Thirtysomething (1987) s02e14 Episode Script
New Job
[theme.]
[children chattering.]
Now, can you stay in the lines? Good.
20 years from now, he'll take her out to dinner and a movie, and he'll probably break her heart.
I don't know.
Janey looks like she can handle herself.
Do you think the teachers-- I mean, when we leave, do you think they sit around and compare our kids, or, like, talk about which kids will grow up and be losers? Oh, you never left Mickey before huh? Well, no, I haven't.
I remember when Janey started daycare.
It was terrible.
I sat in the car, I ate vanilla wafers, and I cried.
I like what they do here at the preschool-- letting you stay until you feel comfortable.
It's been three weeks.
How long is it supposed to take? It takes a while.
God, I want her to be able to interact with other kids, but then I think, is she too young? I don't know.
We didn't have preschool at two and a half, and we turned out okay.
Except for worrying about our kids in preschool.
Well, how did you do with Janey in daycare? Well, I don't know.
It was less disciplined.
It was in this woman's house, and there was just four kids, and she was great.
And I don't know.
She was a friend, and it was different, but it was a home.
I guess I should be going.
Somebody's gotta do it.
Maybe next time.
If I were gonna paint, I'd wear a suit.
I'm spackling.
Oh, that was my next guess.
How's it coming? Good.
I'm almost done with the ceiling.
I got this window to shut, but now I can't open it.
- Pumpkin.
- Do you think we should put the C-R-I-B against the wall? I want to move it anywhere until Janey gets used to her new B-E-D.
Do you think the new baby's gonna like this room? Huh? - Yeah.
Yeah.
Huh, big girl? - [babbles.]
So do you think Daddy's gonna tell us why he's spackling in a suit? Drentell called.
- He wants you to come in? - Yeah.
If I don't get a formal job offer today, I'm gonna kill him.
What time does he want to see you? I can make it now if I don't stop and pick up Elliot.
Oh.
- Good luck.
- Yeah.
Thanks.
What are you gonna do today? I have about 500 errands and my monthly OB appointment.
That's good.
You'll have plenty of time to paint the room.
- No fumes.
- No fumes? Oh.
No fumes with latex paint.
- Goodbye.
- Bye.
Bye, sweetie.
Pants are getting a little tight there, Hope.
Thinks he's funny, doesn't he? Second babies-- you always seem to jump right out there.
Let's see here.
- A hundred and-- - Don't tell me.
Yow! Why don't they make that stuff so you can heat it up? - But this is my favorite part.
- Aah.
- Oh, that tickles.
- [machine humming.]
They're illusive little devils this early.
Michael swears it's a boy this time.
- Yeah? What do you think? - I think it's a giant Wheat Thin.
- I hate morning sickness.
- [laughs.]
I hate these things.
Don't go anywhere.
Okay.
Ah, man, look at all these awards.
You think he actually won these things? I mean, look at this one right here.
Best Sadomasochistic Award for a Breakfast Cereal.
What are the chances he's gonna walk in here, make us a fair offer, and leave us alone? Ooh.
Kids from the first marriage.
They look like woodchucks.
I tell you what, some orthodontist is gonna buy himself a second home off of this pack.
Weston, get your flaky ass off my desk.
Attaboy.
So, boys, how's the bread line? Is that why we're here, Miles? Why so impatient, Steadman? You have someplace to go after this? Enough banter.
What do you know about the Spingieri? Uh, wait.
Wasn't it kind of like the DeLorean? Good boy, Weston.
It's actually a lot like the DeLorean.
A couple of very smart guys split from General Motors about 12 years ago to develop their own line.
They got as far as the prototype, but as I'm sure you know from personal experience, things don't always work the way you plan.
Their project bought the farm.
Cut to last year.
Now they're getting backing from Fiat.
They're bringing it back.
A 12-year-old design? Still light years ahead of what Detroit's putting out now.
You've never done a car campaign, have you? We did toy cars, the little ones the size of a cigarette lighter.
- [phone beeping.]
- Made 'em look real fast.
Yes? Mm-hmm.
Your wife.
Cute.
She always check up on you? All the time.
[sighs.]
[door opens, closes.]
So, Miles, is this the part where you offer us lots of money? [Doctor.]
I realize this is very hard for both of you, and it probably won't make you feel better when I tell you that I see this all the time.
The ultrasound confirmed that there had been fetal demise.
You know, one in five pregnancies ends in a miscarriage.
It's nature's way of saying the fetus would've been unable to survive outside the womb.
Why? Um, I don't understand.
We usually don't find out why.
The thing for you right now is to give yourselves time to grieve, because it is a loss.
You were already planning, thinking of it as a baby when it really hadn't developed.
And after you've given yourself time, and when you're ready, you can think about starting again.
The next time you're pregnant, you'll have an 80% chance of carrying the baby to term.
The accident maybe.
Hope's car accident-- Why? Because the X-rays, the drugs? We can't explain these things, Michael.
I'm sorry.
I know it would be easier if we could.
Do you have any other questions? We can do the D&C now, or we can schedule it for tomorrow.
Today.
Hey.
I thought you were supposed to be taking it easy.
I-- I forgot to get milk.
I'll run to the store later if you want.
Why don't you go upstairs and take a nap? Michael, really, I'm okay.
You should try a Valium and Demerol IV drip.
Yeah.
Hey.
Mmm.
Eggs.
Eggs.
- Maybe you should make a list.
- Okay.
Let's see.
Eggs, napkins-- - Napkins? - Yeah.
Kotex.
Oh.
Hope, I can't buy those.
Oh, sure you can.
I'll give you a note.
When are we gonna tell people? I don't know.
You'll figure it out.
And diet soda.
I need something with saccharin in it.
Hope.
What? Oh, nothing.
Um, I think I'll go upstairs for a while.
Yeah.
Maybe take a nap, huh? [phone ringing.]
Hello? Yeah, he's right here.
Elliot.
Hi, Elliot.
Wait a minute.
Wait, wait, wait.
What? Our office? He actually showed you our office? Desks and chairs.
Wow.
Wait, wait.
Wait a s-- How much? Wait.
We split that, right? That's for both of us? Thursday, yeah.
No.
I can't believe it.
I can't believe it.
No, Elliot.
Tonight, uh Oh, God.
Elliot, Hope had a miscarriage today.
Michael, I don't know where you put your briefcase.
Honey, I thought you were gonna stay in bed.
Yeah, but it's your first day.
You need your briefcase.
You have to look like a grownup.
You can toss those.
- How you feeling? - All right.
Yeah? Did you sleep? - I slept.
Did you? - No.
You know, Hope, I don't have to go to the office today.
- I could just call Drentell and tell him-- - Are you crazy? I already packed your lunchbox.
Well, I don't like this idea leaving you here by yourself.
Well, I'm not by myself.
Janey's here, and Nancy said that she would stop by later.
- Okay.
- I mean, Michael, really.
Everything's okay.
Yeah? Does it hurt? Well, I had these little cramps, but it's not so bad.
- Mm-hmm.
- It's just-- I don't know.
It's kind of like a period.
Okay, so you're sure, then, about my leaving? [scoffs.]
Michael, go to work.
Please? Okay.
I'll call you.
Did you look, um, in the closet downstairs for your briefcase? No, not yet.
- I think it's there.
- Okay.
So all right? - Yeah.
- Okay.
Okay, sweetie.
Okay.
- Bye.
- Bye.
[Man.]
Message center.
I'm sorry, sir.
He's away from his desk right now.
- [phone ringing.]
- [chattering.]
Hi.
How you guys doing? Fine, thank you.
And you? [knocking on window.]
Hey, where's your hall pass? - Hey, how you doing, man? - You got here first.
Yeah, man.
I had to stake my claim.
Biggest desk, best view, chair that doesn't squeak.
What are you doing here? You're supposed to be at home.
How's Hope? - She's okay.
- Really? - Hey, go home.
- No.
She doesn't want me at home.
So did you tell anybody? - About? - About the miscarriage.
Yeah, I told everybody.
There's gonna be a party later with a sympathy cake.
Come on, Mike.
Are you serious? What am I gonna say? Oh, man.
It's all a little vague right now.
It's like I'm watching somebody else go through this.
- I can cover for you today, tomorrow, as much as you want.
- No, that's okay.
Thanks.
- Are you sure? - Yeah.
I think I'd just rather dig in, you know? So did you bring the paperwork? Yeah.
Right here.
Sorry this is late, men.
Um, I'm Drew.
- Hi.
Elliot.
- How you doing? I'm Michael.
