"People wonder if movies reflect real life." "Hell yes, they do." "I'll tell you how." "Both make it as difficult as possible for two people to find each other and fall in love." "Think about it: all the barriers that get put in the way of romance which in movies is exactly the point that's what holds our interest for 2 hours." "But in real life, love would hold our interest" "Movies end when two people finally embrace." "But that is exactly when life begins." "Everyone is aching for magic." "Everyone wants that moment in the third act, when their eyes meet and the music swells and they fall into their lover's arms, but no one talks no one connects anymore." "Life is a very long movie and everyone is stuck in the second act." "This is what I want to know, why can't we cut to the climax?" "Why can't we move right passed all the barriers and and go straight to the part that everyone's waiting for?" "The part where the guy gets the girl." "I just asked if you needed any help finding anything." "As a matter of fact, I do." "Seen it... seen it.. seen it seen it... omniscience sucks, you know what I mean?" "Not a clue." "Maybe if you told me the kind of thing you're looking for.." "I'm looking to be inspired, to be moved, to be enlightened." "And to have at least 15 minutes of Adrianne Barbeau naked." "Oh sorry, they're holding that one for me." "Looks like I'll be staying at your house tonight." "I don't know, mom and dad don't usually allow sleepovers on a school night." "Yeah, it's a little embarrassing being grounded at your age." "That's tough." "Hey, I'm Trevor." "Trevor Hale." "Dan Waters." "Couldn't help overhearing your little treatise on the state of romance." "Hate to rain on your cloud, but I don't think it's all that bad out there." "Depends on your stake in making things better, mine is pretty high." "Kind of off my game down here." "Down here?" "Oh, well, that explains it, you're from Milwaukee." "A little higher up actually, Mount... ains." "Mountains, yeah, I was up in the Uccan, hunting." "Just me and my bow and arrow." "Wow, bear?" "No, actually, fully clothed." "Bare?" "Fully clothed?" "Yeah, bit of a wordplay.." "Yeah, if you catch it in the right light." "So, what about you, you're living on the edge.." "a man in a public place talking to another man he's never met.." "More out of insecurity really." "I try to make it a point to interact with anyone who would make me seem normal by comparison." "Wise man." "Let me get this straight." "You think the world is as open to romance as it was 50 years ago?" "I think it wants to be." "Look at this place, they don't just rent these things just because going to the cinema's for 4 hours is a hassle, they wanna take someone home with them, even if they gotta get 'em back by midnight tomorrow." "Okay, but look what passes for romance.." "boy meets girl, boy invites girl back to his house to watch him drink himself to death" "Boy meets ex-wife, they dump pingpongballs into a funnel cloud almost get crushed by a flying cow.." "Well, you gotta choose something that's actually supposed to be a romance." "My point is this: movies, life, there's too many blocks on the road to love." "I just wanna help people find a shortcut." "You wanna help?" "Yeah." "What are you, Cupid?" "Cupid.. right... haha.." "Hey, you gotta love a job like that." "Half of the guys in this city would kill to be a Black Hawks coach." "Assistant." "Means I get to stay on the bench when the heavy hitting starts." "You know what I like?" "Strategy!" "x's and o's." "I've always been into math and" "I love the geometry of putting 6 guys into motion and and on rare occasions having it turn into this... this perfect moment.." "I like that." "Very nice." "So the rest of the team know they got a romantic in the locker room?" "Come on, you're the one with all the love stories." "You know... 