1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 3 00:01:54,515 --> 00:01:57,017 MAN: The essence of life isn't comic. 4 00:01:57,084 --> 00:01:59,052 It's tragic. 5 00:01:59,119 --> 00:02:01,755 I mean, there's nothing intrinsically funny 6 00:02:01,822 --> 00:02:04,024 about the terrible facts of human existence. 7 00:02:04,091 --> 00:02:05,326 Oh, I disagree. 8 00:02:05,393 --> 00:02:07,495 I mean, you know, philosophers call it absurd 9 00:02:07,561 --> 00:02:09,963 because, in the end, all you can do is laugh. 10 00:02:10,030 --> 00:02:11,965 Human aspirations are so ludicrous 11 00:02:12,032 --> 00:02:14,368 and, and, and irrational. Well... 12 00:02:14,435 --> 00:02:18,272 I mean, if the underlying reality of our being was tragic, 13 00:02:18,339 --> 00:02:21,175 my plays would make more than yours at the box office 14 00:02:21,242 --> 00:02:24,077 because my stories would resonate more profoundly 15 00:02:24,144 --> 00:02:25,513 with the human soul. 16 00:02:25,579 --> 00:02:26,880 Ah, I mean, 17 00:02:26,947 --> 00:02:29,016 it's exactly because tragedy hits 18 00:02:29,082 --> 00:02:31,252 on the truly painful essence of life 19 00:02:31,319 --> 00:02:33,221 that people run to my comedies... 20 00:02:33,287 --> 00:02:34,388 for escape. 21 00:02:34,455 --> 00:02:35,589 No. No, no. Look, no, wait. 22 00:02:35,656 --> 00:02:38,926 I mean, tragedy confronts. Comedy escapes. 23 00:02:38,992 --> 00:02:40,160 Look, you guys 24 00:02:40,228 --> 00:02:41,629 what are you, what are we discussing here? 25 00:02:41,695 --> 00:02:46,066 Is, uh, is there a deeper reality in comedy or tragedy? 26 00:02:46,133 --> 00:02:47,768 Who can even make such a judgment? 27 00:02:47,835 --> 00:02:48,769 Look, let, 28 00:02:48,836 --> 00:02:50,371 let me tell you a story, and you tell me, 29 00:02:50,438 --> 00:02:52,573 is it material for a comedy or a tragedy? 30 00:02:52,640 --> 00:02:54,508 This happened to some people I know. 31 00:02:54,575 --> 00:02:55,909 Okay, it's a small dinner party. 32 00:02:55,976 --> 00:02:58,045 The hosts are trying to impress one of their guests. 33 00:02:58,111 --> 00:02:59,647 Suddenly, 34 00:02:59,713 --> 00:03:00,714 the doorbell rings. 35 00:03:00,781 --> 00:03:03,251 And out of nowhere, an unexpected person shows up. 36 00:03:03,317 --> 00:03:04,952 A man or a woman? A woman. 37 00:03:05,018 --> 00:03:06,086 I'll give you all the details, 38 00:03:06,153 --> 00:03:08,389 and you tell me: comedy or tragedy. 39 00:03:08,456 --> 00:03:11,725 So, the guest enters, and everyone is surprised, 40 00:03:11,792 --> 00:03:12,826 especially the host. 41 00:03:12,893 --> 00:03:15,396 Turns out, she's got a particular problem... 42 00:03:15,463 --> 00:03:17,998 My God, that's quite amusing. 43 00:03:18,065 --> 00:03:20,033 I mean, she barges in unannounced 44 00:03:20,100 --> 00:03:21,602 while they're eating. 45 00:03:21,669 --> 00:03:24,938 What you told us would make a very good romantic comedy. 46 00:03:25,005 --> 00:03:27,375 Well, that's because you see the world comically. 47 00:03:27,441 --> 00:03:29,610 But you're missing the tragic implications, 48 00:03:29,677 --> 00:03:31,279 the entanglements it suggests. 49 00:03:31,345 --> 00:03:35,015 No, I see, I see the whole thing quite differently. 50 00:03:35,082 --> 00:03:37,685 I see this lone figure, 51 00:03:37,751 --> 00:03:41,255 a woman who's maybe just come off a bus. 52 00:03:41,322 --> 00:03:43,291 She's toting a suitcase. 53 00:03:43,357 --> 00:03:46,794 Maybe she's searching nervously for an address. 54 00:04:11,752 --> 00:04:13,787 WOMAN : Hello? 55 00:04:13,854 --> 00:04:16,557 Who is it? 56 00:04:16,624 --> 00:04:18,125 Hello? 57 00:04:18,191 --> 00:04:19,760 Hello...? 58 00:04:21,061 --> 00:04:22,363 Can I help you, miss? 59 00:04:22,430 --> 00:04:24,164 Um, the Springers. 60 00:04:24,231 --> 00:04:25,866 Top floor. 61 00:04:45,653 --> 00:04:46,620 JACK: It's really good. 62 00:04:46,687 --> 00:04:47,688 PETER It's beautiful. 63 00:04:47,755 --> 00:04:49,056 These speakers are wonderful. 64 00:04:49,122 --> 00:04:50,424 Yeah, you really do pick up 65 00:04:50,491 --> 00:04:52,460 every little nuance of the orchestra; it's great. 66 00:04:52,526 --> 00:04:54,962 Tell me again why I can't have a glass of white wine. 67 00:04:55,028 --> 00:04:58,466 Every pregnancy, she asks the same question. 68 00:04:58,532 --> 00:05:00,233 This is the, uh, "Concerto in D." 69 00:05:00,300 --> 00:05:01,635 Yes! 70 00:05:01,702 --> 00:05:03,704 My God, you really know your Stravinsky. 71 00:05:03,771 --> 00:05:06,106 Yeah, this would be good theme music for the play. 72 00:05:06,173 --> 00:05:07,140 LAUREL: Lee? 73 00:05:07,207 --> 00:05:08,709 That's a brilliant idea. 74 00:05:08,776 --> 00:05:11,912 I need a little help with the final touches. 75 00:05:13,547 --> 00:05:15,549 Can you get the two big serving dishes? 76 00:05:15,616 --> 00:05:16,750 Can we go with dinner already? 77 00:05:16,817 --> 00:05:18,386 I'm running out of obsequious banter. 78 00:05:18,452 --> 00:05:19,787 Well, how's it going? 79 00:05:19,853 --> 00:05:21,622 Well, he says he thinks I'm perfect for the part, 80 00:05:21,689 --> 00:05:23,624 but the goddamn producer wants more of a name. 81 00:05:23,691 --> 00:05:25,659 I don't understand why they make such a big deal. 82 00:05:25,726 --> 00:05:27,428 I mean, you said your reading went well, 83 00:05:27,495 --> 00:05:29,430 and, I mean, it's not like it's the lead. 84 00:05:29,497 --> 00:05:31,031 First time I auditioned, it went better. 85 00:05:31,098 --> 00:05:32,933 When they had me back, I don't know what happened. 86 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:35,135 And I know it's not the lead, Laurel. 87 00:05:35,202 --> 00:05:36,570 Doesn't he have any clout? 88 00:05:36,637 --> 00:05:38,572 They want a name. I'm not a name. 89 00:05:38,639 --> 00:05:41,008 You didn't marry a name. 90 00:05:41,074 --> 00:05:43,611 Sally was just saying how much she loves your place. 91 00:05:43,677 --> 00:05:45,078 How long are you here? 92 00:05:45,145 --> 00:05:46,246 LAUREL: Six months. 93 00:05:46,313 --> 00:05:47,615 I mean, we're still not finished. 94 00:05:47,681 --> 00:05:49,116 There's so much we'd like to do. 95 00:05:49,182 --> 00:05:50,418 We have to furnish slowly, 96 00:05:50,484 --> 00:05:52,252 'cause we used up all our money buying the place. 97 00:05:52,319 --> 00:05:53,921 Oh, you must admit we couldn't go on 98 00:05:53,987 --> 00:05:54,788 in that one bedroom. 99 00:05:54,855 --> 00:05:56,256 The piano ate up the whole living room. 100 00:05:56,323 --> 00:05:57,425 We're living beyond our means. 101 00:05:57,491 --> 00:05:58,692 I get nervous. 102 00:05:58,759 --> 00:06:01,161 But Laurel is certain God will provide. 103 00:06:01,228 --> 00:06:02,463 They're poor, but happy. 104 00:06:02,530 --> 00:06:04,264 Definitely poor. 105 00:06:04,331 --> 00:06:05,098 What do you do, Peter? 106 00:06:05,165 --> 00:06:06,166 I'm a lawyer. Ah. 107 00:06:06,233 --> 00:06:07,501 No jokes, please. 108 00:06:07,568 --> 00:06:09,603 Think the music's a little too loud? 109 00:06:09,670 --> 00:06:11,371 I saw you the other night, 110 00:06:11,439 --> 00:06:13,306 listening to the Mahler and crying. 111 00:06:13,373 --> 00:06:14,908 You should've seen her. It was 2:00 A.M. 112 00:06:14,975 --> 00:06:16,677 She was listening to Mahler's Second, 113 00:06:16,744 --> 00:06:18,378 and the tears were streaming down her face. 114 00:06:18,446 --> 00:06:19,680 She looked so beautiful. 115 00:06:19,747 --> 00:06:21,381 I wanted to hug her. Uh-huh. 116 00:06:21,449 --> 00:06:22,550 Yeah, but I had to get up early 117 00:06:22,616 --> 00:06:24,718 and film a deodorant commercial, so... 118 00:06:24,785 --> 00:06:26,319 Oh. Well, that's work at least, right? 119 00:06:28,255 --> 00:06:29,690 Oh, no, I think someone rang before. 120 00:06:29,757 --> 00:06:31,459 Yeah? Did you hear that? 121 00:06:31,525 --> 00:06:32,460 So how do you all know each other? 122 00:06:32,526 --> 00:06:33,661 What's the connection here? 123 00:06:33,727 --> 00:06:35,929 Oh, we grew up together, Cassie and I. 124 00:06:35,996 --> 00:06:37,330 We were those little girls at school 125 00:06:37,397 --> 00:06:38,732 with the plaid skirts. 126 00:06:38,799 --> 00:06:39,500 Ah, nice. 127 00:06:39,567 --> 00:06:41,702 And Lee and I met at Northwestern. 128 00:06:41,769 --> 00:06:44,171 He was the star actor, the handsome athlete. 129 00:06:44,237 --> 00:06:45,205 Everybody wanted him. 130 00:06:46,406 --> 00:06:47,508 But Laurel got him. 131 00:06:51,178 --> 00:06:52,079 Melinda? 132 00:06:52,145 --> 00:06:53,213 Hi. 133 00:06:53,280 --> 00:06:55,315 Melinda? 134 00:06:55,382 --> 00:06:56,950 Hi. 135 00:06:57,017 --> 00:06:57,818 Melinda, hi. 136 00:06:57,885 --> 00:06:58,886 Oh, my goodness. 137 00:06:58,952 --> 00:07:00,420 Oh, God. 138 00:07:00,488 --> 00:07:02,355 Cassie. Oh. 139 00:07:02,422 --> 00:07:04,424 I'm, I'm stunned. 140 00:07:04,492 --> 00:07:06,527 Here, let me take these. 141 00:07:06,594 --> 00:07:08,261 God, look at you. 142 00:07:08,328 --> 00:07:09,329 You look so... 143 00:07:09,396 --> 00:07:10,598 No, don't. 144 00:07:10,664 --> 00:07:12,299 Don't, don't say what you're thinking. 145 00:07:12,365 --> 00:07:14,067 I've, I've been on a bus. 146 00:07:14,134 --> 00:07:16,704 I've been on a Greyhound bus since Tuesday, 147 00:07:16,770 --> 00:07:21,308 so I'm sure I look like the wreck of the Hesperus. 148 00:07:21,374 --> 00:07:23,611 Um, a bus, a bus from where? 149 00:07:23,677 --> 00:07:26,480 I mean, what, what are you doing here? 150 00:07:26,547 --> 00:07:27,481 I've moved around. 151 00:07:27,548 --> 00:07:29,082 Um, I had to keep moving. 152 00:07:29,149 --> 00:07:35,856 It, events unfolded in such a way that... 153 00:07:35,923 --> 00:07:38,559 Is it all right if I smoke? 154 00:07:38,626 --> 00:07:39,893 I just... 155 00:07:39,960 --> 00:07:43,897 feel a little nervous barging in on you like this. 156 00:07:43,964 --> 00:07:45,866 Well, why don't you sit down and eat with us? 157 00:07:45,933 --> 00:07:48,068 This is Jack and Sally Oliver. 158 00:07:48,135 --> 00:07:49,603 Hi. Hi. 159 00:07:49,670 --> 00:07:51,204 I'm Melinda Robicheaux. 160 00:07:51,271 --> 00:07:52,873 Gone back to my mother's name. 161 00:07:52,940 --> 00:07:55,609 It's French. She was Parisienne. 162 00:07:55,676 --> 00:07:56,977 Jesus, you must have dropped off 163 00:07:57,044 --> 00:07:58,145 the goddamn moon. 164 00:07:58,211 --> 00:07:59,680 Shall I get a chair? 165 00:07:59,747 --> 00:08:01,181 I could use a drink. 166 00:08:01,248 --> 00:08:03,517 Champagne or white wine. 167 00:08:03,584 --> 00:08:06,954 The truth is, I've gotten very used to 168 00:08:07,020 --> 00:08:08,055 single malt scotch. 169 00:08:08,121 --> 00:08:11,892 An acquaintance of mine introduced me to it. 170 00:08:11,959 --> 00:08:16,063 So, um, I really should freshen up, though, um... 171 00:08:16,129 --> 00:08:19,066 If I could just get a single malt scotch. 172 00:08:19,132 --> 00:08:20,801 And, uh, look at me. 173 00:08:20,868 --> 00:08:23,303 Jesus. I need a hot shower. 174 00:08:23,370 --> 00:08:25,338 LAUREL: Yeah, okay, um, please. 175 00:08:25,405 --> 00:08:26,940 Um, excuse us. 176 00:08:27,007 --> 00:08:28,175 Please start. 177 00:08:28,241 --> 00:08:30,043 This is just so unexpected. 178 00:08:32,445 --> 00:08:33,781 I'll say. 179 00:08:34,815 --> 00:08:36,784 You had no hint she was coming? 180 00:08:36,850 --> 00:08:39,319 She was nuts then, and she's nuts now. 181 00:08:39,386 --> 00:08:41,188 Did you see the look in her eyes? 182 00:08:41,254 --> 00:08:42,189 She's been on a bus. 183 00:08:42,255 --> 00:08:44,792 You were just asking how we all know each other. 184 00:08:44,858 --> 00:08:46,526 Melinda is the third Musketeer. 185 00:08:46,594 --> 00:08:47,961 We all went to school together. 186 00:08:48,028 --> 00:08:49,597 We haven't heard from her in ages. 187 00:08:49,663 --> 00:08:52,299 Yeah, she's had personal difficulties. 188 00:08:52,365 --> 00:08:54,735 She wrote us and said she'd be coming to New York 189 00:08:54,802 --> 00:08:57,304 from I can't remember where, Chicago or Indiana, 190 00:08:57,370 --> 00:08:59,372 and, uh, could we put her up? 191 00:08:59,439 --> 00:09:01,008 Laurel said sure. 192 00:09:01,074 --> 00:09:02,409 I myself, I... 193 00:09:02,475 --> 00:09:03,644 This is not the time to discuss this. 194 00:09:03,711 --> 00:09:06,413 Let's just eat and, uh, change the subject. 195 00:09:06,479 --> 00:09:07,748 Well, I mean, what can you do? 196 00:09:07,815 --> 00:09:09,883 We've all had friends just drop in unannounced. Relatives. 197 00:09:09,950 --> 00:09:11,451 Remember your aunt with the... 198 00:09:11,518 --> 00:09:12,653 I put up an extra bed. 199 00:09:12,720 --> 00:09:14,087 You know, I fix up the room for her. 200 00:09:14,154 --> 00:09:16,657 Meanwhile, she doesn't show when she says she's gonna show. 201 00:09:16,724 --> 00:09:19,559 So, we try to contact her. There's no trace of her. 202 00:09:19,627 --> 00:09:23,697 Then two months later, she calls up unannounced 203 00:09:23,764 --> 00:09:26,099 in the middle of a fricking dinner party. 204 00:09:26,166 --> 00:09:27,768 Am I unreasonable? 205 00:09:27,835 --> 00:09:29,903 COMEDIAN: No, no. 206 00:09:29,970 --> 00:09:31,739 No, you're missing the whole point. 207 00:09:31,805 --> 00:09:35,743 You have the makings of a delightful human comedy here. 208 00:09:35,809 --> 00:09:39,179 You missed the humor in everything. 209 00:09:39,246 --> 00:09:43,450 I see a sweet, tree-lined block on the Upper East Side. 210 00:09:43,516 --> 00:09:45,152 It's a dinner party. 211 00:09:45,218 --> 00:09:48,288 The husband is fawning over his guest. 212 00:09:48,355 --> 00:09:49,589 He's a movie-maker. 213 00:09:49,657 --> 00:09:51,458 No. Wait. 214 00:09:51,524 --> 00:09:53,727 Here's the idea. 215 00:09:53,794 --> 00:09:56,229 Make the film director the wife. 216 00:09:56,296 --> 00:09:59,032 He's just her out-of-work actor-husband. 217 00:09:59,099 --> 00:10:01,168 She's trying to impress the guest 218 00:10:01,234 --> 00:10:03,737 and raise the money for an independent film. 219 00:10:03,804 --> 00:10:04,805 I was just telling Jennifer 220 00:10:04,872 --> 00:10:06,406 that Steve has expressed interest 221 00:10:06,473 --> 00:10:08,108 in investing in Susan's next movie. 222 00:10:08,175 --> 00:10:08,942 Oh... Yeah, 223 00:10:09,009 --> 00:10:10,243 I have most of the money. 224 00:10:10,310 --> 00:10:11,378 I, I've, um, I've just, 225 00:10:11,444 --> 00:10:13,346 I've been trying to get it going now for two years. 226 00:10:13,413 --> 00:10:15,248 Oh, I liked your first picture. Oh, thank you. 227 00:10:15,315 --> 00:10:17,084 Would you do this one on video, too? Oh, no. 228 00:10:17,150 --> 00:10:18,919 That was just because it was my first film, 229 00:10:18,986 --> 00:10:20,287 and we only had $300,000. 230 00:10:20,353 --> 00:10:22,856 But this one will be on 35-millimeter for sure. 231 00:10:22,923 --> 00:10:24,057 Well, how much do you need? 232 00:10:24,124 --> 00:10:25,759 Well, I've raised about four million. 233 00:10:25,826 --> 00:10:27,761 And, um, we need another two million now. 234 00:10:27,828 --> 00:10:29,930 The problem is the theme is quite controversial, so... 235 00:10:29,997 --> 00:10:31,832 Oh, yeah, what's the theme? 236 00:10:31,899 --> 00:10:33,533 Well, let's put it this way: 237 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:35,035 it's a mostly all-female cast, 238 00:10:35,102 --> 00:10:37,404 and it's called The Castration Sonata. 239 00:10:37,470 --> 00:10:38,638 Uh-huh. 240 00:10:40,207 --> 00:10:42,042 So, you wouldn't happen to have single malt scotch around? 241 00:10:42,109 --> 00:10:43,711 Oh, you know, let me check. Okay. 242 00:10:43,777 --> 00:10:44,912 Hurry up. 243 00:10:44,978 --> 00:10:47,047 I'm running out of obsequious banter. 244 00:10:47,114 --> 00:10:48,415 Okay. Well, don't throw me. 245 00:10:48,481 --> 00:10:49,649 Everything's timed. 246 00:10:49,717 --> 00:10:51,685 Chilean sea bass in caramelized filo 247 00:10:51,752 --> 00:10:52,986 is not like scrambled eggs. 248 00:10:53,053 --> 00:10:54,621 Well, he happens to love it. 249 00:10:54,688 --> 00:10:56,489 Does he love it two million dollars worth? 250 00:10:56,556 --> 00:10:58,125 God, I hope so. 251 00:10:58,191 --> 00:11:00,560 I told you we should keep single malt scotch in this house. 252 00:11:00,627 --> 00:11:02,462 Who drinks it? He does. 253 00:11:02,529 --> 00:11:04,698 God, you're definitely going all out. 254 00:11:04,765 --> 00:11:06,967 You're dressed very sexy. 255 00:11:07,034 --> 00:11:08,702 Hobie, keep your eyes on the sea bass! 256 00:11:08,769 --> 00:11:10,503 Okay, okay, okay. 257 00:11:10,570 --> 00:11:17,677 COMEDIAN: She goes down to buy a bottle of single malt scotch. 258 00:11:20,781 --> 00:11:25,252 Um, are you okay? 259 00:11:25,318 --> 00:11:28,822 Oh. Yeah, I'm fine. 260 00:11:28,889 --> 00:11:30,390 Are you sure? 261 00:11:30,457 --> 00:11:31,759 Yeah. 262 00:11:35,729 --> 00:11:38,165 What are we having? This looks divine. 263 00:11:38,231 --> 00:11:40,067 These are Coquilles Saint-Jacques with salmon, 264 00:11:40,133 --> 00:11:41,835 And we're having a Chilean sea bass 265 00:11:41,902 --> 00:11:43,370 in a caramelized filo pastry... 266 00:11:43,436 --> 00:11:44,704 Wow. 267 00:11:44,772 --> 00:11:46,206 ...lightly dusted with lime powder. 268 00:11:46,273 --> 00:11:48,108 Oh, my God. Did somebody send you a yuppie cookbook? 269 00:11:48,175 --> 00:11:49,109 No. 270 00:11:49,176 --> 00:11:50,543 Susan says you're a wonderful chef. 271 00:11:50,610 --> 00:11:51,678 I'm an out-of-work actor 272 00:11:51,745 --> 00:11:53,446 who should probably open a restaurant. 273 00:11:53,513 --> 00:11:56,083 SUSAN: Who's that? 274 00:11:56,149 --> 00:11:57,384 WOMAN: Hi. 275 00:11:57,450 --> 00:11:59,052 HOBIE: Hi. 276 00:11:59,119 --> 00:12:01,922 I'm sorry. I hope I'm not intruding. 277 00:12:01,989 --> 00:12:03,824 No, it's, it's okay. 278 00:12:03,891 --> 00:12:07,795 Um, I've been having a-a kind of bad time, 279 00:12:07,861 --> 00:12:11,865 and I just took some sleeping pills. 280 00:12:11,932 --> 00:12:13,500 Sleeping pills? How many? 281 00:12:13,566 --> 00:12:14,868 WOMAN: Um... 282 00:12:14,935 --> 00:12:17,204 twenty-eight. 283 00:12:17,270 --> 00:12:17,971 Whoa! Call 911! 284 00:12:18,038 --> 00:12:19,506 No, stay and just eat. 285 00:12:19,572 --> 00:12:20,507 It's gonna get cold. 286 00:12:20,573 --> 00:12:21,842 Sit. Just stay and eat. 287 00:12:21,909 --> 00:12:23,911 It's okay. It's okay. 288 00:12:23,977 --> 00:12:25,545 Hobie, make some black coffee. You all right? 289 00:12:25,612 --> 00:12:27,047 Okay, okay. 290 00:12:27,114 --> 00:12:29,282 Um... I'm allergic to coffee, but do you have any vodka? 291 00:12:29,349 --> 00:12:30,517 Vodka? 292 00:12:30,583 --> 00:12:32,886 WOMAN AT TABLE: Maybe we should call the doctor. 293 00:12:32,953 --> 00:12:35,722 It's okay. I-I just need something to calm my nerves. 294 00:12:35,789 --> 00:12:37,157 Do you live in this building? 295 00:12:37,224 --> 00:12:39,259 I've been subletting for the past month. Oh! 296 00:12:39,326 --> 00:12:41,028 WOMAN AT TABLE: I think somebody should call a doctor. 297 00:12:41,094 --> 00:12:42,062 Careful. 