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The Quickie
FADE IN
EXT. VERANDA IN MEXICO. NIGHT
ED, late 50s slightly overweight, gray, and JOE, 30s,
athletic, hispanic, sit on the veranda looking out
across a large lake. To the south they can see
mountins.
The sun is just below the horizion so you can no longer
see it, but it lights the sky and the bottoms of the
clouds with a bright gold color.
The two men sit watching the sight silently.
JOE
It looks like millions
of gold dubbloons the
way the sun is shining
on the bottoms of the
clouds. Just like
millions.
ED
I know where there are
millions in gold......
JOE
What? You know where
there are millions in
gold?
ED
Millions in gold
dubloons with a curse on
them......
SAUNDRA, 50s, voluptous, very atractive, enters
carrying a tray of drinks.
SAUNDRA
Ed, you might as well
not start that story
again.
ED
Well, I am sick and
tired of keeping it to
myself. Maybe someone
else can come up with an
idea on how to recover
it.
SAUNDRA
What do we need with it?
We live well enough
here.
ED
I've thought about it for
over 3 years, Joe, and I
can't come up with a
solution. Maybe you can,
SAUNDRA
Well, at least there are
several extra shares now
that three have died.
ED
Okay, Joe, here's the
story....
Ed sits back in his chair looking at the sky.
INT. CAFE. NIGHT
BILL, 40s slender quiet type, JERIE, petite, almost
mousy, DON, tall handsome 30s and SUSAN, slight very
blond, are sitting at a table for 8. MIKE, 20s, very
rubust looks like a construction worker and MARLA,
sweet brunette, have just joined the group.
BILL
Hey, Mike, where the
hell's Ed? He's usually
here by now.
MIKE
I don't know, but you're
right, in 7 years, he's
never been late.
MIKE
I'll bet he got caught
in traffic around the
IRS building. Its
terrible today with
everyone trying to get
their return in at the
last minute.
MARLA
It isn't fair. I've
heard that it's possible
the IRS is even illegal.
BILL
You're right, it isn't
fair. They are like an
American version of the
'SS'.
MIKE
Hey, I heard it was a
volentary
'contribution'.
MARLA
If its volentary than
I'm going to quit
volenteering.
BILL
I wouldn't, if I were
you.
JERRIE
In just three years I'll
bet we've 'volenteered'
over 40 thousand to that
hole in the ground.
Don is looking up at the ceiling with his hands
steepled in front of his lips, looking like he was in
great thought.
DON
Did you ever think there
might be some business
that you could invent
that would be free of
the IRS?
Susan looks exasperated.
SUSAN
Not now, Don.
DON
I have thought about it
for a long time, and I
am trying to figure out
how you could make money
using your brain only to
produce the things you
need.
SUSAN
First you have to start
with a brain.
DON
The IRS still hasn't
started taxing your
thoughts, so if you
could convert them
directly into food and
clothing, you would have
a tax free enterprise.
BILL
Sounds like a winner to
me, but, let me guess,
you haven't figured it
out yet, right?
DON
Maybe......
BILL
Well, lets hear it then.
How come you aren't
doing it?
DON
There's a business that
you can get into for
less than 150 bucks,
where you will control
over ten thousand
workers who will work
for you for only a home
with no plumbing or
electricity, with no
benefits, and will allow
you to search their
house when ever you want
and take everything that
they have saved.
SUSAN
Here we go again.
DON
You wont even have to
pay social security for
them or deduct income
tax from their pay, they
don't have any pay.
SUSAN
I've heard all this
before, may I be
excused?
Susan makes a motion as if to leave the table then sits
back down.
SUSAN
He has been working on
this problem for as long
as I have known him, and
this is the best he can
do. It isn't worth 10
years of thought.
Ed and Sandra enter.
ED
Hi gang, sorry we are
late, but the IRS has
traffic backed up all
the way to Onion Creek.
Thank god I won't have
to pay them anything any
more.
BILL
What the hell are you
talking about, did you
just find the answer to
our prayers, a job with
no income tax?
ED
Well, not quite, but
you're halfway right, a
job with no income. TVI
has just closed their
doors, and I'm now
unemployed. 17 years
with TVI and I'm out.
DON
Well at least you have
your retirement fund, or
a golden parachute, or
something like that
don't you?
ED
All I got was my last
pay check.
