All language subtitles for Lou Grant s04e11 Generations

Yes, she wasn't happy with just a
percentage.

Okay. Listen, I really appreciate the
time you gave me on the story, and if

okay, we'll have a photographer at your
plant tomorrow.

And I'll have Mama there. She'll love
it.

Lou, do you remember the piece I did on
that businessman who gave up a

promising, glaring music to support his
family?

No. The one who gives free sidewalk
concerts during his lunch hour.

I'll go get the mail today.

Is that for $100?

I'll admit it was a good story, but why
would anybody pay you $100?

No, it's not for me. It's for him.

What is the Leona Jenkins footage
anyway? I never heard of it.

Well, the letter that came with the text
said that the foundation wants to

reward this musician for all the good he
has done and is doing with his life and

with his music.

Why don't you do a story on me? I gave
up the accordion at 14. I figure I did

bit for humanity.

I'm really down in this general area.
Why don't I look into this, if it's okay

with you?

Maybe Leona will make you a cup of tea.

Yeah.

Oh, hi, Dad.

Listen, I'm busy right now. Can I call
you back?

Oh, take your time.

Where are you, home?

No, I'm in a customization jail.

Well, what are you doing there?

I'm in it.

You what?

They locked me up, Charlie.

For what?

A robbery.

Shoplifting.

Listen, I'm going to be leaving here
right now, and I'll be out there in

an hour. You just stay put.

Well, I'm not going to try and bust out.

Luke, could you cover the budget meeting
for me? I've got to do something.

Sure.

Is your dad all right?

Yeah, he's fine.

He's fine.

I'm looking for the Leona Jenkins
Foundation.

Well, you found it, lady. I'm in.

Then Leona Jenkins was your wife.

Yeah, bless her heart.

We were married for 42 years before she
passed on.

How do you support a foundation?

Do you have an endowment?

Did your wife leave an estate?

No, no estate.

Just this little house.

He's independently wealthy.

He thinks he is anyway.

I drive a bus.

I sat behind that wheel for 18 years
watching a good bit of life roll right

me.

Good and the bad.

But I think there's more good than bad,
and that's what the Leona Jenkins

Foundation is all about.

I believe good is contagious, and I
spread that message through my work.

I wish common sense was contagious.
Maybe then he'd have some by now.

Who was the first award given to?

Oh, Janet's in South Carolina.

Coastal Little League team.

I believe I still have a copy of it.

Oh, I'm sorry.

Just make yourself at home. I'll be
right back.

Have you ever seen anyone like that?

I don't know how many times we've asked
him what he's going to do when the money

gets tighter.

Or when he gets sick and has hospital
bills to pay.

He won't listen.

I found it.

Has Donna been telling you what a
stubborn old man I am? Daddy.

Gaffney, South Carolina.

Oh, he covers a wide area.

Now, Donna, don't start.

If you have to give your money away, why
don't you give it to this house?

Fix it up.

Buy some decent furniture.

Oh, I'm comfortable.

Besides, I only give away the money I'd
probably blow on some foolishness.

I don't just give money to anyone, Miss
Newman.

I'm very careful.

Well, I gave to the solar energy
research long before Miss Fonda or Mr.

ever heard of it. And Anwar Sadat... You
gave money to Sadat? Because I admire

the man's efforts for peace.

How much money have you given away?

Oh, I don't keep track of it. I don't
want to know.

Neither do I.

It's not important.

The only thing that counts is what a
human being feels in his heart.

of them, and they live in the
neighborhood.

I know they live in the neighborhood.
One of them lives right next door, and

deliberately turns his loudspeakers
toward my house and plays that rock

Now, don't get yourself so upset.

They're always hiding my newspaper.

Oh, your paper.

Not the tribute.

No, I don't take that one. The other
one.

I can understand how you feel.

Just don't pay them any attention.

I've lived in this house for 30 years,
and my wife is sick.

And I cannot be bothered by a bunch of
roughneck kids.

Well, maybe just get to know them a
little better. I don't want to know them

better. I don't want to know them at
all. I just want them to leave me alone.

