All language subtitles for Lou Grant s01e06 Aftershock

All right. We've got the phony lawyer
who's been practicing for ten years and

never passed the bar.

The supervisor's campaign.

Nothing I can sell for page one.

How did that, quote, spontaneous
demonstration in Westwood turn out?

quote, spontaneous demonstration's been
postponed till two o 'clock tomorrow.

Here's a wild one. Guy out near
Palmdale, Ralph Tamura, has a couple of

cockroaches that predict earthquakes.

Does he say how?

They probably have a couple of little
tiny seismographs.

Listen, send Duncan Aldridge to
interview some of that lawyer's clients.

Go at the story from that angle. First I
have to find Aldridge. I've been

looking for him. It's three o 'clock. He
hasn't come back from lunch yet. Three

-hour lunch? I thought you invented
that. Yeah, but I couldn't get a patent

it.

We got a guy who never passed the bar
masquerading as an attorney.

Must be the guy that handled my divorce.

And the campaign practice this
commission is really going after the guy

his supervisor in the 11th district.

Look, we're talking about the front page
here.

Well, the next best story we've got is
five straight days of 75 -degree weather

in the valley.

It looks like the only thing we've got
to compete against loose stuff is the

Chinese nuclear weapons proposal, the
president's new energy program, or the

Russian fishing fleet's crisis in the
North Atlantic.

What about this plane crash
investigation?

The National Transportation Safety Board
won't have anything on that until

tomorrow. Okay, we ought to see that
when it comes in.

Well? Students riot for third day in
Paris.

Ah, gay Paris.

Anita Bryant hasn't been there yet.

Uh, was that an earthquake I called a
minute ago? Huh?

Seemed like the whole building was
shaking.

Hey, somebody call Caltech, huh? Just a
little chandelier swinger. I'll call it

4 .1.

Wind is broken in the West Valley. 4 .5.

At most, maybe coastal on the comments
to Rachel. 4 .3. No, not over 4. 3 .5.

I'm in for 3 .7.

Caltech says 4 .3.

So yours, Ben.

You know, that was my first quake.

We all have to lose it sometime, Lou.

Feel it? Feel what?

I know, I know.

Caltech with the epicenter out near
Palmdale. We checked.

Minor damage, broken windows, a few
cracks in the earth, nothing much.

Rossi? Yeah?

Take a look at the damage out near
Palmdale. Take the animal with you. Why

Because if the earth opens up, I want
you to be there.

You need a cigarette, just say so.

Here. What's this?

Peter, my apartment.

No, thank you.

No, I have to go to Palmdale. You have
to feed my dog. I don't know when I'll

get back.

What kind of dog?

Pit bull.

Like father, like son.

Rothman, wait a second.

While you're up there, check this out.

It's a cockroach guy.

Come on, Lou.

Cockroaches? I've read about lots of
scientific research going on about

sensing quakes before people do.

Yeah, but cockroaches are just barely
animals.

They're just barely insects, but maybe
you'll find a funny angle on it.

Maybe he'll find some humor in it.

Humor? Rossi?

Not exactly Art Buchwald.

He's not even Earl Butts. But he's all
we've got.

City desk.

Yeah, George, what's up?

What?

When?

Uh -huh.

Uh -huh.

Oh, my God.

That's terrible.

Thanks for calling.

What?

Duncan Aldridge is dead.

Heart attack.

Duncan?

What's the matter?

Duncan Aldridge just died.

No.

What?

Where was he?

Some hotel.

Does his wife know it? No.

It'd be better if she didn't find out
from the police.

Yeah, yeah, you're right.

One of us should call her.

Which one of these guys knew him?

I don't want to leave it up to a
reporter.

It's unpleasant, but this is the kind of
job that goes with running a paper.

You call her.

What? Charlie, I can't. Yes, you can,
Lou.

I mean, if I were her, I'd want to find
out from you.

