All language subtitles for The Corporate Ladder (1997)

What the hell do you
think we're doing here?

I'll give you the biggest opportunity of
your life, and this is how you thank me.

You knew the day I gave you this job what
was going to happen between you and me.

Now it's time to thank Daddy.

Lousy secretary without me.

Now come here.

Especially when what you mean is yes.

That wasn't so bad was it?

Hi, honey.

Susan, what is all of this?

I just thought it would
be a nice idea to sit down

and have breakfast together.

Well, I can't.

I have an early morning meeting.

And besides, you shouldn't
be going through all this trouble.

Matt, it's just breakfast.

I'm not an invalid.

Oh, yeah?

Sit down.

I want you to be extra careful this time.

I don't want anything
happening to little Matt Jr.

And I especially don't want
anything happening to you.

So from now on, no more
cooking, no more cleaning,

no more nothing.

I want you to just relax,
watch talk shows all day,

and take it easy.

Good morning, this is Katrina.
How may I direct your call?

Let's hurry up. I need to
count my desk in 15 minutes.

Talk to me, Katrina.

Mr. Williams in Miss
Grace's office waiting for you.

I hear some yelling.

Sounds about right.

I kept calling down and
asking where you were.

You told him that you and
I spent the night together

and that I overslept and I'd
be here any minute, right?

Right?

No, I...

Come on, Katrina, I'm only kidding.

Listen, do you have the list of
interviews for my new assistant,

Diane, left for me?

Yes, the first one's at 9.30.

9.30, huh?

Very good, Katrina.

Tell you what, you have a
future here, you know that?

Now, how do I look?

Great.

So do you.

Hello, Irene.

Matt, you're late.

What, are we making our own hours now, too?

And a good morning to you, too, Jay.

Well, what can I say?

Traffic was a bitch.

All right, before we get started,

I thought you might want
to look at the numbers

on the Taste Like Home account.

Wow.

Hey, Jay, did you get
a chance to see these?

You're a group with bacon.

So what?

Sausage, Jay.

Sausage.

And according to these numbers,

the fastest-selling breakfast sausage

in all of Southern California.

Come on, boys.

Will you stop it?

Look, I want to see the concepts
for the photo shoot tomorrow.

What shoot?

Jay.

I gave the material to
Diane before she left.

When?

On Friday.

And when did she leave?

Thursday.

Well, it must have been Thursday, then.

She was here.

I gave it to her.

I put it on her desk.

Go and get the client file for Matt.

Now.

I'm sorry.

You're gonna have to come
up with something really fast,

because the shoot is tomorrow.

For what?

Indigo jeans.

That's Jay's campaign.

Well, it was, but they haven't
accepted any of his concepts.

The owner is Armand Christopoulos,
and he is a piece of work.

I'm really sorry to do this to
you, but I'm relying on you.

If I lose this account, then Deacon
is gonna go on a firing spree for sure.

Well, nothing like a
little pressure, right?

Hey, Ferryman.

Can you give this to Irene,
by the way? Thanks, Juliet.

Kyoko, Jay was supposed to pull
me the file on the Indigo campaign?

Yeah, you know Matt, it's my
fault the file wasn't on Diane's desk.

Jay brought it down, but I...

Hey, jerk-off, you ever fuck
with my livelihood like that again,

I'm gonna rip your head
off and shove it up your ass.

Have a nice day.

Irene wants to see you in her office.

Did you tell her it was your fault?

Yeah, I don't think she believed me.

Did you say it the way I told you?

Yes, she still didn't believe me.

Shit.

That was a really stupid thing to do.

We can't afford to lose this account.

We can't afford to lose
any account, especially now.

Deacon is really unhappy
with your performance.

I don't know how long
I can protect your job.

Stop worrying about Deacon.

I'm getting it done.

We're almost there, Irene.

Are you ready for the first contestant?

Let the games begin.

I mostly wear perception,
but I have lots of other skills.

You know, um, you're much
younger than I thought you would be.

Then I retired for ten years, and
when the old man died, I thought,

what the hell, there's
such junk on TV all day.

I thought I'd better get out
there and get back to work.

Well, my probation officer said I
should be in touch with my creative side.

Plus, I learned how to
type when I was in a joint,

so I figured, fuck it, I'll give it a shot.

You got an extra cigarette?

Katrina, I can't take any more of these.

There's just one more left. Come on in.

Nicole Lorette, this is Matt Taylor.

How do you do?

Hello. Nice to meet you.

It's nice to meet you, too.

Please, have a seat.

This is a pretty impressive background.

Degree from Columbia University.

And I see you have experience as
an executive assistant in several firms.

The last one being the
CB Agency in Atlanta.

Oh, they're a really small firm.
You've probably never heard of them.

Well, it says here that you
worked for them for four years,

but yet you don't have
any references. Why is that?

I was fired.

That's pretty candid of you. May I ask why?

Politics. Typical male boss,
female assistant scenario.

I was never credited for the work I did.

Is that it?

Well, there was...

He, uh...

You were sexually harassed?

Did you press charges?

No.

I'm sorry I wasted your time.

No, no, no. Please, Nicole, stay.

That must have been a
terrible thing to go through.

Believe me, I didn't mean to
bring up any bad memories.

Look, why don't you show me
some examples of your work, okay?

This is very good.

Did you do these?

My boss and I.

Well, Nicole, you are
without a doubt the

best candidate I've
seen for the job so far.

So if you're ready
to take on the

responsibilities here,
I'm ready to have you.

Can you start today?

Yes.

Hiyoko.

Sure.

You'll suit your watch.

Did you fax some documents for me?

Yes.

You shred the hard copies?

Yes.

Katrina, Nicole is my new assistant.

I'll fill out the necessary
paperwork and

then show the desk and
maybe lead her a little

bit through Diane's...

Who is she?

I don't know.

Find out.

I've decided we're taking
some work home with us tonight.

Be at my place at 9 o'clock.

Mr. Williams, I really don't
think that's a good idea.