You're lucky they didn't press charges.

Never do. Gives the store a bad image.

Don't.

Don't tell me you've done this before.

All right, I won't.

You were a successful businessman for
over 30 years.

I've never known you to do anything
dishonest. Why would you steal five

I had a quota to meet.

Quota? Five wallets a day.

It's a challenge.

You steal five wallets a day?

What do you want me to steal, five cars?
Why steal anything?

Look, son, don't yell at me.

I may be old, but I got two good ears.

Did I ask for more coffee?

I waited ten minutes so I didn't scald
my tongue. Now you come along, I gotta

wait ten minutes longer.

I'm sorry, sir.

You know what I eat? I get the
waitresses trained.

They ask before they pour.

My God, Dad.

Stealing? You're 75 years old.

76. Had a birthday yesterday.

Is that what this is all about?

Your way of letting me know that I
forgot? Oh, no, no, not at all.

I'm sorry, Dad. I really am. I didn't
mean to forget. It's just that I've been

so damn busy. It's okay.

It doesn't matter.

At my age, what's another birthday, more
or less?

It matters a lot to me, especially at
your age. It means a lot. I mean, I feel

terrible when I forget.

Look, Charlie, you've been a good son.

Came by once in a while, had me over for
the holidays. I really appreciate that.

We'll continue in a moment here on A &E.

Harvey Shelton's yesterday, I was
wondering what the problem was.

Well, Shellhead's just a grouch. Yeah,
it's real pain living next door to the

guy. You're the one with the
loudspeakers.

One day we were throwing the football
around at Danny's, and it went into

Shellhead's yard, and he just took it
and kept it. Yeah, it took us a week to

get it back.

It was as if he was going to call the
cops on us.

Well, Harvey says you kids hassle him a
lot.

Nah, we just hit his paper a few times,
stuff like that.

We used to hide your paper.

You never made us think about it.

That's because I never knew what
happened to it.

Till now.

We never meant anything by it. He's just
a sore head.

Oh, come on. He's over 70 years old. Why
can't he be more like his wife? She's

nice. She'll talk to us, even ask us
about school.

If it wasn't for her, he'd probably
still have our football.

Maybe, but give the guy some space,
okay?

I guess.

It's no big deal.

We better go.

Why don't you guys cool it?

You ask me to pick you up, I get here,
and you've got a Boy Scout meeting.

Is it going to be like this all week?

My car will be ready on Monday.

Sorry.

What's that about, anyway?

Ah, just a neighbor of the kids.

They've been riding an old man who lives
across the street from me.

Yeah? What did they do?

Well, for starters, I found out they've
been putting mice in his mailbox.

I told them to knock it off.

What's the matter? Are you getting soft
in your old age? Baby, I'm just

sympathetic.

Come on, Lou.

I used to do the same stuff when I was a
kid. We'd sew people's windows, throw

toilet paper in the trees.

You know, it was fun.

Uncle Barry Rossi.

So Dad's going to stay with us for a
while.

Marion took him down to Newport to pick
up the rest of his stuff.

How much you said he liked living down
there?

Did he object to moving up here?

Of course he did.

My father objects to everything.

Mm -hmm.

Getting kind of lonesome, huh?

Hello.

Dad got picked up for shoplifting.

Can you imagine that?

My own father has to go out and steal
wallets.

He stole wallets?

Five a day.

I mean, he's been doing it just to get
attention.

I walked out of that police station
saying to myself, I'm never going to let

this happen again.

So I figured, let him stay with me. I
mean, he'd let me stay with him for 20

years.

Makes sense.

There's no other explanation. I've been
selfish.

I let my own father live alone for my
own selfish reasons.

Should have done this years ago.

Wait a minute. You told me he never
wanted to live with you. He was too

independent. I should have insisted.

Look, you've had other responsibilities.
You've raised a family. You've had your

life to live.

That's true. But now it's time to share.
I talked it over with Marion.

Look, the kids are all grown.

We've got plenty of extra room in the
house. So we decided to take them in.

