13x17 - Denials

[bunniefuu]

[Anne] Hurry up, I'm really late.

[Greg] Where's the fire?

[Anne] Trust me, it's coming. In five minutes

if you don't get out of here.

[knock on door]

The fire extinguisher.

-Hi. -Good morning.

-Hi. -Babe.

Am I early?

No. Right on time.

I don't suppose I'm going to be invited to breakfast then?

Some other time.

[Greg] Well.

I'm out of here.

Don't...

Don't eat too much. We got a heavy lunch

with Claudia and her foundation pals.

You don't mind if we go out, do you?

I mean to pick up some juice and croissants.

I just got a really late start.

So I noticed.

I noticed. You noticed.

Does it bother you?

[sighs] Don't be silly.

[Anne] Does it?

Of course not.

[Anne] You know, but you and he...

Look, it's ancient history. Come on.

Are you ready?

Almost.

Oh, breakfast is my treat, by the way.

As a thank you for giving Kate a job

at the radio station.

It's nothing.

And if she's anything like her mother,

-I can really use her. -Kate's nothing like Claudia.

She has scruples.

Boring.

[theme music playing]

[music continues]

[music continues]

-[car honk] -Have a nice day.

Hey Mack, wait. Wait a second.

-[Mack] Morning. -Morning.

-Got a minute? -It's a new kid??.

Well, Mack, you know,

that I've decided to go ahead with the book about Sumner.

Yeah, well, you know, we figured that.

See, I don't want you and Karen to hate me for it.

No, Val.

We're behind you.

Okay.

Woah, hup, hup, hup.

[car door rattles]

See...

You've known Greg for a long time now.

I would love to sit down with you sometime

and really talk to you about it.

Oh, Val, come on, I wouldn't know what to tell you

about Greg.

Not exactly objective, you know.

No, don't worry about that.

Being objective is my job.

-Come on. -Let me think about it.

-You will think about it? -Oh, I'll be thinking about it.

You don't mean that...

you don't want any part of this project?

I don't want any part of this project.

Okay, sorry,

Just forget that I even asked.

-Val. -What?

Hey, I'm sorry,

what can I do to help you?

Mack could you just...

give me a list of people that I could talk to.

People who knew Greg when he was in politics.

-A list? -People who knew him

when you both were friends in school.

Political people, you know,

when he was starting out, stuff like that.

-A list? -Yeah, that's all I need.

-Okay? -Alright. A list.

Okay, that's great. That's that's all I need.

Okay...

[grunting] A list.

[car engine starts]

Karen, believe me,

this wasn't the easiest decision

that I've ever made.

Then why? Huh?

-Why write the book? -Because...

You know, I could give you 100 different reasons,

and you could probably argue me out

of each and everyone of them.

But Karen, I'd still want to do it.

I'd still, I'd still want to pursue it.

[emotional music playing]

Are you mad at me?

No, I'm not mad at you.

I'm just...

concerned about Meg.

I would never do anything

to hurt Meg or to reveal her.

-This is a biography. -Yes.

How do you write a biography without mentioning Meg?

Simple. I'll just say that he had a baby with Laura,

but that after Laura died,

he gave the baby up for adoption for her own good.

Alright, look.

Tell me not to write the book and I won't do it.

-I can't do that. -Yes, you can.

Our friendship

is worth more to me than the book.

If you don't write this book...

because of me,

what would that do to our friendship?

[Kate] This is really boring.

What is it that people wear to radio stations anyway?

Don't worry about what other people wear.

You want to be noticed.

I'm not you, Vanessa.

Well, that's for something.

You didn't mind Alex noticing you?

Alex?

Alex, wait, here it is.

If he noticed me, it wasn't because I was wearing

a red belt.

So, tell.

Tell what?

About your date with Alex?

There's nothing to tell. It wasn't a date.

We just went to the movies. That's it.

Well, did he put his arm around you?

Did you hold your hand, kiss you?

No.

Kate, Are you sure you're not still approaching?

Yeah, I'm sure.

Well, that's a relief.

Although if I had my virginity left to lose,

I'd lose it to Alex in a minute.

Then you could go ahead and do it then.

Well, how can I do that?

Look, you and I have known each other

for a long time, right?

And every morning after you are still a virgin.

So it just kind of seems like your virginity comes

in this inexhaustible supply.

Well, it worked. Men love being the first.

You really think Alex is sexy?

