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- This city has
changed so much, hasn't it?

- Yeah I hardly
recognize it, all these

hotels and condos.

And it's become so touristy.

- Nashville
is the new L.A.

- Yeah, except people
actually want to live here.

Oh god, there's
Doris's hush fund baby.

He always buys at these things.

- He's put on a little weight.

- What's a hush fund baby?

- Gerald's father pays

him and his mother to
keep a low profile.

- Long story short?

He's a gay bastard.

His existence soils
the family name.

So daddy writes a check to
mommy's account every month.

- As a way to
compensate for the fact

that Gerald's got a
shitty absent father

how'd rather bleed money
then acknowledge his own son.

- Do I look like Oliver
platt in this suit?

Because I feel like I do.

- Okay, you're insane, and
you look very handsome.

- I don't know, i
just feel swollen.

And my back is killing me.

- And he's not a bastard in
the sense that he's an asshole,

but he's a literal bastard.

And a semi-alcoholic.

I mean, we all went
to school together.

He used to get drunk
and talk about it.

- Yeah, and I think that
the dad got Doris pregnant

when they were really young.

I mean, he might have
been engaged at the time.

But he left Doris, and now,

he pays her and Gerald
for there cooperation.

- Do you think I have leukemia?

I've had two lymph nodes pop up

in the last month,
and my body is just,

it's responding to something.

Like...

Like cancer, it's responding--

- yeah, and last month
when you were having

what I'm going to
call indigestion,

your response was,
"it's clearly my heart."

Coupled with, "i can't
go to the hospital."

- My heart was beating--

- okay, wait, tell me when
your birthday is again?

- And his uncle's
a U.S. senator?

- Yep.

Daddy underwrites everything
as long as Gerald behaves.

- Wow, talk about having to
pay for your parents' sins.

- But true, but i
mean, he has a choice.

He doesn't have
to take the money.

- But, I mean would you?

I will kill if my
parents would pay me to

stay away from them.

I can't believe
I'd do it for free.

- Either way, he's all
too happy top accept it,

and remain Charles's
little house frau.

He has, nor needs a job.

- I've even tried acupuncture.

- And reflexology.

- Have you tried energy work?

- You mean like aura cleansing?

- No, it's your chakras.

And if they're out of balance,
maybe it's just stress.

- It's not stress, but.

- No, you just think that
you're battling leukemia.

- Now which one's Charles?

- His husband.

- Oh right, the engineer.

- I didn't think
they where married.

- For all intents and purposes.

- I know somebody
who's supposed to be

really good at that, and
i leased her her space,

I know a bunch of
people that see her, so,

that's an option.

- Jim, Jeremy!

- Charles, what a treat!

Hi Gerald.

- Do you know our friend Monica?

- No, I don't think we do.

- Nice to meet you.

- Pleasure.

- Jim, can I talk
to you for a second?

- Hey, do you have any
more of that bruschetta?

- Yeah, I'm working on them now.

I'm sorry, they're going fast.

- They're great.

- Thank you.

- Do you mind
if I turn this up?

- Please.

- I love miniature
viennese waltz.

It's somehow both
calm and chaotic.

- I know the feeling.

Kreisler was a genius.

- Hey, I'm leaving.

- Already?

- Yeah, I have an early morning.

But I have that information
for you if you want.

- I'll walk you out.

- I don't know why
you insisted on

taking that number from Monica.

- Well.

I don't know, I'm kind of
at the end of my rope, here.

And besides,

Monica says the woman has
great reviews on yelp.

- Yes, Monica.

The woman who once
at a country club,

drank champagne
out of a bud vase.

Who diagnosed you tonight based
on your astrological sign.

- Well, I mean.

It's better than me just

sitting around, self-diagnosing
on the Internet.

- Well I don't
believe in any of it.

You might as well go to a
psychic or a numerologist.

It's all quackery and
humbug and charlatanism.

They take your money, and tell
you that you'll feel better.

It's silly nonsense.

I don't see anything right about

taking advantage of people
when they're vulnerable.

- Who says I'm vulnerable?

I'm a grown man, and I'm
making a mature decision.

Besides, what you're
talking about sounds

a lot like the republican party.

- It's a pseudoscience.

- Conservative values.

- Energy healing.

- Yeah, I know,
there's not enough

proof for energy
healing, and yet,

"in god we trust" is
printed on basically

everything of value.

How about I just give
the pseudoscience a shot,

how about that?

- It is a
low fat mozzarella,

does that change anything?

- No, fat doesn't
make any difference.

Lactose, since the
sugar.

You don't have
the enzyme in your

intestine to break it down.

- Gotta go, I'm late.

- You're not gonna
have breakfast?

Hilda made breakfast.

- No, I've gotta go.

How's your back?

- It's okay.

Well now,

my head hurts and my
vision's sort of blurry.

- You're hungover.

- I don't think it's a hangover.

- Just take it easy today.

Look, we don't have any
plans tonight, do we?

- No, I don't think so.

- Good, I've gotta pack.

- Hey Charles, you
have two messages.

Did you want those now,
or when you get back?

- Anything pressing?

- No.

- When I get back.

- Alright.

Ah, Dana, I have some suits
still at the dry cleaners.

Would you get bill
to grab those?

I want those first, Dana.

- Sure.

Alright, see you later.

- What?

- That pendulum
swing isn't right.

- What does that mean?

- I don't think the
problem is your neck

or your back, per se.

Other than the
discomfort, how have

you been feeling lately?

In general.

- Fine.

I woke up with a
headache this morning.

- Sit up, I'd like
to try something.

- Okay.

Sorry.

I'm sorry, I just,
i just need to,

I'm sorry.

Hello?

- Hello dear, I was
wondering if you

might want to come
over and say hello.

Maybe have a little
coffee with your mother?

- Uh, yeah, sure.

What time?

- Oh, whenever you
get a moment, I'm

not really doing anything, just

sitting down after a long day.

Uh, that little vietnamese
thing at the salon

didn't seem to know
what she was doing.

I had to keep reminding
her that she was

snipping my cuticles,
not neutering a yorkie.

- Okay, well um...

I'm doing something right now.

But I'll try and be
there in an hour.

- Oh, how nice.

See you then.

- Okay, bye.

Sorry.

- Most of us react to
unpleasant experiences by

blocking our feelings.

It stops the flow of energy, and

that blocking can lead
to pain or discomfort.

Or both.

- What?

- I can see that this isn't
going to be a quick fix.

Frankly, I think you might
need to go to someone

who's more skilled than I.

- Okay, so do you have
any recommendations, or?

- The woman I go to is
a real miracle worker.

She's sort of a hidden
in plain sight type,

hardly anyone knows about her.

She's a jeweler.

She deals in gemstones.

She doesn't charge
for her services.

Rather, she listens to
what's going on in your life,

and based on what
she thinks you need,

she recommends a very
specific piece of jewelry.

- Okay, so how is
jewelry gonna help me?

- Crystals and
gemstones are amazing.

Well their electrical
vibrations,

stimulate and
harmonize our energies.

I think you'd be amazed at
the wonders they can do.

- Okay.

So...

Did anything happen today?

- Something, I'm sure.

Something positive, and gentle.