'Glass Blowing:" "Crafter Fetish'?" "There's an adult video store down the way, I gotta look at love from every angle." "It was either that or 'Saving Ryan's Privates'." "I'm this way." "I bartend at a place called Taggerty's down the block." "Do you wanna come over?" "Get heavily medicated after a game..." "Ah, you've seen us play.." "Yeah." "I might take you up on that." "Alright." "I'll see ya." "See ya man." "Hi." "I'm from the 'Save the Eggs' foundation.." "we go door to door trying to prevent the latest grocery related tragedy." "I'm fine, thank you." "I'm Trevor, I live down the hall, sure I can't help you?" "I hate to see you kill these little fellows before you get a chance to splatter them all over your frying pan." "No, I'm fine, really." "Hand it over, no one gets hurt." "Oh, okay." "There you go." "Thank you." "You're on our tenants committee, right?" "I've been giving it some thought.." "we ought to hold a bake sale and buy an elevator." "I don't see you around here much, you just move in?" "No.." "Been here a while?" "No.." "So you've been here just the right amount of time to leave no opening for conversation whatsoever?" "Well, that's very homey, you draw those flowers yourself?" "I can take that now, thank you." "You're welcome." "Susan, my name's Susan." "Okay, thanks Susan, I'll see you around then." "Here you go." "Thanks, Mary." "Could I get an extra side of dressing?" "Yeah." "Wait a minute, stop the presses.." "You're gonna try to fix up a guy that you just met in a videostore with a woman who stares at her feet?" "I'm not going to try, I'm going to do and" "I'll cover all bets from any aspiring actors who wanna part with their payroll." "You're talking about the woman that lives just a few doors down, right?" "The one who acts like she's on the witness protection programme?" "The one who flinches everytime you say hi?" "An inspired choice, don't you think?" "By the muse in charge of ridiculous." "I'm sorry, can I see your invitation to this conversation?" "I heard what you said, Trevor." "It sounds pointless." "On the contrary." "It is a slam dunk, a home run, a..sports cliché of your choice." "Ask me how I know." "You'll only tell me." "Because I felt it." "That's how." "There I was, minding my own business.." "Ah, already, I don't believe it." "when I met Dan, met Susan and BAM that feeling came back." "That undeniable feeling that two complete strangers are absolutely destined to be one." "And you felt this how exactly?" "Something inside me went off." "Hit me harder than that chilli I ate last week." "You ever think of writing for Hallmark?" "You see, after ten, fifteen centuries on the job" "I've developed the ability to know exactly who belongs with whom." "Until now, I thought that particular mojo had not made it down here with me.." "but apparently it just made it on a later flight." "Trevor, this intuition.." "Knowledge!" "..guesswork, is not good enough reason to do this!" "This woman sounds like someone who'd rather be left alone." "Hey, I've got a job to do." "So do I." "Part of my job is making sure you don't get served with restraining orders" "So apparently you're still running on that anti-love ticket." "I am not anti-love, Trevor, I am anti-having it forced on you by one more man who thinks he's a god." "Thank you, Mary." "One more man who thinks he's a god?" "Have we by any chance just jumped to Claire's lovelife homepage?" "Everything fine with you and Alex?" "Everything's dandy with me and Alex." "I'm getting a feeling.." "Probably the chilli coming back." "Look, every relationships has its bumps." "Question is, is it a speedbump or is Mount St. Helen's?" "I hooked you up, you have to admit, I know something about what makes you guys tick." "I suppose you might accidentally stumble into the vicinity of an insight." "I hate it when you gush." "Alex cancels our date because he's meeting an old reporter friend who's in town, and last night he calls and cancels again with some lame excuse about a column deadline." "But it's tonight that got me." "He said the mayor called a last-minute press conference and he has to cover it." "Shot in the dark, maybe the mayor called a last-minute press conference and he has to cover it." "Trevor, it's more than that." "He's been evasive.." "..and distant.." "You said you could find me a man who would match up every item on my checklist and it still wouldn't work out" "Well, you found him." "And it isn't working out." "Sounds like you're packing the parachute before the plane has left the runway?" "You two were supposed to get me one match closer to magic 100." "Don't count on it, I'm beginnin