[ THEME SONG PLAYS ] * I BET WE'VE BEEN TOGETHERFOR A MILLION YEARS * * AND I'LL BET WE'LL BE TOGETHERFOR A MILLION MORE * * OH, IT'S LIKEI STARTED BREATHING * * ON THE NIGHT WE KISSED * AND I CAN'T REMEMBERWHAT I EVER DID BEFORE * * WHAT WOULD WE DO, BABY * WITHOUT US? * WHAT WOULD WE DO, BABY * WITHOUT US? * AND THEREAIN'T NO NOTHIN' * * WE CAN'T LOVEEACH OTHER THROUGH * * OOH-HOO * WHAT WOULD WE DO, BABY * WITHOUT US? * SHA-LA-LA-LA JENNIFER, I TOLD YOU I DON'T WANT THAT COMPUTERIN THE KITCHEN. BUT THIS IS WHEREI DO MY HOMEWORK, DAD. I TOLD HER SHE COULD USE ITIN HERE, HONEY. COME ON, DAD. COMPUTERS AREPART OF OUR LIVES NOW. JOIN THE '80s. JOIN THE '70s. JENNIFER, I KNOWYOU NEED IT FOR SCHOOL, BUT, PLEASE,USE IT IN ANOTHER ROOM. OKAY, I'LL USE ITIN THE LIVING ROOM. NOT THE LIVING ROOM! THERE'S ALREADY AN ELECTRICCLOCK IN THE LIVING ROOM! I BETTER GO WITH HIM. I DON'T WANT HIM TO SEETHAT THREE-WAY LIGHT BULB I GOT. HEY, MAL.HI, ALEX. HOW WAS YOUR DATE?OKAY? FINE. YEAH?WHAT'D YOU DO? UM, SAW THAT NEW ITALIAN MOVIEDOWN AT THE NORTHTOWN. OH, YEAH? DID YOUR DATEREAD YOU THE SUBTITLES? [ SOBBING ]HEY. HEY, MAL. I-I WAS JUST KIDDING. I KNOW YOU CAN READ. ALEX, THIS IS THE SIXTH GUYI'VE GONE OUT WITH SINCE I BROKE UPWITH RICK AND THE SIXTHTERRIBLE TIME I'VE HAD. WELL, AT LEASTYOU'RE CONSISTENT. AND THEN TONIGHTI SEE HIM WITH MARILYN WALKER. I MEAN, HOW COMEHE CAN FIND A GIRL, AND I CAN'T FIND A GUY? NOW, MALLORY, LOOK,RICK IS A VERY SPECIAL GUY. HE'S A -- HE'S WARM.HE'S BRIGHT. HE'S FUNNY. GUY LIKE THATIS ONE IN A MILLION. [ SOBS ] UH, NO. I DON'T MEANTHAT HE'S ONE IN A MILLION. I MEAN THERE AREA MILLION OF THOSE GUYS... AND HE'S ONE OF THEM. ALEX, IS THERESOMETHING WRONG WITH ME? LET'S -- LET'S TRY AND STAYIN A MORE PRODUCTIVE AREA, OKAY? NOW, UH, LET'S -- LET'S TRY AND IDENTIFYTHE PROBLEM. LET'S LOOKAT THIS LOGICALLY. NOW, YOU'RE CRYING BECAUSE YOU CAN'T FINDA GUY YOU LIKE. AM I RIGHT? IT'S JUST... I FEEL SO ALONE, ALEX. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. YOU'RE, UH --YOU'RE CRYING, AND YOU'RE ALONE. YOU KNOW, TIME'S BEGINNINGTO RUN OUT ON ME. I'M ALMOST 17. YOU'RE, UH -- YOU'RE CRYING,YOU'RE ALONE, AND YOU'RE ALMOST 17. I THINK I CAN HELP. [ SIGHS ]YOU CAN? HOW? WELL, UH... I'LL HELP YOUFIND A GUY. YOU WILL?SURE. SURE.I KNOW A LOT OF GUYS. YOU KNOW, FROM COLLEGE. AND -- AND