How are you? If you guys need anything-- your laundry picked up, your car washed-- just beep, okay? - Okay.
- Okay.
Okay.
Righteous tie, man.
Thanks.
- There's cinnamon in it.
- Hmm.
Why? What do you say, Mikey? A little one-on-one? First one to ten? New office, new game.
You and me, baby, right here.
- Elliot-- - Yeah, I know.
It's been happening all morning.
Watch.
[chuckles.]
[Hope.]
No, Mom, I don't need you to come.
No, really.
Look, Michael, he's okay.
Yeah.
No.
He just ran out.
He had to do an errand.
Yeah.
No.
He will be right back.
Yeah.
No.
Really, really, it's-- it's fine.
I know.
Yes, yes, yes, I know.
Mom, I know.
Okay.
- Yes, we will try again.
- [Janey babbles.]
Yeah.
Mom, listen, I think I hear somebody at the door, okay? I'll call you l-- Yes, I'll call you later.
Tonight.
Yes.
Bye.
- She's only trying to help.
- [sighs.]
- [babbling.]
- Why does that make it worse? I don't know.
[Nancy.]
Hey, sweetie, you want to read a book? - Oh, I love this one.
- [babbling continues.]
[no audible dialogue.]
Gminski goes to the hoop! [panting.]
Hey, just some brainstorming, huh? A little brainstorming, Mikey boy? Oh, come on, man.
You're not into this.
You're thinking about the letters, man.
You want it to be DAS instead of DAA.
What would it be if it was Weston? - DAW.
- DAW.
That's no good.
What about WAD? - Wad.
- Wad.
- WAS.
Was.
- Was.
- [women.]
Hello.
- Hi.
Um, we're from in here.
Yeah.
- Oh.
- Oh.
The girls - Where the blinds going up and - How are you? Nice to meet you.
- Hi.
How are you? - Yeah, we know who you are.
- You must be Elliot, right? - Yeah.
And this is what's-his-name over here.
- So what do you guys do here? - We're a creative team.
- Oh, really? That's great.
- Yeah.
Oh, I had this pumpkin bread at my desk, and I thought, you know, welcome to DAA.
- Very nice.
- That's really sweet.
- They cleaned off the stain.
- Oh, good.
- Huh? - What stain? Oh, it was so intense.
The team that was in here before had kind of a problem one day.
Yeah, they decided they didn't really want to be in advertising.
[Elliot mutters.]
How long have you guys been here? Oh, you know, time starts to do strange things to you after about the third month with no weekends off.
- Oh, great.
- Wow.
You know, I really, you know, don't see too many, you know, girl teams.
- Where were you before this? - Saatchi.
- Saatchi? - Saatchi.
- Saatchi.
- They're good.
- They're very good.
- Very good.
So you guys had your own agency, we heard.
- Yeah.
- Yeah, we did.
We-- Yeah.
So, well, what are you working on now? - Douche.
- Tampons.
- Well, that's - It's interesting.
- It is.
No, no.
.
- We like it.
- It's great.
That's great.
- It isfun.
Yeah.
- Yeah.
- Yeah, well, we should get back.
- Okay.
- I have some tampon work to do.
Okay.
All right.
All right.
- Okay, so, nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you.
- Thank you very much for the cake.
- We're just right over there.
- Yeah, we see you - We'll see you.
- We'll see you around.
- Bye.
- Bye.
- Okay.
They're sweet.
[door opens, closes.]
Hi.
- Hey.
- Hey.
- For you.
- Great.
There was, uh, some kind of refrigeration disaster at the florist.
- Yeah? - That's all they had left.
Thanks.
- You can throw them out if you want.
- No.
- So how you feeling? - Mmm, fine.
- Yeah? - Yeah.
Is there anything I can do? Maybe hunt up a bottle of wine or something? Oh, no.
I'm just trying to keep busy.
You know, do my work.
- Where's the bum Michael? - Oh, he started at DAA today.
- That's great.
- Yeah.
Yeah.
Could he have started next week or something? No.
They wanted him right away.
He's really excited 'cause it's such a great agency.
Yeah.
Except that now you're here.
Oh, I wanted him to keep busy.
It's easier.
For him.
Well, what about for you? Wouldn't it be easier if he was here with you? Oh, I'm fine, really.
You know, I know it's pretty terrible, but it happens all the time.
You know, a friend of mine lost her baby a year ago, and, um, now she's pregnant again.
Right.
So would you like to maybe go out to lunch or something? No.
I think I'm gonna stay home today.
I really want to finish this article.
Oh, which means you want to get back to it.
- No.
No.
- Listen, it's okay.
You got your stalks.
You know I'm around.
- Call me.
- Thanks.
- Bye.
- Bye.
Listen, if you put three pennies in there, it'll last longer.
Pennies? Pennies.
You got $65,000, right? What, are you gonna buy a Spingieri? - You're gonna buy a new car.
- It's a great car.
I want this car, man.
- This is a great car.
- Did you read the focus group report yet? I don't need to read the focus-- Target audience-- tremendously cool guys with red hair.
- Single women, gay men, Elliot.
- No way.
Are you serious? - Yeah.
I guess they're going for disposable income.
- That's weird.
- Why is that weird? - How are you gonna define that market? - I don't know.
- This is crazy.
I don't want to think about this.
Wait.
Elliot, we have to think about it, okay? We gotta sell it.
All right.
I'll tell you what, I've always used Nancy as your average consumer.
- She's a woman.
- Yeah.
She's single.
- She's single.
- Yeah.
So, how are we gonna sell this car to Nancy? It's really simple.
We show the car whizzing down the autobahn, and we super over the words: "Elliot Weston hates this car.
" - [laughs.]
- They'll want to buy it.
I'll tell you what, man, this place is, like-- I think I could seriously like this place, man.
- This is really cool.
Whoa! - [clatter.]
Look at all this stuff.
Look at that.
Cookies, crackers.
- It's nice.
- Doughnuts and crap and-- Whoa! - Mint Milanos, my favorite.
- Ooh, ooh, ooh.
Oh, God, I thought it was just an ugly rumor.
- Hi, Mark.
How's it going? - Good.
How you doing? I guess they didn't tell you about the dress code, huh, Weston? Andthat Mint Milanos are reserved for account executives.
Yeah? No way.
[laughs.]
Thanks.
How's the Spingieri coming? Oh, come on, man.
We just got here.
Give us ten minutes.
- How you doing? - Hi.
- You're Hollis, right? - Angel.
- Angel.
- I'm Hollis.
- [Elliot.]
Hi, Hollis.
- [Mark.]
I guess you guys have - Met.
Yeah, we've all met.
- Yeah.
- How's the campaign coming? - Pretty good.
- We're pleased.
- Is that that douche thing? That douche thing? Yeah, isn't that what Oh - We were just kidding.
- Yeah.
- [Elliot laughs.]
- It was, like, a joke.
[laughs.]
All right.
Um, actually, we're on the Spingieri.
- The Spingieri.
- Yeah.
- The Spingieri.
- [Hollis.]
Yeah, you know, mid-engine.
[Angel.]
That targa roof is really cool.
You know, Miles is into this gladiator thing.
You know, throw two creative teams in the ring, see what happens.
A little fight to the death, huh? No, Miles isn't into death.
Just a little maiming.
Oh, my favorite.
- Bye.
- See you guys.
See ya.
Ciao.
Ruff, ruff! Here's a little dog, but this dog doesn't have any voice.
He doesn't know what to say.
He sees a duck, and he says, "What do you say?" - What does the duck say? - [kids.]
Quack, quack! Quack.
But, no, that doesn't sound right for a dog.
So he sees a cat.
And he says to the cat-- - What does the cat say? - [kids.]
Meow, meow! Meow, meow, meow.
No, that doesn't sound good for a dog.
So he goes up to the pig and says, "What do you say, pig?" - What does the pig say? - [kids.]
Oink, oink.
No, that doesn't sound right for a dog.
- No, let's see.
- Come here, sweetie.
- I know, sweetie.
Are you okay? - Hi, Hope.
Is there a problem? - She's okay.
- Oh, she feels kind of warm.
- I'm gonna take her home.
Come on, Janey.
- Well, I Hi.
You found me.
You left a trail.
So how was the big job? No.
How are you? I tried to call you eight times today.
Well, I took the phone off the hook.
- Yeah? - So, was it a big office? Was everybody nice? Did they make you wear a funny hat? No.
They made me have a boss.
And I missed you.
- I missed you.
- Yeah? Mmm.
- Promise me - What? - Never mind.
- No.
Come on.
Finish what you were gonna say.
