[uplifting music]
- AHH!
- ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL DAY
IN SAN DIEGO.
- TO BE FAIR, YOU THINK
ALL WEATHER IS BEAUTIFUL.
- I DO FIND HAIL
VERY INTERESTING.
- DON'T WORRY, THAT'S PAR OF YOUR CHARM.
- [laughs]
- HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU HAVE?
- I JUST HAVE TO BE BACK IN TIME
FOR THE RADIO BROADCAST.
- I GOT TO GET THESE
WRAPAROUND PIECES IN THE CAN.
- THEN YOUR INVESTORS ARE
ACTUALLY GONNA PUT SOME REAL
MONEY IN YOUR FILM?
- IF THEY LIKE WHAT THEY SEE.
- AND YOU'RE SURE
I'M THE PERSON YOU WAN AS YOUR EXPERT NARRATOR?
- A REAL METEOROLOGIS OF YOUR CALIBER
AND THE DOCUMENTARY ABOU THE DROUGHT IN CALIFORNIA?
- YES, YOU'RE EXACTLY
WHO I WANT.
AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY
ABOUT THIS MONTH.
I HAVE MY HALF OF THE RENT,
I JUST HAVE TO CUT OU NONESSENTIALS, LIKE FOOD.
- WE'LL SURVIVE.
- ALL RIGHT,
HOW ABOUT A LITTLE LIPSTICK?
- YOU KNOW I DON'T DO LIPSTICK.
IT MAKES ME FEEL LIKE
I'M PLAYING IN MY MOM'S
MAKEUP BAG.
[camera beeps]
- OKAY, WE'RE ROLLING.
- WE'RE HERE AT PACIFICA
UNIVERSITY'S WEATHER CENTER,
WHERE I'M COMPLETING
MY PhD IN METEOROLOGY,
THE STUDY OF EVERYTHING
IN THE ATMOSPHERE.
[camera beeps]
- NICE.
ALL RIGHT, I'M GONNA HEAD HOME
AND START CUTTING
ALL THIS TOGETHER.
ARE YOU GOING TO
THAT RECEPTION THING
FOR YOUR DEPARTMENT LATER?
- UGH!
I HATE THOSE THINGS.
- YOU SHOULD PROBABLY
GO AND MINGLE.
YOU KNOW VERA WILL BE.
- SHE SHOULD MINGLE.
THAT'S WHAT WOMEN LIKE HER
ARE GOOD AT.
- YES, BUT SHE'S NOT BAD
AT METEOROLOGY EITHER,
AND SHE'S YOUR DIREC COMPETITION FOR A FELLOWSHIP.
- WHICH IS WHY I'M GLAD
THAT THERE'S MORE
THAN ONE FELLOWSHIP AVAILABLE.
DR. HARRIS ALREADY SAID
I'M IN LINE TO GET ONE
AS LONG AS I FINISHED STRONG.
- STAND BY, DEB.
YOU'RE LIVE IN TEN.
- READY.
- NOW WITH LOCAL WEATHER,
LIVE AT 5:00,
FROM PACIFICA UNIVERSITY WEATHER
CENTER,
HERE'S METEOROLOGIS DEB METCALFE.
- THANKS, DAN.
YOUR LISTENERS SHOULD KNOW
THAT WE A HAVE A LITTLE
SOMETHING COMING IN FROM HAWAII
AND UNFORTUNATELY I IS NOT CHOCOLATE-COVERED
MACADAMIA NUTS.
BUT HEAVY PRECIPITATION
THAT MIGHT HELP GIVE US
SOME DROUGHT RELIEF.
THIS IS A TYPICAL STORM SYSTEM
FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR.
- THE RESULTS OF A JET STREAM
COMING OVER THE PACIFIC OCEAN.
- NOPE, IT'S BECAUSE I JUS GOT MY CAR WASHED.
- SO EVERYONE,
GET YOUR UMBRELLAS READY.
- I'LL HAVE MORE DETAILS
FOR YOU IN MY NEXT REPORT.
FOR PACIFICA UNIVERSITY
COLLEGE RADIO,
I'M DEB METCALFE.
- NICE VOICE.
- GOOD MORNING, QUENTIN.
- HEY, MORNING, KIMMY.
- GOOD MORNING.
- GOOD MORNING, SHELLY.
- JOSH, DON'T TOUCH MY BIG BOARD
PLEASE.
- THE RAIN'S A STRONGER LEAD.
- WELL,
THAT'S CREATIVE DECISION,
SO IT'S MY CALL, RIGHT?
THAT'S WHY I WAS BROUGH IN HERE.
- YOU'VE ONLY BEEN HERE
A FEW MONTHS, QUENTIN.
I KNOW OUR AUDIENCE.
- JOSH, I APPRECIATE YOUR INPU AS A NEWS PRODUCER,
BUT I'M THE NEWS DIRECTOR,
SO I HAVE CREATIVE CONTROL.
- WE'RE TALKING ABOU THE FIRST MAJOR STORM
AT THE SEASON SINCE
LAST YEAR'S FIRES.
- IF WE OPEN WITH A BEAR,
PEOPLE WILL TURN THE CHANNEL.
- IT'S A BEAR IN THE BACKYARD.
WHO'S NOT GONNA
WANT TO WATCH THAT?
WOULDN'T YOU GUYS WATCH THAT?
THANK YOU.
WE OPEN ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF TOWN
WHERE A WILD BEAR
HAS JUST BEEN SPOTTED--
A BEAR THIS CLOSE TO THE CITY.
"ARE BEARS GETTING TOO BOLD?"
THAT IS A LEAD STORY, OKAY?
- WE KNOW PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW
WHAT THE WEATHER IS, JOSH.
SO WE KNOW THEY'LL TUNE IN
TO SEE IT,
ESPECIALLY IF GRANT TEASES
THE BIG IMPENDING STORM FIRST.
SO, GRANT, YOU'RE GONNA MENTION
THE STORM AND THEN
WE'RE GONNA GO TO THE BEAR.
AND THEN, FLETCH,
YOU'RE GONNA DO THE WEATHER.
THEN WE'RE GONNA COME BACK
TO YOU, GRANT,
YOU CAN RECAP LAST YEAR'S
FOREST FIRES,
THE PERILOUS MUDSLIDE--
WRITE THIS DOWN FOR ME, PLEASE.
- MM-HMM.
- THE PERILOUS MUDSLIDES
CAUSED BY THIS--THE FIRS MAJOR STORM OF THE SEASON.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO.
- LOVE IT.
- RED, BLUE?
- LET'S GO BLUE.
- YOU THINK?
I'M JUST REALLY FEELING
THE RED TODAY.
- THE WAY THIS BLUE MAKES
YOUR EYES POP.
THAT'S REALLY STRIKING,
ISN'T IT, GRACE?
- YEAH.
- BLUE IT IS.
- WHY DON'T WE OPEN THE WEATHER
WITH NOAH'S ARK JOKE?
TIME TO GATHER, A MALE AND
FEMALE OF EVERY SPECIES.
- THAT'S CLEVER, FLETCHER,
I LIKE IT.
- OH, THAT'S ONE WAY TO GO.
- OKAY.
THAT'S IT, FOLKS.
THANK YOU.
- QUENTIN...IF OUR RATINGS
DROP ONE POINT--
- HEY, HEY, HEY,
LAST I CHECKED OUR RATINGS
[phone ringing]
WENT UP TWO FULL POINTS.
SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE.
EXCUSE ME.
HEY, WILLY, WHAT'S UP?
- QUENTIN, GOOD TO HEAR
YOUR VOICE, BUDDY.
THOUGHT YOU GUYS WERE LAID-BACK
BACK OUT THERE
BUT YOU SOUND BUSY.
- I JUST TRY TO RUN
A BROADCAST NEWS PROGRAM,
THAT'S ALL.
- SAN DIEGO?
DON'T YOU JUST TELL EVERYONE
IT'S PERFEC ROLLERBLADING WEATHER,
THEN SIGN OFF?
- IF YOU JUST CALL TO HASSLE ME,
I HAVE TO GET BACK
TO MY ROLLERBLADING STORY.
- I CALLED TO TELL YOU
THEY WANT TO RESTRUCTURE
THE NETWORK NEWS
HERE IN NEW YORK.
- I THOUGHT I WAS BANISHED?
- YOU KNOW OUR LOYALTIES
ARE ONLY STRONG AS OUR NUMBERS.
IF YOU COME UP WITH SOMETHING
FRESH TO ALL THE HIGHER-UPS,
THEN I CAN GET YOU BACK
IN AS NETWORK NEWS DIRECTOR
AND BACK HERE TO NEW YORK.
THE BIG APPLE MISSES YOU,
QUENTIN.
- FEELING'S MUTUAL.
- THIS ATMOSPHERIC SAMPLING
TOWER WILL ADVANCE RESEARCH
AT THE WEATHER CENTER
PROFOUNDLY.
THE ALUMINUM TOWER WILL BE
25 METERS WITH AN EXPANDED
PLATFORM AT--
- WHY AREN'T YOU GIVING
THIS PRESENTATION?
YOU WROTE THE GRANT.
- VERA WAS VERY PERSUASIVE
ABOUT WHY SHE SHOULD
GIVE THE SPEECH,
AND IT DIDN'T SEEM
WORTH FIGHTING OVER.
[applause]
- NOW, PLEASE WELCOME THE CHAIR
OF THE METEOROLOGY DEPARTMENT,
DR. DAVID CRENSHAW.
- VERA.
OH, WELL, ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU.
LOVELY PRESENTATION, VERA.
THANK YOU.
- AND SHE ALSO LIKES TAKING
THE CREDIT, WHICH MEANS
THAT SHE COULD
EDGE YOU OU FOR A FELLOWSHIP.
- BUT DR. HARRIS, HE SAID
THERE WERE PLENTY
OF SPOTS AVAILABLE.
- THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU
BECOME COMPLACENT, DEB.
YOUR JOB IS TO IMPRESS
THE COMMITTEE,
NOT BLEND
INTO THE BACKGROUND.
[dramatic news theme]
- ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.
GOOD MORNING, GOOD AFTERNOON.
WHAT DO WE GOT?
JUST THAT ONE?
THAT'S EASY.
BYE.
WE JUST HAVE THOSE FOR TODAY,
YEAH.
ALL RIGHTY.
EVERYONE READY?
HERE WE GO.
WE ARE LIVE
IN THREE, TWO...
- KFZA NEWS AT 5:00 WITH
SAN DIEGO'S OWN, GRANT MARSHALL.
- GOOD EVENING, FRIENDS.
AND HERE'S THE LATEST.
A MAJOR STORM IS ADVANCING
TOWARDS SAN DIEGO.
BUT FIRST, ARE WILD BEARS
BECOMING TOO BOLD?
- WE GO LIVE TO BILL PASCOE
IN LA MESA.
- RARELY DO YOU SEE BEARS
THIS CLOSE TO THE CITY, GRANT.
ONE DRIVER HAD TO SWERVE
TO AVOID HITTING THE CREATURE...
- MOVING TOWARD
A RESIDENTIAL AREA.
- UH, MOVING AWAY FROM THE ROAD
AND TOWARDS
A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
- SPOKEN LIKE A TRUE NEWSMAN.
- IN FACT,
THERE IS AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LESS THAN A HALF MILE AWAY.
BACK TO YOU, GRANT.
- SO LISTEN, BILL, YOU GUYS
STAY CLOSE TO THE NEWS VAN.
YOU PLAY IT SAFE.
WE'LL CHECK BACK IN WITH YOU.
AND NOW TO THE OTHER MAJOR
STORY, THE WEATHER.
SO FLETCH, JUST HOW BAD
IS THIS STORM GONNA BE?
SHOULD WE START GATHERING
ANIMALS TWO BY TWO
FOR THE ARK?
- YOU JUST MIGHT HAVE
TO DO THAT, GRANT.
- UH, GO TO COMMERCIAL.
- AND WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK
AFTER A SHORT BREAK.
- ALL RIGHT.
WE'RE CLEAR.
GENTLEMEN, WHAT'S GOING ON
OUT THE?
[bell rings]
- QUIT STEALING MY LINES.
- WHICH LINE WAS THAT?
- YOU KNOW EXACTLY THE ONE
I'M TALKING ABOUT.
UNLIKE SOME PEOPLE,
I'M NOT JUST A TALKING HEAD,
I HAVE MY OWN IDEAS.
I WRITE MY OWN COPY.
- OH, FLETCH,
IT'S NOT ABOUT IDEAS.
IT'S ABOUT EXECUTION.
I WAS JUST TALKING
TO MY AUDIENCE,
REFERENCING A SHARED IDEA
THAT WE ALL UNDERSTAND.
YOU SEE THE DIFFERENCE?
- GRANT?
- YOU KNOW WHAT I SEE, GRANT?
I SEE AN OPPORTUNISTIC BLOWHARD
WHO HAS POACHED MY LINES
AND INSULTED MY WORK 98 TIMES
SINCE WE STARTED WORKING
TOGETHER.
- SHOULD--SHOULD I GE THE SAN DIEGO ZOO ON THE LINE?
- I QUIT.
- FLETCH.
- NOPE.
FIND SOMEBODY ELSE.
- FLETCH, COME ON,
YOU'RE STILL MIKED.
- FLETCH, BUDDY, COME HERE.
ALL RIGHT,
LISTEN UP, LISTEN UP.
WE NEED TO FIND A REPLACEMEN FOR FLETCH, ASAP.
