:38:00
Who's this screwball LaPlante,
for Pete's sake?
:38:03
What the hell are those
two bozos chattering about?
:38:06
You can't hear them? Read their lips!
:38:09
You're a reporter. Improvise.
:38:12
This is not a news story.
This is real life!
:38:16
"Real life?" Jesus Christ, Gale!
Don't crack up on me now.
:38:20
Why would I? I'm a professional.
:38:22
I'm a cynical, hard-bitten,
professional hard-ass, aren't I?
:38:27
A cold, ambitious bitch or something?
:38:30
Isn't that what everybody says?
:38:33
No, you are none of those things.
You're a goddamn cream puff.
:38:37
You're a marshmallow.
:38:38
That's why everybody loves you.
:38:40
Try and be a professional marshmallow.
:38:43
And get out there and report
the goddamn human drama!
:38:49
John!
:38:55
I quit, Deak.
:38:57
You can't! It's unprofessional!
:38:59
I don't know why he's there.
Maybe he misses you.
:39:01
He wanted to see you.
I wouldn't let him.
:39:04
Maybe it's my fault.
He's all alone. He's getting older...
:39:07
- I thought you hated him.
- No.
:39:09
He just makes me angry.
He's selfish and self-centered...
:39:12
...and cynical.
- What's "cynical"?
:39:14
It's when you say, " Everybody else
cheats, why shouldn't I?"
:39:18
He does have his good side.
It's just hidden.
:39:21
When you were in the hospital...
:39:22
...and you had your appendix out...
:39:24
...he stayed the whole night long,
and he hates hospitals!
:39:28
It just seems your father is at his best
when there's a crisis.
:39:31
When something goes really wrong
or there's some kind of emergency...
:39:35
...he just forgets to be Bernie LaPlante
and acts sort of like...
:39:40
...a human being.
:39:42
Look!
:39:44
Oh, God, what is it?
:39:45
Something's going on.
He seems to be...
:39:47
... calling out to them.
And now he's holding up two fingers.
:39:52
He's signaling something.
:39:54
Holding up two fingers.
:39:56
There are firemen
leaning out the window.
:39:58
- They have what appear to be poles...
- What's happening?