EXT. TOPSIDES OF A HOUSEBOAT - DAY

Meriweather and crew off the coast of a Mexican village. An American crew member is alongside in a villagers fishing boat.

MERIWEATHER

Get the hell off this boat you parasite!

EVAN

I’m going to tell the admiral on you.

MERIWEATHER

Get in line then. It seems the admiral’s daughter also wants to discuss how I’ve been operating this boat.

EVAN

I’ve no passport. I’ll get arrested.

MERIWEATHER

No concern of mine. Good riddance to you and your Iike kind.

Lino print; polychromatic backing pattern; unpainted mild steel H beam base. (Floating series).

Documentation: BerniO 1/6 26.0”H x 18.0”W x 4.0”D

Weight: 25.0 lbs. +/-

Working name: Houseboat Off Mexico

Tribal name: The Great Beyond 478

Conception number: 1,414

Made number: 1,328

INT. BELOW - DAY

Joy clogs head. She has to cut the excrement with a ruler. She finds one on Meriweather’s chart table. Meriweather at helm.

MERIWEATHER (O.S.)

it’s almost your time Joy!

JOY

Just a few more minutes please!

MERIWEATHER (O.S.)

You know the rules.

JOY

I’m on the pot.

MERIWEATHER (O.S.)

No exceptions!

JOY

All right. I’m flushing now!

She pumps to flush but bowl about to overflow.

JOY (CONT’D)

Great. Just effin great.

Searches about privy.

MERIWEATHER (O.S.)

Everything all right?

in a panic she runs to bunk room, then to chart table and grabs ruler off navigation table. Back in privy she uses it to chop up turd and manages to flush the toilet.

JOY

Thank you Jesus.

Relief, then panic when she see the dirty ruler.

MERIWEATHER (O.S.)

Times up now. No dawdling. Be fare to others. It’s only right and considerate.

JOY

Coming!

Joy scrubs ruler and runs topside and tosses toilet paper over the side.

JOY (CONT’D)

See! All done now.

MERIWEATHER

That seems excessive. All okay then below?

JOY

Some mornings are just more difficult than others.

MERIWEATHER

All right then. The helm is yours.

Meriweather goes below and pauses as he passes chart table, but then moves on to his cabin.

Lino print; polychromatic backing pattern; unpainted mild steel H beam base. (Floating series).

Documentation: BerniO 1/6 26.0”H x 18.0”W x 4.0”D

Weight: 25.0 lbs. +/-

Working name: None

Tribal name: The Great Beyond 479

Artist name: Joy Clogs The Head

Conception number: 1,415

Made number: 1,329

Topsides - Day

JOY

After the achor is set, I get a beer and he makes his vodka tonic. We sit and relax and see if the anchor is holding. If it holds, I will start dinner and Clinton might take Bear ashore. He likes to do that. I think he likes to walk and stretch his legs. Then we eat. He’ll watch his T. V. or read his papers.

LEN

I only drink milk.

JOY

That’s okay.

LEN

I’m also not a cook, but I can peel potoatoes.

JOY

That’s okay. Any help is a help. Except Denton. He really is a zero in the kitchen.

MERIWEATHER (O.S.)

Do I hear my name being called?

LEN

No, just referenced.

MERIWEATHER (O.S.)

Regarding what may I ask?

JOY

Cooking!

MERIWEATHER (O.S.)

You’ll get no help from me there and I’ll be the first to admit it. Remind me to tell you both about the Frenchman I had on board on a past trip. What a vein of gold he was. The things he could do with an onion!

Lino print; polychromatic backing pattern; unpainted mild steel H beam base. (Floating series).

Documentation: BerniO 1/6 26.0”H x 18.0”W x 4.0”D

Weight: 25.0 lbs. +/-

Working name: Mates Duties

Tribal name: The Great Beyond 480

Artist name: Mate’s Duties

Conception number: 1,416

Made number: 1,330

INT. BELOW DECK

Meriweather at chart table. Joy and Len at Galley table eating pretzels and playing cribbage.

