Northern Exposure (1990–1995): Season 6, Episode 15 - The Quest - full transcript

(KNOCKING AT DOOR)

JOEL: Hello! Hello!

(SIGHS)

Hey!

JOEL: Hello! Hello!

(SlGHlNG) Fleischman.

Here's the thing,
O'Connell,
I need a favor.

Yes?

I need a lift.

The Aleutians.
Bogoslof lsland.

Bogoslof lsland?
Yeah.



Fleischman,
there's nothing out there.

Oh, yeah, there is
a lot out there.

There's this. Come here.

I found the remains
of an encampment

from an expedition
of a guy named La Perouse.

Well, this was there,
preserved in the ice.

La who?

French explorer, 1 785.

Now, this is in Latin.

Probably written
by his priest,

'cause I had two years
of pre-med Latin
and it's a map.

This shows the location
of Keewaa Aani.

I'm going to find it.

Keewaa Aani is a myth.



Like Atlantis,
the Fountain of Youth.
It doesn't exist.

This priest thought so.
He saw it.

Look at this!
Look at this!

(READING lN LATIN)

JOEL: The shimmering
emerald towers.

Why don't you come with me?
What do you say?

Cotton swabs.

They sure keep those
ENT boys in business.

Didn't your mother
ever tell you

never put anything
smaller than your elbow
in your ear, Chris?

CHRIS: (CHUCKLES)
That's funny.

Your elbow in your ear.

You got a good
sense of humor.

It's just an old saw, Chris.

You've impacted
some ear wax
against the ear drum.

I'll just take a second
and clean it out.

Okay, go for it.

You're a welcome change
around here, Phil.

Oh?

Yeah. Joel, cold man.

Assembly line medicine.
Get them in, get them out.

But you got a good
what do you call it?

Bedside manner.

Hmm, I don't know,

Joel seemed like
a caring physician to me.
You're all done.

MAGGIE: God,
Fleischman, you know,
if you want to search

for the Ark of the Covenant,
that's one thing,

but, does it have
to be on the dark side
of the moon?

Hey, you're not going
to find a lost city
in a Michelin Guide,

now are you?

Now look,
judging by the map,

it's going to take
at least three days

to reach what they call
the Stone of Saint Sebastian.

The Stone of
Saint Sebastian? Right.

Yeah, I hope I brought
enough food.

Here you go.
Hmm.

MICHELLE: Cheers.

Shelly, where's Holling?

In the kitchen,
snaking the drain.

May I have
some Tabasco,
please?

Would you hold your horses,
Owen, she'll be with you
in a minute.

Come here. Come here.

(RATTLING)

Hey, Holling.

Listen to this.

Michelle just got
a fax on my machine
at the office,

you're not supposed
to know this,

but she's in a position
to do both of you

and this town
a lot of good.

Alaskan Highways is doing
an article

on eateries
in the tri-borough area.

They're doing
La Fourchette
in Sleetmute,

Ali Baba's down
in Cantwell,

you and
a couple of chop houses
up and down the Alcan.

Well, Michelle has been
hired to review The Brick.

Fresh.

I'm not telling you this
to brighten your day,
Shelly.

I'm telling you this
because I want you
to make use of it.

I want you to make sure
she gets a decent meal.

Maurice, we always serve
decent fare here.

Holling, if you get
a couple of stars
in Alaskan Highways,

all those pioneer wannabe's
in their rented Range Rovers

will be burning rubber
to get to The Brick.

That's good for you,
it's good for the town.

(PEOPLE CHATTERING)

Dr. Capra?

PHIL: Yes.
Bernard Stevens.

You know my brother, Chris.

Chris? Chris Stevens?
He's your brother?

That's right.

Well, what can I do
for you, Bernard?

Well, I need to serve you
with this complaint.

And notice of deposition.

See, I'm representing Chris.
He's suing you
for malpractice.

What?

Your clinical malfeasance
has caused my client
great pain and suffering.

What are you talking about?

Well, specifically,
dizziness, loss of balance,
nausea,

which in turn have led to
the loss of consortium.

The ability to have
sexual relations.

I think it's all there
in the complaint.

I may not have
crossed all the T's
and dotted all the I's.

