EXT. OAKLAND RAIDERS SHARED HOUSE – DAY
Establishing shot and title card.
ANNOUNCER BETH MOWINS: That Raiders Show [sic] is filmed in front of a live student [sic] audience.
CUT TO – INT. LIVING ROOM – DAY
The music of Further Seems Forever blares throughout the house. KOLTON MILLER sits on the couch, munching from a big bag of Doritos. From outside the house, a truck horn blares. KOLTON jumps up and runs to the front door, pulling it open to reveal…
KOLTON MILLER: Wow!
ERIK HARRIS: [leaping down from the cab of the truck] Nice, right?
KOLTON: What is it?
ERIK: [momentarily taken aback] It’s…a dunk tank, Kolton.
KOLTON: Neat! What does it do?
ERIK: [shakes head with a rueful smile] You throw balls at the red target and when you hit it whoever is sitting there gets dropped into the water.
KOLTON: Cool! I’ll go tell Derek, he loves throwing footballs towards things that are red!
As KOLTON MILLER dashes back into the house, AMARI COOPER emerges momentarily, then immediately disappears again. MARCUS GILCHRIST and JON FELICIANO are next to come out of the house.
ERIK: Guys, come check this out!
JON FELICIANO walks directly over to the dunk tank while MARCUS GILCHRIST wanders off and stands in a far corner of the yard.
ERIK: Marcus, what are you doing, the action is over here!
MARCUS: [stays put] I’m good.
JON: What the hell is going on? Why did you rent a dunk tank?
ERIK: Rent? Nah, this is borrowed. I got, um, connections in the carnival world.
JON: Okay, well why is this “borrowed” dunk tank on our front lawn?
ERIK: You didn’t hear? Coach Gruden said that it’s “tankin’ time”.
KOLTON MILLER emerges from the house with a reluctant DEREK CARR in tow.
KOLTON: …I’m telling you, it will be fun!
DEREK CARR groans and rolls his eyes, but then pauses as he gets a look at the dunk tank.
DEREK: [purses lips] So I just throw balls at the red target.
KOLTON: That’s right!
DEREK: And all the rest of you guys get dunked into the water?
ERIK: Well, everyone except P.J. He can’t swim.
DEREK: [the ghost of a smile finds it way onto his face] Can’t swim, eh? Well, all right. For just a few minutes.
CUT TO – MONTAGE
The song “Your Clothes” by Can’t Swim is played over a montage of DEREK CARR throwing picture-perfect spirals at the target, causing various Raiders to get dropped into the tank as they yell out their agenda for the rest of the season.
JARED COOK: PLAY DEAD FOR ED (OLIVER)!
ARDEN KEY: PUNCH OURSELVES IN THE DICK FOR NICK (BOSA)!
A.J. McCARRON: LAY DOWN FOR (DERRICK or A.J.) BROWN!
JALEN RICHARD: STOP WINNIN’ FOR QUINNEN (WILLIAMS)!
COACH GRUDEN: I didn’t say “get in the tank”, I said “get rid of Tank!”
ARDEN: You mean…
JALEN: Tank Carradine?
COACH GRUDEN: That’s right, boys. He’s been released.
ALL: [in unison] No, not Tank!
COACH GRUDEN: What can I tell you, boys? He asked for it.
KOLTON: [nervously] Am I going to be released, Coach?
COACH GRUDEN: No need for you to pack your bags, Kolton, you’re going to be here for a while. Speaking of packing your bags, though, why haven’t you boys packed your bags?
ERIK: Packed our bags? What for?
COACH GRUDEN: [incredulously] Nobody told you? [shakes head sadly] This [BEEP]in’ team…we’re going on the road, boys. The Raiders are going to London!
— to be continued…IN LONDON! —
Suddenly, the merry scene is interrupted by a screeching set of tires.
COACH GRUDEN: [emerging from vehicle] What in the Sam [BEEP] is going on here?
JARED: [while toweling off] It’s like you said, Coach. We’re gettin’ in the tank!