When Harry Met Sally by Nora Ephron Read Free Book Online Page B

seven-thirty last night. I haven’t done that since the third grade.
    HARRY     
(Voice-over)
    That’s the good thing about depression. You get your rest.
    SALLY     
(Voice-over)
    I’m not depressed.
    HARRY     
(Voice-over)
    Okay, fine.
    CUT TO :
    EXT. CHINESE RESTAURANT—NIGHT

Through the window, we see Sally is going through a very detailed ordering session. The waiter’s trying to keep up. Harry just stares
.
    HARRY     
(Voice-over)
    Do you still sleep on the same side of the bed?
    SALLY     
(Voice-over)
    I did for a while, but now I’m pretty much using the whole bed.
    HARRY     
(Voice-over)
    God, that’s great. I feel weird when just my leg wanders over.
    CUT TO :
    EXT. STREET—DAY

Sally is putting mail into a mailbox, one letter at a time, checking to see that each letter has safely entered the box. Harry stands impatiently waiting
.
    HARRY     
(Voice-over)
     (CONT’D )    I miss her.
    SALLY     
(Voice-over)
    I don’t miss him. I really don’t.
    HARRY     
(Voice-over)
    Not even a little?
    Harry is getting impatient
.
    SALLY     
(Voice-over)
    You know what I miss? I miss the idea of him.
    Harry moves around beside Sally and rests his elbow on top of the mailbox, watching incredulously as she continues the ritual
.
    HARRY     
(Voice-over)
    Maybe I only miss the idea of her. No, I miss the whole Helen.
    Harry’s impatience with Sally’s letter mailing gets the best of him. He impulsively grabs the remaining letters in her hand, opens the box, shoves them in, then hustles her off
.
    SALLY     
(Voice-over)
    Last scene.
    AND NOW SPLIT SCREEN:
    INT. SALLY’S BEDROOM—NIGHT

Sally in bed on the phone watching
Casablanca
on TV and talking to:
    INT. HARRY’S BEDROOM—NIGHT

Harry in bed on the phone watching
Casablanca.
    HARRY     Ingrid Bergman. Now
she’s
low maintenance.
    SALLY     Low maintenance?
    HARRY     Yeah. There are two kinds of women: high maintenance and low maintenance.
    SALLY     And Ingrid Bergman is low maintenance?
    HARRY     An L.M. Definitely.
    SALLY     Which am I?
    HARRY     You’re the worst kind. You’re high maintenance, but you think you’re low maintenance.
    SALLY     I don’t see that.
    HARRY     You don’t see that?
(mimicking her)
“Waiter, I’ll begin with the house salad, but I don’t want the regular dressing. I’ll have the balsamic vinegar and oil, but on the side, and then the salmon with mustard sauce, but I want the mustard sauce on the side.” “On the side” is a very big thing for you.
    SALLY     Well, I just want it the way I want it.
    HARRY     I know. High maintenance.
    Sally smiling
.
    Bogart says, “Louie, this could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship.”
    HARRY     ( CONT’D )    Ooh. Best last line of a movie, ever.
    As the movie ends
.
    HARRY     ( CONT’D )    I’m definitely coming down with something. Probably a twenty-four-hour tumor. They’re going around.
    SALLY     You don’t have a tumor.
    HARRY     How do you know?
    SALLY     If you’re so worried, go see a doctor.
    HARRY     No, he’ll just tell me it’s nothing.
    SALLY     Will you be able to sleep?
    HARRY     If not, I’ll be okay.
    SALLY     What’ll you do?
    HARRY     I’ll stay up and moan. Maybe I should practice now.
    He