MAYBE I CAN FINDTHE RIGHT ONE FOR YOU. SEE? THINGS AREN'T AS BADAS YOU THINK. REALLY?SURE. LOOK, MALLORY,YOU ARE A WONDERFUL PERSON, AND -- AND IF YOU WANT TOHAVE A GUY TO DATE, THEN YOU SHOULD HAVEA GUY TO DATE. AND I'LL FIND HIMFOR YOU. ALEX, YOU'RE REALLY WONDERFULSOMETIMES, YOU KNOW THAT? AH. I KNOW. IT'S A BURDENI HAVE TO BEAR. [ BEEPS ]W-WHAT'S THAT? WELL, I'M JUST SHOWING YOUHOW IT CAN ADD UP NUMBERS. SEE? 2 PLUS 2. HOW DO WE KNOWIF IT'S RIGHT? HI.OH, NO, SKIPPY. SINCE WHEN HAVE YOUBECOME INTERESTED IN COMPUTERS? ARE YOU KIDDING? MR. KEATON, I SEETHE COMPUTER AS... A-AN UNEXPLORED CAVETHAT CONTAINS UNKNOWN TREASURES, TREASURES THAT ULTIMATELYCOULD BE THE KEY TO A-A HAPPIER,MORE FULFILLING LIFE. BESIDES, YOU CANPLAY PAC-MAN ON IT. UH, THAT REMINDS ME -- I DON'T WANTTHIS THING USED FOR ANY OF THOSESILLY COMPUTER GAMES. IT'S HERE AS AN EDUCATIONALTOOL, AND THAT'S IT. PLEASE TELL JENNIFER. UH, YEAH. I WILL, DAD.OKAY. I KNOW IT'SA HANG-UP OF MINE, BUT I HATETHESE MODERN GADGETS. WHERE YOU GOING, DAD? THE KITCHEN. I THOUGHTI'D MAKE MYSELF SOME TOAST. RIGHT. LET ME KNOWIF YOU NEED ANY HELPCHURNING THE BUTTER. I... UH, PARDON ME, MR. KEATON?UH, MAY I JOIN YOU? I-I HAPPEN TO BE SOMETHINGOF A WIZARD WITH TOAST. SO I'VE HEARD, SKIPPY.COME ON. OH, HI, ALEX. OH, HEY, MAL.GLAD YOU'RE HERE. I HAVE SPENT THE ENTIRE DAYINTERVIEWING SOME OF THE MOST ELIGIBLE MENON THE LELAND CAMPUS. MAL, I THINK THIS THINGIS GONNA WORK OUT. OH. LISTEN, ALEX. I DO APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE --WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO, BUT LET'S JUSTFORGET IT, OKAY? WAIT, W-WHAT? I'M SORRY I GOTALL EMOTIONAL LAST NIGHT. I'M REALLYKIND OF EMBARRASSED NOW. NO, NO, NO, MAL. WHAT HAPPENED LAST NIGHTWAS A -- WAS A PIVOTAL EVENT IN OUR RELATIONSHIP. YOU OPENED UP TO ME, AND I'M NOT GONNATURN MY BACK ON YOU NOW. IT'S OKAY. YOU DON'T HAVE TOFIX ME UP WITH ANYONE.[ SIGHS ] I ALREADY HAVEA FEW GUYS IN MIND. REALLY? WHO? WELL, THEIR, UH --THEIR NAMES AND A BRIEF PORTFOLIO OF EACHARE RIGHT IN HERE. LET'S OPEN IT UPAND TAKE A LOOK AT 'EM. OKAY. NOW, I'M GONNA ASK YOUA FEW QUESTIONS, AND I WANTSOME HONEST ANSWERS. OKAY.WHAT IF I GET 'EM WRONG? WELL, MALLORY,THESE ARE QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR PERSONAL TASTES, YOUR LIKESAND YOUR DISLIKES. Y-YOU CAN'T GETA WRONG