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Previously on "Sports Night"...
- How you doin'? - Dan.
- I knew I knew you. - Yes.
- You're Steve Sisco's wife. - Ex-wife.
- Why are you avoiding me? - Take a wild, flailing shot in the dark.
'Cause you thought Steve and I were divorced
when, in reality, we're only separated,
and Steve wants us to go back into counseling
and I'm on the fence about it and you hate Steve?
That's amazing.
And then there was that thing where somebody tried to blow us up.
- Yeah. - Don't take it personally.
- No, I think I will take it personally. - The bomb threat was a hoax.
- What was it about? - Denny Denton.
- What about him? - They don't like his radio show.
I don't like his radio show either.
- You know what I do? Change the station. - What?
And, oh, yeah, Isaac's lying in a bed at Columbia Pres with a stroke.
You dumped the show off to Sally.
It was after 1:00 in the morning.
- 'Cause Gordon was here. - Yes.
- And you want me to let you off the hook. - Yes.
Well, later, when there's time, I'll see if I can let you off the hook.
Right now there's not time to let you off the hook. Right now there's our show.
- You'll let me know if something more important comes along, right? - Yeah.
- What's going on? - I want so badly to rip his face off.
- It's been a week. - I know.
- It's been a week. - As a matter of fact, it hasn't.
No, it's been a week.
It's been six days.
It's a week ago tomorrow.
It was a week ago tomorrow
- that somebody tried to blow up the building. - Yes.
- Tomorrow it'll be a week. - Yes.
Since the time that somebody tried
to blow up the building.
Yes, and I think it's time for you to get over it.
That doesn't really seem like
it's gonna happen, though, does it?
I'm not optimistic.
60 seconds to VTR. Two minutes live.
- Ready-1. - Stand by, animation.
Stand by, one and F/X-1.
I'm forgetting things.
What are you forgetting?
Nothing specific.
You're not forgetting anything specific?
No, I just have this sense
about me of forgetting things, losing things.
What have you lost?
Nothing specific.
You know, you're almost tempted to consider the possibility
that I am just going stark-raving mad.
You sure don't have to sell me.
Casey, Robbie Alomar just made
- the last out at first. - Thank you.
Wouldn't you think that when a guy threatens
to blow up a building in the name of God...
wouldn't you think that religious leaders would step forward at that point?
- I do. - Wouldn't you think that rabbis and priests and ministers and cardinals
would step forward and say, "Fella, we think that pretty much any hope you have
of getting into Heaven will be ruined if you blow up that building"?
- Wouldn't you think they'd say that? - I would.
- And when they didn't... - Casey...
- What? - It's just we've had this conversation a few times already.
- When they didn't... - Wouldn't I think somebody would ask why?
Wouldn't you think somebody would ask why?
Yes.
You agree?
- I'm right with you. - Thank you.
I, however, have decided to move on.
- So you're not with me? - I am.
No. I'm here. You've moved on.
Yes.
There are three things that I'm doing.
I'm losing things, I'm forgetting things, and there's a third one.
Roll VTR. 60 seconds live.
Everybody, this is your nightly two-minute confirmation
that I'm still Jeremy's girlfriend.
- No, you're not. - I am.
- She's not. - Oh, yes.
I've broken up with you. I've broken up with you,
and I break up with you again right there.
Right then is when I did it. We just broke up.
Look, whoosh... I ended it.
- Can we please... - ♪ Jeremy loves me ♪
30 seconds live.
- You were with me. - Yes.
- You were with me for a time. - In 10.
You were with me for a time, and then you moved on.
- I did. - You moved far away.
- Not far enough. - In 3... 2...
Good evening. From New York City,
I'm Dan Rydell alongside Casey McCall.
Those stories, plus we've got double plays in the West and triple threats in the South.
We've got the Phoenix Suns in the morning.
We've got Warren Moon at night.
We got rhythm, music, the works ...all that coming up after this.
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Yes.
Yes. You're breaking up now.
Hello? You're breaking up.
Now you're not there at all.
