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weren't you just thrilled i mean

somebody you actually know involved sure

of course

she's so beautiful

why has it taken her all this time to

get married

well let's just say she was busy with

her modeling career and

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okay okay great to see you miss you so

much blah blah blah let's see it

first i thought ted no no it's too big

too garish too ridiculously expensive

and then i thought hey what am i crazy

did it have to be this much flashier

than mine well i've only had mine for a

month you had yours for 19 years i'd

still trade you uh excuse me

do i know you from somewhere dr wilkins

episode

oh no no this can't be my god daughter

she's much too young to be this gorgeous

it's only been six months that dana oh i

know but look at you you're gorgeous

come on let's ditch these two let's go

pick up some guys you're such a good

influence what hand i really meant

let's go watch sesame street until

you're 30.

this is incredible

i mean you know a plain old taxi would

have been just fine

don't be silly ted insisted oh well then

there better be champagne in here

okay so

in the interest of killing two birds

with one stone this should cover

something old and something blue

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i'm glad you're here i'm so glad

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[Applause]

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oh wow

is this the golden gate bridge

no that's uh that's over here somewhere

this is the fabulous other bridge oh

what a tour guide well what do you want

from me i've only been here a month

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look at the city isn't that beautiful i

can't wait to show you around

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oh this is great

i can't believe we're here now what

happened to wild horses couldn't make me

leave manhattan manhattan doesn't look

this good on his best day besides wild

horses didn't propose marriage and

insist on taking care of me for the rest

of my life

for the record though

i do love this man i can see that you

knew he's amazing i really do love him

the fact that he happens to be rich

doesn't hurt

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come on auntina what's the surprise be

patient that's hilarious

wow

let me guess ted rented this for your

honeymoon cruise

not even close you're looking at my

wedding present

come on let's go look it's so romantic

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i think it'll be kind of cute once we

fix it up yeah

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there's only eight yachts like ours left

in the world they just can't make them

anymore

now oh was i kidding when i said there's

more than enough room

come on alex hey thanks for nothing you

too will be up all night talking well

that was ted's excuse for staying in

town also

what is this no one wants to sleep with

us have your slumber party kate and i

will be very happy in the hotel

right kate

i'd rather stay here

well think room service think cable on

the other hand i hate to think of the

entire mommy hotel room all by yourself

she's such a comfort to me

well wherever you're staying ted

secretaries made plans to take you to

the ballet tonight while we're at dinner

how does that sound great thanks endina

santa this guy is sounding more amazing

by the minute i told you he's perfect

seriously this is too good to be true

what's the catch the catch is i'm not

perfect but if i can just hide that for

another 24 hours i'm home free

drinks will be served on the product

i need you to help me in the galley okay

am i a quick study or what

i'll miss you tonight

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oh no no absolutely not archery

