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Sprinkle me, O Lord, with hyssop,

and l shall be purified.

Wash me and l shall be whiter than snow.

O God most kind, Father of mercies,

and the God of all consolation,

it is your will that no one who believes and hopes in you

should perish.

ln your boundless mercy, look with kindness

on your servant Jennifer,

and true faith and Christian hope commend her to you.

Come to her in your saving power,

and because of the Passion--

the death of your only son,

be pleased to grant her remission

and pardon all her sins that she has committed.

O God, most kind,

the Father of mercies, and the God of all consolation,

it is your will that no one who believes

and hopes in you should perish.

ln your boundless mercy, look with kindness

on your servant Jennifer,

for true faith and Christian hope

commend her to you.

We commend our sister Jennifer Barrett

to you, Lord.

Now that she has passed from this life,

may she live on in your presence in mercy and love.

Lord Jesus, you alone

are holy and compassionate

and cleansed from every stain by the blood of your son,

may enter into life everlasting

with Christ our Lord.

Lord, give her life, joy and peace in Heaven

where you live forever and ever.

Amen.

Thank you, Father.

Oliver.

lt might be good for you to come home for a few days.

Take off from work.

Your room is always ready.

l have to be at the office tomorrow, Mother.

Go back to the car.

Hello. Sit in the car and rest.

Well, please call if you need anything.

l will. Thank you...

for coming, thank you both.

Good-bye.

She's not in there, Oliver.

She's somewhere else.

l wish l could believe that.

Don't they lower a casket anymore at a funeral?

l don't know.

l guess they wait until everybody leaves.

Well, l'm going to stay.

Come on, Oliver.

lt may be hours before they get around to that.

lt's freezing out here.

l want to see it.

l'll stay with you.

No, Phil.

This is my time with her.

Please.

Attention, please.

The next bus to Kennedy Airport will be leaving

from gate number seven.

Phil.

l'm sorry l'm late.

Hey, kiddo, it's our night on the town.

Why the books?

l'm working on a new case.

l've been at the law library all afternoon.

l'll drop these off, and you can see my new apartment.

Then we'll go have something to eat.

As long as you got a little milk and crackers--

my ulcer needs feeding.

Hey.

That's it.

lt's about a 20-minute walk to the office.

lt's the only exercise l've been getting lately.

Well, anything that gets you from here to there.

This is how, uh, successful young lawyers live?

Well, my needs are simple.

Yeah, they must be.

What happened here?

Oh, one of my projects l never completed.

l was going to knock this wall down

when l first moved in.

What the hell are all these books around everywhere?

Phil, l'm a lawyer; l got to read.

You also got to live, kiddo.

So... tell me, um...

What do you do for kicks?

Well, l was working on a case today

l thought was pretty exciting: one of those landlords

trying to pull the rug out from under his tenants.

l'm glad you're saving the world, Oliver.

What about yourself?

lt's been two years.

l'm telling you it's time to get out and meet people.

18 months.

What?

lt's been 18 months, not two years.

Oh... yeah.

Well, l-l'm...

l meant approximately.

l tell you this:

if we don't get to a restaurant in ten minutes,

there'll be no more dates with me.

Now, l'll prove to you that l am the greatest coo--

Oh, come on, chop, chop.

She... she doesn't believe l'm an expert at making cookies.

Oh, yes-- he's just the mad baker...

from Princeton, Rhode lsland.

Hey-hey-hey, that's really neat.

What else are you into?

Sweet rolls, cupcakes, hot cross buns.

Well, with all this bakery stuff...

l mean, are you rich?

Well, let's say l'm a man of means.

Now, l'm not as cultured as my son-in-law here.

You're his father-in-law?

Okay, wow...

l mean, l think that's kind of neat--

you two going out on the town together.

l mean, that's really something,

but, uh, tell me something...

Where did you stash your wives tonight?

Okay, okay, it's my mistake.

Won't try this again.

No more singles bars,

no more double dates with your father-in-law.

l just want you to know

that you don't have to feel bad about it, you know?

Don't worry about Jenny, or me, or anybody else. You...

You got to plug into life again.

This kind of life?

Let me tell you something straight, Oliver,

even if it hurts.

lf it had been you instead of Jenny,

well, she wasn't the kind to...

go off to a nunnery, you know?

Take a guy off the ice rink,

put him in a sauna-- what happens to him?

He's in a fog. He doesn't remember his old roommate.

How you been, Barrett?

Simpson, how are you?

l'm fine, thank you, except, uh...

there are about 20 pounds l don't know what to do with.

Ah...

married life.

To Gwen-- remember?

You know, l have so much on my mind these days.

l got six cases coming to a head at once.

You're a regular workaholic, huh?

Well, l like my work.

ls that what you mean?

No. l mean that you're a saint and a martyr,

and you should be canonized by the Supreme Court.

How about lunch?

l wish l could,

but l got something at the office.

Steve, it's a very busy time for me right now.

The ol' Peanut Butter Kid rides again.

Look, uh, l'm glad l ran into you,

because, uh... Gwen and l have been meaning

to ask you to dinner.

Why?

Because you're so much fun, Oliver.

Now, come on, 8:00 Friday all right?

l'm sorry. l'm busy.

Friday, 8:00.

No more excuses. Phone and address is in the book.

Steve, l-l can't.

Oliver, you look great.

Have you lost weight?

l wish Steve could.

Maybe a couple of pounds.

My cooking leaves a lot to be desired.

Just take it easy on the appetizers, Barrett.

Gwen has prepared a feast.

That must be the rest of our party.

You didn't tell me

this was going to be a big group thing.

Oh, no, no. No group.

lt's just a single guest.

You mean a guest who is single, right?

Actually, she is, but...

