The Ledge
- You know, I'm not really sure
I even want to do this,
but this couple
down at the precinct,
they been at me for this
for a year now.
We've known 'em for 15 years,
I mean, Don and Jan Connolly.
They're real good people,
but, you know,
but they can't have kids,
so he goes, you know,
"If I had a child, I would
want him to be like Hollis."
Shoot, I ain't even told
my wife.
- Mr. Lucetti.
Mr. Lucetti.
- I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
I'm just so nervous.
This ain't my normal routine,
you know,
in a jar before breakfast.
- Hollis.
- Yes, Doc?
- This woman is not going
to be having your baby.
- Why?
- You have a birth defect.
- You mean I'm infertile?
Sterile?
- Everything else functions,
but...
- Have I always been infertile?
- Yes.
I'm afraid so.
- We got a jumper.
He's on the roof
at the Tamlacker Building.
- Look, I'm not feeling
so well today.
- Well, I'll get Partridge in
to relieve you.
Let's go.
- Please stay behind
the barricade, ma'am.
- Hey, how you doing?
I'm Hollis.
- You a cop?
- Yes, but it's okay.
You can call me Hollis
or Holly.
Some of my friends
call me Holly.
- Is this your specialty,
Hollis?
- Well, I'm a detective
in this precinct,
and I do other work,
but I take care
of this kind of thing too.
- What's your success rate?
- It's decent.
Tell me,
what's your name?
- Gavin.
- Are you married, Gavin?
- No.
- Then what in the hell
are you doing up here?
- That was a joke?
- It was an attempt at a joke.
- Well, you're married,
obviously.
- Listen, I'm trained to talk
to you for hours on end,
and I'll go around and around
in circles until you're so dizzy
that you fall off of here,
but my gut tells me that you're
too smart for the standard bull,
so why don't we
just cut right to it
and you tell me
what's your problem?
- No, I think I'd like to go
around in circles for a while.
- Okay.
- So how long you been together,
you and your wife?
- 15 years.
- Is the sex still good?
- Do we have to talk
about this, Gavin?
- No.
I could jump.
- Yeah, well, from way up here,
there's nothing we can put down
that's gonna save you.
You know that, right?
- So is it still good?
- Better than when we first met.
- Isn't it usually
the other way around?
I mean, isn't that the way
it's supposed to go?
- Yeah, a lot of things
that are supposed to go one way
end up going the other.
That's one of the things
you learn in my job.
- You been faithful?
- Yes.
But on the subject of faith...
Do you have any?
- Do you?
- Yes.
I'm Catholic.
So no faith, huh?
You got you a girlfriend?
- Not exactly.
- I understand.
You one of them gay guys, huh?
- No.
Although I do live with one.
He got kicked out of his job
when they found out
he was HIV-positive.
I took him in,
helped him get a newjob.
And now he's-
- Gavin!
Hey!
What are you doing?
- Hey, hey, hey, hey!
Gavin!
Gavin, stop for a second, man.
- What are you doing?
- Gavin.
- F*** me.
Why is this so hard?
- You don't have to do this,
you know.
You really don't.
- No, actually, I do.
And when I'm gone,
you're gonna have to take care
of something for me, okay?
- I won't do it.
If you got something
that you need to handle,
and you take care of it
yourself.
- I can't.
- You're not up here by choice,
are you?
- No.
I have to stay up here
until noon
and then jump.
If I don't,
someone else is gonna die.
- Why?
- Mornin'.
- How's it goin'?
- Good.
- Morning, sir.
- Hey, guys.
Oh, please, come on in.
- You used to be a teacher,
right?
- Yeah.
- So I'm in
this art history class,
and we're studying
religious art,
and my assignment this week
that's sacred to me to which
I have an emotional attachment,
and I need your advice.
- Okay.
- I found this
in one of the rooms,
and I'm thinking, tonight,
I'm gonna have
a religious experience.
- So your question is,
"Does having
a religious experience
"with this
intimidatingly large dildo
transform it
into a sacred object?"
- You're so smart, Gavin.
- Well, it's highly
questionable.
Maybe the real question
here is,
"Is your attachment to this
going to be emotional?"
- Oh, my emotions
- I'll bet they do.
- Although looking at Buzz here
and then looking at you,
I can't help but think
"three-way."
- Jesus Christ.
I always enjoy
talking to you, Harper,
but you're gonna get me fired.
- Come on,
I'm just flirting with you.
- It's a slippery slope.
- How would you know?
- Good one.
Haven't you got some work to do?
- Oh.
Oh. This is Shana Harris.
She's in
Looking for a job,
so be nice to her.
But not too nice.
- I didn't realize
you worked here.
- No, I don't work very hard.
- Does that make it
less of a coincidence?
- I'm Gavin.
Assistant manager.
Please have a seat.
You live with that guy?
- Yeah. We only just moved in.
- How do you like it?
- I like it.
My husband's not so sure.
- What's your major?
- Accounting.
- Ah.
- I always thought
I'd do something in music.
I took lessons as a kid.
But got to earn a living,
you know?
- People don't earn a living
with music?
- I'm just looking
for a part-time job
to help with tuition.
I'm a serious person,
and I'm very hardworking.
I could do anything.
- What do you play?
- I play piano,
but we don't have one right now,
so I'm actually learning guitar.
- Cool.
Well, start when you want.
- Really?
- Hey, it's not my hotel.
What do I care?
- Thank you.
- So I see this very pretty girl
comin' out of 213.
- Yeah. Shana.
Married.
- Right, Shana.
How'd you know that?
don't you think?
- It's Saturday.
- Yeah.
- I've spoken with her
a couple times in the hallway.
They just moved in.
- Anyhow, I see her
saying good-bye to the guy,
the husband.
- Yeah?
- Next thing I know,
she's on the bus.
Then she's at the hotel,
wanting a job.
- I suppose you think that's all
just coincidence, right?
- Well, yeah, Chris.
Why else would I be telling you?
What else would it be?
- Why can't you just accept
that things have meaning, Gavin?
-Meaning.
What possible meaning
could that have?
- Connections.
Destiny.
- She's married.
Where's the destiny in that?
- Why do you always
have to be so rational?
- Why is it wrong
to be rational?
- Okay, we're gonna get
into a fight.
- So how was your week?
- Full of light.
- F*** off.
Both:
Hi.
- Hey.
- My wife tells me
you're her new boss.
- Yeah.
Well, sort of.
- I'm Joe Harris.
How's it goin'?
- Gavin.
This is Chris.
- Hey. Hi.
- Hi.
Both:
Hi.
- How are you, Shana?
- I'm good, thank you.
- You guys want to come in
for a beer, sandwich?
- Uh, no, thank you.
Actually, we wanted
to invite you guys
over for dinner
some night.
- Great.
Any night but Fridays.
- How about Wednesday?
- Good.
- Sure. Why not?
Can you email directions?
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