1 00:00:00,412 --> 00:00:02,903 - Are you in for life? - It looks like it. 2 00:00:03,082 --> 00:00:05,448 - How long you been here? - Almost a month. 3 00:00:05,618 --> 00:00:09,281 - Well, I feel like I've been here 10 years. - Seems to agree with you. 4 00:00:10,189 --> 00:00:12,089 - Do you like boys? - I love them. 5 00:00:12,258 --> 00:00:14,021 Yeah? 6 00:00:14,660 --> 00:00:17,720 Come with me. There's something I wanna try. 7 00:00:31,010 --> 00:00:34,537 - All my life I've wanted to do that. - Oh, poor little city boy. 8 00:00:35,981 --> 00:00:37,710 Hey, you know something? 9 00:00:37,883 --> 00:00:39,908 I never really understood... 10 00:00:40,686 --> 00:00:42,916 ...the reason for haystacks before. - Yeah. 11 00:00:43,088 --> 00:00:46,148 That crazy smell gives us all those problems we hear about. 12 00:00:46,325 --> 00:00:48,384 - And the softness. - Yeah. 13 00:00:50,329 --> 00:00:55,096 You know, I can't remember us ever feeling like this before. 14 00:00:55,467 --> 00:00:58,402 - Except after a couple of drinks. - Yeah. 15 00:00:58,637 --> 00:01:00,662 Was the other better? 16 00:01:02,074 --> 00:01:04,304 Can't see how it would be. 17 00:01:16,288 --> 00:01:18,256 Caught you drinking. 18 00:01:18,490 --> 00:01:22,085 No harm in one beer, Joe. Or two or three. 19 00:01:22,261 --> 00:01:24,252 Matter of how much, huh? 20 00:01:25,731 --> 00:01:29,326 - Sanders says he'll pay you Monday. - With Sanders it's always Monday. 21 00:01:29,501 --> 00:01:30,832 - And then Friday. - Yeah. 22 00:01:31,003 --> 00:01:32,265 Hey. 23 00:01:32,438 --> 00:01:36,306 Remember Mrs. Michel, where you delivered those roses about a month ago? 24 00:01:36,475 --> 00:01:40,172 Two months ago exactly. My second day as a trusty. 25 00:01:40,346 --> 00:01:42,610 She phoned in a big order this afternoon. 26 00:01:42,781 --> 00:01:46,410 Said she remembered us because of the nice man who delivered the roses. 27 00:01:46,585 --> 00:01:50,043 All part of public relations, Pop. Kirs upstairs? 28 00:01:50,889 --> 00:01:52,618 Joe. 29 00:01:53,292 --> 00:01:55,522 You want a beer? 30 00:01:56,996 --> 00:01:59,226 You're starting to trust me again. 31 00:02:00,833 --> 00:02:03,802 Well, thanks anyway, Pop. 32 00:02:11,910 --> 00:02:13,707 Hi-ho! 33 00:02:18,484 --> 00:02:20,816 A tasty little neck. 34 00:02:20,986 --> 00:02:24,012 - I'm glad you like it. Have some more. - No, not right now. 35 00:02:24,189 --> 00:02:27,420 My, we have been good the last couple of months. Just perfect. 36 00:02:27,593 --> 00:02:29,356 - We sure have. - Much too good. 37 00:02:29,528 --> 00:02:34,363 Because you are much too beautiful to be so good, and I was thinking... 38 00:02:34,533 --> 00:02:39,971 ...being good is better than being bad, yes? But being too good is worse than death. 39 00:02:40,139 --> 00:02:44,599 - There are times when I agree with you. - Well, how would you like to spice up... 40 00:02:44,810 --> 00:02:49,713 ...your exemplary life by just slipping a teeny-weeny bit? 41 00:02:49,882 --> 00:02:54,376 - A teeny-weeny bit? - Just a modicum, a jot, a minim. 42 00:02:54,753 --> 00:02:56,516 A drop? 43 00:02:56,688 --> 00:03:00,488 - Where is it? - No, it all starts with a striptease. 44 00:03:03,495 --> 00:03:07,454 Oh, well, I thought you were talking about something more tangible. 45 00:03:07,633 --> 00:03:10,295 Please, you're interrupting a performance. 46 00:03:24,983 --> 00:03:26,780 Joe! 47 00:03:29,588 --> 00:03:31,579 Oh, you're a genius! 48 00:03:31,757 --> 00:03:33,247 Nothing at all, my dear. 49 00:03:33,425 --> 00:03:37,691 Of course, getting this tape off is gonna be a major operation. 50 00:03:37,863 --> 00:03:40,263 Okay, now, here we go. Fast, right? 51 00:03:45,804 --> 00:03:47,863 Next time I do this... 52 00:03:48,040 --> 00:03:50,065 ...I'm gonna shave my legs. 53 00:03:53,078 --> 00:03:55,137 - No, Joe, we can't. - What do you mean? 54 00:03:55,314 --> 00:03:58,806 - It'll ruin everything. - Now, just a darn minute, lady. 55 00:03:58,984 --> 00:04:01,248 I'm not suggesting an all-out orgy. 56 00:04:01,420 --> 00:04:04,583 I think we've learned better than that, I hope and trust. 57 00:04:04,823 --> 00:04:07,291 We've been working hard. 58 00:04:07,459 --> 00:04:11,987 Behaving ourselves. Just a wee little drop in the privacy of our own little room... 59 00:04:12,164 --> 00:04:14,928 ...isn't gonna hurt us. Who's to know? 60 00:04:15,100 --> 00:04:19,002 We just lie back in bed like civilized people and sip it through a straw. 61 00:04:19,171 --> 00:04:21,332 May I expect your cooperation? 62 00:04:21,507 --> 00:04:26,376 Well, now, how could I not vote for someone who dances so divinely? 63 00:04:28,147 --> 00:04:29,637 Hold on. 64 00:04:32,584 --> 00:04:33,915 Twinsies. 65 00:04:34,086 --> 00:04:37,749 And there is another. In the greenhouse. 66 00:04:37,923 --> 00:04:42,485 It is in the fourth pot and the fifth table... 67 00:04:43,262 --> 00:04:46,754 Fourth pot, third table, fifth row. Yeah, that's it. 68 00:04:46,932 --> 00:04:49,799 Fourth pot, third table, fifth row. Four, five, three. 