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The essence of life isn't comic.

2
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It's tragic.

3
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There's nothing intrinsically funny
about the terrible facts of human existence.

4
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I disagree. Philosophers call it absurd
because, in the end, all you can do is laugh.

5
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Human aspirations
are so ludicrous and irrational.

6
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I mean, if the underlying reality
of our being was tragic,

7
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my plays would make more than yours,

8
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because my stories would resonate
more profoundly with the human soul.

9
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I mean, it's exactly because tragedy
hits on the truly painful essence of life

10
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that people run to my comedies for escape.

11
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No, no.

12
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Tragedy confronts. Comedy escapes.

13
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Look, you guys,
what are we discussing here?

14
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Is there a deeper reality in comedy or
tragedy? Who can make such a judgment?

15
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Look, let me tell you a story and you tell me,
is it material for a comedy or a tragedy?

16
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This happened to some people I know.

17
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It's a small dinner party. The hosts
are trying to impress one of their guests.

18
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Suddenly the doorbell rings and out of
nowhere an unexpected person shows up.

19
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- A man or a woman?
- A woman. I'll give you the details

20
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and you tell me comedy or tragedy.

21
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So, the guest enters and
everyone is surprised, especially the host.

22
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Turns out she's got a particular problem...

23
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My God, that's quite amusing.

24
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I mean, she barges in unannounced
while they're eating.

25
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What you told us
would make a very good romantic comedy.

26
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- Because you see the world comically.
- You're missing the tragic implications.

27
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The entanglement it suggests.
No, I see the whole thing quite differently.

28
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I see this lone figure -

29
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a woman who's maybe just come off a bus.

30
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She's toting a suitcase. Maybe
she's searching nervously for an address.

31
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Hello?

32
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Who is it?

33
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Hello?

34
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Hello?

35
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- Can I help you, miss?
- The Springers.

36
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Top floor.

37
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- It's really good.
- These speakers are wonderful.

38
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You do pick up
every little nuance of the orchestra.

39
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Tell me again
why I can't have a glass of wine?

40
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Every pregnancy,
she asks the same question.

41
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This is the "Concerto in D".

42
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Yes. My God,
you really know your Stravinsky.

43
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This would be good theme music for the play.

44
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- Lee?
- That's a brilliant idea.

45
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I need a little help with the final touches.

46
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- Can you get the two big serving dishes?
- I'm running out of obsequious banter.

47
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- How's it going?
- He thinks I'm perfect for the part.

48
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The goddamn producer
wants more of a name.

49
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I don't understand why they make
such a big deal. It's not like it's the lead.

50
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My first audition went better.
I don't know what happened.

51
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- And I know it's not the lead, Laurel.
- Doesn't he have any clout?

52
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They want a name. I'm not a name.
You didn't marry a name.

53
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- Sally said how much she loves your place.
- How long are you here?

54
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Six months, and we're still not finished.

55
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We have to furnish slowly
cos we used up all our money.

56
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We could not go on in that one-bedroom.
The piano ate up the living room.

57
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We're living beyond our means. I get nervous.
Laurel is certain God will provide.

58
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- They're poor, but happy.
- Definitely poor.

59
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- What do you do, Peter?
- I'm a lawyer. No jokes, please.

60
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Think the music's a little too loud?

61
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I saw you listening to the Mahler and crying.
You should have seen her.

62
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She was listening to Mahler
with tears streaming down her face.

63
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She looked so beautiful. I wanted to hug her.

64
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Yeah. But I had to get up early
and film a deodorant commercial.

65
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That's work at least, right?

66
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I think someone rang before. Did you hear?

67
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- So, how do you all know each other?
- We grew up together, Cassie and I.

68
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We were those little girls at school
with the plaid skirts.

69
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- And Lee and I met at Northwestern.
- He was the star actor, the handsome athlete.

70
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Everybody wanted him. But Laurel got him.

71
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- Melinda?
- Hi.

72
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Melinda?

73
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- Hi, Melinda, hi.
- My goodness.

74
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God.

75
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Cassie.

76
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I'm stunned.

77
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Here, let me take these.

78
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God, look at you. You look so...

79
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No, don't. Don't say what you're thinking of.

80
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I've been on a bus.
I've been on a Greyhound bus since Tuesday,

81
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<i>so I'm sure I look like
the wreck of the Hesperus.</i>

82
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A bus from where?
I mean, what are you doing here?

83
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I've moved around.
I had to keep moving.

84
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Events unfolded

85
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in such a way that...

86
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Is it all right if I smoke?

87
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I just feel a little nervous
barging in on you like this.

88
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Why don't you sit down and eat with us?
This is Jack and Sally Oliver.

89
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- Hi.
- Hi.

90
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I'm Melinda Robicheaux.

91
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I've gone back to my mother's name.
It's French. She was Parisienne.

92
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You must have dropped
off the goddamn moon.

93
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- Shall I get a chair?
- I could use a drink.

94
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Champagne or white wine.

95
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The truth is,
I've gotten very used to single malt Scotch.

96
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An acquaintance of mine
introduced me to it, so...

97
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I really should freshen up, though.

98
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If I could just get a single malt Scotch, and...

99
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Look at me. Jesus. I need a hot shower.

100
00:08:02,880 --> 00:08:04,950
Yeah. OK, please...

101
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Excuse us. Please start.

