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And then the fog lifted, and someone said that Captain Kirk had been killed.

And suddenly, suddenly I was in command.

So I told Mr. Sulu to kick it into warp speed, but he wouldn't do it. He

wouldn't take my order.

So I had him relieved of all of his duties and thrown in the brig.

So what does this dream suggest to you?

Well, obviously...

I'm in control of my life now. I will not put up with a negative response to

crisis situations.

This is very good.

You've done an excellent job in therapy, and this is a perfect note on which to

say goodbye.

Goodbye?

This is your last session, remember?

It's the 21st. We talked about this. Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no. You said the

21st of next month. I remember that distinctly because I even wrote it down.

Okay.

understand this is a very big step for you. You've been coming to see me for

seven years now.

You've been in therapy for a total of 18.

But this is something you're ready for.

Uh -huh. Uh -huh.

But, you know, maybe we should look at that dream again. Maybe it's not so

I mean, maybe I'm not comfortable on the planet Earth.

Listen to me. If you don't take this step, this rite of passage, as it were,

will never grow emotionally.

But you have got to do it alone.

Okay, then.

Alone.

Scary, yes.

Challenging, sure. But not insurmountable.

I can do this.

I'm okay.

Yes. Yes, you are. And you're going to discover some very important things

yourself. Right.

And some of those things might be?

No, I said you'll discover them.

I'll discover them. But they begin with a letter.

Good luck, Frank.

Thanks.

Well, this is it.

My last session.

Oh, uh...

Listen, since this is it, do you think maybe just this once you could, you

know... Okay.

This one.

Actually,

I was wondering if you could validate my partner.

Before we get into any big formal introduction, let me just tell you, this

will probably last an hour, so let's just keep it brief, okay?

Carol, how's that?

Fine, Carol.

I see how you look familiar.

Have I fired you before?

No, never set foot in the building before today.

Murphy, care to join us for some work over here, or should we just cancel this

week's show? Oh, yeah, why don't you just go ahead and cancel it, Miles?

a really good threat.

Sorry I'm late, buddy, but I need to spend a little quality time with myself.

You know, do a little driving, a little thinking.

And I am happy to say that everything is all right. Everything is A -okay.

So glad.

Now, Corky, your editing session has been moved to this afternoon.

Frank. Any chance we can get your story on auto repair rip -offs for this week's

show instead of next? Are you kidding? I can't do that. It's going to take me at

least three, four days to get their confidence.

Oh, okay, then. We'll just... No, wait. You say it's okay, but the implication

is that I'm incapable of delivering the story by tomorrow.

But I could, you know. I just need a remote crew and a wire. Although, if I

the three days, I could get into their records. No, I don't need the three

I was just stopped by an initial fear response. That story is as good as done.

Although, if I had the time...

Frank, are you wrapping up the story by tomorrow, or aren't you?

Yes, I am.

Fine. Now. Because, you know, a reporter with a weaker sense of personal

empowerment could not pull this off.

Oh, no, Frank. You quit therapy again.

Last time this happened, you stayed up all night ordering clothes from the J

.Crew catalog because Operator 49 seemed to find you genuinely interesting as a

person.

You can't keep doing this, Frank. Just pay the increase and get back in Paris.

It just so happens I didn't quit.

It was my therapist's idea. She thinks I'm okay.

She thinks I'm ready. And for some crazy reason, I thought my friends would be

happy for me.

Just... Well, hey!

my voice should be interpreted as surprise. I mean, stranger things have

happened. I can't think of any offhand.

Kudos to you. Well, Frank, let me extend my congratulations.

And I have all the faith in the world that that fur -lined duck boot fiasco

an isolated incident.

Sorry, Frank, but who would have ever thought you would have been emotionally

healthy?

But then again, they cured that civil lady.

Or did she die in the end?

Anyway, she won an Emmy.

therapy sessions. With all the money you're going to save, you can buy a

place. Hey, maybe Virginia's for sale.

Look, I'm going to get cracking if I'm going to nail those scheming grease

monkeys.

Murtha, listen, I want to know what you really think. I mean, you know me better

than anyone, and I just wasn't sure before.

Oh, what, because of our joking around? Oh, come on. We always do that. No, no,

no. No sweats. You'll do fine. You really think so? It's been 18 years of

life. Tell me. I've never known you when you weren't in therapy, but I'm not

worried. You have been hoarding your Prozac, right?

No. Any breakdowns of the subcommittee hearings on sexual harassment at the

State Department and copies of all White House correspondence on the subject?

Aren't you forgetting something?

Look, if you're expecting please and thank yous, I'm more of a shut up and

it to me kind of person.

No, I meant, aren't you for getting transcripts of State Department press

conferences from September to the present?

Oh, right. I guess I do need those, too. Well, there you go.

Second, I need to talk to you about something. Oh, sure, Frank. What's up?

do you think maybe we could just go on into your office? It's kind of personal.

Personal? Well, not big personal. I mean, in therapy, it's the kind of thing

could breeze through in two, three hours tops.

