Episode 10: "I've Grown Accustomed to His Face"

Story by: Marlane Meyer
Teleplay by: Rene Echevarria
Directed by: David Jones
Episode Number: 110
Original Broadcast Date: December 17, 1999
Guest Stars: Stephen Bogardus (Isley), William Hill (Desk Cop), Rajika Puri (Store Clerk), Gloria Sauve (Woman in Store), Tom Aldredge (Mr. Leflin), Bruce Altman (Neighbor)

Michael: (groans)
Dr. Morris: (singing) Ooh, child, things'll get brighter...
Michael: Oh, no, I'm having a nightmare about that mad scientist Don Cornelius.
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Dr. Morris: (singing) Someday when your head is much lighter...
Michael: Lighter? My head's removable.
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Dr. Morris: Everybody! (singing) Ooh, child, things are gonna get easier...
Michael: Why can't I at least pick my own song to sing in the shower?
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Michael: Survival training?
Dr. Morris: Sure. You're going to love it. We drop you from a plane smack in the middle of the Adirondacks without food, water or compass and see if you can find your way back to civilization.
Michael: Boy, you do know fun.
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Michael: Forgive me for telling you something you already know, but I think it bears reiterating. I'm... not... bulletproof.
Dr. Morris: Really? You sure?
(Paintball gun fires)
Michael: Aaaahhh!
Dr. Morris: My God! You survived! And that was the really tough weather-duty paint.
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Heather: Mom? My 35-year-old ex-convict boyfriend is here to take me away, but he wanted to meet you before we take off for the state line. Would that be okay?
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Michael: Hello?? Anybody out there listening? Hey, Big Brother, aren't we taking a class trip to the mountains today?
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Lisa: I don't know who you are or what you want, but my husband passed away ten months ago.
Isley: I know that, Mrs. Wiseman. But I also know he's sought you out from time to time since then. All I'm asking is... if he should stop by, would you please give me a call?
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Lisa: We're just regular people! I have a little girl. I have to take my realtor's test in-in three hours. Winter's coming, so tomorrow I have to rummage through the basement and find snow tires and I don't know what a snow tire looks like. That's it. That's who I am.
Roger: And I'm even less.
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Isley: Want to see where he lives? Where your husband's lived since he died?
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Lisa: Do you know who lives here? I do. A man by the name of Newman. Not Wiseman. Newman.
Isley: No, Wiseman.
Lisa: No! Newman.
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Michael: Doc, you lying bastard, you do watch me.
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Lisa: My problem is that I don't like strangers coming to my door and frightening me and my daughter. And I don't like men parked in front of my house watching my comings and goings and I don't appreciate people sullying the memory of my husband with nonsensical stories about where he lives now that he's dead! So as soon as I get home, I am calling the police and I am going to give them your phone number and I will be providing them with your description! Roger, come on.
Roger: Isn't she great?
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Roger: I know you're scared. "Scared" is where I live. But do you really want to go home and tell Heather that you just couldn't get it together to take this test? I mean, that'd be like failing two tests. And that is not the Lisa that I know. She would rather go home and tell her daughter that she failed than tell her daughter that she ran away.
Lisa: You play very dirty, Mr. Bender.
Roger: When I have to.
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(Shortened version)
Lisa: You play very dirty, Mr. Bender.
Roger: When I have to.
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Isley: You leave me no choice.
Michael: I'd like to suggest a choice! As a courtesy, before you shoot me, could somebody tell me what's going on here?
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Lefland: It seems we've been misinformed, son. Hand me the gun.
Isley: I'm sorry, Father.
Michael: You two are father and son? Okay, now I'm completely confused.
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Dr. Morris: I guess the awful truth is... no one ever gets through this life scot-free.
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Lisa: What are you talking about? I would never chicken out. In fact, I-I think I aced it.
Heather: No kidding?
Lisa: No kidding. Actually, Uncle Roger helped me get ready.
Heather: Uncle Roger? I didn't think he could help anybody with anything.
Lisa: Oh, yeah. Actually he can be quite helpful... when he has to be.
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