Yes! Victorious!
Ha-ha? Ah-ha?
Huh? All right!
High five!
You're up. Go get 'em.
Hi, Jack.
Evelyn, right? Very funny.
I saw you on lane 20. You got the flu or something?
Something like that, yeah.
Need a nurse?
Are you a nurse?
If that's what you want.
Hey, wait a minute.
Um, don't run away.
Are we...
Are we what, Jack?
Well...
Is there something going on between us?
Are we finally being honest?
It would help me if we were.
Okay. You're right.
We've been dancing around this for years.
Here goes.
When I get dressed for a party, and I know you're gonna be there,
let's just say I don't go strapless because my husband likes it.
I've got six sets of snow tires piled up in my garage,
and I won't even drive in the snow.
And our kids just happen to be...
in the same ballet class every year.
So, if you're asking whether I'd like it to be more,
the answer's yes.
Kate would never have to know.
Do I have your number?
Steve's out of town with the kids this weekend.
Why don't you just stop by?
Hey, Jack. You're all flushed.
I feel good. Guess that 71 took a lot out of you.
No. I just saw Evelyn Thompson.
She's relentless.
She wants to have an affair with me.
- She said that? - Pretty much.
What is it about you?
So... if you would write her exact address down there.
You have a pen? Please. Whoa, whoa, whoa. Hold on a second.
You're not actually thinking about cheating on Kate?
Well, it wouldn't really be cheating, Arnie.
It's complicated.
Maybe I haven't been as good a consigliere as you've been to me, but hear me out on this.
A little flirtation is harmless,
but you're dealing with fire here, man.
The Fidelity Bank and Trust is a tough creditor.
You make a deposit somewhere else, they close your account...
forever, all right?
Arnie, I don't want your head to explode,
but I'm telling you, those rules don't apply to me.
I-I'm not even...
I'm not talking about rules. I'm talking about...
Y-You're...
There isn't a guy in Union County who wouldn't give his left nut...
to be with Kate, all right?
She's amazing, and you're gonna fuck it up.
Just think about that, all right?
Hey, honey. How was the game?
Long and boring and generally pretty sad.
Arnie seemed to enjoy it.
Sort of.
Hey, where's that chocolate cake?
- Do you mean this chocolate cake? - That's my piece.
I was saving it because I got nauseated by that precooked mini-mall rotisserie chicken.
Mmm. Mmm. It's good.
Give me that cake.
No way.
Come on. I'm sorry.
It's too important to me.
I want that cake!
You want this cake? I want it.
Thank you.
It's good, right? Mm-hmm.
Oh, God!
Are the kids asleep?
Mm-hmm.
Mm. Mmm.
Say it to me, Jack. What?
You know what I like to hear.
I know, baby. I know what you like to hear.
Tell me. Tell me, tell me.
You're a bad girl, baby. You make me so hot.
What?
Not it?
Nice, Jack.
What? Sweeping me off my feet.
You make me hot.
What do you say, everyone?
This is a little birthday party for Katie. Happy birthday, Katie.
Good to see you kids still together. Hello, kids.
Happy birthday. Very exciting. Evelyn, you look tremendous.
Thank you. Look what happens when I do that.
Jack? The man. Yes. Yes.
Do you have anything to say to your lovely wife on the day of her birth?
You happy she was born? Hey, hey! Today's your birthday?
That's funny, Jack. You know what?
Wow, your birthday. It's... You're my wife.
You are my wife. Today is your birthday.
Well, actually, I do have one thing that I want to say to you.
And God, I hope you like it.
Bill?
- Oh, no. - Yes. You hit it, Bill.
You wore that shirt last year, by the way. Just so you know.
Oh!
Ahh!
Sweet.
Get down, Jack.
Happy birthday, sweetheart.
Yeah.
Yeah, Jack!
There's love in the air.
He loves her. It's official. There's love.
Mmm. Come on, it's time to get up, honey.
Go, go.
Good morning, Joshie.
Happy anniversary, honey.
Now, listen, before you do whatever crazy stunt you've got planned,
I want you to open mine first.
Maybe I should wait.
No! Come on! Come on, come on, come on. Open it.
