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Hello, I'm calling from the trip. I'd like to confirm a proposal.

It was dark when he buried him, sir.

You mean that might not be the spot?

I can't be sure.

Don't make me know, never mind.

Of course, Foster may decide to make use of that old hole by throwing you in it.

Hey!

Hey, Perkins!

Machine guns.

M6.

Oh, smokes.

No more deals, Doc.

One of us never keeps his end of them.

As God is my witness, today I'm off the sauce.

The job is what keeps me going, Charlie. Don't take that from me. You haven't

done the job for months.

My kid's been in trouble.

I'll be straight with you, Doc. Don't give me King Lee.

And Lou sticks me with assignments he wouldn't give an intern.

There isn't a reporter or an editor out there who hasn't covered for you. The

trip has paid to dry you out three times.

Sweet man.

Now listen, you're 11 weeks short of your full price. We're going to keep you

the books until then.

Be sure to check with my secretary if you want your checks mailed. She ought

be back for lunch any minute now.

How's it going? Oh, Ed, I never take my lunch hour alone.

I always shop instead of eat. I just blew $80 on a dress that's got about as

much to it as a flip. Couldn't resist, huh?

Aren't I awful?

$80.

Okay, I'll tell you what we'll do.

Tomorrow, you can go to lunch with me, and I won't let you near a store.

Thanks, Dennis. That's so sweet. I can't tomorrow.

Okay, we'll make you dinner next week. You can wear the dress, and I'll

you it was not a mistake.

Thank you, Dennis. I can't. I'm sort of going with someone.

Oh, sure, that's okay.

Well, I can't make a four o 'clock meeting.

Because I have therapy.

Very funny.

Physical therapy.

Hi, Cheryl. Hi, Lou. New dress.

Remember Justice Holmes?

Oh, it'll be 80 again.

Can we make it for 4 .30?

Hi, Cheryl. I've got to try to see Charlie this afternoon. How much time do

need? Maybe ten minutes.

Of course, two quacks is your best bet. Good.

What'd you buy?

Oh, I really did.

It's the silky thing in this peachy kind of color.

Uh -huh.

Lance says I look sexy in that color.

Well, I don't know.

He's got to ask me out again, don't you think?

We're not cute enough for him, don't you think?

Cheryl, you are so cute. It took me four weeks to get up enough nerve to talk to

you. Oh, he's such a fox.

Oh, yes, he is.

So why hasn't he invited me out again?

He thinks he's got it skipped.

Yes. But what in the world? You know? Brad County Sheriff sees five M60

guns buried in the desert. Animal's car is on the fritz, so take them in yours.

And see if you can call in an off -the -rack story before six o 'clock.

Great. Sure. But the expression is off the wall.

Off the rack.

Adequate. Fast. I don't want you agonizing over every detail.

I'll be back at four. Charlie will back up on the desk part of the time.

Okay. But guns in the desert could be some paramilitary group. Could be a

religious cult.

Aren't you curious?

Lance, I share your opinion that every story, if researched thoroughly enough,

could reveal to the reader some of the rich tapestry of the human experience.

Really? I happen to think that...

It's one of the places that daily journalism consistently falls short.

it's about to fall short again because I'm thin on reporters.

Let me just see what's down there before you assume it's routine.

I'm returning Charlie's call.

Oh, yeah, you've been hard to reach at home.

Oh, well, yeah, you ought to have a second number on it.

5 -5 -5 -9 -2 -3 -8.

Abby's number, right? I should have thought of that.

Yeah, actually, Abby's number is probably what you ought to try first.

How are you two doing? Oh, fine. Great, you know. Yeah.

Uh, who am I seeing before, too?

Billy. I'm ready.

Of course, we don't get assigned together as much as we'd like, but,

It's probably time we moved in together.

Maybe. Oh, well, good.

Excuse me. Excuse me. Hi, Charlie.

Yeah, I think so.

What?

Uh, Cheryl gave me orders to make this short.

She's a pistol, isn't she?

I think you're very brave to have hired her, considering all the teasing you've

had to take.

Well, look, she's got skills.

I wouldn't have discriminated against her if she were middle -aged or a man or

minority, so I'm not going to discriminate against her because she's

pretty. Always breaking new ground is an equal opportunity employer. That's what

I love about you, Charlie.

What's up?

Is it true that you're bringing Haggerty back from Sacramento?