Just that you'll stay her like this with me-- I don't know-- for about a week.
I can do that.
Okay.
So did your mother call again? She still want to come out? Yeah.
Would that make you feel better? - Michael? - Hmm? [phone ringing.]
Hope, I really should get that.
- No, answer it.
- I know.
I'm sorry.
It's just - So answer it.
- Okay.
All right.
Hello.
Hi, Elliot.
Uh, uh, no.
Uh, everything's fine.
Actually, I don't hate it.
It's kind of interesting.
Wait.
Let me just get the work order for you.
It's, um Let's see.
They're talking about print at 30 seconds.
Because they're not talking about television.
[laughs.]
Well No, Elliot, I'm not gonna say that to Miles Drentell.
[laughs.]
You say it to Miles Drentell.
[laughs.]
Huh? No.
I'm right here.
[Woman.]
Try this.
This is good.
[Man.]
Mmm.
Here.
There's so much more material here.
When I was doing it, I thought maybe we could easily do a two-part series.
I have some great ideas for photo layouts.
You know, pictures of people and their pets.
That sort of thing.
What? Okay, so Kathleen told me.
What are you doing here? I wanted you to see this.
It's not due for another week.
- You don't like it.
- Of course I like it.
But I'd like it much more if I thought you were okay.
[sighs.]
I am okay.
Your hormones are buzzing out of control.
You need to take care of yourself.
I am taking care of myself.
Please, this is taking care of myself.
If you ask me, you ought to go home, get a basket full of Tastykakes and pig out, Hope.
Val, I didn't ask you.
Well, I don't think we can sell two parts on the toxic chemicals.
But I like the pictures with the people and their pets, because it shows what you have to lose.
So, go on and write it if you want to, but don't show your face in my office for the next two weeks no matter how fast you do it.
And the cop is chasing this guy in the Spingieri [muttering, whooshing.]
You know, all through the streets like that, you know, and the cops chasing him.
Takes out a couple of lampposts, right? Maybe a pedestrian or two, you know? And all of a sudden, the cop-- he shoots out the tires.
[imitates tires screeching, explosion.]
Blows in this big burst of flames, and that's it.
Hmm? A little soft, Elliot.
- Soft? - Yeah.
- This is weird.
- Uh-huh.
All right.
It's weird.
I know.
I know it's weird.
I didn't think it would be weird, Mike.
I really didn't think this would be weird.
But it's weird.
I mean, they're out there, and we're in here, and we're not their bosses.
You know? We're not the big cheeses anymore, you know? We're like Velveeta.
It's weird.
You know, there's a very simple solution to this.
You remember those Volkswagen ads of the '60s? Right? There's Dustin Hoffman-- he's walking around, he's looking for the engine.
- Yeah.
- All right.
Well, here's the thing, right? You got a target audience that's smart, okay? So make it smart.
I'm incapable of smart.
I mean, this is a not uninteresting yet unformed idea.
I mean, what is smart, Mike? All right.
How about this? Like, you know, just take out the slapstick, okay? - Right.
- Something like, um, "This car is really fast.
" And you show the car.
You hear this incredible engine noise.
- Right.
- And the car hasn't moved.
- That's moderately smart.
- Okay.
Okay.
Well, what about this, okay? [stammering.]
- You got this guy, okay? - Okay.
I mean, work on this with me, all right? - You got this guy, and he's standing there, right? - Right.
And he's, like He's got, like, this goofy smile on his face.
- Yeah.
- And he's, like-- he's, like, totally calm.
- Okay.
- And this car, right? Is coming from behind him, all right? It's right behind him.
- Right behind him? - Yeah, just filling up the entire frame.
It's got those headlights.
You know, like Gort in The Day the Earth Stood Still.
- Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
That's good.
- Okay.
And the line reads - It reads, um, "Go.
" - Okay.
Wait.
- "And stop.
" - Uh-huh.
-"Spingieri.
" -Oh, that's good.
- That's good.
It's very Italian.
- [knocking on door.]
Hope I'm not interrupting your creative flow.
Oh, that would actually mean that we have a creative flow.
Just handing out some basketball practice info.
Pretty basic stuff.
Practice schedule, drills, uniform rental.
- Right.
- "Video assistance"? Yeah, a guy comes in, shoots some of our practices.
Spotlight some of our weak points.
You know what I mean.
I think Mike and I are fairly aware of our weak areas-- passing, shooting, dribbling.
Uh, Mark, we're not ready to show you this right now.
- Whoa! - Oh.
- Nobody's pushing.
- Uh-huh.
See, where we work, you know, account execs sees the pitch when the creative team is ready.
- You know? - That's right.
Hey, it's cool.
I respect you for it.
Uh-huh.
I mean, is that not the way that you do things around here? Yeah, we do it that way here.
And, uh, just for your information, that's a pretty good sketch, and it's exactly the same as the Monte Cristo campaign we did a year ago.
Sorry.
[door closes.]
[sighs.]
[Hope.]
You don't remember when Daddy had a mustache, do you? Huh? It made him look funny, and Mommy made him shave it off.
- No.
- Yes, I did.
Yeah.
You like this, don't you? Huh? Yeah.
Oh, even though Mommy's clogging your arteries and ruining your big teeth that haven't even come in yet.
Huh? It's good, isn't it? Yeah.
Mmm.
It's good.
Let me clean that face.
Mom [babbles.]
[no audible dialogue.]
Hey, there's this incredibly cute toddler toddling around your front porch.
- Hi.
- Hi.
Oh, sorry to interrupt your lunch.
- We were just finishing.
- Nutritious.
Mm-hmm.
[chuckles.]
How you doing? I wish people would stop asking.
I'm okay.
Hope, I wish there was something I could Ohh! Well, I guess if you're gonna have have a miscarriage, it's best to have it the way you had it, huh-- clinical and all? Oh.
That's it.
Take care of that.
Good girl.
Not that anything's best.
It's a stupid word.
I didn't mean best.
I just I mean I-- I just meant Oh, boy.
Can you help me out here, Hope? What do you want me to say? Tell me that it's okay.
Tell me that you're sad, but you'll get over it.
Tell me-- Tell me what I can do to help you.
There really isn't anything.
Ohh.
I wish I I remember when I had my abortion and you came with me and you sat in the recovery room with me, eating animal crackers.
You made me feel so much better.
I wish I could That was so awful.
I was in college.
I was 20 years old.
It was Bobby Geshki.
All I can remember about him was that he had these great forearms.
- This was completely different.
- Oh, of course.
I know.
You had a choice.
Yeah.
I didn't think so, but But you're right.
It's not the same thing at all.
I just wanted to say, you know, I-- I-- I had this life, and then it was gone.
And even though it was my choice, I-- I guess I sort of know how you must feel.
All right.
This is ridiculous.
- I'm leaving now.
I'm already late.
- So go.
Is the teacher cute? I don't know.
Haven't met her yet.
This is the first conference.
They make a very big deal out of both parents being there.
I'll keep doing this.
All right.
Okay.
All right.
Here we go.
Here we go.
Uh - You got something? - Yeah.
Close-up.
- Go, go.
- Elevation.
- Uh, uh, front fender.
- Right.
- Okay.
Saturated color.
- Right.
- It's raining.
- Right.
- Next to it-- - Right.
- One leg.
- Good.
Red high-heeled shoe.
- Ooh, pumps.
Ooh.
- Compositional elements only.
- And the lines-- - Ah, ah-- You're not actually working? Relax.
Don't get up.
Oh, we're just enjoying the view, Miles.
It's a good view.
It's my view.
How about you, Steadman? What's your view? It's a long view, Miles.
I have a long view.
Uh-huh.
So I get this call from AT&T, and they want me to come up to New York to talk about a fiber-optic account, and I think, gee, I hate to go alone.
I mean, you spend two hours throwing big words at these guys, and there you are, in your $350-a-day suite, and it's just-- - Poor, lonely Miles Drentell.
- [Miles laughing.]
The three of us in New York City.
Isn't that something to imagine? If it interests you, that is.
It's a hell of a town.
While we're up there, I'll introduce you to a few people, show you DDBO's new offices.
What do you think, Steadman? You wouldn't mind seeing how the real carnivores live.
You know, break area unique.
[Elliot.]
What are you gonna do in New York, man? - Cats.
- Oh, no.
I mean, how many times am I supposed to see Cats? - [Elliot laughing.]
- Of course, you'd probably want to meet the babe who plays Grizabella, right? - Who, me? - [Miles laughs.]
[Elliot laughs.]
Steadman, are we keeping you from something? What, you have other irons in the fire? Actually, Miles, I have an appointment that I'm-- - [Miles.]
