:31:02
- You didn't, did you?
- Of course not.
:31:04
Manny told me he saw
the campaign accounts.
:31:07
$250,000 was deposited
in unnumbered accounts.
:31:10
Freddy, hold page three.
We may have to print a retraction.
:31:14
- Of what?
- You're gonna give me an ulcer.
:31:16
- I can feel it. Couldn't you get two sources?
- Remember the Cardinal O'Brien story?
:31:21
- We almost got fired!
- I almost got the Pulitzer prize.
:31:27
It's real simple, Jack. Management doesn't
wanna clean up after you any more. Not now!
:31:32
- I'm a good reporter, Lew.
- No. You are a great reporter.
:31:36
But sometimes you get too excited
and get me too excited.
:31:39
And now I've given you
enough rope to hang us both.
:31:42
And, Jack, nobody almost
gets a Pulitzer prize.
:31:45
- They won't fire me. My picture's on buses.
- I said that.
:31:48
Then they asked me
to lunch with Frank Burroughs.
:31:50
- Dad?
- Frank Burroughs?
:31:52
- "Frankly Speaking" is a popular column.
- He's a pompous, arrogant, humorless ass!
:31:57
Who's won the Pulitzer prize.
:31:59
I'm not gonna lose my job. I got alimony
and shrink bills, old college loans to repay.
:32:03
- Daddy...
- One second.
:32:05
I have a plumbing situation.
:32:07
Now, Manny has been my guy all year long.
:32:10
One second, darling.
:32:11
I played bridge with his mother.
I took his niece to Cirque du Soleil.
:32:15
Just one second. I had to sit through
him playing Tevye in dinner theatre, Lew!
:32:20
- Dinner theatre!
- Jack!
:32:22
I gave you this column, and I love you like
a son. But I can't cover for you any more.
:32:26
You've got six hours to that
press conference and no other leads.
:32:30
Get Feldstein back on the record or find
another source to confirm this thing.
:32:34
Otherwise we're printing a retraction.
And I guarantee you, Jack, it'll be your last.
:32:39
That's fine. If you need me,
I'm at a different number today.
:32:42
- Where are you goin'?
- To find Manny.
:32:45
- Take care of yourself, kid.
- I will.
:32:48
Hi, Jack. Listen. Um... I really wanted
to say something to you, Jack.
:32:53
I've noticed that you haven't
been dating for quite a while.
:32:56
- Right.
- Actually, we've all noticed.
:32:58
Hey, there we go. Hi.