"Isaac:" "I understand." "I understand." "I want to be kept posted throughout the day and night." "They'r e called Quo Vadimus." "Quo Vadimus?" "Yeah." "Wher e did they come f rom?" "They put in a stock off ering this morning at 6:00 A.M." "" " From out of nowher e?" "" " Yeah." "From out of the clear blue sky?" "That's wher e things come f rom." "" " What about MDI?" "" " They'r e still in it." "MDI was our hope, Isaac." "They'r e still in it." "We want MDI." "They'r e still in it." "But now these other guys come along " " Platypus." "Quo Vadimus." "What do we know about them?" "We'r e getting inf ormation." "In the meantime " "I won't say anything." "" " Dana..." "" " I won't say anything." "" " You say that in her e." "" " Isaac..." "You say that in here, but then you go out there -- " " When have I done that?" "" " Every day you've been her e." "I can't believe you've been keeping track." "We'll know something by the end of the day." "Don't start a brushfir e." "People can change, Isaac." "I have incr edible capacity f or growth." "Ex cellent." "It's called Quo Vadimus." "And they put in a bid?" "At 6:00 this morning." "" " What about MDI?" "" " They'r e still in it." "" " Quo Vadimus?" "" " Yeah." "" " Who ar e they?" "" " We don't know." "" " What do they do?" "" " We don't know." "" " Do they want the cable company?" "" " We don't know." "" " MDI wanted the cable company." "" " MDI's still in it." "" " So it's a bidding war..." "" " Yeah." "between a company that wants to keep us" " and a company that who the hell knows?" "" " Yeah." "What does it sound like they do?" "" " Quo Vadimus?" "" " Yeah." "It sounds like they'r e the official airline of the Holy Roman Empir e." "" " Well, they'r e probably not that." "Can't make any money doing that." "" " No." "Listen, Isaac asked me to keep this quiet." "So if you could do me a f avor and just keep " "Yeah." "Kim, Elliot, get everything you can on a company called Quo Vadimus." " [ Sighs deeply ] " " They put in a bid f or Continental Corp." "Okay, thank you." "See you at the rundown." "Casey, I can't possibly concentrate." "" " Danny..." "" " No human being could be expected to concentrate under these kinds of circumstances." "What happened?" "Rebecca sent him flowers." "Bitch." "That's right." "" " Danny..." "" " That's who the flowers ar e f rom?" "That's who the flowers ar e f rom with a card signed "R.W."" "And you'r e sur e they'r e not f rom Robert Wagner?" "Casey:" "Can we get to work?" "" " Very sur e." "Walks out of my lif e a year ago, she walks back in with cards and a flower, and, Casey, I ask you..." "How can you be expected to concentrate?" "How can I be expected to concentrate?" "Why don't you get it over with?" "" " What do you mean?" "" " Why don't you call her?" "" " Call her?" "" " Yeah." "I'm not calling her." "Okay, let's get to work." "Ther e's no way I'm calling her." "" " Well, you seem pretty resolute." "" " I am." "" " Okay, then let's work." "" " I couldn't call her if I wanted to." "" " Why not?" "" " She got a new phone number." "" " How do you know?" "" " I tried calling her." "" " Hey." "" " Hey." "Ther e's a new bidder f or Continental Corp." "" " Who?" "" " I'm not saying anything mor e than that." "Why not?" "'Cause Isaac doesn't trust that when he tells me something I can be cool." "He thinks it's gonna spr ead around, and the inf ormation will get all twisted." "And I'm gonna show him he's wrong." "3...2...1 ..." "Isaac, I don't know if you heard -- at 6:00 this morning ther e was a bid f rom an Italian airline called Platypus." "Yeah." "Keep it under your hat, would you?" "You bet." "Jeremy:" "It's a holding company." "Dana:" "Tell me." "In the early '90s, a guy named Calvin Trager perf ected something called the hard-disk controller." "Say this next part so I understand it." "[ Chuckles ] Hard disks used to be very big." "He made it so that they'r e very small." "Okay." "Trager r ealized the