ANSWER.OH, OKAY. OKAY, NOW, WHAT ISTHE MOST IMPORTANT QUALITY IN A MAN'S PERSONALITY? OH, SENSE OF HUMOR. WRONG. WHAT? AW, COME ON, MALLORY. IF SENSE OF HUMORWAS THE MOST IMPORTANT QUALITY IN A MAN'S PERSONALITY, YOU'D BE DATINGCHEECH AND CHONG. OH. OH, OKAY.UM... SENSITIVITY. SENSITIVITY? MALLORY, I DON'T KNOWANY SENSITIVE GUYS. I INSIST ON SENSITIVITY, ALEX.HE HAS TO BE SENSITIVE. ALL RIGHT. OKAY.ALL RIGHT. SENSITIVITYAND A SENSE OF HUMOR. UGH. SHUDDER TO THINKWHAT THIS GUY'S GONNA BE LIKE. HEY, WHERE'S MALLORY? UPSTAIRS, I THINK. WELL, WHAT'SSHE DOING UPSTAIRS? A-ALEX. SHE, UH -- SHE SHOULDN'TKEEP HER DATE WAITING. WHY ARE YOU SO EXCITEDABOUT MALLORY'S DATE? USUALLY YOU JUST WAIT TILLTHEY LEAVE AND THEN LAUGH. WELL, MOM,THAT IS GOING TO CHANGE. YOU MEAN YOU'RE GOING TO LAUGHWHILE THEY'RE STILL HERE? TONIGHT, I HAVE HANDPICKEDMALLORY'S DATE. WHAT ARE YOUTALKING ABOUT? WELL, IN AN EFFORTTO IMPROVE THE, UH, WRETCHED AND BLEAK QUALITYOF MALLORY'S SOCIAL LIFE, I'VE ARRANGEDA DATE FOR HER WITH ONE OF THE MOSTELIGIBLE MEN AT LELAND COLLEGE. WHY ARE YOUDOING THIS? BECAUSE MALLORYIS MY SISTER, I CARE ABOUT HER A LOT,AND I LIKE TO SEE HER HAPPY. HOW MUCHMONEY'S INVOLVED? OH, STEVEN,GIVE HIM A LITTLE CREDIT. HE'S TRYING TO DOSOMETHING NICE FOR HIS SISTER. IS IT MORE THAN $50? WELL? Steven:OH, YOU LOOK BEAUTIFUL. HA! Elyse:STUNNING, HONEY. WAIT, WAIT. MAL.MALLORY. MALLORY. I-I THOUGHTWE HAD DISCUSSED WHAT YOU WEREGONNA WEAR TONIGHT. I'M NOT WEARINGTHAT OUTFIT, ALEX. THAT'S FINAL. [ SIGHS ] WHAT IS WRONGWITH THAT OUTFIT? THAT WAS A FABULOUS,FEMININE OUTFIT. I SPENT THE WHOLE DAYAT BEAUTIFUL YOUNG MISS PICKING THAT OUT. THE -- THE LEAST YOU COULD DOIS HUMOR ME. I'M NOT WEARING IT, ALEX. NOT EVENTHE PETTICOAT? LOOK, I'M REALLYNERVOUS ABOUT THIS. I DON'T EVEN KNOWIF I CAN GO THROUGH WITH IT. AH, COME ON, MALLORY.THERE'S NOTHING TO BENERVOUS ABOUT. YOU'RE GONNA LIKETHIS GUY. YOU GUYS HAVEEVERYTHING IN COMMON. I DON'T KNOW. I DO KNOW, MAL. I FED YOUR VITAL STATISTICSINTO THIS COMPUTER. AND I FOUND OUTYOU GUYS ARE COMPATIBLE IN EVERYTHING FROM --FROM BREAKFAST CEREALS TO POSITIONSON NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT. I DON'T HAVE A POSITIONON NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT. NEITHER DOES HE. SEE? THIS IS THE KINDOF LACK OF SUBSTANCE THAT GREAT RELATIONSHIPSARE BUILT