Ted is a geeky loser in high school who falls in love with the most popular girl, Mary, at first sight. Somehow he lands a date with her to their prom only to be thwarted by a very unusual accident in the bathroom. Thirteen years later Ted still can’t seem to get Mary out his head. So through the help of his friend he hires a private eye to track her down somewhere in Miami. The private eye, Pat, falls in love with Mary and decides to give Ted false information so he can pursue her himself. After a short while, Ted decides again that he wants to see Mary so he goes to Miami to find her.
The set up is very effective to the screenplay in that it nicely establishes that Ted is a goofy loser-ish guy who will always be in love with Mary. Now, thirteen years later, Ted wants to find Mary and talk to her again. He just doesn’t know how to find her or know anything about her since she moved shortly after the prom incident. The inciting incident happens when Ted’s friend, Dom, convinces him to hire a private eye to find Mary for him. This is the event that brings Mary back into the present day picture.
The plot point at the end of Act 1 is when Pat falls in love with Mary and gives Ted false information. Ted later finds out that everything Pat said is a lie and he decides once again to go to Miami. Ted’s first obstacle in Act 2 is to take down Pat, who is becoming very close with his Mary. When Ted “runs” into Mary she is shocked and surprised he is there, and she reveals that she had a crush on him in high school. Mary and Ted go on a series of dates and begin to enjoy each other a lot. However, Pat is still running around trying to get Mary back so Ted has to keep dealing with Pat.
This leads to the second Plot Point when someone sends an anonymous letter to Mary saying that Ted hired Pat to spy on her. She gets mad and tells Ted to leave. Surprisingly we find out that it wasn’t Pat, or Mary’s friend Tucker who is also madly in love with her, who sent the letter. It was Ted’s best friend who also happens to be crazy about Mary. Going crazy herself, Mary gets very upset and just wishes for everyone to live. Realizing what he must do, Ted reunites Mary with her ex-boyfriend. He was perfect for her until Tucker caused them to break up. Ted found this out, and with a change of heart and realization that if he truly loves her he can let her go. Ted goes through a big character change at the end of the screenplay. This also makes Mary realize how much Ted actually cares for her and that she is in love with him too.
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