I thought you wanted to be
a real ad executive someday.

Yeah. Yes, I do.

So, be there.

Matt Taylor's office.

May I speak to Matt, please?

Matt's busy. Can I take a message?

Who is this?

This is Nicole, Mr. Taylor's assistant.

Well, Nicole, this is Mrs. Taylor, and I
would like to speak to my husband, please.

Mrs. Taylor, I'm sorry. I just started,
and he didn't mention that he was married.

Hold on one moment.

Your wife is on the phone.

Oh, shit. I forgot to call her.

Look, Nicole, I'm going
to be here for a while.

It's been a long first day for you.

So why don't you go home
and get some rest, huh?

Sorry. You're stuck with me.

I'm never leaving you.

As long as you're here, I'm here.

Thank you.

And since we're both here, maybe we
should think about getting some food.

I already took care of it. It just arrived.

I'll go get it.

Hi, honey.

Why doesn't she know that you're married?

What are you talking about?

Well, she sounded surprised
when she heard I was on the phone.

Look, Susan, I don't have
time for this. I just hired the girl.

Well, at least you could have mentioned it.

Susan, they just dumped a
giant campaign onto my lap.

I'm going nuts over here.

I've got to come up with a concept
for a photo shoot tomorrow morning.

Oh, honey.

I'm sorry.

I...

It's just, you know, you hadn't called.

And I was waiting for you to come home.

I have dinner.

All right, look, you go
ahead and eat without me.

I told you, I'm going
to be here for a while.

In fact, Nicole is preparing a nice plate
of Chinese food for me while we speak.

Don't worry about me. I'll be fine.

Okay.

I've got Nico Santos
on hold on the other line.

Honey, I've got the
photographer on the other line.

I've got to...

I'll talk to her.

Okay.

Hey, Nico.

Are we all set for the
photo shoot tomorrow?

I think so.

Okay.

This is really good stuff.

Oh, come on relax. Let me show you the pool

You know, Kyoko, there's
a lot going on with the

company right now that not
too many people know about.

There's going to be some big changes, and
I'm going to be moving up in a major way.

I'd like to tell you more about it, but I
need to make sure that you're on my team.

A girl can go far being on my team.

I really need this job, Mr. Williams.

I know you do.

So are you on my team?

Take your clothes off.

Is this what you wanted?

Come on, smile.

You just made the most important
business decision of your life.

Please let it work this time.

Please let it work.

Matt?

I'm sorry, I didn't mean to wake you.

It's late.

I know.

I'm exhausted.

I had a lot of work to do today.

And tomorrow I gotta get up real early.

What's the campaign?

It's Indigo Jeans.

Get this one, baby. We're on our way.

Master plan will be
falling right into place.

I'm trying to do my part.

I know.

I know.

Good luck tomorrow.

Thanks.

Goodnight, sweetheart. I love you.

I love you.

So, who's the new assistant?

Nicole Lorette.

She's got good stats.
She's straight, dependable.

Just the way you like her.

I hope she works out.

Come on, ladies. Give me
something to work with here.

More. Give me what you
got. Give me what you got.

Come on, bring it on. Bring it on.

Work for me. Work the camera. Work it.

Come on, ladies. Lots of energy.

I'm not doing anything different
from what Jay showed me last time.

And frankly, I was bored.

I hated it.

No, no, no. This is not happening.

Get changed.

Don't take any shit from
him. This is very important.

Don't worry. Look, just keep
the little egomaniac under control.

I don't want him to do anything
other than what I've designed.

This is very important.
I'm counting on you.

You can always count on me.

Okay.

Here we go. Come on, ladies!

Sucks!

Stop.

What?

I said stop.

Excuse me, baby. I'm busy. Do you mind?

I'm not your baby. And yes, I do mind.

Who the hell are you?

I'm your boss right now,
and I'm changing the setup.

What's your name? Bianca. Bianca.

You stay. The rest of you are wrapped.

Oh, wait a second. Matt
didn't tell me to wrap anyone.

I just did.

Go. Go!

Okay, big shot. What next?

But she's gonna make me
look good smile for the camera

I thought that it wouldn't hurt to
keep on shooting until you came back.

I thought that we would try something
different, push the envelope a little.

Nicole, it's not your
job to make decisions.

You're my assistant.

You do what I tell you to do.

If you listen to me,
you'll learn something.

But don't ever pull
anything like this again.

Nico, that's it.

We're done.

The shoot's over.

Put some clothes on.

She was just trying to make things happen.

Where do you see these shots?

I'll just have the proofs in my
office by tomorrow morning.

Nicole, I know you were
trying to help, but you just...

I'll see you in the office tomorrow.

I want to see those proofs
first thing when I come in.

Hey.

To hell with him. He did good.

Hey, Matt.

Hey, Teddy. How you doing?

How'd things go at the shoot?

I don't know yet.

Ah, well, good luck on
the campaign, all right?

Thanks.

Katrina, where's Nicole?

She's... she's up in Irene's office.

What's she doing up there?

I don't know. Maybe you
should go look for yourself.

Put this in my office.

I am so happy.

Oh, this is great.

Good morning.

Matt, you're late again.

But I will forgive you
because these are fantastic.

It's exactly what I was talking about.

Take a look.

Go on, go on, look.

Aren't they great?

I want some concepts for
the ad campaign immediately.

What about the group shot?

No, just her.

She is indigo jeans.

Hello, everybody.

Hi, Charles.

Hello, Mr. Deacon.

Hello, Taylor.

I've been hearing nice
things about you lately.

And who is this lovely lady?

This is Nicole Lorette, my assistant.

Nicole, this is Mr. Deacon,
chairman of the board.

Oh, very nice to meet you, Mr. Deacon.

It's nice to meet you.

All right, where were we?

What do we have here?

These are the proofs from the indigo shoot

that Matt oversaw yesterday.

The way Jay failed so miserably,

I hope you got something here.

Where are we at?

We're a little risky here, aren't we?

This is our last chance
to land this account.

