"Claire, we're finalizing our wedding plans, and you want me to go alone?" "There's just a few minor details left" "A few minor details?" "The reservations are at the plaza" "All you have to do is follow the schedule I've laid out" "Answer yes or no" "Gold or Silver Jazz or Big Band and you're done" "Why can't we do this next weekend?" "Charlie, please" "I owe you, big time" "Uh, huh, yes, you will" "Thanks" "I know once you start to write your book, it's going to be great" "At the rate I'm going, it's going to be a great pamphlet" "I have to go pack" "Hi, I'm checking in..." "Charlie Hudson" "What about this?" "This right here?" "I have you in room 417 with a park view" "Great" " Front" " Thanks" "50"'!" " Enjoy your stay" " You have a reservation for..." " Thank you" "  Penn, Anna Penn?" " Welcome to the Plaza Hotel, Miss Penn" " Right this way Mister" "Thank you" "Okay, I've got your room right here" " Please take Miss Penn to room 517" " Sure" "Great!" " Thank you" " Enjoy your stay" " Thanks" " Let me have this one" "Right this way!" "Right this way, sir" "Sir, this is your ﬂoor" " Enjoy your stay" " Thank you, you too" "Here you go, thanks" "Thank you, Mr. Hudson" "It's Charlie" " Thanks, Charlie" " You're welcome" "It's beautiful, isn't it?" "Yes, it is beautiful!" "You know the steps there, by the fountain" "They kind of remind me of those famous steps in Rome, uh?" "The Spanish Steps" "Right" "You've been to Europe?" "No, but I've always wanted to go!" "Well, this weekend, take a walk in the Park... have a glass of wine by the fountain and I guarantee you'll feel like you're in Europe" "Thank you" "I mightjust do that" "Here you go" "Thank you very much, enjoy your stay" "Thank you" " Yep'?" " Henry" "Hey, Charlie, you guys makin' it okay?" "Yeah, but it's just me" "Yeah?" "Where's the general?" "Ah, she went to London" "Drug smuggling?" "No, publishing" "That's too bad, I could have locked her up for awhile" "Very funﬂY" "Hey, you want to meet me for dinner?" "Oak Room, eight-thirty" "The Oak Room?" "I hope you brought steak money" "I've got steak money" "Actually, I've Claire's credit card" "I'll be there" "I'll see you at eight-thirty" "All right man" "Bye" "Can I get you something?" "Uh, yeah..." "Rolling Rock, please" "Rolling Rock, coming right up" " Good to see you, buddy" " Hey!" "It's good to see you, too" "You're looking good" "All you got to do is smoke, drink, and eat everything the doctors say will kill you and you can look the good, too" "What will you be having, sir?" "I'll have what he's having, and a bourbon chaser" "Alright!" "It's good to see you let up on the hard stuff" "Hey, this is the first drink I've had since I got out of the cab" "So, what are we drinking to?" "To you getting married and not me" " Cheers" " Cheers" "Bartender, you gave me an empty glass" "Sony, it won't happen again" "Let me tell you something Charlie" "I may not like Claire but I do believe in the idea of marriage" "You do?" "Absolutely, and if ever I meet a girl who drinks bourbon and shaves..." "I'll many her in a minute" "You know, I can recall seeing you with a few women that needed a shave" "Yeah, but they didn't drink" "Which reminds me, did you go last week?" "YEP" "That's a start!" "I'm proud of you" "So, how'd it go?" "Great..." "I stood up, said hello, my name is Henry, I'm an alcoholic" "Told my stony, and then I sat down" "Yeah, but what was it like?" "Well, the stony I told was a hell lot more interesting than my life" " No, you didn't" " Couldn't resist!" "They ate it up!" "Then what happened?" "Nothing..." "We all went out for a drink" " You're the devil" " I know" "Oh, man, look at this beauty!" "Hi" "Hi..." "Table for one, please..." " One?" " Yes, thank you" "Whats that about?" "Oh, uh, we, we took the elevator together" "That's it?" "That's the big juice?" "What, what do you want me to say?" "Okay, she's a... she's a spy, and we're both planning on making love before we're assassinated by the CIA" "Works for me" "Gentlemen, your table is ready" "Nice!" "Thanks" "Thank you" "Can I get you gentlemen anything to start?" "Just keep this stuff coming" "Very good..." "And for the other gentleman?" "He'll have the blond" "I'm afraid I can only offer you dishes from the kitchen" "Vely fllﬂﬂY 9")'" "I'll just have another beer please" "And we'll split a shrimp cocktail..." "He's buying" "Very good" "You know, if I was lucky, she'd really turn out to be a spy... and you'd get shot while making love to her" "And then I'd write the stony" "You?" "Yeah, I bet you I could write that romantic thriller crap just as good as the next guy" "I'll tell you what..." "Forget about her" "I'll shoot myself and you can write my tragic biography" "Yeah, you think it would sell?" "Okay" "Okay, let's see here..." "Shrimp cocktail" "Porterhouse..." "Cheesecake" "Hey, I'm already breaking a hundred" " Here's your key, enjoy your stay" " Thank you" "Sony, I can't help you out tomorrow, pal" "I understand..." "Someone's got to protect us civilians" "Yeah!" "I miss having you out there, partner" " Yeah, well, that was another life" " You were the best out there, Charlie" "We both know what happened that day, Henry" "Yes, you risked your life, you did your job, that's what happened" "Okay" "I'll drop it" "You know me..." "If I'm not drinking I'm talking" "'Night, partner" "Hey, look, are we still on for Cha Cha's on Sunday?" " Yeah..." "Cha Cha's Sunday" " All right..." "Good!" "Hey, Charlie" "I keep a warm cup of coffee and an extra doughnut for you" "Just in case" "Oh, could you hold that for me, please?" " Thank you" " Hi" "Hi" "You need to take your finger off the door-open button 50"'!" "Do you mind pressing five?" "Thank you" "So, did you have a nice dinner?" "Yeah..." "It was great, thanks..." "How was yours?" "Great..." "It was great" "I recommend the Washington salmon" "I'll remember that" "You know, Washington's our twentieth largest state" "Really?" "Average rainfall of thirty-two inches" "Ranked twenty-third in suicides" "Most people think it's first because of the rain but it's not" "Yeah!" "?" "Okay, well..." "Goodnight" "Goodnight" "This is great" "Front desk, this is Julia!" "How can I help you, Mr. Hudson?" "Uh..." "Yeah, can you tell me what's above my room?" "Above?" "That would be Room 517..." "Why?" "Yeah..." "Well, there's a leak coming from up there" "You better send someone, or I'll need a rowboat" "I'll send someone immediately, sir" "Oh, is this your room?" "Uh..." "No, I'm in the room below" "I've been banging on the door here, you know?" "Hi" "I'm