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The essence of life isn't comic.
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It's tragic.
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There's nothing intrinsically funny
about the terrible facts of human existence.
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I disagree. Philosophers call it absurd
because, in the end, all you can do is laugh.
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Human aspirations
are so ludicrous and irrational.
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I mean, if the underlying reality
of our being was tragic,
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my plays would make more than yours,
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because my stories would resonate
more profoundly with the human soul.
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I mean, it's exactly because tragedy
hits on the truly painful essence of life
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that people run to my comedies for escape.
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No, no.
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Tragedy confronts. Comedy escapes.
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Look, you guys,
what are we discussing here?
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Is there a deeper reality in comedy or
tragedy? Who can make such a judgment?
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Look, let me tell you a story and you tell me,
is it material for a comedy or a tragedy?
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This happened to some people I know.
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It's a small dinner party. The hosts
are trying to impress one of their guests.
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Suddenly the doorbell rings and out of
nowhere an unexpected person shows up.
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- A man or a woman?
- A woman. I'll give you the details
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and you tell me comedy or tragedy.
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So, the guest enters and
everyone is surprised, especially the host.
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Turns out she's got a particular problem...
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My God, that's quite amusing.
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I mean, she barges in unannounced
while they're eating.
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What you told us
would make a very good romantic comedy.
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- Because you see the world comically.
- You're missing the tragic implications.
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The entanglement it suggests.
No, I see the whole thing quite differently.
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I see this lone figure -
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a woman who's maybe just come off a bus.
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She's toting a suitcase. Maybe
she's searching nervously for an address.
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Hello?
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Who is it?
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Hello?
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Hello?
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- Can I help you, miss?
- The Springers.
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Top floor.
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- It's really good.
- These speakers are wonderful.
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You do pick up
every little nuance of the orchestra.
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Tell me again
why I can't have a glass of wine?
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Every pregnancy,
she asks the same question.
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This is the ''Concerto in D''.
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Yes. My God,
you really know your Stravinsky.
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This would be good theme music for the play.
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- Lee?
- That's a brilliant idea.
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I need a little help with the final touches.
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- Can you get the two big serving dishes?
- I'm running out of obsequious banter.
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- How's it going?
- He thinks I'm perfect for the part.
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The goddamn producer
wants more of a name.
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I don't understand why they make
such a big deal. It's not like it's the lead.
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My first audition went better.
I don't know what happened.
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- And I know it's not the lead, Laurel.
- Doesn't he have any clout?
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They want a name. I'm not a name.
You didn't marry a name.
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- Sally said how much she loves your place.
- How long are you here?
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Six months, and we're still not finished.
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We have to furnish slowly
cos we used up all our money.
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We could not go on in that one-bedroom.
The piano ate up the living room.
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We're living beyond our means. I get nervous.
Laurel is certain God will provide.
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- They're poor, but happy.
- Definitely poor.
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- What do you do, Peter?
- I'm a lawyer. No jokes, please.
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Think the music's a little too loud?
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I saw you listening to the Mahler and crying.
You should have seen her.
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She was listening to Mahler
with tears streaming down her face.
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She looked so beautiful. I wanted to hug her.
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Yeah. But I had to get up early
and film a deodorant commercial.
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That's work at least, right?
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I think someone rang before. Did you hear?
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- So, how do you all know each other?
- We grew up together, Cassie and l.
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We were those little girls at school
with the plaid skirts.
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- And Lee and I met at Northwestern.
- He was the star actor, the handsome athlete.
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Everybody wanted him. But Laurel got him.
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- Melinda?
- Hi.
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Melinda?
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- Hi, Melinda, hi.
- My goodness.
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God.
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Cassie.
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I'm stunned.
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Here, let me take these.
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God, look at you. You look so...
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No, don't. Don't say what you're thinking of.
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I've been on a bus.
I've been on a Greyhound bus since Tuesday,
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so I'm sure I look like
the wreck of the Hesperus.
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A bus from where?
I mean, what are you doing here?
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I've moved around.
I had to keep moving.
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Events unfolded
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in such a way that...
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Is it all right if I smoke?
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I just feel a little nervous
barging in on you like this.
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Why don't you sit down and eat with us?
This is Jack and Sally Oliver.
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- Hi.
- Hi.
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I'm Melinda Robicheaux.
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I've gone back to my mother's name.
It's French. She was Parisienne.
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You must have dropped
off the goddamn moon.
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- Shall I get a chair?
- I could use a drink.
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Champagne or white wine.
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The truth is,
I've gotten very used to single malt Scotch.
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An acquaintance of mine
introduced me to it, so...
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I really should freshen up, though.
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lf I could just get a single malt Scotch, and...
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Look at me. Jesus. I need a hot shower.
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Yeah. OK, please...
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Excuse us. Please start.
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This is so unexpected.
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I'll say.
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- You had no hint she was coming?
- She was nuts then, and she's nuts now.
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- Did you see the look in her eyes?
- She's been on a bus.
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You were asking how we know each other.
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Melinda is the third musketeer.
We went to school together.
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- We haven't heard from her in ages.
- Yeah. She's had personal difficulties.
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She said she'd be coming to New York from...
I can't remember, Chicago or Indiana,
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and could we put her up?
Laurel said, ''Sure.'' I myself...
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This is not the time to discuss this.
Let's just eat and change the subject.
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Well, what can you do? We've all had friends
drop in unannounced. Remember your aunt?
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I put up an extra bed. I fix up the room for her.
She doesn't show when she says she will.
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So we try to contact her
and there's no trace of her.
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Two months later, she calls up unannounced
in the middle of a frigging dinner party.
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- Am I unreasonable?
- No, no!
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You're missing the whole point. You have the
makings of a delightful human comedy here.
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You missed the humour in everything.
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I see a sweet, tree-lined block
on the Upper East Side.
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It's a dinner party. The husband is fawning
over his guest. He's a moviemaker.
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No, wait.
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Here's the idea. Make the film director the
wife. He's just her out-of-work actor husband.
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She's trying to impress the guest
and raise the money for an independent film.
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I just told Jennifer that Steve is interested
in investing in Susan's next movie.
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Yeah. I have most of the money. I've just
been trying to get it going now for two years.
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I liked your first picture.
Would you do this one on video too?
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No. That was just because
we only had $300,000.
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- This one will be on 35mm for sure.
- Well, how much do you need?
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I've raised about four million
and we need another two million.
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The problem is the theme is controversial.
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- What's the theme?
- Well, let's put it this way.
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It's a mostly all-female cast
and it's called The Castration Sonata.
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- Do you happen to have single malt Scotch?
- You know, let me check.
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- Hurry. I'm running out of obsequious banter.
- Don't throw me. Everything's timed.
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Chilean sea bass and caramelized filo
is not like scrambled eggs.
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Well, he happens to love it. Does he love it
$2 million worth? God, I hope so.
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I told you we should keep single malt Scotch.
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- Who drinks it?
- He does.
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God, you're definitely going all out.
You're dressed very sexy.
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- Hobie, keep your eyes on the sea bass!
- OK, OK, OK.
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She goes down to buy
a bottle of single malt Scotch.
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Are you OK?
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Yeah, I'm fine.
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- Are you sure?
- Yeah.
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Here we go. These are
Coquilles St Jacques with cinnamon.
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And we're having sea bass in a caramelised
filo pastry, lightly dusted with lime powder.
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- Did someone send you a yuppie cookbook?
- Susan says you're a wonderful chef.
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I'm an out-of-work actor.
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Who's that?
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- Hi.
- Hi.
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I'm sorry. I hope I'm not intruding.
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No, it's OK.
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I've been having a kind of bad time
and I just took some sleeping pills.
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- Sleeping pills?
- How many?
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- 28.
- Whoa! Call 911.
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Stay and just eat. It's gonna get cold.
Sit. Just stay and eat.
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It's OK. It's OK.
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- Hobie, make some black coffee.
- OK, OK.
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I'm allergic to coffee,
but do you have any vodka?
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- Vodka?
- Maybe we should call a doctor.
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It's OK.
I just need something to calm my nerves.
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- Do you live in this building?
- I've been subletting for a month.
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- Somebody call a doctor.
- Careful.
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- I'm gonna be sick.
- That's the best thing.
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No, no, not on the carpet.
That's a new carpet. Go to the bathroom.
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I smell smoke. Can you smell smoke?
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God! The Chilean sea bass
lightly dusted with lime!
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Should you be taking those pills?
You didn't have any dinner.
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lf I don't, I can't sleep.
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Well, Cassie's put on weight,
not that I'd ever say anything to her.
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- Cassie's pregnant.
- Again?
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They swear they're stopping at three children.
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For me, two was just the right number.
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- Is there any word?
- No, there's none. There's nothing.
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Now, I don't want you to get panicky,
but I am planning on staying. Just for a while.
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I just need to find a place
and settle in and rebuild my career.
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And you did say that you had
enough room to put me up.
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We were surprised you never showed up.
We had everything ready.
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Lee had gotten your room in order.
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I apologize for that. I was going through
a kind of confused down period.
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I was worried. Lee couldn't figure out
how to get in contact with you.
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I'd no idea you were using different names.
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What happened?
I thought the worst was over.
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- Can I speak openly?
- Of course.
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I tried to commit suicide.
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You didn't.
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I did, and it wasn't a half-hearted attempt.
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It wasn't a cry for help.
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Why? I thought everything that happened was
past. I thought you'd pulled yourself together.
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Because that's what I wrote you,
and some days I honestly thought it.
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But in the end,
I just couldn't take it any more.
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Melinda.
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You didn't find me because I was indisposed.
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lf you've never been in a state mental hospital
in a straitjacket, I wouldn't recommend one,
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especially not the one I was in,
in the Midwest.
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I'm overwhelmed.
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Are you OK? I mean...
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I'm all right. I'm on the road back.
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I'm still a little fragile
when everything closes in,
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but I get stronger every day.
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You know you're welcome to stay here
as long as you like.
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- There. How long is she gonna stay?
- Why?
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We promised my sister
could stay for Thanksgiving.
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- Well, Thanksgiving's not for a while.
- Well, I'm just saying.
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- She's trying to pull her life back together.
- She's her own worst enemy.
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- You don't know the details.
- Details? What details?
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She was married to some doctor.
She had two kids.
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What was she doing playing around with...
What was he?
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He was a photographer.
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Melinda.
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Lee's right. Whatever I went through,
I'm responsible for.
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Look, we've all been drinking
and we're really tired. It's...
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No, he's right.
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I was married to a man who loved me
and gave me the two most beautiful children.
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That I'm not allowed
to set eyes on them is just proof
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of my weakness and my husband's strength.
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No. It's disgusting how much influence
he had on the judge.
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It's who you know. Life is all networking.
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I brought it on myself because I was bored.
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I mean, not bored with my children.
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God, they were the light of my life.
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But I was bored being a doctor's wife,
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just as my mother was bored
being a doctor's wife.
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Like Madame Bovary.
It's not that St Louis isn't very beautiful.
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It's just that
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everything that had seemed
so magical when I married Josh
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somehow just melted away.
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It was OK, you know?
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And no matter what I did,
I couldn't make it any better.
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And then this
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man with a romantic name -
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John San Giuliano -
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took my photograph.
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And I fell in love with him,
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and we began having this love affair.
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And he wanted to know
if I could see myself living in ltaly,
237
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and I said, ''Well, look, Mr San Giuliano,
I'm married to a surgeon with two children.''
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''My life is fixed,
so don't ask me to tax my imagination.''
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''Let's just confine our passion to local motels
and forget Capistrano.''
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And then
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reality set in
in the person of a private detective
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with the unlikely name of Woodkrutch,
243
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and my children
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were handed over
to my humiliated husband forever.
245
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Mr San Giuliano
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took me on a safari to help me forget things.
247
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But I can't forget, no matter how hard I try.
248
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Then he met someone else.
249
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Stop, Melinda.
250
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Why? It only gets worse.
251
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So that's pretty much how I got here.
252
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My God, that's a sad story.
253
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Guy leads her on, causes her to break up
her marriage, then dumps her.
254
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I caught him in bed with one of his models.
I mean, who can blame him?
255
00:18:14,053 --> 00:18:19,081
She was a 6ft Swede who was a Miss World
runner-up. Her legs started at her chin.
256
00:18:19,173 --> 00:18:24,088
See, that's why my film, The Castration
Sonata, puts male sexuality in perspective.
257
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It's lucky you didn't have children.
He could have made custody trouble.
258
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I always wanted to have children,
but my husband wouldn't hear of it.
259
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He couldn't bear having sex with
a pregnant woman for nine months,
260
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especially the fat months.
261
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- So, what are you gonna do now?
- I'm an art historian.
262
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At least, that's what I majored in at Brandeis.
263
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And I may be getting offered
a job in an art gallery.
264
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It's only cataloguing,
but I'm in no position to turn it down.
265
00:18:51,933 --> 00:18:54,891
Anyone for more Ants Climb a Tree
before I throw it out?
266
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- I can't eat another bite.
- Dinner was delicious.
267
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Sorry about burning the sea bass
and the kitchen curtains.
268
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- I'm sorry about busting in on you.
- No, no.
269
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We love it when unexpected women
barge in and throw up. I'm kidding.
270
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I hope tonight didn't kill my chances
of getting my movie made.
271
00:19:12,493 --> 00:19:14,563
No, no. I think Steve Walsh was OK.
272
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I told him I was gonna play
a male character in the movie.
273
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- What did he say?
- We discussed acting.
274
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I told him about
my award-winning Pygmalion.
275
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- Hobie, that was in college.
- It was brilliant to play Henry with a limp.
276
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God, I hate being an assistant director.
After you've made your own film?
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Sad thing is, he could have
my movie happen like that.
278
00:19:35,333 --> 00:19:37,972
What's $2 million to a real-estate billionaire?
279
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The upkeep of his private jet
is worth more than that.
280
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He was very impressed with you,
and you looked very sexy.
281
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- Really? You thought I looked sexy?
- You are sexy. Really, you're very sexy.
282
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- Hobie, it's 2am.
- What's going on?
283
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We used to make love all the time,
and now there's always an excuse.
284
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I'm going through
an emotionally difficult time creatively.
