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[Train Whistle Blows]

I don't know a recent Saturday I've sold more

Why are you so glum?

Were you bothered by those waitresses

making a fuss?

No, but what are you supposed to do

when people keep commenting on your looks?

I don't even know what they mean...

"Beat them off with a stick"

Well, if that's your only problem

It's not

I got my report card

Three C's, two D's

and an incomplete

I see you studying so hard, Tom

What do you think the problem is?

I just have to try harder

And I will

I will

I will I will

I will, I will, I will!

I will I will!

Thanks, Dad This talk helped

Can you, um

sign it, please?

Do you think a tutor would help?

That'd be great It'd better help

What can you do with yourself

if all you can do is look good?

I'm frequently asked

what special difficulties are involved

in being graduated from high school

two months shy of my 15th birthday

I sometimes think the difficulties themselves

enabled me to do it

If I'd been appreciated, or even tolerated

I wouldn't have been in such a hurry to graduate

I hope the next student who excels

isn't made to feel so much an outcast

But I'm looking forward to college

and this is the happiest day I've had

in a long, long time

So, I thank you

and I forgive you

- Come on! - Slug him!

Yeah!

Go ahead This will heal!

What I'm going to say can never be erased!

It'll scar you forever!

Ready? Here it is

You'll never make

more than $19,000 a year!

Cream him!

Take him

OK!

What about this?

You'll never leave South Boston

I'll see the whole damn world!

You'll never know the pleasure

of writing a graceful sentence

or having an original thought!

Think about it!

$19,000 Not bad!

[Bell Rings]

Dear Felicio:

It's truly amazing to me

that we live a world apart

and yet have the same favorite music

I love the picture you sent me

and have it up on

and have it...

and have it up on my bulletin board

Honey

Aah!

Good God, Jane!

Daddy!

Don't ever do that to me!

It's time for you to go to sleep

I just have two more pen pals

Finish quickly

I don't want you getting obsessive

about these things

Good night

All right

Obsessive

Obsessive

Dad, you want me to choose my words

so carefully,

then you throw a word

like "obsessive" at me

Now, unless I'm wrong

obsession is practically a psychiatric term

concerning people who don't have anything else

but the object of their own obsession

who can't stop and do anything else

Well, I'm stopping to say this

so be more precise

instead of calling a person

something like "obsessive"!

Good night

Hey, it's me

You have to meet me in 30 minutes

Nudge your mate

I don't think there's time to eat

but there's probably a cafeteria at the bus depot

I love working with you two

It saves me a call

Yeah

[Ringing Tone]

Hey

Arnold Schwarzenegger is on all three networks

I think he's live on two of them

The Wake-Up News used the wrong missile graphic

And they want us to take even cheaper rooms

[Imitating Schwarzenegger] Arnold said he's making

$3 million a movie, but he's not ever gonna change

He's still the same person

when he was making $2 million a movie

He also bought a condo with Maria

They're gonna furnish tastefully

Ha ha ha!

Half-hour in the lobby

I'll see you in the lobbies

[Sobbing]

There he is

Hi I'd like to talk to you

for a second

Just a few questions

No

I came from Washington

Move away from me

"There might be a band at the bus depot

for JD Singer's return from war

He was decorated for heroism..."

Watch this

How does it feel being home?

Get the fuck lost

Fuck Fuck

Fucking!

Fucking!

You want to use that?

Depends on how big a news day it is

I can't believe you said that!

I'm very proud of that

He really opened up to you

If this were a war the United States sanctioned

World War II or Vietnam...

You really ought to work

on your speech

It makes me nervous to think about it

Let's do this

I'm not expecting any big homecoming

We are being increasingly influenced

by the star system

The network anchormen are so powerful

they comprise our last best hope

Our profession is in danger

Ahem

[Woman] So, where do you want to go eat?

The current group is clearly qualified

tied still to our best traditions

but who follows these men?

Excuse me

We are being pressured

to take a loyalty oath

Wow

I've known so many women like that

They don't like their looks, so they're angry

Excuse me

All of you know what I'm talking about

We're all trying to act tougher than we are

but we care, so

we're all secretly terrified by what's happening

aren't we?

Ah-choo!

Catch you later

I was going to talk about other trends, but

magazine shows, news as profit

the historic influence of Entertainment Tonight

the danger, the hope

the dream, the question

Oh! I was going to show you a tape

a story carried by all networks on the same night

the same night

that not one network noted a major policy change

in SALT II nuclear disarmament talks

Here's what they ran instead

[Voice Cracks] Please show the tape

[Speaking Foreign Language]

I know it's good film

I know it's fun

I like fun

It's just not news

Well, you're lucky you love it

You'll get a lot more just like it

Good

Thank you

I don't think there'll be any Q and A

I think it's over

I'm going to get a bite to eat

Hi

Hello

I just wanted to tell you

how great you were

My name's Tom Grunick

Thank you

Yeah

They hated me

I don't hate them

Well, they say if you can reach

even one person, it means something

And you did that

Would you like to have dinner with me?

Sure

Another thing I can't stand...

Is this dull?

No! No, no No No

Another thing I can't stand

is when White House reporters bullshit with each other

after a briefing, and one of them has a theory

and the other quotes it in his story as

"White House sources say"

That actually goes on?

Yes!

I am not tired

You want to talk in my room?

Sure

Aw, come on

Even I'm not that hard on myself

No, really

I got this job on a fluke

and wait till you hear

how it ends up

I was doing sports at this station

The newspaper ran this untrue story

that I was leaving

and they got these tons of protest mail

Ha ha ha!

So...

So they made me anchor

So, great Right?

Except I'm no good

at what I'm being a success at

How are you at back rubs?

It's normal, the way you feel

In graduate school, everyone thought

the admissions committee made a mistake

in letting them in

You think I lack confidence

That's not it

I know I can talk well enough

and I can make contact with people

but I don't like the feeling

that I'm pretending to be a reporter

And half the time

I don't get the news I'm talking about

It's not that I'm down on myself

Trust me

I stink!

I trust you

I didn't even have a chance

to become really good at sports

I wasn't bad

What about the obvious remedy...

reversing things, maybe working at a newspaper

I don't write Ha ha!

But that didn't stop me

from sending my audition tapes

to the bigger stations

and the networks

Well, come on

It is your life

Nobody is tying you to the fast track

Did you go to college?

So you're not well-educated

you have almost no experience

and you can't write

Yeah, and I'm

and I'm making a fortune

It's hard for me to advise you

since you personify something

that I truly think is dangerous

Uh-huh

I agree that you're not qualified

so get qualified

Insist on being better prepared

Don't just leave it with, " Uh

I don't write, I'm not schooled

I don't understand the news

but at least I'm upset about it"

Whoa

What do you want from me

permission to be a fake?

Stop whining

Do something about it!

Um

you don't have to start right now

I hated the way you talked to me just now

and it wasn't just because you were right

Oh, God Ha ha ha!

Oh, God

Oh, God

Oh!

No, no, no

It wasn't just the speech

The same thing happened

with this guy

I have passed some line someplace

I am beginning to repel people

I'm trying to seduce

He must've been great-looking

Why?