69 00:04:49,968 --> 00:04:55,201 Now, remember the combination, because if I die before I wake, that's your legacy. 70 00:05:01,213 --> 00:05:05,377 - You are depraved. - Yeah, flattery will get you everywhere. 71 00:05:05,551 --> 00:05:07,314 Magic time. 72 00:05:32,010 --> 00:05:33,671 Here. 73 00:05:35,781 --> 00:05:37,908 - Step on it. - What? 74 00:05:45,757 --> 00:05:47,452 Here. 75 00:06:17,122 --> 00:06:18,817 Kirsty. 76 00:06:20,125 --> 00:06:22,025 Kirsty? 77 00:06:26,298 --> 00:06:28,766 Must have had a nightmare. 78 00:06:30,402 --> 00:06:32,370 You all right? 79 00:06:33,972 --> 00:06:36,566 I'm fine, Daddy, just go back to bed. 80 00:06:52,124 --> 00:06:54,319 Come up now. 81 00:06:55,627 --> 00:06:57,857 We ain't fighting. 82 00:07:10,609 --> 00:07:12,201 Gulp. 83 00:07:12,744 --> 00:07:14,871 It's all gone. 84 00:07:16,248 --> 00:07:19,240 - Oh, it's all gone. - Four thirty-five. 85 00:07:19,418 --> 00:07:22,581 Get the other one. Get the other one. 86 00:07:23,889 --> 00:07:27,723 You'll wake up Daddy. He'll hear you. 87 00:07:33,899 --> 00:07:38,131 - What? - I'm gonna go out the window... 88 00:07:39,271 --> 00:07:43,037 ...and down the tree, as silent as a squirrel. 89 00:07:43,642 --> 00:07:46,440 - Don't fall, then. Hurry up. - Four, three, five. 90 00:07:47,112 --> 00:07:49,808 - No, no. Wait a second, Joe. - What? 91 00:07:49,981 --> 00:07:52,472 - You said... - I'll be quiet as a squirrel. 92 00:07:52,684 --> 00:07:55,778 - Three, five, four. - No. 93 00:07:55,954 --> 00:07:59,515 - Yes. - No. Four, three, five. Hold that. 94 00:08:17,409 --> 00:08:18,808 Hurry back. 95 00:08:19,644 --> 00:08:21,578 Four, five, three. 96 00:09:16,501 --> 00:09:18,401 Here we go! 97 00:09:19,271 --> 00:09:20,863 What was it? 98 00:09:21,106 --> 00:09:25,839 Fourth, was it? One. Two. Three. 99 00:09:26,011 --> 00:09:28,707 Fourth row! Third table. 100 00:09:28,880 --> 00:09:33,840 Two. Fifth pot. One, two, three, four, five... 101 00:09:34,019 --> 00:09:36,317 ...and come to Papa! 102 00:09:56,875 --> 00:09:58,570 What...? 103 00:10:05,150 --> 00:10:07,175 Five, four, three. 104 00:10:07,619 --> 00:10:11,282 Fourth, fifth row. Third table, fourth pot. 105 00:10:11,456 --> 00:10:15,187 One, two, three, four. 106 00:10:18,630 --> 00:10:20,928 Wait a minute. What...? 107 00:10:25,737 --> 00:10:27,500 What happened? 108 00:10:28,540 --> 00:10:30,235 Wait a minute. 109 00:10:30,408 --> 00:10:32,535 Don't get excited. Wait a minute. 110 00:10:33,245 --> 00:10:36,009 Start it all over. Wait a minute. One. 111 00:10:36,181 --> 00:10:40,641 Two. One. Five, four, three... 112 00:10:40,819 --> 00:10:43,845 One. It's the fifth pot! 113 00:10:44,022 --> 00:10:46,991 One more. Third. 114 00:10:55,433 --> 00:10:57,264 Where is it? 115 00:10:58,703 --> 00:11:00,398 What? 116 00:11:06,311 --> 00:11:08,142 Who took it? 117 00:11:16,988 --> 00:11:19,980 Where is it? Red flower! 118 00:11:20,158 --> 00:11:22,149 It's a red flower! 119 00:11:23,495 --> 00:11:26,658 Lights! Where are the lights? 120 00:11:39,978 --> 00:11:43,607 Who took it? Who took it? 121 00:11:43,782 --> 00:11:46,683 Who took it? Who took it? 122 00:11:46,851 --> 00:11:50,412 Where? Where? Where is it? 123 00:11:50,589 --> 00:11:54,150 Who took it? Who took it? 124 00:11:54,893 --> 00:12:00,331 Somebody stole it! They stole it! They stole it! 125 00:12:01,533 --> 00:12:03,626 Who took it? 126 00:12:10,542 --> 00:12:12,976 They took it! 127 00:12:13,144 --> 00:12:17,046 Took it! They took it! 128 00:13:10,168 --> 00:13:11,897 Daddy? 129 00:13:13,371 --> 00:13:14,998 Daddy? 130 00:13:15,440 --> 00:13:18,204 - I'm drunk as a skunk. - Kirsty! 131 00:13:18,743 --> 00:13:21,803 I'm plastered and Ionely. I want you to kiss me good night. 132 00:13:21,980 --> 00:13:24,540 - Dirty Joe brought whiskey. - Kiss me good night. 133 00:13:24,716 --> 00:13:27,549 - You get back to your room. - What's the matter, Daddy? 134 00:13:27,719 --> 00:13:30,085 I just want you to kiss... 135 00:13:32,390 --> 00:13:34,187 Granddaddy? 136 00:13:34,693 --> 00:13:38,094 - Go to bed, Debbie! - You get out of here! Get out of here! 137 00:13:39,030 --> 00:13:42,693 - You leave my daddy alone, leave him alone! - Debbie! Go ahead! 138 00:13:42,867 --> 00:13:45,495 - You come along with me, now. - I'm not a kid. 139 00:13:51,876 --> 00:13:53,844 - Get in the tub. - No, I don't wanna. 140 00:13:54,012 --> 00:13:56,708 - Get in the tub! - Daddy! 141 00:13:56,881 --> 00:13:58,678 Get in there! 142 00:13:58,883 --> 00:14:00,714 What are you doing? 143 00:14:16,768 --> 00:14:18,963 One-sixty-eight, Ed. 144 00:15:11,689 --> 00:15:13,782 Ed, give me a hand! 145 00:16:36,474 --> 00:16:38,567 How you feeling, fella? 146 00:16:39,577 --> 00:16:41,101 Rotten. 147 00:16:46,084 --> 00:16:49,645 - Who are you? - I'm Jim Hungerford. 148 00:16:50,054 --> 00:16:52,454 Nurse says you want help. 149 00:16:55,526 --> 00:16:57,653 I'm from Alcoholics Anonymous. 