1 00:01:20,447 --> 00:01:23,143 I told you I don't have time to wait. What is this? 2 00:01:23,216 --> 00:01:26,413 Do you have any idea? What's going on? 3 00:01:32,659 --> 00:01:35,127 I know, honey, I'm on my way, okay? 4 00:01:38,665 --> 00:01:40,895 Hi. I need to check your bag. 5 00:02:16,736 --> 00:02:18,670 Right this way. 6 00:02:24,711 --> 00:02:26,440 Come on, let's go. Get out of the way, now. 7 00:02:29,482 --> 00:02:30,847 Hold it! 8 00:02:33,086 --> 00:02:35,111 Please take the ticket. 9 00:02:36,389 --> 00:02:38,584 Please take the ticket. 10 00:02:39,893 --> 00:02:41,827 Please take the ticket. 11 00:02:54,474 --> 00:02:57,068 Come on! Get in there! 12 00:03:07,153 --> 00:03:08,882 Please insert card. 13 00:03:11,157 --> 00:03:12,852 Please insert card. 14 00:03:15,395 --> 00:03:17,192 Please insert card. 15 00:03:19,399 --> 00:03:21,367 Please insert card. 16 00:03:22,168 --> 00:03:25,535 I can't follow you guys. You drive too slow. 17 00:03:26,239 --> 00:03:28,434 Bernie. Hey. 18 00:03:29,842 --> 00:03:32,242 - Sad, huh? - Tragic. 19 00:03:32,312 --> 00:03:34,473 - Poor Jocelyn. - It's ridiculous. 20 00:03:34,581 --> 00:03:36,242 - Daniel, he was her world. - Hold up. Cat hair. 21 00:03:36,316 --> 00:03:40,150 Oh, that's why I never wear black. Don't even look in the mirror anymore. 22 00:03:40,220 --> 00:03:42,882 Should've thought of it years ago. 23 00:03:42,956 --> 00:03:46,153 We celebrate a very special life 24 00:03:46,226 --> 00:03:51,721 as we lay to rest Jocelyn's cherished companion, Pridey Sahara Morgan. 25 00:04:10,016 --> 00:04:13,474 Honey, we have to stay. She raised him from a puppy. 26 00:04:13,553 --> 00:04:15,953 All I know is that if I'm not back in the office this afternoon, 27 00:04:16,022 --> 00:04:17,751 Monday is gonna be hell. 28 00:04:17,824 --> 00:04:19,917 She went to every one of Allegra's birthday parties. 29 00:04:19,993 --> 00:04:24,259 Oh, come on. Allegra is our actual child. Let's get some perspective here. 30 00:04:24,330 --> 00:04:26,264 Do you think if Jocelyn were married with kids 31 00:04:26,332 --> 00:04:29,460 she'd be giving her dog a state funeral? 32 00:04:29,535 --> 00:04:31,469 This whole thing is warped. 33 00:04:31,537 --> 00:04:34,097 - I find that personally offensive, Dad. - What? 34 00:04:34,173 --> 00:04:36,698 I mean, I may never be married or be a mother. 35 00:04:36,776 --> 00:04:39,006 Yes, some gay women get some version of that, 36 00:04:39,078 --> 00:04:41,308 but we don't all need the same things. 37 00:04:41,381 --> 00:04:43,406 Can we at least agree that 38 00:04:44,050 --> 00:04:45,677 human beings need 39 00:04:46,653 --> 00:04:48,280 human connection? 40 00:04:48,354 --> 00:04:51,585 You know, companionship, conversation, sex. 41 00:04:51,658 --> 00:04:55,560 You get those things from Mom. Jocelyn gets them from her dogs. 42 00:05:00,199 --> 00:05:01,962 Can I take your car? 43 00:05:08,174 --> 00:05:09,698 Dad had to go. 44 00:05:12,211 --> 00:05:14,202 We can't let Jocelyn sit home and brood. 45 00:05:14,280 --> 00:05:18,546 Maybe we could all take a class. Learn Portuguese. Go to Brazil. 46 00:05:18,618 --> 00:05:21,678 I don't think I could fit one more thing in my week, honestly. 47 00:05:21,754 --> 00:05:25,815 No, no, you're right. You're right. We should make an effort. 48 00:05:25,892 --> 00:05:28,383 She just lives so far away from everything. 49 00:05:34,067 --> 00:05:36,001 Give it back, Trey. 50 00:05:36,069 --> 00:05:38,697 Come on. Give it back. 51 00:05:42,842 --> 00:05:45,037 See ya. 52 00:05:53,886 --> 00:05:55,285 Thanks. Take care. 53 00:05:59,058 --> 00:06:00,082 Hi. 54 00:06:00,893 --> 00:06:02,554 - Trey. Yeah. - Trey. 55 00:06:03,096 --> 00:06:04,996 Lovers' Guide to Paris. 56 00:06:07,533 --> 00:06:08,557 Food Lovers' Guide. 57 00:06:08,634 --> 00:06:11,865 We're gonna go to Paris. My husband and I. 58 00:06:12,438 --> 00:06:16,431 It's his first time in Paris. Mine, too. 59 00:06:16,509 --> 00:06:18,443 - It's a business trip for him. - Really? 60 00:06:18,511 --> 00:06:20,479 They fly him business class. 61 00:06:20,546 --> 00:06:25,415 So we're just gonna do an exchange so that I can tag along. 62 00:06:25,485 --> 00:06:27,282 - That's pretty thrifty. - Yeah. 63 00:06:27,353 --> 00:06:30,379 I've never been to France. I mean... 64 00:06:32,191 --> 00:06:34,716 I've been to Qu�bec. But that's... 65 00:06:35,728 --> 00:06:38,162 - It's not in... It's in... Okay. - No. 66 00:06:38,231 --> 00:06:41,496 Do you want me to help you carry these to your car? 67 00:06:42,769 --> 00:06:45,397 - No. - Okay. 68 00:06:45,471 --> 00:06:46,802 - Well, have fun. - Okay. 69 00:06:46,873 --> 00:06:48,636 Send me a postcard. 70 00:06:52,011 --> 00:06:53,478 - Hi. - Hey. 71 00:06:53,546 --> 00:06:56,811 Honey, I'm sorry I'm late. I stopped to buy us a present. 72 00:06:56,883 --> 00:06:59,044 Oh, yeah. What do you got? 73 00:07:01,154 --> 00:07:03,884 - What? - Oh, baby. I'm sorry. 74 00:07:03,956 --> 00:07:05,856 I thought I said something. 75 00:07:05,925 --> 00:07:07,415 - Yo, jeez, these guys are terrible. - What? 76 00:07:07,493 --> 00:07:10,223 Been like this all game. This one guy... 77 00:07:10,630 --> 00:07:12,120 Paris is off. 78 00:07:13,065 --> 00:07:15,932 - We're not going to Paris? - Dale's going. 79 00:07:16,002 --> 00:07:21,030 My boss-boss asked me to take the CEO of Consolidated to the NBA playoffs. 80 00:07:21,107 --> 00:07:24,008 I guess the guys at Consolidated are like basketball freaks. 81 00:07:24,076 --> 00:07:26,544 But if it's San Antonio, it'll be over in four. 82 00:07:26,612 --> 00:07:30,173 Unless Tim Duncan gets hit with an asteroid or something. 83 00:07:32,151 --> 00:07:36,247 Anyway, figure I'll be on the road for like a week, maybe eight days. 84 00:07:36,322 --> 00:07:38,654 Maybe 10, just depending on... 85 00:07:42,161 --> 00:07:44,595 Oh, what if your mom came and stayed? 86 00:07:46,032 --> 00:07:48,023 Ten days with my mother? 87 00:07:49,402 --> 00:07:50,630 Prudie. 88 00:07:52,672 --> 00:07:55,641 What, did you want me to say no to my boss? 89 00:08:01,647 --> 00:08:04,343 Always doing something wrong, you know? 90 00:08:06,752 --> 00:08:10,711 I have no idea what I did. I genuinely have no idea. 91 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:23,798 I was just thinking about something Allegra said 92 00:08:23,870 --> 00:08:25,701 at Jocelyn's the other day. 93 00:08:25,771 --> 00:08:27,966 I don't know if it was just the sadness of the occasion, or... 94 00:08:28,040 --> 00:08:29,405 - Oh, don't make fun, Daniel. - No, I'm not, I'm not. 95 00:08:29,475 --> 00:08:30,965 - That was her dog. - No. 96 00:08:31,043 --> 00:08:33,705 I'm saying it affected me. 97 00:08:33,779 --> 00:08:36,339 - Come on. - Okay, honey. Whatever you say. 98 00:08:36,415 --> 00:08:38,440 Anyway, so Allegra and I are talking about 99 00:08:38,518 --> 00:08:40,543 how we all need to have 100 00:08:42,355 --> 00:08:44,152 connection, you know? 101 00:08:45,191 --> 00:08:47,125 Conversation. Sex. 102 00:08:48,628 --> 00:08:50,061 Companionship. 103 00:08:51,597 --> 00:08:55,033 And Allegra says, "Well, you get all that from Mommy." 104 00:08:55,835 --> 00:08:57,735 I gotta tell you, it really made me sad. 105 00:08:57,803 --> 00:09:00,101 Oh, baby, she'll find somebody. 106 00:09:00,706 --> 00:09:02,640 No, it made me sad for us. 107 00:09:02,708 --> 00:09:05,040 See, 'cause I've been struggling 108 00:09:05,211 --> 00:09:10,080 with whether a marriage can sustain all of that 109 00:09:13,920 --> 00:09:15,046 over 20-plus years, 110 00:09:15,121 --> 00:09:19,057 or whether it's just inevitable that after a certain amount of time... 111 00:09:19,125 --> 00:09:20,149 What are you... 112 00:09:20,226 --> 00:09:22,854 Maybe being with someone else can have 113 00:09:24,997 --> 00:09:27,557 a renewing effect, because for me... 114 00:09:32,471 --> 00:09:34,871 I've been seeing a woman at work. 115 00:09:38,144 --> 00:09:39,543 We've been together six months now. 116 00:09:39,612 --> 00:09:41,637 We can't think of this as a failure. 117 00:09:41,714 --> 00:09:44,148 We have had a very successful marriage. 118 00:09:44,216 --> 00:09:47,879 We've had a long marriage, by any standard. We've got three wonderful kids. 119 00:09:47,954 --> 00:09:49,182 They're grown, they're working, they're... 120 00:09:49,255 --> 00:09:52,747 Just open the car door, Daniel, I need a tissue. 121 00:10:02,468 --> 00:10:04,993 The kids, that's... That's all you. You know, you... 122 00:10:06,739 --> 00:10:09,799 You made all the sacrifices with that. I know. 123 00:10:09,875 --> 00:10:12,673 But there's a logic to us quitting while we're ahead. 124 00:10:12,745 --> 00:10:15,737 And I think that they'll be able to see that. 125 00:10:16,882 --> 00:10:19,817 I don't understand a single word of what you're saying, Daniel. 126 00:10:19,885 --> 00:10:21,375 Who is this woman? 127 00:10:23,823 --> 00:10:26,121 Look, I'm tired of lying to you. 128 00:10:26,192 --> 00:10:29,423 I'm tired of making promises to Pam that I can't keep. 129 00:10:29,495 --> 00:10:31,986 She deserves better. And so do you. 130 00:10:33,499 --> 00:10:36,559 And I won't give her up. That's non-negotiable. 131 00:10:48,114 --> 00:10:49,206 Syl. 132 00:10:54,387 --> 00:10:57,720 I really like Edmund in this movie. Have you seen it? 133 00:10:57,790 --> 00:10:59,018 I love this movie. 134 00:10:59,091 --> 00:11:02,754 Oh, I like it, but it's not Mansfield Park. 135 00:11:02,828 --> 00:11:04,557 It's more of an interpretation. 136 00:11:04,630 --> 00:11:06,495 - Do you know the book? - Yes. 137 00:11:06,565 --> 00:11:09,329 And I happen to teach film. 138 00:11:09,402 --> 00:11:11,597 - Do you like this movie? - No. 139 00:11:11,671 --> 00:11:14,834 Do you know it mixes up Fanny Price with the author of the book? 140 00:11:14,907 --> 00:11:17,842 Makes Sir Bertram some kind of slave owner. 141 00:11:17,910 --> 00:11:19,434 Well, it means well. 142 00:11:19,512 --> 00:11:21,139 And a little Jane Austen's better than none at all. 143 00:11:21,213 --> 00:11:24,649 No. No. No. That is how I talk myself into everything. 144 00:11:25,518 --> 00:11:26,985 I'm married to a man 145 00:11:27,053 --> 00:11:31,422 who would cancel our trip to Paris for a basketball game, 146 00:11:31,490 --> 00:11:35,221 which is making me a fraud in front of my students. 147 00:11:35,294 --> 00:11:38,263 A French teacher who's never been to France? 148 00:11:38,330 --> 00:11:39,991 The screenplay is outstanding. 149 00:11:40,066 --> 00:11:44,025 Excuse me. I'd like to talk to you. Come with me. 150 00:11:44,103 --> 00:11:45,900 You seem to know a lot about Jane Austen. 151 00:11:45,971 --> 00:11:47,029 I do. 152 00:11:47,106 --> 00:11:50,098 You know, Prudie, I've been married six times. 153 00:11:50,910 --> 00:11:53,879 You're always happy at first. It's how you feel at the end that counts. 154 00:11:53,946 --> 00:11:58,349 I've been thinking, I'd like to get married again, maybe just once more. 155 00:11:58,984 --> 00:12:03,080 My favorite was Ben Weinberg. And this is Ben. 156 00:12:04,223 --> 00:12:07,681 He produced Fred Astaire movies. Don't underestimate older men. 157 00:12:07,760 --> 00:12:10,228 We lived in a house in Beverly Hills that had a little pond 158 00:12:10,296 --> 00:12:12,127 and a bridge and goldfish. 159 00:12:12,198 --> 00:12:14,132 That's how I met my friend Jocelyn. 160 00:12:14,200 --> 00:12:16,634 - Carlos. - My pleasure. 161 00:12:16,702 --> 00:12:19,000 Ben was her godfather. Her family's loaded. 162 00:12:19,071 --> 00:12:20,834 Who's Jocelyn again? 163 00:12:21,307 --> 00:12:24,401 The one I wanna start the book club for. Lost her dog? 164 00:12:24,477 --> 00:12:27,640 Eat. So, book club. 165 00:12:27,713 --> 00:12:30,443 I can get Jocelyn and maybe Sylvia. 166 00:12:30,516 --> 00:12:32,347 Jocelyn put Sylvia and Daniel together in high school. 167 00:12:32,418 --> 00:12:33,510 They've been together ever since. 168 00:12:33,586 --> 00:12:36,953 Though Sylvia's gonna want Daniel in the book club, 169 00:12:37,022 --> 00:12:38,683 but I think it should be all women. Don't you? 170 00:12:38,758 --> 00:12:41,249 I mean, men, they pontificate and no one can get a word in edgewise. 171 00:12:41,327 --> 00:12:43,056 - Well, I think if you... - And women won't butt in, 172 00:12:43,129 --> 00:12:45,859 but men, they keep monologuing. Yammer, yammer, yammer. 173 00:12:45,931 --> 00:12:48,399 And we keep listening, protecting their feelings. 174 00:12:48,467 --> 00:12:50,560 - But if... - And men don't do book clubs. 175 00:12:50,636 --> 00:12:53,434 Women want to share, but men, they hoard what they read, 176 00:12:53,506 --> 00:12:55,599 if they crack open a book. 177 00:12:55,674 --> 00:12:57,574 Does your husband read? 178 00:12:57,643 --> 00:12:59,873 He reads stuff online. 179 00:13:02,681 --> 00:13:05,081 You know, it's gonna be like extracting teeth to get Sylvia, 180 00:13:05,151 --> 00:13:07,779 because she has to read so much already. 181 00:13:07,853 --> 00:13:10,378 She works at the state library. But, oh! Hey, no. Okay. 182 00:13:10,456 --> 00:13:12,151 Now, this is brilliant. 183 00:13:12,224 --> 00:13:14,692 We'll only do books we've already read. Is that inspired? 184 00:13:14,760 --> 00:13:16,955 How do we know what books all of us have read? 185 00:13:17,029 --> 00:13:18,189 Isn't it obvious? 186 00:13:18,264 --> 00:13:23,964 Mansfield Park, Pride and Prejudice, Emma, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion. 187 00:13:24,036 --> 00:13:25,196 - I'm leaving some... - Sense and Sensibility. 188 00:13:25,271 --> 00:13:26,431 And Sense and Sensibility. It's been three years 189 00:13:26,505 --> 00:13:29,372 since I've read Sense and Sensibility. I have to pee. 190 00:13:29,441 --> 00:13:30,931 When I get back, hot water and lemon. 191 00:13:31,010 --> 00:13:32,409 And we still have to think of two more people. 192 00:13:32,478 --> 00:13:33,467 Six novels, six people. 