1 00:00:01,110 --> 00:00:04,655 Theorizing that one could time-travel within his own lifetime, 2 00:00:04,738 --> 00:00:08,075 Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap Accelerator 3 00:00:08,158 --> 00:00:10,160 and vanished. 4 00:00:14,706 --> 00:00:17,626 He woke to find himself trapped in the past, 5 00:00:17,793 --> 00:00:20,796 facing mirror images that were not his own, 6 00:00:20,879 --> 00:00:23,132 and driven by an unknown force 7 00:00:23,215 --> 00:00:25,759 to change history for the better. 8 00:00:26,093 --> 00:00:28,470 His only guide on this journey is Al, 9 00:00:28,554 --> 00:00:30,681 an observer from his own time, 10 00:00:30,764 --> 00:00:32,933 who appears in the form of a hologram 11 00:00:33,016 --> 00:00:35,519 that only Sam can see and hear. 12 00:00:35,602 --> 00:00:39,815 And so Dr. Beckett finds himself leaping from life to life, 13 00:00:39,898 --> 00:00:42,860 striving to put right what once went wrong, 14 00:00:42,901 --> 00:00:45,904 and hoping each time that his next leap 15 00:00:46,321 --> 00:00:48,532 will be the leap home. 16 00:00:56,123 --> 00:00:58,834 Pearson, you forgot the talc. 17 00:00:59,334 --> 00:01:00,878 Uh, yes. 18 00:01:01,211 --> 00:01:03,088 Yes, well, talc. 19 00:01:03,714 --> 00:01:05,090 Uh... 20 00:01:08,844 --> 00:01:10,387 Use it. 21 00:01:13,807 --> 00:01:15,767 All right, that's enough. 22 00:01:17,478 --> 00:01:19,229 Really, Pearson. 23 00:01:28,030 --> 00:01:29,656 Oh, boy. 24 00:02:58,203 --> 00:03:02,082 Leaping around in time has made me realize that in some strange way, 25 00:03:02,165 --> 00:03:04,293 I'm the servant of a higher power. 26 00:03:04,459 --> 00:03:07,588 But now, I find myself a servant of a much different kind. 27 00:03:07,671 --> 00:03:10,424 And I want you to turn over my wardrobe. Weed out all the old suits. 28 00:03:10,549 --> 00:03:11,967 Anything in particular, sir? 29 00:03:12,050 --> 00:03:13,927 Use your judgment. That's what I pay you for. 30 00:03:14,052 --> 00:03:15,596 - Good morning, sir. - Calloway. 31 00:03:15,721 --> 00:03:17,556 It's a beautiful tree, sir. 32 00:03:17,639 --> 00:03:19,641 Get rid of it. I want a bigger one. 33 00:03:19,766 --> 00:03:22,311 My thoughts precisely, sir. 34 00:03:23,061 --> 00:03:25,314 You heard Mr. Blake. Get a bigger tree. 35 00:03:25,439 --> 00:03:26,857 Right. 36 00:03:45,083 --> 00:03:47,544 - Where is it? - Sir? 37 00:03:47,628 --> 00:03:50,255 My newspaper. Where the hell is my newspaper? 38 00:03:51,465 --> 00:03:54,217 Where the hell is Mr. Blake's paper? 39 00:03:55,802 --> 00:03:57,554 Well, let me see. 40 00:03:58,263 --> 00:03:59,681 Uh, where... 41 00:03:59,848 --> 00:04:03,143 Where... where would I have put that darn newspaper? 42 00:04:03,310 --> 00:04:04,770 Um... 43 00:04:04,978 --> 00:04:08,607 Why not try the foyer where it always is? 44 00:04:09,066 --> 00:04:11,485 The foyer. Yes, sir. 45 00:04:20,619 --> 00:04:22,162 The foyer. 46 00:04:27,626 --> 00:04:29,544 Guys, you gotta help... 47 00:04:35,550 --> 00:04:37,761 The New York Times. 48 00:04:45,519 --> 00:04:48,438 Monday, December 24, 1962. 49 00:04:48,522 --> 00:04:50,315 The day before Christmas... 50 00:04:50,440 --> 00:04:52,275 Yeah, and, uh, 51 00:04:52,442 --> 00:04:55,445 I sure would like to find one of those under my tree. 52 00:04:55,529 --> 00:04:57,656 I'm a 200-pound valet. 53 00:04:57,781 --> 00:04:59,324 Well, count your blessings. 54 00:04:59,449 --> 00:05:02,744 You could be wearing a red suit and ringing a bell in front of Macy's. 55 00:05:03,078 --> 00:05:06,998 And you could be a waiter at Trader Vic's. 56 00:05:07,666 --> 00:05:09,918 Hey, it's not Christmas where I am. 57 00:05:10,043 --> 00:05:11,420 I mean, when I am. 58 00:05:11,545 --> 00:05:13,296 It's the middle of July. 59 00:05:13,375 --> 00:05:14,513 Okay. 60 00:05:14,637 --> 00:05:15,882 Pearson. 61 00:05:16,883 --> 00:05:18,260 Who's this guy I'm working for? 62 00:05:18,343 --> 00:05:21,471 Michael Blake, one of the richest guys in the country. 63 00:05:21,555 --> 00:05:22,889 He started out... 64 00:05:22,973 --> 00:05:25,058 He started out buying small mom-and-pop companies, 65 00:05:25,183 --> 00:05:27,227 automating them, then selling for a profit. 66 00:05:27,352 --> 00:05:29,146 Now he does it with big corporations. 67 00:05:29,271 --> 00:05:31,356 He put more people out of work than the Great Depression. 68 00:05:31,481 --> 00:05:33,525 - And me? - Ooh, Reginald Pearson. 69 00:05:33,608 --> 00:05:36,027 You've been picking up after Blake for three years. 70 00:05:36,153 --> 00:05:37,404 Pearson! 71 00:05:37,529 --> 00:05:40,323 Uh, coming, sir. Why am I here? 72 00:05:40,490 --> 00:05:41,992 Well, uh... 73 00:05:42,075 --> 00:05:43,994 We're working on... Uh, oh. 74 00:05:44,119 --> 00:05:45,245 Al. Al. 75 00:05:45,370 --> 00:05:49,124 Uh, but Ziggy says this one could be a little tricky. 76 00:05:49,249 --> 00:05:51,793 - Why tricky? - Why tricky? Well, 77 00:05:52,919 --> 00:05:54,796 You may have to bathe him. 78 00:05:59,760 --> 00:06:01,428 Here's your paper, sir. 79 00:06:02,220 --> 00:06:03,555 It's about time. 80 00:06:03,638 --> 00:06:04,890 Sorry, sir. 81 00:06:05,265 --> 00:06:08,185 Well, look at that, Khrushchev at Disneyland. 82 00:06:08,393 --> 00:06:11,646 Why don't they just invite him to the Pentagon and let him go through the files? 83 00:06:11,980 --> 00:06:15,275 I, uh, don't care what those doves on Capitol Hill say, sir. 84 00:06:15,400 --> 00:06:16,902 War is inevitable. 85 00:06:16,985 --> 00:06:20,697 I only hope that we have the good sense to strike first. 86 00:06:20,822 --> 00:06:23,033 We will never go to war against Russia. 87 00:06:23,992 --> 00:06:26,369 In fact, um, the time is gonna come 88 00:06:26,495 --> 00:06:28,622 when we break down all the barriers 89 00:06:28,830 --> 00:06:31,625 and, uh, well, we work with them as allies. 90 00:06:33,043 --> 00:06:36,838 It could happen, don't you t-think? Ahem. 91 00:06:38,423 --> 00:06:40,008 Doorbell. 92 00:06:40,425 --> 00:06:41,551 Intercom. 93 00:06:41,635 --> 00:06:44,679 Intercom. I'm on it, sir. Yes, sir. 94 00:06:52,229 --> 00:06:53,563 Hello? 95 00:06:53,772 --> 00:06:56,066 This is Burt down in the lobby. 96 00:06:58,318 --> 00:07:00,796 - Hello? - Hel-Hello? 97 00:07:00,821 --> 00:07:02,614 - Calloway, have you noticed... - Hello? 98 00:07:02,948 --> 00:07:05,450 ...anything strange about Pearson lately? 