(Frank) Tonight on "Spencer For Hire.."
Forty pounds of dynamite, any idea what that could take out?
[expl*si*n]
Fifteen years I've been working here.
- Get him out of here. - Alright.
So what do you want with me?
The name, address and telephone number of the mad bomber.
This type of cancer is fairly serious.
'We'll need to remove the mass.'
- And frightened. - Yeah.
You go in there, you be careful.
- Get out of here. - Hey!
[expl*si*n]
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[expl*si*n]
Blew out $ , worth of compressors
custom made stuff too.
It'd have been cheaper if they just blow off the third floor.
Is the guard hurt?
Broken leg, burns.
Shook him up good.
Dynamite will do that to you.
Yeah, I learned to have a healthy respect
for it myself years ago.
I love this weather.
[sniffing] Smells like snow.
How much dynamite is missing?
Forty pounds, stolen last week.
(Spenser) Did you file a police report?
Yeah, but I don't have years for them to solve that.
No, that's your business.
Bill, this is our PI here.
Hi, Mr. Spenser, William Wright
executive vice president in Delroy.
When you're done with the Emily Post
let's get back to work.
Oh, Bill here will give you all the background stuff
records, whatever you need.
We can also tour the site tomorrow if you wish.
(Hayes) 'Look, Sully, you'll get another job somewhere.'
Fifteen years.
That's valuable experience to offer another company.
Yeah.
Oh, man.
Louise is pregnant again.
How am I ever gonna pop this on her now?
Now, we require signatures of all individuals
entering the controlled area.
(Wright) 'We require two authorized signatures'
for the removal of any expl*sive
and two authorized signatures are required
'when the expl*sives--'
Excuse me.
I'll need a copy of all the blasting records
for the last six months.
'The list of all the people who are associated'
with the blasting in anyway and list of all the people
who have access to this building
from executives right down
to the cleaning crew.
Dammit, Bill, I like this guy.
He can even get past your garble.
Look, Sully, if it was up to me..
I know, I know.
Everybody hears what's going on.
You and I both know who's the problem.
Everybody has layoffs--
Hey, just cut the company speech, okay?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Yeah, you're right. You're right.
Nothing I can say will help.
Look, why don't you go on home.
[indistinct chattering]
Yeah.
He's the one doing this to me.
You're nothing, but a hatchet man, Wright.
Sully, stop it. Sully, stop it.
Fifteen years, Jack.
Fifteen years I've been working here.
Sully, you better get out before you cause some real trouble.
- JD, get him out of here. - Alright, alright.
Let's get you outside, come on.
Come on, come on. Go home, Sully.
Go home.
We've had trouble with that man for some time.
Finally, we had to let him go.
Does have a temper.
Yeah, he's a damn good worker, hurt to see him go.
Madam, right this way.
My, my, my!
Don't we look lovely, Dr. Silverman.
Well, thank you very much, Mr. Spenser
but it is still Ms. Silverman.
Yeah, but in a couple of weeks, you're gonna have
that fancy diploma.
At o'clock in the morning.
Thank you.
- Well, was it worth it? - What?
All those lonely nights alone at the library
with nothing but reference books
and the mimeograph machine to keep you company.
You mean all that time spent away from you
just getting a lousy doctorate?
Yes.
Absolutely worth it.
Well, at least you gave up the pleasure of my company
for an advanced degree.
Well, I'd like to make it up to you.
You can be my first patient.
Are you gonna have one of those black leathered tufted sofas?
Right under the framed portrait of Freud.
I'm gonna have to get me an appointment up there.
I think you should do that.
I'm a very sick man.
I'll drink to that.
You know, having dinner with you is not such a bad deal.
We're gonna have to sh**t for lunch tomorrow too, huh?
I'd love to but I already have an appointment.
Oh, see, how you are.
I'm just gonna have to settle for keeping you out
very late tonight.
And still respect me in the morning.