I'm an accountant
by profession.

Whoa, whoa, hold on.

The symptoms
you're describing are
inner ear related.

All I did was clear out
some impacted wax.

Dr. Capra,
I really don't think

you want to discuss this
with me,

because we're not just
suing for compensation,

we're asking for
exemplary damages.

Good day.

(PEOPLE CHATTERING)

I'm really glad
you could join me, Marilyn.

It'll make for a better review
if I can get a sampling of
more than one entree.

Oh, I'm not hungry.

Oh, that's okay.
You don't have to finish,
just so I can get a taste.

She's here.
Let's roll.

Get the appetizers ready.

Hey, guys,
you don't want to sit
at this little table,

I got a bitching booth
by the window.

Oh, well, this is fine,
Shelly.

Oh, come on,
you want to be comfy,
don't you?

Beat it, Hayden.
It's taken.

What?

No, really, Shelly...

Oh, he doesn't mind.

Besides booths are
for two or more.
Move it, now.

Okay.

Thanks, Hayden.
Yeah.

(SIGHS)

See.

Now you got room
to stretch out.

Oh, bon appetit.

MAN: Hey, hi,
how are you doing?

Marilyn. Michelle.

Some crudites.

Oh, that's country pate.

We didn't order
any hors d'oeuvres, Holling.

Well, it seems that
these come with
all the meals now.

Let me tell you
about our specials.

Grilled roughy
with papaya salsa.

Entrecote of beef
with shitake mushrooms.

Or our spa selections,

skinless breast of chicken
with cilantro
and black beans.

I'll just let you
ladies have a moment
to make your decision.

They know.

JOEL: So...

(READING lN LATIN)

That's definitely
an old woman.

The old woman...

(READING lN LATIN)

Believes.
Or no, bows, yeah.

The old woman bows
her head to the Stone of
Saint Sebastian, which...

(READING lN LATIN)

Will show you the way.

Yeah, that will
show you the way.

Fleischman,
listen to yourself.

The old woman,
the Stone of Saint Sebastian.

What is this?

The Holy Grail of
King Arthur?

Well.

You ever notice
they just never tell you
where to go?

Turn left, turn right,
if you hit the big rock,
you've gone too far.

Yes, well, say what you will,
but you know
you wanted to come.

No, no, no, no, no,
I came just to keep you
from becoming a popsicle

for some polar bear.

Wait a minute,
are you telling me you're not
the slightest bit curious?

I mean, you don't get
goose bumps thinking
we might,

I don't know,
make some incredible discovery
out here.

It would be like
stumbling into King Tut's tomb
or unearthing Pompeii.

Come on,
you're not excited by
that possibility at all.

What has happened to you?

Hey, the old woman.

It's a tree, Fleischman.

Yeah, but you know
these things are always
described in metaphor.

That looks like
an old woman to me.

That doesn't look like
an old woman to you?

Hey, I didn't think
anybody lived out here?

(SPEAKING JAPANESE)

Hi.

(STAMMERING) We're looking
for something called
the Stone of Saint Sebastian.

(SPEAKING JAPANESE)

Look, Fleischman,
let's just not
get involved, huh?

Wait a second.
Hey, it's okay.

We're not here to
give you any problems.

(GRUNTING)

(SPEAKING JAPANESE)

Does that hurt?

(SPEAKING JAPANESE)

Obviously
I didn't break anything
or he'd be in a lot of pain.

Look, listen, you okay.
You okay.

(SPEAKING JAPANESE)

You know, I don't know
anything about Japanese,

but that sounds
like name, rank
and serial number to me.

I mean, look at
all this stuff?

Don't you think this guy
could be a Japanese soldier?

JOEL: Well,
it's definitely possible.

I mean, you know,
they fought a lot of battles
in the Aleutians, but...

Could be
his company retreated
and they left him behind.

Yeah, but God, 50 years,
and not know
the war is over.

MAGGIE:
You could certainly live
around here for 50 years

and never run into anybody.

Yeah, don't you think?

Hey? Is that true?
You a soldier?

Bonsai? Yeah?

(SPEAKING JAPANESE)

I don't know.

JOEL: Sushi looks good,
though.

Yeah.

Sushi?