298 00:12:42,129 --> 00:12:43,630 Um, I think, I think I'm gonna be sick. 299 00:12:43,696 --> 00:12:45,098 No, throw up! That's the best thing 300 00:12:45,165 --> 00:12:46,199 if you've had pills. No, no, no! 301 00:12:46,266 --> 00:12:48,335 Not on the carpet. That's a new carpet. 302 00:12:48,401 --> 00:12:49,269 Go to the bathroom. 303 00:12:49,336 --> 00:12:50,871 I smell smoke. Can you smell smoke? 304 00:12:50,938 --> 00:12:52,139 Oh, God! 305 00:12:52,205 --> 00:12:55,642 The Chilean sea bass, lightly dusted with lime! 306 00:12:55,708 --> 00:12:58,912 Should you be taking those pills? 307 00:12:58,979 --> 00:13:01,982 You didn't have any dinner. 308 00:13:02,049 --> 00:13:03,416 Mm. 309 00:13:03,483 --> 00:13:05,185 If I don't, I can't sleep. 310 00:13:05,252 --> 00:13:08,221 Well, Cassie's put on weight. 311 00:13:08,288 --> 00:13:09,890 Not that I'd ever say anything to her. 312 00:13:09,957 --> 00:13:11,691 Cassie's pregnant. 313 00:13:11,758 --> 00:13:13,326 Again? 314 00:13:13,393 --> 00:13:16,063 Well, they swear they're stopping at three children. 315 00:13:16,129 --> 00:13:19,366 For me, two is just the right number. 316 00:13:19,432 --> 00:13:20,700 Is there any word? 317 00:13:20,767 --> 00:13:24,371 No, there's none. There's nothing. 318 00:13:25,772 --> 00:13:27,474 Now, I don't want you to get panicky, 319 00:13:27,540 --> 00:13:30,177 but I am planning on staying, but just for a while. 320 00:13:30,243 --> 00:13:34,381 I just need to find a place and settle in 321 00:13:34,447 --> 00:13:36,383 and rebuild my career. 322 00:13:36,449 --> 00:13:39,419 And you did say that you had enough room to put me up. 323 00:13:39,486 --> 00:13:41,955 Well, we were surprised when you never showed up over the summer. 324 00:13:42,022 --> 00:13:43,323 We had everything all ready. 325 00:13:43,390 --> 00:13:46,493 Lee had gotten your room in order. 326 00:13:46,559 --> 00:13:47,995 Yeah, I apologize for that. 327 00:13:48,061 --> 00:13:50,630 I was going through a kind of confused down period. 328 00:13:50,697 --> 00:13:52,165 And I was worried. 329 00:13:52,232 --> 00:13:55,268 Lee couldn't figure out how to get in contact with you. 330 00:13:55,335 --> 00:13:58,005 I had no idea you were using different names. 331 00:13:58,071 --> 00:14:01,041 What happened? I thought the worst was over. 332 00:14:01,108 --> 00:14:03,877 Can I speak openly? 333 00:14:03,944 --> 00:14:06,179 Well, of course. 334 00:14:07,847 --> 00:14:11,818 I tried to commit suicide. 335 00:14:11,885 --> 00:14:14,054 : You didn't. 336 00:14:14,121 --> 00:14:17,925 I did, and it wasn't a half-hearted attempt. 337 00:14:17,991 --> 00:14:21,028 It wasn't a cry for help. 338 00:14:21,094 --> 00:14:23,964 But why? I thought everything that happened was past. 339 00:14:24,031 --> 00:14:26,199 I thought you'd pulled yourself together. 340 00:14:26,266 --> 00:14:28,401 Because that's what I wrote you. 341 00:14:28,468 --> 00:14:32,739 And some days I honestly thought it. 342 00:14:32,805 --> 00:14:35,542 But, in the end, I just, 343 00:14:35,608 --> 00:14:37,911 I couldn't take it anymore. 344 00:14:37,978 --> 00:14:39,512 Melinda. 345 00:14:39,579 --> 00:14:43,383 You didn't find me because I was indisposed. 346 00:14:45,352 --> 00:14:48,121 And, if you've never been in a state mental hospital, 347 00:14:48,188 --> 00:14:51,358 languishing in a straitjacket, I wouldn't recommend one. 348 00:14:51,424 --> 00:14:55,495 Especially not the one I was in, in the Midwest. 349 00:14:55,562 --> 00:14:57,030 I'm overwhelmed. 350 00:14:57,097 --> 00:15:00,000 Are you okay? I mean... 351 00:15:00,067 --> 00:15:02,635 I'm, I'm all right. I'm on the road back. 352 00:15:02,702 --> 00:15:06,673 I'm still... a little fragile when everything closes in, 353 00:15:06,739 --> 00:15:11,011 but I get stronger every day. 354 00:15:11,078 --> 00:15:12,445 Well, you know, you're welcome to stay here 355 00:15:12,512 --> 00:15:14,247 as long as you like. 356 00:15:17,884 --> 00:15:19,852 There. I fixed up a room for her. 357 00:15:19,919 --> 00:15:20,887 How long is she gonna stay? 358 00:15:20,954 --> 00:15:21,989 Why? 359 00:15:22,055 --> 00:15:23,223 Because we promised my sister 360 00:15:23,290 --> 00:15:24,724 she could come and stay for Thanksgiving. 361 00:15:24,791 --> 00:15:26,626 Well, Thanksgiving's not for a while. 362 00:15:26,693 --> 00:15:28,161 Well, I-I'm just saying. 363 00:15:28,228 --> 00:15:29,529 What? I can't just throw her out. 364 00:15:29,596 --> 00:15:31,664 She's trying to pull her life back together, Lee. 365 00:15:31,731 --> 00:15:32,699 Ah, she's her own worst enemy. 366 00:15:32,765 --> 00:15:33,933 Oh, you don't know the details. 367 00:15:34,001 --> 00:15:36,169 Details 368 00:15:36,236 --> 00:15:37,870 She was married to some big doctor. 369 00:15:37,937 --> 00:15:39,039 She had two nice kids. 370 00:15:39,106 --> 00:15:40,907 What was she doing playing around with... 371 00:15:40,974 --> 00:15:42,009 what the hell was he? 372 00:15:42,075 --> 00:15:44,544 He was a photographer. 373 00:15:44,611 --> 00:15:45,478 Melinda. 374 00:15:45,545 --> 00:15:47,981 Lee's right. Whatever I went through, 375 00:15:48,048 --> 00:15:50,383 I'm responsible for. 376 00:15:50,450 --> 00:15:53,886 Look, we've all been drinking, and we're really tired. It's... 377 00:15:53,953 --> 00:15:56,389 No, he's right. 378 00:15:56,456 --> 00:15:58,625 I was married to a man who loved me 379 00:15:58,691 --> 00:16:01,928 and gave me the two most beautiful children in the world. 380 00:16:01,995 --> 00:16:03,630 That I'm not allowed to set eyes on them 381 00:16:03,696 --> 00:16:09,836 is just proof of my weakness and my husband's strength. 382 00:16:09,902 --> 00:16:11,904 No, it's disgusting how much influence he had on the judge. 383 00:16:11,971 --> 00:16:13,573 It's who you know, Laurel. 384 00:16:13,640 --> 00:16:15,208 Life is all networking. 385 00:16:15,275 --> 00:16:18,011 I brought it on myself. 386 00:16:18,078 --> 00:16:20,947 Because I was bored. 387 00:16:21,014 --> 00:16:23,550 I mean, not bored with my children. 388 00:16:25,585 --> 00:16:28,121 God, they were the light of my life. 389 00:16:28,188 --> 00:16:32,192 But I was bored being a doctor's wife. 390 00:16:32,259 --> 00:16:35,528 Just as my mother was bored being a doctor's wife. 391 00:16:35,595 --> 00:16:38,031 Like Madame Bovary. 392 00:16:38,098 --> 00:16:42,001 It's not that St. Louis isn't very beautiful. 393 00:16:42,069 --> 00:16:45,972 It's just that... 394 00:16:46,039 --> 00:16:50,843 everything that had seemed so... 395 00:16:50,910 --> 00:16:55,982 magical when I married Josh had somehow just melted away. 396 00:16:56,049 --> 00:16:58,818 It was okay, you know. 397 00:16:58,885 --> 00:17:01,154 And, no matter what I did, 398 00:17:01,221 --> 00:17:04,391 I couldn't make it any better. 399 00:17:06,493 --> 00:17:12,599 And then this man with a romantic name-- 400 00:17:12,665 --> 00:17:16,103 John San Giuliano... 401 00:17:17,737 --> 00:17:20,140 took my photograph... 402 00:17:22,008 --> 00:17:23,976 and... 403 00:17:24,043 --> 00:17:27,180 I fell in love with him. 404 00:17:27,247 --> 00:17:31,684 And we began having this love affair. 405 00:17:31,751 --> 00:17:35,955 And he wanted to know if I could see myself living in Italy, 406 00:17:36,022 --> 00:17:38,725 and I said, "Well, look, Mr. San Giuliano, 407 00:17:38,791 --> 00:17:42,262 "I'm married to a surgeon with two children. 408 00:17:42,329 --> 00:17:46,065 "My life is fixed, so don't ask me to tax my imagination. 409 00:17:46,133 --> 00:17:49,136 "Let's just confine our passion 410 00:17:49,202 --> 00:17:52,805 "to local motels and forget Capestrano." 411 00:17:56,476 --> 00:18:01,348 And then... reality set in 412 00:18:01,414 --> 00:18:05,318 in the person of a private detective 413 00:18:05,385 --> 00:18:09,456 with the unlikely name of Woodkrutch. 414 00:18:09,522 --> 00:18:13,560 And my children were handed over 415 00:18:13,626 --> 00:18:17,364 to my humiliated husband forever. 416 00:18:20,167 --> 00:18:25,872 Mr. San Giuliano took me on a safari 417 00:18:25,938 --> 00:18:29,376 to help me forget things. 418 00:18:29,442 --> 00:18:34,147 But I, I can't forget no matter how hard I try. 419 00:18:34,214 --> 00:18:38,050 Then he met someone else. 420 00:18:38,117 --> 00:18:41,288 Stop, Melinda. 421 00:18:41,354 --> 00:18:46,626 Why? It only gets worse. 422 00:18:46,693 --> 00:18:49,529 So that's pretty much how I got here. 423 00:18:49,596 --> 00:18:51,898 My God. That's a sad story. 424 00:18:51,964 --> 00:18:54,167 Guy leads her on, causes her to break up her marriage 425 00:18:54,234 --> 00:18:56,169 then dumps her. 426 00:18:56,236 --> 00:18:59,105 I caught him in bed with one of his models. 427 00:18:59,172 --> 00:19:00,607 I mean, who can blame him? 428 00:19:00,673 --> 00:19:03,843 She was a six-foot Swede who was a Miss World runner-up. 429 00:19:03,910 --> 00:19:05,812 Her legs started at her chin. 430 00:19:05,878 --> 00:19:08,581 See, that's why my film The Castration Sonata, 431 00:19:08,648 --> 00:19:11,150 puts male sexuality in perspective. 432 00:19:11,218 --> 00:19:12,519 It's lucky you didn't have children. 433 00:19:12,585 --> 00:19:14,254 He could have made custody trouble, 434 00:19:14,321 --> 00:19:16,489 especially if he was so well-connected politically. 435 00:19:16,556 --> 00:19:18,491 I always wanted to have children. 436 00:19:18,558 --> 00:19:20,159 But my husband wouldn't hear of it. 437 00:19:20,227 --> 00:19:21,594 He said he couldn't bear the thought 438 00:19:21,661 --> 00:19:23,296 of having sex with a pregnant woman 439 00:19:23,363 --> 00:19:26,165 for nine months... especially the fat months. 440 00:19:26,233 --> 00:19:28,067 STEVE: So, what are you going to do now? 441 00:19:28,134 --> 00:19:29,135 I'm an art historian. 442 00:19:29,202 --> 00:19:30,537 Ah... 443 00:19:30,603 --> 00:19:33,306 At least, that's what I majored in at Brandeis. 444 00:19:33,373 --> 00:19:36,209 And I may be getting offered a job in an art gallery. 445 00:19:36,276 --> 00:19:37,577 It's only cataloging, 446 00:19:37,644 --> 00:19:39,579 but I'm in no position to turn it down. 447 00:19:39,646 --> 00:19:40,813 HOBIE: Anyone for more ants 448 00:19:40,880 --> 00:19:42,915 climb a tree before I throw it in the garbage? 449 00:19:42,982 --> 00:19:43,883 No. No, thanks. 450 00:19:43,950 --> 00:19:45,184 I can't eat another bite. 451 00:19:45,252 --> 00:19:46,419 Dinner was delicious. 452 00:19:46,486 --> 00:19:47,787 Sorry about burning the sea bass, 453 00:19:47,854 --> 00:19:48,821 a-and the kitchen curtains. 454 00:19:48,888 --> 00:19:50,122 I apologize. 455 00:19:50,189 --> 00:19:51,791 Well, I'm sorry about busting in on you all like that. 456 00:19:51,858 --> 00:19:52,925 Oh, no, no, no. 457 00:19:52,992 --> 00:19:54,861 We, we love it when unexpected women barge in 458 00:19:54,927 --> 00:19:56,128 and, and throw up. 459 00:19:56,195 --> 00:19:57,597 Uh, I-I-I'm kidding. 460 00:19:57,664 --> 00:19:59,499 I hope tonight didn't kill my chances 461 00:19:59,566 --> 00:20:01,401 of getting my movie made. 462 00:20:01,468 --> 00:20:04,170 No, no, I-I think Steve Walsh was okay. 463 00:20:04,237 --> 00:20:05,305 I-I-I told him I was gonna play 464 00:20:05,372 --> 00:20:06,539 one of the male characters in the movie. 465 00:20:06,606 --> 00:20:08,308 What did he say? Nothing. 466 00:20:08,375 --> 00:20:09,676 We-we discussed acting. 467 00:20:09,742 --> 00:20:11,678 I told him about my award-winning interpretation 468 00:20:11,744 --> 00:20:12,545 of Pygmalion. 469 00:20:12,612 --> 00:20:13,880 Hobie, that was in college. 470 00:20:13,946 --> 00:20:15,282 Still, I-I-I thought it was a brilliant idea 471 00:20:15,348 --> 00:20:17,216 to play Henry Higgins with a limp. 472 00:20:17,284 --> 00:20:19,352 God, I hate being an assistant director. 473 00:20:19,419 --> 00:20:21,588 After you've made your own film? 474 00:20:21,654 --> 00:20:24,156 The sad thing is, is he could have my movie happen like that. 475 00:20:25,725 --> 00:20:28,495 What's two million dollars to a real estate billionaire? 476 00:20:28,561 --> 00:20:31,063 The upkeep of his private jet is probably worth more than that. 477 00:20:31,130 --> 00:20:32,632 He was very impressed with you, 478 00:20:32,699 --> 00:20:34,301 and, and you looked very sexy. 479 00:20:34,367 --> 00:20:35,768 Really? You thought I looked sexy? 480 00:20:35,835 --> 00:20:37,570 Yeah. You are sexy. 481 00:20:37,637 --> 00:20:39,339 You really... you're very sexy. 482 00:20:39,406 --> 00:20:40,340 Hobie, it's 2:00 A.M. 483 00:20:40,407 --> 00:20:41,874 Oh... what, what's going on? 484 00:20:41,941 --> 00:20:43,042 Wait, we al... 485 00:20:43,109 --> 00:20:44,377 We used to make love all the time, 486 00:20:44,444 --> 00:20:46,245 and-and now there's always an excuse. 487 00:20:46,313 --> 00:20:47,647 I told you I am going 488 00:20:47,714 --> 00:20:49,282 through an emotionally difficult time creatively. 489 00:20:49,349 --> 00:20:50,617 Do... eh... 490 00:20:50,683 --> 00:20:51,551 you feel like we don't communicate anymore? 491 00:20:51,618 --> 00:20:53,219 Of course we communicate. 492 00:20:53,286 --> 00:20:55,488 Now can we not talk about it? 493 00:21:00,092 --> 00:21:01,994 Hi. Sorry I'm late. 494 00:21:03,129 --> 00:21:04,431 I saw these the other day. 495 00:21:04,497 --> 00:21:07,199 I think they would look very beautiful on you. 496 00:21:07,266 --> 00:21:08,301 They are beautiful. 497 00:21:08,368 --> 00:21:09,402 But you know Lee. 498 00:21:09,469 --> 00:21:10,670 He gets so crazy about my spending. 499 00:21:10,737 --> 00:21:11,671 How's he doing? 500 00:21:11,738 --> 00:21:13,139 You're not hurting for cash, are you? 501 00:21:13,205 --> 00:21:15,041 He's on tenterhooks about the play. 502 00:21:15,107 --> 00:21:16,343 But we're fine, you know. 503 00:21:16,409 --> 00:21:18,445 He's got a number of irons on the fire, 504 00:21:18,511 --> 00:21:20,246 some very promising possibilities. 505 00:21:20,313 --> 00:21:23,015 I have a very good prospect for Melinda. 506 00:21:23,082 --> 00:21:24,083 A job prospect? 507 00:21:24,150 --> 00:21:25,117 A guy. 508 00:21:25,184 --> 00:21:27,086 Remember Bud Silverglide? 509 00:21:27,153 --> 00:21:28,588 No. Have I met him? 510 00:21:28,655 --> 00:21:30,790 Yeah. Remember we had Thanksgiving dinner at my house, 511 00:21:30,857 --> 00:21:32,659 and he brought his little girl, Emily? 512 00:21:32,725 --> 00:21:35,094 Emily, I don't... Emily...? 513 00:21:35,161 --> 00:21:36,663 His wife had died the year before? 514 00:21:36,729 --> 00:21:38,064 Oh, yes, I sat next to him. 515 00:21:38,130 --> 00:21:39,198 He's kind of average 516 00:21:39,265 --> 00:21:40,299 He's fine. 517 00:21:40,367 --> 00:21:41,300 He'd be perfect. 518 00:21:41,368 --> 00:21:42,835 He's a very lovely guy. 519 00:21:42,902 --> 00:21:43,936 He's smart. 520 00:21:44,003 --> 00:21:45,605 He's been through his share of suffering. 521 00:21:45,672 --> 00:21:47,206 If it ever got really serious, 522 00:21:47,273 --> 00:21:48,641 Melinda would have a ready-made family. 523 00:21:48,708 --> 00:21:50,377 You think he's right for Melinda? 524 00:21:50,443 --> 00:21:52,379 I mean, I remember him as pleasant enough, but... 525 00:21:52,445 --> 00:21:54,246 Laurel, she should be so lucky. 526 00:21:54,313 --> 00:21:57,149 He's got a very successful dental practice in Manhattan. 527 00:21:57,216 --> 00:21:58,217 He plays bridge. 528 00:21:58,284 --> 00:21:59,519 He likes to hike. 529 00:21:59,586 --> 00:22:00,820 You think he'd be interested in Melinda... 530 00:22:00,887 --> 00:22:02,955 especially when her past unfolds? 531 00:22:03,022 --> 00:22:05,224 Yes, I know, she's in no bargaining position, 532 00:22:05,291 --> 00:22:06,859 not when all the facts come out. 533 00:22:06,926 --> 00:22:09,496 Look, I can only bring them together. 534 00:22:09,562 --> 00:22:10,763 It's not like he's the kind of guy 535 00:22:10,830 --> 00:22:12,264 who would ever wind up hurting her. 536 00:22:12,331 --> 00:22:13,533 That means a lot. 537 00:22:13,600 --> 00:22:14,734 Left to her own devices, 538 00:22:14,801 --> 00:22:16,803 Melinda can be very self-destructive. 539 00:22:16,869 --> 00:22:18,805 But Bud is sweet, and I know he's lonely 540 00:22:18,871 --> 00:22:22,108 because he's taken ads in the personal columns to meet women. 541 00:22:22,174 --> 00:22:23,810 Don't tell Melinda that. 542 00:22:24,844 --> 00:22:26,779 Peter's checking into her custody case 543 00:22:26,846 --> 00:22:28,848 to see if it's really a lost cause. 544 00:22:28,915 --> 00:22:30,617 Well, I told her to meet us here for lunch. 545 00:22:30,683 --> 00:22:32,218 She should be here after her job interview. 546 00:22:32,284 --> 00:22:33,453 Should we sit? 547 00:22:33,520 --> 00:22:34,987 I don't know. Can we take this table? 548 00:22:35,054 --> 00:22:37,189 Thanks. 549 00:22:37,256 --> 00:22:38,290 I know it's here somewhere. 550 00:22:38,357 --> 00:22:40,359 Ah, we've got this houseguest living here. 551 00:22:40,427 --> 00:22:41,961 Everything's messed up, you know? 552 00:22:42,028 --> 00:22:45,264 I wish she would check with me before she moves my possessions. 553 00:22:45,331 --> 00:22:47,366 I love your loft. 554 00:22:47,434 --> 00:22:48,801 It's really amazing. 555 00:22:48,868 --> 00:22:50,002 Here we are. 556 00:22:50,069 --> 00:22:51,938 An essay on Desdemona's role in Othello. 557 00:22:52,004 --> 00:22:54,441 The scene I think you should do in our next class 558 00:22:54,507 --> 00:22:56,175 is the Desdemona scene I gave you, 559 00:22:56,242 --> 00:22:57,544 the one we talked about yesterday. 560 00:22:57,610 --> 00:22:59,979 You really think I'm ready for it? 561 00:23:00,046 --> 00:23:01,080 I do. 562 00:23:01,147 --> 00:23:02,214 I told you before, you're among 563 00:23:02,281 --> 00:23:04,817 the two or three most talented students in my class, 564 00:23:04,884 --> 00:23:07,654 and the sooner you start challenging yourself, the better. 565 00:23:07,720 --> 00:23:09,789 You're the only one who makes me feel 566 00:23:09,856 --> 00:23:11,924 confident enough to take chances. 567 00:23:19,098 --> 00:23:19,932 Aren't you nervous 568 00:23:19,999 --> 00:23:21,768 bringing me back to your apartment? 569 00:23:21,834 --> 00:23:22,969 That's okay. 570 00:23:23,035 --> 00:23:24,170 My wife's shopping, 571 00:23:24,236 --> 00:23:25,738 and then she's going to lunch. 572 00:23:25,805 --> 00:23:27,907 She's always shopping and lunching. 573 00:23:27,974 --> 00:23:29,175 She grew up shopping and lunching. 574 00:23:29,241 --> 00:23:31,243 Her mother shopped and lunched, 575 00:23:31,310 --> 00:23:32,712 and her grandmother. 576 00:23:32,779 --> 00:23:37,316 You shouldn't really drink so early in the day. 577 00:23:37,383 --> 00:23:38,951 Shopping and lunching is what you get 578 00:23:39,018 --> 00:23:41,087 when you marry a Park Avenue princess. 579 00:23:41,153 --> 00:23:42,254 What does your wife do? 580 00:23:42,321 --> 00:23:44,290 Besides shopping? 581 00:23:44,356 --> 00:23:46,325 She teaches tin-eared teenagers 582 00:23:46,392 --> 00:23:48,461 at a music school several days a week. 583 00:23:48,528 --> 00:23:49,929 You know, it's funny, but... 584 00:23:49,996 --> 00:23:52,899 life has a malicious way of dealing with great potential. 