99 00:07:05,512 --> 00:07:06,670 Definitely, sir. 100 00:07:06,695 --> 00:07:08,068 - Hello? - He worries me. 101 00:07:08,119 --> 00:07:10,121 Perhaps we should consider termination. 102 00:07:10,247 --> 00:07:11,248 Hello? 103 00:07:11,373 --> 00:07:12,874 Oh, you think we should fire him? 104 00:07:13,500 --> 00:07:15,479 Uh, it was just an option, sir. 105 00:07:15,582 --> 00:07:18,839 There's a Capt. Downey waiting down here in the lobby to see Mr. Blake. 106 00:07:19,297 --> 00:07:20,966 Okay. Thanks. 107 00:07:22,259 --> 00:07:24,719 Sir, that was Burt. 108 00:07:24,886 --> 00:07:26,304 Uh, the doorman. 109 00:07:26,388 --> 00:07:31,309 And he said that there's a Capt. Downey waiting for you in the lobby, sir. 110 00:07:31,476 --> 00:07:32,853 - Capt. Downey? - Mmm-hmm. 111 00:07:32,936 --> 00:07:37,399 It's those Salvation Army people I was telling you about, sir. 112 00:07:37,899 --> 00:07:39,985 Well, get rid of them. 113 00:07:40,235 --> 00:07:41,778 I'm sorry, sir? 114 00:07:42,487 --> 00:07:44,531 Get rid of them, Pearson. 115 00:07:46,116 --> 00:07:47,450 H-h-how? 116 00:07:47,534 --> 00:07:49,703 I really don't care how. 117 00:07:50,287 --> 00:07:52,247 Tell them I'm not at home. 118 00:07:52,414 --> 00:07:54,207 Tell them I'm out of the country. 119 00:07:54,332 --> 00:07:56,418 Better yet, just tell them to go invade a country. 120 00:07:56,543 --> 00:07:59,087 I don't care, just get rid of them. 121 00:08:00,255 --> 00:08:02,299 Sir, don't you think that it would be... 122 00:08:03,174 --> 00:08:04,551 Yes, sir. 123 00:08:06,887 --> 00:08:08,430 Pearson. 124 00:08:09,222 --> 00:08:10,807 Yes, sir. 125 00:08:15,645 --> 00:08:17,939 Uh... uh, excuse me. Uh... 126 00:08:18,023 --> 00:08:20,275 - Capt. Downey? - I'm here to see Mr. Blake. 127 00:08:20,400 --> 00:08:23,737 Uh, well, I'm sorry, but Mr. Blake is unavailable right now. 128 00:08:23,862 --> 00:08:26,531 I bet he'd change his mind if he saw her. 129 00:08:26,656 --> 00:08:28,408 Mr. Blake is never available. 130 00:08:28,533 --> 00:08:30,577 He hasn't been available for the last 18 months. 131 00:08:30,702 --> 00:08:32,078 He returns all my mail. 132 00:08:32,162 --> 00:08:34,247 And I am not going to let him tear down the Fourth Street Mission. 133 00:08:34,331 --> 00:08:35,540 Now or ever! 134 00:08:35,624 --> 00:08:37,459 And I'm here to tell him that to his face! 135 00:08:37,542 --> 00:08:40,003 Well, I'm sure that Mr. Blake has no intention 136 00:08:40,086 --> 00:08:42,213 of demolishing the Mission. 137 00:08:42,339 --> 00:08:43,798 Oh, yes, I do. 138 00:08:43,882 --> 00:08:47,010 Oh, uh, Mr. Blake, this is Capt. Downey from the Salvation Army. 139 00:08:47,135 --> 00:08:48,929 Yes, I can hear that, Pearson. 140 00:08:49,054 --> 00:08:50,722 Quiet! 141 00:08:51,723 --> 00:08:54,100 Now, listen, Col. Downey. 142 00:08:54,225 --> 00:08:56,102 Pearson, like most of the people in the world, 143 00:08:56,227 --> 00:08:58,438 has no idea what he's talking about. 144 00:08:58,563 --> 00:09:00,857 First of all, I am Capt. Downey. 145 00:09:00,941 --> 00:09:03,526 You're Downey? 146 00:09:04,611 --> 00:09:08,198 And second, Pearson is right when he says that you shouldn't tear down the Mission. 147 00:09:08,323 --> 00:09:12,452 Well, uh, yes, sir. I'm sure that they perform a... a valuable service. 148 00:09:12,535 --> 00:09:13,856 The Fourth Street Mission 149 00:09:13,995 --> 00:09:15,997 has been serving the Lower Manhattan area for over 47 years. 150 00:09:16,081 --> 00:09:18,750 We help one 165 people every week with... with food 151 00:09:18,875 --> 00:09:21,711 and... and temporary shelter, counseling, and spiritual guidance. 152 00:09:21,836 --> 00:09:23,755 All of which you can read about in my report. 153 00:09:23,880 --> 00:09:26,257 Your report, Captain, is irrelevant. 154 00:09:26,391 --> 00:09:29,467 My attorneys have been in touch with your organization for more than a year, 155 00:09:29,537 --> 00:09:32,097 giving you ample time to move. 156 00:09:32,222 --> 00:09:33,890 There's nowhere to go. 157 00:09:33,974 --> 00:09:35,225 That's not my fault. 158 00:09:35,350 --> 00:09:37,727 Sir, maybe she could move into one of your properties and all... 159 00:09:37,811 --> 00:09:39,437 Shut up, Pearson. 160 00:09:39,505 --> 00:09:41,773 - Shut up, Calloway. - Yes, sir. 161 00:09:41,898 --> 00:09:44,109 Why can't you give us more time? 162 00:09:44,234 --> 00:09:46,444 If your building isn't down by December 31, 163 00:09:46,569 --> 00:09:48,321 I lose my permits to build. 164 00:09:48,446 --> 00:09:50,031 I'm not gonna let that happen. 165 00:09:50,156 --> 00:09:52,951 I have big plans for that property. 166 00:09:53,076 --> 00:09:54,202 Blake Plaza. 167 00:09:54,285 --> 00:09:55,662 Yes. And once it's completed, 168 00:09:55,787 --> 00:09:57,831 I'll have the most contemporary theaters, shops, 169 00:09:57,956 --> 00:10:00,458 offices, and apartments in all of New York. 170 00:10:00,542 --> 00:10:03,003 But not for the people at the Mission, sir. 171 00:10:03,128 --> 00:10:05,797 It's not my job to save the world. 172 00:10:05,922 --> 00:10:08,591 God forbid! That'd mean you cared about people. 173 00:10:08,717 --> 00:10:12,220 Sir, maybe you could find a way to accommodate both your needs. 174 00:10:12,345 --> 00:10:14,139 Pearson, you're way out of line here. 175 00:10:14,264 --> 00:10:15,557 Y-yes, sir. 176 00:10:15,682 --> 00:10:17,767 I think you should worry about your job, 177 00:10:17,892 --> 00:10:20,103 and let me worry about mine. 178 00:10:20,437 --> 00:10:22,981 Which is being a grouch. 179 00:10:25,567 --> 00:10:28,111 What did you say? 180 00:10:29,863 --> 00:10:30,989 Well? 181 00:10:31,114 --> 00:10:33,825 Uh, ahem, who... who are you talking to, sir? 182 00:10:34,200 --> 00:10:37,454 I'm talking to this jerk right here. 183 00:10:38,246 --> 00:10:40,623 Well, where did he go? 184 00:10:41,082 --> 00:10:43,501 - Who? - Never mind. 185 00:10:43,585 --> 00:10:44,836 - Pearson, - Uh-huh, huh. 186 00:10:44,961 --> 00:10:46,921 I want these people out of here. 187 00:10:47,005 --> 00:10:49,174 Call the police if you have to. 188 00:10:49,549 --> 00:10:54,304 Well, if you'll excuse me, Capt. Downey. 189 00:10:59,976 --> 00:11:02,103 He saw you. How could he have seen you? 190 00:11:02,228 --> 00:11:03,438 Did he call me a jerk? 191 00:11:03,521 --> 00:11:05,106 He didn't listen, though. 192 00:11:05,398 --> 00:11:07,317 Oh, I... I hope I didn't get you in any trouble. 