so sorry" "I fell asleep in the tub, the water's all over the place" "Oh, well, that's all right, that's all right!" "It's happened before" "Really?" "Excuse me" "Excuse me" " In the bedroom too?" " Yeah" "So" "So are you in, you're on this ﬂoor now?" "Uh, no, actually, I'm right below you" "Oh, no!" "Did the water come down in your room?" "It was just a trickle I was a little concerned, so I called the front desk" "I'm so embarrassed, I never ever sleep in the tub" "It's just that I was listening to Sinatra and I just dozed right off" "You, you like Sinatra?" "I love Frank" "Yeah, me too, I have a bunch of his albums" "He has twenty one gold, two platinum and one multi-platinum" " Really?" " Yeah" "You really do love Frank" "Yeah!" "Uh, okay, we're cleaning up the water, I got a heater set up in there" " Thank you so much, thank you" " No, problem, my pleasure" "Well, let's go down and check out your room, okay?" "Yeah!" "Okay, right" "Well, good night, uh..." "I'm..." "I'm Charlie" "Anna" " Yeah, goodnight Anna" " Goodnight" "Thank you" "Goodnight" "Mr Hudson?" "Charlie" "I'm Madeleine" " Charlie?" " Anna" "Well!" "Ain't this something?" "!" "You two dated in high school?" "No!" "Uh..." "I ﬂooded his room last night" " Really?" " Did the heaters work?" "I felt like a piece of toast by this morning" "Did the bed dry?" "Yeah, I sort of slept sideways" "So you're... getting married?" "I am and... you are, too" "Yeah" "You two want to look at towels or go right to bed linens?" "Towels..." "Towels sound like a good place to start" "Do you prefer to register alone, by the way?" "Oh, no, no, no, no..." "Towels are great!" "You can never have enough towels" "So, you like?" "Good..." "What color?" "I like white" "Charlie, what about you?" "Well, actually, I'm, I'm kind of partial to while, loo" "Really?" "Why doesn't that surprise me?" "My mother always said that that white was the easiest to keep clean... because it was the easiest to see getting dirty" "Cute" "You remember laundry anecdotes?" "!" "Now, for your first year of marriage, you'll be spending a lot of time in the bedroom" "So, you want your sheets to feel great... and look like they are begging you to be made love on" "So where do you spend your time after the first year?" "Your lawyer's office" "Look, when it's all said and done... marriage is the one institution that has lasted since the beginning of time" "Well, marriage and prostitution" "I'm sure that's just an ironic coincidence" "So, I recommend that we go with the Egyptian cotton" "Hey, did you know that the United States produces... one-fifth of all the cotton grown in the world?" "No, no, I didn't" "In the china section, we contemplate" "In the house ware section... we just list the most expensive one when we can't decide, okay?" "Okay" " Makes sense" " Please!" "Fifty seven percent of the couples that come in here that I register... ends up lasting" "Pretty good, huh?" "Now, there are over sixty different designs you can select from" "You want to take a minute and look these over" "I'm going to go and take a powder" "The coffee" "And I'll be back in a few minutes" "I never..." "I never knew there were this many designs" "I have my Grandmother's silver" "Oh, so it's just me who has to decide" "Oh, no!" "My, my fiancée doesn't like it" "Why?" "Because it's... it's old and, you know, she likes new" "I think some things get better with time" "You know, when I was a little kid..." "Every Sunday night we'd have this family dinner and... what I really loved was watching my Grandmother take... every little piece and polish it and clean it... and then put it back in a little wooden box she kept everything in!" "Well" "It's not my place to say... but I'd say you have no need for new silverware" "Yeah, I guess not" "I'd never make it as a pioneer" "So, how're we doing?" "Uh..." "Well, actually, it's all a little overwhelming" "Yes..." "Very" "Hey, nobody ever said this was going to be fun" "I think, maybe, Anna and I could use a lunch break" "Definitely..." "A lunch break would be great" "Lunch!" "Absolutely!" "Hey, I'd love to join you two" "Unfortunately I'm on strict Jenny Craig, so I brown bagged it" "So, what do you say we meet in, oh, one hour?" "Is that good?" "Great" "One hour..." "Great, we'll see you in an hour" "See you then" "So, who are you marrying, Charlie?" "Claire Parker, November twenty second" "Oh, you're getting married a week after me" "Oh, well, you'll have to call me and tell me what married life is like" "Okay!" "Deal" "Who are you marrying?" "I'm marrying David Allen" "He's an advertising executive" "Executive?" "So, uh, so where is David on this most auspicious occasion?" "He actually got stuck in Paris closing a deal on a new client" "An airline" "How about Claire?" "She's, she's in London with Edward Rogers" " Edward Rogers the writer?" " Yeah" "She's... she's an editor" "Wow, she must be good!" "He's such a good writer" "Yeah, she's very good at what she does" "What about you?" "What do you do?" "I'm a writer" "Great!" "What name do you write under?" "Charlie Hudson" "It's a great name" "When I write a book, I'll put it on the cover" " Are you writing a book now?" " Yeah" "What's it about?" "How long is it?" "Well, I'm on page six, and right now it's about six pages long" "So, you just got started" "No, I've actually been writing it for about six months" "Oh!" "I'm sorry" "Oh, nice!" "Very, very nice pa!" "You know, I have friends who laugh at me, I don't need to reach out... to strangers for this" "I always thought I'd get married here" "What made you change your mind?" "David!" "He thinks it's for tourists but I think it's romantic" "Yeah, it is" "Hey, how'd you like to be the guy who changes the bulbs" "Must be thousands of them" "Actually, five hundred thousand" "Please, don't tell me that you counted them all" "No, silly, I read that" "Who do you think I am, Rain Man?" "I just hope you'll think of me on your next wedding" "Excuse me?" "Just joking!" "A little bridal registw humor" "Oh, thank you, Gail" "If you need anything else, just call me" "I'll be here waiting for Mr. Right to walk through the door" "Ah ha, looks like we got rain" "You know Central Park recorded 120.7 rain days last year?" "No, I didn't" "Now you do" "Hey, have... have a great wedding" "Thank you..." "You, too" "Thanks" "And, uh good luck with your book" "I'm so sorry about laughing" "It's okay" "You have a nice laugh" "I always thought my teeth showed too much when I laugh" "You have nice teeth" "Thirty four..." "That's two more than average" "That's