Back to Life
In the short drama script Back to Life, Pamela and Mitchell are parting ways for painful reasons that they dare not discuss.
Featured Script – Back to Life
FADE IN:
EXT. TRAIN STATION PLATFORM – HUMID DAY
Standing on the station platform, PAMELA fans herself with her white straw hat. She wears a beautiful flower patterned dress to match.
MITCHELL: It’s a hot one today…want some water or something?
MITCHELL wears his police uniform and although his exterior is hardened, he can’t hide his soft sad eyes.
PAMELA: I’m fine.
MITCHELL: You ah, you want to sit some- where…inside. I’d like to order a beer.
PAMELA: Mmm-hmmm.
CUT TO:
EXT. TRAIN STATION PLATFORM – CAFE DECK – MOMENTS LATER
Pamela and Mitchell sit on a shady cafe deck on the station platform.
Mitchell stares at Pamela staring out over the train tracks.
MITCHELL: Train will be here soon…
PAMELA: Soon.
MITCHELL: Yeah. (pause.) Want some water or something?
PAMELA: That’s not what I want.
MITCHELL: Okay. Waiter! Let me get a beer, any kind, just a cold one please.
PAMELA: Since when do they serve warm beer?
MITCHELL: Well, that’s true I guess. Umm, some beers are colder than others, depending on how they’re stocked. The real low ones, the ones at the bottom, they get so cold that ice sticks to them. When I say cold beer, I always hope for one of those.
PAMELA: Oh.
MITCHELL: So, how are you doing? You, ah, you doing okay then?
PAMELA: I told you I’m fine, Mitchell.
MITCHELL: Right. Your face is a pink flush.
PAMELA: Ain’t it a hundred and ten degrees out or something to that nature?
MITCHELL: Yes, I believe it is…Pamela.
PAMELA: What?
MITCHELL: No, I was just responding.
PAMELA: You said my name so strange just then, as if I’ve already left and I’m not sitting right in front of you.
MITCHELL: Did I?
PAMELA: Yes, you did. Like I was an afterthought. Am I? Am I an after thought Mitchell?
MITCHELL: Uh, no Pam, not at all, not at all.
PAMELA: Do I have to ask you?
MITCHELL: Ask me what?
PAMELA: The real reason why you didn’t come?
MITCHELL: I told you the real reason. I was held up with an investigation. No way the chief was ever gonna allow me to leave my duty at a crime scene.
PAMELA: Right.
MITCHELL: I told you all this already.
The WAITER places beer on table and leaves.
Mitchell guzzles down his beer.
PAMELA: Aren’t we thirsty.
MITCHELL: Ah, that’s refreshing.
PAMELA: Aren’t you on the job?
MITCHELL: No I, I’m done for the day.
PAMELA: Stayed in uniform on my account?
MITCHELL: Well, I, I was hoping to see you off.
PAMELA: See…me…off.
MITCHELL: Don’t that count for something?
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Script Summary
In the eScript Back to Life, Pamela was abandoned by what she thought was true love only to get a surprise send off from the man she didn’t expect to see.
- Genre: Drama / Period Drama
- Length: ~10 Minutes
- Script Characters: 1 woman, 1 man
- Age Range: Any
- Themes: heartbreak, separation
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Script Source: Back to Life
Back to Life is a drama by Joseph Arnone, 2026.
