Franklin and Bash S1E9 - English Transcript

-Oh, 7. 0. -New record! It would have been if I didn't see a handrail violation. That's incidental contact. Incidental contact is contact. I saw it with my eyes. Excuse me. You must be Peter Bash. -Yeah. -We've never met. Nathan Connor. I believe we have something in common. Right. We do have something in common: a thing for redheads. One in particular, Janie Ross. Except you're marrying her. CIearly Janie has a type. Look at you guys. Listen, this is maybe a Iittle unusual, but I would Iike you to be my Iawyer. Really? What for? Can I talk to you for a second about the Bjornberg-Smoot depo? Just for a second, right now, real quick? -Tenth floor. I'II meet you in reception. -Oh, okay. Nathan, pleasure. You have to come up with a better fake depo name. -It doesn't fool anybody. -You can't get involved. -Who says I am? -He's your ex's fiance. -You had Pindy run his plates. -Nathan's gonna run to Janie say Peter's a hurt bunny because I wouldn't take a meeting. You're inserting yourself into Janie's Iife. -Janie and I are done. -Yeah, sure. -Don't you have a meeting? -No. And-- Oh, yeah. Karp Cougar Mellencamp. I'm not used to seeing you without a tie. It's freaking me out. I'm helping Rails-to-Trails make the world a better place -for future generations. -No. You're doing an interview with the West Coast Law Review today. Philanthropy doesn't count if you're using it for a judicial appointment. -Sure, it does. -Morning, everyone. Hey, sir. You're in a good mood. Guessing you cleaned up at poker. Look, if I can stare down a Himalayan black bear I can damn well hold a poker face in front of Tobey Maguire. See you're wearing your "man of the people" outfit. I know that you're green at handling the media. Why don't you send that reporter up to my office? Thanks, but somehow the subject always gets turned back to you. Well, can't help that. Fascinating topic. Thank you, but no, thank you. Help you? Oh, hi. I'm sorry to have just walked in. -But I'm a sucker for Eastern Asian art. -Sure. What's this? This is an ancient scroll from the Udon dynasty given to Emperor Sashimi by a ninja clan. -This isn't your office. -This isn't my office, no. But I think you're my meeting. -Wrongful termination? -Yeah. Jared Franklin. And Iet me just say for the record, I believe you. You're too smart to have slept with your student. Yeah, I did sleep with him. Okay. AII right. Well, some great teachers have slept with their students. PIato, for one. And. Well, that's it. You and him. It was over the summer. I thought he was 21. I had no idea he was a student until he showed up in my class this fall. Okay. I've gone up against L. A. Unified in court, so-- It's not L. A. Unified. It's a private school, the Hightower Academy. -I went to Hightower. -I know. I read about you in the alumni newsletter. That's why I'm here. What's the problem? I was arrested for solicitation. -You mean busted with a ***? -Yeah. Yeah. It was a bachelor party. My buddies rented a suite. She was the gift. I didn't have sex with her. -Does Janie know? -No. Why you coming to me? You come highly recommended by Doug, my tantric yoga teacher. Doug. He's a frequent flier. And Janie, for that matter, who says that you're an expert in this field. AII right, Nathan, Janie and I have only been split up for a year. I mean, you coming to me is. You still have feelings for her. I am so sorry. Janie said it was completely over between you two. She said that? This is awkward. No. No, it's not. It's-- You know, she's right. It's cool. We're cool. I mean, nothing would make me happier than helping Janie's fiance beat a solicitation charge on the eve of her wedding. There was also a Iittle fire from a Dominican body candle. There was a Iot of damage. They evacuated the place. And the hotel pressed charges because the room was on my credit card. This changes everything. You're Iooking at 18 to 36 months in prison now. -Prison? -You endangered Iives. I mean, you upgraded yourself to a felony. Wait. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Didn't even want a bachelor party. Popped with a hook? He just handed you a "please steal my fiancee" card. -You believe him? -I don't have a choice. You have a choice. You don't have to take it. Janie and I are done. This is my way to show it to everyone. -You mean show it to yourself? -Shut up. -How's teacher? -Check it out. That is Chris Briggs. He posted pictures of him and Emily on Facebook, bragged to some friends. Administration caught wind, suspended her. Don't women know that boys can't keep their mouths shut? He's hardly a boy. He's 18, Iegally a man, uses a fake ID. Yeah, that's one predatory victim. Too bad schools are so intolerant -about student-teacher relationships. -Yep. -Especially Hightower. -Really? Your old high school? Yep. That's why Emily CIaire needs an alum with some clout. Find one? There is a wing named after a Franklin at that school. They named it after your dad because he donated the money after the car-wash fiasco. -I forgot about that. -I'm sure they didn't. Yeah. We started out at the Third Rail chef's table, five-star, five-course meal. From there, the plan was to try the new brandy bar on Sunset. -Is this the Disney party package? -I'm not into the Vegas stripper thing. It refracts *** energy that should be directed towards your Iover and dissipates it. That's the whole idea, isn't it? The dissipation? Anyway, my best man instead steers us to the Sheffield Hotel . where he's got a suite filled with ***, drugs, ***. -Bachelor party. -That's a good friend. But when the *** showed up, I ducked out. After about an hour, I came back, just in time for Vice to beat down the door. They questioned the ***. They read me my rights. Vice may have pressured her. They don't have a clean arrest unless she's sure. -They pick a john to take the fall. -We should fight this. You'II have to come clean to Janie. No. No. Okay, Janie knowing is off the table. Wait, but you say you're innocent. Janie is planning a wedding right now. She doesn't need this. Janie works in the DA's office. She might find out about this anyway. I would rather take my chances. Well, he can plead out the felony and hope for the best. So they'II toss the fire charge? Since the solicitation is a first-time offence you take one class, the charges are dropped. -It was that easy? -There's no such thing as easy. I mean, it takes perfect execution, Iike the Apollo 13 moon Ianding. Apollo 11. Apollo 13 was the one where the oxygen tank exploded and the astronauts were almost Iost forever in outer space. -Then not Apollo 13. -Hey. Stop. -Janie. Whoa, milkmaid 'do. Like that. -Don't even. We're searching for a central hair theme. My maid of honour called and said that her husband said -that you were caught with a ***? -Somebody talked. This is not what it Iooks Iike. -Did you have sex with her? -No. Vice framed me. The other guys were either married or multiple offenders so nobody has my back on this one. I-- I just. I wanted this to go away. -For you. -For me? I got him a deal. No jail time. AII he has to do is plead guilty to the solicitation-- No! PIead not guilty. I work for the DA's office. I'm not marrying a sex offender. You'd rather marry a convict? I can't believe this is happening. Babe, I'm so sorry. Look, I believe you didn't have sex with a *** and that Peter's a good enough Iawyer to prove that. So change your plea, and then we can move on from this and enjoy the wedding. And you, you better win this. As your attorney, I strongly advise you to change your plea. I met Chris Briggs on the beach in Malibu. He told me he went to Pepperdine, even though he had just moved to L. A. We went to a bar and had drinks, and then went back to my place. -You know the rest. -He didn't even buy you dinner? -I'd buy you dinner. -That is really unprofessional. Yes, it was. -Buy you dessert too. -AII right. Did you tell him you were a teacher? Yes, I did, but I didn't say where. Two weeks Iater, I'm taking attendance, and he's in my class. Even with compelling evidence, it's gonna be hard to get your job back. How was I supposed to know, Jared? He took me to a bar and ordered me drinks. I mean, I thought he was 21. Do you think Chris is the type of guy to testify that he misled you? -I don't know. -Might be our only shot. Defending corporations and mediating mergers is not why I got into the field. Yes, it pays the bills. But, really, what's most important to me is that I'm able to give back to the city where I Iive. Others may think it's a calculated attempt to fill out a resume void of community service. Yeah. I don't really worry about what people think. Oh, I'm so sorry. I. I'm actually-- I'm Iate for a tree planting in Echo Park. And you don't have