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This girl, what's her name?

- Which one?

- The one with Robert.

That's Linda Slater.

- She's dying to get in your article.

- Really?

- Yeah, but you don't want to talk to her.

- Why not?

She's the most used piece of equipment

in the gym.

I don't know.

I don't think you can be objective.

I mean, really objective,

under any circumstances.

- Like the Heisenberg principle of physics.

- Yes.

The theory that we change things

by observing them.

The idea is that to see something

you have to shed some light on it.

- And light alters what it shines on.

- Yeah, that's good. Very good point.

- Hi, you guys.

- Hi, hon.

Jeff, Bobby, this is Adam Lawrence.

Adam, Jeff, Bobby.

How you doing?

Your mother's in the kitchen.

- Is she sober?

- She brought the divinity again.

- Not a good sign.

- We're going skiing this weekend.

- Why don't you guys come?

- Skiing? This time of year?

They ski Mammoth until July 4.

Why, you ski?

Sometimes, yeah. I like to ski.

- Why don't you guys come with us?

- Maybe we will.

We'll see how he feels. You see,

he just took his first aerobics class. Mine.

Nothing to it.

- This place is great.

- Yeah, we like it.

Jeff and I are just roommates.

He teaches at the Sports Connection.

That's where he met the girls.

You should interview them.

They have this interesting relationship.

Mom!

I'm not staying, I'm leaving. Don't worry.

I was lunching at The Muse and I wanted

to drop by some divinity I made last night.

- Hi, Jess.

- Hi, Billy.

As I said, they have an odd relationship.

Yeah.

- This is the best divinity I've ever made.

- Mom, Adam Lawrence.

- Adam, my mom, Melody.

- How do you do?

Adam works for Rolling Stone.

He's doing an article on Sports Connection.

- He looks too nice to be a reporter.

- Mother.

A piece of divinity, Mr. Lawrence?

She makes the best divinity in the world.

You're thinking of interviewing Jessie

for this story?

We're talking about it.

We haven't quite decided.

Well, I hope you treat her better

than the last reporter.

That was one of the worst experiences

of my life.

I thought we weren't going

to talk about it.

All right, I'm going.

Goodbye, darling. Come visit.

'Bye, Mr. Lawrence. Enjoy the divinity.

Jessica, you're too skinny.

- This stuff will kill you.

- What was she talking about?

Who is this reporter

and why was he interviewing you?

If I told you,

you might be tempted to use it.

I couldn't stand that.

Wait a minute, I want to know

what she was talking about.

In high school, I was a swimmer.

I was a very good swimmer.

I broke world records.

I made the Olympic team.

That was the year Carter decided

to boycott the games in Moscow.

I didn't agree with him

and was vocal about it.

There was this reporter who said

he wanted to write about how I felt.

But what he ended up writing about,

after a series of interviews...

was my alleged love affair with my coach.

- I'll show you where the phone is.

- Wait a minute.

- Where's the phone?

- On the roof.

- Jessie, hold on.

- I don't want to talk about it.

- Jessie.

- I don't want to!

- Just tell me about the L.A. games.

- I was never that fast again.

Here's the phone. Make your call.

I'm going to go check on the mail.

Hello.

Dita. What's up? You need me?

I'm having trouble checking this.

Everyone's afraid, nobody will talk to me.

I really need your help.

- You ready?

- Shoot.

- Are you sure about the spelling of Shotsy?

- S-H-O-T-S-Y.

- How did you like the piece?

- Not bad.

We should do more of this sort of thing.

Man does not live by rock 'n' roll alone.

Woman either.

I got to put you on hold.

Somebody's buzzing me.

- Okay.

- Adam!

Believe it or not,

I've changed my mind about something.

Let's go skiing. I want to go to Mammoth.

You can interview me all you want.

What's the matter?

I can't move.

God, I can't move.

I got polio.

I got polio! God!

- How many articles do you write in a year?

- I don't know. Ten, sometimes more.

Do you always follow your subjects around?

You're interviewing me.

I'm supposed to be interviewing you.

- Any pointers on how to improve my style?

- Yes.

Always treat a famous person

as if they're not.

And a person who's not famous

as if they were.

And think of your interview

as a seduction.

- A seduction?

- Yes.

How many times a year

do you fall in love, Adam?

It depends on the subject.

I think anything worthwhile takes longer.

Working out, a relationship.

Maybe you're right. I wrote

six articles a day for a newspaper.

- At least I'm going in the right direction.

- Which is?

Take some time off, write a book.

About what?

McKenzie, maybe. If this article

is as good as I think it will be.

Maybe even the press.

They have gotten a lot of bum raps lately.

Yeah. And you? What would you like to do?

Right now? Or for the rest of my life?

You don't want to teach aerobics forever,

do you?

No, there's a point

when you're not the best, so you get out.

Is it important for you to be the best?

Yeah. Ever since I was a kid.

I'm trying to find something that means

the same as going for the gold medal.

I always expected to win it.

I like breaking records.

I like setting records and breaking them.

I like winning trophies.

I like being the best.

You are the best.

You want to go break another record?

- Sure you're not too sore?

- Yes.

Let's go.

- Good luck, right?

- Yeah, right.

Come on.

- I've just the remedy for you.

- You do?

I really got turned on in that class.

It's sexy to watch people work out,

don't you think?

Sure, because the sexuality is so free.

- Everything seems to be so legal.

- It's definitely a meat market.

Which is probably why you don't see

many couples working out together.

I mean, if they pair off they fall out

and you never see them again.

- They never come back.

- It's 'cause it makes sex much better.

The better your body looks,

the more you want to take off your clothes.

It's true.

That's good.

Well, do you think that people

that are in better shape have better sex?

Yeah.

- Definitely.

- Without a doubt.

All right, how can we expand on that?

I did.

- I mean, two heads are better than one.

- Jeffrey.

Yeah?

- Hi, Jess.

- Better than one, huh?

"What are you thinking about?"

he says, hopefully.

I'm thinking about George Hathaway,

to tell you the truth.

Who's that?

He's the reporter who wrote that piece

in Inside Sports magazine.

What made you think of him?

I think about the press a lot nowadays.

Anything specific?

I was wondering if he has any idea

what his article did to all of us?

What do you mean, exactly?

It's very hard for me

to trust anybody, anymore.

On any level.

My mom and I didn't talk for a year.

See, she was the one who gave him

most of his information.

Although, she says she didn't say

what he printed.

It didn't matter

because my coach lost his job.

His wife left him, took their kids.

And he and I...

I don't know, it was just never the same.

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