193 00:11:07,400 --> 00:11:10,737 Um, uh, no, no. I'm... I'm... I'm just sorry I couldn't help you. 194 00:11:10,862 --> 00:11:14,824 Well, we'll survive. It's all in God's hands now. 195 00:11:15,325 --> 00:11:17,410 But that doesn't mean I'm not going to help. 196 00:11:17,660 --> 00:11:20,121 Lieutenant, as loudly as you can. 197 00:11:20,246 --> 00:11:22,665 And two, three, four... 198 00:11:33,301 --> 00:11:34,803 How could Blake see you? 199 00:11:34,928 --> 00:11:37,430 Well, Ziggy says it was just a weird fluke. 200 00:11:37,555 --> 00:11:38,681 What kind of a fluke? 201 00:11:38,807 --> 00:11:40,809 Well, apparently his neurons and mesons 202 00:11:40,934 --> 00:11:42,727 are on a frequency close to yours. 203 00:11:42,811 --> 00:11:45,063 So I'm gonna get Ziggy to shift my image a little bit 204 00:11:45,188 --> 00:11:47,899 and then only you'll be able to receive me. 205 00:11:47,982 --> 00:11:51,486 It's kind of like tuning a radio. There. 206 00:11:51,861 --> 00:11:54,531 Now, uh, that should clear things up. 207 00:11:56,491 --> 00:11:57,784 Except for why I'm here. 208 00:11:57,909 --> 00:11:59,494 Well, that should be obvious. 209 00:11:59,619 --> 00:12:01,538 Well, to save the Mission, I guess, but I don't know... 210 00:12:01,663 --> 00:12:02,914 No, no, it's to save Blake. 211 00:12:03,039 --> 00:12:04,332 - Blake? - Yeah. 212 00:12:04,457 --> 00:12:06,709 What does a man like Blake need to have saved? 213 00:12:06,876 --> 00:12:08,086 His soul. 214 00:12:08,211 --> 00:12:11,005 Look, I'm tired of the whole deal. I'm tired of sitting here waiting around. 215 00:12:11,131 --> 00:12:13,925 If these people can't do it, tell them to get lost. 216 00:12:14,050 --> 00:12:15,952 - Yes... yes, sir. - Get rid of 'em. That's all. 217 00:12:16,062 --> 00:12:17,397 Yes, sir. 218 00:12:20,265 --> 00:12:21,683 Al, 219 00:12:22,642 --> 00:12:24,769 how am I supposed to save Blake's soul? 220 00:12:24,853 --> 00:12:27,730 I mean, if he even has one. You saw how he treated those people. 221 00:12:27,856 --> 00:12:30,191 Out. Polyester. Keep this one. 222 00:12:30,275 --> 00:12:32,443 We don't know very much about the guy. 223 00:12:32,569 --> 00:12:36,531 Every time we try and get some background information, Ziggy comes up empty. 224 00:12:36,614 --> 00:12:37,782 Well, you know what they say: 225 00:12:37,907 --> 00:12:39,826 If you want to find out somethin' about somebody, 226 00:12:41,411 --> 00:12:43,204 you just check their closet. 227 00:12:43,246 --> 00:12:45,373 Yeah. Oh, yeah, sure. 228 00:12:45,498 --> 00:12:47,083 Go in the closet, reach in there, 229 00:12:47,167 --> 00:12:49,252 you're gonna pull out a big box of information. 230 00:12:52,630 --> 00:12:54,132 What have you got, Havanas? 231 00:12:54,257 --> 00:12:57,552 No, not Havanas. Pictures. Old pictures. 232 00:12:57,844 --> 00:12:59,304 Look at that. 233 00:12:59,846 --> 00:13:02,765 Michael Blakowski's eighth birthday, 1928. 234 00:13:02,891 --> 00:13:04,726 Al, he changed his name. 235 00:13:04,851 --> 00:13:07,353 Well, no wonder we couldn't find any information on him. 236 00:13:07,896 --> 00:13:09,647 Carol of the Bells. 237 00:13:11,524 --> 00:13:14,485 Looks like he started out in a slightly different neighborhood. 238 00:13:14,510 --> 00:13:15,587 Yeah. 239 00:13:15,612 --> 00:13:18,281 All right, have Ziggy see if he can figure out 240 00:13:18,406 --> 00:13:19,866 where all these pictures were taken. 241 00:13:19,991 --> 00:13:22,911 And then get all the information you can on a Michael Blakowski. 242 00:13:22,994 --> 00:13:24,662 I mean, can you believe it's Christmas time? 243 00:13:24,691 --> 00:13:26,347 And I don't think he's got a second thought 244 00:13:26,372 --> 00:13:27,926 about throwing those people out on the streets. 245 00:13:27,957 --> 00:13:29,417 Well, he's a real Scrooge. 246 00:13:29,500 --> 00:13:31,461 Yeah. Yeah, well, you can say that again. 247 00:13:31,586 --> 00:13:32,670 Scrooge. 248 00:13:32,754 --> 00:13:33,963 Al. 249 00:13:34,130 --> 00:13:35,965 Al, you're a genius. 250 00:13:36,758 --> 00:13:38,176 - I am. - Yes, you are. 251 00:13:38,259 --> 00:13:39,761 - I am? - Absolutely. 252 00:13:39,969 --> 00:13:42,639 Michael is Scrooge, right? 253 00:13:42,722 --> 00:13:46,851 He's alone, he's miserable, it's like, uh, Charles, um... 254 00:13:46,976 --> 00:13:48,311 - Dickens. - Dickens. 255 00:13:48,436 --> 00:13:51,022 It's like he created his character based on this guy. 256 00:13:51,147 --> 00:13:52,190 So? 257 00:13:52,315 --> 00:13:54,150 So we Scrooge him. 258 00:13:54,484 --> 00:13:56,569 Oh. How do we do that? 259 00:13:56,653 --> 00:13:58,780 We take him back to his beginnings. 260 00:13:58,889 --> 00:14:02,726 We try and remind him that there's more important things in life. 261 00:14:05,203 --> 00:14:06,996 - Where you going? - To get some help. 262 00:14:07,080 --> 00:14:08,998 Help? What do you think I'm doing here? 263 00:14:09,123 --> 00:14:11,000 Look, that's not what I'm talking about. 264 00:14:12,293 --> 00:14:14,212 Uh, Bibi. 265 00:14:14,420 --> 00:14:16,130 Mmm-hmm. 266 00:14:23,221 --> 00:14:24,681 Never mind. 267 00:14:34,148 --> 00:14:35,566 Capt. Downey. 268 00:14:35,650 --> 00:14:37,110 Mr. Pearson. 269 00:14:42,031 --> 00:14:43,574 You're doing a wonderful job here. 270 00:14:43,700 --> 00:14:44,951 Oh, thank you. 271 00:14:45,076 --> 00:14:47,412 Listen, I... I wanted to apologize 272 00:14:47,787 --> 00:14:50,206 about what happened at the apartment. 273 00:14:54,419 --> 00:14:55,712 Listen, 274 00:14:56,254 --> 00:15:00,091 I think I may be able to stop Blake from tearing down the Mission. 275 00:15:01,509 --> 00:15:03,845 But I'm gonna need your help. 276 00:15:05,972 --> 00:15:07,181 When do we start? 277 00:15:07,265 --> 00:15:09,017 When Pearson shows up, have him call me at the club. 278 00:15:09,142 --> 00:15:11,519 I can't believe he left and didn't say anything, sir. 279 00:15:11,644 --> 00:15:14,397 Nothing Pearson does surprises me anymore. 280 00:15:14,522 --> 00:15:17,233 Um, good luck on the Henderson deal, sir. 281 00:15:17,317 --> 00:15:19,444 Luck had nothing to do with it. 282 00:15:19,569 --> 00:15:21,195 I had the guts and the fortitude 283 00:15:21,321 --> 00:15:22,613 to automate Henderson's Bakery. 284 00:15:22,697 --> 00:15:25,658 That's why United Federal wants to buy it. Not luck. 285 00:15:25,742 --> 00:15:27,327 Quite right, sir. 286 00:15:28,286 --> 00:15:29,620 Quite right. 