1. Shit.Copy !req
2. Oh, God.Copy !req
3. What time did you get back
from Vermont?Copy !req
4. You don't wanna know.Copy !req
5. Was it worth it?
Did he sign the contract?Copy !req
6. - Yes.
- You're a genius. How did you do it?Copy !req
7. I did it the old-fashioned way.Copy !req
8. - What do you mean?
- I begged.Copy !req
9. The boss can—Copy !req
10. - Morning, Roy. Morning, Mary.
- Good morning.Copy !req
11. Mary, what time
is my doctor's appointment?Copy !req
12. I had no idea you had one.Copy !req
13. - Coffee, Roy?
- Yeah. Are you sick?Copy !req
14. A wolf bit me.Copy !req
15. I just asked.Copy !req
16. What time
is Mr. Randall's appointment?Copy !req
17. Thanks.Copy !req
18. You going to Alden's party tonight?Copy !req
19. Probably.Copy !req
20. It's a little Roman to invite everybody
over to your house...Copy !req
21. to let them know
whether they still have a job.Copy !req
22. Right.Copy !req
23. You have no doctor's appointment...Copy !req
24. but the doctor says he'll see you
if you come in before 12.Copy !req
25. What I came in to say is...Copy !req
26. if you get the axe tonight,
I go with you.Copy !req
27. And so do I.Copy !req
28. Now, listen.
You need your paychecks.Copy !req
29. I forbid you.Copy !req
30. I forbid you to take any action
if I'm fired.Copy !req
31. Right. Maude Waggins
is waiting in your office.Copy !req
32. I cannot write for a conglomerate.
You'll have to protect me, Will.Copy !req
33. First of all,
Raymond Alden isn't a conglomerate.Copy !req
34. He's an ordinary billionaire.Copy !req
35. And secondly...Copy !req
36. I'm not sure if I'm going to be here
after the takeover.Copy !req
37. What?Copy !req
38. What are you talking about?Copy !req
39. You're the senior editor.
Your name, your reputation...Copy !req
40. My reputation has been in question
ever since I told Judith Krantz...Copy !req
41. that no semiliterate 14-year-old
would read her fiction.Copy !req
42. Oh, bullshit.Copy !req
43. Sit down, Maude.Copy !req
44. The good news is...Copy !req
45. the head of marketing
is my friend and protégé...Copy !req
46. and if I leave,
he says he'll leave with me.Copy !req
47. And since I know
they don't wanna lose him...Copy !req
48. it may give me some leverage.Copy !req
49. I'll leave with you too.
How's that for leverage?Copy !req
50. Come on.Copy !req
51. Let's go and see your protégé.Copy !req
52. So go do what you do.Copy !req
53. Willie, just the man I wanted to see.Copy !req
54. - Maude Waggins.
- Do I know you?Copy !req
55. Not yet, but you saved my life...Copy !req
56. because upon reading What About
Us Grills? my freshman year at Yale—Copy !req
57. You realized you had to write.Copy !req
58. I realized I had to stop writing...Copy !req
59. because I realized
that if this was talent, I had none.Copy !req
60. But how nice that
that should stop you, and how rare.Copy !req
61. I adore you.Copy !req
62. I taught him to do that.Copy !req
63. Yes, until I met Will, I used to punch
my authors on the side of the head.Copy !req
64. Please come in.Copy !req
65. Maude wants to go with us
if we leave.Copy !req
66. You wouldn't know
off the top of your head...Copy !req
67. what her contract calls for,
would you?Copy !req
68. She's obligated to one more book...Copy !req
69. and then we get a first look
at her next two.Copy !req
70. One more book. Good.Copy !req
71. How about an 80-page reminiscence
of all the restaurants I've loved?Copy !req
72. Well, whatever you say. There are
no specifications in the contract.Copy !req
73. Perfect.
I'll start eating out right now.Copy !req
74. You are a rarity, Mr.Copy !req
75. a loyal man
with a great taste in authors.Copy !req
76. Bye, Will.Copy !req
77. - I'll see you at Jason's.
- Thank you, darling.Copy !req
78. You are such a polished ass-kisser,
it takes my breath away.Copy !req
79. Hey, I kiss them like I see them.Copy !req
80. A wolf in Vermont?
I don't think so, Will.Copy !req
81. You weren't there, Ralph.Copy !req
82. You sure it wasn't a husky
or a German shepherd?Copy !req
83. I mean, after all, it was night,
wasn't it? It was dark out.Copy !req
84. Full moon.Copy !req
85. And to answer your question,
it was a wolf.Copy !req
86. I was staring straight at it.
You don't confuse a dog with a wolf.Copy !req
87. I see. Whatever you say.Copy !req
88. It's funny.
This isn't the first rabies shot...Copy !req
89. I've given in the last few months.Copy !req
90. My wife's sister-in-law
up in Oneonta.Copy !req
91. A raccoon chased her up on her porch
and bit her in the ass.Copy !req
92. Last summer, the son of a friend...Copy !req
93. sustained brain damage
from a snake bite.Copy !req
94. His kid was in front of his pool.Copy !req
95. And the next thing you know,
he has brain damage.Copy !req
96. - Is he all right?
- Who?Copy !req
97. Your friend's son.Copy !req
98. No, you idiot, he has brain damage.Copy !req
99. I don't think of Time Warner...Copy !req
100. as another giant
multinational media conglomerate...Copy !req
101. but as a bunch
of decent caring people...Copy !req
102. because I just don't believe money
always implies ruthless ambition.Copy !req
103. - Am I insane?
- I would say so, yes.Copy !req
104. Oh, he's such a charming man.Copy !req
105. So supposedly...Copy !req
106. because the rain forest
is being destroyed so rapidly...Copy !req
107. all these new viruses are going
to colonize throughout the world...Copy !req
108. and destroy vast segments
of the population.Copy !req
109. I'm only quoting The New Yorker,
you understand.Copy !req
110. Every upscale magazine
tries to make the case...Copy !req
111. that the world will end
if we have no rain forests.Copy !req
112. Well, you could make a case
that the world has already ended.Copy !req
113. That art is dead
and we are exhausted.Copy !req
114. That instead of art,
we have pop culture, daytime TV...Copy !req
115. gay senior citizens...Copy !req
116. women who've been raped
by their dentists, confiding in Oprah.Copy !req
117. An exploration, in depth, of why
women cut off their husband's penis.Copy !req
118. Well.Copy !req
119. - Well, time to fill up the glass.
- Yes.Copy !req
120. - Yes.
- Yes, let's have a drink.Copy !req
121. For God's sakes, relax. Eat something.
At least get a meal out of this.Copy !req
122. I didn't like the food.
All that red rare meat dripping blood.Copy !req
123. Gee, you're fun to eat with.Copy !req
124. Mr. Alden would like to see you
on the terrace, sir...Copy !req
125. whenever you're ready.Copy !req
126. Never send to know
for whom the bell tolls.Copy !req
127. - Hello. We'll be right out.
- It toll—Copy !req
128. We're gonna see the horses.Copy !req
129. Will...Copy !req
130. just remember who you are.Copy !req
131. Just charm the bastard.Copy !req
132. You can be charming
when you wanna, right?Copy !req
133. Why is he doing it this way?Copy !req
134. He probably thinks
it's kinder face to face.Copy !req
135. Oh, that's the funniest story
I've ever heard.Copy !req
136. Cigar?Copy !req
137. Don't mind if I do.Copy !req
138. Thank you.Copy !req
139. I want you...Copy !req
140. to think about Europe, Will.Copy !req
141. Eastern Europe, particularly.Copy !req
142. There's a whole new market
opening up there.Copy !req
143. I think, God and currency willing...Copy !req
144. that the entire continent
will eventually cohere...Copy !req
145. both economically and culturally.
