"ÿ?" "YOU'D BE ?" "ÿÿ?" "SO EASY TO LOVE ?" "?" "SO EASY TO IDOLIZE ?" "ÿ?" "ALL OTHERS ABOVE ?" "ÿÿ?" "SO WORTH ÿÿ THE YEARNING FOR ?" "ÿÿ?" "SO SWELL TO KEEP EVERY ?" "?" "HOME FIRE BURNING FOR ?" "ÿÿ?" "WE'D BE ?" "ÿÿÿ?" "SO GRAND AT THE GAME ?" "?" "SO CAREFREE TOGETHER THAT IT ?" "ÿ?" "DOES SEEM A SHAME ?" "?" "THAT YOU CAN'T SEE ?" "?" "YOUR FUTURE WITH ME ?" "?" "'CAUSE YOU'D BE OH-SO EASY TO LOVE ?" "[MAN] THERE'S GREAT WISDOM IN JOKES, FALK, REALLY." "THERE'S AN OLD JOKE ABOUT A PRIZEFIGHTER IN THE RING." "HE'S GETTING HIS BRAINS BEAT OUT." "AND HIS MOTHER'S IN THE AUDIENCE, AND SHE'S WATCHING HIM GETTING BEATEN UP." "ÿÿÿTHERE'S A PRIEST ÿÿÿNEXT TO HER AND SHE SAYS, ÿÿÿ"FATHER, PRAY FOR HIM." "AND THE PRIEST SAYS, "I WILL, BUT IF HE COULD PUNCH, IT WOULD HELP."" "ÿTHERE'S MORE INSIGHT IN ÿTHAT JOKE, INTO WHAT I CALL ÿÿTHE GIANT SO WHAT THAN ÿÿÿMOST BOOKS ON PHILOSOPHY." "WOMEN." "CAMUS SAID THAT" "WOMEN ARE ALL THAT WE'RE EVER GOING TO KNOW ÿOF PARADISE ON EARTH." "IN YOUR CASE, FALK, THERE IS A SEMINAL JOKE THAT ÿHENNY YOUNGMAN USED TO TELL ÿTHAT I THINK IS PERFECT." "ÿIT SUMS IT UP PERFECTLY ÿAS FAR ASYOUGO." "ÿGUY COMES ÿINTO A DOCTOR'S OFFICE." "ÿHE SAYS, "DOC, IT HURTS ÿWHEN I DO THIS."" "THE DOCTOR SAYS, "DON'T DO IT."" "ÿÿÿTHINK ABOUT THAT." "ÿÿTHAT'S DAVID DOBEL, ÿÿAND I'M JERRY FALK." "ÿÿÿWE SPENT MANY AFTERNOONS ÿÿÿWALKING AND TALKING ÿÿÿIN THE PARK." "DID I KNOW WHEN I FIRST MET HIM HOW NUTS HE WAS?" "ÿÿWE MET AT THE OFFICE ÿOF SOME SO-CALLED ÿINTELLECTUAL COMEDIAN'S AGENT." "ÿWE WERE COMEDY WRITERS TRYING ÿTO BREAK INTO THE BUSINESS ÿÿÿBY WRITING NIGHTCLUB ROUTINES ÿÿÿFOR COMICS." "THE DIFFERENCE WAS, I WAS 21 AND HE WAS 60." "HE WANTS TRUISMS." "NOT JUST JOKES." "TRUISMS." "WE CAN'T AFFORD THE CRAZY PRICES FOR THE MORE ESTABLISHED... ÿÿLET ME SAY THIS, IF I MAY." "ÿÿÿI CAN'T SPEAK FOR DAVID DOBEL ÿÿÿBECAUSE I DON'T HANDLE HIM." "IN FACT, JERRY AND I JUST MET HIM NOW." "BUT I'VE HANDLED JERRY FALK SINCE HE BEGAN, AND WITH JERRY," "YOU GET TOP-QUALITY GOODS FOR YOUR MONEY." "YOU CAN BUY A SUIT AND GET THE SAME CUT IN A CHEAP FABRIC AS YOU CAN IN AN EXPENSIVE FABRIC." "JERRY GIVES YOU AFFORDABLE FABRIC," "A QUALITY FABRIC, AT AFFORDABLE PRICES." "IS THIS GABARDINE?" "WHO IS THAT PIECE GOODS SALESMAN WHO HANDLES YOU?" "ÿÿHARVEY?" "DON'T ASK." "ÿÿMY CROSS TO BEAR." "I'D LOVE TO DUMP HIM, BUT I'M HIS ONLY CLIENT." "YOU PAY THAT TROLL TEN PERCENT OF YOUR SALARY?" "ÿÿÿTWENTY." "ACTUALLY, 25." "ÿÿÿIT'S A LONG STORY." "ÿÿHE WAS THERE FOR ME ÿÿWHEN MY MARRIAGE BROKE UP." "YOUR MAR" " DON'T TELL ME YOU GOT MARRIED YOUNG." "YOU THOUGHT IT WAS EXCITING." "IT TURNED OUT TO BE HEBETUDINOUS AND YOU DUMPED HER." "AM I RIGHT?" "ÿÿÿYOU ARE NOT." "SHE LEFT ME." "ÿÿÿI CAN'T LEAVE ANYBODY." "ÿÿÿIT'S MY MAIN PROBLEM IN ÿÿÿANALYSIS." "I'M AFRAID TO SLEEP ÿÿÿALONE. "HE-HEBETUDINOUS"?" "YOU'RE IN ANALYSIS ALREADY?" "ÿÿYES." "VERY COMMITTED, ACTUALLY." "I TURNED DOWN SOME TV JOBS IN LOS ANGELES BECAUSE MY SHRINK FELT WE WEREN'T FINISHED YET." "YOU CHOSE PSYCHOANALYSIS OVER REAL LIFE?" "ARE YOU LEARNING DISABLED?" "[FALK] OBVIOUSLY, YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH ANALYSIS." "WRONG." "I'M COMPLETELY FAMILIAR WITH IT." "SIMILAR HUSTLERS TRIED TO FOB IT OFF ON ME AT PAYNE WHITNEY." "ÿÿYOU WERE IN PAYNE WHITNEY?" "THAT'S RIGHT." "A NUTHOUSE." "I WAS IN THE PSYCHO WARD FOR SIX MONTHS, A VACATION I DON'T LOOK BACK ON WITH GREAT NOSTALGIA." "ÿREALLY?" "RELAX." "YOU DON'T HAVE TO MOVE AWAY." "ÿÿOH, NO." "I'M NOT SUGGESTING ÿÿYOU WERE VIOLENT." "BUT I WAS VIOLENT." "THAT'S WHY THEY PUT YOU IN A STRAITJACKET." "ÿYOU WERE IN A STRAITJACKET?" "I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE AN AX AND SPLIT YOUR HEAD OPEN." "DON'T BE SCARED." "I'M JUST SURPRISED." "WHAT HAPPENED?" "WHY WERE YOU THERE?" "I BROKE UP WITH THIS GIRL, AND THEY PUT ME WITH A PSYCHIATRIST" "WHO SAID," ""WHY DID YOU GET SO DEPRESSED AND DO ALL THOSE THINGS YOU DID?"" "AND I SAID, "I WANTED THIS GIRL AND SHE LEFT ME."" "AND HE SAID, "WELL, WE HAVE TO LOOK INTO THAT."" "AND I SAID, "THERE'S NOTHING TO LOOK INTO!" "I WANTED HER AND SHE LEFT ME."" "AND HE SAID, "WELL, WHY ARE YOU FEELING SO INTENSE?"" "AND I SAID, "'CAUSE I WANT THE GIRL!"" "AND HE SAID, "WHAT'S UNDERNEATH IT?" AND I SAID, "NOTHING!"" "HE SAID, "I'LL HAVE TO GIVE YOU MEDICATION."" "I SAID, "I DON'T WANT MEDICATION!" "I WANT THE GIRL!"" "AND HE SAID, "WE HAVE TO WORK THIS THROUGH."" "SO, I TOOK A FIRE EXTINGUISHER FROM THE CASEMENT" "AND STRUCK HIM ACROSS THE BACK OF HIS NECK." "AND BEFORE I KNEW IT, GUYS FROM CON ED" "HAD JUMPER CABLES IN MY HEAD AND THE REST WAS..." "WHY ARE YOU IN ANALYSIS?" "YOU'RE AFRAID TO SLEEP ALONE." "WHAT ELSE?" "ÿÿFEAR OF DEATH." "THAT'S FUNNY." "I HAVE THAT, TOO!" "MY DOG HAS IT." "IT'S VERY COMMON TO LIVING CREATURES." "AND I HAVE ROUGH PATCHES WITH MY GIRLFRIEND." "YOU HAVE A GIRLFRIEND?" "I AM DEEPLY IN LOVE." "REALLY?" "YES, WITH THE MOST BEAUTIFUL, CHARMING, SEXY..." "BUT THERE ARE ROUGH PATCHES." "WE'LL GET THROUGH THEM." "BUT THERE ARE PAINFUL CONFLICTS." "ÿÿÿSHE CAN BE DIFFICULT." "ÿÿÿBUT YOU'D LOVE HER." "ÿÿÿSHE'S A KNOCKOUT." "A KNOCKOUT, BUT IMPOSSIBLE." "I NEVER SAID IMPOSSIBLE." "YOU DID!" "ÿÿÿDIFFICULT." "ÿÿÿSHE CAN BE DIFFICULT." "NOW SHE'S DIFFICULT." "SOON, SHE'LL BE IMPOSSIBLE." "ÿÿÿSHE'S VERY SUPPORTIVE ÿÿÿOF MY GOALS." "WHAT ARE THESE GOALS?" "I WANT TO WRITE A NOVEL." "A NOVEL ABOUT MAN'S FATE IN THE EMPTY UNIVERSE." "ÿNO GOD, NO HOPE, JUST HUMAN ÿSUFFERING AND LONELINESS." "ÿÿÿSTICK TO JOKES" " THAT'S WHERE ÿÿÿTHE MONEY IS." "WANT A LIFT?" "NO, I'M OKAY." "I'M MEETING MY GIRLFRIEND." "TODAY IS OUR ANNIVERSARY." "ÿÿYOU KNOW, MAYBE NEXT WEEK, ÿÿIF YOU'D LIKE, ÿWE COULD DRIVE OUT TO WATCH ÿTHAT INTELLECTUAL COMEDIAN ÿÿPARADE HIS AMPHIGORIES FOR US." "SURE." "THAT'D BE GREAT." "IT'S FUNNY." "I WAS ONCE IN A CAB" " THIS WAS YEARS AGO-- ÿÿAND I WAS POURING MY HEART OUT ÿÿTO THE DRIVER ÿÿÿABOUT ALL THE STUFF ÿÿÿYOU WERE PRATTLING ON ABOUT" "LIFE, DEATH, THE EMPTY UNIVERSE, ÿÿÿTHE MEANING OF EXISTENCE, ÿÿÿHUMAN SUFFERING." "ÿÿAND THE CAB DRIVER SAID TO ME:" "ÿÿÿ"YOU KNOW, ÿÿÿIT'S LIKE ANYTHING ELSE."" "ÿÿÿTHINK ABOUT THAT." "HE WAS A TEACHER WHO LIVED ON ROOSEVELT ISLAND." "PUBLIC SCHOOL." "TOO FRIGHTENED TO QUIT AND WRITE COMEDY FULL-TIME BECAUSE, ÿAS HE SAID, HE KNEW ÿWHAT IT WAS TO STARVE." "ÿ"AMPHIGORIES"? "HEBETUDINOUS"?" "MEANWHILE, I'M ON MY WAY TO MEET AMANDA." "I'LL BE ON TIME, SHE'LL BE LATE." "SHE'S LATE, SHE'S DISORGANIZED." "INCIDENTALLY, THAT'S NOT OUR BIG PROBLEM." "ÿÿSHE DRIVES ME CRAZY, ÿÿBUT WAIT TILL YOU MEET HER." "SHE IS ADORABLE!" "JERRY!" "AMANDA!" "HEY!" "AM I LATE?" "NOT IF WE GO BY ROCKY MOUNTAIN TIME." "CAN YOU PAY FOR THE CAB?" "I FORGOT MY WALLET." "ÿÿPAY FOR THE CAB?" "ÿÿARE YOU GETTING THE PICTURE?" "YOU KNOW, WE DID SAY 7:30." "ÿSORRY!" "ÿIT WAS PRETTY TOUGH ÿTO GET A RESERVATION." "ÿÿWHAT'S THE MATTER?" "I'M IN A BAD MOOD." "I CAN SEE." "WHY?" "ÿI DID TERRIBLY ÿAT AN AUDITION TODAY." "ÿYOU ALWAYS THINK YOU DID BADLY." "I FELT SO CONFIDENT UNTIL I GOT UP TO READ, THEN I COMPLETELY FROZE." "DON'T OBSESS." "I'M SURE IT WASN'T THAT BAD." "I'M MY OWN WORST ENEMY." "I COULD PLAY THAT PART IN MY SLEEP." "ÿI KNOW YOU CAN." "JUST CALM DOWN." "WE'LL GO HAVE A GOOD DINNER." "WE'LL HAVE WINE, YOU CAN RELAX." "ÿÿI GOT TO TELL YOU ÿÿABOUT THIS CHARACTER I MET." "ÿÿHE'S FASCINATING." "ÿÿDON'T BE MAD AT ME, ÿÿBUT I ATE." "YOU ATE?" "ÿI WAS STARVING WHEN I GOT BACK ÿFROM THE AUDITION, ÿÿSO I HAD A LITTLE SLIVER ÿÿOF THAT SARA LEE CHEESECAKE." "THEN I HAD ANOTHER ONE." "YOU KNOW WHAT I'M LIKE WHEN I GET STARTED." "PRETTY SOON, I'D EATEN THE WHOLE CAKE." "YOU ATE THE WHOLE SARA LEE CHEESECAKE?" "ÿTHEN I FIGURED, WHAT THE HELL!" "ÿI FINISHED THE SPAGHETTI ÿIN THE REFRIGERATOR," "ATE THAT LAST LOBSTER TAIL AND HEATED UP A CHICKEN POT PIE." "ÿÿIS THERE ANY FURNITURE ÿÿLEFT IN THE HOUSE?" "ÿÿI'M SO FAT, IT'S DISGUSTING." "ÿÿÿHOW COULD YOU EAT ÿÿÿBEFORE DINNER?" "ÿÿÿI'M SORRY." "I WAS SO ANGRY ÿÿÿAT MYSELF FOR SCREWING UP." "ÿÿI COULDN'T HELP IT." "ÿÿÿI RESERVED A CORNER BOOTH." "ÿÿIT'S OKAY." "YOU CAN ORDER ÿÿAND I'LL GET A CLUB SODA." "ÿÿI'M DIETING ANYWAY." "ÿÿÿI CAN'T TAKE THEIR BEST BOOTH ÿÿÿWITH JUST ONE OF US EATING." "ÿÿÿIT'S NOT NICE." "IT'S FINE." "ÿÿÿNO, IT'S NOT." "IT'S DINNER HOUR." "THE RESTAURANT'S JAM-PACKED." "ÿÿÿHOW DOES IT LOOK?" "WHY DO YOU ALWAYS CARE WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK?" "ÿIT'S EMBARRASSING ÿIF JUST ONE OF US EATS." "OKAY." "I'LL ORDER A MEAL AND I JUST WON'T EAT IT." "I CAN'T DO THAT." "SO ORDER ME A STEAK, I'LL GET A DOGGIE BAG, AND IT'LL BE MY INSOMNIA SNACK." "WHAT KIND OF ANNIVERSARY DINNER IS THAT?" "ÿ"CAN I HAVE ONE DINNER, ÿAND CAN YOU PUT A STEAK ÿIN A DOGGIE BAG?"" "I THOUGHT WE'D SIT OVER SOME WINE AND ÿI'D LOOK IN YOUR EYES AND ÿTELL YOU HOW BEAUTIFUL YOU ARE." "ÿÿI'M NOT BEAUTIFUL." "I'M FAT." "ÿÿÿOKAY, I'LL CANCEL ÿÿÿTHE RESERVATION." "ÿÿLET'S GO HOME." "I'LL MAKE ÿÿMYSELF SOME EGGS OR SOMETHING." "THERE ARE NO MORE EGGS." "I ATE THEM." "[AMANDA] WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" "ÿI MADE MYSELF A SANDWICH." "THERE ÿWERE SOME CANS OF TUNA LEFT." "ÿÿTHANK GOD SHE HASN'T ÿÿLEARNED HOW TO USE THE NEW ÿÿELECTRIC CAN OPENER YET." "MY MOTHER'S MOVING IN WITH US." "WHAT?" "I'M SO ANGRY AT HER." "WAIT A MINUTE." "DID I MISS SOMETHING?" "ÿSHE LEFT HER BOYFRIEND." "WHAT HAPPENED?" "I THOUGHT SHE WAS FINALLY SETTLED." "ÿWHAT HAPPENED ÿIS SHE'S MADAME BOVARY." "SHE'S MARRIED TO A PARK AVENUE DOCTOR AND THAT'S TOO DULL FOR HER." "THEN THERE'S TOM, THE MONEY MARKET MAVEN, AND PERRY, THE TRAVEL AGENT GUY." "BUT, NO, SHE WANTS MORE." "MORE?" "MORE WHAT?" "I'M SURE SHE DOESN'T KNOW." "MORE FANTASIES." "HER YOUTH BACK." "SHE WANTS TO "FULFILL HER LIFE BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE." THOSE ARE HER WORDS." "ÿWHY IS SHE COMING HERE?" "SHE HAS NO MONEY." "SHE HAS NOWHERE ELSE TO GO." "AMANDA, WE HAVE NO ROOM." "THERE'S NO ROOM HERE." "I FIGURED WE'LL PUT A BED IN THE OFFICE." "IN THE OFFICE, AMANDA?" "THAT'S WHERE I WRITE." "THAT'S WHERE I CREATE." "MY WHOLE WORLD IS IN THERE." "ÿYOU CAN CREATE ÿIN THE LIVING ROOM." "IN THE LIV--?" "NO, AMANDA." "EVERYTHING IS IN THERE, OKAY?" "THAT'S MY SPACE." "IT'S WHERE I WRITE." "ALL OF MY RITUALS REVOLVE AROUND MY SPACE." "I CAN'T..." "SHE'S MY MOTHER." "SHE'S NOT STAYING IN A SHELTER." "WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME EARLIER?" "I DIDN'T WANT TO RUIN