Groundhog Day Page #4

STEPHANIE:

(getting close)

Everybody says that at the

beginning of a relationship.

PHIL:

(gently pushing her

AWAY)

I'm different. I really meant

it! Things are really starting

to move for me now. I ' m not

going to be doing the weather for

the rest of my life. I was just

talking to the CBS guy about a

network job. I want that. This

is just the beginning for me. I

can't waste any more time.

STEPHANIE:

Are you saying our relationship

was a waste of time?

PHIL:

Our relationship? We went out a

total of four times! And only

twice did anything happen. It

was fun but I don't see that as

a big commitment.

STEPHANIE:

(closing in again)

I had our charts done. My

astrologer says we're extremely

compatible. There may even be

some past lives involvement here.

PHIL:

See? So we've already done this.

Let's move on. Next case.

STEPHANIE:

You know what's wrong with you,

Phil? You're selfish. You don't

have time for anyone but

yourself.

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PHIL:

That's what I ' m trying to tell

you. You don't want to be with

me. You can do better. Look,

Stephanie, if I ever said or did

anything to mislead you I'm sorry

for that, but right now I have to

do this groundhog thing and I

don't have a handle on it yet.

He throws some papers and his datebook into a briefcase and

puts on his jacket.

PHIL (CONT.)

I'll tell you what. I ' m going to

do some serious thinking while

I ' m in Punxsutawney, okay?

He pats her on the shoulder and brushes past her, leaving her

standing there with a malevolent look on her face.

CUT TO:

EXT. A HIGHWAY - AFTERNOON

A VAN marked ".Channel 9 Action News" speeds along a two-lane

highway through the winter landscape of West Central

Pennsylvania. Mounted atop the van is a microwave transmitter.

Rita is riding up front with LARRY, the union cameraman and

techie. Phil is following close behind the van in a new Lexus

coupe. His car has a bumper-sticker that reads "Weathermen

Like it Wet."

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