One Good Turn (1996) Movie Script
[MUSIC PLAYING]
[HORN BLOWING]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Do I really need a new suit.
Oh no.
The fact of the matter is, I
loved it on you.
OK, so stay here and I'm going
to get it for you.
Happy birthday.
Don't get lost.
Oh God.
Ow.
Excuse me.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Si-- Simon?
Matt Forrest.
Remember?
Oh yeah.
You're the guy who bought me a
drink.
- [CHUCKLING] Yes. - How are you
doing?
Yes, I'm fine. How are you?
I'm fine.
I tried to get in touch with
you
when I got back to the States.
And the Army said you'd gone to
Germany,
and then I tried you there--
Look, I'd love to talk, but I
gotta catch a bus.
Do you-- do you live here?
Yeah, I moved into a small
place downtown after I got out.
It's nice seeing you again. Take
care.
- You too. - Matt?
Matt, yeah.
Matt?
Honey, I--
I thought you abandoned me.
No, I just--
I just saw this guy that I met
in Panama.
Mm-hm.
Well, that's cool.
[CHUCKLES] Honey.
Let's go.
Do you remember where we
parked?
I don't.
Yeah, we're up here.
[CHEERING]
Ha!
Oh.
[APPLAUSE]
10 years ago, when Matt and I
were fledgling production
assistants in New York, this man
insisted
that we come to LA to start our
own video production company.
Well, since he was the hardest
working guy that I've ever met,
not to mention the most
persuasive,
I packed up my wife and two kids
and followed him west.
Since then, I've watched him
push, beg, manipulate, cajole,
bully, and do everything else in
his power to make
this company what it is today.
And now with "Atlantis," the sky
is the limit.
Happy birthday, Matt.
Thank you.
[APPLAUSE]
Thank you.
I think that's great.
When did you decide?
A couple of weeks ago.
Well, it's not like we want one
tomorrow, but soon.
In the future-- the relatively
near future.
Mid-life crisis.
Hmm.
To tell the truth, ever since
Dad died,
I've been rethinking a lot of
things.
And then having that birthday
really--
Oh, come on.
You know how much I want to have
a baby.
I shouldn't even be here
tonight.
Come on, Matt.
The "Galaxy Station" demo isn't
due until--
No, I mean literally.
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
By all rights, I should be dead.
I should have died on September
5, 1983
in Panama when I was 22.
My car was bombed by the
Panamanian Liberation Front
outside a US military bar.
I turned the key, and the whole
engine blew.
I would have died.
Only someone pulled me out
before the car--
I came to for a couple of
seconds
before they loaded me into the
ambulance,
and I saw the guy who saved my
life.
Simon Jury.
That's the guy that I ran into
on the street today.
All you told me was that you
had a car accident.
Uh.
Well, it was a very
unsatisfactory reunion.
Um--
I really need to repay him
somehow.
Do you know where this guy
lives?
Somewhere downtown.
Look, I know a guy.
We're gonna call him tomorrow.
OK.
Thanks.
Johnny, Johnny, Johnny.
Hey, prosperity suits you well,
man.
Thanks a lot, Joe.
Yeah.
Now, he told me about your
situation.
And, uh, I gotta tell you
something, Matt.
I don't like mysteries.
There was this one time in
college
I had this crossword puzzle.
I finished the whole thing in
one afternoon--
except for two clues.
I sat up the whole following
day, the whole following night.
I finally got one clue on the
fourth night.
But I stayed up the whole
fucking week.
[CHUCKLING]
How long do you think it will
take you to find him?
No time at all.
Remember, we're working with the
government.
Maybe only one lifetime.
Not on my account.
With my little PC here, I can
locate every Simon
Jury in the LA area.
Good morning.
BOTH: Good morning.
Yes, exactly, exactly.
MAN [ON PHONE]: Hello, Matt.
Call line four.
[BEEPING]
Yeah?
SANTAPIETRO [ON PHONE]: Matt?
Joe Santapietro.
Excuse me.
This is Matt Forrest.
I think I found your guy.
The only Simon Jury, same age,
similar description.
Got out of the Army a year ago.
I haven't talked to him yet, but
his super down at his apartment
believes that this guy was in
Panama in '83.
You sure it's him?
Well, if you want to be 100%,
you're
gonna have to wait till I get
the details from the Army
records and social security.
No, I'll go by this weekend.
Good.
Covetous.
MATT [ON PHONE]: Pardon?
32 down, 8 letters.
"We witches love to deceive."
That drove me crazy for one
week.
[CHUCKLES]
Look, thanks very much.
[LOCK BEEPING]
Hey.
Hey, spare change, man?
Hey. - Sorry.
Come on. Can't you help--
Sorry.
Good morning.
I'm looking for Simon Jury.
Room 203.
Hey.
Use the stairway.
Elevator's busted.
Thanks.
[BABY CRYING]
WOMAN: Can you shut your baby
up!
[KNOCKING]
Hello?
[KNOCKING]
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
Hello?
[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]
Can I help you?
Oh!
I'm sorry, Simon, to show up out
of the blue like this, but--
How did you find me?
I hired a detective.
Let's go outside.
It gets stuffy in here.
I got out of the Army about a
year ago.
I should have stayed in.
There's not a lot of work for
soldiers outside
of the service.
Well, don't you have some sort
of military pension?
Nah, you gotta be in for 20
years to get one of those.
I get a 30% disability 'cause I
messed my knee up.
But most of my savings went to
cover my mom's funeral.
I get by.
Now, why'd you go to so much
trouble to find me?
I never got a chance to thank
you.
What you did that night--
well, I've never risked my life
to save anybody else's.
You've never had to.
When you look into someone
else's eyes
and you see they're gonna die if
you don't help,
then you don't see another
person.
You see yourself.
After that, there's no choice.
Simon, I'd like to help you
till you get back on your feet.
I appreciate the thought, Matt,
but I don't want your money.
Well, if you don't like the
idea of a gift,
just think of it as a loan.
No.
I was just in the right place at
the right time.
That's all.
You don't owe me anything.
It's not that I'm not grateful.
I just don't want any charity.
Would you consider a job offer
charity?
With my production company.
Well, it's nothing you're not
qualified for.
You know, it's glorified gopher
to start
until you learn the ropes.
Well, it's a really nice offer,
Matt,
but it's kind of hard for me to
take
any full-time work right now.
My buddy next door is dying of
cancer,
and I've been helping to look
out for him.
If you change your mind, you
promise to call me?
Hmm?
I promise.
Thanks for coming by.
[CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYING]
I don't think so.
Let me know if you need
anything.
You can't keep torturing
yourself.
You have to let it go, you know.
It's probably for the best
anyway.
You didn't know anything about
him.
He was too proud to, you know,
let me repay him.
But he's living like a bum.
Maybe you're the one that's
being too proud.
I'm not too proud of the fact
that
if the roles had been reversed
12 years ago, I don't--
think I could have done the
same.
Honey.
Come here.
You're one of the strongest
people I've ever met.
You just have to learn that
sometimes things
are beyond even your control.
Let it go.
[PHONE RINGING]
[SIGHS]
Jesus Christ.
This is Matt Forrest.
Simon?
How are you?
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
Not so good.
I'm calling from the hospital.
The friend I was telling you
about passed away this morning.
Listen, I was thinking about
what we were talking about.
Maybe I could use a clean break.
Is the job offer still good?
Thanks.
That's great.
Thanks a lot.
See you around.
Oh god, you're early.
I haven't even changed yet.
Honey, this is Simon.
Simon, my wife, Laura.
Hi.
Hi, nice to meet you.
Sorry for my appearance.
You look great.
I really appreciate you guys
inviting me to dinner.
Sure.
Well, we're happy to have you.
Well, let's get you something to
drink and show you around.
I'm just gonna run upstairs and
take a shower real quick.
So you never got married?
No, I never found the--
the right lady, I guess.
I-- I was in love once, but that
was a long time ago,
and things didn't work out.
[OPERA MUSIC PLAYING]
More wine, Simon?
Yeah, thanks.
So that old, um, Eastlake chair
in the hall.
Looks like it's seen better
days.
Yeah, I was just gonna take it
in for restoration tomorrow.
You're interested in antiques.
Yeah, my dad's business back
east was antique restoration.
Really?
Well, Laura has her own antique
store.
Yeah.
Really?
Mm-hm.
Well, I'd be happy to get that
chair back in shape for you.
Save your trip.
You don't have to do that.
SIMON: No, I'd enjoy it.
Well, that'd be really sweet.
So you, um-- you start work
tomorrow?
Uh-huh.
I'm gonna have to find you an
old car
because that bus trek is just
too long, you know?
That-- that's OK.
My apartment lease is up soon,
and I'll just
rent somewhere near the office.
When's your lease up?
This weekend.
It's not that easy to find
apartments over there.
No.
Why don't you stay at our pool
house?
There's no one there.
Well, that wouldn't be a
problem, would it, honey?
No.
MATT: Well, then it's settled
then.
That's really kind of you.
I-- I appreciate it.
MATT: No, it's nothing.
Not at all.
Uh, let me give you a hand,
Laura.
No, no, it's OK.
Matt and I will take care of it.
Yeah.
Sit, sit down.
Thank you.
So, uh, where'd you find that
Eastlake anyway?
They're kind of hard to come by,
aren't they?
Oh god. I've had it so long.
Um-- New Orleans, I think.
I buy stuff all over the place.
Who's for dessert?
Laura's specialty.
Apple pie.
You know, I love New Orleans.
That's a fun city. You get down
there much?
Not anymore, really.
I prefer to buy closer to home
now.
Well, let's eat this before it
gets cold, huh?
I'm gonna go get some
silverware.
MATT: Are you sure I can't give
you a ride?
SIMON: No, I'm positive.
I gotta walk some of this dinner
off,
and then I'll just hop on the
bus.
All right.
Uh-- say, Matt.
Yeah?
Did I say something at dinner
that upset Laura?
Oh, no, don't worry.
That had nothing to do with you.
Laura and I have a good
marriage, you know.
We have our rocky moments, like
everybody.
Uh-- a few years ago in New
Orleans,
Laura had an affair with an
antiques dealer
that she was working with, and
we nearly split.
We worked things out.