Yeah. So the Sacramento Bureau will be open?

Yep.

Okay. Well, Ted just met with some people about a manager's job up in Lodi,

mere stone's throw from Sacramento.

Did they offer him a job?

It's between him and another guy.

Oh, Charlie, it would be so great if you considered me for Sacramento.

I'll run it by Lou and put your name in the hat.

It's just that it lays out so great.

That's all I'm going to say.

Thank you.

See, Lou's going to come around on this one.

He knows as well as I do that what's important about guns in the desert is

Yeah, we ought to be close to the panel.

Nah, we're not going to be close.

Yeah, I think so. You got a map?

Uh, in the back seat.

No way. There's no way this story is routine.

Yours?

That belongs to the bod.

She was looking for it.

The bod?

Cheryl, the bod.

Oh, yeah.

She lives at home.

Can you believe it?

Their parents, brother, and porch light on when you pull up into the driveway.

It's like being time warped into Melonville.

She seems like a sweet girl.

Cheers.

Maybe the reason we never go to your place is because there's no place for me

sit in your living room.

What? I've got cheers. What are you talking about?

Yeah. Yeah, you've got one comfortable chair known as your chair.

And two beanbag chairs.

My place has furniture, honey. Yeah, but it doesn't have my stuff. I like to be

around my stuff sometimes.

Stuff? Yeah, you know, my books, in case I want to look something up.

I'm back.

Oh, good, you two. I've got something. Donovan, do you have the garbage

collection memo that I gave Lou? Yeah, I do.

Donovan, it's for you.

This is great.

Hi, Art.

You should have called, but I was on my way to the airport.

You are?

Yes, I came by because I wanted to tell you that I'm going to cancel this

weekend.

Oh, no.

No, no, come on. I've got to talk you out of this.

An old pal in the county comptroller's office who actually kept out of this

that the county is being overbilled for trash collection by one of the private

contractors they use.

Good hill haulers. Yeah.

This guy says that the collectors have inflated their list and are billing the

county for trash pickup of non -existent houses.

Well, why didn't he report it to the county attorney? They don't have the

manpower to investigate.

Let's see if we can break this ourselves.

Good. You two put together a plan of action and modify Maymar.

Fine. Thanks, Tom.

Listen, you know, I've flown a lot of years with Camilla.

She needs me to sub forward to Tokyo.

I've got to do it. Is everything okay?

Well, she's worried about her kid because he's had the flu for the past

weeks. With us. Is everything all right?

Everything's fine.

Because we're not connecting.

This is about the fourth time.

Yeah, but my schedule's nuts, and your schedule's nuts, and it's just a bad

time.

I gotta run.

Bye, Art.

Have a safe trip.

We'll talk when you get back.

Sure, catch me when I'm jet -lagged.

You bet.

Here, I'll walk you down. No, it's okay.

Bye.

I'm back.

How did it go?

Different therapist.

Each time I winced around this one, he'd tell me how awful it was when he'd been

shot. Are they pleased with how you've come along?

There's always something new. Today, my right foot swole up for no reason.

Like lugging around a bucket of wet ashes.

And they won't let me jog.

I get edgy when I can't jog.

Yeah. Did you drop the mattress?

Yeah. Come on, my love.

Come

on, Lou.

Come on. Charlie, baby, send Mama up north.

What? Here we go. Back from the stove.

Masterson go this afternoon.

Oh, good. Thanks.

You know that profile we did on Ray Lyon last week? Business ran it. I remember

that awful headline.

Ray Lyon, king of the financial jungle.

A federal grand jury is investigating it. No.

Geez, that profile was a 2004 at Valentine. That's embarrassing. Yeah.

I've asked Adam to find out why Sandra Pritt spent three weeks following the

and missed the fact that he was a stinker.

Look on the bright side. Maybe it was just incompetence. Maybe Adam is

it could have been intentional.

Excuse me.

Come on in, Billy.

I was just thinking that if you're discussing the Sacramento job, that I

just tell you that I really appreciate you giving it serious consideration.

We will.

I know you will.

Okay.

Well, okay.

Billy wants the Sacramento job?

Yeah, seems like a pretty good idea. Forget it.

I know you'd hate to lose her. We're already losing Dolph Masterson without a

replacement. Forget it.

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

My boys had kind of a hard time of it. I didn't know.

Oh, yes, ma 'am.