a plus" "Well, I better go, so, uh..." "Yeah, memo" " Bye" " Bye" "Okay..." "Bye" "Ricky Valentino at your service" " Charlie Hudson" " Hudson?" "You don't remember me?" "No, I'm sorry, I don't" "You arrested me in the Gershwin robbeny" "The jewelry store on Waverly?" "That's the one" "You know, that was a pretty impressive attempt" "You almost pulled that off" "Thank you" "So, uh, how'd you get this job?" "It's my cousin's shop..." "I'm watching it while he's away" "So, when's he coming back?" "Eight to ten years" "So, what can I do you for?" "Well, I'm looking for some, uh, some wedding gifts for groomsmen" "Oh!" "Who's the sucker who's getting married?" "Me" "Congratulations!" "Thanks..." "So, what do you suggest?" "I suggest you don't get married" "But if your mind is set, get them these here gold plated cuff links" "Gold plated?" "Believe me, no one can tell they ain't real gold" "They say gold plated right here on the back" "I got an engraving gun..." "I'll just rub out the word plated" "You have anything else?" "Pens" "Everybody loves a pen" "I could cut you a real good deal with these here pens" "Not bad..." "How much?" "For ya"?" "Ten bucks" "That's all?" "Do they work" "I guarantee them" "And if I ain't around, just remember, they're just ten bucks" "Besides, once this Wedding's over... you never gonna see these guys anymore anyway" " What makes you say that?" " Look!" "All I know is, every guy I know who ever got married... ended up never finding the time to do the stuff he liked to do... before he got married!" "Yeah, like..." "like what?" "I don't know..." "Stuff" "Play poker, shooting pool, going to the track..." "Picking up broads..." "You know, stuff" "Can you wrap the pens?" "Absolutely..." "I can wrap them up here in a few hours" "You want to leave a deposit?" "No" "Hello" " Hi" " May I help you?" "Sure..." "I'm looking for a maid of honor gift" "Oh, who's getting married?" "I am" "Is it your first?" "Yes" "How nice, well, let me see!" "Perhaps that display case over there" "No, no, no, no..." "First marriage, first marriage..." "How close are you to her?" "Oh, Tracey, I've known her my whole life" " When we were little girls, we used..." " So, a long time" "A long time" "How about this beautiful pair of earrings?" "Those are beautiful, wow!" "How much are those?" "Four thousand" "It's a bit steep" "I see..." "Perhaps, a key chain" "Wow, that's beautiful" "That's a nice choice" "Tracey would love that" "Seventeen hundred" "I'll take it" "Fine" " Thanks" " Francesca" "This one needs to be wrapped up" "Thank you" "Run the card" "So how'd you hook him?" "Pardon the expression!" "We met at an auction" "How much you go for?" "It was an art auction" "Of course" "Grain" "Here yOll 9°!" "Well, here you go" "Thank you for shopping at Bulgari and good luck" "Good luck to you, too" "Hey!" "How'd it go today?" "I'm starting to contemplate eloping" "Oh, no, that bad?" "I think the prerequisite for any woman in the wedding business... is to hate the concept of marriage" "Hey listen, you know what, I think I'm gonna have to take a rain check on dinner" "I had a little technical malfunction" "What happened?" "Mrs. Goldberg came in for her usual color today, all right, you know?" "And Chico unplugged the timer" "So I'm like sitting there for the next hour and a half... wondering why the damned buzzer never went off" "What happened to Mrs. Goldberg?" "She won't need her roots done for about ten years" "She's got frosted brain cells" "Oh!" "my God" "No, no, no, Mrs. Chavez!" "It's okay!" "Sister, trust me, huh?" "Look at me" "There is no problem" "So, these guys..." "They were real jerks, huh?" "Yeah..." "Everyone except for Charlie" "Excuse me?" "Who's Charlie?" "Oh, he's getting married about the same time as me, so we shopped together" "Really?" "And what does Charlie look like?" "Well, he's kinda cute" "Ooh!" "Cute means hot" "Cute means cute" "He's a nice person..." "At least he seems to be" "And so?" "And so what?" "We went shopping together" "What do you think happened?" "Don't answer that" "God!" "Girl, you are getting married" "He's getting married..." "I mean, what's the danger?" "Have a little fun on the eleventh hour" " You are so bad" " What?" "L gotta go" "Hey!" "We're still on for tomorrow?" "Yeah..." "We're still on" "Ah, Mr Hudson!" "I have a fax for you, sir" " Thank you" " You're welcome" "Charlie, I hope the arrangements are going well" "Sony I missed your call" "Edward Rogers has been giving me a full tour..." "Hi!" "Hi!" "How did you make out with the rest of your day?" "I'm exhausted..." "I'm going to go up and get some dinner" "Take a hot bath and hit the hey" "A bath?" "I promise I won't play Frank this time" "Yeah!" "Good night" "Yeah..." "Anna?" "You know, I was just wondering" "Well, since we both have to eat, if maybe you know, you wanted to join me for dinner?" "I mean, here in the hotel?" "I think I'm just going to get something sent up, actually" "Oh, sure!" "Okay..." "Maybe some other time" "Thanks, Charlie" " Good night" " Good night" "You have one new message" "Ah!" "Hi, Anna, it's David" "I guess you're at dinner" "Everything's going well here in Paris" "It's just really late and I'm gonna get some sleep" "I hope to be home by Monday and..." "I hope the wedding plans are going well" "Good night" "Oh, and I love you" "And I love you, too" "ls the invitation still open?" "Yeah..." "Please, sit down" "Enjoy your meal" " Thank you" " Thanks" "What made you change your mind?" "I figured the bath idea was too risky, so..." "Thank you" "Wow!" "it's beautiful" "Yes, it is beautiful" "Can I pour you some wine?" "Yeah, please" "A toast to our weddings and to your book, Charlie" "It's my book if I ever finish it" " Okay, cheers" " Cheers!" " Good?" " Very good" "So, Charlie..." "How did you know that Claire was the one?" "Well, I've known Claire for five years" "And when we first met, I was just entering the Academy" "And she had this energy, this ambition, and it was infectious" "Sometimes I feel that with David and he's also very ambitious" "I mean, he thrives on the challenge of getting a new client" "For me it's just..." "For me it's always been the joy I receive from my students" "You're a teacher?" "I teach fourth grade" "What?" "Well, that explains why you've been filling me in on all these... these... unusual statistics" "Have I been doing that a lot?" "Yes!" "When you're around kids all the time and they ask every question imaginable" "After a while you tend to know more information than necessary" "David doesn't always understand