It wasn't easy, but we're
stronger than we've ever been.
And, uh, we're even considering
enlarging the population.
BOTH: [CHUCKLING]
Well, I'm glad.
You guys seem right for each
other.
Thanks.
So I will see you tomorrow.
I'm looking forward to it.
Big day.
- Better get my rest. - Yes.
[CHUCKLING]
Goodnight.
[SOFT MUSIC]
Are you sure?
Oh yeah.
[LAUGHING]
[MOANING]
[WHISTLING]
[KNOCKING]
Hey, Matt, where should I put
this?
Oh, just put it on the desk.
Thanks, Simon.
WOMAN [ON PHONE]: Tokyo on two,
Matt.
Simon.
Some of us are going across the
street for lunch.
Would you like to join us?
Oh gee, I'd like to, but I--
I've got some errands to run.
Oh.
MATT: All right, just let my
office know.
Thanks.
Great.
Hello.
Where were we?
Oh.
I'm sorry.
[CHATTER]
[CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYING]
Hi.
Hi.
What are you doing here?
I, uh, wanted to show you
something.
It's identical to the Eastlake
you have.
It's in a museum in Connecticut.
And-- and if you like, I could
give yours the same finish.
Yeah, that'd be great.
I was really excited when I
found it.
So how's the new job going?
Great.
I am really grateful to Matt for
giving me the opportunity.
I think he feels like you're
the one
that deserves the gratitude.
I don't know.
I never felt like I did anything
so wonderful.
Maybe I'd feel differently if
I'd saved the girl too.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
The girl?
SIMON: Yeah, in the car with
Matt.
There was-- was someone else in
the car?
Oh, I'm sorry.
I thought that-- she was a local
girl.
And I went back for her after I
pulled Matt out, and--
Was she a friend of Matt's?
I don't know.
I mean, I guess you'd probably
have to ask him.
Anyway, I just wanted to show
you this.
So I really gotta get back to
work, OK?
OK.
So long.
See you later.
OK.
I just can't believe you never
mentioned that somebody
else was with you.
Somebody that died.
I think it's really weird, Matt.
I mean, is that the reason why
you never
told me in the first place?
No.
Who was she?
It was just a girl that worked
in the bar some nights,
I think. - Oh, great.
So she was a hooker.
No.
So she was just somebody that
you didn't know,
but you decided to give her a
ride home anyway?
Look, Laura, it was a long time
ago.
What--
You survived, Matt.
But she didn't.
Look, I was drunk.
I-- I asked her to come back
with me.
She was going to come and spend
the night.
It wasn't like you've never had
a one-night stand.
I never paid for it.
And nobody died as a result.
Oh, like it's my fault they
bombed the damn car!
Look, I did not force her to
come with me.
I can't keep blaming myself.
I didn't kill her, Laura, so
stop looking at me like that.
LAURA: I'm not saying that.
MATT: Well, what are you saying?
[DOOR CLICKING]
I just don't understand why you
never told me.
Hey, you guys.
I'm not too early for dinner, am
I?
No. No, come on in.
Do you want some wine or
anything?
[PHONE RINGING]
WOMAN [ON ANSWERING MACHINE]:
You have reached the offices
of Power Play Interactive.
No one is here to take your
call.
Please leave a message after the
tone.
[BEEPING]
SANTAPIETRO [ON PHONE]: This
message is for Matt Forrest.
This is Joe Santapietro.
Please have him call me.
I finally got a report back from
an old buddy
in social security.
There's something interesting
here.
I thought-- - Joe?
It's John.
SANTAPIETRO [ON PHONE]: Hey,
man.
How's it going?
Good, good.
Uh, Matt's not here.
Everybody's gone for the
weekend.
It's probably not important,
but pass it on anyway.
He made an application for
unemployment benefits last year
and listed his military service
from '81 to '84.
Now, I may be wrong, but I
thought
he told Matt that he got out of
the service last year,
not 11 years ago.
Well, that's what Matt told me.
Well, it could be a mistake,
but I doubt it.
So pass it on anyway, will you?
You have a good night, man.
Yeah, you too.
[DIAL TONE BUZZING]
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
[KNOCKING]
Yeah, you, uh, Mr. Jury?
Yes.
Well, the mailman put your mail
in my box, man.
You see, I live, um, across the
way, you know.
In the pool house in the back.
It's a guest house.
My mom kind of kicked me out, so
that's where-- that's
where I'm living right now.
Oh, I'm sorry about that.
You see, it was--
it was right on top, you know,
and I
thought it had something to do
with my unpaid parking tickets.
So I just, you know, I didn't
even look at the name.
I just, like, opened it right
up, and, um, sorry, man.
It's all right.
Thanks.
Come on in.
All right.
Cool.
Cop a squat.
All right.
SIMON: What's your name, man?
Uh, Brent.
Uh, Mr. Jury?
Hey, call me Simon.
OK.
So, uh-- you-- you really on
parole, man?
SIMON: Uh-huh.
BRENT: What, um-- what'd you do?
Didn't pay my parking tickets.
[ROCK MUSIC]
So, Simon.
What-- what brought you out to
Los Angeles, man?
Well, I came here to look up a
guy I hadn't seen in a while.
I found him shopping.
[LAUGHS]
So they, uh-- they teach you to
drink like this in the Army?
Is that--
[LAUGHS]
It's like, be all that you can
be.
[LAUGHING] You know?
SIMON: Oh!
So what-- like, what-- what
other, you know,
um, tidbits of information did
they
bestow on you in the service?
First, you find your enemy's
weakness.
Then exploit it.
And once you got him totally
vulnerable, you finish him off!
[LAUGHING] That's cool, man!
Or you keep the chase going
just for the hell of it.
Aw yeah, man.
Come on, anything else?
I gotta use the head.
Why don't you have another beer,
hmm?
[SINGING] Be all that you can
be.
[WHISTLES]
You're going through my stuff?
Uh-- no. No, man.
Um, it just, uh--
just fell right off the counter
here.
Is that your girlfriend?
Not anymore.
We split up not long after that
photo was taken.
A month later, she was killed.
Really?
Wow.
Say, Brent.
You like to get high?
High?
You know, smoke dope.
[LAUGHS]
Well, yeah, I mean.
Uh, let's go for it, man.
But we gotta take it outside.
This ain't my place, and they
might get pissed.
[HORN BLARING]
[CHEERING]
Go!
Go!
Go!
Yeah!
[LAUGHS]
Close, man.
[LAUGHING] Oh.
You call that close?
Yeah.
I used to live nearby here.
I'd come down here at night, and
I'd watch the trains go by.
I'd count 'em.
Must be at least half a dozen go
by between now and midnight.
Big freight cars.
Wow.
So, man, did you--
did you ever have to kill
anybody, you know,
when you were in the Army?
I'll tell you this.
War will teach you something
you'll
never learn anyplace else.
What's that?
Faith.
What, like, um, God?
Religion?
Pfft.
No.
Trust.
Trusting yourself.
Trusting your buddies.
The kind of trust that you can't
get with a woman.
It can only exist between men.
There was a game that we used to
play in my outfit,
only it wasn't a game.
[HORN BLOWING]
You want to see how it works?
Yeah.
Come on.
All right.
Now, you stand under that light,
OK?
And put your hand up real high.
I'm gonna stand on the tracks
facing you.
When that train gets real close,
you drop your hand,
and I jump out of the way.
That's crazy, man.
It's about trust.
- All right. - You wanna go for
it?
Hell yeah.
It's not a joke, man.
My life's in your hands.
I got you.
I'm right here.
Yeah!
Yeah!
Whoa!
Yeah!
Yeah!
Whoo!
Yeah!
All right!
Whoo!
[LAUGHS]
You trusted me, man!
You trusted me!
Of course I trusted you.
Hey.
You ready to trust me?
Yeah! [LAUGHS]
All right, let's go for it.
Go, go.
All right, man.
Right here?
OK.
Whoo!
Whoo!
Yeah!
Yeah!
Oh, yeah!
Yeah!
[LAUGHS]
Whoo, man!
Oh, yeah!
Oh!
[LAUGHS]
Man, we're-- we're like
brothers, man.
You know?
That was-- that was a rush.
That was-- that was, like--
let's do another one. - Another
one?
Yeah.
I'm into it, man.
This was, like-- it was, like,
better than sex.
[LAUGHING] What would you know
about sex, you little pussy?
I ain't no pussy, man.
I am no pussy.
All right.
I am no pussy.
OK, now watch my hand.
Yeah.
Right now, man.
Here we go.
I'm ready.
Are you ready?
Whoo-hoo!
[LAUGHS]
Let's do it, man!
Yeah!
Is it coming?
I can't hear it.
I can't hear it.
Yeah!
Let's go!
Whoo!
Whoo-hoo!
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
Come on!
[LAUGHS]
I will say it to you.
I am not a pussy!
[GLASS CLINKING]
MATT: Look at that girl over
there, man.
God, I gotta take her home.
Maybe she's not hustling.
I don't care if she's hustling
or not.
God, she's beautiful!
SIMON: Mariam.
MATT: Take it easy.
That's funny.
[GIGGLING]
[EXPLOSIONS]
[LATIN MUSIC]
[SHOUTING]
[TENSE MUSIC]
[DOOR CLICKING]
[THUDDING]
[MOANING]
Did you know that Simon's
girlfriend
spent the night last night?
I don't think he has a regular
girlfriend.
Oh, great.
So it's someone he just picked
up off the street.
- Did you see her? - Yeah.
She was helping herself to the
contents of our refrigerator
in the middle of the night.
[LAUGHS]
It's not funny!
I mean, it's OK if he's spending
the night,
you know, but I don't think it's
appropriate
that he's bringing women home.
Honey, he's a single guy.
What do you want me to tell him,
that he should
be celibate while he's here?
I mean.
Well, yeah.
Maybe while he's staying here.
I think it's really rude.
Come on.
It's gonna be OK.
Look at you.
You're so beautiful.
[DOORBELL RINGS]
Shit, they're here.
Smile.
So there we are in Panama.
The United States Army-- a horde
of nasty, crazed GIs
ready to save the free world.
We end up blasting Noriega with
rock and roll. [CHUCKLING]
It was ridiculous.
So you were in the Army until
just last year, Simon?