You settle for bagel and cream cheese?
(male # ) 'Jack, please signal men are over here.'
We got a fragment, it's nothing deadly I believe.
[indistinct radio chatter]
[hammering]
Look around you, Watkins
clearly now is not the time for this discussion.
Our present focus should be completion of this contract.
Oh, yeah, that's what I'm worried about.
Look, last week you fired Boz and Rush, now Sully.
(Watkins) 'Sully was the best finish man we had.'
He's twice as fast as any other new guy.
The decision has been made.
(Watkins) 'It's a stupid decision.'
'Look, you're letting the wrong guys go.'
It's gonna cost you later on down the line here.
- Is that a thr*at? - 'Bill.'
Bill, cool off.
Dave doesn't thr*aten anybody.
Huh, Dave? Huh?
Look, Jack, you gotta get this guy out of here.
He's k*lling us with his numbers.
What's that supposed to mean?
It means that you don't know what you're doing.
Dave, how about explaining
whatever the situation is to me later.
We'll talk it all out. Alright?
Fine.
[horn honking]
Mr. Delroy, you undermine my authority
when you step into situations I can handle.
Well, I didn't mean to.
Dave Watkins has been with us a long time.
Maybe he's got himself a point.
Why don't we forget about it and you continue
with your damage report.
[indistinct chatter]
Since when are you on the b*mb squad?
Guard got hit pretty hard, Spenser.
It's down as an attempted homicide.
What are you doing here anyway?
Moonlighting as a welder?
Delroy hired me to snoop around
and find pounds of dynamite.
Thirty-seven pounds of which are still missing.
Uh, keep it.
So, how you're working it on your end?
Well, the lab boys tell me
it was a pretty sophisticated device
that b*mb. So, he's like a pro.
I'm gonna go downtown and run a list of creeps
that like to blow things up.
- You got anything? - I do now.
Hey, Spenser, look, I wanted to, uh..
I know, I know. If I come up with any substantial information
I should give it to a police officer a post haste.
You see, that too, but what I was gonna say is
please give my congratulations to Susan
for finally getting that degree.
I mean, a doctor, that's something.
Oh, thanks, yeah. I'll tell her.
I bet she's sitting on top of the world, huh?
Yeah, she's feeling good.
I'm going to recommend a surgical biopsy.
It will mean hospitalization for few days.
Okay.
We'll need to remove the mass.
And then you assess it?
Right.
Depending on what we find
it's possible we would have to take the ovary as well.
'Now it's only a mass.'
'So far as we know it could be fibrous benign..'
And it could be malignant cancer.
'Yes.'
'We have to face that possibility.'
Either way it needs to come out.
Of course.
Isn't ovarian cancer unusual in someone my age?
Statistically, the odds are greater in an older women
but that's only a general pattern.
Which is why your regular exams are so important.
So what are my odds?
Susan, this type of cancer is fairly serious..
...if you have it.
'Let's make the diagnosis first and then go from there.'
Yeah.
Well, um, I guess I have a lot of things
that I have to take care of if I'm going to be laid up
for the next week.
- Thank you, doctor. - Susan.
It's natural to be frightened by what I just told you.
Try not to worry, I mean, about the future.
We can only take it a step at a time.
It's just that I've so many questions.
You don't necessarily have to take the ovary, do you?
That's correct.
It's just that, uh..
...I always wanted to have children some day and I--
Even if we do have to take one out
you can live a normal life
including having children.
I'll see you tomorrow.
Yeah.
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[sniffling]
[indistinct chatter]
I'm glad if I put a week in the credit union.
I got a houseful here.
Good looking boys.
Yeah, the youngest is a girl.
She fights like a boy.
Losing my job is not exactly what I expected
to have happened right about now.
Hey, Joey, come on, give your old man a break here, huh?
So what do you want with me, Mr. Spenser?
Just thought I'd see if you're the kind of guy
who blows up buildings.