DON
Wow, that's a real
downer but you won't
have much trouble
getting something else
with your experience.
There are allot of
defense industries out
there looking for EE's.
ED
I hope you're right.
Ed sighs.
BILL
We were just talking
about how to beat the
IRS, Don was just about
to regale us with his
version of a
'sweetheart' business
that allows you not to
pay the employees.
ED
Sounds immoral to me.
Anyway, I'm looking for
one that will pay their
employes. I just found
one that won't.
BILL
Well, Don, what is this
business? Ed needs
something to do, and
I'll bet he could come
up with the 150 bucks.
DON
Well, I figure that an
apiary is what you need.
ED
What is an apiary.
DON
A bee hive or two or
three.
DON
See, you don't even have
to feed the workers,
they find their own.
There is no paper work
to keep, and you don't
even have to remember
their names!
BILL
I thought you were
serious, Don.
DON
Its a perfect business,
unless you get stung.
And that's true of any
business.
Don laughs
ED
I don't think my
neighbors would think
much of that idea Don,
Onion Creek is kind of
picky about how you
live.
DON
You cant even have pets?
ED
They won't even let you
park a car on the street
if it isn't in running
condition. Can you
imagine Bill out there
with his collection of
junkers.
DON
They would tar and
feather him and ride him
out of town on a rail.
BILL
Those aren't junkers.
They're collectors items
and someday I will sell
them for what they are
worth and retire.
ED
After the IRS gets their
share of the money
you'll be lucky to be
able to pay for this
dinner.
Don is staring off into space.
DON
You know, when you sign
your IRS form at the
bottom, it says
something like 'for the
rest of my life I will
be bound by this
document and any perjury
that I have committed'.
ED
Yeah, that's always
bothered me. Not that I
cheat or anything, just
the lifetime jeprody.
DON
So when you pay your
income tax, you are
subjecting yourself to
danger for the rest of
your life.
BILL
If you dont pay it
you're endangered for
the rest of your life.
DON
But think about this,
when you rob a bank, you
are only at risk for a
few minutes. Either you
get away, or you dont.
BILL
The proceeds are tax
free and you face less
risk than by filing your
1040 on a legitimate
business.
MIKE
I think the risk reward
ratio is about even.
Neither is good.
Besides, I dont like
close places.
Don looks at Ed.
DON
You know, if you
collect Unemployment
insurance, you will have
to pay income tax on
that.
ED
No, I didnt know that.
This is the first time
I've ever been
unemployed.
DON
Unemployment and Social
Security are the only
insurance's you have to
pay income tax on!
MIKE
Insurance is supposed to
be tax free. Its because
Social Security and
Unemployment are
government run
insurance, and there is
no lobby to fight for
you in congress.
DON
I wonder if Clintons
national health
insurance with its
mandatory contributions
will be tax free when
you use it
MIKE
You're dreaming, Don.
Of course you will have
to pay taxes on it, how
do you think Clinton
will pay for it?
SUSAN
Taxes are a ratchet,
they only go one way,
... up!
INT. EDS CAR. NIGHT
Ed is driving with Saundra beside him.
ED
Its getting
discouraging. No one
wants an old man.
SAUNDRA
Its only been a week,
Ed. We will find
something. Lets just
enjoy dinner tonight and
forget about it for now.
ED
Well, at least the house
is paid for.
SAUNDRA
Sometimes I wish I'd
finished law school. My
secretarial job won't
support us forever.
ED
You know, I never
thought about age
discrimination when I
was employed, but now I
see it everywhere.
SAUNDRA
I think you are reading
too much into your
rejections.
ED
No, when they tell you
they only hire at entry
level, thats age
discrimination. They
know you won't apply for
entry level when you're
50 years old.
SAUNDRA
Well, you didn't want to
work for 3M anyway.
Ed drives into the parking lot at the cafe.
INT. CAFE. NIGHT.
Ed and Saundra walk up to the table where the group is
seated.
DON
Did you get an offer at
3M?
ED
No, they wouldn't even
take my application.
DON
Well, as I said last
week, you could rob a
bank and just retire.
The laughter ripples around the table except for Bill
and Jerrie.
ED
What's the matter with
you two, I am the one
without a job.?
BILL
We may have lost ours,
or soon will.
ED
You can't lose yours,
you're the owner of the
bussiness.
JERRIE
Not for much longer.
BILL
Daltons Book stores is
opening up across the
street in the mall.
