14/100: Mute the TV

This is a funny assignment, as I used to do this all the time as a kid.  I will admit that I was hoping for better results.  Maybe I didn't pick the right show (this was one I had never seen), or maybe I'm just having an off-day.  Unfortunately, the word limit keeps things pretty constrained here and I'm not really happy with the result.  However, it was a fun exercise nonetheless.  I would actually like to give this one another try when I find a show that leaves me a bit more inspired.

Day 14: Watch any movie or TV show on mute, and write what you think they might be saying. If it’s a serious work, be lighthearted, and if its a comedy, be serious. Consider why you characterized certain people as bad or good, funny or unfunny. Length: 500 Words

Mute the TV: 

Show: Casual, Hulu, Ep. 1.3

Emily sits in science class, trying to pay attention to today's biology lesson.  She's struggling to follow her teacher's ramblings and daydreams over weekend plans.

Back at home, Karen, Emily's mom is  finishing up a load of laundry.  She's been working around the house for hours, desperately trying to clean up the mess left behind by her alcoholic, free-loading brother, who has refused to get up off the couch for the past two days other than to make himself gourmet Bloody Mary's.

Mike, her brother, proceeds to spill the entire contents of his sandwich on the floor in front of her as she passes through the living room. Karen has absolutely had it. With empty bottles of alcohol littering her living room, she gives him an ultimatum: clean up or get out. Mike peels himself off the couch and begins the long arduous process of picking up after himself.  Then he sees it; a puppy ad on television.  Inspired, he grabs his wallet and races out the door.

Meanwhile, back at school Emily gets dumped by her wanna-be hipster boyfriend.  He tells her that he's been cheating on her and that she should see older men.  She is crushed, and as she watches him walk away, she checks their Facebook status, which now is non-existent.  She is furious, and attempts to re-friend him.

Mike, tired of his sister's attitude towards him, has an idea.  If he can pick up a woman that'll let him crash with her, using a puppy as a conversation-starter, he won't have to hear his sister's attitude anymore.  Mike picks his prey at the local park, a leggy brunette with a large labrador retriever.  Unsurprisingly, she doesn't take the bait.

Across town, Karen and Emily are posing as house-hunters in order to case out a new neighborhood to continue their burglary profession.  After a long day's search, they finally land a target.  But first, Emily needs to get to her soccer game.

The next day, Emily decides it wise to make a pass at Mr. Taylor, her photography teacher and confronts him in the darkroom.  With no one watching, she aggressively seduces him on the imaging table.

Feeling guilty over his actions, Mr. Taylor calls in Karen and her ex-husband Dante to a Teacher-Parent conference and confesses to the whole affair. Surprisingly, Karen is more sympathetic to his plight, as she knows that her daughter is a bit whorish and suspected it to be only a matter of time before this kind of thing would happen.  .

Mike's plan has almost reached success as he and the attractive brunette he met earlier begin having sex back at her place.  For some reason, however, Mike can't perform and realizes that it's because his new puppy is watching them. Completely turned off, the brunette kicks him out of her place, asking him never to return.  After he returns home, he and Emily exchange sexcapade stories over a few beers while Karen screws Mr. Taylor in the other room.