BARBARA CASSIE COLLEGUES DEB JACK JONES KATE KORDA LINDA MICHAEL MRS_NELLES RADIO_ANNOUNCER RECEPTIONIST TAXI_DRIVER KATE Life has a cruel way of reminding you that just when you think you’ve hit rock bottom there’s always a lower level you can fall to. KATE That’s it ! Great! Great ! Keep running to mom. Nice ! KATE Ohhh yeah ! That’s great. KATE Beautiful. You have lovely children. KATE Ah ! KATE Big day tomorrow? JACK Oh, I think it’s mostly theater at this point. I put a witness on the stand late today that pretty much destroyed the prosecution’s case. KATE Hmm, look at this one. JACK Oh ! That’s great. KATE Hmm ! I had a little help from Mother Nature. JACK Yeah… don’t sell yourself short. You’ve got a gift for this, especially with kids. KATE He was sweet and he was congratulating me saying oh, you have a real gift with children. It was a nice thing to say, he didn’t mean to hurt me, but… you know, it really did hurt. We haven’t talked about kids for… months. KATE And that girl still works in his office. He sees her every day; he sees her more than he sees me. He doesn’t seem to care how that makes me feel. DR. O’CONNOR Do you still believe in the mariage Kate? KATE I’d like to. Cause otherwise; what’s, what’s the point? All those years, all that effort, all that hard work, for what ? Feel exhausted just thinking about it. DR. O’CONNOR Are you sleeping well? KATE Yeah. I wake up in a fog, but yeah. DR. O’CONNOR Well, I have something that can take care of that. KATE Could I just maybe stop the Welltam? I’d really rather do fewer drugs, not more. DR. O’CONNOR Kate. You have to trust me. We’re going to get it right eventually. RADIO ANNOUNCER The witness, a clerk at the Russian Bath House RADIO ANNOUNCER in Cambridge, RADIO ANNOUNCER said Mr. Marcovic was there on the afternoon of the murder, and the jury clearly believed him... TAXI DRIVER You believe that?! They let Marcovic off. RADIO ANNOUNCER It took them less than forty minutes to return a verdict of not guilty. JACK Must had a good lawyer. TAXI DRIVER Pfff ! Where to, pal? JACK Wow. I’ll burst into tears. COLLEGUES KORDA Good job Jack, Good job. JACK Ah… thanks. JACK Thank you. JACK Hello ! KATE Hey. JACK A little bubbly from the partners. KATE You’re all over the news. Congratulations. JACK Hey, come on. JACK Can you be a little happier for me? KATE I could be happier for you if I saw you more. JACK We just had this conversation. I would rather, I would be working for the good guys, too, but guess what? The good guys lost. KATE You used to be one of the good guys. JACK I’ll tell you what: Give me three or four months to make partner... JACK ... and I’ll promess, I will shake things up and make you proud. Please. KATE You have beautiful children! You really have beautiful. You have such delightful children. MRS. NELLES It’s for my husband’s birthday. It’s a surprise. I told the children not to say anything. KATE Hmm ! Your secret is safe with me. MRS NELLES Come on darlings. KATE You know what, yes, good, let’s do one just for light. MRS. NELLES Are you all right? KATE MRS. NELLES Let me get you a glass of water… KATE No. I’m fine, it will pass. KATE MRS. NELLES Should I call for help ? KATE No ! KATE I’m so sorry. I’m gonna need to reschedule. JACK Hello ? JACK Kate? JACK Honey ? JACK KATE !! KATE Ahhhh… JACK You scared me. . I’ll be downstairs. KATE Ahhhh… JACK Hey. KATE Hey. JACK You okay? KATE Yeah, fine. JACK You sure? KATE Yeah. KATE What’s that? JACK Anton Marcovic sent it over. He wants to buy me one for Christmas. I just have to choose the color. KATE Wow, doesn’t that seem a little morally ambiguous? To accept a gift from a client? JACK He was facing first degree murder. I got him off. Where’s the ambiguity? KATE I don’t know… is it really why you went to law school? To defend people like Anton Marcovic? JACK I spent two years with Legal Aid and three more with the ACLU; I think I’ve done my bit for society. KATE Yeah, I just miss the people we used to be. JACK DR. O’CONNOR So, how have you been? KATE Good, actually. Yeah. Less foggy. DR. O’CONNOR Hmm. KATE I made a cup of coffee this morning and I don’t know, I really tasted it. Really, felt the warmth in my hands and… it was nice. DR. O’CONNOR Sounds like we’ve finally hit on the right medications for you. KATE Yep ! Yep, definitely. DR. O’CONNOR So, how are things with Jack? KATE I feel like I’m finally starting to understand what you’ve been saying all this time. That, you can’t hmm, change people, but you could only change your reactions to them. Right ? DR. O’CONNOR Hmm. And how does that make you feel? KATE Good. Like I have a choice. JACK Hi. KATE Oh, hi. JACK I’m sorry, I’m late. KATE No, it’s fine. I haven’t even thought about dinner. KATE Euh… take-out ok ? JACK Yeah, fine. KATE Euhh… italian ? JACK Yes please. This is for you. JACK What is that? KATE Euh… JACK Sweetheart? KATE According to this letter, I have a twin. JACK What?! KATE “In the late 1970s, adoption agencies in New York were approached to deliberately separate identical twins as part of a research project.” KATE “We are writing to inform you that you were part of that experiment, and that your twin sister has been in contact with this office, asking to be put in touch with you.” JACK A twin sister? KATE Here, listen to this... KATE “The program was designed to study child development among twins who had been raised in different homes to determine the influence of both genes and environment on everything from personality traits to character and even to the propensity to fall in love.” KATE I mean, you understand, she’s my clone. Right ? She has one hundred per cent of my DNA; fraternal twins just share fifty per cent. JACK This is fascinating. Twin girls, both raised apart, both met their future husbands at sixteen years old, both drank their