150 00:17:00,665 --> 00:17:03,099 - Honey, please read the book. - No. 151 00:17:03,268 --> 00:17:05,862 Hungerford says the AA meetings are terrific. 152 00:17:06,037 --> 00:17:09,495 Just a bunch of alcoholics keeping each other sober, and it works. 153 00:17:09,674 --> 00:17:13,041 - Now, please read the book. It makes sense. - No! 154 00:17:13,211 --> 00:17:16,408 I don't know why you took it. They must think you're a bum. 155 00:17:16,581 --> 00:17:20,881 I asked for it. I must have needed help, I was in the hospital. 156 00:17:21,052 --> 00:17:24,249 - You didn't belong there. - I was there. Nobody belongs there. 157 00:17:24,422 --> 00:17:28,085 I passed out on Mission Street. I didn't belong there, but... 158 00:17:28,259 --> 00:17:31,558 All right, you had too much. Doesn't mean you're an alcoholic. 159 00:17:31,729 --> 00:17:36,029 Look, dear. What's wrong with just going to a meeting? Now, what could we lose? 160 00:17:36,200 --> 00:17:39,260 You can go if you want, I don't care, but I'm not gonna go. 161 00:17:39,437 --> 00:17:42,929 I am not an alcoholic and I refuse to say I am. 162 00:17:43,141 --> 00:17:45,735 I refuse to ask for help in something... 163 00:17:45,910 --> 00:17:49,903 ...that is just a matter of self-respect and willpower. 164 00:17:50,114 --> 00:17:54,141 I refuse to get up in front of a bunch of people and degrade myself. 165 00:17:54,852 --> 00:17:58,618 I know I can't drink, because it gets the best of me, so I... 166 00:17:58,923 --> 00:18:03,155 I will just use my willpower and not drink, and that's the end of it. 167 00:18:19,877 --> 00:18:23,210 - We got time for a cigarette. - You nervous? 168 00:18:23,381 --> 00:18:24,905 No, I... 169 00:18:25,083 --> 00:18:27,415 - Button came off my jacket. - Leave it open. 170 00:18:27,585 --> 00:18:30,486 - Yeah. - Oh, yeah. Here. 171 00:18:32,690 --> 00:18:35,090 I used to be a pretty fancy dresser. 172 00:18:35,259 --> 00:18:38,126 I wouldn't have been caught dead with a button off me. 173 00:18:39,297 --> 00:18:44,064 - You're scared? - No, this is natural complexion. Pale green. 174 00:18:44,235 --> 00:18:49,332 - Nobody will notice. Come on. - Well, wait a minute. Just, you know... 175 00:18:49,507 --> 00:18:53,170 Hey, you know, you are turning pale green. Now, will you come on? 176 00:18:54,178 --> 00:18:56,146 It's facing all the people. 177 00:18:56,481 --> 00:18:58,642 - You sure? - What do you mean? 178 00:18:58,816 --> 00:19:02,115 - It's facing yourself, isn't it? - I don't mind sharing my life. 179 00:19:02,286 --> 00:19:06,222 Even the most embarrassing parts of it. That's not what bothers me. 180 00:19:07,025 --> 00:19:09,994 The idea of standing in front of everyone and saying: 181 00:19:10,161 --> 00:19:12,595 - "I am an alcoholic." - Are you? 182 00:19:12,764 --> 00:19:15,096 - Yes, l... - So are we! Now, you've heard us... 183 00:19:15,266 --> 00:19:19,225 ...night after night saying, "I am an alcoholic." It's a big step forward. 184 00:19:19,404 --> 00:19:22,999 But it's funny that four months ago you saw me in the violent ward... 185 00:19:23,174 --> 00:19:26,735 ...and you told me about AA. I went to the meetings, I listened... 186 00:19:26,911 --> 00:19:31,905 ...and I've been sober ever since. Kirs has been sober too, just as sober as I am. 187 00:19:32,083 --> 00:19:37,111 And she has never said, "I am an alcoholic." She hasn't been near a meeting. 188 00:19:37,288 --> 00:19:39,654 She claims she can do it on willpower alone. 189 00:19:39,824 --> 00:19:41,519 Can you? 190 00:19:44,062 --> 00:19:46,496 My name is Jim Hungerford. 191 00:19:46,764 --> 00:19:48,664 And I'm an alcoholic. 192 00:19:48,833 --> 00:19:50,425 I'm your chairman for tonight. 193 00:19:50,601 --> 00:19:54,469 Now, all I have to do to qualify myself is to say that I drank too much... 194 00:19:54,639 --> 00:19:57,301 ...too often over too long a period of time. 195 00:19:57,708 --> 00:20:02,111 Welcome to the meeting of the Mason Street group of Alcoholics Anonymous. 196 00:20:05,583 --> 00:20:10,111 "Alcoholics Anonymous is a group of men and women who share their experience... 197 00:20:10,288 --> 00:20:13,780 ...strength and hopes that they may solve their common problem... 198 00:20:13,958 --> 00:20:16,483 ...and help others to recover from alcoholism. 199 00:20:16,661 --> 00:20:20,392 The only requirement for membership is a desire to stop drinking. 200 00:20:20,731 --> 00:20:23,222 There are no dues or fees for AA membership. 201 00:20:23,401 --> 00:20:27,235 We are self-supporting through our own contributions. AA is not allied... 202 00:20:27,405 --> 00:20:31,705 ...with any sect, denomination, politics, organization or institution. 203 00:20:31,876 --> 00:20:37,007 Does not wish to engage in controversy, neither endorses nor opposes any causes. 204 00:20:37,181 --> 00:20:42,483 Our primary purpose is to stay sober and help other alcoholics to achieve sobriety." 205 00:20:43,855 --> 00:20:47,791 Now, we got a couple of speakers tonight I know you're gonna enjoy hearing. 