1 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:12,074 Advertise your product or brand here contact www.OpenSubtitles.org today 2 00:00:14,431 --> 00:00:16,724 [KEYBOARD CLACKING] 3 00:00:33,158 --> 00:00:34,908 [BEEPING] 4 00:03:00,555 --> 00:03:02,723 FRANK: Amazing. This is amazing! 5 00:03:03,016 --> 00:03:06,059 Listen to this: The entire work force of Virginia... 6 00:03:06,227 --> 00:03:09,271 ...had Solitaire removed from their computers... 7 00:03:09,439 --> 00:03:11,773 ...because they hadn't done any work in six weeks. 8 00:03:11,941 --> 00:03:13,859 -That's so sad. -Do you know what this is? 9 00:03:14,027 --> 00:03:17,237 What we're seeing here is the end of Western civilization as we know it. 10 00:03:17,405 --> 00:03:19,698 Oh. Hey, aren't you late? 11 00:03:19,866 --> 00:03:23,702 Technology. Name me one thing that we've gained from technology. 12 00:03:23,870 --> 00:03:25,204 KATHLEEN: Electricity. 13 00:03:25,371 --> 00:03:28,916 That's one. You think this machine's your friend, but it's not. 14 00:03:29,125 --> 00:03:31,251 -I'm out of here. -See you tonight. 15 00:03:31,461 --> 00:03:33,462 -Sushi! -Sushi! 16 00:03:33,796 --> 00:03:34,963 Bye! 17 00:03:37,133 --> 00:03:38,884 [DOOR CLOSES] 18 00:04:17,382 --> 00:04:19,508 [COMPUTER DIALING AND BEEPING] 19 00:04:24,305 --> 00:04:25,347 MALE AOL VOICE: Welcome. 20 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:29,559 You've got mail. 21 00:04:38,653 --> 00:04:41,655 "Brinkley is my dog. He loves the streets of New York as much as I do." 22 00:04:41,823 --> 00:04:44,491 JOE: Although he likes to eat pizza and bagel off the sidewalk... 23 00:04:44,659 --> 00:04:46,410 ...and I prefer to buy them. 24 00:04:46,828 --> 00:04:49,955 Brinkley is a great catcher who was offered a tryout on the Mets. 25 00:04:50,206 --> 00:04:53,417 But he chose to stay with me so he could spend 18 hours a day... 26 00:04:53,584 --> 00:04:56,920 ...sleeping on a large green pillow the size of an inner tube. 27 00:04:57,297 --> 00:04:59,089 Don't you love New York in the fall? 28 00:04:59,340 --> 00:05:01,842 Makes me want to buy school supplies. 29 00:05:02,260 --> 00:05:03,552 PATRICIA: I'm almost ready. 30 00:05:03,720 --> 00:05:06,638 JOE: I would send you a bouquet of newly sharpened pencils... 31 00:05:06,889 --> 00:05:09,266 ...if I knew your name and address. 32 00:05:09,559 --> 00:05:13,312 On the other hand, this not knowing has its charms. 33 00:05:13,479 --> 00:05:14,980 PATRICIA: Did you push it? -Yeah. 34 00:05:15,148 --> 00:05:16,648 Yes, I pushed it. 35 00:05:17,108 --> 00:05:18,608 I'm so late. 36 00:05:20,278 --> 00:05:22,863 Random House fired Dick Atkins. Good riddance. 37 00:05:23,114 --> 00:05:26,074 Murray Chilton died. That's one less person I'm not speaking to. 38 00:05:26,284 --> 00:05:28,577 Hurry! Hurry! Hurry! Uch! 39 00:05:31,581 --> 00:05:34,583 Vince got a great review. He'll be insufferable. 40 00:05:35,084 --> 00:05:36,293 Tonight, PEN dinner. 41 00:05:37,587 --> 00:05:39,963 -Am I going? -Joe Fox, you promised. 42 00:05:41,799 --> 00:05:42,841 It's black-tie. 43 00:05:43,593 --> 00:05:45,594 -Ohh.... -Can't I just give money instead? 44 00:05:45,845 --> 00:05:48,680 What is it this week? "Free Albanian writers"? 45 00:05:48,890 --> 00:05:50,015 I'm in favor of that. 46 00:05:50,183 --> 00:05:52,601 PATRICIA: Ohh. Ohh. 47 00:05:53,686 --> 00:05:56,313 Okay, I'll go. I'll go. You're late. 48 00:05:56,606 --> 00:05:58,190 I know, I know. 49 00:06:05,031 --> 00:06:06,615 [DOOR CLOSES] 50 00:06:11,454 --> 00:06:13,163 [ELEVATOR BELL DINGS] 51 00:06:13,331 --> 00:06:15,123 MAN: Good morning, Miss Eden. 52 00:06:28,221 --> 00:06:30,555 [COMPUTER DIALING AND BEEPING] 53 00:06:31,891 --> 00:06:34,935 Who's a happy dog? Who's a happy dog? 54 00:06:40,900 --> 00:06:42,234 MALE AOL VOICE: Welcome. -Welcome. 55 00:06:44,070 --> 00:06:45,779 -You've got mail. -You've got mail. 56 00:06:45,947 --> 00:06:48,365 All right. Okay. Get down, get down. 57 00:06:51,911 --> 00:06:54,621 KATHLEEN: Dear friend: I like to start my notes to you... 58 00:06:54,789 --> 00:06:57,290 ...as if we're already in the middle of a conversation. 59 00:06:57,458 --> 00:06:59,918 I pretend that we're the oldest and dearest friends... 60 00:07:00,086 --> 00:07:01,753 ...as opposed to what we actually are: 61 00:07:02,338 --> 00:07:04,589 People who don't know each other's names... 62 00:07:04,841 --> 00:07:07,843 ...and met in a chat room where we both claimed we'd never been before. 63 00:07:08,803 --> 00:07:12,556 "What will NY152 say today?" I wonder. 64 00:07:13,474 --> 00:07:15,308 I turn on my computer. 65 00:07:15,560 --> 00:07:18,228 I wait impatiently as it connects. 66 00:07:18,479 --> 00:07:20,230 I go online... 67 00:07:20,481 --> 00:07:25,068 ...and my breath catches in my chest until I hear three little words: 68 00:07:25,570 --> 00:07:27,612 "You've got mail." 69 00:07:28,072 --> 00:07:31,908 I hear nothing, not even a sound on the streets of New York. 70 00:07:32,201 --> 00:07:34,327 Just the beat of my own heart. 71 00:07:34,495 --> 00:07:36,246 I have mail... 72 00:07:36,414 --> 00:07:37,706 ...from you. 73 00:08:38,768 --> 00:08:41,728 KEVIN: The electrical contractor called, his truck hit a deer last night. 74 00:08:41,896 --> 00:08:43,855 So he's not gonna be here till tomorrow. 75 00:08:44,023 --> 00:08:45,941 And upstairs, the shelves are late... 76 00:08:46,108 --> 00:08:48,151 ...because the pine we ordered has beetles. 77 00:08:48,319 --> 00:08:49,611 JOE: Very good, very good. 78 00:08:49,779 --> 00:08:52,989 And we got a $50,000 ticket for construction workers peeing off the roof. 79 00:08:53,157 --> 00:08:56,451 Great. That is great. Is the electrician here? 80 00:08:56,702 --> 00:09:00,705 I just told you he hit a deer. I knew you weren't listening to me. 81 00:09:01,582 --> 00:09:03,458 You're right. I wasn't. 82 00:09:03,626 --> 00:09:05,418 "I hear nothing. 83 00:09:05,586 --> 00:09:09,047 Not a sound on the city streets, just the beat of my own heart." 84 00:09:09,298 --> 00:09:12,092 I think that's how it goes. Something like that. 85 00:09:12,510 --> 00:09:15,595 You and Patricia got engaged, didn't you? You can tell me. 86 00:09:15,846 --> 00:09:17,097 -Engaged? KEVIN: Come on. 87 00:09:17,306 --> 00:09:18,306 Are you crazy? 88 00:09:18,474 --> 00:09:20,183 I thought you liked Patricia. 89 00:09:20,351 --> 00:09:23,603 I do. I do. I love Patricia. I love Patricia. 90 00:09:23,813 --> 00:09:27,941 Patricia is-- Patricia's amazing. She makes coffee nervous. 91 00:09:28,109 --> 00:09:30,402 We should announce ourselves to the neighborhood. 92 00:09:30,570 --> 00:09:31,903 Let them know, here we come. 93 00:09:32,071 --> 00:09:33,780 This is the Upper West Side. 94 00:09:33,948 --> 00:09:36,283 We might as well tell them we're opening a crack house. 95 00:09:36,450 --> 00:09:37,701 They're going to hate us. 96 00:09:37,868 --> 00:09:39,369 They're gonna be lining up.... 97 00:09:39,537 --> 00:09:41,663 BOTH: To picket the big, bad chain store.... 98 00:09:41,831 --> 00:09:42,998 That's out to destroy-- 99 00:09:43,165 --> 00:09:44,374 Everything they hold dear. 100 00:09:44,542 --> 00:09:48,086 We're going to seduce them with our square footage... 101 00:09:48,254 --> 00:09:52,007 ...and our discounts and our deep armchairs.... 102 00:09:52,174 --> 00:09:54,092 BOTH: And our cappuccino. 103 00:09:54,260 --> 00:09:56,761 They're going to hate us at the beginning.... 104 00:09:56,929 --> 00:09:58,763 BOTH: But we'll get them in the end. 105 00:09:59,015 --> 00:10:00,890 -And you know why? -Why? 106 00:10:01,559 --> 00:10:04,853 Because we're gonna sell them cheap books and legal addictive stimulants. 107 00:10:05,021 --> 00:10:07,897 In the meantime, we'll just put up a big sign: 108 00:10:08,149 --> 00:10:11,109 "Coming soon, a Fox Books Superstore. The end of civilization... 109 00:10:11,319 --> 00:10:12,652 ...as you know it." 110 00:10:16,991 --> 00:10:18,450 KATHLEEN: Good morning, Christina. 111 00:10:18,659 --> 00:10:19,993 CHRISTINA: Morning, Kathleen. 112 00:10:20,161 --> 00:10:23,747 KATHLEEN: It's a beautiful day. Isn't it just the most beautiful day? 113 00:10:23,914 --> 00:10:25,915 CHRISTINA: I guess. Yeah, sure. 114 00:10:26,125 --> 00:10:27,500 [HORN HONKING] [TIRES SCREECHING] 115 00:10:27,668 --> 00:10:30,670 DRIVER 1: Idiot, what are you doing? DRIVER 2: I got the green light! 116 00:10:30,880 --> 00:10:33,048 Don't you just love New York in the fall? 117 00:10:41,307 --> 00:10:42,515 Perfect. 118 00:10:50,483 --> 00:10:51,983 Mm. Can't beat that. 119 00:10:52,151 --> 00:10:54,903 Scotch tape? What is going on with you? 120 00:10:55,279 --> 00:10:56,613 Nothing. 121 00:10:57,406 --> 00:10:59,949 -You're in love. -In love? No. 122 00:11:00,910 --> 00:11:05,246 Oh, yes, that's right! I'm in love with Frank. 123 00:11:05,498 --> 00:11:08,958 I'm practically living with Frank. Hmm. 124 00:11:09,126 --> 00:11:12,337 Do you think you could get our Christmas mailers out this week? 125 00:11:12,505 --> 00:11:17,050 Yeah, by Monday, I promise. I have this paper due Friday. 126 00:11:19,470 --> 00:11:21,429 What is going on? 127 00:11:21,639 --> 00:11:23,598 Nothing, nothing. Nothing at all. 128 00:11:23,766 --> 00:11:27,852 You know, I am just going to stand here until you tell me. 129 00:11:28,604 --> 00:11:29,771 All right. 130 00:11:29,939 --> 00:11:32,941 Is it infidelity if you're involved with someone on e-mail? 131 00:11:33,150 --> 00:11:34,734 Have you had sex? 132 00:11:34,944 --> 00:11:36,611 No, I don't even know him. 133 00:11:36,821 --> 00:11:39,239 -I mean cybersex. -No. 134 00:11:39,448 --> 00:11:44,244 Well, don't do it. The minute you do, they lose all respect for you. 135 00:11:45,037 --> 00:11:46,996 Well, it's not like that. 136 00:11:47,164 --> 00:11:48,873 We just e-mail. It's really nothing. 137 00:11:49,041 --> 00:11:53,128 On top of which, I'm thinking of stopping because it's getting.... 138 00:11:53,379 --> 00:11:54,713 Out of hand? 139 00:11:55,548 --> 00:11:57,048 Confusing. 140 00:11:57,341 --> 00:11:59,884 But not. Because it's nothing. 141 00:12:00,136 --> 00:12:01,302 Where'd you meet him? 142 00:12:01,470 --> 00:12:03,555 Listen, I can't even remember. 143 00:12:09,520 --> 00:12:14,190 On my birthday, I wandered into the "over 30" room for a joke, sort of. 144 00:12:14,483 --> 00:12:16,568 And he was there. And we started chatting. 145 00:12:16,777 --> 00:12:18,319 About what? 146 00:12:18,904 --> 00:12:22,240 Books and music, how much we both love New York.... 147 00:12:22,491 --> 00:12:23,700 Harmless, harmless. 148 00:12:23,993 --> 00:12:25,285 Meaningless. 149 00:12:25,703 --> 00:12:28,204 Bouquets of sharpened pencils. Oh. 150 00:12:28,748 --> 00:12:29,789 Excuse me? 151 00:12:30,040 --> 00:12:31,082 Forget it. 152 00:12:31,250 --> 00:12:34,836 We don't talk about anything personal, so I don't know his name... 153 00:12:35,004 --> 00:12:37,172 ...or what he does or where he lives exactly... 154 00:12:37,339 --> 00:12:41,843 ...so it'll be easy for me to stop seeing him, because I'm not. 155 00:12:42,511 --> 00:12:45,722 He could be the next person to walk into the store. 156 00:12:45,973 --> 00:12:48,141 -I know. CHRISTINA: He could be... 157 00:12:48,309 --> 00:12:49,601 [DOOR BELL DINGS] 158 00:12:51,520 --> 00:12:52,937 [WHISPERS] ...George. 159 00:12:55,357 --> 00:12:56,441 Morning. 160 00:12:56,734 --> 00:12:58,693 Are you online? 161 00:12:58,944 --> 00:13:00,862 GEORGE: As far as I'm concerned... 162 00:13:01,113 --> 00:13:04,240 ...the Internet is just another way of being rejected by a woman. 163 00:13:04,408 --> 00:13:06,242 [DOOR BELL DINGS] 164 00:13:07,328 --> 00:13:08,787 Good morning. 165 00:13:09,038 --> 00:13:10,580 Good morning, Birdie. 166 00:13:12,082 --> 00:13:14,042 What are you girls talking about? 167 00:13:14,418 --> 00:13:15,668 Cybersex. 168 00:13:15,836 --> 00:13:19,088 I tried to have cybersex once, but I kept getting a busy signal. 169 00:13:19,256 --> 00:13:20,298 I know. 170 00:13:20,466 --> 00:13:23,510 I was really depressed one Saturday night about 9:00-- 171 00:13:23,677 --> 00:13:25,553 BIRDIE: Time to open up! 172 00:13:25,721 --> 00:13:28,264 [PHONE RINGING] 173 00:13:29,850 --> 00:13:32,185 Jessica and Maya, how are you today? 174 00:13:32,394 --> 00:13:34,646 MOTHER: Want to say hi to Kathleen? MAYA: Hi, Kathleen. 175 00:13:34,814 --> 00:13:36,689 GEORGE: Good morning, Shop Around the Corner. 176 00:13:36,857 --> 00:13:38,650 George speaking. May I help you? 177 00:13:40,820 --> 00:13:42,987 Construction's going well. We should open on time. 178 00:13:43,155 --> 00:13:47,492 Although Kevin and I are concerned about the neighborhood response. 179 00:13:47,743 --> 00:13:50,912 This fabric on the couch, what is it? Does it have a name? 180 00:13:51,080 --> 00:13:52,997 NELSON: Money. JOE: Huh? 181 00:13:53,165 --> 00:13:54,999 -Its name is "Money." JOE: Oh. 182 00:13:55,209 --> 00:13:57,585 -Gillian selected it. -Good guess. 183 00:13:57,753 --> 00:14:00,380 -Your father's getting married again. -Really? 184 00:14:00,589 --> 00:14:01,965 -Congratulations! -Thank you. 185 00:14:02,132 --> 00:14:03,842 -Why? -Who knows? 186 00:14:04,009 --> 00:14:05,760 -Love? -Possible. 187 00:14:05,928 --> 00:14:07,595 I think you're a damn fool. 188 00:14:07,763 --> 00:14:09,806 NELSON: Pops, Matthew is 4 years old, okay? 189 00:14:10,099 --> 00:14:12,600 It'd be nice if his parents were married. 190 00:14:13,060 --> 00:14:15,854 Listen, I have a sad announcement to make. 191 00:14:16,647 --> 00:14:19,315 City Books, on 23rd Street? 192 00:14:19,608 --> 00:14:20,775 It's going under. 193 00:14:23,279 --> 00:14:24,863 [IMITATING GUN SHOOTING] 194 00:14:25,447 --> 00:14:28,199 Aw. Another independent bites the dust. 195 00:14:28,367 --> 00:14:29,701 On to the next! 196 00:14:30,160 --> 00:14:33,329 Going to buy out their entire inventory of architecture... 197 00:14:33,539 --> 00:14:35,331 ...and New York history for the new store. 198 00:14:35,499 --> 00:14:37,292 How much, son? How much you paying? 199 00:14:37,501 --> 00:14:39,335 JOE: Whatever it costs, it won't be as much... 200 00:14:39,503 --> 00:14:41,671 ...as that uncomfortable mohair episode there... 201 00:14:41,881 --> 00:14:44,382 ...which is now all over my suit. 202 00:14:44,633 --> 00:14:45,800 Here you go. 203 00:14:46,176 --> 00:14:47,218 Thanks. 204 00:14:47,386 --> 00:14:51,472 We'll also have a section dedicated to writers who've lived on the West Side. 205 00:14:51,640 --> 00:14:53,308 SCHUYLER: As a sop to the neighborhood. 206 00:14:53,475 --> 00:14:56,811 Perfect. Keep those West Side, liberal nuts, pseudo-intellectual-- 207 00:14:56,979 --> 00:14:59,230 Readers, Dad. They're called readers. 208 00:14:59,398 --> 00:15:01,816 Don't do that, son. Don't romanticize them. 209 00:15:01,984 --> 00:15:03,985 It'll keep them from jumping down your throat. 210 00:15:04,153 --> 00:15:05,486 SCHUYLER: What's the competition? 211 00:15:05,654 --> 00:15:09,324 One mystery store, Sleuth, at 78th and Amsterdam... 212 00:15:09,491 --> 00:15:11,993 ...and a children's bookstore, Shop Around the Corner. 213 00:15:12,202 --> 00:15:14,913 -It's been there forever. -Cecilia's store. 214 00:15:15,623 --> 00:15:16,664 Who's that? 215 00:15:17,499 --> 00:15:19,042 Cecilia Kelly. 216 00:15:19,335 --> 00:15:22,629 Lovely woman. I think we might have had a date once. 217 00:15:23,005 --> 00:15:25,131 Or maybe we just exchanged letters. 