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Hello, I'm home from the trip. I'd like to confirm a quote. Get around two

hours. How much money was involved?

Was it over a thousand dollars?

Was it over ten thousand dollars?

I don't remember you parking your car down here. It's a shortcut. I know this

area. Okay. I just don't want to get mugged coming back from a story on

bookmobiles. Relax.

This isn't such a bad neighborhood.

Hey, pal.

This line is six items or less.

Did you get a look at that guy? Yeah. A kid. Either I'm getting older or Bums

are getting younger.

I know how long that jury's been out. It's unusual for an arson case.

Thanks.

A bear.

Grizzly, brown, or teddy?

Oh, no, stick with it.

Get a statement from the prosecutor.

A bear has escaped from the Griffith Park Zoo.

Polar, black, or yogi?

I like mine better.

Just a minute, Rosenthal.

Put the bear story in the Metro budget. Charlie will love it.

I break for bears.

Keep trying to get a story.

A hung jury is like kissing your sister.

I know, it depends who your sister is.

Something I can do for you?

I'm waiting for Mr. Hume.

Business? He's my uncle.

Oh, sure. He's been telling me about you. Lou Grant.

Nice to meet you.

Donovan. This is Charlie's nephew.

Do I know your name? Which nephew are you? Scott. He only has one.

Hi. I'm Donovan. Hi.

You see that door there? That's Charlie's office. You go in there and

yourself at home. He'll be back in a minute.

Thank you.

City desk. Donovan.

Scotty. Hi, Uncle Charles. Scotty, where in the world do you come from?

Round.

Really? Good to see you. Sit down. Let me look at you.

Well, how long has it been?

Three, four years.

Last I heard, you were giving college another shot back in the Midwest.

I split from there.

What?

He'll look the same. A little more mature, maybe.

You know it.

Older and wiser.

Well, how is everyone now?

You know, Tony got married.

Yeah.

Tommy's fine.

How's your old man?

He's all right.

Hasn't changed.

Oh, Steve.

Where are you staying?

I have a little room in a hotel downtown.

First thing you do, check out of there.

You can have Tommy's room until you get yourself settled. I don't want to be a

nuisance, really.

Come on.

Hey, hey, hey.

You're talking about the father and son doubles champions of Rancho Park.

Well, we sort of faked him out then, didn't we?

It wasn't an intentional lie. The father was tied up.

It was all in the family.

Although I am a better tennis player than you.

I think Dad was sort of jealous.

It's lunchtime. Let me take you to McKenna's.

It's not exactly the Brown Derby, but it's nearby.

Great.

Hey, Lou.

Donovan asked me to tell you that arson case with the hung jury.

Oh, too bad.

Where are you headed?

Um, off to, uh, Griffith Park Zoo.

Check with them.

See if the bear has a family.

You know, a mate, cubs, or a mother.

Bearscape. Go for it. It's probably stomping a forest fire someplace.

I must have my nephew Scott Hill, Mrs. Ennis Price.

We call him Adam. Glad to meet you. Hi.

I had a camera like that once.

Got ripped off.

Yeah, my biggest fear.

I'll catch you all later.

Scott, you were saying?

About being a serious writer.

The great American novel.

You know that story.

I just couldn't keep my butt in a chair long enough.

So what have you been doing?

Oh, you name it. I've been on the road.

Oh, that's good experience for a writer.

I'm not sure I'm cut out to be a real writer.

I think I've come to terms with my, you know, expectations.

Ready to settle down.

Maybe become a journalist.

You didn't pick a great time in the history of newspapers.

We have a hiring freeze right now.

Maybe we could help you out with all the people that Lou and I know in the

business.

Yeah. Yeah.

Let me get up a list of three or four.

Hugh Martin and Sam Bernardino.

Irv Coleman.

Myra Wexler.

Used to be my assistant. Did you ever meet him? Not in person.

You got to remember, Scott, we're talking about entry -level jobs.

I hear what you're saying.

It's cold out there. You know that.