That's terrific.

Yeah.

Oh, hello, Dad.

I thought I'd go down to the store and
browse around a bit. Want to know if I

could pick up anything for you? The
store?

You don't have to go to the store, Dad.
If you need something, tell Marion or

call me. I'll pick it up for you.

I'm not going to steal anything.

That's not what I meant. I just meant
you shouldn't exert yourself. Look, you

want to get some fresh air?

Fine. I'll call you when I get back.
Fine. I'll talk to you then.

Sounds like he feels right at home.
Yeah, he does.

You know, Lou, it's really going to be
nice having Dad around again.

I really will.

I've decided not to go.

There's a new game show just came on I
don't want to miss.

Fine. Whatever you want to do.

I have to show this over at Baker
Downer's store.

If I do, I'll call you.

Mrs. Pinchot, what brings you down here?

Couldn't I have just come by to say
hello?

As a matter of fact, I do want to
suggest an item for the paper with some

accompanying artwork, of course. Go
ahead.

I want a nice piece about a tree
-planting project I'm supporting.

It's going to do wonders for the ecology
in the valley. It'll help fight the

smog. Oh, I'm all in favor of these. You
don't have to convince me. I've always

been staunchly anti -smog.

Anyway, what fun is it owning a paper if
you can't plant a little tree item now

and then?

I realize this is not front -page
material.

I don't expect too much.

However, I don't expect too little
either.

Do you want to hear something really
disgusting?

Sure.

How could people?

Ever since my article on Fred Jenkins,
he has been delirious with requests from

people begging for money.

I know. I wanted to hit him up myself,
but his phone's been busy all morning.

All right, it isn't funny. You should
see all the hate mail he's been getting,

too. People seem furious at what he's
doing. It's weird.

What'd you expect?

There are a lot of creeps out there.

He is a little loony, Billy.

Giving money to Sadat and Queen
Elizabeth, neglecting his family?

He has a right to do what he wants to
with it. It's his own money.

Don't people give to charities? They
don't get criticized for that.

It's only because a lot of them do it
for the write -offs.

I'm not trying to put him down. I'm
trying to get on his list.

I would hate to see what would happen if
you two got your hands on Santa Claus.

I'd ask him for a red fire truck.

There, see?

There you go.

Lou Grant will continue in a moment.

Year on B &B.

At dinner at Josie's last night, you
wouldn't believe they're special. It's

.95 now, and they don't even give you a
salad.

They're catering to a younger crowd now.

Singles. I don't go anymore.

How's Norma doing, Harvey?

She's not doing too well, but I figure
she's getting better.

I was at the hospital this morning.

I must get down and see her.

I miss her, Ethel.

I've never been alone before.

I hate it.

I read about an old man back east who
was living alone.

He was attacked by a group of kids. It
was ten days before anybody found him.

My God.

What about that old woman in Venice who
got hit and killed by that boy on roller

skates? Wasn't that a shame?

Terrible. And nobody there to protect
her?

What's the use?

You can't win.

Would you have treated your grandparents
this way?

Well, my grandfather, he was a great
man. I respected him.

But things were different then.

These kids are just out to make trouble.

Drugs. Not telling what they'll do.

Aha! I caught you napping that time.

Hi, Dad.

Charlie, how was your day?

Fine. Yours?

Great. Great.

You know, I think I'm going to like
keeping you and Mary in company.

This morning, I decided to put a new
lock on the back door.

Oh, nice. What was wrong with the old
one?

Nothing, except a three -year -old could
have jimmied it.

So down I went to the hardware store,
and I found a terrific deadbolt lock.

Brought it back.

The darn thing didn't fit.

So back to the store I went to return
it.

And the guy said, where's your receipts?

What did he think? I just told him it?

It was back here on the kitchen counter.

Then I really got mad.

I told him my son is the managing editor
of the Los Angeles Tribune.

He said, so what?

Now, Charlie, I want you to rip the lid
off hardware stores.

Don't worry, Dad. I'll get the lock
fixed.

No, no, no.

