All language subtitles for family_ties_s07e04_beyond_therapy

What would we do, baby, without us?

What would we do, baby, without us?

And there ain't no nothing, we can't
love each other through.

What would we do, baby, without us?

What are you guys doing here?

Mallory's reading Dad's tarot card. Just
watch. It's going to predict a bright,

rosy future.

Oh, no.

It can't be. This is horrible.

What? What is it? Somebody got jam on
this card.

I've had enough.

No, Dad, please sit. Please. There's
nothing to worry about. I will show you

that the cards know all.

Okay. Oh, okay, okay.

It says here that in the recent past,
you had a minor accident. Is that true?

Mallory, two days ago, while trimming my
beard, I cut myself.

You knew that.

Yes, but the cards didn't.

Am I mentioned here at all?

Oh, yes, Mom. You're in the home area.
You're represented by the high

So you're holding the three babies. That
would be Jen, Andy, and me.

Well, where's Alex?

He's probably represented by the newt in
the corner.

Alex, I will never let you drag me into
one of these things again. I don't

understand. How can a human being not
enjoy the Leland Economics jamboree and

clam bake?

I mean, that's absurd. You know, that
was the best one we've ever had.

We've never had a kissing booth before.

Kissing money is disgusting, Alex.

What is your problem?

I mean, it just seems like everything I
do today is wrong, wrong, wrong.

It's so typical of you.

Hi, how you doing?

Stephen, can I see you in the other room
for a minute? What for?

The thing.

Excuse me?

Oh, right, right, right.

The thing, yeah.

Mallory, Jen, can we see you in the
living room?

About the thing?

Alex, I think we have a serious problem
here.

I feel like I'm having a hard time
relating to you. We don't even talk

What are you talking about?

See? We're talking.

Alex, let's face it. Whenever the
conversation veers away from politics or

economy or current events and heads
towards something personal, you run like

little kid.

Lauren, what do you want from me? I want
you to open up.

I want you to tell me what you're
thinking, what you're feeling.

I love you.

You love me.

We're in a great place here.

Alex, emotionally, our relationship is
right here.

I think it should be here.

I love you.

You love me. We're in a great place
here.

Only higher up.

Alex, you may not want to deal with
this, but from my perspective, we got a

of talking to do. And you're obviously
not ready for it. Lauren.

Can I help you?

I doubt it.

Really? I happen to know you're having
some romantic difficulties.

Oh, yeah? How do you know that? What do
the cards tell you?

No, I was listening at the door.

But the cards might help you find a
solution if only you'll believe in them.

All right, I believe. Hit me.

No, no, no. First you have to follow the
ancient tradition passed down from

generation to generation.

And now available in this book from
Hasbro.

What do I do?

First, we separate the cards into decks
of three.

Put one on your forehead and one on your
knee.

It's a personal low for me.

Okay. I see you purchasing six sweaters.

No, that's mine.

Great timing. Let me ask you something,
okay?

I've been having a little problem with
Lauren recently.

And, I don't know, she seems to think
that I can't relate on an honest,

level. What do you guys do about that?

Well, your mother and I make an effort
every evening to have at least one deep,

meaningful, personal exchange.

What do you talk about?

Well, it's personal.

Hey. Hi.

Hi.

I smell something burning.

I think it's the thing.

Well, we better get in there. There's
nothing worse than that thing.

So, how are you doing?

Okay.

I've been thinking a lot about what we
talked about this afternoon.

Yeah? Me too.

I, uh... Jan, do you mind? It's kind of
personal.

Boy, the amount of times that I'm asked
to leave places, I should just board the

get -out -of -the -room express.

It's leaving now.

Listen,

Alex, I didn't mean to imply that you
don't have feelings or that you're

immature. I'm sorry.

Oh, babe.

I'm sorry that I didn't take you
seriously.

All that arguing is not going to get us
anywhere.

You're so right.

I love you, Alex.

I love you, too.

I think we should go to group therapy.

Let's try some interpersonal
communication.

Bobby, tell me some more. You obviously
have some complex thoughts on

relationships.

I do.

If Janie here so much as, like, looks at
another guy, she gets it or he gets it.

But definitely somebody gets it.

Janie, how does that make you feel?