My wife is a saint. She just won't give up on him, and I can't let her fight

that battle alone, now can I?

How old is your son?

26.

I don't know where we went wrong, but we got to stand by, wouldn't you say?

Well, Mr.

Masterson, I'm so sorry. Is there anything we can do?

Oh, Miss Pinchon.

My Lord, there he is. I've been let go.

You have?

I'm not sure Charlie understands about what I've been going through.

Well, Mr. Hume has raised a son himself, you know.

Well, that's just it.

He says I went through it all with my boy and didn't let it affect the job.

Oh, now, is that fair?

Can he know all another man's gone through? Well, Mr.

Masterson, you know it's not up to me to overrule my managing editor. Oh, I know

that. Oh, Lord, I wouldn't be asking you this if my back weren't against the

wall. And if your late husband hadn't told me, I'd always have a job at the

Tribune.

Yes? Oh, yes, ma 'am.

After I wrote that award -winning piece on the mothers of our boys fighting in

Korea, Mr. Pinchon shook my hand and said, there'll always be room for a

man on a family paper.

You've got a job for life.

I don't see the difference between what we've got now and living together,

except that what we've got now is extremely inconvenient to one of us, me.

He's made that very clear.

Well, not clear enough because we're not doing anything about it.

Since we have to get up at 4 .30 tomorrow to follow a garbage truck,

the commute from your place to my place tonight.

I think I'll stay at my place.

Come on, Abby. Don't make me drive an extra half hour. No, no, no. You stay at

your place tonight, and I'll stay at mine.

When should I come by tomorrow?

Oh, uh, quarter to five would probably be early enough.

I'll be out front.

He hung out here, didn't he?

Look, I'm sharing a brew with you, but that don't mean I know what you're up

I'm trying to figure out why a guy wants five machine guns at all.

Oh, let me.

Two more drafts, please.

You reach a limit?

Three more drafts.

So they don't collect weapons in your neighborhood, huh?

Oh, well, I'm pretty familiar with your...

Sporting weapons. I mean, I know my way around deer rifle.

You look more like a volleyball player to me.

Oh, no. No, no. Not true. Not true.

Oh, sand jocks. You know?

Makes his beer from Canada or someplace like that.

Well, you can think what you want.

You hunt deer?

Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Excellent sport.

Excellent. What I'm trying to figure is what a guy who lays carpet for a living

is doing with five M60 machine guns.

Beats me.

That boy always kept to himself.

There's a place in the room that's free.

Let's go there.

Hey, let me get my gear.

He's selling them.

Yeah? Who to?

Ask yourself what a beer and bourbon roadhouse is doing with bottles of A

on the bar.

A -Rack? What's that?

Arab booze.

Ask yourself that.

Whoa.

Can I have an Eric, please?

Straight up.

Can I see that bottle? I don't think that's my brand.

No, that's not my brand, but that's fine.

This is Eric from Kulai.

Old product of Kulai.

Get someone else, will you? I can't sit for a whole evening.

Lou, you've got to get up and get out. It's just you and me and Marion and a

French hospital.

Who can help me in and out of the car all evening? No, thanks.

Gentlemen, just a second.

Yeah, what is it?

Extremely bad news.

Talk about it. Sandra Flett has a $10 ,000 loan outstanding to Ray Lyons'

finance company.

You think she wrote the profile as a favor? Well, she was certainly in his

Excuse me. Charlie, didn't you let Masterson go?

Yesterday, yeah.

He's here.

He's cleaning out his desk.

Asking me for an assignment. He says he still works here.

So, wait a second.

You want me kind of smiling or shouldn't I? Just be yourself.

Can you show us where you and the suspect used to get together when you

kids? Yeah, right up here on the porch.

Just point it out, okay?

Oh, right.

Over there, on the porch.

We used to get out of school and we'd sit on the porch.

And when it rained, we'd go up to his room.

Okay, got what I want. Thanks, Dory.

Okay. Hey, listen, Dory, hang on a second.

So, uh, what's the deal with this air act? That's your car, the papers.

Oh, it's mine.

You buy it new?

Yeah.

I never owned a new car.

So anyway, this air act thing. Listen, when a guy talks to you in L .A., what

you do? You meet him for dinner or what?

Yeah, yeah, we could do that, sure.

And if we were in L .A., you'd take me out to dinner and, well, we could go

all I know.

