Beginnings Script Extended and Deleted Scenes - Trivia of the Week

Despite the script being the Revised Final Draft there are a number of changes that were made before filming. Firstly the character of Susan is called Simon Jr in the script. Then the Character of Stephanie Harrison was originally called Gayle Hereford, this was then changed to Stephanie Hereford. 

It's strange because the script lapses a couple of times and refers to Stephanie as Gayle. One page mentions her by both names on 2 different lines.

The opening dialogue between Danny and Doris is different to the episode. Comparing the original script to the revised script and then the episode they went through a number of options for the plays Danny and Doris had to choose from.  


Original Script:

 Revised Final draft:

The scene where Bruno asks Mrs Berg where Mr Shorofsky is, is longer in the script and in the original it is Julie Bruno asks not Mrs Berg.

 The scene in the teachers lounge where Ann asks Lydia to talk to Stephanie is also extended.

And in the same scene there is a couple of lines of dialogue between Lydia and Sherwood that is edited out of the episode where Lydia says Shorofsky should do what she does with her paperwork.

There is a whole scene in the Park with Leroy and Stephanie that is edited from the episode. 

When Ann reads out the dancers names who have been selected for the show, they are different in the script. In the episode they have gone with the dancers real names or  variations of them.

The scene where Lydia catches Danny selling Susan and elevator ticket is extended.