LEN

Just about every night I have pretzels with my glass of milk.

JOY

Milk is good but so is beer.

LEN

Well then here is a few to have with your beer. How about you Denton?

MERIWEATHER

I never eat when I am charting.

JOY

Philadelphians eat twelve times more pretzels than anywhere else. You know what’s the best though? A good prezel with a good potato chip eaten at the same time.

LEN

Are you hearing this Denton?

MERIWEATHER

I am writing it all down as she speaks. One can learn something everyday. Next provisions stop we’ll get some potato chips to eat with Len’s pretzels.

Lino print; polychromatic backing pattern; unpainted mild steel H beam base. (Floating series).

Documentation: BerniO 1/6 26.0”H x 18.0”W x 4.0”D

Weight: 25.0 lbs. +/-

Working name: Pretzels And Cribbage

Tribal name: The Great Beyond 481

Artist name: Len And Joy Chillin’

Conception number: 1,417

Made number: 1,331

EXT. TOPSIDES - DAY

Joy shows Len about turning the boat to go into someone’s wake to lessen the roll.

JOY

So when you see a larger wave or someone’s wake approaching, you point at it a bit. We’ll be bound to hit it anyway but this will lessen the roll.

LEN

I suppose you learned a lot from Denton then.

JOY

I guess you are right.

MERIWEATHER (O.S.)

What am I missing? Anything? Everything all right Len?

LEN

A-okay. Joy was just giving me some pointers.

MERIWEATHER (O.S.)

Really? Well in that case I guess my job is done here. I might as well just stay down below.

JOY

I’m just showing him how to turn into waves to lessen the roll. Just like you showed me.

MERIWEATHER (O.S.)

That’s fine Joy. Fine indeed.

Lino print; polychromatic backing pattern; unpainted mild steel H beam base. (Floating series).

Documentation: BerniO 1/6 26.0”H x 18.0”W x 4.0”D

Weight: 25.0 lbs. +/-

Working name: Proper Helmsmanship

Tribal name: The Great Beyond 482

Artist Name: Proper Helmsmanship

Conception number: 1,418

Made number: 1,332

EXT. TOPSIDES - DAY

Thirty racing sailboats with their spinnakers out on the bay.

LEN

What a sight.

MERIWEATHER

Must be the Annapolis boys practicing. What do you think of all these boats Joy?

Joy on bow with her back towards the stern.

JOY

Hmph.

MERIWEATHER

Ah, she appears to still have an attitude towards me for something or other.

LEN

You were a bit vocal towards her last night.

MERIWEATHER

She’s got to learn. She was wrong and now she knows it. What if I could not get to this boat? I’d have to go to someones house and say excuse me but I am the captain of a sailboat out in the bay but I ran out of gas and can’t get back. I’d look like a buffoon.

LEN

Yes.

MERIWEATHER

And what if I could not find a house? I’d have to call the owner in Boston and have him make arrangements for me to get back to the boat - his boat- which he entrusted me with. Do you think he would see the humor in the situation?

LEN

Uh oh. They’re coming right at us.

MERIWEATHER

Just maintain our course and speed. All will blow past soon enough.

Lino print; polychromatic backing pattern; unpainted mild steel H beam base. (Floating series).

Documentation: BerniO 1/6 26.0”H x 18.0”W x 4.0”D

Weight: 25.0 lbs. +/-

Working name: Annapolis Cadets With Spinnakers Out

Tribal name: The Great Beyond 483

Artist name: Annapolis Cadets With Spinnakers Out

Conception number: 1,419

Made number: 1,333

EXT. TOPSIDES - DAY

Len tells lawyer jokes.

JOY

Ha ha ha. Too funny.

LEN

All right. Just one more joke.

JOY

But they are so good.

LEN

None the less - grand finale. My turn to take the helm. On this one, it’s better if you play along. Did you hear the one about one hundred lawyers in a bus going over a cliff?

JOY

Why no. I didn’t. Tell me, what happened?

LEN

The tragedy was, it was a brand new bus.

MERIWEATHER

Go ahead. Make fun of my choice of professions, but it gave me a comfortable life.

