When Harry Met Sally by Nora Ephron Page A

    
(imitating)
    Pecan pie.
    HARRY     
(funny voice)
    Would you like to go to the movies with me tonight?
    SALLY     
(imitating)
    Would … you … like … to go …
    HARRY     
(funny voice)
    Not to repeat, please, to answer. Would you like to go to the movies … with me tonight?
    SALLY     
(in her regular voice)
    Oh, oh, oh, I’d love to, Harry, but I can’t.
    HARRY     
(still in funny voice)
    What do you have, a hot date?
    SALLY     Well, yeah. Yeah.
    HARRY     
(in his regular voice)
    Really?
    SALLY     Yeah, I was going to tell you, but … I don’t know. I felt strange about it.
    HARRY     Why?
    SALLY     Well, because we’ve been spending so much time together …
    HARRY     Well, I think it’s great you have a date.
    SALLY     You do?
    HARRY     Yeah.
(leaning in conspiratorially)
    Is that what you’re going to wear?
    SALLY     Yeah. Well, I don’t know. Why?
    HARRY     I think you should wear skirts more. You look really good in skirts.
    SALLY     I do?
    HARRY     Yeah. You know, I have a theory that hieroglyphics are really an ancient comic strip about a character named Sphinxy.
    SALLY     You know, Harry, you should get out there, too.
    HARRY     
(in the funny voice again)
    Oh, I’m not ready.
    SALLY     You should.
    HARRY     
(funny voice)
    I would not be good for anybody right now.
    SALLY     It’s time.
    CUT TO :
    INT. HARRY’S APARTMENT—DAY

Harry and Sally are unrolling a new rug
.
    HARRY     It was the most uncomfortable night of my life.
    SALLY     Well, the first date back is always the toughest, Harry.
    HARRY     You only had one date. How do you know it’s not going to get worse?
    SALLY     How much worse can it get than finishing dinner, having him reach over, pull a hair out of my head, and start flossing with it at the table?
    HARRY     You’re talking dream date compared to my horror. I started out fine, she’s a very nice person, and we’re sitting and we’re talking in this Ethiopian restaurant she wanted to go to. I was making jokes, like, “Hey, I didn’t know they had food in Ethiopia. This’ll be a quick meal. I’ll order two empty plates and we can leave.” Nothing from her, not even a smile. So I downshift into small talk, and I ask her where she went to school and she says Michigan State and this reminds me of Helen. All of a sudden I’m in the middle of this massive anxiety attack, my heart’s beating like a wild man, and I’m sweating like a pig.
    SALLY     Helen went to Michigan State?
    HARRY     No. She went to Northwestern. But they’re both Big Ten schools.
(beat)
I was so upset, I had to leave the restaurant.
    SALLY     Harry, I think it takes a long time. It might be months before we’re actually able to enjoy going out with someone new.
    HARRY     Yeah.
    SALLY     And maybe even longer before we’ll be actually able to go to bed with someone new.
    HARRY     Oh, I went to bed with her.
    SALLY     You went to bed with her?
    HARRY     Sure.
    SALLY     Oh.
    CUT TO :
    INT. BATTING CAGE IN QUEENS—DAY

Harry and Jess with bats in hand as the machine pitches
.
    JESS     I don’t understand this relationship.
    HARRY     What do you mean?
    JESS     You enjoy being with her?
    HARRY     Yeah.
    JESS     You