585 00:24:11,751 --> 00:24:12,819 Hi. 586 00:24:12,885 --> 00:24:17,089 I just got back from my job interview. 587 00:24:17,156 --> 00:24:19,659 I... I don't think it went too well. So... 588 00:24:19,726 --> 00:24:24,163 Just stopped off for a little pick-me-up. 589 00:24:24,230 --> 00:24:25,264 Are you okay? 590 00:24:25,331 --> 00:24:27,634 Yeah. 591 00:24:27,700 --> 00:24:31,270 Yeah, well, I'm gonna go meet Laurel and Cassie for lunch 592 00:24:31,337 --> 00:24:32,805 in our old neighborhood. 593 00:24:38,611 --> 00:24:40,713 I'm just gonna go freshen up. 594 00:24:48,888 --> 00:24:51,558 The park hasn't changed a bit. 595 00:24:51,624 --> 00:24:52,659 Not at all. 596 00:24:52,725 --> 00:24:54,894 It brings back so many memories. 597 00:24:54,961 --> 00:24:56,829 Oh, those days are gone when the three of us 598 00:24:56,896 --> 00:24:58,297 thought we could call the shots. 599 00:24:58,364 --> 00:25:00,733 What I wouldn't give to wake up 600 00:25:00,800 --> 00:25:04,370 and find my whole life has been a bad dream 601 00:25:04,436 --> 00:25:06,305 and we're all still 17. 602 00:25:06,372 --> 00:25:07,940 Tell me about it. 603 00:25:08,007 --> 00:25:10,076 Well, you wouldn't change anything. 604 00:25:10,142 --> 00:25:11,210 I mean, your life 605 00:25:11,277 --> 00:25:12,979 is pretty much on track, right? 606 00:25:13,045 --> 00:25:15,281 Well, the question's not fair. 607 00:25:15,347 --> 00:25:17,083 I mean, who wouldn't profit 608 00:25:17,149 --> 00:25:18,718 from a second go 609 00:25:20,452 --> 00:25:23,155 So, what about Bud Silverglide? 610 00:25:23,222 --> 00:25:24,490 The Park Avenue dentist 611 00:25:24,557 --> 00:25:27,059 with the charming little daughter? 612 00:25:27,126 --> 00:25:28,294 He's a wonderful guy. 613 00:25:28,360 --> 00:25:30,963 If anything ever did happen and you-you hit it off, 614 00:25:31,030 --> 00:25:33,800 you could establish something real and solid, 615 00:25:33,866 --> 00:25:35,602 not more unrealistic pipe dreams 616 00:25:35,668 --> 00:25:37,904 that can't help but wind up badly. 617 00:25:37,970 --> 00:25:38,638 Oh, I'm sorry. 618 00:25:38,705 --> 00:25:40,439 Did that come out harsh? 619 00:25:40,506 --> 00:25:42,809 The truth is, I'm nervous. 620 00:25:42,875 --> 00:25:44,711 I want to meet someone so desperately, 621 00:25:44,777 --> 00:25:46,312 but when the chance comes along, 622 00:25:46,378 --> 00:25:48,414 I just... I panic. 623 00:25:48,480 --> 00:25:49,649 Look, it won't be a date. 624 00:25:49,716 --> 00:25:50,950 I'll make a dinner party, 625 00:25:51,017 --> 00:25:53,152 and we'll all be there to support you, and... 626 00:25:53,219 --> 00:25:55,655 and I'll invite a number of nice guests, 627 00:25:55,722 --> 00:25:57,423 and, and he'll be one of the guests, 628 00:25:57,489 --> 00:25:59,558 and, if you meet and hit it off, 629 00:25:59,626 --> 00:26:02,695 then great, and, if not, then no obligation. 630 00:26:02,762 --> 00:26:04,563 Yeah, when he hears my story... 631 00:26:04,631 --> 00:26:06,999 Oh, my God, I come with such baggage. 632 00:26:07,066 --> 00:26:09,602 Well, don't go in with a defeatist attitude. 633 00:26:09,669 --> 00:26:11,938 Yeah. I mean, first see if you even like him. 634 00:26:12,004 --> 00:26:15,074 Yeah, well, if he's as nice as Cassie's painting him... . 635 00:26:15,141 --> 00:26:16,275 He's a good catch, 636 00:26:16,342 --> 00:26:17,409 if I can speak pragmatically. 637 00:26:17,476 --> 00:26:20,279 Especially for you, 'cause he's got his feet on the ground. 638 00:26:21,447 --> 00:26:22,915 If I find him at all attractive, 639 00:26:22,982 --> 00:26:26,118 I think I should just tell him my whole story right off. 640 00:26:26,185 --> 00:26:28,187 O-Or do you think it's better to wait? 641 00:26:28,254 --> 00:26:29,689 Let him take the hook first 642 00:26:29,756 --> 00:26:32,725 and then run with it? 643 00:26:32,792 --> 00:26:35,628 Oh, God, I can't believe I'm even s..., um, asking this. 644 00:26:35,695 --> 00:26:37,463 I'm-I'm already strategizing. 645 00:26:37,529 --> 00:26:39,398 I haven't even met this guy yet. 646 00:26:39,465 --> 00:26:40,733 If we're gonna do this, though, 647 00:26:40,800 --> 00:26:42,468 it has to be completely informal, 648 00:26:42,534 --> 00:26:44,203 'cause I can't handle it any other way. 649 00:26:44,270 --> 00:26:46,438 I don't have any dressy clothes anyhow. 650 00:26:48,708 --> 00:26:51,878 Funny part of that is, as elegant as I can look-- 651 00:26:51,944 --> 00:26:54,613 and you know, I can look pretty stylish-- 652 00:26:54,681 --> 00:27:00,586 um, men find women sexier in casual attire. 653 00:27:00,653 --> 00:27:01,888 It's true. 654 00:27:01,954 --> 00:27:04,223 I could wear my hair down and loose. 655 00:27:04,290 --> 00:27:05,925 That's enticing already. 656 00:27:05,992 --> 00:27:07,927 At least, it's not intimidating. 657 00:27:07,994 --> 00:27:10,396 Uh, you haven't told him anything about me, have you? 658 00:27:10,462 --> 00:27:12,364 I can if you like. 659 00:27:12,431 --> 00:27:14,066 No. No. 660 00:27:14,133 --> 00:27:17,003 My sad tale should come from my lips, 661 00:27:17,069 --> 00:27:19,839 if and when I choose to reveal it. 662 00:27:23,109 --> 00:27:24,110 Cut! 663 00:27:24,176 --> 00:27:25,812 Okay, great. That was great. It was great. 664 00:27:25,878 --> 00:27:27,513 Uh, you know, you took the note great. 665 00:27:27,579 --> 00:27:29,081 Print one and six, please. Yeah. 666 00:27:29,148 --> 00:27:29,949 That was good. 667 00:27:30,016 --> 00:27:31,350 You got it? Yeah, I got it. 668 00:27:31,417 --> 00:27:33,720 Okay. Hey, everybody, that's lunch. One hour! Thank you! 669 00:27:33,786 --> 00:27:34,921 Hey, are you gonna join us? 670 00:27:34,987 --> 00:27:36,322 We're gonna go get a pizza at John's. 671 00:27:36,388 --> 00:27:37,423 No, I'm meeting a friend. 672 00:27:37,489 --> 00:27:38,691 You know what? Tell the actors 673 00:27:38,758 --> 00:27:40,126 we're gonna do scene 10 instead of 26. 674 00:27:40,192 --> 00:27:42,161 Okay. We're doing scene 10 instead of 26. 675 00:27:50,169 --> 00:27:51,137 Hey. Hey. 676 00:27:51,203 --> 00:27:52,939 How are ya? Should we just sit here? 677 00:27:53,005 --> 00:27:54,106 Yeah. 678 00:27:55,674 --> 00:27:56,976 So 679 00:27:57,043 --> 00:27:58,811 Doug says that Steve Walsh 680 00:27:58,878 --> 00:28:01,413 is very inclined to put up the money. 681 00:28:02,481 --> 00:28:03,682 He very much likes your script, 682 00:28:03,750 --> 00:28:05,184 and he wants to have lunch with you. 683 00:28:05,251 --> 00:28:06,352 Oh, my God, fantastic! 684 00:28:06,418 --> 00:28:07,787 Yeah, it looks really good. 685 00:28:07,854 --> 00:28:09,021 He did express some concern 686 00:28:09,088 --> 00:28:11,657 that you intended for Hobie to play the psychiatrist. 687 00:28:11,724 --> 00:28:13,425 You know, he wants a name. 688 00:28:13,492 --> 00:28:14,794 I understand. 689 00:28:14,861 --> 00:28:17,396 It's gonna be kind of a touchy subject at home 690 00:28:17,463 --> 00:28:21,367 because, I mean, the truth is, he'd make the perfect shrink, 691 00:28:21,433 --> 00:28:22,534 and... he knows it, 692 00:28:22,601 --> 00:28:24,837 but let's face it, he's not a name, 693 00:28:24,904 --> 00:28:27,740 and I want people to see my movie, too, so... 694 00:28:27,807 --> 00:28:29,842 Well, I'm sure that you guys will figure it out, 695 00:28:29,909 --> 00:28:31,610 and I think it's very exciting. 696 00:28:31,677 --> 00:28:33,045 Oh, by the way, Doug and I know somebody 697 00:28:33,112 --> 00:28:34,413 who would be perfect for Melinda, 698 00:28:34,480 --> 00:28:36,715 your downstairs neighbor who crashed dinner last week. 699 00:28:36,783 --> 00:28:37,817 Oh, yeah, yeah. 700 00:28:37,884 --> 00:28:39,752 Remember Greg Earlinger? 701 00:28:39,819 --> 00:28:40,586 No. Yes, Doug's dentist. 702 00:28:40,652 --> 00:28:41,653 You met him with us once. 703 00:28:41,720 --> 00:28:42,721 Oh, yeah, yeah. He's... 704 00:28:42,789 --> 00:28:44,256 And he has a great sports car. 705 00:28:44,323 --> 00:28:45,424 The Bentley. 706 00:28:45,491 --> 00:28:46,358 He's single and available, 707 00:28:46,425 --> 00:28:48,594 and I know she would find him fascinating 708 00:28:48,660 --> 00:28:50,162 because he's smart, he's sensitive... 709 00:28:50,229 --> 00:28:52,731 What makes you think he'd be interested in her? 710 00:28:52,799 --> 00:28:55,067 She seemed quite pretty, and she's offbeat, 711 00:28:55,134 --> 00:28:57,703 and Greg always likes complicated women. 712 00:28:57,770 --> 00:28:59,005 Doug has already hyped him on her. 713 00:28:59,071 --> 00:29:01,107 Ask her if we can give him her number. Okay? 714 00:29:01,173 --> 00:29:02,074 Okay. Mm-hmm. 715 00:29:12,618 --> 00:29:13,552 Hey. 716 00:29:13,619 --> 00:29:14,553 Melinda. 717 00:29:14,620 --> 00:29:15,554 Hey. 718 00:29:15,621 --> 00:29:16,555 Hi. Hi. 719 00:29:16,622 --> 00:29:17,589 Uh, my friend Walt. 720 00:29:17,656 --> 00:29:18,825 Walt, this is Melinda. 721 00:29:18,891 --> 00:29:20,126 Hey. Hi. 722 00:29:20,192 --> 00:29:21,593 How are you? Nice to meet you. 723 00:29:21,660 --> 00:29:22,561 How's it going? 724 00:29:22,628 --> 00:29:23,930 Oh. All right. 725 00:29:23,996 --> 00:29:26,632 I just interviewed for a job at an art gallery 726 00:29:26,698 --> 00:29:28,868 and I-I don't think it went too well. 727 00:29:28,935 --> 00:29:30,169 You never know. 728 00:29:30,236 --> 00:29:32,338 I-I had a voice-over audition this morning. 729 00:29:32,404 --> 00:29:33,572 Thought I'd never get it. 730 00:29:33,639 --> 00:29:35,007 Bang, I was chosen. 731 00:29:35,074 --> 00:29:37,509 It's the voice of a toothpaste. 732 00:29:37,576 --> 00:29:39,045 Well, that's good. 733 00:29:39,111 --> 00:29:41,447 You know, I'm trying to decide whether I should stay and wait 734 00:29:41,513 --> 00:29:43,715 for the phone call or whether I should go out 735 00:29:43,782 --> 00:29:44,917 and treat myself to a movie. 736 00:29:44,984 --> 00:29:48,020 Why don't you come with us? 737 00:29:48,087 --> 00:29:48,888 Where? 738 00:29:48,955 --> 00:29:50,589 We're going to the track. 739 00:29:50,656 --> 00:29:51,790 To the track? 740 00:29:51,858 --> 00:29:53,125 Yeah. Horse races. 741 00:29:53,192 --> 00:29:54,093 Belmont. 742 00:29:54,160 --> 00:29:56,562 What? You play the horses? 743 00:29:56,628 --> 00:29:57,663 Uh, never. 744 00:29:57,729 --> 00:29:58,931 Well, I-I go every ten years. 745 00:29:58,998 --> 00:30:00,566 Walt's, Walt's always going. 746 00:30:00,632 --> 00:30:01,834 He's a gambling degenerate. 747 00:30:01,901 --> 00:30:02,969 WALT: Thank you. Yes. 748 00:30:03,035 --> 00:30:04,203 Can't you tell I'm a degenerate? 749 00:30:04,270 --> 00:30:05,804 I'm a complete novice like you. 750 00:30:05,872 --> 00:30:06,939 Come on. 751 00:30:07,006 --> 00:30:08,107 It's a, it's a beautiful day. 752 00:30:08,174 --> 00:30:09,708 We'll have some laughs. 753 00:30:09,775 --> 00:30:11,810 Um, sure, I-I don't have any money. 754 00:30:11,878 --> 00:30:14,813 Uh, I've, I've got plenty of money... 755 00:30:14,881 --> 00:30:16,015 for both of us. 756 00:30:16,082 --> 00:30:18,650 We'll pool our resources... if you want. 757 00:30:18,717 --> 00:30:19,886 Okay. All right. 758 00:30:19,952 --> 00:30:21,888 Yeah. Nice to meet you. 759 00:30:21,954 --> 00:30:23,422 Nice to meet you. 760 00:30:26,625 --> 00:30:27,960 MELINDA: Come on! 761 00:30:28,027 --> 00:30:29,195 You can do it! Come on, Bedazzled! 762 00:30:29,261 --> 00:30:30,662 Bedazzled! Come on, Bedazzled! 763 00:30:30,729 --> 00:30:31,898 No, no. You did not bet on Bedazzled! 764 00:30:31,964 --> 00:30:32,932 I bet on Bedazzled. Oh, no. 765 00:30:32,999 --> 00:30:34,066 He's a 90-to-1 horse! 766 00:30:34,133 --> 00:30:35,567 I know, but if it wins, we're rich. 767 00:30:35,634 --> 00:30:36,568 No, he's right, Hobie. 768 00:30:36,635 --> 00:30:37,636 He's dropping back. 769 00:30:37,703 --> 00:30:39,005 No, no, no, no, no. He's second. 770 00:30:39,071 --> 00:30:41,173 He's second, he's second... second from last. He's... 771 00:30:43,509 --> 00:30:46,946 So, I have to ask you, how did you go from living 772 00:30:47,013 --> 00:30:49,882 on the Upper East Side to 773 00:30:49,949 --> 00:30:51,850 I moved there for him. 774 00:30:51,918 --> 00:30:53,419 He was gorgeous. 775 00:30:53,485 --> 00:30:54,921 He was talented. 776 00:30:54,987 --> 00:30:55,955 He was sexy. 777 00:30:56,022 --> 00:30:57,423 He was a doctor. 778 00:30:57,489 --> 00:30:58,757 He was charming. 779 00:30:58,824 --> 00:31:00,927 Yes, but where is the attraction? 780 00:31:00,993 --> 00:31:02,861 He just knew how to touch me. 781 00:31:02,929 --> 00:31:03,930 You mean emotionally? 782 00:31:03,996 --> 00:31:05,364 No, with his hands. 783 00:31:05,431 --> 00:31:06,265 Oh. 784 00:31:06,332 --> 00:31:08,667 I'm a very passionate person, 785 00:31:08,734 --> 00:31:10,669 so sex is very important to me. 786 00:31:10,736 --> 00:31:14,941 You know, I need a lot of physical intimacy, very often and creatively. 787 00:31:15,007 --> 00:31:17,543 Right. Right, right, right, right, right. 788 00:31:17,609 --> 00:31:18,911 No, that's, that's, yeah. 789 00:31:18,978 --> 00:31:20,446 Am I being too frank? 790 00:31:20,512 --> 00:31:23,215 No, no, no. No, I-I, you're just... uh, I'll be okay. 791 00:31:23,282 --> 00:31:24,951 I just get... I get hot flashes. 792 00:31:25,017 --> 00:31:26,318 Well, your wife is very passionate. 793 00:31:26,385 --> 00:31:27,954 I can tell just by looking at her. 794 00:31:28,020 --> 00:31:29,055 Right. Right. 795 00:31:29,121 --> 00:31:31,290 A lot of people have noticed. 796 00:31:31,357 --> 00:31:34,226 Wh-Why did your marriage fail again? 797 00:31:34,293 --> 00:31:37,063 He was cheating with his secretary. 798 00:31:37,129 --> 00:31:38,730 I felt neglected, 799 00:31:38,797 --> 00:31:41,667 so I started seeing someone else. 800 00:31:41,733 --> 00:31:43,702 I just want to find someone, 801 00:31:43,769 --> 00:31:45,972 fall in love and have a life. 802 00:31:50,876 --> 00:31:55,614 * * 803 00:32:35,721 --> 00:32:36,655 Hello! 804 00:32:36,722 --> 00:32:37,856 Hey! 805 00:32:37,923 --> 00:32:38,924 Guess what! 806 00:32:38,991 --> 00:32:40,392 What? 807 00:32:40,459 --> 00:32:42,461 Steve Walsh is gonna put up the money for my film. 808 00:32:42,528 --> 00:32:45,231 Oh, that's great. Congratulations. 809 00:32:45,297 --> 00:32:48,034 Yeah. So, if I'm suddenly very busy and distracted, 810 00:32:48,100 --> 00:32:49,668 just don't take it personally. 811 00:32:49,735 --> 00:32:50,802 All right. 812 00:32:50,869 --> 00:32:52,171 And we have to talk about casting. 813 00:32:52,238 --> 00:32:53,905 Yes. What'd you do today? 814 00:32:53,972 --> 00:32:55,141 Oh, uh, I, uh, told you. 815 00:32:55,207 --> 00:32:57,109 I went, uh, went out to the track. 816 00:32:57,176 --> 00:32:58,377 Oh, yeah. With who again? 817 00:32:58,444 --> 00:33:00,846 With who? With me, with me. 818 00:33:00,912 --> 00:33:03,149 With me, uh... me and Walt. 819 00:33:03,215 --> 00:33:05,051 Walt, Walt Wagner. 820 00:33:05,117 --> 00:33:06,452 Well, I hope you didn't lose a lot. 821 00:33:06,518 --> 00:33:09,321 No. We, we don't have a lot, so I couldn't. 822 00:33:09,388 --> 00:33:11,323 In fact, uh, if I, if I had more money, 823 00:33:11,390 --> 00:33:12,791 we, we, we could have lost more. 824 00:33:12,858 --> 00:33:14,793 It's a, it's a system I developed. 825 00:33:14,860 --> 00:33:16,195 What's wrong with you? 826 00:33:16,262 --> 00:33:18,497 Why couldn't you just tell her Melinda came along? 827 00:33:18,564 --> 00:33:19,898 What did you just 828 00:33:19,965 --> 00:33:21,033 say about Melinda? 829 00:33:21,100 --> 00:33:22,634 What, what, no, what would I say about Melinda? 830 00:33:22,701 --> 00:33:24,670 I didn't, I didn't say anything about Melinda. 831 00:33:24,736 --> 00:33:26,172 You just muttered her name. 832 00:33:26,238 --> 00:33:28,140 Oh, that. No, I just was wondering 833 00:33:28,207 --> 00:33:29,675 how the poor thing's doing. 834 00:33:29,741 --> 00:33:32,178 You know, plain- looking girl, all alone... 835 00:33:32,244 --> 00:33:34,046 I'd hardly call her plain-looking. 836 00:33:34,113 --> 00:33:35,214 Well, I mean, you know. 837 00:33:35,281 --> 00:33:37,015 Jennifer wants to set her up with someone. 838 00:33:37,083 --> 00:33:38,184 Jennifer? Yeah. 839 00:33:38,250 --> 00:33:39,851 Remember Greg Earlinger, Doug's dentist? 840 00:33:39,918 --> 00:33:41,187 We met him once. 841 00:33:41,253 --> 00:33:43,822 He's, he's a tall, sexy, handsome-looking guy. 842 00:33:43,889 --> 00:33:45,657 The Bentley, very well-off. 843 00:33:45,724 --> 00:33:46,892 Charming, bright. 844 00:33:46,958 --> 00:33:48,760 You commented on how impressive he was. 845 00:33:48,827 --> 00:33:51,230 I, I... Vaguely. I... 846 00:33:51,297 --> 00:33:53,499 Well, anyway, Doug's hyped him on Melinda. 847 00:33:53,565 --> 00:33:54,533 Yeah, I think. Why? 848 00:33:54,600 --> 00:33:55,667 I-I do recall him. 849 00:33:55,734 --> 00:33:58,104 Was-wasn't he kind of full of himself, though? 850 00:33:58,170 --> 00:33:59,938 Kind of an unjustified self 851 00:34:00,005 --> 00:34:02,007 As I recall, it was pretty justified. 852 00:34:02,074 --> 00:34:03,209 Right. One, one of those guys 853 00:34:03,275 --> 00:34:04,543 who has an answer for everything. 854 00:34:04,610 --> 00:34:06,812 I'm just gonna call Melinda and make sure it's okay 855 00:34:06,878 --> 00:34:08,046 if we give him her number. 856 00:34:08,114 --> 00:34:09,481 N-No. No, no, don't. Don't be silly. 857 00:34:09,548 --> 00:34:11,450 What, what does she want to do with a dentist? 858 00:34:11,517 --> 00:34:13,985 I mean, she was already married to a-a doctor. 859 00:34:14,052 --> 00:34:15,221 She found that dull. 860 00:34:15,287 --> 00:34:17,223 A dentist is the same thing, but oral. 861 00:34:17,289 --> 00:34:18,390 Greg's not dull. 862 00:34:18,457 --> 00:34:20,192 He hikes. He's a great bridge player. 863 00:34:20,259 --> 00:34:22,294 Tennis. He goes on safaris. 864 00:34:22,361 --> 00:34:23,995 Well, it sounds... I mean, safar... 865 00:34:24,062 --> 00:34:24,963 Who goes on safaris? 866 00:34:25,030 --> 00:34:25,997 Shh-shh-shh. 867 00:34:26,064 --> 00:34:27,433 You need shots to do that. 868 00:34:27,499 --> 00:34:29,701 Shh-shh. Melinda, hey, it's Susan. 869 00:34:29,768 --> 00:34:30,736 How are you? 870 00:34:30,802 --> 00:34:31,537 Why are you doing this? 871 00:34:31,603 --> 00:34:33,205 Good. Listen, I was wondering 872 00:34:33,272 --> 00:34:35,241 if it was okay with you if we, uh, give your number 873 00:34:35,307 --> 00:34:36,608 to this wonderful, available guy. 874 00:34:36,675 --> 00:34:38,444 Don't. No, I'm not giving the number out. 875 00:34:38,510 --> 00:34:39,945 Don't say that I'm giving the number. 876 00:34:40,011 --> 00:34:41,313 I kn... He's a very rich dentist. 877 00:34:41,380 --> 00:34:42,648 He's cultivated and athletic. 878 00:34:42,714 --> 00:34:44,116 He's gorgeous-looking. 879 00:34:44,183 --> 00:34:46,252 This is a bad. "Gorgeous dentist" is an oxymoron, by the way. 880 00:34:46,318 --> 00:34:48,354 And, um... yeah. 881 00:34:48,420 --> 00:34:50,055 No, there's nothing to be nervous about. 882 00:34:50,122 --> 00:34:51,890 Look, we'll all go out, the four of us. 883 00:34:51,957 --> 00:34:53,325 We'll go to, um, we'll go to dinner 884 00:34:53,392 --> 00:34:55,060 or we'll go to a show or something. 