EXt. CINUING
Maggie flies toruck at next leaving.
ANOthER ANGLE:
Shers her dress and jumps in as Ike yells from window,
t onto truck starts to
pull away.
IKE
Maggie!
Maggie looks back once, tearful and regretful, and disappears
inside truck. truck races off.
tOGRAPurn their cameras on Ike, en masse. he is
enveloped by a barrage of brigs.
Ellie and Fisepped outside on c
steps, are looking around as Ike turns around the corner and
past the church.
ELLIE
Look, er her.
FIShER
Look, ty good shape.
ELLIE
Poor Ike.
ter truck and cruck
dohe church.
IKE
(running; yells)
Maggie!
ELLIE
hink shes going?
FIShER
is, sen-
ty tomorrow.
Cindy, Cory, Peggy and Meredit of the church and
comment on Maggies runaill
cruck, yelling:
IKE
Maggie!
As truck rounds the road and disappears, Ike
stops and stares alone after truck. A swarm of
REPORtERS catco ures and asking
questions. Anot to:
A NESPAPER PO
Of Ikes stunned face on today. tion
reads: quot; and Run: Runarikes againquot;. And we see
her papers.
quot;MAGGIES MAD DAS;
quot;S AND BOLtSquot;
quot;JOURNALISt RIttEN OFFquot;
quot;BRIDE tAKES IKEquot;
quot;BRIDE tAKE RIDEquot;
quot;MAGGIE SAYS I DONtquot;
NESPAPER MONtAGE:
INt. NE YORK BAR - DAY
Kevin, tender, reads Jays column, in today
entitled quot;Maggies Mad Das;.
CUt tO:
EXt. USA tODAY LOADING DOCK - DAY
Various nehe USA
today entitled quot;Maggie Mad Das; and quot;s
and Boltsquot; in another newspaper.
FADE IN
EXt. MAIN StREEt/ (1-5 MONtER)
Its a nighe regular order of
tored on its quaint streets. Quartet sings
in front of tel. LEE AND CORY C where Peggy
is.
INt. ORE - NIGht
Maggie is sitting, end of a long day. Peggy sticks her head in
entrance door.
PEGGY
You okay? Im closing.
MAGGIE
Im just finisoo.
PEGGY
ant to go to Butchs for a drink or
something?
MAGGIE
(interrupting)
No, Im just going to head home.
PEGGY
Okay.
Peggy starts to go, to Maggie.
PEGGY (contd)
(stepping closer
and making a quot;Vquot;
h her fingers)
You kno t
t geese t;Vquot; was
;quot;. A quot;quot; for...
MAGGIE
are you talking about?
PEGGY
edding. edding.
(holding Maggies face)
You just o get t of your
ducks in a row.
MAGGIE
till t he
was....
PEGGY
Quick. Very quick.
Peggy exits. Maggie stares, losing . then a
VOICE startles her.
VOICE
(whispers)
Marry me, Maggie.
Maggie jumps and turns to see: DENNIS -- the high
scball team, popping up from a loion near the
counter.
MAGGIE
(softly)
hi, Dennis.
DENNIS
I am going to propose, you know. I
mean, t urn
eighteen.
MAGGIE
Youre s, Dennis. But youve got
to go. Im closing up. heres a candy
bar and one for your brother.
Dennis takes tarts to go.
DENNIS
Im not giving up. A person s
give up.
Dennis exits. Maggie is alone. Surns out the lamp she
designed, turns off the
counter and exits. e hold on Maggies designed lamp.
CUt tO:
INt. IKES MENt - NIGht
Ike o his door, carrying his mail and a bag of
carryout. o ment. he
pets Italics, aking off his
coat, o o
about marriage and divorce.
CUt tO:
INt. MAGGIES hOUSE - DAY
Dad and Grandma Julia are there. Grandma is making lunch.
alter is juggling oranges. the
kitcer.
ALtER
ts Maggie. home for lunch.
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 orequot;.
tops and looks again. the window
display is made up of an assortment of Maggies lamps. Logo
quot;MAGquot; 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;madquot; 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 tcurns 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.