A Second Helping

1. FADE IN

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3. Act 1

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5. INT. BEDROOM - 08:45

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7. Waking up, PETER sees KAJI, the family pet, staring at him.

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9. PETER (V.O.): Today's Saturday. The maid is on leave.

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11. Pausing.

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13. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Let me buy takeaway breakfast for you first. Later in the morning, I'll go again to buy breakfast for the family.

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15. MONTAGE

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17. A. Peter runs to the mall, buys a piece of bread and runs home.

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19. B. After feeding Kaji at home, Peter stays in bed with his WIFE.

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21. END MONTAGE

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23. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I run as I want to exercise my body.

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25. Act 2

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27. INT. MALL - 11:15

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29. Fast food chain. Peter orders at the CASHIER.

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31. PETER: Three sets of breakfast: Satay beef noodles, barbecue chicken and oats porridge.

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33. Waiting.

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35. PETER (V.O.): My daughter wants a poached egg and a carrot cake too. She can have mine in my porridge set.

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37. Paying.

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39. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): My wife loves the barbecue chicken here.

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41. Getting a chit.

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43. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Let me have a quick look of the music store nearby.

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45. Music store. Peter is window shopping.

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47. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): The blue guitar I like has been sold. Second thoughts aren't better.

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49. Returning to the fast food chain, Peter goes to the take-away counter.

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51. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): No one is waiting.

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53. Seeing STAFF#1 has just finished packing a bag of food, Peter checks the chit number.

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55. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): It's mine.

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57. STAFF#2 nearby checks the food inside the bag. She then passes a bowl of porridge to Staff#1 to repack.

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59. PETER (V.O.): Well, a large item was missing. I worry about the small items.

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61. PETER (to Staff#1): Have you packed the poached egg?

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63. STAFF#1: Yes.

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65. PETER: Thank you. I just want to save the trouble of returning.

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67. INT. DINING ROOM - 11:30

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69. Peter's DAUGHTER sets the table and places the food.

71. DAUGHTER: Where's Mum's chicken dish? It isn't here!

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73. PETER: I'll go and get it!

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75. Peter takes out his smartphone and snaps a photo of the food they got.

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77. INT. MALL - 11: 40

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79. Peter runs to the fast food chain.

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81. PETER (V.O.): I just hope that it still has the chicken dish.

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83. Take-away counter. Peter shows the photo and a copy chit to Staff#1.

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85. PETER: The chicken dish is missing.

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87. Staff#1 is embarrassed.

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89. STAFF#1: So sorry. Please accept a complimentary drink as an apology.

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91. Soon Staff#1 packs the missing chicken dish and the complimentary drink and hands the bag to Peter.

93. INT. LIFT LOBBY - 11:50

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95. Ringtones. Peter takes the call.

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97. WIFE (from phone): Has your set missed something? Just porridge for you?

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99. PETER: Yes...

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101. Act 3

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103. INT. STUDY - 23:00

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105. Peter works before a laptop.

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107. PETER (V.O.): Mistakes happen, specially in takeaway service.

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109. Instructing his assistant in All_The_Photos, Peter types on screen: ...communicating the message of "A Second Helping". We see an image appearing in seconds.

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111. PETER (V.O.)(Cont'd): Too ambiguous for the bot to understand the second portion of food or the second chance given.

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113. Repeating his instructions on screen and seeing the images generated, Peter doesn't look pleased.

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115. PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): When rectifying mistakes, I empathize those making them, including this AI bot, as they have been helping me tirelessly.

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117. FADE OUT

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119. THE END