287 00:15:33,333 --> 00:15:37,086 George, what the hell are these suits doing back here? 288 00:15:37,837 --> 00:15:39,630 Pearson, what the hell are you doing here? 289 00:15:39,714 --> 00:15:41,090 Where's George? 290 00:15:41,215 --> 00:15:44,594 Uh, well, sir, he had a little emergency come up at home 291 00:15:44,719 --> 00:15:47,347 and... and I was carrying out your suits 292 00:15:47,472 --> 00:15:50,516 and he asked me if I could just cover for him. 293 00:15:51,225 --> 00:15:53,311 Where the hell did these pictures come from? 294 00:15:53,436 --> 00:15:54,937 Pictures, sir? 295 00:15:56,189 --> 00:15:57,190 Yeah, those pictures... 296 00:15:57,315 --> 00:15:59,108 You know, I was cleaning out your closet, 297 00:15:59,192 --> 00:16:00,860 and I... and I came across those 298 00:16:00,943 --> 00:16:03,196 and I guess they just fell in with the suits 299 00:16:03,404 --> 00:16:04,739 when I was picking everything up. 300 00:16:04,822 --> 00:16:07,575 I couldn't help but notice the woman. 301 00:16:08,618 --> 00:16:09,994 Is she a relative? 302 00:16:10,119 --> 00:16:11,829 She was my mother. 303 00:16:13,289 --> 00:16:16,209 She passed away shortly after this picture was taken. 304 00:16:16,959 --> 00:16:18,795 I'm sorry. I didn't know. 305 00:16:21,255 --> 00:16:23,466 She was a very beautiful woman. 306 00:16:24,675 --> 00:16:26,511 Your father was a lucky guy. 307 00:16:26,594 --> 00:16:29,555 My father was a bum. He left us when I was three. 308 00:16:29,680 --> 00:16:32,100 My mother had to scrub floors just so we could eat. 309 00:16:32,225 --> 00:16:34,602 Do you know that poor woman died on her hands and knees, 310 00:16:34,727 --> 00:16:36,979 cleaning someone else's bathroom. 311 00:16:38,606 --> 00:16:40,274 Well, I... 312 00:17:00,837 --> 00:17:02,964 - Go ahead. - Okay. 313 00:17:07,927 --> 00:17:09,554 Why have we stopped? 314 00:17:09,679 --> 00:17:10,972 I think we've got a flat tire. 315 00:17:11,097 --> 00:17:13,975 Oh, don't be ridiculous, Pearson. We would have felt it. 316 00:17:14,892 --> 00:17:17,186 I don't know, sir. I think we do. 317 00:17:21,232 --> 00:17:23,234 Oh, yeah, look at that. 318 00:17:23,359 --> 00:17:24,902 - Oh, this is great. - Shoot. 319 00:17:25,027 --> 00:17:26,863 I'll never make that meeting now. 320 00:17:27,655 --> 00:17:29,115 I'll get the keys out of here. 321 00:17:29,198 --> 00:17:31,200 Pearson, this is skid row, for crying out loud. 322 00:17:31,325 --> 00:17:33,411 We've got no business driving down here. No wonder we have a flat. 323 00:17:33,494 --> 00:17:34,912 Sorry, sir. 324 00:17:35,037 --> 00:17:37,623 Get in the trunk and get this thing changed as fast as you can, 325 00:17:37,748 --> 00:17:39,834 because I don't want to spend any more... 326 00:17:55,933 --> 00:17:58,603 Mickey! Mickey Blakowski, come up for supper. 327 00:17:58,686 --> 00:18:00,938 Aw, mom, we're in the middle of a game. 328 00:18:01,063 --> 00:18:02,482 Mickey. 329 00:18:02,607 --> 00:18:03,774 You were out! 330 00:18:03,858 --> 00:18:05,485 - I was safe! - Out! 331 00:18:05,568 --> 00:18:07,278 You're crazy, I was safe by a mile! 332 00:18:07,403 --> 00:18:10,156 Mickey Blakowski, you're such a liar! 333 00:18:18,414 --> 00:18:19,790 Capt. Downey. 334 00:18:19,916 --> 00:18:21,042 Mr. Blake. 335 00:18:21,167 --> 00:18:22,376 Are you okay? 336 00:18:22,502 --> 00:18:24,337 You look like you've just seen a ghost. 337 00:18:25,129 --> 00:18:26,464 Um... 338 00:18:26,714 --> 00:18:30,009 No, I... I just... Do... do you know those boys? 339 00:18:30,301 --> 00:18:31,761 What boys? 340 00:18:32,136 --> 00:18:33,804 The ones that were... 341 00:18:34,680 --> 00:18:36,474 Oh, never mind. 342 00:18:36,599 --> 00:18:38,392 What brings you to this part of town? 343 00:18:38,476 --> 00:18:40,978 Well, we, uh... We had a flat tire. 344 00:18:41,103 --> 00:18:42,605 - Oh, how unfortunate. - Yeah. 345 00:18:42,730 --> 00:18:45,233 There's a pay phone around the corner. It's inside. 346 00:18:45,316 --> 00:18:46,776 That's Steggler's Coffee Shop. 347 00:18:46,859 --> 00:18:49,070 Yes. How did you know that? 348 00:18:49,195 --> 00:18:51,072 I grew up on this street. 349 00:18:51,157 --> 00:18:52,867 See that building right over there? 350 00:18:52,892 --> 00:18:53,816 Uh-huh. 351 00:18:53,841 --> 00:18:55,743 Charlie O'Reilly used to live there. 352 00:18:55,868 --> 00:19:00,323 Charlie and I used to do everything together when we were kids. 353 00:19:00,397 --> 00:19:02,833 It's hard to imagine you as a kid, uh, sir. 354 00:19:03,626 --> 00:19:05,628 We used to play stickball for hours. 355 00:19:05,753 --> 00:19:07,880 Every day, just like these kids. 356 00:19:08,714 --> 00:19:10,132 Does he still live there? 357 00:19:10,258 --> 00:19:11,551 I don't know. 358 00:19:12,218 --> 00:19:13,719 We lost touch. 359 00:19:14,720 --> 00:19:16,389 Chestnuts. 360 00:19:16,514 --> 00:19:18,224 Oh my god, I haven't had any of those in years. 361 00:19:18,307 --> 00:19:19,934 - Are you hungry? - A little. 362 00:19:20,059 --> 00:19:21,352 Come on. 363 00:19:23,938 --> 00:19:25,064 Merry Christmas. 364 00:19:25,147 --> 00:19:26,357 Two bags, please. 365 00:19:26,482 --> 00:19:27,817 Right away. 366 00:19:28,609 --> 00:19:30,987 I'll get them for you, here. That's nice and hot. 367 00:19:31,112 --> 00:19:33,489 Thank you. Make that three, please. 368 00:19:33,614 --> 00:19:34,782 Three, number three. 369 00:19:34,865 --> 00:19:36,158 Thank you, sir. 370 00:19:36,242 --> 00:19:39,120 Okey-dokey. That'll be 75 cents, please. 371 00:19:39,245 --> 00:19:41,581 Max? Max Wachinski? 372 00:19:42,331 --> 00:19:43,749 Do I know you? 373 00:19:43,833 --> 00:19:46,127 It's Mickey. Mickey Blakowski. 374 00:19:46,335 --> 00:19:48,337 Mickey? Mickey! 375 00:19:48,462 --> 00:19:51,007 Jeez, I'll be damned! It is you! 376 00:19:51,799 --> 00:19:54,635 Mickey! Oh! 377 00:19:54,760 --> 00:19:57,847 What's a big shot like you doing back here in the jungle, huh? 378 00:19:57,972 --> 00:19:59,307 Well, we just had a flat... 379 00:19:59,432 --> 00:20:01,350 Well, we were just in the neighborhood, Max. 380 00:20:01,475 --> 00:20:02,727 Yeah, yeah. 381 00:20:02,810 --> 00:20:04,061 This is Miss Downey. 382 00:20:04,186 --> 00:20:05,646 - Oh, how do you do? - How are you? 383 00:20:05,771 --> 00:20:07,231 This is my... This is Pearson. 