coffee cold, and both were morbidly afraid of heights. KATE There is another one here: Male twins, also reared apart: They both chain-smoked Salems, both had woodworking shops in their garages, both drove Chevys, both served as Sheriff’s deputies. KATE I mean, I, I don’t know what to make of all of this. JACK Well, I know it’s frightening. But it’s, it’s kind of exciting, no? I mean, you have a family out there. You’re not as alone as you thought you were. KATE I wonder what kind of life she’s had. I wonder if we’re connected. You know, in some crazy ways like, like these twins... JACK Maybe. And think of what you’ve both been through. Who’s gonna understand you better than your own twin? KATE I guess it’s exciting. JACK The letter says she lives in Buffalo. That’s a seven-hour drive. Why don’t you ask her to come by later this week? KATE Here, to the house? No way. I’m not comfortable with that. JACK Okay. How about my office? By eight o’clock, we’d got the place to ourselves. And if she seems nice we can take her to dinner. KATE Doesn’t that seem like one of those on-line dating ploys: for like keeping your options open. JACK Well, exactly. If you’re not comfortable, we can bail. KATE Seriously? JACK Yeah. They gave you her cell number. If you’re not confortable talking to her and I wouldn’t blame you, text her. Eight o’clock Thursday, my office. See if she’s game. KATE KATE Hey, she texted. JACK Huh ? KATE She texted. JACK “Thursday at eight is perfect. Thank you for agreeing to this. I am really looking forward to meeting you.” That’s great. KATE I dont’ know. I don’t know if I can go through with this. JACK This must be scary as hell, but I’m gonna be with you every step of the way. Okay ? KATE Hmm, hmm. KATE Can I ask you something ? JACK Name it. KATE Can you not tell anyone about this. Just until I met her ? JACK You got it. JACK JACK Where have you been? You were supposed to get here early. LINDA Oh, you must be Jack. JACK I beg you pardon…I thought… LINDA Yeah, no, the guard downstairs called me Mrs. McLennan. JACK I can see why. LINDA We look that much alike? JACK Y-Yes, absolutely. Hmm, I apologize for staring, it’s uncanny. LINDA No, it’s fine. I’m a little freak out myself. JACK Hmm… LINDA So, where is she? JACK She should be here euh…soon. I’m gonna call her. LINDA Okay. JACK Yeah. LINDA It was nice to meet you, Jack. JACK Nice to meet you, too, Linda. Would you, can I offer you a drink? LINDA Definitely. JACK Okay, this way. LINDA Nice. Thank you. JACK So what will you have ? LINDA A vodka rocks. LINDA What? JACK That’s what Kate drinks. LINDA I feel like I’m in trouble. JACK Meeting here was my idea. I thought… LINDA Oh, no, no, no. Don’t, don’t explain. JACK Okay. LINDA Thank you. JACK You’re welcome. JACK Euh, let me call Kate. LINDA Okay. KATE Hi, this is Kate McLennan. Please leave a message. JACK So, Buffalo ? LINDA Hmm, hmm. JACK What do you do in Buffalo ? LINDA Ah…mostly temp work. You know, I wanted to paint but it doesn’t pay the bills, so… JACK Oh, a painter? That’s interesting cause Kate’s a photographer. Did she tell you that? LINDA No. JACK No ? LINDA No, we never talked. She just sent that one text, saying be here at eight. JACK Right. Hmm, she’s very good photographer. Some of her pictures actually look like paintings. LINDA Oh ! JACK Yeah. LINDA Maybe she got cold feet. I almost didn’t come. I really… Yeah, my… still shaking. Ah ! JACK Ah ! LINDA You know, when I heard I had a sister, well, not just a sister, a twin. I really, really could not believe that. I mean, I have been alone my whole life. JACK I said exactly the same thing to Kate! It must be amazing to find out you’re not alone. LINDA Yeah. JACK Yeah. LINDA I wonder if she’ll like me? JACK She’ll like you! Why wouldn’t she not like you? LINDA Really ? I mean, why, why should she… she doesn’t know me. Just cause we’re sisters it doesn’t mean we’ll gonna get along. JACK Hmm… I’m gonna try her again. LINDA Ok. JACK Ok. JACK KATE Hi, this is Kate McLennan. Please leave a message. JACK Where are you? We’re waiting. Can you call me please at least. JACK She’s not picking up. I’m, I’m sorry. Hmm… LINDA You keep apologizing. I think I’m the one who should be apologizing. JACK No, no, not at all. LINDA Yeah, I’m, I’m gonna go. JACK Linda…Hmm… LINDA No, I think this was a mistake. I, yeah, I shouldn’t done this. LINDA Thanks. KATE Please don’t say anything. JACK I thought we had a plan. KATE Yeah, we did, we did have a plan. I just can’t go through with it. I drove all the way to your office and turned around. I came all the way home. I did’nt want to meet her. I don’t want to have a sister. JACK It was spooky. You’re almost identical. JACK She walked into the office and I thought she was you. KATE Really? JACK Hmm ! She was very pleasant. Nervous, though. Her hands were shaking. I was a little nervous myself. KATE What does she do? JACK She’s a temp. She said she wanted to be a painter, but it never panned out. KATE What else, what else, what did you else did you talk about? JACK Not much. When she realized you weren’t coming... KATE I’m an idiot. JACK KATE I should have gone. I’m sorry. JACK I’m sure she’s still in town. KATE Oh, I don’t know, I don’t know what to do. I don’t know why she scares me so much. I think I’m afraid, I’m gonna see something about myself I don’t like. JACK Look sweetheart, whatever works for you, works for me, okay ? If you want to meet her, great. If you decide you want nothing to do with her, she doesn’t exist. Okay ? KATE Thank you. RECEPTIONIST Your wife’s on line two. JACK Ok, thanks. Hi, hon. KATE I called. JACK You called Linda? KATE I just pulled up outside her motel, here in Dorchester. JACK Okay, I can be there in half an hour. KATE No. KATE I’m a big girl. I can do this on my own. JACK Are you sure? KATE Yeah. KATE I’m