ON. MALLORY, LOOK... YOU'RE ABOUT TO MEETTHE MAN OF YOUR DREAMS. OKAY? ALL RIGHT?YOU'RE A LITTLE NERVOUS. AND IT'S UNDERSTANDABLE. BUT WHEN HE GETS HERE, YOU JUST LET ME HANDLEEVERYTHING, ALL RIGHT? OKAY.OKAY. [ DOORBELL RINGS ]OH!WHOA. THERE HE IS.OKAY. I GOT IT.I GOT IT. ROGER.HEY. COME ON IN.THANKS, ALEX. HOPE YOU DIDN'T HAVE ANY TROUBLEFINDING THE PLACE. NO.THANKS FOR THE POLICE ESCORT. ROGER, THIS IS MALLORY. MALLORY,THIS IS ROGER SLOATE. HI. HI. OH! AND, UH, THAT'S MY MOM,MY DAD, AND THIS IS JENNIFER. IT'S A PLEASURETO MEET YOU, ROGER. NICE TO MEET YOU,MR. KEATON. OKAY, HEY, ENOUGHOF THE INTRODUCTIONS, HUH? WHY DON'T WE ALL SIT DOWN ANDGET A LITTLE BETTER ACQUAINTED? I GUESS... GUESS YOU TWO KIDSHAVE A LOT TO TALK ABOUT, HUH? GO AHEAD.GO AHEAD. SO ALEX HAS TOLD MEA LOT ABOUT YOU, MALLORY. ONLY GOOD THINGS, MAL. WELL, UH, YOU GOTO LELAND, RIGHT? SOPHOMORE. ENGINEERING MAJOR. YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. I UNDERSTANDTHEY HAVE A VERY FINE ENGINEERING PROGRAMAT LELAND. MA. YEAH. I ENJOY ITVERY MUCH, MRS. KEATON. YEAH, YEAH. HE -- HE ENJOYS ITVERY MUCH, MISSUS -- MOM. IS ALEX THEIR INTERPRETER? YES. UH, SO WHERE AREYOU TWO OFF TO TONIGHT? DAD, DO YOU MIND? I'M -- I'M SORRY.FORGIVE MY RUDENESS. I LOST MY HEAD. ACTUALLY, I, UH,MADE RESERVATIONS FOR YOU TWOAT THE BEAR'S LAIR. OH, THANKS. AND THEN AFTERWARDSI THOUGHT YOU COULD GO AND SEE THAT NEW JAMES BOND MOVIE. OH, I'VE SEEN THAT ALREADY.I HATED IT. I SAW THAT.I LOVED IT. AH, A LITTLE SPAT.ISN'T THAT CUTE? OKAY.YOU GUYS BETTER GET GOING. OKAY. Steven:SEE YOU LATER.BYE. UH, MAL?UH... ROGER WANTED YOUTO HAVE THESE. OH. UH... [ CHUCKLES ] THANKS, ROGER. UH, IT WAS THE LEASTI COULD DO. UH, WE'LL BESEEING YOU LATER. YEAH.NICE TO MEET YOU.BYE-BYE. HAVE FUN TONIGHT, HON.BYE-BYE. OKAY.GOOD NIGHT. DON'T WAIT UPFOR US. JUST WANTED TO SEE THEMSAFELY OFF THE PORCH. OKAY, PUSH THIS TO PITCHAND THIS TO SWING THE BAT. OH!YAY! A HOME RUNON THE FIRST SWING. IT EVEN HASA LITTLE COMPUTER GUY PATTING THE BATTERON HIS BEHIND. DAD? OKAY, ONE PITCH. JUST TO PROVE HOW DEHUMANIZINGTHIS GAME IS. PUSH THESE BUTTONS. [ BEEPS ] STRIKE ONE. STRIKE TWO. STRIKE THREE.YOU'RE OUT, DAD. STRIKE?!IT WAS HIGH AND INSIDE! THAT ALMOST HIT ME! WHAT'S WRONG WITHTHIS STUPID COMPUTER UMP?! CALM DOWN, DAD.STEVEN. SEE HOW DEHUMANIZEDI BECAME? OKAY, WELL,IT'S