Melrose Place s01e11 Episode Script

God, I was cute.
Look at my mom! Proud papa.
He's so young.
Look at that hair.
Yo, look at that lack of hair.
No wonder she's so beautiful, look at this beautiful family.
Oh, my God, I can't believe it.
My gosh.
My mother never looked that young.
I swear.
And you, look at you, how cute you are.
I had no idea.
Please, I look like a mole.
What year'd you say that was? '69.
Uh, just out of curiosity, how many more reels of this stuff do you guys have? We're almost there, we're almost there.
We're almost there.
Oh, no.
What happened? Could someone get the lights? What's wrong? Jake? Jake, get the light, will ya? What's wrong? Just a second, everybody, just a second.
Sorry, girls and boys, that's it for tonight.
Aww.
Are you sure? Yeah, your mom sent everything else, the crib, the toys, the photo album, but no splicers, so we are kaputski.
Thanks for coming! Look at the time.
Thanks a lot.
That was a great show.
Yeah, except for that bald head, you were a very ugly baby.
Most photogenic of 1969.
Yeah, and tomorrow we get our first peek at the next generation: Jane's first ultrasound! Our first pictures of the baby.
Are you gonna find out the sex of the baby? No way, we consider that one of life's last great mysteries.
Absolutely not.
I could never do that, I would have to know.
Hey, you guys want us to help you clean up? No, no, that's okay.
You guys go ahead, we'll see you tomorrow.
Bye.
Hey, if you need a ride tomorrow, let me know, okay? Okay, thanks.
See you, Mark, thanks for coming.
Goodnight! Thanks for coming.
That was fun.
Ooh.
I'm tellin' ya, home movies are about as exciting as watching the grass grow.
Oh, I thought it was neat.
What are you doing? That odor! I don't smell anything.
Of course you don't, it's that guy smell That sweaty sock and smelly t-shirt smell.
When was the last time you did your laundry? Look, I was gonna get up early tomorrow and do it.
Yeah, how many times I heard that before? I've been busy.
The cat, my writing.
I promise No! No more broken promises.
It's the same way with you and the housework.
Everything's piling up around here.
Alison, I assure you that I'm No, no more assurances.
This time we're putting money on it.
Oh, like a bet? No, like a night on the town.
If you can't go a week without pulling your weight around here, you have to take me anywhere I want to go.
Dinner out, on you, restaurant of my choice.
And I have to go, too? Only to pay.
What happens if I win and I pull my share? I pay.
One week; What do you say? I say it's a piece of cake.
Alison, I've got your laundry! I'll throw it in with mine! Big-hearted guy that I am.
What's that? I said, I got your laundry, I'll do it with mine! No problem! Hey, you got any change? I'll trade you for some of that soap you got there.
Well, if you don't mind generic.
You pay for the dryers.
Sure.
Yabba-dabba-doo.
Sweet.
Yours? 'Course, where's my pantyhose? Whoo-hoo-hoo.
Gimme that, it's Alison's.
It's pretty big, isn't it? Well, you do live with her.
I just never really thought of her Hey, let me see, let me see, let me see.
Hummm, I'm getting a vision.
Hummm, I see Amazing, ladies and gentlemen, he's done it just by the touch of his forehead.
The tag, the tag? It's right here.
Thanks.
Sure.
Can you imagine strapping one of these things on every day? I mean, I don't know how they get those clips.
What do you think? Baby, it's you.
It's you.
Gosh, the feel of silk on my skin.
Actually feels pretty good.
Yeah.
Give it to me.
Now! Someone's rattled Dr.
Mancini! Is this an actual display of emotion from our finest intern? What happened to Dr.
Cool, Dr.
Calm, Dr.
Rushmore? Though being human is at times tolerated in our personal life It is strictly prohibited.
Dr.
Levin strikes again.
Out of nowhere, he signs me up for surgery.
I scrub at 1:00.
Sixty-year-old male Gomer Boundsbeck with fulminant necrotic hepatitis.
Ooh, should be fascinating.
A liver that large? Yeah, except that Jane's ultrasound is at 1:00.
Call her O.
B.
, push it back.
I tried, the floor's a worse zoo than this one.
The best they can manage is a week from tomorrow.
Oh, Jane will kill you.
