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We enter this world alone.

We leave it pretty much the same way.

And in between, a dance we call life.

Problem is, it takes two to tango.

So we look for signs, something to help us find our perfect partner.

A smile, a wave.

But we have to be careful.

Because while some signs can be misinterpreted, others can be missed

And if you think it's any easier for a guy who gets tomorrow's newspaper today,

think again.

Hey! Hey!

Hey!

Look, I'm sorry to bother you, but it's important that I talk to someone. You're

closed. No, I can tell you're closed, but listen, I need to talk to somebody.

Tuesday through Sunday, 10 to 5.

Yeah, that's great. Listen, I need to talk to Emma Shaw, though. Tomorrow, 10

5, or by appointment.

Right now. Hey, no, no, wait a second. I need... Hey, listen, 10 to 5 is too

late. I need to talk to someone.

Hey, come on, pal.

Look, I understand you can't let me in, but listen, I need you to do something

for me.

There's a window in the back of the museum that's open. A window? That's

a window. You need to close that window, and I need you to do something else. I

need you to find Emma Shaw, and would you tell her to go home?

I got a better idea.

You go home. Now get out of here.

Hey,

come on, pal.

Hey, come on.

When we're finished here, you are definitely going to be the prettiest

the whole museum.

I mean that.

Seriously.

People are going to line up just to take a look at you.

Oh,

I'm sorry.

You just startled me. The music's too loud, right?

I am so sorry. It's just that I'm new here, and I didn't know that anyone else

was around, and I just got a little carried away. But there is something

so amazing about Turandot full volume.

Look, you've got to get out of here.

Okay, well, I'll just... Why?

Someone's going to break into the museum, and they're going to try to

painting. If you don't get out of here, you're going to get hurt. That's why.

Now, please, let's go.

What's your name?

Gary Hobson.

Okay, Gary Hobson.

Don't lie to me.

I'm not lying to you.

You didn't come here to steal the painting?

No.

Okay, well, we'll get out of here.

Okay.

See you later.

Who's that?

Hi, Gary. This is Emma Shaw from last night. I'm just calling because things

sort of hectic after the police came last night, and then you disappeared,

never really got to thank you for everything you did. And would you like

dinner sometime?

I know, I'm sorry. You probably think I'm weird tracking you down and

everything, but you did save my life, and I figure that's got to be worth a

dinner. Or a lunch.

If that was better.

Or a snack.

A snack is definitely the least I can do.

Uh, okay, I'm rambling again.

Sorry, you're the fourth G. Hobson in the phone book I've left this message

with. You'd think I'd be better at it by now.

Anyway, if you're the right one, then you know where to find me. And if you're

not, I'm sorry.

Just ignore everything I said.

Except the thank you card.

Lake Shore Drive.

That's a nice location.

Looks like you're moving?

Yeah.

Out of my car.

I drove here from San Francisco two weeks ago. As soon as I got the job,

put me right to work and I haven't been able to find anything else.

Well, it looks like you found plenty of possibilities.

True. The problem is that everything that looks good gets... It's napped up

before I get a chance to check it out.

I take it you got my message.

Oh, I would be G. Hobson number four.

I'm sorry. It was so stupid, wasn't it?

Oh, I don't know. I guess I shouldn't have called you. I just... Well, you

think of me.

I wasn't thinking of you at all.

You were so nice to me for no reason at all, and I just don't know anyone else

here. I just mean that you're under no obligation.

I mean, you're busy. You have work and friends and other attachments.

Well, as luck would have it, I don't have any attachments. And I

would very much like to have dinner with you.

Tonight?

Sounds good.

8 o 'clock?

Carranzas?

8 o 'clock.

Penny stock sells for $10 a share. Client makes a bundle. And I get two

courtside seats for both games.

Life's good, huh?

Definitely has its moments.

So, Gary, what time should I pick you up?

11? Yeah.

Well, I don't think I can make it. I'm going to have plans.

Plans?

What kind of plans could possibly be more important than two courtside seats

the Bulls game? Especially with me, your best bud.