(SPEAKING JAPANESE)

Yeah. Sushi, right.
I like sushi.

It's sashimi though,
you know, technically,

no rice.

Look at this.

„The Art of
Japanese Management
by Richard Pascale.”

Whoa, wait a minute.
What's going on?

This is a couple of
years old.

You understand me,
don't you?
This is English.

I just like to keep current.

You're not a Japanese soldier?

Oh, yes, I was.

Spent six months
in the Aleutians,
back in '43,

best time of my life.

I always wanted to come
back here to retire.

Dressed in uniform?

Say what you like
about Hirohito,

but nobody ever lost
their shirt

buying commercial property
in Tokyo.

What, you're like a refugee
from the Japanese recession?

I was part owner of
a building in Marunouchi.

Only 40% occupancy.

(EXCLAlMlNG)

I tell you,
I fought a lot of dragons
in my day,

demanding father-in-law,
gum surgery.

But nothing like this
inflated real estate market.

Well, it's certainly
interesting.

Dragon. I said, dragon.

You know, the ironic thing,

my first name, Ryu,
it means dragon.

MAGGIE: Hey, Fleischman,
he said his name was dragon.

Did you pick up on that?
Yeah.

Well, remember how
I mentioned the Holy Grail
in King Arthur?

There's always a dragon
or a monster

or some kind of Gorgon
in that.

And the hero slays it,
just like you did.
Symbolically, at least.

I think it's pushing it,
you know,

I punched a 75-year-old
man in the stomach.

I know.
I said symbolically.

Anyway, I think
what you did back there
was heroic.

I was impressed.

Yes.

Thank you, but we'd really
better push through that pass
before night falls

or we're in trouble.

BERNARD ON RADIO:
Top of the morning,
and greetings, Cicely.

This is Bernard Stevens,
subbing for
my brother Chris,

whose current
health problems

prevent him from doing
the job he loves so dearly.

I'm sure he would
appreciate your cards
and letters of support.

And for those of you
who don't know
what's going on,

my brother Chris
is suing Dr. Philip Capra
for malpractice.

Here at KBHR,
we plan to keep you undated
on any late breaking

developments in the...

All right,
you're off the air.

Maurice.

Personal injury suit,
I can't believe you'd
do this, Bernard.

I mean you're a Republican.

My brother was
grievously wronged.

He damaged me, man.

Chris, I didn't do
anything that could possibly
have hurt you.

What?

Thirty percent hearing loss
in his left ear.

Chris, look,
if you would just let me
examine your ear...

No, no, keep that butcher
away from me, huh, man?

Sit in the chair, Chris.

Easy.

(SIGHS)

Loss of equilibrium is
getting more severe.

This is not some overstuffed
HMO that you're suing, here.

This is the borough
of Arrowhead County.

That translates to
Maurice Minnifield.

Loss of wages,
vocational rehabilitation?

These charges have got to
come out of a deep pocket!

Mine.

Well, not entirely.
Dr. Capra's liable, too.

It's crap like this
that's ruined
the whole country.

A man gets an earache
and he feels like
he's got to sue somebody.

You're fired, Stevens.

You, too. Get the hell
out of my radio station.

I wouldn't, Maurice.

Why not?

Unlawful termination.

I'd have to file a claim.

And you've already got
enough headaches as it is.

Maurice?

Maurice, aren't you going
to do something?

(DOOR SLAMMING)

MAGGIE: Did you hear
about that woman who walked
around the world?

Took her three years.

I wonder how many
pairs of shoes
she went through?

Is that a lodge?
Out here?

Well, maybe we can
get a hot meal.

Wow! I wouldn't
mind a massage.

What do you say?

Very weird.

Let's go down.

Bernard slapped me
with that complaint

and all of a sudden
I was back on the 405,

traffic gridlocked,
semi in front of me
spewing diesel fumes,

all the cellular phone
circuits overloaded.

Michelle, it was like
everything we wanted to
get away from was back,

screaming into my face.
Hmm.

The worst part was
what it did to me,

made me want to step
on the accelerator

and just ram the car
in front of me.

I wanted to grab Chris
by the throat and just...

(SlGHlNG) Phil,
I don't know about this work.
What do you think?

