Sex and The City
Sex and The City
Sex and The City
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FADE IN:
CARRIE (V.O.)
Year after year, twenty-something
women come to New York City in
search of the two "L's": labels and
love.
CARRIE (V.O.)
Twenty years ago... I was one of
them.
CARRIE (V.O.)
Having gotten the knack for labels
early... I concentrated on my
search for love.
3 EXT. CLUB -- NIGHT -- FALL 3
1A.
CARRIE (V.O.)
Turns out, a "knock-off" is not as
easy to spot when comes to love...
2.
CARRIE (V.O.)
That is why you need help to spot
them...
CARRIE (CONT'D)
... Lots of help.
CARRIE (V.O.)
Year after year, my single
girlfriends were my salvation. And,
as it turns out...
6 INT. CARRIE'S APARTMENT -- DAY -- SPRING 6
CLOSE ON: A colorful CHICK LIT book cover: "A Single Life" by
Carrie Bradshaw.
CARRIE (V.O.)
... My meal ticket.
3.
CARRIE (V.O.)
Even though, technically... we're
not.
CARRIE (V.O)
One of us is married...
CARRIE (V.O)
One of us... married, divorced and
re-married...
CARRIE (V.O)
One of us... relocated.
Carrie walks over and into the arms of that SOMEONE -- it's
MR. BIG -- waiting for her in front of an apartment building.
CARRIE (V.O.)
And... one of us stayed exactly
where she was.
4.
They turn and start into the classic apartment building. The
doorman tips his hat and opens the door.
Carrie and Big walk through the beautiful lobby and over to
the elevator... holding hands.
BIG
I got a good feeling about this
one, kid.
CARRIE
I've always loved this block.
They push the elevator button. Doors open. They step on.
BIG
How many does this make?
CARRIE
This is thirty-three.
BIG
Lucky thirty-three!
CAROL
The worst. I just left you a
message.
5.
CARRIE
(to Big)
Thirty-four. Lucky thirty-four?
The Building Agent holds the elevator doors open for Carrie,
Big and Carol as they get on.
CARRIE
If anything else opens up let us
know. We're very interested in
this building.
AGENT
I do have another apartment that's
not even on the market yet. Care to
take a look?
CARRIE/BIG
Sure.
AGENT
It's more than you were looking to
pay.
CAROL
How much more?
AGENT
More.
The Agent reaches over and presses the "PH" button on the
control panel. Carrie and Big react.
BIG
Oh, so this is where they keep the
light.
6.
CARRIE
Oh my God. I've died and gone to
real estate heaven. Look at this
place.
CARRIE (CONT'D)
Hellooo, I live here.
BIG
Must be the altitude.
AGENT
And across the rooftop terrace ---
CARRIE
What -- Nirvana?
AGENT
Your wife has quite a sense of
humor.
CAROL
(Cool/quick)
They're not married.
CARRIE
No, he's my boyfriend.
AGENT
This way.
The agent and Carol start out across the terrace. Big and
Carrie follow lagging a little behind.
BIG
Aren't I a little old to be
introduced as your boyfriend?
CARRIE
Point taken. From now on... you'll
be my man friend.
BIG
Sounds like a dog.
CARRIE
Well, if the shoe fits.
7.
She gives him a look. He swats her ass, gently as they go.
Carrie and Big lead the way into the bedroom. Big windows,
high ceilings. Beautiful light as well.
AGENT
And this is the master bedroom.
CARRIE
Hideous. Hate it. Hurts my eyes.
CARRIE (CONT'D)
How is this place even available?
AGENT
Nasty divorce.
CARRIE
If you live here what is there to
fight about?
CARRIE (CONT'D)
This is the master closet? No.
AGENT
Yes. Small for a room this size. I
know.
CARRIE
Hmmm. Hmmm. Now, I understand the
divorce.
BIG
I can build you a better closet.
BIG (CONT'D)
Welcome home, baby.
CARRIE
Can we afford this?
BIG
I got it.
8.
CARRIE
"I got it." Just like that. "I got
it" -- like he was picking up the
check for coffee or something.
CHARLOTTE
It sounds perfect.
CARRIE
Except for the closet which Big
says he can redo -- also he says
the kitchen needs work but I don't
know about that `cause I keep
sweaters in my stove.
MIRANDA
So, he bought it -- and you're
going to live there with him?
CARRIE
Yes, together. That's right.
MIRANDA
But he'll own it. So. You are
keeping your own place, right?
CARRIE
Oh, Miranda, please, I haven't
figured out all the details yet,
but I'm a smart girl and I'm sure
I'll figure out something I'm
comfortable with.
MIRANDA
I just want to make sure you're
being smart here --
CARRIE
And I love you for it -- but for
now can't you stop worrying for me
and just go ahead and feel what I
want you to feel. Jealous.
9.
CARRIE (CONT'D)
Jealous of me living in this
gorgeous penthouse in Manhattan.
MIRANDA
Fine. I'm jealous. You're in real
estate heaven and I'm in Brooklyn.
CHARLOTTE
New York magazine said Brooklyn is
the new Manhattan.
MIRANDA
Whoever wrote that - lives in
Brooklyn.
CARRIE
There she is. Hey Hollywood!
SAMANTHA
(on phone)
Samantha Jones... Smith Jerrod's
manager -- I'm in New York `till
Monday.
CARRIE (CONT'D)
How was your flight?
SAMANTHA
Fabulous. Let's go in -- I am so
excited!
CARRIE (V.O.)
It was a rare occasion that brought
all types of women together. The
socialites, the trendies the
yuppies, the yentas.
YENTA
Why the pushing?
9A.
10.
SAMANTHA
There it is. My baby.
CARRIE/BIG
And she's a beauty.
SAMANTHA
When I saw this in the catalogue I
said to Smith: This flower ring is
the essence of me. One of a kind,
filled with fire...
CARRIE
And a little too much.
SAMANTHA
Exactly. Come on. Let's go spend
some of my hard-earned Hollywood
money.
MIRANDA
Hey -- what's coming up on Smith's
series? Is he going to sleep with
that new blonde neurosurgeon?
SAMANTHA
He sleeps with every hot woman
doctor in that hospital.
11.
MIRANDA
Great. Can't wait.
CHARLOTTE
Don't you ever get weirded out by
seeing Smith in bed with all those
other women?
SAMANTHA
No, I think it's hot. Sometimes,
when I'm alone, I masturbate right
along with them.
CARRIE
And people say the golden age of
television is over.
SAMANTHA
Besides, it's fake sex. When
they're doing it -- no one's
actually turned on.
MIRANDA
Kinda like Steve and I.
MIRANDA (CONT'D)
I'm kidding.
(Beat; then)
But come one-- it's been seven
years. He does that, I do this...
It's not like a new plot twist is
going to turn up.
AUCTIONEER
Next item. The flower ring.
CARRIE (V.O.)
If Schadenfreude is the word for
feeling pleasure at someone else
misfortune -- This was
"jewelryfreude."
12.
AUCTIONEER
Let's start the bidding at ten
thousand.
AUCTIONEER (CONT'D)
Thank you madame. Do I hear
fifteen?
SAMANTHA
Bitch.
CARRIE
And the gloves are off.
AUCTIONEER
Do I hear twenty?
AUCTIONEER (CONT'D)
Twenty. Do I hear twenty-five?
AUCTIONEER (CONT'D)
Twenty-five. Thirty?
Samantha raises her number. Carrie's eyes widen.
AUCTIONEER (CONT'D)
Thirty-five?
MIRANDA
She's bidding for someone on the
phone.
CHARLOTTE
That's not fair.
AUCTIONEER
Thirty-five. Forty?
SAMANTHA
I deserve this. I work hard.
13.
AUCTIONEER
Do I hear forty?
AUCTIONEER (CONT'D)
Do I hear forty fi--
AUCTIONEER (CONT'D)
Fifty?
SAMANTHA
Sex with only one man for I don't
know how long.
AUCTIONEER
Do I hear fifty thousand?
SAMANTHA
(Beat; loud)
Fifty fucking thousand!
AUCTIONEER
Fifty-five?
SAMANTHA
(to Carrie)
I draw the line at fifty.
CHARLOTTE
I thought this auction would be
more fun... but it's kinda sad.
14.
SAMANTHA
... Till they weren't
BIG
The creatures are ready. Just gonna
sit there?
CARRIE
I'm not sitting, I'm thinking.
BIG
Here. Husk and think.
15.
CARRIE
I'm thinking I'm going to sell my
apartment and put the money towards
heaven on Fifth.
BIG
Why? You love your place.
CARRIE
I know but --
BIG
But what?
CARRIE
We're together ever night -- so I'm
basically paying a mortgage on a
glorified closet.
BIG
You write there. It's your office.
CARRIE
There's plenty of room at the new
place and -- besides.. I want to
make us -- a life there. I want it
to be ours.
BIG
It is ours. I bought it for us.
CARRIE
And that's so amazing --but you
bought it, so it's really your
place. And -- if anything were to
happen...
BIG
What's going to happen?
CARRIE
I have to be smart here. I mean,
we're not married and I'd have no
legal rights to... this home that I
built... with you.
BIG
Did you want to get married?
16.
CARRIE
I didn't think it was an option.
BIG
Well, Mr. Bradshaw, what if it was
an option?
CARRIE
Well, people are always assuming we
are.
BIG
And you know what happens when
people assume. They make an ass out
of who?
CARRIE
You and me.
BIG
What do you think, kid?
CARRIE
Why -- Do you want to get married?
BIG
Well, I wouldn't mind be married to
you. Would you mind being married
to me?
CARRIE
No, if that's what you want. Is
that what you want?
BIG
I want you. So. Okay.
CARRIE
Okay. Really? We're getting
married.
BIG
We're getting married.
(Beat)
Should we get you a diamond?
CARRIE
No, please, don't get me a diamond.
(Beat; then)
Get me a really big closet.
16A.
BIG
Deal.
BIG (CONT'D)
But... You gotta do better on that
corn. Look at all the stuff left on
there.
17.
CARRIE
So, the other night, Big and I were
talking about, you know, moving in
together and our future...
CARRIE (CONT'D)
... And about what makes sense as
we move forward. And, well... we
decided to get married.
MIRANDA
... and I'm deaf.
CARRIE
Everyone's looking
CHARLOTTE
Sorry! I'm sorry... but my friend
here, just got engaged and she's
been going out with the man for ten
years.
CARRIE
I am mortified.
MIRANDA
There is literally a ringing in my
ear.
18.
SAMANTHA
Samantha Jones--
CARRIE
Well... I made a little decision
that I hope you'll be happy about.
SAMANTHA
Oh, honey... you finally got Botox.
CARRIE
No. I did not get Botox
SAMANTHA
I'm telling you, Carrie -- you'll
love it.
CARRIE
I did not call to talk about Botox.
SAMANTHA
I'm just saying.
CARRIE
So... Last week, after the auction,
I started thinking about my
options.
SAMANTHA
Right.
CARRIE
Right, and... well, Big and I
decided to get married.
SAMANTHA
Really?
CARRIE
Yes.
SAMANTHA
That's great.
19.
CARRIE
You sounded more excited about the
botox.
SAMANTHA
Well, honey -- I am excited for you
but -- you know me... I don't
really believe in marriage....
Botox on the other hand -- That
works every time.
SAMANTHA (CONT'D)
Honey, I've got to go. The People
magazine person is on hold. Smith's
on the short list to be their
"Sexiest Man Alive." We can catch
up when I'm in town next week.
SAMANTHA
I think I was in shock. I mean,
it's you getting married. This is
not some random person -- it's you.
CARRIE
I hear ya.
SAMANTHA
And I guess, I thought that after
that big mess with Aidan -- you'd
never want to get married.
CARRIE
I know.
19A.
SAMANTHA
So, I put you in my "we're never
getting married" file. Now, I've
got to take you out of that file.
CARRIE
Sorry about the extra paper work.
SAMANTHA
You'll get my bill.
CARRIE
Samantha, it feels so different
this time. No cliché romantic
kneeling down on one knee. Just you
know, two grown-ups -- making a
decision about spending their lives
together.
20.
SAMANTHA
Well, I'm happy for you.
CARRIE
And one more thing... I want you to
be maid of honor. How do you feel
about that?
SAMANTHA
The same way you feel about Botox.
Painful and unnecessary.
CHARLOTTE
74, 75, 76.... Seventy-six guests.
ANTHONY
Seventy five sounds better. "A
small, wedding of seventy five
guests."
CARRIE (V.O.)
As a wedding gift, Charlotte had
given me Anthony Marantino --
friend and wedding planner.
CARRIE (CONT'D)
What? She was borderline anyway.
21.
ANTHONY
Cut throat -- I love it. I hope
you're that decisive when it comes
to the location and the dress.
CARRIE
Oh. I found the dress.
CHARLOTTE
What?! When?
CARRIE
The other day. I have it here.
Carrie gets up and goes into the closet. Anthony hurries over
and sits next to Charlotte.
ANTHONY
This is going to be good!
CHARLOTTE
I'm so excited!
CARRIE (V.O.)
Here it is.
CARRIE (CONT'D)
Well... that was the exact reaction
I was aiming for.