thank you

we've waited 20 years to unlock this

woman

well i'm sorry did i say that i'm out

yes did no what i meant was uh we've

waited 20 years to see dana this

happened

more like it besides you have been more

than generous since we got here believe

me it's it's not generosity it's uh

bribery

dana made it very clear that if i didn't

get your approval the wedding was off so

i hope he can be bought oh absolutely i

can be bought

so tell me alex what's this about rose's

brother teaching you skydiving

i didn't realize the media had been

alerted

excuse me

what was that

what was what cynthoine have you ever

turned down champagne

oh

doctor's orders

why what's wrong it's nothing

nothing

you mean they don't know

i don't want anyone to know ted i'm too

superstitious

we discussed this too superstitious for

what dana seriously you're scaring me

what is it you see sweetheart you're

scaring your best friend for no good

reason

ted no he'll be fine i promise not only

is nothing wrong but things couldn't be

more right

dana's pregnant

i can't believe he just blurted it out

i swore him to secrecy he had no right

he's excited he thinks he's going to be

a father face it you are not the injured

party here he is he just doesn't know it

yet all right poor ted about to marry a

woman he's deeply in love with who also

happens to be deeply in love with him

remind me to organize a telecon dana if

you love him you owe him the truth same

old barber life's not a cabaret it's a

hallmark card

for whatever it's worth i didn't plan

this and how did he made it very clear

from the beginning that he wanted a

child

i don't know

one night i was feeling ancient and

scared and what can i say it just looked

out

i'm not proud of myself

i'd give him a child if i could i know

and it breaks my heart that that can't

happen but the bottom line is it can't

no no the bottom line is i can make him

happy without a child i just need enough

time to prove it and then what a

miscarriage

you know it's not exactly unheard of in

women my age and it's still such a big

deal to ted there's always adoption dana

please

please don't be mad at me

i'm not mad at you i'm scared for you

we've been through this a lot of times

you always think that you have to lie to

someone to make them love you and it

never works you you can't win that way

no

i can this time barbara you'll see it

honestly this is different i can make

this work i can make this work you know

that i want whatever it takes to make

you happy

but you're not being fair to ted

you and your

perfect little life don't you talk to me

about fair oh please how many hours have

we spent on the phone discussing how far

from perfect my life is you and alex are

having a few problems so what you and

alex have always had a few problems but

for every year you've been together i've

been alone you want to talk about fair

it's not fair and i'm sorry

i don't need your sympathy i need your

support and unless you can give me that

then just get the hell out of my life

look at me stop it

i don't know what i'm doing

i didn't mean it

i love you

i don't know what i'd do without you

well you're stuck with me

i almost forgot

for the bride to be

something new

they're beautiful they're beautiful

thank you

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foreign

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excuse me everyone

as ted's lawyer

i'd like it on record that my client

went against advice of counsel in

refusing to even discuss a prenuptial

agreement

but as his best man and his best friend

it's an honor to raise my glass to the

love

joy and passion you share

and may you be as happy for the rest of

your lives

as you are today

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really you mean it you don't think i'm a

selfish calculating deceitful [ __ ]

well

seriously

you may not believe this but

i never wanted anything but the best for

you

wow

i can top that

same to you

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well

for a truce that took nearly 20 years it

really wasn't so hard was it well don't

make me cry dr wilkins we still have

pictures to take

now that my problems are finally solved

for the rest of my life

what should we do about yours

hey my life's a testament to perfection

and i'm sure i'd buy that if i didn't

talk to a barbara 50 times a day barbara

and i are going to be fine

i'm sure you are

the question is are you going to do it

together

that is the question isn't it

which way are you hoping for

it depends on which day you ask me

maybe maybe barbara's right maybe i

should uh pose for the centerfold of

midlife crisis digest

please

if you're determined to reduce your life

to a cliche then uh let's hear it

how is it manifesting itself

corvettes hair club for men

are are you

cheating on her

come on you can tell me

who knows better than you how good i am

at keeping my mouth shut

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no i'm not cheating on her

surprised

what do you think

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i never dreamt i could be this happy

want your next doctor's appointment

ted

here you are lying next to your pride on

your wedding night and you want to talk

about a doctor's appointment

and the romance gone already

i'm lying next to my friend who happens

to be carrying my child

that to me is the most romantic thing in

the world

i think it's friday at 2 30 why

because i want to go

yep what do you mean

i know i mean no absolutely not

tina

i missed out on all of this the first

time and it is one of the biggest

regrets of my life

i know well

not just yet maybe when i'm further

along okay but why

i don't know

i guess because i'm

i'm really nervous about this pregnancy

ted and i just don't want you hovering i

don't you are going to be the healthiest

most beautiful pregnant woman in the

history of pregnancy

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barbara

promise

you have to come visit i'll tell you

what as soon as school's out in the

spring how about coming to san francisco

for some serious shopping oh my gosh

great thank you can i we'll see

i know i'm old i'm boring i'm the bane

of your existence we'll still see okay

i'll work on her all right

do i have time to go get a magazine yeah

you're gonna be okay

sure if i can

keep ted from escorting me to imaginary

doctor's appointments

i hate this

don't worry i'll be over soon

you really are shameless aren't you and

you love me anyway don't you

yes i do damn it okay you two right here

come on

ready smile

darling guess what

our new sofa's being delivered first

thing monday morning

and you know those beautiful

hand-painted italian tiles you fell in

love with

okay

light

okay didn't hate

i am speaking english aren't i

how did your doctor's appointment go

today what

you heard me

just not

you'll be happy to know i'm perfectly

healthy oh wait

before you finish that

went there

to surprise you after all so let's try

that again how did your doctor's

appointment go today

okay

okay i didn't make it

i had a chance to meet with our

decorator and you know how hard she is

to pin down so according to the

receptionist you weren't even scheduled

for an appointment today after all

what did you do grow the woman not as

much as i grilled your doctor

we had a very fascinating chat i see

so

i assume you know what

what

i'd like to hear from you tina

you assume i know what

that i'm not pregnant and

and

well

the doctor he sat there and he was so

shocked that my believing you were

pregnant that

i got a little curious i started making

some calls

you checked up on me you couldn't have

just asked me

i must have been in one of those wacky

modes where i wanted to hear the truth

for a change

your junior year in college

you had a bad abortion

followed by a complete hysterectomy now

you stop me if any of this sounds

familiar

who told you was it barbara i need to

know i need to know if it was barbara

dana

you actually think that who told me is

what the issue is here

no barbara didn't tell me i wouldn't

even put her in the position of asking

her

dana it's not that hard to find out

information if you know who to ask

why did you do this

you've got to believe i'm sorry i did

this because i love you i love you so

much and i know i know i can make you

happy if you'll just give me a chance

be late

it's over no

i'm having this marriage annulled

and i want you out of here

tonight

now

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don't ever skip everything

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and i want you out of here tonight