I'll fix it. I started it. I'll do it
tomorrow.

Well, then we won't have a lock on the
door tonight.

It's only for one night.

Listen, boys, dinner's almost ready.

You want to wash up? Sure thing.

It isn't going to be that easy, Charlie.

Why, what's wrong?

Your father's a wonderful man, and I
know we agreed to take him in, but he is

wearing.

Honey, we can adapt.

It isn't we, it's me. You're at work.

Today, he took his nap on the living
room couch.

So?

I had people here.

And there was your dad asleep in the
middle of the living room.

It was embarrassing.

After they left, I did mention to him he
had a bed in his room, but he says he

likes to nap on the couch.

We can always move the couch into the
bedroom.

I saw what happened. I saw it. Lou, they
have no right to keep bothering me. I

know, I know. Now just try and settle
down.

Come on.

Here, here. Let me take you back to the
house.

I have no right, Lou.

I know, I know.

Just relax.

Come on.

You don't have to lie to me. Let's just
go inside and sit down and rest.

I'll see what I can do. I'll keep it
that way.

Norma!

Norma! I'll be all right.

Just let me sit down here for a minute.

She's not here.

She's in the hospital.

Oh, sorry. I didn't know.

Here.

You just sit there and relax.

Can I get you something?

I've had about all I can stand with
those kids.

One of these days, they're going to be
sorry.

Why don't you call the police?

It doesn't do any good.

They just say, you don't want to give a
kid a police record for knocking over

mailboxes.

I raised two kids, Lou. They never did
anything like this.

Maybe he just didn't find out about it.

Kids are different today.

Well, the world is different.

I'll talk to their parents.

No, no, I'll handle this my own way.

You never know. Maybe their parents can
help.

It's their fault.

They don't care. They just ignore them.

Anyway, they wouldn't believe me.

I'm just an old man.

Maybe if you came up with something. You
know, some kind of proof.

Proof?

I'll show you proof.

What? Here.

Take a look at these.

So that's what the camera was for.

Evidence. I caught them in the act.

These are awfully dark. I can't see
anything.

Oh, not those. I forgot to take the cap
off. Look further down.

It's pretty blurry.

Why don't you ask them to hold still
while you take their picture?

What are you going to do with that?

I'm going to put it over by the door
where it'll be handy.

I have to protect myself.

You sure you got the right club for
that? Don't you need a seven iron?

Hmm.

Harvey, you don't want to hurt a 14
-year -old kid.

No?

Well, let me tell you something.

If they ever break in here, if they ever
dare come inside this house, I've got

something else for them.

We'll continue in a moment here on A &E.

Sir, can I help you? No, I know where
I'm going. Do I look lost?

Just trying to help. Why don't you find
somebody that needs you?

Rupert, how are you?

Lou, glad to see you. You remember our
Donovan? Yes, sure.

He's a sure -looking spry.

Spry? That's a word they use for old
man.

Never hear him call a young person spry.
How about Frisky?

Don't feel that good.

Oh, Dad.

What are you doing here? Well, I thought
I'd just come down and bother you.

You're not bothering anybody?

I'll tell you, your gardener quit.

Gardener? Why would he do a thing like
that?

Well, he can't do a decent job if he
only stays half an hour.

How do you know how long he stays?

I timed him from the time he got out of
his truck until he got back in.

I let him know what I thought about it,
too.

Dad, you realize how hard it is to find
a good gardener these days?

Oh, a good one. Yeah.

Excuse us for a second.

I got the story for you, Luke. Find some
explosives.

Uh -huh.

Bet you didn't expect it so soon, huh?
Yeah. Well, that's about it for now.

Okay, Dad.

I'll call Mr.

Okamura. We can talk later.

But right now I have to get to a budget
meeting.

Oh, that's okay. I'll just hang around
and go home with you later. No use

spending the bus fare. Well, it may take
a while.

That's all right. I'll stay and keep Lou
company.

Yeah, Lou was going to the same meeting.
Good.

Then he won't be using his desk.

Rossi.

