagâs POV.
Shot of Fleabag a few steps away from the door, watching it as if sheâs ready to pounce. Smudged makeup, hair tousled.
Out of breath.
Shot of the inside of a front door. Fleabagâs POV.
Shot of Fleabag. She turns to camera.
FLEABAG
(earnest, touch of pain. To camera)?
You know that feeling when a guy you like sends you a text at 2 oâclock on a Tuesday night and asks if he can âcome and find youâ and youâve accidentally made it out like youâve just got in yourself, so you have to get out of bed, drink half a bottle of wine, get in the shower, shave everything, dig out some Agent Provocateur business, suspender belt, the whole bit, and wait by the door until the buzzer goesâ
(buzzer goes)?
And then you open the door to him like youâd almost forgotten he was coming over.
She opens the door to a HANDSOME MAN.
FLEABAG
(casual)Â
Oh hi!
ARSEHOLE GUY
Hey.
FLEABAG
Hey.
Beat.
ARSEHOLE GUYÂ
Hey.
FLEABAG
(to camera)
And then you get to it immediately.
They start snogging violently.
Â
INT. FLEABAGâS BEDROOM â NIGHT
They are going at it on the bed; we are looking at Fleabagâs back while she is on top. In a throe of passion Arsehole Guy flips her over onto her side so she is facing us, with him behind her.
FLEABAG
(to camera)
After some pretty standard bouncing you realise that he is edging towards your arsehole. But youâre drunk, and he made the effort to come all the way here so, you let him. Heâs thrilled.
ARSEHOLE GUY
(whispered)
Iâm so thrilled.
INT. FLEABAGâS BEDROOM â MORNING
Fleabag lies in bed, peacefully.
She suddenly opens her eyes and talks to us.
FLEABAG
(to camera)
And then the next morning, you wake to find him fully dressed, sat on the side of the bed, gazing at you...
REVEAL: Arsehole Guy is sat on the bed, gazing at Fleabag earnestly. Fleabag looks at him, and then back to camera.
FLEABAG
(to camera)
He says thatâ
ARSEHOLE GUYÂ
Last night was incredible.
FLEABAG
(to camera)
Which you think is an overstatement, but then he goes on to say thatâ
ARSEHOLE GUY
It was particularly special because Iâve never managed to actually... up the bum with anyone beforeâ
FLEABAG
(to camera)
To be fair, he does have a large penis.
ARSEHOLE GUY
And although itâs always been a fantasy of mine, Iâve... never found anyone I could do it with.
FLEABAG
(to camera) And then he touches your hair.
He touches her hair.
FLEABAG
And thanks you with a genuine earnest.
ARSEHOLE GUY
(earnest)
Thank you.Â
FLEABAG
(to camera)?
Itâs sort of moving. Then he kisses you gently.
He kisses her gently.
FLEABAG
(to camera)Â
And then he leaves.
He leaves.
Beat.
Fleabag frowns.
FLEABAG
(to camera)
And you spend the rest of the day wonderingâ
CUT TO: INT. CAFÃ â MORNING
Fleabag sits with a cup of tea looking up into the distance pensively. A moment of real consideration passes before...
FLEABAG
(to camera, concerned)
Do I have a MASSIVE arsehole?
TITLES: FLEABAG
Â
INT. BUS â DAY
Fleabag sits, reading a newspaper. On the page we see an advert boasting: âThinking of getting a mortgage?â with an inexplicably naked woman advertising it. Fleabag does not react. Because none of us do.
She looks around and catches the eye of a MAN who is looking at her over his paper. We can only see his eyes. He looks away shyly. She looks at the camera and raises her eyebrows slightly. Hello...
He pulls his paper down and smiles and reveals that he has extraordinarily large front teeth.
She quickly looks away with a small grimace.
INT. BUS â DAY, LATER
Fleabag and BUS RODENT are getting off at the same stop. They do a little awkward laugh at each other.
They stand next to each other.
BUS RODENT
(giggly)
Wow... Um. This doesnât happen very often, does it?
FLEABAG
(really giggly)
Nooo no... I er â I suppose itâs... I suppose itâs quite rare, yeah.
(to camera)Â
I hate myself.
BUS RODENT
Um, are you going to work?
FLEABAGÂ
Oh, no actually Iâ
BUS RODENT
Ok, um. This is gonna sound crazy, um, but I think that I should take your number and I think I should call it and I think I should ask you if you wanna go out for a drink with me.
FLEABAG
Um... Iâ?
BUS RODENT
Fuuuck me, youâve got a boyfriend.
FLEABAG
Um, no... No, we broke up quite recently actually.
BUS RODENT
Oh my God, Iâm so sorry slash really pleased. Errrrm, how the hell did he manage to fuck that up?
Â
INT. FLASHBACK, FLEABAGâS BEDROOM â NIGHT
Fleabag is lying in bed with her computer in her lap, eating pizza. She is watching a video of OBAMA giving a speech.
He is very serious.
She is very serious.
She starts touching herself.
Suddenly a YOUNG MANâs head pokes up on the other side of the bed.
HARRY
What are you doing?
She flips the laptop down quickly.
FLEABAGÂ
Nothing!
Beat.
Harry gets out of bed.
FLEABAGÂ
Harryâ
He grabs his bag and starts packing some things from a clothes rail.
HARRY
I know what you were doing.
FLEABAG
I was watching the news!
HARRYÂ
(genuine)
Really?
FLEABAGÂ
Yeah!
HARRYÂ
(genuine)
Really?
FLEABAGÂ
Yeah!
HARRY
(vulnerable)
What was he talking about then?
Beat.
FLEABAGÂ
What?
HARRY
(vulnerable)
Please. I â I just â need to hear this. What was he talking about?
Long pause.
FLEABAG
Iraq.
Hurt and furious, Harry manically starts packing again.
HARRY
Donât say anything.
She doesnât.
HARRY
Please donât stop me leaving.
She doesnât move.
HARRYÂ
(angrily)Â
Please donât.
FLEABAG
Ok.
HARRY
DONâT!
He pauses. Then picks up his stuff.
HARRY
Iâve really tried to be there for you through this. You canât say I havenât tried.
She doesnât say anything.
HARRY
Donât say anything. And please donât contact me. Or turn up at my house drunk, in your underwear. It wonât work this time.
FLEABAGÂ
(to camera)
It will.
HARRY
(sadly)
Iâm taking the posh shampoo.
He goes to leave, then stops at the door and looks at her.
HARRY
He was talking about democrâ
HARD CUT TO:
They giggle and walk off in opposite directions. As she walks, Fleabag checks her phone. She suddenly BOLTS it down the street.