Finally one summer, when he pays her an unexpected visit, Jim begins to break out of his role as observer.

She told me on numerous occasions to step out of my role - I was now the family man - and this caused many arguments.

I cannot have you speaking out of your role.

And Hayes is trying to make something big out of his role on special teams.

Reflection was momentarily shocked almost out of her role, but not quite.

But that would be too far out of his role.

"I don't know," he said, stepping out of his godlike role for a moment.

As he admits at one point, "I was falling out of the reporter's role."

"The question is: Did she step out of her role as a reporter and become something else?"

"I get to step out of my role, cut away all those ties and associations," he said.