Barbie Jenny Bicks 09 08 2014 Writers 2nd Draft Digital

BARBIE
Written by
Jenny Bicks
Parkes + MacDonald / Imagenation
Writer's Second Draft

September 8, 2014
The Columbia Pictures/Sony Entertainment logo comes up on
screen. Except our Lady of Liberty has been replaced with
BARBIE holding up the flame.
We go to BLACK.
FADE IN:
CLOSE ON the face of lovely, confident MAGGIE PARISH,

speaking to camera. She seems to be in a forest.
MAGGIE
I just always wanted to make a
difference. Maybe help people see
the world a little differently.
PULL OUT to find Maggie is addressing a rapt audience of

REPORTERS, CITY DIGNITARIES and school kids. The “forest” is
actually a tree-covered rooftop of a new, gleaming two-story
glass building in downtown LA. It’s the ribbon cutting
ceremony. A REPORTER speaks up...
REPORTER
Well this is definitely a different
kind of public school!
The KIDS CHEER! One of Maggie’s minions, ROLF, steps up

behind her with a bottle of water and hands it to her.
ROLF
Your water, Ms. Parish.
She stakes a swig and hands it back to him.
MAGGIE
Thank you, Rolf. Make sure that
gets recycled.
MALE REPORTER
Is it true you’ll be designing the
new downtown museum?
MAGGIE
We’ll see. I’ve been asked to work
on the White House so, y’know,
gotta tackle that first!
MAYOR MILLICENT CORTEZ, 50s, steps up to the mic.
MAYOR
She will if I have my way!
MAGGIE
Mayor Cortez, you are too kind.
2.
MAYOR
You are a national treasure, Maggie
Parish. And before you cut the
ribbon, there’s someone here who’d
like to thank you as well...
The Mayor motions to a curtain set up to the side and it

opens, revealing BEYONCE.
BEYONCE
This is for my best friend, Maggie!
And Beyonce starts to sing her LATEST SONG. The crowd goes
wild. Maggie smiles and waves to her friend Bey, taking it
all in.
But then Bey stops singing and looks at Maggie. Out of her
mouth comes an annoyed man’s voice.
BEYONCE (CONT’D)
Hey! HELLLOOOO!
INT. MAGGIE’S REAL OFFICE - DAY
Our real Maggie sits at her desk in this windowless

underground office, her ear buds in, listening to Beyonce.
The space is cluttered with drawings and plants. She wears a
t-shirt and baggie pants. She stares off into space.
MAN (O.C.)
MAGGIE!
Maggie comes out of her reverie and pulls her ear buds out to
find ROLF, middle-manager in a suit, standing in front of her
desk. (We will recognize this Rolf from Maggie’s daydream).
MAGGIE
Hey Rolf--
ROLF
Don’t “hey Rolf” me.
MAGGIE
Okay.
(overly solicitious)
Greetings to you, Rolf.
Maggie’s young assistant, MEGAN, races in.
MEGAN
Rolf’s here to see you!
3.
MAGGIE
Almost beat him this time.
Megan sighs and exits as Rolf slaps a design rendering down

in front of her.
ROLF
What is this?
MAGGIE
Your sketch for the metro stop
remodel.
ROLF
No, this.
He points to a corner of the drawing.
MAGGIE
A curved wall?
ROLF
It’s supposed to be straight.
MAGGIE
I know. I was just playing with the
idea that--
ROLF
Oh. Is that what you guys do down
here in drafting? You “play”?
Well, upstairs in city planning
design we “work”. So how about you
just draw it the way I spec’ed it,
got it?
MAGGIE
(biting her tongue)
Got it.
ROLF
By six.
Rolf turns and walks out. Maggie jokingly “salutes” behind

his back. YUKI, a nerdy Chinese guy in glasses, enters.
YUKI
No go on the wall, huh?
MAGGIE
What a jerk.
(imitating Rolf)
(MORE)
4.
MAGGIE (CONT'D)
“Oh I’m so important because I work
upstairs and have a window and you
guys just sit down here and play.”
YUKI
You suck at impressions.
ROCHELLE, a nerdy, overweight black girl in a motorized wheel

chair pulls up to Yuki.
ROCHELLE
It’s your turn in scrabble.
Maggie eyes Yuki.
YUKI
On-line scrabble is not “play”.
It’s a character-building exercise
requiring both skill and
intelligence.
MAGGIE
Get back to work. Both of you.
EXT. TACO FOOD TRUCK - DAY
Maggie wolfs down a taco as she talks to her friend RAMON,

20s, hip, through the take-out window.
MAGGIE
Ramon, this taco is amazing!
RAMON
Right? Chino-Latino fusion. I’m
gonna make it a thing.
MAGGIE
You could totally make it a thing.
(then)
Hey, why should you never play
poker in the jungle?
RAMON
Because of the cheetahs.
MAGGIE
Dangit! Told you that one already.
RAMON
Never gets old.
Megan races up.

5.
MEGAN
Oh my gosh there you are! I
couldn’t find you anywhere!
MAGGIE
Did you try calling my cell phone?
MEGAN
(beat)
And that’s why you’re the boss.
(recovering)
Meeting in five in conference room
3.
MAGGIE
Number 3 is for the important
people--
MEGAN
The Mayor is coming.
MAGGIE
I didn’t even shower this morning!
(to Ramon)
Don’t judge.
RAMON
Not judging. But--
MAGGIE
I gotta go. Thanks Ramon!
RAMON
Maggie--
MAGGIE
No time to chat--
RAMON
Okay, Just gonna point.
He points to the front of her shirt where she has a HUGE

SMEAR of Chino-Latino taco down the front.
MAGGIE
Ah, geez!
INT. ELEVATOR - LA CITY PLANNING BUILDING - DAY
In the back of the packed elevator, Maggie maniacally rubs at

the smear with a napkin. Next to her, a FEDEX GUY is drinking
a bottle of water. He offers it to her--
6.
She takes the water and spills some down her front. Maggie
rubs the water in. It’s worse.
FEDEX GUY
You just made it worse.
MAGGIE
Ah, geez!
She hands the water back to him.
INT. LA CITY PLANNING OFFICES - DAY
Warrens of cubicles and bustling activity. Signs tell us this

is “city planning” with various sub-offices singled out,
including “historic preservation:, “zoning”, etc. Around the
corner of a bank of cubicles emerges Maggie, with Megan
trying to keep up.
MAGGIE
Shield me!
We TRACK these two as they move through the office. Megan

pulls closer to her as we see that Maggie is literally
turning her shirt around on her body as she run/walks to her
meeting. It’s pretty impressive. And gawky. And hilarious.
The stain is now on the back of her shirt as they reach the
conference room.
Maggie takes a deeper breath.
MAGGIE (CONT’D)
How do I look?
MEGAN
Like you’re late for a meeting on
backwards day.
INT. CONFERENCE ROOM - DAY
City employees sit around the table. At the head sits MAYOR
MILLICENT CORTEZ, Hispanic, 50s, no-nonsense. Next to her is
a very attractive man, DEAN LENNON. Maggie tries to slip in
unnoticed and hugs the wall to hide her back. She sits in the
row of chairs against the wall meant for the unseen and far
less powerful in this office.
CLYDE
Madam Mayor, please continue.
CLYDE eyes Maggie. Clyde is Maggie’s by-the-numbers boss.

7.
MAGGIE
Hi. Sorry. Sorry. Welcome. Hello.
MAYOR
Well, as I was starting to say, Mr.
Lennon here has offered us an
amazing opportunity. It’s not every
day that a developer gives the city
an entire empty block of east LA to
work with.
ROLF
Kudos to you, sir!
DEAN
I just want it to go to good use.
MAYOR
And so we are bringing it to you
here in city planning to come up
with some stellar ideas.
CLYDE
Fantastic. I’ll have my group work
up some pitches and we’ll circle
back in a week or so.
ROLF
Rolf Guiness, sir. Two words, solar-
powered parking.
MAGGIE
(sotto, leaning in)
That’s three words--
ROLF
(sotto back)
There’s a hyphen.
(continuing)
East LA: long on culture, short on
cash. Create parking and you create
visitors. Economic growth. The
solar part is just the cherry on
top.
MAYOR
It’s an interesting idea.
DEAN
It is.
MAYOR
How long do you need to work up a
presentation?
8.
CLYDE
Give us a week.
ROLF
Tops.
DEAN
I look forward to it.
The Mayor and Dean stand and start to shake hands with
everyone. The Mayor approaches Maggie on her way out and
whispers:
MAYOR
I think your blouse is on
backwards.
Maggie takes this in and then...
MAGGIE
It’s a look.
Dean waits at the door to the room, chivalrously indicating

that Maggie should go before him. She’s not about to show him
her back.
MAGGIE (CONT’D)
No, it’s okay. Please. After you.
DEAN
Nope, after you.
An awkward pause.
MAGGIE
I--um, I have a little problem
behind me.
Dean peeks around to see the back of her blouse. He starts

laughing.
DEAN
Wow.
MAGGIE
Thanks for laughing. Thanks.
DEAN
Hey, I once did an entire Ted Talk
with cream cheese across my cheek.
(holding out his hand)
Dean Lennon, nice to meet you--
9.
MAGGIE
Maggie. Maggie Parish.
DEAN
And what do you do here, Maggie
Parish?
MAGGIE
Oh, I uh draw designs. For
presentations. People come up with
ideas and I sketch them.
DEAN
So I should never play against you
in pictionary.
Maggie laughs too loud--a weird horsey laugh.
MAGGIE
Okay, weird. Where’d that come
from?
Rolf notices Dean and Maggie and gets annoyed.
ROLF
Right this way, Mister Lennon--
Dean nods to Maggie and heads off with Rolf. Rochelle pulls
up next to Maggie, star struck.
ROCHELLE
He’s hotter than Taye Diggs in a
slow cooker.
Maggie is a little lost in his good looks until she sees

Clyde walk past. She starts after him.
MAGGIE
Clyde--
INT. CLYDE’S OFFICE - MOMENTS LATER
Maggie stands in front of Clyde. Note: Clyde’s office has a

window.
MAGGIE
Just hear me out. What if, instead
of a parking lot we built a park?
CLYDE
He liked Rolf’s idea--
10.
MAGGIE
Downtown needs green spaces, Clyde!
CLYDE
Maggie, I need you to be a team
player here. This is not your job.
You don’t ideate. You implement.
MAGGIE
Yeah, but--
CLYDE
You’re gonna make me pull out the
chart again.
Clyde pulls out an ORGANIZATIONAL CHART for the OFFICE OF

CITY PLANNING. In each box is a name and a title. There are
endless boxes in the pyramid. They’ve been over this before.
CLYDE (CONT’D)
Here I am. Head of city planning.
And...
(searching lower)
You are...
MAGGIE
Keep going...lower...
CLYDE
Yep.
(going low, searching)
Here you are.
Maggie is in a box about six rows down and six across. Lost
in a sea of bureaucracy. We see that Rolf is in a box above
her.
CLYDE (CONT’D)
Drafting department.
MAGGIE
Head of drafting department...
CLYDE
If you want to get here- design--
(indicates a box one up
from hers)
Then you need to listen to--
(pointing to his box)
This box. Me. Got it?
MAGGIE
Yeah. Yep. Got it.
11.
CLYDE
Good. So, more drawing, less
vocalizing. Take this, study it.
Live it.
He hands her the chart and she takes it in, sighing.
CLYDE (CONT’D)
That’s some crazy outfit you got
going there.
INT. MAGGIE’S OFFICE - DAY
Megan works on the stain on the back of Maggie’s shirt while

Maggie sketches on a big note pad. Maggie’s office has pretty
plants in it. And no window.
MEGAN
Maggie, I need to talk to you about
something--
MAGGIE
I know, I know. Don’t eat standing
up--
Megan stops, comes around to her front.
MEGAN
...I’m quitting.
MAGGIE
Because I eat standing up?
MEGAN
I got into architecture school!
MAGGIE
(thrown)
Wow. That’s so...
MEGAN
I totally have you to thank. You
really influenced me. I mean, you
talk so much about how you wanted
to get your architecture degree but
you had to save up money and so you
started working here and then boom
it was ten years later and you
still hadn’t gone and you were
stuck in this dungeon sketching out
designs that other people came up
with and--
12.
MAGGIE
Hey! You know what? I know you’re
quitting? But also, you’re totally
fired.
INT. MAGGIE’S OFFICE - LATER
ON a HIPSTER GUY with a nose ring.
HIPSTER GUY
No eating gluten, sugar or anything
with eyes.
Maggie is interviewing him.
MAGGIE
I don’t really care what my temp
eats.
HIPSTER GUY
I meant you.
MAGGIE
Okay, bye-bye.
A MONTAGE of bad TEMPS come through Maggie’s office.
A VERY OLD WOMAN:
OLD TEMP
(yelling)
I do shorthand and longhand!
MAGGIE
(yelling back)
Good for you!
AN OVERWEIGHT WOMAN laughs maniacally.
OVERWEIGHT TEMP
Oh my gosh you are hysterical!
MAGGIE
I didn’t say anything.
BACK TO the Old Temp, now trying to maneuver slowly out of

Maggie’s office with her walker on wheels. She hits the wall.
Maggie winces.
MAGGIE (CONT’D)
Little to the left--
BACK TO the Overweight Temp, now crying hysterically.

13.
OVERWEIGHT TEMP
I love my cats so much. And pizza.
I love pizza. If they could make a
cat-shaped pizza--
On Maggie. Holy crap.
The Old Temp still wheeling into the wall.
MAGGIE
Let me--I’m just gonna--
Maggie comes up and tries to steer her in the right

direction.
OLD WOMAN
Oops-a-daisy. Someone just made in
their slacks.
INT. OFFICE HALLWAY - DAY
CLOSE ON a pair of PINK STILETTOS clicking confidently on

marble floors.
MUSIC UP: Barbie’s Theme. Whatever it is, it’ll be upbeat and

great.
ISOLATED SHOTS:
--a COLORFUL TOTE with a “B” on it swings from a shoulder.
--A manicured hand straightens the collar of BRIGHT TOP.
--from behind, a TIGHT BEHIND wiggles in a TIGHT SKIRT.
--BLOND HAIR gets tossed over a shoulder.
--a WRIST with a sparkly watch comes up into frame and the
time is checked.
Maggie’s head on her desk. Who knew finding a temp would be

this hard?
BARBIE (O.S.)
Knock knock?
Maggie looks up. She reacts to what we will now see:

14.
BARBIE ROBERTS. 20s, blond, sparkly, optimistic, sexy but

fiercely intelligent. She definitely doesn’t fit in at this
office.
MAGGIE
Yeah?
BARBIE
I’m here for the temp job.
MAGGIE
(checking her list)
I don’t have anyone else scheduled.
Barbie walks in and sits down. Maggie is surprised by her

chutzpah.
BARBIE
I’m Barbara Roberts. But everyone
calls me Barbie.
MAGGIE
And I can see why.
She hands Maggie her resume.
BARBIE
My resume.
Maggie looks it over. Tries not react when she reads...
MAGGIE
Astronaut...dancer...and princess.
BARBIE
Of a very small municipality.
MAGGIE
(continuing)
Fashion designer and race car
driver.
(this girl is crazy)
Okay, then. Very impressive.
BARBIE
Thanks!
MAGGIE
(realizing)
Oh wait. I get it. I’m getting
punked.
(yelling out her door)
Hah hah Yuki! Very funny!
15.
A beat, no one responds.
BARBIE
No one’s out there.
MAGGIE
Well, whoever you are, you’re not
right for this job. Or probably any
real job. But I’ll be sure to keep
your resume on file. Because...
priceless.
Barbie stands.
BARBIE
Oh well in that case, let me leave
you a full copy.
Barbie drops a HUGE BINDER onto Maggie’s desk. Yuki enters.
YUKI
Did you call me?
BARBIE
Hi, I’m Barbie!
YUKI
I find you very attractive. And I
have no filter.
Clyde enters.
CLYDE
Parish, I need--
(off Barbie)
Well hello there.
BARBIE
Hi. Barbie Roberts, temp.
Just then, SANJAY, the office IT guy walks in.
SANJAY
You needed me to look at your
computer?
(to Barbie)
Well hello there.
YUKI
You’re as pretty as a sunrise.
MAGGIE
Sunrise was just leaving.
16.
Barbie looks at Maggie’s computer cables and deftly and

swiftly moves some of them around.
BARBIE
Try it now.
Maggie turns her computer on. It lights up.
MAGGIE
Huh.
BARBIE
Your routers were configured wrong.
SANJAY
Nice work, pretty lady.
BARBIE
(in Hindi, subtitled)
You want to see nice work, how
about that Delhi cricket team!
SANJAY
(also subtitled)
Oh man! They are killing it!
They both laugh. Sanjay exits. Maggie and Clyde are amazed.
CLYDE
Smart hire, Parish.
MAGGIE
I haven’t--
CLYDE
I underestimated you. Keep up the
good work.
Clyde exits. Barbie looks to Maggie.
MAGGIE
Whoever you are, I’ll give you a
week.
INT. MAGGIE’S APARTMENT - NIGHT
Maggie eats a slice of pizza as she flips through Barbie’s

resume “binder”. There are head shots, letters of
commendation with big gold seals. A key to a city. She flips
another page and SPARKLY GLITTER falls out.
MAGGIE
Seriously?
17.
INT. CITY PLANNING OFFICES - NEXT MORNING
ON MAGGIE as she enters for the morning. She follows the

sound of MEN LAUGHING to find Barbie at her new desk,
surrounded by guys from the office, including Yuki.
BARBIE
...and that’s when I realized it
wasn’t an overweight cat I was
petting--it was a Siberian tiger!
They all laugh again.
MAGGIE
Guess what, Everyone? Fun time’s
over.
The guys start to scatter.
GUY 1
Have an awesome day, Barbie!
BARBIE
You too, Mitch. See you at yoga
later! Jeff, love that tie on you!
JEFF’S day has been made. He looks down at his tie and smiles
as he walks away. The Mail Room Guy walks by, pushing his
cart.
MAIL ROOM GUY

Morning, Maggie. Hey, Barbie!
MAGGIE
(no idea of his name)
Hey...you!
BARBIE
Keep up the good work, Justin!
MAGGIE
Justin. Right.
Yuki walks past Maggie to his office.
YUKI
I will one day marry that woman.
Maggie walks into her office.

18.
INT. MAGGIE’S OFFICE - CONTINUOUS
On Maggie’s face reacting. We HEAR burbling water. REVERSE to

see that Maggie’s office has been transformed--papers on her
desk put away, flowers on her desk, and a BURBLING FOUNTAIN
in one corner.
MAGGIE
Barbie!
Barbie appears next to her.
BARBIE
Yes, boss?
MAGGIE
Why is there a fountain in my
office?
BARBIE
These sweet Buddhist monks trained
me in the ancient art of feng shui.
I thought you could use some
positive energy in your
relationship sector.
MAGGIE
(annoyed)
How do you know I’m not in a
relationship?
BARBIE
Are you?
Rochelle wheels by.
ROCHELLE
This one? She’s “taking a break
from dating”. Translation: she
keeps dating idiots.
MAGGIE
Just get rid of it.
BARBIE
Okay.
Barbie starts to disassemble the fountain.
MAGGIE
It’s also not cool to discuss
private lives at the office.
19.
BARBIE
Sorry. I just got back together
with my boyfriend so I’ve probably
got love on the brain and--
(off Maggie’s look)
Oops.
Barbie makes the motion of zipping her lips and throwing away
the key. Barbie hands her a piece of paper. Looks at Maggie
with wide eyes.
MAGGIE
You can talk now.
Barbie lets her breath out.
BARBIE
These are drawings due for today,
the parking lot pitch has been set
for next week and I took the
liberty of making you a manicure
appointment at lunch.
MAGGIE
I don’t get my nails done.
Barbie looks down at Maggie’s badly bitten nails.
BARBIE
I noticed.
INT. A BRENTWOOD HOME - NIGHT
This is Maggie’s newly-divorced brother TOM’S place. Maggie

unpacks take-out Chinese food as Tom puts on his jacket.
Tom’s daughter MAX (11) helps pull the food out. Max is an
oddball kid who wears a cape. All the time.
MAX
Seriously, her name is Barbie?
MAGGIE
And she claims to have been an
astronaut and a race car driver.
Oh, and a “bagel specialist” which
I am pretty sure is not even a
thing.
MAX
So she’s make believing she’s a
doll?
20.
MAGGIE
Thing is, she’s kinda good at the
job. Even though I think she’s
kookoo for cocoapuffs.
TOM
Which reminds me, no cereal for
dessert.
MAGGIE
You are no fun.
MAX
There’s a kid in my school who
dresses like Harry Potter every
day.
Max starts typing on Tom’s phone. He pulls it away.
TOM
No playing with my phone.
MAX
I’m putting a password on it for
you. And you’re welcome.
TOM
How do you know this stuff?
MAX
Dad, it’s called modern technology.
Welcome.
MAGGIE
You have been owned, my brother!
(then)
Hey, what do you call a group of
disorganized cats?
MAX
I give up.
MAGGIE
A cat-astrophe!
Max laughs.
MAX
Good one!
TOM
Thanks for watching her, Mags. I’ll
be back by ten. Max, maybe you want
to take the cape off for dinner?
21.
MAX
No thanks.
Max exits. Tom turns to Maggie, concerned.
TOM
She sleeps in that thing. She
thinks it’s magic.
MAGGIE
So let her wear it. She’s probably
stressed out from your divorce.
TOM
I don’t want her to be bullied. I
mean, you know what it’s like to be
a kid who’s “different”. Remember
your “robot dance” and how they all
laughed at you at the middle school
talent show?
MAGGIE
Everyone loved my robot dance!
Maggie does a choice few “robot moves”. Tom rolls his eyes.
INT. MAGGIE’S OFFICE - MORNING
MAGGIE
(whispering)
Cone of silence.
ROCHELLE
(also whispering)
Why are we whispering?
YUKI
(whispering)
Are we getting fired?
ROCHELLE
(yelling)
Oh heck no you are not going to
fire us. I’m in a wheel chair in
case you forgot.
MAGGIE
Shhh! I’m not firing you guys. I
need to talk about--
(indicating Barbie)
Her.
22.
YUKI
Mrs. Yuki Masimoto?
MAGGIE
That girl is not marrying you.
YUKI
Don’t be jealous just because
you’re sad and single.
MAGGIE
That’s mean.
YUKI
Sorry.
MAGGIE
So listen. She’s weird, right? I
mean, really weird?
ROCHELLE
I like her.
YUKI
I love her.
MAGGIE
We’ve established that.
ROCHELLE
You know what I think? I think
she’s Canadian. Those people--you
can’t pin them down. They’re weasly
like that.
Barbie pops her head in.
BARBIE
Hey guys! Good morning!
ROCHELLE
(bad Canadian accent)
How abooot those Canucks, eh?
BARBIE
Oh my gosh, Rochelle! I didn’t know
you were Canadian! I love
Canadians!
Maggie shoots daggers at Rochelle.

23.
Maggie picks up Barbie’s resume and dials a phone number

under “references”. A WOMAN answers.
WOMAN ON PHONE
Traffic Control Tower.
INTERCUT WITH:
INT. AN AIRPORT CONTROL TOWER - SAME TIME
Lots of screens and buttons. The woman sits in a control

chair surrounded by other workers.
MAGGIE
Hi. I’m calling in reference to a
Barbie Roberts? She worked for you
last year?
The woman lights up.
WOMAN ON PHONE
Barbie!
The other workers all stop what their doing and react,
excited.
WORKERS
Barbie!/On the phone?/No way!
They stop what they are doing long enough for one screen to
start beeping alarmingly. A worker gets on his radio,
panicked.
CONTROLLER
545, drop to 10 thousand, stat!
WOMAN ON PHONE
Oh man. She’s a legend here. You
should have seen her work the
board.
FLASHBACK:
Barbie in her seat in front of a screen, talking rapid fire.
BARBIE
345 due east at 10, 56 start
approach, 2 cleared for take off
and Sandy, happy birthday to you!
ON HER SCREEN the plane blips form a big heart.

24.
EXT. A CHINESE ZOO - DAY
A ZOO KEEPER talks on her phone as she feeds a huge python.
ZOO KEEPER
(subtitled)
She’s a national treasure!
FLASHBACK:
EXT. A ZOO CAGE - DAY
Barbie kneels between the legs of a huge Panda who is clearly

giving birth.
BARBIE
Push, Mai Ling! Push!
A beat, and then...
BARBIE (CONT’D)
(Chinese, subtitled)
It’s a girl!
And the watching crowd goes WILD!
EXT. AN OLYMPIC SWIMMING POOL - DAY
DIANA NYAD talks on her phone in the shallow part of the

pool.
DIANA NYAD
That girl taught me everything I
know about the crawl.
FLASHBACK:
EXT. SWIMMING POOL - DAY
Barbie, in a flowered swim cap, races Diana and wins!
BACK TO PRESENT.
MAGGIE
Wow.
DIANA NYAD
She’ll change your life.
Off Maggie, taking this in.

25.
INT. A CITY PLANNING OFFICE - MORNING
CLOSE ON GEORGE PINKUS, 50s, head of HR and just counting the

days until he can retire.
GEORGE
Has she shown up to work?
Maggie sits across from him.
MAGGIE
Yes, but--
GEORGE
Sexually harassed you? Plain old
harassed you? Been unable to
perform her duties? Stolen ideas,
wallets, office supplies?
MAGGIE
No.
GEORGE
And she’s doing a good job.
MAGGIE
Yes--
GEORGE
Maggie, what have I told you?
MAGGIE
You can’t spell Human Resources
without ham?
GEORGE
A good assistant is a terrible
thing to lose.
MAGGIE
But I think she might be insane.
Just sit down with her for five
minutes and tell me what you think.
GEORGE
(sighing)
Fine. Bring her in. You owe me.
Maggie stands and opens the door. Barbie sits outside.
MAGGIE
(pointedly)
George, this is Barbie Roberts.
26.
George eyes Barbie up and down.
GEORGE
Come in.
BARBIE
Thanks! I love your couch!
EXT. GEORGE’S OFFICE - MORNING
CLOSE ON a wall clock. In SPED UP TIME it goes from 9 am to

10:15.
Maggie waits outside George’s office, flipping through her

last waiting area magazine. But now we HEAR George and Barbie
laughing from inside. His door opens and George and Barbie
are both wearing big Wisconsin “cheese head” hats (the ones
you see fans wearing in stadiums). George smiles from ear to
ear.
GEORGE
You didn’t tell me this young lady
grew up in Wisconsin!
BARBIE
Go Badgers!
George and Barbie do an elaborate “hand shake” that ends with

a big fist bump and a whoop. Maggie is totally thrown.
MAGGIE
You just...you have cheese hats
just lying around?
BARBIE
We made them!
GEORGE
Midwestern ingenuity!
BARBIE
And some old slip covers!
GEORGE
And a bike pump!
They high five. George whispers to Maggie.
GEORGE (CONT’D)
She’s a winner. She could run this
place.
Off Maggie...
27.
Maggie has taken her sketch of the parking lot and placed an
OVERLAY of semi-opaque paper over it. On top, she sketches
trees and bushes...her own version of what a park would like
like in this space.
BARBIE (O.C.)
That’s neat!
Maggie is surprised to see Barbie looking over her shoulder.

She quickly flips the park drawing off the parking lot.
MAGGIE
It’s nothing. Just playing around.
They’re going with a parking lot,
not a park, and that’s the way it
is.
BARBIE
But you want a park.
MAGGIE
It doesn’t matter what I want.
BARBIE
Why?
Maggie shows her Clyde’s organizational chart with the boxes.
MAGGIE
Look. I’m here. This is my box. I
answer to these boxes--
She indicates the boxes above her.
MAGGIE (CONT’D)
I do what these boxes say. So I can
get that promotion to this box. The
design department.
She points to the box above her’s.
MAGGIE (CONT’D)
And you know what that box has?
BARBIE
More boxes?
Maggie indicates her windowless wall.
MAGGIE
(the holy grail)
A window.
28.
BARBIE
Do you like being in a box?
MAGGIE
Everyone’s in a box.
BARBIE
I think that’s super sad.
MAGGIE
No, that’s life. When I graduated
from college I thought I was going
to change the world. Build housing
for the homeless, schools, parks
for kids...please. I couldn’t even
afford to go to architecture
school.
BARBIE
Do you know what I wonder?
MAGGIE
Not really.
BARBIE
How can you help the world when
you’ve stopped helping yourself?
This obviously sits with Maggie.
MAGGIE
You know what I wonder?
BARBIE
What?
MAGGIE
Why aren’t you out there working?
BARBIE
On it!
And Barbie exits, leaving Maggie a little thrown.
INT. DEAN’S OFFICES - DAY
A conference room set up for the presentation. The lights are

dimmed as Rolf takes Dean through the slides. Barbie and
Maggie sit to the side. Behind Rolf, slides of scenes from
downtown flash up.
29.
ROLF
Downtown LA. A wonder of color and
culture. A great place to visit. If
you could only find parking.
On the screen, is a schematic showing the empty block.
ROLF (CONT’D)
So what we have here is the site of
our future parking lot. A parking
lot that will bring in tourists,
and infuse the downtown economy.
What that might look like? Next
slide please.
Behind Rolf, a slide appears of MAGGIE’S DRAWING of a park.

The table reacts.
ROLF (CONT’D)
What is this?
Maggie flashes her eyes at Barbie.
BARBIE
Whoa. How did that...my fault.
Wrong slide. So sorry--
Rolf quickly clicks to the next slide. It’s a CLOSE UP of the

same drawing, showing a fountain.
DEAN
Is that a fountain?
BARBIE
Oh my gosh. Now it’s just getting
worse--ps, it’s a solar fountain--
MAGGIE
I’m so sorry. My assistant loaded
the wrong drawings--
Rolf starts quickly clicking through the slides. All are of

the park. He is getting increasingly agitated.
ROLF
Are-any-of-these-my-presentation--
DEAN
Wait. Stop.
CLYDE
Yes, Mr. Lennon. We apologize.
Let’s stop and come back when we
are more fully prepared--
30.
DEAN
No. Go back to the first slide.
Barbie takes the clicker and “helpfully” clicks back to the

large park schematic.
DEAN (CONT’D)
Who did this?
Maggie hesitates, and then...
MAGGIE
I did. Hi. Again. Maggie.
DEAN
Talk to me.
MAGGIE
What this neighborhood needs isn’t
more parking. It needs a park.
CLYDE
Parish--
MAGGIE
Green areas create oxygen and
breathing spaces and encourage
happiness. They’ve done studies.
And downtown has close to 100
thousand residents but only two
green parks--
DEAN
Ms. Parish--
MAGGIE
Not to mention the fact that public
schools have all but eliminated
physical exercise from their
curriculums--
DEAN
Can I speak?
MAGGIE
Yes. Sorry.
DEAN
I’d love to see your take on a
park.
MAGGIE
You would?
31.
ROLF
But she’s just a drafter--
DEAN
I’d like to present both of these
ideas to my board next week.
(to Maggie)
Can you pull a presentation
together by then?
Maggie looks to Barbie--
BARBIE
We’re on it!
INT. CITY PLANNING OFFICES - DAY
Maggie speed walks as Barbie follows behind her.
MAGGIE
“We’re on it??” “We” don’t have
anything! We’re not even a “we”!
I’m a “me” and you’re a “you” who
works for “me”! I work in the
basement! And I’ve never done a
“presentation” in my life!
BARBIE
You can do it.
Barbie does a “thumbs up” but her thumb sticks out at a weird
angle.
MAGGIE
Are you...hitchhiking?
Barbie adjusts her thumb to point up.
BARBIE
Sorry. Old gymnastics injury. 2004
Olympics.
Barbie does a “sticking the landing” pose. Her skirt rides

up. Way up. Maggie pulls her skirt down.
MAGGIE
Barbie, we gotta talk about your
work attire. It’s...getting a lot
of attention.
BARBIE
Thanks!
32.
MAGGIE
Not in a good way. I think you’re
sending the wrong message.
BARBIE
The only message I’m sending is
that I like clothes. And pink. And
currently, halter tops. And I don’t
think just because you work with
men that you have to dress like
one.
(pointedly)
Or like a street urchin.
Rolf approaches.
ROLF
Well, kudos Maggie. I look forward
to presenting with you. The more
the merrier, I say.
MAGGIE
You’ve never said that.
ROLF
And hey, I know you’re new to this,
so if you need help, I am more than
happy to look over your
presentation. Give you some pro
tips.
MAGGIE
Yeah, no. All you’ll do is screw
with it and then if you can’t mess
it up, you’ll just slap your name
on it and call it yours. So, no
thanks.
Rolf’s smile fades.
ROLF
Game on. Let the best man win.
MAGGIE
Or woman.
ROLF
That’s not the saying.
Rolf strides away.