218 00:15:26,383 --> 00:15:27,842 You wrote her letters? 219 00:15:28,510 --> 00:15:31,137 Mail. It was called mail. 220 00:15:32,222 --> 00:15:34,057 NELSON: Stamps, envelopes-- -I've heard of it. 221 00:15:34,350 --> 00:15:37,060 Cecilia had beautiful penmanship. 222 00:15:37,353 --> 00:15:39,771 She was too young for me... 223 00:15:40,272 --> 00:15:42,774 ...but she was enchanting. 224 00:15:43,692 --> 00:15:46,194 -Enchanting? -Her daughter owns it now. 225 00:15:46,654 --> 00:15:48,029 Huh. Too bad for her. 226 00:15:48,197 --> 00:15:49,656 [KNOCKS AND DOOR OPENS] 227 00:15:50,407 --> 00:15:51,449 Ah. 228 00:15:51,659 --> 00:15:53,034 MAN: Excuse me, Mr. Fox. -Yeah. 229 00:15:53,202 --> 00:15:54,869 JOE: My father is getting married again. 230 00:15:55,162 --> 00:15:57,872 For five years, he's been living with a woman named Gillian... 231 00:15:58,040 --> 00:16:00,124 ...who studied decorating at Caesar's Palace. 232 00:16:00,292 --> 00:16:01,542 Is it porcelain? 233 00:16:02,211 --> 00:16:03,294 Rubber. 234 00:16:04,880 --> 00:16:08,132 KATHLEEN: Once I read a story about a butterfly in the subway, and today... 235 00:16:08,300 --> 00:16:09,717 ...I saw one. 236 00:16:09,969 --> 00:16:12,804 It got on at 42nd and off at 59th where... 237 00:16:12,972 --> 00:16:14,639 ...I assume it went to Bloomingdale's... 238 00:16:14,807 --> 00:16:17,058 ...to buy a hat that will turn out to be a mistake. 239 00:16:17,226 --> 00:16:19,394 As almost all hats are. 240 00:16:21,188 --> 00:16:22,230 JOE: Listen to this: 241 00:16:22,398 --> 00:16:25,066 Every night a truck pulls up to my neighborhood bagel place... 242 00:16:25,275 --> 00:16:28,069 ...and pumps about a ton of flour into underground tanks. 243 00:16:28,320 --> 00:16:32,198 The air is filled with white dust which never seems to land. 244 00:16:32,408 --> 00:16:33,950 Why is that? 245 00:16:35,119 --> 00:16:39,914 KATHLEEN: Confession: I've read Pride and Prejudice about 200 times. 246 00:16:40,416 --> 00:16:42,583 I get lost in the language. Words like: 247 00:16:42,751 --> 00:16:43,918 "Thither." 248 00:16:44,086 --> 00:16:45,920 "Mischance." 249 00:16:46,088 --> 00:16:47,797 "Felicity." 250 00:16:48,507 --> 00:16:51,134 I'm always in agony over whether Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy... 251 00:16:51,301 --> 00:16:53,636 ...are really going to get together. 252 00:16:53,929 --> 00:16:55,096 Read it. 253 00:16:55,305 --> 00:16:57,432 I know you'll love it. 254 00:16:58,851 --> 00:17:00,685 JOE: The purpose of places like Starbucks... 255 00:17:00,853 --> 00:17:03,312 ...is for people with no decision-making ability... 256 00:17:03,605 --> 00:17:07,233 ...to make six decisions just to buy one cup of coffee. 257 00:17:07,484 --> 00:17:09,485 Short, tall, light, dark... 258 00:17:09,778 --> 00:17:11,446 ...caf, decaf... 259 00:17:11,655 --> 00:17:13,448 ...low-fat, nonfat... 260 00:17:13,741 --> 00:17:15,116 ...et cetera. 261 00:17:15,617 --> 00:17:17,285 Mocha frappuccino grande. 262 00:17:17,536 --> 00:17:20,038 JOE: So people who don't know what the hell they're doing... 263 00:17:20,247 --> 00:17:23,041 ...or who on earth they are can, for only 2.95... 264 00:17:23,292 --> 00:17:25,376 ...get not just a cup of coffee... 265 00:17:25,627 --> 00:17:28,796 ...but an absolutely defining sense of self. 266 00:17:28,964 --> 00:17:30,339 EMPLOYEE: Tall, skim, caramel macchiato. 267 00:17:30,507 --> 00:17:31,674 JOE: Tall! 268 00:17:31,842 --> 00:17:32,967 Decaf! 269 00:17:33,135 --> 00:17:34,385 Cappuccino! 270 00:17:34,553 --> 00:17:36,262 Tall, decaf cappuccino. 271 00:17:57,910 --> 00:17:59,285 GEORGE: Bummer! 272 00:18:01,413 --> 00:18:03,581 A Fox Books superstore. 273 00:18:03,999 --> 00:18:06,209 Quel nightmare. 274 00:18:06,502 --> 00:18:10,171 It has nothing to do with us. It's big, impersonal... 275 00:18:10,339 --> 00:18:13,508 ...overstocked and full of ignorant salespeople. 276 00:18:13,801 --> 00:18:15,426 But they discount. 277 00:18:15,677 --> 00:18:17,678 But they don't provide any service. 278 00:18:17,888 --> 00:18:19,222 We do. 279 00:18:19,515 --> 00:18:20,723 KATHLEEN: So really... 280 00:18:20,974 --> 00:18:22,600 ...it's a good development. 281 00:18:22,851 --> 00:18:25,895 You know how in the flower district there are all those shops... 282 00:18:26,063 --> 00:18:28,356 ...so you can find whatever you want? 283 00:18:29,024 --> 00:18:31,734 This is going to be the book district. 284 00:18:32,027 --> 00:18:33,528 If they don't have it, we do. 285 00:18:34,822 --> 00:18:36,072 And vice versa. 286 00:18:36,281 --> 00:18:37,365 Absolutely. 287 00:18:41,078 --> 00:18:43,329 FRANK: When you are finished with Fox Books... 288 00:18:43,539 --> 00:18:46,874 ...The Shop Around the Corner is gonna be responsible... 289 00:18:47,084 --> 00:18:51,254 ...for reversing the entire course of the Industrial Revolution. 290 00:18:51,547 --> 00:18:54,257 Well, now, that is so sweet. Frank! 291 00:18:54,550 --> 00:18:57,218 Thank you. That is so sweet. 292 00:18:57,427 --> 00:18:59,262 -Although I-- -What? 293 00:18:59,555 --> 00:19:01,097 Wait a minute. What is that doing here? 294 00:19:01,265 --> 00:19:02,723 Oh! Oh, my gosh! 295 00:19:02,975 --> 00:19:04,433 This is amazing. 296 00:19:04,726 --> 00:19:05,893 Listen. 297 00:19:07,855 --> 00:19:10,148 The Olympia Report Deluxe electric. 298 00:19:10,399 --> 00:19:11,440 Report. 299 00:19:11,733 --> 00:19:13,067 As in gunshot. 300 00:19:13,277 --> 00:19:15,862 -That sound is familiar. -Listen to this. 301 00:19:16,864 --> 00:19:18,406 What, that whirring? 302 00:19:18,615 --> 00:19:20,867 The gentle, soothing lullaby... 303 00:19:21,076 --> 00:19:23,119 ...of a piece of machinery so perfect-- 304 00:19:23,287 --> 00:19:26,414 I know where I've heard that before, Frank. 305 00:19:27,583 --> 00:19:28,624 I needed a backup. 306 00:19:28,792 --> 00:19:30,793 Don't you have another one at your apartment? 307 00:19:30,961 --> 00:19:32,920 -I might. -That you wrote a column about? 308 00:19:33,213 --> 00:19:34,755 Yes. Who cares? 309 00:19:35,174 --> 00:19:36,674 What were you gonna say? 310 00:19:36,884 --> 00:19:38,259 -When? -Before. 311 00:19:38,427 --> 00:19:40,469 -Nothing. -Come on. 312 00:19:41,388 --> 00:19:47,435 Well, I'm just wondering. I'm wondering about my work. I'm just-- 313 00:19:47,644 --> 00:19:51,647 What is it that I do, exactly? All I really do is-- 314 00:19:51,940 --> 00:19:53,482 FRANK: All you really do... 315 00:19:53,775 --> 00:19:55,818 ...is this incredibly noble thing. 316 00:19:56,278 --> 00:19:58,654 -I don't know. Really, I'm just-- -Kathleen! 317 00:19:58,906 --> 00:20:01,699 You are a lone reed. 318 00:20:03,827 --> 00:20:05,286 You are a lone... 319 00:20:07,122 --> 00:20:08,331 ...reed... 320 00:20:08,498 --> 00:20:10,124 ...standing... 321 00:20:10,292 --> 00:20:11,626 ...tall... 322 00:20:11,835 --> 00:20:13,836 ...waving boldly... 323 00:20:14,421 --> 00:20:16,505 ...in the corrupt sands... 324 00:20:16,798 --> 00:20:18,174 ...of commerce. 325 00:20:21,553 --> 00:20:23,930 -I am a lone reed. -Lone reed. 326 00:20:25,140 --> 00:20:27,975 I am a lone reed. 327 00:20:34,066 --> 00:20:36,817 KATHLEEN: Sometimes I wonder about my life. 328 00:20:37,069 --> 00:20:38,819 I lead a small life. 329 00:20:38,987 --> 00:20:41,572 Well, valuable, but small. 330 00:20:41,823 --> 00:20:43,658 And sometimes I wonder... 331 00:20:43,825 --> 00:20:45,868 ...do I do it because I like it... 332 00:20:46,078 --> 00:20:48,496 ...or because I haven't been brave? 333 00:20:49,373 --> 00:20:52,833 So much of what I see reminds me of something I read in a book... 334 00:20:53,001 --> 00:20:55,211 ...when shouldn't it be the other way around? 335 00:20:56,338 --> 00:20:58,547 I don't want an answer. I just want... 336 00:20:58,757 --> 00:21:01,676 ...to send this cosmic question out into the void. 337 00:21:02,094 --> 00:21:03,511 So... 338 00:21:03,679 --> 00:21:05,846 ...good night, dear void. 339 00:21:08,267 --> 00:21:09,976 [WHISTLING] 340 00:21:11,728 --> 00:21:14,397 ANNABEL: Hey, Joe! MATTHEW: Hello, Joe. 341 00:21:14,856 --> 00:21:17,024 JOE: Hey! I know you! 342 00:21:19,027 --> 00:21:21,904 I know you. Hello, Annabel, little girl. 343 00:21:22,072 --> 00:21:23,531 ANNABEL: Hi. -How are you? 344 00:21:23,740 --> 00:21:24,949 And you! 345 00:21:25,117 --> 00:21:26,951 -Matthew, how are you? MATTHEW: Good. 346 00:21:27,119 --> 00:21:28,244 Good. 347 00:21:28,412 --> 00:21:30,037 Ready to say hello to New Jersey? 348 00:21:30,289 --> 00:21:33,249 ALL: Hello, New Jersey! 349 00:21:34,793 --> 00:21:36,585 Don't I get a hello? 350 00:21:37,421 --> 00:21:38,504 Hello, Gillian. 351 00:21:39,381 --> 00:21:41,924 Kiss me. I'm gonna be your wicked stepmother. 352 00:21:45,262 --> 00:21:46,304 There you go. 353 00:21:46,471 --> 00:21:48,014 Hello. And who is this? 354 00:21:48,890 --> 00:21:51,809 Nanny Maureen. I brought her in case you couldn't handle the kids. 355 00:21:52,436 --> 00:21:54,061 Maureen's getting a divorce. 356 00:21:54,313 --> 00:21:56,564 Oh. I'm sorry to hear that. 357 00:21:57,232 --> 00:22:00,568 It's my own fault. Never marry a man who lies. 358 00:22:00,736 --> 00:22:01,819 [GIGGLES] 359 00:22:02,112 --> 00:22:05,072 That is so wise. Annabel, remember that. 360 00:22:05,240 --> 00:22:06,991 She taught Matt to spell his name. 361 00:22:07,159 --> 00:22:08,409 Really? 362 00:22:08,577 --> 00:22:10,077 -Let's hear it. -F-O-X. 363 00:22:10,245 --> 00:22:11,454 Excellent! 364 00:22:11,913 --> 00:22:15,082 Excellent. I've got this covered. You can have the day off. 365 00:22:15,334 --> 00:22:18,961 And you must be late for something. Volunteering, rolling bandages... 366 00:22:19,129 --> 00:22:20,671 ...for Bosnian refugees. 367 00:22:20,922 --> 00:22:23,966 I am. I'm having my eggs harvested. 368 00:22:25,635 --> 00:22:28,596 And getting those eggs harvested. Don't worry! See you later. 369 00:22:28,764 --> 00:22:30,264 -Bye, Maureen! Bye, Gillian! -Bye! 370 00:22:30,432 --> 00:22:31,599 MATTHEW: Bye, Mom. 371 00:22:31,767 --> 00:22:35,686 All right, you guys, are you ready to go out on the boat? 372 00:22:35,854 --> 00:22:36,937 -No! -No! 373 00:22:37,105 --> 00:22:39,440 What happened to you? What happened? 374 00:22:55,123 --> 00:22:56,457 Come on, one more time. 375 00:22:56,666 --> 00:22:58,334 Here, you can do that one. 376 00:23:00,962 --> 00:23:02,171 Hey! 377 00:23:02,339 --> 00:23:03,839 What do we win? 378 00:23:15,894 --> 00:23:17,186 Look, look, look! 379 00:23:19,481 --> 00:23:20,981 -Oh! -Yay! 380 00:23:52,097 --> 00:23:54,932 ANNABEL: How are the fish doing? -Very well, I think they're very happy. 381 00:23:55,142 --> 00:23:56,267 -Are they? -Yes. 382 00:23:56,435 --> 00:23:58,269 You guys want to go to a movie? 383 00:23:58,437 --> 00:24:00,187 ANNABEL: No, there's nothing good playing. 384 00:24:00,355 --> 00:24:02,690 Look! A storybook lady. 385 00:24:03,233 --> 00:24:06,277 Are we at the right time? Yeah, let's go. 386 00:24:06,653 --> 00:24:08,946 "That it was I and I alone... 387 00:24:09,156 --> 00:24:12,950 ...who had the idea for the great and daring mouse plot. 388 00:24:13,285 --> 00:24:15,453 We all have our moments of brilliance and glory... 389 00:24:15,662 --> 00:24:17,913 ...and this was mine. 390 00:24:18,206 --> 00:24:19,290 'Why don't we,' I said... 391 00:24:19,458 --> 00:24:23,252 ...'slip it into one of Mrs. Pratchett's jars of sweets? 392 00:24:23,420 --> 00:24:24,587 And then... 393 00:24:24,754 --> 00:24:27,631 ...when she puts her dirty hand in to grab a handful... 394 00:24:27,799 --> 00:24:32,303 ...she will grab a stinky dead mouse instead.' 395 00:24:32,554 --> 00:24:34,722 The other four stared at me in wonder. 396 00:24:34,890 --> 00:24:38,976 Then, as the sheer genius of the plot began to sink in... 397 00:24:39,227 --> 00:24:41,270 ...they all started grinning. 398 00:24:41,563 --> 00:24:45,441 They slapped me on the back, cheered me and danced around the classroom. 399 00:24:45,609 --> 00:24:47,401 'We will do it today!' they cried. 400 00:24:47,569 --> 00:24:50,571 'We'll do it on the way home. You had the idea,' they said to me. 401 00:24:50,739 --> 00:24:53,073 'So you can be the one who puts the mouse in the jar."' 402 00:24:56,745 --> 00:24:59,622 GEORGE: Uh, who belongs to this fish? -That's mine. 403 00:25:00,081 --> 00:25:02,416 Could you give me a hand with these used books? 404 00:25:03,210 --> 00:25:06,462 And this is her best friend Tacy, whose real name is Anastasia. 405 00:25:06,755 --> 00:25:09,965 And the next book, Betsy and Tacy become friends with Tib... 406 00:25:10,258 --> 00:25:12,968 ...whose real name, I am sorry to tell you, is Thelma. 407 00:25:13,136 --> 00:25:14,762 ANNABEL: Ew. 408 00:25:15,263 --> 00:25:17,932 The illustrations are hand-tipped. 409 00:25:18,767 --> 00:25:20,768 And that's why it costs so much? 410 00:25:21,269 --> 00:25:23,312 That's why it's worth so much. 411 00:25:23,522 --> 00:25:25,147 ANNABEL: I want all of them. 412 00:25:25,315 --> 00:25:26,357 Uh, I'll think about it. 413 00:25:26,525 --> 00:25:28,526 KATHLEEN: That's a lot for your dad to buy at one time. 414 00:25:28,860 --> 00:25:30,986 My dad gets me all the books I want. 415 00:25:31,279 --> 00:25:33,113 That's very nice of him. 416 00:25:33,323 --> 00:25:35,449 That's not my dad. That's my nephew. 417 00:25:36,159 --> 00:25:38,953 I don't really think that he could be your nephew. 418 00:25:39,120 --> 00:25:40,829 No, no, no. It's true. 419 00:25:41,039 --> 00:25:46,335 Annabel is my aunt. Isn’t that right, Aunt Annabel? 420 00:25:46,503 --> 00:25:50,297 -Uh-huh. And Matt is his-- -Wait, let me guess. 421 00:25:50,674 --> 00:25:52,466 Are you his uncle? 422 00:25:52,801 --> 00:25:54,009 No. 423 00:25:54,261 --> 00:25:55,636 His grandfather? 424 00:25:57,264 --> 00:25:58,639 His great-grandfather? 425 00:25:59,140 --> 00:26:01,308 I'm his brother! 426 00:26:02,519 --> 00:26:07,189 Matt is my father's son. Annabel is my grandfather's daughter. 427 00:26:07,399 --> 00:26:08,899 We are... 428 00:26:09,776 --> 00:26:11,652 ...an American family. 429 00:26:14,155 --> 00:26:15,781 [ANNABEL SNEEZES] 430 00:26:17,325 --> 00:26:18,742 Here you go, young lady. 431 00:26:18,910 --> 00:26:21,495 ANNABEL: What's that? -That's a handkerchief. 432 00:26:21,663 --> 00:26:23,914 Do children even know what handkerchiefs are? 433 00:26:24,082 --> 00:26:28,002 A handkerchief is a Kleenex that you don't throw away. See? 434 00:26:28,211 --> 00:26:29,753 My mother embroidered this for me. 435 00:26:29,921 --> 00:26:33,382 My initials and a daisy, because daisies are my favorite flower. 436 00:26:34,509 --> 00:26:36,302 May I ask who you are? 437 00:26:37,053 --> 00:26:40,347 Kathleen Kelly. I own this store. And you are? 438 00:26:41,683 --> 00:26:43,684 Joe. Just call me Joe. 439 00:26:43,893 --> 00:26:45,185 We'll take these books. 440 00:26:45,729 --> 00:26:47,229 GEORGE: Okay. 441 00:26:47,522 --> 00:26:49,857 You're gonna come back, aren't you? 442 00:26:51,610 --> 00:26:53,569 -Of course. GEORGE: See? 443 00:26:53,862 --> 00:26:56,697 That is why we won't go under. Our customers are loyal. 444 00:26:56,948 --> 00:26:59,033 They're opening a Fox Books around the corner. 445 00:26:59,367 --> 00:27:02,369 -Fox Books! My daddy-- -Likes to buy discount. 