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Previously on Masters of Sex. Did the kids hold you up? Do you need that too?

No, actually it was my ex-husband.

He spent the night on the sofa. He's having some financial issues.

It's a long story.

I wanted to give you this.

I came up with the amount by adding up the times we've participated.

Take the money.

Hey.

Do you want to be alone?

Something has happened.

You're pregnant.

It's not possible. Did you think? I wouldn't know.

You're lucky I don't come after your medical license.

I can't, Libby, because you were too selfish to do it yourself.

You're finished at this hospital.

The university has approved my pap smear proposal.

$600. Not enough for lab equipment or a proper staff.

The rules are different for men and women.

Bill hit you?

It has to do with Libby and how she really got pregnant.

Now I understand.

It was never really about the research.

We were having an affair.

I quit.

So you still need a secretary?

Virginia! Do you mind not bellowing for me?

Where's the data for the Nelliparous study subjects?

I'm sorry.

The what?

Nelliparous.

Women who've never given birth.

Another one for your vocabulary list.

I haven't seen it. I can just go ask Virginia where to find it. No, don't do

that.

Oh, it's not a problem. She's just down the hall. You're not to involve her in

any way.

She's no longer an employee of this office.

Just let me confirm it with the doctor and I'll get right back to you.

Thank you, Hal, for the opportunity.

How long do you think it would take you to make your case for pap smears

becoming standard procedure in gynecological exams?

How long?

Well, so far it's been about three years. I mean, in minutes.

I just got off the phone with Hal Fortner.

The pharmaceutical rep? Mm-hmm. His company is sponsoring a two-day, all

-expenses-paid OBGYN conference at some golfing resort outside of Knoxville.

Oh, God. One of those medical boondoggles.

Do not turn up your nose.

I just got you.

The last 15 minutes spot on the program.

How did you manage that?

The comedian dropped out. I told him you had terrific patter.

About cervical cancer?

You go on after new techniques in breech births and before 125 country doctors

hit the links.

That is your target audience, isn't it?

How does a man save a woman from drowning?

What? He takes his foot off her head.

That's the only joke I know. I don't think you're going to have to try to be

funny. No, you just have to show up and try to change a few minds.

Well, you know men, it's easier to change their diapers than their minds.

Two. That's two.

Yeah, but really, don't.

It's not doing you any favors.

And you'll come with me?

It'd be helpful to have some assistance.

I can't really do an overnight. I have my kids.

Can't you leave them alone?

They're six and eight.

Can't you leave them with someone?

Angela?

Angela has children.

Angela has Cocker Spaniels.

Well, they're alive, aren't they?

She obviously knows how to take care of them.

It's a joke.

Another joke.

Excuse me.

Meliparous are women who have never given birth.

Well, yes.

Obviously. But where would he... It's under P for para.

Para zero is never having carried a child. Para one is one pregnancy. Para

two is two and so on. Why is he asking for that? I think for the introduction

to the presentation.

He's talking about the range of study subjects. No.

Do not let him spend too much time on methodology, Jane. He gets bogged down

by statistical data. I'm always telling him that.

I used to tell him, don't make it sound like it's coming from me, but keep him

calm. You know, it's a big part of the job, preventing Bill from becoming his

own worst enemy.

I don't know, Virginia.

He doesn't really listen to me the way he listened to you.

For he's a jolly good fellow, which nobody can deny.

I was kind of hoping that I'd slip out of here today without anyone making a

fuss.

But now I'm glad you did.

Because it gives me an opportunity to say thank you.

Working with you people the past two years, it's made me a better doctor.

And I think it's made me a better friend.

And I know it's made me a better man.

Until we meet again.

Thank you.

What are you doing here?

Couldn't miss your send-off.

Seeing as how I'm responsible for it. I feel terrible, Ethan.

No, you don't. You didn't ask me to do anything that I wasn't willing to do.

And in the end, we both came out ahead.

Both of us. I know that I did, but...

You... No, it's a fresh start for me. Clean slate.

If you've been reading Norman Vincent Peale... No, I'm not just putting on a

brave face.

It's the right time for me to go. I've accepted that.

You know, there's no repairing my relationship with Bill.