384 00:20:07,315 --> 00:20:08,774 Mr. Pearson, very nice to meet you. 385 00:20:08,899 --> 00:20:10,026 Max Wachinski. 386 00:20:10,109 --> 00:20:11,611 You guys are old buddies, huh? 387 00:20:11,736 --> 00:20:13,112 Are you kidding? We... we were... 388 00:20:13,195 --> 00:20:15,114 We were like... Since we were kids. 389 00:20:15,823 --> 00:20:17,867 Hey, Max, you remember old Charlie O'Reilly? 390 00:20:17,992 --> 00:20:20,412 How could I forget him? You were like Siamese twins, huh? 391 00:20:20,437 --> 00:20:21,454 That's right. 392 00:20:21,579 --> 00:20:23,497 Ooh, remember the time we dropped them water bags 393 00:20:23,623 --> 00:20:25,583 out the window on old lady Malone? 394 00:20:27,418 --> 00:20:30,379 She chased us, and we were laughing so hard, we fell down. 395 00:20:30,504 --> 00:20:33,007 Then Charlie snuck back to her house and he locked her out. 396 00:20:33,132 --> 00:20:34,467 He did. That's right. 397 00:20:34,592 --> 00:20:36,052 He locked her out of her own house. 398 00:20:36,135 --> 00:20:38,012 Do you ever hear from him? 399 00:20:39,805 --> 00:20:41,515 You mean, you don't know? 400 00:20:46,062 --> 00:20:48,147 What, Max? Know... know what? 401 00:20:48,397 --> 00:20:50,358 Charlie was killed. 402 00:20:50,650 --> 00:20:53,361 Yeah, about four years ago. 403 00:20:53,486 --> 00:20:54,654 How? 404 00:20:54,779 --> 00:20:56,447 He got drunk. 405 00:20:56,781 --> 00:20:59,825 The damn fool jumped out in front of a bus. 406 00:21:00,076 --> 00:21:01,994 Yeah, he... he, you know, 407 00:21:02,119 --> 00:21:03,788 he'd been in a pretty bad shape 408 00:21:03,871 --> 00:21:05,621 since he lost his job at Henderson's. 409 00:21:05,676 --> 00:21:06,824 The bakery? 410 00:21:06,874 --> 00:21:09,251 Yeah, he got laid off when they automated. 411 00:21:09,377 --> 00:21:11,879 Couldn't find another job, went on the skids. 412 00:21:12,004 --> 00:21:13,673 What a shame. 413 00:21:14,632 --> 00:21:16,717 He had five kids. 414 00:21:18,511 --> 00:21:19,887 Here, Max. 415 00:21:20,054 --> 00:21:22,098 Get... get out of here. Come on. Get out of here. 416 00:21:22,223 --> 00:21:23,683 Put it away. It's on the house. 417 00:21:23,808 --> 00:21:25,518 Just keep it, will you, Max? 418 00:21:27,603 --> 00:21:29,063 What? 419 00:21:31,148 --> 00:21:32,900 I do something wrong? 420 00:21:33,859 --> 00:21:35,569 No, I did. 421 00:22:02,805 --> 00:22:04,306 Boy, you were right, sir. 422 00:22:04,473 --> 00:22:07,518 You know, the bigger tree is much better. 423 00:22:07,935 --> 00:22:09,729 Turn them off. 424 00:22:12,898 --> 00:22:15,526 Sir, i-i-it's Christmas Eve. 425 00:22:16,694 --> 00:22:20,322 I don't care if there's three wise men at the front door. 426 00:22:20,573 --> 00:22:22,450 Turn them off. 427 00:22:24,785 --> 00:22:26,370 Yes, sir. 428 00:22:36,464 --> 00:22:38,549 Is there anything I can... 429 00:22:49,143 --> 00:22:51,812 And turn that music off. 430 00:22:53,355 --> 00:22:54,607 Yes, sir. 431 00:22:54,732 --> 00:22:56,358 A little Christmas cheer? 432 00:22:58,319 --> 00:23:00,613 There's not much to cheer about, Al. 433 00:23:02,323 --> 00:23:05,075 He's just sitting there, staring out the window. 434 00:23:06,494 --> 00:23:09,330 I never should have taken him back to his old neighborhood. 435 00:23:10,206 --> 00:23:12,166 I don't understand you. 436 00:23:12,458 --> 00:23:14,585 It's obvious that it's working. 437 00:23:15,586 --> 00:23:17,046 It is? 438 00:23:17,171 --> 00:23:18,297 Sure. 439 00:23:18,422 --> 00:23:21,300 That little walk down memory lane jogged something in him. 440 00:23:21,425 --> 00:23:23,344 He's sitting there thinking about it. 441 00:23:23,552 --> 00:23:25,638 You gotta keep pushing now. 442 00:23:25,971 --> 00:23:27,306 How? 443 00:23:27,807 --> 00:23:29,975 Well, you took him to the past. 444 00:23:30,100 --> 00:23:32,269 Now you gotta show him his present. 445 00:23:32,561 --> 00:23:35,105 Ziggy says there's a 94.3 percent chance 446 00:23:35,231 --> 00:23:38,150 that this is the right thing to do, so... 447 00:23:40,194 --> 00:23:41,862 Are you okay? 448 00:23:44,198 --> 00:23:45,533 Yeah. 449 00:23:45,825 --> 00:23:48,953 Yeah, I was just thinking about my Christmas in '62. 450 00:23:49,411 --> 00:23:52,414 I was nine. Dad gave me a sled, 451 00:23:52,748 --> 00:23:54,750 and Tom and I spent the whole day 452 00:23:54,875 --> 00:23:57,294 playing in the snow. It was great. 453 00:23:58,838 --> 00:24:01,340 Okay, you hang in there, all right? 454 00:24:01,465 --> 00:24:04,218 And, uh, keep working on him. 455 00:24:13,227 --> 00:24:14,979 Here you are, sir. 456 00:24:17,648 --> 00:24:20,025 Who were you talking to back there? 457 00:24:21,569 --> 00:24:22,820 Nobody. 458 00:24:22,903 --> 00:24:24,321 Nobody. 459 00:24:28,450 --> 00:24:30,411 What are you looking at? 460 00:24:31,704 --> 00:24:33,706 Well, you, sir. 461 00:24:34,957 --> 00:24:37,751 I was thinking how sorry I feel for you. 462 00:24:38,544 --> 00:24:40,963 You feel sorry for me? 463 00:24:41,338 --> 00:24:42,464 Yes, sir. 464 00:24:42,590 --> 00:24:44,884 What's wrong with you, Pearson? 465 00:24:45,759 --> 00:24:47,803 Take a look around. 466 00:24:48,762 --> 00:24:51,265 I own more modern art than the Guggenheim. 467 00:24:51,348 --> 00:24:55,519 Rothkos, Rauschenbergs, Lichtensteins. 468 00:24:55,936 --> 00:24:57,646 This place... 469 00:24:57,730 --> 00:24:59,481 I pay more for one month's rent 470 00:24:59,607 --> 00:25:01,317 than you earn in a year. 471 00:25:01,442 --> 00:25:04,403 Yes, sir, you have everything that money can buy. 472 00:25:04,528 --> 00:25:06,071 You're damn right. 473 00:25:06,739 --> 00:25:10,868 Not bad for an orphan from the wrong side of town, huh? 474 00:25:14,371 --> 00:25:16,248 You know what I am? 475 00:25:17,166 --> 00:25:19,960 I'm the living embodiment of the American dream. 476 00:25:20,085 --> 00:25:21,253 And you're miserable. 477 00:25:21,337 --> 00:25:23,172 You still don't have what you really want. 478 00:25:23,380 --> 00:25:25,507 Oh, I have everything I want. 479 00:25:25,633 --> 00:25:26,842 Oh, really? 480 00:25:26,926 --> 00:25:30,054 I'll bet you a month's rent that you don't. 481 00:25:30,638 --> 00:25:32,473 How are you gonna prove it? 482 00:25:32,932 --> 00:25:34,558 I'll get the car. 483 00:25:45,027 --> 00:25:46,445 Touch it. 484 00:25:46,612 --> 00:25:47,655 What? 485 00:25:47,780 --> 00:25:49,698 Put your hand against the wall. 486 00:25:51,241 --> 00:25:52,618 Come on. 487 00:25:57,039 --> 00:25:58,207 What do you feel? 488 00:25:58,332 --> 00:25:59,416 Nothing. 