What do you think?
Why did you get laid off?
What did they tell you?
Attitude problems.
Yeah, something like that.
You were pretty hot last time I saw you.
You're darn right I was.
I just got canned, I walk out in the hall
and the first guy I see is that rat, Bill Wright.
And Jack Delroy.
Listen Jack Delroy is an alright guy.
He's my boss down there for years
but he's one of us, you know.
Hell, he can still rip off his tie
and work alongside anybody. I've seen him do it.
But not Wright.
He's a college kid, he doesn't know a wrench from a hammer.
He waltzes in about months ago
and starts taking over.
Jack lets him.
Maybe just a new boss showing the old boss
what a take charge guy he can be.
Yeah, maybe..
...except he hasn't figured out what people do
in this business yet.
All he knows about is the figures.
He guessed I came in below the bottom line.
So, you got mad?
Yeah, I know, I got a lousy temper.
I throw stuff, I kick stuff.
I'd even put my fist through a door.
But I don't blow up buildings.
Listen, Spenser, I'll tell you one thing about construction.
You work that hard at somethin'
puttin' in a foundation
making a bunch of steel and glass and concrete
stand up together as a building
people can work or live..
...who could just blow that up?
I don't get it.
Thanks for your time.
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(Hawk) Praying.
(Spenser) I did indeed.
You available?
Me the zone, now.
Looking for some dynamite.
Damn, you finally gonna put that green monstrosity
you've been driving out of his misery.
No, no, and I'm not going fishing the easy way either.
Some has been stolen and I need to know if it's for sale.
Always be somebody buying something that'd be dangerous.
- How much you missing? - Forty pounds.
Give or take a stick or two.
Mercy, somebody is really into that big bang theory.
- Yeah, you got it. - Yeah.
Well, I guess I'll slide on over and find some dudes
who like to play with big firecrackers, huh?
(Spenser) Good. Usual rates?
Christmas sale is over.
Yeah, but it's January, you know.
What about the white sale?
Yeah, you're white and I'm not.
[indistinct chattering]
(male # ) 'Hey, team, we need to have a load of conduit up here.'
Hey, buddy, you seen Dave?
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Hey! What are you doing there?
- Come on, get out of here. - Hey!
[expl*si*n]
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(male # ) 'Okay, careful now. Easy.'
(Spenser) Wasn't much of an argument.
He came running at me
I popped him one and carried him over there.
(Frank) Well, the guy doesn't have a record.
Does have a heck of a temper.
He's already been up on a couple of public nuisance charges.
You ought to shut down.
I mean, this kind of things keeps up
some of my boys are gonna get k*lled.
My boys? You're the union rep, not their employer.
You know what I mean, Mr. Wright.
Look Jack, either this place is made safe to work
or we're out of here.
Shut this site down, it will cost us $ , a day
in penalties.
We'd also be playing right into the hands of
who's ever trying to sabo..
Is there some insight you'd like to share?
No.
- I just think it's obvious. - What is?
That whoever is responsible is trying to hurt
this company economically.
Did you get some kind of message
from the mad bomber to that effect?
Some phone call, a letter maybe.
(Wright) Of course not.
That's why we hired you
to find out what's going on.
Spenser, what's your point?
Unless there is some grudge batch
I can't figure out who'd benefit
'by blowing up your sites.'
Our competitors do
unless you put a stop to that soon.
Jack, we've the Edison meeting in five minutes.
Right.
I'm glad you weren't hurt.
Tell Dave to stop by my office later.
- How is the eye? - How's the chin?
Alright. No apologies offered, none accepted.
Delroy wanted you to stop by later.
Why? So he can fire me in person?
I was under the impression he wanted to make sure
you were okay, but you know the man better than I do.
No, he's alright.
It's not his fault he has to hire jerks
'to do his dirty work.'
Jerks?
No, no, no, no. Not you.