193 00:13:33,546 --> 00:13:35,980 We'll each be responsible for one book. 194 00:13:36,048 --> 00:13:38,414 All Jane Austen, all the time! 195 00:13:38,484 --> 00:13:39,644 It's the perfect antidote. 196 00:13:39,718 --> 00:13:41,413 - To what? - To life. 197 00:13:42,988 --> 00:13:45,047 I get Pride and Prejudice. 198 00:13:48,894 --> 00:13:51,727 I called the library and said you had bronchitis. 199 00:13:51,797 --> 00:13:55,062 Anne Marie's moving your indigenous peoples meeting to next week. 200 00:13:55,134 --> 00:13:56,658 I should go in. 201 00:13:56,869 --> 00:14:02,239 Pam Gower did her law degree at Bolt, passed the bar in 2002. 202 00:14:02,374 --> 00:14:03,466 She's an infant. 203 00:14:03,542 --> 00:14:08,309 She joined the firm of Perry, Liebman, Avila in 2006. 204 00:14:08,380 --> 00:14:10,780 Says here she was divorced in 2005. 205 00:14:10,850 --> 00:14:12,511 Bitch. She went right for Daniel. 206 00:14:12,585 --> 00:14:13,882 She's 45. 207 00:14:15,187 --> 00:14:16,814 She's not even young. 208 00:14:16,889 --> 00:14:20,689 - Do you think he has a brain tumor? - I think he fell in love. 209 00:14:20,759 --> 00:14:22,522 Well, I'm rooting for the brain tumor. 210 00:14:22,595 --> 00:14:25,223 People our age don't fall in love. I mean, I've never even been in love. 211 00:14:25,297 --> 00:14:28,789 - You've never been in love? - I've had sexual partners. 212 00:14:28,868 --> 00:14:32,269 I mean, I don't know. I wouldn't mind falling in love, 213 00:14:32,338 --> 00:14:34,829 but it just all seems like fiction to me, anyway. 214 00:14:34,907 --> 00:14:38,741 Well, for a fiction, he just threw 20 years of marriage away 215 00:14:38,811 --> 00:14:40,301 on an impulse. 216 00:14:40,746 --> 00:14:43,044 Do you think he was thinking, the whole time, 217 00:14:43,115 --> 00:14:44,377 "I can't wait to get out of here?" 218 00:14:44,450 --> 00:14:47,112 - Am I really that uninteresting? - No. 219 00:14:47,186 --> 00:14:50,986 - I can't believe I'm alone at this age. - Mom, you're not alone. 220 00:14:51,056 --> 00:14:53,183 And listen to me. Alone's not the end of the world. 221 00:14:53,259 --> 00:14:56,820 For as many years as you've been married I've been quite happily unmarried. 222 00:14:56,896 --> 00:14:58,761 It's just so unfair. 223 00:14:58,831 --> 00:15:00,890 He can start his life over again. And at this age. 224 00:15:00,966 --> 00:15:04,561 You know, men can do that. Women... It's over. 225 00:15:04,637 --> 00:15:06,070 You're beautiful, Mommy. 226 00:15:06,138 --> 00:15:08,504 Yes, and accomplished and interesting. 227 00:15:08,574 --> 00:15:10,474 You're not without your options, Sylvia. 228 00:15:10,542 --> 00:15:13,705 Daniel's the one with options. He can sleep with anyone. 229 00:15:13,779 --> 00:15:17,271 Twenty-year-olds. People will say, "Way to go, Daniel." 230 00:15:17,549 --> 00:15:20,950 If I tried to sleep with someone that age, it'd be pathetic. 231 00:15:21,020 --> 00:15:24,285 Well, yeah, that's 'cause guys my age are lame. 232 00:15:24,356 --> 00:15:27,086 - My body will become a museum. - No, it won't. 233 00:15:27,192 --> 00:15:31,322 We'll get you a membership to my gym. You might even meet somebody. 234 00:15:35,334 --> 00:15:37,996 I don't wanna meet someone. 235 00:15:38,070 --> 00:15:41,801 I wanna pull the covers over my head and read novels. 236 00:15:43,042 --> 00:15:44,304 And eat. 237 00:15:46,145 --> 00:15:47,635 I'm starving. 238 00:15:48,948 --> 00:15:51,576 Allegra, mija, go get me a dozen eggs. 239 00:15:52,785 --> 00:15:55,083 - I'm gonna make a flan. - Okay. 240 00:15:56,455 --> 00:15:58,286 Can you stay with her this weekend? 241 00:15:58,357 --> 00:16:00,985 - Actually, I'm moving back in. - Really? 242 00:16:01,493 --> 00:16:06,260 My lease is almost up and, you know, I won't let her be here alone. 243 00:16:06,365 --> 00:16:09,163 Oh, sweetie, that's... Thank you. You're amazing. 244 00:16:09,234 --> 00:16:12,032 See, that's why people have children. 245 00:16:12,104 --> 00:16:16,803 My father left my mom when I was 10. Sylvia was the first person I told. 246 00:16:16,875 --> 00:16:18,968 That's when I knew we were really best friends. 247 00:16:19,044 --> 00:16:21,035 I'm gonna be at Stockton at the Breeders' Convention, 248 00:16:21,113 --> 00:16:22,171 if you need me, okay? 249 00:16:41,233 --> 00:16:44,327 - Are you here for the Buffy conference? - Oh, no. 250 00:16:52,845 --> 00:16:54,176 Excuse me. 251 00:16:58,283 --> 00:17:00,717 My dog has the same exact collar. 252 00:17:14,333 --> 00:17:16,631 - She was invisible. - What? 253 00:17:16,702 --> 00:17:18,431 It's a game. They're vampires. 254 00:17:18,504 --> 00:17:20,563 When you see one of them with their arms crossed like that, 255 00:17:20,639 --> 00:17:21,731 you should pretend you don't see her. 256 00:17:21,807 --> 00:17:24,298 That's why she didn't answer you. Nothing personal. 257 00:17:24,376 --> 00:17:25,604 Thanks. 258 00:17:28,614 --> 00:17:30,343 - My name's Grigg. - Greg? 259 00:17:30,416 --> 00:17:32,281 Grigg, G-R-l-G-G. 260 00:17:35,020 --> 00:17:37,352 Oh. I'm meeting some people, Grigg. 261 00:17:40,392 --> 00:17:41,518 Okay. 262 00:17:58,744 --> 00:18:01,144 Can I have a whiskey straight up? 263 00:18:30,309 --> 00:18:34,040 Excuse me. Could I apologize? I'm Jocelyn. 264 00:18:34,113 --> 00:18:36,013 Your friend isn't coming? 265 00:18:36,081 --> 00:18:38,413 I'm meeting him a little later. 266 00:18:39,685 --> 00:18:43,451 So how do you know so much about the "faux vampire" scene? 267 00:18:43,522 --> 00:18:46,889 That's funny. Well, it's... 268 00:18:46,959 --> 00:18:49,484 I'm here for a sci-fi conference. 269 00:18:49,561 --> 00:18:54,863 So the Buffy contingent is a kind of, you know, offshoot of that. 270 00:18:54,933 --> 00:18:57,094 Yeah. You read much science fiction? 271 00:18:57,169 --> 00:19:00,502 I'm more of a Jane Austen, Jane Eyre kind of girl. 272 00:19:00,606 --> 00:19:02,631 Oh, right, yeah. No, I never really... 273 00:19:02,708 --> 00:19:05,404 Read those books? Yeah. Yeah. 274 00:19:06,578 --> 00:19:09,308 So, where do you live? 275 00:19:09,381 --> 00:19:13,784 I just relocated to the Sacramento area. I do tech support at U. 276 00:19:15,020 --> 00:19:18,114 You know who you might like? Ursula Le Guin. 277 00:19:18,190 --> 00:19:20,988 Left Hand of Darkness. Lathe of Heaven. 278 00:19:21,093 --> 00:19:24,585 She's science fiction but she's just a terrific writer. 279 00:19:24,663 --> 00:19:26,062 - Have to check her out. - Yeah. 280 00:19:26,131 --> 00:19:30,067 My sisters love those books. I really think you might like them. 281 00:19:33,705 --> 00:19:36,230 And I'm willing to be directed as well. 282 00:19:36,308 --> 00:19:38,503 Seriously, you know, if you tell me who I should be reading, 283 00:19:38,577 --> 00:19:40,841 I promise to read it. 284 00:19:40,913 --> 00:19:43,108 I'll give you my email. 285 00:19:43,215 --> 00:19:46,548 That's the old one. I'll write those books, too. 286 00:19:46,652 --> 00:19:49,985 You know what I'm actually wondering before I go? 287 00:19:50,055 --> 00:19:52,489 How do you feel about older women? 288 00:19:55,294 --> 00:19:56,693 Great. Yeah. 289 00:19:57,930 --> 00:20:00,990 I have three older sisters, so... 290 00:20:02,467 --> 00:20:04,367 You know, I like all women. 291 00:20:04,436 --> 00:20:06,961 Good. That's great. 292 00:20:08,006 --> 00:20:10,804 - Well, thanks. I'll be in touch. - Oh, okay. 293 00:20:10,876 --> 00:20:11,865 Great. 294 00:20:11,944 --> 00:20:13,605 - Yeah, bye. - Bye. 295 00:20:17,683 --> 00:20:19,514 Oh, good, Prudie, you're here. 296 00:20:19,585 --> 00:20:21,917 Save these tables, okay? Oh, Jocelyn, Prudie. 297 00:20:21,987 --> 00:20:23,511 - Hi, how are you? - Hello. Good. 298 00:20:23,589 --> 00:20:26,752 - So what do you want, Prudie? - A soy cappuccino. 299 00:20:29,161 --> 00:20:31,095 I have to be allowed to miss one meeting out of the six. 300 00:20:31,163 --> 00:20:32,494 I can only do this if there's no pressure. 301 00:20:32,564 --> 00:20:35,124 - Hey. Mom's looking for parking. - Hi. 302 00:20:35,200 --> 00:20:37,100 That's Prudie. Say hi. 303 00:20:38,904 --> 00:20:41,429 We're still only five. Too bad about Daniel. 304 00:20:41,506 --> 00:20:45,966 He could've filled in, although clearly he's never read Jane Austen. 305 00:20:46,044 --> 00:20:49,036 For Prudie's sake, the last thing we need is an Austen virgin. 306 00:20:49,114 --> 00:20:50,877 We need real discussion. 307 00:20:50,949 --> 00:20:54,578 I sort of invited someone. Said he might come, maybe. 308 00:20:54,686 --> 00:20:56,745 - He? - No one I'm interested in. 309 00:20:57,556 --> 00:21:00,923 He's young, compliant, said he might enjoy being in a book club. 310 00:21:00,993 --> 00:21:02,984 I'm sure Daniel's read Jane Austen. 311 00:21:03,061 --> 00:21:04,995 No man who reads Austen would ever dump his wife 312 00:21:05,063 --> 00:21:07,293 because it's better for the other woman. 313 00:21:07,366 --> 00:21:08,731 Chai latte with a shot. 314 00:21:08,800 --> 00:21:11,530 I'm so sorry. I'm really behind. 315 00:21:11,603 --> 00:21:14,003 I got slammed with orders on my website. 316 00:21:14,072 --> 00:21:17,906 I've actually... I've started adding these little dangles at the top here. 317 00:21:17,976 --> 00:21:21,036 - What do you think? - I'm no judge. 318 00:21:21,113 --> 00:21:22,603 I mean, my idea of jewelry 319 00:21:22,681 --> 00:21:26,048 is Coco Chanel's Byzantine oeuvre from the 1920s. 320 00:21:26,718 --> 00:21:29,551 Oh! Definitely. Yeah, I get that. 321 00:21:31,556 --> 00:21:34,548 Being the only child of a woman who gave birth in a commune 322 00:21:34,626 --> 00:21:39,586 after changing her name to Sky Girl, I've come to loathe hippie handicrafts. 323 00:21:42,501 --> 00:21:43,968 There she is. 324 00:21:44,870 --> 00:21:48,397 Actually, I'm not so sure I wanna do this book club. 325 00:21:49,474 --> 00:21:53,205 So, quick, while Sylvia's still in line, how she's doing without Daniel? 326 00:21:53,278 --> 00:21:55,678 She's still stuck in the wounded stage. 327 00:21:55,747 --> 00:21:59,410 - When she's ready for anger, I am so there. - Me, too. 328 00:21:59,484 --> 00:22:00,576 My dad left my mom. 329 00:22:00,652 --> 00:22:03,553 Prudie is no stranger to marital disappointment. 330 00:22:03,655 --> 00:22:05,452 Actually, we're fine now. 331 00:22:05,524 --> 00:22:07,958 You're married? But no ring, huh? 332 00:22:08,927 --> 00:22:11,054 Yeah, it's this hand, and... I teach French. 333 00:22:11,129 --> 00:22:13,597 You teach French, so you wear your wedding ring on the right hand? 334 00:22:13,665 --> 00:22:16,429 - It's a European custom. - Are you European? 335 00:22:16,501 --> 00:22:19,937 So Prudie, you haven't said which book you wanna be responsible for. 336 00:22:20,005 --> 00:22:21,563 Maybe Persuasion. 337 00:22:21,640 --> 00:22:24,905 'Cause I'm increasingly drawn to its elegiac tone. 338 00:22:26,011 --> 00:22:27,945 - Don't think I'm doing the book club. - You're doing it. 339 00:22:28,013 --> 00:22:30,641 You lead one discussion. Pick a book. 340 00:22:31,483 --> 00:22:35,249 Well, I just saw Sense and Sensibility, 341 00:22:35,320 --> 00:22:38,949 and I think, since I'm back living with my mom, 342 00:22:39,024 --> 00:22:42,460 I really get that whole two-women, 343 00:22:42,527 --> 00:22:46,088 tight-relationship, living-together- but-really-opposites thing. 344 00:22:46,198 --> 00:22:48,029 Is it weird living back at home again? 345 00:22:48,100 --> 00:22:51,797 I think what Austen is actually writing about is two sisters, 346 00:22:51,870 --> 00:22:55,237 moving separately toward what they each believe to be a perfect love. 347 00:22:55,307 --> 00:22:59,175 Okay, but the point is Marianne and Elinor's relationship... 348 00:22:59,244 --> 00:23:01,735 Maybe if you'd read the book instead of watching the movie... 349 00:23:01,813 --> 00:23:04,611 - I thought I might do Emma. - Which leaves what for Sylvia? 350 00:23:04,683 --> 00:23:06,651 Northanger Abbey and Mansfield Park. 351 00:23:08,920 --> 00:23:09,909 Which one's gonna make her feel better? 352 00:23:09,988 --> 00:23:12,081 Because we're only doing the book club to get her mind off Daniel. 353 00:23:12,157 --> 00:23:14,421 I thought the reason for the book club was for my not going to Paris. 354 00:23:14,493 --> 00:23:16,085 - Exactly. - Northanger Abbey. 355 00:23:16,161 --> 00:23:17,753 No, don't make her do Northanger. 356 00:23:17,829 --> 00:23:20,229 I mean, first you're going off to all these dances, 357 00:23:20,298 --> 00:23:24,564 and then suddenly it's sort of like Nightmare on Northanger Abbey Street. 358 00:23:24,636 --> 00:23:27,230 I'm afraid this isn't the book club that I had in mind. 359 00:23:27,305 --> 00:23:30,672 I mean, I find when someone in the group feels superior to the author, 360 00:23:30,742 --> 00:23:32,437 it just... It sets the wrong tone. 361 00:23:32,511 --> 00:23:33,671 Okay, I'm happy to leave. 362 00:23:33,745 --> 00:23:37,181 - No, Allegra. No. Allegra. No. - Allegra, you can't. You can't. 363 00:23:37,249 --> 00:23:39,740 After this day, I am so happy to be talking about Jane Austen. 364 00:23:39,818 --> 00:23:41,513 - Hi. - Hi. Did we choose the books yet? 365 00:23:41,586 --> 00:23:43,781 Sylvia, Prudie. 366 00:23:43,855 --> 00:23:45,846 Oh, I'm sorry. Sylvia Avila. 367 00:23:45,924 --> 00:23:48,859 - So, how do you feel about Mansfield Park? - My favorite. 368 00:23:48,927 --> 00:23:51,452 - I love Fanny Price. - Stop, Mom, why? 369 00:23:51,530 --> 00:23:52,758 She's such a goodie-goodie. 370 00:23:52,831 --> 00:23:55,095 Six books, five people. We skip Northanger Abbey. 371 00:23:55,167 --> 00:23:57,294 - Definitely. - And miss out on Mr. Tilney? 372 00:23:57,369 --> 00:23:59,769 - No, you're right. - He's such a flirt. 373 00:23:59,838 --> 00:24:01,430 We don't have to do all six books, do we? 374 00:24:01,506 --> 00:24:04,373 Doing all six novels is the raison d'�tre of the book club 375 00:24:04,443 --> 00:24:06,809 and it is the only reason I'm here. 376 00:24:06,878 --> 00:24:09,608 - Okay. - Do you wanna invite your husband? 