Nobody invites a bad-looking idiot

to their bedroom

OK, let's do me

I feel like I'm slipping

but do people who are slipping feel that way

or do the good people who are moving up

invariably think they're slipping

because their standards are so high?

This conversation is not worthy of you

I wish that were true

Good night

Wouldn't it be great

if insecurity and desperation

made us more attractive?

If needy were a turn-on?

Call if you get weird

Hmm?

Take care, doll

I will

[Ring]

I was just thinking

it was our shortest phone conversation ever

[Tom] I never told you

the reason I was telling you everything

Those audition tapes I sent...

I've been hired by your network

for the Washington bureau

so I'll probably see you at work

What?

Sorry

They didn't hire Peter Stiller from The Times

and he had a great audition tape

They can't take on people like this

for network news

What is going on?

Newsroom Wait a minute

Yes, jerry, hold on

Play it back

OK, what about this?

Here's a tough ethical one

Would you tell a source you love them

just to get information?

- Yes - Yes

- Me, too - Sure

Jennifer didn't know there was an alternative

Ha ha ha!

Here's a good one

They let us have cameras at an execution in Florida

Do you broadcast tape of the guy

when they turn on the voltage?

- Sure - You bet - Why not? - Absolutely

Nothing like wrestling with a moral dilemma

Speak to you later

Bobby, go to 9:45:46

the soundbite that starts

"Why were you in Angola?"

We could go all...

Please, Bobby! We're pushing

[Tape Rewinding]

Why were you in Angola?

Politics? Money? What brings you to these places?

That's where the job's at

That's what I get paid for

They said I should observe

We're working here!

You can stand... Play the last line

Thanks

Bobby, let me hear it

Jane! We need it in 14 minutes

[Telephone Rings]

Just a second Let me hear it

What did you expect when you came back?

It's a long time since I've seen my folks

but I'm not expecting any big homecoming

Stop there

I want to shoot The Homecoming

from a Norman Rockwell book I have in the office

You don't have time!

I'll be right down

I have to tell Ernie

because there isn't enough time!

Yes, there is!

I don't think she's going to make it

Ha ha ha!

[Monitor] It was a surprise

You want copy?

Yes, doll, 15 seconds

Just a 2-second dissolve to the Rockwell

Should l...

Just a 2-second dissolve!

We have three minutes!

Why do you do this to me?

Is it because I won an award?

Homecoming... Norman Rockwell's enduring portrait

The return of a fighting man has always been

a moving ceremony of war

We have 11/2 minutes

I have to tell New York we're not ready

We'll be ready

In 84 seconds?

15 seconds Lay it in, Bobby

The screen will be black

because we're not there!

What about careers, huh?

We won't make it!

Whoops

Whoops?

Bobby, Bobby, Bobby, Bobby, Bobby

Oh, God!

Bobby, Bobby, Bobby, Bobby

Blair!

You got it!

We'll make it, Blair!

Oh! Oh!

Go!

Uh! Uh!

Hey, watch it there!

Whoa!

Open the damn door!

Thank you!

Hey!

Ow!

Fighting inside the perimeter

Tell New York we won't be ready

There she is

OK Stand by

Here!

3, 2, 1

Take it!

Was there

In other times

there might be a band

at the bus depot

Guys

Homecoming...

Norman Rockwell's enduring portrait

The return of a fighting man has always been

a moving ceremony of war

Tearful women, proud men

excited children

But JD Singer was right

His homecoming was no big deal

Aaron Altman, Lincoln, Nebraska

An American comes home

That's your news I'm Bill Rorish

Good evening

Look at that smile

That was good work

His, uh

Bill smiled He liked it

Bill loved it That's a big smile

Bill hasn't smiled like that in weeks!

Good piece

Thanks, Ernie I got to see it again

He did smile

Ha ha ha!

Don't tell anyone I did this

I'm sorry if I got in the way

It was totally impressive!

It was just a great piece!

You weren't Thanks

How does it feel?

I can't believe I'm here

Where did Martin go?

Downstairs

I can't believe I'm here

No, I'm wrong He went to research

I can't believe I'm here!

If you're through work now...

No Aaron and I go to Central America

on Wednesday, so I am cramming

I thought you were incredible in there

Everybody was

I have a lot to learn

I would really a lot appreciate it...

"Really a lot appreciate it"?

You make me nervous

Anyway

if I can pick your brain, if

I can't help you Sorry

I'm not here to teach remedial reporting

It has nothing to do with the fact

that I left your room instead of staying?

Oh!

Ha!

Please!

You're going to have to understand something

This isn't personal

OK

Good night

Good night

[Speaking Spanish]

[Speaking Spanish]

[Speaking Spanish]

OK, OK Esta bien

[Speaking Spanish]

Si

Gracias

Oye

Para un americano no habla mal espanol

Really? I'm sure you speak English

very well, too

He says they've engaged

the Sandinistas regularly

He expects shooting tonight

If anything happens to me

tell every woman I've ever dated

I was talking about her at the end

They'll have to re-evaluate me

Put on the boot

No! Manny, no!

No Stop, stop, stop

We're not here to stage the news

Wait and see what they do

Sir, you can do whatever you want

It's your choice

OK

[Whispering In Spanish]

[Whispering] He just said he's scared

[Gunfire]

OK, let's get this

It's too dark

No, it's not Just go!

Aaron, go

[Gunfire]

The first shots were fired

not 10 seconds ago

from over there, towards the east

The Contras feel

they must be outnumbered

That's a given

They've managed to hold their ground

despite the fact

that their weapons have been acting up

No new shipment of arms is expected

until tomorrow

All they got today were shoes

Great line at the end

Did you get a shot of the boots?

Of course

I can't believe I just risked my life

for a network that tests my face

with focus groups!

I don't feel good

Ha ha ha!

[Sobbing]

The proposal stipulates electing a president

from among several candidates

Graphic on in two seconds

Hi

How's it going?

CC, we need control of 5

chosen by the military command

A firefight along the Nicaraguan border

when we return

Audio is up full

The first shots were fired not 10 seconds ago

from over there, towards the east

Freeze Freeze it back over

Congratulations, you two

Finally got a piece in early, huh?

Bill saw it earlier He loved it

No kidding?

No one's checked the spelling on these chyrons

There's a guy downstairs

Clerk vouched for him

He has something to say

about gays getting promotions at State

Could I buy you dinner sometime?

I just got back

I don't know which end is up

OK

Jane!

Bill Rorish is asking for you

I've never heard of him

handing out compliments during a show

Jane, if it gets any better than that

I'll have to bring you up here

to New York

Thanks I wish you'd kept the first 20 seconds

But thank you

Well, the visual with the shoes at the end

was just perfect

He loved the boots!

Aaron should hear this so I have another witness

You always want to give the credit away, don't you?

No He happens to deserve the credit

He's right here

I'll speak to you soon

He had to read over some new copy

What?

Can I watch you

tape that interview downstairs?

Yes

Thanks

The Contras have only a few months

[Whispering] Laugh so they don't think I'm dying inside

but have so much style

that I just said something funny

Ha ha ha!

What did he say?