An appointment.
Well - I really should, uh-- So go.
Okay.
- See ya.
- See ya.
What's wrong with Steadman? He seems even gloomier than usual.
Well, his, um-- His wife had a miscarriage this week.
That's too bad.
[sighs.]
When you talk to him, please convey my sympathy.
Okay.
[children chattering.]
Hi, you.
Hi, you.
Give me a big kiss.
Give me a big kiss.
Give me-- Mmm! - Hi, pumpkin.
- [babbles.]
Hi.
Hi.
Sorry I'm late.
How was the conference? Is she totally maladjusted, or what? Hope, I'm sorry.
Drentell walked in just as I was about to leave the office.
Good night, Hope.
See you tomorrow.
I'm sorry.
Really.
- Okay.
- Okay.
So how was your day? - Did you see Val? - I saw Val.
Yeah? Well, did she like it? When am I gonna get to read it? Um, she doesn't think it's a two-parter, but, um-- but she liked it.
You want me to pick anything up on the way home? Like what? - Like dinner.
Huh? Huh? - I already started dinner.
Am I only supposed to be able to do one thing at a time like you? Look, um, why don't you go home, okay? I'll stay and take Janey.
Okay? Go ahead.
Bye.
[Man.]
I'll talk to you in the morning.
Good night.
- Ah.
- Hey.
- Glad I caught you.
- What's up? - I just saw Miles.
- Yeah? - The presentation's been moved up.
- To? - Tomorrow.
- Tomorrow? Sorry, guy.
Oh, it's [sighs.]
Huh.
I thought you were coming to bed.
There's some reading I need to get done.
Well, come on.
Do it in bed, sweetie.
No, no.
I need to spread out.
- Wait a minute, Hope.
- I understand.
Look, I just I want to explain, okay? It's just that the timing of this has been so weird-- Well, I'll try to plan the next miscarriage better.
- Wait a s-- Hope, now wait a second.
- What? Look, things are out of control right now.
I mean, neither of us has a handle on anything.
So, sometimes, it just-- it gets hard to figure out priorities.
No.
Your priority is your new job.
So what did you want me to do? Did you want me not to take it, Hope? - Of course not.
- Okay.
So, then, if I take it, I have to do it well, right? Because if I don't do it well, and I mean really well, I mean, excel at it, then I'm out.
You understand that, right? Wait a minute.
Fine.
Go ahead.
Excel at it.
What do you want me to say? Okay, look.
I know that it's not that simple.
No, you make it simple.
You couldn't be there today because Drentell walked into your office.
You couldn't say, "Excuse me, Miles, I have an appointment?" If you walked into his office, he would leave.
No, you couldn't be there.
Think you're gonna lose your job-- - That's not fair.
- because of an appointment at your daughter's school? No, it is that.
That's what your priorities are.
Job, money, family.
In that order.
And that doesn't even include throwing sports in there.
Those are not my priorities.
Damn it, Hope! See? You don't even know my priorities! I have responsibilities.
I mean I'm the provider here, Hope! I have a job! Excuse me! You could've been the provider.
Okay.
But we chose to do it this way.
And that's fine, okay? I don't have a problem with that.
But that means that I have a responsibility.
Don't make a face at me, Hope.
So if-- So if I'm out of work for two months, and I find a job-- - You don't even like this job.
- and I find a job, and I see a chance to breathe again and not have to worry about a budget or what a new baby needs-- everything that goes with a new baby-- then you're damn right I'm gonna work hard at it.
You don't have a new baby.
Yeah, but we were going to, and we were living off our savings, and we had a mortgage rate that seemed to go up every month, we had bumped-up car insurance rates-- And the baby's liabilities outweighed its assets.
- No, Hope, that's not what I'm saying.
- No.
Fine.
Fine.
This is a bad time for me, too.
I didn't want this baby, either.
[sighs.]
Yeah.
Oh.
Such a girl.
A girl.
Oh, your legs are so soft.
Do you know that if you never shave your legs, your hair will stay soft, and you won't have burns or razor stubble, huh? I won't be able to convince you of that.
My mother couldn't convince me.
[Michael.]
I'm leaving now, Hope.
[Janey.]
Hi, Daddy.
Okay.
I guess I'll call you later this morning.
Um, there's some dry cleaning, if-- if you go out.
Okay.
[Janey babbling.]
Hey, you're my favorite girls.
Can I have a kiss? Hmm? Bye.
Bye.
[babbling.]
[no audible dialogue.]
[babbling.]
- Oh, hi.
- Oh, hi, Michael.
How's it going? - Oh, fine.
How you doing? - We'll see you this afternoon, okay? Okay.
Yeah.
This afternoon? - Elliot.
- What? The presentation is this afternoon? - Mikey, why don't we get Drew to get us-- - When did this happen? Why didn't you pick up the phone and give me a call? Mark came in after you left last night and said he moved the presentation-- - When was I supposed to figure all this out? - Easy.
It's under control.
What do you mean, it's under control? Under control? I mean, today? Aw, man.
What are we gonna show him? I mean, this is a disaster.
- We're completely dead here.
- No, we're not.
It's gonna look bad, Elliot, and then Miles is gonna [sighs.]
I can't deal with this.
Mike, listen to me.
You're not the only guy around here that doesn't want to look bad, okay? Take a look around.
All right? I came up with about ten concepts last night, including your "Go and stop," which I think is the one they're probably gonna use.
- You were here all night? - Well Oh, Elliot, you should've called me.
I didn't wanna call you because I thought you needed some time with Hope.
- That's not for you to decide.
- I can't worry about you, Mike? - No.
It's just-- - Wait a second.
I'm not done.
Wait.
Ease up, man.
- Okay.
- You've been crazed all week long, Mike.
I'm serious, man.
I don't blame you, man.
I mean, this week has had some good parts, and it's had some horrible parts.
But, Mike, I mean Wake up, man.
It's just a car.
You want to take a look at what I've done? I don't know.
Is it good? I don't know, man.
Take a look and tell me what you think.
After 3 a.
m.
, I was under the influence of powdered doughnuts.
Chip? [Hope.]
Do you remember when Daddy and I told you about the new baby? - [Janey.]
Yeah.
- Well, there isn't gonna be a new baby.
Something went wrong, and there wasn't anything we could do.
It just didn't work out, and, um, it makes Mommy and Daddy sad.
But we have you, and we love you.
And someday we'll have a-- a new baby.
Because you'd really like to have a little brother or sister, wouldn't you? You could teach it everything.
About Softy Bunny and ice cream - Daddy - And Daddy.
[babbling.]
Okay, sweetie.
You have a nice day.
Don't beat up the boys, okay? I know they like it.
Where's my big kiss? See you later.
Bye.
Bye, Mom.
You're home early.
I'm home early.
What now? I, uh I think I did something wrong, Hope.
I'm just not exactly sure what it was.
What do you think it is? I think I left you somehow.
I don't know.
Well, I wish-- I wish you'd been here.
You acted like you wanted me to go.
I wanted you to choose to-- that you'd rather stay.
It just was easier to be there.
- Away from me? - No.
No, it just Just to be, you know Just to be in a place, you know, where there were empty drawers to fill up, and, uh, all these people with expectations.
And I could worry about not failing, because that's easy to worry about.
Because if I worried about, you know Oh, God.
It just [sighs.]
I just wanted this baby so much, you know? I just really wanted this baby so much, so I just had to push it away.
Why? I don't know.
Because Because there just wasn't room for all that, I guess.
I haven't even seen you this week.
No.
Tell me No.
Please? What? That I feel like a failure because my body failed? It wasn't you, Hope.
You know, and I see, when you look at me And I think you blame me.
Oh, how could I blame you? Because I let you down.
You didn't lose this baby.
I did.
And I don't want to go through this again.
And I don't want to think that every time we make love, I'm gonna be afraid, and I'll think about it.
It's too soon, Hope.
It takes time.
But I don't feel like there is time.
Shh.
Oh, I want you to make it all better.
[crying.]
Listen to me.
Listen.
We'll make another baby.
But it won't be this baby.
No, it won't.
Oh.
Shh.
- [crying.]
- Oh, babe.
Shh.
Okay.
Okay, sweetie.
Oh.
Shh.
Okay.
Hey.
- I wish we could make love.
- Mmm.
Well, you know what the doctor said, right? - Two weeks.
- Mm-hmm.
Two weeks.
You know what? We can torture each other.
I just want you to hold me close.
Okay.
Okay.
Closed-Captioned By J.
R.
Media Services, Inc.