CHARLOTTE
No, it's pretty but it's so --
simple.
CARRIE
Simple and classic. When I saw it I
just thought: That is what I should
marry Big in.
ANTHONY
Well, who's it by? The label?
CARRIE
No one. I found it in a vintage
shop.
ANTHONY
"The bride wore a dress by no one."
22.
CARRIE
(As she goes)
Don't worry, I'll style it up with
shoes.
ANTHONY
The invitation is fancier than the
dress.
CARRIE (O.C.)
I heard that.
CARRIE (V.O.)
And from Anthony Marantino to
spaghetti marinara.
MIRANDA
Where is he with the check?
STEVE
Geese, Miranda -- relax. Magda's
not even finished yet.
MIRANDA
I still have a legal brief to work
on when I get home.
BRADY
I have to go to the bathroom.
MAGDA
I'll take him. Wash that beautiful
face too, yes?
MIRANDA
What? I'm sorry. I'm exhausted.
Brady woke me up at five AM.
23.
STEVE
He woke me up too.
Silence. She sips her cappuccino. Foam covers her top lip. He
looks over at her and smiles.
STEVE (CONT'D)
You got milk on your top lip.
STEVE (CONT'D)
What now?
MIRANDA
It's like you're always criticizing
me.
STEVE
I am not.
(Beat; then, cute)
You want to go through life with
foam on your lip and no one telling
you?
STEVE (CONT'D)
Anything you want to tell me?
She shakes her head: No. He puts his face in front of hers.
She laughs. He licks his lip.
MIRANDA
Yeah. Yeah.
STEVE
Wait --- wait -- Don't come
already...
MIRANDA
Yeah. Yeah.
STEVE
Wait, wait -- get on top. Get on --
24.
MIRANDA
It's late... let's just get it over
with.
MIRANDA (CONT'D)
I mean -- We have to get up in four
and half hours.
STEVE
We never have sex and you want to
get it over with?
MIRANDA
Steve... We have sex.
STEVE
When was the last time we had sex?
STEVE (CONT'D)
(As he turns away)
There was snow on the ground.
He gets out of the bed and walks away. She watches him go.
MIRANDA
How often do you guys have sex?
CHARLOTTE
Miranda -- please.
MIRANDA
What?
CARRIE
It's okay, I know all about sex.
24A.
SAMANTHA
If I knew the girl talk was going
to be on "lock down," I wouldn't
have flown two thousand miles.
25.
CHARLOTTE
No, we can talk, let's just not use
that word.
MIRANDA
She's three, she doesn't know what
it means. I'm forty- two and I
still don't know what it means.
CHARLOTTE
I know, but she's repeating
everything.
MIRANDA
Fine. How often do you guys...
CARRIE
... "Color"?
CHARLOTTE
Thank-you.
SAMANTHA
Well, I can't color enough. I would
color all day -- every day if I had
my way. I'd use every crayon in my
box.
CARRIE
We get it. You love to color.
(To Miranda)
Why are you asking?
MIRANDA
Steve and I were "coloring" last
night and just as I was about to --
SAMANTHA
Come?
(beat; to Charlotte)
Sorry -- there is no crayon
equivalent.
MIRANDA
He wanted to change positions and I
said... "Let's just get it over
with."
25A.
MIRANDA (CONT'D)
Well, he kept trying to make it
last longer.
SAMANTHA
And this is bad?
26.
MIRANDA
It is when you have a full-time
job.
SAMANTHA
I have a full-time job.
MIRANDA
Well, you don't also have a five
year old and play groups and PTA
and a mother-in-law in a rest home
with advancing Alzheimer's. I'm
telling you, at the end of the day
all I want to do is sleep. The most
exciting thing in bed now -- is the
bed.
CARRIE
So... Sleep is the new sex?
LILY
Sex.
CHARLOTTE
See.
CARRIE
-- I meant coloring.
MIRANDA
We're just going through a no
coloring phase -- it comes and
goes, right?
CHARLOTTE
Every couple is different. Harry
and I --
CHARLOTTE (CONT'D)
... Make love two or three times a
week.
MIRANDA
Great. Now I feel worse.
SAMANTHA
Well, when was the last time for
you?
MIRANDA
Six months ago.
27.
CARRIE
Oh my.
MIRANDA
But that's a dry spell.
SAMANTHA
I bet it is.
CHARLOTTE
What about you and Big, Carrie?
(Off her look)
Come on, I told.
CARRIE
Never. But, I will tell you this.
When Big colors --
(Beat; sexy)
He rarely stays inside the lines.
MIRANDA
Well, this was very helpful.
SAMANTHA
Send it to Smith Jerrod at the
office address.
SAMANTHA (CONT'D)
(into phone)
I've got to go. Something just came
up.
SMITH
I've got a gift for you.
SAMANTHA
So far, I like it.
27A.
SAMANTHA (CONT'D)
How did -- Wait -- that was you on
the phone at the auction?
SMITH
I knew how much you wanted it.
SAMANTHA
But I was going to buy it for
myself.
SMITH
I wanted to give it to you... for
our anniversary. We met five years
ago today.
SAMANTHA
(beat; had no idea)
Right.
SMITH
Do you like it?
SAMANTHA
To be clear -- This is a ring with
diamonds -- not a diamond ring,
right?
(Off his nod)
In that case... I love it.
(Re; underwear)
It's my second favorite thing I've
ever found in there.
SAMANTHA (CONT'D)
Now, my gift's a little bit more...
oral.
SMITH
Babe -- I've got to go to bed.
SAMANTHA
Bed? It's seven-thirty.
27B.
SMITH
I have to be at the studio by six
A.M. and I need to get a workout
before that.
SAMANTHA
This is how it starts. Next thing
you know... we're only having sex
three or four times a week.
SMITH
Most people consider that normal.
SAMANTHA
I am not most people.
SMITH
No - you most certainly are not.
He smiles, leans in and gives her a hot -- hot kiss. The kiss
leads -- to reaching into underwear... as they start.
CARRIE (V.O.)
One glass of Merlot and two orgasms
later.
CARRIE (CONT'D)
And that is how Samantha learned
she had a new neighbor.
27C.
CARRIE
(soft)
John?
The terrace doors are open. The curtains blow, gently. She
walks out onto it.
As she steps out onto the terrace. Big comes up behind her.
He -- leans her against the door jamb and kisses her. It's
hot. He kisses her -- sliding down the front of her body.
32 INT. BIG'S SUBLET/BEDROOM-- LATER -- SUMMER 32
CARRIE
Lean?
He nods and lifts up one of his arms. She slides over and
nestles in, leaning up against him. She opens her book. He
looks down at it.
BIG
Are you the last person in New York
still taking out library books?
28.
CARRIE
I love the smell.
BIG
That's an old one.
CARRIE
"The Love Letters of Great Men."
Volume one.
BIG
Am I in there?
CARRIE
No, but some of your classmates
are. Voltaire, Napoleon...
Big smiles. She takes the glasses off his face and puts them
on, looks at book.
BIG
You need to get glasses.
CARRIE
No, I don't -- you have them.
(then; off book)
Here's Napoleon...
(Reads)
"My dearest Josephine, I wake
consumed with thoughts of you --"
BIG
Typical short guy. Gives it all
away up front.
She punches him a little, continues to read.
BIG (CONT'D)
Why are you reading this?
CARRIE
Research for my new book.
BIG
What's it about?
CARRIE
Love. I use to write about finding
love-- now I want to write about
what happens after you've found it.
28A.
BIG
Interesting. What happens?
CARRIE
Stay tuned.
29.
CARRIE (CONT'D)
Listen... Here's Beethoven.
BIG
Bring it, Ludwig.
CARRIE
(Reading)
"My thoughts go out to you today my
immortal beloved. I can live only
wholly with you or not at all."
BIG
Good stuff.
CARRIE
(Reading)
"Be calm my life, my all. Only by
calm consideration of our existence
can we achieve our purpose to live
together. Oh continue to love me,
never misjudge the most faithful
heart of your beloved. Ever thine --
ever mine -- ever ours.
BIG
Does a love fax count?
CARRIE
When have I ever gotten a love fax?
BIG
I'm pretty sure my secretary sent
one at some point.
BIG (CONT'D)
What can I say, baby? Not my
style.
(Beat)
Besides, these guys had to write--
they were separated from their
loves by wars and hundreds of
miles. I'm right here.
(MORE)
30.
BIG (CONT'D)
(Beat)
Hi.
BIG (CONT'D)
You make me very happy.
CARRIE
Yeah, yeah.... Put it in writing.
BIG
Alright. Here's a love letter from
me to you.
BIG (CONT'D)
Loving you. Is easy... `cause your
beautiful...
BIG (CONT'D)
EVERY DAY OF MY LIFE
IS FILLED WITH LOVING YOU. LA LA LA
LA LA LA LA OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.
Carrie runs past the stone lions and up the grand stairs
holding three LIBRARY BOOKS in her hand.
DELIVERY MAN
Which way's the wedding?
30A.
31.
CARRIE
I've been thinking.
BIG
Again?
CARRIE
How about we get married at The New
York Public Library?
(Gushy and silly)
Think how perfect. You and I and
our love story surrounded by all
the other lesser love stories.
BIG
Do we have to make that big of a
deal?
CARRIE
It's not that big a deal. It's
seventy-five people in a room
that's partitioned in half.
BIG
It's just -- I've already had two
big weddings.
CARRIE
Well, what did you have in mind?
BIG
I don't know -- a judge, couple
friends and then we go for ham and
eggs after.
CARRIE
Interesting.
Big looks over at her. She looks upset, hurt, sad. Silence.
BIG
Would we have to whisper? In the
library?
32.
BIG (CONT'D)
"Do you, Carrie" -- Shhhh. "Take
this man" -- SHHHH!
ELAINE
Carrie, hi!
CARRIE
Elaine, hi. Do you know John?
ELAINE
No, hi. Nice to meet you.
CARRIE
Elaine writes a single gal column
for The New York Post.
ELAINE
Please -- I'd rather you reveal my
weight.
ELAINE (CONT'D)V.O.)
So, what's new?
CARRIE
Well. We're getting married.
BIG
Yep -- At the New York Public
Library.
ELAINE
Oh, my God! This gives me such
hope.
She hugs Carrie, then hugs Big. Then hugs Big again.
ELAINE (CONT'D)
Thank-you. Thank-you for marrying
someone our age.
33.
CHARLOTTE
(reading paper)
"The ultimate single gal Carrie
Bradshaw will be married in Manolos
to New York financier John James
Preston come fall."
CARRIE
(to Big)
Our wedding's on Page Six.
BIG
(not pleased)
Who would put that in there?
CHARLOTTE
"Proving to single gals everywhere
that there can be a happy ending
over forty."
CARRIE
Oh, I know who.
CARRIE (V.O.)
Later that day, I met my friend
Stanford for our weekly quick lunch
and gossip session... Also known
as "dish then dash."
33A.
STANFORD
According to a certain trashy tome,
you are marrying John James
Preston.
CARRIE
Rumor has it.
STANFORD
Just one question: Does Big know?
CARRIE
(laughs; then)
Where are we eating?
STANFORD
Anywhere you like... and you know
the rule -- the person on Page Six
pays for lunch.
Carrie laughs. TWO WOMEN spot her and scream. She and
Stanford REACT as the women GUSH.
34.
CARRIE (V.O.)
It seemed everywhere I went...
people I knew were excited and
available to come to the wedding.
STANFORD
You forgot to charge us for the
gaggle of gays.
BITSY
Carrie Bradshaw Preston! Carrie
Bradshaw Preston!
BITSY (CONT'D)
Mazel tov! Saw you on Page Six!
September? October? When?
(beat; realizes feet)
Look! Will you look! I got so
excited -- no shoes. I'm standing
barefoot on a New York sidewalk
probably getting trichinoses.
BITSY (CONT'D)
We're at the same address --
different floor. Just send it --
they'll get us the invite.
CARRIE (V.O.)
The shocking thing was not the
plethora of empty autumn social
calenders but knowledge that
everyone does indeed read Page Six.
34A.
CARRIE (V.O.)
Even people you didn't expect, like
my Vogue editor, Enid.
ENID
We're putting together our annual
"Age" issue -- and we'd like you to
do forty.
CARRIE
Great. Who am I interviewing?
ENID
No. You. You are forty. I want you
to be featured in the magazine as
the forty year old -- and here's
the brilliant twist -- bride.
CARRIE
Wait -- I would be in the magazine?
35.
ENID
In bridal couture. It's a once in a
lifetime opportunity - so spare me
a week of faux soul-searching and
just say yes.
CARRIE
Enid -- I'm so very flattered but--
ENID
Carrie. Vogue designers, Vogue
photographers, Vogue airbrushing.
(Beat)
Nod your head: yes.
ENID (CONT'D)
Thank-you. It will be a sensation.
We're calling it: "The Last Single
Girl."
CARRIE
Well, I'm hardly the last single
girl.
ENID
No, but forty is the last age you
can see a woman photographed in a
wedding gown without the unintended
Diane Arbus subtext.
CARRIE
I thought the issue was "great
style at every age."
