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All right, last thing:

I talked to Donna Martin this morning,

and she's gonna be returning to work tomorrow.

Oh, good for her.

Uh, my suggestion?

We, um, we act like she's never been gone.

Underplay the whole thing.

That's probably a good idea.

I'm sure she'd appreciate that.

All right, if there's nothing else, let's adjourn.

Have I mentioned that watching you

run a meeting is incredibly sexy?

You know, you're a demented woman.

But I like that in a woman.

You bastard. Hi, Rusty.

How dare you send the cops after me.

What are you talking about?

Yeah, like you didn't finger me

as the guy who's been bothering Donna.

I didn't say anything to the cops about you.

Rusty, they questioned everybody at the station about it.

Yeah, well, they came to my dorm

and made me feel like a criminal.

Is there some reason you should feel like a criminal?

You think you're so superior.

Hardly, but I do think

I've earned the right to be called "Mr. You Bastard."

Yeah, well, someone ought to knock you down a peg.

All you people.

I hope you and Donna rot in hell!

Was he just blowing off steam or was that a threat?

I have no idea.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

(knocking)

Mm-hmm, hang on.

Hey.

I'm Donna Martin. I hear you have a room for rent here.

Very sunny. Ocean view.

Sounds perfect. I'll take it.

Hi!

Welcome home.

Thank you. Tom, hey, oh, I'm sorry.

I didn't mean to interrupt you guys.

I was just leaving.

(chuckles)

(chuckles)

So, how does dinner sound later on tonight?

Very good.

Yeah? Mm-hmm.

Okay, I'll see you later, okay?

Mm-hmm.

Bye. Bye-bye.

You know I felt safe at my parents,

but not until this very second did I really feel

like this whole ordeal is over.

Well, Slan knew it was over

the minute you got that permanent restraining order.

That's why he left town.

Mm. I still cannot believe that he is gone. Yes!

Now you get to get your life back to normal.

Yep. Oh, right,

like you would know anything about normal.

What? Flirting is normal.

Kel,

you know how much Valerie likes Tom.

And I,

I don't know, I just think it's a little beneath you

to romance him just to spite her.

That is what I was doing in the beginning,

but now I really like the guy.

Well, is it worth tearing Valerie up to find out for sure?

Worth it?

Donna, it is icing on the cake.

♪ The first thing you'll see in the morning ♪

♪ Will be me... ♪

♪ Mm-mm, mm-mm... ♪

Well, today the After Dark, tomorrow your video's on MTV.

Don't I wish.

No, I'm serious.

That was really beautiful.

I still can't believe it's the first song you ever wrote.

Thanks, David.

It's, it's been a long time

since I've had someone in my corner.

What about your parents?

Well, they kind of disowned me

after I dropped out of school.

They don't know you have a gift?

Oh, no, they encouraged my singing...

in the church choir.

My playing in a rock band on the other hand...

(chuckles)

How long you been doing that?

Long enough to learn to live out of a suitcase,

get a good night's sleep on a bus.

Sounds brutal.

Yeah, well, I'm giving myself six months.

If I don't make something happen by then,

I'm just gonna go back to school.

And what? What, just give up music?

I'm pretty sure the industry will carry on without me.

See, and I'm pretty sure if you have a good demo tape,

the industry will sit up and take notice.

Yeah, well, I'll just have to take your word on that.

See, I'm way past short on cash.

And last I heard, those demo facilities cost lots of it.

You know, I've actually got a pretty nice recording studio

set up at my house.

I bet you say that to all the girls.

No, just the ones that can top the charts.

I hope you like it.

Arnie, it's beautiful.

Uh, that's okay, don't worry about us.

We'll get the bags.

It's called being in the zone.

Ballplayers do it all the time.

It's like they're unconscious.

I guess lovers do it, too.

You know, a little Christmas flirtation, fine,

I can handle that,

but they're, like, drooling all over each other.