to think commonality's a bit overrated." "Not necessarily." "Passion can burn out." "At least you go down in a blaze of glory." "I'd rather be a slow-baked tan than nibblit grizzle." "What are you talking about?" "What am I talking about?" "I'm saying maybe you're right." "I'm saying maybe you're right." "You're right, Trevor." "You're right, Claire!" "You are!" "You are!" "You are!" "You are!" "That was weird." "Hope someone got that on film." "That's the last time that'll ever happen." "Look, it sounds like.." "you and Alex just need a little time to clear the air." "You need to controle the setting though." "He's not gonna open up at a boxing match." "Have a quiet night at home." "You know?" "Set the mood, candles, flowers, after-dinner contraceptive.." "Trust me, Doc, this is good for what ails ya." "There's more in the oven if you want some." "No thanks, I'm really..." "Okay." "We haven't had a lot of time together... lately... you know.." "I just.." "I guess not." "Well, I've been really busy." "Some weather we're having, huh?" "Claire, let's not.." "Let's not talk about the weather." "Well, we can talk about the looming trade inbalance in Japan if you want." "This is a really good bottle of Chardonnay, maybe we should save it for when I'm not quite so tired." "Good idea." "We'll let it age another 6 or 7 months." "Alex, what is wrong?" "You haven't said three words to me all night." "What do you mean 'what's wrong'?" "I said I'm tired." "Can't we just.." "Fine." "Maybe I should just go home and get some sleep." "It was a really nice dinner." "I'll call you tomorrow." "Move it, move it, yeah!" "Go up to the middle!" "Behind the net!" "Good pass, Charlie!" "Sure is tough from the sidelines but do you ever actually play the game?" "Nah, I never wanted that." "Guys make it to the bigs, they get tied down by contracts, endorsement deals, not to mention all the media.." "You got cut, huh?" "First week of camp." "Took a stick to the stomache, I threw up all over the owner's dog." "I'd hate to see it." "How did you get in here anyway?" "I can get in anywhere I want, I'm Cupid, remember?" "Oh, yes, slipped my mind." "So listen, tomorrow night.." "we're throwing a dash at Taggerty's, Black Hawks night." "we need you as our celebrity guest." "To do what?" "Drink beer, get fawned over, make fartnoises with our armpits?" "Yeah, if you're lucky." "You still single?" "I prefer to say I haven't found what I'm looking for in a woman." "Which is?" "Very low standards.." "Otherwise I'm not too picky... opposable thumbs.." "stands erect.. not too much hair on her back.." "We've got that, 8 o'clock, we'll party like you'd actually won the Cup." "Hey, this is the year, man." "They say I'm delusional." "They do?" "Yes, just some psychologist friends of mine, they like to kid.." "I'll see you around." "Ouch." "Yes, yes!" "There it is!" "Hi, I know it's early but I was in the neighborhood." "You live down the hall." "Ok, so I was in the neighborhood of your door and I stopped by to give you this." "And this is?" "What you'll stylishly be attired in when you come to the Taggerty's Chicago Black Hawks party." "It gets you in free and goes tremendously with very tight jeans.." "spiked heels and that 'come hither'-attitude." "I don't even know you." "Sure you do." "I'm the guy that carried your eggs." "I'm not trying to come on to you here, look... my boss gives me a quota, I get a certain amount of people there," "I get a trip to an exotic place.." "Look, um, Trevor.. right?" " Yeah." "You're obviously very determined.. but.." "I hate bars, I don't go to parties and if you don't mind" "I'd really rather be left alone." "Well.." "So just to recap, Susan slammed the door in your face, wants nothing to do with the party that you planned here, and you have less than zero chance of getting her and the coach together." "Be patient, my man, he'll be here any minute." "Why do I picture the both of them bound and gagged in the back of speeding pickup?" "Funny, when you said charity event for people in need it never occurred to me that they'd be in need of a beercaser." "You caught me, I fibbed." "If this is the part where you take me out back for a severe tongue lashing, can I freshen up first?" "Why am I here?" "A