ENID
Style yes... bride no.
CARRIE
(smiles; then)
Enid -- I have no idea -- were you
ever married?
ENID
Briefly. In 1975. I wore Halston.
Creme. One shoulder Grecian with a
low-cut bodice to the waistline for
a dramatic flair. The fabric in the
sleeves formed oval draping on the
sides. Stunning. My future husband
and I saw it on a trip to Paris and
he fell in love with it.
(MORE)
35A.
ENID (CONT'D)
Insisted I be married in it. So I
was. We had quite a beautiful
party.
CARRIE
(smiles; then delicately)
Why didn't the marriage work out?
ENID
Did you not hear me say my husband
fell in love with my gown?
(beat; off Carrie's nod)
Has your fiancée expressed any
interest in what you'll be wearing?
CARRIE
None at all.
ENID
Then you may have a shot.
36.
SAMANTHA
She's looking quite at home for
someone who didn't think she had
the bride gene.
CHARLOTTE
Well, I guess with the right man...
STANFORD
... And the right dress.
STANFORD (CONT'D)
When I get married, I'm wearing
something like that. But bigger.
CARRIE (V.O.)
Just your typical Wednesday.
Breakfast with... Vera Wang.
36A.
CARRIE (V.O.)
... And Lacroix.
CARRIE (V.O.)
... And Dior.
CARRIE (CONT'D)
And for dessert -- Vivienne
Westwood.
37.
CARRIE (CONT'D)
A confection so special...
CARRIE (CONT'D)
... It could wring a wedding tear
from even the most unbelieving of
women.
CARRIE (V.O.)
And then the impossible happened.
JUMP CUT TO: Carrie pulling back the tissue paper to reveal:
her favorite wedding gown. Carrie picks up a hand-written
note on an engraved note card from VIVIENNE WESTWOOD. It
reads: "I saw the photos from the shoot. This dress belongs
to you. Cheers!"
Carrie peeks around the closet and looks in. The gown is
hanging next to the white suit, dwarfing it.
CARRIE (V.O.)
And just like that, Vivienne
Westwood kicked my sweet little
suit's ass.
Big leads Carrie into their new bedroom by the hand. Her eyes
are closed and she has a DESIGNER shopping bag slung over her
one arm. He moves her around the construction debris,
stopping in front of the new closet's double doors.
BIG
Okay. Open them.
CARRIE
Double door. So far so good.
40.
CARRIE (CONT'D)
Well. You did me proud, Mister.
BIG
Like it?
CARRIE
Like it? It's love at first sight.
He smiles, proud. She takes the DESIGNER shoe box out of her
shopping bag and hands it to him. She opens the lid, takes
out a pair of COLORFUL/FUN HEELS and places them on the
shelf. She turns back to him.
CARRIE (CONT'D)
Now, I believe this is all really
happening.
50 INT. CARRIE'S APARTMENT -- DAY -- LATE SUMMER 50
MIRANDA
I can't believe it sold so fast.
CHARLOTTE
It's a sign.
CARRIE
Yeah, a sign I priced it too low.
CARRIE (CONT'D)
That's the food -- money on the
table.
(Beat)
I'll get started in the closet... I
should be done in seventeen years.
CHARLOTTE
Pink Post-it -- take. Purple --
toss. Yellow: Storage.
41.
CARRIE (O.C)
(Calling out)
You're good friends.
CHARLOTTE
Samantha! Oh my God!
CARRIE
What are you doing here?!
SAMANTHA
I lot of shit went down in this
place. Attention must be payed!
She reaches into her bag and pulls out a bottle of champagne.
They all CHEER. She reaches in again and pulls out another
bottle. More cheering.
51 INT. CARRIE'S APARTMENT/BEDROOM -- LATER 51
JUMP CUT TO: Carrie comes out of the closet wearing another
"80's" outfit. The girls vote: "Take, Take, Toss." Carrie
nods.
JUMP CUT TO: Carrie comes out of the closet wearing a tight
pink top and a tutu. The girls LAUGH; then all hold up:
"Toss." Carrie reacts.
JUMP CUT TO: Carrie comes out wearing a late "90's" outfit.
The girls vote: "Take, Take, Take." Carrie is thrilled - she
keeps it.
41A.
42.
CARRIE (V.O.)
It took four friends, three days to
put twenty years into twenty-eight
boxes.
Carrie walks through her now, empty apartment. She takes one
last long look and leaves. END MUSIC.
54 INT. REST HOME -- DAY -- LATE SUMMER 54
MARY
Who are you again?
MIRANDA
Oh, you know me -- I'm your
daughter-in-law.
(beat; then)
I'm Miranda.
MARY
That's right.
MIRANDA
While I run over to see your mother
tomorrow maybe you can take him to
the first birthday party alone.
Then -- I'll meet you at the twins'
party and you can leave and be at
the bar by six.
MIRANDA (CONT'D)
What's the matter? Steve.
He starts crying.
STEVE
-- I had sex with someone else.
43.
STEVE (CONT'D)
-- And you are so amazing with Ma
and everything... everything you do
and I can't believe I would do that
to you.
Miranda just sits -- looking at him.
STEVE (CONT'D)
You and I hadn't had sex in a
really long time and I --
Miranda shakes her head, turns and walks out of the kitchen.
He gets up and follows her.
STEVE (CONT'D)
It didn't mean anything -- It was
just once... and it's been killing
me.
MIRANDA
It's killing you?!
STEVE (CONT'D)
It just happened... I wasn't
thinking.
MIRANDA
Do not follow me.
Carrie opens the door. Miranda stands there with Brady. She
looks like she is about to burst into tears. Big stands in
the hall behind Carrie. Unsure.
CARRIE
Hi.
MIRANDA
Surprise -- Here we are!
44.
CARRIE
(To Brady)
Well, I'm so excited you are here
for a sleepover.
MIRANDA
We are too. Aren't we B-boy?
CARRIE
Brady, do you want to go have some
peanut butter?
He nods. Carrie give his hand to Big and hurries away. Big
looks at Brady. Brady looks up at him.
BIG
Peanut butter it is.
MIRANDA
Apparently you don't have sex for
six months he runs out and has it
with some girl at his bar.
CARRIE
Steve. I can't believe it. Steve.
MIRANDA
Steve. When I think of everything
I've done for him. And this is how
he repays me. Man, if I didn't have
Brady, I would never go back there.
45.
CARRIE (V.O.)
The next night, for the sake of
Brady, Miranda went against her
instincts and went home.
STEVE
Miranda, it's still me.
MIRANDA
Is it?
She stands there and looks at him. Shakes her head, exits.
Miranda walks into the chic hotel lobby holding Brady's hand.
She pulls a piece of luggage behind her.
CARRIE (V.O.)
So Miranda left Brooklyn and came
home... to Manhattan.
MIRANDA
Yes, it's sad, but I'm not going to
make it any sadder by staying at a
bad hotel while I look for a place.
Pass the salt.
MIRANDA (CONT'D)
Plus, I have to be downtown and
close to Brooklyn. We're going to
keep things as normal for Brady as
we can. I'll pick him up on my
days... take him over on Steve's.
46.
CARRIE
I don't know if this question is
allowed -- but how is Steve
handling this?
MIRANDA
Says he's devastated -- begs me to
forgive him.
(beat)
Not going to happen. I can barely
even look at him.
CHARLOTTE
Steve -- I can't believe it.
CARRIE
That's what I said.
SAMANTHA
Miranda, honey -- are you sure you
want to do this? It's just one
time. Anyone can have a slip.
MIRANDA
Well, even if I could get my head
around that justification -- it's
the cheating part -- the behind my
back part... the violation of the
trust -- that's the thing that's
killing me.
MIRANDA (CONT'D)
Besides... women who stay with men
who cheat are women who are afraid
to be on their own. And that's not
me -- I can handle it. Always
could.
BRADY
Mommy, I want to go home.
Charlotte and Harry are making love, gently. She looks into
his eyes -- speaks softly.
46A.
CHARLOTTE
Thank-you for being you.
CARRIE (V.O.)
Charlotte made love to Harry five
times that week.
SAMANTHA
It's a little quick to move out,
don't you think?
SMITH
Her reaction is her reaction.
Thanks Anaka.
SAMANTHA
He had sex once. Not even an
affair.
SMITH
Maybe it's not the sex. Maybe,
it's the cheating. For me... that
would be the thing. That it
happened behind my back.
SAMANTHA
That's what she said.
SMITH
Look. I know we're not married but -
- if you were going to have sex
with someone else...
SAMANTHA
Are you waiting for me to get out
my datebook?
46B.
SMITH
(beat; then)
But... seriously, I'd rather know
first.
SAMANTHA
You want me to tell you if I'm
going to have sex? Fine. I'm about
to have sex.
She sits on the table directly in front of him and opens her
legs. Anaka enters -- sees her position, spins on his heels
and walks back out.
SMITH
(as he goes)
Thanks Anaka.
61A INT. REST HOME -- DAY -- SUMMER 61A
MIRANDA
I don't know if Steve's mentioned
anything to you yet -- about us.
Has he?
MIRANDA (CONT'D)
Well -- we've had some marriage
problems -- it's not necessary to
go into the details but -- I just
wanted you to know that we won't be
coming to see you together anymore.
I'll be here Monday, Wednesday and
Sunday -- the other days will be
Steve.
MARY
Who's Steve?
CARRIE (V.O.)
Miranda was starting to see the
upside of Alzheimer's.
46C.
47.
CARRIE
Wedding crunch time. We need to
really get serious here.
BIG
Not now -- I just got an email from
the the contractor -- they pushed
our move-in date again -- and I
have to --
CARRIE
Nope. Wedding before contractor.
Unless you're planning to invite
him -- which would make the guest
list two hundred and one.
BIG
Two hundred? Jesus, Carrie -- it's
gone up again?
CARRIE
Blame the New York Post and Vogue.
Two publications that have never
before been uttered in the same
sentence.
BIG
You said: seventy-five people in a
partitioned-off room.
CARRIE
It's the dress. How can I explain
this? It's like poker -- The dress
upped the ante.
BIG
Change the dress.
CARRIE
No, no, no -- you haven't seen this
dress. This dress may be the whole
reason to get married. Well, you
and the dress.
CARRIE(CONT'D)
How are you coming with your vows?
Just a reminder -- you are going to
be saying these in front of a lot
of people, so the pressure is on.
48.
BIG
(He's had it)
Up, up. I have to finish this. Up.
CARRIE
Hey...
BIG
I don't have time for this.
CARRIE
This is our wedding and you're not
taking it seriously.
BIG
No, I'm not -- It's a circus! Two
hundred people -- Page Six -- This
is my third marriage -- how do you
think it makes me look?
CARRIE
I didn't know that was even an
issue.
(beat)
Why didn't you say anything sooner?
BIG
You wanted all this.
CARRIE
But -- don't you want --
BIG
I want you, Carrie. That's what I
want. I would have just gone down
to city hall.
CARRIE
I think it's too late for city hall
now.
49.
BIG
Well, no. I wasn't suggesting -- I
was just saying.
BIG (CONT'D)
See. That is the face I've been
trying to avoid. Come here.
CARRIE
You're a great man friend.
She buries her head in his chest; relieved. He exhales.
SAMANTHA
Now, I know it's tradition at the
rehearsal dinner for the maid of
honor to reveal embarrassing things
about the bride. But in our group --
SAMANTHA (CONT'D)
... We never kiss and tell.
SAMANTHA (CONT'D)
So, I'd like to make a toast to the
groom.
KARL
There's a word he's heard before!
50.
CARRIE
Who is that again?
BIG
Karl... a partner at the firm.
CARRIE
Karl's kind of a jerk.
KARL
(Calling)
You know what they say -- three
times a charm!
SAMANTHA
(Calling to Karl)
Hey "dick wad"... I'm speaking.
CARRIE
Whooo!
SAMANTHA
Now. There were times when we had
our doubt about this gorgeous man.
But after careful observation over
the last hundred years, my doubts
are over.
(Lifts glass high)
So... here's to the groom. A man
who finally got "Carrie-d" away.
KARL
Here's hopin', John!
CARRIE
(Soft)
Jackass.
Samantha is out front with Big, Harry and Smith. They are
smoking cigars.
BIG
Quite a toast, Samantha.
51.
SAMANTHA
Well, you're quite a guy.
SAMANTHA (CONT'D)
Steve.
STEVE
I don't want to bother you all --
BIG
You're not bothering us.
STEVE
But --- I need to talk to Miranda.
Samantha, could you -- ask her to
come out. I don't want to go in.
It's a party and all.
MIRANDA
Hi. I haven't talked to you all
night.
SAMANTHA
Steve's here.
MIRANDA
Could you give us --
52.
STEVE
You didn't leave me any choice. You
won't return my calls -- You only
talk to me in front of the baby
when you know I can't say anything.
MIRANDA
What could you possibly have to say
that could make it better?
STEVE
Miranda, please... It was just that
one time. Please -- I love you --
MIRANDA
You broke us! You broke us. What we
had is broken!
Three YOUNG SINGLE GIRLS (25) walk past them into the club.