489 00:25:59,500 --> 00:26:00,918 It's just brick and steel. 490 00:26:01,043 --> 00:26:02,211 Exactly. 491 00:26:02,294 --> 00:26:05,047 No heat, no warmth, no love. 492 00:26:06,548 --> 00:26:09,259 I've had people that loved me, if that's what you mean. 493 00:26:09,385 --> 00:26:10,719 And you know what happens? 494 00:26:10,844 --> 00:26:13,097 They die, or they walk out on me. 495 00:26:13,389 --> 00:26:15,099 But this never will. 496 00:26:16,308 --> 00:26:18,769 This is immortality. 497 00:26:20,104 --> 00:26:22,815 I hope the world remembers you kindly. 498 00:26:23,857 --> 00:26:26,318 Just who do you think you're talking to, Pearson? 499 00:26:26,402 --> 00:26:28,320 You're my employee, not my conscience. 500 00:26:28,445 --> 00:26:30,280 You just take care of yourself, 501 00:26:30,364 --> 00:26:32,032 'cause I'm doing just fine. 502 00:26:32,157 --> 00:26:33,784 So pay up. 503 00:26:51,468 --> 00:26:54,054 Do... do you, uh, hear that, sir? 504 00:26:55,597 --> 00:26:57,349 Carol of the Bells. 505 00:26:58,517 --> 00:27:01,478 I haven't heard that in a long time. 506 00:27:01,603 --> 00:27:03,022 Yeah. 507 00:27:03,814 --> 00:27:05,524 Yeah, me neither. 508 00:27:06,483 --> 00:27:09,236 Huh. Carol of the Bells. 509 00:27:38,182 --> 00:27:39,725 It's beautiful, isn't it, sir? 510 00:27:39,808 --> 00:27:41,351 Yes, she is. 511 00:27:41,643 --> 00:27:44,146 I mean... Well, you know what I mean. 512 00:27:44,271 --> 00:27:45,773 Yes, sir. 513 00:27:47,941 --> 00:27:49,610 Here she comes, Pearson. Maybe we should... 514 00:27:49,735 --> 00:27:51,987 Mr. Blake, Mr. Pearson. 515 00:27:52,071 --> 00:27:53,697 What a surprise. 516 00:27:53,781 --> 00:27:55,783 What brings you two down here? 517 00:27:55,866 --> 00:27:58,285 Well, we were... 518 00:27:59,119 --> 00:28:01,872 We were, uh, checking on the construction site. 519 00:28:01,955 --> 00:28:03,207 Oh. 520 00:28:03,415 --> 00:28:05,626 I thought for a minute that you may have changed your mind, 521 00:28:05,709 --> 00:28:07,169 and come to give us some good news. 522 00:28:07,252 --> 00:28:08,837 This building has to come down. 523 00:28:08,921 --> 00:28:10,881 I have everything riding on this project. 524 00:28:11,006 --> 00:28:12,508 Then we wish you well. 525 00:28:12,591 --> 00:28:13,842 You do? 526 00:28:13,926 --> 00:28:16,345 It's Christmas, sir. It's a time for forgiving. 527 00:28:16,428 --> 00:28:17,805 Yes, I know what it is, Pearson. 528 00:28:17,888 --> 00:28:19,014 Excuse me. 529 00:28:19,139 --> 00:28:21,266 What song do you want to sing next? 530 00:28:21,475 --> 00:28:24,311 - How about Joy to the World? - Joy to the World. 531 00:28:24,404 --> 00:28:25,912 Won't you stay and join us? 532 00:28:25,951 --> 00:28:27,099 No. Yes! 533 00:28:27,147 --> 00:28:28,899 We can always use a couple of more voices. 534 00:28:28,982 --> 00:28:32,528 A-and you used to sing in a choir, didn't you, sir? 535 00:29:43,891 --> 00:29:46,560 That was wonderful. 536 00:29:48,520 --> 00:29:51,732 Now, tonight, we have a very special treat. 537 00:29:51,815 --> 00:29:53,692 Piernik and makowiec! 538 00:29:57,529 --> 00:29:58,906 What's that? 539 00:29:59,448 --> 00:30:02,659 It's Polish. Honey nut cake and, uh, 540 00:30:02,993 --> 00:30:06,079 poppy seed jelly roll cake. It's a tradition. 541 00:30:07,915 --> 00:30:09,583 More piernik, Mr. Blake? 542 00:30:09,666 --> 00:30:10,751 Uh... 543 00:30:10,876 --> 00:30:13,170 Oh, no, I... I really couldn't. 544 00:30:13,406 --> 00:30:14,736 Oh, you don't like it? 545 00:30:14,836 --> 00:30:17,507 No. I mean, yes, I do. It's delicious. 546 00:30:17,633 --> 00:30:21,553 Uh, you know, my mother used to make this for me every Christmas. 547 00:30:21,678 --> 00:30:24,514 Well, I... I can't think of a nicer compliment. 548 00:30:24,640 --> 00:30:26,308 You made this? 549 00:30:26,558 --> 00:30:29,019 She sings and she cooks. It's amazing. 550 00:30:29,144 --> 00:30:30,896 No, no, i-it's just... 551 00:30:31,021 --> 00:30:34,524 i-it's just that there's so much I don't know about you 552 00:30:35,734 --> 00:30:38,362 and I would like to change that. 553 00:30:41,907 --> 00:30:43,700 Now, would you just look at this? 554 00:30:43,825 --> 00:30:46,203 This is better than anything we could have dreamed of. 555 00:30:46,286 --> 00:30:48,789 You've saved the man and the Mission. 556 00:30:48,997 --> 00:30:50,707 Looks like it, doesn't it? 557 00:30:50,958 --> 00:30:53,210 What do you mean, looks like it? You did it, Sam. 558 00:30:53,335 --> 00:30:57,047 All we have to do now is sit back and let nature take its course. 559 00:30:58,206 --> 00:31:00,702 Hey, hey, hey. Look at this. 560 00:31:02,094 --> 00:31:03,470 What have you got there? 561 00:31:03,595 --> 00:31:05,180 This is for you. 562 00:31:05,722 --> 00:31:07,224 For me? 563 00:31:07,641 --> 00:31:09,643 His name is Sheldon. 564 00:31:11,812 --> 00:31:13,188 Come here. 565 00:31:15,065 --> 00:31:18,193 I'd put my money on a horse named Sheldon any day. 566 00:31:18,527 --> 00:31:24,574 Ziggy says there's a 97 percent chance that you've turned Blake... 567 00:31:25,892 --> 00:31:28,795 - Uh... oh. 95 percent. - Uh... oh? What? 568 00:31:28,912 --> 00:31:30,330 93 percent. 569 00:31:30,455 --> 00:31:32,874 The odds are going down. I don't know why. 570 00:31:37,296 --> 00:31:38,964 I think I do. 571 00:31:41,508 --> 00:31:44,928 I made him 'cause Santa Claus can't come visit us this year. 572 00:31:45,220 --> 00:31:47,055 We don't have a home to live in. 573 00:31:47,139 --> 00:31:48,974 Do you have a home? 574 00:31:55,689 --> 00:31:57,858 I underestimated you, Captain. 575 00:31:57,983 --> 00:31:59,776 Pretty clever, using the kids. 576 00:31:59,901 --> 00:32:02,154 - Excuse me? - Don't play dumb. 577 00:32:02,237 --> 00:32:05,532 You were trying to make a mark out of me, and I was actually falling for it. 578 00:32:05,615 --> 00:32:07,826 But it isn't going to work. 579 00:32:08,618 --> 00:32:11,747 You hear that, Pearson? It's not going to work. 580 00:32:12,122 --> 00:32:14,708 This building comes down in one week! 581 00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:17,252 It's going to take a lot more than piernik and makowiec 582 00:32:17,336 --> 00:32:20,088 and some three legged horse to stop it. 583 00:32:20,797 --> 00:32:22,424 Pearson! 584 00:32:41,943 --> 00:32:44,112 I won't be needing you anymore tonight. 