Uh-huh.
I was stationed mostly overseas.
Germany, the Philippines.
I was in Saudi during the oil
war.
Actually, we probably saw you
on CNN.
[CHUCKLING]
Oh, speaking of oil, I happened
to notice a ton of it
under your car.
Oh, I know.
I've gotta take that in and have
it looked at.
You keep saying that.
Well, I'm gonna do it next
week.
It's like the Exxon Valdez was
parked there.
Didn't I just say that I was
gonna take that
in and have it taken care of?
Does anyone else once want some
salad?
There's plenty in the kitchen.
SIMON: Let me give you a hand.
We need to talk.
MATT: We do?
Santapietro called the office
last night.
According to social security
records,
Simon got out of the Army in
That was 11 years ago, Matt.
Well, he's obviously mistaken.
Maybe.
But I'm telling you, there's
just something about this guy
that I don't particularly trust.
Yeah, I'd say it's definitely a
problem
with the oil pan gasket.
I'll get the part tomorrow.
Great.
Great.
Well, you look like a guy with
a lot on his mind.
What's up?
Um-- that detective I hired,
uh,
says he's got records that show
you
got out of the Army in 1984.
What records?
MATT: Social security.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
I'm sorry, Matt.
I lied to you.
I was ashamed to admit how badly
things had gone for me.
It seemed like it was OK to tell
you that I'd
been slumming for a year or so.
But the truth is, I've been
picking up odd jobs here
and there for over 10 years.
Things got bad.
And I felt like a real loser
compared to you.
I'm sorry, Simon.
I didn't mean to put you on the
spot like that.
It's OK.
I feel better now that you know.
I was beginning to feel like a
real fraud.
MATT: Well, don't.
Thanks.
Come on.
Say, Matt.
Do you think it was just chance
that we ran into each other?
Sometimes I think maybe there
was a greater design.
Well.
[CHUCKLES]
Maybe.
Maybe.
[OPERA MUSIC PLAYING ON
HEADPHONES]
[KNOCKING]
Laura?
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
[GLASS CLINKING]
Laura?
Oh, hi.
Hi.
Is Matt around?
Um, no.
He, uh-- he had to take care of
some things at the office.
Oh.
Well, I wanted to show you
something.
The finish is done.
I just have to reupholster it.
It looks great.
Come here, I want to show you
something.
Come on.
See how smooth the texture is?
Yeah.
When-- when are you gonna be
finished?
Well, I was hoping today.
I was thinking of moving out
this week.
You found an apartment?
No, but I can tell you guys
need some space.
Yeah, it's been a little tense
between Matt and me,
but it has nothing to do with
you.
I think we're probably going to
go away for a few days
over Thanksgiving.
And, I don't know, hopefully we
can, you know, relax then.
Where are you going?
Um, we have a country house
that's
a couple hours out of town.
And, um-- it's been a rough year
for Matt.
You know, with his dad dying and
all.
And he really doesn't have the
outlets that he used to.
Outlets?
He quit drinking a couple years
ago.
Yeah.
It can be tough when you run out
of vices.
You don't look like a man who
has too many vices.
SIMON: Of course I do.
Like what?
[LAUGHS]
You wouldn't want to know.
I'm gonna get back to work on
this thing.
OK.
[WATER SPLASHING]
[PHONE RINGING]
Matt?
Fan mail.
Look at that.
Hmm?
Wow.
You know what's great about the
home entertainment market?
If you do it right, you can
reach millions of people
all over the world.
God, that's a hell of a lot of
power.
Better than sex.
[CHUCKLING] Yeah.
And we are on the brink of
selling
a new game to one of the biggest
distributors in Japan.
And if we do it, that'll take us
right to the top.
Fantastic.
Has this game got a name?
"Atlantis."
"Atlantis."
Yeah, they're choosing between
ours
and another company's over the
holidays.
I gotta get rid of some of this
nervous energy.
I'm gonna hit the gym. - Oh
jeez.
It says here some kid got hit by
a train
Saturday night right near where
I used to live.
They found traces of drugs in
him.
Man.
I don't know if these kids are
ever gonna learn.
Well, later, huh?
Yeah.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]
[KEYBOARD TAPPING]
[8-BIT MUSIC]
Hey, Simon?
You putting in some overtime?
Oh, no.
Matt told me to use the computer
so I could learn
the ropes in my spare time.
Say, Kristen.
Uh-- you going anywhere for the
holiday?
No.
I mean, my family wants me to go
back to New York,
but I can't really afford it.
And you?
I'm staying right here.
Uh-- do you like Cajun food?
Don't know.
I mean, I don't know if I've
ever really had it.
Well, I was gonna try this
place tonight.
I was wondering if you'd like to
join me.
Sure.
JOHN: I want to thank you for
coming and meeting
me on such short notice.
Oh, it's no problem.
So what'd you come down here for
anyway?
All that information that you
found out about Simon
was correct.
Then when Matt asked him about
it,
he said he was too embarrassed
to admit that he'd
been out of work for so long.
Matt's so damn stubborn.
You know, I just get this really
weird vibe from this guy.
All right, what do you want me
to do?
You want me to dig deeper?
It would be great.
The problem is that Matt doesn't
understand,
and, you know, he's not gonna--
Don't sweat it.
Thanks, Joe.
What is it with Matt?
I had a great time tonight.
I had a great time too.
Thanks for asking me.
It was my pleasure.
I should have asked you sooner.
- Really?
Yeah, really.
I have a great view.
You want to see it?
Yeah.
Wow.
You know, I thought you were
cute the first day
you came into the office.
No kidding.
[SOFT MUSIC]
So what about when you came into
the office at lunch today?
What'd you think then?
Huh?
What do you mean?
Did you still think I was cute?
You looked at me like I was
stealing state secrets.
Well, there's nothing sexier
than an industrial spy.
So you trust me?
Yeah.
You really trust me?
Huh?
Yes.
Really?
Yes.
Let go of your hands.
Yeah.
[MOANING]
[SCREAMS]
[LAUGHS]
I got you.
It's OK.
I got you.
ANNOUNCER [ON TV]: --with a
surprise upset,
beating the Bullets 108 to 99.
Mr. Salako?
Mr. Salako.
$30.
Mr. Salako.
Can I help you?
Mr. Salako.
Uh, Joe, Joe Santapietro.
I talked to you on the phone a
couple of days ago.
Yeah, I remember.
You, uh, still looking for Mr.
Jury?
Yeah, good.
'Cause he ain't here.
He suddenly left at the end of
last month.
No.
He's gone?
Don't tell me that he's--
oh man.
Oh.
It's my fault, it's not yours.
I can't believe this is my work
and I can't--
I can tell by your eyes, with
the discipline, you were where,
in the service, right?
You fought in the war?
Yeah.
South Central. - South Central
where?
Pacific?
The riots.
The riots.
I'm sorry.
You remember, uh, when we talked
I'd asked you if he'd--
well, he lived here for one
year, right?
Um-- did-- did he-- did he talk
about any other place he
might have lived before that?
He mentioned Germany one time
and then a couple other places.
And other places.
Do you think anybody in the
building
might know where he might have
gone?
I doubt it.
Anybody besides the guy that
was, uh--
his friend that lived next to
him, the one that died?
- What guy? - The one that died.
Look, I don't know where you
get your information from.
Nobody in this building died.
The only people to live next to
him
was Mrs. Lorriey in apartment
and the Lee family in apartment
And believe me when I tell you.
All the damn noise they make,
they ain't dead.
[KEYBOARD TAPPING]
Did you buy a bottle of vodka
recently?
What?
Simple question.
Did you buy a bottle of vodka?
N-- no, I didn't.
Why?
Because there's a half empty
bottle
up in the kitchen cabinet.
Well, it probably belongs to
Simon.
I already asked him. He doesn't
drink vodka.
Well, it's probably leftover
from our Christmas party.
It wasn't there last week.
[PHONE RINGING]
Hello.
JOHN [ON PHONE]: Matt? MATT:
Yeah.
JOHN [ON PHONE]: Matt, I just
got
off the phone with Santapietro.
I think there's something you
ought to know about Simon.
[SIGHS] Not that crap again.
There was no friend in the next
apartment
who died of cancer.
There was no friend period.
I think the guy's working you.
MATT [ON PHONE]: Yeah?
Well, how would Santapietro know
that?
He asked the super of the
building.
Look, I already paid him in
full.
What is he doing?
He said he'd ask a few
questions as a favor to me.
Oh, great.
So now you're working behind my
back too.
Look, Matt--
MATT [ON PHONE]: Goodbye, John.
[PHONE CLICKING]
[DIAL TONE BUZZING]
[WATER SPLASHING]
[LATIN MUSIC PLAYING]
[KNOCKING]
Come in.
How you doing, Matt?
[MUSIC STOPS PLAYING]
You OK, man?
Can we talk for a second?
Sure.
A detective I hired to find you
keeps finding information after
the fact.
He doesn't believe that you had
a friend die of cancer.
He doesn't believe that there
was any friend
at all living next door to you.
Man, if you want me to leave,
why don't you just say so?
You don't have to go checking up
on me.
I know you gave me a job and a
place to live,
and I appreciate it.
And you've got a right to know
as much as you
want to find out about me.
But, I mean, do you think I'm
lying to you?
Really?
Well, I just--
It was my old apartment
building.
My friend that your detective
says didn't exist.
He lived in my old apartment
building down in Echo Park
where I first lived when I came
to Los Angeles.
Oh god.
Oh!
You gotta learn to relax.
What happened to that party
animal
that I met down in Panama?
The guy who just had to have
that woman.
Here.
Old times.
Salud.
Ooh!
Oh!
What's wrong?
I-- I stopped a couple of years
ago.
I'm sorry.
I forgot.
No, it's all right.
It-- it's just--
you just don't seem like a guy
who would
have a problem with alcohol.
I mean, you seem like you're so
in control of your life.
Well.
I didn't go to AA or anything.
I just stopped.
I'll bet you can start and stop
anytime you want.
I stopped when I had to.
Yeah.
[CHUCKLES]
Hmm.
You know, if I had your
restraint,
my life would have turned out
real different.
You did something that most
people could never do.
Yeah.
Someone still died.
Yeah, but that wasn't your
fault.