446 00:27:02,579 --> 00:27:04,955 But don't tell anybody. It's nothing to be proud of. 447 00:27:05,123 --> 00:27:06,749 F-O-X. 448 00:27:08,043 --> 00:27:10,252 That's amazing! You can spell "fox." 449 00:27:10,420 --> 00:27:12,546 Can you spell "dog"? 450 00:27:12,714 --> 00:27:14,131 F-O-X. 451 00:27:14,341 --> 00:27:16,842 Look at this dinosaur book. It's a pop-up dinosaur book. 452 00:27:17,010 --> 00:27:19,470 Wouldn't you like to have a dinosaur book like that? 453 00:27:19,721 --> 00:27:22,222 Wouldn't you like to read that? 454 00:27:22,432 --> 00:27:25,768 Sit here and read Matt the book until I take care of things. 455 00:27:26,061 --> 00:27:30,439 Whatever you do, just don't listen to anything I say. Thank you. 456 00:27:31,232 --> 00:27:33,567 We'll take that pop-up book as well. 457 00:27:33,860 --> 00:27:37,905 The world is not driven by discounts. I've been in business forever. 458 00:27:38,114 --> 00:27:42,284 I started helping my mother when I was 6, and I used to watch her. 459 00:27:42,952 --> 00:27:45,496 She wasn't just selling books. 460 00:27:45,747 --> 00:27:48,582 She was helping people become whatever they were going to be. 461 00:27:48,750 --> 00:27:51,752 When you read a book as a child, it becomes part of your identity... 462 00:27:51,920 --> 00:27:54,421 ...in a way that no other reading in your life does. 463 00:27:54,589 --> 00:27:56,465 And I have gotten carried away. 464 00:27:57,467 --> 00:27:58,509 Yeah. 465 00:27:59,761 --> 00:28:01,387 Yeah, you have. 466 00:28:01,888 --> 00:28:03,889 You've made me feel.... 467 00:28:06,810 --> 00:28:09,436 Enchanting. Your mother was enchanting. 468 00:28:09,688 --> 00:28:10,771 Yes, she was. 469 00:28:11,272 --> 00:28:14,108 -How will you be paying for this? -Cash. 470 00:28:14,776 --> 00:28:15,943 How did you know that? 471 00:28:16,945 --> 00:28:18,112 From the photograph. 472 00:28:19,197 --> 00:28:21,615 That you in the photograph? What are you doing? 473 00:28:21,783 --> 00:28:22,991 Twirling. 474 00:28:24,327 --> 00:28:26,328 My mother and I used to twirl. 475 00:28:26,621 --> 00:28:29,498 She left the store to me, and I'll leave it to my daughter. 476 00:28:29,666 --> 00:28:32,042 GEORGE: Seventy-three dollars, please. -How much? 477 00:28:32,210 --> 00:28:34,294 Uh, 73 dollars. 478 00:28:34,921 --> 00:28:36,380 Oh. Uh.... 479 00:28:36,548 --> 00:28:39,508 How old is your daughter now? 480 00:28:40,969 --> 00:28:42,511 I don't have a daughter. Oh! 481 00:28:42,971 --> 00:28:45,514 I'm not married. But eventually.... 482 00:28:45,724 --> 00:28:49,059 So the big, bad Fox Books can just go to hell. 483 00:28:51,020 --> 00:28:54,231 -Here you go. -Thank you. Hey, we're ready? 484 00:28:55,859 --> 00:28:58,235 -That's nice. ANNABEL: Bye, Kathleen. 485 00:28:58,445 --> 00:29:01,530 Goodbye, Annabel. Goodbye, Matt. 486 00:29:04,659 --> 00:29:07,745 Oh, Matt, I have to ask you another thing. 487 00:29:07,912 --> 00:29:09,329 Can you spell cat? 488 00:29:09,581 --> 00:29:11,415 F-O-X. 489 00:29:11,583 --> 00:29:13,167 [JOE CHUCKLES] 490 00:29:13,877 --> 00:29:16,086 Cat. Thanks. 491 00:29:19,090 --> 00:29:21,049 Good thing it wasn't the fish. 492 00:29:21,217 --> 00:29:22,676 [KATHLEEN LAUGHS] 493 00:29:22,844 --> 00:29:24,219 JOE: Take care! 494 00:30:11,434 --> 00:30:14,228 JOE: No protests, no demonstrations. 495 00:30:14,437 --> 00:30:15,896 KEVIN: The neighborhood loves us. 496 00:30:16,064 --> 00:30:18,440 NELSON: They're wondering where we've been all these years... 497 00:30:18,608 --> 00:30:20,150 ...how they did without us. 498 00:30:20,318 --> 00:30:21,401 It's a hit! 499 00:30:21,569 --> 00:30:23,153 How's the children's department? 500 00:30:23,321 --> 00:30:25,239 It's early. School's not out. 501 00:30:25,406 --> 00:30:28,742 And there is that children's store nearby. Shop Around the Corner. 502 00:30:28,910 --> 00:30:31,495 SCHUYLER: Cecilia's store. Cecilia Kelly. 503 00:30:31,663 --> 00:30:33,455 We might have had a date once. 504 00:30:33,623 --> 00:30:36,083 JOE: Her daughter owns it now. NELSON: We'll crush it. 505 00:30:36,334 --> 00:30:38,085 SCHUYLER: She was enchanting. 506 00:30:43,550 --> 00:30:46,134 BIRDIE: They've been open six days. 507 00:30:46,302 --> 00:30:50,806 And we did $1200 less than the same week last year. 508 00:30:51,099 --> 00:30:52,558 That could be a fluke, right? 509 00:30:53,476 --> 00:30:54,560 Or not. 510 00:30:55,937 --> 00:30:58,605 Their store is new. It's a novelty. 511 00:30:58,857 --> 00:31:02,568 It'll all shake out. Meanwhile, I'm putting up more twinkle lights. 512 00:31:02,777 --> 00:31:04,361 That's a fine idea. 513 00:31:04,571 --> 00:31:06,280 What if we have to fold? 514 00:31:06,573 --> 00:31:08,949 I'll never find another part-time job. 515 00:31:09,117 --> 00:31:12,452 Then I won't be able to pay my rent, and I'll have to move. 516 00:31:12,704 --> 00:31:14,121 To Brooklyn! 517 00:31:14,289 --> 00:31:17,165 GEORGE: Ah, the joy of rent control. Six rooms... 518 00:31:17,458 --> 00:31:18,792 ...450 a month. 519 00:31:19,085 --> 00:31:21,211 We know. You've told us a million times. 520 00:31:21,379 --> 00:31:24,840 I can't believe you're bringing this up at a time like this. 521 00:31:25,091 --> 00:31:28,385 It's like those people who brag because they're tall. 522 00:31:28,636 --> 00:31:30,512 We are not going to fold. 523 00:31:30,889 --> 00:31:32,306 Hey, I-- 524 00:31:33,641 --> 00:31:35,142 This place is a tomb. 525 00:31:35,351 --> 00:31:38,145 I'm going to the nut shop where it's fun. 526 00:31:38,813 --> 00:31:40,147 George? 527 00:31:42,817 --> 00:31:44,318 George? 528 00:31:50,992 --> 00:31:52,492 Miranda! 529 00:31:53,828 --> 00:31:55,329 Hi! Hi! 530 00:31:55,496 --> 00:31:58,332 Kathleen, are you surviving? 531 00:31:58,499 --> 00:32:02,669 We're so excited about your new book. When should we schedule a signing? 532 00:32:02,837 --> 00:32:06,715 It's being published in January. Will you be in business in January? 533 00:32:06,883 --> 00:32:08,175 I'm so worried. 534 00:32:08,426 --> 00:32:09,676 We're doing great. 535 00:32:09,886 --> 00:32:11,053 Aren't we? 536 00:32:11,346 --> 00:32:13,180 BIRDIE: No difference whatsoever! 537 00:32:13,389 --> 00:32:14,431 Great. 538 00:32:14,766 --> 00:32:15,891 Thank God! 539 00:32:16,559 --> 00:32:20,687 You can count on me for anything. Support, rallies, picket lines. 540 00:32:20,939 --> 00:32:23,023 We can get the Times to write something. 541 00:32:23,900 --> 00:32:25,442 Or that nut from the Observer. 542 00:32:26,027 --> 00:32:27,235 What--? 543 00:32:27,403 --> 00:32:30,364 -What nut in the Observer? MIRANDA: Frank something-or-other. 544 00:32:30,573 --> 00:32:32,532 The one who's in love with his typewriter. 545 00:32:32,825 --> 00:32:35,327 This is just the sort of thing that would outrage him. 546 00:32:38,206 --> 00:32:39,790 FRANK: A nut? She called me a nut? 547 00:32:40,333 --> 00:32:43,043 KATHLEEN: That's not the point. She thinks my store is in trouble. 548 00:32:43,211 --> 00:32:45,921 Why would she say that? There's enough business for us all. 549 00:32:46,130 --> 00:32:49,216 FRANK: Yes, there is. No question. -We are fine. 550 00:32:49,384 --> 00:32:51,259 You're more than fine. You're absolutely fine. 551 00:32:51,427 --> 00:32:52,761 -We are fine. -Yes. 552 00:32:52,929 --> 00:32:54,179 How are you? 553 00:32:54,430 --> 00:32:55,639 -Fine. -Fine. 554 00:32:55,807 --> 00:32:58,225 Vince will be so happy to see you. 555 00:32:58,685 --> 00:33:01,937 FRANK: Congratulations. Guess who I saw on the subway today? 556 00:33:02,313 --> 00:33:04,189 [SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY] 557 00:33:07,193 --> 00:33:09,194 PATRICIA: This is amazing. He said: 558 00:33:09,445 --> 00:33:11,530 "You should go to a retreat. 559 00:33:11,781 --> 00:33:14,449 You really should go to a retreat." 560 00:33:18,371 --> 00:33:20,455 Honey, will you get me another drink? I'm all out. 561 00:33:20,623 --> 00:33:22,708 "It's a really great place... 562 00:33:22,875 --> 00:33:25,168 ...to calm down." 563 00:33:25,420 --> 00:33:27,295 He said that to me. Isn’t that hilarious? 564 00:33:32,552 --> 00:33:34,052 Champagne, please. 565 00:33:34,846 --> 00:33:38,432 Stoli on the rocks. But a fresh glass, please. 566 00:33:38,808 --> 00:33:40,350 White wine, please. 567 00:33:40,643 --> 00:33:42,644 BARTENDER: Here you go. -Thank you. 568 00:33:46,941 --> 00:33:48,859 Oh, hello. 569 00:33:49,277 --> 00:33:51,486 -Hi. -Hi. 570 00:33:52,196 --> 00:33:53,780 Do you remember me, from the bookstore? 571 00:33:53,948 --> 00:33:55,866 Of course I remember you. Yes. 572 00:33:56,367 --> 00:33:57,826 How's your aunt? 573 00:33:58,619 --> 00:33:59,870 She's great. Thanks. 574 00:34:00,121 --> 00:34:01,663 I'd better go deliver this. 575 00:34:01,831 --> 00:34:04,458 I have a very thirsty date. She's part camel. 576 00:34:04,709 --> 00:34:06,710 Joe, right? Joe, isn't it? 577 00:34:07,086 --> 00:34:09,171 And you are Kathleen. 578 00:34:14,677 --> 00:34:15,844 Kathleen Kelly. 579 00:34:16,012 --> 00:34:17,471 Two white wine, please. 580 00:34:22,685 --> 00:34:26,605 I cannot believe that you were speaking to Joe Fox. 581 00:34:27,023 --> 00:34:29,191 -Joe Fox? -Joe Fox. 582 00:34:29,609 --> 00:34:30,942 -As in-- -As in... 583 00:34:31,110 --> 00:34:33,528 ...he's gonna take over everything. 584 00:34:41,704 --> 00:34:44,206 Fox? Your last name is Fox. 585 00:34:44,999 --> 00:34:46,750 F-O-X. 586 00:34:47,960 --> 00:34:50,504 God! I didn't realize-- 587 00:34:50,755 --> 00:34:52,380 I didn't know-- 588 00:34:53,132 --> 00:34:54,216 Who you were with? 589 00:34:54,383 --> 00:34:56,259 [IN DEEP VOICE] I didn't know who you were with. 590 00:34:56,427 --> 00:34:57,636 Excuse me? 591 00:34:58,429 --> 00:35:00,430 [IN NORMAL VOICE] It's from The Godfather. 592 00:35:00,598 --> 00:35:02,307 Sorry, it's from The Godfather. 593 00:35:02,475 --> 00:35:05,852 It's when the movie producer realizes that Tom Hagen... 594 00:35:06,104 --> 00:35:08,647 ...is an emissary of Vito Corleone. 595 00:35:08,898 --> 00:35:10,941 Just before the horse's head ends up in the bed... 596 00:35:11,109 --> 00:35:13,360 ...with all the bloody sheets. Wakes up and it's: 597 00:35:13,528 --> 00:35:15,695 Aah! Aah! Aahh! 598 00:35:17,990 --> 00:35:19,157 Never mind. 599 00:35:19,325 --> 00:35:23,537 You were spying on me, weren't you? You probably rented those children. 600 00:35:23,746 --> 00:35:24,871 Why would I spy on you? 601 00:35:25,039 --> 00:35:27,332 Because I am your competition, which you know... 602 00:35:27,500 --> 00:35:31,336 ...or you wouldn't have put up the sign: "Just around the corner." 603 00:35:32,046 --> 00:35:36,299 Our store entrance is around the corner. There's no other way to say it. 604 00:35:36,551 --> 00:35:39,636 It's not the name of our store. It's where it is. 605 00:35:39,887 --> 00:35:43,515 And you do not own the phrase "around the corner." 606 00:35:46,602 --> 00:35:47,769 KATHLEEN: What is that? 607 00:35:48,146 --> 00:35:49,187 What are you doing? 608 00:35:49,981 --> 00:35:51,439 What is that? What are you doing? 609 00:35:51,941 --> 00:35:54,901 You're taking all the caviar? That caviar is a garnish. 610 00:36:01,159 --> 00:36:03,493 The reason I came into your store... 611 00:36:03,703 --> 00:36:06,663 ...is because I was spending the day with Annabel and Matt. 612 00:36:06,831 --> 00:36:08,165 I was buying them presents. 613 00:36:08,332 --> 00:36:11,459 I'm the type of guy who likes to buy his way into the hearts of children... 614 00:36:11,627 --> 00:36:12,794 ...who are his relatives. 615 00:36:12,962 --> 00:36:16,339 There was only one place to find a children's book in the neighborhood. 616 00:36:16,507 --> 00:36:17,799 That won't always be the case. 617 00:36:18,009 --> 00:36:19,759 And it was yours. And it is... 618 00:36:20,094 --> 00:36:22,053 ...a charming little bookstore. 619 00:36:22,263 --> 00:36:25,765 You probably sell, what, $350,000 worth of books in a year? 620 00:36:26,017 --> 00:36:27,184 How did you know that? 621 00:36:27,393 --> 00:36:28,643 I'm in the book business. 622 00:36:29,812 --> 00:36:31,271 I am in the book business. 623 00:36:33,274 --> 00:36:34,524 JOE: I see. 624 00:36:35,193 --> 00:36:36,860 And we are the Price Club. 625 00:36:37,028 --> 00:36:40,447 Only instead of a 10-gallon vat of olive oil for 3.99... 626 00:36:40,698 --> 00:36:44,492 ...that won't even fit under your kitchen cabinet, we sell cheap books. 627 00:36:44,660 --> 00:36:47,037 Me, a spy? Absolutely. 628 00:36:47,288 --> 00:36:51,708 I have in my possession the secret printout of the sales figures... 629 00:36:51,876 --> 00:36:55,045 ...of a bookstore so inconsequential, yet full of its own virtue... 630 00:36:55,213 --> 00:36:58,965 ...that I had to rush over for fear it will put me out of business. 631 00:37:01,969 --> 00:37:03,845 What? What? 632 00:37:04,013 --> 00:37:06,389 Hey. How you doing? Frank Navasky. 633 00:37:07,183 --> 00:37:08,725 Joe Fox. 634 00:37:09,560 --> 00:37:11,311 -Joe Fox? -F-O-X. 635 00:37:11,896 --> 00:37:14,147 The inventor of the superstore. Of course. 636 00:37:14,398 --> 00:37:16,233 The enemy of the mid-list novel. 637 00:37:16,484 --> 00:37:17,734 The destroyer of City Books. 638 00:37:17,902 --> 00:37:20,570 Tell me something, really. How do you sleep at night? 639 00:37:20,863 --> 00:37:23,865 I use a wonderful over-the-counter drug: 640 00:37:24,116 --> 00:37:25,408 Ultra-dorm. 641 00:37:25,618 --> 00:37:27,285 Don't take the whole thing, just half. 642 00:37:27,453 --> 00:37:29,579 You'll wake up without even the tiniest hangover. 643 00:37:30,289 --> 00:37:32,290 -You're Frank Navasky, aren't you? -Yes. Leaving. 644 00:37:32,458 --> 00:37:34,417 PATRICIA: Your last piece in the Observer... 645 00:37:34,669 --> 00:37:37,212 ...about Anthony Powell was brilliant. 646 00:37:38,506 --> 00:37:40,173 -Really? -Brilliant. Yes. 647 00:37:40,675 --> 00:37:42,008 I'm Patricia Eden. 648 00:37:42,260 --> 00:37:43,927 Hi. Eden Books. 649 00:37:44,136 --> 00:37:47,222 Joe, this man is the greatest living expert... 650 00:37:47,390 --> 00:37:48,932 ...on Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. 651 00:37:49,141 --> 00:37:50,517 FRANK: You really liked my--? 652 00:37:50,726 --> 00:37:52,185 This is Kathleen Kelly. 653 00:37:52,395 --> 00:37:55,814 My piece? I just-- You know? I'm flattered. 654 00:37:55,982 --> 00:37:58,400 You write these things. You think somebody'll mention them. 655 00:37:58,567 --> 00:38:00,819 A week goes by, the phone doesn't ring and you think: 656 00:38:00,987 --> 00:38:03,488 "I'm a fraud. I'm a failure or something." 657 00:38:03,739 --> 00:38:06,616 You know what fascinated me about Julius and Ethel Rosenberg? 658 00:38:06,867 --> 00:38:10,245 Is how old they looked, when they were really just our age. 659 00:38:11,747 --> 00:38:12,789 You know? 660 00:38:13,332 --> 00:38:15,959 Oh, wow, I'm so happy to have finally met you. 661 00:38:16,919 --> 00:38:19,296 We will talk. Have you ever thought about doing a book? 662 00:38:19,463 --> 00:38:21,715 It's crossed my mind, something relevant for today... 663 00:38:21,924 --> 00:38:24,843 ...like the Luddite movement in 19th century England. We should talk. 664 00:38:25,011 --> 00:38:26,136 Call me. 665 00:38:26,304 --> 00:38:28,722 JOE: Hon, have you ever had a caviar garnish? 666 00:38:34,854 --> 00:38:38,440 I had no idea Frank Navasky... 667 00:38:38,649 --> 00:38:40,692 ...was going to be so down-to-earth. 668 00:38:41,360 --> 00:38:42,986 You read his stuff... 