I know.

Lovers.

(chuckles) Come on.

So, what'll it be?

We have seminars in history,

English, sciences.

Water torture?

Oh, come on Steve,

I think this retreat sounds terrific.

We can register.

I don't think this is gonna be such a good idea.

Hey, this is your idea, sister.

Don't you remember?

Intellectual stimulation by day,

physical stimulation at night. (chuckles slyly)

This is probably a good time to tell you

that, um, we're not rooming together.

What?

What, you think I want our parents sleeping together?

Clare, I am not rooming with my mother.

You don't have to.

Uh, I snore like a howler monkey.

Just so you know.

Oh, like father, like daughter.

It's a beautiful day.

What are you doing inside?

I'm working.

Why don't you come take a walk with me?

I don't want to.

Come on. Let's go.

No, I don't.

You know, maybe your working here wasn't such a good idea.

I just thought you could use some sun is all.

The stage hasn't been well-prepped,

the lighting's been sloppy.

All right, what are you saying, Val?

That maybe if you devoted more time to your job.

Instead of to Kelly?

She has nothing to do with it.

Then what is it?

What, that we're not sleeping together?

Don't flatter yourself.

You know what?

I'm gonna go take that walk, okay?

She's only with you to hurt me.

Tom?

Tom...

look, I'm sorry.

Forget what I said about your job.

You do it great.

Well, I did, anyway.

What's that supposed to mean?

I quit.

I'm so glad we're rooming together.

Give us a chance to get to know each other.

Yeah, me, too.

I'm looking forward to it.

Though I feel like I know you already.

Your father talks about you so much.

Well, talk I don't mind.

It's when he starts bringing out

the old photo albums, I get a little nervous.

Oh, but you were so cute, even with the braces.

Oh, no! He's the worst.

He's proud of you.

And from what I know, he has every right to be.

You wouldn't by chance be trying to butter me up, would you?

I mean every word.

And of course I'm trying to butter you up.

Well, at least you're honest about it.

He loves you, Clare.

He would never do anything that you wouldn't approve of.

(soft synthesizer chords playing)

I love it.

Oh, wait'll I finish the rest of the mix.

(phone rings)

Would you grab that for me?

Hello?

Hi. Uh, is David there?

He sure is. Would you like to talk to him?

Yeah, I would.

Who is this?

Chloe.

Chloe, hey, it's Donna.

Oh, hey, Donna. Here, I'll put you on with him.

The guy is a killer.

Hey, Don. What's up?

Hey, "Killer."

What's going on?

Uh, actually, I'm, I'm running out of material

for my Wardrobe Weather routine.

I was kinda hoping you could help me write some more.

Well, can't you just recycle?

I mean, there's only so many ways of saying

"It's going to be 70 and sunny."

I know. I just, I want to be ready.

Do you have enough to last through the rest of the week?

I think so.

All right, then how about this?

We'll get together this weekend

and we'll come up with some new stuff. It'll be great.

David, why do I feel like I'm getting the brush-off here?

Donna, I'm just helping

Chloe out with her demo, all right?

It's no big deal.

You promise?

I promise. How about this? As soon as I'm done,

I'll, uh, go pick up some Chinese and a movie

and we'll spend some time together.

Thanks. It means a lot,

but I really don't need a babysitter anymore, David.

All right. Well, I'll, uh, I'll be here if you need me.

That's nice,

but it won't be necessary. Everything's fine.

Bye.

That calls for something retro,

maybe a suede jacket to keep you toasty.

But when those clouds part,

you're gonna want to go a little bit lighter,

like a sweater, which you can always peel off

to take advantage of that...

MAN: You bitch.

Dad, that's not cream sauce, is it?

You know that's bad for your cholesterol.

It's over 300.

which, when combined with his diabetes, phlebitis,

hardening of the arteries...

Clare!

...and enlarged prostate,

Clare...

My main concern?