SO ANY HELP YOU CAN GIVE ME
IS VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.
- HE'S GONNA BE DUE FOR THAT,
CORRECT?
- HEY, GUYS, CAN YOU GIVE US
A SEC HERE?
- OKAY.
- I THOUGH YOU COULD HANDLE THIS?
- WELL, I DIDN'T THINK
HE'D GET SO UPSET.
- HE WAS UPSET TO BEGIN WITH?
YOU WERE SUPPOSED
TO HELP THE SITUATION.
- OKAY.
HOW ABOUT RICK?
I THINK HE'D BE EXCITED
TO GET OFF THE WEEKEND SHOW.
- HE WOULD IF HE WASN'T OU OF TOWN ON VACATION.
- I'M RUNNING OUT OF TIME,
WHAT ARE MY OPTIONS?
WHAT ARE YOU TELLING ME
TO DO HERE?
- HOW ABOUT CALEIGH?
- WHO'S CALEIGH?
- CALEIGH, THE NEW INTERN.
- SHE COULDN'T EVEN
GET OUR COFFEE ORDERS RIGH THIS MORNING.
HOW SHE IN ANY WAY QUALIFIED
FOR THIS?
- SHE'S CUTE.
KPPQ AND KQMI DOES THE WHOLE
CUTE WEATHER GIRL THING
ALL THE TIME,
AND IT WORKS OUT FINE FOR THEM.
- NO, NO, NO, NO, NO,
WE'RE NOT GOING DOWN THAT ROAD.
WE'RE NOT DOING THAT.
- JUST HAVE HER READ FLETCHER'S
LINES OFF THE TELEPROMPTER.
- NO, FLETCH WRITES
HIS OWN COPY.
WE DON'T EVEN HAVE TEMPLATES
FOR THAT STUFF.
- WELL, THAT WAS SMART.
- THE RADIO SHOW.
[dialing phone]
- HEY, CINDY,
CAN YOU CONNECT ME
TO PACIFICA UNIVERSITY
WEATHER CENTER?
IT WAS METCALFE SOMETHING.
UM, DANA, DONNA, DEBBY,
DEBBY, DEBBY, DEB METCALFE.
- GREAT, NO IDEA
WHERE YOU'RE GOING, SO...
[phone ringing]
- DEB METCALFE.
- HI, DEB,
THIS IS QUENTIN STERLING,
KFZA TV NEWS.
- OH, HI.
- WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO GO ON
THE AIR RIGHT AWAY
TO DELIVER THE WEATHER
OVER THE PHONE?
- OH, RIGHT NOW?
- I KNOW, I'M IN QUITE
A JAM HERE, DEB.
YOU'D BE DOING ME A HUGE FAVOR.
YOU CANNOT SAY NO.
OUR VIEWERSHIP NEEDS
TO HEAR THE WEATHER REPORT,
AND I CANNOT GIVE IT TO THEM.
- I AM IN NO WAY QUALIFIED
TO DO THAT.
WHAT DO YOU SAY?
- OKAY.
- THANK YOU.
SORRY, STAY RIGHT THERE.
OKAY, I NEED YOU TO WRITE ME
AN INTRO.
FLETCH HAD AN EMERGENCY.
DEB METCALFE ON THE LINE,
PACIFICA UNIVERSITY STATION,
METEOROLOGIST.
GRANT, I HAVE DEB METCALFE
ON THE LINE.
I'M GONNA PUT THIS INTRO
ON THE TELEPROMPTER,
I'LL BE IN YOUR EAR.
DO WE STILL HAVE DEB
ON THE LINE?
OKAY, DEB,
CAN YOU HEAR ME STILL?
OKAY, HERE WE ARE LIVE
IN THREE, TWO...
- WELCOME BACK.
FLETCH DOUGLAS HAD A SUDDEN
EMERGENCY TO ATTEND TO,
BUT WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE
TO HAVE ON THE LINE
FROM PACIFICA UNIVERSITY,
METEOROLOGIST, DEB METCALFE.
ARE YOU THERE, DEB?
- I AM.
HI, GRANT.
- WHAT CAN YOU TELL US
ABOUT THIS STORM?
- SO, DEB, WHAT CAN YOU
TELL US ABOUT THIS STORM?
- WELL, CAN YOU
MAKE THE MAP WIDER
TO INCLUDE
THE NORTHERN PACIFIC?
- GIVE ME THE PACIFIC
ON THE MAP.
- UH, THIS STORM SYSTEM
IS ACTUALLY PAR OF AN ATMOSPHERIC RIVER,
A CONCENTRATED BAND
OF MOISTURE
COMING IN FROM THE TROPICAL
PACIFIC OCEAN.
- THAT'S WAY TOO TECHNICAL.
- THAT'S VERY TECHNICAL, DEB.
- WELL, ATMOSPHERIC RIVERS
ARE FASCINATING THINGS, GRANT.
THEY'RE TYPICALLY SEVERAL
,
WHILE ONLY
A FEW HUNDRED WIDE.
- I LIKE TO THINK OF I LIKE A GIAN WATER LOG SHOELACE
IN THE SKY.
- WELL, THAT'S--
THAT'S QUITE A VISUAL, DEB.
SO WHAT IS THIS SHOELACE
BRINGING US?
- WELL, A SINGLE ATMOSPHERIC
RIVER CAN CARRY
A GREATER FLOW OF WATER
THAN THE LARGEST RIVER
ON EARTH, THE AMAZON.
- SO THAT'S GOOD FOR DROUGHT?
- A RIVER OF WATER SHOULD HELP
WITH THE DROUGHT HERE
IN CALIFORNIA, SHOULDN'T IT?
- WELL, THE FIRST STORM
TONIGHT ACTUALLY
WILL JUST BE A LIGHT SHOWER,
BUT THE SECOND STORM TOMORROW
WILL DRENCH US,
WHICH SHOULD HELP.
BUT AFTER THE FIRES
THAT WE HAD EARLIER THIS YEAR,
RESIDENTS IN THE BURN AREA
SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOU FOR FLOODING AND
POSSIBLE MUDSLIDES.
- WELL, YOU HAVE COME
TO OUR RESCUE TONIGHT, DEB.
AND YOU MAY HAVE JUST SAVED
THOSE RESIDENTS
IN THE BURN AREAS, TOO.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR HELP
ON TONIGHT'S SHOW.
- MY PLEASURE, GRANT.
[laughs]
[dial tone]
HELLO?
- APPARENTLY, FLETCH'S DECISION
YESTERDAY WAS FINAL.
- HE'S NOT COMING BACK.
BUT HE'S UNDER CONTRACT,
LEGAL'S ON IT.
- THAT PUTS US IN A REALLY
BAD SPOT MOVING FORWARD.
- I REALLY THOUGHT HE'D COOL
DOWN AND I'LL BE ABLE TO TALK
HIM OUT OF IT,
BUT HE WON'T RETURN MY CALL.
- ALL RIGHT, LET'S GET THE GUY
FROM KBDD IN HERE, SPIELMAN?
- ALREADY CHECKED ON THAT.
- WE JUST DON'T HAVE ENOUGH
MONEY TO GET HIM OU OF HIS CONTRACT OVER THERE.
- OH, COME ON.
THE SOCIAL MEDIA NUMBERS
ARE REALLY GOOD ON DEB.
WHAT YOU DO SAY WE GET HER
IN HERE?
LET HER READ THE WEATHER,
JUST SEE HOW IT GOES.
- COME WITH ME, I WANT TO
SHOW YOU SOMETHING.
- UH, OKAY.
[phone ringing]
- THIS IS DEB.
- HEY, DEB.
QUENTIN STERLING AGAIN.
YOU WERE A BIG HIT HERE
LAST NIGHT.
I WAS WONDERING IF YOU WOULD
WANT TO COME IN HERE
AND READ THE WEATHER
ON CAMERA FOR US TODAY?
- [laughs]
- I'M A METEOROLOGIST,
MR. STERLING,
NOT A WEATHER GIRL.
- LOOK, THE CITY OF SAN DIEGO
KNOWS YOUR VOICE.
I THINK IT'S TIME
THAT THEY KNOW YOUR FACE.
- I JUST DON'T HAVE TIME
FOR THIS.
I'M A PhD CANDIDATE.
I HAVE A DISSERTATION TO FINISH,
A FELLOWSHIP TO APPLY FOR--
HEY, I THINK
IT'S GOOD FOR US TO TRY
AND OVERCOME OUR FEARS, RIGHT?
- PLUS THIS COULD BE A GREA OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU
TO RAISE YOUR PROFILE
AT THE UNIVERSITY.
- HAVE YOU BEEN TALKING
TO DR. HARRIS?
- WHO?
- NOTHING.
- LOOK, IT'S JUST FOR TODAY.
AND, UH...
WHAT CAN I SAY,
WE PAY FAR MORE THAN RADIO.
- I'M KIMMY.
- HI, I'M DEB.
- NICE TO MEET YOU.
- NICE TO MEET YOU.
- COME RIGHT THIS WAY.
THEY'RE WAITING FOR YOU.
- YEAH, IT DOESN'T MATCH UP
WITH THE OTHER THING WE FOUND
BECAUSE THE DATES ARE WRONG.
- AFTER YOU.
- WELL, IT WAS REVISED.
THAT'S WHY IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN--
- GOOD LUCK, GOLDEN BOY.
THIS ONE IS ALL YOU.
- IT'S GREAT.
- DEB METCALFE.
- YOU'LL DO FINE.
- QUENTIN STERLING.
- HI.
- NICE TO MEET YOU.
THANKS FOR COMING IN
ON SUCH SHORT NOTICE.
- OF COURSE.
- THANK YOU, KIMMY.
- OF COURSE.
COME TAKE A LOOK,
THIS IS OUR WORLD, KFZA TV NEWS.
- SO YOU'RE THE NEWS DIRECTOR,
RIGHT?
- YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.
- OKAY.
WHAT EXACTLY DOES
THE NEWS DIRECTOR DO?
- OH, I'M IN CHARGE
OF ALL THE LIGHTS,
CAMERA, ACTION STUFF.
I'M IN CHARGE OF CONTENT.
I'M IN CHARGE OF TALENT.
LOOK AT YOU, HITTING YOUR MARK
LIKE A PRO.
- MARK?
- MM-HMM.
- THIS BOX?
I STAND IN THIS BOX.
SO QUESTION,
HOW DOES THIS ALL WORK?
LIKE, I MEAN, AM I GONNA BE ABLE
TO SEE WHAT'S ON THE SCREEN?
- HEY, CURTIS.
- YEAH.
- PULL UP THE WEST COAST MAP
HERE ON TWO.
- YOU GOT IT.
- OH.
[laughs]
TODAY, AN ENORMOUS WOMAN EMERGED
FROM THE PACIFIC OCEAN.
[laughs]
OH.
- HAVE A SEAT.
KELLY, THIS IS DEB.
DEB, KELLY.
- HI.
- I GOT IT.
- OH, THANK YOU.
- OH, DEB THE METEOROLOGIST,
MEET GRACE,
OUR FABULOUS STYLIST.
- HI.
- HI.
- LOOK, WE DON'T HAVE
A LOT OF TIME HERE,
SO WE NEED TO GET STARTED.
- TIME FOR WHAT?
- YOUR MAKEOVER.
- I DIDN'T KNOW
I HAD TO THAT.
- THINK OF IT AS A BONUS PERK.
- EVERYONE WEARS MAKEUP.
BESIDES, I DON'T EVEN THINK
SHE NEEDS MUCH,
JUST LIKE A LITTLE--
- [clears throat]
- YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
OKAY, YOU GOT THIS,
TAKE A DEEP BREATH.
ENJOY THIS, HAVE A LOT OF FUN,
I'LL SEE YOU IN A FEW.
- YEAH, LOTS OF FUN.
- OKAY.
AT THE VERY LEAS YOU'RE GONNA NEED A LITTLE
LIPSTICK AND SOME FACE COLOR
OR NEXT TO GRANT'S SPRAY TAN,
YOU'RE GONNA LOOK
LIKE A VAMPIRE.
- OKAY.
OPEN AND RELAX.
- THEY SHOULD'VE CLEARED
THIS WITH ME.
- IT'S JUST FOR TODAY, GRANT.
BESIDES, I DON'T MEAN TO
POINT FINGERS,
BUT WE WOULDN'T BE
IN THIS LITTLE FIX
IF IT WEREN' FOR YOU REMEMBER?
- I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY CLEAR.
WE'RE NOT DOING THE PRETTY
YOUNG WEATHERWOMAN THING.
WE'RE GONNA KEEP THE FOCUS
ON THE NEWS.
OH, SHE'S PERFECT.
- ALL RIGHT, AS SOON
AS THIS RED LIGHT TURNS ON,
YOU START TALKING JUST LIKE
YOU DID ON THE RADIO
EXCEPT JUST LOOKING
TO THE LENS, YOU KNOW,
LIKE YOU'RE TALKING TO A PERSON.
- THIS LENS?
- JUST FOLLOW MY LEAD, DARLING.
YOU'LL BE JUST FINE.
- SO GRANT IS GONNA GIVE YOU
THE INTRODUCTION AND THEN
I'LL BE IN YOUR EAR.
- IN MY WHAT?
- THAT'S NOT DOING IT FOR ME.
KIMMY, TAKE THAT JACKET OFF.
TAKE OFF THAT SWEATER.
GET THAT SHINE ON HER FOREHEAD,
TOO.
