The Last Fling

Good morning.

I'm glad you're up.

I'm on call at the hospital today, but I can be late.

So what do you say Phillip,

how about a little cardiovascular activity

to start your day off right?

Joan, maybe I better go.

Why go?

As your doctor,

I'm recommending you stay in bed all morning.

- Well, seriously I have to go home and feed my dog.

He's probably wondering where I am now.

You don't have a dog.

It's my neighbor's, I'll see you.

It was really great. - Phillip.

Please stay a little longer. - No, I have to go.

I really have to go. - Come on.

- Come here, I shouldn't stay. - I want you to stay.

No, no, no, I really.

I really, no no no.

God.

Phillip, is something the matter?

- No, no, I'm just not a very good morning person.

- You know it sounds to me like low blood sugar.

It's probably your diet.

You know you ought to have

a balanced breakfast this morning.

Joan, the truth is I just don't.

Shh.

Yes, this is Dr. Preston.

Yes, I'll be there in 10 minutes.

I'm sorry Phillip, I've gotta go.

Mrs. Kirk's contractions have stopped

and we're gonna have to start pitocin augmentation.

Oh, that's.

I owe you one.

Get off the shirt.

You stand on my shirts, you sleep in my face.

Give me the shirt.

Phillip?

Yeah.

Can you do me a favor before you leave?

Sure.

Feed my cats.

No problem, got it covered.

Thanks, I'll call you later.

Gah, oh, come here.

Yeah!

Yo, Phil, hey, what do you read, huh?

Morning Walt.

Just getting home.

Did you get lucky again, huh?

Yeah, lucky.

You're amazing.

Where do you get the energy from?

I'll see you Walt.

(chuckles) What a life.

The man goes from one woman to the next.

He's a legend in his own time.

You're my hero Phil! - All right!

I'm home dear.

Oh, Phillip, I'm so glad, I missed you.

Let me take your coat.

Thank you darling.

Morning Phil.

Lynda, Phil's here to brag

about his sexual escapades.

- Oh, that's good, thank you very much, appreciate it.

Coffee?

Oh please.

So?

So?

There's nothing much to tell.

The usual, dinner, movie, back to her place.

- I knew you'd like her, what did I tell you, I knew.

- Jack, Jack, I don't wanna discuss this, okay?

What's the problem Phil?

Well, it's just, it's not right.

- What's this not right thing, what are you talking about?

L.A. Magazine listed her as one of

the 10 most eligible women in this city.

- Jack, don't you see, it wasn't her, it's me.

I'm the problem, I'm just so tired of dating women

I know it's never gonna work out with.

It's gotten so bad I know it's wrong

five minutes into the first date.

- Well, don't you think that's a little quick to judge?

- (scoffs) I just can't pretend I'm enjoying myself anymore.

I mean, take sex.

Sex has become something I have, you know?

You have dinner, you have the measles, you have sex.

Phil, not all of your relationships

can be a fiery romance.

Aw, how 'bout one, just give me one.

Give me a break.

You're a divorce attorney.

You must see this all the time.

Couples thinking the fire and romance lasts a lifetime

and then boom, a year later, it's over.

What I am trying to say is

you can't walk around forever looking for Ms. Right.

Why not?

What if she's out there?

You know, she's got to be out there.

What's left to believe in if I can't believe she exists?

Yeah.

- Well, you can always believe in the Tooth Fairy.

I hear she's single.

Oh, thank you, that helps.

Appreciate it.

I don't know, maybe you're right.

I just keep thinking what if my Ms. Right

has run off with Mr. Close Enough?

Let's have a toast.

- Hey! - A toast.

- To Maria, the future Mrs. General Manager of KXRX

the soon to be number one radio station in L.A.

Thank you.

So, how is my future wife?

Terrific, how is my future husband?

- Great and who is gonna win the game today?

The Raiders.

Hey, you two, cut that stuff out.

Come on, you got plenty of time for that later.

Who wants a cold one, Jason, another one?

- No, no, no, I've already had my limit, thanks.

Now listen, it's 12:37, that gives us exactly

10 minutes to get cleaned up here.

Now it should take us seven or eight minutes to get inside,

putting us in our seats at 12:55, ready for a 1:00 kickoff.

- Hey, Glory, you never told us how Jason proposed.

Yeah.

Did he get down on his knees?

Oh, no, no, it's nothing like that.

It just sort of came up in conversation.

Came up in conversation?

Yeah, well, I ran out of stationary

and I was gonna order some more,

so I asked Jason if I should put

Gloria Faye Franklin or Gloria F. Franklin

or just Gloria Franklin.

And he said, "Why don't you put Gloria Faye Elliot?"

I said, "Oh, are we getting married?"

And he said, "Sure, why not, it's about time."

Then I cried, that was it.

- That's the saddest thing I have ever heard.

It was very sensible.

It was very Jason.

That's what I love about him.

He's a very practical person.

Hey, I got a great idea.

How about next week, we all get together

while the men are in Vegas.

Great.

Vegas?

Yeah, didn't you know?

The men are going to Las Vegas?

- Yeah, oh, you know, it's their little tradition.

It's nothing, really.

They get drunk, they gamble.

Do what boys do.

- All right, all right, all right, what a move.

There's the beer, watch out.

Beers, hey.

Let me help you.

I got it.

Orange strawberry cola.

- So when do you and the boys leave for Vegas?

Thursday.

It's a three-day weekend, the guys planned the whole thing.

- Why didn't you tell me about it before, Jason?

I'm not supposed to be the last one

to hear about these things.

Hey, I'm sorry, you know,

I guess I just forgot to tell you.

Sorry.

Hey, there he is.

You're not sorry, Jason.

Don't say you're sorry when you're not sorry.

You were afraid.

You were afraid to tell me

because you knew how childish I'd think it was.

You know, see, honey,

what you're doing is you're making this into a big deal.

It's nothing, nothing.

Jason, this isn't even you.