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