These people pop in a mind. Hugh is probably the best bet.

If you want to think of San Bernardino.

Good.

Thank you.

Maybe sometime you'd like to read some of the things I've written. Give me your

reaction, your honest opinion.

That'd be great.

Listen, Scott, here's the key.

You get out to the house, kick back and relax.

Iron should be home before.

I'll give you directions.

He's got a funny view of the newspaper business, but he seems like an all right

kid. He's 30 years old.

30?

He seems younger.

Scott, can't get out of this place, huh?

Oh, I like it here.

Mind if I sit down?

No.

Here, have a seat.

Yeah, I'll stop. I'll pick up some lamb chops.

Yeah.

Now, put Scott home, will you?

Should have been home an hour ago.

Well,

he probably just took the wrong bus.

Don't worry.

Get the bear's name.

Don't tell me.

Bears in zoos for 30 days or more always have names.

I've covered the Syracuse Zoological Gardens for seven years.

There is no Syracuse Zoological Garden.

There isn't?

Hey, I think my nephew may be lost. If you cut back, you put him in a cab.

I just saw him down at the vending machine talking animals.

He's still here?

Thanks.

Did you ever hear of Harley Pierce? Sure.

Well, I met him when I was in Montana.

Boy, he's got it whipped.

How do you mean?

Well, he makes something like $100 ,000 a year all up taking pictures of

mountains and waterfalls.

He gets in the mood, grabs his camera, heads off to the beautiful country and

shoots what he feels like.

Pretty nice.

There's a little more to it than that.

Oh, I know, I know. All the training and that stuff. And he's a pretty nice guy.

This coffee's kind of got me wired.

You don't have any Valium, do you?

No, I don't use them.

What's going on? Why aren't I at the house?

Oh, uh, I thought I'd just kind of hang around downtown L .A. and see if I could

come up with some ideas for a story.

We didn't know what happened to you. My aunt said you weren't there. I was

getting kind of worried.

Ready to go now?

Sure.

So long.

Good.

Thanks, Mara. That's great.

Yeah. Bye -bye.

Looks great.

Myra Wexler has a job for Scott. It's a good place for him to start. Oh, good.

Scott, good news. You've got yourself a job.

I do? Yep.

Doing what?

Well, you're working for a paper called the Quick Finder.

It's a throwaway sheet, but it's very successful. The woman who runs it, Myra

Wexler, used to work for me. She's shy.

That's great.

You don't know what I'll be doing, do you? Sure, you'll be doing whatever Myra

tells you to.

Here, give us a hand setting out the table. Oh,

I wasn't going to eat.

What do you mean not to eat? We're fixing dinner.

I'm not really hungry. I have to meet an RN from Vietnam.

An RN?

He was a medic.

Now he's a registered nurse.

I told him I was a writer.

He said he wanted to lay a story on me about what's going down in the emergency

rooms. I have my key. You don't have to wait up.

Well, at least sit with us. Yeah, you can eat what you want, then I'll drive

to where you're going.

It's back downtown. I'll get there.

Thanks anyway.

What you have to understand is that we're a throwaway.

The few stories and features that we do run, that's the beauty tips, the

astrology column, window dressing.

We get the merchant's message out to the neighborhood.

And we live off the ads.

And everyone who works for the Quick Finder sells ads. That includes me and

Uh, I'm really more of a film critic than a salesman. Well, around here you

gotta be both.

You ever sold ads before?

Ads, uh, no.

Well, what have you sold?

Magazines, subscriptions?

Boys got raffle tickets?

Uh,

nothing.

Well, that's okay.

No problem.

Quick Finder ads sell themselves.

here's our form for insertion orders okay okay let's go you're in business

I'm looking for the manager.

He's in the office there.

Thank you.

I think he is. Just go ahead and knock.

Oh, it's okay. I don't think he's busy. No.

I'll catch him later.

Thank you.

Lou Grant will continue in a moment here on A &E.

The bear was sighted on the Buena Vista overpass to the Golden State Freeway.