how important it is to me" "I guess compared to his career, it must seem pretty trivial, you know..." "I mean, he gets an airline and..." "I teach kids how many cows are left on the farm after you subtract the sheep" "You know, I always thought it was unfair... that the sheep were always the ones being subtracted" "It's not easy being a sheep" "Apparently" "And the two trains that leave the station in opposite directions?" "They arrive at their destinations at the same time" "So, what you're saying basically, is that... this is all designed to torment nine year olds" "It's a plot" "Come on now, just one little kiss" "Just a little one right there on the cheek" "Come on!" "I've been asking for all night over here" "Come on, you're breaking my heart" "Good night, Miss Right" "You bet a thousand tonight, huh Henry?" "I was born a hundred years too late" "Nah, 500 years too late" "Whenever it was when men ruled and women listened" "I don't believe there ever was a time like that, Henry" "You're a good friend, Barney" "Now go away bro" "Hello there" "And what can I get you, Miss?" "Drunk" "Okay" "What's your poison?" " Bourbon" " Bourbon" "Put that on my tab, Barney" "Thank you" "Your welcome" "You mind?" "You earned it" "Not yet but, I'm working on it" "Listen I gotta warn you I'm way past the wooing stage" "Wooing?" "Who said anything about wooing?" "I was thinking more sweeping you off your feet" "I'm already off my feet" "See how good I am?" "Yeah" "Just some strawberries, please" "Strawberries?" "I thought you said we were gonna go for it" "Alright..." "I'll walk on the wild side" "Slip a little cheesecake under those strawberries" " Now you're talking" " Cheesecake it is!" "Very good choice" "And then there's the fruit tart..." "I don't know" " Enjoy" " Thank you" "Good?" "Better than sex" "Really?" "I can't believe I just said that" "Probably having sex with this wrong guy" " I mean, the cheesecake is good, but..." " Charlie" "What?" "You started it" "Behave yourself" "Hen"!" "What do you do that affords you the luxury of fine bourbon?" "What I do doesn't afford fine bourbon" "How do you pay your bar tab?" "I don't" "And just how do you get away with that?" "I'm a cop" "I didn't know they let cops drink for free" "They don't, but, I'm kind of a good luck charm around here" "I've been coming here for ten years" "And in 10 years they've only been robbed 5 times" "They've been robbed five times and for that they let you drink for free?" "It was the only five nights I wasn't drinking here" "So, Charlie..." "You quit being a cop so you could write?" "No, I left for another reason but I wanted to write" "What was the other reason?" "Well, I started out in the robbery division" "But, my last few years the force I was a negotiator" "A negotiator?" "I spent a lot of time on ledges talking people in" "One night..." "Henry and I, we to took a jumper call" "And..." "She was just a kid" "I talked to her all night, but..." "She wanted out" "I'm sure you did all you could" "Mm..." "All I could would have brought her in" "The review board was satisfied that I did it right but..." "I wasn't" "So I left" "Well, I thought that... maybe writing about it would you know..." "like I'd figure things out" "They say that if you write about events in your life that you can't control it helps to make them bearable" "I hope it does, Charlie" "Yeah..." "Me too" "So, now I'm her maid of honor right?" "But no matter how hard I try I just can't be happy for her" "Well, that's something else we got in common besides the bourbon because my best friend's getting married too and I don't like his choice one bit" "So, what do we do?" "I don't know what you can do..." "But I can shoot her" "I had a great time tonight, Charlie" "Yeah..." "Me too" "It's been a long time since I had dinner with a man other than David" "That's why I turned you down at first... it just felt weird" "I just didn't know if it was right" "I understand" "And now?" "Did it feel right?" "Yeah..." "Yeah, it felt right!" "It's getting kinda late..." "We should go" " Yeah" " Yeah!" "So, what's on your agenda for tomorrow?" "I'm listening to bands" "We still haven't picked our band yet, actually" "Oh, well, you're welcome to come and... listen to them with me and see if there's any you like" "Okay" "I promised my friend Ritchie that I'd give his cousin a chance, so..." "Sounds like fun" "Well Henry..." "We're at that weird hour" "Yup, I'm weird" "So, uh?" "Where are we going?" "I should get some sleep" "Now Henry, you don't really think that we should go home together now, do you?" "I don't know..." "Do n?" "No!" "Because you know that I'm a lady" "And you're a lamb, right?" "I'm a lamb" "That's right" "You're a lamb" "Now, walk me home" "Okay" "This city ain't safe at night" "It is now" "Hey, how's it going?" "I'm Bobby Love" "I'm Charlie, Ritchie's friend" "This is Anna" "Yeah, yeah, Ritchie's friend, Ritchie's friend..." " So, uh, where's the kid?" " Kid?" "The Bar Mitzvah boy" "No, there must be a misunderstanding It's for a wedding" "Hey, look, look..." "Don't worry about it" "They play the same music at weddings" "So, uh, this must be the lucky lady..." "Nice" "Actually, we're just friends" "She's getting married, too, so I thought she could listen in" "Hey, no problem, look..." "You guys pick the same band, I'll give you a discount, what do you say?" "No, actually, I'm just..." "I'm helping him today" "Nonsense, nonsense, look..." "You come back to the Love Lounge, I'll hook you guys up real good, alright?" "Come on back" "All right, let's get started here guys" "With the best of Bobby Love's..." "Love Lounge collection..." "Let's go" "These guys are good, right?" "They've got quite stage presence" "Hey, your friend has a good eye for music" " That's real polyester, you know" " That, that, that's okay" "Do..." "Do you have any other bands?" "Absolutely" "Oh, now this guy..." "I can get you a good deal on" "He used to be a dentist" "Look at those teeth, huh?" "!" "He puts his patients out without anesthesia" "Do you have anybody who plays like the popular hits?" "This was popular" "I think what he's trying to say is like something more top forty" "In 1940, this was top forty" "Let me fast forward here" "There she is" "Brenda and Bodacious Toddpadz" "She's lovely" "Don't encourage him" "Now, here's another way to go" "These guys never took a lesson" "They just picked it up on their own" "Wow..." "They're good" "I'll give you guys copy of their eight-track to take with you" "Hey, just make sure to tell Ritchie I took good