an empty table. the dishes have been cleared. maurice and ellen are opening their fortune cookies.
maurice seated at the kitchen table.
kris at his computer and in the 'zone.' fingers flying over the keys passionately. on his desk is a cardboard box filled with letters all shapes and sizes on the verge of overflowing the top of the box. one the side of the box are the words, "labor of love - fan mail."
maurice returns to the table to find only tandy seated. maurice sees hansen in the phone booth at the far end of the diner.
maurice and kris seated in the corner of the room.