Well, I'm toe-tagged either way.
We both know what Levin thinks of roster changes.
Fake salmonella, worked for Dorfmann last week.
Mmhm, till they pumped the poor bastard's stomach.
No, I am grabbing this particular bull by the horns.
Speaking of which, there's the bull in person, doing what bulls do best.
Toro, toro.
People, this is a first year question.
Anyone? Anyone at all? Dr.
Mancini, perhaps you can lighten us? The name of the layer of spinal cord we aim at for a lumbar puncture.
Subarachnoid.
Dr.
Levin? I was wondering if I might have a word with you.
Certainly.
Excuse us.
Uh, Doctor My wife is due here any second, and, uh, we're pregnant, as you may or may not know, and we've scheduled an ultrasound for 1:00.
Well, you'll be in surgery at 1:00.
Exactly, that's what I'm asking, I was No roster changes, Mancini, you know that.
Have them plug in a videotape for you.
You can watch it at home.
Over and over.
The miracle of modern technology.
I know, but We scrub in five, Doctor.
People? This way.
Listen.
If he lets you close, you can stitch doubletime and still make the curtain.
I'm serious, I'm serious.
I'm four years old, I get off this gurney, and I run down the hall with both hands around my throat, going, "No, you can't have them, I want them!" I was a selfish kid even about my tonsils.
I want you to know I don't believe a word of that.
Jane, Matt! Hoo, God, I really appreciate you bringing Jane.
Not, not a problem.
Good luck, you guys.
Oh, no, wait, wait.
Levin wants me in surgery.
I tried to get out of it but the guy's impossible.
Oh, honey.
I know did you bring the tape? Yeah, but what for? Great, because they're gonna record the whole thing for us and we can watch it tonight.
Just like the home movies.
I know, sweetie, I'm sorry.
That's okay.
I understand.
Look, I gotta go.
Besides being terminally intractable, Levin's compulsively punctual.
Mm, good luck.
Call me later.
Matt, stay with her.
You're gonna love it, it's fascinating.
A miracle! Come on.
Come on over here, Dad.
Nothing to be scared about.
Heh, I'm not.
He's not the dad.
Oh, he's not? No, I'm just a friend.
I'm a close friend, I'm a neighbors, really.
I'm Matt Fielding, and it's good to meet you, but I'd rather Jane Mancini, wife of Dr.
Mancini.
You're not Dr.
Mancini.
No, I'm, I'm a friend.
Well, there's no problem.
We don't have any admission policies here.
Hi.
How ya doing, Jane? Good, I'm excited.
Uh-huh.
Nervous.
Uh-huh.
Ooh! Stuff's freezing.
Yeah, somebody smart's gonna find a way to keep that stuff warm.
Here we go.
Amazing.
Are we seeing the baby? One second.
Freeze it.
May we have a second, please? Sure, um, I'm just gonna wait outside now.
What? I have bad news, Jane.
I'm afraid there's no heartbeat.
It probably terminated within the last month, judging from the size.
Now, you should have miscarried, but it doesn't always happen that way.
I'm sorry.
We'll schedule a DC right away to remove the fetus.
This has gotta be a joke.
Jake installed it for me.
Think of it as a precaution.
I think of it as an insult.
And what do you call what happened this morning? What, I was doing your wash! I was trying to be nice.
So I happened to see your bra.
See it! You were practically wearing it.
Okay, so I acted a little immature or a lot immature.
Guys sometimes get that way.
That is no excuse.
You don't understand.
I mean, if you'd come in there five seconds earlier, we were singing your bra's praises.
I mean, I'm talking real admiration and respect.
I'm living with an absolute pervert! Well, maybe I'm living with an absolute prude.
Maybe this is good.
Maybe we were getting too close, you know? Maybe I just needed this little reminder that you and I are just roommates.
So I guess the bet's off.
Billy, as long as you pay your rent, I don't care whether or not you pull your own weight.
You know? You can live your life, and I will live mine.
And if by some coincidence, our lives happen to cross, then we will immediately uncross them.
All because of the bra.
Yes.
Alison, you can't pretend to not be friends.
Believe me, Billy, I am not pretending.
It's over; There are no complications.
Soon as the anesthesia wears off, you can take her home.
Uh, what? They're bringing her up right away.
Michael.