206 00:20:47,959 --> 00:20:51,520 To start, we're gonna hear from a man who came just four months ago. 207 00:20:51,696 --> 00:20:54,494 Now, this will be his first talk at an AA meeting. 208 00:20:54,699 --> 00:20:56,394 Joe. 209 00:21:14,619 --> 00:21:16,780 My name... 210 00:21:18,523 --> 00:21:21,822 My name is Joe Clay. 211 00:21:25,263 --> 00:21:27,527 I'm an alcoholic. 212 00:21:46,384 --> 00:21:48,215 Honey? 213 00:21:50,454 --> 00:21:52,251 Debbie? 214 00:22:05,937 --> 00:22:07,370 Come in. 215 00:22:07,572 --> 00:22:09,631 Oh, hi, Jim. 216 00:22:09,974 --> 00:22:12,602 - I'm sorry to... - No, you should've called sooner. 217 00:22:12,777 --> 00:22:14,108 Any word? 218 00:22:14,278 --> 00:22:18,305 Two days and two nights and l... I had to call you. I was afraid I might... 219 00:22:18,482 --> 00:22:21,508 - Yeah, I know. Did you tell the police? - Yeah. 220 00:22:22,019 --> 00:22:25,614 I just... I can't see how this could be happening to us. 221 00:22:25,790 --> 00:22:28,782 - You drank too much. - A lot of people drink as much... 222 00:22:28,960 --> 00:22:32,259 ...as Kirs and I and they're not alcoholics. - Yet. 223 00:22:32,430 --> 00:22:34,455 A lot of them never are. 224 00:22:35,166 --> 00:22:37,225 It's a lottery, Joe. 225 00:22:37,635 --> 00:22:40,263 - And you lost. - Yeah. Well, how? 226 00:22:40,438 --> 00:22:43,134 No way to find out before it's too late. 227 00:22:44,141 --> 00:22:47,668 Joe, you remember how you told us about Kirsten's obsession... 228 00:22:47,845 --> 00:22:50,109 ...with chocolate candy when you first met? 229 00:22:50,281 --> 00:22:53,944 A psychologist might have told you then she was a potential alcoholic. 230 00:22:54,118 --> 00:22:57,417 You wouldn't have believed him. And he might have been wrong. 231 00:22:57,588 --> 00:23:02,457 How many strawberries does it take to start an allergy? And which one gives you hives? 232 00:23:02,627 --> 00:23:07,291 Alcoholism is an illness. It's pretty hard to diagnose an illness until you've got it. 233 00:23:07,498 --> 00:23:11,901 - Come on, Joe. She'll turn up, honest. - Why did she do it, why did she leave? 234 00:23:12,069 --> 00:23:14,867 - That's... - She wanted a drink. 235 00:23:15,206 --> 00:23:18,573 She had to drink, she could drink right here, and she knows it. 236 00:23:18,743 --> 00:23:22,110 You're sober. It's no fun to drink around you. 237 00:23:22,313 --> 00:23:25,248 It's worse! Your sobriety would be an accusation to her. 238 00:23:25,416 --> 00:23:28,510 She'd be miserable. She's lost her playmate. 239 00:23:28,853 --> 00:23:30,718 And Joe... 240 00:23:31,255 --> 00:23:36,488 Listen, don't be too surprised if she finds another one. 241 00:23:43,934 --> 00:23:47,768 She loves me. You just don't understand, there's no trouble between us. 242 00:23:47,938 --> 00:23:50,463 There wasn't any trouble. Joe, don't forget. 243 00:23:50,641 --> 00:23:54,600 For a long time, booze has been an integral part of your relationship. 244 00:23:54,779 --> 00:23:58,078 If she drinks and you don't, you gotta find a new meeting ground... 245 00:23:58,249 --> 00:24:01,377 ...a different basis for a relationship. It takes adjusting. 246 00:24:01,552 --> 00:24:04,851 I find it hard to believe this. There was one thing about us... 247 00:24:05,022 --> 00:24:08,788 ...we always knew we were in love. There was no doubt about it. We knew. 248 00:24:08,959 --> 00:24:11,655 Do you understand what I'm saying? We had something. 249 00:24:11,829 --> 00:24:14,127 Things like that don't just evaporate. 250 00:24:14,398 --> 00:24:17,424 Joe, the night you tore up your father-in-law's flowers... 251 00:24:17,601 --> 00:24:18,966 ...Iooking for the bottle? 252 00:24:19,136 --> 00:24:21,161 - What'd you do with it? - I drank it. 253 00:24:21,339 --> 00:24:24,001 You didn't take it back and drink it with Kirsten? 254 00:24:27,111 --> 00:24:28,373 No. 255 00:24:28,546 --> 00:24:31,777 There comes a time for every alcoholic when the bottle is God. 256 00:24:31,949 --> 00:24:34,645 Nothing matters but the next drink. You know that. 257 00:24:34,819 --> 00:24:36,787 I know I know it, I just... 258 00:24:36,954 --> 00:24:39,946 I can't believe that this is happening to me, that's all! 259 00:24:40,958 --> 00:24:43,119 Two people. Seven years. 260 00:24:43,294 --> 00:24:46,286 Booze, no booze, drunk, sober. 261 00:24:46,464 --> 00:24:48,898 Isn't love... Iove? 262 00:24:50,101 --> 00:24:51,693 I don't know. 263 00:24:51,869 --> 00:24:54,963 I was drunk for 12 years, I've been sober the last 14. 264 00:24:55,139 --> 00:24:59,098 All I know is the drunk world is one world and the sober world is another. 265 00:25:02,880 --> 00:25:05,280 Such a Ionely person. 266 00:25:06,417 --> 00:25:08,442 Oh, God, keep her safe. 267 00:25:09,420 --> 00:25:13,413 - Is your little girl all right? - Yeah, she's... 268 00:25:13,591 --> 00:25:16,492 ...on the peninsula with her grandfather. 269 00:25:19,330 --> 00:25:20,661 Hello? 270 00:25:20,831 --> 00:25:22,594 Yes, this is Mr. Clay. 271 00:25:22,767 --> 00:25:24,758 Yes, Kirsten Clay, that's right, yes. 272 00:25:24,935 --> 00:25:25,959 - Where? - Police? 