- Well thanks so
much for coming.

I wondered if you might help me.

- What do you need help with?

- Well I wanted to plant
some mums in the garden,

now that the
forsythia are inside.

- Don't you have a gardener?

- Well yes, but his
daughter turned three today.

So I gave him the day off, so
he could throw her a party.

- Well that was nice of you.

- Oh, he has the
sweetest little girl.

Her name is katerina, and
she adores sesame street.

So, I gave her a giant
stuffed big bird,

and tickets to
sesame street on ice

for the whole family.

- Wow.

- Well tell me, did you like
sesame street as a child?

- Yeah, remember?

- Well it's been a long time
ago now, hasn't it, dear?

- Yeah, I guess.

So, mums.

- Oh yes, mums.

Well, it's important
that I plant them myself.

But, my carpal tunnel
has been acting up.

So, if you'd not mind,
that would be wonderful.

- I didn't know you
had carpal tunnel.

- Well yes, and it's
just been awful lately.

Dean and I got
back from Bermuda,

and I could hardly
hold my carry on.

- It certainly sounds difficult.

- Well, it would have been.

But, that's what they make
bellmen for, I suppose.

- Yeah.

Um...

I really wish you had
told me that you want me

digging out in the
backyard all day,

I'm not dressed
for it, at all, and

I've got a lot of stuff i
need to get done today, so.

- Hmm.

Oh, well.

I just thought, since the
accountant had your check ready,

that you'd not mind doing
your mother a favor.

- Gerald.

- Claire!

- Hey!
- Hey!

Hey, it is you, I almost
didn't recognize you.

- Yeah, no, uh...

Yeah, gosh, I'm...

Sorry I look like
this right now,

I was helping my
mother with some

stuff in her garden, that's
why I look like such a mess.

- Whatever, you look great.

- Oh, thank you.

- Sorry, I'm so fat.

- We should all be as
fat as you are, Claire.

My god, you look fantastic!

You know,

I wanted to call
and catch up and see

how you were doing, but...

If you want to go get a drink,

or something like that?

Do you have time?

- I would love to, but I just

got out of court and maps is
right there is right there

and so I gotta go back.

We had a trial and I lost, so.

- Oh, I'm so sorry, is that?

- It's fine, I mean,
he was guilty, so.

- Oh.

- How long has it been since
you've seen each other?

I don't you remember
ever mentioning a Claire.

- Gosh.

I don't know, seven, eight...

Nine years?

I had just graduated,
and she was

working as a public
defender, but was

moonlighting at whole foods
just to make ends meet.

She has had a complete reversal
of fortune, it's amazing.

- What was the connection?

- We met at a mutual
friend's birthday party,

and we didn't really have
much in common with her, and

not with anyone else there, but,

when we met each other,
we just thought that

we were the most
interesting people there

and spent all night talking.

- Then
why'd you drift apart?

- I don't know, the way you
do with some people, I guess.

- Have you seen my golf shoes?

- No, are you going
golfing in Savannah?

- I might as well do something
for myself while I'm there.

- I'll look downstairs.

I couldn't find them.

- Oh, I found them.

- Oh.

I uh,

saw my mother today.

- And how is Doris?

- Still dating Dean, apparently.

Has carpal tunnel,
allegedly, and

had me plant flowers.

You're taking your
tennis racket?

- Yeah.

- We never play tennis.

- How am I supposed to
introduce you to tennis?

I have the damnedest time
pressuring you to learn golf.

How'd you sleep?

- Fine, I guess.

I don't know, the
Melatonin knocks me out,

but then my back
wakes me up again.

- So?

The big anniversary's coming up.

- It is.

- Well what are
you gonna get him?

- I don't know, what
do you get for someone

that you've been
seeing for 10 years?

- Their own place.

Or I guess you could just
go with dinner and...

You know, a nice
set of cufflinks.

- Are we really that dull?

- Duller.

- Cufflinks.

- I really, really
like these bracelets.

But you know?

I don't know, I just seem to

can't ever get one to fit me!

- Oh, of course you can't.

You're big.

- I'm done!

- You come back.

- No!

- Take a look around,
let me know if

I can help you with anything.

Or not.

I really don't give a fuck.

Um, and if you're hungry,
there's a chicken.

- Uh...

I was actually just
coming in here,

I've got an anniversary
coming up and I thought

jewelry might be appropriate.

- How long, and what's he do?

- 10 years.

And how'd you know?

- Oh, please.

- Um...

I'll just look around, see
if anything pops out at me.

Actually, uh...

I was sent here by a healer.

She seems to think
that I'm a mess, and

you could help me.

- Do you think you're a mess?

- I don't know...

I don't think so.

- Why go to an
energy healer, are you bored?

- No, it's not
that, I just, um...

I don't know, i
guess I haven't been

feeling myself
lately and thought

it couldn't hurt.

- Well, men don't mature
until they're at least 50,

and even then,
it's questionable.

You're all a little autistic.

And you don't know how to
commit to anything, so...

Sorry, you've been fucked
since day one, honey.

- Well I mean,

you know, I think I'm
pretty mature for my age.

And you know, I don't have
a problem with commitment.

Like I said, 10 year
relationship, so.

- The only thing you know
how to commit to is comfort.

Congratulations for
finding somebody that'll

put up with you.

- Okay.

Well, um.

Considering that
I'm not even gonna

become a real person
for another 20 years,

and taking into account my
place on the autism spectrum,

what would you recommend?

- Sex change?

- I just, I'm not feeling it.

- Tell me what the problem is.

- Well you know, I haven't
gotten a good night's rest

in I don't know how long.

My back

has been, um, really hurting me.

I've gained weight, I think.

My chest is sort of like,

I feel like, a
spreading, right here.

- Alright, okay, I get it.

Here, take these.

- What are they?

- Turquoise, tiger's
eye, amethyst.

People say not to let
amethyst in the bedroom.

That's bullshit.

Put it under your pillow
and you'll sleep better.

These other two are just
for general healing.

And we'll know more
about your problems

after you've had them a while.

- Should I put them
under my pillow as well?

- I don't give a fuck
what you do with them.

Stick them in your
pocket, put them

up your nose or up your ass.

But the best thing
for maximum results,

is to put them in a glass
of water or herbal tea.

- Really?

- And no artificial sweeteners.

And then you're
gonna need a list

on how to clear the
stones for future use.

- Do I have
to do all this tonight?

- No, they're
already ready to go.

I charge everything that I sell.

But after they start absorbing

some of your fucked
up shit, you're gonna

have to clean them and
cleanse them yourself.

- Okay.

Do you have any cedar or Sage?

- Do I look like a
fucking home depot?

- My gosh.

What is that food?

It smells so good.

- I not cook nothing.

- Oh no, but I smell
something, I smell

like a pasta, or
pizza, or something.

- You might be having stroke,
'cause I not cook nothing.

- True?

- Da.

Sometimes when
people have stroke,

they smell burning.

- Oh my god.

- Gerald, you're
not having a stroke.

Come on, hilda.

- Gerald.

- Does this stuff ever
cause like, new problems?

Because I feel like...

I feel like I'm going insane.

- Everything has side effects.

