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Wednesday, January 3, 2001 It's just after midnight on New Year's Eve and people are
celebrating at Java Underground. Except for Henry, who confronts Chris and
Emily about their investigation into his past, and is then confronted by Holden
about the missing horse show tape. Henry walks into Java Underground where everyone is
celebrating the new year. Chris and Emily are having a little celebration
of their own, when Henry interrupts them. Chris greets him with,
"Henry! As welcome as ringworm and twice as hard to get rid of."
Henry responds, "Oh, I guess I'm in luck, I hear it's the year of the
fungus." Emily tells him that if he wants to talk about work, they're
off duty. But Henry says it's not about work, "It's about life, mine,
and why you two have been sticking your little noses in it." Emily
responds, "Me? Stick my nose into your pathetic excuse for a life?
I don't think so." "Oh just skip it Emily, you're far too blond
to bluff and get away with it." Chris asks him what that's supposed
to mean, and Henry tells him, "Don't try to pull one over on me, you are so
outclassed." Chris pulls out Henry's resume, and Henry helpfully
points out, "That's Phi Beta Kappa, that's an honor society, not a
cult." Chris asks Henry about the 18 month gap in his employment
history. "A gap, ooh," says Henry pretending he's not worried.
Emily wonders, "So what did the up and coming Henry Coleman do for that
year and a half? Spend a little time in a Turkish prison, or a house of
ill repute?" Chris adds, "A Swedish sex change clinic?"
Henry laughs and tells them, "I'm clean, boys and girls, you're not gonna
find any deep dark secrets." Emily says they will have fun looking,
and might even find some interesting skeletons in his closet. Holden walks in and tells Chris and Emily, "I wouldn't
trust him, or his skeletons, if I were you." Henry responds,
"Holden, thank you so much for that winning endorsement. Well, if
Dumb, Dumber, and Dumbest are all through I think I'll call it a night."
He starts to walk away but Holden stops him, telling him they have business to
discuss. Henry says that since he resigned from WOAK they no longer have
any business to discuss. Holden tells him, "I just need you to
explain your sudden fetish for horse videos." "I don't know what
you're talking about, horses are your obsession, not mine." Holden
explains that he's looking for footage from last year's horse show, when he
bought his daughter a horse named Flashdance. "Flashdance, wow!
I had no idea the 80's were back. Well, as much as I'd like to put on a
ripped sweatshirt and sing 'What a Feeling' I've got better things to do with my
time." Holden grabs Henry by the collar and tells him that his source
(Katie) told him he was seen leaving WOAK with the tape a few weeks after the
horse show. Henry says his source is wrong, and, "Get your hands off
me!" Holden insists that his source is right. Henry tries to
laugh it off and asks, "Can we be gentle about this, huh?"
Holden answers, "No, I don't think so. I gave that up with the suit
and tie." He demands to know why Henry took that tape. Henry
says, "Buddy, I don't have to tell you anything." Holden lets go
of Henry and says fine, he'll call the cops. Henry appears worried, and finally
admits that he took the tape. But he didn't take it for himself, he was
ordered to. In the last scene, Holden threatens Henry, "I'm gonna tell you this. I am going to get to the bottom of this, and when I do, I guarantee that you are going to take a fall that you are not going to come back from." Henry says, "I hear you. Although no matter how hard I fall, I'll never end a sentence with a preposition. Chow!" He starts to walk away but Holden calls him back. He makes a sudden move towards him and Henry jumps back. Holden, like a high school bully, plays the old "spot on your tie, hit you in the nose" trick on Henry. He laughs and walks away. It looks like Henry has a lot to worry about, all of his little secrets are about to be exposed (and we can't wait!).
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