885 00:34:55,127 --> 00:34:56,695 I don't think you'll be sorry. 886 00:34:56,762 --> 00:34:59,565 I think she's never, ever gonna go for it. Ever. 887 00:34:59,631 --> 00:35:00,532 Okay, great. 888 00:35:00,599 --> 00:35:01,900 Not in a million years. Fantastic. 889 00:35:01,967 --> 00:35:02,901 Okay, bye. 890 00:35:02,968 --> 00:35:04,636 She loves the idea. 891 00:35:04,703 --> 00:35:05,637 Mm-hmm. 892 00:35:05,704 --> 00:35:06,738 I told you. 893 00:35:10,409 --> 00:35:12,244 Hi. What are you doing down here? 894 00:35:12,311 --> 00:35:13,545 I got it. I got the part. 895 00:35:13,612 --> 00:35:15,381 The director just kept insisting. 896 00:35:15,447 --> 00:35:17,183 And the producers finally gave in. 897 00:35:17,249 --> 00:35:18,450 Oh, that's great, Lee. 898 00:35:18,517 --> 00:35:20,118 Finally, a role I can make sing. 899 00:35:20,186 --> 00:35:21,853 This is a big shot for me, Laurel. 900 00:35:21,920 --> 00:35:23,222 I know. 901 00:35:23,289 --> 00:35:25,023 Well, you're certainly a natural for the character. 902 00:35:25,090 --> 00:35:26,392 Well, why would you say that? 903 00:35:26,458 --> 00:35:28,160 Well, you said it like a hundred times. 904 00:35:28,227 --> 00:35:29,961 I said I could act the hell out of it. 905 00:35:30,028 --> 00:35:31,163 The character's a loser as written. 906 00:35:31,230 --> 00:35:32,564 Let's not fight about this. 907 00:35:32,631 --> 00:35:34,300 I just meant that nobody can play the part like you can. 908 00:35:34,366 --> 00:35:35,534 You see me like that, don't you? 909 00:35:35,601 --> 00:35:36,535 Lee. 910 00:35:36,602 --> 00:35:38,304 I'm asking: is that how you see me? 911 00:35:38,370 --> 00:35:40,206 Lee, I'm really, really happy for you. 912 00:35:40,272 --> 00:35:41,573 I know how much you wanted this. 913 00:35:41,640 --> 00:35:43,141 Can't we just leave it at that? 914 00:35:43,209 --> 00:35:44,243 I, I, I'm wired. 915 00:35:44,310 --> 00:35:45,677 I didn't mean to seem snappish. 916 00:35:45,744 --> 00:35:47,513 Should we go out to dinner and celebrate? 917 00:35:47,579 --> 00:35:48,980 Well, aren't you forgetting? 918 00:35:49,047 --> 00:35:50,081 Tonight's Cassie's party. 919 00:35:50,148 --> 00:35:51,082 Oh, yeah, right. 920 00:35:51,149 --> 00:35:52,551 Okay. Jesus. 921 00:35:52,618 --> 00:35:54,586 Well, I think it's time Melinda met someone, moved on. 922 00:35:54,653 --> 00:35:56,855 I'd like a little privacy in the apartment. 923 00:35:56,922 --> 00:35:58,457 Okay. 924 00:35:58,524 --> 00:36:00,692 I've got a couple of options. 925 00:36:00,759 --> 00:36:02,261 Mm-hmm. 926 00:36:02,328 --> 00:36:04,763 I could wear... 927 00:36:04,830 --> 00:36:07,199 I can wear this skirt... 928 00:36:07,266 --> 00:36:09,368 with this shirt... like this. 929 00:36:09,435 --> 00:36:12,438 This goes round the other way... like this. 930 00:36:12,504 --> 00:36:15,274 And I could wear it with this shirt here. What do you think? 931 00:36:15,341 --> 00:36:17,075 Oh, I think the silk one is sexier, 932 00:36:17,142 --> 00:36:18,377 but this one's really elegant. 933 00:36:18,444 --> 00:36:20,145 You think the silk one's sexier? 934 00:36:20,212 --> 00:36:21,713 So maybe I should just wear this. 935 00:36:21,780 --> 00:36:23,649 You know, sex works best in the end. 936 00:36:23,715 --> 00:36:26,151 Men like to feel there's some kind of hot payoff 937 00:36:26,218 --> 00:36:28,186 waiting for 'em somewhere down the track. 938 00:36:29,521 --> 00:36:32,057 God, look at me. I'm so fat. 939 00:36:32,123 --> 00:36:33,459 Fat? 940 00:36:33,525 --> 00:36:35,527 Melinda, everyone should be so fat. 941 00:36:35,594 --> 00:36:37,796 I didn't eat anything since Friday. 942 00:36:37,863 --> 00:36:40,131 I wanted to lose six pounds by tonight. Look at me. 943 00:36:40,198 --> 00:36:42,133 It's not healthy. 944 00:36:42,200 --> 00:36:45,003 An empty stomach and all those pills, and... 945 00:36:45,070 --> 00:36:47,038 I don't know. Maybe this is better. 946 00:36:47,105 --> 00:36:50,542 I mean, maybe sex is too predatory a message to send, 947 00:36:50,609 --> 00:36:53,279 and elegance is a wiser opening gambit. 948 00:36:53,345 --> 00:36:54,446 I don't think it matters much. 949 00:36:54,513 --> 00:36:56,248 I mean, you look great either way. 950 00:36:56,315 --> 00:36:57,349 Doesn't she, Lee? 951 00:36:57,416 --> 00:36:58,717 LEE: Oh, yeah. Very stylish. 952 00:36:58,784 --> 00:37:01,119 Look at me. I'm just, I'm, I'm fat. 953 00:37:01,186 --> 00:37:02,954 I can't lose any weight. 954 00:37:03,021 --> 00:37:05,123 I, I think I need another drink. 955 00:37:05,190 --> 00:37:06,258 Yeah. 956 00:37:06,325 --> 00:37:07,493 Alcohol is fattening. 957 00:37:07,559 --> 00:37:08,727 Can you make it a vodka? 958 00:37:08,794 --> 00:37:10,362 Plus an empty stomach with pills? 959 00:37:10,429 --> 00:37:11,763 No, vodka's not fattening. 960 00:37:11,830 --> 00:37:14,433 I mean, just, I just need something to calm me down 961 00:37:14,500 --> 00:37:16,768 just to make me feel a little more confident. 962 00:37:17,936 --> 00:37:19,805 I've got these goddamn circles under my eyes. 963 00:37:19,871 --> 00:37:22,608 You look fine. 964 00:37:22,674 --> 00:37:24,410 That's easy for you to say, Laurel, 965 00:37:24,476 --> 00:37:26,011 because you're still beautiful. 966 00:37:26,077 --> 00:37:27,346 But, I mean, just look at me. 967 00:37:27,413 --> 00:37:29,014 I feel like I'm running on empty. 968 00:37:29,080 --> 00:37:30,048 I don't want to go. 969 00:37:30,115 --> 00:37:31,583 Oh, Melinda. 970 00:37:31,650 --> 00:37:33,685 I mean, really, honestly, I don't want to go to this thing. 971 00:37:33,752 --> 00:37:35,687 Come on. It's just a little party with friends. 972 00:37:39,991 --> 00:37:41,460 How did I wind up desperate? 973 00:37:41,527 --> 00:37:43,529 Because that's what I am, Laurel. 974 00:37:43,595 --> 00:37:45,130 There's no other word. 975 00:37:45,196 --> 00:37:47,132 You're a catch, Melinda. 976 00:37:47,198 --> 00:37:49,701 For the right man, you really are. 977 00:37:49,768 --> 00:37:53,639 Falling in love is going to work wonders for you. 978 00:38:00,011 --> 00:38:00,846 Hey, congratulations. 979 00:38:00,912 --> 00:38:02,013 I hear Lee got that part. 980 00:38:02,080 --> 00:38:03,382 Oh, we're very excited. 981 00:38:03,449 --> 00:38:05,584 No one at school ever played the classics like Lee. 982 00:38:05,651 --> 00:38:08,354 They still talk about the Strindberg series that he did. 983 00:38:08,420 --> 00:38:10,055 Yes, well, he's really held himself back 984 00:38:10,121 --> 00:38:11,256 from commercial work 985 00:38:11,323 --> 00:38:12,691 because he's, he's got such high standards. 986 00:38:12,758 --> 00:38:14,993 You know, he won't do anything just for the money. 987 00:38:15,060 --> 00:38:16,495 Yeah. 988 00:38:21,400 --> 00:38:23,369 I knew that director would have his way, 989 00:38:23,435 --> 00:38:24,970 and he wanted you. 990 00:38:25,036 --> 00:38:28,306 Well... my agent's bringing some film people to the opening, 991 00:38:28,374 --> 00:38:30,676 'cause there's talk of a project in California. 992 00:38:30,742 --> 00:38:33,144 Hmm. Well, I'd drink to your good fortune, 993 00:38:33,211 --> 00:38:35,013 but vodka's not good for Samantha. 994 00:38:35,080 --> 00:38:36,548 It's going to be a girl. 995 00:38:36,615 --> 00:38:39,951 Cassie, I, I never slept with a pregnant woman before. 996 00:38:40,018 --> 00:38:41,319 No? 997 00:38:41,387 --> 00:38:43,455 No. It always struck me as so erotic, you know? 998 00:38:43,522 --> 00:38:44,823 Doing it with your big belly. 999 00:38:44,890 --> 00:38:47,926 Oh, Peter says it's just like screwing any fat person. 1000 00:38:47,993 --> 00:38:50,228 I don't suppose he'd lend you out to me 1001 00:38:50,295 --> 00:38:51,663 just, just for one night 1002 00:38:51,730 --> 00:38:54,400 so I could satisfy a lifelong lustful curiosity? 1003 00:38:54,466 --> 00:38:56,402 Why don't you just get Laurel pregnant? 1004 00:38:56,468 --> 00:38:58,770 And then you wouldn't need to make arrangements 1005 00:38:58,837 --> 00:38:59,871 for a loaner. 1006 00:38:59,938 --> 00:39:01,707 Well, maybe if things work out now, you know, 1007 00:39:01,773 --> 00:39:03,174 we can start to think about it. 1008 00:39:03,241 --> 00:39:04,510 I always wanted to have kids. 1009 00:39:04,576 --> 00:39:06,011 Right. Just knock her up, 1010 00:39:06,077 --> 00:39:08,346 and then you can make love to her in all the trimesters. 1011 00:39:08,414 --> 00:39:11,417 If you knew how much I wanted to do it with you in your gravid condition, 1012 00:39:11,483 --> 00:39:13,051 you'd do it, just out of human kindness. 1013 00:39:13,118 --> 00:39:14,152 It's too late. 1014 00:39:14,219 --> 00:39:15,487 Ball was in your court years ago, 1015 00:39:15,554 --> 00:39:16,688 and you ran in another direction. 1016 00:39:16,755 --> 00:39:18,657 Hey, how's our matchmaking going? 1017 00:39:18,724 --> 00:39:21,126 They seem to be hitting it off pretty well. 1018 00:39:21,192 --> 00:39:24,195 Peter, what's it like to sleep with a pregnant woman? 1019 00:39:24,262 --> 00:39:25,597 Have you ever made love 1020 00:39:25,664 --> 00:39:27,933 with a loser at Weight Watchers? 1021 00:39:27,999 --> 00:39:30,001 Didn't I tell you? 1022 00:39:31,236 --> 00:39:35,306 BUD: The great thing about hiking is you're free. 1023 00:39:35,373 --> 00:39:36,775 You feel free. 1024 00:39:36,842 --> 00:39:41,046 You're up there in the mountains or in the woods, 1025 00:39:41,112 --> 00:39:45,050 and, um, it's beautiful, almost religious. 1026 00:39:45,116 --> 00:39:47,018 And I am not religious. 1027 00:39:47,085 --> 00:39:51,389 Eh, certainly not after Dorothy passed away. 1028 00:39:53,825 --> 00:39:55,461 That must have been really tough on your daughter. 1029 00:39:55,527 --> 00:39:59,064 I've, um, I've tried to explain it all to Emily, 1030 00:39:59,130 --> 00:40:03,068 including the whole religious aspect, but, uh... 1031 00:40:03,134 --> 00:40:05,136 what the hell-- she's four. 1032 00:40:05,203 --> 00:40:09,475 I, I just don't want her to, um, be angry at God 1033 00:40:09,541 --> 00:40:11,309 or against religion. 1034 00:40:11,376 --> 00:40:13,278 I, I want her to be happy and... 1035 00:40:13,344 --> 00:40:16,948 educate herself and make her own decisions about the... 1036 00:40:17,015 --> 00:40:19,585 big questions. 1037 00:40:20,819 --> 00:40:25,857 Look, Melinda, um, I'd love to call you. 1038 00:40:25,924 --> 00:40:27,793 Maybe we could spend some time 1039 00:40:27,859 --> 00:40:29,661 getting to know one another. 1040 00:40:29,728 --> 00:40:32,498 I know you, you just returned to New York, 1041 00:40:32,564 --> 00:40:33,899 but it's really changed. 1042 00:40:33,965 --> 00:40:36,201 I'd be glad to show you around. 1043 00:40:36,267 --> 00:40:37,969 Uh, to tell you the truth, Bud, 1044 00:40:38,036 --> 00:40:40,739 I don't really think I'm ready to go out yet. 1045 00:40:40,806 --> 00:40:42,941 I don't think it would be fair to you. 1046 00:40:43,008 --> 00:40:45,243 Maybe when I'm a little more settled. 1047 00:40:45,310 --> 00:40:46,912 Sure. 1048 00:40:46,978 --> 00:40:47,879 At your leisure. 1049 00:40:47,946 --> 00:40:50,048 I understand. 1050 00:40:51,316 --> 00:40:52,417 Uh, oh, Jesus. 1051 00:40:52,484 --> 00:40:54,820 Emily's with a new sitter tonight, 1052 00:40:54,886 --> 00:40:57,556 and, of course, I'm a basket case. 1053 00:40:57,623 --> 00:40:59,324 Oh, that's very sweet. 1054 00:40:59,390 --> 00:41:01,226 Um, would you excuse me? 1055 00:41:23,314 --> 00:41:25,717 Laurel, you know this one. 1056 00:41:25,784 --> 00:41:27,719 Play. 1057 00:41:28,920 --> 00:41:30,355 I can't. 1058 00:41:30,421 --> 00:41:31,590 He plays so beautifully. 1059 00:41:31,657 --> 00:41:33,258 Hey, yeah. Come on. 1060 00:41:33,324 --> 00:41:34,760 Come on. 1061 00:41:52,110 --> 00:41:54,045 Take over. 1062 00:41:54,112 --> 00:41:56,615 You're wonderful. 1063 00:42:27,245 --> 00:42:29,581 I'm sorry. I didn't mean to interrupt you. 1064 00:42:31,049 --> 00:42:32,183 I'm just going to get a drink. 1065 00:42:32,250 --> 00:42:33,685 Oh, that's okay. 1066 00:42:33,752 --> 00:42:35,486 I was just rubbing this lamp, hoping to change my life. 1067 00:42:37,188 --> 00:42:38,089 Well, I believe in magic. 1068 00:42:38,156 --> 00:42:40,125 In the end, I think it's the only thing 1069 00:42:40,191 --> 00:42:41,159 that can save us. 1070 00:42:41,226 --> 00:42:43,428 You're the piano player. 1071 00:42:43,494 --> 00:42:45,063 Not anymore. I'm on a break. 1072 00:42:45,130 --> 00:42:48,399 A mysterious stranger has, uh, temporarily taken over, 1073 00:42:48,466 --> 00:42:50,535 and I must say she plays beautifully. 1074 00:42:50,602 --> 00:42:53,805 Hey, are your eyes misting over? 1075 00:42:53,872 --> 00:42:57,609 This song-- it's meaningful to me. 1076 00:42:57,676 --> 00:42:59,878 It was playing the night I met someone. 1077 00:42:59,945 --> 00:43:03,915 So, are they tears of sorrow or tears of joy? 1078 00:43:03,982 --> 00:43:07,285 Well, aren't those the same tears? 1079 00:43:07,352 --> 00:43:09,020 Yeah. 1080 00:43:09,087 --> 00:43:11,990 Why is it that things that start off so promisingly 1081 00:43:12,057 --> 00:43:14,693 always have a way of ending up in the dumper? 1082 00:43:14,760 --> 00:43:16,527 Not for everyone. 1083 00:43:16,594 --> 00:43:18,930 Well, for anybody with any imagination. 1084 00:43:18,997 --> 00:43:21,332 You know, life is manageable enough 1085 00:43:21,399 --> 00:43:23,101 if you keep your hopes modest. 1086 00:43:23,168 --> 00:43:25,070 The minute you allow yourself sweet dreams, 1087 00:43:25,136 --> 00:43:27,305 you run the risk of them coming crashing down. 1088 00:43:27,372 --> 00:43:28,807 Believe me. 1089 00:43:28,874 --> 00:43:31,509 There's plenty of old songs that I cry over. 1090 00:43:31,576 --> 00:43:34,279 My name's Melinda. 1091 00:43:34,345 --> 00:43:36,147 Melinda Robicheaux. 1092 00:43:36,214 --> 00:43:37,515 It's French. 1093 00:43:37,582 --> 00:43:39,017 That is a very beautiful name. 1094 00:43:39,084 --> 00:43:40,986 Thank you. It's my mother's. 1095 00:43:41,052 --> 00:43:43,722 She married a doctor-- Nash. So I grew up Nash. 1096 00:43:43,789 --> 00:43:45,757 But I've changed it to her name. 1097 00:43:45,824 --> 00:43:49,094 And that is a wise choice. 1098 00:43:49,160 --> 00:43:50,662 It's very musical. 1099 00:43:50,729 --> 00:43:52,731 My name is Ellis Moonsong. 1100 00:43:52,798 --> 00:43:54,666 I am from Harlem, USA. 1101 00:43:54,733 --> 00:43:56,234 Ellis Moonsong. 1102 00:43:56,301 --> 00:43:58,636 Is that really your name? 1103 00:43:58,704 --> 00:44:00,271 Yes, it is. 1104 00:44:00,338 --> 00:44:01,807 Let's go and sit down. 1105 00:44:01,873 --> 00:44:03,308 It's wonderful. 1106 00:44:03,374 --> 00:44:05,777 You also play beautifully. 1107 00:44:05,844 --> 00:44:08,246 Well, you know, one thing I could always do 1108 00:44:08,313 --> 00:44:09,681 was make music. 1109 00:44:09,748 --> 00:44:11,249 I can, I can play all the instruments, 1110 00:44:11,316 --> 00:44:13,051 but my, my, my specialty is composition. 1111 00:44:13,118 --> 00:44:14,585 I've written, uh, two operas. 1112 00:44:14,652 --> 00:44:15,721 One was done at Yale 1113 00:44:15,787 --> 00:44:17,388 and, I'm proud to say, successfully. 1114 00:44:17,455 --> 00:44:21,392 And the other one is being done in Santa Fe next summer. 1115 00:44:21,459 --> 00:44:22,694 Very impressive. 1116 00:44:22,761 --> 00:44:23,895 Oh, yeah, listen to me brag. 1117 00:44:23,962 --> 00:44:25,897 I'm insecure, you know, so I sell myself. 1118 00:44:25,964 --> 00:44:27,999 The truth is not everybody likes the music. 1119 00:44:28,066 --> 00:44:29,634 You know, they're kind of modern, 1120 00:44:29,701 --> 00:44:30,936 but, you know, I must say, 1121 00:44:31,002 --> 00:44:32,971 the critics were extremely supportive. 1122 00:44:33,038 --> 00:44:36,574 Is that what you want to be? Another Verdi or Puccini? 1123 00:44:36,641 --> 00:44:39,677 I don't kid myself, you know, but, yeah. 1124 00:44:39,745 --> 00:44:42,080 If I could rub that lamp and have my wish-- 1125 00:44:42,147 --> 00:44:44,149 operas, symphonies, string quartets. 1126 00:44:44,215 --> 00:44:46,785 There's a lot of interest in my work in Europe. 1127 00:44:46,852 --> 00:44:49,254 I might go to Barcelona or to Paris to live soon. 1128 00:44:49,320 --> 00:44:52,557 God, I can't stop gushing about myself. 1129 00:44:52,623 --> 00:44:55,493 You know, you've opened Pandora's box. 1130 00:44:55,560 --> 00:44:56,862 And you? 1131 00:44:56,928 --> 00:44:58,797 Well, I don't write opera, 1132 00:44:58,864 --> 00:45:01,332 but, um, my life has been one. 1133 00:45:01,399 --> 00:45:05,036 I'm one of those heroines too high-strung 1134 00:45:05,103 --> 00:45:07,705 for existence on this planet. 1135 00:45:07,773 --> 00:45:09,040 Although, in my case, 1136 00:45:09,107 --> 00:45:11,576 I brought my worst troubles on myself. 1137 00:45:11,642 --> 00:45:14,412 I shouldn't have reached so thoughtlessly for my dreams. 1138 00:45:14,479 --> 00:45:17,382 Well, we grab without thinking because we're passionate people. 1139 00:45:17,448 --> 00:45:20,251 I knew you were passionate the minute we started talking. 1140 00:45:20,318 --> 00:45:21,787 How? 1141 00:45:21,853 --> 00:45:24,823 How? Well, your eyes, your voice. 1142 00:45:24,890 --> 00:45:29,094 I, I got a, I got a great instinct about people. 1143 00:45:29,160 --> 00:45:30,796 You know, I do. It's a gift. 1144 00:45:30,862 --> 00:45:32,497 Let me get right to the point. 1145 00:45:32,563 --> 00:45:34,132 Can I get to know you better? 1146 00:45:34,199 --> 00:45:36,101 You know, I got to go back and play, 1147 00:45:36,167 --> 00:45:38,937 but could we have lunch, you know, or, or dinner? 1148 00:45:39,004 --> 00:45:40,972 Well, you can certainly have my number, 1149 00:45:41,039 --> 00:45:43,008 if that's what you're asking. 1150 00:45:44,409 --> 00:45:48,446 Oh, um, let me... I'll just get a pen. 1151 00:45:48,513 --> 00:45:49,781 There you are. 1152 00:45:49,848 --> 00:45:53,051 I saw Mr. Bud Silverglide. 1153 00:45:53,118 --> 00:45:54,886 Oh, the mystery pianist. 1154 00:45:54,953 --> 00:45:58,323 Mr. Moonsong. Ellis Moonsong, this is Laurel. 1155 00:45:58,389 --> 00:45:59,590 Laurel? I dated a Laurel. 1156 00:45:59,657 --> 00:46:01,092 She, uh, she broke my heart. 1157 00:46:01,159 --> 00:46:04,095 I wrote this piece of music, and I dedicated it to her 1158 00:46:04,162 --> 00:46:05,797 in the hope that it would win her back. 1159 00:46:05,864 --> 00:46:07,799 Let me be the first to tell you, it did not. 1160 00:46:07,866 --> 00:46:09,334 He composes serious music. 1161 00:46:09,400 --> 00:46:11,636 You two should have a lot to discuss, 1162 00:46:11,702 --> 00:46:13,271 'cause Laurel gave concerts. 1163 00:46:13,338 --> 00:46:16,842 Oh, well, those days have vanished with the lost chord. 1164 00:46:16,908 --> 00:46:18,944 His opera was a big success at Yale. 1165 00:46:19,010 --> 00:46:21,379 And they're doing the other one where? 1166 00:46:21,446 --> 00:46:23,348 Uh... at the, uh, Santa Fe Opera House. 1167 00:46:23,414 --> 00:46:25,650 It's great when it's all stretched out 1168 00:46:25,716 --> 00:46:27,218 in front of you, isn't it? 1169 00:46:27,285 --> 00:46:30,155 ELLIS: Well, I, I wish I was as optimistic as you. 1170 00:46:30,221 --> 00:46:31,789 Well, I'll, I'll call you tomorrow. 