But you didn't want to scare me off.

l'm sorry l'm so late.

Oliver, she's very nice.

Aw, Gwen, l know you both mean well.

And she fixed, uh, uh,

some scones and things...

-Yeah. -to have after dinner.

Um... Hi.

Joanna Stone, this is my ex-roommate, uh, Oliver Barrett.

How do you do?

How do you do?

Joanna designs furniture.

She does incredible things with almost nothing.

Have they asked you to become a partner already?

l wouldn't be a bit surprised...

Have they asked him to become a partner?

lf he wins any more cases,

they're going to ask him to run the joint.

-Will you stop it? -l'm sure of it.

Probably be the president of the whole darn thing.

l'll tell you something about him.

We were talking about when we went to school.

l was thinking about this the other day when l saw you.

This man, not in the top ten people in his class.

Right? Not the top five.

Gwen... Gwen...

Top one percent of his class

in Harvard.

Right sitting across the table.

First in, what, 25 years to get those?

Hockey! l'm going to tell you about this.

l was playing hockey. We went out there...

Fantastic. Nobody could beat him.

Anyway, one time we were playing against Dartmouth, right?

A guy that looks like him could take on

the entire Dartmouth hockey team.

Here's little Joanna standing there.

Everybody's quiet, right?

She looks up at the guy and she says,

''l'm proud of my work? How about you?''

She's incredible.

She is fantastic. Oliver, you wouldn't know

to look at this little pretty face,

she works a drill, a handsaw, right?

An electric saw, handsaw? Anyway...

She went to school with honors.

She knows all about architecture.

Fantastic. l mean... l think she-she...

She has a whole concept.

Now, correct me if l'm wrong.

l'll tell you something right now. lf...

Joanna creates space.

She does not make furniture.

-Totally... -We go for spaces.

See, Joanna designs spaces out of materials

that you would never expect.

Right, Joanna?

-Yeah, okay, cord, wood. -Wood. She's uses...

Wood? Okay, wood and...

Environments-- it's spaces.

lt's, uh, very boring for you.

l'm so sorry.

What?

Well, l had no idea they didn't warn you.

l was given such a briefing that all l could think about

was what not to say.

l guess everyone you know must be trying to fix you up.

No, it's not that bad.

Oh, come on.

A bachelor in New York who isn't a creep?

Well, l can be quite a creep

when l want to be.

-Oh! -Are you okay?

Yeah.

l think l just had too many refills of the wine.

Yeah, l had too much, too.

Well, they didn't let us get a word in edgewise.

What else was there to do but drink?

Um, well, thank you for seeing me home.

Uh, would you like a cup of coffee

before you start across town again?

Oh, that's all right. l'm fine.

lt would be very nice to see you again and...

Do you have any decaffeinated?

l mean, everything in this apartment

is of your own design?

Almost.

Except for the old stove, of course,

and one or two odds and ends.

lt must be great living in an environment

that you've created entirely by yourself.

Oh, well, there's more to environment

than just furniture.

And is-is this where it all begins?

No, it usually begins in the bath

or when l'm buying groceries.

l have to rush back here and get it all down on paper.

l had a year of mechanical drawing

in high school,

but l always had trouble

keeping a T square square.

Oh. Yeah, l had to learn.

l used to do all my drawings on the backs of envelopes,

but no one would take it seriously

until it looked like a professional drawing.

And you really make these things yourself?

Oh, yes! That's the best part.

l love the actual work.

Um, this is my latest.

Over here.

l call it an ''air chair.''

-May l try it? -Yeah. Please do.

Very nice. Very comfortable.

My idea was to put all that inside something that had

a bit more natural texture, so l used the canvas.

What is that?

Oh, that's very simple.

Most of this stuff is made for people that travel a lot.

You know, they don't want the hassle of heavy furniture

when they move.

lt's exactly what l need for my overflow of books.

Are any of...?

Could l buy this anywhere?

Yes, yes.

That's one of the few designs l've had accepted commercially.

Can l send you a brochure?

You have some lovely things here.

l hope you don't think l asked you up here

just to sell you things.

Oh, no.

So, that's, uh...

That's...?

What was it, Jamaican?

No, it's half mocha, half Colombian...

Ah.

but-but it is decaffeinated.

l mean, you won't be up all night.

Oh, that's good. l need some sleep.

Yes, yes, so do l.

Work.

Well, l better let you get your rest.

lt was, uh, the coffee, everything was very nice.

Um, thank you for the evening.

Thank you.

Oh, it would be nice to see you again,

you know, when we have more time

and more relaxed.

Yes.

l'll call you.

Thank you, Joanna. Good night.

Good night.

l don't know.

l'm really not sure why l'm here.

ln these situations, part of me says,

''Go on, there she is.

''She seems to like you. You like her.

Take a chance.''

And another part says, ''Don't rock the boat.

''Don't make waves. Don't...

''Play it safe.

''Go back to work.

Don't complicate your life.''

ls that how you see such relationships,

as complications?

Sure.

l mean, all relationships are... complicating

in one way or another.

lt's never easy.

People seem to think l'm some kind of a freak

because l don't want to go out and get laid

three times a week.

l just don't feel it.

What do you feel?

l don't know.

Sometimes...

l feel lonely...

and l miss her-- Jenny.

l do.

Well, l can certainly understand that...

y-you feeling loneliness.

What do you do with these feelings?

How do you express them? How do you deal with them?

Well, if l'm in my apartment,

l just lie down and hope they'll go away.

Sometimes l'll come straight home from work.

l won't even eat anything. l'll go right to bed.

Then l'll wake up in the middle of the night,

l'm famished.

But l can't go back to sleep.

Next morning, l wake up, l'm exhausted.

Starts all over again.