You know the odds on miscarriage the first time out.
It's nature's way of taking care of something that's not right.
Now, there's no reason that you guys can't get pregnant again right away.
This is tough.
If there's anything I can do, you let me know.
I'm so sorry.
I'm sorry.
It was so weird.
I was standing there.
So sad.
At first, it was sort of funny because everyone thought that I was the father, and then, when they turned on the machine it was like magic.
I mean, it's this image inside the womb.
God, we are so sorry.
What can we do, Janey? Just tell us.
I'm okay, really.
Yeah, she's just a little groggy is all.
You guys are sweet.
Well, let's get you inside and get you some tea.
Rhonda, maybe Jane and Michael want to be left alone.
That's okay, you know, you guys, come in.
Uh, Rhonda, grab a hold of her, please? Sure.
You know, Janey, I know so many people this has happened to, and they go on to have lots of kids.
My mom had one between me and my brother.
She's right, you know, it's just It's your body's way of taking care of something that isn't right.
Why do people keep saying that? Look, Michael If you need to talk I'm not the one you have to worry about.
I realize that.
Jane needs me to be there for her.
And it's all I can think about.
Michael? Honey, are you all right? You've been so quiet.
I'm all right.
Are you? I just wish there was some way I could have kept this from happening.
Everybody keeps saying things like, "It was meant to happen," or, "It was God's way," or, nature's way, but all I keep thinking was I had a baby growing inside me, and now I don't.
Something happens when you're first pregnant.
Almost instantly, you get the sense that there's something inside you.
My breasts began to swell.
My body changed.
And every day, I would picture it inside me.
This little, tiny human being.
And when the doctor told me there wasn't a heartbeat, I just I felt so so empty.
So cheated.
So, I guess nobody's getting any sleep tonight, huh? I was thinking about Jane.
You know, you can rationalize it forever.
You know, it was meant to happen, it wasn't a baby yet.
But to Jane, after all she went through, deciding and making the choice to keep it I mean, it was a baby, and it is a death.
A loss.
Makes our fight seem pointless, huh? Look, Alison, what I did, I admit was really immature.
I would so rather not talk about this right now.
You're right, it's not worth it.
We were both acting like idiots.
Um no.
You acted like an idiot.
Come on, like you didn't overreact? I mean, if somebody had come through the door, they would have thought I had committed a capital offense.
All I did was just I don't believe you! What? What do you mean, what? You were staring at my breasts! Oh, please, I was not.
This is exactly why I was so angry.
First that whole thing with my bra, and now you are undressing me with your eyes.
You've come completely unglued, you've totally lost it.
I always knew this would be a problem at some point, this, having a guy as a roommate.
Maybe this grand experiment just isn't working.
Just hold it, all right? Since when has this been an experiment? There are people all over this city living platonically.
Yes, yes, all over this city, but with a lot more maturity and sensitivity than we have here.
Goodnight.
Where'd you put it? The storage area.
I figured we'd always end up being reminded, dwelling on I made coffee.
Toast.
Good.
The paper's on the couch.
Uh, if I'm going to the hospital, I gotta go now.
Unless you want me to stay? No, honey, you can't do that.
Go ahead, I'll be fine, really.
Oh, um, I called my mother this morning before you got up.
She wanted me to tell you how sorry she was.
But I didn't want to wake you.
Do you want to call yours? Now, or tonight? Maybe tonight.
I'll do it for you.
No, honey, that's okay, I'll do it.
I just know how disappointed my mom's gonna be.
You know, her only daughter, her first grandchild.
All she's been talking about was coming up to help after the baby's been born.
Well, I'll try to get home early.
Okay.
Love you.
I love you, too.
I'm so sorry, Michael.
And listen, I was out of line yesterday.
All that kidding about Levin and losing your edge.
Careful, Doctor.
Pile it on high enough and I might think you're losing your edge.
I'm surprised you came in today.
Well, you know Levin and roster changes.
I think even Levin would understand this.
Well, work'll do me good.
Work, maybe.
Denial's another story.
This isn't denial.
You're right.
This is Dr.
Rushmore.
You know, I thought surgery was gonna be your thing, not head shrinking.
Sorry, I thought a little levity I'll see you in O.
R.
Excuse me.
