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No hole in the ceiling? Well, we know foreplay didn't begin on the roof this

time. Oh, that's insulting.

Very insulting. No, no, what's insulting is what I think you two were doing in

the closet.

Excuse me, I don't owe you an explanation. We're not together anymore.

I don't need an explanation. I have eyes.

Yeah, so do I. And I'm horrified. I mean, I'm not against closet sex, but

the right partner.

Shut up, Lexi. Wait a minute.

Hey, I'm the landlord here. You know what? You may be the landlord, but you

no right to be in my apartment. Who cares? I can't believe that you would do

this to him.

Hey, Megan doesn't know this foot -fluffin' jerk squat.

And who are you to talk?

Megan said that you were doing it with Ryan at my wedding in the bathroom

the wedding cake was cut.

Yeah, well, Jane was filing for divorce before the cake was even wheeled out.

You know what, Mancini? You're an over -sexed pig.

Oh, yeah? Well, you're an over -sexed slut, huh? Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey,

hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.

Oh, you got some unfinished business to take care of? A little coitus

interrupter? Oh, listen to me, you neanderthal. There's no way to talk to a

like me.

Don't you talk to a lady like me. Oh, I guess I can marry him first and then

kick him in the gut like you do. Stop it.

No, let him fight. This could be fun. You have any popcorn, Megan?

Hey! All night.

Oh, my God.

You drew blood.

It's going to be worse if you two don't leave me alone. All right, fine. I don't

have a death wish. Come on, Ryan. I'll continue.

Oh.

Oh, is that an apology?

Oh, you ungrateful... Michael!

Do you want him to look at your head? I don't want anything from that quack. Or

you. Hold on.

It's okay.

I'm bleeding. The last thing I need right now is a drink.

The vodka is not for you to be drinking.

You know, if you don't mind, I'd like to be alone.

No, I'm not going to leave you alone, Ryan. I mean, you could have a

or you could fall into a coma or you could die even.

Losing consciousness sounds pretty damn good right now.

Oh, Ryan.

Honey, I hate to see you like this. Do you want to talk about it?

You don't give up, do you?

I just thought I'd finally straighten out my past and was ready for a future

with Megan and she goes and sleeps with Mancini.

I mean, did our relationship mean that little to her?

Look, I know that Megan cared very much for you, but... Look, and this is no

disrespect to Megan, but she's... She's like a basketball player, you know?

She's always rebounding.

Maybe it's better I found out now rather than after I went to tell her what I

wanted to tell her.

You can tell me if you want to get it off your chest.

I have a daughter back east.

You have a daughter?

It's her wife?

She passed away just after Sarah was born.

I'm sorry.

Why is your daughter back east and not with you? It's a long story. There was

accident. I got Sarah out, but I went back for Kelly, and it was too late. I

don't want to talk about this right now.

I understand.

But, you know, if your daughter is anything like you, she's probably...

Sensitive and warm and adorable and utterly irresistible.

You know, Ryan, I could get you two aspirin and leave.

Oh, you know.

I just need two aspirin.

I'm going to hit myself in the morning.

I already hit myself now, so... What the hell?

What about the death?

I got a better cure.

I'm gonna carve my heart a new day, and they think you're right.

Gonna go back to the old ways and take off tight.

Just had enough, and I'm feeling love.

Gonna back up to the old ways, when they said hey, what a day to go

play. And it got me, got me crazy, like you don't know me.

Hey, have you seen Kyle?

Oh yeah, we had breakfast together and then he went to your construction site.

Aren't you cold in that T -shirt? It can't be more than 40 degrees in our

You know what?

I'm really sick of all your snide comments and complaints. This is my

can wear what I want, do what I want, whenever I want.

So, if I want to freeze my ass off, it's my business.

Okay, I see. I hit a nerve.

More than one.

You're taking advantage of our friendship, and it's time I set some

I get the hint. I didn't mean to take my frustrations out on you.

What frustrations?

Your life's perfect.

Hardly. Ever since I sold the building, I've felt unsettled. That place is my

anchor. And I don't know, being a landlord gave me more control of my life

other people's lives and caused friction between Kyle and me and you and me, and

I'm sorry.

It's okay.

Is there any more coffee left?

Yeah.

Help yourself.

Thanks.

So, what kind of mood was my husband in this morning?