already here. Ok, don’t worry. KATE I’ll see you back at home. Ok. Good luck. Love you. JACK How did it go ? JACK Kate ? KATE There were these weird thing she told me like, she said she used to have these incredibly vivid dreams about a missing sister. JACK A twin? KATE No, not a twin, I mean, that would have been too weird. But she said, you know, she would wake up with this reel feeling of panic that was powerfull. JACK Didn’t we read about twins that would have the same KATE Yeah. JACK Dream… KATE Yeah. KATE And then, you remember how I used to do that thing; were I’d be out at a park, or a store and I’d see an older woman JACK and something about her would remind you of you. KATE Yeah, right. It ‘s happens to her all the time. JACK Hmm, hmm. KATE She’s always seeing an old women and thinking: Are you my mother, Are you my mother ? JACK Yeah, I bet every adopted kid does that, right ? I… I’m sure I’d do it if I were adopted. KATE I didn’t have a good feeling about her, Jack. I didn’t. The way she talked, the way she got in my face. And the drinking, I mean, she had three vodkas as to my one. JACK Really ? KATE Know what’s crazy? I feel disappointed. I really do. I keep thinking about what you said about how she of all people would understand what I’ve been through cause maybe she been through something similar - but I didn’t feel any sense of connection to her at all. And we’re seeting there in this bar and I can see people looking and smiling, and like, “Oh, twins, so cute!” I felt uncomfortable. JACK Honey, I… KATE No… I, I…You know what, I don’t know why you thought she was “pleasant.” I felt really, like suffocated by her. JACK I’m sorry it went so badly. KATE It’s not your fault. You’ve been nothing but supportive. JACK How did you leave it? KATE Vague… like “I’ll call”. But I wont. I have no intention of calling. You know, when I said I had to get home, she got really creepy. Said something like : “Go home, it’s so nice to your lovely husband…” And it was weird. KATE Promise me you won’t tell anyone about this. JACK I promise, I promise. KATE It’s so odd ! I mean, she’s so like me and so not like me. It really does make you wonder: How we become the people we become? KATE Hello. KATE Hello ? Hello ? RECEPTIONIST Your wife’s on line one. JACK Ok, thank you. JACK Hey hon. LINDA Hey! LINDA Am I catching you at a bad time? JACK Linda? LINDA You’re good ! How could you tell? JACK Euh, what can I do for you? LINDA Euh, well I feel like Kate and I got off on the wrong foot. JACK Yeah, I heard. LINDA Yeah, I’d really like to make it right. Could you LINDA make a little time for me? JACK You’re, you’re still in town? LINDA Yeah, I don’t give up that easy. Could we meet for a drink? JACK I don’t, I don’t think that’s a good idea. LINDA Jack, please. I mean, I really need your help. LINDA I just… I just want a chance to make it right. JACK Look, Kate and I are very private people. It’s nothing JACK personal, but she doesn’t want to pursue this relationship, and I have to respect my wife’s wishes. JACK I’m, I’m really sorry. Take care. JACK Hello? LINDA Jack, hey. Me again. JACK How did you get this number? LINDA Five minutes. LINDA You just give me five minutes ? LINDA What? JACK Euh… it’s, it’s uncanny. The way you look, the way you sound. LINDA Will you help me, Jack? JACK Please don’t put me on the spot. Hmm, if this is about money, then maybe I can do a little something for you, or… but it would be one-time thing, and I wouldn’t want Kate to know about it. LINDA No, no, this isnt’ that. Would you just help me work things out with Kate. JACK Sorry, I misunderstood. LINDA Yeah, this isn’t about money. This is never been about money. This is about family. The family I never had. JACK Hey. KATE Hey. JACK I had Mexican for lunch. KATE Well, maybe if I’d been able to get hold of you, I could have picked up something different, but since you weren’t answering your phone and no one at your office know where you were…. JACK Please, please. Please don’t start again. KATE Ok, sorry. JACK I’m sure this is way better than the lunch place. JACK You know what, hmm, I was thinking... Maybe you should give Linda another chance. JACK I mean, the whole situation is unnerving, right ? I’m sure she wasn’t at her best. KATE But I told you how I felt. JACK Well, honey, it’s just a suggestion. I think it would be good for you. You’ve been incredibly isolated lately. KATE I gotta say, I’ve been half-expecting her to call all day. I mean, she make this huge effort to track me down, and then she just disappears! Just like it never happened; like she never found me. JACK You’re disappointed ? KATE No, I just think it’s odd. Don’t you? JACK You want a beer? KATE No thank you. KATE So, where were you today? JACK Sweetheart, if you and I are gonna start rebuilding our trust, you have to stop asking me these questions. Ok ? KATE Ok. Just tell me where you were. Don’t lie. JACK You know what? I’m, I’m done apologizing. I made one mistake, and I’m not gonna spend the rest of my life paying for it, ok ? KATE It was just that one, right? JACK Kate, I can see you’re upset, but this is probably about your sister. KATE Don’t tell me what I’m upset about! JACK Okay. Fine. But I wish you’d work on getting past this. I don’t want to be cross-examined every time I come through the front door. KATE I haven’t said anything for weeks! JACK Maybe, but the way you look at me – I know you’re wondering. Not to mention your unpredictable state of mind. I never know who or what I’m going to come home to. KATE Oh my God, I should have left you so long ago. JACK Kate ! JACK Look at that face. This guy looks like a murderer. If any of you were even considering putting him on the stand, go to the back of the class. JACK I need to take this. Excuse me. JACK Hello? LINDA Hey. I catch you at a