Bernard And Doris Page #6
- TV-14
- Year:
- 2006
- 102 min
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to poach that.
Ah!
That salmon's been here
longer than I have.
It'll be fine.
That salmon's leftover from
when Jesus fed the 5,000.
That's how old it is.
It'll be fine.
Try to open up
I'll tell the chef to poach it.
This Marine Conservation Project
seems very interesting,
but I don't see the annual
fiscal report anywhere.
It's late.
Well, no report, no money.
- What's this now?
- The AIDS research.
They've asked for
a 10% increase over the last year.
It's not unreasonable.
All right, done then.
What else do we have here?
Some salmon, Mr. Taft?
It's, um...
Bon appetit.
The minister
from the Baptist church
in, I think it's
Canton, North Carolina...
Reverend Washington?
I love that man.
What does...
what does he want?
Well, apparently there was
a fire at his church.
They've raised $1 million
but they need another $600,000.
Give him whatever he wants
and I'll write a personal note.
What else?
What else do we have?
You're not hungry, Mr. Taft?
Um...
no.
How about a nice glass
of Peu Chimay?
No, thank you.
I never drink when I'm driving.
Lafferty, why don't you
fix Mr. Taft some...
coffee?
All right. Sure.
- Peu Chimay, ma'am?
- No, just some coffee.
What's this now?
- The literacy program.
- Oh yes, the literacy program.
- How are they doing?
- Doing great work.
You know, I'm confused
because I saw this State Senate report
that made it seem
as if there were some problems.
Oh.
You know,
when I first came to America
I could hardly
write my own name.
And then I took one
of those literacy programs,
and now look at me.
F***.
No one wanted to tell you.
We know how fond
you are of him.
Petrus '89, '90, '91... all gone.
Christ.
Chateau Margaux '86,
only the Premier Grand Cru.
Well, he has excellent taste,
you got to hand him that.
All the sherry...
maybe 100 bottles.
Jesus.
You want me to
do something about this?
Pack your bags.
You're fired.
Dear Miss Duke,
as always, I found it difficult
getting used to being in rehab.
But I have managed
to stay dry for two weeks now
and I think it's time
I came home.
Dear Lafferty,
I don't believe people
should be punished
because they suffer
from an illness.
That is why I haven't fired you,
as I probably should have.
But I'm not yet ready to have you back
as a trusted member of my household.
You will stay in rehab until
I am ready to forgive you.
Doris.
Doris, you okay?
Doris, you okay?
Doris?
Doris?
Dr. Armenza, please report
to ICU, STAT.
Dr. Armenza,
please report to ICU, STAT.
She's had a...
a sizeable stroke,
but I think she will get over that.
It will take time. She's gonna need
rehab and physical therapy.
But I am concerned about
her underlying condition,
which has always been
an issue,
in terms of her heart disease.
She's got a degenerative heart problem,
and also the liver issues.
Her liver function tests are not normal.
She'll need round-the-clock
care for now.
Here we go.
That's it.
What I did was unforgivable.
I'm so ashamed of myself.
You've taken me into your life,
you've been extremely
generous towards me.
I know I've let you down.
I can only say I'm deeply sorry.
I hope you can forgive me.
That's a good speech.
You learn it in rehab?
I'd very much like to keep my job.
Please.
Mr. Taft is calling
for Miss Duke, sir.
Okay.
Excuse me, Nancy.
- Mr. Taft.
- Lafferty.
I'm at the front gate, let me in.
I'm sorry, sir, Miss Duke's
not receiving visitors today, sir.
I want to talk to her.
Put her on.
She's not taking calls either, sir.
- Put her on.
- I'm sorry, sir.
I'm only following
Miss Duke's orders, sir.
- I know what you're up to...
- Mr. Taft,
Miss Duke appreciates your concern,
but her priority right now
- is to avoid all stress.
- Put her on right now.
And if you're truly her friend, you'll
respect her wish to be left alone.
- Lafferty, for crying out loud.
- Yes, sir.
- Thank you, sir, goodbye.
- This is ridiculous...
What are the police doing here?
We're just trying to
establish the facts, Doris.
I'm old, I have a bad heart,
my lungs are for sh*t,
end of story.
Did Mr. Lafferty try to control
your behavior in any way?
Well yes, he certainly has.
He's... no visitors,
no phone calls, lights out at 9:00.
If devotion beyond the call
of duty were a crime,
he'd be a candidate
for Death Row.
That's what you call it?
"Devotion beyond the call of duty?"
Sorry to disappoint you, big guy.
Thank you, Miss Duke.
I'm sorry, Doris.
For all I knew, you might have been
locked in the attic like Baby Jane.
That's Blanche.
Baby Jane had the keys.
It worries me,
you being out here alone.
Let me get you proper care...
round-the-clock nursing.
- I'll think about it.
- They'll cluck around you
- like mother hens.
- Stop it.
They'll be patronizing you,
treating you like a child.
Blah blah
blah blah blah.
"It's time for
your bath now, Doris.
- Have we taken our medicine today?"
- Oh stop it.
- They'll drive you nuts.
- Just stop it.
- I'm still being punished, is that it?
- It's not about you, Lafferty.
I've tried to think of everything
I can to win back your trust.
I've ceased to exist
outside this house,
I've renounced my own life in order
to give you the care that you need.
- And now you discover it's not enough?
- The nurses are coming
- in the morning.
- It's the nurses or it's me.
- Oh, don't make idle threats.
- It's not an idle threat, ma'am.
Well then, stop it!
For God's sake.
Would you bring in the nurses
if it meant losing me?
- I won't be put on the spot.
- Answer me, please.
It's a simple question, ma'am.
Just yes or no.
I don't want you to go
if that's what you're asking.
So you would do
without the nurses?
I want you to stay.
In my current capacity?
Oh for God's sake, Lafferty.
I choose you above all others.
Mm.
Is that what you want?
And you are not to prevent
Mr. Taft from seeing me, ever.
- Agreed?
- Agreed.
We can still bring the nurses in
if you think it's necessary.
Oh no. You wanted me,
now you got me.
My daddy had pneumonia
and my mother sent away
all the maids
so she wouldn't have
any witnesses.
And then she stripped him naked
and opened up the windows,
because that's the way they do it
in Macon, Georgia, she says.
Of course,
this was New York.
The coldest October in history.
I was only allowed
to see him for a few minutes
every day after school.
You could see your breath
in the room.
The man froze to death
in his own home.
She thought that
she would get everything,
but my daddy knew what
kind of woman she was
and he left it all to me.
My father died
when I was three.
My... my mother died
when I was eight.
Oh.
I was coming home
from school one day
and there was an ambulance there
at the end of our road.
A crowd was rubbernecking.
She was sitting up against a car.
It might have been the same one
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