377 00:24:20,625 --> 00:24:24,584 My husband has never read Austen and he never will. 378 00:24:24,663 --> 00:24:25,652 Okay, how should we do this? 379 00:24:25,730 --> 00:24:27,630 Just meet once a month at each of our houses, potluck... 380 00:24:27,699 --> 00:24:29,132 Or, you know, pick some central location. 381 00:24:29,201 --> 00:24:30,828 No, I don't think a coffee shop's conducive. 382 00:24:30,902 --> 00:24:32,927 I'll host the first one, we'll start with Emma, at my place. 383 00:24:33,004 --> 00:24:34,437 But let's not get into this competitive cooking thing. 384 00:24:34,506 --> 00:24:35,734 Bakeoffs! 385 00:24:35,807 --> 00:24:37,638 - No, we'll do finger foods. - We're gonna do takeout. 386 00:24:37,709 --> 00:24:40,542 And we have to create the Jane Austen mood. 387 00:24:41,079 --> 00:24:43,047 - Oh, my God. - Hey. 388 00:24:43,114 --> 00:24:44,342 - He came. - Yeah. 389 00:24:44,416 --> 00:24:47,749 Sorry, I sat in the wrong Starbucks for half an hour. 390 00:24:52,557 --> 00:24:55,390 Golly, there are a lot of these places, huh? 391 00:24:55,460 --> 00:25:00,022 But they've got interesting coffee from all over the world, so... 392 00:25:02,567 --> 00:25:05,730 - This is Grigg, everyone. - I'm Bernadette. 393 00:25:06,671 --> 00:25:07,968 - Prudie. - Prudie, and Allegra. 394 00:25:08,039 --> 00:25:09,700 - Sylvia. - Grigg Harris. 395 00:25:11,977 --> 00:25:13,035 Hi. 396 00:25:14,880 --> 00:25:16,541 Well, I'm excited. 397 00:25:16,648 --> 00:25:20,049 Never read anything by Jane Austen before. 398 00:25:22,821 --> 00:25:23,845 What is it? 399 00:25:23,922 --> 00:25:26,857 Well, I went to the bookstore to buy a copy of each one of the novels, 400 00:25:26,925 --> 00:25:27,914 and I saw this. 401 00:25:27,993 --> 00:25:29,961 And I thought, "Well, maybe they're all sequels." 402 00:25:30,028 --> 00:25:33,122 So, I figured it might be a good idea to keep them all together in one book, 403 00:25:33,198 --> 00:25:35,826 in case I needed to refer back. 404 00:25:35,901 --> 00:25:37,960 Is this the order that we read them in? 405 00:25:38,036 --> 00:25:41,005 Do you wanna grab a coffee, Grigg? 406 00:25:41,072 --> 00:25:44,564 No, no. No, I'm fine. I had plenty at the other place. 407 00:25:44,643 --> 00:25:48,807 And... I bought this and they filled it up for me, so I'm a little... 408 00:25:50,282 --> 00:25:51,271 Yeah. 409 00:25:51,349 --> 00:25:55,080 Oh, you said in your email there was someone you wanted me to meet? 410 00:25:55,153 --> 00:25:59,180 Yeah. Yeah, all of us, actually. 411 00:25:59,291 --> 00:26:02,089 I thought we might benefit from the perspective of a male in the group. 412 00:26:02,160 --> 00:26:04,560 - A little testosterone. - Right. 413 00:26:04,629 --> 00:26:08,497 - Okay. So, none of you ladies are married? - Prudie. 414 00:26:15,106 --> 00:26:18,598 Right, so we just... What? We just read them chronologically, and... 415 00:26:18,677 --> 00:26:21,612 - We're doing Emma first. - Emma? 416 00:26:21,680 --> 00:26:23,580 Oh. Starting in the middle, huh? 417 00:26:23,648 --> 00:26:26,446 - They're not sequels. - They're not? 418 00:26:26,518 --> 00:26:29,316 Well, great. We just start anywhere. 419 00:26:31,690 --> 00:26:35,182 - What were you smoking? - He's cute. 420 00:26:35,260 --> 00:26:37,956 I thought he'd be a distraction for Sylvia. 421 00:26:38,029 --> 00:26:40,793 She needs an adventure. If he becomes a problem I'll get rid of him. 422 00:26:40,865 --> 00:26:44,028 - What happened, you pull a DUI? - No, no, I pretty much bike everywhere. 423 00:26:44,102 --> 00:26:45,535 Where do you live? 424 00:26:46,538 --> 00:26:49,701 About 20 miles north. Vista Mar. 425 00:26:49,774 --> 00:26:53,107 - You live in what, that development? - Yeah. Yeah. 426 00:26:53,178 --> 00:26:56,670 I had this software company and my accountant says to me, 427 00:26:56,748 --> 00:26:57,976 "You gotta buy a house." 428 00:26:58,049 --> 00:27:00,108 So, we were right by that exit. 429 00:27:00,185 --> 00:27:03,621 And I said, "Pull over." 430 00:27:03,688 --> 00:27:06,156 Got out, went in, pointed, bought a house. 431 00:27:06,224 --> 00:27:08,385 - Like that. - I should sell it, I guess. 432 00:27:08,460 --> 00:27:11,327 Or at least buy some furniture. 433 00:27:11,396 --> 00:27:13,626 Well, I guess I'll have to, if you guys are coming over, right? 434 00:27:14,799 --> 00:27:16,061 Allegra. 435 00:27:16,735 --> 00:27:18,566 - Bye. - Yeah. Sayonara. 436 00:27:21,139 --> 00:27:23,039 You know, I never picked a book. 437 00:27:23,108 --> 00:27:26,077 Could I do that abbey one? 438 00:27:26,144 --> 00:27:28,578 - Perfect. Yeah, it's yours. - Oh, Northanger Abbey. 439 00:27:28,647 --> 00:27:30,638 Great. All right. 440 00:27:30,715 --> 00:27:33,275 - Emma. Starting in the middle. - Yeah. 441 00:27:39,357 --> 00:27:42,292 Well, you gotta hand it to him for taking the dud book. 442 00:27:42,360 --> 00:27:43,725 It's the shortest, that's why. 443 00:27:43,795 --> 00:27:46,491 - He's eager to please. - Prudie, see you next time. 444 00:27:46,564 --> 00:27:48,896 He is eager to please. He likes women. 445 00:27:48,967 --> 00:27:51,936 - A welcome quality in a man. - Yes. Yes. 446 00:27:52,003 --> 00:27:56,667 - Do you think Sylvia responded to him? - We let him in. It's done. 447 00:27:56,741 --> 00:27:58,936 - Bye. - Bye. Bye. 448 00:28:17,128 --> 00:28:18,459 You're up. 449 00:28:29,874 --> 00:28:31,171 Go big! 450 00:29:19,791 --> 00:29:21,053 You okay? 451 00:29:24,028 --> 00:29:26,588 Hey. Hey, you. Listen. 452 00:29:26,664 --> 00:29:29,360 Can you make sure they don't call my mother? Please. 453 00:29:29,434 --> 00:29:32,232 Just make sure they don't call my mother. 454 00:29:33,505 --> 00:29:36,269 Mrs. Avila? This is Corinne. 455 00:29:36,341 --> 00:29:40,334 - I'm a friend of Allegra's. - Allegra's. 456 00:29:40,411 --> 00:29:43,107 And she's asked me to call you. 457 00:29:43,181 --> 00:29:45,672 We're up here in Vacaville at a... 458 00:29:45,750 --> 00:29:47,217 - Jewelry show. ...jewelry show. 459 00:29:47,285 --> 00:29:52,120 I was showing her how to use my scooter and she took a little spill. 460 00:29:52,190 --> 00:29:54,590 It's minor. She banged up her wrist. 461 00:29:54,659 --> 00:29:58,390 She doesn't need you to come. It's nothing. We're at the doctor's. 462 00:29:58,463 --> 00:30:00,931 He says she could be a bit sore. 463 00:30:02,567 --> 00:30:06,264 Allegra didn't want you to worry if she's not home tonight. 464 00:30:07,138 --> 00:30:09,902 I'll remind her. Book club Monday night. 465 00:31:31,422 --> 00:31:32,753 I'm sorry. 466 00:31:34,726 --> 00:31:37,695 We don't shop on this side of town, ever. 467 00:31:41,399 --> 00:31:42,627 Sorry. 468 00:31:44,102 --> 00:31:48,095 You can have this Whole Foods. We won't ever use it again. Okay? 469 00:31:58,783 --> 00:32:03,220 So I was getting the wine for book club and I bumped into Daniel. 470 00:32:03,288 --> 00:32:04,312 He was with her. 471 00:32:04,389 --> 00:32:05,879 - Oh, sweetie. - Yeah. 472 00:32:05,957 --> 00:32:08,482 They were going home to make dinner. 473 00:32:09,027 --> 00:32:11,587 He was wearing a jacket with a zipper. 474 00:32:11,663 --> 00:32:14,223 - No. - That's so not Daniel. 475 00:32:15,233 --> 00:32:20,193 I just... I walk around this house, and it's not my home anymore. 476 00:32:20,271 --> 00:32:23,399 I feel like Fanny Price banished from Mansfield Park. 477 00:32:23,474 --> 00:32:27,740 - That woman is living my life. - Honey, she can't live your life. 478 00:32:27,812 --> 00:32:29,643 Are you all right? 479 00:32:29,714 --> 00:32:34,174 I know you like being alone, but don't you ever get Ionely? 480 00:32:39,958 --> 00:32:42,290 So what'd you think about Grigg? 481 00:32:43,628 --> 00:32:45,357 The book club guy. 482 00:32:46,097 --> 00:32:47,462 If you like him, I like him. 483 00:32:47,532 --> 00:32:51,195 - How about those dreamy eyes? - I didn't really notice. 484 00:32:51,269 --> 00:32:52,463 Well, notice. 485 00:32:52,537 --> 00:32:55,529 Can you come early tomorrow since you're bringing the wine? 486 00:32:55,606 --> 00:32:59,064 That's my girls. That's my girls. That's my girls. 487 00:32:59,177 --> 00:33:01,645 It's a smallish world, pedigreed Ridgebacks. 488 00:33:01,713 --> 00:33:05,308 - "Pedigreed" is... - Well, it's breeding. 489 00:33:05,383 --> 00:33:07,943 Certain bloodlines are naturally more valuable. 490 00:33:08,019 --> 00:33:12,285 Mine are out of Queenie of the Serengeti. Gorgeous hound. Gone now. 491 00:33:13,257 --> 00:33:16,886 I bred her to my first really important sire, Pridey. 492 00:33:16,961 --> 00:33:21,159 Sire's the boy dog. Great disposition. Passed away last month. 493 00:33:21,232 --> 00:33:23,223 - I'm sorry. - Thank you. 494 00:33:23,301 --> 00:33:26,737 Miss him. But Queenie was the real star. 495 00:33:26,804 --> 00:33:31,002 Ridgebacks are matriarchal. That's one of their attractive features. 496 00:33:31,075 --> 00:33:33,737 Hey, hey, hey! Sahara, off! 497 00:33:33,811 --> 00:33:35,802 Sorry. Sorry about that. 498 00:33:37,348 --> 00:33:40,442 Sahara I had to have spayed. Thyroid issues. 499 00:33:40,518 --> 00:33:45,148 I still show her, though. She's very competitive in her category. 500 00:33:45,223 --> 00:33:48,192 - Yeah? - Sexually altered bitch. 501 00:33:52,764 --> 00:33:54,163 Well, I got you those books. 502 00:33:54,232 --> 00:33:57,224 You know the ones I suggested? Ursula Le Guin. 503 00:33:57,335 --> 00:34:00,862 Oh, yeah. Thanks, that was thoughtful. 504 00:34:02,140 --> 00:34:05,041 You don't have to bring a hostess gift to these meetings, FYI. 505 00:34:05,109 --> 00:34:06,974 It's just a book club. 506 00:34:09,680 --> 00:34:11,944 Where's the heat between Emma and Mr. Knightley? 507 00:34:12,016 --> 00:34:13,745 There's no animal passion. 508 00:34:13,818 --> 00:34:16,286 Look at Frank Churchill and Miss Fairfax. 509 00:34:16,354 --> 00:34:19,016 You can tell they're really in love because they behave so badly. 510 00:34:19,090 --> 00:34:20,079 And that's good? 511 00:34:20,158 --> 00:34:25,425 Emma and Mr. Knightley, you just never feel the sex. 512 00:34:26,097 --> 00:34:29,089 Still, I think Mr. Knightley's very yummy. Don't you? 513 00:34:29,167 --> 00:34:32,068 He may be my favorite of all the Austen men. 514 00:34:32,136 --> 00:34:34,468 Sans passion I'amour n'est rien. 515 00:34:35,139 --> 00:34:37,903 - That's not Jane's theme, is it? - Jane? 516 00:34:37,975 --> 00:34:39,442 That's cozy. 517 00:34:41,245 --> 00:34:44,976 What we're meant to see is not the lack of passion 518 00:34:45,049 --> 00:34:48,280 so much as the control of it, and the not giving in. 519 00:34:48,352 --> 00:34:50,183 Apr�s moi, le deluge. 520 00:34:51,556 --> 00:34:54,491 But Prudie's right, it is in all the novels. 521 00:34:54,592 --> 00:34:56,719 Sense and Sensibility, obviously. 522 00:34:56,794 --> 00:34:59,558 Oh, and then there's Maria's infidelity in Mansfield Park. 523 00:34:59,630 --> 00:35:01,860 I forgot there's infidelity in Mansfield Park. 524 00:35:01,933 --> 00:35:03,457 Austen's all about keeping it zipped. 525 00:35:03,534 --> 00:35:08,164 Yeah, but isn't physical attraction one of the ungovernable forces? 526 00:35:08,239 --> 00:35:11,106 You know, like gravity. That's what we like about it. 527 00:35:11,175 --> 00:35:16,238 You know, downhill, release the brakes, loosen your grip, and... 528 00:35:16,314 --> 00:35:18,544 Yeah. Love makes people crazy. 529 00:35:18,649 --> 00:35:21,777 - It does not excuse bad behavior. - I agree. 530 00:35:21,853 --> 00:35:25,812 And Mr. Knightley is violently in love. "Violently!" His word. 531 00:35:25,890 --> 00:35:27,949 And yet, he's never anything but a gentleman. 532 00:35:28,025 --> 00:35:30,721 - Yeah, a gentleman who scolds people. - Not everyone. 533 00:35:30,795 --> 00:35:33,423 You know, just Emma, just the woman that he loves. 534 00:35:33,498 --> 00:35:35,728 C'est vrai. C'est typique. 535 00:35:35,800 --> 00:35:38,098 A man can do whatever he likes to the woman he loves. 536 00:35:38,169 --> 00:35:40,034 I don't think that's what Austen's saying. 537 00:35:40,104 --> 00:35:43,267 Actually, Emma stops being crazy when she falls for Mr. Knightley. 538 00:35:43,341 --> 00:35:46,071 It's the event of the book. Love is an act of sanity. 539 00:35:46,144 --> 00:35:49,602 One thing that I noticed about Emma is the sense of menace. 540 00:35:49,680 --> 00:35:53,548 The gypsies, Jane Fairfax's boating accident, 541 00:35:53,618 --> 00:35:54,710 Mr. Woodhouse's worries. 542 00:35:54,785 --> 00:35:58,448 Austen's entire thesis is that none of these things are real, Grigg. 543 00:35:58,523 --> 00:36:02,983 I mean, Emma, she acts on the basis of her fantasies. 544 00:36:03,060 --> 00:36:05,620 Yes, Grigg, I'm afraid you've just entirely missed the point. 545 00:36:05,696 --> 00:36:07,425 You know, I've read that the Emma plot, 546 00:36:07,498 --> 00:36:11,127 the humbling of the pretty, know-it-all girl is the most popular plot of all time. 547 00:36:11,202 --> 00:36:13,329 Yes, universally satisfying. 548 00:36:15,072 --> 00:36:17,233 Okay. Well, what bothered me 549 00:36:17,308 --> 00:36:20,505 was how Emma kept forcing her friend Harriet on Mr. Elton. 550 00:36:20,578 --> 00:36:22,239 And then she finds out who Harriet's father is, 551 00:36:22,313 --> 00:36:24,372 and suddenly, "Ew!" She's lucky to get the farmer. 552 00:36:24,448 --> 00:36:27,815 I think Jane was being ironic there. I think some readers might miss that. 553 00:36:27,885 --> 00:36:29,716 - Emma's a snob. - Please. 554 00:36:29,787 --> 00:36:33,223 People are instinctively drawn to partners who are their near equal in looks. 555 00:36:33,291 --> 00:36:36,124 The pretty marry the pretty, the ugly the ugly. 556 00:36:36,194 --> 00:36:38,560 To the detriment of the breed, in my opinion. 557 00:36:38,629 --> 00:36:41,655 God, you're such an Emma. Isn't she? 558 00:36:41,766 --> 00:36:44,792 You'd love to pair up the whole world, from dogs to people. 559 00:36:44,869 --> 00:36:47,064 Put me together with Daniel. 560 00:36:50,508 --> 00:36:52,806 And you had beautiful children. 