just give me a chance

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oh yeah

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please

please help me

my husband

he fell he's drowning

please don't let him die

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police finally left

no it's it's routine apparently

um oh they were very kind

i'm sorry to keep waking you

oh sweetie we haven't slipped away

tell me how could this happen

i had just told him everything and he

said

it didn't matter that he forgave me that

he loved me of course he forgave you

of course he loved you i wouldn't have

expected anything less from him

sweetie i just

i can't believe this

you know what

i don't think you should stay there

i think you should come and be with us

we can all help you get through this

barbara uh somebody's coming let me get

back to you okay sure

i love you i love you too

okay thank god you've come

i know you you're as devastated as i am

how did this happen

nobody seems to know

i had just come home and

we were talking about her decorator

making plans

it was such a beautiful evening we we

decided to go up on the upper deck and

have a drink

ted went up ahead of me and um

when i went up to join him he was gone

jay

we were so happy

was this

before or after he told you i'd

started the paperwork to have your

marriage annulled

we talked that out jay

once i explained everything to him he

changed his mind i was gonna call you

first thing in the morning i have no

idea how much i want to believe that

why on earth wouldn't you

what are you suggesting only that an

annulment would have cost you about 17

million dollars in one of the most

beautiful yachts on the pacific coast oh

you can't possibly think that i'm

capable after what ted told me yesterday

i'm not sure what you're capable of

and if i'm not sure i can only imagine

how skeptical the district attorney

might be if i take this story to him

you son of a [ __ ] i just lost my

husband i just lost my best friend

and it even entered your mind that

and i killed him that's obscene

yes it is

so convince me i'm wrong

the money

was that my motive jay his damned money

you tell me

god this is a nightmare

he should be helping one another i don't

want his money

keep it give it all to charity set fire

to it for all i care i don't want his

money

you're ready to hear that

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ted had me dropped this document

yesterday to that effect

the last page

unless you're like you're trying to look

it over first that wouldn't be necessary

mr executive

i've added a notice to vacate

i understand

i'll be out tomorrow well i must say

this went more smoothly than i expected

i uh hurt ted very much jay gave me

i hope someday you will

too

but i swear to you i didn't kill him

i'll see myself out

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so

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hi

hi it's me again

oh god you were right barbara

i can't get through this without you

guys

if the invitation's still open

i come please

of course

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it's just so horrible i mean i won't

even know what to say to her

you don't have to say anything honey

just make her feel loved

and not alone

well i respond and told her that i

couldn't come to a party tonight after

all you didn't have to do that that

dana's gonna be here for a while

it's all right i mean i don't want to go

anyways katie you can tell me

mom there's nothing to tell

i gotta go let me leave my bag listen

thanks for breakfast ross you're welcome

kate

i'm out of here

i should be home

by the time you get back from the

airport

wait a minute what

where are you going

alex

alex please

where are you going the same place i've

gone every saturday for the last six

months not today please could i leave

the house just once without an argument

my best friend's husband fell to his

death last night

your best friend's husband wasn't

wearing a parachute at the time

so don't even go there

i'm sorry i i just wish this skydiving

thing didn't scare you so much

i don't want you to go today i just

need to feel like everybody's safe

i'll be home in one piece before you get

back with dana you have my word

did i thank you for being so terrific

about her coming that's nothing to thank

me for you two have never exactly been

thrilled don't worry and you and i will

be fine

you and dana are you and me

come with me you can stay in the plane

give me moral support today's not a good

day oh no there's a good day that'll

take a client ornamental tree shopping

of course what was i thinking

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i feel so alone

oh no

you're not alone

you have us

always

counting on that

more than you can imagine

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that's beautiful

you're a miracle worker it's more

magical than ever

welcome mr griffin

i'm

sorry for your loss thank you rose it's

good to see you i've missed you

oh take your bags to your room

and dana

hi honey hi

i'm sorry

i don't know what to say oh

you just did you just gave me the hug i

needed

are you okay

i'm hoping hi

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he's right this in san francisco do that