669 00:38:43,237 --> 00:38:45,947 ...you think he's going to be so obscure and abstruse. 670 00:38:46,198 --> 00:38:49,034 He's always talking about Heidegger... 671 00:38:49,285 --> 00:38:50,660 ...and Foucault. 672 00:38:50,911 --> 00:38:54,164 And I have no idea what any of it's about, really. 673 00:38:59,170 --> 00:39:00,754 [PATRICIA GROANS] 674 00:39:00,921 --> 00:39:03,048 JOE: I'm not tired. I'm not. 675 00:39:03,215 --> 00:39:05,300 [PATRICIA SNORING] 676 00:39:13,225 --> 00:39:15,226 [KEYBOARD CLACKING] 677 00:39:18,606 --> 00:39:22,609 JOE: Do you ever feel you've become the worst version of yourself? 678 00:39:26,614 --> 00:39:30,367 That a Pandora's box of all the secret, hateful parts... 679 00:39:30,618 --> 00:39:32,786 ...your arrogance, your spite... 680 00:39:33,037 --> 00:39:34,371 ...your condescension... 681 00:39:34,622 --> 00:39:36,331 ...has sprung open? 682 00:39:36,540 --> 00:39:39,167 Someone provokes you, and instead of smiling... 683 00:39:39,418 --> 00:39:42,295 ...and moving on, you zing them? 684 00:39:42,546 --> 00:39:45,048 "Hello, it's Mr. Nasty." 685 00:39:45,883 --> 00:39:49,302 I'm sure you have no idea what I'm talking about. 686 00:39:49,762 --> 00:39:53,056 KATHLEEN: No, I know what you mean, and I'm completely jealous. 687 00:39:55,142 --> 00:39:59,604 What happens to me when I'm provoked is that I get tongue-tied. My mind goes-- 688 00:40:00,022 --> 00:40:01,106 Blank. 689 00:40:04,193 --> 00:40:06,403 Then I spend all night tossing and turning... 690 00:40:06,654 --> 00:40:09,114 ...trying to figure out what I should've said. 691 00:40:12,785 --> 00:40:14,744 What should I have said, for example, to the.... 692 00:40:14,912 --> 00:40:18,581 Bottom-dweller... 693 00:40:20,334 --> 00:40:23,962 ...who recently belittled my existence? 694 00:40:33,097 --> 00:40:34,514 Nothing. 695 00:40:35,182 --> 00:40:36,558 Nothing. Even now. 696 00:40:36,809 --> 00:40:37,892 Even now-- 697 00:40:38,060 --> 00:40:39,102 Days later.... 698 00:40:39,270 --> 00:40:40,687 --I can't figure it out. 699 00:40:41,188 --> 00:40:45,024 JOE: Wouldn't it be wonderful if I could pass all my zingers to you? 700 00:40:45,276 --> 00:40:49,028 Then I'd never behave badly and you could behave badly all the time. 701 00:40:49,196 --> 00:40:50,447 And we'd both be happy. 702 00:40:50,614 --> 00:40:52,282 On the other hand, I must warn you: 703 00:40:52,450 --> 00:40:55,994 When you finally have the pleasure of saying the thing you mean to say... 704 00:40:56,162 --> 00:41:00,039 ...at the moment you mean to say it, remorse inevitably follows. 705 00:41:05,421 --> 00:41:08,047 Do you think we should meet? 706 00:41:18,225 --> 00:41:19,517 Meet? 707 00:41:20,102 --> 00:41:21,853 Oh, my God.... 708 00:42:24,250 --> 00:42:25,959 Seventy-two twenty-seven. 709 00:42:28,128 --> 00:42:30,255 This is a cash-only line. 710 00:42:31,799 --> 00:42:33,633 -What? -Cash only. 711 00:42:34,468 --> 00:42:36,427 Oh, my God. Oh, my God. 712 00:42:36,595 --> 00:42:39,764 I just have a credit card. I'm sorry. Is that okay? 713 00:42:39,974 --> 00:42:41,391 MAN: No, it's not okay. 714 00:42:41,809 --> 00:42:42,934 There's a sign. 715 00:42:44,144 --> 00:42:45,937 I'm sorry. I'm very sorry. 716 00:42:46,188 --> 00:42:50,066 I never do this, but I'm asking you to make an exception in this one case. 717 00:42:50,234 --> 00:42:51,776 MAN: You have no cash? 718 00:42:52,027 --> 00:42:54,028 -She has no cash. -No, she has no cash. 719 00:42:54,196 --> 00:42:55,697 Get on another line, lady. 720 00:42:55,864 --> 00:42:57,240 I have a dollar. That's all. 721 00:42:57,408 --> 00:42:59,117 I have a dollar. One dollar. 722 00:42:59,577 --> 00:43:01,452 -Is there anything you can do? -Hello. 723 00:43:01,912 --> 00:43:04,163 -Hello. -Hi. You need some money? 724 00:43:04,373 --> 00:43:06,916 No, I do not need any money. Thank you very much. 725 00:43:07,084 --> 00:43:09,586 CASHIER: Get in another line. -Hi. 726 00:43:09,837 --> 00:43:11,254 Rose. 727 00:43:11,422 --> 00:43:13,381 That is a great name. Rose. 728 00:43:13,799 --> 00:43:15,633 This is Kathleen. I'm Joe-- 729 00:43:15,884 --> 00:43:17,093 And I'm Henry. 730 00:43:17,344 --> 00:43:19,053 Henry, how are you? Happy holidays. 731 00:43:19,305 --> 00:43:21,514 This is a credit card machine. 732 00:43:22,141 --> 00:43:23,224 Happy Thanksgiving. 733 00:43:24,810 --> 00:43:27,312 It's your turn to say "Happy Thanksgiving" back. 734 00:43:27,521 --> 00:43:29,355 Happy Thanksgiving back. 735 00:43:29,815 --> 00:43:31,149 Knock, knock. 736 00:43:31,734 --> 00:43:34,027 -Who's there? JOE: Orange. 737 00:43:34,862 --> 00:43:35,903 Orange who? 738 00:43:36,071 --> 00:43:37,864 "Orange" you going to give us a break... 739 00:43:38,032 --> 00:43:41,200 ...by zipping this credit card through the credit card machine? 740 00:43:42,077 --> 00:43:44,287 Come on, you can do it. Zip, zip. 741 00:43:45,247 --> 00:43:46,372 There you go. 742 00:43:47,708 --> 00:43:49,125 Rose? 743 00:43:50,252 --> 00:43:52,670 That is a great name. 744 00:43:53,380 --> 00:43:54,756 So you're fine. 745 00:43:54,965 --> 00:43:56,007 Fine. 746 00:43:56,175 --> 00:43:59,135 Happy Thanksgiving. Henry, happy Thanksgiving. 747 00:44:00,262 --> 00:44:01,763 I'm so sorry. Really. 748 00:44:01,930 --> 00:44:04,891 -I apologize from the bottom of my heart. HENRY: So sign already! 749 00:44:05,392 --> 00:44:08,311 -I'd like to get home for the parade. ROSE: You have my pen. 750 00:44:09,396 --> 00:44:11,689 [PIANO PLAYING] 751 00:44:12,316 --> 00:44:14,817 [SINGING "TOMORROW"] 752 00:45:11,583 --> 00:45:13,835 NELSON: Wonderful! ANNABEL: Thank you. 753 00:45:16,130 --> 00:45:19,257 [SINGING "THE ORCHESTRA SONG"] 754 00:45:56,128 --> 00:45:57,170 I got it. 755 00:46:53,852 --> 00:46:56,729 KATHLEEN: It's coming on Christmas They're cutting down trees 756 00:46:57,397 --> 00:46:59,565 Do you know that Joni Mitchell song? 757 00:46:59,817 --> 00:47:02,860 I wish I had a river I could skate away on 758 00:47:03,111 --> 00:47:06,447 Such a sad song. And not really about Christmas at all. 759 00:47:06,657 --> 00:47:10,701 But I was thinking about it tonight as I was decorating my Christmas tree. 760 00:47:10,953 --> 00:47:13,496 Unwrapping funky ornaments made of Popsicle sticks... 761 00:47:13,747 --> 00:47:16,958 ...and missing my mother so much I almost couldn't breathe. 762 00:47:18,293 --> 00:47:20,294 I always miss my mother at Christmas. 763 00:47:20,587 --> 00:47:24,715 But somehow it is worse this year since I need some advice from her. 764 00:47:24,967 --> 00:47:26,717 I need her to make me some cocoa... 765 00:47:26,885 --> 00:47:31,222 ...and tell me that everything that's going badly in my life will sort itself out. 766 00:47:33,725 --> 00:47:36,769 JOE: What kind of advice do you need? Can I help? 767 00:47:43,360 --> 00:47:44,902 KATHLEEN: Can you help? 768 00:47:46,947 --> 00:47:48,656 I wish you could help. 769 00:47:50,868 --> 00:47:52,118 I wish.... 770 00:47:52,703 --> 00:47:53,995 [GASPS] 771 00:47:54,162 --> 00:47:56,122 JOE: I had a gut feeling you'd be online now. 772 00:47:56,498 --> 00:47:58,040 Hi. 773 00:47:59,334 --> 00:48:02,461 I can give you advice. I'm great at advice. 774 00:48:06,800 --> 00:48:08,259 Uh-oh. 775 00:48:12,931 --> 00:48:14,974 KATHLEEN: If only you could help. 776 00:48:17,978 --> 00:48:19,270 Hmm. 777 00:48:19,438 --> 00:48:21,063 JOE: Is it about love? 778 00:48:21,315 --> 00:48:22,732 Please say no. 779 00:48:23,734 --> 00:48:26,027 No. How cute is that? 780 00:48:26,194 --> 00:48:28,154 KATHLEEN: My business is in trouble. 781 00:48:29,698 --> 00:48:30,781 Huh. 782 00:48:30,949 --> 00:48:32,199 Well.... 783 00:48:35,829 --> 00:48:37,955 JOE: I'm a brilliant businessman. 784 00:48:38,373 --> 00:48:40,207 It's what I do best. 785 00:48:40,459 --> 00:48:42,084 What's your business? 786 00:48:42,544 --> 00:48:44,545 No. Mm-mm. 787 00:48:44,713 --> 00:48:47,214 KATHLEEN: No specifics. Remember? 788 00:48:48,342 --> 00:48:50,259 Okay. 789 00:48:52,220 --> 00:48:58,059 JOE: Well, minus specifics, it's hard to help except to say... 790 00:48:58,310 --> 00:48:59,727 ...go to the mattresses. 791 00:49:01,063 --> 00:49:03,356 "Except to say go to the matt--" 792 00:49:04,733 --> 00:49:06,192 What? 793 00:49:07,569 --> 00:49:08,694 What does that mean? 794 00:49:09,529 --> 00:49:13,199 JOE: It's from The Godfather. It means you have to go to war. 795 00:49:15,869 --> 00:49:18,996 What is it with men and The Godfather? 796 00:49:19,247 --> 00:49:20,373 Hello? 797 00:49:22,793 --> 00:49:24,710 Oh, come on. Hello? 798 00:49:25,420 --> 00:49:26,712 Well.... 799 00:49:27,214 --> 00:49:29,131 [IMITATING MARLON BRANDO] Well, what can I.... 800 00:49:29,466 --> 00:49:30,758 Michael-- 801 00:49:31,218 --> 00:49:34,220 JOE: The Godfather is the I Ching. 802 00:49:35,263 --> 00:49:37,723 The Godfather is the sum of all wisdom. 803 00:49:39,017 --> 00:49:41,602 The Godfather is the answer to any question. 804 00:49:41,853 --> 00:49:43,938 What should I pack for my summer vacation? 805 00:49:44,231 --> 00:49:46,232 "Leave the gun. Take the cannoli." 806 00:49:47,359 --> 00:49:49,443 What day of the week is it? 807 00:49:50,237 --> 00:49:53,739 "Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Wednesday." 808 00:49:54,533 --> 00:49:59,286 The answer to your question is: "Go to the mattresses." 809 00:50:00,288 --> 00:50:02,832 You're at war. "It's not personal, it's business. 810 00:50:03,083 --> 00:50:06,585 It's not personal. It's business." 811 00:50:06,962 --> 00:50:11,924 Recite that to yourself every time you feel you're losing your nerve. 812 00:50:14,553 --> 00:50:16,137 I know you worry about being brave. 813 00:50:16,304 --> 00:50:17,638 Don't. 814 00:50:18,473 --> 00:50:20,307 This is your chance. 815 00:50:20,934 --> 00:50:22,268 Fight! 816 00:50:22,936 --> 00:50:24,145 Fight to the death! 817 00:50:24,354 --> 00:50:26,355 Fight to the death. 818 00:50:30,944 --> 00:50:33,320 It's not personal. It's business. Just fight! 819 00:50:33,488 --> 00:50:34,530 Fight, fight, fight! 820 00:50:34,698 --> 00:50:36,365 [DOOR CLOSES] 821 00:50:38,869 --> 00:50:40,578 FRANK: Hey. -Hey. 822 00:50:44,207 --> 00:50:45,791 I've been thinking. 823 00:50:46,793 --> 00:50:48,335 -Frank. -What? 824 00:50:49,087 --> 00:50:50,963 I've decided to go the mattresses. 825 00:50:51,173 --> 00:50:55,968 Do you think it would be a conflict of interest if you wrote about the store? 826 00:50:56,178 --> 00:50:58,179 -Yes. -Yes? 827 00:50:58,805 --> 00:51:00,139 No. 828 00:51:00,682 --> 00:51:02,141 So you'll do it? 829 00:51:02,726 --> 00:51:05,102 Yes. Yes. 830 00:51:05,312 --> 00:51:07,438 Do you know what it is to go to the mattresses? 831 00:51:07,647 --> 00:51:09,148 From The Godfather. 832 00:51:10,984 --> 00:51:12,902 [PHONE RINGING] 833 00:51:13,070 --> 00:51:15,112 GEORGE: Good morning, Shop Around the Corner. 834 00:51:15,322 --> 00:51:16,739 George speaking, may I help you? 835 00:51:17,365 --> 00:51:20,159 CHRISTINA: Kathleen, the Channel 2 truck just pulled up. 836 00:51:20,327 --> 00:51:21,368 KATHLEEN: In a second. 837 00:51:21,536 --> 00:51:23,287 CHRISTINA: Everyone's read the article. 838 00:51:23,455 --> 00:51:26,832 BIRDIE: "So you do not have to look to the usual places... 839 00:51:27,042 --> 00:51:29,043 ...where good and evil face off... 840 00:51:29,336 --> 00:51:33,506 ...the places Herodotus called 'the happy land of absolutes.' 841 00:51:34,049 --> 00:51:37,093 We have the perfect example here on the West Side... 842 00:51:37,344 --> 00:51:40,346 ...where the cold cash cow, Fox Books... 843 00:51:40,597 --> 00:51:42,640 ...threatens survival of a temple... 844 00:51:42,891 --> 00:51:46,477 ...to one of the twentieth century's most profound truths: 845 00:51:46,686 --> 00:51:48,646 BOTH: You are what you read." 846 00:51:49,022 --> 00:51:50,564 I believe that. 847 00:51:51,066 --> 00:51:52,942 BIRDIE: "Save The Shop Around the Corner... 848 00:51:53,193 --> 00:51:55,736 ...and you will save your soul." 849 00:51:57,614 --> 00:51:59,990 Frank, that's charming. 850 00:52:00,617 --> 00:52:01,951 Think it's a little over the top? 851 00:52:02,119 --> 00:52:04,912 GEORGE: That was The Village Voice. I told them to come over whenever. 852 00:52:05,080 --> 00:52:06,539 Oh, man. 853 00:52:07,874 --> 00:52:10,292 Float like a butterfly. Sting like a bee. 854 00:52:10,502 --> 00:52:12,002 [CHANTING] One, two, three, four! 855 00:52:12,170 --> 00:52:13,796 We don't want your superstore! 856 00:52:14,047 --> 00:52:18,425 Five, six, seven, eight! Go away and close the gate! 857 00:52:18,677 --> 00:52:20,761 One, two, three, four! 858 00:52:21,012 --> 00:52:23,764 "We don't want this superstore." 859 00:52:23,932 --> 00:52:25,766 -Is that what they're saying? -Catchy. 860 00:52:25,934 --> 00:52:28,394 -Well, who wrote that? NELSON: Annoying. 861 00:52:29,020 --> 00:52:30,521 Pissing me off, actually. 862 00:52:30,689 --> 00:52:31,981 KATHLEEN: Do you want the West Side... 863 00:52:32,149 --> 00:52:35,359 ...to become one big, gigantic strip mall? 864 00:52:35,527 --> 00:52:36,986 CROWD: No! 865 00:52:37,195 --> 00:52:40,489 Do you want to get off the subway at 72nd and Broadway... 866 00:52:40,740 --> 00:52:43,826 ...and not even know you're in New York City? 867 00:52:44,119 --> 00:52:46,954 Can we save The Shop Around the Corner? 868 00:52:47,164 --> 00:52:48,497 CROWD: Yes! 869 00:52:48,748 --> 00:52:50,875 We're here in front of The Shop Around the Corner... 870 00:52:51,042 --> 00:52:53,335 ...the famous West Side children's bookstore... 871 00:52:53,503 --> 00:52:56,046 ...now on the verge of having to close its doors... 872 00:52:56,214 --> 00:52:58,215 ...because the big bad wolf, Fox Books... 873 00:52:58,425 --> 00:53:00,551 ...has opened only a few hundred feet away... 874 00:53:00,802 --> 00:53:04,930 ...wooing customers with its sharp discounts and designer coffee. 875 00:53:06,141 --> 00:53:07,975 They have to have discounts and lattes... 876 00:53:08,143 --> 00:53:10,352 ...because their workers have never read a book. 877 00:53:10,520 --> 00:53:13,439 She's not as nice as she seems on TV. 878 00:53:13,690 --> 00:53:15,441 -You met her? -Yeah. 879 00:53:15,609 --> 00:53:17,568 Boy, she's a pill. 880 00:53:18,028 --> 00:53:20,154 Probably ain't as fine as she look on TV either. 881 00:53:20,739 --> 00:53:25,242 Oh, no, no. She's beautiful. But she's a pill. 882 00:53:25,452 --> 00:53:26,577 KEVIN: You don't feel bad... 883 00:53:26,786 --> 00:53:30,289 ...about sending her ass back to the projects with food stamps? 884 00:53:30,498 --> 00:53:32,041 Broke, single, white lady. 885 00:53:32,292 --> 00:53:33,417 It's not personal. 886 00:53:33,585 --> 00:53:35,461 -It's business. -Yeah. 887 00:53:35,629 --> 00:53:38,047 Hey, here's a good-looking guy! 888 00:53:38,298 --> 00:53:40,966 I sell cheap books. I do. So sue me. 889 00:53:41,468 --> 00:53:44,094 REPORTER: And that, in a nutshell, is the Fox Books philosophy. 890 00:53:45,013 --> 00:53:46,055 That's what you said? 891 00:53:46,223 --> 00:53:47,723 REPORTER: Discount them and sell them. 892 00:53:47,891 --> 00:53:49,475 That's not all I said. 893 00:53:49,684 --> 00:53:52,353 I can't believe those bastards. I said we were great! 894 00:53:52,604 --> 00:53:55,022 I said you could read for hours and no one will bother you. 895 00:53:55,273 --> 00:53:58,484 I said we had 150,000 titles. I showed them the New York City section. 