They look back at the scene. Miranda looks down at the
ground. Steve is paralyzed. Miranda turns to leave -- looks
back at him with daggers and hurt.
MIRANDA (CONT'D)
I changed who I was for you.
Miranda makes her way through the crowded bar. She looks very
rattled. Big spots her and follows, gently.
BIG
Hey. Are you alright?
MIRANDA
No, I'm not alright. You two are
crazy to get married. Marriage
ruins everything.
CARRIE
There you are. I thought you
skipped out on me.
53.
CARRIE (CONT'D)
Well, the all-gal sleepover is
about to commence. You gonna miss
me?
BIG
Don't go. Spend the night with me.
CARRIE
Oh... One night won't kill you. And
tomorrow you get to have me for the
rest of your life.
BIG
I'm just tired -- I guess.
CARRIE
Go home and sleep.
(beat)
Now, give me a kiss good night.
Make it good -- it's the last
single girl kiss.
CARRIE (V.O.)
There we sat... like a scene out of
Louisa May Alcott's: "Not-so Little
Women."
CHARLOTTE
I always knew she would marry Big.
54.
SAMANTHA/MIRANDA
You did not!
CHARLOTTE
Yes I did! After every break-up I
secretly thought: Nope. They belong
together.
SAMANTHA
You thought that after the second
break-up?
CHARLOTTE
Yep.
MIRANDA
After the fifteenth?
CARRIE
Ha ha -- hilarious -- we broke up a
lot.
SAMANTHA
Yes, but... after the break-ups --
comes the hot make-up sex.
CARRIE
You want to answer? Go ahead,
sweetie... Open it up...
CARRIE (CONT'D)
Say something.
LILY
Sex.
CARRIE
Sweetie, that was your first bootie
call.
SAMANTHA
Are you sure she's not my child?
55.
CARRIE
Hello?
BIG
It's me.
CARRIE
Oh my God -- did you just hear
Lily?
BIG
Hey -- I need to talk.
CARRIE
It's Big. I'm gonna take it in the--
CHARLOTTE
(calling; silly)
Get some sleep, groomie!
CARRIE
What's the matter?
BIG
It's just -- everything is great as
it is.
(beat)
I don't want to screw it up.
56.
CARRIE
You won't.
BIG
I screwed it up twice before.
CARRIE
Here's the thing. This is me that
you're marrying tomorrow. Me.
Nobody else.
BIG
Yeah.
CARRIE
And I'm marrying you. It's me and
you. And you want to know the good
news there?
BIG
Yeah.
CARRIE
We've already both done everything
we can to screw it up.
CARRIE (CONT'D)
Is that a smile I'm hearing?
BIG
Yeah.
CARRIE
Now, it sounds to me like you've
got a bit of writer's block on the
vow front.
BIG
Yeah.
CARRIE
And I find - you know - as a
professional writer- it's best to
just, you know, stop thinking about
it so much -- and go to bed. And in
the morning...
BIG
You know what to do?
57.
CARRIE
Exactly. And if not -- Just write
this: "I will love you." Simple and
to-the-point. And I swear I won't
even try to take credit for it.
CARRIE (CONT'D)
You're going to bed now, right?
BIG
Okay. Good night.
CARRIE
I'll see you tomorrow. Hey. Me and
you.
CARRIE
There you are! Almost lost you
under all that. Got your purse?
ANTHONY
Now there's a bride! Flowers!
57A.
58.
CARRIE
Whose got a mirror?
CHARLOTTE
Behind you.
CARRIE
Stanford, you're on my dress.
ANTHONY
Get off the dress!
MIRANDA
Is that a rip?
CARRIE/ANTHONY
Where?!
ANTHONY
(sharp; into phone)
What?
BIG
Can you put Carrie on, please?
ANTHONY
Not now... dress emergency.
Anthony hangs up, tosses her phone onto the dining table.
ANTHONY (CONT'D)
Damage? What's the damage?
SAMANTHA
There's so much fabric I can't see.
ANTHONY
Can't see anything behind this
friggin' table. Go, go -- everyone
out into the hall.
58A.
ANTHONY (CONT'D)
You're a queen -- you should know
how to step around a gown.
STANFORD
Don't call me a queen.
ANTHONY
Go -- Out in the hall, your
highness.
59.
Carrie's cell RINGS AGAIN. Lily picks it up, opens it and
holds it up to her face -- She says nothing.
BIG
Hello?
Lily closes the cell phone. Big reacts, puzzled. She opens
her little purse, drops the phone in and walks out.
Big's driver RAOUL (55) is waiting out front next to his car,
smoking. Big leaves his building talking on his phone.
CARRIE (V.O.)
It's Carrie... leave me a message.
BIG
Why aren't you calling me back? I
really need to talk to you. Call me
back as soon as you get this.
STANFORD
Looks like someone had breakfast at
Tiffany.
BITSY
Sweetheart, look at the size...
it's breakfast, lunch and dinner at
Tiffany.
(MORE)
59A.
BITSY (CONT'D)
(beat)
Gifts?
ANTHONY
We have a problem.
STANFORD
I know, but for Carrie's sake I've
decided to ignore your attitude.
ANTHONY
No, a real problem. They're not
here.
STANFORD
They're probably stuck in traffic.
ANTHONY
Both of them?
60.
CARRIE (V.O.)
This is Carrie, leave a message.
BIG
I'm out front -- waiting. I can't
go in without you.
BIG (CONT'D)
Baby, this whole bride and groom
thing has really thrown me. I need
to know that it's still us. Just
like you said. Me and you.
Raoul KNOCKS on the window. Big looks out. The girls are in
the process of climbing out of the limo. Big closes the phone
and looks. Carrie gets out of the limo, her back to him.
BIG (CONT'D)
Turn around baby, let me see you.
Anthony and Stanford are waiting, as are Harry with Lily and
Magda with Brady, who is wearing a little tux with shorts and
knee socks holding a ring pillow.
MIRANDA
Traffic was the worst --
61.
SAMANTHA
Ready. We're ready.
STANFORD
He's not here yet.
SAMANTHA
Who's not?
ANTHONY
The groom.
Carrie lifts up her veil with ONE arm and looks out from
under it. She is on super high-alert.
CARRIE
What's happening?
SAMANTHA
Big's not here.
CHARLOTTE
But we're twenty-five minutes late.
CARRIE
Did anyone call him?
(beat; nothing)
Give me a phone. Someone give me a
phone.
CARRIE (CONT'D)
(tight/controlled)
I don't know how to work this.
CARRIE (CONT'D)
(into phone)
Are you okay?
61A.
BIG
I've been calling you for an hour.
Why haven't you been answering your
phone?
62.
CARRIE
(anxiety escaping)
I don't know where my phone is!
(beat)
What is going on? Where are you?
BIG
(beat; then)
I was out front --but I just left.
I can't do this.
CARRIE
(in pain)
Oh my God --
Carrie drops the phone from her ear -- She's heard the words.
The words on some level she was expecting.
CARRIE (CONT'D)
He's not coming. Oh my God.
The phone slips out of her hand and lands on the floor.
Charlotte, Miranda, and Samantha don't know what to do.
SAMANTHA
What do you mean he's not coming?
CARRIE
Get me out of here.
(beat; a plea)
-- Get me out of here!
SAMANTHA
Go, go. You take her. I'll stay
here and deal with this --
BRADY
Where you going, Mommy?!
The LIMO DRIVER slams the limo door. Carrie is seen through
the window, sitting in back -- stunned. Miranda and Charlotte
are in the back next to her -- stunned.
63.
BIG
(sudden realization)
What the fuck am I doing? What the
fuck am I doing?
(to Raoul)
Turn around and go back.
RAOUL
It's a one way street. I have to go
around the block.
BIG
By the time we go around the block
she'll be gone. No one's behind us -
- Turn around!
RAOUL
I think this is them.
BIG
Pull over. Pull over.
Big's car pulls over, as the limo approaches. Big powers down
his window -- as the limo passes, he sees Carrie in the
window --resting her head against the glass, listless.
BIG (CONT'D)
Carrie!
The limo SCREECHES to a halt. The back door flies open and
Carrie almost leaps out. Big sees her, he looks relieved.
64.
BIG
I freaked out for a minute -- but --
I'm ready now --
Carrie HITS him with her bouquet. It's a violent direct hit
on his face. He recoils. She hits him again, hard... a
wounded sound escaping her throat.
BIG (CONT'D)
Carrie!
She hits him again. He ducks back into the car for
protection. She hits the bouquet on the roof of the car --
the flowers start breaking apart and flying everywhere.
CARRIE
I knew you would do this -- I knew
it!
Miranda reaches Carrie and holds her back by her waist. Big
gets back out of the car and starts over to her.
BIG
I'm sorry -- I just --
With all she has left, she throws the broken bouquet at him.
CARRIE
You left! I am humiliated!
BIG
Carrie, wait --
CHARLOTTE
No!
64A.
65.
CARRIE
I thought I would still be in
extreme pain but I'm feeling
nothing.
CARRIE (CONT'D)
I'd like a little more nothing.
CARRIE (CONT'D)
Yes, I'm still jilted.
SAMANTHA
What the hell got into him? He was
perfectly fine at the dinner.
CARRIE
I knew it when he called last
night. I could tell.
SAMANTHA
Why didn't you say anything?
CARRIE
Didn't want to believe it. Didn't
even want to say it out loud.
(beat)
And now I have nowhere to love --
(beat; then)
I meant live. I have nowhere to
live.
CHARLOTTE
You'll stay here.
CARRIE
Forever.
65A.
66.
CHARLOTTE
Maybe you should eat something.
CHARLOTTE (CONT'D)
Anyone hungry?
CARRIE
Well, if you change your minds, I
know where we can get one hundred
beef, seventy-five fish and twenty-
five vegetarian meals.
CARRIE (CONT'D)
And my clothes. All my clothes. I
can never go over there again. How
am I going to get my clothes?
SAMANTHA
Oh, honey -- I can hire people to
do all that. Anything you need.
CARRIE
A hit man?
(beat)
I have nothing to wear but a
wedding gown.
CHARLOTTE
You have your honeymoon stuff here.
CARRIE
There's the silver lining. A
honeymoon to a romantic Mexican
resort that's pre-paid on my credit
card because I wanted to surprise
the man who jilted me.
SAMANTHA
I can get you out of that. Worse
comes to worse -- I'll say there
was a death or something.
CARRIE
Wasn't there?
66A.
67.
MIRANDA
I did something really bad -- I
think.
MIRANDA (CONT'D)
I said something to Big. At the
rehearsal dinner.
CHARLOTTE
What do you mean?
MIRANDA
It was right after Steve showed up.
I was upset... Big came up to me --
and I said something like: You're
crazy to get married.
(off her look)
It just came out.
MIRANDA (CONT'D)
Do you think it was totally the
reason?
CHARLOTTE
(cutting her a break)
No, no, no. Big has been weird
about marriage for years.
MIRANDA
I keep thinking I should tell
Carrie.
CHARLOTTE
No, no. This is a really bad time
to even mention it - no, no, no.
Find another time. Later.
SAMANTHA
Well, turns out, I couldn't get her
out of the honeymoon -- but I got
us in.
68.
MIRANDA
What?
SAMANTHA
I just booked us three seats on the
flight. Mexico here we come.
Charlotte and Miranda react; completely thrown.
MIRANDA
I can't go to Mexico. I have a job.
PAULO
Welcome to Mexico.
SAMANTHA
Buenos dias.
Carrie gets out of the cart and goes into the house --
followed by Charlotte and Miranda. Samantha arrives and picks
up a drink off the tray.
PAULO
I'm sorry. I am confused. I am
waiting for a Mr. And Mrs. Preston.
SAMANTHA
Honey, you'll be waiting for a long
time.
69.
SAMANTHA (CONT'D)
We'll talk.
CHARLOTTE
In the powder room.
MIRANDA
Oh My God!
Miranda and Charlotte quickly grab the bed cover and jerk it
up -- throwing all the rose petals off. Paulo watches.
Miranda addresses him in a very intense WHISPER.
MIRANDA (CONT'D)
No more honeymoon stuff. This is
very important. Have I made myself
clear?
Carrie exits the powder room, her sunglasses in her hand. She
stands in the entry way; alone. She looks out at the main
room; the beautiful view, the romance. Her eyes start to
water. A PORTER enters with the bags. Carrie hides her face,
acknowledging him with a nod.
70.
MIRANDA
Magda -- I'll talk to you tomorrow
Miranda hangs up as Carrie crawls onto the bed and lays down.
The pink sunset light floods across her face.
SAMANTHA
Well, it's a gorgeous sunset.
CARRIE
Close the shutters.
CARRIE (CONT'D)
All of them.
MIRANDA
Morning.
CARRIE
Did I dream it?
Miranda shakes her head, no. Carrie closes her eyes, falls
back asleep.
CHARLOTTE
Carrie, it's dinner time. You slept
the whole day.
71.
CARRIE
So?
CARRIE
I'm tired.
SAMANTHA
Eat something and you can go back
to sleep.
SAMANTHA
With all this gorgeous fresh food
you're just going to eat that
pudding crap the entire trip?
CHARLOTTE
It's the only thing in the pantry
that's totally safe.