There's several areas here that we could work on.

Uh, but a good place to start is feeling good physically.

Do you do any exercise?

l used to run a lot, play hockey.

l love sports.

l don't know.

l've just drifted away from them lately.

What's so funny?

You and your ice skates.

Well, why did they drain the rinks so early?

l think it's to keep people

from drowning with their skates on.

Well, do we have to run while we talk?

Do we have to talk while we run?

No, l guess not.

Well, if you'd like to run alone, just say so.

l will.

Good.

Do you run to meditate or something?

You mean, astral aerobics?

No, l, uh, l'm not much of a mystic, you know?

l just do this for my tennis.

Good, because l've been looking for an opponent.

Someone who would play very well

and then fall apart in the third set.

Yeah, well, you wouldn't want to play me.

l've got incredible endurance.

Prove it.

When?

Well, tomorrow, if l can catch my breath by then.

Okay.

Yeah?

How about the Midtown Tennis Club,

27th and Eighth, 6:00?

Well, make it 7:00. l work till 6:00.

No, that's okay. l meant 6:00 in the morning.

Who plays tennis at 6:00 in the morning?

We do, unless you chicken out by then.

Okay, l'll try anything once.

l'll reserve a court. Ask for Marcie Nash.

All right, l will.

Can l know the name of my victim?

Gonzalez. You may call me Pancho.

Hey, okay, Pancho.

Hey, uh, don't forget to bring your ass, huh?

What for?

So l can whip it.

Well, l guess l can count on you to bring the balls.

Boy, aren't we perky this morning.

Do you know it's still dark outside?

Well, that's why we're playing inside, Sancho.

Pancho.

What are we playing for?

l beg your pardon?

The stakes. What are we playing for?

Oh. Fun.

Huh. l need a more tangible incentive.

Okay.

Um, are you rich?

How is that relevant?

l just want to know

how much you could afford to lose.

How about dinner?

Winner picks the restaurant?

Oh, goody, l know just the place.

Don't be premature, Miss Nash.

You haven't won yet, and l warn you,

l eat like an elephant.

Well, that's logical. You run like one.

Okay.

Ah...

Oops.

lt's your serve, Pancho.

Uh. you're on the wrong side.

Oh.

Ooh, it's in.

Oh.

Oh!

Ow!

Listen, l have to be at work by 8:30,

so let's just knock it off, okay?

l was just getting warmed up.

Play me one more game, will you?

Double or nothing, sudden death, winner take all.

Okay, fine.

Thank you.

Jesus.

So, what do you do besides jog and play tennis?

l work at Bonwit's.

Well, that's a great-looking store.

Yeah, it is.

lt's a swell place to shop,

but you wouldn't want to work there.

Why not?

Because behind all of those elegant displays,

it's, uh, somewhat of a mess.

Really?

Oh, listen, you'll be so sorry

you ever asked me once l start talking about this.

lf we're going to talk about work,

let's talk about yours.

No, don't be so sure. l'm a lawyer.

Well, lawyers don't scare me.

Are you a specialist, or more like a G.P.?

Well, l do a little bit of everything,

but right now, my...

main interest are liberties.

Giving them or taking them?

These guys let the taxes

on their most rundown buildings accumulate

as long as they legally can,

use up all their extensions,

and then they turn it over to the city

without paying a penny.

Now the city is stuck with a lot of rundown real estate

that they do not know what to do with,

so they put it up for public auction.

Now, the absentee landlords,

under a new corporate name,

come back and buy it.

And it all starts all over again.

Does this stuff bore you?

No. no. l would tell you if it did.

l think you would.

So, what about the rest of your life?

Well, there's not much to tell.

Are you married?

No.

Why do you ask that?

l don't know.

Something about your...

Were you married?

For a couple of years.

That's it.

Listen, l don't mean to pry.

l happen to be divorced, and

you know, it's hardly a hot topic

for first dates.

No, it's not.

Listen,

l have to make a plane at 6:00 in the morning.

l have to be at the airport at 6:00 in the morning.

So, do you mind?

l have a lot of work to do, myself.

Waiter?

Oh, listen, it's all taken care of.

l mean, a deal's a deal.

l don't know. l...

l-l wanted to tell her the truth,

but it just didn't seem right,

didn't seem like the moment for it.

Do you find it difficult to talk about Jenny?

Yes, l do.

Especially to women.

lt doesn't seem right, doesn't seem fair to them.

Or to her.

How do you mean, not fair to her?

Well...

Do you believe that Jenny is dead?

l saw them lower that casket into the ground.

l stayed after the funeral to see that.

Why did you do that?

Because l felt l owed it to her.

And because l wanted... l wanted it to be final.

Do you sometimes feel

that Jenny is reacting to what you do or say?

She... she was the other half-half of me.

And now that half is not there anymore.

lt's missing.

You feel incomplete.

Do you see any way

that you could feel whole again?

Well, people keep telling me that it's easy-- you included.

Just...

one dies, and you find another girl,

and you pick up right where you left off.

You know my man, Lobo, right?

And this is, uh, Dora Collazo.

Hello, Dora.

Did you get all the names on your list?

l just finished them this morning.

-Good. -How about yours?

Been to the mountaintop and back, but we did it.

They can't turn us down now.

We need all the ammunition we can get.

Yeah, there's no business in the code for it.

l checked the code thoroughly.

Well, l would talk to Bill about it.

Okay. You get back to me.

All right.

Good morning, Mr. Gentilano.

15 minutes late for an appointment.

ls that how this group is going to handle all the requirements?

l'm sorry we're late.

We had a lot of signatures to collect.

Well, if a group can't make a deadline,

they can always apply for an extension.

You know about the rules, don't you, Mr. Barrett?

We don't want an extension.