I don't even know her. That's why it's
easier for you to call. I mean, I could

get emotional. That'd be worse for her.
Besides, you're good at things like

that. I'm good at telling wives their
husbands just died. I never knew I had

that talent.

Okay, okay.

This isn't going to be easy.

Duncan was with a woman when he died.

He was in flagrante delicto?

What does that mean? It means he died
with her boots on.

No answer.

They probably already told her. She's
probably on her way.

Lou.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I'll get over there.

I'm good at this.

I'm Lou Grant of the trip.

And I know you're a responsible man, Mr.
H.

You're not going to print the name of
the hotel, are you?

I mean, there's just no need to bring
this favor to an L .A. institution.

Good point.

What did you say that he died in an
unspecified fleabag at 120 West 14th

Well, now, the coroner, he said that he
died from a, well, I guess it's not the

worst way to go, is it?

waiting for a tip, forget it.

Hey, not down the front. I'll show you
the service elevator.

Um, I heard you from in there a minute
ago.

You're Duncan City editor, right?

Right. And you're?

The bedtime story.

Listen, Mrs. Aldridge will be here in a
few minutes, and I don't want her to,

you know, see... Here, let me help you.

I know what you're probably thinking.

No, I'm not thinking that.

He was a nice guy.

Yeah, he really was.

This wasn't what the setting makes it
look like. I don't know why it's

to me that you know that, but it is.

Yeah, well, still, you don't want to be
here when his wife comes.

My name is Lorette Wycliffe. I'm in the
book. I'd like to hear about the funeral

arrangements.

Please. Okay.

Mrs. Aldridge.

Yes. You must be from the police?

No. I'm Lou Graham, Duncan's editor.

Oh. Oh, yes. Of course.

I have been at the paper very long, but
I really liked him. Everybody thought he

was a hell of a guy.

Yeah, well, he was a wonderful man.

He was a good father and a good
provider.

Who was that woman?

What woman?

That woman who just left.

The woman who just left?

Oh, that woman.

The coroner.

Oh, I thought the coroner was a Japanese
man.

That's true. He is.

The young lady who just left is one of
his many assistants.

Oh.

What was Duncan doing in this horrible
place?

You mean here? In this fine old hotel?

Well, let's see. He was doing a piece on
hotels.

Yeah. See, we wanted to do a comparison
piece.

on the old traditional hotels and the
new ones that are going up. So we sent a

reporter to stay at one of the newest
and biggest, and another reporter to...

This is lipstick.

I'm sorry.

Oh, my.

What? The car. What?

The car was in the shop. Yeah. And I had
to take a taxi here.

And now I don't have any money. And I
don't know how I'm going to get home.

no, no.

I'll take you home. Oh, no, no, no. No,
no. It's not your problem.

I'm sure I could get a bus. No, no, no.

I can't let you do that. Come, come,
come.

I'll drive you home.

I'll drive you home.

Thank you very much, Mr. Grant.

It was the least I could do, Mrs.
Aldridge.

Gloria. Gloria.

Oh, could I get you a drink?

No, no, thanks. I really have to get
back to work.

Mom, are you home?

In here, Roger.

That's our son, Roger.

He and Duncan were very close.

Oh, I just had the craziest thought.

I guess it's habit, but I just thought
I'll let... Duncan tell him.

Isn't that crazy?

No.

No. That's just normal.

I think I could handle this a lot better
if I had a couple of hours to adjust to

it.

Hours. Years.

Well, I've got to be going now.

If there's anything at all that I can
do... There is something that you could

do. Come on.

Where were you?

Would you tell him?

These cockroaches are more reliable than
anything we've come up with yet in this

field.

People don't give cockroaches credit for
having sensitivity.

That's true. I never have.

If you ever need any more, I got loads
of them in my kitchen.

How do they predict earthquakes?

I'm postulating that it's the sensory
hairs between the joints of their legs

which register vibrations and which are
also related to their sense of balance,

very much like the fine cilia in our
inner ear.

See, I suspect that what the cockroaches
feel in advance of an earthquake is

analogous to our sensation of motion
sickness.