Yeah, yeah.

Go to a nice restaurant?

Mm -hmm.

I like steak and lobster.

What would a meal like that run you in L .A.? Dinner,

wine, dessert, maybe 25 bucks, maybe more.

Well, I'd want to work some, you'd eat too.

So, I'll tell you what I know. You give me 50 bucks and we'll just skip the

meal.

Uh, no.

No, uh, my paper doesn't pay for stories.

Sounds to me like they'll pay you in food, but not in cash.

I'll buy my own lobster.

Oh, Mr.

Hume. I'm sorry, I meant to speak to you early this morning.

We cannot fire Mr. Masterson. I wish I'd known. He certainly caught us with our

pants down here.

It was my fault entirely, I'm afraid.

Now, Mr.

Masterson assures me the Tribune's faith in him will not be betrayed.

So let's see if we can't do our best to get to him.

Well... We've been through this a few times before with Madison.

Oh.

Well, I'll leave it in your capable hands, then.

Thank you, Mr. Hume.

Bye, Mrs. Fitzgerald.

She'll leave it in my capable lap is where she'll leave it.

Is this a bad time?

No.

What's on your mind?

I've been concerned about something, and I thought I'd bounce it off somebody.

What?

The lady I've been seeing may have pulled a fast one on me. Is that the

stewardess? Barbara Costigan, yeah. What's she done?

Well, we've been seeing each other for a few months.

A couple of weeks ago, we were in Santa Barbara.

And she mentions, in passing, that her cycle must be out of whack because she's

late. She said it's happened before.

No big deal.

So, okay.

But we haven't gone out since.

I mean, we make plans, but something always comes up.

I think she's getting ready to drop the bomb.

You've gotten her pregnant?

Exactly.

That's exactly the way she'll put it.

Do you think there's some question as to you being the father?

No. I really don't.

You ever thought about marriage?

With Barbara?

No.

I mean, no, it's never come up with either one of us.

We have a great time together, but we're still sort of in the special events

stage.

You know, if I get tickets to the theater or she gets invited to a party,

seems to like her privacy, and I respect that.

Is she absolutely out of the question as a wife?

Whoa.

Uh,

no. No, listen. I mean, this is not the way to bring children into the world.

You don't want children.

I want children very badly, but I want planned children with a planned wife.

Somebody whom I love who loves me. You don't love her. I don't know her.

I like her.

I need some planning here.

I know what you mean. Tommy was a total surprise.

Remember when Marion told me she was pregnant and I gave her this please

I was so thrown.

I was covering the search for Evelyn Throsby, Scott.

Who's that?

The woman who was murdered by her husband and never found the body was a

story. I remember thinking, how can I cover Evelyn Throsby Scott and raise a

kid?

But when the baby was born, right this second, I could feel it again.

That feeling that everything is as it should be.

Have you given any thought as to what you're going to do?

The plan right now is to get a fake nose and glasses and get out of town.

Not your style.

I don't know if I'm up to this.

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

A &E returns to Lou Grant.

You're not in the running for the Sacramento job.

Who is?

Sweeney and Rosenthal.

Rosenthal?

You... Rosenthal over me? We haven't picked yet.

But you've eliminated me.

Aren't I a better reporter than Rosenthal?

Wait a minute. I am a better reporter than Rosenthal.

You have been for a couple of years.

And Sacramento's an important job. You want somebody good up there.

We need you down here, Billy.

There are 75 reporters down here.

Your talent, we just can't afford to lose on that.

Operator, would you ask if I could leave a message for Miss Costigan?

Yes.

Would you tell her, please, that Art Donovan called and was thinking about

No, no, no, no. She knows the number.

Okay, thank you.

Tokyo operator, thank you.

Arigato.

I got shot down to the Sacramento Bureau.

Oh, no.

Oh, I'm sorry.

Sit. You know why?

Because I'm a good reporter.

Oh,

Charlie's giving me all this paternal... We need you here. I'm so phony.

Well, we do need you here.

Damn it, Arthur. There are more important things than this job.

My life with Ted is more important. Having a family is more important.

I was already counting my chickens, you know?

picturing how nice it would be if Ted and I were together in the same place

of the time.

Family and all, huh?

I know.

It was the farthest thought from my mind. And then, just last year I've been

thinking about it a lot.

Hanging around with other people's kids.

Thanks a lot, Charlie.

