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manatee and sarasota counties.

There's a proposal on the table

right now,

to move the line up

a fifth of a mile,

so that

the sunshine children's home

and other facilities like it

are eligible for

more state funding.

However discussions,

like this railway track,

have come to a dead end.

Mr. d'esposito, this is the

fifth time in as many months

that re-zone proposal has gone

forth before the board?

Is your plan to

postpone a vote again?

What's your message

to residents?

And to the workers at

the sunshine children's center,

and the children in their care?

You fill up my senses

like a night in the forest

like the mountains in springtime

like a walk in the rain

like a storm in the desert

like a sleepy blue ocean...

But miss tangerine...

Yes, see saw, darling.

How do you know

if it's a stranger,

what do you mean?

Well, what if you know them,

but you don't really know them?

Then what?

Well, that is a tricky question,

see saw, darling.

If you've spoken to them

more than once,

then they're not a stranger,

and it's probably okay.

Well, thank you, miss tangerine.

You're welcome, see saw.

Thanks, kids.

Thank you, kids.

That was wonderful!

Can everyone thank

miss Christine?

Thank you, miss Christine!

Alright,

it's dinner time everyone.

Hey Stevie,

I have a good one for you today.

Knock knock.

Who's this?

Harry.

Harry who?

Harry up and let me in,

it's cold outside.

Alright, it's dinner time,

kiddo.

- Good-bye, miss Christine.

- Bye, Steven.

Thanks again, Christine.

Of course.

You know, I was a little torn,

I know most of them don't even

leave the grounds ever, so...

No, it's all helpful.

- Yeah?

- Yeah.

Hey, Miranda...

I've been having these...

Awful stomach pains,

right down here.

Could you maybe

have a look for me?

Honey, I'm a pediatric nurse.

I'm not really qualified.

That might be

in your lady parts.

You should call a doctor.

Yeah, that makes sense.

Well, it's probably

just stress anyway.

Sorry I'm late, roomie.

Hey, it's okay.

Long day?

Long day.

I was stuck behind this guy

on the 41...

We were not moving at all,

it was crazy.

It's okay, don't worry about it.

Can I have the usual?

The show was great tonight.

No, it wasn't.

They're always put me

at the back of the line.

It was great!

Hey, who did the graphic for

the zoning crisis?

That was wild.

Yeah?

Well, it was my concept.

But Jean did the graphic,

I let her do the tech stuff.

So...

How were things with

"gorgeous George" today?

Don't be weird.

...we're still not speaking.

- What's all this stuff?

- I know, I'm sorry.

We're out of storage

at work and

frank asked if I could keep

some of it here,

just for a week or so.

Rent's due tomorrow,

don't forget this month.

I won't!

Jeez!

- Hey, Chris?

- Uh-huh?

Have you thought anymore about

what you might want to do

on your birthday?

Trying not to think about it.

At least let me take you

to dinner.

We could go to davenports.

Maybe you could invite George?

I have to get to bed.

Come on, Chris,

I was just kidding around.

No, it's fine,

I just have to

get up early tomorrow

to grind out a piece

before Friday.

Good night, mom.

Oh my god!

Frank delmonaco, Miami action 6,

got an 8 with this.

An 8.

He beat out reruns of

"all in the family."

They got a 7.6.

What, you're reading

the numbers now?

I always read the numbers.

It's called rounding up.

Michael, why do I have

to be here for this?

- I do sports.

- This is a "team meeting".

It's a simple concept, guys.

"If it bleeds, it leads."

There's a reason this idea

is catching fire

in the culture right now.

But they didn't show that,

Mike, they cut out

just before it.

If they'd had the guts to show

the whole thing,

they could've doubled

their rating.

There aren't sniper standoffs

in sarasota,

we're not Miami.

Also, "if it bleeds it leads"

is not some concept, Mike,

it's a catch phrase

that you picked up

at that conference in Cleveland

last month.

Chubbuck,

this is not debate club.

This is a joke.

This sort of thing,

it'll make us a joke.

Mike, I'm gotta side with

Chris on this one.

Steve...

You do weather.

We're the joke, chubbuck, okay?

We're the joke.

You read the numbers?

Tell me, chubbuck.

Tell us all.

What did we do last month?

We are drowning here, guys.

Abc isn't kicking in

what they promised this quarter.

The last round of local ads

didn't hit,

so people aren't re-upping.

I know this is all just

fun and games for you,

you're all breezing through here

on your way to

a national market.

But the situation

is getting f***ing dire.

Hear me when I say that.

We need higher ratings.

How do we get them?

Juicier stories.

It's simple math, guys.

That's not math, that's logic.

Here we are at the 5th annual

sarasota strawberry festival.

Hey, chubbuck.

You ready?

A or b...

"The salmonella

can seemingly be traced to

"poorly packaged chicken

from..."

Or...

"The authorities believe that

the salmonella originated..."

Are you okay?

Why?

Do I not seem okay?

You're not upset about Nelson,

are you?

No.

You can't let him

get inside your head.

Can he even hear himself

sometimes?

He just gets all grumpy

because he's got

Mrs. Mike Nelson back home

waiting for him.

Use the "authorities" line.

Make people feel like someone's

steering the ship, you know?

You're okay?

I'm okay.

I'm okay, you're okay, right?

Alright.

At the strawberry festival...

Here we go, folks,

the first strawberry of

the season.

They are juicy.

So Sharon, what can you tell

me about the festival?

Well, this is our fifth year.

We've been doing this since

1969.

New in town, huh?

Yeah.

About a year.

I used to vacation here

as a kid though...

Yeah.

You were in Boston

before this, right?

- Great city.

- Yeah, but Ohio originally.

So...

How long have these pains

been going on for?

Oh, I don't know,

about a month or two.

Probably just stress.

Probably.

But better safe than sorry,

right?

We'll take some blood and

urine, and do a pregnancy test.

A pregnancy test?

Okay, sure.

Good luck with that.

Been a while, huh?

Oh, you could say.

And...

I think we'll do some x-rays,

so we need to schedule

a follow-up for next week.

That alright?

Absolutely.

Whatever you need.

Says here someone's got a

birthday coming up, huh?

Oh, yeah, don't remind me.

The big 30, huh?

Put your feet up

in the stirrups for me, please.

Sure.

Alright.

Now slide down.

Slide your hips right down to

the edge of the table for me.

Thank you.

...this is nbc nightly news,

reported by John camel...

The house judiciary committee

voted today to make public

all the classified material

it has amassed in seven weeks

into the inquiry into the

impeachment of president Nixon.

The vote was 22 to 16,

with 16 democrats and

6 Republicans

voting to release the evidence.

Anything else while you wait?

No, no.

Long day.

I guess I've been stood up.

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