EXT. LOWER EAST SIDE -- LATER 122
An ethically diverse neighborhood with ethnically diverse
PEOPLE. Miranda walks with Brady. A WIDE EYED Magda walks
next to her.
MIRANDA
According to New York Magazine,
this is the new up-and-coming
neighborhood.
A CAUCASIAN YUPPIE DAD (32) with a BABY in a snugly comes out
of bodega. Miranda turns to Magda.
MIRANDA (CONT'D)
See! Wherever he's going is where
we need to be.
Miranda, excited about the hunt --picks up the pace following
after the dad. Magda hurries as best as she can.
EXT. LOWER EAST SIDE STREET -- LATER 123
Miranda, Brady and Magda walk around a corner.
MAGDA
I've been here before -- This was
all Ukrainian area.
Miranda spots a U-HAUL truck parked in front of a building.
MIRANDA
Coming or going?
84.
TWO NYU-TYPE KIDS come out of a building carrying boxes.
MIRANDA (CONT'D)
Going. Oh boy. Lets go.
She starts down the street with a clip.
EXT. LOWER EAST SIDE -- LATER 124
Magda is standing out in front of the apartment building with
Brady. She looks -- A HOT LOOKING LATIN GUY (29) with tattoos
is sitting on the stoop with a pitbull.
INT. LOWER EAST SIDE APARTMENT -- MOMENTS LATER 125
Miranda peeks into the empty apartment. Nice size, brick
wall, big windows with a view of a colorful jungle gym on a
play ground across the street. Her heart starts racing.
EXT. LOWER EAST SIDE APARTMENT -- MOMENTS LATER 126
Miranda comes out of the building out of breath as the NYU
kids are going back in.
MIRANDA
Hi. I'm interested in the
apartment.
NYU KID
Get in line.
MIRANDA
I understand but -- who would I
talk to about it?
NYU KID
The super.
He points to a SIGN in LOBBY. The name: Lovro Klujcik and a
telephone number. Miranda writes it down.
MIRANDA
Lovro... -- and I have no idea.
(attempting to pronounce)
Ku...
MAGDA
(amazed)
Kljuic. Lovro Klujcik. I know him.
85.
MIRANDA
No way.
MAGDA
We were couple -- long time ago.
MIRANDA
(can't believe her luck)
No way -- You dated?
MAGDA
Haven't seen him since his wife
died.
MIRANDA
He's single?
Magda shrugs as if to say: So what? Miranda smiles.
INT. SPANISH HAIR SALON -- LATER -- FALL 127
Spanish music plays. Two female HAIRDRESSERS work on two
Dominican WOMEN CUSTOMERS. Magda sits under a hair dryer --
her top lip white with cream bleach. Miranda is next to her,
dialing on her cell. Brady plays nearby with two Dominican
KIDS (5,6).
EXT. APARTMENT BUILDING -- LATER -- FALL 128
Miranda stands at a gate and pushes the buzzer marked
"Klujcik." A door under the stoop opens revealing LOVRO
KLUJCIK, a Croatian man about Magda's age.
LOVRO
No, no... I told you on phone...
the apartment is --
He looks past Miranda and sees Magda -- standing there with
brown hair and wearing make-up. His face lights up when he
sees her.
LOVRO (CONT'D)
Magda? Is this you?
She smiles. Shy. He beams at her. He opens the gate, saying
something to her in his native tongue. Magda smiles.
CARRIE (V.O.)
As much as Miranda wanted to pat
herself on the back for finding her
new apartment in just one
afternoon... in the end, she knew --
A.
Miranda watches, thrilled as they converse.
CARRIE (V.O.) (CONT'D)
It was a Lovro connection.
129 INT. BEACHOUSE/BEDROOM -- NIGHT 129
SAMANTHA and SMITH have just finished making love. They are
face to face.
SAMANTHA
That was really hot.
SMITH
Hmmm. You were kind of distant.
86.
SAMANTHA
Distant? You're still in me.
He gently moves off her and reclines next to her.
SMITH
You want to talk about it?
SAMANTHA
When have I ever wanted to talk
about it?
SMITH
Okay. I'll talk about it. Your best
friends get screwed over by their
guys -- how can you not get
distant?
SAMANTHA
It's more than that -- lately, I
haven't been feeling a connection
to --
SMITH
What? Me?
SAMANTHA
No -- to -- it -- here. I have no
real connection to our life here.
SMITH
What life here? Seriously -- all I
do is work -- and you run off to
New York every chance you get.
SAMANTHA
Not every chance I get. Only for
the A-list things.
(beat; then)
And my managing you -- it's all too
much. I'm starting to resent it.
For the last two years it's been
all about you.
SMITH
Well, for the first three years it
was all about you.
SAMANTHA
I know. That was so much more fun.
A.
SMITH
Maybe we need to make an effort to
reconnect -- spend more time
together -- away from the business.
Less me, less you -- More us.
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