Date: December 15th, 2025 10:41 PM
Author: ...,,..;...,,..,..,...,,,;..,
Title: “The Assistance”
INT. ROB REINER’S HOUSE – DAY
Larry David stands at the front door, holding a bottle of olive oil.
LARRY
(under his breath)
He asked for extra virgin. This is virgin-adjacent at best.
Larry knocks. No answer. He tries the door—it’s unlocked.
LARRY
Rob? …Rob?
He steps inside.
INT. LIVING ROOM – CONTINUOUS
Larry turns the corner and freezes.
Rob Reiner lies on the floor, motionless. There’s blood pooled around him.
LARRY
Oh—oh no. Ohhh no no no no no.
Larry instinctively steps back, slips slightly, and grabs the wall—smearing blood onto his hands and jacket.
LARRY
Ah! AH! What am I doing?! Why did I touch it?! Why do I always touch it?!
He looks down at himself.
LARRY
I look very guilty. I look like I did something. I didn’t do anything!
Larry backs away, panicking, and bumps into a chair, knocking it over.
LARRY
Great. Now I’ve rearranged the crime scene. Fantastic. Real helpful, Larry.
He pulls out his phone and dials.
LARRY
(into phone)
Leon. Leon, you gotta come over here right now.
INTERCUT – LEON’S APARTMENT
Leon is eating cereal on the couch.
LEON
What’s up, man?
LARRY
I’m at Rob Reiner’s house and he’s—he’s not alive.
LEON
…Not alive how?
LARRY
Dead. He’s dead. And I’m covered in blood.
LEON
Hold on. You covered, or blood covered?
LARRY
Blood-covered! I didn’t kill him!
LEON
That’s exactly what a blood-covered dude says.
LARRY
Leon, don’t do this. I need help. I can’t call the police like this. I look like a murder enthusiast.
LEON
Why you even in his house?
LARRY
He asked for olive oil! You can’t ignore an olive oil request!
LEON
Man died for olive oil?
LARRY
I don’t know what he died for! That’s not the point!
LEON
Alright, alright. I’m coming. But I’m not touching nothing. I don’t do post-death assistance.
INT. ROB REINER’S HOUSE – LATER
Leon walks in and immediately stops short.
LEON
Oh hell no.
LARRY
Keep your voice down!
LEON
Man, your boy look done.
LARRY
He’s not my boy! He’s a director I mildly argued with in 1997!
Leon looks Larry up and down.
LEON
Why you look like you lost a fight with a ketchup factory?
LARRY
I slipped! I panicked! I grabbed things! I don’t panic well!
LEON
You panic very hands-on.
Larry paces.
LARRY
What do I do? If I call the police like this, I’m finished. I’ll be “Bloody Larry” forever.
LEON
First thing—we gotta get you un-blooded.
LARRY
You’re suggesting… what, a shower? In a dead man’s house?
LEON
Man, you already here. Don’t half-commit to the weirdness.
Larry hesitates.
LARRY
Is that disrespectful?
LEON
Being covered in his blood is already disrespectful.
Larry considers this.
LARRY
That’s… annoyingly logical.
INT. BATHROOM – MOMENTS LATER
Larry scrubs furiously at the sink.
LARRY
It’s not coming off! Why is blood so loyal?!
LEON
Blood clingy, man. That’s why crimes get solved.
Larry stops, alarmed.
LARRY
Crimes get solved?!
LEON
Relax. You ain’t do nothing. You just gotta look like someone who didn’t do nothing.
Larry sighs, defeated.
LARRY
I just wanted to deliver olive oil.
Leon nods.
LEON
That’s how it always starts.
Larry looks at himself in the mirror—still stained, still panicked.
LARRY
I’m gonna jail for being polite.
CUT TO BLACK.
END.
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