[BRENDA LEE'S "COMIN' ON STRONG" PLAYING]
♪ Comin' on strong' ♪
♪ I can feel the heartache Comin' on strong I
♪ I can feel the teardrops I'
♪ The pain and sorrow I'
♪ Ever since you've been gone Baby, comin' on strong I
♪ >J' Pain' ♪
Maybe he says "good job" when you do a good job.
Or "attagirl."
[LAUGHTER]
I like that, "attagirl."
But one of the most important ways a boss can show you what you're worth...
...is by how much he pays you.
And, ladies, you are a bargain.
What do you think the men you work with get paid?
- That isn't a fair comparison. - Yeah, they do have different jobs.
Right. Jobs you're not allowed to have.
I'd like a list of the men's salaries for the next meeting.
I think it's time that you see that too.
♪ Much too long I'
Well, we're done here.
Keep recruiting, ladies.
Just make sure that they're women that you trust, okay?
And remember, there's strength in numbers.
Thank you so much, Eleanor.
- Next week. - Thank you.
♪ Comin' on strong N'
And there must be a list of the salaries somewhere up in Finn's office.
Oh, sure, just break into Finn's office, steal some stuff.
Really? Are you Cindy Reston?
Yeah. I'm just discovering my inner Mata Hari.
And I happen to know that Angie has an extra set of keys.
[SCOFFS]
I'm gonna duck in here and get some coffee and doughnuts.
For the office?
No. I wanna go by the headquarters of the postal strike...
-...see if there's been any developments. - Again?
- Good night, Patti. - Good night.
[III]
[PEOPLE CHATTERING AND PHONES RINGING]
I saved you the chocolate glazed.
Thank you, mami. How's my favorite pelirroja?
- Good. It's so busy here tonight. - You have no idea.
Tell me.
[TELEPHONE RINGING]
News of the Week, this is Gabe.
Gabe, it's Patti. I'm at the postal strike headquarters.
- Is Doug there? - No, he left. What are you doing there?
- The strike is going national. - National?
How do you know? Do you have a--?
It's already spread to Chicago, Detroit, San Francisco.
Check the wires. Patti said the mail strike's going national.
It's not gonna be on the wires, but it is real.
Okay. Uh, I should... I should...
Gabriel, you need to call Finn at home, then you need to call the bureaus...
wand tell them to send reporters to get updates. I'll be there in 20 minutes.
[III]
WOMAN: No, he's not in yet. MAN: Those are the changes right there.
[PEOPLE CHATTERING AND PHONES RINGING]
MAN: I'll be in my office.
- Morning. - Morning.
What time did they call you in?
Oh, uh... Just past midnight.
Thanks.
NAOMI: Morning.
- Ahem. Morning. - Morning.
You look like today's not your friend.
The 4 a.m. get-to-the-office call is tough.
JP's on the Warpath. He thinks the strike is gonna kill his Joe Namath cover.
- He's been working on it since Christmas. - It'll eventually run.
Yeah, you can tell him that.
GREGORY: So the D.C. bureau has the Nixon administration reaction...
...and a report from the under secretary of labor.
Business? Business.
Right. We want a full spread on what this means...
...for Wall Street on Monday morning if this strike is going.
Will blue-chip companies have problems with payroll?
Call the mortgage lenders. What's this mean for homeowners?
- It's Saturday. - You're a hell of a reporter.
- Nobody'll be at work. - Call them at home.
Donald, Clem, I want you to give me 500 words on the military angle.
Draft notices, letters home. What else do we need to worry about?
Mail-order catalogs, social security checks, jury summonses.
Magazine subscriptions.
Gonna be tight sphincters in a lot of editors' offices before this is over.
Mine's been clenched since '67.
[LAUGHTER]
You're on the main block.
Go to strike HQ. We'll build the skeleton of this with the wires...
-...but you'll add the flesh and heartbeat. - Can Doug handle another cover?
Namath is the cover. But Doug's Black Panther story...
...was dynamite. Kid's on a roll.
What about the guy in charge of the mailmen?
It's a wildcat strike, workers are in charge.