HERE, PUT THIS ON.
- YEAH, THAT'S MUCH BETTER.
CURTIS, YOU GOT HER WIRED?
EXCELLENT.
OKAY, GOOD ENOUGH.
GOOD, CURTIS, YOU GOOD?
ALL RIGHTY.
YOU LOOK GREAT,
YOU FEEL GREAT?
GREAT.
HERE WE GO, WE'RE ON IN TWO.
- OH, IN MY EAR.
[dramatic news theme]
- I'M SORRY, I DID THE BES I COULD WITH HER.
- NO, NO, NO.
SHE LOOKS GREAT.
SHE LOOKS GREAT.
OKAY.
HERE WE GO.
CUE THE TITLES.
CAMERA ONE,
GET READY FOR GRANT.
CAMERA TWO, GET READY
TO START ON DEB.
AND WE ARE GOOD.
- THREE, TWO...
- GOOD EVENING FOLKS,
AND HERE'S THE LATEST.
WEATHER, STILL OUR TOP STORY.
NOW, YOU KNOW HER VOICE
FROM OUR LOCAL COLLEGE
RADIO STATION.
HERE SHE IS IN PERSON,
METEOROLOGIST, DEB METCALFE.
THANKS FOR FILLING IN TODAY,
DEB.
- MY PLEASURE, GRANT.
- NOW, YOU'RE AN ACTUAL
METEOROLOGIST, RIGHT?
- YES, I AM.
I HAVE MY MASTER'S DEGREE
IN METEOROLOGY
AND I'M CURRENTLY WORKING
TOWARDS MY PhD.
METEOROLOGISTS ARE INVOLVED
IN EVERYTHING
FROM AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL
TO RESEARCHING CLIMATE TRENDS,
WHICH AFFECT THINGS
LIKE FARMING,
FOREST FIRES AND
ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS.
- AT LAST, THE NEWSROOM
SOUNDS SMART.
- BUT NO ACTUAL METEORS
TO SPEAK OF?
- WELL, ACTUALLY...
- SPOKE TOO SOON.
- THE EARTH IS ABOUT TO TAKE
ITS ANNUAL CRUISE THROUGH
THE LEONID METEOR BELT,
WHICH IS A SPECTACULAR SIGHT.
- WHAT ABOUT ASTEROIDS?
- OH, WELL,
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO WATCH
AN OLD BRUCE WILLIS MOVIE
FROM '98 IF YOU WAN TO SEE THOSE.
- WELL, IF NO ASTEROIDS,
THEN WHAT WILL OUR SKIES
BE BRINGING US TONIGHT?
- WELL, THIS HIGH PRESSURE
SYSTEM IN THE NORTH WILL PUSH
A DENSE MASS OF COLD AIR
DOWN THE WEST COAST ACTING LIKE
A BIG PUSH BROOM
SWEEPING AWAY
ALL THIS TROPICAL ACTIVITY.
WE'LL BE BACK LATER ON...
- SHE'S PRETTY GOOD.
- YOU'RE DOING GREAT, DEB.
COME ON, LET'S GO
TO THE TRAFFIC NOW.
- THANKS, DEB.
WE'LL HAVE MORE WEATHER DETAILS
LATER IN THE BROADCAST.
NOW LET'S GET TO LOCAL NEWS.
[bell ring
- QUENTIN, I WAS
JUST TELLING DEB HERE
THAT SHE SHOULD APPLY
FOR THE JOB.
- SHE'S A PERFECT FOIL FOR ME.
- YOU DID A GOOD JOB TODAY.
- THANKS.
MAYBE IT WILL HELP ME OU VERSUS VERA.
- WHAT?
- NOTHING.
I GOT TO GO.
I GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO.
- OKAY.
I'LL WALK YOU OUT.
SO DOES THE RADIO GIG TAKE UP
A LOT OF YOUR TIME?
- NO, THE RADIO SHOW ONLY TAKES
LIKE TEN MINUTES A DAY
BUT I'M BUSY FINISHING
MY DISSERTATION AND TRYING
TO LOCK IN ONE OF THE
FELLOWSHIPS BEING AWARDED
TO GRADUATING PhDs
FOR NEXT YEAR.
- WOW.
BUT IN THE FELLOWSHIP,
THAT'S LIKE A RESEARCH POSITION
AT THE UNIVERSITY, RIGHT?
- PRESTIGIOUS RESEARCH JOB,
IT ALMOST GUARANTEES
A PROFESSORSHIP
WITHIN A FEW YEARS,
SO IT IS DOG-EAT-DOG
AMONGST THE CANDIDATES
RIGHT NOW.
- I ALWAYS IMAGINED THE ACADEMIC
TYPES VERY CALMLY DISCUSSING
ISSUES USING VERY BIG WORDS
I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
- THAT'S A CLICHE.
DON'T STEP INTO THAT PUDDLE
OF DIHYDROGEN MONOXIDE.
- H2O?
- YEAH.
- WAS IT ANY FUN?
- IT WAS IN A WAY.
- WELL, THANKS FOR
COMING ON SUCH SHORT NOTICE.
- NO PROBLEM.
- YOU WERE ON TV?
IT WAS SO CRAZY,
I COULDN'T STOP LAUGHING.
- NO.
WAS I THAT BAD?
- NO, YOU WERE GREAT.
WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME YOU
WERE DOING THAT?
- JUST KIND OF POPPED UP
LAST MINUTE.
IT WAS JUST A FILL-IN,
ONE TIME THING.
- YOU WOULD THINK I'D BE
USED TO SEEING YOU ON SCREEN
SINCE YOU'RE IN MY DOCUMENTARY.
- I SAW THEY GOT YOU
TO WEAR LIPSTICK.
- I'VE TALKED MORE
ABOUT MAKEUP TODAY
THAN I HAVE
IN MY ENTIRE LIFE.
[laughter]
- THANK YOU FOR THOSE CHANGES.
YOU KNOW WHAT I LIKE.
- QUENTIN.
- TALK TO ME.
- THE STATION MANAGER WANTS DEB
TO FILL IN SHORT-TERM
WHILE WE LOOK FOR A SUITABLE
FULL-TIME REPLACEMENT.
- SERIOUSLY?
- PHONE'S BEEN RINGING
OFF THE HOOK,
EMAILS POURING IN.
- I DON'T KNOW THOUGH.
I DON'T THINK
SHE'S GONNA GO FOR IT.
TURNS OUT SHE'S A PRETTY
SERIOUS ACADEMIC.
- WELL, I TOOK THE LIBERTY
OF TELLING THE STATION MANAGER
YOU COULD DELIVER.
IT'S A BIG CREATIVE DECISION.
YOUR CALL, RIGHT?
[phone ringing]
- OH, HANG ON.
- HELLO?
- DEB, QUENTIN STERLING.
I HOPE IT'S NOT TOO LATE.
I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT.
- UH, HI, QUENTIN.
NO, NOT AT ALL,
I JUST GOT HOME.
WHAT CAN I HELP YOU WITH?
-WELL, IT TURNS OU OUR AUDIENCE LOVES YOU.
- SO WE WANTED TO SEE
IF YOU WOULD FILIN
WHILE WE SEARCH IN
FOR A FULL-TIME REPLACEMENT.
MAYBE A COUPLE OF MONTHS.
- THEY WANT ME TO KEEP
DOING THE WEATHER.
- YES!
- UM, I'M FLATTERED, BUT...
I'M NOT A WEATHER GIRL.
- I KNOW,
YOU'RE A METEOROLOGIST,
WHICH IS EXACTLY
WHY WE WANT YOU.
LOOK, JUST DON'T RUSH
INTO THIS DECISION.
WE CAN--WE CAN FIGURE
SOMETHING OUT.
- THERE'S JUST NOT ENOUGH HOURS
IN THE DAY AS IT IS.
- WELL, MAYBE I CAN
MAKE THE DAY LONGER.
- PULL THAT OFF
AND WE'LL TALK.
- ALL RIGHT.
YOU'LL BE HEARING FROM ME SOON.
- THANKS FOR THE OFFER.
- HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.
- BYE.
- REALLY?
ARE YOU SURE YOU DON'T WAN TO DO THE WEATHER ON TV?
IT SOUNDS LIKE A REALLY
COOL OPPORTUNITY.
- DR. HARRIS JUST SAID
THAT I HAD TO STAND OUT.
AND NOW THAT'S HAPPENED, I NEED
TO FOCUS ON THIS FELLOWSHIP.
- EVERYONE KNOWS
YOU'RE THE BEST RESEARCHER.
THEY HAVE TO GIVE YOU E
OF THOSE FELLOWSHIPS.
- YEAH. BUT IT'S ALSO
REALLY POLITICAL,
AND I'M CLUELESS
ABOUT POLITICS, UNLIKE VERA.
- YOU JUST HAVE TO STOP
HIDING BEHIND THE WEATHER
AND STAND IN FRONT OF IT.
- OH, YOU MEAN LIKE WITH
A GREEN-SCREEN ON TV?
- JUST LET YOUR LIGHT SHINE,
PEOPLE LOVE IT.
- PEOPLE?
- YES, PEOPLE, INCLUDING MEN.
- PLEASE, I DON'T HAVE TIME
FOR THAT.
- YOU NEVER HAVE ENOUGH TIME.
- SPEAKING OF TIME,
I SHOULD PROBABLY GET BACK
TO MY DISSERTATION.
- YOU CAN'T IGNORE ME.
- ALL RIGHT.
MAYBE YOU CAN.
- I'M WORKING ON A HUNCH
THAT MAY BE OF INTEREST TO YOU.
WHAT'S MY TIME FRAME HERE?
- THE SOONER, THE BETTER.
YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY NAME
THAT'SOUNCING AROUND
FOR THIS JOB.
- YEAH.
YEAH, I KNOW
HOW NEW YORK WORKS.
I NEED TO--OH, I GOT TO GO.
I'LL CALL YOU BACK.
- TOLD YOU I DON'T GIVE UP.
- YOU WEREN'T KIDDING.
STALK PEOPLE MUCH?
- [laughs]
- WELL, I BELIEVE IN BEING
PERSISTEN WHEN I WANT SOMETHING.
- OH. WELL, I'M SORRY,
BUT NOTHING'S
CHANGED SINCE LAST NIGHT.
I'M SURE ONE OF THESE OTHER
GIRLS CAN READ THE WEATHER
FOR YOUR STATION.
- YOU'D THINK BUT WE'VE TRIED.
NO ONE KNOWS HOW TO READ.
- [laughs]
THANK YOU.
- MM-HMM.
WE CAN SET AN OFFICE UP
FOR YOU AT THE STUDIO.
THAT WAY YOU WON' HAVE TO GO BACK AND FORTH.
WHATEVER YOU WANT, WE CAN
EVEN CONNECT YOU REMOTELY
TO THE COMPUTERS HERE
AT THE WEATHER CENTER.
I ALREADY CHECKED WITH YOUR
TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT ON THAT.
- IT'S A BIT PRESUMPTUOUS OF YOU
TO POKE AROUND MY WORKPLACE,
DON'T YOU THINK?
- YEAH.
AS I SAID I'M--
- PERSISTENT, RIGHT.
- LOOK, WE WILL DO ANYTHING
AND EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN DO
TO WORK AROUND YOUR SCHEDULE,
OKAY?
AND AS I MENTIONED,
PAYS MUCH BETTER THAN RADIO.
- WHAT'S THAT?
- IT'S YOUR OFFER PAPERWORK.
- I APPRECIATE THIS.
I REALLY DO,
BUT THIS IS MY LIFE.
- I KNOW AND THAT'S WHY
WE WANT YOU,
BECAUSE YOU'RE THE REAL DEAL.
- I HAVE A MEETING.
- OKAY.
OKAY, LOOK, READ THAT OVER
AND THEN GIVE ME A CALL.
GOOD LUCK IN YOUR MEETING.
- DEB.
- VERA.
- WHAT'S THIS I HEAR ABOU YOU DOING THE NEWS YESTERDAY?
- KFZA CALLED ME TO FILL IN,
SO I DID.
- I CAN'T IMAGINE WHY THEY'D
CHOOSE YOU OF ALL PEOPLE.
- I DO UNDERSTAND,
AND I APPRECIATE ALL OF THAT.
- OH, IT'S DAVID.
I MEAN, DR. CRENSHAW.
- OH, SPEAKING OF WHICH.
VERA, DEAR, HOW ARE YOU?
- "OH, IT'S DAVID."
- HOW GOES IT?
- [imitating]
YOU LOOK STUNNING TODAY.
- ARE YOU STUDYING?
- OF COURSE, I'M ON TOP OF IT.
- UGH.
- WOULD YOU EXCUSE ME, PLEASE.
I MUST GO.
- OF COURSE.
- THANK YOU.
- THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION,
EVERYONE.
DR. CRENSHAW
HAS AN ANNOUNCEMENT.
- IT WON'T TAKE A MOMENT.
THANK YOU, DR. HARRIS.
NOW, I'M AFRAID TO SAY
THAT THERE WILL BE
CROSS-CAMPUS BUDGET CUTS,
INCLUDING ALL OF US HERE
AT THE WEATHER CENTER.
- WE DON'T KNOW THE DETAILS YET,
BUT ONE THING IS FOR CERTAIN
AND THAT MEANS THERE WILL ONLY
BE ONE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP
AWARDED AMONG THIS YEAR'S
CROP OF DOCTORAL CANDIDATES.