1171 00:46:31,857 --> 00:46:32,991 Oh, I'm busy tomorrow. 1172 00:46:33,058 --> 00:46:34,225 LAUREL: What's tomorrow? 1173 00:46:34,292 --> 00:46:36,594 Well, then I'll, I'll call you the day after. 1174 00:46:36,661 --> 00:46:37,963 If you feel like it. 1175 00:46:44,802 --> 00:46:48,573 What happened with you and the swell dentist? 1176 00:46:48,639 --> 00:46:51,276 He was very, very sweet. 1177 00:46:51,342 --> 00:46:53,278 Very cute. 1178 00:46:53,344 --> 00:46:56,347 But just not for me. 1179 00:46:56,414 --> 00:47:02,287 But Ellis Moonsong is very poetic. 1180 00:47:02,353 --> 00:47:03,621 Oh, Melinda. 1181 00:47:03,688 --> 00:47:06,357 Things are amazing. 1182 00:47:06,424 --> 00:47:09,327 You meet a total stranger, and, in a sudden rush, 1183 00:47:09,394 --> 00:47:11,829 you're thinking to yourself, could I live in Barcelona? 1184 00:47:11,897 --> 00:47:13,198 Be careful. 1185 00:47:13,264 --> 00:47:15,500 I mean, you can't go through life 1186 00:47:15,566 --> 00:47:17,268 rubbing lamps and wishing. 1187 00:47:19,971 --> 00:47:23,374 It doesn't work. Take it from me. 1188 00:47:33,284 --> 00:47:34,652 Hey. 1189 00:47:34,719 --> 00:47:36,321 Greg Earlinger. 1190 00:47:38,289 --> 00:47:39,857 Hi. 1191 00:47:40,858 --> 00:47:42,093 Greg Earlinger. 1192 00:47:42,160 --> 00:47:43,194 I'm Susan. We've met. 1193 00:47:43,261 --> 00:47:44,262 Sure. Sure. 1194 00:47:44,329 --> 00:47:45,230 This is Melinda. 1195 00:47:45,296 --> 00:47:46,164 Oh, yes! 1196 00:47:46,231 --> 00:47:47,165 Hi. 1197 00:47:47,232 --> 00:47:48,033 Wow. Nice to meet you. 1198 00:47:48,099 --> 00:47:49,434 Nice to meet you. 1199 00:47:49,500 --> 00:47:51,136 Um, so this is Hobie. 1200 00:47:51,202 --> 00:47:52,670 Oh, hi. You're the gynecologist. 1201 00:47:52,737 --> 00:47:53,738 Uh, close. 1202 00:47:53,804 --> 00:47:55,140 No, I'm-I'm the dentist. 1203 00:47:55,206 --> 00:47:56,207 Dentist. 1204 00:47:56,274 --> 00:47:58,977 Dentist. What were you thinking? 1205 00:48:02,213 --> 00:48:05,050 I love it at this time of year. 1206 00:48:05,116 --> 00:48:06,351 It's so beautiful. 1207 00:48:06,417 --> 00:48:08,319 Yeah, it's nice when it's so bright, huh? 1208 00:48:08,386 --> 00:48:11,556 You know, it's really, uh, it's really sexy, isn't it? 1209 00:48:11,622 --> 00:48:13,424 You look a little carsick. 1210 00:48:13,491 --> 00:48:15,326 Why, 'cause I'm the color of guacamole? 1211 00:48:15,393 --> 00:48:17,195 I think this is going really well. 1212 00:48:17,262 --> 00:48:18,663 Look how happy she looks. 1213 00:48:18,729 --> 00:48:20,198 Uh-huh. 1214 00:48:20,265 --> 00:48:22,700 I wish we could afford a place in the Hamptons. 1215 00:48:22,767 --> 00:48:24,269 Everybody who's anybody has one. 1216 00:48:24,335 --> 00:48:27,038 Yeah, but if you're somebody who's nobody, 1217 00:48:27,105 --> 00:48:30,075 it's no fun to be around anybody who's everybody. 1218 00:48:30,141 --> 00:48:31,242 Isn't he charming? 1219 00:48:31,309 --> 00:48:33,178 And don't tell me he's not gorgeous. 1220 00:48:33,244 --> 00:48:35,546 If you like perfect features... 1221 00:48:35,613 --> 00:48:37,815 Don't be such a crab. 1222 00:48:37,882 --> 00:48:40,986 I'm gonna try to come out here more often. 1223 00:48:41,052 --> 00:48:42,020 MELINDA: Wow. 1224 00:48:42,087 --> 00:48:43,788 SUSAN: Oh, it's so big. 1225 00:48:43,854 --> 00:48:45,023 GREG: Wow, thank you. 1226 00:48:45,090 --> 00:48:46,391 Uh, it's so clean, too. 1227 00:48:46,457 --> 00:48:49,094 I-It's a great place to entertain, which I love. 1228 00:48:49,160 --> 00:48:50,628 SUSAN: Oh, my God, Hobie, isn't it amazing? 1229 00:48:50,695 --> 00:48:52,863 HOBIE: Yeah, I love the, uh, I love the ramp. 1230 00:48:52,930 --> 00:48:54,365 It's wheelchair-accessible. 1231 00:48:54,432 --> 00:48:56,801 That's important out here. That's good. 1232 00:48:56,867 --> 00:48:59,437 GREG: Go ahead, guys. Go in. 1233 00:49:02,773 --> 00:49:04,709 It's tremendous for aerobics. 1234 00:49:04,775 --> 00:49:06,077 Come on, try it, Hobie. 1235 00:49:06,144 --> 00:49:09,047 What do you do for exercise? 1236 00:49:09,114 --> 00:49:11,849 Uh, tiddlywinks a-and an occasional anxiety attack. 1237 00:49:11,916 --> 00:49:14,785 Try it, Hobie. It's good manners. 1238 00:49:14,852 --> 00:49:17,122 Since when do I have good manners? 1239 00:49:17,188 --> 00:49:19,190 MELINDA: What is that? Is it a pig? 1240 00:49:19,257 --> 00:49:20,758 SUSAN: I don't know. 1241 00:49:20,825 --> 00:49:23,394 Hey, Greg, did you shoot this? 1242 00:49:23,461 --> 00:49:25,696 Well, actually, I-I shot all of those. 1243 00:49:25,763 --> 00:49:27,165 Twice a year I go to Africa. 1244 00:49:27,232 --> 00:49:29,600 The experience would take your breath away. 1245 00:49:29,667 --> 00:49:31,769 Huge herds of kudu-- greater kudu and lesser kudu. 1246 00:49:31,836 --> 00:49:33,171 Wow. 1247 00:49:33,238 --> 00:49:34,505 Wh 1248 00:49:34,572 --> 00:49:35,973 The, the greater kudu or the lesser kudu? 1249 00:49:36,041 --> 00:49:37,008 Hobie! 1250 00:49:37,075 --> 00:49:38,343 You know, I always thought 1251 00:49:38,409 --> 00:49:39,944 that it would be the sexiest thing in the world 1252 00:49:40,011 --> 00:49:41,179 to just sleep out under the stars 1253 00:49:41,246 --> 00:49:42,547 in the middle of the jungle... 1254 00:49:42,613 --> 00:49:43,748 Yeah, I like that. 1255 00:49:43,814 --> 00:49:45,883 Yeah, it would be great if you don't mind waking up 1256 00:49:45,950 --> 00:49:47,318 with a python in your sleeping bag. 1257 00:49:47,385 --> 00:49:48,353 No, no, no. They have beds. 1258 00:49:48,419 --> 00:49:49,754 The whole thing is very civilized. 1259 00:49:49,820 --> 00:49:51,856 They have beds and bathrooms and showers, the whole thing. 1260 00:49:51,922 --> 00:49:52,990 But no elevators, right? 1261 00:49:53,058 --> 00:49:54,225 In case you're being chased by a tiger 1262 00:49:54,292 --> 00:49:55,926 and you have to get up into a tree. 1263 00:49:55,993 --> 00:49:57,228 Hobie, are you kidding? It's not funny. 1264 00:49:57,295 --> 00:49:58,729 I can't climb, so I'd have to take the elevator. 1265 00:49:58,796 --> 00:49:59,664 I don't understand. 1266 00:49:59,730 --> 00:50:01,066 Me, neither. 1267 00:50:01,132 --> 00:50:02,700 Uh, did you, did you shoot all the furniture 1268 00:50:02,767 --> 00:50:03,901 that we're sitting on? 1269 00:50:03,968 --> 00:50:05,170 So, um, Melinda, have you ever shot a gun? 1270 00:50:05,236 --> 00:50:06,737 How quickly was it shot? Was it freshly shot? 1271 00:50:06,804 --> 00:50:07,738 Shh. Let them talk. 1272 00:50:11,609 --> 00:50:12,643 Right here? 1273 00:50:12,710 --> 00:50:13,611 That's fine. 1274 00:50:13,678 --> 00:50:15,046 This was great fun. Thank you so much. 1275 00:50:15,113 --> 00:50:17,082 Now, are you sure you're gonna be all right? 1276 00:50:17,148 --> 00:50:18,549 I'm fine. He'll be fine. 1277 00:50:18,616 --> 00:50:20,585 Well, do you want to come up for a drink? 1278 00:50:20,651 --> 00:50:21,652 Ooh! A drink. 1279 00:50:21,719 --> 00:50:22,820 Yeah, we could... I guess we could do that. 1280 00:50:22,887 --> 00:50:23,921 No! No, we can't, 1281 00:50:23,988 --> 00:50:25,256 'cause you have to get up so early. 1282 00:50:25,323 --> 00:50:26,391 Why? I, I'm out of work. I'm not working right now. 1283 00:50:26,457 --> 00:50:28,126 Hey, do you have any tequila? 1284 00:50:28,193 --> 00:50:30,728 'Cause I make the world's most potent margarita. 1285 00:50:30,795 --> 00:50:32,563 They're very strong. I sure do. 1286 00:50:32,630 --> 00:50:33,698 They're very strong. 1287 00:50:33,764 --> 00:50:34,699 Are you... are you all right? 1288 00:50:34,765 --> 00:50:35,600 Here, can I help you? Here. 1289 00:50:35,666 --> 00:50:36,567 Yeah. Let me just... 1290 00:50:36,634 --> 00:50:37,835 Very good. You know this car so well. 1291 00:50:37,902 --> 00:50:39,170 He's like an old man. 1292 00:50:39,237 --> 00:50:41,172 Here we go. Thank you. 1293 00:50:41,239 --> 00:50:42,207 You're welcome. Don't trip. 1294 00:50:42,273 --> 00:50:43,508 Whoo-hoo. It's like we're dancing. 1295 00:50:44,742 --> 00:50:45,943 Tequila's on the Surgeon General's list. 1296 00:50:46,010 --> 00:50:47,145 Just be quiet, okay? 1297 00:50:47,212 --> 00:50:48,146 Why did he have to stop twice 1298 00:50:48,213 --> 00:50:49,480 to get the car washed? 1299 00:50:49,547 --> 00:50:50,781 Shh! 1300 00:50:50,848 --> 00:50:52,783 God, he's incredible, isn't he? 1301 00:50:52,850 --> 00:50:55,586 It'd be great for Melinda if things worked out. 1302 00:50:55,653 --> 00:50:58,489 I, I, I wouldn't let that guy fill my teeth. 1303 00:50:58,556 --> 00:51:00,125 I mean, anyone who gets his jollies 1304 00:51:00,191 --> 00:51:02,693 putting holes in animals.... 1305 00:51:02,760 --> 00:51:05,396 The Ernest Hemingway of the root canal set. 1306 00:51:05,463 --> 00:51:08,899 He's probably got her in bed by now. 1307 00:51:08,966 --> 00:51:11,436 I didn't think she could stand him. 1308 00:51:11,502 --> 00:51:14,805 Not every woman falls for that phony social rap, 1309 00:51:14,872 --> 00:51:18,576 you know, with the Haut-Brion and special cheeses 1310 00:51:18,643 --> 00:51:20,811 and backgammon trophy. 1311 00:51:20,878 --> 00:51:22,880 I mean, some, someone must blow this guy up with an air hose. 1312 00:51:22,947 --> 00:51:24,048 You know what? 1313 00:51:24,115 --> 00:51:25,416 Can we just not discuss it? 1314 00:51:25,483 --> 00:51:27,585 And frankly, I thought you acted like a clown. 1315 00:51:27,652 --> 00:51:30,255 Now, can I talk to you for a minute? 1316 00:51:30,321 --> 00:51:32,957 And try not to get upset. 1317 00:51:33,023 --> 00:51:34,225 What? You want to tell me, 1318 00:51:34,292 --> 00:51:35,760 you want to spend more time in the Hamptons 1319 00:51:35,826 --> 00:51:36,861 whether I go with you or not? 1320 00:51:36,927 --> 00:51:40,598 I told you Steve Walsh is gonna coproduce my film. 1321 00:51:40,665 --> 00:51:41,832 Yes, it's fantastic. 1322 00:51:41,899 --> 00:51:43,434 Uh, incidentally, I, I figured out a great way 1323 00:51:43,501 --> 00:51:44,535 to play the psychiatrist. 1324 00:51:44,602 --> 00:51:46,337 It's, it's fresh; with a limp. 1325 00:51:46,404 --> 00:51:47,905 I, I do a, a great limp. 1326 00:51:47,972 --> 00:51:49,207 And that will account 1327 00:51:49,274 --> 00:51:50,908 for his own crushing insecurity. 1328 00:51:50,975 --> 00:51:52,177 Hobie... 1329 00:51:52,243 --> 00:51:53,211 That way, when I make a pass at Rosalie, 1330 00:51:53,278 --> 00:51:54,579 I, I expect the rejection. 1331 00:51:54,645 --> 00:51:56,647 Hobie, you're not gonna be able to play the shrink. 1332 00:51:56,714 --> 00:51:57,848 Why not? 1333 00:51:57,915 --> 00:51:59,584 Steve wants a name. 1334 00:51:59,650 --> 00:52:00,551 I, I, I have a name. 1335 00:52:00,618 --> 00:52:01,786 I have a name on my driver's license. 1336 00:52:01,852 --> 00:52:03,421 He won't go with an unknown. 1337 00:52:03,488 --> 00:52:04,622 Well, but you're the director. 1338 00:52:04,689 --> 00:52:05,590 You say what goes. 1339 00:52:05,656 --> 00:52:07,525 Except for without him, there's no film. 1340 00:52:07,592 --> 00:52:08,993 But, I, I'm the perfect psychiatrist. 1341 00:52:09,059 --> 00:52:10,695 You said it a million times. 1342 00:52:10,761 --> 00:52:11,829 I know, but I think 1343 00:52:11,896 --> 00:52:13,498 I can find something else for you in the script. 1344 00:52:13,564 --> 00:52:14,399 Like what? 1345 00:52:14,465 --> 00:52:15,933 Well, what about Moe Flanders? 1346 00:52:16,000 --> 00:52:17,034 You'd be a natural. 1347 00:52:17,101 --> 00:52:18,736 In fact, you're more Moe Flanders 1348 00:52:18,803 --> 00:52:19,837 than you are the shrink. 1349 00:52:19,904 --> 00:52:21,306 Flanders? 1350 00:52:21,372 --> 00:52:24,409 With the retarded elevator operator, 1351 00:52:24,475 --> 00:52:25,543 with the cleft palate? 1352 00:52:25,610 --> 00:52:27,178 That, that, is that how you see me? 1353 00:52:27,245 --> 00:52:28,979 When have I ever said you had a cleft palate? 1354 00:52:29,046 --> 00:52:31,449 MELINDA: Help! 1355 00:52:31,516 --> 00:52:32,750 Oh, my God. That's Melinda. 1356 00:52:32,817 --> 00:52:33,818 He's raping her. 1357 00:52:33,884 --> 00:52:35,953 He probably put Novocaine in her margarita. 1358 00:52:36,020 --> 00:52:36,954 Help! 1359 00:52:37,021 --> 00:52:38,155 What! 1360 00:52:38,223 --> 00:52:39,290 Help! 1361 00:52:39,357 --> 00:52:40,258 What's wrong?! What's wrong! 1362 00:52:40,325 --> 00:52:41,526 I got a tick! 1363 00:52:41,592 --> 00:52:42,793 There's a tick in my leg! 1364 00:52:42,860 --> 00:52:43,761 Where's Greg? 1365 00:52:43,828 --> 00:52:44,895 What the hell can Greg do? 1366 00:52:44,962 --> 00:52:45,963 He's a dentist. 1367 00:52:46,030 --> 00:52:47,031 He doesn't do tick extractions. 1368 00:52:47,097 --> 00:52:48,533 Oh, he had to go. His beeper went off. 1369 00:52:48,599 --> 00:52:50,167 He had some kind of emergency. 1370 00:52:50,235 --> 00:52:51,369 Someone probably saw a charging rhino 1371 00:52:51,436 --> 00:52:52,537 on Sixth Avenue, and they needed a hunter. 1372 00:52:52,603 --> 00:52:53,571 Get it out! It's creepy! 1373 00:52:53,638 --> 00:52:54,972 Please! Please! Get it out! 1374 00:52:55,039 --> 00:52:56,073 I don't know how to get a tick out! 1375 00:52:56,140 --> 00:52:57,375 I, I grew up in the Bronx. We had mice. 1376 00:52:57,442 --> 00:52:58,843 Look, you need a doctor. It could get infected. 1377 00:52:58,909 --> 00:53:00,545 You can't pull it out 'cause then the body comes out 1378 00:53:00,611 --> 00:53:01,612 and the head stays in there. 1379 00:53:01,679 --> 00:53:02,680 No, no, no, no, I, I feel terrible! 1380 00:53:02,747 --> 00:53:04,715 I think I'm gonna faint! Seriously! 1381 00:53:04,782 --> 00:53:05,850 You should take her to the emergency room. 1382 00:53:05,916 --> 00:53:08,553 There's a tick inside me sucking my blood! 1383 00:53:08,619 --> 00:53:10,020 No, no. It's not sucking your blood! 1384 00:53:10,087 --> 00:53:11,121 Those are leeches! 1385 00:53:11,188 --> 00:53:13,424 But this is disgusting enough! 1386 00:53:44,054 --> 00:53:45,390 I'm so sorry. 1387 00:53:45,456 --> 00:53:47,725 It was so nice of you to come and hang with me. 1388 00:53:47,792 --> 00:53:48,693 Oh, it's okay. 1389 00:53:48,759 --> 00:53:51,929 Actually, I love watching a live creature 1390 00:53:51,996 --> 00:53:55,600 being pulled out of somebody's body at 3:30 in the morning. 1391 00:53:55,666 --> 00:53:59,036 If that, if that happens again, please call me. 1392 00:53:59,103 --> 00:54:00,405 Well, it was really nice of you. 1393 00:54:00,471 --> 00:54:01,739 I mean, this whole day. 1394 00:54:01,806 --> 00:54:03,874 It's obvious you don't care much for the beach. 1395 00:54:03,941 --> 00:54:06,243 It's not the beach so much as it is the ocean 1396 00:54:06,311 --> 00:54:09,280 and the sand and the seagulls and... 1397 00:54:09,347 --> 00:54:11,416 things like that. 1398 00:54:11,482 --> 00:54:14,919 Well, go. You've had a long day. Rest. 1399 00:54:14,985 --> 00:54:18,356 Call me. I'm over here if you need me, okay? 1400 00:54:18,423 --> 00:54:20,124 But try not to panic. 1401 00:54:20,190 --> 00:54:22,660 The screaming frightened me. 1402 00:54:22,727 --> 00:54:24,194 And you would be totally cool 1403 00:54:24,261 --> 00:54:25,663 if you had a live insect 1404 00:54:25,730 --> 00:54:28,165 crawling around under your skin sucking your blood? 1405 00:54:28,232 --> 00:54:29,367 I, I don't know if I'd enjoy it, 1406 00:54:29,434 --> 00:54:30,468 but I wouldn't, I wouldn't panic. 1407 00:54:30,535 --> 00:54:31,736 Well, that's good 1408 00:54:31,802 --> 00:54:33,804 because there's one on the back of your neck. 1409 00:54:33,871 --> 00:54:34,805 My, my neck? 1410 00:54:34,872 --> 00:54:36,040 Your neck. 1411 00:54:36,106 --> 00:54:37,475 My neck? Yes. Right here. 1412 00:54:37,542 --> 00:54:38,943 Get it off! Get it off me! 1413 00:54:39,009 --> 00:54:40,345 Ooh, it's okay. Relax! Okay. 1414 00:54:44,515 --> 00:54:45,816 This is so exciting. 1415 00:54:45,883 --> 00:54:48,252 I've never been to the races before. 1416 00:54:48,319 --> 00:54:51,656 Hey, here's a horse called Broadway Melody. 1417 00:54:51,722 --> 00:54:53,090 I think it's a lucky name. 1418 00:54:53,157 --> 00:54:54,359 Well, it's not very sensible 1419 00:54:54,425 --> 00:54:55,960 to pick horses by their names, 1420 00:54:56,026 --> 00:54:58,463 but I guess it's romantic. 1421 00:55:12,610 --> 00:55:15,380 That was so beautiful. 1422 00:55:15,446 --> 00:55:16,614 Oh, there is no more sublime music 1423 00:55:16,681 --> 00:55:18,115 than that second movement, I swear to God. 1424 00:55:18,182 --> 00:55:19,617 Laurel cannot listen without crying. 1425 00:55:19,684 --> 00:55:20,985 See? Her eyes are all red. 1426 00:55:21,051 --> 00:55:22,052 Lee, please. 1427 00:55:22,119 --> 00:55:23,220 Hey, I'm with her. 1428 00:55:23,287 --> 00:55:24,389 You know, when Raphael first laid eyes 1429 00:55:24,455 --> 00:55:25,756 upon the Sistine Chapel, he passed out. 1430 00:55:25,823 --> 00:55:27,425 Aren't you gonna find us a taxi? 1431 00:55:27,492 --> 00:55:28,426 Yeah, let's go. 1432 00:55:28,493 --> 00:55:29,760 Okay. Here we go. 1433 00:55:29,827 --> 00:55:32,296 Okay. She's head over heels in love with him. 1434 00:55:32,363 --> 00:55:33,731 He's gifted. He's sensitive. 1435 00:55:33,798 --> 00:55:36,467 He is unfazed by the details of her past. 1436 00:55:36,534 --> 00:55:38,803 He is, in fact, moved by her suffering. 1437 00:55:38,869 --> 00:55:42,907 Even the awful story she's been reluctant to tell, 1438 00:55:42,973 --> 00:55:44,809 but feels that she must. 1439 00:55:44,875 --> 00:55:47,311 I killed him. 1440 00:55:47,378 --> 00:55:49,113 But it was an accident. 1441 00:55:51,749 --> 00:55:54,585 No. 1442 00:55:54,652 --> 00:55:57,087 In my defense, I will say 1443 00:55:57,154 --> 00:55:58,889 I was out of my mind on drugs. 1444 00:55:58,956 --> 00:56:03,227 I... I-I shouldn't say drugs. Pills. 1445 00:56:03,293 --> 00:56:04,629 Pills to help me sleep at night. 1446 00:56:04,695 --> 00:56:06,230 Pills to keep me awake. 1447 00:56:06,296 --> 00:56:08,065 Whatever I could get my hands on 1448 00:56:08,132 --> 00:56:11,301 to sweep my various pains and anxieties under the rug. 1449 00:56:14,639 --> 00:56:19,043 But if I'm honest about it, I, I did mean to do it. 1450 00:56:19,109 --> 00:56:20,578 No. 1451 00:56:22,312 --> 00:56:25,983 I denied it in the trial, of course. 1452 00:56:26,050 --> 00:56:30,755 But the-the fact is, I... 1453 00:56:30,821 --> 00:56:34,525 I couldn't think of what else to do. 1454 00:56:34,592 --> 00:56:37,462 I-I thought about killing myself. 1455 00:56:37,528 --> 00:56:39,430 Why I didn't, I can't say. 1456 00:56:39,497 --> 00:56:42,567 It would have been much more rational. 1457 00:56:42,633 --> 00:56:47,438 I thought about killing his girlfriend. 1458 00:56:47,505 --> 00:56:50,007 Maryanne was her name. 1459 00:56:50,074 --> 00:56:51,776 Maryanne Lane. 1460 00:56:54,512 --> 00:56:57,715 And it was, um... 1461 00:56:57,782 --> 00:57:01,552 it was so easy buying a gun. 1462 00:57:01,619 --> 00:57:05,990 I just drove out of state, and I walked into a store, 1463 00:57:06,056 --> 00:57:07,458 and I bought one. 1464 00:57:07,525 --> 00:57:09,627 There were no questions asked. 