Heaven Can Wait Page #3

There are no buts. You can call

your guards and have me dragged out.

- It would be bad publicity.

- Well...

- Why don't just sit down?

- I prefer to stand.

We can stand.

I've made it my business to find out

about Exo-Grey Industries.

Facts that would make

interesting newspaper copy.

Your tea, Mr Farnsworth.

Oh, right... Yeah.

My tea.

Will there be anything else,

Mr Farnsworth?

No. I think that's about it.

Thanks a lot.

You want some tea?

I want to know what you're

doing about Pagglesham.

Pagglesham!

It's what we're talking about!

These people care very much

that their community

isn't destroyed in the name

of free enterprise.

A community where families

have lived for generations...

I know.

These people will not let you

intimidate and frighten them.

I don't frighten anybody.

What in God's name was that?

Well, that...

My... my Mrs Farnsworth.

Sorry to disturb you.

Mrs Farnsworth saw a mouse,

but she's better now.

She just saw a mouse?

No. Before. Outside.

But she relives it.

I'll be in the other room

if you need me, sir. Excuse me.

What's the matter with her?

Well, listen. I don't know.

It's really none of my business.

- Your wife's not your business?

- You don't understand.

I understand one thing. We will

never let you build that refinery.

All right. I'll build my refinery

in some other place.

Very funny. If you think I'm going

back to Pagglesham, you're wrong.

You're not afraid of me.

You think a schoolteacher is no

challenge for a famous industrialist.

- Believe me...

- Will you please listen?

- Just be quiet a minute.

- Leo...

Just let me say one thing.

- What is it?

- Sit down.

- Why?

- If you'd just sit down,

I think I can explain something

that'll clear this whole thing up.

I'm not really Leo Farnsworth.

- What?

- My name is Joe.

Very funny, Mr Farnsworth.

I'm sure you enjoy playing

these insulting little games.

However, I know about

your board meeting on Thursday,

which may mean nothing to you,

but if you think you can treat women

with the same manipulative contempt

your company treats

communities of the world,

you've a lot to learn about

the strength of people like myself.

Don't think you're getting away

with this. You're not!

You got till that board

meeting on Thursday

to find me a body

that can play quarterback.

Darling, I'm going to let you go.

I'm going to let you go now.

Please stop screaming.

Listen. There is nothing

to be frightened of.

There's plenty to be worried about,

but nothing to be frightened of.

Are you all right? Can I trust you?

Yes, dearest?

- You locked me in a closet.

- Only for a moment.

- What did you tell him?

- You saw a mouse.

Look, I'm no good

at spur-of-the-moment alibis.

He's probably got enough evidence

to lock us away forever.

I don't understand this.

I saw him inhale the nose spray.

He never really inhaled it.

He overheard us somehow.

Maybe he's got us bugged right now.

No, an electronics expert

sweeps the place daily.

- He's afraid of being bugged, too.

- He's playing with us.

He's playing a game with us,

that's what it is.

You locked me in a closet. Why?

Hello.

Mr Farnsworth would like

to see you now.

Yes, indeed. Yes. Would you

excuse me, Mrs Farnsworth?

Yes, of course, Mr Abbott.

We could raise it at the meeting,

but I'm sure it's legal.

But can't something be legal

but still wrong?

- In what sense?

- Bad for somebody else.

What are you referring to?

Like this refinery in Pagglesham.

- Was that the living room?

- That was my office.

- My coordination is shot?

- Yes, sir.

- Just not my day.

- No, sir.

I wanted to discuss the Haitian

arrangement. The 2.5 million acres.

- 2.5 million acres?

- The sugar deal.

- It's no good.

- The deal?

No, the sugar. It's bad for the body.

Shall I speak

to the Haitian ambassador?

No, check on Pagglesham,

see if we're hurting anybody.

- If we're hurting anybody?

- Yeah.

Is the wicket bugged?

We certainly wouldn't

want to hurt anybody.

That's the last thing Exo-Grey

would ever want to do, right?

Yeah. We don't want to hurt anybody.

Thank you.

Pagglesham.

He pretended not to know

what a stockholder was!

I can't tell if he's toying with me

or actually precipitating a crisis.

He's toying.

He won't forget being drugged.

- Why would he pretend?

- Why pretend to inhale the spray?

To bait us.

He's waiting for us to crack.

Do you think he's playing

that saxophone? It's a tape.

That's why we keep hearing

the same song.

It's like those

idiot costumes of his...

You are dumb, aren't you?

Thanks. Thank you.

Their magic number is one,

meaning a Ram victory Sunday

or next week against the Falcons

or a 49er loss, and the Rams clinch

the NFL Western Division title.

The way they're playing,

the team feels this is the Rams' year

to go to the Super Bowl.

Jarrett has completed an astounding

62% of his passes for 18 touchdowns.

The defence has given up

but 10 points a game,

while the offence

scores 21 points a game.

The Rams' record is the best...

What you're saying is that

nobody should have that information,

because if two big companies get

together, they're worth more money?

Yes, sir.

That's why the rumour of a merger

makes the price of the stock rise.

If it's supposed to be a secret,

how does the rumour start?

Well, sir, wrong as it seems,

they leak it.

But that's dishonest.

Yes, it is.

Well...

if I got a board meeting tomorrow,

I got to do a lot

of studying tonight.

Yes, sir.

How you doing down there?

Oh, I'm doing fine.

Thank you very much.

Yeah? Thanks.

Thanks a lot.

Say, thanks for dinner.

I think we should do it right away.

Sisk, may we have some

more coffee, please?

And now for your hat, sir.

Do you wish the homburg

or the bowler, sir,

or something that makes

more of a statement?

Whatever you say.

Why have I got so many

of these sailor outfits?

Oh, sir, you have

always fancied the sea.

Do I sail?

Not really, sir.

OK, OK.

Mr Farnsworth,

I'm Helen Rich from The Times.

I have this petition

from the citizens of Pagglesham.

Do you plan to do anything about it?

We're taking it into consideration.

We really have to be going.

Excuse us.

Is it true that the new factories

will displace 11 communities?

- Is it that many?

- They granted permits, didn't they?

- I guess so, if we got 'em.

- How did Exo-Grey get those permits?

Beats me. I guess we bribed somebody.

- He's joking.

- Funny.

Really, we must be going.

- What about Acrilonitrile?

- What about what?

The toxic substance released

by the plastic bottles you market,

despite the lawsuit forcing you to

delay until the effects are tested.

- We really must go.

- I've been studying this thing.

I've got it figured out, so come

and see what's going on yourselves.

- You can't have outsiders...

- Sure we can. Come in, everybody.

Is he kidding?

This can be taken care of.

Hi.

Hi. How you doing, everybody?

These people are reporters

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