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GO GET THEM, JIM.
THEY'RE NOT WHO I WAS WAITING FOR,
BUT,
LL
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ANYTHING INTERESTING?
OH, NEVER ON MONDAYS.
JUST FOOTBALL AND WHO SAID WHAT
ON SUNDAY'S NEWS SHOWS.
WHICH IS ALMOST THE SAME AS LAST WEEK,
BECAUSE THE GUESTS ARE THE SAME.
THE ONLY THING GOOD
ABOUT MONDAYS IS BEDTIME.
WHICH WILL BE DELAYED TONIGHT.
I KNEW YOU'D FORGET. DINNER AT THE JAMISONS.
OH, PLEASE.
ITON'T BE BAD.
McVITTIE WILL BE THERE. THAT WILL BE INTERESTING.
PERFECT. MONDAY NIGHT DINNER
WITH THE MOVERS AND SHAKERS.
EVERYONE HAS BOSSES, JAMES.
ANYWAY, MAYBE YOU WILL HAVE HEARD FROM JONAS KING.
IF HE ACCEPTS YOUR ARTICLE,
YOU'LL HAVE A WONDERFUL EVENING.
I DON'T SEE HOW HE CAN TURN ME DOWN,
NOT AGAIN.
I NEED TO PUBLISH SOMETHING.
I HAVE A GOOD FEELING ABOUT THIS ONE.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING FOR LUNCH?
STUDENT TUTORIALS.
MONDAYS.
GOOD MORNING.
NEW ENGLAND ANTHROPOLOGICAL SOCIETY PUBLICATIONS.
JONAS KING.
DR. KING'S OFFICE.
THIS IS...
HELLO?
THIS IS DR. KING'S OFFICE.
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NEW ENGLAND ANTHROPOLOGICAL SOCIETY PUBLICATIONS.
GOOD MORNING. DR. KING, PLEASE.
YOU'VE GOT A VISITOR.
IF YOU'VE GOT ANY SENSE,
YOU'RE GOING TO LISTEN UP GOOD TO HIM.
HOW DID YOU GET IN SO MUCH TROUBLE
IN SO LITTLE TIME?
JUST THREE LUCKY GUYS.
I THOUGHT YOUR FRIEND HAD THE SMART MOUTH.
I FIGURED YOU FOR A LITTLE BRIGHTER THAN HIM.
THIS GUY COULDN'T BE TALKING
ABOUT ME, BILLY.
SCREW HIM.
MY FRIEND THINKS I SHOULD SHINE YOU.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
WELL, YOU'RE BROKE.
STRANGE TOWN, NO FRIENDS, NO P
WHO ELSE YOU GOT TO TALK TO?
DID YOU JUST CALL ME DUMB?
LOOK WHERE THE HELL WE ARE, MAN!
IF WE HAD BRAINS, WOULD WE BE HERE?
GET TO THE POINT.
I THINK I CAN GET YOU RELEASED.
OH, YEAH.
LOOK, YOU'RE BOOKED ON DISTURBING THE PEACE.
IT'S JUST YOUR LUCK,
MY COUSIN HAPPENS TO BE THE LOCAL SHERIFF HERE.
HE MIGHT ASK THE JUDGE
TO RELEASE YOU ON MY RECOGNIZANCE.
COUSIN IAN TRUSTS ME.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
WHY WOULD YOU WANT
TO DO US A FAVOR?
HE ASKS A GOOD QUESTION.
YOU GET US OUT, THEN WHAT?
THEN WE TALK.
YOU DON'T LIKE WHAT YOU HEAR,
YOU GO ON YOUR WAY.
NO QUESTIONS ASKED.
DIFFICULTY IN CLASS?
UH, NO, ACTUALLY--
FRESHEN YOUR GINGER ALE, PHILLIP?
THANK YOU. VERY THOUGHTFUL, DOCTOR.
ATTENDING TO THE SENIOR TRUSTEE'S NEEDS
IS A COLLEGE PRESIDENT'S FIRST JOB.
CHEERS.
DR. WAGNER, I THINK,
WAS ABOUT TO DESCRIBE A DIFFICULT DAY.
UH, NO, NOT REALLY. NOTHING, ACTUALLY.
TODAY JUST LEFT ME
WITH A TASTE FOR SOME BRANDY.
YOU'RE TAKING IT WELL, JAMES.
JONAS KING'S A RANK ***.
JONAS KING, PROFESSOR CROSBY?
EDITOR OF THE NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF ANTHROPOLOGY.