It'll put us out of
business.
JERRIE
Only three people came
into the store today.
Thats boreing as well as
expensive.
ED
Damn, thats another
downer. What're you
gonna do about it?
BILL
Mom and Pop book stores
are out these days.
Maybe we could both go
back to teaching. They
always need teachers.
JERRIE
I already called a
friend
of mine at the high
school and she said
there was an opening for
a part time teacher that
would probably turn full
time by the end of the
semester.
BILL
I think we will try to
hold on with just me
running things, for a
while anyway.
JERRIE
I wish we had sold the
place to that idiot from
San Antonio who made
that ridiculous offer
three years ago when
things were booming.
BILL
If he walked in now and
made that offer I
would snap it up in a
second.
JERRIE
Fat chance of that
happening, With the
current economy and that
new book store we will
be lucky to get half
that much.
MARLA
We're looking for a new
travel agent, one of
ours quit today. Things
aren't looking up just
yet, but we have to keep
the desks full.
Mike looks at Marla angrily then speaks to Ed.
MIKE
We always have to get
help that is better than
the one that left.
There is no time to
train someone, they have
to hit the ground
running
SAUNDRA
Ed has been thinking
about a new career.
Maybe that travel agent
thing wouldn't be to
bad. At least we could
get some cut rate travel
out of the deal
Mike rolls his eyes back looking at Marla who has a
weak "ouch" look on her face as she bites her lip.
SAUNDRA
Maybe we could make
enough to open a garage
after a few years, or
maybe the economy will
come back and he could
return to engineering
DON
Hey, lets order
something, I'm hungry.
How about if I buy a
bottle of wine to
celebrate Marlas new
job?
INT. DONS BEDROOM. NIGHT
Don enters. Susan is in bed.
DON
Cummon, Suzie, you gotta
get up. Its time to go.
You're late.
SUSAN
Damn, I overslept. What
time is it?
DON
Its 6:30. You have 30
minutes to get there.
SUSAN
I dont like this night
shift stuff.
DON
I can't help it. If I
could've kept you on at
the lab I'd have done it.
SUSAN
I know, but working for
you was alot better than
this night shift nursing.
DON
Its only been three days.
You'll get used to it.
SUSAN
I hope you get another
contract, I liked having
us both work at the same
place.
DON
When we lost that
contract there was only
enough money for one
doctor and no nurses.
Not much chance of
getting another now that
the "Evil Empire" has
been defeated.
SUSAN
Maybe you could go back
into private practice and
I could be your office
nurse.
DON
I'm all for our working
together. I dont like an
empty bed.
SUSAN
You'll get used to it.
DON
I don't want to get used
to it! By the way my car
is running kind of funny.
I'll have to use yours
tommorow.
SUSAN
What do you mean funny?
DON
Nothing important, just a
little miss.
SUSAN
I should have married
Bill, he has lots of
cars.
DON
Well, at least you got
the one with the Air
Conditioning.
INT. CAFE. NIGHT
Don, Mike, Marla, Bill and Jerrie are at the table.
DON
Suzie can't make it
tonight. That new job is
killing us both. I
swear, the only thing
keeping us together is
the fact we don't see
each other anymore.
MIKE
Its been a rough week for
averyone, I guess. The
heat is deadly.
BILL
I'm glad the work week is
over, but this heat will
go on all weekend
according to the
weatherman.
MARLA
I think Don has lapsed
into his famous "I'm
thinking mode."
Ed and Saundra enter.
Don is daydreaming, Marla reaches over and shakes him.
MARLA
What are you dreaming
about this time?
DON
Well, if you must know, I
was thinking about
robbing a bank.
ED
This is the third or
fourth week in a row that
you have brought up the
subject of robbing a
bank. Do you have
something planned or are
you just trying to be
funny?
DON
I'm seriously thinking
about just that, Ed
A stunned silence settles over the table.
ED
You really mean it?
DON
Its a satisfying thought.
ED
Don, you are the one
person here with the
least to complain about
financially.
DON
Its not financially that
I am complaining about,
Ed, its just all the
frustrations of life in
general.
ED
Money won't fix those.
DON
Maybe not, but a great
deal of money might and I
don't think I'll win the
lottery soon.
ED
I have always said that
crime does not pay
because the people who
are smart enough to make
it pay are smart enough
to know they wont get
away with it.