585 00:32:44,196 --> 00:32:45,655 Sir, if you'd just give me a... 586 00:32:45,781 --> 00:32:47,199 Good night, Pearson. 587 00:32:47,282 --> 00:32:48,867 Mr. Blake. 588 00:32:50,035 --> 00:32:52,245 I was not trying to trick you. 589 00:32:52,704 --> 00:32:54,831 What were you trying to do? 590 00:32:54,915 --> 00:32:58,668 Well, sir, I was trying to... 591 00:32:58,752 --> 00:33:01,588 Change me into somebody that I'm not. 592 00:33:02,464 --> 00:33:04,257 Now I'm going to bed. 593 00:33:04,758 --> 00:33:08,470 And you better hope that I still don't want to fire you when I get up in the morning. 594 00:33:08,970 --> 00:33:12,391 And get rid of that damn tree. 595 00:33:16,770 --> 00:33:18,355 Yes, sir. 596 00:33:23,151 --> 00:33:25,278 What's with Ebenezer there? 597 00:33:27,280 --> 00:33:29,991 He's ready to tear down the Mission with his bare hands. 598 00:33:30,117 --> 00:33:32,035 Al, I think I'm making things worse. 599 00:33:32,119 --> 00:33:35,247 Well, you gotta save the man's soul, or else you can't leap out of here. 600 00:33:35,330 --> 00:33:37,499 And think about the people down at the Mission. 601 00:33:37,624 --> 00:33:39,918 He's never gonna believe me again. 602 00:33:40,043 --> 00:33:42,337 I'll be lucky if I have a job in the morning. 603 00:33:42,462 --> 00:33:46,133 I mean, it would take a miracle to convince him that he's wrong. 604 00:33:48,343 --> 00:33:49,928 You know something? 605 00:33:50,095 --> 00:33:52,639 I don't like that look on your face. 606 00:33:53,682 --> 00:33:55,183 Uh-uh. 607 00:33:56,309 --> 00:33:58,186 We're Scrooging Blake, right? 608 00:33:58,270 --> 00:33:59,604 - Right. - Right. 609 00:33:59,629 --> 00:34:00,643 Right. 610 00:34:00,689 --> 00:34:03,108 And I think we should just keep at it... 611 00:34:03,233 --> 00:34:04,359 Keep at it? 612 00:34:04,484 --> 00:34:06,027 ...and give him 613 00:34:06,194 --> 00:34:08,697 the Ghost of Christmas Future. 614 00:34:35,515 --> 00:34:37,601 Hey, Blake, wake up! 615 00:34:44,483 --> 00:34:48,111 Wait a minute. I know who you are, you're that jerk from the lobby. 616 00:34:48,236 --> 00:34:50,906 I recognize the bad clothes and the pale complexion. 617 00:34:51,437 --> 00:34:52,855 Jerk? 618 00:34:53,533 --> 00:34:57,370 I am the Ghost of Christmas Future. 619 00:34:58,788 --> 00:34:59,915 Yeah, right. 620 00:34:59,998 --> 00:35:02,334 The Ghost of Christmas Future wore a black robe. 621 00:35:02,417 --> 00:35:04,961 Jacob Marley wore the chains. 622 00:35:05,045 --> 00:35:08,089 I am the Ghost of Christmas Future! 623 00:35:09,925 --> 00:35:12,219 Pearson put you up to this, didn't he? It's good make up. 624 00:35:12,344 --> 00:35:14,054 Are you hard of hearing? 625 00:35:14,137 --> 00:35:16,848 I'm here to show you your future! 626 00:35:18,600 --> 00:35:21,853 Well, maybe I should just show you your future. 627 00:35:24,856 --> 00:35:27,108 You're... you're pretty quick. I didn't even see you move. 628 00:35:27,234 --> 00:35:29,861 That's because I didn't move! 629 00:35:36,368 --> 00:35:37,994 I must be dreaming. 630 00:35:38,119 --> 00:35:40,789 More like a nightmare. 631 00:35:45,877 --> 00:35:48,088 Oh, oh, oh, my God. 632 00:35:48,213 --> 00:35:49,881 Stay away from me! 633 00:35:50,215 --> 00:35:51,758 Pearson! 634 00:35:51,883 --> 00:35:54,386 Help, Pearson! 635 00:35:54,465 --> 00:35:57,055 Mr. Blake? What's wrong, Mr. Blake? 636 00:35:58,265 --> 00:35:59,975 That's what's wrong. 637 00:36:00,475 --> 00:36:02,269 Get it out of here. 638 00:36:02,769 --> 00:36:04,938 Go on, get it out of here now! 639 00:36:05,063 --> 00:36:06,439 What, sir? 640 00:36:06,523 --> 00:36:08,149 You don't see it? 641 00:36:08,316 --> 00:36:12,112 It's standing right there, smoking a cigar, staring at me! 642 00:36:12,195 --> 00:36:15,031 It's horrible. It needs a tan. 643 00:36:15,156 --> 00:36:17,951 Enough of the insults, already! 644 00:36:21,538 --> 00:36:24,040 I'm sorry, sir, but the only thing I see here is you. 645 00:36:24,124 --> 00:36:27,210 You know, maybe... maybe I should call your doctor. 646 00:36:27,335 --> 00:36:28,878 You do that. 647 00:36:29,004 --> 00:36:33,258 He's going to send you to the loony bin! 648 00:36:35,885 --> 00:36:38,513 No. No, no, no, no, doctor. No doctor, Pearson. 649 00:36:38,638 --> 00:36:40,724 Pearson, just get it out of here. 650 00:36:41,349 --> 00:36:43,435 I'll double your salary, I'll t-triple your salary, 651 00:36:43,518 --> 00:36:45,687 I'll... I'll forget about the month's rent that you owe me. 652 00:36:45,729 --> 00:36:48,273 Sir, sir, I can't get it out of here if I can't see or hear it. 653 00:36:48,356 --> 00:36:49,774 Hey, Mike! 654 00:36:50,567 --> 00:36:52,360 Put your coat on. 655 00:36:52,736 --> 00:36:56,406 You're going for a walk on the wild side. 656 00:36:57,741 --> 00:37:00,827 Pear-Pearson, get my coat. 657 00:37:01,995 --> 00:37:03,705 Yes, sir. Let go of me. 658 00:37:04,164 --> 00:37:05,665 I'll get it. 659 00:37:23,350 --> 00:37:26,061 Sir, are you sure he said that he wanted you to meet him here? 660 00:37:26,144 --> 00:37:28,938 Yes, yes. He distinctly said the site of the Blake Plaza. 661 00:37:29,022 --> 00:37:32,776 Well, uh, sir, do you see him anywhere? 662 00:37:35,195 --> 00:37:38,239 Maybe I was dreaming. 'Cause I have been working pretty hard lately. 663 00:37:38,865 --> 00:37:41,159 Well, sir, it's possible. They say that dreams can be... 664 00:37:41,284 --> 00:37:43,453 Leaving so soon? 665 00:37:43,578 --> 00:37:46,456 Pearson, Pearson, he's back. Stay with me. 666 00:37:46,581 --> 00:37:47,999 I'm right here, sir. 667 00:37:48,833 --> 00:37:52,504 Maybe we should find out why he brought you down here. Ask him. 668 00:37:52,629 --> 00:37:54,756 That's a good idea. Why did you bring me... 669 00:37:54,881 --> 00:37:57,050 I heard him. Jeez. 670 00:37:57,175 --> 00:38:01,179 I'm here to show you your future! 671 00:38:03,765 --> 00:38:05,934 My... my future? What about my future? 672 00:38:06,059 --> 00:38:08,978 Watch and you'll see! 673 00:38:15,443 --> 00:38:17,779 Oh, it's beautiful. 674 00:38:19,364 --> 00:38:21,157 It's magnificent. 675 00:38:21,282 --> 00:38:22,659 What is, sir? 676 00:38:22,742 --> 00:38:24,661 Oh, Pearson, I wish you could see it. 677 00:38:24,786 --> 00:38:27,497 It's the Blake Plaza, right there in front of me. 678 00:38:27,580 --> 00:38:32,544 On some sort of television screen as... as though I could reach out and touch it. 679 00:38:35,588 --> 00:38:36,840 Show me more, Ghost. 