bad moment? JACK Euh, sort of. Not really. LINDA I was just wondering if you had the chance to talked to Kate. JACK I did, yes… JACK Hmm, I’m sorry. It’s, it’s not gonna happen. Linda? You’re there? LINDA Yeah. Ah, well, thanks for trying. And thanks for making the time to see me yesterday. JACK It’s my pleasure. LINDA Can I buy you lunch LINDA before I head back to Buffalo? JACK I really can’t do that. LINDA Come on ! LINDA How much rejection can a girl take? JACK Ok. CASSIE LINDA It’s just too bad, you know. Cause I know I like you, and I think Kate and I could grow on each other... I guess maybe it just not meant to be. LINDA Do you have a big family? JACK No. A brother; in social work - with a very pregnant wife who has recently developed a serious jones for Momma’s Pizza. LINDA JACK And euh, he just started a job with inner-city kids. And my parents are still here in Boston, in the townhouse we moved to when I was nine. LINDA Nice house? JACK No, but it was in the right school district. LINDA Oh, you went to school with the rich kids? JACK Yeah, pretty much. LINDA I bet you kept to yourself, though? I bet you just walk pass all the big, beautiful houses, and thought oh, wow, I want a big, beautiful house one day. And so then you went to school and you focused and you studied really hard. You got straight A’s. JACK You are really something. LINDA Hmm ! Something good or something bad? JACK A little of both, I think. LINDA Hmm ! Ok. LINDA You have been unfaithful to Kate? JACK And why are you asking me that? LINDA Curious. JACK Yes. Once. And she’s been threatening to leave me ever since. LINDA So why hasn’t she ? JACK I don’t know. I guess she still wants to see if it can work. LINDA And you? JACK Kate’s fragile. She needs me. LINDA So you’d never consider divorce? JACK Divorce ? Who’s said anything about divorce? LINDA Ah ! JACK Right now my focus is on making partner. JACK I’ve worked really, really hard for this. And I think I have a right to enjoy it. LINDA Yeah, you do. LINDA No, no, no. I invited you to lunch. JACK Please, I insist. LINDA Ok, thank you. LINDA You free for lunch tomorrow? I was thinkg of hanging around for a few days. Maybe sightseeing. JACK Tomorrow doesn’t look good. LINDA No ? I’ll call, in case anything changes. JACK Euh, can I have my hand back? The… the office is waiting. LINDA Hmm ! You don’t have anything to worry about, Jack. What’s that called, euh, when the lawyer is sworn to secrecy and… JACK Attorney-Client Privilege. LINDA That ! My lips are sealed. JACK Hey. What’s going on? KATE It’s happening again. JACK Did you called Dr. O’Connor? KATE What’s the point ? JACK Kate, please don’t do this to yourself. At least get her on the phone and, and talk to her. KATE Talk? God, Jack, you’re so complety out of touch. Shrinks aren’t interested in “talk” these days. It’s all about “better living through chemistry”. JACK Ok. I don’t want to argue. Is there anything I can do to help? KATE Yeah. Just sleep in the guestroom. JACK Okay. Holler if you need anything. JACK Sweetheart? JACK I got you a coffee. KATE I’ll have it later. JACK Can I get you anything? KATE A new life. JACK Alright, anything you need, I’ll be at the office. JACK I have an early lunch. JACK Hey. LINDA Hey yourself. JACK Euh…I was glad you hadn’t left. LINDA Well… I had a feeling you’d call. JACK You have time for a quick drink? LINDA Absolutely. I’ll get my coat. JACK We had this ritual where every Sunday we’d go on a long hike, and we’d use the time to talk and reconnect and even air our complaints. LINDA Hmm, hmm, sounds smart. And nice. JACK It was; and for a long time it worked. But, one Sunday we skipped our hike, and we did the same the following Sunday, and before we knew it our little tradition come to an end. LINDA And whose fault was that? JACK Oh, mine probably. I was busy with work; I always had some excuse. One day I look across the breakfast table and found myself wondering what happened to our marriage, and, whether it was even worth saving. JACK That was a horrible thing to say, wasn’t it? LINDA No. It was honest. JACK There are certain things, you know, the depression; I can’t blame her for that. But this endless criticism about how I’ve “lost my way,” and everything I’m doing wrong - that’s, that’s hard to take. LINDA Sounds to me like you’re already halfway out the door. JACK Euh… this was nice. You’re really easy to talk to. LINDA Well, come on in. I’ll fix you a drink. JACK Euh, this is not a good idea. I’ve had too much to drink already. LINDA Really ? JACK Yeah… LINDA Just one more drink? JACK That could become addictive. LINDA Hmm, hmm. JACK LINDA What did you see in my sister? JACK Ha, Haaaa… LINDA No, I’m just saying, she’s, she’s pretty, but doens’t look like she make much effort. Hmm ? She seems kind of a downer. Don’t you think ? JACK LINDA Come on. You can talk to me, we’re not married, remember ? JACK Hmm, hmm ! LINDA You must have been crazy about her once. JACK I guess. LINDA I guess ? JACK I mean, Kate’s a good person, and she’s smart and she has good values, but was there a Hallelujah Moment? Was I struck by lightning? No. LINDA No ? JACK No. LINDA It’s sad. JACK To be honest, I think it was more of a rebound thing. A few months before I met Kate, the woman I thought I was gonna marry… broke things off. LINDA Why did she do that? JACK I think she thought I wasn’t gonna be successful enough for her. LINDA Oh ! JACK I think she stopped believing in me. LINDA And you should call her and thank her for dumping you. JACK Oh, why ? LINDA Cause it made you so driven, right ? JACK So... Who broke your heart? LINDA Oh, no, nobody. That’s me. I’m the heartbreaker. JACK Oh! LINDA High school. JACK Oh ! Should I be worried? LINDA Yes. Very. JACK And… what about this necklace ? LINDA This ? This is to hmmm… this is to protect