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(PLANE ENGINE DRONING)

(PEOPLE CHATTERING)

WOMAN OVER PA: This will be
the final boarding call

for Flight 2
to London, Heathrow.

Okay.

(SIGHS)

I'm not even gonna say it, Kate.

Then it'll be like I never left.

Okay?

All right.

Okay.

Wait.

I have a really bad
feeling about this.

About the plane?

You think it's gonna crash?
Don't say that.

No. Look, I know that we've talked
about this a thousand times,

and we agreed that going to
London was the right thing to do.

But in my heart,
this feels wrong.

Don't go, Jack.

You mean don't go at all?

Well, what about my internship?

No, believe me, I know...

I know what an incredible
opportunity this is for you.

For us, Kate.

Right, for us.

But I'm afraid that if
you get on that plane...

Look. We're at
the airport.

Nobody ever thinks
clearly at the airport.

So, we should just trust the
decision we already made.

You've been accepted to one of the
best law schools in the country.

I've got this internship
at Barclays Bank.

We have a great plan, honey.

You wanna do
something great, Jack?

Let's flush the plan. Let's start
our lives right now, today.

I mean, I have no idea what
this life is gonna look like,

but I know that it has the both
of us in it, and I choose us.

The plan doesn't
make us great, Jack.

What we have together,
that's what makes us great.

(SIGHS)

(MOANS)

I love you, Kate.

I love you, too. I do.

(SIGHS)

And one year in London
is not gonna change that.

A hundred years
couldn't change that.

...economists are projecting, leading
to a mild rally in the bond market.

But as yesterday's
trading drew to a close,

the profit-takers
stepped in,

sending all the major
indexes sharply lower

and creating a note of uncertainty
in the equity market...

WOMAN: Last night
was incredible.

Huh?

I said, last night was great.

You are an amazing lover.

Thanks. You're not
bad yourself.

I wanna see you again.

I'd like that, too.

Tonight.

It's Christmas Eve, Jack.

So? I'll pour
eggnog over you.

(LAUGHS)

(GROWLS)

I have to go visit
my parents out in Jersey.

Jersey?

Do you have any idea what the
traffic's gonna be like?

That's why I'm taking the train.

It was nice meeting you, Jack.

(ITALIAN ARIA PLAYING ON PLAYER)

(SINGING ALONG)

(SCATTING TUNE)

(ELEVATOR BELL DINGS)

Mrs. Peterson.

Hello, Jack.

You don't have to stop
singing on my account.

Oh, it's because I'm shy, Betty.

So, when are you gonna leave
that old corpse, Mr. Peterson,

and run away with me?

You know you could never
satisfy me the way he does.

Ah.

(ELEVATOR BELL DINGS)

Merry Christmas,
Mr. Campbell.

How'd you make out
this year, Tony?

About 4 grand, and a bottle of
25-year-old scotch from 9D.

I'm putting it all in
commercial paper like you said.

Good, but just until
the deutsche mark turns.

Thank you,
Mr. Campbell.

All right.

Good morning, Joe.

Merry Christmas, sir.

Campbell wants these available.

Thanks, Adelle.

Better you than me.

If Medtech shares
fall any lower than 43,

we're in trouble with
the stock valuations.

So for God's sake, please watch

what you say to your
institutional customers.

We still have almost a full day
of trading before zero hour,

and I don't want any trouble.

(SIGHS)

A penny for your thoughts, Alan.

Hmm?

Oh, God, I'm sorry.

Jack, I was thinking about,
you know, Dee and the kids.

I promised I'd be
home for dinner.

It's Christmas Eve, Jack.

Hmm. Ls that tonight?

(ALL LAUGHING)

You think I like being here
on Christmas Eve, Alan?

No. Well, maybe.

(ALL LAUGHING)

Okay.

Okay, maybe I do have a touch of
tunnel vision this holiday season.

But in two days,
we're going to announce

one of the largest mergers
in US corporate history.

When a deal like this turns up,

you get on it and you
ride it till it's over.

You don't ask it for a vacation.

December 26.

After that, there'll be so much
money floating around here,

it'll be like
Christmas every day.

December 26, people.

If you'd like to celebrate that
day, you all have my blessing.

You're right, Jack.
I'm really sorry.

No, I don't want you to be sorry, Alan.
I want you to be excited.

I want my gift to you
to be the first gift

you open this year. You know why?
(STAMMERING)

Because my gift comes
with 10 zeroes.

(ALL LAUGH)

You're right. You're right.
I'm focused. I'm there.

Good man. Everybody, turn to
page 12 in your prospectus.

(ALL CHATTERING)

You have six messages. What?

Two of them are imperative.

Are you nuts?
I'm going home.

I'm not even here now.

Good night. Merry Christmas.
Merry Christmas.

It's only 8:30.
I'm disappointed.

Got some last-minute
shopping to do?

You, too? This holiday's
about giving, Adelle.

I'm giving everything
I've got to this deal.

So in a way, I'm more
Christmassy than anybody.

You're my role model, Jack.

Oh, and Oxxford called.

Oh, my suits are ready.

Mmm-hmm.

Care for a Life Saver?
No, thank you.

Help yourself.

(SIGHS)

Kate Reynolds.

Her assistant said you could
reach her at home after 8:00.

Kate Reynolds was my
girlfriend in college.

I almost married her.
(LAUGHING) You?

Married?
Almost married.

And almost a broker
at E. F. Hutton.

Excuse me?

She didn't want me
to go to London.

We're standing at the
airport saying goodbye,

and she asked me to stay.

So you left her.

Wasn't easy.

Oh, stop it.
I'm getting all weepy.

I took the road
less traveled, Adelle.

And look where it took you.

I'm gonna get this gal
on the phone.

Nope.

You almost married this woman.

You're not even curious
why she called?

Oh, she's probably just
having a fit of nostalgia.

You know, lonely Christmas Eve.

Called the one that got away.

That kind of thing. I mean, why
call her back and mislead her?

This happened a very,
very long time ago.

8:35 on Christmas Eve.

Jack Campbell still at his desk.

Now there's a Hallmark
moment for you.

Peter, I don't see you rushing
home to trim the tree.

That's because
I'm a heartless bastard

who only cares about money.

Well, you know what?
God love you for that.

Got a call from Terry Haight.

Bob Thomas is nervous.

That'll happen when
you're about to spend

$130 billion on some Aspirin.

(LAUGHS)

Somebody's gotta
nurse him through this.

Why are you staring
at my breasts, Peter?

I need you, tiger.

Where is he?
Aspen.

Call Aunt lrma and tell her I won't
be able to make it tomorrow.

You're a credit
to capitalism, Jack.

Hey, Peter, let me
ask you a question.

An old girlfriend calls you out
of the blue on Christmas Eve.

What do you do?

You suddenly having
trouble getting dates?

Yeah.

(CHUCKLES)

Leave it in the past.

Old flames are
like old tax returns,

put them in the file
cabinet for three years,

and then you cut them loose.

I'll leave from my office
tomorrow in the afternoon.

Call the group. Schedule an emergency
strategy session for noon.

That'll be a nice
little holiday treat.

Good night, Frank.

Hey, Mr. Campbell.

Why didn't you call down? I would
have had Joe get your ride.

I'm thinking I'll walk tonight.

It's a nice night for it.

I'll send your car home for you.
That'll be fine.

And merry Christmas to you, sir.

To you, too.

Eggnog?

Yeah, dairy case.
Five dollar.

Okay.

Hey, yo. Hey, buster, y'all
do the lotto here, right?

Y'all do the lotto here? Yeah.

Cool. 'Cause I got a winner, baby.
I got a winner.

Ooh. Certified,
good as gold.

I know lotto keep a lot of
brothers down, but not cash money.

You know what I'm saying? No, don't do
me none, son, 'cause I'd be like...

Bang on the lottery!
You know what I mean?

(LAUGHS) It's all good.

