Long Nights

== Transcript ==
(Scene cuts to Shubie vacuuming her kitchen) The phone rings. Shubie turns off the vacuum and picks up the phone.
Shubie: "Hello? Who is this? BBTV?! Yes, he’s here." Nat walks into the kitchen.
Nat: "Hey Shubie do you know where the diapers are? Billy’s needs to be changed and I can’t seem to find them anywhere." Shubie hands the phone to Nat.
Shubie: "It’s for you. It’s from BBTV."
Nat: "BBTV?! Why would they want to talk to me?"
Shubie: "I have no idea, they didn’t say. Maybe they want us to star in another Wife Swap episode with the Rechids. That was the highest rated Wife Swap episode of all time after all. But you should really answer that before they hang up. This could be a once in a lifetime opportunity! And don’t you worry about Billy, I’ll go change his diaper right now." Shubie walks out of the room and Nat puts the phone next his ear.
Nat: "Hello?"
Lady: "Hello? Is the Nat Peterson?"
Nat: "Yeah."
Lady: "Wonderful. This is Bikini Bottom Television network or BBTV. We’re starting production for a new cartoon and we are considering having you be a writer for it. We would love it if you could come down to the station tomorrow for an interview with us. Does 2 o’clock work for you?"
Nat: "Uh, I dunno... I’ll probably be working then."
Lady: "Not a problem. How about 6?"
Nat: "Yeah, I think that would be fine."
Lady: "Ok 6 it is! We’ll see you tomorrow Mr. Peterson. Have a nice day." The woman hangs up the phone. Shubie walks back into the room.
Shubie: "You were right, Nat! Billy sure was stinky! But he’s all better now. So why did BBTV call you Nat?"
Nat: "They want me to be a writer for a new cartoon they’re creating."
Shubie: "Really? That’s wonderful news! What’s it about?"
Nat: "I don’t know, they didn’t tell me. They want me to meet with them tomorrow about it."
Shubie: "Oh okay, they’ll probably tell you at the meeting. Aren’t you excited Nat? If they choose to hire you you’ll be writing a cartoon that will be seen by children all across the ocean!"
Nat: "Yeah, I guess, but I don’t know. I really don’t want to quit my job at Sadie’s Cookies I love working there."
Shubie: "I’m sure you can find a way to do both if you want to, you’ll just have to talk to them about it during the meeting tomorrow. Maybe you’ll even be able to meet the writers of my favorite show, The Royal Family. I’ve always wondered how they got Queen Aphrodite to throw her cake against the wall in season 6 episode 2! She would never let food go to waste!"
Nat: "Yeah, I guess we’ll just have to see tomorrow."
(Scene cuts to Nat working at Sadie’s Cookies) Sadie looks at her watch. 
Sadie: "Well it’s 5 o’clock. Closing time. So what are you going to do after work tonight, Nat? I heard that they’re showing a new movie at Reef Cinema tonight if you want to go see it with me." Sadie and Nat walk out of Sadie’s Cookies. Sadie locks the front door.
Nat: "I’m sorry but I can’t tonight, Sadie. I have a meeting with BBTV at 6."
Sadie: "A meeting with BBTV?! Are you starring in a movie, Nat? Ah, seeing those gorgeous abs of yours on a movie screen. I always knew my man would be a star. I mean, my coworker!" Sadie laughs nervously. 
Nat: "No, I’m not starring in a movie. They want me to be a writer for a new cartoon." Sadie and Nat exit the mall and walk into the parking lot.
Sadie: "Oh okay, well that’s still pretty interesting. You know a lot of times, cartoon writers will express their deepest secrets in their cartoons like say, being in love with a tall, pretty, orange fish they work with! Well good luck at your meeting later!" Sadie walks over to her car and drives a way.
(Scene cuts to Nat walking into BBTV) Nat walks to the front desk.
Lady: "Are you auditioning for the lead role in the action movie?"
Nat: "Oh no, I’m just here for my meeting."