MY TURN NOW. J-JENNIFER. COME ON.I-I JUST SAT DOWN. THAT FIRST ONEWAS -- WAS -- WAS PRACTICE. HEY, HEY!BASE HIT. OKAY, NOW I'M --OH, COME ON! I... EXCUSE ME. GAME'S CALLEDON ACCOUNT OF DARKNESS. COME ON, HONEY.IT'S TIME FOR BED. OH, FIVE MORE MINUTES.PLEASE? FORGET IT, STEVEN. HEY, WHAT YOU DOING,DAD? UH, I -- I WAS JUSTTAKING THIS UPSTAIRS. UM, TO WASH IT. [ DOOR OPENS ]Mallory: YEAH, WELL... I HAD A REAL NICE TIME.YEAH. THE MARIACHI BANDWAS GREAT. YEAH.GOOD NIGHT. GOOD NIGHT. HOW WAS YOUR DATE? ALEX, WHAT AREYOU DOING HERE? JUST STANDING HERE. HAPPEN TO, UH --HAPPEN TO LIKE STANDING HERE. GOOD NIGHT.NIGHT. GOOD NIGHT. GREAT GUY, HUH? HE'S ALL RIGHT.ALL RIGHT? COME ON! MALLORY, HE ISPERFECT FOR YOU. HE'S ALL RIGHT. ACTUALLY, ALEX,HE'S NOT THAT BRIGHT. SEE WHAT I MEAN?HE'S PERFECT FOR YOU! LISTEN, ALEX, UH, I APPRECIATEWHAT YOU'VE TRIED TO DO, BUT, UM, IT'S OVER. I-I DON'T LIKEROGER THAT MUCH, SO I'M NOT GONNA GO OUTWITH HIM ANYMORE. OH. YOU, UH, DON'T LIKEROGER THAT MUCH, AND YOU'RE NOT GONNAGO OUT WITH HIM ANYMORE. SIMPLE AS THAT. WHAT ABOUT ME, MALLORY? WHAT ABOUT MY FEELINGS? YOUR FEELINGS?YEAH. I -- I PUT A LOTOF TIME AND EFFORT INTO TRYING TO HELPYOU OUT, AND IS THISTHE THANKS I GET? ALEX --IS THIS THE MALLORY WHO WAS CRYING ON MY SHOULDERA WEEK AGO? IS THIS THE MALLORYWHO SAID, "ALEX, I HAVEN'T MET A GUYI LIKED IN MONTHS"? IS THISTHE MALLORY --ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT, ALEX,I'LL TELL YOU WHAT. ONE MORE DATE, OKAY? YOU CAN COME ALONG.WE'LL DOUBLE. BUT IF IT DOESN'T WORK OUT,THAT'S THE END OF IT, OKAY? HEY, DON'T DO ITFOR M MAL. ALEX... I'M TELLING YOU,THIS PLACE IS FANTASTIC. THIS IS GONNA BEA SPECIAL NIGHT. THERE'S JUST -- THERE'SAN ELECTRICITY IN THE AIR. I CAN --I CAN JUST FEEL IT. IT'S A GOOD THINGI WORE RUBBER BOOTS. BOY, I HAVEN'T LAUGHEDLIKE THIS... ROG, MEL, I WAS AMAZED WHEN I FOUND OUT HOW MUCHYOU TWO HAD IN COMMON. YOU KNOW, YOU'RE BOTHSO INTERESTED IN FASHION. I'M NOT INTERESTEDIN FASHION AT ALL. SURE -- SURE --SURE YOU ARE, ROG. I MEAN, COME ON, ISN'T -- ISN'T YOUR FATHERIN THE FASHION BUSINESS? HE OWNS A LUMBERYARD. YEAH, OKAY. SO, UH...SO, LUMBERYARD,FABRIC IS BOUGHT BY THE YARD. CONNECTION IS ALMOST EERIE. SO HOW ABOUT A LITTLE,UH, SPONTANEOUS CONVERSATION? STARTING...NOW. MALLORY, MALLORY,TELL -- TELL ROGER ABOUT -- ABOUT THAT FUNNY THINGTHAT