There's nobody there at all,
yet I'm still talking.
- All right. Oh, Dana... - Yes?
I was just talking to a guy in Trinidad.
When were you in Trinidad?
I wasn't in Trinidad. The guy was in Trinidad.
- He was talking to me about a cricket match in New Delhi. - But...
No, neither of us were in New Delhi.
The cricket match was in New Delhi.
The guy was in Trinidad. I was right here.
- Have you seen my shoes? - What?
I'm missing my shoes.
- Among other things, yes. Dana, seriously... - The cricket player.
It was incredible.
- What was incredible? - I don't know.
- You don't know? - I don't know anything about cricket.
- Brown suede heels. You really haven't seen them? - No, I really haven't.
- You don't know anything about cricket? - That's what I'm saying.
- Really? Nothing? - Yeah. No.
No information you can give me about my shoes?
Dana, a very big sports story is happening.
Jeremy, if a very big sports story was happening, we'd know it.
We do know it. We just don't understand it.
- You don't understand it. - You understand cricket?
- I know a little something. - What?
- I know they drink tea. - I think they do more than that.
I didn't claim to be a student of the game.
- Natalie, do you know anything about cricket? - I know they drink tea.
- Ahh. Elliott? - No.
Kim, do you know anything about cricket?
- What's going on? - Some guy in New Delhi just did something.
- What? - Jeremy won't tell us.
I honestly don't know. And I wouldn't have even brought it up
except whatever this guy did, it was huge.
- What did he do? - He took all 10 wickets in an inning.
- What does that mean? - I don't know.
Elliott, get on the international wire
and get the play-by-play for Jeremy
of this cricket match in Tripoli.
Trinidad, and the cricket match was in New Delhi.
I don't think it matters if the cricket match was at the Carnegie Deli.
We're not gonna know what the hell went on, but get it anyway.
- The guy's name is Chauncy St. John. - What guy?
The guy, the cricket player. His name is Chauncy St. John.
- Elliott, go. - Got it.
Dan, do you know anything about cricket?
Ah, cricket... the game of the civilized sportsman.
- Do you know anything about it? - No.
- You like it, though? - What's not to like?
They wear white. They drink tea.
A guy in New Zealand got all 10 rickets.
Wickets in New Delhi!
This is an international news story!
There are countries other than ours.
Yes. There is, for instance, Belgium, to name but one.
- What's up? - Please don't ask.
Don't ask about what?
Jeremy was on the phone with a man who was in Trinidad at the time
who told him of a cricket player in New Delhi
who got all 10 wickets in one inning.
- Thought I was gonna blow it, didn't you? - Yes, I did.
- Anyway, don't ask. - Okay.
Folks, before we start,
I'd like to say I've been forgetting things lately... losing things.
I apologize in advance.
You'll all know it when you see it.
Anyway, that's all.
We have a rundown meeting now.
- Mm-hmm. - Mm-hmm. - Yep. - Yep.
Item one...
This is from The World Observer.
It says if you compared it to baseball,
it would be like pitching three perfect games on three consecutive days.
- Really? - Wait. No, not exactly.
Why not exactly?
It says the final four batters scored 16 runs.
- That doesn't sound good. - It certainly doesn't sound perfect.
- Right. - In baseball, if your final four batters scored 16 runs,
it would be hard to consider that perfect.
Jeremy, I don't know how comfortable I am reporting a story I don't understand.
It's not that hard to understand.
There's a bowler, see, and there's a batsman.
- What's a bowler? - I don't know.
- What's a batsman? - I don't know.
Well, keep it up.
- Hey, hey, ask me my name. - What's your name?
- Mr. Happy Guy. - Rebecca?
Flying back tonight, meeting me after the show.
- Good. - I love it when she meets me after the show.
Here's something. Raj Rajhan edged a humble snorter to the slips,
where Saurav Ganguly dived to his right to pick up a low snatch.
The humble snorter went straight to the slips,
and obviously the snatch was lower than it ordinarily is.
Yes.
- I'm getting to the bottom of this. - Keep me posted.