Ha ha ha!

Oh, I'll never tell

the Contras, who are creeping back into action

I once made some stupid remark

about his hairline

He'll never forget it!

OK I'll meet the crew there

Could you give me that address

one more time?

Right

Yeah, it's good

to finally be getting to work

17204 Colorado

Right Like the state

Yeah

Got it

1-7-2-0-4?

Yeah Bye

1-7-2

1-7-2-0-4

Jane, I've got a story

Jane?

[Honk]

Hi How are you?

Wait

I need you

I got a story

Some public official skipped a week

on his Christmas club?

The House Armed Services Committee

has a secret report

which says that the Allen Fighting Vehicle

the army poured a fortune into

plain won't work

They have $5 million in this thing already

Billion

Right, billion OK Of course

They said I could have any producer I want

and I want you

[Tom] One committee source called it

a $5 billion metal sculpture

too ugly to look at and too big to bury

Over time, however, costs have doubled

Did you write this?

I write for you sometimes

Not because you have to

firepower to defend itself against enemy tanks

The suspension system had to be redesigned

because of the vehicle's extra weight

The Allen can carry only six infantrymen

Oh, come on

the vehicle to sink in shallow water

General Elton McGuire is in charge

of the weapons system

General, I don't want to bother you anymore

Tom rates two cameras, huh?

Tomorrow you'll see a mob of me here

If you have anything to say, sir

say it now, the way you want

It's great you left in what you said

Yes, please, let's never forget

we're the real story

not them

Yeah, I know

I couldn't decide about it

He's not afraid of being human

Shh!

Before the House Armed Services Committee

Tom Grunick, the Pentagon

As if the Pentagon

didn't have enough problems

Thanks, Jane

Sure

Tom? My youngest wanted to meet you

This is Elli

Hi, Elli

You should be honored

She never wanted to meet anyone here before

Dad

But she said she loved you

on television just now

Hi, Elli

Remember me?

L-I'm not sure I'm sorry

I've been to your house

Aaron was on that 14-day raft trip

with us last year

Oh, yeah

I wore a big yellow raincoat

Oh, yeah

It had a hood

Yeah! Hi!

Your hair's different

Yeah

Hi!

Hi, Elli She knows me

[Tom] Hi, Dad

Did you see it?

Great I'll send you a tape

I'm sorry I haven't called

Things got a

little bumpy for a while

No, it's not important

I'm fine

Hey, Dad

I think I just may be able

to do this job

Ha ha ha!

Well, I'm glad you were sure!

Ah

Our host!

Come on in

Sorry we're late It's Jane�s fault

Smells good

It is good

Anne worked all weekend

Why should we feel defensive about it?

Newspapers are in business to make money Why not us?

They criticize us for pandering

while they run Wingo games

Exactly right

Excuse me I'm paid to mix

Ha ha! Good-bye, Paul

Take care, Paul

It takes courage to say that

to the news division president

You think anyone who's proud of our work

is an ass kisser

No

I think anyone who puckers their lips

and smooches their boss's buttocks

is an ass kisser

My gosh!

For a while there, I was attracted to you

Well, wait a minute

That changes everything

They wouldn't renew my magazine subscription

because of money

I can't believe it

Ha ha ha!

Martin, would you excuse us for a minute?

No

Go away

Well, you know,

I've been meaning to ask you

Ah, forget it

This is very awkward

I see Tom around you a lot

I'd like to see him outside of work

unless there's some reason

for you to mind

Whoa, whoa, whoa Do I mind?

Why would I mind? No

Wait

I do mind

I think about him

outside of work sometimes

but I know I don't respect him

What am I talking about?

What am I saying?

You're saying, "Stay away from him"

I can't be

We don't have to settle this right now

Wait a minute

This is slippery

I will call you

I'll call you from the other room right now

I've studied these things

Tell me one person

who ever left television news

to work on a newspaper

Right

It sure looks good

[Clunk]

After all these years

we have a life

See you

See you

Hey

Hi, Tom

Hi

It's the first time

I've seen you dressed like this

You look so clean and pretty

What do you mean?

Clean?

At the office

you have this film over you

I've got to find someone

It's important

Excuse me

Jennifer

Hey!

Jennifer!

Forget what I said

Do whatever you want to with Tom

There's nothing I'm going to do

right this second

It's your day off

You're entitled

You weren't really leaving

Yes

You were?

Yes

No!

He thought it was funny

Hi!

A plane shot up an air base in Sicily

This could be very, very...

That's it!

OK, right away

Ernie?

Tom? Tom

Yeah

What is it?

A Libyan plane just shot up

one of our bases in Sicily

We should tap our source

Jennifer, we need you

Jane, we want you to exec produce

a special report

A Libyan plane shot up

an American base in Sicily

Since Paul is here

he's made the assignments...

Jennifer at the White House

George at the Pentagon, Martin at State

We need an anchor

since Rorish is on his boat

We're doing the report from here with Tom

What?

You're not going to use him at all?

It's not my choice

It's 1:35, and it's Tom

You can reach me at the office

Paul, forgive me

I'm really sorry

Pardon me for interrupting, but

Paul, I need to talk to you outside

Great

Tom's not near ready for this job

not by the longest shot

Aaron spent six weeks in Tripoli

He's interviewed Qaddafi

He reported on the '81 story

He's essential to do our best job

It's my responsibility to say so

That's your opinion I don't agree

It's not opinion

You're just absolutely right

and I'm absolutely wrong

It must be nice

to always believe you're right

to always think

you're the smartest person in the room

No, it's awful

You'd better get going

Hey!

Would you come on?

Nervous?

Excited

Tell George and jennifer

to try and cover everything

without Tom having to ask

OK Bobby says...

Did you hear what I said?

Take a breath

And most important

make sure his earpiece works

Have backups ready

That's never been more vital

He must be able to hear me

[Telephone Rings]

Get a picture of E-2 Hawkeyes

I can put on the feed prompt

[Telephone Rings]

[Gargling]

We're going to the White House

Tom

We have 20 minutes

You can wait in the studio

I got Tom's copy

[Telephone Rings]

Ahem

[Music Playing]

[Singing In French]

[Singing Along]

Aghh!

Stand by, animation

Ready VTR 1 and 2

Ready to announce

Ready on camera 1 with cue

Stand by

Good luck, kid

Ready

I need five

Six

30 seconds to air time

Everyone here is programmed clearly?

Yeah, everyone's good

Executive producer

Wow!

How many seconds to air?

Stand by, camera 1

Camera 2, center it up A little left

Tom, can you hear me?

Tom, can you hear me?

Tom?

Tom Tom!

Tom? Tom!

Damn it! He can't hear me!

I can hear you

I was just teasing

5, 4, 3

and announce

2, 1

Cue him with effects

Good afternoon

A Libyan fighter plane

attacked a US military installation

at Comiso, Sicily, at 1007 am,

Eastern time

The Libyan MIG-21 was shot down

by American F-14 jets

The base, a US naval air station

There are 500 men and women stationed there

The Libyan bombs destroyed a warehouse

which 30 minutes earlier

had been crowded with servicemen

[Stereo]

(music)Bought a one-way ticket back

(music) One-way ticket back (music)

(music) I can sing while I read (music)

(music) I am singing and reading both (music)

(music)Leavin'

(music) On that midnight train to Georgia

(music)Leavin'on that midnight train

The Libyan MIG-21

dropped all four of its bombs

on the US air station

[Tom] The heat-seeking missiles

virtually disintegrated the plane

(music)I'd rather live in his world

(music) Than live without him

All remotes, stand by, please

Ah-choo!

