[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]
[CRICKETS CHIRPING]
[FATHER SIGHS]
[EXCLAIMING IN ANNOYANCE]
[UTENSILS CLATTERING]
Honey, it's family hour. There must be something on.
DAUGHTER: Oh, wow, Candy Critters!
[FATHER EXCLAIMS]
Oh, great. It's Monsters, our favorite show.
[MONSTROUS LAUGH]
Shh, it's starting.
[MONSTROUS LAUGH]
[FATHER CHUCKLES]
MAN: No!
No, please! Please don't leave me.
You can't. We're part of each other.
Gary, I just got a Garyectomy.
You said you'd love me forever.
Well, it was six months. I was off a little.
And the show?
You'd walk off the hottest musical on Broadway?
Nobody cares about Broadway anymore.
I won a Tappy, and the only TV I can get is Circus of the Stars.
I wanna be a movie actress.
I wanna express the complex and tormented
and the genuinely deep emotions I have inside me.
I wanna do accents.
Suzy, I love you,
but you will never make it as an actress.
You're a dancer like me.
When we're out there, our bodies blend perfectly.
It's like we're one person. We can be an immortal dance team.
Every immortal dance team has been completely forgotten.
I won't let you break the contract.
Just because you have approval over cast changes
doesn't mean you can wreck my career.
I won't let you wreck it.
You've already packed.
No, no.
Well, what's in there?
Publicity photos.
And a few clothes.
[SLAMS SUITCASE]
Have you gotten an offer?
Have you accepted an offer?
Do you honestly believe I'm that tawdry?
Suzy, all I want is for you and I to dance together forever.
You'll come to your senses.
You'll forget about Hollywood, but even if you don't...
I'll never let you go.
Gary! Let's lunch.
Is that a deal memo in your pocket or are you just glad to see me?
Both. [LAUGHS]
I got you pay or play in a green-lighted no-brainer at Warner.
At 50 domestic, you get first look, house keeping on the lot.
If there's a sequel, you score two points on the back end.
You're talking my language.
Suze, this thing sails, you are a player.
But they want feedback tomorrow.
Well, tell 'em yes.
Now, listen, I'm agenting this whole package.
I mean, I can't promise you and not deliver. That jerk's gotta release you.
Sam, please. I love Gary dearly.
And yet, our souls never quite intertwined.
Well, I hear you've been twining the stage manager.
Have you been talking to the horn section?
That's it.
I'll tell Gary everything. I'll show him the video tapes.
Suze, can I give you a little advice?
Take off your screw you shoes.
It just makes things worse.
You catch more flies with honey.
Oh, a proverb. I was hoping you'd recite a proverb.
The guy loves you, remember?
Pull out all the stops, nice him up the wazoo.
Oh, forget it. It's hopeless.
Gary'll never let me go. Not as long as he's alive.
I gotta go.
It's an hour till curtain.
I know but I got work to do.
I'm gonna make me some honey.
[SINISTER MUSIC PLAYING]
[DRILL WHIRRING]
[KNOCKING ON DOOR]
Just a moment.
Darling, I'm sorry.
Please have a drink.
I ordered dinner, I thought we could...
You have your taps on.
You said to come right over.
Darling,
I hope that little scene this afternoon didn't freak you out.
Sometimes my girlish emotions run away with me.
Must be that darn estrogen.
I'm not going to Hollywood.
I love you too much. I love you more than...
Stop.
I know you're lying.
I've decided that I don't want to be some lunatic jealous lover.
If you have to go to Hollywood,
go.
Um... What?
I was so angry with you today that I just lost control.
You see, it's when I think that you're plotting behind my back
trying to get rid of me.
That's when I feel that I could kill you.
What is it? What's wrong?
Nothing. Nothing.
This is just what I wanted.
And I honestly don't think you'll live to regret it.
Something is wrong.
Hey. We should celebrate.
I mean, this is incredible what you're doing for me.
Why don't we have one last dance before you go.
Before I go... Before we part.
Look, I really don't feel as though I might be able to dance.
[DANCE MUSIC PLAYING]
[MUSIC STOPS] [GRUNTS]
You okay?
Poison!
You poisoned me.
You probably have one of those 24 hour bugs.
Tomorrow, you won't feel a thing.
I'm dying!
Gary, so melodramatic.
I wouldn't get up just yet, Gary.
You still look a little green around the gills.
All I want if for you
and I to dance together forever.
Isn't that a lovely thought.
[GRUNTING]
Oops.
It's gonna be tough to sell this as natural causes.
Crap. There goes my career.
Hey. Wait.
It's an acting challenge. A courtroom scene.
Your Honor, he came at me.
He tried to choke me!
Luckily, he tripped and fell on a blunt object.
Oh. Oh, and then he got up,
and luckily, I had a poison drink in my hand
so I forced open his mouth.
No.
Yes, I killed him.
And why not,
I'm that kind of woman.
I like that. It's a good image for me.
'Cause I might have to do time.
Meh, maybe five years.
Oh, God, that's 15 in actress years.
I gotta hide the body.
[WHIRRING]
[WHIRRING STOPS]
Let's have a hand for Gary Gregory.
