welcome back, mr. bennett.
? for he's a jolly good fellow?
? for he's a jolly good fellow... ?
a heart transplant right here in our own office.
? which nobody can deny... ?
one man, one heart— an obsolete fact of life.
witness tom bennett, a man who accepts his new organ
as just one more item that money can buy.
okay. all right, everybody.
thanks a lot. that was very nice.
now, uh, let's get back to work.
a man who would tell you
that the boundaries of the twilight zoneare shrinking
as miracles become commonplace.
what the hell is wrong with spence?
did you talk to him about this building lease?
sure, i gave him input.
why?
they want three floors, three high floors
and all he's asking for...
tom, tom, i know.
i said the same thing.
i told him he's practically giving it away.
now, about last night.
yeah?
my compliments to your surgeon.
hey, come in.
welcome back.
the place hasn't been the same
without our killer shark.
yeah, i noticed.
60,000 feet
at two bucks a foot?
we can get at least
two and a half.
are you okay?
yeah, i'm fine.
there's a first—
tom bennett loosens his tie.
are you sure you're feeling okay?
if you can show me
where we can hit them up for some more money...
it's easy.
how is it easy?
you just up the price to 21/2 per foot
and tell them to take it or leave it.
did you ever own a pair of really good boots?
excuse me?
yeah. The kind of boot that fits around your foot
like it's always belonged there.
don't look at me.
if it doesn't have 3" heels,
i'm not interested.
where you going?
be right back.
i'm going to go buy a pair.
you're going to buy some boots.
we're in the middle of something.
want to come?
you're serious, aren't you?
sure.
okay, let's go get them boots, partner.
gourmet lunch.
you shouldn't have.
let's go for a walk.
okay, what's up?
hot dogs for lunch, strolls on the beach.
tom, this is not like you.
but it's great, isn't it?
come on.
wait a minute, tom.
i can't go down there in my heels.
take them off.
sure, designer hose.
$30 a pair.
why not?
nice, huh?
yeah.
tom, i really have to get back.
tom?
hello?
that woman.
what about her?
i've seen her before.
you mean here before?
no.
yeah.
maybe.
"... while i can appreciate your firm's situation,
"i'm certain you can appreciate ours.
if you wish to continue as a tenant..."
excuse me. how about something to eat?
sure.
julie, want to go?
thanks, i think i'll pass this time.
"... the terms i have outlined are the best we can offer
"in the rental market.
unfortunately, there is no room for negotiation."
that's good.
you know, i was thinking
this place could use a few plants.
definitely.
i'll order some.
good night, mr. bennett.
he used to hate plants.
where we headed?
in this car, who cares?
relax. We'll wander till we stumble across something.
okay, what's going on?
i told you.
just wandering.
for an hour?
i know you like driving this car,
but i'm starving.
hey, bear with me.
i feel lucky.
Jesus!
now that wasn't wandering.
tom?
i don't know.
i just felt like going in this direction.
when you have a heart transplant,
it's got to be a shock to your whole system.
did they warn you about anything like...
temporary craziness?
tom, what is this?
this is dinner.
get out of here.
your immune system is already stressed out.
this isn't dinner.
look at that.
the waitress?
whatare we doing here?
come on, it's a nice place.
i want to get to know that waitress.
why?
there's something about her.
it's like she's somebody
i want to talk to.
mister, is there some reason
you've been staring at me since you walked in here?
i didn't mean to make you uncomfortable.
this is going to come from nowhere,
but will you have dinner with me?
no.
just dinner.
honestly.
sorry, i'm booked up till christmas.
i'm serious.
i think we have something in common.
take a chance.
tomorrow night, or the next night.
i know some great restaurants.
thanks, but no thanks.
he asked me for a date.
what did you say?
what do you mean, what did i say?
i said no.
mary jo, you've got to start dating sometime.
and this guy looks like one hell of a way to start.
why does he keep staring at me?
he's weird.
what about ralph?
he'd ask you out in a second
if he thought you were available.
i'mnotavailable.
honey, jamie's dead.
you aren't.
tom!
tom, i want to talk to you.
okay, agreed—
we have no claims on each other. Fine.