No, what attracts me is his worldly polish,

his command of language and his Immaculate tailoring.

He is sexy.

Hey. How'd it go with Judge Woodstrom?

-Give you a hard time? -Nah.

It was our client.

He keeps wanting to defend himself.

I keep telling him that's why he hired me.

Well, he's going to defend himself right into jail

-if he keeps that up. -Yeah.

These came today. Val's contract.

-Val's contracts for the book? -Yeah.

-Oh, yeah? -I'm going to handle it for her.

-Really? -If that's okay with you.

You see, she thought that your involvement

with Sumner would be a conflict of interest.

Conflict. If there ever was one.

I wouldn't touch those damn contracts.

And look, if you don't want me to handle this,

-I won't. -Frank. Why should you be

the only one in Knots Landing with no connection

-to this lousy book? -Mack.

[Mack] Frank, let's drop it, alright?

Just read the contract.

Who knows?

This book might turn out to be something good.

[laughs sarcastically] Yeah, right.

[Frank] It might open a can of worms.

Lift the lid off Sumner.

-Demystify the man. -Frank.

It's a stretch, but I think you're mixing your metaphors.

It's especially of mine.

Over here, Mr. Lawton.

Mr. Burton.

-Oh, Mr. Lawton. -Pierce, please.

Would you gentleman care for a c*ck?

Not for me, thanks. I'll just have one for the house.

I'll stay with mine.

Alright then.

What happened?

-Handball. -Handball?

Do you know that I used to play that game?

I know that about you.

I was a four wall handball champ back.

Yeah, but that's another story.

Listen, thank you very much for coming.

You're very persuasive.

Now,

why don't you think the Sumner Group

should take over Burton Biotechnology?

Mr. Burton, Greg Sumner is a Terminator.

He's going to buy you out,

take apart your company piece by piece,

and feed your employees to the sharks for breakfast.

That's funny.

He told me exactly the opposite,

but I guess that's par for the course.

I assume you have a list of companies

that would be more user friendly to us.

I don't need a list.

Anybody will be better for your company than Sumner.

Now, wait a minute, wait a minute now.

I don't understand.

I thought you had some suggestions.

I just gave you one.

Sumner is evil personified.

I'm telling you to stay away from him.

What is your experience with Sumner?

He destroyed the company I worked for

deliberately with malice aforethought.

Then he stole my girlfriend.

He destroyed the only relationship

that's ever meant anything to me.

Now you're getting back at him by warning me to stay away.

No, I understood he was interested in buying you out

and I had to step in, prevent that from happening.

Nothing good must ever come to Greg Sumner.

I'm sorry, Mr. Lawton.

I just can't be a part of this revenge fantasy.

Now what do you intend to do? Do you intend to confront him?

To fight him? To bankrupt him?

What do you think cost him $4,000,000

by buying up shares of your company before the buyout?

You pull out of the deal,

it's going to cost him even more.

Then you don't know anything about business.

$4,000,000 is nothing

but lunch money to Greg Sumner,

and I doubt if there's anything you can do

to destroy him financially.

Here's for the drink. Have a good day.

Mr. Burton.

[Claudia] I think the table is ready.

[Greg] Let's go sit down.

Once more with feeling.

Well, this is a big surprise.

So is this lunch business or pleasure?

This lunch is none of your business.

You just got to flaunt this relationship

-right to my face. -Leave her alone...

Well, you're ready. You want to get your jaw right.

We're getting tired of seeing it flapping the wind.

Yeah, so a friend of yours made perfectly clear.

I got news for you, Sumner. We got a lot in common.

I can't keep my jaw shut.

You can't keep your zipper closed.

I want you to leave the restaurant now.

I'm not finished yet.

Have a nice lunch.

Could be your last.

That's original. I don't think I've ever heard that before.

Come on, just just leave.

I think you're leaving.

[Pierce] Hey Sumner, you're a fool

-if you think this is over. -[Waiter] Let's go.

Well, do you know when Mr. Sumner will be in?

I'd like to set up a time to meet with him.

Could you ask him please, to give me a call?

It's Valene Ewing.

I've been calling. He's got my number.

Thank you.

[telephone ringing]

Alex.

[telephone ringing]

Alex.

[telephone ringing]

At least answer the phone.

It's never for me.

-Hello. -Claudia?

Hi. It's Val Ewing.

Did I catch you at a bad time?