Twenty-thousand workers don't just march in step.
Somebody's leading them, find out who. Sam, I wanna run this picture.
Jersey City post office with so much backed-up mail, it won't fit indoors.
Get down there, write me something good.
MAN: I didn't see that.
If we could find a way to distract Angie, then I could get into her desk.
You'd also have to distract Finn so you can get the files out of his office.
- That's true. - I can't help you.
- I've had enough adventure for a decade. - That's fair.
[TOILET FLUSHES]
[DOOR CLOSES]
Shit.
This is breaking news, but it doesn't mean you write like an AP reporter.
You keep it sexy.
If I don't wanna fuck your story, I don't wanna run it.
That's a pretty low bar. Gregory wants to screw anything that moves.
All right, that's it. Thanks, boys.
Go.
[CHATTERING]
JP.
- This strike-- - Take it easy. Namath is still the cover.
You know this mail strike is bullshit. It's illegal. They're civil servants.
Nixon will be thrilled that you're on his side.
I'll let him know. Next time I talk to him.
What a waste. Sending you to strike headquarters.
Shipping me off to Jersey City to investigate the urgent crisis...
...of undelivered Sears catalogs.
You had your turn, teacher's pet. This is my year.
Fuck it, this is my decade.
It's a little early to be calling the whole decade.
- It's not even February yet. - Come on. Squash my high.
So when are we going to strike HQ?
Oh, come on, do not leave me behind. Give a girl a break.
Patti, our deadline's in 14 hours.
I'll call you with my first lines of copy before lunch.
It'll be mayhem. Nobody knows who's calling the shots.
Yeah, but I know those guys. Mickey is my buddy.
Is Mickey the guy in charge there?
Listen to me.
Everybody knows you got it first.
You beat every wire service on the telex to a national story. You did good.
I'm not leaving you behind.
We're doing this together.
You wanna try and rebuild the whole front of the book in the next 18 hours?
Time went to press last night. Their ship has sailed.
They probably didn't pay attention to a local New York labor story...
...which is all this was yesterday.
- I'm at your service. - Good.
I've spent 400 goddamn Saturdays at this magazine...
...waiting for moments like this.
We have 24 extra hours to get the scoop on a story Time can't touch.
Christ, this feels good.
[III]
Great. We'll be there in about 45 minutes, depending on traffic.
Hollander.
Get your coat.
- I need to finish reading-- - Whatever you're doing can wait.
We are going to beautiful Jersey City, New Jersey...
-...to see about some mail. - What kind of mail?
Undelivered mail. Piles and piles of it.
- But what's the story? - There's no damn story there.
Finn just likes the picture.
- We're writing the world's longest caption. - Why am I coming?
Why you worried? Is your boyfriend gonna be jealous?
- No, no, no, I just-- - Good. Lobby in two.
I can't believe I didn't check the stalls.
- How much did she hear? - I don't know. Enough.
I mean, we just-- We can't risk her telling anyone.
We have to tell her what we're doing and ask her to join.
- I just wish I knew her better. - Me too.
If we get her on board...
...we might get her two friends too. They're always together.
- I'll see if I can talk to her. - I'll do it.
What?
After what happened to Diane at New Year's...
...some of the girls are a little wary.
- Of me? - Yeah, yeah, yes.
I didn't push her down the stairs.
I know. I know that.
And-- And she knows that. You know, it's just a-- It's just a feeling.
It will pass.
Good luck.
We'll start with a wide shot across the street.
MAN 1: Mr. Lemerson.
MAN 2: Screw it.
VINNIE: There's only so much you can take.
When the United States Congress votes themselves a 41 percent pay raise...
...while year after year we get 1 percent, 2 percent? What do they expect?
Your own union leadership is against the strike.
We're on strike, maybe they're not leaders after all.
A lot of the guys say they come to you for guidance, that you're in charge.
I'm just a letter carrier. Twenty-five years on the job...
-...and not in anybody's pocket. - You think your union leadership...
-...is in management's pocket? - Ha, ha. Careful, now. I didn't say that.
If you put those words in my mouth, I'll come looking for you.
- I'm a mailman, I can find you. - A-ha.