YOUR DINNER." "ÿMY ANNIVERSARY ÿTUNA FISH SANDWICH?" "YOU'RE MAKING MATTERS WORSE, OKAY?" "YOU'VE GIVING ME A MIGRAINE." "ÿÿÿ[PHONE RINGS] ÿÿHELLO." "I'LL ONLY BE A MINUTE." "WHEN I LEFT YOU, ÿI RAN INTO DANNY WAX." "HE SAID THE BABY-SITTER ROUTINE YOU WROTE FOR HIM IS NOT WORKING." "ÿÿTHERE ARE NO LAUGHS." "ÿÿNOT ONE LAUGH IN THAT ROUTINE." "ÿÿÿPEOPLE ARE SITTING ÿÿÿWITH STONE FACES." "THE ROUTINE IS FINE." "THE GUY'S JUST IN THE WRONG PROFESSION." "ÿTHAT'S WHAT I TOLD HIM." "ÿI SAID, "DANNY, YOU'VE BEEN ÿAROUND FOR A LONG TIME." "ÿ"YOU THINK THERE'S A REASON ÿYOU NEVER MADE IT?"" "ÿÿNO TACT." "NONE." "NONE." "I SAID TO HIM, "DANNY, A MAN BUYS A SUIT." "ÿÿ"HE SAYS HE'S HAPPY WITH IT." "ÿÿ"THEN HE SEES ANOTHER SUIT." "ÿÿSUDDENLY HE DOESN'T WANT ÿÿTHE SUIT HE'S GOT!" "ÿÿ"HE WANTS A NEW SUIT." "HE'S NOT ÿÿHAPPY WITH THE OLD ONE."" "RIGHT, YEAH." "LISTEN, I'M A LITTLE BUSY NOW." "CAN I RING YOU BACK?" "ÿÿÿI WAS UP TO NBC." "THERE IS ÿÿÿNOTHING DOING UP THERE." "ÿÿÿNOT RIGHT NOW." "THINGS BEING EQUAL, THEY'LL CHANGE." "RIGHT NOW THEY'RE NOT EQUAL." "I'D LIKE TO HAVE LUNCH WITH YOU THIS WEEK." "I NEED A BUSINESS THING DONE." "WE HAVE TO TALK." "I GOT A BUSINESS THING TO DISCUSS." "ÿWHAT KIND OF BUSINESS?" "ÿWHAT DO YOU MEAN?" "THERE'S NOTHING TO GET ANXIOUS ABOUT." "IT'S ABOUT THE FUTURE." "GOOD-BYE." "JERRY, DO YOU THINK I'M FAT?" "I THINK YOU'RE AMAZING-LOOKING." "ÿÿYOU'RE JUST USED TO THE LOSERS ÿÿYOU DATED BEFORE ME." "LOSERS?" "NOT ALL OF THEM WERE LOSERS." "ÿÿÿWHAT IS BEHIND YOUR BACK?" "ÿÿÿSOMETHING FOR ME?" "ÿÿÿTHIS IS FOR YOU." "HAPPY ANNIVERSARY." "HAPPY ANNIVERSARY." "YOU HAVE TO FORGIVE THE WRAPPING." "I LOST MY TEMPER WHEN I COULDN'T GET IT EVEN." "ÿÿI CAN TELL." "NOT EXACTLY A WORK ÿÿOF ART, BUT I FORGIVE YOU." "ÿOPEN, OPEN." "I THINK I KNOW WHAT THESE ARE." "DO YOU?" "THESE ARE THE EARRINGS FROM DOWNTOWN!" "I COULDN'T NOT GET THEM FOR YOU." "YOU LOOK SO GOOD IN THOSE KIND OF EARRINGS." "DO I?" "ÿÿÿBEAUTIFUL." "ÿÿÿABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL." "THANK YOU." "YOU LIKE THEM?" "YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE I'VE EVER DATED WHO'S KNOWN EXACTLY WHAT TO GET ME." "IT'S BECAUSE YOU HAVE A SPECIAL VISION OF ME." "ÿNO EXITANDTHE FLIES." "ÿ JEAN PAUL SARTRE." "ÿ THAT'S AMAZING." "THANK YOU." "IT WAS BETWEEN THAT AND O'NEILL." "I COULDN'T DECIDE WHOSE NIHILISTIC PESSIMISM MADE YOU HAPPIER." "ÿI THINK IT WAS ÿTENNESSEE WILLIAMS WHO SAID ÿTHAT THE OPPOSITE ÿOF DEATH IS DESIRE." "ÿAND I DESIRED YOU ÿFROM THE FIRST MOMENT WE MET." "I COULD LIVE DOWN HERE." "IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL." "IT IS." "IT'S VERY PRETTY." "ÿI DON'T KNOW ABOUT LIVING ÿDOWN HERE." "I LIKE TO VISIT, ÿBUT I LIKE TO GO HOME ÿTO THE UPPER EAST SIDE." "YOU WOULDN'T CONSIDER IT?" "AFTER WE GET MARRIED, MOVE TO THE VILLAGE." "ÿÿÿWHY IS MARRIAGE SO IMPORTANT?" "ÿÿÿI JUST GOT OUT OF A MARRIAGE." "ÿJUST BECAUSE WE GET A SIGNED ÿPIECE OF PAPER?" "YOU MOVED IN ÿWITH ME." "WE'RE A COUPLE, RIGHT?" "YES, WE MOVED IN TOGETHER." "ÿWE'VE BEEN DATING OVER A YEAR ÿNOW." "I GUESS I'M OLD-FASHIONED." "I KNOW." "ALL YOUR GIRLFRIENDS ARE GETTING MARRIED..." "HEY!" "FALK, WHAT'S UP?" "BOB, HOW ARE YOU?" "BOB, THIS IS BROOKE." "BROOKE, BOB STILES." "HOW'S IT GOING?" "FALK AND BROOKE." "ÿTHIS IS AMANDA." "ÿTHIS IS FALK." "ÿJERRY." "THIS IS BROOKE." "ÿSO, WHAT ARE YOU GUYS ÿDOING DOWN HERE?" "SHE JUST BOUGHT HER DAD A RIDICULOUS BIRTHDAY PRESENT." "ÿYOUTHINK IT'S RIDICULOUS." "ÿ I THINK IT'S GREAT." "LET THEM SEE IT." "MAYBE I'M WRONG." "OH, THAT'S A..." "A TURN-OF-THE CENTURY STEREOPTICON." "YOU KNEW THAT." "ÿÿÿWAIT." "IT'S COMPLETE ÿÿÿWITH PORNOGRAPHIC SLIDES." "ÿÿISN'T IT WONDERFUL?" "I THINK IT'S BRILLIANT." "ÿÿ[BOB] JUST WHAT HE NEEDS-- ÿÿANTIQUE PORNOGRAPHY." "I ALWAYS THOUGHT YOU HAD A LITTLE YEN FOR YOUR DAD." "ÿHA HA." "ÿÿHEY!" "WE'RE GOING ÿÿTO A GREAT INDIAN ÿÿRESTAURANT TOMORROW NIGHT." "ÿÿÿWE WANT TO INVITE YOU." "ÿÿÿI'VE HYPED YOU TO AMANDA." "ÿÿÿYOU CAN ONLY DISAPPOINT." "THAT SOUNDS GREAT." "ARE WE BUSY TOMORROW NIGHT?" "WE'RE TAKING MY PARENTS OUT." "BUT THAT WAS TENTATIVE, I THOUGHT." "YOU HATE INDIAN FOOD." "ÿ"HATE." THAT'S A STRONG WORD." "ÿI'VE WANTED TO GIVE IT ÿA SECOND CHANCE" "SINCE I REALIZED HOW MUCH YOU..." "SHE LOVES TANDOORI CHICKEN." "ÿÿCOME ON." "IT'LL BE FUN." "I SHOULD GIVE IT ANOTHER SHOT." "WHAT I LOVE ABOUT BOGART IS THAT HE'S SO INTENSELY URBAN." "THE CIGARETTE, THE FIVE O'CLOCK SHADOW." "ALWAYS IN SOME SEEDY NIGHTCLUB." "ÿDIDN'T I SAY THAT ÿEXACT SAME THING ÿABOUT FRANK SINATRA?" "URBAN." "EXACTLY." "I EVEN USED THE TERM." "THAT'S..." "WHERE DID YOU GO TO SCHOOL?" "ETHICAL CULTURE." "FIELDSTON." "BRANDEIS." "BUT I DROPPED OUT." "ÿÿONE OF HER PROFESSORS ÿÿFELL IN LOVE WITH HER." "IT WAS TERRIBLE." "HE WAS MARRIED." "IT WAS WAY TOO MUCH PRESSURE FOR ALL OF US." "HIS POOR WIFE!" "ÿÿÿIN ADDITION TO ACTING, ÿÿÿSHE'S A VERY GOOD SINGER." "I TRY TO SING, BUT THEN I HEAR SOMEONE LIKE BILLIE HOLIDAY, AND FORGET ABOUT IT!" "SHE'SYOURFAVORITE!" "ÿÿÿBUT YOU CAN'T LISTEN ÿÿÿTO THE CD'S, RIGHT?" "ÿÿÿTHEY STERILIZE THE SOUND." "DIDN'T I SAY THAT?" "I ABSOLUTELY AGREE WITH YOU." "IT TOTALLY STERILIZES..." "THAT'S SO FUNNY." "ÿÿÿACTUALLY, SOMEONE TOLD ME ÿÿÿABOUT THIS SEEDY RECORD STORE ÿÿTHAT HAS ALL OF HER OLD ÿÿRECORDINGS ON 78S AND 33S." "ÿÿÿI'D LOVE TO KNOW ABOUT IT." "ÿÿÿSHE IS AMAZING." "IT'S EARLY." "LET'S GO TO THE VILLAGE VANGUARD." "ÿÿDIANA KRALL IS PLAYING." "ÿÿIT SHOULD BE A GREAT SHOW." "ÿÿÿI'LL GET SO DISCOURAGED, ÿÿÿBUT I AM DYING TO SEE HER." "GREAT." "YOU GET UP SO EARLY TO WRITE." "ÿYEAH, BUT I DID MOST ÿOF MY STUFF FOR TOMORROW, SO... ÿÿÿSHOULD WE?" "WHAT DO YOU..." "YEAH, SURE." "ÿ?" "HIDE YOUR HEART FROM SIGHT ?" "ÿ?" "LOCK YOUR DREAMS AT NIGHT ?" "ÿÿÿ?" "IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU ?" "ÿ?" "DON'T COUNT STARS ÿOR YOU MIGHT STUMBLE ?" "?" "SOMEONE DROPS A SIGH ?" "?" "AND DOWN YOU TUMBLE ?" "ÿÿÿ?" "KEEP AN EYE ON SPRING ?" "ÿ?" "RUN WHEN CHURCH BELLS RING ?" "ÿÿÿ?" "IT COULD HAPPEN TO YOU ?" "SHE'S SO MOVING." "ÿI AGREE." "SHE'S TOTALLY MOVING." "ÿÿABSOLUTELY." "ÿÿYOU'VE CAPTURED HER." "ÿÿÿWHAT WAS I SAYING?" "ÿI'D LOVE TO TAKE ONE OF THOSE ÿBOATS DOWN THE AMAZON." "IT'S ÿSUPPOSED TO BE SO BEAUTIFUL." "NOT TONIGHT?" "ÿÿOF COURSE NOT TONIGHT." "ÿÿI WAS..." "THAT'S FUNNY." "BUT HOW THRILLING THAT WOULD BE." "THAT WOULD BE SO THRILLING." "YOU HATE HEAT." "YOU HATE MOSQUITOES." "ÿI HATEMALARIA." "ÿIT'S MALARIA, REMEMBER?" "I DON'T HATE ALL MOSQUITOES." "I WANT TO SEE THE PARROTS AND THE GIANT BUTTERFLIES." "I'VE SEEN PICTURES INNATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC-- THEY'RE GORGEOUS!" "GIANT, HUGE..." "AND, AND WILD MONKEYS WOULD BE..." "MONKEYS?" "HOW MUCH HAVE YOU HAD TO DRINK?" "ÿDO YOU LIKE SNAKES?" "ÿÿÿDO I LIKE SNAKES?" "ÿÿSOME PEOPLE ÿÿGET QUEASY AROUND THEM, ÿÿBUT I THINK THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL." "ÿTHE WAY THEY MOVE-- ÿIT'S SO SENSUAL." "ÿSO SEN" " I LOVE SNAKES." "ÿCOBRAS, FOR EXAMPLE." "PYTHONS." "ÿNATURALLY." "PYTHONS." "ÿÿGARTERS." "RATTLESNAKES." "ÿÿI LOVE THEM ALL." "I CANNOT BELIEVE I'M HEARING THIS." "ÿÿOH, PLEASE." "I'VE OFTEN ÿÿSAID, OFTEN, THAT ÿTHERE'S NOTHING LIKE ÿA DENSE JUNGLE IN THE RAIN." "ÿI'VE SAID THIS." "[BROOKE] YOU'RE DRUNK." "THAT'S NOT TRUE." "SPEAKING OF RAIN, THERE'S SUPPOSED TO BE A HURRICANE TONIGHT." "ÿÿWE SHOULD RENT A CAR ÿÿAND DRIVE TO THE HAMPTONS." "ÿÿÿWE COULD WALK ON THE BEACH..." "HE HATES THE HAMPTONS." "ÿNOBODY HATES THE OCEAN." "SHE'S UP FOR ANYTHING." "IT'S TOO LATE FOR ME." "I CAN'T." "DON'T YOU HAVE AN AUDITION TOMORROW?" ""MY CANDLE BURNS AT BOTH ENDS, IT WILL NOT LAST THE NIGHT."" "ÿMILLAY!" "EDNA MILLAY!" "ÿSHE'S MY FAVORITE POET!" "DON'T I QUOTE HER ALL THE TIME?" "EDNA MILLAY..." "AMANDA'S PRETTY, ISN'T SHE?" "ÿÿSHE'S OKAY, I SUPPOSE." "ÿÿÿYOU'RE DRUNK." "ÿÿÿI WAS LOOKING AT HER FACE ÿÿÿIN THE CANDLELIGHT ÿAND SHE HAS THIS ÿOFFBEAT SEXUAL QUALITY." "ÿYEAH, I GUESS, IF, UH," "YOU KNOW, IF YOU FIND THAT ÿÿÿCRIPPLING SENSE ÿÿÿOF PASSIONATE HEAT ÿÿBEHIND THOSE BIG EYES SEXY." "HUH?" "ÿÿHMM?" "NOTHING." "BOB'S CRAZY ABOUT HER." "I GOT THE WHOLE STORY WHILE YOU WERE IN THE MEN'S ROOM THROWING UP." "ÿÿÿI'M FINE." "ÿÿÿBELIEVE ME, I'M OKAY." "ÿSHE MOVED IN WITH HIM ÿAND I GET THE FEELING ÿHE IS DYING TO MARRY HER." "ÿÿÿOH, YEAH?" "THEY MAKE A NICE COUPLE." "HE'S CHARMING AND VERY ATTRACTIVE." "ÿÿÿARE YOU OKAY?" "ÿYEAH." "AMANDA?" "HEY, IT'S JERRY FALK." "GOOD, GOOD." "YOU?" "LISTEN, I WAS JUST ABOUT TO GO TO THIS OLD RECORD STORE" "I FOUND OUT ABOUT." "I KNOW YOU WERE INTERESTED IN PICKING UP SOME BILLIE HOLIDAY." "I'M ACTUALLY VAGUELY NEAR YOUR HOUSE, SO I THOUGHT THAT, UM..." "I MEAN, IF YOU AND BOB ARE BUSY..." "RIGHT." "OF COURSE." "HE WOULD BE AT WORK." "WHAT WAS I THINKING?" "ÿÿÿI COULD BE THERE PRETTY SOON." "ÿÿÿMAYBE, SAY, THREE MINUTES?" "GREAT." "I'LL MEET YOU IN FRONT OF YOUR PLACE." "BYE." "THESE ARE GREAT." "LET ME GET YOU THIS DIANA KRALL RECORD AS A PRESENT" "SINCE I KNOW HOW BIG OF A FAN YOU ARE." "WASN'T SHE GREAT THE OTHER NIGHT?" "SO GREAT." "ÿÿÿI LOVE THAT YOU APPRECIATE ÿÿÿOLD SONGS." "THEY'RE SO PRETTY." "I'D LOVE TO HEAR YOU SING SOMETIME." "ÿÿI CAN'T SING PUBLICLY." "ÿÿI'M TOO FAT." "FAT?" "I'M SORRY." "DID YOU SAY FAT?" "ÿBUT I HAVE ÿTHESE GREAT DIET PILLS." "ÿTHEY TAKE AWAY YOUR APPETITE, ÿBUT INCREASE YOUR SEXUAL DRIVE." "IS THAT HOW YOU MET BOB?" "FROM HIS RECORD COMPANY?" "ÿÿNO." "HE PICKED ME UP ÿÿIN CENTRAL PARK, ACTUALLY." "OH, HOW FUNNY." "AND YOU GUYS GOT..." "SERIOUSLY INVOLVED?" "ÿÿNO." "HE'D LIKE TO, ÿÿBUT..." "I CAN'T COMMIT." "I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH COMMITMENT." "ÿÿI DREAM OF MEETING SOMEONE ÿÿWHO I'LL WANT TO GIVE ÿÿMYSELF OVER TO," "WHERE I'D BE THE ONE HURT IN THE END." "ÿÿBUT IT HASN'T ÿÿHAPPENED YET." "YOU?" "ME NEITHER." "UM," "UNFORTUNATELY, SAME HERE." "BROOKE AND I ARE IN THE LAST STAGES, BASICALLY." "REALLY?" "OH, YEAH." "SHE DIDN'T GIVE ME THAT IMPRESSION." "SHE DIDN'T?" "WELL, THAT'S STRANGE, BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY IMPRESSION TO GIVE, REALLY." "OH!" "LOOK AT THIS, UH, RECORD." "COLE PORTER." "THIS IS A FANTAS-- REALLY PRETTY SONGS ON HERE." "LET ME GET YOU THIS AS A LITTLE PRESENT." "CAN I DO THAT?" "I WAS ACTUALLY LISTENING ÿÿÿTO THIS LAST NIGHT, ÿÿÿAND I THOUGHT OF YOU." "YOU WERE LISTENING TO COLE PORTER AND THOUGHT OF ME?" "YOU MUST REALLY HAVE A CRUSH ON ME." "I DO?" "I'D SAY IT'S FATAL." "I'M SORRY." "I, UH..." "I