Oh! A good one. He's excited about your new house. He thinks it's going to be a

new beginning for you guys.

Lucky you.

Yeah. Lucky me.

Oh. Good. No lamp. You're unarmed. Is Ryan here?

No, actually, you just missed him. He had to leave early for work so he could

stop by the hospital.

Peter's going to check out his head to make sure he doesn't have any permanent

brain damage.

Yeah, well, if he's sleeping with you again, then he definitely has brain

damage. Megan.

What happened to us? We used to be friends.

We used to be good friends.

What happened is you slept with my fiancé.

Correction. He slept with me.

Megan, that shows me that you and him are not meant to be, and the sooner you

get that in your head, the better off we'll all be.

Mm -hmm.

You know what, Ray?

This is not the place. But follow me. Yeah.

Now, I'm going to apologize for what you want.

I'm glad I got you between rounds. What do you have there? A present. It's not

every day my husband buys a hospital.

Well, you're my inspiration. You buy a club, I buy a hospital. Go ahead, open

it, open it.

Oh. Oh, this will be perfect for surgery.

We keep talking about a second honeymoon to Hawaii, but now that we're business

people, I just want you to know that it's okay if we have to put the trip on

hold. Well, we don't have to. I got my schedule worked out. I figured Kyle

cover for you at the club. So the trip's not off? Wouldn't I do that to you?

Peter. Oh.

Good morning. If we have a problem, it's in the boardroom. What's the problem?

An Irene Shulman problem. She called an emergency meeting of all the doctors.

If they ask me, it's a mutiny. I don't trust her.

I gotta go.

So, I guess it's aloha to Hawaii.

Two weeks.

We'll be sipping Mai Tais in Maui.

Aloha. Where do you get off telling us... How to run our departments.

I mean, the last time I checked, we were all equal partners.

Financial equals, not intellectual equals. I resent that. If anybody needs

free mental health checkup, it's you.

Uh -oh, hang on. Now, what's going on here? I... invested $200 ,000 in this

hospital and I'm not about to watch it go down the drain because of him.

Well, maybe you should have invested in mutual funds because as long as I'm a

partner here, Wilshire Memorial will offer a mental health program to the

public. Run by whom? You, Dr.

Psycho? Look who's talking. Michael, please. I'm not the one who wants a

ward named after them. Oh, come on. You are taking my comments out of context.

Egomaniacs don't make comments, they make demands.

Who are you calling an egomaniac?

Dr. Schulman, high priestess of neurology.

Where's the man in the client?

Well, hopefully they'll be here any minute.

Listen, not that I care, but what did you want to tell me last night?

Well, it doesn't matter anymore.

And can we not speak because I have a splitting headache and five stitches in

forehead thanks to your lamp.

Hello.

Tony Marlin, I'd like you to meet Megan Lewis, Ryan McBride, my two top

executives.

Sports injury, pal?

No, I'll run in with my ex -fiancée.

We don't want to bore Tony with our personal lives, colorful as they may be.

consider myself a man of the world, but I've never had a business lunch with two

such beautiful women.

Oh, I find that hard to believe.

Well, maybe once or twice, but don't tell my wife.

Oh, you're married.

I was going to get married. Yeah, but then you told your fiancé that you

on her with her best friend at some singles resort while you were away on

business, and apparently you slept with that same best friend last night. Tell

me you didn't. At least that friend wasn't naked in my bedroom closet.

Yeah, well, at least my friend and I don't have sex in the ladies' room or in

Amanda's office. What?

That's what I heard from the friend. They did it on your desk.

Lexi was on my desk?

It's like our president sets the standard for the rest of the nation.

I'm sorry, Tony. We should be talking about the campaign for your cruise line.

No, no, forget it. This is much more interesting. I love to dish.

So who is this Lexi? She sounds like quite a handful.

You know, I don't really have anything to offer this conversation, so I'll see

you back at the office.

Who needed him anyway?

This is shaping up to be quite a lunch, so... Megan, tell me about yourself.

I'm sorry, I'm going to have to take the day off.

Don't know what to say.

Well, I do.

Finally, we're alone.

Peter.

Wait till you hear the latest.

What now?

Not only does she want to get rid of the free coffee in the on -call room, but

she wants to charge us for cleaning our shrub.

