CAMaraderie
Cam’s moment of physical comedy.

INT CAM’S FLAT. EVENING.

C/U SHOT OF A COCKROACH. IT IS SITTING HAPPILY ON SOMETHING. PULL BACK TO SEE IT IS A PACKET OF PASTA SPIRALS, SITTING ON CAM’S KITCHEN BENCH.

CAM SITS ON THE COUCH. HE STANDS, AND GOES INTO THE KITCHEN. A POT OF WATER IS BOILING ON THE STOVE.

CAM APPROACHES THE STOVE AND SEES IT BUBBLING. HE LOOKS AROUND, ATTEMPTING TO FIND SOMETHING. IDLY, HE MAKES A SHAKING MOTION OVER THE POT WITH HIS HAND TO JOG HIS MEMORY. HE OPENS THE FRIDGE AND THEN CLOSES IT AGAIN. 

HE SCRATCHES HIS HEAD AND THEN SEES (POV) THE PASTA PACKET ON THE BENCH. HE PICKS IT UP. WE SEE THE ROACH ON THE OTHER SIDE, BUT CAM DOES NOT SEE IT.

CAM GOES TO THE POT AND ATTEMPTS TO OPEN THE PACKET. HE CANNOT DO SO. HE SIGHS, AND PULLS HARD ON BOTH SIDES. IT OPENS, AND A SMALL AMOUNT OF PASTA FLIES OUT.

LIGHTNING-FAST, CAM CATCHES MOST OF THE PASTA IN THE PACKET AND NODS SATISFACTORILY TO HIMSELF. HE THEN GOES BACK TO THE POT AND BEGINS TO POUR THE PASTA INTO IT.

C/U ON THE ROACH. IT HOPS FROM THE PACKET ONTO CAM’S HAND.

CAM CONTINUES POURING. HE LOOKS DOWN, AND SEES THE COCKROACH.

WITH A JERKING MOTION, CAM TRIES TO FLICK THE ROACH AWAY USING THE HAND HOLDING THE PASTA. THERE IS AN EXPLOSION OF SPIRALS AS PASTA FLIES ALL AROUND THE KITCHEN.

C/U ON THE ROACH AS IT SCURRIES UNDER THE FRIDGE.

CAM SIGHS, AND TURNS BACK TO THE POT. A SMALL MOUNTAIN OF PASTA IS NOW IN THE WATER. THE TIP OF IT POKES THROUGH THE TOP.

CAM SIGHS AGAIN, AND FINDS THE NOW MOSTLY-EMPTY PACKET. HE GRABS A HANDFUL OF PASTA FROM THE BENCH AND SCOOPS IT UP WITH HIS OTHER HAND, TIPPING IT BACK INTO THE BAG. 

THEN, CAM GOES TO THE POT AND GRABS A HANDFUL OF PASTA FROM THE POT WITH HIS HAND. HE IS HALFWAY TO THE BAG BEFORE HE NOTICES IT IS HOT AND DROPS IT.

CAM SHAKES HIS HAND AND RUNS IT UNDER THE COLD TAP.

CAM: Must remember to tweet this. The world must know my pain.

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