astronomical potential f or the technology and f ormed a company to sell it." "He made $ 100 million by the time he was 25, then he started buying companies." "What companies?" "Lofton Chemical, Data Tech, Evergr een Systems Group." "Six months ago, he f ormed an umbr ella company f or all thr ee." "" " Quo Vadimus." "" " Yeah." "Do they want a cable channel?" "Well, Dana, a company like that -- their inter est in the cable channel isn't gonna be the programming." "It's the coaxial cable with the wider bandwidth." "Yeah." "How did you know that?" "I met a guy at Anthony's last night " "Actually, I saw him the night bef or e, too." "He guessed Time Warner was gonna pull out at $27 a shar e and pr edicted MDl-Transcom." "And he also explained why somebody would buy a cable company and dump the programming." "Do we think that's what's gonna happen if it goes to them?" "Well, these guys have a track r ecord of stripping." "" " In public?" " It means gutting a company and selling off its assets." "[ Stomps f oot ] I knew coaxial cable, all right?" "I'd like a little cr edit f or that." "I gave you a lot of cr edit f or that." "" " Why ar e you carrying the carton around?" "" " I'm settling my aff airs." "What aff airs?" "My aff airs, whatever we mean by that when we say it." "I have aff airs." "And you'r e settling them?" "Yes." "Last year, I went into your office." "You wer en't ther e, a pack of Juicy Fruit on the desk." "I look around, walk out with the Juicy Fruit." "Why ar e you telling me this now?" "I'm settling my aff airs." "Okay." "I'm going to lunch." "Would you ask Dan and Casey what it's gonna take f or me to r ead some draft copy?" "" " Kim..." "" " Yeah?" " 7-minute ab video." "" " Thank you." "Dana wants to know what it's gonna take f or her to see some draft copy." "" " It's gonna take us writing it." "" " Okay." "By the way, it turns out it's a holding company called Quo Vadimus, not an Italian airline called Platypus." "Yes." "All right." "Yes." "" " We'r e gonna sit her e..." "" " Yes." " and we'r e gonna do this." "" " Yes." "" " We'r e gonna write this..." " 'Cause that's what we do." "" " We'r e writers." "" " We'r e doers." "" " Yes." "" " Okay. [ Sighs ]" "[ Sighs deeply ]" "Man on TV:" "The market stayed more or less unchanged today..." "" " Dana..." "" " Earnings data is in for the period," "" " Dana." " and investors are responding as expected" "" " Thanks." " by buying and selling stocks based on little or no real information." "Man:" "Hey, Jack." "" " Let's look at the latest trading information" "" " Hey." " f rom today's market." "Man:" "Any chance Tony can fire up a steak for me?" "Yeah, you want a beer?" "And a glass of ice water, if you don't mind." "How you doin'?" "I don't believe this." "It's me again." "" " This is pr etty weird." "" " Yeah." "I mean, I don't know if I'm comf ortable with this." "With what?" "Every time I've come in her e in the last thr ee days, you've been in her e, so I'm saying I'm not comf ortable with it." "You've been her e every time I've been in her e in the last thr ee days, yet I r emain unconcerned." "What is your story?" "My story?" "Yes, you'r e this strange person in my lif e right now." "I was born in Ely, Minnesota, very close to the Boundary Waters canoe ar ea." "What do you do f or a living?" "I own my own business." "" " And you don't live in New York?" "" " I think I mentioned " "Yes, you live in Paris and Seattle and Chicago and Tokyo and St. Barts." "To be perf ectly honest with you," "I think I may have sold the place in St. Barts." "I can't r emember now." "What book ar e you r eading?" "It's the new biography of Lyndon Johnson." "So, you decided to sell the place in St. Barts and live...in this bar?" "You don't r eally want to talk about me, do you?" "What do you mean?" "You seem pr etty down." "What do you mean, I seem pr e-- you don't even " "You'r e drinking alone at 5 :00 in the afternoon." "I'm