Lady: "Oh sorry, I was assuming you were here for the action movie based on your physic. Are you Nat Peterson?"
Nat: "Yes."
Lady: "We spoke on the phone yesterday. You’re right on time. Your meeting with the creator is two doors to the left." Nat walks down the hallway and opens the door.
Abigail: "Hello, Nat."
Nat: "Abigail? You’re the creator of the cartoon?"
Abigail: "Yes, who else would it have been? I’m the only fish you know who has ever directed a movie or tv show."
Nat: "Yeah that’s true. So what’s this cartoon about?"
Abigail: "Do you remember that superhero show you told me about when we were dating?"
Nat: "The Adventures of Tucker the Trout and Oscar the Octopus?! You’re creating a cartoon about them? I never thought I’d see this day! I thought they’d just end up being some dumb idea I came up with one day in college."
Abigail: "Yep that’s the one! Except I made a few tiny edits to it. It’s now called The Adventures of Tucker and Marge. Marge is a pretty blue fish and Tucker is now a handsome yellow fish."
Nat: "Oh okay, I guess those changes are fine. The thing is, I don’t know if I can really be a writer for this show. I already have a job working at a desert store and I really love it there so I don’t want to quit it."
Abigail: "Oh that won’t be a problem at all! You can work at Sadie’s Cookies every day and then after you eat dinner with your repulsive, I mean, wonderful family, you can come down here and work on the episodes at night. And if there’s ever a problem with that just let me know! I’ll do anything to make your schedule work around your busy life because I’m really excited about working on this with you."
Nat: "Ok, that sounds good to me! So who are the other writers that I’ll be working with?"
Abigail: "Great! Well actually you’re the first writer I’ve hired Nat. I was planning on letting you pick whoever you want to write the show with you. It won’t matter anyway. As long as we’re working together I’m confident that this will look amazing."
Nat: "Ok I’ll ask Shubie then! I’m sure she’ll have some great ideas."
Abigail: "No! Not her! The, uh, producers probably won’t like it if a husband and wife are working together on a show. They probably think it would be bad for marketing or something."
Nat: "How would that be bad for marketing?"
Abigail: "I don’t know, just pick someone else!"
Nat: "Ok, I wonder if Sadie would be interested..."
Abigail: "No! Not her either! Why don’t you just invite some of your friends, Nat? Like guy friends?"
Nat: "Oh yeah! Why didn’t I think of that before? I’ll have all the guys write it with me! You’re such a genius, Abigail!"
Abigail: "Ah, he thinks I’m a genius!" Abigail faints and falls out of her chair. Nat runs over to her.
Nat: "Abigail, are you okay?" Abigail jumps off the ground.
Abigail: "Yep, never better! Why don’t you go and ask all your friends if they want to be a writer for the show. We’ll start production tomorrow so come down here once your finished eating dinner!"
Nat: "Thanks, Abigail! I can’t wait to get started tomorrow!" Nat walks out of the room.
Abigail: "Excellent! Nat is falling right into my lap! Soon he’ll forget all about Shubie and fall in love with me again!" Abigail laughs maniacally.
(Scene cuts to Nat, Harold, Pilar, Frank, Fred, Tom, Scooter, Clayton and Lenny sitting at a table in BBTV) Abigail walks into the room.
Abigail: "I’m so glad that you got all of these guys as writers Nat! We’ll be able to pump these episodes out in no time! As my lead writer, you’ll be in charge of directing the writing staff, Nat. So you’ll get to pick which writers work together on which episodes. I’m also giving you the power to overrule the other writers if you don’t like a certain part of an episode or if you want to scrap the episode entirely. And if one of the writers isn’t doing a good enough job feel free to push this button to get rid of them." Abigail hands Nat a remote control with a big red button on it.
Nat: "How will this button fire someone?" Nat pushes the button. A hole opens up beneath Lenny’s chair. 
Lenny: "AAAH!" Lenny falls down the hole and disappears.