to print that. -Or you can. It's your call. -No problem. We're done. I need a few quotes from your uncle, and I'II be good. -Oh, my uncle? -Yeah. Well, I mean, really? I mean, why do you need to talk to him? Well, he's a Iegendary trial attorney. He knows you very well. And my editor wants Stanton Infeld in the piece, or we cancel the profile. -Chris Briggs. -Yeah? We'd Iike to talk to you about Emily CIaire. We're her Iawyers. Make it quick. I gotta keep my heart rate up. Emily's about to Iose her job because of you. -I don't care about your heart rate. -I don't think I should be talking to you. Did you do something wrong, Iike Iie about your age? I'm sorry Emily's in trouble. She's a nice girl. -Girl? -If you could tell us what happened-- -Or if you could tell the board-- -Yeah. That would help her out a Iot. She came on to me at the beach. I went for it. -Should've told me she was a teacher. -Why? If you already knew that. Someone's heart rate just went up. I didn't know who she was. I gotta go. He Iied to her. I'd Iove to drag his *** in front of the board. -Never put the victim on the stand. -Victim? Guy's a Cobra Kai. Someone's hot for teacher. Shut up. -Hey. What you got there? -2005 Contino Rioja Reserva. -I know. It's an off-year. -I'II take a glass. -You don't drink wine. -I do when it's free. You realise this guy's banging your ex? Yes. Thank you for helping me move on. Just saying. I'm sorry. I couldn't find your wine glasses. Yeah, you did. Thanks. AII right, here's the plan. Your *** is to appear in court tomorrow for another case. I'm gonna challenge her recollections, see whether you were the john. -It's pretty good. -Janie and I picked it up in Spain. Galicia, actually-- Or, as the Iocals pronounce it, "Galicia. " I proposed to her on the beach there. -I'm sorry. I'm an idiot. -That's okay. It's all right. And besides, I know you're in for a Iittle crazy. Janie does have her idiosyncrasies. Yeah, who would've thought she'd smoke after sex? Oh, he told me. Come on. It's the cave. No topic's off Iimits. It's true. -She does Iike to sneak one after sex. -There you go. -Smoked a pack and a half Iast week. -Dude. Too soon. Lisa Marriet? I represent Nathan Connor. He was at that bachelor party Iast weekend. -Narrow it down a bit. -There was a fire. -The Sheffield Hotel. -Yeah. Yeah. I have a quick question about a john. I'II make it quick. I didn't get names. I just know he wanted to get his money's worth. I talked to the cops, so you should talk to them. He wanted to get his money's worth? He took 55 minutes to finish. I gotta turn over tables, if you know what I mean. I'II take your word for it. But this isn't him. But how would you know? The only Iight was from a candle and you had to point the finger at someone. You know what Vice would do if I changed my story now? -They'd put me out of business. -Then I'II subpoena you. Well, go ahead. But as far as I'm concerned, what Vice said happened, happened. The ***'s a dead end. I gotta find some kind of hard evidence that Nathan wasn't in the room. Have Carmen check out the hotel. High-end places have every inch covered with security cameras. -Yeah, I was just gonna do that. -Right. Was. What are we gonna do about Chris Briggs? -Chris took Emily to a bar, right? -Yeah. Well, if he's under 21, he's gonna stick with a place that'II take his fake ID. Maybe he's taken girls there before. We talk to them, get them to testify. Good idea. Maybe one day, you guys will start to pull your own weight. What time is it? I gotta go. Nathan's on his way over. I gotta get dressed. -Again? -God, you guys should get a room. -It's work. -"It's work. " "I Iove you, Nathan. " "I Iove you, Peter. " "No, I Iove you. " "Look at your giant head. " "Look at your giant head. " "Let's put them together. " What? I'm alone. Trappist monks started brewing this after the French Revolution. -No kidding? -Yeah. AII the proceeds go to charity. You want us to clear out, and you can fill the tub with boutique monk beer and splash around together? -Someone's jealous. -Someone's annoying. Someone's here. -Janie. -I've been calling you and texting you. Okay, I'm gonna go fold some Iaundry. Sorry. We've been working. We're supposed to go see a wedding band. Janie, I wanna talk to your mom about having a wedding shower here. I'm thinking high tea, crumpets, finger sandwiches. That is so sweet of you, Pindy, but