Good, you're reading a bear story.

Well, it's the first thing I turn to.

You're my barometer. If you're reading it, everybody is. And the competition

doesn't have it.

Oh, boy.

Where is our bear this morning?

He's still asleep. He got in at four.

Hello.

Hi, Steve.

Guess who's here.

Good guess.

Yeah, he got himself a job.

Selling ads for a throwaway sheep.

No, I don't think that's a lot of pressure.

Steve, he's 30 years old.

Yeah. Just a second, Steve. Wait a minute.

6114, I got you.

Odazine. Yeah.

Okay.

Yeah. Well, good to talk to you, too. Yeah, bye -bye.

Who is Dr.

Sorensen?

Psychiatrist that Scott was referred to by his regular shrink in San Francisco.

What's Otizine?

Medication. Scott's on some kind of a mood elevator.

Well, how did Steve sound to you? I mean, you both sounded very friendly at

end. Fine.

We're friendly.

He's my brother.

So we're talking about a mature black bear, but by no means over the hill.

300 pounds.

Is that a current weight?

You weigh them every month.

How do you get them on the scale?

Ice cream.

Hmm. Very clever.

Ah.

Okay. Well, I think that's all for now, Sally. I'll probably have a lot of

questions later on.

You've been great.

Thank you.

Bye -bye.

I know Ziggy's favorite flavor of ice cream.

Rum raisin.

Yeah. How did you know?

That's what all bears like.

Plus, I just heard it on the radio.

I suppose you know how he escaped, too.

Well, what the heck.

He tied his bedsheets together and he eased himself over the wall, right?

The zoo still doesn't know for sure, but they're convinced he was acting alone.

Grab your notes on the bear. I went to his budget meeting.

If Professor Manson calls from Copenhagen, would you accept the charges

me out of the meeting?

How come KFWB had rum raisin and we didn't?

I'm sorry. I just now found out about it.

But we do have an exclusive interview with a cook at some pizzeria who saw

going through his dumpster.

What do bears like on their pizza?

People. Is the bear all right? We don't know. At the last sighting, he was seen

favoring his left hind leg.

You don't suppose somebody took a shot at him?

Why would anyone want to do that?

Well, isn't the fur worth something? For a coat or a rug?

There's a lot of crazy people out there.

This is all good. Maybe we ought to bump it to page one.

Are we still out of the competition?

They're early. That's it.

Okay. Page one. If we have art.

All we have is a police composite, which, believe it or not, makes him look

a psychopath.

I want you to send somebody out to the zoo and get a picture of his mother.

Concerned relatives are always good.

We may not be able to get the photo by deadline. His mother's at the San Diego

Zoo. She's kind of a character.

A little takeover for me, will you?

Good.

Scott?

What are you doing here? Why aren't you at work? I wanted to drop by and tell

you why I got in so late last night. And work is kind of slow now.

How's it going there?

The whole job is selling.

I don't want to make people buy something they don't want.

Well, why don't you think of it as offering them something that could be

to them?

Well, they sure don't act that way.

This is Scott.

Let's figure you're overqualified.

That makes this flunky business doubly difficult.

You know, one of the big lies we all tell ourselves is that if we can do a

complicated job, then logically we can do a simple job.

It ain't necessarily so.

I just haven't gotten into the swing of it yet.

Is there something I can do to make it easier for you? I don't think so.

You've already got a film critic.

Hey, I want you to know that Marion and I are your friends.

I know that.

You ever hear the saying, don't go around loving people that only annoys

I think that we would all settle for a little mutual consideration. You know

what I mean? I'm sorry about last night. I was going to call you, but I was

afraid I was going to wake you up.

Okay, it's all right.

Listen, I talked to your old man this morning.

He gave me the name of a Dr.

Sorensen. You know that?

Yeah.

I got his name somewhere.

And you're on some kind of medication?

I've been off that stuff for a month and a half.

I don't need it. I take that stuff and I can't function, and I don't need any

phony L .A. shrink.