Hey, Alison, I'm going to Shooters! Alison? You know, you may not know this Heh, you probably already do.
I was always the class clown in school.
Even college.
Just the same old immature act.
Easier to get a laugh than have to be yourself.
Guess, uh, we're all a product of our pasts.
Alison? Ma, I'm okay.
Mom, I'm just so sorry, I know how much you No, I know.
Me too.
I love you, too.
And we're both fine.
He's great Mom, please don't worry, we're both great.
Okay.
Okay, I will.
Bye.
What is whoah.
Surprise! Oh, he's so cute! Isn't he? We rescued him from the pound.
You're gonna have to give him another name, I've been calling him Mutt all day long.
We'll think of a cute dog name like Rex, or Wait, wait, wait, wait a second here, guys No, he's had all of his shots and he's housebroken.
Wait, guys, you know we have a no dog policy here, so it's gonna be impossible So, who's gonna know, you're the manager here.
Do you think any of us are gonna fink to Mr.
K? Look, I got the dog food right here, two cups, twice a day, come on.
Come on, come on.
I know it's no substitute, and it's not meant to be, but, I remember someone gave me a dog once when I was feeling really down, and it worked.
Thank you.
Oh, sure ooh! Heh, I'm sorry.
Oh, he loves you.
Dog.
Oh! Oh, gross.
Jeez.
This place is a disaster.
Honey, we've got to discipline him.
You're right, right, discipline.
Do you want me to? No, no, no, no.
No! Oh.
Oh.
All right, we'll just take him around the block a few times.
Hi! Hi.
Here, why don't I help? Sit! Come on, sit! I thought all dogs were supposed to do that.
Well, they have to be taught.
Back home, my dad raised bird dogs, so we'd have six or seven mutts all running around at one time.
It's all in the tone of the voice.
You just gotta let him know who's boss.
It's like dealing with guys.
We tried that.
Sit.
Sit, boy, sit! Try Sit! Oh, God, wait! Stay, heel! Heel! You realize, once I get this unlocked, there's no way to lock it again.
So? So, she'll know.
Let her know, it's not like I'm gonna steal anything.
I mean, I lent her the tapes, she left them in her room.
It's justifiable.
Breaking and entering.
Jake of all trades.
Boy, I got a feeling, this little fight's gonna turn into a full-on war.
Yeah, it already has.
And let the record show that she's the one that's overreacting.
I already apologized about that bra thing.
And down on my knees.
You know what this is? She's got some kind of hang-up.
Are you sure you guys aren't married? If this is marriage, then I'm dying a bachelor.
Leave it.
You might as well give him a placebo.
I don't see the problem, the, uh No one was hurt.
Someone is still sick, though, and not getting well and taking up space and our time and their money because you didn't follow a routine procedure that should be automatic by now, Doctor.
You should be doing this in your sleep.
But the dosage was adjusted.
I caught the error within three minutes.
People die in three minutes.
Well, the patient was never in jeopardy.
Yeah, well, next time he might be, all right? I don't believe this.
Oh, I don't, either.
Not from you, Mancini.
I'm sending you home, Mancini, and I wouldn't consider it a vacation.
I'd consider it what it's meant to be.
An opportunity to get your act together.
Doctors? You are screwing yourself up by ducking out on rounds, Shaw.
Levin's the one who's screwed up.
The worst part is, the S.
O.
B.
's right this time.
I messed up.
We all mess up! I don't.
Oh, that's right, to mess up is to admit that you're human, that you have feelings.
Michael, don't you see? You're not letting yourself feel anything.
You're working yourself to death to avoid dealing with what's happened.
Look, I really don't need to hear this from you, okay? Maybe I care about you.
I guess that's the last thing you want, someone caring about you.
Yeah, especially some intern who hasn't got a life of her own.
Go to Hell, Mancini.
Come on, Jimmy! Good boy, good boy.
We take it all for granted, you know? I mean, I think it's our generation, or maybe everyone who's ever been young, but, we get so consumed with ourselves, our problems, and it's always in a big hurry.
I know, it's so easy to, though.
Matt, do you realize this is the first really terrible thing that's ever happened to me? I mean, my parents are still alive, my grandparents.
I've never known anyone who's ever died.
I mean, personally.
Like anything could really prepare you.
No.