I want that to be your area.Copy !req
146. I see.Copy !req
147. Then my area will no longer be
editor in chief of MacLeish House...Copy !req
148. after the takeover?Copy !req
149. Look, there's nothing personal.
Come on, you know that.Copy !req
150. You're clearly a man of taste
and individuality...Copy !req
151. which I prize...Copy !req
152. but these days...Copy !req
153. not only in corporate America,
but all around the globe...Copy !req
154. taste and individuality
are actually something of a handicap.Copy !req
155. Well, just out of curiosity...Copy !req
156. on what basis
did you pick my successor?Copy !req
157. Vulgarity and conformity?Copy !req
158. No. Drive. On the basis of hustle,
drive, and 52-carat ambition.Copy !req
159. He nagged me day and night
till I gave him your job.Copy !req
160. Well, for what it's worth,
here's what I've learned in 30 years:Copy !req
161. Treat the authors as human beings.
Don't stint on review copies.Copy !req
162. Whoa, boy.Copy !req
163. Don't hold them to deadlines.Copy !req
164. They'll only turn in rough drafts.Copy !req
165. Thank you.
Thank you, I'll remember that.Copy !req
166. You're a nice person, Will.
Thank God I replaced you.Copy !req
167. And I hope
you give Eastern Europe a shot.Copy !req
168. You'd better put that out.
Horses don't like it.Copy !req
169. Why, I think I'll finish it.Copy !req
170. - Go ahead. Good cigar, isn't it?
- Okay.Copy !req
171. - Hello.
- Hi.Copy !req
172. - Raymond, they are beautiful.
- Spectacular. They're just spectacular.Copy !req
173. Well, now, see now, I think so.Copy !req
174. And you're right. This is the prize.Copy !req
175. Fort Knox.Copy !req
176. The black is the sire.Copy !req
177. - Easy.
- More the dancer, wouldn't you say?Copy !req
178. Easy, easy.Copy !req
179. Look out there.Copy !req
180. - Easy.
- Easy, easy, easy.Copy !req
181. Easy, easy.Copy !req
182. Excuse me, I...Copy !req
183. I'm sorry.Copy !req
184. I guess...Copy !req
185. Listen, let's go back to the house,
have some drinks.Copy !req
186. Oh, God.Copy !req
187. Drink it.Copy !req
188. Good boy.Copy !req
189. I'm afraid...Copy !req
190. I finished your drink.Copy !req
191. What are you,
the last civilized man?Copy !req
192. I'm...Copy !req
193. just embarrassed.Copy !req
194. Half the people I know
are on Thorazine...Copy !req
195. so your little anxiety attack
barely arouses my interest.Copy !req
196. You're very kind.Copy !req
197. No, I'm not.Copy !req
198. I'm Laura Alden.Copy !req
199. Alden's my father.Copy !req
200. I'm Will Randall.Copy !req
201. Nice to meet you.Copy !req
202. You're not an easy guy to surprise,
are you?Copy !req
203. Not tonight.Copy !req
204. He just fired you, didn't he?Copy !req
205. Demoted, I think, is the word.Copy !req
206. I've been offered a choice
between no job...Copy !req
207. and a job no one would want.Copy !req
208. So, what will you do?Copy !req
209. I'll probably take the job
no one would want.Copy !req
210. I don't have the courage
to be jobless at my age.Copy !req
211. Old guy, huh?Copy !req
212. Yeah. Old guy.Copy !req
213. Well, I better get back.Copy !req
214. Was that on purpose?Copy !req
215. Oh, God.Copy !req
216. No.Copy !req
217. You're perfectly safe. I'm married.Copy !req
218. And that makes you perfectly safe?Copy !req
219. Well, yes.Copy !req
220. You better clean yourself up
if you're gonna face the crowd.Copy !req
221. Here, wipe your face. It's all sweaty.Copy !req
222. Thank you.Copy !req
223. There you are, dear.Copy !req
224. All ready for company.Copy !req
225. Thank you.Copy !req
226. How did it go?Copy !req
227. Come on, speak.
We've been going nuts.Copy !req
228. Well...Copy !req
229. first, let me say congratulations...Copy !req
230. on being the new editor in chief.Copy !req
231. I—? What? Alden said that?Copy !req
232. What did he say?Copy !req
233. I mean—Copy !req
234. It happened this evening,
just before the party. He called me.Copy !req
235. Told me
he wanted me to take the job.Copy !req
236. I said, Will Randall's editor in chief.Copy !req
237. I mean,
I didn't even know if he was serious.Copy !req
238. Look, Will, I didn't ask for this.
I mean, it just landed in my lap.Copy !req
239. Say the word, I'll turn it down.Copy !req
240. What do you think I should do?Copy !req
241. That's up to you, Stewart.Copy !req
242. No, Will, it's up to you.
I'll do whatever you say.Copy !req
243. I'm afraid you're asking the one person
in the world who can't advise you.Copy !req
244. Shit. Now I'm sorry you said that.Copy !req
245. That son of a bitch.Copy !req
246. Prick.Copy !req
247. I had no idea
he was offered your job.Copy !req
248. Why would you?Copy !req
249. It must have been hard
to turn down Alden's offer...Copy !req
250. but he could have told you.Copy !req
251. Yes.Copy !req
252. Why didn't you say something
to him?Copy !req
253. Why did you let him walk away
with your blessing, guilt-free?Copy !req
254. Charlotte, please.Copy !req
255. I can't...Copy !req
256. I can't talk now.Copy !req
257. May I just say one more thing about it?
The last thing?Copy !req
258. No.Copy !req
259. Will, come on, it's 7:30.Copy !req
260. Give me till 8.Copy !req
261. Will?Copy !req
262. It's 7:40.
I asked you to give me till 8.Copy !req
263. It's 7:40 at night, you dope.Copy !req
264. You've been sleeping all day.Copy !req
265. Are you all right?Copy !req
266. How do you feel?Copy !req
267. I feel...Copy !req
268. good.Copy !req
269. So I said,
"Why assign me mastectomies...Copy !req
270. and new trends
in estrogen therapy?Copy !req
271. Why can't I do the article
on genetic engineering...Copy !req
272. and give Pete mastectomies?"Copy !req
273. You know what he said?Copy !req
274. "You'll do it so much better.
You're a woman."Copy !req
275. I said, "That's like telling
a black food writer she can only—"Copy !req
276. Hey. What are you doing?Copy !req
277. I have to catch up.Copy !req
278. I haven't eaten, I haven't drunk...Copy !req
279. I haven't made love in a long time.Copy !req
280. A very long time.Copy !req
281. You think we ought to do it
right here...Copy !req
282. in front of the dome of The Second
Church of Christ, Scientist?Copy !req
283. What else can you do
without hands?Copy !req
284. You'll see.Copy !req
285. What was in that stew?Copy !req
286. Thank you.Copy !req
287. Morning.Copy !req
288. How the fuck can you drink tequila
this early?Copy !req
289. How the fuck did you know?Copy !req
290. You kidding?
You can smell it a mile away.Copy !req
291. - Oh, Mr. Randall, are you all right?
- Perfect.Copy !req
292. I heard about Alden's decision.
I'm so sorry.Copy !req
293. Yeah. Was Stewart just in here?Copy !req
294. Well, not just. About an hour ago.Copy !req
295. That's how I found out.Copy !req
296. Are you all right?Copy !req
297. I'm fine. Never been better.Copy !req
298. I just wanna say, I think it sucks.Copy !req
299. Thank you, Roy.Copy !req
300. Are—?Copy !req
301. What'd you do, get contacts?Copy !req
302. Well, I'll be damned.Copy !req
303. You've edited about 60 pages
of this manuscript since Monday.Copy !req
304. What are you on?Copy !req
305. Nothing.
I just caught up on my sleep.Copy !req
306. I got 20 hours of sleep, and I feel...Copy !req
307. 20 years younger.Copy !req
308. And so now you can see
without your glasses?Copy !req
309. Yeah, you've got a point.Copy !req
310. Can't trust anybody. Even
married people can't trust each other.Copy !req
311. Oh, thank you.Copy !req
312. We can offer $75,000 advance
against foreign sales.Copy !req
313. Nicole, Mike on 3.Copy !req
314. You know what that prick says to me?
"How could you drink this early?"Copy !req
315. I mean, I put a drop of tequila
in my coffee this morning...Copy !req
316. and he said he smelled it.Copy !req
317. It doesn't make sense.Copy !req
318. And we couldn't give them away
in South America.Copy !req
319. He's huge in Mexico and in Japan,
so go figure.Copy !req
320. - It's incredible.
- Fuck you. No, I'm not gonna do it.Copy !req
321. - You hear Alden replaced Randall?