561 00:36:55,780 --> 00:37:00,342 Oh, no, don't get up, Jocelyn. I'll get the tea. Sorry. 562 00:37:03,454 --> 00:37:04,682 Mom. 563 00:37:27,411 --> 00:37:29,072 I hope we didn't scare Grigg away. 564 00:37:29,146 --> 00:37:33,344 - Yeah, he sure got out of here fast. - Yeah, we'll toughen him up. 565 00:37:33,417 --> 00:37:34,884 Was the book club a bad idea? 566 00:37:34,952 --> 00:37:38,820 Austen has a way of making you forget that most marriages end in divorce. 567 00:37:38,889 --> 00:37:41,050 Well, she's all about the weddings, Jane. 568 00:37:41,125 --> 00:37:42,990 Yeah, "Jane." Did you catch that? 569 00:37:43,060 --> 00:37:46,359 Oh, Prudie? "Jane and I, we know our themes." 570 00:37:46,430 --> 00:37:48,762 And why did she have to speak in French? 571 00:37:48,833 --> 00:37:52,826 And if so, couldn't she do it in France, where it's less noticeable? 572 00:37:52,903 --> 00:37:56,634 I feel for Prudie. She's married to a complete Neanderthal. 573 00:37:58,776 --> 00:38:02,473 Okay, I will call you when I land in Dallas. You know what? 574 00:38:02,546 --> 00:38:05,037 Let me call you when I check in the hotel if there's time before the game, 575 00:38:05,116 --> 00:38:07,209 - 'cause we're gonna wanna get there early. - Whatever, okay. 576 00:38:07,285 --> 00:38:09,048 Have fun with your mom. 577 00:38:09,120 --> 00:38:10,815 - Hey, Sky. Hi. - Hi. 578 00:38:10,888 --> 00:38:13,220 Mom, you were supposed to sit with the car. 579 00:38:13,291 --> 00:38:14,622 I'm gonna get a ticket! 580 00:38:14,692 --> 00:38:16,557 - Yo! - Get some ass! 581 00:38:17,862 --> 00:38:19,887 So... Hey, what're we doing today? 582 00:38:19,964 --> 00:38:22,194 Well, I'm teaching. It's a school day, okay? 583 00:38:22,266 --> 00:38:23,290 So I'm gonna drop you at the house. 584 00:38:23,367 --> 00:38:25,733 Or you can take the car and you can go see a movie or something. 585 00:38:25,803 --> 00:38:28,169 - No, no, I'll hang with you. - No, no, you can't. 586 00:38:28,239 --> 00:38:30,070 They don't allow that. 587 00:38:30,141 --> 00:38:32,871 Mom, could you... Oh, my God, please. 588 00:38:34,045 --> 00:38:35,910 Okay, I can't. 589 00:38:37,448 --> 00:38:39,348 Mom, I'm late. Please. Come on. 590 00:38:39,417 --> 00:38:41,317 Oh, ditch them. Blow them off. 591 00:38:41,385 --> 00:38:45,617 Tell them your mother doesn't wanna hang around while you go to work. 592 00:38:48,559 --> 00:38:52,393 What's the story with the clothes? You dress like a flight attendant. 593 00:38:52,463 --> 00:38:56,126 No, I dress like a teacher. Or it gets confusing. 594 00:38:56,200 --> 00:38:59,169 Mom, mind your stupid... For everyone. 595 00:38:59,236 --> 00:39:01,431 Why would anyone wanna teach high school? 596 00:39:01,505 --> 00:39:02,972 I hated my teachers. 597 00:39:03,040 --> 00:39:05,270 Well, I'm just gonna settle you at the house. 598 00:39:05,343 --> 00:39:09,109 No, I'll drop you at school and then I'll take the car. 599 00:39:09,180 --> 00:39:11,341 - Should you be driving? - Huh? 600 00:39:13,150 --> 00:39:17,280 Okay, you know what? Just don't forget to come get me at 3:00. 601 00:39:17,355 --> 00:39:19,118 Okay? Don't forget. 602 00:39:29,834 --> 00:39:33,292 I'm in Brigadoon. Would you mind running lines with me? 603 00:39:34,805 --> 00:39:35,931 "Of course I'm all right." 604 00:39:36,006 --> 00:39:38,201 "I'd have died if anything had happened to you. 605 00:39:38,275 --> 00:39:40,266 "I love you so." 606 00:39:40,344 --> 00:39:42,312 "But how can you be sure in just one day?" 607 00:39:42,380 --> 00:39:43,642 "I dinna know, 'tis just 608 00:39:43,714 --> 00:39:47,548 "when a lass falls in and out of love, she knows it right away." 609 00:39:48,986 --> 00:39:51,750 - What? - It's a good accent. 610 00:39:51,822 --> 00:39:53,915 Well, languages are my speciality. I just thought that... 611 00:39:53,991 --> 00:39:55,754 French teacher. 612 00:39:58,963 --> 00:40:00,828 It's your line. 613 00:40:00,898 --> 00:40:02,991 "Do you think you're in love with me?" 614 00:40:03,067 --> 00:40:04,864 "Think? What good does thinking do? 615 00:40:04,935 --> 00:40:06,835 "But what I feel is something else." 616 00:40:06,904 --> 00:40:09,134 "What do ye feel then, Tommy?" 617 00:40:10,775 --> 00:40:12,470 And then we kiss. 618 00:40:14,645 --> 00:40:16,875 Who plays opposite you? 619 00:40:18,282 --> 00:40:19,749 Karen Bhave. 620 00:40:21,652 --> 00:40:26,316 I think she only tried out because she thought we'd hook up during the play. 621 00:40:32,763 --> 00:40:34,924 I saw you watching me in the library. 622 00:40:34,999 --> 00:40:38,059 - I wasn't watching. - You were watching. 623 00:40:38,135 --> 00:40:39,796 No, I was reading. 624 00:40:40,571 --> 00:40:43,267 - You were watching. - I was reading this... 625 00:40:45,009 --> 00:40:46,601 - I was reading this book... - Oh, yeah? 626 00:40:46,677 --> 00:40:49,441 ...about some people in this house called Mansfield Park. 627 00:40:49,513 --> 00:40:50,605 - Austen. - Yeah. 628 00:40:50,681 --> 00:40:54,344 We're doing Mansfield Park for senior seminar, so... 629 00:40:54,452 --> 00:40:58,821 I actually bought the book already. I'm trying to make myself wait, you know? 630 00:41:00,758 --> 00:41:04,387 Delay gratification. That sort of thing. 631 00:41:07,298 --> 00:41:10,699 - So what happens? - Right, well... 632 00:41:10,768 --> 00:41:13,362 Well, they decide to put on a play in the house. 633 00:41:13,437 --> 00:41:17,203 And rehearsing it, it sort of unleashes them. 634 00:41:17,308 --> 00:41:20,072 Two of them actually fall in love, and one... 635 00:41:20,144 --> 00:41:23,477 One of them, Maria Bertram, is set... Stop it. 636 00:41:23,547 --> 00:41:26,038 - Is set to marry someone else. - Or maybe not. 637 00:41:26,116 --> 00:41:28,107 Well, I think... I think... 638 00:41:28,185 --> 00:41:32,178 I think what Austen is trying to say is that play-acting is dangerous. 639 00:41:32,256 --> 00:41:36,556 All of that intimacy backstage, the waiting and the whispering, 640 00:41:36,627 --> 00:41:42,224 and onstage you're gazing at each other, and "I love you." 641 00:41:42,299 --> 00:41:43,630 I mean... 642 00:41:45,069 --> 00:41:46,730 Well, you can see how it happens. 643 00:41:46,804 --> 00:41:50,535 Yeah, I can see it happening, just not with Karen Bhave. 644 00:41:51,909 --> 00:41:54,343 So, do you wanna go over it again? 645 00:42:22,473 --> 00:42:23,667 Hello? 646 00:42:31,015 --> 00:42:32,983 - Yeah. - Hey, Grigg, it's Jocelyn. 647 00:42:33,050 --> 00:42:34,608 - Hi. Hey. - Hi. 648 00:42:35,553 --> 00:42:38,716 - So how's Mansfield Park coming? - Just great. 649 00:42:38,789 --> 00:42:40,154 Am I disturbing you? 650 00:42:40,224 --> 00:42:44,456 I'm just writing an email to my sisters about you, as a matter of fact. 651 00:42:44,528 --> 00:42:46,052 And Ursula Le Guin. 652 00:42:46,130 --> 00:42:49,031 - Did you ever read Left Hand of Darkness? - Not yet. 653 00:42:49,133 --> 00:42:50,623 Hey, listen, Bernadette and I were just saying 654 00:42:50,701 --> 00:42:53,761 we hope Allegra didn't scare you off the book club. 655 00:42:53,837 --> 00:42:56,169 - Which one is Allegra? - Sylvia's daughter. 656 00:42:56,240 --> 00:42:58,606 Really pretty, really passionate, wonderful girl. 657 00:42:58,676 --> 00:43:00,803 Ask him if he can make time today. 658 00:43:00,878 --> 00:43:02,675 You might take Sylvia to lunch today. 659 00:43:02,746 --> 00:43:05,943 Tell him that Sylvia and Daniel are in court this morning over their separation. 660 00:43:06,016 --> 00:43:07,677 She could use the ego boost. 661 00:43:07,751 --> 00:43:10,151 You have Sylvia's number, right? 662 00:43:12,523 --> 00:43:14,957 Would you wanna come, too? 663 00:43:15,025 --> 00:43:17,220 Listen, I know there's a difference in your ages, 664 00:43:17,294 --> 00:43:19,888 but I really think the two of you will hit it off. 665 00:43:19,964 --> 00:43:22,831 Sahara. I gotta go, okay? 666 00:43:30,608 --> 00:43:33,042 This woman I like definitely seems interested, but it's weird. 667 00:43:33,110 --> 00:43:37,877 She's sort of pushing me to date this girl, Allegra, who's way younger than me. 668 00:43:41,919 --> 00:43:45,184 She said I should take this girl's mother to lunch. 669 00:43:51,161 --> 00:43:53,686 Bank assets will be divided equally. 670 00:43:54,565 --> 00:43:57,090 Each individual will keep his or her own car, 671 00:43:57,167 --> 00:44:01,729 and each will be wholly responsible for the attendant payments and insurance. 672 00:44:01,805 --> 00:44:05,605 The house owned by Daniel and Sylvia will be jointly held, 673 00:44:05,676 --> 00:44:10,704 with both parties paying an equal share of property taxes, upkeep and repairs. 674 00:44:10,781 --> 00:44:13,909 Sylvia may live in the house. Daniel will not. 675 00:44:30,801 --> 00:44:33,793 As soon as Daniel hit 50, his wheels fell off. 676 00:44:33,871 --> 00:44:35,395 Here's what I get from Mansfield Park. 677 00:44:35,472 --> 00:44:38,635 That a marriage is only as strong as its weakest partner. 678 00:44:38,709 --> 00:44:41,769 Daniel has always wanted to find his center by wobbling. 679 00:44:41,845 --> 00:44:43,403 This is a pretty big wobble. 680 00:44:43,480 --> 00:44:45,107 Mansfield Park is full of wobblers. 681 00:44:45,182 --> 00:44:49,642 Lady Bertram lying around, letting a houseful of adolescents run riot. 682 00:44:49,720 --> 00:44:51,347 Fanny Price is the rock of that family. 683 00:44:51,422 --> 00:44:54,152 Fanny's cousin Maria, married six months, dumps her husband... 684 00:44:54,224 --> 00:44:56,818 And don't forget Fanny's father, the unemployed alcoholic. 685 00:44:56,894 --> 00:44:59,260 Marry the weak link and you're screwed. That's what she's saying. 686 00:44:59,329 --> 00:45:02,423 No wonder why Austen never married. It's terrifying. 687 00:45:03,367 --> 00:45:06,302 - I think I finally hate him. - Good. 688 00:45:08,405 --> 00:45:12,603 I'm home. I'm going out again. I have book club. 689 00:45:28,325 --> 00:45:31,192 You just missed this guy 690 00:45:31,261 --> 00:45:37,757 who got buried up to his neck in a tank filled with cockroaches. 691 00:45:37,835 --> 00:45:39,700 And they were real. 692 00:45:41,405 --> 00:45:44,238 You'd think it'd be illegal to show stuff like that. 693 00:45:44,308 --> 00:45:46,071 Here, grab a spoon. 694 00:45:48,979 --> 00:45:50,708 You have to leave. 695 00:45:53,150 --> 00:45:57,314 You put your things in your suitcase 'cause I'm booking your flight. 696 00:46:10,400 --> 00:46:12,231 - Want me to... - Yeah. 697 00:46:13,570 --> 00:46:15,561 - How did you break it? - I fell. 698 00:46:15,639 --> 00:46:16,901 Which was kind of lucky, actually. 699 00:46:16,974 --> 00:46:21,138 'Cause I met this girl, Corinne, who I've been seeing. She's a writer. 700 00:46:21,211 --> 00:46:22,200 Which, um, 701 00:46:23,614 --> 00:46:25,172 isn't so great, really, 702 00:46:25,249 --> 00:46:27,774 'cause if she had to choose between me and writing, 703 00:46:27,851 --> 00:46:30,581 she'd probably choose writing. 704 00:46:30,654 --> 00:46:33,680 But she doesn't ever have to choose. So you never have to know. 705 00:46:33,757 --> 00:46:37,158 So you're a lesbian. Full-time? 706 00:46:38,629 --> 00:46:41,860 You mean, do I ever slip and accidentally sleep with a man? 707 00:46:41,932 --> 00:46:45,732 No, no, my sister Cat, she goes out with guys and girls. 708 00:46:45,803 --> 00:46:47,100 She lives in Idaho. 709 00:46:47,171 --> 00:46:49,662 Your sister isn't Cat Harris. 710 00:46:49,740 --> 00:46:51,708 - You know her? - Bernadette knows everyone. 711 00:46:51,775 --> 00:46:56,439 I met her through my doctor friend in Laguna Niguel, Bianca Sillman. 712 00:46:56,513 --> 00:46:58,413 You know my sister, Bianca? 713 00:46:58,482 --> 00:47:00,609 I forgot that Bianca and Cat are sisters. 714 00:47:00,684 --> 00:47:03,551 Those are your sisters! 715 00:47:03,620 --> 00:47:05,986 Our world is an English village. 716 00:47:08,458 --> 00:47:11,689 My topic is the long-suffering daughter. 717 00:47:11,762 --> 00:47:14,322 One can't help but see the parallels 718 00:47:14,398 --> 00:47:17,424 between the long-suffering Fanny Price in Mansfield Park 719 00:47:17,501 --> 00:47:19,867 and the long-suffering Anne Eliot in Persuasion. 720 00:47:19,937 --> 00:47:21,404 I hate Fanny Price. 721 00:47:21,471 --> 00:47:25,066 Excuse me, we're not electing the homecoming queen, okay? 722 00:47:25,142 --> 00:47:27,804 I mean, yes, if this were high school, yes, 723 00:47:27,878 --> 00:47:30,574 we all know Elizabeth Bennet would be most popular 724 00:47:30,647 --> 00:47:32,239 and that Fanny would be least. 725 00:47:32,316 --> 00:47:35,376 - Who's Elizabeth Bennet? - Of Pride and Prejudice. 726 00:47:36,787 --> 00:47:39,153 Don't give away too much, 'cause I haven't read that one yet. 727 00:47:39,223 --> 00:47:41,987 - You don't know Pride and Prejudice? - No. 728 00:47:42,059 --> 00:47:44,960 I think I read somewhere that Fanny Price was Austen's favorite. 729 00:47:45,028 --> 00:47:47,292 - Fanny's boring. - She's faithful. 730 00:47:47,364 --> 00:47:50,162 She's Horton Hatches the Egg. 731 00:47:50,234 --> 00:47:52,828 She sits on that nest and she never, ever wavers. 732 00:47:52,903 --> 00:47:55,167 Well, she'd probably be easier to like 733 00:47:55,239 --> 00:47:57,400 if she would just allow some weakness in others. 734 00:47:57,474 --> 00:47:59,499 - She doesn't allow it in herself. - True. 735 00:47:59,576 --> 00:48:02,841 I didn't see what was so bad about Henry Crawford. 736 00:48:02,913 --> 00:48:05,677 Yes. Thank you, Grigg. Why does it have to be Edmund? 737 00:48:05,749 --> 00:48:09,014 Well, Austen, she's always suspicious of people who are too charming. 738 00:48:09,086 --> 00:48:11,782 Just once I'd like to pick up Mansfield Park 739 00:48:11,855 --> 00:48:15,154 and see Fanny end up in the sack with Henry Crawford. 740 00:48:15,225 --> 00:48:16,214 Yes! Yes! 741 00:48:16,326 --> 00:48:18,055 You can't read these novels without wondering 742 00:48:18,128 --> 00:48:19,993 if she doesn't have a little thing for the naughty boys. 743 00:48:20,063 --> 00:48:21,360 Well, who doesn't? 744 00:48:21,431 --> 00:48:23,399 Except for Fanny Price. 