COULDN'T RESIST." "DON'T APOLOGIZE." "I WANTED YOU TO." "YOU DID?" "YES." "I'VE HAD A CRUSH ON YOU SINCE WE MET." "COULDN'T YOU TELL, THE WAY I WAS IGNORING YOU?" "ÿWELL, THERE WAS SOMETHING ÿCOMPELLING ABOUT YOUR APATHY." "ÿI THOUGHT YOU WERE SWEET ÿAND SENSITIVE AND VULNERABLE." "ÿÿÿAND I COULD TELL ÿÿÿYOU LIKED ME, TOO." "ÿÿÿI CAN'T BELIEVE ÿÿÿI'M IN LOVE WITH A SMOKER." "I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO GET HURT." "WHERE WERE YOU?" "IT'S 10:00." "ÿÿWHERE?" "WELL, UM, I HAD ÿÿA MEETING TO GO TO." "YOU SMELL FROM ALCOHOL." "I DO?" "MY GOD, YOUR TONGUE IS BLACK!" "IT IS?" "WELL, UM," "THAT'S BECAUSE I HAD SOME WINE." "WINE?" "WHY?" "IT'S NOT PASSOVER." "NO." "UH, TO CELEBRATE, UH, THE DEAL." "WHAT DEAL?" "I HAVE TO TELL YOU, UM, IT LOOKS LIKE I HAVE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY" "TO WORK FOR, FOR, UM, A VERY," "VERY FUNNY, UH, PUPPET." "IT'S, UH..." "REMEMBER I... ÿIS THIS AWOMAN'SHAIR?" "IS THIS..." "IS THIS A WOMAN'S HAIR?" "I MEAN, IT COULD BE..." "I SUPPOSE." "POSSIBLY FROM, UH, THE TAXI." "IT WAS..." "I MEAN, I THINK, YOU KNOW, ALL THE PEOPLE IN AND OUT, I PROBABLY," "UH, SAT UP IN, I GUESS, THE WOMAN'S HAIR." "I AM EXHAUSTED." "ÿÿÿSHE ASKED ME IF ÿÿÿI STILL LOVE HER." "ÿÿÿWHAT COULD I SAY?" "ÿWHY CAN'T I TELL HER THE TRUTH?" "ÿI'M IN LOVE WITH AMANDA." "ÿWHY CAN'T I TELL HER IT'S OVER?" "ÿWHY CAN'T I LEAVE PEOPLE?" "TELL ME ABOUT YOUR DREAM-- THE CLEVELAND INDIANS GOT JOBS AT TOYS 'R' US?" "ÿÿÿYEAH." "SO WHAT CAN ÿÿÿIT POSSIBLY MEAN?" "ÿÿLOOK, I CAN'T KEEP ÿÿWASTING MY HOUR HERE ÿÿDESCRIBING LUNATIC DREAMS." "ÿÿI HAVE A DATE WITH AMANDA." "I CAN'T KEEP RUNNING AROUND TOWN ON THE SLY AND LIVE LIKE THIS." "ÿÿÿAMANDA CAN HANDLE IT, ÿÿÿBUT I NEED HELP." "WHAT DO I DO?" "I HAVE TO EXTRICATE MYSELF FROM BROOKE." "ÿÿIT'LL BREAK HER HEART." "ÿÿSHE WANTS TO MARRY ME!" "ÿÿTHE GUY WILL NOT TALK." "I'VE ÿÿBEEN WITH HIM FOR THREE YEARS." "WHAT COMES TO MIND ABOUT THE CLEVELAND INDIANS?" "SEE?" "THIS IS WHAT I GET." "I NEED A COURSE OF ACTION, AND HE WANTS ME TO FREE-ASSOCIATE ABOUT THE CLEVELAND INDIANS." "[AMANDA] I LOVE DOING IT IN HOTELS." "IT'S SO ILLICIT." "ÿÿÿCHECK YOURSELF FOR ÿÿÿSHOULDER-LENGTH HAIRS ÿÿÿIN HARD-TO-JUSTIFY LOCATIONS." "I HAVE TO DECIDE HOW TO LET BROOKE DOWN GRACEFULLY." "ÿÿTHERE'S NO RUSH." "I'VE BEEN ÿÿTHE OTHER WOMAN BEFORE." "BOB WASN'T UPSET WHEN YOU TOLD HIM?" "ÿÿHE WAS DISAPPOINTED." "BUT I WAS ÿÿHONEST ABOUT MYSELF GOING IN." "ÿÿNATURALLY, I DIDN'T TELL HIM ÿÿIT WAS YOU I WAS IN LOVE WITH." "BROOKE..." "DON'T GIVE ME THAT!" "I DON'T BELIEVE YOU!" "THOSE ARE BITE MARKS ON YOUR BACK." "YOU DIDN'T FALL ON YOUR COMB!" "WHAT ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT?" "ÿÿEVERYTHING." "ÿÿWHEN WE FIRST MET, ÿÿWHEN BROOKE FOUND OUT." "ÿÿÿREMEMBER THAT?" "OR WHEN WE" "CHECKED INTO THAT HOTEL AS S. AND Z. FITZGERALD." "ÿOR HOW WE MADE LOVE EVERYWHERE." "ÿGOD, EVERYWHERE." "ÿÿÿWHEN I THINK OF ALL ÿÿÿTHE RISKY PLACES THAT" "LUST OVERCAME THE TWO OF US, IT BLOWS MY MIND." "YOU KNOW FIRESIDE MEMORIAL CHAPEL IS A MCDONALD'S NOW?" "FASCINATING." "DON'T." "WHY NOT?" "I CAN'T." "WHAT DO YOU MEAN?" "IT'S NOT NATURAL." "WE NEVER SLEEP WITH EACH OTHER." "I TOLD YOU I'M GOING THROUGH A ROUGH PATCH." "ÿÿÿI'LL SAY." "ÿÿÿIT'S BEEN SIX MONTHS!" "I SAID YOU COULD SLEEP WITH OTHER WOMEN." "ÿÿÿI DON'T LOVE OTHER WOMEN." "ÿÿÿI DON'T WANT TO SLEEP ÿÿÿWITH OTHER WOMEN." "I LOVE YOU." "WHAT DID I DO TO TURN YOU OFF?" "I DON'T GET IT." "NOTHING." "YOU DID NOTHING." "IT'S ALWAYS ABOUT YOU." "YOU HAVE SUCH AN EGO." "ANEGO?" "WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO?" "GRIT MY TEETH, CLOSE MY EYES, HOLD MYSELF STIFF AND LET YOU DO IT TO ME?" "IT'S GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE I MAY SETTLE FOR THAT." "SOMETIMES I THINK IT'S BECAUSE YOU REMIND ME OF MY FATHER." "YOU ONCE TOLD ME YOU THOUGHT YOUR FATHER WAS SEXUALLY ATTRACTIVE." "THAT'S NOT THE PART OF HIM YOU REMIND ME OF." "IT'S NOT?" "WHAT IS IT, THEN?" "ÿÿYOU KNOW, HIS PROFESSIONAL ÿÿMANNER" " SWEET AND SUPPORTIVE." "GEE, I'M SORRY I HAVE SO MANY TURN-OFF QUALITIES." "I DIDN'T REALIZE." "SLEEP WITH OTHER WOMEN." "JUST DON'T TELL ME ABOUT IT." "DO YOU LOVE ME?" "ÿWHAT A QUESTION!" "ÿJUST BECAUSE I PULL AWAY ÿWHEN YOU TOUCH ME?" ""JUST BECAUSE I PULL AWAY WHEN YOU TOUCH ME?" FALK, GIVE ME A BREAK." "SHE SAID IT WAS TEMPORARY." "MEANWHILE, YOU HAVEN'T CONSUMMATED YOUR PASSION FOR HER IN SIX MONTHS!" "IT'S UNBELIEVABLE!" "I HAVE A THEORY ÿTHAT TOO MUCH REJECTION ÿCAUSES CANCER." "SHE ENCOURAGES ME TO SLEEP WITH OTHER WOMEN." "ÿÿÿWELL, DO IT!" "FOR GOD'S SAKES!" "THERE MUST BE A MILLION WOMEN WHO'D BE EXCITED TO GET INTO BED WITH YOU." "MAYBE NOT A MILLION, BUT I'M SURE YOU COULD FIND ONE, IF YOU GOT HER DRUNK ENOUGH." "IT DOESN'T MATTER." "I HAVE NO INTEREST IN OTHER WOMEN." "ÿÿSEE, EVEN MY FIRST WIFE WAS..." "WIFE?" "YOU WERE MARRIED?" "ÿA BITTER STORY." "ÿI WAS VERY YOUNG." "I SHOULD HAVE ÿKNOWN SOMETHING WAS WRONG ÿON THE WEDDING NIGHT ÿÿÿWHEN HER FAMILY DANCED ÿÿÿAROUND MY TABLE CHANTING, ÿÿÿ"WE WILL MAKE HIM ONE OF US!"" "ÿOH, BOY!" "I HAD A ROUGH DAY." "I GOT UP, PUT ON A SHIRT AND THE BUTTON CAME OFF." "THEN I WENT TO THE CAR TO OPEN THE DOOR, AND THE HANDLE CAME OFF." "ÿÿNOW I'M AFRAID ÿÿTO GO TO THE BATHROOM." "ÿWHAT DID YOU DO?" "ÿI WANTED TO GRAB THE CHECK." "NO, YOU DIDN'T." "WHAT DO YOU MEAN?" "I DID." "I WAS GRABBING THE CHECK." "NEVER TRUST A GUY WHO FUMBLES FOR THE CHECK." "HE WHO WANTS TO GET THE CHECK, GETS IT." "AS YOU GO THROUGH LIFE, WHEN YOU REALLY WANT TO GET THE CHECK, YOU WILL." "WELL, I WAS PLANNING ON GETTING IT." "LET ME ASK YOU-- DID YOU HEAR WHAT THAT GUY SAID?" "THREE PEOPLE WERE COMING IN AS WE WERE LEAVING." "THE SWARTHY GUY?" "YEAH." "DARK." "THERE WERE TWO GUYS AND A GIRL." "ÿÿI DIDN'T HEAR HIM." "HE LOOKED AT US AND SAID TO THE OTHER GUY:" ""JEWS START ALL WARS." DID YOU HEAR THAT?" "NO!" "YES, ABSOLUTELY." "HE PRESUMABLY SAID IT TO HER OR THE GUY WITH THEM," "BUT IT WAS REALLY FOR OUR BENEFIT." ""JEWS START ALL WARS."" "ÿÿI DON'T THINK IT WAS ÿÿFOR MY BENEFIT BECAUSE ÿI DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING." "I KNOW WHO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT." "I SAW THIS TRIO, BUT I DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING ÿAND I HAVE PRETTY GOOD HEARING." "BECAUSE YOU WERE OBSESSED WITH" "THE PHYSICALLY PREPOSSESSING WAITRESSES RUNNING AROUND." "LET ME TELL YOU, FALK-- WE LIVE IN PERILOUS TIMES." "YOU GOT TO KEEP ALERT FOR THESE THINGS." "YOU DON'T WANT YOUR LIFE TO WIND UP AS" "BLACK-AND-WHITE NEWSREEL FOOTAGE SCORED BY A CELLO IN A MINOR KEY." "HEY." "HI." "HOW ARE YOU?" "GOOD." "HOW WAS THE COMEDIAN?" "ÿÿÿIT'S EXACTLY LIKE DOBEL SAYS." "ÿÿTHERE IS TRULY A PAUCITY OF ÿÿVERIDICAL TALENT IN THE WORLD." "WHEN WILL I MEET THIS POLYMATH?" "ÿHE IS UNBELIEVABLE." "ÿHE'S READ EVERYTHING." "ÿHE PLAYS MUSIC." "ÿHE PAINTS, OR SO HE CLAIMS." "ÿÿÿI'VE READ SOME OF HIS POEMS-- ÿÿÿALL MORBID!" "ÿCANCER AND SHOCK TREATMENTS ÿAND GAS CHAMBERS." "AND HIS VOCABULARY IS ASTOUNDING." "YOU CAN'T GET THE GUY ON A WORD." "IT'S RARE YOU'RE SO TAKEN WITH SOMEBODY." "HEY, MRS. CHASE." "ÿÿÿI TOLD YOU NOT TO CALL ME ÿÿÿMRS." "CHASE!" "MY NAME IS PAULA!" "MRS. CHASE MAKES ME SOUND ANCIENT." "MY LIFE ISN'T OVER YET." "IN FACT, I'M JUST STARTING TO LIVE IT." "DEFINITELY, PAULA." "ÿÿAND I NEED SOME HELP FROM YOU." "MOM, COULD YOU TALK ABOUT THIS TOMORROW?" "IT'S LATE." "ÿWHAT, ARE WE SIX YEARS OLD?" "ÿIT'S PAST OUR BEDTIME?" "ÿÿIT'S OKAY." "IT'S ONLY 1:30." "ÿI DECIDED TO PUT ÿSOME SONGS TOGETHER ÿAND DO A NIGHTCLUB ACT." "MOTHER, THE SCENE HAS REALLY CHANGED IN THE PAST 25 YEARS." "WHY ARE YOU SO DISCOURAGING?" "I'M NOT." "I'M REALISTIC." "I DON'T WANT YOU TO GET HURT." "ÿÿÿHOW?" "I COULD ALWAYS SING." "OF COURSE YOU CAN SING." "I'M NOT SAYING THAT." "BUT THINGS CHANGE-- STYLES, THE CABARET BUSINESS... ÿÿÿCAN'T YOU BE MORE SUPPORTIVE?" "ÿÿÿYOU'RE SO COMPETITIVE!" "I AM NOT!" "I HATE MY VOICE!" "[FALK] PLEASE." "YOU BOTH HAVE VERY GOOD VOICES." "I THOUGHT I'D PUT A FEW SONGS TOGETHER" "AND YOU COULD WRITE BETWEEN-THE-SONGS TALK FOR ME." "ÿI'VE NEVER DONE ÿTHAT SORT OF THING." "JUST SOME BANTER." "NOT JOKES." "I COULDN'T TELL A JOKE IF MY LIFE DEPENDED ON IT." "JUST SOME CHIT-CHAT." "THE TRUTH IS, I'M KIND OF SNOWED UNDER RIGHT NOW..." "OH, GOD!" "IS NOBODY ON MY SIDE?" "ÿÿÿJERRY, YOU COULD DO IT." "THIS ÿÿÿSTUFF COMES SO EASILY TO YOU." "YOU JUST SAID THIS IS A FOOL'S ERRAND." "WHAT DID YOU CALL ME?" "ÿIT'S AN EXPRESSION." "I KNOW." "I TRIED TO DISSUADE HER, BUT SHE WON'T LISTEN TO ME." "I'M TRYING TO FINISH MY BOOK." "THESE COMICS ARE PRESSING ME." "I'VE TAKEN DEPOSITS FROM THEM." "OH, FORGET I EVEN ASKED." "OKAY." "I NEVER SAID I WOULDN'T DO IT." "I JUST HAVE TO FIT IT IN." "ÿIT WON'T BE ARDUOUS!" "ÿI HAVE LOTS OF IDEAS!" "I'M ÿEVEN HAVING A PIANO DELIVERED!" "[FALK] HERE?" "ÿÿIT'S A RENTAL." "ÿÿI HAD TO REHEARSE!" "THERE'S NO ROOM FOR A PIANO." "BECAUSE YOU DON'T MAXIMIZE YOUR SPACE!" "I WAS AN INTERIOR DECORATOR." "TELL HIM, AMANDA." "I KNOW THIS IS A REAL PAIN, BUT IT'S TEMPORARY." "ÿYOU MEAN LIKE ÿOUR LOVEMAKING?" "COULD YOU NOT BE GROSS?" "AS THE DAYS PASSED, DOBEL AND I GOT CLOSER AND CLOSER." "ÿÿAFTER HE FINISHED SCHOOL, ÿÿWE'D MEET IN CENTRAL PARK." "ÿHE'D USUALLY EXPOUND ÿON SOMETHING." "YOU THINK QUANTUM PHYSICS HAS THE ANSWER?" "I MEAN, WHAT PURPOSE DOES IT SERVE FOR ME" "THAT TIME AND SPACE ARE EXACTLY THE SAME THING?" "I ASK A GUY WHAT TIME IT IS, HE TELLS ME SIX MILES?" "WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?" "FALK, IF A GUY COMES OUT ONSTAGE AT CARNEGIE HALL AND THROWS UP," "YOU CAN ALWAYS FIND SOME PEOPLE WHO WILL CALL IT ART." "ÿYEARS AGO, A VERY ÿWONDERFUL COMEDY WRITER" "WROTE A VERY FUNNY BOOK WITH A REALLY ÿÿDEEP AND MEANINGFUL TITLE." "ÿÿ IT WAS CALLEDNEVER TRUST ÿÿA NAKED BUS DRIVER." "ÿYOU WOULD BE AMAZED ÿHOW MANY PEOPLE ÿDO EXACTLY THAT, AND WORSE." "DO YOU MASTURBATE, FALK?" "ÿI MEAN, GIVEN THE CIRCUMSTANCES ÿOF YOUR SEX LIFE, ÿI WOULD THINK..." "THIS IS NOT..." "STOP SQUIRMING." "I'M NOT." "I DON'T KNOW." "NOW AND THEN, I GUESS." "ÿÿÿWHEN IS NOW AND THEN?" "ÿÿÿON EASTER AND PURIM?" "I DON'T REALLY ENJOY IT." "ÿARE YOU DOING IT RIGHT?" "ÿDOES YOUR HAND FALL ASLEEP?" "I HAPPEN TO THINK IT'S A POOR SUBSTITUTE FOR THE REAL THING." "ÿREALLY?" "I PREFER IT ÿTO THE REAL THING." "LAST NIGHT, I WAS HOME BY MYSELF" "AND I CONJURED UP A THREESOME WITH ME, ÿÿÿMARILYN MONROE