I'm talking about his executive VP, Mr. Wrong.
He's not your kind of guy, huh?
Well, he's a weasel.
So, what do you want with me?
Well, how about the name, address and telephone number
of the mad bomber?
I thought it was you.
Now, that you found I'm one of nice guy
weren't you glad you were mistaken?
[chuckles] So, I got the wrong guy.
But it is one of the insiders.
Insiders, huh?
Now, that's a very precise word
it conjures up very specific images.
Come on, you know what I'm saying.
Company closes down, loses money
stocks take a dive, buyers come in cheap.
How many shares they offer you to blame one of us
for what's going down here?
I'd never have to work again.
So you don't know anything about any buyout?
Company's being sold?
Well, so far it's just a rumor.
But why else would they bring in Mr. Wrong
to cut costs and lay people off?
'See he's been yamming around here'
for six months talking about efficiency.
What he's really after is a great stock analyst report.
How come a construction worker know so much
about corporate finance?
Hey, you never heard of night school?
Hey!
Thanks.
How long will you be gone?
Just for the weekend.
Spenser, if it was anyone, but my sister, I wouldn't go.
- It's just that I feel like I-- - No, family's right.
I just hate to see you'd miss a great game.
You just don't wanna go alone.
Well, I've kinda gotten used to you asking questions about
flanker backs and diamond defenses
and post patterns.
She say what was wrong?
No.
Maybe there's nothing. Maybe it's all in my mind.
It's just the fact that she called and said
that she wanted me to come down and visit her.
I mean, that's very unusual for her
so, I think that it must be something important.
[sighs] I've never worried about her
because she's always been so healthy.
Maybe I shouldn't worry about her now.
It's just that..
It's funny the things you worry about
when you don't know the facts.
Want me to come along?
No.
Um, I mean, why should you worry too, huh?
Why don't you wait till I know something.
I was talking about you.
I know.
Aren't you going to Miami?
Yes.
- 'Miami beach?' - Yes.
Where it was degrees yesterday?
So?
You packed a flannel nightgown.
So, you caught me. I'm having an affair.
[sobbing]
Hey, hey.
You're worried?
- Yeah. - And frightened.
Have I told you lately that I love you?
It would be nice to hear it again.
I love you.
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(Spenser) Susan's sudden departure made Boston even colder.
I was chilled for reasons I couldn't explain.
I did, however, have a case.
And it had finally led me to seek the company of Harold
financial reporter and friend.
Hey, Spenser, over here.
Uh, make that two drafts
and some more peanuts.
The man dies for salt.
- Harold. - Hey, good to see you.
- How's everything? - Yeah.
That's a joke, right?
My wife left me, I went bust in the market
and my kid.. Did I tell you about my kid?
Harold, Harold, when somebody asks you how's everything
that doesn't mean they want to know how everything is.
I don't need tragedy. I just want you to drink and be merry
and tell me everything you know about Delroy construction.
Only if I can tell you about my kid.
- Your kid is in jail again. - How did you know?
Of course. Harold your family is a blot on society.
They're either in jail, going to jail
or just getting out of jail.
To know them is to love them.
So, you were gonna buy some Delroy stock?
- Is it hot? - It's hot.
Is it a secret?
What? Sure it's a secret.
What good is insider information if everyone knows about it?
- Buyout. - Hmm, I hear merger.
Delroy Construction and Arada Enterprises.
- Arada, what's that? - It's a big industrial outfit.
Likes to buy and sell little guys always for a profit
ruthless and amoral.
So, they wouldn't be above a little sabotage
to lower the price?
Hey, these guys are sharks.
Arada is the new breed of management
beyond lean and into mean.
Thanks.
See, Delroy's got a rep as a mom and pop type of company
big but worker friendly.
Only they've been laying off people
which means they're in the transition period.
And knowing them Arada has probably already got
somebody holding the purse strings.
William Wright.