745 00:48:23,467 --> 00:48:27,631 Okay, look. I love Fanny. She works hard. 746 00:48:27,704 --> 00:48:30,298 - She puts her family's needs above her own. - Mom, it's okay. 747 00:48:30,374 --> 00:48:33,241 And she never, ever stops loving Edmund, ever. 748 00:48:33,310 --> 00:48:35,778 Even when he's stupid enough to do something like 749 00:48:35,846 --> 00:48:38,041 take up with Mary Crawford. 750 00:48:45,422 --> 00:48:46,889 Oh, dear. 751 00:48:47,591 --> 00:48:50,458 I thought Mansfield Park would be safe, didn't you? 752 00:48:50,527 --> 00:48:52,757 I don't think we're gonna get through all six books. 753 00:48:52,829 --> 00:48:56,390 Reading Jane Austen is a freaking minefield. 754 00:48:57,234 --> 00:49:00,101 You're awfully quiet, Grigg. Any thoughts? 755 00:49:01,271 --> 00:49:02,363 Yeah. 756 00:49:16,219 --> 00:49:17,345 Yeah. Yes! 757 00:49:17,421 --> 00:49:20,413 The relationship between Edmund and Fanny. 758 00:49:20,490 --> 00:49:22,924 They seemed like brother and sister. 759 00:49:22,993 --> 00:49:26,622 But then in the end, it's like The Empire Strikes Back, 760 00:49:26,697 --> 00:49:32,397 but it's in reverse. You know? 'Cause in Jedi, Luke Skywalker, 761 00:49:32,469 --> 00:49:35,632 he gets over Princess Leia when she turns out to be his sister. 762 00:49:35,706 --> 00:49:40,905 Edmund gets over Miss Crawford and gets it on with Fanny, who's his first cousin, so... 763 00:49:48,752 --> 00:49:50,845 Did that bother anybody else? 764 00:49:50,921 --> 00:49:53,981 - Weren't you gonna call Sylvia for lunch? - Oh, yeah. 765 00:49:54,057 --> 00:49:56,958 - You know Allegra's gay, right? - Of course. 766 00:49:58,362 --> 00:50:00,796 Oh. I love your furniture, in your house. 767 00:50:00,864 --> 00:50:03,628 And before we do Northanger Abbey, I gotta buy a couch, so... 768 00:50:03,700 --> 00:50:06,498 - Is something going on between these two? - Grigg, you have to... 769 00:50:06,570 --> 00:50:08,936 Would you come with me, help me pick it out? 770 00:50:09,006 --> 00:50:11,338 If you take Sylvia to lunch. 771 00:50:15,545 --> 00:50:16,705 Great. 772 00:50:17,381 --> 00:50:19,110 Good, that's great. 773 00:50:19,583 --> 00:50:21,244 - Okay, see you. - All right, yup, here. 774 00:50:21,318 --> 00:50:23,411 - Take care. - Oh, God. Sorry. 775 00:50:23,954 --> 00:50:26,445 I caught him staring at my titties. 776 00:50:28,825 --> 00:50:30,224 I like that. 777 00:50:35,532 --> 00:50:39,298 - I like this. - That color's difficult. 778 00:50:41,138 --> 00:50:44,198 I like things that are difficult. I'll take it. 779 00:50:46,076 --> 00:50:48,374 Wait, you just don't buy the first one you like. 780 00:50:48,445 --> 00:50:51,209 - You don't even know if it'll fit. - What? It's fine. 781 00:50:51,281 --> 00:50:53,078 You getting hungry? 782 00:50:55,385 --> 00:50:58,877 Grigg, I don't mean to be rude, but may I ask, 783 00:50:59,256 --> 00:51:01,349 do you have a lot of money? 784 00:51:01,892 --> 00:51:04,190 Never know how to answer that. 785 00:51:05,095 --> 00:51:06,960 Yeah, I have enough money. 786 00:51:07,030 --> 00:51:10,022 But, you know, I like working in tech support. 787 00:51:11,134 --> 00:51:12,601 - May I? - Sure. 788 00:51:13,703 --> 00:51:15,568 You should bring Sylvia here. It's so romantic. 789 00:51:15,639 --> 00:51:17,732 You know, she's planning this library fundraiser. 790 00:51:17,808 --> 00:51:19,673 - She's busy. - Call her. 791 00:51:20,310 --> 00:51:22,175 It's hard to be alone. 792 00:51:26,183 --> 00:51:27,980 - Well, maybe her husband will come back. - Maybe. 793 00:51:28,051 --> 00:51:30,212 Jane Austen should write that. 794 00:51:30,287 --> 00:51:32,482 She did. In Persuasion. 795 00:51:32,556 --> 00:51:36,219 Anne Eliot is in love with this guy Wentworth who's in the navy, right? 796 00:51:36,293 --> 00:51:38,261 But her family thinks that he's not good enough. 797 00:51:38,328 --> 00:51:39,659 - Right. - So he leaves. 798 00:51:39,729 --> 00:51:41,560 And when he comes back he's become this wealthy man. 799 00:51:41,631 --> 00:51:45,624 - But he's no longer in love with her. - Okay. Don't tell me any more. 800 00:51:45,702 --> 00:51:51,072 - Oh, so you're enjoying the Austen, I see. - Yeah. And how's the Ursula Le Guin? 801 00:51:53,477 --> 00:51:56,469 - You didn't like Le Guin? - I didn't read them. 802 00:51:56,913 --> 00:51:58,904 How are you gonna know what you like unless you try? 803 00:51:58,982 --> 00:52:00,313 I think at my age I should know what I like. 804 00:52:00,383 --> 00:52:01,509 Age? Come on, age. 805 00:52:01,585 --> 00:52:02,916 Age has nothing to do with anything. 806 00:52:02,986 --> 00:52:06,183 I was willing to read girly books like Jane Austen... 807 00:52:06,256 --> 00:52:07,280 She is not girly. 808 00:52:07,357 --> 00:52:08,949 Which I found out. 809 00:52:09,025 --> 00:52:11,892 So maybe you would find out that science fiction's not just... 810 00:52:11,962 --> 00:52:14,294 - Aliens on rocket ships. - Right. 811 00:52:17,100 --> 00:52:19,796 All right, hurry up and finish. I'm gonna show you something really cool. 812 00:52:19,870 --> 00:52:22,338 What you have to understand is that when I was a kid, 813 00:52:22,405 --> 00:52:26,364 my dad and I were basically surrounded by girls 24l7. 814 00:52:26,443 --> 00:52:29,310 You know, there was my mom, my sisters, and their friends. 815 00:52:29,412 --> 00:52:32,381 So there'd be like 15 girls in the house. It was insane. 816 00:52:32,449 --> 00:52:36,112 My dad would hide out in the shed and no one was allowed back there. 817 00:52:36,186 --> 00:52:40,418 And he'd listen to ballgame, you know, smoke his pipe. 818 00:52:40,557 --> 00:52:43,754 He actually died a couple years ago of mouth cancer. 819 00:52:43,827 --> 00:52:47,354 - I'm so sorry. - Anyway, one day... 820 00:52:47,497 --> 00:52:49,931 I'm like 10 years old, my dad takes me back to the shed 821 00:52:50,000 --> 00:52:54,494 and he shows me some magazines that he keeps back there. 822 00:52:54,604 --> 00:52:58,904 He says, "This is strictly guy stuff. It's top secret. Very private. 823 00:52:58,975 --> 00:53:00,567 "Tell no one." 824 00:53:06,550 --> 00:53:08,381 Yeah, so from then on, it's like... 825 00:53:08,451 --> 00:53:12,182 I don't know... It's like me and my dad and science fiction. 826 00:53:12,856 --> 00:53:15,654 These were like the first books that I fell in love with, 827 00:53:15,725 --> 00:53:17,693 and I never got over it. 828 00:53:18,995 --> 00:53:21,828 Arthur C. Clarke. He's a visionary writer. 829 00:53:22,399 --> 00:53:24,731 Theodore Sturgeon. Amazing. 830 00:53:26,603 --> 00:53:30,972 Philip K. Dick. This was my top-secret all-guy world. 831 00:53:32,909 --> 00:53:35,605 - Andre Norton. - Very manly. 832 00:53:36,146 --> 00:53:39,707 Except, as it turns out, Andrew Norton, a.k.a. Andre Norton, 833 00:53:39,783 --> 00:53:43,480 - a.k.a. Alice Mary Norton. - No way. 834 00:53:43,553 --> 00:53:45,282 - James Tiptree, Jr. - I heard of him. 835 00:53:45,855 --> 00:53:49,291 Real name, Alice Sheldon. Pat Murphy. 836 00:53:49,359 --> 00:53:52,260 - Patrice Anne... - You were still surrounded. 837 00:53:54,030 --> 00:53:56,328 But by that time I liked girls. 838 00:54:06,676 --> 00:54:09,372 You win. I'll read the Le Guin. 839 00:54:11,781 --> 00:54:13,009 Great. 840 00:54:27,430 --> 00:54:29,625 - Tell me a secret. - Your turn. 841 00:54:30,667 --> 00:54:34,228 No. You have better secrets. You can trust me. 842 00:54:38,008 --> 00:54:39,873 Tell me. 843 00:54:42,746 --> 00:54:45,544 Okay, but this is not something I would tell anyone else. 844 00:54:47,550 --> 00:54:50,951 There was this special needs kid in the grade above me, Benny. 845 00:54:51,388 --> 00:54:55,484 He wore his hat squashed down really low, and his ears stuck out. 846 00:54:55,558 --> 00:54:58,118 And he was always carrying around this basketball and going... 847 00:55:01,097 --> 00:55:04,624 And, one day, I was in fourth grade, 848 00:55:05,235 --> 00:55:09,433 I saw that he was holding his penis. 849 00:55:09,539 --> 00:55:12,030 So, I just went back to my friends. 850 00:55:12,876 --> 00:55:15,174 Well, later my dad picked me up. 851 00:55:15,245 --> 00:55:18,214 And he was distracted, just not really listening, and... 852 00:55:18,281 --> 00:55:20,044 And I don't know why, but... 853 00:55:20,116 --> 00:55:24,678 I said, "Dad, this boy at school made me look at his penis." 854 00:55:24,788 --> 00:55:27,222 - Wait. What was his name? - Benny. 855 00:55:27,357 --> 00:55:30,053 We actually got their address and drove to their house. 856 00:55:30,126 --> 00:55:36,531 And Benny's mom answers the door. I mean, she was old. 857 00:55:37,434 --> 00:55:41,200 She has these two long, skinny gray braids. And my dad's yelling. 858 00:55:42,205 --> 00:55:46,369 And she starts crying. "I'm sorry, what do you expect me to do?" 859 00:55:48,511 --> 00:55:52,242 And he says, "I expect you to speak to your son." 860 00:55:52,816 --> 00:55:57,150 And then right behind her is Benny with his stupid basketball, going... 861 00:56:00,190 --> 00:56:04,058 And my dad just stops. 862 00:56:06,730 --> 00:56:10,222 'Cause he had a little brother like that who died. 863 00:56:11,568 --> 00:56:13,001 Oh, my God. 864 00:56:13,069 --> 00:56:17,733 So we get back in the car and my dad is just silent. 865 00:56:21,044 --> 00:56:25,743 And then he says, "I think you knew 866 00:56:26,783 --> 00:56:29,946 "you were leaving out the most important part." 867 00:56:32,222 --> 00:56:34,383 And I just felt horrible. 868 00:56:35,325 --> 00:56:39,318 You know, I didn't really know any of that was gonna happen. 869 00:56:40,730 --> 00:56:44,097 I just wanted his attention. 870 00:57:01,918 --> 00:57:03,351 Have you lost your mind? 871 00:57:03,420 --> 00:57:07,254 I thought about... I thought about calling. 872 00:57:07,323 --> 00:57:12,022 - I... But I didn't wanna wake you. - You can't just show up here, Daniel. 873 00:57:12,095 --> 00:57:13,562 Somebody's gotta mow the lawn. I don't mind. 874 00:57:13,630 --> 00:57:15,461 Well, I'll pay somebody. 875 00:57:15,532 --> 00:57:21,368 You know? I mean, this is my home. You cannot just arrive here without asking. 876 00:57:21,571 --> 00:57:24,062 What if I had somebody staying over? 877 00:57:24,140 --> 00:57:27,906 - Are you seeing someone? - Put the mower away. 878 00:57:27,977 --> 00:57:30,741 I didn't mean that in a weird kind of way. 879 00:57:32,849 --> 00:57:35,784 I just missed hearing what's going on here. 880 00:57:36,085 --> 00:57:41,216 Allegra, she acts like she hates me, and the boys... I mean, Diego and Andy, 881 00:57:41,291 --> 00:57:43,555 they call from school, but they don't say much. 882 00:57:43,626 --> 00:57:45,958 They're ashamed of their father. 883 00:57:49,098 --> 00:57:52,932 So Diego says you told him the handle on the shower's loose? 884 00:57:54,871 --> 00:57:57,271 - Thirty seconds. - I'll deal with it. 885 00:57:58,141 --> 00:57:59,768 Is there something in the house you don't want me to see? 886 00:57:59,843 --> 00:58:01,037 Do you think I'm not taking care of the house? 887 00:58:01,110 --> 00:58:03,806 - No, no... - You wanna do what a husband does? 888 00:58:03,880 --> 00:58:05,677 You wanna fix things? 889 00:58:06,416 --> 00:58:08,179 You can't fix this. 890 00:58:09,085 --> 00:58:10,985 You're not my husband. 891 00:58:12,155 --> 00:58:15,989 - All that's gone now. - Can I call you next weekend? 892 00:58:16,059 --> 00:58:18,994 - No, you cannot call me next weekend. - Okay. 893 00:58:19,362 --> 00:58:21,193 I'll check in with you, okay? 894 00:58:51,027 --> 00:58:53,655 My mom said I could buy a motorcycle if I paid for it myself. 895 00:58:53,730 --> 00:58:56,563 It's her one stipulation, right? 896 00:58:58,167 --> 00:58:59,225 So I work at the mall. 897 00:58:59,302 --> 00:59:01,099 And I have that whole Kerouac thing planned for this summer, 898 00:59:01,170 --> 00:59:03,161 and now it's, "No." 899 00:59:03,806 --> 00:59:07,264 I'm 18 years old. I have the right to buy a motorcycle. 900 00:59:08,011 --> 00:59:10,377 But you had a motorcycle once. 901 00:59:10,446 --> 00:59:12,380 And you ended up hating it. 902 00:59:12,448 --> 00:59:13,915 Remember, Trey? 903 00:59:14,350 --> 00:59:17,319 Remember? You used to park it on the other side of the gym. 904 00:59:17,387 --> 00:59:19,287 It was red and black. And... 905 00:59:19,989 --> 00:59:22,549 You got really tired of taking care of it. 906 00:59:22,625 --> 00:59:24,115 What're you talking about? 907 00:59:24,193 --> 00:59:28,323 That was my mom's technique when I wanted something. 908 00:59:28,398 --> 00:59:32,266 She'd say, "But you had a birthday party last year. 909 00:59:33,269 --> 00:59:35,499 "Remember? We had a big cake 910 00:59:36,339 --> 00:59:39,968 "with pink icing and roses all over it. 911 00:59:40,143 --> 00:59:41,667 "And you hated it." 912 00:59:43,246 --> 00:59:45,612 And she was totally messing with you? 913 00:59:45,682 --> 00:59:47,013 - It got her out of giving me a birthday party. - Wow. 914 00:59:47,116 --> 00:59:51,314 I mean, I have wonderful memories of 915 00:59:51,387 --> 00:59:57,587 balloons and ballerinas and rollercoasters. 916 01:00:01,264 --> 01:00:05,291 And it never happened. That's pretty messed up. 917 01:00:07,236 --> 01:00:12,401 "We certainly can't have a big party like that every year, can we?" 918 01:00:14,811 --> 01:00:17,780 So, when did you finally figure it out? 919 01:00:18,881 --> 01:00:23,215 Well, by then she had this other trick. 920 01:00:26,923 --> 01:00:31,587 So suggest something to me. Something you'd like to do. 921 01:00:31,661 --> 01:00:33,356 Okay. Um... 922 01:00:36,833 --> 01:00:38,494 Let's get a room. 923 01:00:39,769 --> 01:00:42,567 Let's not get a room and just say we did. 924 01:00:43,773 --> 01:00:45,365 Then we give up? 925 01:00:50,146 --> 01:00:52,614 You weren't a very persistent kid, were you? 926 01:00:52,682 --> 01:00:55,173 - Trey, you really shouldn't come on to me. - Why? 927 01:00:55,251 --> 01:00:57,242 Because you're a teacher? 