- So like what, what, what kind,

have you, do you, like,
what kind of side effects?

- Well, amethyst opens
spiritual channels.

- In sorry, what?

- This isn't a
science, it's an art.

I could live to be 100,

and it's still
gonna surprise me.

But, the upside of it,
it's a great hangover cure.

I can drink as much
as I want and I

haven't had a hangover since
the fourth season of friends.

Oh, do you want a glass?

- No, so am I just gonna keep...

Hearing things and
smelling things, or?

- Not if you're open
to exploring it.

Do you believe in ghosts?

- Cannot say I've
given it much thought.

- Okay, look.

I've got some stones here.

This blue-green
one is apophyllite.

And because of it, I finally
got an apology from shel.

- Shel who?

- Silverstein.

I fucked him for a summer.

I knew he was gonna be famous.

- You fucked beloved childhood
author shel silverstein?

- I was the light in his attic.

He was my giving tree.

But instead of giving me
hope, he gave me crabs.

- Lizzle?

- What are you doing?

It's so creepy.

- Come have
a drink with me.

- I can't, I've
got things to do.

- Oh no!

Papers!

Come have a drink with me.

- Charles will kill me, I can't.

- Come have a drink with me.

I'm a fun drunk.

- Okay, let's go!

- Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes!

Okay.

She's a 5'2 white woman,

who smokes in her
shop constantly.

She just has rotisserie
chicken just out.

- Chicken?

- Yeah.

Not doing anything,
just chicken.

She slept with shel silverstein.

She got crabs from
shel silverstein,

and attributes a
posthumous apology

she got from said
shel silverstein

to a blue stone that
she drinks with.

What would you call that person?

- I'm gonna go with psycho.

But that's crazy.

- That's fair.

- I mean, you actually
trust this woman

with your wellbeing?

- Yeah, you know?

I mean it's weird, it's dumb.

- It is weird, yeah.

- She's obviously
insane, but she has a

certain je ne sais
quoi about her.

I don't know, I like it.

- Oh my god.

- God, I can barely taste this.

Here, what do you
need help with?

- Well, everything!

- Sweetie,
you have everything!

- Sorry.

- You're fine!

Woah, hey baby.

- Here, well,
get my coat on me!

- Okay.

You got this.

You're doing a great job.

- I know.

- I'm very,
i don't know why.

You got it?

- Is it on?

Ow, pull it down!

- I'm pulling it down!

Hold on, hold on.

Turn to me.

Turn to me.

You look gorgeous, you
always look gorgeous.

You've got such a pretty face!

Now you go.

Alright, okay.

- Ouch.

- Alright.

It's to the left.

You got it?

- Are you
gonna call the witch?

- I might!

Holy shit!

Be careful.

Alright.

- Oh god, there's stairs.

- Alright, you got it?

- I don't know.

- Alright.

- Okay.

I got it.

- Hi.

- Scott?

Scotty?

Is...

Is that really you?

- It's me.

- Oh my god.

What are you doing here?

How did you get here?

Are you okay?

- I'm fine.

I...

Got bored and just missed you.

I've stopped by a
couple of times.

You weren't here, or
too busy, so read.

- That was you?

- It was me.

Anyway, you're here now, it's

good to see you.

- It's good to see you too.

You look great.

Oh yeah, well.

This is how you remember me.

You should have seen me
after the car accident,

it was fucking gross!

- Oh, would really have,
i would, I don't want to.

- What the fuck are you doing?

- What?

- What the fuck are you doing?

I mean, I know it's
been a while, but.

Gerald, I must say, i
hardly recognize you.

- Listen, I know I've
gained a few pounds,

but I really think that
it's rude to just--

- no.

I mean, what happened
to the guy who

would spend hours
listening to brahms and

schumann and kreisler.

You loved them.

And whoever invented
the violin, and

all its family members.

And the piano.

And all the music from
the entire romantic period

and whatever it influenced.

I only know that
stuff because of you.

I think I give a shit about it?

- Well.

I guess I just don't
have time for it anymore.

- For music,
or for yourself?

- What do you mean?

- This, all this, this...

This isn't you.

I mean...

You used to be feisty
and passionate.

You used to start
little arguments just
for the makeup sex.

You used to drag me on
day trips from Memphis,

to Atlanta, just 'cause
the doldrums would

get to you and you needed
a change of scenery.

Now it's art openings, and

digging holes on your
mother's yard and

not ever caring that your
husband is never arou...

It's not you.

- Well maybe it's me now.

I grew up.

- You didn't grow up.

You grew comfortable.

And unfortunately,
you grew comfortable

with a whole lot of...

Nothing.

- What do you mean "a
whole lot of nothing?"

I mean look around.

I've got a house, I have
friends, I have help.

I have a good life.

- You were always
so good at that.

- What?

Tell me.

- Rationalization.

Gerald, people who
have good lives

don't see chiropractors
and masseuses

and energy healers, or

stick these tight little
balls of tension and stress.

You think the problem
is your head, you neck,

your back, your chest?

The problem is you.

Not to mention that the
person you share a bed with

watches fox fucking news.

No wonder you have
trouble sleeping.

- Oh.

I just got a flashback
to us being together.

Remember Sunday
night at the movies?

We saw l'auberge
espagnole three times.

- What about this
reminds you of that?

- Do you not remember?

The first time?

We got into a huge fight
in front of the theater

because I had just
gone to see my mother.

And she was of course,
telling me that I was

wasting my life, and it...

Really hurt my feelings.

It just ruined my day,
and you were telling me to

let it go, because
she's a monster,

and then I called you
insensitive, and...

We were off to the races.

- Oh.

See, you remember
that as the evening

we got into a fight
over your bitch mother.

I remember that as
the night we had sex

for an hour and a half and

fell asleep hugging.

- You know, I never...

I never believed in bisexuality,

I always thought is
was a crock of shit,

but you proved me wrong.

I heard you dated Elaine
Owens after we broke up.

- Yeah.

Jealous?

- She was box-shaped.

- Very jealous.

- I would have given
my left ear for you.

- Aren't you glad you didn't?

- You know, Charles
isn't so bad.

- No?

What was it that
attracted you to him?

- He was just so
sure of himself.

And that's sexy.

For our first date, we
had met at a party and

after that, he waited a
few days to call me, and

we went to this
little Italian bistro,

which is gone now, developers.

And...

He ordered for me,
which is great,

because new menus can
be really intimidating.

And after that,

we went to the liquor
store, and then

he took me out on his
boat on the cumberland.

- And then you slept together?

- No, I mean, I stayed over, but

we didn't sleep together.

- No?

Are you sure he
didn't drunkenly ask

to stick the tip
in, and you didn't

drunkenly beg for it?

- Where you there?

- His grandmother was, too.

- Scott!

- It was so romantic.

And you forgot to mention that

obnoxious pair of
weimaraners he had.

Always jumping on
and off the bed.

- That's so weird!

- I'm so glad you called me.

I didn't think I'd hear
from you this soon.

- Well, after not
seeing each other

for the better part of a
decade, I just knew that

if we didn't talk soon, then we

probably wouldn't
end up talking, and

I didn't want that to happen.

- I know.

It was so weird,
and so great running

into you the other day.