no

just started

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hello

rose

hi

hi how was your day mom thanks where's

dana still in her room

she just called down for tea

that's okay i'll take it to her

so

dana

hi

richie

thank you

so how you doing did you nap

yeah i think i did a little

did you just get home

yeah

my client was determined to find

blooming azaleas in march

i just can't stop thinking about him

i would do anything

to take your pain away

this

is exactly where ted would want me to be

right now

barbara i know you're getting tired of

hearing me talk about him

that won't happen

but you know what else he'd want

to get you out of this house

no arguments it's time

come on alex is taking us out to dinner

oh barbara no thank you but

i'm honestly not ready of course you're

not ready you can't go to an elegant

restaurant in your nightgown i'll give

you exactly one hour oh no barbara

please i'm begging you don't make me go

i'm not hungry i'm a mess my eyes are

so fine

for once in your life you won't be the

most gorgeous person at the restaurant

come on

oh i'm sorry kate couldn't join us

how long has she been going to bed at

eight o'clock

it'll pass

she's just going through some sort of

self-imposed exile right now

like what

like the night you arrived she

voluntarily missed the most important

party ever thrown by an 8th grader not

because of me

i asked her but no something else going

on she wouldn't tell you what it is

allow me to introduce myself barbara you

wouldn't understand welcome

well as i recall at 13 we would have

rather uh shaved our heads than be seen

in public with our mothers

i take it you're discussing kate

you know as close as you two are does it

surprise you that uh she's having

trouble adjusting to her mother suddenly

deciding to have a career suddenly

alex you know how long i've been wanting

this

we're talking

20 hours a week tops

right well it's still 20 hours a week

less attention than she's used to than

she's used to

she wants me as far away as possible i

haven't heard a word of complaint from

her there you go alex you're just gonna

have to try to handle this as maturely

as your 13 year old daughter

well i used to be the center of your

universe

i liked it sue me

i miss you not being there when i need

you

excuse me for interjecting a blast from

the past but um

would you

remind me where were you again when

barbara gave birth to cake oh well yeah

let's keep bringing this up for the rest

of my life i was in emergency surgery oh

yeah there's no such thing as emergency

breast implants thank you

oh yeah thank you

thanks a lot

come on you look silly when you sulk

especially when there's no good reason

for it

you want a great wife

you've got one and uh

you want to play mate

let's face it

i had nothing but time for the rest of

my life

so besides me wants to see a menu

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every time

we go and go

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go

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my my for a woman who just lost her

husband it certainly sounds like she's

having a high old time so to speak give

her a break molly it's better than

sitting in her room for six months

feeling sorry for herself

was nothing but her inherited fortune to

comfort her guess again

since she was married to ted for such a

short time she insisted on waving her

rights to his estate

i'm talking about the dana griffin we

went to college with what dana griffin

are you talking about she's grown up

really she and alex are even getting

along now say that's good news

if dana ever moves in with me she and my

husband better hate each other's cats or

there's going to be big problems well i

was going to ask you a favor but with

this attitude

i'm kidding

i thought it would be nice for her to

help us plan alex's surprise party make

her feel involved

could you live with that

well

it has been 20 years after all and um

the boyfriend that she stole for me is

now a 300 pound used car salesman

so okay

i hate it but okay

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is there something you need

no no nothing thank you

i think i'll have my lunch later today

rose

hi you're home birthday and dying for a

sauna what do you think ah i love the

way your mind works

ah that was as wonderful as always rose

thank you

i picked up my rental car today and then

i finally worked up enough nerve to call

the director of the manchester playhouse

he did

as tempting as it is i can't just sit

around here 24 hours a day feeling sorry

for myself i'm gonna need more than

modeling to keep me alive when i get

back to new york so acting classes what

a great idea good for you

save it from our first successful cereal

commercial so how was your day

guess who we're having lunch with

tomorrow i give up molly hmm

does molly know about this

she's looking forward to it as a matter

of fact uh yeah right

i think she'll mind if i frisk her

before we sit down it's ancient history

trust me she's over it

see the thing is she's offered her house

for alex's surprise birthday party and

we want you to help us plan it

great i'd love to

alex did her nose last year be sure to

compliment her on it

what's this

it's your earring oh thank god i've been

looking everywhere what on earth was it

doing in there i can't imagine

well

maybe it got caught in a vacuum cleaner

in my room and i i don't know fell off

in alex's closet

well if not would you please tell alex

that in the future if he wants to borrow

my jewelry i'd appreciate his asking for

it

you want to hear something odd huh

i found an earring of dana's on the

floor of your closet

and

well i can't figure out how it got there

i don't even know

okay

what does okay mean

i just thought it was strange that's all

never mind

not important

and i couldn't figure it out either it's

not important but you asked dana you're

asking me

am i missing some point you're trying to

make here

alex i really was just asking you

honestly i wasn't accusing you

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no

hi

dana's meeting us she's taking acting

classes all morning

wait dana is taking acting classes

excuse me but doesn't that seem a bit

redundant uh oh

no

kidding

i'll behave

oh good she's here

oh she certainly is

hi

hi

how's it going great good

you remember molly uh-huh

you [ __ ]