care of you" "Don't worry, I'm going to take good care of Ritchie" "Next time I see Ritchie, I'm gonna shoot him" "Hey, it could have been worse, he could have recommended the caterer" "Oh, yeah, Claire would love that" "You can just see all of her Southampton socialites eating hot dogs and ice cream bars" "Hey!" "I like hot dogs and ice cream bars" "Well, Ritchie will lake really good care of you then" "Sony, I didn't mean to waste your morning" "You didn't..." "Really, it was fun" "Besides, you missed out on that whole disco scene" "I didn't" "To this day, just the sight of polyester sends me into a seizure" "Well, I'll make sure I'll let you know if I see any coming our way" "Usually, by the time you spot polyester, it's a little too late" "Help the homeless..." "Street news, street news!" "Help the homeless" "Street news?" "Help the homeless?" "Street news" "Street news!" "Help the homeless" "Mickey?" "Charlie" "Mickey, what the hell are you doing?" "Cynthia cleaned me out" "She called the IRS on me, and that was that" "So, uh... what's new with you?" "Well, I'm, I'm getting married" "That..." "That was something" "I have to stop in this church for a minute" "You want to come with me?" "Going to confess?" "No, Father Fitzpatrick has been my priest since childhood" "He's performing the ceremony I just want to say hello" "Sure..." "Okay" " Charlie" " Father" "It's so good to see you" "I was so glad to get the message that you might be coming by" "It's been way too long" "I've known him since he was just little lad" "He would sneak into the girls locker room... through the air vents and take photographs, you..." "Sit, sit, sit" "Oh, look at the two of you" "Such a beautiful couple!" "Now..." "Let me just check on that date..." "November 22nd, right?" " Yes, Father, but..." " Yes, the twenty-second" "I haven't been performing as many ceremonies as I used to" "Everybody lives with each other first these days and then they decide not to get married" "Father, let me explain..." "We're not getting married" "Now, now, everyone gets the jitters" "You don't understand..." "We're practically strangers" "Well, we're all strangers at first, Charles" "It takes a lifetime to really get to know someone" "That's the beauty of marriage" "Each day you discover another reason why you chose the one you love" "Charlie, may I?" "Father, we're marrying other people" "You've fallen for others?" "During your engagement?" "Let me tell you a little stony" "A man walked for miles in the desert..." "Having lost his way..." "Oh, no, no, that's the one for adultery" "You too haven't slept together, have you?" "No, Father" "So that one won't apply" "Father, this is Anna" "We met by chance this weekend" "Claire is my fiancée" "Really?" "I apologize for the sermon" "You two just seemed like a couple to me..." "  so I assumed..." " No..." "Anna and I are just friends" "Fﬂends" "I usually have much better instincts" "Well Father, we don't wanna keep you" "I just wanted to see you and..." "It... it means a lot that you'll be performing the ceremony" "I wouldn't miss it" "And it was a pleasure meeting you Anna" "We have three masses a day..." "Come visit us" "Thank you, I will" "Confessions are at seven thirty, Charles" "Oh, but come early, there's quiet a line!" "Thank you, Father" "You know?" "!" "Time... is something that nobody seems to undertake anymore" "The heart that loves withstands the test of time it has the strength to wait because it has no fear of time it knows only that it loves and that it will do so for ever" "You too take the time to enjoy" "And I'll see you on the twenty second" "Thank you, Father" "I gotta go, Charlie" "Yeah, me too" "I'll see you later" "See you later, Anna" "I don't like it when you call my fiancé a nut" "Darling, the man comes to my house for dinner" "I come back from the bathroom, he's vacuuming the living room" "He's anal retentive" "Not nuts" "I don't know what the technical terms are but, by me, I know that there's something wrong" "He's getting better" "People are not perfect" "Darling, you are about to make the biggest commitment of your life" "I don't want to see you make the biggest mistake of your life" " David loves me" " Yeah?" "You know, well let me ask you something" "When is the last time that he sent you ﬂowers or bought you a Hallmark, huh?" "He does other things instead" " Oh, I forgot..." "He dusts" " Cute" "Listen, sweetheart, whatever problems he has now... are only going to escalate later" "What makes you say that?" "When I met your father, God rest his soul... he had this little habit of scratching his head" "I mean it was no big deal" "He just did it when he got nervous" "Well, we come home from the honeymoon and you don't want to know what areas it spread to" " Mother, please" " Honey..." "When you were a little girl, you used to say that someday a knight on a white horse was going to sweep you away" "I used to tell you settle for a guy in a white Cadillac" "Well, I was wrong..." "Don't settle!" "Mom..." "You're going to have to trust that I know what's going to make me happy" "Whatever you do, I'll be there for you" "Thanks, Mom" "Even if it tears my heart out" " Hey, look who's here" " Hey..." "Hello..." "Cha Cha" "Long time..." "What?" "You forget about your old friend Cha Cha?" "Nah, never!" "It's good to see you, Cha Cha" "Sit down, I'll get you and this bum some of Mama's tiramisu" "Well, there he is..." "Right on time pa!" "I've had six double espressos" "So don't let it throw you if I drop down and do eleven hundred push-ups" "I went to see Ritchie's cousin this morning" "Bobby Love" "That maniac?" " So you know what my morning's been like" " Enough said" " It hadn't been for Anna..." " Anna?" "Who's Anna?" "The spy..." "Remember?" "The one from the restaurant?" " You dog!" " No, no..." "It's not like that" "It's..." "She's getting married too and, and we met at Bergdorfs..." "We've just been shopping together" "What?" "You meet a beautiful woman on an elevator" "You spend the weekend with her" "I'm out hunting every night..." "I sleep with my cat" "Look who's coming" "Behave yourself!" "Hello, darlings" "Oh, I am so sorry I'm late" " Anna, darling, you look great" " Thank you" "And it's good to see you too, Judith" "Well, have I missed any nice girl talk?" "No, Mrs. Allen" "Oh, call me Mom" " If that's okay with you, Judith" " Of course" "You can even pay for the wedding" "Oh!" "my God, I mean that is hysterical" "May I take your order?" " Why don't you go first, Mom?" " Oh thank you, dear" "I would like the vegetarian salad, the