I'm actually all showered out. Go get dressed. I Iike our chances tomorrow. Not too Iong ago, you said you still had a shot with me, remember? Yeah, kind of. Is this your Hail Mary attempt? Your fiance came to me. You must be Ioving this. I just want what's best for you, always have. Oh, my God. Bye, Janie. That's my mom. -You're a great good cop. -I'm always the good cop. What'II it be? -Whatever you got that's cold. -We're on the job, ma'am. You ever served this man in your bar? Chris Briggs. Yeah. He's 18. Did you card him? Yes. If it's a fake, it's a good one. He ever bring women in, say, mid-20s to 30s? Yes. Women who drink too much and fall for his charm. And the next day, just a text. Pisses them off. What's wrong with a text? If they're polite and use emoticons. Nothing. Would you testify in front of a school board? School board? Sorry. No, thanks. Maybe my friend Abraham Lincoln can convince you. That's Andrew Jackson. I need some change. Let's see the headmaster, tell him we got women Iined up to testify. Risky move. What if he calls your bluff? -My bluff? Where are you going? -What do you mean? I got another case. Are you afraid of the headmaster now? I'm not afraid of Walter Gallen. If anything, he fears me. -Carmen. -Hey. -How'd it go at the hotel? -No Iuck on the security video, but it's a good thing that they keep key-card records because someone from Nathan's suite entered the pool area just after the *** arrived at 1 :02 a. m. Would that be enough to get Nathan off? No one but Nathan claimed to be out of the room. We have reasonable doubt. AII right. Thanks. Yeah. Pindy. Look at this. I can find a block of Philippine cooking shows. No Liverpool kick-off. So that reporter I didn't want you to talk to he insists on talking to you. Really? What a surprise. Look, Damien, I'm sure I can handle the West Coast Law Review. I don't need you to handle anything. I graduated summa *** Iaude. I was notes editor of the Law Review. And I've wanted a judicial appointment since I was 6 years old. Of course. I remember helping you with your Judge Wapner Halloween costume. Stories Iike that make everyone think you hired me because I'm your nephew. I did. Your mother would've been furious. Well, she told me I couldn't turn you down. -Besides, I think I've earned my keep. -Wait. Can we just table this? This is important. --returned to base camp after the storm cut them off from their party. The four lost climbers have been stranded on Mount McKinley for three days. Mount McKinley? Wait. Isn't that where your friend Gibson--? Rescue teams are standing by, but must wait for weather conditions to improve before mounting a rescue operation. Welcome back, Jared. I appreciate you Iifting the Iifetime ban to meet with me. Well, it wasn't easy. Some people here have a Iong memory. Every school had cheerleader car washes. Where the cheerleaders wash the cars, not where you wash the cheerleaders. Raised 5 grand for the debate team. Look, I'm willing to hear you out of respect for your father but we have a corporate donor poised to make a Iarge endowment and this incident could cause us some unwanted publicity. It's always about money with you, isn't it? I got three women ready to testify that Chris Briggs deceived them into believing he was in his 20s. You got a predator on campus, but it's not Emily. What about the second student? What second student? We've had another student report an affair with Emily during the school year, on the school grounds. Well, as usual, somebody didn't do their homework. What? I have no idea what he's talking about. Who is it? The kid's underage. It's against school policy to give out his name. Look. Okay, I swear, I may not be very good at judging men but I would never, ever knowingly have sex with a student. Teaching is all I've ever wanted to do with my Iife. PIease don't Iet them take my job away from me. We have to find the student. Seeing as no one else claimed to have Ieft is it probable that Nathan used that card to access the pool? I'd say so, yes. -No further questions. -You may step down. Prosecution would Iike to call a rebuttal witness, Dennis Roe Sheffield Hotel bellhop. You worked the overnight shift of August 27th and 28th, correct? -Yes. -Around 1 :15 a. m can you tell me where you were? I stepped outside to the pool area for a smoke break. Was the defendant in the pool area? -Yes. -Was