33.
EXT. OLVERA STREET - DAY
ON MAGGIE talking as she walks briskly down the colorful

Mexican street.
MAGGIE
So, first step. Get to know the
community.
Following her, REVEAL Barbie wearing a festive Mexican

outfit.
EXT. LITTLE TOKYO - SAME DAY
Asian restaurants and pagoda-d buildings. Maggie still walks

and talks.
MAGGIE
So many nationalities, but so few
spaces where everyone can mix.
Behind her, Barbie emerges from a Japanese shop in a SEXY

OBI. She bows to the shopkeeper.
BARBIE
Arrigato!
EXT. DODGERS STADIUM - ESTABLISHING
A game in progress. Fans cheer.
MAGGIE (O.S.)
Plus, people love the outdoors,
they love sports--
EXT. THE STADIUM PARKING LOT - CONTINUOUS
Maggie walks amongst families tailgating in the lot,

listening to the game on the radio.
MAGGIE
But not everyone can afford tickets
to a baseball game.
Barbie follows in a DODGERS TOP, HAT and GLOVE. A CRACK of a

bat, the crowd ROARS. It’s a HOME RUN! Maggie is oblivious as
the ball flies UP AND OUT OF THE STADIUM and towards them.
Barbie snags it with her glove. The tailgaters around her go
WILD! She proudly lifts it above her head. Maggie turns
around, having caught none of this.
34.
MAGGIE (CONT’D)
You coming?
BARBIE
Sorry.
Barbie hands the ball to an overjoyed LITTLE KID and keeps

going.
EXT. THE EMPTY DOWNTOWN LOT - DAY
In one corner, four OLD GUYS play checkers on a folding

table. A few TEENAGERS skateboard through. Three BOYS play
handball against a wall. Maggie takes photos and sketches on
a notepad. PULL BACK to see Barbie behind her, with a canvas
set up on an easel, painting the scene. She wears a BERET and
a PAINTER’S SMOCK.
MAGGIE
So the question is, how do we make
this a place for everyone?
A PROSTITUTE walks by in short shorts and a tube top.
PROSTITUTE
(to Barbie)
That’s some janky get-up.
BARBIE
Thanks! I love yours, too!
Ramon calls to them from in front of a store across the

street.
RAMON
Hey Maggie!
EXT. AN EMPTY STOREFRONT - DAY
Maggie, Barbie and Ramon peer through the glass of the empty
storefront that borders the empty lot.
RAMON
What do you think?
MAGGIE
Ramon, this could be perfect for
your restaurant. With the new park
right here, people could sit and
eat outside.
35.
RAMON
You’re gonna knock this
presentation outta the park.
MAGGIE
I hope so.
Two OLDER Chinese WOMEN walk up and start talking animatedly

in Chinese to Maggie.
MAGGIE (CONT’D)
I’m sorry--I don’t speak Chinese...
Barbie speaks fluent Chinese to the women.
BARBIE
They want a place where they can do
their tai-chi.
(off Maggie’s look)
I was the Ambassador to China.
Three HISPANIC BOYS wheel up on their skateboards and start

speaking Spanish.
MAGGIE
Lo siento...mas slowly por favor...
Barbie starts talking fluent Spanish to them.
BARBIE
(to Maggie)
Skateboard park.
The women and the boys start getting into each other’s faces,
yelling in different languages.
MAGGIE
Hey, no fighting--
RAMON
My money’s on the old ladies.
Barbie steps in and negotiates expertly with them in both

languages. They all calm down, nod and walk off.
BARBIE
I may have just promised them a
swimming pool.
EXT. A GRAFFITIED ALLEY - DAY
Barbie and Maggie stand between two groups of rival gang

members.
36.
We can tell they’re rivals because they wear different

colored bandanas (yellow and green). Maggie addresses a guy
in a yellow bandana with an eye patch.
MAGGIE
Okay, Mr. One Eye. We understand
you see this block as your
“territory”, but Senor Moneyz--
SENOR MONEYZ
(correcting her)
Moneyzzz.
MAGGIE
Moneyzz.
BARBIE
Moneyzzz. More z.
MAGGIE
Whatever. This guy, he makes a good
point--
SENOR MONEYZ
We split the park, then we got
double protection from the Fat
Boys.
MAGGIE
Who are the Fat Boys?
ONE EYE
We hate the Fat Boys. More than
even these guys.
The GREEN BANDANA gang steps forward, mumbling threateningly.
MAGGIE
We’re good. We’re all good.
BARBIE
So how ‘bout we shake on it?
One Eye and Senor Moneyz go through an elaborate gang-shake

that involves knocking elbows, hands, heads...it goes on for
a full minute.
MAGGIE
Now that’s crazy.
Both gangs turn on Maggie, pissed.
BARBIE
Time to go!
37.
Barbie takes Maggie’s arm and run-walks her down the alley.
EXT. A NURSERY - DOWNTOWN LA - DAY
MAGGIE (V.O.)
Step 2, landscape design.
Maggie walks through the various plants with ROGER, the

owner. She is trailed by Barbie, who now wears a full PARK
RANGER UNIFORM.
MAGGIE
I was thinking jacaranda trees--
ROGER
Great idea.
BARBIE
If you like sticky blossoms all
over your shoes every May.
(beat)
Just my two cents.
ROGER
(taking in her outfit)
Is she a park ranger or something?
MAGGIE
Or something.
Suddenly, Barbie pulls Maggie behind a potted fern.
BARBIE
Don’t look!
Maggie immediately looks in the direction that Barbie

indicates. Dean is down a row, examining a plant.
BARBIE (CONT’D)
I told you not to look!
Barbie picks up the plant and walks towards Dean,

camouflaged.
MAGGIE
(whispering)
Barbie!
Too late. Barbie (behind the palm) follows Dean as he moves

through the nursery. He turns and examines the palm, not
seeing Barbie behind. She peeks out between the fronds.
38.
BARBIE
Why, hi!
DEAN
I’m sorry, do I know you?
BARBIE
Barbie Roberts. Maggie Parish’s
assistant? I was at the pitch
yesterday.
(yelling)
Maggie! Look who’s here!
Maggie, caught, waves from the next row.
MAGGIE
Hello.
DEAN
Hey. Hard at work already, huh?
BARBIE
Oh, she is all over this park idea.
DEAN
(to Maggie)
Hey, maybe you could help me. I’m
looking to replace some plants in
my office. I have a fairly serious
black thumb. What do you recommend?
MAGGIE
Seeing a thumb specialist?
Barbie cracks up loudly.
BARBIE
This girl! Hilarious! Am I right?!
MAGGIE
How about a philodendron?
DEAN
How about lunch?
Maggie smiles.
MAGGIE
A girl’s gotta eat.
EXT. RAMON’S TACO TRUCK - DAY
Maggie and Dean eat tacos.

39.
MAGGIE
You sure you’re okay with this? You
don’t need something fancier? Like,
with chairs?
DEAN
Oh so you thought I was a chair
snob.
MAGGIE
No, no...okay, a little. Maybe.
DEAN
I’m only snobby about my tacos.
And these are really good.
Ramon leans his head out the take-out window.
RAMON
Thanks, Man. Chino-Latino tacos.
Only ones in the city. I’m gonna
make it a thing.
MAGGIE
Dean, this is Ramon. He’s going to
open his first real restaurant
soon. With a door on the kitchen so
he can’t eavesdrop.
DEAN
Congrats.
RAMON
Pretend I’m not here.
Ramon recedes into the truck.
DEAN
So, you’re assitant is pretty...
MAGGIE
Wacky?
DEAN
Lively?
MAGGIE
I didn’t really get to interview
her properly.
DEAN
You know what my favorite interview
question is?
40.
MAGGIE
I don’t.
DEAN
What’s your secret talent.
MAGGIE
Really?
DEAN
I’m much more interested in what
people don’t tell me than what they
do. So, what’s yours?
MAGGIE
My secret talent?
DEAN
Yeah.
MAGGIE
I used to do this pretty rad robot
dance.
DEAN
Let’s see it. Break it down for me.
Maggie hesitates. She’s too shy.
MAGGIE
Oh I don’t remember any of the
actual moves. How bout you?
DEAN
Watch this. I can sink this napkin
into that trash can.
He points to a trash can about ten feet away. He sets up for

a shot. Bends, poised, and shoots...and misses.
MAGGIE
I think you need a new secret
talent.
DEAN
Good thing I gave up that childhood
dream of playing in the NBA.
Maggie returns to find that Barbie has tacked a big piece of

white paper on Maggie’s wall and drawn a faux window-scape on
it.
41.
The “window” has a window box of flowers and looks out on

trees and people. Maggie wants to be mad, but it’s pretty
charming.
She pauses and then surreptitiously drags the fountain back

into her office and puts it back in the corner where Barbie
had placed it. She plugs it in and it starts to burble. She
watches it, entranced and a little hopeful. The moment is
interrupted by Yuki running by her door.
YUKI
You gotta check out the roof!
EXT. ROOFTOP - DAY
Maggie comes out the fire door onto the roof to see a
GIGANTIC PLAYGROUND set up in primary colors. Barbie is
WELDING the last piece of metal onto a sliding tube. She
lifts up her welding mask.
BARBIE
We can’t put this into the park
without testing it out first,
right?
YUKI
She’s got a point.
SMASH CUT:
EXT. ROOFTOP - DAY
Various EMPLOYEES frolic on the jungle gym and ride down on

the slide. More fun then they have had in years. A bunch of
GUYS ride down the slide with Barbie in front, a giant snake.
Clyde walks up behind Maggie, who watches from the side.
CLYDE
What the heck--
MAGGIE
I’m sorry, Clyde. My assistant did
it without asking, and--
CLYDE
And listen to that laughter! This
could be the best thing we ever did
for office morale!
Clyde throws off his jacket and runs onto the rope ladder,
whooping as he goes.
42.
PREPARING THE PITCH - MONTAGE
EXT. THE EMPTY LOT - DAY
Barbie and Maggie use colored chalk to sketch out the park
layout on the asphalt. Maggie turns to find that Barbie has
sketched an intricate and beautiful chalk mural.
INT. AN EMPTY STOREFRONT - DAY
Maggie and Barbie, wearing hard hats (Barbie’s is pink) tour

Ramon’s possible restaurant space. He’s excited and the
feeling is infectious.
Maggie, Yuki, Rochelle and Barbie write up costs for the park
construction on a big white board. Maggie shakes her head--
this is costing too much. Barbie looks at the figures and
then attacks the white board with her marker. In a sped-up
“beautiful mind” sequence she computes number after number
until both this white board and another blank one across the
room are covered with figures. She finally writes: saves 40
percent!
They all high-five. Yuki gives Barbie a big hug that lasts a
little too long. He smells her hair.
EXT. THE EMPTY LOT - DAY
Barbie and Maggie do tai chi with the older Chinese women we
met earlier. Barbie is perfect at it. Maggie, not so much.
Maggie keeps going left when everyone else goes right, etc.
She bumps into one of the women who falls into the woman next
to her like dominos. Soon, five old Chinese women are on the
ground. Not good.
INT. CITY PLANNING OFFICES - LATER THAT DAY
Barbie and Maggie walk out of the elevators and Rochelle

catches up with them as they round the corner.
ROCHELLE
There are some serious looking guys
in your office.
Barbie and Maggie share a concerned look.

43.
Maggie enters to find two EPA OFFICERS, DICK and SAM, waiting
for her.
DICK
Maggie Parish?
MAGGIE
Yes?
DICK
Dick Samuels, Environmental
Protection Agency. We have some
concerns about water run-off issues
at your proposed park.
MAGGIE
How do you know about the park?
SAM
We’re the government, Ma’am.
MAGGIE
So Rolf contacted you.
Just then Rolf pokes his head in. Coincidence?
ROLF
Did I just hear my name?
MAGGIE
For your information, we have
followed all the guidelines. In
fact--Barbie?
Barbie walks in, already carrying a big folder.
BARBIE
Are you looking for our drainage
and impact study?
MAGGIE
Yes, thank you.
Barbie hands the folder to Maggie, who hands it to Dick.
MAGGIE (CONT’D)
This should cover it all. Oh, and
you’ll see we’re proposing the use
of mainly succulents to limit our
water usage.
44.
BARBIE
And to provide increased nighttime
oxygenation.
SAM
Tell me more.
BARBIE
Well my colleague Dr. Bill
Wolverton at NASA did a study
indicating both succulents and
plants like bromeliads add
significant 02 to a sunless
environment versus most plants that
rely on photosynthesis. As you
know, these plants would mostly
contribute--
BARBIE/DICK/SAM
CO2.
Dick and Sam are smitten.
BARBIE
That’s right.
MAGGIE
(trying to join in)
Exactly.
BARBIE
(re: folder)
The full study is in there.
DICK
I look forward to reading it.
Ladies--
He shakes their hands.
DICK (CONT’D)
Very impressive.
ROLF
If you like scientific
gobbledygook.
SAM
We do.
BARBIE
I’ll show you out.
(as they walk out)
You have great posture!
45.
DICK
Oh. Thank you.
Maggie is left with Rolf.
MAGGIE
Nice try.
ROLF
I don’t know what you mean.
Maggie gets in Rolf’s face.
MAGGIE
You’re not going to ruin this,
Rolf. I’m getting my window.
Rolf is a little thrown and takes a step back.
ROLF
Geez. You don’t sound like
yourself, Parish.
MAGGIE
I haven’t been myself in a long
time.
Maggie and Barbie have the presentation laid out on the

table.
MAGGIE
When they walk into the room, I
want this slide already up on the
screen, okay?
BARBIE
Got it.
MAGGIE
I’ll open with one of my jokes and
then we’ll dim the lights.
Barbie raises her hand.
BARBIE
I have a question.
MAGGIE
You don’t have to raise your hand.
46.
BARBIE
Have you thought about your pitch
outfit?
MAGGIE
I don’t do “outfits”.
BARBIE
Clearly.
(then)
But maybe for this you should?
SMASH CUT:
EXT. “CASUAL GAL” STORE - DAY
Yes, that’s what it’s called. “Casual Gal”. Barbie and Maggie
enter.
MAGGIE
This is where I get all my clothes.
INT. “CASUAL GAL” STORE - DAY
They are greeted by a SHOP GIRL wearing loose pants and a big
t-shirt. Basically, a Maggie outfit. The whole place is full
of sweats and t-shirts and shapeless clothes.
SHOP GIRL
Hi, welcome to Casual Gal! Where we
put the “u” into casual dressing!
Barbie is appalled.
BARBIE
“U” have got to be kidding.
INT. STORE - LATER
Barbie stands outside the saloon-door dressing room. Maggie