285
00:19:59,333 --> 00:20:04,168
- You feel we don't communicate?
- Of course we do. Can we not talk about it?
286
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Hi. Sorry I'm late.
287
00:20:11,573 --> 00:20:15,407
I saw these the other day.
I think they would look very beautiful on you.
288
00:20:15,493 --> 00:20:18,724
Beautiful, but you know Lee.
He gets crazy about my spending.
289
00:20:18,813 --> 00:20:21,202
How's he doing? You're not hurting for cash?
290
00:20:21,293 --> 00:20:24,091
He's on tenterhooks about the play,
but we're fine.
291
00:20:24,173 --> 00:20:27,927
He's got a number of irons on the fire,
some promising possibilities.
292
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- I have a very good prospect for Melinda.
- A job prospect?
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A guy.
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00:20:32,973 --> 00:20:35,851
- Remember Bud Silverglide?
- No. Have I met him?
295
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Remember we had Thanksgiving at my house
and he brought his little girl Emily?
296
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- Emily... Emily?
- His wife had died the year before.
297
00:20:43,853 --> 00:20:46,367
Yes. I sat next to him.
He's average-looking.
298
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He's fine. He'd be perfect.
299
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He's a very lovely guy. He's smart.
He's been through his share of suffering.
300
00:20:52,613 --> 00:20:55,332
Melinda would have a ready-made family.
301
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You think he's right for her?
I remember him as pleasant, but...
302
00:20:58,933 --> 00:21:03,290
She should be so lucky. He's got a very
successful dental practice in Manhattan.
303
00:21:03,373 --> 00:21:05,489
He plays bridge. He likes to hike.
304
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Think he'd be interested in Melinda,
especially when her past unfolds?
305
00:21:09,293 --> 00:21:12,729
I know. She's in no bargaining position
when all the facts come out.
306
00:21:12,813 --> 00:21:14,963
Look, I can only bring them together.
307
00:21:15,053 --> 00:21:19,126
He's not the kind of guy who'd ever
wind up hurting her. That means a lot.
308
00:21:19,213 --> 00:21:22,410
Left to her own devices,
Melinda can be self-destructive.
309
00:21:22,493 --> 00:21:27,362
Bud is sweet, and I know he's lonely because
he's taken ads in the personal columns.
310
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Don't tell Melinda that.
311
00:21:30,213 --> 00:21:33,888
Peter's checking into her custody case
to see if it's a lost cause.
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I told her to meet us here for lunch
after her job interview.
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- Should we sit?
- I don't know. Can we take this table?
314
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Thanks.
315
00:21:41,813 --> 00:21:45,328
I know it's here somewhere.
We got this house guest living here.
316
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Everything's messed up. I wish she would
check before she moves my possessions.
317
00:21:49,933 --> 00:21:53,608
I love your loft. It's really amazing.
318
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Here we are.
An essay on Desdemona's role in Othello.
319
00:21:57,493 --> 00:22:01,645
The scene you should do in our next class
is the one we talked about yesterday.
320
00:22:01,733 --> 00:22:04,964
- You really think I'm ready for it?
- I do.
321
00:22:05,053 --> 00:22:08,523
You're among the two or three
most talented students in my class,
322
00:22:08,613 --> 00:22:11,446
and the sooner you challenge yourself,
the better.
323
00:22:11,533 --> 00:22:17,403
You're the only one who makes me feel
confident enough to take chances.
324
00:22:22,333 --> 00:22:24,801
Aren't you nervous bringing me back here?
325
00:22:24,893 --> 00:22:30,445
It's OK. My wife's shopping, then going to
lunch. She's always shopping and lunching.
326
00:22:30,533 --> 00:22:35,971
She grew up shopping and lunching.
Her mother did, and her grandmother.
327
00:22:36,053 --> 00:22:39,602
You shouldn't really drink so early in the day.
328
00:22:39,693 --> 00:22:43,402
Shopping and lunching's what you get
when you marry a Park Avenue princess.
329
00:22:43,493 --> 00:22:46,451
- What does your wife do?
- Besides shopping?
330
00:22:46,533 --> 00:22:49,923
She teaches tin-eared teenagers
at a music school a few days a week.
331
00:22:50,013 --> 00:22:56,088
It's funny, but life has a malicious way
of dealing with great potential.
332
00:23:01,613 --> 00:23:03,604
My God. Get...
333
00:23:12,653 --> 00:23:13,722
Hi.
334
00:23:13,813 --> 00:23:17,442
I just got back from my job interview.
335
00:23:18,253 --> 00:23:24,772
I don't think it went too well,
so just stopped off for a little pick-me-up.
336
00:23:24,853 --> 00:23:26,844
- You OK?
- Yeah.
337
00:23:27,933 --> 00:23:33,803
Yeah. Well, I'm gonna go and meet Laurel and
Cassie for lunch in our old neighborhood.
338
00:23:38,693 --> 00:23:41,287
I'm just gonna go freshen up.
339
00:23:49,053 --> 00:23:54,002
- The park hasn't changed a bit.
- Not at all. It brings back so many memories.
340
00:23:54,093 --> 00:23:58,848
Those days are gone when the three of us
thought we could call the shots.
341
00:23:58,933 --> 00:24:02,608
What I wouldn't give to wake up
and find my life has been a bad dream
342
00:24:02,693 --> 00:24:04,843
and we're all still 17.
343
00:24:04,933 --> 00:24:07,322
Tell me about it.
344
00:24:07,413 --> 00:24:12,089
You wouldn't change anything. I mean,
your life is pretty much on track, right?
345
00:24:12,173 --> 00:24:18,408
Well, the question's not fair. I mean, who
wouldn't profit from a second go around?
346
00:24:18,493 --> 00:24:20,882
So, what about Bud Silverglide?
347
00:24:21,653 --> 00:24:24,372
The dentist with the charming little daughter?
348
00:24:24,453 --> 00:24:28,685
He's a wonderful guy. lf anything
ever did happen and you hit it off,
349
00:24:28,773 --> 00:24:31,162
you could establish something solid.
350
00:24:31,253 --> 00:24:34,962
Not more unrealistic pipe dreams
that can't help but wind up badly.
351
00:24:35,053 --> 00:24:38,284
I'm sorry. Did that come out harsh?
352
00:24:38,373 --> 00:24:41,843
The truth is, I'm nervous.
I wanna meet someone so desperately,
353
00:24:41,933 --> 00:24:45,403
but when the chance comes along,
I just panic.
354
00:24:45,493 --> 00:24:50,328
It won't be a date. I'll make a dinner party
and we'll all be there to support you.
355
00:24:50,413 --> 00:24:53,723
I'll invite a number of nice guests
and he'll be one of them,
356
00:24:53,813 --> 00:24:58,933
and if you meet and hit if off, then great,
and if not, then no obligation.
357
00:24:59,693 --> 00:25:03,322
Yeah. When he hears my story...
My God. I come with such baggage.
358
00:25:03,413 --> 00:25:07,929
- Well, don't go in with a defeatist attitude.
- Yeah. First see if you even like him.
359
00:25:08,013 --> 00:25:10,527
lf he's as nice as Cassie's painting him...
360
00:25:10,613 --> 00:25:13,127
He's a good catch,
if I can speak pragmatically,
361
00:25:13,213 --> 00:25:16,967
especially for you,
cos he's got his feet on the ground.
362
00:25:17,053 --> 00:25:22,127
lf I find him at all attractive, I think I should
just tell him my whole story right off.
363
00:25:22,213 --> 00:25:27,526
Or do you think it's better to wait? Let him
take the hook first, and then run with it?
364
00:25:27,613 --> 00:25:31,162
God. I can't believe I'm even asking this.
365
00:25:31,253 --> 00:25:34,245
I'm already strategizing.
I haven't met this guy yet.
366
00:25:34,333 --> 00:25:37,530
lf we're gonna do this,
it has to be completely informal,
367
00:25:37,613 --> 00:25:43,165
cos I can't handle it any other way.
I don't have any dressy clothes anyhow.
368
00:25:43,253 --> 00:25:46,325
Funny part of that is,
as elegant as I can look -
369
00:25:46,413 --> 00:25:50,326
and you know, I can look pretty stylish -
370
00:25:50,413 --> 00:25:53,689
men find women sexier in casual attire.
371
00:25:54,613 --> 00:25:58,128
It's true. I could wear my hair down and loose.
372
00:25:58,213 --> 00:26:02,092
That's enticing already.
At least it's not intimidating.
373
00:26:02,173 --> 00:26:05,688
- You haven't told him anything about me?
- I can if you like.
374
00:26:05,773 --> 00:26:07,843
No. No.
375
00:26:07,933 --> 00:26:14,406
My sad tale should come from my lips,
if and when I choose to reveal it.
376
00:26:16,413 --> 00:26:19,644
Cut. OK, great. That was great. It was great.
377
00:26:19,733 --> 00:26:22,327
You took the note great. Print one and six.
378
00:26:22,413 --> 00:26:25,962
You got it? OK, hey, everybody,
that's lunch. One hour. Thank you.
379
00:26:26,053 --> 00:26:29,170
- Hey, are you gonna join us?
- No. I'm meeting a friend.
380
00:26:29,253 --> 00:26:32,086
Tell the actors we're gonna do
scene ten instead of 26.
381
00:26:32,173 --> 00:26:35,802
OK. We're doing scene ten instead of 26.
382
00:26:42,093 --> 00:26:43,606
- Hey.
- Hey.
383
00:26:43,693 --> 00:26:46,366
- Should we just sit here?
- Yeah.
384
00:26:47,293 --> 00:26:52,845
- So, what did he say?
- That Steve is inclined to put up the money.
385
00:26:53,693 --> 00:26:56,446
He likes your script
and wants to have lunch with you.
386
00:26:56,533 --> 00:26:58,808
- Fantastic!
- Yeah, it looks really good.
387
00:26:58,893 --> 00:27:02,522
He was concerned that you intended for
Hobie to play the psychiatrist.
388
00:27:02,613 --> 00:27:05,605
- You know, he wants a name.
- I understand.
389
00:27:05,693 --> 00:27:08,127
It's gonna be kind of
a touchy subject at home
390
00:27:08,213 --> 00:27:12,570
because, I mean, the truth is
he'd make the perfect shrink, and he knows it.
391
00:27:12,653 --> 00:27:17,773
But, let's face it, he's not a name,
and I want people to see my movie too, so...
392
00:27:17,853 --> 00:27:22,449
Well, I'm sure that you guys will figure it out,
and I think it's very exciting.
393
00:27:22,533 --> 00:27:25,252
Doug and I know somebody
perfect for Melinda,
394
00:27:25,333 --> 00:27:27,927
your downstairs neighbor
who crashed dinner.
395
00:27:28,013 --> 00:27:29,969
- Remember Greg Earlinger?
- No.
396
00:27:30,053 --> 00:27:33,932
- Doug's dentist. You met him with us once.
- Yes. He has a great sports car.
397
00:27:34,013 --> 00:27:36,447
The Bentley. He's single and available.
398
00:27:36,533 --> 00:27:39,684
She would find him fascinating.
He's smart, sensitive...
399
00:27:39,773 --> 00:27:41,809
Why would he be interested in her?
400
00:27:41,893 --> 00:27:46,603
She seemed quite pretty, she's offbeat
and Greg always likes complicated women.
401
00:27:46,693 --> 00:27:52,245
Doug has already hyped him on her.
Ask her if we can give him her number, OK?
402
00:28:01,413 --> 00:28:02,892
- Hey.
- Melinda.
403
00:28:02,973 --> 00:28:04,008
- Hey.
- Hi.
404
00:28:04,093 --> 00:28:05,606
Hi.
405
00:28:05,693 --> 00:28:08,491
My friend Walt. This is Melinda.
She just moved in.
406
00:28:08,573 --> 00:28:10,450
- How are you?
- Nice to meet you.
407
00:28:10,533 --> 00:28:12,649
- How's it going?
- All right.
408
00:28:12,733 --> 00:28:17,170
I just interviewed for a job at an art gallery
and I don't think it went too well.
409
00:28:17,253 --> 00:28:21,371
You never know. I had a voice-over audition
today. Thought I'd never get it.
410
00:28:21,453 --> 00:28:24,968
Bang, I was chosen.
It's the voice of a toothpaste.
411
00:28:25,053 --> 00:28:29,126
That's good. I'm trying to decide
whether to stay and wait for the phone call
412
00:28:29,213 --> 00:28:32,569
or whether I should go out
and treat myself to a movie.
413
00:28:32,653 --> 00:28:35,087
Why don't you come with us?
414
00:28:35,173 --> 00:28:37,641
- Where?
- Going to the track.
415
00:28:37,733 --> 00:28:41,248
- To the track?
- Yeah. Horse races. Belmont.
416
00:28:41,333 --> 00:28:44,211
- What, you play the horses?
- Never.
417
00:28:44,293 --> 00:28:48,605
Well, I go every ten years. Walt's always
going. He's a gambling degenerate.
418
00:28:48,693 --> 00:28:52,606
- Yes. Can't you tell I'm a degenerate?
- I'm a complete novice, like you.
419
00:28:52,693 --> 00:28:55,924
Come on. It's a beautiful day.
We'll have some laughs.
420
00:28:56,013 --> 00:29:00,882
- Sure. I don't have any money.
- I've got plenty of money.
421
00:29:00,973 --> 00:29:03,885
For both of us. We'll pool our resources.
422
00:29:03,973 --> 00:29:06,612
- lf you want.
- OK. All right. Yeah.
423
00:29:06,693 --> 00:29:08,968
- Nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you again.
424
00:29:12,333 --> 00:29:15,325
- Come on! Come on, Bedazzled!
- Let's go, Bedazzled.
425
00:29:15,413 --> 00:29:18,371
No, no. You did not bet on Bedazzled.
It's a 90-1 horse!
426
00:29:18,453 --> 00:29:22,241
- lf it wins, we're rich.
- He's right, Hobie. He's dropping back.
427
00:29:22,333 --> 00:29:25,962
No, no, no, no, no. He's second.
He's second... second from last.
428
00:29:28,613 --> 00:29:34,688
So, I have to ask you, how'd you go from
living on the Upper East Side to St Louis?