Well... And there's nothing for you to do about that, Libby.

I am going to end up in a great hospital that appreciates me for my doctoring,

not because I'm Bill's protege.

Your husband...

Cast a long shadow.

Feels good to finally walk out into the light.

You know what also helps?

Being in love.

Ethan, you're in love? With whom?

Bill didn't say anything?

Knock,

knock.

Mrs. Masters.

And another thing for Jane.

That's what he calls me these days. The section you just typed contains 11

references to sexual intermission.

Okay. It's intro-mission. And inter-mission is something that happens

halfway through. Gone with the wind.

Mrs. Masters is here, sir.

Sorry. We're really scrambling here.

So much information to organize for the presentation.

Plus there's this whole visual component. Oh, my God.

Professor Ledetto's been on hold for ten minutes.

Shoot. Liv.

What are you doing here?

He hung up. Should I get him back?

I don't have time for him. I told you already.

Put everyone off until after the 19th. Only patients and surgical procedures.

So I guess lunch with your wife is out of the question.

Oh, I'm sorry.

I'm wanting to be further along by now, but the typesetter needs to hand out

materials by Friday.

Virginia left us a little short-handed.

We'll be fine.

If I could help out for a while.

At least answer the phones.

I don't think that's a good idea, considering your condition.

There's nothing for me to do at home except to wait for the stork.

And for you, he hasn't been home one night this week before midnight.

I could be your new Virginia, your new old Virginia, the one that just answered

the phones.

I never did just answer phones, did I, Bill?

Yes.

All right.

That's fine.

Just for a few days.

Can help us get over the hump.

Now it finally makes sense why Virginia didn't want to work nights anymore.

She and Ethan are an item.

I neglected to tell me that.

Did I?

They're having a send-off for him downstairs, and he told me the whole

story. Too bad he's leaving, huh? It's his own doing.

He's made some very poor decisions.

That have worked to other people's benefit.

Anyhow, he seems to be taking it in stride.

In fact, I don't think I've ever seen him happier.

A good woman can make all the difference.

Dr. William Master's office.

Can you take a break?

What's that?

Ten minutes, Bill.

Please.

Look at this.

And for you?

I ate about an hour ago in front of the TV. You don't remember?

Oh, that's right. I'm sorry.

What's on the other side of this?

Once you present the work, what'll be different?

Everything.

Why, a university's stamp of approval makes the work legitimate.

Not some clandestine after-hours enterprise, but something that can

operate in the open.

Which means more resources for the study, more diverse sampling, further

reaching conclusions.

And recognition.

Headlines. Awards.

Maybe.

Further down the road. That's not what I'm focused on.

No?

Does it end there?

When do you stop feeling like you've got something to prove?

There's always something to prove.

We wanted cereal.

Three more box tops, and we get a siren whistle crazy ring.

Sometimes eggs are nice, too.

Ethan! Ethan!

Dr. Housecall at your service. And what's your ailment today, ma'am?

My stomach hurts. Mine, too.

Oh, well, I prescribe ten tickles!

One, two, three!

You read my mind.

How about fried chicken? We're having it for dinner, right, Mom?

Can Ethan come, can he?

He's welcome to join us.

Lillian is going to a medical conference outside of Knoxville this afternoon, so

I thought I'd duck out early.

She didn't ask you to go with?

She did, actually, but, you know, the kids.

Why didn't you say anything earlier?

You should go. I can watch them. Yeah, Mom, Ethan can watch us. Ethan is our

friend. He's not a babysitter. Whoa.

We're not babies.

Look, nothing bad could happen to us. Because he's a doctor.

She makes an excellent point.

It'd be fun, right?

Please!

Not too much fun, I hope. After all, it is the school night. It'd be just the

right amount of fun.

Not too little.

Not too much.

Gin, come on, go.

I got you covered.

In the next section of the study, we directed our attention to the

possibility of an intestinal lesion. ...overian cyst.

Special consideration must be paid to patients after menopause.

However, Ms. T's history of tarry stools, another example, Mrs. O.R.H.,

though diverticulitis is suspected, sigmoidoscopy and barium enema x-ray

should be performed.

Are there any questions?

Uh, Lester just called.