[Blows Nose]

George, you ready?

Yeah Should I cover everything

or should I let Tom ask me something?

Cover everything

We're going to George

Say, "The joint Chiefs are meeting

We have George Weln at the Pentagon"

to better monitor the situation

George Weln is at the Pentagon

and reports that the attack

has triggered a massive movement

of US military might

A lot of alliteration from anxious anchors

placed in powerful posts!

[George] Was this the work

of a dissident pilot

or was the pilot acting on instructions?

We now have Qaddafi on the screen

It's Aaron

2 looks soft

Yes?

The pilot that shot down the Libyan in 1981

is stationed right here

Tell Tom the F-14 is extremely hard to fly

and they're nicknamed Tomcats

Thank you

Said Qaddafi "This is not war"

The F-14 is extremely difficult to master

They're called Tomcats

Isn't the F-14 Tomcat

extremely difficult for a pilot to master?

In the seventies, the first craft had many crashes

There was trouble with them in the seventies

Thank you, George

I say it here, it comes out there

Jennifer?

The White House is preparing

All right, stand by, please

[Telephone Rings]

Hi

Qaddafi doesn't foam at the mouth or anything

When you speak to him

he seems not at all nuts

He seems like a leader

Good We're getting the '81 pilot

Nobody else will have him

What's it like being executive producer?

I got to go

Me, too Got to go

Got to go We're very busy

Stand by, camera 1 Center up

We're going to remote 3

It's the Gulf of Sidra

The US commander is Nathan Benchley

In 1981, two Libyan jets

attacked two American F-14s

- Jane] They got an SU-22 - flying over the Gulf of Sidra

- Today they got a MIG-21, a better plane - Qaddafi claimed that the gulf

is part of Libya's territorial waters

Both Libyan jets were downed

by the American fighters

- He is Nathan Benchley - The commander of one of those planes

Nathan Benchley, joins us

Commander, it must have been tougher

shooting down the MIG-21

You got an SU-22

Jane] What's it like at confrontation?

What is a dogfight like?

Jane] After this, we'll do a wrap-up

Ask him how he knows when he has a hit

Do you know you have a hit

from a screen inside your cockpit

or can you see your missiles strike?

That's good

[Benchley] The equipment is sophisticated

but you like to see it to confirm it

but you like to see it to confirm it

It's considered an outlaw nation

but some who have interviewed Qaddafi

find him, to use an American phrase

very presidential

Nice, Jane

We'll go to Martin Klein

then to the carrier pilot

from the Sidra... What!

No! You missed him?

There's only 10 minutes left!

How can you talk to me about parking problems?

No, not "you'll try"!

Do it, or I'll fry your fat ass!

I had no idea she was this good

Tom

Tom

Fill for a second

Tom?

Go

The latest message seems to indicate

that the Libyan pilot was acting on his own

without authority from anyone else

In other words, I think we're all OK

Who the hell cares what you think?

The Libyan government has disavowed

prior knowledge of the attack

I'm Tom Grunick reporting from Washington

Good afternoon

Animation

Thanks, everybody

We are out

Nice job, Tom

Everybody on the floor, thank you so much

Good job, buddy

Hey

Thanks

Man!

You're great

Never so proud of one of my decisions

Thank you, Ernie

Jane, great work

Really You know?

There were no major gaffes, anyway

Oh!

No major gaffes

Ha ha! You were brilliant!

Josh, great stuff

Thank you

Congratulations, Jane

You guys were so good You guys!

Thanks, Jane

Thanks, Ernie

You know, this was important for Tom

There's that bonding thing that happens

I'm watching Paul address the troops

It's not the conventions anymore

It's this kind of moment

Oh, hi

Wow!

Hey, Mr. Ice Man! You were great

You, too

Great job

Good work, Tom

Thanks

What a baptism, Tom! Congratulations

With all this help, it's easier than local

Where's Jane?

She's back there

Can I help you?

We're here to play the new news theme

You're an amazing woman!

What a feeling

having you inside my head!

Yeah It was

an unusual place to be

It's, like, indescribable!

You knew just when to feed me the next line

You knew the second before I needed it

There was a rhythm we got into

It was like great sex!

Ha ha ha!

You have to celebrate with me

Everybody's going to the bar down the street

I'm going over to Aaron's

Maybe I'll hook up with all of you later

How long do you think

you'll be there?

It starts off

with this very high-tech thing

like this

(music) Bom bom (music)

That's the news

(music) Bom bom bom (music)

The strings take the melody

(music) Bah dah dah dah dah dah dah (music)

(music) A-bom bom bom bom (music)

(music) Dah dah dah (music)

(music) Dah dah dah bah (music)

Al does the countermelody

(music) Dah dah dah dah (music)

(music) Dah dah dah dah (music)

(music) Dah dah dah (music)

(music) Dah dah dah dah dah (music)

- Big finish! - Big finish!

(music) Bah bah bah dah (music)

I got chills

Wasn't Tom great?

Well, it worked

It worked

Really?

Ha ha!

It was good?

Your calling in that information...

You are the classiest guy I know!

Here Have a beer

Celebrate

God

it was so strange watching him

What's next... lip-synching?

OK, OK, OK

I've been doing some of the most important thinking

of my life today

I wonder if I should tell you now

Whatever you think

I figured out why I'm so hung up

on getting a chance at weekend anchor

If I do it well, they'll pay me more

and they'll treat me better

You may be on to something

Which means I'm at their mercy

and who wants that?

I won't tell you where this thought has led me

Why not?

In the middle of this

I started thinking about the one thing

that makes me feel good and makes immediate sense

and it's you

Oh, bubba

I'm going to stop right now

Except I wish you were two people

I'd tell the one who's my friend

about the one that I like so much

All right I'm... I'm...

I'm not going to say any more

primarily because I'm about to pass out

I'll walk you to the corner

You get some sleep

Right now?

After I walk you to the corner

Come on, buddy

You were stunning today

You have someplace to go now, right?

Yeah, yeah

Good night

Good night

Well, I felt something

Hee hee hee!

Hey, we're going to Cap's Bar on 17th and Vermont

Connecticut's clear on Sunday, so take that over to 15th

and then straight down Vermont

and we should bypass Thomas Circle that way

If you don't go over 40, we'll catch mostly green lights

We tried...

I didn't think you'd make it

I thought I'd see if all of you were still here

I'll go join the gang

The gang is gone

We were the last ones

Oh

Well, I'll, uh... I'll go have a burger

You want another burger?

Yeah

Hey, I know how to have a burger by myself

I feel like a little solitude

I sure know that feeling

Hey, terrific work today

Right back to you

Thanks

Good night

Good night

Ha ha!