Oh, and the assigned parking is now $60 a month. I'm telling you, Peter, that

woman is an agitator, a heretic, and a rabble rouser. I've already cast her

check, Michael. She's a partner. There's nothing I can do about it. Well, then

we got to keep our eye on her, you know? We got to, like, bug her office or her

phone or something.

Michael, relax.

You know, every new organization has growing pains.

Oh, yeah, right. The scream -a -thons in the boardroom?

You were there?

The Scottian showman almost came to blows.

What's the real problem here, Michael?

Well, Peter, you know me too well.

It's the usual money. I mean, a doctor can barely make a living these days.

I mean, without those little perks, what does a guy have left?

Patients. Isn't that why we became doctors in the first place? Yes, and I

recently put my career on the line for those patients, as well as the nurses,

did you.

Now, are we going to let Sherman gum that all up over saving a couple of

Point well taken.

Thank you.

Now, what we need is a mole.

Someone to cozy up this showman. You know, keep tabs on her.

And I have the perfect person.

Visconti.

Visconti? They hate each other.

Oh, Peter, you've been out of the single scene too long.

Beneath that venom they were spewing was lust.

No, Visconti's our man.

Trust me.

I was on my way home from the club.

I called the house and Jane said it was working late.

Well, home is now an hour's drive away and even longer in rush hour, so I

figured I'd avoid the traffic. Well, it's after 11 o 'clock. You wait any

longer, it's going to be morning rush hour. Maybe none of you McBrides

understand how important lending this new account is to my agency.

Okay, it's important. I guess it was just wishful thinking that you would

your mind and pull away from your work.

Where's the woman that I made love to this morning? That was then. This is

You can't take everything away from me. I have my own wants and needs separate

from our life together.

No, I'm not trying to take anything away from you. I'm trying to add to our

lives. I'm trying to take this pressure off of you. Maybe I like the pressure.

Maybe that's who I am.

I thought you were off to my wife.

First of all, they took the word obey out of the wedding vows a long time ago.

And you knew exactly what you were getting when you married me. People

Yes, they do.

I'm about to say something I'm going to regret, so I'm going to go.

Good. Because you're keeping me from my work.

I don't know when I'll be home. Good. I won't wait up.

Hope you don't mind a little company.

Actually, I do.

What are you doing in my bathroom? Honey, Amanda needed a place to crash.

were already asleep when she got here. I didn't want to wake you. The bathroom's

all yours. Why didn't you sleep at your own place? Because I was too damn tired

to drive all the way to Malibu last night. Any more questions?

No.

Do you have a jacket I could borrow? I don't want people to think I didn't go

home. But you didn't. Don't you think you should call Kyle? I'll call him from

the car.

Amanda, he must be worried.

I don't want to talk about Kyle right now.

What I need is a favor.

Right, the jacket.

Oh, and don't forget your locket. Here. I am trying to land this new client.

I want to impress him and show him a good time.

If I stop by the club tonight, would you pull out all the stops?

Sure. Whatever you want.

Now, do you want to talk about what's going on between you and Kyle? Oh, stop

worrying about Kyle.

He's never been happier. Spends all his time at the construction site.

Without you.

How much trouble can a guy get into with a hammer and nails?

I think that we should all shake hands and be mature adults about our

The situation being that you two are lovers, I have accepted it and moved on.

Um, we're not lovers, okay? At least not like you and Michael.

Ryan, honey, the two of us sleep together. In my book, that makes us

Well, in my book, there has to be love to be lovers.

I'm late for work.

What are you smiling about?

He only lashed out at me because of all the pain that you've caused him.

Yeah, well, if he's hurting, he's the only one to blame. He broke up with me.

Well, it's no wonder.

You don't understand him, Megan.

Ryan's got the weight of the world on his shoulder, and nobody's giving him a

break except for me.

Weight of the world? What do you mean?

All I'm saying is that Ryan is a very sensitive guy, and what he does, he does

for a reason.

So get off his case, okay?

And get off mine.

You wanted to see me?

Oh, terrific.

Actually, I'm glad that both of you are here.

I'm putting the two of you in charge of a committee to determine the future of

the trauma center.

You already know my position.

A committee is just a waste of time. I don't agree, and I make the call here,

Irene. Hi.

I'll be right over here. I'll be quiet. Don't mind me. So, the two of you can

get started today at lunch.

Lunch?

We'll go Dutch, and don't expect me to change my mind on the trauma center.

