All language subtitles for Sports Night - 01x03 - The Hungry & The Hunted

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Man on TV: Leaving them just
2 yards shy of the first down,

and, Bob Palmero,
what do you do

if you're the Florida State
Seminoles in this situation?

Bob:
Well, Bobby Bowden --

He's gonna go for it.

He's gonna
kick the field goal.

No, he's gonna go
for the first down.

Well, they got to score
twice to win.

Why not just get
the three right now?

He's got the wind
at his back.

He doesn't have the leg.

He's got the wind
at his back.

I don't care if he's got
the wind at his back and
a song in his heart.

He doesn't have the leg.

You're a crazy man
from St. Louis.

You have no business
being in sports.

-- Jeremy.
-- Yes, sir?

Florida State, fourth and 2
on the Purdue 39 and down by 9.

What's Bowden gonna do,
kick or play?

I really don't know.

-- I'm asking
what you think.
-- It'd just be a guess.

-- I want you to guess.
-- I don't like to guess.

Guess anyway.

-- Come on, come on.
-- Why?

Because this is fun.
The job should be fun.

I'm having fun.

-- You should have more.
-- I'm having a lot of fun.

-- Jeremy!
-- I'm having tons of fun!

Guess!

All right, fine.

He's gonna split
three wide receivers

and put a tight end
in the backfield with
the tailback in motion.

A play-action fake
will freeze the strong safety,

and Kittis will find
his primary receiver
over the middle.

It's a play called
Red Rocket right, slant 42,
"Z" out.

He'll get the first down,
probably a lot more.

What, are you insane?

Wait, wait, wait, wait,
they're not kicking.

Kittis lines up under center
with three wide receivers split

and the tight end
in the backfield.

Tailback in motion,
the play-action fake,

and Kittis has Renfro
over the middle for
the first down and more!

First and 10,
Florida State on the 16!

Incredible!

Bob: That's a play
Coach Bowden's got called

Red Rocket right,
slant 42, "Z" out.

You take a lot of the fun
out of this, Jeremy.

Newport's gonna put up
a challenge,

New Zealand and Australia
each have new keels,

and Japan's looking
for an American tactician,

maybe even a whole new
after guard.

Now, interestingly, ltaly
has developed a new 140% Genoa,

but the lRC
says it may not meet specs

because of a bolt
in the back step.

Honest to God, I have no idea
what sport you're talking about.

Dan's talking about
the rough-and-tumble,

Iivin'-the-razor's-edge,
run-till-you-drop,

never-say-die world
of offshore yacht racing.

Time for the America's Cup?

We're only a year
and a half away.

I don't want to get scooped,

but we can probably
postpone our coverage

for, I guess, like,
a year and a half, can't we?

Greatest sport in the world,
Dana, greatest sport.
Great for kids.

All you need is $40 million
and a dream.

On the NHL --

"l must go down
to the sea again,

"to the lonely sea
and the sky,

to the flung spume and
the blown spray and the --"

I don't know --
thing in my eye.

Thank you.

That was a poem
by Mr. Henry David Thoreau.

It's Wordsworth.

Or Wordsworth.

-- Uh, it might be Whitman.
-- Might be Byron.

-- It's not Byron.
-- I think it is Whitman.

-- Okay.
-- It is not Whitman.

-- I think it is.
-- It's not Walt Whitman.

Well, I'm saying I think
it's Slim Whitman.

Fellas, we have
10 NHL games, 8 NBA,

two of them
on the West Coast,

so let's stay in business
on 30 through 50.

Edmonton's at Calgary,
and we'll pick it up
on the 2:00 A.M.

-- Can I say something?
-- Sure.

There's a chance
it might be Dylan Thomas.

You have to imagine, Danny,
how much I don't give a damn
about blown spume.

It's flung spume
and blown spray,

but, actually,
I like your way better.

Elliott, Kim,
I'm gonna need some people

to triple up on games tonight.