928 01:01:07,563 --> 01:01:09,463 I... We can't do this. 929 01:01:18,841 --> 01:01:20,706 Let's get out of here. 930 01:01:22,345 --> 01:01:24,245 We'll go back to my place. We'll just talk. 931 01:01:24,313 --> 01:01:26,611 Let's not and just wish we did. 932 01:01:29,452 --> 01:01:31,317 I don't wanna pretend. 933 01:01:39,128 --> 01:01:40,652 Um, we're late. 934 01:01:44,167 --> 01:01:46,032 Just give me a second. 935 01:01:48,271 --> 01:01:49,363 God. 936 01:02:23,072 --> 01:02:25,870 - Does this place seem creepy? - It's quiet. 937 01:02:28,544 --> 01:02:30,842 - Wow, Sylvia, you look great! - Hottie! 938 01:02:30,913 --> 01:02:33,006 It's the new me. 939 01:02:33,082 --> 01:02:35,448 - Hey, how's Corinne doing? - Great. 940 01:02:35,518 --> 01:02:38,612 So, are we up for Grigg's amazing insights on Northanger Abbey? 941 01:02:38,688 --> 01:02:40,121 Stop it. He might surprise you. 942 01:02:40,189 --> 01:02:43,181 - I hope his couch has arrived. - Oh, I don't mind sitting on the floor. 943 01:02:43,259 --> 01:02:46,490 - Passing around cans of aerosol cheese? - Stop it. Fine. 944 01:02:46,562 --> 01:02:49,861 Grigg is a grownup. I'm sure he's made it very nice. 945 01:02:50,433 --> 01:02:51,900 All right. 946 01:02:53,035 --> 01:02:55,503 Welcome. Please come in. 947 01:02:55,571 --> 01:02:59,200 - Whoa. - Grigg? Whoa! 948 01:02:59,342 --> 01:03:02,038 Apparently, he thinks it's Hallowe'en. 949 01:03:06,215 --> 01:03:10,584 - No, it's Northanger Abbey! It's Gothic! - Right! 950 01:03:16,025 --> 01:03:18,653 No one gets out alive! 951 01:03:19,796 --> 01:03:22,492 - I don't like this. I don't like this. - Sylvia, Sylvia! 952 01:03:22,565 --> 01:03:25,363 - Grigg? Grigg? Grigg? - Sylvia, it's a joke. 953 01:03:27,603 --> 01:03:29,503 - He's just having fun... - Oh, Sylvia, Sylvia, Sylvia! 954 01:03:29,572 --> 01:03:32,006 It's okay. It's all right. I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. 955 01:03:32,074 --> 01:03:35,908 - Look. - It's a send-up of Northanger. 956 01:03:38,080 --> 01:03:39,911 - It's a program. - Bernadette, that's your phone. 957 01:03:39,982 --> 01:03:43,179 This is my remote. And everything's on sensors. 958 01:03:43,252 --> 01:03:47,120 Prudie? Oh, hi, Dean. Is Prudie running late? 959 01:03:47,190 --> 01:03:49,658 - What do you do on Hallowe'en? - Oh, Hallowe'en is big. 960 01:03:49,725 --> 01:03:52,523 Hallowe'en is much, much bigger. You should come over for Hallowe'en. 961 01:03:52,595 --> 01:03:54,256 - Wait. - Oh, that's terrible. 962 01:03:54,330 --> 01:03:56,628 I got inspired reading The Mysteries of Udolpho. 963 01:03:56,699 --> 01:04:00,362 You know, the book in Northanger Abbey that Catherine's obsessed with reading? 964 01:04:00,436 --> 01:04:02,336 - You read The Mysteries of Udolpho? - Food! 965 01:04:02,405 --> 01:04:05,602 - Hey, Grigg, that color almost works. - When did you... 966 01:04:05,675 --> 01:04:07,836 - He read The Mysteries of Udolpho. - Wow. 967 01:04:07,910 --> 01:04:10,708 Wait, that book they were reading in the book? That's a real book? 968 01:04:10,780 --> 01:04:13,374 Yeah, with the black veils and Laurentina's skeleton. 969 01:04:13,449 --> 01:04:17,317 - Didn't you think that sounded great? - Yeah, it sounded awesome. 970 01:04:17,386 --> 01:04:20,378 Dean, I'm so sorry. Prudie must be devastated. 971 01:04:20,590 --> 01:04:21,750 Prudie said to ask you. 972 01:04:21,824 --> 01:04:24,452 She's supposed to talk or something, about some book? 973 01:04:24,527 --> 01:04:25,892 Persuasion. 974 01:04:26,462 --> 01:04:29,590 We don't know how long we're gonna be down in San Diego, so... 975 01:04:29,665 --> 01:04:30,825 She may have to cancel. 976 01:04:30,900 --> 01:04:32,834 Tell her we'll save Persuasion for the end. 977 01:04:32,902 --> 01:04:36,167 It's better to do it last, anyway. It was Austen's final book. 978 01:04:36,239 --> 01:04:38,332 I thought Northanger Abbey was the final book. 979 01:04:38,407 --> 01:04:41,171 - Written first. Published last. - That makes much more sense. 980 01:04:41,244 --> 01:04:43,109 - Why? - What happened with her? 981 01:04:43,179 --> 01:04:44,806 'Cause it's a novel about novels. 982 01:04:44,881 --> 01:04:49,045 You know? You see Austen as the young writer, questioning herself. 983 01:04:49,118 --> 01:04:52,212 "Who's a heroine? What makes a good story? 984 01:04:52,288 --> 01:04:55,485 "Are novels a waste of time? Am I gonna write? What should I write about?" 985 01:04:55,558 --> 01:04:58,959 - I like that. - That's actually very perceptive, Grigg. 986 01:04:59,528 --> 01:05:00,722 Thanks. 987 01:05:01,731 --> 01:05:03,062 Prudie's mother died. 988 01:05:03,132 --> 01:05:04,599 - What? - Jesus. 989 01:05:06,969 --> 01:05:10,063 She got into her car yesterday, this was in San Diego. 990 01:05:10,940 --> 01:05:15,104 She made a left coming out of a parking lot into oncoming traffic. 991 01:05:15,177 --> 01:05:16,838 - Jesus. - Terrible. 992 01:05:16,979 --> 01:05:20,437 - Were Prudie and her mom close? - Well, there was tension. 993 01:05:25,621 --> 01:05:28,784 What do we think? Is Persuasion too depressing to take on right now, 994 01:05:28,858 --> 01:05:30,587 with the dead mother and everything? 995 01:05:30,660 --> 01:05:32,594 She doesn't die on the page. 996 01:05:32,662 --> 01:05:35,460 Even Sense and Sensibility, the dad dies. 997 01:05:35,731 --> 01:05:37,096 What about Pride and Prejudice? 998 01:05:37,166 --> 01:05:41,762 I could use a little encounter in the woods with Mr. Darcy right now. 999 01:05:41,871 --> 01:05:44,362 - Are we all up for a little romance? - Ready. 1000 01:05:44,440 --> 01:05:48,103 I think we're all overdue. And it'll be better for Prudie. 1001 01:05:49,512 --> 01:05:53,175 I still can't believe you read The Mysteries of Udolpho, Grigg. 1002 01:05:53,249 --> 01:05:56,912 - Bravo, Grigg. Bravo. - Yay for the grilled artichokes. 1003 01:05:56,986 --> 01:06:01,286 - You can move in with us any time, Grigg. - Please, don't bring skeletons. 1004 01:06:02,425 --> 01:06:04,052 She loves these. 1005 01:06:05,494 --> 01:06:08,019 Are you and Grigg seeing each other? 1006 01:06:08,097 --> 01:06:12,625 No. He's interested in Sylvia, obviously. That was the plan, right? 1007 01:06:42,264 --> 01:06:43,288 I don't wanna fight, okay? 1008 01:06:43,366 --> 01:06:45,630 I don't know why you didn't just take her back to the car 1009 01:06:45,701 --> 01:06:49,068 and have sex with her. I mean, clearly you wanted to. 1010 01:06:50,072 --> 01:06:52,836 I talked to her... I talked to her for like five minutes. 1011 01:06:52,908 --> 01:06:54,671 Longer. Longer, Dean. 1012 01:06:54,744 --> 01:06:58,737 And with those ridiculous plastic boobs. Is that what you go for? 1013 01:07:01,250 --> 01:07:03,878 Prudie, you know, I was just trying to be nice to your friend. 1014 01:07:03,953 --> 01:07:07,047 Okay. Chloe Baher is not my friend, Dean. 1015 01:07:07,123 --> 01:07:12,060 Chloe Baher came to my mother's funeral to gloat. "Ha-ha! Your mother's dead." 1016 01:07:12,128 --> 01:07:13,527 And you hit on her! 1017 01:07:13,596 --> 01:07:15,496 - I do... I do... - You hit on her! 1018 01:07:15,564 --> 01:07:17,759 I was not hitting on her. 1019 01:07:33,149 --> 01:07:35,743 You know, when I was in the 10th grade, 1020 01:07:35,818 --> 01:07:40,414 I wrote an entire paper on Julius Caesar in iambic pentameter. 1021 01:07:40,489 --> 01:07:46,894 And Chloe Baher removed it from my locker and she read it aloud to the whole class. 1022 01:07:47,696 --> 01:07:50,290 And everyone laughed at me. 1023 01:07:52,468 --> 01:07:54,459 Baby, high school's over. 1024 01:07:55,638 --> 01:07:57,629 High school's never over. 1025 01:08:07,883 --> 01:08:10,784 "And turning 'round, he looked for a moment at Elizabeth 1026 01:08:10,853 --> 01:08:14,516 "till catching her eye, he withdrew his own and coldly said, 1027 01:08:14,590 --> 01:08:18,356 "'She is tolerable but not handsome enough to tempt me. 1028 01:08:18,427 --> 01:08:21,954 "'I am in no humor at present to give consequence to young ladies 1029 01:08:22,031 --> 01:08:23,862 "'who are slighted by other men. 1030 01:08:23,933 --> 01:08:26,902 "'You had better return to your partner and enjoy her smiles, 1031 01:08:26,969 --> 01:08:29,665 "'for you are wasting your time with me."' 1032 01:08:33,242 --> 01:08:35,301 You know, I don't know if we can do Pride and Prejudice next week, 1033 01:08:35,377 --> 01:08:36,810 because it's the library dinner. 1034 01:08:36,879 --> 01:08:39,643 Well, we need to go for Sylvia. Daniel's bringing Pam. 1035 01:08:39,715 --> 01:08:42,240 - That's so unnecessary. - Tell me about it. 1036 01:08:42,318 --> 01:08:44,878 - His firm's buying a table. - Well, then we should buy one. 1037 01:08:44,954 --> 01:08:46,546 All of us, the book club. 1038 01:08:46,622 --> 01:08:48,419 - Show up in force. - Yes. 1039 01:08:48,491 --> 01:08:53,554 "The Central Valley River City All Jane Austen, All The Time Book Club," 1040 01:08:53,629 --> 01:08:54,994 is what Grigg calls it. 1041 01:08:55,064 --> 01:08:57,464 He's so funny. I'm so glad he finally made a date with Sylvia. 1042 01:08:57,533 --> 01:08:59,091 He's taking her to lunch. 1043 01:08:59,168 --> 01:09:02,160 I sure hope there's some dancing in this thing. 1044 01:09:02,238 --> 01:09:03,967 I'm trying to diet. 1045 01:09:05,107 --> 01:09:08,167 My husband is bringing a date to my fundraiser. 1046 01:09:09,278 --> 01:09:11,178 Yeah, re-reading Pride and Prejudice again, 1047 01:09:11,247 --> 01:09:13,238 I keep thinking, "You know, courtship is easy." 1048 01:09:13,315 --> 01:09:16,443 - Where's Austen's novel on divorce? - I wouldn't say it was easy. 1049 01:09:16,519 --> 01:09:19,113 Depends who you're courting, I guess. 1050 01:09:19,688 --> 01:09:25,092 - Does Jocelyn ever go out with anyone? - Occasionally. 1051 01:09:25,928 --> 01:09:27,759 She used to date my husband in high school. 1052 01:09:27,830 --> 01:09:30,799 Then she sort of gave him to me. 1053 01:09:31,333 --> 01:09:34,496 Daniel's the one that first bought Jocelyn a dog. 1054 01:09:34,904 --> 01:09:40,035 - She traded your husband for a dog? - Look, I adore Jocelyn, but... 1055 01:09:40,643 --> 01:09:43,009 If loving is letting go, 1056 01:09:43,078 --> 01:09:48,516 then whoever wants Jocelyn is going to have to pry her fingers loose, one by one. 1057 01:10:01,997 --> 01:10:04,522 - Hey. - Hi. 1058 01:10:04,600 --> 01:10:05,624 Hey. 1059 01:10:05,701 --> 01:10:06,963 Do you know Lynne from my writing group? 1060 01:10:07,036 --> 01:10:09,095 - I don't, actually. Allegra. - Hey. 1061 01:10:09,171 --> 01:10:12,038 Listen, I just have to say, you have been so good for Corinne. 1062 01:10:12,107 --> 01:10:14,803 Ever since you two have been together, she's been writing nonstop. 1063 01:10:14,877 --> 01:10:17,209 Didn't you just love that story that she wrote last week? 1064 01:10:17,279 --> 01:10:21,181 Well, Allegra and I don't discuss what I'm working on. 1065 01:10:23,085 --> 01:10:24,177 Okay. 1066 01:10:31,660 --> 01:10:33,685 "Dear Ms. Corinne Mahern, we regret 1067 01:10:35,231 --> 01:10:38,598 "that we must decline to publish the three short stories you sent us. 1068 01:10:38,667 --> 01:10:41,636 "Benny's Basketball" is strong narratively, 1069 01:10:41,704 --> 01:10:47,108 "but the depiction of your penis-waving retarded boy felt a little unkind. 1070 01:10:47,743 --> 01:10:52,077 "And isn't the title "Separating Eggs For Flan" a bit obvious 1071 01:10:52,147 --> 01:10:54,308 "as a metaphor for your parents' divorce? 1072 01:10:54,383 --> 01:10:57,477 "Yet we confess that "Skydiver" puzzled us most. 1073 01:10:58,254 --> 01:11:02,588 "Why would a beautiful, self-centered young lesbian jump out of a plane?" 1074 01:11:11,934 --> 01:11:14,368 I thought we could drive together. 1075 01:11:14,503 --> 01:11:17,165 We should hurry. I don't want Sylvia sitting there alone. 1076 01:11:17,239 --> 01:11:19,230 - Sahara, off. - Sylvia's already at the library. 1077 01:11:19,308 --> 01:11:22,641 - She said she had to get there early. - So you offered her a ride first. 1078 01:11:22,711 --> 01:11:25,441 No, she happened to mention it at lunch. 1079 01:11:27,016 --> 01:11:28,813 That's a great dress. 1080 01:11:31,520 --> 01:11:32,646 Stay. 1081 01:11:32,955 --> 01:11:37,289 I converted it to biodiesel. So it basically runs on donut grease. 1082 01:11:40,529 --> 01:11:43,362 This is so great. I never get to drive it. 1083 01:11:45,367 --> 01:11:47,358 Or vacuum it, apparently. 1084 01:11:52,074 --> 01:11:53,701 I like your hair. 1085 01:11:55,411 --> 01:11:58,073 You need to dance with Sylvia tonight. 1086 01:11:59,281 --> 01:12:02,045 - You do know how to dance, don't you? - Of course I do. 1087 01:12:02,117 --> 01:12:04,881 I have three older sisters. I can dance. 1088 01:12:05,087 --> 01:12:07,612 Wait, if we stay in this lane, we're gonna be late. 1089 01:12:07,723 --> 01:12:10,283 Given that I have to convert donut grease into biofuel 1090 01:12:10,359 --> 01:12:13,817 every time I fill up the tank, I just try not to drive very fast. 1091 01:12:13,896 --> 01:12:15,659 We're barely moving. 1092 01:12:17,700 --> 01:12:20,760 You ever read those Le Guin books I bought you? 1093 01:12:20,869 --> 01:12:23,269 I prefer books about real people. 1094 01:12:24,840 --> 01:12:29,800 Okay, so Elizabeth Bennet is real and people in science fiction aren't. 1095 01:12:29,878 --> 01:12:31,004 Is that it? 1096 01:12:31,080 --> 01:12:34,174 Science fiction books have people in them, but they're not about the people. 1097 01:12:34,249 --> 01:12:35,614 Real people are complicated. 1098 01:12:35,684 --> 01:12:37,311 Well, there's all kinds of science fiction. 1099 01:12:37,386 --> 01:12:41,117 When you've read some, I will be interested in your opinion. 1100 01:12:41,790 --> 01:12:45,351 - Why are you getting off here? - I enjoy seeing the river. 1101 01:12:45,694 --> 01:12:46,956 What are you, Mark Twain? 1102 01:12:47,029 --> 01:12:49,827 Now we're gonna get stuck at every light. 