Harold: "Oo! I’ve always wanted to push a button that does that!" Harold presses the button and Clayton falls down a hole. Harold presses it again and Scooter falls down a hole.
Nat: "Stop Harold! We’re not firing anybody! Where did they go anyway?"
Abigail: "Down a garbage shoot. BBTV built this conference room over a trash compactor for some reason. Well anyway, I’ll be in my office if you need anything Nat. Once you’ve finished an episode just give it to me and I’ll make some minor edits before having the voice actors dub it and the animators animate it. Oh, I almost forgot! Here’s a list of characters. I’ve only come up with the two main characters, Tucker and his sidekick, Marge, and the two main villains, Softball Sophie and The Dastardly Desert Lady! Those will be the characters who appear the most in the show but feel free to add more if you feel the need to." Abigail puts a paper down on the table that explains each character.
Nat: "Ok, thanks Abigail!"
Abigail: "You’re welcome Nat! Well, I’ll be in my office if you need anything! Good luck, boys! I know you’ll do great with Nat in charge!" Abigail leaves the room.
Nat: "Ok, Harold go get Lenny, Clayton and Scooter out of the trash compactor. I’ll begin working on the first episode since I’m the lead writer. Does anyone have any ideas for an episode or the show in general?"
Pilar: "We should create another superhero named Ivy whose best friends with Tucker! And then we can make so many episodes about how they’re best friends!"
Nat: "You want to make a bunch of episodes about how two people are best friends? Isn’t that pretty lame?" Pilar frowns.
Pilar: "You think my ideas are lame?" Pilar’s eyes start tearing up.
Nat: "No! No! I, uh, think it’s a great idea!" Pilar smiles.
Pilar: "Great! I’ll get started on an episode about that right now!"
Nat: "Ok, does anyone else have any ideas?"
Tom: "I do! We should create another superhero named Tom Tremendous! And he’ll be married to a villain named Martha Medusa! And she’ll have like snakes for hair and everything! We can make so many episodes about them and their relationship! So what do you think Nat?"
Nat: "Um... I think that’s a good idea."
Tom: "Perfect! I’ll get started making an episode about them right now! It’ll be called Why Don’t You Take Out the Trash, Martha?"
Nat: "Alrighty then, does anyone else have an idea?"
Harold: "We should make a scientist named Harry who creates inventions that help Tucker and Marge! And he’ll have a female assistant who becomes his love interest. Should her name be Debbie or Evelyn?"
Frank: "We should make a superhero named Fantistic Frank! And his archenemy will be a lady who cares way too much about her daughter going to a good college and can also turn into a werewolf!"
Fred: "Oh, I’ve got it! We should make a superhero named Fabulous Fred who can kick his way through any problem!"
Lenny: "We should make a superhero named Lucky Lenny who fights against a villain named Maniac Mabel who is very controlling and never satisfied!"
Scooter: "There should be a character called The Surfer and his superpower is that he can catch some epic waves!" Nat sighs and starts writing his episode.
(Scene cuts to Nat coming home from work) Nat parks his car in the driveway and walks through the front door. Shubie greets him and gives him a kiss on his cheek.
Shubie: "How’s my writer doing?" Nat sighs.
Nat: "Not too good. I just finished writing the first episode and I think it’s pretty good, but the other guys have horrible ideas for the show and I don’t have the heart to tell them how bad they are. I’m really worried about how this show will turn out."
Shubie: "Oh don’t worry, I’m sure it’ll turn out fine! Your producer isn’t going to let their awful ideas ruin the show so she’ll get them to change. The first episode is tomorrow right? I saw an ad for it when I was watching The Royal Family earlier."
Nat: "Yeah it is. They’re animating the episode I wrote right now."
Shubie: "That’s great! I’ll make sure to get off of work earlier so me and Susie can watch it. She’s so excited that her dad is a cartoon writer! Now, we’d better get some rest. You have a long day ahead of you tomorrow."