-- I can do it.
-- You're not gonna be
available.

-- Why not?
-- We're gonna talk to you
about it later.

Meet us in lsaac's office
right after lunch.

-- Is Jeremy getting the call?
-- He's getting the call.

-- I'm getting the call?
-- You're getting the call.

-- I don't know what that means.
-- It means you're getting
the call.

-- Really?
-- Yeah.

I still don't know
what that means.

Isaac's office after lunch.
Meantime --

I'm sorry, I'm just --

Is getting the call,
you know, good?

Better than a poke in the eye.

-- Really?
-- Yes.

How much better?

We'll talk about it
after lunch.

Natalie's got a memo
from downstairs

about next Thursday night.

Just a note from the P.R. office
that the reception's black tie.

The cars will pick you up
after the show

and wait for you
at the Four Seasons.

Is "next Thursday"
this Thursday or next Thursday?

-- This Thursday.
-- Dana said next Thursday.

This coming Thursday.
Today is Monday.

Three days from now,
it'll be Thursday.

We knew what today was,
we just didn't know
what Thursday was.

-- It's Thursday.
-- Got it.

Look, can I ask again?
Is it absolutely necessary
that we participate in this?

-- Yes.
-- Yes, I can ask again --

You have to go.

Luther Sachs expects us
to get off the air at midnight,

change our clothes,
hop in a car, and go to
his cotillion?

Reception.

These are pretty ornate
invitations for a reception.

What are you wearing?

-- The black Richard Tyler.
-- You're fine.

"October the 8th, 1998, A.D."

A.D. They're worried
I might accidentally show up

2,000 years before
the birth of Christ.

[ Laughter ]

A half-hour -- you have a drink,
you have a thing,

they take your picture,
you're out of there.

-- This Thursday?
-- Yes.

What shoes are you wearing?

Whatever shoes
are on my feet.

-- I was talking to Dana.
-- What the hell --

Manolo Blahniks.

-- Black silk sling-backs?
-- Yeah.

Good.

Thank you, Coco Chanel.

Bumpers in and out
of commercial 6,

we're holding on
the Pete Sampras announcement,

and Mike Maravich
may or may not be named

Athletic Director at TCU.

-- Thank you. That's all.
-- Back here at 3:00.

All right.

This doesn't originate
at the network level.

-- This is an FCC regulation.
-- Huh.

Excuse me.

Hey, Jeremy.

I wasn't sure.
When you said, "after lunch,"

is that after I eat lunch
or after you eat lunch?

-- What time
do you eat lunch?
-- Anytime you want.

Let's do this now.

You worked for Mark Sabath
over at USA Today.

-- Yes.
-- [ Door opens ]

He's a friend of mine.

He used to mention that.

We think you're doing
real well here, Jeremy,

and we'd like you to get
some segment-producing
experience.

Natalie,
I'm in lsaac's office.

Would you bring me
the material for Jeremy?

Um, thoroughbred racing,
golf chat, beach volleyball.

It's not a prestige
assignment.

It just lets us take a look
at what you can do.

We're sending you out
this week to put together

two seven-minute segments
for the CSC "Outdoorsman."

The hunting show?

Camping, fishing, hiking.

And hunting --
I mean, there's hunting

along with the camping,
the fishing, and the hiking.

-- Yes.
-- Is that a problem?

The hunting?

Yes.

No, sir.

-- Good.
-- No problem.

-- Good.
-- It's just --

I don't know
anything about hunting.
I've never hunted.

I've got a deli on the corner,
and they deliver 24 hours, so...

Natalie.

This is some briefing material
we put together for you.

You should take it home
and study it the rest
of the day.

Tomorrow morning,
you'll take a van

with your crew
up to the Adirondacks,

where you'll meet Bob Shoemaker,
the professional guide,

and Ed Bruckner
from the Cincinnati Reds,
the guest celebrity.

Wednesday, you're gonna
go after New England
blue mallard.

Thursday,
you're going after deer.

