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The woman that broke Jay's heart is back in his life. Herman is jealous of the time Jay is spending with her.
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00:00This city is exciting, dangerous, troubled.
00:06That woman's not wearing underwear.
00:08Is that all you can think about? Food and sex?
00:12Yes. Please, focus!
00:14Look out!
00:22Hey, it's Jay!
00:25No time for small talk. We're late.
00:28Hey, hold the elevator!
00:30Heavy.
00:38I think Louise is so sweet.
00:40I think this woman is wearing underwear.
00:43I think there's too many people in this elevator.
00:45And I think you are all idiots.
00:48That's gonna work!
01:00Eddie, Louise, proof these files. Verify all quotes. And do you think I'm over the hill?
01:10You know, in the autumn of my years.
01:11I got news for you, Mr. Bracken. We're well past autumn. It's the height of the Christmas season.
01:20Mr. Bracken, since when are you so concerned about your age?
01:22Well, as you know, I haven't been having much luck with the dating ritual lately. And I was wondering if maybe I'm just too old. And be honest with me. Don't lie just because I'm your boss. How old do you think I am?
01:35Sixty-seven!
01:36Sixty-seven!
01:37Ouch!
01:38So your ex-fiancee just called you out of the blue?
01:39She read my name on a magazine article and tracked me down.
01:40Well, you're not gonna see her, are you?
01:41What, are you kidding me? This is the woman that humiliated me on my wedding day. She left me standing at the altar. And I'm not gonna see her.
01:43My ex-fiancee just called you out of the blue. She read my name on a magazine article and tracked me down.
01:48Well, you're not gonna see her, are you? What, are you kidding me? This is the woman that humiliated me on my wedding day. She left me standing at the altar in front of all my friends and family looking like a complete fool.
02:01You bet your ass I'm gonna look like the girl's Лis.
02:11You bet your ass I'm gonna see her.
02:15What she did to him, why the hell's he gonna see her?
02:18Because, in a moment of vulnerability,
02:20he once admitted to us she was the only woman he ever really loved.
02:23I think Jay's making a big mistake.
02:25Seeing her will just dredge up horrible memories.
02:28You mean, like this?
02:32Oh, you gotta help me get back at Layla.
02:35How?
02:35Well, I wanted to know that I'm over her,
02:37and everything's been great in my life since she left me.
02:40So you're gonna lie?
02:42Big time.
02:43Gonna get Hedy to pretend to be my trophy wife,
02:46and I want you to pretend you're my much-abused lackey.
02:49I don't know, Jay.
02:50I prefer the one where I pretend to be your sassy valet.
02:53Um, this girl's real special.
02:56Please, do the much-abused lackey.
02:57Fine, fine, but you'll never get Hedy to play along.
02:59It's no problem.
03:00Hedy and I speak the same language.
03:01Watch.
03:03No, I won't go out with you, Jay.
03:04I'll pay you.
03:05Okay.
03:08I'm meeting Layla at McAnally's at 8 tonight,
03:10so I want you and Hedy to be there at 7.30.
03:13Yes, sir, Mr. Nichols, sir.
03:15From that's the sassy valet.
03:17All right, let's go over it again.
03:26Hedy.
03:27We've been married four years.
03:29Yes, and don't forget to add
03:30that we still have an incredibly active and gymnastic sex life.
03:33that before you met me, you were in fact frigid.
03:38You had never before...
03:39Jay!
03:40Just say it.
03:41Now you, Hermo.
03:42Okay, uh, I've been working with you for...
03:44No, you don't work with me.
03:45You work under me.
03:47Remember, I'm a stern man, but a fair man.
03:50What about our sex life?
03:53Just say it.
03:54All right.
03:55She better get here soon,
03:56because you only have me for another hour.
03:57Hey, I paid you 50 bucks for the whole night.
04:00Get real, Jay.
04:00You can't even buy a hooker on Times Square for that.
04:05In point of fact, you can,
04:06but I chose you, Hedy.
04:10Oh, God.
04:11It's her.
04:11It's her.
04:13Jay.
04:15Layla.
04:16Watch Jay blow this woman away.
04:21Ooh.
04:22After he does,
04:23I wouldn't mind taking a shot at her myself.
04:25Will you forget it?
04:27I know this type of woman.
04:28First she'll seduce you,
04:29then she'll squish her self-esteem like a grape.
04:31Stop it.
04:32You're getting me excited.
04:34It's been a long time.
04:36Boy,
04:37you look better now than the day you ruined my life.
