It's My Turn Page #2

They gotta interview

a woman. Take it easy.

I don't wanna go

to the interview.

I don't wanna go

to the wedding.

You go to the wedding you'll

be able to have pastrami.

Do you think they're

getting married in a deli?

God.

Where are they getting married?

For lunch you're having--

What?

--a cheese sandwich.

Tonight you have--

What are you doing?

--cold skewers of shish kebab.

Sunday you have the kids.

Chinese with the kids.

Kate. Kate, take it easy.

Lunch.

Take it easy.

Sh*t.

I'll broil you--

I'll broil you a chicken.

I don't have time to do this.

Hey! Take it easy!

You're gonna have to go out.

So I'll make some eggs.

You can't have eggs.

We had eggs

in last night's souffl.

That's too much cholesterol.

So I'll have a coronary.

Really.

Ow! Ow!

Okay, it's nothing,

it's nothing.

The chicken slipped.

The chicken slipped.

Okay, let me see.

Broke my toe.

You should wear shoes.

Oh, it's nothing.

No, it's broken.

My toe.

It's your out.

It's your out.

Dear Dad, can't make wedding,

chicken broke toe

and I don't care.

Chicken broke toe

And I don't care

Chicken broke toe

And I don't care

Chicken broke toe

And I don't care

Da-boo, boo, boo, boo

I'm all packed.

This concept of housing

holds out the promise

of a life of dignified

and autonomous.

My toe's better.

Oh, okay.

What we've done

in this project

is to employ the idea

of defensible space.

There's been a gratifying

consensus among the elderly

that this concept

of housing will--

Uh...

What?

What?

No, no. W--

D-Don't you think

that, um,

"gratifying consensus" is--

Is a crap phrase?

A crap phrase?

Yeah.

I don't think

it's a crap phrase, no.

No?

No, I don't think so.

Possibly.

Yeah, look at it.

Possibly.

You want to listen to this?

Yeah.

Would you like that? Okay.

Well, listen to this.

Uh, you seem easy.

[CLEARS THROAT]

Um...

This is just the rough draft.

Don't, uh-- You know. Okay.

"The elderly in buildings with

family units include children--

"For the elderly in buildings

with family units,

including children

are being victimized."

What does that mean?

Could you make that

simpler, more direct?

Elderly people

who live in buildings, uh--

Down the hall could be a family

with teenage kids.

Uh-huh.

They go

to their mailbox to, uh,

pick up

a social security check.

They go shop, they come back

they're afraid somebody's gonna

beat the sh*t out of them.

Oh, I-- I didn't get that.

Oh, that's great.

Why don't you say that?

I can't say beat the sh*t out

of them. This is gonna be on TV.

You're right, you're right.

I'm sorry.

Um...

"What we do is take two

of the buildings in the project

"and designate them

as elderly buildings.

This way--"

Wait a minute.

I don't think you should

say "elderly buildings."

Why not?

I don't think it's clear.

It's perfectly clear.

It sounds as if the buildings

are elderly. Yes.

No, no.

Elderly people

in the building.

No.

It sounds like this, uh,

rusty pipes, cracking walls--

Elderly buildings.

Yeah.

Maybe. Maybe.

Uh...

All right, let me look--

It's probably a moot point.

Maybe. I'll look at it.

"Uh, a new person

coming to visit,

a teenage delivery boy

sticks out like a sore thumb."

Don't always-- I'm sorry.

What?

When you're doing it.

I'm not doing gestures.

No, I'm just running through--

Okay. Right.

Okay. No, I--

Don't think that-- This is not--

All right.

Oh, I-- I'm sorry.

"Patrols sit in

the lobby together

"and watch the television

monitor in the courtyard.

Then they press the buttons

to admit people or not."

That's-- I like that.

I like that phrase,

it's good.

What's a good phrase? Sit--

Sit in the lobby?

Press buttons?

Both of them.

Both?

Yeah. Good phrases.

[PHONE RINGS]

Brilliant.

Sure.

Hello. Schneider.

I'll have you out of there

in 24 hours.

[LAUGHS]

I'll miss you.

Have a good time.

"And designate them

as buildings

in which only elderly tenants

will reside."

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Daddy?

I'm here.

No, in New York.

Yeah.

Oh, uh, actually, I'm--

I'm staying in a hotel.

Yeah.

I know it's crazy,

but I thought I'd surprise you.

Here's your keys, miss.

No. I wouldn't miss

your wedding for the world.

Oh, of course

I'll be there Sunday.

I'm going to this interview,

and I'll see you tonight.

Oh.

Jeremy Grant

at Yale,

he's a great fan

of your thesis.

You know, uh--

Have you done any, uh,

new work in your group yet?

Uh, no.

Not yet.

I broke my back

on group theory.

Now it's moved way past me now.

No, new younger minds

have to take over.

Has your own work come

to a standstill, Dr. Gunzinger?

Well, I--

[CLEARS THROAT]

I certainly hope not.

No.

You know this job

is largely administrative.

Oh, yes, I understand

that there'd be

some administrative duties,

but I certainly expect

to continue with my own work.

I-If you can manage

to do your own work too,

we'd be delighted.

You could guarantee me a--

A certain number of hours for

my own research, couldn't you?

No, no. We can't

guarantee that.

But-- But your workload

would vary from year to year.

Right. Sure.

Vary from year to year.

It's been a pleasure

to meet you.

Yes, you too, professor.

Take care.

Excuse me. Bye.

Take care.

Very nice--

Call you soon.

Nice to talk to you, professor.

Arigato, Professor Ioto.

[SIGHS]

[]

[BAND PLAYING MELLOW MUSIC]

[LAUGHS]

Daddy. How are you?

Oh!

Emma. Emma,

you remember my lovely girl?

Kate, how are you, dear?

KATE:
Oh, you look great.

JACOB:
Yes.

KATE:
You should have seen me.

JACOB:
How about you?

I just blew it.

The first thing they said to me,

"Has your own work

come standstill?"

Okay.

Come here, I wanna--

Where are you going?

If you wanna talk to me

you have to all around.

Kate.

[WHISPERS]

Thank God your dear mother

didn't live to see this day.

GAIL:

Kate, you creep.

I had to find out

from Uncle Jake

you moved in with Homer.

Oh, yeah. We finally--

We moved in because--

We thought, why not?

You know?

Oh, it's--

GAIL:
That's great.

JACOB:
Kate.

There's lots of space.

And love? No love?

JACOB:

Kate, come back here.

You haven't met everybody.

Can I help it?

I'm just

an old-fashioned girl.

Bloomingdale's tomorrow?

Great.

I'll talk to you later.

This is Maryanne,

my lovely new daughter.

KATE:

Hello. Good to meet you.

JACOB:
Jerome, psychiatrist.

Pleased to meet you.

KATE:
How do you do?

JACOB:
Ben, like his father.

Hi.

Hi. Sorry.

Now tell me, how did

the interview go?

Oh...

I should have kept

my mouth shut.

I don't think

I'm gonna get it.

Well,

that doesn't sound like you.

This is the girl that got 100

on every math Regent except

for 98 in plane geometry.

Daddy.

JACOB:

Thesis was on sporadic groups.

I told my children to follow

their talents, do the things

that make them the happiest.

That's very impressive, Mom.

Let her eat.

Tell me, what did you get wrong

in plane geometry?

KATE:

The problem was to

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