Title: "Olympic Dreams Can Come True"
Written by: Cassie & Kristi
Air Date: March 4, 2002
Rating: PG
Series: FRVS - Episode #073
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Summary: Doggett and Reyes sit around watching the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympic Opening ceremony and talk about what might have been had they been on the US Olympic hockey team.

Jenny's Review:
Monica and John are all decked out in Olympic gear. Monica is way too excited, she even dressed up Buddy. Doggett is being his usual crabby self. Then, Monica starts to wonder what it would be like if they were actually in the Olympics. Doggett is the "Speedmeister". Monica hated his spandex pants. She gets to coach hot celebrity men. Lucky girl. Later on, Alfredo comes over and shocks Monica because he forgot about the Olympics. Then He and Monica get all cute and cosy and they gross out Doggett. I think this is one of my favorite episodes. It's so entertaining. Monica: "Ok, Johnny, you really need to get over this obssession with a dead woman."

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FADE IN:

INT. DOGGETT'S HOUSE - LIVING ROOM
FEBRUARY 8, 2002 - 8:30PM

Doggett, Monica and Buddy are bumming on the couch. They are watching Bob Costas on NBC, it is the night of the 2002 Winter Olympic opening ceremony in Salt Lake City, Utah. Monica is done up in Olympics wear: black Salt Lake City baseball cap, white Olympic rings t-shirt, and athletic sweatpants. She is holding a USA Olympic rings flag in her hand and is waving it in the air calmly. She looks way excited.

Next to Monica, wearing old jeans and a black Salt Lake City 2002 t-shirt, is John Doggett, he doesn't seem as excited about seeing Bob Costas host the Winter Olympics as Monica does.

MONICA
(goo goo ga gaaa)
Isn't Bob just the cutest?

Doggett gives Monica a look, then looks down at Buddy. Buddy is lying in the couch corner next to Doggett. Monica has taken it upon herself to Olympicize Buddy today. She made the dog a little white doggy Olympic ring sweater.

DOGGETT
(to Buddy)
What will we ever do with her?

Doggett and Buddy look at Monica, she is now humming the theme of the Olympics, the theme some people might get tired of hearing when the coverage begins and in between commercials. She leans over and takes a Powerade from the coffee table, takes a sip and continues humming.

DOGGETT
Monica. Can you keep that
inside your head? I
can't hear what Bob Costas
is saying.

Monica stops and glances at the TV, then looks back at Doggett.

MONICA
Oh, he's not saying anything
important yet.

She continues to hum the Olympic theme with a silly almost hyper grin on her face. Doggett stands up and walks to the kitchen.

MONICA
Johnny! They are talking
to that Apolo Ohno kid!
Get your butt back in here!

Doggett doesn't listen to her, he opens his refrigerator door.

DOGGETT
(loud/to Monica)
I'm gettin' a beer. You
want anything?

MONICA
(off screen)
Oh no! (giggles at her joke)
I've got my fix of Powerade!

Doggett rolls his eyes and grabs a six pack of beer and goes back to the living room. He plops down on the couch. Monica has a somber look on her face. All we hear is R. Kelly singing at the beginning of the ceremony.

MONICA
Johnny? Do you ever wonder what
would have happened if we stuck
with hockey like we thought we
would when we were younger? Do
you think we could have been marching
in the Olympic opening ceremony tonight?

Doggett finishes off his first can of beer in one large gulp.

DOGGETT
Monica, I injured my shoulder, remember?

MONICA
That was a football thing, not hockey.

DOGGETT
I'd still need a good shoulder.

MONICA
(pleading)
Well what if you didn't get
injured? What if, Johnny? What if?

They rest their heads on eachother's head and stare off into the distance. We see distorted dream-like waves as we are magically transported to:

EXT. RICE-ECCLES OLYMPIC STADIUM
FEBRUARY 8, 2002 - NIGHT

The crowd is cheering, the parade of athletes is almost over... the United States Olympic Team enters the stadium and the crowd goes wild. Amy Peterson (short track speed skating) carries the flag of the USA. Behind her are Monica and Doggett, followed by many other athletes. Monica is waving a small USA flag while Doggett is snapping pictures, holding his camera high above his head, not caring what pictures are being taken, just that he is capturing this very special moment in his life. Monica suddenly holds up a camcorder and aims it at Doggett.

MONICA
(yelling to Doggett)
I can't believe we made it!

DOGGETT
(yelling)
All the years of hard work
finally pull through!

They pass a TV camera, DOggett is right in front of it, they zoom in on his face. He's smiley happy and proud.

DOGGETT
(yelling/ to camera)
HI MOM! HI DAD!
I LOVE YOU GUYS! WOO!
I'M AT THE OLYMPICS!