I feel great

You sure I shouldn't get a taxi?

What for?

Oh, I don't know

Why?

You have the greatest car and the greatest driver

in all of Washington

You look confused

I'm not

Ohh

Ohh

Ha ha!

Oh

Give me some of that

Where's the bathroom?

Oh, through the closet

Wow!

I'm so tired of defending my closet

I always had a problem with space

It was getting so I couldn't find anything

so I converted a bedroom

Wait till you've been doing it for 16 years

It's a great solution

Not only the storage

but you can see everything you have

Do you do bunny rabbits?

Jennifer!

Isn't this a great date?

[Crying]

Good morning

Good morning

Yeah, we are

God help me

Well, they've been looking at just about everything...

foreign bureaus, domestic bureaus,

all kinds of personnel, even equipment

Anyway, they seem to be very, very serious

about making me cut 24 million from the budget

Now, this is going to mean massive firings

Uh l'm doing whatever I can

but I did want you to be aware

of this very serious situation

Now, we're going to also be covering

the Alaskan serial killer trial

on a continuing basis

I'd like it to be assigned out of Washington

We have to put someone on a plane to Anchorage

Jane?

Who do you think

George Weln or Jennifer?

Jennifer

Jennifer

Um Jennifer

Hire the Hoover group tomorrow

Good night, Emily

Good night, Jane

Come on I'll buy you a drink

There's a big thing at the Italian embassy

I'm not sure

I'd be good company tonight

Ahh, I'll be the judge of that

I'll get my coat

Two, please

Tom?

Tom?

[Stumbles]

Ha ha ha!

I'm all right

Heavy hitters

Yeah

How are you doing?

Great

Network news, Washington

I love it

What do you do when your real life exceeds your dreams?

Keep it to yourself

You know, yesterday, I really wanted to know your reaction

to how we did with the Libyan report

I was going to ask

but I think I'm

I'm a little intimidated with you

Stop it! You can't talk about feeling intimidated

when you're on top of the world

I'm not buying into that

I have a load to learn...

You have your job

Shut up

OK

Pretty peppy party, isn't it, pal?

I made one rule for myself when this started

and I realized I would take a lot from you people

because of being from sports

And that rule was?

Never to pretend to know more than I did

Can you name all the members of the Cabinet?

OK, let's drop it

I'm not taking a test for you

If that came up in conversation...

We're conversing

The names of the Cabinet have slipped my mind

Say, do you know them?

OK, don't name them

Just tell me if you know

Yes, Aaron, I know them

OK

All 12?

Yes!

There's only 10

You're feeling good, aren't you?

I'm starting to, yeah

Hey, we may do state capitals next

50, right?

Jane] Hi There you are

Is this it?

Yes

I am so exhausted

punchy

sick tired

I can't think, and I can't move

I'm just a dead lump of poured-out flesh

Would you like to come up?

Maybe we could just sit here, talk a little

OK

I'll have to do a whole story on my own

Eventually

I have an idea for something

What?

If I tell you

can you manage not to put it down

or tell me why it won't work

or is in bad journalistic taste?

Yes, Tom, I think I can manage

OK

It's about women who are attacked

by someone they know on a date

Ugh

I'm sorry, I'm sorry I didn't mean it

Well, keep it that way

Wait a minute!

I didn't say anything!

Stand

I'm innocent before I'm...

Ooh!

Innocent

You're guilty before you can be innocent

Door to door

[Telephone Rings]

[Ring]

[Whistling]

Hello?

Jane?

Jane

Yes

Tom?

Tom, is that you?

Yes

Hey, you called me

Is it your story?

No, um

[Clears Throat]

Are you going to the correspondents' dinner?

You need me for the story?

No Are you going?

Uh-huh

Maybe I get off work

I'd like to go

Good

We could go together

So

So, you like me, huh?

I like you as much as I can like anyone

who thinks I'm an asshole

"Street cops say" that fits

Was that last cut good for you, Bobby?

Uh, yeah

Great

Thank you for asking

Thank you

[Tom] According to the FBI

there were more than 87,000 rapes reported last year

Most people think of a rapist as a violent stranger

but today, an attack may be what's called date rape...

being forced to have sex with someone you know

You want to find a nice guy

So anyway, it was that, you know

"give him a chance"thing

Hi

- Shh! - Shh! - Shh!

I was lonely

So

we went to a movie

and when he brought me home

he asked for a beer and said he'd go

So how do you say no to that?

My cousin Donna

Really?

So first, um

it was kind of like this wrestling match

which was awful enough because

it got very violent

What is this?

And I'm a modest person

And he ripped my clothes off

And he forced me to

make love

And then he stayed

in my apartment

and forced me more times

Oh

I'm sorry

I promised myself I wasn't going to cry

Um it's just

this whole thing has just messed me up

Let's turn on the news

Come on!

Sex, tears, this must be the news

Sorry I'm in a pissy mood

What's wrong with it?

Nothing You blew the lid off nooky

- Oh! - Oh!

The victims often remain too terrified to talk

the police powerless to perform properly

and all the welfare groups

can do is monitor this epidemic of crime without punishment

Tom Grunick, Annandale, Virginia

Malcolm West

on trial for the murders of 15 men

has led police to four

Nice work

I got to get a crew off the clock

What did you think?

It moved me

I did relate to it I really did

It was unusual for you to cut to yourself

when you teared up

And that might not have been my choice

but it was real, and it got me

and I think a lot of the time

I'm too conservative about that stuff

OK?

OK

body count's now 19

The jury returns to the site

Tom, that was really swell tonight

Good

Four more bodies

now taken from the frozen earth

Jennifer Mack

Wodahamlet, Alaska

(music)Eastern's got the right time

How are you?

Hi I'm just writing you a note

Uh, what do you say we take a walk?

Outside?

Yeah

Come on

I'm not suggesting the worst will happen

It's just that somebody with your brilliance

gets nibbles about other jobs

now and again

Maybe down the road, you should look into it

Oh, damn

Those fucking jerks

they want to fire me

All I know is they got to fire

a large number of people

Ahh

They're not even going by seniority

There's a recklessness in the air

Do one thing for me

Get me one shot at anchoring the weekend news

It could turn it around for me

I could do that this Saturday

Everybody wants off for the correspondents' dinner

Do it, then

Please, prepare carefully

This couldn't happen at a better time

Prepare what? You have Saturday's news handy?

It's a long while since you've read the news

I'll have somebody work with you

just on superficial performance things

OK

I think I better be alone for a while

I understand I'll go with you

Thanks

This is very uncomfortable for me

because, and I don't mean this as a knock

but we approach these things so differently

We sure do

and I don't mean that as a knock, either

OK, go ahead

I'll just tell you what I think

You can disregard it if you want

I don't know how effective this will be

because of our different approaches

OK

Reports tonight...

Wait Your coat jacket is rising up in back

OK

When you sit, sit on your jacket

That will give you a good line

Reports tonight...

Look at the monitor

OK

Reports tonight from far down

on the Arabian peninsula

indicate that heavy fighting...

Your jacket, Aaron

What are you doing? Don't touch me

Sit on it

But just don't handle me

I'm sitting on it!