(holding up lid)
See. Made in Poughkeepsie. I don't
want to chance it.
MIRANDA
It's a five-star resort.
CHARLOTTE
It's Mexico.
72.
The bedroom door opens. Carrie walks out. The sun hits her
eyes. She squints.
CHARLOTTE (CONT'D)
Carrie!
CARRIE
Is there coffee?
All four girls are laying in the sun in bathing suits reading
magazines. Miranda re-adjusts her body, stretching out on her
beach chair.
MIRANDA
The sun feels nice.
SAMANTHA
Jesus, honey. Wax much?
MIRANDA
-- What? I didn't know I was going
to be in a swimsuit.
CHARLOTTE
What are you talking about?
MIRANDA
I forgot to get a wax.
SAMANTHA
Since when -- 1998?
MIRANDA
I've had other things on my mind.
SAMANTHA
I could be on death row and not
have that situation.
73.
MIRANDA
Well, when you're married, Samantha
-- you have a different set of
priorities.
SAMANTHA
Honey don't blame marriage --
(re: Charlotte)
This one's married -- and she's not
growing a national forest. How do
you even cross your legs?
(beat)
Let me make you a spa appointment --
Any thicker and you won't be able
to find it.
Miranda gets up from the chair and looks at her, mad.
MIRANDA
So what -- It's my fault?! I let
the sex go out of our marriage! I
deserve what I got. Thanks for
understanding.
SAMANTHA
Honey, I'm sorry. That's not what --
MIRANDA
I'm fine!
CARRIE
Let's go down to the hotel for
dinner on the beach tonight.
CHARLOTTE
Really?
CARRIE
Yeah. I've got to do something to
pull me out of my Mexicoma.
SAMANTHA
Oh, honey... you made a little
joke. Good for you.
74.
MIRANDA
(to Carrie)
Don't look to your --
CARRIE
Too late.
They arrive at their table and the host places down MENUS.
FELIX, (40) the waiter comes up to them.
MAITRE' D
Buenos notches. My name is Felix,
I`ll be your server.
SAMANTHA
(to Felix)
Felix -- We'll start with quatro
margaritas.
CHARLOTTE
No, I'm not drinking. Just bottled
water.
CARRIE
(to waiter)
I'll drink hers.
FELIX
May I have your room numbers?
CARRIE
We're staying in one of the private
houses. Number three.
MAITRE' D
Very good, Mrs. Preston.
CARRIE
That was like taking a bullet.
74A.
MIRANDA
Charlotte had pudding in her Prada.
CARRIE
Will I ever laugh again?
(beat; then)
I'm serious.
MIRANDA
Yes.
CARRIE
When?
MIRANDA
When something is really, really
funny.
CARRIE
Thank god for that Mariachi band or
I'd be able to hear my own
thoughts.
SAMANTHA
Fabulous -- and keep them coming.
CARRIE
After everything I know... After
twenty years of everything we've
learned -- I threw it all away for
the thrill of putting his name on
the honeymoon suite.
(beat)
If I met me now -- I wouldn't know
me.
74B.
SAMANTHA
Well, as long as we're going down
this road.
SAMANTHA (CONT'D)
I can't believe my life revolves
around a man. On what planet did I
allow that to happen?
CHARLOTTE
You love him.
SAMANTHA
Does that mean saying his name
fifty times more a day than I say
my own? Does it mean worrying about
him and his needs before me and
mine? Is it all about the other
person? Is that love?
MIRANDA
No, that's marriage.
CARRIE
So, you're saying marriage is a bad
thing? Good to know right about
now.
SAMANTHA
Even this ring. I wanted to buy
this for myself. That meant
something to me. To be able to do
that. Then, he buys it for me.
CHARLOTTE
Because he knew how much you loved
it.
SAMANTHA
Yes. But now, every time I look
down at it... I see him. Not me.
CHARLOTTE
You could look at it and see a man
who loves you and wants you to be
happy.
SAMANTHA
No, you could look at it and see
that. I'm Samantha.
74C.
SAMANTHA (CONT'D)
We'll take another round.
CHARLOTTE
Another?
SAMANTHA
Relax -- we're on vacation.
CARRIE
Technically -- we're on my
honeymoon.
MIRANDA
No-- I think we're on their
honeymoon.
The GIRLS are pretty much the only ones left in the
restaurant. Empty drink glasses.
CARRIE
He couldn't get out of the car.
After everything he'd already put
me through -- he couldn't make the
effort and get out of the car? I
made the effort -- I put a bird on
my head.
MIRANDA
Was that what that was?
CARRIE
Yes.
MIRANDA
I thought it was just feathers.
CARRIE
No. It was a bird.
CHARLOTTE
It was beautiful.
74D.
CARRIE
He's a bad guy. Always was. Bad
guys do bad things.
MIRANDA
And good guys do bad things. The
good guys screw you and the bad
guys screw you.
SAMANTHA
And the rest of them don't know how
to screw you. Trust me-- I've done
the leg work.
MIRANDA
And that was all Steve had --
didn't have money -- didn't have a
career. He was the good guy
bartender with a big dick.
The all look over at her and react.
SAMANTHA
How big?
CHARLOTTE
I don't want to know this.
SAMANTHA
Eat your pudding.
MIRANDA
Nine. Like -- nine and change.
CARRIE
That's nice. Kinda balances off the
one ball.
SAMANTHA
You can't forgive a man with a dick
over nine inches?
(off Miranda's "no")
Well, honey, if you can't -- some
other woman will.
FELIX
Ladies -- the bar is closing.
CHARLOTTE
Thank God.
74E.
CARRIE
(to Felix)
Mrs. Preston will take the check.
SAMANTHA
And a bottle of tequila.
CHARLOTTE
(calling)
Don't go all the way in -- there
may be sharks!
75-76.
CARRIE
"Mail box full."
SAMANTHA
No time like the present.
CARRIE
Not ready to face it all yet.
Carrie puts down the phone. Charlotte walks out of the house
wearing a workout outfit.
77.
CHARLOTTE
I'm going for a run and then to the
gym for pilates. Anyone want to --
MIRANDA
Good news. Just got an e mail from
your buyer's attorney -- they have
agreed to sell you back your old
apartment at that escalated price.
(reading)
And "are willing to vacate by the
time you return -- pending an
additional financial offer."
CARRIE
Well, apparently you can go home
again -- but it'll cost you.
SAMANTHA
Now -- lets work on getting your
things there.
CARRIE
You two could rule the world.
CARRIE (V.O.)
After her workout Charlotte
couldn't help but think about how
truly blessed she was. This week
had made her feel more grateful
than ever for her happy marriage.
Charlotte closes her eyes, lets the water flow over her.
78.
WORKER
Hello Miss.
CARRIE
Sweetie -- what's --
CARRIE (V.O.)
And just like that, Charlotte
Pookeepsed in her pants.
Miranda opens the door and stands there. Takes in the scene.
MIRANDA
Did you --
CHARLOTTE
Shut up, shut up, shut up.
79.
CARRIE (V.O.)
Miranda was right -- when something
was really, really funny -- I
laughed.
VOICEMAIL (V.O.)
First message. Received: Saturday,
September twentieth; twelve-thirty
P.M.
BIG (V.O.)
Hey babe -- I need to talk to you
before you leave for the -- .
CARRIE (V.O.)
There was no better time I could
think of to hire and assistant.
80.
PARTY GIRL
I love your books. You're shit's
brilliant.
CARRIE
Um, Cathy... You seem drunk.
PARTY GIRL
Little bit. Never got to bed last
night.
(beat)
But I type like a motherfucker.
BUSINESS GUY
I have a degree in finance from
Princeton and for the last two
years I have been assistant to a
V.P. at Merrill Lynch.
CARRIE
(polite/lost)
And why do you think you're right
for this job?
CARRIE
So, you're from St. Louis?
LOUISE
That's right. Louise from St.
Louis.
81.
CARRIE
Have you ever been a personal
assistant?
LOUISE
No, but I'm the oldest of six kids,
so I can pretty much handle
anything you got.
CARRIE
Six kids? What was that like?
LOUISE
Crowded. I had to move to New York
just to get some room. And where'd
I wind up? A one bedroom apartment
with three roommates.
CARRIE
(laughs; then)
Aside from the space issue... why'd
you move to New York?
LOUISE
To fall in love.
LOUISE (CONT'D)
What? That's corny, right?
CARRIE
No, it's just -- so -- honest. I
don't think I've ever heard anyone
say that in a long time.
CARRIE (CONT'D)
Well... Louise from St. Louis... I
have just one more question.
(beat)
How does an unemployed girl with
three roommates afford the
Patchwork Denim Bowley Louis
Vuitton bag?
LOUISE
It's rented. "Bag, Borrow or
Steal." It's like Netflix for
purses.
82.
CARRIE
No! How can I not know about this?
LOUISE
Girl, stick with me, I'll hook you
up.
CARRIE (V.O.)
And she did hook me up.
LOUISE
Carrie Bradshaw... This is Louise.
(listens; then repeats)
Anne From the New York Observer...
LOUISE (CONT'D)
I'll let her know you called.
CARRIE (V.O.)
After only three days -- I began to
think of her as Saint Louise from
St. Louis.
82A.
MIRANDA
(into phone)
No, I can't be more patient. Your
agency has had three weeks to find
me an apartment.
MIRANDA (CONT'D)
No -- I told you... It has to be in
Manhattan. Because it does.
(MORE)
83.
MIRANDA (CONT'D)
How hard could it be to find
something just on the other side of
the Brooklyn Bridge?
MIRANDA (CONT'D)
(into phone pissed)
On second thought -- Forget it. I
could do a better job myself.
MIRANDA
According to New York Magazine,
this is the new up-and-coming
neighborhood.
MIRANDA (CONT'D)
See! Wherever he's going is where
we need to be.
MAGDA
I've been here before -- This was
all Ukrainian area.
MIRANDA
Coming or going?
84.
MIRANDA (CONT'D)
Going. Oh boy. Lets go.
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.
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?
LOVRO
No, no... I told you on phone...
the apartment is --
LOVRO (CONT'D)
Magda? Is this you?
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 --
85A.
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.
86A.
SMITH
Maybe we need to make an effort to
reconnect -- spend more time
together -- away from the business.
Less me, less you -- More us.
130 INT. BEACHOUSE -- DAY -- FALL 130
87.
SAMANTHA
So, I won't be coming to New York
for a while. We're going to spend
some time reconnecting on the
weekends... do the "LA couple
thing."
CARRIE
Yeah, hi, can you put on Samantha?
SAMANTHA
Really. At first I was all: "You
can't tell me what I can do" -- but
then, I had to admit he had a
point.
CARRIE
You people and your relationships.
OPERATOR (V.O.)
Please deposit another eighty-five
cents.
SAMANTHA
Honey, a pay phone? Where's your
cell?
CARRIE
At the bottom of the ocean in
Mexico.
SAMANTHA
Want me to hook you up with a new
one?
CARRIE
No, not yet. No phone -- no calls,
no calls-- no questions, no
questions-- no explaining no
wedding.
88.
Samantha and Smith run into the surf in their wetsuits with
surfboards.
CARRIE (V.O.)
When Samantha Jones decides to do
something...
CARRIE (V.O.)
... She does it all the way.
CARRIE (V.O.)
She and Smith did all the upscale
L.A. couple things. Sushi...
CARRIE (V.O.)
... Spray tanning.
CARRIE (V.O.)
... And saving Somalia... Samantha-
style.
89.
LOUISE
Carrie Bradshaw's web page is a
mess.
CARRIE
-- Interesting -- so is Carrie
Bradshaw.
CARRIE (CONT'D)
Come on -- When are we going to get
to the really important things like
unpacking my closet?
LOUISE
One thing at a time. Are you ever
going to answer these emails?
CARRIE
Yes.
LOUISE
When?
CARRIE
Now?
LOUISE
Okay -- I'll read -- you tell me
what to do.(beat) Vitaminsforless.
Delete. Right?
CARRIE
So right.
LOUISE
Who's John@jjpny.com.?
LOUISE (CONT'D)
Oh, shit -- that's him, right?
CARRIE
Delete.
CARRIE (CONT'D)
And -- isn't there some cyberspace
place that you can send those so
that I never have to see an email
from him ever again?
(off her nod)
Do that please.
LOUISE
You sure you want to end all
communication with him?
CARRIE
(reading)
"And Cinderella and Prince Charming
lived happily ever after."
(beat; looks at her)
This is a fairy tall sweetheart.
Things don't always happen like
this in real life -- you should
know that now.
LILY
Again!
CARRIE
And another one bites the dust.
Charlotte walks into the den with her coat on. She smiles.
91.
LILY
Mommie home!
CHARLOTTE
Thanks for watching her while I
went to the doctor.
CARRIE
(pulling on coat)
Sure. Everything okay?
CHARLOTTE
I'm pregnant.
CARRIE
How?
CHARLOTTE
My doctor said sometimes when women
stop trying -- it can happen. She
knows other couples that adopt and
then get pregnant.
CARRIE
Sweetie.
CHARLOTTE
Carrie -- I'm pregnant!