All right, come on, take it easy. We all need some kind of backup just to know

it's there. There's nothing wrong with that. I can make it on my own. Scott,

nobody says you can't.

I'll see you at home for dinner, unless I hear from you.

Lou Grant will continue in a moment here on A &E.

I know you're busy, and I probably shouldn't be taking your time with this,

but...

There are just a few things about my nephew that don't make sense, and I need

some clarification.

I'm sorry. When my nurse booked the appointment, she must have thought you

a new patient.

Your nephew was referred to me by another doctor. I can't go into any

his case.

Well, he's staying with me. I feel responsible for him.

Is there something that I should be doing? Is there something I should know?

Well, I... Has he been exhibiting any strange behavior?

The first night... Then he got here. My wife and I fixed a nice dinner for him.

And he said he wasn't hungry and walked out.

I know that doesn't sound like anything, but, you know, he did have a nervous

breakdown a couple of years ago.

I'm not sure what's meant by that terminology.

Go ahead. Everything Scott has done has been right on the edge between being

kind of rude and kind of crazy.

And I don't know whether to be mad or sympathetic.

And now you're telling me that you can't help me. First of all, you should know

that Scott's case is not unique.

Even though I can't tell you anything specific about him, I can... I'll draw

a general picture.

We're beginning to see a lot of people of Scott's generation with similar

problems. They're able to function in the community now because of the new

therapies. Twenty years ago, a patient like Scott would have been

institutionalized. Just to give you an idea, in this state alone, the

of the public mental health facilities has dropped from 37 ,000 patients to 5

,000, which means that some people are a lot better off than they were before.

And some people are living in a precarious balance.

What about the drugs?

Scott claims that the drugs act like a chemical straitjacket and they can't

function. And I don't know whether he's acting strange because he's on the

medication or because he's not on the medication.

Mr. Yuma, I'm at a real disadvantage here without seeing Scott.

Why don't you let him know that this clinic is here and he's more than

to come and see me?

That's the last thing that he's going to want to do.

Garrett's plumbing supply. They're both on La Brea.

I've been up and down La Brea.

Yes.

But these are old customers who would like a little attention before they

And so far you haven't sold any space.

You're aware of that.

I can do it.

But I was supposed to get a chance to review films, remember?

My readers are not heavily into the arts.

I said that before.

I thought you could be a giant pain.

I may owe your uncle a favor, but if you don't get out on that street and sell

some space, even if it's one column inch, we're going to be parting company.

You understand that?

Sorry I missed coming in the morning.

Fill me in on what's been happening.

Ziggy the bear gave a heck of a fright to a caretaker at Forth Lawn last night.

The zoo people won't let anyone in the press talk to Ziggy's keeper.

But Billy knows someone in the zoo administration, and she's going to work

straight from that side.

Rosenthal was due to fly to Vegas at 7 o 'clock this morning, but a sparrow got

trapped inside his kitchen.

Now he's behind the refrigerator.

The sparrow, not Rosenthal.

So, Castillo is going to take a later plane.

Actually, we're better off with Castillo on the story anyhow.

Carly? I knew they'd do that.

They asked me to make a speech, I agree, and now they're canceling it.

You don't know what it's like to be rejected by the Publishers Association.

Charlie, look, I gotta get back to my desk. Wait a minute. Who do we have in

Vegas?

Castillo.

I hope wherever you were this morning was important.

I hope so, too.

I hope I wasn't just wasting my time.

I saw a psychiatrist about Scott.

I think Scott's problems are deeper than I realized.

Oh?

Sorry. Talking to these therapists is so frustrating, you really don't get any

answers. What's the story with Scott?

That's exactly what I didn't find out.

But you must come away with something.

Anxiety.

Hello.

Yeah.

Yeah, what?

Night after work.

What do you mean swing by the airport? The airport's completely out of the way.

What for?

Well, you came down here on business.

Well, we just opened up an office in Irvine and I wanted to check up on a

of things.

Scott should be home soon. He'll be glad to see you. Oh.