I hope I'm not being too technical.

No. When the cockroaches throw up, you
know a quake is coming. Right.

From 24 hours to two weeks before the
jolt we feel.

The insects exhibit characteristic
movements.

The trick is in the interpretation, in
reading the cockroaches.

How do you learn to read the cockroach?
Years of careful observation and study.

After a while, the movements become
recognizable.

How do you mean?

Well, in layman's terms, I'd say they
kind of, uh, dance.

Uh, with each other?

No, it's a formalized movement like the
dance beast performed to tell the rest

of the hive where to find the pollen
-bearing flowers.

Dr. Tamura.

It's Mr. Tamura. My doctoral work was
interrupted through a lack of funding.

Your own?

No, the school's.

So I'm having to continue my research
here on a more or less limited budget,

you can see. Could you hold one up over
here by the window?

Sure.

I guess this is it. It's too much to ask
the cockroaches to smile.

Did they predict this afternoon's quake?

Yes, they did.

I thought you'd say that.

I thought you might say that.

So, I sent myself a registered letter
the day before yesterday.

Open it.

epicenter within 25 -mile radius of
Palmdale over 3 .5 on the 14th.

Nice shooting.

Unfortunately, not all the news media
have shown your interest.

So, I sent registered letters today to
your paper, the wire services, and the

television stations.

An aftershock. The day after tomorrow.

Thursday. How big?

Well, you'll find out.

Yeah. Is this Kern Brothers?

I'd like to make arrangements for a
funeral.

Duncan Aldridge. A -L -D -R -I -D -G -E.

What's my relationship to him?

City editor.

Look, I'm just doing this as a favor for
somebody.

Yeah, you're right. Maybe I should come
down there. How late are you open?

24 hours.

Yeah, I guess you would be.

Look, look.

How much are we talking about in terms
of money?

What? Are you crazy?

That's better.

Uh -huh.

Perpetual care?

What's perpetual care? They mow the
lawn.

Gee, I don't know.

What about just 150 years?

Uh -huh. Well, I'll certainly be
thinking about that, and I'll see you

evening. You have a nice day, too.

Think it's time to run another one of
those stories about what to do in case

an earthquake?

Oh, we've done so many of those. You
know, stay away from windows, stand

doorways. Everybody knows that stuff.

Yeah, we don't want to run that again.

Why do you stand under doorways? Oh,
it's the strongest construction in any

building.

Maybe we better run the story, just for
Lou's sake.

You know my greatest fear?

Getting stuck in an elevator during a
quake.

Every time I get in an elevator, all the
way up and down, I keep thinking, what

if there's an earthquake?

Don't you? I will from now on.

So you want to start working something
up?

Excuse me.

Hello, Gloria.

Good morning, Lou.

Someone from the newspaper called me and
said I could come down and get Duncan's

things.

I'm having a harder time than I thought.

I know what you mean.

A man's whole life is in here.

Look, why don't I help you?

Thank you.

That issue had a very good think piece
on the decline of our cities.

I didn't even know he was working on a
book.

Everyone's working on a book around
here. You open any desk, you'll find

All telling the inside story of this
paper.

How deadly my gun.

I guess this isn't one of them.

Here's his personal notebook. You
probably want that.

Oh, yes, I will.

The way that he had with words.

The way he would compose little poems
sometimes.

Could we go someplace for some coffee?

Sure, right over there.

I mean, away from here.

I'm trying to be realistic, Lou.

He was not a rich man.

Do you need money?

I'll lend you some.

Oh, no, no, no, I couldn't. I couldn't.
No, Roger and I, we don't need very much

to get on. Just to tide you over.

Fifty, a hundred?

Oh, that wouldn't be nearly enough.

I could sell the house, of course.

No.

Don't do that.

All right, Lou, if you don't think so.

You don't have to make a decision on
that right away.

Not while you're still a little upset.

Wait until at least after the funeral.

There's something else I want to talk to
you about.

What?