I won't.

I got a bad feeling about this. Relax.

Visconti's going to make a great spy, and Shulman's not going to suspect a

thing. I can think of a dozen other doctors we could have gotten to keep an

on Shulman. Come on. I prepped the guy all morning. He's got the moves down.

And for your information, I had to break a breakfast date with Megan to do that

for you.

Michael, the last thing I want to hear about is your sorry love life.

Fortunately, she's free for dinner tomorrow night.

But I swear, if that Ryan McBride interrupts us one more time, I mean,

ever been caught in a closet with your pants down and...

Of course, I have nothing to be ashamed of. But still, I mean, it's

embarrassing. I mean, there I was, Hank.

Yeah.

Man, they're just not good listeners.

Can

I

get you guys anything else? Yeah, we'll take another round. No problem. And you

can pull up. Sure, or a lot.

I hate college boys.

Eve,

I want you to cut these college kids off after the next round.

You need me, I'll be in my office.

I guess I should say our office.

Oh, I like the sound of that. I never had an office before, only a cell.

You got a minute? It's about Ryan. Yeah, Megan, come on in.

You guys make up?

Well, obviously you haven't talked to your brother in the last 24 hours.

No, I haven't talked to him since he got the letter from Sarah.

Sarah who?

Oh, I guess he hasn't gotten around to telling you.

No.

Ryan has a daughter.

Since when?

I think she's about 10 years old.

That must have been why he came by my apartment. But Michael was there and

Lexi showed up and it got so crazy.

Oh, wow. So if he has a daughter, then he must have a wife, huh?

I don't know. If you want any details, you're going to have to get them from

Ryan.

It's a crazy night out there. I'm going to go make sure things are okay.

For the record, I hope things work out between the two of you.

I don't think that's going to happen.

I know who you are, but I like to dance with my wife.

Kyle. Tony Marlin.

Kyle McBride.

You're a lucky man, Kyle.

So is he the reason you didn't come home last night?

I don't need the client. What's your problem?

You didn't come home last night. You didn't even buy the car. I think it's

pretty damn obvious what my problem is. I can't get into this right now. I can't

ignore Tony.

You sure can't ignore me.

I'd rather be ignored at home. Maybe I'll see you later.

Amanda, you have the most gorgeous ring.

What do you say I take your ladies out on the town?

No offense to your husband, but I prefer a more sophisticated establishment.

Sounds good to me.

Eve? Well, I have to look after the club.

Amanda, do a little selling. Convince Eve she'll have more fun with us.

JJ can close up. He closes up for Kyle all the time.

I've got my limo parked right outside.

Um, okay.

I guess it'll be all right. I'll just grab my coat on the way out.

Hey, you fools want another drink? Yeah, I could use another.

Yo, bartender, another round. A shot or something, eh?

Why

didn't

you tell me you had a daughter?

Who told you, Lexi?

Lexi knows, too?

Of course she does. You two are sharing everything these days, aren't you?

Well, I was on my way to tell you last night, but you were busy with Michael,

remember? I've known you for six months.

We were friends. We were lovers.

We were engaged to be married, and you waited until last night to tell me that

you had a daughter.

It's more complicated than that.

Where's her mother?

I mean, are you separated? Are you divorced?

I mean, where are they? Are you living some sort of double life? I mean, you

answer any of these questions in any order.

Her name is Sarah. She's ten years old. She lives in New York.

Her mother is dead.

The reason I never told you is because I've never told anybody before last

night.

I'm not just anybody.

Well, seeing as how you go back and forth between men, especially Michael,

are now.

My daughter needs a mother she can respect.

All right. And Lexi is perfect mother material.

Jake? Oh, my second divorce.

I should be used to it by now.

Anything I can do to help?

Yeah, you can help me finish off this bottle of Chardonnay.

I'm going to have to pass on the wine, but I'll keep you company if you want.

Yeah, I'd like that.

I'm such a loser.

Always making a mess out of my life.

Did I

get

that? Yeah.

Hello?

Yeah, yeah, uh... Yeah.

It's for you. It's the club.

Oh.

Yes, Kyle.

Oh, Dave, you'd be kidding me.

Yeah, I'm on my way.

Is everything okay?

Once the college kids got out of hand, they trashed the club.

Oh.

I had to go.

Uh, you'll be okay?