Relax, son.
Relax, son.

I got you...
I got you four numbers.

Check it. Bust it, bust it.
Six, 14, 16, 49.

That's a winner, son.
$238, B. Cheddar coming.

Check my shit and
give me my money.

I'm sorry.
Your ticket bad.

You draw in the lines.

What are you talking about, B?

You draw in the lines with a pencil.
I know about this.

Yo, buster, check the ticket, son.
Check the ticket.

No, you get out.

Yo, you ain't even
looked at the ticket.

You looking at me, son.
Check the ticket.

You get out now! You take
the ticket somewhere else!

Next customer in line!

You get out or I call 911.

Oh, my God!

Check the ticket, stupid.

Look at the ticket.

Shit, now I'm gonna
make you call God.

That's my word. You best
check that ticket, fool!

Let me see the ticket.

Was I talking to you?

Maybe I'll buy it from you.

You know, make a
little business deal.

"Stupid-ass white boy
in $2,000 suit

"gets capped
trying to be a hero.

"News at 11:00." That's
what you wanna see?

You wanna see Cash up in here?
You want me to set it, son?

Do you wanna die?

Do you want to die?

No.

Look, I'm talking
about a business deal.

Okay? I buy the ticket
from you for $200.

I take it to a store where
the guy behind the counter

doesn't have a death wish.

I just made myself a quick $38.

Like I said, it's...

It's just a business deal.

All right. Yeah.

All right.

You blew it, B.
You blew it.

The ticket was real.

Damn, you had your chance, too.

Come on, Jack.
Let's get out of here.

How'd you know my name was Jack?

I call all you guys Jack.

Here. Nice doing
business with you.

Hey. Hey, um...

What do you want to carry
that gun around for anyway?

You're just gonna wind up
doing something you regret.

You're talking to the wrong
person about regrets, Jack.

I mean, there must be programs
out there and opportunities.

Wait a minute.
Wait a minute.

Are you actually trying
to save me?

(LAUGHS)

This is bananas.

This man thinks
I need to be saved, yo!

Well, everybody needs something.

Yeah? Well, what
do you need, Jack?

Me?

You just said everybody
needs something.

I got everything I need.

Wow. It must be
great being you.

I'm not saying that you'd be able
to do it without some hard work,

some honest hard work,

and possibly some medicine.

(LAUGHING)

You know, I'm gonna
really enjoy this.

You just remember that you
did this, Jack, okay?

You brought this on yourself.

Merry Christmas.

(CHUCKLES)

(CHATTERING ON TELEVISION)

Mmm, 10 more minutes, Jack.

Mmm...

It's Christmas.

Jingle bells, Santa smells
Rudolph laid an egg

(SCATTING TUNE)

Oh. Never mind.

Who's here?
(LUCY BARKING)

Rise and shine.

Don't you think we should
open some presents?

KATE: I think maybe
you should give Mama

five more minutes in bed.
Come on, Dad. Get up.

Wouldn't that be fun?

Can we do that?
(CRYING)

Yeah! It's Christmas!

It's Christmas!

Look, your sister's
jumping on the bed.

Let's go downstairs.

What is this dog doing on the bed?
Lucy, get off this bed.

Did Santa come?

I don't know.
We'll have to go see.

Let's go see the presents.

You wanna get some presents?

Just a minute. Mommy
just needs to wake up.

Jack. Strong coffee.

Oh, Jack.
Merry Christmas, dear.

Lorraine. Ed.

Hey, Jack, you old bird dog.
Merry Christmas to you.

Talk to him, Jack. One day a
year away from the Ponderosa.

I don't think
that's asking too much.

ED: This is who I am.

Tell her, Jack, for God's sake.

You're the only one
around here that gets me.

I need some eggnog.

Of course you do, sweet thing.

It's almost 8:00
in the morning.

Excuse me. Where
you going, Jack?

Josh, Annie, giddyup!

Big Ed's here. Where's my car?
Where's my Ferrari?

What?
Where's my Ferrari?

What the hell are you talking...

What's he talking about?
You got a Ferrari?

Look. Let me borrow your car and then
I promise I'll have it returned.

My Caddy?
Drive your own damn car.

Oh, just let him borrow your
precious Cadillac, for God sakes.

There's a perfectly good minivan

sitting out there
in the driveway. Here.

What the hell's wrong
with him anyway?

(STARTS ENGINE)

Tony, thank God!

Sorry, pal. Entrance is for
residents and guests only.

What? What are
you talking about?

Jack Campbell, Penthouse C.

What's the matter with you?
Uh-huh.

Mrs. Peterson, I think there's something
wrong with our man Tony here.

Who is this man?

Oh, come on. What is going on
with you two this morning?

Is this like a Christmas joke?

"Who is this man?" Well, we're on
the co-op board together, Betty.

And we fought side by side
for garbage disposals.

And every morning we exchange
quasi-sexual witty banter.

(LAUGHING) Okay?

Shall I call the cops?
I'm gonna call the cops.

No, I'm gonna call the cops!
You're scaring me.

No, no, no, no.
Thank you.

Thank you for not
calling the cops.

Now, I'm going upstairs, I'm gonna
get some sleep. Then I'll be fine.

Sleep you shall.

Noblesse oblige isn't dead.
Not yet anyway.

Let's...
Let's get you some help.

Surely there's a shelter
somewhere in this city.

A shelter?

Hey, hey, are you smacked
out of your head?

I'm the richest man
in this building!

I've got twice the
square footage you have!

And I'm going upstairs!

Take a walk, pal!

Oh, not cool.
Not cool!

You wanna get cute?
Get cute.

I'm gonna go to my office.

I'm gonna file a complaint to
the manager of the building.

I'm gonna have you fired, Tony.

And, Mrs. Peterson, you're on
notice with the co-op board!

So you better just stop whatever
this is that you're doing!

(ENGINE SPUTTERING)

JACK: Oh, yeah.
Oh, oh, yeah.

Oh, come on!

(ENGINE STARTS)

Frank, you won't believe
what's been happening to me.

Is Adelle here yet?
Hold it right there.

Where's Mintz?

The building is closed, pal.

You have to come back tomorrow.

Frank, why do I feel
the need to remind you

that I'm Jack Campbell,
president of the company?

Look, I don't care who you are.

It's Christmas, and like I told
you, the building is closed.

I don't think
you heard me correctly.

I'm Jack Campbell.

Jack Campbell!

President!

Have a nice holiday, man.

(TIRES SCREECHING)

(ITALIAN ARIA PLAYING
ON CAR STEREO)

That's my car!
Hi, Jack.

You stole my car.

Now, I know this whole thing
is really bizarre to you

and you're feeling quite
shocked, but just hop in.

I'll explain everything
to you, okay?

Come on.

You're probably gonna wanna buckle
up, Jack. This thing moves.

(TIRES SCREECHING)

What's happening to me?

Breathe into the bag, Jack.

This kind of thing makes a lot
of guys have to throw up.

I've seen it
happen before, okay?

So, if you feel the urge,

you roll down the window
and do it out there.

Now try not to get so worked up, Jack.
Okay? (GROANING)

After all, you brought
this on yourself.

Brought what on myself?
I didn't do anything!

"I got everything I need."
That sound familiar?

You mean because
you thought I was cocky,

I'm now on
a permanent acid trip?

Bag yourself, Jack.

(SCREAMING)

JACK: Oh, my God! Ah!

The way you intervened
in that store last night,

you did a good
thing there, Jack.

I mean, it was
incredibly impressive

all the way across the board...
Oh, God!

...to the upper echelons of the
organization, let me tell you.

Please just tell me what's
happening to me in plain English

without the mumbo-jumbo.

This is a glimpse, Jack.

A glimpse?

A glimpse of what?

You're gonna have to figure
that out for yourself,

and you got plenty of time.

How much time? As much
time as it takes,

which in your case is probably
gonna be considerable.

Okay, look. Look, I just
want my life back, okay?