Oh, no, no, no. I just got in from work.

What can I do for you?

[Val] Well, I don't know if you know

that I'm writing a biography on Greg.

Yes, so I've heard.

[Val] I was wondering if I might talk to you about it.

Specifically, I'd like to get a list of people

who knew him when he was growing.

Why why don't you come over tomorrow morning,

say about nine o'clock?

Well, is that convenient?

I mean, you know, I could meet you at the office.

No, no. We'll be more comfortable here.

Okay. I'll see you tomorrow then, at 9:00.

[emotional music playing]

What are you doing?

Being affectionate, you know, considerate.

I suppose you'll be moving out soon.

As soon as I get a paycheck or two.

Do you know how much money I'm making?

-Mm... How much? -I don't know.

-I'm asking you. -What do you do?

I don't know that either.

They keep showing me around,

telling me what each floor does.

That means that you are a Sumner Group trainee, Alex.

Oh.

I didn't know that they had a name for it.

They do.

Claudia.

Should I stay in tonight? Or what?

Put the flowers in water.

And bring them up.

Permit's in order.

You want me to assemble this for you?

-Yeah, sure. -Also.

I got a few other additional questions.

Ask away.

Have you ever been convicted of a felony?

No.

[man] Ever been in a mental institution?

Ever addicted to narcotics?

No. And no.

You ever been adjudged to danger to others?

-No. -Okay.

Sign here.

[dramatic tense music playing]

I'm gonna go ahead and put it together.

-You want a*mo for this? -Yeah.

-Where's the red dot? -Right here.

You could put 300 yards and anything in between.

What are you going to be hunting?

-A deer? -Yeah, sure.

[dramatic tense music]

Why didn't you wake me up?

Well, you look so sexy I thought we had breakfast

-in bed. -Sexy?

I've got to be in court in an hour.

Oh, I'm sorry.

I'm going to be near the office today.

-You want to go for lunch? -I'm going to be in court.

Well, what about... tomorrow?

What is this, a seduction?

It's whatever you want it to be.

-Big boy. -Alright.

Where?

[both] The Oasis Motel.

[both giggling]

-Oh, sh**t. -What?

I'm going to have lunch with Paige tomorrow.

-But I'll postpone it. -No, don't be silly.

No. How often do you get to go to lunch

-with your daughter? -Not enough.

-You come too? -No, I can't

Yeah. Why not? Come on.

You don't get to see her enough.

-I can't intrude. -No, Karen.

It's not an intrusion, you know.

You don't see enough of her either.

-I want you there. -I don't know.

Come on, you know what?

-What? -I'll tell you.

If we eat fast enough,

we may have enough time for...

lunch in the Oasis.

[laughing] Okay, honey.

Bye, bye.

I shouldn't have awakened him.

[Gary] Morning.

Oh, you're up early.

Did Val wake you up?

No, I had to take the twins to school.

They missed the bus.

-Look, I hope you feel-- -I...

-Go ahead. -No, you first.

I just...

wanted to say that...

we really missed you on the cul-de-sac.

-Good to have you back. -Thank you.

You're welcome.

Look, you and Mack are okay about the book?

Yeah, really,

-Really? -Really.

I just...

would like to k*ll her publisher.

Yeah, me too.

I don't have the heart to try and stop her.

I know.

I feel like I ought to support her on this,

even though I've got my doubts.

[dramatic emotional music]

Yeah.

Morning.

Morning.

[Val] I'll be at Claudia's if you need me.

[telephone ringing]

[telephone ringing]

Oh, so what happened to the dress for success?

Look, have you ever tried delivering mail in heels?

I can't say I have. No.

What are you doing here?

Kate, I'm sorry to bother you at work,

-but you think you could-- -How much?

$5, If you have it.

I'll pay you back at the end of the week.

I promise.

I just have a 20.

Thanks, darling.

If there's anything I can do--

As a matter of fact there is.

You can help me deliver

some of this fan mail for Anne Matheson

-That it's done. -Sure.

Matheson.

But you don't even know where she is.

[Vanessa] I'll find her.

[telephone ringing]

Celebrities.

What are their fantasies? Their desires?

What do they think about when they're alone in bed?

And who would they like to share that bed with?

Find out every Wednesday night

from 9:00 to midnight when it'll be their turn

to tell me about it.

I'm Anne Matheson.

Looking forward to spending a little time with you

on Wednesday nights.

