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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