WeSad

Commercial Opening:

INT. BEDROOM
A 32 year old WOMAN at her desk- AirPods in- having a zoom call on her laptop with her Therapist. They’re mid convo.

COMMERCIAL (V.O.)
Do you feel uncomfortable about
therapy going remote?

Woman tries to situate her laptop so that it doesn’t show too much of her room- in the process, her AirPods disconnect.

THERAPIST (very loudly)
So you’re having dreams where you
murder your roommate again?

Woman looks frantically at door. She desperately tries to reconnect AirPods.

COMMERCIAL (V.O.)
Hard to find privacy in your own home?

The audio says "connecting to Living Room Alexa". Therapist looks over the patients file.

THERAPIST
Do you think it’s because they remind
you of your controlling mother?

INT. LIVING ROOM
Shot of Alexa.

THERAPIST (via Alexa)
Oh, your roommate is your mother.

Pan to Woman’s MOM and DAD on the couch, Mom clearly shocked and upset.

INT. WOMAN’S BEDROOM
We now see the bedroom of Woman is her childhood room.

COMMERCIAL (V.O.)
Is it especially hard since downsizing?

Woman manages to get the audio back to computer. On the other end, we hear Therapist’s Partner.

THERAPIST’S PARTNER
Is that your 32 year old patient?
She lives with her parents?!

Therapist tries to make the “cut it out”/ shaking head sign to her husband who continues to come onto screen, eating cereal.

THERAPIST’S PARTNER
Ya that’s her….
The one with extreme social anxiety.

He waves to Woman. Woman sinks into her chair.

COMMERCIAL (V.O.)
There just aren’t enough boundaries
in a home environment.

THERAPIST’S PARTNER
Tell her to get a job.

EXT. BEDROOM- HALLWAY
Woman’s parents listen to appointment with ears to the door. Dad mouths “amen”.

INT. WEWORK TYPE PLACE
A shared workspace but set up like a therapy office with a waiting room and private rooms to go into.

COMMERCIAL (V.O.)
Presenting: WeSad.
A place where you can take your therapy
appointments out of the house.

Show the waiting room- PATIENT 1 alone. PATIENT 2 walks in. They nod at each other and sit as far apart as possible.

COMMERCIAL (V.O.)
Do you miss the awkward acknowledgment
of your fellow Neurodivergents?

Patient 1 looks at a poster of a sad cartoon bird in the rain.

COMMERCIAL (V.O.)
Do you miss the corny posters?

Patient 2 looks at a poster that says: “Tony Soprano did it, so can YOU”

INT. MALE BEDROOM
INSOMNIA GUY is doing a remote therapy appointment on IPad.

THERAPIST 2
Are you following basic sleep hygiene?
No screens in bed…

INSOMNIA GUY
Definitely.

Zoom out to see he is in bed taking an appointment.

COMMERCIAL (V.O.)
Do you need a push to get out of your house
and put on pants?

INT. HOME
A really intense remote therapy appointment basically mimicking the Good Will Hunting “it’s not your fault scene” but neither the patient nor the therapist are wearing pants.

INT. WESAD
Therapy rooms- a patient sits at a table; a therapist appears on screen.

COMMERCIAL (V.O.)
We offer sound proof rooms and an easy
system for both you…

INT. HOME
Patient 1 takes an appointment from the only small private space in their house. They’ve set up a contraption out of household items to hold their phone up.

PATIENT 1
Now it’s showing me your screen.

COMMERCIAL (V.O.)
… And your therapist.

The therapist’s screen shows them playing solitaire.

INT. WESAD
An efficient pharmacy area with no lines.

COMMERCIAL (V.O.)
We have partnered with a pharmacy
so that you can pick up your pills right after
your appointment. Because the red tape
of getting mental health medication whilst
you can barely get out of bed is an abomination!

INT. LIVING ROOM
Woman’s Mom enters with a CVS bag and hands stuff to Woman.

WOMAN’S MOM
I got you that shampoo you like… and picked up
your fucking SSRI’S since I’m SO controlling.

INT. HOME OFFICE SPACE
Patient 2 nods solemnly to her therapist then clicks out of zoom. She blows her nose then opens a different zoom.

COMMERCIAL (V.O.)
Miss your commute back from therapy as
a chance to pull yourself together?

PATIENT 2
The numbers are looking really solid.

Patient 2 is on a work zoom with red eyes/ half crying.

INT. WESAD
INSOMNIA FEMALE walks into a “cool down room”.

COMMERCIAL (V.O.)
We’ve got you covered!

Insomnia Female exits room, new pep in her step as she goes to the snack area.

COMMERCIAL (V.O.)
We offer snacks and DECAF tea.

The basket of snacks says “food is not a coping mechanism”. Insomnia Female goes to get tea and bumps into Insomnia Male- like a rom com meet cute.

INSOMNIA MALE
Crippling Insomnia?

Insomnia Female patient tucks her hair behind her ear and smiles softly. They lock eyes- dramatic bags under them.

INSOMNIA FEMALE (nodding)
Crippling Insomnia.

A “normie” walks by on the phone grabbing a snack and passing patients dressed in sweats while he’s in work clothes.

COMMERCIAL (V.O.)
At WeSad we encourage comfort…

INT. THERAPY ROOM
Normie enters, too busy to realize he’s not at a WeWork.

COMMERCIAL (V.O.)
And patients at any stage.

NORMIE
I gotta get this presentation done or
I’m screwed.

Normie gets off the phone and opens his laptop. His head is down so thinks the voice talking is another worker.

VOICE
How does that make you feel?

NORMIE
Pretty nervous.

THERAPIST
Do you think that’s due to society’s pressure
to keep up with grind culture
or do you have a fear of failure?

Normie looks up and see’s therapist. He closes laptop- fully invested in the therapy.

PROMOTIONAL SHOT
WeSad logo/ typical commercial information.

COMMERCIAL (V.O.)
WeSad. Where We Work… on ourselves.

NEXT SLIDE reads: now offering couple’s counseling.

INT. LIVING ROOM
Woman is seemingly happy. The Alexa turns on connecting to her parents remote couples counseling.

THERAPIST (via Alexa)
You need to forgive her for the affair.
It was 33 years ago.

Woman’s mouth drops open.

FADE OUT.