Deer get very big
in the Adirondacks,
so please be careful.

Friday, you come home
and cut your segments together.

All that information
is in here,

plus all your contacts
at the show.

Any questions?

Am I being punished
'cause I guessed right

on that play
in the Florida State game?

-- Jeremy...
-- Mr. Jaffee, it was a guess.

You asked me to guess,
so I guessed.

-- What's he talking about?
-- A lucky guess.

-- That's right.
-- Ooh, I'm late for a lunch.

Jeremy, you're gonna do fine.
I'll see you at the end
of the week.

-- We've got a camera meeting
in the studio.
-- Ah.

I'll see you Friday.
Knock our socks off.

-- He talked to Mark Sabath.
-- lsaac?

Yeah, he talked to Mark Sabath.
He's my old boss.

Isaac and Mark Sabath
go way back.

Yeah, I know.

-- Listen, I brought you
some snacks for the ride up.
-- Really?

It's nothing -- candy and stuff
I got from the machine.

Twinkies.

Thanks a lot.

Don't be so nervous, Jeremy.

Enjoy it.
You're getting the call.

I still don't know
what that means!

-- What are you doing?
-- Reading the paper.

-- Why aren't you changed?
-- lnto what?

Your tuxedo.

Today is Thursday.

Yes.

Today is next Thursday.

It's this Thursday.
This is next Thursday.

-- I'll go change.
-- Wait.

-- There are two cars
downstairs.
-- Good.

-- I want you to ride
with lsaac.
-- Fine.

I want you to ride
with lsaac so that
Casey rides with Dana.

-- That's fine.
-- I want Casey
to ride with Dana.

I get it.

Do you?

I ride with lsaac, and Casey
and Dana fall in love.

Right.

Wow, is that
a stupid plan.

Go change.

-- Ow.
-- Well, hold still!

You're stabbing me
in the chest.

I'm stabbing you in the chest
because you're squirming.

I'm really pretty sure
it's the other way around.

-- Casey?
-- Yeah?

-- I've been thinking a lot
about soccer lately.
-- And?

Pretty much through with that.

Yeah?

You know, to save my life,
I couldn't name five teams
that play in the MLS.

I know there's Luxembourg.

The MLS is an American
soccer league.

-- Luxembourg doesn't play
in this league?
-- No.

So I don't even know
Luxembourg.

Ow again.

You know, this is what you get
for being a grown man who can't
dress himself.

I used to have a wife
for that.

Tell you what else --
I'm starting to get
a little cheesed

at people telling me
the reason I don't like soccer

is that I don't understand it.

I think I do understand it.
I think I understand it
just fine.

I just happen to think
it's a mind-numbing bore

and that any reasonable person

would rather be playing it
than watching it.

Well, I know it doesn't match
the pulse-pounding excitement

of a good sailboat race.

Wait till you see Dana.
She looks amazing.

All right, nobody move.

Name five teams
that play in the MLS,

and Casey says
it's an American soccer league,

so you can't choose
Luxembourg. Go.

-- Columbus Crew.
-- Miami Fusion.
-- New England Revolution.

-- Tampa Bay Mutiny.
-- D.C. United.

-- Chicago Fire.
-- Colorado Rapids.

-- Dallas Burn.
-- Kansas City Wizards.

Los Angeles Galaxy.

And the New York/New Jersey
Metrostars.

You all just made that up,
didn't you?

-- You got smoked.
-- Yeah.

The cars are waiting
downstairs,

right, Dan, the cars?

Yeah, yeah.

-- Say, about these cars.
-- What about them?

-- There are two of them.
-- There are four of us.

I was just thinking
I could ride with lsaac,
if you like.

-- Why?
-- So you could ride with Dana.

-- Why would I want to
ride with Dana?
-- Why wouldn't you
want to ride with Dana?

-- There's no reason I wouldn't
want to ride with Dana.
-- You see?

I'm just asking
why in particular you asked me

specifically if I wanted
to ride with Dana.