And Jack Delroy gave them to him.
[indistinct chatter on TV]
You know, I hate to tell you that some people actually
have these in their own homes?
Only in America.
- So what do you got? - An address, no name.
The man inside is sitting on a keg of dynamite for real.
Sounds promising.
You go in there, you be careful.
Oh, so you do care about me.
About my fee.
Something happens to you who makes my digit?
Do you want to come along and protect your interest?
The windy city beckons.
I got me a class A job in a city
with big shoulders. Ciao.
Oh.
Say hello to Bush McGuires for me.
(Spenser) And just like that another friend had left town.
At this point, I really wouldn't have
minded some company, but Chicago was calling
and I saw no reason to impede Hawk's progress.
He probably would've run me over if I tried.
The fact of the matter was he had given me all he could.
The rest was up to me, which meant stakeout.
It was a part of the business I was good at.
Nobody can stay awake longer.
[car horn honking]
When I woke up, I felt refreshed.
I also felt foolish.
If the bomber was still home, I had two choices
wait for him to come out or go in after him.
I was tired of waiting.
[instrumental music]
[police siren blaring]
[dramatic music]
[g*nshots]
[g*nshots]
[tires screeching]
[g*nsh*t]
[tires screeching]
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(Spenser) A lifetime of service causes workers
to look upon their companies as family.
Caring for them in youth
and providing security when they grow old.
It sickened me to think of so many
about to have their rug pulled out
because of Delroy's merger.
It also seemed like a perfect motive
for someone to hire a bomber.
Time to visit Mr. Hayes in personnel.
[knocking on door]
- Mr. Hayes. - Uh, Mr. Spenser.
Uh, any clues for our bomber yet?
Couple of hours ago he tried to put a couple of b*ll*ts
in my head, if that counts.
Oh, my God!
Well, uh, where is he now?
On his way back to Pittsburg, if he's smart.
It's where the plane ticket in his room said he came from.
Oh! Then the bombings are over?
Not necessarily. You see, this man is a professional.
He has no personal axe to grind.
He's just an employee for hire.
Then there is the nearly pounds of dynamite
still out there plus the man who hired him.
But who would hire such a man?
Well, that's what I'm hoping your personnel records
would tell me.
Oh, right. Mr. Delroy said anything you wanted.
Why don't we start with impending layoffs?
Layoffs? I wasn't aware of any layoffs coming up.
It's coming, alright.
And I bet you got a list of all the employees
who've got years or more of service.
Yes, uh..
...but Mr. Wright wanted to keep that a secret.
Well, the secret's over.
Ah.
I don't like being lied to.
(Wright) 'No one lied to you.'
Withholding relevant information
lying by omission.
The Arada merger?
You were told what you needed to know.
Wait a minute.
What could the mergers have to do
with the bombings?
What do they have..
How would you feel if everything you've worked for
your entire adult life including your retirement were wiped out?
Would that make you angry?
Angry enough to want blow something up?
I don't know what you're talking about.
I just came from personnel.
You have over employees here.
'A are senior employees'
just waiting for the axe to drop.
A people who'll lose their retirement
if this merger goes through.
What's this about employees?
Nothing important, a routine probe we're doing on staff.
As routine as the last three companies that Arada took over.
All of that is none of your business, Mr. Spenser.
(Delroy) 'Maybe not.'
But I want to know what happened
to the last three companies.
You really don't know?
I wouldn't be asking you if I did.
You're gonna have to get your hatchet man to tell you
because I don't have the stomach for it.
- Where are you going? - I am out of here.
- Are you quitting? - You wanna be a detective.
(woman on P.A.) 'Visiting hours are now over.'
'All guests are requested to leave.'
'Visiting hours are over. Thank you.'
Hi.
Hi.
You didn't have any visitors either.
(Susan) Well, no, I didn't, not until you came to see me.
Were you expecting somebody?
Oh, no. My mommy had to go to New York this morning.
