All language subtitles for Michael Everyday s01e06 Trust.eng

My therapist is writing a book
about my weirdnesses.

-I'm not flattered.
-I'm just saying...

It's gonna be filled
with every pathetic detail of my life.

All the stuff from when I was a kid,
my parents' divorce.

Oh, my God, he's gonna list
all the times I masturbated.

[laughs] Not all the times.

What if a psycho buys the book
and kidnaps me

and makes me experience
all my worst fears at once?

That's so not going to happen,
and do you know why?

Dr. Storper didn't use your real name.

How, how do you know
he didn't use my real name?

-You know about the book?
-Well... yes,

because I transcribed his notes.

-You've read it?
-Well... not the actual book;

just the notes.
I didn't, I didn't know

it was you at first.
It wasn't until I got to the part

about how you put your backpack
up against the inside

of the bathroom door
in case the lock doesn't work--

I can't believe you didn't tell me.

I couldn't! There's an ethical thing.

-What ethical thing?
-The medical receptionist ethical thing.

I mean, I wanted to tell you.

-We've had sex together.
-I don't... get the connection.

-I'm sorry.
-I gotta go.

-I didn't have a choice!
-I don't want to see you right now.

I can't. I can't see you for a while.

But the sex has nothing to do with it.

It's a
medical-ethical-receptionist thing.

-[door closes]
-[baby crying]

-["Gotta Get Up" by Harry Nilsson plays]
-[alarm clock buzzing]

♪ Gotta get up, gotta get out ♪

♪ Gotta get home
Before the morning comes ♪

♪ What if I'm late?
Got a big day ♪

♪ Gotta get home
Before the sun comes up ♪

♪ Up and away
Got a big day ♪

♪ Sorry can't stay ♪

♪ I gotta run, run, yeah ♪

♪ Gotta get home
Pick up the phone ♪

♪ Gotta let the people know
I'm gonna be late ♪

[Claire] Michael's here, Dr. Storper.

[clock ticking quietly]

You're upset. Let's put that feeling
under the microscope.

Why are you upset, exactly?

Because I lied to you about the book,

I'm guessing. Fair enough.

You're also upset with Claire.
Why is that?

Likely because she knew about
the book and didn't tell you,

so in your mind,
she was lying to you as well.

-Yeah, but your lie was worse.
-Because?

Because you lied first and longest.

-Right.
-I mean, how can I trust you

when I know that you've been
lying to me for years?

It's interesting--
it's interesting you would say that.

You said something very similar to that

about your father when
your parents were divorcing.

-So?
-So... that's why you're upset.

You're not upset with me or Claire.

I mean, I mean, you are, but ultimately
and more significantly,

you're upset with your father.

Eureka moment!

-No, no.
-Follow me. Your father lied

to you and your mother for years
about having an affair.

You say that I lied to you,
and I'm kind of a father figure for you.

What? No, you're not.

Well, I serve a kind
of paternal role for you.

You're nothing like my father.
He's older; he's got all his hair.

It has nothing to do with ph--
What do you mean, he has all his hair?

I have all my hair.

You've got like
a receding thing going on.

This is my mature hairline.

-I've had this since university.
-Your hair is fine.

I'm just saying I don't think
of you as my father.

No, you know, I really think
we're onto something here.

Could you come in tomorrow at one?
I've had a cancellation.

I really think we could use
another session this week.

Good.

Well, that's, that's it.
That's all the time we have.

I told you. Claire and I had a fight.
I can't face her.

I snuck in this morning
while she was in the washroom.

Well, how...

[classical music playing softly]

[whispering]

You're seriously asking me to do this?

Yes.

[sighs] No.

Please, let's not have a horrible scene
in front of Mrs. Bronfman.

What are you going to do for me?

-What?
-Take me to lunch.

Today. Yeah. Take me for a fancy lunch.

Fine.

Okay.

Mrs. Bronfman, why don't you just go right
in? I'll be with you in a second.

Thank you.

Better be damned fancy.

[David] Trust is a learned behavior.

As a child, one looks to one's parents

to learn what type of behavior
most benefits...

one in one's adult life.
Rephrase without "ones".

In Miguel's case, as a child his
primary role model demonstrated

to him that lying is
an acceptable form of behavior.