It just really made me realize

how much I've missed you.

- Ditto.

- Can we drink now, please?

- Yeah.

- Okay good, I need one.

Defending guilty people's hard.

- So what, are
you seeing anyone?

- Um, no I'm not, but

I really couldn't be
happier about it, because

I mean, just
imagine where I'd be

if I was still with
what's his face?

- Mark.

- Yes, mark.

- Mark, ugh.

- But, I mean...

I mean I guess it's just not
that much better, you know?

Now, like, I'm 33
and single, and,

I mean I might want to
have a kid one day, so,

it's just kind of
hard knowing that...

That possibility is
dwindling into oblivion with

every passing day, so.

I go on the dates.

- The dates?

What are the dates like?

Tell me about the dates.

- I went on three
dates last week.

One was a blind date,
one was a tinder date

and one was a date
with a guy that...

It's an ex-boyfriend
of a friend that

I always found to be somewhat
interesting, so I thought,

"why not?"

So,

we went downtown,
which was cool,

since you know, I live here
and I never go downtown, so

that was good.

Um, but he...

Literally just talked at me

the whole entire
time and I couldn't

get a word in edgewise.

And by midnight,

I just started crying.

You know, I just felt like

I'm here with this reasonably,

seemingly normal guy.

And he just had no interest
in getting to know me.

At all.

And it just made me feel
really insignificant.

So I, started crying.

And the best part is, that

I actually had tears
rolling down my face

and like, he was looking
at me talking, and I'm

wiping the tears, and
he didn't even notice.

He didn't even stop his story.

To notice, and just
kept on talking.

- What a monster.

- But you're in a
good place, right?

- Yeah, yeah, I...

You know.

I mean, I don't know, I guess
i just always assumed that

things would turn
out fine, you know?

Charles is away a lot, but...

Even when we're in the same bed,

it still feels like he's
a million miles away.

I don't know.

It's just these...

Opportunities that pass you by,

that you can never
get back again.

- Well, don't think like
that, I mean, we're both

young enough and cute
enough that we have

plenty of time

to fix the things
we need to fix,

so that by the time
we get to middle age,

we won't look back and
think, "what the fuck?"

- Do you remember Scott?

- Yeah, of course I do.

Your bisexual ex-boyfriend that

exploded in the car crash?

- Okay.

He didn't explode.

His car exploded.

- Died peacefully

in the fire, in the flaming car.

- Well he was at least,

he was in less than four pieces,

which I think is what
defines an explosion.

- Hey.

- Hey, you're still here.

- Of course.

You have hbo.

Oh, um...

I've got a few friends over.

- Like, dead friends?

- Well, yeah, I mean.

I would have called, but
they're in the living room.

We're binge-watching
a show on netflix.

- Do they have to do that here?

- I guess not.

I'll send them away.

- No, no, it's fine.

- I'd forgotten you can
sometimes be like this.

- Like what?

- It doesn't matter.

- No, like what?

I said it's fine.

- Difficult.

You can be difficult.

- I'm not difficult.

- Maybe not anymore.

I'll send them away.

- No.

It's fine.

- Are you sure?

- Yeah.

- Alright titty
sprinkles, let's go.

Gerald, everyone,
and everyone, Gerald.

- Can I get you guys anything?

No?

So.

How'd everyone die?

- Cancer.

- Gunshot.

- I broke my neck on a dismount.

- Boy, I bet you lived a life.

- I'm probably gonna head
out with the guys, here.

You know how to reach
me now, if you need to.

- You're going?

- I can't hang around
here forever, Gerald.

Besides, Charles is
on his way back, and

I don't think you want to hear

what I have to say
about his every move.

- He's a decent,
hard-working guy, and...

He's been good to me.

- Sure.

Charles has had you on
boats and at parties,

jumping into swimming pools, but

he's wasted your talents.

- Well, that's not all on him,

I could have put in more effort.

- He also could
have encouraged you.

I always encouraged you.

- Yes, you did, you were...

Something else, Scott.

- And I died doing what I loved.

- Being reckless?

- Being free.

Making music, making
art, making love.

Look, eventually,
you'll die too.

And the sun will burn out,
and the earth will be gone.

And all the stars
and the planets,

the entire universe
will disappear,

nothing will be left.

No socrates, no Shakespeare, no

Beethoven or Michelangelo, no

United States, middle east,

no presidents, bank
robbers, all gone.

- Pretty grim
enterprise, isn't it?

- Just a bit.

- So I mean, what's the point?

Why not just...

Jump out of this
window right now?

- Well.

Given the terrible
facts of life,

what you're here to do, is live.

More importantly,
live authentically.

It's what makes it worthwhile.

Please don't forget that.

Gerald.

I've seen your soul.

I knew you, and I knew you well.

You're an incredible,
generous, kind, giving person.

Don't lose touch with that.

Because the time is coming.

If nothing happens,

then all that will
completely fade away.

And you'll be something else.

Something entirely different,
and you won't enjoy it.

You won't enjoy anything.

- Hey!

- Hey.

- How was your trip?

- It was alright.

What did you do?

- Oh nothing, i
just got a drink with Claire.

- Great.

How's your back?

- Pretty
good, actually.

- You saw a pain specialist?

I'll get that, Dana.

Jim and Jeremy want to
have dinner tonight.

- But--

- hello?

Yeah, no I've got the
paperwork right here.

Yeah, the numbers look good.

Yeah.

No, I'll review them
tonight, and I'll

get them back to you.

Okay, bye.

- I mean, you
can't just force someone

to violate their conscience
like that, you know?

- That's
what I've been saying!

And that's what's wrong
with this country.

There's absolutely
no freedom anymore.

Freedom of religion,
freedom of speech,

just do not exist.

- I'm sorry, I don't understand.

- What's there to understand?

The government stepped
in and told this woman

she was going to
jail if she didn't

do something against
her religion.

She didn't budge so
they put her in jail.

- You can't be serious?

- We are.

- We're gay.

We are, all of us, gay.

She works for the government,

the supreme court made
a ruling that said

you can no longer
discriminate against

gays trying to marry,
she continued to

discriminate against
gays trying to marry,

she was sent to jail.

That makes total sense to me.

If you explain it
like that, like the

way that it happened,

then I completely understand it.

You guys aren't even religious.

- Of course we are.

- Charles, you haven't
been to church in years,

and you guys are swingers.

- Gerald, we are not swingers.

We had an open relationship
at one time, yes,

but no longer.

- Whatever, I just,

I don't understand
how you guys can

come to the conclusion that

is frankly, pretty fucked up,

that paints this hypocrite
bigot as a victim.

I mean, not even as
democrats, as gay men.

- Gerald, you're an atheist.

You couldn't possilby understand
where we're coming from.

- I'm not an atheist.

I've never said that
i was an atheist.

I'm nine years and 11
months of a relationship,

I've never said that.

I'm an agnostic,
an open-minded one.

- Fine, just drop it, alright?

- Let's change the subject.

- Yeah, sure.

Jeremy, what else is
wrong with our country?

- Did you have to push

everyone's buttons tonight?

- I'm sorry, I just
don't think that they're

as charming as you
think they are.