1465 00:57:09,694 --> 00:57:11,662 I bought a box of bullets, 1466 00:57:11,729 --> 00:57:15,866 and I loaded it like I'd been handling one my whole life. 1467 00:57:17,702 --> 00:57:22,139 It was all very premeditated... 1468 00:57:22,206 --> 00:57:26,511 despite what my attorneys would have everyone believe. 1469 00:57:26,577 --> 00:57:29,580 And then I... 1470 00:57:29,647 --> 00:57:32,149 drove back to where he worked. 1471 00:57:32,216 --> 00:57:36,554 It was next to a Christian Science Reading Room, 1472 00:57:36,621 --> 00:57:38,255 I remember that. 1473 00:57:38,322 --> 00:57:42,426 And I just waited out the front for him to come out. 1474 00:57:42,493 --> 00:57:46,497 And even that wasn't very difficult. 1475 00:57:46,564 --> 00:57:48,899 There was a slight drizzle-- I remember that-- 1476 00:57:48,966 --> 00:57:51,536 but the wait wasn't interminable. 1477 00:57:51,602 --> 00:57:53,237 And then... 1478 00:57:54,872 --> 00:57:57,742 when he came out and walked to his car, 1479 00:57:57,808 --> 00:58:00,578 I simply confronted him. 1480 00:58:00,645 --> 00:58:05,315 And he said some very cold and cruel things to me. 1481 00:58:05,382 --> 00:58:09,754 And I shot Mr. San Giuliano... 1482 00:58:13,157 --> 00:58:14,825 ...as I had planned to. 1483 00:58:17,662 --> 00:58:19,830 As I had planned. 1484 00:58:23,901 --> 00:58:25,870 Well, they must have felt 1485 00:58:25,936 --> 00:58:29,073 that the circumstances were extenuating 1486 00:58:29,139 --> 00:58:30,641 if you got off so lightly. 1487 00:58:30,708 --> 00:58:33,377 It may seem lightly to you, 1488 00:58:33,443 --> 00:58:35,646 but it was nothing but hell. 1489 00:58:35,713 --> 00:58:37,848 And, if you've never been arrested and put on trial, 1490 00:58:37,915 --> 00:58:41,619 well, that alone is sentence enough. 1491 00:58:41,686 --> 00:58:44,021 The horror, the... 1492 00:58:44,088 --> 00:58:47,992 the tension, the police, the journalists. 1493 00:58:49,126 --> 00:58:50,995 I went over my story hundreds of times. 1494 00:58:51,061 --> 00:58:53,664 The jilted mother, seduced away from her family, 1495 00:58:53,731 --> 00:58:56,166 sick on drugs, the struggle for the gun, 1496 00:58:56,233 --> 00:58:58,202 the gun goes off. 1497 00:59:01,505 --> 00:59:03,608 But there was no struggle. 1498 00:59:05,810 --> 00:59:08,613 That was legal fiction. 1499 00:59:08,679 --> 00:59:11,916 Well, you had good lawyers. 1500 00:59:11,982 --> 00:59:15,085 Not like your child custody team. 1501 00:59:19,223 --> 00:59:24,528 I remember just lying in my cell at night and thinking, 1502 00:59:24,595 --> 00:59:27,765 "My God... 1503 00:59:27,832 --> 00:59:32,737 "you are Melinda Nash from Park Avenue. 1504 00:59:34,438 --> 00:59:35,973 "What the hell are you doing 1505 00:59:36,040 --> 00:59:38,676 in a woman's prison in Illinois?" 1506 00:59:42,079 --> 00:59:45,315 So, naturally, after I got out, I, um... 1507 00:59:45,382 --> 00:59:47,752 I decided to end it all. 1508 00:59:52,156 --> 00:59:54,825 What do you want? 1509 00:59:58,629 --> 01:00:01,431 I want... 1510 01:00:01,498 --> 01:00:05,903 to want to live. 1511 01:00:05,970 --> 01:00:08,072 Everybody wants to live. 1512 01:00:14,645 --> 01:00:19,416 Now that I met you, I'm feeling a little more positive about it. 1513 01:00:19,483 --> 01:00:21,451 Congratulate me. 1514 01:00:21,518 --> 01:00:24,789 I just got canned. 1515 01:00:24,855 --> 01:00:26,957 Well, my version differs from theirs. 1516 01:00:27,024 --> 01:00:29,827 They would have you believe I couldn't hold my liquor... 1517 01:00:29,894 --> 01:00:33,630 which anyone who knows me knows is a baseless canard. 1518 01:00:33,698 --> 01:00:36,266 Oh, Lee, I knew this would happen. 1519 01:00:36,333 --> 01:00:40,337 Oh, you did? Well, why didn't you tell me? 1520 01:00:40,404 --> 01:00:42,072 I'm angry and disgusted. 1521 01:00:42,139 --> 01:00:43,741 I mean, Christ, can you blame them? 1522 01:00:43,808 --> 01:00:45,642 Thank you for the emotional support. 1523 01:00:45,710 --> 01:00:46,811 I'll see you around. 1524 01:00:52,649 --> 01:00:53,984 Hey. 1525 01:00:54,051 --> 01:00:55,753 Hi. Hey. 1526 01:00:55,820 --> 01:00:58,689 Are you all right? You seem a little glum. 1527 01:00:58,756 --> 01:01:00,290 Lee got fired. 1528 01:01:00,357 --> 01:01:01,591 Oh... 1529 01:01:01,658 --> 01:01:03,327 What happened? 1530 01:01:03,393 --> 01:01:04,494 It was the producer. 1531 01:01:04,561 --> 01:01:05,796 They'd always wanted a name. 1532 01:01:05,863 --> 01:01:07,097 I guess they got nervous 1533 01:01:07,164 --> 01:01:08,632 'cause ticket sales were slow. 1534 01:01:08,699 --> 01:01:10,167 I'm sorry. 1535 01:01:10,234 --> 01:01:12,870 You know how well I know the realities of the marketplace. 1536 01:01:12,937 --> 01:01:14,805 Yeah, so what are you gonna do? 1537 01:01:14,872 --> 01:01:16,040 I don't know if I should sit home 1538 01:01:16,106 --> 01:01:17,507 and feel sorry for myself or go shopping, 1539 01:01:17,574 --> 01:01:18,943 splurge to blot out my depression. 1540 01:01:19,009 --> 01:01:20,044 Don't do either. Come with us. 1541 01:01:20,110 --> 01:01:20,978 With you? 1542 01:01:21,045 --> 01:01:22,246 Sure. I just picked up Melinda 1543 01:01:22,312 --> 01:01:23,748 and I'm gonna take her to a recording session. 1544 01:01:23,814 --> 01:01:24,815 A friend of mine's doing Bartok. 1545 01:01:24,882 --> 01:01:26,650 Oh, but no. No, no, come on. 1546 01:01:26,717 --> 01:01:27,651 It'll take your mind off things. 1547 01:01:27,718 --> 01:01:28,819 You once said you loved Bartok. 1548 01:01:28,886 --> 01:01:29,787 They're doing a quartet. 1549 01:01:29,854 --> 01:01:31,388 You remembered I liked him? 1550 01:01:31,455 --> 01:01:33,023 Come on. 1551 01:01:33,090 --> 01:01:34,759 Do I have time to change? 1552 01:01:34,825 --> 01:01:36,426 No, you look fine. Look at me. 1553 01:01:36,493 --> 01:01:38,528 But I feel so grungy. I've been working all day. 1554 01:01:38,595 --> 01:01:39,596 All right, but hurry. 1555 01:01:39,663 --> 01:01:40,697 And then we'll go get a coffee. 1556 01:01:40,765 --> 01:01:42,132 Okay. 1557 01:02:07,091 --> 01:02:09,359 It's beautiful, isn't it? 1558 01:02:09,426 --> 01:02:11,195 They're so good. 1559 01:02:11,261 --> 01:02:12,129 I could never decide 1560 01:02:12,196 --> 01:02:13,998 between the piano and the cello. 1561 01:02:14,064 --> 01:02:15,732 The result is I play them both badly. 1562 01:02:15,800 --> 01:02:16,801 And the viola. 1563 01:02:16,867 --> 01:02:18,335 I heard you play the piano. 1564 01:02:18,402 --> 01:02:20,004 You're very good. No. 1565 01:02:20,070 --> 01:02:22,272 Yes. Full of feeling. 1566 01:02:22,339 --> 01:02:24,942 You have a lovely touch of the keys. 1567 01:02:25,009 --> 01:02:26,710 I can always see right through to a person's soul 1568 01:02:26,777 --> 01:02:28,312 by their intonation on an instrument. 1569 01:02:28,378 --> 01:02:30,747 Keyboard, horn or strings, I can. It's a gift. 1570 01:02:30,815 --> 01:02:31,748 And you saw my soul? 1571 01:02:31,816 --> 01:02:33,283 Right off the bat. 1572 01:02:33,350 --> 01:02:36,086 That first party, when you sat down next to me to play, 1573 01:02:36,153 --> 01:02:37,888 the minute you touched the keys, 1574 01:02:37,955 --> 01:02:39,990 the chord went through me like a knife. 1575 01:02:40,057 --> 01:02:43,360 I, I don't dare ask you what you saw. 1576 01:02:46,263 --> 01:02:48,966 It's great. 1577 01:02:49,033 --> 01:02:50,835 Although, I find the more turbulent parts 1578 01:02:50,901 --> 01:02:52,970 a little scary. 1579 01:02:57,741 --> 01:02:59,043 He's still not home. 1580 01:02:59,109 --> 01:03:00,777 Well, look, why don't you come to dinner with us? 1581 01:03:00,845 --> 01:03:02,212 Oh, no, I can't. 1582 01:03:02,279 --> 01:03:03,580 Yeah, come on. It's gonna be fun. 1583 01:03:03,647 --> 01:03:05,916 We'll go down to this little bistro downtown west. 1584 01:03:05,983 --> 01:03:08,518 It's very quiet, very dark, you know, very French. 1585 01:03:08,585 --> 01:03:11,055 I haven't been to a dark bistro since college. 1586 01:03:11,121 --> 01:03:12,356 Well, come on. You're gonna love it. 1587 01:03:12,422 --> 01:03:14,358 I've fallen in love there a bunch of times. 1588 01:03:14,424 --> 01:03:15,259 MELINDA: Come on. 1589 01:03:17,794 --> 01:03:19,864 'Cause Melinda was the fast, advanced one. 1590 01:03:19,930 --> 01:03:20,965 Oh, come on. 1591 01:03:21,031 --> 01:03:22,232 All the men were crazy for her. 1592 01:03:22,299 --> 01:03:23,167 Yes, sure. 1593 01:03:23,233 --> 01:03:25,035 They were drawn to her. Mm-hmm. 1594 01:03:25,102 --> 01:03:26,203 Her unpredictability. 1595 01:03:26,270 --> 01:03:28,605 No, Laurel was the star of our group. 1596 01:03:28,672 --> 01:03:30,640 I remember how jealous everyone was 1597 01:03:30,707 --> 01:03:32,509 when you married Lee. 1598 01:03:32,576 --> 01:03:36,280 Lee was the most attractive, most charismatic actor. 1599 01:03:36,346 --> 01:03:37,181 My God. 1600 01:03:37,247 --> 01:03:38,949 You almost broke Cassie's heart, 1601 01:03:39,016 --> 01:03:40,985 not that she'd ever admit it. 1602 01:03:42,386 --> 01:03:43,420 Forgive me. 1603 01:03:43,487 --> 01:03:45,689 Am I being too open here? 1604 01:03:45,755 --> 01:03:47,724 It's just, uh, I feel great. 1605 01:03:47,791 --> 01:03:48,825 What is this? 1606 01:03:48,893 --> 01:03:50,660 It's a Haut-Brion. 1607 01:03:50,727 --> 01:03:51,929 Uh-huh. Ooh, my head is swimming. 1608 01:03:51,996 --> 01:03:53,931 Mm. But it feels good. 1609 01:03:53,998 --> 01:03:55,499 Now, you were the first one in our group 1610 01:03:55,565 --> 01:03:56,433 to sleep with a man. 1611 01:03:56,500 --> 01:03:58,635 Because you were so very sophisticated. 1612 01:03:58,702 --> 01:03:59,636 I admired it. 1613 01:03:59,703 --> 01:04:01,038 Uh-huh. I did. 1614 01:04:02,172 --> 01:04:03,473 Yeah, well, it was probably true 1615 01:04:03,540 --> 01:04:06,510 'cause I, I always had a, uh, deep hunger 1616 01:04:06,576 --> 01:04:08,178 for, uh, physical intimacy. 1617 01:04:08,245 --> 01:04:10,180 A hunger that could not be denied. 1618 01:04:10,247 --> 01:04:12,616 Well, not once adolescence descended 1619 01:04:12,682 --> 01:04:13,984 and the hormones kicked in. 1620 01:04:14,051 --> 01:04:17,587 Melinda had a reputation for being postmodern in bed. 1621 01:04:17,654 --> 01:04:19,256 Life is short. 1622 01:04:19,323 --> 01:04:22,159 That was a sobering discovery I made 1623 01:04:22,226 --> 01:04:24,661 when my mother killed herself. 1624 01:04:24,728 --> 01:04:27,331 Short. And not about anything except 1625 01:04:27,397 --> 01:04:31,969 what you can touch and what touches you. 1626 01:04:32,036 --> 01:04:34,404 And whereas I... 1627 01:04:34,471 --> 01:04:37,441 I've only made love with one man in my life. 1628 01:04:38,608 --> 01:04:39,910 Lee was the first, 1629 01:04:39,977 --> 01:04:42,512 and Lee was the whole story ever since. 1630 01:04:42,579 --> 01:04:43,981 That's perfect. 1631 01:04:44,048 --> 01:04:45,415 No, I mean it. 1632 01:04:45,482 --> 01:04:47,851 You know, I think there's something almost mystical 1633 01:04:47,918 --> 01:04:50,687 about two people who only know each other. 1634 01:04:50,754 --> 01:04:53,023 And really, you're both very alike. 1635 01:04:53,090 --> 01:04:55,459 You know, you're both very, uh, 1636 01:04:55,525 --> 01:04:56,326 very passionate women. 1637 01:04:56,393 --> 01:04:58,095 And you're poured into one person, 1638 01:04:58,162 --> 01:05:00,897 and you've wanted to live out different experiences. 1639 01:05:03,934 --> 01:05:04,868 Is that you? 1640 01:05:04,935 --> 01:05:07,071 Mm. No. 1641 01:05:07,137 --> 01:05:11,275 No, I think... Uh, it's me. Uh. 1642 01:05:11,341 --> 01:05:14,511 Oh, so, I got a message. 1643 01:05:15,912 --> 01:05:17,114 That was Peter. 1644 01:05:17,181 --> 01:05:20,517 I think he's got some news about my children. 1645 01:05:20,584 --> 01:05:22,586 Um, would you excuse me for a minute? 1646 01:05:22,652 --> 01:05:24,188 Go, go, go ahead. 1647 01:05:34,231 --> 01:05:37,367 I was determined not to ask you... 1648 01:05:37,434 --> 01:05:38,702 what you saw 1649 01:05:38,768 --> 01:05:41,405 when you looked right through to my soul when we met, 1650 01:05:41,471 --> 01:05:43,940 but I want to know. 1651 01:05:44,008 --> 01:05:46,810 Something very clouded. 1652 01:05:46,876 --> 01:05:52,782 And, uh, protective... 1653 01:05:52,849 --> 01:05:53,950 with lots of longing. 1654 01:05:54,018 --> 01:05:56,020 There was, uh... 1655 01:05:56,086 --> 01:05:57,887 wow, there was a great longing 1656 01:05:57,954 --> 01:06:00,890 in the notes you played. 1657 01:06:00,957 --> 01:06:03,127 Well, I guess that's as accurate a diagnosis 1658 01:06:03,193 --> 01:06:04,328 as a shrink would make, 1659 01:06:04,394 --> 01:06:07,231 and it took you a much shorter time. 1660 01:06:07,297 --> 01:06:09,466 First you sat down and pressed the keyboard, 1661 01:06:09,533 --> 01:06:11,635 and I thought, "Who is this lovely creature 1662 01:06:11,701 --> 01:06:15,039 with the melancholy touch on the keyboard?" 1663 01:06:15,105 --> 01:06:17,074 And then I saw your wedding ring, 1664 01:06:17,141 --> 01:06:19,776 and I thought, you know, "Story of my life." 1665 01:06:19,843 --> 01:06:22,679 Is that the story of your life? 1666 01:06:22,746 --> 01:06:25,815 Well, that's the main chapters. 1667 01:06:25,882 --> 01:06:29,553 Well, my first impression was, 1668 01:06:29,619 --> 01:06:31,355 he's handsome... 1669 01:06:31,421 --> 01:06:33,323 he's lost... 1670 01:06:33,390 --> 01:06:36,593 he's got inscrutable eyes... 1671 01:06:36,660 --> 01:06:38,728 Melinda would like him. 1672 01:06:41,165 --> 01:06:43,500 Speaking of Melinda. 1673 01:06:46,170 --> 01:06:50,474 I don't dare say this, but it looks hopeful. 1674 01:06:51,575 --> 01:06:53,210 God, I almost wish 1675 01:06:53,277 --> 01:06:55,979 this opportunity hadn't come up. 1676 01:06:56,046 --> 01:06:57,047 You know? 1677 01:06:57,114 --> 01:06:58,682 I, I just, I don't know 1678 01:06:58,748 --> 01:07:00,417 if I can handle the tension. 1679 01:07:00,484 --> 01:07:04,521 I mean, just say it doesn't work out? 1680 01:07:04,588 --> 01:07:05,422 Oh, it will. 1681 01:07:05,489 --> 01:07:07,691 You have to think positively. 1682 01:07:07,757 --> 01:07:09,426 She's right. 1683 01:07:09,493 --> 01:07:11,128 You know, you were correct when you said 1684 01:07:11,195 --> 01:07:12,896 before that life is short and not about anything, 1685 01:07:12,962 --> 01:07:16,166 but one thing I do know is that we were not put on this Earth 1686 01:07:16,233 --> 01:07:18,735 to be dragged all the time. 1687 01:07:20,537 --> 01:07:21,671 We should go. 1688 01:07:21,738 --> 01:07:22,872 You know what? 1689 01:07:22,939 --> 01:07:24,174 I was hoping that, 1690 01:07:24,241 --> 01:07:25,809 um, you could come by my class one afternoon 1691 01:07:25,875 --> 01:07:27,877 and lecture the students. 1692 01:07:27,944 --> 01:07:30,080 It would be so meaningful to them. 1693 01:07:30,147 --> 01:07:31,681 I'd love to. 1694 01:07:31,748 --> 01:07:32,882 I'm a good lecturer. 1695 01:07:32,949 --> 01:07:36,553 I just hope I'm not a better lecturer than a composer. 1696 01:07:40,757 --> 01:07:42,692 You're home. 1697 01:07:42,759 --> 01:07:44,761 LEE: I'm sorry, Laurel. 1698 01:07:44,828 --> 01:07:46,930 I really messed things up. 1699 01:07:46,996 --> 01:07:49,166 Yes, well, you really have 1700 01:07:49,233 --> 01:07:50,867 to get a handle on your drinking. 1701 01:07:50,934 --> 01:07:53,470 Yes, and I will. 1702 01:07:53,537 --> 01:07:55,805 Of course, now the boat's sailed. 1703 01:07:58,175 --> 01:07:59,909 Made you some dinner. 1704 01:07:59,976 --> 01:08:01,645 I ate. 1705 01:08:01,711 --> 01:08:02,946 Where were you? 1706 01:08:03,012 --> 01:08:04,581 Um... 1707 01:08:04,648 --> 01:08:07,417 I had some late meetings at school. 1708 01:08:24,701 --> 01:08:26,102 I don't know what to do. 1709 01:08:26,170 --> 01:08:27,637 And you're sure? 1710 01:08:27,704 --> 01:08:30,940 Yes. It was there in his talk, in his eyes. 1711 01:08:31,007 --> 01:08:32,709 And you flirted back? 1712 01:08:32,776 --> 01:08:34,178 Yes. I was out of control, 1713 01:08:34,244 --> 01:08:36,180 letting him know I was there for him. 1714 01:08:36,246 --> 01:08:38,382 Oh, God, poor Melinda. Poor Melinda. 1715 01:08:38,448 --> 01:08:39,916 I don't want to hear about poor Melinda. 1716 01:08:39,983 --> 01:08:42,819 I mean, there are other people whose lives are falling apart. 1717 01:08:42,886 --> 01:08:46,022 Peter and I suspected it was not going well with Lee. 1718 01:08:46,089 --> 01:08:48,057 Does everyone? 1719 01:08:48,124 --> 01:08:49,959 Am I gossiped about? 1720 01:08:50,026 --> 01:08:51,528 God, that poor girl. 1721 01:08:51,595 --> 01:08:53,897 Don't worry. I'm not gonna do anything. 1722 01:08:53,963 --> 01:08:55,532 You already have. 1723 01:08:55,599 --> 01:08:57,701 If you and Lee get divorced, 1724 01:08:57,767 --> 01:08:59,102 there'll be lots of men. 1725 01:08:59,169 --> 01:09:00,637 Peter and I can help. No, Cassie, 1726 01:09:00,704 --> 01:09:02,706 I'm not gonna be the pathetic single friend 1727 01:09:02,772 --> 01:09:05,675 getting introduced to some dentist who puts ads in the personals. 1728 01:09:05,742 --> 01:09:08,245 You're gonna act on this. I see it. 1729 01:09:11,181 --> 01:09:12,949 I don't know what to do. 1730 01:09:13,016 --> 01:09:14,551 I can't stop thinking about Melinda. 1731 01:09:14,618 --> 01:09:16,553 She just knocked on our door, 1732 01:09:16,620 --> 01:09:18,255 carrying her neurosis in her arms. 1733 01:09:18,322 --> 01:09:19,723 Now I can't get her out of my mind. 1734 01:09:19,789 --> 01:09:22,125 Come on, man, you can't be talking like that. 1735 01:09:22,192 --> 01:09:23,960 - You're married. - I know. 1736 01:09:24,027 --> 01:09:25,795 I know that. I'm consumed with guilt. 1737 01:09:25,862 --> 01:09:27,731 I mean, I dream of myself kissing Melinda, 1738 01:09:27,797 --> 01:09:30,033 and then I'm immediately on trial at Nuremberg. 1739 01:09:30,099 --> 01:09:31,868 And how does Melinda feel about all this? 1740 01:09:31,935 --> 01:09:34,037 Well, of course I haven't been able to tell her that. 1741 01:09:34,103 --> 01:09:36,540 The subject of infidelity is completely out of the question. 1742 01:09:36,606 --> 01:09:38,975 So you don't even know if she shares the same feelings? 1743 01:09:39,042 --> 01:09:40,210 No, I-I think we do. 1744 01:09:40,277 --> 01:09:42,246 I just haven't had a chance to pursue it. 1745 01:09:42,312 --> 01:09:43,880 I mean, Walt, here's the thing. 1746 01:09:43,947 --> 01:09:46,916 My marriage has been on the decline for a long time. 1747 01:09:46,983 --> 01:09:49,018 We hardly ever sleep together, 1748 01:09:49,085 --> 01:09:50,587 and the last time we did, 1749 01:09:50,654 --> 01:09:53,623 Susan just lay there staring into the darkness 1750 01:09:53,690 --> 01:09:56,960 as if her parents had been killed in a fire. 1751 01:09:57,026 --> 01:09:58,862 Well, why can't you just... 1752 01:09:58,928 --> 01:10:01,298 why can't you just tell her it's not working anymore? 1753 01:10:01,365 --> 01:10:03,367 Because I don't want to hurt her feelings. 1754 01:10:03,433 --> 01:10:05,168 My podiatrist, I couldn't fire him 1755 01:10:05,235 --> 01:10:07,136 when he operated on my wrong foot. 1756 01:10:07,203 --> 01:10:09,439 Well, maybe you should go back to your shrink, discuss it. 1757 01:10:09,506 --> 01:10:10,907 Nah, he'll just recommend Prozac. 