AS YOU KNOW,
AT THE END OF THE TERM,
EACH CANDIDATE HAS
AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE
A PRESENTATION IN FRONT OF THE
COMMITTEE ON THEIR OWN BEHALF.
THIS NEWS MAKES
THAT PRESENTATION
ALL THE MORE IMPORTANT,
DOESN'T IT?
NOW, THIS IS THE HARD PART.
THIS IS SIMPLY
A DREADFUL CASE OF
"MAY THE BEST MAN
OR WOMAN WIN."
THANK YOU.
DR. HARRIS.
- THANK YOU, EVERYONE.
DEB.
- I DIDN'T KNOW THAT I WAS
GONNA HAVE TO BE COMPETING
WITH MY COLLEAGUES
FOR ONE FELLOWSHIP.
- YOU'RE GONNA BE FINE.
NOW, I SAW YOU ON TV
THE OTHER NIGHT.
YOU WERE GREAT.
- YEAH.
ONLY BECAUSE THE ANCHORMAN
WAS FEEDING ME QUESTIONS
AND I WAS REPORTING THE FACTS.
I WAS JUST ME TALKING ABOU WHAT I LOVE.
AND NOW I HAVE TO SELL SOME
PERFECT, POLISHED,
REHEARSED VERSION
OF MYSELF LIKE VERA?
- SAYS WHO?
LET VERA BE VERA,
YOU BE DEB.
- 'CAUSE THAT'LL WORK.
- ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS KEEP
YOUR EYES ON THE PRIZE
AND DO EVERYTHING IN YOUR POWER
TO WIN THIS FELLOWSHIP.
- I ALREADY AM DOING
EVERYTHING I CAN.
- TELL ME ABOUT THIS
JOB OFFER.
- IT'S THE ON-AIR
WEATHER POSITION FOR KFZA TV.
IT'S THE SAME THING
I DID LAST NIGH EXCEPT FOR MANY NIGHTS
TO COME.
- THIS IS PERFECT.
SO?
- SO, I TOLD HIM
I COULDN'T DO IT.
- DEB, I TOLD YOU
THAT YOU NEED TO STAND OUT.
NOW, THIS COULD GIVE YOU
AN EDGE OVER THE COMPETITION.
- BECAUSE HARD WORK
AND DEDICATION AREN'T ENOUGH.
- HOW BADLY DO YOU WANT THIS?
- WE ARE THRILLED
TO HAVE YOU HERE, DEB.
- WELL, I'D BE LYING IF
I SAID I WASN'T NERVOUS.
- OH, WE'LL TAKE CARE OF YOU.
- EXPLAIN TO ME THE HIERARCHY
AROUND HERE AGAIN.
- OKAY, SO JOSH,
THE GUY IN THE SUIT,
HE'S THE NEWS PRODUCER,
WHICH MEANS HE OVERSEES
THIS WHOLE OPERATION.
AND THEN
I'M THE NEWS DIRECTOR,
WHICH MEANS I'M IN CHARGE
OF THE TALENT AND THE CONTENT.
- OH, SO YOU DO
THE HIRING AND FIRING.
- YEAH, BUT THIS IS THE MOS IMPORTANT DEPARTMENT HERE.
THIS IS CRAFT SERVICES.
- AH, MS. METCALFE!
I'M GLAD THAT YOU DECIDED TO
JOIN THE TEAM.
- THANKS.
- MY FIRST PIECE OF ADVICE--
ENJOY THE PERKS.
- OOH.
- IT'S TRUE.
[phone beeping]
OH, WAIT.
OH, EXCUSE ME.
- YOU KNOW,
FOR THE LAST 15 YEARS,
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TUNING IN
NOT TO HEAR THE NEWS
BUT TO HEAR ME
TELL THEM THE NEWS.
TO SOME,
I'M A FATHER FIGURE.
TO OTHERS, BIG BROTHER,
PERHAPS A HUSBAND.
- OH, YOU'RE ALL THA AND MORE, GRANT.
- HUSH.
I'M IMPARTING WISDOM HERE.
ALWAYS REMEMBER
TO BE YOURSELF,
OR AT LEAST AN ON-SCREEN
VERSION OF YOURSELF
THAT THEY CAN COUNT ON.
- THAT MAKES SENSE.
BOY, HE IS REALLY SOMETHING.
- OH, YES, HE IS.
UH, YEAH, LET ME SHOW
YOU THE NEWSROOM.
THIS IS THE NEWSROOM.
THIS IS WHERE WE MEE TO WRITE, RESEARCH,
PLAN EVERY SINGLE BROADCAST.
WE BOARD THE SHOW HERE.
- MY BEST FRIEND
IS A DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKER.
SHE SAID THAT THE MOTTO
FOR THE NEWS IS,
"IF IT BLEEDS, IT LEADS?"
- I DON'T BELIEVE IN EXPLOITING
OTHER PEOPLE'S MISFORTUNES.
I JUST REALLY TRY TO FOCUS
ON TELLING A GREAT STORY AND,
YOU KNOW, FINDING THAT THING,
THAT ONE THING THAT REALLY
GRABS THE VIEWER AND
THAT IS WHERE YOU COME IN.
- YEAH.
HERE YOU GO.
I GOT A FEELING YOU'RE GONNA
BRING SOMETHING
NEW TO THE WEATHER.
- OH, WELL, I'M AFRAID
WE'RE STUCK WITH RAIN,
WIND, HAIL IF WE'RE LUCKY.
- HEY, DEB.
GLAD YOU'RE BACK.
I'VE BEEN PULLING LOOKS FOR YOU.
- LOOKS?
- YEAH.
WARDROBE, HAIR,
YOUR ON-SCREEN PERSONA.
- OH, WELL,
GRANT WAS JUST TELLING ME
TO BE AS MUCH MYSELF
AS POSSIBLE ON CAMERA,
SO THIS IS PRETTY MUCH IT.
- MAYBE JUST A BIT.
- I DON'T THINK DEB
NEEDS A NEW LOOK.
I THINK, YOU KNOW,
THE VIEWERS LIKED
HER OLD LOOK, RIGHT?
- [chuckles]
- DON'T WORRY,
SHE'S AN ARTIST, IT'S OKAY.
AND THIS IS YOUR OFFICE.
- OH, WOW.
- THIS IS THE BIGGEST CUBICLE
I'VE EVER SEEN.
- YEAH.
IT'S JUST A LITTLE SOMETHING.
- MS. METCALFE,
HERE'S YOUR CONTRACT.
- THANK YOU.
- WE'RE VERY PROTECTIVE
OF OUR ON-AIR TALENT,
SO YOU'RE EXCLUSIVE
WHILE YOU'RE HERE,
WHICH MEANS YOU'LL HAVE
TO QUIT THAT COLLEGE RADIO GIG.
- OH.
OH, OKAY.
UM...
- WELCOME TO KFZA NEWS.
- YEAH.
THIS IS SO SURREAL.
- YOU'RE GONNA BE GREAT.
I'M TELLING YOU, I HAVE
A GREAT FEELING ABOUT THIS.
- HEY, QUENTIN.
I THINK IN ALL THE CRAZINESS
I FORGOT TO SAY THANK YOU.
- OH, NO.
THANK YOU, DEB.
- [laughs]
- I HAVE NO IDEA HOW SHE PLANS
TO BE RESPECTED AS AN ACADEMIC.
SHE'S PARADING AROUND
LIKE A WEATHER GIRL.
IT'S RIDULOUS.
ALL RIGHT, WELL, I'LL SEE YOU
GUYS NEXT WEEK.
OKAY, BYE.
BYE.
- OH, HELLO, VERA.
- OH, HI.
- THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
both: A SPEECH AND
A PRESENTATION.
- ALL RIGHT?
- THANK YOU SO MUCH.
- OH, YOU'RE MOST VERY WELCOME.
ALL RIGHT.
- THANK YOU.
- TA-TA.
GOOD LUCK.
- OKAY, BYE.
[dialing phone]
- I'M GRANT MARSHALL,
THANKS FOR WATCHING.
WE'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.
[bell rings]
- HEY, WHAT'S UP?
YOU DIDN'T SEEM LIKE YOURSELF
TONIGHT.
- CAN WE GET UP TO THE ROOF?
- HOW IS IT POSSIBLE
I'VE NEVER HEARD OF
THIS ANNUAL METEOR SHOWER.
- WELL, IT'S LIKE MY DAD,
THE PHYSICIST SAYS.
THERE'S SO MUCH TO KNOW,
YOU CAN'T KNOW IT ALL.
- SO YOUR MOM,
WAS SHE A SCIENTIST, TOO?
- NO, SHE WAS A ARTIST...
AND A BIT OF A HIPPIE.
- I GUESS THAT'S
WHERE YOU GET ME--
NATURE-LOVING SCIENCE NERD.
- AND YOU GREW UP HERE
IN SAN DIEGO?
- BORN AND RAISED.
I CAN'T IMAGINE ANY PLACE
BETTER.
- YEAH, IT IS A GREA LITTLE CITY.
- WHAT ABOUT YOU?
- OH, GOSH.
I'VE BOUNCED ALL OVER
THE COUNTRY, YOU KNOW.
- WHY?
- OH, I'VE BEEN
WORKING MY WAY
UP THE BROADCAST NEWS
FOOD CHAIN.
SO, YOU KNOW,
THAT'S JUST HOW IT GOES.
YOU GET A JOB, YOU BOOS THE RATINGS, THEN YOU MOVE ON.
- AND THAT BROUGHT YOU HERE?
I DIDN'T MEAN--NO OFFENSE.
- NONE TAKEN.
I, UM, I HAD A FALL
FROM THE NETWORK NEWS LEVEL
IN NEW YORK.
LONG BORING STORY.
- MM.
- TELL ME WHY METEOROLOGY.
- WELL, WHEN I WAS A KID,
I SAW THIS DISPLAY
AT THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM
ABOUT THE ATMOSPHERE,
YOU KNOW, LIKE CLOUDS
THE SIZE OF MOUNTAINS,
LIGHTNING STORMS,
THE AURORA BOREALIS.
I MEAN,
ALL NATURAL OCCURRENCES.
REAL LIFE.
BUT...
AT THE TIME,
IT JUST SEEMED SO...MAGICAL.
PROBABLY SEEMS PRETTY SILLY.
- NOT AT ALL.
- OH.
- HEY, WHAT'S GOING ON TODAY?
- IT'S NOTHING.
- TALK TO ME.
- THIS JOB'S
JUST GETTING ME...
NOTICED AT WORK.
- THAT'S GREAT.
- NO, NOT IN THE WAY
THAT I WANT.
- OH, THEY'RE JUST JEALOUS.
- OR I LOOK FOOLISH.
- OKAY, I'M SORRY.
STOP.
I'VE DIRECTED NETWORK NEWS.
I CAN PROMISE YOU...
YOU DON'T LOOK FOOLISH.
YOU LOOK FANTASTIC.
HEY, DO YOU WANT TO--
DO YOU WAN TO GET OUT OF HERE AND--
I DON'T KNOW, GO GE SOME COFFEE OR SOMETHING?
- UH...
I CAN'T.
I HAVE A PAPER TO WRITE.
- OKAY.
- YEAH.
[door unlocks]
- HEY.
- HI.
I THOUGHT YOU WERE WATCHING
THE METEOR SHOWER.
- I DID, ON THE ROOF
OF THE STATION WITH QUENTIN.
- STOP, REWIND.
- IT WAS JUST STARGAZING,
FRAN.
- YEAH, I ALWAYS GO ON ROOFS
WITH MY BOSS.
- HE DID WANT TO
GET COFFEE AFTER.
- DON'T TELL ME YOU SAID NO.
- I PANICKED.
I SAID I HAD A PAPER TO WRITE,
WHICH I DO.
- I KNEW IT.
YOU WOULDN'T HAVE PANICKED
IF YOU DIDN'T LIKE THIS GUY.
- AT FIRST I THOUGH HE WAS TOO SLICK, A PLAYER,
BUT NOW I FIND HIM
VERY INTERESTING.
- HMM.
WELL, MAYBE TOMORROW
YOU TAKE HIM UP ON THAT COFFEE.
SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
- SO AS HOT AIR RISES,
COLD AIR IS BROUGHT IN
FROM THE OCEAN.
DO YOU GUYS THINK
WE COULD COME UP WITH,
LIKE, AN ANIMATION FOR THAT?
- YEAH.
- COOL.
[indistinct chatter]
TAKE A CHANCE.
- JUST TRY IT ON.
IT'S PERFECT,
NOT TOO OVER THE TOP.
LET ME ADD A LITTLE COLOR
TO YOUR EYES.
MAYBE LOSE THE GLASSES.
- I REALLY DON' DO PANTSUITS.
[sighs]
- [laughs]
OKAY.
- HEY, WEATHER GIRL.
- I'M REALLY BUSY
RIGHT NOW, VERA.
- I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE
TO CONGRATULATE YOU.
- FOR?
- FOR BECOMING A BIG SHO ON LOCAL TV NEWS, OF COURSE.
HOW VERY BRAVE OF YOU TO PU YOURSELF OUT THERE LIKE THAT.
- THANKS.
- OH, AND DON'T WORRY
ABOUT THE NAYSAYERS.
THAT GUY MARV ON THE MEDIA--
HE DOESN'T KNOW TALEN WHEN HE SEES IT.
- FRANNY!
- I'LL BE OUT IN A MINUTE.
