Well...today on my one and only day off for a while, I went through my script for Outside Hearts. Also...in the script, the party is for Paul Fisher's birthday, not Evan.

There are a few changes. The first scene isn't in the show....they did a whole new one...so here goes:

Rick waits in the checkout line with Lily who's having an attack of tape anxiety.

LILY: Zoe's easy. She only likes one movie. Leo and the big boat that sinks, but I never know what to get Grace.
RICK: My kids can't seem to get enough of Die Hard.
LILY: Your kids?
RICK: (oops) Sure. It teaches the uh, children about sticking up to bullies. How to get out of the way when fireballs come at you in elevator shafts.

Lily laughs, kisses him.

LILY: I might just miss you.
RICK: You have no idea.

The line moves. Rick and Lily snap out of their embrace, smile at irritated customers, reposition themselves in line.

RICK: (sly, under his breath) I could drive up
LILY: What?
RICK: Saturday morning I've got the kids but I could come see you tomorrow night.
LILY: But you'd have to drive two and a half hours in Friday night traffic and then pretty much get right back on the road.
RICK: Lady, if this was the Middle Ages I'd swim in my chain-mail through dragon infested waters just to be in the same room with you. And then, I'd paint your house.
LILY: That is so sweet, but--
RICK: Just a thought
LILY: I'm sorry. It's just Judy's not coming ith me this year so I have to meet with twice as many publishers, and when I'm away my kids get strung out, and this is the first time since Jake and I split so--(biting her lip) I wouldn't be any fun, you know?

Rick takes Lily's hand, gently holds her tapping finger.

RICK: It's okay. Really.
LILY: Thank you

Next up at the counter, Lily starts unloading her tapes.

RICK: You probably have some other boyfriend at the convention. Some bearded guy with a small press who's an expert on Turgenev.
Lily looks at Rick quizzically.
RICK (oh shit): Is there a bearded guy with a small press who's an expert on Turgenev?
LILY: You said boyfriend. Are you my boyfriend?

As Rick considers this, cut to the kitchen scene.

There are only minor changes here. After the whole video fiasco.

LILY: At the regional meeting of the American Booksellers? It's a work trip-
JUDY: (whispers) and there's that rule about not having fun when you're away from your children.

Busted, Lily laughs.

This is the scene where Rick and Eli have the drinking talk...there are a few changes.

Rick's living room

Rick waits, keys in hand as Eli and Jessie are toting various bags down the stairs.

JESSIE: I'm always packing and unpacking. I feel like a refugee.
RICK: Ow.
ELI: I told Ruger I'd give him a ride so is it okay if I take the car around eight?
RICK: Generally I prefer to be asked before you tell Roger it's okay to take the car around eight.

RICK: (after B&W) Well, do you think there'll be-- do you think the kids are going to
ELI: Dad. Do you know how many movies and filmstrips about pot and drunk driving I've had to sit through?

Int. Lily at hotel phone bank

Lily's at a payphone sandwiched between serious book people.

LILY: Um, is this the...crusading knight house painting company?
RICK: Yeah. Hey, I'm just running to Karen's to drop off the kids, can I--
LILY: I think I want my house painted. (low) Tonight. Do you make service calls?...out of State?
RICK: I get lai--uh, paid...by the mile.

A small change....Rick is already in the hotel room when Lily calls home. All the dialouge is the same...just that small detail...I am glad they changed it.

Karen's house. Outside Rick's car. Jessie is in the car reading a magazine and Eli is coming to and from the house.

KAREN: I don't understand why this doesn't concern you.
RICK: Well, Im just going by what you said and you said the father sounded ok right?

Eli heads into the house

JESSIE: (calling to Eli) Get my rollerblades.
KAREN: He thought it was weird that I called. Which I am used to, and I can live with. But is sounds like it's going to be a big party. You know there's going to be booze there. And probably pot, and god knows what else.

Eli glances backward, listens to his parent's talking.

RICK: Honestly, I don't even mind if he has a beer as long as he doesn't get into a car.
KAREN: Rick! We can't bargain with him. It's not fair to put Eli in a position where he has to moderate himself. We have to be really clear with him, to protect him from that kind of pressure. He's too young, and it's too hard. We've talked about this. No drinking period.
RICK: If you're not comfortable he doesn't have to go.
KAREN: (what a shitty position) Thanks

This dialouge occurs after Grace has her doubts about going to the party.

JUDY (Interview) No, it's just...my sister- seeing all this fear and criticism in someone who seems like she doesn't have a whole lot to criticize herself about can be...hard.

ZOE: I want to go to the party
GRACE: It's for older kids.
ZOE: For your information, I know how to make a Martini.(off their looks) I do. Missy Halvorson showed me.(sighs, bored) Forget it.

These are some of Grace's B&W's that were cut out...they are about the DJ.

GRACE: (B&W) I think he's quiet because he's watching. Maybe he keeps a journal.

(B&W) Maybe he's got a million things to tell me that only I'll understand.

(B&W) Or maybe I just make up things and pretend I know stuff about people. How sad is that?

This is after the party, when Lily calls to check in on them...and finally someone picks up the phone.

JUDY: Hello
LILY: So I'm going nuts in the room and I go to the gift shop where the Echo press guys are picking out beanie babies for their kids. I tell them the monkey is really hot and we end up getting a drink and can I just say? Your sisters is a networking maniac.
JUDY: Is the monkey one really hot?
LILY: No idea, but I bought one because they're "so hard to get" and that was good enough for Bob and Carl. So how was the party?

In the episode, when Lily gets home, they are all sitting on the couch. In the script, they are in the kitchen and Judy is making the pancakes for breakfast.

These B&W's occur when Lily is on the phone with Rick and finds out about the party.

JUDY: (B&W) Once in College, I thought I was pregnant. And when I told Lily....(smiles at memory) she started treating me in this way she'd never been before. All...respectful. Like I was an egg and she was carrying me on a spoon. (shakes her head) So when my period came I couldn't bring myself to break the spell. Boy, was she mad when she figured it out.

LILY: (B&W) The summer when I was ten, there was this nest of bald, pink, baby swallows in our backyard. Our cat got into the nest and killed one. But before he could get anywhere, the mother swallow attacked him- she pecked out his eyes. That little bird blinded our cat to the point where we had to put him down. I used to feel bad about the cat. Then I had children.

RICK: (on the phone with Lily) Lily? I know it probably seems hideous, but as these things go it's really not that bad--
LILY: I can't um, hear that from you. I'll talk to you later.

She hangs up. Abruptly. Rick gestures in frustration "what the hell did I do?"

And that is it....the rest of the script was the same as the episode.

Excerpts from the script of "Liars And Other Strangers;