No, I guess it wasn't, was it?
So what time are you leaving
tomorrow?
Oh.
Well, we were gonna leave around
lunchtime.
Uh, miss the holiday traffic.
Good idea.
I'll have the car ready by then.
[LATIN MUSIC PLAYING]
Goodnight, man.
Goodnight.
How's it going?
Fine.
Laura just called from the
hairdresser's.
She said she'd be back in about
half hour.
I'll definitely be done by
then.
Is that for me?
That's for you.
Thanks.
Ah.
The gasket's sealed.
It's ready to go.
I just have to rotate the tires.
You're the best.
Get out of here.
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
[CAR APPROACHING]
[DOOR CREAKING]
LAURA: It's crazy that we don't
come out here more often.
MATT: I know.
It looks good.
It's so great here.
I'll just look upstairs.
OK.
[PHONE RINGING]
I'll get it.
Hello?
Hi, John.
Yeah, hold on, I'll get him.
Just a minute.
It's John.
Hey, John.
We have a major crisis here.
The "Atlantis" puzzle is not in
the computer.
We've been here all afternoon
trying to find it.
Oh, come on, John.
It's gotta be there.
What about the backup disk?
There isn't one.
We've looked for it.
Did you make one?
Of course I did!
JOHN [ON PHONE]: Well, so where
is it?
I don't know.
Well, we're really screwed if
this thing doesn't
get to Tokyo by the weekend.
Look, you're absolutely sure
it's not there?
I'm positive.
We've looked everywhere for it.
Look, if I leave right now, I
can be there in two hours.
[YELLS]
Great.
I don't have a choice, Laura.
God, our future's riding on this
proposal.
I guess so.
[YELLS]
Look, if I can't get it sorted
out right away,
I'm just gonna stay the night
and come back in the morning,
wake you up.
I can't believe there's nobody
else that can do this.
They've tried.
Look, I'm sorry, Laura.
- Whatever. - I've gotta get
back.
I--
Whatever.
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
[KNOCKING]
What are you doing here?
Well, I was on my way to Las
Vegas
to visit an old Army buddy for
the holiday,
and Matt suggested that I make a
detour
and, uh, stop up here, see your
place.
He didn't mention it.
No?
No.
Can I come in?
Sure.
I'm sorry.
So how did you get here?
Hitchhiked.
Uh, so, where's Matt?
Um, he had to go back to LA.
There was some emergency at the
office.
I don't know.
Oh no.
I know.
Well, I got a bag full of
groceries.
I was gonna cook dinner for you
guys.
Aw.
Uh, so when's he gonna be back?
Probably not till tomorrow
morning.
Aw man.
Uh-- all right, well I, uh,
better get on the road
'cause I gotta get a motel near
town.
Oh, don't-- don't be
ridiculous.
I'm really glad you're here,
actually,
'cause it gets kind of spooky
being alone and stuff.
And we've got a spare room
upstairs.
So let's go put your bag up
there, OK?
We built the house when we first
got married.
Matt sort of did all the plans
and the design and everything.
It's pretty much his little
baby.
He furnished it too.
Wow.
Here we go.
So I'll let you get settled in
then.
OK.
I'll be down to cook dinner in
an hour.
You don't have to do that.
I want to.
Dinner will be ready in two
hours, madame.
Oh.
Well, how formal should I dress?
Whatever you're comfortable in.
OK.
Let me know if you need
anything.
[BAG BEEPS]
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
We've looked through the
indexes
of every disk in this building.
I called Tokyo and told them
that the overnight express
might be delayed because
weather's been causing
problems at the airport.
In LA?
Well, it buys us a few extra
hours.
I know it was in here.
Great, so I'm going to have to
do the whole thing again
from memory.
You have rough notes or
anything?
Why would I have a--
What is it?
MATT: This Pro Baseball file.
JOHN: What about it?
KRISTEN: From my time.
MATT: When did we do that?
Uh-- in 1988, '89.
It was one of the first games.
But why?
You sure you didn't transfer
the old proposals
to the new computers?
No.
- Oh Christ! - What?
I don't understand. - We got
these computers in '90.
So if you didn't transfer this
file--
There's no reason why it would
even be in this mainframe.
This computer does not erase
files.
Come on.
Come on!
NARRATOR: Powerplay Interactive
presents--
MATT: Oh!
Oh jeez.
How did it get retitled into
Pro Baseball?
Just print it out and get it
off before any of us
die of cardiac arrest.
I gotta get out of here.
My wife's gonna kill me.
You driving back up tonight?
Not.
I did enough driving today.
Matt, did you ask Simon to
learn the computers
on his spare time?
No.
Why?
Damn!
Look, I don't want to make any
accusations or anything,
but I found Simon on the
computer the other day.
And maybe I'm wrong, but I
thought he was
looking at the "Atlantis" file.
And then later that night he
seemed
really concerned about me having
seen what he was doing.
And why didn't you tell me this
three days ago?
It's OK.
Just go transfer the file, will
you?
Matt, when you get back, I want
you to carefully
think about Simon working here.
And I'm not talking to you as a
friend this time,
but as your business partner.
Look, John, this could be the
spurned woman talk.
And, you know, I think she and
Simon have been having a thing.
Oh, great.
Now he's sleeping his way around
this office?
Look, Matt.
If you ever owed him anything,
you've paid him in full.
He's not the only one you have a
debt to.
You know?
Yeah.
Maybe you're right.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
Holy mother of God.
[PHONE RINGING]
[PHONE RINGING]
[WATER SPLASHING]
[CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYING]
Hello?
SANTAPIETRO [ON PHONE]: Is Matt
there?
He's not here.
Is Mrs. Forrest there?
[DIAL TONE BUZZING]
Oh god.
[WATER SPLASHING]
[PHONE RINGING]
[BEEPING]
SANTAPIETRO [ON ANSWERING
MACHINE]:
Matt, I don't know if you're
checking your machine.
But I finally got Simon Jury's
armed service record,
and he did get out recently with
a dishonorable discharge--
after serving 10 years of a
16-year sentence
for manslaughter in 1984.
The defense tried to argue that
he was suffering
from post-traumatic stress
syndrome
after his ex-fiancee had been
killed
in a car bombing in Panama.
I called your place in the
country,
and Simon answered then hung up
on me.
Look, Officer, I don't know
what's happened.
That's the whole point.
But a crime has been committed!
Oh, dammit!
[CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYING]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
Looks like a great bottle.
Uh, I was gonna give it to my
buddy in Vegas,
but, uh, I think we deserve it
more.
I'll drink to that.
To be really honest, though, I
bought it
a while ago as a thank you
present for Matt.
But, uh, you told me about him
not drinking.
What's the matter?
Nothing.
I just was starting to worry
that he was drinking again.
What?
Look, it's between you and him.
It's probably none of my
business.
No, just tell me.
Well, when he came to look for
me downtown,
we had a couple of beers
together.
Son of a bitch.
Laura, I'm sorry.
I didn't mean to upset you.
No, he's just been lying to me
this whole time.
It was just a couple of beers.
Yeah, anyway.
You're right.
Like you said, it's between me
and him, right?
So let's not let it ruin our
dinner.
Here's to you.
Matt's a lucky man. [SIREN
BLARING]
WOMAN: [CRYING]
[POLICE RADIO CHATTER]
Stay with me!
Come on, stay with me!
Stay with me.
Go!
OK, you'll be all right.
You'll be all right.
Just sit down here.
[POLICE RADIO CHATTER]
[HELICOPTER WHIRRING]
[SIREN BLARING]
That was so wonderful.
Mm.
Thank you.
Oh, you don't have to do that.
No, I want to.
It's great you can cook.
It's really delicious.
Well, it was more the company
than the cooking.
[SOFT MUSIC]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
Laura.
Come on.
Come on!
[SIREN BLARING]
Oh!
[YELLING]
Damn!
Shit!
[MOANING]
I can't do this.
I can't.
That's all right.
Sorry.
It's all my fault. I--
I won't tell Matt.
And I think it's better if you
probably leave.
Please don't.
[CAR STALLING]
Come on.
Oh, please, come on!
[OPERA MUSIC PLAYING]
[KNOCKING]
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
[GASPS]
Mrs. Forrest.
I'm sorry.
I didn't mean to scare you.
Who are you?
My name is Joe Santapietro.
Your husband hired me to help
him find Simon Jury.
Matt's not here.
He's back in LA.
Is Mr. Jury--
is Mr. Jury staying here?
No.
He was going to, but he's not
here anymore.
What's this all about?
I think I have some information
regarding Mr. Jury
that both of you should know.
What are you talking about?
I don't think he ran into your
husband by accident.
I think he deliberately sought
him out.
That's ridiculous!
Why would he do that?
He didn't even want to take
credit for saving Matt's life.
Mr. Jury was once involved with
the lady
that was killed in Matt's car.
What?
Only a few months later, he
went off the deep end
and shot two unarmed teenagers
through the head.
[GUNSHOT]
[GASPS]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
Ugh!
I got nothing against you,
Laura.
But as you know, that son of a
bitch you married
tried to buy my girlfriend.
She died with his blood money in
her pocket.
He tried to buy me.
Now, come on.
Give it to me straight.
Did he buy you, Laura?
No.
Stupid.
Come here.
You know, in another time and
place I could've
really gone for you, Laura.
[GAS HISSING]
Laura?
[COUGHING]
Oh my god.
Come on, honey.
[GASPS]
[GUNSHOT]
Oh!
God!
[GUNSHOTS]
Stay down.
Ah!
[GUNSHOTS]
Ah!
[GUNSHOTS]
Whoa!
Oh!
Ah!
Ah!
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
SIMON: [WHISTLES]
Why are you doing this?
Why do you think?
Oh, I brought you into my home,
into my life.
I trusted you!
[GUNSHOTS]
Ah!
No! - Laura!
LAURA: Please--
[PUNCH THUDDING]
Laura!
Let her go, Simon!
Let her go!
Don't do this!
No!
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
Oh!
[GUNSHOT]
[EXPLOSION]
Laura!
[COUGHING]
Simon!
It's stuck!
Push!
Hey!
Hey, come on!
Push now!
Come on!
Push!
No!
No!
No!