vegetarian dressing... and the vegetarian soup, with a glass of carrot juice" " And for you?" " I'll have a hamburger" " Rare, and a scotch" " Very good!" "And what would you like?" "Just some Pellegrino, please" " You're not eating" " Am not hungry" "Well" "Well!" "There we are" "You can't be too careful" "Now I'm just going to run to the little girls' room, and I'll be right back... daughter!" "What are you doing?" " What are you doing?" " Infecting her" "Oh!" "God!" "So tell me, what's she like?" "She's... fun; she's easy to talk to, she's smart, she's a teacher" " Oh, yeah?" "What grade?" " Fourth" "Hey, you should ask her about the two trains" "I did..." "They arrive at the same time" "I knew it" "Let me ask you something" "Do you... do you believe in love at first sight?" "You mean the Cupid Theory?" "!" "Cupid Theory?" "Yeah, that's what they call it" "Let me ask you something" "Why do you think Cupid uses an arrow?" "Not a feather, or a cotton ball, or the back of a soft bedroom slipper, but an arrow?" "I don't know..." "It's..." "It's metaphoric" "It's..." "An arrow gets your attention..." "it makes you feel something" "No, it's because an arrow blinds you or kills you" "So, so you don't believe in it?" "Yeah, I do believe in it" "I think you find love, and then the arrow pokes you in the eye and blinds you" "Then you spend the rest of your life bumping into things, hoping to see again" "I'm starting to understand why women tend to avoid you" "Actually, men tend to avoid me, too" "You are not going to make me wear this, are you?" "It looked better on the mannequin" "Well, have her wear it down the aisle" "Just try the cream one, okay?" "Thanks" "So you just me this guy, and you think you're in love?" "No, I'm telling you he's not like any other guy I've ever met before" "Why?" "Cause he's never done time?" "My God!" "You're so funny" "Let me ask you something" "Do you believe in love at first sight?" "I don't know" "I just wonder how many love at first sights really last, you know?" "Really turn out to be true love?" "!" "Yeah!" "You know, every time I thought I found it, it turned into mush" "How many times have you thought you found it?" "I don't know..." "Like ten or eleven" "And you're selective?" "So you don't there's only one person in the world, we're supposed to be with?" "I think there's two" "The first one lakes all your money when she leaves you" "Then a year later, you meet the second one... and since you got no money left for her to take..." "She just rips your heart out and then she leaves you" "So what I'm saying is, there's probably two out there" "You're a real happy guy" "You show me a happy guy, I'll show you a guy on Prozac" "Where do you gel all this hostility from?" "Talk radio" "What's with all the Cupid questions?" "Nothing..." "Just, uh, you know, something to talk about" "You can't ignore this" "Ignore what?" "Listen..." "This is important" "So is this" "You really like this guy" "I can see it in your eyes" "In nine months, I'm marrying David Allen..." " whom I love and adore" " Who you respect and appreciate" "You don't love him" "How can you say that?" "Listen, kid, I've known you nearly all my life" "You know, and I couldn't live with myself if I wasn't honest with you" "Do you know that for the past two years..." "I haven't seen you laugh as much as you have today?" "You know, he may be a great guy, but I'm your best friend" "And you know what?" "Maybe there is such a thing as love at first sight but you've got to have your eyes open to see it" "My eyes are open" "Then what about looking at this guy, Charlie?" "Charlie's getting married" "I'm getting married" "Exactly!" "You're perfect for each other!" "You both know you..." " already wanna get married" " Stop" "Tracey, stop!" "Okay?" " Just stop" " I'm sorry, Anna" "You know, I got a big mouth..." "It'sjust..." "It's not you!" "I'm just a little emotional" "I think the lunch with my mom and Mrs. Allen did me in" "I check in the Plaza for one weekend, and my whole life turns upside down" "What?" "You really do like this guy, don't you?" " Haven't you heard a word I've said?" " Yes!" "I've been listening" "And I haven't seen you get this worked up... since Danny Richards took Betty Delveccio to the prom instead of you" "Thanks for reminding me..." "I slept all night in that damn taffeta dress" "I just want what's best for you, you know?" "I know" "I want you to know what love feels like in the pit of your stomach" "What crazy love feels like, even if it's just for a moment" " Crazy love?" " Yeah" "You ever feel it?" "Yeah..." "Once" "Tommy O'Casey?" "Yeah!" "I remember when we used to walk through the neighborhood, you know, and..." "I wished the whole world could see us together" "We'd stop at Ray's Pizza, and I couldn't even eat" "I'd just stare at Tommy sucking down his Coke and two slices" "Then he'd take me into his Uncle Tommy's butcher shop" "And he'd lean in and press up against me" "Before... our lips would touch... my lips would just quiver" "Quiver?" "Yeah..." "Yeah, my stomach, you know, would ache and my heart would pound" "I mean, I've been with lots of guys since, but I've not felt crazy love again" "What's Tommy doing now?" "He gained fifty pounds, he's working in Jersey City selling lawn furniture at Sears" "Look..." "I know you don't like David" "I know he's not mister romantic" "But he's good to me" "Well I feel like I don't have to chase after someone, you know" "It's not complicated" "He's not complicated" "All my life I've waited for this thing you call crazy love" "I'm just willing to accept the fact that if I can't feel crazy... then at least I want to feel happy, okay?" "I'm going to many David Allen" "And I need you to be there" "Okay?" "Yeah..." "I'll be there" "Thank you" "You're my best friend, right?" "You know, partner, have a safe trip back to the burbs tomorrow" "I will, alright and take care of yourself" "I'll see you in a couple of weeks" "Yeah, good and..." "We'll have a couple of beers, and I'll teach you more about love" "Okay" "Hey..." "If you even think you love her, tell her" "I can't, I can't stop thinking about her, Henry" "I mean, I'm just thinking crazy" "Could be" "But what if she ends up being the one who got away?" "Thanks, Henry" "For what?" "For always knowing what to say" "Just don't let on that I'm an old softy, or I'll shoot you where you stand" "I got a reputation to protect" "Your secrefs safe with me" "Good luck with the bourbon lady" "I'm telling you, Charlie" "If I find out she shaves, there just might be a