He Said, She Said Page #5

not sleep with her.

I'm not saying you planned to,

but by not inviting me,

you leave yourself the margin for error

where accidents can happen.

- You're still diddling around.

- I don't diddle.

I'm not going to bed with her.

We may share a salad, that's all.

- I want to get married.

- What?

You accuse me of cheating on you,

now you want to marry me.

- Don't you ever think about it?

- Yes. I just don't know what I think.

I feel I've really grown in the last

three years, and you've stood still.

No, that's not what's going on here.

You are so afraid of being hurt...

...you're making a demand

I can't meet, pushing me!

- Is that what you want?

- You just don't get it.

I know you're scared

of taking this step. I am, too.

But that's the great thing, you see?

We could be scared together.

Look, I just... I want to be sure of you.

And if that means I'm a little insecure

or neurotic, well so be it.

I just want to know that if I'm on air

with you five years from now,

it's because you love me,

not because I'm your business partner.

Well, I do.

I do. Come on.

Come on...

You don't want to get married.

No, Dan, you don't want to.

Let me hear you say it.

- Time, please.

- Hey, Mark.

Yeah.

Settle an argument.

Why do they call this the green room?

I don't know.

See you in there.

I'm sorry, but...

...I don't want to get married.

- Coming through. Watch it.

- Lorie. Fifteen seconds to air.

I said now.

Places, everybody.

Quiet, please.

Five, four, three, two...

Perkell Heating and Cooling

brings you 'He Said, She Said'.

With your commentators

Lorraine Bryer and Dan Hanson.

The issue today:
Proposition 41,

the highway merger.

Good afternoon, Dan.

Proposition 41,

on the ballot in October,

provides for a new connecting spur

to merge Highways 710 and 88.

In my view,

this merger is long overdue.

It would improve access

and allow for maximum growth,

especially in the outlying areas.

I know what you'll say, Dan.

That Proposition 41 can wait,

that there's no need for it now.

But in two or three years,

it will be too late.

We must go forward...or we stop.

Now is the time.

And that's the way I see it.

Well, Lorie, there you go,

over-intellectualising again.

Common sense tells us

a merger simply is not needed.

These highways function well

independently, thank you.

A merger would only mean

more spending,

traffic and congestion

in an already crowded area.

And those outlying areas

have reached a plateau

where further growth

is just not expected.

There's nothing wrong

with the status quo, Lorie.

As my Uncle Olaf used to say,

"Why fix it, if it ain't broken?"

That's the way I see it... Ow!

Lorie.

- Are you all right?

- Of course I am. Of course.

- I'm fine.

- Sure?

Yeah. I'm fine, Mark.

Don't worry about me. I'll be all right.

My keys are inside. My purse.

My whole life is inside.

- OK, I'll...

- I'm not going back in.

- All right.

- Do you think I hurt him? Who cares?

I'm going to walk home.

I feel so good, that's what I'll do.

Lorie, I...

- Give me a ride home?

- Sure, you could use it.

- Where do these go?

- It all goes in the hall.

The lousy records,

the toys, the models.

- What about this?

- No. I want that.

You've known me a long time, Cindy.

I'm a rational person, aren't I?

- Yeah, somewhat.

- I mean, I'm not crazy.

But at some point you have to say:

"Yes, we go forward,"

or "No, we made a big mistake."

I feel great, I really do.

- Stop it.

- Come on.

I'm not going to let you do this

to yourself, or your VCR.

He's not worth it.

You didn't need him to start with.

You could have your own show.

That's just it. I never wanted

a TV show. I don't even watch TV.

The New York Times loved my work.

I'm gonna call them back,

I'll find the number.

To think I let him detour me

from my original purpose.

It's three years gone,

but I'm still reasonably young, right?

Has it really been three years?

All the time I wasted

overlooking all those rotten things.

You remember, Cindy.

It was obvious right from the start.

We've decided, in a very

Solomon-like manner, to try you both.

You've both been following

this public sculpture thing?

- Oh, yeah.

- You don't have to imitate Monroe.

Use your own style,

your own opinions.

1,500 words on my desk

by five o'clock.

And may the best man win.

Or the best woman.

Listen...

After tomorrow, one of us will probably

never speak to the other again. So...

...how about dinner?

Shocking as this may sound,

I'd like to, unfortunately I have a date.

Well, it's not actually a date,

it's more like an obligation. Sorry.

Thank you.

- Guess what.

- What?

- Guess.

- What?

They're printing

the New Republic piece.

That's great, the one about

the Sandinistas? Terrific.

- I brought a copy for you to see.

- Oh, I'd love to. Great!

- No, I...

- What? The lead's no good?

- It takes too long to start?

- We're doing it again.

We are relating to each other

as writers and political colleagues.

We are not relating to each other

as a woman and a man.

Adam...

Look...

What I wanted to say...

I don't think we should

see each other any more.

It's not sexual or exciting

between us any more.

I think that it was, once,

but it's just not there any more.

- This is hard to say...

- It's hard to listen to.

I know...and I'm sorry.

Look, I'm not a complete moron.

I sort of saw this coming.

- But I don't think it's all my fault.

- I'm not saying it is.

Well...

Maybe two cerebral people

just shouldn't be together.

I gotta go.

- No, don't go.

- I prefer it, if you don't mind.

See you.

Wow, that was a fast date!

- Looks like we can't avoid each other.

- Maybe it's fate.

- The signora is ordering dinner?

- Caesar salad's great here.

- No, I'm...

- Come on.

All right, I'll have a Caesar salad.

And a gin and tonic.

- I'll have the same again.

- Fine. Enjoy your meal.

We had a fight.

Well, actually we didn't.

We didn't have a fight...

We broke up.

I don't know

why I'm telling you this.

I'm really sorry.

- Who broke it off?

- I did.

Sometimes that's

the more painful position.

It's always easier to love

than be loved.

Hurting someone

feels worse than being hurt.

God knows, I'm always terrified

to give bad news to a woman.

Maybe that's weak, I don't know.

Yeah.

So, how do you know so much?

Believe me, I've been there.

- Dan!

- Susan, hi.

Excuse me.

You look fantastic.

That dress is...

That's your colour, that is you.

Thanks. And thank you

for the flowers. So beautiful!

Oh, you got them, good.

- Let's get together next week.

- Sounds good.

- Be sure to wear that dress.

- I will.

Oh, sh*t, my tit popped out,

I hate it when that happens, don't you?

- Bye.

- See you later.

Classy, with a capital K.

And you. Look at you, Mr Smooth.

I can't believe I was letting myself

get sucked into this rap of yours.

"It's better to love than to be loved."

This... You were coming on to me.

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