04:42I guess you and I have a lot to talk about.
04:44I've been thinking about you a lot lately.
04:47Well, I never stopped thinking about you.
04:49I'm Hedy, Jay's wife.
04:51Uh, Hedy.
04:52Jay, you didn't tell me you were married.
04:54And we still have an incredibly active and gymnastic sex life.
04:58And before I met Jay, I was, in fact, frigid, and...
05:01Okay, okay.
05:02Thank you, honey.
05:03We're divorced.
05:04We're divorced.
05:06Um, yeah, hi.
05:07I'm Herman Brooks.
05:08I'm Jay's assistant.
05:09He's a stern man.
05:11But a fair man.
05:11Okay, thank you.
05:12You can both go now.
05:15You still have to pay me, Jay.
05:16A deal's a deal.
05:17Yeah, I forgot.
05:20Terms of the divorce settlement.
05:23It's not much of a settlement.
05:24Wasn't much of a marriage.
05:29You sure you're gonna be all right?
05:30Yeah, I just took one look at her.
05:32Yeah, okay.
05:32I'll be at the bar if you need me.
05:34She's not really my ex-wife.
05:37Oh, yeah, I kind of figured that.
05:40Jay, you don't have to play games with me.
05:42Well, what should I do, Layla?
05:44You stand me up on our wedding day without any explanation.
05:46You expect me to act like a normal human being?
05:48Look, I'm sorry about that.
05:50We were young.
05:51I got scared.
05:53It must have been very hard explaining to everyone why I wasn't there.
05:57No, no, not really.
05:58I just told everyone you were killed in a freak logging accident.
06:02And they believed you?
06:03They did after they read your obituary.
06:07My God, Jay, you went to so much trouble.
06:10Trouble and expense, Layla.
06:11Funerals aren't cheap, you know.
06:14How to pay for the hearse, how to pay for the flowers,
06:16how to pay for the casket.
06:18And not one of those cheap pine jobs, either.
06:21Mahogany with the mother-of-pearl inlays.
06:23If you were still in there, the guy promised you'd only be 30% decomposed.
06:26By now.
06:29You should see where you're buried.
06:30It's up on a hill.
06:32Overlooking a lake.
06:35That's beautiful.
06:36Yeah, well, it better be.
06:37I'm still paying for it.
06:40Jay, can't we put it behind us?
06:42Not till I'm done paying for it, no.
06:45You know what?
06:46This was really a bad idea, seeing you.
06:48I'm just, I'm making myself crazy all over again.
06:51I, I gotta get out of here.
06:52Well, Mrs. Nichols, can I buy you a drink?
06:57No, I don't go out with valets.
07:00That's okay, I heard you're frigid anyway.
07:01Mr. Bracken.
07:21Why are you dressed like Luke Perry?
07:30Luke who?
07:31Why are you dressed that way?
07:33I think the reason I've been having so much trouble with women lately is because I've been giving off distinctly non-sexual signals.
07:40No, not you, Mr. Bracken.
07:45Too much, huh?
07:47So I figured if I'd freshen up the package, maybe someone would be curious enough to try the product.
07:52Mr. Bracken, women aren't interested in what a man wears.
07:55It's what's on the inside that counts.
07:57You really think so, Annie?
07:59Hell no, but that's your only shot, because what's on the outside sure ain't working.
08:06Hermo, Jay, where the hell have you been all week?
08:08I didn't think we were supposed to go to the Knicks game on Thursday.
08:10You never showed.
08:11After I ran out of Mackinac the other night, Layla came to see me and we talked.
08:15Uh-oh.
08:17No, Hermo was great.
08:18We realized how much we care about each other.
08:20Next thing I know, we're jumping in a car and going upstate.
08:23Hermo was so romantic.
08:24We rented a cabin, we made love, we visited her grave.
08:29You know, now that I think about it, for the money I'm paying, they're really not keeping it up very well.
08:33Can't believe Jay blew us off just to spend time with that stupid broad.
08:37First of all, she's not a stupid broad.
08:40He seems to have genuine feelings for her.
08:42And second of all, I've had it with your grotesque misogyny.
08:45Well, then don't look at it.
08:52Let me put it another way.
08:53You make one more inane, sexist remark, and I'm going to castrate you.
09:00At least you're all right.
09:02More than all right, Hermo.
09:03I'm nuts about this woman all over again.
09:06Well, I'm very happy for you, Jay, but from now on, if you're going to break plans, man, you've got to let me know.
09:10I'm sorry, you're absolutely right, Herm.
