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He looks at her toes.

ALEX:

When did your feet get all mangled

together? One toe is actually going

horizontal.

(to the toe)

You’re going the wrong way, little

buddy. Go up!

KATE:

Ow.

17 INT. KATE AND ALEX’S BEDROOM - NIGHT 17

Alex is sleeping, but Kate can’t. She climbs out of bed.

18 INT. KATE AND ALEX’S DINING ROOM - NIGHT 18

In her pajamas, Kate is surfing the internet. She types in

Volunteer Opportunities and a long list comes up. She reads

the different situations, each sadder than the next (ie: be a

mentor to at-risk teens, read to the blind, feed

quadriplegics at the VA, etc).

19 INT. X-RAY ROOM - DAY 19

Rebecca is giving an old woman, MRS. PORTMAN, a mammogram.

MRS. PORTMAN

I let my hair go grey when I was

forty. Why fake it.

REBECCA:

People say it makes you look older.

MRS. PORTMAN

That’s probably true. I didn’t like

the idea of chemicals on my head.

And I didn’t like that color

everyone ended up with. Menopausal

brown, I used to call it.

REBECCA:

I think I know what you’re talking

about. That’s what my Grandma has.

MRS. PORTMAN

How old is she?

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REBECCA:

She’s going to be ninety one this

week.

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20 INT. WAITING ROOM - DAY 20

Mrs. Portman, now dressed in her regular clothes, comes into

the waiting room with Rebecca.

MRS. PORTMAN

Eugene.

Mrs. Portman’s grandson EUGENE, smiles when he sees her. He

is 35 and impossibly handsome.

MRS. PORTMAN

Eugene, honey. This is Rebecca.

Eugene reaches out and shakes Rebecca’s hand. She’s shy,

dumbstruck by his good looks.

MRS. PORTMAN

Rebecca, this is my grandson. An

angel.

Eugene stands up, revealing himself to be fairly short.

EUGENE:

Hi.

REBECCA:

Hi.

EUGENE:

Do you see it?

REBECCA:

What?

EUGENE:

My halo.

REBECCA:

(smiling)

Nice meeting you.

EUGENE:

You, too.

Rebecca turns around and goes back into the office.

21 INT. REBECCA AND MARY’S APARTMENT/KITCHEN - NIGHT 21

Mary is putting two frozen dinners into the microwave.

Rebecca is getting out silverware.

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REBECCA:

You should cook them separately.

MARY:

Same difference.

REBECCA:

I think it takes longer.

MARY:

This is a fascinating conversation.

REBECCA:

(looking at Mary’s skin)

You laid out today.

MARY:

Booth.

REBECCA:

It’s so bad for you. You of all

people should know.

MARY:

I’m very careful. It’s better than

the natural rays.

(beat)

You could use some color.

REBECCA:

I don’t want cancer.

MARY:

Blush doesn’t cause cancer.

REBECCA:

Actually -

MARY:

What.

REBECCA:

There’s talc. And parabens.

MARY:

Oh, come on.

22 EXT. APT. 6A/ANDRA’S APARTMENT - NIGHT 22

Alex is knocking on Andra’s door. Kate is beside him, putting

a leash on their dog.

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ALEX:

Andra! It’s Alex and Kate!

ANDRA (O.S.)

Who is it?

ALEX:

It’s Alex! From next door! We’re

going to the drug store, I wanted

to know -

The door swings open. Andra, in her ripped and faded robe,

hair askew, looks at him.

ALEX:

We’re going to the store. Do you

need anything?

Andra walks away. In a moment she returns with a list.

ALEX:

(looking it over)

Okay. You got it.

ANDRA:

I hope you’re not going to Windsor.

They’re crooks.

ALEX:

Duane Reade.

ANDRA:

What?

ALEX:

DUANE READE.

Andra stares at him.

ANDRA:

You gained weight.

ALEX:

Pardon me?