429
00:29:34,773 --> 00:29:37,651
I moved there for him. He was gorgeous.
430
00:29:37,733 --> 00:29:42,761
He was talented, he was sexy,
he was a doctor, he was charming...
431
00:29:42,853 --> 00:29:44,844
Yes, but where's the attraction?
432
00:29:44,933 --> 00:29:48,084
- He just knew how to touch me.
- You mean emotionally?
433
00:29:48,173 --> 00:29:50,004
No, with his hands.
434
00:29:50,093 --> 00:29:54,405
I'm a very passionate person,
so sex is very important to me.
435
00:29:54,493 --> 00:29:58,566
You know, I need a lot of physical intimacy
very often and creatively.
436
00:29:58,653 --> 00:30:02,168
Right. Right, right, right, right.
That's... that's... Yeah.
437
00:30:02,253 --> 00:30:05,529
- Am I being too frank?
- No, no, no. No, I just...
438
00:30:05,613 --> 00:30:08,252
I'll be OK. I get hot flashes.
439
00:30:08,333 --> 00:30:12,451
- Your wife is passionate. I can tell by looking.
- Right, right.
440
00:30:12,533 --> 00:30:17,129
A lot of people have noticed.
Why did your marriage fail again?
441
00:30:17,213 --> 00:30:19,886
He was cheating with his secretary.
442
00:30:19,973 --> 00:30:24,285
I felt neglected,
so I started seeing someone else.
443
00:30:24,373 --> 00:30:28,844
I just wanna find someone,
fall in love and have a life.
444
00:31:16,213 --> 00:31:19,444
- Hello.
- Hey. Guess what?
445
00:31:19,533 --> 00:31:22,923
- What?
- Steve is putting up the money for my film.
446
00:31:23,013 --> 00:31:25,573
That's great. Congratulations.
447
00:31:25,653 --> 00:31:29,566
So if I'm suddenly very busy and distracted,
don't take it personally.
448
00:31:29,653 --> 00:31:32,372
- And we have to talk about casting.
- Yes.
449
00:31:32,453 --> 00:31:36,412
- What did you do today?
- I told you. I went out to the track.
450
00:31:36,493 --> 00:31:38,882
Yeah. With who again?
451
00:31:38,973 --> 00:31:44,047
With who? With me, with me.
With me... me and Walt. Walt Wagner.
452
00:31:44,133 --> 00:31:48,206
- Well, I hope you didn't lose a lot.
- No. We don't have a lot, so I couldn't.
453
00:31:48,293 --> 00:31:51,808
In fact, if I had more money,
we could've lost more.
454
00:31:51,893 --> 00:31:54,248
It's a system I developed.
455
00:31:54,333 --> 00:31:57,564
Why didn't you just tell her
Melinda came along?
456
00:31:57,653 --> 00:32:00,531
- What did you just say about Melinda?
- What? No.
457
00:32:00,613 --> 00:32:02,683
I didn't say anything about Melinda.
458
00:32:02,773 --> 00:32:07,608
- You just muttered her name.
- I was wondering how the poor thing's doing.
459
00:32:07,693 --> 00:32:10,161
You know, plain-looking girl, all alone...
460
00:32:10,253 --> 00:32:12,687
- I'd hardly call her plain-looking.
- Well...
461
00:32:12,773 --> 00:32:17,289
Jennifer wants to set her up with someone.
Remember Greg Earlinger, Doug's dentist?
462
00:32:17,373 --> 00:32:21,889
We met him once. He's a tall, sexy,
handsome-looking guy. The Bentley.
463
00:32:21,973 --> 00:32:24,328
Very well off. Charming, bright.
464
00:32:24,413 --> 00:32:28,326
- You commented on how impressive he was.
- Vaguely.
465
00:32:28,413 --> 00:32:32,725
- Anyway, Doug's hyped him on Melinda.
- Yeah, I think... Why, I do recall him.
466
00:32:32,813 --> 00:32:37,045
Wasn't he full of himself, though?
Kind of an unjustified self-confidence?
467
00:32:37,133 --> 00:32:41,365
- As I recall, it was justified.
- Someone who has an answer for everything.
468
00:32:41,453 --> 00:32:44,411
I'm gonna ask Melinda
if it's OK if we give him her number.
469
00:32:44,493 --> 00:32:47,929
No. No, don't be silly.
What does she wanna do with a dentist?
470
00:32:48,013 --> 00:32:51,210
She was already married to a doctor.
She found that dull.
471
00:32:51,293 --> 00:32:54,490
- A dentist is the same thing, but oral.
- Greg's not dull.
472
00:32:54,573 --> 00:32:58,407
He hikes. He's a great bridge player.
Tennis. He goes on safaris.
473
00:32:58,493 --> 00:33:02,281
Well, it ... I mean, who goes on safaris?
474
00:33:02,373 --> 00:33:06,764
- You need shots to do that.
- Melinda, hey, it's Susan. How are you?
475
00:33:06,853 --> 00:33:11,529
Good. I was wondering if it was OK with you
if we give your number to this wonderful guy.
476
00:33:11,613 --> 00:33:14,764
I'm not giving the number out.
Don't say that I am...
477
00:33:14,853 --> 00:33:19,131
He's a very rich dentist. He's cultivated
and athletic. He's gorgeous-looking.
478
00:33:19,213 --> 00:33:21,204
''Gorgeous dentist'' is an oxymoron.
479
00:33:21,293 --> 00:33:26,048
And... There's nothing to be nervous about.
Look, we'll all go out, the four of us.
480
00:33:26,133 --> 00:33:30,843
We'll go to dinner or we'll go to a show
or something. I don't think you'll be sorry.
481
00:33:30,933 --> 00:33:34,846
- I think she's never, ever gonna go for it.
- OK, great.
482
00:33:34,933 --> 00:33:37,970
- Not in a million years.
- Fantastic. OK, bye.
483
00:33:38,053 --> 00:33:41,762
- She loves the idea.
- I told you.
484
00:33:44,573 --> 00:33:46,609
Hi. What are you doing down here?
485
00:33:46,693 --> 00:33:50,891
I got the part! The director kept insisting
and the producers finally gave in.
486
00:33:50,973 --> 00:33:55,205
- That's great, Lee.
- Finally, a role I can make sing.
487
00:33:55,293 --> 00:33:57,853
You're certainly a natural for the character.
488
00:33:57,933 --> 00:34:01,050
- Why would you say that?
- You've said it a hundred times.
489
00:34:01,133 --> 00:34:03,886
I said I could act the hell out of it. He's a loser.
490
00:34:03,973 --> 00:34:07,249
Let's not fight. I meant
nobody can play the part like you can.
491
00:34:07,333 --> 00:34:10,769
You see me like that, don't you?
I'm asking. Is that how you see me?
492
00:34:10,853 --> 00:34:15,131
I'm really happy for you. I know how much
you wanted this. Can't we leave it at that?
493
00:34:15,213 --> 00:34:19,729
I'm wired. I didn't mean to seem snappish.
Shall we go out to dinner and celebrate?
494
00:34:19,813 --> 00:34:24,091
- Tonight's Cassie's party.
- Yeah, right. OK. Jesus.
495
00:34:24,173 --> 00:34:28,724
It's time Melinda met someone, moved on.
I'd like a little privacy in the apartment.
496
00:34:29,413 --> 00:34:31,529
OK.
497
00:34:31,613 --> 00:34:34,047
I've got a couple of options.
498
00:34:34,133 --> 00:34:36,124
I could wear...
499
00:34:36,213 --> 00:34:38,932
I can wear this skirt
500
00:34:39,013 --> 00:34:41,288
with this shirt, like this.
501
00:34:41,373 --> 00:34:45,924
This goes around the other way, like this,
and I could wear it with this shirt here.
502
00:34:46,013 --> 00:34:50,086
- What do you think?
- The silk one is sexier, but this one's elegant.
503
00:34:50,173 --> 00:34:54,849
You think the silk one's sexier? So maybe
I should wear this. Sex works best in the end.
504
00:34:54,933 --> 00:35:00,724
Men like to feel there's some hot payoff
waiting for 'em somewhere down the track.
505
00:35:00,813 --> 00:35:05,967
- God, look at me. I'm so fat.
- Fat? Melinda, everyone should be so fat.
506
00:35:06,053 --> 00:35:09,648
I didn't eat anything since Friday.
I wanted to lose six pounds.
507
00:35:09,733 --> 00:35:15,046
It's not healthy. I mean, an empty stomach
and all those pills, and...
508
00:35:15,133 --> 00:35:19,968
I don't know. Maybe this is better. Maybe
sex is too predatory a message to send,
509
00:35:20,053 --> 00:35:22,772
and elegance is a wiser opening gambit.
510
00:35:22,853 --> 00:35:26,129
I don't think it matters much.
You look great. Doesn't she?
511
00:35:26,213 --> 00:35:29,250
Yeah. Very stylish.
512
00:35:29,333 --> 00:35:34,088
Look at me. I'm fat. I can't lose any weight.
I think I need another drink.
513
00:35:34,173 --> 00:35:36,164
Alcohol's fattening.
514
00:35:37,333 --> 00:35:40,609
- Can you make it a vodka?
- Plus an empty stomach with pills?
515
00:35:40,693 --> 00:35:43,844
Vodka's not fattening.
I need something to calm me down,
516
00:35:43,933 --> 00:35:46,572
just to make me a little more confident.
517
00:35:46,653 --> 00:35:51,329
- I've got goddamn circles under my eyes.
- You look fine.
518
00:35:51,773 --> 00:35:54,970
That's easy for you to say
because you're still beautiful.
519
00:35:55,053 --> 00:35:57,123
I feel like I'm running on empty.
520
00:35:57,213 --> 00:36:00,489
I don't wanna go.
Honestly, I don't wanna go to this thing.
521
00:36:00,573 --> 00:36:04,452
Come on. It's just a little party with friends.
522
00:36:08,173 --> 00:36:13,566
How did I wind up desperate? Because that's
what I am, Laurel. There's no other word.
523
00:36:13,653 --> 00:36:16,645
You're a catch for the right man.
You really are.
524
00:36:16,733 --> 00:36:20,772
Falling in love
is gonna work wonders for you.
525
00:36:26,733 --> 00:36:30,282
- Congratulations. I hear Lee got that part.
- We're very excited.
526
00:36:30,373 --> 00:36:35,242
No one at school played the classics like Lee.
They still talk about the Strindberg series.
527
00:36:35,333 --> 00:36:40,009
Yes. He's held himself back from commercial
work because he's got such high standards.
528
00:36:40,093 --> 00:36:42,607
- He won't do anything just for the money.
- Yeah.
529
00:36:47,493 --> 00:36:52,123
I knew that director would have his way,
and he wanted you.
530
00:36:52,213 --> 00:36:56,968
My agent'll bring film people to the opening
cos there's talk of a project in California.
531
00:36:57,053 --> 00:37:00,523
I'd drink to your good fortune,
but vodka's not good for Samantha.
532
00:37:00,613 --> 00:37:02,604
It's gonna be a girl.
533
00:37:02,693 --> 00:37:05,491
Cassie, I never slept
with a pregnant woman before.
534
00:37:05,573 --> 00:37:06,642
- No?
- No.
535
00:37:06,733 --> 00:37:10,203
It always struck me as so erotic -
doing it with your big belly.
536
00:37:10,293 --> 00:37:14,002
Peter says it's just like
screwing any fat person.
537
00:37:14,093 --> 00:37:19,008
I don't suppose he'd lend you out to me
so I could satisfy a lifelong lustful curiosity?
538
00:37:19,093 --> 00:37:23,723
Why don't you get Laurel pregnant? Then
you wouldn't need to make arrangements.
539
00:37:23,813 --> 00:37:28,887
Maybe if things work out now, we can start to
think about it. I always wanted to have kids.
540
00:37:28,973 --> 00:37:32,568
Knock her up, then you can
make love to her in all the trimesters.
541
00:37:32,653 --> 00:37:37,010
lf you knew how much I wanted to do it with
you, you'd do it just out of human kindness.
542
00:37:37,093 --> 00:37:40,847
Too late. Ball was in your court years ago.
You ran in another direction.
543
00:37:40,933 --> 00:37:44,482
How's our matchmaking going?
They seem to be hitting it off well.
544
00:37:44,573 --> 00:37:47,804
Peter, what's it like
to sleep with a pregnant woman?
545
00:37:47,893 --> 00:37:51,488
Have you ever made love
with a loser at Weight Watchers?
546
00:37:51,573 --> 00:37:54,326
Didn't I tell you?
547
00:37:54,773 --> 00:37:57,970
The great thing about hiking is you're free.
548
00:37:58,053 --> 00:38:00,044
You feel free.
549
00:38:00,133 --> 00:38:06,208
You're up there in the mountains
or in the woods, and it's beautiful.
550
00:38:06,293 --> 00:38:08,932
Almost religious.
551
00:38:09,013 --> 00:38:11,083
And I am not religious.
552
00:38:11,173 --> 00:38:14,643
Certainly not after Dorothy passed away.
553
00:38:15,813 --> 00:38:18,646
That must have been really tough
on your daughter.
554
00:38:18,733 --> 00:38:23,648
I've tried to explain it all to Emily,
including the whole religious aspect,
555
00:38:23,733 --> 00:38:26,645
but what the hell? She's four.
556
00:38:27,453 --> 00:38:32,732
I just don't want her to be angry at God
or against religion.
557
00:38:32,813 --> 00:38:36,089
I want her to be happy and educate herself
558
00:38:36,173 --> 00:38:40,610
and make her own decisions
about the big questions.
559
00:38:41,933 --> 00:38:44,288
Look, Melinda,
560
00:38:44,373 --> 00:38:49,606
I'd love to call you. Maybe we could spend
some time getting to know one another.
561
00:38:49,693 --> 00:38:53,686
I know you just returned to New York,
but it's really changed.
562
00:38:53,773 --> 00:38:56,765
I'd be glad to show you around.
563
00:38:56,853 --> 00:39:01,051
To tell you the truth, Bud,
I don't really think I'm ready to go out yet.
564
00:39:01,133 --> 00:39:05,684
I don't think it would be fair to you.