[WHIRRING CONTINUES]
I guess letting me out of that contract cost you an arm and a leg, huh.
[WHIRRING CONTINUES]
You always said I'd be a hack actress.
But all I really need are some good parts.
[KNOCKING ON DOOR]
What the hell has happened? Why'd you call me at three in the morning?
It's Gary!
I was nice to him like you said.
But he didn't want to break up.
He was completely torn apart.
It was horrible!
Cut to the chase, babe.
He got really mad. He tried to attack me.
And then he was gone.
What do you mean "gone"?
I think he quit show business.
And all because of me. [SOBBING]
Suze, don't take this the wrong way,
but you really are a lousy actress.
You blew it, right?
You got him mad and now he won't speak to you?
No, I don't think he will.
But if you'd seen him you'd know it was serious.
I don't think he'll ever dance again.
Sam, if Gary disappears,
they'll have to close the show.
Well, technically, yeah,
but Gary Gregory's not gonna quit show business.
He'd die first.
Listen, honey, I gotta be at CBS in four hours for a power coffee.
Now, you grab some Zs,
I'll schmooze his agent tomorrow.
I guess it was rough, huh.
I never saw a man go to pieces like that.
Well, he'll pull himself together.
I don't think so.
[TAPPING SOUND]
[TAPPING CONTINUES]
Did you see this?
Oscar nomination?
What does that Streep woman want?
Why doesn't she just have that statuette
permanently implanted in her hot little hands?
Suze, I'm the last one to knock success, but let's face it.
Your thesping in Graveyard Slasher III does not keep Meryl up at night.
Graveyard Slasher III was a totally honest portrayal
of a contemporary woman's relationship with a zombie.
You spend half of it naked.
[TAPPING NOISE]
What was that?
Huh. Probably the pipes.
It sounded like...
You moron! What?
You low budget slimeball.
You booked me the same room I used to live in.
Hey, kiddo, with the per diem you're getting
it was either this room or a bucket of fried chicken.
Anyway, I thought it was sentimental.
Sentimental?
It was in this very room exactly one year ago today,
give or take a couple months that Gary Gregory and I parted.
Okay, sorry.
You know, they officially closed the investigation.
I don't pay attention to such matters.
Did they ever find him? No.
But you know, it's been a year and change, so I guess that's it.
You said a mouthful there, Sam.
If you don't mind, the interview is tomorrow
on Wake Up, New York, Lunch Time, New York, and Eat Dinner, New York.
Okay. Just try to live through the night,
and tomorrow I'll get you the finest medium-priced suite in New York.
I would've preferred the fried chicken.
[SINISTER MUSIC PLAYING]
Sam?
Brad, dear. Suzie St. Claire.
Wanna come over and play?
Yes, I know what time it is.
Surely your wife's asleep.
Jerk.
[TAPPING NOISE]
[GASPS]
Who are you?
I know you're there. I can see you.
Come out!
I said come out!
[SCREAMING]
No. No!
Please get away.
Please don't. Don't.
Don't what?
What am I doing? What am I scared of?
It's a leg!
Ow!
You're Gary's leg, aren't you?
You know, what's done is done.
I mean, we gotta go on.
We gotta keep living.
I know you're kind of probably at loose ends.
I mean, a leg alone in New York, right? What are you gonna do?
And I was thinking that Sam could maybe get you some work.
He could book you into the carnival, you freak!
[GROANS]
What do you want from me?
What do you want? Just tell me, please.
You want to dance with me?
There's not enough of you. I mean,
you just need a little more if we're gonna dance.
You're just...
You just need a little more.
[FOOT TAPPING]
[DRAWER OPENS]
[CLATTERING]
[DRILL WHIRRING]
SAM: Stopped taking meetings, you won't answer my faxes.
You don't even read coverage.
Suze, I gotta tell you,
you career is going right in the toilet.
That recluse bit worked for Garbo. On you it doesn't fit.
What's the idea? You think it's gonna hike your price?
I'm not interested in movies, Sam.
Well, the feeling is getting mutual.
I've changed, Sam.
I realize now how deeply he cared for me.
Who?
Gary.
Gary Gregory?
If it weren't for him, I wouldn't be where I am today.
Suze, I'm not sure that that's something to crawl about.
The reason I came here is, well...
I'm not sure I'm the right agent for you anymore.
Are you coming tonight?
To that cockamamie show of yours? That tribute to Gary Gregory?
I thought you never wanted to dance again.
I can't help myself.
This whole thing is becoming bizarro.
I mean, no one even remembers the guy.
I guess I'm keeping his memory alive.
All right. Get me a couple of tops.
It's only six dollars.
Hey, you're gonna be late.
I don't want to go! I don't want to dance!
Please stop me. Don't make me go!
What's the matter with you? You turning psycho on me?
You don't wanna do the stupid show, don't do it.
Let's get back to Hollywood.
We'll call the theater and I'll cancel it.
No!
I have to do it. I have to dance.
No! No, I don't.
I don't wanna dance. I hate dancing.
I love to dance. I live to dance!
No.
All I want is to dance.
All I want is to dance together forever!
[FOOT TAPPING]
[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]