273 00:25:26,137 --> 00:25:29,538 Where is...? Shore Motel, where is that? 274 00:25:30,074 --> 00:25:34,101 I see... Who is...? Mr. Turning? Is she all right? 275 00:25:36,814 --> 00:25:38,509 She alone? 276 00:25:39,517 --> 00:25:42,315 I'll be there as fast as possible. Thanks for calling. 277 00:25:42,486 --> 00:25:44,954 She's in a motel. Mr. Turning owns the motel. 278 00:25:45,122 --> 00:25:50,424 He said that she came in a cab and checked in drunk and she's been drunk ever since. 279 00:25:50,594 --> 00:25:52,858 - Want me to go with you? - I better go alone. 280 00:25:53,030 --> 00:25:54,964 - Here, take my car. - Thanks. 281 00:25:55,132 --> 00:25:57,965 Joe, listen, listen. At the risk of sounding preachy... 282 00:25:58,135 --> 00:26:01,798 - I know. Easy does it, first things first... - No, no. Something else. 283 00:26:01,972 --> 00:26:05,305 She may resent your being sober. It separates you. 284 00:26:05,476 --> 00:26:07,637 - I know that. - But Joe! 285 00:26:08,212 --> 00:26:12,581 If you're not sober, you're not worth a damn to her or anybody else, are you? 286 00:26:12,750 --> 00:26:14,308 No. 287 00:26:23,260 --> 00:26:25,387 - Yes, sir? - Hello, I'm Mr. Clay. 288 00:26:25,563 --> 00:26:29,397 - She's in the last bungalow, Mr. Clay. - Thank you. 289 00:26:52,556 --> 00:26:57,493 One sliced turnip, two stalks of celery, add pepper and salt... 290 00:26:57,661 --> 00:27:00,391 ... and a dash of Worcestershire sauce. 291 00:27:00,564 --> 00:27:05,592 My, my, what nobility has to put up with just to have dinner. 292 00:27:05,769 --> 00:27:09,205 - I'm glad I'm a rabbit. - Now place rabbit into oven... 293 00:27:09,373 --> 00:27:12,604 ... and heat oven to 350 degrees. 294 00:27:12,776 --> 00:27:16,610 Three hundred and fifty degrees? Too hot for me. 295 00:27:16,780 --> 00:27:20,614 I just remembered another commitment. Give my regrets to His Majesty. 296 00:27:20,784 --> 00:27:25,084 I bid you farewell, arrivederci, sayonara and all that sort of jazz. 297 00:27:25,256 --> 00:27:28,623 Oh, no, you're not. You're staying. 298 00:27:28,792 --> 00:27:33,024 - I insist. - Okay, okay. If it's that important. 299 00:27:33,197 --> 00:27:38,829 Cook! Cook! Where's my hasenpfeffer? 300 00:27:40,771 --> 00:27:43,797 Coming right up, Royal Highness. 301 00:27:43,974 --> 00:27:48,911 Bon app�tit, O gracious Majesty. 302 00:27:52,182 --> 00:27:54,742 You bonehead, that... 303 00:28:18,075 --> 00:28:20,100 Have about a drink, honey? 304 00:28:20,744 --> 00:28:22,575 - Not now. - Come on, have a drink. 305 00:28:22,746 --> 00:28:24,714 No, I don't want one. 306 00:28:24,949 --> 00:28:26,507 I do. 307 00:28:28,185 --> 00:28:29,880 You think...? 308 00:28:32,823 --> 00:28:35,553 Honey, do you think you're about ready to come home? 309 00:28:43,834 --> 00:28:45,597 It's you. 310 00:28:46,770 --> 00:28:49,967 - What do you want? - I want my wife. 311 00:28:52,876 --> 00:28:54,969 Sober Joe. 312 00:28:55,479 --> 00:28:57,743 Milkman's friend. 313 00:28:58,949 --> 00:29:03,352 Well, now you got me, what do you want to do? 314 00:29:03,821 --> 00:29:06,085 I was hoping to take you home. 315 00:29:11,729 --> 00:29:13,663 I like it here. 316 00:29:15,933 --> 00:29:19,096 My friends are here. 317 00:29:20,404 --> 00:29:22,895 You have your friends, I have mine. 318 00:29:24,174 --> 00:29:26,005 Have a drink. 319 00:29:31,148 --> 00:29:33,082 Excuse me, I forgot. 320 00:29:33,684 --> 00:29:35,845 Shame, I'm all out of... 321 00:29:38,255 --> 00:29:39,950 ...milk... 322 00:29:41,325 --> 00:29:44,226 ...coffee, tea and orange juice, those... 323 00:29:45,062 --> 00:29:47,553 ...non-alcoholic beverages. 324 00:29:49,600 --> 00:29:52,797 - Honey, if you'd just come home. - No! 325 00:30:00,411 --> 00:30:02,811 Well, you laid in a good supply. 326 00:30:02,980 --> 00:30:05,744 - We could take it home and have a... - No! 327 00:30:08,786 --> 00:30:12,483 - You have your friends, you don't need me. - Oh, honey. 328 00:30:13,857 --> 00:30:17,156 Joe. Kiss me, Joe. 329 00:30:24,234 --> 00:30:26,600 I taste like gin. 330 00:30:27,438 --> 00:30:31,340 You never did like gin, so I didn't drink it, but... 331 00:30:31,542 --> 00:30:34,943 ...now I'm alone, so I drink it because I like gin. 332 00:30:44,855 --> 00:30:46,914 Together in heaven. 333 00:30:47,257 --> 00:30:49,157 Likely story. 334 00:30:51,228 --> 00:30:53,355 Now he doesn't even like... 335 00:30:54,565 --> 00:30:57,125 ...the taste of me anymore. 336 00:31:07,544 --> 00:31:09,102 Honey... 337 00:31:11,115 --> 00:31:12,844 - Let me get you some food. - No. 338 00:31:13,016 --> 00:31:15,507 - You're gonna get sick, you know... - I don't care! 339 00:31:15,686 --> 00:31:21,318 I don't care, just go away and leave me alone. I don't care about anything. 340 00:31:26,930 --> 00:31:28,329 I'll be back. 341 00:31:28,499 --> 00:31:30,126 Don't bother. 342 00:31:37,708 --> 00:31:39,107 Joe. 343 00:31:41,678 --> 00:31:43,009 I'm Ionely, Joe. 344 00:31:48,318 --> 00:31:49,979 Have a drink with me, please. 