JOY

I don’t get it. Wouldn’t one hundred people dying be a tragedy?

LEN

Well yes, of course. But the joke is, not if they were lawyers.

JOY

Oh, I think I see what you mean. It’s a put down so to speak.

LEN

So to speak.

Lino print; polychromatic backing pattern; unpainted mild steel H beam base. (Floating series).

Documentation: BerniO 1/6 26.0”H x 18.0”W x 4.0”D

Weight: 25.0 lbs. +/-

Working name: Len’s Lawyer Jokes

Tribal name: The Great Beyond 484

Artist name: Len’s Lawyer Jokes

Conception number: 1,420

Made number: 1,334

EXT. MARYLAND MARINA - DAY

The boat is lifted out of the water to have it checked out and to get the depth finder cleaned/fixed.

LEN

How long will this take?

BILLY THE BOATYARD MAN

Not long at all. We’ll just put two belly bands around underneath the bull and lift it out with this crane.

JOY

All that just to clean the depth finder? Seems like a big run up for a short jump.

MERIWEATHER

Not at all. Look, there she goes now.

LEN

I wish I had more film in the camera.

MERIWEATHER

Well I can see now why the Coast Guard listed her as twenty tons. The keel must be a five footer for sure. Will all that lead the Constellation could never tip over.

JOY

Out of the water, it looks like a toy.

MERIWEATHER

It is, and an expensive one at that.

Lino print; polychromatic backing pattern; unpainted mild steel H beam base. (Floating series).

Documentation: BerniO 1/6 26.0”H x 18.0”W x 4.0”D

Weight: 25.0 lbs. +/-

Working name: Boat In For Service

Tribal name: The Great Beyond 485

Artist name: Boat In For Service

Conception number: 1,421

Made number: 1,335

EXT. TOPSIDES - DAY

Oiler on the Delaware Bay. Joy at helm. Lean nearby with Meriweather who lounges in cockpit eating a peach.

MERIWEATHER

Not really the season for these but Dody got ahold of them somewhere. Too bad there isn’t enough to go around.

Sucks on peach pit.

LEN

Am I the only one who sees the four hundred pound gorilla in the room?

JOY

Len, what are you talking about?

MERIWEATHER

Now don’t turn around but he means the oiler coming up right behind us. No, don’t turn around. Out of sight, out of mind. Just keep in the channel. We have the same rights as they do. You’re doing fine. Let them do all the work in passing us.

Oiler blows horn. Meriweather pleased with himself.

MERIWEATHER (CONT’D)

Well lads, you heard the man. He wants us to give him some room. I say, since we are in no real hurry today, we’ll let him pass.

LEN

Absolutely!

JOY

Yes!

MERIWEATHER

Ease over to the edge of the channel. Watch your depth finder now.

JOY

Don’t you want to take over the helm Denton?

LEN

Yes, maybe you should.

MERIWEATHER

No need for me. Wave as they pass now. Give the captain a nice wave.

Lino print; polychromatic backing pattern; unpainted mild steel H beam base. (Floating series).

Documentation: BerniO 1/6 26.0”H x 18.0”W x 4.0”D

Weight: 25.0 lbs. +/-

Working name: Oiler On Delaware

Tribal name: The Great Beyond 486

Artist name: Oiler On Delaware

Conception number: 1,422

Made number: 1,336

EXT. TOPSIDES - DAY

Joy on bow. Meriweather in cockpit and Len nearby.

MERIWEATHER

Joy seems to be in a bit of a mood.

LEN

She has friends in Cape May and was hoping we were going to stop.

MERIWEATHER

The canal has a fixed bridge. Our mast won’t clear it. No stopping at Cape May to meet old boyfriends today.

LEN

I’ll go let her know.