In adulthood,

another role model
inadvertently confirmed that.

[Carlos] Cowboy.

How are the elder abuse slogans coming?

-I'm working on them.
-You're not working on them, cowboy;

you're surfing the web.

We have to present tomorrow,
and I haven't seen any slogans.

-When can I see some slogans?
-When I finish working on them.

Please, stop using variations
of that phrase and tell me

specifically when, because I'm
getting very nervous here, bro.

I am the team leader,
and the team is behind,

so Mr. Renn could blame me.

-He will blame you.
-Mr. Renn will blame me,

because I'm in a position
of responsibility here,

so please, cowboy, please,

-when can I see some slogans?
-Tomorrow morning.

Tomorrow morning!

We present at 3:00.

Look, I'm just not into this, Carlos.
I've got other things--

I, I, I don't hear it. Please.

Just write the slogans, okay, cowboy?

Good slogans.

Tomorrow morning.

I want to try the lobster roll too.

-Fine.
-And dessert. Some gelato.

Okay.

And... cognac.
Oh, a big glass of cognac.

No.

Look, I'm... I'm sorry
that you two had a fight.

This is your fault for not
telling him about the book two years ago.

I appreciate what you did.

I owe you one, so... enjoy the lunch.

No. No.

This lunch is for making me hide
in the supply closet.

You owe me something
much bigger than this.

-Like what?
-I'm having trouble

with Sophie's father, and...

I want you to, you know,
step in and do your thing.

-Do my thing?
-You know, couples...

therapy, or whatever.

-You want free couples therapy?
-Not free.

In exchange for doing your thing,
I will continue

to hide in the supply closet as Michael...
comes and goes,

even though I find that humiliating
and degrading.

Do we have a deal?

Excuse me, do you have any--
sorry--quail eggs?

-Or any really expensive eggs?
-Mm-hmm.

Yeah?

[wind blowing]

[thunderclap]

[knocking]

[classical music playing softly]

You can go right in.

I would like to try
a role-playing exercise.

[clears throat] I will play your father.

No, I want to talk about the book.

As I said, it's all connected.

Your father's infidelities are
responsible for the trust issues

that have recently come
to the surface as a result

of the book and the, uh,
associated half-truths.

-Lies.
-Yes.

Um, so I will play your father,

and you play you.

Okay, I want you to tell your father, me,
how you actually feel about him,

Okay? I want you to be honest, Okay?

Ahem...

Hello, Michael.
You wanted to speak with me?

I know it's you.

Uh, I'll try something.

[deep voice] He-he-hello. Hello.

Hello. Hello.

Hello. Hello, Michael.
You wanted to speak with me?

Okay, you just sound like Darth Vader.

Okay, you're resisting.

-Sorry.
-Hello.

Hello, Michael.
You wanted to speak with me?

You've hurt me.

I, I didn't mean to.

You lied to me for two years.

I was trying
to protect you and your mother.

You were trying to protect yourself.
That's all you ever do.

What were you gonna do?

Were you ever gonna tell me?
What if I walked by the bookstore

-and saw it in the window?
-Saw what in the window of a bookstore?

-The book.
-What book?

-The book you were writing about me.
-I don't know what you mean.

Did you describe me?
Are their pictures?

Okay, cut. Cut.

-[loud thunderclap]
-This isn't working.

You're not taking this seriously.

I think I was, actually.

[thunder rumbling]

There's another way to do this.

I want you to write a letter
to your father.

We're not gonna send it.

Just write out
what you would say to him, okay?

That sounds lame.

It's not at all lame.

Um... The process of finding
the appropriate words

to express your thoughts
and emotions is in itself cathartic.

Yeah, well, you'd know all about that,
wouldn't you?

-[wind blowing]
-[rain hitting windows]

[David clears his throat]

[classical music playing softly]

-[David] All clear.

-Okay.
-[sighs]

Roger agreed

-to the therapy thing.
-Roger?

-Sophie's father.
-Oh.

But he didn't want to do it
at the office. He's being difficult.

So he said that he would do it
at his place.

No, that's not gonna happen.

-Why?
-Because I'm not going into

some strange man's apartment with you.

You do therapy all over the place.
You took Michael to Cirque du Soleil.