I think that Jim is
stuffy and Jeremy's

pompous and immature.

- Jeremy is a
successful, self-made man.

- Yeah,
of course he is.

He's a good looking,
straight acting

tennis instructor
with an accent.

Every lonely
housewife in Nashville

wants a lesson on her backhand.

- If you were going to
act so contemptuous,

you shouldn't have come.

- Missed 10
games last year with a pair.

- Spot
on the bandwagon.

- I've been thinking
about writing.

- Why?

- It's something I've
always been interested in.

- Since when?

- Since always.

- The world is full
of people who dream of

writing the great
American novel.

Why bother?

Like I said, they're

a threat to the gene pool.

Anybody that says
stuff like that.

- Is this about Jeremy?

'Cause of what I said?

- No.

I just found one of my
notebooks recently, and

I don't know, it's
been on my mind.

- Alright.

And let's not forget,

Chris Matthews.

- Do you believe in ghosts?

- No.

- What if I told
you that I saw one?

Or, several.

Would you believe then?

- No.

- But you believe
in heaven with harps

and hell with fire.

- Goodnight, Gerald.

- Hi, this is may.

I think I have an
appointment tomorrow.

Well, I had an
appointment last week,

and came in, and
i was sent away.

Because I didn't
have a referral.

I just wondered if you
had the referral yet.

Well if you don't, I'm
going to buy a gun.

Yes, I'll hold.

- Don't have
a stone for that?

- Not for old age.

- Just no Wagner please.

This is a Jewish
wedding, we can't have

Hitler's bestie playing
her down the isle.

No, I absolutely
do not want to hear

the ride of the valkeries!

- Hey, this isn't a
goddamn phone booth!

Either buy something
or get the hell out!

- Hang on a second.

Fuck you!

- You too, sweetie.

So my doctor wants me to
see an ophthalmologist.

And I go, and I waited,
and waited, and waited.

And waited.

And the girl at the
desk calls me up,

and asked if I had a referral.

And I said, "my doctor
made my appointment."

She said, "but do
you have a referral?"

So, they sent me home.

And uh,

what I've learned is,

if you are old and
sick, you're going to

stay old and sick.

- That's why I'm here, right?

I had a visit from
an ex-boyfriend.

- You little slut.

- Not that
kind of visit, like a

ouija board kind of visit.

- Oh.

- Yeah.

- Damn.
- I know.

It was good to see him, I guess.

I don't know, it
was weird, he was...

Harsh, he was saying
a lot of stuff

that I didn't want
to hear, which...

I didn't want to
hear it, because

it's all true, or course.

- And what were you left with?

- I don't know.

I, um...

When I was a kid, I really
wanted to be a teacher.

You know, so much so,
like I would even make my

babysitters play school with me.

I was particularly fond

of making the old ones
take spelling tests.

I had one, Mary.

The day that she was
hired, I said to her

that tomorrow, she was
going to need to bring

a spiral of loose leaf paper.

Didn't even tell
her why, and she

showed up the next day, and I

made her spell 30 words.

Anyway, this is sort of
a long story short way

of saying that,

when I figured out
that I didn't want

to be a teacher,
because I hated kids,

all of that...

Love of language kind of
transferred into being

a writer.

Which, you know, I did
in college for a while,

and I think I was
good, I got published.

I think I want to want
to be a writer again.

- Has your neck
been bothering you?

- I mean yeah, off and on.

- Well, creativity comes
from the base of your neck.

So, you've got a pinched
nerve back there.

Here, take these.

These are for creativity
and inspiration.

And, a little unpredictability.

- I don't know what I'm doing.

- Sure you do, you've
done this before.

- Guys, quiet.

- Do you believe this?

Being made to sit in
the classroom at my age,

and take some ridiculous tests?

- I don't know what I'm doing.

- I told you to be quiet.

You've never understood
the value of silence.

Pen to paper.

Everything else is noise.

- Isn't that reductive?

- It's not reductive, it's true.

Look around.

Do you notice the emptiness?

The quiet?

It's where ideas, grand
and small, incubate.

It's where values and

notions of who we are and
what we believe are bred.

Everything else is a
distraction, manufactured,

if we don't have the opportunity
to create these things,

and then to express them.

- Do you know?

He's right.

You were always so obsessed
with right and wrong.

Spelling test, geography
tests, social studies tests.

And I was your
babysitter, and you tested

me on everything.

Oh, you took such pride in
knowing all the answers.

All that...

That flag you carried
from the truth is...

Torn.

You're living in this
bubble that you've

taken such pains to create
and you're suffocating

under the weight of it.

You had such respect
for the truth,

even as a child.

I remember once, I went into
his mother's living room,

and her favorite vase
was lying on the floor

in pieces in a puddle.

And I went and knocked
on the door and came in

and said, "Gerald, did you
break your mother's vase?"

And without hesitation,
you looked me

dead in the eye, and you said,

"yes, I did, and I'm sorry,
i didn't know how to fix it."

It was incredible.

And all my life, i
never had a child

that was so quick to
accept responsibility.

- Everything that keeps you from

being in touch with that boy,

everything that suffocates and
diminishes that little boy,

it's noise, it's all noise.

Be quiet.

- I don't know how.

- You do.

Let's say the television's
on, and you want it off.

What do you do?

You turn it off.

Same with the radio,
the car, the oven,

the microwave.

If they're on, and needn't
be, you turn them off.

Life works the same
way, it's no more

complicated than that.

Relationship not working out?

Turn it off.

Hate your job?

Leave it and find a new one.

A friendship that's
so one-sided,

where all they want
is something from you

and never asked to
return the favor?

Move on and let them go.

Your attachment to these things,

are not needs.

They're a want.

They are the same want.

"I don't want to
be uncomfortable."

"I don't want to hurt."

"I don't want anyone
to be mad at me."

They're all the same want,
when you boil them down.

"I don't want to be afraid."

- Well nobody
wants to be afraid,

but it's a part of life.

Fear is not the absence
of courage, Gerald.

Fear is the reason for courage.

- Yes are momma's big girl!

Momma loves you!

- Hello?

Hey.

No, I'm just about to
meet with a client,

what's going on?

What?

Um, just drop a pin to my cell,

and I'll get there
as soon as I can.

No, I'll just
reschedule, it's fine.

I'll see you soon.

Okay, bye.

- Hey, are you okay?

- Yeah, um, I'm fine.

- You sure?

It looks painful.

- Yeah, yeah it's killing me.

- Looks pretty swollen.

If you can move it,
it's not broken.

My guess is you sprained it.

- Are you a doctor?

- Unlicensed.

No, I used to play
soccer in college, so.

I saw my team mates
take some nasty spills.

May I?

- Yeah.

You never fell?

- No.

Let's see if we can get
you over to that bench.

- Okay.

Okay, okay.

Thank you.

- Yeah.

Do you

run here often?

- No I don't, um...

I don't really
run, I just really

picked it back up, I um...

Do you ever get stir crazy?

- All the time, yeah.

- I got, I am, I get stir crazy.

Frequently.

And, I don't know,
it's just nice

to see something else.

- Well, today,
certainly turned out

to be an adventure, didn't it?

- Yeah, absolutely, more like

an adventure in
babysitting for you.