Duncan wrote in his will about his
funeral.

He said, I was never religious in life,
and I don't want to be hypocritical in

death.

So please, no comments from a minister
who never knew me.

Just have one of the guys from the paper
stand up and say something.

Just like Duncan.

Yeah.

That's the way I'd want it.

I want you to do it, Lou.

I want you to be the one to stand up and
say something.

You know, Miniter, ministers can be
quite good at this.

You'd be better.

Look, there are so many guys around who
have a, you know, a flair for handling

these things.

You're an editor, a writer.

I've gotten to know you, and I think
that you definitely have a way with

Please, Lou, do it for Duncan.

For me.

I'll be glad to.

Excuse me.

What can I say about Duncan Aldridge

that all of us don't already know?

He was a very special person.

who love so many people.

Some of us only have enough love for our
wives and our children.

But Duncan had enough love to spare.

He was devoted to his work.

A crackerjack, dedicated newsman.

That he always could find time for his
family and others.

When I ask people, what shall I say
about Duncan?

There was almost unanimous agreement
that Duncan had a

very special quality.

Do you want to know what that quality
was?

His niceness.

And in an age and a time when niceness
is almost

obsolete, Duncan gave a whole new
meaning to the word

nice.

At this time, when all of us are
saddened by Duncan's passing,

that it's...

some consolation to know that this fine
reporter

went the way he wanted to go,

doing the thing that he liked to do
best.

I meant, what I meant is

that

Going the way he liked to go, by that I
mean reporting, was

the way he loved to go.

And that doing what he liked to do best,
I meant that nothing could

be better for him than to be covering a
hot story.

I meant...

Or the wrath of God.

Will Mifflin... If you ever

consider the career in public speaking,
forget it.

Please let me know if there's anything
you need.

The Tribune always tries to take care of
its family. I want you to know that.

Thank you, Mrs. Pynchon.

It just didn't come out right.

Nobody's blaming you.

For the quake.

Anything I can do, now you be sure to
let me know.

I'm sorry, I just... Sorry.

You were wonderful.

Excuse me. Please, ladies and gentlemen,
could I have a client, sir?

No pictures, please.

The exclusive rights for photographs
have been sold to People magazine.

Why not True Insect magazine?

Mr. Tamura? Yes.

What do you feed them? Table scraps.

They are cockroaches, after all.

Do you have any plans to stud them?

In actual fact, the...

Interpretation of the cockroaches is the
key to using them for earthquake

prediction. These are ordinary garden
variety roaches, although I have grown

attached to these too.

Do you, do they have any other
predictions?

Yes, I was watching my little friends
this morning, and they've indicated to

an aftershock two weeks from today in
the range of 6 .7.

6 .7?

That's larger than... That's bigger than
the one in 71, yes.

Do you have an approximate time?

No. I have an exact time.

Two weeks from today, November 30th, 5 p
.m. Pacific Standard Time.

Would somebody get that, please?

Yeah?

It's somebody from Johnny Carson.

Yo!

Aren't they jumping again?

Bugs didn't call a quake until tomorrow.

Pretty depressing.

The end of the world?

No, I have to go back up to Palmdale
again and feed my dog.

Okay. Anything special you want me to
give her? No.

Why? Could be her last meal.

I'm having a pizza with everything.

I've been over there almost every other
night.

Contractor was redoing her kitchen, was
dragging his feet, so I had to take care

of that.

I don't know what to do.

I've got this lady really dependent on
me now.

She even wanted me to decide whether to
have him cremated. What'd you decide?

I decided on cremation. Oh.

Is that wrong?

Well, it's not wrong, but for me, well,
I wouldn't do it. He always liked the

heat. He used to go to the desert a lot.

I guess this is the ultimate fun dance.

I don't know what to do.

How do I get out of this?

What do you do when guys cling to you?

Well, mostly I cling back.

No, no, no. I mean, how do you stop it?
Are you sure you want to stop it?