- Casey... - Yes?
- I'm Mr. Happy Guy. - Yeah, we met back there.
- I don't believe it. - What?
- You're not with me. - I'm with you.
- No, I wasn't with you on the religious leaders deal, so this is payback. - Yes.
- This is punitive. - Yes, it is.
These are two totally different things.
I'm excited 'cause Rebecca's back,
and you're, you know, just a ranting lunatic.
I am not a ranting lunatic.
This is honest outrage.
Somebody made a bomb threat
because a radio deejay did a sketch where Jesus was gay.
In the name of religion, this man threatened the lives of about 700 people.
The absence of admonishment from the church is totally bizarre.
Yes.
Yes?
I'm with you.
- Now you're just saying that. - No, I'm not.
You're just saying that because you want me
to be with you on the other thing.
- I'm not. - Yes, you are.
Yes, I am, but I can fake my enthusiasm, and you'll never know the difference.
- That's all I'm asking. - So the deal is I'll be outraged about your thing
and you'll be happy 'cause Rebecca's back.
Fine.
- You're not happy. - I am.
No, you're not. You're not happy that Rebecca's back.
- Danny, this is gonna go badly for you. - No, it's not.
She's got a blind spot for Steve Sisco.
- Her ex-husband is not... - It's not her ex-husband. They're separated.
- I know. He's a jerk, Casey. - They're in counseling. I know.
- You should have seen the way he treated her. - I know how he treated her.
- And yet you still think she's gonna end up going back to him? - Danny...
- Be happy for me. - I am happy for you.
- You faking it? - It doesn't matter.
I'm right here. I'm right here, Isaac.
I'm in your office right now. Mm-hmm.
I've got everything completely under control...
except I can't find my shoes.
No.
That's a funny joke... did I look on my feet?
You're a senile old man, and this stroke is a punishment for not having been nicer to me.
Then why won't you let me come down there?
You heard what I said.
- I said, "Then why won't you let me come down there?" - Is that Isaac?
- Natalie's here. - Let me talk to him.
- She says she doesn't want to talk to you. - Yes, I do.
'Cause you're a stubborn person, and she's not interested in speaking to stubborn people.
- Yes, I am. - No.
She's flat-out refusing.
Goodbye.
He's very stubborn.
What's he say?
- He made it up and down the corridor with a cane. - Good!
I can't believe he won't let us come down there.
- Leave it alone. - I won't leave it alone.
No, I don't think you will.
- He's being stubborn. - Then he is.
- That's right. - Dana...
This is a fully grown man of enormous dignity and accomplishment.
He's covered wars and he's dined with kings,
and he can't move the left side of his body,
and he doesn't want us to see him like that. Now, what's wrong?
- Everything's wrong. - I mean with the forgetting things and the losing things.
- I don't know. - Really?
- I don't know. - Okay.
I know I don't like Casey being mad at me.
- I know. - He's never gonna stop being mad at me.
- Yes, he is. - Here's the thing.
- What? - He's got a point.
That is a spectacular play.
You don't even know what you're looking at.
- Yes, I do. - No, you don't.
I'm a sports professional, gumdrop,
and I happen to know a little something
about the cricket stylings of New Guinea's Mr. Chutney St. Joan.
Yes, New Delhi's Mr. Chauncy St. John,
- and that's not him. - What are we doing tonight?
- Nothing. Yeah. - Really?
- Dinner? Late movie? - No. No.
You want to rent some porn?
- Natalie, we can't go out tonight. - Why?
'Cause we're not going out anymore.
That doesn't mean we can't go out anymore.
- It sort of does. I'm just trying to get over it. - Jeremy...
- Get over it. No, I'm saying get over it. - Yes.
I'm trying. I know it's been all of three weeks.
I'll see if I can speed up my nervous breakdown.
- Nobody's rushing you. - I appreciate it.
Are you over it yet?
- Natalie... - How 'bout now?
Hey, look.
- What's that? - It's an abacus.
- Excellent. - An antique abacus.
Probably the only kind there are.
