I Saw A Mouse Run Across My Floor Once. Scared The Crap Out Of Me.

House Arrested: The series of shorts that take place in a house where all the tenants are sociopathic criminals under house arrest being watched over by the stern Officer Karp.
 

GORDON - Annoying, kind of snotty.

ANDRE - Large black guy, sensible. 

CONRAD - Shaved head, tattoos, asshole.

BENJAMIN - Normal, nice, guy next door.

JEREMY - Weird.

EPISODE 3: Mice are scary.

INT - KITCHEN

Conrad is walking in the kitchen with a plate of food when mouse skitters across the room and out the door. That mouse scares the shit out of Conrad, he drops his plate of food and screams. Gordon and Benjamin run in to see what happened.

CONRAD

HOLY SHIT!

BENJAMIN

What? What happened?

CONRAD

I saw a mouse.

GORDON
(Condescendingly)
You're scared of mice.

CONRAD
Have you ever seen a mouse skitter across the floor when you're not expecting it? There's just something about it that makes your skin jump. It's horrifying.

Benjamin sees something and screams.

BENJAMIN
AHHHHHH!!!

GORDON
ARRRHHHHH!!

CONRAD
AAAAAHHH!!

GORDON
What are you screaming at?

BENJAMIN
That.
(pointing to something off camera)

GORDON
That shoe?

BENJAMIN
Sorry.

CONRAD
Don't do that again!

Beat 

The mouse skitters across the doorway. All three men scream.

BENJAMIN

ARRRGG!!!

GORDON

ARRRGGG!!!

CONRAD

ARRRGGG!!!!

The three catch their breath and lock their eyes, they know they have a serious problem.

Suddenly Jeremy jumps into the doorway from the hall.

JEREMY

BOO!

No one reacts, they all just look at him. Jeremy's smile deflates.

ANDRE

(voice from off camera)

ARRRRRGGGG!!!

WHAT WAS THAT?

WHAT WAS THAT?

He saw the mouse.

CONT'D...