MARLA
That's a contradiction.
If you are smart enough
to make it pay, then you
are smart enough to get
away with it.
DON
Does that mean you might
be interested?
ED
Maybe.
BILL
Not me, but I'll listen.
DON
Not here, and not without
Susan being present.
ED
It has to be 'all for one
and one for all' or it
wont work.
DON
And anyway, we need to be
somewhere else besides in
this restaurant to talk
about this.
ED
Lets have dinner at my
place next Friday. Okay?
INT. TRAVEL AGENCY. DAY
Mike and Marla are sitting alone at a desk
MIKE
You know, Don might have
an idea there with his
bank robery.
MARLA
Thats crap, Mike. You
know we cant do that.
MIKE
Well, what are we gonna
do if that suit aginst us
succeeds?
MARLA
How can it, it wasnt our
fault that the ship
burned?
MIKE
Thats not the point in
law. They dont care
whose fault it is
anymore, just follow the
game plan and screw
someone.
MARLA
We could win.
MIKE
Even if we win we lose.
The cost of fighting the
suit will bankrupt the
agency.
MARLA
Do you realy think so?
MIKE
If we win we wont get any
lawyers fees unless we
counter sue and our
lawyer wont try to do
that. The insurance
company pays him.
INT. DONS BEDROOM. NIGHT
Don and Susan are getting dressed to go out.
SUSAN
Why are we going to Ed's
for dinner? We have been
going to the China Vase
for years.
DON
Well, Ed is out of work
and so last week, we
agreed that to save money
Mike and Marla would cook
a Chinese dinner at Ed's
house and we could all
share the grocery
expense.
SUSAN
If it turns out well,
maybe we could try
rotating from house to
house and doing it
ourselves from now on.
DON
None of us likes to cook,
so that way each couple
would only have to cook
once a month!
INT. DONS CAR. NIGHT
Don and Susan drive into Eds driveway.
SUSAN
I thought Mike and Marla
were going to cook
tonight. I don't see
their car
DON
Maybe they are cooking it
at home and then bringing
it over here?
Don and Susan park the car and go to the door. They are
met by Saundra who lets them in.
INT. EDS LIVINGROOM. NIGHT
The entire group is present except for Mike and Marla
SAUNDRA
Well, what do you think,
Susan? Do you think it
will work? Are you ready
to retire?
SUSAN
What are you talking
about? Will what work?
ED
Don, didn't you tell her
why we were meeting here
tonight? Didn't you tell
her we were going to rob
a bank?
SUSAN
What? You guys are
kidding. What is this
really all about? I know
its not my birthday.
What's the surprise party
all about?
DON
I didn't want to tell you
until we were all
together so the others
could help me convince
you. Last week we
started talking seriously
about robbing a bank.
SUSAN
Don, you are as mad as a
hatter. What is this all
about? You didn't talk
all these people into
some crazy idea did you?
DON
You'll like the idea,
Suzie.
SUSAN
Don, this just isn't
right, you couldn't have
involved all these
innocent friends of ours
in such a ridiculous
adventure as this?
DON
No ones involved in
anything yet.
SUSAN
You wouldn't do this
would you?
ED
Lets get some dinner in
our bellies before we
talk any more about this
SUSAN
I don't think I'm hungry
DON
Come on, we don't have to
make any decisions now,
Its not cast in concrete.
Lets eat and we can
discuss it later.
EXT. EDS PATIO. LATER
SUSAN
When?
ED
When, what
SUSAN
When are we going to rob
that bank? What bank are
we going to rob?
DON
I have been thinking
about this and there are
several real easy ways to
do it. But the main
thing is not getting
caught.
BILL
Now theres the man we
need for a leader. Yeah,
dont get caught.
DON
You see, most bank
robbers complete the
robbery part of the job
and get away scott free.
Its later that they get
caught because of
something they did, or
left undone.
BILL
I told you, the guys a
genius. They get caught
because of something they
did or something they
didnt do. I tell you
that's genius.
DON
Cummon, Bill, give me a
chance. Okey?
ED
Yeah, Bill, let him
finish.
DON
The 'left undone'
category usually has to
do with the original
planning, and the 'did'
category usually has to
do with after the
successful robbery.
ED
Do you have a list of
do's and don'ts?
DON
I have a small list, and
I expect you guys to help
me to expand it.
ED
We're still listening.
DON
We will plan this thing
for at least a month.