ÿÿÿAND SOPHIA LOREN." "IT WAS VERY EROTIC." "IN FACT, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, IT WAS THE FIRST TIME ÿÿTHOSE TWO GREAT ACTRESSES EVER ÿÿAPPEARED IN ANYTHING TOGETHER." "IT SOUNDS NICE, BUT NONETHELESS..." "THE ONLY REASON I ASK IS BECAUSE I THINK" "THAT AS YOU GO THROUGH LIFE, YOU LEARN TO DEPEND ONLY ON YOURSELF." "ÿÿÿYOU KNOW?" "ÿÿÿDO YOU OWN A FIREARM?" "AGUN?" "ÿÿA GUN QUALIFIES ÿÿAS A FIREARM, YES." "NO." "WHY WOULD I?" "ÿÿÿFOR SELF-DEFENSE." "AGAINST WHO?" "ÿÿÿAGAINST THOSE WHO ÿÿÿCONSPIRE TO HARM YOU." "HARM ME?" "ÿÿDON'T ASK WHAT YOU DID ÿÿTO DESERVE IT." "I MEAN, GOD, READ AUDEN." "YOU KNOW, ÿCOME WITH ME TO NEW JERSEY." "FALK, I TOOK THE LIBERTY A FEW WEEKS AGO OF ORDERING YOU A LITTLE PRESENT." "WHAT?" "THEY'RE HAVING A SALE HERE ON SURPLUS RUSSIAN ARMY RIFLES." "WHAT?" "SUPPOSE YOU'RE HOME ONE NIGHT" "IN BED, MASTURBATING, AND SOME GUYS BREAK IN." "YOU NEED PROTECTION." "ÿÿÿI'D DIAL 911." "ÿÿÿI DON'T NEED A RIFLE." "HAVE YOU EVER DIALED 911?" "IT'S LIKE TRYING TO GET A MORTGAGE." "COME ON." "ÿÿÿI DON'T NEED A RIFLE." "ÿÿÿI'LL PROBABLY WIND UP ÿÿÿBLOWING MY FOOT OFF." "WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?" "ARE YOU SUCH A MALADROIT" "YOU CAN'T KEEP A FIREARM WITHOUT DISCHARGING IT ADVENTITIOUSLY?" "I DON'T NEED A WEAPON." "EVERYBODY NEEDS A WEAPON." "WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?" "IT MEANS THE DAY WILL COME WHEN YOU WISH YOU HAD ONE." "WHY EXACTLY?" "WHY?" "SO THEY DON'T PUT YOU IN A BOXCAR." "I WANT TO GET YOU SOME OF THIS STUFF, TOO." "WHAT FOR?" "SO YOU CAN BUILD A SURVIVAL KIT." "I HAVE A PERFECT SURVIVAL KIT." "I'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT FOR YEARS." "LAST WEEK I GOT SOME GREAT FISHHOOKS AND A WATERPROOF MATCHBOX THAT FLOATS." "ÿWHAT ARE YOU PREPARING FOR, ÿTHE END OF CIVILIZATION?" "ÿÿÿI HAVE TO KNOW ÿÿÿIF I'M ALONE IN THE WILDS, ÿÿÿI CAN SURVIVE BY MYSELF." "ÿDOBEL, YOU'RE A MADMAN." "ÿTHAT'S WHAT THEY SAID ÿIN GERMANY." "THERE WERE ACTUALLY GROUPS IN GERMANY CALLED JEWS FOR HITLER." "THEY WERE DELUDED." "THEY THOUGHT HE'D BE GOOD FOR THE COUNTRY." "NEVER TRUST A NAKED BUS DRIVER." "ÿÿÿBY THE TIME I GOT OUT ÿÿÿOF BED AND LOADED IT, ÿÿÿTHE DAMAGE WOULD BE DONE." "THAT'S WHY YOU KEEP IT LOADED." "ÿÿI SHOULD KEEP ÿÿA LOADED GUN IN THE HOUSE?" "WHY WOULD YOU KEEP AN UNLOADED WEAPON IN THE HOUSE?" "DO YOU KEEP A LOADED GUN IN THE HOUSE?" "I HAVE A LOADED WEAPON IN MY HOUSE WITHIN REACH." "WITHIN REACH, FALK." "IN EVERY ROOM." "ÿJUST HOW CRAZY ARE YOU?" "IS THERE MORE?" "DO YOU HEAR VOICES ON THE RADIO OR WORSHIP SNAKES?" "YOU ARE A MEMBER OF ONE OF THE MOST PERSECUTED MINORITIES IN HISTORY." "THE RIFLE'S ON ME." "LET ME HANDLE THIS." "THIS MAKES ME NERVOUS." "I'VE NEVER OWNED A WEAPON." "YOU HAVE TO LEARN TO TAKE IT APART AND PUT IT TOGETHER BLINDFOLDED." "ÿÿÿYOU MAY HAVE ÿÿÿTO DO IT IN THE DARK." "YOU EXPECTING NAZIS ANDA BLACKOUT?" "INCIDENTALLY, WHILE YOU WERE RUMMAGING AROUND THE STORE IN AN AIMLESS STUPOR, ÿÿI GOT YOU A COUPLE OF ITEMS." "ÿI GOT YOU A FLASHLIGHT ÿTHAT FLOATS ÿÿIF YOU DROP IT IN THE OCEAN ÿÿFOR ANY REASON." "WHEN THE HELL AM I NEAR THE OCEAN?" "ÿÿI WANT YOU TO BUILD A SURVIVAL ÿÿKIT." "I GOT YOU A COMPASS, A..." "I LIVE IN MANHATTAN." "WHY WOULD I NEED A COMPASS?" "ÿTHIS FLARE GUN." "ÿI GOT YOU SOME SNAKEBITE STUFF," "FISHHOOKS, WATER-PURIFYING TABLETS." "THIS ALL SOUNDS A LITTLE EXCESSIVE TO ME." "AND DON'T PULL THE TRIGGER." "SQUEEZE IT.SQUEEZETHE TRIGGER." "THAT'S RIGHT." "JUST TAKE AIM AND SQUEEZE..." "SORRY!" "SORRY, SORRY!" "IT'S EMPTY." "DOBEL WAS SHOWING ME HOW TO USE A RIFLE." "WE WERE PRACTICING." "WHY?" "WHY?" "WELL, IT'S FOR PROTECTION." "FROM WHO?" "WHAT DO YOU MEAN, FROM WHO?" "DOBEL, TELL HER." "I'M DOBEL." "HI." "WHO DO YOU NEED PROTECTION FROM?" "BURGLARS, RAPISTS, THE GESTAPO." "ÿÿIT WAS MY IDEA THAT, GIVEN ÿÿTHE TENSIONS IN THE WORLD, ÿPERHAPS IT WOULD BE PRUDENT ÿFOR YOUNG FALK TO OWN ÿA MEANS OF SELF-DEFENSE." "ÿHAVE YOU HAD ÿA MENTAL BREAKDOWN?" "ÿYOU AND A RIFLE?" "I KNOW IT SEEMS WEIRD." "ÿÿWHAT'S THIS STUFF?" "THIS IS ALL VERY IMPORTANT." "THESE ARE WATER-PURIFYING TABLETS" "AND THAT'S A FLASHLIGHT THAT FLOATS." "LET'S SAY YOU DROP IT IN THE OCEAN." "IT FLOATS." "ÿARE YOU JOINING ÿTHE BOY SCOUTS?" "IT'S ALL VERY NECESSARY." "ARE THESE BULLETS?" "THEY'RE CALLED ROUNDS." "RIGHT?" "JUMP IN HERE AT ANY POINT." "FALK, I DON'T MEAN TO INCITE DOMESTIC STRIFE HERE." "ÿAMANDA, IT'S ALL VERY SAFE." "ÿSEE WHAT HAPPENS... ÿÿWHAT I DO IS TAKE A PLIERS ÿÿAND I REMOVE THE LEAD PART ÿÿFROM THE SHELL." "YOU SEE?" "THEN I HAVE THE EMPTY-- EMPTY--SHELL." "OKAY?" "AND WHAT I DO IS I PUT THIS NOW IN THE BREECH ÿIN THE RIFLE, OKAY?" "ÿSO THEN ÿÿÿIF A SHOT'S TAKEN, ÿÿÿIT WON'T REALLY FIRE." "ÿÿNOT UNTIL THE SECOND ROUND ÿÿGOES INTO THE BREECH." "THE CHAMBER!" "THE CHAMBER, FALK!" "INTO THE CHAMBER." "I AM NOT LIVING IN THE HOUSE WITH A LOADED RIFLE." "YOU DON'T TRUST ME TO KEEP A FIREARM WITHOUT HURTING ANYONE?" "AM I AN IMBECILE?" "ÿÿÿIS THAT ÿÿÿA TRICK QUESTION?" "DOBEL, WOULD YOU SAY SOMETHING?" "IT'S HIS FEELING THAT AS THE ECONOMY SLUMPS, CRIME RISES, OKAY?" "AND RAPE..." "RAPE HAS RISEN." "STATISTICALLY SPEAKING, RAPE HAS GONE UP." "ÿAND HE'S NOT CONVINCED ÿTHAT THE SLAUGHTER ÿOF SIX MILLION JEWS ÿÿÿIS ENOUGH TO SATISFY ÿÿÿTHE ANTI-SEMITIC IMPULSES ÿÿÿOF THE MAJORITY OF THE WORLD." "ÿYOU SAID THIS." "HE'S PARAPHRASING." "I PUT IT MORE SUCCINCTLY WHEN I... ÿÿOH!" "DON'T WORRY, MOTHER." "IT'S NOT LOADED." "[PAULA] WHAT'S HAPPENING?" "ÿÿÿI BOUGHT A RIFLE." "ARIFLE?" "!" "I'M NOT LIVING IN A HOUSE WITH A RIFLE!" "DON'T WORRY, MOM." "IT'S LEAVING." "NO, IT'S NOT." "IT'S NOT LEAVING." "PERHAPS WE SHOULD RETHINK THE CONCEPT OF SELF-DEFENSE." "ÿÿMRS." "CHASE, IS IT UNREASONABLE ÿÿTO OWN A FIRE EXTINGUISHER, ÿÿTHOUGH YOU'LL ÿÿPROBABLY NEVER USE IT?" "STOP CALLING ME MRS. CHASE!" "MY NAME IS PAULA!" "I'M NOT YOUR GODDAMN SCHOOLTEACHER!" "FALK, URGENT BUSINESS IN TIERRA DEL FUEGO REQUIRES MY PRESENCE," "SO I'LL BE LEAVING." "SIR, WOULD YOU MIND HELPING ME SHIFT THIS PIANO?" "ME?" "MOTHER, HE'S A GUEST." "WOULD YOU TAKE THESE WHEN YOU GO?" "ÿI DON'T CARE WHO HE IS." "ÿTHIS ROOM ISN'T RIGHT." "THAT'S BECAUSE IT'S TOO CROWDED." "[PHONE RINGING]" "MEANING WHAT?" "YOU WANT ME ON A PARK BENCH?" "DON'T BE SO DRAMATIC." "ALL I WANT OUT IS THIS STUPID RIFLE." "ARE YOU GOING TO HELP ME?" "I LIVE TO SERVE." "MAKE YOUR WISHES KNOWN." "ÿÿÿ[PAULA] ÿÿÿPIVOT." "PIVOT." "HELLO." "ÿÿDID I GET YOU ÿÿAT A BAD TIME?" "ÿI JUST WANT TO SET THE DATE ÿFOR THE END OF THE WEEK ÿFOR LUNCH." "ÿHOW'S FRIDAY?" "FRIDAY." "HOLD ON ONE SECOND, HARVEY." "I HAVE STEAMERS IN THE FRIDGE FROM A WEEK AGO SUNDAY." "YOU HUNGRY?" "ÿNO." "I MAKE IT ÿA PRACTICE NEVER TO ÿÿÿINGEST BIVALVES THAT HAVE ÿÿÿBEEN DEAD MORE THAN 72 HOURS." "CHRIST, I NEED A DRINK." "THIS ROOM JUST ISN'T RIGHT." "WHAT ARE THESE?" "[AMANDA] WATER-PURIFYING TABLETS." "ÿÿ[PAULA] WHAT FOR?" "ÿÿIS THE PLUMBING BACKED UP?" "THURSDAY'S BETTER." "WHAT DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT?" "THE WHO, THE WHAT AND THE WHEREFORE." "THURSDAY, ISABELLA'S, AT NOON." "RIGHT." "BYE." "[PAULA] NO, YOU'RE DOING IT." "JUST PIVOT IT." "WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE?" "I HAVE IT UNDER CONTROL." "ÿÿNOTHING THAT CAN'T BE DONE ÿÿWITH 12 STEVEDORES ÿÿAND SOME OXEN." "PAULA, WHERE DO YOU WANT THIS?" "ÿÿÿAGAINST THE WALL." "I'LL HELP YOU DO IT." "ÿÿÿSIR, WOULD YOU TAKE THIS?" "MOM, HERE YOU GO." "[GLASS SHATTERS]" "[PAULA] JESUS, WHAT A BUTTERFINGERS!" "WATCH YOUR HANDS WHEN YOU PICK THESE UP." "[AMANDA] THESE THINGS HAPPEN." "THIS CAN BE GLUED." "I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THOSE PEOPLE COULD LEAVE THE ROOM" "AFTER THE DINNER PARTY AND GO HOME." "ÿÿÿWHAT'D YOU THINK?" "IT WAS GREAT." "ÿÿYEAH, I AGREE." "LISTEN, I'M SORRY ABOUT MY MOTHER." "I KNOW SHE'S BEEN OUT OF CONTROL." "ÿÿDON'T WORRY ABOUT IT." "ÿÿSHE IS A LITTLE TOUGH, BUT" "NEVERTHELESS, I WILL GLADLY HELP HER WITH HER SINGING ACT." "YOU ARE A SWEETHEART." "I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'D DO WITHOUT YOU." "ÿÿÿI'VE GOT A GREAT IDEA." "ÿÿÿINSTEAD OF GOING HOME, ÿÿÿLET'S CHECK INTO A HOTEL." "ÿÿÿLET'S CHECK INTO A HOTEL!" "ÿÿÿMAYBE" "AWAY FROM EVERYTHING ÿIN A COMPLETELY ÿDIFFERENT ATMOSPHERE, ÿYOU'LL BE MORE RELAXED." "WE USED TO CHECK INTO HOTELS ALL THE TIME." "IT WAS EXCITING AND FUN." "BUT IT WAS DIFFERENT THEN." "ÿÿBUT IT WON'T BE DIFFERENT." "ÿÿIT'LL BE JUST LIKE WE USED TO." "ÿÿCOME ON, IT'LL BE GREAT." "HI." "HOW ARE YOU?" "ÿÿÿWE'RE INTERESTED ÿÿÿIN A SINGLE ROOM." "ÿÿÿHOW MUCH IS THAT?" "A SINGLE ROOM IS $200 A NIGHT." "ÿÿTWO HUNDRED." "WOW." "IT'S AMAZING ÿÿHOW EVEN THE CHEAPEST ONES ÿÿHAVE GONE UP." "ÿÿLET'S NOT GET A SINGLE." "ÿÿIT'S SO SLEAZY." "ÿÿWE'RE TRYING TO BE ROMANTIC." "YOU'RE RIGHT." "UM, DO YOU HAVE A SMALL SUITE?" "A SMALL SUITE?" "ÿVERY SMALL." "LET ME CHECK." "I'LL BE RIGHT BACK." "WOW!" "LOOK AT THIS PLACE." "ÿÿÿIT'S NICE." "THANK YOU." "HAVE A GOOD ONE." "ÿÿHOW MUCH DID YOU GIVE HIM?" "THREE BUCKS." "ÿÿÿNOT FIVE?" "FIVE?" "HE JUST TURNED THE LIGHT ON." "WE HAVE NO LUGGAGE." "SHOULD I HAVE GIVEN HIM FIVE?" "ÿÿIT DOESN'T MATTER." "ÿÿI'M SORRY." "I'M JUST TENSE." "THIS IS FUN, ISN'T IT?" "IT'S KIND OF SEXY, BEING BACK IN A HOTEL." "ÿSHOULD WE ORDER CAVIAR?" "ÿÿÿCAVIAR?" "YOU JUST HAD ALL ÿÿÿTHAT POPCORN AT THE MOVIE." "ÿPLUS THE PEPPERMINTS ÿAND THE ICE CREAM SANDWICH." "I KNOW." "I'M DEFINITELY GOING ON A DIET TOMORROW." "ÿÿÿI CAN'T BELIEVE HOW MUCH ÿÿÿTHEY CHARGE FOR A SUITE." "ÿÿÿIT'S NOT WHAT I EXPECTED." "IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT?" "NO." "NO, I'M THINKING OF YOU" "AND HOW SEXY YOU ARE." "I NEED ANOTHER." "COME HERE." "WHAT'S WRONG?" "IT'S TOO BRIGHT." "TOO BRIGHT?" "OKAY, WELL, I CAN" "FIX THAT, I GUESS." "IS THAT BETTER?" "ÿÿNO, IT'S STILL TOO BRIGHT." "ÿÿREALLY?" "ÿÿYES!" "YOU KNOW HOW HARD ÿÿTHIS IS FOR ME." "MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE OF THIS ROOM." "I'LL SHUT THESE OFF." "ÿÿTHERE." "IS THAT BETTER?" "NO." "TURN THAT OFF." "YOU USED TO LIKE MAKING LOVE WITH THE LIGHTS ON." "ÿOR IN A SUNNY ROOM IN FRONT ÿOF MIRRORS." "REMEMBER?" "CAN WE START WITH THE LIGHTS OFF?" "OKAY." "NOT A PROBLEM." "THERE WE GO." "HOW'S THAT?" "ÿTHANK YOU." "ÿÿCOME HERE." "ÿÿYOU KNOW HOW SEXY YOU ARE?" "ÿÿÿHERE" " LET'S TAKE OFF ÿÿÿYOUR SWEATSHIRT." "I'LL TAKE MY PANTS OFF HERE." "[COINS FALLING]" "[AMANDA] CHRIST!" "ÿÿÿI'M SORRY." "ÿI HAD ALL THIS CHANGE ÿFROM