YSA "Homecoming (Pilot)" Act One

This is mainly going to be done in treatment form. What? you didn't actually think I was gonna post the actual script up here did you? Geez.... Amateurs....

A typical day at Lindbergh Field. People busily buying/retrieving tickets, impatiently trying to get through NSA, etc. Nothing out of the ordinary. A family of four, whom we'll come to know as Scott, Dawn, Makenzie, and Eric Petersen, stand at the bottom of the stairs waiting for a plane from Chicago to arrive. They hold home-made signs welcoming home "Elder Petersen". Makenzie's heart isn't in this, making the remark that her RM brother won't want to spend much time with them. Scott shushes his daughter as the passengers from Chicago arrive in San Diego.

Lance Petersen arrives and hugs his family, while confronting Makenzie about letters she had written but never sent. She defends herself by saying that she's "mailbox retarded". Before they can go any further, Scott ushers his family out, eager to leave the chaos that is a normal day for an international airport.

Meanwhile, across the county, Sydney Walker primps herself in her room as loud music pierces the tranquility. She's not the only one home. She leaves her room and pounds on a door at the opposite end of the hall. Her brother, Reid, swings it open. Sydney yells at him about the music. Reid doesn't care, but notices his sister's efforts to look at least semi-nice. She informs him about an activity at the Church building. He declines, slams the door, and pumps the music even louder.

That Sunday, the Petersens are in Church while Lance is giving a speech on his mission. Makenzie texts back and forth with Sydney about Rachel Adam's baptism. Steve gets a text message from his sister, Beth Hartley, that her daughter, Bailey, has gone missing. Again. He leaves and calls Beth.

After the meeting, Lance approaches his dad about leaving during his speech. Steve admits that Beth contacted him, but says nothing about Bailey.

Sacrament meeting has just ended at the Helix Ward as well. Sydney, along with her friends Charlotte "Charlie" Porter and Rachel Adams, walk out of the chapel together. Sydney receives a text from Makenzie saying that she and Lance will be at Rachel's baptism. Sydney's surprised at this. Charlie can't resist teasing her about it, since she knows that Sydney is in a relationship with a guy who is on a mission in Brooklyn, New York.

Brayton Cole overhears their conversation. He tries laying it on thick with them. The girls aren't buying it. After learning that Lance is home, Brayton gets both excited and worried. He's about to have some more competition in the Ward.