I have never been so traumatized in all my life…
A serio-comedy scene from Landed on Lucky wherein Sam tries to explain to Carol that he never intended to do any harm to her dog.
Featured Scene – Landed on Lucky
SAM: Carol.
CAROL: Shut it!
SAM: Carol…I know…okay? I know what you are feeling right now cause I feel it too. I have never been so traumatized in all my life cause I was the one who saw Lucky’s face right before I landed on ’em –
CAROL: SHUT IT! Oh my God, you are so stupid – STOP putting images in my mind.
SAM: Right, okay, YES, you are right…I should have been gentle, not as graphic, right.
CAROL: Graphic! Your brain isn’t capable of being graphic. You are BASIC. You are BLUNT. You are whatever you are!
SAM: I just don’t want you to hate me over this… I had to tell you—I should have made things softer—but I had to tell you. And he did die honorably because the fellas wanted to toss him in the lake, and I said no. I stopped them from doing such a thing and made them, Carol, I f’cking made them put Lucky in a box for a proper burial.
CAROL: I’m gonna kill them all.
SAM: No! Carol, you can’t.
CAROL: I’m gonna end all their lives.
SAM: Carol, please, I can’t, I can’t…
Sam clutches his chest.
SAM (cont’d): I’m exhausted.
CAROL: First it will be Carl; he’s the loudest, most obnoxious slob of the bunch. I want his ass first.
SAM: I have no energy to stop you.
CAROL: Then it will be Ronaldo, ’cause he’s always been a sadistic pig.
SAM: Carol –
CAROL: Fergie will be next, and then Hooper I will save for last. That bonehead!
SAM: Carol?
CAROL: What?!
SAM: Carol, I think my leg is swelling up for real.
CAROL: Huh?
Sam rips open the leg of his pants. A swollen kneecap is revealed.
SAM: Damnit. You have ice?
Carol runs into her house.
Sam rips his other pant leg open, and his shin is swollen.
(to himself) I knew it.
Carol runs out of her house with a large bag of ice.
Carol applies the ice to his kneecap and notices the other leg.
CAROL: They are both swollen?
SAM: Yeah.
CAROL: We gotta get you to the hospital.
SAM: No, no, this has happened before. It’s fine. The ice will bring things down.
Sam alternates the ice to the opposite leg. Carol runs back into the house.
(to himself) I knew this was gonna happen. Why am I so stupid all of the time? Keep quiet, Sam! Always too honest. You just need to KEEP QUIET.
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Scene Summary
In this serio-comedy one-act eplay Landed on Lucky, Sam decides to speak the truth to Carol in order to have an honest relationship together.
- Genre: Serio-Comedy
- Length: ~5 minute scene
- Characters: 2 women
- Themes: friendship, dating
- Best For: serio-comedy scenes
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- Old Bobby invited me in for a meal the other night. – from Beer and Bobby’s Lasagna
Scene Source: Landed on Lucky
Landed on Lucky is a serio-comedy play script by Joseph Arnone, 2026.