Yeah? You were looking for something to
do. Maybe you'd like to give Mr. Huma a

tour of the plant.

What? Oh, sure, right.

You're beginning to know your way around
the building pretty well by now, aren't

you, Rossi?

I guess so.

Thanks, Rashi. I appreciate this.

Well, um, this is the city room.

I know that.

Oh, I was hoping to catch Mr. Grant
before the meeting started.

Well, that's all right, young lady.
Maybe I can help. I'm Charlie's dad.

Well, how do you do?

I'm Margaret Pinchon.

Well, Rupert, uh...

You want to get going?

Wait a minute. Wait a minute. I'm trying
to help Margaret here.

My son's very busy right now. Have you
got somebody for him to sign there?

Oh, I wanted to see Mr. Grant. Maybe
I'll come back. No, no, no, no, no, no.

Oh, Lord.

Dad's got Pinchon.

You just leave the mail with me and I'll
see that he gets it.

Who do you work for?

Mrs. Pinchon is our publisher, Rupert.

Of the trip?

Sure. Charlie's boss.

Oh, I'll be damned.

Pardon my French.

Everything okay?

Uh, yeah. The tour begins right now,
Rupert. You know, a lot of women are

well these days.

Well, thank you.

You want to see me, Mrs. Pinchot? Oh,
it's not important. I'll talk to you

the meeting.

I'll cover for you.

Well, I wanted to compliment you on the
nice job you did on my tree planting

story. I'm sure we'll get a great deal
of response.

I sure hope so.

As a matter of fact, I got something
rather odd in the mail today.

What? It's a letter.

Only you and God can make a tree keep up
the good work.

And a $100 check from the Leona Jenkins
Foundation.

And it's signed... By Fred Jenkins.

Yes, do you know him? I know of him.
He's a local bus driver who rewards good

deeds.

Really? Well, under the circumstances, I
couldn't possibly accept this money.

Send it back.

I don't want to insult a man.

I see your problem.

Why don't you arrange a meeting for me
with Mr. Jenkins through my secretary?

This is our composing room, where the
actual assembly of the pages takes

Why aren't those people working?

Well, they'll be busy later when we come
up to deadline.

You got to learn to be cost efficient.

In the long run, they earn their keep.

I suppose you adhere to a similar naive
philosophy about small businesses, too.

What are you talking about?

Well, I read your article about small
businesses, and not to be too frank, I

thought I was full of it.

Listen, I did three weeks' research on
that story. Three weeks?

I spent half my life in manufacturing.

I think what I said is that recession is
going to hurt small businesses more

than large ones. Most people tend to
agree on that point. No, well, I don't.

A cost -efficient company with a
desirable product can make a killing in

recession. That's one opinion.

Well, it's a hell of a lot better than
yours.

Hey, guys.

Uh, Animal, uh, you met Charlie Hume's
father.

I can see a definite resemblance.

What did he call you, Animal?

Why would you let anybody call you that?

I don't like my real name.

What is it? Dennis.

Well, that's not so bad.

Mine's Rupert.

Listen, animal, I gotta get back
upstairs. I was wondering if you could

Rupert the photo lab. Sure, sure.

It's right up these steps, or we could
take the elevator.

I don't need it. Never take an elevator
when you can walk.

So what do you do?

I take pictures.

Can you make a living doing that?

Donovan, did you ever hassle older
people when you were a kid?

Not if they fed me on that.

I mean when you were a teenager.

Oh.

Well, that's when my father was based in
Hawaii.

I didn't bother anybody.

Those were sort of mellow years.

Uh -huh.

Except... What?

Oh, never mind.

You know how kids are. Tell me.

Well, we used to go to the movies in
Honolulu on Saturday.

There was this guy that played the
organ.

He was about 70 years old.

Very frail and very bald.

His head used to kind of shine in the
light, you know.

So temptingly.

And we used to buy these Chinese
preserved fruit candies that had a seed

middle.

And when we finished with the fruit, we
would take the seed and pitch it on his

head.

I know, I know, it's terrible. I feel
lousy about it now, but when you're a

there's just something funny about bald
heads.