CARRIE (V.O.)
I guess, in certain houses, fairy
tales do come true.
CARRIE
I can't believe you're even
dressing up.
92.
MIRANDA
All the parents at Brady's school
dress up -- it's fun! Fun thought
up by a group of non-working
mothers with nothing else to do all
day.
MIRANDA (CONT'D)
Witch and -- "sexy kitten". That's
it? The only two choices for women.
Witch and Sexy kitten.
CARRIE
You said a mouthful there, sister.
MIRANDA
Maybe I should just wear this and a
business suit and go as myself.
CARRIE
(re; mask)
Speaking of monsters -- I got an
email from Big.
CARRIE (CONT'D)
"I don't know what to say."
(beat)
Ah... then don't send an email.
MIRANDA
What were you expecting?
CHILD
Boo!
CARRIE
Gonna take a little more than that
to scare me after what I have been
through.
93.
CARRIE (CONT'D)
And in the subject box: two words:
I'm sorry.
MIRANDA
Steve is all about "I'm sorry." I'm
sorry emails -- I'm sorry voice
mails -- I'm sorry flowers -- I'm
sorry cards. How about: don't do
anything to be: " I'm sorry" for.
CARRIE
Maybe he's sorry.
MIRANDA
Maybe Big is too.
CARRIE
Point taken.
(beat)
I still can't believe this happened
to me. I know it happened, but I
can't believe it happened. I lay
awake at night going over every
detail of the last week in my head.
MIRANDA
Carrie -- There's a detail I've
been meaning to tell you about --
CARRIE (V.O.)
And then I saw it...the only thing
scary enough to scare me after the
experience I'd been through.
141 INT. DUANE READE DRUG STORE -- MOMENTS LATER -- FALL 141
MIRANDA
You look great, you look amazing.
So. That's the worst of it.
94.
CARRIE
Wait -- what's that say? In the box
at the end?
MIRANDA
(reading)
"Editor's note: The wedding of
Carrie Bradshaw and John James
Preston was cancelled as this issue
went to press. Carrie Bradshaw
is...
CARRIE
Is what?
CARRIE (CONT'D)
(reads)
"Carrie Bradshaw is still single
and living in Manhattan."
A wind kicks up, autumn leaves blow. Carrie walks down the
street, the Vogue under her arm, angry.
CARRIE (V.O.)
I didn't want to buy it - but I
figured it was one less Vogue in
New York.
CHARLOTTE
I saw it. The pictures are
gorgeous.
CARRIE
Yes -- I'm a beautiful bride. Come
in.
94A.
CHARLOTTE
Look, the people who don't know --
will only see the beautiful
pictures. The people who do know
will only see what an asshole he
is.
(beat; to Lily)
Mommy said a bad word.
CARRIE
(looks down to Lily)
Hi, honey.
CARRIE (CONT'D)
For me?
95.
CARRIE (CONT'D)
And what are you going to be for
Halloween?
LILY
Cinderella.
CHARLOTTE
Or -- we also brought Mulan.
CHARLOTTE (CONT'D)
Would you like to go trick or
treating with us?
LILY
Yea!
CHARLOTTE
Just in our building -- if you feel
up to it.
LILY
Yea!
CARRIE
(How can I not?)
Yea!
HARRY
No costume?
CARRIE
Look closer. I'm the scariest thing
in New York. Jilted at Forty-one.
Boo.
96.
CARRIE
You know you have to give me some
of your loot, right?
CHARLOTTE/HARRY/LILY
Trick or treat!
WOMAN
Oh, Carrie, I saw Vogue -- I'm so
sorry.
CHARLOTTE/HARRY/LILY
Trick or treat!
CARRIE
Louise!
CARRIE
That's the point. My head is the
witness protection program.
97.
LOUISE
I'm really feeling that look on
you.
CARRIE
And I am feeling that Balenciaga on
you.
LOUISE
Mine till Tuesday.
LOUISE (CONT'D)
Here -- time to re-join the world.
CARRIE
Already?
LOUISE
Your new number... area code: 347 --
CARRIE
Hold, Hold, Hold. 347? No, no. I'm
a 917 gal. Always have been.
LOUISE
No longer available. Now, you're
347.
CARRIE
Great. Now even I don't recognize
me.
SAMANTHA
Samantha Jones.
CARRIE (V.O.)
Carrie Bradshaw --
98.
CARRIE
-- Or I used to be.
SAMANTHA
Talk to me.
CARRIE
I'm a 347 area code. How tacky is
that?
SAMANTHA
347 is the new New York.
CARRIE
I want the old New York with the
old 917 and my old will to live.
SAMANTHA
Old New York, new New York -- honey
-- at least it's New York.
SAMANTHA (CONT'D)
Another hard thing about being in
L.A? My "sex on a stick" next door
neighbor. I can't stop looking at
him.
CARRIE
Looking?
SAMANTHA
Just looking. After I saw Steve's
face at the rehearsal dinner, I
could never ---
SAMANTHA (CONT'D)
But you should see this guy. Every
night sex with a different partner.
He's like --
(searching then realizing)
--Me. Five years ago.
CARRIE
Yes. When I was a 212.
98A.
CARRIE (V.O.)
And in an effort to stay out of her
house and out of trouble --
Samantha went shopping.
99.
The dog looks up at her -- Dark marks under its eyes. The
Rescue Woman (40) notices Samantha looking.
RESCUE WOMAN
She needs a good a home.
Interested?
CARRIE (V.O.)
And just as Samantha convinced
herself that the dog wasn't for
her.
RESCUE WOMAN
She's been fixed, but she hasn't
lost the urge.
SAMANTHA (CONT'D)
(to dog)
Honey, I don't mince words.
99A.
JUMP CUT TO: The back of the Mercedes SUV filled with
shopping bags: Gucci, Prada, Dior -- the SUV hatch is closed,
revealing Samantha's licence plate: I HEART NY. Samantha
pulls away, the dog in her lap -- fur blowing.
100.
LOUISE
Do you want me to get rid of it?
CARRIE
No, it's too beautiful. I'll just
bury it deep in the back -- like I
did my feelings.
LOUISE
Do you miss him?
CARRIE
(beat; then)
Every day. You know, it's weird --
I haven't cried very much at all.
Maybe you're only allotted a
certain amount of tears per man --
and I used mine up.
Carrie gently pushes the box away. Opens another.
LOUISE
Yeah. I know how you feel `cause,
my college boyfriend broke up with
me last year. And I miss him all
the time.
CARRIE (V.O.)
Suddenly, it dawned on me -- there
were two broken hearts in my-walk
in.
CARRIE (CONT'D)
Louise -- we need a cocktail. Grab
your rental.
101.
LOUISE
And it threw me so hard `cause, you
know, I thought Will -- that's his
name... was the love of my life.
CARRIE
What happened?
LOUISE
He said he loved me and all -- but
didn't think I was "the one".
LOUISE (CONT'D)
And that hurt. But -- you know --
whatever. I'm not going to give up
on love.
CARRIE
Good.
LOUISE
Love is the thing, you know.
LOUISE (CONT'D)
See that. I'm bringing it to me all
day long.
Louise gets a "text". She reaches over and looks. She
smiles as she reads it. Carrie raises her eyebrow.
CARRIE
Oh, I remember that smile. Who's
the guy?
LOUISE
Someone I just met. He wants me to
meet him for a drink.
CARRIE
At 11:30? That's a bootie call.
LOUISE
No, it's not like that... he just
got off work -- he's a waiter.
CARRIE
Louise, I may not get texts and I
may not send texts -- but trust me:
The sub-text of that text: Bootie.
101A.
LOUISE
But it's not a bootie call if he
meets me.... right?
CARRIE
All right, then. You kids enjoy.
That's what your twenties are for.
Your thirties are to learn the
lessons.
CARRIE (CONT'D)
And your forties are to pay for
drinks.
HARRY
You going for your run?
CHARLOTTE
Um... no.
HARRY
You didn't go yesterday either.
CHARLOTTE
I know.
102.
HARRY
Why is that?
CHARLOTTE
(snapping)
I don't feel like running!
HARRY
(as he goes)
Okay. Welcome to the house of
hormones.
CARRIE
It's all about the desk. If I find
the desk, the writing will come.
And it better `cause I'm using my
new book advance to pay the fancy
decorator.
CHARLOTTE
I think it's so great that you are
re-doing your entire apartment.
CARRIE
Out with the old --
(looks at price tag)
-- In with the overpriced.
CARRIE (CONT'D)
Hey, Harry called me and mentioned
you're not running.
CHARLOTTE
Why'd he do that?
CARRIE
`Cause he loves you... and he's
concerned.
CHARLOTTE
There is nothing to be concerned
about.
CARRIE
Did the doctor say it wasn't safe
or something?
103.
CHARLOTTE
No, she said because I'm already a
runner -- it's fine.
CARRIE
So, why are you not --
CHARLOTTE
I'm afraid something bad will
happen. It's a miracle that I'm
even pregnant.
CARRIE
But if the doctor said --
CHARLOTTE
It's not rational, Carrie... it's
irrational. I know that.
CARRIE
Okay.
CHARLOTTE
I've got everything I ever wanted.
I'm so happy -- I'm terrified.
(beat)
No one gets everything they want.
Look at you. Look at Miranda.
You're such good people and look
what happened to you. Of course,
something bad is going to happen to
me.
CARRIE
Sweetie, you shit your pants this
year. Maybe you're done.
CARRIE (CONT'D)
You run every day -- that's what
you do. You can't stop being who
you are -- just because you're
afraid. Right?
CARRIE (CONT'D)
Now let's get down to business.
I've got to have my apartment done
in time for that baby shower.
104.
CARRIE (V.O.)
And as the last of the autumn
leaves fell away -- so did
Charlotte's fear.
LOUISE
You sure you don't want me to RSVP
to some of these holiday parties?
CARRIE
Yep. I'm perfectly happy spending
time home alone.
(beat)
And speaking of home -- you're
going to miss your plane.
LOUISE
Merry Christmas. It's just
something silly.
CARRIE
Oh... Louise from St. Louis.
LOUISE
You said you never saw it -- so.
104A.
CARRIE
Now, I feel bad. If I had known we
were going to exchange gifts --
105.
She comes back out with a large circular BOX tied with satin
ribbons. It says: Louis Vuitton.
LOUISE
No! That is not what I think it is.
CARRIE
Open it.
LOUISE
Oh my Lord. Oh my --
CARRIE
No more rent girl for you.
LOUISE
Look who's home from the big city!
CARRIE (V.O.)
It was the best money I'd ever
spent.
CARRIE (V.O.)
New Year's Eve... and a Cup O'Soup.
MIRANDA
And what are you gonna say at
midnight?
105A.
BRADY
Happy New Year.
MIRANDA
That's right -- but you gotta say
it more excited than that --
(then; excited)
"Happy New Year!"
BRADY
Happy New Year!
MIRANDA
You say that and then... you kiss.
STEVE
You all ready to go, B-boy?
MIRANDA
Did you pack the new Batman Santa
brought you?
STEVE
Aw man -- Gotta have the new
Batman.
MIRANDA
It's there near the tree.
STEVE
You got plans with the girls?
MIRANDA
We're all kinda staying in tonight.
STEVE
Would you like to come and eat with
us? We can go somewhere over here
on your side.
MIRANDA
No, thank you.
STEVE
Miranda -- I never meant to hurt
you.
105B.
MIRANDA
There he is. Batman.
STEVE
Put your hat on. It's snowing out.
STEVE (CONT'D)
Happy New Year.
MIRANDA
Happy New Year.
BRADY
Kiss.
MIRANDA
See you tomorrow.
JUDY GARLAND
ZING ZING ZING WENT MY HEARTSTRINGS
THE MOMENT I MET HIM -- I FELL
CARRIE
Hello?
105C.
STANFORD
Happy New Year -- We're having a
fabulous time. The only thing
missing is you. Come.
CARRIE
That's sweet but I can't, I'm
writing.
STANFORD
Oh... Okay.
(beat;then)
You're not really writing are you?
CARRIE
No. You're not really having a
fabulous time are you?
STANFORD
No. Rescue me. It's very forced
festive.
CARRIE
Oh yes, that's just what every New
Year's Eve party needs: a visit
from the lost Bronte sister.
STANFORD
Well... Better a Bronte sister than
a Hilton sister.
CARRIE
(laughs; then)
Thanks but -- by ten PM I'll be in
bed asleep and blissfully unaware
of how fabulous this night is
supposed to be.
159C INT. CARRIE'S APARTMENT -- LATER -- WINTER 159C
CARRIE
Hello.
105D.
MIRANDA
I thought one of the perks of
having a family is you don't have
to spend New Year's Eve alone with
Chinese food.
(beat)
I'm alone with Chinese food.
CARRIE
I was sleeping.
MIRANDA
Oh, shit -- I'm sorry.
CARRIE
That's okay. Where's Brady?
MIRANDA
It's Steve's night.
CARRIE
Right.
MIRANDA
Go back to sleep -- don't wake up.
CARRIE
It's okay. Are you alright?
MIRANDA
I'm fine -- I was just getting a
little choked-up watching the
stupid New Year's Eve stuff on TV
alone.