Zeena?
I found it at an outlet store.
Look, I know it's a knockoff, but I think it's gonna look great on you.
You...
Ah, enjoy it, sweetheart.
Uh...
Yeah, uh... You're probably expecting something from me.
Um, here's the thing.
I hadn't really planned on giving you your anniversary gift...
until tonight.
You know, anniversary's good all day.
What are you talking about? You can never wait all day.
You can't even wait till it's light out. Come on!
I know. I know. That's me. It's true.
And... But, um,
it's funny.
You forgot.
You actually forgot our anniversary.
I'll fix it. I'll go out right now and I'll get you something.
I'll make it right.
Let me know if there's enough chocolate in there, sweetheart.
Mm, not bad. Good.
I should have warned you.
Dad always does something really special for the anniversary.
Like what? One year he had a star named after her.
He had a star named after her?
Well, that's nice, but isn't that a little... corny?
Mom liked it.
Maybe there's a jewelry store at the mall. I can pick her up a pair of earrings or something.
That's good, but...
you did forget the anniversary.
That's right. That is a major oversight. Okay, okay.
So, if I'm Kate, I can't afford the finer things.
My husband's career is definitely a crushing disappointment to me.
I'm trapped in suburbia.
Did he ever take her to the city?
Now you're getting the hang of it.
Jack, can we afford this place?
I'm taking my baby out for our anniversary. Damn the costs.
We'll have the Terrine of Quail Breast with Shiitake Mushrooms to start.
Then the Veal Medallions in Raspberry Truffle Sauce.
And the Sea Scallops with Pureed Artichoke Hearts.
Very good, sir. And may I say, those are all excellent selections.
You may. Also, we'll have a bottle of Lafite, '82.
Honey, that's an $800 bottle of wine.
We'll just have some red wine by the glass.
You are so not off the hook yet, Slick.
But I'm getting close, right?
You wanna dance?
I-I don't think there's dancing here, Jack.
Sure, there is. Come on.
Not bad for a tire salesman from New Jersey.
I have my moments.
You gotta try one of these.
Ahh.
God, I miss that taste.
I need to tell you something.
Okay.
I think it may help us,
but there's a slight chance it could make things worse.
I'm living someone else's...
I feel like I'm living someone else's life.
I remember I used to walk to work, and, uh,
I had a warm bialy in my hand,
and a hot cup of coffee from Dean & Deluca,
the crisp feeling of The Wall Street Journal,
the smell of leather from my briefcase.
I used to be so sure about everything, confident.
You know, I-I knew exactly who I was...
and what I wanted.
And then one morning, I woke up...
and suddenly it was all different.
Worse, do you mean? No.
Well, maybe a few things,
but mostly just different.
And it's okay.
But I never used to be like this, Kate.
I was the guy who had it all figured out.
I had no doubts. I had no regrets.
And now?
Now I don't.
I don't have it all figured out.
Me neither.
But you always seem so certain.
Do you think there aren't mornings when I wake up...
and wonder, "What the hell am I doing in New Jersey?"
Yeah. Yeah.
My office is a dump.
I answer my own phone, and you seen my paycheck.
Your paycheck is a disgrace to paychecks.
Can you imagine a life...
where everything was just easy?
You know, where you ask for things, and people just bring them to you?
It's wonderful.
I think about it too.
I do.
I wonder about what kind of life I would have had if I hadn't married you.
And?
Then I realize I've just erased all the things in my life that I'm sure about.
You and the kids.
Good things.
Yeah.
What are you sure about?
I'm sure that right now,
there's nowhere else I'd rather be than here with you.
Oh.
Oh, Jack.
You like it? Ohh.
This is beautiful.
You know champagne makes me do crazy things.
I'll just fill yours up to the top.
I don't know how you did it, Hoss, but you pulled it off.
I'm out of the doghouse? Way out.
Happy anniversary, sweetheart.
You may even get lucky tonight, Jack.
You're so beautiful.
I already told you you were gonna get lucky.
My God.
All this time,
I never stopped loving you.
That's all I wanted to hear.
I'm gonna wear the usual today.