having a glass of wine with lunch." "I work f rom noon to midnight." "5 :00 is my lunch hour, and I'm her e alone because I'm r eading a book." "No, you'r e not." "" " What ar e you -- " " You had to look at the cover to tell me what it was." "You'r e her e, you'r e alone, you'r e having a drink." "Yes." "[ Sighs ] MDl-Transcom came in the way you said it would." "I know." "Another bidder came in this morning." "If they get it, that's pr etty much the ballgame." "Do you f eel r esponsible f or the show f ailing?" "The show didn't f ail." "The man I work f or -- a guy named Isaac Jaff ee " "[ Sighs ] he took a chance on me, and..." "I didn't rise to meet his expectations." "And ther e ar e people who work f or me who needed me to be a better field captain." "The show didn't f ail, but I do f eel r esponsible, and that's gonna have to be all right with you." "You know what would make you f eel better right now?" "[ Chuckles softly ] Really, nothing." "You don't want to hear what I think would make you f eel better?" "I r eally don't." "In the 3-day history of our r elationship, have I been wrong about anything?" "Look " "Dana, I'm what the world considers to be a phenomenally successf ul man, and I've f ailed much mor e than I've succeeded." "And each time I f ail, I get my people together, and I say, "Wher e ar e we going?"" "And it starts to get better." "And that's what you should do." "That's it?" "Yeah." " "Wher e ar e we going?" " " Yeah." "" " That was what you thought was gonna make me f eel better?" "" " Yeah." "" " If I just say to my people, "Wher e ar e we going?" " " Yeah." "Do I have to close me eyes or click my heels or anything?" "Well, you can mock it if you want to." "I think I will, thanks." "That's what you thought " "By the way, the str eak is certainly over." "So is my lunch br eak." "You, uh, want this at the bar?" "Thanks." "Jack, [Clears throat] I'm leaving this on the table, okay?" "Yeah." "Hey, Dana..." "it's not over yet." "MDl-Transcom could step up with the money and outbid the other guys." "You think that's what's gonna happen?" "No." "Man on TV:" "Some analysts feel that the market has already taken..." "Sandwiches." "Sandwiches." "Now we can f ocus." "Uh, hey, Dave, this ladder's been up her e all day." "I've walked underneath it, like, seven times now." "I mean, how much bad luck do we need?" "" " Plus ther e's karma to consider." "" " Stop with the karma." "" " Could you get a grip to move it?" "" " Yeah, sur e." "" " Thanks." "All right, we'r e gonna go in ther e, and we'r e gonna f ocus now." "[ Sighs deeply ]" "" " So..." "" " Yep." "" " The show." "" " Yep." "Can you believe she sent me flowers right out of the blue?" "" " Back to the office." "" " Yeah." "Can't f ocus her e." "" " Vibe's all wrong in her e." "" " Yes." "" " Out here I can focus." "" " Yes." "I'm f ocusing alr eady." "Hey, Danny, did you get my flowers?" "Rebecca:" "Are you all right?" "Dan:" "Yeah." "Casey:" "You sure?" "" " Yeah." "" " You got hit in the head with a ladder." "" " Yeah, I saw it." "" " I guess not soon enough, huh?" "" " I guess not." "Hey, how you doin', Rebecca?" "" " I'm gr eat." "" " You look f antastic." "" " You look good, too." "" " Thank you." "" " You've been working out." "" " Yeah." "" " You changed your hair." "" " Yes." "Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey..." "" " I'm sitting her e with a massive head wound." "" " You'r e fine." "You went to medical school in the year since I've seen you last?" "" " I'll leave you two alone." "" " Do not leave us alone." "I'm gonna go back in the office and f ocus." "" " I'm right behind you." "" " Take your time." "So you got my flowers?" "Flowers?" "I sent you flowers." "Those wer e f rom you?" "They had a card that said "R.W."" "" " Ahh..." "" " You didn't know they wer e f rom me?" "I thought they wer e f rom Robert Wagner." "What do you have going on with Robert Wagner?" "" " I am much