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(whispering) Okay. Okay. I’ve got you.

Dramedy / Romantic Comedy TONE: Sideways meets Marley & Me — with bitterness and bark. FADE IN: EXT. PARK - MORNING Sun slices through fog. ARLO (40s, rumpled blazer, the eyes of a man who has seen too many bank statements) sits on a wet bench.

Why can’t you take her?

(softer) Arlo. Please. She’s fourteen. She has a heart murmur. If I board her, she’ll literally die of sadness. You’re a divorce attorney—you know what literal dying of sadness looks like. my-wife-knot-my-dog

His phone buzzes. The caller ID: .

She’s a nine-pound narcissist. Good luck.

A jaded divorce attorney, whose only healthy relationship is with his dog, is forced to pet-sit his estranged wife’s neurotic poodle, only to discover that untangling a “Knot” is harder in marriage than in rope. (whispering) Okay

She had a panic attack. I was the only one here.

JUNE (40s, tired but beautiful, wearing scrubs) stands there holding a pink dog carrier that is with low growls.

Looks at Linda.

Cordelia is in Arlo’s arms. Bruce sits at his feet.

Arlo stands up.

His DOG, BRUCE (a loyal, muddy-pawed lab mix), drops a slobbery tennis ball at his feet. Arlo doesn’t move. Dramedy / Romantic Comedy TONE: Sideways meets Marley

We’re not talking about the dog anymore, are we?

Bruce sighs. Arlo pours a whiskey. DAY 2 – Arlo wakes up to Cordelia sitting on his chest, staring. He yelps. She does not move. He tries to shoo her. She licks his nose. He is horrified.