(Scene cuts to Nat and Sadie working in Sadie’s Cookies) Sadie hands Evelyn a bag of deserts.
Sadie: "Have a nice day. So how’s that show going Nat? Have any of your characters fallen in love with a pretty orange fish which reveals a secret crush on a pretty orange fish in real life?"
Nat: "It’s going fine. Our first episode is airing today."
Sadie: "Really? What time?"
Nat: "I think it’s at two." Sadie looks at her watch.
Sadie: "It’s almost two now! Let’s put it up on the TV!" Sadie grabs a remote from under the counter and turns on the TV where an ad is playing.
Woman: "Snail Bites has made my life so much easier! It makes for great baby food too! I feed it to my eight babies every day!"
Sadie: "Eight babies? That woman is living the dream. If only we had eight babies, Nat. Uh, I mean... Oh look! It’s on!"
Announcer: "And now it’s time for The Adventures of Tucker and Marge in To Love Or Not To Love! Written by Nat Peterson."
Nat: "What? That wasn’t the title I picked for the first episode. Abigail must’ve changed it."
(Scene cuts to the TV) Tucker and Marge grab a bag of deserts from an orange woman who looks a lot like Sadie.
Woman: "Here you go! Have a nice day! Dear Neptune, that outfit really brings out those abs."
Tucker: "Thanks!" Tucker grabs the bag from the woman. Tucker and Marge walk away.
Woman: "Oh! When he grabbed the bag our hands touched! He’s so dreamy. We’re meant to be together for sure!"
(Scene cuts back to Sadie’s Cookies) Sadie smirks.
Sadie: "I think I know where this is going. Tucker’s going to fall in love with that woman just like how Nat must love me in real life. Oh, I can picture it now! Living in a mansion, driving the most expensive cars, raising twelve kids."
(Scene cuts back to the TV)
Marge: "Those deserts smell delicious! I can’t wait to have some!"
Tucker: "Who says we have to wait? Let’s eat some now!" Tucker opens the bag, pulls out a cookie and hands it to Marge. As Tucker hands the cookie to Marge, their hands touch. The woman who runs the desert store notices.
Woman: "Are you trying to steal my Tucker from me?! He’s all mine! Now you’re gonna pay!" The woman rips off her jacket. Tucker and Marge gasp.
Tucker and Marge: "The Dastardly Desert Lady!"
The Dastardly Desert Lady: "That’s right! It’s me! And you’re gonna regret touching Tucker’s hand, Marge! No one touches my man and gets away with it!"
Marge: "You’re man?"
The Dastardly Desert Lady: "Silence! Me and Tucker are meant to be and anyone who tries to get between us must be annihilated!" The Dastardly Desert Lady tosses a bunch of deserts at Tucker and Marge. Tucker and Marge try to dodge them.
The Dastardly Desert Lady: "Come on Marge, don’t you want to eat these deserts? We all know how fat you’ve been getting."
Marge: "I’m not fat!"
The Dastardly Desert Lady: "Your body shape says otherwise."
Tucker: "She’s not fat!"
The Dastardly Desert Lady: "You’re taking her side? Fine! You want my Tucker so badly, Marge? Well then why don’t you marry him? Here, I’ll even bake you two a wedding cake!" The Dastardly Desert Lady pulls out a canon that shoots a wedding cake at Marge. Marge gets hit with the cake and gets stuck inside it.
Tucker: "Marge!"
Marge: "Tucker! I’m stuck!" The Dastardly Desert Lady laughs maniacally.
The Dastardly Desert Lady: "Come on, Tucker, let’s ditch this overweight loser. We’re finally free to spend the rest of our lives together!"
Tucker: "No way! Life with you would be a death sentence!"
The Dastardly Desert Lady: "Is this really how you want to talk to your future wife?"