is inside.
BARBIE
Alright, show me what you want to
wear to the pitch.
Maggie comes out wearing a shapeless t-shirt dress.
BARBIE (CONT’D)
That is a nightgown.
47.
MAGGIE
It so is not.
BARBIE
There’s a donkey in a sombrero with
a bunch of “zzz”s coming out of
it’s mouth on the back.
Maggie turns to reveal the donkey on the back.
MAGGIE
I could belt it?
Barbie sighs. She has some work to do.
INT. STORE - DAY
In QUICK CUTS Barbie dresses Maggie in multiple outfits from

the store, tweaking and adding and adjusting as she goes. A
belt here, a hat there, she rips sleeves off a blouse (much
to the Shop Girl’s chagrin).
We LAND on Maggie, now dressed in a fantastically chic pant

and top combo. It’s still Maggie’s style, but with all of
Barbie’s flair.
SHOP GIRL
Wow.
MAGGIE
I don’t hate it.
BARBIE
(her odd “thumbs up”)
Yes!
INT. CITY HALL HALLWAY- DAY
Maggie and Barbie walk back into the building. They find Max
waiting in Maggie’s office.
ROCHELLE
I found this one trying to take
over your job again.
MAGGIE
Hey, Maxxy!
MAX
Dad said I could visit after
school.
48.
BARBIE
You must be Maggie’s niece! I’m
Barbie!
Max looks her up and down and shares a look with Maggie.
MAX
Wow.
MAGGIE
Yep.
BARBIE
Hey, I’m having a little birthday
party at my place in Malibu this
weekend. It would be awesome if you
guys wanted to come!
MAX
A beach party.
MAGGIE
In Malibu.
BARBIE
Yes.
MAGGIE
Barbie is having a beach party in
Malibu.
BARBIE
Yes...
MAX
We are so there.
EXT. PCH - DAY
Maggie and Max drive along the PCH. It’s a beautiful day.
INT. MAGGIE’S CAR - CONTINUOUS
They are listening to a Chinese language tape. A FEMALE VOICE

speaks Chinese.
CHINESE FEMALE VOICE

(Chinese phrase, then:)
Where might I find the library?
49.
MAGGIE
Why are we going to a library? Who
goes to libraries anymore?

(same Chinese phrase)
Repeat.
Maggie rolls her eyes and they both repeat the phrase in
Chinese.
CHINESE FEMALE VOICE (CONT’D)

(Chinese, then:)
Where is the bathroom?
MAX
Maybe it’s at the library.

(same Chinese phrase, then:)
Repeat.
They both repeat the phrase in Chinese.
EXT. MAGGIE’S CAR - CONTINUOUS
As it zips along.
FEMALE VOICE
Take the next right.
MAGGIE (O.C.)
(repeating)
Take the next...
(realizing)
Oh, dang!
Realizing this is her GPS lady talking, Maggie’s car swerves

right and exits the PCH with a squeal.
EXT. A CUTE MALIBU STREET - DAY
Maggie’s car inches along, looking for the address. She finds
the numbers above a small wooden gate wedged between two
stately beach houses.
EXT. MALIBU STREET - DAY
Maggie, with Max following, tentatively pushes open the

little gate, carrying a gift and a “happy birthday” balloon.
50.
MAGGIE
Is this the right place?
ON MAGGIE AND MAX as their eyes go wide.
REVERSE ANGLE onto the beach. WOW. This is a beach party

times a million.
MAX
Oh this is definitely the right
place.
EXT. BEACH - CONTINUOUS
Color! Music! Fun! About 100 guests in bathing suits and cute
beach outfits party. There’s a volleyball game going, a
bonfire, a DJ spinning as guests dance. There’s a tiny but
adorable guest house with a deck (this is Barbie’s place)
that is covered in balloons.
Maggie is overwhelmed until Barbie spots her and waves.
BARBIE
Hey, Guys!
Barbie runs up wearing a polka-dot bikini and high heels.
BARBIE (CONT’D)
You made it!
Maggie hands her the gift.
MAGGIE
This is for you.
And the one balloon. They both take in the massive balloon
display on the porch. This one pales.
BARBIE
Thanks!
A GROOVY GIRL, 14, with a swath of dyed purple hair runs up.
GROOVY GIRL
You must be Max.
BARBIE
This is my little sister.
MAX
...Skipper?
51.
BARBIE
How did you know?!
Maggie and Max exchange a look.
SKIPPER
I dig your cape.
MAX
I dig your hair.
SKIPPER
Come on, let’s go check out the
bouncy castle.
As they run off, a very over-caffeinated girl (CATHY) runs up

to them.
CATHY
Hi, you must be Maggie I’ve heard
so much about you from Barbie she
thinks you are just the bomb and
I’m Cathy and oh my gosh I love
your dress!
MAGGIE
Thanks--
Barbie takes Maggie by the arm.
BARBIE
Cathy can be really chatty, sorry.
Let’s get you some punch.
As they walk off, Cathy keeps chatting.
CATHY
Okay, great to meet you if you want
later we can talk some more!
EXT. THE DECK - DAY
Barbie hands Maggie some punch.
MAGGIE
You have a lot of friends.
BARBIE
I’ve known them a long time. I
haven’t made a new friend in
awhile. I mean, except for you.
52.
MAGGIE
Barbie, we’re not friends. We’re
more like...desperate boss and
wacky girl.
BARBIE
Oh my gosh! That was the name of my
Japanese pop band!
Before Maggie can respond, she spots Rolf playing volleyball.
MAGGIE
Wait. Rolf is here?!
BARBIE
I invited him.
MAGGIE
Barbie, he’s the enemy!
BARBIE
Keep your friends close and your
enemies closer.
MAGGIE
You’re smarter than you look.
BARBIE
I get that a lot.
MAGGIE
Well, I mean, the lucite heels and
the hair--it all kinda screams
“dumb blonde”...
Barbie’s eyes go wide and her for the first time she looks
angry. And scary.
BARBIE
Please don’t say that.
MAGGIE
What? “Dumb”?
In one swift motion Barbie puts Maggie in a choke hold and

pushes her down to the ground.
MAGGIE (CONT’D)
(gasping)
Uncle--
Barbie lets her go.

53.
BARBIE
Sorry. It’s like a reflex thing.
Maggie struggles to stand back up.
MAGGIE
That’s quite a choke hold you got
there.
BARBIE
(bubbly again)
You can’t be in the Secret Service
without it!
CHRISTY, black and beautiful, strides up with her boyfriend,

Brad.
CHRISTY
Swell party, Barbie.
BARBIE
Thanks, Christy.
BRAD
Christy is the best!
BARBIE
She is!
Rolf approaches.
ROLF
Parish. I’m surprised you ventured
out of the office on a weekend.
Proposals don’t just write
themselves. But you wouldn’t know
that, would you.
MAGGIE
Oh, I wouldn’t have missed this
party. Especially now that you’re
here.
ROLF
Touche.
MAGGIE
You’re using “touche” wrong.
Rolf rolls his eyes and moves off down the beach and Maggie’s
eye is caught by KEN, perfectly handsome and buff, building
an elaborate sand castle.
54.
His hair is big and blown. Barbie waves. He waves back and
gives her a big grin. Rochelle wheels up next to them.
ROCHELLE
Who’s that hunka hunka hair
product?
BARBIE
That’s my boyfriend, Ken.
Rochelle raises a brow to Maggie. Seriously? Ken?
MAGGIE
What’s he building?
BARBIE
Our dream house. 60s ranch style
with an above-ground pool.
MAGGIE
Impressive.
BARBIE
He’s pretty great. Oh and you
should hear him sing. He’s like an
angel. Sometimes he writes songs
just for me.
Ken waves to Barbie, indicating she should join him in the

water. Barbie giggles and kicks off her lucite heels. She
runs into the water. As she runs on the sand we and Maggie
note that SHE RUNS ON HER TIP TOES.
ANGLE ON Maggie. A SHUTTLECOCK flies in and hits her on the

side of the head.
MAGGIE
Ow!
She looks over to see Cathy.
CATHY
Oh my gosh I didn’t men to hit you
in the head that was so not cool
anyway, come on! Time for
badminton!
EXT. BEACH - DAY
Two teams across a net in the sand. On one side: Maggie,

Brad, Christy, Rochelle and a portly gym-teacher like woman
(MIDGE). On the other side, Rolf, Barbie, Yuki, Cathy, and a
tiny blond girl, POLLY.
55.
ROLF
Best to 5!
Rolf serves the shuttlecock and Christy SPIKES IT where no

one can get to it.
BRAD
BARBIE
One point for you guys!
Midge hands the cock to Maggie.
MIDGE
Alright, Hot Sauce, give that cock
all you got.
MAGGIE
You can call me Maggie.
MIDGE
You can call me Midge, Hot Sauce!
Midge slaps a surprised Maggie on the ass.
Maggie serves, Barbie hits it back, Brad lobs it up and Rolf

grabs Polly, lifts her up and she smashes it with her racquet
into it in the near corner. Maggie dives for the ball and
ends up with her face in the sand. Point 2.
ROLF
Yes! Yes! Polly in your pocket!
Booyah!
Yuki grabs Barbie in a big hug.
YUKI
I love you!
MAGGIE
Hey! That’s cheating!
Rolf walks up to the net where Maggie still lies prone.
ROLF
You know what else is against the
rules? A drafter pitching design
ideas.
MAGGIE
You afraid of a little competition?
Rolf sets his jaw.

56.
ROLF
Bring. It.
QUICK CUTS as Rolf and Maggie make this game all about their
competition. Maggie pushes Brad out of the way to spike the
shuttlecock at Rolf. Cathy is under a cock:
CATHY
I got it I got it I got it--
And Rolf pushes her into the sand to spike it back at Maggie.
Finally everyone steps aside for safety as Rolf and Maggie
play one-on-one badminton to the death. Their intensity is
hilariously unmatched with the slowness of the shuttlecock as
it sails back and forth over the net. We can see the
spectator guests heads SWIVEL on their necks as they watch
this like a tennis match. They ooh and aah. Skipper and Max
have come to watch.
MAX
Adults are weird.
SKIPPER
You said it.
Rolf and Maggie get closer and closer to each other across
the net, they look each other in the eye. Two blood thirsty
competitors.
ROLF
Give up. You’re not ready to play
in the big leagues.
The last straw. Maggie can’t take it anymore and she storms
under the net and TACKLES ROLF!
MAGGIE
Aaarghh!
They start rolling around in the sand. A sad and funny nerd
fight. Midge piles on the scrum.
MIDGE
I got your back, Hot Sauce!
And then the three of them start rolling around until Midge
rolls off, clutching her shoulder.
CHRISTY
Midge is hurt!
BRAD
57.
Midge lies in the sand, her shoulder out at a weird angle,

her arm twisted into an awful shape.
Rolf and Maggie stop fighting. Maggie runs over to Midge and
her eyes go wide.
MAGGIE
Oh my God. We have to call an
ambulance!
MIDGE
No! Pull my arm! Pull my arm!
MAGGIE
I’m not pulling your arm!
MIDGE
Pull my arm, Hot Sauce!
MAGGIE
No!
MIDGE
Pull my damn arm!
Maggie tentatively reaches down and takes Midge’s hand.
MIDGE (CONT’D)
Do it!
Maggie shuts her eyes and YANKS. Midge’s shoulder pops back
into place. Midge leaps up and hugs Maggie.
MIDGE (CONT’D)
You saved me, Hot Sauce!
And everyone CHEERS on Maggie as Rolf watches, annoyed.
EXT. THE DECK - EVENING
Everyone watches as Barbie blows out the many candles on her

birthday cake. They cheer. Max stands with Skipper.
MAX
Wow. How many candles does she have
on that cake?
SKIPPER
55.
58.
BARBIE
Thank you guys so much for coming
to my swell party. I’ve had a
blast!
Ken steps up.
KEN
I’ve written a special song for the
birthday girl.
He indicates for the DJ to give him a beat. Barbie is

touched. And he starts singing a song about how much he loves
Barbie. It is...really not good. The rhymes are simple and he
is kinda tone-deaf. Barbie does not notice as she basks in
his love. Rochelle turns to Maggie.
ROCHELLE
Okay, so love is blind AND deaf.
Ken finishes and kisses Barbie. The crowd cheers. And then...
KEN
I’m not done yet.
Ken gets down on one knee. The crowd gasps. Barbie looks
concerned. So does Yuki.
YUKI
Oh no he didn’t.
MAGGIE
Oh yes he did.
Ken opens a ring box.
KEN
Barbie, we’ve been on and off for a
whole long time. But it’s time we
were on...forever. Would you do me
the honor of being my wife?
BARBIE
Oh, wow.
KEN
Is that a yes?
BARBIE
That’s a...can we talk about this
later?
An awkward silence.
59.
MIDGE
Oh Boy.
KEN
Sure, yeah. Of course.
Midge signals furiously to the DJ.
MIDGE
Music. MUSIC!
And the DJ starts the music up and everyone starts to dance.
EXT. DECK - LATER
Maggie approaches a bummed out Ken.
MAGGIE
Hey, I’m Barbie’s boss, Maggie.
KEN
Yeah, she’s talked about you.
MAGGIE
Oh, I guess that’s good.
(then)
She’s told me about you, too.
KEN
Yeah? Was the phrase “never gonna
happen” used?
MAGGIE
No.
KEN
Barbie used to be my number one
lady. But I’m beginning to think
that I’m just an accessory to her.
Seriously, you look on my resume
and for years it just says
“escort”.
MAGGIE
You put that on paper, huh?
KEN
Her life is so much bigger than
mine. She’s off at business school,
the space program, whatever...I’m
just here waiting for her. I think
I’ve forgotten who I really want to
be. Who is Ken? What does Ken need?
60.
MAGGIE
Well Ken, whoever you are, you’re
young. I’m sure you’ll find your
thing.
KEN
Yeah. Hank Aaron said the same
thing to me.
EXT. THE DECK - LATER
CLOSE ON Cathy.
CATHY
It’s a dance off! Come on everybody
it’s time to--
A LARGE BEACH BALL bounces off Cathy’s head.
CATHY (CONT’D)
That totally didn’t hurt.
WE FOLLOW the beach ball to a crowd of party-goers dancing to

a DJ surrounded by tiki torches. Beach balls surf over their
head. We will note that they all dance with slight 60s/70s
moves. Barbie is in the midst of it, having a great time. She
shimmies so low she seems to be triple-jointed.
Maggie tentatively dances at first, and then starts to get

into it. She and Rolf have a “dance off”. Rolf’s moves are
just as odd as Maggie’s weird ROBOT DANCE MOVES. Barbie
starts to get into Maggie’s dancing and imitates her. Soon
the whole party (including Max and Skipper) are doing her
robot moves. Rolf slinks off. It’s a blast and Maggie is the
star. She ends her dance with a big flourish. Raising her
arms up and putting her head back.
MAGGIE
Yes!
MIDGE
Hot Sauce, you’re on fire!
MAGGIE
I know!
And then...
MAGGIE (CONT’D)
What’s that smell?
We see what she doesn’t..the ENDS OF HER HAIR HAVE CAUGHT

FIRE FROM A TIKI TORCH!
61.
MAGGIE (CONT’D)
(then, realizing)
Ahhh! I’m on fire! I’m on fire!
She twirls around to try and put her hair out. Guests scatter
in fear. Perhaps we see one FEMALE GUEST push her lower back
and her LONG HAIR miraculously SHORTENS.
BRAD
(terrified)
Christy’s the best!
Barbie doesn’t hesitate. She rushes in, grabs Maggie and puts
her over her shoulder, running her across the party and
DUNKING her head into the PUNCH BOWL. Steam rises out of the
bowl. Maggie lifts her head up, soaked and still steaming.
INT. BARBIE’S HOUSE - MORNING
CU on Barbie’s concerned face, coming in and out of focus.
BARBIE
Maggie? You awake?
Pull out to find Barbie looking over Maggie, who is waking up

on Barbie’s pink couch, a melted bag of ice still on her
head. She BOLTS UP.
MAGGIE
Where am I?!
BARBIE
You spent the night. Max bunked
with Skipper. I didn’t think it
would be a good idea for you to
drive home after what happened.
Maggie slowly starts to remember, then grabs at her head to

feel her hair. Or what’s left of it.
MAGGIE
Noooo!
She runs out of the room. A beat, then she runs back in.
MAGGIE (CONT’D)
Bathroom!
BARBIE
To the right.
A beat and then a SCREAM!

