BriII buys
scripts for TV, I have a good connection.
She was aIways on the baII.
Great head on that woman.
(Monica) Let's get up here, kids.
Come on. Come on. I'm gonna get you!
Do you know how high your IQ is?
Me?
It's high. It has to be. I just Iook around.
Do you think mine's high?
Sure. It's average, sIightIy above.
Sometimes I feeI I couId write, you know?
Uh-huh.
EspeciaIIy, you know, some oId TV script.
I'm as bright as Nancy BriII.
- WeII...
- You don't think?
Yeah, sure. I don't know, you know?
You can't just decide
to be a writer and then write.
- Why not?
- You need background.
WeII, I wrote when I was a kid.
I aIways Ioved poetry and drama.
- You kids shouId be getting to bed.
- ShouId I get them ready?
You get them ready.
I'II be in in two minutes.
- Come on, kiddos.
- Two minutes.
- Time to brush the teeth.
- Good night, guys.
Who's gonna get to the bathroom first?
Who's gonna get to the bathroom first?
- You never encourage me, you know?
- I'm trying to be... sensibIe.
You can't just say
you're gonna be a writer.
WeII, that's aII Nancy BriII did. She was an
assistant to somebody I introduced her to.
And she decided she wanted to write
and now she buys scripts.
- (phone rings)
- What can I say?
I'm trying to be practicaI.
HeIIo?
HeIIo? I'm sorry to bother you.
It's Joe RufaIIo.
I just wanted to make sure you were OK,
or that I didn't have the wrong day.
No, no. No, it was my fauIt. I'm sorry.
I...
Something came up, and I didn't have
your... I didn't have your phone number.
No, I don't think so, no.
No, I don't think that's such a good idea.
Oh. I...
No, I understand.
Sure.
(ghostly whisper) Alice...
Alice.
Alice.
(tapping)
(laughter)
Mrs Tait beIieves in ghosts.
- I don't know. I guess. What do I know?
- Don't aII CathoIics?
(laughs)
Ghosts. CathoIics beIieve in ghosts.
(laughs)
In times of great stress
sometimes ghost appears.
What wiII these herbs do?
Nothing too radicaI, I hope?
You think these things
couId be bad for my system?
These herbs not to eat.
Not...? WeII, what then?
Wait untiI midnight.
Then burn these herbs in teacup.
- Burn them in a teacup?
- You do have teacup?
Yes, yes.
MeanwhiIe, you are going
to pick up chiIdren from schooI?
No. I was gonna have the baby-sitter do it.
I have another appointment.
- It's good to see you.
- You, too.
- How's Doug?
- He's fine. I'm so happy for you, Nancy.
- Thank you.
- This is great.
- I got your fIowers.
- Oh, good.
- It was very sweet.
- It was nothing.
Just a few months ago
we were on the beach in Southampton.
You were daydreaming about moving up.
And Iook, here you are. A big shot.
- WeII...
- (phone rings)
TeII him I'II be in Iater.
I'm so jammed. Meetings with writers,
Iunch at NBC, and screenings tiII eight.
- Goodness.
- Anyhow, AIice, what can I do for you?
OK. WeII, over the years,
certain ideas have occurred to me.
I've aIways feIt, if they were written up,
they might make good shows, or a series.
- Uh-huh.
- I wanted to get your opinion on the pIot.
And if you think it's something
for your show, I'd Iike to write it.
- You write?
- I wrote a IittIe when I was young.
- You know, nothing major, obviousIy.
- You kept it a secret if you wrote.
WeII, I'd Iike to try. I'd Iike to try.
- I did work on some shows years ago.
- Wasn't that in the costume department?
Yeah, but, you know, at Ieast
I did have some contact with the theatre.
Uh-huh. So what's your idea?
Because the truth is, I'm backed up today.
Oh. OK. WeII, it's about two sisters
who were very cIose as kids.
And now that they're aduIts,
they've grown apart.
- Like you and your sister.
- Me?
Aren't you and Dorothy poIite
but not so friendIy?
WeII, gee, I never even thought of that.
Let me stop you. We want
bIood-and-guts stuff, not so subtIe.
Oh, weII. I have another about
a young girI who wanted to be a nun.
No nuns. They want sexy, unscrupuIous,
rich,