Overstimulation of any kind.

I think I'm gonna go get seconds. Excuse me.

Me, too.

Bye.

Clare, you really think that was necessary?

What? Well, I know

you're worried about your father getting hurt,

but it's pretty obvious my mom has flipped for the guy.

For God's sake, she went

to a seminar on the gold standard with him.

So what, you're not gonna help me break them up?

To keep them from having sex?

Heck, no.

I want them to have sex!

I hope we're having sex when we're their age.

Steve, I'm serious, okay?

I really need your help.

(both laughing)

I don't know, honey.

I haven't seen my mom look so happy in so long.

Happy? Obviously, she's gonna be happy.

Why wouldn't she be? She's taking my dad.

Taking him from who?

From me.

She's taking him from me.

I had a good time.

Good, I'm glad. So did I.

Do you want to come in?

Sure.

After we straighten some things out first.

Like what?

Are you trying to hurt Valerie or something?

Is that what she told you?

Right before she threatened to fire me

if I didn't stop seeing you.

Tom, she has no right to do that.

Look, I know you guys don't like each other very much.

Valerie's a friend of mine.

I don't want to be your way of getting back at her.

Does that answer your question?

No.

I don't like her.

But that's not why I'm with you.

I should go.

What'd you do?

When?

When she threatened your job?

I quit.

Hey, Rusty.

What do you want?

Nothing.

It's just, uh, my first day back in a while.

I kinda wanted to get here a little early and prepare.

You actually prepare that routine of yours?

And here I thought you had an excuse for being bad.

I heard, uh, you were pretty upset

about the police questioning you.

I'm really sorry it put you out.

Yeah, well, save your pity for someone who needs it.

Look, I'm just trying to be nice.

Yeah, well, don't be, okay?

Everything good?

And if it's not?

Donna?

Yeah, I'm fine.

I think maybe you should leave.

Yeah, well, nobody cares what you think.

Newsroom keys.

Give them to the commandant. I'm out of here.

Hey, forget about him.

Yeah. It's just with everything that's been going on...

Come here. (sobbing softly)

Come here.

I just don't want to be scared anymore.

We'll just tell them that their dating puts

too much stress on our relationship.

Yeah, thanks so much for doing this for me, baby.

And if they don't stop,

things between us will unravel.

Yeah. Yeah?

Oh.

Oh!

Hello? That's exactly what we're trying to stop, okay?

Yeah, okay. Well, when they break,

we'll move in.

If they break.

Mom!

We can't do this.

What's wrong?

Samantha, I really like you.

I think you already know that.

It's Clare.

She's not happy about our being together.

Give her time. She'll get used to the idea.

What about Steve?

You think the same will be true for him?

Well, I think it should.

He does seem pretty uncomfortable.

CHANCELLOR: I wanted this retreat

to bring the four of us together.

I nev... I-I never dreamed it could do the opposite.

Are you saying that we shouldn't see each other?

We have two great kids.

You know as well as I do

that they both seem to have a real problem

with our being together.

As wrong as we think they may be...

I think we've got to start listening to them.

You know, working behind the camera,

I look into everyone's eyes.

And you're the only one I felt was

really talking to me, the only one I feel...

I don't know, makes me feel important,

like you really understand me.

That's really nice of you to say.

Here, wear this.

Excuse me?

I think you'd look great in it.

The, the broadcast, it's about to start.

Don't you, uh, have to get ready or something?

No.

Something wrong?

No. I just, um,

I'm, I still feel a little shaken up by the thing

that happened with Rusty, that's all.

You don't have to worry. I'm here.

Mm.

How do I look?

Perfect.

Don't.

I know you like me.

Evan, you're, uh, you're making me very uncomfortable.

The phone calls,

the flowers.

I know you like the attention.

I don't know what you're talking about.

The sterling silver roses are beautiful, aren't they?

I picked them because they go with your eyes.

I'm sorry.