I don't know.

Do you feel that it takes away from your
identity at all?

It depends.

What does that mean?

It's great to be here discussing
relationships with the bottom of the

chain.

Yes, Alex, is there something you'd like
to share with the rest of us?

No, I don't share.

Alex, what is that beard you wear?

Excuse me?

A beard, a mask.

You hide your true self.

I used to do that. I used to have a
beard.

She did.

And I really miss it.

Alex, I want you to face Lauren and look
her in the eyes.

Can you feel her energy?

No, I feel Bobby's energy.

Why does she express hostility in that
repugnant manner?

Yes, Alex, why do you?

I don't know.

Why don't we move on?

We'll come back to you. I'll be here.

Tom, why don't you tell us some of the
things that you do to keep your

relationship with Vera fresh after all
these years?

Well, for a long time, Vera and I... I
didn't really talk much to each other at

all.

But recently, since I taught her how to
use the TV remote, it's opened up a

whole new area for us.

Let's try some free -form interpersonal
communication.

Lauren, why don't you begin by
questioning your partner?

Alex,

did you have difficulty coming here
today?

You know that I did. I mean, why do you
have to ask me that?

I think it's important for you to
express it.

Are you angry, Lauren, for revealing
personal problems between the two of

No. Do you have trouble showing
affection to Lauren?

No. If you were a tree, what kind of
tree would you be?

I gotta go. I just remembered something
I have to do. What do you have to do?

Runaway screaming.

Honey, let's just go, okay?

No, I'm not leaving. This is important
to me. It's important to us. Honey, I

can't stand it here. I mean, I don't fit
in here.

You didn't even try.

I ain't never played poker with tarot
cards before.

But I think I got a full house.

Let's see. What do you got?

I got three ladies and a watermelon
patch.

And two skeletons with floppy hats.

I got dragon high.

Two dwarves.

Read them and weep.

Four fools.

Hey.

Hey, Alex, what's all this?

This, this, Dad, is what's going to save
my relationship with Lauren.

Now, what happened between you and
Lauren?

Well, I'll tell you the truth, Dad. We
had a little fight about the way I

fit in at that group therapy session.

There's a shocker.

But I'm going back, and it's not going
to happen again, because I'm going to be

armed to my psychological teeth.

Freud.

Interpretation of dreams.

Ah, from a issue of Popular Neurosis.

Yeah, you know, this isn't exactly
thriller -diller reading for me, but,

don't know, I feel like I let Lauren
down, and I don't know, if it's

to her for me to be in touch with my
feelings, then I'm gonna read these

gonna find out what my feelings are, and
memorize them.

Alex, they're gonna be able to see right
through you.

Mom, Mom, you're missing the point. The
important thing is not what those people

think of me, but...

But that Lauren believes that I really
tried to open up to her. I mean, I'm

doing this for her.

Hey. Dad, do you mind? This is kind of
personal.

I don't know why I bother leaving my
room.

Alex, the best thing you can do for
Lauren is to tell her honestly how you

about her. That you love her. That you
care for her.

No, Dad, that's no good.

In this day and age, relationships have
become a complicated, sophisticated,

intellectual phenomenon.

And on that farm, he had some figgies.

Sorry we're late. The traffic was
terrible on Court Street. Yeah, and I

like to share my feelings about that
with all of you.

You know, sitting there in the mid...

of all that bumper -to -bumper traffic,
I realized that my anxiety was a

manifestation of my subconscious desire
to return to the womb.

That traffic, was it jammed up going
both ways?

Alex, you amaze me.

You seem to have really blossomed since
our last meeting.

Well, thank you, Dr. Davidson.

Well, you're welcome.

Well, has anybody had any further
thoughts about their relationship since

last met?

Alex,

I'm surprised.

Well, honey, I'm here and darn it, I'd
like to participate.

All right, Alex.

Let me share this with all of you.

I've been doing a lot of serious soul
-searching since our last meeting.

Because I felt that I didn't come across
to the group in a positive light.

All of you felt that I was holding back
on my true emotions.

Afraid to confront my real feelings.

Well, you were right.

I was afraid.

And so today, I'm here to stand before
all of you and say,

I'm Alex P. Keaton, and I'm repressed.

