grandma julia
s
ts good.
maggie he cheek.
maggie
s for lunch?
grandma julia
turkey and cheese.
alter
her and i were
t opening a
museum.
alter laughs.
maggie
stop!
alter looks at er in surprise. hes never heard a
tone like this in her voice before.
alter
?
maggie
(quiet fury)
just stop it. dont say another word
like t.
alter
(putting dohe oranges)
maggie, its just a joke...
maggie
no. its my life.
alter
a harmless joke.
maggie
no, its ing and youve been
doing it since i
like it. stop. you may not like
er
guess like having a
fatime. ill
eat in my room.
maggie takes a plate and exits.
grandma julia
t needed to be said. you know --
youre al her,
so t make jokes about your
drinking.
alter reacts.
cut to:
int. ikes apartment - day
ike goes out on errace. ball. it
doesnt bounce. s on teps of tio an stares.
cut to:
int. maggies orkroom/gym - day
maggie is kickboxing.
cut to:
int. maggies orkroom/gym - another day
maggie is a bit melancholy as she works on her lamps.
cut to:
int. ikes apartment - another day
ike quietly sits in bed ing and staring into space thinking.
sits on the windowsill.
cut to:
int. maggies orkroom/gym - night
maggie jumps rope barefooted late at night.
maggie
i need a plan... a plan to life...
would bruce lee do? hed kick some
ass...
cut to:
int. maggies kitchen - day
maggie in front of plates full of all sorts of types of eggs --
scrambled, poac, soft boiled, etc
-- sits on tcer. sies them all.
ext. ne york street - day
establis. try to fix taxi
outside taurant.
cut to:
ext. ne york street - dusk
eke -s vendor, goes into a subation.
ext. anotreet - dusk
ike crosses a busy street wed. ike is
passing t;millennium ore“.
tops and looks again. the window
display is made up of an assortment of maggies lamps. logo
“mag“ is on them. he smiles and walks on.
ext. central park reservoir - dusk
ike stares out at er as he walks.
ext. ikes apartment building - night
ike reet, enters his building.
int. ikes apartment - night
ike opens to ment and flicks on ts. he
crosses to in t. in t mirror, he
sees and is stunned to find: maggie, sitting on the couch
alics, t.
maggie
hello, ike.
and crosses to his desk.
ike
dont tell me. my doorman is one of
your many admires... i knew i should
ter cmas gift.
maggie smiles tenuously. stle terrified.
maggie
ive been making friends .
(then)
is it okay t im here?
ike
i dont ter
no i cant speak for
italics.
(to cat)
traitor!
o tchen.
maggie
i dont blame you for being mad...
ike looks at ly t;mad“ is an understatement.
maggie (contd)
... or... furious.
ike looks at her again.
maggie (contd)
... irate? livid? ?
arts putting cat food in a bo leaves maggies
side and starts to east.
ike
livid is good. so , maggie?
you here on business? i saw your lamps.
terrific.
maggie
its someted to do.
ike leaves tcus on ts and re-enters
the balcony.
ike
you actually could make breaking and
entering into a new career.
(after opening
the glass doors)
so, w are you doing here?
maggie
i ed to talk to you about why i run
or ride ahings.
ike moves aeps near the balcony
ening.