lot of theories on that.." "there's the whole Adam and Eve thing, the big bang theory, not sure that puts your mother in the best light though." "Again, why am I here?" "You are here to witness my return from the disabled list," "Dan and Susan getting together tonight." "Dan and Susan?" "You're still pushing that?" "We gods are a persistent lot." "Where there's a will.." "There's someone there to contest it, Trevor." "Two people don't get together just because you wave your wand." "It takes time, and hard work, and luck, and even then.." "it's very difficult to keep it going." "Let me guess, sounds like we just landed back on planet Claire." "Dinner didn't go well." "I'm sorry." "I told you it was a charity event because it was the only way you two would come." "Alright?" "It looked like you needed a fun night out." "Alex will be here any minute, you'll talk, you'll work things...out.." "Speaking of things working out.." "Excuse me." "Dan!" "Hey man, welcome to the greatest night of your life." "Thanks, though I'm not sure what thay says about the rest of my life." "Hang in there, there could be a lot of surprises tonight." "Not that a guy like you would be surprised by a little attention from the lovely ladies." "Hah, me?" "Nah, someone's always asking me to go out, begging me to get married,.." "Of course it's my mother.." "Listen, time to expand your horizons then." "Make yourself at home, get ready, your future is about to begin." "Hey." " Hey." "So you're probably looking for your uh.. what was it you said last time.." "your girlfriend!" " Look, Trevor, I don't.." "want to start.." "Alex, stop, cease, desist." "I don't want either.. it was an off day, my bad." "Let's move on." " Okay." "But what do I do with the apology I've been preparing?" "Well, if it includes a glowing tribute to my irrepressible personality you can assume I've already made it to myself." "Right, you're the god of self-love as well.." "It's really just a hobby actually." "Just in case you were wondering," "Claire was looking for you just a few minutes ago." "Sounds like you've been making her life a little difficult lately." "Difficult?" " Oops there I go again, Claire confides in me, I let the secret slip.." "Yeah, you gotta watch that." "Yeah, that's good avice for next time." "If you had talked to her recently, you'd have known." "She thinks you're losing interest." "She thinks you're going to dump her." "Look..." "Like I said, it's none of your business.." "I understand, it's a personal thing." "Maybe some sort of... performance problem?" " You know what.." "You know what..." "Never mind." "I'm gonna answer your question, 'cause I think it'll piss you off," "My work takes me all over the world, it's easier to keep people at a distance 'till now." "I've been backing off a little with Claire because.." "I'm afraid to start something I can't finish, but that hasn't changed the way I feel about her and it hasn't made me any less certain that I feel it." "Just so I know what to be pissed off at.." "certain you feel what?" ".. I love her.." "I'm telling you that I love her." "And somehow I feel confident that you'll keep that to yourself." "Throw back, Trevor, I'm going long." "It's a hockey party, you butt." "I'm going to let that go." "Seeing how you're probably depressed over Susan not showing up." "She'll be here." "What did I tell you?" "Susan, hey!" "Glad you could make it." "Check your second thoughts at the door." "I'd like to hold on to the coat a while longer." "Fine, as long as you leave a hand free for an adult beverage." "Come on." "Listen, Trevor, thanks for asking me to come like I said, I don't go out much but I thought it might be nice to be around people for a change." "And besides, I needed some place to show off this really cool tshirt." "Nice!" "That's the spirit!" "I'm glad you came." "You'll be glad you came, I want you to meet someone" "Meet someone?" "No, no, Trevor!" "Dan, this is Susan." "Susan, this is Dan." "All I ask is that you name your firstborn Trevor." "..or Trebora.." "Have a nice life." "Hi." " Hi." "Susan, is it?" " Dan.." " So what do you.." " So what do you.." "do.." " Okay, okay, me first." "I'm a coach.. assistant coach." "For the Black Hawks." "Did you ever see a