I've grown out of that.

Me too.

Why this re -examination of my youth
this afternoon?

Well, I was just thinking about an older
guy who was in my neighborhood.

The kids can't seem to leave alone.

What kind of kids?

Delinquent type?

No, no.

Just kid.

They just go after this one guy?

I think so.

They never bother me.

Adults don't bother you either?

You know, it'll probably blow over. As
soon as these kids get bored, they'll go

on to something else.

Yeah, probably.

I just have a bad feeling about it.

I'd like to be able to do something to
make it blow over faster.

Mr. Nelson!

Yeah? Lou Grant.

We met once a few months ago.

I just live up the street.

How you been?

Good. How's the family doing?

Fine. Great. I just saw Mike yesterday.

This really isn't a social call.

Do you know the Shelton's who live
across the street?

Yeah. The old couple? Yeah. I've seen
them once in a while, but we never talk.

Well, lately...

Your son and a few other kids have been
getting used to Shelton a hard time.

Come on, they're just kids. What have
they been doing to Shelton?

Ringing his doorbell and running?

Just more than that.

Now, come on.

Mike's a good kid.

Don't make him out to be some kind of a
street punk.

That's why I came to see you. I know
Mike better than the rest of the boys.

he doesn't wear a leather jacket and
swing a chain.

But he and the other kids are spending
too much time teasing the old man.

Yeah? Well, how about the time that Mike
left his bike over Danny's?

next door to the Shelton's. And when he
came back, both tires were punctured.

Who do you suppose did that? It takes
two to tango.

Accident? No way.

At least here we have some privacy.

Maybe not.

Dad said he might come in and tell us a
bedtime story.

He's been telling me stories all day
long, Charlie. I don't think he has any

left. Marion, he likes to talk.

You don't find him a bit of a strain to
have around?

No.

Back door still doesn't have a lock.

I'll fix it.

You know, there are certain vegetables
he will not eat.

And he has that list taped to the
refrigerator.

Yeah, but at least he doesn't constantly
complain.

Complain? What has he got to complain
about?

He's driving me crazy, isn't he, the
other way around? Don't be ridiculous. I

stopped being a full -time mother after
Joanie moved out. Then don't mother him.

He can take care of himself. No, he
can't, Charlie.

I know you thought we were doing the
right thing, but maybe it's a mistake.

The mistake would be putting that man
out.

I don't want to put him out, Charlie.
That isn't what I'm saying.

Something has to be done. This isn't
healthy.

I know.

Ethel? Ethel, Norman just slipped into a
coma.

No, the doctors don't know.

Yeah. Uh -huh.

No, no, I'll be all right.

Thanks, Ethel.

We'll continue in a moment.

He was confused.

He didn't know what he was doing.

He should have been put away a long time
ago.

How can a senile old man like that be
allowed to have a gun?

He was alone and afraid.

The neighborhood to him had become
hostile.

He must have felt very vulnerable.

Mike had his whole life ahead of him.

What did Shelton have?

Okay. Thanks, Jerry.

Call this lady at the gas company first
thing in the morning.

DA's office said they're going to ask
for a second -degree murder charge and

assault with intent to kill.

Right now he's out on a $15 ,000 bond.

Poor Harvey.

It's kind of hard to feel sorry for the
guy.

Why is that?

He was incredibly arrogant.

Why was his property more important than
anything else? His house, his yard. He

drew a line and said, anything outside
my world is the enemy.

A lot of older people feel threatened.

Does feeling threatened justify killing
a kid?

I don't understand it.

Harvey and those boys acted like they
were at war with each other.

It is a war.

My great aunt lives in a condo in
Florida where they are so afraid of

that the doorman hands out a list of 15
rules of conduct to every kid who comes

in. If you violate one rule, you never
get to visit your grandmother again.

Some old people are so paranoid, they
bring this on themselves.

Remember that in 40 years.

Give me what you got.

What'd I see?

I think you've done it, Joe.

Hey, Victor, how you doing?

You did such a good job on the problems
of a small business in a recession.