Now, what's it gonna take?
You wanna talk turkey?

Let's talk turkey.

How much money?

It doesn't work like that,
and I can't tell you why.

Why not?

Because you have to figure
this thing out for yourself.

Are you listening to me?

Figure it out, figure it out.
Figure out what?

Let it come to you, man.

I don't have time
for this right now.

I'm in the middle of a deal.

Well, you're working
on a new deal now, baby.

What's this?
Open it.

What is it,
some kind of a signal?

(BELL DINGS)

Will you come
whenever I ring it?

Now you gotta get out
of the car, Jack.

But what do I do?

I'm sorry. I just can't spend
any more time with you.

I got some other business
I gotta take care of.

No, you did this to me.

You can't just
leave me like this.

(SIGHS)

Okay. Look, you
wanna get some air?

Let's get outside, get some air.

We'll walk and I'll explain
everything to you, okay?

Thanks, man.
Sure.

Excuse me. Do you know
where Merrison Street is?

(CHUCKLES)

Jeannie. I found Jack.

Oh, there you are, stranger.

Where you been?

(CHATTERING ON TELEVISION)

(SIGHS)

You look terrible.
Truth is, I expected you.

Kate called and asked if I
knew where you were, so...

Oh. I put the Barcalounger
in the center of the room.

It's throwing everybody off.

What do you think?

It's a great room.
Great room.

You and me, buddy, we
know how to live, huh?

Come on.

Come on, Jack.
Come on.

Whoo!

(LAUGHING)

Come on, buddy.
Take your seat.

Are you okay?

I mean, you take off
Christmas morning

and, you know, you don't tell
anyone where you're going.

We're friends?

Talk to me.

I'm having kind of a bad day.

You know, I read somewhere

that the suicide rate
doubles during the holiday.

What am I saying that for? You
don't wanna hear that. Come on.

(SIGHS)

Is it...
Is it trouble at work?

I... I don't think so.

Well, it's not Kate, is it?

(CHUCKLES)

You see, huh? It's like we're
inside each other's heads.

Kate's my wife.

(LAUGHS) Just keep saying
it over and over again,

Jack, like a mantra.
Keep saying it.

Look, you know, you fit
the profile exactly.

In your 30s, house, kids,
financial responsibilities.

You start thinking this isn't
the life I dreamt about.

Where's the romance, you know?

Where's the joie de vivre?

Suddenly every lingerie ad
in the Newark Star-Ledger

represents a life
that you can't have.

It's just two kids, right?

(LAUGHS)

Come on. Come on.

All right, sometimes
it feels like

you gave up the whole world.
I know that.

But look what you got.
Look at that.

Four bedrooms,
two-and-a-half baths,

a partially finished basement.

And good kids.
Look. You know what?

You probably don't wanna
hear this right now.

But remember last summer
when I almost had

that thing with Arnie,
Jr.'s speech therapist?

You remember
what you said to me?

You said, "Don't screw up
the best thing in your life"

"just because you're a little
unsure about who you are."

Okay?

Go get them, tiger.

Could you hold on a second?

Oh.

(SNIFFLING)

Never mind, because...
Because he just walked in.

Thank you.
Thank you.

Do you have any idea what
you put us through today?

You walk out of here
at 7:30 in the morning.

You don't tell me where you're
going, or even that you're going.

And I don't see you
till hours later?

I called all of our friends.

I had the state troopers
looking for you.

I was on the phone with the
hospital, for God's sakes.

What kind of man leaves his
family on Christmas morning

without a word
about where he's going?

(YELLING) What kind of
a man does that, Jack?

I don't know.

Could you... Could you
please stop yelling at me?

Where were you?

I was in the city.
The city?

New York City?

Yeah.
Why?

(SIGHS)

Because that's where I live.

Don't start, Jack.
Don't.

Look, you don't understand.

I woke up this morning here.

And this is very strange
because this isn't my house.

(GROANS)

And those aren't my kids.
I'm not dad.

(STUTTERING) I'm not a dad.
You're not my wife.

You know what, Jack? It's not funny
this time because I am really mad.

I mean, really mad.
I mean it.

I don't even...
(BELL DINGING)

What...

What's that?

I like it.
Thanks, Dad.

That's mine.
Hey, I need that back.

She took my bell.

You missed the whole thing,

the pancakes and the presents.

You spent six hours putting
that bike together for Annie,

and then you didn't
even get to see

the look on her face
when she opened it.

You missed Christmas, Jack.

I'm sorry.

(SNIFFLES)

You know, we don't even
have enough time for this.

And at least you're okay.
I'm okay, we're okay.

But we've gotta go get dressed
for the Thompson party.

And you are not wearing that.

I don't care how hilarious
you think it is.

Party? No, no, I'm not
going to a party.

You look forward to
this party all year.

What is it with you today?

Believe me, Kate,

I really don't think
that going to a party

is the right move for me
at the present time.

Okay, fine.
You know what?

Then you just do
whatever you wanna do.

What are you doing?

Telling my mother that she doesn't
have to stay with the kids.

Why not?

Because you'll be here.

I'll be ready in 10 minutes.

(GROANS)

This is...
This is just subpar.

(CHRISTMAS SONG PLAYING)

(BARKING)

Here it is.
Lance, here you go.

(DOORBELL RINGING)

Excuse me.

Kate. Jack.
Evelyn.

Come in.
Whew!

Hey, everybody,
Kate and Jack are here.

ALL: Hey!

Jeannie. Whew!

Merry Christmas.
Merry Christmas.

Hey, Jack, Merry Christmas.

Let's take off that coat.

Here.

So, like the dress?

Oh, it's lovely.

I thought I saw you notice
it at the kids' recital.

It's lovely.
It's lovely.

There he is. Hey, Jack.
Happy holidays, man.

Yeah.

Jack, come on over.

Hey, Jack.
Cheers, baby.

You guys see
Van Horn last night?

Oh, 32 points.

That kid's gonna take the
Nets to the championship.

The Nets? Are you kidding?
They suck.

(SCOFFS)

But they're due.
They're certainly due.

So, tomorrow's
the big day, Jackie.

Okay. Why?

My triple bypass.

I'm going under the knife tomorrow.
I told you that, right?

Triple bypass.
Yeah.

You really think you
should be eating all that?

Figure I'm going in
for a cleaning tomorrow,

might as well load up on the
fried stuff tonight, right?

(MEN LAUGHING) ARNIE:
That's good thinking, Bill.

Have another drink, you know.
Mmm, mmm, mmm.

Some fried pork,
mashed potatoes.

He'll be dead by morning.

(BOTH LAUGHING)

How about a cigar, Jack?

Oh, no, thank you.
I'm cutting down.

Come on. Come on, they're
American made, not Cuban.

Oh, really?
Yeah. Come on.

(SNIFFS)

Very nice. I thought
you'd like them.

Mmm. Mmm.

Superb.

How about you, Arnie? I'm all right.
Thanks.

Mmm.

Finger food?

No, thank you.
I'm fine.

Oh, come on.

Soon as I put them down,
you're gonna grab a couple.

You always do.
(LAUGHING)

No, I'm okay.
I'm okay.

Let me. They will
melt in your mouth.

No, I'm okay.

Yeah.

(CHUCKLING)

Good?

Fabulous.

At the end of this whole thing,

she made me this
hand-embroidered sweater.

It was really lovely.

JEANNIE: Oh, how nice.
(LAUGHING)

KATE: So I'm slipping
it on and I notice

that she's misspelled
the word "lawyers."

Uh-oh.

I spent the entire day
walking around

with a sweater that said,
"Nonprofit layers do it for free."

(ALL LAUGHING)

WOMAN: I love it!
So you're a lawyer?

A nonprofit lawyer?
Pro bono.

You don't get paid at all?
Nobody makes a dime?

Jack?

Anywho...

(BARKS)

(GROWLING)

I better go wake my mom.
There you go.