Well, he doesn't even know I'm here.

It's just one of those spur -of -the -moment trips.

Listen, I didn't have any idea that Scott was going to impose on your

hospitality. I'm sorry if he's been any kind of a bother. Glad to have him.

Well, I just didn't want you to feel any sort of brotherly obligation.

Steve, we like Scott. We're not doing it because he's your son.

Great. I just want you to know I appreciate it. We know that.

Well, Scott seems to be doing okay.

He's got a job in a newspaper.

Sort of a newspaper.

Do you know if he's planning really settling down in L .A.? Well, I'd hate

see him that far away from home.

He feels more comfortable near us than he's got a doctor he likes. Yeah, I went

to see your Dr.

Sorensen today.

Do you know if Scott has checked in with him? Not yet. And he did say that Scott

should be on the medication. I don't think he is.

Has he gone off the medication before?

Yes, yes he has. And whenever that happens, there is a possibility of an

episode.

What does that mean?

Does he get psychotic?

Scott has not been diagnosed as psychotic. Never.

I mean, he may become severely depressed. He may even have a psychotic

But a lot of normal people have too, huh?

What do you see as the root cause of this? Do the doctors have an opinion?

I know what you're thinking. It's all my fault, right?

No. You're wondering what...

kind of rotten things I did to him to make the kid crazy. Come on, Steve.

such a distortion. That's not what I meant. No, Charlie's just genuinely

concerned. Listen, Charlie, just don't lay that on me, okay?

You don't know what it's been like.

Hi, Dad.

Well, uh... Son?

Get in, Scott.

Yeah, yeah, just... How was your day at work?

You're kidding, right?

You know I can't.

No, we didn't know that.

I wasn't very good at that job.

I should have never taken it and bombed out because it made you look bad. I

don't care about that.

I do.

I don't deserve you people caring about me so much.

I just keep messing up. I'm ruining your life.

I'm not worth it.

Steve, maybe you better leave me.

No, you can't be alone.

Believe me, Chuck.

Believe me.

Scott? Okay, Scott, open up.

He maybe just wants to be alone. We've got to get that door open, Steve.

me.

I'll go get a screwdriver, okay?

Scott,

please, please now, come on, open the door. Please, Scott. Scott!

Lou Grant will continue in a moment here on A &E.

He's sleeping. I don't want to wake him, but I don't want him to wake up to an

empty house.

What's that for?

Oh, nothing. Just to relax him.

When did you start that?

The doctor prescribed him food when I had a rough period with Scott.

I'd get a call at two in the morning.

I'd just go rigid.

What is it this time? Is he alive or is he dead?

Pill's up.

You've already been through it, haven't you?

Morning. Morning. Son.

Oh, what can I make for breakfast? Any eggs?

Yeah, sure. How do you like them?

Scrambled would be great.

Okay. Thanks.

Well, Dad, you staying here?

No, I booked into a hotel.

Now, what are you up to today?

Well, you know those other leads you had, Uncle Charlie? I thought I'd start

running those down.

There's an extension course in L .A. used professional writing program.

If I'm going to be a writer, I've got to keep sharpening my skills.

Very true.

Still taking your medication?

I started back.

I met Dr.

Sorensen. He said he'd be interested in talking to you.

What do you think?

Why not?

It's probably a good idea. I've been under a lot of stress lately.

Did you see the competition?

Yeah, they finally picked up on the bear story. They did better than that. They

got Jiggy's modus operandi.

We didn't have that stuff about the eucalyptus tree falling down in the wind

Ziggy climbing out of his exhibit.

Oh, it's so simple. I should have thought of it. We're still way ahead of

The interview you had with the keeper about how much brighter Ziggy is than

other bears and his sense of humor, that was an exclusive.

The opposition is breathing down our necks, Lou.

And I've got an idea.

What if we find Ziggy?

Who's we? You and me? I happen to know Frank McWhorter's in town.

Who's that?

Only the premier tracker on the border patrol, except now he's retired and

accepting special assignment.