wedding" "Take care" "Hi, David" "No, it's... it's Charlie" "I just thought it was David..." "Hi" "Hey..." "Anna, can you, can you come down to the front of the hotel?" "Now?" "Yeah, I mean..." "Just for awhile, it..." "It's our last night" "Our last night, Charlie?" "Anna..." "Please, I'll be in front" "Okay" "I don't know what to say..." "Well, say you'll join me for a ride with Max and Freddie" "Freddie's the one with the blinders" "How can you resist Freddy, right?" "What are we celebrating?" "I'm celebrating meeting you" "Care to join me?" "That's very sweet, Charlie" "But I have a sneaking suspicion this isn't the first bottle you've opened tonight" "It isn't" "The first bottle was to get up the nerve to open this one" "Well, okay..." "To meeting me" "And a toast for meeting you" " Cheers" " Cheers" "So, did you have a good time today with your friend?" "Yeah..." "Yeah, we met at our old favorite hangout, Cha Cha's" "Oh, I love his espresso, and his mother's tiramisu" "You know Cha Chefs'?" "Yeah, I lived nearby on MacDougal for a long time" "I lived on MacDougal for twenty years" "That's incredible!" "I moved out to Old Brookville a year ago cause that's where David lives but I still..." "I still travel an hour by train every morning..." " so I can still teach at..." " Bedford Street Schoolhouse" "How did you know that?" "I just knew" "I mean, I used to walk by that place every day on the way to the precinct" "It's so strange, Charlie, I mean..." "We must have walked by each other a thousand times" "No..." "I never walked by you" "I would have stopped" "What?" "I would have stopped" "I would never have kept on walking" "I am sorry" "When does Claire get back?" "Tomorrow night around seven" "How about David?" "I don't know..." "He's probably left a message at the hotel, actually" "We should probably go back" "Yeah..." "Back to Plaza, please" "Claire!" "Surprised?" "Yeah..." "Very" "I closed the deal and caught an earlier ﬂight" "I missed you" "I am sorry darling for leaving you here with everything" "What's wrong?" "Nothing..." "Nothing, I just, I had a really long day" "You know, a lot of ﬂowers and a lot of bands" "A lot of decisions to make" "Well, I'm here now, and we'll make the rest together" "Make love to me" "What?" "Make love to me" "Oh, I'm sorry, darling, did I wake you?" "No, where are you going?" "I got a call from Peter" "Oh!" "I didn't hear the phone ring ll vibrates, silly, I hide it in my pillow" "He wants me to jump on the Rogers contract" "So I figured since I'm already in the city, I'd look them over with him" "You know Peter, he's such a stickler for details" "Wait!" "I thought he wasn't expecting you in until tonight?" "I left a voice mail for him when I got in last night" "Okay, I'm off" "I will see you home by six, I promise" "What?" "Charlie, what is it?" "Ever think about when I was a cop and you were writing ads for Macy's?" "Oh, God, Macy's" "And we'd order pizza, and sit on the ﬂoor and watch TV" "And we'd stay up all night figuring out ways to advertise toasters and pillows" "I haven't thought about those days in a long time" "It's those days that got us to this day, Claire" "What's this all about, Charlie?" "Well, I guess I just miss those times a little" "Well, I don't" "I was making 25 thousand a year, working seventy hours a week" "I'm talking about the pizza and the TV" "Well, I tell you what" "This weekend learned more money than I did all year at Macy's" "So when we get home tonight" "I'll have Mercedes make us some Salvadorian pizza" "I like just plain John's Pizza" "Well, they don't have John's in the Hamptons" "I gotta go, Charlie" "Hey, you know you two look good together" "She's getting married" " When?" " Nine months" "You still have time" "Yeah, there's a catch..." "I'm getting married too" "And I thought Doris being a Catholic was a problem" "Doris?" "Yeah, Doris, my wife" "Twenty-six years" "So, it worked out, it was meant to be" "You gotta make it meant to be" "What do you mean?" "Anyone worth spending your life with is worth fighting for" "You, uh... feel something for the tub lady Charlie?" "Yeah, Mel, I do" "Have you told her?" "I tried..." "I think she thinks I'm some kind of a heel, I mean..." "What kind of a person would tell her I love you... on the weekend she's planning her wedding?" "Do you ever watch the Jerry Springer Show?" "Yeah, last night, I almost become his next guest" "Look, Charlie, you can take the chance that she'll think you're a heel or you can spend the rest of your life wondering about her" "I love Claire" "But I'm in love with Anna, I mean..." "I'm not making any sense" "Charlie" "Pull up a chair, sit down" "I was a sailor on a three-day leave in Hawaii" "I walked into this pub and I met the most beautiful woman in the world" "She was a Naval nurse on a three day pass" "And we spent the next two days together" "And all we did was laugh" "When it was time to leave, my heart was so broken I... couldn't even get the strength to pack my things" "So I just left everything right there in the hotel and went back to my ship" "And I stood on that deck and I realized that I just couldn't live my life without her" "You, you and Doris have been together ever since" "No..." "Her name was Cara" "My ship sailed off for another six months and..." "I stood on the deck, you know and I watched that island get smaller and smaller" "I tried tracking her down, but I could never find her" "I love my wife..." "But a day doesn't go by that I don't wonder about Cara" "Don't you know it's not safe to close your eyes in Central Park?" "Charlie!" "?" "Sony, I didn't mean to startle you" "Closing my eyes probably wasn't the smartest idea" "Have a seat" "The bellhop at the hotel told me if I..." "If I came to the fountain with a glass of wine and close my eyes" "I'd feel as if I were in Europe so, thought I'd give it shot" "Did it work?" "I don't know, I was half way over the ocean when you showed up" "Maybe I should go" "No..." "No..." "Maybe we can try it together, I mean..." "That is, if you're game enough to close your eyes" "I'm willing to live on the edge a little" "I don't have another glass, but you can drink from the bottle" "Just my style" "I thought so" " Cheers" " Cheers" "Have you landed yet?" "Yeah" "It's beautiful" "Where are you?" "Rome..." "The Spanish Steps" "Where are you?" "Paris..." "Eiffel Tower" "The city lights below are amazing" "You should see it" "I've always wanted to go to Paris" "Then come with me" "What?" "Come with me" "With your eyes still closed, come with me" "I'm here" "How does 'Monk