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I need love, love to ease my mind. I need to find,

find someone to call mine.

When mama said you can't hurry love, no, you just have to wait.

She said love.

And then you try chewing it, but what's the point? Because it's just a slippery

mess.

and Miss Worried.

We're talking about a woman who's proven she can handle any situation, no matter

how difficult.

She once had a date with Ted Kennedy, for God's sake.

Let's just stay out of her affairs. It is simply not right to...

We've lost her.

Don't just stand there. Do something.

Corky, this is the woman's thing.

Go in there.

Talk about freshness.

I've lost her hair for a while.

Then ask her what's going on. Me?

I'm not going in there alone. You go.

Oh, yes. I'm very good at this sort of thing. Excuse me, Murphy. I notice

wearing strange animals on your feet and you spoke to bones. Is there anything

you'd like to tell me? All right.

Just hold on a minute. Somebody has got to get through to her.

Fourteen years.

There isn't anything Murph and I haven't been able to talk about.

I'll handle it.

God be with you, Frank.

Murph, can I come in?

Thanks.

Let me... Let me just start out by saying that I know you're confused.

I know you're upset, but I'm your best friend.

You can talk to me.

at midnight.

Murph, come on. Now I'm reaching out here. Talking is good.

It's healthy. Now, try to open up.

Okay.

I think I'm pregnant.

What? I said I think... I heard you the first time. What's wrong with you?

You don't just say a thing like that. You lead up to it a little bit. You put

few sentences in front of it. You talk about the weather, sports, and...

Didn't seem the appropriate time to bring up that incoming high -pressure

system.

I took one of those home pregnancy tests.

The stick was blue. A positive result.

Murph, I'm going to tell you something now.

And I hope you don't think less of me for this, but I've got to get out of

I don't know how to deal with a problem like this. You'll look to me for advice.

I could give you the wrong answer.

Okay, you can go.

This is what best friends do, right?

They're strong.

They're supportive.

Are you out of your mind?

Running around with two guys having unprotected sex in the 90s? Oh, a little

credit here. I was not running around with two guys. I was with one man. One

man.

One time. Which one? Jake or Jerry? Oh, man.

not sure i want to hear this and i'm not going to tell you it wouldn't be right

to tell you before i tell him let's just say that the

man and i have very strong feelings for each other i was trying to avoid a

physical relationship so my judgment wouldn't get clouded but you know me

i have sex about as often as we get a democrat for president i was a walking

I wanted to be sure to protect myself. I didn't want to get into a situation

that could be hazardous to my health, so just in case, the man and I decided to

have blood tests.

Clean bill of health, no problems.

Oh, I can't tell you how relieved I am to hear that.

Then, one afternoon, the man came to my office to take me to lunch.

It was totally spontaneous. I was like Mount St. Helens, Frank.

What are you saying? That it happened in this room?

Take any precautions.

I'm 42 years old, Frank.

All my friends are going to fertility clinics paying doctors a lot of money to

get pregnant.

It never occurred to me I'd be any different.

I did it once.

Once. And bingo!

It's like you wanted it to happen. Wanted it to happen? How could I?

Okay, maybe it is my last chance to have a kid.

Ever.

But I don't have room in my life.

I can't be distracted?

What am I going to say? Excuse me, Mr. President. Could you speak a little

louder? I can't hear you over my breast pump.

Oh.

And what about your travel schedule?

What do you do? Do you take the kid with you? Do you leave it at home with a

nanny? In public school or private school? And how do you handle the

question? Do you make them take music lessons? And what the hell comes after

a little teapot short and stout? Do you see what I'm going through here, Frank?

Oh, God.

I'm sweating. My head is soaked.

But I'm okay.

Keep talking. I think this is going well.

There's an even bigger question, Frank.

Would something happen to me if I became a mother?

I mean, would I lose my edge?

And if I don't, what kind of mother am I?

What are you going to do, Murph? I don't know. Do you have any thoughts, any

feelings one way or the other? I don't know.

I never thought I'd be in a situation like this.

thought I was too smart.

Does that mean I have to live with my mistake?

Does a child have to live with it?

I know I have the right to make this decision.

I just didn't expect it would be this hard.

Okay.

I'm going to give you some advice.

I think you should definitely not have the baby.

No habit.

Habit, but look into adoption.

Definitely one of those.

Has any of this helped you? No.

What am I going to do, Frank? I have no idea.

I mean, is it possible that the test was wrong? Maybe you didn't do it right.

It's not that complicated, Frank. I mean, there's putting on shoes.

What?

this morning.

Look,

Frank, you're right.

I should call my doctor, make an appointment.

And in the meantime, I should take another test. I could be worrying over

nothing. Right, maybe it's nothing.

Okay, Frank, if I'm late for the morning meeting, just tell Miles I had to stop

at the drugstore.

And Frank, thanks for the shoulder.