-- You don't want to
ride with Dana?
-- No, I'm --
I'm happy to ride with Dana.

but I'm also happy to ride
with you or with lsaac.

-- Good.
-- What's more important is
why did you ask me?

-- Why did I ask you what?
-- If I wanted to ride
with Dana.

I got to tell you,
at this point,

the length of this conversation
is way out of proportion
to my interest in it.

-- Well, all right, then
let's just leave it at that.
-- Fine.

Except to say this --
You know, I just finished

an hour-long broadcast
at the end of a 14-hour day,

and I'm not in the mood
to go to a party,

not in the mood
to have my picture taken,

and I'm not in the mood
to notice Dana's dress

or notice Dana's hair
or notice Dana's shoes.

Dana's not my date,
she's my producer,
and the workday's over.

I'm not in the mood
to notice anything tonight.

I forgot my purse.

On your feet, partner.
Let's go.

Oh, Danny,
where's lsaac?

Control room.

Isaac...

Bob Shoemaker's calling
from the Adirondacks.

Something happened
with Jeremy.

Isaac Jaffee.
What's going on?

Chris: Studio "A,"
this is master control.
You're up on router 21.

Dave: Thank you.

Five minutes to air.
Natalie, find out why Dan
isn't in the studio.

Chicago says
their sound level's low.

Uh, let me hear them.
Talk to me, Chicago.

They are talking
to you, Dana.

-- They're talking to me now?
-- Yes.

I can't hear them.

-- Switch them to 4.
-- We're on 4.

-- I can't hear Chicago.
-- We'll fix it.

You have four minutes.

Why aren't you
in the studio?

-- I'm trying to avoid Casey.
-- Why?

He's making me crazy.

He's been making me crazy
all day.

It doesn't work for me.

I'm more comfortable
when I'm making him crazy.

Why is he making you crazy?

Well, it seems he met
a girl last night.

Who?

-- Who do you think?
-- Dana?

-- Yes.
-- It was the dress!

'Cause you made me play
musical cars.

It was the dress
and the cars.

In combination with
a number of things,
not the least of which

is that she was spending
time with another guy
at the party.

Now we're in business.

Boy, I'd love to be
out of the loop

on the next piece of drama
that's gonna happen
around here.

Dana: Dan, we need you
in the studio, please.

But I don't think
that's gonna happen.

We've got Chicago.

Oh, thank you,
thank you, thank you.
Let me hear the studio.

-- Which studio?
-- Our studio!

-- Not hearing them now?
-- I'm not hearing them now.

That's a problem.

Yes, that's a problem.

If I can't hear the show,
I can't produce the show.

They taught me that
in producing school.

You got 90 seconds.

-- 4-3 defense.
-- Thank you.

Hey...Iet me ask you
a quick question.

-- You know, right now
might not be the best time.
-- This is important.

-- What's the question?
-- How many people can you
think of named Gordon?

-- How many people can l
think of named Gordon?
-- Yeah.

-- Two.
-- That's how many I got.
Which were your two?

Gordon Lightfoot
and Gordon Liddy.

Those are my two.
Those are the exact
same two that I got.

Can you think of any more?

We're live in 60 seconds.
Roll VTR.

-- Can somebody
help me, please?
-- They can't hear you
in there.

-- Can you think of any more?
-- No.

-- Neither can l.
-- Good.

And it's my feeling that if
those are the only two you got

and those are
the only two I got,

those should be
the only two there are.

-- Granting the premise.
-- And you should.

-- You should grant
the premise, Danny.
-- I do.

Chris: 30 seconds.

'Cause we're two pretty
well-educated people, and we
both thought about it,

and we both came up
with only two Gordons.

-- I'm granting
the damn premise.
-- You should.

-- Casey, you're driving me --
-- My point is, here we are.

We're going along in life,
and everything's fine.

As far as we know,
there are only two
Gordons out there,

when all of a sudden,
a third one comes along.

