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seeing each other again and make a scene. As a last resort, Milt orchestrates bringing Harry back to the bridge he previously found him, to either induce him to suicide or fake it by pushing him off. Ellen, meeting them at the bridge, is horrified at the concept, but does attempt to assist Milt; between her reticence and Harry's frequent tics and blackouts, it is Milt who twice falls off the bridge. In attempting to retrieve him from a scaffold on his second fall, Ellen too is endangered. Linda, taking a late-night power walk, is enlisted by Harry to try raising the scaffold to bring Milt and Ellen to safety, but instead all of them end up in the water. Harry, who cannot swim, is kept afloat by the athletic Linda, and becomes attracted to her, while Milt and Ellen reaffirm their love for each other.
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standard of living, Milt sells some of their household items to previous clients of his part-time junk business for a quick buck. Linda immediately dumps him, which causes Milt to be further economically decimated, and wanting Ellen back when he realizes how much he truly loves her. Ellen admits in turn that she doesn't really love Harry as much as she thought, as his bizarre day-to-day activities get to her. Milt and Ellen plot to get back together and convince Harry to divorce her, but in desperation to keep their new marriage intact, Harry agrees to get a job as an elevator operator in a
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a go of things with Ellen, to inspire her to seek a divorce from him that she has been otherwise unwilling to grant. It takes a while but Harry and Ellen eventually fall in love. They marry and go to
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