Love by Design Page #2

- How did Elaine get my

Power Point presentation?

Cause I know you didn't

give it to her, right?

- Right.

I gave it to Vivien and

Vivien gave it to her.

- Hey baby.

- Did you see this?

- Yeah, that's got

to be a bummer.

- You think?

- Hey.

- [Vivien] Thank you so much.

- [Lance] Great job, great job.

- Vivien, can you

please tell me--

- Hold that thought, Danielle.

I am so glad you

love the concept.

Let's put a dinner on

the books shall we?

Claire, would you arrange

everyone's schedule?

Danielle, I'll meet you in my

office after I finish this.

- Why the look?

- You know very well why.

- They liked your concept

and bought my pitch.

It's a win win.

- I would have never taken

your concept as my own, ever.

- It's just business Danielle,

I wouldn't take

it so personally.

- You have been

trying to undermine me

since the first

day you got here.

I worked months for

that presentation.

- And because of

me it's a success.

- Your humility is amazing.

- And your naivete is boring,

I'm gonna do whatever it takes

to get that corner office,

even if it does mean

stepping over a few bodies.

It's a cutthroat

world, Danielle.

So I suggest, you put

on your big girl panties

and get with the program

or get out of my way.

- I'm talking to Vivien.

You're not gonna

get away with this.

(door slamming shut)

Fashion Circus was my idea.

Elaine was supposed to be

pitching Venice and gondoliers.

- Correct, but yours

was the better idea.

- Exactly, so why

is she pitching it?

- Because she has a better

image for the magazine.

- That's crazy!

You can't just give her my

whole concept just because

I won't squeeze into some

leather Lycra leggings.

- You can't tell me what

I can and cannot do.

Landing this layout for

Beguile Magazine was crucial.

The client loved it,

we landed the account,

and that is why I

am editor-in-chief.

Oh, Lance, Elaine,

please, sit down.

Danielle, that's it for now.

- But I still will

be running point

on this photo shoot, right?

- I've asked Elaine to take

care of the fashion piece.

Danielle, I would like

you to handle the piece

on the new line of femrazors.

- No way.

- The last time I checked,

this was my magazine.

I suggest that you

watch your tone.

- Okay, Vivien, I'm sorry,

I would like to request

that Lance would work

with me on the razor piece.

- No, Lance has requested

to work with Elaine.

- What?

When?

- We discussed it over

dinner, last night.

- Sorry, let's talk

about it a little later.

- No, let's talk never again.

- Children, we have a crucial

layout to put together.

Danielle, if it's okay with you,

we would like to get to work.

- Okay.

You know what, I'm

not okay with this.

And I'm not gonna let Elaine

take credit for my elephant!

- Well go whine to your

mommy if you can't take

a little competition.

- You leave my mother out of

this, you backstabbing witch!

- Don't touch me!

(scuffling)

- Call security.

- Out.

- I know how to

exit the building, I

don't need your help.

- [Left Guard] Let's go, Ma'am.

- I thought I'd find you here.

- Yep.

- Hey Ma'am, what

can I get for you?

- What are you drinking?

- A marga-cheater.

- Are you sure you don't want

something a little stronger?

- I'm working my way

up to wheatgrass shots.

- Detox special.

- You bet.

- Look, I'm sorry, Danielle.

I should have warned you

as soon as you walked in.

I need to grow a spine.

- I don't recommend it,

look where it got me.

I'm an idiot, and

now I'm unemployed.

- Okay, let's talk

through your options.

You could call Mode Image.

- I already did.

Vivien has polluted

every fashion magazine

in the Northern

Hemisphere against me.

- Okay, this is bad.

Maybe you need to

cool things off a bit.

Get away somewhere and regroup.

- Go away, like hide?

- I wouldn't call it hiding.

Just getting, off the grid.

- Where?

- Somewhere far, far away.

(phone buzzing)

(anticipatory music)

- Ox cart, ox cart.

(car horn honking)

Oh wow, I'm home.

(goats bleating)

(chickens clucking)

- [Luiza] Danielle!

- Mama!

- My daughter is home!

- [Danielle] It's so

good to see you, Mama.

- Oh, let me see you.

You are beautiful!

A little thin, but

we can fix that.

It's about time that

magazine gave you a vacation.

- Well, it's not

exactly a vacation.

- Come, come.

Grandma and Grandpa

can't wait to see you

Oh, my daughter is home,

you've made me so happy.

- [Group] Surprise!

(applauding)

(cheering)

- Oh, the whole town is here.

(applauding)

(cheering)

- You remember

your Uncle Bogdan.

- [Danielle] Hi, Uncle Bogdan.

- And Aunt Lidia.

- Hi, Aunt Lidia.

- Lidia, Lidia, Lidia,

Lidia, it's okay, it's okay.

This is Stefan.

- [Stefan] Nice to meet you.

- [Danielle] Hi.

- [Luiza] And Oana, second

cousins on your father's side.

They speak English.

- Yes, we do speak English.

- Oh cool, maybe we

can practice sometime?

- Yes, why not, we can.

- Yeah.

- And this is Danielle,

the famous fashion

editor from New York.

(cheering)

(applauding)

- Grandma!

- (cheering) Danielle!

My favorite cousin, I

can't believe you're back.

- Me too.

- What?

- [Both] What, what,

what, what, what, what?

We got the spirit!

(cheering)

(laughing)

- Come, look.

My children, Cristi and Ana.

- [Danielle] Oh wow.

They are so beautiful.

- And my husband, Razvan.

- Hi, Razvan, I've

heard so much about you.

- I'm so proud of you.

New York fashion editor,

and I hear you have a handsome

and successful boyfriend.

- Let's go in the living room.

- Come on, come on, come on.

(chattering)

(cheerful music)

- Welcome home,

Danielle, welcome home.

- No, thank you.

- What's the matter with

you, why aren't you eating?

- Mom, I don't eat

meat, remember?

- Oh, right, have some slanina.

It is just fat

- Yeah, pork fat.

- Don't tell Grandma.

It would kill her, she

thinks it's kosher.

Grandma?

So, when do you have

to go back to New York?

- Mom, I have to

tell you something.

- [Luiza] Yes?

- The magazine let me go.

- What!?

- Ssshht!

Can we keep this

just between us?

- Oh of course, of course.

Here, some stuffed cabbage.

It's a vegetable.

- Stuffed with meat.

- Yeah, right.

To heck with the magazine.

Tell your boyfriend

Lance to marry you

so you can start having babies.

- We broke up.

(speaking foreign language)

- It's all right,

you've worked enough.

You stay here, find

a nice Romanian boy.

Here, try the eggplant, no meat.

- Danielle, you got fired?

- Mom, I told you

not to tell anyone.

- They are not anyone,

they're family.

- [Sofia] That's right, family!

- Yeah.

- [Stefan] It was awesome to

be here, thank you very much.

- Thank you so much, bye bye.

- Go, go, go, oh God!

- Razvan is taking

the kids home.

Let's go, I called us a taxi.

- What, where?

- Out.

- Now?

- Come on, I haven't

seen you in 10 years.

Tonight we celebrate, come.

- Go, go, go, go, have fun!

Yeah, put it on, okay, go.

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