Maybe you're letting her do this because
you really don't mind. I don't mind. Of

course I mind.

She's bright, nice -looking.

Yeah, sure, but I don't. Lou,
everybody's shaky now because of this

stuff. It's a time when people really
seem to need people. I can remember

the big quake in 71, people all over the
office were having affairs.

People you wouldn't expect.

Like who?

Like me.

Oh, dear.

Well, that was different. That was a
real earthquake.

Yeah, I can't believe that mature,
intelligent people are going to

their lives just because of something a
couple of bugs said.

Lou? Huh?

Here's that story I was working on. I
wanted to get it in before I went on

vacation. Oh, that's right.

Boy, I really envy you. A couple of
weeks on a beach at Balboa.

Yeah.

Well, we decided to go to Kansas this
year.

The tornadoes will get you.

Lou.

There's a call for you on one.

I'll be right back.

Hello. Lou, Roger's run away.

Roger? My son.

I think he's on the way to San
Francisco.

Why?

I told him how Duncan died.

About that woman.

Oh, I don't know why I did it.

I guess I just wanted to punish Duncan.

Punish Duncan?

I don't think you can.

Anyway, Roger took it very hard.

I think it really confused him. He went
up and he packed his backpack.

And just now, he called me from the bus
terminal.

Well, he called you because he probably
wanted you to tell him to stay. From

what he said, I think he's very serious
about going.

What did he say?

Goodbye.

Oh, I'm some mother, aren't I? For 15
years, I feed him, I go to all those PTA

meetings, and now when he really
needs... I lay this on him. Yeah, yeah,

right, all right.

Don't worry, don't worry. Don't worry
about it. Okay, bye -bye.

Take over for me. Gloria just called.

I got to get to the bus station.

It won't work, Lou.

She'll find you wherever you go.

Bus 701, San Diego's departing at 2.

Hello,

Roger.

Hi, Mr. Grant.

Do you believe some of the ads in here?
Look at this.

No. No, I don't believe it.

I guess they're pretty funny.

A little bit depressing, too.

Where are you going? Are you taking a
bus?

Back to work.

Mom sent you, didn't she?

No, she didn't send me. She told me
you're down here.

Thought I'd come down to see you off.

Where are you headed?

San Francisco.

Oh, nice town, San Francisco.

You got a place to stay up there? Yeah,
I got some friends.

Oh, that's good.

That's my bus. Well,

have a nice trip, huh?

You know, when I first saw you, I
thought you were going to try to talk me

of going.

Yeah, when I first saw you, I thought I
was too.

Then I thought, this is a smart kid.

He already knows all the things I'm
going to tell him. But your mother might

some things to you which she wishes that
she hadn't because she's feeling pretty

lousy. But now is when she needs you and
you're running out on her because

you're feeling pretty rotten yourself
and you don't know how to handle it.

Mr. Grant, I know all that stuff, all
right?

That's what I said.

You don't know how heavy things have
been around the house. You don't know

she's treated me for the last two weeks.

I think I do.

It's not just the thing about Dad.

It's how Mom has taken it.

Well, maybe it's pretty hard for her.

Well, right, but it's hard for me, too,
and all she does is makes it harder, and

she doesn't give me any room to breathe.

I know the feeling.

Final boarding call for bus 458 to San
Luis Obispo, Salinas, San Francisco.

That's my last call. I've got to get
going.

Um, Mr. Grant, I know maybe now is not
the greatest time to go, but ever since

Dad died, she's really been expecting
too much of me.

You know, it's not easy being an only
child.

Roger,

you might be an only child.

Now she's an only parent.

And maybe she hasn't had time to get
used to that idea.

You

know,

I knew you were going to talk me out of
going.

I didn't.

Shouldn't you pay for that?

Final call.

Long Beach, Laguna, Oceanside, San
Diego.

Final call.

Oh.

Oh, thank you.

He talked me out of it, just like Dad
would have.

Oh, would you excuse us? We've got to
talk.

Right, I'll go. No, no, I mean I want to
talk to you.