- Are you sure?Copy !req
322. I'm absolutely positive.Copy !req
323. It's official. Will Randall's out.
Stewart Swinton is in.Copy !req
324. I can't take it anymore.
I just can't take it.Copy !req
325. We'll take care of it. See you later.Copy !req
326. I mean, who did he think he was?
Simon House or something? I mean...Copy !req
327. Get me Gary on the phone.Copy !req
328. You mean, like,
a manual on owning animals?Copy !req
329. No, no, not animal possession.
Animal possession.Copy !req
330. Demonic possession. The possession
of the spirit by an animal.Copy !req
331. Give me a minute.Copy !req
332. How many do you want?Copy !req
333. One. The top one.
The most respectable.Copy !req
334. Vijay Alezais.Copy !req
335. Wrote Something Wild, 1948.
Old but breathing.Copy !req
336. He's not some kind of mystic
out of the jungle, is he?Copy !req
337. No, no. He has a string of letters
after his name.Copy !req
338. In fact, he's Dr. Alezais.Copy !req
339. All right. Thank you. Can you
give his number to Mary, please?Copy !req
340. All right.Copy !req
341. - And Gary?
- Yeah?Copy !req
342. Don't tell people
that you had a drop of tequila...Copy !req
343. with your coffee this morning.Copy !req
344. You didn't have coffee this morning.Copy !req
345. Hi, I'm just letting you know
I got to New Haven in one piece.Copy !req
346. I'll be home tomorrow,
after the seminar.Copy !req
347. If you get hungry, there's still
some stew left over from last night.Copy !req
348. Let's see if it still works,
you animal.Copy !req
349. - Yes?
- It's Will.Copy !req
350. I'll come down.Copy !req
351. Hey, Will. What's going on?Copy !req
352. What is it?Copy !req
353. Hey, what the fuck's wrong—?Copy !req
354. Jesus Christ.Copy !req
355. Fuck.Copy !req
356. What did he—?Copy !req
357. I'm sorry.Copy !req
358. Yeah.Copy !req
359. I'll get dressed.Copy !req
360. Morning, Mr. Randall.Copy !req
361. Get out your Rolodex, Mary.
I've moved to the Mayflower.Copy !req
362. - Okay. Is that permanent?
- Yes.Copy !req
363. Call Legal and find out
if the deal with Alden is really closed...Copy !req
364. or if they're still dicking around
on points.Copy !req
365. Then get Roy to come in here...Copy !req
366. and bring a list of every name author
he's ever worked with in this house.Copy !req
367. Then get me a list...Copy !req
368. of every name author
that I've ever worked with.Copy !req
369. Then call Alden. See if you can
get me an appointment...Copy !req
370. this afternoon at his house.Copy !req
371. Yes, sir.
Is the worm turning, Mr. Randall?Copy !req
372. The worm has turned
and is now packing an Uzi, Mary.Copy !req
373. It's about fucking time, sir.Copy !req
374. What do you want me to do?
I'll do it. Resign today?Copy !req
375. Promise never to see Charlotte
again?Copy !req
376. Just tell me what to do.Copy !req
377. I want you to resign today.Copy !req
378. Well, I can't do that.Copy !req
379. So why did I say it?Copy !req
380. I guess it's just a way...Copy !req
381. of telling you...Copy !req
382. how bad I feel
about being such a shit.Copy !req
383. I love you, Will.
I know how that sounds, but I do...Copy !req
384. and I know how much I've hurt you,
and it kills me.Copy !req
385. I know I can't...Copy !req
386. You'll never forgive me, will you?Copy !req
387. No.Copy !req
388. Okay.Copy !req
389. But still...Copy !req
390. I'd like your permission...Copy !req
391. to ask Alden to forget
about the Eastern European thing...Copy !req
392. and keep you on
as senior editorial consultant.Copy !req
393. Will you let me do that for you?Copy !req
394. I'm gonna get you, Stewart.Copy !req
395. Well, I have my offer to—Copy !req
396. The deal with Alden
is not completely closed.Copy !req
397. - What a fucking brilliant guess.
- Mr. Alden will see you today at 12:30.Copy !req
398. Roy, get on the phone
with your list of authors...Copy !req
399. and ask them if they'd like
to form a partnership with us...Copy !req
400. in a publishing house
of their own.Copy !req
401. Tell them
we're leaving MacLeish House...Copy !req
402. because we've heard
that the new unofficial policy...Copy !req
403. is to push everything that sells and—
This will get them.Copy !req
404. Bury everything
that doesn't take off like a rocket.Copy !req
405. Tell them we've got enough investors
to get it off the ground.Copy !req
406. - Two things.
- Go.Copy !req
407. - How many investors do we have?
- I don't know. I haven't called anybody.Copy !req
408. - But you want me to say it anyway?
- Yes.Copy !req
409. - Second thing: Is any of this true?
- Not yet.Copy !req
410. You're my god.Copy !req
411. Mary, we'd better start calling writers.
We'll begin with Maude.Copy !req
412. - Mr. Randall.
- Hello, Mr. Randall. Excuse me.Copy !req
413. Don't get up.Copy !req
414. I just wanted to tell you
that I'm turning down Eastern Europe.Copy !req
415. Well, I more or less
thought you would.Copy !req
416. Nice seeing you again, sir.Copy !req
417. Come on.Copy !req
418. Thattagirl.Copy !req
419. Whoa, baby.Copy !req
420. You all right? You all right?Copy !req
421. Are you crazy? Don't you have enough
brains to stay away from animals...Copy !req
422. when you know they're frightened
of you?Copy !req
423. I didn't know it was me
they were frightened of.Copy !req
424. Are you an idiot? You nearly
stampeded the horses last Monday.Copy !req
425. Can't you see that animals
are disturbed by your presence?Copy !req
426. - Hey, sorry. I just wanted to say hello.
- You're not hurt, I hope.Copy !req
427. You haven't fallen
since you were 12.Copy !req
428. I'm fine.Copy !req
429. Well, here you still are.Copy !req
430. You get lost?Copy !req
431. - No.
- We were talking.Copy !req
432. Yes. Yes, of course.Copy !req
433. Henry and Caroline are coming
to lunch. I told them you'd join us.Copy !req
434. Did you?Copy !req
435. What a pity.
I'm having lunch with...Copy !req
436. - Will.
- Will.Copy !req
437. It doesn't really matter to Laura
what your name is, Mr. Randall.Copy !req
438. What is important to her
is that you're unemployed...Copy !req
439. and inappropriate,
and I don't approve of you.Copy !req
440. Well, we're gonna miss your company,
my dear.Copy !req
441. Yes, I know.Copy !req
442. Shall we start cooking?Copy !req
443. Your little place?Copy !req
444. It's one of the guest houses.
I only stay here when I'm in town.Copy !req
445. I'm sorry...Copy !req
446. but I just realized I have nothing
but peanut butter and jelly...Copy !req
447. and a carton of milk.