you're even prettier than you were in

college

so are you

so you can't resent me for that well i

can darn sure dry

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i have something for you

what is this

that semester we were roommates i stole

34 from your purse so i took my best

guess 20 years interest

unfortunately i can't clear the books

that easily about dan murphy

would you accept a long overdue apology

uh yes if you don't mind if i keep on

hating you it's one of the few things in

life i knew i could count on

wait a minute are you gonna have time to

call

out

call the caters before alex comes home

um

well i'll do that while i'm uh getting

prices from the liquor store great

that is so obnoxious i'm sorry this

might be a client i'm after three

unlandscaped houses and more money than

god and we'll forgive you and how soon

can you fix me up with him hello barbara

wilkins

oh hi mr gracie

really

well thank you

well i'm looking forward to it as a

matter of fact i already have some

preliminary sketches

uh this afternoon won't work i have

another appointment

what appointment

i'll do it

wait a minute as a matter of fact i made

a mistake and this afternoon would be

perfect

uh that's great see you then

thank you

congratulations

good for you

or bad for me if i don't come up with

these mythical preliminary sketches i'll

talk to you both later

so tell

me were you just being polite for

barbara's sake or

you and i okay really

almost

all right

what else

you've never told her have you

no molly

i never really told her what happened

and

you have no problem with that

dana i feel guilty that i've never told

her and we weren't even that close when

it happened oh look alex and i were 19

years old we were stupid we were selfish

and

we both thought it was over between him

and barbara

the point is

um you slept with your best friend's

fiance

no the point is

all i cared about at that time in my

life was the belief that

alex loved me

we both know that wasn't true i was

wrong i got dumped he went back to

barbara and they lived happily ever

after

are not always so happily ever after

you're right

or not so happily

but you still seem to think i somehow

owe it to her to confess even now and

just ignore the fact that uh it could

destroy their marriage of course not i

think that would be cruel to tell her

especially now and what are you saying

i'm saying

if you didn't know at 19 that your best

friend's man is supposed to be off

limits why should i believe that you

know it now

count on it molly i have no intention of

letting alex dump me twice in one

lifetime

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hi

hi gorgeous

looking good

i'm impressed

where's we're supposed to go shopping oh

she's with a new client

she promised

i'm leaving for ski camp tomorrow so

you're

stuck picking out a new wardrobe with a

woman that vogue once devoted 10 pages

to try to bear off

we can do it

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see you bobby

yeah

so tell me about bobby

there's nothing to tell

come on he's adorable

he doesn't even know i'm alive

well okay then he's adorable and stupid

well

there's this huge party on the night

that you arrived

i thought maybe i'd run into him and you

know

then i found out he went with this lisa

person like i can compete with the

sophomore you my beauty can compete with

anyone well even if i could i mean

what's the point i made the mistake of

telling mom that i like him and she said

she'd never ever let me go out with many

ways she said he's twofold well that's

what mothers are for their job is to be

this closed-minded and unfairs coffee

godmothers on the other hand and a

wealth of fairy tales will back me up on

this one

exist for no other reason to grant your

every wish

come with me

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oh god he's still here with his friend

justin even better now listen i want you

to walk right past them and head

straight to your instructor's office

understand i can't

as you pass them you don't even notice

bobby you say hi to his friend and keep

right on walking justin's a jerk i don't

care if justin's an axe murderer you're

not marrying him you're simply using him

to give bobby something to think about

got it yeah

he doesn't

and you can put in a whole row of

baskets exactly

you're back

there you guys are i want

oh my god gorgeous huh

absolutely for a 20 year old

for a 13 year old

no

come on mom

and dana told me you guys flew around

makeup all the time when you were 13.

i'll be sure to thank aunt dana for

sharing that

did she also mention that we at least

had the decency to look ridiculous

speak for yourself

all right

let's just make a really big deal out of

this okay i'm not trying to make a big

deal out of it sweetie

i just would like you to be 13 while

you're 13.

hello

hi bobby

she's washing her face right now she's

gonna have to call you later

bye

i can't believe you did that

i hate you

who's bobby

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your brandy alexander

oh come on it was funny on our first

date and it's funny now

god i'm exhausted

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does it console you to know that you