Burbank, CA And dance by the light of the moon
[children chattering.]
Now, can you stay in the lines? Good.
20 years from now, he'll take her out to dinner and a movie, and he'll probably break her heart.
I don't know.
Janey looks like she can handle herself.
Do you think the teachers-- I mean, when we leave, do you think they sit around and compare our kids, or, like, talk about which kids will grow up and be losers? Oh, you never left Mickey before huh? Well, no, I haven't.
I remember when Janey started daycare.
It was terrible.
I sat in the car, I ate vanilla wafers, and I cried.
I like what they do here at the preschool-- letting you stay until you feel comfortable.
It's been three weeks.
How long is it supposed to take? It takes a while.
God, I want her to be able to interact with other kids, but then I think, is she too young? I don't know.
We didn't have preschool at two and a half, and we turned out okay.
Except for worrying about our kids in preschool.
Well, how did you do with Janey in daycare? Well, I don't know.
It was less disciplined.
It was in this woman's house, and there was just four kids, and she was great.
And I don't know.
She was a friend, and it was different, but it was a home.
I guess I should be going.
Somebody's gotta do it.
Maybe next time.
If I were gonna paint, I'd wear a suit.
I'm spackling.
Oh, that was my next guess.
How's it coming? Good.
I'm almost done with the ceiling.
I got this window to shut, but now I can't open it.
- Pumpkin.
- Do you think we should put the C-R-I-B against the wall? I want to move it anywhere until Janey gets used to her new B-E-D.
Do you think the new baby's gonna like this room? Huh? - Yeah.
Yeah.
Huh, big girl? - [babbles.]
So do you think Daddy's gonna tell us why he's spackling in a suit? Drentell called.
- He wants you to come in? - Yeah.
If I don't get a formal job offer today, I'm gonna kill him.
What time does he want to see you? I can make it now if I don't stop and pick up Elliot.
Oh.
- Good luck.
- Yeah.
Thanks.
What are you gonna do today? I have about 500 errands and my monthly OB appointment.
That's good.
You'll have plenty of time to paint the room.
- No fumes.
- No fumes? Oh.
No fumes with latex paint.
- Goodbye.
- Bye.
Bye, sweetie.
Pants are getting a little tight there, Hope.
Thinks he's funny, doesn't he? Second babies-- you always seem to jump right out there.
Let's see here.
- A hundred and-- - Don't tell me.
Yow! Why don't they make that stuff so you can heat it up? - But this is my favorite part.
- Aah.
- Oh, that tickles.
- [machine humming.]
They're illusive little devils this early.
Michael swears it's a boy this time.
- Yeah? What do you think? - I think it's a giant Wheat Thin.
- I hate morning sickness.
- [laughs.]
I hate these things.
Don't go anywhere.
Okay.
Ah, man, look at all these awards.
You think he actually won these things? I mean, look at this one right here.
Best Sadomasochistic Award for a Breakfast Cereal.
What are the chances he's gonna walk in here, make us a fair offer, and leave us alone? Ooh.
Kids from the first marriage.
They look like woodchucks.
I tell you what, some orthodontist is gonna buy himself a second home off of this pack.
Weston, get your flaky ass off my desk.
Attaboy.
So, boys, how's the bread line? Is that why we're here, Miles? Why so impatient, Steadman? You have someplace to go after this? Enough banter.
What do you know about the Spingieri? Uh, wait.
Wasn't it kind of like the DeLorean? Good boy, Weston.
It's actually a lot like the DeLorean.
A couple of very smart guys split from General Motors about 12 years ago to develop their own line.
They got as far as the prototype, but as I'm sure you know from personal experience, things don't always work the way you plan.
Their project bought the farm.
Cut to last year.
Now they're getting backing from Fiat.
They're bringing it back.
A 12-year-old design? Still light years ahead of what Detroit's putting out now.
You've never done a car campaign, have you? We did toy cars, the little ones the size of a cigarette lighter.
- [phone beeping.]
- Made 'em look real fast.
Yes? Mm-hmm.
Your wife.
Cute.
She always check up on you? All the time.
[sighs.]
[door opens, closes.]
So, Miles, is this the part where you offer us lots of money? [Doctor.]
I realize this is very hard for both of you, and it probably won't make you feel better when I tell you that I see this all the time.
The ultrasound confirmed that there had been fetal demise.
You know, one in five pregnancies ends in a miscarriage.
It's nature's way of saying the fetus would've been unable to survive outside the womb.
Why? Um, I don't understand.
We usually don't find out why.
The thing for you right now is to give yourselves time to grieve, because it is a loss.
You were already planning, thinking of it as a baby when it really hadn't developed.
And after you've given yourself time, and when you're ready, you can think about starting again.
The next time you're pregnant, you'll have an 80% chance of carrying the baby to term.
The accident maybe.
Hope's car accident-- Why? Because the X-rays, the drugs? We can't explain these things, Michael.
I'm sorry.
I know it would be easier if we could.
Do you have any other questions? We can do the D&C now, or we can schedule it for tomorrow.
Today.
Hey.
I thought you were supposed to be taking it easy.
I-- I forgot to get milk.
I'll run to the store later if you want.
Why don't you go upstairs and take a nap? Michael, really, I'm okay.
You should try a Valium and Demerol IV drip.
Yeah.
Hey.
Mmm.
Eggs.
Eggs.
- Maybe you should make a list.
- Okay.
Let's see.
Eggs, napkins-- - Napkins? - Yeah.
Kotex.
Oh.
Hope, I can't buy those.
Oh, sure you can.
I'll give you a note.
When are we gonna tell people? I don't know.
You'll figure it out.
And diet soda.
I need something with saccharin in it.
Hope.
What? Oh, nothing.
Um, I think I'll go upstairs for a while.
Yeah.
Maybe take a nap, huh? [phone ringing.]
Hello? Yeah, he's right here.
Elliot.
Hi, Elliot.
Wait a minute.
Wait, wait, wait.
What? Our office? He actually showed you our office? Desks and chairs.
Wow.
Wait, wait.
Wait a s-- How much? Wait.
We split that, right? That's for both of us? Thursday, yeah.
No.
I can't believe it.
I can't believe it.
No, Elliot.
Tonight, uh Oh, God.
Elliot, Hope had a miscarriage today.
Michael, I don't know where you put your briefcase.
Honey, I thought you were gonna stay in bed.
Yeah, but it's your first day.
You need your briefcase.
You have to look like a grownup.
You can toss those.
- How you feeling? - All right.
Yeah? Did you sleep? - I slept.
Did you? - No.
You know, Hope, I don't have to go to the office today.
- I could just call Drentell and tell him-- - Are you crazy? I already packed your lunchbox.
Well, I don't like this idea leaving you here by yourself.
Well, I'm not by myself.
Janey's here, and Nancy said that she would stop by later.
- Okay.
- I mean, Michael, really.
Everything's okay.
Yeah? Does it hurt? Well, I had these little cramps, but it's not so bad.
- Mm-hmm.
- It's just-- I don't know.
It's kind of like a period.
Okay, so you're sure, then, about my leaving? [scoffs.]
Michael, go to work.
Please? Okay.
I'll call you.
Did you look, um, in the closet downstairs for your briefcase? No, not yet.
- I think it's there.
- Okay.
So all right? - Yeah.
- Okay.
Okay, sweetie.
Okay.
- Bye.
- Bye.
[Man.]
Message center.
I'm sorry, sir.
He's away from his desk right now.
- [phone ringing.]
- [chattering.]
Hi.
How you guys doing? Fine, thank you.
And you? [knocking on window.]
Hey, where's your hall pass? - Hey, how you doing, man? - You got here first.
Yeah, man.
I had to stake my claim.
Biggest desk, best view, chair that doesn't squeak.
What are you doing here? You're supposed to be at home.
How's Hope? - She's okay.
- Really? - Hey, go home.
- No.
She doesn't want me at home.
So did you tell anybody? - About? - About the miscarriage.
Yeah, I told everybody.
There's gonna be a party later with a sympathy cake.
Come on, Mike.
Are you serious? What am I gonna say? Oh, man.
It's all a little vague right now.
It's like I'm watching somebody else go through this.
- I can cover for you today, tomorrow, as much as you want.
- No, that's okay.
Thanks.
- Are you sure? - Yeah.
I think I'd just rather dig in, you know? So did you bring the paperwork? Yeah.
Right here.
Sorry this is late, men.
Um, I'm Drew.
- Hi.
Elliot.
- How you doing? I'm Michael.
How are you? If you guys need anything-- your laundry picked up, your car washed-- just beep, okay? - Okay.