Come on, Charles.

Look at them.

They're great.

All right, maybe it's
time to be a little daring

and shake our mind up a bit.

That's nice work, Taylor.

All right, I think we're
going to go with this.

Mr. J wants you to take all these clients'
files and put them together on the back.

What the hell are you doing showing
Irene those proofs before I check them?

She saw when they were delivered
and she asked me to bring them up.

You should have said that I would
bring them up after I took a look at them.

I did, but she wouldn't take no for an
answer. What was I supposed to do?

You're supposed to do
what I tell you to do, huh?

I told you I wanted to see
them before anybody else.

You don't work for Irene, you work for me.

You've made that
perfectly clear, Mr. Taylor.

I'm sorry you didn't get to
see the proofs first. It's my fault.

But it seems to me that
you're a little bit more

upset about the fact
that they liked my layout.

When you hired me, you
said that you were fair.

That you'd give credit
where credit was due.

Well, I don't even want
any credit on this, all right?

Because all I did was something
that you would have done.

You didn't see it because you were
rushed, you were under a lot of pressure,

you had to smooth over the client.

All I did was follow your lead, and
we stumbled onto something good.

And I think that you should take the
ball and run with it instead of being upset

that your assistant, a woman,
came up with a better idea.

I want to learn from you, assist you,

and grow in this company with you.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry about the way this happened.

We just met, and the
last thing I want to do

is ruin my relationship with you.

I apologize.

And I promise I'll be a good girl

and just do what I'm told from now on.

This feels European.

You know, I think a very basic
American look to the typeset

would offset these
photos in a real kinetic way.

You're right.

I didn't think about that.

My photo, your copy.

We make a good team, don't we?

It's good to see you.

It's good to see you, Eddie.

Armando, I think we have
something for you this time.

I hope so, Charles. I hope so.

Here we go. Wish me luck.

You don't need it, Matt. The work is solid.

Ah, here he is, Taylor.

Ah, yes, Mr. Taylor.

We haven't really met. I'm Nicole.

Hi, I'm Kyoko.

Hello.

We haven't met either, Nicole.

Hi, I'm Jay Williams.

I'm glad to have you as part of my team.

You mean Matt's team.

Well, we're all one big
happy family here, Nicole.

Nice to meet you.

Get me her employee file.

But that's in Matt's
office. I can't go in there.

Just do it.

Here it is.

This isn't what I asked for.

Yes, it is. It's a list of
every client that we have.

These are business numbers.

I asked for personal home phone numbers.

Well, I can't get you that.
Only Irene has that information.

Katrina, do you want to be
a receptionist all your life?

No.

Then get me what I want.

Oh, my God!

Matt Taylor's office.

Nicole, I need to speak to Matt right now.

Matt's in a meeting right now.

Well, you get him out of that meeting.

I need to shut this
goddamn smoke detector off.

Oh, shit.

Can you get to the smoke detector?

I'm right here right now.

I just need to shut it off.

If I don't fall off this stupid stepladder.

Just calm down.

Now, very carefully reach up.

There's usually a little
switch right on the side of it.

A gut.

Yeah, yeah, I'm okay.

Thank you, Nicole.

I can have Matt call you as soon
as he gets out of this meeting.

No, no, no, no, no.

He worries about me enough as it is.

I don't want him to think
I'm completely helpless.

I'm just gonna clean this mess up
and make believe it never happened.

So, don't tell him, okay?

It'll be our little secret.

You know, Nicole, I think we got off on
the wrong foot the first time we spoke.

I think it's important that you
and I get to know each other.

Become friends.

After all, you are the other
woman in my husband's life.

Well, I don't know about that.

But thank you, Susan.

I'd like to get to know you, too.

Well?

You better shut the door.

Well, we got it.

We got the campaign.

We're going national.

We're going to the magazines,
billboards, commercials.

And get this.

We start the commercial
campaign immediately.

Oh, Matt.

Congratulations.

You deserve it.

Hey, hey.

You deserve it.

Don't think for a
minute I don't realize

that this wouldn't have
happened without you.

That might be the nicest thing
anyone has ever said to me.

Yeah, look.

You get me Bianca's agent on the phone.

I want Bianca in this office immediately.

And you know why?

Because we are on our way, Nicole.

We are on our way.

So it's a simple way out.

That love story.

The dog talks.

I think it's kind of cute.

I think this is a very poor effort, Jay.

How many times are we going to
see a dog talking about his flea cup?

Now, wait a minute.

It's not that the dog's talking.

It's what he's saying.

Fix it, Jay.

Fix it.

Hey, Charles.

Fuck him.

You know, Matt's the
golden boy around here now,

and Deacon basically
thinks that you dropped him.

Pretty soon it won't
matter what Deacon thinks.

Well, then get it done!

What are you looking at?

Hi, I'm Bianca. I'm here to see my girl.

Yoko?

Find out who handled that model.

I've got it, Gina.

Bianca.

Hello.

I see it.

You too.

Right this way.

So the long and the
short of it is you are Indigo.

This is going to be the biggest
campaign we've ever launched.

Congratulations.

I don't know how to thank you, Mr. Taylor.

Please, call me Matt.

And you don't need to thank me.

All you have to do is stay as
gorgeous and as photogenic as you are,

and everything is going to be just fine.

I'd like to talk to you about any more
ideas you might have for the campaign.

Sure.

Call me home anytime.

Anytime at all.

All right.

I'll see you later.

You got it.

Thank you, Nicole.

She's very excited.

Mm-hmm. She should be.

Well, it's been a long
day, but a great one.

And I say it's time to
go out and celebrate.

Here you go, ma'am.

Great. Is everything else okay?

Very, very good. Thank you.

A second bottle?

Why not? We deserve it.

To you, Nicole, my
assistant, and my partner.

Well, thank you, but I'm a long
way from being your partner.

I don't know about that.

You're much too talented for me to
keep as an assistant for very long.

I've got to take advantage
of you while I can.

I've got something for you.

It's just a little way of saying thank you.