What?

My review of The Brick.
Listen,

„The disingenuous papaya salsa
had a consistency of
lumpy cream of wheat,

but at its worst,

it still elevated
the latex-like orange roughy
hiding underneath.”

You're writing that
about The Brick?

It sounds negative,
doesn't it?

Negative?

„The shotgun pellet
my luncheon companion
found in her entrecote

led me to believe the meat
was not beef as advertised,

but some unfortunate
local prey.”

Marilyn almost
broke a tooth.

Michelle, you can't write this
about The Brick.

I know Holling and Shelly
might take it personally,
but I can't lie.

I can't say
the food was good.

Sure you can lie.
Why can't you lie?
Phil!

You know this is my first
big assignment up here.

It could open up
all kinds of possibilities.

I have to maintain
my journalistic integrity.

Oh, Michelle,
I'm already being sued.

You want to make sure
everyone in town hates us?

God.

(JOELS MOANS)

I know, this is great.

I could really
get used to this.

No phone,

no digging
out of the driveway,

no 4:00 a.m . flights to Sitka.

Even you, Fleischman.
We haven't had an argument,
do you realize that?

In how many days?

Hmm.

Fleischman?

How many days have we
been here?

Three, I think.
What difference does it make?

(SLURPING)

What happened to
whatchamacallit?

Keewaa Aani?

(SPEAKING SPANISH)

No, wait?

Fleischman,
what about Keewaa Aani?

The jeweled city
of the North?

I'm going to get us
some more drinks.

You know, this is bad.

This is bad, Fleischman, hey.
Fleischman.

I used to love to fly
in the morning.

You know, I could see
the sun coming up?

And, you, a week ago,

all you could think about
was finding Keewaa Aani,

and now you're strung out
on some shiatsu massage.

We have got to
get out of here.

We gotta get
out of here right now.

I don't wanna get
out of here, okay?

I like it here. It's fun.

Well, yes,
of course it's fun.

It's fun because
we're wallowing around
in this herbal-scented bliss.

But don't you see,
maybe that's the problem?

Dr. Fleischman,
time for your algae wrap.

No, no, no.
No, he doesn't want it.

Yes, I do.
No, you don't.

Fleischman, listen.
Don't you remember
the sirens?

How they'd sing
their beautiful songs

and the sailors
couldn't resist them

and they'd crash their boats
on the rocks and die.

What?

I don't know, I don't know.
But look, this search,

I feel like it's something
you're supposed to do.

Okay?

Come on.

While we're waiting
for plaintiff's counsel,

I'd like to make sure
the defendant realizes that

although this may appear to be
an informal proceeding,

this deposition carries
the full force
of a court of law.

My client has been
so advised.

Sorry, we're late.
No wheelchair access.

Wheelchair?
Oh, who is he trying to kid?

He's too dizzy to stand.

Is there anything
that we can do to make
you more comfortable?

I'm okay.

Dr. Capra,
would you please rise?

Keep your answers brief,
don't volunteer anything.

Right.

STENOGRAPHER:
Raise your right hand.

Do you solemnly swear

that the testimony
you're about to give
is the truth,

the whole truth
and nothing but the truth?

I do.

STENOGRAPHER: Be seated.

Counsel?

Dr. Capra,
on the morning of
January 4th,

isn't it true
that you attempted to
clean impacted wax

from he plaintiff's
left ear drum,

using what is commonly
known as a curette?

Yes, that's correct.

A very sharp instrument,
which if used improperly,
could perforate the eardrum?

Well, I used it properly.

Just answer
the question, please.

Well, yes,
it's conceivable, yes.

Thereby possibly
damaging the semicircular
canal of the inner ear?

Well, the odds of that
happening are astronomical.

And such damage to these
delicate organs

which control
the equilibrium,

could account
for the symptoms from which
the plaintiff is suffering,

is that correct?

Theoretically, yes,
but the point is...

Dr. Capra,
in the situation
I just described,

isn't it possible that
even after the eardrum
itself has healed,

that the plaintiff's symptoms
may continue,

that they may indeed
be permanent?

Excuse me, could I
say something, please?

I have no further questions.

I'd like to say something.
Am I allowed
to say something?