Look

Fantastic tip!

That's great

Continues for a second day

between government and rebel forces in pro-Soviet...

No

Don't let your eyes move

from the beginning to end

You don't want to look shifty, do you?

No

The right side of your face is the good one

They'll let me do the news like this?

Heavy fighting continues for...

Try to punch one word or phrase

in every sentence

One idea per story

Punch

You were smoking there toward the end

The pointers were great I'll study the tape

Remember you're not just reading the news

you're narrating it

You're selling them this idea of you

You're saying, "Trust me I'm credible"

So when you feel yourself just reading

stop!

And start selling a little

OK So long

[Doorbell Rings]

[Ring]

You look like this porcelain thing

You look beautiful You look beautiful

That's gorgeous!

What's that?

I spilled rum on my jacket

Help me pick something out

OK

I'm thinking the gray suit

[Dials]

Tom, why don't I meet you there?

I got some stuff to take care of

Did you rent the tux or buy it?

I knew it

How much?

Wow!

OK, I'll see you there

You're going with him?

Don't wear that shirt

No, blue

Let me look at the gray

Not bad, right?

Looks nice

So help me pick a tie

OK You brought all of them

How much was the tux?

1,140 bucks

No

Yeah Try this one

Not bad

I read about it in a magazine

That way you don't put on too much

Could you at least pretend it's awkward

me showing up

while you're getting ready for this date?

It's not a date!

It's coworkers going to a professional conclave

I hate missing it

I wish I could be there

Me, too

If it gets dull before 11:00

you'll drop by the studio

I'm not sure I can

I'll have the tape

I'll wait for you afterwards at my house

OK, great

Good luck

Thanks Have a good time tonight

You, too

The Marriott

What is it?

What's the matter?

What are you doing?

Oh, no

My little tailor!

You were all wrinkled and schmutzy

I've got shoulders

Good?

Thanks

Maybe I'll just stand here

and guard your corner

I'll be here when you get back

Don't take Connecticut Go

Taxi!

I want you to go

All right

I'm going to go get a cellular

Hey, Nick

Read this over See what you think

Sure

Aaron

Hey, George

What are you doing here?

Anchoring the weekend news

I'm going to anchor it

Hey!

Way to go

This is terrific

This is a pleasure to read, really

Is there water on the set?

Yeah, sure You'll be fine

Yes, I know what you mean

The LA Times is a great outfit

best severance pay in the business

He was lecturing me

I said, "I refuse to look at it as a negative

I'm young My news appeals to people my age"

He just hired a 26-year-old producer

No kidding? 26?

Well, hello, Tom

He moves and smiles

and moves and smiles

If he doesn't see me soon

we're not supposed to be together

It's for me?

Hi, Jane

Hey, Arlene

It's incredible who's here!

Who?

Me

That's an outlaw dress

Thank you

Yes!

Whoo!

OK, 20 seconds to air

15 seconds

[Music Plays]

10 seconds

Cue graphic

The Weekend Report with Aaron Altman

Go, Aaron

Good evening

In mood and language better suited to an espionage novel

than the delicate world of the Western alliance

the British foreign secretary

today pounced on what he termed

the nest of professional spies and amateur traitors

who are turning NATO headquarters

into an instrument whose only true function is folly

We begin our coverage

with Edward Towne in London

Take it

The British

She's coming in now 20 seconds

for denouncing breaches of security

Any breach of security

Gee whiz!

I think I'm starting to perspire a little

involving NATO military deployment was passed on

Are you seeing this?

The information was apparently delivered

in coded messages

written on paper bags from the NATO cafeteria

Six cafeteria workers

Five seconds!

Edward Towne, London

The sub bases referred to are located in five countries...

Norway, Belgium, the Netherlands

Spain, and Great Britain

This is more than Nixon ever sweated

Our own state department was rocked

not only by the revelation

but from the highly unusual persistence

of the state press corps

Nice touch

Martin Klein reports

on the ruckus at Foggy Bottom

Just how noticeable is this?

Huh?

Do you have a bigger one?

Hurry!

10 seconds

will severely limit NATO's ability

[Hair Dryer]

Five seconds!

Everything's fine, Aaron

[Crash]

A bomb exploded on a railroad bridge

outside of Madras, India, sending a passenger train

You've got your hands in

You've got your hands in! Your hand!

Get your hand out!

Your hand!

You know, he wrote some beautiful stuff

120 people were reported injured

at least 22 people dead

Commercial

I wish I were one of them

Remember Brinkley's great line?

"It's as irrevocable as a haircut"

Can I check your purse?

I got some decent stuff at yard sales

I like those

Can I have your autograph for my wife?

How are you doing, Paul?

Tom

You're finally learning to be flexible

Glad you've changed your mind about Tom

Ma'am, can I check your purse?

I'd like to know what the contents are myself

Sir, may I see that briefcase?

I'd like to check the contents

Could I see your purse?

We got to go

I'm sorry

What?

Ioh!

You OK?

Great

I'm so sorry I pulled you away from that dinner

Those things can be a lot of fun

Everybody tries to be funny

All of a sudden, there's these people

trying to make political careers

out of how many laughs they get

Why can't I let go of this woman?

Well

At least kiss me when you do that

You just can't stop editing me, huh?

This is hysterical

I was half hoping

I wouldn't have a good time tonight

Know why?

Because you're nuts?

Right Isn't she fun to tease?

Ohh

What?

More and more lately

when I've been watching you in action

and seeing you and all your

energy

I've been wondering what it'd be like

to be inside all that energy

Me, too

I don't remember ever saying

anything like that exactly

I don't know why I just did

Wait a minute

I can think of two reasons

I just thought of another

If you talk about it, you don't have to do it

That's not it

You're trying to make it all about sex

or it's that great feeling

that you don't want to hold anything back

You know, intimacy

Oh, shit

What?

I promised Aaron I'd stop by and see how he did

I'll go along

No! I'll be back at your place as soon as I can

Jane!

What happened?

Don't run off like everything's settled

the minute you make up your mind

He can talk more freely if I go alone

It's just that I'd like you

to give me a minute

so I can catch up

OK

Sorry

Don't yell at me like that again

You scared the life out of me

[Doorbell Buzzes]

[Buzz]

It's open! I was in the shower

How'd it go?

You didn't talk to anybody?

No

Then it went very well

Really?

Define your terms

Do you feel good about it?

No

Do others feel you did well?

No

What was good?

I lost 6 pounds

Aaron, will you tell me?

It was great!

There I was, writing my first-rate copy

sitting on my jacket, punching my one thought

Except I had this historic attack of flop sweat

I'll never anchor again, ever

I lost one of your shoulder pads

I think it drowned

What do you mean, flop sweat?

I bet you were the only one who knew

People phoned in

Stop kidding!

I'm not!

There were complaining calls

because you were sweating?

Nice ones worried I was having a heart attack

If all that happened

how come you're so chipper?

I don't know I don't know

At some point, it was so bad, it just got funny

My central nervous system was telling me something

Sweat pouring down my face

makeup falling into my eyes

people turning on

this fusillade of blow dryers...

all so I could read introductions

to other people covering the stories

which is what I like to do anyway

And I'm chipper because you finally showed up

I'm going to cook for us

Tequila and eggs sound good?