Tucker: "You’re not my future wife! You’re a psychopath who traps people inside wedding cakes! You’re the last person I’d ever want to marry. And Marge isn’t fat! She’s actually very healthy for her naturally wide body shape! You just wouldn’t understand because you’re anorexically thin which makes you look hideous! I like women who are slightly larger and not women who are aggressive psychopaths. Maybe instead of ridiculing other women, you should look in the mirror for once." Nat picks up a boat and hurls it at The Dastardly Desert Lady. The Dastardly Desert Lady gets trap under the boat.
The Dastardly Desert Lady: "Help me, my love!"
Tucker: "I’m not you’re love and the only thing I’m helping you with is taking you to jail." Tucker runs over to Marge and frees her from the cake.
Marge: "Oh Tucker, that was so brave." The screen fades to black and cuts to commercial.
Nancy: "Come store your money at First Nautical Bank!"
(Scene cuts to Nancy and Frank sitting in Sadie’s Cookies) 
Nancy: "Oh look honey! I’m on TV!" Sadie turns the TV off.
Sadie: "Is that really how you see me, Nat? As a hideous psychopath?" Sadie runs away crying.
Nat: "That wasn’t how I wrote that episode at all. Someone must’ve completely changed it."
(Scene cuts to Nat pulling into his driveway after work) Nat opens the front door and sees Shubie standing in the doorway angrily.
Nat: "What? Are angry about how The Dastardly Desert Lady looks a lot like Sadie too? I had no idea, honestly. I have no idea why Abigail chose to have her look so much like Sadie."
Shubie: "No, I’m more upset with the other villain."
Nat: "What other villain? The Dastardly Desert Lady is the only one who appears in the first episode."
Shubie: "Don’t play dumb with me! Me and Susie watched the whole episode together earlier. If you don’t love me anymore than just tell me to my face. Don’t pretend that you do and then publicly display that you don’t on a children’s TV show that our daughter watches."
Nat: "What? Shubie, I have no idea what you’re talking about. I still love you."
Shubie: "Oh yeah, sure you do. Thank Neptune I recorded it." Shubie grabs a remote and turns on their TV.
Announcer: "And now back to the second half of The Adventures of Tucker and Marge!"
(Scene cuts to the TV) The Dastardly Desert Lady is handcuffed and taken into a police car.
Marge: "Wow, Tucker, you have such big muscles."
Tucker: "You’re not so bad looking yourself, Marge." Marge giggles.
Marge: "Oh, you." A woman who looks a lot like Shubie jumps in front of Tucker and Marge. Tucker and Marge gasp.
Tucker and Marge: "Softball Sophie!"
Softball Sophie: "That’s right! It is I, your arch-nemesis, Softball Sophie! And once I finally defeat you I can take over this city!"
Tucker: "We’re not going to let you get away with this Sophie!"
Sophie: "You will after I defeat you! Here’s my son’s dirty diapers!" Softball Sophie pulls out two diapers and throws them at Tucker and Marge. The diapers hit Tucker and Marge in the face and explode. Tucker and Marge start coughing.
Tucker: "I can’t see!"
Marge: "What do you feed your children?"
Softball Sophie: "Only the unhealthiest foods imaginable because I’m a horrible mother! Oh that reminds me, I need to go grocery shopping! Oh! It looks like I can buy two superheroes for the price of one!" Softball Sophie pulls out a shopping cart and throws it at Tucker and Marge. Tucker and Marge both get hit by the cart and fall into it.
Softball Sophie: "What are you two lazy bums doing sitting around doing nothing? Why don’t you help me do some chores? I can’t do any of my own of course because The Royal Family is on. You know? That awful and insanely boring show and King Neptune and his family. Well it’s my favorite because I have no taste at all! Hey Marge! Why don’t you do the dishes!" Softball Sophie throws a dirty dish at Marge which lands in her mouth. Marge takes the plate out of her mouth and sees that it’s covered with old moldy food.
Marge: "Ew! Gross!"
Softball Sophie: "And Tucker! Why don’t you take out the trash for me? I’m too fat and lazy to do it myself!" Softball Sophie throws a bag of trash at Tucker which hits him in the face. The bag explodes and Tucker becomes covered in garbage.