MONICA
(voice-over from the Real World/deadpan)
That's corny.

The Monica and Doggett in Olympic Lala Land take their seats among the other athletes.

DOGGETT
(voice-over from Real World)
You'd do it.

MONICA
(voice-over from Real World)
Anyway, the fireworks go off
and we oooh and aaaaah...

Off fireworks in the sky, we FADE TO: the lighting of the Olympic flame. Picabo Street (downhill skiing) and Cammi Granato (womens hockey) are running up the steps to hand the torch to...

... Monica Reyes.

SMASH CUT TO:
CLOSE ANGLE - DOGGETT (NOT IN LALA LAND)

He looks disgusted with Monica and her version of the lighting of the Olympic flame.

DOGGETT
Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Wait!

MONICA
(innocent)
What?

DOGGETT
It's gonna be the 1980
Miracle on Ice hockey team!
Not you.

MONICA
(saddened yet hopeful)
Olympic dreams can come true.

They take a beat to ponder this...

DOGGETT
Ok. Then I'm up there too.

MONICA
(disappointed)
Fine.

FADE BACK TO:
RICE-ECCLES OLYMPIC STADIUM - LALA LAND

ANGLE - SKINNER

He is a reporter covering the Games for NBC with Bob Costas. Picabo Street and Cammi Granato are back to running up the stairs to hand the torch to...

SKINNER
And now the moment we've all
been waiting for. Picabo Street
and Cammi Granato are about to
hand the Olympic torch to...

Monica and Doggett step into view.

SKINNER
Monica Reyes and Johnny "The Speed-Meister"
Doggett! Of this year's 2002 US mens hockey
team and speed skating team!

SMASH CUT TO:
CLOSE ANGLE - MONICA (NOT IN LALA LAND)

Her mouth has dropped wide open, way open. She can't believe Doggett made himself a speed skater when they were going to be on the hockey team.

MONICA
Oh my God! What are you doing?!
Speed skating?!

Doggett is grinning happily.

MONICA
Ew!

Doggett's grin fades.

DOGGETT
What do you mean, "ew"?

MONICA
You in tight spandex. Ew! No!

FADE BACK TO:
LALA LAND - ANOTHER DAY

INT. HOCKEY PRACTICE RINK - 7AM

The US Mens Hockey team is on the ice, their coach, Monica Reyes, stands in the middle with a whistle around her neck. She is telling them that they are sissies. We will take note that a lot of hot celebrity men are the players: Keanu Reeves, Brad Pitt, Antonio Banderas, Johnny Depp, among many others.

Suddenly Keanu Reeves falls down on the ice, he is the team's goalie. Monica skates over to him, she looks pure evil. Keanu lies there, in shock that he fell.

MONICA
(hoarse voice/mean)
Get your ass off the ice.

Scared, he quickly stands up and retakes his position in front of the goal post. Monica checks him out, then skates back to center ice.

MONICA
(yelling)
Alright! Enough sissy-play
for today! Let's do some mean
stick drills!

As the players gather around her, Monica looks around, pissed.

MONICA
Where's Doggett?

The team freezes in place and the rink falls silent. Then from nowhere, Johnny "The Speed-Meister" Doggett steps onto the ice, wearing his USA hockey practice jersey and... speed skates. All we hear is the blade moving across the ice as he approaches Monica.

MONICA
(unamused/arms crossed)
Couldn't get out of your
spandex fast enough?

DOGGETT
I'm sorry coach. I just won my
first gold medal in the 500 meters.
(beat) I just made new Olympic and
World times.

MONICA
Whoopity-doo. (looks at his skates)
Do you plan on making speed records
here, or are you trying to make a
new fashion statement in the world
of hockey?

Doggett looks down at his skates, oops!

DOGGETT
Shit.

He turns to go change his skates.

CUT TO:

INT. SALT LAKE ICE CENTER
LATER THAT NIGHT

This is the venue for the figure skating and short track speed skating events. Tonight, a figure skating practice is taking place. Six women skaters are on the ice including: Katarina Witt, Michelle Kwan, Lu Chen, Dorothy Hamill, Marita Covarrubias and Dana Scully.

MONICA
(voice-over from Real World/ confused)
Why are we talking about figure skating?
And why are your dead friends there?

DOGGETT
(voice-over from Real World)
I'm gettin' to it.

Suddenly Scully takes off her long sleeve jacket to reveal a sexy black practice dress with quite a low v-neck.

MONICA
(voice-over from Real World)
Ok, Johnny, you really need to
get over this obsession with a
dead woman -

DOGGETT
- Shut up, Mon'.