[EXPLOSION]
[SOFT MUSIC]
[TENSE MUSIC]
[HORN BLOWING]
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Do I really need a new suit.
Oh no.
The fact of the matter is, I
loved it on you.
OK, so stay here and I'm going
to get it for you.
Happy birthday.
Don't get lost.
Oh God.
Ow.
Excuse me.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Si-- Simon?
Matt Forrest.
Remember?
Oh yeah.
You're the guy who bought me a
drink.
- [CHUCKLING] Yes. - How are you
doing?
Yes, I'm fine. How are you?
I'm fine.
I tried to get in touch with
you
when I got back to the States.
And the Army said you'd gone to
Germany,
and then I tried you there--
Look, I'd love to talk, but I
gotta catch a bus.
Do you-- do you live here?
Yeah, I moved into a small
place downtown after I got out.
It's nice seeing you again. Take
care.
- You too. - Matt?
Matt, yeah.
Matt?
Honey, I--
I thought you abandoned me.
No, I just--
I just saw this guy that I met
in Panama.
Mm-hm.
Well, that's cool.
[CHUCKLES] Honey.
Let's go.
Do you remember where we
parked?
I don't.
Yeah, we're up here.
[CHEERING]
Ha!
Oh.
[APPLAUSE]
10 years ago, when Matt and I
were fledgling production
assistants in New York, this man
insisted
that we come to LA to start our
own video production company.
Well, since he was the hardest
working guy that I've ever met,
not to mention the most
persuasive,
I packed up my wife and two kids
and followed him west.
Since then, I've watched him
push, beg, manipulate, cajole,
bully, and do everything else in
his power to make
this company what it is today.
And now with "Atlantis," the sky
is the limit.
Happy birthday, Matt.
Thank you.
[APPLAUSE]
Thank you.
I think that's great.
When did you decide?
A couple of weeks ago.
Well, it's not like we want one
tomorrow, but soon.
In the future-- the relatively
near future.
Mid-life crisis.
Hmm.
To tell the truth, ever since
Dad died,
I've been rethinking a lot of
things.
And then having that birthday
really--
Oh, come on.
You know how much I want to have
a baby.
I shouldn't even be here
tonight.
Come on, Matt.
The "Galaxy Station" demo isn't
due until--
No, I mean literally.
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
By all rights, I should be dead.
I should have died on September
5, 1983
in Panama when I was 22.
My car was bombed by the
Panamanian Liberation Front
outside a US military bar.
I turned the key, and the whole
engine blew.
I would have died.
Only someone pulled me out
before the car--
I came to for a couple of
seconds
before they loaded me into the
ambulance,
and I saw the guy who saved my
life.
Simon Jury.
That's the guy that I ran into
on the street today.
All you told me was that you
had a car accident.
Uh.
Well, it was a very
unsatisfactory reunion.
Um--
I really need to repay him
somehow.
Do you know where this guy
lives?
Somewhere downtown.
Look, I know a guy.
We're gonna call him tomorrow.
OK.
Thanks.
Johnny, Johnny, Johnny.
Hey, prosperity suits you well,
man.
Thanks a lot, Joe.
Yeah.
Now, he told me about your
situation.
And, uh, I gotta tell you
something, Matt.
I don't like mysteries.
There was this one time in
college
I had this crossword puzzle.
I finished the whole thing in
one afternoon--
except for two clues.
I sat up the whole following
day, the whole following night.
I finally got one clue on the
fourth night.
But I stayed up the whole
fucking week.
[CHUCKLING]
How long do you think it will
take you to find him?
No time at all.
Remember, we're working with the
government.
Maybe only one lifetime.
Not on my account.
With my little PC here, I can
locate every Simon
Jury in the LA area.
Good morning.
BOTH: Good morning.
Yes, exactly, exactly.
MAN [ON PHONE]: Hello, Matt.
Call line four.
[BEEPING]
Yeah?
SANTAPIETRO [ON PHONE]: Matt?
Joe Santapietro.
Excuse me.
This is Matt Forrest.
I think I found your guy.
The only Simon Jury, same age,
similar description.
Got out of the Army a year ago.
I haven't talked to him yet, but
his super down at his apartment
believes that this guy was in
Panama in '83.
You sure it's him?
Well, if you want to be 100%,
you're
gonna have to wait till I get
the details from the Army
records and social security.
No, I'll go by this weekend.
Good.
Covetous.
MATT [ON PHONE]: Pardon?
32 down, 8 letters.
"We witches love to deceive."
That drove me crazy for one
week.
[CHUCKLES]
Look, thanks very much.
[LOCK BEEPING]
Hey.
Hey, spare change, man?
Hey. - Sorry.
Come on. Can't you help--
Sorry.
Good morning.
I'm looking for Simon Jury.
Room 203.
Hey.
Use the stairway.
Elevator's busted.
Thanks.
[BABY CRYING]
WOMAN: Can you shut your baby
up!
[KNOCKING]
Hello?
[KNOCKING]
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
Hello?
[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]
Can I help you?
Oh!
I'm sorry, Simon, to show up out
of the blue like this, but--
How did you find me?
I hired a detective.
Let's go outside.
It gets stuffy in here.
I got out of the Army about a
year ago.
I should have stayed in.
There's not a lot of work for
soldiers outside
of the service.
Well, don't you have some sort
of military pension?
Nah, you gotta be in for 20
years to get one of those.
I get a 30% disability 'cause I
messed my knee up.
But most of my savings went to
cover my mom's funeral.
I get by.
Now, why'd you go to so much
trouble to find me?
I never got a chance to thank
you.
What you did that night--
well, I've never risked my life
to save anybody else's.
You've never had to.
When you look into someone
else's eyes
and you see they're gonna die if
you don't help,
then you don't see another
person.
You see yourself.
After that, there's no choice.
Simon, I'd like to help you
till you get back on your feet.
I appreciate the thought, Matt,
but I don't want your money.
Well, if you don't like the
idea of a gift,
just think of it as a loan.
No.
I was just in the right place at
the right time.
That's all.
You don't owe me anything.
It's not that I'm not grateful.
I just don't want any charity.
Would you consider a job offer
charity?
With my production company.
Well, it's nothing you're not
qualified for.
You know, it's glorified gopher
to start
until you learn the ropes.
Well, it's a really nice offer,
Matt,
but it's kind of hard for me to
take
any full-time work right now.
My buddy next door is dying of
cancer,
and I've been helping to look
out for him.
If you change your mind, you
promise to call me?
Hmm?
I promise.
Thanks for coming by.
[CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYING]
I don't think so.
Let me know if you need
anything.
You can't keep torturing
yourself.
You have to let it go, you know.
It's probably for the best
anyway.
You didn't know anything about
him.
He was too proud to, you know,
let me repay him.
But he's living like a bum.
Maybe you're the one that's
being too proud.
I'm not too proud of the fact
that
if the roles had been reversed
12 years ago, I don't--
think I could have done the
same.
Honey.
Come here.
You're one of the strongest
people I've ever met.
You just have to learn that
sometimes things
are beyond even your control.
Let it go.
[PHONE RINGING]
[SIGHS]
Jesus Christ.
This is Matt Forrest.
Simon?
How are you?
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
Not so good.
I'm calling from the hospital.
The friend I was telling you
about passed away this morning.
Listen, I was thinking about
what we were talking about.
Maybe I could use a clean break.
Is the job offer still good?
Thanks.
That's great.
Thanks a lot.
See you around.
Oh god, you're early.
I haven't even changed yet.
Honey, this is Simon.
Simon, my wife, Laura.
Hi.
Hi, nice to meet you.
Sorry for my appearance.
You look great.
I really appreciate you guys
inviting me to dinner.
Sure.
Well, we're happy to have you.
Well, let's get you something to
drink and show you around.
I'm just gonna run upstairs and
take a shower real quick.
So you never got married?
No, I never found the--
the right lady, I guess.
I-- I was in love once, but that
was a long time ago,
and things didn't work out.
[OPERA MUSIC PLAYING]
More wine, Simon?
Yeah, thanks.
So that old, um, Eastlake chair
in the hall.
Looks like it's seen better
days.
Yeah, I was just gonna take it
in for restoration tomorrow.
You're interested in antiques.
Yeah, my dad's business back
east was antique restoration.
Really?
Well, Laura has her own antique
store.
Yeah.
Really?
Mm-hm.
Well, I'd be happy to get that
chair back in shape for you.
Save your trip.
You don't have to do that.
SIMON: No, I'd enjoy it.
Well, that'd be really sweet.
So you, um-- you start work
tomorrow?
Uh-huh.
I'm gonna have to find you an
old car
because that bus trek is just
too long, you know?
That-- that's OK.
My apartment lease is up soon,
and I'll just
rent somewhere near the office.
When's your lease up?
This weekend.
It's not that easy to find
apartments over there.
No.
Why don't you stay at our pool
house?
There's no one there.
Well, that wouldn't be a
problem, would it, honey?
No.
MATT: Well, then it's settled
then.
That's really kind of you.
I-- I appreciate it.
MATT: No, it's nothing.
Not at all.
Uh, let me give you a hand,
Laura.
No, no, it's OK.
Matt and I will take care of it.
Yeah.
Sit, sit down.
Thank you.
So, uh, where'd you find that
Eastlake anyway?
They're kind of hard to come by,
aren't they?
Oh god. I've had it so long.
Um-- New Orleans, I think.
I buy stuff all over the place.
Who's for dessert?
Laura's specialty.
Apple pie.
You know, I love New Orleans.
That's a fun city. You get down
there much?
Not anymore, really.
I prefer to buy closer to home
now.
Well, let's eat this before it
gets cold, huh?
I'm gonna go get some
silverware.
MATT: Are you sure I can't give
you a ride?
SIMON: No, I'm positive.
I gotta walk some of this dinner
off,
and then I'll just hop on the
bus.
All right.
Uh-- say, Matt.
Yeah?
Did I say something at dinner
that upset Laura?
Oh, no, don't worry.
That had nothing to do with you.
Laura and I have a good
marriage, you know.
We have our rocky moments, like
everybody.
Uh-- a few years ago in New
Orleans,
Laura had an affair with an
antiques dealer
that she was working with, and
we nearly split.
We worked things out.
It wasn't easy, but we're
stronger than we've ever been.