m you'?" "I'm scared" "I've never been up this high before" "I have you" "I won't let you fall" "I can't, Charlie" "Anna" "There have been moments in my life..." "I wish I could have done over" "When I saw you sitting here" "I decided that this was not going to be one of them" "So, no matter what happens... at least I know I've told you how I feel" "Charlie" "Can you imagine what our lives would be like together?" "I would always be the woman you left Claire for" "And you'd always be the man I left David for" "Either way, happy or sad..." "We'd wonder about them" "Anna..." "Do you believe there's only one person we're meant to spend our lives with?" "Yeah" "Then how can you be in love with two people?" "I don't think I am" ""I'LL" "I'm alcoholic" "And that's not my first time, although I'm here by the grace of God" "I've got thirty days" "Hi" " Hi" " Happen to see a man..." "He was in here a few months ago with a gun" "Henry Taylor?" "!" " Yeah" " Yeah, we were having drinks" " Yes" " Have you seen him?" "Ah..." "No, I haven't seen him, why?" " You haven't seen him?" " No" "Okay" "How're you doing, Mindy?" "Hi" "What're you reading?" "(Infill." "It's the sweetest stony" "I..." "I start reading it last night and I just can't put it down" "What's it about?" "It's about this guy" "He meets this woman" "And he falls so in love with her" "That's not exactly a ground-breaker, Mindy" "Yeah, but they meet on the weekend they're both planning their weddings" "What did you say?" "They fall in love during the weekend they're both registering for their weddings" "What happens at the end?" "I don't know, I'm dying to find out" "Only six pages left" "Hey, Anna, what are you doing?" ""Though it was only a weekend, it might as well have been a lifetime"" "What are you crazy?" "I just read two hundred pages..." "You're killing me" "What I gained from knowing her was believing in myself again and realizing that, in fact..." "There was only one person I was meant to spend my life with and that was..." "Anna" "Anna... lS it you?" "You've got to cover my last class" "You know what you did was cruel" "I know, but I'm going to make it up to you, I promise" "Okay" "Go!" "Thank you" "Hey!" "You took my book" "This color looks so much better on you" "Hey!" "School out early today?" "He never married her" "Who?" "Charlie" "He never married Claire" "How do you know?" "He wrote the book" "He wrote about our whole weekend" "Yes!" " What do I do?" " What do you want to do?" "I want to find him" "Wait!" "I'm going to go with you..." "Let me get my coat" "Mrs. Goldberg" "Mrs. Goldberg, listen, I've got to go" "Chico's going to rinse you out when the buzzer goes off, okay?" "Yeah!" " Oh, shit!" "Mrs. Goldberg!" " Mrs. Goldberg!" " Mrs. Goldberg!" " You know what?" "She's gonna be okay" "Let's go!" "Let's go!" "Hi, I'm looking for a police officer" "Well, this is where you'd find one" "Um..." "I mean he used to be a police officer, we lost touch and I'm sort of looking for him, his name is Charlie Hudson" "Detective Hudson is on a call if you want to leave him a note, I'll be to put it in his mailbox for you" "You mean he's back working her again?" "Yeah, that's why he gets a mailbox" "Captain, where is he on call?" "That would be Sergeant" "Really?" "You look more like a captain" "Really?" "Hill." " He took a jumper" " Ajumper?" "Where?" "Broom... and Sixth" "Sixth and Broom" "Thank you very much" "Okay, come on" "Okay, boys, relax..." "Batman and Robin are here" "About time, guys" "Yeah, if the subways were safer..." " we'd have got her sooner, but we drove" " Yeah, yeah, come on" "What have we got?" "Got a young girl, her parents just split up and she's scared" " Excuse us" " Excuse us" "You bring her in, Charlie" " My God, that's him" " Where?" "That's Charlie, right there" "He's right next to the little girl" "I'm Detective Hudson" "My friends call me Charlie" "Well, we can stay up here all day together" "I'm okay with that" "You ever wonder what makes a rainbow?" "Probably has something to do with the moon" "It must be a mile wide" "It's a reﬂection from the sun" "It is?" "You learn that in school?" "I bet you have a lot of friends in school" "I bet you're somebody's best friend" "Yeah" "You want to sleep over at her house tonight?" "It's okay" "Okay" "It's going to be okay..." "Just take my hand, okay?" "Just take my hand" " Oh, my God!" " It's okay, Anna..." "It's going to be fine" "I just want to take you inside where you'll be safe" "Will you let me lake you inside?" "Now give me your hand" " Oh, God" " I got you" "My God!" " Come on!" " Come on partner!" "Come on!" "Bring her up!" "Now, come on!" "I got her!" "I got her!" "It's okay" "Welcome back, Hudson" " Go with him, sweetheart" " Okay" "You got to let us through" "Detective Hudson's a friend of ours, please, he will..." "Please, will you let us through?" " Come on" " Thank you, thank you" "I'm going to get you two doughnuts for this one" "Come here!" "Well, what do you know?" "Yeah, this is Taylor, I got a young female, 97 H to St Vincent's 56 at this time, 90 Henry, go!" " Ten-four" " Dictated 90, ten-four" "Tracey" "How you been?" "Suicidal for a day, you know, then fine" "I don't know what to say?" "How about, I'm going to do the right thing and take cyanide?" "No, no, no, it's not like that" "I really had a great time that night, I just..." "Caught a bad case of schmuck and you forgot my number?" "No, I know your phone number..." "I looked at it a thousand times, I..." " I just got scared" " Bullshit!" "You know, I'm ashamed to even say this but I went back to that bar where we met to look for you" "You said you drank there every night" "Was that bullshit too?" "No" "I don't go there anymore..." "I'm sober" "Yeah, I did hear they got robbed a few weeks ago" "I just wanted to get myself straightened up before I give you..." "You know, I picked up the phone a hundred times to explain, I just..." "I wanted to say something romantic" "Yeah, well, here I am, so give it your best shot" " What?" "Here?" "Now?" " Here..." "Now" " Romantic?" " Romantic..." "Let's go" "In the deep of night..." "A star began to light... my darkened world" "That star..." "That star I know was you" "That's nice, Henry" "That's real nice" "When it doesn't rhyme, it means more" "Yeah..." " Okay, get up" " What?" "UP, up..." "Get up!" "So, why are you so out of breath?" "From chasing after you" "I got to get you into shape" "What do you do chasing after all those criminals?" "I don't chase after them, I shoot them" " You're the best" " Thanks" "We missed you"