50 EXT. HOTEL PATIO. DAY.
Lee and Linda are still eating lunch. Linda looks at people coming and going.
Fuck, marry or murder?
A beat.
Is that why you're always Joey
Heatherson on Halloween?
It's a great costume Ð really. If
Joey herself happens to come by and
actually recognize it.
(She returns to the game)
Fuck, marry or murder?
LEE
I really hate this game.
LINDA
For fun.
LEE
They ALL seem so violent.
LINDA
And possible.
LEE
You're so glib.
LINDA
What?
LEE
Tomorrow's my birthday.
LINDA
Can't we play a fun game in honor of your birthday?
LINDA
The present I gave you.
LEE
Are you kidding?
LINDA
No?
LEE
But for my 40th birthday?
LINDA
Something fun.
LEE
I was offended.
LINDA
I have one.
LEE
I used it once.
LINDA
What happened?
LEE
I got stuck in the chair.
LINDA
You used it in the chair?
LEE
Well, that's what's on the box.
LINDA
The model?
LEE
Well how do you use it?
LINDA
Different ways.
Someone walks by and distracts LINDA.
Fuck, marry or murder?
LEE
You should have the person in mind
at all times.
Definitely fuck.
LEE
You should give people what you
think they would want.
LINDA
I thought you'd like it.
LEE
Something personal.
LINDA
Personal?
LEE
I'm just saying how it felt. And
then you know, you came to the
party but you and that guy, what
was his name? Tom? — you sat at the
other end of the table and stared
at each other the whole time. You
didn't even socialize with
anyone else.
LINDA
Oh God forgive me. I was in love
for a brief period of time that
happened to include the week of
your birthday. A year later.
And you know, a gift is a gift.
You shouldn't question it Ð at
least not out loud and to the giver
and a whole year later.
LEE
Now I know.
LINDA
What?
LEE
That it meant something to you.
LINDA
What?
LEE
The whole thing. That you DID put
some thought into it.
It's for your — you know — small
change.
CUT.