What are you thinking?
You want to come to work with Dad, help me sell tires?
It's fun. I'm pretty good at it.
Who's this? Who's that? Who is that?
Who's on that tie?
That's Grandpa.
Yes.
Jack!
Mmm.
Have a great day.
For the money, this is hands down the best radial we carry.
Okay. I guess I'll take 'em.
You won't regret it. Tommy.
Would you set Mr. Collin up with four B.F. Goodrich G-Force T.A.'s?
Give him ten percent off for having the best costume. Thank you.
You bet. Right this way, sir. Follow me.
Tell me, does the tire smell good?
Remember our Valentine's Day special:
Balance and alignment for free!
How are you doin' today? It just blew out on me.
Do you have a tire like that?
I seem to have some sort of a blowout here.
- Why don't you let me take this one, Kenny? - Okay, chief.
Peter Lassiter.
Do I know you? Not exactly.
I've seen you on CNBC. You look taller in real life.
Truth is, Mintz was so busy timing his wife's breathing,
he didn't realize that MedTech needed Global more than the other way around.
Ten days, two weeks tops, they would have approached you with an offer.
I'm willing to bet anything it would have been 130 billion, not 122.
The trouble is, Peter, you had a pussycat running the show.
What you needed was a Doberman.
I'm impressed. I really am.
Now, about my car.
Sure. We're gonna have to special order that tire,
so it'll be ready in a couple of days.
All right. This is my office address.
Why don't you drop off the car yourself?
We're really more of a boutique operation, as you can see.
But you're not interested in boutique dollars. I get it.
He's expecting you, Mr. Lassiter.
Alan, this is Jack Campbell,
the one I was telling you about.
Of course. Jack. Hi. Mr. Mintz.
No, just call me Alan. We like to cultivate a very casual atmosphere here.
I can see that. What can I tell you? Do you have kids?
Uh, actually, yes. Two of 'em. Good ones.
Great, great. Why don't you have a seat?
Peter mentioned to me that you're an avid CNBC watcher.
But he didn't say whether you had any actual Wall Street experience.
Um, I was a sales associate at E.F. Hutton.
A broker, really?
And now you're in the tire business?
That's right. And auto supply.
In the retail end, I understand.
We get about 60 percent of our business from automotive service.
And do you mind me asking what kind of sales you did in the last year?
Just ball park. We did 1.7 million in total revenue.
1.7. That's great.
And what do you project for this year?
I think we're gonna have a banner year.
Sales are up almost 20 percent in the first quarter,
and we just landed a major trucking company account.
You did? That's great. So that puts you just a tad over two million?
That's right. And that would make us number one in our market.
Excuse me. I'm gonna get a glass of water.
Look, I know our paltry little $2 million in sales...
is about what you spend a year on office supplies.
And some regional trucking company account is nothing compared...
to a multi-billion-dollar merger. No, no, no.
- I'm not trying to knock the tire business. - It's okay. I get it.
I'm in your shoes, I'm thinking the same thing, but here's the deal.
Business is business. Wall Street, Main Street.
It's all a bunch of people getting up in the morning,
trying to figure out how they're going to send their kids to college.
It's just people, and I know people.
- Oh, I'm sure you do. - Take you, for instance, Alan.
You have a certain energy about you, an active kind of energy.
I wouldn't be surprised if you drank about 16 Diet Cokes a day.
You're an excellent father, but you feel guilty about the time you spend away from home.
You drink bourbon, but you offer your clients Scotch.
And your wife decorated this office.
He certainly seems to have your number.
You're a little tougher, Peter.
For one thing, you like expensive things.
That's easy. You've seen my car.
You smoke Hoyo de Monterreys.
You're a Scotch man, single malt,
not because it's trendy but because you've been doing it for 40 years...
and you like to stay with what works.
You have two great loves in your life: Your horses...
and this company.
And you're a man who prides himself in finding talent in unusual places.
- How would you know that? - Because I'm here.
I'm prepared to do whatever it takes to get this job.
I'll start wherever I have to start.
I'll park cars if I have to.
The biggest part of judging character is knowing yourself, and I know this:
I can do this job. I can.