- Well, Vinnie... - Yeah?
...it's your lucky day. It all comes down to leadership.
Whether you like it or not, you're the leader of this thing.
Being a letter carrier is a good job. It should be better.
Our union leadership has failed us.
Hm.
ALL: Letter carriers out on strike.
Living wage is all right. Letter carriers out on strike.
- You really don't need me for this. - I do.
You were a huge help when you met with Noah.
People like talking to you.
Well, I am a good listener.
That's what happens when you grow up with a lisp.
- You did not. - Mm-hm.
Well, I took elocution lessons three times a week for months...
...and I rather excelled at it.
I wanna hear the lisp. Let's dust that off and take it for a spin.
- Oh, no. No, don't make fun. - No, I'm not, I--
Hell, I wore the shoes with the bar in between them.
Oh, no. I know that bar. My little cousin had that bar.
It's a fucking torture device.
I fell on my face, knocked my two front teeth out.
[LISPS] Then I had a lisp.
[assume]
[IN NORMAL VOICE] That's nice to hear.
- What's that? - Your laugh.
It seems like you've been a bit down lately.
Well, you're sweet to worry, but everything is great.
- Well, let's go see some mail. - Mm-hm.
Living wage is all right. Letter carriers out on strike.
- Nice hat. - They're postal workers.
They won't judge a man who knows how to keep his ears warm.
- Letter carriers out on strike. MAN: You ain't gonna get your mail!
So, what do you think?
[TOILET FLUSHES]
I appreciate the cause, but I have responsibilities.
I can't afford to lose this job.
Of course.
Look, I understand, it is a delicate situation...
...but if you were to join the group, it would actually help.
But I can't.
Right, but see, our lawyer says that there is strength in numbers--
No. Thank you.
But you--
You won't tell anyone, will you?
You don't have to worry about me, Cindy.
- Oh, Diane, let me help you. - I've got it.
- No, but I can at least hold this-- - I've got it.
- Diane hates me. - Um...
Walk with me. I have a photo editor that wants coffee and captions.
Also, if it makes you feel any better, I got exactly nowhere with Denise.
- She isn't gonna tell anybody, is she? - She said I didn't have to worry.
- I'm worried. - Me too.
Even if she tells one of her friends, they could tell somebody.
[TELEPHONE RINGING]
- Oh. - Mm.
- Patti Robinson. DOUG: You ready?
What do you have for me?
I need everything you can find on Vincent Paganino.
P-A-G-A-N-I-N-O. Lives in Astoria, served in the Pacific, he's a letter carrier.
- What am I looking for? - I don't know yet, but I think he's our guy.
I can't talk, there's a line of guys waiting. Somebody jammed the phone-booth door.
Make them wait. Give me some color.
They're pissed-off postmen and they're not budging.
They got serious complaints, serious demands.
- They want more money? - Yeah, money for sure, but it's deeper.
These guys do a vital job. They-- They want respect.
I'll have you know that we always make cookies for Mr. Sullivan at Christmas.
I'm sure that made up for slave wages and horrible working conditions. You ready?
I got three graphs plus some good quotes to work in the body later.
Hit me.
When Vincent Paganino returned from the Pacific in 1945...
...he knew he wanted to stay close to home.
The war had taught him to appreciate things too often taken for granted.
Send Charlie up, will you? Thanks.
[III]
Charlie, put this on the wall.
- Where's Washington on their file? - I'll find out.
- Here's the-- - Why am I suddenly famished?
Gregory ordered 11 pepperoni pizzas. They're downstairs.
[MEN CHATTERING AND LAUGHING]
I have Doug's top.
- Great. What did he tell you? - I wouldn't expect the mail anytime soon.
Is this bad for us? The strike, I mean. Is it bad for the magazine?
Today it's great. If it's still going on this time next week...
...we're all gonna be wearing our belts a little tighter this spring.
Rudderless. At times, the union appears rudderless.
You can take Doug Rhodes off the water...
...but you can't take the seaman out of Doug Rhodes.
That was wrong. I said that wrong.
Tell Doug this is inspired. Keep going, just...