Tucker: "This is disgusting!"
Softball Sophie: "And when you’re both done with that I could really use some people to help me vacuum!" Softball Sophie turns on a vacuum and Tucker and Marge both get sucked into it. Tucker breaks him and Marge out of the vacuum.
Tucker: "This ends now, Sophie!"
Softball Sophie: "Oh no, you’ll have to catch me first and I was the fastest girl in high school!" Softball Sophie runs away and Tucker and Marge chase after her. Tucker and Marge can’t catch up to her and Softball Sophie knocks over a rack of tennis rackets to block their path. Tucker and Marge become exhausted and stop running.
Softball Sophie: "Oh, you two look exhausted! Maybe you should try to do a sport that isn’t so physically demanding. Like bowling! Did I mention that my bowling team is the best in the league? We haven’t lost a game in months!" Softball Sophie rolls two bowling balls at Tucker and Marge. One of the bowling balls bounces off of a bump on the ground and hits Marge in the face while the other bowling ball hits Tucker’s legs causing him to trip and fall onto the ground.
Tucker: "Ouch! My shin!"
Softball Sophie: "But bowling’s not the only sport I play! Did I mention that I played basketball in high school? My team won the state championship twice!" Softball Sophie throws two basketballs at Tucker and Marge. Both of them get hit in the face and fall onto the ground. Tucker and Marge stumble back onto their feet.
Softball Sophie: "But basketball wasn’t even the sport I was best at! Softball was!" Softball Sophie pulls out a bat and begins to hit a ton of softballs at Tucker and Marge. Marge and Tucker are hit by the softballs and fall onto the ground where they continue to get hit. Softball Sophie laughs.
Tucker: "She’s too powerful!" Marge notices a tennis racket lying next to her. Marge grabs the tennis racket and jumps up. 
Marge: "Hey Sophie! You talk a lot about the sports you did in high school! Well did I ever tell you that I played tennis?" Marge hits a softball with the tennis racket. The ball flies back towards Softball Sophie and hits her in the face. Softball Sophie stumbles backwards.
Marge: "Ouch! That looks like it must’ve hurt! You know what always makes me feel better when I’m feeling hurt? Some ice cream!" Abigail grabs some ice cream from an ice cream vendor and hits it with the tennis racket. The ice cream flies into Softball Sophie’s mouth.
Softball Sophie: "Ice cream?! I’m allergic!" Softball Sophie puffs up like a balloon and floats away. Tucker gets up and hugs Marge.
Tucker: "You did it, Marge! You saved the day!"
Marge: "Thanks Tucker, I couldn’t have done it without you by my side!"
Tucker: "Marge, there’s something I’ve always wanted to ask you. Will you marry me?"
Marge: "I’ve been waiting for you to say that to me my whole life." Tucker and Marge kiss.
Announcer: "Tune in next week to see the wedding of Tucker and Marge! A two hour special event!"
(Scene cuts back to Shubie and Nat in their living room) Shubie turns off the TV and looks at Nat angrily.
Nat: "Shubie, this wasn’t me I swear! I had no idea that Softball Sophie was designed to look like you. Abigail didn’t show me any of the character designs. I didn’t even write Softball Sophie into the episode. I mean, why would I put two super villains in one episode? I only had Tucker and Marge fight The Dastardly Desert Lady for this episode. I have no idea who wrote the rest."
Shubie: "So why were you the only writer listed then?"
Nat: "I don’t know. Abigail must’ve added all of those parts to it."
Shubie: "I’m supposed to believe that Abigail wrote all of these things?! I’ve met that woman twice in my whole life Nat! How would she know that I’m allergic to ice cream and that my favorite show is The Royal Family which is not a boring show by the way. Am I supposed to believe that she sits outside every day and listens to all of our conversations?"
(Scene cuts to Abigail sitting in a bush watching their conversation through a window) Abigail hides in the Bush so that Shubie won’t see her.