Maybe when I'm a little more settled.
565
00:39:05,773 --> 00:39:07,889
Sure. At your leisure.
566
00:39:07,973 --> 00:39:10,441
I understand.
567
00:39:10,533 --> 00:39:12,603
Jesus.
568
00:39:12,693 --> 00:39:17,289
Emily's with a new sitter tonight
and, of course, I'm a basket case.
569
00:39:17,373 --> 00:39:21,161
- That's very sweet.
- Would you excuse me?
570
00:39:42,853 --> 00:39:45,526
Laurel, you know this one. Play.
571
00:39:47,493 --> 00:39:51,372
- I can't. He plays so beautifully.
- Hey, here. Come on.
572
00:39:51,453 --> 00:39:53,444
Come on.
573
00:40:10,133 --> 00:40:12,727
Take over. You're wonderful.
574
00:40:44,613 --> 00:40:47,923
Sorry. I didn't mean to interrupt.
I'm just gonna get a drink.
575
00:40:48,013 --> 00:40:52,370
That's OK. I was just rubbing this lamp,
hoping to change my life.
576
00:40:52,453 --> 00:40:56,844
Well, I believe in magic. In the end,
I think it's the only thing that can save us.
577
00:40:56,933 --> 00:41:01,245
- You're the piano player.
- Not any more. I'm on a break.
578
00:41:01,333 --> 00:41:05,963
A mysterious stranger has temporarily
taken over. I must say, she plays beautifully.
579
00:41:06,053 --> 00:41:07,805
Hey.
580
00:41:07,893 --> 00:41:10,088
Are your eyes misting over?
581
00:41:10,173 --> 00:41:14,928
This song, it's meaningful to me.
It was playing the night I met someone.
582
00:41:15,013 --> 00:41:17,766
So are they tears of sorrow or tears of joy?
583
00:41:17,853 --> 00:41:20,845
Well, aren't those the same tears?
584
00:41:21,973 --> 00:41:23,486
Yeah.
585
00:41:23,573 --> 00:41:29,284
Why do things that start off so promisingly
always have a way of ending up in the dump?
586
00:41:29,373 --> 00:41:33,366
- Not for everyone.
- Well, for anybody with any imagination.
587
00:41:33,453 --> 00:41:37,002
You know, life is manageable enough
if you keep your hopes modest.
588
00:41:37,093 --> 00:41:42,042
The minute you allow yourself sweet dreams
you run the risk of them crashing down.
589
00:41:42,133 --> 00:41:44,772
There's plenty of old songs that I cry over.
590
00:41:44,853 --> 00:41:47,367
My name is Melinda.
591
00:41:47,453 --> 00:41:50,411
Melinda Robicheaux. It's French.
592
00:41:50,493 --> 00:41:54,372
- That's a very beautiful name.
- Thank you. It's my mother's.
593
00:41:54,453 --> 00:41:59,288
She married a Dr Nash, so I grew up Nash,
but I've changed it to her name.
594
00:41:59,373 --> 00:42:01,603
And that is a wise choice.
595
00:42:01,693 --> 00:42:03,649
It's very musical.
596
00:42:03,733 --> 00:42:07,328
My name is Ellis Moonsong.
I am from Harlem, USA.
597
00:42:07,413 --> 00:42:10,928
Ellis Moonsong. Is that really your name?
598
00:42:11,013 --> 00:42:13,846
Yes, it is. Let's go and sit down.
599
00:42:13,933 --> 00:42:17,846
It's wonderful. You also play beautifully.
600
00:42:17,933 --> 00:42:20,572
Well, one thing I could always do
was make music.
601
00:42:20,653 --> 00:42:24,805
I can play all the instruments,
but my specialty is composition.
602
00:42:24,893 --> 00:42:28,966
I've written two operas. One was done
at Yale, I'm proud to say successfully,
603
00:42:29,053 --> 00:42:32,602
and the other one is being done
in Santa Fe next summer.
604
00:42:32,693 --> 00:42:35,491
- Very impressive.
- Yeah, listen to me brag.
605
00:42:35,573 --> 00:42:39,566
I'm insecure, so I sell myself.
The truth is, not everybody likes the music.
606
00:42:39,653 --> 00:42:43,612
They're kind of modern,
but the critics were extremely supportive.
607
00:42:43,693 --> 00:42:47,003
Is that what you wanna be -
another Verdi or Puccini?
608
00:42:47,093 --> 00:42:50,005
I don't kid myself, you know, but, yeah.
609
00:42:50,093 --> 00:42:54,405
lf I could rub that lamp and have my wish...
Operas, symphonies, string quartets.
610
00:42:54,493 --> 00:42:59,772
There's a lot of interest in my work in Europe.
I might go to Barcelona or to Paris to live.
611
00:42:59,853 --> 00:43:05,723
God, I can't stop gushing about myself.
You've opened Pandora's box.
612
00:43:05,813 --> 00:43:07,724
And you?
613
00:43:07,813 --> 00:43:11,772
I don't write opera,
but my life has been one.
614
00:43:11,853 --> 00:43:17,211
I'm one of those heroines too high-strung
for existence on this planet,
615
00:43:17,293 --> 00:43:19,887
although I brought
my worst troubles on myself.
616
00:43:19,973 --> 00:43:23,363
I shouldn't have reached
so thoughtlessly for my dreams.
617
00:43:23,453 --> 00:43:26,809
We grab without thinking
because we're passionate people.
618
00:43:26,893 --> 00:43:29,612
I knew you were passionate
once we started talking.
619
00:43:29,693 --> 00:43:32,366
- How?
- How?
620
00:43:32,453 --> 00:43:34,569
Well, your eyes, your voice.
621
00:43:34,653 --> 00:43:37,565
I got a great instinct about people.
622
00:43:37,653 --> 00:43:39,609
You know, I do. It's a gift.
623
00:43:39,693 --> 00:43:42,969
Let me get right to the point.
Can I get to know you better?
624
00:43:43,053 --> 00:43:47,490
I gotta go back and play, but
could we have lunch, you know, or dinner?
625
00:43:47,573 --> 00:43:50,849
You can certainly have my number,
if that's what you're asking.
626
00:43:53,493 --> 00:43:56,007
Let me... I'll just get a pen.
627
00:43:56,093 --> 00:43:58,084
There you are.
628
00:43:58,173 --> 00:44:02,052
- I saw Mr Bud Silverglide.
- The mystery pianist.
629
00:44:02,133 --> 00:44:05,364
Mr Moonsong, Ellis Moonsong, this is Laurel.
630
00:44:05,453 --> 00:44:09,002
Laurel? I dated a Laurel.
She broke my heart.
631
00:44:09,093 --> 00:44:13,086
I wrote this piece of music and I dedicated it
to her hoping it would win her back.
632
00:44:13,173 --> 00:44:17,212
- Let me be the first to tell you, it did not.
- He composes serious music.
633
00:44:17,293 --> 00:44:20,603
You two should have a lot to discuss
cos Laurel gave concerts.
634
00:44:20,693 --> 00:44:23,002
Those days vanished with the lost chord.
635
00:44:23,093 --> 00:44:27,166
His opera was a big success at Yale
and they're doing the other one where?
636
00:44:27,253 --> 00:44:29,892
At the Santa Fe Opera House.
637
00:44:30,613 --> 00:44:33,332
It's great when it's stretched out
in front of you.
638
00:44:33,413 --> 00:44:36,052
Well, I wish I was as optimistic as you.
639
00:44:36,133 --> 00:44:39,523
- Well, I'll call you tomorrow.
- I'm busy tomorrow.
640
00:44:39,613 --> 00:44:42,889
- What's tomorrow?
- Well, then, I'll call you the day after.
641
00:44:42,973 --> 00:44:45,168
lf you feel like it.
642
00:44:50,613 --> 00:44:54,447
What happened with you
and the swell dentist?
643
00:44:54,533 --> 00:44:56,603
He was very, very sweet.
644
00:44:56,693 --> 00:44:58,411
Very cute.
645
00:44:58,493 --> 00:45:00,688
But just not for me.
646
00:45:01,533 --> 00:45:06,846
But Ellis Moonsong is very poetic.
647
00:45:06,933 --> 00:45:08,525
Melinda.
648
00:45:08,613 --> 00:45:10,968
Things are amazing.
649
00:45:11,053 --> 00:45:13,408
You meet a stranger, and in a sudden rush,
650
00:45:13,493 --> 00:45:16,929
you're thinking to yourself,
''Could I live in Barcelona?''
651
00:45:17,013 --> 00:45:23,009
Be careful. I mean, you can't go through life
rubbing lamps and wishing.
652
00:45:24,173 --> 00:45:27,165
It doesn't work. Take it from me.
653
00:45:36,453 --> 00:45:37,932
Hey.
654
00:45:38,013 --> 00:45:39,810
Greg Earlinger.
655
00:45:41,693 --> 00:45:44,127
Hi.
656
00:45:44,213 --> 00:45:46,886
- Greg Earlinger.
- I'm Susan. We've met.
657
00:45:46,973 --> 00:45:49,851
- This is Melinda.
- Yes, wow.
658
00:45:49,933 --> 00:45:52,401
- Nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you.
659
00:45:52,493 --> 00:45:55,405
- So, this is Hobie.
- You're the gynaecologist.
660
00:45:55,493 --> 00:45:57,802
- Close. No, I'm the dentist.
- Dentist.
661
00:45:57,893 --> 00:46:00,691
Dentist. What were you thinking?
662
00:46:05,493 --> 00:46:10,328
- I love it at this time of year. It's so beautiful.
- It's nice when it's so bright, huh?
663
00:46:10,413 --> 00:46:13,325
You know, it's really sexy, isn't it?
664
00:46:13,413 --> 00:46:17,486
- You look a little carsick.
- Why? Cos I'm the colour of guacamole?
665
00:46:17,573 --> 00:46:21,566
This is going well.
Look how happy she looks.
666
00:46:21,653 --> 00:46:26,010
I wish we could afford a pad in the Hamptons.
Everybody who's anybody has one.
667
00:46:26,093 --> 00:46:31,213
But if you're somebody who's nobody, it's no
fun to be around anybody who's everybody.
668
00:46:31,293 --> 00:46:34,205
Isn't he charming?
And don't tell me he's not gorgeous.
669
00:46:34,293 --> 00:46:36,523
lf you like perfect features.
670
00:46:36,613 --> 00:46:38,683
Don't be such a crab.
671
00:46:38,773 --> 00:46:41,845
I'm gonna try to come out here more often.
672
00:46:42,813 --> 00:46:45,486
- Wow, it's so big.
- Thank you.
673
00:46:45,573 --> 00:46:49,566
It's so clean, too.
It's a great place to entertain, which I love.
674
00:46:49,653 --> 00:46:52,850
- God, Hobie, isn't it amazing?
- Yeah, I love the ramp.
675
00:46:52,933 --> 00:46:56,130
It's wheelchair accessible.
That's important out here.
676
00:46:56,213 --> 00:46:58,886
- Go ahead, guys. Go in.
- Thanks.
677
00:47:02,333 --> 00:47:06,326
It's tremendous for aerobics.
Come on, try it, Hobie.
678
00:47:06,413 --> 00:47:08,369
What do you do for exercise?
679
00:47:08,453 --> 00:47:11,843
Tiddlywinks.
And an occasional anxiety attack.
680
00:47:11,933 --> 00:47:16,404
- Try it, Hobie. It's good manners.
- Since when do I have good manners?
681
00:47:16,493 --> 00:47:19,803
- What is that? Is it a pig?
- I don't know.
682
00:47:19,893 --> 00:47:22,123
Hey, Greg, did you shoot this?
683
00:47:22,213 --> 00:47:24,773
Well, actually, I shot all of those.
684
00:47:24,853 --> 00:47:28,926
Twice a year I go to Africa.
The experience would take your breath away.
685
00:47:29,013 --> 00:47:32,005
Huge herds of kudu -
greater kudu and lesser kudu.
686
00:47:32,093 --> 00:47:35,369
- Which is bigger? The greater or the lesser?
- Hobie!
687
00:47:35,453 --> 00:47:41,528
I think it would be the sexiest thing to sleep
under the stars in the middle of the jungle...
688
00:47:41,613 --> 00:47:45,128
lf you don't mind waking up
with a python in your sleeping bag.
689
00:47:45,213 --> 00:47:49,729
No, no. The whole thing is very civilised.
They have beds and bathrooms and showers.
690
00:47:49,813 --> 00:47:54,603
But no elevators. In case you're being chased
by a tiger and you have to get up into a tree.
691
00:47:54,693 --> 00:47:57,685
- I'd have to take the elevator.
- I don't understand.
692
00:47:57,773 --> 00:48:00,287
- Me neither.
- Did you shoot all the furniture?
693
00:48:00,373 --> 00:48:05,083
- So, Melinda, have you ever shot a gun?
- How quickly was it shot? Freshly shot?
694
00:48:10,093 --> 00:48:12,926
- Right here?
- That's fine. This was fun. Thank you.
695
00:48:13,013 --> 00:48:15,652
- Are you sure you'll be all right?
- I'm fine.
696
00:48:15,733 --> 00:48:19,646
- Do you wanna come up for a drink?
- A drink! Yeah, we could do that.
697
00:48:19,733 --> 00:48:22,850
- We can't. You have to get up early.
- Why? I'm out of work.
698
00:48:22,933 --> 00:48:26,721
Hey, do you have any tequila?
I make the world's most potent margarita.
699
00:48:26,813 --> 00:48:28,849
- They're very strong.
- I sure do.
700
00:48:28,933 --> 00:48:31,493
- Are you all right?
- Here, can I help you?
701
00:48:31,573 --> 00:48:34,883
- Very good. You know this car so well.
- He's like an old man.
702
00:48:34,973 --> 00:48:38,045
- Thank you.
- I'm fine.
703
00:48:38,133 --> 00:48:39,725
It's like we're dancing.
704
00:48:39,813 --> 00:48:42,964
- Tequila's on the surgeon general's list.
- Just be quiet.
705
00:48:43,053 --> 00:48:46,090
Why'd he stop twice to get the car washed?
706
00:48:46,613 --> 00:48:50,891
God, he's incredible, isn't he?