JOEL: You know, I'm thinking
that maybe you got it right.

I mean, there's the dragons,
the sirens, the sushi.

Now...
Sushi?

Yeah, because
in the traditional hero's
journey paradigm,

you slay the dragon,
you get a boon, right?

Yeah, but sushi?

You know, when I was a kid,
I used to...

I remember thinking
that nothing was real.

I just, I remember, it, like,
all felt like a movie set,

you know, and if you turned
your head fast enough,

you'd catch God or something
changing the scenery.

Yeah, I know what you mean.

I still have that feeling.

It's like a sense that there's
this whole other reality,
you know.

That there's
this real reality.

But we can't see it.

I guess that's why
I became a doctor
when I think about it.

That's why I went
to medical school.

You know,
to get some answers,

maybe in the blood,
the bones, the heart.

It didn't happen, though.

I still don't know
what reality is.

So, then, how do we
know what's possible
and what isn't?

I mean,

maybe my whole life has been
leading to this point.

Maybe I'll get my chance
to look behind the curtain,

or we will.

Hey, hey,
there's a bridge.

Nice of somebody
to build one out
in the middle of nowhere.

Oh, locked.

It says it picks up
on the other side.

TRAPPER: Hey, there. Hi.

(SlGHlNG) What a lifesaver.

Hey.
Hey.

I didn't know how
I was going to get across.

MAGGIE: It's locked.

Locked?
Who's got the key?

Don't look at us.

Well, there's got to be
somebody here.

Gatekeeper.

Yeah.

Hey, anybody in here?

Hey, hello!

We want to get
across the bridge.

Hello? Anybody home?

Hey, hey, hey!
Dipstick.

Where do you get off
making that racket?

Hey, Adam!

Adam!
Adam, Maggie and Joel.

Look, I don't know
what kind of
hallucinogenic tubers

you hopheads have been
sucking on,

but my name
is not Adam, okay?

It's Gustav,
now get out of here.

Oh, come on.

Gustav?
What are you talking about?
Gustav?

I'll tell you
one thing, okay?

CIA covert operations,
it's already more
than you need to know.

Now beat it.

MAGGIE: Look, whatever
your name is, we just want
to get across the bridge.

Really? Is that a fact?

I'll pay you some money,
okay?

So that's how it is, huh?

You just throw money
at a problem
and it goes away, huh?

Let me tell you
something, pal,
that don't cut it out here.

You want to cross
this bridge,

you're going to have to
answer the riddle.

Oh, of course.

TRAPPER: (LAUGHING)
Is this a joke?

I gotta answer a riddle
to cross the bridge?

You're going to have to
conceptualize this, okay?

We can think of it
as a password.

Now, if you can't handle that,

you can get the hell
out of here, okay?

Okay, okay,
I'll answer the riddle.

All right, Quiz Show boy,

here we go.

How do you keep
the one you love?

What?
What kind of riddle is that?

Look, this isn't
brain surgery.

Just answer the riddle.

A dozen roses,
a box of chocolates.

(EXCLAIMS)

Scram!

What?
Vamonos. Get out of here.

No, listen, I've got to get
across the river.

Too-da-loo.

Don't get frostbite
on your way out.
Write if you get pelts.

Okay. Oh, you're still here.

Okay?

How do you keep
the one you love?

You don't.

You don't?

Love is selfless,
non possessive.

If you truly love somebody,
then you have no desire
to possess them.

You don't keep them.

Well?

You think you're
going to find something
out there, huh?

It's not as easy
as you think.

(COUNTRY MUSIC PLAYING
ON STEREO)

She's back.

I hear they often come
back for a second meal.
Check on consistency.

Oh, God, what are we
going to serve her?

The lunch plate, what else?

Pike and potato hash?
You pop your gourd?

That's what everybody else
is eating.
Holling.

Shelly, we don't have
to kowtow to this woman.

The Brick can stand
on its own proud tradition
of food service.

If that's the way you feel,
then you stay in the kitchen.

Eugene, see what's
in the freezer.

Hi, just happened to be
in the neighborhood, huh?

Drop in for a little bite?

Actually I was jogging.
Just want an ice tea, thanks.

Corn chowder. Not fancy,
but good and warm.

