Enough Said Page #5

Sarah flops down on the couch, picking up a decorating

magazine.

Sarah’s maid CATHY, 30 and Hispanic, walks by straightening

up.

EVA (CONT’D)

What’s she doing here?

SARAH:

(talking quietly)

You have no idea. Will refused to fire

her so I let it go for a while hoping

she’d just get better, but she got worse.

She even seemed like she wanted to be

fired cuz she was doing such stupid

things.

EVA:

Well, good.

SARAH:

So I fired her and she started crying.

And then I started crying and then we

were hugging and then I hired her back.

EVA:

You’re nice.

SARAH:

Right? Some people might think that I’m

compassionate or soft hearted or

whatever, but Will just thinks I’m a

baby. He wants me to fire her again as a

learning experience.

EVA:

Jesus.

SARAH:

That’s our relationship, right there.

EVA:

Oh come on, it’s so much more than that.

SARAH:

Whatever. He’s an jerk. He was a middle

child and never got enough fried chicken

at the dinner table and thinks everything

has to be fair.

Cathy appears.

ENOUGH SAID 34

CATHY:

Mrs. Sarah. Where do you want me to put

this? It was in the bathroom.

She holds up a ping pong paddle.

SARAH:

Outside? With the ping pong table.

CATHY:

Okay, no problem.

She goes off and the two share a smile.

EXT. EVA’S HOUSE - NIGHT

Albert’s car is parked behind Eva’s in the driveway.

INT. EVA’S BEDROOM - MORNING

Albert and Eva, only half awake, are sitting up in bed. Eva’s

mouth is wide open and Albert is looking inside it.

ALBERT:

I’ve never actually seen wisdom teeth. I

didn’t think anyone had them. You have a

lot of fillings.

EVA:

Do they look like the mercury kind?

ALBERT:

No. Just normal fillings and a couple of

crowns.

Eva closes her mouth.

EVA:

Okay, your turn.

ALBERT:

No.

EVA:

Come on.

(seductive)

Open your mouth.

ENOUGH SAID 35

ALBERT:

Make me.

She kisses him and he immediately opens up.

EVA:

You’re missing a tooth!

ALBERT:

I am.

EVA:

It’s way back there. You can’t see it.

ALBERT:

I’ve got to get some kind of hideous bone

graft and it costs a fortune and I’ve

been putting it off.

EVA:

Yeah, my grandma Dee Dee had that.

ALBERT:

Exactly. Grandma Dee Dee. Thank you for

that.

They kiss when suddenly they hear footsteps.

EVA:

Huh?

Chloe is standing at the bedroom door.

CHLOE:

Oh my god I’m so sorry.

EVA:

Hi honey.

CHLOE:

I didn’t know...

EVA:

This is Chloe, Ellen’s best friend. This

is Albert.

ALBERT:

Hi.

CHLOE:

Ellen didn’t answer my texts so I thought

she was sleeping.

ENOUGH SAID 36

EVA:

She’s at her dad’s. You okay?

CHLOE:

Yeah, I just wanted to go out to

breakfast.

EVA:

(turning to Albert)

You hungry?

INT. KITCHEN - A BIT LATER

Albert, Eva and Chloe are eating breakfast.

CHLOE:

So if I tell you a day and a year you’ll

know what was on?

ALBERT:

Shoot.

CHLOE:

That’s crazy! No way.

(beat)

1975, channel 4.

ALBERT:

What time?

EVA:

Oh, come on.

CHLOE:

Saturday morning.

ALBERT:

Woody Woodpecker, then Pink Panther then

McDuff The Talking Dog - I didn’t like it

but watched it anyway, Monster Squad -

Land of the Lost and then Big John,

Little John, which was like “Big” only

weirder.

CHLOE:

And I thought I watched a lot of TV.

ALBERT:

I really looked forward to the line up.

ENOUGH SAID 37

EVA:

What, were you rejected as a child?

ALBERT:

Well, I was kind of raised like a veal. I

was put in a dark room and fed and told

not to move.

They crack up.

INT. HOLLYWOOD APARTMENT - DAY

Eva is giving the guy with bad breath, Martin, a massage. She

mouth breaths as he lies on his back, mouth gaping.

INT. BRENTWOOD HOUSE - DAY

The chatterbox is lying on her back as Eva works on her leg.

