A S-C-E-N-E--O-M-I-T-T-E-D 196A

196B INT. CARRIE'S APARTMENT -- DAY -- WINTER 196B

A FLORAL ARRANGEMENT sits on the hall table next to the

answering machine. A card reading: "I'm sorry -- Miranda" is

nearby. The answering machine is recording an incoming call

from Miranda.

MIRANDA (V.O)

It's me. Pick up. Are you there?

Carrie is standing in the bathroom; looking out at the

answering machine, brushing her teeth.

CARRIE (V.O.)

Three days of "I'm sorry" calls and

e-mails and flowers -- and I still

wasn't ready. It was the longest

we'd even gone without speaking.

A.

196C EXT. CARRIE'S APARTMENT -- DAY -- WINTER 196C

Rain. Carrie walks up to her stoop. A CAB idling in front.

The cab window goes down. Miranda is sitting there.

MIRANDA

Carrie.

Carrie looks. Stops.

MIRANDA (CONT'D)

Hi. I need to talk to you.

CARRIE

How long have you been waiting

here?

Miranda looks to the meter, then back to her.

MIRANDA

Seventeen dollars long.

(beat)

Please get in. It just turned to

eighteen.

Carrie looks at her, hesitates, starts over to the cab.

D INT. CAB -- A LITTLE LATER 196D

Rain pours down the windows. Carrie and Miranda sit in

silence. A MIDDLE EASTERN DRIVER sits behind the wheel.

CLOSE ON: THE METER. It reads 22.00.

121.

This is weird not talking.

CARRIE

I'm upset.

MIRANDA

Carrie, I understand -- but it just

happened -- I never meant to hurt

you.

(beat)

You have to forgive me.

Carrie looks over at her.

CARRIE

You know --

122.

MIRANDA

What?

CARRIE

No.

MIRANDA

Please. What were you going to say?

CARRIE

You badger me to forgive you in

three days -- and you won't even

consider forgiving Steve for

something he did six months ago.

MIRANDA

It's not the same thing.

CARRIE

It's forgiveness.

Miranda thinks -- Carrie looks at her.

CARRIE (CONT'D)

And -- I know you're not the reason

my marriage fell apart. I was just

- desperate to have someone else to

blame.

Miranda thinks. The METER clicks.

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A S-C-E-N-E--O-M-I-T-T-E-D 200A

201 INT. THERAPIST'S OFFICE -- DAY -- WINTER 201

Steve and Miranda are sitting in front of a THERAPIST.

MIRANDA

I don't know if I can trust that it

won't happen again.

A.

THERAPIST

Steve - you're very quiet today.

STEVE

Miranda, I know I made it hard for

you to trust me. But -- You made it

hard for me to trust you.

MIRANDA

Me?!

123.

STEVE

The way you treated me and cut me

out of your life like that? I mean,

yeah -- I broke a vow. But what

about the other vows? Like

promising to love someone for

better or for worse? What about

that?

Miranda looks down at her hands. Steve looks at the

therapist.

STEVE (CONT'D)

How do I know she won't punish me

for the rest of my life?

THERAPIST

You don't. And she doesn't know for

sure that you won't have another

indiscretion.

(beat)

All you can know... is that you

want to move forward and risk that

you love for each other won't allow

that to happen.

Silence.

THERAPIST (CONT'D)

And that's what we'll discover

here.

Steve looks over at Miranda. Miranda looks at Steve.

EXT. CENTRAL PARK -- DAY -- SPRING 202

Forsythia bushes are in bloom. Carrie and Miranda walk. They

carry sandwiches.

MIRANDA

So, we're done with our last

session and we're not allowed to

talk for two weeks while we figure

out if being together again is

something we really want. And then -

- we had to pick a place to meet --

and if we both show up on that day -

- the past no longer exists.

Showing up is the promise we make

to each other that we're willing to

let it all go and move forward.

124.

CARRIE

Can you do that?

MIRANDA

I don't know. I have a lot of

thinking to do.

CARRIE

Thinking -- or feeling?

MIRANDA

What do you mean?

CARRIE

Miranda -- you're a lawyer. You can

argue both sides of any case --

but, why we feel what we feel --

isn't logical. It's emotional.

Sorry, Harvard -- I'm afraid you're

going to have to make this decision

based on your emotions.

MIRANDA

Well, then -- I'm screwed. I don't

know what I feel.

CARRIE

You will. There will come a moment

when you'll know. And if it's: yes -

- all that brilliant logic will go

out the window... with the past.

MIRANDA

And I thought picking the place to

meet was a challenge.

CARRIE

Where is it?

MIRANDA

The Brooklyn Bridge. Halfway

between both our places.

CARRIE

Very logical. And yet poetic.

MIRANDA

Poetic -- if we both show up.

Otherwise -- you're on a bridge --

rejected. Not a good plan.

125.

203 INT. CARRIE'S APARTMENT -- LATER -- SPRING 203

Carrie walks in carrying a Starbucks cardboard caddy with two

coffee. Louise is sitting at her desk, working.

LOUISE

I have two pieces of good news.

CARRIE

And I have two coffees.

LOUISE

I just got a heads-up from your

realtor. The apartment on Fifth

finally sold.

Carrie sips coffee. Nods.

LOUISE (CONT'D)

You have sixty days before the new

owner takes possession and you are

out of there.

CARRIE

What's the other news?

Louise holds up her hand. There is a diamond ring on it.

CARRIE (CONT'D)

Oh my God --

LOUISE

I'm moving back to St. Louis -- we

are getting married in the fall.

Louise beams. Carrie hugs her.

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