09:12Now, about coming over to your place tonight to watch the football game.
09:15Oh, no, not the game.
09:17I'm sorry, Herm, it's the only night Layla...
09:18Look, it's okay.
09:20I knew you'd understand.
09:22Sure.
09:23You don't understand.
09:24I'm sorry.
09:25I'll be there, buddy.
09:25Of course I'll be there.
09:27Eddie, I need you to come with me.
09:29Where are we going?
09:30I need someone to do a little sweet talking for me.
09:33The cops are about to tow my hog.
09:36Mr. Brackett, I don't do that kind of thing anymore.
09:38I'll pay you.
09:39Okay.
09:39Go, go, go.
09:46Yes, yes, yes, yes.
09:48Oh, man.
09:49Whew.
09:50Better turn off the Playboy channel now.
09:52Game's about to start.
09:55All right, we're back in business, just like the old days.
09:58Just us and Jay and no stupid Bim.
10:05Bim what?
10:06Bim...
10:07Bim mini island brochures.
10:11How many times are you going to tell that damn travel agent we're not going?
10:18What a beer.
10:19Oh, I just took a club soda, Herm.
10:21A lot of calories in beer, you know.
10:23Gotta lose the love handles.
10:24Is that why you didn't touch your steak?
10:26Oh, I'm not eating meat anymore.
10:27Layla's got me on this vegetarian diet.
10:30I cook, I clean, and for what?
10:32Oh, that's probably Layla.
10:37I invited her over to watch the game.
10:38You don't mind, do you?
10:40Not at all.
10:41Hi.
10:42Hi.
10:43Here comes my pookie.
10:46Here comes my snuggle.
10:49Here comes my lunch.
10:53We're in the middle of watching the game.
10:55Oh, don't let me interfere.
10:56You guys just pretend like I'm not even here.
10:58Chips?
10:59Uh, no, thanks.
11:01I don't need anything that isn't organically grown.
11:03Well, it's okay.
11:04They're free-range chips.
11:07How could you say something like that to her?
11:09Because Jay's whipped, and it's her fault.
11:11If you remember, that's what he said about us when Elizabeth was around.
11:15That's different.
11:16How is that different?
11:18Okay, it's not different, but tonight was supposed to be just for the guys, and...
11:23You know, come to think of it, you're not really a guy.
11:25Get out of here!
11:26And don't come back until after the game!
11:33That wasn't very nice.
11:35You're right.
11:35And come to think of it, you're not really a guy either.
11:42You gonna give me trouble?
11:43No, not me.
11:46Come on.
11:47Let's go watch that game.
11:48Come on.
11:50Go, go, go!
11:52Yes!
11:52Touchdown!
11:55Touchdown!
11:58Pass the chips.
12:03Well, I think I'll go out for a walk.
12:08There's clean sheets in the closet.
12:10Hey, thanks again for having me and Layla over to watch the football game the other night.
12:19Where did you disappear to, anyway?
12:21I took a room into Y.
12:24Herm, I gotta tell you something.
12:25I realize this is not a very Jay Nichols thing to say,
12:28but I really think I could spend the rest of my life with Layla.
12:31Jay, don't you think you should go slowly with this one?
12:34What?
12:35What does that mean?
12:36I think you know what I'm talking about.
12:38Right.
12:38I wondered whether you're gonna bring this up.
12:40It's payback time, right?
12:41Payback for what?
12:42For what?
12:43For Elizabeth, pal.
12:44It always bugged you that I never liked her.
12:46Now you get a chance to return the favor.
12:47Come on, Jay.
12:48You're way off.
12:49Oh, like hell I am.
12:50Jay, I don't have anything against Layla.
12:52Just because you got involved in a lousy relationship does not mean that I will.
12:55Yeah, well, at least Elizabeth didn't dump me at the altar
12:58and leave me looking like a complete fool.
12:59I can't believe Jay just hauled off and hit me like that.
13:10Oh, butch it up, Herman.
13:11You sound like a jilted lover.
13:14We're guys.
13:15I mean, you can always count on a guy to be there for you.
13:18On what planet?
13:20Eddie, you're not exactly a shining example of a loyal companion.
13:24Oh, I don't have to sit here and listen to this.
13:26I'll pay you.
13:26Okay.
13:27I haven't been out in four nights.
13:30I wouldn't mind having a little fun.
13:31Well, Herman, if we're going to have some fun,
13:33you're going to have to stop whining about Jay.
13:35All right, all right.
13:35Let's talk about something else.