Holling, she didn't
order any soup.

Well, that's what
she is going to get.

I'm really not hungry, guys.

Let me just put
some parmesan on it.

It's fine
just the way it is.

Try it.

You now, I was just running.
Is there a lot of
cream in there?

Double cream. Go ahead.

Mmm.

A hair?

What's that they say?
Now everybody's
going to want one.

This is yours.

No, it isn't.
Look at how dark it is.

Eugene, is this yours?

You know I always wear a net
when I make the soup.

Fine, I give up.

Just let her write
whatever she wants.

I just want you to know,
Michelle,

Shelly is blameless
in all of this.

If you have something
bad that you want to say,

you say it about
Holling Vincoeur.

(WOLF HOWLING)

Crescentis, crescentis.

There's something,
something...

The jeweled city lies
at the back of...

It's growing,
it's increasing.

Look, I don't know,
you know...

I've been all over
this island and there's
nothing but rock.

Well, stew's ready.

Did you hear me?

I have no idea
what this should be.

Crescentis, I don't know.

We're dead in the water.
We're dead.

I hear you.

That's all.
No reproach, huh?

(STAMMERING)
No, „I told you so.”

„I knew this was
gonna happen.”

No, „I can't believe
you led me on
a wild goose chase.”

Nothing like that.

I don't have any regrets,
Fleischman.

I'm actually enjoying myself.

Enjoying yourself?

We're in a pup tent
on a barren island,

and the wind chill's got to
be at least 60 below.

Yeah. Well, you figure it out.

I know what you mean.

Well, we've been through
a lot together.

This trip?

Or the past five years?

You know, the whole thing.

You ever wonder why we met?

What do you mean?

I used to think of
all the billions of people
in the world.

And out of all those people,
how was I going to meet
the right ones, you know?

Like, the right ones
to be my friends,

and the right one
to be my husband.

And now I just believe
you meet the people
you're supposed to meet.

BERNARD:
This offer isn't bad.

If you're willing
to drop the lawsuit,

Maurice is ready to pay
$20,000 in damages.

And what's Capra
kicking in?

Nothing. This is covered
by the insurance company.

Nothing? What? No.

I want to go to court.

I want nail this guy
to the wall.

Well, there's no guarantee
a jury will find in our favor.

As long as I can make
his life a living hell,
that's all that counts.

Okay, we'll reject the offer.

Did you see his fat face
at that deposition?

Pale and drawn,

fear and despair oozing
out of every pore.

What a beautiful sight, huh?

Chris, if you'll permit me.

This sounds
a tad bit personal.

What do you mean, personal?

Well, „Make his life
a living hell.

Fear and despair oozing
from every pore.”

This has a hostile,
vindictive quality about it.

As if you're out
to destroy this man.

Really?

Fleischman? Hey?

Fleischman, wake up?

(JOEL GROANS)

Wake up.

Hey? Hey, what was
that word?

Word?

Yeah, that thing that
you were looking for
on the map, what was it?

Oh, crescentis.

Or I think
it was crescentis,

because the last few letters
were smudged. Why?

Crescentis.
'Cause I just had
the most vivid dream.

(STAMMERING) And in the dream
I was in Paris with this guy

that I used to be a student
with at the Sorbonne,
Jean-Marc.

And we were in this patisserie
in the ninth arrondissement,

and we were buying
all this stuff for breakfast.

What are you talking about?

Well, you said the guys
who wrote the map
were French, right?

Yeah.

Well, doesn't crescentis
sort of sound like croissant?

You mean...
You're talking about
a croissant?

Yeah. Get the map.

Yeah, now look,
draw a croissant between
the two marks.

Draw a croissant
between the two marks.

No that's a brioche.
Oh, come on.

No, a croissant.
It's like a half moon.

Here, watch, I'll do it.
I'll do it.

Like this.

There.

Whoa! Whoa!

(EXCLAIMS)

JOEL: That's it.

X marks the spot.

Two long necks.

Coming up.

Holling, Shelly,
Alaskan Highways.

Just came in.

Is the review in it?

I didn't look.

Shelly, I'm sorry
about the corn chowder.

It's okay.
It's just that hair.