- So...

Is your girlfriend going
to come and get you?

- Uh, a girlfriend,
she's not my girlfriend.

- Gotcha.

- Yeah I called
my partner first,

and I guess he's in a
meeting or something,

because he didn't pick up.

So.

What about you?

Where are you from?

Are you from around
here, Nashville?

- I was born in Milwaukee.

- Oh, okay.

- I moved here to study
history at Vanderbilt.

And I...

You don't want to hear this.

- No, I do.

- Well, I moved here
to study history,

and I fell in love
with Nashville.

And with a tall, blue-green eyed

Italian classics major.

But, you know.

Nashville's changed
and, so has he, so...

We just parted ways after
a six year relationship.

He was married to his job and,

I spent more time
alone than I liked.

- Sounds familiar.

- You too?

- Me too.

Hey.

We're over here by the bench.

- Look, I really don't want
to discuss that right now.

No, it's not, it's
not a good time.

Okay.

You too.

Bye.

- Hey.

- Hey.

- "You too" what?

- What?

- You just said, "you too"
when you got off the phone.

"You too" what?

- Oh, it was a client.

He said, "I'll talk
to you soon," and I

guess I absent-mindedly
said, "you too" back.

- Ah.

- How was your day?

- Fine.

I went to the park.

- Great.

I just had two conference calls.

Hopefully, each one
of them turns into

a couple grand in new business.

- That's great.

- Yeah, you know,
I'm really excited

about the way business is going.

That last trip to Savannah
was great for networking.

I met both of these
potential clients there,

exchanged cards,
followed up after

a couple of days, and
everything's looking up.

Maybe after the
dust has settled,

we'll take a trip.

I don't know, maybe
go to New York

or something for
a couple of days.

Shit.

I forgot, you hate New York.

Maybe something a
little more rustic.

I don't know, maybe rent
a house in the poconos

for a couple of
days or something.

- That'd be nice.

- You got
it, it's a date.

Okay, sweetie.

I'm gonna jump in the shower.

You think about what you want
to do for dinner tonight.

- You're fucking kidding.

- Not kidding.

He didn't answer the
phone when I called him.

When I got home, he
barely even looked at me.

And then...

When he was talking to me...

I started crying...

And he didn't even
notice, he just,

said some stuff about a trip

that we will never take, because

we never take them, and...

He said so casually, "I'm
gonna go take a shower.

"Figure out dinner,"

and that was it.

I felt...

Invisible.

And then, whenever he
was done with his shower,

I was so over it at that point,

that I just

didn't even bring it up.

It's not worth mentioning
that shit to him he just,

he doesn't respond to reason.

- Of course he doesn't,
he's a gay republican.

- But.

Something did

come out alright with my
little spill in the park.

- What's his name?

- How the fuck do you do that?

- Ah, come on.

What's his name?

- I don't know.

- Well what do you
know about him?

- Um,

I know he jogs everyday.

I know he just got out of
a long-term relationship,

and he is kind enough to stop

and help a complete stranger.

- How is your ankle?

- You know.

It wasn't a particularly
bad sprain, it

hurts to walk on,
but I can walk.

- Well take a quartz
elixir again tonight,

and it'll feel better
in the morning.

And when you talk
about feeling invisible

with Charles, is that a
common occurrence with y'all?

- I'm like furniture.

- Here, I want you to take this.

- What is it?

- It's chalcedony.

- What does it do?

- Well, writers observe.

And, maybe you should
take a closer at Charles.

Or, possibly the jogger.

- Hello.

Ah, shit.

Okay.

That's way too fast.

It's way too fast.

Dammit!

What are you doing?

Huh.

- Uh, hi.

- Shit.

- What?

- Nothing.

Hi.

- How long have you
been standing there?

- Uh...

I just came in, and...

Saw that you were here.

And decided that I wanted to

breach the boundaries of
our 15 minute friendship.

- No, that's okay,
I'm glad you did.

You're more than welcome to.

I just didn't see you come in.

I'm just surprised, that's all.

- Yeah.

Me too.

- I, uh...

I like the look.

- Thanks, you know.

Um...

Yeah, I...

Sort of came down to

headquarters, I was wanting
to get a cup of coffee, and

guess I didn't pay attention
to what I was wearing.

So, do you come here often?

This whole like...

Just give me a stone
and not tell me

what the side effects
are until later bullshit,

has really got to stop.

- Come on, don't kill what
little fun I have left.

- And you know?

About the jogger, the thing is,

I'm not even sure that I'm
really interested in him.

You know?

I don't even know
his name yet, but.

But the fact that I'm wondering

if I'm interested in him...

That makes me wonder
whether or not

my relationship
is still any good.

- Maybe that's something
to think about.

- Yeah.

You know, the thing is,

when Charles and i
first got together,

I never questioned that, ever.

You know, he and I,

were so great, and I was happy,

I was happy where I was,
i was happy with him.

And he would tell
me about guys like,

flirting with me, he would say,

"blah blah blah was
really getting fresh

"with you tonight."

And...

It didn't even register with
me, it wasn't on my radar.

That's just not the case now.

It makes me wonder
whether or not,

whether I'm bored
or just unhappy.

- When I first met you, you said

you felt out of sorts, you
didn't feel like yourself,

something was off.

That's not boredom, honey.

That's something else.

And you're the only one that
can answer that question.

- I know, I know.

What are you doing
for Thanksgiving?

- Beats me.

- You don't have
family in the area?

- My parents are dead,
I'm an only child,

never had children.

- Well what do you normally do?

- Normally?

Stay at home, drink a
couple bottles of wine.

And then go eat.

With whatever customer
invites me over.

Are you getting ready
to invite me over?

- Oh god, no.

- Thanks a lot, bitch.

- No, that's not...

That doesn't have anything
to do with you, that's...

I wouldn't subjugate
anyone to, uh...

Thanksgiving with my mom.

Not even you.

- Oh, dining with
mommy dearest, huh?

- Yeah.

You know, that's
another thing, too.

Charles and I, we've been
together for 10 years,

and we've never spent a
single holiday together.

You know, his family
doesn't support him.

My family doesn't support me.

And yet, we still decide to

go to our families for holidays,

because it would
just feel like, weird

to not be there.

I don't know,
Thanksgiving and Christmas

are the only two
times of year, when

it is basically mandated
that you feel like shit.

- That's how it
always was with me.

Ah, fuck it.

I've got something for you.

- A present?

- Not a present,
you're gonna buy it.

Planning on seeing
the jogger again?

- I don't know, maybe.

- Well, if you do.

That'll loosen you
up a little bit.

- This is moonstone?

- Mm hm, and...

Perhaps, rose quartz.

Not only is it
calming, but it also

opens you up to new things.

- What kind of new things?

For fuck's sake, just tell me!

- Okay, new love.

But whether you decide
to use it or not

is up to you.

You can buy all this
shit, put it in the trash,

for all I care, but if
you do decide to use it,

you have to be open
to whatever happens,

and open to any of
the consequences.

- Hey.

- Hey.

Fancy seeing you here, I was
just taking a little break.

I am exhausted.

- Mind
if I take a seat?

I could use a rest.