CARRIE
Want me to come over?
MIRANDA
I'm all the way downtown --
CARRIE
I can grab a cab --
MIRANDA
On New Year's Eve? No way. I'm
fine... really.
(MORE)
105E.
MIRANDA (CONT'D)
I just wanted to talk a little. Go
back to sleep. Good night.
106.
107.
107A.
CARRIE
You're not alone.
END MUSIC.
CARRIE
Easy girl.
SAMANTHA
Thanks -- Three months driving in
L.A. and I forgot how to use my
fucking legs.
CARRIE (V.O.)
Every year the women of New York
leave the past behind and look
forward to the future... this is
known as Fashion Week.
CARRIE
This way. I hear the couture
calling my name.
SAMANTHA
See this -- this is what I miss.
Last night Smith and I cuddled in
front of the TV with "take out"
Mexican.
MIRANDA
-- In your four billion dollar
beach house.
SAMANTHA
Still -- I don't think I'm cut out
for the one-on-one relationship
thing.
108A.
CHARLOTTE
You've been doing it for five
years.
SAMANTHA
No, see -- I've always had
girlfriends on the side.
MIRANDA
There's Mayor Bloomberg.
SAMANTHA
New Yorkers are so damn attractive -
- Even the Mayor is hot.
MIRANDA
I believe that was his last
campaign slogan.
109.
SAMANTHA
There we are.
CHARLOTTE
We're in the front row?!
SAMANTHA
I pulled some strings.
CARRIE
Very nice.
SAMANTHA
I should go thank them --
CHARLOTTE
Decide where we want to go for
lunch -- I'll make the call.
(beat; excited)
It's like old times.
MIRANDA
So, this is how you all spent your
Saturdays while I was with Brady
and Steve at the Brooklyn Aquarium.
CARRIE
Well... Not every Saturday.
MIRANDA
Just so you know -- We always had
front row at the mammal show.
(beat; then)
Steve does the funniest dolphin
impression. Actually, it's more --
Steve as a dolphin --
CHARLOTTE
You really can't forgive him?
MIRANDA
Are you suggesting something?
CHARLOTTE
I like Steve. I've always liked
Steve -- He's apologized a hundred
times -- he's not seeing anyone
else. What's it going to take?
MIRANDA
And are you also suggesting that
she forgive Big?
CHARLOTTE
No. I could kill Big. Sometimes
when I'm running -- I imagine what
I'd say if I ever saw him again. I
have the perfect opening sentence.
Want to hear it?
CARRIE
(duh?)
Ah.... yes.
CHARLOTTE
I curse the day you were born.
CARRIE
Impressive. Better work up a hand
gesture to go with it.
ELAINE
Thank god you're here. They have me
covering this Mercedes-Benz fashion
week and I'm desperate for a Carrie
Bradshaw-esque quote.
CARRIE
Well, I'll do my best. We'll talk
after?
ELAINE
Great. And -- ooh -- my back --
ELAINE (CONT'D)
(very sincere)
-- Can I just say that I'm so sorry
about what happened with your
wedding.
ELAINE (CONT'D)
I don't know how you survived it.
I, personally, was so devastated I
took myself off JDate -- but you
survived and you're here and you
look amazing and I just think
that's so great. Everyone in my row
does -- we can't stop talking about
it. Okay -- Meet you in the lobby
after.
CARRIE
I've gotta go.
MIRANDA
Should I --
CHARLOTTE
Carrie, wait.
CARRIE
This was a mistake -- it's too soon
-- I'm not ready. I'll go get a
coffee and you guys call me after --
and I'll meet you for lunch.
CHARLOTTE
Are you sure? I know how much you
were looking forward to this.
CARRIE
Yeah, I really was... until I
became the poster child for wounded
women everywhere.
CHARLOTTE
You're not.
CARRIE
Is this thing going to effect
everything I do for the rest of my
life?
CHARLOTTE
No -- but if you leave right now --
it will effect the rest of your
day.
CARRIE
Where everyone can see me.
CHARLOTTE
Who cares about them -- You only
came for the clothes.
CHARLOTTE (CONT'D)
I know it's hard but -- It's like
you said: You can't stop being who
you are.
Samantha and Miranda have just gathered their things and are
leaving their chairs as Charlotte and Carrie return.
SAMANTHA
We thought we were leaving.
DISSOLVE TO:
CARRIE (V.O.)
I didn't know if it was the fashion
or the fact that the four of us
were together again -- but for the
first time in a long time -- I felt
like myself.
The girls leave the tent and start down the stairs.
SAMANTHA
Let's get a cab -- I am starv --
SPLAT. Her fur coat is hit with SPLASH of red paint. They
REACT: SHOCKED. AN ACTIVIST WOMAN stands there holding a
paint cup. Next to her -- another ACTIVIST is holding a PUG
dog.
ACTIVIST #1
Fur is murder!
ACTIVIST #2
MUR-DER. MUR-DER.
SAMANTHA
(beat)
God, I miss New York.
CARRIE (V.O.)
And a couple of weeks later -- I
met St. Louise's St. Louis
boyfriend, Will.
Carrie turns the key in her mail box. A little pink envelope
sits there. She takes it out and opens it. It's a "kid's
style" Valentine card of Cinderella. She turns it over.
Lily's crayon mark mixes with Charlotte's handwriting: To
Aunt Carrie... Love, Lily.
CARRIE
Hello?
SAMANTHA
I'm just calling to make sure you
aren't hanging from your shower
rod.
CARRIE
You called an hour too early.
SAMANTHA
So, what's the V-day plan?
CARRIE
Miranda and I are going to dinner
and then a really violent slasher
movie.
SAMANTHA
Perfect.
CARRIE
And you?
SAMANTHA
I am making Smith sushi. Pause for
reaction.
CARRIE
Wow. Do you make sushi?
SAMANTHA
We took a class a while back -- and
when he walks in the door at seven-
thirty, I am going to surprise him
by laying on the dining room table -
-- covered with homemade sushi.
CARRIE
Boy, you do have time on your
hands.
MIRANDA
Is it me or is Valentine's Day this
year on steroids?
CARRIE
I think it was like this last year
but we played for the other team.
WAITRESS
Good evening. Here's our special
Valentine night menu. All the
selections are romantic in theme
and designed to be split for two.
Are you having wine?
CARRIE/MIRANDA
Yes.
WAITRESS
A glass or a bot --
CARRIE/MIRANDA
Bottle.
WAITRESS
I'll be right back to take you and
your girlfriends order.
MIRANDA
I could do a lot worse.
MIRANDA
Why would you look at the Vogue
today of all days?
CARRIE
`Cause -- I'm an emotional cutter.
(Beat;then)
I deserve what I got. Running all
over New York believing that I'm
finally getting my happy ending.
"See everyone, love does conquer
all. Look at me in my one of a kind
wedding gown marrying the love of
my life."
WAITRESS
Would you like another bot --
CARRIE/MIRANDA
Yes.
She leaves.
CARRIE
And Miranda... in that article -- I
did not say "we" once. It was all:
"I" want and "I" think.
MIRANDA
It was from your point of view.
CARRIE
My point of view... Exactly. The
whole wedding was my point of view.
I let the wedding get bigger than
Big. I am the reason he didn't get
out of that car.
116A.
MIRANDA
You can't put this all on yourself.
(beat; then)
Okay. I said something I shouldn't
have said to Big at the rehearsal
dinner.
117.
CARRIE
What do you mean?
MIRANDA
I was really upset after Steve
showed up and I bumped into Big and
-- I said that you two were crazy
to get married.
WAITRESS
Here we go. Your Shiraz.
MIRANDA
Stop -- It's fine -- Thanks.
MIRANDA (CONT'D)
I'm sorry, I was upset-- Steve had--
CARRIE
I have been going over this and
over this in my mind for five
months -- and -- for five months
you kept a secret like that?
MIRANDA
I tried to tell you once but the
Vogue article came out --
CARRIE
Once? You tried to tell me once?
You should have tried to tell me
every single day!
MIRANDA
I know, I was looking for the right
time.
CARRIE
There is no right time to tell me
you ruined my marriage!
118.
MIRANDA
It just happened -- I wasn't
thinking.
MIRANDA (CONT'D)
Carrie, please -- Don't go -- I --
CARRIE
And I think what hurts the most is
that you kept a secret from me. I
have never ever kept a secret from
you. Ever!
CARRIE (CONT'D)
No, I'm lying. For the last five
months I've been thinking that it's
a huge mistake that you left Steve.
(beat)
There. How does it feel?
She turns and pushes balloons out of her way as she starts
out. A KISSING COUPLE (20's) is BLOCKING her way.
CARRIE (CONT'D)
Excuse me!
SMITH (V.O.)
Babe -- we're way behind on set. I
still haven't been released. I'll
get there as soon as I can.
She SIGHS -- places the tray on the table. Looks at the wall
clock: Seven-thirty.
118A.
CARRIE (V.O.)
It was the same Valentine night
Samantha had planned -- minus the
sushi.
119.
SMITH
I'm home!
SAMANTHA
You are three hours late.
SMITH
Bummer. I know. Did you eat?
SAMANTHA
Yes, I ate. I ate the sushi that I
hand made for you. The sushi that I
planned to lay all over my naked
body as a Valentines surprise for
you.
SMITH
Why are you so upset? I called.
SAMANTHA
I slaved away in a kitchen all day
to make this meal for you.
120.
SMITH
You made some sushi -- it's not a
big deal!
SAMANTHA
Not a big deal?
SAMANTHA (CONT'D)
You see this -- This took me five
fucking hours!
SAMANTHA (CONT'D)
I am not the type of woman who sits
home all day waiting for a man!
(beat)
You love California so much --
enjoy your hand-made California
roll!
She throws more sushi and storms out. Smith looks at the
subzero fridge. A sushi piece slides down the front.
MIRANDA (V.O)
It's me. Pick up. Are you there?
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.
120A.
MIRANDA
Carrie.
CARRIE
How long have you been waiting
here?
MIRANDA
Seventeen dollars long.
(beat)
Please get in. It just turned to
eighteen.
121.
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
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.
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
I don't know if I can trust that it
won't happen again.
122A.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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?
CARRIE (CONT'D)
Oh my God --
LOUISE
I'm moving back to St. Louis -- we
are getting married in the fall.
CARRIE (V.O.)
Meanwhile, back in Lost Angeles...
125A.
CARRIE (V.O.)
... Samantha had money, a career
and a man who loved her... Still,
she couldn't shake the feeling that
something was missing from her
life.
126.
SAMANTHA
No! Come back here.
SAMANTHA
Where are you, baby?
SAMANTHA (CONT'D)
Sorry -- I'm your neighbor and my
dog ran up on your dick--
(catching herself)
--Deck!
DANTE
Want to join me?
DANTE (CONT'D)
I'm Dante. Stop by -- anytime.
SAMANTHA
Smith is interested - but the dates
will have to work with the series.
127.
SAMANTHA
We agreed that no one else from the
show but Smith was going to be on
the cover.
She walks to the window and looks out. Dante is on his deck
putting on sun screen. He glistens. She chews.
CARRIE (V.O.)
With her two weeks just about up,
Miranda's list of pros and cons
were equal.
She throws some money down on the table and takes a final sip
on her cappuccino. As she stands up, she catches sight of
herself in the mirrored wall. Cappuccino foam covers her top
lip. She remembers. She knows.
CARRIE (V.O.)
It suddenly dawned on Miranda that
Steve's list might have had more
cons then pros.
127A.
128.
CARRIE (V.O.)
And Miranda never looked back...
CARRIE (V.O.)
Well, almost never.
MIRANDA
Kiss me.
CARRIE (V.O.)
And at home -- everything felt and
looked different -- and yet still
very much me.
CARRIE
Sorry. This is a very exclusive
party.
MIRANDA
We're on the list. Miranda Hobbes
plus one...and a half.
WOMEN FRIENDS chatting and having fun. The front door is open
and a coat rack is visible in the hall. A couple of WAITERS
(20's) move around. ANTHONY comes up to Carrie.
129.
ANTHONY
A woman just put a glass down on
your new desk without a coaster. I
told her if she did it again I'd
break her arm.
CARRIE
Thanks.
MIRANDA
Where's Samantha? Her plane landed
two hours ago.
CARRIE
You know her, probably ran to the
hotel gym for a quick work-out.
SAMANTHA
There's no place like home.
CARRIE
Sweetie!
MIRANDA
There's a rat in your purse.
CARRIE
And that rat better be house
trained.
CATER WAITER
Can I take your coat?
Samantha nods and takes off her coat. Revealing: She has a
belly. A very non-Samantha big fat gut.
CHARLOTTE
Samantha!
Samantha raises her arms to greet her. Her blouse rides up,
the gut peeks out. Charlotte reacts; shocked.
130.
CHARLOTTE (CONT'D)
You have a -- dog!
SAMANTHA
Did you ever think you'd see the
day -- me with a pooch.
MIRANDA
So, she has a belly. So what?
CARRIE
No, a belly on anyone else is a "so
what?" A belly on Samantha is a:
"So what the hell is going on?"
CHARLOTTE
She never mentioned it on the
phone?