I figure since we're both climbing
the corporate ladder together...

Partners? I don't know what to say.

It's just a little
paperweight for the office.

I have another surprise.

Irene gave me a bonus today.

$20,000.

And I want to give you half.

Matt, that is too generous.
I couldn't possibly...

Of course you could.
Because I want to give it to you.

And besides, I've
already written the check.

I've got it right here.

What the hell did I do with it?

Oh, shit.

I left it back at the office.

All right, come on.
Let's go back and get it.

No, Matt, we don't have to.

Of course we do. That's a lot of money.

I don't want to leave a
check like that lying around.

I want to give it to you tonight.

Ta-da.

All for you, partner.

You're different.

Nicole.

Nicole, we can't.

We can't do this.

You're doing it.

I hope you don't mind the good stuff.

Here's to you.

Congratulations on your campaign.

I didn't realize you had that much to
do with it. I thought that was in charge.

Well, Taylor's actually
very low on the totem pole.

If you want to move up in the
world, you have to come upstairs.

To my office.

You know, uh...

Indigo is just the tip of
what I can offer you, Bianca.

You want to see the pool?

Yeah.

You know, Bianca, there's
a lot going on with the

company right now that not
too many people know about.

There's going to be some big changes, and
I'm going to be moving up in a major way.

I'd like to tell you more about it, only I
need to make sure that you're on my team.

A girl can go far being on my team.

Oh, yeah?

Does this put me on your team?

Are you kidding me?

You're gonna be my star player!

Well come on, get it in here!

Just think, Jay. We start with Indigo,
then you and I become superstars.

I can't wait. As soon as
Indigo is over, I'm all yours.

I don't think you understand,
Bianca. You're done with Indigo.

Morning, honey. Got
a rush. I'm running late.

What time did you get home last night?

I waited for you as long as I could.

I'm sorry.

But we were out celebrating last night.

I got the indigo campaign.

You did?

Oh, baby, I'm so proud of you.

This is wonderful.

Yeah, this is gonna
mean a lot of money for us.

And I got a $10,000 bonus.

And I start on the commercial
campaign right away.

I'm so proud of you.

Oh, baby, why didn't you call me?

I would have loved
to celebrate it with you.

I know.

But things have been so
crazy at the office lately, honey.

And then, well, you know,
I've been breaking my ass,

working hard, trying to
make things happen for us.

I was gonna call you.

But then it got so busy, and, you know,

I guess I got overwhelmed by the news,

so we all went out
for a drink to celebrate.

Who went?

Everybody.

Who's Bianca?

She's the model for the campaign. Why?

What's her number doing in your pocket?

What?

Oh, she came into the office,

and she was so excited
about getting the campaign

that she put that in my pocket
while she was thanking me,

in case I needed to get
a hold of her for anything.

Isn't that what her agent's for?

Oh, come on, Susan.

It's written in lipstick, Matt.

Because that's what
she used to write it with.

What do you want from me?

What are you being so defensive for?

I'm not being defensive.

Did you go out celebrating with her?

She wasn't out celebrating with me.

So, you're not having
an affair with Bianca?

No, I'm not having an affair with Bianca.

Lucky for you, I trust you.

Good morning.

I'm fine.

Look, about last night...

What about it?

It's just that I've never, um...

We have a lot of work to do.

And we're gonna have
to be working very closely.

So I think it's best that we, um...

What I mean is we can't...

Shh.

Don't worry about a thing.

Business as usual.

Business as usual.

And by the way, it was wonderful.

You were wonderful.

Matt, Taylor's office.

May I speak to Mr. Taylor, please?

Tell him it's Bianca.

Bianca, it's Nicole. Matt's
busy. How can I help you?

I've got... I've got bad news.

I'm going to have to drop Indigo.

Excuse me?

Say that again.

I'm sorry, Nicole, but I have to.

You're not dropping anything.

Who put you up to this?

My agent.

They... objected to the nudity.

I just spoke to your agent.

And she is, in fact, overjoyed with
the response she's getting on you.

She is overjoyed with
the national commercials

we're going to be
shooting this week.

She is overjoyed with
the shitload of money

you both are going to
make on this campaign.

I don't think she would
object if we stapled

the Indigo logo to
your pretty little ass.

I don't know what this is all
about, Bianca, but so help me.

If you are not on that set, I'm
not going to be able to help you.

I'm not going to help you.

I'm going to be on that set bright and
early and ready to shoot our commercial.

I will not only raise hell with
your agent, sue you for breach

of contract and badmouth
you to the rest of the industry,

I will personally rip your
heart right out of your chest.

You do not want to fuck
with me. Do you understand?

Do you understand?

Yes.

Good.

Then I will see you on the set.

Good morning, gentlemen.
Thanks so much for coming.

My office is upstairs right this way.

There's a page missing from the proposal.

Well, get it copied and
get it upstairs right away.

Kyoko!

Are you alright?

I just can't take it anymore.

You don't know how he treats me.

I have a feeling I do.

So, who are the suits? Jay
courting some new clients?

No, they have something to do
with the agency stockholders, I think.

He's got me doing so many
things that have nothing

to do with advertising.
I just got confused.

He's always yelling at me.

Then he makes me...

Makes you what?

No man has the right
to treat you like that.

No man?

I shouldn't be telling you this.

No, no, it's alright. Really.

Sometimes you need a friend.

Sometimes you need someone that...

Well, you can just tell them everything.

I dreamed about you last night.

Really?

Have you thought about me?

Yeah, every time I look at my wife.

This can work, Matt.

You can have the best of both worlds.

I'm not asking for much.

Can't you find room in
your heart for both of us?

Cool.

Hey, Nico.

How's it going?

Bring me down.

How's it going? We got a major
fucking problem. That's how it's going.

You, take a walk.

Go on. Show them.

Oh, Jesus. How am I
supposed to shoot that? Huh?

How the hell am I supposed to shoot that?

Bianca, what happened?

I accidentally banged it
when I was opening a door.

