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(siren wailing)

GINA: This is ridiculous.

DAVID: It's a precaution.

I can walk. PARAMEDIC: Sorry. Regulations.

What seems to be the trouble?

There's no trouble.

LOC two minutes, vitals are stable, no history of trauma.

Look, I don't even know why I'm here, all right?

Why don't you tell me what happened?

Nothing happened.

She collapsed.

I fainted. I fainted.

Did you hit your head? No, I didn't hit my head.

Are you on any medications? No, I'm not...

Are you pregnant? No, I'm not.

Look it, I have to go.

All right? You were unconscious for two minutes.

I want to run some blood tests and monitor you overnight

to find out why.

Did you hear what I said? I have to go.

Two minutes is a long time.

If I were you, I'd want to know why.

I want a CBC, chem panel, tox screen and ETOH level.

I'll check in later.

DAVID: What?

Gina, I thought you were dead.

Well, obviously, I'm not.

I got scared. Look,

I am not staying here, all right?

I don't need needles stuck in my arm.

Fine. And I don't need any blood tests.

Fine. And I definitely don't need

you taking care of me.

Fine. I'm just trying to help.

So, what do you think?

If that's the message you want to put out there, be my guest.

Oh, well, that's...

Thanks for your help.

Kel, what happened to you was a crime of violence,

not of sex.

It wasn't about wearing provocative dresses.

It wasn't anything you did.

You know, I saw Matt outside.

He told me he misses you.

Yeah, I saw him, too.

I just don't know what to say to him.

He'll understand.

I just don't want him to know.

You know, I don't want him...

(sighs)

I don't know what I want anymore.

He loves you.

What happened is not gonna change that.

Yeah.

I'm gonna go for a walk, you know, to the beach.

Okay, I'll come with.

No, it's okay.

No, I'll just close up. Donna,

I want to be alone.

Okay?

Matt's gonna want to hold your hand.

He's gonna want

to kiss you, he's gonna want to have sex with you.

He's not gonna understand when you don't.

I just can't tell him.

He'll help you if you do.

If you don't, I'm worried you're gonna lose him.

Me, too.

I'm deposing your wife's lover on Thursday.

No, I don't recommend you being there.

Counselor?

Would you hold one moment?

You and me--

we have some business to attend to.

Joe, I'm busy. Night of the breaking and entering,

cops beat me.

Nightsticks, Tasers, full Rodney King.

I think we got a case.

You as victim.

I'm seeing double, I got migraines.

I want to sue.

All right, sit tight.

I'll be off in a minute.

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ ♪

♪ I said to myself, "Oh, my God, girl, I miss you" ♪

♪ I'm lost in the thought of the last time I kissed you ♪

♪ 'Cause I need you like a drug ♪

♪ Well, I close my eyes just so I can see you ♪

♪ Roll down the window just so I can breathe you ♪

♪ Sometimes it's crazy when you walk away ♪

♪ But I know you'll call me, it'll be okay ♪

♪ The story's the same every time ♪

(knocking)

♪ As hard as you can push me and cuss me out... ♪

Hi.

How you doing?

The doctor says I have

an imbalance or...

(laughs)

I don't know.

Electrolyte something.

Sounds serious. No, it's...

It's really not.

Well, I just

thought you might want to know that I was okay.

Good. I'm glad.

I'll see you later.

You can tell me.

Whatever...

Whatever it is, um...

you can...

you can tell me.

Did you know that, when I was 12 years old,

I was the top-ranked skater in the country?

No.

And then adolescence struck, and I got hips and curves

and stuff.

Hips and curves?

It's a bad thing?

Yeah, it just means that I had

to skate harder, and...

...I just did worse.

I just always felt like if I could just

have a different body.

After I eat, I throw up.

I just did it a little bit at first, and then...

...I started doing it all the time.

Did it change anything?

Not in skating, but...

I don't know, in life,

I guess, it makes me feel

like I have some sense of control again.

Thank you for telling me.

You're the first person I've told.