(Scene cute back to Shubie and Nat)
Shubie: "At first I was going to make you sleep on the couch but I know that that can ruin your back so I’m taking the kids and we’re going to stay at my parents’ for the week. Don’t even bother talking to me until you’re ready to be honest about our relationship."
Nat: "Shubie! Wait!" Shubie grabs Susie and Billy and walks out the door. Shubie, Susie and Billy get into Shubie’s car and Shubie drives away. Nat’s phone rings.
Nat: "Hello?"
(Scene cuts to BBTV) Nat walks into a room where Abigail and an executive are sitting at a table.
Executive: "Have a seat, Mr. Peterson." Nat sits down next to Abigail.
Executive: "The reason I asked you two to meet with me today is because I have an announcement to make. Abigail, you’re fired."
Abigail: "What?! Why?"
Executive: "Because you turned a superhero show into a show about two superheroes who fall in love! Over three fourths of the show’s audience are boys and they don’t want to see romance! And you planned on having your second episode be a two hour special that BBTV never said okay to or was even aware about. You can’t just do whatever you want with the show. You need us to give you permission. Abigail, you leave us no choice but to fire you."
Abigail: "What? But this show was my big chance to get Nat to fall in love with me again! We were going to be so happy together and no it’s all gone!" Abigail runs away crying.
Nat: "I have no idea what she’s talking about. She must be acting hysterical about being fired. Anyway, I totally understand why you’re going to fire me too."
Executive: "Fire you? Oh no, Mr. Peterson, we were planning on making you the show’s new producer!"
Nat: "You what?"
Executive: "Me and the other executives read your original script for the first episode and we loved it! We think you have just what it takes to lead a successful show!"
Nat: "Well thanks but I don’t know if I really want to do that. Working on this show has really upset my wife and I don’t want to make anything worse between me and her. I think it might be best if I stop working on the show."
Executive: "You’re quitting? But if you quit we’ll have to cancel the show and hundreds of workers will lose their jobs. All those animators and voice actors and sound people will all be unemployed now and will forever struggle to provide for their family."
Nat: "Well, when you put it that way, I guess I’ll do it."
Executive: "Great! We’re really excited to have you on board, Mr. Peterson."
(Scene cuts to Nat sitting with the guys in BBTV)
Nat: "Ok so as you all know, Abigail’s been fired and I’m now in charge of the show. Has anyone finished writing an episode yet?"
Pilar: "Oo! I have! Here it is!" Pilar hands Nat a script. Nat begins to read it.
Nat: "And Marge walks over to Tucker and asks him ‘Is Ivy your friend?’ and Tucker says ‘He’s not just my friend, he’s my BEST friend!’ The End! Pilar, what the barnacles was that?"
Pilar: "I know! Isn’t it really good?" Nat sighs.
Nat: "Yeah it is." Pilar smiles. Tom hands Nat a script.
Tom: "Read mine next!" Nat starts reading it.
Nat: "Martha Medusa made Tom do chores all around the house while she watched TV and fed the snakes on her head cookies. Poor Tom was exhausted. Tucker came up to Tom and said ‘Wow! Martha sure is working you hard! It’s so unfair that you have to work so much while she sits around and does nothing. She needs to learn to appreciate having a strong, handsome superhero like you in her life. And Tom felt better knowing what an amazing person he is. The End!"
Tom: "So what did you think?"
Nat: "Uh, it was great!" Tom smiles
Harold: "Tell me what you think of mine!" Harold hands Nat a script. Nat starts to read it.
Nat: "Evelyn kissed Harry the brilliant scientist! And then Debbie kissed Harry the brilliant scientist! Which extremely attractive fish will Harry fall in love with? Tune in to the next episode to find out!" Nat sighs.
Nat: "I loved it Harold."
French Narrator: "One week later." 
(Scene cuts to Nat driving his boat home from BBTV) Nat drives past Evelyn and Harold.