Oh, shit. We're screwed.

Irene's gonna be here with
Armand and Deacon any minute.

Did you try makeup?

I tried that before you got here.

She looks like shit. There's no
way I'm shooting her looking like that.

Look, we gotta figure out a
way to shoot around this, all right?

You and I will take a
look at the storyboards.

Nicole, you stay here with Bianca.

When makeup gets back here,
see what you can do with that eye.

Oh. Models. I hate this shitty business.

Hey, you. Go get the fucking water, please.

How did you really get that eye?

I told you.

Don't you lie to me.

First you called trying to get
out of the shoot, and now this?

I want to know what the hell is going on.

I can't...

I can't tell you. I am so afraid.

Afraid of what?

Bianca, you have exactly one
second to tell me what this is about.

It was Jay.

It was Jay. He told me that
if I dropped this campaign,

he'd sign me to an even bigger
contract with Davina Cosmetics.

I didn't know what to do.

And then he just...

All right. I'll tell you
what we're gonna do.

You are not gonna tell
anyone else what happened.

And you are going to continue
the campaign as planned.

What about Jay?

What if he...

You let me worry about Jay.

Matt, I can't shoot her like that.

You want to give me a break here,
please? Stop looking over my shoulder.

I figured out a way to
work around that eye.

So let's turn down the rain

Let's go figure out another dream

Time and space

i love it yes oh that's
great so that means we're

on for the location
shoot we're on all right

wonderful work let's
talk about the details uh

nicole would you excuse
us please i know exactly

how we're going to
well first of all we have to

talk about you know if
we do the outside like

the location yes where
was this show um this

was just actually around
around the area yeah

through work nico i know

susan i got some great news

what is this i thought
i told you i didn't

want you to go to
any trouble i didn't i did

isn't it beautiful honey nicole
did everything are you surprised

this is delicious nicole
thank you isn't it good

honey yeah it's great
so susan how did you and

matt meet it isn't
such an original story

we met at work i was
matt's assistant really

yep we fell in love got married and then
we started on what matt calls a master plan

what's that well

matt's part is moving up at work a better
house some money in the bank and my part is

well i'm pregnant

congratulations matt you didn't tell
me well we're keeping it kind of private

there's a second try we have some
problems with the first oh oh i'm so sorry

nothing's gonna go wrong
this time right honey all right

Thank you so much,
Nicole. It was wonderful.

Oh, no, thank you for welcoming
me into your beautiful home.

Honey, why don't you walk her out?

Good night.

Bye-bye.

So, Daddy, did you have a nice time?

What the hell are you doing here?

Why didn't you tell me she was pregnant?

Because it's none of your damn business.

She's a very lucky girl.

Most women would kill to have what she has.

Successful, loving husband.

Nice house in the suburbs, baby on the way.

Come on.

A mistress is a perfect
addition to the master plan.

She's your wife and partner at home,

and I'm your lover and partner at work.

All right, that's enough.

That's enough.

You can pretend.

But I know you want me
as much as I want you.

You can't hide it.

I see the way you look at me.

It's late.

Get in the car and go on home.

We have a lot of work to
do on this location shoot,

and I don't want any distractions.

And when it's over,

you and I are going to
have a nice long talk, okay?

Whatever you say, boss.

Whatever you say.

I'll be right back.

What was this all about?

I thought it would be a good way for
Nicole and I to get to know each other.

Yeah, but do you have to
tell people her whole life story?

She's just not people.

She's your assistant.

Like Diane.

No.

Nicole is not like Diane.

Okay.

I'll keep my mouth shut for an hour.

Look, I'm tired.

Let's go to sleep, all right?

Honey, I wanted to
make love to you tonight.

What?

Come on, Susan.

What, are you crazy?

It's okay, honey.

The doctor said it's okay.

You know, we could make love for months.

Well, I don't care what the doctor said.

I'm not taking a chance
of getting you hurt.

This is ridiculous.

So I'm ridiculous.

Is Bianca going away on the shoot with you?

You think Bianca's going
away on the shoot with me?

What is that supposed to mean?

You haven't touched me in weeks.

I know how you are, man.

You need a woman.

You don't want to make love to me.

How the hell do you
think that makes me feel?

Sometimes I just think
I'm a baby machine to you.

You.

That is an ugly thing to say.

So I'm gonna pretend like
you never said it, all right?

Now, I'm going to bed, and
I'm leaving early in the morning.

And I'll see you in a couple of days.

Well, if it isn't Wonder Woman.

You saved Taylor's untalented ass again?

I know. My talk with Nico Santos.

First the print shoot, then
the commercial. Nice work.

I don't know what Taylor
would do without you.

I know. That's assault.

You keep your dirty little hands
off her. She's mine, not yours.

Yours?

You're just a little assistant.

Taylor made that perfectly clear
to Irene and Deacon at the meeting.

He's taking all the credit.

I know what you're trying to do, Jay.

Your line of bullshit
may work on women like

Bianca and Kiyoko, but
it's not gonna work on me.

I let an employer take
advantage of me once.

Once.

And then I fixed it.

I'm good at fixing things.

So I've heard, Miss Lorette.

Or should I say, Miss Landon.

Miss Nicole Landon, correct?

You know, for someone
with such an eye for detail,

I'm surprised you're not better
at covering up your tracks.

You didn't know they
were running this, did you?

There you should call up C&B in Atlanta

and look into getting your
share of the bonus money.

But then again, you know
you can't do that, can you?

You can't do that because
C&B in Atlanta didn't do this ad.

This ad was created by
Colby and Burnham in Chicago.

Maybe you should call them.

But we both know that
you can't do that either.

You, Nicole.

I want you.

You're my kind of girl.

But first, you're gonna
help me get rid of Taylor.

I want to ruin that son of a bitch.

This little trip you two are going on,

the boss alone with
his assistant at the hotel,

you know the rest, and I want it messy.

Once he's gone, I'm gonna have to go.

Once he's gone, you come work for me.

I've got your number, sweetheart.