CYNTHIA:

So I said ‘I guess that means you don’t

like it’ and she says ‘no, I just might

want another size’ but it was definitely

her size because she’s petite and big on

the top but the thing is I bought it at

Nordstrom Rack but I put it in a Neiman

Marcus box...

EXT. YOUNG MAN’S HOUSE - DAY

At the house where the guy doesn’t help her - Eva is pulling

her massage table up the stairs.

EVA:

(to herself)

That’s right, don’t open the door.

Pretend you don’t know I’m here...

ENOUGH SAID 38

INT. AMERICAN LIBRARY OF CULTURAL HISTORY - DAY

They walk among the stacks of scripts and audio/video stuff.

ALBERT:

We have the most comprehensive collection

of television shows from 1947 to the

present. I make sure things are

transferred properly, logged properly. I

write blurbs for them, try to make them

sound relevant and exciting in case

someone younger than fifty wants to put

down their phone and see something

original and brilliant.

EVA:

Like what?

ALBERT:

Like Jack Benny. Or Sid Caesar. Or Dinah

Shore. You wouldn’t believe the guests

she had on - Betty Grable, Frank Sinatra,

Ella Fitzgerald.

EVA:

So cool.

ALBERT:

It is. I kind of love it. And if it’s a

slow day I get to go downstairs watch a

couple episodes of ‘What’s Happening?’

She laughs and they have a kiss.

INT. HALLWAY - LATER

They approach an open office door.

ALBERT:

This is my office. That’s Bob.

Bob looks up from his desk.

BOB:

Hey.

EVA:

Hey.

BOB:

Hey.

ENOUGH SAID 39

INT. LIBRARY/VIEWING ROOM - DAY

They walk into the room where people are watching things of

video monitors. Eva admires some memorabilia that is placed

behind glass.

EVA:

Oh, remember Flipper? I always wanted a

dolphin as a child.

ALBERT:

That’s a lot of work.

Suddenly they hear what sounds like a PERSON quietly crying.

EVA:

(whispering)

What is that?

ALBERT:

I think it’s somebody watching something.

It happens sometimes.

Albert Peeks around to see what THE CRYING GUY is looking at.

ALBERT (CONT’D)

Taxi.

EVA:

Really?

ALBERT:

It’s probably the one where Alex’s dog

died.

(beat)

You hungry?

EXT. THE BRICK HOUSE - LATER

Eva and Albert stand out front of a burger joint.

ALBERT:

And here she is, right on time.

TESS, 18 and lovely, approaches from across the street.

TESS:

Hi Dad!

ENOUGH SAID 40

ALBERT:

(they hug)

Tess, this is Eva. Eva, Tess.

EVA:

It’s so nice to meet you.

TESS:

You, too!

ALBERT:

So...

He gestures that they should enter the restaurant.

TESS:

(disgusted)

Seriously.

ALBERT:

They have great chili.

EVA:

I love chili.

TESS:

Have you ever been to Lily’s? It’s like,

around the corner.

ALBERT:

(beat)

Lily’s it is.

INT. LILY’S - DAY

The three eat lunch in the upscale restaurant. Albert eats a

steak while Tess and Eva have salads.

TESS:

I’ll be studying fashion design.

EVA:

Well, obviously you have great taste.

TESS:

Thank you.

ALBERT:

(to Tess)

Eva has a daughter just starting college

too.

ENOUGH SAID 41

EVA:

She’s going to Sarah Lawrence. English

and History. She loves History. But I

think she wants to be a writer.

TESS:

God, Sarah Lawrence is not what it used

to be.

(beat)

I mean, I’m sure it’s still good, it’s

just gone downhill a lot in the last few

years. Some of my - let’s just say - not

so smart friends - just got in. I was

shocked.

EVA:

Uh huh.

ALBERT:

I’m sure some very smart people go there.

TESS:

I know. I’m just saying.

ALBERT:

(joking)

And I’m just saying you should stay home

and go to school around here.

She glares at him.

TESS:

At least you’re honest about it. Mom acts

like she’s so excited to be on her own

again but I don’t buy it.

ALBERT:

Okay, let’s lighten up on Mom. She’s all

right. And don’t judge until you have

kids.

TESS:

Except that I’m not having any.

ALBERT:

(upset)

What? How can you know that?

TESS:

I want a career. Anyway, I hate kids.

Eva looks at Albert, who looks destroyed.

ENOUGH SAID 42

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