beloved, Rebecca." "" " Yes." "And it's almost 6:00, and Casey and I haven't started writing yet." "" " Why haven't you started?" "" " We'r e having a little f ocus problem." "" " Why?" "" " Continental Corp's being sold." "" " I know." " I wasn't sur e if the West Coast office heard about the news." "I know the East Coast office, wher e you used to work, has heard about it." "I just didn't know if those who transf err ed out to the West to be with their husbands had heard about it yet." "I've moved back her e." "I gotta get back to work." "Steve and I ar e divorced now." "You'r e actually divorced?" "Yes." "You'r e divorced, I mean, not just in Rebecca Land?" "No, I'm divorced in every land." "Okay, 'cause the last time you wer e divorced, you know, not so much." "Would you like to take me to dinner?" "I just got hit in the head with a ladder." "I got to buy you f ood now?" "Dinner could help you f ocus." "I could help you f ocus." "Yeah, 'cause you've always had that eff ect on me." "Should I wait in the gr eenroom?" "Why don't you wait in your office?" "Oh, hang on, that's right, I f orgot, you don't work her e anymor e." " [ Both chuckle ] " " I'll wait in the gr eenroom." "Rebecca... you r eally do look good." "I know." "" " Hey." "" " Hey." "" " What ar e you doing?" "" " I'm looking out the window." "" " What ar e you doing?" "" " Returning Isaac's tape dispenser." "" " Why did you have his tape dispenser?" "" " It was the good one." "Ther e is such a thing as a good tape dispenser and a bad tape dispenser?" "Yes, but since they'r e cosmetically identical," "I made the switch." "I always f elt pr etty bad about that." "You seem to be taking this all pr etty well." "I'm not." "I didn't think you were, but it seems that way." "You'r e gonna get a lot of off ers." "So ar e you." "I wanted this job so bad." "You got the job." "Thank you f or that, by the way." "You'r e welcome." "Remember your interview?" "With you and Dana?" "" " Bef or e that -- just me." "" " Yeah." "You had the job when you walked in the door." "I tripped." "" " Yes, and then you said "Ex cuse me" to the thr eshold." "" " Yes." "I wanted to do one of those things wher e you shut the door, knock everything off the desk and, you know..." "Well, I don't think you'd have had to use a lot of f orce on me." "Wher e ar e you going?" "Natalie -- " " Gr eat job in L.A. " " Yeah." "" " Let's r eview -- " " Danny... solid network, big audience, mor e money, warm weather," "Laker Girls." "Now, we got girls her e, Danny." "We don't have Laker Girls, my young f riend." "I can't do it." "I know." "" " I can't take Charlie out of school." "" " I know." "" " He does well in school." "He's got f riends." "" " I know." "Danny..." "[ Sighs deeply ]" "You gotta go out ther e yourself." "Casey " "You can do it without me, Danny." "This is it?" "You can do it without me." "You should think about it." "Let's write." "Okay." "[ Groans ]" "[ Keyboard keys clicking ]" "I'll be right back." "[ Indistinct voices ]" "[ Mechanical whirring ]" "Hi." "" " Hi." "" " How you doin'?" "" " Ther e's good f ruit in the gr eenroom." "" " Yeah." "" " You'r e canceling dinner." "" " You know what?" "This isn't the best night." "Danny, I can show you the divorce papers if you want." "I carry them with me." "They made us a job off er in L.A., but Casey's gonna stay her e." "And I think I'm not." "If it turns out "Sports Night"'s over, I'm gonna have to make that decision, and, f rankly, I don't want you f actoring into that." "I'm just talking about dinner, Danny." "I believe if I have dinner with you tonight," "I'm gonna want to stay her e a long time." "" " So I was wondering if -- " " We can do it tomorrow night." "That would be better." "" " Danny?" "" " Yeah." "I'll wait." "I'll, um, [Clears throat] give you the number wher e I'm staying right now." "I'll be ther e all night, okay?" "Yeah." "Hi, Natalie." "" " How are you doin', Rebecca?" "" " Good." "Good