But she'll be back tomorrow then I can go home with her.
Well, I bet you're excited about that.
Yeah. I had my tonsils out and it hardly hurts at all anymore.
Only when you swallow.
That's right. How did you know?
Well, because when I was a little girl
I had my tonsils out too.
Are you gonna have another operation?
Um-hmm.
And nobody came to see you tonight?
How come?
Well, I didn't tell anyone I was here.
Why?
Well, I guess I didn't want them to worry about me.
They'll come to see me after the operation.
Gee, I'd be scared being all to myself before it happened.
'Aren't you scared?'
Well, I guess I was until you showed up.
There you are, Emily.
Time to go back to your floor now, young lady.
Here. You keep Mandy tonight.
Then you won't be alone.
Thank you, Emily.
See you in the morning.
(Susan) Bye-bye.
[instrumental music]
Decker, Decker, get your hands out.
Hit him. Hit him, man.
Come on, man. Must make your move.
You're hard man to find.
You're a hard man to lose.
I want you to come back to work for me.
I'm a man who's not really good at crawling.
I don't want you to crawl.
I want you to give me a good reason.
I was just as much in the dark as you had been.
How long was as much?
You don't know about the layoffs
after the merger all those men losing their pensions.
I knew that there was gonna be some
but I didn't realize to what extent.
Oh, hell, the fact is I've been coasting these last few months.
I turned over more authority to Bill than I should have.
[beeping]
(Spenser) What are you gonna do now?
Everything I can to protect my employees
through the merger.
That might not be so easy.
The type of people you've sold out to.
Look, Spenser, this merger is very good for the company.
It's necessary.
Why Arada?
They made a good presentation.
And also they offered me a lot of money.
But I didn't realize how ruthless they could be.
Look, Spenser, whether you believe it or not
I care for those people who work for me.
I want to make one point clear here.
I'm not gonna let any one of my employees lose their pension.
Even if the merger bursts up where I go bankrupt.
That's not gonna happen.
Now, do you want to come back to work for me again?
What did you have in mind?
Something else that was being held back from me.
(Frank) Terrific. Just terrific.
When did Delroy come up with this?
Couple of hours ago.
Someone delivered it to his office late this afternoon.
How many warnings has he had?
Personally? None. That's the point.
Then who?
William Wright is second in command.
Delroy squeezed it out of him.
Why is he holding back?
He had orders from Arada corporation
to make this merger work.
It'd be a big plus for him corporately
but he was they would k*ll him before he met the home office.
Oh, I see.
So, they hired you to solve the bombing
before everyone gets k*lled or they get bad publicity.
It also means that this professional bomber
maybe out of the picture, but not the guy who hired him.
If this stuff falls into the hands of amateurs..
Forty pounds of dynamite.
Any idea what that could take out?
Oh, half a city block or so
give or take a building. Sleep tight.
Hey, Spenser, you better take care of yourself, you know.
We haven't got a name on the pro yet.
Right now you're the only guy that can ID him.
[instrumental music]
[door closing]
[suspenseful music]
[music continues]
[intense music]
[groaning]
[instrumental music]
(Spenser) People who come to blow you up
don't just load their dynamite into a taxi.
No, the bomber had driven to my place
and I knew his car.
I was the one who put the b*llet hole in the windshield.
It took about part of an hour, but I finally found it
parked several blocks away.
[instrumental music]
"J.D. Hayes."
It's all falling apart.
No. No, it isn't, John.
I can go back to that department store, I like that job.
You know, just-just till you find something else.
Honey.
Honey, I'm years old.
This is about it as far as me working.
No one's gonna hire me.
Not now.
Spenser, I was just trying to get in touch with you.
- I'm not home. - Yeah, I figured that out.
Look, we finally got a name on that bomber--
Name's not important, this one is.
I found his car four blocks from my house
that was in the front.
It explains how he got access
to the dynamite magazine at Delroy's.
