Shopgirl

Come on.

Come on out.

You want something? Wanna eat?

There's some food out here.

Here it is! It's in the kitchen!

Good night, Sylvia.

Mirabelle Buttersfield moved from Vermont,

hoping to begin her life.

And now she is stranded in the vast openness of LA.

She keeps working to make connections,

but the pile of near-misses is starting to overwhelm her.

What Mirabelle needs is an omniscient voice

to illuminate and spotlight her.

And to inform everyone that this one has value.

This one, standing behind the counter in the glove department.

And then to find her counterpart

and bring him to her.

So...

You have a student loan of $39,452.

And you're currently paying it off at the rate of...

$45 a month.

Yes.

Do you think that you could increase that amount to...

Let me just see.

$160 a month?

Well, I...

I would love to, but, uh...

That's just not gonna happen.

Really. Yeah.

Hey!

I mean, hello. Hi.

Do you need change?

No, I'm fine.

Okay.

Where do you work?

Saks.

Oh. Saks. Cool.

Saks...

Saks, Fifth Avenue?

Where do you work?

Uh... In my studio. I'm an artist.

Oh, yeah? Me, too! Yeah. Oh, really? What kind?

I draw. Oh...

What do you do?

Uh, I'm involved in stenciling.

Uh, you know Holydog Amplifiers?

I do their logo.

Here, I'll show you.

These are, like, some fonts I did. You know.

Like, this one by my thumb's an older one, obviously.

And, um... This is my favorite one.

I've called this font "Los Angeles."

Because...

"Los Angeles." It's my favorite one.

I'm an okay guy, by the way.

You didn't have to tell me that.

I didn't? How come?

Well, I can tell.

Well, how could you tell?

'Cause I'm a really poor judge of character.

I'm a poor judge of character as well.

The worst.

Excuse me, young lady.

Um, two things.

One...

I was wondering if I could now borrow change from you,

because my stuff's still damp.

And two...

Um, I was wondering if I could please

have your phone number so that I could...

I could call you.

I'm Jeremy.

I will call you.

♪ If you do want me

♪ Gimme little sugar

♪ If you don't want me

♪ Don't lead me on, girl

♪ But if you need me

♪ Show me that you love me

♪ And when I'm feeling blue

♪ And I want you

♪ There's just one thing

♪ That you should do...

♪ Just gimme some kind of sign, girl

♪ Oh, my baby

♪ To show that you're mine, girl

♪ Oh, yeah

♪ Just gimme some kind of sign girl... ♪

Sorry.

I'll... I'll get it next time. Hey.

Sorry.

Hi. Hi!

You look nice.

Yeah? Yeah, thanks.

All right.

Um, okay.

Get ready to have the time... Of your life.

Okay.

I'm ready.

All right, young lady.

Fantastic, isn't it?

Yeah.

Are we going in?

Go in? Oh, no.

I just thought we'd look at it.

So, we would just sit here, then?

Yeah. Or walk around.

This place is called Citywalk.

It got eight out of ten in my date book.

It's not called "city-go-and-see-a-movie."

Tickets are, like, 10 bucks, too, so...

I like it here.

Peaceful.

I come here to think about fonts.

I've actually been working on a font for you.

It's my most favorite one.

The L's go like that...

We could split it. Okay. Let's split it.

Okay. You're right. Could I borrow two bucks?

Congratulations. You've officially gone on a date with Jeremy.

Don't forget to hold the handle when you lock the door.

52 steps.

Okay. Okay.

Well, thanks for driving me.

Can I see your place?

I think I should go to bed. I'm... Pretty tired.

Cool.

So... Good night.

Oh, okay. Okay, okay. Well, here, let me give you my number.

Uh...

You got a pen?

Oh. Uh, yeah. I do.

You got paper? Oh.

Yeah, I do.

How high is that? You ever jump off that? I would jump it.

Mirabelle?

Yeah?

Can I kiss you or what?

The point being...

Thank you.

Oh, hey, you look... You look good, too.

See you later. Hey, Jeremy?

Yeah?

Are you the kind of person that takes time to get to know,

and then, once you get to know them...

They're fabulous?

Yes. Yes. Absolutely. Okay.

What? Yes.

Okay. Okay.

No... Okay.

I love you. No kiss. Good night.

Good night.

Night!

You see, Susan,

your husband doesn't understand

that it's afterglow that's important to a woman. Uh-huh.

Much more important than the sex act itself. Hmm.

A woman needs to be held.

Even if, and science has shown this,

it's by someone she doesn't care about. Uh-huh.

Protective hormones are released,

and the amount of hormones released

depend on the degree to which she is held. Hmm.

The first and best is the complete surround.

He wraps you in both arms,

whispers how beautiful you are.

Second-best is the arm around.

He's next to you, but with one arm around you. Uh-huh.

Third is, he's just next to you on his elbow,

but he rests his hand on your stomach and looks at you.

Fourth is, you snuggling up to him

with your head on his chest... Hmm.

...while he looks away into space.

But when the first best happens,

you feel completely, wonderfully, like a woman.

Once a year, we have to feed

our crocs a whole carcass.

God, okay.

From the skin, fur, bones...

Jeremy?

Around a wild crocodile

because I've been within strike range. Jeremy?

But I know he's got a mouthful of pig.

He's bringing it up into the shallows.

Jeremy?

We've never seen him do it before. Let's hope he does it.

He'll pick it up out of the water,

sink his teeth into it, and then...

Jeremy?

Wow.

Jeremy!

Watch this. Here we go.

See his tail sticking up? Oh, he's ripped it.

Whoo! Right, here he goes again!

Yeah!

Hello, hello, hello, hi, hello...

Hello? Hello. Hey.

Is this...

Is this Jeremy? Yeah.

Do you know who this is?