345 00:31:51,522 --> 00:31:53,080 I can't. 346 00:31:53,490 --> 00:31:56,357 - I'm Ionely! - I'll stay with you, but I can't. 347 00:31:56,527 --> 00:31:58,586 Don't do me any favors! 348 00:31:58,762 --> 00:32:01,731 Can't have a drink, too good to have a drink with me. 349 00:32:02,399 --> 00:32:05,095 What'd they do to you down at that AA place, anyway? 350 00:32:05,269 --> 00:32:08,466 Aren't you a man anymore? Can't you hear a woman calling you? 351 00:32:08,639 --> 00:32:10,504 I'm a woman, can't you hear me? 352 00:32:11,074 --> 00:32:13,338 - I hear you. - What're you gonna do about it? 353 00:32:13,510 --> 00:32:17,412 - But we've got our own little apartment... - No, we haven't. 354 00:32:17,581 --> 00:32:20,550 I'm not going back there. Never, never. 355 00:32:20,717 --> 00:32:23,777 I want to be where people live. I don't want any of your... 356 00:32:25,122 --> 00:32:27,317 ...mealy-mouthed... 357 00:32:28,125 --> 00:32:31,925 ...holier-than-thou, do-gooder Boy Scouts with their... 358 00:32:32,496 --> 00:32:36,523 ...with their hot coffee and their cold feet. 359 00:32:36,867 --> 00:32:41,770 I don't want anybody who doesn't have the guts to take a drink. Now, go away. 360 00:32:47,945 --> 00:32:49,469 I want a cigarette. 361 00:33:35,559 --> 00:33:37,288 Keep the pack. 362 00:33:39,496 --> 00:33:41,691 You're not giving me anything. 363 00:33:41,899 --> 00:33:43,992 They're community property. 364 00:33:44,167 --> 00:33:47,295 So's the gin, 50-50. Here. 365 00:33:52,976 --> 00:33:56,207 I'm not coming back, Joe. You're too good. 366 00:33:56,813 --> 00:34:01,113 And there's no bore in the world like a goody-good. 367 00:34:52,436 --> 00:34:54,734 Want some of mine, honey? 368 00:37:17,380 --> 00:37:19,177 Hello! 369 00:37:27,791 --> 00:37:29,850 We're closed, buddy. 370 00:37:30,393 --> 00:37:33,191 - I said, we're closed. - No, come on, please! 371 00:37:33,363 --> 00:37:37,322 - We close at 11. Go on home. - Oh, please. 372 00:37:38,001 --> 00:37:41,835 Now look, you. Get out of here before I call the cops. Now, beat it. 373 00:37:42,005 --> 00:37:45,406 No, please, please... 374 00:37:46,710 --> 00:37:48,507 Please. 375 00:38:19,142 --> 00:38:20,404 Oh, please. 376 00:38:20,577 --> 00:38:22,101 What is it, what's happening? 377 00:38:22,279 --> 00:38:26,272 Go on inside, I'll take care of this. Go on! 378 00:38:27,150 --> 00:38:28,913 So you like booze, hey, buddy? 379 00:38:32,289 --> 00:38:34,450 I didn't know you wanted it that bad. 380 00:38:34,624 --> 00:38:36,558 Why didn't you ask? 381 00:38:37,027 --> 00:38:40,190 I'll give you all the booze you want. 382 00:39:07,591 --> 00:39:08,990 Why? 383 00:39:09,459 --> 00:39:11,256 Joe, who am I? 384 00:39:11,728 --> 00:39:13,355 - Joe. - What? 385 00:39:13,530 --> 00:39:15,122 Who am I? 386 00:39:16,333 --> 00:39:17,925 Who am I? 387 00:39:19,002 --> 00:39:21,664 - You're... - Say it. Come on. 388 00:39:23,006 --> 00:39:24,473 Jim. 389 00:39:26,243 --> 00:39:29,303 - What happened? - What happened? You took a drink. 390 00:39:29,646 --> 00:39:31,113 You're drying out now. 391 00:39:31,281 --> 00:39:36,446 For two days there was a little green man chasing you around with pruning shears. 392 00:39:37,621 --> 00:39:40,089 No, no, no, no, no. 393 00:39:44,961 --> 00:39:46,360 Gotta... 394 00:39:47,731 --> 00:39:52,293 - Gotta get my wife. - No, let her stay with her dad for a while. 395 00:39:56,706 --> 00:39:58,503 I want... 396 00:39:59,576 --> 00:40:01,635 I want her with me. 397 00:40:03,780 --> 00:40:05,338 Joe. 398 00:40:08,385 --> 00:40:10,853 Joe, you gotta stay sober. 399 00:40:11,221 --> 00:40:13,951 Even if it means keeping away from her. 400 00:40:17,560 --> 00:40:19,357 I can't hear you, Joe. 401 00:40:21,131 --> 00:40:23,622 I love her! 402 00:40:24,367 --> 00:40:27,962 Joe, if you really love her, I mean if you really love her... 403 00:40:28,138 --> 00:40:29,935 ...then you help her. 404 00:40:31,107 --> 00:40:33,268 - How? - You set an example. 405 00:40:33,443 --> 00:40:37,038 Show her that an alky can beat the rap. Give her something to aim at. 406 00:40:37,213 --> 00:40:39,306 Come on, will you do that? 407 00:40:44,754 --> 00:40:49,714 Oh, boy. I should have never told you about that guy with the pruning shears. 408 00:41:02,205 --> 00:41:04,002 Hello, Pop. 409 00:41:06,676 --> 00:41:09,076 I told you before, Joe. 410 00:41:09,746 --> 00:41:11,577 Don't come here. 411 00:41:12,349 --> 00:41:16,308 I've got something important, Pop, something I have to talk to you about. 412 00:41:18,221 --> 00:41:20,519 Really, this means a lot to me. 413 00:41:27,864 --> 00:41:31,231 - Kirs gone out someplace, or...? - She's gone to the movies. 414 00:41:32,535 --> 00:41:33,797 She okay? 415 00:41:33,970 --> 00:41:37,303 - You come here to talk about Kirsty? - No, I didn't. 416 00:41:38,174 --> 00:41:40,699 Tell you what I came to talk about, Pop. 417 00:41:41,478 --> 00:41:43,708 I've come to square accounts with you. 418 00:41:47,283 --> 00:41:49,114 First of all... 419 00:41:49,285 --> 00:41:55,315 ...the $500 that you lent us that time to try and get started again. 