I know everything about you.

I could ruin you too, but
that would be a waste.

Now, you're a smart girl.

Yeah.

You just keep it live.

You do as you're told.

And we'll get along just fine.

Oh, yeah.

What?

I want you to take care of me.

I love Taylor, Nicole.

As soon as you get back,

I want to take care of you.

Yeah.

Souvenir.

Let's turn town into real

Let's go flick a spin out in a dream

Nicole, let me see the storyboard.

Nicole!

That was great.

That was wonderful.

Oh, thanks.

You okay?

Just a little cold.

Oh, here, put this on.

There you go.

Is that better?

Great.

Thank you so much.

Uh, yeah, you're welcome.

I'll see you later.

Okay.

Come on, move that light.

I want to get going again.

Let's go, right away!

It's going good, don't you think?

Yeah.

We're running a little bit behind,

but it's going pretty good.

I have something for you.

I made it up at the agency.

It's gonna happen for you, Matt.

I just know it.

Visualize, and it will happen.

Why did you do this?

I wanted you to know
how much I believed in you.

Believed in me?

I meant believe in you.

I want you to know how
much I believe in you.

Thanks.

Shut today, please people

Okay, I guess you've gone to sleep already.

I'll be home tomorrow.

You oughta see this
place they put me up in.

It's almost as big as our house.

I guess they're really happy with my work.

I'm moving up.

I wish you were here.

I miss you.

I love you.

We're out partying?

A little drunk, are we?

Maybe.

Can I come in?

I don't think that would be a good idea.

I do.

Ooh, nice place.

Bianca, it's really late.

Why don't you like me?

You're not like everybody
else, just trying to get my pants.

Nico, that pig, he's just
dying to get me in the sack.

And there's Jay.

What about Jay?

Oh, it doesn't matter.

Why don't you like me?

Bianca, I like you.

It's just that I already
have a woman in my life.

Nicole?

No, it's not Nicole.

It's my wife.

Nicole.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, wait, wait a minute.

It's okay for you to come on
to me when I'm with my wife.

But it's not okay if I'm
having an affair with Nicole?

You don't know Nicole.

She scares me.

Yeah?

Whoa, whoa.

Hang on, hang on.

I got you.

I'm a little busy.

Look, I'm gonna take you
back to your room, all right?

Come on.

Here we go.

Okay, now it's time for you to go to bed.

That's exactly what I was thinking.

This isn't so bad, is it?

Yes. Yes, it is.

Come on, I just want to kiss you.

Just an old kiss, that's all.

Why don't I believe you?

Matt, I didn't want to do this, but you're
forcing me to use drastic measures.

Now that's not fair.

Stop. Stop.

Why are you doing this to me?

I told you, you're a nice guy.

There's not a lot of nice
guys like you around.

You're a beautiful woman.

I'm sure you can get any man you want.

Well, all the guys I meet in this
business, they're all the same.

They want a trophy, and the
first chance they get to trade it in,

they do it.

They're users. All of them.

All of them.

Or maybe you're just
focusing on the wrong men.

The nicest guy in the world could
be standing right in front of you,

and you probably wouldn't even see him.

Well, I thought I was seeing him right now.

Well, I wouldn't be such a nice guy anymore

if I was cheating on my wife, now would I?

Matt, why did you have to
go and say a thing like that?

Just took all the fun out of it.

Now I feel guilty.

Why can't I find a
guy like you? You're

handsome, you're
successful, you're faithful.

I hope your wife realizes how lucky she is.

It's good and evil.

It's good and evil.

Nicole, what are you doing here?

This isn't right.

We can't keep doing...

You don't have to say anything.

Hold you and touch you deep

It's not too deep

I love you.

Oh, I love you.

I love you.

Nico called.

He said that the dailies
from the shoot will

be ready on video for
you late this afternoon.

Are you worried about Susan?

Don't, Matt.

What's going on between us doesn't
mean that you don't love your wife.

It just means that you love both of us.

She won't find out if
that's what you're thinking.

I mean, as long as we're
partners, our secret is safe.

We're still partners, right?

I hope so.

Because I sure do love working with you.

In every way.

Unless he was my son.

No, no, no, no.

John, look, you can't tell
anything looking like that.

Garo, take him out for a test drive.

Take him around the block.

And look, if you buy
two, I'm going to give you

a nice senior citizens discount, OK?

Go ahead. Enjoy yourselves.

Somebody sell something.

What, are you ripping
off senior citizens now?

Look who it is.

Hey.

Bill Arndt, you're the new arts department.

How the hell are you?

I'm doing great. How are you, Frankie?

Good.

Listen, you got a minute?

I need to talk.

I miss you, buddy.

I miss you too, Frankie.

Sorry I haven't called you for a while.

It's just been so crazy at work.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

I know.

After the divorce, Tracy
turned all my friends against me.

Oh, come on.

Not the friends, just the wives.

Even worse.

I'm branded.

I cheat on my wife, and it's like I'm

banished from everyone's lives.

The wives don't want me
around, so the guy's got no choice.

Can't have me over for barbecues.

I'm not allowed to come
over for the holidays.

I'm like a man without a country.

So what's up with you?

I fucked up, Frankie.

Oh, wait a minute. Don't tell me.

You?

Yeah, and I can't take it anymore.

I want to end it, tell Susan
the truth, and start over.

Oh, are you nuts?

You're not going to tell her anything.

I have to.

I feel so guilty.

I don't want to hurt her anymore.

Well, you're going to hurt
her a lot more if you tell her.

Listen to me.

I was cheating on Tracy on and
off almost the whole marriage.

I knew I was a piece of
shit, but I figured, you know,

what she doesn't know won't hurt her.

And it wasn't like I didn't love her.

I was crazy about her.

But you know how it is.

Guy can go out, he can get laid.

It doesn't mean anything.

It doesn't change how
he feels about his wife.

It's something women will never understand.

Tell you what, one day I come home.

She's in the kitchen cooking.

She looks at me and smiles.