1103 01:12:57,840 --> 01:13:00,172 Look at the talent in this room. 1104 01:13:00,676 --> 01:13:03,008 Half the Silicon Valley is here. 1105 01:13:05,114 --> 01:13:06,411 To romance. 1106 01:13:06,482 --> 01:13:07,847 - Hi. - Hello. 1107 01:13:10,152 --> 01:13:12,814 I'm planning on meeting a software baron and moving to Pemberley. 1108 01:13:12,888 --> 01:13:16,324 Well, everyone knows a rich man is eventually going to want a new wife. 1109 01:13:18,560 --> 01:13:20,118 - Hi. - Hi. 1110 01:13:21,263 --> 01:13:22,355 I'm Dean. 1111 01:13:22,431 --> 01:13:24,160 Yeah, he's not doing book club with us. 1112 01:13:24,233 --> 01:13:26,463 Uh, moral support. She's had a rough couple of weeks. 1113 01:13:26,535 --> 01:13:30,631 - Well, you're welcome to join in, Dean. - Nah, that's okay. 1114 01:13:30,706 --> 01:13:34,164 I think I'll just head to the bar. Let you ladies talk. 1115 01:13:34,243 --> 01:13:37,110 There is no bar. It's a library. 1116 01:13:37,179 --> 01:13:39,647 - Serving liquor. - Well, that'll work. 1117 01:13:39,715 --> 01:13:41,615 You guys need anything? 1118 01:13:43,152 --> 01:13:46,053 We had this big fight on the way over here. 1119 01:13:46,855 --> 01:13:48,846 - Have some champagne. - Mom? 1120 01:13:51,226 --> 01:13:53,217 I broke up with Corinne. 1121 01:13:54,163 --> 01:13:55,790 Oh, my God. Honey. 1122 01:13:57,933 --> 01:14:02,370 - Nice. - We have plenty of time. 1123 01:14:20,489 --> 01:14:23,515 Honey, whatever happened between you and Corinne, you don't just walk out. 1124 01:14:23,592 --> 01:14:26,891 - You don't even know what she did. - Did she hit you? 1125 01:14:28,030 --> 01:14:30,021 Did she say cruel things? 1126 01:14:30,966 --> 01:14:34,265 You are so quick to love. You're too quick. 1127 01:14:34,837 --> 01:14:38,739 You jump in, you jump out. That's Daniel in you. Quick to act. 1128 01:14:38,807 --> 01:14:42,174 "It's not working? Well... Fix it. Or break it. Who cares?" 1129 01:14:42,244 --> 01:14:47,307 We don't just dispose of people we love. You stay. You repair. 1130 01:14:47,382 --> 01:14:50,010 Okay, you know what? This is not you and Daddy. 1131 01:14:50,085 --> 01:14:53,020 This is Corinne. The difference being that Daddy actually loves you. 1132 01:14:53,088 --> 01:14:55,283 So you go repair. Power on. 1133 01:14:55,357 --> 01:14:57,985 Maybe Daddy'll give up this woman he's been fucking. 1134 01:14:58,093 --> 01:15:01,085 - Allegra. - But Corinne, I'm dumping the bitch. 1135 01:15:05,234 --> 01:15:08,533 - We're gonna be so late. - I'll call a cab. 1136 01:15:08,604 --> 01:15:12,040 I will not let Sylvia be alone when Daniel walks into that library with Pam. 1137 01:15:12,107 --> 01:15:13,836 You got your phone? 1138 01:15:18,013 --> 01:15:20,004 I'll find a payphone. 1139 01:15:20,082 --> 01:15:22,209 Are you attracted to Sylvia? 1140 01:15:23,785 --> 01:15:26,845 Yeah, she's, um... She's nice. 1141 01:15:27,222 --> 01:15:30,123 She's more than nice. She's smart and funny... 1142 01:15:30,192 --> 01:15:34,356 - And she's in love with her husband. - Well, she needs to get over that. 1143 01:15:36,698 --> 01:15:39,667 Why don't you stop interfering? Let Sylvia work out her own life. 1144 01:15:39,735 --> 01:15:41,327 It's interfering to want my best friend to be happy. 1145 01:15:41,403 --> 01:15:44,304 If that's interfering, I hope I never stop. 1146 01:15:44,640 --> 01:15:46,972 What about me? Am I your friend? 1147 01:15:47,142 --> 01:15:51,772 Or am I just some widget to help you make Sylvia feel better about herself? 1148 01:15:52,447 --> 01:15:54,438 Why did you invite me to be part of your book club? 1149 01:15:54,516 --> 01:15:56,643 What went through your mind the first time you saw me? 1150 01:15:56,718 --> 01:16:00,313 "There's a man who is dying to read every book Jane Austen ever wrote." 1151 01:16:00,389 --> 01:16:02,016 - Is that what you thought? - No. 1152 01:16:02,090 --> 01:16:06,049 But I thought, "What a beautiful woman. I hope she looks over at me." 1153 01:16:06,795 --> 01:16:09,195 I thought if I read your favorite books that you would read mine. 1154 01:16:09,264 --> 01:16:11,994 But, no, no, no. You just wanna be obeyed. 1155 01:16:14,636 --> 01:16:16,627 That's why you have dogs. 1156 01:16:19,341 --> 01:16:22,310 For such a famously romantic story, 1157 01:16:22,377 --> 01:16:26,040 Pride and Prejudice is a parade of bizarre marriages. 1158 01:16:26,114 --> 01:16:28,480 I've had every marriage in this book. 1159 01:16:29,518 --> 01:16:32,885 My first husband was a politician. He was embarrassed by every move I made. 1160 01:16:32,955 --> 01:16:35,446 He said I was rude and loud. 1161 01:16:35,524 --> 01:16:39,051 "Stop pointing your breasts everywhere," he'd say to me. 1162 01:16:40,462 --> 01:16:43,090 I was 17. I was Charlotte Lucas. 1163 01:16:43,165 --> 01:16:45,861 I married the first man who looked at me. 1164 01:16:45,934 --> 01:16:48,528 Tout le monde est sage apr�s le coup. 1165 01:16:50,739 --> 01:16:54,038 You don't see your own marriage until it's too late. 1166 01:16:54,977 --> 01:17:00,313 So, um... I actually thought that Charlotte Lucas was gay. 1167 01:17:01,149 --> 01:17:05,745 Really, I think that when she tells Lizzie she's not as romantic as she is, 1168 01:17:05,821 --> 01:17:07,049 I think that's what she means. 1169 01:17:07,122 --> 01:17:11,183 Charlotte Lucas is not gay. She's not. She just... She just has no options. 1170 01:17:11,259 --> 01:17:13,784 Wait. Austen meant Charlotte to be gay 1171 01:17:13,862 --> 01:17:16,296 or Charlotte is gay and Austen is not aware of it? 1172 01:17:16,365 --> 01:17:20,392 I just love the idea of a character having a secret life 1173 01:17:20,469 --> 01:17:21,936 that the author doesn't even know about. 1174 01:17:22,004 --> 01:17:24,939 You know, frankly, I kind of admire Charlotte 1175 01:17:25,007 --> 01:17:27,908 for looking at her situation and deciding to marry Mr. Collins. 1176 01:17:27,976 --> 01:17:31,468 I mean, yes, yes, she knows he'll never be the "love of her life," 1177 01:17:31,546 --> 01:17:33,036 but that's okay. 1178 01:17:33,115 --> 01:17:35,345 That is exactly the reason that Jocelyn would hate her. 1179 01:17:35,417 --> 01:17:36,816 Jocelyn has contempt for anyone 1180 01:17:36,885 --> 01:17:38,853 who settles for anything less than the perfect love. 1181 01:17:38,920 --> 01:17:42,117 You know, it's probably why Jocelyn has never married. 1182 01:17:42,190 --> 01:17:44,158 My apologies, everybody. 1183 01:17:46,094 --> 01:17:47,891 - Hello. - Hi. 1184 01:17:50,832 --> 01:17:52,925 We ran out of donut grease. 1185 01:17:55,871 --> 01:17:57,702 - Grigg Harris. - Dean Drummond. 1186 01:17:57,806 --> 01:18:00,206 - Wait, Grigg... Grigg from the book club? - Yeah. 1187 01:18:01,410 --> 01:18:05,403 No, it's just Prudie would say "Grigg," and I just didn't picture it as a guy. 1188 01:18:05,480 --> 01:18:07,812 So you thought Grigg was a girl? 1189 01:18:09,651 --> 01:18:13,314 Dean thinks "Austen" is the capital of Texas. 1190 01:18:15,524 --> 01:18:16,616 Wow. 1191 01:18:18,493 --> 01:18:20,791 You'll notice that Jane, 1192 01:18:21,329 --> 01:18:24,423 she never shows what happens after the wedding. 1193 01:18:25,167 --> 01:18:28,398 Maybe Elizabeth and Darcy start hating each other. 1194 01:18:29,271 --> 01:18:31,205 Maybe Lizzie went off to Pemberley, 1195 01:18:31,273 --> 01:18:34,606 and she turned into this crazy person, like her mom, 1196 01:18:34,676 --> 01:18:37,110 because our mothers are like time bombs. 1197 01:18:37,179 --> 01:18:40,376 They just... They tick away inside of us. 1198 01:18:40,449 --> 01:18:44,146 Let's not give Mrs. Bennet more importance than she deserves. 1199 01:18:46,321 --> 01:18:49,779 - You know, I mean, what about the father? - What father? 1200 01:18:50,492 --> 01:18:54,690 You know, my mom showed me a picture of a guy in uniform. 1201 01:18:55,497 --> 01:18:57,522 Well, maybe she made him up. 1202 01:18:58,100 --> 01:19:01,035 Or maybe she bought it at a garage sale. 1203 01:19:01,603 --> 01:19:04,902 And I kept it in my room, this... 1204 01:19:08,477 --> 01:19:10,672 I kept it in my room. 1205 01:19:12,948 --> 01:19:14,848 Let's not do this now, okay? 1206 01:19:28,430 --> 01:19:29,954 Dean, I got it. 1207 01:20:10,405 --> 01:20:11,736 Bernadette. 1208 01:20:11,940 --> 01:20:13,601 Daniel never came. 1209 01:20:15,243 --> 01:20:16,369 Good. 1210 01:20:34,996 --> 01:20:37,556 I'm in love with one of my students. 1211 01:20:41,369 --> 01:20:45,237 But I mean, nothing's happened. Much. 1212 01:20:46,241 --> 01:20:47,708 But it could. 1213 01:20:49,177 --> 01:20:51,042 It could, if I let it. 1214 01:20:53,648 --> 01:20:56,640 I fantasize about him constantly. 1215 01:20:57,152 --> 01:21:00,383 Sweetie, your mother died. This is grief. 1216 01:21:01,957 --> 01:21:08,863 He looks at me like he's the spoon, and I'm the dish of ice cream. 1217 01:21:13,268 --> 01:21:16,738 It's a good thing we're reading Sense and Sensibility next. 1218 01:21:33,188 --> 01:21:36,589 - I love you so. - But how can you be sure in just one day? 1219 01:21:36,658 --> 01:21:41,857 I do not know. 'Tis just when a lass falls in or out of love, she knows it right away. 1220 01:21:43,498 --> 01:21:47,662 - You think you're in love with me? - Think? 1221 01:21:47,736 --> 01:21:51,866 What good does thinking do but what I feel is something else? 1222 01:22:21,036 --> 01:22:22,469 - Hey, you got your cast off. - Yeah. 1223 01:22:22,537 --> 01:22:24,164 - How does it feel? - Great. 1224 01:22:24,239 --> 01:22:28,141 You can reach it. Just really stretch your arm out. 1225 01:22:29,311 --> 01:22:32,769 There you go. Just give the rope a little bit of a shake. 1226 01:22:34,015 --> 01:22:36,040 You can do it, there... Can you put your... 1227 01:22:36,117 --> 01:22:39,109 Can you put your right foot in that blue thing? 1228 01:22:39,187 --> 01:22:40,779 It's gonna be fine. 1229 01:22:40,855 --> 01:22:43,585 - Here, hang on. - You can reach it. 1230 01:22:43,658 --> 01:22:45,319 - Just reach up. - It's caught. 1231 01:22:45,393 --> 01:22:47,759 It's okay. You're doing good. 1232 01:22:58,740 --> 01:23:02,699 I'm totally okay. I'm not even hurt. It's nothing. 1233 01:23:02,777 --> 01:23:04,677 I'm sorry, I have to stop you here. 1234 01:23:04,746 --> 01:23:07,146 It's not likely to be anything more than a concussion. 1235 01:23:07,215 --> 01:23:10,616 I'd like to keep Allegra under observation for a few days, okay? 1236 01:23:10,685 --> 01:23:13,483 And if you need to reach me, I'm Dr. Yep. 1237 01:23:17,892 --> 01:23:21,055 How many times have we had to come here to get her stitched up? 1238 01:23:21,262 --> 01:23:23,196 - It's always Allegra, never the boys. - Well, she's the one 1239 01:23:23,264 --> 01:23:27,667 who goes mountain climbing and skateboarding and snowboarding. 1240 01:23:27,736 --> 01:23:30,671 It's a miracle she never tried parachuting. 1241 01:23:32,307 --> 01:23:33,968 She's so extreme. 1242 01:23:36,711 --> 01:23:39,339 One minute she's crazy in love with Corinne, 1243 01:23:39,414 --> 01:23:42,474 the next minute she's never hated anybody more. 1244 01:23:46,488 --> 01:23:48,922 - She's gonna be okay, right? - She's fine. 1245 01:23:48,990 --> 01:23:51,891 She just took a knock on the noodle. 1246 01:23:54,562 --> 01:23:57,793 This is gonna sound, probably, horrible, considering the fact that 1247 01:23:57,866 --> 01:24:01,825 she's got this lump on her head, but... It's just... 1248 01:24:02,337 --> 01:24:05,306 It's great to have us all in the same room again. 1249 01:24:06,474 --> 01:24:10,467 Just feels so normal. 1250 01:24:14,249 --> 01:24:15,716 Normal, yeah. 1251 01:24:25,126 --> 01:24:28,960 You know, I haven't been seeing Pam for a couple of months now. 1252 01:24:29,964 --> 01:24:32,455 So, that must be a big change. 1253 01:24:34,335 --> 01:24:36,235 You know, I was thinking just this morning 1254 01:24:36,304 --> 01:24:39,671 about this book club that we're in, Allegra and me. 1255 01:24:40,575 --> 01:24:42,634 The first meeting was... 1256 01:24:43,945 --> 01:24:48,041 Yeah, we had just been separated. 'Cause Allegra had just moved in. 1257 01:24:48,650 --> 01:24:53,485 And I was realizing how different I feel. 1258 01:24:55,824 --> 01:24:57,758 I don't think I'm the same woman that you left. 1259 01:24:57,826 --> 01:25:00,454 I can see that. I so see that. 1260 01:25:00,528 --> 01:25:03,122 Well, it's probably the same for you. 1261 01:25:03,398 --> 01:25:06,458 I guess that's what happens when you let go. 1262 01:25:09,304 --> 01:25:13,001 We did a good job taking things apart. 1263 01:25:15,376 --> 01:25:17,241 I'm kind of proud of us. 1264 01:25:20,014 --> 01:25:23,211 I'm warning you, if Grigg starts making little remarks, I'm gonna walk out. 1265 01:25:23,284 --> 01:25:26,185 You two just keep it together for one more book. 1266 01:25:26,254 --> 01:25:28,950 I wish he'd just drop out of the group. 1267 01:25:31,793 --> 01:25:35,729 Austen sets up this juicy triangle between Elinor, Edward and Lucy Steele. 1268 01:25:35,797 --> 01:25:39,164 And then at the end, she practically has to whip a rabbit out of a hat 1269 01:25:39,234 --> 01:25:41,600 to make Lucy Steele run off with Edward's brother? 1270 01:25:41,669 --> 01:25:44,467 - Yeah, that requires some hand-waving. - I think the ending's well-plotted. 1271 01:25:44,539 --> 01:25:49,636 To me, the part that seems forced is Marianne ending up with Colonel Brandon. 1272 01:25:49,711 --> 01:25:52,305 - Anyone else feel that? - Oh, I have no problem with that. 1273 01:25:52,380 --> 01:25:58,376 He rides up on a big stallion, sweeps her into his arms. I'm there. 1274 01:25:59,087 --> 01:26:01,419 From the time Colonel Brandon meets Marianne, 1275 01:26:01,489 --> 01:26:03,218 he just lavishes all this attention on her. 1276 01:26:03,291 --> 01:26:05,657 And meanwhile, she's throwing herself at Willoughby. 1277 01:26:05,727 --> 01:26:07,217 Willoughby is a player. 