Some people have families.

Some people have families thrust upon them.

Yeah.

If they can handle it.

City desk.

Hold, please.

City desk. Donovan.

Okay.

I checked around. It's so far out.

This Mideastern guy in a limo with diplomatic plates comes into town

every month.

He's the reason they stocked that Eric stuff in the bar. Anybody know who he

They all know who he is. Dory's the only one who can tell me.

He's the deputy counsel of Kulai.

What does he do when he's here?

He buys weapons from that hahu in the desert.

Dory told you for a fact?

Well, he didn't see it go down, but he can put two and two together.

Would a foreign national buying guns on the black market deal with a small -time

guy?

Absolutely. Would he be so conspicuous when he blows into town?

Well, I don't know if he would. He would.

When I was taking pictures of those M -60s at the sheriff's office, I saw they

had this guy in custody.

His pants were a military issue. His haircut was real G .I. Listen, I... I

it would be an extremely good idea if we both stuck to what we do, you know? I

mean, I don't pretend to take pictures as well as you. Okey -dokey, Lance.

Okay. We gonna have dinner? Yeah.

You joining me?

Yeah.

Do you have any cash on you? I've seen bills short. Thought you cashed a check

before we left.

Well, I had some expenses.

Yeah, I got plastic. We'll eat on my card.

Do we have to do this in front of everyone?

Sorry, we can turn your chair around.

It's like I'm guilty before I have the chance to prove otherwise.

Listen, nobody's watching us, honestly.

Now, how do you explain receiving a $10 ,000 loan from Ray Lyon?

What's wrong with Sandra?

Charlie's wrecking her over the coals.

Don't let him make you cry, girl.

Look at that.

What did she do? Do you know? I heard it was something about Adam not liking one

of her stories.

Oh, jeez. Give her a break.

Are you okay?

I'm on indefinite suspension.

It's not fair.

Oh, no.

I've got to get out of here.

1526. It looks like a six.

So if they're charging for 1524, then we've got another one.

Pull up. I can't read the number.

Just a second. If I pull up now, they'll spot us. If you wanted to be

inconspicuous, you should have gotten a new muffler.

I can't read the number on the curve.

1526.

How many stops does that make in total?

Thirty -seven.

Eight. Well, which is it?

Thirty -eight.

I said thirty -eight. I said thirty -seven, too.

Would you like enough?

Sure. We'll just put in a story. They cheated the county more or less. Maybe.

Give or take a couple of stops. I've nailed all the stops, honey. I just

wrong. Now pull up.

Boy, I can't believe you're screwing this up. I gave you the easy part, too.

gave me?

Oh, who put you in charge, Ace?

You want to be in charge? Okay, you're in charge. What do you want?

I want you to pull up. Yes, ma 'am.

Shut up, Major. Shut up. What the hell are you trying to do to me? Crying out

loud was a mistake.

Missed the story. How in the world could you miss the story?

Car trouble.

How long before you can tell them again?

A week.

Rossi, you're off the story.

Abby, you screw up next week and we drop it entirely.

I didn't screw up this week and I won't screw up next.

Thanks.

Excuse me.

Billy's coming.

Okay. Listen, we've still got an opening for one reporter at the luncheon next

week with the city council president. I've got to give that some thought.

Lance hasn't been to one of those yet.

The younger reporter hadn't thought of that. Fine.

I'll call him out at the desert to make sure that he can make it. It's next

week. He can wait till he gets back.

So, what's up?

I've been thinking about your decision to take me out of the running for

Sacramento. And?

You told me and I was in a state of shock.

I mean, then I remembered my wedding reception.

And how we talked about how people in the news business have two strikes

any marriage.

Yep. And how if there were anything the Tribune could do to help, you would.

Billy, I meant that.

Yeah.

I've had other offers, you know.

Some for better assignments.

Always better money.

And they never got past the first phone call because you guys gave me a shot at

hard news and I thought I owed you something.

Well, not anymore.

I've been putting feelers out to every paper around Sacramento.

And if Ted gets the job, I'm going with him, with or without a job of my own.

I don't want to lose you, Billy.

Yeah.

Well, I've said what I'm going to say.

Excuse me, Billy.

Charlie, I wanted you to know.

What? Mrs.

Pinchon believes that a person who makes a mistake is entitled to a second

chance.

I've been reinstated.

I'm still here.

