I Don't Know How She Does It Page #8

had been up all night rehearsing.

Until...

OK, 300 presentations last year,

and I never messed up once.

It's not my fault. The pregnancy

did something to my brain.

I don't get it, OK? The baby

is nowhere near your brain.

What else can it do to your brain?

Mm!

I'm sorry.

I'm so sorry. I was so nervous.

- I forgot the whole...

- Are you kidding? That was a home run.

I didn't have to say a word.

He loved it. I could tell.

- Really?

- Really! You lunatic!

God, I love...

I love the way you ran that.

It was brilliant.

- Absolutely brilliant. There he is.

- Thank you.

- Let me close this.

- OK, OK.

OK.

You OK?

Kate, I hope

I didn't blow this for us.

No, it's fine.

Don't worry about it.

Just like I thought.

He thinks you're terrific.

Wants to know what we've been

doing hiding you in Boston.

- Really?

- Yep. He's going to take me to lunch.

He's got a lot of questions.

But they sound like the right questions.

The ones that mean he's serious.

So should I?

Should I go back? To Boston?

Yeah, I guess. Uh, I'll

call you if I hear anything.

- OK?

- OK.

You know the first thing he said to me?

- Where did I get this idea?

- Oh...

I hope he told him he

got the idea from you.

Well, I mean, you know, we really, he

and I really developed it together.

It's changed a lot

since the version that I started with.

It's not right.

You should be at the lunch.

- Harcourt should know you.

- He will. He will.

I mean, he does. I'm the one that really

pitched it in the meeting, not Jack.

Yeah. But now Jack is going

to lunch with Harcourt,

and you can just bet by dessert,

this whole thing will be Jack's idea.

These guys don't get to the top

by giving credit to the junior team.

What am I doing?

You gotta come with me.

You're where I got this idea.

It's yours.

We're a team.

And teams stick together.

Right, Momo?

So it's the 18th frame,

or maybe the 28th frame,

I can't remember.

- Eighteenth.

- Eighteenth frame.

And, um, you know,

a lot of tension in the bowling alley.

In fact, I think everybody

was completely silent.

- And this gentleman...

- Except you.

This elegant,

wherever you're from,

gets up...

Gets up and he says,

"Max's Automotive is going down!"

- Just like that.

- Just like that!

I came out of my shell.

I think with

a Bronx accent, right?

He fit right in.

It was a pleasure

to meet you.

- Likewise.

- Jack will tell you

that I like to say no,

and I had my doubts coming in,

but you made a very compelling case.

- I am intrigued.

- Oh, my God. Well, thank you.

Thank you, thank you.

You're right,

she does like to say thank you.

I'll be in touch.

That was miraculous.

He never says anything positive.

My God, you think he'll go for it?

Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.

I think we got a good shot at this.

- Absolutely.

- Oh, my God!

I can't believe it went so well!

- Think you're gonna make your plane?

- Uh, I don't know.

- I have to see what time it is.

- OK.

Wow, will you look at that?

This thing finally quit.

- Battery died?

- Yeah, I didn't charge it.

OK, OK, hold on.

Use mine.

That's odd, look at this.

I got a bunch of missed calls.

All from you.

Richard, honey, I'm on my way.

I'll be there as soon as I can.

But keep a close eye on him.

If he experiences any dizziness

or nausea tonight,

- call us immediately.

- Thank you so much.

- Emily?

- Hi, bunny.

- Hi, sweetie.

- Mommy.

Oh, hi, baby.

What happened?

Well, he tripped on that place in the

carpet and fell down the stairs.

Oh! Sweetie...

A man announces he's going to

leave the office to be with a child,

and he is hailed as a selfless,

doting, paternal role model.

A woman announces that she's going to

leave the office to be with a child

on its sick bed, and she is damned

as disorganized, irresponsible,

and showing insufficient commitment.

I know, it was

on the list, right?

No. No, forget the list,

Richard. You live here.

Haven't you tripped on that

thing a million times?

At least I was here when it happened.

And I tried to call you.

And text you. You didn't

pick up your phone for hours.

I told you,

I forgot to charge my phone.

So I was reduced to breaking into

your address book on your computer

to get the number to your boyfriend.

That was a great feeling.

- Oh, come on!

- Then he didn't answer either.

Jack forget to charge his battery, too?

Doesn't sound like him.

No, we were meeting Harcourt.

You knew that.

It's not like we were naked on a beach

in Aruba sipping Mai Tais.

Well, that's a weirdly vivid denial.

You're right. I failed.

I messed up.

I wasn't here

when Ben needed me.

What difference does it make? Even when

you're here, you're not here, Kate.

We never sit down.

We never relax,

we don't laugh or goof off.

I don't want to discuss

how often we're not having sex.

Well, you know what?

I honestly...

Honestly, I don't understand

- what you want from me.

- You don't know what I want?

I want just a few minutes

where we're not in a panic.

Where we talk about something

other than logistics.

Where you pretend to laugh at my

old jokes that you've heard before.

Where we have five minutes,

just five,

of calm, quiet conversation.

Just five minutes of being together.

That's all.

My list.

Number one:

Get my life together.

Number two:

Stop making lists.

- Where's Daddy?

- He had to go to work early.

Hey, Em, you know that I didn't

want to leave Thanksgiving, OK?

- I wanted to stay...

- Yes, you missed it.

Just like you missed Jamaica Day.

And Evie's birthday party.

Because you have

to talk on the phone

and take an airplane to New York.

I tell everyone that.

And maybe someday

we can make a snowman together.

- But probably not.

- No.

No, we will, Em.

I promise. OK?

The very next time it snows.

I love you.

At work, when you act

like one of the boys,

they call you

abrasive and difficult.

So you act like a woman,

and they say you're

emotional and difficult.

So difficult is really just the word

for anything that isn't a man.

I wanted to let you know

I'm hearing some merger rumors

out of Atlanta on that PharmaCom stock.

Yeah, I heard that.

Gotta get somebody

down there tonight.

No, yeah, OK.

Hello?

Well...

You're... you're where?

This is a very nice surprise.

What are you doing here?

Well, it's just not fair

that you have to keep

coming to New York all the time.

- Oh.

- We'll have to do something about that.

- Especially now.

- Why now?

The fund's gonna need a name.

Wait... We did it?

Harcourt's only funding

a pilot program,

but he rarely does this

unless he's absolutely...

- Yes, we did it!

- Oh! We did it!

Kate, I...

I just wanna say...

- Wow!

- Uh, I also came up here

to say...

You and I...

...we're a team,

a really great team.

And, uh,

I've been thinking lately.

Kate, none of this is me.

Checking my emails

every ten seconds

to see if there's

something from you.

Wanting to tell you all the funny little

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