896 00:53:58,652 --> 00:54:00,778 I said we were a goddamn piazza. 897 00:54:01,363 --> 00:54:03,405 A place in this city where people could mingle. 898 00:54:03,573 --> 00:54:04,615 Piazza? 899 00:54:04,783 --> 00:54:06,408 I was eloquent! 900 00:54:06,785 --> 00:54:08,869 -Shit! -A piazza. 901 00:54:09,204 --> 00:54:12,748 It's inevitable. People want to turn her into Joan of Arc. 902 00:54:12,999 --> 00:54:14,750 And you into Attila the Hun. 903 00:54:15,001 --> 00:54:17,878 Not me personally, but the company, yeah. 904 00:54:19,130 --> 00:54:20,547 I have met Joe Fox. 905 00:54:21,216 --> 00:54:24,760 I've heard him compare his store to a Price Club... 906 00:54:25,011 --> 00:54:27,513 ...and the books in it to cans of olive oil. 907 00:54:31,601 --> 00:54:34,561 The bookstore, tell us about it. 908 00:54:36,106 --> 00:54:41,193 The Shop Around the Corner has a kind of Jeffersonian purity to it... 909 00:54:41,444 --> 00:54:46,031 ...that the city needs in order to maintain historical integrity. 910 00:54:46,199 --> 00:54:47,533 SIDNEY-ANN: Jeffersonian purity. 911 00:54:47,701 --> 00:54:49,743 That was nice. Thank you. Thank you. Sounded good. 912 00:54:50,078 --> 00:54:52,037 -Are you taping this? -Yeah, I'm taping this. 913 00:54:52,205 --> 00:54:54,790 Technologically speaking, the world's out of hand. 914 00:54:55,041 --> 00:54:56,667 Take the VCR. 915 00:54:57,043 --> 00:55:01,255 The whole idea behind the VCR is that it makes it possible... 916 00:55:01,548 --> 00:55:05,050 ...for you to tape what's on TV when you leave the house. 917 00:55:05,260 --> 00:55:07,678 The whole idea behind leaving the house... 918 00:55:07,929 --> 00:55:11,473 ...is so you can miss what's on television. 919 00:55:11,641 --> 00:55:13,559 -I've heard you say that before. -She hasn't. 920 00:55:13,768 --> 00:55:15,060 SIDNEY-ANN: Absolutely. 921 00:55:15,270 --> 00:55:16,687 Right. 922 00:55:17,063 --> 00:55:18,480 FRANK: She gets it. 923 00:55:18,732 --> 00:55:20,691 Radio. There's a medium I can get behind. 924 00:55:22,068 --> 00:55:23,652 You gonna start collecting radios now? 925 00:55:23,820 --> 00:55:25,112 SIDNEY-ANN: We're on television. 926 00:55:25,905 --> 00:55:27,990 -You're good at it. -No, no, no. 927 00:55:28,616 --> 00:55:29,658 KATHLEEN: Frank. 928 00:55:30,702 --> 00:55:32,494 She's coming on to you. 929 00:55:32,746 --> 00:55:34,580 They do this on television. 930 00:55:34,748 --> 00:55:36,123 FRANK: The Shop Around the Corner... 931 00:55:36,291 --> 00:55:38,834 ...it's a true New York treasure. 932 00:55:39,085 --> 00:55:40,336 As are you. 933 00:55:40,920 --> 00:55:42,713 [FRANK LAUGHS] 934 00:55:43,965 --> 00:55:46,133 Honestly, I'd love to have you back. 935 00:55:46,468 --> 00:55:47,885 KATHLEEN: Is she sweating? 936 00:55:48,219 --> 00:55:50,721 She's touching herself. And she's sweating. 937 00:55:50,889 --> 00:55:51,972 Anytime. 938 00:55:54,184 --> 00:55:55,476 We can turn it off. 939 00:55:55,727 --> 00:55:57,019 Oh, my God. 940 00:55:57,270 --> 00:56:00,439 I just want to say that yours is the only show I watch. 941 00:56:00,940 --> 00:56:02,024 Oh, my God. 942 00:56:02,192 --> 00:56:04,276 No. I was being polite. 943 00:56:04,444 --> 00:56:06,445 -Thank you, Frank Navasky. -No, thank you're. 944 00:56:06,613 --> 00:56:08,280 "Thank you're"? I'm sorry. 945 00:56:08,531 --> 00:56:09,865 Thank you're? 946 00:56:10,033 --> 00:56:12,034 Thank you're, ladies and gentlemen. 947 00:56:12,911 --> 00:56:15,371 I slobbered all over her, didn't I? 948 00:56:16,247 --> 00:56:18,874 But I think that there's something there. 949 00:56:31,429 --> 00:56:35,432 GEORGE: So first, I gotta go get some eucalyptus candles... 950 00:56:35,683 --> 00:56:39,144 ...because it makes my apartment smell mossy. 951 00:56:39,687 --> 00:56:42,773 Then I'm going to the market, and I can't decide whether to get... 952 00:56:43,024 --> 00:56:46,026 ...sausage for the meat sauce, or chopped meat. 953 00:56:46,444 --> 00:56:47,945 Spare us. 954 00:56:48,113 --> 00:56:49,446 GEORGE: You know what? Clam sauce. 955 00:56:50,073 --> 00:56:51,490 Because this is a big date. 956 00:56:52,867 --> 00:56:54,201 [DOOR CLOSES] 957 00:56:56,955 --> 00:56:59,415 Don't tell me. Not the slightest difference? 958 00:57:01,209 --> 00:57:02,918 How can that be? 959 00:57:03,169 --> 00:57:06,672 All this publicity and not one bit of difference? 960 00:57:08,216 --> 00:57:10,676 Birdie, what am I going to do? 961 00:57:11,344 --> 00:57:13,178 What would Mom have done? 962 00:57:14,180 --> 00:57:17,099 Well, let's ask her. 963 00:57:20,603 --> 00:57:23,689 Cecilia, what should we do? 964 00:57:25,442 --> 00:57:27,234 -Birdie? -Shh. 965 00:57:28,111 --> 00:57:29,945 She has no idea. 966 00:57:30,196 --> 00:57:33,699 But she thinks the window display is lovely. 967 00:57:38,746 --> 00:57:41,039 -Good night, dearie. -Good night. 968 00:57:55,763 --> 00:57:56,930 KATHLEEN: I need help. 969 00:58:00,059 --> 00:58:01,727 Do you still want to meet me? 970 00:58:04,856 --> 00:58:07,733 JOE: I would love to meet you. Where? When? 971 00:58:08,234 --> 00:58:12,237 So I suppose she's carrying a copy of a book with a flower in it? 972 00:58:14,240 --> 00:58:15,616 Not really? 973 00:58:15,909 --> 00:58:18,076 She could be a real dog, man. 974 00:58:18,328 --> 00:58:20,120 I'm only staying 10 minutes. 975 00:58:20,580 --> 00:58:24,082 I'll say hello, have a cup of coffee and then I'll split. 976 00:58:24,834 --> 00:58:28,337 Hope she doesn't have a squeaky voice like the mice in Cinderella. 977 00:58:28,588 --> 00:58:32,925 Why am I doing this? Why am I compelled to meet her? Why? 978 00:58:33,343 --> 00:58:36,011 Relax. You're just taking it to the next level. 979 00:58:36,262 --> 00:58:37,554 I always do that. 980 00:58:37,764 --> 00:58:39,973 I always take a relationship to the next level. 981 00:58:40,141 --> 00:58:43,769 If that works out, I take it to the next level after that. 982 00:58:43,978 --> 00:58:48,065 Till I reach that level where it becomes absolutely necessary... 983 00:58:48,316 --> 00:58:49,858 ...for me to leave. 984 00:58:50,818 --> 00:58:54,446 Huh. I won't stay that long anyway. I already said that, didn't I? 985 00:58:54,656 --> 00:58:56,281 -Yes, you did. -Oh! 986 00:59:00,286 --> 00:59:03,539 JOE: Well, okay. Café Lalo. This is it. 987 00:59:04,624 --> 00:59:07,334 Eight o'clock. We got here fast, didn't we? 988 00:59:07,794 --> 00:59:09,002 Kevin... 989 00:59:10,171 --> 00:59:13,340 ...this woman is the most adorable creature I've ever been in contact with. 990 00:59:13,591 --> 00:59:17,386 If she turns out even to be as good-looking as a mailbox... 991 00:59:17,637 --> 00:59:21,473 ...I'd be crazy not to turn my life upside down and marry her. 992 00:59:22,183 --> 00:59:24,184 She could be a real dog. 993 00:59:24,352 --> 00:59:25,811 But good luck. 994 00:59:30,066 --> 00:59:31,942 Would you go and look for me? 995 00:59:32,193 --> 00:59:35,320 Go look through the window and check her out. Please? 996 00:59:35,488 --> 00:59:36,822 All right. 997 00:59:38,408 --> 00:59:40,492 -You're pathetic, man. -Ha-ha-ha. 998 00:59:43,496 --> 00:59:45,330 KEVIN: All right. I'll see what I see. 999 00:59:46,207 --> 00:59:47,416 You see her? 1000 00:59:48,126 --> 00:59:49,710 Oh, wait, yeah. 1001 00:59:50,253 --> 00:59:52,462 I see a very beautiful girl. 1002 00:59:53,047 --> 00:59:55,090 She's fine. She's fine. 1003 00:59:55,508 --> 00:59:57,217 -I knew it. -She's gorgeous. 1004 00:59:57,385 --> 00:59:58,927 I knew she would be. 1005 00:59:59,178 --> 01:00:00,637 But no book. 1006 01:00:02,557 --> 01:00:03,932 [CHUCKLES] 1007 01:00:04,100 --> 01:00:07,185 All right. Okay, wait. Wait a minute. 1008 01:00:07,437 --> 01:00:10,606 There's a book with a flower. So this got to be her. 1009 01:00:10,857 --> 01:00:12,357 What does she look like? 1010 01:00:12,900 --> 01:00:14,151 Can't see. Waiter's blocking. 1011 01:00:14,444 --> 01:00:15,652 Damn it! 1012 01:00:15,903 --> 01:00:17,904 Hold on, he's moving. 1013 01:00:18,448 --> 01:00:20,032 -Yeah? -Uh.... 1014 01:00:20,199 --> 01:00:21,366 JOE: Can you see her? 1015 01:00:23,202 --> 01:00:24,870 Can you see her? 1016 01:00:26,039 --> 01:00:27,164 Yeah. 1017 01:00:27,415 --> 01:00:28,915 And? 1018 01:00:30,877 --> 01:00:32,294 She's very pretty. 1019 01:00:32,545 --> 01:00:33,920 She is! 1020 01:00:34,172 --> 01:00:36,590 I knew she would be! She had to be! 1021 01:00:36,883 --> 01:00:39,134 She had to be! 1022 01:00:40,803 --> 01:00:41,970 You know what? 1023 01:00:42,180 --> 01:00:43,388 She look-- 1024 01:00:44,599 --> 01:00:48,018 I mean, she almost has the same coloring as... 1025 01:00:48,561 --> 01:00:51,271 -...that Kathleen Kelly person. -Kathleen Kelly of the bookstore? 1026 01:00:51,522 --> 01:00:53,190 Why not? You thought she was attractive. 1027 01:00:53,399 --> 01:00:56,610 Absolutely. Why not? Who cares about Kathleen Kelly? 1028 01:00:56,903 --> 01:01:00,197 Well, if you don't like Kathleen Kelly... 1029 01:01:00,531 --> 01:01:02,658 ...I can tell you right now... 1030 01:01:03,159 --> 01:01:04,951 ...you ain't gonna like this girl. 1031 01:01:05,662 --> 01:01:07,079 Why not? 1032 01:01:08,456 --> 01:01:10,248 Because it is Kathleen Kelly. 1033 01:01:23,596 --> 01:01:25,430 What are you going to do? 1034 01:01:29,018 --> 01:01:30,435 Nothing. 1035 01:01:31,187 --> 01:01:32,979 You just gonna let her wait there all night? 1036 01:01:33,147 --> 01:01:35,357 That's exactly what I'm going to do. 1037 01:01:36,693 --> 01:01:39,069 Good night. I'll see you in the morning. 1038 01:01:48,204 --> 01:01:49,705 Do you mind if I borrow this chair? 1039 01:01:49,872 --> 01:01:51,665 Yes, I mind. Sorry. 1040 01:01:51,958 --> 01:01:53,750 I'm expecting someone. 1041 01:02:07,765 --> 01:02:09,808 Would you like another tea? 1042 01:02:10,226 --> 01:02:11,727 Yes. Thank you. 1043 01:02:27,869 --> 01:02:29,578 [DOOR OPENS] 1044 01:02:45,011 --> 01:02:46,887 JOE: Kathleen Kelly. 1045 01:02:47,388 --> 01:02:50,265 Hello. This is a coincidence. Would you mind if I sat down? 1046 01:02:50,516 --> 01:02:53,602 Yes, I would, actually. I'm expecting someone. 1047 01:02:54,812 --> 01:02:56,354 Pride and Prejudice. 1048 01:02:56,606 --> 01:02:57,689 Do you mind? 1049 01:02:57,857 --> 01:03:00,942 I bet you read that book every year. I bet you just love that... 1050 01:03:01,194 --> 01:03:02,861 ...Mr. Darcy. 1051 01:03:03,112 --> 01:03:06,323 Your sentimental heart beats wildly at the thought he and... 1052 01:03:06,532 --> 01:03:11,286 ...whatever her name is are truly, honestly going to end up together. 1053 01:03:15,124 --> 01:03:17,375 WAITER: Can I get you something? -No, he's not staying. 1054 01:03:17,543 --> 01:03:19,169 Mochaccino decaf, nonfat. 1055 01:03:19,337 --> 01:03:21,296 You are not staying. 1056 01:03:21,506 --> 01:03:23,507 I'll just stay here until your friend gets here. 1057 01:03:24,967 --> 01:03:26,092 Gee, is he late? 1058 01:03:26,427 --> 01:03:29,596 The heroine of Pride and Prejudice is Elizabeth Bennet. 1059 01:03:29,847 --> 01:03:33,350 She is a great and complex character. Not that you would know. 1060 01:03:33,601 --> 01:03:35,435 As a matter of fact, I've read it. 1061 01:03:35,686 --> 01:03:36,895 Oh, well, good for you. 1062 01:03:37,647 --> 01:03:39,856 You'd discover a lot if you really knew me. 1063 01:03:40,441 --> 01:03:42,108 I know what I'd find. 1064 01:03:42,360 --> 01:03:46,363 Instead of a brain, a cash register. Instead of a heart, a bottom line. 1065 01:03:49,992 --> 01:03:51,076 What? 1066 01:03:51,327 --> 01:03:53,620 -I just had a breakthrough. -What is it? 1067 01:03:53,788 --> 01:03:58,708 For the first time, when confronted with a horrible, insensitive person... 1068 01:03:58,960 --> 01:04:01,419 ...I knew exactly what I wanted to say, and I said it. 1069 01:04:02,088 --> 01:04:05,799 You have a gift for it. That was a perfect blend of poetry and meanness. 1070 01:04:06,300 --> 01:04:08,176 Meanness? Let me tell you about meanness. 1071 01:04:08,344 --> 01:04:11,847 Don't misunderstand me. I'm trying to pay you a compliment. 1072 01:04:12,598 --> 01:04:13,974 -What are you doing? -What is this? 1073 01:04:14,183 --> 01:04:17,269 Is this a red rose? No, it's a crimson rose. 1074 01:04:17,520 --> 01:04:19,145 Something you read about in a book. 1075 01:04:19,313 --> 01:04:23,316 It's funny to you, isn't it? Everything is a joke to you. 1076 01:04:23,651 --> 01:04:25,151 [DOOR OPENS] 1077 01:04:32,994 --> 01:04:34,244 Please leave. 1078 01:04:34,453 --> 01:04:36,121 Please leave, I beg you. 1079 01:04:43,796 --> 01:04:45,171 Thank you. 1080 01:05:02,064 --> 01:05:03,523 [KATHLEEN WINCES] 1081 01:05:06,485 --> 01:05:09,529 That hanky reminds me of the first day I met you. 1082 01:05:09,780 --> 01:05:11,656 First day you lied to me. 1083 01:05:11,908 --> 01:05:13,825 -I didn't lie to you. -You did too. 1084 01:05:13,993 --> 01:05:15,327 -No, I didn't. -Yes, you did. 1085 01:05:15,494 --> 01:05:17,162 -I did not. -You did too. 1086 01:05:17,330 --> 01:05:19,080 -I did not. -You did too. 1087 01:05:19,248 --> 01:05:22,375 I thought that Fox stuff was so charming. F-O-X. 1088 01:05:22,543 --> 01:05:23,919 I didn't lie about it. 1089 01:05:25,338 --> 01:05:28,006 -Joe? "Just call me Joe." -Sure. 1090 01:05:28,299 --> 01:05:31,217 As if you were a stupid 22-year-old girl with no last name. 1091 01:05:31,469 --> 01:05:33,553 "Hi, I'm Kimberly." "Hi, I'm Janice." 1092 01:05:33,804 --> 01:05:35,972 Don't they know you're supposed to have a last name? 1093 01:05:36,182 --> 01:05:38,433 It's like an entire generation of cocktail waitresses. 1094 01:05:38,601 --> 01:05:39,851 Look. 1095 01:05:41,687 --> 01:05:45,273 -I am not a 22-year-old cocktail waitress. -That's not what I meant. 1096 01:05:45,441 --> 01:05:47,943 When I said the thing about the Price Club and olive oil... 1097 01:05:48,110 --> 01:05:49,277 ...that's not what I meant. 1098 01:05:49,445 --> 01:05:53,657 You poor, sad multimillionaire. I feel so sorry for you. 1099 01:05:53,824 --> 01:05:55,784 [DOOR OPENS] 1100 01:05:59,705 --> 01:06:02,624 I'll take a wild guess that's not him, either. 1101 01:06:04,043 --> 01:06:06,544 So who is he, I wonder? 1102 01:06:06,754 --> 01:06:09,255 Certainly not the world's greatest expert... 1103 01:06:09,507 --> 01:06:11,549 ...on Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. 1104 01:06:12,218 --> 01:06:14,594 But somebody else entirely different. 1105 01:06:15,346 --> 01:06:17,222 Will you be mean to him too? 1106 01:06:17,515 --> 01:06:18,890 No, I will not. 1107 01:06:19,392 --> 01:06:22,602 The man who is coming here is completely unlike you. 1108 01:06:22,853 --> 01:06:25,897 The man who is coming here is kind and funny. 1109 01:06:26,148 --> 01:06:28,400 He's got a wonderful sense of humor. 1110 01:06:28,651 --> 01:06:29,901 But... 1111 01:06:30,403 --> 01:06:31,820 ...he's not here. 1112 01:06:32,905 --> 01:06:35,031 If he's not, he has a reason... 1113 01:06:35,241 --> 01:06:38,368 ...because there is not a cruel or careless bone in his body. 1114 01:06:38,577 --> 01:06:40,829 I wouldn't expect you to understand anybody like that. 1115 01:06:40,997 --> 01:06:45,917 You with your theme park, multi-level, homogenize-the-world Mochaccinoland. 1116 01:06:46,168 --> 01:06:50,755 You've deluded yourself that you're a benefactor bringing books to the masses. 