We want to get this show on the road.

A lot of people are ready to go to work

on that building, Mr. Gentilano.

We don't want their enthusiasm lost in any more delays.

But l don't want this program hurt by, uh, any group

rushing into this kind of responsibility halfcocked.

Uh, believe it or not, there is a reason

for each of these approvals.

There better be.

l signed each one of these questions three times.

And l told the truth each time.

Yeah, well, l'll get to it as soon as l can.

Obviously, uh, uh...

nothing's going to happen overnight, uh...

Mr. Gentilano, l know the usual waiting time,

but if you could see

what these people have been able to do on their own,

l think you'd realize they deserve a quicker answer.

You should come down and visit us sometime.

l-l should visit a lot of projects--

Brooklyn, Staten lsland,

Eastside, Westside.

Uh, well, uh,

let's see what l can do.

Well, you sure didn't humor me today.

l had a week to lose my sense of humor.

Well, l don't know what you're so pissed off about.

You won another dinner.

Oh?

lt was a dinner?

Well, isn't that what we play for?

Tangible incentives?

l just didn't know it was a standing bet.

Only if l get to pick the restaurant.

All right.

l used up my list on the first try.

Where would you like to go?

Do you know LaCremaillere?

lt's a-a country French restaurant north of the city?

Sounds interesting.

l have to be up at our store

in Scarsdale next Friday.

Maybe... if it's convenient for you,

you could pick me up there.

Excuse me, lady, is this Macy's or Gimble's?

12 minutes late, Oliver.

Oh, l just drove through the most incredible

rush-hour traffic.

lt was a... horrible ordeal.

Well, it must have been horrible.

Looks like your car aged

a little bit in the process.

This was a Ferrari when l started.

This is very good.

l have to say it again.

l told you.

But also very expensive.

So, how's the unholy mess?

Huh?

The store.

l mean, is the one in Scarsdale doing as badly

as the one in the city?

Oh, no.

No.

As a matter of fact, the reason that l'm here is that...

l'm, uh, what you could call a troubleshooter.

l had some ideas for reorganizing things,

so management gave me some space in the store

to, um, try my experiments.

And are they working?

Yeah, they are.

They're working very well.

Well, you don't seem very pleased about it.

lt's the end of one thing

and the beginning of something else.

l can't try things for the hell of it anymore, you know.

'Cause they're watching me, they're keeping score now.

l don't like being watched.

l know what you mean.

Would you like to see the dessert menu?

Oh, listen, l'm just going to have coffee,

but they have serious desserts here.

You ought to have one.

Oh, that sounds tempting.

l'd better not.

Trying to stay in shape, remember?

Uh, two coffees, please.

Boy, nice willpower.

What about yours?

Ah, you know, l'm good tonight in front of you.

Then tomorrow, l'll sneak off somewhere

and eat ice cream and eclairs.

That's the difference between us, you know.

l'm self-indulgent, and you're self-sacrificing.

What do you mean?

l don't know.

lt's just an impression that l get.

You believe in rightness and fairness

and high-minded things.

l bet you didn't even tell lies when you were a kid.

Oh, yes, l did.

Sometimes l still do.

What do you mean?

Well, it wasn't a lie, exactly,

but l wasn't being completely honest with you last week.

l mean, you-you, uh,

you seem to assume that l was...

divorced.

You're separated?

She's dead.

l mean, how did... ?

How old was she?

She was 25.

Leukemia.

l'm-l'm really sorry, Oliver.

l know this was not the right time to tell you,

but l'm not a good liar, Marcie,

and l couldn't let it go on like this.

Oh, l know.

lt's okay.

Excuse me?

The clerk would like to know

if you will be staying the night.

The reservation says ''will confirm,''

and there are other requests.

Yeah, l will be staying the night, thanks.

You're staying here?

Mm-hmm.

You know, they have the cutest rooms upstairs--

fireplaces, brass beds.

Very tasteful.

How could you stay here if-if you didn't have a car?

You don't have to take it that way, Oliver.

lt's just l don't like to feel managed,

to be maneuvered into something.

l have to go to Hartford tomorrow.

l had someone bring my car over.

Well, have a good time in Hartford.

Sorry it worked out this way.

Maybe we can start over again the next time.

Maybe.

Call me some time?

You never gave me your number, remember?

Do you want it?

l don't know.

Well, let me know if you decide.

Good morning.

This is it?

Did you get that name l wanted you to track down?

l checked with Personnel at Bonwit's.

Well, did you find her?

There's only one employee named Nash.

That's it. Get her on the phone.

Uh, her name is Albert.

Albert? That's the only one?

Okay, Barrett, what is the 6:00 a.m. crap?

l didn't get to sleep till midnight.

Well, go to bed earlier tonight.

Do we gotta go through this again?

l haven't even finished this match yet.

Steve...

there's a girl involved.

Oh, yeah.

Joanna?

No, it isn't.

Anyway, she comes here at 6:00 sometimes,

and it's the only way l have of finding her.

Okay.

Anything for the cause.

Uh... uh, what happens

if she doesn't show up tomorrow?

Well, we just have to keep playing till she does.

Hello, Doc.

And how are you today?

Not so good.

Any particular reason?

Oh, l could name a few.

You know that case that l was working on?

Oh, the law--

it seems so simple until you get down to specifics.

Now, l'm not sure that case is going to work at all.

You remember that girl Marcie l was telling you about?

Well, l had an argument with her.

l walked out without finding out how to get in touch with her.

l've tried to call her-- there's no number.

There's no address-- she's not even listed.

So she, uh... seems lost to you.

l didn't know l could feel this miserable anymore.

Do you think you could see that

as some sort of progress?

Why, is that when you know it's good for you--

when it hurts?