MERIWEATHER

I’ll sing a song to cheer things up. ON THE WAY TO CAPE MAY/I FELL IN LOVE WITH YOU/ON THE WAY TO CAPE MAY/I SAW MY DREAMS COME TRUE/I WAS TAKEN BY YOUR SMILE AS WE DRIFTED THROUGH SEA ISLE/MY HEART WAS GONE/WHEN WE REACHED AVALON/IF YOU’RE GONNA BE MY SPOUSE/WE BETTER HEAD FOR THE COURTHOUSE/ON THE WAY TO CAPE MAY/ON THE WAY TO CAPE MAY.

Lino print; polychromatic backing pattern; unpainted mild steel H beam base. (Floating series).

Documentation: BerniO 1/6 26.0”H x 18.0”W x 4.0”D

Weight: 25.0 lbs. +/-

Working name: On The Way To Cape May

Tribal name: The Great Beyond 487

Artist name: On The Way To Cape May

Conception number: 1,395

Made number: 1,337

EXT. LAND - NIGHT

To casino.

LEN

I can’t see.

JOY

I have a light. There should be a gate. Then just a few hundred yards to the casino. Damn i’m hungry. I want real food.

LEN

Me too. With vegetables.

JOY

Beets. Or green beans.

LEN

Cole slaw.

JOY

Applesauce and fruit salad.

LEN

Hot rolls. And a large frosted root beer.

JOY

Look at the lights! And smell the dirt!

LEN

Whoa!

Len falls to the ground.

JOY

Len! Len!

He shakily stands up.

LEN

Sorry, I guess I don’t have my sea legs yet. Find me something to hand onto.

JOY

Me!

LEN

I need to close my eyes just for a moment to stop the spinning.

JOY

I was talking to you and the next thing I know you were on the ground.

LEN

Sorry to scare you. Don’t tell Denton, okay?

JOY

No way. Come on, we’ll go slow. I got you.

Lino print; polychromatic backing pattern; unpainted mild steel H beam base. (Floating series).

Documentation: BerniO 1/6 26.0”H x 18.0”W x 4.0”D

Weight: 25.0 lbs. +/-

Working name: Casino Night

Tribal name: The Great Beyond 488

Artist name: Casino Night

Conception number: 1,396

Made number: 1,338

INT. BELOW - DAY

Len sick the next morning. Meriweather is merciless with him.

MERIWEATHER (O.S.)

Len, sick or not it’s your turn to take the helm.

LEN

But I don’t feel good. I guess I can’t handle little necks like when I was young.

MERIWEATHER (O.S.)

None the less.

LEN

I miss my wife. I miss home.

MERIWEATHER (O.S.)

Buck up man. We have no sissies on this boat. Now get topside this instant.

Joy helps Len to his feet.

JOY

You better get up there. I’ll try to relieve you as as soon as possible.

LEN

How do you take it all?

Joy shrugs.

MERIWEATHER (O.S.)

I hear you both whispering. Don’t think I can’t hear you. What are you two planning? Daring to throw me overboard? Ha! Get up here Len - NOW!

Lino print; polychromatic backing pattern; unpainted mild steel H beam base. (Floating series).

Documentation: BerniO 1/6 26.0”H x 18.0”W x 4.0”D

Weight: 25.0 lbs. +/-

Working name: Len Sick

Tribal name: The Great Beyond 489

Artist name: Len Sick

Conception number: 1,551

Made number: 1,339

EXT. DOCKSIDE - NIGHT

Shark river.

JOY

Why Shark river?

MERIWEATHER

Rumor has it at one time a man eating shark swam up it right into town.

Sees mailbox.

MERIWEATHER (CONT’D)

I won’t be a moment.

LEN

Only one letter?

MERIWEATHER

It’s for my son. Since we’ll be sailing by his way I thought I’d offer to take the grandson’s for a day or two boating.

LEN

I bet they would love it.

MERIWEATHER

I don’t get to see them as much as I would like. This is a golden opportunity. I’m giving them plenty of notice, that way they can rearrange plans if necessary.

Lino print; polychromatic backing pattern; unpainted mild steel H beam base. (Floating series).