Yeah.

So what'd the insurance guy say? You covered for damages? Yeah, but I would

still rather give the bill to your wife. I told her, cut the college kids off,

but no, she had to go out and party. Yeah, with your wife? What's with Amanda

keeping Eve out all night? My wife, what?

Why am I yelling?

Because they're not here for us to yell at.

Here, make yourself useful.

Kyle, please, I don't do brooms. Uh, here, did you crash?

Come on, I'm taking this stuff out.

Rather not.

Here's the party girls now.

Oh. Wow, hello.

Oh, no.

Where you been?

Good question.

Um, well, I left you a message. Didn't you check the machine?

I was in surgery all night. And I was here. While you guys were wherever the

hell it is you were, our club almost got destroyed.

What happened? I told JJ to lock up.

Did you also tell him to cut the college kids off and stop serving them?

Oh, my God, Kyle, I'm so sorry I forgot.

Yeah, well, maybe it's not all your fault. I mean, after all, Amanda did

you her entertainment consultant.

Don't lay this on me. I was taking care of business.

Next time do without my wife, huh?

You coming?

Yeah, I'll talk to you later.

I, um, I really am sorry about the club.

Sorry about anything else?

Like not coming home for the past two nights?

Tony Marlin is the biggest client that I've ever gone after. And thanks to the

good time that Eve and I showed him, I'm closer to landing the account.

Congratulations. I'm glad Tony had a good time on my expense.

That's not fair.

Forget fair.

You might be gaining a client, but you're losing a husband.

And again, maybe you don't care about that anymore.

Hey, Peter. Did you hear?

No. She'll be backed off the trauma center issue.

And she stopped lobbying against free coffee and donuts in the on -call room.

The scanty? Mm -hmm. Did I tell you he was the right guy for the job or what?

Let's go congratulate him, huh? Yeah, let's.

Oh, baby, baby.

Go, Lou.

Did you ever hear of knocking?

No, next time try locking the door.

Um, I can explain.

No, no, it's not necessary.

We have a meeting in my office, Irene, with your clothes on.

You rascals never would have gotten away with this under the old regime.

Well, out with the old and in with the new and improved.

It's worse than I thought.

Hey. Hey.

Yeah, we still got a couple of days of cleanup left, but I think we'll be able

to open up tomorrow.

Good.

Just in the neighborhood?

Uh, no, no. I thought that maybe we should talk about what happened last

Look, I'm sorry. It was my fault. I think I was really angry at Amanda

No, I was pretty mad at Michael, too. Not to mention a little drunk.

So it won't happen again?

No.

Anyway, I just wanted to clear the air. Make sure you didn't think you and

Amanda had to move out or anything.

Well, I'm working late tonight, so I'm taking a long lunch. I'd be happy to

stick around and help with the cleanup.

That is the best offer that I have had all day.

As a matter of fact, it's the only offer I've had all day.

Okay. Thanks.

I got a bone to pick with you. Oh, well, get in line behind Kyle.

Hey, you want to screw up your marriage, fine, but don't screw up mine. No,

Eve's a grown woman. I don't make her decisions for her. Oh, come on, Amanda.

You tell her to jump. She says yes, then you push her away. You know what? If

that's why you're here, the elevator's that way.

No, that's not why I'm here.

I'd like an apology.

Oh, um, okay. I'm sorry I corrupted your wife. I mean, I'm a bad person who only

thinks of myself, and you might as well shoot me and put me out of my misery.

What is this, huh? What's going on with you?

You slept at my apartment the other night. You spent the entire evening out

night.

It sounds to me like you're avoiding going home.

Maybe I am avoiding things. I feel like I'm drifting.

I hate the beach and Jane's damn beach house and Kyle. Well, he's as happy as a

clam, and if he could, he would never come into town.

Did you talk to Kyle about this?

No, he's changing, and every time that I think we're okay, there's another

hurdle that we can't seem to get over, and I'm just so damn sick of it all.

hoping that maybe we could have dinner i'm not a bad cook i'm not a good cook

but food isn't everything i'm not hungry okay forget about

dinner and ryan honey forget about what i said the other morning in the

courtyard really it was just a reaction to megan then you know about where you

and i stand relationship -wise if we stand at all

You said to.

I want to tell you all about it. Love you.

I hate this.

My daughter needs me and I'm 3 ,000 miles away.