Give me a chance, Peter. I won't let you down.
Alan, why don't you show Jack around?
This is our war room. We did seven major deals in here last year,
three of them... hostile.
Seven? Yeah. You get a kind of a feeling from...
Can we cut the shit here for a minute? Where did you get that information?
Did you go through his wallet? Did you surf some Net?
It doesn't really matter because that circus act you pulled back there...
may have dazzled Lassiter, but it doesn't cut any shit with me.
Even if you get this job, which I highly doubt,
let me just give you a word of warning.
Peter Lassiter gets tired of his pet projects very, very quickly.
I've got that big office because I prove myself to him year after year after year.
Nobody is gonna come in here and turn the old man's head,
especially not some tire salesman from New Jersey.
So if you're cautious and you're quiet,
you watch yourself, stay away from Lassiter,
maybe I'll think about keeping you on here after he gets bored with you.
Do we understand each other?
Alan!
God, you really are different.
Excuse me? I mean, wow!
I'm impressed. I'm impressed. Good for you.
Are we understanding each other?
Yes, Alan, I understand you.
Okay then. Good.
Okay. Okay.
Alan!
Keep your eyes closed. Hold on.
Go ahead. Open your eyes.
Welcome to Xanadu.
It's pretty incredible, isn't it?
It's like a museum. Uh-huh.
Look around.
So what's the big surprise?
You didn't rent this for the weekend, did you?
Think... bigger.
For the week?
This place is a perk, Kate.
A perk? Mm-hmm.
For what?
A company called P.K. Lassiter Investment House...
uses it to attract new executives.
I'm going into arbitrage, honey.
It turns out I have a knack for it.
Jack, what are you talking about?
I'll be making twice what I make now, plus a hefty bonus.
That's just to start. And we can live in this apartment...
practically rent free...
until we find a place of our own.
Are you out of your mind?
I don't think so.
This is gonna be a better life for all of us. We can put Annie and Josh into private schools.
Annie goes to a great school, Jack.
I'm talking about the best schools in the country here.
What could you possibly be thinking about? What about my job?
Well, this is New York City. It's like the needy people capital of the world.
Your Jersey clients aren't a tenth as pathetic as the ones you could find here.
I can't even believe you're talking about moving back into the city.
I thought the reason we left was because we didn't want to raise the kids here.
No. No. This is the center of the universe.
If I were living in Roman times, I would live in Rome. Where else?
"Today America is the Roman empire. New York is Rome itself."
John Lennon. Jack!
Okay, you know something? I'm detecting, like, a funky tension here.
This was supposed to be a happy day, so guess what? I don't need this.
We don't have to live here. Forget it.
- I'll commute. I'll drive to work. - God!
In traffic, it's over an hour each way. That's three hours every day.
- When are you ever going to see the kids? - Kate.
You're not understanding me.
I'm talking about a perfect life, a great life.
Everything we pictured when we were young. The whole package.
You said so yourself. Life has thrown us a few surprises.
We made sacrifices. Well, guess what?
Now I can finally get us back on track. I can do that, Kate.
I want to do that. I need to do that as a man!
For all of us.
Please just think about this for one second.
No more lousy restaurants.
No more clipping coupons.
No more shoveling snow.
Then get a goddamn snowblower, Jack!
Don't go get a new career without even telling me about it!
And don't... don't take Annie out of a school she loves.
Don't move us out of a house we've become a family in.
You're... You're...
Don't you see? I'm talking about us finally having a life...
that other people envy.
Oh, Jack.
They already do envy us.
From London to New York.
I came back.
When you got on that plane, I was sure it was over.
I left the airport afraid I'd never see you again.
And then you showed up the very next day.
That was a good surprise.
You know, I think about the decision you made.
Maybe I was being naive, but I believed...
that we would grow old together in this house,
that we'd spend holidays here and...
have our grandchildren come visit us here.
I had this image of us all gray and wrinkly,
and me... working in the garden,
and you repainting the deck.
But things change.
If you need this, Jack,
if you really need this,
I will take these kids from a life they love,
and I'll take myself from the only home we've ever shared together...
and I'll move wherever you need to go.