still have a pulse

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alex i'm lost

so am i

i know you are

and i don't know how to help you

if i knew i'd tell you

is it me

i make a lot of noise about your having

a career

i know that's really not it

you know

then what

alex

i love you

and i miss you

but

i can't cross this whole distance

between us

by myself

do you remember the night i asked you to

marry me

we both described what our lives would

be like if we got everything we wanted

i did

i got mine everything

so why do i feel so

empty

lonely

like i'm going through the motions i

have to jump out of a plane to shock

myself

to feel like i'm alive

i don't know i i don't

know why

i'm sorry i

i just had a long hard day

what does that mean

but you're not lonely and empty lying

here beside me you just said that

because you were tired

i'm not trying to hurt you i'm just

trying to explain how i feel

barbara

i know

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good morning ah alex

you start with me

you always get up at this ungodly hour

look at me

what is it what's wrong

you missed ted

you want the

right answer do you want the truth

how about both

well

the right answer is yes i

i miss ted and

the truth is i

i don't miss ted nearly as much as

i miss

not feeling so empty

how can i expect you to understand that

you've had barbara almost all of your

life and

i don't

think you could possibly know what

emptiness really feels like

i never said how really sorry i am

about everything

you must have hated

me but you never let barbara find out

well that was

pure selfishness my friend

and uh

she's

she's terrified of jumping out of

airplanes

i'm terrified of loneliness

me too

okay

it was both a favor okay

let yourself off the hook i don't want

you kept

and uh

if it

helps

there was

one weekend about 20 years ago when

i didn't feel

empty for one single moment

and i'll always be grateful to you for

that

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i'm sorry please don't forget that

happened

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hi did alex get home from work yes kate

made her plan to camp on time

you know i honestly think i would prefer

nerve gas to an hour alone in a car with

an angry 13 year old

turns out i ruined her life forever not

again

oh good alex did get home from work

early about 20 minutes ago great he's up

in the barn thanks

hi

hi

did it kick it up okay

i've been thinking about you all morning

i decided to cancel my afternoon

appointments

i'd like to talk

i'd like to listen

ready

you're back

hi

i thought you were auditioning this

afternoon

i was and i did

and i've now been officially rejected by

the manchester playhouse it was between

me and a woman who offered to pay for

the sets

you have to put that on my resume when i

get back to new york

i wasn't expecting you so we booked a

jump so i see

don't be silly alex i'll go and you stay

here and spend some time alone with your

wife

thanks pal okay don't mention it

what

you want to go

alex i juggled a lot of people

well i'm sorry i'm not a psychic you

could have called

why are we compromised we could still

spend the afternoon together you're more

than welcome to come with us and then um

you know i can go to that italian

restaurant i'm more than welcome to join

you and dana gee thanks

for god's sake barbara that's not what i

meant

forget it i know what you meant

go it's okay really

you mean that

i should have called i'll check in with

you next time

have fun

ah alex i love that message

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as i remembered

barbara looked radiant and alex looked

like a deer caught in the headlights

my hero

he was panic stricken

i wasn't panic-stricken i was

terminally hungover

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okay

you wanted a wedding movie he's been

there done that on the wedding movies

who's up for renting something no no

wait wait i love these i love them this

is my favorite part look

oh oh look at that scowl was i in a mood

that day or what

what on earth was my problem

i need another beer does anyone want

anything

is it me or does

i feel like it was just yesterday

it's you

feels like 100 years ago to me

hello

hi kay i heard it snowed up there today

is it perfect

great

you sound excited what's going on

sure

she's right here

she wants to talk to you oh

hi

thanks for calling godmothers your ass

how how can i help you

i give up who's in the room next to

yours

robbie's sister right are you serious

of course it's fate what else could it

be

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your husband in a red jumpsuit floats

gently to earth right in front of a very

aggressive stray bull who instead of

charging molly and nick invited us for

drinks

what can we get out of it because dana

and i have a surprise for you we are out

of it they expected us hours ago yes but

we're worth the wait why

because after driving around to every

market in a 50 mile radius

we finally found the lobsters of your

dreams and while we're fixing your

favorite dinner with our very own hands

your assignment is to relax

and forgive us our targets

can you take this for me please

i'm going to uh jump in the shower and

get started

dana

we need to talk

okay let's talk

i don't exactly know how to say this

with me just say it

i need you to stop spending so much time

with alex

okay

consider it done

for what it's worth i i thought i was

helping

i know

it's not you

i'm sure if things were good between

alex and me i'd be fine with it

nothing's going on but

what

nothing's going on

it never entered my mind you didn't have

to tell me that

well i

guess it's just that ever since that

thing with my earring in alex's closet i

i just had to make sure you knew better

that's all this is about nothing more

than watching my best friend

have the kind of relationship with my

husband

but i can't seem to find my way back to

it's as simple as that

i'm glad you told me it won't happen

again okay

thanks

i love you

i love you

you have to be patient with me i'm just

a little scared right now

okay don't worry

okay

hey come on get changed make it snappy

we got water to boil

dinner what's wrong nothing i'll be

right now what happened i said it was

nothing just leave it alone and i'll

deal with it

look it's between me and barbara and i

want it to stay that way apparently i've

caused enough problems around here

already what did she say to you look

don't you dare be angry with her it she

honestly didn't accuse us of anything

she

i'll be out of here soon

she's been a good friend to us ever

since she got here

this is a thanks she gets

she's been a great friend that's not the

issue although she had no business

coming to you with this she didn't

barbara she was crying i dragged it out

of her

while we're on the subject why didn't

you come to me with this i didn't think

you'd understand clearly i wasn't wrong

so now you want to tell me who i can and

cannot spend time with

you know you you turn down every

invitation to join us

you are not going to kick dane out of

this house for no good reason what

what i didn't say anything about kicking

her

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barbara

barbara

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oh my god

what am i doing

alex is gonna kill me

no no no he's not

um

i'll get my brother to replace these

before

even knows anything happened

he's just going back into the house

don't worry

don't worry

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good for you you stood up for yourself i