He said he needs to know as soon as possible what information you want

transferred to Slides.

What are you doing?

It's not big enough.

Or loud enough.

There's too much methodology here.

Too many numbers. I could have grabbed their attention in the first two minutes

and then hold it for another 38.

What makes you think you won't? Frank Dittmer just did 20 minutes on

diverticulitis. By minute four, it was like rats.

Deserting a sinking ship. Well, there's diverticulitis, and then there's human

sexuality.

Vir... Jane!

You yelled, sir?

Yeah, there's some additional statistical data Virginia and I gathered

that I want to include.

More data, Bill, but didn't you just say... On penis size.

Oh. We compiled the averages a while ago, flaccid erect, and there was data

that showed that smaller phalluses expand more than larger ones. I'm going

to need those numbers too, Jane. If you've compiled them, why aren't they

already in the presentation?

Well, we thought... I thought... they'd be a distraction from all the other

findings of ours that required more than a grade school ruler to determine.

I think we should use everything we've got, even the film.

Tell Lester I'm going to need a projector on the day.

Wait, the interior footage?

The looking down a mineshaft footage?

I'm sorry, what?

Are you sure the audience is ready for what they'll be seeing?

What will they be seeing? I'll walk them through it. But I want it all in the

presentation. Everything but the kitchen sink. And I want you to identify female

participants who had strong orgasmic responses with Ulysses. You can help

Jane with that. She can show you how to read the printouts. May I ask why?

We're going to ask them to come in for two additional sessions to perform

artificial cohesion with different size phalluses.

We're going to see if penis size plays a role in women's sexual satisfaction.

That should keep them in their seats.

Okay, stare like step and stare like gaze. Good. Two more.

All right, use.

Like use a napkin and use like...

You'd better trade me that fucking baseball guard.

Who uses that word?

Henry's friend Daryl uses it all the time.

Why? Or is he just not?

Well, maybe he said it once or twice.

Hey, that is not a nice word for anyone to use, especially a kid.

There are lots of better words.

Like darn.

Huh? Darn's a fine word. And also a homonym, like to darn a sock. Huh? Write

that one down.

Who the fuck are you?

It's funny, she's never mentioned your name.

It's funny, she mentions your name all the time.

Usually with an expletive in front of it.

Which you could argue is better than never having been spoken of.

Nevertheless, she left me with very explicit instructions not to let the

kids out of my sight.

Not even if they're with their own father.

If she was expecting you to show up, she would have told me. I mean, don't you

two have a schedule? No, we keep it loose.

I never know when I'm going to be in town. Well, I have a three-page list

that pretty much allows for every conceivable possibility except you

showing up. What qualifies you to play guardian?

Why should I trust them with you?

Well, for starters, I'm a doctor.

What kind of a doctor is free in the middle of the day?

I'm in between jobs. Oh, in other words, you're unemployed.

Just for the time being. Yeah.

You got nothing on me, pal. Hey!

I missed you guys.

Who wants to watch TV?

I gotcha, I gotcha, I gotcha.

How much more did

the train cost again?

Seven dollars.

Seven dollars this study can't afford.

Do you know how many pap smears one can administer for seven dollars? I don't

know.

Three. That's right.

Three.

Excuse me, ma'am. Can you turn off your reading light?

No, I cannot. I'm working here.

I'm preparing for a presentation on a medical procedure, which might just save

your wife's... Lillian, please take a break.

Look out the window. Enjoy the scenery.

There's nothing to see. It's pitch black.

Would either of you ladies like a ham sandwich?

I'm not really hungry.

Thank you. No.

You're very kind for the offer. Thank you.

Are you heading home or away?

I'm going to my sister's wedding in Kingsport. Oh, how nice.

Not really.

Rydell, the groom, we think he held up a service station.

We're not entirely sure, but we think.

I'm doing the hair.

Are you two sisters?

No. No. We are traveling for business.

What kind of business?

My companion is a doctor, and I'm her assistant.

Kidding.

Do you know anything about moles?

Um, I'm looking at your calendar, sir.

How many subjects do you think we can schedule in a night?

Uh, three, maybe four.

And you need each of them to come back for a second session, right? To test

with a different size?

Which means we can only see one quarter of the participants we'd otherwise see.