THE MOVIE HOUSE ÿWHEN I BOUGHT YOUR POPCORN." "I CAN'T DO THIS." "THE MOMENT'S RUINED." "ÿÿÿTHAT'S CRAZY." "IT SHOULDN'T BE ÿÿÿTHAT DELICATE." "IT'S NOT ABOUT SHOULD!" "LOOK, I'M A WRECK!" "OKAY, I'M SORRY." "I'M SORRY, BUT I CAN'T." "I CAN'T DO THIS." "WE'LL START AGAIN, OKAY?" "IT'LL BE FINE." "A CLEAN SLATE, OKAY?" "ÿÿÿWE GOT THIS ROOM." "ÿÿÿLET'S TAKE ADVANTAGE." "WE'LL JUST START OVER, OKAY?" "COME HERE." "ÿÿSEE?" "IT'S NOTHING WE HAVEN'T DONE BEFORE, RIGHT?" "ÿJERRY?" "ÿJERRY, I CAN'T BREATHE." "WHAT DO YOU MEAN?" "I CAN'T-- WHAT DO YOU MEAN?" "ÿÿÿI CAN'T BREATHE." "ÿÿÿMY THROAT'S SWELLING." "YOUR THROAT'S NOT SWELLING." "ÿÿIT IS." "THIS HAS ÿÿHAPPENED BEFORE." "ÿÿWHY DON'T YOU SIT DOWN?" "ÿÿAMANDA, SIT DOWN FOR A SECOND." "ÿÿYOU WANT ME ÿÿTO GET YOU SOME WATER?" "NO." "I FEEL NAUSEOUS." "YOU'RE NOT NAUSEOUS." "I AM." "JUST, JUST TAKE IT EASY." "AMANDA, DO YOU WANT ME TO OPEN THE WINDOW?" "ÿÿMAYBE YOU NEED SOME FRESH AIR." "ÿÿYOU'RE GETTING PALE." "ARE YOU SERIOUS?" "I NEED A DOCTOR." "ÿYOU DON'T NEED A DOCTOR." "ÿJUST LAY DOWN FOR A SECOND." "I'M REALLY DIZZY." "ÿÿALL RIGHT." "ÿÿJUST, UM, HOLD ON." "ÿÿÿJUST, UM, BREATHE THROUGH ÿÿÿYOUR NOSE, OKAY?" "COME ON." "COME ON." "HERE." "ÿÿÿ[AMANDA] ÿÿÿLEAVE A TIP FOR THE MAID." "[DR. REED] SO, IF I PUSH ON YOUR CHEST HERE, DO YOU FEEL ANY PAIN?" "[AMANDA] WELL, IT'S RIGHT UNDER THE BREAST I GET A SHOOTING PAIN." "YOUR LEFT BREAST?" "YES." "HAVE YOU EVER HAD A REACTION LIKE THIS BEFORE?" "YES." "ÿÿDO YOU HAVE ANY ALLERGIES?" "I HOPE NOT." "ÿÿI'M JUST CHECKING ÿÿYOUR GLANDS RIGHT NOW." "ÿÿÿYOU TAKE ALL THESE PILLS?" "YES." "THEY'RE DIFFERENT DIETS." "THEN I HAVE MY ANTIDEPRESSANTS AND MY SLEEPING PILLS." "ÿÿÿBUT THEY HAVE ÿÿÿOPPOSITE EFFECTS." "I DON'T TAKE THEM ALL ON THE SAME DAY." "ÿÿÿYOU HAD A FEW VODKAS, ÿÿÿYOU SAY?" "ÿÿBREATHE IN." "ÿÿHOLD." "LET IT GO." "ÿÿWHY DO YOU USE DIET PILLS?" "I HAVE SOME TROUBLE WITH MY WEIGHT." "ÿÿÿYOU'RE NOT OVERWEIGHT." "ÿÿÿYOU HAVE A LOVELY FIGURE." "ÿÿÿLEAN BACK." "ÿTHIS DOESN'T HURT, DOES IT?" "ÿNO." "ÿYOU'RE A VERY BEAUTIFUL ÿYOUNG WOMAN." "ÿÿTHANK YOU." "YEAH, BREATHE." "GOOD." "THE DOCTOR HAD BETTER SEX EXAMINING HER" "THAN I'VE HAD IN 6 MONTHS!" "ÿSHE HAS THIS WAYWARD APPEAL." "ÿMEN GO INSTANTLY CRAZY FOR HER!" "ÿÿÿWHAT DO I DO?" "I'M TRAPPED ÿÿÿIN A SITUATION HERE." "ÿÿÿWHAT DO I DO?" "ÿÿSAY SOMETHING." "OUR TIME IS UP." "SUPPOSE WE CONTINUE AT OUR NEXT MEETING." "MR. FALK, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT" "I WILL STOP TREATING YOU IF YOU INSIST ON KEEPING THAT RIFLE." "ÿÿWHAT?" "WHY?" "I THINK IT'S AN ACTING OUT." "AND IT'S MORE TO YOUR ADVANTAGE TO TALK ABOUT IT THAN ACT OUT." "ÿBUT DOBEL THINKS IN THE END, ÿWE CAN ONLY COUNT ON OURSELVES." "I'M AFRAID OUR TIME IS UP." "IF YOU DON'T GET RID OF THE RIFLE, I CAN'T CONTINUE THE ANALYSIS." "ÿÿJERRY!" "HEY, BILL." "HOW ARE YOU?" "ÿÿÿI'M GOOD." "SO, WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?" "I'M HAVING LUNCH WITH MY MANAGER, INSIDE." "THAT HARRY WEXLER CLOWN?" "I SAW HIM GO IN." "HARVEY." "YEAH, YEAH." "ÿNOBODY UNDERSTANDS ÿWHY YOU DON'T LOSE HIM." "LOSE HARVEY?" "ÿÿÿTHE GUY IS A JOKE ÿÿÿIN THE BUSINESS." "OH, YEAH?" "ÿÿÿYEAH." "I'M TELLING YOU THIS AS A FRIEND." "ÿÿÿYOU'RE STARTING TO HAPPEN ÿÿÿA LITTLE BIT." "ÿYOU DON'T NEED A CHARACTER ÿLIKE THIS REPRESENTING YOU." "THANKS." "I'LL CERTAINLY THINK ABOUT IT." "ÿÿHOW'S YOUR GIRLFRIEND?" "AMANDA?" "SHE'S GOOD." "SHE'S STUDYING ACTING AND SINGING." "ÿPROMISE ME ONE THING." "ÿYOU GUYS EVER BREAK UP, ÿYOU GIVE ME HER NUMBER." "ÿÿJUST KIDDING." "ÿÿEXCEPT I'M DEADLY SERIOUS." "WE'RE NOT BREAKING UP." "GOOD TO SEE YOU." "ÿÿÿSTORY OF MY LIFE." "ÿÿÿBYE, JERRY!" "ÿSORRY I'M LATE." "I THOUGHT I'D BE LATE." "MY MOM HAD A GALLBLADDER ATTACK." "ÿSO, YOU WANT TO DISCUSS...?" "NO BIG DEAL." "I'LL GET IT OUT OF THE WAY" "THEN WE CAN EAT AND ENJOY THE MEAL." "ÿÿÿA COFFEE, PLEASE." "ÿÿÿI'M FINE." "ÿNOW..." "OUR ORIGINAL CONTRACT WAS FOR THREE YEARS." "IT'S ALMOST UP." "IT'S UP IN A FEW MONTHS." "MY GAME PLAN FOR YOU IS GOING PERFECTLY." "ÿA LOT OF PEOPLE LAUGHED AT ME ÿWHEN I SAID I ONLY WANTED ÿONE CLIENT." "AND A KID, TOO!" "ÿÿÿIT'S LIKE A CLOTHING STORE ÿÿÿTHAT SPECIALIZES IN" "QUALITY RATHER THAN QUANTITY." "ALL THE OTHER MANAGERS IN TOWN, EVEN MY OWN FAMILY ÿÿÿPREDICTED THAT YOU WOULD ÿÿÿDUMP ME IF YOU MADE IT BIG ÿÿÿON MY EFFORTS." "I SAID, "YOU DO NOT KNOW JERRY FALK."" ""JERRY FALK AND I HAVE A SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP." ""IT GOES WAY BEYOND THE CONTRACT." ""WE ARE VERY CLOSE." ""I WAS AT HIS WEDDING." "I BOUGHT HIM A TOASTER." "WE ARE THIS CLOSE." ""I'VE DONE THINGS FOR HIM YOU COULDN'T EVEN WRITE INTO A CONTRACT."" "[COUGHING]" "[TAPPING TABLE]" "WHAT'S THIS?" "ÿOUR NEW AGREEMENT." "ÿYOU DON'T HAVE TO READ IT NOW." "TAKE IT HOME AND READ IT." "IT'S NOT THAT COMPLICATED." "ÿÿIT'S THE SAME THING, ÿÿEXCEPT IT'S FOR SEVEN YEARS ÿÿINSTEAD OF THREE." "ÿÿÿI FIGURED, WHY BURDEN YOU ÿÿÿWITH SIGNING A CONTRACT ÿÿÿEVERY THREE YEARS?" "ESPECIALLY SINCE WE'RE GONNA BE TOGETHER FOR A LONG, LONG TIME!" "YOU CAN'T SIGN THAT, FALK." "WHAT ARE YOU, A CRETIN?" "I CAN'T NOT SIGN IT." "THE GUY'S WHOLE LIFE IS INVESTED IN ME." "THE GUY'S AN IDIOT!" "HE'S IN THE WRONG BUSINESS." "HE SHOULD BE PUSHING A RACK ON SEVENTH AVENUE." "HE PUT IN THE TOUGH WORK WHEN NO ONE ELSE CARED." "ÿHE'S NOT A BAD GUY, ÿHE'S JUST" "I CAN'T FIGURE YOU OUT." "YOU'VE BEEN WITH A SHRINK FOR YEARS," "YET YOU'RE TOO GUILTY TO SAY GOOD-BYE TO THE INEPT HOMUNCULUS THAT POSES AS YOUR MANAGER." "ÿINCIDENTALLY, MY SHRINK SAYS ÿI HAVE TO GET RID OF THE RIFLE." "WHAT?" "ÿHE SAYS IT'S AN ACTING OUT." "WHAT KIND OF CHARLATAN WOULD WANT YOU UNARMED IN THIS WORLD?" "ÿÿÿHE'S NOT A CHARLATAN." "THEY'RE ALL CHARLATANS, FALK!" "YOU KNOW, SINCE THE BEGINNING OF TIME, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN" "FRIGHTENED AND UNHAPPY AND" "SCARED TO DEATH AND SCARED OF GETTING OLD" "AND THERE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN PRIESTS AND SHAMANS AND NOW SHRINKS TO TELL THEM," ""I KNOW YOU'RE FRIGHTENED, BUT I CAN HELP YOU."" ""OF COURSE, IT'LL COST YOU A FEW BUCKS."" "BUT THEY CAN'T HELP YOU, BECAUSE LIFE IS WHAT IT IS." "ÿHEY, WHAT DID YOU THINK ÿOF AMANDA?" "I KNOW YOU ONLY MET HER FOR, LIKE, 15 MINUTES UNDER PRETTY CHAOTIC CIRCUMSTANCES ÿÿÿBUT SHE HAS A GREAT ÿÿÿQUALITY, DOESN'T SHE?" "SHE'S CHEATING ON YOU, YOU KNOW." "ÿWHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?" "SHE'S CHEATING ON YOU!" "HOW DO YOU KNOW?" "'CAUSE I KNOW." "ÿÿÿHOW DO YOU KNOW?" "ÿÿÿYOU SEE HER WITH SOMEONE?" "ÿÿNO." "ÿÿÿDID SHE SAY SOMETHING TO YOU?" "NO." "ÿÿTHEN WHY WOULD YOU SAY ÿÿSHE'S CHEATING ON ME?" "I CAN TELL BY HER EYES." "ÿHEREYES?" "HER EYES." "YES, HER EYES." "ÿÿÿDOBEL, YOU HAVE A CERTAIN ÿÿÿBRILLIANCE." "YOU DO." "ÿÿYOU'RE A SWEET GUY ÿÿAND A WONDERFUL ÿÿWRITER OF HUMOR," "BUT YOU ARE A DEEPLY, DEEPLY DERANGED HUMAN BEING." "FALK, I'M TELLING YOU, SHE'S CHEATING ON YOU," "AND YOU'RE TOO TYPHLOTIC TO SEE IT." "TYPHLOSIS, FALK." "BLINDNESS." "ÿ[MUSIC PLAYS]" "ÿIS SHE CHEATING ON ME?" "ÿÿDOBEL HAS POISONED THE WELL." "ÿHOW THE HELL WOULD HE KNOW?" "ÿIS HE SOME KIND OF VISIONARY?" "ÿÿNOT AT ALL." "HE'S A SIMPLE, ÿÿGARDEN-VARIETY PARANOID." "[FALK] "JEWS START ALL WARS." A GUN IN EVERY ROOM OF HIS APARTMENT!" "ÿAMANDA'S CHEATING ON ME ÿBECAUSE HE SEES IT IN HER EYES?" "ÿBULL!" "AND YET... ÿÿÿJERRY?" "THIS IS CONNIE." "ÿÿÿCONNIE, JERRY." "[FALK] NICE TO MEET YOU." "CONNIE IS A BRILLIANT ACTRESS." "ÿÿÿAMANDA'S THE ACTRESS!" "RAY!" "COME WITH ME." "I HAVE TO TALK TO YOU." "AMANDA TELLS ME YOU'RE A WRITER." "WHAT ARE YOU WORKING ON?" "A NOVEL." "ABOUT WHAT?" "THE ABSOLUTE TERROR OF CONFRONTING ONE'S DEATH." "I JUST FINISHED "NOTES FROM UNDERGROUND."" "ISN'T DOSTOYEVSKY THE MOST AMAZING, POIGNANT, TALENTED WRITER?" "[FALK] WHO CARES ABOUT DOSTOYEVSKY IF AMANDA'S SLEEPING WITH THAT GUY?" "SHE ALWAYS TALKS ABOUT RAY POLITO." "ÿÿÿSUCH A HOTSHOT NEW ACTOR." "ÿÿÿANIMAL INSTINCTS." "ÿÿÿTHIS GENERATION'S BRANDO." "ÿÿÿTHEY CERTAINLY MAKE ÿÿÿEYE CONTACT." "ÿÿSHE'S SO SEXY." "ÿÿLOOK AT HER BODY LANGUAGE." "ÿÿALL VERBS!" "ÿÿHAVE I...?" "READ "HOUSE OF THE DEAD."" "OH, YES." "YES, I HAVE." "ÿÿI FOUND IT ÿÿSURPRISINGLY NEOTERIC." "MODERN." "VERY MODERN." "YES, MODERN." "ÿWOULD YOU EXCUSE ME ÿJUST A SECOND?" "YEAH, SURE." "JERRY, HI." "YOU REMEMBER RAY POLITO?" "NICE TO SEE YOU." "HOW ARE YOU?" "ÿÿGOOD." "YOU?" "ÿÿI WAS TELLING RAY ABOUT ÿÿHOW YOU HAVE A REAL INTEREST ÿÿIN OLD THEATER POSTERS." "ÿHE SAYS HE HAS A GREAT SOURCE." "MY BUDDY, JAY BINNS, HAS SOME REALLY RARE ONES." "HE'D BE HAPPY TO SHOW THEM TO YOU ANYTIME." "ÿÿÿTHANKS." "YEAH, ÿÿÿMAYBE SOMETIME, SURE." "ÿWE COULD RENT A CAR ÿAND DRIVE OUT TONIGHT." "TONIGHT?" "ÿCONNIE?" "YOU SHOULD COME, TOO." "ÿYOU SHOULD BRING DOUG." "ÿWHO'S DOUG?" "ÿÿÿGO WHERE?" "MY BUDDY LIVES IN MONTAUK." "WE'RE GOING THERE TONIGHT." "AT THIS HOUR, THERE'S NO TRAFFIC." "ÿMONTAUK?" "IT'S MIDNIGHT." "MONTAUK AT MIDNIGHT?" "WHAT COULD BE MORE ROMANTIC?" "ÿI CAN'T." "ÿÿME EITHER." "ÿIT'S JUST TOO LATE." "ÿI HAVE TO GET UP EARLY." "ÿYOU KNOW I WORK BEST ÿIN THE MORNING." "BUT WE'LL WALK ON THE BEACH, MAYBE TAKE A SWIM." "RAY'LL PLAY HIS GUITAR." "YOU PLAY GUITAR?" "YEAH." "I'D RATHER EAT RAT POISON THAN WATCH THIS GUY PLAY GUITAR ON THE BEACH AT 3 A.M." "[FALK] YOU'RE SO QUIET." "[AMANDA] SO ARE YOU." "[FALK] WHAT'S WRONG?" "[AMANDA] NOTHING." "DON'T SAY, "NOTHING." OBVIOUSLY, YOU'RE UPSET." "ARE YOU CRUSHED BECAUSE WE DIDN'T DRIVE 100 MILES TO LOOK AT THEATER POSTERS" "AND HEAR THIS GUY PLAY HIS GUITAR?" "ÿÿÿSHHH!" "ÿÿÿMY MOTHER'S SLEEPING." "THAT ROAD COMPANY JAMES DEAN LOOKED AT YOU LIKE YOU WERE A FRESHLY BAKED CANNOLI." "ARE YOU IN LOVE WITH CONNIE?" "CONNIE?" "DON'T PRETEND YOU CAN'T REMEMBER HER NAME." "ÿÿI WOULDN'T HAVE EVEN ÿÿLOOKED AT CONNIE IF YOU ÿÿHADN'T THROWN US TOGETHER." "I THOUGHT YOU'D LIKE HER." "ÿÿÿSHE'S SMART AND BEAUTIFUL ÿÿÿAND VERY LITERATE." "A LITERATE ACTRESS?" "WHAT, IS THAT LIKE A FOUR-LEAF CLOVER?" "MOST MEN FIND HER SEDUCTIVE." "IF YOU WANTED TO GO OFF WITH RAY POLITO, YOU SHOULD HAVE GONE." "YOU DIDN'T NEED TO FIX ME UP WITH SOMEONE." "PLEASE!" "I THOUGHT YOU'D WANT TO SEE HIS FRIEND'S THEATER POSTERS." "I HAVE NO INTEREST IN CONNIE." "NONE.NADA." "ÿYOU CAN SLEEP WITH OTHER WOMEN." "ÿJUST DON'T THROW IT IN MY FACE." "ÿÿI'M NOT SLEEPING WITH HER!" "ÿÿDO YOU WANT TO SLEEP WITH RAY?" "ÿÿ[PAULA] JESUS CHRIST!" "ÿÿWILL YOU TWO KEEP IT DOWN?" "ÿÿI CAN'T SLEEP." "ÿÿYOU