Documentation: BerniO 1/6 26.0”H x 18.0”W x 4.0”D

Weight: 25.0 lbs. +/-

Working name: Shark River

Tribal name: The Great Beyond 490

Artist name: Shark River

Conception number: 1,552

Made number: 1,340

EXT. TOPSIDES - DAY

Joy on bow with binoculars. They are passing Sandy Hook nudist beach.

MERIWEATHER

See anything Joy?

Lino print; polychromatic backing pattern; unpainted mild steel H beam base. (Floating series).

Documentation: BerniO 1//6 26.0”H x 18.0”W x 4.0”D

Weight: 25.0 lbs. +/-

Working name: Sandy Hook Nudist Beach

Tribal name: The Great Beyond 491

Artist name: Sandy Hook Nudist Beach

Conception number: 1,553

Made number: 1,341

Topsides - East River as opposed To Harlem

Joy

How come we are going this way and not the other wayt?

Meriweater

Its been said that the locals have a tendency to throw trash down on the passing vessels. Sailboats get their particular wrath because they are slow moving targets.

Lino print: polychromatic backing pattern; unpainted mild steel H beam base. (Floating series).

Documentation: BerniO 1/6 26.0”H x 18.0”W x 4.0”D

Weight: 25.0 lbs. +/-

Working name: East River vs. Harlem

Tribal name: The Great Beyond 492

Artist name: East River Versus Harlem

Conception number: 1,554

Made number: 1,342

EXT. TOPSIDES - DAY

JOY

Denton, do you have a minute?

MERIWEATHER

Certainly. What is it?

JOY

The depth has been holding steady, but as soon as we got in front of the U.N., it shot to two hundred feet.

MERIWEATHER

Is that a problem?

JOY

Chart doesn’t show the depth to be so deep.

MERIWEATHER

Well, they are old charts.

LEN

But it’s such a difference.

MERIWEATHER

The U.N. eh? Maybe it’s false information for security reasons.

JOY

Maybe submarines!

MERIWEATHER

You think?

Lino print; polychromatic backing pattern; unpainted mild steel H beam base. (Floating series).

Documentation: BerniO 1/6 26.0”H x 18.0”W x 4.0”D

Weight: 25.0 lbs. +/-

Working name: Deep Waters

Tribal name: The Great Beyond 493

Artist name: Deep Waters

Conception number: 1,555

Made number: 1,343

EXT. TOPSIDES - DAY

Riker’s Island.

LEN

What’s with all the yellow ferry boats over there? Is this where they rework them?

MERIWEATHER

I wouldn’t believe this far up river.

Len with binoculars.

LEN

There’s people walking around on them. Can we get closer?

MERIWEATHER

They look like they have screens along the sides. Maybe they converted them into museums.

Joy flipping through a magazine.

JOY

They’re using them as jails. The prisons are too crowded.

MERIWEATHER

They must be on some sort of break. Look, they’re staring at us.

LEN

Bet they’d rather be out here with us.

MERIWEATHER

Get me the airhorn Len. I think I’ll give them a toot.

Blows horn. Distant shouts.

LEN

Look, they’re waving.

MERIWEATHER

Wave to them Joy.

JOY

I don’t think they are waving.

MERIWEATHER

Why sure they are Joy. They’re friendly. I think I’ll give them another blow of the horn.

Toot. Toot. Loud shouts and gestures. People climbing screens.

LEN

That got them going.

MERIWEATHER

I bet they wish they were with us right now. Come on Joy, stand up on the bow and wave to them. HELLO THERE!

Voice on speaker asks for order.

JOY

The guards don’t look too happy.

MERIWEATHER

Listen, they’re yelling hello to us.

LEN

I hope the screen holds.

Lino print; polychromatic backing pattern; unpainted mild steel H beam base. (Floating series).

Documentation: BerniO 1/6 26.0”H x 18.0”W x 4.0”D

Weight: 25.0 lbs. +/-

Working name: Riker’s Island

Tribal name: The Great Beyond 494

Artist name: Riker’s Island

Conception number: 1,556

Made number: 1,344

EXT. TOPSIDES

MERIWEATHER

Children these days are just walking petri dishes. They’re always coming down with something. Measles. If it’s not one thing it’s another.