It'd be great for Melinda if things worked out.
707
00:48:50,973 --> 00:48:53,407
I wouldn't let that guy fill my teeth.
708
00:48:53,493 --> 00:48:56,929
I mean, anyone who gets his jollies
putting holes in animals...
709
00:48:57,013 --> 00:48:59,846
The Ernest Hemingway of the root canal set.
710
00:48:59,933 --> 00:49:02,652
He's probably got her in bed by now.
711
00:49:03,453 --> 00:49:06,013
I didn't think she could stand him.
712
00:49:06,093 --> 00:49:08,971
Not every woman falls
for that phoney social rap,
713
00:49:09,053 --> 00:49:14,923
you know, with the Haut-Brion and
special cheeses and backgammon trophy.
714
00:49:15,013 --> 00:49:17,322
Someone must blow him up with an air hose.
715
00:49:17,413 --> 00:49:22,646
You know what? Can we just not discuss it?
And, frankly, I thought you acted like a clown.
716
00:49:22,733 --> 00:49:26,123
Now, can I talk to you for a minute?
And try not to get upset.
717
00:49:26,213 --> 00:49:30,729
What? You wanna spend more time in
the Hamptons whether I go with you or not?
718
00:49:30,813 --> 00:49:33,646
I told you Steve Walsh
is gonna co-produce my film.
719
00:49:33,733 --> 00:49:38,011
Yes, that's fantastic. I figured out
a great way to play the psychiatrist.
720
00:49:38,093 --> 00:49:41,244
It's fresh. With a limp. I do a great limp,
721
00:49:41,333 --> 00:49:44,211
and that will account
for his crushing insecurity.
722
00:49:44,293 --> 00:49:47,649
That way, when I make a pass at Rosalie,
I expect the rejection.
723
00:49:47,733 --> 00:49:49,928
You won't be able to play the shrink.
724
00:49:50,013 --> 00:49:52,243
- Why not?
- Steve wants a name.
725
00:49:52,333 --> 00:49:55,803
- I have a name on my driver's license.
- He won't go with an unknown.
726
00:49:55,893 --> 00:49:59,647
- You're the director. You say what goes.
- Without him, there's no film.
727
00:49:59,733 --> 00:50:02,645
But I'm the perfect psychiatrist. You said it.
728
00:50:02,733 --> 00:50:05,725
I think I can find something else
for you in the script.
729
00:50:05,813 --> 00:50:08,088
- Like what?
- What about Moe Flanders?
730
00:50:08,173 --> 00:50:11,688
You'd be a natural.
You're more Flanders than you are the shrink.
731
00:50:11,773 --> 00:50:16,767
Flanders? The retarded elevator operator
with the cleft palate?
732
00:50:16,853 --> 00:50:20,892
- Is that how you see me?
- When have I said you had a cleft palate?
733
00:50:20,973 --> 00:50:23,931
- Help!
- My God. That's Melinda.
734
00:50:24,013 --> 00:50:27,130
He's raping her.
Probably put Novocaine in her margarita.
735
00:50:27,213 --> 00:50:30,808
- Help! Help!
- What is it? What's wrong? What's wrong?
736
00:50:30,893 --> 00:50:33,885
I got a tick! There's a tick in my leg.
737
00:50:33,973 --> 00:50:37,682
- Where's Greg?
- He's a dentist. He doesn't do tick extractions.
738
00:50:37,773 --> 00:50:40,526
His beeper went off.
He had some kind of emergency.
739
00:50:40,613 --> 00:50:43,525
Someone saw a rhino on Sixth Avenue
and they needed a hunter.
740
00:50:43,613 --> 00:50:47,401
- Get it out! Quick! Please! Please!
- I don't know how. In the Bronx we had mice.
741
00:50:47,493 --> 00:50:51,805
You need a doctor. You can't pull it out cos
the body comes out and the head stays in.
742
00:50:51,893 --> 00:50:55,806
- I feel terrible. I think I'm gonna faint.
- Take her to the emergency room.
743
00:50:55,893 --> 00:50:59,886
- There's a tick inside me sucking my blood!
- It's not sucking your blood.
744
00:50:59,973 --> 00:51:03,010
Those are leeches.
But this is disgusting enough.
745
00:51:31,893 --> 00:51:35,886
I'm so sorry. It was so nice of you
to come and hang with me.
746
00:51:35,973 --> 00:51:37,372
That's OK.
747
00:51:37,453 --> 00:51:43,323
Actually, I love watching a live creature being
pulled out of somebody's body at 3.30am.
748
00:51:43,413 --> 00:51:48,806
- lf that happens again, please call me.
- It was really nice of you - this whole day.
749
00:51:48,893 --> 00:51:51,566
It's obvious
you don't care much for the beach.
750
00:51:51,653 --> 00:51:57,523
It's not the beach so much as the ocean, the
sand and the seagulls and things like that.
751
00:51:57,613 --> 00:51:59,410
Well, go.
752
00:51:59,493 --> 00:52:02,053
You've had a long day. Rest.
753
00:52:02,133 --> 00:52:05,205
Call me. I'm over here if you need me. OK?
754
00:52:05,293 --> 00:52:09,491
But try not to panic.
The screaming frightened me.
755
00:52:09,573 --> 00:52:14,442
And you would be totally cool if you had a
live insect crawling around under your skin?
756
00:52:14,533 --> 00:52:16,808
I wouldn't enjoy it, but I wouldn't panic.
757
00:52:16,893 --> 00:52:20,044
That's good because
there's one in the back of your neck.
758
00:52:20,133 --> 00:52:21,725
- My neck?
- Your neck.
759
00:52:21,813 --> 00:52:23,963
- My neck?
- Yes. Right here. It's OK.
760
00:52:24,053 --> 00:52:26,283
- Get it off! Get it off me!
- Relax. OK.
761
00:52:31,013 --> 00:52:33,925
This is exciting.
I've never been to the races before.
762
00:52:34,013 --> 00:52:38,291
Here's a horse called Broadway Melody.
I think that's a lucky name.
763
00:52:38,373 --> 00:52:44,369
Well, it's not very sensible to pick horses
by their names, but I guess it's romantic.
764
00:52:57,413 --> 00:52:59,324
That was so beautiful.
765
00:52:59,413 --> 00:53:02,610
There is no more sublime music
than that second movement.
766
00:53:02,693 --> 00:53:05,924
Laurel cannot listen without crying.
Her eyes are all red.
767
00:53:06,013 --> 00:53:10,404
I'm with her. When Raphael first laid eyes
upon the Sistine Chapel he passed out.
768
00:53:10,493 --> 00:53:13,803
- Aren't you gonna find us a taxi?
- Yeah, let's go.
769
00:53:13,893 --> 00:53:16,248
She's head over heels in love with him.
770
00:53:16,333 --> 00:53:19,689
He's gifted, sensitive.
He is unfazed by the details of her past.
771
00:53:19,773 --> 00:53:22,446
He is, in fact, moved by her suffering.
772
00:53:22,533 --> 00:53:28,165
Even the awful story she's been
reluctant to tell but feels that she must.
773
00:53:28,813 --> 00:53:31,088
I killed him.
774
00:53:31,173 --> 00:53:33,767
But it was an accident.
775
00:53:35,093 --> 00:53:36,890
No.
776
00:53:38,573 --> 00:53:42,851
In my defense, I will say
I was out of my mind on drugs.
777
00:53:42,933 --> 00:53:45,811
I shouldn't say drugs. Pills.
778
00:53:45,893 --> 00:53:48,726
Pills to help me sleep at night,
pills to keep me awake,
779
00:53:48,813 --> 00:53:55,252
whatever I could get my hands on to sweep
my various pains and anxieties under the rug.
780
00:53:57,573 --> 00:54:01,327
But if I'm honest about it, I did mean to do it.
781
00:54:01,413 --> 00:54:03,210
No.
782
00:54:05,333 --> 00:54:08,450
I denied it in the trial, of course.
783
00:54:08,533 --> 00:54:10,922
But the fact is, l...
784
00:54:12,493 --> 00:54:15,246
I couldn't think of what else to do.
785
00:54:16,053 --> 00:54:19,090
I thought about killing myself.
786
00:54:19,173 --> 00:54:23,371
Why I didn't, I can't say.
It would have been much more rational.
787
00:54:23,453 --> 00:54:26,923
I thought about killing his girlfriend.
788
00:54:28,613 --> 00:54:30,763
Maryanne was her name.
789
00:54:30,853 --> 00:54:32,844
Maryanne Lane.
790
00:54:35,373 --> 00:54:37,568
And it was...
791
00:54:38,613 --> 00:54:41,002
It was so easy buying a gun.
792
00:54:42,493 --> 00:54:47,487
I just drove out of state
and I walked into a store and I bought one.
793
00:54:47,573 --> 00:54:49,370
There were no questions asked.
794
00:54:49,453 --> 00:54:56,052
I bought a box of bullets and I loaded it
like I'd been handling one my whole life.
795
00:54:57,493 --> 00:55:00,724
It was all very premeditated,
796
00:55:02,253 --> 00:55:06,883
despite what my attorneys
would have everyone believe.
797
00:55:06,973 --> 00:55:09,362
And then l
798
00:55:09,453 --> 00:55:11,808
drove back to where he worked.
799
00:55:11,893 --> 00:55:17,251
It was next to a Christian Science
reading room. I remember that.
800
00:55:17,333 --> 00:55:21,246
And I just waited out the front
for him to come out.
801
00:55:21,333 --> 00:55:24,484
And even that wasn't very difficult.
802
00:55:25,293 --> 00:55:30,003
There was a slight drizzle, I remember that,
but the wait wasn't interminable.
803
00:55:30,093 --> 00:55:32,084
And then
804
00:55:33,173 --> 00:55:38,247
when he came out and walked to his car,
I simply confronted him.
805
00:55:39,053 --> 00:55:43,046
And he said some
very cold and cruel things to me,
806
00:55:43,133 --> 00:55:47,331
and I shot Mr San Giuliano
807
00:55:50,413 --> 00:55:52,608
as I had planned to.
808
00:55:54,813 --> 00:55:57,008
As I had planned.
809
00:56:01,691 --> 00:56:07,721
Well, they must have felt the circumstances
were extenuating if you got off so lightly.
810
00:56:07,811 --> 00:56:09,961
It may seem lightly to you,
811
00:56:10,411 --> 00:56:12,402
but it was nothing but hell.
812
00:56:12,491 --> 00:56:18,088
And if you've never been arrested and put
on trial, well, that alone is sentence enough.
813
00:56:18,171 --> 00:56:20,446
The horror, the...
814
00:56:20,531 --> 00:56:26,925
the tension, the police, the journalists...
I went over my story hundreds of times -
815
00:56:27,011 --> 00:56:30,526
the jilted mother, seduced away
from her family, sick on drugs,
816
00:56:30,611 --> 00:56:34,081
the struggle for the gun, the gun goes off.
817
00:56:37,291 --> 00:56:39,680
But there was no struggle.
818
00:56:41,451 --> 00:56:43,760
That was legal fiction.
819
00:56:44,611 --> 00:56:47,489
Well, you had good lawyers.
820
00:56:47,571 --> 00:56:50,039
Not like your child custody team.
821
00:56:53,971 --> 00:56:58,601
I remember just lying
in my cell at night and thinking,
822
00:56:59,411 --> 00:57:01,402
''My God.''
823
00:57:03,331 --> 00:57:06,926
''You are Melinda Nash from Park Avenue.''
824
00:57:08,771 --> 00:57:13,640
''What the hell are you doing
in a women's prison in Illinois?''
825
00:57:15,971 --> 00:57:21,170
So, naturally, after I got out
I decided to end it all.
826
00:57:26,011 --> 00:57:28,081
What do you want?
827
00:57:32,571 --> 00:57:37,565
I want to want to live.
828
00:57:39,051 --> 00:57:41,246
Everybody wants to live.
829
00:57:47,451 --> 00:57:51,603
Now that I met you,
I'm feeling a little more positive about it.
830
00:57:52,571 --> 00:57:55,563
Congratulate me. I just got canned.
831
00:57:57,011 --> 00:58:01,562
My version differs from theirs. They would
have you believe I couldn't hold my liquor,
832
00:58:01,651 --> 00:58:05,246
which anyone who knows me
knows is a baseless canard.
833
00:58:05,331 --> 00:58:07,891
Lee, I knew this would happen.
834
00:58:08,611 --> 00:58:11,648
You did? Well, why didn't you tell me?
835
00:58:11,731 --> 00:58:14,928
I'm angry and disgusted.
I mean, Christ, can you blame them?
836
00:58:15,011 --> 00:58:19,562
Thank you for the emotional support.
I'll see you around.
837
00:58:24,091 --> 00:58:26,207
- Hey.
- Hi.
838
00:58:26,291 --> 00:58:30,762
- You all right? You seem a little glum.
- Lee got fired.
839
00:58:32,331 --> 00:58:33,810
What happened?
840
00:58:33,891 --> 00:58:36,485
It was the producer.
They'd always wanted a name.
841
00:58:36,571 --> 00:58:40,200
- They got nervous cos ticket sales were slow.
- I'm sorry.
842
00:58:40,291 --> 00:58:44,250
- I know the realities of the marketplace.
- Yeah. So, what are you gonna do?
843
00:58:44,331 --> 00:58:48,643
I don't know if I should feel sorry for myself
or shop to blot out my depression.
844
00:58:48,731 --> 00:58:50,528
- Neither. Come with us.
- With you?
845
00:58:50,611 --> 00:58:54,286
Sure. I'm taking Melinda
to a recording session. Bart�k.
846
00:58:54,371 --> 00:58:56,441
- No...
- It'll take your mind off things.
847
00:58:56,531 --> 00:59:00,490
- You love Bart�k. They're doing a quartet.
- You remembered?
848
00:59:00,571 --> 00:59:03,608
- Come on.
- Do I have time to change?
849
00:59:03,691 --> 00:59:07,445
- You look fine. Look at me.
- I feel so grungy. I've been working all day.
850
00:59:07,531 --> 00:59:11,729
- All right, but hurry, then we'll get a coffee.
- OK.
851
00:59:35,331 --> 00:59:38,403
- It's beautiful, isn't it?
