Bettye said she was sending me a script for a pilot at Universal. “What’s the offer?” I asked. “You wanna hear the rest, Tom?” “The rest?” “It’s not an offer,” she said. “They are assigning it to you under your last pilot deal.” “That’s over,” I said. “I know that, Tom.” “They can’t do that,” I said. “That’s just not right.” “I know that too. So . . . ?” I took one of my deep breaths. “Is the script any good?” I asked. “Not for me to say, Tommy,” Bettye answered. She told me the show was called Magnum, and it was about a private detective in Hawaii. Bettye, also being a writer’s agent, said
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