- Okay.
Okay.
Righteous tie, man.
Thanks.
- There's cinnamon in it.
- Hmm.
Why? What do you say, Mikey? A little one-on-one? First one to ten? New office, new game.
You and me, baby, right here.
- Elliot-- - Yeah, I know.
It's been happening all morning.
Watch.
[chuckles.]
[Hope.]
No, Mom, I don't need you to come.
No, really.
Look, Michael, he's okay.
Yeah.
No.
He just ran out.
He had to do an errand.
Yeah.
No.
He will be right back.
Yeah.
No.
Really, really, it's-- it's fine.
I know.
Yes, yes, yes, I know.
Mom, I know.
Okay.
- Yes, we will try again.
- [Janey babbles.]
Yeah.
Mom, listen, I think I hear somebody at the door, okay? I'll call you l-- Yes, I'll call you later.
Tonight.
Yes.
Bye.
- She's only trying to help.
- [sighs.]
- [babbling.]
- Why does that make it worse? I don't know.
[Nancy.]
Hey, sweetie, you want to read a book? - Oh, I love this one.
- [babbling continues.]
[no audible dialogue.]
Gminski goes to the hoop! [panting.]
Hey, just some brainstorming, huh? A little brainstorming, Mikey boy? Oh, come on, man.
You're not into this.
You're thinking about the letters, man.
You want it to be DAS instead of DAA.
What would it be if it was Weston? - DAW.
- DAW.
That's no good.
What about WAD? - Wad.
- Wad.
- WAS.
Was.
- Was.
- [women.]
Hello.
- Hi.
Um, we're from in here.
Yeah.
- Oh.
- Oh.
The girls - Where the blinds going up and - How are you? Nice to meet you.
- Hi.
How are you? - Yeah, we know who you are.
- You must be Elliot, right? - Yeah.
And this is what's-his-name over here.
- So what do you guys do here? - We're a creative team.
- Oh, really? That's great.
- Yeah.
Oh, I had this pumpkin bread at my desk, and I thought, you know, welcome to DAA.
- Very nice.
- That's really sweet.
- They cleaned off the stain.
- Oh, good.
- Huh? - What stain? Oh, it was so intense.
The team that was in here before had kind of a problem one day.
Yeah, they decided they didn't really want to be in advertising.
[Elliot mutters.]
How long have you guys been here? Oh, you know, time starts to do strange things to you after about the third month with no weekends off.
- Oh, great.
- Wow.
You know, I really, you know, don't see too many, you know, girl teams.
- Where were you before this? - Saatchi.
- Saatchi? - Saatchi.
- Saatchi.
- They're good.
- They're very good.
- Very good.
So you guys had your own agency, we heard.
- Yeah.
- Yeah, we did.
We-- Yeah.
So, well, what are you working on now? - Douche.
- Tampons.
- Well, that's - It's interesting.
- It is.
No, no.
.
- We like it.
- It's great.
That's great.
- It isfun.
Yeah.
- Yeah.
- Yeah, well, we should get back.
- Okay.
- I have some tampon work to do.
Okay.
All right.
All right.
- Okay, so, nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you.
- Thank you very much for the cake.
- We're just right over there.
- Yeah, we see you - We'll see you.
- We'll see you around.
- Bye.
- Bye.
- Okay.
They're sweet.
[door opens, closes.]
Hi.
- Hey.
- Hey.
- For you.
- Great.
There was, uh, some kind of refrigeration disaster at the florist.
- Yeah? - That's all they had left.
Thanks.
- You can throw them out if you want.
- No.
- So how you feeling? - Mmm, fine.
- Yeah? - Yeah.
Is there anything I can do? Maybe hunt up a bottle of wine or something? Oh, no.
I'm just trying to keep busy.
You know, do my work.
- Where's the bum Michael? - Oh, he started at DAA today.
- That's great.
- Yeah.
Yeah.
Could he have started next week or something? No.
They wanted him right away.
He's really excited 'cause it's such a great agency.
Yeah.
Except that now you're here.
Oh, I wanted him to keep busy.
It's easier.
For him.
Well, what about for you? Wouldn't it be easier if he was here with you? Oh, I'm fine, really.
You know, I know it's pretty terrible, but it happens all the time.
You know, a friend of mine lost her baby a year ago, and, um, now she's pregnant again.
Right.
So would you like to maybe go out to lunch or something? No.
I think I'm gonna stay home today.
I really want to finish this article.
Oh, which means you want to get back to it.
- No.
No.
- Listen, it's okay.
You got your stalks.
You know I'm around.
- Call me.
- Thanks.
- Bye.
- Bye.
Listen, if you put three pennies in there, it'll last longer.
Pennies? Pennies.
You got $65,000, right? What, are you gonna buy a Spingieri? - You're gonna buy a new car.
- It's a great car.
I want this car, man.
- This is a great car.
- Did you read the focus group report yet? I don't need to read the focus-- Target audience-- tremendously cool guys with red hair.
- Single women, gay men, Elliot.
- No way.
Are you serious? - Yeah.
I guess they're going for disposable income.
- That's weird.
- Why is that weird? - How are you gonna define that market? - I don't know.
- This is crazy.
I don't want to think about this.
Wait.
Elliot, we have to think about it, okay? We gotta sell it.
All right.
I'll tell you what, I've always used Nancy as your average consumer.
- She's a woman.
- Yeah.
She's single.
- She's single.
- Yeah.
So, how are we gonna sell this car to Nancy? It's really simple.
We show the car whizzing down the autobahn, and we super over the words: "Elliot Weston hates this car.
" - [laughs.]
- They'll want to buy it.
I'll tell you what, man, this place is, like-- I think I could seriously like this place, man.
- This is really cool.
Whoa! - [clatter.]
Look at all this stuff.
Look at that.
Cookies, crackers.
- It's nice.
- Doughnuts and crap and-- Whoa! - Mint Milanos, my favorite.
- Ooh, ooh, ooh.
Oh, God, I thought it was just an ugly rumor.
- Hi, Mark.
How's it going? - Good.
How you doing? I guess they didn't tell you about the dress code, huh, Weston? Andthat Mint Milanos are reserved for account executives.
Yeah? No way.
[laughs.]
Thanks.
How's the Spingieri coming? Oh, come on, man.
We just got here.
Give us ten minutes.
- How you doing? - Hi.
- You're Hollis, right? - Angel.
- Angel.
- I'm Hollis.
- [Elliot.]
Hi, Hollis.
- [Mark.]
I guess you guys have - Met.
Yeah, we've all met.
- Yeah.
- How's the campaign coming? - Pretty good.
- We're pleased.
- Is that that douche thing? That douche thing? Yeah, isn't that what Oh - We were just kidding.
- Yeah.
- [Elliot laughs.]
- It was, like, a joke.
[laughs.]
All right.
Um, actually, we're on the Spingieri.
- The Spingieri.
- Yeah.
- The Spingieri.
- [Hollis.]
Yeah, you know, mid-engine.
[Angel.]
That targa roof is really cool.
You know, Miles is into this gladiator thing.
You know, throw two creative teams in the ring, see what happens.
A little fight to the death, huh? No, Miles isn't into death.
Just a little maiming.
Oh, my favorite.
- Bye.
- See you guys.
See ya.
Ciao.
Ruff, ruff! Here's a little dog, but this dog doesn't have any voice.
He doesn't know what to say.
He sees a duck, and he says, "What do you say?" - What does the duck say? - [kids.]
Quack, quack! Quack.
But, no, that doesn't sound right for a dog.
So he sees a cat.
And he says to the cat-- - What does the cat say? - [kids.]
Meow, meow! Meow, meow, meow.
No, that doesn't sound good for a dog.
So he goes up to the pig and says, "What do you say, pig?" - What does the pig say? - [kids.]
Oink, oink.
No, that doesn't sound right for a dog.
- No, let's see.
- Come here, sweetie.
- I know, sweetie.
Are you okay? - Hi, Hope.
Is there a problem? - She's okay.
- Oh, she feels kind of warm.
- I'm gonna take her home.
Come on, Janey.
- Well, I Hi.
You found me.
You left a trail.
So how was the big job? No.
How are you? I tried to call you eight times today.
Well, I took the phone off the hook.
- Yeah? - So, was it a big office? Was everybody nice? Did they make you wear a funny hat? No.
They made me have a boss.
And I missed you.
- I missed you.
- Yeah? Mmm.
- Promise me - What? - Never mind.
- No.
Come on.
Finish what you were gonna say.
Just that you'll stay her like this with me-- I don't know-- for about a week.