- They're so good.
852
00:59:38,491 --> 00:59:43,326
I could never decide between the piano and
the cello. The result is I play them both badly.
853
00:59:43,411 --> 00:59:46,608
- And the viola.
- I heard you play the piano. You're good.
854
00:59:46,691 --> 00:59:47,726
- No.
- Yes.
855
00:59:47,811 --> 00:59:51,599
Full of feeling.
You have a lovely touch of the keys.
856
00:59:51,691 --> 00:59:55,047
I can see a person's soul
by their intonation on an instrument -
857
00:59:55,131 --> 00:59:58,487
- keyboard, horn or strings. I can. It's a gift.
- You saw my soul?
858
00:59:58,571 --> 01:00:02,849
Right off the bat. That first party,
when you sat down next to me to play,
859
01:00:02,931 --> 01:00:07,209
the minute you touched the keys
the chord went through me like a knife.
860
01:00:07,291 --> 01:00:09,964
I don't dare ask you what you saw.
861
01:00:12,411 --> 01:00:15,005
It's great.
862
01:00:15,091 --> 01:00:19,881
Although I find
the more turbulent parts a little scary.
863
01:00:23,931 --> 01:00:26,491
- He's still not home.
- Come to dinner with us.
864
01:00:26,571 --> 01:00:29,131
- No, I can't.
- Come on. It's gonna be fun.
865
01:00:29,211 --> 01:00:34,888
We'll go down to this little bistro downtown
west. It's very quiet, very dark, very French.
866
01:00:34,971 --> 01:00:40,284
- I haven't been to a dark bistro since college.
- You'll love it. I've fallen in love there.
867
01:00:40,611 --> 01:00:42,488
No more for me.
868
01:00:42,571 --> 01:00:45,404
- Melinda was the fast, advanced one.
- Come on.
869
01:00:45,491 --> 01:00:48,688
All the men were crazy for her.
They were drawn to her.
870
01:00:48,771 --> 01:00:50,887
Her unpredictability.
871
01:00:50,971 --> 01:00:53,280
No, Laurel was the star of our group.
872
01:00:53,371 --> 01:00:56,727
I remember how jealous everyone was
when you married Lee.
873
01:00:56,811 --> 01:01:00,008
Lee was the most attractive,
most charismatic actor.
874
01:01:00,091 --> 01:01:06,166
My God. You almost broke Cassie's heart,
not that she'd ever admit it.
875
01:01:06,251 --> 01:01:11,200
Forgive me. Am I being too open here?
It's just I feel great.
876
01:01:11,291 --> 01:01:13,566
- What is this?
- It's a Haut-Brion.
877
01:01:13,651 --> 01:01:17,087
My head is swimming. But it feels good.
878
01:01:17,171 --> 01:01:22,006
You were the first one in our group to sleep
with a man. You were so very sophisticated.
879
01:01:22,091 --> 01:01:26,562
- I admired it. I did.
- Yeah, well, it was probably true.
880
01:01:26,651 --> 01:01:32,442
- I had a deep hunger for physical intimacy.
- A hunger that could not be denied.
881
01:01:32,531 --> 01:01:36,160
Not once adolescence descended
and the hormones kicked in.
882
01:01:36,251 --> 01:01:40,722
Melinda had a reputation
for being postmodern in bed.
883
01:01:40,811 --> 01:01:46,727
Life is short. That was a sobering discovery
I made when my mother killed herself.
884
01:01:46,811 --> 01:01:52,807
Short, and not about anything except
what you can touch and what touches you.
885
01:01:54,171 --> 01:01:56,162
Whereas l...
886
01:01:57,011 --> 01:02:00,162
I've only made love with one man in my life.
887
01:02:00,251 --> 01:02:03,926
Lee was the first
and Lee was the whole story ever since.
888
01:02:04,011 --> 01:02:06,889
That's perfect. No, I mean it.
889
01:02:06,971 --> 01:02:11,601
I think there's something almost mystical
about two people who only know each other.
890
01:02:11,691 --> 01:02:14,046
And, really, you're both very alike.
891
01:02:14,131 --> 01:02:17,601
You know, you're both very,
very passionate women.
892
01:02:17,691 --> 01:02:22,481
You're poured into one person, and you've
wanted to live out different experiences.
893
01:02:24,411 --> 01:02:27,130
- Is that you?
- No.
894
01:02:27,211 --> 01:02:29,600
No, I think it's me.
895
01:02:32,331 --> 01:02:34,322
So, I got a message.
896
01:02:36,451 --> 01:02:40,524
That was Peter.
I think he's got some news about my children.
897
01:02:41,531 --> 01:02:45,126
- Would you excuse me for a minute?
- Yeah, go ahead.
898
01:02:53,771 --> 01:02:56,683
I was determined not to ask you
899
01:02:56,771 --> 01:03:01,049
what you saw when you looked
right through to my soul when we met.
900
01:03:01,131 --> 01:03:02,928
But I wanna know.
901
01:03:03,451 --> 01:03:05,646
Something very clouded
902
01:03:06,731 --> 01:03:08,403
and
903
01:03:08,491 --> 01:03:11,164
protective,
904
01:03:11,251 --> 01:03:14,084
with lots of longing. There was...
905
01:03:14,171 --> 01:03:18,642
Wow, there was a great longing
in the notes you played.
906
01:03:19,531 --> 01:03:25,208
That's as accurate a diagnosis as a shrink
would make. It took you a much shorter time.
907
01:03:25,291 --> 01:03:27,361
You sat down and pressed the keyboard,
908
01:03:27,451 --> 01:03:32,525
and I thought, ''Who is this lovely creature
with the melancholy touch on the keyboard?''
909
01:03:32,611 --> 01:03:37,207
Then I saw your wedding ring,
and I thought, you know, story of my life.
910
01:03:37,771 --> 01:03:39,966
Is that the story of your life?
911
01:03:40,411 --> 01:03:43,050
Well, it's the main chapters.
912
01:03:44,451 --> 01:03:46,521
My first impression was,
913
01:03:46,611 --> 01:03:48,522
he's handsome,
914
01:03:48,611 --> 01:03:50,522
he's lost,
915
01:03:50,611 --> 01:03:53,079
he's got inscrutable eyes...
916
01:03:53,931 --> 01:03:56,684
Melinda would like him.
917
01:03:57,891 --> 01:03:59,927
Speaking of Melinda.
918
01:04:02,291 --> 01:04:05,886
I don't dare say this, but it looks hopeful.
919
01:04:07,411 --> 01:04:09,766
God.
920
01:04:09,851 --> 01:04:12,968
I almost wish this opportunity
hadn't come up, you know.
921
01:04:13,051 --> 01:04:16,407
I just don't know
if I can handle the tension.
922
01:04:16,491 --> 01:04:18,561
I mean...
923
01:04:18,651 --> 01:04:23,167
- Just say it doesn't work out.
- It will. You have to think positively.
924
01:04:23,251 --> 01:04:28,166
She's right. You were correct when you said
that life is short and not about anything,
925
01:04:28,251 --> 01:04:33,883
but one thing I do know is that we were not
put on this Earth to be dragged all the time.
926
01:04:35,451 --> 01:04:37,726
We should go.
927
01:04:37,811 --> 01:04:42,202
I was hoping that you could come by my
class one afternoon and lecture the students.
928
01:04:42,291 --> 01:04:46,125
- It would be so meaningful to them.
- I'd love to.
929
01:04:46,211 --> 01:04:50,727
I'm a good lecturer. I just hope
I'm not a better lecturer than a composer.
930
01:04:55,131 --> 01:04:58,646
- You're home.
- I'm sorry, Laurel.
931
01:04:58,731 --> 01:05:00,847
I really messed things up.
932
01:05:00,931 --> 01:05:04,640
Yes, well, you really have
to get a handle on your drinking.
933
01:05:04,731 --> 01:05:07,370
Yes. And I will.
934
01:05:07,451 --> 01:05:10,045
Of course, now the boat sailed.
935
01:05:11,771 --> 01:05:14,968
- Made you some dinner.
- I ate.
936
01:05:15,051 --> 01:05:17,929
Where were you?
937
01:05:18,011 --> 01:05:20,889
I had some late meetings at school.
938
01:05:37,451 --> 01:05:40,409
- I don't know what to do.
- And you're sure?
939
01:05:40,491 --> 01:05:44,643
- Yes. It was there in his talk, in his eyes.
- And you flirted back?
940
01:05:44,731 --> 01:05:48,041
Yes. I was outta control,
letting him know I was there for him.
941
01:05:48,131 --> 01:05:50,087
God. Poor Melinda.
942
01:05:50,171 --> 01:05:54,483
I don't wanna hear about poor Melinda.
Other people's lives are falling apart.
943
01:05:54,571 --> 01:05:58,007
Peter and I suspected
it was not going well with Lee.
944
01:05:58,091 --> 01:06:01,288
Does everyone? Am I gossiped about?
945
01:06:01,371 --> 01:06:03,441
God, that poor girl.
946
01:06:03,531 --> 01:06:07,160
- Don't worry. I'm not gonna do anything.
- You already have.
947
01:06:07,251 --> 01:06:10,880
lf you get divorced, there'll be lots of men.
Peter and I can help.
948
01:06:10,971 --> 01:06:16,045
No. I'm not gonna be the pathetic single
friend getting introduced to some dentist.
949
01:06:16,131 --> 01:06:18,929
You're gonna act on this. I see it.
950
01:06:22,691 --> 01:06:25,967
I don't know what to do.
I can't stop thinking about Melinda.
951
01:06:26,051 --> 01:06:29,441
She just knocked on our door
carrying her neurosis in her arms.
952
01:06:29,531 --> 01:06:32,603
- Now I can't get her out of my mind.
- Come on. You're married.
953
01:06:32,691 --> 01:06:38,448
I know. I know that. I'm consumed with guilt.
I dream of myself kissing Melinda.
954
01:06:38,531 --> 01:06:41,807
- Then I'm on trial at Nuremberg.
- How does Melinda feel?
955
01:06:41,891 --> 01:06:46,328
I haven't been able to tell her that.
The subject of infidelity's out of the question.
956
01:06:46,411 --> 01:06:49,369
- You don't know if she feels the same?
- No, I think she does.
957
01:06:49,451 --> 01:06:53,285
I just haven't had a chance to pursue it.
I mean, Walt, here's the thing.
958
01:06:53,371 --> 01:06:56,249
My marriage has been on the decline
for a long time.
959
01:06:56,331 --> 01:06:58,606
We hardly ever sleep together.
960
01:06:58,691 --> 01:07:02,684
The last time we did
Susan just lay there staring into the darkness
961
01:07:02,771 --> 01:07:05,763
as if her parents had been killed in a fire.
962
01:07:05,851 --> 01:07:09,890
Well, why can't you just tell her
it's not working any more?
963
01:07:09,971 --> 01:07:15,284
I don't wanna hurt her. I couldn't fire my
podiatrist who operated on my wrong foot.
964
01:07:15,371 --> 01:07:17,726
Maybe you should go back to your shrink.
965
01:07:17,811 --> 01:07:21,406
He'd just recommend Prozac.
I think he has stock in the company.
966
01:07:21,491 --> 01:07:24,449
- Maybe you're using Susan as an excuse.
- No.
967
01:07:24,531 --> 01:07:27,603
Yes. Maybe you don't even really wanna do it.
968
01:07:27,691 --> 01:07:32,890
No, cos if there was a button I could push to
be with Melinda but not hurt Susan, I'd do it.
969
01:07:32,971 --> 01:07:37,442
Tell me this. How wise is it to get involved
with a woman with Melinda's track record?
970
01:07:37,531 --> 01:07:42,321
That's why I'm convinced I'm in love with her,
because there's no logical reason to be.
971
01:07:42,411 --> 01:07:45,209
- Be a man. Be honest with Susan.
- I don't know...
972
01:07:45,291 --> 01:07:49,079
That's what you have to do!
Be honest with her. She'll live, you'll live.
973
01:07:49,171 --> 01:07:52,481
Then you go out,
you buy Melinda a nice little bauble -
974
01:07:52,571 --> 01:07:54,721
I heard her say that she likes Art Deco -
975
01:07:54,811 --> 01:07:58,167
- take her out, confess your feelings.
- You sure?
976
01:07:58,251 --> 01:08:02,324
- Yeah. That's the way.
- This is gonna crush Susan.
977
01:08:15,451 --> 01:08:19,205
How you doin'?
The Deco pin there.
978
01:08:19,291 --> 01:08:21,327
- How much is that?
- That's $150.
979
01:08:21,411 --> 01:08:25,484
- Could you giftwrap that for me?
- Yes, of course.
980
01:08:41,691 --> 01:08:46,162
I wish I could be with Melinda
without hurting my wife.
981
01:09:14,611 --> 01:09:19,241
- Hobie, what are you doing here?
- Now, don't get upset.
982
01:09:19,331 --> 01:09:25,327
Hobie, I think you should know that Steve
and I have become attracted to one another.
983
01:09:26,491 --> 01:09:30,564
- You have?
- lf you punch me in the nose, I'd understand.
984
01:09:30,651 --> 01:09:33,563
He came here to be with me while I told you.
985
01:09:33,651 --> 01:09:36,927
You have to admit,
things have run out of steam between us.
986
01:09:37,011 --> 01:09:39,923
I just... Try to understand.
987
01:09:40,011 --> 01:09:41,842
I do.
988
01:09:41,931 --> 01:09:45,924
I think we've been drifting a...
Wait. You do understand?
989
01:09:46,011 --> 01:09:48,764
I do. Most definitely.
990
01:09:48,851 --> 01:09:54,050
You're having an affair with Steve Walsh.
He's wonderful. He's clever.
991
01:09:54,131 --> 01:09:57,680
He's smart. He's fabulously wealthy.
992
01:09:58,131 --> 01:10:02,124
I know. I just want you to know
I don't want anything.
993
01:10:02,211 --> 01:10:05,009
I know how tough
your work has been for you,
994
01:10:05,091 --> 01:10:09,050
and we've decided Steve
is just gonna help with all the legal expenses,
995
01:10:09,131 --> 01:10:13,602
and I just want everything to be
as painless and as civilised as possible.