You know, Jane, I'm sorry.
I really don't know much about this, either.
I It's just, I think it's good that you're feeling these feelings and that you're talking about 'em.
I know.
I just wish Michael could.
Where's the dog? He was just right here.
Oh, my God.
What? Puppy! Puppy! Dog! Hey.
You went in my room.
I tried calling you at work, but you weren't at your desk.
I needed the tapes you borrowed.
How did you get in? There's only one key.
Well Oh, great, great, I should have known.
Thank you, Jake, thanks a lot.
Oh, come on, Alison, don't you think you're blowing this thing a little out of p Butt out! He's right, you know.
Arrgh! You had my stuff, stuff lent to you out of the kindness of my heart.
How would you like it if I went through your things? I didn't go through your things, and besides, I wouldn't care.
You wouldn't? Great.
All right, fine.
Where are you going? Hey! How does it feel, huh? Look Oh, look, oh.
But, you know, I don't think I'm gonna try them on.
I get the point.
No, I don't think you do.
This is my stuff I'm working on.
This? Don't tell me: Research material.
I've submitted them some articles.
I have to keep up on what they're doing.
I'm sure you do.
You know, if this doesn't explain it, I don't know what does.
Alison, God, what What is this all about? Your preoccupation with women's mammaries Your very sexist preoccupation.
What? What are you talking about? I don't know, Billy, I don't know.
Why don't you ask one of your girls oh, but you can't.
But then, that's what's so good about centerfolds, isn't it? They don't talk back.
Michael, I've been worried, I called the hospital, they said you left hours ago.
Oh, I've been driving around, thinking.
All afternoon? They said that you left hours ago.
I needed some time to myself, okay? Michael, I lost the dog.
You what? Matt and I took him to the beach.
We looked away for five seconds and he was gone.
We searched for hours, till it was dark.
Wait, I don't get this.
How do you lose a dog? Well, he was off the leash.
Off the leash? On a public beach, Jane? It was an accident! God, I feel terrible about it.
Look, Jane, I really don't need this now.
Actually, we didn't need the dog, but I really don't need this.
Michael, don't get angry.
And why shouldn't I get angry? First, you allow this animal into our apartment.
Then you lose it! I am just as upset! I don't believe this! Look, Jane, we both know that you were trying to substitute the dog for the baby, so to lose it What? It was just some way for you to Stop it! What, I can't say what's on my mind? I'm not allowed? You pretend you feel nothing when we lose the baby, but I lose the dog and all this comes out? This has nothing to do with the baby! Yes, it does, you just said it did.
Jane Michael, what's wrong with you? Why can't you talk about it? Look, what do you what am I supposed to say, huh? What do you want me to say? I want you to say how you feel, Michael.
How do you feel? I told you! Yes, you're angry.
But why? You think it's my fault? Don't do this.
Because I thought about having an abortion? Please don't And somehow that turned into losing the baby, that's what you're thinking! Stop it! Admit it! Michael, say it! Yes! Yes.
Yes, that's what I was thinking.
Having troubles? It's broken.
Presto.
Thank you.
Uh, I guess the question is not whether or not I was a jerk, but just how big a jerk I actually was.
Whew.
Oh.
Actually, the apology would have done me more good last night.
I spent the night in sleepless self-analysis, wondering whether or not I don't have a life of my own, and coming to the conclusion that I don't.
That these sacred walls house my only life, and that I'm destined to become another Levin: Brilliant, driven and dull.
Beats being a Rushmore.
Look, Shaw, for what it's worth, I'm sorry.
I just needed to let it out, and I guess you got in the way.
So, it was pure coincidence? I was hoping we were actually developing some kind of relationship.
It'd be great to have someone to blow off steam with around here.
Keeping up the sarcasm's a bitch.
You're telling me.
Jane's a lucky woman.
At the moment, I don't think she'd agree.
Then she's a darn fool.
Go ahead, you first.
This is insane, you know.
And whose fault is that? Look, I'm not blaming anybody.
Billy, my entire week was ruined.
I would like somehow to preserve my weekend.
Well, this tension's not getting it off to a good start.
We have discussed this! Ad nauseum! I feel totally violated by this whole nightmare, and talking about it only makes it worse.
Look, I never meant to compromise your privacy, all right, or mine.
