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Tim, it's going down!

Excuse me!

Duane, it's Tim, the elevator's

going down. I thought

you cut the power.

-I did. I don't know what's happening.

I'll alert lobby security.

-Copy that. The express elevator.

We'll buy them all a cup of coffee.

Mitch. Excuse me.

Two over easy, comin' up.

-Lou, give me a poke in a boat

and float it, Joe. -Here you go.

-Ah, thanks, Peggy. -Hey, you.

Something wrong, sir?

-Yeah, you can say that again.

What's the problem?

-3 hamburgers, 24 dollars. What,

you think I am too dumb to notice?

-Sorry. We need to fix the register.

Register my ass. Now, you're trying

to pull a fast one on me, ain't you?

Hey! She said she was sorry.

You shouldn't talking to her like that.

-What? -You're out of line, man.

-It's all right, Mark.

Shut your f***ing mouth, you moron.

-What?

What? Must be a deaf moron.

-You got a big mouth.

Mark, your pastrami's getting cold.

-Yeah. F*** off, d*ckhead.

Come on, come on.

-Your bill. The coffee's on the house.

Why d'you stop me? I could take him.

-The guy's bigger than you are.

He needed to be taught a lesson.

-We're not in the Marines any more.

Oh, and what did we do at Desert Storm?

-We fought small guys wearing big shoes.

Next time just stay out of my affairs.

I can handle myself. -All right.

Hey. Next time, I want your opinion,

I'll rattle your cage.

All right, that's it.

You better have insurance, pal.

I don't need insurance. You do.

-Damn right.

Why didn't you help me, man?

-Well, I figured you're a grown man.

Are you ok? -There's a ringing.

-My phone.

I'll get you an aspirin.

-Jeff here. Right.

Hey, we got an emergency.

-It's ok, she's getting me an aspirin.

No, I'm not talking about you, I mean

the Millennium Building. -Oh, what?

You know that big building. You know,

New York's most famous landmark.

Right, I know, and it's very high.

-Yeah, most skyscrapers are.

Now, come on get on your feet.

I hope you didn't forget how to walk.

Chip.

-What?

My computer's acting weird.

You mean like me when I asked you out?

-Worse.

Impossible. Looks like a virus.

Oh sh*t, not now.

Nail the bastard, will ya?

-Yeah, let me see what I can do.

Nice warm seat.

-It's the closest you'll get.

Yeah... ok...

You want some coffee?

-No. I feel like a cappuccino machine.

Well, I'm gonna have some.

Miss Evans. Get your pretty ass

over to the Millennium Building.

Why?

-An elevator got stuck with sick women.

I'm working on that piece for women's

voting rights. -When was that?

Bit after the fact, isn't it?

Yeah, but I think it's import...

-No buts, I want 400 words by 6.

And make it juicy.

-I'll pee on them.

Hey, Barney, what happened here?

-Many women got stuck in an elevator

or something. That must be the last one

now. Poor woman. -Freddy?

I'm right here, honey.

-Where's my baby?

There were babies?

-Not when they got in. Where you going?

What's your name, ma'am? No you can

talk to me, I'm a nurse.

Was it a boy or a girl?

-I'm not gonna do you any favors.

Hey, relax. I'm just doing my job.

They gave birth?

-Two of them. There was also something

about the air-conditioning.

It got so hot, they almost suffocated.

Well, they sure looked pale to me.

This is your man.

Hi.

-I'm Dunkins. Maintenance chief.

Terrible thing that happened here.

-Don't blame us for this birth wave.

No. It was the choice of God to give

life in a stuck elevator. Who knows?

All I know, it's to get these elevators

up and run again as soon as possible.

Where did it get stuck?

-Between 21 and 22. Doors were locked.

Just came down by itself?

-Yeah. After we cut the power.

Normally we don't call you people in for

stuck elevator. We're trained for this.

Getting the people out, getting the cars

running again. Most of the time it's

little things like a fuse or something.

-The air-conditioner seems to be ok.

Yeah, that's what I noticed.

-We need a good explanation for this.

It's expensive, even if they sue us.

-They are from the elevator company.

Milligan, I'm the manager.

Well, what's the verdict? How soon

can we get this elevator back in action?

-Within the hour, I'd say.

Quick. I want a full report.

-No problem, sir.

Nice guy.

-These express elevators carry over

money when they're out of order.

Let's get started before he deducts it

from our pay cheque.

Tim take you up to the engine room.

-Fine, let's go. Mark, are you coming?

Yeah.

Jeez, this is high.

-You're afraid of heights, are ya?

I am. I... just left that off

the application.

Oh, falcons.

-The city has brought them in to keep

the pigeon population down. They love it

here. Something to do with the thermals.

Here we are.

Hey, terrible thing what happened

to your colleague, that Polish guy...

Kowalski.

-Yeah, couldn't believe it.

He was such a cheerful fellow, then

committing suicide the way he did...

You never really know someone.

-Yeah, I guess that's true.

I don't know much about computers, but

there was a lot of lightning last night.

We counted 4 strikes.

-Lightning struck the control unit?

It's a possibility, ain't it?

-We have here the latest technology,

electrostatic fields or radiation

f***ing up no more computers today.

Well, you're the experts.

-Yeah, that's right.

I'll leave you. If you need anything

call 9-0-0. -Yeah, we will, thanks.

You pissed him off.

-Of course I did.

No-one tells me to do or to look for.

-What if he was right?

About the lightning?

-If, we ain't gonna admit it.

We're the experts, right? All right,

express elevators, G-bank,

here it is. Ok, you go over the car,

the air-co, the alarm system

the door-locking mechanism, the wiring.

-Why don't I check his police record?

I'll check this boxes and this baby.

-See you down there.

I hope you're not planning on spending

the rest of afternoon on that air-co.

I can't find a thing.

Ah, they'll be happy to hear that.

What is that?

-It's just a draught.

A draught?

-This baby here is over 1.000 feet high.

You can get a temperature difference

of more than 30 degrees. Believe me,

it can storm up there.

-Well, next time I'll bring my umbrella.

Let's go. Tell them they can turn it on.

-Second. What are we gonna report?

Report that everything's fine.

-And if they wanna know, what it was?

So I'll make 'em happy and I'll say, one

of the switches needed a drop of oil.

Ah, f*** sh*t. I dropped my wallet.

-Would you hurry up.

Did it? Did one of the switches

need a drop of oil?

No. So we give 'em something minor,

so they can sleep at night.

Man, you got a lot to learn.

Come on, let's go. You got everything?

Keys, your credit cards, your rubbers?

-Yeah, I'm all set.

Hey, you still got time to buy flowers.

-Flowers? What flowers?

Thanks, Tracy. I'm sure

you did a nice job again.

I hope your wife likes it, Mr. Faith.

-I think she'll be too busy to notice,

with all those guests.

-Don't blame her. You don't celebrate

your 25th wedding anniversary every day.

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