ERICA: MOONLIGHTING FOR THE PHONE COMPANY, DOCTOR?
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DAVID: YOU AND I NEED TO TALK. ERICA: I WAS TALKING -- BUSINESS.
DAVID: SO I HEARD. A PIECE FOR TELEVISION. VERY IMPRESSIVE. ERICA: WHO LET YOU IN HERE? DAVID: YOUR SECRETARY. I TOLD HER I WAS A DOCTOR AND THAT THIS WAS URGENT. ERICA: BIANCA'S DOCTOR? DAVID: MM-HMM. ERICA: WELL, AS SOON AS I ASSURE MY SECRETARY THAT MY DAUGHTER IS FINE, I WILL INSTRUCT HER TO HAVE YOU THROWN OUT.
DAVID: I NEVER MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE TWICE. HOW ABOUT YOU? ERICA: YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES. DAVID: I FEEL WE GOT OFF ON THE WRONG FOOT. I WOULD LIKE TO START OVER. ERICA: WHY? DAVID: WELL, I THINK WE HAVE A LOT IN COMMON. WE BOTH TRAVEL IN THE SAME CIRCLES. WE ENJOY THE SAME THINGS. I THINK WE COULD BOTH BE FRIENDS. ERICA: WELL, THAT'S A BIZARRE AND FRIGHTENING THOUGHT.
David wakes Erica with a kiss

ERICA:
YOU SEE, THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE
WRONG, DOCTOR.
THOSE THINGS ARE ONLY A MEANS
TO AN END.
ERICA: I DIDN'T INHERIT THIS
BUSINESS.
I DIDN'T WIN IT A LOTTERY
OR DIVORCE SETTLEMENT.
I CREATED IT.
DAVID: WHICH MEANS YOU'RE
SMART AS WELL AS BEAUTIFUL.
ERICA: WHICH MEANS I'M
ON TO YOU.
YOU WANT SOMETHING AND YOU THINK
YOU CAN GET IT BY FLATTERING ME.
MEN WITH MORE TO OFFER THAN YOU,
DOCTOR, HAVE TRIED THAT TRICK
AND FAILED.
DAVID: I'LL BE DIRECT.
ERICA: OH, HOW LOVELY.
DAVID: IT'S ONE THING
TO DISAGREE WITH ME, OR EVEN
TO DISLIKE ME,
BUT TO GO BEHIND ME BACK
TO DESTROY MY REPUTATION
WITH MY COLLEAGUES --
NOW, THAT'S UNFRIENDLY.
ERICA: YOU WALKED AWAY
FROM A WOMAN WHO NEEDED DIRE
MEDICAL ATTENTION, DOCTOR.
DAVID: HOW IS THAT
YOUR BUSINESS?
ERICA: THE WOMAN COULD HAVE
DIED.
IT WAS MY DUTY TO REPORT
YOU TO THE HOSPITAL.
AND AS A MATTER OF FACT,
THE MORE I THINK ABOUT IT, I BET
I SHOULD HAVE REPORTED
YOU TO MY OLD FRIEND THE D.A.
DAVID: AS I TOLD YOU,
MS. KANE, MY PAGER WENT OFF
AND I WAS CALLED AWAY ON WHAT
I THOUGHT WAS ANOTHER EMERGENCY.
ERICA: AND I WOULDN'T ACCEPT
AN EXCUSE THAT THIN
FROM A CHILD.
DAVID: MS. BENNETT WAS NEVER
IN ANY DANGER.
I HEARD YOU CALL JOE MARTIN AND,
AS I WAS NEEDED ELSEWHERE,
I LEFT.
ERICA: IF YOU CAME HERE
TO CONVINCE ME THAT YOUR PAGER
WENT OFF, YOU'RE WASTING
YOUR TIME.
DAVID: YOU'RE ENTITLED
TO YOUR OWN OPINION, MS. KANE.
AS FOR WHY I'M HERE,
IT'S SIMPLE --
I WANT NO MORE
MISUNDERSTANDINGS.
FROM NOW ON, DON'T CROSS ME,
OR I'LL BE OBLIGED TO RETURN
THE FAVOR.