...stay away from the nautical metaphors.
Yeah.
Thanks, Patti.
- Hello, Denise. - Hello.
Gosh...
...no matter how crazy it gets around here, you never seem stressed.
I like when it's busy.
Me too. It's exciting.
- So, Denise. - Hm?
Cindy said she talked to you about how some of the researchers--
You shouldn't be talking about that here.
[BOTH WHISPERING] I told Cindy I wasn't interested.
I know. I just thought maybe if you came to a meeting--
[IN NORMAL VOICE] Of course I'll fact-check those figures.
I have a call into the Department of Labor already.
That would be a huge help. Thank you.
I'll keep your secret.
But I don't have the luxury of believing in your cause.
I am a black woman working at a white magazine.
A white magazine?
Your story on the Black Panthers called them...
...the most important organization for black civil rights.
- Right. - Did any black people...
...have anything to do with researching, writing, or editing that story?
Oh...
DOUG: So is it the same union here in New Jersey and in New York?
Yeah. I mean, it's our local.
It's your local union, but there's a union for the whole United States?
MAILMAN: Yeah, we all support each other.
DOUG: Just tell us a little bit about yourself.
MAILMAN; I mean, some guys like to sort, you know?
I'm a carry guy. I like the fresh air.
Sure.
Here it is.
And there's twice as much stacked inside.
JANE: Oh, wow!
DOUG: Pile's even bigger in person.
Do you mind if I stay back here and make a few notes?
- Sure thing. - Thanks.
So many people won't be getting their mail.
Well, they will eventually. If the strike ever ends.
It's so sad, isn't it?
All these words, lost.
This isn't far.
What do you say we deliver some mail to the good people of New Jersey?
That's illegal, isn't it?
It's illegal to open it or forge it or blackmail people with it.
We're just gonna deliver it, talk to some folks, maybe get a story.
Okay. But if we get caught, you're taking the rap.
You'll still visit me in the slammer, right?
If you're lucky.
ALL POST AL WORKERS: Read your postal worker's rights.
Better wages, better life. Read your postal worker's rights.
[ALL CHATTERING AND PHONES RINGING]
- What do you mean, you can't find her? - Hi. I'm here.
I brought you a sandwich, and the military records...
...of Sergeant Vincent Paganino.
- What'd you find? - He's a bona fide war hero.
Come here.
- Tell me. - He won the Navy Cross for heroism.
Guadalcanal.
I'll be damned. He's a humble son of a bitch.
He saved his entire unit by storming the enemy gun position.
That sound like your guy?
He did lead the walkout.
He's not even a union official, he's just rank and file.
He stood up and spoke his mind before the vote, everybody said "right on"...
...and all of a sudden, they had their leader. There he is.
Take these over to Ray. Come right back.
He looks so regular.
What is it about a guy like Vinnie that makes people wanna follow him?
I think they relate to him.
He's one of their own.
You know, I came to The Chelsea on New Year's.
Really?
Yeah.
That place was nuts.
Yeah, it was.
I looked for you.
I wish you'd found me.
Me too.
- Hello. - Oh. Oh!
Hi. Hello.
What can I do for you?
You know, act-- You know, I was just--
I was actually just here to try to eavesdrop.
You know, because of the cover. Every-- Everyone downstairs is just...
...dying to know if it's changing. Ha, ha.
Right. I don't think Finn's decided yet.
Okay-
Well, thank you.
SAM: Here we have the Johnson family of Maple Terrace.
He's got a utility bill, a notice from the rotary club...
JANE: And a card from Virginia Johnson in Des Moines.
SAM: Ginny Johnson. Sounds like a goer. - Sam.
- Yes? - Hi.
I'm Jane Hollander and this is Sam Rosenberg...
...and we work at News of the Week, the magazine.
- We don't get that magazine. - Then you're missing out.
We're writing a story on the postal strike. We brought your mail from the post office.
Oh, thank you so much.
Was there anything else?
Something you were expecting didn't come?
My dad's pension check. It usually comes Thursday or Friday.
We'll be all right for a while.
Just wish this thing would be over already.