And, uh, we're even considering
enlarging the population.
BOTH: [CHUCKLING]
Well, I'm glad.
You guys seem right for each
other.
Thanks.
So I will see you tomorrow.
I'm looking forward to it.
Big day.
- Better get my rest. - Yes.
[CHUCKLING]
Goodnight.
[SOFT MUSIC]
Are you sure?
Oh yeah.
[LAUGHING]
[MOANING]
[WHISTLING]
[KNOCKING]
Hey, Matt, where should I put
this?
Oh, just put it on the desk.
Thanks, Simon.
WOMAN [ON PHONE]: Tokyo on two,
Matt.
Simon.
Some of us are going across the
street for lunch.
Would you like to join us?
Oh gee, I'd like to, but I--
I've got some errands to run.
Oh.
MATT: All right, just let my
office know.
Thanks.
Great.
Hello.
Where were we?
Oh.
I'm sorry.
[CHATTER]
[CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYING]
Hi.
Hi.
What are you doing here?
I, uh, wanted to show you
something.
It's identical to the Eastlake
you have.
It's in a museum in Connecticut.
And-- and if you like, I could
give yours the same finish.
Yeah, that'd be great.
I was really excited when I
found it.
So how's the new job going?
Great.
I am really grateful to Matt for
giving me the opportunity.
I think he feels like you're
the one
that deserves the gratitude.
I don't know.
I never felt like I did anything
so wonderful.
Maybe I'd feel differently if
I'd saved the girl too.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
The girl?
SIMON: Yeah, in the car with
Matt.
There was-- was someone else in
the car?
Oh, I'm sorry.
I thought that-- she was a local
girl.
And I went back for her after I
pulled Matt out, and--
Was she a friend of Matt's?
I don't know.
I mean, I guess you'd probably
have to ask him.
Anyway, I just wanted to show
you this.
So I really gotta get back to
work, OK?
OK.
So long.
See you later.
OK.
I just can't believe you never
mentioned that somebody
else was with you.
Somebody that died.
I think it's really weird, Matt.
I mean, is that the reason why
you never
told me in the first place?
No.
Who was she?
It was just a girl that worked
in the bar some nights,
I think. - Oh, great.
So she was a hooker.
No.
So she was just somebody that
you didn't know,
but you decided to give her a
ride home anyway?
Look, Laura, it was a long time
ago.
What--
You survived, Matt.
But she didn't.
Look, I was drunk.
I-- I asked her to come back
with me.
She was going to come and spend
the night.
It wasn't like you've never had
a one-night stand.
I never paid for it.
And nobody died as a result.
Oh, like it's my fault they
bombed the damn car!
Look, I did not force her to
come with me.
I can't keep blaming myself.
I didn't kill her, Laura, so
stop looking at me like that.
LAURA: I'm not saying that.
MATT: Well, what are you saying?
[DOOR CLICKING]
I just don't understand why you
never told me.
Hey, you guys.
I'm not too early for dinner, am
I?
No. No, come on in.
Do you want some wine or
anything?
[PHONE RINGING]
WOMAN [ON ANSWERING MACHINE]:
You have reached the offices
of Power Play Interactive.
No one is here to take your
call.
Please leave a message after the
tone.
[BEEPING]
SANTAPIETRO [ON PHONE]: This
message is for Matt Forrest.
This is Joe Santapietro.
Please have him call me.
I finally got a report back from
an old buddy
in social security.
There's something interesting
here.
I thought-- - Joe?
It's John.
SANTAPIETRO [ON PHONE]: Hey,
man.
How's it going?
Good, good.
Uh, Matt's not here.
Everybody's gone for the
weekend.
It's probably not important,
but pass it on anyway.
He made an application for
unemployment benefits last year
and listed his military service
from '81 to '84.
Now, I may be wrong, but I
thought
he told Matt that he got out of
the service last year,
not 11 years ago.
Well, that's what Matt told me.
Well, it could be a mistake,
but I doubt it.
So pass it on anyway, will you?
You have a good night, man.
Yeah, you too.
[DIAL TONE BUZZING]
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
[KNOCKING]
Yeah, you, uh, Mr. Jury?
Yes.
Well, the mailman put your mail
in my box, man.
You see, I live, um, across the
way, you know.
In the pool house in the back.
It's a guest house.
My mom kind of kicked me out, so
that's where-- that's
where I'm living right now.
Oh, I'm sorry about that.
You see, it was--
it was right on top, you know,
and I
thought it had something to do
with my unpaid parking tickets.
So I just, you know, I didn't
even look at the name.
I just, like, opened it right
up, and, um, sorry, man.
It's all right.
Thanks.
Come on in.
All right.
Cool.
Cop a squat.
All right.
SIMON: What's your name, man?
Uh, Brent.
Uh, Mr. Jury?
Hey, call me Simon.
OK.
So, uh-- you-- you really on
parole, man?
SIMON: Uh-huh.
BRENT: What, um-- what'd you do?
Didn't pay my parking tickets.
[ROCK MUSIC]
So, Simon.
What-- what brought you out to
Los Angeles, man?
Well, I came here to look up a
guy I hadn't seen in a while.
I found him shopping.
[LAUGHS]
So they, uh-- they teach you to
drink like this in the Army?
Is that--
[LAUGHS]
It's like, be all that you can
be.
[LAUGHING] You know?
SIMON: Oh!
So what-- like, what-- what
other, you know,
um, tidbits of information did
they
bestow on you in the service?
First, you find your enemy's
weakness.
Then exploit it.
And once you got him totally
vulnerable, you finish him off!
[LAUGHING] That's cool, man!
Or you keep the chase going
just for the hell of it.
Aw yeah, man.
Come on, anything else?
I gotta use the head.
Why don't you have another beer,
hmm?
[SINGING] Be all that you can
be.
[WHISTLES]
You're going through my stuff?
Uh-- no. No, man.
Um, it just, uh--
just fell right off the counter
here.
Is that your girlfriend?
Not anymore.
We split up not long after that
photo was taken.
A month later, she was killed.
Really?
Wow.
Say, Brent.
You like to get high?
High?
You know, smoke dope.
[LAUGHS]
Well, yeah, I mean.
Uh, let's go for it, man.
But we gotta take it outside.
This ain't my place, and they
might get pissed.
[HORN BLARING]
[CHEERING]
Go!
Go!
Go!
Yeah!
[LAUGHS]
Close, man.
[LAUGHING] Oh.
You call that close?
Yeah.
I used to live nearby here.
I'd come down here at night, and
I'd watch the trains go by.
I'd count 'em.
Must be at least half a dozen go
by between now and midnight.
Big freight cars.
Wow.
So, man, did you--
did you ever have to kill
anybody, you know,
when you were in the Army?
I'll tell you this.
War will teach you something
you'll
never learn anyplace else.
What's that?
Faith.
What, like, um, God?
Religion?
Pfft.
No.
Trust.
Trusting yourself.
Trusting your buddies.
The kind of trust that you can't
get with a woman.
It can only exist between men.
There was a game that we used to
play in my outfit,
only it wasn't a game.
[HORN BLOWING]
You want to see how it works?
Yeah.
Come on.
All right.
Now, you stand under that light,
OK?
And put your hand up real high.
I'm gonna stand on the tracks
facing you.
When that train gets real close,
you drop your hand,
and I jump out of the way.
That's crazy, man.
It's about trust.
- All right. - You wanna go for
it?
Hell yeah.
It's not a joke, man.
My life's in your hands.
I got you.
I'm right here.
Yeah!
Yeah!
Whoa!
Yeah!
Yeah!
Whoo!
Yeah!
All right!
Whoo!
[LAUGHS]
You trusted me, man!
You trusted me!
Of course I trusted you.
Hey.
You ready to trust me?
Yeah! [LAUGHS]
All right, let's go for it.
Go, go.
All right, man.
Right here?
OK.
Whoo!
Whoo!
Yeah!
Yeah!
Oh, yeah!
Yeah!
[LAUGHS]
Whoo, man!
Oh, yeah!
Oh!
[LAUGHS]
Man, we're-- we're like
brothers, man.
You know?
That was-- that was a rush.
That was-- that was, like--
let's do another one. - Another
one?
Yeah.
I'm into it, man.
This was, like-- it was, like,
better than sex.
[LAUGHING] What would you know
about sex, you little pussy?
I ain't no pussy, man.
I am no pussy.
All right.
I am no pussy.
OK, now watch my hand.
Yeah.
Right now, man.
Here we go.
I'm ready.
Are you ready?
Whoo-hoo!
[LAUGHS]
Let's do it, man!
Yeah!
Is it coming?
I can't hear it.
I can't hear it.
Yeah!
Let's go!
Whoo!
Whoo-hoo!
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
Come on!
[LAUGHS]
I will say it to you.
I am not a pussy!
[GLASS CLINKING]
MATT: Look at that girl over
there, man.
God, I gotta take her home.
Maybe she's not hustling.
I don't care if she's hustling
or not.
God, she's beautiful!
SIMON: Mariam.
MATT: Take it easy.
That's funny.
[GIGGLING]
[EXPLOSIONS]
[LATIN MUSIC]
[SHOUTING]
[TENSE MUSIC]
[DOOR CLICKING]
[THUDDING]
[MOANING]
Did you know that Simon's
girlfriend
spent the night last night?
I don't think he has a regular
girlfriend.
Oh, great.
So it's someone he just picked
up off the street.
- Did you see her? - Yeah.
She was helping herself to the
contents of our refrigerator
in the middle of the night.
[LAUGHS]
It's not funny!
I mean, it's OK if he's spending
the night,
you know, but I don't think it's
appropriate
that he's bringing women home.
Honey, he's a single guy.
What do you want me to tell him,
that he should
be celibate while he's here?
I mean.
Well, yeah.
Maybe while he's staying here.
I think it's really rude.
Come on.
It's gonna be OK.
Look at you.
You're so beautiful.
[DOORBELL RINGS]
Shit, they're here.
Smile.
So there we are in Panama.
The United States Army-- a horde
of nasty, crazed GIs
ready to save the free world.
We end up blasting Noriega with
rock and roll. [CHUCKLING]
It was ridiculous.
So you were in the Army until
just last year, Simon?
Uh-huh.