You know, I got two social plans.

Where'd you meet her?

I helped her out of a jam over at the museum.

About time.

About time for what?

Care. Ever since that divorce.

Anytime you've ever shown any interest in a woman, that paper's gotten in the

way. Now save yourself the heartache. I'll come to the game.

Sorry, I can't do that. Besides, I already know who wins. Why don't you

Marissa? Thanks, Jimmy.

Uh -uh.

I have a date, too.

Come on, Spike.

Don't wait up.

No, you drop that paper on the floor. If there's anything there, you take care

of it.

Me, I'm busy.

I really think you ought to come down from there.

Damn fool.

He promised I would die first.

How long were you married?

63 years.

I wore this on my honeymoon.

What do you think?

I think you ought to come down.

I had more of a comfort.

I'm sorry.

It looks beautiful.

Thank you.

Eve, can I ask you a question?

Only if I can answer it from right here.

Yes, ma 'am.

Why are you doing this?

I spent my entire life with one man, and now he's gone.

I've forgotten to be alone.

It was fate that brought my husband and I together.

I'm just as sure of it as the two of us are sitting here. You see, I never

really intended to go to that silly dance.

It wasn't until my cousin...

Rachel, that was her name.

Well, she wanted me to come along with her. Poor thing.

She was so shy.

She wanted someone with her to talk to in case no gentleman asked her to dance.

Well,

there we were sitting there, drinking our upteenth cup of punch.

Excuse me, can I interrupt you for just one second? No, I'm just getting to the

point where I met my husband.

Yes, I'm sure you were, but I was just wondering, and don't take this the wrong

way, please, but did you always talk like this, I mean, this much when your

husband was alive?

Oh, dear, I guess I do like the sound of my own voice, don't I?

Oh, I swear, Jake, that was my husband.

He didn't listen to half of the things I said.

Well, why?

Well, you and Jake, you're going to spend eternity together, right?

That's why I'm doing this.

But maybe Jake would like to spend some time by himself before you

join him.

Hi,

Gary. Meet Emma. I'm at the restaurant.

And I was just hoping that you were okay.

I mean, I'm sure you are. I probably just told you the wrong restaurant.

Sounds like something I'd do.

Anyway, if you get the message, I'm at Carranza's, and it's after 9 o 'clock.

And, uh, okay.

Bye.

I know I'm doing the right thing for Jake, but I just don't know where to

Well, I think you already have, Eve.

You're alive.

You should meet people and go places.

And, well, you should collect new stories. And I think the next time you

Jake, you'll want to hear them.

Gary? Gary?

Gary?

Oh,

good morning.

Apparently I'm not the only person who needs to find a place to live.

What are you doing here?

I was waiting for you and I didn't know what time you came in, so I was, uh...

You're a little early.

I know.

Listen, about last... Listen, uh... I was dressed and I hurried out the door,

but then I got a phone call from a friend of mine who said that he needed

help, that it was an emergency.

And, uh, well, I told him I didn't want to go. I mean, really, I did because we

had the plans and everything, but then when, uh...

Well, I tried to call the restaurant, and it was too late, and then I tried to

go over to the restaurant, and I did go.

But what I'm trying to say is that I'm sorry.

Well, the friend of yours with the emergency, was it an emergency like I

here the other night?

No, well, yeah.

I mean, kind of, but a little different.

And he's okay?

Yeah. I mean, I think so. I think everything's all right, yeah.

Well, then...

You don't have anything to be sorry for.

So, uh, so you're not mad, then?

Honestly?

Honestly.

No. I mean, I was.

But, you know, then, uh, I was disappointed because I really did want

dinner with you.

Well, let's do that.

I think we should wait.

I've got to find an apartment and settle in, and you've got to stop feeling

guilty. I mean, I don't want us to go out. Just...

You feel like you should.

Is that so? Okay.

Okay.

Take care.

You know, I could go here.

Got it.

Hello. Can I speak to Emma Shaw, please?

Oh, well, can I leave a message?

Yeah. Would you tell her that Gary called?

