The Favor Page #4

- You sure?

- Tell me!

You did me the favor.

- What are you talking about?

- I'm talking about Tom.

The big, strong hunk

in the red flannel shirt...

...with a tongue like velvet

and the arms you could die in.

You met him?

No wonder you always

fantasize about him.

This one's a man!

Capital M-A-N, man.

If there were a nuclear war,

Tom's the one I'd want in my bomb shelter.

He sure grew up.

Actually, if there wasn't a nuclear war,

I'd want him in my bomb shelter.

You don't have a bomb shelter.

And get up off the floor.

Kathy, this man made

me feel like a woman.

- What do you mean?

- We talked. We laughed. We danced.

- So the two of you...

- All night.

Honey, we're trying

to talk in here!

Okay.

Tell me everything.

I could still see him as

the plane took off.

I could still smell him.

That's everything.

And to think I almost

didn't even call him.

Kathy!

The man knew what I

wanted before I did.

You seem upset.

No, not at all.

No. Couldn't have worked out better.

See? It's finished.

He's out of my mind,

and I have you to thank for it.

I never have to think

of him again, ever!

You're mad at me.

Kathy, I did you a favor.

It was your idea for

me to sleep with him.

Once!

Not eight times.

The shower doesn't count.

We didn't...

Can't you do it on a bed

like normal people?

I never told you to do it

on a butcher block!

This may come as a surprise to you,

but I did it for me.

Wait!

Did you talk about me at all?

You've got Peter and the kids.

Let me have my one lousy night in Denver.

Did he ask for my number?

Yeah, he asked for your number.

Good night, Peter.

Leaving already, Em?

- Want something to eat?

- Nah.

- Sure?

- Yeah.

You're missing out.

See you later.

All right.

I guess it's you and me, buddy.

What was that all

about with Emily?

Nothing.

A teacher from

Princeton started today.

Joe Dubin.

He's a brilliant guy.

They just throw grants at him.

He sticks with basic

linear questions like:

"How big is it?" and

"How long does it last?"

So he gets a lot of equipment.

He gets a lot of attention.

But I don't know, I think he totally

ignores the disorderly behavior...

...of a lot of important phenomena.

Can't deal with it.

Doesn't know what to make of it, right?

My stuff, you know...

...this equation that I'm testing

about reversing magnetic fields...

With that stuff,

I gotta deal with disorderly behavior.

Because patterns

can be stable...

...but when they're really fascinating

is when they're...

...unstable.

Chaotic.

Wild and abandoned.

Olives.

So you look at the patterns.

Logic gets you so far,

then you gotta go on a feeling.

You've got to follow your intuition.

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