I got it in Chinatown at a place called Dang Luck. Isn't it great?
- It's wrapped. - If you could see it, you'd think it was great.
Dan's Mr. Happy Guy.
- Yes, I am. - I can see.
- It's an abacus. - So you said.
She's a market analyst... numbers, arithmetic.
You know, if she opens up a new checking account on the corner,
they'll give her a free calculator.
- Natalie, I'm not sitting on the sidelines anymore. I'm getting in the game. - Yes.
If Steve Sisco wants his wife back, the road goes through me.
I love it.
- Tonight Rebecca's getting an antique abacus from Dang Luck. - Yes!
- What am I, crazy? - No.
- Am I Mr. Crazy Guy? - No.
- I am. I'm crazy. - You're not.
- Crazy in love? - No, just crazy.
What is this, an abac... What is that? Is it cute?
- It's cute. - It's a little cute.
Natalie, just...
What market analyst wouldn't love an antique abacus from Dang Luck?
Honesty...
honesty and directness are what's required.
I love her. It's that simple. Honesty will win the day.
Thank you.
I'm talking about really good porn.
- Natalie... - Let's work.
- Hi. - Hey.
- Couple of notes? - Fire.
- 10 seconds less on the Arizona bullpen. - Done.
- Write a shorter intro for the S.O.T. on the amateur draft. - Done.
Stop making Jerry Falwell jokes on the air.
- No. - Yes.
I don't do Jerry Falwell jokes.
The asides, the drop-ins... I am telling you, stop it.
A week ago today, somebody threatened to blow up the building
and all the people in it, including me.
And you think it was Jerry Falwell?
- I haven't ruled him out as a suspect. - I'm serious!
- What are you afraid of? - Offending people.
Who? Our legions of viewers who take Jerry Falwell seriously?
Charo's got a bigger fan base.
- Casey... - No, I-I know I'm alone on this.
I know the vast majority of people
consider Jerry Falwell a spiritual pillar of great and gentle wisdom.
I know that most people consider him a scholarly and tolerant man
who would never judge others harshly
just because they were different.
I know that most people find his calm leadership
to be a gentle, soothing beacon in a time of great social chaos.
His guidance, for instance, on the great purple Teletubby matter
was fraught with the kind of theological sophistication that only Jerry Falwell
and a cafeteria full of sixth-graders could devise.
I know I'm going way out on a limb,
but I think Jerry Falwell's a fat-ass.
Who did I just offend? I'm eager to talk to them.
I have a typewriter, and I will use it as I see fit.
- Not on my show. - Dana, they're just jokes.
- Do other jokes. - What's with you?
Not on my show, Casey.
- Is this it? You're gonna bench me? - Yes. Absolutely.
Say it.
Do another Falwell joke, and you're suspended for a week!
Five minutes to air. First team in the studio, please.
Casey, the...
- Hey, Rebecca. - Hi, Jeremy.
- You just get in? - Yeah. Is Dan around?
- Yeah, he's just... - If he's busy...
- They said he's on the air in five minutes. Of course. - I'll go get him.
He should be concentrating on the show. Don't tell him I'm here.
- He'd kill me. He's very excited to see you. - Jeremy... I know, but...
They're in extra innings in Pittsburgh.
I'll feed it to Casey in the 20s.
What were you gonna say?
- Nothing. - Rebecca?
- No, I'll go wait in my office. - Rebecca?
Let's go, everybody! Good show!
- Dan... - Yeah?
- Hey! - Hi.
- You're early! - We hit the jet stream.
- Oh, I love the jet stream. - Yes!
I want you to know I would kiss you right now full on the lips,
but there are people around and it's unprofessional.
Leave, people!
I'm gonna run backstage and get some gifts that I have for you,
including one that's functional.
- What were you gonna say? - I think I should tell Dan first, don't you?
Yeah.
I'm back. I've got wine, I've got flowers,
and I've got a gift I had to shop for.
Dan...
- Yeah? - Three minutes.
- Good show. - Good show.
I've got a hot tip for you.