Hobson. Gary Hobson.

Yeah.

Listen, tell her that I found an apartment she might want to check out.

That's right.

And tell her that I'm not doing this because I have to or I feel guilty.

Yeah, tell her I'm doing it because I want to.

Yeah. All right, now, the address is on Lakeshore Drive.

That's right, 1835 Lakeshore Drive.

I think you do that on purpose.

What do you write?

A note.

For you.

Can I read it?

No.

Why not?

Because I'm having a hard time trying to make it say what I want it to say.

What's it supposed to say?

This.

Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

You're welcome. I love the apartment. It's great.

Good.

Good.

Would you like to come in for some coffee?

Oh, uh, no.

It's really late, and I really just came to tell you how sweet it was for you

to... And thank you.

So...

Okay.

Bye.

Gary. Yeah.

I was just thinking, now that I have a place and I'll finally be settled again,

maybe we can try having that dinner.

That would be good.

Great.

Friday?

Yes. Great.

Okay, you pick the restaurant this time.

Okay.

See you then.

You are not canceling your date. Well, I suppose you have a better idea. A

battle plan, that's all you need. What I need is some sort of a life, because

it's obvious the paper doesn't want me to enjoy the one I have. So you think

paper's making a conscious effort to come between you and Emma? I don't know

what to think.

Garrett, look, you made a date with Emma, you're gonna keep it, okay?

Now, why don't you just tell me what conflicts you have, and maybe I can help

you out.

You know the paper doesn't like it when we try to... Oh, what, is the paper a

person? I'm trying to help Gary get organized here, all right? Fine.

Fine. Now, Gary, tell me about these conflicts.

What do you got?

Come on.

All right, approximately 825 alley on the 1600 block of

Michigan.

Dumpster fire spreads to a neighboring building.

Seven are hospitalized. Okay, got it. Next.

Okay, 845.

Car stalls on train tracks, 6th Street crossing. Train derails and three people

are killed.

Okay, railroad tracks. Got it. What's next?

Um... A female jogger hospitalized after Doberman got away from its owner and

attacks her. Where?

Happens between 9 and 9 .30 at the corner of 23rd and Argyle. Okay, that's

You mean three's not enough?

All right, look.

As long as you take Emma somewhere inside of the Hobson Triangle.

Preferably in this area right here.

And then, with a little help from me, everybody gets what they want.

I want to take her somewhere nice.

Fine. You'll take her somewhere nice.

As long as it's in this area.

How do you find this place? This place? Oh, it's a friend's recommendation.

Thanks, friend.

You know, you're very popular now at the museum.

Oh, okay.

It turns out that the thief you stopped has a whole warehouse full of stolen

art. Really? Yeah, and as soon as they track down the rightful owners, it can

all be returned to them. Oh.

You've done a really great thing, Gary Hobson.

Oh, thank you.

You know, I still feel like I don't really know you.

I think it's because I do all the talking. Okay, okay, so now you're going

talk. Where do you work?

Where do I work?

Oh, well, I, uh, um, I've got a, uh, I've got a, you know what, I've got

a, I've got to go.

I'm sorry, I've got to, I've got to go.

Excuse me.

So?

I don't think she likes dinos. What's not to like? You got your waffles and

got your falafel. Come on, I'm on a schedule.

I'm sorry I took so long.

I see they brought our... Okra.

Okra?

How is it?

It's fried.

What is the philosophy?

If I'm not mistaken, I think it's ground chickpeas fried.

Well, at least it's fried.

So, how did you get interested in art?

Well, it's kind of a... Well,

it's kind of a silly story, actually.

We lived in a tiny apartment, and my parents had this painting hanging in

bedroom. I don't know where it came from, but it was of this group of

schoolgirls in front of a beautiful garden.

I used to stare at that thing for hours.

I would imagine that I was one of the schoolgirls and the other ones were my

friends.

I think that restoring art is my way of still trying to crawl into the paintings

and make myself part of their world.

At least that's what Marco always said.

Who's Marco?

Old friend.