Marita flies by, skating backward and pulls off a beautiful double jump. We see that Monica and Doggett are sitting up in the bleachers watching. Skinner is at the boards speaking with Scully and Marita's coach. Near him, Mulder and Krycek stand, they are general sports fans, stopping by to check out the ladies. They are yelling at the girls. Skinner is having a hard time with his interview because of them.

KRYCEK
(to Scully)
Hey sexy! Want some of me?!

Mulder laughs like a nerd next to him.

MONICA
(voice-over from Real World)
Were your friends always this dumb?

Scully skates by and blows a kiss at Krycek, but Mulder puts his hand in front of Krycek's and catches her kiss before it reached his friend. Krycek is mad and punches Mulder in the face. Mulder instantly falls out of view. Krycek is left standing, posing like a body builder, showing off for Scully and Marita. Suddenly security approaches him, Krycek is shocked by this.

Up in the bleachers, Monica and Doggett watch as security escorts Krycek and Mulder out... they have to carry Mulder out, he's unconscious.

Off the look on Monica and Doggett's faces:

FADE TO:

INT. DOGGETT'S HOUSE - LIVING ROOM
THE REAL WORLD - MIDNIGHT

On the TV, the 1980 Miracle on Ice Hockey Team is lighting the Olympic flame.

DOGGETT
See Mon', Miracle on Ice.

Pouting, Monica hands him a 5 dollar bill, he's grinning, he won their bet. Monica quickly finishes off another bottle of Powerade. She wipes her mouth with her sleeve.

MONICA
Dang. I'm out of Powerade.

We see about 3 cans of beer near Doggett, he doesn't like to get hammered too often, especially when Monica is around and when he's in public. Some things should never had happened.

MONICA
Think we should order some pizza?

DOGGETT
Mon', it's midnight, you should
have thought of that earlier.
(beat) But why not!

Doggett stands up and almost as if they had been heard, Robert Alfredo walks right into Doggett's house, carrying 3 boxes of pizza. Buddy jumps off the couch and runs to Alfredo.

ALFREDO
Hey guys! I brought over some
pepperoni pizza.

Doggett shoots him a look, he doesn't like pepperoni pizza, and he can't believe Alfredo just walked into his house at midnight.

Alfredo sits down next to Monica, and looks at her in her Olympic gear. She now has an Olympic cheering bell hanging around her neck. Alfredo looks confused.

ALFREDO
Why are you decked out in
Olympic rings?

Monica gasps in shock, Doggett lets out a drunken sigh and plops back down on the couch. Alfredo opens a box of pizza and shoves a whole piece into his mouth.

MONICA
Robert! The Salt Lake City
Games began tonight!

She points at the TV, more fireworks are going off.

MONICA
I can't believe you missed it!

DOGGETT
(quieter)
He needs a sport...

Doggett sits up and opens the second box of pizza and is delighted to see it is extra cheese lovers pizza. He takes a slice and eats it.

DOGGETT
Robert, we've been pondering
about what it would be like if
we were Olympians.

Alfredo turns to Monica, confused.

ALFREDO
(to Monica)
How much has he had to drink?

MONICA
Three beers.

Alfredo is humored, Doggett is a wuss when it comes to alcohol, three and he's already acting weird.

DOGGETT
Monica would be the coach of
the mens hockey team, I'd be
a champion pair figure skater and...

As he drones out, we re-enter LaLa Land to see what Doggett has in mind now...

We see Robert Alfredo getting ready for a luge run, sort of like bobsled, except a single person lies on a sled and goes down an ice chute at about 90 miles per hour.

MONICA
(voice-over from Real World/to Doggett)
Pair figure skating...?

Alfredo shoots himself down the shoot and somehow we

FADE TO:

EXT. SNOWBOARDING HALFPIPE COMPETITION

Robert Alfredo about to compete in the Mens Halfpipe. He goes and has a perfect run. He is the epitomy of coolness. The crowd is more wild than ever, his perfect marks are announced and a dozen women in bikinis surround him, caressing his face and posing for Sports Illustrated Athlete of the Year. There are 3 Olympic Gold medals around his neck. Skinner, the reporter, approaches him.

SKINNER
Robbie Alfredo, you just won
three Olympic gold medals, where
are you going?

ALFREDO
I'm going to Disney World!

A woman dressed like Cinderella approaches him and starts to sing:

WOMAN SINGER
A dream is a wish your heart makes
when you're fast asleep...

FADE OUT:
BACK IN THE REAL WORLD

Monica is looking at Alfredo, a weird/amused expression on her face.

MONICA
How much have you had to drink?

ALFREDO
You said you were talking about what
would happen if we went to the Olympics.
That would happen if I went to
the Olympics.