13:37Yeah, like that cute guy over there at the bar.
13:40Him?
13:40He's got kind of a big butt, don't you think?
13:43I like him kind of big.
13:46Well, the only thing I like big back there is a wallet.
13:50Then how about that butt over there?
13:52Can we please raise the level of this conversation to semi-intelligent?
13:56I know.
13:57We'll have one of those intellectual conversations like the ones you and Jay have.
14:01Oh, look at the Hogan's on that, babe.
14:04Hey, baby, what you got on under that dress?
14:10Hey, look, Herman.
14:11Jay's here.
14:12Yeah, I see him.
14:13Herman, you obviously miss hanging out with Jay.
14:16Why don't you just go talk to him?
14:17Jay wants to apologize.
14:18He can come talk to me.
14:20I'll see you later.
14:23I don't care what you say.
14:25That guy's butt's really growing on me.
14:28It's growing on him, too.
14:34I gotta thank you for asking me to come along with you last night.
14:37Herman had an awesome time.
14:40Yeah.
14:41Awesome.
14:41I still got that one chick's phone number.
14:45Stacy?
14:47I think I'll give her a call right now.
14:49This is great.
14:51I feel young again.
14:52I can't believe some desperate middle-aged woman gave Bracken her number.
14:57Actually, Hedy, she was half his age.
15:00Then obviously she has a father thing for him.
15:02Or a grandfather thing.
15:03Or a great-grandfather thing.
15:04Or a great-great-grandfather thing.
15:06That's about enough, Hedy.
15:09Bar hopping with Bracken.
15:11I now officially have no life.
15:14Herman, why don't you just patch things up with Jay instead of sitting around being miserable?
15:19It is his responsibility to make the effort.
15:21No, Herman.
15:22With friends, there's no responsibility.
15:25Only friendship and communication.
15:27I don't know, Louise.
15:28Friendship and communication.
15:29Damn it.
15:30There's no talking to you.
15:33Ermsky.
15:34Oh, dear God.
15:36Stacy agreed to accompany me to that new club that just opened.
15:39You should come along.
15:41She's probably got a friend for you.
15:42Maybe another time.
15:44Cool.
15:47This is humiliating.
15:48I think we'd feel a lot better if we called Jay.
15:51No, we're not calling Jay.
15:52There's plenty of other options.
15:54Like what?
15:55Well, we can, uh...
15:56We can, uh...
15:57We can, uh...
15:59We can...
16:00Hello, Jay.
16:01We can, uh...
16:03We can, uh...
16:04We can, uh...
16:04We can, uh...
16:05Come on, let's go.
16:07It's getting dark.
16:07Come on.
16:14I'm really glad you called, Tom.
16:16Yeah, and I wanted to tell you I'm sorry about what happened.
16:18I didn't mean to make you so mad.
16:20Tom, please.
16:20I'm sorry I hit you.
16:21Hey, hey, that...
16:23That hurt.
16:25I guess the thing you said about Layla leaving me kind of struck a nerve, you know?
16:29Yeah.
16:29And I realized we have a great friendship, and it's too important to let anything get
16:32in the way of it.
16:33Well, I hear that.
16:34Yeah.
16:35Buddies for life?
16:36No.
16:37Buddies for life.
16:40Boy, I'm really gonna miss you when I move to L.A.
16:43L.A.?
16:44Oh, you're kidding, right?
16:45No.
16:46I'm leaving in the morning.
16:47Layla decided she wanted to go to Hollywood and be a producer.
16:50Are you crazy?
16:51What are you gonna do in L.A.?
16:52I figured I'd do a little writing for television.
16:54Jay, you don't know anything about writing for television.
16:57Oh, come on.
16:57How hard could it be?
16:59Well, he's got a point there.
17:02Look, we can't let Jay go to L.A.
17:05Talk some sense into him.
17:06Well, ask me nicely.
17:07Talk some sense into him.
17:09That's better.
17:11Jay, you've made a great life for yourself here in New York.
17:14You really want to throw it all away on a whim just to move to L.A. with Layla?
17:18It's not a whim.
17:19We talked about it for over an hour last night.
17:22An hour.
17:23Don't you think it deserves a little more of your time than it takes to cook a roast?
17:26See, that's because you don't wrap it in foil.
17:29Jay.
17:31I mean, it doesn't matter whether I give it an hour or a year.
17:33The answer's still gonna be the same.
17:34I want to be with Layla.
17:36After what happened with her, how can you be so sure?
17:39Because things are different now.
17:40We both grew up, you know?
