:12:03
- How about a drink, Jim?
- More alcohol? No, thanks.
:12:07
It'll corrupt me.
:12:12
You're thinking about Joanna, aren't you?
:12:15
Yeah. You know, just taking off like that.
:12:19
She still expects me for dinner.
:12:22
We can fix that. We'll put plan A into effect.
Pick up the phone and call her.
:12:26
- What am I gonna tell her?
- The man is too square for words.
:12:29
Look, you say you're working at the office.
You're calling from the office.
:12:34
She knows you have a deadline
and are working late.
:12:36
- How many times have you done that?
- A couple of hundred.
:12:40
Exactly. That's why she'll believe you.
:12:42
Yeah, well, I just hate lying to her.
:12:44
You're not lying. You're saving her anguish.
:12:47
Now, call her
so we can start enjoying ourselves.
:12:50
OK.
:12:57
- Operator, I'd like to make a collect...
- Hold it.
:13:01
It's a cinch. You have never cheated before.
:13:04
If you want her to believe
you're calling from the office,
:13:07
you don't have the operator place the call.
:13:10
You dial it direct. The area code is 213.
:13:28
Hi, honey.
:13:31
How are you? That's what I'm calling about.
:13:35
Um... I'm at the office.
I'm pretty well into this last chapter.
:13:39
I'd like to work straight through.
Yeah, I know.
:13:43
I know. This'll be the last time. That I can...
:13:48
- (Gunshot)
- Jimmy! Jimmy!