PROFESSOR WAGNER LEARNED TODAY
THAT KING HAS REJECTED ANOTHER ONE OF HIS PAPERS.
IT'S A PERSONAL VENDETTA THAT KEEPS YOU OUT.
WE'RE ON YOUR SIDE.
I THINK IT'S TIME
WE MOVED TO THE DINING ROOM.
WONDERFUL.
AFTER YOU, MRS. WAGNER.
MISS COPELAND,
OR PROFESSOR COPELAND, IF YOU PREFER.
I'M IN THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT.
I THOUGHT YOU WERE MARRIED. PLEASE, FORGIVE ME.
IF I CAN FORGIVE JAMES,
I CAN CERTAINLY FORGIVE YOU.
WHOA,
HAVE A LOOK AT THIS.
KEEP YOUR HEADS UP, ALL RIGHT?
GET COMFORTABLE.
WHAT IS THIS STUFF?
IT'S TED CASTOR ALE.
IT'S A FAVORITE OF THE BRITISH WORKING CLASS.
IS THIS LIKE A RELIGION?
I WAS PICKED UP BY THE MOONIES.
IT WAS WEIRD.
I SNUCK OUT ONE NIGHT.
THIS IS THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET.
I WORK FOR MY UNCLE
IN THE RECLAMATION BUSINESS.
THE WHAT BUSINESS?
RECLAMATION. WE RECLAIM THINGS.
WE GET THINGS BACK THAT HAVE BEEN LOST.
LIKE AMERICA.
HOW ABOUT RECLAIMING ALL THE THINGS
THAT HAVE BEEN TAKEN FROM US,
LIKE THE JOBS THAT YOU COULD HAVE HAD,
BUT CAN'T BECAUSE SOME ILLEGAL ALIEN
HAS TAKEN IT FROM YOU?
WE RECLAIM OUR HOMELAND.
I'M SORRY. I'M...
REALLY NOT ALL HERE TONIGHT.
THAT'S OK. YOU KNOW IT'S OK.
YOU KNOW WHAT I THINK?
YOU LET THE LETTER FROM JONAS KING
BOTHER YOU TOO MUCH.
IT NEARLY KILLED ME.
I FELT LIKE A FAILURE.
I FELT LIKE AN OLD MAN.
I TRIED TO CALL HIM, YOU KNOW?
I TRIED, AND I COULDN'T.
I HUNG UP BEFORE I COULD REALLY LET HIM HAVE IT.
I WAS SCARED THAT AN INCIDENT WITH KING
WOULD WEAKEN MY CAREER EVEN MORE.
THAT *** CROSBY.
HE KNEW THAT THIS WAS THE LAST THING
McVITTIE WANTED TO HEAR ABOUT ME.
BUT YOU EXPLAINED IT PERFECTLY.
HE UNDERSTOOD.
YOU SHOULD BE FLATTERED
AT HOW FAR KING WILL GO TO KEEP YOU
FROM GETTING THE RECOGNITION YOU DESERVE.
WHAT RECOGNITION?
HELL, I'M WORRIED ABOUT MY JOB.
LISTEN,
STOP PANICKING. YOU'LL PUBLISH AGAIN.
LOOK AT HOW IMPRESSED McVITTIE WAS
WHEN YOU TOLD HIM THAT CALIFORNIA THINK TANK
WAS COMING UP TO INTERVIEW YOU.
DID YOU SEE HOW CROSBY BLUSHED
WHEN McVITTIE ASKED HIM
HOW MANY THINK TANKS HAD CONTACTED HIM?
WHEN HE THOUGHT WE WERE MARRIED,
YOU HANDLED THAT BRILLIANTLY.
HE ACTUALLY LAUGHED.
THIS TIME.
SOONER OR LATER, I MIGHT NOT.
THEN YOU'LL HAVE TO MAKE UP
YOUR MIND ABOUT US.
DO YOU WANT A SANDWICH?
NO.
I WANT YOU.
OH.
OH.
GUYS, MEET MY MATES.
FRED, DWAYNE, JIMMY,
THIS IS BILLY, HAL, AND ROCK.
WHERE DID YOU FIND THEM?
SAME KIND OF PLACE I FOUND YOU.
WHAT WERE YOU BUSTED FOR?
DISORDERLY CONDUCT. NOTHING EXCITING.
IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN, RIGHT?
THEY HEADED FOR THE BORDER
WITH ENOUGH BILLS TO CHOKE 10 BEANERS.