I don't think so.

She's your dog, Jack.

No, she's not.

You're right.
She's the kids' dog.

Maybe we should go wake
Josh and make him walk her.

(CHUCKLES)

(PANTING)

If you take a dump
sometime in this century,

then we could go home
where it's warm.

If I can even remember
how to get home.

You remember, don't you, girl?

(SIGHS)

(JOSH CRYING)

(SHOWER RUNNING)

Hello?

(POP SONG PLAYING)
(SINGING ALONG)

Hello?

Hey!

What?

That baby's crying.

And?

Don't give me that look, Jack.

Tuesday's your day
and you know it.

And listen, try and get Josh
to day care on time, okay?

(JOSH COOING)

Yeah.

All right.

(GROANS)

Holy mother of God!

Oh!

Oh.

(SIGHS)

(JOSH FARTS)

(COOS)

You're not really
my dad, are you?

No, I'm not.

I work on Wall Street,

you know,
with the big buildings.

I live in an apartment
with a doorman.

And I can buy
almost anything I want.

This isn't my life.
It's just a glimpse.

Where's my real dad?

I don't know.
But don't worry.

He loves you, and I'm sure
he'll be back very soon.

What are you doing?

They did a pretty good job.

Who did?

The aliens in the mother ship.

You look just like him.

Thanks.

Slightly better looking
though, right?

Oh, no, you're not gonna
start crying, are you?

I don't think I could really
deal with that right now.

Do you like kids?

On a case-by-case basis.

Do you know how to
make chocolate milk?

I... I think
I could figure it out.

Promise you won't
kidnap me and my brother

and plant stuff in our brains?

Sure.

(SIGHS)

Welcome to Earth.

(CHILDREN'S SONG PLAYING
ON CAR STEREO)

This is where babies go when
their parents are at work.

Check.

(CAR DOOR CLOSES)

Just push the red button.

Okay.

(JACK GRUNTING)

Do I get a receipt or something?

I have winter camp until 4:00
and ballet class until 5:30.

5:30. Okay.

And try not to be late,

'cause kids don't like to
be the last one picked up.

Got it. Good tip.

Bye.
Bye.

Hey, Annie.

Where do I go now?

Big Ed's.

Big Ed's Tires? Why?

'Cause you work there.

You mean I sell tires.

That's what I do.

I'm a tire salesman.

(SCOFFS)

Good Lord!

Morning, Jack.
Hi.

Good morning, Jack.
Hi.

Hey, Jack.

Jack, my boy.

Hey, guess who I played
bridge with two nights ago?

Hell, you'll never guess.

One Sydney Potter. That's Sydney
Potter, CEO, BuyRite Transport.

Only the third biggest
trucking outfit in the state.

Anywho, he's looking
for a new parts supplier.

We can handle volume like
that, now can't we, Jack?

I'm gonna have to get
back to you on that, Ed.

Right on.
(CLICKS TONGUE)

Right on.

Excuse me. Do l...

Do I have a private office
somewhere in the building?

(LAUGHS)

Sure, Jack.

Where is it?

Oh. Uh, it's...

It's right back...
Right back there.

Thank you.
Yeah.

(SIGHS)

(GROANS)

Oh, no.

You must've needed
this every day.

What are you smiling about?

'88?

I was in London in 1988.

You never went to London.

WOMAN OVER PA: Jack, you're
needed in mag wheels.

Customer waiting.

I was the number one junior sales
associate for E. F. Hutton in 1988.

Did you know that?
Uh, no. No, I didn't.

That's... That's great.

That's the kind of thing you
could really build on, you know?

Uh-huh. Yeah.

I mean, sales has always been
a feeder for M&A. Always.

Uh-huh.

Well, look,
here we are. Uh...

The mag wheels. Mag wheels.
So... Oh.

Hey, Jack, uh, are you
sure you're okay?

Well, I'm just a little confused
right now about why I work here.

Uh...
(CHUCKLES)

I just started here
last Tuesday, so...

WOMAN ON TV: The closing tip
was a mildly bullish plus 76.

Much of the market's
action today was fueled

by the latest round
of merger mania

to hit Wall Street,

when Global Health Systems
and Medtech Pharmaceutical

announced their intentions
to join forces

in a massive $122 billion
stock swap deal,

the largest ever in
the health care industry.

When asked about the possible
anti-competitive implications,

Global chairman, Bob Thomas,
referred reporters

to P.K. Lassiter & Company
president, Alan Mintz,

the original architect
behind the deal.

That's my deal!

Ironically, Mintz first met
Thomas at a Lamaze class.

While coaching their
pregnant wives... What?

...Mintz and Thomas
struck up a dialogue,

and two months later, the
deal with Medtech was born.

He wasn't the architect! I'm the architect!
In other news,

U.S. Labor Department
officials announced today

that 275,000 new jobs
were created last month...

The kids are asleep.

(LAUGHS)

The kids, hon.
Honey.

Sweetheart, I said
the kids are asleep.

That's just great. Those little
monkeys can be a real handful.

Hey, I was watching that.

(TURNS ON STEREO)

Not tonight.

(ROMANTIC SONG PLAYING)

(CHUCKLES)

Please leave my socks alone.
(LAUGHING)

Ah...

Wait.

You want me.

That is the general idea, yeah.

Oh, well, maybe we should
grab a bottle of wine first.

(LAUGHS)
Kind of break the ice.

Yeah, that's very funny.
Look, it's 10:30.

By 11:00, you're gonna be
snoring like a monster,

but that's very sweet.

I'll remember
that for next time.

Okay.

Whatever you say, honey.

(CHUCKLING) Yeah.

(MOANING)

God, you're beautiful.

Thanks, Jack.

No, I'm serious.

You're really stunning.

This is good stuff. I
want you to keep this up.

I mean, you were always a
very pretty girl in college.

There's no question
about that. But this...

You've really grown
into a beautiful woman.

How can you do that?

What?

Look at me like you haven't seen me
every day for the last 13 years.

Okay, wait. Don't move.
Don't look.

Stay right there.

I got something.

(SIGHS)

Good night, sweetheart.

(TURNS OFF STEREO)

Okay, we're almost out of here.

ANNIE: Mary Jane's,
Mommy. You promised.

That's right. I did promise.
Okay. All right.

We're gonna stop at the kids'
shoe department first,

and then I gotta pick up my
watch from the battery store.

And then I'm gonna
go to the linen store.

Why don't we go
to all the stores?

Every single store in this
godforsaken shopping mall.

Wouldn't that be exciting?

You know what? Why
don't I take the kids,

and you just stay here and hang
out in the men's department?

Come on, hon.

It's perfect for your frame.

Why don't you try it on?

I might want to take an
inch out of the back.

Okay.

Lengthen the sleeve.

You look amazing in that suit.

I mean, really, wow!

Off the charts. Great.

(LAUGHS)

It's an unbelievable thing.

Wearing this suit actually makes
me feel like a better person.

I'm gonna buy it.

It's $2,400.

Are you out of your mind?
Come on, let's go.

She got those shoes.

Those shoes were $25.

Come on. Take it off, all right?

We'll go to the food court and get
one of those funnel cakes you like.

Here. Daddy's
a crazy guy.

No.

Do you have any idea
what my life is like?

Excuse me?

I wake up in the morning
covered in dog saliva.

I drop the kids off,

spend eight hours selling tires retail.
Retail, Kate.

I pick the kids up,
walk the dog,

which, by the way,
carries the added bonus

of carting away
her monstrous crap.

I play with the kids,
take out the garbage,

get six hours of sleep,
if I'm lucky.

And then everything
starts all over again.

So... So, what's
in it for me?

Where are my...
My Mary Jane's?

You know, it's sad
to hear that your life

is such a disappointment to you.

I can't believe it isn't
a disappointment to you!

Jesus, Kate, I could have been

a thousand times
the man I became.

I could have been one of the richest...
Forbes...

