The Golden Door Page #4

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Baby boy.

Oh, my little angel.

You scared me.

Hey. Hi.

I am so sorry.

No, I'm sorry.

No, I'm sorry.

And you, mister...

who's amazing?

You are.

Thank you so much.

I don't know how we can ever repay you.

Don't worry.

I'm just doing my job, sort of.

- Come here.

- You don't need to...

Thank you so much.

On the mouth?

You just grossed him out.

- I was thanking him.

- Pick up that leash.

Hi, Scarlett.

Wow, I've never seen anyone

do that before.

Yeah, that was my first time

with a dog.

That didn't sound right.

No, it didn't.

What was that?

What?

What did I tell you about getting

too personal with the residents?

It wasn't a resident, sir.

It was a dog. And he was gonna die.

Not the dog, wise guy.

Miss Dowling.

Oh.

You don't listen

too good, do you?

What are you standing for?

Get to your station.

(elevator dings)

I didn't know you could

do that to a dog.

Yeah, right, 'cause you're always...

Yeah, like I was saying, you know,

I've been trying to do my thing.

- (door buzzes)

- Flowers for Scarlett Dowling.

I'll take those up.

Sorry, tenant's not home.

I'll sign for them.

(classical music playing)

(doorbell rings)

Someone get that.

[Mrs. Dowling]:

Could you get that?

(quietly) Nothing would give me

more pleasure.

Oh, hello.

Thank you so much.

Who is it, dear?

Flowers, darling.

Don't forget the tip.

Could you...?

Getting him a tip.

Those for me?

Yeah, I think so.

Right this way, please.

I think they're

from your friend Buck.

[Scarlett]:
Yeah, I figured.

All done and dusted.

You can just move

some of that crap away.

Your room is great.

Isn't it?

I wish it didn't

make me so sick.

Why? What's wrong with it?

I didn't decorate it.

Mother.

You have a little

orange something on your nose.

Orange stuff?

Yeah, it's like powder

or something.

There you go.

Thanks.

Okay.

Henry.

Yeah?

How did you know how

to save that dog last night?

What, are you like a vet

or something?

Oh, no, I was never

in the military.

(laughs)

I'm a nurse.

I'm almost a nurse.

So you're almost

a nurse-slash-doorman?

Yeah. Well, I'm still in school.

- Oh.

- I had to take some time off...

to help... we... my...

Hey, there you are.

Buck, don't you have a phone?

Nice flowers, man.

Yeah.

I'm glad you approve.

What? Don't tell me

you're mad about last night.

I think those cocktail olives

were bad,

'cause I didn't have

that much to drink.

They're lucky I don't sue.

Listen, I'm gonna make a drink,

and you change,

put something nice on...

- and we'll go.

- Okay, you go do that.

Bye.

Hey, Grace, looking good.

I got your green tea

chai latte.

I took the liberty

of putting in...

a phytonutrient tablet.

It's got some powerful

antioxidants...

to give you a boost.

Well, that's very sweet.

Thank you, Laszlo.

Are you happy?

Very happy.

This chair is really comfortable.

It's one of our best sellers,

comes with a how-to video

that's amazing.

Well, I'm glad

that you're happy.

'Cause if you're happy,

the workplace is happy,

the customers are happy,

and then I'm happy.

I'm a people person.

At least I try very hard to be.

Well, I love people.

And I really like

working here already.

- Yeah?

- Yeah.

Well, jeez, I love to hear that.

And you're doing

a great job.

Keep it up.

Okay, you too.

I do.

All right.

Thank you for my, uh, phyto...

The last time we were in Japan

was in '95 and I...

No no, that was Hong Kong.

We were in Japan in '98.

Absolutely.

- We were in Hong Kong?

- Yes.

(groans)

We were invited to see

a Japanese production of "Cats,"

which, let me tell you,

was better than the original.

Can we go in, please?

- Dude, you killed it.

- Did I? Sorry, buddy.

Hey, thanks for doing your job.

I appreciate it.

- Sorry about that, guys.

- Whatever.

We went swimming in a lake

and I don't know if you know...

that these little fish...

I forgot the name of them,

but when you urinate

in water...

they fly up the stream

the other way.

- Hello, Mrs. Dowling.

- Hi, Buck.

- How are you?

- Thank you for coming.

I wouldn't miss it

for the world.

- Hey, you look great.

- Oh, thank you.

- I mean that.

- Thank you.

Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy.

- "You look great, I mean that"?

- I did mean that.

Your boyfriend's already

completely loaded.

Welcome to my life.

I don't know

why I put up with it.

Because good-looking and rich

is rare commodity.

God, I'm not that shallow, am I?

No, of course not.

A helicopter to the Hamptons

every weekend...

doesn't necessarily mean

you're shallow.

- No.

- I mean, who wants to do that drive,

especially in the summer?

Are you okay?

(glass dings)

Everybody, everybody,

can I have your attention? Thank you.

Now if the birthday girl

could join me?

You know,

I can hardly believe...

that this

whose diaper I changed,

whom I taught

to ride a bike...

and whom I can still hear...

reciting the lines of Puck...

from the immortal Bard

in fourth grade,

has transformed into...

this beautiful, graceful...

and sophisticated young woman.

Scarlett, I know that I speak...

on behalf of your mother

and myself...

when I say that we genuinely

could not have asked...

for a better child.

Thanks, Dad.

Happy birthday, sweetheart.

Happy 21st, Scarlett.

Oh, I nearly forgot.

A small token of our affection,

very small.

No.

Oh my God.

Thank you, thank you,

thank you, thank you.

- Hi.

- This is my buddy.

I need another drink...

a whisky and coke.

Could you get that for me, please?

- Happy birthday, baby.

- Give me that.

- Anyway, so...

- Hey hey hey.

We need to talk.

Jake, here.

This party sucks.

Do the right thing.

Gracias, amigo.

Dude, that's her baby picture.

Whatever.

Right.

Holy sh*t.

What?

That's a lot of witch, bro.

Would you stop

being such a p*ssy, Jake?

We'll split it.

(snorting)

- Oh!

- Yeah.

- (Buck snorting)

- You gonna do all mine too?

- Come on, man.

- Ahhh!

Hey!

Yeah yeah yeah yeah.

Thanks.

(exhaling)

So good.

(Jake giggles)

Mmm.

I want a white one, Mr. Dowling.

- A ribbon?

- A car, silly.

Oh oh oh, no problem.

When do you need it by?

It's Buck. He's passed out on

the floor in the bathroom.

- Oh my God.

- Oh my God.

- What happened?

- I don't know.

He just...

he fell and then...

Jake, tell me what happened!

We were doing some blow,

all right, Scarlett? He did too much.

Call 911.

Somebody call 911.

- What's going on?

- Isn't there a doctor here?

Dr. Rosenthal and his wife RSVP'd

but they never showed up.

Mother, call Henry downstairs.

He's a nurse.

- Henry the doorman?

- Yes, just do it!

(intercom buzzes)

Front desk. Raul.

Yes, ma'am.

Yes, ma'am.

Okay, I'll send him up

right now.

Henry, 911 to the Dowlings' apartment.

Somebody's hurt.

- What's going on?

- I don't know.

Come on!

- Get in there.

- Excuse me.

Excuse me.

- What happened?

- He was doing coke.

- I don't think he's breathing.

- Jesus. He must've done a lot.

- He did a ton.

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