he alone? No. He was with a dark-haired girl, very pretty. -What were they doing? -It was hard to tell. They seemed to wanna stay out of view. But I heard a male voice say: "Whatever I'm paying you, it's not enough. " Thank you, Mr. Roe. -Janie. -Not now. -Janie. I swear, it's not-- -Not now. Nathan. You didn't tell me you took the *** to the pool. It wasn't a ***. It was Lauren, my assistant from work. -You banging your assistant? -No. I called her to take me home. -Is she hot? -Really? Now? She's hot. Listen, everyone thinks you were talking to a ***. So they're gonna need to know the details of the conversation. You can't use her. You gotta think of something else. There is no other way. It's this or prison. Okay, Iook, Janie doesn't trust Lauren. She would not be happy that I called Lauren to my hotel room. Not my problem. Okay. I have to tell her. I have to tell Janie about Lauren. We're in enough trouble without you telling a Iawyer in the DA's office what our next step's gonna be. You wanna beat this, we do it my way. -You found the student? -Here he is. Rudy Baldini. -He's in one of my classes. -And Model UN. Apparently, everyone's talking about some big hook-up he had. So I friended him, and this is what he said about you on another site. This never happened. "I found Miss CIaire crying in the music room. She said she just broke up with her boyfriend and was Ionely. I tried to play a tune on the flute to cheer her up. " "She said I wasn't blowing on it properly and showed me her technique. She said it works on other things too and unbuckled my pants and--" I know how this ends. Wait, I know how this ends too. Why do I know how this ends? We're going back to my old school. We ask the world to follow South Africa's Iead and cut oil dependency by pursuing clean energy a critical policy not just for the future of our citizens -but the health of the whole planet. -Can I help you? -Teacher evaluations. -While we provide 60 percent -of Southern Africa's energy needs. -Trouble grasping the obvious. Evaluations are next month. -Confrontational. -Confrontational. You may wanna speak with Mr. Gallen. --undrinkable with rampant pollution. -While it is true that we provide-- -Okay, where can I find Rudy Baldini? -Rudy. Hey. -Rudy. How you doing? Jared Franklin, class of '94, debate team captain. Model UN member, former Soviet Union. AIso, you guys may recognise the name "Franklin" because my father donated the money that built this wing. Peter Bash, Grant High, quarterback. My dad put in the drywall. We're representing one of your teachers, Emily CIaire. Rudy, do you wanna go to college? -I've applied early to Kenyon. -Kenyon? -That's a writers' school. -Great school. How do you think they'II feel when they find out you plagiarised episode 207 of Skinemax's Private Academy? Mr. Bash, the DVR description. "Megan and Ariel race to bed, the exchange student first while Spazz's music teacher gives him after-hours help with his flute. " I know what it's Iike not to have friends so you make up a story, and that story gets some traction. Suddenly, all the kids who Iaughed at your Quantum Leap book bag are hanging on your every word. Trust me, Rudy, Iet the cool kids have high school because in 20 years, the Chris Briggses of the world they work for us. I am now his ***. Go to Headmaster Gallen tell him the truth, or I'II call my friends at Kenyon and tell them you steal intellectual property. -Yes, sir. -There you go. Don't call me "sir. " "Sir" is my dad. Is Tuesday still sloppy-joe day? -Yeah. -Great. Let's eat. Did your dad really donate money for this building? My dad would endow a cathouse if they put his name on a bronze plaque. You just saved a teacher's job, Netherlands. -What? -I got an idea. And our water supply will become undrinkable. What are you doing here? In case my fiance with a *** wasn't funny enough for you I thought I'd give you another Iaugh at my hair. -I don't think he was cheating, Janie. -Okay. And the hair? Hilarious. Nathan told me I should stay away from court tomorrow. Is that true? Janie. I know he wants to tell me, but he can't, on advice of counsel-- You know I can't discuss this case with someone in the DA's office. Look me in the eye. That bad, huh? I'II see you in court. I wish I could help you but I've gotta messenger tomorrow's witness Iist to the DA's office in 45 minutes. -State your name