680 00:38:36,923 --> 00:38:38,258 Show me what else happens to me. 681 00:38:38,383 --> 00:38:41,636 Okay. You asked for it. 682 00:38:43,221 --> 00:38:44,556 Good evening, New York. 683 00:38:44,681 --> 00:38:48,435 Here now, the news for December 24, 1975. 684 00:38:48,560 --> 00:38:50,186 With interest rates rising, 685 00:38:50,311 --> 00:38:53,732 many commercial real estate investors find themselves without tenants 686 00:38:53,815 --> 00:38:56,401 and unable to meet mortgage commitments. 687 00:38:56,484 --> 00:38:58,778 One of New York's most powerful land barons, 688 00:38:58,862 --> 00:39:00,238 developer Michael Blake, 689 00:39:00,321 --> 00:39:02,741 announced today he had filed for bankruptcy. 690 00:39:02,824 --> 00:39:04,909 No! Now that's impossible! 691 00:39:04,993 --> 00:39:06,828 It gets better. 692 00:39:07,662 --> 00:39:10,874 Blake appeared despondent as he left the courthouse today. 693 00:39:10,957 --> 00:39:12,333 I have no comment. 694 00:39:12,417 --> 00:39:14,919 Mr. Blake, is this the end of the Blake empire? 695 00:39:15,003 --> 00:39:17,046 I've made some mistakes, but I'll be back. 696 00:39:17,130 --> 00:39:20,967 Analysts say that Blake, once considered a brilliant corporate raider, 697 00:39:21,050 --> 00:39:23,636 was undone by his unbridled greed 698 00:39:23,762 --> 00:39:26,264 and uncontrollable lust for power. 699 00:39:26,639 --> 00:39:29,684 And in sports, the New York Knicks have done it again. 700 00:39:29,768 --> 00:39:32,687 - What have they done to me? - You did it yourself. 701 00:39:33,062 --> 00:39:34,773 You wanted it all, 702 00:39:34,981 --> 00:39:37,317 so you borrowed, and leveraged, 703 00:39:37,442 --> 00:39:40,403 until in the end, you had nothing! 704 00:39:40,904 --> 00:39:43,281 Nada, zero, 705 00:39:43,615 --> 00:39:45,909 zilch, zip! 706 00:39:49,162 --> 00:39:50,830 But what about the Blake Plaza? 707 00:39:50,914 --> 00:39:53,875 - Do I still have the Blake Plaza? - Sir, maybe we should be going... 708 00:39:53,958 --> 00:39:56,127 No! Stay away from me. I need to know all this. 709 00:39:56,252 --> 00:39:57,670 What happens? Do I still have it? 710 00:39:57,796 --> 00:39:58,838 Is it still there? 711 00:39:58,963 --> 00:40:01,424 Oh, yes, it's still there. 712 00:40:05,970 --> 00:40:08,807 They took my plaza. 713 00:40:09,057 --> 00:40:10,683 No, they didn't take it. 714 00:40:10,809 --> 00:40:13,186 You lost it! 715 00:40:15,647 --> 00:40:19,609 You lost everything! 716 00:40:22,612 --> 00:40:24,030 Now, 717 00:40:24,948 --> 00:40:26,866 do you want to see the rest? 718 00:40:28,910 --> 00:40:31,579 No, I don't want to see any more. 719 00:40:31,746 --> 00:40:34,165 Pearson, make him stop. I've seen enough. 720 00:40:34,290 --> 00:40:35,708 Just make him go away. 721 00:40:35,834 --> 00:40:37,669 Oh, come on, Mickey. 722 00:40:38,211 --> 00:40:41,756 You don't want to walk out before the end of the movie, do you? 723 00:40:43,633 --> 00:40:46,553 It's such a peaceful ending. 724 00:40:46,678 --> 00:40:48,429 Come on over here. 725 00:40:48,513 --> 00:40:51,266 There's nothing going to hurt you here. 726 00:40:54,352 --> 00:40:56,437 - Pearson... - Sir, maybe we should... 727 00:40:56,563 --> 00:40:58,273 No, please. 728 00:41:10,577 --> 00:41:12,078 How did I die? 729 00:41:12,203 --> 00:41:14,247 You didn't just die. 730 00:41:14,706 --> 00:41:16,416 You killed yourself. 731 00:41:16,833 --> 00:41:19,502 You took a header off the top of the Blake Plaza. 732 00:41:19,627 --> 00:41:21,087 In the rush hour. 733 00:41:21,212 --> 00:41:22,255 Why? 734 00:41:22,380 --> 00:41:24,173 Why? Why not? 735 00:41:24,299 --> 00:41:27,802 You had nothing to live for, no friends, no family, 736 00:41:27,927 --> 00:41:29,846 no love. 737 00:41:35,435 --> 00:41:37,687 I don't want to die alone. 738 00:41:38,146 --> 00:41:39,731 I'm sorry. 739 00:41:41,566 --> 00:41:44,444 I didn't mean for it to end like this. 740 00:41:53,661 --> 00:41:55,121 Mr. Blake. 741 00:41:56,664 --> 00:41:57,957 Mr. Blake. 742 00:41:58,333 --> 00:42:00,001 You all right? 743 00:42:09,969 --> 00:42:11,846 Pearson, he's gone. 744 00:42:13,181 --> 00:42:15,767 The ghost is gone. I think it's over. 745 00:42:16,184 --> 00:42:18,603 Yes, sir, yes, sir, it's all over. 746 00:42:21,397 --> 00:42:23,775 I'm a horrible man. 747 00:42:24,150 --> 00:42:25,652 Yes, sir. 748 00:42:26,778 --> 00:42:28,446 Hurting people. 749 00:42:30,406 --> 00:42:33,159 Not caring about anyone but myself. 750 00:42:34,911 --> 00:42:37,121 I don't want it to end like that. 751 00:42:39,666 --> 00:42:43,169 Hated, forgotten, and alone. 752 00:42:46,547 --> 00:42:49,425 You still have time to change things, sir. 753 00:42:50,969 --> 00:42:52,971 Do you really think so? 754 00:42:53,596 --> 00:42:55,473 Yes, sir, I do. 755 00:43:04,273 --> 00:43:06,234 Pearson, do you see that? 756 00:43:10,363 --> 00:43:11,948 Yes, sir. 757 00:43:15,633 --> 00:43:17,635 It's a sign, isn't it? 758 00:43:23,501 --> 00:43:25,670 I think so, sir, yes. 759 00:43:47,442 --> 00:43:49,068 Go on, sir. 760 00:44:10,131 --> 00:44:11,883 Mr. Blake, 761 00:44:12,341 --> 00:44:14,302 what a nice surprise. 762 00:44:17,180 --> 00:44:19,891 Do you have room for one more lost soul? 763 00:44:20,892 --> 00:44:22,935 Of course. 764 00:44:24,854 --> 00:44:26,647 What happens to him, Al? 765 00:44:27,106 --> 00:44:30,068 Well, in six months, he marries Downey, 766 00:44:30,151 --> 00:44:32,028 and they have three kids. 767 00:44:32,153 --> 00:44:33,237 That's great. 768 00:44:33,362 --> 00:44:34,363 Yeah, it's great. 769 00:44:34,447 --> 00:44:37,116 So I guess he never builds the Plaza, huh? 770 00:44:37,742 --> 00:44:39,619 No, he does build it, 771 00:44:39,827 --> 00:44:42,997 and he puts the Mission on the first floor. 772 00:44:45,500 --> 00:44:46,751 Huh. 773 00:44:48,961 --> 00:44:52,590 I wonder if he would've knocked on that door if you hadn't put the star up there. 774 00:44:54,258 --> 00:44:57,595 I... I didn't put... I didn't put the star up there. 775 00:45:09,273 --> 00:45:11,067 Merry Christmas, Al. 776 00:45:13,111 --> 00:45:15,154 Merry Christmas, Sam. 777 00:45:43,141 --> 00:45:45,518 Phillip. Oh, Phillip. 778 00:45:49,522 --> 00:45:51,607 Why the hell are you here? 779 00:45:53,818 --> 00:45:55,736 Oh, boy. 780 00:47:11,437 --> 00:47:13,898 Merry Christmas, everyone.