- [sighs]
[grunts]
- IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN FOLLOWING
THE BATTLE
OF THE LOCAL WEATHER WOMEN,
KPPQ AND KQMI
ARE CONTINUING THE CATWALK...
- OH, LOOK AT ALL THIS STUFF.
DID WE HIT THE LOTTERY?
- HARDLY.
BUT IT IS NICE TO HAVE
SOME ACTUAL MONEY COMING IN.
- YOU ABSOLUTELY ROCK.
- [laughs]
- ARE WE STILL ON
FOR OUR SHOOT TOMORROW?
- OH.
- DON'T TELL ME
YOU FORGOT.
- NO, NO, NO.
JUST--WHAT TIME IS IT AGAIN?
I HAVE TO BE AT THE DISC GOLF
TOURNAMENT AT 2:00.
- OH, IT'S NOT UNTIL 4:00.
I'LL MEET YOU THERE.
IT SHOULDN'T TAKE US LONG.
- OKAY, AND THEN IT'S
INTENSE DISSERTATION WRITING
FOR ME
FOR THE REST OF THE WEEKEND.
LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION.
HAVE YOU EVER HEARD
OF MARV ON THE MEDIA?
- YEAH, HE'S JUST SOME
ENTERTAINMENT GOSSIP WEASEL.
WHY?
[upbeat music]
- SO THIS LOW-PRESSURE SYSTEM
WILL CAUSE SOME WIND COMING IN
FROM THE WEST.
- THAT'S SO WRONG.
- I KNOW.
WHY DO THEY HAVE A MODEL
DOING THE WEATHER?
- NO,
IT'S A HIGH-PRESSURE SYSTEM.
- ALL RIGHT,
KFZA HAS MADE A BOLD MOVE
BY BRINGING ON RADIO
METEOROLOGIST DEB METCALFE,
WHO, WITHOUT ADORNMENT,
BRINGS US THE WEATHER.
WHO CARES IF SHE HAS
THE PROVERBIAL FACE FOR RADIO?
- OH.
DEB, WHATEVER.
HE'S JUS SOME SNARKY LITTLE GOSSIP GEEK.
- OH, NO.
- WHAT?
- VERA--
SHE POSTED THE LINK
ON THE PACIFICA WEATHER CENTER
WEBSITE.
I'M PROBABLY THE LAUGHINGSTOCK
OF THE WHOLE DEPARTMENT NOW.
- WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO?
- PLAY THE GAME.
[upbeat music]
HEY, THANKS FOR COMING IN
ON A SATURDAY.
- ARE YOU KIDDING?
I'VE BEEN DYING TO DO THIS.
YOU'VE GOT TERRIFIC BONES,
AND YOUR HAIR
WAS MADE FOR SHAPING.
- I STILL WAN TO LOOK LIKE ME.
- MM-HMM.
GET UNDER THERE.
BLOW IT UP.
YEAH, THAT'S IT.
GOOD.
LOOK AT YOU.
- I THINK WE WEN A LITTLE BEYOND.
- THERE'S MORE.
JUST TRY IT ON.
- OH, COME ON.
- TRUST ME.
- GOT HERE
AS SOON AS I COULD.
- SHOT BY AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD
WITH A SMARTPHONE.
- DO WE HAVE THIS EXCLUSIVE?
- WE DO.
GRANT JUST G HERE.
I ALREADY SENT BILL OUT.
I'M TRYING TO GET A HOLD OF DEB,
BUT SO FAR--
[dialing]
- DEB?
SHE'S HERE.
SHE'S BEEN WITH ME
IN MAKEUP ALL MORNING.
[door opens]
- [laughs]
[door closes]
[indistinct chatter]
- LOOK AT THAT.
- WOW, DEB.
LOOK AT YOU.
- OKAY, YEAH, THAT'S GOOD.
NOW WHAT'S THE NEXT--
- TA-DA.
- I HEARD
YOU WERE LOOKING FOR ME.
- YOU LIKE A MILLION BUCKS
IN MARKET SHARES.
- WHAT DID YOU DO?
- THOUGHT I'D TRY
SOMETHING NEW.
- OH, NO, THAT WAS
COMPLETELY UNNECESSARY.
- IS IT A PROBLEM?
- NO.
NO, IT'S NOT A PROBLEM.
YOU LOOK GREAT.
ABOUT 20 MINUTES AGO,
A FUNNEL CLOUD
THERE, SHOW HER THE CLIP..
- IF IT TOUCHED DOWN,
IT'S A TORNADO.
WE HAVEN'T HAD ONE IN SAN DIEGO
SINCE THE EARLY '90s.
- THIS ONE LOOKS
PRETTY STRONG.
- NO, IT'S ABOUT AN F1
ON THE WEAKER SIDE.
- OKAY, WELL, DON'T SAY THA ON THE AIR UNTIL I TELL YOU.
PLAY UP THE WIND,
THE FLYING DEBRIS--
THERE'S LOTS OF
GREAT FLYING DEBRIS CLIPS HERE.
- IS ANYONE HURT?
- APPARENTLY NOT, NO.
BUT DON'T MENTION THAT EITHER.
- PEOPLE WILL WANT TO KNOW.
- RIGHT, I KNOW--
WE ALWAYS REVEAL
THE DETAILS OF A STORY
A LITTLE BIT AT A TIME.
YOU NEVER CUT TO THE CHASE.
THAT'S JUST HOW WE DO IT.
OKAY, COME ON, GUYS.
WE GOT TO WRAP THIS UP.
WE HAVE TO GO.
- WHERE ARE WE GOING?
[phone rings]
- YOU'RE GOING LIVE,
BREAKING NEWS.
- WE HAVE IT UP RIGHT NOW.
- ALL RIGHT.
LET'S GO, LET'S GO, PEOPLE.
- QUENTIN,
WHAT AM I SAYING?
- OKAY, SO GRANT'S
GONNA LEAD US IN.
HE'LL ANNOUNCE THE TORNADO.
THEN WE'RE GONNA SHOW
THE FOOTAGE THAT WE HAVE.
WE'RE JUST GONNA PLAY
THAT TORNADO FOOTAGE
OVER AND OVER AGAIN,
GRANT, OKAY?
THEN WE'RE GONNA COME TO YOU.
ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS
TALK ABOUT TORNADOES.
MAKE IT EXCITING, OKAY?
CURTIS, ARE YOU GOOD?
- YEAH.
- HEY, I'LL BE IN YOUR EAR,
ALL RIGHT?
WE GOOD?
- STANDING BY.
- I DON'T EVEN
RECOGNIZE MYSELF.
- YOU LOOK BEAUTIFUL.
JUST BE YOU.
- CHECK AUDIO.
- SHE LOOKS
JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE NOW.
SHE LOOKED PERFECT BEFORE.
- ALL RIGHT, EVERYONE,
WE'RE LIVE IN TEN SECONDS.
WE'RE GONNA START WITH DEB,
WE'RE GONNA GO TO BILL,
AND THEN COME BACK TO DEB.
NO ONE MENTION
THAT THERE WEREN'T ANY INJURIES
UNTIL LATER
IN THE BROADCAST.
- I DON'T THINK THAT'S RIGHT.
- JUST FOLLOW DIRECTIONS PLEASE.
OKAY.
HERE WE ARE.
IN FIVE, FOUR, THREE.
- LIVE FROM THE KFZA NEWSROOM,
WE BRING YOU BREAKING NEWS
WITH GRANT MARSHALL.
- MORNING, FRIENDS.
HERE'S THE LATEST.
A TORNADO HAS TOUCHED DOWN
IN SAN DIEGO.
LET'S GO TO KFZA METEOROLOGIS DEB METCALFE.
DEB, WHAT CAN YOU TELL US?
- THIS IS DEB METCALFE
IN THE KFZA NEWSROOM.
- YOU SHOULD THINK,
AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN HERE.
ANYWAY, NOT IN KANSAS ANYMORE.
I'M HERE.
I HEARD THERE'S A TORNADO.
I THOUGHT PERHAPS
YOU MIGHT NEED--HELLO.
- THERE HASN'T BEEN A TORNADO
IN SAN DIEGO SINCE 1992.
- IT'S A VERY RARE
AND DANGEROUS EVENT.
- FORTUNATELY, AT THIS TIME,
THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS
OF INJURY.
- GO LIVE TO BILL.
- IS THAT OUR DEB METCALFE?
- SHE LOOKS UNCOMFORTABLE,
DON'T YOU THINK?
- ON THE CONTRARY,
SHE LOOKS RATHER GOOD.
- WHERE WITNESSES
DESCRIBED I AS 15 SECONDS
OF SHEER TERROR.
TOPPLING TREES
AND HURDLING DEBRIS,
THIS TORNADO REALLY TOOK
SAN DIEGO BY SURPRISE.
- TORNADOES ARE RARE
IN OUR REGION,
AND AS IS USUALLY THE CASE
FOLLOWING A TORNADO,
WE WILL BE LOOKING
AT CLEAR SKIES.
IN FACT, I'M HEADED
TO THE PALOMAR DISC GOLF COURSE
FOR THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM
FUND-RAISER
FOLLOWING THIS BROADCAST.
- TELL THEM TO WATCH AT 6:00.
- JOIN THE WEEKEND TEAM
FOR MORE ON THIS STORY.
FOR KFZA NEWS,
THIS IS DEB METCALFE.
WE'LL KEEP YOU INFORMED
THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
- HEY, YOU UNDERSTAND THE BASIC
DIVISION OF LABOR HERE, RIGHT?
- IS THIS ABOUT THE LACK
OF CASUALTIES?
- WAS MY DIRECTION
NOT CLEAR ENOUGH?
- PEOPLE WANNA KNOW
WHAT'S HAPPENING.
- WELL, WE COULD HAVE STRETCHED
THAT SEGMENT FOR 20 MINUTES.
- I THOUGHT YOU WEREN'T ONE
TO EXPLOIT THE SITUATION.
- THIS WAS A TORNADO
IN SAN DIEGO.
LIKE, THAT'S POTENTIAL
FOR A GREAT STORY, A REAL STORY.
- SO IF THIS
ISN'T WORKING OUT,
THEN MAYBE YOU SHOULD
LOOK INTO REPLACING ME.
- I CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
- YOU GOTTA DO
WHAT YOU GOTTA DO.
[engine sputtering]
UGH, COME ON.
[indistinct chatter]
[engine sputtering]
COME ON, COME ON, COME ON.
[groans]
- CAR TROUBLE?
- FLOODED.
SHE'LL START AGAIN IN A HALF
HOUR, BUT THEN I'LL BE LATE.
- WHERE DID YOU SAY
YOU WERE GOING?
- FUND-RAISER
FOR THE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM.
- I CAN DRIVE YOU.
- I THOUGHT YOU WERE ANGRY.
- NO, NO, NO.
I'M NOT ANGRY.
I'M NOT ANGRY.
I JUST GET--I GE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT MY JOB.
LOOK, I THINK
YOU LOOK GREAT.
I JUST DIDN'T THINK
YOU NEEDED TO CHANGE.
YOU HAVE SOMETHING VERY SPECIAL
ABOUT YOU.
[engine sputters]
OKAY, COME ON, LET ME--
LET ME GIVE YOU A RIDE.
BESIDES, IT SOUNDS LIKE
A GOOD CAUSE.
- YOU KNOW HOW TO THROW
A FRISBEE?
[indistinct chatter]
- PALOMAR MOUNTAIN'S
BEAUTIFUL, HUH?
- PHEW, WHAT A DAY TOO.
THIS IS SPECTACULAR.
- OH, EXCUSE ME.
HI.
- TWO.
- YOU EXCITED?
- I AM.
I'M CURIOUS, BUT I AM.
- THANK YOU.
- WHAT DO I DO WITH THESE?
- THIS IS DISC GOLF.
- DISC GOLF, HUH?
- FOLLOW ME.
- OH, MAN.
- HERE YOU GO.
- [laughs]
- EXCUSE ME.
SORRY, YOU'RE DEB METCALFE,
RIGHT?
- UH, I AM, YES.
- MY WIFE WAS REALLY
FREAKING OUT ABOUT THAT TORNADO
AND FLIPPING BACK AND FORTH
BETWEEN ALL THE NEWSCASTS,
WHICH, YOU KNOW, WERE REALLY
HYPING THE SO-CALLED DANGER.
YOUR HONEST REPOR REALLY CALMED HER DOWN.
WE'RE BOTH
VERY APPRECIATIVE.
- THAT'S SO NICE TO HEAR.
- AND I GOTTA SAY,
I LOVE THE NEW LOOK.
- [laughs]
THANKS.
- I'M SAL.
- DEB.
- NICE TO MEET YOU.
- QUENTIN.
WHERE'S THE BASKET?
- IT IS
RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER THERE.
- SO IT'S ALL
ABOUT THE WRIST.
YOU JUST HAVE TO FLIP THE WRIS TO RELEASE IT LEVEL.
IT'LL GO IN.
YOU GOTTA TRUST.
- THAT'S DEEP.
OKAY, ALL RIGHT.
LEVEL RELEASE,
ALL IN THE WRIST.
- YUP.
[laughs]
- THAT WAS EMBARRASSING
BUT FUN.
- WHAT DO YOU NORMALLY DO
FOR FUN?
- I GENERALLY JUS WORK AND EAT.
- REALLY?
- NO, I--
- THAT'S--
- WHAT?
- SAD.
- YEAH?
