
Julie Mangini: This has been a long time coming.
Eric Mangini: I know, honey. We got our first win!
Julie: No, I meant us going on a real date. And I thought we agreed–
Mangini: Right. No football talk.
An awkward beat.
Mangini: How are the kids?
Julie: They miss you. What am I supposed to tell them? “Daddy has to sleep in his office during the season because you’re a distraction”?
Mangini: I wouldn’t say it like that…
Julie: They’re children, Eric. They need you in their lives.
He takes her hand.
Mangini: You’re right, Jules. This year, I’ve realized that football isn’t everything. And trust me, things are going to change.
Jules: (squeezing his hand) Oh Eric, I hope so.
The kitchen door flies open. A Waiter approaches their table:
Waiter: Are you ready to order?
Mangini: (reading his menu) Yeah. I’ll have the fajita combo, and for the lady…
The Waiter rips off his mask, shirt, revealing:

Quinn: Fajitas? Fa-juck you if you think you’re trading me!
Mangini: (with simmering rage) Quinn …
Julie: Eric, you know this shirtless person?
Quinn: Yeah, he left something in my back. (turning around) Look around, coach, your knife should be in there …
Mangini: You better not show your face at the next practice, you putty-armed, mopey douchenozzle!
Julie: Eric!
The front door flies open:

D.A.: Sorry, ma’am. Is this man bothering you?
Quinn: Look who it is! Mr. 15.1 passer rating!
D.A.: Listen, I’m a starting quarterback, not a waiter, so I don’t want to tell you how to do your job, but you’re being awfully rude …
Quinn: That’s it!
Quinn and D.A. slap fight over the table. Mangini tries to break it up.
Mangini: (to Quinn) Don’t hit his throwing arm! We’re playing Pittsburgh this week!
Julie: (standing up) All right, I’m leaving.
Mangini: Jules! Wait!
The kitchen door flies open:

Bernie: (slurring) Hey! No fighting in my club!
Quinn: Mr. Kosar!
D.A.: You own an Applebee’s ® franchise? I thought you were bankrupt …
Bernie: Yeah? So?
Julie: (star-struck) Wait. You’re Bernie Kosar?
Bernie: In the flesh.
Julie: I’m a big fan.
Bernie: Listen, doll-face, I’m going to cut the chit-chat. I’m a broke former quarterback with ten broken fingers, three fused back disks, and serious brain damage, and I’m looking for some cheap thrills tonight.
Julie: (giggling) Oh, Bernie…
Mangini: Jules?
Julie: Sorry, Eric.
Julie and Bernie leave the restaurant. He pinches her ass.
D.A.: (to a distraught Mangini) I think Bernie Kosar is going to fuck your wife.
Quinn: Coach. Congratulations!






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