game?" "Oh no, actually, I'm not really a baseball fan." "Hockey, the Black Hawks are a hockey team." "Oh." "I won the Stanley Cup 3 times." "I mean.." "Sure, the last time was '61." "Y'know, little trouble getting to the playoffs lately.." "But really interesting team this year, I think we'll surprise some people." "They're not exactly a match made in Olympus." "They are if he ever tells her what he told me." "Looks like they're not telling each other much of anything right now." "I hook 'em up to prove her wrong, and now.." "I don't even know how I'm feeling." "I know what she's feeling." "She's hoping someone yells 'fire'." "What're you talking about?" "Looks like she's waiting to make the next move." "Looks to me like she's already made it." "She's leaving." "Susan!" "Wait, hold on, where are you going?" "Where I should've stayed, home." "What're you crazy?" "You've been here five minutes..." "What about Dan?" " Look.." "this whole thing was just embarrassing, should've trused my instincts" "Don't know why I came here." "No, no, you should've trusted mine!" "Y'know, you can't postpone it, it's gonna happen, you two are alock." "Trevor.." "Are you married, engaged, some kind of plain clothed nun?" "Grr, you're not gonna let up unless I tell you.." "Whatever it is, we can work around it." "I'm dying." "You're dying?" "Wh..what do you mean?" "I mean I'm not gonna be around 6 months from now." "It's kind of hard to work around that." "You busy?" "No, no, I was sitting here doing absolutely nothing, hoping someone would burst through my door without knocking." "Perfect then!" "So, this thing you're not doing, looks like writing, little tip from an old writing teacher of mine;" "drop the pen, grab life by the..." " Trevor!" "What do you want?" "Stronger separation between church and state, more ansjovis paste and more of your store bought Cesar dressing," "This isn't a great time." "Some people are actually happy to see me when I come by." "Really?" "Are they allowed to vote and drive cars and everything?" "Mkay, I'll cut right to it, I need a cardiologist." "A cardiologist?" "Why?" "Because that last remark broke my heart..." "Oh.." " Okay, no, but seriously,.." "I was wondering if you had a name of someone at the hospital, someone good." "Okay, and I'm not supposed to be concerned about this?" "Person I know thinks they have a problem I don't think they do." "There isn't a problem." "This'd be more of your intuition?" "Intuition would be merely human." "This is a state of knowing, reserved solely for the all powerful among us." "You might wanna soak that head, seems to be swelling again." "For instance, I know you're trying to hide what you're writing there." "No, I'm not." "It's nothing." "Really?" "You seem to be on page 3 of that nothing." "Did I see Alex's name, Sparky?" " Yeah" "Yeah, yeah, okay." "It's Alex's name." "You saw his name because I am writing him a letter." "A letter to tell him that I'm breaking up with him." "What?" "Yeah, I'm dumping him because I can tell that that's... what he wants and I don't want to drag it out any longer." "If you want my opinion.." "I'll seek professional help and find out why.." "Well, I don't know, I just.." " Trevor, he's moving on." "Okay?" "I'd rather put this one on the train myself." "Why, is there something you know?" "Is there a reason I shouldn't send this letter?" "It's the spelling." "There's only one t in commitment." "I know, I know, I hate to keep bothering you, I just.." "I got a number of a doctor, a good one.." "I told him about you, he said he'd be happy to review your case." "Why would you do that?" " Because you're wrong about this." "Uhuh, you don't even know me, how would you know anything about my life, let alone my death?" "I don't understand, why are you doing this?" "Because I hate to see someone give up if they don't have to." "One doctor, Susan." "It couldn't hurt, could it?" "Yes, yes, it could and it will.." "The needles and the tests will hurt, and you what else will hurt?" "The results!" "Don't you think I've seen a dozen good doctors already?" "Don't you think I made sure?" "Do you have any idea how much it hurts every time a new one tells me the same thing?" "Every time that it gets reconfirmed I'm going to