I'VE NEVER REALLY
THOUGHT OF IT THAT WAY.
- THANKS.
- THANK YOU.
I JUST DO WHAT I NEED TO DO
TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD.
BESIDES, I NEVER REALLY
HAD A REASON TO SETTLE DOWN.
- OH, THERE'S FRAN.
HEY.
- WHOA.
I DIDN'T EVEN RECOGNIZE YOU.
- I GOT A NEW HAIRSTYLE.
- YOU GOT A NEW HEAD.
- [laughs]
UH, HEY, THIS IS QUENTIN.
- QUENTIN?
- THE FAMOUS DOCUMENTARIAN,
I PRESUME.
- CAN YOU WRITE A NOTE TO MY MOM
THAT SAYS THAT?
- WHAT IS
YOUR DOCUMENTARY ABOUT?
- IT FOCUSES
ON THE CURRENT DROUGH AND THE LOOMING WATER CRISIS
THAT WE'RE FACING HERE
IN THE SOUTHWEST.
- WOW.
- I WANNA GET A SHOT OF YOU
IN FRONT OF THE DISPLAY,
SO YOU CAN TALK MORE
ABOUT THE WATERSHEDS.
- COOL.
- OKAY.
I HAVE TO GO
AND GET A BOUNCE CARD.
I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
- SO WAIT--SO ARE YOU ACTUALLY
IN FRAN'S DOCUMENTARY?
- YEAH. WHY?
- WELL, THE CONTRACT WE HAVE
WITH YOU IS EXCLUSIVE,
SO YOU'RE NOT--
YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO DO
ANY OTHER KIND
OF OUTSIDE MEDIA WORK.
- OH, I DIDN' EVEN THINK OF THAT.
- I DON'T THINK ANYONE
WOULD REALLY CARE
FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS,
BUT JUST KEEP IT UNDER WRAPS.
- NOTED. YOU DON'T HAVE
TO STICK AROUND, YOU KNOW.
- I'D KIND OF LIKE TO STAY
AND WATCH YOU WORK,
IF YOU DON'T MIND.
- SURE.
- IT'S NICE OF YOU
TO HELP FRAN WITH HER DOC.
- THAT PROJEC MEANS EVERYTHING TO HER.
THAT'S WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR.
- STILL, I MEAN...
I KNOW HOW BUSY YOU ARE.
- WITH EVERYTHING
I HAVE TO DO AT THE STATION
AND THE UNIVERSITY,
THIS IS THE CLOSES I'VE GOTTEN TO EATING OUT.
- IT'S NICE TO GET OUT,
THOUGH.
- WE NEED TO ORGANIZE A TOUR
OF SAN DIEGO FOR YOU.
- MM-HMM.
YES.
ABSOLUTELY.
I'M ALL FOR THAT.
NO, SERIOUSLY, I'VE HAD
NO CHANCE TO EXPLORE AT ALL.
EVERY CITY I'VE EVER LIVED IN,
I DON'T FEEL LIKE I'VE REALLY
GOTTEN A CHANCE TO KNOW THEM.
- IT'S AMAZING WHAT YOU CAN
FIND WHEN YOU SETTLE DOWN.
- EXCUSE ME.
ARE YOU DEB METCALFE?
- YES.
- I LOVE YOUR
WEATHER BROADCAST.
- OH, THANK YOU!
HOLY COW!
- I'M TELLING YOU,
I KNOW YOU THINK
OF THIS NEWS GIG
AS A PART-TIME THING,
BUT YOU COULD BE HUGE.
- [laughing]
OH, NO WAY!
- NO, I'M DEAD SERIOUS.
I MEAN, YOU SAW THE WAY
THE PEOPLE REACTED TO YOU.
JUST THINK ABOUT IT.
- I'LL THINK ABOUT IT.
[engine turns]
LUCKY ME, SHE STARTED.
- I WAS KIND OF HOPING
IT WOULDN'T.
- I HAVE A DISSERTATION
TO FINISH.
- I HAD A GREAT TIME
WITH YOU TODAY.
- ME, TOO.
- I'LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.
[guys murmuring]
- YEAH, SHE LOOKS GOOD!
- HI, DEB.
- HI.
[gls murmuring]
- SHE LOOKS GREAT.
- I'M GLAD
THAT YOU'RE FINALLY
STARTING TO SEE HER POTENTIAL.
- OH, SHE'S DIGNIFIED.
SMART, REAL CLASS ACT.
I THINK SHE COULD BRING
BOTH CREDIBILITY
AND NOTORIETY
TO OUR INSTITUTION.
- EXACTLY WHAT I'VE
BEEN TRYING TO TELL YOU.
- THE WAY I SEE IT,
IT'S CERTAINLY BETWEEN
HER AND VERA FOR THE FELLOWSHIP.
THIS PRESENTATION
BEFORE THE COMMITTEE
WILL GIVE THEM BOTH
ONE FINAL CHANCE
TO SHOW US
WHAT THEY'VE REALLY GOT.
- DEB WILL BE READY.
- GOOD.
[background chatter]
- AH, ANY TORNADOS
TO REPORT ON TODAY,
MS. METCALFE?
- [laughs]
GOOD MORNING,
DR. CRENSHAW, SIR.
- GOOD MORNING.
PLEASE CALL ME DAVID.
JUST CAME BY TO SAY
HOW IMPRESSED WE ALL WERE
WITH YOUR PERFORMANCE
AT THE KFZA NEWS.
IT WAS LOVELY.
- OH!
THANK YOU SO MUCH,
SIR--DAVID--
SIR--WAIT.
NOT SIR DAVID?
- NO.
- WELL, ACTUALLY,
I DON'T KNOW YOU THAT WELL.
MAYBE YOU HAVE BEEN KNIGHTED.
[both laughing]
- LOVELY.
HAVE A GOOD DAY.
- SO WHERE ARE YOU WITH
YOUR DISSERTATION?
- BEHIND.
- AND HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOU YOUR PRESENTATION?
- IT'S COMING ALONG.
- DEB, YOU'VE COME TOO FAR
TO DROP THE BALL.
- I KNOW.
I'M JUST TRYING TO
KEEP MY HEAD ABOVE WATER.
- YOU HAVE WORKED TOWARD
THIS ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITY
YOUR ENTIRE LIFE.
YOU NEED TO KNOCK THIS
COMMITTEE PRESENTATION
OUT OF THE PARK.
NOW, I CAN ACTUALLY HELP YOU
GET STARTED WITH THA IF YOU LIKE.
I'M WIDE OPEN THIS AFTERNOON.
- I CAN'T.
THEY WANT ME AT THE STATION
FOR A PROMO SHOOT.
- WELL, I WANT A DRAFT OF
THAT PRESENTATION SPEECH
ON MY DESK AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
- THAT'S GOOD.
- ONE SEC.
- THANK YOU, LADIES.
THANK YOU, APRIL.
I JUST WANNA GET A FEW
WITH GRANT AND DEB ALONE.
THANK YOU.
- I FEEL SO AWKWARD.
WHAT'S YOUR SECRET?
- I JUST LOVE
HAVING MY PICTURE TAKEN.
- THE CAMERA
LOVES YOU, TOO, GRANT.
- PERFECT.
- YEAH, THAT WAS GOOD.
I LIKE THAT.
- I THINK WE MIGHT HAVE
TURNED HER
INTO A REAL NEWSWOMAN.
HER SHORT-TERM AGREEMEN IS SET TO EXPIRE SOON.
WE NEED HER TO RESIGN
LONG-TERM.
- WHAT IF SHE DOESN' WANT TO?
- YOU SEEM TO HAVE HER...
ATTENTION.
CONVINCE HER.
[cell phone rings]
- HEY, WILLY, WHAT'S UP?
- THAT DOOR IS OPENING UP
FOR YOU HERE REAL SOON.
- WHY, WHAT'S THE SCOOP?
- THE EXECS HERE ARE INTERESTED
IN WHAT YOU'VE DONE
WITH DEB METCALFE.
I TOLD 'EM ALL ABOUT HOW YOU
TURNED THAT DIAMOND IN
THE ROUGH INTO A SHINING STAR.
- WELL, THAT'S NO EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED.
- WHO CARES?
NOW MAKE ME
A KILLER PRESENTATION
SO I CAN SELL THIS TO 'EM.
- UH, WAIT, WHAT ARE--
WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?
- PACKAGE DEAL.
THAT'S HOW I GET YOU BACK IN.
YOU AND METCALFE TOGETHER.
- WHAT IF SHE DOESN' WANT TO?
- SHE'D BE CRAZY
TO TURN IT DOWN.
THE PRESTIGE OF NETWORK NEWS,
NEW YORK CITY.
DID I MENTION THE MONEY?
- WELL, THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE--
HER CONTRACT HERE
IS ALMOST UP.
KFZA'S ALREADY
PUSHING TO RENEGOTIATE.
- NO PROBLEM.
KFZA'S AN AFFILIATE.
WE CAN BUY OUT HER CONTRACT.
HAVE HER SIGN HERE OR THERE.
IT DOESN'T MATTER.
JUST LOCK HER UP.
- I'LL TRY.
- SELL IT TO HER, QUENTIN.
THAT'S WHAT YOU DO.
[beep]
- THANK YOU, GRANT.
I WANNA GE A FEW WITH JUST DEB.
- I DON'T--I DON'T KNOW
IF I CAN DO THIS BY MYSELF.
- TRY PRETENDING YOU'RE ME.
YOU'LL LOVE IT.
- [laughs]
OKAY.
- TELL ME, WHAT ARE THOSE--
THE BIG WHITE,
FLUFFY CLOUDS IN THE SKY?
- CUMULUS.
- CUMULUS?
CUMULUS.
WHAT IS THE AURORA BOREALIS
AGAIN?
- IT IS A NATURAL LIGH DISPLAY--
HEY, NOBODY CARES ABOUT THIS.
- HEY, HEY, HEY.
YES, THEY DO, PROFESSOR.
COME ON, JUST TELL US
EVERYTHING YOU KNOW,
AND MAKE IT EXCITING.
THAT'S WHAT YOU DO.
RUN IT BY LEGAL AGAIN,
BUT I'M PRETTY SURE
WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT CLEARED.
ALL RIGHT.
UM...
[cell phone rings]
THAT ONE.
DEB, WHAT'S UP?
- CAN YOU COME HELP ME
OUTSIDE WITH ZEPHYR?
- I REALLY LOVE THAT CAR.
- MIGHT BE TIME FOR A NEW ONE.
- I DON'T KNOW.
IT'D BE TOO HARD
TO SAY GOOD-BYE.
PLUS, I CAN'T AFFORD IT.
- TV JOB CAN HELP
IN THAT DEPARTMENT.
COME ON.
I'LL GIVE YOU A RIDE.
- SO YOU NEVER TOLD ME
YOUR LONG STORY.
- WHAT LONG STORY?
- WELL, ABOUT HOW YOU
LOST YOUR JOB AT THE NETWORK.
- OH, RIGHT.
WELL, UM, I MEAN...
IN A NUTSHELL, UM...
A SCANDALOUS STORY WAS LEAKED
ABOUT A U.S. SENATOR,
AND THEN EVERY STATION
RAN WITH IT.
AND I JUST--I DIDN'T THINK
THE SOURCE WAS CREDIBLE,
SO I REFUSED.
- WHAT HAPPENED?
- IN THE END, THE STORY
WOUND UP NOT BEING TRUE.
- WELL, THEN WHY DID
THEY FIRE YOU?
- SOMETIMES NETWORKS,
THEY LIKE TO HAVE
THEIR AUDIENCE THAT NIGH AND THEN JUST ISSUE
A RETRACTION LATER
RATHER THAN ACTUALLY,
YOU KNOW, REPORT THE TRUTH.
- WELL, YOU DID
THE RIGHT THING.
- MM-HMM.
YEAH.
I'VE BEEN PAYING FOR I EVER SINCE.
- IT GOT YOU HERE.
- YEAH, I--
I'M REALLY GLAD
I FOLLOWED MY INSTINCTS ON YOU.
- HEY.
- I WAS SUPPOSED TO WORK
WITH FRAN TODAY.
I'M SO SORRY.
DR. HARRIS HAS BEEN ON MY
BACK ABOUT MY DISSERTATION,
AND THEN I HAD
MY PHOTO SHOOT,
AND THEN MY CAR DIED--
- ZEPHYR FINALLY DIED?
- WELL, NOT DIED DIED, I HOPE.
I DON'T--I DON'T KNOW.
I HAD HER TOWED TO A MECHANIC.
IT'S JUST BEEN
ONE OF THOSE DAYS, YOU KNOW?
I'M SO SORRY
I FORGOT ABOUT OUR SESSION.
CAN WE RESCHEDULE?
- LOOK, I'LL MAKE IT WORK.
I'LL PULL AUDIO CLIPS
FROM OTHER STUFF WE SHOT,
STITCH IT TOGETHER,
FIX IT, AND POST,
AS THEY SAY.
- DID YOU WRITE THIS
IN 15 MINUTES?
BECAUSE THAT--
THAT'S HOW IT READS.
- I CAN REVISE IT.
- THERE'S NO YOU IN HERE.
I MEAN, WHERE--
WHERE'S THE TRUTH?
- THE TRUTH IS...
I'M STRESSED.
- THIS FELLOWSHIP
IS BETWEEN YOU AND VERA.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
SHE IS GIVING 200%.
WHERE ARE YOU?
- MAYBE VERA'S MORE CUT OU FOR THE JOB THAN I AM.