I feel all this guilt.

I say to myself, how can
I do this to this woman?

This woman that raises
my kids, loves me, trusts me.

That's my point.

Don't you see?

That's why I want to end it and tell her.

This way we won't be living a lie.

I mean, if I tell Susan the
truth, she'll respect that.

I mean, if she doesn't want to tell me,

she really loves me.

She'll forgive me, right?

That's what I thought.

Every once in a while, those counselors

would tell me, well,
you know, you can never

go wrong with the truth.

So I told her.

I told her everything.

I felt like this huge weight
had been lifted off my back.

I felt great.

I felt cleansed.

But you know what?

I took all the pain I had
and I dumped it on her.

She was destroyed.

She didn't respect
me for telling the truth.

She hated me.

And she was brokenhearted.

But what happens if she finds out

eventually?

I mean, you know, what
happens if somehow, some way,

you know, years from now, she finds out?

That's why I want to
tell her the truth now.

So this way I don't have
this damn thing hanging

off my head my whole life,
worrying that one day she'll

find out and then
it'll be too late to fix it.

Oh, that's just tough.

That's the penance you got
to pay for breaking your vows.

That's what I should have done.

Live with the fear.

Live with the guilt and just make
sure it never happened again.

I mean, this girl was innocent.

She didn't do anything wrong.

Why should she have
to go through all the pain?

I should have kept my mouth shut.

Lied to her.

Then she never would have gotten hurt,

and I'd still be with my family today.

So, so who's the girl?

My assistant.

Oh, Christ, fire her.

Get rid of the bitch.

I mean, it's her or Susan.

You want to save your marriage with her?

You got to treat this girl like
she's a cancer, a cancer that's

invading your family.

And you got to kill it before it kills you.

We need to talk.

Come on in.

Susan called. She was worried.

We both were. You didn't come
back to the office all afternoon.

It's over, Nicole.

You and I are over.

Matt, you don't know what you're saying.

This is not a discussion.

All I want to know is if we're still
going to be able to work together.

Matt, why are you...

Look, let's talk of a promotion for me.

And if that happens, I'm going to
recommend that you take my spot.

You're very talented and you deserve it.

And if we act like adults here,

I'm sure that we can put our little
affair behind us and still work together.

Affair?

This isn't an affair.

This is the beginning of a life together.

I love you, Matt.

I've never felt that for a man before.

I want to make you happy.

Why can't I make you happy?

Why can't I have what Susan has?

She doesn't understand you.

She doesn't know how to push
your creative buttons like I do.

She doesn't know how to touch you.

Not like I do.

What's wrong with me?

I can give you everything you want.

I can be your creative equal at work.

And I can be your whore in bed.

That's what you want, isn't it?

Isn't that what you want?

Isn't that what every man wants?

You are a twisted little girl.

I want to have your baby, Matt.

I want to share my life with you.

We're partners.

Don't you see that?

We're partners, Matt.

And no one can ever, ever break us apart.

I already have a partner, Nicole.

My wife.

Susan is my partner.

I've only got room in
my life for one woman.

Oh, yeah.

What about when you were inside me?

Were you thinking about her then?

No.

You weren't thinking about her or me.

You were just thinking about yourself.

You're just another weak, selfish
man who thinks with his dick.

I don't have to listen to this.

You son of a bitch!

I made you!

If it wasn't for me...

I gave you half of my bonus money.

I've been more than fair.

You used my ideas and then you fucked me.

What do you think, I'm stupid?

Think you can just suck
all the creativity out of me?

Fuck me like I'm some whore and then
toss me away like I'm a piece of garbage?

Look, I came here to try
to talk this out with you.

I thought that maybe we
could reach some kind of an

understanding where we
could still work together.

But obviously we can't.

I gave all of myself to you.

I trusted you.

But you're not. You're
just a user, like on a wrist.

Let go of me!

I will not leave that agency!

You're sick, you know that?

You need fucking help.

I want you to clear your desk out before
I get in there tomorrow morning, all right?

You bastard! Fuck you!

You bastard.

You bastard!

There's nothing but a
stupid supercarry without me!

Fuckers!

Users!

I'll keep you in
check, I'll do what you

told me to do, and
we'll get along just fine.

Just fine.

I already have you all my life.

As soon as the sun rises upon
my heart, I'll survive in my box.

Not like the others, are you?

Are you different?

Different?

Different?

Ugly, ugly, ugly, ugly!

Matt.

All right, stay here.

Stay out of our head back.

Nothing but the best, Nicole.

Well, come on. Aren't
you gonna have one drink?

I don't want to dull my senses.

I really want to be alert for this.

You know, I knew you'd see things one way.

Nice pool.

You know, Nicole, there's
a lot of things going on

at the company that not
too many people know about.

There's going to be some big changes, and
I'm going to be moving up in a major way.

I'd like to tell you more about it, but I
need to make sure that you're on my team.

A girl could go far being on my team.

Take off your clothes.

God, you are magnificent.

How about you?

Do you want another hit?

Sure.

Get yourself a good lawyer.

Irene?

Talk to me, Katrina. What's going on?

Jay's been murdered.

What? What happened?

I don't know.

The police told us all the way down here.

They're upstairs asking questions.

Where's Nicole?

I don't know.

Matt, I have to talk to you.

Not now, Kyoko.

I'll tell you, it's very upsetting.

I'll let you know.

What is this, Mr. Deacon?

This is him.

You Matt Taylor?

That's right.

I'm Detective Ryan.
This is Detective Maiolo.

Do you mind if we talk to you for a minute?

So what is this about?

Your co-worker Jay Williams
was murdered last night.

A business car with your name on it
was found on the floor of his house.

Where were you last night, Mr. Taylor?

Wait a minute.

Are you accusing me?

We're just asking you
a couple of questions.

Just having a conversation here.

Am I under arrest?

If you were under arrest, I
would have read you your rights.

Now, if you'd like, I can take you downtown
and you can call yourself a lawyer.

It's up to you.