Hello.

Hello, Oliver? lt's me. lt's Marcie.

Hi, how are you?

Oh, fine, you know-- busy.

Lonely.

Feeling a little stupid.

Do you think we could talk?

We are talking.

l mean off the phone.

l've been on the phone all week.

Where are you?

l'm at the store.

Maybe it's time that you saw me in my natural habitat.

Which store?

The main one-- you know where it is, right?

l just don't know how you can work there

and not be on someone's employees' list.

Oh. You checked up on me, huh?

l was trying to find you, for God's sake.

Well, l-l can explain all of this.

Just ask at the elevator for the executive offices.

-Hello, excuse me, did you... -Huh?

Do you see anybody working here today?

Oh, there's nobody works on Saturdays.

-Her name is Marcie. -Oh, Marcie. Si.

She works over there on the other side.

Hi.

Hi.

Marcie Bonwit.

l use my maiden name here.

l can see.

You don't work for Bonwit's.

lt works for you.

Aw, come on, Oliver.

lt's not quite that simple.

You want to go for a drive?

l admit l'm a little paranoid.

l give a lot of credit for that to my ex-husband.

What was he like?

He was the perfect Mr. Right.

He was everybody's idea of the man l should marry,

including my own.

He was bright.

He was charming.

He was ambitious.

He was really ambitious.

What's he doing now?

He's a wealthy divorc� living in Beverly Hills,

investing his money very wisely.

Wow.

You know, l don't mind the money.

What l regret is really just handing my life

over to someone--

you know, really just giving it all to them,

basing it all on them, and then...

Then my father died.

We lost control of the company,

and they gave me a seat on the board as consolation.

lt was a hell of a year.

So this is where we go when l'm buying.

Listen, l love this place.

We used to come here every summer after camp.

-We? -Yeah, my parents and l.

They were so concerned about me

mixing with the people,

they always put me in situations

where the other kids were from Brooklyn or the Bronx.

Hey, give me some cookies for the kid.

l was always the only rich kid.

l spent my childhood pretending to be poor.

Thanks.

Want me to make you feel better?

My family is filthy rich, too.

Two hot dogs, two coffees, please.

The works.

Oliver, why didn't you tell me that?

l was afraid you'd love me only for my money.

You want some mustard? lt's free.

Please.

Thank you.

Rich kid.

lt's nice out. Let's stay by the car.

Okay.

To our true identities...

Whatever they may be.

What are you looking at?

That funny sign over there.

No brass beds.

Probably no fireplaces.

We could watch a little TV.

We got room service.

When will l see you again?

Oh, about...

five seconds.

1 ,001 , 1 ,002, 1 ,003, 1 ,004, 1 ,005...

Look at that sunset.

How are you doing?

Fine.

But you feel a little guilty, right?

Maybe.

'Cause you thought about Jenny?

Because l didn't.

Red Apple Motel. Our rooms are rotten to the core.

Oliver?

What is the Red Apple Motel?

l didn't know it would be you.

l was expecting a-a call from an old college friend.

Well, your mother and l were just talking about next weekend.

We haven't seen you for months, really.

Well, l don't know if l can make it.

l-l have an awful lot of work piled up.

l know, Oliver, but your mother would be very disappointed.

Well, what does she have on the agenda?

Oh, nothing elaborate...

but we'd just love to have a quiet weekend alone.

All right, l'll come down on Saturday,

but l have to be back here Sunday night.

We understand, Oliver.

How are you, Sean?

-Hello, Mother. -Oh, darling.

How are you?

Oh, l'm fine. How are you?

Oh, l'm bearing up.

Did you come alone?

Yes.

Where's Father?

Oh, oh, he's on the phone.

Darling, why don't you run up and change

and then join us for a drink?

All right.

l'll see you in a minute.

Well, l personally think

it's a much better approach

to saving these urban areas

than the, these government projects.

Now, if l can only get it

through the city bureaucracy.

These people, whatever work they put in,

whatever labor, whatever, uh, carpentry, plumbing,

that becomes part of the investment

towards their own building.

lt's what, uh, they call their ''sweat equity.''

Couldn't they call it something else?

Mom...

l think that's a very good word for it.

That's all these people have to invest

is their sweat, their labor.

You know, not everybody was born with trust funds.

lt's a very interesting idea, Oliver.

l'm in favor of anything that expands the tax base.

Well, there are some very sound

economic arguments for this, Father.

This... these are not charity cases.

Now, all my life l was taught to believe

that poor people did not know how

to take care of property.

But why should they when they don't own it?

And the people that do-- these absentee landlords,

these no-name corporations--

do you think that they give a shit?

Oh, Oliver...

Well, Mother, do they?

They don't care about the human beings

that live there.

Oliver, it's admirable

for you to give so much time to such a project,

but keep it in perspective.

l'll try, Father.

Oliver, l want you to try some of these.

l think you've been losing weight.

Hmm?

l-l've been running.

l'm getting back into shape, trying to lose a few pounds.

l want you to leave here well-fed and well-rested.

''There was a crooked man, and he went a crooked mile.

''He found a crooked sixpence against a crooked stile.

''He bought a crooked cat, which caught a crooked mouse.

''And they all lived together in a little crooked house.

Next month, Oliver, l'll be 68 years old.

The more l think about it,

the more l like the idea of retirement.

l didn't know that.

The only thing that bothers me is, ''Who would run things?''

Ward and his family own 12%.

Seymour has 10%.

The rest is ours.

Ultimately yours.

Well, Ward's a good man. l think you can trust him.

He's certainly been around long enough.

Oh, he'd handle the business

and banking side of it all right,

but as far as the mill is concerned,

he wants to sell that.

He says it's a losing proposition.