I was there.

What?

I heard her scream.

Did you s... Did you see anything?

H-Happened in the alley.

She, uh...

She knocked these over.

Did you see him?

Heard her scream.

Look, lady, this is really important to me.

I-I went out to the street,

tried to get somebody to pay attention.

Okay, did you see anything? No!

No, I-I didn't.

The people on the street thought I was crazy.

Imagine that.

God bless you for what you're doing.

(roars)

(laughs)

We got a mention! Oh, Janet.

I was standing in line

at the Coffee Bean, right, and there it was.

Oh, Janet, you're about to witness a very symbolic moment.

The Chronicle's "Media Focus" column.

Listen it says, "Among new publishing ventures..." Ooh!

One that I've been waiting for a long, long, long, long time.

"...the Los Angeles-based Beverly Beat continues

"to impress with crisp writing...

I'm gonna kill the calculator.

...and smart, niche-oriented, Gen X tabloid stories."

The accountant called.

He said we can afford batteries.

Oh! Aah!

That was my moment.

I really hated that thing.

Do you know what this means?

This means that we finally have a valid profession.

This means that my mom can finally put me

in the Christmas letter.

It was touch-and-go for a while.

Yes.

Mmm!

But you stuck to your vision.

You-You found the perfect combination of salacious rumor.

Bold-faced... half-truths.

You're brilliant.

Crisp. Okay.

Here's what we need. You ready? Yeah.

We need a new scanner. Cha-ching.

More spot color in the center section.

Cha-ching. An assistant editor.

You're in luck.

I have 20 black lights for tonight's event.

Yes! Yes!

The Beat rented After Dark

for a little in-the-black, celebratory blowout.

Uh-huh. We are reinvesting the rest of the money, aren't we?

Oh, definitely, but we're gonna invest in the distribution end.

See, Janet, I want

to take this paper national in a year.

Maybe international in two.

Who knows? I could be the next Ted Turner.

Or Larry Flynt.

Well, in any event,

all the news that's unfit, we print. Yeah!

(laughs)

Are you okay?

Uh, yeah.

Has Donna talked to you about us?

No. Why?

No reason.

STEVE: And I want a new phone system,

and a new cooler-- one that actually chills

the water instead of just holding it at room temperature.

How do you put up with this guy?

Oh, it's easy.

It's low self-esteem.

(laughs)

MATT: Kelly?

KELLY: Just go away, Matt.

Kelly? Are you listening to me?

No, but I was the other night

when you said things are great between us.

Well, they're not.

Kelly, I'm trying to make you feel better.

I'm trying to help.

You can't.

Not if it's about us.

Not if you suddenly realized what I've known all along--

that you're light years too good for me.

You didn't just realize that, did you?

No.

Then I can help, see?

And nothing you can do

or say, or anywhere you decide to go is going

to keep me from trying, you got that?

I was raped.

What?

What?

When? When?

Listen to me.

I want you to tell me everything.

But I want you to know that I love you,

that I love you, and I'm right here,

and that this changes nothing.

Do you hear me?

It changes nothing.

(whispering)

Excuse me.

You have a second?

Can it wait?

Just like our conversation that never took place last night?

Um, why don't you go try this on in the dressing room.

I'll help you out in a second. Thank you.

Noah, I was busy.

Okay.

Doing what?

Something important.

Please just trust me on that.

No, that's it, okay. I can't trust you.

You can't?

Why? 'Cause I'm not ready

to move in with you.

No, because you're always pressuring me about commitment.

So, here I am, right in front of you, asking you

for it and you're blowing me off.

Okay.

I have a customer.

I've been pretty patient, I...

you know.

I've tried

telling you if we can't move forward in this relationship,

we should call it quits.

I've been clear about that, right?

Noah, please.

We're through.

♪ ♪

Got a minute?

Yeah, come on in.

I talked to Kelly.

About what happened.

Good.

She said she was on her way to meet you.

If you came over here

to try to make me feel guilty about that...