Oh, I'll go unpack.

Good.

Come.

Can I get you a drink?

Listen, I really have to get back. I
don't have time. I got a full -time job.

Look, I mean, I'd really like to help
you as much as I can, but I really have

get back.

How about a glass of water?

You sure you wouldn't like something
stronger?

Okay, iced tea.

I've had an offer on the house. It's a
very good offer, and I'm thinking of

taking it.

Well... Are you sure? It's a very nice
house.

Well, it seems kind of big for the two
of us. And everything here reminds me of

Duncan. It's a nice vase.

Is it new?

It's Duncan.

I think I will have that drink.

Coming up.

What do you think? Shall we sell the
house?

What happened to your hand?

I was at Rossi's place feeding his dog.

The dog bit me.

Better take the dog to bed, get a check
for rabies.

Then what? Well, if the tests are
positive, you'll have to be destroyed.

That's good, Art.

That's real good.

You know, Billy's story of what to do in
case of an earthquake is pretty good.

But I'm thinking now may not be the best
time to print it.

Now's when we have a prediction. It's on
people's minds.

That's what I mean. It's like we believe
the bugs.

Oh. Okay, we'll save it. Run it during
brush fire season.

Hi, Lou.

Hi, Art. Hi.

Hi, Gloria.

I was down in Classified placing an ad.

I'm not going to sell the house.

I'm going to rent a room. Take in a
boarder.

Well, you didn't have to come all the
way down here to place an ad. You can

phone it in.

I know.

I had an ulterior motive.

Huh?

I thought if I showed up, he'd ask me to
dinner.

Well, that sure would be nice.

Thank you.

Yeah. Oh, and I had the most wonderful
idea just walking around here.

You know, I used to work here. I didn't
know that.

Yeah, this is where I met Duncan 18
years ago.

And I thought, I've got to go back to
work somewhere. And I thought...

Why not here?

I mean, I've got the experience and I
always liked it.

And I thought that I probably have a
very good chance of having my

seriously considered since I seem to
have some very good connections around

here.

Well, it's a thought.

Well, I guess I'll go to personnel.

I guess they'll cut through some red
tape when they see whose name I put down

for a reference.

Gloria wants that job real bad.

Well, what do you want me to do? I want
you to pull every string you've got to

keep her from getting it.

I'm just kidding, but... Getting that
bad, huh?

Yeah, what can I do? She's so vulnerable
right now.

Yeah, I know what you mean. You're
really in a tough spot.

She just needs a little comforting,
that's all.

Lou, if you don't look out, you just
might find yourself comforting her.

Down the aisle.

I can't figure out who shot who in this
murder story, Donovan.

Donovan?

City desk.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

We should look into that.

Look, can I call you back? It's our
deadline.

Yeah, usually it is at 6 o 'clock, but
today it's at 5.

Well, well, well.

Tough news, people, huh?

All you skeptics who've been putting
down this crackpot prediction.

You people have been in forest fires.

You've been in riots.

Some of you have even been in battle
with bullets whizzing around your heads.

Why are you all standing in doorways?

Why am I going to?

This

is fun.

We should do this more often. Go find
your own doorway, buddy.

Contrary to popular belief, cockroaches
are not infallible.

Two out of three isn't bad.

Well, in baseball, that'd be a 666
batting average. It'd be better than Rod

Carew. I never said the cockroaches were
totally accurate. I thought it was how

you read them.

Well, they develop some bad habits.

As with all living things, too easy a
life has had a detrimental influence on

their effectiveness.

You mean they started goofing off?

You can't imagine what it's like to feel
like Pasteur.

Like Einstein. Like Darwin.

If only for a day.

So this is the end of your experiment?

Oh, no, no. I still have my snails and
lizards.

They're much more dependable.

Listen.

I didn't have any lunch today. Do you
mind if I have one of those donuts?

One. You might as well take them all.

Thanks.

Mr. Grant.

Miss Pinchot, what are you doing here so
late?