I'm afraid we'll have to cancel lunch.Copy !req
448. Are you serious? Peanut butter
and jelly is mother's milk to me.Copy !req
449. Listen, whatever you think
is going to happen isn't.Copy !req
450. Please don't take anything for granted
because we exchanged a few words...Copy !req
451. the other night.Copy !req
452. I don't take anything for granted,
Ms. Alden...Copy !req
453. except perhaps some small measure
of civility from my hostess.Copy !req
454. So, what do you do?Copy !req
455. Why do you care?Copy !req
456. I don't.Copy !req
457. I was just making
polite conversation.Copy !req
458. I'd rather not discuss what I do.Copy !req
459. You know, I think I understand
what you're like now.Copy !req
460. You're beautiful. You think men
are only interested in you...Copy !req
461. because you're beautiful.Copy !req
462. But you want them to be interested
in you because you're you.Copy !req
463. The problem is that,
aside from that beauty...Copy !req
464. you're not very interesting.Copy !req
465. You're rude. You're hostile,
You're sullen. You're withdrawn.Copy !req
466. I know you want someone
to look past all that...Copy !req
467. at the real person underneath.Copy !req
468. But the only reason that anyone
would bother to look past all that...Copy !req
469. is because you're beautiful.Copy !req
470. Ironic, isn't it?Copy !req
471. In an odd way,
you're your own problem.Copy !req
472. Sorry, wrong line.Copy !req
473. I am not taken aback
by your keen insight...Copy !req
474. and suddenly challenged by you.Copy !req
475. Shall we have the rest of our milk
in the living room?Copy !req
476. Are all of these you?Copy !req
477. Yes.Copy !req
478. My father keeps this cottage empty
just for me, so when I show up...Copy !req
479. I'll have a place to stay that's as far
away from him as possible.Copy !req
480. Pictures were thrown in
by the decorator.Copy !req
481. He had a mawkish side.Copy !req
482. Is this you?Copy !req
483. My mother. She died when I was 12.Copy !req
484. I'm sorry.Copy !req
485. And this?Copy !req
486. My brother. He died last year.Copy !req
487. Yes...Copy !req
488. I remember.
He had some kind of an accident.Copy !req
489. No, he killed himself.Copy !req
490. He was diagnosed
borderline schizophrenic...Copy !req
491. and, well,
I guess he got tired of the title.Copy !req
492. He lived with me on and off.Copy !req
493. Nice face.Copy !req
494. Yeah.Copy !req
495. Well, he was pretty nice
for a little brother.Copy !req
496. This is really something.Copy !req
497. Isn't it?Copy !req
498. This is where I used to come
to bury my pets.Copy !req
499. And this is where I realized...Copy !req
500. that one day I would die.Copy !req
501. Standing right here, on this spot,
I realized...Copy !req
502. that one day I would be over.Copy !req
503. I wanna tell you something.Copy !req
504. A few days ago,
something happened to me.Copy !req
505. I was driving in New England,
and I hit an animal.Copy !req
506. Oh, God.Copy !req
507. A wolf.Copy !req
508. In New England? Are you sure?Copy !req
509. I'm absolutely positive,
and when I tried to touch it, it bit me.Copy !req
510. - Did you get checked for rabies?
- Yes. No, I'm fine.Copy !req
511. But this is really
gonna sound insane.Copy !req
512. Since it happened,
I feel as though the wolf...Copy !req
513. passed something along to me.Copy !req
514. A scrap of its spirit in my blood
or something.Copy !req
515. I don't know. Suddenly,
my senses are all incredibly acute.Copy !req
516. I feel just so...Copy !req
517. great.Copy !req
518. I'm just not the kind of person
who walks around feeling great.Copy !req
519. I don't know. I'm different.Copy !req
520. More alive.Copy !req
521. Stronger.Copy !req
522. - Well, it sounds strange, but—
- It's better than living in Bosnia.Copy !req
523. No, no, I wasn't going to say that.
I was going to say...Copy !req
524. that whatever it is,
if you feel great...Copy !req
525. maybe you should just accept it
as a gift.Copy !req
526. Well, I'm afraid it will have a price.Copy !req
527. There is that.Copy !req
528. Would you like to stay for dinner?Copy !req
529. If it's not peanut butter and jelly,
and I don't tell my father?Copy !req
530. Yes.Copy !req
531. Well.Copy !req
532. - Let's get back before it gets dark.
- Are you cold?Copy !req
533. No, but we will be.Copy !req
534. - What is it?
- I don't know.Copy !req
535. - Here, sit down.
- No. I think I wanna get inside.Copy !req
536. - Well, all right, all right.
- Sorry.Copy !req
537. It's not that far. Lean on me.Copy !req
538. - No.
- Come on, don't be silly.Copy !req
539. You are talking to an
almost-professional psychiatric nurse.Copy !req
540. Elevated, but you'll live.Copy !req
541. Is this the same kind of attack
you had the other night?Copy !req
542. I don't know.Copy !req
543. Don't be upset with me...Copy !req
544. if I tell you this, okay?Copy !req
545. You are beautiful.Copy !req
546. And the nicest girl.Copy !req
547. Are you hungry?
Can I get you something to eat?Copy !req
548. - I can't eat.
- Then go to sleep.Copy !req
549. Next thing you know, it'll be morning,
and I'll be at your door with coffee...Copy !req
550. and eggs and toast.Copy !req
551. And bacon.Copy !req
552. Oh, you think I can't get bacon?Copy !req
553. Well, I just may surprise you.Copy !req
554. - I don't know where I'm going.
- Someplace nice.Copy !req
555. Any idea how this happened?Copy !req
556. None.Copy !req
557. Well, you ever sleepwalk?Copy !req
558. Not that I know of.Copy !req
559. It sounds like you took
a walk in your sleep...Copy !req
560. fell down,
and knocked yourself out.Copy !req
561. Now, I feel some scalp lacerations
back here, Will.Copy !req
562. And, you know,
nothing bleeds like the scalp. Okay.Copy !req
563. I'm gonna make some arrangements
for you to have an EEG...Copy !req
564. and a CAT scan, which means
you'll have to spend the night.Copy !req
565. - Out of the question.
- What?Copy !req
566. You could have a concussion
or a possible blood clot.Copy !req
567. No one feels this good
with a concussion and a blood clot.Copy !req
568. Mr. Alden. So good to see you again
so soon, sir.Copy !req
569. It's nice to see you too, Will.
Robert Keyes, my counsel.Copy !req
570. - Counselor, nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you, Mr. Randall.Copy !req
571. - Sit down, Will. Sit down.
- Thank you.Copy !req
572. You're deliberately goading
the top writers of this house to leave...Copy !req
573. and become part
of some totally improbable scheme...Copy !req
574. that hasn't a hope of succeeding.Copy !req
575. And being writers,
they're too goddamn stupid to know it.Copy !req
576. Well, you may very well be right,
Mr. Alden.Copy !req
577. They might not succeed,
but it won't hurt them to try...Copy !req
578. and if they fail,
any publisher will be glad to get them.Copy !req
579. - And you with them?
- Yes. That will be part of the deal.Copy !req
580. But it doesn't matter whether
we start a new publishing house...Copy !req
581. or go to another publishing house.Copy !req
582. At least seven first-rate writers
are going to leave MacLeish House...Copy !req
583. because they don't like
its policies.Copy !req
584. And when I issue that press release,
which I intend to do in the morning...Copy !req
585. the reputation and value of this firm
will take a giant nosedive.Copy !req
586. Well, you're a worse son of a bitch
than Stewart.Copy !req
587. Yes.Copy !req
588. But I still have
those two big drawbacks:Copy !req
589. taste and individuality.Copy !req
590. Maybe I can overlook them.Copy !req
591. All right. Call it off. Keep your job.Copy !req
592. I'd never have fired you
if I'd known you were this ruthless.Copy !req
593. Thank you.Copy !req
594. But before I do anything,
I want a deal memo...Copy !req
595. granting me additional powers
and additional monies...Copy !req
596. and I want it
by tomorrow morning.Copy !req
597. - I won't agree to that.
- Oh, yes, you will.Copy !req
598. I'd do it anyway.
What do I know about publishing?Copy !req
599. - I'll tell Stewart.
- Don't.Copy !req
600. Don't tell anyone
until the deal is signed.Copy !req
601. - Then I'll tell Stewart.
- Okay.Copy !req
602. - Were you able to reach Ms. Alden?
- Not yet.Copy !req
603. Any appointments?Copy !req
604. Dr. Vijay Alezais at 4.Copy !req
605. He's called three times
to make certain you're coming.Copy !req
606. He sounds like he's over 100.Copy !req
607. If you wanna cancel,
you'll have to do it yourself.Copy !req
608. I was just boiling water for tea.Copy !req
609. Perhaps you will join me.Copy !req
610. Come.Copy !req
611. I won't take much of your time.Copy !req
612. No. Take. I am not a busy man.Copy !req
613. So you were bitten by a wolf
in Vermont...Copy !req
614. on March 8th.Copy !req
615. Very auspicious.Copy !req
616. - Very suspicious?
- Auspicious. Very auspicious.Copy !req
617. On March 8th...Copy !req
618. the moon was the closest
it's been to Earth in a hundred years.Copy !req
619. Well, that is auspicious.Copy !req
620. What I'm curious about is...Copy !req
621. if my symptoms could be related...Copy !req
622. to the release of a chemical
caused by an animal bite.Copy !req
623. Something that medical science
has overlooked...Copy !req
624. but that tribal lore might possibly—Copy !req
625. Well, among my people, there is only
one explanation for your symptoms...Copy !req
626. is that you are becoming a wolf.Copy !req
627. - But you don't believe that.