Do you? She said you've known for a couple days.

That shouldn't bother you. Why's that?

She's the victim of a sex crime.

It's easier maybe to talk about that

with someone who you're not having sex with.

(phone rings)

Yeah?

MAN: I saw the reward poster.

I have information.

Yeah, you About the rape.

and a hundred others I've talked to.

Blond. Early 20s.

I heard some guy bragging on it.

I'm listening.

Tomorrow. 3:00.

Jimmy's Tavern.

You show me the cash.

I'll show you the guy.

You know, you really

didn't have to do all this. I know.

I wanted to.

What? Um, I'm not gonna have to, uh...

Lock the bathroom door? No. worry about you...

Come on, I'm... I'm fine.

Okay, all right. Fine.

All right.

Mmm.

So, what was it?

The pressure of the exhibition?

Well, that didn't really help.

But, um...

you know, I started doing it a long time before that.

I don't know why I always

feel so...

...just not good enough,

not...

pretty enough.

Not blond enough.

Dylan.

Yeah, Dylan.

It's not that much fun waking up next to someone

when you know they want to be waking up next to someone else.

That's understandable, but, uh, you're not doing that anymore.

Yeah.

And maybe someday I may not even want to do it anymore.

Don't get me wrong, you know, Dylan is-is a friend.

But he hurts people.

Yeah.

But I hurt myself.

Hey.

I'm glad you're back.

What?

No, nothing.

You just look great.

Thanks.

Uh, Matt's gonna pick me up

any minute.

Do you have any lipstick?

Yeah, in my purse.

Oh, good.

So, did you tell him?

Yeah.

And he handled it incredibly well.

That's why

I feel like I can do this, you know?

(phone rings)

Mmm, don't.

I'm-- Do you mind if we screen?

Who are you hiding from?

You don't want to know.

About other people's problems?

I'm desperate for them.

DONNA: Hi. We're not home.

Leave a message. (beep)

WAYNE: Donna Martin. This is

your conscience speaking.

Pick up the phone and call Wayne.

Tell him where to meet for dinner tonight.

Oh, and tell him

to pay for it.

(beep)

I'm guessing he's not the problem.

(sighs)

Noah and I broke up.

On second thought...

No, not because of him.

(sighs)

Not exactly, I mean, first, it was the whole pressure

of looking for a house, moving in together and then--

then, yeah, it was the whole Wayne thing and...

And my problems...

Are important to me.

I'm sorry if I've been...

unavailable lately.

No, forget about it.

Okay.

As long as you promise to call Wayne back.

(chuckles)

Kel?

What?

You know what?

If I can get on with my life,

you can get on with yours.

GINA: Where'd you get all these dominos?

DAVID: This kid, he used

to live here and he moved, he left it all.

Check it out, Old Maid.

Huh?

Are you trying to distract me?

No.

I'm just really good at Old Maid.

(laughing)

Besides, I thought you said you could stop.

I can.

It's just gonna be a major accomplishment.

Your diversions are really helping me a lot.

(laughs)

Who would've thought, huh?

Simple dominos.

Here you go. Thank you.

Easy, don't slam

the door.

(sighs)

Well, some things are stronger than they look.

(groans)

Uh...

I need-- I need to... Yeah,

go ahead.

She wasn't

feeling too good, so, uh, she's gonna spend the night.

Yeah, that makes sense.

I'm sleeping on the couch.

Whatever.

Leave her alone.

(sighs)

You okay?

Yeah.

You?

Fine.

DAVID: Don't, seriously.

(Gina screams)

(both laughing, talking indistinctly)

(laughing)

DAVID: So loud.

GINA: I'm sorry. Ow.

That could've hurt.

You could've like blown out an ear drum or something.

Um...

(Gina laughing)

(Gina laughing)

(all chattering excitedly)

Your client robs a store and gets caught,

and says he's the victim.

Joe's a piece of work.

You know, total con.

Thing is, I looked into it

and he's got an argument...