Most bank robberies are
spur of the moment
things, and that is one
of the big reason that
they fail.
SUSAN
We may not plan it at all
if I have anything to say
about it. This is crazy.
DON
We want this one to be
perfect, because you
don't want to have to do
it again. That is a
second reason bank
robbers get caught.
Mike and Marla enter.
MIKE
Sorry we're late, we got
stoped for speeding on
the way over here.
SUSAN
This is an omen. Lets
forget the whole thing.
MIKE
Hey, I wasnt speeding and
I talked him out of the
ticket.
SUSAN
Then maybe you could talk
the bank out of the money
and we could forget the
robbery.
DON
Anyone want to hear the
rest of this?
ED
I do.
Everyone sits down.
DON
Most robbers only net a
couple of thousand
dollars, so a month later
they have to do it again.
Every time they repeat
the job, they increase
their risk of capture.
ED
I couldn't do it more
than once from a
psycological standpoint.
SAUNDRA
Sometimes he cant do it
once.
Laughter from all the group but Don.
DON
We are only going to do
it once. That's why I'm
calling it 'the Quickie'.
It has to be right, and
it has to net us at least
a million each.
MIKE
Thats eight million. Why
a million each.
DON
Because thats what I
figured I wanted. If we
accept less, we won't be
able to do what we want
to do unless we commit
multiple robberies, and I
am not willing to do more
than one.
ED
It will be hard enough to
plan one perfect crime.
Too many unpredictables
to try for two.
MIKE
What do you mean,
"unpredictables."
ED
Its allot like writing a
computer program. You
can never be sure what
the idiot at the keyboard
will do
DON
Thats right, so first you
tell him what to do, then
you check to see what he
did. If he didn't do
what he was supposed to
do, you chastise him,
stop what he did from
damaging the data, then
ask him again to give the
correct response.
ED
When you hear of 'buggy'
software, it's usually
caused by a programmer
who forgot to check for
improper responses, and
the program crashes.
DON
That's right, we will
each have a job, and each
of us will have to do his
job.
ED
If one person fails we
will have built in traps
to catch the error and
prevent it from causing
failure.
DON
I have thought about our
talents during the past
week and I have come up
with some assignments.
ED
Did you decide who was
the leader of this gang?
DON
We can only have one
leader, and I'm it.
Anyone have any problems
with that?
BILL
No. Does that mean you
go to jail if it fails?
MARLA
You have the plan, so you
are the man.
DON
It has to be that way to
avoid confusion.
ED
I think we should all
vote on crucial parts of
the plan, and we will all
make contributions to the
plan, but in the end.
Dons the leader
DON
I will make any absolute
decisions that have to be
made.
BILL
Okey, for now, until I
decide if I am in or not.
DON
Now, because I am a
medical doctor, my main
responsibility will be to
prevent any injuries from
becoming serious, and to
make sure none of us has
to resort to a hospital.
SUSAN
Look, you are loosing me
now. If this may cause
injurys I'm out. ... And
so are you, Don.
DON
You would be surprised at
how many crimes are
solved because a
participant in the crime
was injured and then had
to resort to using
outside help to save his
life. I will be our
'life saver'.
SAUNDRA
You mean one of us might
get shot?
DON
Well, I was trying to
avoid that exact wording,
but yes, Sandra, one of
us might get shot.
ED
I don't think the odds of
that are very good if we
do a good job of
planning, but we should
accept that possibility,
and plan for it.
DON
Susan is a nurse, so she
will be my back up, or
perhaps be the first line
of defense in case I am
not on the spot, like a
'medic'.
SUSAN
We're not sure I'm going
to be there yet.
DON
She could stabilize a
situation until I could
get there.
JERRIE
How do you plan on using
a book store cleark and
bookkeeper?
DON
Jerrie, you're a teacher,
and have done allot of
research, so you will be
our 'book worm'.
JERRIE
To start with I dont like
being called a worm.
DON
Your job will be to find
out all the details we
need during the planning
stages, and Bill will be
your back up and 'source'
since you'll be able to
get a hold of any books.
MARLA
And I suppose Mike and I
will plan the getaway.
Marla laughs.
DON
Yes, seriously, you and
Mike will be in charge of
all transportation, from
get away to international
travel to leave the
country.
SUSAN
Leave the country? Why
are we going to do that?