- No
please, absolutely,

I was just sitting here
reading the aeneid on my phone.

- God.

You do know it's total
propaganda, right?

- Now, I didn't.

- Yeah, totally.

Augustus needed an origin story,

so he basically commission
Virgil to write the aeneid.

And inside of it, it's full of.

- One of
my favorite things

about the aeneid is how
destiny, or fate, really,

is sort of its own
character in and of itself.

- Yeah, I mean,
if you think about it,

the events of one's own mind,

or of history, for that matter,

seem a lot more important,

carry a lot more gravitas if

the universe, or in
this case, the gods,

had some hand in fanning them.

Don't they?

Yeah, and I had to
read it in Latin.

- Oh, wow.

- In front
of the entire class,

in perfect meter.

I haven't read it since.

That class scarred me.

- God, I can't
believe you had to do all that.

- Yeah.

Huge dork, right?

- I mean,
i don't think it's

that dorky, I actually
think it's pretty hot.

- It was the only
class I routinely skipped.

The anxiety was huge.

- That's crazy,
i can't imagine you

being someone who has anxiety.

- Yeah, huge anxiety.

Coupled with the fact that I was

60 pounds overweight, and i
had a great big ball of stress.

Told you.

- Wow, you know,
i actually don't think

that we have officially been
introduced to each other.

Jeff, I am Gerald.

- Hi, Gerald.

What about you?

What are you doing later on?

- I don't know, the
ball in chain is

going to be leaving town soon,

so I guess I should
spend some time with him.

- Yeah, nice.

Well, I should probably
get back to it,

before I lose anymore stamina.

- Sure.

- It was good to
see you, Gerald.

- It was good to see you, Jeff.

Hey, we should get
together sometime.

- Sure, yeah.

- What about dinner?

Like, day after
Thanksgiving, 5:00?

- Yeah, where?

- Uh, let's just meet here

and play it by ear.

- Yeah, sounds good.

- Yeah.

Alright.

- Hey.

I was just about to go
upstairs and start packing.

- What time's your flight?

- Early.

- This is so not me.

- Of course it is.

- It's been a long
time since I've

been with someone new.

I've gotten so...

Fat!

Do you think he'll mind if I

want to sleep with him
with the lights off?

Maybe I should bring a 10
watt bulb just in case.

- Gerald, are you sure this is

what you're so tense about?

You only used to
get like this before

having to see your mother.

- Hello, dear.

- Hi mom.

- Come on in, we were
just watching the game.

- We?

- Yes, I invited tom.

- Who's tom?

- The man I've been seeing.

And he invited a
couple of friends.

- What happened to Dean?

- You see that, that's bullshit!

He didn't step out!

Oh, fuck you ref!

You piece of shit!

This is bullshit!

- Tom.

- Hey, good to see you, yeah.

- This is my son, Gerald.

Gerald, this is tom.

- Great to meet you, son.

Oh come on!

- This is Paul and David.

- Good to see you.

- Shit!

Hey, you wanna sit down
and watch the game?

There's still a
few minutes left.

- No, uh, I'm not a
big fan of football.

- Oh that's right,
yeah, your mom said, uh,

oh goddammit that's fucking
horseshit right there!

Could you believe
that catch earlier?

That throw was so
sloppy, it was like

a dying quail.

I can't believe the
colored guy caught it!

- Then they have
to show it again.

- I'm sorry, what?

- The game, we're just
talking about the game.

- So dear, how are you doing?

- I'm fine, I guess.

It's actually been
kind of a weird

week for me, I...

Fell when I was on
a run in the park,

and hurt my ankle,
that's why I called you.

- Oh, that's right.

You did call.

- Don't worry,
Claire was able to

come by and pick
me up and actually,

this really nice guy
sat and waited with me

while, while I was
waiting on Claire.

- Well, that's good.

- It feels a lot
better, by the way.

- Oh, I'm glad.

Just at the right time

like they did last
year, and they where--

- and then, tomorrow,

while my partner of
10 years is away,

I am going to take
this really nice guy

out on a date...

And fuck him!

- What did you say?

- I mean, it doesn't
have to be him.

What are you guys doing later?

- What...

Is the matter with you?

You're making everyone
uncomfortable.

- I'm making everyone
uncomfortable?

You're new boyfriend is the one

who just used the
term "colored."

- But he comes from
another time, dear.

- He's five years
younger than you, mom.

And he called me "son."

- Oh, well he's
just being paternal.

- Well he's new.

So I don't need
him to be paternal.

- You're just being
overly sensitive.

- No, I'm not, I'm not
being overly sensitive mom,

do you have any idea
how that makes me feel?

- Dear.

I have neither the time,

nor the emotional
energy to cater to your

demanding
hypersensitivity today.

- I am not being
demandingly hypersensitive,

and if I was, in most
cultures around the world,

that would just be called
being a mother, so.

- Oh, here we go again.

Is this where i
have to endure the

"I'm a terrible mother"
speech yet again?

- No.

No, you don't have to.

Tell tom, dick and
Harry that I got sick

and needed to excuse myself.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Hey hilda.

- Oh, Mr. Gerald!

Oh, I'm so sorry!

- Oh my god, what's
wrong, what's the matter?

- Oh, Mr. Gerald.

I thought that you were going to

spend the weekend
with your mama.

- Yeah, yeah, I thought
so too, what's wrong?

- Oh, oh, I wouldn't
normally touch bottle.

- Hilda, it doesn't matter.

What's wrong?

- My husband will leave me.

- What?

- My husband will leave me.

He trade me in for
Internet bride.

He said, "mail order
bride all old and fat."

And I got all dressed
up for anniversary!

And now I lose my job, too!

- No, no, hilda, you
haven't lost your job.

Everything's fine!

- I don't know that I will,

I don't think I can work
for Mr. Charles no more.

- Hilda.

Here.

- What's this?

- You know how there's the worm

at the bottom of mezcal?

- Da.

- It's kind of like that.

- Okay.

- But what's wrong with Charles?

I mean, did he say something
to make you upset, or?

- He cheating on you.

- Oh.

I feel so badly
that I not tell you.

I know I should
have told you, but.

I saw that nasty tennis
boy he play with, Jeremy.

- So, now you know.

- How long have you known?

- Always.

- And you didn't
think that maybe

it would be a good
idea to tell me?

- Listen, I made
myself a promise that

as soon as I got
adjusted to all this,

I was not going to
interfere in the

path of people's lives.

It just gets too complicated.

And you found out, didn't you?

What does it matter if it
was from me or from her?

- I know, I know,
I'm just venting.

- Anyway,

what do you care?

You have a date tomorrow, right?

- Look I know all
about auctions.

I don't have time
for this chit chat.

Just get to the second part.

Ugh!

Oh, come on!

Call me when you get
your shit together.

I don't have time for this.

Bye.

Jesus.

- Girl, get it.

- Ugh.

- It didn't work, by the way.

I think I'm a hopeless case.

- Told you the first
time I met you,

you were a hopeless case.

What didn't work?

- The rose quartz.

I ran into the jogger.

Well, I didn't run
into, I went to a place

where I knew he would be, and we

sat and talked, i
mean we chatted, and

I was uncharacteristically
flirtatious.