62.
MAGGIE
NOOOOOOOO!
INT. BARBIE’S BATHROOM - MORNING
Maggie stares at her ragged hair. It’s ironically like when

you used to take scissors to your Barbie doll’s hair. Uneven
and crazy.
Barbie steps in behind her at the mirror.
BARBIE
Good thing I used to be a hair
stylist.
Barbie holds up scissors.
INT. BATHROOM - MORNING
Barbie fixes Maggie’s hair. Lots of quick brush work and hair
spray and snipping.
MAGGIE
Nothing crazy. I have to look
professional.
BARBIE
You never look professional.
MAGGIE
So what happened with Ken?
BARBIE
We talked about it last night. I
don’t want to break up, but I’m
just not ready to get married.
There’s still so much I want to do
with my life, y’know? I mean, I
haven’t even walked on Mars yet.
MAGGIE
Don’t hold your breath on that one.
BARBIE
Oh, I think you have to otherwise
you’d die up there.
MAGGIE
He’s a nice guy, with very nice
hair by the way.
63.
BARBIE
Yeah, and he laughs at my jokes.
You want someone who gets your
jokes, y’know? Someone who
appreciates who you are.
MAGGIE
Yeah, have not had great luck in
that department.
BARBIE
You’ll find the right guy.
MAGGIE
Barbie--
BARBIE
I know, we’re not friends.
MAGGIE
No. Just...thanks.
Barbie takes this in. Is Maggie softening? Maggie looks out

the window to the beach and the sparkling water beyond.
MAGGIE (CONT’D)
Now that’s a real window.
BARBIE
I just love it here. It sure wasn’t
easy getting this cottage. So many
people wanted it, and I really
couldn’t afford it. But I was
standing here during the open
house, staring out this window and
I just knew I had to make this
work. That’s when I did this--
Barbie opens the medicine cabinet, revealing the words

ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE written in pink lipstick on the back of
the mirror.
BARBIE (CONT’D)
To remind myself never to give up.
When you really want something, you
have to go for it. And I got it! My
dream house!
(then)
There, all done!
Barbie swivels Maggie around to face the mirror. Her hair is

in a tight little pony tail to one side. Teased on top. A la
Barbie.
64.
MAGGIE
Oh boy.
INT. MAGGIE’S CAR - MORNING
Maggie drives. Her hair is still in her ponytail and she

wears the half-singed dress from last night. Next to her, Max
now sports a PURPLE STREAK in her hair.
MAGGIE
What are we gonna tell your Dad
about your hair?
MAX
That it rocks?
Maggie smiles, happy to see Max happy.
MAGGIE
Yeah. It kinda does.
INT. CITY PLANNING OFFICES - MORNING
On STUNNED FACES of office workers looking up from their

desks. REVERSE to find Maggie power walking to her office,
her dress burned in back, her hair teased and big.
MAGGIE
Good morning.
EXT. CLYDE’S OFFICE - MORNING
Maggie gets to Clyde’s office. His ASSISTANT, a young groovy

girl, sits outside.
CLYDE’S ASSISTANT
You missed the progress meeting.
MAGGIE
Yeah, I know.
CLYDE’S ASSISTANT
But your hair is super cute.
CLYDE
(from behind the door)
Parish!
65.
INT. CLYDE’S OFFICE - MORNING
Maggie stands across from Clyde’s desk.
CLYDE
We were supposed to review your
presentation an hour ago.
MAGGIE
I know.
CLYDE
Maybe you’re not ready to lead a
project. Maybe you’re better down
in drafting.
MAGGIE
No. I can do this, Clyde. I can.
CLYDE
Just go.
She walks out as Clyde smells the air.
CLYDE (CONT’D)
Who’s been smoking?!
INT. TOM’S HOUSE - NIGHT
Tom, Max and Maggie eat dessert. Max wears her cape. In front
of Maggie are a line of Max’s Barbie dolls--including Ken and
Midge.
TOM
Your assistant lives in a doll
world?
MAGGIE
It’s super weird. Like, she almost
is the doll.
MAX
I think they’re all just make-
believing. Like what I do when I
play with Aunt Maggie’s old
Barbies.
TOM
So, your hair is make believe?
MAX
Oh no. This is real. And it’s real
fabulous.
66.
TOM
Well y’know, there’s only one way
to really tell if she’s a doll. You
gotta look at her--
(waving his hand at his
crotch)
Hoo-haa. Cuz they don’t have
anything down there.
MAGGIE
I’m not looking down my assistant’s
pants.
MAX
Smart idea.
Maggie picks up one of the Barbies and smooths down the

doll’s hair.
MAGGIE
Man I used to love these Barbies.
TOM
So did the golden retriever,
remember? We took him to the vet
and they found four doll heads in
his colon.
MAGGIE
I had so much fun playing with
them. Imagining everything I was
gonna be. When did we stop thinking
we could be astronauts and
architects and Presidents?
TOM
Or robot dancers.
MAGGIE
Or robot dancers! I mean, they
don’t make “middle management I eat
lunch at my desk” Barbie. We had
big dreams. Why couldn’t I have
been President? Why couldn’t you
have been a rodeo clown? What
happened?
TOM
We grew up.
(beat)
And I got super afraid of clowns.
67.
INT. MAGGIE’S OFFICE - MORNING
The morning of the pitch. Maggie wears her “pitch outfit”.

Yuki and Rochelle enter carrying a curtain rod between them
with drapes hanging off it.
ROCHELLE
Good luck at the pitch today, Boss
gal.
MAGGIE
Are you putting on a puppet show?
YUKI
They’re drapes. For your future
window.
MAGGIE
I love them!
YUKI
You’ll visit us once you escape the
basement, right?
MAGGIE
Of course!
YUKI
(blurting)
I’m scared you’re gonna mess up
your presentation.
Rochelle swats him.
YUKI (CONT’D)
I said that out loud, didn’t I?
Barbie enters.
YUKI (CONT’D)
You smell like heaven.
BARBIE
Thanks, Yuki!
ROCHELLE
You take good care of her today,
Blondie.
BARBIE
You got it, Rochelle.
They fist bump. As Rochelle and Yuki move off, Maggie watches
Barbie.
68.
She adjust her fist out of the fist-bump by pulling her

fingers apart with her other hand and adjusts her whole arm
by pulling it all the way around her body. It’s insane
looking. Maggie looks away, looks back. Now Barbie has
stretched her leg over her shoulder. WTF? Is she seeing
things? Nope, that is not human.
MAGGIE
Barbie?
BARBIE
Yes, boss?
MAGGIE
Come with me.
INT. TOY STORE - DAY
Maggie walks Barbie down the aisles. Maggie and Barbie get to
the Barbie area. Barbie is unfazed.
MAGGIE
Do you know why I brought you here?
BARBIE
To buy me a present? Not that I did
not love the joke book you got me
for my birthday--
MAGGIE
There are 1001 in there.
BARBIE
Yes, I saw.
Maggie gives Barbie a beat to notice the Barbie dolls. She

doesn’t.
MAGGIE
There’s something I need to say to
you.
BARBIE
Shoot.
Maggie takes a deep breath.
MAGGIE
I think you’re a doll.
BARBIE
You’re sweet! I think you’re
terrific, too!
69.
MAGGIE
No, I mean--
She picks up a Barbie in a box.
MAGGIE (CONT’D)
A doll. A Barbie doll.
For a moment we can’t tell how Barbie will react. She smiles.
BARBIE
Well, I think you’re this doll!
Barbie picks up a cabbage-patch type doll.
MAGGIE
Okay one, I look nothing like that
doll. Two, come on!
(pointing)
Barbie! Ken! Princesses and race
car drivers and look--
She holds a Barbie up.
MAGGIE (CONT’D)
This one is wearing your teeny tiny
bikini!
BARBIE
Please. If I was this doll in real
life I would need like an 18 inch
waist! That’s insane!
MAGGIE
I’m serious.
BARBIE
These are dolls, Maggie.
MAGGIE
I know. It’s crazy. But I don’t
know how else to explain it!
BARBIE
I do. You’ve been working really
hard and I think you need to take a
break. Maybe you need to meditate.
MAGGIE
I need to look down your pants.
BARBIE
What?!
70.
MAGGIE
Maybe that came out wrong. But
listen--I can’t explain all the
kookoo stuff going on here! I’ve
tried, trust me. But I mean, you
just show up on my doorstep and you
speak like ten languages and how
can you be a vet and a fashion
designer and be only 22?! Are you
living in dog years? Even for an
Olsen twin that’s insane! And your
crazy thumb and your perma-arches
and the--the hair! We’re not
leaving until you tell me the
truth.
BARBIE
Maggie--
MAGGIE
The truth.
Barbie takes a big sigh.
BARBIE
Fine, you’re right.
MAGGIE
Wait. What?
BARBIE
I’m Barbie. The real Barbie.
Suddenly, ALL THE DOLLS on the shelf come to life and start
talking at once.
DOLLS
Oh great/she told/here we go...
Maggie jumps back in horror and pins herself against the

opposite toy shelf.
BARBIE
Every now and then we get a really
stubborn person who just doesn’t
get it.
MAGGIE
Get what?
SKIPPER
You can be anything you want to be!
71.
CATHY
Dream big!
BARBIE
You’ve forgotten what it felt like
when you used to play with us.
You’ve forgotten everything is
possible. And then we have to show
up in real life and knock some
sense into you.
POLLY POCKET
I still have sand in my shoe.
Polly takes her tiny shoe off and dumps a few grains of sand
out. Maggie can’t take this anymore.
MAGGIE
Nope. This isn’t happening.
EXT. STORE - CONTINUOUS
Maggie runs out with Barbie following.
BARBIE
So, now you don’t believe me?!
MAGGIE
I don’t know what to believe!
Barbie pulls the waist of her skirt away from her body and
indicates to Maggie...
BARBIE
Look down my skirt!
A MAN walks by and reacts.
MAGGIE
(to guy)
Inside joke.
(then to Barbie)
This just took a really funky turn.
BARBIE
You want to see a funky turn?
And Barbie puts her hands on her head and spins it in a 360.
Maggie is speechless.
MAGGIE
Okay. I believe you! I believe you!
72.
INT. ELEVATOR - LA CITY PLANNING BUILDING - MOMENTS LATER
Barbie and Maggie ride down to the basement. Maggie is still

stunned. The Fedex guy we saw earlier is in there, too.
Maggie whispers to Barbie.
MAGGIE
So, you’re like...60 or something?
BARBIE
A woman never tells her age.
A beat.
MAGGIE
(still whispering)
Do you poop?
Barbie looks at her and rolls her eyes.
MAGGIE (CONT’D)
That’s a totally legitimate
question!
The doors open and they get out to find Rochelle and Yuki.
ROCHELLE
There you are! Come on! You’re
gonna be late for the pitch!
EXT. CITY HALL - DAY
Maggie and Barbie rush out of the building. Barbie carries a

briefcase.
MAGGIE
Production timetables--
BARBIE
Check.
MAGGIE
Geologist reports.
BARBIE
Check.
MAGGIE
And I’ve already got the
presentation boards in my car.
SMASH CUT TO:

73.
EXT. CITY PLANNING BUILDING - DAY
Maggie and Barbie stand in front of an empty parking space.

Maggie is flummoxed.
MAGGIE
I left it right here! I was only
gone for five minutes!
A METER MAID walks up.
METER MAID
Red car? Needs a new muffler?
MAGGIE
Yes! Oh thank God. Where is it?
METER MAID
It was towed. You can’t park here.
MAGGIE
No, Noooo! It had my whole
presentation in the trunk!
METER MAID
Is that my problem?
Barbie looks at the curb.
BARBIE
Oooh. Red stripe. She’s right.
METER MAID
Thank you.
MAGGIE
But I always park here!
(then, realizing)
Rolf. Rolf called it in.
BARBIE
What a meanie.
MAGGIE
(looking at watch)
Half an hour. Not going to panic.
(to meter maid)
Where is the car?
The meter maid flips through her book.
METER MAID
Rosemead.
74.
MAGGIE
That’s an hour away!
METER MAID
Hour and a half with traffic.
BARBIE
Let’s take my car. We’ll get to the
pitch and figure it out there.
MAGGIE
Right. Okay. We’ll wing it. And you
have the timetables and the
reports.
BARBIE
Well, kinda bad news. I don’t.
MAGGIE
But you said “check!”
BARBIE
Because that’s what people say!
MAGGIE
You’re carrying a briefcase!
BARBIE
I grabbed the wrong one by mistake.
She opens her briefcase. Inside are flashing lights and a red
phone.
BARBIE (CONT’D)
But good news--if we want to call
the President, we are all set!
MAGGIE
Oh my God.
BARBIE
I’ll get my car!
EXT. STREET - MOMENTS LATER
On Maggie, nervously checking her watch. INTO FRAME drives a

HOT PINK CHEVY CONVERTIBLE. Barbie behind the wheel.
MAGGIE
I’m not doing this. I’m not getting
in a doll car!
75.
BARBIE
You don’t have a choice! Come on!
Get in!
INT/EXT. BARBIE’S CAR - DAY
Maggie looks around her seat--it is covered with 8 track

tapes.
BARBIE
Sorry about the mess.
Maggie picks up a tape and stares at it. On the side it reads

“Desperate Boss and The Wacky Girls” with Japanese writing
underneath it.
MAGGIE
No way.
Maggie loads it into the tape deck and a JAPANESE GIRL BAND
POP SONG starts playing. This will play throughout this
sequence. Barbie starts singing along in Japanese.
Around them, cars honk. PULL OUT to see they are driving
about 10 miles an hour. Cars whiz around them.
MAGGIE (CONT’D)
Can this go faster?
BARBIE
It runs on triple A batteries!
A DRIVER pulls up next to them.
DRIVER
Get off the road!
He leans on his horn as he speeds by.
BARBIE
Oh yeah? Well I can honk, too!
Barbie presses on her steering wheel and BUBBLES pour out.