1117 01:06:50,965 --> 01:06:53,591 But no one will ever remember you, Joe Fox. 1118 01:06:53,884 --> 01:06:56,261 And maybe no one will remember me. 1119 01:06:56,429 --> 01:06:58,513 But plenty of people remember my mother. 1120 01:06:58,681 --> 01:07:00,056 They think she was fine. 1121 01:07:00,266 --> 01:07:02,851 They think her store was something special. 1122 01:07:04,270 --> 01:07:06,771 You are nothing but a suit. 1123 01:07:20,453 --> 01:07:22,203 That's my cue. 1124 01:07:25,791 --> 01:07:27,333 Good night. 1125 01:08:05,414 --> 01:08:08,124 [COMPUTER DIALING AND BEEPING] 1126 01:08:42,284 --> 01:08:46,246 PATRICIA: So then the agent asks for $600,000 and I said to her: 1127 01:08:46,497 --> 01:08:49,082 "If you think I'm even going to talk to you... 1128 01:08:49,250 --> 01:08:52,043 ...about paying that kind of advance for an author... 1129 01:08:52,253 --> 01:08:56,756 ...whose last book is being used as a trivet all over the world... 1130 01:08:57,007 --> 01:08:59,259 ...you are completely crazy." 1131 01:09:00,052 --> 01:09:03,680 She was insulting and provocative and the only thing pleasant about her... 1132 01:09:03,889 --> 01:09:07,142 ...was the way her hair fell across her forehead. 1133 01:09:07,393 --> 01:09:11,229 Underneath that disagreeable exterior, she may be-- 1134 01:09:11,480 --> 01:09:13,398 JOE: A real bitch. 1135 01:09:13,607 --> 01:09:14,774 Let's not talk about it. 1136 01:09:14,942 --> 01:09:17,610 I'm going back to the office and I'm sure you have work to do. 1137 01:09:17,820 --> 01:09:18,903 Not really. 1138 01:09:19,071 --> 01:09:22,574 This place is a well-oiled machine, my friend. 1139 01:09:24,243 --> 01:09:26,494 So? What happened? 1140 01:09:27,037 --> 01:09:29,956 -He never came. -He stood you up. 1141 01:09:30,124 --> 01:09:32,167 KATHLEEN: I wouldn't characterize it that way. 1142 01:09:32,334 --> 01:09:33,501 I think something happened. 1143 01:09:33,711 --> 01:09:37,714 Something unexpected that made it impossible for him to.... 1144 01:09:38,215 --> 01:09:41,176 What if he showed up, took one look at me and left? 1145 01:09:41,427 --> 01:09:43,261 Not possible. 1146 01:09:44,013 --> 01:09:46,931 Maybe there was a subway accident. 1147 01:09:47,266 --> 01:09:48,308 Absolutely. 1148 01:09:48,475 --> 01:09:50,768 A train got trapped underground with him inside. 1149 01:09:50,936 --> 01:09:51,978 And no phone. 1150 01:09:52,146 --> 01:09:54,522 KATHLEEN: You know how those express trains create suction. 1151 01:09:54,690 --> 01:09:56,566 He got sucked onto the tracks. 1152 01:09:56,734 --> 01:09:57,775 The third rail. 1153 01:09:58,194 --> 01:09:59,777 CHRISTINA: He's toast. 1154 01:10:00,112 --> 01:10:01,613 What happened? 1155 01:10:02,364 --> 01:10:03,615 He was unable to make it. 1156 01:10:04,366 --> 01:10:05,575 He stood you up? 1157 01:10:08,704 --> 01:10:13,249 Maybe he had a car accident. Those cab drivers are maniacs. 1158 01:10:13,500 --> 01:10:17,545 They hit something and you slam into that plastic partition. 1159 01:10:17,796 --> 01:10:21,174 Or his elbows could be in splints, so he couldn't dial. 1160 01:10:21,467 --> 01:10:23,718 Or he could be unconscious. 1161 01:10:23,886 --> 01:10:24,969 In a coma. 1162 01:10:25,554 --> 01:10:27,388 Stuck in intensive care. 1163 01:10:27,556 --> 01:10:29,224 With a heart monitor beeping. 1164 01:10:29,391 --> 01:10:30,600 And like.... 1165 01:10:30,768 --> 01:10:31,976 -No phone. -No phone. 1166 01:10:35,773 --> 01:10:37,482 What? 1167 01:10:40,736 --> 01:10:42,362 What are you saying? 1168 01:10:42,738 --> 01:10:43,988 It could be. 1169 01:10:44,156 --> 01:10:46,616 He was arrested two blocks from the café. 1170 01:10:46,784 --> 01:10:48,493 Is there a picture? 1171 01:10:51,872 --> 01:10:53,665 So that explains it. 1172 01:10:54,166 --> 01:10:55,500 He was in jail. 1173 01:10:55,793 --> 01:10:57,669 And there was a phone. 1174 01:10:57,878 --> 01:11:00,046 He only got one call, so he called his lawyer. 1175 01:11:00,297 --> 01:11:01,673 You are so lucky. 1176 01:11:01,882 --> 01:11:03,508 You could be dead. 1177 01:11:06,136 --> 01:11:08,846 He couldn't be the Rooftop Killer. 1178 01:11:09,098 --> 01:11:12,392 Remember when you thought Frank might be the Unabomber? 1179 01:11:12,726 --> 01:11:15,645 Well.... That was different. 1180 01:11:16,438 --> 01:11:18,731 How long did you sit there all alone? 1181 01:11:19,024 --> 01:11:22,694 -Not long. Joe Fox came in. -Joe Fox? 1182 01:11:22,861 --> 01:11:25,238 I don't want to talk about it. Let's get to work. 1183 01:11:25,447 --> 01:11:28,574 There's got to be something to do. There's always something to do. 1184 01:11:29,451 --> 01:11:31,828 GEORGE: Look at this. CHRISTINA: He looks kind of cute. 1185 01:11:32,037 --> 01:11:33,788 [DOOR BELL RINGS] 1186 01:11:34,957 --> 01:11:36,165 BIRDIE: So? 1187 01:11:36,333 --> 01:11:38,960 He was unavoidably detained. 1188 01:11:39,378 --> 01:11:41,546 BIRDIE: He stood you up? 1189 01:11:45,634 --> 01:11:47,885 KATHLEEN: I've been thinking about you. 1190 01:11:48,804 --> 01:11:52,307 Last night I went to meet you, and you weren't there. 1191 01:11:54,059 --> 01:11:57,645 I wish I knew why. I felt so foolish. 1192 01:11:59,565 --> 01:12:01,441 And as I waited, someone else showed up. 1193 01:12:01,608 --> 01:12:04,861 A man who has made my professional life a misery. 1194 01:12:05,112 --> 01:12:07,572 And an amazing thing happened. 1195 01:12:09,992 --> 01:12:11,659 I was able, for the first time... 1196 01:12:11,910 --> 01:12:14,078 ...to say the exact thing I wanted to say... 1197 01:12:14,288 --> 01:12:17,206 ...at the exact moment I wanted to say it. 1198 01:12:17,666 --> 01:12:21,461 And of course, afterwards I felt terrible... 1199 01:12:21,837 --> 01:12:24,088 ...just as you said I would. 1200 01:12:25,090 --> 01:12:27,800 I was cruel, and I'm never cruel. 1201 01:12:28,635 --> 01:12:31,679 Though I hardly believe what I said mattered to this man. 1202 01:12:31,847 --> 01:12:34,932 To him, I am just a bug to be crushed. 1203 01:12:35,684 --> 01:12:36,934 But what if it did? 1204 01:12:37,186 --> 01:12:41,189 No matter what he's done to me, there is no excuse for my behavior. 1205 01:12:41,899 --> 01:12:43,274 Anyway... 1206 01:12:43,525 --> 01:12:45,943 ...I so wanted to talk to you. 1207 01:12:46,695 --> 01:12:49,322 I hope you have a good reason for not being there last night. 1208 01:12:49,490 --> 01:12:53,409 You don't seem like the kind of person who'd do something like that. 1209 01:12:53,994 --> 01:12:56,120 The odd thing about this form of communication... 1210 01:12:56,288 --> 01:12:59,165 ...is that you're more likely to talk about nothing than something. 1211 01:12:59,333 --> 01:13:00,917 But I just want to say... 1212 01:13:01,126 --> 01:13:04,754 ...that all this nothing has meant more to me than so many... 1213 01:13:04,963 --> 01:13:06,631 ...somethings. 1214 01:13:07,925 --> 01:13:09,717 So thanks. 1215 01:13:26,193 --> 01:13:27,568 MALE AOL VOICE: Goodbye. 1216 01:14:21,373 --> 01:14:23,082 JOE: I am in... 1217 01:14:26,503 --> 01:14:28,212 ...Vancouver. 1218 01:14:37,806 --> 01:14:40,975 I was stuck in a meeting which I couldn't get out of... 1219 01:14:41,226 --> 01:14:42,393 ...and... 1220 01:14:42,728 --> 01:14:44,520 ...the electricity went out. 1221 01:14:44,771 --> 01:14:46,272 And... 1222 01:14:46,440 --> 01:14:47,732 ...we were trapped... 1223 01:14:47,900 --> 01:14:50,109 ...on the 38th floor. 1224 01:14:51,778 --> 01:14:54,280 And the telephone system blew too. 1225 01:15:01,455 --> 01:15:03,289 Amazingly enough. 1226 01:15:38,408 --> 01:15:40,159 Dear friend: 1227 01:15:43,163 --> 01:15:46,082 I cannot tell you what happened last night. 1228 01:15:47,334 --> 01:15:49,835 But I beg you from the bottom of my heart... 1229 01:15:50,003 --> 01:15:52,129 ...to forgive me for not being there. 1230 01:16:00,597 --> 01:16:02,181 For what happened. 1231 01:16:04,810 --> 01:16:08,396 I feel terrible that you found yourself in a situation... 1232 01:16:08,564 --> 01:16:11,440 ...that caused you additional pain. 1233 01:16:13,694 --> 01:16:15,653 But I'm absolutely sure... 1234 01:16:15,988 --> 01:16:19,532 ...that whatever you said last night was provoked. 1235 01:16:19,825 --> 01:16:21,450 Even deserved. 1236 01:16:24,955 --> 01:16:29,208 Everyone says things they regret when they're worried or stressed. 1237 01:16:31,253 --> 01:16:34,630 You were expecting to see someone you trusted... 1238 01:16:34,840 --> 01:16:37,258 ...and met the enemy instead. 1239 01:16:40,887 --> 01:16:42,763 The fault is mine. 1240 01:16:45,267 --> 01:16:47,935 Someday I'll explain everything. 1241 01:16:48,478 --> 01:16:49,770 Meanwhile... 1242 01:16:49,938 --> 01:16:51,355 ...I'm still here. 1243 01:16:52,357 --> 01:16:53,566 Talk to me. 1244 01:16:53,734 --> 01:16:56,569 Did he say anything about wanting to meet you again? 1245 01:16:56,737 --> 01:16:58,279 No, not really. 1246 01:16:58,864 --> 01:17:00,364 Listen, it doesn't matter. 1247 01:17:00,532 --> 01:17:03,367 We'll just be like George Bernard Shaw and Mrs. Patrick Campbell. 1248 01:17:03,535 --> 01:17:04,827 We'll write letters our whole lives. 1249 01:17:06,538 --> 01:17:09,290 BIRDIE: Thank you for the scones. They look lovely. 1250 01:17:09,541 --> 01:17:12,877 Birdie, where was this one taken? 1251 01:17:13,295 --> 01:17:14,503 Seville. 1252 01:17:14,671 --> 01:17:16,964 KATHLEEN: When you fell madly in love? BIRDIE: Yes. 1253 01:17:17,716 --> 01:17:20,593 So, dearie, what have you decided to do? 1254 01:17:20,886 --> 01:17:23,387 Close. We're going to close. 1255 01:17:24,181 --> 01:17:25,222 Close. 1256 01:17:25,974 --> 01:17:30,311 Closing the store is the brave thing to do. 1257 01:17:31,063 --> 01:17:33,689 You are such a liar. But thank you. 1258 01:17:35,025 --> 01:17:40,071 You are daring to imagine that you could have a different life. 1259 01:17:40,906 --> 01:17:45,785 I know it doesn't feel like that. You feel like a big, fat failure now. 1260 01:17:46,036 --> 01:17:47,203 But you're not. 1261 01:17:47,579 --> 01:17:51,707 You are marching into the unknown, armed with... 1262 01:17:51,917 --> 01:17:52,917 ...nothing. 1263 01:17:53,627 --> 01:17:55,336 Have a sandwich. 1264 01:17:56,463 --> 01:17:59,882 Not nothing. I have a little money saved. 1265 01:18:00,050 --> 01:18:03,928 If you need more, ask me. I'm very rich. 1266 01:18:04,096 --> 01:18:06,931 I bought Intel at six. 1267 01:18:10,268 --> 01:18:12,978 I suppose you want me to tell you who it was... 1268 01:18:13,230 --> 01:18:15,564 ...I fell madly in love with. 1269 01:18:16,358 --> 01:18:17,733 But I'm not going to tell. 1270 01:18:18,610 --> 01:18:19,944 Who was it, Birdie? 1271 01:18:20,946 --> 01:18:23,864 Come on, tell. Uch. That's so mean. 1272 01:18:25,033 --> 01:18:26,325 But so romantic. 1273 01:18:26,493 --> 01:18:28,953 BIRDIE: It wasn't meant to be. -Why not? 1274 01:18:30,080 --> 01:18:31,622 He ran Spain. 1275 01:18:32,874 --> 01:18:34,250 Spain? 1276 01:18:34,459 --> 01:18:37,002 The country, he ran it. It was his job. 1277 01:18:37,254 --> 01:18:39,004 And then he died. 1278 01:18:39,256 --> 01:18:40,881 Just as well. 1279 01:18:41,216 --> 01:18:42,633 Milk or lemon? 1280 01:18:44,177 --> 01:18:47,304 She fell in love with Generalissimo Franco. 1281 01:18:47,472 --> 01:18:49,557 Don't say that. We don't know that for sure. 1282 01:18:49,725 --> 01:18:52,810 Who else could it have been? It was around 1960. 1283 01:18:52,978 --> 01:18:55,604 -Do you want some popcorn? -I can't believe this. 1284 01:18:56,815 --> 01:19:01,402 It's not like he was something normal, like a socialist or an anarchist. 1285 01:19:01,653 --> 01:19:03,279 It happened in Spain. 1286 01:19:03,488 --> 01:19:05,781 People do stupid things in foreign countries. 1287 01:19:05,991 --> 01:19:08,993 They buy leather jackets for much more than they're worth. 1288 01:19:09,244 --> 01:19:12,538 But they don't fall in love with fascist dictators. 1289 01:19:18,670 --> 01:19:21,547 [WHISPERING] Birdie is a very special person to me. 1290 01:19:21,798 --> 01:19:24,508 She is practically my surrogate mother. 1291 01:19:24,676 --> 01:19:26,135 [WHISPERING] She's out of her mind. 1292 01:19:26,303 --> 01:19:27,344 She is not. 1293 01:19:27,763 --> 01:19:31,891 I could never be with anybody who doesn't take politics as seriously as I do. 1294 01:19:32,100 --> 01:19:33,225 WOMAN: Do you mind? 1295 01:19:33,435 --> 01:19:34,894 A hot dog is singing. 1296 01:19:35,145 --> 01:19:38,189 You need quiet while a hot dog is singing? 1297 01:19:41,610 --> 01:19:44,028 I have something to tell you, Frank. 1298 01:19:45,155 --> 01:19:47,448 -I didn't vote. -What? 1299 01:19:47,616 --> 01:19:49,450 In the last mayoral election... 1300 01:19:49,618 --> 01:19:52,620 ...when Rudy Giuliani was running against Ruth Messinger... 1301 01:19:52,871 --> 01:19:54,622 ...I went to get a manicure. 1302 01:19:54,831 --> 01:19:56,874 And forgot to vote. 1303 01:19:57,292 --> 01:19:58,709 Since when do you get manicures? 1304 01:19:58,877 --> 01:20:01,962 I suppose you could never be with a woman who got manicures? 1305 01:20:03,089 --> 01:20:05,549 It's okay. I forgive you. 1306 01:20:06,635 --> 01:20:07,676 You forgive me? 1307 01:20:16,978 --> 01:20:19,605 Excuse me, I'm sorry. Excuse me. 1308 01:20:20,690 --> 01:20:22,817 This has been a big week. You're closing the store. 1309 01:20:22,984 --> 01:20:26,237 No, it's not that. Really, it's not. 1310 01:20:26,488 --> 01:20:29,448 I know, I know. That was terrible of me. 1311 01:20:30,909 --> 01:20:32,117 What was terrible? 1312 01:20:32,285 --> 01:20:35,079 Jumping all over you when I'm the one.... 1313 01:20:36,581 --> 01:20:38,999 I don't even know how to say this. 1314 01:20:40,168 --> 01:20:41,460 What is it? 1315 01:20:42,504 --> 01:20:43,587 What? 1316 01:20:45,215 --> 01:20:47,591 You're a wonderful person. 1317 01:20:48,093 --> 01:20:49,718 So are you. 1318 01:20:49,928 --> 01:20:54,098 And I'm so honored that you'd want to be with me... 1319 01:20:54,266 --> 01:20:58,394 ...because you wouldn't be with anyone who wasn't truly worthy. 1320 01:20:58,603 --> 01:21:01,313 -I feel exactly the same way. -No, God, don't-- 1321 01:21:01,773 --> 01:21:05,109 Don't say that. That makes it worse. 1322 01:21:05,402 --> 01:21:06,777 What? 1323 01:21:08,321 --> 01:21:09,530 You don't love me. 1324 01:21:16,830 --> 01:21:18,289 Me either. 1325 01:21:18,707 --> 01:21:20,624 You don't love me? 1326 01:21:22,168 --> 01:21:23,252 No. 1327 01:21:23,628 --> 01:21:25,462 But we're so right for each other. 1328 01:21:25,714 --> 01:21:28,841 I know. I know. 1329 01:21:30,552 --> 01:21:32,928 Well, is there someone else? 1330 01:21:33,263 --> 01:21:36,473 Oh. That woman on television, Sidney Ann. 1331 01:21:37,350 --> 01:21:40,227 Uh.... Nothing has happened, but.... 1332 01:21:41,646 --> 01:21:43,314 Is she a Republican? 1333 01:21:43,523 --> 01:21:46,066 I can't help myself. 1334 01:21:46,234 --> 01:21:48,152 [BOTH LAUGHING] 1335 01:21:55,243 --> 01:21:58,704 What about you? Is there someone else? 1336 01:21:59,915 --> 01:22:01,373 No. 1337 01:22:02,375 --> 01:22:04,084 No, but.... 1338 01:22:06,046 --> 01:22:09,173 But there is the dream of someone else. 1339 01:22:36,201 --> 01:22:38,827 WOMAN 1: Grab a copy of The Trumpet of the Swan. 1340 01:22:39,079 --> 01:22:40,621 This is a tragedy. 1341 01:22:42,374 --> 01:22:45,042 MAN: These chairs for sale? GEORGE: Anything not nailed down. 1342 01:22:45,251 --> 01:22:46,710 CHRISTINA: Ten dollars, it's yours. 