And Then Came Love

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[JULlE GRUNTS]

KLAUSNER:

Please, come in.

KLAUSNER:
Your son is a very bright

little boy, Miss Davidson.

Thank you. Let's get to the point.

What do the tests reveal?.

Is this on or off the record?.

Sorry, force of habit.

Okay. While he may have ADD,

I wouldn't make the diagnosis quite yet.

I'd like to see him again

in about a year, though.

-However--

-Oh, boy, it's a "but."

There's always a but.

What is it?.

I don't spend enough time with him?.

Listen, I would spend all the time

in the world if I could but I have a job.

-I love my job. What's wrong with that?.

-Relax, Miss Davidson.

The best mother is a happy mother.

I'm a mother too, a working mother.

I only did clinical research

when my daughters were young.

But you're doing a wonderful job,

that's clear.

-Still, he does have unresolved anger.

-About what?.

There is no strong male figure in his life.

Well, I have a boyfriend.

He's a photojournalist.

-Pulitzer Prize winner.

-Congratulations.

Look, studies show

that father-figure absence...

...negatively impacts children,

especially boys.

There's a higher rate

of substance abuse, truancy--

I get it. It's my fault, you're saying?.

I can't do it by myself?.

My research said plenty of successful,

well-adjusted, happy kids...

...come from single-parent households.

No one's blaming you, Miss Davidson.

Of course you can do it on your own.

But do you really want to?.

It's my choice to be a single mother.

Otherwise, I'd just be single, alone.

Look, mother to mother,

the kid can only fill your void for so long.

And boys need a father figure.

JULlE:

Jake.

Jake.

Jake, come sit down and have your cereal.

What do you want for lunch today, sweetie?.

Horatio's daddy took Horatio

to the Yankees.

You and I go to the Yankees.

Lunch, what will it be, huh?.

He sat behind the dugout. He's so lucky.

Oh. Mom's gotta go to work,

you have to go to school. Lunch.

Ice cream.

[BELL RlNGS]

Hey.

Have a good day.

JAKE:

Let go.

-Hey, Horatio, get off him.

-He started it.

Get back in line.

Get back in line.

Both of you.

Hey, Stuart, I got a phoner tomorrow

with Yusuf lslam.

-Some kind of terrorist?.

-Former pop star.

-Same thing.

-He used to be Cat Stevens.

Turned his back on a massive career

in the music industry...

...for a quiet life of devotion to God.

How do we get Mariah Carey to do that?.

MAN [ON lNTERCOM] :

Stuart, Paul Libbin on line 2...

...about the new Rolling Stones

juKebox musical?

Tell him I'll return when I get

back to my office. Blech.

[CHUCKLlNG]

-What?. My mother bought me this outfit.

-I didn't say anything.

Couldn't believe I'd miss

the Easter parade.

-I have a luncheon in Jersey today.

-New Jersey.

It's a fundraiser for the library.

My mom's on the board.

Wanna come?. Please?.

Lovely ladies who lunch.

Possibly some poached salmon.

I think I'll pass.

[MlCROPHONE SQUEAKS]

[CAROL CLEARS THROAT]

CAROL:

I guess we should get started.

I'd like to thank you all for coming today.

I hope everyone's enjoying the salmon.

DRlVER:

Have a nice day.

-You're late.

JULlE:
I'm not late.

MONA:
Must you challenge

everything I say, darling?.

I love that outfit on you.

-The shoes are another story.

JULlE:
Uch.

As president

of the Friends of the Library...

...it is my great privilege to introduce

today's guest speaker, Julie Davidson.

So you couldn't take a whole day off

and spend a little time with your mother?.

-You could have brought my Jake.

-He's in school, Ma.

Miss Davidson is an experienced

and award-winning reporter...

...who writes the "Choices" column

for Metropolitan Magazine...

...taking a fresh look

at modern life decisions twice a week.

-How's my beautiful boy?.

-Oh, he's fine.

I'm taking his training wheels off--

I don't understand how you could leave

that child in school all day long...

...with that very young girl to raise him.

I could never do that, never.

-Although you know I had ambition too.

-Don't start with me, Mom.

She'll be reading excerpts

from her recently published debut book...

...a collection of pieces from her column.

I worked in your school,

I volunteered for the hospital.

But you two girls were always first.

And I was fulfilled.

Your father wouldn't have it any other way.

By the way, the girls in the book group

think you're a widow.

What?. Mom, how could you?.

I'd like to thank, ahem,

Sally and Muffy...

...for the beautiful centerpieces.

Didn't they do a nice job, everyone?.

Well, some of these women are not

as open-minded as I am about your choice.

People talk, you know.

They would not understand...

...why my beautiful, successful daughter

is not married.

I have a boyfriend. Ted.

Huh. Boyfriend at best, not a husband.

Well, that's exactly how I like it.

I don't need a husband, I need a wife.

CAROL:

Julie Davidson.

HORATlO:

Move.

Move.

FRANClS:
Hey, Jules. Ah!

-Francis.

-Great to see you.

-Yeah.

-Thanks for coming.

-Please, I wouldn't miss it.

-So how's Jake?.

-Oh.

Oh, he is adorable.

Ah. Wow.

What?.

Well, he doesn't look anything like you.

-Well, he's got my chin.

-Uh-huh.

You're really onto something, you know.

Donor insemination.

Who needs them, right?.

Well, just for the record,

I did try to find Mr. Right.

You spent the last 20 years

hanging out of a helicopter.

Well, I meant on my days off.

[BOTH CHUCKLE]

I even tried that online dating thing.

But frankly, anyone who's our age

who's still available...

-...there's a reason.

-But doesn't it kill you?.

Not knowing who the father is?.

I mean, these kids ain't no blank slates.

Well, I know what I need to know.

He's my son and I love him.

-What's that?.

-That's me and Daddy playing baseball.

-That's stupid.

-You're stupid.

Mommy says you don't got a daddy.

-I do got a daddy.

-Do not.

My daddy's taking me to the Yankees again.

He knows Matsui.

So?.

My daddy plays for the Yankees.

-Does not.

-Does so.

No way, because you stink at baseball.

You're a liar.

No, you're a liar

and my daddy is a Yankee.

Prove it.

HORATlO:

Ow!

-Linda, it's been a while.

LlNDA:
Hi.

Well, I just wanted to say

how inspired I have been by your work.

Some of the people you write about,

they really makes me wanna change my life.

-Wow. And how's that coming?.

-Well, what do you think?.

Of?.

Ah.

-That's quite a start.

LlNDA:
Yes.

Well, they were

my 40th birthday present.

Now, I could've gotten the new Z3.

But these get better mileage,

if you know what I mean.

[CELL PHONE RlNGlNG]

Hold on, sorry.

Hello.

Oh, uh--

Oh, no.

Oh, uh, I'll be there immediately.

No, it's okay. If there's

something wrong, I wanna get right on it.

Okay, thank you.

Uh, I'm sorry, ladies.

Something came up, I have to leave.

Just leave your books with your names.

I promise I will sign

each and every one of them.

Where are you rushing off to?.

You know my friend Joan.

-I'm so sorry to hear about his father.

-Excuse me?.

Well, your mother told me.

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