Maggie reacts.
INT. DEAN’S OFFICES - SAME TIME
Dean sits with Clyde, Rolf and other members of his office.
The wall clock TICKS loudly.
76.
CLYDE
I’m sure they’ll be here any
minute.
ROLF
Or I could just start my
presentation.
EXT. FREEWAY - DAY
Barbie’s car continues to chug along slowly as cars whiz past

them on the freeway. Maggie looks at her watch.
MAGGIE
We only have 15 minutes.
As behind them they HEAR a cop siren.
MAGGIE (CONT’D)
Oh no. No no.
She looks back to see a cop car on their tail.
COP
(through speaker)
Pull over.
Barbie does.
EXT. LA STREET - DAY
The cop takes in Barbie’s car and walks around to the

driver’s side.
COP
License and registration.
BARBIE
Sure thing.
She reaches over Maggie to the glove compartment.
MAGGIE
Officer, we’re in a big hurry--
COP
Then maybe you shouldn’t have been
going 4 in a 70 mile an hour zone.
Barbie can’t get the compartment open. She tugs on it.

77.
BARBIE
It sticks sometimes.
Finally she bangs on it with her fist and the whole

compartment falls apart in little plastic pieces. She reaches
in and retrieves her license and registration and hands them
to him.
CLOSE ON the license. In the name space it reads, “TERRIFIC

DRIVER!” The rest of the “license” is covered in hearts and
rainbows.
COP
Is this a joke?
BARBIE
Oh no, officer.
He looks at the registration. It says: registered to one

groovy owner!
COP
So you are the “groovy owner”?
BARBIE
If you say so! By the way, loving
your sunglasses.
MAGGIE
Barbie--
BARBIE
I think it’s important to tell a
man when he is handsome and well
put together.
COP
Are you propositioning me?
MAGGIE
No sir, no she absolutely is not.
COP
Open your trunk for me.
BARBIE
I should warn you--I’ve got a lot
of junk in my trunk!
SMASH CUT TO:

78.
INT. A JAIL CELL - DAY
Barbie and Maggie are pushed into a holding cell, already

populated by a bunch of UNSAVORY LOOKING WOMEN. The door
closes behind them. Maggie talks through the bars to the
jail guard.
MAGGIE
(to jail guard)
Ma’am, I work for the city of Los
Angeles.
GUARD
You a cop?
MAGGIE
No, I work in city planning,
drafting department.
GUARD
Do you work for cops?
MAGGIE
No...
GUARD
Have a seat.
Maggie sighs, sits down on a bench.
MAGGIE
Unbelievable.
BARBIE
Let’s stay positive.
MAGGIE
Positive? I’m missing my
presentation and oh yeah? I’m in
jail!
(then whispering)
With a doll!
A TATTOOED GAL steps up to Barbie.
TATTOOED GAL
Hi, pretty. Welcome to my house.
BARBIE
(without guile)
Hello!
Maggie looks at her watch. MATCH CUT the watch dial with...
79.
INT. DEAN’S OFFICES - DAY
CLOSE ON Dean’s watch dial. He is checking the time.
CLYDE
I don’t know where they could be.
We’ve tried their cells.
ROLF
She can be a little unreliable,
IMHO. How about I start taking you
through the parking lot?
DEAN
Let’s give them a little more time.
ROLF
Great idea!
INT. JAIL CELL - DAY
Maggie looks out of the cell bars and sighs.
MAGGIE
Dean probably thinks I’m a huge
flake now.
PULL OUT to take in the whole cell. It has now been decorated
with all available cell items--bed sheets as drapes, a
fountain happily burbles out of the open toilet.
Barbie has just finished doing the hair of a HEAVY SET

INMATE. It is big and poofy now.
BARBIE
I really think the height helps
balance your look.
The inmate looks in a small wall mirror.
HEAVY SET INMATE

Yeah. I see what you’re saying.
Maggie sits on a bench against the wall.
MAGGIE
Barbie, could I see you please?
A HOOKER is pissed.
HOOKER
Hey, I was next!
80.
MAGGIE
Keep your tiny hot pants on, lady.
Barbie comes over and sits next to Maggie.
MAGGIE (CONT’D)
Listen, you can’t be so trusting of
humans. These women are dangerous.
They’re probably hiding shivs and
knives--
BARBIE
You mean, those?
Barbie indicates a hanging banner made of shivs and knives

that reads “CELL BOCK 5 ROCKS!”
Tattooed gal comes up close to Barbie.
TATTOOED GAL
Hey, Barbs. Wanna see my dolphin
tattoo?
MAGGIE
No. No she doesn’t--
BARBIE
I love dolphins!
Tattooed gal starts to undo her pants.
MAGGIE
Okay, that’s enough.
The girls start to circle Maggie, menacingly.
MAGGIE (CONT’D)
Back off!
They all stop.
MAGGIE (CONT’D)
She’s with me! She’s my “special
friend”, okay?
The women all back away from Barbie.
TATTOOED GAL
Shoulda just said something.
Barbie is grinning at Maggie.

81.
BARBIE
You said it! I knew it! I knew we
were friends!
Barbie launches herself into Maggie’s arms and gives her a

big hug. The hooker starts to tear up.
HOOKER
Dammit, this stuff always make me
cry.
INT. DEAN’S OFFICES - SAME TIME
Everyone still waits as Dean, his back turned, stares out the
window. He turns back, resigned and disappointed.
DEAN
Let’s take a look at that parking
lot.
ROLF
Yes, sir!
Rolf springs into action and immediately whips out a rolled-

up presentation and UNFURLS IT down the table.
INT. JAIL CELL - DAY
ON a clock ticking over to 3 PM. Maggie stares at it.
MAGGIE
We’re doomed.
HEAVY SET INMATE

Dang, Maggie. Your lady is right--
you gotta lighten up.
BARBIE
Thank you, Jaliqua.
Maggie shoots Barbie a look. And then...the guard comes to

unlock the cell.
GUARD
Move it, fancy girls. You’re out.
Maggie collects her purse.
MAGGIE
Oh thank God.
Barbie waves at everyone.

82.
BARBIE
See you guys!
ALL
Bye, Barbie/stay sexy/keep in
touch.
INT. THE JAIL ENTRANCE - DAY
Midge is there waiting for them. In a wedding dress.
BARBIE
Midge, thank you for bailing us
out!
Midge pulls Maggie into a big hug.
MIDGE
I was worried about you, Hot Sauce!
She squeezes Maggie really tight.
MAGGIE
You’re...getting married?
MIDGE
Nah, already did 30 years ago.
Wasn’t for me. Come on!
Midge walks in front of them, like a robot.
MAGGIE
(sotto to Barbie)
What’s wrong with her?
BARBIE
Her bride model didn’t have
opposable knees.
INT. A VAN - DAY
Barbie drives at break-neck speed, Maggie rides shot gun.

Midge lies in a pink plastic chaise in the back.
MIDGE
Sorry I had to borrow the van to
come get you.
BARBIE
That’s okay! This baby really hugs
the corners!
83.
They hit a corner and go sideways. A PINK PLASTIC HIBACHI

lands in Maggie’s lap. She studies it, amazed.
EXT. THE VAN - DAY
We pop outside to see this is the iconic PINK BARBIE

CAMPER/RV.
BARBIE (O.S.)
We gotta get to Dean’s
office!
INT. THE VAN - DAY
Maggie looks around, amazed.
MAGGIE
I had one of these!
Midge reaches up and offers a plastic hot dog.
MIDGE
Anyone hungry?
EXT. DEAN’S OFFICES - DAY
The van pulls up outside a building in Venice. The girls get

out.
MIDGE
Alright, gals. Good luck. I gotta
get back to...
(rolling her eyes)
Alan.
She hobbles back into the van and starts the engine. There’s
a loud CLUNK and then the front disengages from the back. She
drives off in the detachable pink JEEP FRONT.
INT. DEANS’S OFFICE LOBBY - DAY
Barbie and Maggie stand in front of the SECURITY GUARD, an

older guy around 60.
SECURITY GUARD
That meeting ended four hours ago.
MAGGIE
Maybe you could just let us up to
Mr. Lennon’s office?
84.
SECURITY GUARD
No can do.
Maggie bats her eyes aggressively and shimmies oddly.
MAGGIE
You sure about that?
Barbie pulls her aside.
BARBIE
Do you have to use the bathroom?
MAGGIE
I’m flirting.
BARBIE
Let me handle this.
(to guard)
Sir,
(reading name tag)
Leroy, we’ve worked super hard on
this pitch--
SECURITY GUARD
Nope.
MAGGIE
Seriously? You’re like the only man
on the planet immune to this
woman’s charm.
SECURITY GUY
(shrugging)
I lost my sense of smell when I was
ten. That could be it.
EXT. DEAN’S OFFICES - DAY
The girls stand outside in front of the cab-less camper van.

A bunch of HOMELESS PEOPLE have set up camp outside it with
all the tents and accessories.
MAGGIE
Okay my plastic friend, now what?
BARBIE
There’s more than one way to get up
into a building.
SMASH CUT TO:

85.
EXT. ALLEY - DAY
Barbie and Maggie climb up the fire escape. Barbie has a pink
rope coiled over her shoulder. They try windows as they go
up, but nothing is unlocked.
MAGGIE
They’re all locked. What do you
expect us to do once we get to the
top?
SMASH CUT TO:
EXT. ROOFTOP - DUSK
Barbie holds the pink rope with a pink stiletto tied to the
end of it.
BARBIE
And people thought the rapelling
rope was a silly camper van
accessory.
She secures the stiletto to the roof ridge and THROWS the
rope over the side of the building.
MAGGIE
Uh, yeah. Not going down a pink
rope tied to a doll shoe.
BARBIE
Maggie, look at me. You can’t let
this opportunity go. This could be
the first day of the rest of your
life!
MAGGIE
You totally stole that from an
inspirational cat poster.
BARBIE
Maybe. Point is, you can go over
that ledge and see what’s at the
bottom, or you can wonder about it
from the basement for the rest of
your life.
Maggie takes this in.

86.
EXT. DEAN’S OFFICE BUILDING - DUSK
Barbie and Maggie rappel down the side of the building.

Maggie has her eyes screwed shut.
MAGGIE
Oh my God. Oh my God. I can’t look.
BARBIE
You’re doing great!
Maggie starts to tentatively push out from the wall. This is

fun.
MAGGIE
Hey! Look at me! I’m flying!
She HITS the side of the building.
MAGGIE (CONT’D)
Ow!
And them Maggie turns UPSIDE DOWN on her rope.
MAGGIE (CONT’D)
Upside down! Not doing great!
Upside down!
BARBIE
Put your weight in your feet and
open your eyes!
Maggie opens her eyes. Still upside down, she comes FACE TO
FACE with Dean, who is looking at her through his office
window. Mortified, she smiles and waves at him.
INT. DEAN’S OFFICE - DUSK
Barbie and Maggie sit in front of an amused Dean.
DEAN
So, you got pulled over, arrested,
and cirque de soleil-ed all over my
building to see me.
MAGGIE
I believe in this park idea, Mr.
Lennon.
DEAN
Y’know what? Either your crazy or
brilliant, or both, but either way--
you got my attention.
(MORE)
87.
DEAN (CONT'D)
Leave the proposal and I’ll take a
look at it.
BARBIE
Thank you!
MAGGIE
That’s great!
(beat)
It’s locked in a car trunk but as
soon as I get it, I’ll send it
right over!
Barbie and Maggie stand up.
DEAN
You might want to take the elevator
down, Houdini.
Barbie and Maggie walk out, Barbie hobbling on one stileto’ed

foot.
INT. DEAN’S HALLWAY - MOMENTS LATER
The girl’s high-five.
MAGGIE
Yes! We did it!
Barbie adjusts her arm.
BARBIE
Right on!
MAGGIE
Barbie, I gotta say, I’m actually
feeling like this could happen! We
might be building a park!
BARBIE
Hey. You sound like me!
MAGGIE
Bite your tongue.
Barbie does.
BARBIE
Ow! That hurts with a real tongue.
88.
INT. CITY PLANNING BUILDING LOBBY - MORNING
Maggie stands at the elevators. A self-satisfied Rolf walks

up behind her.
ROLF
You probably heard that I pretty
much killed it yesterday.
MAGGIE
It’s not over yet, Rolf.
ROLF
And you getting arrested? Icing on
the cake. It’s funny--I thought
your assistant was the dumb one but
you give her a run for her money
yesterday.
BARBIE (O.C.)
What did you just call me?
Rolf turns to find Barbie standing behind him, livid.
ROLF
Oh Hey there, Barbie--
BARBIE
Don’t you mean, “dumb Barbie?”
ROLF
I was just joking.
BARBIE
You’re not very funny.
ROLF
Come on--the blonde hair, the
hoochie outfits...this can’t be the
first time you’ve heard the word
“dumb”.
MAGGIE
Oh boy--
Maggie steps back as Barbie goes into a kung-fu stance.
ROLF
Whoa. Let’s just take a deep breath
here--
And Barbie performs a perfect roundhouse kick to Rolf’s solar

plexus, dropping him like a stone to the floor. He’s out.
Maggie is speechless.
89.
MAGGIE
Is he...dead?
Rolf groans. Barbie takes a big, cleansing breath.
BARBIE
My gosh. You’re right, Rolf. I do
feel better.
The elevator comes and Barbie and Maggie step over Rolf to
get on.
EXT. VACANT LOT - DAY
Dean sits on an old folding chair on the edge of the lot,

Maggie’s plans laid out in front of him. He is interrupted by
a BOUNCING BASKETBALL that hits his feet. A YOUNG KID waves
from across the lot.
YOUNG KID
Hey! Sorry!
Dean stands and throws the ball back to the kid. The Kid lays
up a shot into a make-shift net made of an old garbage can
with no bottom strung up on a light post. Another KID tries
to block him. They’re having fun.
Dean approaches the kids.
DEAN
Can an old man have a shot?
The young kid tosses him the ball. Dean sets up and SHOOTS.
It tips the side of the can and goes in. Dean whoops!
DEAN (CONT’D)
Yeah! I still got it.
He tosses it back to the other kid.
KID
You wanna play with us?
Dean hesitates and then...
DEAN
Go easy on me!
He takes off his suit jacket and the three start to play.
It’s care-free and fun and Dean smiles like we have not seen
before.
90.
Maggie sits and watches her fountain burble.
INT. CITY PLANNING OFFICES - SAME TIME
DING. The elevator opens and a very sweaty but exhilarated

Dean dashes out. He runs past the RECEPTIONIST.
RECEPTIONIST
May I help--
And he’s gone.
RECEPTIONIST (CONT’D)
--You?
INT. CITY PLANNING OFFICES - HALLWAY - DAY
Dean races past Rolf’s office. Rolf leaps from his desk and
goes to his door.
ROLF
Mister Lennon?
And he races after him.
INT. MAGGIE’S OFFICE - MOMENTS LATER
Dean arrives, sweaty and out of breath, at Maggie’s office.