That's different.

I don't feel comfortable going
into some shady hood

-to meet some low-life.
-What?

You think that I slept
with a crack dealer?

No, he owns a software company.
He lives in Rockcliffe.

He's richer than you.

"Don't Hit Them."

We are trying to suggest
with this one that people

shouldn't hit seniors.

It might be too direct.

"Whatever He Did To You,

Let It Go."

This one, this one is less direct.

[whispering] That's not our message.

-That implies blame.
-Yes, it does.

-We don't want to imply blame.
-No, we don't. Um...

Let's put this one away.

"It's Not Worth The Effort."

I think we can all agree that it isn't...

worth the effort.

Hitting seniors, I mean.

-I'm more than a little disappointed.
-Yes.

Let's put our heads together and come up
with something better, shall we?

-[chair whirring]
-Bring it up a notch.

We'll meet again next week.

-Thank you, Mr. Renn.
-Thank you.

You are going
to drink beer with me. Now.

Cowboy, I don't understand.

I don't understand your brain,
I don't understand how it works.

Where I come from,
we don't have this...

mental illness.

I'm just saying
we consider these things--

being afraid of photocopy machines,
for instance--

as being weak,
being a weakling, we would say.

This has nothing to do with anxiety.

Then what? What is it that is going on?
Tell me.

-There's a lot going on.
-Tell me one thing.

[Michael sighs]

All right, stuff has happened recently,
upsetting stuff,

and this stuff has made me
think of my father.

Yes?

I'm trying to find him.

-Is he lost?
-No.

I haven't spoken to him in eight years.

He divorced my mother when I was nine.

We kept in contact for a while,
and then we fell out of touch.

That's sad.

Now put it out of your mind
and do your work!

-I'm trying to.
-You're failing.

Bro, you're weird, okay?

You've got a lot of weirdness.
And I don't mind it

because it's a bit funny and
usually it doesn't bother me,

but now that the weirdness
in your brain is directly

affecting my brain.

I can't sleep, I'm losing muscle mass,

and even if you don't care
about that, I will tell you this:

you will lose your job,

because, cowboy,

"It's Not Worth The Effort"
is a terrible,

terrible slogan.

[knocking at door]

[classical music playing softly]

Ready.

We could talk about this, you know.
Time has passed.

"Dear Dad, [sighs]

I haven't seen you in years,
and I don't know anything about you.

You chose to leave me and Mom
and be some other kid's father.

That hurt a lot.
I really hated you for that.

I used to draw pictures of you being shot

by a robot firing squad with lasers."

Robot-firing-squad-with-laser pictures.

But I also know that you tried
many times to bring me

into your new family, and I resisted.

I have to admit that most of those

family gatherings were awful
because of me.

Remember when I peed
in the Easter basket? Ha ha ha."

I'm trying to show him
that I can laugh now.

-Is that appropriate?
-Sure.

-Go on.
-"I guess what I'm getting at

is that I have a lot of problems now,

and it would be easy to blame them
all on you, but I won't.

I'm not saying it wasn't awful--

the lying hurt the most--

but it didn't make me who I am today.

I hope you appreciate the fact
that I'm taking the high road--

the Ativan helps.

Warmly,"--warmly?

"Michael Dyer."

That's good.

-There's a lot there.
-Yeah.

I realized as I was writing it
that what hurt the most was

that he didn't think I could handle it.

He didn't respect me enough
to tell me the truth.

[David] Trust issues,
especially those rooted

in parental behavior,

color all one's relationships.

They thrive in an atmosphere
of trust and respect.

Respect is important, of course,

but ultimately loving
adult relationships cannot be

sustained without
a solid foundation of trust.

That's my little preamble.

Uh, now let's begin.

I'm just gonna start by asking
you a few basic questions.

Roger, um, what do you do
for a living?

I'm in software development--

high-end 3D graphic modelers
used for medical imaging--

-MRIs, PET scans, CAT scans.
-Pays well?

-Very well.
-Oh--

What kind of a dog is that?

Oh, hey.
It's a Neapolitan Mastiff.

Expensive dog? It looks expensive.

-About two grand with shipping.
-He's rich.

Can we get on with it?

-Um, how did you two meet?
-I worked at his health club.