me from the evil. JACK Oh ! Not doing a very good job, is it? LINDA No. Apparently not. JACK LINDA What? What’s going on ? JACK I feel guilty. LINDA Hmm. Well, good. I would think there is something wrong with you if you didn’t . LINDA But, I’ll have it fix. JACK Hmm ? LINDA Hmm… KATE Hey, what’s this? JACK It’s chicken soup. KATE Hmm ! I don’t have a cold. JACK What can I say? It’s comfort food. KATE Hmm ! JACK Give it a try. KATE Thank you. Hmm. JACK I have to go to Lowell for a deposition tomorrow, and I’ll probably crash there, cause I know I’m not gonna get through it in one day. JACK What? KATE You’re a terrible liar, Jack. JACK You know what? You’re not yourself right now. So, I’m gonna let that slide. LINDA Ahh… LINDA Oh, wow ! Wow, wow, wow ! I think this is the most beautiful place I’ve ever seen in my whole life. Wow ! Thank you. JACK Ah ! LINDA Thank you ! KORDA Jack! It’s Jack and Kate… JACK It’s one of the partners, Bill Korda. Just smile and act like you know him. We’ll get through this. Ok ? LINDA Ok… JACK Bill, Barbara - how are you? What a surprise! LINDA Hi ! JACK You remember Kate, of course. LINDA Oh ! So nice to see you again, Bill. KORDA You look great! LINDA Oh, well you sound surprised. KORDA Oh no! No ! You both know my wife, Barbara. LINDA Of course, Barbara. So nice to see you again. BARBARA Nice to see you, Kate. Congratulations on another victory, Jack. Rumor has it you’re on your way to becoming a member of the family. JACK Oh ? KORDA We were about to sit down for dinner. Why don’t you join us? JACK Oh, we don’t want to impose… KORDA Please! I insist. LINDA Thank you ! That’s sounds fun. Let’s do it ! JACK Ok. LINDA “The past explains how you got here; but where you go from here is up to you.” KORDA That is brilliant. LINDA Right, I think that’s good. BARBARA I understand you’re a professional photographer. LINDA Hmm… oh, I don’t know. I mean, I think I… I think that’s generous. I think I’d probably describe myself as a “competent amateur,” but I love what I do, and I especially love working with kids. BARBARA I wish we’d hired you to do our son’s portrait before he got that awful nose-ring. KORDA LINDA Oh, leave him with me, I’ll make him look like a Boy Scout. LINDA I’m good for that. KORDA What a terrific evening. We should do this again. LINDA Anytime ! Right ? JACK I can’t believe you pulled that off. LINDA It was weirdly fun. LINDA What ? Why are you looking at me like that? JACK You were really, really, really good back there. You even had me going. LINDA I bet I can take Kate life’s over just like that. JACK That’s a strange thing to say. LINDA Why ? A girl can dream, can’t she? Hmm ? LINDA You didn’t think about it ? Not once ? JACK Yeah… CASSIE Hey. JACK What do you want Cassie ? CASSIE Took the day off yesterday, huh? JACK Excuse me? CASSIE Is that some kind of role-playing thing? You and the little wife meet in a motel in the middle of the day and try to spice up your sex lives? CASSIE How does it work exactly? Do you pretend to be other people? Does she wear wigs and stiletto heels? JACK You’ve been following me around? CASSIE What are you gonna do, Jack? Fire me? CASSIE You’re pathetic. Trying to put some heat into that dead marriage. I don’t know what I ever saw in you. JACK The legal term for what you’re doing is “stalking.” CASSIE “Stalking” is a legal term? JACK I’m gonna politely suggest, that you keep your distance. CASSIE You’re forgetting something, Jack. I’m the one who found the witness at the Bath House. CASSIE Of course, I didn’t know that Marcovic’s whole case will hinge on the testimony of a Russian immigrant who clearly doesn’t understand the meaning of the word “perjury”. JACK I’m gonna pretend you didn’t said that. CASSIE Pretend all you want, Jack. I’m just a lowly assistant, and maybe I’ll get fired. But you, you might end up in prison. JACK Are you finished? CASSIE You think you can just go around breaking a girl’s heart and getting away with it? That might have worked with that little Venezuelan intern, but it’s not gonna work with me. JACK She saw you from her car, I guess and thought you were Kate. LINDA Of course she thought I was Kate. She could be standing next to me and think I was Kate. LINDA I just don’t get what the big deal is. I mean, who’s she gonna tell? Poor girl thinks you’re having an affair with your own wife. LINDA But I could be your wife. LINDA I mean, it’s like you said : I could just walk through that front door and take over Kate’s life. JACK What? I never said that. LINDA But you thought it. JACK Stop, ok ! LINDA What? You’re mad at me now? JACK No. I’m upset about Cassie; the girl. LINDA Why… JACK The case I just won; Anton Marcovic. She helped me dig up a witness that turned things around for us. LINDA What ? What do you mean? JACK I don’t think she’s gonna do anything. But, I don’t know. I should probably tell Marcovic. LINDA Oh, no ! Don’t do that. Don’t do that. It just makes me feel cheap. Just take it. JACK Come on. It’s not what this is about. Come on, a girl’s gotta eat, right ? LINDA When I’m gonna see you again? JACK Soon. LINDA Huh, soon ? JACK Soon. LINDA Maybe I should go back to Buffalo. JACK No ! I… please stay. I want you to stay. LINDA But what am I staying for? JACK Come on. We talked about this. There’s nothing I can do right now. I’m gonna make partner in a few months. I have to look the part: married, stable, solid citizen. LINDA Hmm, hmm, and where does that leave me Jack, huh? “Just I’m gonna love you forever and wait for you.” I don’t think so. JACK Linda, their are certain things I have to take care of, right now. LINDA Hmm, hmm ! You know what? Go back to your mousy wife. JACK Look, this isn’t about you, this is… LINDA Get out! JACK KATE Hi. JACK Hey... JACK ... I’m just checking to see if the fog had lifted. KATE Huh. Not