- Why not?Copy !req
628. We must remember that man
has only been out of the jungle...Copy !req
629. for 25,000 years.Copy !req
630. Please, sit down.Copy !req
631. Thank you.Copy !req
632. Life is mystical.Copy !req
633. It's just that we are used to it.Copy !req
634. Catholicism itself.Copy !req
635. A religion so mystical...Copy !req
636. that even primitive tribes
can be converted to it.Copy !req
637. The stigmata, the return after death,
the Day of Judgment, heaven and hell.Copy !req
638. All so incredible and so ordinary.
But we are used to it.Copy !req
639. Honey, sugar, Sweet'N Low?Copy !req
640. Yeah, anything. Honey.Copy !req
641. Honey.Copy !req
642. Yep.Copy !req
643. I don't have honey.
I just asked out of habit.Copy !req
644. You should be visiting a shaman
who will tell you the rules.Copy !req
645. I can only tell you the theory.Copy !req
646. - Well, do you know any of the rules?
- Very few.Copy !req
647. Only that the wolf rests by day
and prowls by night.Copy !req
648. But is always present.Copy !req
649. That he grows inside a man
he's entered until the first full moon.Copy !req
650. And then he consumes him...Copy !req
651. killing all but his nature
and his heart.Copy !req
652. Not a great prognosis.Copy !req
653. But, of course,
not all who are bitten change.Copy !req
654. There must be
something wild within.Copy !req
655. An analog of the wolf.Copy !req
656. Well, that lets me out.
Among my people...Copy !req
657. I'm known as the guy least likely
to have an analog of the wolf.Copy !req
658. Your people are wrong, Mr. Randall.Copy !req
659. Sometimes, one doesn't even need
to be bitten.Copy !req
660. Only the passion of the wolf
is enough.Copy !req
661. Dr. Alezais...Copy !req
662. what I would like to know,
and not that I subscribe to any of this—Copy !req
663. Neither do I, really.
Only to the possibility.Copy !req
664. But out of curiosity...Copy !req
665. is there supposed to be any way
to stop this metamorphosis?Copy !req
666. Supposedly, there are herbs
and rites and amulets.Copy !req
667. I don't know the rites.
I don't have the herbs.Copy !req
668. But I did find something for you
when you called. Yeah, it's here.Copy !req
669. This is one
of the most powerful amulets.Copy !req
670. It must be worn next to the skin
and never taken off.Copy !req
671. If it works, there is said to be
a great pain and weakness...Copy !req
672. while the wolf struggles to emerge
and the charm holds him at bay.Copy !req
673. Sometimes drives him out.Copy !req
674. I have no idea if any of it is true...Copy !req
675. but it's yours.Copy !req
676. Oh, no, l...Copy !req
677. It's a gift.Copy !req
678. And, in return,
I would like a favor from you.Copy !req
679. If it's in my power.Copy !req
680. I was recently told that I'm dying.Copy !req
681. Speaking of mystical
and terrifying experiences.Copy !req
682. I would like you to bite me.Copy !req
683. What?Copy !req
684. I would like you to bite me.Copy !req
685. I can't ask you to transform me
with your passions...Copy !req
686. so I ask you to honor me
with your bite...Copy !req
687. and l, too,
will become a demon wolf.Copy !req
688. You'd rather be damned than die?Copy !req
689. Damnation is not a part
of my system of beliefs.Copy !req
690. The demon wolf is not evil...Copy !req
691. unless the man he's bitten is evil.Copy !req
692. And it feels good to be a wolf,
doesn't it?Copy !req
693. Power without guilt.
Love without doubt.Copy !req
694. Excuse me...Copy !req
695. I just can't.Copy !req
696. Okay.Copy !req
697. I understand.Copy !req
698. Okay.Copy !req
699. You keep the amulet...Copy !req
700. and if you decide to believe...Copy !req
701. perhaps you will give me your gift.Copy !req
702. It has been a privilege.Copy !req
703. I've never seen one like you.Copy !req
704. - Hello?
- Laura. I've been trying to call you—Copy !req
705. Don't hang up.Copy !req
706. Will you let me explain?Copy !req
707. - No.
- Why?Copy !req
708. Because, first of all, I'm not a fan
of men who mysteriously disappear.Copy !req
709. - And second of all—
- Hey, listen to me. I had an accident.Copy !req
710. I sleepwalked last night.Copy !req
711. I hit my head
and knocked myself out.Copy !req
712. And I drove to the doctor's
at 6:00 this morning.Copy !req
713. But it didn't occur to you to come back
to the cottage and tell me?Copy !req
714. No. No, it didn't occur to me to come
knocking on the door of your cottage...Copy !req
715. at 6:00 in the morning
with a scalp wound...Copy !req
716. and ask you
to take care of me again.Copy !req
717. And finish drying. The sound
of that towel is driving me crazy.Copy !req
718. Are you telling me that you hear
what I'm doing over the phone?Copy !req
719. Yes, it's one of my new gifts.Copy !req
720. Laura...Copy !req
721. please, can I see you?Copy !req
722. Can we have dinner tomorrow?
I'm at the Mayflower.Copy !req
723. Laura?Copy !req
724. I'll be at your hotel
tomorrow evening at 6.Copy !req
725. You better be there.
And you better look like you fell.Copy !req
726. I will be, and I do.
Room 825. What did you make—?Copy !req
727. Make me for breakfast?Copy !req
728. "I'm not only the president
of the Hair Club for Men.Copy !req
729. I'm also a member."Copy !req
730. - For Christ's sakes. Hold it right there.
- Hold it right there.Copy !req
731. Put your hands on the cage.
Hands on the cage.Copy !req
732. - Spread them.
- Spread your legs. Spread them.Copy !req
733. - All right. He's clean. He's clean.
- What?Copy !req
734. Clean. All right, put your hands
behind your back.Copy !req
735. Hands behind your back.
Give them to me.Copy !req
736. Hey.Copy !req
737. Did you see that?Copy !req
738. He got my cuffs.Copy !req
739. - Hey, wait up.
- We ain't got any money.Copy !req
740. - Well, we wanna borrow some money.
- Hey, wanna loan us some money?Copy !req
741. All of you?Copy !req
742. - Yeah.
- We all need some money.Copy !req
743. I've got about $1000 in my wallet.
How much would you like to borrow?Copy !req
744. Five dollars? Ten?Copy !req
745. Cut the bullshit
and give me the wallet.Copy !req
746. Shit! Oh, shit! Oh, shit!Copy !req
747. Good morning, Mr. Randall.
This is Alice with your 8:00 wake-up.Copy !req
748. You must've been a bad boy
last night.Copy !req
749. I've been ringing you forever.Copy !req
750. Mr. Randall?Copy !req
751. As a matter of fact, Alice,
I was a very good boy last night.Copy !req
752. I went to bed...Copy !req
753. so early, I don't even remember.Copy !req
754. Big boys here yet?Copy !req
755. Yes, sir. Conference room.
Deal memo in hand.Copy !req
756. Don't even pretend
to have any doubts.Copy !req
757. It's a pleasure
doing business with you, sir.Copy !req
758. Will, I was just about
to come see you...Copy !req
759. tell you I talked to Alden
about the senior consultant position.Copy !req
760. It's yours if you want it.Copy !req
761. It's less pay, of course,
but so is Eastern Europe.Copy !req
762. Well, thank you, Stewart,
but I've had a better offer.Copy !req
763. Really?Copy !req
764. That's wonderful. What house?Copy !req
765. This one.Copy !req
766. I don't understand.Copy !req
767. It's fairly simple.
I did the same thing you did.Copy !req
768. I nagged Alden
until he gave me your job.Copy !req
769. When? I don't understand. When?Copy !req
770. In my spare time.
I've had a lot of it lately.Copy !req
771. Well, I've...Copy !req
772. I guess...Copy !req
773. I mean, I guess
I owe you some congratulations.Copy !req
774. Yeah.Copy !req
775. I guess the best man won.Copy !req
776. Good. I'm glad, in a way. I mean...Copy !req
777. I couldn't have given it up,
and I didn't like the way I got it.Copy !req
778. I hope we can work together
without rancor.Copy !req
779. You're fired, Stewart.Copy !req
780. Don't. Don't do it to me, Will.
It will ruin me.Copy !req
781. I know...Copy !req
782. but it's best for the firm.Copy !req
783. Give me a few months.
Let me say I quit.Copy !req
784. No.Copy !req
785. It wouldn't be best for the firm.Copy !req
786. You vindictive son of a bitch.
The best thing for the firm is me.Copy !req
787. I'm the best thing this firm has,
and you fucking know it.Copy !req
788. This is fucking rev—Copy !req
789. - What are you, crazy?