GOT ANY PILLS?" "I'M SORRY, MOTHER." "I CAN'T HAVE THESE LATE-NIGHT DISCUSSIONS." "I NEED A SLEEPING PILL." "ÿÿÿJERRY?" "COME HERE." "ÿÿÿI WANT TO SHOW YOU SOMETHING." "NOW?" "IT'S 2 A.M." "ÿÿÿCOME HERE!" "JERRY." "THIS GODDAMN BALLAD IS DRIVING ME CRAZY." "JUST TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK." "?" "DON'T CRY ?" "?" "THERE'LL BE ?" "ÿÿ?" "ANOTHER SPRING ?" "ÿÿÿ?" "I KNOW OUR HEARTS ?" "?" "WILL DANCE AGAIN ?" "ÿÿ?" "AND SING AGAIN ?" "ÿÿ?" "SO WAIT FOR ME ?" "ÿÿÿ?" "TILL THEN ?" "ÿ?" "BE GLAD ?" "ÿ[PAULA] ÿ?" "THE BIRD IS ON THE WING ?" "ÿÿ?" "ANOTHER CHANCE ?" "ÿ?" "TO LOVE ?" "ÿÿÿ?" "AND LAUGH WITH ME ?" "ÿÿÿ?" "JUST WAIT AND SEE ?" "?" "I LOVE YOU NOW ?" "ÿ?" "AND I'LL LOVE YOU FOREVER ?" "ÿ?" "OH, DON'T ?" "ÿÿÿ?" "BE SAD ?" "ÿÿ?" "WE'LL SURELY BE ?" "ÿÿ?" "TOGETHER ?" "ÿ?" "FOR THE SKY ?" "ÿÿÿ?" "IS BLUER OVERHEAD ?" "?" "IF YOU WILL JUST ?" "ÿÿÿ?" "BELIEVE IN ME ?" "ÿ?" "THERE'LL BE ?" "ÿ?" "ANOTHER ?" "ÿÿ?" "SPRING ?" "ÿÿÿ[PIANO FADES]" "IF LIFE IS MEANINGLESS, THEN WHY CHOOSE TO LIVE?" "ÿDOBEL SAYS WE DON'T CHOOSE, ÿOUR BLOOD CHOOSES FOR US." "ÿWHAT DOES IT ALL ÿADD UP TO IF I DIE?" "FREUD SAYS SEX AND WORK." "DOBEL SAYS WORK GIVES THE ILLUSION OF MEANING, ÿAND SEX GIVES THE ÿILLUSION OF CONTINUITY." "ÿ[PAULA SINGING]" "SHE'S GOING TO PRACTICE NOW?" "HEY, PAULA?" "I'M TRYING TO CLARIFY SOME IDEAS FOR MY NOVEL." "I JUST NEED A LITTLE... ÿI HAVE SOME IDEAS FOR ÿDIALOGUE LEADING TO THE ÿJUDY GARLAND MEDLEY." "COULD WE TALK ABOUT IT LATER?" "I AM SO NERVOUS." "I DON'T KNOW WHY I'M SO SCARED ÿÿÿOF PERFORMING." "ÿÿÿWHERE DOES AMANDA ÿÿÿKEEP HER VALIUM?" "THERE." "I'LL GET YOU ONE." "I JUST NEED A LITTLE BIT OF QUIET, ÿÿÿJUST FOR THE MORNING." "ÿÿÿOKAY, PAULA?" "[FALK] I WENT TO THE BATHROOM TO GET HER MOTHER A VALIUM." "ÿÿBECAUSE DOBEL MADE ME ÿÿSO DAMN SUSPICIOUS, ÿI COULDN'T RESIST THE IMPULSE ÿTO OPEN HER DIAPHRAGM CASE" "TO SEE IF IT WAS THERE, AND IT WASN'T." "WHY DOES SHE NEED HER DIAPHRAGM?" "WHAT FOR?" "ÿÿÿAND WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME?" "ÿÿWHY SHOULD THE THOUGHT OF ÿÿAMANDA SLEEPING WITH SOMEONE ÿÿBE BOTH EXCRUCIATING ÿÿAND EXCITING?" "ÿÿÿI FEEL LIKE ÿÿÿCOMMITTING SUICIDE, ÿBUT I HAVE SO MANY PROBLEMS, ÿTHAT WOULDN'T SOLVE THEM ALL." "ÿÿÿWHAT SHOULD I DO?" "ÿÿÿWHAT WOULD YOU DO?" "ÿHUH?" "ÿWHAT DO I DO?" "IF IT WAS ME, FALK, I WOULD FOLLOW HER." "WHY DO YOU PUT THESE PARANOID THOUGHTS IN MY HEAD?" "WHY DOES SHE WEAR A DIAPHRAGM?" "WHY ISN'T SHE ON THE PILL?" "ÿÿÿIT'S HORMONAL." "ÿÿÿTHE PILL MAKES HER CRAZY." "THEPILLMAKES HER CRAZY?" "FALK, SHEISCRAZY!" "THE PENTAGON SHOULD USE HER HORMONES FOR CHEMICAL WARFARE!" "ÿI DON'T GET IT." "ÿWHERE IS IT?" "ÿWHERE IS HER DIAPHRAGM?" "WELL, YOU KNOW, I CAN IMAGINE." "I'VE NEVER FOLLOWED ANYONE." "IT'S NOT ROCKET SCIENCE, FALK." "THE TRICK IS NOT TO BE SEEN." "WHERE IS SHE NOW?" "ÿÿÿACTING CLASS." "YOUTHINK." "ÿCHRIST, DON'T SAY THAT." "ÿOF COURSE SHE'S ÿAT ACTING CLASS." "ÿSHE WOULDN'T MISS THAT." "ÿIT'S TOO CRUCIAL." "AND THAT'S WHERE SHE SEES HER ACTING PARTNER, RAY POLITO." "ÿÿÿLOOK, I'M NOT GOOD AT ÿÿÿFOLLOWING." "WHY DON'T ÿÿÿYOU COME WITH ME?" "I CAN'T." "I PROMISED STUDENTS" "I'D TAKE THEM TO THE CARAVAGGIO EXHIBIT AT THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM." "I GIVE THEM A LITTLE CULTURE NOW AND THEN" "SO THEY DON'T BEAT EACH OTHER TO DEATH WITH BICYCLE CHAINS." "ÿI'M TOO NERVOUS ÿTO FOLLOW HER." "THERE'S NOTHING TO IT, YOU KNOW." "YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO FIND, THAT'S ALL." "YOU ARE A WRITER." "YOU HAVE A GIFT." "YOU SHOULD HAVE A GIRLFRIEND WHO HELPS YOU AND IS ENCOURAGING," "NOT SOME MERCURIAL LITTLE JITTERBUG WHO'LL HAVE YOU" "HOLD UP FILLING STATIONS TO KEEP HER IN MOOD ELEVATORS." "I SHOULDN'T HAVE LOOKED." "WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW..." "WILLKILLYOU!" "WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW WON'T HURT YOU, IT'LL KILL YOU." "LIKE IF THEY TELL YOU YOU'RE GOING TO SHOWERS" "BUT THEY TURN OUT NOT TO BE SHOWERS." "ÿÿRAY POLITO." "ÿÿI KNEW IT." "[AMANDA] WHERE WERE YOU?" "WE HAVE THEATER TICKETS TONIGHT." "PAULA, COULD YOU EXCUSE US?" "I HAVE TO TALK TO AMANDA." "ÿÿÿMY GOD, JERRY." "ÿÿÿHAS THE PRESIDENT ÿÿÿBEEN SHOT?" "FINE WITH ME." "I HAVE A DATE TONIGHT." "ÿÿ[AMANDA] WHAT?" "ÿÿYOU HAVE A DATE?" "WITH WHO?" "I MUST CONFESS." "IT'S WITH A GUY WHO PICKED ME UP." "WHERE?" "AT MY AA MEETING." "ÿÿÿGREAT." "ÿÿÿAN ALCOHOLIC." "HE'S NOT AN ALCOHOLIC." "HE'S THE ALCOHOLIC'S FRIEND, THE ENABLER." "EVEN BETTER." "WHAT DOES HE DO?" "HE'S A HORSE WHISPERER." "ÿWHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?" "ÿÿÿWHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR, ÿÿÿYOUR KEYS?" "YES." "ÿÿTHEY'RE OVER HERE." "HE'S 26 YEARS OLD." "ÿÿFABULOUS." "YOU'RE GOING ÿÿOUT WITH A 26-YEAR-OLD ÿÿHORSE WHISPERER." "[FALK] AMANDA, COULD I TALK TO YOU?" "HOLD ON!" "WOULD YOU REALLY CARE IF I GOT A TATTOO?" "YES." "WE'LL DISCUSS IT LATER." "NO, MOM." "WE'LL DISCUSS IT." "MOM, DON'T." "ÿÿMOM, YOUR KEYS." "YOUR KEYS." "THANKS." "ÿJESUS, YOU'RE SO CRAZY!" "WHERE WERE YOU TODAY?" "ÿÿÿACTING CLASS." "NO, I MEAN AFTER." "AT A GIRLFRIEND'S APARTMENT, REHEARSING A SCENE." "ÿNO." "NO, YOU WEREN'T BECAUSE ÿÿÿI KNOW YOU WERE IN THE SCHOOL ÿÿÿBUILDING WITH YOUR TEACHER." "THAT'S RIGHT." "I SAW YOU." "HOW?" "I WAS SPYING ON YOU." "SPYING?" "THAT'S RIGHT." "I SAW THE THREE OF YOU." "YOU, YOUR ACTING TEACHER AND YOUR DIAPHRAGM." "YOUR DIAPHRAGM." "IT'S NOT HERE, SO WHERE COULD IT BE?" "THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS A DIAPHRAGM REPAIR SHOP." "I WAS THERE, AMANDA." "I SAW IT ALL." "ÿÿOKAY." "OKAY, I SLEPT ÿÿWITH RON KELLER." "ÿÿÿBUT I DIDN'T DO IT ÿÿÿBECAUSE I CARE ABOUT HIM." "ÿÿNO?" "WHAT THEN?" "ÿÿTO PUNISH HIM?" "I HAD TO FIND OUT IF SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH ME." "I CAN'T SLEEP WITH YOU, THE PERSON THAT I LOVE." "I HAD TO KNOW IF I WAS SOME KIND OF FREAK, OR FRIGID." "I HAD TO KNOW IF I COULD EVEN GET AROUSED ANYMORE AND HAVE AN ORGASM!" "ÿÿAND CAN YOU?" "YEAH." "IT'S GOOD NEWS." "I CAN!" "ÿÿÿOKAY." "I WANT OUT ÿÿÿOF THIS RELATIONSHIP." "ÿÿJERRY, DON'T SAY THAT." "ÿÿYOU KNOW I NEED YOU." "NEED ME?" "HOW CAN YOU NEED ME WHEN" "ALL THESE POSITIVE FEELINGS HAPPEN WITH EVERYONEBUTME?" "NOT EVERYBODY." "JUST RON KELLER." "HE REMINDS ME OF MY FATHER." "IREMIND YOU OF YOUR FATHER." "YOU REMIND ME OF THE GOOD PARTS." "HE REMINDS ME OF THE BAD." "I FIGURED I SHOULD TRY EVERYTHING." "YOU KNOW, TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM IS." "HOW DID I GET TO BE THE GOOD FATHER?" "WHAT AM I, KRIS KRINGLE?" "IT IS A MADDENING PROBLEM." "WE HAD TO TRY EVERY KIND OF FOREPLAY." "WHERE'S THE RIFLE?" "I'M GOING TO BLOW MY BRAINS OUT." "DON'T BE SO MIDDLE-CLASS!" "I DID IT AS MUCH FOR YOU AS FOR ME." "ÿÿOH, THANK YOU." "FOR ME?" "ÿÿTHANK YOU SO MUCH ÿÿFOR THINKING OF ME." "WELL, IT WORKED." "NOW I KNOW THAT I CAN GET EXCITED.VERYEXCITED." "PASSIONATE!" "I CAN HAVE ORGASMS." "LIKE THE ONES I HAD WHEN WE FIRST STARTED DATING." "YOU KNOW?" "MULTIPLE ONES, WHERE I CLAW THE WALLS." "ÿÿI'M SO HAPPY TO HEAR THIS, ÿÿAMANDA!" "REALLY." "ÿÿTHIS IS JUST MUSIC ÿÿTO MY EARS." "ÿI DON'T NEED THE RIFLE." "ÿI'LL JUST HEMORRHAGE ÿHERE ON THE CARPET." "JERRY, DON'T BE MAD." "AND DON'T BE MAD AT RON." "HE WAS JUST TRYING TO HELP." "ÿÿRON?" "HOW COULD ÿÿI BE UPSET AT RON?" "ÿIN FACT, I'LL PUT HIM ON MY ÿCHRISTMAS LIST, IF I CAN FIGURE ÿOUT HOW TO MAKE A LETTER BOMB." "JERRY..." "JERRY, PLEASE." "[SNIFFLES] PLEASE." "YOU KNOW I LOVE YOU SO MUCH." "I NEED YOU." "I CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT YOU." "JERRY, PLEASE?" "ÿÿTHAT'S BULLSHIT, FALK." "ÿÿI DON'T BUY ANY OF IT." "SHE SAYS SHE DID IT THERAPEUTICALLY." "ÿÿTHAT'S THE KIND OF THERAPY ÿÿTHEY ADVERTISE ON THE BACK ÿÿOF THEVILLAGE VOICE." "ÿSHE WANTED TO MAKE SURE ÿSHE COULD STILL BECOME AROUSED." "WELL, I'M GLAD TO HEAR THE LITTLE SWEETHEART CAN STILL..." "YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT INVINO VERITAS." "IT'S INEROS VERITAS." "ÿI DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, DOBEL." "ÿI'M TOTALLY CONFUSED." "YOU SAID IT-- YOU'RE AFRAID TO SLEEP ALONE." "THAT'S THE WHOLE STORY." "YOU SURROUND YOURSELF WITH THE FARRAGO OF BABY-SITTERS" "THIS LOVING-DISABLED SEX KITTEN WHO'S DRIVING YOU CRAZY," "THE JEW MANAGER, YOU KNOW?" "LET ME TELL YOU, I AM OF THE HEBREW PERSUASION," "BUT THAT GUY WHO HANDLES YOU" "IS A MEMBER OF ONE OF THE LOST TRIBES OF ISRAEL THAT SHOULD HAVE REMAINED LOST." "AND YOU GOT THIS SHRINK WHO, LIKE GOD, NEVER SPEAKS AND, LIKE GOD, IS DEAD." "THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH BEING AFRAID." "WE WERE MEANT TO BE AFRAID." "THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE TO BUILD A SURVIVAL KIT." "DO YOU HAVE A LITTLE TIME NOW?" "I WANT TO CHAT WITH YOU." "ÿIT'S JUST A JOINT, BUT THEY ÿHAVE GREAT CHINESE FOOD." "ÿÿWE'RE IN LUCK." "ÿÿTHERE'S A GUY PULLING OUT." "ÿLET ME SPEAK TO YOU ÿABOUT SOMETHING." "ÿÿI HAVE AN ACQUAINTANCE ÿÿOUT IN CALIFORNIA WHO PRODUCES ÿAND HE'S DOING SOME ÿCOMEDY SHOWS ON TELEVISION." "ÿÿI KNOW THEY'RE LOOKING ÿÿFOR TEAMS OF WRITERS." "ÿIF I TOLD THEM THAT ÿYOU AND I WERE A TEAM, ÿI THINK WE COULD GET HIRED." "IN CALIFORNIA?" "ÿYEAH." "ALL THE ACTION IS ÿOUT THERE." "IT'S NOT HERE." "I DON'T KNOW WHAT AMANDA WOULD SAY." "THOUGH HER MOTHER'S ALWAYS WANTED TO GO TO HOLLYWOOD." "CAN I EXPLAIN SOMETHING?" "I'M TALKING ABOUT A CLEAN BREAK." "ÿME WITH THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, ÿAND YOU WITH EVERYBODY." "ÿWITH THAT FISH PEDDLER, ÿGARMENT CENTER MANAGER ÿYOU HAVE, ÿÿWITH YOUR SHRINK ÿÿAND WITH THAT LITTLE GIRL ÿÿWHO GIVES YOU A HARD TIME." "I CAN'T JUST LEAVE..." "GO BY MYSELF?" "ÿNOT GO BY YOURSELF." "GO WITH ME." "ÿWE'D GO TOGETHER SO YOU CAN'T ÿFALL BACK ON BEING ALONE." "ÿÿI'VE GIVEN IT A LOT ÿÿOF THOUGHT, FALK, ÿÿÿAND I KNOW FOR ME, ÿÿÿIT'S NOW OR NEVER." "ÿÿTHINK ABOUT IT." "JUST THINK ABOUT IT." "HEY, I WAS WAITING FOR THIS SPACE FOR FIVE MINUTES." "I WAS HERE FOR FIVE MINUTES, WAITING... ÿÿÿYOU GOT A PROBLEM ÿÿÿWITH ME PARKING HERE?" "ÿÿYOU BEEN WAITING?" "TOO BAD." "ÿÿYOU SLOW, YOU BLOW." "I'M A BUSY MAN." "I HAVE THINGS TO DO." "BUT I WAS..." "WHAT, ARE YOU HIGH ON CRACK TO BE ARGUING WITH HIM?" "!" "I WAS WAITING HERE FOR FIVE MINUTES!" "YOU WANT TO MEET GOD?" "DO YOU?" "GET OUT OF HERE!" "ÿÿÿGO HOME, OLD MAN." "ÿÿÿDO WHAT THE MAN SAYS." "GO, BEFORE I KICK YOU IN THE ASS!" "GET IN YOUR CAR AND