Just take care of it.

Between now and the presentation, sir, will there be time to see enough

subjects? How many participants do we have the time to see between now and the

presentation?

Maybe 12?

You can't offer a conclusive finding with a sample of 12, Bill.

You know that.

It's not big enough.

That'll be more than adequate.

Really, sir?

Here's another one.

Married, three children, 28.

Two sessions of artificial coitus.

Both times she had a consistent orgasmic response with Ulysses.

Excellent. Do we tell them the purpose of the study?

You don't need to tell them anything.

Dr. Masters makes the calls.

I'm the only one.

knows the identities well you and virginia uh maybe it's not too

late to uh call this one will you excuse me please sorry confidentiality

i feel like i'm always a step behind it's a steep learning

curve but it flattens out virginia taught me that probably won't be here

long enough to get my bearing that's okay I just wanted to see Bill in his

element before I'm lost forever to diapers and pacifiers.

I do understand why he finds the work so fascinating.

All these study subjects, how do you keep yourself from reading every single

one of their files?

He lost her virginity at 16 in the bathroom of the Staten Island ferry to a

sailor on liberty.

Two sessions with the Ulysses.

First intercourse, oh my goodness, 43.

No.

But, um, multi-orgasmic.

Talk about patients being rewarded.

There was this one woman I saw.

It's the thickest file.

It's in here somewhere.

Oh, here it is.

She came in 23 times.

That's the record so far. She participated 23 times?

She's got to be eligible for the size study, don't you think?

No artificial coitus, one session of auto manipulation, but nothing with

Ulysses. So essentially it was all intercourse.

With... This is weird.

Same male study subject.

Now I'm sure she's got a story.

Are you going to eat your potatoes?

How did Indians shave if they didn't have razors?

They used sharpened buffalo teeth.

And they looked at their reflections in pools of water. They did not.

Indians have very sparse facial hair, like the Chinese.

Just like Henry.

Henry's going to have plenty of facial hair when he grows up.

Just like his father.

You're a little more of a peach fuzz type, huh, pal?

What are you sporting there, three, four days growth?

I shaved this morning.

You don't say.

So did I.

Even when you shave, Daddy, good scratchy spots.

Well, Bug, you know, it's hard to stay on top of it when you have a beard as

heavy as I do. Really precise shaving.

takes a kind of hand-eye coordination that lots of men just don't have.

I mean, surgeons do.

Professional athletes, baseball players especially.

When the time comes, sport, the old man's going to teach you how to shave.

See, the trick of it is going against the grain. With the grain. Against the

grain causes ingrown hairs and razor burn. Yeah, maybe in sissies, but if you

want to close shave, it's the only way to go. Because that approach has worked

so well for you in life.

Going against the grain. Better than kowtowing to the establishment, like

some people. People with jobs? Who support their families?

I don't see you having either of those things, buddy.

Hey, would you two stop? We're watching here.

I can ride a horse like that.

I can ride bareback.

Bill.

You sleep?

Nearly.

I was just wondering, there was a couple in the study who came back again and

again? Do you know the ones I mean?

Yes, the married couple.

No, they weren't married.

Her questionnaire said she was divorced.

Did it?

Oh, yes, that's right. I remember now.

Olivia, it's late. Go to sleep.

Do they know each other before the study?

Bill?

I don't think so.

So you introduced them?

I suppose.

23 times.

They must have fallen in love.

Did they fall in love?

I don't know.

That question lay outside our area of inquiry.

Mind me again why the train was a bad idea.

Trains break down too, you know.

Didn't the desk clerk say there were two beds?

He also said there was a view.

Well, ladies, I'm just fine with the floor so long as I can pinch one of

those pillows. The driver said they can't get another bus here until around

8 in the morning, and we've got another six hours of driving. Easy.

The program ends at 3. You have the last spot.

Well, we'll be cutting it very tight.

Oh, what's this contraption?

Ten cents for 15 minutes of tingling relaxation and ease.

Can't seem to get away from vibrators now, can I?

Hey, doctor.

Why don't you let me do your hair up in rollers?

You'll look like a million bucks in the morning. I can give you the buck 75

special. How can you afford to make a living charging so little? Doesn't your

salon take 50%?