[III]
So, what are we thinking, Gregory?
GREGORY: I don't know. I think it's the way to go.
There's stronger images, but ultimately--
- It's strong. - Put it up in your locker.
It'll be hard to make the mail as sexy as Namath.
It's not the mail, it's the strike. The nation at a standstill.
[CINDY KNOCKING ON DOOR]
Hey, Cindy. Gregory, this is Cindy Reston.
Of course. You didn't think a reporter worth his salt...
...could spend three weeks here and fail to notice Cindy?
- How can we help you, Cindy? _Um__
The president is going on TV...
...to address the nation at 4:30 about the strike.
- Wow! - Is that confirmed?
Yeah, I heard from my friend at CBS, and Dottie confirmed with D.C.
- It's gonna be the cover. - Depending on what Nixon says.
- It doesn't matter what he says. - Of course it does.
- These don't work. We need a new photo. - I'm expecting pictures from Chicago.
It's okay you don't have a picture. That's okay. Make the words count.
It's a cover. It's-- It's all about the image.
Mm.
Son of a bitch, I like it.
But this stays until I hear the president.
[SIGHS]
[III]
Hello, ladies.
Patti. Nixon's going on TV at 4:30 to talk postal strike.
Today? I just came from postal strike headquarters.
- They're not going back to work soon. - Sorry, is--? Is that Doug's writing?
- How can you even read that? - It's terrible.
I've learned how to decipher it. "Mr. Paganino has emerged...
...as the true leader of the local 36th, though he's won no election...
...his loyalists say he's the only union leader who understands them." See?
- Impressive. Heh. - Thank you.
- Cindy. - Yeah.
What time did you say Nixon was going on?
- Four-thirty. - For how long?
My friend at CBS says they've blocked out 15 minutes.
Uh-huh.
This should be interesting.
It's from Vietnam.
What is it?
- Um... - Good afternoon, ma'am.
We are delivering some mail on behalf of the U.S. postal service.
The strike's not over, but we know how important mail can be.
Look.
Oh, how awful.
Wait. Do you want to interview her? Not for this, but for our vet piece.
No.
And the salary goes up by what percentage each year?
And is there a cap on that?
I'm sorry, could you confirm the spelling of your last name?
MAN: Don't make any changes to that location.
ANNOUNCER [OVER TV]: We go now to the president.
NIXON: My fellow Americans...
[\IVHISTLES]
Hey, he's on.
NIXON: --developments on the postal work stoppage...
...and on the actions I have decided to take.
First, the overwhelming majority of postal workers across the nation...
...remain on their jobs...
upholding their tradition and their oath to support the constitution...
I was wondering if I could watch the speech in here...
...with you.
- I was hoping for some company. - Mm.
However, in several large cities, the post offices are shut down.
In New York, for example, the mail system is wholly paralyzed...
...by illegal walkout, and essential services have been...
I can't stop thinking about it.
- Last Saturday, I pledged to the nation... - About what?
...that if the current situation existed on Monday, today...
- Oh, yeah? ----that I would take action-
You liked that, huh?
It's my constitutional obligation to move the mail...
...and I am taking that action now.
Injunctions have been sought, and in most cases already granted...
...forbidding striking postal workers from interfering with those...
...who wish to return to work.
I've directed the attorney general to take whatever action...
believes necessary to see that these court orders are obeyed.
And working with local law enforcement...
...to see that no illegal picket lines interfere with workers returning to work.
Secondly, I have just now directed the activation...
...of the men of the various military organizations...
...to begin in New York City, the restoration of essential...
What else can't you stop thinking about?
This?
This is very thought provoking.
Right there?
[MOANS]
Right there.
I don't know.
If you don't know, no one does.
These replacements are being sent in as a supplemental workforce...
...to maintain essential services.
That was my second guess.
--As are necessary to accomplish that will be used.
Does that feel good?
Oh, yeah. Yeah.
Yeah? Come here.
This'll feel even better.
--To both the postal workers who have stayed on the job...
poor depend heavily upon it for medical services...
...and also for government assistance.
Veterans depend upon it for their compensation checks.