I say we hire him.

How much do premier trackers charge?

Well, it won't come cheap, but it's worth it. A hundred dollars a day.

Get out of here. What if it takes six months?

Oh, it won't, Lou. The man knows his craft.

How's he going to track him across the Ventura Freeway?

He found those three boy scouts when rain had wiped out their trails. He

little boy in the desert that the Forest Service had given up on.

So I think he can find a bear in downtown Burbank.

I'll do it. He has three days.

Thanks, Lou.

This will make up for my letting you down on the eucalyptus tree.

Don't be silly. You didn't let us down.

Morning, Lou.

Good morning, Billy.

Why didn't we have the eucalyptus tree?

I missed it. You know, I hate to say this, but the first thing I thought of

a tree falling into the bear's exhibit, but I didn't want to mention it because

it was so obvious.

Billy.

There's a lot of stuff coming in. You better get some help. Who?

Anyone you want for this.

Rossi.

So you quit?

Yeah.

I could tell it wasn't going anywhere.

You know, you can get yourself boxed into a little corner like classified

and you turn around, and seven years later, I mean, who are you? Scott Hume,

classified ads.

It becomes your identity, you know what I mean?

You want to be known as Scott Hume dash dash what?

Scott Hume, dash dash writer.

What do you think about parking out of here for a few days?

Just till you get through the stress.

Doc, I've been through all this maybe as many times as you have.

I mean, really, if you ever want a night off, I could run the whole scam for

you. I could. Well, where are you going? I am giving you the last 20 minutes of

my session. Call it a contribution to the sick folks.

Scott, are you taking your medication?

I am not taking any dolomane, melagril, artane, halgo, or any of that stuff.

I can exist on it, but I can't function, if you know what I mean. What about

tranquilizers, painkillers, valium, codeine?

Now and then, for a little bump in the road. I am not on anything.

How about drinking?

Yes.

Now and then, a few beers after work.

Even if you weren't on medication.

I suspect you're the sort of person who shouldn't be doing any drinking at all.

I don't overdo it.

Listen, if it's okay, I'll drop by from time to time.

This place is a good story.

I might be able to use your input.

Mr. Hume, could you wait for just a moment, please?

Sure.

Hey, you haven't registered for this class.

Even if you're just auditing it, you need to be registered.

Oh, I'm sorry. I've been working.

I rushed down to the registrar's office, but they were closed. I must have

missed them by two minutes.

They won't let you mail your fee in. Well, if you can just get that all

straightened out before next Tuesday, okay? And by the way, did you hand in a

sample of your writing?

No, not yet.

But I did it.

I think it still needs a polish.

Well, if you have it with you, I'll take it now.

Uh... Yeah.

I'm not satisfied with this, as long as you know that.

Listen, you reviewed the third man, huh?

Well,

it's a good idea for the exercise, but there are some real spelling and syntax

problems here.

I said it was rough.

Yeah, I'm just wondering if this is the right class for you.

Most of the people in this class are professionals.

Researchers, copywriters, English teachers.

We're going to be moving through the material pretty fast.

I've worked on newspapers.

I've been published.

I'm getting a lot out of the class, you'll see.

Well, if you can get registered, you want to take your chances.

She was always on the phone, doing stuff that had nothing to do with the

newspaper. Nothing. Just all her little social stuff.

And then she sends me out to sell her ads that she knows nobody's gonna buy.

Can you imagine that? Doesn't make any sense. I don't know. The whole thing was

just crazy.

She loves me.

She really loves me. Myra Wexler? No.

No.

Very special lady.

Chrissy. She, uh, lives down in Venice.

Hey, you live down in Venice, don't you?

Yeah. Well, maybe you know her. Her name's Chrissy Bartlett.

How are you two doing? We're ready for a check here.

Bring me another vodka.

Chrissy.

She's so terrific.

And Myra Wexler's gonna screw that up for me, too.

How about you?

No, I gotta go.

Hey,

you're not leaving, are you?