How would you know that?

Because I used to work as a singer.

In another life. And no matter what I made, the house always took half.

Not me.

I keep all of it.

I bring in a lot of heads, so I worked out a deal with my boss.

The Rainmaker's prerogative.

That's what my old boss calls that kind of arrangement.

Masters does?

Mm-hmm. He brings in so many patients to the hospital, the university allows him

to collect directly for his services.

I don't understand. He's not paid a salary, like all the other doctors?

No, he's more, um, like an independent contractor.

So the more patients he gets, the more he benefits.

It's not like he's making off in the night with the money. He's diverting

funds, Virginia.

He's not doing anything the university hasn't sanctioned. That doesn't make it

right. Don't you see how that disadvantages every other doctor trying

to get a study off the ground?

I have to go begging for a pittance, but meanwhile Bill Masters gets to skim off

the top?

It's a sweetheart deal, Virginia, and it's not fair.

I'm afraid there's nothing till after the 19th.

No, not a trip. He's got a very big presentation.

Thank you, Dr. Jarvis. I'll tell him that.

You know, you have a smile in your voice.

I do?

It's an excellent quality in a secretary.

It really puts people at ease.

Oh, aren't you sweet?

Can I get you anything while you wait?

Oh, Bill, this is... Dr. Masters!

Malcolm Toll.

I'm one of the new fellows.

I did my residency at Ann Arbor.

Duncan McAllister said to say hello.

I just want to say how much I'm looking forward to learning from you, sir.

Yes, well, I just reached a fourth participant. I scheduled it for 9.15.

Sir, I saw you have a uterine adenocarcinoma surgery scheduled for

tomorrow. I was hoping I could observe.

Dr. Toll was just telling us he's a fourth-generation physician.

Have you cleared it with your attending? I thought I'd get your okay first.

Dr. Masters, I know you have a history of mentoring fellows, and I just want to

make a case for myself as early as possible.

I know Dr.

Huss had that role, and he's no longer at the hospital.

And I know his are very big shoes to fill. Not so big, actually.

Well, I just wanted to let you know I'm a man with very big feet.

He didn't mean that literally, Jane.

But he actually...

Does.

May I ask?

Us size 13 and a half.

Since I was 11.

We're too late. We missed it.

William? I have to sit down.

Are you all right? Of course I'm not all right. I just traveled 17 hours for no

reason at all.

Well, let's just regroup for a moment.

You know why we missed it, Virginia?

Because we were stuck in a fleabag motel. Why were we stuck?

Because we took the bus. Why did we take the bus? Because we couldn't afford the

train. And we couldn't afford the train because Washington University only gave

me a lousy $600 to fund an outreach program.

Why did they only give me $600? Because every penny Bill Masters is making for

the university, he's giving to himself.

Is that what you think?

All of this leads back to Bill. Well, it starts with him and what he represents.

Just what, exactly?

Do you think Bill's advantaged because he's a man?

He's advantaged because he's a brilliant doctor.

Figured out a way to beat the system. And not so he could line his own

pockets, mind you, but so he could fund research that he believes will help

better people's lives.

Well, having a dick doesn't hurt.

You know what you've got, Lillian? You've got a case of penis envy.

It'd make things a lot easier.

Don't you ever wish you were a man?

No.

Never.

You never feel betrayed by your anatomy?

That you have all these parts that could just turn against you.

I don't know what I'm saying.

Suddenly, I'm just very, very tired.

You don't get to be tired.

We're here.

Took us 17 hours, but we're here. So we need to figure out a way to make this

trip worthwhile somehow.

What do you suggest?

You know, there aren't just fraternities in this world.

There are also sororities.

Excuse me, sir.

The doctors, they're all out golfing?

Yes, ma'am.

You're looking for your husbands?

No, actually, we're looking for their wives.

Excuse me, ladies.

Might I trouble one of you for a cigarette?

I've just smoked my last.

Oh, of course.

Thank you.

Would you care to join us?

Oh, yes.

Thank you.

I'm Virginia.

This is Lillian.

Hello.

I'm Enid. And this is Geraldine.

Betsy, Diana, and I am so sorry I've forgotten your name.