I really don't know what you're talking about.

You know we're meant to be together!

Look, um, if you sent me flowers, I'm sorry,

I didn't get them.

And, um,

if-if you called me,

you probably got my number mixed up with somebody else.

Look, if this is about the rat or trying to run you down...

I'm sorry, but you made me mad.

Brandon! Brandon, it's him!

TRACY: Who?

Evan, he's the one that stalked me.

Hey, man, whatever she said to you, it's a lie.

No.

You know, Evan, I think this may be something

for the authorities to sort out.

So I'm gonna call campus security

and have them come down here. Put it down.

Evan, don't make this any worse for yourself than it already is.

I said put it down!

God.

Donna, go lock the outer doors.

Now!

Evan, what are you doing?

Shut up!

Everybody shut up!

Come here. I want everybody over here now!

Let's go! Come on!

Right here!

Okay, everybody down.

Everybody down flat

on your stomachs. Do it now!

Hands behind your head. Evan,

take it easy, man.

We're all gonna do whatever you want.

Why don't you just relax?

I said do it!

All right, Donna, come here.

Donna, get up

and get over here.

All right, look, I got something to say,

and she's going to get hurt

if I don't get a chance to say it.

So get your butt in the control room, Walsh.

(sobbing softly)

Brandon.

Come on.

Get up.

Sit down.

Tracy, get up.

Now!

Focus...

Zoom.

You do a good job,

or it's gonna be the last job you do.

Got it?

(tapping on window): You ready?

Yeah. Yeah. You're on in, uh... 30 seconds.

This is 911.

Is this an emergency?

BRANDON: Hey, Evan. Evan...

I can handle this myself.

Why don't you let the hostages go?

Did you say hostages?

EVAN: Why don't you shut your mouth!

Just hang on, sir.

What is that?

What?

What the hell is that?!

I don't know.

Must have just gotten knocked off its cradle,

that's all.

Nothing funny, Walsh.

If you try cutting me off once I'm on the air,

I'll see it on the floor monitor.

How much time?

Ten seconds.

What are you gonna say?

I got plenty to say.

Don't worry about me.

Time!

BRANDON: You're on in three...

two.....

(switch clicks)

(whispers): Evan.

What?

We're on the air.

Right.

So go ahead.

Just a coffee. Thanks.

EVAN: Don't start playing your game.

I-I, I don't, I don't...

So go ahead!

What is that?

That's a gun.

He's got a gun!

(concerned murmuring)

So go ahead!

I don't know what you want me to say.

Tell them... that you love me.

Why are you doing this?

Say it!

Okay.

It's true.

I love you.

Now, please...

Please, put down the gun.

Damn right, it's true.

See, I kept me some documentation.

Read this.

Start here.

“January 15th.

"Donna Martin...

"started working at the station today.

"We hit it right off.

She even winked at me during the newscast.”

Okay. Now...

This.

“January 25th.

"Donna's...

"Donna's...

"Donna's a virgin.

"I think it's so romantic.

"she's only gonna give herself to one man.

"The way she looks at me through the camera,

I know that I'm the one.”

You see?

You see what I'm talking about?

There's plenty more.

Here, I want you to read this.

I want you to start here.

McCarthy! Jones!

Find every possible way into the studio.

Get the building blueprints if you have to.

Right on it, sir. Peters!

See if you can find someone close to this guy...

Family, professor, anything.

We're on it.

Rudman, find the custodian.

I want the air conditioner

in the studio turned off, the heat bumped.

(phone ringing)

Yeah.

This is Detective Rendell.

We have the building surrounded.

Is anyone hurt?

No, not yet.

From now on, this line stays open.

Listen to me.

I want you to do exactly as I say.

DONNA: I love you.

Say it again.

I love you.

Like you mean it.

I love you.

Like you mean it!

(Donna sobbing)

Evan...

I love you.

That's good.

Yeah.

Now everybody can see what I see.

