Robin: Sir, can we have a moment please?
He's incredibly late.
Hop in. We'll talk in the car.
Shepherd: What is it, lewis?
Lewis: We have a small problem.
Robin: Was small. Now it's a medium-sized nightmare.
Lewis: To her, a problem. I see an opportunity.
It could have been if we'd caught it.
We caught it.
At 5:45. 5:45 doesn't do me any good, lewis.
5:45, network news is in makeup.
You have 12 people working for you. Why--
Guys, do I have to be here for this meeting?
Sorry, sir.
It's on the evening news.
It's buried. The third story.
It's got a bullet.
Sydney was at a protest rally.
They burned a flag.
Today?
Lewis: About 13 years ago.
In front of the department of commerce. Anti-apartheid.
Let me get me see if I got this.
The third story on the news tonight
Was that someone I didn't know 13 years ago
When I wasn't president
Participated in a demonstration
Where no laws are being broken
In protest of something
That so many people were against
It doesn't exist anymore?
Just out of curiosity,
What was the fourth story?
Right. See, I think it's important,
When we deal with it.
Shepherd: Don't deal with it.
Excuse me?
They're trying to get us to swing
At a pitch in the dirt.
Nobody wins these fights. It'll go away.
Lewis: I'm not sure that's the wisest course of action.
Shepherd: Aw, hell.
Robin: See, it's already distracting you.
Why don't you let us put together a--
Shepherd: No, you reminded me
I'm supposed to have dinner with sydney tonight.
Oh, it's terrific.
Beth, I love it.
I can't believe I'm loaning you clothes.
I thought you owned every piece of clothing there was.
Well, work clothes.
I always have dinner at the white house in a suit.
I thought a dress would be nice.
Go ahead. Try it on.
[telephone ringing]
I brought earrings, too.
[ring]
Hello.
Shepherd: Hi. What are you doing?
Uh, just trying on dresses.
Listen, I feel terrible, but I have to cancel our date.
Sydney: Another woman?
Ha. No. I gotta go to st. Louis
To avert a massive airline strike.
Boy, if I had a nickel for every time I heard that one.
Shepherd: Thanks for understanding.
I'll call you later this evening.
Ok. Bye.
Boy, I hate doing that. She was trying on dresses.
I tell any girl I'm going out with
To assume all plans are soft
Until she receives confirmation from me
30 minutes beforehand.
And they find this romantic?
Well, I say it with a great deal of charm.
Look! Look, there it is! Carmen's house of flowers.
Hey, coop, we gotta stop.
I gotta get her some flowers.
Here? Now?
Well, that's what men do when they break a date.
That's not what men do.
I know no men who do that.
Hey, coop, I'm gonna hop out at the flower shop.
You gonna hop out, sir?
No, he's not hopping. No hopping, sir.
Stay in the car. I'll get the flowers.
Shepherd: Then it's not gonna be personal.
At least let the agents do a security sweep.
We don't know who's in there.
You think there's a florist planning an assassination
On the off chance I might be stopping by?
It's possible.
Florist: No.
No.
You're not hearing me.
Listen to what I'm saying.
It was at the basketball game.
Excuse me.
No, girl. At the game.
I'm telling you, kiki wasn't even there.
Excuse me.
Ohh. Hold on.
I will be right with you.