I'm so happy for you.

Thank you, honey. And I'd be happy, too,
if I wasn't so darn repressed.

This is great.

Now that you know what the problem is,
you can really dig down and address the

real emotional issue.

Oh, now, hold on, Lauren.

I mean, Alex has made a major
breakthrough.

I think that is quite an accomplishment
for one night.

All right, let's move on to somebody
else.

Vera, how about you?

We'll come back to you, Vera.

Lauren, how about you?

How do you feel your relationship is
working?

Fine. No complaints.

Do you feel that you hold back in the
relationship at all?

No. You hesitated.

Did I?

Yes, you did.

Come on, honey.

Do what I did. Tell them you were
oppressed. They'll get off your back.

start torturing Vera.

Well, Alex does tend to emotionally shut
me out at important moments.

To kind of build a wall around himself.

We want to know about you, Lauren.

How does that wall affect you?

Oh, I recognize it for what it is.

A projection of his latent insecurity.

Lauren, not in psychological terms.

How do you really feel?

Well, I... Come on, Lauren. How do you
feel?

Lauren, you're not going to accomplish
anything until you let go.

Come on, Lauren.

You can do it.

We're all here for you.

All right, look, everybody hold it for a
minute, all right? If Lauren doesn't

want to talk, that's okay.

I mean, I know how she feels.

How do you really know if she doesn't
express it?

I'm sorry, I have to go. Wait.

Lauren. Lauren!

Okay, it says here in the relationship
area that you're very happy and secure

your relationship.

Uh, that's true.

Oh.

There's somebody else in the picture.

Another woman.

Nick, how could you?

What? What'd I do?

The court say you're seeing another
woman.

Hey, you ain't done lying. I'm going to
knock their heads off.

Should we put a stop to this?

Oh, it's harmless enough, Elise.

Now you know you are the only one for
me.

I'll prove it to you. I'll marry you.

All right, that's enough.

Hello, Lauren.

Hi. Hi.

Is Alex here?

Yeah, he's in the living room.

That's him.

What's that we all go in the living room
and watch some TV?

There's a good movie on.

The Thing.

At least I've seen that a thousand...
Oh, The Thing!

Yeah, why didn't you? You say so.

Oh, I love The Thing.

Okay, everybody out.

They do that very smoothly, don't they?

Say, how you doing? Are you okay?

I don't know what happened to me today.

Someone asked me a few questions and I
ran out of the room like some kind of

wild woman.

What kind of psychologist am I going to
be?

Not a real busy one.

I've never admitted this before, but I
have a real problem confronting my own

emotions.

I love listening to other people and
helping them.

But I don't really like talking about
myself.

Hey, I love talking about myself.

Just not in front of Bobby and Janie.

Well, you didn't seem to have a problem
opening up to them today.

You didn't believe that, did you?

I mean, I was just telling them what
they wanted to hear.

I mean, I'm not repressed.

Yes, you are.

All right, I just don't like to stand
around talking about it.

I only did that for you.

Oh, great.

Where does that leave us?

You said what you didn't really feel,
and I panicked.

We're in the same place we were when we
started this.

Jen, do you mind?

That's it. I'm moving out.

You know, we gotta get this thing worked
out so she can feel free to roam the

house.

I'm sorry that I dragged you into this.

I just want to be closer to you.

I don't want to feel like you're holding
things back from me.

I'm a very private person.

I mean there are things about me that
nobody knows.

There are things about me I don't even
know.

But I've opened up more to you than I
ever have to anyone else.

I mean when I look in your eyes.

I feel like I could tell you anything.

Really?

All right. Well, tell me something that
you've never told anyone.

All right.

All right.

You got to promise you're not going to
tell anybody this. I mean, not a living

soul. I promise.

All right.

I'm worried about Quail.

And there's one other thing that I gotta
tell you.

And I'm not really sure how this is
gonna go over with you.

You're right.

There is a wall around me.

I built it.

And it's real high.

And it's that, um...

that controlled Alec that I want the
world to see.

I'm just afraid that if I let that wall
down, you're gonna see who I really am,

and you're not gonna love me.

There. Sad.

Is the wall down now?

Yeah.

I still love you Alex.

I love you too.

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