Yeah, I got some stuff to do. You wanna live?

Well, I'm not ready to leave yet.

You sure you don't want to sit and kind of talk? Nah, I can't stay up late

anymore.

Maybe I'll catch you tomorrow if you're around the pig.

Okay.

Good night.

What kind of message?

Steve just got back to San Francisco, found a garbled message from Scott in

machine.

Yeah, yeah, Steve.

I was going to call you in the morning anyway.

Ask him what time it is in San Francisco.

I have no idea what it was.

Well, he went to his writing class tonight.

No, he's not back yet.

Yeah, Marion's car.

I lent it to him. It was an act of trust.

An act of trust is when you lend him your car.

Steve, I'll call you in the morning.

Fine.

Fine. Yeah, listen, we better hang up. You know, one of us is likely to get a 2

o 'clock call.

Yeah.

Yeah, bye -bye.

Dr. Johnson!

Dr.

Johnson!

Please!

will continue in a moment here on A &E.

Doctor, he is requesting to see you now.

Okay.

The doctor wants to talk to you.

Hello?

I've got to see someone.

It's coming down really bad.

I want to see you too.

I'll be in there at 7 .30 in the morning.

No, I have to see someone now.

You made a good decision to go there tonight.

Larry will give you a room. We'll talk in the morning.

I'm not going to be able to sleep.

My heart's going crazy. I can feel the palpitations, you know, the panic.

I just don't think I'm going to be able to make it.

What have you taken today?

Nothing, nothing at all.

You're not on the otazine?

No.

Anything else? Any grass, coke?

No. Quaaludes? No, I told you, nothing.

You've been drinking?

Yes. I needed to mellow out.

I've been under a lot of stress lately.

I can't handle stress.

Listen to me, Scott. You have a pattern of using these day clinics.

You did it several times up in San Francisco. Now you're doing it here. The

of therapy you need will only work if you make a full commitment.

Now for the next few hours, I want you to stay there at the clinic. I want you

to think about whether you're willing to make that commitment. And I'll see you

in the morning.

I guess I don't have much of a choice, do I?

Stay here.

I'll see you around your room.

These two aren't complicated.

When it gets reduced, it'll be even worse.

Reader's are never going to be able to figure out where the Baron's been.

We've got to go on the information Frank McWhorter has given us. He's tracked

Ziggy every place that the map indicates.

I don't get it.

Who's the bear doing at those singles condominiums on Barnes?

Washing oranges in the pool.

So how is the bear now, do we know?

According to McWhorter, he's starting to panic.

But Mr. Finchon is panicking too at a hundred bucks a day. We're getting a

out of this whether McWhorter finds the bear or not.

So are we going to go with this version of the map?

Why don't you guys just indicate the highlights of where the bear has been?

condo? Freeway, the tennis club.

Excuse me, Charlie. I was asked to interrupt.

There's a call for you from Steve Hinton.

Thanks.

I've got to take this.

We need a decision here. We'll be back in a minute.

Steve, what is it?

Sorenson court at San Francisco.

I hate the way you have to come down here again.

All right. All right. I'll see you there.

So we'll hold the nuclear plant protest for the metro page. I'll be back in an

hour. We decided not to go to the map.

That sounds wrong to me. Sure it does, because you weren't here for the

discussion, and now you're not going to be here for the meeting.

Tomorrow, all the page one may look long to you. I can't get it on now.

Where were we? Nuclear plant protest. Wait a minute. I've got to say

I can catch Charlie and let him know that he can't keep pulling his running

meeting stuff.

You're going to run out of a meeting to tell him that?

When Scott was seven years old, his parents gave him a bicycle for his

And he had a lot of trouble riding it.

And instead of helping him, they took it away for six months.

I think you're under a misapprehension, Mr. Hume.

The problems that Scott's experiencing can't necessarily be traced back to some

errors his parents might have made in raising him.

It's not Steve's fault. Is that what you're telling me? Forget fault.

If a child has arthritis or diabetes, do we think of it as being the parents'

fault?