DOGGETT
Hey Mon'. So far you're in the
company of two Olympic Champions.
Sucks to be a hockey coach, huh?

MONICA
Not quite... you see...

FADE BACK INTO:
LALA LAND

INT. HOCKEY RINK - MENS GOLD MEDAL GAME

The lights are dimmed for dramatic effect. A spotlight is on Monica Reyes, she is in the US hockey team game jersey. On the other end of the rink is the goalie of the Canadian hockey team. Monica is going one on one with the other team's goalie for Olympic Gold, the rest of the US team is sitting out with serious injuries, among them is Doggett, his eyes are swollen shut and all his front teeth are missing.

DOGGETT
(voice-over from Real World)
Thanks.

Monica starts skating to the goalie, the hockey puck sliding slowly on the ice, directed skillfully by Monica. She sets up her shot and in slow-mo it gets closer and closer to the goal. UNTIL!

A crazy, deranged fan slides out onto the ice and grabs the hockey puck and slides head first into the goal post, the puck, however, is in the fan's hand, outside the goal. The Canadian goalie grabs the puck out of the unconscious fan's hand and holds it up. The Canadians win the Olympic gold medal! We see paramedics taking the fan off the ice, the fan is Fox Mulder.

MONICA
(devastated)
NO-OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

Off her echo yell

CUT TO:

THE REAL WORLD
INT. DOGGETT'S LIVING ROOM

Alfredo is rolling on the ground laughing his arse off.

MONICA
That is not how it would
happen! I'd make the damn
shot and win an Olympic gold
medal for just me, not the team!

Doggett is holding his stomach, he is laughing so hard.

MONICA
Shut up you boys!

This only makes them laugh harder, Monica pouts and takes Buddy and holds him in her arms, dogs don't laugh when stupid boys are making fun of you, for no reason at all.

MONICA
(glaring at Doggett)
Well at least I didn't make a
Freudian slip and state I was
a male pair figure skater. Aren't
they gay or something?

Doggett stops laughing... did he really state that?

MONICA
Hmmm... how would that competition go?

Alfredo is suddenly interested in this new Monica story about Doggett as a figure skater...

FADE BACK INTO:

LALA LAND
INT. SALT LAKE ICE CENTER

It is the night of the pair figure skating final. Canadians Jamie Sale and David Pelletier have just skated the skate of their lives, they are taking their bow and the crowd hasn't quieted since the last beat of their music. As Jamie and David exit the ice, John Doggett and Dana Scully take the ice, wearing pink outfits. The Canadians receive excellent marks, Doggett and Scully take to center ice in their first position, their music starts.

Throughout the program, Doggett and Scully are perfect, great jumps, great spins and great lifts. Their music ends and they enjoy their Olympic moment. Doggett is jumping up and down full of joy, he is looking rather gay... Scully hugs him and he pushes her off of him, shakes his finger at her, his partner knows he doesn't like to be hugged by women.

They skate off the ice and wait for their marks in the Kiss & Cry. Their marks come up, despite how well they skated they aren't even podium marks, must be a fix. Doggett starts to bawl and make funny hand motions at the camera, he is expressing his disappointment with the judges marks. Scully is trying to comfort him, but he keeps pushing her away. As they go backstage, he goes up and hugs a fellow man figure skater that is there.

FADE TO:

INT. DOGGETT'S LIVING ROOM - REAL WORLD

Doggett is sitting there with a dumb expression on his face. Monica is smirking and Alfredo is trying his best not to laugh.

DOGGETT
Monica!

MONICA
Ha! That's what you get
for making me loose a gold medal!

ALFREDO
Don't worry Mon', I'll share
one of my gold medals with you
if you go with me to have a good
time at Disney World.

He gives her a charming smile.

MONICA
Thank you, Robert.

Monica leans over and gives Alfredo a hug, he smiles and hugs her back.

ALFREDO
See, I'm not a mean person
like John here.

MONICA
Yeah, you're the nicest guy
in the world.

ALFREDO
I am, aren't I?

MONICA
You sure are, you deserve
an Olympic gold medal just
for being you.

Their hug tightens, Doggett rolls his eyes.

DOGGETT
You guys make me ill.

Doggett stands up and takes his empty beer cans to his box for recycling.

DOGGETT
I'm going to bed now, I
suggest you do the same Mon',
especially if you want to get
up early tomorrow to start your
recording of the Games.

Doggett starts heading upstairs.

DOGGETT
I see you brought over about
thirty something blank tapes.
I'm guessing you are going to
use my VCR like you did during
Sydney... anyway you're not listening.
Goodnight.

Doggett disappears, leaving Monica and Alfredo hugging, they start laughing at Doggett and his ramblings.

Off their laughs:

FADE OUT:

THE END.

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