Rolf is right behind him.
DEAN
I want to do the park.
MAGGIE/ROLF
You do?
DEAN
I do.
Maggie can hardly believe what she is hearing. Barbie just

smiles. Dean adjusts his tie.
DEAN (CONT’D)
Nice fountain. Have a great day.
And he turns and walks out. Rolf is livid.
ROLF
I cannot believe--
91.
Barbie stops him.
BARBIE
I think it would be best if you
accepted defeat gracefully.
Rolf holds his hands up in surrender as he backs out of the

office.
MAGGIE
He wants to build the park.
BARBIE
(now yelling in glee)
He wants to build the park!!
Maggie and Barbie come together in a spontaneous hug and

start jumping up and down.
MAGGIE/BARBIE
Oh my God/Oh my God/We did it!
Barbie’s iPhone “beeps” with a text. She looks at it.
BARBIE
And his office has already invited
us to a gala next week to announce
it!
MAGGIE
No way!
BARBIE
And it’s black tie!
MAGGIE
(now worried)
No way.
BARBIE
(equally worried)
What are you going to wear?
SMASH CUT TO:
INT. BARBIE’S HOUSE - DAY
The DOORS to Barbie’s closet open. “Hallelujah” type theme

plays. REVEALING the most sparkling, gorgeous, colorful array
of clothes and shoes we have ever seen. It’s a technicolor
fashion dream.
92.
Barbie and Maggie stand before it. Maggie’s mouth slack with
awe.
MONTAGE: Barbie dresses Maggie in various over-the-top Barbie

outfits.
--an 80s poofy dress
--an astronaut outfit
--a fantastic, fitted men’s tuxedo
--a matador suit
--a feather dress and matching boa
...you get the idea.
Maggie stands in front of Barbie, wearing a fantastic, fitted

gown and high, glittery shoes. She looks like a million
bucks.
BARBIE
Damn, I’m good.
EXT. UNION STATION - NIGHT
The beautiful art deco building all lit up for the gala.
Guests sweep in in gowns and tuxes.
ON a bad muffler spewing smoke. WIDEN to find the back of

Maggie’s beat-up car as it pulls to the curb. FIND Maggie
getting out of the car and handing her keys to the valet. She
looks beautiful.
MAGGIE
I apologize in advance if it blows
up.
Behind her, Barbie pulls up in her convertible. She waves to

Maggie as the valet takes in her ride.
VALET
Now that is one sweet ride.
Barbie gets out. She is wearing her fabulous vintage black

mermaid-style dress. Super tight at the bottom.
93.
MAGGIE
Barbie, that dress is gorgeous! But
how do you walk in it?!
BARBIE
It’s mind over fashion. I just
imagine my legs are being squeezed
by Leo DiCaprio on a yacht in
Cannes.
MAGGIE
That happened, didn’t it.
Barbie gives her a sly smile and walks/shuffles past her. Ken
gets out of the car behind her, also looking great.
KEN
Leo squeezed my legs, too. It’s his
thing.
INT. THE GALA - NIGHT
Maggie, Barbie and Ken enter the gala and the Mayor and Clyde
approach her.
MAYOR
Maggie! I understand it’s your plan
that Lennon went with.
Congratulations.
Maggie notes Clyde.
MAGGIE
Oh well, it takes a village--
MAYOR
(whispering to her)
Take the compliment.
MAGGIE
I will. Thank you.
Clyde leans in to her.
CLYDE
I’m promoting you to design.
Maggie is thrilled.
94.
INT. GALA BAR AREA - LATER
Maggie is getting a glass of champagne when Dean walks up

behind her.
DEAN
Can I buy you a drink?
MAGGIE
(without turning)
They’re free.
DEAN
Yes, I heard some patsy bought
drinks for the whole party.
Maggie turns, embarrassed to find Dean.
MAGGIE
This is embarrassing.
DEAN
No, embarrassing is if you turn me
down for a dance.
INT. GALA - NIGHT
Dean and Maggie dance. It’s romantic and awkward at the same
time.
MAGGIE
Great party.
DEAN
I don’t love these big gala things.
Especially the part where I have to
get up and make a speech.
MAGGIE
Oh come on. I bet you kill that
stuff.
DEAN
I actually get stage fright.
MAGGIE
Then you gotta open with a joke.
Relax the crowd.
DEAN
Yeah? You got one for me?
95.
MAGGIE
Okay. Um, why did the scarecrow get
promoted?
DEAN
I give up.
MAGGIE
Because he was outstanding in his
field!
DEAN
I don’t get it.
MAGGIE
He was...standing...out in a field?
The scarecrow?
DEAN
Oh, okay. Right! That’s funny!
Another awkward beat as they dance in silence.
MAGGIE
Sorry. I’m stepping on your toes.
DEAN
Maybe you’d be more comfortable
doing the robot dance?
MAGGIE
Are you challenging me?
DEAN
Bring it.
Maggie steps away and starts to bust some pretty wacky robot
moves.
MAGGIE
(bad beat boxing)
That’s right. That’s the robot. I’m
a robot--
She looks back up at Dean, who is just kinda...watching her.

This is not what she expected. She stops.
DEAN
That’s pretty original.
The song ends. In the background, we see Ken talking to the

band leader.
96.
KEN
(into mic)
This is for my Barbie. Married or
not, I love you to the ends of the
earth and back.
They start up playing...and Ken starts singing the Archie’s

“Sugar, Sugar”. Barbie is teary eyed. She turns to Maggie.
BARBIE
He’s singing our song.
And then the guests start singing as well. It’s a rousing,

fun moment.
Ken moves through the crowd with his microphone, finishing

his song in a full split on the floor. The crowd goes wild.
Maggie is next to him.
KEN
I think I just split my party
pants.
As Ken stands and adjusts his pants, Maggie tries to

stealthily get a peek into his pants.
KEN (CONT’D)
Are you looking down my pants?
MAGGIE
What? No!
Ken goes to Barbie, sweeping her up and kissing her.
BARBIE
Ken, I’ve been silly. All those
things I want to do with my life? I
don’t want to do them without you.
I want to make an honest man of
you. Let’s get married.
KEN
Swell! Can we wait until after I
get back from my European tour?
BARBIE
What tour?
KEN
I finally found my own dream,
Barbie! I’m going to be an
international singer! Will you wait
for me?
97.
The Mayor steps up to the mike.
MAYOR
Well, that was not my usual intro.
Tonight, I am thrilled to announce
the future ground breaking of the
Flower Street park. The brain
child of Maggie Parish and Barbie
Roberts of the city planning
commission.
Barbie looks over to Maggie and gives her her odd “thumbs
up”. Maggie does it back to her. Rolf shoots Maggie a death
stare.
MAYOR (CONT’D)
And of course, none of this would
have been possible without the
generous donation of Dean Lennon.
The crowd applauds.
MAYOR (CONT’D)
Ladies and gentlemen, the man of
the evening!
Dean steps up to the mike.
DEAN
I am so honored to be a part of
this project. Lights?
They dim the lights and Dean starts to click through some
slides of the park plan.
DEAN (CONT’D)
Flower park will be a place for the
community. For fun, for green space
and air.
ON MAGGIE so proud.
DEAN (CONT’D)
And tonight I have an exciting new
announcement. I was so impressed
with this plan, that I have decided
to take this a step further. I have
decided to re-develop two blocks
surrounding the park. Introducing
the Flower Street Condos!
He GESTURES and on the floor in front of everyone, a white

sheet rises, REVEALING, a MOCK UP of the park, now RINGED by
high-end condos. Maggie is thrown.
98.
MAGGIE
(to herself)
What?
DEAN
A mixed-use residential complex,
the flower condos will bring
economic development and mobility
to downtown LA.
The crowd applauds, impressed. Barbie looks to Maggie. Maggie

shakes her head--no, she didn’t know...
MAGGIE
No.
(then louder)
No!
The crowd turns to Maggie. Did she say that that loudly?
MAGGIE (CONT’D)
You can’t do this! That park was
for everyone!
CLYDE
Maggie--
Maggie steps up to confront a thrown Dean in front of the

crowd.
MAGGIE
What happens to the locals who live
in the old buildings?
DEAN
I’m providing low-income housing
within the new complex--
MAGGIE
Really. Have you even checked to
see if any of them can afford it?
Because trust me, they can’t. And
then they’re homeless! Ramon can’t
afford to build his restaurant
there, and Li and Chin can’t do
their tai chi. The people you were
supposed to build that park for?
They’ll be gone. Replaced by
yuppies who just wish you would
build them an artisanal frozen
yogurt store!
The crowd is silent, except for Barbie who claps and whoops
her agreement.
99.
BARBIE
You tell them, Maggie!
The Mayor leans into Clyde.
MAYOR
Deal with this. Now.
MAGGIE
(to Dean)
I thought you were different. But
you’re not.
Clyde walks up to Maggie and takes her arm.
CLYDE
Come on. That’s enough--
Maggie pulls out of his grip.
MAGGIE
Don’t worry. I’m out of here.
Maggie storms through the crowd, falling on her Barbie shoes

and landing SMACK into the 3 D rendering of the condos in the
middle of the party. The walls fall around her. The crowd
gasps. Dean tries to help her up.
MAGGIE (CONT’D)
I’m fine. I’M FINE.
And she stomps off, carrying one shoe that has fallen off.
EXT. UNION STATION - NIGHT
Maggie walks out, holding her shoe. Clyde chases after her.
CLYDE
What was that?!
MAGGIE
That was the truth. Deal with it.
CLYDE
Oh, I will. You’re fired.
Maggie takes this in as Clyde turns on his heels and re-

enters the party. Barbie races out to find Maggie.
BARBIE
That was amazing what you said in
there!
100.
MAGGIE
Was it? Well, I was just fired. So,
yay.
BARBIE
There’s always another job--
MAGGIE
Enough! Enough with the pollyanna
rainbows and unicorns and sunshine
crap!
BARBIE
I never said unicorns! They don’t
even exist!
MAGGIE
Neither do you!
Barbie steps back, thrown.
MAGGIE (CONT’D)
Don’t you get it?! This park? It’s
ruining the lives of thousands of
people now and it’s all because I
listened to you! I could have just
drawn the parking plan, done my
job, not made waves...instead, you
were all,
(imitating Barbie)
“go for it!”, “you can do it!”
“blond power!”, “weird thumbs up!”
BARBIE
You’re right. I should have just
let you keep leading your
unfulfilled life!
MAGGIE
Yes! That would have been
fantastic!
BARBIE
Well, consider it done.
MAGGIE
Great! Go find some other human’s
life to screw up! And take that
fountain with you!
Barbie turns and walks away as Maggie calls after her:

101.
MAGGIE (CONT’D)
If I hadn’t just lost my job, I’d
fire you!
Maggie hobbles off in the opposite direction, one Barbie shoe

on, one off.
INT. TOM’S HOUSE - NIGHT
Maggie sits with Tom and Max watching the news and eating ice
cream. ON THE SCREEN we see downtown locals protesting in
front of the lot. They carry signs that read “The Park is For
The People” and “No more building”. We pick out our tai chi
ladies and Ramon among them. A REPORTER speaks to camera.
REPORTER
This was the scene tonight on
Flower Street, where citizens are
protesting the planned erection of
high-end condos.
TOM
You want me to switch it?
MAGGIE
No, it’s okay.
REPORTER
Ground breaking is set for Friday
at noon.
One of the Tai Chi ladies (LI) steps up to camera and angrily
yells in Chinese. We can make out the words “Maggie Parish”.
MAX
What did she just say?
MAGGIE
Something about me rotting like an
old fish. I think. Thanks, Li.
Tom turns off the TV.
TOM
That’s enough.
MAX
I thought you were building a park?
MAGGIE
I thought I was, too.
Max stands up.

102.
MAX
Excuse me.
Max exits. Maggie looks at Tom, who shrugs, “I have no idea”.
INT. MAX’S ROOM - MOMENTS LATER
Max sits on the floor, fiddling with her Barbies. Maggie

enters.
MAGGIE
Can I come in?
Max shrugs. Maggie comes in and sits down next to her.
MAGGIE (CONT’D)
I’m sorry. I’m disappointed, too.
I’m a sucky roll model right now.
(re her cape)
Can I get under?
Max nods okay. Maggie gets under one side of the cape. They
share it like a blanket around their shoulders.
MAX
I bet Barbie would know what to do.
MAGGIE
Barbie doesn’t know everything.
MAX
Well you should at least ask her.
MAGGIE
We’re kind-of not talking right
now.
MAX
Why?
MAGGIE
We had a fight.
MAX
Why?
MAGGIE
Because she wanted me to stand up
for what I believed in.
MAX
(sarcastic)
Oooh yeah. That sounds awful.
103.
A beat. Maggie considers this.
MAGGIE
I sound like a dope.
MAX
A little.
(then)
You shouldn’t fight with your
friends. They’re really hard to
get.
Maggie takes this in. She sighs, leaning her head on Max’s
shoulder.
INT. CITY PLANNING OFFICES - MORNING
Maggie walks up to her office and stops to take in Barbie’s

completely empty desk. Like she was never there. She
continues walking into her office.
Maggie takes in Barbie’s mock-window drawing on her wall. It

was a nice thing she did. Maggie feels some wistful pangs for
her friend. She pulls it off the wall and rolls it up. On her
desk is a cardboard box of her personal effects. Yuki and
Rochelle enter.
ROCHELLE
Oh man are we gonna miss you.
YUKI
Also, I miss Barbie.
MAGGIE
I know. Sorry Yuki. But hey--they
made you the new head of the
drafting department, so that’s
exciting.
Yuki brightens.
YUKI
So I get to hire a new temp!
ROCHELLE
Don’t get any ideas.
They exit, passing George, the HR guy we met earlier, who

enters with a bouquet of flowers.
104.
GEORGE
Hey there Maggie. Sorry about
everything.
MAGGIE
Thanks, George.
She reaches for the flowers.
MAGGIE (CONT’D)
That’s sweet of you.
She tries to take them from him, but he doesn’t let go. It’s
a weird momentary tug-of-war.
GEORGE
These are for Barbie.
Maggie lets go.
MAGGIE
Oh, of course. Well, I think she’s
already gone.
George’s face falls.
GEORGE
Now that’s a shame. Could you tell
her I said goodbye? Oh and my Mom
says thanks for the apple crumble
recipe? And I’ll return her copy of
Plutarch next week? Oh and “gabba
gabba go team go!”
MAGGIE
I’ll just tell her the bye part. If
I see her.
George nods, walking out with the flowers. He passes Jeff,

the office mate we met earlier, who enters with a balloon
bouquet that says “bon voyage”. Maggie takes one look and...
MAGGIE (CONT’D)
She’s gone.
JEFF
Got it.
And he turns around and exits with his balloons.

105.
EXT. DOWNTOWN STREET - DAY
Maggie exits the building with her box. She starts to walk
and then spots Barbie walking a few yards ahead of her. Her
blond hair bouncing. Maggie lights up, starts running.
MAGGIE
Hey! Barbie!
Maggie catches up to Barbie.
MAGGIE (CONT’D)
Barbie--
Barbie turns, but it isn’t her. It’s a blond woman, but she
is older and not Barbie. She looks at Maggie, confused.
MAGGIE (CONT’D)
Sorry. Thought you were someone
else--
The woman turns back and walks away. Maggie stands still on
the sidewalk with her box as the crowd pushes around her.
EXT. MAGGIE’S APARTMENT - NIGHT
Maggie is on her phone. She paces.
AUTOMATED VOICE
Did you say Barber Rockets?
MAGGIE
No!
(over-enunciating)
Bar-Bie Rob-erts!
AUTOMATED VOICE
Barky Rompers clothes for dogs?
MAGGIE
Operator!
We HEAR the clicking of a keyboard.
OPERATOR
I’m sorry, we have no listing for a
Barbie Roberts.
MAGGIE
Are you sure?
Maggie reads off a piece of paper.

106.
MAGGIE (CONT’D)
At 25 Dune road, Malibu?
OPERATOR
No Ma’am.
MAGGIE
Thanks.
Maggie hangs up, frustrated and confused.
INT. TOY STORE - DAY
Maggie stands in front of the Barbie dolls.
MAGGIE
Fine, I’ll start. I’m sorry. I
didn’t mean to yell at you.
She waits for a response. Nothing. The faces just stare out.
MAGGIE (CONT’D)
Don’t you look at me that way.
PATRONS and a STORE CLERK steal glances at this odd woman

talking to dolls.
MAGGIE (CONT’D)
There are like 200 of you here!
Could any one of you please tell me
what to do?!
SALES CLERK
Can I help you?
MAGGIE
I wish!
EXT. MALIBU STREET - DAY
Maggie drives along Barbie’s road, stopping when she sees her
little gate. Maggie gets out of the car.
She approaches the gate, which now looks weathered. Like it

hasn’t been painted in years. It is also ajar, KNOCKING
against it’s hinges in the wind. Maggie pushes it open.
MAGGIE
Barbie?
Nothing. She walks through the gate.