I was just about to ask you the same
question.

I'm having dinner with Gloria Aldridge
tonight.

You've been a terrific help to her.
She's applying for a job here. She used

work here, apparently.

Yes, I know.

I've always been very fond of Gloria.

She's a bright girl. She's attractive.

So,

you're having dinner, and then?

She'll go home. I'll go home.

Oh, well, certainly.

It's none of my business who goes where,
Mr. Grant.

Well, what about tomorrow or the next
day? Will you see her then?

Yeah.

I don't know. You know, as I say, this
is none of my business. Are you serious

about that woman?

She's nice.

Very nice.

Mr. Grant.

No, I am not serious about her. At least
I... It's a difficult problem.

I had the same thing happen to me with a
fine man right

after my husband died.

It's a friend of Matthew's. It's an old
friend.

I'm afraid I did to him exactly what
Gloria's been doing to you.

Oh, a little more elegant, maybe.

Nevertheless, it's...

It's hard to picture you leaning on
somebody like that.

Leaning on? Oh, I collapsed on him. I
suddenly had him making decisions for

everything that came into my life.

One day I called him in his office, and
there was a mix -up on the extensions.

I heard the secretary announce me, and
then I heard him say, Oh, God, not her

again.

I was devastated.

But I realized just what I'd been doing
to him.

Those few words turned me around.

I pulled myself together. I went to
work.

And I started to learn how to run this
newspaper.

But you know, I don't think it would
have hurt as much if

he'd spoken to me directly.

You mean I can tell her? I mean you
must.

For her sake as well as your own.

Well, my interview with the personnel
manager is next Thursday, so I think

next Tuesday would be a good day for you
to call him and sort of remind him, you

know? Oh, he'll remember you.

Oh, I don't know. He sees an awful lot
of people in a week.

Okay, I'll give him a buzz.

Oh, I am really looking forward to going
back to work.

Getting out of the house, making a
contribution, meeting new challenges.

Oh, and I've always loved newspapers.

Me too.

But the best part is that I'll be
working on this newspaper.

Yeah, it's a great little newspaper, all
right.

We'll be in the same building.

We'll be able to see each other during
the day.

Yeah. There might be a light day we
could see each other every couple of

or so.

Well... Look.

I'm starting to fall in love with you.

Vivian, a couple of double scotches.

Yes, Mr. Grant.

You want anything?

It would be fun to fall in love again.

No, I wouldn't.

You're fighting this thing because of
Duncan, and I respect you for that. I

really do.

But there's no hurry here, Louie. We
have all the time in the world.

Gloria, years ago, on my small -town
paper, my editor called me over and he

said, Hey, what does this mean?

Because I had written a sentence and a
story.

I had a prisoner blurt out a confession.

And my editor told me, people don't
blurt.

They say.

And he made me change it.

And from that time on, I never, never
blurted again.

Until now.

When the top of my head is coming off
and I can't say.

I have to blurt.

Go ahead.

Blurt. Get off my back.

No, no, no. Wait, wait, wait a minute.

Wait, wait, wait, wait a minute.

I didn't mean that quite the way it
sounded.

What did you mean?

I thought that you liked me.

Maybe I do. I don't know. You haven't
given me a chance to find out.

Now, it could be that given a period of
time, I would like you very much.

No, you're just saying that. You're just
saying that to make me feel better. No,

no, no, no.

It's the first time in weeks I haven't
said something just to make you feel

better.

Now let's just give it time and see how
I feel about you.

Without the pressure.

That's right.

I've got to stop depending on you to
make all my decisions for me. Isn't that

right? Now you're getting it.

Have you decided?

Yeah.

I'll have the New York steak.

Rare.

Roquefort salad.

Baked potato.

Laurie.

Gee, I don't know.

Shall I have a steak, too?

How would you like that done?

Medium rare.

Baked or fries?

Baked. Sour cream, no chives.

I thought you weren't going to make any
more decisions for me.

Starting with dessert.

You're on your own.