996
01:10:13,691 --> 01:10:17,843
You know, I think that
we can always be friends.
997
01:10:18,291 --> 01:10:21,681
Melinda. Hobie.
Can you meet me for a few minutes?
998
01:10:21,771 --> 01:10:25,127
There's something I'm dying to tell you
when you get off work.
999
01:10:25,211 --> 01:10:28,647
You know that little French bistro
on the corner of Tenth Avenue?
1000
01:10:28,731 --> 01:10:31,564
The little candlelight joint ,
near where you work.
1001
01:10:37,331 --> 01:10:42,007
Are you sure you should be drinking
so much without having any lunch?
1002
01:10:42,091 --> 01:10:47,211
Well, we worked through lunch.
I was doing a voice-over commercial.
1003
01:10:47,291 --> 01:10:50,920
It's not what I envisioned
when I was at Northwestern.
1004
01:10:51,011 --> 01:10:55,243
They still talk about
my portrayal of King Lear.
1005
01:10:55,331 --> 01:10:57,765
I played it with a limp.
1006
01:10:59,611 --> 01:11:02,284
How are you liking the job at the gallery?
1007
01:11:02,971 --> 01:11:05,769
Well, my boss is great.
1008
01:11:05,851 --> 01:11:08,649
- She has amazing taste.
- Good.
1009
01:11:09,491 --> 01:11:12,961
I mean, it's not a very high-paying job,
but it's fantastic
1010
01:11:13,051 --> 01:11:17,169
cos I have plenty of time
to think about what I wanna do with my life.
1011
01:11:17,251 --> 01:11:19,640
Well, I'm glad you said that.
1012
01:11:20,851 --> 01:11:26,084
God, you look very pretty in this candlelight.
1013
01:11:27,211 --> 01:11:31,841
I'm sure anyone would look amazing
with all this flickering shadows
1014
01:11:31,931 --> 01:11:34,081
and all the wine you're drinking.
1015
01:11:34,171 --> 01:11:37,880
Right. Right. Well, I'm drinking
1016
01:11:37,971 --> 01:11:41,008
because life moves so fast.
1017
01:11:41,091 --> 01:11:43,286
So unpredictably.
1018
01:11:43,371 --> 01:11:46,886
You know, it's over so fast
and in the end, what is it?
1019
01:11:46,971 --> 01:11:49,280
Chekhov said a soap bubble.
1020
01:11:50,491 --> 01:11:53,927
Did I tell you I played Uncle Vanya once?
1021
01:11:54,011 --> 01:11:56,809
With a limp. It was interesting.
1022
01:11:58,891 --> 01:12:04,568
You know, it's funny
that you should say ''unpredictable'',
1023
01:12:04,651 --> 01:12:08,246
because I was walking home yesterday.
1024
01:12:08,331 --> 01:12:10,686
I have to tell you this story.
1025
01:12:10,771 --> 01:12:14,400
So, some people were moving
into an apartment on 90th Street.
1026
01:12:14,491 --> 01:12:18,609
And they were moving this piano,
so there was this piano just, you know,
1027
01:12:18,691 --> 01:12:21,080
sitting in the middle of the sidewalk.
1028
01:12:21,171 --> 01:12:26,609
And I couldn't resist the temptation
just to go up and give it a little tinkle.
1029
01:12:26,691 --> 01:12:29,683
I play a little piano.
I used to play in high school.
1030
01:12:29,771 --> 01:12:33,002
I actually gave some concerts.
1031
01:12:33,091 --> 01:12:38,961
Anyway, I'm playing this piano. I'm playing
this little tune that my mother taught me.
1032
01:12:39,051 --> 01:12:41,360
And this...
1033
01:12:41,451 --> 01:12:43,601
this guy came up
1034
01:12:43,691 --> 01:12:46,080
and started talking to me.
1035
01:12:51,931 --> 01:12:53,922
- Hi.
- Hi.
1036
01:12:58,251 --> 01:13:00,242
That's good.
1037
01:13:01,131 --> 01:13:03,929
- You play the melody.
- All right.
1038
01:13:08,691 --> 01:13:11,285
Is that what you're trying for?
1039
01:13:12,971 --> 01:13:15,360
- Exactly.
- Good.
1040
01:13:16,811 --> 01:13:19,883
So, his name is Billy Wheeler,
1041
01:13:19,971 --> 01:13:22,280
and he's a piano player.
1042
01:13:22,371 --> 01:13:25,010
And he also writes pretty music.
1043
01:13:25,091 --> 01:13:29,562
And he walked me back to my apartment
and he invited me out on a date.
1044
01:13:29,651 --> 01:13:31,926
And
1045
01:13:32,011 --> 01:13:34,571
I think I'm in love.
1046
01:13:35,371 --> 01:13:38,761
- In love?
- Well, I mean, I'm exaggerating, of course,
1047
01:13:38,851 --> 01:13:42,207
but some bell definitely went off.
1048
01:13:42,651 --> 01:13:46,166
- A bell?
- One of those bells that now and then rings,
1049
01:13:46,251 --> 01:13:52,599
as Mr Cole Porter put it. So, anyway, I just
thought that you would be pleased to know.
1050
01:13:52,691 --> 01:13:55,159
So, what is it that you wanted to tell me?
1051
01:13:59,491 --> 01:14:02,642
I don't... It doesn't matter.
1052
01:14:02,731 --> 01:14:09,603
OK. This situation is perfect -
he's despondent, he's desperate, he's suicidal.
1053
01:14:10,051 --> 01:14:12,929
All the comic elements are in place.
1054
01:14:13,011 --> 01:14:18,244
Now she's going out with Billy Wheeler,
and Hobie's the single upstairs neighbor.
1055
01:14:18,331 --> 01:14:20,287
Now she's fixing him up.
1056
01:14:20,371 --> 01:14:22,362
We must know somebody for Hobie.
1057
01:14:22,451 --> 01:14:25,329
- The woman who owns your art gallery?
- Phoebe's married.
1058
01:14:25,411 --> 01:14:28,926
I don't need to meet anyone.
I'm fine just staying in my room and...
1059
01:14:29,011 --> 01:14:31,650
And what? Moping?
1060
01:14:31,731 --> 01:14:35,326
Get out and reinvest your emotion.
Don't indulge your depression.
1061
01:14:35,411 --> 01:14:39,040
- Hey. Stacey Fox. Why not?
- Who?
1062
01:14:39,131 --> 01:14:43,522
She recently broke up with some Wall
Street guy. She's bright and great-looking.
1063
01:14:43,611 --> 01:14:45,727
- What does she do?
- Investment.
1064
01:14:45,811 --> 01:14:49,599
One of those business suits
who makes love to you on a conference call.
1065
01:14:49,691 --> 01:14:55,641
She's no stereotype. She posed for a feature
for Playboy on naked political conservatives.
1066
01:14:55,731 --> 01:15:00,168
Well, uh, I don't know if that's his type.
She's probably got augmented cleavage.
1067
01:15:00,251 --> 01:15:03,527
She's anybody's type. Come on.
Wednesday's Halloween.
1068
01:15:03,611 --> 01:15:07,286
We were gonna go out. You should
meet Stacey. I think she just broke up.
1069
01:15:07,371 --> 01:15:12,286
Hobie agrees to being fixed up,
but he's still madly in love with Melinda.
1070
01:15:12,371 --> 01:15:16,728
He dreams about her all the time.
He's consumed with jealousy.
1071
01:15:16,811 --> 01:15:21,327
He can't bear the thought that she might
be making love with another man.
1072
01:15:21,411 --> 01:15:25,290
He wants to know!
But he doesn't wanna know.
1073
01:15:25,371 --> 01:15:27,760
It's driving him crazy.
1074
01:15:38,771 --> 01:15:42,320
Did you hear something?
I heard something at the front.
1075
01:15:42,411 --> 01:15:46,484
Can you just go check the door?
Make sure it's locked.
1076
01:16:44,331 --> 01:16:48,085
- What is it? What's the matter?
- I need to talk to you.
1077
01:16:48,171 --> 01:16:50,969
You look terrible. What happened?
1078
01:16:51,051 --> 01:16:54,680
I think Laurel and Ellis are having an affair.
1079
01:16:54,771 --> 01:16:57,160
What?
1080
01:16:57,251 --> 01:17:00,004
I'm going crazy. I just...
1081
01:17:00,091 --> 01:17:02,810
- Take it easy, will you?
- I don't know what to do.
1082
01:17:02,891 --> 01:17:05,849
- Well, what makes you think so?
- I just know it, OK?
1083
01:17:05,931 --> 01:17:10,368
I've been through this once before.
Laurel is supposed to be my closest friend.
1084
01:17:10,451 --> 01:17:15,320
But what makes you think
that something's going on?
1085
01:17:15,411 --> 01:17:20,439
I thought it was my paranoia. Then last week
I was coming home from house hunting.
1086
01:17:20,531 --> 01:17:27,050
Ellis was out of town. And I overheard
this argument between Laurel and Lee.
1087
01:17:27,491 --> 01:17:30,005
- What's this?
- What?
1088
01:17:30,091 --> 01:17:32,730
Whose key is this? Who's A?
1089
01:17:32,811 --> 01:17:34,244
A?
1090
01:17:34,331 --> 01:17:36,606
Whose keys are in our bathroom?
Who was here?
1091
01:17:36,691 --> 01:17:38,682
I don't know.
1092
01:17:39,771 --> 01:17:42,604
- You were with someone.
- Laurel.
1093
01:17:42,691 --> 01:17:45,842
- You had a woman here!
- I can't listen to these accusations.
1094
01:17:45,931 --> 01:17:48,399
- You slept with someone here?
- Leave me alone.
1095
01:17:48,491 --> 01:17:51,403
I can't get into another
big discussion of my life.
1096
01:17:51,491 --> 01:17:55,530
Just because I was up here with someone
talking, doesn't mean we went to bed.
1097
01:17:55,611 --> 01:17:57,681
I am finished with this, Lee.
1098
01:17:57,771 --> 01:18:00,649
- You're a fine one to talk.
- What does that mean?
1099
01:18:00,731 --> 01:18:04,201
You'd love to call it quits
now your eye's on someone else.
1100
01:18:04,291 --> 01:18:08,079
- What?
- You throw yourself at Melinda's boyfriend.
1101
01:18:08,171 --> 01:18:12,323
- Don't try and turn this around!
- I'm amazed she tolerates it.
1102
01:18:12,411 --> 01:18:14,879
You're mixing things up cos you were caught.
1103
01:18:14,971 --> 01:18:18,930
No, you were caught. I know you
when you slip into your seductive mode.
1104
01:18:19,011 --> 01:18:23,766
- I'm not gonna have this stupid conversation!
- Don't worry, I won't be around much longer.
1105
01:18:23,851 --> 01:18:26,604
And then you can feel free
to pursue whoever you want!
1106
01:18:26,691 --> 01:18:29,763
From that moment, the demons set in.
1107
01:18:29,851 --> 01:18:33,890
I just couldn't sleep.
Doesn't matter how many pills I take.
1108
01:18:33,971 --> 01:18:39,523
I just feel myself consumed with suspicion
and I'm ashamed of it.
1109
01:18:39,611 --> 01:18:40,600
Melinda...
1110
01:18:40,691 --> 01:18:43,603
Cassie, you know it's true.
I can see it in your face.
1111
01:18:43,691 --> 01:18:47,400
Look, you have to pull yourself together.
You've been popping pills.
1112
01:18:47,491 --> 01:18:50,563
- You've been drinking...
- Stop avoiding answering me.
1113
01:18:50,651 --> 01:18:53,484
I don't know anything.
1114
01:18:53,571 --> 01:18:59,089
I called Ellis today. He's not where
he said he'd be, so I called Laurel's school.
1115
01:18:59,171 --> 01:19:02,846
She'd called in sick.
Clearly, she's not home sick.
1116
01:19:02,931 --> 01:19:07,925
Listen, even if your worst fears were true,
you can't just go off the deep end.
1117
01:19:09,811 --> 01:19:15,602
I pick up the phone extension. I have to know.
At the same time, I don't wanna know.
1118
01:19:15,691 --> 01:19:18,763
Listen, you cannot
give yourself over to fantasies.
1119
01:19:18,851 --> 01:19:23,049
Let's find out the reality first,
and stop drinking.
1120
01:19:23,131 --> 01:19:25,486
For God's sakes, it's not even noon yet.
1121
01:19:25,571 --> 01:19:29,484
God. I have an appointment
with your husband at noon.
1122
01:19:29,571 --> 01:19:31,641
Well, you're gonna be late.
1123
01:19:32,451 --> 01:19:34,840
I'm afraid the news is not good.
1124
01:19:39,571 --> 01:19:40,845
No?
1125
01:19:40,931 --> 01:19:47,245
My partner gave it everything he had, but the
politics of the situation is just too difficult.
1126
01:19:47,331 --> 01:19:49,765
Your ex-husband is very well connected
1127
01:19:49,851 --> 01:19:53,526
and very determined
to keep the children from you.
1128
01:19:53,611 --> 01:19:57,809
Naturally, the criminal conviction didn't help.
1129
01:19:59,051 --> 01:20:02,680
It's funny. I steeled myself for this result,
1130
01:20:02,771 --> 01:20:06,161
but now that it's come...
1131
01:20:06,971 --> 01:20:12,170
You know, I know this will sound
very Pollyanna, but it's true.
1132
01:20:12,251 --> 01:20:17,689
When they grow up, they will want to know
who their mother was and get to know you.
1133
01:20:17,771 --> 01:20:22,162
My guess is they'll be quite angry
at their father for his unreasonableness.
1134
01:20:22,251 --> 01:20:25,687
You'll see. They'll grow up and come to you.
1135
01:20:28,451 --> 01:20:31,090
Well, I'm certain that they will.
1136
01:20:31,171 --> 01:20:36,768
I'm sure that they'll take after me
and look very much like my mother.
1137
01:20:36,851 --> 01:20:38,887
My mother
1138
01:20:38,971 --> 01:20:43,249
was a very gifted interior decorator.
1139
01:20:43,331 --> 01:20:48,166
And I studied art,
so I've always had this flair for graphics.