I have to be someplace

Now?

I told what's his name... Tom...

that I'd meet him

Call him up It can wait,

right?

I don't know

I

I may be in love with him

I knew it

Get out of my house now

Get out

I'm not kidding! Get out of here!

You go to hell!

Come back here

Come on Don't go

This is important to me!

I think it's important for you, too

Come on Sit down

Sit down

What is this?

I'll take it

What?

Give me one minute, please! This is tough

Ah!

Jane

OK, let's take the part that has nothing to do with me

Let me just be your most trusted friend now

the one that gets to say all the awful stuff, OK?

I guess

Yes

You can't end up with Tom

because it totally goes against

everything that you're about

Yeah

being a basket case

I know you care about him

I've never seen you like this with anybody

so don't get me wrong when I tell you that Tom

while being a very nice guy

is the devil

This isn't friendship

You're crazy, you know that?

What do you think the devil would look like?

A guy with a pointy tail?

What will he sound like? "Aah! Aah!"

No

I'm semi-serious here

You're serious...

He will be attractive, nice and helpful

He'll work where he influences a great God-fearing nation

He'll never do an evil thing or hurt a living thing

He'll just bit by little bit

lower our standards

where they're important

Just coax along, flash over substance

just a tiny little bit

And he'll talk about all of us really being salesmen

And he'll get all the great women

Hey, Aaron!

I think you're the devil!

You know I'm not!

How?

Because I think we have the kind of friendship

where if I were the devil

you'd be the only one I'd tell!

You ran after Tom's help...

Yes!

If things had gone well tonight

I probably wouldn't say this

I grant you everything, but give me this

He personifies everything that you've been fighting against

And I'm in love with you

How do you like that?

I buried the lead

I've got to not say that out loud

It takes too much out of me

I never fought for anyone before

Does anybody win one of these things?

[Telephone Rings]

[Ring]

Hello

Hi

Hi Where are you?

L... I can't get away just yet I'm at Aaron's

Oh, well, when?

I'm not sure

It seems like he had a mishap on the news

I know I taped it

It wasn't as bad as he thinks, was it?

It wasn't unprecedented or anything

Not if you count Singing In The Rain

Don't treat it like a tragedy

Want me to talk to him?

Uh-uh

He says you could hardly notice it

Um

Um

Let me talk to him

Don't say anything about anything

Let me talk to him

Hi

Hi

Sorry to keep Jane

I didn't realize you'd be going this late

I'll put her back on

Thank you

Hi again

I'm sorry about this

Look

Don't worry

That sounds more important

Let's...

Let's forget about tonight

I don't know

if that's absolutely necessary

I have my father coming through tomorrow

I should get some sleep

Uh-huh

I'll see you at the office

Good night

Hello?

Yes?

OK

Good night

Good night?

Jane

I am not some chore you have to finish

so you can stay on schedule

OK, Grunick

Easy shots now Good night

[Hangs Up Phone]

He just canceled

He had a chance to think

and he canceled

I can't... I can't breathe

[Gasping]

Damn it!

Over a guy!

Well, Jane, thanks for stopping by

Good night

[Door Closes]

He's on assignment right now

Hi

I kept trying to call you You never called me!

Were you just diddling me?

When I'm a woman

I get fucked around by you?

Jane, this is my dad

I'm very pleased to meet you, sir

Please forgive what I said

Sorry

Just light up a room and leave, huh?

You want my opinion?

What's easy to miss about Jane...

You want my opinion?

Yes, I would

The way she just acted

is not the way an affectionate person acts

Yes, it would be my pleasure

Rorish

When do you start telling people?

Almost immediately, Bill

I'd like to take everybody out after the show

Fantastic

Hello, Donny

Bill, what a surprise

Hi, Mr. Rorish

Bill, this is hard on all of us

It's no time for compliments

but I think it's extraordinary of you

to come down here for this

If we're not here during the tough times

we're not a news organization

Bill!

Welcome back to Washington

Bill

Thank you Thank you

Thank you

I forget Is she on the list?

This is a brutal layoff

And all because they couldn't program Wednesday nights

You can make it less brutal

by knocking a million or so off your salary

A bad joke I'm sorry

Awful It's a miserable day

That was just some kind of sick joke defense mechanism

It just doesn't indicate any of my feelings

not one

It just shows the kind of stress

this represents for all of us

No excuse for it, though

Bill

Tom

It's about time

Good to see you

I feel terrible about what happened

What did he say?

He said, um

that he liked you

Because you looked like you had fire and honesty

No

Did he really?

Yes

What?

Come here Come here

Uh

Paul canned me

Well, my brother will feel great

Now he's not the only screw-up

Tom, Paul wants to see you

Bob, I just found out

Sons of bitches!

Ernie, they're calling from work

Tell them I'm on my way in

It's Paul

He'll just be a minute

I hate this so much

You know, I'm just old enough

to be flattered by the term "early retirement"

That's wonderful What a lovely line

Now, if there's anything I can do for you...

I certainly hope you'll die soon

Tom

This is a severe cutback, Tom

27 people in this bureau alone

including technical personnel

We're going to reorganize at the same time

We're dropping you from Washington and assigning you to London

You knew they were going to offer me this

before I went in there

I can't stand this!

We care for each other too much

to be dishonest

I'm leaving

No matter who they replace me with

they were making me leave anyway

The fact that it's you

takes some of the sting out of it

And I don't think you're any better than I am

Goddamn! No, I'm not!

Are you out of your mind?

Have you guys seen Jane?

She's back there

getting my job

The first woman bureau chief we've ever had here

What happened to you?

They booted me out of Washington

Impossible!

There isn't a system in the world

that wouldn't value one of us

What did they do to you?

It's what he did I'm proud of him

They told me they'd keep me

because they could plug me into any story

and my salary was in line

so I quit

Jane, I got to tell you something

Yeah?

Except for socially

you're my role model

Hope I can get him back

You packing up tonight?

Mm-hmm I'm sorry they're sending you down

I'm sure you'll make it back

Where are they sending you?

London

London?

Yeah

That's a promotion

I don't think so

Yes! That's where they sent Rorish

before they made him anchor

I can't believe you!

They're grooming you for it all!

You don't even know it!

Keep it down, will you?

Let me ask you something

You had one camera crew on that daybreak piece?

Yeah

Sticking around for the farewell party?

No, it won't be much fun

watching Martin Klein and Ernie

turn in their credentials to the security guard

Hi, Hank

Can I speak with my wife?

No message I'll see her at home

This is one story they're not going to cover

If the network doesn't cover it

it's not important, so why worry?

I'm going to miss you

You're a prick in a great way

Ha ha ha!

You know what I mean

I like the way it made me sound

OK Be good

We'll figure out who's hiring, OK?

Nobody knows what they'll do now

It's not fair, Donny

Thank you, Jane

Good luck

Oh, sorry

You know, what I always wanted to tell you is that

Jane, Martin would like to see you

if you get a chance

This is the third cutback in four years

These people

It's all so awful

It just hurts

physically, doesn't it?