Oh, he'd look after his interests fine,

but l don't think he'd look after ours as well.

Things wouldn't be the same.

What do you mean?

Oliver, this business was started by our family.

lt's identified with our family,

and a member of our family needs to be in it,

needs to be involved.

Father... if you're talking about me,

l have involvements of my own.

But you'd have a bit of time for your own projects.

But l don't want a bit of time.

l need a lot of time for my work.

For my life.

Oliver.

Where's Gentilano?

He got away from you already?

No, l thought it would be better

for Willie and Dora to show him around for a while.

lt's about time for our spontaneous coffee break.

Has he cracked a smile yet?

No smile.

He looks like a sergeant inspecting the barracks.

Now what are we going to? Plan A or Plan B?

Plan A for now.

Fix the plastic, please.

l can pin a large canvas on the wall

and paint to my heart's content.

l see.

Anybody ready for coffee? Got a pot full downstairs.

Every time you have to repair the walls,

you're going to have to buy three different colors of paint.

Uh, Mr. Gentilano,

l'd like you to meet Carlos Cruz.

You know, most people would put, uh,

a sheet-metal door there, ugly one.

Carlos, tell him where you got that door

l-l don't like despredicios-- waste, you know--

so l-l took this door from my building,

an abandoned building, a few blocks away.

lt was 1 4 blocks, and Teo carried it on his back.

l want to bring character to this place.

l live here, and l want the...

l want... l want to be orgulloso, proud.

That's why we could do a better job of, uh,

rehabilitating this place than a contractor.

l wouldn't be too sure.

Now, so the real question

is not what gets done on one day when-when you have a party,

but what happens, whether or not you go back

to work on-on Monday.

You know, l've had several groups like this

attempt the same thing, and they failed.

Then l go back to my office,

and my department has eggs on its face.

And what l'm trying to say here

is that we are concerned about you,

but that there are layers and layers

of-of government over us,

and that when budget time comes,

they want to know what happened to their money.

Now, a good program,

a responsible program, is-is-is-is good publicity.

A bad program, an-an abandoned program...

an abandoned program is bad publicity.

Now, if the wrong people get wind of it,

then our program is destroyed--

absolutely des-destroyed.

Now, uh...

What's that?

Oh, that's the television crew.

They've been coming down here.

They're just filming the work.

l hope we didn't,

uh, knock your concentration off.

No, no.

Th-That's all right.

Landlord problems are nothing new,

but here in the Lower East Side--

or Low East Side as sometimes it is called--

there is a new approach to an old problem.

Waltereen Jones and William Nanos

represent the tenants' committee of this building.

Can you tell us exactly what's going on here today?

We're settling in.

This is, uh, a work party

uh, to launch the rehabilitation of this building

by the tenants and the-the neighborhood.

ls this an official project

or should l say, a ''spontaneous gesture''?

You have to ask our, uh, our lawyer,

Oliver Barrett, how official it is.

Sir?

Uh, well, we're fortunate

to have Mr. Gentilano with us today.

Perhaps you should, uh...

He's a city official. Ask him your question.

Sir, what do you think of what you have seen here today?

Albert Gentilano.

l-l'm very impressed with what is happening in this community.

And we're very impressed that a city official,

a civil servant like yourself,

would take time out of his busy schedule

to come down here.

Well, actually, l get here as often as l can.

This is where the action is.

l mean, good government isn't sitting behind a desk.

l'm proud of this people.

l'm proud of the way

they're pulling themselves up by their bootstraps.

l mean, what we have here

is what we call ''sweat equity.''

That's correct. Yes.

Uh, do they have, uh, your official go-ahead then?

Of course, of course.

How about that?

There you are.

Hello. Barrett residence.

Who is this?

This is Marcie.

Well, l'm the mad baker from Cranston.

-l want to congratulate Oliver. -Who?

lt's the mad baker from Cranston?

l'll get it.

He says he wants to congratulate you

on something.

Yeah, l'm sure.

Hello, Philip.

You're terrific, Oliver.

l'm proud of you.

How you been doing?

Great, great. l'm going to Miami.

Well, that's great.

l hope you enjoy yourself.

l hope you enjoy yourself, if you know what l mean.

Yes, Phil, l know what you mean.

Well, good-bye.

Good-bye.

Who was that?

That was my ex-father-in-law.

ls he always like that?

No, l think he just gets like that when he's around me.

He's trying to rediscover his lost youth or something.

Listen, he did sound kind of cute.

Oh, he is, very cute.

lf you want to catch him,

he's taking that 9:00 plane to Miami.

He didn't sound that cute.

l'm staying put.

Good.

l'd better get your dinner

before your tuna fish gets cold.

What did you do, fry it?

lsn't that what you're supposed to do?

Take the big plate.

l'll take the one with the crack in it.

l noticed that your silverware is pretty eclectic, also.

l like all this stuff.

Yeah, l know. So did l.

l went through the same stage myself.

What stage?

Oh...

you know, the sort of mock-poverty routine.

What do you mean?

l mean that finally

you have to come to terms with who you are.

You and l, Oliver, are upper-class WASPs,

and we're always going to be.

l mean, our guilt about that isn't going to change anything.

These things are not important to me.

l don't... l don't have to have caviar

or eat off sterling silver.

But you know good stuff, and you like it.

l mean, l saw some of the labels in your closet.

Did you come over here to argue, or what?

l thought we were going to have dinner.

lf you don't like this, l'll take you back to La Cremea.

LaCremaillere.

Listen, Oliver, you don't have to make

everything a class struggle.

l'm in the same class.

Now eat your tuna fish.

Don't be defensive.

Who's defensive?

Hello, this is Oliver Barrett. ls she in?

Just a minute, please.

ls it important? She's very, very busy.

