Darling Companion Page #3

Twenty-two years, eight in London.

Really? I love London.

Greatest city in the world,

aside from Omaha.

We should all go there.

Well...

So you're no longer in demolition?

- What happened?

- The business blew up.

Completely collapsed. Demolished.

What are you doing now?

You know,

I got something pretty good brewin'.

I'm so glad you sat us with,

you know, Sam's parents.

Was that Pramilla's sister in the pink sari?

I know. Gorgeous.

What have you got "brewin'"?

Well, we don't want

to steal your thunder today,

you know, 'cause that was

one heck of a wedding you put on,

but since you're family

I gotta spill the beans.

No, I thought we'd wait until tomorrow.

We're opening an English pub.

Where... Who's opening a pub?

In England, is that.

In Omaha! Me and Penny.

I'm sorry. What?

Wait a minute. Penny.

You're not leaving the newspaper?

Well, [was about to be laid off,

and so I took the buyout.

At least they'll pay me for a year.

How could you not tell me this?

Do you know there's not one English pub

in Omaha?

If you want bangers and mash,

you got to go all the way to Des Moines.

Really? Who's financing this?

You know, finally, you'll be able

to get a decent pint in Nebraska,

and fish and chips, I mean, the real thing,

in newspaper, soaked with grease.

And...

- Excuse me.

- I'm sorry.

No, it's okay. Don't worry.

This is genius, if I do say so myself.

It'll be the only place in the Midwest,

that I know of,

where you can have... Are you ready?

Warm beer.

Wow. Warm beer.

Yeah.

Where's the money coming from?

Bottom-line guy, Bryan.

You got that from your mother.

First thing Penny asked me.

Good. What'd you tell her?

Well, I got some money saved,

and I sold my condo.

And I got a friend whose brother

wants to put up half the money,

after we raise the first half.

And, you know,

we're talking to other investors.

Okay, what are you contributing to this?

Not one cent, if Russell has his way.

- Nothing?

- That's right. Nothing.

Look, I mean, of course,

we may dip into my buyout

until we have some cash flow.

And Russell's moving in,

so we won't have that expense.

Penny's enrolled in a bartending class.

Mom.

We want to give all of you the opportunity

to get in on the ground floor.

How would you like to all be par!- owners

of the Partridge and the Plough?

Mom, are you serious?

Yeah?

Wait, wait. He's canceling on me

so that he can have

the surgery done by Ed Ritter?

Does he know I trained Ed Ritten?

Ruthie, tell me his exact words.

Really?

"Surgeons reach their peak at 45"?

Who told him that?

Freeway! Sh*t!

I got to go, Ruthie. I'll see you Monday.

Freeway!

Freeway!

Hi, Ellie called.

They got your mother on her plane.

And you know what? Ethan asked about you.

You know what he said? He is so cute.

He said, "Where's Pee-Pee?"

Honey, what are we going to do

about the Partridge and the Plough?

- What are we going to do about Russell?

- I don't know.

Has Freeway been in here?

I thought he was with you.

He was, but he took off on me.

What? Wait a minute. Where's the dog?

I told you. He took off.

When was this?

About 20 minutes ago.

He chased a deer and wouldn't come back.

Did you use the whistle?

I whistled.

I didn't have the whistle, per se.

You were on the phone, right?

It was an emergency.

God.

He's probably right outside.

Freeway! Come on, boy!

Freeway!

Where are you, sweetheart?

You lost the dog

while you were talking on the phone!

Freeway!

He's not lost, believe me.

Freeway!

- He knows how to get home.

- Freeway!

Is something wrong?

The dog's run off.

Sh*t. We'll be right there.

Yeah, be right there.

Dogs find their way across the country

all the time. Haven't you read that?

Freeway!

Is Freeway missing?

Yes, we've got to spread out

and search before it's too dark.

I'll get the keys.

- Freeway!

- You're panicking.

Don't you know how much

that dog means to me?

Yes, of course I do. I like him too.

I'm just not obsessed with him.

How could you be,

when you're obsessed with yourself?

- Where'd you see him last?

- On the back trail.

- Wait, the dog's gone?

- Yeah'

Come on, let's go.

I'm with you. Where should we start looking?

Okay, we'll go this way.

I'm gonna go out to the road

and look around.

I got a light. I'll come with you.

Wait, wait, wait, wait! Use your whistle!

Hi!

Okay.

Here, boy!

- Careful.

- Shoot.

Bryan thinks I should have my knee scoped.

Yeah, I've been begging you

to do that for years,

You can't fix a torn meniscus

with herbal enemas.

You know, Bryan's much more open

to Eastern approaches.

And it's colonics, not enemas.

You should try one.

It might dislodge that enormous bug.

- What?

- You're so negative about Russell.

Don't you think we've given

the pub a lot of thought?

The Pig and the Poke? No.

What are you doing with this guy?

Just because

your first husband was a genius

and he turned out to be a dick

doesn't mean you can never trust

another man with half a brain.

You're the dumb one.

Have you ever heard

of emotional intelligence?

You know, Russell makes you

look like a five-year-old.

Plus, he's the most generous lover

I've ever known.

Stop. Spare me that image.

Freeway, come back,

you son of a b*tch bastard!

Your girlfriend,

she didn't come to the wedding.

Doesn't she like Grace?

Violet likes Grace just fine.

She had to go on a retreat with her firm.

A retreat?

Yeah, they all go away somewhere

and talk about IPOs, government regulations.

- To avoid the regulations?

- Yeah.

No, how to comply with them, sort of.

Anyway, it's my mother

that is hard on Violet.

She says you can't trust a woman

who wears four inch heels all the time.

All the time?

She looks good in them.

My mother says, "What's she selling?"

I have an idea. Wait.

- Come on, boy.

- Hey, buddy!

I'm just so pissed

he didn't take the whistle.

Joseph's got a lot on his mind

with the wedding

and then our news

about the Partridge and the Plough.

Trust me, he wasn't thinking about you

or the wedding.

If you want his attention,

herniate your disk.

- Hey, buddy!

- Hey, guys, stop talking about Joseph!

We can hear you!

We could use a little help here.

- Wait a second.

- Her knee, her knee.

- Get some ice on this

- Don't. Your back...

- It's nothing. It's nothing.

- This way.

- What did you do...

- Honey, it's my knee.

What are you looking at?

It's 10:
00,

and you are deep

in Possum's Burrow on KGO-FM.

Coming up, we have Blue

by the Living Sisters.

Hello, big bear!

Oh, my God.

Woof!

Possum!

Wow.

You know, I had a dream last night

that you were gonna come down here.

I need a favor.

Anything, darling.

What's this, fresh meat?

I'm Bryan.

Bryan.

Are you ready to have your heart broke, man?

She's legendary.

Possum, my boss lost her dog.

I'm on it.

All right, everybody,

I got a friend who needs our help.

She's looking for a lost dog,

big brown-white mutt,

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