-- The guy talking to Dana
at the thing last night.
-- The guy talking to Dana.

The guy out there
talking to Dana -- Gordon.

-- We've got sound.
-- Oh, thank God.

-- That was all I had to say.
-- Thank merciful God.

In 3...2...1.

Good evening.
From New York City,

I'm Casey McCall
alongside Dan Rydell.

Those stories, plus
grab your galoshes.

We're gonna take you
out to the lditarod.

Why? 'Cause we just can't
believe it ourselves.

Also, grab your notebooks.

We're gonna take you inside
the 4-3 defense

on this week's edition
of "lnside the 4-3 Defense."

All that
coming up after this.

You're watching
"Sports Night" on CSC,
so stick around.

-- And we're out. Back in 60.
-- Dave, Chris, Will,

what are you guys doing
tomorrow morning at 10:00?

-- Got a basketball game
at the "Y."
-- Yeah, it's a 3-on-3
with the guys from --

-- Dave, Chris, Will,
what are you guys doing
tomorrow morning at 10:00?
-- Fixing the sound system?

There you go.

Camera,
your wrap is 12:06.

Let's not get into
golden time.

One more question.

Can I get a Teamster
to hit Casey in the head
with something heavy?

Look, how did you know
the guy's name was Gordon?

We were introduced.

-- At the reception?
-- Yes.

-- By Dana?
-- Yes.

-- lnteresting.
-- Not really.

-- You think they were
on a date?
-- Yes.

-- You think they were
on a date?
-- Yes.

I totally disagree.

She introduced you to him.
Big deal.

It's not like she walked up
to you and said,

"Dan, this is my date,
Gordon."

I want to know
exactly what she said

when she introduced you
to him.

She said, "Dan,
this is my date, Gordon."

All right, we're cranking
this whole thing up a notch.

[ Telephone rings ]

Natalie: You're back!

-- Yes.
-- Yay!

-- Really?
-- Good. Cut together
pretty well.

We saw the rough cut
a few hours ago.

-- We thought it looked great.
-- Really.

-- Thank you.
-- When you get a final cut,

we'll send it to your parents
in a nice package.

It's your first
on-screen credit.
They'll flip.

They'll like it.

-- Welcome back.
-- Hey!
-- Hey, how'd it go?

Oh, real good.

Jeremy, can we see you
in my office for a moment?

-- Yeah, sure. What's up?
-- My office.

I was wondering
why you were lying just now.

-- What do you mean?
-- Jeremy, did you think
we weren't gonna find out?

What the hell happened
out there?

-- It was nothing.
-- It was not nothing.

I got sick.
I threw up.

They took you to the hospital.
You passed out.

-- I told them --
-- Bob Shoemaker said
you were sweating
and hyperventilating.

It was hot outside.

Not in the Adirondacks
in October.

-- Look --
-- Tell us about
your hunting trip.

The first day,
you were going after
New England blue mallard.

Yeah.

Bob and Eddie were using
the l.R. 50 Recon by Bushcomber.

It's got a 16-inch
microgroove barrel

with.30-30 mags,
side-scope mount,

wire-cutter sheath,
quick-release bolt,

mag catches,
and a 3-pound trigger,

so I figured
we must be going after

a pretty dangerous duck.

You can wiseass
all you want.

You're gonna tell me
what happened.

We shot a deer...

...in the woods near Lake
Mattatuck on the second day.

There was a special vest

they had me wear so that
they could distinguish me

from things
they wanted to shoot,

and I was pretty grateful
for that.

Almost the whole day
had gone by,

and we hadn't gotten anything.

Eddie was getting frustrated,

and Bob Shoemaker
was getting embarrassed.

My camera guy
needed to reload,

so I told everybody
to take a 10-minute break.

There was a stream nearby,
and I walked over

with this care package
Natalie made me, sat down.

When I looked up,
I saw three of them --

small, bigger, biggest --

recognizable to any species
on the face of the planet

as a child, a mother,
and a father.

