PART 11（1/1）
ext. ikes car - country road - night
ike and maggie stare forh seem in melancholy moods.
to sense trouble here. suddenly,
ters and jerks. it so a stop on the shoulder of
the car backfires and smokes.
ext. ikes car - country road - night
ike and maggie sit in teaming car for a moment.
maggie
your filters clogged. takes
unleaded.
ike
can you fix it?
maggie
first i o find some tools. i
need a enth.
ike
(removing his glasses)
of w?
maggie
(in amazement)
renc one.
maggie slams the food closed.
ike
kind of isolated.
maggie
yeas kind of nice.
an uncomfortable silent pause. ike breaks t.
ike
thing we new yorkers know
o do is heres no
cab, we walk.
ike stares off does a building in
tance, tus off ts.
maggie
i can get some tools over there.... and
save ttery... thing
ry girls kno
across a field. its quicker.
maggie points diagonally across to ion
sign glos from ter winkle.
o the field.
maggie (contd)
be careful of snakes.
ike
snakes? are you serious? i dont like
snakes. ive never even seen a snake.
eps carefully into toward maggie.
moments later
maggie leads ike through a cofield.
maggie
do you t
person for everybody?
ike chooses his words carefully.
ike
no. but i ttraction is too
often mistaken for rightness.
attraction is very misleading. and if
its mutual, its erribly
distracting.
maggie
yes it is. and it doesnt mean
anything.
ike nods as to a wooden fence. ss her hand on
s s to give her a
boost over top. e see tanding cross
maggies face at tial contact. neithem moves --
for tricity is obvious.
angle on: ike. ed feelings are apparent. ith
difficulty, maggie straigh quickly remove
their hands.
maggie (contd)
(lightly)
i suddenly forgot o climb a fence.
t eac, then:
maggie and ike
(breaking the
moment jokingly)
“tools“.
shey see
an old guy, lionel, wtling on a porch.
maggie (contd)
lionel, can i borroools?
ike
yeah, we need a half and nine-
sixteenths.
lionel
gonna bust out of another wedding?
ike
youre sure well known around here.
ext. fis day
establis.
int. fischen (nyc) - day
int. ikes el room - day
intercut beteen to locations:
ike sits on ing his
breakfast. cape again. fisher
is cooking an elaborate breakfast. ellie rusting
ready for work. o ike.
fisher
(into phone)
yes, she may
be running because ss attention...
negative attention is attention.
like
because of your column, ts negative
attention.
ike (v.o.)
t ive attention,
not mine. did you get the
reimbursement for t?
fisher
(into phone)
no, im paying for the dress. do you
till gonna run?
ike (v.o.)
i dont know.
ellie enters tcion and shakes her head
to up.
int. ikes el room - continuous
very o gloat. fisher is annoying him.
ike
(into phone)
look -- ill be in ter today.
ill come by and tell you all about it.
fisher (v.o.)
youre coming here?
ike
(into phone)
yeah.
fisher (v.o.)
then come for dinner.
ike
(into phone)
okay, .
fisher (v.o.)
order out like a pine, when you
got t here?...
ike che george swilling wedding
video.
int. ne york bar - day
the same man
ike talked to before, is sitting on a stool, nursing his drink.
ter. ike enters. george looks up and recognizes
ike, ool next to him.
ike
get this man a kamikaze.
george
splendid dissection of maggie carpenter,
very professional job.
ike sits and leans over to george.
ike
(whispers)
you could old me you were fiance
number three.
george
and end up in the papers? ive been
ed enougo last a
lifetime, t
you canned.
ike
thanks.
george
sradictions.
ike
ell, im ing anoticle on
the cacophony.
george
a stay away from her, can you?
like a moto a flame.
ike
guess youd kno t. youre an
entomologist, right? hows business?
george
(taking a sip
of his drink)
not bad. i raveling around
studying tive and migratory
pattes of locusts w me.
ike
(sarcastic)
neuter a locust, feed the world.
gorge
not t africa and china.
ike his
guy under .
george (contd)
you knohe only girl i
ever met ula.
on t date.
ike (contd)
so, tell me, george, whink
she ran?
george
same as you said. did you call
;man-eater“, “a devouring death
goddess.“
ike
i dont ts why she ran.
george
hink she ran?
ike sips his drink before answering.
ike
i dont kno. i
rack.
george
and you defending her?
ike
no. i call it like i see it. im a
joualist. im a truteller.
george
unbelievable, s to you.
ike
oh, please!
gorge
join the club.
(passing him
his drink)
han me.
george .
ike
(protecting, taking
ape recorder
out of )
im ing an article, im getting
paid to do ts going to be a
cover story, its going to be published
... ts will be read someday.
as george pauses in tape recorder.
ike (contd)
kind of eggs did she like?
george
poac like me.
george exits.
cut to:
ext. ne york street/fisher and ellies building - day
ike reet toward ellie and fisher.
cut to:
int. fisment (nyc) - night
ellie is on ters s at
the piano.
fisher
(sarcastically)
overpriced nice apartment and chinese
takeout. ts new york living.
ellie
(into phone)
... just call me w.
(o fisher)
ike, ory coming? is she a
man-eater?
fisher
or a vegetarian?
ellie
or does s;ngbs“ -- “nice guys,
but...“ nice guys, but im cheap.
nice guys, but h his mom...
nice guys, but out of prison.
ike
no... teresting guys. each
one of thing going
for .
anot. ones a
pretty good guitar player. and this
guy today tried to end world hunger, if
you can believe t...
fisher
ting a complex, buddy?
ellie
fis alk.
ike
(sits)
but one of t one of
t all. each one was
convinced t s for them,
but t see her. and she never
s see her.
its a very symbolic thing happening.
s sed
to be.
fis like t ellie, who
is looking very interested.
fisher
(in shock)
ike is tuing sensitive and i cant
bear to co make a
fres of tea.
ts. ike goes to the piano as ellie
picks up the phone.
ellie
(into phone)
yeah... oh, jay... okay... bye.
(o fisher)
fis forget tune
cookies.
s ts serious.
ike
is t o you? is t
see
you?
ellie
no. no, you didnt.
he hugs her.
ike
(felt)
ell -- im sorry, im really sorry,
ellie.
ellie
im sorry, too.
(beat)
o only took us between years
to say.
ellie blinks back sentimental tears.
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