107.
EXT. BARBIE’S HOUSE - DAY
The beach is beautiful and empty. Maggie turns to Barbie’s

house. On Maggie’s face, in shock. REVERSE to reveal that the
house looks abandoned and old. Like no one has lived there in
years. Paint is peeling, through the windows we can see the
place is empty.
Maggie enters through an open sliding glass door.
MAGGIE
Barbie? Hello?
Nothing. The floors are dirty and sandy. A torn window shade
flaps in the breeze. Maggie peeks into Barbie’s bedroom.
It’s empty. She walks down the hall to the bathroom.
INT. BATHROOM - CONTINUOUS
She enters the empty bathroom. The bath tap DRIP DRIPS water
into the browned tub. She takes in the view out the window
and onto the beach, the only thing that seems familiar. It’s
still beautiful.
And then Maggie gets a thought. On a whim, she opens the

medicine cabinet...and THERE IT IS. Written in Barbie pink
lipstick:
ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE
Maggie wistfully takes this in. A message. A message left to

her from her friend Barbie. Maggie looks at herself in the
mirror...CROSSFADE TO:
A PHOTO of Maggie from high school. All smiles and braces and
optimism. PULL OUT to find we are in...
INT. MAGGIE’S APARTMENT - THAT NIGHT
Maggie is looking at her High School yearbook page.

Underneath the photo, it says:
ACTIVITIES: President Student Council, Honor Roll, Fencing

Club.
And under this...
DREAM: To Make The World a Little Better.

108.
Maggie takes this in. Gets an idea. She picks up the phone.
MAGGIE
Max, I need your help.
EXT. DOWNTOWN STREET - NIGHT
Maggie pulls up next to Senor Moneyzz and his boys.
MAGGIE
Hey, Senor Moneyzz! Get in!
The guys exchange looks and then Senor Moneyzz shrugs and
they get into her car.
INT. MAGGIE’S CAR - NIGHT
Inside already are Chi and Lin. Maggie talks to them in

Chinese.
MAGGIE
(subtitled)
Make room, ladies.
The guys all shove in with the ladies.
SENOR MONEYZ
Pleased to meet you.
CHI
(to Lin, in Chinese with
subtitle)
This man smells good.
Lin nods as they pull away.
EXT. THE EMPTY LOT - NIGHT
The car pulls up in front of the lot, festooned for it’s

ground breaking tomorrow. A banner declares “Future Site of
Flower Street Condos and Park”.
MAGGIE (O.C.)
The ground breaking is tomorrow.
INT. CAR CONTINUOUS - NIGHT
MAGGIE
But no one said we couldn’t build a
park tonight!
109.
Everyone in the car smiles. Lin looks at Senor Moneyzz gold

teeth.
LIN
I dig your grill.
INT. MAX’S ROOM - NIGHT
Max is on Facebook, she types in her status:
Anyone want to build a park?
She hits “enter” and it goes up.
BUILDING THE PARK MONTAGE
In quick cuts we see the building of Max’s viral campaign as

more and more people show up to help Maggie out.
--A HIPSTER types on his phone into Twitter in a Starbucks.

He forwards Max’s plea and then writes: Let’s do this!
--Senor Moneyzz and his boys move trees into place in the lot
as Roger, our plant store owner, pulls them off his truck.
--Let’s do this! flashes over the screen, from various

devices and all different citizens.
--Maggie and Yuki try to re-assemble the big jungle gym from
the roof. Rochelle orders them around.
--Max and Tom show up with coffee for everyone as Max high-
fives her aunt.
--TRENDING on Twitter! The “up arrow” next to Build a park

for LA!
--Ramon hands out food from his truck to the hungry workers.
--Li, Chin and the skateboard boys lay out a huge rubber
exercise mat. Other people start diverting a water pipe and
construct a home made fountain! A TV Van arrives.
--TEXTS pop up rapidly on phones. Meet us there! Let’s do it!
--The park is now filled with people, even as more arrive.

Crowd-sourcing at it’s finest. They are constructing a
totally make-shift, home-made and really awesome PARK. Maggie
directs them all, referencing her plans as she goes.
We TIME LAPSE to morning.

110.
INT. DEAN’S TOWN CAR - MORNING
Dean sits in the back of his ride, on the way to the ground
breaking. The car slows and out the front window we can see
crowds and TV cameras.
DEAN
What’s the slow-down?
DRIVER
No idea, Sir.
EXT. SIDEWALK OF THE LOT - SAME TIME
ON Clyde, getting out of his car. He takes in the view and

smiles, despite himself.
CLYDE
Well I’ll be damned.
Behind him, Rolf exits his car and looks far less happy.
ROLF
Those dumb girls!
And now we finally get to see the lot in all it’s majesty.
It’s a hodge-podge of color and plants and quickly erected
play structures. And it looks fantastic. Citizens mill around
in it, playing volleyball, chess, doing tai chi, climbing on
jungle gyms, skateboarding and having fun. Max and Maggie
play hop scotch.
INT. THE LOT - MORNING
Dean walks through the scrum of reporters to get to a dais.
YOUNG REPORTER
Mr. Lennon, did you have a hand in
this?
REPORTER WITH GLASSES

Are you no longer building condos?
He gets to the dais, where the Mayor sits with Clyde.
DEAN
Madame Mayor, do you know what this
is about?
MAYOR
It looks to be about people having
fun.
111.
Dean steps up to a microphone. Maggie takes notice.
DEAN
Well, I am thrilled to see so many
people out here for our ground
breaking. This is going to be a
fantastic new venture--
The Young Reporter yells from the crowd.
YOUNG REPORTER
Are you building only a park now,
Mr. Lennon? What happened to the
condos? Because clearly this plan
is very popular--
The assembled crowd, including Maggie whoop and applaud

loudly.
DEAN
Y’know, I’m...ah--
MAGGIE
(yelling out)
Tongue tied?! Surprised?!
Dean takes in Maggie. He takes in the collective positive

feelings about the park, weighs this against public
persona...
DEAN
Yes, I am surprised. That my plan
to turn all of this into a park
came together so quickly overnight!
The crowd ROARS. Dean smiles. Maggie shakes her head.
DEAN (CONT’D)
(on a roll now)
Downtown doesn’t need more
buildings. It needs a place for
people to be outside, to feel their
community, to breath the air!
MAGGIE
(to Max, thrilled)
That’s me! Those are my words!
More WHOOPS and CHEERS. A BLOND REPORTER steps up through the

crowd. Wait, is that...Barbie?
112.
BARBIE
Sir, this is just terrific! And
may I also say, it is also so
generous of you to be donating a
million dollars to start a
community outreach center!
The crowd ROARS again. Maggie can’t believe it--Barbie is

back! Dean is thrown but hides it, as the Mayor looks over
to him, beaming.
MAYOR
Thank you, Mr. Lennon! What a
great day for LA!
DEAN
You’re welcome.
As the crowd continues to cheer, Maggie pushes her way

through to try and find Barbie. But she can’t find her
anywhere.
EXT. PARK - END OF DAY
The crowds have gone and Maggie sits alone, contentedly

swinging on a swing. Behind her, the big “Flower Street
Condos and Park” banner has the “Condos” crossed out and it
all just reads “PARK”.
BARBIE (O.C.)
This seat taken?
Maggie looks up to see Barbie sit down in the swing next to

her. She is thrilled.
MAGGIE
I didn’t think I’d see you again.
BARBIE
I kinda couldn’t miss this.
MAGGIE
Barbie, thank you. This is all
because of you.
BARBIE
No, it was all you. I wasn’t even
here. You did this yourself.
Maggie smiles.
MAGGIE
I guess I did.
113.
BARBIE
Of course, the community center was
all me.
MAGGIE
Yeah, that was nice work. By the
way, Dean asked me if I would
design and run it. I thought I
might give it a try. It’ll have
windows. And no one to tell me I
can’t have ideas.
BARBIE
I love that!
They swing in silence for a moment. The moment turns

bittersweet.
MAGGIE
This is where you say goodbye,
right?
BARBIE
You don’t need me anymore, Maggie.
MAGGIE
I’ll always need you.
BARBIE
Well, you’ll always have me. Even
if it’s just in a shoe box in Max’s
closet.
Maggie starts to tear up.
MAGGIE
You’re a good friend.
BARBIE
You said “friend”!
Barbie stands up. So does Maggie.
MAGGIE
Nice to meet you, Barbie Roberts.
BARBIE
Back ‘atcha, Maggie Parish.
Maggie gives her a weird “thumbs up”. Barbie does one as

well. And then they hug. Barbie starts to cry.
114.
BARBIE (CONT’D)
Dang it! Now I’m going to have to
totally re-do my face paint!
EXT. THE NEW PARK - LATER
Maggie leaves the lot as behind her, Ramon’s truck pulls up

and honks. He pops his head out of the take-out window.
RAMON
Excuse me? I’m looking for a Miss
Fancy Pants?
MAGGIE
Oh you must mean me.
He holds out a plate.
RAMON
Celebratory carnitas?
MAGGIE
I bet I carn’t-eat-a just one!
Ramon cracks up.
RAMON
Maggie, man, you are a crack up.
She takes this in as she and Ramon lock eyes for a beat
longer than necessary. The makeshift fountain in the park
starts to burble. Love.
CAMERA PULLS UP ABOVE THE LOT as we TIME LAPSE and watch the
park take permanent shape. It turns green and lush with
trees, real fountains, a basketball court, a skateboard park.
As the CHYRON tells us, it’s...
One Year Later
INT. PARK - DAY
Maggie passes through, greeting people like Senor Moneyzz and

Chi as she goes. She speaks Chinese to Chi, who laughs at her
joke. She crosses the street to...
EXT. RAMON’S TACO RESTAURANT - DAY
He got his store front restaurant and it is thriving. Maggie

enters.
115.
INT. RAMON’S RESTAURANT - CONTINUOUS
Maggie waves to a WAITRESS.
MAGGIE
Just picking up lunch!
Ramon exits the kitchen with a bag of food and hands it to

Maggie.
RAMON
I gave you extra salsa verde.
MAGGIE
Thanks, Ramon.
She turns and walks away, Ramon stops her.
RAMON
Wait, I forgot something.
He kisses her passionately. She kisses him back. The

restaurant whoops.
RAMON (CONT’D)
See you at home, Baby.
INT. COMMUNITY OUTREACH CENTER - DAY
A modern, lovely space. Lots of windows. Bustling with

activity. A sign in the window reads COMMUNITY OUTREACH
CENTER. We see Yuki and Rochelle working at desks.
And Lin answers a phone...
LIN
Community outreach. Yeah, hold on.
Maggie enters with the bag of food.
LIN (CONT’D)
(to Maggie)
Call on Line 2!
Maggie picks up the phone.
MAGGIE
Maggie Parish--
A soft, sultry voice comes over the phone.

116.
WOMAN’S VOICE
Hi, I’m calling to check a
reference?
MAGGIE
Happy to help.
WOMAN’S VOICE
For Barbie Roberts?
Maggie smiles and sits down.
MAGGIE
No kidding.
INT. A DANCE REHEARSAL STUDIO - DAY
BEYONCE talks on her cell phone as Barbie leads the back up

dancers in their routine. Barbie is now a choreographer.
BARBIE
And five-six-seven-eight...
They all start to dance. Beyonce studies the pink, sparkly

reference sheet dubiously.
MAGGIE
She’s amazing. Two weird thumbs-up.
BEYONCE
Yeah, so what’s with those thumbs?
MAGGIE
It’s just her thing.
BEYONCE
She’s really talented.
MAGGIE
You have no idea.
Three little dogs run over to Beyonce and she plays with
them.
BEYONCE
And how about these dogs she brings
everywhere?
MAGGIE
Dogs?
117.
BEYONCE
They are beyond. I mean, they’re so
cute that it makes you want to drop
everything and become a vet!
MAGGIE
Anything’s possible.
(then)
Tell her Maggie misses her, okay?
BEYONCE
Sure, you got it. Thanks for your
help.
BARBIE
We’re ready for you, Bey!
BEYONCE
Gotta go.
Beyonce hangs up. Maggie stares at her phone on disbelief.
MAGGIE
Bey?
And we go to BLACK.
ALMOST THE END
EXT. FLOWER PARK - DAY
In a CODA, we see various kids (and adults) in the now

finished park, talking to camera about what they want to be
when they grow up...
BASKETBALL KID
I’m gonna play for the NBA.
KID IN SANDBOX
I want to be a structural engineer.
SENOR MONEYZ
(a big “grill” smile)
Orthodontist.
A MOM
A photographer.
LITTLE BOY
Beyonce.
118.
GIRL IN GLASSES
An optometrist. Or a marine
biologist. Or an optometrist for
whales.
CHI
Hand model.
GOOFY GIRL
First female president of the
United States.
And now it really is...
THE END *

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BARBIE

Parkes + MacDonald / Imagenation

Writer's Second Draft

CLOSE ON the face of lovely, confident MAGGIE PARISH,

PULL OUT to find Maggie is addressing a rapt audience of

The KIDS CHEER! One of Maggie’s minions, ROLF, steps up

She stakes a swig and hands it back to him.

MAYOR MILLICENT CORTEZ, 50s, steps up to the mic.

The Mayor motions to a curtain set up to the side and it

INT. MAGGIE’S REAL OFFICE - DAY

Our real Maggie sits at her desk in this windowless

Maggie’s young assistant, MEGAN, races in.

Megan sighs and exits as Rolf slaps a design rendering down

He points to a corner of the drawing.

Rolf turns and walks out. Maggie jokingly “salutes” behind

ROCHELLE, a nerdy, overweight black girl in a motorized wheel

Maggie eyes Yuki.

EXT. TACO FOOD TRUCK - DAY

Maggie wolfs down a taco as she talks to her friend RAMON,

Megan races up.

He points to the front of her shirt where she has a HUGE

INT. ELEVATOR - LA CITY PLANNING BUILDING - DAY

In the back of the packed elevator, Maggie maniacally rubs at

She hands the water back to him.

INT. LA CITY PLANNING OFFICES - DAY

Warrens of cubicles and bustling activity. Signs tell us this

We TRACK these two as they move through the office. Megan

Maggie takes a deeper breath.

INT. CONFERENCE ROOM - DAY

CLYDE eyes Maggie. Clyde is Maggie’s by-the-numbers boss.

Maggie takes this in and then...

Dean waits at the door to the room, chivalrously indicating

Dean peeks around to see the back of her blouse. He starts

Maggie laughs too loud--a weird horsey laugh.

Rolf notices Dean and Maggie and gets annoyed.

Maggie is a little lost in his good looks until she sees

INT. CLYDE’S OFFICE - MOMENTS LATER

Maggie stands in front of Clyde. Note: Clyde’s office has a

Clyde pulls out an ORGANIZATIONAL CHART for the OFFICE OF

He hands her the chart and she takes it in, sighing.

INT. MAGGIE’S OFFICE - DAY

Megan works on the stain on the back of Maggie’s shirt while

Megan stops, comes around to her front.

INT. MAGGIE’S OFFICE - LATER

ON a HIPSTER GUY with a nose ring.

Maggie is interviewing him.

A MONTAGE of bad TEMPS come through Maggie’s office.

A VERY OLD WOMAN:

AN OVERWEIGHT WOMAN laughs maniacally.

BACK TO the Old Temp, now trying to maneuver slowly out of

BACK TO the Overweight Temp, now crying hysterically.

On Maggie. Holy crap.

The Old Temp still wheeling into the wall.

Maggie comes up and tries to steer her in the right

INT. OFFICE HALLWAY - DAY

CLOSE ON a pair of PINK STILETTOS clicking confidently on

MUSIC UP: Barbie’s Theme. Whatever it is, it’ll be upbeat and