die.." "You're not gonna die." " Stop it, just stop it." "Trevor." "I'm going to die." "I'm going to die and what I don't need is some complete stranger walking into my life with a bunch of totally unfounded optimism." "You figured it'd take a miracle now, huh?" "Yes, it would take a miracle now." "Let me ask you a question, have you ever been in love?" "What?" "I don't know, not really." "What difference does it make?" "Do you have any idea how hard it is for two people to find each other?" "For two people to fall in love?" "Huge world, plenty of obstacles, every time I see it happen" "I think it's a miracle." " Come on, that's different." "Are you sure?" "Doctors have been wrong.." "This whole thing could turn around." "There are miracles out there, like love" "You came into the bar because something inside of you needed to make a connection with people." "Maybe with one person." "Alright, you haven't given up yet, you want a miracle." "Who's to say this isn't it?" "Give them both a chance." "The doctor, Dan, no matter what you've been told you can't live your life as if you're gonna die." "It's time to ice it, Trevor." "You passed me the puck, I took it straight at her she checked me at the blue." " Okay." "Hockey coach, I get the hockey metaphors." "Try this one out;" "you get shut down in the first period you usually knock 'em out in the second?" "I drove her home, by that I mean a minute and a half conversation with me drove her right out of the bar and back to her home." "She's shy." "She hated me." "She likes you!" "You're crazy." "I'm colorful!" "And persistent." "When I'm right." "But you're wrong." "You're wrong!" "You are." "You are!" "You are!" "You are!" "I've seen this happen before." "The failure to agree, the argumentative banter, could only mean one thing; we're becoming romantically involved" "Alright, look, I talked to her, she wanted me to apologize she said she had a bad night, you're definitely someone she could get to know better." "Back at the videostore.. that whole couples getting together thing.." "you take this seriously, don't you?" "Someone's got to." "Alright, yeah, if she wants me to call, I'll call." "Alright." "Hey, any way I could give the peptalk tonight before the game?" "So, uh.." "I think this is great." "Good that we're finally doing this." "Get Trevor to see the error of his ways." "Exactly." "He seems like a nice guy but.." "if you're stuck at what to get him for Christmas, try a leash." "Yeah, but wouldn't stop all the jumping in your lap and licking your face." "Well, it's not like we have anything in common.." "True." "Of course.." "that's something we have in common." "I mean, we really don't know each other." "We might have all kinds of things in common." "Okay, um, end of the day, you get off work, what do you do to relax?" "You mean since they closed down the hot-oil-transvestite-wrestling club, or.." "Actually I'm a pretty boring guy.." "Occasionally I rent movies." "I'll bet you do that!" "Doesn't count." "That's like saying 'I occasionally take a shower'." "Actually, I frequently take showers." "Hey, so do I!" "Well, there you go, shower takers!" "What do you have on your nightstand?" "You can tell a lot about someone by what's on their nightstand.." "For instance, I have an alarm clock that's actually broken, four packs of gum and a gameboy." "Which tells me?" " That.. uh.." "I'm usually late, I have an oral fixation, and I'm having no luck repressing my inner child." "Okay, I have a book of poems, handlotion, a few arcade tokens," "Arcade tokens?" "Yeah, a mall near me has this great old arcade.." "Um, I don't go out much, but when I want to take my mind off things, I go down there" "I play Skiball mostly." " Skiball?" "Yeah, you know, you take the wooden ball.." "No, no, I know Skiball!" "I love Skiball, I grew up on the west coast," "Santa Cruz, they have this great boardwalk arcade with the old fashioned kinda Skiball, you know, wooden balls.." "nets on the side, hand-painted numbers?" "Yeah..." "So does this place." "No kidding!" "No kidding.." "Yes!" "Unbelievable!" "Why do I feel like I'm in the middle of a Paul Newman/Jacky Gleasy movie?" "What?" "I'm not hustling you!" "What else do you call stomping me 8 games in a row?" "If