(CHUCKLES)

Here it is.
„Borough Bistros.”

Charlie Wong's got
a whole page.

Ali Baba's.

Tudor House,
Barney's Hofbrau.

Where are we?
We're not even in here.

Yes we are,
down at the bottom.
The Brick.

Dinner fare,
plus local game dishes.

Full bar. Open seven days,
6:00 a.m . to midnight.
That's it.

Well, can't argue
with that.

Open seven days,
6:00 a.m . to midnight.

Straight to the point.

Yeah.
Yeah.

(CHUCKLING) Yeah.

Three Ativans.

This lawsuit is killing me.

I used to have
such a romantic notion
of journalism.

Hemingway, Dorothy Parker,
The Round Table.

(LAUGHS)

But you know the reality...

The reality is
just so messy.

You mean The Brick review?

Three pitiful lines.

Well, what could I do.

You're a good person.

You don't want to hurt
other people's feelings.

Plus we live here.

If Shelly and Holling
were to get
really mad at me,

well, there's no other
place to eat lunch.

(KNOCKING ON WINDOW)

(MICHELLE GASPS)
Hey, Phil?

PHIL: Chris.

Chris, get away from here,
I'm warning you!

Could you just open up?
I just wanna talk.

Hey, I mean it.

Look, I dropped the lawsuit.
Could we just talk?

You dropped the lawsuit?

I'm sorry, you know.

I'm sorry.

It wasn't you,
it was Dr. Fleischman.

Joel?

You know, he was my doctor.

He was my physician.

He was my friend,
you know.

For five years,
he saw me through

(SIGHS)

my high blood pressure,
my strep throat,
nasal polyps.

It was one of the most

intimate and personal
relationships I ever had
in my life.

He knew every cleft
and every crevasse
of my body, you know.

Yeah?

And he left, you know,
he split on me.

Then I lashed out at you

and I got caught then,
I'm sorry.

I miss him, you know,
I really miss him.

Got you some treats.

Some pistachios
and Laughing Cow cheese

and most of a six pack.

I know it probably won't
make up for everything.

Thanks, Chris.

I gotta go. Good night.

Good night.

JOEL:
36, 37, 38, 39,

40 paces.

(READING lN LATIN)

Behold the glory
and the majesty.

You know, Fleischman,
maybe their paces

were a different size
than yours.

I mean, after all,
these were 18th
century guys

and they had small
short legs.

Really, I was in this
military museum in Paris

and they had these
old sets of armor,

and those guys were tiny.

Fleischman?

Oh, my God.

What? What do you see?

What?

The jeweled city.

Where?

Look.

There's the Chrysler building.

The Empire State Building
and the World Trade towers.

What are you talking about?

Oh, my God, it's Manhattan.

(STAMMERS)
I don't see a thing.

Look, right there.

Right there. Right there.

Maybe I do see something.

Oh, God.

Is that the old
Pan Am Building?

We did it.

We found the jewel city
of the North!

No.

No, I bet it's just
a reflection off the ice.

You know, the light can do
really weird things up here.

Oh, come on, look, come here.

Look, look, look.

JOEL: You see it, don't you?
It's right there.

Okay.

Okay, I see something.

But New York?
The jeweled city?

I don't know,

but there it is, let's go!

Come on.

No.

What?

New York City,

the thing you dreamt
about day and night
for the past five years.

The one sustaining constant
in your life.

Whatever that is,

it's for you.

That's your place.

It's not mine.

I don't understand.
I want you to come with me.

Come on.

You know,
I used to ask myself,

I used to ask myself,
when Fleischman leaves,

if he asks me to go
with him, will I?

And I didn't know.

I know now.

This is my place.

This is my place, you know,
this is where I belong.

You're really not gonna
come with me?

No.

I got to do this.

Fleischman, everything...

All I never said.

Me, too.

Good luck, Fleischman.

MAGGIE: Mazel tov.

Goodbye.

RUTH-ANNE: Hello, Maggie.

Hi, Ruth-Anne.

I was in Cordova yesterday,
so I picked up Lowell Grippo's
bread maker.

Good, I'll see
that he gets it.
Okay.

Oh, you have some mail.

Oh.

Thank you, I'll see you.

(SIGHS)