I can do that.
Okay.
So did your mother call again? She still want to come out? Yeah.
Would that make you feel better? - Michael? - Hmm? [phone ringing.]
Hope, I really should get that.
- No, answer it.
- I know.
I'm sorry.
It's just - So answer it.
- Okay.
All right.
Hello.
Hi, Elliot.
Uh, uh, no.
Uh, everything's fine.
Actually, I don't hate it.
It's kind of interesting.
Wait.
Let me just get the work order for you.
It's, um Let's see.
They're talking about print at 30 seconds.
Because they're not talking about television.
[laughs.]
Well No, Elliot, I'm not gonna say that to Miles Drentell.
[laughs.]
You say it to Miles Drentell.
[laughs.]
Huh? No.
I'm right here.
[Woman.]
Try this.
This is good.
[Man.]
Mmm.
Here.
There's so much more material here.
When I was doing it, I thought maybe we could easily do a two-part series.
I have some great ideas for photo layouts.
You know, pictures of people and their pets.
That sort of thing.
What? Okay, so Kathleen told me.
What are you doing here? I wanted you to see this.
It's not due for another week.
- You don't like it.
- Of course I like it.
But I'd like it much more if I thought you were okay.
[sighs.]
I am okay.
Your hormones are buzzing out of control.
You need to take care of yourself.
I am taking care of myself.
Please, this is taking care of myself.
If you ask me, you ought to go home, get a basket full of Tastykakes and pig out, Hope.
Val, I didn't ask you.
Well, I don't think we can sell two parts on the toxic chemicals.
But I like the pictures with the people and their pets, because it shows what you have to lose.
So, go on and write it if you want to, but don't show your face in my office for the next two weeks no matter how fast you do it.
And the cop is chasing this guy in the Spingieri [muttering, whooshing.]
You know, all through the streets like that, you know, and the cops chasing him.
Takes out a couple of lampposts, right? Maybe a pedestrian or two, you know? And all of a sudden, the cop-- he shoots out the tires.
[imitates tires screeching, explosion.]
Blows in this big burst of flames, and that's it.
Hmm? A little soft, Elliot.
- Soft? - Yeah.
- This is weird.
- Uh-huh.
All right.
It's weird.
I know.
I know it's weird.
I didn't think it would be weird, Mike.
I really didn't think this would be weird.
But it's weird.
I mean, they're out there, and we're in here, and we're not their bosses.
You know? We're not the big cheeses anymore, you know? We're like Velveeta.
It's weird.
You know, there's a very simple solution to this.
You remember those Volkswagen ads of the '60s? Right? There's Dustin Hoffman-- he's walking around, he's looking for the engine.
- Yeah.
- All right.
Well, here's the thing, right? You got a target audience that's smart, okay? So make it smart.
I'm incapable of smart.
I mean, this is a not uninteresting yet unformed idea.
I mean, what is smart, Mike? All right.
How about this? Like, you know, just take out the slapstick, okay? - Right.
- Something like, um, "This car is really fast.
" And you show the car.
You hear this incredible engine noise.
- Right.
- And the car hasn't moved.
- That's moderately smart.
- Okay.
Okay.
Well, what about this, okay? [stammering.]
- You got this guy, okay? - Okay.
I mean, work on this with me, all right? - You got this guy, and he's standing there, right? - Right.
And he's, like He's got, like, this goofy smile on his face.
- Yeah.
- And he's, like-- he's, like, totally calm.
- Okay.
- And this car, right? Is coming from behind him, all right? It's right behind him.
- Right behind him? - Yeah, just filling up the entire frame.
It's got those headlights.
You know, like Gort in The Day the Earth Stood Still.
- Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
That's good.
- Okay.
And the line reads - It reads, um, "Go.
" - Okay.
Wait.
- "And stop.
" - Uh-huh.
-"Spingieri.
" -Oh, that's good.
- That's good.
It's very Italian.
- [knocking on door.]
Hope I'm not interrupting your creative flow.
Oh, that would actually mean that we have a creative flow.
Just handing out some basketball practice info.
Pretty basic stuff.
Practice schedule, drills, uniform rental.
- Right.
- "Video assistance"? Yeah, a guy comes in, shoots some of our practices.
Spotlight some of our weak points.
You know what I mean.
I think Mike and I are fairly aware of our weak areas-- passing, shooting, dribbling.
Uh, Mark, we're not ready to show you this right now.
- Whoa! - Oh.
- Nobody's pushing.
- Uh-huh.
See, where we work, you know, account execs sees the pitch when the creative team is ready.
- You know? - That's right.
Hey, it's cool.
I respect you for it.
Uh-huh.
I mean, is that not the way that you do things around here? Yeah, we do it that way here.
And, uh, just for your information, that's a pretty good sketch, and it's exactly the same as the Monte Cristo campaign we did a year ago.
Sorry.
[door closes.]
[sighs.]
[Hope.]
You don't remember when Daddy had a mustache, do you? Huh? It made him look funny, and Mommy made him shave it off.
- No.
- Yes, I did.
Yeah.
You like this, don't you? Huh? Yeah.
Oh, even though Mommy's clogging your arteries and ruining your big teeth that haven't even come in yet.
Huh? It's good, isn't it? Yeah.
Mmm.
It's good.
Let me clean that face.
Mom [babbles.]
[no audible dialogue.]
Hey, there's this incredibly cute toddler toddling around your front porch.
- Hi.
- Hi.
Oh, sorry to interrupt your lunch.
- We were just finishing.
- Nutritious.
Mm-hmm.
[chuckles.]
How you doing? I wish people would stop asking.
I'm okay.
Hope, I wish there was something I could Ohh! Well, I guess if you're gonna have have a miscarriage, it's best to have it the way you had it, huh-- clinical and all? Oh.
That's it.
Take care of that.
Good girl.
Not that anything's best.
It's a stupid word.
I didn't mean best.
I just I mean I-- I just meant Oh, boy.
Can you help me out here, Hope? What do you want me to say? Tell me that it's okay.
Tell me that you're sad, but you'll get over it.
Tell me-- Tell me what I can do to help you.
There really isn't anything.
Ohh.
I wish I I remember when I had my abortion and you came with me and you sat in the recovery room with me, eating animal crackers.
You made me feel so much better.
I wish I could That was so awful.
I was in college.
I was 20 years old.
It was Bobby Geshki.
All I can remember about him was that he had these great forearms.
- This was completely different.
- Oh, of course.
I know.
You had a choice.
Yeah.
I didn't think so, but But you're right.
It's not the same thing at all.
I just wanted to say, you know, I-- I-- I had this life, and then it was gone.
And even though it was my choice, I-- I guess I sort of know how you must feel.
All right.
This is ridiculous.
- I'm leaving now.
I'm already late.
- So go.
Is the teacher cute? I don't know.
Haven't met her yet.
This is the first conference.
They make a very big deal out of both parents being there.
I'll keep doing this.
All right.
Okay.
All right.
Here we go.
Here we go.
Uh - You got something? - Yeah.
Close-up.
- Go, go.
- Elevation.
- Uh, uh, front fender.
- Right.
- Okay.
Saturated color.
- Right.
- It's raining.
- Right.
- Next to it-- - Right.
- One leg.
- Good.
Red high-heeled shoe.
- Ooh, pumps.
Ooh.
- Compositional elements only.
- And the lines-- - Ah, ah-- You're not actually working? Relax.
Don't get up.
Oh, we're just enjoying the view, Miles.
It's a good view.
It's my view.
How about you, Steadman? What's your view? It's a long view, Miles.
I have a long view.
Uh-huh.
So I get this call from AT&T, and they want me to come up to New York to talk about a fiber-optic account, and I think, gee, I hate to go alone.
I mean, you spend two hours throwing big words at these guys, and there you are, in your $350-a-day suite, and it's just-- - Poor, lonely Miles Drentell.
- [Miles laughing.]
The three of us in New York City.
Isn't that something to imagine? If it interests you, that is.
It's a hell of a town.
While we're up there, I'll introduce you to a few people, show you DDBO's new offices.
What do you think, Steadman? You wouldn't mind seeing how the real carnivores live.
You know, break area unique.
[Elliot.]
What are you gonna do in New York, man? - Cats.
- Oh, no.
I mean, how many times am I supposed to see Cats? - [Elliot laughing.]
- Of course, you'd probably want to meet the babe who plays Grizabella, right? - Who, me? - [Miles laughs.]
[Elliot laughs.]
Steadman, are we keeping you from something? What, you have other irons in the fire? Actually, Miles, I have an appointment that I'm-- - [Miles.]