I needed that, I'd go to work." "Maybe it's time to stop." "Nah, I got my eye on that super-squirtgun." "Ooh, well, you'll never get it rolling like that." "You gotta follow through on your release." "Here, come on." "Come on, alright, just.. just listen, you bring your hand straight up when you roll and your aim will improve 100 percent." "Seriously, come on, try it." "Alright." "Hey!" "See!" "Imagine that, you coaching me." "Yeah, imagine that." "Apparently my fax machine has taken up creative writing because this... this can't be from you!" "You're going to throw this whole thing away because you think I'm dumping you?" "Because I think?" "Because I think?" "Alex, how could you think there's anything else I could think?" "You know, you have a lot of gall, treating me like I'm..." " This is a new experience for me, I don't..." "Claire, will you listen to what I'm telling you?" "What are you telling me?" "I um.." "that I um.. feel.." "way more than um... than I thought I would." "About you." "There." "I said it." "You did?" "Don't pretend like you don't understand what I'm almost saying." "You mean, you're saying that you.." "you know..." "Yes, I'm saying that I uh.." "you know.." "I know, I should've told you sooner but in case you hadn't noticed, I've had a bit of trouble with it, s." "I mean, I told Trevor but only because he pressured me." "And that guy just goes, goes, goes." "What?" "You told Trevor how you really feel?" "Yeah, I just kinda spilled it out at Taggerty's the other night." "Taggerty's?" "Two nights ago?" "Yeah, yeah, I guess.." " Wait a minute, you mean to tell me that you told Trevor what you think you just told me but you didn't really tell me, and he's known this whole time?" "Trevor knowing is a lesser piece of information here." "Can we just please go inside and talk about it, please?" "Alex..." "I can't." "I'm sorry.." "I'll" " I'll call you." "Go, go, go, go!" "Well.." " Well." "I had a good time." "No, no, that's not even close." "I had a great time." "Yeah, me too." "So, um, little out of practice, but" "I think this is the part where the two people on the date say goodnight in a way that seems.." "appropriate for the evening they just had." "I have a question for you." "Why is someone like you still single?" "Just unlucky, I guess." "What about you?" " One more thing we have in common." "Listen, there's something I should tell you." "In uh.." "In case you wanna go on a second date." "Oh, I wanna go on a second date!" "Then that's when I'll tell you." "I um, I kinda like this moment just the way it is." "Good night, Dan, thanks for getting me safely home." "No problem, ma'am." "Catch you later." "Pro athletes, I don't know why I didn't think of this before." "A veritable motherload of elligble bachelors they make a ton of money, are never home, what more can a woman want?" "Trevor, we gotta talk." "Talk, right, speaking of talking.." "I had a little talk with Susan this morning and she just wanted to tell me what a great time she had with Dan" "Not to rub in how wrong you were" "I just want you to know, I'm above all that" "Look.." "Oh, who the hell am I trying to kid?" "I'm number one, I'm number one, I am number one." "I went to the stadium and got another one, what'ya think?" "Trevor!" "You think another one on this hand would lack subtlety?" "Trevor!" "Dan's dead." "That's not even funny." "It's not a joke, I just heard it on the news." "Car accident this morning." "Nah, you heard wrong.. he can't be.. you heard wrong." "Dan Waters, right?" " It's not the same guy." "Can't be." "Black Hawk coach, 31 years old?" "Another car ran a light." "Hit 'em." "I'm sorry." "I know this is a loaded question but what is going on inside that head?" "Yes, thank you, I will come in and discuss it." "You knew all along how Alex really felt and you still let me send that letter." "Not that I even want to be in a relationship with a reporter who can just leave at any time for months at a time, but you know what, that should be my decision." "Mine!" "And it should come from knowing all the facts." "Facts that for some reason, you decided not to tell me." "Just once, I would love a hint, a clue, a trace element of an apology but that's too much, isn't it?" "Too much to ever