1343 01:22:46,878 --> 01:22:48,462 WOMAN 2: What are you going to do now? 1344 01:22:48,630 --> 01:22:52,299 I don't know. I think I'll take some time. I'm almost looking forward to it. 1345 01:22:52,550 --> 01:22:53,592 WOMAN 2: Good luck to you. 1346 01:22:55,971 --> 01:22:59,014 WOMAN 3: I came here every Saturday when I was a little girl. 1347 01:22:59,224 --> 01:23:02,393 I remember when your mother gave me Anne of Green Gables. 1348 01:23:02,644 --> 01:23:05,104 [SOBBING] "Read it with a box of Kleenex"... 1349 01:23:05,271 --> 01:23:06,563 ...she told me. 1350 01:23:06,773 --> 01:23:07,815 Could someone help me? 1351 01:23:07,983 --> 01:23:09,608 WOMAN 4: She's looking down on you now. 1352 01:23:09,776 --> 01:23:11,068 I'm sure she is. 1353 01:23:11,319 --> 01:23:13,988 WOMAN 4: Why don't we bomb Fox Books? 1354 01:25:03,098 --> 01:25:04,890 WOMAN: Do you have the "shoe" books? 1355 01:25:05,725 --> 01:25:07,059 EMPLOYEE: The shoe books? 1356 01:25:07,519 --> 01:25:08,602 Who's the author? 1357 01:25:08,770 --> 01:25:09,853 WOMAN: I don't know. 1358 01:25:10,021 --> 01:25:14,608 My friend told me my daughter has to read the shoe books, so here I am. 1359 01:25:14,859 --> 01:25:16,193 KATHLEEN: Noel Streatfeild. 1360 01:25:18,988 --> 01:25:21,865 Noel Streatfeild wrote Ballet Shoes and Skating Shoes... 1361 01:25:22,117 --> 01:25:23,158 ...and Theatre Shoes... 1362 01:25:23,409 --> 01:25:25,119 ...and Dancing Shoes and.... 1363 01:25:25,370 --> 01:25:28,122 I'd start with Ballet Shoes first. It's my favorite. 1364 01:25:29,165 --> 01:25:32,501 Although Skating Shoes is completely wonderful. 1365 01:25:33,711 --> 01:25:35,087 But it's out of print. 1366 01:25:36,005 --> 01:25:39,383 Streatfeild. How do you spell that? 1367 01:25:41,177 --> 01:25:46,515 KATHLEEN: S-T-R-E-A-T-F-E-I-L-D. 1368 01:25:47,517 --> 01:25:48,725 WOMAN: Thank you. 1369 01:25:49,602 --> 01:25:52,771 PATRICIA: Kathleen Kelly. It was like her name was in the air. 1370 01:25:52,939 --> 01:25:53,981 JOE: Just like that? 1371 01:25:54,149 --> 01:25:56,191 PATRICIA: Everyone was talking about her today. 1372 01:25:56,401 --> 01:25:58,902 Kathleen Kelly and her "situation." 1373 01:25:59,112 --> 01:26:03,699 And I was thinking that she'd make a great children's book editor. 1374 01:26:03,992 --> 01:26:05,492 JOE: What makes you think that? 1375 01:26:05,743 --> 01:26:08,412 Well, she knows everything. 1376 01:26:08,621 --> 01:26:11,540 She has flawless taste. She's famous for it. 1377 01:26:11,791 --> 01:26:16,211 Salesmen swear by her. If she likes the book, it sells. Period. 1378 01:26:16,421 --> 01:26:18,213 JOE: You're going to offer her a job? 1379 01:26:18,423 --> 01:26:20,465 PATRICIA: What else has she got to do? 1380 01:26:20,717 --> 01:26:23,468 -Now that she's destitute. -Thanks to you. 1381 01:26:23,720 --> 01:26:26,430 -I don't see her working for you. -Why not? 1382 01:26:26,639 --> 01:26:28,307 She lacks the killer instinct. 1383 01:26:28,516 --> 01:26:30,684 She's never fired anybody. Look at that little shop. 1384 01:26:30,935 --> 01:26:33,145 Those people have been there forever. 1385 01:26:33,354 --> 01:26:35,439 Till recently, when they all lost their jobs. 1386 01:26:35,607 --> 01:26:37,065 Thanks to you. 1387 01:26:37,817 --> 01:26:39,693 Hold the elevator! 1388 01:26:40,737 --> 01:26:43,530 CHARLIE: Missy. Mr. Fox. 1389 01:26:43,823 --> 01:26:45,282 JOE: Hello, Charlie. 1390 01:26:46,451 --> 01:26:50,662 I love how you've forgotten you had any role in her current situation. 1391 01:26:50,955 --> 01:26:52,164 It's so obtuse. 1392 01:26:52,665 --> 01:26:54,625 It's so insensitive. 1393 01:26:54,834 --> 01:26:56,335 Reminds me of someone. 1394 01:26:56,502 --> 01:26:58,503 Who does it remind me of? 1395 01:27:00,089 --> 01:27:01,381 Me. 1396 01:27:01,549 --> 01:27:02,966 [PATRICIA LAUGHS] 1397 01:27:03,176 --> 01:27:04,885 [CLANK] 1398 01:27:06,304 --> 01:27:07,346 What is going on? 1399 01:27:07,889 --> 01:27:08,972 Could be stuck. 1400 01:27:10,058 --> 01:27:11,642 [PATRICIA GROANS] 1401 01:27:16,689 --> 01:27:17,856 What are you doing? 1402 01:27:19,275 --> 01:27:21,693 I hope this thing doesn't plummet to the basement. 1403 01:27:22,111 --> 01:27:24,071 -Can it do that? -No. 1404 01:27:24,364 --> 01:27:26,782 It cannot plummet to the basement. 1405 01:27:27,867 --> 01:27:30,994 Hi, this is Joe Fox. Who's this? Juan? 1406 01:27:31,412 --> 01:27:35,249 We are stuck in the elevator between the sixth and seventh floor. 1407 01:27:35,416 --> 01:27:36,500 There's four of us. 1408 01:27:36,668 --> 01:27:39,586 And if you don't get your ass up here in two shakes... 1409 01:27:39,837 --> 01:27:41,713 ...and get us the hell out of here--! 1410 01:27:41,881 --> 01:27:43,757 Juan? Yeah. 1411 01:27:43,925 --> 01:27:45,008 Listen. 1412 01:27:45,176 --> 01:27:47,594 Call the super and then 9-1-1. 1413 01:27:48,513 --> 01:27:50,555 9-1-1. 1414 01:27:51,516 --> 01:27:53,433 The fire department, that's right. 1415 01:27:54,852 --> 01:27:56,603 Thank you very much. 1416 01:27:59,524 --> 01:28:01,900 -Everyone should jump in the air. -What? 1417 01:28:02,735 --> 01:28:03,902 We jump. 1418 01:28:04,070 --> 01:28:06,738 The elevator thinks no one is here and it opens. 1419 01:28:11,369 --> 01:28:15,455 JOE: One, two, three. Jump! 1420 01:28:22,588 --> 01:28:24,798 VERONICA: If I ever get out of here... 1421 01:28:25,091 --> 01:28:27,634 ...I'm going to start speaking to my mama. 1422 01:28:28,970 --> 01:28:31,555 Wonder what she's doing right this very minute? 1423 01:28:32,265 --> 01:28:33,974 If I ever get out of here... 1424 01:28:34,809 --> 01:28:36,601 ...I'm marrying Orit. 1425 01:28:37,312 --> 01:28:38,854 I love her. 1426 01:28:39,188 --> 01:28:42,441 I should marry her. I don't know what's been stopping me. 1427 01:28:49,407 --> 01:28:53,076 If I ever get out of here, I'm having my eyes lasered. 1428 01:28:59,584 --> 01:29:01,293 If I ever get out of here-- 1429 01:29:01,461 --> 01:29:04,087 Where are my Tic-Tacs? Ugh! 1430 01:29:06,674 --> 01:29:08,091 What? 1431 01:29:10,887 --> 01:29:14,931 JOE: I came home tonight and got into the elevator to go to my apartment. 1432 01:29:15,141 --> 01:29:17,976 An hour later, I got out of the elevator... 1433 01:29:18,227 --> 01:29:20,437 ...and Brinkley and I moved out. 1434 01:29:20,688 --> 01:29:23,440 Suddenly everything had become clear. 1435 01:29:23,858 --> 01:29:25,317 It's a long story... 1436 01:29:25,735 --> 01:29:28,612 ...full of the personal details we avoid so carefully. 1437 01:29:28,821 --> 01:29:30,405 Let me just say... 1438 01:29:30,782 --> 01:29:33,533 ...there was a man sitting in the elevator with me... 1439 01:29:33,701 --> 01:29:36,328 ...who knew exactly what he wanted. 1440 01:29:36,913 --> 01:29:40,624 And I found myself wishing I were as lucky as he. 1441 01:29:44,045 --> 01:29:47,756 KATHLEEN: People are always telling you that change is a good thing. 1442 01:29:47,965 --> 01:29:51,635 But all they're saying is that something you didn't want to happen at all... 1443 01:29:52,178 --> 01:29:53,720 ...has happened. 1444 01:29:54,889 --> 01:29:57,265 My store is closing this week. 1445 01:29:57,642 --> 01:30:01,186 I own a store. Did I ever tell you that? 1446 01:30:01,771 --> 01:30:03,647 It's a lovely store. 1447 01:30:03,815 --> 01:30:06,441 In a week it will be something depressing... 1448 01:30:06,651 --> 01:30:08,318 ...like a Baby Gap. 1449 01:30:11,155 --> 01:30:12,989 Soon we'll just be a memory. 1450 01:30:13,199 --> 01:30:17,786 In fact, some foolish person will probably think it's a tribute to this city. 1451 01:30:18,037 --> 01:30:22,749 The way it keeps changing on you, or the way you can never count on it. 1452 01:30:23,209 --> 01:30:25,293 I know because that's the sort of thing I'd say. 1453 01:30:25,503 --> 01:30:27,337 But the truth is... 1454 01:30:28,589 --> 01:30:30,465 ...I'm heartbroken. 1455 01:30:32,844 --> 01:30:35,470 I feel as if a part of me has died... 1456 01:30:35,680 --> 01:30:38,598 ...and my mother has died all over again. 1457 01:30:39,892 --> 01:30:40,934 [DOOR BELL DINGS] 1458 01:30:41,102 --> 01:30:44,229 And no one can ever make it right. 1459 01:31:08,337 --> 01:31:10,338 [YOUNG KATHLEEN LAUGHING] 1460 01:32:00,848 --> 01:32:02,933 [DOOR BELL DINGING] 1461 01:32:49,981 --> 01:32:51,314 JOE: What happened? 1462 01:32:53,693 --> 01:32:55,151 Oh, hell. 1463 01:32:56,988 --> 01:32:58,029 How are you? 1464 01:32:58,197 --> 01:33:01,324 JOE: You know, Dad, you did pretty well. At least you didn't marry her. 1465 01:33:01,534 --> 01:33:03,159 Welcome aboard. 1466 01:33:03,786 --> 01:33:06,663 -It lasted a while. -Yeah. 1467 01:33:21,304 --> 01:33:22,846 NELSON: You know... 1468 01:33:23,806 --> 01:33:25,849 ...I've stayed on this boat after-- 1469 01:33:26,684 --> 01:33:28,101 Let's see. 1470 01:33:28,311 --> 01:33:29,603 Your mother. 1471 01:33:31,022 --> 01:33:32,689 Laurette, the ballet dancer. 1472 01:33:32,857 --> 01:33:33,898 My nanny. 1473 01:33:34,817 --> 01:33:36,067 She was the nanny? 1474 01:33:36,694 --> 01:33:38,194 Yeah. 1475 01:33:38,613 --> 01:33:40,196 I forgot that. 1476 01:33:40,531 --> 01:33:42,198 How ironic. 1477 01:33:42,700 --> 01:33:44,701 Then there was the ice skater. 1478 01:33:44,952 --> 01:33:46,995 -Also my nanny. -Really? 1479 01:33:47,413 --> 01:33:48,705 Yeah. 1480 01:33:48,873 --> 01:33:51,541 That's amazingly ironic. 1481 01:33:52,043 --> 01:33:54,377 And then there was Sybil, the, um.... 1482 01:33:55,046 --> 01:33:57,047 -It's an "A" word. -Astrologer. 1483 01:33:57,548 --> 01:33:58,965 Exactly. 1484 01:33:59,550 --> 01:34:02,552 Whose moon turned out to be in someone else's house. 1485 01:34:03,387 --> 01:34:05,347 Just like Gillian. 1486 01:34:06,057 --> 01:34:08,391 -Gillian ran off with someone? -The nanny. 1487 01:34:09,226 --> 01:34:10,935 -Nanny Maureen? -Yes. 1488 01:34:11,729 --> 01:34:13,271 [JOE LAUGHS] 1489 01:34:14,899 --> 01:34:17,233 Gillian ran off with Nanny Maureen. 1490 01:34:17,902 --> 01:34:19,402 You got it. 1491 01:34:19,570 --> 01:34:21,571 JOE: It's incredibly ironic. 1492 01:34:21,864 --> 01:34:24,866 -That's true. -No other word for it. 1493 01:34:25,242 --> 01:34:27,243 Well, who's better than us? 1494 01:34:27,787 --> 01:34:29,913 Father and son, together at last. 1495 01:34:30,373 --> 01:34:32,123 Who did you say you broke up with? 1496 01:34:32,750 --> 01:34:34,292 Patricia. 1497 01:34:34,752 --> 01:34:36,086 You met her. 1498 01:34:36,253 --> 01:34:37,962 Would I like her? 1499 01:34:39,799 --> 01:34:41,424 Just kidding, son. 1500 01:34:42,677 --> 01:34:44,928 Now, is this beautiful or what? 1501 01:34:46,097 --> 01:34:49,766 Of course, I'll be living out of a suitcase for at least three weeks. 1502 01:34:50,309 --> 01:34:53,770 And then there's the inevitable legal hassle. 1503 01:34:53,979 --> 01:34:55,772 More of your inheritance down the drain. 1504 01:34:55,940 --> 01:34:58,441 -Don't worry about it. -I won't. 1505 01:34:58,776 --> 01:35:02,028 I just have to meet someone new. That's the easy part. 1506 01:35:02,405 --> 01:35:03,488 Right, yeah. 1507 01:35:03,656 --> 01:35:07,617 A snap to find the one person in the world who fills your heart with joy. 1508 01:35:07,827 --> 01:35:09,452 NELSON: Don't be ridiculous. 1509 01:35:09,704 --> 01:35:12,455 Have I ever been with anybody who fit that description? 1510 01:35:13,332 --> 01:35:15,041 Have you? 1511 01:35:42,361 --> 01:35:44,154 KATHLEEN [OVER INTERCOM]: Who is it? 1512 01:35:45,239 --> 01:35:47,157 It's Joe Fox. 1513 01:35:48,993 --> 01:35:50,702 What are you doing here? 1514 01:35:51,996 --> 01:35:55,498 -Uh, may I please come up? -No, I don't-- 1515 01:35:55,708 --> 01:35:59,002 No, I don't really think that that is a good idea, because... 1516 01:35:59,211 --> 01:36:00,754 ...I have a.... 1517 01:36:01,213 --> 01:36:02,672 I have a terrible... 1518 01:36:02,882 --> 01:36:04,257 ...cold. 1519 01:36:04,467 --> 01:36:06,009 [SNEEZES] 1520 01:36:08,679 --> 01:36:11,598 -Can you hear that? -Yeah. 1521 01:36:11,766 --> 01:36:14,976 I'm sniffling, and I'm not really awake. 1522 01:36:15,186 --> 01:36:19,105 I'm taking echinacea and vitamin C and sleeping practically... 1523 01:36:19,356 --> 01:36:21,775 ...24 hours a day. I have a temperature. 1524 01:36:22,401 --> 01:36:26,112 And I think I'm contagious. So I would-- 1525 01:36:26,363 --> 01:36:28,615 I would really appreciate it if you'd just go away. 1526 01:36:28,783 --> 01:36:30,575 [KNOCKS] [KATHLEEN GASPS] 1527 01:36:33,412 --> 01:36:34,496 Kathleen? 1528 01:36:36,373 --> 01:36:37,415 Uh.... 1529 01:36:37,583 --> 01:36:39,209 [KNOCKS] 1530 01:36:40,586 --> 01:36:43,046 Uh, just a second! 1531 01:36:49,887 --> 01:36:52,514 Yes, just a second. 1532 01:37:03,275 --> 01:37:04,400 -Hello. -Hello. 1533 01:37:05,236 --> 01:37:06,653 What are you doing here? 1534 01:37:07,071 --> 01:37:08,655 I heard you were sick. 1535 01:37:08,906 --> 01:37:10,406 And I was worried. 1536 01:37:12,076 --> 01:37:14,911 And I wanted to make sure.... 1537 01:37:15,120 --> 01:37:16,246 What? 1538 01:37:16,664 --> 01:37:18,498 -Is there somebody here? -No. 1539 01:37:18,666 --> 01:37:21,459 Oh. It's the Home Shopping Network. 1540 01:37:21,752 --> 01:37:23,920 You buy any of those little porcelain dolls? 1541 01:37:24,171 --> 01:37:25,922 I was thinking about it. 1542 01:37:26,632 --> 01:37:29,175 -You put me out of business. -Yes, I did. 1543 01:37:29,426 --> 01:37:31,052 -Did you come to gloat? -No. 1544 01:37:31,303 --> 01:37:33,179 -To offer me a job? -I would never-- 1545 01:37:33,430 --> 01:37:36,766 I have plenty of offers. I got offered a job by-- 1546 01:37:36,976 --> 01:37:39,102 -By my former.... -Your former? 1547 01:37:39,937 --> 01:37:40,979 We broke up. 1548 01:37:41,188 --> 01:37:44,607 That's too bad. You were so perfect for each other. 1549 01:37:45,067 --> 01:37:46,276 Oh. 1550 01:37:47,778 --> 01:37:50,655 I don't mean to say things like that. No matter what you've done... 1551 01:37:50,948 --> 01:37:53,199 ...there's no excuse for my saying that. 1552 01:37:53,367 --> 01:37:54,617 Every time I see you-- 1553 01:37:54,785 --> 01:37:56,995 Things like that just fly out of your mouth. 1554 01:37:59,582 --> 01:38:00,790 I brought you flowers. 1555 01:38:02,793 --> 01:38:04,294 Ohh. 1556 01:38:04,461 --> 01:38:05,503 Thank you. 1557 01:38:10,968 --> 01:38:13,219 Why don't I just put these in some water? 1558 01:38:14,680 --> 01:38:16,598 You're sick. You should sit down. 1559 01:38:22,521 --> 01:38:23,897 I need a vase. 1560 01:38:24,899 --> 01:38:26,858 Above the refrigerator. 1561 01:38:27,401 --> 01:38:29,819 JOE: There it is. Obviously. 1562 01:38:30,988 --> 01:38:33,698 George says hello, by the way. 1563 01:38:35,492 --> 01:38:36,993 He told me you were sick. 1564 01:38:37,328 --> 01:38:38,745 How is George? 1565 01:38:40,247 --> 01:38:42,165 Great, really great. 1566 01:38:42,499 --> 01:38:44,876 He's revolutionizing the place. 1567 01:38:45,127 --> 01:38:46,544 You can't work in his department... 1568 01:38:46,837 --> 01:38:49,422 ...unless you have a Ph.D. in Children's Literature. 1569 01:38:49,715 --> 01:38:51,341 I love daisies. 1570 01:38:52,551 --> 01:38:55,011 -You told me. -They're so friendly. 1571 01:38:55,346 --> 01:38:58,681 Don't you think daisies are the friendliest flower? 