1758 01:10:10,974 --> 01:10:13,310 I think he has stock in the company, honestly. 1759 01:10:13,377 --> 01:10:15,312 Well, maybe you're using Susan as an excuse. 1760 01:10:15,379 --> 01:10:16,613 Did you ever think of that? No. 1761 01:10:16,680 --> 01:10:19,583 Yes. Maybe you don't even really want to do it. 1762 01:10:19,649 --> 01:10:22,051 No, 'cause if there was a button I could push, 1763 01:10:22,118 --> 01:10:23,453 and I could be with Melinda 1764 01:10:23,520 --> 01:10:25,555 but I wouldn't hurt Susan, I-I would do it. 1765 01:10:25,622 --> 01:10:28,492 Tell me this: how wise is it to get involved with a woman 1766 01:10:28,558 --> 01:10:29,859 with Melinda's track record? 1767 01:10:29,926 --> 01:10:32,228 That's why I'm convinced that I'm in love with her. 1768 01:10:32,296 --> 01:10:33,397 Because there's no... 1769 01:10:33,463 --> 01:10:35,198 there's no logical reason to be. 1770 01:10:35,265 --> 01:10:36,700 You're gonna have to be a man. 1771 01:10:36,766 --> 01:10:38,468 Be honest with Susan. I don't know. 1772 01:10:38,535 --> 01:10:40,437 That's what you have to do-- be honest with her. 1773 01:10:40,504 --> 01:10:41,971 She'll live, you'll live. 1774 01:10:42,038 --> 01:10:43,673 Then you go out, 1775 01:10:43,740 --> 01:10:45,775 you buy Melinda a nice little bauble. Right. 1776 01:10:45,842 --> 01:10:48,378 I heard her say at the track that she likes Art Deco. Yeah? 1777 01:10:48,445 --> 01:10:51,247 Take her to a candlelit joint, confess your feelings. 1778 01:10:51,315 --> 01:10:53,283 You sure? Yeah. That's the way. 1779 01:10:53,350 --> 01:10:56,252 This is gonna crush Susan. 1780 01:11:09,833 --> 01:11:11,901 How you doing? 1781 01:11:11,968 --> 01:11:14,338 The, uh, the deco pin there, how much is that? 1782 01:11:14,404 --> 01:11:15,605 That's $150. 1783 01:11:15,672 --> 01:11:17,507 Could you gift wrap that for me? 1784 01:11:17,574 --> 01:11:20,009 Yes, of course. Thank you. 1785 01:11:36,960 --> 01:11:40,997 I wish I could be with Melinda without hurting my wife. 1786 01:12:09,025 --> 01:12:11,160 Oh! Oh, my God! 1787 01:12:11,227 --> 01:12:12,662 Hobie, what are you doing here? 1788 01:12:12,729 --> 01:12:15,064 N now, don't get upset. 1789 01:12:16,500 --> 01:12:18,768 Hobie, I think you should know that Steve and I 1790 01:12:18,835 --> 01:12:20,804 have become attracted to one another. 1791 01:12:23,172 --> 01:12:24,541 You have? 1792 01:12:24,608 --> 01:12:26,175 STEVE: If you punch me in the nose now, 1793 01:12:26,242 --> 01:12:28,011 I'd understand. 1794 01:12:28,077 --> 01:12:31,347 He came here to be with me while I told you. 1795 01:12:31,415 --> 01:12:32,816 You have to admit, things have been 1796 01:12:32,882 --> 01:12:34,484 running out of steam between us. 1797 01:12:34,551 --> 01:12:37,787 I just... Try to understand. 1798 01:12:37,854 --> 01:12:39,856 I-I do. 1799 01:12:39,923 --> 01:12:42,291 I think we've been drifting ap... 1800 01:12:42,358 --> 01:12:44,227 Wait. You do understand? 1801 01:12:44,293 --> 01:12:46,630 I-I do. Most-most definitely. 1802 01:12:46,696 --> 01:12:49,232 Y-You're having an affair with Steve Walsh. 1803 01:12:49,298 --> 01:12:50,800 He's... he's-he's wonderful. 1804 01:12:50,867 --> 01:12:54,103 He's-he's clever. He's... he's smart, 1805 01:12:54,170 --> 01:12:56,372 He's fabulously wealthy. 1806 01:12:56,440 --> 01:12:57,807 I know. 1807 01:12:57,874 --> 01:13:00,810 Um, I just want you to know I don't want anything. 1808 01:13:00,877 --> 01:13:03,680 I mean, I know how tough your work has been for you, 1809 01:13:03,747 --> 01:13:05,214 and we've decided Steve 1810 01:13:05,281 --> 01:13:07,451 is just going to help with all the legal expenses. 1811 01:13:07,517 --> 01:13:09,419 And... and I just want everything to be 1812 01:13:09,486 --> 01:13:12,489 as painless and as civilized as possible. 1813 01:13:12,556 --> 01:13:13,657 And, you know, I think 1814 01:13:13,723 --> 01:13:17,393 that-that we can always be friends. 1815 01:13:17,461 --> 01:13:19,262 Melinda? Hobie. 1816 01:13:19,328 --> 01:13:21,064 C-Can you meet me for a few minutes? 1817 01:13:21,130 --> 01:13:23,533 Th-Th-There's something I'm dying to talk to you about 1818 01:13:23,600 --> 01:13:24,834 just when you get off work. 1819 01:13:24,901 --> 01:13:26,503 Right, well, you know that little c..., uh, 1820 01:13:26,570 --> 01:13:28,104 French bistro on the corner of Tenth Avenue? 1821 01:13:28,171 --> 01:13:30,273 Uh-huh. Yeah, no, the little candlelight joint 1822 01:13:30,339 --> 01:13:31,841 right near where you work. 1823 01:13:37,581 --> 01:13:40,183 Are you sure you should be drinking so much... 1824 01:13:40,249 --> 01:13:41,918 without having any lunch? 1825 01:13:41,985 --> 01:13:44,087 Well, we... we worked through lunch. 1826 01:13:44,153 --> 01:13:47,056 I was... I was doing a voice-over commercial. 1827 01:13:48,257 --> 01:13:49,392 It's not what I envisioned 1828 01:13:49,459 --> 01:13:51,928 when I was at Northwestern. 1829 01:13:51,995 --> 01:13:56,399 They, uh... they still talk about my portrayal of King Lear. 1830 01:13:56,466 --> 01:13:58,301 I-I played it with a limp. 1831 01:14:00,637 --> 01:14:03,707 How are you liking the job at the... at the gallery? 1832 01:14:03,773 --> 01:14:07,143 Well, my boss is great. 1833 01:14:07,210 --> 01:14:09,178 She has amazing taste. 1834 01:14:09,245 --> 01:14:10,514 HOBIE: Good. 1835 01:14:10,580 --> 01:14:13,517 I mean, it's not a very high-paying job, 1836 01:14:13,583 --> 01:14:15,785 but it's-it's fantastic, 'cause I have plenty of time 1837 01:14:15,852 --> 01:14:19,388 to think about what I really want to do with my life. 1838 01:14:19,455 --> 01:14:20,824 Well, I-I'm glad you said that. 1839 01:14:20,890 --> 01:14:22,859 Eh, um... 1840 01:14:22,926 --> 01:14:25,862 God, you, uh, you look, uh... you look very pretty 1841 01:14:25,929 --> 01:14:28,632 in this... in this candlelight. 1842 01:14:28,698 --> 01:14:32,301 Well, I'm sure anyone would look amazing 1843 01:14:32,368 --> 01:14:34,470 with all this... flickering shadows 1844 01:14:34,538 --> 01:14:36,506 and all the wine you're drinking. 1845 01:14:36,573 --> 01:14:38,642 Right, right, uh... 1846 01:14:38,708 --> 01:14:40,677 Well, I-I-I'm-I'm drinking 1847 01:14:40,744 --> 01:14:45,982 because life moves so fast... so unpredictably. 1848 01:14:46,049 --> 01:14:47,651 You know, it's-it's over so fast, 1849 01:14:47,717 --> 01:14:49,886 and in the end, w 1850 01:14:49,953 --> 01:14:52,822 Chekhov said a-a soap bubble. 1851 01:14:53,823 --> 01:14:55,391 Did I... did I tell you 1852 01:14:55,458 --> 01:14:57,260 I played Uncle Vanya once? 1853 01:14:57,326 --> 01:14:59,128 With a... with a limp. 1854 01:14:59,195 --> 01:15:02,666 It-it was interesting. 1855 01:15:02,732 --> 01:15:04,668 You know, it's-it's funny 1856 01:15:04,734 --> 01:15:08,638 that-that you should say "unpredictable," 1857 01:15:08,705 --> 01:15:12,709 because I was... I was walking home yesterday. 1858 01:15:12,776 --> 01:15:14,377 I have to tell you this story. 1859 01:15:14,443 --> 01:15:16,479 Um, so, some people were moving 1860 01:15:16,546 --> 01:15:18,982 into an apartment on 90th Street, 1861 01:15:19,048 --> 01:15:20,617 and they were moving this piano. 1862 01:15:20,684 --> 01:15:23,787 So there was this piano, just, you know, sitting 1863 01:15:23,853 --> 01:15:26,122 in the middle of the sidewalk. 1864 01:15:26,189 --> 01:15:28,758 : And I-I couldn't resist the temptation 1865 01:15:28,825 --> 01:15:31,628 just to go up and give it a little, little tinkle. 1866 01:15:31,695 --> 01:15:33,396 You know, I-I play a little piano. 1867 01:15:33,462 --> 01:15:34,864 I-I used to play in high school. 1868 01:15:34,931 --> 01:15:38,301 I actually... gave some concerts. 1869 01:15:38,367 --> 01:15:41,404 So-so anyway, um, I'm playing this piano. 1870 01:15:41,470 --> 01:15:44,007 I'm playing this little tune that my mother taught me, 1871 01:15:44,073 --> 01:15:51,147 and this... this guy came up and started talking to me. 1872 01:15:57,453 --> 01:15:58,955 Hi. 1873 01:15:59,022 --> 01:16:00,824 Hi. 1874 01:16:04,227 --> 01:16:05,294 That's good. 1875 01:16:07,263 --> 01:16:09,432 You play the melody. 1876 01:16:09,498 --> 01:16:12,001 All right. 1877 01:16:15,004 --> 01:16:18,007 Is that what you're trying for? 1878 01:16:19,643 --> 01:16:21,544 Exactly. 1879 01:16:21,611 --> 01:16:22,545 Good. 1880 01:16:22,612 --> 01:16:26,883 So, his name is Billy Wheeler. 1881 01:16:26,950 --> 01:16:29,719 And he's a piano player. 1882 01:16:29,786 --> 01:16:32,856 And he also writes pretty music. 1883 01:16:32,922 --> 01:16:34,624 And he walked me back to my apartment, 1884 01:16:34,691 --> 01:16:37,193 and he invited me out on a date. 1885 01:16:37,260 --> 01:16:39,595 And... 1886 01:16:39,663 --> 01:16:42,498 : I think I'm in love. 1887 01:16:42,565 --> 01:16:44,433 In love? 1888 01:16:44,500 --> 01:16:45,534 Well, I-I mean, 1889 01:16:45,601 --> 01:16:46,936 I'm exaggerating, of course, 1890 01:16:47,003 --> 01:16:50,506 but some bell definitely went off. 1891 01:16:50,573 --> 01:16:52,408 A 1892 01:16:52,475 --> 01:16:53,977 Well, you know, one of those bells 1893 01:16:54,043 --> 01:16:56,212 that now and then rings, as Mr. Cole Porter put it. 1894 01:16:56,279 --> 01:17:00,984 So, anyway, I just thought that you would be pleased to know. 1895 01:17:01,050 --> 01:17:04,053 So, what is it that you wanted to tell me? 1896 01:17:06,155 --> 01:17:08,424 I... 1897 01:17:08,491 --> 01:17:11,627 I don't, um... It doesn't matter. 1898 01:17:11,695 --> 01:17:14,330 COMEDIAN: Okay, the situation is perfect. 1899 01:17:14,397 --> 01:17:19,035 He's despondent. He's desperate. He's suicidal. 1900 01:17:19,102 --> 01:17:22,672 All the comic elements are in place. 1901 01:17:22,739 --> 01:17:25,408 Now, she's going out with Billy Wheeler, 1902 01:17:25,474 --> 01:17:28,511 and Hobie's the single, abandoned upstairs neighbor. 1903 01:17:28,577 --> 01:17:30,379 Now she's fixing him up. 1904 01:17:30,446 --> 01:17:31,848 We must know somebody for Hobie. 1905 01:17:31,915 --> 01:17:34,317 Well, what about the woman who owns your art gallery? 1906 01:17:34,383 --> 01:17:35,551 Oh, Phoebe's married. 1907 01:17:35,618 --> 01:17:37,153 Look, I don't need to meet anyone. 1908 01:17:37,220 --> 01:17:39,422 I'm-I'm perfectly fine just staying in my room and... 1909 01:17:39,488 --> 01:17:41,290 And what, moping? 1910 01:17:41,357 --> 01:17:44,560 You've got to get out and reinvest your emotion. 1911 01:17:44,627 --> 01:17:46,262 Don't indulge your depression. 1912 01:17:46,329 --> 01:17:47,630 BILLY: Hey. Stacey Fox. 1913 01:17:47,697 --> 01:17:48,597 Why not? 1914 01:17:48,664 --> 01:17:49,833 Who? 1915 01:17:49,899 --> 01:17:51,167 I don't know her well, but I know 1916 01:17:51,234 --> 01:17:52,969 she's recently broken up with some Wall Street guy. 1917 01:17:53,036 --> 01:17:54,303 She's bright and great-looking. 1918 01:17:54,370 --> 01:17:55,438 What does she do? 1919 01:17:55,504 --> 01:17:56,605 Uh, investment counseling. 1920 01:17:56,672 --> 01:17:57,640 Yeah, one of those 1921 01:17:57,707 --> 01:17:59,042 business suits who makes love to you 1922 01:17:59,108 --> 01:18:00,910 while they're on a conference call. 1923 01:18:00,977 --> 01:18:03,012 Well, she's not your typical investment counselor. 1924 01:18:03,079 --> 01:18:04,714 I think she recently posed for a feature 1925 01:18:04,781 --> 01:18:05,749 for Playboy Magazine 1926 01:18:05,815 --> 01:18:07,050 on naked political conservatives. 1927 01:18:07,116 --> 01:18:09,418 Well, uh, I don't know if that's his type. 1928 01:18:09,485 --> 01:18:11,721 I mean, she's probably got augmented cleavage. 1929 01:18:11,788 --> 01:18:13,389 Baby, she's anybody's type. 1930 01:18:13,456 --> 01:18:14,490 Come on. 1931 01:18:14,557 --> 01:18:15,458 Wednesday's Halloween. 1932 01:18:15,524 --> 01:18:16,559 We were going to go out. 1933 01:18:16,625 --> 01:18:17,493 You should meet Stacey. 1934 01:18:17,560 --> 01:18:19,395 I think she just broke up. 1935 01:18:19,462 --> 01:18:21,330 Hobie agrees to being fixed up, 1936 01:18:21,397 --> 01:18:24,600 but he's still madly in love with Melinda. 1937 01:18:24,667 --> 01:18:26,402 He dreams about her all the time. 1938 01:18:26,469 --> 01:18:28,504 He's consumed with jealousy. 1939 01:18:28,571 --> 01:18:30,306 He can't bear the thought 1940 01:18:30,373 --> 01:18:33,442 that she might be making love with another man. 1941 01:18:33,509 --> 01:18:35,644 He wants to know! 1942 01:18:35,711 --> 01:18:37,781 But-but he doesn't want to know. 1943 01:18:37,847 --> 01:18:40,784 It's driving him crazy. 1944 01:18:44,453 --> 01:18:47,690 * Come here, baby * 1945 01:18:47,757 --> 01:18:50,393 * I can't stand it * 1946 01:18:50,459 --> 01:18:52,061 * I can't take much more * 1947 01:18:52,128 --> 01:18:53,396 MELINDA: Did you hear something? 1948 01:18:53,462 --> 01:18:55,932 Huh? I heard something at the front. 1949 01:18:55,999 --> 01:18:57,700 Can you just go check the door? Sure. 1950 01:18:57,767 --> 01:18:59,535 Make sure it's locked. 1951 01:18:59,602 --> 01:19:02,939 : * ...like you're teasing me * 1952 01:19:05,741 --> 01:19:07,944 * Oh, baby * 1953 01:19:08,011 --> 01:19:11,714 * I love you, baby * 1954 01:19:11,781 --> 01:19:14,117 * I'm with you wrong or right * 1955 01:19:14,183 --> 01:19:18,254 * I'll keep you satisfied 'cause satisfaction's guaranteed * 1956 01:19:18,321 --> 01:19:23,159 * Oh, baby, sure enough you mean that much to me * 1957 01:19:23,226 --> 01:19:25,728 * Girl, I need your love * 1958 01:19:25,795 --> 01:19:28,832 * Just give me all your love * 1959 01:19:28,898 --> 01:19:32,768 * Love you, oh, baby * 1960 01:19:32,836 --> 01:19:38,374 * Oh, right now, right now, right here, right here, baby * 1961 01:19:38,441 --> 01:19:40,743 * Ooh * 1962 01:19:40,810 --> 01:19:44,047 * Come on, come on, come on, girl * 1963 01:19:44,113 --> 01:19:45,748 * Come on, baby * 1964 01:19:45,815 --> 01:19:49,052 * Come on, come on, come on, baby * 1965 01:19:49,118 --> 01:19:50,686 * Come on, baby * 1966 01:19:50,753 --> 01:19:51,821 * Come on... * 1967 01:20:00,263 --> 01:20:02,631 What is it? What's the matter? 1968 01:20:02,698 --> 01:20:04,233 I need to talk to you. 1969 01:20:04,300 --> 01:20:07,236 You look terrible. What happened? 1970 01:20:07,303 --> 01:20:11,307 I think Laurel and Ellis are having an affair. 1971 01:20:11,374 --> 01:20:13,709 What? 1972 01:20:13,776 --> 01:20:15,778 I'm going crazy. 1973 01:20:15,845 --> 01:20:16,846 I just... 1974 01:20:16,913 --> 01:20:18,181 Take it easy. 1975 01:20:18,247 --> 01:20:19,815 I don't know what to do. Will you take it easy? 1976 01:20:19,883 --> 01:20:21,650 Well, what makes you think so? 1977 01:20:21,717 --> 01:20:22,919 I just know it, okay? 1978 01:20:22,986 --> 01:20:25,021 I've been through this once before. 1979 01:20:25,088 --> 01:20:27,723 And Laurel is supposed to be my closest friend. 1980 01:20:27,790 --> 01:20:29,058 Well, but what makes you think 1981 01:20:29,125 --> 01:20:31,560 that something's going on? 1982 01:20:33,129 --> 01:20:34,597 I thought it was my paranoia. 1983 01:20:34,663 --> 01:20:38,001 Then last week I was coming home from house-hunting. 1984 01:20:38,067 --> 01:20:39,535 Ellis was out of town. 1985 01:20:39,602 --> 01:20:41,470 And... 1986 01:20:41,537 --> 01:20:44,908 I overheard this argument between Laurel and Lee. 1987 01:20:44,974 --> 01:20:46,809 What's this? 1988 01:20:46,876 --> 01:20:47,944 What? 1989 01:20:48,011 --> 01:20:49,478 Whose key is this? 1990 01:20:49,545 --> 01:20:50,779 Who is "A"? 1991 01:20:50,846 --> 01:20:52,681 "A"? 1992 01:20:52,748 --> 01:20:53,950 Whose keys are in our bathroom? 1993 01:20:54,017 --> 01:20:55,351 Who was here? 1994 01:20:55,418 --> 01:20:57,954 I don't know. 1995 01:20:58,021 --> 01:21:00,289 You were with someone. 1996 01:21:00,356 --> 01:21:01,457 Laurel. 1997 01:21:01,524 --> 01:21:02,992 You had a woman up here. 1998 01:21:03,059 --> 01:21:04,693 I can't listen to these accusations. 1999 01:21:04,760 --> 01:21:05,929 You slept with someone here?! 2000 01:21:05,995 --> 01:21:07,396 Look, Laurel, leave me alone. 2001 01:21:07,463 --> 01:21:10,333 I can't get into another big discussion of my life. 2002 01:21:10,399 --> 01:21:12,801 Just because I was up here with someone talking, 2003 01:21:12,868 --> 01:21:14,770 it doesn't mean we went to bed. 2004 01:21:14,837 --> 01:21:15,838 I am finished with this, Lee. 2005 01:21:15,905 --> 01:21:17,040 I can't take this anymore. 2006 01:21:17,106 --> 01:21:18,807 Ah, you're a fine one to talk. 2007 01:21:18,874 --> 01:21:20,076 What does that mean? 2008 01:21:20,143 --> 01:21:22,078 I'm sure you would love to call it quits 2009 01:21:22,145 --> 01:21:23,679 now you've got your eye on someone else. 2010 01:21:23,746 --> 01:21:25,148 What?! 2011 01:21:25,214 --> 01:21:27,050 The way you throw yourself at Melinda's boyfriend, 2012 01:21:27,116 --> 01:21:28,117 it's embarrassing. 2013 01:21:28,184 --> 01:21:29,385 Don't try and turn this around. 2014 01:21:29,452 --> 01:21:31,020 Yeah, I'm amazed she tolerates it. 2015 01:21:31,087 --> 01:21:32,221 She is such a lost soul. 2016 01:21:32,288 --> 01:21:33,822 Will you shut up?! You're just trying 2017 01:21:33,889 --> 01:21:35,458 to mix things up because you were caught. 2018 01:21:35,524 --> 01:21:36,659 No, you were caught. 2019 01:21:36,725 --> 01:21:38,995 I know you when you slip into your seductive mode. 2020 01:21:39,062 --> 01:21:41,597 I'm not gonna have this stupid conversation. 2021 01:21:41,664 --> 01:21:44,200 No, you don't have to worry. I won't be around much longer. 2022 01:21:44,267 --> 01:21:47,036 And then you can feel free to pursue whoever you want! 2023 01:21:47,103 --> 01:21:48,471 MELINDA: From that moment... 2024 01:21:48,537 --> 01:21:50,306 the demons set in. 2025 01:21:50,373 --> 01:21:52,908 I just... I, I couldn't sleep. 2026 01:21:52,976 --> 01:21:54,643 It doesn't matter how many pills I take. 2027 01:21:54,710 --> 01:21:58,614 I just... I feel myself consumed with suspicion, 2028 01:21:58,681 --> 01:22:00,616 and I'm ashamed of it. 2029 01:22:00,683 --> 01:22:01,850 Melinda. 2030 01:22:01,917 --> 01:22:03,686 Oh, come on, Cassie. You know it's true. 2031 01:22:03,752 --> 01:22:05,288 I can see it in your face. 2032 01:22:05,354 --> 01:22:07,056 Look, you have to pull yourself together. 2033 01:22:07,123 --> 01:22:08,757 You've, you've been popping pills. 2034 01:22:08,824 --> 01:22:10,193 You've been drinking. 2035 01:22:10,259 --> 01:22:12,028 You can't drink and... Stop avoiding answering me. 2036 01:22:12,095 --> 01:22:13,997 I don't know anything. 2037 01:22:14,063 --> 01:22:16,899 I called Ellis today. 2038 01:22:16,966 --> 01:22:19,235 He's not where he said he'd be, and they weren't expecting him. 2039 01:22:19,302 --> 01:22:20,936 So, I called Laurel's school. 2040 01:22:21,004 --> 01:22:22,972 She'd called in sick. 2041 01:22:23,039 --> 01:22:24,673 Clearly, she's not home sick. 2042 01:22:24,740 --> 01:22:25,741 Listen, 2043 01:22:25,808 --> 01:22:27,910 even if your worst fears were true, 2044 01:22:27,977 --> 01:22:30,246 you can't just go off the deep end. 2045 01:22:30,313 --> 01:22:32,081 God. 2046 01:22:32,148 --> 01:22:33,682 I pick up the phone extension. 