- No.Copy !req
790. I'm just marking my territory,
and you got in the way.Copy !req
791. Gee, that's funny.Copy !req
792. Nice.Copy !req
793. Real nice.Copy !req
794. - Suede shoes.
- Asparagus.Copy !req
795. Oh, God.Copy !req
796. I'm sorry.Copy !req
797. Will?Copy !req
798. Please, can I talk to you...Copy !req
799. for a moment?Copy !req
800. Just a moment of your time
for 16 years. That's pretty cheap.Copy !req
801. What do you want?Copy !req
802. I want to come back.Copy !req
803. - No.
- I have no excuse.Copy !req
804. I deserve anything you do to me.Copy !req
805. I'm just...Copy !req
806. begging you to be kind.Copy !req
807. Stewart become unlovable
now that he's out of my job?Copy !req
808. I never loved Stewart.Copy !req
809. It was a mistake, Will.
I'm going to talk to him.Copy !req
810. Stewart never, for one moment,
meant anything to me.Copy !req
811. And you think that makes it better?Copy !req
812. That you betrayed me
over and over again...Copy !req
813. with a man that meant nothing
to you?Copy !req
814. To know that you betrayed me
for nothing?Copy !req
815. - Don't be such a smug ba—
- Don't touch me.Copy !req
816. And keep away.Copy !req
817. Hi. I thought I'd just come on up.Copy !req
818. Have you been waiting for me?Copy !req
819. I can't see you.Copy !req
820. Come on, Will, open the door.
You can't do this to me twice.Copy !req
821. Open it.Copy !req
822. Excuse me.
I wonder if you could do me a favor.Copy !req
823. Please go.Copy !req
824. Why?Copy !req
825. What's happened?Copy !req
826. What have you done?
Where did you get those?Copy !req
827. I want you to go.Copy !req
828. No.Copy !req
829. Tell me why you've done this.Copy !req
830. It's getting late.Copy !req
831. And I think I'm dangerous...Copy !req
832. especially at night.Copy !req
833. And you're afraid that
when it gets dark, you'll attack me?Copy !req
834. Yeah.Copy !req
835. I think I'm turning into...Copy !req
836. something else.Copy !req
837. Into the thing that bit you?Copy !req
838. Into the wolf?Copy !req
839. Yes.Copy !req
840. - Tell me where the key is.
- I don't have a key.Copy !req
841. I don't even know
where I got the handcuffs.Copy !req
842. You don't have a key?Copy !req
843. What was your plan? To sit chained
to the radiator till you grew paws?Copy !req
844. God.Copy !req
845. You almost make this seem
like it isn't happening.Copy !req
846. I don't— I didn't...Copy !req
847. I don't have a plan.Copy !req
848. I didn't think past
not hurting anyone.Copy !req
849. I don't think there's any way
to open these.Copy !req
850. Well, you don't know
who you're dealing with.Copy !req
851. You see...Copy !req
852. when you're a druggie
and a delinquent...Copy !req
853. and you wanna get Daddy...Copy !req
854. you get arrested.Copy !req
855. You come in contact
with the criminal element of society...Copy !req
856. and, well, you pick up shit...Copy !req
857. that you think
you're never going to need.Copy !req
858. And then you meet a guy
who chains himself to the radiator...Copy !req
859. and it all falls into place.Copy !req
860. I don't...Copy !req
861. Why do you want any...Copy !req
862. of this nightmare?Copy !req
863. You mean, instead of the gaiety
and warmth of my normal life?Copy !req
864. I don't know. Because I like you.Copy !req
865. Because you're a good man...Copy !req
866. and that's very exotic to me.Copy !req
867. I never thought I'd meet a good man
who looked at me the way you do.Copy !req
868. - You don't know I'm a good man.
- Oh, yes, I do.Copy !req
869. Then why is this happening?Copy !req
870. I thought only the evil were cursed.Copy !req
871. Oh, no, not at all.
I could have told you that.Copy !req
872. No, the worst things
happen to the best people.Copy !req
873. I almost had it.Copy !req
874. You know...Copy !req
875. you might consider
that you're not...Copy !req
876. cursed at all, that you're sick.Copy !req
877. I mean, there are brain tumors
that can cause all of your symptoms.Copy !req
878. Tumors?Copy !req
879. What are you saying?
Are you serious?Copy !req
880. - Oh, yeah. Yeah.
- Oh, God, if only that could be true.Copy !req
881. How we lower our sights.Copy !req
882. I say...Copy !req
883. we get you examined for physical
causes before we take for granted...Copy !req
884. that you're becoming—Copy !req
885. There we go. Okay, on your feet.Copy !req
886. Let's get you re-handcuffed.Copy !req
887. Well, maybe it isn't necessary.Copy !req
888. Hands behind your back.Copy !req
889. There.Copy !req
890. Well, you seem pretty helpless now.Copy !req
891. Yes.Copy !req
892. Great.Copy !req
893. It's interesting. What is it?Copy !req
894. - It's a good-luck charm.
- Really?Copy !req
895. Does it work?Copy !req
896. Well...Copy !req
897. today isn't turning out too bad.Copy !req
898. Laura.Copy !req
899. Yes?Copy !req
900. Nothing.Copy !req
901. Not a thing.Copy !req
902. - Who is it?
- Police.Copy !req
903. Detective Sergeant Bridger, NYPD.Copy !req
904. - Yes?
- ls William Randall here?Copy !req
905. Why? What's wrong?Copy !req
906. I'd rather tell Mr. Randall, ma'am.Copy !req
907. He's in the shower.Copy !req
908. Is it okay if I come in and wait?Copy !req
909. - Will.
- Yeah?Copy !req
910. There's some kind of a problem.Copy !req
911. I understand.Copy !req
912. I'm Will Randall,
and I'm renting this apartment.Copy !req
913. If there were any complaints
about the noise last night—Copy !req
914. No, Will, stop.
He's not the hotel manager.Copy !req
915. He's a police detective.Copy !req
916. Could I have a word with you
in private, Mr. Randall?Copy !req
917. Well, that won't be necessary.
This is Ms. Smith, my fiancée.Copy !req
918. She can hear anything
that you have to say.Copy !req
919. Your wife was found dead
this morning, Mr. Randall.Copy !req
920. I'm sorry.Copy !req
921. She was murdered
sometime late last night.Copy !req
922. Her body was found in the park.Copy !req
923. How was she killed?Copy !req
924. Her throat was torn up.Copy !req
925. - Sit down.
- No, I wanna stand up.Copy !req
926. Would you mind telling me...Copy !req
927. when you saw your wife last,
Mr. Randall?Copy !req
928. Last night.Copy !req
929. Last night, here in the lobby.Copy !req
930. - About 6.