420 00:41:56,159 --> 00:42:00,892 We spent it, most of it, on a couple of benders. 421 00:42:02,499 --> 00:42:05,593 Really didn't make much effort to get straightened out. 422 00:42:05,869 --> 00:42:08,895 I just stayed drunk as long as the money lasted. 423 00:42:09,773 --> 00:42:12,139 We lied to you about that. 424 00:42:12,842 --> 00:42:16,539 - I know you worked hard for that. - You started my daughter drinking. 425 00:42:16,713 --> 00:42:20,877 - Pop, please listen, I'm... - You started my daughter drinking. 426 00:42:21,184 --> 00:42:24,153 When she lived here with her mama and me she never drank. 427 00:42:24,320 --> 00:42:26,788 We never gave her even one beer. 428 00:42:26,956 --> 00:42:30,187 - You started her! - Pop, what are you...? 429 00:42:30,360 --> 00:42:35,559 Pop! Don't! Are you nuts? Now, what are you trying to do? 430 00:42:41,871 --> 00:42:43,361 Pop? 431 00:42:44,741 --> 00:42:46,936 Sure, we drank together. 432 00:42:47,110 --> 00:42:49,135 And we did right from the start, but... 433 00:42:49,312 --> 00:42:50,904 Where is she? 434 00:42:52,081 --> 00:42:54,345 She's been gone three days! 435 00:42:55,385 --> 00:42:57,148 My girl. 436 00:42:57,787 --> 00:43:00,119 - My girl. - Pop... 437 00:43:01,858 --> 00:43:04,452 She went off with another bum. 438 00:43:05,228 --> 00:43:07,662 Not the same one, another one. 439 00:43:07,831 --> 00:43:10,459 It's always another bum. 440 00:43:11,134 --> 00:43:12,795 It's always: 441 00:43:12,969 --> 00:43:16,803 "Good night, Dad. I'll be home early." 442 00:43:16,973 --> 00:43:21,740 "Good night, Kirsty. I'll leave the light on in the kitchen." 443 00:43:23,146 --> 00:43:26,343 I always turn it off in the morning, Joe. 444 00:43:28,384 --> 00:43:30,750 I thought you told me she was getting better. 445 00:43:30,920 --> 00:43:35,823 Two weeks ago she was in the hospital three days. Sick to death from drinking. 446 00:43:35,992 --> 00:43:38,222 Can't you tell her that...? 447 00:43:38,394 --> 00:43:41,886 Tell her how well I'm doing. Tell her all about the new apartment. 448 00:43:42,065 --> 00:43:45,557 - Tell her I'll take her back any time. - She wouldn't have listened. 449 00:43:45,735 --> 00:43:49,432 Well, tell her... Debbie cries for her. 450 00:43:49,606 --> 00:43:51,767 Then she'd get drunk for sure. 451 00:43:51,941 --> 00:43:54,102 I don't know what to do. 452 00:43:54,277 --> 00:43:56,541 I don't know what to tell Debbie. 453 00:43:58,882 --> 00:44:01,510 Well, Pop... 454 00:44:01,684 --> 00:44:05,017 ...there's some things we can be thankful for. Now... 455 00:44:05,188 --> 00:44:10,216 ...I'm working steady and I'm sober. And I'm starting to pay you back, Pop. 456 00:44:10,393 --> 00:44:14,386 The $500, there's the first installment. I'll pay for her hospital bill too. 457 00:44:14,564 --> 00:44:15,826 - No. - Yes, I am. 458 00:44:15,999 --> 00:44:21,266 I'll pay you board as long as she stays here and for the potted plants I ruined that time. 459 00:44:21,437 --> 00:44:24,201 I don't need for you to do that, Joe. 460 00:44:24,374 --> 00:44:26,535 Pop, you don't understand. 461 00:44:27,577 --> 00:44:29,875 I need for me to do it. 462 00:45:47,323 --> 00:45:48,984 Kirs. 463 00:45:49,659 --> 00:45:51,524 Debbie asleep? 464 00:45:52,462 --> 00:45:54,555 Yes, it's after 11. 465 00:45:55,832 --> 00:45:58,198 I didn't want her to see me. 466 00:46:01,137 --> 00:46:03,469 - You don't look so... - So bad? 467 00:46:03,640 --> 00:46:06,234 Not as bad as you imagined I would. 468 00:46:06,409 --> 00:46:08,843 Well, thanks for trying, but I know how I look. 469 00:46:09,012 --> 00:46:11,640 This is the way I look when I'm sober. 470 00:46:11,948 --> 00:46:15,111 That's enough to make a person drink, wouldn't you say? 471 00:46:24,360 --> 00:46:25,793 Joe... 472 00:46:25,962 --> 00:46:28,624 ...I haven't had a drink in two days. 473 00:46:29,532 --> 00:46:31,727 Well, that's wonderful. 474 00:46:32,368 --> 00:46:34,131 It wasn't easy. 475 00:46:34,303 --> 00:46:36,863 But I wanted to talk to you, so I... 476 00:46:37,040 --> 00:46:41,568 I thought I'd try and deserve it, at least a little. Sort of a penance, you might say. 477 00:46:41,811 --> 00:46:46,441 You'd be surprised how much fun you can have sober, when you get the hang of it. 478 00:46:46,616 --> 00:46:48,709 And you've got the hang of it? 479 00:46:48,885 --> 00:46:50,477 Think so. 480 00:46:51,621 --> 00:46:53,213 Believe me, it's the greatest. 481 00:46:53,389 --> 00:46:55,789 Joe, wouldn't it be wonderful to begin again? 482 00:46:55,958 --> 00:46:58,791 Just erase everything in between, start all over? 483 00:46:58,961 --> 00:47:01,054 Getting excited over a chocolate bar? 484 00:47:05,435 --> 00:47:06,959 I wanna come home. 485 00:47:15,144 --> 00:47:17,738 I know what you're thinking about. 486 00:47:19,982 --> 00:47:22,644 A lot's happened, lots of... 487 00:47:23,186 --> 00:47:24,847 ...detours. 