I hate to do this, but I've got to make a phone call. I promised a friend I'd

call him back.

I'll be back in just one minute.

Sure.

Whatever.

Ready, Batman?

Lady, where are you going?

Call for a tow.

I can't do that.

I can't. There's no time.

Lady, get back in the car, put it in neutral, and steer!

Oh, yeah, I just got an old sports injury.

Your food's getting cold.

Oh.

Take that back to the kitchen and warm it up for me, would you?

All right, how about a dessert, man?

Voila. I gotta... I have to... Are you okay?

Yeah, yeah. I have a very nervous stomach.

You see, I... And I just... She must

think I'm a jerk. I'm losing her. Fear not. We'll be back in a flash.

Last stop, Dog's Junk.

All right, sorry about that.

What happened?

I got it caught in a towel rack.

How's your pie?

It's old.

Gary, I'm sorry, but could you please take me home now?

Something wrong?

This is the second date I've been on with you.

where I wound up eating alone.

Now, I wanted to spend time with you, but since that seems impossible and

obviously hiding something from me, yeah, I think we should call it a night.

I'm really sorry. I know it's been a lousy date, but if you could just take a

minute, just one minute to look at something with me.

I, uh... Please.

It's beautiful.

It's a part of an urban art project.

It gives people that might not step into a museum a chance to see something

beautiful.

And you said your work was a way of crawling inside your paintings, and

what made me think of this.

It's like we're a part of the paintings.

Yeah.

Listen, tonight I had... It wasn't what I expected it to be. I didn't want to...

What am I going to do with you, Gary? Help.

Hello. What happened?

I'm not going to tell you.

Come on, buddies. Tell each other about their conquest. It's part of the great

male bonding tradition.

There was no conquest. It was a date. You were there for most of it.

Well, what happened after Dino's?

I walked her home.

Yeah?

Well, did she at least kiss you goodnight?

Come on, at least let me live vicariously.

Well, I like her, and I think she likes me.

Yeah, tell me something I don't know. I haven't seen you this happy since the

Bears won the Super Bowl.

Paper cooperating? Nothing I can't handle.

That's the girl I know and love. When do I get to meet her?

When do you get to meet her?

Uh, oh, you don't.

Gary.

Emma. What are you... I, I need to... Uh, Chuck, this is Emma. I'm, uh, Chuck.

Hi.

Hi.

Call me Charlie.

I've heard a lot about you.

It's funny. I haven't heard anything about you.

Cute.

You have good taste.

Okay. Oh, well, I'm gonna... I gotta go to work. I was just on my way out.

Nice to meet you. You're really nice.

Yeah.

Bye.

This is a nice surprise. What, uh...

Something's wrong.

Yeah.

This doesn't make sense. Why would you want to stop something before it even

gets started? I'm sorry, Gary.

Oh, look, what about last night, when you kissed me last night?

What was that? That meant nothing, or that was, uh... No, no, it meant...

You're special,

Gary.

You're really... I don't think you even know how special you are.

And I'm not ready for that, okay?

I'm not ready for someone that I could follow.

Do you mind my asking why you're not ready?

Marco.

I'm sorry, I thought you said that Marco was just a friend.

Yeah, he was just a friend I was hopelessly in love with.

He was killed overseas.

It's been a long time, but you remind me so much of him.

The things you say, the way you make me feel when you look at me.

I tried, Gary.

But I'm sorry, I just... I can't do it.

I hope you understand.

I don't. I don't understand.

But I do know I don't want to stop seeing it.

And I think it's as simple as this.

Look, I don't care if it hurts.

But I don't care because I think you're worth it. And I think that you, Emma

Shaw, are worth the risk to me.

And so the question is, am I worth it to you?

I think she's

great. I don't know what she sees in you.

I don't know, but I'm not going to quit.

You're a lucky guy.

I think I'm ready.

Don't push it. You've only known her a few weeks.

I'm not going to put it off anymore.

You sure? What if she says no?

Huh? It's your proposal.

I'm not talking about both of them.

I'm talking about telling her about the paper.