17:42It's the real thing now.
17:43Okay, Jay.
17:43I just think that a little more time wouldn't hurt just to be sure.
17:46You're bugging me again.
17:47Why don't you just tell me you're happy for me and wish me luck?
17:51All right, man.
17:52If that's what you want, then good luck.
17:55Thanks.
17:55All right.
18:03I'm leaving you in charge of all the women in New York, man.
18:05I want to hear a lot of bad rumors about you.
18:07Good night.
18:19You leaving early, Mr. Bracken?
18:21Oh, time to cruise.
18:23Got a hot date tonight.
18:25Well, have a good time with Stacy at Rockin' Mania.
18:28Ah, things didn't work out with Stacy.
18:30Turns out she was dating an older man just to shock her parents.
18:33Oh, that's bad.
18:34No, her parents loved me.
18:36Oh, that's good.
18:38No, when Stacy saw I was getting along with her parents, she dumped me.
18:41Oh, that's bad.
18:43No, her parents and I are getting together tonight.
18:45We got a great evening planned.
18:48Oh, that's good.
18:49They're coming over to my house.
18:50We're going to watch slides of my trip to the Library of Congress.
18:54Oh, that's bad.
18:57Well, good night.
19:03Jay, I thought your plane left hours ago.
19:05It did.
19:06Herm, I finally got even with Layla.
19:09What are you talking about?
19:10We packed together, we went to the airport together.
19:12Then just as I'm boarding the plane, I turned to her and said,
19:15Layla, I'm really sorry, but I can't go through with this.
19:18That was it.
19:19I just left her standing there at the gate all alone.
19:20Jay, I'm confused.
19:21I thought you wanted to marry her.
19:23Well, I did too.
19:23But the more I thought about it, the more I realized
19:25this is not the woman I want to spend the rest of my life with.
19:28This is just unfinished business.
19:29And today I finished it.
19:31Well, I'm glad you figured out what you really wanted
19:33before it was too late.
19:34Yeah, I feel great.
19:35I feel great.
19:36And you know what the best part is?
19:37You don't have to write for TV.
19:41I left her.
19:42It took me seven years, man, but I left her.
19:45Good for you.
19:46Tell you what, I'm going to run these suitcases up to my office
19:48and you and I are going to hit the town and hit it hard, man,
19:50just like old times.
19:51Oh, yeah!
19:53Yeah, come on, man!
19:55Yeah!
19:58Woo!
19:59Nice to see you.
20:00Come on, Ron.
20:00I didn't know we could do that.
20:12Hi.
20:14Layla.
20:15What are you doing here?
20:17I need to talk to you.
20:19Jay and I were all fit to meet at the airport
20:21and at the last minute I panicked and didn't go.
20:25You mean you never went to the airport?
20:27No.
20:28Will you give him this note for me?
20:32It may not do much good, but at least he'll know why I'm doing this.
20:36Why are you doing this?
20:38I've been thinking about Jay a lot recently
20:41and wondering if maybe I made a mistake when I left him.
20:44And you know what?
20:45I didn't.
20:47The note just says I'm sorry.
20:49How can you do this to him again?
20:50Just give him the note.
20:51All right, I'll give him the note.
20:53But I think what you're doing really stinks.
20:57So do I.
21:01She's lying!
21:01Jay told us the truth!
21:03He dumped her!
21:04Well, think about it.
21:05If Jay put her on a plane to L.A., what's she doing here?
21:09Maybe it wasn't a direct flight.
21:11You're the reason we drool, aren't you?
21:19You ready, man?
21:21Jay.
21:23What?
21:24What, what?
21:25I got some on my face?
21:26What?
21:26So you just put Layla on the plane and made her go without you?
21:30It was poetry, Herm.
21:33He's not getting this.
21:34This is one of those times when I can just see the messenger being killed.
21:38Don't be such a coward.
21:40I gotta be me.
21:43We have to give him the note.
21:45No!
21:46This will completely humiliate Jay if he ever knows we know what happened.
21:49But he deserves to hear her side of the story.
21:51This woman's done enough damage already.
21:53The least we can do is let him have his dignity and no one.
21:55I mean, no one lets on we know or their history.
21:58It wasn't easy and it wasn't pretty, but today I settled all outstanding accounts.
22:03I'm proud of you.
22:05Hey, let's hit it.
22:07Look out in New York.
22:09Jay Nichols is back.
22:21He's going undercover to catch a killer.
22:23But this time, she's in too deep.
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22:31Tomorrow on Fox Night at the Movies.
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