- Did you argue?Copy !req
931. Don't answer anything else, Will.Copy !req
932. I'm just trying to clear up a fact,
Ms. Smith.Copy !req
933. The clerk who was on last night said
Mr. Randall and his wife had argued.Copy !req
934. So you already know they argued.Copy !req
935. These are not straight questions.
Just refuse to answer.Copy !req
936. Well, I would like to ask
Mr. Randall's whereabouts last night.Copy !req
937. Certainly that's a straight question.Copy !req
938. Mr. Randall was with me last night.
All night.Copy !req
939. I arrived at 6:30, and I didn't leave.
You can check that with the desk.Copy !req
940. I will.Copy !req
941. We've taken some blood
and tissue samples from your—Copy !req
942. The victim.Copy !req
943. We're trying to match them
with known offenders...Copy !req
944. and it would really help
if you would submit some samples—Copy !req
945. Forget it. Not without a court order.Copy !req
946. Just a request.Copy !req
947. Okay.Copy !req
948. Well...Copy !req
949. Here's my number...Copy !req
950. in case you wanna reach me
about anything.Copy !req
951. Here.Copy !req
952. I would appreciate it if you
came down to the station later today...Copy !req
953. and gave a statement.Copy !req
954. Both of you.Copy !req
955. All right.Copy !req
956. And thank you for your cooperation.Copy !req
957. He's got an alibi. The girl says
she was with him all night long.Copy !req
958. Airtight?Copy !req
959. Depends on
who the girl turns out to be.Copy !req
960. —with her throat torn open.Copy !req
961. Charlotte Skyler Randall...Copy !req
962. wife of the senior editor
of MacLeish House...Copy !req
963. the publishing company recently
purchased by Raymond Alden.Copy !req
964. Police have no suspects in custody
at this time. Elsewhere in the city—Copy !req
965. - My God.
- Yeah, stunning, isn't it?Copy !req
966. I just hope they don't go after Will.Copy !req
967. Will? Go after Will?
Why would they go after Will?Copy !req
968. The husband.
That's who they go after...Copy !req
969. when there are no suspects
and they were separated.Copy !req
970. That would not be great
for the stock.Copy !req
971. Well, you don't know that, sir.
It could be a bonanza for the stock.Copy !req
972. It's heat. It's gossip.Copy !req
973. That's what I think publishing
is all about.Copy !req
974. Well, you handle it
any way you think best.Copy !req
975. You're back in marketing.Copy !req
976. Thank you, sir.Copy !req
977. If they do go after Will...Copy !req
978. and I hope to God they don't,
but if they do...Copy !req
979. I'd like to put in another bid
for the job.Copy !req
980. Randall's contract gives him the right
to name his own replacement...Copy !req
981. and he's named Roy Macallister.Copy !req
982. I see.Copy !req
983. Well...Copy !req
984. Would that contract still hold
if Will was arrested?Copy !req
985. Yes, unless, of course,
he was convicted...Copy !req
986. so I guess you'll just
have to keep your fingers crossed.Copy !req
987. I didn't mean...Copy !req
988. Really? What did you mean?Copy !req
989. I mean that I love Will,
and I hope to God that he's innocent...Copy !req
990. and if he is, screw the job...Copy !req
991. but if he's guilty...Copy !req
992. screw Roy Macallister.Copy !req
993. It's not much farther now.Copy !req
994. What if I killed her?Copy !req
995. What if you killed her?Copy !req
996. Excuse me, but aren't you
the guy I spent the night with?Copy !req
997. I mean, you look so much like him.Copy !req
998. I could have gone out after
you fell asleep and not remembered it.Copy !req
999. God damn you, Will.Copy !req
1000. Why does it always
have to be the worst news?Copy !req
1001. The worst pain? The worst defeat?Copy !req
1002. - Because what if it is?
- It's not.Copy !req
1003. It's not.Copy !req
1004. Well?Copy !req
1005. They've left the hotel.
The night clerk identified the girl.Copy !req
1006. - Who is she?
- Laura Alden.Copy !req
1007. How's that for an airtight alibi?Copy !req
1008. Where are we?Copy !req
1009. We're almost home.Copy !req
1010. Jesus.Copy !req
1011. Where did the day go?Copy !req
1012. You better duck down.Copy !req
1013. - Hi, Ms. Alden.
- Hi, George.Copy !req
1014. Stay down.Copy !req
1015. Hi, Tom.Copy !req
1016. I'd be careful of the woods,
Ms. Alden.Copy !req
1017. Think we may have some wild dogs
getting past the fence.Copy !req
1018. What do you mean?Copy !req
1019. We found a deer.
Something brought him down.Copy !req
1020. Thanks. I'll be careful.Copy !req
1021. - Good night.
- Good night.Copy !req
1022. I want you to lock me up
before it gets dark.Copy !req
1023. Then what?Copy !req
1024. Then maybe it won't happen.Copy !req
1025. I don't know where else to put you
but the barn.Copy !req
1026. Everything else has windows.Copy !req
1027. The barn sounds good.Copy !req
1028. The barn sounds great.Copy !req
1029. I'm gonna beat this, Laura.Copy !req
1030. I'm gonna beat this.Copy !req
1031. Your phone is ringing.Copy !req
1032. How do you know?Copy !req
1033. I can hear it.Copy !req
1034. I'll be right back.Copy !req
1035. Hello?Copy !req
1036. - Laura Alden?
- Yes?Copy !req
1037. This is Detective Carl Bridger, NYPD.
Yes, I know who you are.Copy !req
1038. And, as you see,
we now know who you are.Copy !req
1039. Did you just dial? About how long
have you been ringing?Copy !req
1040. About two minutes. I've been trying
to reach you since you left the hotel.Copy !req
1041. What can I do for you?Copy !req
1042. You can come in tomorrow
with Mr. Randall...Copy !req
1043. and give me the statement
that I asked for today.Copy !req
1044. All right.Copy !req
1045. Do you still want blood
and tissue samples from Mr. Randall?Copy !req
1046. Well, I'm afraid they'd be useless.Copy !req
1047. We seem to have messed up
the tissue samples...Copy !req
1048. that we took from the body.Copy !req
1049. Why? What happened?Copy !req
1050. There was canine DNA
found in all the tissue samples.Copy !req
1051. So that could mean
that the victim was attacked...Copy !req
1052. by some kind of animal
after she was killed...Copy !req
1053. or it may mean
that one of the lab assistants...Copy !req
1054. pet a dog
and she forgot to wash her hands.Copy !req
1055. So...Copy !req
1056. You scared me.Copy !req
1057. You were right.Copy !req
1058. The phone was ringing.Copy !req
1059. It was that detective, Bridger.Copy !req
1060. Well, he traced me, and he...Copy !req
1061. Now he's threatening to subpoena
the entire state of New York...Copy !req
1062. if I don't give him
a statement tonight.Copy !req
1063. Will you be all right if I go in?Copy !req
1064. Yes.Copy !req
1065. Don't look so scared.Copy !req
1066. Maybe there's happy endings even
for people who don't believe in them.Copy !req
1067. Yeah.Copy !req
1068. I want you to know something.Copy !req
1069. I've never loved anybody this way.Copy !req
1070. I've never looked at a woman
and thought:Copy !req
1071. If civilization fails...Copy !req
1072. if the world ends,
I'll still understand what God meant...Copy !req
1073. if I'm with her.Copy !req
1074. Laura Alden just called.Copy !req
1075. She's coming in tonight.Copy !req
1076. It sounds like she's been crying.Copy !req
1077. Interesting. I just got a call from a guy
who says he's Randall's best friend.Copy !req
1078. - He wants to see me tonight.
- You got a busy night, pal.Copy !req
1079. The entire family of the kid whose
fingers were torn off is out there.Copy !req
1080. We got five new murders.Copy !req
1081. - What is there about a full moon?
- More light.Copy !req
1082. If a rich white boy
had had his fingers torn off...Copy !req
1083. somebody would be in jail by now.Copy !req
1084. - I know.
- I don't know anything about that.Copy !req
1085. You're gonna have to call uptown.Copy !req
1086. - Laura Alden for Detective Bridger.
- He's running behind.Copy !req
1087. Can you sit down?Copy !req
1088. - Here, Ms. Alden, take my seat.
- No, that's all right.Copy !req
1089. - Please.
- No, I wanna stand.Copy !req
1090. You don't know me, do you?
I'm Stewart Swinton.Copy !req
1091. - No.
- I've been known to visit your father...Copy !req
1092. but we never met.
I'm a friend of Will Randall's.Copy !req
1093. - He's the husband of—
- I know who he is.Copy !req
1094. Oh, you've met?Copy !req
1095. No, I just know the name.Copy !req
1096. Well, this is such a terrible,
terrible thing. I'm just in shock over it.Copy !req
1097. I mean, Will Randall was more
than a friend and a colleague.Copy !req
1098. He was my mentor.Copy !req
1099. - And you were his protégé?