- The elderly depend upon it... - Denise, this is our lawyer.
- This is Eleanor Holmes Norton. - Hello, Denise.
I'm sorry, I mean no disrespect, but I thought I was clear.
You were, but she--
You can't knock a girl for trying, can you?
Especially for a cause she believes you're sympathetic to?
Nobody will be looking for you while Nixon's on.
I called the D.C. bureau and got the full text of his speech...
...so you will be current on what he said.
I don't need to explain to you the historic significance...
...of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Good, because I'd rather tell you how we as women can utilize that law...
...to change the world, together.
NIXON [OVER TV]: For the past year, almost since the day we took office...
- They aren't gonna run it. - How do you know?
Because I know.
They don't want my 500-word ode to the cultural significance of mail delivery.
Not sexy enough.
Well, I thought it was beautiful.
Can I ask you something?
Always.
Why didn't you wanna interview the woman with the letter from Vietnam?
I grew up around sad people.
Most of my family didn't make it out of Europe.
- I'm so sorry. - I didn't know any of them.
I mean, it still screwed me up, but that's not the point.
The one thing you learn when you grow up...
...around that kind of pain...
...is that it has to be respected.
With people in pain, you, uh, can't fix it.
Can't make them forget it.
You can't take it away from them.
All you really can do is treat it with respect.
As a reporter, sometimes that's not possible, but...
We didn't need that story.
Not today.
I forget how pleasant it is to get out of the office sometimes.
[SNIFFLES]
Goodness, look at me. I'm so sorry.
I have been down a little lately.
I'm so sorry.
Why?
I broke up with Chad.
Things weren't, um, moving forward as I had expected them to, so...
Damn it.
You know, the truth is...
The truth is he dumped me.
On New Year's Eve, no less.
Well, then, he isn't worthy of you.
Thank you.
--Immediately after postal workers...
Think about what it means for people to see black postal workers...
...standing alongside white ones.
People see that and they know the postal worker's cause is a righteous one.
- Just like ours. - Mrs. Norton--
Eleanor, please.
Eleanor...
...as one colored woman to another...
...I must say that I don't equate a job at the post office...
...a position my own father could only dream of, with helping these women.
Most of whom are here as a finishing school before they move to Greenwich.
And as one colored woman to another...
...I understand how you would feel like this is not your fight, but, sister...
...I'm here to tell you that it is.
See, these women have something very important in common with us.
They're second-class citizens.
And you and I know exactly how that feels, don't we?
Kept from your full potential. Paid less than you're worth.
Talked down to. Told to shut up and stay in your place.
These women live in a box, just like you.
So don't be fooled because their box looks a little more comfortable than yours.
It's still a box.
And the only way any of us break out of this box is if we stand together.
Because when the second-class citizens of the world stand with each other...
...not against each other, that's how you change the world.
So when you help these women, Denise...
...the person you free is yourself.
NIXON: What is at issue then...
...is the survive! of a government based upon law.
Essential services must be maintained.
And as president, I shall meet my constitutional responsibility...
...to see that those services are maintained.
And I'm asking for the understanding and support of every American...
...in this decision that I have made on behalf of our country.
ANNOUNCER [OVER TV]: You've heard the president...
Ladies and gentlemen.
Come Monday morning, only one national news magazine...
...will have the biggest story in the country on the cover.
[ALL CLAPPING]
Now, listen up.
Let's make sure everything inside this cover is our very best.
All right, get back to work. Only six hours to close.
That looked gratifying.
- Yeah, it was. - Guess we got a new cover.
And we haven't loused it up yet.
- Jesus, you must be hard to live with. - Oh, you have no idea.
Get down there, tell JP we're punting on Namath.
Don't use the football metaphor. He's a little sensitive, that one.
I think that I can save it.
We got dead weight in Business we can trim.
You wanna save it, put Namath inside, I'm not gonna stop you.
But you're passing up an opportunity...
...to show them something important down there.
Enlighten me, oh, wise one.
You can share pizza, have a laugh, be one of the fellas...
...but at the end of the day, each of those guys needs to know...
...you hold the power to crush their dreams.
Sick man.