LEN

Think positive.

MERIWEATHER

Maybe by the time we’re up there they’ll be over it. I’ll give a ring when we get close.

LEN

Sure, things could change for the better.

Lino print; polychromatic backing pattern; unpainted mild steel H beam base. (Floating series).

Documentation: BerniO 1/6 26.0”H x 18.0”W x 4.0”D

Weight: 25.0 lbs. +/-

Working name: Walking Petri Dishes

Tribal name: The Great Beyond 495

Artist name: Walking Petri Dishes

Conception number: 1,557

Made number: 1,345

EXT. TOPSIDES - DAY

Lobster pots all around.

JOY

Can this depth finder be right? We’re reading one hundred and eighty feet.

MERIWEATHER

What’s the chart say?

JOY

Same, but look at all the lobster pot iines. There’s hundreds all around us. The line for every one must cost a fortune.

MERIWEATHER

I suppose that is why it cost so much. If you want lobster, you have to pay the price.

Lino print; polychromatic backing pattern; unpainted mild steel H beam base. (Floating series).

Documentation: BerniO 1/6 26.0”H x 18.0”W x 4.0”D

Weight: 25.0 lbs. +/-

Working name: Lobster Pots

Tribal name: The Great Beyond 496

Artist name: Lobster Pots

Conception number: 1,558

Made number: 1,346

EXT. TOPSIDES - NIGHT

Anchored in Buzzard’s Bay. Last night together. Meriweather tells neighboring boat how green Joy was. How she was throwing up and acting up. He had to keep her busy - it is what one does when dealing with a seasick person. Joy goes from anger at hearing his words to understanding. Other captain complements Joy by saying he would take her on any time. Meriweather reminds Joy not to take any money from Gary (the boat’s owner) if offered.

Lino print; polychromatic backing pattern; unpainted mild steel H beam base. (Floating series).

Documentation: BerniO 1/6 26.0”H x 18.0”W x 4.0”D

Weight: 25.0 lbs. +/-

Working name: Last Night On Board

Tribal name: The Great Beyond 492

Artist name: Last Night On Board

Conception number: 1,559

Made number: 1,347

INT. COMMUTER TRAIN - DAY

Meriweather sleeping. He is wearing an old wool plaid CPO coat over his flannel shirt. He has socks on now. He looks old. Bear in his travel cage and Joy across the aisle. Car door opens and two women enter looking for a seat.

WOMAN

Smells a bit funny in here. Let’s move on.

After they pass, Joy sniffs her armpit. Then stares out the window.

Lino print; polychromatic backing pattern; unpainted mild steel H beam base. (Floating series).

Documentation: BerniO 1/6 26.0”H x 18.0”W x 4.0”D

Weight: 25.0 lbs.+/-

Working name: Commuter Train

Tribal name: The Great Beyond 498

Artist name: Commuter Train

Conception number: 1,560

Made number: 1,348

Joy Waves

INT. TRAIN PLATFORM - DAY

Public address announces various towns via various platforms. Joy is looking across the tracks to the opposite platform where a large crowd is gathered. After some noise, the crowd parts to reveal Meriweather lugging his heavy duffle bag along with Bear in his carrier.

MERIWEATHER

Pipe down Bear. I’m the one doing all the work.

Drops carrier onto platform along with is duffle and looks at his ticket. Joy drops back amongst the people around her so Meriweather does not spy her.

P.A. ANNOUNCER (O.S.)

The next train on track two will be the Septa R-2 making all stops to Marcus Hook.

Joy makes her way forward again.

JOY

Ahoy! Ahoy there captain!

Meriweather looks up in time to see Joy wave before the arriving train passes in between.

Lino print; polychromatic backing pattern; unpainted mild steel H beam base. (Floating series).

Documentation: BerniO 1/6 26.0”H x 18.0’W x 4.0”D

Weight: 25.0 lbs. +/-

Working name: Station Platform

Tribal name: The Great Beyond 499

Artist name: Station Platform

Conception number: 1,561

Made number: 1,349