Family Ties

This is wonderful, Paul. It really is.

A twin towers with a...

With a connecting walkway on the 17th floor.

This is brilliant.

You know, I just thought it was more aesthetic

than the single-tower concept.

Oh. The kid's a genius.

Well, you don't have to tell me.

I've been working with him for a year.

You are so good, Paul.

Thanks, Elyse.

But it was really your idea originally.

I just... Just expanded on it.

Oh, no, no, this is much better than my design.

You're just so good.

Thanks. Thanks.

No, I mean it. You really are.

You want me to just leave it this way?

Listen, I'd better get home and get started

on the budget estimates for this design.

Do you have the account figures, Elyse?

Oh, they're upstairs. I'll be right back.

You know, Paul, this, uh, really is a superior design here.

Oh, yeah, right. Thanks.

Listen, Ray, can I talk to you for a second?

Sure.

There's really been something bothering me.

I just got to... Got to tell somebody.

It has to, uh... Has to do with... with Elyse.

What's the matter?

Well, we've been working together

for about a year now, very closely.

You know, we share an office. We work on projects.

We have lunch.

And somewhere along the line here, uh,

a problem has developed.

She getting on your nerves?

I'm in love with her.

At least she's not getting on your nerves.

Ray, I'm not kidding around.

I don't know how or when it happened, but it did.

Paul, that's impossible. You can't be.

You're not in love with her.

Ray, I think about her every minute of the day.

I wake up in the middle of the night

and she's been in my dreams.

She's the object of my complete, total passion.

I even have this recurring fantasy

about taking her to Europe.

Hmm. Maybe you are in love with her.

Sometimes, I'll be, you know... I'll be working at my desk,

and she'll come up from behind me

and she'll lean over my shoulder

and her hair kind of brushes against my cheek.

It smells so nice.

And she has this little laugh,

you know, kind of like, uh...

Well, it's better than that, actually.

Pull yourself together, Paul.

I mean, look at this house.

She lives here with her husband and her four children.

I know.

I think that trip to Europe's

out of the question, Paul.

I know. Don't you see? I know I can't be with her.

That's why this is such torture for me.

But I can't escape it.

Ray, I'm completely, totally, head over heels in love.

Hi, Ray. Hi, Paul.

Steve, Elyse's husband.

Hi, Steven. Nice to see you again.

Nice to see you. Looking good.

Hey, you too. What do you say?

Ah.

Hi, sweetheart. Here are the accounts, Ray.

Great. Thanks. Listen, I've got to be on my way.

I'll see you tomorrow.

Okay, thanks. Bye-bye.

Bye.

Nice to see you again, Steve.

You too, Ray. Uh, Paul...

Take care.

So, Paul, did I hear you saying you were in love?

Oh? No. No. Uh...

No. Me in love?

I... I hate love.

Look at Andy. I bought him this new outfit today.

Elyse: Oh, that's adorable.

Oh, what a cute little guy.

Oh, come on, he looks ridiculous.

Imagine him walking into a bar looking like that?

Mallory: Would you take a picture of us, Paul?

Oh, sure, yeah, I'd be glad to.

Okay.

Elyse: There, that was good.

Elyse: And so, to recap,

Paul's two-tower concept has numerous advantages,

both in terms of space efficiency and aesthetics.

Now, we both feel it is the strongest

all-around concept for the building.

It's a brilliant design.

Ted, I'm happy to give this account to your firm.

That's great, Susan. I am sure you won't be disappointed.

Oh, we did it!

Oh, Paul, this is so exciting!

More than you know.

Oh.

You know, Paul, when I first came back to work

a year ago, after having Andrew,

I was really scared.

But then I got teamed up with you and, well,

you are so bright, you're so talented,

you're such a joy to be with every day,

I just want you to know how much I love,

I really love working with you.

But s-sometimes I... I wonder, uh, how you...

How you feel about me.

You do?

Oh, I know it's silly, but I just think that maybe,

you know, if you had your choice,

you'd rather not be with me.

Elyse, I would rather be with you than...

anyone in the world.

Really? Do you mean that?

I do. I mean it.

I mean it... a lot.

You are just the sweetest man.

You know what we should do now?

Well, I, uh...

We should celebrate.

Celebrate, yeah.

That was exactly my thought.

So, any ideas?

Want to go to Europe?

So then he yelled at us for passing notes in class.

I said, "Mr. Norris, this is not fair."

"You always yell at me and Stacey for passing notes.

"You never yell at Brenda,

and she passes notes all the time."

Well, Brenda gets really mad at me because I told on her.

I said, "Brenda, what's the big deal?

He knows you pass notes."

That's quite a gripping tale, Mal.

Come on, guys.

This dinner is in Paul's honor.

He shouldn't have to listen to our petty family squabbles.

Well, we're all just about done anyway.

Whose turn is it to clear?

Yours, dad.

Hey, listen, Paul, I'm playing in a soccer game

Thursday afternoon.

You want to come and watch?

Me? Oh, that's nice of you, Jennifer,

But I have to work late on Thursday.

Oh, that's too bad.

Be kind of fun to have a cute guy cheer me on.

I'm free on Thursday.

Great. Have a nice day.

You know something, Paul? What's that, Steve?

I really think she has a crush on you.

What?

She does, I can tell.

You can? Yeah. Happens all the time.

It does?

That's just the way she is.

She's never really gone for guys her own age.

Listen, Steve, whatever feelings she may have,

I've done nothing to encourage it, I swear.

Well, of course not.

It's perfectly natural for someone her age

to have a little crush on an older man.

Who are you talking about?

Jennifer. Who are you talking about?

Jennifer. Who else could I possibly be talking about?

Could I have a sip of this water?

Paul?

Is something wrong?

Yes.

Steve, I'm a nervous wreck.

I'm wracked with guilt.

I got to get this off my chest.

What?

Let me put it this way.

Right now, you have every right

to punch me in the nose.

In fact, I deserve it. Go ahead, let her whale.

Well, I'd really rather not.

All right, then, I'll punch myself in the nose.

Well, Paul.

Look, would you please tell me what's going on?

Steve, I'm in love with your wife.

From afar, yes, but I'm in love with her nevertheless.

There, I said it. Okay?

Now, go ahead, punch me in the nose.

Look, settle down, huh? Okay?

You're in love with my wife?

I really don't know what to say.

I know "good luck" is wrong.

That punch in the nose

is starting to look good, huh, Steve?