HAPPENED TO YOU AT WORK. UM, NOTHING FUNNYHAPPENED TO ME AT WORK, ALEX. UM, SOMETHING FUNNYHAPPENED TO ME AT WORK. TRACY, WILL YOU LET SOMEONE ELSEGET A WORD IN EDGEWISE? [ SLOW MUSIC PLAYS ] WHOA, GREAT SONG. WHY DON'T YOU TWO KIDSGET OUT THERE AND DANCE, HUH? I REALLY DON'TFEEL LIKE IT. YEAH.ME NEITHER. YOU BOTH LISTED DANCINGAS A FAVORITE ACTIVITY. ROG, YOU LISTED IT SECOND. MALLORY, YOU LISTED IT FOURTH. COME ON, LET'S SPLITTHE DIFFERENCE AND DANCE. ALL RIGHT. GREAT COUPLE, HUH? UH, EXCUSE ME. UH... UH, ROG, YOU MINDIF I CUT IN? SURE.THANKS. ALEX,WHY'D YOU DO THAT? MALLORY,WHEN I SENT YOU OUT HERE, I SENT YOU OUT HERETO DANCE. THIS IS A SLOW NUMBER. YOU SHOULD HAVEBEEN SLOW DANCING. LIKE -- LIKE ROGER AND TRACY. EXCUSE ME FOR A MINUTE. UH, PAR-- PARDON ME.MAY I CUT IN? SURE. W-WHY WERE YOUDANCING WITH TRACY? BECAUSE I LIKE HER. AND BECAUSE YOU CUT INON ME AND MALLORY. YEAH, WELL, ROG,I ONLY DID THAT BE-- I ONLY... LOOK, UH, WHY DON'T WE SIT DOWNAND TALK ABOUT THIS? I DON'T WANT TO SIT DOWNAND TALK ABOUT IT. I WANT TO DANCE. ROG, MY FEET AREKILLING ME. I... ALEX, WHY DON'T YOUJUST LEAVE US ALONE? LOOK, I CAN'TLEAVE YOU ALONE. WHEN I LEAVE YOU ALONE,ROG, NOTHING HAPPENS. WELL, MAYBE IT'S NOTSUPPOSED TO HAPPEN. NO, LOOK, ROG. ACCORDING TO THIS, YOU ARE ALMOSTMY BROTHER-IN-LAW. HEY, PAL, I DON'TWANT TO BE YOUR BROTHER-IN-LAW. I DON'T EVEN WANT TOBE YOUR SISTER. AND I DEFINITELY DO NOTWANT TO BE YOUR DATE. [ GROANS ] OKAY, 22-4, YOUR FAVOR. YOUR BALL OUT. I WARN YOU, ELYSE,I KNOW ALL YOUR MOVES NOW. YOU HAVE SCOREDYOUR LAST BASKET. YOU READY? READY. [ BEEPING ] OH! IN YOUR FACE. GOOD -- GOOD SHOT.GOOD SHOT. THANKS. OKAY, I, UH -- I THINKI GOT THE HANG OF IT NOW. SET 'EM UP AGAIN. [ BEEPING ] OH!JENNIFER, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! WELL, WE ONLY RENTEDTHE COMPUTER FOR A WEEK. HAS TO BE BACK TONIGHT. IS A WEEK UP ALREADY? NOW, LISTEN, DAD, I KNOWHOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THESE THINGS. YOU'VE BEEN REALLY TOLERANT,AND I APPRECIATE IT. OH, THAT'S OKAY. LISTEN, YOU DON'T HAVE TOWORRY ABOUT IT ANYMORE. AS OF TONIGHT,IT'LL BE GONE FROM YOUR LIFE. WELL, I'M GLAD THATUGLY CHAPTER'S OVER WITH. ME TOO. ALTHOUGH JENNIFER DID SEEMTO ENJOY HAVING IT AROUND. SHE DID. YOU KNOW, YOU COULDALWAYS PUT ASIDE YOUR PERSONAL FEELINGSAND BUY HER ONE. YOU'RE