Tag: Heaven & Home
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Fighting for Custody of the Ghost (Heaven & Home)
THE SETUP Vincent is less than thrilled that everyone spends so much time worrying about his younger brother Cian, but no one seems to be concerned how Vincent is doing. Both brothers are still reeling from the untimely death of their friend Byron – Vincent’s best friend since childhood, and Cian’s unrequited love. Vincent was…
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Mr. Woody’s Alert This Morning (Heaven & Home)
THE SETUP Byron is battling AIDS. The side effects of the drugs he’s taking are making it nearly impossible to sleep. That, and staring his own mortality in the face, is making Byron restless in the middle of the night. Unable to rest, Byron goes to his straight best friend Vincent, who he’s always nursed…
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Part of My Life that You Can’t Get At (Heaven & Home)
THE SETUP Cian has come to his older brother Vincent for advice about Cian’s new relationship with Andrew. Vincent is less than thrilled about Andrew’s former line of work, as a prostitute. Vincent is also less than thrilled that everyone spends so much time worrying about his younger brother Cian, but no one seems to…
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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…
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A Place Called Providence (Heaven & Home)
THE SETUP Byron, unconscious, is laid up in a hospital bed, probably for the last time. 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 grows more and more estranged from religion, convinced that God is allowing…
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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…
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A Place Without Pain (Heaven & Home)
THE SETUP Byron, still moving under his own steam, but aware his health is failing, has come to visit Gabby at the bar where she works to ask for a favor. Gabby is the long-term girlfriend of Vincent, Byron’s best friend, and also a friend to Vincent’s younger brother Cian. “Women are weak and clingy…
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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. …
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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…
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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…