How Do You Know Page #6

Come here.

To people who make toasts.

I just touched your leg.

I know.

So my father would rather

I was more...

...dynamic. Okay?

He raised me since I was 7 because--

And wait till you hear this.

People go crazy over it.

I'm serious, be prepared

to see me through new eyes.

- Okay.

- I become...

...dangerously appealing.

Yeah. You'll wanna sit up

for this one.

- Okay.

- Here I go. Okay.

My mother left us...

...after seeing Kramer vs. Kramer

at the movies one afternoon.

- Do you know the picture?

- No.

It's a movie about a woman who

leaves Dustin Hoffman and her son...

...because she had to

find out who she was.

That's strange.

She came back. In the movie.

I have to make those old "sucking

it up" lessons work for me now.

Like when we lost

the NCAA championship by one run.

And instead of having some

self-pitying, self-indulgent...

...Kleenex party, we did a little good.

There were these kids there, and--

- Are you bored?

- Transfixed.

Cut it out.

I don't understand what you're doing.

These cannot be moves.

Do I sound like

I'm feeling sorry for myself?

Go ahead. No, come on.

You were saying?

Most of the girls I play with,

when they're done playing...

...their plan is meet a guy,

love, have a baby...

...go to grad school and get a job.

I mean, I'm doing those things...

...but my problem,

my challenge is....

- Oh, God, shut me up.

- No, no, no!

You're saying exactly what

you need to say.

Just let it out. Talk.

Otherwise, disease starts--

Why don't you shut up too?

What do you know, except

looking at me like you're Bambi?

Have you ever seen that movie?

Yeah. It's a wonderful film. I own it.

- Oh, jeez. I'm sorry.

- No.

- I'm sorry.

- It's all right.

I bet you're glad you fed me

all those drinks.

Your problem? Your challenge?

I don't know if I have what it takes...

...for everybody's regular plan.

I've never felt, like, that love...

...like the guy is

the whole deal, like.... Like....

To be honest, the baby thing?

Never. Never.

I'm just good at this one thing,

you know?

And when I hear girls talking about

how in love they are...

...or how the baby is everything...

...I think they're pretending.

What sort of trouble are you in?

Simply put,

I'm currently unemployed.

My girlfriend recently

broke up with me.

I'll soon run out of money.

And I'm the target

of a federal investigation.

Wow, you're a real chick magnet,

aren't you?

I'm sorry.

Well, we'll see.

- What impresses me about--

- Know what--

I'm sorry. Did I interrupt you?

No, no. Please, go ahead. I didn't

mean to interrupt your train of thought.

You-- Pl-- Go ahead.

What impresses you about me?

You haven't let anything

take your spirit.

No. Not tonight.

Tonight you've done me a great turn.

You've given me temporary amnesia.

- Get out of here.

- You have.

I can't believe you tell me

all you just did, and then flirt with me.

Amazing.

Why is the government...?

I don't know. Truly.

I'm...

...honest.

Hey, Matty.

Lisa. First of all, I'm not gonna

ask you where you've been.

But I get points for that, right?

Not when you put it like that.

Okay, I screw up.

That's why I wrote something out...

...that I wanna say to you. Okay.

Okay, this will be good.

Is it bad I wrote it out?

It's unusual, not bad. Stop asking me

things like that. It's weird.

Sorry. I went nuts when you left.

I broke a lamp.

Okay, read me the thing.

That was the thing.

Well, then I'm deeply touched.

You really broke a lamp?

Yeah, I mean, I just smashed it.

It's destroyed. You should see it.

Okay, what else do I do here?

Please come back!

That's.... You know,

that's giant for me to say.

I don't know that I'll do great,

but I know I can do better.

Whoa, this is breakthrough stuff

for me here!

- Okay.

- Great. Okay.

- I'll see you soon.

- Bye. I'll see you.

All right. Bye.

I'll help you get a cab.

Thanks.

Hey, George.

Thanks for being

such a great listener.

And no matter what,

I get to have friends.

I will take you up on that.

Okay.

- Thanks.

- Thanks. Yeah.

Slump city can be murder,

so call me whenever.

Of every thought I had about you,

and there were millions...

...the one that never occurred to me

is that my mind wasn't exaggerating.

Cut it out. I go boyfriend.

Fifteenth and I.

- I'm not saying she was reaching out.

- Okay.

I'm not saying she was coming on.

But she was definitely talking to me.

You have to see your father.

Why?

He's one of the few people

willing to talk to you.

Tell him....

Oh, God.

Your son is here to see you,

Mr. Madison.

Finally.

Have you been avoiding me?

Yes.

Absolutely.

Why?

Did you do it?

Did I...?

Do it.

My gosh. You're not asking if--

No. What I'm asking...

...is did you...

...fabricate earnings for the analysts

and either knowingly...

...or accidentally,

put me in this spot?

Did you do that? And if you did...

...are you still looking,

even at this moment...

...for a way to handle it, and me...

...without telling me

you committed a criminal act?

Now, wait. Just, easy.

This ground we're stepping on here

is wall-to-wall minefields.

Oh, for God's sakes. You're a crook.

What exactly did you do?

I did...

...what everybody who does business

in the Mideast does...

...who is not Microsoft

or selling something indispensable.

You pay a toll in the Mideast,

no matter what the country is!

If you want to sell in Egypt,

you go there! You rent an office--

Stop shouting. I don't hear you

when you do that, ever.

- Never?

- Ever.

You go there...

...you rent an office....

It's hard not to yell.

You go there

and you bribe an Egyptian.

That is what I did.

Like everybody does.

I bribed an Egyptian.

We know pissing in the street

is against the law.

This is spitting in the street.

This is:

I didn't think that

it would ever touch you.

And I wish I could somehow express

how what is happening to you...

...is the most wrenching experience

of my life.

And it's not just emotional.

It's physical.

It hurts in a profound, deep way.

My muscles. My skin.

Like those side effects

I got from Lipitor.

I am anguishing...

...in every way because of

what you are going through.

And I just....

Oh, stop.

You damn narcissist, no, you don't.

You can't cry! You...

...ethical mutant!

Better pace yourself, son.

It gets worse.

I'm gonna miss you, babe.

Echo that.

What are you gonna

do with yourself?

Well, I'll be teaching these great kids

at this clinic.

Then I'm gonna register for classes.

And the team is playing close by...

...so I was thinking about stopping by,

but anyway....

Yeah.

- We need to talk a second.

- Okay. I will call you from the car.

Are we monogamous?

You feel this way

because of the road trip.

But we don't have time for this.

How long does it take to answer?

Well, the answer is yes, of course.

- Essentially.

- What is "essentially"?

Let's talk about it. "Essentially."

Here we go.

Look, I am nothing like

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