and occupation. -Lauren Gonzalez assistant to the vice president of marketing at Pacific Insurance. -You work for my client, correct? -Yes. On the night of August 27th, did he call you to his hotel suite . because his party was getting out of hand? -Yes. -You went, but you didn't -Ieave the hotel right away? -No. After he stepped out, he started having second thoughts about ditching everyone, so we went down to the pool to decompress. What did he mean when he said, "Whatever I'm paying you -is not enough?" -It was his way of saying I was going above and beyond normal assistant duties. What was beyond your normal assistant duties? Listening to him, helping him work out his problems. What kind of problems? Nathan was having second thoughts. About? The wedding. No further questions, Your Honour. I proved that wasn't the *** in the pool. You still had time to screw her. Why didn't you tell me you were having second thoughts? It's not you. I Iove you. I just-- I Iook at the men from your past: musicians, surfers, Peter. They Iive pretty exciting Iives. I was just questioning if I was-- Come on. What are you talking about? You're a Iot of fun. Besides me, her old boyfriends were zeroes. -Peter? -Sorry. If you have significant doubts about our relationship you don't go to your young, semi-hot assistant. -You come to me. -No, Janie, you don't. If you go to your fiancee she's gonna think the problem is her, and it's not. But my friends were busy with a *** at a bachelor party I didn't wanna have. Nathan, I'm not Iooking for exciting. I just wanna come home to someone who's grounded and sane. I want that to be you. Janie. Hey, can I bum one of those? Janie. Janie. It's been six months. You don't wanna start now. When's the Iast time you two had sex? Excuse me? Why would you ask me that? She smokes after sex. She hadn't had a cigarette in six months. Yeah, she just meant that-- She-- We cut ourselves off. No sex six months before the wedding. Seriously? It's the Hindu tradition of Brahmacharya. -AII right. -Abstinence allows us to fully devote ourselves to spiritual transcendence. I went on a tear before I met Janie. I wasn't a sex addict. Well at Ieast, I didn't think I was. But when I woke up with three members of the Tiger Lily Valet Service, I decided to slow down. This is fantastic. Takes a Iot of discipline, but I feel Iike the reward is-- Dude. Come on. The circumstances surrounding Emily CIaire's Iiaison with Chris Briggs deserve special consideration. This was merely a chance meeting between two adult strangers on a beach over the summer that ended with them becoming intimate. We all Ioved Grease, right? And besides, is there a single woman in this room who would have turned down a drink from Chris Briggs? You're out of Iine. Defend your client -or call a witness. -Sure. I'd Iike to call a witness. Miss Rachel Dawson is the bartender at Malibu Tavern. Miss Dawson served the beverages to Emily CIaire and Chris Briggs. Now, Rachel, did you witness Chris Briggs bring other women into your establishment? Yes. High-school students? No. They appeared older. I'd Iike you to Iook around at the people in this room. Has anyone in this room, besides Emily CIaire ever Ieft your bar in the company of Chris Briggs? Yes. Someone did their homework. I want you to think about this before I ask you to name the person. See, because this board is wooing a significant donor and your answer could jeopardise a much-needed new Iibrary -. . or koi pond. -Enough. We've heard enough. It's time to bring Emily's status to a vote. This hearing is over. Mr. Bash, do you have another witness? Your Honour, we'd Iike to call Janie Ross to the stand. Trust me. Can you tell the court your relation to Mr. Connor? -I'm his fiancee. -Fiancee. That's just French for "boyfriend," isn't it? We're getting married. How Iong have you been seeing each other? -One year. -One year. Wow, that's quick. That's almost a rebound. Do you consider yourself a *** woman? Objection. Relevance. This case is about sex, isn't it, Your Honour? A short Ieash, Mr. Bash. I suppose I'm about average. I suppose you forgot you're under oath. I mean, you've had sex with men on the first date, right? No. Yes. Once. In the past six months, how many times have you had sex with your fiance? We haven't had sex in the Iast six months. Really? How refreshing. Why is that? After Nathan proposed, he wanted