But there's something else going on here that you're not talking about.
I mean, I thought you and I could talk about anything.
Billy, is there some reason that you're not looking at me at all? You know.
In case my eyes happen to inadvertently drop into the 'forbidden zone.
' You're right, this is madness.
Well, it's not without reason.
I mean, I was, you know, a little insensitive.
There's no way you could have known.
Known what? When I was in the third grade, my mother got sick.
It was weird, you know, 'cause nobody talked about it.
But we all knew that something wasn't right.
There were like, these visits to the doctor, and whispered conversations.
And my dad was She was in the hospital for four days.
And we never visited her once.
And when she came back, everything was different.
She was different.
I mean, she was the same person, but Different.
My mother had breast cancer.
And she had a double mastectomy.
And it saved her life, but it was a long time before she was able to feel good about her body again.
And it wasn't fair to my mother, you know? And my father just made it worse.
And that's why I hate those men's magazines, and anything that causes a woman to attach her self-esteem to her breasts.
I need to talk about things more.
Air the dirty laundry, so to speak? I envy that about you, you know.
You make it seem easy, you have this ability, to just like, babble on endlessly about anything.
And you should know, that, um, that thing about being a class clown? I already had a pretty good idea.
So, what about those magazines? What? I buy them for the pictures.
We all do.
Men.
Women.
I hope we can find him.
You know, it's just not fair what Jane has to go through.
She's a good person.
I mean, what'd she do to deserve this? What does anybody do to deserve something bad? I mean, not everything in life can be reasoned.
Yeah, but you want to blame something.
Well, yeah, I mean, I just think that that's human nature, you know, to want to place blame.
Like my friends with HIV and with AIDS, you know, and for them it's not only the thought, you know, what did they do wrong? But the added indignation of a bunch of bigots who believe that the disease is some sort of punishment for being gay.
I'll, um, I'll double back and then head inland.
Okay.
Jane! Michael? Hey, what's up? Uh, nothing um, I thought maybe you could use some help.
Any luck? What about the hospital? Well, thankfully I was rescued.
Dr.
Shaw.
Dr.
Shaw, have I met him? Uh, no, and, uh, actually, he's a she.
Oh.
Should I be jealous? Probably.
Janey? I don't blame you.
I mean, how could I? When the only reason you ever thought about having an abortion was because of my plan.
My stupid plan, me, sticking to that plan.
When you first got pregnant, I went through the same things you did.
The fear.
But then we made the right choice.
To have a baby And I wanted a baby.
I needed to hear that.
I know.
But I couldn't.
I was confused, I mean You needed a lot from me, and I didn't know I was waiting.
I know.
But all I wanted from the beginning, was to tell you how sorry I was.
Oh, honey No, no, no.
I need for you to know this.
I loved our baby.
And when I went, uh, down there to fold up the crib and, uh and, uh.
.
You know, put away all those little things And then I thought about the little life.
That life.
That was our baby.
With the white fence? Yeah.
I mean, but oh, my God, okay! Let's go! You guys! Hey, you guys! We found the dog! Where? Over there, the house with the fence! Yeah, Barney's a great name for him, too.
Well, I couldn't think of anything else.
My late husband's name was Daryl.
I never heard of a dog named Daryl.
Well, we really appreciate this.
Well, it was a pleasure.
He's a great dog, you know? He has a good heart, a big heart.
Oh, gosh, I almost forgot, there was a reward.
No, no, it's not necessary, really.
Are you sure? Just, go and run along, the three of you, huh? Thanks so much.
Take care, Barn.
Just go.
Bye.
Are you thinking what I'm thinking? I'm trying not to, but It's like this is where he belongs.
Ma'am? Ma'am, we, um, we just talked it over, and we think that Barney belongs here with you.
Damn! You're right, yes he does! We live in a small apartment, you live out here by the beach.
Yes.
Oh.
My horoscope was right today.
It said something about, uh, a display of unexpected generosity.
Yes.
Bye-bye.
We loved you.
Come by, visit him, eh? Anytime, yeah? Sure will.
Thank you.
Oh, Barn! Yes, you are a good boy.
That was awfully convenient.
What do you think our horoscopes were today? Well, I didn't check, but I bet they were doozies.
I love you, Michael.
I love you, too, baby.