- DO YOU KNOW THAT THERE
ARE OPPORTUNITIES IN LIFE
THAT ONLY COMENCE?
AND YOU EITHER GRAB THEM
WITH EVERYTHING YOU HAVE
OR YOU LET THEM SLIP
THROUGH YOUR FINGERS.
- HOW'THE SPEECH COMING,
WEATHER GIRL?
- VERA, YOU'RE SMART,
YOU'RE SUCCESSFUL,
AND ALMOST EVERYONE
LIKES YOU.
ISN'T THAT ENOUGH?
DO YOU REALLY HAVE TO
TRY AND STEP ON ME
ON YOUR ASSENT, TOO?
- I DON'T KNOW.
I MEAN...WHAT'S ENOUGH?
[applause]
- WHAT?
- WHAT DO YOU THINK?
- I'M SO BIG.
- YES, YOU ARE.
THE SKY'S THE LIMIT.
- YOU LOOK GORGEOUS
UP THERE, DEB.
- ALMOST AS GORGEOUS AS ME.
- OH, PLEASE.
[crowd chuckles]
[background chatter]
- YOU SURE WENT TO
A LOT OF TROUBLE,
CONSIDERING I'M ON
A SHORT-TERM CONTRACT.
- EVERYBODY HERE LOVES YOU.
THE AUDIENCE LOVES YOU.
HOW DOES IT FEEL?
- IT FEELS PRETTY GOOD.
- MM.
[chuckling]
SO THIS PROBABLY WON'T COME
AS MUCH OF A SURPRISE,
BUT KFZA'S TALKING
ABOUT RESIGNING YOU--
LONG-TERM.
- YEAH?
- DOES THAT MEAN YOU
WOULD ACTUALLY CONSIDER IT?
- WHAT'S IN IT FOR ME?
- OH.
WE COULD DO GREAT THINGS
TOGETHER, YOU AND I, DEB.
- LIKE THE SONG SAYS,
WE ARE HAVING A HEAT WAVE.
[cell phone ringing]
THIS WEEK, TEMPERATURES
SHOULD BE IN THE 80s.
A NICE SOUTHWESTERLY SWELL
WILL BE HITTING OUBEACHES,
SO MAKE SURE YOU GET OUT--
- WILLY.
- RUMORS ABOUND, MY FRIEND.
THAT OPEN DOOR
MAY BE CLOSING SOON.
THE EXECS ARE WARMING UP
TO SOMEONE ELSE
TO FILL THAT JOB OPENING.
- CAN YOU BUY ME
SOME MORE TIME?
- I'LL DO WHAT I CAN.
REMEMBER, IT'S YOU
AND METCALFE OR NO DEAL.
- YEAH.
I KNOW, I GOT IT.
[beep]
- I CONSIDER MYSELF
A KIND OF A...DOCUMENTARIAN.
I'M SURE I COULD
LEND SOME INSIGHT.
- I CAN GIVE YOU A ROUGH CU IF YOU'D LIKE.
- CAN'T WAIT.
NICE MEETING YOU, FRAN.
- NICE TO MEET YOU, TOO.
- HEY.
- HEY, THIS PLACE IS SO COOL,
AND GRANT IS SO NICE.
I EVEN GOT A TOUR
AND EVERYTHING.
- I'M SO GLAD YOU GOT TO
COME CHECK OUT THE STUDIO.
- LET'S GO GET SOME PIZZA.
I'M STARVING.
- I WAS GONNA STAY LATE
AND WORK ON SOME SCHOOL STUFF.
- BUT YOU GOTTA EA THOUGH, RIGHT?
- YEAH, BUT I HAVE TO
SPEND SOME TIME
IN HAIR AND MAKEUP, TOO.
GRACE AND I ARE GONNA
TRY A COUPLE NEW LOOKS.
- THESE JUST CAME IN FOR YOU.
- OOH!
THIS, I LOVE.
AND, UH, THIS IS GREAT.
MAYBE TOMORROW WE COULD DO
SOMETHING A--
WHAT--
- COME ON.
LET'S TRY THEM ON.
COME ON.
- YEAH, THE RAIN BI MAKES ME LAUGH.
THAT'S GOOD, SO WE'LL KEEP
THAT, AND THEN WHAT'S TWO?
YEAH, NOCUT THE BEGINNING.
CUT THE BEGINNING.
UH...KEEP GOING.
FAST FORWARD THROUGH THIS PART.
YEAH, YEAH.
SO CUT THAT OUT.
I DON'T LIKE THAT.
UM, BUT THEN USE THIS.
USE THE END.
[beep, click]
- HEY.
- YEAH, HEY.
WHAT ARE YOU STILL
DOING HERE?
- WORKING ON MY SPEECH.
- HOW'S IT GOING?
- COULD BE BETTER.
- OH, HERE.
MAY I?
I MEAN, YOU GOT ALL THE FACTS
HERE BUT...
- WHAT?
- WHERE'S YOUR VOICE HERE?
I MEAN, THIS...
THIS KINDA OF READS
LIKE A SCIENCE TEXTBOOK.
- YEAH, I DON'T KNOW.
I'M REALLY STRUGGLING
WITH IT FOR SOME REASON.
- YOU JUST NEED TO CHANNEL
THE PERSON
THAT BLEW OFF MY DIRECTIONS
AND TOLD HER AUDIENCE THEY
DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO FEAR
FROM A LITTLE OLD TORNADO.
- WHAT ARE YOU WORKING ON?
- I HAVE A POTENTIAL
NEW YORK JOB THING.
- OH.
BACK TO NEW YORK?
- WELL, IT'S ACTUALLY...
- WHAT?
- NOTHING.
UM, NOTHING.
ARE YOU HUNGRY?
- NO, BUT THE CRAZY THING IS--
I MEAN, I GREW UP IN SAN DIEGO
MY ENTIRE LIFE.
AND I NEVER
HAD TO BRANCH OUT,
NEVER HAD TO CHANGE.
- WELL, MAYBE IT'S TIME
YOU LIVE SOMEWHERE ELSE.
- WHERE WOULD I LIVE?
- I DON'T KNOW.
NEW YORK?
WHAT?
I FEEL LIKE EVERYONE
SHOULD LIVE IN NEW YORK
AT LEAST ONCE IN THEIR LIVES.
LOOK, THE WORLD'S ALWAYS
CHANGING--YOU CAN'T FIGHT IT.
YOU GOT TO CHANGE WITHIN,
OR YOU GET LEFT BEHIND.
- MM-MM.
NO, SEE, WHEN EVERYTHING
AROUND ME IS CHANGING,
IT GIVES ME COMFOR TO THINK THAT THE MOST IMPORTAN PARTS OF OURSELVES,
THE TRUEST PARTS--
THEY NEVER CHANGE.
- IF I COULD CHANGE ONE THING
IN MY LIFE RIGHT NOW...
- WHAT?
- I WISH I COULD FIND US
A SHOOTING STAR.
- HEY, YOU KNOW THAT FEELING
I HAD ABOUT YOU?
IT HAD NOTHING TO DO
WITH OUR WORKING RELATIONSHIP.
- DEB.
- [gasps]
YOU SCARED ME.
- [chuckles]
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
LOOKING AT CARS?
I THOUGHT YOU GOT ZEPHYR FIXED.
- I DID.
I WAS JUST THINKING MAYBE
IT'S TIME TO RETIRE HER.
- DR. HARRIS LEFT YOU,
LIKE, THREE MESSAGES HERE.
- [sighs]
I KNOW.
SHE HAS LEFT MESSAGES
ON MY CELL PHONE TOO.
- YOUR PRESENTATION'S, LIKE,
RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER.
- MAYBE IT'S JUST NO IN THE CARDS FOR ME.
- YOU'VE WORKED
YOUR WHOLE LIFE FOR THIS.
AND YOU GO
AND CHANGE YOUR HAIR
AND PUT ON A LITTLE MAKEUP
AND GET SOME ATTENTION,
AND YOU'RE JUST GONNA
THROW IT ALL AWAY?
[door closes]
[indistinct chatter]
- HEY. OH.
YOU ALL RIGHT?
[door opens]
HEY.
- [sighs]
FRAN AND I HAD A FIGHT.
NOT LIKE A FIGHT FIGHT,
BUT WHATEVER.
- WHAT WAS IT ABOUT?
- ME.
SHE THINKS I'M GIVING UP
ON THE FELLOWSHIP.
SHE THINKS I'VE CHANGED,
NOT FOR THE BETTER.
- HAVE YOU CHANGED?
- WHAT DO YOU THINK?
- I DIDN'T THINK YOU NEEDED
TO GIVE YOURSELF A MAKEOVER.
I THOUGH YOU WERE BEAUTIFUL BEFORE.
YOU JUST DIDN'T REALIZE IT.
I THINK THAT WHAT YOU TOLD ME
THE OTHER NIGHT IS TRUE--
THAT THE TRUEST PAR OF OURSELVES NEVER CHANGES.
YOU'RE GONNA BE FANTASTIC
IN WHATEVER YOU DECIDE TO DO,
DEB METCALFE.
[chuckles]
- WE'LL SEE
IF THAT'S TRUE TOMORROW.
- YOUR SPEECH--
ARE YOU PREPARED?
- [chuckles]
NOT AT ALL,
BUT I STILL HAVE TONIGH TO WORK ON IT.
- DOWN TO THE WIRE.
- HEY, QUENTIN?
I WOULD LOVE
FOR YOU TO BE THERE.
- I WOULDN'T MISS I FOR THE WORLD.
[keys clacking]
- [sighs]
[thunder rumbles]
[key clacking rapidly]
[sighs]
[thunder booms]
[rain falling]
- I'M STARING AT THE PLACE
WHERE, IN AN HOUR,
I'LL BE GIVING THE SPEECH THA DETERMINES THE REST OF MY LIFE.
- THAT'S A GREAT SELF-PEP TALK.
- OKAY, YOU TRY.
- LISTEN TO ME.
YOU'RE ARTICULATE.
YOU'RE AMUSING.
YOU GOT NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT.
- YEAH, EXCEPT A ROOM FULL
OF HIGHBROW ACADEMICS
JUDGING ME.
- HEY, FIND ME IN THE AUDIENCE.
TELL IT TO ME.
YOU'RE GONNA BE GREAT.
- ARE YOU GONNA BE HERE ON?
- YEP.
I'M LEAVING RIGHT NOW.
I'LL SEE YOU SOON.
[cell phone beeps]
[telephone ringing]
YEAH.
ALL RIGHT, PUT HIM ON.
HEY, UH, WILLY,
UH, CAN I CALL YOU BACK?
I'M RUNNING LATE RIGHT NOW.
- WE GOT YOU
ON SPEAKERPHONE HERE, BUDDY.
YOU'RE WITH THE CFO,
THE STATION MANAGER,
AND THE GENERAL MANAGER.
- YEAH, SURE.
GO AHEAD.
- IF YOU WAN TO BE
ON THE CUTTING EDGE,
YOU HAVE TO KEEP
YOUR TOOLS SHARP.
AND THOSE WIELDING THE BLADE
BETTER KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
I AM HONORED
TO HAVE STUDIED HERE
AND HOPE TO CONTINUE MY WORK
FOR MANY YEARS TO COME.
THANK YOU.
- THANK YOU, VERA.
WE'RE GONNA TAKE A SHORT BREAK
AND COME BACK WITH OUR
NEXT FELLOWSHIP CANDIDATE,
DEB METCALFE.
[door opens]
[door closes]
- NICE JOB
ON YOUR SPEECH, VERA.
- I THOUGHT IT WENT WELL,
BUT THEN AGAIN, I WAS MADE
FOR THIS TYPE OF THING.
YOU ACTUALLY SURPRISED ME
HOW WELL YOU WERE ABLE
TO STEP IT UP.
YOU REALLY ARE LEARNING
HOW TO PLAY THE GAME.
GOOD LUCK, WEATHER GIRL.
[door opens]
[door closes]
- [sighs]
[clears throat]
I HAD A SPEECH PREPARED,
BUT I WAS HAVING
A REALLY HARD TIME WITH I BECAUSE I THOUGH IT HAD TO BE PERFECT.
BUT IT'S JUST OCCURRED
TO ME...
THAT I'M NO THE RIGHT CANDIDATE
FOR THIS FELLOWSHIP
BECAUSE I'M PERFECT.
I'M THE RIGHT CANDIDATE
FOR THIS FELLOWSHIP
BECAUSE I HAVE LOVED METEOROLOGY
SINCE I WAS A LITTLE GIRL.
IT HAS BEEN MY FOCUS
FOR MOST OF MY LIFE.
AND WITH YOUR HELP,
I CAN CONTINUE TO BRING
THAT FOCUS
TO THIS UNIVERSITY.
I GOT DISTRACTED
BY THE ATTENTION AND PRAISE
THAT I RECEIVED
BECAUSE I WAS ON TV.
BUT I TOOK THAT JOB
IN THE FIRST PLACE
BECAUSE IT PROVIDED ME
WITH AN OPPORTUNITY
OUTSIDE OF THIS UNIVERSITY
TO EDUCATE PEOPLE
ABOUT THE WEATHER.
I CONSIDER IT A PRIVILEGE
TO BE ABLE TO SHARE
MY KNOWLEDGE
AND CONTINUE THIS INSPIRATION
THROUGH MY WORK.
I JUST WANT TO CONTINUE
DOING THAT HERE.