I was stationed mostly overseas.
Germany, the Philippines.
I was in Saudi during the oil
war.
Actually, we probably saw you
on CNN.
[CHUCKLING]
Oh, speaking of oil, I happened
to notice a ton of it
under your car.
Oh, I know.
I've gotta take that in and have
it looked at.
You keep saying that.
Well, I'm gonna do it next
week.
It's like the Exxon Valdez was
parked there.
Didn't I just say that I was
gonna take that
in and have it taken care of?
Does anyone else once want some
salad?
There's plenty in the kitchen.
SIMON: Let me give you a hand.
We need to talk.
MATT: We do?
Santapietro called the office
last night.
According to social security
records,
Simon got out of the Army in
That was 11 years ago, Matt.
Well, he's obviously mistaken.
Maybe.
But I'm telling you, there's
just something about this guy
that I don't particularly trust.
Yeah, I'd say it's definitely a
problem
with the oil pan gasket.
I'll get the part tomorrow.
Great.
Great.
Well, you look like a guy with
a lot on his mind.
What's up?
Um-- that detective I hired,
uh,
says he's got records that show
you
got out of the Army in 1984.
What records?
MATT: Social security.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
I'm sorry, Matt.
I lied to you.
I was ashamed to admit how badly
things had gone for me.
It seemed like it was OK to tell
you that I'd
been slumming for a year or so.
But the truth is, I've been
picking up odd jobs here
and there for over 10 years.
Things got bad.
And I felt like a real loser
compared to you.
I'm sorry, Simon.
I didn't mean to put you on the
spot like that.
It's OK.
I feel better now that you know.
I was beginning to feel like a
real fraud.
MATT: Well, don't.
Thanks.
Come on.
Say, Matt.
Do you think it was just chance
that we ran into each other?
Sometimes I think maybe there
was a greater design.
Well.
[CHUCKLES]
Maybe.
Maybe.
[OPERA MUSIC PLAYING ON
HEADPHONES]
[KNOCKING]
Laura?
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
[GLASS CLINKING]
Laura?
Oh, hi.
Hi.
Is Matt around?
Um, no.
He, uh-- he had to take care of
some things at the office.
Oh.
Well, I wanted to show you
something.
The finish is done.
I just have to reupholster it.
It looks great.
Come here, I want to show you
something.
Come on.
See how smooth the texture is?
Yeah.
When-- when are you gonna be
finished?
Well, I was hoping today.
I was thinking of moving out
this week.
You found an apartment?
No, but I can tell you guys
need some space.
Yeah, it's been a little tense
between Matt and me,
but it has nothing to do with
you.
I think we're probably going to
go away for a few days
over Thanksgiving.
And, I don't know, hopefully we
can, you know, relax then.
Where are you going?
Um, we have a country house
that's
a couple hours out of town.
And, um-- it's been a rough year
for Matt.
You know, with his dad dying and
all.
And he really doesn't have the
outlets that he used to.
Outlets?
He quit drinking a couple years
ago.
Yeah.
It can be tough when you run out
of vices.
You don't look like a man who
has too many vices.
SIMON: Of course I do.
Like what?
[LAUGHS]
You wouldn't want to know.
I'm gonna get back to work on
this thing.
OK.
[WATER SPLASHING]
[PHONE RINGING]
Matt?
Fan mail.
Look at that.
Hmm?
Wow.
You know what's great about the
home entertainment market?
If you do it right, you can
reach millions of people
all over the world.
God, that's a hell of a lot of
power.
Better than sex.
[CHUCKLING] Yeah.
And we are on the brink of
selling
a new game to one of the biggest
distributors in Japan.
And if we do it, that'll take us
right to the top.
Fantastic.
Has this game got a name?
"Atlantis."
"Atlantis."
Yeah, they're choosing between
ours
and another company's over the
holidays.
I gotta get rid of some of this
nervous energy.
I'm gonna hit the gym. - Oh
jeez.
It says here some kid got hit by
a train
Saturday night right near where
I used to live.
They found traces of drugs in
him.
Man.
I don't know if these kids are
ever gonna learn.
Well, later, huh?
Yeah.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]
[KEYBOARD TAPPING]
[8-BIT MUSIC]
Hey, Simon?
You putting in some overtime?
Oh, no.
Matt told me to use the computer
so I could learn
the ropes in my spare time.
Say, Kristen.
Uh-- you going anywhere for the
holiday?
No.
I mean, my family wants me to go
back to New York,
but I can't really afford it.
And you?
I'm staying right here.
Uh-- do you like Cajun food?
Don't know.
I mean, I don't know if I've
ever really had it.
Well, I was gonna try this
place tonight.
I was wondering if you'd like to
join me.
Sure.
JOHN: I want to thank you for
coming and meeting
me on such short notice.
Oh, it's no problem.
So what'd you come down here for
anyway?
All that information that you
found out about Simon
was correct.
Then when Matt asked him about
it,
he said he was too embarrassed
to admit that he'd
been out of work for so long.
Matt's so damn stubborn.
You know, I just get this really
weird vibe from this guy.
All right, what do you want me
to do?
You want me to dig deeper?
It would be great.
The problem is that Matt doesn't
understand,
and, you know, he's not gonna--
Don't sweat it.
Thanks, Joe.
What is it with Matt?
I had a great time tonight.
I had a great time too.
Thanks for asking me.
It was my pleasure.
I should have asked you sooner.
- Really?
Yeah, really.
I have a great view.
You want to see it?
Yeah.
Wow.
You know, I thought you were
cute the first day
you came into the office.
No kidding.
[SOFT MUSIC]
So what about when you came into
the office at lunch today?
What'd you think then?
Huh?
What do you mean?
Did you still think I was cute?
You looked at me like I was
stealing state secrets.
Well, there's nothing sexier
than an industrial spy.
So you trust me?
Yeah.
You really trust me?
Huh?
Yes.
Really?
Yes.
Let go of your hands.
Yeah.
[MOANING]
[SCREAMS]
[LAUGHS]
I got you.
It's OK.
I got you.
ANNOUNCER [ON TV]: --with a
surprise upset,
beating the Bullets 108 to 99.
Mr. Salako?
Mr. Salako.
$30.
Mr. Salako.
Can I help you?
Mr. Salako.
Uh, Joe, Joe Santapietro.
I talked to you on the phone a
couple of days ago.
Yeah, I remember.
You, uh, still looking for Mr.
Jury?
Yeah, good.
'Cause he ain't here.
He suddenly left at the end of
last month.
No.
He's gone?
Don't tell me that he's--
oh man.
Oh.
It's my fault, it's not yours.
I can't believe this is my work
and I can't--
I can tell by your eyes, with
the discipline, you were where,
in the service, right?
You fought in the war?
Yeah.
South Central. - South Central
where?
Pacific?
The riots.
The riots.
I'm sorry.
You remember, uh, when we talked
I'd asked you if he'd--
well, he lived here for one
year, right?
Um-- did-- did he-- did he talk
about any other place he
might have lived before that?
He mentioned Germany one time
and then a couple other places.
And other places.
Do you think anybody in the
building
might know where he might have
gone?
I doubt it.
Anybody besides the guy that
was, uh--
his friend that lived next to
him, the one that died?
- What guy? - The one that died.
Look, I don't know where you
get your information from.
Nobody in this building died.
The only people to live next to
him
was Mrs. Lorriey in apartment
and the Lee family in apartment
And believe me when I tell you.
All the damn noise they make,
they ain't dead.
[KEYBOARD TAPPING]
Did you buy a bottle of vodka
recently?
What?
Simple question.
Did you buy a bottle of vodka?
N-- no, I didn't.
Why?
Because there's a half empty
bottle
up in the kitchen cabinet.
Well, it probably belongs to
Simon.
I already asked him. He doesn't
drink vodka.
Well, it's probably leftover
from our Christmas party.
It wasn't there last week.
[PHONE RINGING]
Hello.
JOHN [ON PHONE]: Matt? MATT:
Yeah.
JOHN [ON PHONE]: Matt, I just
got
off the phone with Santapietro.
I think there's something you
ought to know about Simon.
[SIGHS] Not that crap again.
There was no friend in the next
apartment
who died of cancer.
There was no friend period.
I think the guy's working you.
MATT [ON PHONE]: Yeah?
Well, how would Santapietro know
that?
He asked the super of the
building.
Look, I already paid him in
full.
What is he doing?
He said he'd ask a few
questions as a favor to me.
Oh, great.
So now you're working behind my
back too.
Look, Matt--
MATT [ON PHONE]: Goodbye, John.
[PHONE CLICKING]
[DIAL TONE BUZZING]
[WATER SPLASHING]
[LATIN MUSIC PLAYING]
[KNOCKING]
Come in.
How you doing, Matt?
[MUSIC STOPS PLAYING]
You OK, man?
Can we talk for a second?
Sure.
A detective I hired to find you
keeps finding information after
the fact.
He doesn't believe that you had
a friend die of cancer.
He doesn't believe that there
was any friend
at all living next door to you.
Man, if you want me to leave,
why don't you just say so?
You don't have to go checking up
on me.
I know you gave me a job and a
place to live,
and I appreciate it.
And you've got a right to know
as much as you
want to find out about me.
But, I mean, do you think I'm
lying to you?
Really?
Well, I just--
It was my old apartment
building.
My friend that your detective
says didn't exist.
He lived in my old apartment
building down in Echo Park
where I first lived when I came
to Los Angeles.
Oh god.
Oh!
You gotta learn to relax.
What happened to that party
animal
that I met down in Panama?
The guy who just had to have
that woman.
Here.
Old times.
Salud.
Ooh!
Oh!
What's wrong?
I-- I stopped a couple of years
ago.
I'm sorry.
I forgot.
No, it's all right.
It-- it's just--
you just don't seem like a guy
who would
have a problem with alcohol.
I mean, you seem like you're so
in control of your life.
Well.
I didn't go to AA or anything.
I just stopped.
I'll bet you can start and stop
anytime you want.
I stopped when I had to.
Yeah.
[CHUCKLES]
Hmm.
You know, if I had your
restraint,
my life would have turned out
real different.
You did something that most
people could never do.
Yeah.
Someone still died.
Yeah, but that wasn't your
fault.
No, I guess it wasn't, was it?