I'll do that because I love you.
I love you,
and that's more important to me than our address.
I choose us.
Oh. I'm gonna chase you.
You can't catch me. No, you can't. You can't.
Oh!
Whoa! Oh. Whoops!
I fell down.
I knew you'd come back.
Oh, Annie.
I love you.
What are you doing? Ringing my bell.
4.99? It's just salt, for God sakes.
Ninety-nine cents, darlin'.
Out of ten.
- You. - Jack!
What's up? How you feeling, baby?
Why are you here?
Here's your change, darlin'. Five, six, seven, eight,
nine, oh-one.
Is that rock salt?
Look at you, man. Went and got all domestic and everything.
You really figured some things out, huh?
You're not sending me back.
- Everything okay? - Yeah.
Hey, did you hear me?
Wait a second. I'm talking to you.
You see that?
Character. And for what, for nine bucks? That's just so disappointing.
I'm not going back. You understand me?
Okay, relax, Jack. You can't do this.
You can't keep coming in and out of people's lives, messing things up.
It's not right.
A glimpse, by definition, is an impermanent thing, Jack.
I've got kids. I'm goin' home.
Is it morning yet?
No, honey.
Go back to sleep.
Take care, Annie.
I'm going back to the mother ship.
Hey.
These past few weeks, I know I've done some...
some unusual things.
It's been interesting, that's for sure.
I've done some good things, too, though, haven't I?
You've been Jack Campbell, and that's always a good thing.
I need you to remember me, Kate.
How I am right now...
at this very moment.
I need you to put that image in your heart and keep it there.
Keep it with you no matter what happens.
- Are you okay? - Yeah. Yeah.
Please just promise me.
You have to promise me, because if you don't, then it's like it never happened,
and I don't think I can live with that.
I promise.
Promise me again.
I promise. Okay.
Now come to bed.
Soon.
Yeah.
What time is it?
Okay. Yeah.
Waiting for me by the door, huh? Paula.
Wow.
Merry Christmas.
Christmas? It's not Christmas.
It's whatever you want it to be, Jack.
It's not Christmas.
Jack. Jack?
Can I help you?
Is Kate here?
Does Kate live here? Kate? No.
There's nobody named Kate here.
Of course not.
You okay?
No.
Hello.
Santa Claus, where are you? Everybody's here.
- Adelle? - You're a half an hour late.
The emergency strategy session, trip to Aspen?
Is this ringing any bells?
Everybody is panicked here, Jack.
Jack?
I'll be there in 20 minutes.
No, I'm not gonna go talk to them until I have something to talk to them about.
Steve, I don't care if it's Christmas day. We're in a crisis here.
Wait a minute. Jack just walked in. I'll call you back. Jack.
Thank God that you're...
- You're here. Are you all right? - What's going on here?
What's... Well, it's not good.
Bob Thomas has been talking to a European drug company, Jack, and we don't know which one.
They're gonna let Bob buy a minority stake, and let him keep running the entire company.
Global knows. I don't know how they know, but they know and they're up in arms.
They think that somehow we should have been prepared for this. Prepared!
Oh, God, we're in trouble.
You know something, Alan?
Somewhere inside of you, there's a much more assertive person.
Is this another one of those Sun Tzu Art of War tricks?
No.
So what are we gonna do, Jack?
Jack?
I'll tell you exactly what we're going to do.
You're going to do whatever you have to do to find out...
which European company he's been talking to.
Then I'm going to clean myself up,
fly to Aspen and drink eggnog with Bob Thomas.
His wife and kids will be playing in the background in the snow...
while I convince him that the European company...
is the devil...
and Global is the answer to his prayers.
Then I'm gonna spend four hours skiing... alone.
Completely and utterly alone.
I'm going to do that because that is my life,
that's what's real...
and there's nothing I can do to change that.
For Manhattan.
Kate Reynolds.
I need an address too.
It's very fragile, so I want you to be very careful with it, okay?
It's valuable. It's over 300 years old.
You'll probably need a few guys to carry it. All right.
The painting is also very, very old, so take extra care.
It means a lot to Kate, okay? I appreciate it.
