INt. AtLANtIC EL - S LAtER
Maggie owards Ikes room, c no one sees her and
enters.
INt. IKES EL ROOM - CONtINUOUS
Maggie lets room and turns on ts
on. Ss on audio cassette on the door. She
te up to t to read tten
label. It says quot;Miles Davisquot; on it. Ss tape. She
o the living room.
MAGGIES POV:
Ike -its on a framed picture, using the frame as a
bulletin board. Post-it notes lay out tion he has
gats quot;Mot;
deceased, sub;alterquot; and t;Brianquot;,
quot;Gillquot;, and quot;Bobquot;. Maggie smiles and shakes her head. She rips
one post-it do to herself.
MAGGIE
(reads)
quot; all to
propose? S t beautiful.quot;
(snorts)
Bite me, paper boy.
S-it off ture frame.
MAGGIE (contd)
(as sakes post-its)
Rude...
S and furious, them in
her shoulder bag.
INt. AtLANtIC EL INUING
Ike comes doo be shined.
BACK INSIDE thE ROOM
Maggie, looking around, discovers the
coffee table and grabs t, too.
MAGGIE (contd)
thief!
to
ts and locks t as Ike enters,
antly knohing
is up. es gone and a glimpse of Maggie as she
closes teaming. A BUMP sounds from
to tries the handle.
Its locked. arts to pound on the door.
IKE
All righere...
You steal my research... Youre messing
amendment now. Open up.
Open up. You got no place to go.
INt. IKES EL BAtINUING
Ikes rying to open t
bats stuck. Shtub,
opens t arts to climb out.
IKE
I to have a very serious discussion
o why youre such a pain in
the ass.
e throom door.
As Ike breaks in, o ter her.
EXt. IKES EL INDO - CONtINUOUS
IKE (contd)
ts breaking and entering. Ill call
the sheriff.
MAGGIE
You do t. And remind him hes
bringing to thanks.
She building and runs off.
Ikes neigs reading near his window.
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EXt. MAGGIES
Establishing.
INt. MAGGIES
CLOSE ON: A CASSEttE PLAYER. e see tten
label: quot;Miles Davis.quot; quot;Kind of Bluequot; plays as Maggie listens in
a c-its she
stole from Ikes room. e see as s;Fatwo-
fisted drinker,quot; quot;Peggy, best friend, but Peggy doesnt totally
trust Maggie,quot; quot;Bobquot; -- doesnt love him. Overwhelmed, she
finis note, leans back, puts up on
table, deep in the melancholy music.
t note on t to her chair.
It reads: quot;S;.
FADE tO BLACK.
FADE IN:
EXt. MAIN StREEt/BEAUtY PARLOR - NEXt DAY
Its early morning. Mrs. Pressman hands Peggy a cup of coffee
to go. Peggy o ty parlor, unlocks t door
and goes in.
INt. BEAUtY PARLOR - DAY
Peggy enters and starts about ies. Surns on
ts and turns and sees her friend, Maggie.
MAGGIE
Do you t h Cory?
Peggy stops in rack. Maggie is sitting curled up in a salon
c slept.
PEGGY
Good morning to you, too. You look good.
MAGGIE
t h
Cory?
PEGGY
Yes.
Maggie looks miserable.
MAGGIE
I dont mean it.
Peggy moves to th her cup of
coffee.
PEGGY
I knoimes you just
sort of spaz-out h random excess
flirtation energy and it just lands on
anyt moves.
MAGGIE
On anyt moves? As
opposed to anyt doesnt
move?
Peggy pours of its Styrofoam cup into a ceramic mug.
PEGGY
Like certain kinds of coral.
Peggy sits in t to Maggie.
MAGGIE
Im going to kill myself.
PEGGY
hy?
MAGGIE
Because you t;hey
man, cquot;.
PEGGY
(friendly)
No, I dont t;Im
cerious in a
even I dont understand and something
about me is crying out for protection
from a big man like youquot;. Very hard
to compete o us
married ery.
MAGGIE
But you lost your mystery!
Youre very mysterious!
PEGGY
No. Im erious
are t things.
MAGGIE
But Im weird.
PEGGY
No. Youre quirky. Quirky and weird
are t things.
MAGGIE
Peggy, tinct possibility
t I might be profoundly and
irreversibly scree t,
I love you and I can promise t I
h Cory, and I
beg your forgiveness.
Maggie looks ready to cry.
PEGGY
Im not you and Cory or
Cory and me or even t youre
irreversibly scre, Maggie,
youve been like this since we were
kids. And I t you are
a and t it s peoples
feelings, maybe its time to move on
to someone of
your own, like Bob, if he one.
MAGGIE
I t.
(then)
Is to make it
up to you?
PEGGY
Somet brings o my .
(pause)
Duckbill platypus.
MAGGIE
Its only funny at Camp Birc
t a tick .
Its not anymore.
Maggie makes laugh.
PEGGY
Youre rigs not funny now.
Maybe h grew up.
MAGGIE
thanks. ill you fix my hair?
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EXt. MAGGIES ER t MORNING
Maggie exits s on owards
town.
INt. IKES EL ROOM - LAtER t MORNING
Ike is still in bed. retches, and is
about to the
silence.
MAGGIE
Freeze. o those covers -- I
didnt come o see Ike Junior.
Maggie smiles c Ike from t of the bed. he
narrows her.
IKE
I take it the desk clerk is one of your
many admirers.
MAGGIE
(deadpan)
? Im not t beautiful.
Ike notices Maggie is wo coffees.
IKE
Coffee. Now.
Maggie to him.
MAGGIE
Youre es made
interesting bedtime reading -- if you
like trasion. Your observations
are distorted, ungrounded an incomplete.
You must be very proud.
IKE
Im not a boastful man. s your
point?
Ike puts a s on as Maggie speaks.
MAGGIE
My point is t one again, youre
getting it all
improve your reputation any, and its
not very flattering to me either. So,
Im going to give you a co e
truth.
IKE
Really.
Maggie turns away from him as he dresses.
MAGGIE
Ive decided to cooperate and let you
interview me.
(beat)
For a thousand bucks.
Ike clears as ands putting s on.
MAGGIE (contd)
I a big wedding and a killer dress
and for a grand I will answer all your
questions and let you follow me around.
Ike takes s
to the window.
IKE
My magazine doesnt pay because for
stories. Its not hical.
MAGGIE
O making up ts as you go
along is etually, I meant
you. You probably got severance or
expenses or botake your check.
No credit cards.
IKE
(to Maggie)
Youve seen t-its. Ive already
got more juicy material than I need.
hy should I pay you dollar one?
MAGGIE
Because I ting on spec
and person interview, you
migually sell t thing.
Ike knows s.
IKE
too much.
MAGGIE
Seven-fifty.
IKE
Five hundred.
MAGGIE
Six-fifty.
IKE
Done.
Sco t to her. Maggie
looks at it and smile sly.
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