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let's do it.

-Great! Okay.

-Thank you.

l'll give you the number

right now. lt is 5184,

3801 , 2373...

(CAR ALARM BLARlNG lN LOT)

PlLOT:
(ON PA)

Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.

l'd like to welcome everyone

on flight 86A to Los Angeles.

We are currently cruising at

an altitude of 33,000 feet

at an air speed of

about 400 miles an hour.

Weather looks good, and with

the tailwind on our side...

l'll be right back.

(PlLOT CONTlNUES lNDlSTlNCTLY)

(PEOPLE MUTTERlNG ANXlOUSLY)

Well, he's not here.

MlNlSTER:
Friends,

thank you all for coming.

We all knew Jerry...

(lNDlSTlNCT CONVERSATlONS)

SAM:
Hey, Mom.

SHElLA:
Okay,

l'm going to take off.

-Love you, sweetie.

-Okay. Love you. Thanks.

-Hi, Sheila.

-SHElLA:
Hello, Sam.

-You get my message?

-Oh, yeah, the airlines.

They wouldn't even let me

on the plane.

Yeah, just the way it is

these days.

SAM:
Yeah.

Mom, this is, uh, Hannah.

l'm so sorry.

Now l have a face

to the voice.

Beautiful face.

How can l help?

What do you need me to do?

l could clean,

l could do anything.

-How long are you staying?

-We got to get back tomorrow.

Hannah's got

a law school interview.

Wow! Law school.

Your parents must be proud.

-Where do they live?

-Chicago.

-You get home to them much?

-Mom...

l'm gonna go unpack.

He would've liked her.

Mom, l...

(SlGHS)

The linens are in

the closet upstairs.

l'm glad you're home.

(TlCKlNG)

(JlNGLlNG)

(JlNGLlNG STOPS)

-What are you doing?

-lt fell.

"Hannah's got to get back

for an interview."

Really? lt's next week.

l know. l'm sorry.

l just didn't know what to say.

That's a first.

What is this,

his man cave?

SAM:
More or less, l guess.

l don't think

l've been up here since l was like, eight.

Since you were eight?

He'd come in

and lock the door...

What do you mean,

"He locked the door"?

l am cold.

Are you cold?

No. Oh, my God,

is that Elvis Costello?

Uh, yeah, he gave him his

first pair of ugly glasses,

and, um, sort of

got Columbia to sign him.

He doesn't look like

how you described him.

l imagined this cold

Mr. Frost guy.

He's got kind of

a sweet face.

Yes, that's not

the guy l knew.

Come on.

lt's your dad!

You don't have one happy memory?

Yeah, one.

He used to take me

to this park on Sundays.

-That's nice.

-He never got out of the car.

He'd sit and watch me

so he could...

(SlGHS)

Listen to his demos.

But, hey, you know,

that's how he discovered Kajagoogoo,

so he did make

a major contribution

to the human race.

lKE:
(ON MACHlNE)

Hi, Sam, it's lke Rafferty,

your father's attorney.

l'd like to talk to you

about your father's estate.

l could meet you for lunch.

And maybe we should

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