Oh, Brian, honey, you're doing the best you can.

I don't know.

I was too young to be a father, but who thinks about that when you're in love?

You know, after Callie died, I had a choice to make, and I thought, well, her

sister would be the best full -time parent. That's why I agreed to limited

custody. Well, I think you did the right thing.

Maybe then.

Now it feels like Sarah really needs a full -time mother and father.

Well, who doesn't?

I've always wanted to be a mom.

Maybe I should move back to New York.

What?

Get a job at a small ad agency upstate.

No, I forbid you.

You can't move there out of guilt.

Ryan, honey, you've got friends here, you've got family, you've got a career.

Besides, New York is so cold.

Yeah, but the more that I think about it, the more I like the idea.

Give me distance from Megan and allow me to really start over with Sarah.

Well, Ryan, honey, why don't you start over with Sarah right here?

Amanda had a no -kids policy. I don't.

Hell, I could just evict Megan. That'll give you separation.

That's not really necessary.

Look, Ryan, family's the most important thing. Don't you want your little girl

to grow up knowing her Uncle Kyle and her Aunt Lexi?

Yeah. Maybe you're right. Maybe you should give it a try. Yeah.

I'm going to call her right now. Okay.

I'll bring her out from New York.

And you know what?

My sister -in -law is just going to have to get used to the idea.

Good.

Okay, well, you know, I'm going to give you a little privacy. You probably want

to be alone, huh?

Thanks.

Okay,

coming.

Hey, hey, you're the wrong woman. Get out. Come on.

Ryan was going to move to New York so he could be closer to his daughter, but I

convinced him to bring the little brat out here.

I gave him all this B .S. about being a mother type.

Yuck, I'd rather die first. Like I said, get out. You know what's going to

happen as soon as she gets here. She's going to realize that there really is a

Megan and that I'm an imposter, and then Ryan's going to dump me and fall right

back into Megan's arms. Lexi, why do all your messes become my message?

Gee, I don't know, Father Michael.

All right.

Look, okay, this is what you got to do, huh?

You got to get to her first.

Then you got to bring her some candy, a toy, maybe some cash.

Then you got to tell her you made a mistake.

Tell her you didn't want to burden her with all of her daddy's girlfriends.

Okay? All right, I'm glad I could help. Goodbye. Come on.

Let's go. Here we go.

Oh, good grace.

Everywhere I turn, there you are.

Well, you know, you could always give me notice.

In the meantime, I'm adding another quarter to the laundromat, and that's

came here to tell Michael.

Yeah, I'm forming a tenant committee.

Oh, well, I'm leaving.

Yeah, well, sign me up for that committee.

Oh, you're wearing that special cologne again, huh? Oh, I am? Mm -hmm.

It's supposed to be a nice, friendly dinner. If you think we're going to wind

in bed again... No, no, no, Megan, the candles, they were just because I was

trying to save electricity and the flowers. I got off a stiff at the

Nice try.

Look, I hope you enjoy it. I'm going to bed alone.

Yeah, Terry, do you realize how long I've been on hold?

No, I don't really care how late it is. I want to speak to Sarah. How many times

do I have to tell you?

Sarah isn't asleep. It's the middle of the night here.

She's been calling my machine all day, Terry.

I don't care, Ryan.

One more late night phone call or surprise visit and I will make sure you

all custody of Sarah.

You will never see your daughter again.

Ryan, honey, wait up.

Where are you going?

I'm going with you to New York. Oh, you don't have to do that.

Ryan, you're bringing your daughter back to L .A. That's a huge life -altering

decision. I intend to be there for support, you know.

Besides, having a woman there will probably put those nuns at ease.

Hurry up. We're going to miss our plane.

So, I had my top storyboard artist drop the visuals for a prospective

commercial.

In my opinion, the best way to reach the masses is through television

advertising. I can see you've done your homework.

Put a lot of time and effort into my campaign.

I'm still not ready to make a decision.

Oh, well, tell me what more I can do to convince you to sign with the agency.

Oh, if you're looking for something more than a good ad campaign, I am married.

Me too.

And it's never stopped me from getting what I want.

But I'm not interested in you.

Good. Your friend Eve, she's another story.

Eve?

Well, if you recall, she's also married, and her husband is definitely the

jealous type.