Thought you might like to do a follow
-up.

Well, I wasn't planning on it, but what
do you have in mind?

A story on bankruptcy.

Or if I'm lucky, maybe I'll... People,
uh, sell out.

What?

Well, you know what happens when your
expenses eat up your profits.

Hey, I'm sorry.

You sure there's nothing more you can
do? Is there anything I can do?

No, we had too many commitments we
couldn't fill, and then people started

canceling their orders.

When you were, uh, doing that story, you
didn't happen to meet a good production

man, did you?

Wish I had.

It's not a gift. It's an award. You have
to accept it. You've earned it.

But you could put that money to better
use than I.

There is no better use.

Don't you believe the tree planting
project is important?

Of course I do, but under the
circumstances, I don't feel I can accept

money from you.

Why not?

How did you feel when you saw the check?

Didn't you feel happy you planted those
trees?

As you went through the rest of the day,
didn't you see things differently?

I suppose I did.

But a simple thank you from the
foundation would have given me as much

No. The money is important because
society values money.

Okay, so I put a value on doing good.

Put some money on that.

What about your own future?

The foundation is my future.

Now, I don't want to hear any more about
you returning the check because no one

has ever turned down my award.

If... I'm washed that that can accept my
award.

Certainly you can, Mrs. Pinchot.

Yes, I suppose I can.

All right. I will accept your check most
gratefully.

Oh, good.

Is there something else?

Just one little thing I'd like to ask of
you. Certainly.

I had a few unexpected expenses this
month, and if you can hold off cashing

check till next Tuesday, I sure would
appreciate it.

You can count on me.

I don't know why not. They're the same
ones they had four years ago.

Whatever happened to that guy that was
making the tortilla chips? He could do

some business in here.

It's on the verge of going under. It's
really, it's too bad.

Frosty businesses collapse every day.

What makes it so special?

He's got an operation with such
fantastic potential.

Maybe too much. They grew too fast,
couldn't keep up with their orders.

Sounds like a good position to be in.

Not really.

Customers want their stuff now, and he
can't get it to them until next week, so

they start canceling.

What he needs is a troubleshooter to get
them organized.

Somebody to get his plant cost
-efficient.

You know somebody like that?

Yeah, I do.

I bother him. You know, he has had
plenty of experience.

I know, he told me. No, no, I mean he
has had lots of experience. He has

prevented more than one company from
going, Chuck.

That's bankruptcy.

I know, I know.

Well, Victor needs a little advice, and
Rupert doesn't mind giving it.

Where are you staying, Harvey?

Oh, I got a place near the hospital.
It'll do for now.

Is there anything you need?

No, thanks, Lou.

My daughter's flying out from
Philadelphia.

She'll be here before the hearing.

I'll be okay.

Yeah.

You know, I spent half my life in this
house.

I never thought I'd have to leave.

I can never be sane.

neighbors drive by and yell curses and
call me names.

Even if I wanted to, I could never stay.

I'm so sorry.

I just wanted to retire and live my own
life.

I never thought I'd ever be a...

It was an accident.

He just wanted to scare them.

I should have tried to talk to them like
you said.

But it's too late for that now.

I pray, Lou.

I pray for that boy like I do for Norma.

Stay in touch.

Just across the street if you need me.

Now, I want everybody to try our new
chili cheese chip.

I do this more often, Charlie. It's
terrific for morale.

And waistlines. These are wonderful.

Believe it or not, they're very low
calorie.

Well, I should eat two pounds of them,
which I just did.

I want to acquaint you all with our new
line of Mama Cita's tortilla chips.

Now try the nacho flavor.

Okay.

I would rate the chili cheese a five and
the nachos a seven and a half.

No, those are an eight. No, no, that's
definitely a nine.

We don't care what any of you think.

Why not?

You're not the customer we're after.

Who is?

He's the epitome of the junk food eater.

He's the man we want to get.

Hannibal, get in here.

I got an assignment for you.

They send the old and the sick to the
left.

One of the finest dramas ever produced
for television.