So, I don't understand

if he was caught, why isn't he in jail?

Exigent circumstances.

A technicality.

You got a violent

criminal off on a technicality.

Kelly, he's not a violent criminal.

He stole a stereo.

Besides, the police have to follow the rules, too.

Why? No one else does.

I'm gonna get a drink.

♪ ♪

Hey.

Hey.

There's talk

of a fluorescent Twister game later, what do you say?

Yeah, I'll pass.

In case you haven't heard, we're celebrating here.

We made it. We're over the hump.

Oh, we finally made a career of titillating the masses.

Hip, hip hooray.

Janet, we're giving the people what they want.

There's no shame in that.

Yeah, for a temporary thing.

Like the stepping stone or a stop along the way

to something respectable.

I mean, now that I know

that I could do this for the rest of my life...

it's pretty much the last thing I want to do.

I'm sorry.

♪ Give up... ♪

♪ That you keep me from trying ♪

How'd it go with the cops?

I haven't heard anything.

Doughnut shops close around 2:00.

They'll probably fan out after that.

Dylan, they're doing

what they can. What, and you're okay with that?

I can't afford not to be.

Is Kelly with Donna tonight?

No, she's here. She's getting a drink.

How could you do that?

Do what? That!

All of-- look,

she doesn't need a scene like this right now.

Dylan, she wanted to come here so I brought her.

And don't even pretend you know

what she needs because neither of us do.

WAYNE: Well, that

certainly was not the elegant mixture of canned meat

and vegetables I'm used to.

I'll take it that's a good thing.

I don't know. I'm still adjusting

to the concept of taste.

(both laugh)

I'm really glad you called.

And I'm shocked you called me back.

Usually when a girl tells me

she needs time to think,

it's a polite way of saying she never wants to see me again.

Well, I had to figure some things out.

My being here, I take it that means you have.

Noah and I broke up today.

Really?

Mm-hmm.

Well, now I'm even more impressed by the meal.

You know, if...

if I hadn't looked out that window and seen you,

if I'd been sick that day

or helping a customer...

you know what I would be doing tonight?

I'd be picking out drapes for the house

that Noah and I would be living in.

Wow, and to think I had you pegged as boring.

Then, I have this friend,

and a few nights ago

she was in the wrong place at the wrong time,

and now her life will never be the same.

That right there is why you must seize the moment.

(chuckles)

Hold on to what you have.

And if I have a crush on you?

You should hold on extremely tight.

(chuckles)

♪ ♪

(music playing)

Would you like to dance?

Oh, no, thank you.

Uh...

What? Your drink.

Thank you.

Excuse me.

Oh.

Stop him.

Somebody stop that guy!

What, what, what, what, who?

That's him-- that's the guy that attacked me.

Hey...

What are you doing?

I'm sorry, I thought you were someone else.

What's going on?

Nothing, nothing.

Is she okay?

(music continues)

♪ ♪

Hi.

Hey.

Hey.

(David grunts, Gina clears throat)

Well, I guess I never made it to the other room.

Well, I guess you didn't.

I was really planning

on sleeping on the couch. Yeah,

I-I know that you were. I'm sorry.

Don't say you're sorry; it was...

it was fine.

(sighs)

Okay,

I'm going to go make some coffee.

Hey, David, listen, I, um... I...

I called Donna

yesterday just to let her know that I was sleeping over here,

so she wouldn't freak out or anything, and I just thought

that maybe...

well, if it's okay with you, I thought I would just call her

and tell her I was sleeping over here again...

...tonight.

You can stay as long as you want to.

Thanks.

DYLAN: Look, I came here

to see Kelly.

Has she gotten any sleep?

No, she hasn't.

It's okay, you don't have

to stop talking about me just because I'm here.

We were just concerned, Kel.

Yeah. After last night, we're all...

concerned.

Just one big concerned group.

You want some coffee?

Yeah.

That would be good.

(both chuckle)

(sighs)

You hungry?

For you? Yes.

(both laugh)

Last night was amazing.