Uh, would you tell her it's me on the line?

Uh, it will only take a minute.

All right, hold on.

Thank you.

Hello?

Hello, Marcie, how are you?

-Can l call you back? -Of course, l...

l just wanted to say that l was sorry about the other night.

l think things got a little tense.

l understand.

l'm in a board meeting.

Can we talk about it later?

Sure.

l get the message.

Good-bye.

You were... you were like a total stranger.

lt was scary.

l'm sorry, Oliver.

lt's just a policy l have to stick to.

l can't take a call in the middle of one of those meetings

that makes me sound like a lovesick teenager.

l just don't know

how you can play roles like that, Marcie--

how you can put one hat on,

take one hat off so arbitrarily.

Well, it's not all that difficult

once you get used to it.

l don't think l want to get used to it.

No one's asking you to.

What do you mean by that?

l just mean that when you met me,

l wasn't in the kitchen cooking casserole.

l work, Oliver. l like it.

l mean, this is it. Accept it.

l don't try to change you.

Well, wh-wh-what are you, then,

a-a-a business magnate or a woman?

Well, Oliver, what are you,

a man or a lawyer?

What kind of question is that?

l would just like to know

if l am to be your boyfriend

on the weekends, and then during the week,

l'm just another one of those telephone calls

that's put on hold.

Oliver, l never put you on hold.

My God, l can't believe it.

Do you always exaggerate like this?

l mean, what if you're in the middle of a meeting

with the senior partners,

and someone named, for God's sake,

Marcie calls, l mean, what do you do?

Well, that's easy.

First l would resign, and then l would call you back

from the unemployment office.

l'm sorry, Oliver.

lt's just that l'm trying to be

more than a decoration at a board meeting, and...

it ends up taking a lot out of me.

l get really tired of doing it all alone.

Well, l'm exhausted, too.

This case is taking ten times more work

than l expected.

What a pair.

Listen, l'm going to Hong Kong on Tuesday.

l have to check out some factories there

and handle a photo session.

You want to come with me,

and we'll make a working vacation out of it?

Hong Kong? Well...

isn't that halfway around the world?

Exactly.

Welcome back. How was your trip?

lt was fine.

This is Oliver Barrett.

This is John Hsiang.

He's our man in Hong Kong.

-Hello. -Hello, John.

That was quite a, uh, view you provided

on our landing.

We do our best.

ls this your first trip to Hong Kong?

John, the man has never been out of New York.

You understand me?

Oh. How is the Big Apple?

Anything less than the penthouse will be a comedown.

All l could get was something called the Marco Polo suite.

John, can you get

two extra models for the photo sessions tomorrow?

You got it.

Nice to meet you, Oliver.

Oh, thank you, John.

The car will be here at 10:00.

Pleasant dreams.

-Thanks, John. -Good night.

l got one question.

What?

Do you see a bedroom

tucked around here anywhere?

l think l saw one just around the corner.

Oh, yeah.

Look at that.

Oh, my God.

Where'd you learn to eat with chopsticks?

You noticed?

l had this Chinese friend at Harvard.

He promised to teach me to eat with chopsticks

if l would teach him to ice skate.

lf l were you, l'd ask for a refund.

Well, you should see him skate.

Do you have any film left?

'Bout half a roll.

You're kidding.

Most people who come here, the first day they get here,

they buy three cameras and shoot 12 rolls of film.

l think that's why l didn't.

You should just relax and be a tourist, Oliver.

lt's permitted, you know.

ls it a requirement?

No, but, l mean, it is what a lot

of these people live on.

Yes, l see how they live.

l know. That was hard for me, too, when l first came here.

But you got over that stage.

You know, Oliver, this is beginning to sound

like a conversation we've already had.

Yes, it is.

l'm sorry.

No, let's talk about it.

Oh, no, let's not.

l'll be over here.

Okay.

Hi.

l'm sorry.

These things always take longer

than they're supposed to.

lt's all right.

lt's a lovely setting.

We're in a heated debate over underarm hair.

Well, you're the boss, aren't you, Marcie?

lsn't it your decision?

Marcie? Marcie?!

Time's running out. Come on.

Let's get to it, ladies.

The clock is running.

Okay, that's fine.

Oliver, move over.

O-Oliver?

Okay, ladies.

And go. Good.

Go.

And... go.

Good.

One more.

Ready? Okay.

Nice. Again...

l thought we settled that.

l wish l'd known about it before l left New York.

Well, l guess l have to.

l mean, do l have a choice?

Right.

Okay, l'll see you.

l'll see you at 10:00. Good-bye.

What's wrong?

Another crisis.

l'm sorry.

l have to meet some people.

Do you mind?

No.

lt's all right.

We can sightsee later.

John, maybe this is a good time to take Oliver around.

l have a complete tour all planned.

You know what l'd like to do?

See your factory.

What for?

l don't know.

l... l know everything else about your business.

l'm curious.

We'll have to make another tour on a nice day.

That's all right.

l want to see it all.

This route to the factory is not

the best look at Hong Kong.

They're so young.

Don't let the youth fool you.

These are some of the best cutters in the business,

and we pay them well by Hong Kong standard.

Their parents may be working

in another part of the factory.

We also have work that the grandparents can do.

On this side,

each person handles one piece of a garment.

On the other side,

they assemble everything.

l must admit, John, l had a slightly...

different picture in my mind.

Yes, l know.

ln the United States, Hong Kong means sweatshops.

Well, what do you think?

About what?

About the factory.

You made such a point about wanting to see it,

but you haven't mentioned it since.

l was very impressed.

Air conditioned.

Surprised?

No, not really.

l was beginning to think that you expected dirt floors

and rats and eight-year-olds slaving away.