RIGHT. I SHOULDTHINK ABOUT HER NEEDS FIRST. JENNIFER!JENNIFER! HONEY! OKAY, MALLORY, LOOK.I WAS WRONG. I ADMIT IT. WHY DON'T WE JUST GO OUTTO THE DRIVEWAY? YOU CAN BACK THE CAROVER ME A FEW TIMES. WHERE ARE THE KEYS? I JUST -- I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.THAT'S ALL. I MEAN, YOU AND ROGERWERE GREAT TOGETHER. JUST WHAT WAS ITTHAT YOU DIDN'T LIKE ABOUT HIM? I DON'T KNOW.NOTHING IN PARTICULAR. HE WAS A NICE GUY, RIGHT?YEAH. AND HE WAS A GOOD-ENOUGH-LOOKINGGUY, RIGHT? KINDA CUTE, YEAH. ALL RIGHT.I'M GETTING HIM OVER HERE. NO!HEY, COME ON, ALEX. NOW, CUT IT OUT! I DON'T WANT TO GO OUT WITH HIMANYMORE, AND I MEAN IT. I -- I JUSTDO NOT GET IT. WHY DIDN'T YOU TWOHIT IT OFF? I DON'T KNOW, ALEX,BUT I DO KNOW THIS -- THAT JUST BECAUSETWO PEOPLE HAVE SIMILAR INTERESTSAND BACKGROUNDS DOESN'T MEANTHEY'RE GONNA FALL IN LOVE. WHY NOT? BECAUSE THE RIGHT CHEMISTRYHAS TO BE THERE. YOU KNOW, CERTAIN -- CERTAIN FEELINGS AND EMOTIONSJUST HAVE TO CLICK RIGHT, AND THEY DIDN'T CLICKWITH ROGER AND ME. YEAH, WELL,YOU LOOKED SO GOOD ON PAPER. WE'RE NOT MADEOF PAPER, ALEX. ALL RIGHT. OKAY.NOW WE'RE GETTING DOWN TO IT. SEE, I'M MADE OF PAPER. WELL, I DON'T ACTUALLY MEANI'M MADE OF PAPER. I MEAN, I'M CAPABLE OF --I MEAN, I LIKE PAPER! WHAT AM I TRYINGTO SAY, MALLORY? YOU'RE TRYING TO SAY,ALEX, THAT YOU'RE NOT GOODWITH EMOTIONS, BUT YOU'RE GREATWITH FACTS AND FIGURES. RIGHT. AND YOU LOVE A SITUATION WHERE YOU CAN CONTROLALL THE ELEMENTS AND THE HUMAN EQUATIONIS REMOVED. RIGHT. AND YOU LIKE TO BELIEVETHAT EVERY PROBLEM HAS SOME KINDOF LOGICAL SOLUTION. RIGHT! ARE YOU FOLLOWINGANY OF THIS, MALLORY? FOLLOWING IT?I'M SAYING IT. OKAY. AS LONG ASI MADE MYSELF CLEAR. NOW, ALEX, YOU SAW THAT ROGERAND I WEREN'T GETTING ALONG. WHY DIDYOU KEEP FORCING IT? WELL... BECAUSE I CAN'T... UH... CAN'T ACCEPT FAILURE. YOU KNOW, I MEAN... I JUST WANTED TOMAKE YOU HAPPY. I REALLY DID. AND -- AND I WAS GOING TOWHETHER YOU LIKED IT OR NOT. THANKS, ALEX. BUT YOUHAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT RELATIONSHIPSARE UNPREDICTABLE. YOU KNOW,THERE'S THAT -- THAT MAGIC. YOU KNOW, THAT SPECIAL SOMETHINGHAS TO BE THERE. IT DEFIES LOGIC. I KNOW. I HATE THAT. YOU KNOW WHAT'S FUNNY? SOMETIMES OPPOSITES ATTRACT. YOU KNOW,SOMETIMES YOU CAN BE ATTRACTED TO THE LEAST LIKELY PERSON. I HOPE I'M NOTINTERRUPTING ANYTHING.