I was home last night with my wife.

Yeah, well, one of your business cards was
found at Jay Williams' house last night.

So what? So he had
one of my business cards.

Yeah, but this one said you
were the president of the company.

My assistant made up those cards.

Yeah.

She said you told...

She told her to make them up.

She said you were with her last night.

She said that you were in a
jealous rage and that you fired her.

What?

All right, wait a minute.
Did you talk to her?

I did. This morning.

She told me everything, Taylor.

She gave me these.

She told me what you and
Irene and Jay were planning.

Me, Irene, and Jay?

What the hell are you talking about?

The three of you were in collusion
to merge with another agency

and engage in a hostile
takeover of this company.

You were close to
convincing the stockholders

to vote for merger
and push me out.

But you and Jay had an
argument over what position

you would hold after
this merger went through.

This is a fairy tale.

I mean, you can't possibly believe this.

Ask Irene. She'll tell you that I...

Irene has just been fired.

Her lawyer has advised her to say nothing.

I am filing a lawsuit against her shortly.

With Jay dead, it's only
your word against Nicole's.

Yeah?

Well, if this is bullshit...

Nicole also said that you threatened
her job if she didn't have sex with you.

I'm encouraging her, of course, to file for
sexual harassment charges against you.

All right, where is she?

Get her in here.

She fears for her life, Taylor.

She's afraid you'll kill her, too.

That's insane!

She's nuts!

She told Deacon that
you stole her work and

that you went there
last night to fire her.

I talked to Nico Santos.

He agrees with everything.

He said you stole her ideas.

Did you have an affair
with her, Mr. Taylor?

Wait a minute.

She spoke to Deacon?

Have you two actually spoken with her yet?

Not yet, but we will.

Then this is all secondhand bullshit.

You have no evidence.

A business card on the floor?

So what?

I didn't kill anybody.

Nicole is lying.

And as soon as you talk to her,

you'll realize that I'm
not the one who killed her.

You'll realize that I'm telling the truth.

My wife will tell you I
was with her last night.

Matt, the hospital just called. It's Susan.

Dr. Friedman, dial 118, please.

Dr. Adam Friedman...

I'm looking for Susan Taylor.

Is my wife in there?

I'm sorry, sir. Who are you?

I'm Matt Taylor. They said
this was my wife's room.

You're going to have
to speak with the doctor.

Are you Mr. Taylor?

Yes, I'm Dr. Curry.

How is she?

Oh, she's had a severe head
injury. She's unconscious.

And the baby?

Well, I can't tell yet,
but we'll do what we can.

Can I see her?

Not just yet.

I'm sorry, Mr. Taylor. You'll have to wait.

Look, Mr. Taylor, we're
sorry about your wife.

We're just doing our job.

You want to arrest me, arrest me.

Otherwise, I'm just going to sit right
here and I'm not moving until I see her.

We got nothing to hold him on.

Look, Mr. Taylor, just
make sure you stay in

the area in case we
have to reach you, okay?

Does it look like I'm going anywhere?

You can reach us at this number anytime.

Hope your wife's okay.

Matt?

Yoko, what are you doing here?

I need to talk to you, Matt.

How's Susan?

I don't know yet.

Look, I wanted to tell
you from the beginning.

Jay was looking for any way
to get you out of the agency.

When you hired Nicole, he
had me check her background,

hoping to find something he could
use to blackmail her into hurting you.

I only got so far that he took over.

But I know he found something.

He was downloading some files
from some newspaper in Chicago.

Chicago?

Yeah, Chicago.

Not Atlanta?

No, Chicago. I'm sure it was Chicago.

Do you have a copy of the file?

No, it's in his computer.

But I think he made a hard
copy and kept it in the office.

But the thing is, the police locked
it up today and I couldn't get in.

I gotta see that file.

All right.

I want you to call Detective
Ryan or Maiolo at this number

and tell them to take over.

They'll meet me at the agency.

The number on the back
of this card is my pager.

Stay here and wait for me.

If anything happens with my life,

page me right away.

Thanks, Kyoko.

Landon? Nicole Landon?

Jesus.

What city, please?

Uh, Chicago.

Uh, Woodward.

Angela Woodward.

I have a business or
residence under that name.

What is it, 3 a.m. there?

Yes, sir.

All right, give me the residence.

All right, that's 312-555-2768.

Okay, thanks.

Hello. Is this Miss Woodward?
Angela Woodward, the psychologist?

Yeah. What time is it? Who is this?

I'm sorry to be calling you so late.

I'm calling long distance from Los Angeles.

I'm calling about Nicole Lorette.
I mean Landon. Nicole Landon.

Ah, is this another reporter?

No. I work with her in L.A.

And there's been a murder.

Oh no. Not again. I thought it was over.

What happened at the trial? What happened?

Well, she was
acquitted. It was sexual

harassment. He raped
her. It was self-defense.

She needs my help. I must
speak to her. Where is she?

I hate you! I hate you!

I hate you!

Let me help you.

Fuck you!

You want to help me now?

Now is too late!

No. No it isn't.

I know what's happened to you.

Yes I do. I know.

Shut up!

Shut up!

You never cared about me.

No one's ever cared about me.

They just wanted to fuck me.

All you ever wanted to do was fuck me.

Why?

Why?

Why? Why?

I loved you, you son of a bitch.

I loved you.

Susan?

Susan?

It's fine.

Nicole.

Nicole did this to me.

Your wife just saved you.

It's a baby.

Is the baby okay?

How you feeling?

Wonderful.

We're just a few days away.

Ah, I can't wait.

Matt, I need to ask you something.

It's not going to change
anything, but I have to know.

And I want you to please tell me the truth.

I don't care what the answer is.

I just need to know the truth.

Did you sleep with Nicole?

Did you have an affair?

No, oh

Baby, oh, baby. Oh

I love you so much. I

Love you, too

this world.

We sacrifice

As long as we stay together

That's all that matters.

As long as we stay together

I'm climbing

That's all it matters.

As long as we stay together