us to abstain until we were married so that we could focus our energies toward a deeper understanding. Quick. That weekend in Big Bear? -Are you still asking me about this? -I've never had you under oath before. They were real. AII of them. Oh, my God. Miss Ross, do you think someone who would abstain from sex for six months to make his wife's wedding night special would throw it all away for an hour with a ***? No. Hold on a sec. Hold everything. This-- This is amazing. From the arresting officer's report: "Witness took 55 minutes to bring the suspect to ***. " Fifty-five minutes. I mean, that is-- That is some impressive staying power from someone who hasn't had sex in six months. Whoever the real john was shouldn't be hiding. He should be bowing at the waist, right? -I guess so. -I mean, guys, right? -Order. -Fifty-five minutes. No further questions, Your Honour. It's clear that Chris Briggs took advantage of Emily CIaire in such a manner that no reasonable person would suspect that he was a student. Therefore, the board votes unanimously to reinstate Emily CIaire. Thank you. Oh, I'd Iike to Ieave a cheque for the Model UN. Do me a favour. Don't cash it till Thursday. -Thank you so much. -Well, it's what I do. You have to tell me. Who did Chris sleep with? Sorry. I can't divulge that. -Me. -It was her. But you said that he slept with one of the board members. You Iied. No, Jared said someone else besides you in the room slept with Chris Briggs. Punk never called me back. -Just sent a text. -Yeah, what a charmer. You in the mood to celebrate? I can't now. But dinner Iater? Dinner. Listen, I'm not gonna say that what we did see out there was the Mongolian Death Worm, but something ate our camel. Sorry. What was the question? I was just asking, would Damien Karp be where he is if not for you? No. No. I mean, he'd be a fantastic partner somewhere. Actually, the truth is . I'm the beneficiary of the family connection. Oh, Damien's a shark, but he's also very brilliant. He's gonna make a fantastic judge one day. Okay. Well, thanks for your time. I wanna hear the end of that Mongolian Death Worm story sometime. Okay. You know, Sony are trying to get Gary OIdman to play me. Well, he should be so Iucky. I saw they recovered Gibson Hawke's body on Mount McKinley. -What? -Yeah. Those Iost hikers stumbled on it and they brought the rescue team there. That's gotta give you some closure. You finally know what happened. Yeah. Yeah. I Iove my "not guiltys. " I'd say this calls for monk beers at the cave? I wish I could, but Janie and I have to talk. Got until the end of today to cancel our reservation -at the chapel and reception hall. -Seriously? Postponing it until we sort some stuff out. Dude, Iisten to me. If this is your idea, you're an idiot. I can tell by the way she Iooks at you. Dude, I've Iooked into her eyes, and I'm telling you, she's yours. AII right? She needs someone stable, man not a guy who Iives for Burning Man every year. You found a great girl. So don't overanalyse it or meditate over it. Just, for once, use your damn gut or other vital organ. I Iove you, brother. Not afraid of a man hug. -No. -Yeah. Okay. Yeah. There it is again. Okay. Dude? You know what? Maybe I will join you guys for beers at the cave. Door's always open. Wait. So you talked him into marrying Janie? -That is very Casablanca of you. -Yeah, except I may regret it. Maybe not now, maybe not tomorrow, but someday. If it makes you feel any better, you were there first. Nothing can change that. Nathan's. Nathan's working downstream. Congratulations on your back-to-school day. What is it about high school that still follows us around? I don't know. As much as you try to prove you're not that Iittle insecure punk kid anymore, he's still there just tagging along. -I'm gonna take it this time. -Come on, buddy. -That was a good day. -Feel better. Hey, how was your dinner with Emily? We didn't make it to dinner. No? -Yeah. -Good for you. -That is good for me. -It is good for you. I got one for you. Best bachelor-party movie ever? -Okay. -Hangover. -Yeah. -Bachelor Party. -Okay. -Very Bad Things. -Very Bad Things is a chick flick. -Get over it. -Those are the three. Pick. -Well, you know my rule: Anything with mid-'80s Tawny Kitaen wins automatically. Tawny Kitaen. -Early Taw-- Whitesnake video. -The White-- -Yeah. Check. -Done. Check, please. Tawny Kitaen.