An appointment.
Well - I really should, uh-- So go.
Okay.
- See ya.
- See ya.
What's wrong with Steadman? He seems even gloomier than usual.
Well, his, um-- His wife had a miscarriage this week.
That's too bad.
[sighs.]
When you talk to him, please convey my sympathy.
Okay.
[children chattering.]
Hi, you.
Hi, you.
Give me a big kiss.
Give me a big kiss.
Give me-- Mmm! - Hi, pumpkin.
- [babbles.]
Hi.
Hi.
Sorry I'm late.
How was the conference? Is she totally maladjusted, or what? Hope, I'm sorry.
Drentell walked in just as I was about to leave the office.
Good night, Hope.
See you tomorrow.
I'm sorry.
Really.
- Okay.
- Okay.
So how was your day? - Did you see Val? - I saw Val.
Yeah? Well, did she like it? When am I gonna get to read it? Um, she doesn't think it's a two-parter, but, um-- but she liked it.
You want me to pick anything up on the way home? Like what? - Like dinner.
Huh? Huh? - I already started dinner.
Am I only supposed to be able to do one thing at a time like you? Look, um, why don't you go home, okay? I'll stay and take Janey.
Okay? Go ahead.
Bye.
[Man.]
I'll talk to you in the morning.
Good night.
- Ah.
- Hey.
- Glad I caught you.
- What's up? - I just saw Miles.
- Yeah? - The presentation's been moved up.
- To? - Tomorrow.
- Tomorrow? Sorry, guy.
Oh, it's [sighs.]
Huh.
I thought you were coming to bed.
There's some reading I need to get done.
Well, come on.
Do it in bed, sweetie.
No, no.
I need to spread out.
- Wait a minute, Hope.
- I understand.
Look, I just I want to explain, okay? It's just that the timing of this has been so weird-- Well, I'll try to plan the next miscarriage better.
- Wait a s-- Hope, now wait a second.
- What? Look, things are out of control right now.
I mean, neither of us has a handle on anything.
So, sometimes, it just-- it gets hard to figure out priorities.
No.
Your priority is your new job.
So what did you want me to do? Did you want me not to take it, Hope? - Of course not.
- Okay.
So, then, if I take it, I have to do it well, right? Because if I don't do it well, and I mean really well, I mean, excel at it, then I'm out.
You understand that, right? Wait a minute.
Fine.
Go ahead.
Excel at it.
What do you want me to say? Okay, look.
I know that it's not that simple.
No, you make it simple.
You couldn't be there today because Drentell walked into your office.
You couldn't say, "Excuse me, Miles, I have an appointment?" If you walked into his office, he would leave.
No, you couldn't be there.
Think you're gonna lose your job-- - That's not fair.
- because of an appointment at your daughter's school? No, it is that.
That's what your priorities are.
Job, money, family.
In that order.
And that doesn't even include throwing sports in there.
Those are not my priorities.
Damn it, Hope! See? You don't even know my priorities! I have responsibilities.
I mean I'm the provider here, Hope! I have a job! Excuse me! You could've been the provider.
Okay.
But we chose to do it this way.
And that's fine, okay? I don't have a problem with that.
But that means that I have a responsibility.
Don't make a face at me, Hope.
So if-- So if I'm out of work for two months, and I find a job-- - You don't even like this job.
- and I find a job, and I see a chance to breathe again and not have to worry about a budget or what a new baby needs-- everything that goes with a new baby-- then you're damn right I'm gonna work hard at it.
You don't have a new baby.
Yeah, but we were going to, and we were living off our savings, and we had a mortgage rate that seemed to go up every month, we had bumped-up car insurance rates-- And the baby's liabilities outweighed its assets.
- No, Hope, that's not what I'm saying.
- No.
Fine.
Fine.
This is a bad time for me, too.
I didn't want this baby, either.
[sighs.]
Yeah.
Oh.
Such a girl.
A girl.
Oh, your legs are so soft.
Do you know that if you never shave your legs, your hair will stay soft, and you won't have burns or razor stubble, huh? I won't be able to convince you of that.
My mother couldn't convince me.
[Michael.]
I'm leaving now, Hope.
[Janey.]
Hi, Daddy.
Okay.
I guess I'll call you later this morning.
Um, there's some dry cleaning, if-- if you go out.
Okay.
[Janey babbling.]
Hey, you're my favorite girls.
Can I have a kiss? Hmm? Bye.
Bye.
[babbling.]
[no audible dialogue.]
[babbling.]
- Oh, hi.
- Oh, hi, Michael.
How's it going? - Oh, fine.
How you doing? - We'll see you this afternoon, okay? Okay.
Yeah.
This afternoon? - Elliot.
- What? The presentation is this afternoon? - Mikey, why don't we get Drew to get us-- - When did this happen? Why didn't you pick up the phone and give me a call? Mark came in after you left last night and said he moved the presentation-- - When was I supposed to figure all this out? - Easy.
It's under control.
What do you mean, it's under control? Under control? I mean, today? Aw, man.
What are we gonna show him? I mean, this is a disaster.
- We're completely dead here.
- No, we're not.
It's gonna look bad, Elliot, and then Miles is gonna [sighs.]
I can't deal with this.
Mike, listen to me.
You're not the only guy around here that doesn't want to look bad, okay? Take a look around.
All right? I came up with about ten concepts last night, including your "Go and stop," which I think is the one they're probably gonna use.
- You were here all night? - Well Oh, Elliot, you should've called me.
I didn't wanna call you because I thought you needed some time with Hope.
- That's not for you to decide.
- I can't worry about you, Mike? - No.
It's just-- - Wait a second.
I'm not done.
Wait.
Ease up, man.
- Okay.
- You've been crazed all week long, Mike.
I'm serious, man.
I don't blame you, man.
I mean, this week has had some good parts, and it's had some horrible parts.
But, Mike, I mean Wake up, man.
It's just a car.
You want to take a look at what I've done? I don't know.
Is it good? I don't know, man.
Take a look and tell me what you think.
After 3 a.
m.
, I was under the influence of powdered doughnuts.
Chip? [Hope.]
Do you remember when Daddy and I told you about the new baby? - [Janey.]
Yeah.
- Well, there isn't gonna be a new baby.
Something went wrong, and there wasn't anything we could do.
It just didn't work out, and, um, it makes Mommy and Daddy sad.
But we have you, and we love you.
And someday we'll have a-- a new baby.
Because you'd really like to have a little brother or sister, wouldn't you? You could teach it everything.
About Softy Bunny and ice cream - Daddy - And Daddy.
[babbling.]
Okay, sweetie.
You have a nice day.
Don't beat up the boys, okay? I know they like it.
Where's my big kiss? See you later.
Bye.
Bye, Mom.
You're home early.
I'm home early.
What now? I, uh I think I did something wrong, Hope.
I'm just not exactly sure what it was.
What do you think it is? I think I left you somehow.
I don't know.
Well, I wish-- I wish you'd been here.
You acted like you wanted me to go.
I wanted you to choose to-- that you'd rather stay.
It just was easier to be there.
- Away from me? - No.
No, it just Just to be, you know Just to be in a place, you know, where there were empty drawers to fill up, and, uh, all these people with expectations.
And I could worry about not failing, because that's easy to worry about.
Because if I worried about, you know Oh, God.
It just [sighs.]
I just wanted this baby so much, you know? I just really wanted this baby so much, so I just had to push it away.
Why? I don't know.
Because Because there just wasn't room for all that, I guess.
I haven't even seen you this week.
No.
Tell me No.
Please? What? That I feel like a failure because my body failed? It wasn't you, Hope.
You know, and I see, when you look at me And I think you blame me.
Oh, how could I blame you? Because I let you down.
You didn't lose this baby.
I did.
And I don't want to go through this again.
And I don't want to think that every time we make love, I'm gonna be afraid, and I'll think about it.
It's too soon, Hope.
It takes time.
But I don't feel like there is time.
Shh.
Oh, I want you to make it all better.
[crying.]
Listen to me.
Listen.
We'll make another baby.
But it won't be this baby.
No, it won't.
Oh.
Shh.
- [crying.]
- Oh, babe.
Shh.
Okay.
Okay, sweetie.
Oh.
Shh.
Okay.
Hey.
- I wish we could make love.
- Mmm.
Well, you know what the doctor said, right? - Two weeks.
- Mm-hmm.
Two weeks.
You know what? We can torture each other.
I just want you to hold me close.
Okay.
Okay.
Closed-Captioned By J.
R.
Media Services, Inc.
Burbank, CA And dance by the light of the moon