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

I think Mrs. Pinchon's flipped her lid.

She can't keep Sandra Plitt on the staff after what she's done. I've heard that

she can keep Sandra Plitt and Dolph Masterson. She can stack the staff with

steps that turn those things.

This doesn't sound like you.

It's the best I can do.

I can't. Two people this week and I don't have the majesty to put them back

the payroll.

Billy looks like she's going to poke her finger in my eye every time she sees

me. Donovan isn't a kind of bind, and there's nothing I can do.

I sent my kid a birthday present.

Which kid?

Tommy, my monk kid.

He turned 25, so I sent him 10 pounds of raw macadamia nuts, which I know he

loves. And I get back a four -page letter about how he doesn't celebrate

anniversary of his first day on Earth because he wasn't really born until he

came into the consciousness of Krishna, who needs you dead, and God bless you.

I don't know. They saw stuff I used to cope with pretty well.

But I've added one upstairs.

Can't you explain to Mrs. Pinchon why Masterson and Foote don't belong on this

paper? Listen, I tried with Masterson and she shot me down.

Believe me, I know what she's doing with this latest thing. She's sending me a

message. She's letting me know who's boss.

She doesn't have to work with those two schlumps. We do.

Hey, check this out. Cheryl called.

Oh, yeah?

What did Charlie want?

Nothing. It was Cheryl that wanted to talk to you.

Oh, okay.

You going to call her back?

No, I'll see you when I get in.

You should have heard the line they gave me at the Kulai consulate.

The Honorable Mr. Fedari has a vacation condominium in Palm Springs.

He passed the through base to Cielo on the way there.

Can you believe it?

I'm not denying that's a good cover story, but come on.

Whose jaw's going to drop about a mile when he hears what I got?

Oh, for crying out loud.

Lance, you've got nothing. You've got no story.

You've jumped out of a plane at 15 ,000 feet, and I keep waiting for you to open

your chute, and you're just sailing through the air. Right now, you are

feet from the ground.

Now, think about it.

Why did Dory give you that story?

He wants to see it in print.

Why?

I don't know.

I think he likes me.

That's it, isn't it? You think this has something to do with you two hitting it

off? So?

So maybe he doesn't like you.

Maybe he thinks you've got it made and he's just a scuzzball little guy in a

scuzzball little town.

And it would be his pleasure to take you down a peg.

Where was the FBI if this was such a big crime?

What was that army guy doing in sheriff's custody?

How come the only info you've got comes from a guy you had to give all your cash

to?

You caught it in time.

Let's get back.

You drive, okay?

Captain, I'm not going to hold a grudge. I'm just glad it's over with. It's

done. It's finished.

I don't want to hold on to it. I'm glad they found out it wasn't Mrs. Scully.

I think he just needs a little more time.

You know that new number you have for me? Adams, yeah.

Morning, Charles.

Morning, Joe. Hi, Charlie. Well, the number's no good anymore, so cross it

and use the old one.

Okay.

Call Mrs. Pinchon's office and tell her I'm on my way up.

Mrs. Pinchot, I want a list of people I'm forbidden to fire.

I beg your pardon.

Well, I could keep doing it by trial and error, I suppose, but wouldn't it be

better if you just told me who was untouchable?

What's your problem, Mr. Hume? I merely asked you to keep two reporters on

staff. Two reporters who don't belong on this paper.

You may find it easy to fire people. I don't happen to have a constitution for

it. You don't have to. I do.

And even sometimes I don't.

Skip it. It doesn't matter if it's hard for me to fire people. It's my job.

So let me do my damn job.

All right.

Thank you.

Lou, I'm going to be gone this afternoon. I've got to meet somebody at

airport. Okay.

Somebody special?

Very special.

I didn't sleep last night. I'm having trouble keeping my food down.

If I had to come up with your name at the moment, I'd really have to take a

guess. Billy.

Thank you.

My guest would have been Wendy.

I could take the desk for you.

Thank you again.

No, no, I want to send you out later.

Oh. Hey, when you try to keep her at the desk and Charlie's trying to send her

to Sacramento, I'm under siege here.

What are you talking about? Charlie shot me down for Sacramento.

I shot you down for Sacramento.

You're my biggest booster.

All right, I'm not going to let you get away.

Oh, no.

I called the guy a phony to his face.

I daydreamed about putting chewing gum in the locks of his car and it was you.