And we set a date.

And he stood me up.

- Did you happen to
mention the partner?

- My partner?

- Yes.

- I mean, yeah, i
think it, it came up.

- Well, and I guess
you thought he'd be

all too happy to
break up a home and

be there to pick up the pieces.

- Why do you gotta
put it like that?

- You mean the truth?

Look, a few little
pearls of wisdom.

First, you don't
wanna be with somebody

that's going to break up a home.

What's that saying
about their conscience?

That's a little
bit of a problem.

And, second, you have to be open

to all possibilities.

And, I sold the shop.

- You what?

- Developers have been
after me for a long time.

They offered me a ton of money.

I took it.

- What are you gonna do?

- I'm moving to Italy.

- Really?

- The greeks have Hades,
christians have heaven,

I've got venice.

It's my life after life.

And I've got something for you.

This is lapis lazuli,
and it's for truth.

- I think I've had about
all the truth I can handle.

- Well, it's also good
for menstrual cramps.

- Thank you.

- And I have something
else for you.

This has been very good to me.

And you're starting
a new chapter, yes?

This'll help ground you.

Oh, but.

I mean, I can't take
this, you're about to

go on a, like--

- no, I want you to have this.

It's been good to me,
and I know where my

next chapter is.

That one's for you.

And this chapter, is on me.

- Gerald!

- Hey.

- Hey.

So this is you, huh?

- Uh, yeah, yeah.

- I pass by it every morning.

Hey, um, so...

I'm sorry I bailed on
you the other night.

It's nothing personal.

The truth is, I just go some

unresolved feelings for my ex.

And I think there's
a chance we might

get back together, you know?

And you've got a lot
to think about, too.

Huh?

- Yeah, yeah, I do.

Hey listen, I need to
get back inside, but

I'll see you around?

- Yeah.

- Alright.

- Hi.

- Hi.

- The flight was awful.

You know, we got
delayed on the runway

for eons after landing.

Are you ready for dinner?

I just want to
change clothes first.

- I didn't
know what to get you.

- What?

- For our anniversary.

- You didn't have
to get me anything.

- Tell me about the first
night we spent together.

- What?

- Tell me about the first
night we spent together.

- We talked.

Talking was the main component.

- What did we talk about?

- What is this?

- Is it too much to ask that you

romanticize our
first night together?

- How about we leave
and go to dinner

and romanticize there,
we have a reservation.

- Have you been listening
to anything I've said?

- Yes, I'm listening.

I think you're a little drunk.

- No, I am 100%
sober, I assure you.

- What is that?

What's in your glass?

- Something I don't need
for this conversation.

- Wait, is that a rock?

- It's lapis lazuli.

It promotes truth and wisdom.

I've been seeing this
jeweler, and she has--

- right, because
modern medicine isn't

good enough for you.

You'd rather go some place
where they don't take insurance.

- We're not a good fit, Charles.

- Excuse me?

- We are not a good fit.

- I'm sorry, is this
what we're doing?

Or are we going to dinner?

- We're just...

We are so different.

We have different
goals, different

things that we want out of life.

You are...

Engulfed by your
career, your job

is the most important thing.

You back a political party that

espouses faith, but really
is entirely about hate.

Bibles in one hand, assault
rifles in the other.

And I don't know what I am.

But I do know that...

This is the sorriest
excuse for a relationship

that I have ever seen.

And if I had had a
little bit of perception,

I would have seen that.

We're not a team.

We never have been.

And I wish I could
have realized sooner.

Because now I know that
you're cheating on me.

- That's insane.

Actually, you're insane.

Did one of your little
rocks tell you that?

- I know what love is.

I've felt it.

I've seen it, and it's not here.

- So what, are you
seeing someone else?

- No.

I...

Nearly, but that's
not the point.

These gemstones have
taught me so much.

They've taught me
that I don't need

all of this stuff.

I don't need you.

And I don't need my family, and
i don't need my dad's money.

I just want to feel this life.

I want to stop
subscribing to things

that I don't actually need.

- Gerald.

You better listen to yourself.

You're talking crazy, you
don't know what you're saying.

What are you going to do?

You're an unemployed
30 something.

You're not qualified
for any real job.

You believe in magic pebbles,

and ghosts, and mumbo-jumbo.

You're unwell.

And frankly, all of this
trust fund privilege,

has done a real number on you.

Living off a father
who's never wanted you.

- So I think you'll
be okay without me.

- Yeah.

And I guess I'll be better off

without the hush
money daddy's been

sending me, too.

- I think you should leave.

- What?

- I think you should leave.

- Are you kidding me?

- I own the house, Charles.

- And I pay half the mortgage!

I work here!

- Yes.

And I will be happy to rent
downstairs to you at a...

Greatly increased rate.

Surely you can
accept the fact that

property values have
increased dramatically

over the last few years, but.

For tonight, or
maybe until we get

some papers drawn up,

I think that you should
go somewhere else.

Find a hotel.

Maybe check in with Jeremy.

See if you can stay there.

Hey...

Take him out to dinner.

- Well, I'm really
glad that you did it.

- Me too.

- When you were telling
me about you and Charles,

it was really depressing, and it

just really made me sad.

To see you so defeated, and...

Seemed like, you felt
you had no way out, so.

I'm really happy
for you, Gerald.

- Thank you.

Thank you, I'm
happy for me, too.

You know, it's been a weird,

sort of whirlwind
holiday season, and,

and this is gonna sound
really strange, but,

I feel like I owe so
much of it to this

little bat shit jeweler
off of west end, and

I wish that I could tell
her all of this news,

but I have no idea where she is,

because she sold her shop,

packed up all of her
stuff, and she just like,

vanished.

- Are you talking about may?

- Yeah.

Yeah, do you know her?

- Yeah, I do.

I did.

- You're kidding.

- Mm mm.

No, I'm really sad
to hear that she

closed up her shop, because

going to her was the
best retail therapy ever.

She really changed my life.

- Hey, did
you hear about Gerald?

- What, no.

- He took a job
in an art gallery.

- No!

- Yes, he was working
retail, and apparently,

he gave up the trust fund,

and then broke up with Charles.

- Well I bet
Charles is happy about that.

- Yeah, you think so?

- You know what?

Come to think of it,
i saw Gerald recently.

He was jogging, he looked great.

- Yeah, he
does look really good.

But he's just always
been such a mess.

Always dissatisfied,
chronic illnesses.

Whatever.

- Hello.

- Hey.

- Did you just move in?

- Yeah, yeah, I did.

- Don't I know you
from somewhere?

- Yeah, I don't know, you
look familiar to me too.

- The art opening.

I was working the art
opening that you were at

just a couple months ago.

You were crazy about the
bruschetta that I made.

Yeah, you came back
to the kitchen,

and turned up the radio?

- Yeah, yeah, i
recognize you now too.

I was so surprised that you'd

heard of kreisler.

- Heard of him?

He's the reason
that I play piano.

Uh, I guess I'm
your new neighbor.

I'm just right up there, so.

- Oh.

- If I'm ever playing
kreisler too loudly,

just come knock on my door.

- Yeah, I will.

- It was nice to see you again.

- Yeah, you too.