[man 1] Yeah, That's it. That was great.

Thanks.

Who's the fan?

Vanessa Hunt ...

Just...

Speak on it, it's okay.

Vanessa Hunt, Ms. Matheson.

I'm sorry to bother you, but I have some mail for you.

Bring it in.

Go just right through this door

and then the other one.

We are talking some serious legs here.

[whispering] Shut up.

What happened to Kate? I thought she was the new mail person.

Oh, she is. I'm just helping out.

It's all a little overwhelming.

That's very nice of you.

[man 1] Okay. You ready to do another one, Anne?

Sure.

Ms. Matheson, would you mind if I went back

to the control booth and watched your work?

Sure. I love an audience.

Okay, I'm ready.

Are you crazy?

-I'm not talking to her. -No.

Greggy. You really have to reconsider.

I think that this interview could be

very good for you right now.

-What? Are you on drugs? -Oh, well.

Would you just hear me out?

If you don't let Val interview,

then the next person that could be knocking on your door

could be somebody from the New York Times,

The Washington Post.

Someone who could do you a hell of a lot more damage

than little Valene Ewing.

I didn't realize you cared so much about my well-being.

Greggy, I'm insulted.

-I've always cared about you. -And my money.

That's beneath you.

Tell me what's in this for you?

Just taking care of my brother.

Oh, in that case, maybe I'll call her.

Hi, Kate's not back from work yet,

but she told me to make you comfortable.

So come in and get comfortable.

Thanks.

[dramatic music]

So this is why you look like with clothes on.

Hope you're not disappointed.

It's not much different than with a towel.

Good or bad.

Turn around.

It's definitely good.

A little on the skinny side,

but all your parts seem to...

You know, fit the way they're supposed to,

Yeah. And and then some-- It's definitely...

very good.

Are those for me?

-Oh yeah, sure. -Liar.

But that's okay. I'm not the flowers type.

I'll put them in water for Kate. She's the flowers type.

Well, what type are you?

I'm the type that doesn't need flowers.

Howcome?

Well, let's see.

One gives flowers to say "I care about you"

and "I'm thinking about you."

I don't need flowers because I already know

what you're thinking.

-Yeah? -Yeah.

You know what I'm thinking about right now?

I know exactly what you're thinking right now.

[dramatic intriguing music]

[Betsy] Come on, Bobby, run.

-[children screaming] -Shh...

Guys, hey, hey, hey, keep it down.

[kids shouting]

[Val] Guys, please, Mommy can't concentrate.

Gary.

Hey, guys, come on, come on, come on.

Not in the house. Not in the house.

Look, please, take them upstairs,

run the tub and put him to bed.

I'm right in the middle of this.

Alright, let's go. Bath time then bed.

Let's go. Come on. Come on. Come on.

I'll be up in a minute to kiss you goodnight.

[Pierce] Mm-hm.

Follow the bouncing...

ball.

Pick...

the ducks off the wall.

Hi, Claudia.

[tense music]

[Vanessa] And then he found a beautiful starlet,

and I was out.

She was even younger than I was.

She starred in his next movie.

He should have his head examined.

Why do you say that?

Dumping you for some bimbo he found on Hollywood Blvd?

It wasn't Hollywood Boulevard, darling.

-It was the West End of London. -Wherever it was.

You must have been hurt.

I never get hurt.

I don't take it seriously enough, ever, to get hurt.

If I took it seriously, I would have gotten him back,

or at least broken them up.

How would you have...

done that?

I would have seduced him.

And if I couldn't have seduced him,

I would have seduced her.

I never met anybody like you.

No, you haven't.

Kate.

Vanessa was just keeping me entertained.

Oh, I see.

-Thanks. -Anytime.

[Paige] Legal wants you to check these over with Burton.

Why don't you go over them with Burton?

I'm busy.

Well, obviously death threats don't stop you

from business as usual.

[Anne] Death threats?

Didn't you tell her about Pierce?

Pierce. Your Pierce?

He's not my Pierce.

-Well, what happened? -Nothing.

Pierce threatened him.

Seriously.

Oh, I think you're prudent to take it seriously,

don't you?

Well, if you think it prudent.

I think it prudent, dear.

[Greg] The guy's just blowing off a little steam.

He'll take a couple of aspirins

and he'll be fine in the morning.

That makes me feel better,

knowing that both of you are sitting ducks.

I guess that means dinner somewhere more private.