2047 01:22:33,749 --> 01:22:34,917 I have to know. 2048 01:22:34,984 --> 01:22:38,221 At the same time, I, I don't want to know. 2049 01:22:38,287 --> 01:22:40,689 Listen, you cannot give yourself 2050 01:22:40,756 --> 01:22:41,890 over to fantasies. 2051 01:22:41,957 --> 01:22:43,826 Let's, let's find out the reality first, 2052 01:22:43,892 --> 01:22:45,594 and, and stop drinking. 2053 01:22:45,661 --> 01:22:46,662 For God's sakes, 2054 01:22:46,729 --> 01:22:48,431 it's not even noon yet. 2055 01:22:48,497 --> 01:22:52,768 Oh, God, I have an appointment with your husband at noon. 2056 01:22:52,835 --> 01:22:55,004 Well, you're gonna be late. 2057 01:22:55,071 --> 01:22:58,241 I'm afraid the news is not good. 2058 01:23:02,978 --> 01:23:04,480 No? 2059 01:23:04,547 --> 01:23:06,815 My partner gave it everything he had, 2060 01:23:06,882 --> 01:23:11,220 but the politics of the situation is just too difficult. 2061 01:23:11,287 --> 01:23:13,789 Your ex-husband is very well-connected 2062 01:23:13,856 --> 01:23:15,991 and very determined 2063 01:23:16,059 --> 01:23:17,660 to keep the children from you. 2064 01:23:17,726 --> 01:23:23,332 And, naturally, the criminal conviction didn't help. 2065 01:23:23,399 --> 01:23:24,467 It's funny. 2066 01:23:24,533 --> 01:23:27,203 I steeled myself for this result. 2067 01:23:27,270 --> 01:23:31,474 But, now that it's come... 2068 01:23:31,540 --> 01:23:32,508 You know, 2069 01:23:32,575 --> 01:23:35,378 I know this will sound very Pollyanna, 2070 01:23:35,444 --> 01:23:36,479 but it's true. 2071 01:23:36,545 --> 01:23:40,216 When they grow up, they will want to know 2072 01:23:40,283 --> 01:23:42,851 who their mother was, and get to know you. 2073 01:23:42,918 --> 01:23:44,587 My guess is they'll be quite angry 2074 01:23:44,653 --> 01:23:46,889 at their father for his unreasonableness. 2075 01:23:46,955 --> 01:23:48,891 You'll see. 2076 01:23:48,957 --> 01:23:51,327 They'll grow up and come to you. 2077 01:23:51,394 --> 01:23:54,097 Hmm. 2078 01:23:54,163 --> 01:23:56,832 Well, I'm certain that they will. 2079 01:23:56,899 --> 01:23:59,034 I'm sure that they'll take after me 2080 01:23:59,102 --> 01:24:02,638 and look very much like my mother. Mm. 2081 01:24:02,705 --> 01:24:09,612 My mother was a very gifted interior decorator. 2082 01:24:09,678 --> 01:24:11,447 And I, I studied art, 2083 01:24:11,514 --> 01:24:14,383 so I've always had this flair for graphics. 2084 01:24:14,450 --> 01:24:16,852 Can I get you anything? 2085 01:24:16,919 --> 01:24:20,256 Um... no, I just, I just hope that 2086 01:24:20,323 --> 01:24:23,192 you'll be, uh, sending some of your clients to me 2087 01:24:23,259 --> 01:24:25,128 when I get more established. 2088 01:24:25,194 --> 01:24:26,529 You know. 2089 01:24:28,531 --> 01:24:30,599 Did I tell you that my mother... 2090 01:24:30,666 --> 01:24:32,801 my mother... 2091 01:24:32,868 --> 01:24:38,040 my mother was a very, um, gifted interior decorator? 2092 01:24:38,107 --> 01:24:39,475 She was very talented. 2093 01:24:39,542 --> 01:24:43,712 She did some amazing houses, um, on the Upper West Side. 2094 01:25:19,215 --> 01:25:22,151 : Melinda... 2095 01:25:22,218 --> 01:25:25,721 there's been no easy way to handle this situation. 2096 01:25:41,036 --> 01:25:45,641 You know, I think we need to... I think we need to talk. 2097 01:25:45,708 --> 01:25:51,580 No, these situations are never easy. 2098 01:25:51,647 --> 01:25:54,049 So, Melinda. 2099 01:25:54,116 --> 01:25:56,018 I really am sorry. 2100 01:25:56,084 --> 01:25:57,152 It's just... 2101 01:25:57,220 --> 01:25:58,887 We planned to tell you, 2102 01:25:58,954 --> 01:26:00,889 but each of us was so bewildered 2103 01:26:00,956 --> 01:26:04,593 as how to approach it. 2104 01:26:04,660 --> 01:26:07,062 Bewildered. 2105 01:26:07,129 --> 01:26:08,264 It's... 2106 01:26:08,331 --> 01:26:10,599 it's not like we planned on it happening. 2107 01:26:10,666 --> 01:26:12,100 No, we were going to explain things 2108 01:26:12,167 --> 01:26:14,503 as soon as we figured out the best approach. 2109 01:26:16,905 --> 01:26:18,407 I loved you. 2110 01:26:18,474 --> 01:26:22,144 I don't have a satisfying explanation. 2111 01:26:22,211 --> 01:26:26,582 You know these things happen. 2112 01:26:26,649 --> 01:26:28,517 Living is messy. 2113 01:26:31,186 --> 01:26:33,856 My head is spinning. 2114 01:26:33,922 --> 01:26:36,692 I need to lie down and rest. 2115 01:26:36,759 --> 01:26:42,398 I, I, I want to close my eyes and never open them again. 2116 01:26:45,568 --> 01:26:47,169 I'm going out the window. 2117 01:26:47,236 --> 01:26:48,371 Ellis... 2118 01:26:49,272 --> 01:26:50,939 Meli... 2119 01:26:51,006 --> 01:26:52,908 What are you doing? 2120 01:26:52,975 --> 01:26:54,410 I'm going out! 2121 01:26:54,477 --> 01:26:55,844 Come on! Come on! Come on! 2122 01:26:55,911 --> 01:26:57,946 No! No! 2123 01:26:58,013 --> 01:27:00,148 LAUREL: Oh. 2124 01:27:00,215 --> 01:27:01,550 Come on! 2125 01:27:01,617 --> 01:27:02,918 Cassie? 2126 01:27:02,985 --> 01:27:06,522 Melinda has to come and stay with you for a while. 2127 01:27:06,589 --> 01:27:08,857 No, there is no other answer. 2128 01:27:08,924 --> 01:27:10,293 She has to be watched, 2129 01:27:10,359 --> 01:27:12,194 and I'd say it's a little awkward with me and Ellis 2130 01:27:12,261 --> 01:27:14,196 under the circumstances. 2131 01:27:14,263 --> 01:27:16,365 Well, I can't be responsible, either. 2132 01:27:16,432 --> 01:27:18,401 Oh, let's face it, Cassie. 2133 01:27:18,467 --> 01:27:22,004 She's one of those people who will always need help. 2134 01:27:22,070 --> 01:27:24,072 It's sad, but... 2135 01:27:24,139 --> 01:27:26,342 we have to move on with our lives. 2136 01:27:33,582 --> 01:27:36,218 MAN: You killed her. 2137 01:27:36,285 --> 01:27:39,622 You killed her as I am about to kill you. 2138 01:27:54,470 --> 01:28:01,043 MAN 2: Come, Vitus... 2139 01:28:01,109 --> 01:28:04,880 are we men, or are we children? 2140 01:28:04,947 --> 01:28:06,281 Of what use are all these... 2141 01:28:06,349 --> 01:28:07,350 So, what do you think? 2142 01:28:07,416 --> 01:28:08,751 She's gorgeous. 2143 01:28:08,817 --> 01:28:09,718 Hard to believe 2144 01:28:09,785 --> 01:28:11,487 a Republican could be that sexual. 2145 01:28:11,554 --> 01:28:13,622 I bet she could put your portfolio in order. 2146 01:28:13,689 --> 01:28:14,990 Shh! 2147 01:28:32,708 --> 01:28:34,510 I thought you didn't like to dance. 2148 01:28:34,577 --> 01:28:36,845 Oh, I'm-I'm just trying to be a good sport. 2149 01:28:36,912 --> 01:28:39,515 Uh-huh. 2150 01:28:48,791 --> 01:28:52,060 Um, I think it'd... I think it'd only be fair to tell you 2151 01:28:52,127 --> 01:28:53,729 I-I'm a liberal. 2152 01:28:53,796 --> 01:28:54,630 Oh. 2153 01:28:54,697 --> 01:28:56,365 Ar-Are you talking politically 2154 01:28:56,432 --> 01:28:57,466 or in the bedroom? 2155 01:28:57,533 --> 01:28:59,435 I was talking politically. 2156 01:28:59,502 --> 01:29:02,605 In-in the-in the bedroom, I'm a left-wing liberal. 2157 01:29:02,671 --> 01:29:03,639 Mmm. 2158 01:29:03,706 --> 01:29:08,411 In the bedroom, I'm a radical. 2159 01:29:08,477 --> 01:29:10,345 Look, can-can I level with you? 2160 01:29:10,413 --> 01:29:12,948 Um, i-in the past few months of my marriage, 2161 01:29:13,015 --> 01:29:15,684 I-I really didn't sleep with my wife. 2162 01:29:15,751 --> 01:29:17,853 We weren't sleeping at all. Oh. Mm-hmm. 2163 01:29:17,920 --> 01:29:21,323 I-I, so it's, you know, I'm a little out of practice. 2164 01:29:21,390 --> 01:29:23,191 Uh, I... 2165 01:29:23,258 --> 01:29:24,793 Politically speaking, 2166 01:29:24,860 --> 01:29:27,796 I'm ready for a little affirmative action. 2167 01:29:27,863 --> 01:29:30,198 What do you say we blow this joint 2168 01:29:30,265 --> 01:29:32,034 and go back to your place? 2169 01:29:32,100 --> 01:29:33,536 My place? Mm-hmm. 2170 01:29:33,602 --> 01:29:34,903 Yes, by all means. 2171 01:29:34,970 --> 01:29:36,905 It'd be great. This-this is like a drea... 2172 01:29:36,972 --> 01:29:39,307 So you're not going to hold the fact 2173 01:29:39,374 --> 01:29:41,677 that we have conflicting viewpoints Oh. 2174 01:29:41,744 --> 01:29:44,647 on-on the direction America should take against me? 2175 01:29:44,713 --> 01:29:46,715 I mean, I'd hate it to get all worked up 2176 01:29:46,782 --> 01:29:48,617 and then we find we differ on a tax cut. 2177 01:29:48,684 --> 01:29:50,419 Listen. Here. Come on. 2178 01:29:50,486 --> 01:29:52,888 I-I haven't made love in a while either. 2179 01:29:52,955 --> 01:29:54,056 Oh. Yeah. 2180 01:29:54,122 --> 01:29:58,494 Yes, I will never vote against school prayer again. 2181 01:30:13,141 --> 01:30:14,977 Hey, what are they up to? 2182 01:30:15,043 --> 01:30:17,846 What do you think? 2183 01:30:21,083 --> 01:30:23,018 So much dancing. That was so much fun. 2184 01:30:23,085 --> 01:30:25,554 I... that's right. 2185 01:30:25,621 --> 01:30:28,223 Oh, you'll have to forgive the-the disarray. 2186 01:30:28,290 --> 01:30:30,092 My cleaning woman won $168 million 2187 01:30:30,158 --> 01:30:32,528 in the lottery, and she asked for the day off. 2188 01:30:32,595 --> 01:30:34,597 I-I joke. I'm... 2189 01:30:34,663 --> 01:30:36,131 You must get depressed sleeping alone. 2190 01:30:36,198 --> 01:30:38,534 Uh, well, the truth is, I-I frighten myself. Thank you. 2191 01:30:38,601 --> 01:30:39,635 I-I'm always worried 2192 01:30:39,702 --> 01:30:41,036 burglars are going to break in. 2193 01:30:41,103 --> 01:30:42,237 I bought a baseball bat. 2194 01:30:42,304 --> 01:30:43,438 Oh, drinks. 2195 01:30:43,506 --> 01:30:45,240 I know the feeling of being dumped. 2196 01:30:45,307 --> 01:30:46,609 Except in my case, 2197 01:30:46,675 --> 01:30:49,512 it was between my fiancé and my best friend. 2198 01:30:49,578 --> 01:30:51,313 No. Oh, yes. 2199 01:30:51,379 --> 01:30:53,315 A friend I'd known all my life. 2200 01:30:53,381 --> 01:30:54,583 I mean, we were schoolmates. 2201 01:30:54,650 --> 01:30:56,251 We went through everything together. 2202 01:30:56,318 --> 01:30:57,620 I mean, Christ, she was the one 2203 01:30:57,686 --> 01:30:59,588 who was responsible for my meeting my fiancé. 2204 01:30:59,655 --> 01:31:01,924 Oh, it's a, it's a-a s-sad story. 2205 01:31:01,990 --> 01:31:03,091 It's-it's awful. 2206 01:31:03,158 --> 01:31:04,727 You don't mind sleeping on cotton sheets, do you? 2207 01:31:04,793 --> 01:31:07,062 I-I know you posed for Playboy on satin. 2208 01:31:07,129 --> 01:31:08,597 I couldn't help noticing 2209 01:31:08,664 --> 01:31:10,766 how they'd always make eye contact. Mmm. 2210 01:31:10,833 --> 01:31:12,768 Look at one another. Mm-hmm. 2211 01:31:12,835 --> 01:31:13,902 I thought I was paranoid, 2212 01:31:13,969 --> 01:31:15,638 but I should have trusted my instinct. 2213 01:31:15,704 --> 01:31:17,673 No, you should always go with your gut feeling. 2214 01:31:17,740 --> 01:31:19,508 Stacey. Sometimes I would pick up the phone, 2215 01:31:19,575 --> 01:31:20,743 Stacey? after it would ring, 2216 01:31:20,809 --> 01:31:21,610 Mm-hmm. 2217 01:31:21,677 --> 01:31:23,946 and there'd be no one. Oh. 2218 01:31:24,012 --> 01:31:26,749 But they were signaling each other. Stacey. 2219 01:31:26,815 --> 01:31:28,216 Making love. Right. 2220 01:31:28,283 --> 01:31:29,417 Meeting secretly. 2221 01:31:29,484 --> 01:31:30,586 Laughing at me. 2222 01:31:30,653 --> 01:31:32,320 I'm sure they weren't laughing at you. 2223 01:31:32,387 --> 01:31:34,489 We were moving in together. 2224 01:31:34,557 --> 01:31:36,358 Looking for an apartment together, 2225 01:31:36,424 --> 01:31:37,926 to live together, to marry. 2226 01:31:37,993 --> 01:31:39,762 I mean, I loved him. I'm sure, I'm sure. 2227 01:31:39,828 --> 01:31:41,630 And my closest friend knew that. 2228 01:31:41,697 --> 01:31:43,231 She knew how much I cared about him. 2229 01:31:43,298 --> 01:31:45,601 She knew how my whole life was wrapped up in him. 2230 01:31:45,668 --> 01:31:46,735 Well, of course. Of course. 2231 01:31:46,802 --> 01:31:47,970 Should I dim the lights? 2232 01:31:48,036 --> 01:31:50,038 Or maybe a little jazz. Do you like jazz? 2233 01:31:50,105 --> 01:31:51,373 I can't bear it. 2234 01:31:51,439 --> 01:31:53,576 I can't bear to think about it. 2235 01:31:53,642 --> 01:31:54,910 Don't. Don't think about it. 2236 01:31:54,977 --> 01:31:56,178 You know, life is so rotten, 2237 01:31:56,244 --> 01:31:58,046 so cruel, and then, finally, about nothing. 2238 01:31:58,113 --> 01:32:00,082 Or-or we can just stretch out on the carpet 2239 01:32:00,148 --> 01:32:02,017 in front of the fireplace if you want to listen... 2240 01:32:02,084 --> 01:32:02,885 I can't stand it. 2241 01:32:02,951 --> 01:32:04,887 I'm going out the window. 2242 01:32:04,953 --> 01:32:06,154 What? 2243 01:32:06,221 --> 01:32:07,455 I'm going out the window. 2244 01:32:07,522 --> 01:32:08,691 Wh...? Stacey, wait. 2245 01:32:08,757 --> 01:32:10,192 Are you 2246 01:32:11,493 --> 01:32:12,928 Stacey, are you...? 2247 01:32:12,995 --> 01:32:14,362 Stacey. 2248 01:32:14,429 --> 01:32:15,698 Hold on. Leave me alone. 2249 01:32:15,764 --> 01:32:17,566 I want to end it all. No, no, no, no. 2250 01:32:17,633 --> 01:32:19,301 Stop it. Stop it, stop it. 2251 01:32:19,367 --> 01:32:20,603 Please. 2252 01:32:20,669 --> 01:32:22,437 Let's talk about what... 2253 01:32:22,504 --> 01:32:24,172 Ow! 2254 01:32:24,239 --> 01:32:26,174 Jeez. 2255 01:32:26,241 --> 01:32:27,743 No. God. 2256 01:32:27,810 --> 01:32:30,078 Please, let me go. 2257 01:32:30,145 --> 01:32:32,114 Let me go! 2258 01:32:32,180 --> 01:32:34,016 HOBIE: Kiss me. 2259 01:32:34,082 --> 01:32:36,418 I love you! 2260 01:32:36,484 --> 01:32:38,153 Oh, my, kiss... kiss me. 2261 01:32:38,220 --> 01:32:40,355 Oh, please. I... 2262 01:32:40,422 --> 01:32:42,090 Ooh. 2263 01:32:45,594 --> 01:32:47,262 Oh, my gosh. 2264 01:32:47,329 --> 01:32:51,433 What a dream. 2265 01:33:15,523 --> 01:33:17,760 Melinda, what... 2266 01:33:17,826 --> 01:33:19,061 what are you doing here? 2267 01:33:19,127 --> 01:33:21,529 Oh, my God. 2268 01:33:21,596 --> 01:33:23,598 I was listening at your door. 2269 01:33:23,666 --> 01:33:25,600 F 2270 01:33:25,668 --> 01:33:27,602 I was jealous. 2271 01:33:27,670 --> 01:33:29,271 Jeal... jealous? 2272 01:33:29,337 --> 01:33:30,673 Jealous of what? What...? 2273 01:33:30,739 --> 01:33:33,041 Well, you went home with Stacey, 2274 01:33:33,108 --> 01:33:37,345 and all night long I've been upset. 2275 01:33:37,412 --> 01:33:42,050 So, I guess I realized how much I care for you. 2276 01:33:42,117 --> 01:33:43,318 Really? 2277 01:33:43,385 --> 01:33:44,619 Is she here? 2278 01:33:44,687 --> 01:33:46,755 I heard lovemaking talk. 2279 01:33:46,822 --> 01:33:49,024 No. That-that was a-a dream. 2280 01:33:49,091 --> 01:33:51,426 You were dreaming about her? 2281 01:33:51,493 --> 01:33:54,562 I was dreaming of you, actually. 2282 01:33:54,629 --> 01:33:55,931 Me? 2283 01:33:55,998 --> 01:33:57,532 Why were you dreaming about me? 2284 01:33:57,599 --> 01:34:00,035 I dreamt I was making love to you. 2285 01:34:00,102 --> 01:34:02,437 : Really? 2286 01:34:02,504 --> 01:34:03,806 Melinda, 2287 01:34:03,872 --> 01:34:06,174 I'm in love with you. 2288 01:34:07,409 --> 01:34:08,643 Me? Mmm. 2289 01:34:08,711 --> 01:34:09,678 You never said anything. 2290 01:34:09,745 --> 01:34:11,079 I was married, 2291 01:34:11,146 --> 01:34:14,316 and-and when it was breaking up, you met Bill. 2292 01:34:14,382 --> 01:34:15,617 My God, couldn't you tell 2293 01:34:15,684 --> 01:34:17,953 I've been in love with you for a long time? 2294 01:34:18,020 --> 01:34:22,024 I couldn't even tell that I was in love with you. 2295 01:34:22,090 --> 01:34:24,026 And-and now you're- you're spying on me. 2296 01:34:24,092 --> 01:34:26,228 What a... what a silly thing. 2297 01:34:26,294 --> 01:34:29,464 A grown woman, a mature, sophisticated woman 2298 01:34:29,531 --> 01:34:32,267 outside a door, spying. 2299 01:34:32,334 --> 01:34:33,368 By the way, 2300 01:34:33,435 --> 01:34:37,239 I found a piece of your bathrobe in my door. 2301 01:34:37,305 --> 01:34:38,540 Oh. 2302 01:34:38,606 --> 01:34:39,742 Strange. 2303 01:34:39,808 --> 01:34:42,377 I-I should, uh, tell my laundress. 2304 01:34:42,444 --> 01:34:44,847 : You don't have a laundress. 2305 01:34:44,913 --> 01:34:46,514 Well... marry me, 2306 01:34:46,581 --> 01:34:49,384 and we'll-we'll get a laundress. 2307 01:34:55,758 --> 01:34:58,861 WOMAN: So, you see, it's all in the eye of the beholder. 2308 01:34:58,927 --> 01:35:01,563 We hear a little story, a few hearsay details, right? 2309 01:35:01,629 --> 01:35:04,432 You, you take them and you mold them into a tragic tale, 2310 01:35:04,499 --> 01:35:07,970 a woman's weakness for romance is her-is her undoing, 2311 01:35:08,036 --> 01:35:09,838 and that's-that's how you see life. 2312 01:35:09,905 --> 01:35:12,407 Whereas, you, you-you take those... 2313 01:35:12,474 --> 01:35:13,909 those details, you put them 2314 01:35:13,976 --> 01:35:15,878 into an amusing romance. Great. 2315 01:35:15,944 --> 01:35:17,379 That's your take on life. 2316 01:35:17,445 --> 01:35:20,382 But, obviously, there is no one definitive essence 2317 01:35:20,448 --> 01:35:22,450 that can be pinned down. 2318 01:35:22,517 --> 01:35:24,252 Well, moments of humor do exist. 2319 01:35:24,319 --> 01:35:26,088 I exploit them, but, you know, they exist 2320 01:35:26,154 --> 01:35:27,756 within a tragic, overall framework. 2321 01:35:27,823 --> 01:35:29,091 Meanwhile, is everybody going 2322 01:35:29,157 --> 01:35:30,725 to Phil Dorfman's funeral next week? 2323 01:35:30,793 --> 01:35:31,894 Oh... Oh, no. 2324 01:35:31,960 --> 01:35:33,395 Yeah, I think... I think we have to. 2325 01:35:33,461 --> 01:35:35,397 Poor Phil-- he dropped dead suddenly of a heart attack, 2326 01:35:35,463 --> 01:35:37,465 and he just came from his cardiogram, which was perfect. 2327 01:35:37,532 --> 01:35:38,967 Oh. I hate funerals. 2328 01:35:39,034 --> 01:35:41,669 Yeah, me, too, because, always at the wrong time, I laugh. 2329 01:35:41,736 --> 01:35:42,871 See, that's my point. 2330 01:35:42,938 --> 01:35:44,572 We laugh because it masks 2331 01:35:44,639 --> 01:35:46,374 our real terror about mortality. 2332 01:35:46,441 --> 01:35:49,411 I didn't mean to bring up the subject of funerals. 2333 01:35:49,477 --> 01:35:50,913 You know, you're right. 2334 01:35:50,979 --> 01:35:53,648 Well, how can it be a romantic, funny world, 2335 01:35:53,715 --> 01:35:56,018 if you can't trust your own cardiogram? 2336 01:35:56,084 --> 01:35:57,152 I want to be cremated. 2337 01:35:57,219 --> 01:35:59,855 Now... or after your death? 2338 01:35:59,922 --> 01:36:01,323 Come on. Let's change the subject. 2339 01:36:01,389 --> 01:36:03,992 We came out to have a fun and relaxing evening. Jesus. 2340 01:36:04,059 --> 01:36:05,360 Let's drink to good times. 2341 01:36:05,427 --> 01:36:06,728 Salut'. Comic or tragic, 2342 01:36:06,795 --> 01:36:10,032 the most important thing to do is to enjoy life while you can. 2343 01:36:10,098 --> 01:36:12,734 That's right. Because we only go round once, 2344 01:36:12,801 --> 01:36:14,903 and when it's over, it's over. 2345 01:36:14,970 --> 01:36:17,172 And, perfect cardiogram or not, 2346 01:36:17,239 --> 01:36:20,375 when you least expect it, it could end like that.