Louise. Louise.

We've only just met.

I see. And yet I'm sure you have so much in common.

Kids, men who love to golf.

In fact, I bet even how you first met your husbands. How many of yours were

office romances?

Well, I ran Doug's office for two years.

I was Mel's nurse.

Greg's secretary.

Well, I'm sure all of their practices were better off having you on the

payroll, whispering in their ears.

Letting them know that maybe their patients had other concerns besides,

say, losing the baby weight. Am I right?

Doug used to say, let's check the oil before he did a pelvic exam.

I put a stop to that.

You know, there's this new cancer test that they're doing in all of the major

metropolitan hospitals.

It's a simple cervical swab. Takes less than ten seconds.

Lillian here is far better versed in the medicine than I am. What were you

telling me earlier?

It's called the pap smear.

Maybe some of you ladies have heard of it.

You missed them.

They tried to stay up, but they couldn't keep their eyes open. I took them in

about 20 minutes ago.

It's not even 8 o'clock.

They're kids.

They were tired.

Well, did you give Tessa her stuffed turtle because she can't sleep without

that thing?

It's a raggedy end all now.

You're enjoying this, aren't you?

I don't enjoy them waiting for a father who doesn't show up. Hey, I don't need a

lecture from you, pal.

And just because you're popping my ex-wife, that doesn't give you any right

to tell me... I'm going to marry her.

I haven't asked her yet, but I'm going to, and she's going to say yes.

Well, I wouldn't count on it.

Ginny's not like other girls.

She doesn't put much stock in a ring on her finger.

She'd probably be happy to go on like this for a while.

Well, she'd be foolish to follow me out of state unless it was as my wife.

I'm considering a number of job possibilities. You're not taking my

children out of Missouri.

You're welcome to visit. You visit now.

Who the fuck do you think you are? I'm just saying I'm going to be there for

them.

You don't have to like it.

Well, let me tell you something, pal.

It doesn't matter what you and Virginia do or where you go, because you are

never going to be those kids' father.

You want to keep the title, George, you got it.

All I want is the job.

So, you're free to choose whichever phallus you like.

In a future session, you'll be asked to use the one you didn't choose tonight.

And we'll be comparing those results with your response to the very first

phallus we provided you with.

What are you doing, Bill?

There's not enough time to get it right.

Which one would you like to begin with?

I feel like Goldilocks.

You're waiting to see which one I choose, aren't you?

Wondering if it reflects her particular preference.

I'm just here to observe.

Impartially?

No stake in the outcome whatsoever.

I know what the outcome is going to be. How?

Twelve study subjects can't prove anything conclusively. In time, if

additional data warrants it, I'll revisit the finding.

Which is what?

A man's size doesn't matter.

There's no way you could know that.

I'm going to say it. You are cutting corners, Bruno. I'm going to tell them

what they want to hear.

So they'll hear what I want to tell them.

It's for the greater good.

You've got to get people into the tent, Virginia.

Make the work relevant to them.

Personally. You're not giving them the gift you think you are.

No, after all those jubilant, small to medium-sized men come home and crawl

into bed beside their sleeping women, they're going to stare up at the bedroom

ceiling and they're going to realize that if size doesn't matter, something

else does.

And that something else is going to scare the hell out of them. them.

Because maybe they don't have it.

And maybe Ethan does.

That's the fear, isn't it? Not whether you're big enough, whether you're good

enough.

I need this to go well.

Because if it doesn't, I will have lost

everything.

You are a bigger man than that.

Aren't you?

Miss 830's all wired up.

I'm ready.

Hickory, Maryville, Spartanburg, Dalton, Albertville, and Williamsburg.

We've got advocates in six cities, in six states, in one fell swoop.

That is a good day's work.

The shortest distance between two points is a straight line.

You should needlepoint that on a sampler.

Most of them met their husbands at work.

Makes you wonder, doesn't it?

You could meet someone, too, Lillian.

No, I mean, where they'd be if they'd actually pursued careers.

All those women putting their ambitions on the back burner.

I'm not looking for a man.

And according to Bill Masters, I don't need one.

Didn't you say that was a big revelation from his study?

It's not just his study, you know.

Well, his will be the only name on it.