1140
01:20:48,251 --> 01:20:50,606
Can I get you anything?
1141
01:20:52,131 --> 01:20:56,363
No, I just hope that you'll be
sending some of your clients to me
1142
01:20:56,451 --> 01:20:59,648
when I get more established, you know.
1143
01:21:01,411 --> 01:21:05,643
Did I tell you that my mother... my mother...
1144
01:21:05,731 --> 01:21:10,566
my mother was
a very gifted interior decorator?
1145
01:21:10,651 --> 01:21:16,044
She was very talented. She did some
amazing houses on the Upper West Side.
1146
01:21:50,411 --> 01:21:52,925
Melinda...
1147
01:21:53,011 --> 01:21:56,321
There's been no easy way
to handle this situation.
1148
01:22:10,851 --> 01:22:13,649
I think we need to talk.
1149
01:22:15,531 --> 01:22:19,729
No, these situations are never easy.
1150
01:22:21,211 --> 01:22:23,361
I'm sorry, Melinda.
1151
01:22:23,451 --> 01:22:26,409
I really am sorry. It's just...
1152
01:22:26,491 --> 01:22:32,760
We planned to tell you, but each of us
was so bewildered as how to approach it.
1153
01:22:33,411 --> 01:22:35,845
Bewildered.
1154
01:22:35,931 --> 01:22:38,684
It's not like we planned on it happening.
1155
01:22:38,771 --> 01:22:45,210
We were going to explain things
as soon as we figured out the best approach.
1156
01:22:45,291 --> 01:22:50,319
- I loved you.
- I don't have a satisfying explanation.
1157
01:22:50,411 --> 01:22:53,403
You know, these things happen.
1158
01:22:54,651 --> 01:22:56,528
Living is messy.
1159
01:22:59,131 --> 01:23:01,599
My head is spinning.
1160
01:23:01,691 --> 01:23:04,444
I need to lie down and rest.
1161
01:23:04,531 --> 01:23:07,250
I wanna close my eyes
1162
01:23:07,331 --> 01:23:09,720
and never open them again.
1163
01:23:12,891 --> 01:23:15,485
- I'm going out the window.
- Ellis.
1164
01:23:16,651 --> 01:23:19,848
Meli... What are you doing?
1165
01:23:19,931 --> 01:23:21,922
I'm going out!
1166
01:23:27,971 --> 01:23:29,882
Cassie?
1167
01:23:29,971 --> 01:23:33,043
Melinda has to come
and stay with you for a while.
1168
01:23:33,131 --> 01:23:35,201
No, there is no other answer.
1169
01:23:35,291 --> 01:23:40,206
She has to be watched, and it's awkward
with me and Ellis under the circumstances.
1170
01:23:40,291 --> 01:23:42,600
Well, I can't be responsible either.
1171
01:23:42,691 --> 01:23:47,765
Let's face it, Cassie. She's one of those people
who will always need help.
1172
01:23:47,851 --> 01:23:51,924
It's sad, but we have to
move on with our lives.
1173
01:24:00,051 --> 01:24:04,727
You killed her.
You killed her as I am about to kill you.
1174
01:24:19,131 --> 01:24:21,122
Come, Vitus.
1175
01:24:25,411 --> 01:24:28,005
Are we men or are we children?
1176
01:24:28,931 --> 01:24:31,286
- Of what use...
- So, what do you think?
1177
01:24:31,371 --> 01:24:35,125
She's gorgeous. Hard to believe
a Republican could be that sexual.
1178
01:24:35,211 --> 01:24:38,806
I bet she could put your portfolio in order.
1179
01:24:55,811 --> 01:25:01,681
- I thought you didn't like to dance.
- I'm just trying to be a good sport.
1180
01:25:12,211 --> 01:25:17,046
I think it'd only be fair
to tell you, I'm a liberal.
1181
01:25:17,131 --> 01:25:19,884
Are you talking politically
or in the bedroom?
1182
01:25:19,971 --> 01:25:25,967
I was talking politically.
In the bedroom, I'm a left-wing liberal.
1183
01:25:26,051 --> 01:25:28,849
In the bedroom, I'm a radical.
1184
01:25:30,131 --> 01:25:32,486
Look, can I level with you?
1185
01:25:32,571 --> 01:25:36,928
In the past few months of my marriage
I really didn't sleep with my wife.
1186
01:25:37,011 --> 01:25:39,081
We weren't sleeping at all.
1187
01:25:39,171 --> 01:25:41,890
l... So it's,... you know.
1188
01:25:41,971 --> 01:25:44,360
I'm a little out of practice.
1189
01:25:44,451 --> 01:25:49,286
Politically speaking,
I'm ready for a little affirmative action.
1190
01:25:49,371 --> 01:25:52,727
What do you say we blow this joint
and go back to your place?
1191
01:25:52,811 --> 01:25:57,885
My place? Yes, by all means.
It'd be great. This is like a drea...
1192
01:25:57,971 --> 01:26:02,044
So you're not gonna hold the fact
that we have conflicting viewpoints
1193
01:26:02,131 --> 01:26:04,929
on the direction America should take
against me?
1194
01:26:05,011 --> 01:26:09,084
I mean, I'd hate to get all worked up
and then we find we differ on a tax cut.
1195
01:26:09,171 --> 01:26:12,959
Come on.
I haven't made love in a while either.
1196
01:26:14,131 --> 01:26:17,840
Yes. I will never vote
against school prayer again.
1197
01:26:32,131 --> 01:26:35,806
- Hey, what are they up to?
- What do you think?
1198
01:26:39,611 --> 01:26:42,683
- So much dancing.
- That was so much fun.
1199
01:26:44,011 --> 01:26:46,002
You'll have to forgive the disarray.
1200
01:26:46,091 --> 01:26:51,040
My cleaning woman won $168 million
in the lottery and she asked for the day off.
1201
01:26:51,131 --> 01:26:54,328
- A joke.
- You must get depressed sleeping alone.
1202
01:26:54,411 --> 01:26:58,689
The truth is, I frighten myself. I'm always
worried burglars are gonna break in.
1203
01:26:58,771 --> 01:27:03,287
- I bought a baseball bat. Oh, drinks.
- I know the feeling of being dumped.
1204
01:27:03,371 --> 01:27:07,046
Except in my case,
it was between my fianc� and my best friend.
1205
01:27:07,131 --> 01:27:09,087
- No!
- Yes.
1206
01:27:09,171 --> 01:27:13,767
I'd known her all my life. We were school
mates. We went through everything together.
1207
01:27:13,851 --> 01:27:17,048
She was the one who was responsible
for my meeting my fianc�.
1208
01:27:17,131 --> 01:27:19,691
It's a sad story. It's awful.
1209
01:27:19,771 --> 01:27:23,844
Do you mind sleeping on cotton sheets?
I know you posed for Playboy on satin.
1210
01:27:23,931 --> 01:27:27,765
I couldn't help noticing
how they'd always make eye contact.
1211
01:27:27,851 --> 01:27:31,730
I thought I was paranoid,
but I should have trusted my instinct.
1212
01:27:31,811 --> 01:27:33,802
Always go with your gut feeling.
1213
01:27:33,891 --> 01:27:39,761
Sometimes I would pick up the phone
after it would ring, and there'd be no one.
1214
01:27:39,851 --> 01:27:42,923
- But they were signaling each other.
- Stacey.
1215
01:27:43,011 --> 01:27:46,481
Making love, meeting secretly,
laughing at me...
1216
01:27:46,571 --> 01:27:50,530
- I'm sure they weren't laughing at you.
- We were moving in together.
1217
01:27:50,611 --> 01:27:54,490
Looking for an apartment together,
to live together. I loved him.
1218
01:27:54,571 --> 01:27:56,766
- I'm sure.
- My closest friend knew that.
1219
01:27:56,851 --> 01:28:01,049
She knew how much I cared about him. She
knew my whole life was wrapped up in him.
1220
01:28:01,131 --> 01:28:05,249
Of course. Should I dim the lights?
Maybe a little jazz. Do you like jazz?
1221
01:28:05,331 --> 01:28:09,119
- I can't bear it. I can't bear to think about it.
- Don't think about it.
1222
01:28:09,211 --> 01:28:13,568
You know, life is so rotten, so cruel,
and then, finally, about nothing.
1223
01:28:13,651 --> 01:28:16,245
We can just stretch out on the carpet if you...
1224
01:28:16,331 --> 01:28:19,004
I can't stand it!
I'm going out the window.
1225
01:28:19,091 --> 01:28:20,160
What?
1226
01:28:20,251 --> 01:28:25,245
- I'm going out the window.
- Stacey, wait! Are you crazy?
1227
01:28:25,331 --> 01:28:26,730
Stacey...
1228
01:28:26,811 --> 01:28:28,563
Stacey.
1229
01:28:28,651 --> 01:28:31,688
- Leave me alone. I wanna end it all!
- No, no, no!
1230
01:28:31,771 --> 01:28:34,160
- Stop it! Stop it! Stop it!
- Please!
1231
01:28:34,251 --> 01:28:36,640
Let's talk about what...
1232
01:28:38,411 --> 01:28:40,129
Jeez.
1233
01:28:40,211 --> 01:28:41,405
God!
1234
01:28:41,491 --> 01:28:43,402
Please, let me go.
1235
01:28:43,491 --> 01:28:45,083
Let me go!
1236
01:28:45,851 --> 01:28:49,287
Kiss me. I love you.
1237
01:28:50,651 --> 01:28:52,642
Kiss me. Please.
1238
01:28:58,651 --> 01:29:01,040
My gosh.
1239
01:29:01,131 --> 01:29:03,884
What a dream.
1240
01:29:26,931 --> 01:29:29,081
Melinda! What...
1241
01:29:29,171 --> 01:29:32,925
- What are you doing here?
- My God.
1242
01:29:33,011 --> 01:29:35,320
I was listening at your door.
1243
01:29:35,411 --> 01:29:39,006
- For what?
- I was jealous.
1244
01:29:39,091 --> 01:29:42,322
- Jealous? Jealous of what?
- Well...
1245
01:29:42,411 --> 01:29:48,441
You went home with Stacey,
and all night long I've been upset.
1246
01:29:48,531 --> 01:29:52,365
So I guess I've realized
how much I care for you.
1247
01:29:52,451 --> 01:29:56,763
- Really?
- Is she here? I heard lovemaking talk.
1248
01:29:56,851 --> 01:29:59,684
No, that was a dream.
1249
01:29:59,771 --> 01:30:02,046
You were dreaming about her?
1250
01:30:02,131 --> 01:30:04,691
I was dreaming of you, actually.
1251
01:30:04,771 --> 01:30:09,606
- Me? Why were you dreaming about me?
- I dreamt I was making love to you.
1252
01:30:10,691 --> 01:30:13,159
- Really?
- Melinda...
1253
01:30:13,251 --> 01:30:15,481
I'm in love with you.
1254
01:30:16,771 --> 01:30:19,649
Me? You never said anything.
1255
01:30:19,731 --> 01:30:23,121
I was married,
and when it was breaking up you met Bill.
1256
01:30:23,211 --> 01:30:27,568
My God. Couldn't you tell
I've been in love with you for a long time?
1257
01:30:27,651 --> 01:30:30,609
I couldn't even tell that I was in love with you.
1258
01:30:30,691 --> 01:30:32,841
And now you're spying on me.
1259
01:30:32,931 --> 01:30:34,967
What a silly thing -
1260
01:30:35,051 --> 01:30:40,409
a grown woman, a mature, sophisticated
woman, outside a door, spying.
1261
01:30:41,251 --> 01:30:45,210
By the way,
I found a piece of your bathrobe in my door.
1262
01:30:47,051 --> 01:30:52,569
- Strange. I should tell my laundress.
- You don't have a laundress.
1263
01:30:52,651 --> 01:30:56,041
Well, marry me and we'll get a laundress.
1264
01:31:04,051 --> 01:31:09,171
So, you see, it's all in the eye of the beholder.
We hear a little story, a few hearsay details.
1265
01:31:09,251 --> 01:31:14,928
You mould them into a tragic tale - a woman's
weakness for romance is her undoing.
1266
01:31:15,011 --> 01:31:16,808
And that's how you see life.
1267
01:31:16,891 --> 01:31:21,487
Whereas you, you take those details,
you put them into an amusing romance.
1268
01:31:21,571 --> 01:31:23,368
Great. That's your take on life.
1269
01:31:23,451 --> 01:31:28,081
But, obviously, there is no one
definitive essence that can be pinned down.
1270
01:31:28,171 --> 01:31:31,720
Well, moments of humour do exist.
I exploit them.
1271
01:31:31,811 --> 01:31:35,247
But, you know, they exist
within a tragic overall framework.
1272
01:31:35,331 --> 01:31:38,846
Is everybody going
to Phil Dorfman's funeral next week?
1273
01:31:38,931 --> 01:31:43,368
He dropped dead of a heart attack. He just
had his cardiogram, which was perfect.
1274
01:31:43,451 --> 01:31:46,966
- I hate funerals.
- Me too. Always, at the wrong time, I laugh.
1275
01:31:47,051 --> 01:31:53,047
See, that's my point. We laugh because
it masks our real terror about mortality.
1276
01:31:53,131 --> 01:31:55,804
I didn't mean to bring up
the subject of funerals.
1277
01:31:55,891 --> 01:32:00,806
Well, how can it be a romantic, funny world
if you can't trust your own cardiogram?
1278
01:32:00,891 --> 01:32:03,963
- I wanna be cremated.
- Now? Or after your death?
1279
01:32:04,051 --> 01:32:07,930
Let's change the subject. We came out
to have a fun and relaxing evening.
1280
01:32:08,011 --> 01:32:11,367
Let's drink to good times. Comic or tragic,
1281
01:32:11,451 --> 01:32:14,966
the most important thing to do
is to enjoy life while you can
1282
01:32:15,051 --> 01:32:18,805
because we only go round once,
and when it's over, it's over.
1283
01:32:18,891 --> 01:32:24,170
And, perfect cardiogram or not, when
you least expect it, it could end like that.
1284
01:34:45,851 --> 01:34:49,002
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1285
01:35:03,931 --> 01:35:05,922
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