GO HOME." "AND YOU, TURN AROUND!" "IDIOTS!" "MY GOD, DOBEL." "EITHER ONE OF THOSE GUYS COULD HAVE BEAT YOU TO A PULP." "IS IT SO IMPORTANT YOU INSIST?" "LIFE'S UNFAIR." "YOU SAID IT YOURSELF." "THOSE GUYS HAVE THE MUSCLES AND WE'RE BLESSED WITH WIT." "LATER ON, IN THE QUIET AND SAFETY OF SOME DELICATESSEN," "WE CAN WRITE A BITING SATIRE" "AND EXPOSE ALL THEIR FOIBLES AND A HAVE A GREAT, BIG LAUGH." "[FALK] TWO JERKS." "BUT IN THE MEANTIME, THEY'VE GOT THE BICEPS." "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" "WHY ARE YOU PARKING?" "DOBEL, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" "WHY ARE WE BACK HERE?" "WHAT IS THAT FOR?" "DOBEL!" "OH, MY GOD." "DOBEL!" "ÿÿDOBEL!" "DOBEL, LET'S GO!" "MY GOD." "YOU'RE SICK IN THE HEAD, YOU KNOW THAT?" "CRAZY!" "ÿ[ENGINE NOT STARTING] ÿÿSTART THE CAR." "ÿWHAT ARE YOU DOING?" "I HAD MIXED FEELINGS OVER THE DAY." "ONE THE ONE HAND, I WAS CONVINCED DOBEL WAS A RAVING, PSYCHOTIC LUNATIC." "ONE THE OTHER HAND, I HAD A KIND OF ODD ADMIRATION FOR HIM." "ÿI WOULD HAVE JUST SLINKED AWAY, ÿBULLIED." "YOU KNOW?" "BUT HE WOULDN'T LET THE INJUSTICE REST." "HE RESISTED." "THERE ARE ALWAYS SOME PEOPLE WHO WILL RESIST." "AND, AS HE SAYS, THE ISSUE IS ALWAYS FASCISM." "HE'S NUTS." "AND YET THE THOUGHT OF GIVING UP EVERYTHING HERE ÿÿÿAND STARTING FRESH ÿÿÿIN CALIFORNIA, IT'S ÿÿÿSO TEMPTING AND EXHILARATING." "ÿÿÿWHY DO I GET SO SCARED?" "ÿÿÿBECAUSE I'M NOT A LEAVER." "THE ONE TIME AMANDA AND I BROKE UP, SHE LEFT ME." "IT ALL HAPPENED TOO FAST." "I WAS OVERWHELMED BY YOU." "IT WAS A WHIRLWIND AND RIGHT AWAY, WE WERE LIVING TOGETHER!" "I THINK WE'D BOTH BENEFIT BY SOME TIME APART." "I DON'T NEED TIME APART." "I KNOW I LOVE YOU." "WELL, I DO!" "I CAN'T THINK." "[HORN HONKING]" "I GET THESE MIGRAINES AND SOMETIMES, MY THROAT CLOSES UP AND I CAN'T BREATHE." "I FEEL TRAPPED AND SUFFOCATED!" "ÿÿÿMAYBE IF WE SLEPT ÿÿÿWITH THE WINDOW OPEN." "I'LL MOVE IN WITH APRIL." "WHAT IF YOU RETURN TO A SHRINK?" "I TOLD YOU, SHRINKS DON'T WORK FOR ME." "I KNOW HOW TO FOOL THEM." "ÿÿÿJUST ALL THAT TALK ABOUT ÿÿÿHOW WE WERE MADE FOR EACH ÿÿÿOTHER, AND MARRIAGE, I... ÿÿSHE MOVED OUT." "ÿÿI WAS MISERABLE, ÿÿÿEATING MOO GOO GAI PAN ÿÿÿOUT OF BOXES EVERY NIGHT, ÿHAVING DREAMS OF DEATH." "ÿI TRIED DATING, BUT IT WAS HARD ÿGETTING HER OUT OF MY MIND." "ÿÿWHY DON'T YOU COME ÿÿTO THE LADIES' ROOM?" "THE DOOR LOCKS." "WE CAN BE ALONE." "THE WINE HAS PUT ME, UM, VERY MUCH IN THE MOOD." "ÿÿÿOKAY." "I'LL COUNT TO 30 AND ÿÿÿMEET YOU IN THE LADIES' ROOM." "ÿMEET MEWHERE?" "I'M SORRY." "ÿMY MIND WAS SOMEWHERE ELSE." "[FALK] THEN, A FEW WEEKS LATER, JUST AS SUDDENLY AS SHE MOVED OUT, AMANDA RETURNED." "I'M BACK." "BUT IF YOU DON'T WANT ME, I UNDERSTAND." "YOU'RE BACK?" "ÿÿÿI COULDN'T BE WITHOUT YOU." "ÿÿÿI TRIED, BUT I JUST COULDN'T." "YOU DIDN'T MOVE IN WITH YOUR GIRLFRIEND APRIL, LIKE YOU SAID." "I FOUND OUT YOU WENT TO NAPLES WITH TONY HANKEN." "ÿWELL, YOU CAN UNDERSTAND." "ÿHE WANTED ME TO GO WITH HIM ÿTO NAPLES AND ROME." "ÿIT SOUNDED SO ROMANTIC." "ÿTHOSE ARE PLACES ÿI'VE DREAMED OF." "ÿI THOUGHT THAT'S WHAT I WANTED." "ÿÿBUT I MISSED YOU TOO MUCH." "BUT OF COURSE YOU MADE LOVE WITH HIM." "ÿÿYES, BUT I THOUGHT OF YOU." "ÿÿYOU WERE REALLY THE PERSON ÿÿI WAS MAKING LOVE TO ÿÿIN NAPLES AND FLORENCE ÿAND VENICE, ON THE AIRPLANE ÿ40,000 FEET IN THE AIR..." "OKAY." "ENOUGH." "ÿOH, YEAH..." "ÿAND AT THE VATICAN." "ÿALL I COULD THINK ABOUT ÿWHILE WE WERE DOING IT ÿÿWAS HOW MUCH YOU WOULD ÿÿLOVE THAT CEILING." "SO I'M BACK." "I'M HOME BECAUSE... ÿÿÿI CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT YOU." "[FALK] WE MADE LOVE THAT NIGHT." "IT WAS WONDERFUL." "IF ONLY CERTAIN MOMENTS IN LIFE COULD LAST, ÿÿJUST STAY FROZEN, ÿÿLIKE SOME OLD VASE." "[DOOR OPENS, WOMAN LAUGHING] ÿPAULA" " WOULD YOU KEEP IT DOWN?" "ÿYOU'RE GOING TO WAKE AMANDA." "ÿJERRY, YOU HAVEN'T MET RALPH." "ÿTHIS IS RALPH!" "ÿÿÿCAN YOU KEEP IT DOWN?" "ÿÿÿAMANDA'S... ÿÿÿWE SAW ELAINE STRITCH ÿÿÿON BROADWAY TONIGHT." "ÿÿÿSHE WAS MAGNIFICENT!" "ÿUNBELIEVABLE!" "ÿI WISH I COULD DO THAT!" "YOUCAN." "I CAN." "ÿÿÿI MEAN, I HAVE A VOICE." "ÿÿÿI JUST NEED SOME SNAPPY ÿÿÿDIALOGUE FROM YOU, JERRY." "ABSOLUTELY." "I'M SORRY." "I'M, UH... ÿÿ[PAULA] ÿÿRALPH, DON'T GIVE ME MUCH." "ÿÿI'VE NEVER HAD COCAINE BEFORE." "OKAY, JUST A LITTLE." "IS THAT COC" " WHAT ARE YOU..." "IS THAT, UH...?" "IT'S BLOW." "BLOW?" "WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH BLOW?" "AND ON MY COMPUTER?" "YOU'RE SUCH A STICK IN THE MUD!" "YOU CAN PARTAKE." "I'M NOT GOING TO PARTAKE." "WHAT IS GOING ON?" "I SAID THEY'D WAKE YOU." "ÿÿMOTHER, YOU KNOW HOW DIFFICULT ÿÿIT IS FOR ME TO SLEEP." "I TOOK ÿÿTWO SLEEPING PILLS TONIGHT." "WE SAW ELAINE STRITCH ON BROADWAY." "YOU WANT SOME COCAINE?" "NO, WE DON'T WANT ANY COCAINE, AMANDA." "NO." "I'VE NEVER TRIED IT." "I'VE NEVER TRIED LOTS OF THINGS!" "BUNGEE JUMPING, ALLIGATOR WRESTLING." "I'D HAVE A LITTLE." "YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING!" "NO FEARS, JERRY." "RALPH KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT HE'S DOING." "NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT." "ÿÿÿGREAT." "I WON'T BE ÿÿÿA PART OF THIS." "[PAULA] YOU ARE SO GODDAMN PRISSY!" "ÿTHANK YOU VERY MUCH, PAULA." "SHE HAS A POINT." "YOU'RE NEVER UP FOR ANYTHING." "I'M UP FOR THINGS THAT YOU'RE NOT UP FOR." "OKAY?" "WHAT IS THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?" "NOTHING." "ÿI'M NOT GOING ÿTO SNORT COCAINE, OKAY?" "[SNORTING] ÿÿI'M A NICE, SQUARE ÿÿJEWISH BOY, OKAY?" "I'M NOT PUTTING ANYTHING UP MY NOSE." "MY GOD, PAULA!" "ARE YOU KIDDING ME?" "I DON'T KNOW." "I DO IT RIGHT?" "IT'LL MAKE YOU FEEL SEXY, JERRY." "DOES IT?" "DOES IT MAKE YOU FEEL SEXY?" "[RALPH] SEXY." "THIS COULD BE INTERESTING." "ÿSOME PEOPLE ÿIT MAKES FEEL SEXY." "ÿOTHER IT MAKES BELLIGERENT." "ÿÿWITH MY LUCK, ÿÿYOU'LL TAKE A KNIFE TO ME." "[RALPH] COME ON, JUST DO A LINE!" "YOU KNOW WHAT THIS DOES TO YOUR NASAL MEMBRANES?" "EATS THEM RAW." "JUST DO SOME WITH ME." "NO!" "MAYBE IT'LL TURN ME ON." "DARLING, HAVE A DRINK." "I HAVE TO TALK TO DOBEL." "[PAULA] IT'S JUST A SOCIAL THING." "IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE DRUG ADDICTS." "ÿÿÿTHEY SNORTED COCAINE!" "ÿÿÿCAN YOU BELIEVE THAT?" "ÿMY MOTHER FED ME CHEERIOS." "ÿSHE'S GIVING HER DAUGHTER COKE!" "BY THE WAY, IT DID NOT SOLVE OUR PROBLEM IN BED." "ÿÿÿI WAS NOT MAKING EYES ÿÿÿAT MY MOTHER'S BOYFRIEND." "GOD, YOU'RE SO PARANOID." "ÿÿÿWHY WOULD I BE INTERESTED ÿÿÿIN A HORSE WHISPERER ÿWHO LIVES IN TOPANGA CANYON AND ÿHAS ONE OF THOSE GIANT SUV'S ÿAND STUPID GERMAN SHEPHERDS ÿAND CHAIN SAWS." "HOW DO YOU KNOW SO MUCH ABOUT HIM?" "WELL, HE WAS INTERESTING TO TALK TO." "SO YOU'RE SAYING YOU'RE ON THE DEFENSIVE BECAUSE YOU WOULDN'T SNORT COCAINE?" "IT'S NOT THE COCAINE." "IT'S THE PRINCIPLE." "WHAT PRINCIPLE?" "ÿÿÿAND, YOU KNOW, ÿÿÿSHE'S NOT ENTIRELY WRONG." "ÿÿI MEAN, I AM TOO RIGID ÿÿAND DISCIPLINED." "ÿWHAT IS THIS?" "ÿYOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW." "WHAT IS IT, A MONOLOGUE FOR SOME ALLEGED COMEDIAN" "WHO THINKS TO BE OFFENSIVE IS IN ITSELF ENOUGH TO BE FUNNY?" "I WISH IT WERE." "I CERTAINLY CAN'T WRITE AT HOME ANYMORE." "WHAT IS IT?" "MY CONTRACT EXTENSION WITH HARVEY." "UNSIGNED, OF COURSE." "ÿYOU DON'T UNDERSTAND, OKAY?" "ÿÿIF I DON'T RE-UP WITH HIM, ÿÿHE WILL TRULY DIE." "ÿÿHE'LL COMMIT SUICIDE." "I UNDERSTAND." "NO, I UNDERSTAND COMPLETELY." "ÿÿÿWHAT ARE YOU DOING?" "DOBEL, ÿÿÿWHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?" "!" "WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?" "!" "WHERE ARE YOU MEETING HIM?" "ÿÿÿWHAT DID YOU DO?" "!" "AT ISABELLA'S." "WHAT DID YOU DO?" "WELL, GO IN AND TELL HIM IT'S OVER." "TELL HIM YOU AND I ARE GOING TO CALIFORNIA TO WRITE AS A TEAM." "ÿÿARE YOU INSANE?" "ÿÿWHY DID YOU TEAR THIS UP?" "!" "BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT SPENDING FIVE MORE MINUTES WITH THIS GUY," "MUCH LESS SEVEN YEARS WITH THIS FUMBLING VANTZ WHO ROBS YOU BLIND WITH A SLIDING SCALE." "ÿI CAN'T TELL HIM IT'S OVER, ÿDOBEL." "I CANNOT..." "I'LL GO WITH YOU." "I'LL SIT IN THE PLACE WHILE YOU TELL HIM." "I'LL GIVE YOU MORAL SUPPORT." "AND DON'T BEAT AROUND THE BUSH." "ONCE YOU TERGIVERSATE, YOU'RE LOST." "ÿÿI'M SORRY I'M LATE." "MY MOM HAS THIS HYPERACTIVE THYROID." "SORRY." "I RAN INTO DICK MALLORY." "HE'S WORKING WITH A COMIC WHO NEEDS MATERIAL." "I NATURALLY TOLD HIM YOUR PRICE." "I SAID, YOU KNOW," "WHAT YOU GET." "THE KID WORKS DIRTY." "A LOT OF BATHROOM JOKES." "I SAID, "LOOK, JERRY FALK IS A PROFESSIONAL." ""IF WHAT YOU NEED ARE BATHROOM JOKES," ""HE CAN DO THEM."" "[VOICE CRACKING] HARVEY?" "WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOUR VOICE?" "WE SHOULD TALK." "YEAH." "THAT'S THE WAY I AM." "I ALWAYS LIKE TO SETTLE BUSINESS BEFORE THE MEAL." "THIS WAY, YOU CAN RELAX AND ENJOY LUNCH." "YOU BROUGHT THE CONTRACT, RIGHT?" "HARVEY, THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT ÿÿÿYOU WERE THERE FOR ME ÿÿÿFROM THE START." "AND IF YOU THINK IT'S EASY SELLING AN 18-YEAR-OLD UNKNOWN..." "IT'S A JUNGLE OUT THERE." "AND, AND YOU'VE DONE A VERY PROFESSIONAL JOB." "ÿÿAND I'VE PAID YOU..." "ÿÿI MEAN, THE SLIDING SCALE." "YOU KNOW, EVEN THOUGH IT SLID TOWARD YOU." "ÿNOW..." "NOW I SEE MYSELF ÿÿÿMOVING IN A WHOLE ÿÿÿNEW DIRECTION." "MEANING?" "ÿÿÿBASICALLY, I'M INTERESTED ÿÿÿIN MORE SERIOUS THINGS." "ÿÿA NOVEL, MAYBE SOME PLAYS, ÿÿMAYBE NOT EVEN COMEDY." "[SCOFFS]" "THE DOLLARS ARE IN THE JOKES." "FUNNY..." "IS MONEY." "I MEAN, YOU KNOW, AS A HOBBY, LATER, WHEN YOU'RE RICH" "SOMEDAY, IF YOU WANT TO TRY A BOOK..." "FINE." "ALTHOUGH..." "THE YOUNG KIDS ARE NOT READERS." "HARVEY..." "WHAT?" "YOU'RE ALL FLUSHED." "I'M NOT GOING TO RE-SIGN WITH YOU." "WHAT?" "NOW I KNOW THIS MAY BE A LITTLE, UH, DISAPPOINTING TO YOU, ÿBUT I'M MOVING TO CALIFORNIA ÿAND REEVALUATING MY PRIORITIES." "YOU'RE WHAT?" "ÿÿI'M NOT GOING ÿÿTO NEED A MANAGER." "YOU'RE NOT RE-SIGNING WITH ME?" "ÿÿIT'S NOT THE END OF THE WORLD." "YOU'RE DUMPING ME?" "NO, NOT DUMPING." "I'M MOVING." "ÿÿI'M CHANGING MY GOALS." "ÿÿDON'T TAKE IT BADLY." "NO!" "MY LIFE..." "MY LIFE IS OVER." "YOU'RE NOT RE-SIGNING WITH ME?" "!" "ÿÿHARVEY, CALM DOWN." "BUT MY FUTURE!" "MY PLANS!" "THE HUMILIATION!" "YOU'RE DUMPING ME!" "YOU'RE OVERREACTING." "YOU UNGRATEFUL," "PHONY, TWO-TIMING... ÿÿÿYOU LOUSE!" "ÿÿFOLKS, THIS IS NOT ÿÿWHAT YOU THINK." "I'VE INVESTED ALL MY DREAMS IN YOU!" "I'M LEAVING TOWN." "WHAT HAVE I DONE WRONG?" "!" "NOTHING." "HOW