ANDRA:

(shouting as if he was

deaf)

Excuse me for saying. You’re a very

large man.

Kate chuckles.

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ALEX:

Thanks!

ANDRA:

What?

23 EXT. STREET - NIGHT 23

Alex and Kate walk. He looks at Andra’s list.

ALEX:

Look at what she needs just to take

a crap.

(beat, pleased)

Good.

KATE:

(glancing at it)

Why do all old ladies write the

same?

(beat)

I’m going to write that way.

ALEX:

She has all this hair on her chin.

Thick black ones. In her nose, too.

KATE:

She probably can’t see them.

(beat)

Why are you looking at me like

that?

ALEX:

Like what.

KATE:

(resolved)

Yes, I’m probably going to have

black hairs on my chin. I already

do, you know. What are you so

afraid of?

ALEX:

Everything gets hairy and turned

the wrong way.

KATE:

You’re gonna get hairy and turned

the wrong way. You already are.

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ALEX:

At least you’re not large.

KATE:

I think she’s turning ninety one.

ALEX:

Unbelievable. Who would have

thought.

KATE:

We should have bought that

apartment downstairs. I think that

guy died last week.

ALEX:

Who?

KATE:

The guy right below us. Martin

something.

ALEX:

That a**hole?

(beat)

No, the whole two story thing would

have been too much money.

They pass a TRANSVESTITE HOMELESS PERSON sitting against a

building. She’s applying lipstick (badly). Kate stops, pulls

a buck out of her pocket and hands it to her.

TRANSVESTITE:

Thank you, Jamie.

KATE:

You’re welcome.

ALEX:

(confused)

Who’s Jamie?

24 INT. DUANE READE DRUGSTORE - NIGHT 24

Alex is putting the items for Andra in a basket. Kate is

looking at things on the shelves when she sees something that

stops her.

It’s Abby, listening to her ipod, unaware that they’re there.

She’s staring intently at the Maybelline make-up on the wall.

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KATE:

Alex.

She waves him over and he sees Abby. They both watch her

choose some foundation, then put it back. She takes an eye

pencil and examines its color. That too, she puts back.

Kate and Alex stare as if watching something very separate

from themselves, and at the same time, excruciatingly close.

They’re almost in a trance.

KATE:

She’s real.

ALEX:

I know.

25 INT. MODERN AGE - DAY 25

Kate directs TWO GUYS to move furniture around the store. We

recognize some of the pieces from the apartment in the

beginning. Kate is holding the vase with the gold leaves on

it.

KATE:

Let’s put that chair by the window.

God, that’s gorgeous! I don’t even

want to sell it!

(beat)

Great. Let’s get the dining room

table and put it over there. We’ll

have to move those chairs around.

Alex comes out of the back and approaches Kate, noticing the

vase.

ALEX:

What’s that?

KATE:

Not sure.

He looks at the furniture being moved around.

ALEX:

They’re pretty nice.

KATE:

I think she kept plastic on them

for fifty years. They should be in

a museum!

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ALEX:

What should we ask for the sofa?

Five thousand?

KATE:

More. Maybe seven.

(beat, excited)

I feel guilty!

ALEX:

What’s this?

There’s a gift basket by the desk, filled with bath and

beauty products.

KATE:

I got it for Andra. I thought maybe

we could have her over for dinner.

I think it’s her birthday in a

couple of days.

ALEX:

You’re joking.

KATE:

No. And invite her miserable

granddaughter. s.

ALEX:

Sounds fun.

KATE:

I don’t like having bad vibes right

next door. You know?

ALEX:

Hey. I heard the guy below us had

some nice stuff.

Kate turns to him, excited.

26 INT. DEAD GUY’S APARTMENT - CONTINUOUS 26

A gloomy place filled with newspapers and medicine bottles

and AMAZING VINTAGE FURNITURE. The dead guy’s daughter, ERIN,

50, shows Alex and Kate around.

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