I didn't know. How was I to know? How am I going to face Charlie?

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

I made a whole bunch of decisions this week that have screwed up people's

Do me a favor, will you?

Sure, what?

Catch it up with Abby.

Charlie, there really is nothing to do... You two will not be working as a

There are couples who can collaborate.

You're not one of them. Lou knew better than how I do, too.

So don't split up over my goo.

Listen, she said some things.

I never ask favors, do I?

Do I?

No.

So let me have a break.

No,

I'm... That's not what I'm saying.

Leave it.

Hi, Luke. Waiting three days on a non -existent story. He's chased his share

wild geese. Don't let him intimidate you.

Right. Listen, thanks.

Thanks.

You're welcome.

The Rant County Sheriff says that soldiers stole those machine guns in

with that guy in the desert.

So it looked like they were turning them over to private gun collectors, huh?

Yeah.

You got anything more than that?

Nope, that's about it.

Oh, my

goodness. We're over here.

a lot of turbulence outside of Tokyo, so I rushed right over.

Oh, somebody doesn't look queasy.

Sightless or I, but... Have to work or can we talk?

Yeah. Sit down.

Oh, here.

I've been thinking about you.

Thank you.

You're very nice.

I'll tell you something, Barbara. I am nice.

Not to a special occasion nice.

I'm a nice guy.

And this isn't me. This being an attentive date.

I'm a responsible kind of person.

And I know what's been worrying you.

You do?

You're going to have a baby.

And you think you're alone.

And you're not.

I'm not going to have a baby.

I know this isn't the way we planned this.

But I think in a year we'd be crazy about each other.

I know that you're kind of cautious about... that you're a private person.

Well, yes.

But we're both that way, right?

Well, yeah, I'm a private, too.

But I think the two of us... I am not going to have a baby.

No.

I was so sure.

No? Were you?

Yes.

Oh, no.

Why didn't you tell me?

Because it was my own stupid fault and I just didn't want you to feel like I was

putting any pressure on you.

But this is as much me as it is you.

We should have worked this out together.

Together? I don't know you. You know, I don't even know whether you're left or

right -handed.

If your being pregnant is partly my responsibility, it is also partly my

to share.

My God, Barbara, I had a right to know.

That's probably very true.

But you know, none of that would have made any difference because you're not

one who gets pregnant.

The rest is all theory, period.

No, it's not.

I've been feeling this way.

I'm sorry.

Listen.

Were you pregnant that day you came to see me at the office?

Yes.

And you couldn't have talked me out of it.

Even then.

My little brother's in the city championship tonight.

High school?

Yep. He's Gilmore East left tackle.

That ought to be some game. High school football's great. Yeah, JJ's so excited

he can't see straight.

Lou, I've got a second ticket.

Will you come with me?

Tonight? Yeah, please come. I can fill you in on the kids, and you can fill me

in on the strategy so I know where to watch.

Well... It'll be so fun.

Great. Super.

Milt, you want a drink?

Yeah. So listen, Cheryl, you called. Oh, yeah.

Well, the story wrote faster than I thought it would, so it looks like I'm

tonight. You want to do something?

Oh, that's nice, but I'm busy.

Sandra Plitt is gone for good. You want to be in on the interviews for her

replacement? Yeah.

I don't know what I was thinking about.

I'm going to a football game with Cheryl.

Thank you.

Not bad, Lou.

Lou's coming with me. Good for you.

That was a great idea.

You're the sweetest guy.

I just hope you haven't started something neither one of us will be able

control.

Charlie?

I've got to talk to you.

I found out you weren't the reason I lost out on Sacramento. Oh, sure. And

think an apology is going to get you off the hook.

Listen, people will probably be calling you for references on me.

Bad mouth me. Feel free.

Billy, don't worry about it. I'm so sorry.

Have a guilt -free weekend, will you, please?

Good night, Lou.

Do you know, does Cheryl like Indian food, Curry?

No, she likes spicy food.

Great. I know just where I'll take her.

Look, Pete.

I just want to get home.

Night. Night.

How you doing, Art?

Can we talk?

Or are you going out? No, we can talk.

You sure this isn't a bad time?

It's a good time.

Come on.

I don't like this. It's just about... Hey,

Maddie. Okay.

Bye -bye.

I got to talk to somebody.

Oh, boy.

Good

night.

Yeah.

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