1572 01:38:58,849 --> 01:38:59,849 I do. 1573 01:39:01,060 --> 01:39:02,185 When did you break up? 1574 01:39:03,520 --> 01:39:04,687 Couple of weeks ago. 1575 01:39:05,522 --> 01:39:08,191 Everyone is breaking up. You. Me. 1576 01:39:08,359 --> 01:39:11,903 This other person I know broke up with someone in an elevator. 1577 01:39:12,154 --> 01:39:14,864 Or after it, or just outside it or.... 1578 01:39:15,157 --> 01:39:16,866 It got stuck. 1579 01:39:17,409 --> 01:39:20,787 When I saw you at the coffee place, I was waiting for him. 1580 01:39:21,038 --> 01:39:22,372 And I was.... 1581 01:39:22,539 --> 01:39:23,873 Charming. 1582 01:39:24,416 --> 01:39:25,917 I was not charming. 1583 01:39:26,168 --> 01:39:27,877 JOE: You looked charming. Tea? 1584 01:39:28,045 --> 01:39:29,587 Yes. I was.... 1585 01:39:29,755 --> 01:39:32,465 I was upset and horrible. 1586 01:39:33,092 --> 01:39:34,801 JOE: Honey? -Yes. 1587 01:39:34,969 --> 01:39:36,260 I was the horrible one. 1588 01:39:36,470 --> 01:39:38,054 Well, that's true. 1589 01:39:38,305 --> 01:39:40,765 But I have no excuse. 1590 01:39:41,392 --> 01:39:43,559 Oh, I see what you're saying. 1591 01:39:44,603 --> 01:39:45,812 That's interesting. 1592 01:39:46,063 --> 01:39:48,064 Whereas I am a horrible person... 1593 01:39:48,273 --> 01:39:51,859 ...therefore I have no choice but to be horrible. 1594 01:39:52,111 --> 01:39:55,238 That's what you're saying. But that's all right. 1595 01:39:55,406 --> 01:39:58,074 I put you out of business so... 1596 01:39:58,742 --> 01:40:00,243 ...you're entitled to hate me. 1597 01:40:01,745 --> 01:40:03,246 I don't hate you. 1598 01:40:04,248 --> 01:40:06,416 But you'll never forgive me. 1599 01:40:06,792 --> 01:40:08,960 -Just like Elizabeth. -Who? 1600 01:40:09,628 --> 01:40:11,879 Elizabeth Bennet in Pride and Prejudice. 1601 01:40:12,089 --> 01:40:13,131 She was too proud. 1602 01:40:13,340 --> 01:40:15,758 I thought you hated Pride and Prejudice. 1603 01:40:16,010 --> 01:40:18,511 Or was she too prejudiced... 1604 01:40:18,762 --> 01:40:21,264 ...and Mr. Darcy is too proud? 1605 01:40:21,473 --> 01:40:22,849 I can't remember. 1606 01:40:29,440 --> 01:40:31,024 It wasn't personal. 1607 01:40:31,316 --> 01:40:34,652 What is that supposed to mean? I'm so sick of that. 1608 01:40:34,903 --> 01:40:38,281 All that means is that it wasn't personal to you. 1609 01:40:38,490 --> 01:40:40,283 But it was personal to me. 1610 01:40:40,492 --> 01:40:42,785 It's personal to a lot of people. 1611 01:40:42,995 --> 01:40:46,039 What is so wrong with being personal anyway? 1612 01:40:47,207 --> 01:40:48,541 Nothing. 1613 01:40:48,792 --> 01:40:52,920 Whatever else anything is, it ought to begin by being personal. 1614 01:40:56,300 --> 01:40:58,676 My head is starting to get fuzzy. 1615 01:41:03,974 --> 01:41:05,933 Why did you stop by again? I forget. 1616 01:41:07,478 --> 01:41:08,728 I wanted to be your friend. 1617 01:41:09,938 --> 01:41:11,314 Oh. 1618 01:41:12,149 --> 01:41:14,275 I knew it wasn't possible. 1619 01:41:15,360 --> 01:41:18,446 Sometimes a guy just wants the impossible. 1620 01:41:28,373 --> 01:41:30,291 Can I ask you a question? 1621 01:41:30,501 --> 01:41:31,667 What? 1622 01:41:33,504 --> 01:41:36,172 What happened with that guy at the café? 1623 01:41:37,049 --> 01:41:38,174 Nothing. 1624 01:41:38,383 --> 01:41:40,259 But you're crazy about him? 1625 01:41:41,637 --> 01:41:42,678 Yes, I am. 1626 01:41:42,846 --> 01:41:46,265 Why don't you run off with him? What are you waiting for? 1627 01:41:48,685 --> 01:41:50,645 I don't actually know him. 1628 01:41:51,188 --> 01:41:52,271 Really? 1629 01:41:54,858 --> 01:41:57,527 I only know him through.... 1630 01:41:58,362 --> 01:41:59,821 You won't believe this. 1631 01:41:59,988 --> 01:42:01,656 JOE: Let me guess. 1632 01:42:02,199 --> 01:42:03,533 Through the Internet? 1633 01:42:05,035 --> 01:42:06,577 Yes. 1634 01:42:08,497 --> 01:42:09,580 JOE: Hmm. 1635 01:42:09,790 --> 01:42:12,250 "You've got mail." 1636 01:42:12,417 --> 01:42:13,876 Yes. 1637 01:42:16,213 --> 01:42:17,588 Those are very powerful words. 1638 01:42:18,215 --> 01:42:19,715 Yes. 1639 01:42:22,803 --> 01:42:24,554 I'm happy for him. 1640 01:42:25,931 --> 01:42:27,682 Although.... 1641 01:42:29,017 --> 01:42:30,935 Could I just make a suggestion? 1642 01:42:31,562 --> 01:42:32,895 What? 1643 01:42:33,355 --> 01:42:34,814 I think... 1644 01:42:35,357 --> 01:42:37,066 ...you should meet him. 1645 01:42:37,568 --> 01:42:40,027 No, wait, I take that back. 1646 01:42:40,946 --> 01:42:43,823 Why would you meet somebody you're crazy about? 1647 01:42:44,074 --> 01:42:47,743 I hardly think I need to take advice from a person who-- 1648 01:42:50,122 --> 01:42:52,331 I can see I bring out the worst in you. 1649 01:42:52,583 --> 01:42:55,209 Let me help you to not say something... 1650 01:42:55,419 --> 01:42:59,922 ...you'll torture yourself about for years to come. 1651 01:43:13,103 --> 01:43:15,271 I hope you feel better soon. 1652 01:43:16,607 --> 01:43:18,941 It'd be a shame to miss New York in the spring. 1653 01:43:23,155 --> 01:43:24,739 Thank you for the daisies. 1654 01:43:35,792 --> 01:43:38,461 Well, you take care. 1655 01:43:39,880 --> 01:43:40,922 I will. 1656 01:43:42,132 --> 01:43:43,257 Goodbye. 1657 01:43:45,135 --> 01:43:46,469 Goodbye. 1658 01:44:03,487 --> 01:44:05,696 KATHLEEN: I've been thinking about this... 1659 01:44:05,948 --> 01:44:08,032 ...and I think we should meet. 1660 01:44:14,706 --> 01:44:16,332 JOE: We should meet. 1661 01:44:17,000 --> 01:44:18,793 And we will meet. 1662 01:44:19,294 --> 01:44:23,297 But I'm in the middle of a project that needs... 1663 01:44:28,512 --> 01:44:30,179 ...tweaking. 1664 01:44:49,950 --> 01:44:51,367 Some tweaking? 1665 01:44:52,035 --> 01:44:53,911 A project that needed... 1666 01:44:54,079 --> 01:44:55,204 ..."tweaking." 1667 01:44:55,372 --> 01:44:59,542 -Yeah, that's what he said. -T-W-E-A-K-I-N-G? Tweaking. 1668 01:45:00,210 --> 01:45:03,212 It sounds to me like he's married. 1669 01:45:03,380 --> 01:45:04,547 Three kids. 1670 01:45:04,715 --> 01:45:07,717 That's a terrible thing to say. He couldn't be married. 1671 01:45:08,010 --> 01:45:09,218 How do you know? 1672 01:45:09,386 --> 01:45:11,595 Have you said, "Are you married?" 1673 01:45:11,888 --> 01:45:14,473 No, I'm not going to-- No. 1674 01:45:15,892 --> 01:45:19,270 KATHLEEN: I know this is a little late to be asking but... 1675 01:45:20,397 --> 01:45:21,897 ...are you married? 1676 01:45:25,402 --> 01:45:26,861 JOE: Am I married? 1677 01:45:27,070 --> 01:45:29,030 What kind of question is that? 1678 01:45:29,573 --> 01:45:32,491 How can you ask me that? Don't you know me at all? 1679 01:45:32,743 --> 01:45:34,618 Oh, wait, I get it. 1680 01:45:35,245 --> 01:45:38,581 Your friends are saying the reason we haven't met is I'm married. 1681 01:45:38,749 --> 01:45:40,249 Am I right? 1682 01:45:41,585 --> 01:45:43,753 -So he didn't answer the question. -Yes, he did. 1683 01:45:44,046 --> 01:45:46,922 -He did not. -He did. He did. He nailed me. 1684 01:45:47,215 --> 01:45:51,093 He knew what I was after which is, by the way, exactly like him. 1685 01:45:51,386 --> 01:45:54,597 He did not answer the question, did he? 1686 01:45:55,891 --> 01:45:57,266 No. 1687 01:45:58,435 --> 01:46:00,644 Maybe he's fat. 1688 01:46:01,313 --> 01:46:03,272 He's fat. He's a fatty. 1689 01:46:04,024 --> 01:46:05,066 I don't care. 1690 01:46:05,233 --> 01:46:07,151 You don't care that he's so fat... 1691 01:46:07,402 --> 01:46:11,113 ...he has to be removed from his house by a crane. You don't care. 1692 01:46:11,281 --> 01:46:12,740 KATHLEEN: That is very unlikely. 1693 01:46:12,949 --> 01:46:15,284 That is completely ridiculous. 1694 01:46:15,952 --> 01:46:17,787 What's his handle? 1695 01:46:17,954 --> 01:46:19,288 Uh.... 1696 01:46:21,083 --> 01:46:22,583 I'm not going to write him. 1697 01:46:22,793 --> 01:46:24,835 You think I'm going to e-mail him? 1698 01:46:27,130 --> 01:46:28,756 All right, N-Y-1 -5-2. 1699 01:46:29,049 --> 01:46:31,634 N-Y-1-5-2? 152. 1700 01:46:31,927 --> 01:46:34,053 He's 152 years old. 1701 01:46:34,805 --> 01:46:37,556 He's had 152 moles removed... 1702 01:46:37,808 --> 01:46:40,684 ...so now he's got 152 pockmarks on his.... 1703 01:46:41,353 --> 01:46:42,978 On his face. 1704 01:46:43,313 --> 01:46:46,774 The number of people who think he looks like Clark Gable. 1705 01:46:47,067 --> 01:46:50,861 152 people who think he looks like a Clark Bar. 1706 01:46:51,446 --> 01:46:53,322 [KATHLEEN LAUGHS] 1707 01:46:54,825 --> 01:46:58,411 KATHLEEN: Why'd I even tell you? -152 stitches from his nose job. 1708 01:46:58,662 --> 01:47:01,705 The number of his souvenir shot glasses... 1709 01:47:01,957 --> 01:47:05,459 ...that he's collected in his travels. 1710 01:47:06,420 --> 01:47:07,962 His address. 1711 01:47:08,213 --> 01:47:12,091 No, he would never do anything that prosaic. 1712 01:47:16,138 --> 01:47:19,181 The only thing I really care about is that... 1713 01:47:19,391 --> 01:47:22,560 ...aside from the married thing and the jail thing... 1714 01:47:22,769 --> 01:47:25,271 ...is the boat thing. 1715 01:47:26,106 --> 01:47:27,148 What boat thing? 1716 01:47:27,315 --> 01:47:29,608 I could never be with someone who had a boat. 1717 01:47:31,319 --> 01:47:32,778 I have a boat. 1718 01:47:33,572 --> 01:47:35,156 Oh. 1719 01:47:35,323 --> 01:47:37,908 Which clinches it. We'll never be together. 1720 01:47:38,243 --> 01:47:39,827 -How many? -Three. 1721 01:47:40,078 --> 01:47:41,454 -Allow me. -Thank you. 1722 01:47:41,663 --> 01:47:45,291 I could never be with someone who likes Joni Mitchell. 1723 01:47:45,542 --> 01:47:48,586 It's cloud's illusions I recall I really don't know clouds at all 1724 01:47:48,795 --> 01:47:52,214 What does that mean? Is she a pilot? 1725 01:47:52,424 --> 01:47:55,259 It must be a metaphor, but I don't know what it is. 1726 01:47:57,012 --> 01:47:58,387 JOE: How's your book coming? 1727 01:47:58,638 --> 01:48:01,474 KATHLEEN: There's this children's book editor I know. 1728 01:48:01,725 --> 01:48:04,435 She's excited to read it when I'm finished. 1729 01:48:04,644 --> 01:48:06,937 Who would ever have thought that I would write? 1730 01:48:07,189 --> 01:48:09,523 -If I hadn't had all this time.... -Uh-huh. 1731 01:48:10,442 --> 01:48:11,859 -You know what? -What? 1732 01:48:12,402 --> 01:48:16,530 The truth is he was the one who started me thinking about writing. 1733 01:48:17,657 --> 01:48:20,993 Mr. 152 Felony Indictments. 1734 01:48:22,037 --> 01:48:25,581 Mr. 152 Insights Into My Soul. 1735 01:48:25,749 --> 01:48:28,000 Oh. Whoa. Yeah. Oh. 1736 01:48:28,168 --> 01:48:30,294 No competing with that. 1737 01:48:32,881 --> 01:48:35,090 I keep on bumping into you. 1738 01:48:36,843 --> 01:48:38,135 Hope your mango's ripe. 1739 01:48:39,137 --> 01:48:40,638 I think it is. 1740 01:48:41,223 --> 01:48:43,349 You want to bump into me... 1741 01:48:43,725 --> 01:48:45,976 ...on Saturday around lunchtime? 1742 01:48:46,144 --> 01:48:47,728 -Yeah. -Over there? 1743 01:48:47,896 --> 01:48:49,855 -Uh-huh. -Good. 1744 01:48:54,444 --> 01:48:56,820 JOE: How about meeting... 1745 01:48:57,072 --> 01:48:58,989 ...Saturday? 1746 01:48:59,908 --> 01:49:01,700 Four o'clock. 1747 01:49:02,077 --> 01:49:04,328 There's a place in Riverside Park at 91st Street... 1748 01:49:04,496 --> 01:49:07,248 ...where the path curves and there's a garden. 1749 01:49:07,499 --> 01:49:09,875 Brinkley and I will be waiting. 1750 01:49:10,544 --> 01:49:11,835 Okay, let's do it. 1751 01:49:12,087 --> 01:49:13,712 Ready? And.... 1752 01:49:13,964 --> 01:49:15,214 Doot. 1753 01:49:15,382 --> 01:49:16,757 There it goes. 1754 01:49:17,759 --> 01:49:19,635 -Today? -Today. 1755 01:49:19,803 --> 01:49:20,803 Wow. 1756 01:49:20,971 --> 01:49:23,347 I know. In Riverside Park. 1757 01:49:24,766 --> 01:49:26,767 That would mean he's a Westsider. 1758 01:49:26,977 --> 01:49:29,687 Maybe I've seen him and don't even know it. 1759 01:49:29,896 --> 01:49:32,147 JOE: You could have seen him every day and not know it. 1760 01:49:32,357 --> 01:49:33,691 KATHLEEN: It's very possible. 1761 01:49:33,858 --> 01:49:35,818 -He could be anyone. -He could be that guy. 1762 01:49:35,986 --> 01:49:37,987 And those flowers are for you. 1763 01:49:39,656 --> 01:49:42,074 JOE: Could be the Zipper Man. -Who's that? 1764 01:49:42,325 --> 01:49:43,534 The Zipper Man. 1765 01:49:43,827 --> 01:49:44,827 Who is that? 1766 01:49:44,995 --> 01:49:47,496 He repairs zippers on Amsterdam Avenue. 1767 01:49:47,706 --> 01:49:51,166 -Will you cut it out? -You'd never have to buy new luggage. 1768 01:49:51,334 --> 01:49:52,751 [KATHLEEN CHUCKLES] 1769 01:49:52,919 --> 01:49:56,839 The timing here is everything. He's waited until you're primed. 1770 01:49:57,007 --> 01:49:58,007 See? 1771 01:49:58,174 --> 01:50:02,845 Until you are absolutely convinced that there's no other man... 1772 01:50:03,054 --> 01:50:05,180 ...that you could possibly love. 1773 01:50:05,390 --> 01:50:06,807 Yes. 1774 01:50:07,601 --> 01:50:09,518 You know, sometimes I wonder. 1775 01:50:10,020 --> 01:50:11,061 What? 1776 01:50:14,524 --> 01:50:16,191 If I hadn't been Fox Books... 1777 01:50:16,401 --> 01:50:19,612 ...and you hadn't been The Shop Around the Corner... 1778 01:50:20,405 --> 01:50:22,740 ...and you and I had just met. 1779 01:50:23,325 --> 01:50:26,410 -I know. -Yeah. Yeah. 1780 01:50:27,037 --> 01:50:29,079 I'd have asked for your number. 1781 01:50:30,874 --> 01:50:35,419 I wouldn't have been able to wait 24 hours before calling you and saying: 1782 01:50:37,589 --> 01:50:39,882 "How about some coffee... 1783 01:50:40,091 --> 01:50:42,259 ...or drinks or dinner... 1784 01:50:42,552 --> 01:50:43,969 ...or a movie... 1785 01:50:45,096 --> 01:50:47,640 ...for as long as we both shall live?" 1786 01:50:51,978 --> 01:50:53,062 Joe-- 1787 01:50:53,229 --> 01:50:55,773 You and I would never have been at war. 1788 01:50:56,650 --> 01:51:01,236 The only thing we'd fight about would be which video to rent on a Saturday night. 1789 01:51:04,407 --> 01:51:05,866 Who fights about that? 1790 01:51:06,993 --> 01:51:08,577 Some people. 1791 01:51:09,913 --> 01:51:10,913 Not us. 1792 01:51:11,289 --> 01:51:13,082 We would never. 1793 01:51:17,754 --> 01:51:18,921 If only. 1794 01:51:24,302 --> 01:51:27,304 -I gotta go. -Let me ask you something. 1795 01:51:32,102 --> 01:51:35,813 How can you forgive this guy for standing you up... 1796 01:51:36,022 --> 01:51:39,274 ...and not forgive me for this tiny little thing... 1797 01:51:40,652 --> 01:51:42,945 ...of putting you out of business? 1798 01:51:48,284 --> 01:51:49,618 How I wish you would. 1799 01:51:52,455 --> 01:51:53,831 I really have to go. 1800 01:51:54,124 --> 01:51:55,916 You don't want to be late. 1801 01:53:05,403 --> 01:53:06,862 [SIGHS] 1802 01:53:16,623 --> 01:53:18,290 JOE: Brinkley! 1803 01:53:18,708 --> 01:53:20,375 [BRINKLEY BARKING] 1804 01:53:22,003 --> 01:53:23,545 Brinkley! 1805 01:53:36,601 --> 01:53:38,435 [CHUCKLES] 1806 01:54:10,760 --> 01:54:12,970 Don't cry, Shopgirl. 1807 01:54:14,597 --> 01:54:15,681 Don't cry. 1808 01:54:19,435 --> 01:54:20,978 I wanted it to be you. 1809 01:54:23,147 --> 01:54:25,566 I wanted it to be you so badly. 1810 01:54:52,343 --> 01:54:53,844 [BARKING] 1811 01:59:18,776 --> 01:59:20,777 [ENGLISH - US - SDH] 1811 01:59:21,305 --> 01:59:27,256 Craving big poker? 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