aenemated

-- voiceover: previously on the hamiltons --

{a bittersweet christmas week wraps up with trent's oldest aunt buried 10 feet from his father and the rekindling of an old flame.}

{cut to scene at cemetery}

"fucking tragic -- a house fire! how could this happen?'
'when i go, have me stuffed. i wanna be in a ill fitting tuxedo holding a drink and a cigarette with 'my way' looping over and over again."

{camera zooms into trent's face -- stoic and contemplative as he stands over the grave of his father}

{cut to trent half dozing on the couch at his uncle's -- the sound of a cell phone breaks a silence}

"hello?"

"trent?"

{cut to a seedy, smokey bar -- the approach, the look of amazement, the embrace}

'i still love you'

{cut to a scene of domestic dispute -- the girl huddled under the mass of an oppressive boyfriend}

{cut to a scene in an upscale restaraunt -- trent and brandon disucssing the events as light funk plays in the background}

'i want her back, dude. i could be with her forever."

"what about ... ?"

{cell phone ringing against a black screenl}

"i want to see you again before you leave."

{the drive, the anticipation, two faces staring across a table}

"i fell in love with you the first time i saw you, before you even said a word."

"so you're coming?"

{an upward glance that says yes}

{quick cuts of the two faces -- staring; surreal looks of complacency, fear and lust}

-- and now, the hbo original series; the hamiltons --