Am I to Trust WebMD?

A Screenplay

CHARACTERS HOPKINS: older, white, refined, an actor OLDMAN: middle-aged, white, wiley and rough, an actor

INT. A TRAILER ON A FILM SET

HOPKINS
What was it? That did it, I mean?
OLDMAN
Fentanyl. (still reading) Smoked, though. Eesh.
HOPKINS
You can smoke that? I thought it was liquid.
OLDMAN
You can smoke anything if you change its form. (winking) Form is liquid.
HOPKINS
If it’s form is — oh, of course. Clever bird, you are. But really what is it - Fentanyl?
OLDMAN
I don’t actually know, Tony. I too pictured it in a vial.

OLDMAN begins typing on his phone

OLDMAN (cont'd)
WebMD says it’s…just an opioid. Makes sense.
HOPKINS
Yes, well stop there - WebMD, what is that? I mean I know what it is, of course, but I never know if I’m to trust it.
OLDMAN
(Laughing, giving up) I don’t know, old boy. Just don’t smoke Fentanyl, how about. (Cheekily) Do you think you can do it?
HOPKINS
Difficult to say.
FIN