How could you do this to me?

How could you let me give
up on my dreams like this?

Really, I want to know.

Who are you?

All right, look.
I'm sorry.

(CLEARING THROAT)

I'm sorry I was such a saint
before and I'm such a prick now!

But maybe I'm just not

the same guy that I was
when we got married.

You know what?
Maybe you're not.

Because the Jack Campbell I married
would not need a $2,400 suit

to feel better about his life.

But I'm telling you, if that's
what it's gonna take, then buy it.

Jesus! We'll take the money out
of the kids' college fund.

Forget it.
We'll get a funnel cake.

It'll be the highlight
of my week.

Listen, I'm really sorry about
that back in the store.

I don't want to fight with you.

I just sometimes wonder how
we ended up here, you know.

I mean, back in college,
did you see us here?

Life has thrown us a few surprises.
I'll give you that.

It really has, hasn't it?

Yeah. So, if you had to, what would
you say was the biggest surprise?

Just out of curiosity.
I'm just asking.

Well, Annie, for one.

Surprise, we're pregnant.

Yeah, that must have been...

I mean, that...
That was.

That was a very
unexpected moment.

But what are you
gonna do? Mmm?

I think it turned out
all right, don't you?

Yeah. I really like Annie.

Well, good, Jack.
Maybe we'll keep her.

No, I love her.
I love Annie.

I'm just...

We had a lot of
good times, didn't we?

Do you remember the place on Charles
Street where we used to go?

Charles Street?

In The Village?

When we were living
in Greenwich Village.

Yeah.

Yeah, yeah. Great times.
Great place.

Why did we ever leave?

You can't really raise a kid

in an apartment in The Village.

And then there was the whole
trek out to the hospital.

That didn't help either.

You were great.

I mean, surviving the heart
attack was one thing.

You had a heart attack?

Hey, Jack, stop that. 'Cause I am...
I'm still mad at you.

Who knows what
would have happened

if you hadn't stepped
in at the store.

That's why I work for Big Ed.

Yeah.

So, we had a baby,
Big Ed had a heart attack.

Bought that house, and I've been
working for him ever since.

Sayonara, Wall Street.

Our life in a nutshell.

If you want to
look at it that way.

How would you look at it?

A great success story.

What do you say, Jack?
Show them how to do it, baby.

All right, Jack,
we need a strike.

Damn!

Jesus, Jack.
What are you doing?

It's a league match, all right?

Where's your follow through?
Where's your stance?

You know what?
I'm doing the best I can.

BILL: It's okay, Jack.

ARNIE: Yeah, it's all right. Look, why
am I so competitive all the time?

You can still pick up that spare.
Yeah, looking good.

Take the spare.
Crack them, Jack!

Come on, Jack.
Here we go.

Hurt them.

BILL: Come on, Jack.
Pick it up.

You're Jack Campbell. You're
better than the sport.

You shot the rapids in Kenai.

You ran with the bulls
in Pamplona.

You've jumped out of an airplane

over the Mojave Desert,
for Christ's sake.

You can do this.
You can do this.

Yes! Victorious!

Ha-ha? Ah-ha?

(LAUGHING)

Huh? All right!

High five!

You're up.

Get them.

Hi, Jack.

Evelyn, right?

(LAUGHS) Very funny.

I saw you out on lane 20.

You got the flu or something?

Something like that, yeah.

Need a nurse?

Are you a nurse?

If that's what you want.

Hey, wait a minute.

Don't run away.

Are we...

Are we what, Jack?

Well...

Is there something
going on between us?

Are we finally being honest?

It would help me if we were.

Okay. You're right.

We've been dancing
around this for years.

Here goes.

When I get dressed for a party,

and I know you're
gonna be there,

let's just say
I don't go strapless

because my husband likes it.

I've got six sets of snow
tires piled up in my garage,

and I won't even
drive in the snow.

And our kids just happen to be

in the same ballet
class every year.

So, if you're asking whether
I'd like it to be more,

the answer's yes.

Kate would never have to know.

Do I have your number?

Steve's out of town
with the kids this week.

Why don't you just stop by?

Hey, Jack.
You're all flushed.

I feel good.

Guess that 71 took
a lot out of you.

No. I just saw
Evelyn Thompson.

She's relentless.

She wants to have
an affair with me.

She said that?

Pretty much.

(BOTH LAUGHING)

What is it about you?

So, if you would write her
exact address down there.

You have a pen?
Please.

Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Hold on. Hold on a second.

You're not actually thinking
about cheating on Kate, are you?

Well, it wouldn't really
be cheating, Arnie.

It's complicated.

Maybe I haven't been as good a
consigliere as you've been to me, okay?

But hear me out on this.

Okay, a little flirtation
is harmless,

but you're dealing with
fire here, all right, man?

The Fidelity Bank and Trust
is a tough creditor.

You make a deposit somewhere
else, they close your account.

Forever, all right?

Arnie, I don't want
your head to explode,

but I'm telling you, those
rules don't apply to me.

I'm not even...

I'm not talking about
rules, Jack, all right?

I'm talking about...

You're...

There isn't a guy in Union County
who wouldn't give his left nut

to be with Kate, all right?

She's amazing, and
you're gonna fuck it up.

Just think about that,
all right?

Hey, honey.
How was the game?

Long and boring
and generally pretty sad.

Arnie seemed to enjoy it.

Sort of.

Hey, where's that
chocolate cake?

Do you mean this chocolate cake?

That's my piece. I was saving
it because I got nauseated

by that precooked mini-mall
rotisserie chicken.

Mmm. Mmm.

It's good.

Give me that cake.

No way.

Come on.

I'm sorry.
It's too important to me.

(LAUGHING)

Ta-da!

I want that cake!

You want this cake?
I want it.

(BOTH LAUGHING)

Thank you.

It's good, right?
Uh-huh.

(LAUGHING)

Oh, God!

Are the kids asleep?

Mmm-hmm.

Say it to me, Jack.

What?

You know what I like to hear.

I know, baby. I know
what you like to hear.

Then tell me.
Tell me, tell me.

You're a bad girl, baby.
You make me so hot.

What?

Not it?

Nice, Jack.

What?

Sweeping me off my feet.

You make me hot.

ARNIE ON VIDEO: What
do you say, everyone?

This is a little birthday
party for Katie.

Happy birthday, Katie.
Happy birthday, Katie.

ARNIE: Good to see you
kids still together.

Hello, kids.
Happy birthday.

ARNIE: Look at that.
Very exciting.

Evelyn, you look tremendous.

Thank you.

Look what happens
when I do that.

Jack? The man.
Yes. Yes.

Do you have anything to say to your
lovely wife on the day of her birth?

You happy she was born?

Hey, hey!
Today's your birthday?

Yeah, that's funny, Jack.

JACK: Well,
you know what?

Wow, your birthday.
It's... You're my wife.

You are my wife. Today is your birthday.
(KATE LAUGHING)

Well, actually,
I do have one thing

that I want to say to you.

And God, I hope you like it.

Bill?

(PLAYING PIANO)

Oh, no.

ARNIE: Yes.
You hit it, Bill.

You wore that shirt last year, by the way.
Just so you know.

(SINGING) Many guys
have come to you

With a line that wasn't true Oh.

And you passed them by

Passed them by

Now you're in the center ring

And their lines
don't mean a thing

Why don't you let me try?

Let me try

Now, I don't wear a diamond ring

I don't even have a song to sing

AII I know is
Ia-Ia-Ia-Ia-Ia-Ia-Ia-Ia-Ia

Means I love you

La-Ia-Ia-Ia-Ia-Ia-Ia-Ia-Ia

Means I love you

GUESTS: Aw.

The things I am saying are true

And the way
I explain them to you

ARNIE: Get down, Jack.

Yes, to you

Listen to me

La-Ia-Ia-Ia-Ia-Ia-Ia-Ia-Ia

Means I love you

La-Ia-Ia-Ia-Ia-Ia-Ia-Ia-Ia

Means I love you

Happy birthday, sweetheart.