Like something's wrong with your bones

Like your

organs are shifting inside your body

Maybe I haven't been here long enough

Hey, congratulations on the promotion

Congratulations? How can you say that

to me?

I'm sorry I can't stand here feeling bad

because I don't feel worse

This has happened at every station I've ever been to

Do they owe you any time off?

14 weeks

I think it's crazy for you to come here tomorrow

and start a new job

I have a week

before I have to get to my new job

Let's get the hell away to some island fast and

and find out how we are together away from this

Well

I just think

that's an extraordinary proposal

That's yes?

That's more than yes

That's "you bet"

[Ring]

Hello

Bastard! Sneak! Quitter!

Speaking

I just found out

You didn't say anything to me

Will you meet me?

No, I can't Maybe next week

No I'm going away tomorrow

I'll meet you at the place near the thing

OK

Anyway, my agent says

he has a very hot prospect...

the number two station in Portland

They want to be as good as the networks

Personally, I think he should aim higher

Tell me the god's honest truth

Are you leaving because of me?

Ernie said

you're lucky if you get out

while you can still cry

I should have quit three years ago

You're just trying to say great stuff

so I'll feel even worse that you're not around

Let's go

I just want to s-sit here

I mean, the feeling to stay here

is powerful

Why is that?

Maybe the best part of your life is over

and you don't want to start the bad part

You are now required to sit here with me!

Come on!

Be smart for a second

What do you

think will happen to us?

What will happen?

That's very easy

Five, six years from now

I'll be back to collect an award

representing the surge in foreign coverage

by local stations

What will they call the award?

The Euchy

Yes

Anyway, I'll be walking

with my wife and children

We'll bump into you

My son will say something

and I will say, "It's not nice

to make fun of single fat ladies"

You won't be able to stay mad at me, right?

I hope so

No, I'm not really mad

I'll miss you, we'll talk

we'll always be friends

we'll get hot for each other

and we'll never act on it OK?

I got to go

Jane?

You know how Tom had tears in his eyes

in that interview with that girl?

Ask yourself how we were able to see that

when he only had one camera

and it was pointed at the girl

during the entire interview

I'm fairly sure I was right to tell you

It was just

this whole thing

has just messed me up

maybe more than it should have

I'm sorry

Are you OK?

Yes, I'm sorry

Don't be silly

What are you sorry about?

I just went

Oh, we just need a...

We just need a minute more of your time

So he can shoot from behind you

toward me, and, uh

we'll have some place to go when we cut

I sit here, I nod my head

and I look nerdy

Tom, that kills me

we didn't get you on camera

So powerful... seeing your reaction

I thought you were going to cry yourself

That would have been something

Give me a minute

Fuckin'...

Oh, it's amazing

[Click]

Pardon me, please

Where would we catch a bus

to Washington?

Turn right

Thank you very much

See? I told you

Look who's the organized one

I got everything!

I'm not going

[Sighs]

Why?

I saw the taped outtakes

of the interview with the girl

I know you...

acted your reaction after the interview

It's verboten, huh?

I thought since I almost

did it the first time, but

but I get you

That's not the reason

you're not coming

Of course it's the reason It's terrible

Come with me We'll disagree

and get a tan at the same time

If you're going to be glib

I'm going to lose it!

Jane, keep it down

I was up all night, and

Jane

it made me ill

That's better

You could get fired for that

I got promoted for that

Working up tears for a news piece cutaway?

You crossed the line...

It's hard not to

They keep moving the little sucker!

It...

It proves that the differences we...

This is a one-way argument

We have six days

If we fight, we'll come home

If you don't go

I leave for London after that

So it would be a very big deal...

The plane is boarding

You're good at deadlines

Here's your ticket

It's amazing

You commit this breach of ethics

then you act as if...

I'm giving you a hard time about nothing!

Try and get this!

When you edited that piece...

I'm leaving now

Gate E-2

Good morning!

Good morning

DuPont Circle, please

Don't take the beltway

because at this time of day

there's going to be a...

Go any way you want

But New York Avenue's faster

When they told me Bill had decided to retire

and offered me the evening news

I thought it was the same kind of joke

we used to pull at the station...

turning someone's prompter off in the middle of a show

[Laughter]

But when they heard my reaction

they thought I was kidding

I told them I'd be their anchor

but I didn't want to be the managing editor

that there were people better qualified

than I to control the content

and if there weren't, we were all in trouble

[Laughter]

Now to something more important

I'd like to introduce my fianc�e

Lila?

Oh, Aaron!

Congratulations

Lila, Lila

Lila, this is Aaron Altman

Hi

This kid

couldn't possibly belong to anyone else!

What's your name?

Clifford

Do you know who this is?

The big joke?

Ha ha

Ooh I don't know

You know, Jane�s down here

I'm taking Cliff to see her

Can I come along?

Yeah

I'll meet you back at the place? OK?

Yes

We'll call Mommy later

Your speech was magnificent

Oh, I forgot to say something about the speech

I appreciate that

Tom, we are proud of you

Thanks

Hey, guys!

Come over here!

Hey

Hey, what is this?

My life is rushing in front of my eyes!

Clifford, come over here!

I want to show you something!

Clifford, come on!

I want to show you something

Picnic?

I thought for old Cliff here

but who knew about this?

It'll be great, though

Did you get in last night?

Yeah Extreme culture shock

You are more adorable than your pictures

Look at you!

Look what I got for you, Cliff

- Whoa! - Whoa!

That's terrific!

Let me see it, Cliff

Come here

Are you any closer to a decision?

I think so

Aaron, they've been talking to me

about being managing editor

Really?

Whoo!

I'm going to take it

Oh, that is...

Jane, what a job!

A great surprise!

I didn't think we had a chance

They told me you wanted to stay in Washington

Well, there's a guy

but he says he'll fly up a lot

Well, we should talk

Do you have time for dinner?

I'd like you to meet Lila

I was really looking forward to that

I'm going to go back in a few hours

It's so good to see you

It's nice to see you

Congratulations, on the history's

longest winning streak

If you ever get restless in Portland

let me know

Why?

OK

Bye

boss

Hey, Cliff!

Where are you going?

Cliff!

Go back to your father

Come on, Cliff!

Come on

Daddy

So who's the guy?

Uh, well, we met about...

three months ago

He works at the surgeon general's office

He loves boating

So, he's been getting me into waterskiing

Ha ha ha!

I like it!

So what about you lately?

Well

my wife got this new job

Great

[Singing L 'edition Speciale]

[Aaron Singing Along]

It starts off

with this very high-tech thing

like this

(music) Bom bom (music)

That's the news

(music) Bom bom bom (music)

The strings take the melody

(music) Bah dah dah dah dah dah dah (music)

(music) A-bom bom bom bom (music)

(music) Dah dah dah (music)

(music) Dah dah dah bah (music)

Al does the countermelody

(music) Dah dah dah dah (music)

(music) Dah dah dah dah (music)

(music) Dah dah dah (music)

(music) Dah dah dah dah dah (music)

- Big finish! - Big finish!

(music) Bah bah bah dah! (music)

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