entirely, but I’m, I’m almost back on my feet. JACK Ok. Good, because I’m gonna stop at Phillippe’s for take-out; so JACK put the good china on the table. KATE What’s the occasion? JACK Do we need one ? JACK I meant everything I said, Kate. I wanna be a better husband. JACK But please, stop being so hard on me. Ok ? There are two of us here. When the depression kicks in, you’re not exactly fun to be around. KATE Well, I know, I’m working on it with Dr. O’Connor. What’s your excuse? JACK I, I didn’t mean it that way, I’m sorry. KATE You know, when those dark clouds roll in, I’m not exactly in control. JACK Well, I’ll remember that. Promise. JACK I keep thinking about all the great things we never do anymore. Hiking and skiing. That little bed-and-breakfast outside Stowe, where we spent three whole days in bed. KATE Children? JACK Children? KATE Yeah. Do you think about children? JACK Yeah, well of course. Children would be great. JACK Just remember: Every parent we know lives in a state of constant anxiety. KATE Yeah, but they all say it’s worth it. JACK Well, of course they do. They can’t give them back, can they? KATE Mine did. LINDA Dear Kate. Your husband is a rat. We’ve been having an affair. I’m not proud of it but you deserve to know the truth. JACK LINDA Love. Linda. KATE Jack ? Oh my God, what happened? JACK I don’t know. I just got here myself. KATE Is anything missing? JACK It doesn’t look like it. KATE I’m gonna call the cops ! JACK And tell them what? That somebody broke into our house and took nothing? KATE What aren’t you telling me, Jack? JACK Don’t start again. KATE No, I can tell you’re keeping something from me. JACK What? On top of everything else, you’re clairvoyant? KATE Jack ! JACK Don’t push me, Kate. I told you: I’m done apologizing. LINDA Don’t lie to Kate. JACK What ? LINDA She deserve to know! JACK How dare you break into my house?! LINDA I am not some slut that you get to make yourself whenever you feel like it! LINDA So, I’m calling Kate and I’m gonna tell her everything! What are you doing ! JACK You better think really hard about what you’re doing, Linda. You don’t know me; you don’t know what I’m capable of. LINDA You’re right! I have no idea who you are. But for the first time I feel sorry for my sister! JACK Go back to Buffalo. If you don’t, this is gonna end badly. JACK I was working late one night. And…she was getting ready to go home and she saw me through the glass and came in to chat. JACK I offered her a drink. JONES When was this exactly? JACK Late March, early April. But the whole thing only lasted maybe, five or six weeks. JACK She was taking it a little seriously, and I didn’t want to lead her on. I told her I had no intention of leaving my wife. JONES How’d that go over? JACK She wasn’t happy, there were a few tears, but she didn’t make a scene. JONES Did anyone know about the affair? JACK Yes. My wife. I got careless; she saw an e-mail. But no one in the office knows. We were very discreet. JONES Did you ever meet any of her friends? JACK No. And she didn’t talked about them. I don’t think she had many friends, come to think of it. She struck me as a little lonely...Maybe I took advantage of that. I don’t know. I hope not. JONES Yeah, I hope not. Thank you. JACK Ok. KORDA How’d it go? JACK I told him the little I knew. I’m not sure I helped. KORDA She seemed like such a sweet girl, you know. Attractive, too - that shock of wild, red hair... You know, for a while I thought there were something going on between you two. JACK What ? No! No… KORDA By the way, Kate looked terrific the other night. Happy, too. I know you guys hit a rough patch a while ago, and I’m glad to see you back on solid ground. JACK Thanks Bill. KORDA Ok. Talk to you later. JACK Ok. KATE Do you have something to tell me? JACK About what? KATE The girl. I saw it on the news. You didn’t say anything about it when we spoke on the phone earlier. JACK What would you’ve wanted me to say? KATE I just think you might mention it, no ? I mean isn’t it basic, human empathy ? A girl you add an affair with is murdered, and you say nothing? JACK Okay. You’re right. I feel lousy, yes. But if I tell you I feel lousy that’s probably the wrong thing to say, right ? KATE You don’t look like you feel lousy. You know what I see? Relief. JACK Relief?! Why would I feel relieved? KATE You tell me, Jack. JACK What are you saying, Kate? Are you implying I had something to do with it? KATE No, I wasn’t. But now I’m wondering. JACK Hello? KATE You need to come home right away. JACK What’s going on? KATE Just listen to this: LINDA Kate. Hi, it’s Linda. Just wanted to reach out. I think about you a lot. LINDA You and your lovely life. More than you believe. Huh ? LINDA How’s that gorgeous husband of yours? LINDA Tell him I’m really sorry about his girlfriend. Ok? Well, take care. LINDA Bye ! KATE How did she know about your affair? JACK I told you, I have no idea. KATE Have you been in touch with her? JACK How can you even suggest such a thing?! KATE So, what am I missing, Jack? JACK You know, I really, I don’t have time for this. KATE We should call the police. JACK And… tell them what? She’s obviously pretty smart. The message is too ambiguous to be a threat. KATE I knew there was something off about this women, I knew it for the moment I met her. JACK I’ll tell you what I think, ok ? Her feelings are hurt. You sent her back to Buffalo and she’s angry. KATE But I don’t think she went back to Buffalo. I’m don’t think Cassie Morgan’s murder made the Evening News in Buffalo. JACK I don’t know what to say, and I’ve got a meeting that started twenty minutes ago. KATE Where is she getting her information from, Jack? JACK Hey, I’m as confused as you are. KATE Ahh, I give up, I give up, I give up, I give up. I went to see Adam Teichman this morning. JACK About