Hmm.

You know what I would like to do today?

What would you like to do today?

I would like to play hooky.

Mm-hmm. Close the store and maybe go for a hike.

How's that sound?

Great, but I'm leaving.

Oh, okay, you want to do something later?

No, I'm leaving for Acapulco.

I have a tournament there.

Oh, you're leaving leaving.

Yeah, I know I told you about this.

Yes?

Yeah, so when are you going to be back?

Well, I have tournaments scheduled all summer.

I mean, it's not like I have a choice.

This is what I do, this is how I earn my living.

And I did ask you to come with me.

I know, and I told you

I can't just pick up and leave.

I have a job, friends.

My life's here.

Mine isn't.

That does not mean we made a mistake.

All right? (knocking)

Okay.

Hey, what are you doing here?

I owe you a huge apology.

I feel so stupid.

(door closes) I mean, I talked to Kelly last night.

She told me what happened to her.

That's why you couldn't tell me what you were doing.

Can we talk about this later?

Listen to me.

You wanted me to trust you, right?

I should never have doubted you.

I'm sorry.

Um, why don't we go to lunch

and we can talk about everything?

Everything, okay?

Is everything okay?

Yeah, I'm fine, I just... (door opens)

Uh, the pancakes are burn--

Look, um...

Shut up.

No... Don't touch me.

I'm looking for a guy named Sean.

Right here.

You're early. Is he here?

Maybe.

(crinkling)

What's this? Good faith,

not that I have much.

The reward's $100,000.

Yeah,

when he's arrested and convicted.

Now, where is he?

(crinkling)

Does that refresh

your memory?

Sure.

Guy said she was hot.

Take it or leave it.

Point him out.

Like I said... you're early.

I'll wait.

Beer.

(bottle opens)

Don't say anything else

about the girl who was attacked

or you'll be picking pieces of this beer bottle

out of your face.

Hi.

Hi.

I need your help.

Janet had one too many piña coladas last night.

She's sleeping in.

Steve, it's almost 4:00.

I know that, and I have a deadline in an hour.

I'm second guessing my lead story.

Where's Donna?

She went for a walk.

Look, this is the Beat's "Best of" issue,

except I'm like a proud father--

each one of these is my favorite.

Ooh, "The Unbelievable Wolfboy!"

Oh, yeah, pretty creepy, huh?

His fangs look penciled in.

Oh,

well, that's because they are.

Same thing with his claws

and body hair.

Can you keep a secret?

It's a picture of me from seventh grade.

(laughs)

Yes.

I like you as a brunette.

Well, thanks very much.

Page three girls-- boring.

Boring?

Well,

tacky, kind of.

I think she's pretty.

She's actually three girls in one.

We kind of pieced her together after the fact.

Sorry.

Sorry about what, Steve?

About this.

It objectifies women and it's crass.

You want to see crass?

"My Husband Was Eaten by Pygmies!"

I think

that's our winner.

I just wanted to help take your mind off things.

And you have.

In a way

you couldn't even imagine.

Thank you.

He's outside in the alley.

Do you want to catch this guy or not?

Yeah, let's go.

(grunting)

Hey.

(grunting)

If you're a cop, I don't know anything, man.

Guy said if I helped him out, he'd give me a hundred bucks.

Get out of here.

Stop whining. You gonna say you're sorry.

You did it for the money? Come on, come on...

You should die! ...come on, come on.

Son of a bitch.

Dead end?

Definitely.

What took you so long?

I had to finish my beer.

Come on.

I'm glad you offered to come with me.

Give me a reason to kill you...

(screaming)

No, no, no!

Kel, it's okay, it's over.

It's okay, Kel, it's over.

No, it's not.

And it won't be until he pays for what he did to me.

I know.

I know.

(sighs)

Hey.

Hey.

Is David up yet?

David's gone.

So, it's just us, then?

Yeah.

Look, I'm not doing this to hurt you

or to try and get some reaction out of you.

I know.

I just really need a friend right now.