Oh, Marcie, you've got to admit

that there is a certain...

image to Hong Kong labor.

Yeah.

So you thought l was running a sweatshop, huh?

l don't know what you're doing.

Well, listen, l hope you're not too disappointed.

Why should l be?

'Cause it would have made a great excuse.

For what?

For you to break this off

and still come out looking swell.

But l don't need any excuses.

And besides,

who's talking about breaking anything off?

l guess the point is

that you're not talking about anything period.

Why do l feel that as long as l'm in the wrong tax bracket

this is never going to work?

That's not true.

Of course it is.

That's why you're partly obsessed with Jenny,

because she was your pass to the people.

Don't ever talk about her like that!

Ever!

You just leave her out of it, please.

Keep her out of it?

How can l?

She's right between us.

l can't even reach you, she's so much in the way.

Then reach for me in another way.

There is no right way with you, Oliver.

You don't know what it's like

to compete with a dead woman.

Then stop trying!

Leave her alone! Leave me alone!

l don't need anybody.

You're right, Oliver.

Only the living need each other.

Well, what am l, dead?

l don't know,

but something feels dead here.

And you know, l'm sick of trying

to bring it back to life.

l'm okay.

lt just takes a little while to adjust, that's all.

Actually...

it's better this way.

And why do you say that?

Well, for as long as l was with Marcie,

there was always this...

growing tension that happened between us.

l mean, we-we had fun.

lt was exciting.

Where do you think that came from?

l know l'm not supposed to make comparisons about Jenny,

but l really don't think

l'll ever be able to keep from doing it.

Well, nothing happens magically, Oliver.

But just being aware of a problem

is beginning to solve it.

Fears are coming on

So better face it

And the lamp is burning low

Oh you can't do the things you used to do

35 years ago

Oh, no, you

Can't do the things you

Used to do...

35 years ago

No, way!

Okay, if there's anybody left that don't know me,

uh, my-my name is Jamie Francis,

and, uh, l work here, huh?

Yeah.

Now, uh, if this were an ordinary day,

and l started to make a speech,

the old folks would reach for a chair and light up a pipe.

And the young ones would, uh, reach for their sweetheart

and slip away behind the looms.

But, uh, it's not an ordinary day,

and well we know it.

So l won't be boring you with that sort of speech.

Now, this, uh, shuttle is from loom number one.

And on those calculators we got the payroll department,

Maria LaBrusso figured out

this has made the trip back and forth

between the yarns over seven million times.

So, we have decided

to take it out of loom number one

and give it a rest.

Give it to someone else who deserves a rest.

lt's a... it's a homely sort of thing, but, uh...

it means a lot to us, Mr. Barrett.

We hope it means as much to you.

Wait...

Wait, l-l-l...

read the inscriptions.

''To Oliver Barrett, lll,

''who stayed when others left

''in gratitude,

the men and women of Barrett Mills.''

Thank you.

Thank you very much, indeed. l...

Thank you.

Mr. Barrett.

Congratulations, Father.

lt's-it's beautiful.

Thank you, Oliver.

Thank you.

l'm so glad you've been here to see this.

So am l.

Oh, have you had anything to eat yet today?

Not much.

Where is the, uh, food anyway?

Well, it's over there.

Go help yourself.

Okay.

l'll be right back.

You-you are spending the night, aren't you?

Yes, Mama.

Hey, Oliver. Welcome back.

-Hey, John. -How you doing?

-Nice to see you. -Nice seeing you.

l don't care what you say, Jamie.

lt don't strike me right for the union and the members

to be knocking themselves out to throw the boss a party.

Well, true, we're on opposite sides

of the bargaining table,

but this goes beyond that, Arlie.

Yeah. My old man would turn over in his grave.

Remember, he lead the strike against Barrett's father.

Got his head broke for it, too.

Ah, those were bitter days.

Barrett's old man

is not the same as Barrett.

This man you can deal with.

Remember, just as easy as that,

he could close down this whole place.

Years ago, when the others were going to Carolina

and to Puerto Rico-- hmm, for cheap labor--

he took a half million dollars from his banking company

and sunk it into this place to keep...

Oh, there you are, Oliver.

Good morning, Father.

-Good morning. -Did you sleep well?

l'm usually awake at 6:00.

Your mother's still asleep, though.

l just discovered some, uh, homemade donuts.

Would you like one?

Oh, no, no.

Let's call Stuart.

He usually doesn't start until 8:00 on Sunday morning,

but he can fix breakfast today.

And put it in the study or the dining room.

Wherever you'd like to eat.

Where l would like to eat is right here.

This is my favorite room in the house.

Besides, l've made some coffee.

l used to love this room when l was a kid.

l like the way it smelled.

Yeah.

Yeah. l remember we had a wonderful cook

when l was a child.

l remember climbing the trees to get apples

for her to make her own cider.

Her name was Clara.

She was Dutch.

Died before you were born.

Would you like cream and sugar?

Uh, no, no. Just black.

Now, l think we should take a drive

in the country this afternoon.

Lovely this time of the year.

And l promise not to talk business.

Oh, you can talk all the business

that you want to.

l just want you to know

that l enjoyed yesterday very much.

l've-l've never seen the mill

quite like that.

l never had the feeling you were interested

in the mill, Oliver.

l used to hate it.

l was thinking about that yesterday. Why?

Then l realized it...

it was because...

the mill took you away from us so much.

l never realized it.

l j... l just want you to know that, uh...

that l'm proud of what you've been able to preserve here.

Father...

l'd like to help in any way l can.

Only the living need each other.

Only the living can carry life on.

Part of me was trying to die

because l thought l owed that to Jenny.

l owe her something else.

Something much harder to give.

A new life.

Another try.

A setting free.