a divorce?! KATE I can’t do this anymore, Jack. I don’t trust you. JACK Kate. How many times do I have to tell you? I don’t want to lose you. KATE Yeah, I wish I could believe it. JACK Please, sweetheart, don’t do this. KATE Jack, just go back to your office. Don’t do anything that will jeopardize your hallowed partnership. JACK I won’t let you do this to me! You file for divorce, I will annihilate you! LINDA Hi, it’s Linda. Do it at the beep. Unless this is Jack. If this is Jack, go screw yourself. KORDA … witnesses. On top of the report, we should look in to insanity. We should insist on separate trials. If we don’t, they’ll both going to fry. JACK I’m very sorry, I’m late. DEB Kate - hey! What are you doing here? LINDA Deborah! Hey ! Michael! How are you doing? It is so nice to see you guys! DEB You, uh - meeting Jack for dinner? LINDA Jack? No. No, no. Well, you know your brother, right ? Why bother coming back to me when you’re having so much fun at the office? Huh ! MICHAEL Is everything okay, Kate? LINDA Me ? Oh, yeah peachy. Yeah, yeah. DEB Come on. Let us drive you home. LINDA Why ? I’m just getting started Deborah. MICHAEL Maybe you’ve had enough. LINDA Maybe I want more than enough. Huh ! How about that ! Haha ! LINDA You guys! It is so good to see you. It’s so good to see any couple is really happily married! You know how rare that is? It’s great. Cheers to you. KORDA Two brothers were charged with murdering a cab driver. They had separate trial. The first brother was acquitted. KORDA The second brother went to trial, the first brother was the first witness. He confessed to the crime. They both walked. Jack, are you with us? JACK I’m sorry, yes. JACK Excuse me, I’m sorry. I have to take this. It’s a personnal matter. JACK Hello? MICHAEL Hi, Jack, it’s me. JACK Yeah, Michael, what’s up ? MICHAEL Hmm… Deb and I just ran into Kate at Momma’s Pizza. JACK Huh, yeah? MICHAEL She’s at the bar, drinking. JACK Is everything alright ? MICHAEL Well, she’s alone. And she acted like she hadn’t seen us in months. And MICHAEL she kept calling Deb, “Deborah”. JACK Huh, I don’t, I don’t get it… MICHAEL She’s had a few, Jack. MICHAEL I think we should drive her home. JACK Euh, no, no. JACK I’ll handle it. I’ll handle it. Thanks Michael. And thanks for calling. MICHAEL Alright. JACK I’m really, terribly sorry. This is a personnal emergency, please forgive me. LINDA Huh ! LINDA Hello stranger. JACK So, this is how you get my attention, huh? By leaving crazy messages on my answering machine? Harassing my family? LINDA I didn’t haras them. I was perfectly civil. JACK What do you want? LINDA I just wanted to see if they buy it. JACK Buy what? LINDA They thought I was Kate. JACK You are really beginning to scare me. LINDA This is what I was calling about. JACK You can’t be serious? JACK I don’t believe you. LINDA You don’t believe me ? There’s another kit in the bathroom, Jack. You’re welcome to check, I did it twice. LINDA Are you gonna say something ? JACK Kate can’t even get pregnant and you get pregnant without even trying. LINDA Well, maybe it’s another sign. LINDA I’ve missed you. JACK Wow, my life is going to hell. LINDA Don’t say that! You’ve got me. I’m here. JACK Kate went to see a divorce attorney; this guy Teichman. JACK I’ve worked too hard to let her take it all away from me. LINDA It sounds like there’s no reasoning with her. JACK No, no. That’s, that’s a thing. And I don’t know who I’m coming home to. The angry, vindictive bitch or ... the “kind, generous” wife who is willing to give her philandering husband another chance. Maybe it’s the cocktail of antidepressants; I don’t know. But sometimes she gets a look in her eyes... LINDA What if you never had to see that look again, Jack? Huh ? LINDA Then what? I’ll do anything for you. Anything. That’s what love is. Right ? JACK I’ve got, I’ve got to get back. LINDA What are doing about the baby? JACK Hmmm… I don’t know yet. LINDA Can you just hold me. Hmm ? Can you just… come on… just, just hold me a little bit. JACK What are you… What the hell are you doing ? JACK Give that to me… Linda ! JACK Linda! JACK Linda, open the door! JACK Linda ! JACK You are crazy. JACK Kate? JACK JACK What the hell do you think you’re doing, huh ? KATE What are you talking about ? JACK You know exactly what I’m talking about. KATE I have no idea. I just had the most delicious dinner at La Ferme. Oh, a little dover sole with some capers and some lemon. A couple of glasses of the Sancerre. You can say what you like about that Gavi, there’s nothing to touch a good Sancerre. JACK Yeah, you think this is funny? KATE No. I think it’s serious. I think it’s deadly serious. JACK Yeah, you’ve got that right. KATE Teichman does, too. And potentially very lucrative. You can drag me through the law courts all you like with your big guns, but at the end of the day you are gonna pay for my defense. JACK KATE And, if and when you make partner, I’m entitled to a chunk of that, too. JACK You know, Teichman is a third-rate lawyer. He has no idea of what he’s talking about. KATE Well, we’ll see. JACK Yeah. KATE Just in the interests of “full disclosure,” I share with him those pornographic e-mails between you and Cassie. He said something about hmmm… showing those to your future partners. KATE Oh, you appear to have misplaced your wedding band. I wonder if that was subconscious. JACK Would you stop!? Ok, I lost it at Korda’s club. We looked everywhere. In the sauna, the men’s room, the showers. The manager is still hoping it’ll turn up. KATE You have such an unfortunate “tell,” Jack. Whenever you lie, there’s a surfeit of detail. JACK Lie?! Why would I lie about something like that? If you don’t believe me, call the club. KATE I would if I cared. But I don’t give a damn. JACK One beer please. JACK Linda! LINDA You look like you’re