
Perfect Stranger
-Here you go, miss.
-Thank you.
Step through, please.
Open your laptop, please.
I guess people take their computers
with them everywhere nowadays.
Security blanket.
Lucky blanket.
Next.
Wow, even answer your own door,
senator.
-I'm impressed.
-Front-porch mentality.
I like to know who's visiting.
Plus, my secretary, Laura,
just stepped out for an early lunch.
Caroline Eldridge from
Family First is visiting.
You're early. I like that. Come in.
-Let's take the sofa.
-Okay.
Hope you don't mind if I take
this out.
My hard drive is now officially
my only source of memory...
...and I wanna get all those
old-fashioned values down accurately.
Now, as you know, we're putting
together our Family First brochure...
...and we've got pictures
that we could use captions for.
-Fire away.
-Okay.
Let's start with this one.
That's me and some of the staff
in the Gulf of Mexico after Katrina.
Heartbreaking stuff.
Okay.
Let's call this:
"Senator Sachs and staff
lend a hand in hurricane relief.
-Good.
-How about that?
That's one of my former interns...
...Josh.
Must have been taken his last day
of work.
Let's call it:
-"lntern program a success."
-Okay.
Met a lot of good kids that way.
I'll bet.
How about that one?
Wait, let me try.
"lntern program has fringe benefits"?
Let's see.
-Let's call it "extramarital Sachs."
-Who are you?
Someone who thinks it's a bit
hypocritical for the past two years...
...you've tried to limit the civil rights
of gay individuals...
-...while being gay yourself.
-Lady--
Preach family first
as if there's one kind of family.
I don't know what you think you got
but let me explain something to you.
What I've got is a signed statement
by Josh.
he's ready to turn over the love notes.
-Laura.
-Out to lunch, remember?
It's gonna be your word against his.
We're running his tomorrow.
I work for David Shane
at the New york Courier.
Jesus Christ.
Josh came to us seven
months ago...
...and thought we'd be interested
in knowing...
...that he's not the only handsome
skeleton in your closet.
So we thought we'd give you
an opportunity to respond.
Anything you want.
I will give you anything
that you want.
Anything.
I will give-- I will give you anything
that you want.
Anything.
You just did, senator.
You just did.
Tell me you got that, Miles.
Please tell me you got that.
I got it, you psychopath.
Jump on the shuttle,
get down to the paper.
And we'll get fantastically,
exceedingly drunk.
I will give you anything that you want,
anything.
One more time.
You transmitted from D.C.
And recorded in New York.
-Go to Legal. It'll check.
-I intend to.
Also we need to clear
the quote from the intern.
He's at home waiting for the call.
This your headline, David Shane?
Yep.
We'll be at Chumley's...
...ordering copious amounts of drinks
on this paper.
God, I love this job.
Hey, hey. To David Shane.
all the prizes you deserve.
Fame, alcoholism,
rehab, relapse, rehab.
When you win the Pulitzer,
don't forget the little people.
Oh, f*ck the little people.
Hey, you're empty. You buy, I fly.
Excuse me, sweetheart.
Careful, Ro. Next round he might aim
for your lips.
Mr. Arvis Narron.
What kind of name is Arvis?
Family name.
Story's been pulled, Ro.
Somebody got to your intern.
Made him clam up.
My guess is somebody with lots
of zeroes.
What?
Well...
...I'm just gonna go call him.
You'll get his lawyer,
just like we did.
Do you know I've been working
on this story for six months?
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