CARRIE
Never. And when has she ever not
talked about every detail regarding
her body?
CHARLOTTE
Should we even bring it up?
MIRANDA
What -- like a fat intervention?
"We love you -- have a salad?" No.
We should let her bring it up.
SAMANTHA
Ladies, we can talk about my gut
later-- right now, I'm bored to
tears here.
131.
SAMANTHA
I eat -- so I won't cheat.
MIRANDA
What exactly are you eating?
SAMANTHA
Everything except Dante's dick.
CARRIE
Language, please -- this is a grown-
up apartment now.
SAMANTHA
I guess I didn't realize how big I
was until I saw it on your faces.
CARRIE
How -- and I say this with love --
How could you not realize it?
SAMANTHA
I've been avoiding mirrors.
CHARLOTTE
I'm proud of you for not cheating.
SAMANTHA
I don't know if there's anything to
be proud of. I stuff my face to
stop myself from doing something
that feels natural to me.
CARRIE
Why didn't you say something?
SAMANTHA
I guess I didn't want to admit it.
And when you're in denial -- you
don't dial.
CARRIE
Now, listen -- this isn't about the
weight. You'd be gorgeous at any
size. But are you happy?
132.
SAMANTHA
(Silence; then)
Relationships aren't always about
being happy, right?
(beat)
How often do you feel happy in your
relationship?
CARRIE
(to Charlotte)
I'm pretty sure that's to you.
CHARLOTTE
Every day.
SAMANTHA
You feel happy ever day?
CHARLOTTE
Not all day -- everyday -- but
everyday.
MIRANDA
When was the last time you felt
happy?
SAMANTHA
Six months ago.
They react.
SAMANTHA (CONT'D)
What am I going to do?
CARRIE
What does your gut tell you?
SAMANTHA
I know but --
(beat; hard)
Smith stayed with me through chemo.
If he could stay with me through
that, I should be able to stay in
this relationship for him.
CARRIE
Sweetie... You just compared your
relationship to chemo.
Samantha looks at her, then Charlotte, then Miranda.
133.
CARRIE (CONT'D)
And Samantha?
CARRIE (CONT'D)
That pillow cost three hundred
dollars.
SMITH
Hey -- You're home! I thought you
were staying the week.
SAMANTHA
We need to talk.
SMITH
Awwww... man. I knew this was
coming.
SAMANTHA
Yeah. This isn't working.
(beat)
I've done my best. I've given it
five years and fifteen pounds.
SMITH
What -- You don't love me any more?
SAMANTHA
Yes, I love you - ah, fuck it --
I'm just gonna say the thing you're
not supposed to say -- I love you
but I love me more. And I've been
in a relationship with myself for
forty-nine years and that's the one
I need to work on.
SAMANTHA (CONT'D)
You'll find a wonderful woman who
loves being in a relationship.
SMITH
What will you find?
SAMANTHA
I don't know. But that's a risk I'm
willing to take.
SAMANTHA (CONT'D)
No. I'm keeping this. Every time I
look down at it I want to think of
you.
STEWARDESS
We're landing in new York. I'm
gonna need to take that now.
CARRIE (V.O.)
As someone returned to my life...
CARRIE (V.O.)
... Someone left.
LOUISE
And I put all the unopened mail
from your P.O. Box in the manila
envelopes on the bottom shelf
there.
135.
LOUISE (CONT'D)
And please -- please do not make a
mess of CarrieBradshaw.com -- it's
my masterpiece.
CARRIE
What am I gonna do without you?
LOUISE
You'll find some other girl... but
she won't have my style.
CARRIE
St. Louise, you brought me back to
life.
LOUISE
And you gave me Louise Vuitton.
LOUISE (CONT'D)
Serious. We need to stop cryin'.
Louise breaks the hug and takes her "love" key chain out of
her purse -- hands it to Carrie.
LOUISE (CONT'D)
Your keys.
CARRIE
Wait -- don't forget your "love."
LOUISE
No, I found my love. I'm leaving
that with you.
LOUISE (CONT'D)
See you at my wedding.
CARRIE
I'll meet you in St. Louis.
Louise gives one last look, and leaves. Carrie closes the
door. Looks down at "love" in her hand.
136.
CARRIE (V.O.)
Now, there were no more
distractions.
(beat)
And as I moved on...
CARRIE (V.O.)
... Samantha moved in.
The HOT TATTOOED LATIN GUY is still sitting on the stoop out
front with the ferocious looking pitbull. She starts up the
stairs. He checks her out. She turns.
SAMANTHA
Hi, I'm your new neighbor.
HOT NEIGHBOR
Diego.
SAMANTHA
Samantha.
HOSTESS
When are you due?
CHARLOTTE
Next week.
HOSTESS
You look gorgeous.
137.
CHARLOTTE
(touched; embarrassed)
Oh, thank-you.
WAITRESS
Hi, can I --
CHARLOTTE
No, I'm sorry -- I can't stay --
Help me -- pull out the table. I
can't --
BIG
Charlotte. Charlotte wait --
BIG (CONT'D)
You're pregnant -- don't run.
CHARLOTTE
I don't want to see you.
CHARLOTTE (CONT'D)
I'm so mad at you. I was always on
your side and then you did that to
Carrie -- No, no -- I'm not going
to cry -- I'm not going to waste
tears on you --
(strong; stomping foot)
I curse the day you were born!
138.
CHARLOTTE (CONT'D)
I think my water just broke.
(beat)
Oh my God -- Taxi!
BIG
My car's right there. Get in my
car.
CHARLOTTE
I don't want to get in your car --
I hate your car. Taxi!
BIG
Charlotte -- we need to get you to
the hospital -- Please get in my
car. It's right here and ready.
CARRIE
Hi. Congratulations... A girl!
HARRY
It's my lot in life to be
surrounded by beautiful women.
She kisses him and walks over to the bed where Charlotte is
holding ROSE, a beautiful baby with thick dark hair.
CARRIE
Oh my God. She's gorgeous.
CHARLOTTE
Say hello to Rose.
CARRIE
What a beautiful name.
139.
CHARLOTTE
After Harry's "Bubbie."
HARRY
Now, we got a Lily and a Rose.
HARRY
Oh -- there was plenty of drama.
CHARLOTTE
My water broke in front of a
restaurant.
CARRIE
Very dramatic.
HARRY
Wait -- she's not done.
CHARLOTTE
It broke while I was talking to
Big.
CARRIE
What?
HARRY
See. Drama.
CHARLOTTE
I bumped into him and I got so
upset I started crying and then -
my water broke.
HARRY
He brought her to the hospital.
Stayed until the baby was born.
CHARLOTTE
I think he was hoping to see you.
140.
CARRIE
Well -- today is not about him.
It's about beautiful baby Rose.
(beat; forced up)
So -- we know she has Charlotte's
hair -- what else do we know?
CARRIE
She's a doll. Mazel tov!
HARRY
He asked me to ask you to call him.
HARRY (CONT'D)
I know! It's none of my business.
But I felt bad for the poor schmuck
hanging around the hospital waiting
room hoping to see you. I swear
every time he heard someone in
heels coming down the hall -- his
heart stopped.
CARRIE
Harry -- it's so much more
complicated than you can imagine.
HARRY
I know it is -- and you have every
right to never call him -- but I'm
just a big pile of love today --and
I feel bad for the guy. He said
he's been writing you -- but you
never responded.
CARRIE
(beat; then)
He's never written me.
HARRY
He said he wrote because he didn't
have your phone number.
141.
CARRIE
No. He's never written me. Ever.
HARRY
Then, why would he say that he had?
JUMP CUT TO: Carrie opens the bookcase drawer and takes out a
Manila envelope marked: P.O. Box.
JUMP CUT TO: Carrie quickly sorts through the mail -- looking
-- looking for something. A letter -- something. Nothing from
him. She leans back in her chair -- more confused. Her eyes
drift up to her computer. She wonders if --
JUMP CUT TO: Carrie scans through emails -- none are from
Big. Frustrated she logs off.
CARRIE (VO)
Two hours, two manila envelopes and
countless emails later, I was just
about to give up on the Big riddle
when --
142.
CARRIE (CONT'D)
Hey, Louise -- it's me. What's the
password to get into your assistant
file? Call me.
CARRIE (CONT'D)
Shit.
CARRIE (CONT'D)
Oh my God.
JUMP CUT TO: Carrie types the password: "L-O-V-E." Yes! The
file opens -- her eyes widen. There on the screen are many,
many, many emails -- all from JJP@JJP.com.
JUMP CUT TO: New Email: A love letter from Lord Byron.
JUMP CUT TO: New Email: A love letter from James Joyce.
143.
She puts the phone down and is about to "delete" the e mail --
suddenly; the phone rings.
CARRIE (CONT'D)
Hello.
LOUISE (O.C.)
I didn't hear my phone.
LOUISE
We are shopping for my wedding
gown.
ANGELA
That one makes you look weird.
LOUISE
(calls over)
Momma -- can you please -- This is
a work call.
CARRIE
No, it's okay I figured it out.
144.
LOUISE
Well, I was going to call you
anyway -- today is the final day on
the Fifth Avenue apartment. You
have till six before they change
the locks.
CARRIE
I don't need to go over there.
LOUISE
And do you NOT want those never-
worn shoes?
CARRIE
Oh -- I completely forgot about --
LOUISE
`Cause if you don't -- send them on
to me. I'll squeeze my feet into
them.
CARRIE
It's already five o'clock.
LOUISE
Hello? There are never been worn
four hundred dollar shoes!
CARRIE
Five twenty-five.
(beat; hears herself)
Bye.
CARRIE
Taxi!
Carrie steps into the elevator. She presses "PH," steps back.
The doors close.
145.
CARRIE (V.O.)
The light in our pre-war apartment
looked completely different post-
war.
Carrie walks into the bedroom and over to the closet. She
pushes open the other double door... Revealing --
Mr. Big - standing there holding the Manolos in his hands. He
looks up -- surprised by her.
BIG
I was going to get these to you. I
didn't want it to be a total loss.
CARRIE (V.O.)
It wasn't logic -- it was love.
She walks into the closet and over to him. She throws her
arms around him. He drops the shoes. They kiss. It's
passionate. Very -- very passionate.
CARRIE
Why did we ever decide to get
married?
BIG
(beat; then)
I guess we were afraid it meant
something if we didn't.
BIG (CONT'D)
I'm sorry to have done that to you.
146.
CARRIE
I'm sorry to have done that to
you...
(beat)
And you know the funny part?
BIG
Is there a funny part?
CARRIE
We were perfectly happy before we
decided to live happily ever after.
BIG
Yep. The jokes on us.
She nods... she looks around.
CARRIE
Good closet.
BIG
Thanks.
CARRIE
Comfortable. Is this what you had
in mind when you installed the
carpet?
BIG
I'd like to think I was that
smooth.
CARRIE
We better get up before the new
owner bust in on us.
BIG
And the way we decided to get
married -- All business... No
romance. That's not the way you
propose to someone.
BIG (CONT'D)
This is.
147.
BIG (CONT'D)
Carrie Bradshaw -- love of my life -
- will you marry me?
BIG (CONT'D)
See, this is why there's a diamond.
You need to do something to close
the deal.
CARRIE (V.O.)
And in the end... Carrie Bradshaw
married John James Preston in a
label-less dress.
JUDGE
By the power vested in me, by the
state of New York, I now pronounce
you husband and wife. You may kiss
the bride.
BIG
Ever thine. Ever mine. Ever ours.
Carrie and Big walk through the courthouse lobby toward the
front door holding hands.
BIG
You okay that it was just us?
CARRIE
Perfect. You and me -- like I said.
148.
BIG
Still. Would have been nice if you
had the girls here.
Carrie and Big walk out of the courthouse into the sun.
BIG
Which is why I called them.
MIRANDA/SAMANTHA
Congratulations!
CHARLOTTE
Mazel tov!
GUARD
Excuse me -- excuse me! You're not
allowed to throw rice anymore.
SAMANTHA
Honey, get over it -- It's New
York!
WAITRESS
Who had the ham and eggs?
Big raises his arm. The waitress hands the plate down...
Carrie intercepts it and places it in front of Big.
149.
CARRIE (V.O.)
It wasn't a fancy designer
reception either. Just food and
friends.
CARRIE
Maybe some labels are best left in
the closet...
240 EXT. VITRA -- NIGHT -- SUMMER 240
CARRIE (V.O.)
... Maybe when we put a label on
people... bride, groom, husband,
wife, fat, thin, married, single...
we forget to look past the label
and see the person.
CHARLOTTE
Hmmm. This is delicious.
MIRANDA
Why did we ever stop drinking
these?
CARRIE
Because everyone else started.
149A.
SAMANTHA
(sips; then)
Well, that is an oldie but goodie.
CARRIE
And speaking of an oldie but
goodie...
150.
CARRIE (CONT'D)
Wait -- wait -- a toast.
CARRIE (CONT'D)
To us... and the next fifty!
ALL
To the next fifty.
CARRIE (V.O.)
And there, in the same city where
they met as girls, four New York
women entered the next phase of
their lives... dressed head to toe
in love.
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