Playing for Keeps Page #5

Not a living man.

I know, I know. Hey, champ.

Bye, Mom.

Bye, baby.

See you soon.

I'll have him back by 9.

Whoa, Dad, cool car.

Yeah, you like it?

Okay, let's go have some fun.

Dad, this is so cool.

It's cool, huh?

Oh, hey, careful with those buttons.

That alarm is a bit sensitive.

Dad, you know we missed the game.

Yes.

Hey, I'm sorry, champ.

It's okay.

All right, Lewis.

Let me ask you a question, and

I want you to be totally honest with me.

If I let you take this wheel,

do you think you could handle this thing?

Are you serious?

Do I look serious?

How many kids do you know

get to see a soccer game on a Sunday?

A lot.

A lot, right?

But how many get to drive a Ferrari?

Let's go!

Faster?

Faster.

Careful, we're coming to a bend.

Nice and easy.

There we go.

Look at you, you're a natural.

Yeah!

Keep your eye on the road, Lewis.

Yeah!

Faster?

Yes.

I'm giving you control now, okay?

Yes.

Around the bend.

There you go.

You got it. You got it.

Yeah.

All right!

Yeah!

Awesome!

Awesome!

Whoo!

Oh, yeah!

Lewis!

Let's not tell your mom

about this.

Can I ask you something?

Yeah.

Are you sad Mom's

getting married?

Yeah.

But Matt seems like a nice guy.

Yeah. Me and mom talked

about it

and I decided I'm not gonna

call him Dad.

Do you think that'll

hurt his feelings?

I think whatever makes you

feel good, you should do.

I watched your tape.

Your posture needs work,

you could use direction,

but you've got some skills.

Wow, thank you.

Guess what?

ESPN are looking to expand

their soccer coverage.

They're meeting with people

right now.

ESPN? As in the ESPN?

We should redo your tape,

George.

It's now or never, George.

Why are we at Samantha's house?

The thing is, champ, I'm trying to

get this job as a sportscaster

and Samantha's mom

is gonna help me.

Why now?

If I don't do it now, then they'll

give the job to somebody else.

Hey.

Come on in.

Hey, how are you?

You're gonna have fun.

You wanna play a game?

It's called "Angry Birds."

Hi. Hey, Lewis.

Aracelli, there's pasta and

garlic bread for the kids, okay?

Here. We're going to the studio.

See you guys.

You hear that, buddy?

We're gonna be an hour.

All right. Before you know it.

In three, two, one. Recording.

The Los Angeles Galaxy came into...

George, where's the fire?

And don't worry about the prompter.

You got a lot of lights in

here, I'm just... Recording.

Let's go. Okay,

right down the lens.

He was scoring...

Tell us the story. ESPN.

Recording.

Now?

Yeah. Recording.

Okay, loosen up.

Just go for it.

Just go for it, George.

The Los Angeles Galaxy came into

Washington today and beat DC United.

Gotta say, what's going on

with DC United nowadays?

Danny Allsopp brought his A-game,

scoring a bicycle kick goal off the corner,

but he and the rest of

the black and red

couldn't put a stop to a particularly

ferocious and unstoppable Galaxy attack:

Landon Donovan, the Galaxy captain

and lean, mean scoring machine.

Landon, you went to sleep

after the World Cup for a few months,

but you're out of bed now

and I gotta say you go, Landon.

Go on with your bad striker self.

And that's it for tonight.

Back to you, Denise.

Ha-ha-ha. Yes.

Look at you, huh?

How good was that?

I enjoyed that.

That was fun.

You enjoyed it?

I really enjoyed that, George.

Really, and you looked great.

Thank you.

So how different was that

from coaching soccer?

Mm, that's a good question.

I mean, looking after 13 kids

is not exactly a piece of cake.

Oh. Well, they say the parents require

the most work. What do you think?

I guess I would take that

on a parent-by-parent basis.

And the moms?

A single dad like yourself,

do you find that a distraction

or inspiration?

I would have to take that

on a mom-by-mom basis.

And what about me?

Distraction or inspiration?

Ahem. Listen, it's getting late.

I gotta go pick up Lewis.

We should get going.

Yeah.

Listen to me, I gotta... I can't.

It's not as if I'm not leaving

my family, George.

I'm just looking for laughs.

If you came to make some trouble

We're back. Hi. Hi, sweetie.

Hey, buddy. Hey, champ.

Sorry we ran on a little long.

You ready to go?

Yeah, okay? All right.

Bye, George.

Bye. Bye, Samantha.

Come on, it's late.

Let's go.

Wonderful. It's 11:15, George.

I know.

But we had fun,

didn't we, champ?

Yeah.

Yeah, I got that audition

as a sportscaster,

but it was just

a little bit last minute.

That's good. That's good.

I'm glad for you.

It's all right. No one got hurt.

Everyone's home safe.

Okay. Good night, George.

All right. Good night, Matt.

Good night.

You're gonna have to explain to me

what you saw in that guy.

What may seem complicated, yeah

Is overstated

Downright misunderstood

Love will not be outdated

Mr. George, can you explain how you

drive a fancy car and still owe money?

Yeah. No, I can't actually.

The thing is...

No, there is no thing. There is only rent.

If I don't have by tomorrow...

Sh*t. I'm so sorry.

Sorry, one second.

It's Patti.

Patti, Mrs. King Patti?

Yes, yes, George.

It's Mrs. King.

Um, listen,

can I call you back?

You can talk to me when you get home.

I'm in your bed, George.

I'm sorry. Where are you?

I'm in your bed.

This is quite some room.

It's a little Mid-Eastern for my taste,

but I must say your closets are fabulous.

Wait, wait, Patti, wait.

Wait, Param!

Don't... Param,

come here a second.

I don't think that you're in my bedroom.

What?

No, you think that you're in my bedroom,

but you're in my landlord's bedroom.

Oh!

Oh, my God.

Where are you?

In the guest house across the driveway.

Patti, just get out of there

now, okay?

Mr. George.

Uh, Param? Okay, yeah.

I'm sorry I didn't sort you out before, but

I forgot I left the cash in my Ferrari.

So how much is it?

Yeah.

That's 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6...

It's a beautiful night, huh? 7, 8.

Yeah.

How much did you say?

All right, buddy.

I'll probably see you around,

maybe tomorrow or something.

Okay, no, no, no. Out.

In.

You know that I can't do this.

Oh, stop it.

He lent you his Ferrari. He's more

possessive of that than of me.

Whatever it is you got going on with

your husband, I want you to know

I consider him a friend.

I need you to put your clothes

back on and just leave.

You're gonna tell him, aren't you?

No. God, no. I'm not gonna tell him.

Okay, if you go now, just go

home, there's nothing to tell.

Mrs. King, you're not moving.

I'm starting to feel a bit foolish.

Oh, no, no. No reason

to feel foolish. Just go.

You have no idea what he might do.

He's very vindictive, George.

That's the point

I'm trying to make here.

He's gonna ask me where I was

and I'm not a very good liar.

I think I just need one drink.

Okay. One drink.

Have mercy on Billy and me

There you go.

Well, aren't you

gonna have one?

Just leave.

When he comes calling

Trouble comes calling too

I, um...

I need to use the bathroom.

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