(ALL CHEERING)

ARNIE: Yeah.

Yeah, Jack!

There's love in the air.

He loves her. It's official.
There's love.

Mmm.

(BARKS)

(ALARM RINGING)

Mmm.

Come on, it's time to
get up, honey. Go, go.

Good morning, Joshie.

(COUGHS)

Happy anniversary, honey.

Now, listen,

before you do whatever crazy
stunt you've got planned,

I want you to open mine first.

Maybe I should wait.

No! Come on!

Come on, come on,
come on. Open it.

"Zeena"?

I found it at an outlet store.

Look, I know it's a knockoff,

but I think it's
gonna look great on you.

Oh, enjoy it, sweetheart.

(LAUGHING)

(SIGHS)

Yeah, you're probably
expecting something from me.

Here's the thing.

(SIGHS)

I hadn't really planned on
giving you your anniversary gift

until tonight.

You know, anniversary's
good all day.

What are you talking about?
You can never wait all day.

You can't even wait till
it's light out. Come on!

(LAUGHING) I know. I know.
That's me. It's true.

And... But...

It's funny. l...

You forgot.

You actually forgot
our anniversary.

I'll fix it.

I'll go out right now
and I'll get you something.

I'll make it right.

Let me know if there's enough
chocolate in there, sweetheart.

Mmm, not bad.
Good.

I should have warned you.

Dad always does something really
special for the anniversary.

Like what?

One year he had a
star named after her.

He had a star named after her?

Well, that's nice, but
isn't that a little corny?

Mom liked it.

Maybe there's a jewelry
store back at the mall.

I can pick her up a pair
of earrings or something.

That's good, but you did
forget the anniversary.

That's right.

And that is a major oversight.
Okay, okay.

So, if I'm Kate, I can't
afford the finer things.

My husband's career is definitely
a crushing disappointment to me.

I'm trapped in suburbia.

Did he ever take her
to the city?

Now you're
getting the hang of it.

(PIANO PLAYING)

(WHISPERING) Jack,
can we afford this place?

I'm taking my baby out for our anniversary.
Damn the costs.

(WAITER SPEAKING FRENCH)

We'll have the terrine
of quail breast

with shiitake mushrooms
to start.

Then the veal medallions
in raspberry truffle sauce.

And the sea scallops
with puréed artichoke hearts.

Very good, sir.

And may I say, those are
all excellent selections.

You may. Also, we'll have
a bottle of Lafite, '82.

Honey, that's
an $800 bottle of wine.

We'll just have some
red wine by the glass.

You are so not off
the hook yet, slick.

But I'm getting close, right?

You wanna dance?

I don't think there's
dancing here, Jack.

Oh, sure there is.
Come on.

(CHUCKLES)

Not bad for a tire
salesman from New Jersey.

I have my moments.

KATE: You gotta
try one of these.

Ah.
(LAUGHS)

God, I miss that taste.

I need to tell you something.

Okay.
(SIGHS)

I think it may help us,

but there's a slight chance
it could make things worse.

I'm living someone else's...

I feel like I'm living
someone else's life.

I remember I used
to walk to work,

and I had a warm bialy
in my hand,

and a hot cup of coffee
from Dean & Deluca,

the crisp feeling of
The Wall Street Journal,

the smell of leather
from my briefcase.

I used to be so sure about
everything, confident.

You know,
I knew exactly who I was

and what I wanted.

And then one morning, I woke up,

and suddenly
it was all different.

Worse, do you mean?

No.

Well, maybe a few things,
but mostly just different.

And it's okay.

But I never used to
be like this, Kate.

I was the guy who
had it all figured out.

I had no doubts.
I had no regrets.

And now?

Now I don't.

I don't have it all figured out.

Me neither.

But you always seem so certain.

Do you think there aren't
mornings when I wake up

and wonder, "What the hell
am I doing in New Jersey?"

Yeah.
Yeah.

Yeah.

My office is a dump.

I answer my own phone, and
you've seen my paycheck.

Your paycheck is a
disgrace to paychecks.

(LAUGHS)

Can you imagine a life where
everything was just easy?

You know, like, where
you ask for things,

and then people
just bring them to you?

It's wonderful.

(LAUGHING)

I think about it, too.

I do.

I wonder about what kind of life

I would have had if
I hadn't married you.

And?

And then I realize
I've just erased

all the things in my life
that I'm sure about.

You and the kids.

Good things.

Yeah.

What are you sure about?

I'm sure that right now,

there's nowhere else I'd
rather be than here with you.

(BOTH CHUCKLE)

Oh.

Oh, Jack.

You like it?
Oh.

(GASPS)

This is beautiful.

(CORK POPS)
Oh!

(BOTH LAUGHING)

You know champagne
makes me do crazy things.

I'll just fill
yours up to the top.

(SIGHS)

I don't know how you did it,
hoss, but you pulled it off.

I'm out of the doghouse?

(LAUGHS) Way out.

Happy anniversary, sweetheart.

You may even get
lucky tonight, Jack.

You're so beautiful.

I already told you,
you were gonna get lucky.

My God.

All this time,

I never stopped loving you.

That's all I wanted to hear.

(VIOLIN PLAYING)

(HUMMING TUNE)

I'm gonna wear the usual today.

What are you thinking?

You want to come to work with
Dad, help me sell some tires?

It's fun.
I'm pretty good at it.

Who's this? Who's that?
Who is that?

Who's on that tie?

That's Grandpa.

(COOING)
Yes.

KATE: Jack!

Have a great day.

(CHUCKLES)

For the money, this is hands
down the best radial we carry.

Okay. I guess
I'll take them.

You won't regret it.

Tommy, would you
set Mr. Collin up

with four BFGoodrich
g-Force T/As?

And give him 10% off for
having the best costume.

Oh, thank you.
You bet.

Right this way, sir.
Follow me.

Tell me, does the
tire smell good?

WOMAN OVER PA: Remember
our Valentine's Day special,

balance and alignment for free!

Hey, how you doing today?

It just blew out on me.

Do you have a tire like that?

I seem to have some
sort of a blowout here.

Why don't you let me
take this one, Kenny?

Okay, chief.

Peter Lassiter.

Do I know you?
Not exactly.

I've seen you on CNBC. You
look taller in real life.

Truth is, Mintz was so busy
timing his wife's breathing,

he didn't realize that Medtech

needed Global more
than the other way around.

Ten days, two weeks tops,

they would have approached
you with an offer.

And I'm willing to bet anything

it would have been
130 billion, not 122.

The trouble is, Peter, you had
a pussycat running the show.

What you needed was a Doberman.

I'm impressed.
I really am.

Now, about my car.

Sure. We're gonna have
to special order that tire,

so it'll be ready
in a couple of days.

All right. This is
my office address.

Why don't you drop off
the car yourself?

(CHUCKLES)

(DOOR OPENS)

We're really more of a boutique
operation, as you can see.

But you're not interested
in boutique dollars.

I get it.

He's expecting you,
Mr. Lassiter.

Alan, this is Jack Campbell,

the one I was telling you about.

Oh, of course.
Jack. Hi.

Mr. Mintz. No, no,
just call me Alan.

We like to cultivate a very
casual atmosphere around here.

I can see that.

Yes. What can I tell you?
Do you have kids?

Actually, yes. Two of them.
Good ones.

Great, great. Why don't
you have a seat?

Peter mentioned to me that
you're an avid CNBC watcher.

But he didn't say
whether you had

any actual
Wall Street experience.

I was a sales associate
at E. F. Hutton.

A broker, really?

And now you're in
the tire business?

That's right.
And auto supply.

In the retail end, I understand.

We get about 60% of our business
from automotive service.

And do you mind me asking what kind
of sales you did in the last year?

Just ballpark.

We did 1 .7 million
in total revenue.

1 .7. That's great. And what
do you project for this year?