Evelyn: "Don’t you ever write another episode about me falling in love with you! Because of your stupid episode my son now thinks that you’re his real father!" Evelyn punches Harold in the face. Nat pulls into his driveway where he sees Martha and Tom yelling at each other next door.
Martha: "Is this really how you see me? Get out! And don’t come back until you don’t see me as a hideous beast like you said in that stupid episode!" Martha slams the door in Tom’s face. Nat looks over and sees Nancy yelling at Frank.
Nancy: "You think of me as a werewolf?! How could you say that? Don’t ever come back here until you think differently of me! I don’t need you, Isabel can get into Whale with or without a stepfather!" Nancy walks back into her house and slams the door behind her. Nat looks over and sees Mabel yelling at Lenny as well.
Mabel: "And you can get out too! You told hundreds of people who watch your dumb show that I’m very controlling and am never satisfied with anything! Do you know what that will do to my image? Do you think the superintendent would want an elementary school teacher who tries to control her students? Take your things and go!" Mabel throws a suitcase at Lenny and walks back into her house. Nat sighs and walks into his house. Nat walks into his living room and sits down on the couch.
Nat: "Shubie’s still not back yet. It’s been so lonely here without her and the kids." Nat turns on the TV.
Newswoman: "And now it’s time for TV Talk! Ratings for The Adventures of Tucker and Marge have hit an all time low this week! Who knew that no one would watch episodes about relationship issues and someone being someone else’s best friend! BBTV says that they have no plans on cancelling the show despite the low ratings and told us yesterday that they still believe strongly in showrunner Nat Peterson. The episodes Peterson has written have all had very high ratings so far, but those other writers for the show, well to put it frankly, they stink." The audience laughs. Nat sighs and turns off the TV. 
Nat: "I’ve got to do something about this."
(Scene cuts to Nat sitting with the guys in BBTV)
Nat: "Most of our episodes haven’t been doing to well lately. Does anyone have any new ideas?"
Pilar: "We should make an episode where Tucker and Ivy save the day through the power of best friendship!"
Harold: "We should make an episode where Harry the brilliant scientist goes on two dates with Evelyn and Debbie to see which one he likes more!"
Tom: "We should do an episode called Dish Duty where Martha Medusa tries to force Tom clean the dishes even though she never does!"
Nat: "These are the same ideas! We need to come up with new ones! Don’t you know that no one likes them?! Why would anyone watch a show about how to characters are best friends?! That’s boring! And no one cares about the love interest of a random side character, Harold! And no one wants to watch a superhero show about doing chores, Tom! And kicking is a lame superpower, Fred! And a supervillain who turns into a werewolf and is obsessed with getting her daughter into Whale is lame too, Frank! And a supervillain who is nothing more than an over-demanding school teacher is even worse, Lenny! And no one wants to see an episode about how Sally rejected you, Clayton! And don’t even get me started on Scooter’s idea of a superhero who’s power is surfing! Can’t you see that this is only making the show and your lives worse?!"
Harold: "You think our ideas are bad, Nat?"
Nat: "Yes! And so does everyone else in Bikini Bottom!"
Pilar: "Well then we quit." The guys get up and walk out of the room.
Tom: "Jerk." Tom shuts the door behind him. The executive walks into the room.
Executive: "I have some bad news, Nat."
Nat: "You saw that all my writers quit and are canceling the show?"
Executive: "What? No! Well actually you’re half right. We’ve decided to cancel your show to make room for our new show, The Royal Family: Behind the Scenes!. We hope there’s no hard feelings. I suppose you should just make the last episode of this season and then clean out your office tomorrow so we can make room for the new people working on this show." The executive walks out of the room. Nat sighs.
Nat: "I guess there’s only one thing left to do now." Nat walks out of BBTV and gets into his boat. Nat drives home and begins to write the last episode.
(Scene cuts to a montage of Nat working all night long on the episode)
Nat: "I’m done! Let’s hope this fixes everything."
(Scene cuts to Nat watching TV in his house later)
To Be Continued...
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