didn't just stand up for myself molly i

lost my mind

for a few minutes there in that garden

shed i literally went insane you know

what it

it's allowed no matter what i said i

just kept making things worse

no she did

barbara she went to alex for god's sake

not deliberately he had to drag it out

they both told me that

please and come on what is this lie

about you kicking her out of the house

she was upset she thought that's what i

wanted she is in fact going to a hotel

tonight after the good

dana has done nothing since she arrived

except trying to be as good a friend to

kate and alex she is to me instead of

saying stay away from my husband i

probably should have said thank you

let dana become inseparable from my

husband and watch me say thank you come

on barbara she's not trying to hurt me

molly she's my best friend

staircase ready for inspection

good

well i think we're almost done here what

do you think

well there's no doubt about it we could

definitely turn pro with this

all right now tell me again what alex

thinks is happening tonight uh he thinks

we're stopping by here for drinks on our

way to an intimate dinner at his

favorite restaurant

just the two of us

imagine if you will how much he's

looking forward to that

with your new black velvet dress he's

going to fall in love with you all over

again

i'll go get my things and we'll hurry

home and get you ready okay

dr mrs wilkins please

oh dear uh

this is uh kate's ski coach it's rather

urgent

could i leave a message

what she thinks it's food poisoning and

she's sure kate's gonna be fine but she

thought you'd want to meet them at the

hospital in waterville poor kid she's

been looking forward to this for so long

no i am barely gonna make that 6 30

flight i don't know where alex is no no

no wait what about the party you go pack

your bag and get going i'll make sure

he's on the next plane out of here i'll

call the coach the airlines it's done

don't worry about it here's the number

there's a phone right

there yes i can see that

thank you

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i'm only gonna say this one more time so

listen closely barbara called while you

were in the show my kid's gonna be fine

yes and there's no more flights out

tonight so you'd have to wait until

morning anyway well if he's gonna be

fine then why is barbara staying up

there a couple of days

she wanted to spend some time with kate

she seemed very happy about it

this is ridiculous i can't go through

with this what are we doing here's the

deal there are 30 people waiting to

surprise you

get into it

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aha the birthday boy

come in we bought a special bottle of

champagne that i think you're going to

relate to it's very old you're hilarious

what happened to barbara she's with kate

i'll explain later

[Applause]

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[Applause]

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okay

thank you

do you remember yeah

oh my

best friend barbara introduced me to her

new boyfriend alex at that very cafe

on his 19th birthday and now all these

years later we'll the restaurant's long

gone but here he still is

looking better than ever as every

plastic surgeon should i kept this all

these years

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happy birthday alex

uh

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land of reality and dance with your wife

oh none taken

hello

hello

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remember the first time we danced

no

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next to my rebuilt mustang we got the

radio cranked up as loud as it would go

and i believe i taught you the foxtrot

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among other things

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thank you

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i've officially returned you home safely

good night dr wilkins

don't you think we're gonna think about

this

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did you sleep

oh yeah

you hmm

no not a wink

i was afraid if i went to sleep i'd wake

up and find out this was all a dream

alex i am so happy

good luck dana

when should we tell barbara

what'd you say

i think to be fair to her the sooner the

better

don't you

we're not going to tell barbara anything

i don't ever want her to find out about

this oh okay

okay but i can promise you she's going

to start to get a little suspicious when

we invite her to the wedding

barbara

you're back

i'm begging you let me

there's nothing wrong with kate

you made that call

who are you that you could be so cruel

you tricked her into leaving

oh alex

barbara

i know this isn't easy for you

but the thing is it was inevitable

you see

alex and i belong together

we always

have

you know

that child i boarded 20 years ago

it was alex's

oh my god

barbara

don't you dare

[Laughter]

don't worry alex she'll be fine so are

we

you destroyed my life you think there's

a wii

alex what i've done

is put a long overdue into a very

unhappy marriage

mine god's name did you have to tell her

truth

and don't you think it's high time

really i mean

we can all go on from here now alex and

you and i can finally be together

dana listen to me

we're not going to be together i don't

love you i never loved you i never will

love you

i thought we both understood that alexa

do you know what your problem is you're

a coward you're afraid of the truth and

you're afraid of your own feelings

you're unbelievable

alex

wait

i said wait

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are you crazy

you aren't listening to me and i hate

that

take it easy i'm listening

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it's just that you owe me you see