[indistinct chatter]
- YOU THINK I DID OKAY?
- DEB, YOU NAILED IT.
IT WAS SO AMAZING,
AND IT WAS FROM YOUR HEART.
- SO THAT REMINDS ME--
OH, DEAR, ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?
WHAT ABOUT YOUR--
BUT SHE'S--
- I GUESS DR. HARRIS
DIDN'T THINK SO.
[door opens]
- THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
- LOOKS LIKE
IT'S GONNA BE VERA.
- YOU DON'T KNOW THAT.
- OH, I'M SO SORRY.
I HAD TO TAKE A PHONE CALL.
- I'LL LEAVE YOU GUYS TO IT.
I'LL SEE YOU AT HOME.
- I'M...
[sighs]
HOW DID IT GO?
- I DON'T THINK
I GOT THE FELLOWSHIP.
- I AM SO SORRY.
LOOK, MAYBE IT WILL HELP.
THE PHONE CALL
I REALLY HAD TO TAKE--
NEW YORK WANTS BOTH OF US.
- WAIT. WHAT?
IS THAT WHY YOU GAVE ME
THAT SPEECH
ABOUT HOW EVERYONE SHOULD LIVE
IN NEW YORK
ONCE IN THEIR LIFE?
- NO.
I MEANT THAT.
I MEAN, IT'S NEW YORK.
I MEAN, BOTH OF US TOGETHER,
OUR DREAM JOB.
- YOUR DREAM, NOT MINE.
- I KNOW
YOU DIDN'T PLAN THIS.
BUT THAT'S--THAT'S ONE HECK
OF A CONSOLATION PRIZE.
- I MEAN, YOU'RE USED TO JUMPING
AROUND FROM CITY TO CITY,
SO YOU--YOU JUST GO.
I LIVE HERE.
- WELL, NO, IF YOU DON'T GO
TO NEW YORK,
I'M NOT GOING TO NEW YORK.
- YOU'D DO THAT FOR ME?
- I DON'T--I DON'T THINK
YOU UNDERSTOOD ME.
IT'S YOU AND ME TOGETHER.
THAT'S--THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT.
THAT'S THE PACKAGE.
- [gasps]
HAVE YOU BEEN SHOPPING ME AROUND
THIS ENTIRE TIME?
- NO--
DEB, NO.
- IS THAT ALL THERE WAS
BETWEEN US?
IS IT--WAS THAT IT?
- NO.
NO, THAT WASN'T.
I NEVER LIED TO YOU
ABOUT ANYTHING.
- YOU JUST DIDN'T REVEAL
THE DETAILS OF THE STORY.
- YEAH, LET'S JUST KEEP
THAT PACE CLIPPING ALONG TODAY.
GRANT, I LOVE YOU.
NOT AS MUCH AD-LIBBING.
- GONNA GET ANGRY LETTERS,
BUT OKAY.
[laughter]
- ALL RIGHT, COME ON,
LET'S GET TO IT.
[indistinct chatter]
- ALL RIGHT, SO I WAS THINKING,
HOW ABOUT WE MIX IT UP
A LITTLE BI AND SHOOT A WEATHER SEGMEN FROM THE ROOF TOMORROW?
THERE'S GREAT VIEW UP THERE.
- LET'S JUST STICK TO THE SET,
HUH?
- LITTLE CHILLY
WITH THE WEATHERGIRL?
- OH, THAT WAS NOTHING.
- OH, GREAT.
SO SHE'LL RENEW HER CONTRACT.
- LOOK, I THINK WE NEED
TO MOVE ON.
- NO, IT REALLY IS QUITE GOOD.
I-I THINK WITH THE CHANGES
THAT I'VE OUTLINED,
IT COULD EVEN BE GREAT.
- REALLY?
- MM-HMM.
- SO GLAD YOU LIKED IT.
- JOSH, YOU SHOULD WATCH
FRAN'S DOCUMENTARY.
THIS YOUNG LADY IS QUITE
THE FILM MAKER.
- YEAH, SURE.
- DEB'S IN IT.
- DEB?
LOVE TO TAKE A LOOK.
THANK YOU.
[phone chimes]
[indistinct chatter]
- OH.
"COME SEE ME."
MAKE IT OFFICIAL, I SUPPOSE.
- A WORD?
WHY DON'T YOU TAKE A MINUTE
AND LOOK THIS OVER?
- WHAT IS IT?
- YOUR NEW CONTRACT.
YOUR SHORT-TERM'S ALMOST UP
AND WE'RE ALL EAGER
TO HAVE YOU RE-SIGN.
- I KNOW IT SEEMS STRANGE,
BUT I STILL
WANT TO BE AN ACADEMIC.
- IT'S A VERY GENEROUS OFFER.
AT LEAST LOOK AT IT.
IMPRESSED?
- YES.
AND I APPRECIATE IT, I DO,
BUT I'M NOT INTERESTED.
I WANT TO STAY IN ACADEMIA.
I GOT TO RUN
TO THE UNIVERSITY.
I'LL BE BACK LATER.
- MM-HMM.
OKAY.
WE'LL TRY THIS ANOTHER WAY.
I WANT LEGAL IN MY OFFICE
IN TEN MINUTES.
I HAVE A CONTRACT ISSUE.
[phone rings]
- HEY, DEB.
- DEB, COME ON IN.
LISTEN, I AM REALLY SORRY THA I HAD TO RUSH OUT YESTERDAY.
I HAD A FAMILY EMERGENCY.
- IS EVERYTHING OKAY?
- NO, EVERYTHING'S FINE.
BUT THAT'S NOT WHY
I BROUGHT YOU IN TODAY.
YOU GOT THE FELLOWSHIP.
[uplifting orchestral flourish]
- WHAT?
- THEY ANNOUNCED I THIS MORNING.
- I GOT IT?
- YES. [laughs]
- I GOT IT?
- YES!
[laughter]
CONGRATULATIONS!
- WOW!
WHA--
ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
- NO!
WHY WOULD I KID WITH YOU?
LOOK AT ALL THIS HARD WORK
THAT YOU DID.
I MEAN IT.
I'M SO PROUD OF YOU.
- OH!
- I'M SO PROUD OF YOU.
- WOW.
SOFT BREEZES PROVIDE
AN OPPORTUNITY
TO PLAY WITH THE WEATHER
THIS WEEK.
SO, HEY, GO FLY A KITE.
- I THINK SHE'S TALKING TO YOU.
- GO TO GRANT NOW.
- THANKS, DEB.
AND WHEN WE COME BACK,
THE GRUNION ARE RUNNING...
- BET YOU ASSUMED BECAUSE YOU
COULDN'T GET DEB TO RE-SIGN,
IT WAS A DONE DEAL.
- THEY OFFERED HER
THE FELLOWSHIP.
IT'S OVER.
- WE'LL SEE.
- HEY, DEB.
I WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS
ON THE FELLOWSHIP.
- THANKS.
- OF COURSE I HAD A FEW
CLINGING HOPES.
- DON'T REALLY WANT TO TALK
ABOUT THAT.
- [sighs]
LOOK.
I KNOW THIS SEEMS LIKE A SHAM,
BUT IT WASN'T.
I'M SO SORRY
IF YOU THINK THAT--
- YOU KNOW WHAT, QUENTIN?
IT'S BEEN A LONG COUPLE DAYS.
I'M JUST GONNA SAY GOOD NIGHT.
[engine stutters and turns over]
- I WAS KIND OF HOPING
IT WOULDN'T START.
- GET AN EARLY STAR ON TOMORROW'S BOARD?
- YEAH, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
- HOW ABOUT THIS FOR A SEGMENT?
- I'M NOT SURE...
HOW MUCH
YOU THINK YOU KNOW.
- YOU DON'T LAST AS LONG
IN THIS BUSINESS
AS I HAVE ON PERSONALITY ALONE.
- [laughs]
SO YOU KNOW ABOUT ME AND DEB?
- I KNOW ABOUT YOU AND DEB
AND THE NEW YORK OFFER.
YOUR FRIEND WILLY LIKES TO
BOAST TO HIS FRIENDS.
AND SOME OF HIS FRIENDS
ARE MY FRIENDS.
- DOES WANTING NEW YORK
MAKE ME A JERK?
- NO.
USING DEB TO GET IT DOES.
- [groans]
I TRIED TO APOLOGIZE TO HER.
- I'VE BEEN MARRIED FOR OVER
30 YEARS, QUENTIN.
HERE'S MY ADVICE TO YOU.
BEING SORRY ISN'T ENOUGH.
A WOMAN NEEDS TO KNOW
THAT SHE CAN COUNT ON YOU.
SHOULD DEB EVER BE ABLE
TO TRUST YOU AGAIN?
IF SO, YOU NEED TO SHOW HER.
[soft music]
- WHAT?
NO.
SHE'S LEAVING
WHEN HER CONTRACT IS UP.
I ALREADY CONFIRMED THAT.
WHY?
WHO SIGNED OFF
ON A NEW CONTRACT?
HEY, I'LL BE RIGHT OU FOR THOSE.
HEY, WHAT'S GOING ON?
WHY DID YOU ORDER
ANOTHER CONTRACT FOR DEB?
I TOLD YOU SHE GO THE FELLOWSHIP.
- WHILE YOU WERE OU GETTING YOUR HEART BROKEN,
I WAS TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS.
- WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
- FRAN'S DOCUMENTARY,
STARRING DEB.
I SAY THE WORD
AND IT'S OUR PROPERTY
AS EVIDENCE IN A LAWSUIT.
- WHOA, WHOA, WHOA.
A LAWSUIT?
WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO DO THAT?
- I DON'T, REALLY.
AND I CAN MAKE EVERYTHING OKAY
IF DEB JUST AGREES
TO EXTEND
HER EXCLUSIVE CONTRACT.
- AND WHAT A WONDERFUL
WORKING RELATIONSHIP
YOU'LL HAVE ESTABLISHED.
- I DID WHAT I HAD TO DO.
- YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW
IN ALL OF THIS, JOSH,
IS THAT THE NETWORK WANTS DEB.
SO THEY'RE GONNA COME IN HERE
AND BUY
HER LITTLE AFFILIATE CONTRAC RIGHT OUT FROM UNDERNEATH YOU
ANYWAY,
SO THERE'S NO POINT IN THIS.
- YOU WERE USING HER TO BROKER
A DEAL WITH NEW YORK
TO GET YOU BACK IN THE DOOR.
DOES SHE KNOW THAT?
WELL, THAT WILL COST THEM
A PRETTY PENNY,
WHICH IS MORE THAN WE'D GE FROM DEB
IF WE JUST LET HER WALK.
THE SUITS WILL APPRECIATE THAT.
AND YOU GET TO GO BACK
TO NEW YORK.
EVERYBODY WINS.
I'M IMPRESSED, GOLDEN BOY.
- EVERYTHING I WANT--WANTED--
AT THE COST OF LOSING
THE BEST THING
THAT'S EVER HAPPENED TO ME.
- SO WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO?
- MUST BE SOMETHING
I'M NOT THINKING OF.
- WELL, MAYBE THIS IS ONE THING
YOU CAN'T FIX.
- I JUST--I AT LEAST HAVE
TO WARN HER
BEFORE SHE GETS IN HERE.
- WHAT KIND OF A PERSON
SMILES AT YOU ONE MINUTE, THEN
STABS YOU IN THE BACK THE NEXT?
- IT'S JUST BUSINESS.
DON'T TAKE IT PERSONALLY.
YOU OBVIOUSLY HAVE A LO OF GROWING UP TO DO.
- DON'T TALK TO HER LIKE THAT.
- YOU KNEW ABOUT THIS?
WHAT, WAS THIS THE ACE
UP YOUR SLEEVE THE ENTIRE TIME?
- NO, UNH-UH,
I HAD NO INTENTION
OF IT ENDING UP LIKE THIS.
- RIGHT.
- DEB...
- OH, HE HAD IT ALL FIGURED OUT.
AS SOON AS YOU SIGN WITH US,
NEW YORK WILL BUY OU YOUR CONTRACT,
SO QUENTIN GETS IT ALL.
- YOU WARNED ME YOU DIDN' GIVE UP.
I JUST DIDN'T KNOW YOU'D GO
THIS FAR.
- LET'S FINISH THIS, PLEASE.
HERE'S YOUR CONTRACT.
SIGN IT AND FRAN'S HAPPY,
QUENTIN'S HAPPY, I'M HAPPY.
YOU?
WELL, THREE OUT OF FOUR
AIN'T BAD.
- [sighs]
- WAIT, WAIT.
DEB METCALF...YOU'RE FIRED.
- [laughs]
YOU CAN'T DO THAT.
- I JUST DID I IN FRONT OF ALL THESE WITNESSES.
- WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
- THE ONLY WAY TO GET OU OF YOUR CONTRAC IS IF YOU'RE FIRED.
SO YOU ARE NO LONGER UNDER
ANY CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION
TO KFZA NEWS.
- YOU'RE AN IDIOT.
YOU KNOW THAT?
YOU'RE THROWING AWAY NEW YORK!
- I DON'T CARE.
- YOU'RE FIRED, QUENTIN!
- TOO LATE.
BESIDES, YOU CAN'T FIRE ME
WITHOUT APPROVAL
FROM THE UPSTAIRS.
[door slams]
- WHAT ABOUT NEW YORK?
- I THINK SAN DIEGO HAS A LO TO OFFER ME.
I SAW THAT ONE.
- FINALLY.