but i will not be humiliated.
huh?
by a waitress
in some greasy spoon,
tom?
i go there for lunch a couple days a week.
that's it.
what's the attraction?
the ambiance or the cuisine?
well, both.
i like the food and i'm comfortable there.
i feel good there.
which is strange, considering nobody likes me.
least of all your waitress, i presume.
she's not my waitress anymore.
mary jo refuses to serve me.
which is just the kind of challenge you like.
wrong.
as matter of fact, i keep telling myself this is stupid.
what are you doing in there?
then, a couple of days later, there i am.
oh, poor baby.
all that meat loaf and no love.
hi.
how about a piece of cherry...
no.
i am sick and tired
of you hanging around all the time.
you're not here for the food.
it's really not bad...
and the fact is...
the fact is, if you're not here for the food
there isnothing here for you.
why don't you just get in your fancy old car
and go someplace else.
don't you get the message?
you're not wanted around here.
come here.
it's not that you're not a nice man.
it's just that, well...
you got to understand.
elise, he's here.
i got to go. good night.
mary jo, i want to apologize.
i had no idea.
your friend told me.
she had no business doing that.
you must have been
pretty close.
close?
we lived next door to each other
since we were five years old.
we always knew we were going to get married.
maybe that sounds kind of silly.
maybe it is silly.
but it was the kind of love that makes you hurt.
the kind of love you feel right down into your toes.
he promised me...
he wanted to wait until he had a good job.
it didn't matter to me at all,
but it was important to him.
and he did it.
i was so proud of him.
and he called me up,
we set a date,
and he was coming right over
and we were going to celebrate.
we were going to have kids.
they said he drove off the road.
they took him to the hospital.
even in death he did good by somebody else.
that's the kind of guy he was.
what do you mean?
nothing.
nothing that would mean anything to you.
now please, go away.
what was his name?
i want to know his name.
jamie...
jamie adler.
thank you, doctor.
yeah, i appreciate it.
of course.
strictly confidential, i understand.
i've just been on the phone.
me, too.
did you tell mclaughlin
that he could set his own price?
this is crazy, tom.
there's no way we can agree to it.
you know whose heart they put in me?
a man named jamie adler.
a very nice guy.
to which of you should
i tender my condolences?
good question.
where the hell are you going?
i don't know. for a walk.
look, tom...
if you don't shape up,
you're going to lose everything—
the house, the job, the car.
i got rid of that car.
what do you want?
coffee.
he's still here.
yep, he is.
what does he want?
after five cups of coffee—
a doughnut?
i think he wants to talk to you.
he sure is patient.
if we went for the weekend,
he'd still be here monday, waiting.
what should i do?
follow your heart.
is this taken?
no. please.
am i really so terrible?
it's nothing to do with you.
you'd be surprised.
i'm sure you're a very nice man.
i'm just...
not ready for anyone right now.
can i tell you something?
sure.
this morning i got this news.
it's the kind of news that makes you
want to lie down for awhile.
i was scared.
then i kind of got comfortable with it.
you don't have the slightest idea
what i'm talking about, do you?
not really.
look, for a long time i was sick.
they said it was my heart,
but i think maybe it was my life.
half the time i didn't know
what i was doing.
the other half, i did.
but i'm not sure which i'm more ashamed of.
and now i've got another chance.
what do you want from me?
just the chance.
whenever you're ready.
i've kicked open a lot of doors in my time, okay?
but i'm willing to wait for this one to open by itself.
when it... ifit does,
i'm going to be there. i promise.
well, at least let me buy you a piece of pie.
uh, madam.
give me a piece of strawberry pie
with peach ice cream, please.
that's my favorite.
how did you know that?
lucky guess.
you're a strange one.
i warn you, i'm not an easy person at times.
oh, really?
jamie made me a promise, too.
he said that he would always be with me.
yeah, i kind of suspected that.
well, he meant it, i'm sure.
i'll keep my promise.
cross my heart.
a philosopher once wrote
"the heart has its reasons that reason does not know."
perhaps he was born knowing that truth.
or perhaps, like mr. tom bennett,
he discovered it with a little help
fromthe twilight zone.