Yeah? What?
Are you from the moving company? I'm Jack Campbell.
I'm an old... friend of Kate's.
Kate, some guy is here.
Did you call the airline like I asked you to do? It's like two hours...
Jack. Kate.
God, it's been a long time. You look...
You look great. Thanks.
I... Come on in. Come on in.
I'm just doing some... Lori, do you know where those boxes...
I'm sorry.
No, no, no! You know what... Jack.
Don't... Please. I don't even care.
Oh, great. Thank you.
- What's going on? - I'm moving to Paris.
Hey, Lori, have you seen that box? It says "Jack" on it.
I put it with the rest of the Salvation Army stuff.
Do you want me to look for the box or call the airline, Kate?
Hey, kind of under a little pressure here.
Hey, kind of giving up Christmas day for my ex-boss here.
Hey, didn't mind offering to help when she was opening the Prada bag I gave her.
- Maybe it's by the wardrobe boxes. - Thank you.
- So you're moving. - Yeah, to Paris.
My firm has an office there. I'm gonna be heading it up.
Paris. Paris, France?
That's the one.
So you're... you're not at a nonprofit firm?
God, no, not with what they pay me.
Are you married?
No, I never got married, Jack. You?
Not exactly.
Look, could we take a minute here,
maybe go get a cup of coffee or something?
- I'll go for a cup of coffee. - Yes. I found it.
Congratulations. Your earlier flight was cancelled,
but I got you out of Kennedy on United at 7:00.
- Excellent. - Am I good or what?
Yes, you're brilliant.
Thank you. You're welcome.
Here you go. It's just some old stuff of yours.
Do you ever think about us, Kate?
About what might have happened?
Jack, I'll tell you what.
If you're ever in Paris, look me up and we'll go have that cup of coffee, okay?
Or cafe. Or cafe au lait. Oh, wait. No, no, no, no!
Don't close that up. I will never find this box again.
Well, I marked it. Just be more specific next time.
We'll leave it open then. I was just trying to close it up.
Make a right here.
Sir, you're gonna be late for your flight.
We're not going to the airport.
You can't leave this here.
You can't park here!
Kate! You can't go.
- Don't get on that plane. - Jack?
Please, let's just go have a cup of coffee. That's all I'm asking for.
I'm sure there's another flight to Paris tonight.
Jack. What are you doing here?
Do you need closure?
Because if you do, after all these years, you got it.
I'm okay. I'm fine.
I... I was heartbroken, Jack,
but I got over it, I moved on, and...
you should move on too.
Okay? I'm sorry.
I just can't... I've gotta go.
I-I... I'm sorry, Jack. I'm sorry. Excuse me.
Can I just... I'm sorry. I was here.
We have a house in Jersey!
We have two kids.
Annie and Josh.
Annie's not much of a violin player, but she tries real hard.
She's a little precocious, but that's only because she says what's on her mind.
And when she smiles...
And Josh,
he has your eyes.
He doesn't say much, but we know he's smart.
He's always got his eyes open.
You know, he's always watching us.
Sometimes you can look at him and you just know...
he's learning something new.
It's like witnessing a miracle.
The house is a mess, but it's ours.
After 122 more payments, it's going to be ours.
And you, you're a nonprofit lawyer.
That's right. You're completely nonprofit.
But that doesn't seem to bother you.
And we're in love.
After 13 years of marriage, we're still unbelievably in love.
You won't even let me touch you till I've said it.
I sing to you.
Not all the time, but definitely on special occasions.
And we've... we've dealt with our share of surprises and made a lot of sacrifices,
but we stayed together.
You see,
you're a better person than I am,
and it made me a better person to be around you.
I don't know. Maybe it was all just a dream.
Maybe I went to bed one lonely night in December,
and I imagined it all, but...
I swear, nothing's ever felt more real.
And if you get on that plane right now,
it'll disappear forever.
I know we could both go on with our lives, and we'd both be fine.
But I've seen...
what we could be like together.
And I choose us.
Please, Kate.
One cup of coffee.
You can always go to Paris.
Just... please,
not tonight.
Okay, Jack.
Okay.