That you're a damn liar!

BRANDON: Evan, Evan.

The police are here.

They want to talk to you.

No. No talking.

No deal.

Then you talk for me.

Tell him we're willing to work with him.

Evan, the cops want to be reasonable.

They want to work with you.

Well, they better or people are gonna start dying.

Evan, why don't you let everybody go

before you do something really stupid.

Don't tell me what to do!

You hear me? Don't tell me!

I hear you.

Listen, the cops are saying all you've done

is hold some people up.

You haven't hurt anyone.

I'm sure if you'd just talk to them...

You may be hearing me,

but you sure as hell aren't listening.

I said no talking.

Now, put the phone down-- now!

Now, where were we?

Oh, yeah. You were just

lying to my face

just like you have every day since we met.

Just leading me on.

No. No, I didn't.

I think you have!

Okay.

You're right.

I led you on.

You're damn right you did.

Always winking at me

behind the camera, running around the set,

being all friendly.

Hey, it's David.

I'm not here, so leave a message.

David, where are you?

Look, Donna is in real trouble.

When you get this, um, turn on CUTV and call me.

EVAN: This isn't over yet, Donna.

Come here.

All right.

I want you to repeat after me.

“I am a manipulative...”

"I...

"am...

a manipulative...”

“spiteful bitch.”

“spiteful bitch”"

EVAN: Everyone sit tight.

We're gonna be here

a long time.

You okay?

Yeah.

No.

Mind if I, uh, borrow him?

Sure.

Come on, Mom.

Let me buy you a drink.

Dad, I really love you.

Thanks.

I really love you.

I didn't really realize

what that meant until this afternoon.

I heard this, uh, man say that...

to really love someone means

wanting more for them than you want for yourself.

Smart man.

Yeah, the smartest.

I don't want you and Samantha to break up.

Really?

Yeah.

(chuckling) Oh!

Oh, you have no idea how happy I am

to hear you say that.

I'm sorry I tried to sabotage everything.

You don't need to apologize.

You know you're my number one girl.

Don't you know that nothing

is ever going to change that?

Yeah.

I was getting between you and the Chancellor

because that's what Clare wanted.

It felt to me that's what you wanted, too.

The truth is...

it is.

Mom, you're hardly ever around.

Then suddenly when you do show up,

it's to be with someone else.

What is that?

I'm sorry, sweetheart.

I've been horribly insensitive.

I definitely

should be around more.

Well, judging by the way

you and Arnold are hitting it off,

I'm sure you'll be around a lot more.

And that's okay with you?

Oh, Mom, it's more than okay.

That's what I want.

May I borrow her?

Be my guest.

He's all yours.

It's so hot in here.

Did I say you could talk?

What the hell's going on, Walsh?

Why's it so damn hot in here?

I have no idea.

It's gotta be the cops.

Put them on.

(phone ringing)

Yeah, hold on. It's Walsh.

Yeah.

Yeah, I'm gonna put you on with him over the P.A. system.

Hold on.

All right, you're on with Detective Rendell.

You turn the damn air back on!

It's hot in there? I had no idea.

I'll put a man right on it.

Meantime, how about a nice cold drink?

You're not coming in here.

Of course not.

All right, bring them to the outer doors.

Walsh.

You, go get them.

Look, if anything happens

when those doors are unlocked, I'll start shooting.

Help us, please! He's gonna kill us!

Put it down.

Evan,

please, you've got to let us go.

I said put it down now!

Get back on the ground with everybody else.

Go.

(door opening)

Here you go.

Over there on the desk.

Get over there.

Tastes good, doesn't it, Evan?

Yeah, yeah, it tastes good.

I did something for you.

I want you to do something for me.

I want you to let everyone go.

(scoffs)

No way.

It would show me a lot

if you let them go.

Evan, they haven't done anything to you.

I'm the only one you want.

I'll stay.

Donna, get up and come over here.