I think we're gonna
have a banner year.

Sales are up almost 20%
in the first quarter,

and we just landed a major
trucking company account.

You did? Isn't that great?
That's terrific.

So that puts you, what,
just a tad over 2 million?

That's right. And that would make
us number one in our market.

Excuse me. I'm gonna
get a glass of water.

Look, I know our paltry
little $2 million in sales

is about what you spend a
year on office supplies.

And some regional trucking
company account is nothing

compared to
a multi-billion-dollar merger.

No, no, no, no, no.

I'm not trying to
knock the tire business.

It's okay, Alan.
I get it.

I'm in your shoes, I'm thinking
exactly the same thing.

But here's the deal.

Business is business.
Wall Street, Main Street,

it's all just a bunch of people
getting up in the morning,

trying to figure out
how the hell

they're going to send
their kids to college.

It's just people,
and I know people.

Oh, I'm sure you do.

Take you, for instance, Alan.

You have a certain
energy about you,

it's an active kind of energy.

I wouldn't be surprised if you
drank about 16 Diet Cokes a day.

You're an excellent father,

but you feel guilty about the
time you spend away from home.

You drink bourbon, but you
offer your clients scotch.

And your wife
decorated this office.

(LAUGHS)

He certainly seems
to have your number.

You're a little tougher, Peter.

For one thing,
you like expensive things.

That's easy.
You've seen my car.

(CHUCKLES)

You smoke Hoyo de Monterreys.

You're a scotch man, single
malt, not because it's trendy,

but because you've been doing
it for the last 40 years

and you like to
stay with what works.

You have two great loves
in your life, your horses

and this company.

And you're a man
who prides himself

in finding talent
in unusual places.

How would you know that?

Because I'm here.

I'm prepared to do whatever
it takes to get this job.

I'll start wherever
I have to start.

I'll park cars if I have to.

The biggest part
of judging character

is knowing yourself,
and I know this:

I can do this job.
I can.

Give me a chance, Peter.
I won't let you down.

Alan, why don't
you show Jack around?

This is our war room. We did seven
major deals in here last year,

three of them hostile.

Seven?
Yeah.

You get a kind
of a feeling from...

Can we cut the shit here
for a minute?

What did you do? Where did
you get that information?

Did you go through his wallet?

Did you surf some Net?
Something like that?

It doesn't really matter because that
circus act you pulled back there

may have dazzled Lassiter, but it
doesn't cut any shit with me at all.

Even if you get this job,
which I highly doubt,

let me just give you just
a little word of warning.

Peter Lassiter gets tired of his pet
projects very, very, very quickly.

I've got that
big office in there

because I prove myself to him
year after year after year.

And nobody is gonna come in here

and turn the old man's head,

especially not some tire
salesman from New Jersey.

So if you're cautious
and you're quiet,

you watch yourself, you
stay away from Lassiter,

and maybe I'll think about
keeping you on here

after he gets bored with you.

Do we understand each other?

(LAUGHING)

Alan!

God, you really are
different, aren't you?

Excuse me?

I mean, wow!

I'm impressed. I'm impressed.
Good for you.

Are we understanding each other?

Yes, Alan, I understand you.

Okay, then.

Good.

Good.
Okay. Okay.

Alan!

Keep your eyes closed.
Hold on.

(LAUGHS)

Go ahead.
Open your eyes.

Welcome to Xanadu.

It's pretty incredible,
isn't it?

It's like a museum.

Uh-huh.

Look around.

So what's the big surprise?

You didn't rent this
for the weekend, did you?

Think bigger.

For the week?

This place is a perk, Kate.

A perk?
Mmm-hmm.

For what?

A company called P. K.
Lassiter lnvestment House

uses it to
attract new executives.

I'm going into arbitrage, honey.

It turns out
I have a knack for it.

Jack, what are
you talking about?

I'll be making twice
what I make now,

plus a hefty bonus.
And that's just a start.

And we can live in this
apartment practically rent free

until we find
a place of our own.

Are you out of your mind?

I don't think so.

This is gonna be a better
life for all of us.

We can put Annie and Josh
into private schools.

Annie goes to
a great school, Jack.

I'm talking about the best schools
in the country here, Kate.

Jack, what could you
possibly be thinking about?

What about my...
What about my job?

Well, I mean,
this is New York City.

It's like the needy people
capital of the world.

Your Jersey clients
aren't a tenth as pathetic

as the ones you could find here.
(LAUGHING)

I can't even believe
you're talking

about moving back
into the city, Jack.

I thought the reason
that we left

was because we didn't want
to raise the kids here.

No. No. This is the
center of the universe.

"If I were living
in Roman times,"

"I would live in Rome.
Where else?"

"And today America
is the Roman Empire"

"and New York
is Rome itself."

John Lennon.
Jack!

Listen, okay.
Okay, you know something?

I'm detecting, like,
a funky tension here.

And this was supposed to be
a happy day, so guess what?

I don't need this.

We don't have to live here.
Forget it.

I'll commute.
I'll drive to work.

God!

In traffic, Jack, it's
over an hour each way.

That's like
three hours every day.

When are you ever going
to see the kids?

Kate.

You're not understanding me.

I'm talking about a perfect
life, a great life.

Everything we pictured when we were young.
The whole package.

You said so yourself. Life has
thrown us a few surprises,

so we made sacrifices.
Well, guess what?

Now, I can finally get us back on track.
I can do that, Kate.

I want to do that. I need
to do that as a man!

For all of us.

(SIGHS)

Please just think about
this for one second.

No more lousy restaurants.

No more clipping coupons.

No more shoveling snow.

Then get a goddamn
snow blower, Jack!

Don't go get a new career without
even telling me about it!

And don't... Don't take Annie
out of a school that she loves

and don't move us out of a house
we've become a family in.

(SIGHS)

You're... You're...

Don't you see? I'm talking
about us finally having a life

that other people envy.

Oh, Jack.

They already do envy us.

From London to New York.

I came back.

When you got on that plane,
I was sure it was over.

I left the airport afraid
I'd never see you again.

And then you showed up
the very next day.

That was a good surprise.

You know, I think about
the decision you made.

Maybe I was being naive,
but I believed

that we would grow old
together in this house,

that we'd spend holidays here

and have our grandchildren
come visit us here.

I had this image of us
all gray and wrinkly,

and me working in the garden,

and you repainting the deck.

But things change.

If you need this, Jack,
if you really need this,

I will take these kids
from a life they love,

and I'll take myself from the only
home we've ever shared together,

and I'll move
wherever you need to go.

I'll do that because I love you.

I love you,

and that's more important
to me than our address.

I choose us.

(SNIFFLES)

(GRUNTS)

(EXHALES)

JACK: Mine! Mine!
(ANNIE LAUGHING)

(JACK LAUGHING)

Oh. I'm gonna
chase you.

You can't catch me. No, you can't.
You can't.

(BOTH LAUGHING)

JACK: Oh!

(EXCLAIMING)

I fell down.

I knew you'd come back.

Oh, Annie.

I love you.

(BELL DINGING)

What are you doing?

Ringing my bell.

4.99? It's just salt,
for God sakes.

CASH: 99 cents, darling.

Out of 10.

You.

Jack!

What's up?
How you feeling, baby?

Why are you here?

Here's your change, darling.

5, 6, 7, 8,

9, 01.

Is that rock salt?

Look at you, man. Went and got
all domestic and everything.

(CHUCKLES)

You really figured
some things out, huh?

You're not sending me back.

Everything okay?

Yeah.

Hey, did you hear me?

Wait a second.

I'm talking to you.

You see that?

Character. And for
what, for 9 bucks?

I mean, that's just
so disappointing.

I'm not going back.
You understand me?

Okay, relax, Jack.

You can't do this.

You can't keep coming in and out

of people's lives,
messing things up.

It's not right.

A glimpse, by definition,
is an impermanent thing, Jack.

