The Royal Tenenbaums · written by Wes Anderson & Owen Wilson · 2001

Royal follows Chas upstairs and asks to meet Ari and Uzi, but Chas refuses and walks away.

Scene 50 of 143 · ≈ 1 min on screen · First scene of act two

Royal
Chas

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The story so farBefore scene 50

After losing his hotel room, Royal claims he has only weeks to live so he can move back in with his estranged family; as the truth unravels, he must find a way to be useful and earn a place in their lives.

Scenes 1–39
Royal is absent from the children’s adult lives, and their family remains shaped by his betrayals and abandonment.
Scenes 40–47
Royal wants a path back to Etheline and the children, and claims impending death will give him one.
Just before
Scene 47
At dawn, Richie frees Mordecai from the rooftop coop and eats breakfast while reading Margot’s plays.
Scene 48
Royal arrives at the house in a bathrobe and greets Pagoda, preparing to face the family.
Scene 49
Royal tells his children he wants to repair the family; Chas rejects him, and Royal invites them to visit his mother’s grave.
Scene 50
This scene

50INT. STAIRWAY. EVENING.

Chas is already half-way to the second floor as Royal appears at the bottom of the steps.

ROYAL

Chas?

Chas stops. He looks down to Royal.

ROYAL (CONT’D)

May I see my grandsons?

CHAS

Why?

ROYAL

Because I’d like to finally meet them.

Chas scoffs at the idea and shakes his head.

ROYAL (CONT’D)

Don’t give me that guff.

CHAS

I think we’ll pass.

Chas walks away up the stairs. There is a clean square and a hook on the wall in the stairwell, as if something has been removed. Royal frowns. He yells toward the kitchen:

ROYAL

Pagoda! Where’s my javelina?