Tracy, get back on the camera.

Walsh, you open the doors and let everybody out.

Everybody get the hell out of here,

now, let's go.

Let's go!

This is good. This is real good.

Walsh, get back in the control room

where I can see you.

Now, what do you need to resolve the situation?

(sighs)

I need, uh...

I need everyone to know

what a lying bitch Donna is.

What do you need from me?

I need a, uh...

I need a car.

Yeah.

To take us wherever we want to go.

A car's good, I can do that.

But you've got to give me some time here though.

So, how about letting Donna go?

She's not a hostage.

She's my girlfriend.

We're in love.

Besides, you heard her-- she wants to stay.

If that's true, you can prove it by laying your gun down

and letting her walk if she wants.

I said she wants to.

And if you're right, then we don't have

a kidnapping problem, do we?

Problem is, there's only one way to show that.

What do you say?

(sighs)

What is that?!

Who the hell is that?!

Get back, or I'll kill her.

Don't shoot.

Back off. Now.

Walsh, get them the hell out of here!

Back away.

(door closing)

Negotiation's over.

Get a car within an hour or Donna dies.

(indistinct radio transmission)

You ever been to Mexico?

You're going to get us killed.

What about South America?

Did you hear what I said?

I hear Brazil is incredible.

Evan, it's over.

No, it's not.

Evan.

I said it's not!

I don't want to go anywhere with you.

Don't say that.

How can I say anything else?

You want me to care about you--

when did you ever give me the chance?

When most people like somebody

they ask them out on a date.

You would have said no.

You don't know that.

Yes, I do. How?

Because without this gun I'm a nobody.

So now you're a somebody, is that it?

Now you have all the power.

Damn right.

You don't have anything.

Don't push me here.

You want to kill me, go ahead.

You want to have me, what's stopping you?

I said don't push me.

I am pushing you.

And you can't handle it, not even with your gun.

You want to know why?

Because you're a creeper.

You creep into my apartment when I'm gone. Shut up.

You creep around the streets following me.

(gun cocking) I said shut up!

DONNA: Yeah, well, I don't want a creeper. I want a man.

Put down the gun and be a man.

What the hell are you looking at, huh?!

Get the hell out of here.

Come with me.

No, no, I can't.

I've got to stay with Donna.

If anything happens to you... It won't.

That was a good move, Evan. Very smart.

Now, what can I do for you?

Cut him off, Walsh.

Evan, talk to me.

Walsh!

Damn it.

He's gone.

(sobbing)

Don't hate me, Donna.

I just can't live without you.

Detective, with flash grenades,

we should be able to blind Evan long enough to subdue him.

Let's hope.

Get in position.

(sniffles)

Will you come sit next to me?

I didn't know how much you cared.

I just wanted us to be together.

It's embarrassing.

No, it's not.

It's sweet.

You know, it makes me think

this could actually work out between us.

You're just saying that.

I've never been to South America.

I hear the rain forest is supposed to be incredible.

We could be together there.

Would you take care of me?

Like a queen.

What about your boyfriend?

Everyone knows I care about you.

Really?

Brandon...

tell him.

Yeah. Yeah, that's right, Evan.

Donna's been talking for a long time

about breaking up with David.

Actually she's been telling me

about the crush that she has on you.

No lie?

BRANDON: No, no lie.

In fact, she just asked me

this morning about the Valentine's Day party

I was gonna have next week.

She wanted to invite you.

Valentine's Day?

Mm-hmm. So everyone can see us together.

Kiss me.

No, not with a gun pointed at me.

Now do you believe how much I care?

Yeah.

(Evan grunting)

Don't move!

You wouldn't.

Yes, I would.

Go, go! Go, go, go, go, go!

Turn over on your stomach.

Put your hands behind your back.

Don't move.

Hook him up.

Get him cuffed.

You said you wouldn't leave me.

I lied.

(breathing heavily)