I've got kids.
I'm going home.

Is it morning yet?

No, honey.

Go back to sleep.

Take care, Annie.

I'm going back to
the mother ship.

Hey.

These past few weeks,
I know I've done some...

Some unusual things.

(LAUGHS)

It's been interesting,
that's for sure.

I've done some good things,
too, though, haven't I?

You've been Jack Campbell,

and that's always a good thing.

I need you to remember me, Kate.

How I am right now,

at this very moment.

I need you to put that image in
your heart and keep it there.

Keep it with you
no matter what happens.

Are you okay?
Yeah.

Yeah.

Please just promise me.

You have to promise me, Kate,

because if you don't, then
it's like it never happened,

and I don't think
I can live with that.

I promise.

Promise me again.

I promise.
Okay.

Now come to bed.

Soon.

(TELEPHONE RINGING)

Yeah.

MAN ON PHONE:
Hello? Mr. Campbell?

What time is it?

7:30.

Okay.

Are you up?
Yeah.

(EXHALES)

(SIGHS)

Waiting for me by the door, huh?

Paula.

Wow.

Merry Christmas.

Christmas?
It's not Christmas.

It's whatever you
want it to be, Jack.

No, it's not Christmas.

Jack. Jack?

Can I help you?

Is Kate here?

Does Kate live here?
Kate? No.

There's nobody named Kate here.

Of course not.

You okay?

No.

(CELL PHONE RINGING)

Hello.

Santa Claus, where are you?
Everybody's here.

Adelle?

You're a half an hour late.

The emergency strategy
session, trip to Aspen?

Is this ringing any bells?

Everybody is
panicked here, Jack.

Jack?

I'll be there in 20 minutes.

MINTZ: No, no, I'm not
gonna go talk to them

until I have something
to talk to them about.

Steve... Steve, I don't care if it's
Christmas day. We're in a crisis here.

Wait a minute. Jack just walked in.
I'll call you back.

Jack. Thank God
that you're...

You're here.
Are you all right?

What's going on here?

(CHUCKLING) What's going...
Well, it's not good.

Bob Thomas has
been secretly talking

to a European drug company, Jack,
and we don't know which one.

And they're gonna let Bob
buy a minority stake,

and, at the same time, let him
keep running the entire company.

And Global knows, Jack.
They know.

I don't know how they
know, but they know.

And they're up in arms.

And they think, somehow, we should
have been prepared for this.

(CHUCKLES) Prepared!

Oh, God, we're in trouble.

You know something, Alan?

Somewhere inside of you,

there's a much more
assertive person.

Is this another one of those
Sun Tzu Art of War tricks?

(LAUGHS)

No.

So, what are we gonna do, Jack?

Jack?

I'll tell you exactly
what we're going to do.

You're going to do whatever
you have to do to find out

which European company
he's been talking to.

Then I'm going to
clean myself up,

fly to Aspen and drink
eggnog with Bob Thomas.

His wife and kids
will be playing

in the background, in the snow,

while I convince him that the
European company is the devil

and Global is the
answer to his prayers.

Then I'm gonna spend four
hours skiing, alone.

Completely and utterly alone.

I'm going to do that
because that is my life.

That's what's real, and there's
nothing I can do to change that.

For Manhattan.

Kate Reynolds.

I need an address, too.

It's very fragile, so I want you
to be very careful with it, okay?

It's valuable.
It's over 300 years old.

You'll probably need
a few guys to carry it.

MAN: All right.

LORI: And the painting is also very,
very old, so take extra care.

It means a lot to Kate, okay?
I appreciate it.

Yeah? What?

Are you from the moving company?

I'm Jack Campbell. I'm
an old friend of Kate's.

Kate, some guy is here.

KATE: Hey, Lori, did you call the
airline like I asked you to do?

It's like
two hours... Jack.

Kate.

God, it's been a long time.
You look...

You look great.

Thanks.

I... Come on in.
Come on in.

I'm just doing some... Lori, do
you know where those boxes are?

I'm sorry.

No, no, no, no!
You know what... Jack.

Don't... Please.
I don't even care.

Oh, great. Thank you.

What's going on?

I'm moving to Paris.

Hey, Lori,
have you seen that box?

It says "Jack" on it.

And I put it with the rest
of the Salvation Army stuff.

Do you want me to look for the
box or call the airline, Kate?

Hey, kind of under
a little pressure here.

Hey, kind of giving up Christmas
day for my ex-boss here.

Hey, didn't seem to
mind offering to help

when she was opening the
Prada bag I gave her.

Maybe it's by
the wardrobe boxes.

Thank you.
Yeah.

So you're moving.

Yeah, to Paris.

My firm has an office there.
I'm gonna be heading it up.

Paris. Paris, France?

That's the one.

So, you're... You're
not at a nonprofit firm?

(LAUGHS) God, no, not
with what they pay me.

Are you married?

No, I never got
married, Jack. You?

Not exactly.

Look, could we
take a minute here,

maybe go get a cup of
coffee or something?

I'll go for a cup of coffee.

Yes. I found it.

Congratulations. Your earlier
flight was canceled,

but I got you out of
Kennedy on United at 7:00.

Excellent.

Am I good or what?

Yes, you're brilliant.

Thank you.
You're welcome.

Here you go. It's just
some old stuff of yours.

Do you ever think
about us, Kate?

About what might have happened?

Jack, I'll tell you what.

If you're ever in Paris,
I want you to look me up

and we'll go have
that cup of coffee, okay?

Or café. Or café au lait.

Oh, wait.
No, no, no, no!

Don't close that up. I will
never find this box again.

LORI: I marked it, okay?
'Cause I need you to leave it.

Just be more specific next time.

LORI: Okay,
we'll leave it open then.

I was just trying
to close it up, so...

KATE: Don't.

Make a right here.

DRIVER: Sir, you're gonna
be late for your flight.

We're not going to the airport.

You can't leave this here.

You can't park here!

Kate! You can't go.

Don't get on that plane.

Jack?

Please, let's just go have a cup of coffee.
That's all I'm asking for.

I'm sure there's another
flight to Paris tonight.

Jack. What are
you doing here?

Do you need closure?

Because if you do after all
these years, you got it.

I'm okay.

I'm fine.

I... I was
heartbroken, Jack,

but I got over it, I moved on.

And you should move on, too.

Okay? I'm sorry.

I just can't...
I've gotta go.

I'm sorry, Jack.
I'm sorry. Excuse me.

Can I just... I'm sorry.
I was here.

We have a house in Jersey!

We have two kids.

Annie and Josh.

Annie's not much of a violin
player, but she tries real hard.

She's a little precocious,

but that's only because she
says what's on her mind.

And when she smiles...

And Josh, he has your eyes.

He doesn't say much,
but we know he's smart.

He's always got his eyes open.

You know, he's
always watching us.

Sometimes you can look at him

and you just know he's
learning something new.

It's like witnessing a miracle.

The house is a mess,
but it's ours.

After 122 more payments,
it's going to be ours.

And you, you're
a nonprofit lawyer.

That's right. You're
completely nonprofit.

But that doesn't
seem to bother you.

And we're in love.

After 13 years of marriage,

we're still
unbelievably in love.

You won't even let me touch
you till I've said it.

I sing to you.

Not all the time, but definitely
on special occasions.

And we've... We've
dealt with our share

of surprises and made
a lot of sacrifices,

but we stayed together.

You see,

you're a better
person than I am,

and it made me a better
person to be around you.

I don't know. Maybe it
was all just a dream.

Maybe I went to bed one
lonely night in December

and I imagined it all,
but I swear,

nothing's ever felt more real.

And if you get on
that plane right now,

it'll disappear forever.

I know we could both go on with
our lives and we'd both be fine.

But I've seen what we
could be like together.

And I choose us.

Please, Kate.

One cup of coffee.

You can always go to Paris.

Just, please,

not tonight.

Okay, Jack.

Okay.