Don't you find it ironic that in the end it's going to be a man who'll tell women

that they can find their own satisfaction?

Which isn't all that satisfying for you, is it?

Don't you ever want anything that's just yours, Virginia?

Who has anything that's just theirs?

What do you have?

I have cancer.

What?

Cervical cancer, actually.

It's very advanced.

Past the point of treatment.

It was detected with a pap smear in my mid-twenties.

I wanted to be a doctor before that, but it led me to specialize in gynecology.

And you've had radiation?

And then a hysterectomy.

I thought it was gone, but then it came back about 18 months ago.

It progressed to my liver, which is stage four.

Liliana.

I'm so sorry.

I'm not going to be around to see the testing become routine.

I'm going to have to...

Hand the work off to someone who can fight the fight.

Who can talk small but think big.

Who can find the shortest distance between two points.

Do you know anyone like that?

I'm going to try to get some sleep.

Let's go.

Okay. Bye. All right, have a nice day.

What do you call that spot under the knee that the doctor taps with a hammer

and makes your leg kick?

A patellar reflex.

Yeah.

Virginia's mine.

You tap and I kick.

Hard.

Hmm.

I understand.

She's quite a woman.

I didn't want kids.

Not that I don't love the ones I got. I do.

But... I knew they'd pull her away from me.

And they did.

And the thing of it is, I let them go.

I mean, if you don't want your kids to turn out like you, then what do you got

to teach them?

You seem like a nice enough guy.

I'd like to think so.

Trying to be.

Yeah.

And wherever you land, I could probably book some local gigs thereabouts.

Change up circuits.

That'd be nice.

It doesn't mean I don't love them.

Of course not.

I hope you'll wish Virginia and me well.

I'll tell you, it helps knowing that what she and I had, you'll never know.

Because she's not the girl she was back then.

Well, I'll take her anyway.

You ever heard her sing?

Nah, she doesn't even hum anymore.

When the two of us on stage, you know.

I'm telling you.

You know, we had this rhythm. We had this back and forth.

We were a real team.

But she changed, got a career, got all ambitious.

You'll never know the girl she was back then.

And that's my consolation prize.

What is it?

Nothing.

Can't sleep.

Does it work?

No.

It's, uh, no.

Well, can I get you something?

No, I'm fine. Please, don't get up.

I should be taking care of you.

You do.

Let's go back to bed.

You do take care of me.

You feel good inside me.

You feel just right.

Libby, please. No, I... I know that I wasn't your first.

But you were mine.

And once I met you...

I've never wanted to be with another man.

I am so sorry about George.

I had no idea. It's okay.

No bones were broken.

You know, I got a lot straightened out, actually.

Really? Like what?

Actually, never mind.

I don't want to know.

I do want to know, but if it's good, if it's bad, I'd prefer if you waited until

I was less tired.

It's a hard trip.

If I die, he gets the kids.

What? He's their father.

It'd be hard to make a case that they belong with anybody else.

I can't die.

Just promise me I won't die.

Well, I'm a doctor, so you've got that working in your favor.

Have you heard from any hospitals?

A few.

Any close by?

I don't know how many miles I can put on the coast. driving back and forth before

I'm going to need new tires.

Why don't you let me worry about that?

In fact, why don't you let me worry about everything?

I mean it, Jenny.

You want to quit your job?

Go to school full-time? I think you should.

You want to stay home with the kids? I'll support you.

In every way.

What has gotten into you?

You must have really missed me.

If there is something that you always wanted to do, someone you wanted to be

and you never got the chance, I will make that happen.

I want us to be a team.

Aren't we?

We're a couple.

No, a team.

Like, I don't know, Burns and Allen.

Or Blues and Clark.

Bonnie and Clyde.

Hey.

I'm serious.

Allison Johnson.

It's got a ring to it.

Don't you think?

give your hand to me and then you say hello

and i can hardly speak my heart is

beating so and anyone can tell you

think you know me well you don't know

No, you don't know the one Who dreams of you at night

And longs to kiss your lips And longs to

hold you tight To you I'm just a friend That's all

I've ever been No, you don't know me

You give your hand to me and Then you say goodbye.

I Watch you walk away beside