And why would you want to do a crazy thing like that?

Because I have to.

Why? Because I can't keep dodging simple questions like where do I work or why

am I living in a hotel.

And she deserves better than that.

Well, there goes that relationship.

What do you mean, there goes that relationship?

This is the most honest, decent girl I've ever met.

She's been completely truthful with me, and I'm not going to be any less with

her. Yeah, but the paper's different.

Yeah, tell her.

When?

Tomorrow night at the opera.

The opera?

Isn't that a little pricey?

I didn't know that was in your budget.

We're sitting in the cheap seats up on the second balcony.

On the balcony?

That's where she wants.

Forget the paper. She'd marry her.

It took seven years to write the happy ending of the story, too.

The last night at the Civic Opera House, Ms. Shaw was reunited with a long -lost

love, a man she had given up for dead seven years ago.

But Marco Sanchez is very much alive, and had tried unsuccessfully to locate

Shaw for some time.

The reunion was totally by chance.

Mr. Sanchez was in town on family business, authenticating stolen art

only recently been discovered as the result of a foiled art heist.

You don't have to do this. You know that, Gary.

We have a date.

Are you ready for it to be your last?

No.

Then don't go.

It can be.

Usually you get the newspaper, you read the headlines, and you do what?

I change it. So, change this one.

Take her somewhere where they won't meet.

Maybe that's what the paper wants.

I've thought about this. I don't know what the paper wants. I don't think it

wants you to be unhappy.

Look, I stopped the guy from stealing the painting. The guy... The paper, it

never says anything about any other stolen art or...

or some guy from El Salvador coming back to reclaim it, what am I supposed to

do? You saved her life.

The paper brought you together.

Maybe the paper wants to bring them together.

It's been seven years.

They've both moved on.

If she loves you, and you love her, isn't that worth fighting for?

Isn't this place beautiful?

It's like being in some other world. It's like being swept up into a fairy

or something.

The way people act and dress.

I think that the opera brings out the best in everyone.

Yeah. And this opera, Turandot, the sets were designed by David Hockney. He uses

the stage as a canvas.

What? Let's not go to the opera tonight. There's too many people here.

And I'd rather be alone with you. I've got an idea.

Okay.

Let's go on a cruise.

A cruise? A dinner cruise on the river.

There ain't the moonlight.

Just you and me.

That sounds great, Gary. Yeah, sure, whatever you want.

So we'll see Mr.

Puccini's opera later because he's going to be here for another week?

Oh, okay, so we'll go another night.

Look, it's okay if we don't see Turandot.

Not the end of the world. I've seen it before.

You've seen it?

Yeah. I mean, I wanted to share the experience with you, but it's fine if

don't like opera.

No, no, I like opera. It's just that I didn't know you'd seen it before.

Well, yeah.

It was not this production. It was seven years ago in Paris with Marco.

But it was an entirely different set of circumstances. I was treating.

He'd never been to the opera either.

I couldn't afford the tickets, so I bought them the day of the show, half

The seats were so high, we almost had nosebleeds.

But it didn't matter.

Something about the experience that just transcends everything.

It's like...

glimpsing heaven.

Marco just loved it so.

Can I ask you something?

Is the reason that you wanted to sit in the balcony because you sat in the

balcony with Marco?

Maybe. But I wanted you to feel that, to experience that with me.

I wanted you to buy the ticket in the balcony so that we could be a little

closer to heaven.

You ready?

Wait.

Where are we going?

You deserve to be a little bit closer to heaven.

Come on.

You better hurry up. It's already started.

You know what?

I gotta make a phone call.

You're full of surprises, Gary Hobbs.

I, uh...

You are very beautiful tonight.

Some dances you spit out.

Others, you change partners.

The important thing is you never stop dancing.

Have you ever fallen in love with someone, but they've already fallen in

with someone else? It hurts, but we've all been through it.

Combine that emotion with the first time you fell in love, and you're in for a

powerful lunchtime film next on Hallmark.

Reese Witherspoon stars in The Man and the Moon.