about 20 years worth

and either i collect

or you wouldn't i got away with it once

i can do it again if i have to

ted

you killed 10. you think i wanted to

you see he refused to give me a chance

to make him happy which is all i'm

asking you for

i have nothing left to lose alex

i'd really rather just kill you and let

you leave me again for barbara

i honestly had no idea

that i hurt you so much you think i give

a damn about your sympathy

i want to make it up to you

i will make it up to you

give me the gun

and we'll talk oh dear what

i'm afraid i don't believe you

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yeah

so

what now

you're too spineless to pull that

trigger

so what does that leave the police

i can't wait to hear that conversation

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it was when i saw kate

and she was fine

and nobody had made the phone call

i didn't let myself think it but

i knew

he

he doesn't love her

i know that

damn it i know that

where's alex

i really wouldn't know

[ __ ] you won okay you won again

alex me he wants you so congratulations

your perfect little world is still

intact and as usual

i end up with nothing what am i supposed

to do

console you hold your hand

like i did through your abortion and

your hysterectomy and you let me know

you want to make me the bad guy fine i

really don't care anymore but for the

record it was alex who came on to me

even if that happens to be true you know

what the right answer is to that

question

no

i won't hurt my best friend that way i

can't hurt my best friend

barbara

i truly believed that he loved me

but you knew that i loved you

almost my whole life

i have loved you and trusted you and

believed in you when nobody else would

do that just not matter excuse me

barbara there are two state troopers at

the front door

why what's wrong i don't know they asked

for you

what is it barbara wilkins is it my

daughter it's not my daughter is it

it's your husband mrs wilkins

i'm very sorry

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i was getting ready to take the

parachutes to my brothers

to be replaced

when the call came about kate being in

the hospital

i was so upset that i didn't

i'll never forgive myself

no

rose i did this i'm spot no don't say

that

you heard them

they think that somebody deliberately

tried to kill him

what if they don't think this is an

accident

i have to tell them

i'd rather see alex dead than with me

was that it what

i thought you murdered him you actually

murdered him no no i loved him okay

let's take this one step at a time why

don't we start with what happened here

this morning i'll tell you exactly what

happened here this morning she came home

early from a trip and found her husband

in bed with me

is that true

yes

she also found out it wasn't the first

time

why are you doing this

you're asking me why i'm telling the

police the truth is that your question

i don't leave it

was it just alex you were after

or were you hoping to get rid of us both

no

no dana stay no wait

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god

how could you

hold on

yeah what's this

my husband's gun

he kept it in his white stand and what's

it doing here

i have no idea i

i hated that thing i never touched it

it's been fired recently

now can i take this and check it for

fingerprints or do i need to get a

search warrant

take it if you think it's important how

could it be important your husband

wasn't shocked barbara he fell to his

death

so did yours

hey tom

you sure

all right you stay here with them i'll

go have a talk to her

what is it what's going on

among other things

the housekeeper claims she saw you

hurrying under this garden shed very

early this morning

before mrs wilkins even got home from

the airport

that's not true

don't go too far miss griffin

[Applause]

i need your help i don't know what rose

is talking about i was nowhere near this

yet this morning how did alex's gun get

in here

alex i guess i don't know it's not

important

what's important is they're going to

find my fingerprints on that gun and

with this insane story of roses they're

gonna think i tried to kill alex and i

swear to you i didn't but you believe i

did and you're trying to make the police

believe it too

i was a chuck

no i don't i don't i don't believe you

did it and i won't let them go on

believing it either but you

you can't let them take that gun i don't

understand

why are your fingerprints on alex's gun

barbara

we've never needed each other more than

we do at this moment and we can get

through this together and go on like

none of it's happened

what

yes just just like always

side by side you me and kate

remember when we went away to college

all we had was each other and that was

enough we were happy yes we were i mean

how many people have a friendship like

ours we can't just throw it away

barbara

please

i love you

i don't believe you

i don't know why i've ever believed you

if it weren't for you

alex would be alive

but don't worry whatever you did you'll

get away with it you always do you'll

just go on

but you'll go on without me

get out

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so

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that way

[Applause]

are you

to me and crazy hate that

all right take it easy i'm listening

it's just that you owe me you see

about 20 years worth

she's been taping you

and either i collect

or

you wouldn't

i got away with it once

i can do it again if i have to

ted

you killed ted

you think i wanted to you see he refused

to give me a chance to make him happy

which is all i'm asking you for i have

nothing left to lose alex

warren from san francisco

arpa tina griffin you have the right to

remain silent you have the right to seek

counsel if you so choose to waive those

rights anything you say can and will be

used against you in a court of law

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so

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you