Patti Robinson.
DOUG: It's me. - Can you believe that?
Nixon's making the National Guard deliver mail.
It is a zoo here, Doug. They're gonna run a new cover.
Congratulations, cover boy. - Yes.
Do you think the union will give in now?
No. They think this looks worse for Nixon than it does for them.
He's declared a state of national emergency.
Are you serious? For a postal strike?
Do you have new copy?
No, no, no. I'm calling to tell you I'm gonna have a new lead graph...
...to fold in Vinnie's reaction to Nixon, and five new subs for the third column.
Okay. You coming back?
No. I wanna get more reactions and see if they're gonna make an official response.
Okay. Go write. Call me back.
Okay. Hey, Patti?
Yeah.
This is a blast.
The best.
[ROCK MUSIC PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]
[LAUGHTER]
- Cheers. - Cheers.
- I got them. - Wait, you got who?
Denise, and maybe her two friends.
- That's amazing. - I know.
- How? - Eleanor. She is our secret weapon.
Ah...!
She brought up the thing about the men's salaries again.
- Damn it. - I know.
MAN: Hey, folks. - Hey.
.L-ley- .l-ley-
MAN: It's cold out there. - Hey.
WOMAN: That's all?
FINN: They said it was raining.
[BOTH LAUGHING]
- Hey. - Hi.
I'm gonna go home. You wanna share a cab?
No, I--
[CLEARS THROAT]
Uh, no, I--
I think that I'm gonna hang out here for a little while...
...and see if he stops by.
You know what you're doing, right?
But you're gonna do it anyway?
FINN: Robinson.
Come on in. I'll give you a lift.
[III]
One of the great mysteries of Manhattan.
The minute it starts raining, all the taxicabs disappear.
Thank you. You can just drop me at the subway.
- Where do you live? - The subway is fine.
- Nonsense. Where do you live? - Perry and West Fourth.
Raymond, we're stopping at Perry and West Fourth first. Thank you.
That was a day.
That was a day. I love days like this.
You must have had a lot of them.
- I've had a few. - Heh.
But that's the beauty...
...and the torture of the news.
You never know when you're gonna get another one.
Could be tomorrow.
Could be years.
[JAZZ PIANO PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]
This is nice.
The music.
I don't get jazz.
- You don't get-J'? You don't get jazz? - No.
[CHUCKLES]
I don't really think it's a question of getting it or not, I-- I--
It's more a question of how it feels when it washes over you.
I'm just looking for a lyric or a melody or something to hold on to.
Yeah, no. No holding on.
Look, this music's not trying to take you someplace, it's...
It's trying to find you.
Down deep where you already live.
[GUESS WHO'S "NO SUGAR TONIGHT" PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]
♪ Lonely feeling deep inside ♪
♪ Find a corner where I can hide S
♪ Silent footsteps crowding me I'
Hi.
♪ Sudden darkness F
What are you drinking?
♪ No sugar tonight in my coffee No sugar tonight in my tea I
♪ No sugar to stand beside me No sugar to run with me N'
So this is where Patti Robinson lives.
Mm...
Thank you. This was very, very nice of you.
Well, get some rest. Strike's not over yet.
It's gonna get busy.
Good night.
[SANTANA'S "EVIL WAYS" PLAYING OVER SPEAKER]
[KNOCKING ON DOOR]
♪ You've got to change your evil ways, baby I
♪ Before I stop Iovin' you' ♪
♪ You've got to change, baby I'
♪ And every word that I say is true I'
♪ You got me runnin' and hidin' All over town I'
♪ You got me sneakin' and a-peepin' And runnin' you down I
♪ This can't go on I'
♪ Lord knows you got to change, baby I'
♪ Baby' ♪
♪ When I come home, baby I'
♪ My house is dark And my pots are cold I
♪ You're hangin' round, baby I'
♪ With Jean and Joan And-a who knows who' ♪
♪ I'm gefiin' tried of waif in' And foolin' around I'
♪ I'll find somebody that won't make me Feel like a clown I'
♪ This can't go on I'
♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah N'
What?
[III]
Translated by: Frank Bowden