DON
Even if its a perfect
crime we dont want to
stay here. You dont want
to pay income tax on it
do you?
MARLA
I saw a book in a
magazine that tells you
how to get fake
passports.
DON
Okey, you can be in
charge of that, Mike, you
are 'transportation' and
Marla, you are 'papers'.
ED
So I guess I am in charge
of aircraft
countermeasures. Thats
what I have been doing
for the past 17 years.
DON
Ed is an 'engineer', he
will handle all the dirty
tricks, electronics,
mechanical, locks, and
other such stuff.
SAUNDRA
I guess my training as a
legal seceretary makes me
a natural for contacting
the lawyer who is going
to bail us out if this
thing fails.
DON
It isnt going to fail.
SAUNDRA
Then I guess I dont have
a job. Thats Okey by me.
DON
You will handle all our
legal needs. This will
include 'protocol' for
entering the bank at the
right time, any necessary
access to any office, or
facility along the way,
not just the bank.
ED
Now we know what we will
do, just what will we do.
DON
Did you all notice that
each of you has a code
name?
BILL
I guess I wasn't
listening, what's mine?
DON
Bill, you are Source,
Jerrie you are Bookworm,
Marla, you are Papers,
Mike is Transportation,
Ed is Engineer, Sandra is
Protocol, Susan is Medic,
and I am Lifesaver.
ED
Yeah, but why?
DON
Because from now on out,
during our planning
sessions we will use our
nick names. This way, if
we are overheard, no one
will know who we are.
BILL
You've read too many spy
novels. Why not mix up
the names so they wont
know what we are doing
either.
SUSAN
That would be nice,
because you don't know
what you are doing.
DON
Trust me, give it a try.
ED
Sounds Mickey Mouse to
me, but I'll give it a
try.
DON
We will start with a
skeleton of the job, and
then flesh it out until
we have a complete
turkey.
MARLA
I think that might be an
unfortunate choice of
words. Maybe you should
use some other simile.
MIKE
Do we have a 'target'
picked out for this
turkey shoot, or are we
just going to do a drive
by bank robbery, sort of
target of opportunity?
All but Don laughed at the joke.
DON
I am not sure you are all
taking this thing
seriously enough. If you
think that this is just a
lark, we better stop
right now.
ED
Okey, Dons right. This
is a real serious
business, and if we don't
treat it that way, we
will fail, and all end in
jail.
DON
Papers, to answer your
question, we will have to
research carefully till
we find just the right
bank.
JERRIE
And I guess thats my job
right?
DON
Right. It will take
research. Bookworm,
thats your job.
ED
I want to work with
Jerrie at first, because
the ease of the job will
be determined by which
bank we chose.
DON
You didnt use her code
name!
ED
Its not easy to remember
these names. I've
watched allot of MISSION
IMPOSSIBLE, I dont
remember seeing them do
that.
SUSAN
Don, I better not have
anything to do.
DON
Medic, you have forgotten
to use my code name. It
may be dangerous to your
own husbands health if
you continue to identify
me that way.
SUSAN
I think the names are
silly.
DON
Look, I promise you that
we will do everything to
prevent bloodshed. We
aren't even going to have
guns.
SUSAN
You better work this out
so there is zero physical
risk. If anyone gets
hurt I will feel like its
my fault because I was
the last one to agree.
JERRIE
Well, I for one need some
more of that bar-b-que.
Jerrie walks across the patio to the kitchen.
JERRIE
I would like to nominate
Ed and Sandra as 'cook'
for the duration.
ED
After years of Chineese
on Friday nights, bar-b-
que would be a nice
change.
BILL
I'll vote for that, Lone
Star Beer and bar-b-que.
INT. CAFE. NIGHT A WEEK LATER
The conspiritors are sitting At their regular table.
DON
How's the research
project coming, Jerrie?
JERRIE
Its far from finished.
Its going to take a least
another two weeks, and if
Ed doesn't stop
interfering, I may never
get done.
ED
Hey, I am not
interfering, I am just
pointing out the faults
with certain, uh.. uh..
clients.
DON
Don't get loud, Ed, I
was just trying to get a
feel for where we were.
ED
We're nowhere as far as I
can tell.
DON
Look, this project will
take about a year to
complete, and we all need
to get along during that
year better than we have
for the past 7 years.
ED
Well, Jerrie keeps
comming up with crap.
DON
Ed, I know you are under
alot of