1278 01:26:07,295 --> 01:26:08,660 Women never go for the nice guy. 1279 01:26:08,763 --> 01:26:11,823 Please. Men say that, but you get to know some of these men who complain the most, 1280 01:26:11,900 --> 01:26:15,859 you find out they're not as nice as they like to think they are. 1281 01:26:15,937 --> 01:26:17,666 Okay. You know what struck me? 1282 01:26:17,739 --> 01:26:21,675 Is that Colonel Brandon is only a few years younger than Mrs. Dashwood. 1283 01:26:21,743 --> 01:26:23,836 Well, why does he take up with the daughter and not the mother? 1284 01:26:23,912 --> 01:26:25,607 Yeah, why not Mrs. Dashwood? 1285 01:26:25,680 --> 01:26:28,547 Maybe Mrs. Dashwood won't give him the time of day. 1286 01:26:28,616 --> 01:26:31,676 - The book is about the young people. - Yeah, because Jane Austen thinks 1287 01:26:31,753 --> 01:26:34,313 that nothing interesting can happen to a woman over 25. 1288 01:26:34,389 --> 01:26:39,884 When actually, a novel about a woman seducing a slightly younger man 1289 01:26:40,361 --> 01:26:42,352 just yields so much more. 1290 01:26:43,164 --> 01:26:46,133 Well, then maybe Mrs. Dashwood should go for Willoughby. 1291 01:26:46,201 --> 01:26:47,498 Why not? 1292 01:26:48,703 --> 01:26:50,330 It's a long, hot summer. 1293 01:26:50,405 --> 01:26:52,464 Maybe Mrs. Dashwood has more sense than that. 1294 01:26:52,540 --> 01:26:55,407 Okay, can I just point out, she's hardly in the story. 1295 01:26:55,476 --> 01:26:57,205 Sex is messy. 1296 01:26:57,278 --> 01:27:00,145 Maybe Mrs. Dashwood prefers a more well-ordered life. 1297 01:27:00,215 --> 01:27:03,707 Maybe that's why she's such a minor character. 1298 01:27:03,785 --> 01:27:06,185 - I think if you read Austen's novels... - Oh, I have. 1299 01:27:06,254 --> 01:27:07,380 You wanted me to, and I did. 1300 01:27:07,455 --> 01:27:11,915 I think you'll see she always writes in favor of order and self-control. 1301 01:27:11,993 --> 01:27:14,257 - Nothing unwise. - Nothing in haste. 1302 01:27:14,329 --> 01:27:17,298 Okay, so, this is... This is what, this is a rulebook? 1303 01:27:17,365 --> 01:27:18,457 We could do worse. 1304 01:27:18,533 --> 01:27:21,502 I think Jane Austen wrote about women falling in love because she was Ionely. 1305 01:27:21,569 --> 01:27:23,764 Oh, you couldn't be more wrong. 1306 01:27:23,838 --> 01:27:27,069 Austen lived a very full life. She could've gotten married anytime. 1307 01:27:27,141 --> 01:27:28,768 - She almost did. - That's right. 1308 01:27:28,843 --> 01:27:32,802 - But she decided not to. - Why, too messy? Too out of control? 1309 01:27:36,451 --> 01:27:40,649 His name was Harris Bigg-Wither, and they were engaged for one night. 1310 01:27:40,722 --> 01:27:44,556 "Oh, Harris Bigg-Wither!" I can't believe you know that. 1311 01:27:45,493 --> 01:27:48,929 I understand why Colonel Brandon goes for Marianne. 1312 01:27:48,997 --> 01:27:50,726 And it's not 'cause she's young. 1313 01:27:50,798 --> 01:27:55,565 It's because she's generous with herself. 1314 01:27:57,272 --> 01:28:01,641 She's willing to risk her heart. No rules, no fear. 1315 01:28:03,578 --> 01:28:07,446 - And Willoughby tramples her. - She just picked the wrong guy. 1316 01:28:08,916 --> 01:28:10,577 No rules, no fear. 1317 01:28:12,787 --> 01:28:14,186 I like that. 1318 01:28:43,318 --> 01:28:46,253 - Hi. - You're wearing that to your book club? 1319 01:28:46,321 --> 01:28:50,621 It's Bernadette's idea to do this beach day, 1320 01:28:50,692 --> 01:28:53,252 'cause in the novel they all go to Lyme, 1321 01:28:53,328 --> 01:28:56,957 which is, you know, like, the beach in England. 1322 01:28:57,065 --> 01:28:58,930 This is your last one, right? 1323 01:28:59,000 --> 01:29:02,492 I think we're gonna do some more books after this one. 1324 01:29:27,962 --> 01:29:32,194 Prudie's gonna be hours late and Grigg called. He's bringing a woman. 1325 01:29:33,735 --> 01:29:35,225 Thank God it's the last meeting. 1326 01:29:35,303 --> 01:29:38,101 Yes, there's getting to be a little too much plot. 1327 01:29:38,172 --> 01:29:39,332 Not that I blame Grigg. 1328 01:29:39,407 --> 01:29:44,435 Something about reading Austen sort of makes you wanna get it on. 1329 01:29:44,512 --> 01:29:45,536 Hi. 1330 01:29:47,615 --> 01:29:50,982 Started reading it with Allegra at the hospital. This is a great book. 1331 01:29:51,119 --> 01:29:53,417 Are you joining our discussion? 1332 01:29:54,455 --> 01:29:57,015 - Am I? 'Cause I'd like to. - Hi. 1333 01:29:57,759 --> 01:30:00,489 - Daniel wants to join us. - Well he's not in the club, is he? 1334 01:30:00,561 --> 01:30:03,655 Oh, come on, this is my favorite Austen. So far. 1335 01:30:05,867 --> 01:30:08,768 It's all about mistakes and second chances. 1336 01:30:11,105 --> 01:30:12,834 Yeah, you can stay. 1337 01:30:15,109 --> 01:30:16,133 Glass of wine? 1338 01:31:28,816 --> 01:31:32,252 I can't believe he brought a date to our last meeting. 1339 01:31:33,554 --> 01:31:38,958 - I kinda had him in mind for you, as a fling. - For me? 1340 01:31:39,894 --> 01:31:42,192 Honey, I took your boyfriend away from you in high school. 1341 01:31:42,263 --> 01:31:44,561 Look how that turned out. 1342 01:31:45,967 --> 01:31:47,366 - Hi. - Hey. 1343 01:31:47,435 --> 01:31:49,528 - How ya doing? - Guys, this is Cat. 1344 01:31:49,604 --> 01:31:52,664 - Hello. - I'm Grigg's big sister. 1345 01:31:52,740 --> 01:31:58,235 Oh, God, that's wonderful. That's so... I'm... God, that's wonderful. 1346 01:31:58,312 --> 01:32:00,371 You're Grigg's sister. I'm Jocelyn. This is Sylvia. 1347 01:32:00,448 --> 01:32:01,574 - How are you? - Hi. 1348 01:32:01,649 --> 01:32:03,640 - Good, thank you. - Hi. Bernadette. 1349 01:32:05,686 --> 01:32:08,814 - I don't believe it. - Look at you! 1350 01:32:08,890 --> 01:32:10,755 - You look great. - Good to see you. 1351 01:32:10,825 --> 01:32:12,452 Thank you. 1352 01:32:12,527 --> 01:32:14,995 - Wow, are you visiting from Idaho? - Yeah, yeah. 1353 01:32:15,062 --> 01:32:19,089 We kept seeing these emails. And we said, "What kind of strange power 1354 01:32:19,166 --> 01:32:23,000 "do these women have that they got Grigg to read Jane Austen?" 1355 01:32:23,571 --> 01:32:27,598 Just thought I'd check it out. You wanna take a walk? 1356 01:32:28,609 --> 01:32:29,974 Well, sure. 1357 01:32:32,280 --> 01:32:33,611 Excuse me. 1358 01:32:40,521 --> 01:32:43,354 Bernie! Mom! Hey. Hey! 1359 01:32:44,025 --> 01:32:47,324 - Hi. - Dr. Yep? 1360 01:32:47,395 --> 01:32:49,829 Samantha. Thank you for inviting me. 1361 01:32:49,897 --> 01:32:54,561 - I'm sorry we're late. - Oh. Yeah. Well, Prudie's not even here yet. 1362 01:32:54,635 --> 01:32:56,034 Is that Dad? 1363 01:32:59,040 --> 01:33:00,803 - Let's say hi. - Okay. 1364 01:33:02,843 --> 01:33:04,105 A doctor. 1365 01:33:06,581 --> 01:33:08,242 Nothing in haste. 1366 01:33:08,449 --> 01:33:11,145 - Dad! Hi! - Hey. 1367 01:33:19,594 --> 01:33:21,562 Would you do me a favor? 1368 01:33:22,863 --> 01:33:24,626 Would you read this? 1369 01:33:25,600 --> 01:33:27,500 Please. Right now. 1370 01:33:28,803 --> 01:33:32,102 Isn't that what your special little book club's for? 1371 01:33:34,275 --> 01:33:36,470 I really want you to read it. 1372 01:33:38,145 --> 01:33:39,635 Please, Dean. 1373 01:33:45,086 --> 01:33:47,213 It doesn't... They don't... 1374 01:33:47,755 --> 01:33:50,883 Prudie, I feel like you want me to be something that I'm not. 1375 01:33:50,958 --> 01:33:54,689 I just walk around being me. I don't pretend to be anything else. 1376 01:33:54,762 --> 01:33:56,593 I'm the guy who thinks "Austen" is a city in Texas. 1377 01:33:56,664 --> 01:33:59,224 I shouldn't have said that. That was mean. 1378 01:33:59,300 --> 01:34:01,359 You just set me up for a test that you don't want me to pass. 1379 01:34:01,435 --> 01:34:05,201 No, no. This is not a test. 1380 01:34:05,272 --> 01:34:06,967 This is something to share. 1381 01:34:07,041 --> 01:34:09,942 Why don't you just tell me what it's about? 1382 01:34:11,545 --> 01:34:17,711 It's about these two people who used to love each other. 1383 01:34:18,653 --> 01:34:20,553 And they don't anymore. 1384 01:34:21,656 --> 01:34:25,456 And it's how they persuade themselves to give it another try. 1385 01:34:26,694 --> 01:34:30,630 Look, I can get you started off. Okay? 1386 01:34:30,698 --> 01:34:32,131 - "Sir Walter Eliot... - Prudie. 1387 01:34:32,199 --> 01:34:34,997 "...of Kellynch Hall in Somersetshire was a man who... 1388 01:34:35,069 --> 01:34:37,663 "for his own amusement, never took up any book but the..." 1389 01:34:37,738 --> 01:34:41,469 Come on, you're really not gonna read all of this out loud. 1390 01:34:47,848 --> 01:34:49,440 One page. 1391 01:34:50,951 --> 01:34:54,887 "There he found occupation for an idle hour 1392 01:34:54,989 --> 01:34:57,150 "and consolation in a distressed one." 1393 01:34:57,425 --> 01:34:58,824 - Come on. - So I've been trying to figure out 1394 01:34:58,893 --> 01:35:02,329 that moment in Persuasion when Wentworth and Anne 1395 01:35:02,430 --> 01:35:04,762 just began to stop hating each other. 1396 01:35:06,200 --> 01:35:08,430 Maybe it's when they went with everyone to Lyme. 1397 01:35:08,502 --> 01:35:10,436 After Louisa Musgrove fell. 1398 01:35:10,504 --> 01:35:13,166 After Wentworth used her to make Anne jealous. 1399 01:35:13,240 --> 01:35:14,832 You think he was using Louisa? 1400 01:35:14,909 --> 01:35:17,241 Yeah. That's one interpretation. 1401 01:35:18,713 --> 01:35:21,910 - I think the guy was just trying to feel... - Valued again. 1402 01:35:21,982 --> 01:35:23,745 It was a bonehead move. 1403 01:35:23,818 --> 01:35:25,683 I mean, he knows he's nothing without Anne. 1404 01:35:25,753 --> 01:35:28,278 He loved her then, he loves her now. 1405 01:35:28,956 --> 01:35:31,982 I like how Austen always lets the men explain themselves. 1406 01:35:32,059 --> 01:35:34,550 Darcy writes a letter to Elizabeth Bennet in Pride and Prejudice, 1407 01:35:34,628 --> 01:35:35,993 and Frank writes to Emma. 1408 01:35:36,063 --> 01:35:39,931 Yeah, in Persuasion, everything hangs on Wentworth leaving her that note 1409 01:35:40,000 --> 01:35:43,868 - when everybody's talking all around them. - Yeah. Yeah. Sneaky. 1410 01:35:45,573 --> 01:35:48,371 No, smart guy. Perfect timing. 1411 01:35:48,876 --> 01:35:49,968 Yeah. 1412 01:35:51,679 --> 01:35:55,547 Let us never underestimate the power of a well-written letter. 1413 01:35:56,751 --> 01:35:59,242 Grigg has always loved dogs. 1414 01:35:59,320 --> 01:36:01,845 You know, we were never allowed to have one when we were kids. 1415 01:36:01,922 --> 01:36:04,720 Dogs and books. That's our Grigg. 1416 01:36:05,459 --> 01:36:09,225 Okay, he'd kill me for saying this, but my brother likes you. 1417 01:36:09,296 --> 01:36:13,198 I'm figuring he'll never tell you. And this way it's up to you. 1418 01:36:13,834 --> 01:36:17,964 My sisters and me, I wouldn't say we ruined him, 1419 01:36:18,038 --> 01:36:21,997 but he's just way too considerate to make the first move. 1420 01:36:23,410 --> 01:36:25,139 - Hey. - Hey. 1421 01:36:25,212 --> 01:36:29,615 I was just wishing that Austen had written a bunch more books, you know? 1422 01:36:30,351 --> 01:36:32,114 I'm gonna miss this. 1423 01:36:32,319 --> 01:36:35,618 "All of the ladies were contented to pass quietly and carefully down the steep flight, 1424 01:36:35,689 --> 01:36:36,781 "excepting Louisa. 1425 01:36:36,891 --> 01:36:39,382 "She must be jumped down them by Captain Wentworth. 1426 01:36:39,460 --> 01:36:42,156 "She was safely down and instantly, to show her enjoyment, 1427 01:36:42,229 --> 01:36:44,163 "ran up the steps to be jumped down again. 1428 01:36:44,231 --> 01:36:46,893 "He advised her against it, but no..." 1429 01:38:19,159 --> 01:38:20,319 Shoot. 1430 01:39:18,052 --> 01:39:21,749 I'm so sorry. I should've called first. I read these books. 1431 01:39:22,756 --> 01:39:24,087 I love them. 1432 01:39:24,158 --> 01:39:25,250 I couldn't stop reading. 1433 01:39:25,326 --> 01:39:29,057 I went to the all-night newsstand on State Street to buy Searoad, the next one, 1434 01:39:29,129 --> 01:39:32,565 - but they didn't have it, and... - Do you wanna borrow Searoad? 1435 01:39:32,633 --> 01:39:35,193 I mean, I have... You know, there... 1436 01:39:36,470 --> 01:39:39,405 There are other writers that you might like. 1437 01:40:11,905 --> 01:40:12,963 Hey. 1438 01:40:14,475 --> 01:40:15,840 Hi, honey. 1439 01:40:16,510 --> 01:40:18,910 I didn't expect you back so soon. 1440 01:40:32,559 --> 01:40:34,186 Wait, wait, wait. 1441 01:41:10,431 --> 01:41:13,298 Hey, has anyone read those Patrick O'Brian novels? 1442 01:41:13,367 --> 01:41:16,234 - British Navy. - Yeah. Jane Austen's navy, 1805. 1443 01:41:16,303 --> 01:41:18,294 Yeah. But aren't there, like, 20 of them? 1444 01:41:18,372 --> 01:41:20,704 - There's more of us now. - I'm in. 1445 01:41:23,811 --> 01:41:27,440 - Oh, my God, is that Bernadette? - I thought she was in Costa Rica. 1446 01:41:27,514 --> 01:41:31,951 Buenas noches, everyone. This is Se�or Obando. 1447 01:41:32,019 --> 01:41:33,919 - Hola. - Hello. 1448 01:41:33,987 --> 01:41:37,252 - Hello. - He's working on his English. 1449 01:41:37,324 --> 01:41:39,724 - I'm working on my Spanish. - Hello. 1450 01:41:41,762 --> 01:41:44,458 And so far I have te amo. 1451 01:41:45,699 --> 01:41:46,791 And mi esposo. 1452 01:41:46,900 --> 01:41:48,595 - Oh, my God! - Congratulations! 1453 01:41:48,669 --> 01:41:52,503 - That's incredible! - That's incredible. Congratulations! 1454 01:41:52,573 --> 01:41:54,370 - Oh, it's gorgeous. - Thank you. 1455 01:41:54,441 --> 01:41:55,499 - I'm so happy for you. - Congratulations. 1456 01:41:55,576 --> 01:41:59,273 - Dad, check it out. - Well, let's get you a drink, Mr. Darcy. 1457 01:42:04,084 --> 01:42:06,484 - Don't be gone too long. - Yikes. That makes seven. 1458 01:42:06,553 --> 01:42:07,952 - What? - Yeah. 1459 01:42:11,925 --> 01:42:13,688 Hey, guys. Guys. 1460 01:42:13,760 --> 01:42:16,092 He hasn't read a word of Austen. 1461 01:42:18,499 --> 01:42:19,966 Oh, poor man. 1462 01:42:20,734 --> 01:42:23,703 Ah, yeah. We'll fix that. 1463 01:42:26,140 --> 01:42:27,767 - Cheers! - Cheers!