Well, you know, I'm kind of overloaded today, Frank, and aren't you under the

gun with that auto repair thing? Oh, no, no, I'm dropping that. It's really

small potatoes.

Hello, Frank.

I got your message about dropping the auto repair piece.

Would you mind telling me what happened out there? Oh, nothing.

Nothing, really. You know, some stories, they just don't have... You blew your

cover. No, I didn't. I saw the tape, Frank. You were sweating so much, your

mustache fell off.

Maybe I should leave the two of you alone. Hey, it's nothing, really. I had

few problems. I handled it. Oh, yeah. You handled it. Want to tell Murphy what

your big comeback was when the guy said you were Frank Fontana? No.

Let me see if I can remember the exact quote.

Oh, yeah.

Am not.

It was Murphy's fault.

What? She said I would never survive out of therapy.

She tore down my confidence, Miles.

She said I was a spineless worm incapable of standing on my own two

What are you saying?

I just said that I wasn't used to you being out of therapy. That's it. Same

thing? Not used to me being out of therapy? Spineless worm. Same thing.

You know what, Frank? You don't belong in therapy.

You belong in a rubber room with some non -toxic paste and a pogo stick.

She is tearing me down again.

My therapist was right.

Your therapist was right about what, Frank? You. She was right about you and

stuff. What stuff?

Just stuff about my problems and where they come from. What's that supposed to

mean? That I'm the cause of all your problems?

Possibly. She didn't say that.

Don't believe me? Go after yourself. Here, I'm pushing the elevator button

you.

I think we ought to drop this. We're very close to crossing a line that we're

never... No, no, no, no. You don't believe me. Go ask her yourself.

Here's the elevator. Go on. Get in. Go ask Little Miss Can't -Be -Wrong. That's

a line.

Then go on. Building 31st and Calvert. I'm going. Go!

So,

she wanted Italian, and I wanted Chinese.

And, uh...

She said it was up to me, so I picked Chinese.

And she said, oh, no, not that again.

So I changed to Italian.

And that's when she accused me of being gutless.

Mr. Woodworthy, you need to realize that it's okay to get angry.

Are you Dr. Larkin? Excuse me.

What's she been telling you, pal? You weren't breastfed, so all the women in

your life represent your mother, and that's why you can't undress with the

lights on?

No, but it sure explains a lot.

Miss Brown, this is totally unacceptable behavior.

Now, if you have a problem and want to make an appointment... Oh, no. No,

thanks. I just have one question for you. You don't mind, do you?

I'll be out of here before you can say frontal lobotomy.

No, this is not a... Okay.

Mr. Woodworthy, this is your time Miss Brown is impinging upon. I think this

would be an excellent opportunity for you to tell her how you feel about this

intrusion. To assert yourself.

Oh, okay.

Miss Brown, I feel that... Hey, I said I'd just be a minute. Okay.

I can't believe you. You can't just barge in on someone's session.

I'm sorry, man. You must be furious.

Um, yeah, pretty much.

Shoot, time's up. Well, I'm going to just get going, if that's okay. No, even

it's not okay, I'm just going to go.

What do you think?

No, I don't care what you think.

What's this about?

I want to know where the hell you get off telling Frank I'm the cause of all

problems. Is that what you told her, Frank?

No. What?

Okay, okay. I may have allowed her to assume certain things.

Frank, why did you lie to Murphy?

I don't know.

I'm not all that knowledgeable about therapy, but maybe it's because he's a

rotten, stinking liar.

Real constructive. That's nice. My best friend behind me every step of the way.

You know, Frank, that is your problem. You always want someone behind you every

step of the way. Should I ask her out? Should I get the chicken or the fish? Do

you like these socks? Oh, like you're perfect?

Like you're some kind of pope or head nun or something perfect? An orange or

something?

Since this is my office, could I be so presumptuous as to interject?

Yes, please go ahead.

I think I'm seeing something here.

Frank is going through a transition period in his life, ending therapy, and

that's affecting the dynamic of your friendship. Now, because of the love and

respect you feel for each other... Frank, Murphy's opinion is very

you. Maybe too important.

Sometimes you let it override your own opinion of yourself.

And Murphy, you're afraid that as Frank's best friend, you'll now also be

into the role of therapist. And that responsibility frightens you because

afraid of true intimacy in a friendship.

Could be.

Or maybe he's a rotten, stinking liar!

I'm not surprised this situation came up.

Frank, you tend to run away from confrontations, and so sometimes key

don't get discussed, and then they blow up. Oh, please. I do not run away from

confrontations, and I don't need to stick around and listen to this.

Frank?

He's not here.

Great. Half an hour to air. Murphy, if you killed him, I guarantee there will

repercussions.

and some community service.

I can't believe you, Murphy. What if he does something crazy? What if he jumps

off something?

He's not going to jump off anything.

How do you know? Because he's wearing his favorite shirt. You can't even slap

him on the back when he's got that on.

You know, Murphy, sometimes you show all the sensitivity of a medieval dentist.

All right, it's getting late. You guys better get into makeup. I'll check the

cafeteria. Maybe he's under one of the tables.

