(Shot of the inside of a trailer. A wall phone rings loudly. We see Andrea walk onscreen, pick it up, and lay it against her ear.)
VOICE: (on the other end, excited) Andrea! You've finally gotten your big break!
(Andrea continues to stand there, wordless and expressionless.)
VOICE: Andrea?? (Bt) Yoo-hoo, are you there?
(No reaction.)
VOICE: Um... so anyway, you're graduating from "Daria" and taking a large supporting role on a spinoff show.
(Cut to shot of a male producer sitting at a desk, rifling through papers and balancing the phone on his ear as he speaks.)
PRODUCER: It's gonna be great! You'll just love the title... "Abruptly Amy"! It's got real zing, doesn't it? (No response on the other end.) In it, you'll sort of have the Daria role. You know, dispense sarcastic comments, be the voice of reason. (Pauses and waits for a response that doesn't come.) The voice of reason, Andrea. You'll actually get to talk on this show. The audience will see high school through your eyes. (Pause. The producer sighs.) Look, just come by and see me tomorrow, would ya?
(Cut to shot of Andrea's wall phone, which is hanging off of its hook, with Andrea nowhere in sight.)
PRODUCER: (VO) We'll, er, chat some more, then. (click, then dial tone.)
(Cue loud party music. Cut to shot of Andrea wearing sun glasses and bopping around on the set piece of the Morgendorffers' living room. She lights a cigarette, takes a puff, then grinds the butt into a sofa cusion.)
(Fade to black. SUPER: Abruptly Amy, Premiering October 20 on the Lifetime Network.)