maggie
(ss over the music)
listen, gill -- ter
whos ben making my life a living hell
... if talk to
ever yo do....
(crosses to gill)
... dont s picture of me
at t in san francisco --
suddenly, a loud ces from the car overhead.
maggie (contd)
?
maggie stops gill from playing. ss her ex an angry glare
and moves a lever on the car descends.
gill
e to san francisco twice.
remember one time ire...
ure?
as t slohe car is lowered, revealing ike
sitting in t. he
pograph hes holding.
ike
(feigning shock)
imagine! maggie carpenter topless in a
public arena.
(co again)
and i see the air.
maggie so, but ike is faster at pulling it away.
maggie
give me t!
ike
but t interesting thing here is
t i dont see tattoo t
ive on your back.
gill takes off ar and sets it down.
gill
ike bet me fifty bucks you dont still
, mags. i said “youre on, man!
maggie loved t t; and i could
really use fifty bucks.
maggie is conspicuously silent.
gill (contd)
(looking worried)
mags?
maggie
im not gonna shing.
i am a soon-to-be-married woman. now
give me t pograph.
maggie seethes.
ike
sure, i o give to you.
just give us one quick gander at t
rose, and, ill gladly over.
sries to grab to again. ike pulls it away.
maggie
fine. here.
maggie quickly tus around and pulls do,
revealing top of ine expanse of skin. no
tattoo.
maggie (contd)
(tuing back around)
satisfied?
ike
completely.
gill is still trying to grasp this.
gill
maggie? you got it removed?
ike
gill, ill go ya double or nothing if
ick-on.
gill
(dismayed)
maggie?
maggie
(admitting)
im really, really afraid of needles...
it doesnt make me a bad person.
ike laug ically
pulls do of -s.
gill
look.
t is on gills c: tattoo. maggie sighs,
pained. gill s to ike. ike looks at tattoo. he
s maggie.
ike
(sincerely)
look, look, man. i the man is
broken.
maggie
!
maggie moves to
to from ike and exits.
gill
i think i am.
gill grabs ar and sits.
gill (contd)
would jerry do?
t stops moving. ike leans out.
ike
jerry. hed play. hed play... jerry
.
ike sings and taps along in tempo on the car as gill
sings and plays “ripple“.
cut to:
ext. el porc day, saturday moing
as maggie drives into toh
sruments as
a blues band. ike is not bad on slide guitar. they all like
ike.
maggie “c; h peggy and moves on.
ext. softball field - later t day
close on:
tcball. a bat connects.
ne angle:
a big s
out ting as umpire, yells, “safe!“ happy,
cory tus to tands and waves.
angle on:
maggie and peggy, cries to whoop harder
t t ough. from firs base, cory waves
back to t back doakes back
up ion. maggie is still al steamed up.
maggie
okay, alk about
my life noo tu
t tattoo stuff into a big deal --
t i gill,
blaotally out to get me.
peggy
for w reason? some personal
satisfaction?
maggie
ts w if hinks
t i dont realize ing
anoticle, t.
peggy
its probably because you got him fired.
maggie
(sarcastic)
ya think?
peggy
not t deserve to get