The Good Guy
Hello?
Beth, hey.
Can you let me up?
I, uh--
I'm locked out of my apartment
and I lost my wallet and my keys.
No. You can't come up right now.
No.
Is it him?
Look, Beth, I--
I'm locked out.
And I have had the worst night
of my life and I--
Look, if you help me,
I'll leave you alone.
Okay? Both of you.
I feel sorry for you, Tommy.
I do.
Have you ever been lied to
by someone you trusted completely?
Just had your little heart torn out
and shoved down your throat?
Trust me, it's not nearly
as fun as it sounds.
I hate to admit it,
but I was totally blindsided
by the whole thing.
And I deal with the best liars
In the world every day.
I'm shorted another hundred thousand.
That's right, every sale's a good one.
Take that spin off the f***ing tape
or I'm gonna come through this phone
and bite your f***ing eyes out.
Okay, talk to you later.
...is up 30 percent,
top line is flat.
It's not my fault you own this dodgy stock.
Don't worry, don't worry,
you're in good hands.
Half a million Johnny-John
to travel, who's in?
This girl is a-f***ing-mazing.
Is anybody gonna get me f***ing done
on the Cisco, please?
Make some calls, people, please.
Yeah, just hold for me.
How, you're done at 50 thou on the figure,
Jen'll call you with the report.
- All right? Did you get that 50,000?
- Calling him now.
F***, f***, f***, f***.
My whole system just crashed again.
Where is Iceman?
You sent him out for coffee.
Hey, Shakes,
am I filling that Microsoft yet, or--
I'm working it, man.
- where the f*** is my latte?
- Probably still with Iceman.
Shakespeare, it's f***ing Microsoft.
Just put it up.
- Okay.
- Bobby, stay with me, all right?
- He's working it. I'll have it done soon.
- what is the point
of having an Army geek computer nerd
If he is never f***ing here?
A Princeton diploma and three years
In the Air Force put to good use.
Thank you, Daniel.
And 63 cents change.
Listen, Daniel, my computer
has crashed again.
Would you mind taking a look
When you get the chance?
Well, did you check and see if you just
kicked out the plug again?
It was kind of acting up
before that, though.
Thanks, soldier.
You know, when I first started,
he used to send me
to McDonald's every day.
Double quarter pounder with cheese,
hold the pickles.
Doesn't really bother me that much.
You won't be here in a year
If you keep on serving coffee to that prick.
Well, I like working with computers,
but to be honest,
the stuff that I'm doing here--
I'd rather do what you do at some point.
''This is the saddest
story I have ever heard.''
The Good Soldier,
In one of the most memorable
first lines in modern fiction.
Well, that sounds
about as fun as date rape.
No kidding, I vote for Lolita.
Then it's sex with minors by a landslide.
Can we read
The Good Soldier next, though?
Can't we ever read something
With a happy ending?
This is New York City.
The only happy endings are in Chinatown.
- No offense.
- None taken. I'm Korean.
Are you really?
No. what's wrong with you people?
Have a good night, Tommy.
You too, Irv.
- Taxi?
- Donny. Yes, please.
For all the excitement and glamour,
Life in the big city
does have its downside.
I mean, if you thought
Wall Street was full of bullshitters,
you should try having
a relationship here.
And maybe it's like this
everywhere nowadays,
but it just feels like
a war zone here sometimes.
I know everyone has
some kind of a history.
It's not like I've always been a saint.
You know, I guess I just hoped things
Would be different with Beth.
You've been dating for two months
and you still haven't had sex?
You made Rich wait about two hours.
Maybe your first time
With him could be in Italy.
- You never know.
- Aw.
- That would be lovely.
- Cheesy.
What would you do if Rich left his wife?
Where did that come from?
Hi. I hope I'm not interrupting.
Oh, hey.
No, we were just
talking about shopping.
- Oh, I'm sure you were.
- Yeah.
You know Jordan.
This is Lisa, Susan, and Jill.
- Hi.
- Hi.
- Nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you.
Would you guys like
to go grab a drink with us?
- My treat?
- Oh, thanks, but we're
meeting my boyfriend Bill
and some of his friends.
From Facebook.
- Bye.
- He's adorable.
- Oh.
- He's hot. If you don't do him, I will.
- Okay.
- Bye, Tommy. Nice to meet you.
- Have fun.
- what was she whispering to you?
Maybe I'll tell you in Italy.
Do you think it means something
that we're both left-handed?
We'd only need one pair of scissors
If we moved in together.
Isn't it a little early to be talking
about sharing scissors?
Does it bother you that
I'm not doing anything...
amazing with my life?
There's plenty of time for that.
Yeah. I don't want to end up
Like my boss Cash, you know?
Like, almost 50,
nothing to show for it but a bad marriage
and an awesome set of golf clubs.
Yeah. My boss is 42 and she's never
been married or anything.
I don't think she's ever even been in love.
Have you?
I thought so.
But I think that when somebody turns out
to be completely different
than what you thought,
It doesn't really count.
What happened with
your last girlfriend?
Christie.
It just wasn't right.
You want to get that?
Yeah, no.
Thought he stopped calling.
He did. He started again.
We all have a past, Beth.
It's-- It's how you deal with it.
I just got off the phone with the people
on the Battery Park dig.
They uncovered an old wall
the original Dutch settlement here.
Oh, my God.
- That's amazing.
- well, they're not gonna see it that way
once they realize it's gonna set
their construction back a few months
While we excavate.
Oh, and Beth?
This could be something
Worth presenting in Florence.
What the f***
do you want me to do, Robert?
- I am here--
- I gotta hop, this guy's killing me.
God, I love the mute button.
There are five other calls
I can make here, Tommy.
I understand that, Bobby.
Just give me one second, okay?
Hey, Shakes, this guy's
a really good client.
You can't just put this up for me?
I don't care if he's the f***ing Pope.
How do I know he's
not gonna f*** me over?
I'm hanging up, Tommy.
Okay, one call.
Then you can go and let
every other loser on wall Street
f*** this up for you, okay?
Fine. But keep me on the wire
and don't f***ing mute me.
Okay. Baker, didn't you say you had
Yeah, Pacific. we're still
In the penalty box with him.
Okay, you know what?
Give him to me.
Page five.
You know you guys
are still cut off, right?
Hey. This is actually Tom Fielding.
I run the sales desk over here.
How you doing, Tom?
John Caldwell.
I was calling to ask
a yes or no question, all right?
Fine.
Are you potentially interested
In trading Microsoft today, yes or no?
Potentially.
But not with you guys.
Bobby, this is gonna happen.
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