seeing you." "Continental Corp's been sold." "MDI lost the bid?" "Yep." "Dana's getting everyone together bef or e the show." "[ Paper ripping ]" "Dana:" "Can I have everyone's attention, please?" "We just have, uh, minutes bef or e air." "I know most of you have heard by now, but we've been sold to a company called Quo Vadimus." "I don't know what our f utur e is anymor e." "I know there's things that I'm supposed to be saying to you right now, but..." "I don't know." "I don't even know " "I don't even know what the hell "quo vadimus" means." "[ Chuckles ]" "Does anybody know what "quo vadimus" means?" "It means, "Wher e ar e we going?"" "Well, that's fine, but -- what?" "It's Latin." "It means, "Wher e ar e we going?"" "Natalie:" "Dana?" "I have to go someplace." "What's the matter?" "Natalie, take the top of the show!" "I'll be right back!" "" " Natalie." "" " Yeah?" "Five minutes." "Yeah, first team, places." "Let's go." "Guys, five minutes." "Let's go." "[ Br eathing heavily ]" "" " Dana." "" " Is your name -- " " Dana, what -- " " Is your name " "What the hell happened?" "I had to run f rom -- I think I'm hyperventilating." "Jack, you got a paper bag?" "" " Is your name -- " " Stop talking." "I just need your water." " [ Gasps ] " " That was a gin martini." "Yes, I know that now." "Is your name Calvin Trager?" "Yes." "Ther e was something that was big, and you invented something that made it small?" "Yes." "You own Quo Vadimus." "Yes." "You bought Continental Corp?" "Turns out I picked up a f ew mor e shar es of stock, yeah." "Why didn't you tell me?" "I just wrote a check f or $ 18 billion, Dana." "" " My scouting says you don't keep a secr et so good." "" " I could change." "Dan: [ On TV ] Good evening." "From New York City, " " Yeah, well, we'r e gonna work on that." "" " I'm Dan Rydell alongside Casey McCall..." "" " We'r e gonna work on it?" "Yeah." "You'r e keeping the station?" "Yeah." "You'r e keeping the show?" "Yeah." "It's a good show, Dana." "Anybody who can't make money off "Sports Night"" "should get out of the moneymaking business." "[ Br eathes deeply ]" "I don't know what to say." "Your show is on." "That's right. [ Laughs ]" "My show is on!" "My show is on!" "My show is on!" "My show is on!" "With the 0-2 pitch f rom Fin McAllister, and...smoked!" "Take a seat, sir." "You've been brought down by the f astball." "McAllister's fifth save of the season coming at the expense of a .383 hitter." "We'r e gonna take a br eak." "You'r e watching "Sports Night" on CSC." "We'll be right back." "Dave:" "We're out." "60 seconds back." "[ Silence ]" "Hey, let's hear some chatter in her e." "We'r e still doing a show tonight." "Jer emy's right." "So, how ar e you, Jer emy?" "Okay, let's not do the chatter." "Chris:" "Sound 2 standing." "Will:" "Denver's up." "Dave:" "You've got Katie." "Kim: 30 seconds live." "Stand by 1-4-4." "Natalie:" "Dana?" "Chris:" "Standing." "I'm back." "" " What's going on?" "" " I need a headset." "Dana." "Dan, Casey..." "Dave:" "In 3...2..." "Well, it looks like we're stuck with each other f or a little while." "Let's go to the American League." "Yes, we ar e..." "[ Laughing ] going to the American league." "Stand by, sound 20." "Loading 20, F/X-5, -6, and -6A." "6A standing." "Let me see the Chyron on four." "" " I got tape working on Oakland." "" " Hold it for the 50s and keep it tight." "" " How tight?" " 20 seconds plus over the shoulder." "" " And I need to pr eview Denver." "" " Comin' up." "All right...her e we go." "They welcome the Tigers to the house that Ruth built this evening." "Ex cuse me, Casey, but Ruth didn't build the house this evening, did he?" "No, Dan, and thank you very much f or corr ecting my every mistake, no matter how small, oh, these many years." "" " What ar e f riends f or?" "" " Annoying the hell out of you?" "Exactly!" "Elsewher e in the A.L. East, the Blue Jays visit the Orioles..." "[ Rock music plays ]"