Read the signature.
"J.D. Hayes.'
[phone ringing]
Belson.
Oh, my God. Yeah, I'm on it.
What?
Hayes has hold up in Delroy's office.
He's got himself wired to the dynamite.
[indistinct police radio chatter]
(male # ) 'Alright, everybody, stay back please.'
'Please step back.'
I'm one little man.
I've sat behind my desk for years.
Coming into work everyday.
(Hayes) 'Do you know..'
Can you imagine how many people I've had to fire in years?
I know those people.
But I never felt really lousy about it until now.
You wanna know why, Mr. Delroy?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, sure I do.
Hold it!
It's okay, Mr. Hayes
nobody's gonna get hurt.
I've already been hurt.
Used to be people who mattered, Mr. Delroy
but they don't anymore.
What's good for the company isn't even what matters.
It's what good for the boss.
How much money will go into the big guy's pocket.
'One big guy taking everything he can.'
"Me, is who matters today.
Grab it all up before anybody else can have any."
You've got more than you could possibly use in your whole life.
You've got houses, you've got cars..
How much more do you need?
And to get all that, you take it off every guy
who walks in the door.
Little cut off his pension, a little less pay
longer hours, shorter lunch.
And finally, we get nothing.
but the one big fat guy at the top.
He's got it all.
And is this the solution?
Blowing everything up?
Doesn't solve anything and you know it.
Somebody has to take a stand.
Not like this.
Not by destroying everything.
(Delroy) 'He's right, JD.'
'Look, you care.'
Everything you've just said proves that
but good God, man, what about the rest of it?
What about your family, your wife?
What does it matter?
They'll have nothing if you take away my pension.
You're going to take away my pension.
I worked years
'for that pension.'
Now what is it to you? Huh?
Nothing.
I, uh..
I've said I want to say
and don't wanna talk anymore
You get out of here, all of you.
Listen, JD
you'll get what you deserve.
You'll get your pension.
Everyone will, I promise it.
'Please, don't hurt anyone else.'
'Don't hurt yourself.'
Look, I've made some mistakes.
[g*nsh*t]
What the hell are you doing?
He was gonna blows us all to bits.
I had to do it. He was gonna k*ll us.
No, he just wanted to say a few words.
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Alright, everybody, step back.
JD's widow will get the pension.
I saw his kids grow up.
I let him down.
You made him a promise.
I think that's the thing to remember.
It's what you do for all the other JDs
who work for you now is gonna count.
You always did have a lousy sense of direction.
Miami is way south of here.
Well, I went and came back.
- How do you like my tan? - Hmm.
I bet you called my sister.
I almost had her convinced that you're somewhere in the house.
I must try to remember not to outfox the fox.
Why do I get the feeling I was lied to?
Because you were.
I guess it wouldn't do much good to try to make it sound
like little one either.
No, a little one is when you, uh, tell me I look good
when my tie doesn't match
or that there are any calories in hot fudge sundaes.
Telling me you're going away for the weekend
when you're really having exploratory surgery
is a whopper.
Yeah.
I needed some time for myself
to try to make sense of it.
You couldn't help me with that.
I talked to your doctor.
So you know.
Benign.
Isn't it a wonderful word?
Yes, it is..
...wonderful.
[indistinct chatter]
Attention, everybody. Attention!
On behalf of the board of regents
of said university, I'd like to present this diploma
to Dr. Susan Silverman.
[all cheering]
And it only took forever.
Yeah, Ph.d, that's a big record.
- Look at this cake. - It's gorgeous.
(Hawk) Lady doctor.
- Oh. - Oh, yeah.
- See I found these. - What a guy.
- Talk about the best. - You did?
Oh, bubbly, bubbly toil in Tripoli.
Ow.
- Sergeant Frank. - Oh.
- Thank you very much. - Ah, yes.
- 'Cheers.' - Cheers.
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