Candlelight instead of lamps.

A roaring fire. Just you and me.

I feel safer already.

[Bobby] Mommy, Betsy won't stop pushing me.

Honey, stop pushing her first.

No, I suppose that I can understand

why he doesn't want to talk to me.

Well, you know something?

He's probably hoping that if he doesn't do anything,

-they'll go away. -What are you going to do?

I'm going to keep trying.

What else can she do?

Nothing, I guess.

You can't really do anything.

Bus is late again this morning.

[Bobby] Mom, mom, mom.

There was a phone call for you. Mr. Sumner's office.

-What. Did he leave a message? -Yeah.

Be there at 11. There's the bus.

-Eleven o'clock. -[Bobby] Bye, Mom. Bye, Dad.

Wait a minute, eleven o'clock.

I'm not going to be ready. I'm not going to be ready.

[Bobby] You won't catch me.

[Betsy] It for me.

Wonderful.

Just wonderful.

I'm really thrilled for her.

Ain't life grand?

Excuse me, Ms. Matheson?

Vanessa, right?

-That's right. -I'm sorry to bother you again,

but there's something I wanted to talk to you about.

What can I do for you?

Well, I was thinking about that new show you're doing,

you know, the one with the celebrity interviews.

God, don't tell me you hate it already.

No, not at all. Quite the opposite in fact.

I thought you should know I went to boarding school

with one of Princess Diana's ladies in waiting.

You just happened to be on the phone

with her last night, right?

How did you know?

I think I know a kindred spirit when I see one.

So tell me, Vanessa,

is your friend willing to spill her guts about Di?

Every last sordid little secret.

How soon could you be on the show?

Is next week soon enough?

You got any other celebrity friends I should know about?

So what is it you want me to do?

Talk to you about my repressed childhood?

At this stage, all I want is your cooperation.

What does that mean?

Your help.

You want me to authorize this biography?

No, I just want you to cooperate.

Listen,

refresh my memory.

What is the difference...

between cooperation and authorization?

Well, authorization means

that you have the right to approve what I write,

and cooperation means

that you'll help me make contact,

you'll open doors for me,

but you won't have any right

to approve what I write or even to read it.

I must be missing something here.

If I don't have any control over what you're writing,

why would I bother helping you gather the information?

Because if you don't,

people close to you won't talk to me.

The people who will talk to me,

most of them anyway,

are going to be people with axes to grind.

Now I will try to take that into account,

but that's going to be a pretty one-sided picture.

You see, without your help,

I'll never be able to get to the people who might know

more positive side of you.

Are you sure there is a positive side?

I know that there was once.

Whether or not it's still there,

that is something

that I would like to find out,

and I think that the readers would too.

Is this bothering you?

Actually, yes, it does a little bit.

Why don't you say something?

Well, I didn't want to, you know.

If I were a reader,

I think I'd want to read the unauthorized,

uncooperative

with down and dirty version.

But see, that's not the version that I want to write.

You know, I can see that.

So where would you start?

[Paige] I don't know. I'm seriously thinking

of joining a convent.

There are worse places.

-[Karen] Mack. -But I'd visit you.

I think you're being too hard on yourself.

No, I'm not.

Look, first there was Tom Ryan.

[Mack] She's not hard on herself.

Who was a gem in comparison to Pierce Lawton.

She's definitely not too hard on herself.

And Greg Sumner.

-I'm sorry. -It's okay.

I really didn't mean to.

No, really. Really.

It's okay. It doesn't bother me.

The romantic part of that relationship was...

not such a good idea.

No, it wasn't.

It doesn't bother you to work for him again?

Well, why would it bother me?

-Well. -Because he's a snake.

Well, maybe I like snakes.

I didn't realize that working with Greg

was such a problem for you.

Oh, it isn't a problem. It's...

It's not even any of our business, right?

Right.

Look, Paige, it's none of our business.

Who you see and who you work for, but...

I mean, you have to understand

that Greg Sumner is...

a problem to us.

In a lot of ways.

Well, of course I understand that.

You never let me forget it.

-That's not true. -[Karen] No.

Maybe it is true.

But there's nothing wrong with our resentment.

It's human.

It's... reasonable.

That man's done a lot of damage to us,

especially to Mack and his career.

He gave you a child.

I don't think that that counts as damage.

-For once. -No, Mack.

Come on, let's just give him his due.

He did do something decent.