488 00:47:25,922 --> 00:47:29,756 There were plenty of them, but they were nothing. I never looked at them. 489 00:47:29,926 --> 00:47:33,794 They had no identity. I never gave anything out of myself to them. 490 00:47:33,963 --> 00:47:37,956 I thought they'd help me from being so Ionely. 491 00:47:38,134 --> 00:47:42,867 But love is the only thing that keeps you from being Ionely and I didn't have that. 492 00:47:44,140 --> 00:47:45,607 Kirs... 493 00:47:46,943 --> 00:47:51,573 There's a little girl asleep in there that would love to wake up and see you here. 494 00:47:51,748 --> 00:47:54,012 All you've gotta do is say the right words. 495 00:47:54,417 --> 00:47:58,854 I don't know if I have the right words, that's why it took me so long to get here. 496 00:48:01,791 --> 00:48:05,124 You see, the world looks so dirty to me when I'm not drinking. 497 00:48:05,294 --> 00:48:08,695 Remember Fisherman's Wharf? The water when you look too close? 498 00:48:08,865 --> 00:48:11,629 That's the way the world looks when I'm not drinking. 499 00:48:11,801 --> 00:48:15,259 I don't think I could ever stop drinking completely, not like you. 500 00:48:15,438 --> 00:48:17,338 - You could! - Lf I really wanted to? 501 00:48:17,507 --> 00:48:19,941 Well, I don't. I know that now. 502 00:48:21,010 --> 00:48:23,843 I want things to look prettier than they are. 503 00:48:25,114 --> 00:48:28,948 But I know I could be all right, if you'd help me. I know I could. 504 00:48:29,118 --> 00:48:32,246 If we were together and things were like they used to be... 505 00:48:32,421 --> 00:48:34,548 ...and I wasn't so nervous. 506 00:48:34,724 --> 00:48:38,660 I need to be loved. I get so Ionely from not being loved I can't stand it. 507 00:48:38,961 --> 00:48:40,861 I love you. 508 00:48:41,430 --> 00:48:42,795 I'm afraid of you. 509 00:48:42,965 --> 00:48:46,457 I'm an alcoholic, I can't take a drink. I'm afraid of what we'd do. 510 00:48:46,636 --> 00:48:48,365 If you'd just say that you'd try. 511 00:48:48,938 --> 00:48:52,135 But I can't face the idea of never having another drink. 512 00:48:52,308 --> 00:48:55,539 - Just one day at a time. - I can't. I can't. I can't! 513 00:48:55,711 --> 00:49:00,171 Doesn't it impress you that I have been sober for almost a year and I'm happy? 514 00:49:00,349 --> 00:49:02,112 I'm working steady. I feel great. 515 00:49:02,285 --> 00:49:06,016 Debbie and I are living in a decent place again, all because I'm sober. 516 00:49:06,589 --> 00:49:07,851 Yes. 517 00:49:08,024 --> 00:49:11,790 - There's plenty of room. - You're strong. I know you can help me. 518 00:49:11,961 --> 00:49:14,987 - Lf we only had it back like it was. - Back like it...? 519 00:49:15,164 --> 00:49:16,961 Do you remember how it really was? 520 00:49:17,133 --> 00:49:20,125 You and me and booze. A threesome, do you remember? 521 00:49:20,303 --> 00:49:23,966 - Not that it wasn't great. - We can have it back that way again, if... 522 00:49:24,140 --> 00:49:28,076 If I'll drink with you. But I'm not gonna drink with you. It's finished! 523 00:49:28,244 --> 00:49:31,304 I wouldn't ask you to drink with me. I'd control myself. 524 00:49:31,480 --> 00:49:35,109 You can't control yourself, you're an alcoholic, the same as I am. 525 00:49:35,284 --> 00:49:36,376 No, no. 526 00:49:36,552 --> 00:49:40,386 You and I were a couple of drunks on the sea of booze, and the boat sank. 527 00:49:40,556 --> 00:49:44,492 I got ahold of something that kept me from going under. I'm not letting go. 528 00:49:44,660 --> 00:49:46,150 Not for you, not for anyone. 529 00:49:47,530 --> 00:49:49,657 If you want to grab on, grab on. 530 00:49:50,032 --> 00:49:53,126 But there's just room for you and me, no threesome. 531 00:50:07,116 --> 00:50:10,085 I can't get over how dirty everything looks. 532 00:50:10,253 --> 00:50:13,017 Try it one more day. 533 00:50:14,457 --> 00:50:17,255 - Why? - For her. 534 00:50:18,160 --> 00:50:19,889 Come and look at her. 535 00:50:31,507 --> 00:50:33,202 I can't. 536 00:50:33,576 --> 00:50:35,009 I can't. 537 00:50:40,283 --> 00:50:41,875 You better give up on me. 538 00:50:43,219 --> 00:50:44,481 Not yet. 539 00:50:46,522 --> 00:50:48,114 Thanks. 540 00:50:50,059 --> 00:50:51,617 Good night. 541 00:50:53,396 --> 00:50:54,988 Kirs? 542 00:51:01,304 --> 00:51:02,828 Take care of yourself? 543 00:51:14,150 --> 00:51:15,879 Kirs! 544 00:51:52,955 --> 00:51:54,616 Daddy? 545 00:52:04,233 --> 00:52:07,031 I thought I heard you call Mommy. 546 00:52:08,404 --> 00:52:10,804 You must have been dreaming, honey. 547 00:52:10,973 --> 00:52:13,032 Let's go back to bed. 548 00:52:18,447 --> 00:52:20,938 When is Mommy coming home? 549 00:52:24,286 --> 00:52:26,186 Honey, Mommy's sick. 550 00:52:26,355 --> 00:52:28,915 And she has to get well before she can come home. 551 00:52:30,159 --> 00:52:32,218 Is she going to get well? 552 00:52:34,930 --> 00:52:36,761 I did, didn't I? 553 00:52:41,437 --> 00:52:43,098 Go to sleep. 554 00:52:43,506 --> 00:52:44,871 Okay. 555 00:52:45,608 --> 00:52:47,303 Night-night. 556 00:52:47,476 --> 00:52:49,239 Good night, honey. 557 00:53:28,784 --> 00:53:29,773 [ENGLISH]