So what time are you leaving
tomorrow?
Oh.
Well, we were gonna leave around
lunchtime.
Uh, miss the holiday traffic.
Good idea.
I'll have the car ready by then.
[LATIN MUSIC PLAYING]
Goodnight, man.
Goodnight.
How's it going?
Fine.
Laura just called from the
hairdresser's.
She said she'd be back in about
half hour.
I'll definitely be done by
then.
Is that for me?
That's for you.
Thanks.
Ah.
The gasket's sealed.
It's ready to go.
I just have to rotate the tires.
You're the best.
Get out of here.
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
[CAR APPROACHING]
[DOOR CREAKING]
LAURA: It's crazy that we don't
come out here more often.
MATT: I know.
It looks good.
It's so great here.
I'll just look upstairs.
OK.
[PHONE RINGING]
I'll get it.
Hello?
Hi, John.
Yeah, hold on, I'll get him.
Just a minute.
It's John.
Hey, John.
We have a major crisis here.
The "Atlantis" puzzle is not in
the computer.
We've been here all afternoon
trying to find it.
Oh, come on, John.
It's gotta be there.
What about the backup disk?
There isn't one.
We've looked for it.
Did you make one?
Of course I did!
JOHN [ON PHONE]: Well, so where
is it?
I don't know.
Well, we're really screwed if
this thing doesn't
get to Tokyo by the weekend.
Look, you're absolutely sure
it's not there?
I'm positive.
We've looked everywhere for it.
Look, if I leave right now, I
can be there in two hours.
[YELLS]
Great.
I don't have a choice, Laura.
God, our future's riding on this
proposal.
I guess so.
[YELLS]
Look, if I can't get it sorted
out right away,
I'm just gonna stay the night
and come back in the morning,
wake you up.
I can't believe there's nobody
else that can do this.
They've tried.
Look, I'm sorry, Laura.
- Whatever. - I've gotta get
back.
I--
Whatever.
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
[KNOCKING]
What are you doing here?
Well, I was on my way to Las
Vegas
to visit an old Army buddy for
the holiday,
and Matt suggested that I make a
detour
and, uh, stop up here, see your
place.
He didn't mention it.
No?
No.
Can I come in?
Sure.
I'm sorry.
So how did you get here?
Hitchhiked.
Uh, so, where's Matt?
Um, he had to go back to LA.
There was some emergency at the
office.
I don't know.
Oh no.
I know.
Well, I got a bag full of
groceries.
I was gonna cook dinner for you
guys.
Aw.
Uh, so when's he gonna be back?
Probably not till tomorrow
morning.
Aw man.
Uh-- all right, well I, uh,
better get on the road
'cause I gotta get a motel near
town.
Oh, don't-- don't be
ridiculous.
I'm really glad you're here,
actually,
'cause it gets kind of spooky
being alone and stuff.
And we've got a spare room
upstairs.
So let's go put your bag up
there, OK?
We built the house when we first
got married.
Matt sort of did all the plans
and the design and everything.
It's pretty much his little
baby.
He furnished it too.
Wow.
Here we go.
So I'll let you get settled in
then.
OK.
I'll be down to cook dinner in
an hour.
You don't have to do that.
I want to.
Dinner will be ready in two
hours, madame.
Oh.
Well, how formal should I dress?
Whatever you're comfortable in.
OK.
Let me know if you need
anything.
[BAG BEEPS]
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
We've looked through the
indexes
of every disk in this building.
I called Tokyo and told them
that the overnight express
might be delayed because
weather's been causing
problems at the airport.
In LA?
Well, it buys us a few extra
hours.
I know it was in here.
Great, so I'm going to have to
do the whole thing again
from memory.
You have rough notes or
anything?
Why would I have a--
What is it?
MATT: This Pro Baseball file.
JOHN: What about it?
KRISTEN: From my time.
MATT: When did we do that?
Uh-- in 1988, '89.
It was one of the first games.
But why?
You sure you didn't transfer
the old proposals
to the new computers?
No.
- Oh Christ! - What?
I don't understand. - We got
these computers in '90.
So if you didn't transfer this
file--
There's no reason why it would
even be in this mainframe.
This computer does not erase
files.
Come on.
Come on!
NARRATOR: Powerplay Interactive
presents--
MATT: Oh!
Oh jeez.
How did it get retitled into
Pro Baseball?
Just print it out and get it
off before any of us
die of cardiac arrest.
I gotta get out of here.
My wife's gonna kill me.
You driving back up tonight?
Not.
I did enough driving today.
Matt, did you ask Simon to
learn the computers
on his spare time?
No.
Why?
Damn!
Look, I don't want to make any
accusations or anything,
but I found Simon on the
computer the other day.
And maybe I'm wrong, but I
thought he was
looking at the "Atlantis" file.
And then later that night he
seemed
really concerned about me having
seen what he was doing.
And why didn't you tell me this
three days ago?
It's OK.
Just go transfer the file, will
you?
Matt, when you get back, I want
you to carefully
think about Simon working here.
And I'm not talking to you as a
friend this time,
but as your business partner.
Look, John, this could be the
spurned woman talk.
And, you know, I think she and
Simon have been having a thing.
Oh, great.
Now he's sleeping his way around
this office?
Look, Matt.
If you ever owed him anything,
you've paid him in full.
He's not the only one you have a
debt to.
You know?
Yeah.
Maybe you're right.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
Holy mother of God.
[PHONE RINGING]
[PHONE RINGING]
[WATER SPLASHING]
[CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYING]
Hello?
SANTAPIETRO [ON PHONE]: Is Matt
there?
He's not here.
Is Mrs. Forrest there?
[DIAL TONE BUZZING]
Oh god.
[WATER SPLASHING]
[PHONE RINGING]
[BEEPING]
SANTAPIETRO [ON ANSWERING
MACHINE]:
Matt, I don't know if you're
checking your machine.
But I finally got Simon Jury's
armed service record,
and he did get out recently with
a dishonorable discharge--
after serving 10 years of a
16-year sentence
for manslaughter in 1984.
The defense tried to argue that
he was suffering
from post-traumatic stress
syndrome
after his ex-fiancee had been
killed
in a car bombing in Panama.
I called your place in the
country,
and Simon answered then hung up
on me.
Look, Officer, I don't know
what's happened.
That's the whole point.
But a crime has been committed!
Oh, dammit!
[CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYING]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
Looks like a great bottle.
Uh, I was gonna give it to my
buddy in Vegas,
but, uh, I think we deserve it
more.
I'll drink to that.
To be really honest, though, I
bought it
a while ago as a thank you
present for Matt.
But, uh, you told me about him
not drinking.
What's the matter?
Nothing.
I just was starting to worry
that he was drinking again.
What?
Look, it's between you and him.
It's probably none of my
business.
No, just tell me.
Well, when he came to look for
me downtown,
we had a couple of beers
together.
Son of a bitch.
Laura, I'm sorry.
I didn't mean to upset you.
No, he's just been lying to me
this whole time.
It was just a couple of beers.
Yeah, anyway.
You're right.
Like you said, it's between me
and him, right?
So let's not let it ruin our
dinner.
Here's to you.
Matt's a lucky man. [SIREN
BLARING]
WOMAN: [CRYING]
[POLICE RADIO CHATTER]
Stay with me!
Come on, stay with me!
Stay with me.
Go!
OK, you'll be all right.
You'll be all right.
Just sit down here.
[POLICE RADIO CHATTER]
[HELICOPTER WHIRRING]
[SIREN BLARING]
That was so wonderful.
Mm.
Thank you.
Oh, you don't have to do that.
No, I want to.
It's great you can cook.
It's really delicious.
Well, it was more the company
than the cooking.
[SOFT MUSIC]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
Laura.
Come on.
Come on!
[SIREN BLARING]
Oh!
[YELLING]
Damn!
Shit!
[MOANING]
I can't do this.
I can't.
That's all right.
Sorry.
It's all my fault. I--
I won't tell Matt.
And I think it's better if you
probably leave.
Please don't.
[CAR STALLING]
Come on.
Oh, please, come on!
[OPERA MUSIC PLAYING]
[KNOCKING]
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
[GASPS]
Mrs. Forrest.
I'm sorry.
I didn't mean to scare you.
Who are you?
My name is Joe Santapietro.
Your husband hired me to help
him find Simon Jury.
Matt's not here.
He's back in LA.
Is Mr. Jury--
is Mr. Jury staying here?
No.
He was going to, but he's not
here anymore.
What's this all about?
I think I have some information
regarding Mr. Jury
that both of you should know.
What are you talking about?
I don't think he ran into your
husband by accident.
I think he deliberately sought
him out.
That's ridiculous!
Why would he do that?
He didn't even want to take
credit for saving Matt's life.
Mr. Jury was once involved with
the lady
that was killed in Matt's car.
What?
Only a few months later, he
went off the deep end
and shot two unarmed teenagers
through the head.
[GUNSHOT]
[GASPS]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
Ugh!
I got nothing against you,
Laura.
But as you know, that son of a
bitch you married
tried to buy my girlfriend.
She died with his blood money in
her pocket.
He tried to buy me.
Now, come on.
Give it to me straight.
Did he buy you, Laura?
No.
Stupid.
Come here.
You know, in another time and
place I could've
really gone for you, Laura.
[GAS HISSING]
Laura?
[COUGHING]
Oh my god.
Come on, honey.
[GASPS]
[GUNSHOT]
Oh!
God!
[GUNSHOTS]
Stay down.
Ah!
[GUNSHOTS]
Ah!
[GUNSHOTS]
Whoa!
Oh!
Ah!
Ah!
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
SIMON: [WHISTLES]
Why are you doing this?
Why do you think?
Oh, I brought you into my home,
into my life.
I trusted you!
[GUNSHOTS]
Ah!
No! - Laura!
LAURA: Please--
[PUNCH THUDDING]
Laura!
Let her go, Simon!
Let her go!
Don't do this!
No!
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
Oh!
[GUNSHOT]
[EXPLOSION]
Laura!
[COUGHING]
Simon!
It's stuck!
Push!
Hey!
Hey, come on!
Push now!
Come on!
Push!
No!
No!
No!
[EXPLOSION]
[SOFT MUSIC]
[TENSE MUSIC]