Tell you what, Amanda, I'm not very good at visualizing things on paper, but I

like the concept for the commercial.

Hip, sexy.

You can see your way to shooting it on the come.

On my own dime?

That's a significant amount of money, more than I've ever spent on an entire

campaign. Well, maybe you're not up to it.

But for me to spend my millions, you've got to spend your one.

Well, it's not out of the question.

Good answer.

Just remember, Amanda, the success of a TV commercial is all on the cat's team.

I don't mean to belabor this point that I've been trying to make for the last

hundred miles, but I really think that we should call Sarah first.

Why? We're here.

Yeah, I know, but I've never been one for surprises. What if she freaks?

She's going to be thrilled. She's been wanting to live with me for years.

Yeah, but, you know, kids can never be too predictable. I mean, especially ten

-year -old girls.

She's going to be fine, and I know how to take care of my own daughter, Lexi.

Oh.

What's wrong?

Oh, I feel faint. I think I need some water. Is there a drinking fountain

here? Uh, yeah, right inside. Are you okay? Oh, yeah. Are you going to answer

that?

No. No?

Well, what if it's Kyle? What if something bad has happened? What if it's

other emergency?

All right. You know what? I'm just going to go find that drinking fountain

myself.

Ryan McBride. Ryan, it's Amanda.

What's wrong?

Nothing. Um, how much money is available in the agency's cash account?

Uh, a couple hundred grand, but you know what? I'll have to wait till I get back

to L .A. to give you an exact figure. I need more than that.

A million dollars to shoot a commercial.

You know, I really have to hang up now, Amanda.

Sarah, honey, listen, we have to talk.

Um, there's been a really big misunderstanding.

You see, when we first met, you thought I was your dad's girlfriend, Megan, but

actually, my name is Lexi.

And I'm a good friend of your dad's, too.

I love him so much, and he's going to be coming through that door in a minute

now, and I really need a big favor from you. Can you tell him that we've never

met before?

Okay, and in return, I will buy you anything your little heart desires.

Clothes?

Toys?

How about a pony, huh?

Sarah, look, I know I'm asking a lot from you, but can you just give me some

sort of sign that we have a deal?

I'm taking my daughter home with me.

Where's Tara?

I don't know, but I think she's run away.

Hey, Jane.

Oh, hi.

Small world.

Malibu's a small town.

Yeah, yeah. I guess once you and Amanda move into your new house, we'll be

bumping into each other all the time.

You meeting somebody here?

No, no, I'm just getting takeout. Well, why don't you join me?

Oh, I don't know if that's a good idea.

Because of our little... Almost kiss? No.

Well, then there's nothing wrong with two friends having dinner.

Right,

you put it that way.

Oh, they must think we're a couple.

We can't stop.

No.

Thanks for meeting me at the last minute.

You know, I have been giving a lot of thought to your commercial. And what do

you think about creating a theme song for your cruise line? She's an

woman.

Beautiful and talented.

I couldn't agree more.

About the commercial.

We'll talk about it later.

Yeah,

Dr. Burns?

Yeah, she's here.

She's in Riverside right now. Oh, let me talk to her.

Peter? It's Amanda.

Eve's on stage. She's having a great night. Well, that's all the more reason

drop by the club and surprise her, right? I'll see you in a few minutes.

Wait. She's not going to have a lot of time for you tonight. The place is

packed, and one of the bartenders called in sick, and Kyle's taking the night

off. I'm even helping out, and you know how much I hate that.

But I'll tell her that you called.

Way to go.

You're talented.

You really like my singing that much? You have an amazing voice.

You should be headlining in Vegas.

Well, thank you.

Do you really want to thank me? Make this a night to remember?

Dance with me.

Go on, give the man what he wants.

Well, as long as we don't leave the premises.

I'm sorry about last night running out on you like I did.

It's okay. I figured it had more to do with your ex -boyfriend than it did me.

I swear, if that's Ryan or Lexi... Well, you get me a beer and I'll get the

door, okay? Okay.

Um,

look, we don't need any Girl Scout cookies.

Father Michael?

Can I help you?

I'm looking for Megan.

I'm Megan.

No, you're not.

Yes, I am. I'm Megan Lewis.

But you're not the Megan who came to see me in New York.

Uh, trust me, she's Megan.

Well, I'm Sarah McBride, and I'm looking for my father.

Do you know where he is?