Arthritis isn't a result of anything the parents did or didn't do.

Exactly. Neither is Scott's problem.

Whatever. Whatever.

There are things that my parents did with me that I still live with today.

And there are things about Tommy that I know he blames me for, and I blame

myself.

Tommy's your only child?

No, I've a grown daughter.

How's she?

Terrific. Take a lot of vows for that?

No, how can I? Yet you're willing to lay all this blame on yourself if something

goes wrong?

Funny you know.

So what you're saying is that what's wrong with Scott is not Steve's fault.

That's what I'm saying.

I'm also saying when a parent blames himself, it not only makes it hard on

parent, it also puts a burden on the child.

I think I'm finally hearing you.

Did anyone besides your photographer spend time with him?

We're not going any more places.

We're going home at 2 o 'clock. Right, we're going home. But did you mention

anyone else?

Well, there was this male nurse from Vietnam he made friends with.

No name?

No.

Friends is the wrong word anyway.

Scott never really makes friends.

He's so busy getting through the day.

He doesn't have anything left to share with any other people.

He can be kind of winning at times.

I've got a lot of things going for me.

Most people do.

My son has no joy in his life.

Has it always been like that?

No, not always.

He had a girl in college.

A nice girl.

He even said something about starting up with her again.

That Chrissy?

Yeah. I mentioned her. I mean, it's crazy. She's a married lady. She's got

kids.

Am I dumb?

That's it?

Turn around. Stop at the phone booth. She lives in Venice.

Venice is 20 miles from here.

Yeah, but turn around.

Steve, we've spent this ridiculous night driving all over hell and gone to find

someone who may not want to be found.

Now, if we turned around...

and went down there, would that be for him or for you? Ah, we saw a shrink

today, didn't we? Yeah, he said a few things that made some sense.

And I'm saying this because I've been near myself with my own son.

Where are you going?

Venice.

Where else?

What was that address again?

There he is.

That's my son.

He's a 30 -year -old man sitting in the cold waiting to see someone who doesn't

want to see him.

No matter what you or I do,

That's who he is.

I didn't want to wake her. I figured I'd wait. What are you trying to do?

I want to talk to her.

About going to Oregon.

We're living together again.

You know that's not going to happen.

When I first got here, I thought it might.

But I've been here three hours and... I don't know.

Wouldn't it be nice if we could do one thing that could make it all better?

For you, getting back with Chrissy, for me, picking up with you,

showing you that I care and making it all right.

But when I drove up and I saw you sitting here, I realized it's

So, uh...

What are we going to do, Pop?

I don't know what you're going to do.

I'm going to ask Charlie to drive me back to the airport.

If you come knocking at my door, I'll take you in.

Because we're connected.

But I want it understood that if you won't do the best for yourself, all the

loving and the kindness and the sharing and the talk,

Between us, we'll just be killed.

Dead.

We'll be like two strangers living in the same old hotel.

That's all.

Are you going now?

I think so.

What if you guys were to drop me by the clinic on your way?

We can do that.

Good

morning.

Good morning.

Plenty on doing any newspaper work this morning, Charlie? Oh, knock it off.

I'm glad you finally found the right words to express what was bothering you.

Oh, knock it off.

I found Ziggy. You did? Well, we did.

Where did McGorda find him? At Disney Studios. He was scratching his shoulders

against a fake tree.

Animals on his way in with pictures of the zookeeper tranquilizing him. But I

thought last night the guy admitted he lost the trail. He decided to try a new

tack. He decided to think like a bear. It worked. Come on, Disney Studios. What

would make him go there?

Well, it's right by the L .A. River. Maybe he was attracted by the water.

Maybe he wanted to get into pictures.

Come on into my office. We'll lay out how we're going to play it.

Lou?

Lou, I want you in this meeting unless you're still all bent out of shape.

I'm still bent out of shape, but I sure am going to sit in on any meeting about

the bear. And I want you there. Fine.

Fine. Fine. Fine.

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