1:41:00
What about that terrific new messiah
ABC was to sign for our competition?
1:41:05
That's him.
1:41:09
That's him?
1:41:13
Jesus. Turn him off!
1:41:16
I've got three more,
but you've already seen the best ones.
1:41:19
I've got a guru from Spokane...
1:41:21
and two more hell-fires
who see visions of the Virgin Mary.
1:41:24
We're not gonna find a replacement
for Beale. Let's stop kidding ourselves.
1:41:28
Fully-fledged messiahs
don't come in bunches.
1:41:31
We either go with Howard Beale
or we go without him.
1:41:34
My reports say we'll do better
without him.
1:41:37
It would be disaster to let
this situation go on another week.
1:41:40
By then he'll be down 16 points...
1:41:42
and the trend irreversible,
if it isn't already.
1:41:47
I think we should fire Howard.
1:41:52
Arthur Jensen has taken
a strong personal interest...
1:41:56
in the "Howard Beale Show."
1:42:00
I'm having dinner with him tonight.
1:42:02
Let me have another crack at Jensen.
Meet in my office at 10:00 tonight.
1:42:06
Diana, give me copies of all
your audience research reports.
1:42:08
I may need them for Jensen.
1:42:11
Is 10:00 convenient for everyone?
1:42:43
I think the time has come
to reevaluate our relationship, Max.
1:42:48
So I see.
1:42:51
I don't like the way this script of ours
is turning out.
1:42:55
It's turning into a seedy little drama.
1:42:57
Middle-aged man leaves wife and family
for young, heartless woman, goes to pot.