- Yes, a better word.Copy !req
1100. It's a true pleasure.Copy !req
1101. What an interesting scent you have,
Ms. Alden.Copy !req
1102. At once new and familiar.
Very familiar.Copy !req
1103. Thank you.Copy !req
1104. Were you bitten?Copy !req
1105. - What?
- Were you bitten?Copy !req
1106. What an odd question.Copy !req
1107. What a very odd question.Copy !req
1108. What made you ask
such a question?Copy !req
1109. I don't know. People, you know...Copy !req
1110. When people are bitten,
oftentimes, it's on the hand.Copy !req
1111. What are you here for?Copy !req
1112. I...Copy !req
1113. They want information
about the publishing house.Copy !req
1114. - I'm standing in for my father.
- Stewart Swinton.Copy !req
1115. Come on in.Copy !req
1116. Would you have a drink with me?Copy !req
1117. I'd really like to get to know you, and
perhaps tell you a little bit about Will.Copy !req
1118. Thank you, that's very sweet.Copy !req
1119. Of course. I'd love to.Copy !req
1120. Wonderful. Well...Copy !req
1121. - Don't break our date, now.
- Oh, I won't.Copy !req
1122. This is not easy.Copy !req
1123. Will Randall is a very close,
very dear friend of mine.Copy !req
1124. And I'm not proud
of what I'm going to say.Copy !req
1125. Charlotte Randall and l...Copy !req
1126. This is hard.Copy !req
1127. Charlotte Randall and I were
having an affair.Copy !req
1128. It just happened.Copy !req
1129. And Will found out.Copy !req
1130. - Yes.
- Going with two pilots?Copy !req
1131. - Yes.
- Will there be anyone else with you?Copy !req
1132. - There will only be the two of us.
- Great. Just the two of you.Copy !req
1133. And I'll be flying...Copy !req
1134. with a sick friend...Copy !req
1135. so if you would please have it
as near the gate as possible?Copy !req
1136. - That's no problem.
- Yeah. In about an hour.Copy !req
1137. - Very good then.
- Thanks.Copy !req
1138. He was like a madman.
He was a madman.Copy !req
1139. I mean, he bit me. He actually...Copy !req
1140. urinated on my shoe.Copy !req
1141. Urinated.Copy !req
1142. He told me he would kill her,
and I didn't listen. I didn't believe him.Copy !req
1143. I blame myself.Copy !req
1144. I mean, if you have any idea...Copy !req
1145. of pinning a first-degree murder rap
on Will, forget it.Copy !req
1146. This was true temporary insanity...Copy !req
1147. and if Will is arrested,
I'll testify to that in his defense.Copy !req
1148. I understand. Yeah.Copy !req
1149. Is he...?Copy !req
1150. He's staying at the Alden place,
isn't he? With Ms. Alden?Copy !req
1151. - I really must find him right away.
- Why don't you ask her?Copy !req
1152. - She's outside.
- Yes, of course.Copy !req
1153. Laura Alden? Alden? Laura Alden?Copy !req
1154. She's gone. She left
right after Mr. Swinton went in.Copy !req
1155. Excuse me.Copy !req
1156. We don't need her.Copy !req
1157. Wake someone up,
and get a warrant for Randall.Copy !req
1158. This is our case.Copy !req
1159. Did he say "on his shoe"
or "in his shoe"?Copy !req
1160. George. No one gets through
without a call. No one.Copy !req
1161. All right, Ms. Alden.Copy !req
1162. Just wanted to let you know
you had some pretty restless horses...Copy !req
1163. in the barn tonight.Copy !req
1164. Yes, yes, I know. It's all right.
Steer clear of the barn tonight, Tom.Copy !req
1165. - And will you tell the others?
- Yes, ma'am.Copy !req
1166. Can I help you, sir?Copy !req
1167. Oh, Mr. Swinton.
I didn't recognize you.Copy !req
1168. George, I'm here
to see Ms. Alden, George.Copy !req
1169. Well, I'm afraid I'll have to call. May I
ask your business with Ms. Alden?Copy !req
1170. My business is pleasure, George.Copy !req
1171. Does she look like the fuck
of the decade or what?Copy !req
1172. Back up.Copy !req
1173. Alrighty.Copy !req
1174. Hey. Hey! Hey!Copy !req
1175. Hey. Excuse me. Excuse me, sir.Copy !req
1176. - Can I help you?
- Hello.Copy !req
1177. I'm here to see Ms. Alden.
Can you tell me where to find her?Copy !req
1178. Gate didn't call
to say you were coming.Copy !req
1179. Really?Copy !req
1180. Well, I have a card...Copy !req
1181. and an appointment. Here.Copy !req
1182. Hello, Ms. Alden.
May I call you Laura?Copy !req
1183. Laura, if you scream, I'll kill you.Copy !req
1184. I'll just break your neck, okay?Copy !req
1185. Okay.Copy !req
1186. This is a surprise.Copy !req
1187. - How did you get in?
- I smooth-talked the guard.Copy !req
1188. Well, if anyone could do it...Copy !req
1189. Now, Laura,
don't play any more games with me.Copy !req
1190. You know, don't you?Copy !req
1191. - Know what?
- What's happening to me.Copy !req
1192. - No.
- You're playing games...Copy !req
1193. and I asked you not to.Copy !req
1194. You pretended not to know Will,
and now this. Don't.Copy !req
1195. Don't pretend anymore. You know
what happened to Charlotte...Copy !req
1196. don't you?Copy !req
1197. All right, I do know Will...Copy !req
1198. and I do know
what's happening to you.Copy !req
1199. Will told me, but only after I asked...Copy !req
1200. if there were any more at home
like him.Copy !req
1201. I'm not a fool, Laura.Copy !req
1202. I know that.Copy !req
1203. If you find me so attractive...Copy !req
1204. how about my fucking you to death
right now, darling?Copy !req
1205. - How would that be?
- I don't know. I'd have to try it first.Copy !req
1206. You're very good.Copy !req
1207. Thank you.Copy !req
1208. Why, hello, Will.
Locked you up, did she?Copy !req
1209. Will!Copy !req
1210. Is my daughter all right?
Have you found my daughter?Copy !req
1211. I thought she was with you.Copy !req
1212. Laura?Copy !req
1213. What's happening? I heard gunshots.
I was afraid to come out.Copy !req
1214. - Are you with Will Randall?
- Where's Randall?Copy !req
1215. I'm not sure. I just hung up on him.Copy !req
1216. As far as I know,
he's on his way to Teterboro Airport.Copy !req
1217. I told him I wasn't going with him...Copy !req
1218. and he hung up on me.Copy !req
1219. - We'd like to check the cottage.
- Of course.Copy !req
1220. - What's happening?
- They think Tom shot Stewart Swinton.Copy !req
1221. What?Copy !req
1222. Laura, Tom's dead.Copy !req
1223. And George too. He was run down.Copy !req
1224. - With Stewart Swinton's car.
- He was after Will.Copy !req
1225. I knew it. At the police station,
he kept asking me where Will was.Copy !req
1226. There's a plane at Teterboro
chartered by Laura Alden.Copy !req
1227. Swinton was looking for Will Randall.
Do you remember this?Copy !req
1228. He asked us
if Randall was on the Alden estate.Copy !req
1229. When he found out that
Laura Alden was gone, he took off.Copy !req
1230. He just bolted.Copy !req
1231. All this might not...Copy !req
1232. have happened...Copy !req
1233. but I was so dead-set
against Will Randall...Copy !req
1234. because he was after
my daughter.Copy !req
1235. You were just trying to save me
from a disastrous relationship.Copy !req
1236. I would have left him within a week.
He was much too tame for me.Copy !req
1237. Yeah. That's what I thought when
I saw you together at the Mayflower.Copy !req
1238. Well, I hope this time you will come in
and give us a statement.Copy !req
1239. It would be my pleasure.Copy !req
1240. Could I send you
something to drink, detective?Copy !req
1241. - Another vodka-tonic?
- Ano—?Copy !req
1242. No, thanks.Copy !req
1243. Let me know
if you change your mind.Copy !req
1244. How the hell would she know
what we've been drinking?Copy !req
1245. I can smell it.
I can smell it a mile away.Copy !req