based on a true story

We see a 4-door sports sedan pull out of a driveway onto a busy two lane road. It cuts across two lanes of traffic to get into a left turn lane and makes a u-turn into the other direction. On the corner where the u-turn takes place there is a gas station. The car continues past the station.

We see a woman and a man. The man is driving and the woman is in the passenger seat. The woman is about six months pregnant and is wearing a heavy winter coat. The man is also wearing a winter jacket and a floppy winter hat that needs replacement and does nothing to enhance his image.

Hey, you just missed that gas station. Why didn’t you stop? That gas light is still on.

Basically because I’m an idiot. We’ll stop at the next one. It’s just over the next hill.

20 seconds pass and they drive along in silence.

Image of the gauges on the inside of the car. It is picking up speed to about 45 miles an hour when all of a sudden all the engine lights come up – orange, red, everything. The tachometer drops to zero.

Camera on both of their faces from outside. Man is scowling, woman looks concerned as well.

Or, I could run out of gas right now.

Great.

The woman is rolling her eyes at the man.

Car pulls over, rolls to a stop and turns on its hazards.

I guess I’ll be right back.

Uh-huh.

Man gets out of car, crosses behind it with cars whizzing by, climbs over the girder and starts a walk of shame back to the gas station.