Goodbye Lover

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I could hardly keep my hands

off you the other day.

You looked so delicious...

I wanted to eat you all up.

I'm naked, Ben.

I'm naked. I'm being so bad.

Perhaps you ought to spank me.

I picked up some olives for you, baby.

Some big...

soft...

juicy, pitted olives.

Pink pimientos.

You're not doing it to be successful,

to make some money.

You love all that, but you do

this because it's what you love.

It gets you up early, keeps you

up la te. You have an impact.

You have a sense of contribution.

And life is joyous.

Most people never find

their real drive.

They're making a living

instead of designing a life.

They don't know what they want,

don't tap into their drive...

or discover their capability.

But I get you to follow through

as much as I can...

by teasing and pushing and

getting you to take steps.

As you build one step on the day

before, on top of the next...

after 30 days,

you've made a huge change.

It's a great sense of pride.

I know where I've come from.

I started out in a little

4-inch-square apartment...

feeling sorry for myself,

thinking nothing could change...

feeling mad at the world and my past.

But I was able to change,

and that came from being unwilling...

to settle for that anymore.

I knew I was more than

what I was living...

mentally, emotionally

and spiritually.

And I was able to find my passion.

That's what most people haven't done.

They don't know what they want.

They don't discover

what they're capable of.

So that'll be all right, then.

We'll just have the choir practice...

I think next Sunday,

a little earlier.

Sandra, how's the

real-estate business?

Fine. Are you looking?

No, I couldn't begin to afford

the kind of houses you handle.

Neither can most of the people

we sell them to.

I brought your sheet music

and cookies.

For the fundraiser. Great!

Why don't you take them up to Ben?

It's Bach, your favorite.

He's such a master.

Magnificent.

Lovely!

And thrust!

Iconage public relations

and advertising.

Iconage. How may I help you?

One moment, please.

Good morning, Mr. Dunmore.

Good morning.

Maybe for you.

Iconage, how may I help you?

Jake!

Good morning, Peggy. Dear Peg.

You look like you fell off a truck.

Thank you.

You look like an angel.

The meeting started 15 minutes ago.

Damn!

Only 15 minutes late? I wanted

to miss at least half an hour.

Hold still!

I live for your touch.

Get in there.

Don't puke on Mr. Bradley.

Will you marry me?

- I think you're already married.

- I am?

Oh, yeah. Right, I am. Maybe later.

Morning, everybody.

Sorry I'm late, sir.

Sorry, everyone. Sorry.

I got one of those electric...

Now that the entire

brain trust is present...

we can get down

to the business at hand.

Senator Lassiter.

Roy had the misfortune...

of being caught in a rather...

less than honorable

position last night.

You think his position was bad?

How'd you like to be the hooker

who sucked him off?

Thank you, Jake.

Kevin, can we get to the girl?

The girl was a guy.

We all saw the picture, right?

She had a five o'clock shadow, an

Adam's apple and a Semper Fi tattoo.

We got to float a distraction.

We got to position it

so that Joe Public...

doesn't know which ball

to keep his eye on.

Not unlike the senator.

What are the alternatives? Mike?

The senator was tipped to head

the Foreign Affairs Committee.

Kevin? How about...

"He's turning down the offer

to become baseball commissioner"?

- He's never even seen a game.

- Gary, what've you got?

What've you got, Gary?

Gary, what've you got?

Goddamn it!

We've got to find something

that humanizes this bastard!

Sorry.

From 1993, actually,

saying that Mrs. Lassiter...

has been fighting breast cancer.

- That's good.

- Thanks.

People worry...

that it's a dangerous...

"Dangerous and shitty world."

And it is our job...

"Safe and clean."

We know.

Image is everything.

I got it.

We say that the senator...

is conducting tests

on the trickle-down theory...

in the men's room of the Sheraton.

Get the hell out of here.

I know.

It's very simple to do.

Just choose tomatoes...

that are the nicest you can find.

How does she do it?

I've just been on the phone with

the Merritts, and I suggested...

Sorry, what?

I'm sorry.

Do you have a second?

I suggested Senator Lassiter

speak at the...

Thank you.

Fundraiser.

I said that his presence there

would attract...

a lot of attention in the press.

I pointed out that he

was a devout family man.

Good.

We've got to do something about Jake.

What can I do?

We got to get him cleaned up.

I know you've done everything you can.

It's just his behavior

is affecting everyone...

and I see how it's bringing you down.

I just think you' re

such a great guy, Ben.

Thank you, Peggy.

I'll talk to him tomorrow.

The best thing for Jake

right now is to stay home...

and sleep it off.

Hello?

Sandra?

Residents are on alert

as the alleged serial killer...

"The Doctor, " has apparently

claimed another victim.

Coming up in the half...

You should talk to Jake.

Get him to go back into rehab.

We've already been through that one.

The first time...

he ran away.

The second time, he got a buddy

to smuggle in a case of Remy.

What are we doing?

Is that a rhetorical question?

No.

In that case...

I am acting out a series...

of deep-seated sexual fantasies.

And you...

are f***ing your brother's wife.

Have any idea what it would do

to him if he found out about us?

He's unstable enough as it is.

It'd kill him.

That would be horrible.

I couldn't live with myself.

We'd better be ready, then.

What does that mean?

Lots of things can happen.

Maybe...

you should make them happen.

Do you hear what I'm saying?

What do you say?

I hear what you're saying.

We've got to get out of here.

- What the hell is that?

- Oh, my God!

They' re back.

- You said they were in Palm Springs.

- They aren't anymore.

Oh, my God!

Christ!

Get me out of this thing.

- Get me out of this thing.

- Give me the key. Where's the key?

What do you mean?

I don't have the key!

You don't have the key?

- How could you not have the key?

- Lift it up!

Good idea. How do I get

it off of my goddamn wrist?

Hello?

Is that your car?

- Mrs. Brodsky.

- It is your car. What are you doing?

I wanted to show the client

the house at night. He really likes it.

Mr. Spender? I was just showing him

the wine cellar.

Mr. and Mrs. Brodsky,

whose lovely house this is.

You have a very, very lovely house.

Thank you.

I adore it, but Mr. Brodsky...

is determined to move back to Hawaii.

Aren't you, dear?

Isn't that a coincidence?

That's where Mr. Spender's from.

Isn't that right, Mr. Spender?

Yes.

Which island, Mr. Spender?

All of them.

He grew up on a boat.

Wasn't that it?

Jesus Christ!

Tell me again,

why am I taking these chances?

Because you can't help yourself?

- Don't forget what we talked about.

- What?

You' re not your brother's keeper.

Mr. Merritt. Eunice and I are

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