expect someone like you to admit that he was wrong." "I was wrong." "You see that, that's just so like you to hide behind some f.." "What did you say?" "I was wrong not to tell you, I was wrong about you and Alex" "I was wrong to ever believe that I could ever know who belongs.." "I was wrong about everything." "What are you talking about?" "Dan and Susan are not gonna live happily ever after, they're not even gonna live." "Trevor, I don't understand." "Dan was killed this morning." "He was broadsided in a car accident." "Oh my god." "And Susan's dying, she has a degenerative heart disease." "They give her six months." "I was so sure that I was right." "I was sure." "I'm so sorry that I put Susan through it." "And Dan." "I feel like I've lost a friend." "Hi." "I stopped by a few times." "Yeah, I had some laundry to do and a couple of other things." "I'm really sorry." "Yeah, well, life takes you by surprise sometimes." "Yeah, it does." "So you know, I just wanted to see how you were doing." "I'm fine, like I said, I uh.." "just getting a few errands taken care of." "Right." "Right, yeah, so if there's anything you want to talk about.." "'cause you know.. you said you had fun last night." "I did have fun last night, but you know, it was one night." "I didn't really know him." " It doesn't mean that.." "Look, Trevor, I've been living with sadness for two years now." "I can't let any more in." "Okay?" "Okay." "Dr. Allen, Alex is on the phone again, I know you don't wanna talk but um.." "I don't know what to tell him." "Tell him that a number of things have happened today that are making me wonder what's important and and what isn't... and that I'm confused and conflicted and... knowing how he really feels makes it harder" "for me to know how I should feel back." "I'm gonna tell him you're in a meeting." "Yeah, yeah, that's better." "Claire, hi." "Am I interrupting?" " No, no, Roger, come in." "What's going on?" "Well, I spoke with your friend Trevor." "He wanted me to examine a woman he knew." "The story has taken a rather unusual turn." "Have you got a minute?" "Oh, great, you got my message." "What's this about, I'm not really in a hospital mood today." "You will be, come on." "Hi." "I brought you a visitor." "Hi." "What's the matter, you okay?" "I'm fine, I'm just.." "I'm having some unexpected surgery." "Why?" "What happened?" "Tell him." "I've been on the transplant list for over 2 years now, because I have this problem both my blood type and my tissue type are very rare, so the odds of finding a compatible donor are something like a million to one, it just doesn't happen." "Until now." "You're kidding!" "They found a donor?" "What happened to a million to one?" "Well, this is the part that's a little bit hard to believe." "Uhuh." "It's Dan." "He's a perfect match." "I wanted to thank you, Trevor." "I don't know how or what you knew, but thank you for introducing me to the man who saved my life." "The man that I'll be carrying around inside me." "I just.." "I just wish that there was some way I could thank him." "We're ready now." "I guess they did belong together." "Don't think I earn bragging rights on this one." "Oh, I don't know.." "I don't get to see many miracles." "It's all a little unpredictable, isn't it?" "No real way of telling how any of it's gonna work out." "Might be a good reason not to overthink things." "Meaning anything in particular?" "Meaning if someone gives you his heart, might be best to just.." "accept it." "Y'know, Alex, it's true, you could be gone tomorrow." "Being a reporter, you could leave any time, that's not easy for me either." "Okay, look, I've spent the whole day trying to figure out some way to keep you from walking away, to convince you not to do this." "Okay, okay, so what did you come up with?" "Don't do this." "That took you all day?" "Well, um, I made my bed, opened up some mail,.." "but an alternative just came to me." "I'm open to alternatives." "I love you." "I spent a little time coming up with something myself in case you decided to actually say it this time." "Okay." "I love you too." "Disorderly/Orderly, The Court Jester, Three Stooges marathons" "Sleeper, and His Girl Friday." "Looks like someone's in the mood for a few laughs, huh?"