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- But he's so big.

"What's wrong with big;

I like big! Big is good!"

Oh, and also, does the brother

have to kill himself;

- What; That's the whole premise!

- You're telling me this;

- So what happened; Did TJ blow it;

- It was unbelievable.

Now Lenny's intimating that

even though it's her "favorite pilot"...

she'll pull the plug

if I don't use Zach.

Seriously;

Lenny hates me.

Come on, I'm sure it's not true.

She always has. Ever since I was

staffing on The Buddy System.

Every time I walk into a room,

she gets this look on her face...

like she's got a stomachache

or something.

Why do you think that is;

I don't know.

I'm always really polite...

and courteous and positive.

But it's like she can see

into my heart.

I can't do this show with Zach

as Rob.

I gotta hold my ground.

Well, what do you mean

"hold your ground";

I mean I can't cave.

If there's anything I learned

the first time around it's this...

If I don't stand up for my show,

nobody will.

I'm not gonna make

the same mistakes twice.

Am I wrong, honey;

I mean, the show is too personal.

I can't do it bad.

I'd rather not do it than do it badly.

Am I crazy;

No, it's just...

I'm six months pregnant, honey.

I mean, you know,

we can feel him kicking.

We're gonna have two kids soon.

That's twice as many of everything.

It's the food and the diapers

and the doctors...

You're not worried

about having a job;

I think we're doing okay.

I would just hate to see this show

go away. That's all.

Go, go, go, go!

- He has to go for it.

- He doesn't know what to do.

Sorry I'm late.

- How was your day;

- Fine, actually.

- How's he doing;

- He's fine.

Go on, Simon!

That's it!

Excuse me.

Uh, are you Richard McAIlister;

That's right.

Peggy Wallace. I'm Evan's mom.

- Hi.

- I'm also a writer.

- Good to meet you.

- I just wanted to introduce myself...

and let you know that my husband and I

are huge fans of BBC America.

We watch it like, constantly.

"Timetable" is like my favorite show

in years.

Well, that's very kind of you.

I wish I could take more credit,

but I was just the suit.

- You put it on the air.

- Well, thank you.

So how's pilot season going;

Well, it's all very new to me obviously,

but everyone's very excited.

Well,

we're very glad you're here.

We need somebody

with some f***ing balls.

Anyway,

it was really nice to meet you.

I'll definitely be pitching you

in August.

Sounds good.

Bye.

That was excellent, Robby.

That is exactly what you gotta be doing.

And you too, Matthew.

Right on!

Now, Simon, Liam, Alan, Sergio...

come on. I need you guys to get in there

just a little bit more. Now play hard!

Because that is the only way to play!

Come on! Be aggressive!

Be, be aggressive!

Come on. Be aggressive!

Be, be aggressive!

Be aggressive!

Be, be aggressive! Come on!

Be aggressive!

That's it, Simon!

That's it! Keep going!

Go, Simon. Come on, Dave.

- Go on, son!

- Pass it, David!

Dave Gold is the boy!

That's it! That's it!

Well done, son!

Right here. Up hig

Remember how talkative

you were in the trunk;

Adele said you do that

when you're nervous.

You kept touching me,

feeling my thigh.

But in a nice way.

She's down.

Good job.

Oh, my back. It's killing me.

Well, here. Lay down.

Really; I couldn't possibly allow you,

a pregnant woman...

to do that.

I mean, you're pregnant.

After all what kind of a man

allows his pregnant wife to...

I'm sure you feel really bad

about it.

- Okay;

- Oh, right there. That's amazing.

My b*obs are going crazy;

Are they;

What exactly do you mean;

I mean I'm in this whole like, hormonal,

pregnant, like...

the slightest breeze,

I'm just so turned on today.

Okay, okay, I get the message.

I gotta warn you, you're just

a piece of meat to me right now.

R. McAIlister.

Richard McAIlister's calling me

at home.

Mike! It's Richard McAIlister.

Hi, Richard.

Sorry to call you at home,

but I've been thinking about your show.

About our time today.

Uh, yeah, me too.

The brother has to commit suicide.

Really;

That's absolutely the way your story

works, it doesn't work any other way.

Oh, Richard,

I'm relieved to hear you say that.

I'm very glad

that you feel that way.

If we want to do top tier work, we have

to be aggressive with our storytelling.

That's what worked for me

in England...

and that's what's gonna work for us now.

We have to be aggressive.

Absolutely. I'm right there.

But, Mike...

you're gonna have to work out

a way to do this with Zach.

I know you wanted TJ,

and I can understand why...

but that's not gonna happen.

What will happen is Zach.

Your second choice.

And he's very good,

and he's very appealing.

And with him as your Rob Wexler...

you'll make an absolutely terrific TV

series on American network television.

And I will look like a genius

for facilitating your enormous talent.

- Okay.

- Yeah;

Yeah. I mean, Richard, you get

what I'm trying to do.

I trust your judgment.

I like the way you talk about my show.

I do. I think you get it.

Good. And, Mike,

I appreciate your confidence.

Congratulations!

You have an approved script

and two approved leads.

That sounds like a "go pilot",

as they say around here.

Now I'm really screwed.

Yeah, you think you're screwed;

I've got eighteen go pilots.

Yikes.

I'm gonna have Janet

make the calls right away.

And personally, I wouldn't even want to,

thank you very much.

That is what I call

a useless psychic power.

- You like him;

- He's funny!

- Cute;

- He is.

For an old guy.

Fine.

Great. Great!

Sh*t!

Yes; Yes!

Yes!

F***ing Zach.

Well, at least the brother

is gonna kill himself now.

Well, that's true.

You hear that, Leroy;

We're gonna be able to send you

to Crossroads after all.

Well, he's gonna go to public school,

and we're not gonna name him Leroy.

What's wrong with Leroy;

Leroy's a badass name.

Leroy Klein.

Leroy Klein!

- Good morning, Mr. Wexler.

- Morning, Carlos.

Are you going on a vacation;

Not a vacation exactly,

but I am leaving town.

And where are you going

on your not-vacation, hum;

I'm going home.

Just for the weekend.

- Have a nice trip, Mr. Wexler.

- Thanks, Carlos. See you Monday.

See you soon.

And that would be the cut.

Great. Really funny.

- It's a cut on the rehearsal.

- Look good to you, Mike;

Yeah, I'm just wondering,

does this street look kinda fake to you;

Well, it worked for Seinfeld.

I mean look,

if we had more money...

would I like to go on location,

would I like to shoot on a real street;

Of course that would be better.

But I'm gonna make it work.

- Was it good;

- Really good!

- I don't want it to be big, right;

- I think that's a really nice level.

Because I was thinking of,

you know, we could also do it like...

"I'm going home. "

No, no. Personally,

I like it the other way.

Personally.

- The first way, yeah, yeah.

- I gotta take this. You look nice.

Great. Oh, great! Okay!

Hutch!

Yeah;

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