I heard some people talking on the plane about Barry Bonds,
who plays for the San Diego Giants...
San Francisco Giants.
- Right. They said he's good. - What about him?
- He is good. - They say the San Francisco Giants are gonna be a good team.
- They will, but not this year. - What about Barry Bonds?
Unfortunately, the rules prohibit Barry Bonds
from batting before and after himself,
and he probably can't play right field and pitch at the same time.
Uh-oh.
Yeah.
Going back to Steve?
He's my husband.
- I want you to know... - It's okay.
- No, I have to tell you that y-you just... - Don't worry about it.
We'll see each other around the building.
I gotta go.
- Danny, I want to thank you... - Hey, really...
it was my pleasure.
Steve's waiting downstairs.
Tell him hi.
These people really seemed to think
the Giants were gonna go all the way this year.
They're wrong.
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- Good show. - Good show.
- Casey... - What?
I'm sorry.
What are you doing?
Going someplace private.
But what was that thing with your head?
- Well, I was signaling you. - Signaling me what?
That we should go someplace private.
Okay. But don't do that thing with your head.
Are you gonna suspend me for a week?
Oh, I'm sorry about that. I'm sorry about that.
That was a very big gun to pull out. I'm sorry.
I'm sorry I've been testing your authority. You're the boss.
- Okay. - Okay.
Wait.
I'm sorry I bailed on the show that night.
It was... I know if you'd done it to me, I'd have felt abandoned.
Well, I was surprised by it.
- Yeah. - It's no big deal. I was surprised by it.
- Gordon's gonna ask me to marry him. - Sally did a fine job.
I'm sorry?
He's in Washington, and he told me on the phone
that when he gets back, he's gonna ask me to marry him.
You know, he wants to do it... make it a big deal.
- What are you gonna say? - I'm gonna...
What, are you kidding? I'm gonna say yes.
Gordon's gonna ask Dana to marry him.
Really?
- Yes. - How do you know?
- 'Cause I have special powers, Jeremy. - Hey.
- She told me. - Yes.
And I think she just told Casey.
- Ahh. - Are you over it yet?
- Yes. - Well, that's just too bad.
You want to know why? 'Cause... what?
I'm over it. I want to get back together with you.
We were never broken up.
- Yes, we were. We were. - No.
- That's sweet, but no. - Listen to me.
We broke up. I had to sort some things out, and I broke up with you.
But now I decree that we're back together.
- You should kiss me now. - Yes.
Wait.
Rebecca went back to her husband.
Where's Dan?
- I'm right here. - Hey, Dan.
I'm on my feet...
bobbin' and weavin', breakin' tackles,
- nothing but open field. - How you doin'?
Well, I've had a little wine.
If somebody wants to make book on whether or not
I'll be having a little more, I would not bet against me.
You might want to save some of that for Casey.
- What's wrong with Casey? - Natalie... - Casey.
- Don't I rely on you? Don't I rely on you for information? - Yes, but...
Casey, she didn't tell me until just before airtime.
- I didn't want to tell you before you went on the air. - Didn't stop Rebecca.
That was my fault.
Then you are my sworn enemy.
Dan...
- I love you, man. - Give me a hug.
I love you, too, Casey. You're like my, you know, much, much older brother.
- Danny... - Bobbin' and weavin'.
Gordon asked Dana to marry him.
- Wow. - Yeah.
No, seriously, Casey.
- I know. - Listen, think about this...
halfway around the world a lone man has accomplished an extraordinary athletic feat.
- What? - I don't know.
Good enough.
I give you Mr. Chauncy St. John of New Delhi.
- Chauncy St. John. - Chauncy St. John.
Somehow.
- Somehow what? - Somehow, in time, I'm gonna figure out a way to blame this on Jerry Falwell.
Jerry Falwell.
- The thing is, Casey... - What?
With you I didn't hear it.
Hear what?
Did you hear it, Dan?
I didn't hear it. Did you hear it, Jeremy?
I didn't hear it.
Nobody's heard it. Nobody's heard the bell ring.
Yeah.
I'm gonna need a plan.