Tag: Gabby

  • God Let Him Die (Heaven & Home)

    God Let Him Die (Heaven & Home)

    THE SETUP Vincent’s best friend Byron died almost two years ago, but Vincent is still haunted by memories of his helplessness in the face of Byron’s illness, and personally adrift without his childhood friend to speak with anymore.  While Vincent’s gay brother Cian is haunted by Byron’s ghost, still his unrequited love, Vincent is left…

  • Sex with Vince Report (Heaven & Home)

    Sex with Vince Report (Heaven & Home)

    THE SETUP Gabby is the long-term girlfriend of Byron’s childhood best friend Vincent, on whom Byron has always had a hopeless crush. Gabby holds a vigil at the hospital bed of her friend Byron, unconscious, and likely dying.  But between the two of them, they manage to conjure up a better time, when Gabby and…

  • Wishing on a Plane (Heaven & Home)

    Wishing on a Plane (Heaven & Home)

    THE SETUP Byron, unconscious, is laid up in a hospital bed, probably for the last time (though a flashback will along us to glimpse his old self shortly).  Vincent, Byron’s best friend, and Gabby, Vincent’s long-term girlfriend and another good friend of Byron’s, have come to visit.  Gabby still holds onto her faith, while Vincent…

  • Visiting Graves (Heaven & Home)

    Visiting Graves (Heaven & Home)

    THE SETUP Vincent, Gabby’s recently estranged boyfriend, has left a basketball at their friend Byron’s grave – a tribute to all the games they played together.  Andrew has just had an early morning conversation, beginning his courtship of Cian, Vincent’s younger brother and Gabby’s friend.  During the talk, Andrew’s late friend Christopher was brought up. …

  • These Tapes for My Dad. Mom’s Voice (Heaven & Home)

    These Tapes for My Dad. Mom’s Voice (Heaven & Home)

    THE SETUP Gabby has just given a cassette tape to her boyfriend Vincent.  The tape is a collection of answering machine messages left by their late friend Byron.  Vincent had been distraught because he was forgetting what their late friend’s voice sounded like as his memory faded. “And then when my mom died, I started…

  • It’s Like Your First Broken Heart (Heaven & Home)

    It’s Like Your First Broken Heart (Heaven & Home)

    THE SETUP Gabby is with her boyfriend Vince.  They’ve just reconciled after a fight, and are intimate with one another again.  She tries to help him understand how she is managing to deal with the death of their friend Bryon, so that maybe she can help him to the same. “It’s like your first broken…

  • You. Me. Movies in the Dark on my Bed (Heaven & Home)

    You. Me. Movies in the Dark on my Bed (Heaven & Home)

    THE SETUP Cian has come to Gabby for comfort – their traditional movie marathon routine which they pull whenever they want to retreat from the men in their lives – in this case, Cian is retreating from Andrew, and Gabby is retreating from Cian’s brother Vincent.   But Gabby realizes that she’s not solving anything by…

  • Ticket to the Wedding (Heaven & Home)

    Ticket to the Wedding (Heaven & Home)

    THE SETUP Gabby and her boyfriend Vincent are visiting their mutual friend Byron in the hospital.  Byron is unconscious.  Gabby is sitting at Byron’s bedside and Vincent stands behind her, his hands on her shoulders. (The full scene which includes this monologue is also available for viewing: “Wishing On A Plane” – the longer 3-person…

  • Three Words (Heaven & Home)

    Three Words (Heaven & Home)

    THE SETUP Cian has just asked Gabby if her boyfriend Vincent (Cian’s older brother) has said “I love you” yet. “It’s just — words.  Three words.  They don’t mean anything anymore.” GABBY It’s just — words.  Three words.  They don’t mean anything anymore.  No one believes them anymore.  I’m not even sure I’d believe them…