Just don't go anywhere.

I may need the other one.

Nine out of ten doctors recommended for relief of heartburn, indigestion, and

gas.

That's nine out of ten doctors. What more do you want?

Their names.

And where did they go to medical school? They never tell you that, do they? You

know, every time I come in here, you try to sell me what's on special. So don't

buy the product. See if I care.

Just don't come crying to me during sweep month when all you network guys

the damn place with your colons and overdrive.

Just picking up my monthly supplies.

How about you?

Um, same.

Same.

Oh,

gee, it's almost 10 o 'clock.

You don't want to be late for the morning meeting.

That would be a first, wouldn't it? You're right. Better get going.

Come on, Murphy, give me your basket. My treat. Oh, no, it's okay. I still have

something around I want to do.

Oh, look, gnomes are on sale.

See? Here's Turkle, the little banjo player.

We've got to go, Murphy. Let me have your basket. I mean...

How often do I get a chance to treat my star reporter to something? Just as long

as you don't have a Ferrari hidden in here.

Murphy, what are these?

What? What are what?

These boxes.

They're home pregnancy tests.

They are?

Well, that's not my basket.

I must have picked up somebody else's basket.

Ah, here we are. Ma 'am, I think I have your basket.

And I'll take that one. Hey, girly, you get your hands off my basket or I'm

calling the manager.

Well,

looks like I'm left holding the basket, so to speak.

You've got five seconds to tell me something that will prevent my heart

I think I'm pregnant.

Let's go talk in the cotton ball aisle. There's better sound absorption.

Look, Miles, I didn't mean for you to find out about this right now. There's

still a possibility I'm not pregnant.

What do you mean a possibility?

How much of a possibility?

More than a 50 % chance?

51 %?

75? 98? How much? How much?

Not much.

How can you be pregnant?

You're 42 years old.

Almost 43.

Closer to 43 than to 42.

And that's extremely old for eggs. They don't have that kind of shelf life.

Deal with this.

How do you deal with this?

You are a major network news star, a role model.

How many unmarried pregnant role models have you ever seen on Pride Time?

None. Zero.

Garnished. I don't know. Sometimes audiences surprise us. Right, right,

I'll be surprised in a dark alley by Reverend Wildman. Would that make you

happy? And what about the job?

How will you get stories?

What happens when your face gets like a cassava melon and we have to use the

jaws of life to get you out of the anchor chair and I think I'm having an

ephelism?

Then maybe it's just a mistake.

Yes, maybe you didn't follow the directions on the box. That could have

right.

Let's do it right now.

Okay, what do we got here?

No messy cups? No droppers? That's good.

I think there's a restroom in the back. Is your bladder full? What am I, a four

-page project?

I can do this by myself. Get away from me.

You're right.

You're right. You're right. I'm not worried about this.

I'm not.

And I... I'm sure one day very soon we'll be sitting in Phil's talking about

this and having a good laugh.

Laugh with me now, Murphy.

All right.

When will you know for sure?

Tomorrow morning.

I'll keep you posted.

Keep you posted?

You do that, you keep the executive producer posted.

You're looking for me.

I'll be at the cardiac care ward at the...

Yo, Juliet!

from the planet Gertrude.

You know, you've been in that bathroom for almost two hours now. No offense or

anything, but I would have expected you to come out looking a lot better.

I wasn't putting on makeup, Eldon. No kidding.

I just want to warn you, Eldon, I'm in a very fragile state of mind right now.

Any attempt to change my mood will fail, so proceed at your own risk.

What am I going to do? What am I going to do? What am I going to do?

What are you going to do?

What am I going to do?

Linseed oil just went up a dollar a can.

Well, you don't see me letting my appearance go to hell.

Eldon, someone's coming over here now.

A man.

Because there's something I have to tell him.

And the something I have to tell this man is very private.

Oh, yeah? What is it? I'm trying to be subtle here, Eldon. I know it's not a

skill I'll ever master, so could you give me a break, okay?

Would you mind going home now?

Oh.

This again.

Okay, fine.

Fine, but just let me say this.

You would think after living under the same roof for three years, there would

no more secrets.

I mean, after you let someone shave their legs with your putty knife, you'd

think there'd be a little truss.

I'll get that on my way out.

You're gonna make me go.

I didn't do nothing.

Eldon? Yeah, yeah.

Look, let me just say this. If she says she's gonna marry you, I still get to

keep my own towels. I was here first.

Hello, Mark.

Hello, Jake.

I brought you these.

They're beautiful.

You shouldn't have.

Yeah, that's pretty much what the security guard said.

I got him out of the White House Rose Garden.

You know, I can still jump a fence pretty good.

Jake, we have to talk.

I know.

You've asked me to marry you every day for the last three weeks.

You've been very patient waiting for my answer.

But, Jake, something's happened.

There's no easy way to say this, so I'll just say it.

I'm pregnant.