HAVE I FAILED YOU?" "!" "ÿÿYOU'VE BEEN GREAT." "ÿCAN WE DISCUSS ÿTHIS ELSEWHERE?" "THIS IS THE LOYALTY I GET FOR YEARS OF STRUGGLE?" "!" "ÿHARVEY, NOT EVERYBODY SIGNS ÿEVERY CONTRACT FOR LIFE." "THE ROOM IS TURNING BLACK!" "TURNING BLACK!" "AIR!" "AIR!" "DOBEL!" "DOBEL!" "HE'S FIRING ME!" "THIS IS THE PAYOFF I GET!" "I'M OUT!" "HE'S TAKING IT BADLY." "PAINS IN MY CHEST!" "ÿCAN WE GET SOME ÿBRANDY FOR HIM?" "PLEASE RECONSIDER." "TELL HIM TO RECONSIDER." "I'LL GO HOME AND THINK ABOUT IT." "ÿLISTEN TO ME!" "ÿHE'S NOT RECONSIDERING." "ÿÿHE'S MOVING ON." "ÿÿGET ON WITH YOUR LIFE." "[PEOPLE GASPING] ÿÿEVERYBODY, STAND BACK." "ÿÿRELAX." "OH, MY GOD!" "[DOBEL] THERE SEEMS TO BE A PULSE BEAT HERE." "[FALK] WHAT HAVE I DONE?" "ÿWE SHOULD GET ÿAN AMBULANCE." "ÿÿAN AMBULANCE?" "ÿÿWHAT HAVE I DONE?" "ÿÿOH, MY GOD!" "RELAX." "THE PARAMEDICS WILL POUND ON THE CHEST." "I KILLED HIM!" "I SHOULDN'T HAVE LISTENED TO YOU." "ÿÿÿSOMETIMES ÿÿÿTHE VICTIM COMES BACK." "ÿÿÿYOU DON'T NEED A MANAGER." "WELL, MAYBE NOT, BUT I DON'T NEED HIM TO DIE." "ÿÿÿRELAX!" "IF HE DIES BECAUSE ÿÿÿYOU DON'T SIGN A CONTRACT ÿÿÿWITH HIM, ÿTHEN YOU SHOULD HAVE ÿNOTHING TO DO WITH HIM." "ÿÿÿHARVEY?" "[FALK] HARVEY DID NOT DIE." "AS DOBEL PREDICTED, HE SURVIVED." "ÿI WALKED AROUND IN THE CITY, ÿTRYING TO GET MY THOUGHTS ÿIN ORDER." "ÿWHENEVER I'M UNSURE ÿOR TROUBLED, I TAKE ÿTO THE CITY STREETS." "ÿÿWALKING IN NEW YORK ÿÿCLEARS MY HEAD." "ÿI COULDN'T DENY IT." "ÿTHERE WAS A FEELING ÿOF FREEDOM, OF EXHILARATION." "[FALK] HEY!" "ÿÿHI!" "HEY." "JERRY, YOU REMEMBER CONNIE." "CONNIE, NICE TO SEE YOU." "I INVITED HER FOR DINNER." "YOU'RE COOKING?" "YES." "ÿÿÿI'M MAKING SPAGHETTI." "ÿHE MAKES FUN OF ME BECAUSE ÿI ONLY KNOW HOW TO MAKE ÿSPAGHETTI FOR EIGHT PEOPLE." "ÿÿI CAN'T CHANGE ÿÿTHE RECIPE PROPORTIONALLY." "ÿÿSO TONIGHT WE'LL BE HAVING ÿÿFIVE EXTRA PORTIONS." "[FALK] I HAVE NEWS!" "I'VE PARTED WAYS WITH HARVEY." "ÿOH." "THE SPAGHETTI FOR EIGHT IS TERRIFIC." "ÿÿLET ME EXPLAIN ÿÿWHAT HAPPENED." "THERE I AM, HAVING A NICE TIME, A LITTLE DRUNK." "ÿI HAVE TWO DRINKS AND I'M READY ÿTO HOLD UP A BRINK'S TRUCK." "I START TO SEE WHAT IT IS ABOUT CONNIE THAT AMANDA HAD RAVED ABOUT." "ÿÿÿSHE WAS VERY CHARMING ÿÿÿAND PRETTY AND SMART." "I STARTED TO GET THE FEELING THAT SHE WAS FINDING ME ENGAGING." "I'VE NEVER FOUND CONVENTIONALLY HANDSOME MEN ATTRACTIVE." "ÿÿI MUCH PREFER FACES ÿÿWITH CHARACTER." "I'VE FALLEN FOR SOME PRETTY ODD-LOOKING MEN IN MY LIFE." "ÿÿAFTER DINNER, ÿÿI FOUND MYSELF ALONE ÿÿIN THE KITCHEN WITH CONNIE ÿÿÿAND WANTING TO TOUCH HER." "ÿI SAY THIS BECAUSE ÿIT WAS THE FIRST TIME ÿSINCE MEETING AMANDA ÿÿÿI'D EVEN LOOKED ÿÿÿAT ANOTHER WOMAN." "ÿÿÿAND I BEGAN TO FEEL THAT" "MAYBE THE TIME HAD COME FOR ME TO PACK UP AND START OVER IN CALIFORNIA WITH DOBEL." "I'M TERMINATING OUR SESSIONS AND MOVING TO CALIFORNIA WITH DOBEL." "ÿTHERE'S A JOB ÿWAITING FOR US." "ÿÿI'LL MISS NEW YORK, BUT IF ÿÿI CAN ACCUMULATE ENOUGH MONEY, ÿÿÿI CAN RETURN AND WORK ÿÿÿON MY OWN PROJECTS." "WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT MY DECISION?" "WHAT DOYOU THINK ABOUT IT?" "I TOLD THEM I'M LEAVING." "I GAVE NOTICE AND I WON'T STARVE." "I'VE SAVED SOME MONEY." "THE THING I'LL MISS MOST IS THE KIDS." "ÿÿTHE KIDS ÿÿARE WONDERFUL." "BRIGHT." "YOU SHOULD SEE THE CREATIVE WAYS ÿÿTHEY SMUGGLE WEAPONS PAST THE ÿÿMETAL DETECTORS." "IT'S AMAZING." "ÿÿNOW YOU HAVE TO TELL AMANDA." "ÿI KNOW." "ÿAND DON'T TERGIVERSATE." "DID I TERGIVERSATE WITH HARVEY?" "HUH?" "NO." "I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE HELL "TERGIVERSATE" MEANS, SO HOW CAN I TERGIVERSATE?" "AHH, SHE'LL DIE." "AMANDA?" "AMANDA, I WANT TO TALK WITH YOU." "HI." "HI." "I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOMETHING." "ÿI NEED TO TALK TO YOU, TOO." "I THINK I SHOULD GO FIRST, 'CAUSE IT'S PRETTY SERIOUS." "ÿÿME, TOO." "CAN WE SIT DOWN?" "YEAH, I THINK WE SHOULD SIT." "I'M MOVING TO LOS ANGELES." "I'M MOVING OUT." "ÿÿWHAT?" "ÿI WANT TO BE TOTALLY ÿHONEST WITH YOU, JERRY." "ÿÿI'VE MET SOMEONE AND DEVELOPED ÿÿVERY STRONG FEELINGS FOR HIM." "YOU MET SOMEONE?" "YES." "HAVE YOU BEEN HAVING AN AFFAIR?" "NO, AND I DON'T WANT TO." "ÿÿÿI CAN'T DO ALL THAT LYING ÿÿÿAND SNEAKING AROUND." "WELL, WHERE DID YOU MEET HIM?" "IN PASSING." "YOU MUST HAVE SPENT TIME WITH HIM TO HAVE FEELINGS FOR HIM." "ÿWE'VE HAD A FEW DRINKS, ÿNOTHING HEAVY." "ÿJUST A FEW CHATS." "SO YOUHAVEBEEN SEEING SOMEONE." "I'VE HAD A COUPLE OF CASUAL CONVERSATIONS." "YOU SLEPT WITH HIM?" "ÿMY GOD, JERRY." "ÿWHAT DO YOU THINK I AM?" "HAVE YOU?" "ONCE." "AND VERY QUICKLY." "I HAD TO SEE IF WE WERE SEXUALLY COMPATIBLE." "I REFUSED TO LET MYSELF HAVE AN AFFAIR." "ÿÿTHAT'S WHY I'M BEING ÿÿSO HONEST." "I WANT ÿÿTO BE STRAIGHTFORWARD." "I'M AT A LOSS FOR WORDS." "I, UH, I..." "I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY." "I'M COMPLETELY TAKEN ABACK." "ÿI'LL BE MOVING OUT." "ÿEVERYTHING WILL BE ÿCLEAN AND HONEST." "MOM WILL STAY HERE TILL PHIL AND I GET SETTLED?" "PHIL?" "ÿÿIT'LL ONLY BE A MONTH, ÿÿUNTIL PHIL'S DIVORCE ÿÿCOMES THROUGH." "NO." "YOUR MOTHER'S NOT STAYING HERE." "I SAID I'M MOVING TO CALIFORNIA." "I WON'T BE HERE." "THAT'S SO GREAT!" "DID YOU GET A JOB OUT THERE?" "ÿÿÿYES." "DOBEL AND I, ÿÿÿON A TV SHOW." "THAT'S WONDERFUL." "YOU'LL KNOCK 'EM DEAD OUT THERE." "IDIOTS WHO ARE TOTAL LOSERS IN NEW YORK GO TO L.A. AND BECOME MILLIONAIRES." "GOD, THIS IS SO MUCH BETTER THIS WAY." "IT WAS UNFAIR, THE WAY WE WERE LIVING," "YOU HAVING TO PUT UP WITH MY STUPID INABILITY TO FUNCTION SEXUALLY" "AND ME HATING MYSELF ALL THE TIME." "THIS IS SAD, BUT IT'S FOR THE BEST." "YOU KNOW WHAT WOULD BE KIND OF ROMANTIC?" "IF WE WERE TO MAKE LOVE, JUST ONE LAST TIME." "FOR OLD TIMES' SAKE." "ÿI THOUGHT YOU COULDN'T." "EVERYTHING'S DIFFERENT NOW." "THE PSYCHODYNAMIC HAS CHANGED." "WHO KNOWS?" "MAYBE WE'LL END UP HAVING AN AFFAIR." "I DID IT!" "I DID IT." "I CUT ALL THE TIES." "I FEEL FREE AND EXHILARATED ÿLIKE I'M FALLING THROUGH SPACE." "ÿÿÿI FEEL CONFIDENT ÿÿÿAND I'M VERY POSITIVE, BUT ÿÿALSO LIKE I'M BURIED ALIVE." "ÿÿI DON'T KNOW." "ÿÿI'M SURE ONCE WE GET TO L.A. ÿÿAND START WORKING... ÿÿSPEAKING OF WHICH, ÿÿI JUST BOUGHT SOME LUGGAGE." "ÿÿWHAT'S WRONG?" "ÿÿYOU SOUND ALL WEIRD." "ÿÿWHERE?" "NOW?" "ÿI DON'T THINK I KNOW ÿWHERE THAT SPOT IN THE PARK IS." "ÿWHERE IS IT?" "ALL RIGHT." "I'LL FIND IT." "YOU'RE LATE!" "COULD YOU PICK A MORE SECLUDED SPOT?" "ÿÿDID ANYONE FOLLOW YOU?" "NO!" "NO ONE FOLLOWED ME." "WAIT UNTIL I TELL YOU WHAT AMANDA SAID." "ÿÿÿI HAVE TO EXPLAIN ÿÿÿSOMETHING TO YOU." "ÿDUE TO CIRCUMSTANCES, ÿI THINK I SHOULD REALLY ÿGET AWAY TO A LESS ÿCONSPICUOUS VENUE." "ÿMAYBE LIKE ALASKA OR SOMETHING." "WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?" "ÿYOU HAVE TO GO BY YOURSELF." "ÿI'M NOT GOING." "WHAT?" "ÿYOU HAVE THE JOB." "ÿIT'S THERE WAITING FOR YOU." "ÿIT'S ALL DONE." "NO, NO, NO." "THAT'S NOT THE DEAL." "WE GO AS A TEAM, DOBEL." "YOU'RE GROWN UP." "YOU CAN HANDLE IT ALONE." "I DON'T UNDERSTAND." "WHAT HAPPENED?" "YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW." "YOU CAN'T COP OUT AND NOT GIVE ME AN EXPLANATION." "I'VE CHANGED MY WHOLE LIFE AROUND." "WHAT HAPPENED?" "ÿÿÿJUST SOME NONSENSE, FALK." "ÿÿÿYOU KNOW." "THE OTHER NIGHT, I WAS OUT OF STATE." "ÿÿDON'T ASK ME WHERE-- ÿÿTHE LESS YOU KNOW, THE BETTER." "ÿI WAS TRYING ÿTO SELL MY CAR TO A... ÿPOTENTIAL BUYER AS A PREAMBLE ÿTO OUR TRIP TO CALIFORNIA." "ÿAND I WAS COMING HOME, ÿSPEEDING A LITTLE BIT." "WHAT'S THE FUN OF HAVING A CAR LIKE THAT IF YOU CAN'T GET A LITTLE VELOCITY GOING?" "ÿÿAND I WAS STOPPED ÿÿBY TWO STATE TROOPERS." "ÿÿTHEY WERE EXCEPTIONALLY NASTY, ÿÿAND ONE THING LED TO ANOTHER." "THEY MADE SOME REMARKS AND GOT PHYSICAL, ÿÿAND I MADE SOME REMARKS, ÿÿAND THEY GOT A LITTLE ROUGH, ÿÿÿAND THE NEXT THING ÿÿÿI KNEW, THEY MADE ÿSOME CRACK ABOUT MY RELIGION, ÿWHICH I FOUND IN POOR TASTE." "ÿÿRELIGION?" "YOU'RE AN ATHEIST." "ÿÿYES, I'M AN ATHEIST, BUT..." "BUT I RESENTED THE FACT, HOWEVER OBLIQUELY" "THAT THEY IMPLIED AUSCHWITZ WAS BASICALLY A THEME PARK." "ÿANYHOW, A LITTLE BLOODIED, ÿI RETURNED TO MY APARTMENT ÿAND GOT ONE OF MY MANY WEAPONS, ÿÿAND I RETURNED TO FIND THEM." "ÿDON'T YOU DARE TELL ME ÿYOU SHOT THEM." "ÿÿÿI COULDN'T FIND BOTH OF THEM, ÿÿÿONLY ONE." "ÿÿÿAS FATE TURNED OUT, I LOCATED ÿÿÿTHE MORE PORCINE OF THE TWO." "ÿÿHOW SERIOUS?" "ÿIN A SATIRICAL MOOD, ÿI THOUGHT IT WOULD BE AMUSING ÿIF I SHOT HIM IN THE ASS, BUT ÿIT WAS DARK AND I WAS NERVOUS, ÿAND, YOU KNOW, TIME ÿHAS DIMINISHED MY ACCURACY." "[SIGHS] DOBEL!" "DOBEL!" "MY GOD!" "ÿÿÿI ALWAYS KNEW I WOULD USE ÿÿÿTHE SURVIVAL KIT ONE DAY." "ÿIT'S JUST FOR A PERIOD OF TIME ÿUNTIL EVERYTHING BLOWS OVER, ÿI SUPPOSE." "GOD." "OH, DOBEL." "ÿDOBEL." "ÿÿÿI NEVER KNEW ÿÿÿIF DOBEL'S STORY WAS TRUE" "OR JUST A PIECE OF FICTION HE USED TO GET ME TO GO ALONE." "ÿÿÿI NEVER SAW ÿÿÿOR HEARD FROM HIM AGAIN." "FOR ALL I KNOW, HE'S ICE FISHING SOMEWHERE IN THE YUKON." "ÿÿÿI THOUGHT A LOT ÿÿÿABOUT THAT STRANGE, ÿÿÿSAD, IMPROBABLE CHARACTER" "AND REMEMBERED VERY FONDLY OUR AFTERNOONS IN CENTRAL PARK." "IN LIFE, THERE'LL BE NO SHORTAGE OF PEOPLE WHO'LL TELL YOU HOW TO LIVE." "THEY'LL HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS-- WHAT YOU SHOULD DO AND NOT DO." "DON'T ARGUE WITH THEM." "SAY, "YES, THAT'S A BRILLIANT IDEA,"" "AND DO WHAT YOU WANT." "WHENEVER YOU WRITE, STRIVE FOR ORIGINALITY," "BUT IF YOU HAVE TO STEAL, STEAL FROM THE BEST." "ÿÿAND IF YOU TAKE VERY GOOD CARE ÿÿOF YOUR STYPTIC PENCIL ÿÿAND DRY IT AFTER EVERY SHAVE, ÿIT'LL LAST LONGER THAN MOST ÿRELATIONSHIPS YOU'RE IN." "ÿTHE SEMINAL JOKE ABOUT DOBEL ÿIS THE OLD ONE-LINER:" "THAT EVEN A CLOCK THAT'S BROKEN IS RIGHT TWICE A DAY." "DOBEL HAD A REAL SENSE OF IRONY AND WOULD HAVE APPRECIATED" "THAT I GOT ONE LAST, TO USE HIS WORD, ADVENTITIOUS ÿÿÿGLIMPSE OF AMANDA ÿÿÿAS I WAS LEAVING FOR JFK." "THE DOCTOR!" "ÿI KNEW THAT DOCTOR ÿWAS HOT FOR HER." "ÿWHAT'D YOU SAY?" "ÿI WAS JUST SAYING ÿHOW STRANGE LIFE IS," "HOW FULL OF INEXPLICABLE MYSTERY." "WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE ANYTHING ELSE." "ÿ?" "YOU'D BE ?" "ÿÿ?" "SO EASY TO LOVE ?" "?" "SO EASY TO IDOLIZE ?" "ÿ?" "ALL OTHERS ABOVE ?" "ÿÿ?" "SO WORTH ÿÿTHE YEARNING FOR ?" "ÿÿ?" "SO SWELL TO KEEP EVERY ?" "ÿÿÿ?" "HOME FIRE BURNING FOR ?" "ÿÿ?" "WE'D BE ?" "ÿÿÿ?" "SO GRAND AT THE GAME ?" "?" "SO CAREFREE TOGETHER THAT IT ?" "ÿ?" "DOES SEEM A SHAME ?" "?" "THAT YOU CAN'T SEE ?" "?" "YOUR FUTURE WITH ME ?" "ÿ?" "'CAUSE YOU'D BE ÿOH-SO EASY TO LOVE ?"