Into the Night

Do you want some coffee?

Just a minute.

What did you say?

Do you want me to make you some coffee?

No. No, thanks.

Aren't you hungry?

Oh, yeah, sure.

What's the matter, Ed? Why aren't you sleeping?

I don't know.

Well, what can I do?

Just love me, okay?

Oh, that's Stan.

What is it? Am I doing something wrong?

- No, of course not. - Well, what is it?

I don't know.

Oh, we better go. Herb's probably going berserk by now.

- Herb can wait. - I gotta go.

Have a nice day.

"Have a nice day"?

It's the Ken and Bob Company.

KOST-103. Good morning. I'm David K. Duncan.

Commander Chuck Street with traffic. How's it going?

We've got a slowdown on that south bound Pasadena freeway.

This is the Dave Hull program on KRLA,

but we are gonna interrupt the show now for this special announce--

Don't you want to hear what happened?

No, not really.

If it's important, I guess they'll let us know anyway.

Ah, a smile! Okay, now we're gettin' somewhere.

All right, Mr. No-Sleep, I have something for you.

What's three miles long and has an I.Q. of 165?

A Saint Patrick's Day parade.

Actually, it's a Cinco de Mayo parade.

I can't sleep anymore, Herb. Are you gonna be all right?

I don't want you nodding off at the wheel. No, no, I'm fine.

We can switch. I'm fine. I'm okay.

I don't know. I don't know.

My job is a dead end.

I feel weird, like I'm from another planet or something.

Ellen kissed me on the top of my head this morning and said, "Have a nice day."

- Can you believe that? - What's wrong with that?

Bank tellers say, "Have a nice day."

The cashier at the supermarket says, "Have a nice day."

I just think that somehow your wife should say something better than, "Have a nice day."

You're losing your mind, Ed. How long have you had insomnia?

My last good night's sleep? Yeah, the full eight hours.

Seems like... 1980. Yeah, the summer of 1980.

You're in bed. You can't sleep. I don't see the problem.

You go to the airport, catch the midnight flight to Las Vegas.

Nobody sleeps there. Very funny, Herb.

No, listen, I'm serious. You need some action. I'm not a gambler.

Don't gamble. Have a few drinks. See a show.

Get loose. Get laid. Oh, wonderful.

I'm sure Ellen would love it. You'll be home before she wakes up.

Sex isn't the problem.

When was the last time you fucked your wife? You're a classy guy, Herb.

Up in Vegas, there's a beautiful, young girl named Melissa.

She will do anything you want for $200 an hour. Two hundred dollars?

Anything you want. Anything. For example?

If you want, she'll dress up like Santa Claus.

Would she bring me a pony? You're having trouble with this concept.

I'm talking about the universe of infinite possibility. No such thing.

The only limits are money and imagination.

Sorry. I'm a little short on both.

Hello, Fielding.

How much would I have to pay one of these women for sympathy?

Sympathy? Very kinky, Ed.

I'll see you at lunch.

Ed Okin.

They're claiming we've got a synchronization problem.

Naturally, this has nothing to do with their god-awful carrier tracking loop.

They want full tolerance checks on all buggers,

sensors and corresponding transducers.

Scanners seem to check out.

Yeah, but that's on the uplink. The problem is downlink.

Ed, have you got the signal-to-noise ratio on the downlink?

Ed?

Yeah?

- Have you got it? - What's that?

Yep, we're having synchronization problems.

I need the signal-to-noise ratio on the downlink.

Signal-to-noise. Right. Um, mm-hmm.

- Right. - I've got it here.

I was just, uh--

Uh... signal-to-noise, signal-to-noise.

- Signal-to-noise: 5.3 db. - Five point three?

What modulation scheme?

- Uh, B.P.S.K. - "B.P.S.K."?

Isn't that correct?

We switched to Q.P.S.K. two weeks ago.

Q.P.S.K.?

It was incredible. I can't tell you how I felt.

I wish I'd seen it. The whole place was excited.

I couldn't talk my wife out of going to the orchid show. Everyone was there.

- If you missed it, you can see it on cable. - His family was there.

Listen, I'm gonna go home and try to take a nap.

If I don't come back, can you get another ride?

Sure. Absolutely. Go home and get some sleep.

Yes.

He's been having trouble sleeping lately.

Here's Cal Worthington and his dog, Spot.

You all right?

- Yes. - The light's green.

Oh. Thank you.

Help me! Help me!

Go!

Where's a cop? Just get us out.

Here we go.

- Hey, hey! - No, no, no, no!

It's okay. Calm down.

Officer, this woman was attacked. No, please.

-Just get me out of here now. - It's all right. It's over.

What happened? They must still be inside.

There were, I think, two of them. One of them jumped on my hood.

There was a big face. I didn't get a really good-- N-N-Nothing happened.

- What? - It was my fault. All they did was chase me. That's all.

Wait a minute-- I'm off duty. Unless you want to file a complaint--

No, I don't want to file any complaint. Don't you want to tell--

No, could you please just take me home? Okay?

Please? Just get me home? Ticket.

- Here. Here. - I got it.

- Here, here, here, here, here. - No, I've got it.

No, no, no. Here, here. Now go.

That's a 20. It's okay. It's okay.

Would you raise the thing, please?

It's okay. It's okay.

Shit.

Thank you.

You're upset.

Would you like a cigarette?

No, those things kill you.

Yeah. Nothing turns out the way you planned, does it?

That's for sure.

If you hadn't come along, I don't know what--

Just get me home, okay?

Where do you live?

Where do we go?

The marina.

My name is Ed. Ed Okin.

Listen, Ed, if there's any way I can thank you--

Oh, I'm still not sure what happened. Neither am I.

Why didn't you want to go to the police? Pull over.

Huh? Here? Pull over. I'm gonna be sick.

Are you okay?

Mm-hmm.

Did you know those guys?

No.

Did they take anything?

No suitcase? No. Please don't ask me anything now, okay?

You mind if I ask your name?

Diana.

Like Princess Diana.

Is that your boat? No, it belongs to a friend.

I'll be just a second, okay?

Larry?

Anyone aboard?

Diana.

You're not supposed to come here anymore.