I'm an ultra-marathoner
so I'd been there a lot,

and one day I just asked her out--

It wasn't working, Roger.
The condom thing was bad timing.

I was, I was planning
on breaking it off anyway.

Why?

He's not what I'm looking for.

[Carlos sighs] Here.

What's this?

This is everything I could
find on your father,

-Stanley Peter Dyer.
-How--

You were constantly Googling him,
Stanley Peter Dyer,

-Stanley Peter Dyer. That's all you do.
-Yeah, but--

I assumed your father was a senior,
so I looked him up in the database,

so here you go, address,
medical records, tax records,

he recently applied for a boating license,
so I assume he likes water.

There you go.

There's your father.
He's not lost anymore.

-I don't know what to say.
-Say, "Thank you, Carlos.

Now I can stop constantly
Googling my father,

and focus and write good slogans
for the campaign."

I will. Thank you.

I should probably tell you
that I'm falling in love

with someone else.

[laughs] Who?

His name is Michael. I met him at work.

Don't tell me he's a patient.

He's a client, yes. So?

Uh, so I don't want my daughter

hanging around with crazy Michael.

Dr. Storper, you gotta get her
to open her eyes.

I mean, I can provide Sophie
with a fabulous life, and her too.

Would you-- Tell her.

I mean, she can't choose
some deranged loser over me.

-I mean, look, Claire, let's go--
-Sit!

[dog whines quietly]

The client with whom Claire is presently
involved has social anxiety issues.

He's completely functional,

intelligent, sensitive, funny--
a wonderful guy.

A good catch.

You have a narcissistic
personality disorder,

and, judging by your
inappropriately tight clothing,

and your reference to ultra-marathoning,

the fact that you felt compelled to define
medical imaging to a physician,

and your $2,000 dog,
suggests that you fall into

the phallic narcissist subtype,
which is particularly difficult

to treat because it's rooted
in a physical shortcoming.

So, let's continue our work,
and with a bit of luck,

I'll be able to leave here without having
to secure a restraining order.

-Agreed?
-That was awesome.

[David] Sometimes,
through no fault of our own,

we find ourselves in a situation
that is unsatisfying,

unfair, cruel.
Unless we extricate ourselves,

we run the risk
of allowing this cruel burden

to define us.

And that makes for a miserable life.

[door opening]

[he sighs]

This is not the system.

I'm sorry. I know that
what happened wasn't your fault.

Okay.

And I'm sorry you had to hide

every time I came in.

I really hated doing that.

I know.

[classical music playing softly]

I really think that Dr. Storper was trying

to protect you
by not telling you about the book.

He cares about you a lot.

I mean, let's face it,
you do tend to overreact.

-Yeah.
-He's a sweet, caring man.

Honestly.
He's really helped me with Roger.

-What?
-Oh, did Dr. Storper...

-not tell you about this?
-[door opening]

Shall we step into my office?

I did this for you.

Waived my fee so that Claire
would agree to hide when you...

And again, this situation
never would have come up

if you hadn't decided
to date my receptionist.

Okay, obviously it wouldn't have come up
if I had told you about the book,

which I didn't do, yes,

perhaps because I was protecting you,

but is that such a bad thing?

And anyway, it's an entirely
different situation. You know what?

Let's get back to work.

I... I'd like to talk about the letter.

-Would you bring it out?
-Uh, I don't have it.

-You don't have it?
-No. Uh, I mailed it.

-You mailed it?
-Yeah.

You weren't supposed--

-It was an exercise.
-Yeah, I know,

but I wanted my father to see
that I can handle things now,

so, you know, if he wants to see me,
maybe it'll be okay.

Things have changed. I've changed.
I'm not a kid anymore.

He doesn't have to worry about hurting me.

[David clears his throat]

I need you to sign
some papers for the book--

a release that terminates
legal liability. So...

Ahem...

Take your time. Read through it,

and if you're comfortable,
I'll bring in the release

-and you can sign it.
-Is this the...?

It's the book.

[Michael sighs]

I know this doesn't make up
for two years of me hiding it from you,

but maybe reading it
will help you trust me again.

You can, uh, you can...
call or text if you want to.

[whimsical music playing]

-[glass shatters]
-[man screams]

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