绝望主妇 | 精讲第63期: 男人的事业心是好是坏？

S01E15

Scene 1

Lynette: "How was your day?" 
Tom: "Hey. I didn't get the V.P. gig."

Lynette: "Oh, Tom, I'm so sorry." 
Tom: "It just doesn't make any sense to me. I mean, I'm Peterson's go-to guy, so how does Tim Doogan, the biggest blow-hard in the office get promoted to vice president over me?"

Lynette: "I thought you liked Tim Doogan." 
Tom: "I do. I just, I just, I really wanted that promotion. Boys, can you please take the Stanley Cup Finals outside?"
(The boys ignore him.) 
Lynette: "Well, did you tell Mr. Peterson that you wanted the job?" 
Tom: "I have worked at that firm for eight and a half years. Doogan's been there for less than two. I am not going to beg." 
Lynette: "I'm not saying to beg. You just have to step up from time to time. You have to see your opportunity and take it. Nobody respects a shrinking violet."

Scene 2

Tom: "Hey." 
Lynette: "Hi. So, what's the word on Tim?"

Tom: "He came through the triple bypass with flying colors." 
Lynette: "Thank god."

Tom: "Course, it's not all coming up roses. He's not going to be able to come back to work for four, four and a half months." 
Lynette: "Oh.What?" 

Tom: "The company still needs to expand, so I figure they need a fit, heart-smart guy like me to step up, take the ball."

Lynette: "You're going after Tim Doogan's promotion?" 
Tom: "No. I already got it. You should've seen me. I walked straight into Peterson's office and I told him he would be a fool to hold Doogan's promotion."

Lynette: "You called your boss a fool?" 
Tom: "I did. That was risky in retrospect, but you know what? Still, he gave me the job. Look at me. It's me, I'm the man, I got the whole west coast." 
Lynette: "Oh my -- what? What? The whole west coast? I thought you were going after an in-house position." 
Tom: "No, no, no. I'm setting up new offices from Seattle to L.A. I, I told you that." 
Lynette: "No. No, you didn't."

Tom: "Okay, so it's gonna be a little bit more travel." 
Lynette: "More travel? Tom, you're barely here half the time as it is. Now you're going to have -- what, twice the work load?"

Tom: "Honey? Please, don't ruin this." 
Lynette: "I'm sorry, but you should have consulted me."

Tom: "I did. You told me to stop being a shrinking violet and to step up." 
Lynette: "I thought this was an in-house position." 
Tom: "Okay, I'm going to go shower." 
Lynette: "Look, wait, wait. I know what this means to you." 
Tom: "No, you don't. No, you don't. I am forty-one years old. If I don't make vice president now, it's never gonna happen. This is my career. It's, it's important to me." 
Lynette: "So was mine, but I'm here, aren't I?" 
Tom: "I'm gonna take the job."

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