Now, the trick
in shooting deer

is you got to get them
out in the open,

and it's tough with deer

'cause these are
clever, cagey animals

with an intuitive sense
of danger.

You know what you have to do
to get a deer out in the open?

You hold out a Twinkie.

That animal clopped up to me
like we were at a party.

She seemed to be pretty
interested in the Twinkie,

so I gave it to her.

Looking back,
she'd have been better off

if I'd given her
the damn vest.

And Bob kind of screamed at me
and whispered, "Move away!"

The camera had been reloaded,
and it looked like the day

wasn't gonna be a washout
after all.

So I backed away...

a couple of steps
at a time...

and I closed my eyes
when I heard the shot.

Look, I know
these are animals,

and they don't play bridge
and go to the prom,

but you can't tell me that
the little one didn't know
who his mother was.

That's got to mean
something.

And later at the hospital,

Bob Shoemaker was telling me
about the nobility and tradition
of hunting

and how it related to
the Native American lndians,

and I nodded, and I said
that was interesting,

while I was thinking about
what a load of crap it was.

Hunting was part of
lndian culture.

It was food and it was clothes
and it was shelter.

They sang and danced
and offered prayers to the gods

for a successful hunt
so that they could survive

just one more unimaginably
brutal winter.

The things they had to kill

held the highest place
of respect for them,

and to kill for fun was a sin.

And they knew the gods

wouldn't be so generous
next time.

What we did wasn't food,
and it wasn't shelter,

and it sure wasn't sports!

It was just mean.

Jeremy...

...why didn't you tell us
how you felt about hunting

when we gave you this?

-- Because you told me you spoke
to Mark Sabath at USA Today.
-- Yeah, but --

In fact, I know you
must've spoken to him
before you ever hired me.

Well, of course I did.

I also spoke to Dave Heller
at the Free Press

and Tom Monahan
at the Sacramento Bee.

And they all said pretty much
the same thing?

Yes, they all said
that Jeremy Goodwin
was a bright guy

with a world-class understanding
of popular sports,

but that he didn't
quite fit in,

and there was little chance
that he'd advance in
their organization.

All due respect,
Mr. Jaffee,

but I have $80,000
in college loans to pay back.

My instincts told me
to shut the hell up
and do what I was told.

Your instincts were wrong.

Not fitting in is how
qualified people lose jobs.

Yeah,
but a lot of the time,

it's how they end up
working here.

Now, you had an obligation
to tell us how you felt,

partly because I don't like
getting a phone call

saying I put one of my people
in the hospital...

...but mostly because
if you feel that strongly
about something,

you have a responsibility
to try and change my mind!

Did you think
I would fire you

simply because you made
a convincing argument?

It's taken me a lot of years,
but I've come around to this --

if you're dumb, surround
yourself with smart people,

and if you're smart,
surround yourself

with smart people
who disagree with you.

I'm an awfully smart man,
and Mark Sabath is an idiot!

He had you, and he blew it.

You're gonna do
great here...

but you got to trust us.

You fit in
on your own time.

When you come to work
for me,

you show up to play.

I'm going home.

You don't know us
very well,

so if it's hard trusting us
at the beginning...

maybe it'll help
to know that...

...we trust you.

Good night.

[ Door opens ]

[ Door closes ]

-- # Let me inside you #
-- Good night.
I'll see you Monday.

-- Good night.
-- [ Door opens ]

-- # into your room #
-- [ Door closes ]

# I've heard it's lined #

# with the things
you don't show #

# Lay me beside you #

# down on the floor #

# I'll be your lover #

# From the womb to the tomb #

# I dress as your daughter
when the moon becomes round #

Hi, dad? It's me.

-- # You be my mother #
-- No, nothing's wrong.

-- # when everything's gone #
-- I just wanted to tell you

that something nice
happened at work today.

I got the call.

# She will always carry on #

# Something is... #