finally ready. LINDA You’ve done everything you can, Jack. You have. It sounds to me like she’s pretty dug in; she’s just out to punish you now. JACK You’re probably right. LINDA I know I am. JACK What the hell did I do to her? I screwed up; I admitted it. I’m sick of her, I’m sick of living on my knees. LINDA Yeah, you shouldn’t have to. JACK I don’t know what to do. LINDA Yeah you do. Yeah, you do, Jack. You know exactly what to do. You help me take over her life. Right ? JONES Did Cassie Morgan work on the Marcovic case? JACK Hmm, I’m sure she may have; everyone pitches in around here. JONES The reason why I ask is because on August 16th she made several calls to the Russian Bath House. JACK I’m sure that’s possible. I just don’t remember. JONES Did you know that that witness from the Bath House had gone back to Moscow? JACK I did not. JONES Yeah, we haven’t been able to find him, though. So maybe he didn’t go back to Moscow. Maybe someone just wanted it to look that way. JACK I’m not sure I follow. JACK Oh yeah. JONES Go ahead and answer that, I don’t mind. JACK It’s ok. It’s not important. Go ahead. JONES Would you mind to take a quick look at something? JACK Yes, absolutely. JONES Do you recognize that bracelet? JACK Yes. I bought it for her. We spent a day in Quincy and she saw it in a store window and I went back and surprised her with it. JONES And about this? JACK Hmm… no. No, I’ve never seen that before. JONES It was found a few yards from Miss Morgan’s body. Probably not connected, but it doesn’t hurt to ask. Thank you. JONES You know, I can’t believe that bastard Marcovic is walking the streets a free man. JACK It was the prosecution’s job to convince the jury he was guilty, Detective. If you’re looking for someone to blame, you should blame them. LINDA Hi. JACK Hi. What are you doing here ? LINDA Why have you been ignoring me? JACK This isn’t the place for this. I want to walk you back to the elevator, ok. LINDA No, Jack. I don’t understand. You talked me into this entire thing and then suddenly… JACK I talked you into it? I think you have that backwards. LINDA No, Jack. This was your idea. JACK Ok, I need you to leave right now. LINDA Let go of me ! JACK Ok, don’t make a scene, don’t you dare make a scene. Come with me. LINDA I don’t understand why you’re so angry with me. What did I do ? LINDA What ? Why are you looking at me like that ? Come on ! Look, I want to show you this. LINDA Look. JACK Woah. LINDA It’s beautiful. Look at the design. There’s no hammer, so it can’t snap on your pocket… JACK Would you put that away, please. LINDA Yeah, sure. LINDA But I, I came to tell you you’re right. You’re totally right. There’s no other way. This is the only way. I love you. JACK I’d like to talk. JACK These last few days, I’ve been giving us a lot of thought. And, we’re about to go down a path we are really gonna regret. JACK I screwed up. I did this to us, and I take full responsibility for everything. I really want for us to be a team again. JACK I love you Kate and I’ll do anything to make it work. KATE You keep saying that, but the damage is done. JACK Please. I’m just asking for one more chance. JACK Kate. Don’t give up on me. Please ! Don’t give up on us. KATE I see why you do so well in court, Jack. It’s not gonna work here. KATE I think you should found yourself another a place to live. LINDA Try it. Heavy, right ? You wanna use two hands. Put the thumb out of the way. Yeah. LINDA Like that. LINDA Wow ! How you’re gonna get her all the way out of here ? JACK This is where we used to hike. In fact, this is where I proposed to her. JACK What? LINDA Nothing. That makes me sad. I hate the thought of you with her. LINDA I feel like I have a lot to learn. LINDA I don’t wanna make any mistakes. You know, with your family and your friends and the people you work with. LINDA I guess I’ll have to teach myself photography. LINDA But that will be fun. I’m a quick study. JACK We’re almost there. JACK The critical thing is for them not to find the body. Without a body, it’s very tough to make a case. JACK LINDA You think that’s deep enough? Huh, Jack, you think it’s deep enough ? JACK JACK You want it deeper, dig. LINDA Why are you talking to me like that? LINDA Jack, w-what are you doing? Put the gun down ! JACK I know about Cassie. I know you killed her. JACK They found your necklace. LINDA I don’t know what you’re talking about?! JACK You’re worse than some of the people I’ve defended. LINDA Put the gun down ! JACK Why Cassie? LINDA Because, because she was gonna hurt you Jack. I did it for you ! I did it for you ! JACK You are nothing like Kate. Nothing like her at all. LINDA I love you, Jack. I love you ! JACK I can’t even believe you’re related. LINDA I love you ! JACK I’m gonna go back home and I’m gonna make my marriage work. LINDA You can’t ! You’ll be killing the wrong sister. JACK No. I’m killing the right sister; the one that got me into this mess. LINDA Don’t do it Jack. Put the gun down. Please, just put the gun down. JACK No. LINDA Just let me go. You’ll never hear from me again. JACK I can’t. I don’t trust you. LINDA You’ll never see me again. I swear it. JACK I don’t want to take that chance. LINDA Just think of the baby ! JACK That thing is gonna keep me tied to you for the rest of my life. JACK Ah ! LINDA You didn’t think I’d be stupid enough to give you a loaded gun, did you Jack? Those were blanks. KATE Look at me. You not recognize me ? JACK KATE I’m the girl you fell in love with, Jack. Except you didn’t, right? You didn’t have an Hallelujah Moment; you weren’t struck by lightning. KATE It’s too bad… it’s to bad I fell for a liar and a cheat. KATE I created Linda just to see how far you’d go. Boy, did you go. KATE If you had said no to her, just once, we wouldn’t be here. KATE But here we are. KATE KATE Ah, ah !