Coming, Slugger?

Uh, you guys go ahead. I'll catch up.

How'd you find me?

There's a whole school of those little fish crackers down on the stage.

You really are a sloppy eater.

If you climbed all the way up here to start another fight... No, I didn't.

What happened to Dr. Larkin?

You didn't end up throwing her out a window, did you?

Modern building window wouldn't open.

I could do it, you know.

Do what?

Be a therapist.

Yeah.

Sure. All you have to do is act like you actually care and then ask the lunatic,

in this case you, and how does that make you feel?

Harder than it sounds.

No, it isn't. Go ahead. Tell me... Tell me how you could never please your

parents.

I could never please my parents.

And how does that make you feel?

You really want to know?

Yeah. I really want to know.

Okay.

They're your parents, right?

The people who brought you into the world.

So when they don't recognize... Nope, I can't do it.

What?

I was wrong. I can't do this.

No, no, you were doing okay. I could see you were really trying to follow what I

was saying. No, I wasn't. It just looked like I was. My mind was wandering.

I started thinking about what that...

shrink said about me and that whole fear of intimacy deal.

You don't think that's true to you? No, of course not.

Although, you know, sometimes you really do.

Wait a minute. Why are we talking about you? We're supposed to be talking about

me. I can't help it, Frank. I find myself more interesting than anyone

This is so typical of you. You always bring things back. It's happening again.

We're talking about you and I'm left hanging out over the edge with no one to

listen to my problems.

Nobody in my corner. No therapy, no friend.

Just me.

Alone.

Gee, Frank, I don't know what to say.

Oh, man, wait. Wait a minute.

Of course.

That's it.

Dr. Larkin said I had to be alone to figure some stuff out.

I must have known that on some level because I came up here to be alone.

Instinctively, I knew I had to...

running to other people for approval.

And you knew that too, didn't you?

That's what you were doing when you came up here and wouldn't stop talking about

yourself. You wanted me to feel alone so I could figure it out.

No.

You didn't?

Not exactly.

Not really.

Not at all.

Well, it doesn't matter.

It worked anyway. I did figure it out.

So then I did help you.

Yeah, I guess you did.

How about that? I wasn't even trying.

This feels pretty good.

You know, Frank, it is possible I was a little afraid of you leaning on me for

help in case I wasn't, you know, up to the job.

But I do want to be there for you.

I just... Can't guarantee that I'll be as helpful when I'm trying as when I'm

not trying.

Thanks.

Oh, great.

Now Murphy's disappeared.

This is a new show. It's an episode of Murder, She Wrote.

Hey, Frank.

I just realized something.

What I just said just then...

That was intimate.

Wouldn't you say that was intimate? I revealed something about myself, so if I

were really afraid of intimacy, I wouldn't have done that. That's kind of

breakthrough, don't you think?

Yeah, I guess it is.

Although, it's not quite up there with my alone epiphany.

What are you talking about?

Intimacy stuff, that's much more interesting.

They make movies of the week out of that, you know.

You came to me at a reservation at DeFanto's for lunch.

I'm as dead in this town as Millard Fillmore.

How many?

How many what? How many in your party?

Two. I was going to squeeze Senator Mitchell for info on the State

hearings.

Uh, hello, yes, I have reservations for two at noon, and I'm afraid I'm coming

down with something we won't be able to make it.

My name is... Yes,

that's right, Roseburg.

my regards to Senator Mitchell.

You don't?

Well, he's going there for lunch. There should be a party at 2 at 12.

Oh, hey, don't worry about it. I'm just happy to help.

Hi, Mer.

Oh, hi, Frank.

I'm having lunch alone today.

Good for you.

I have a yeast infection.

The office is a mess without you.

Jerry got the files mixed up and performed a root canal on a woman who

to have her teeth cleaned.

Mr. Carlin thinks the temp we hired is plotting to kill him.

You've got to come back. I am willing to beg.

I don't know who you are, Bob. Bob.

Dr. Bob.

Dr. Bob Hartley. I'm a psychologist.

Oh, well, Dr. Bob, but Carol is perfectly happy here, aren't you, Carol?

Absolutely. We'll double your salary. I'll get my thanks.

Five weeks vacation.

Your own masseuse.

My season tickets to the Cub Games. Oh, yeah. She's really going to want that.

Why don't you just offer to... The Cubs could go all the way. And if a sandwich

is healthy, all we need is one more relief.

Hey, hey, hey, hey. Excuse me, time out.

Look, it's not just the money, but for the first time, Bob is admitting he

really needs me. See, it's a very big breakthrough for him, and I don't want

reject him.

Mr. Psychologist.

Then maybe you'll analyze what was going through your mind when you put that tie

with that jacket.

You're a very angry woman, Ms. Brown.

You really ought to see someone else.

But not me.

Are you coming, girl? Sure, Bob.

You are a delight to work for, Ms. Brown, and I'm sure you'll have no

replacing me. Oh, yeah.

for a couple of days. I'd love to spring for lunch. You know, maybe chat about a

few things.

Hey, what school of therapy do you follow?

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