And Paige, that's what troubles me about him.

Here is a man who knows what decency is.

And yet he turns his back on it.

Well, I'm sorry that you feel that way.

-Don't you? -No, I don't.

No, Paige, please.

-We invited you. -I insist.

Besides, the Sumner Group has an account here.

Thank you for the lovely lunch.

[sighs]

[dramatic music]

It's just I can't seem to get anything out of Channel 3 here.

Well, we don't really need it, do we?

Maybe I can get it fixed, buy your time.

[Anne] What's she doing?

I don't know.

Hello.

-[Anne] What are you doing? -Oh.

Oh, um, hi.

I'm sorry. I was just delivering mail,

and I noticed that some of the papers

flew off your desk, so I thought

I'd just organize them a little bit.

You don't have to do that.

Oh, that's all right. I don't mind.

I just got an assistant.

She could do that.

Oh, I didn't know that.

[Anne] Yeah. It's better if she does the organizing.

Oh, sure. Okay. Yeah.

Anne shall I book a room--?

Hi, Kate. I got a job here.

Didn't I tell you?

Um, oh, yeah, she just told me.

Isn't it brilliant?

Yeah,

it is brilliant.

[Kate] It's great.

We can carpool.

[doleful music]

-[Alex] Well? -[Claudia] Mm... It's delicious.

Why don't you tell me you could cook.

[Alex] Aunt Rosa taught me how.

She said women would be impressed by guys

who could cook.

And Rosa was right.

How many other women have you impressed

with your cooking?

Kate and I are just friends, Claudia.

So, you have seen her.

It's not like that.

Alex.

You do like it here, don't you?

Living with me, sharing these meals together,

having someone to talk to at night.

You know I do.

Well, if you want things to stay

exactly the way they are,

may I suggest you and Kate remain just friends.

Aren't you hungry? Why aren't you hungry?

-Dinner's delicious. -I'm upset.

You know I can't eat when I'm upset.

I told you, don't let a little squabble with Paige

get to you.

Why can't I learn to keep my mouth shut around her?

Why do I keep talking about Greg Sumner?

I don't know I guess you just have to, you know?

It's like not trying to pick a scab, you know?

I didn't even want to go.

The only reason I thought I would go is...

you know, the Oasis Motel.

Then we didn't even get to go.

Well, that's because you changed your mind.

I was too upset.

I wouldn't be able to concentrate.

You're worrying about nothing.

You know, the thought of Sumner and Paige together

drives me crazy too.

Alright, look, from now on.

Greg Sumner is a taboo subject.

-A taboo subject? Sumner? -[Karen] A taboo subject.

He's only the center of everyone's life.

Val's writing a book about him. We adopted his kid.

How can we not talk about him?

Alright, we will talk about him.

But not in front of Paige.

I really hate fighting with her.

Yeah. Me too.

[Greg] Hey Matheson, it's late.

It'll get even later if you don't let me finish this.

[Greg] Retract the claws, babe.

I'm not your scratching post.

I wasn't scratching.

It's a fact.

[Greg] I've been feeling bad lately.

Mother will take care of it.

We should have invited you to dinner last night.

Sorry, threesomes are not my thing.

I'm serious. I shouldn't have left you alone here.

Oh, better here than...

with Mack and Karen at lunch today.

Indigestion right?

;Oh well.

I'm a grown up now. I can handle it.

What do you say you come

and have dinner with your mother and me?

Talk about indigestion.

What else you got to do? You got a better idea?

What? Look at these reports.

Eat stale pizza, buy an ice cream?

It's not sounding so bad.

If you're such a big girl,

you can come and have dinner with your mother and me

at the ranch, come on.

Do I have a choice?

[Greg] Not if you want to continue to work for me.

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Look, I don't know that this is such a good idea, Greg.

A person's got to eat.

Maybe some of the time. Not tonight.

I'm just not in the mood of dinner.

What do you got against your mother and me?

I don't have anything against either one of you.

So we can't pretend this isn't happening.

Well, I don't have to be a part of it.

She's feeling bad about this.

Like hell.

[Paige] Anyway, I've got a lot of work to do.

I just rather go.

[Greg] I think you're in denial, babe.

You're working way too hard.

Time to slow down,

enjoy yourself and get a rest.

What kept you guys?

You know, Carlos cooked this wonderful dinner

and it's getting cold.

[Anne] So what are you guys talking about?

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