Lucy Me Up Original screenplay by Molly McHugh Genre: Coming of Age / Family Drama Length: 91 pages molly@mollymchugh.com Logline: Plagued with flashbacks after the tragic death of his wife, a struggling musician must move back to NYC and live with his pill-popping, estranged mother or risk losing custody of his young son. Synopsis At a going away beach bonfire for their best friend, a musician (25) and his wife (25) agree to “Lucy Up” and take LSD. The wife wanders off to pee and is killed by a drunk driver. When a passerby screams for someone to “Help!” the stoned out of their minds twenty-somethings can barely walk. Plagued with post-traumatic LSD flashbacks the musician turns to Tinder for solace, leaves their 6-year-old son alone until after midnight and gets a visit from social services. He moves back to NYC to live with his wealthy, estranged mother (60) who is insulting, loaded on prescription meds most days and criticizes his every move. The lonely boy—a Minecraft video game aficionado—befriends the AI programmer (25) next door who was just dumped by fiance. When Grandma visits her sister in the hospital the boy gets his Dad to ask her over for dinner. They flirt, share backstories. The Dad is visited by his dead wife in a final flashback and confronts his grief, sobbing inconsolably. He tries to get a job in a music studio but fails miserably. Instead, he’s hired at the bagel shop the neighbor frequents daily. They date, start to fall in love, no more Tinder one-night stands. Grandma dies of cardiac arrest. After the funeral the Dad and neighbor take the boy out for pizza, kiss passionately for the first time afterwards. At bedtime the boy asks his Dad if he is going to leave him alone. He says “no.” The boy tells him he loves him.