I said I know.

So, how are you doing?

You okay?

Yeah, I'm good.

If I was still your friend, what would you say?

That...

that things suck right now.

That what's I would say to a friend.

If you were still my friend, do you know what I would say?

I have no idea.

I would say I feel the exact same way.

(sighs) David's really sweet.

It's really good for me to spend time with him.

So, what are we going to do?

I don't know.

♪ ♪

(knocks)

Noah?

Noah, just please hear me out.

(slams drawer shut)

Save it.

I'm sorry.

Look...

I have always known what I want.

And right now,

for the first time...

I am so confused.

I hope you know how much I love you.

(scoffs)

So much.

And I just want you to understand.

Understand?

You should have thought about that

before you lied and slept with someone else.

I can't change what happened,

but I do know how much we love each other.

And before we go ahead and say

all these horrible things and we can't go back,

could we please just try and work through this?

Do you love him?

I don't even know him.

I'm going down to the club, okay?

I'm going to find a really cute girl.

I'm going to take her home,

do the same thing you did the other night.

Then, I'm going to come to your place of work

and ask you to understand.

How does that sound?

Please, please, don't do that.

You did this.

I hate the word, "victim".

Yeah, I was raped.

Hey. I thought you

were going to go to the gym, then home.

Yeah, but I left my workout stuff here. Who's in there?

Oh, nobody.

Uh, no one not in a bikini?

Janet, you're jumping to conclusions.

Are there a bunch of women in there? Yes.

Are they there because of something to do with sex?

Yes.

Then, who's jumping to conclusions?

WOMAN: I didn't report the rape.

I felt ashamed.

We've all been through it.

Oh, come on in. You're new

to the group, aren't you?

Wrong room. We were just leaving.

Oh.

Uh, Stacey, you... you mentioned that...

Those women were raped?

Yeah.

Sexually assaulted in some way.

Their group met at the community center on Highland.

The one that burned down the other week?

Yeah. I called to check it out for Kelly.

They said they needed a place, so I offered.

Oh, your friend gets raped,

and you learn about support groups.

Mace, pepper spray, victims' rights.

You know, Kelly might not be ready for this yet.

Someday, maybe she will, though.

Can I walk you to your car?

You know that thing I said about...

There being women inside there?

And about me not wanting to work here?

Just forget about that.

Come on, you.

Noah's not going to have a one-night stand

just to spite you.

Well, he said he was.

He said he was.

To see if it would hurt you.

What did I do?

It's just, Wayne is...

Not around?

And you love Noah.

And if Wayne was around?

Then, you would have a big decision to make.

Do you mind if I...

Go.

Matt's upstairs with a client.

I'll just close up and I'll get a ride from him.

Thanks.

Tequila.

The finest duty-free had to offer.

Right there.

So, you actually went to Mexico?

Yep.

But did I mention to you that I, uh...

I have this friend here who makes high-end mountain bikes?

No. Uh-uh. No, I didn't?

Well, he wants me to help get his company off the ground.

Oh.

So, you're staying here because you got a job.

I have a job.

I'm staying here to be with you.

Dylan, have you seen Gi...?

JOE: So...

I got a case.

Yeah, yeah, you do.

Try not to burst a button or anything.

I uphold the law, Joe.

Guys like you take advantage of it.

Whatever.

Look, uh...

you know a place around here

where I can get my old lady something nice?

You know, in anticipation

of this big settlement you're going to get me.

Uh, yeah.

There's a store downstairs.

My girlfriend, Kelly, runs it. Oh, yeah?

If I tell her you sent me, do I get a discount?

(phone ringing)

Matt Durning.

Kelly Taylor.

Can you approximate how much I love you?

Can you get your butt down here, so we can go home?

15 more minutes, okay?

So I can bill another quarter hour.

You're sick. I love you, too.

Hi. Kelly?

Sorry. We're closed.

It's you.

Hey, you get out of here.

Shh.

(lock clicking)

(cocks gun)

(clicking)