102
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This is so unexpected.

103
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I'll say.

104
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- You had no hint she was coming?
- She was nuts then, and she's nuts now.

105
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- Did you see the look in her eyes?
- She's been on a bus.

106
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You were asking how we know each other.

107
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Melinda is the third musketeer.
We went to school together.

108
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- We haven't heard from her in ages.
- Yeah. She's had personal difficulties.

109
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She said she'd be coming to New York from...
I can't remember, Chicago or Indiana,

110
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and could we put her up?
Laurel said, "Sure. " I myself...

111
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This is not the time to discuss this.
Let's just eat and change the subject.

112
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Well, what can you do? We've all had friends
drop in unannounced. Remember your aunt?

113
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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.

114
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So we try to contact her
and there's no trace of her.

115
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Two months later, she calls up unannounced
in the middle of a frigging dinner party.

116
00:09:03,320 --> 00:09:06,551
- Am I unreasonable?
- No, no!

117
00:09:06,880 --> 00:09:12,955
You're missing the whole point. You have the
makings of a delightful human comedy here.

118
00:09:13,040 --> 00:09:15,474
You missed the humour in everything.

119
00:09:15,560 --> 00:09:19,951
I see a sweet, tree-lined block
on the Upper East Side.

120
00:09:20,040 --> 00:09:25,512
It's a dinner party. The husband is fawning
over his guest. He's a moviemaker.

121
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No, wait.

122
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Here's the idea. Make the film director the
wife. He's just her out-of-work actor husband.

123
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She's trying to impress the guest
and raise the money for an independent film.

124
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I just told Jennifer that Steve is interested
in investing in Susan's next movie.

125
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Yeah. I have most of the money. I've just
been trying to get it going now for two years.

126
00:09:48,400 --> 00:09:51,597
I liked your first picture.
Would you do this one on video too?

127
00:09:51,680 --> 00:09:54,956
No. That was just because
we only had $300,000.

128
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- This one will be on 35mm for sure.
- Well, how much do you need?

129
00:09:58,800 --> 00:10:02,236
I've raised about four million
and we need another two million.

130
00:10:02,320 --> 00:10:04,709
The problem is the theme is controversial.

131
00:10:04,800 --> 00:10:07,678
- What's the theme?
- Well, let's put it this way.

132
00:10:07,760 --> 00:10:13,835
<i>It's a mostly all-female cast
and it's called The Castration Sonata.</i>

133
00:10:13,920 --> 00:10:17,515
- Do you happen to have single malt Scotch?
- You know, let me check.

134
00:10:18,200 --> 00:10:22,955
- Hurry. I'm running out of obsequious banter.
- Don't throw me. Everything's timed.

135
00:10:23,040 --> 00:10:26,510
Chilean sea bass and caramelised filo
is not like scrambled eggs.

136
00:10:26,600 --> 00:10:31,469
Well, he happens to love it. Does he love it
$2 million worth? God, I hope so.

137
00:10:31,560 --> 00:10:33,710
I told you we should keep single malt Scotch.

138
00:10:33,800 --> 00:10:35,518
- Who drinks it?
- He does.

139
00:10:35,600 --> 00:10:39,912
God, you're definitely going all out.
You're dressed very sexy.

140
00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:43,117
- Hobie, keep your eyes on the sea bass!
- OK, OK, OK.

141
00:10:43,680 --> 00:10:48,879
She goes down to buy
a bottle of single malt Scotch.

142
00:10:54,760 --> 00:10:56,751
Are you OK?

143
00:10:58,760 --> 00:11:01,115
Yeah, I'm fine.

144
00:11:01,200 --> 00:11:03,430
- Are you sure?
- Yeah.

145
00:11:07,680 --> 00:11:11,878
Here we go. These are
Coquilles St Jacques with cinnamon.

146
00:11:11,960 --> 00:11:17,318
And we're having sea bass in a caramelised
filo pastry, lightly dusted with lime powder.

147
00:11:17,400 --> 00:11:21,552
- Did someone send you a yuppie cookbook?
- Susan says you're a wonderful chef.

148
00:11:21,640 --> 00:11:24,359
I'm an out-of-work actor.

149
00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:26,991
Who's that?

150
00:11:28,280 --> 00:11:29,554
- Hi.
- Hi.

151
00:11:29,640 --> 00:11:32,029
I'm sorry. I hope I'm not intruding.

152
00:11:32,120 --> 00:11:34,475
No, it's OK.

153
00:11:36,400 --> 00:11:41,952
I've been having a kind of bad time
and I just took some sleeping pills.

154
00:11:42,040 --> 00:11:44,918
- Sleeping pills?
- How many?

155
00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:48,629
- 28.
- Whoa! Call 911.

156
00:11:48,720 --> 00:11:52,269
Stay and just eat. It's gonna get cold.
Sit. Just stay and eat.

157
00:11:52,360 --> 00:11:53,918
It's OK. It's OK.

158
00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:56,594
- Hobie, make some black coffee.
- OK, OK.

159
00:11:56,680 --> 00:11:59,274
I'm allergic to coffee,
but do you have any vodka?

160
00:11:59,360 --> 00:12:01,999
- Vodka?
- Maybe we should call a doctor.

161
00:12:02,080 --> 00:12:05,072
It's OK.
I just need something to calm my nerves.

162
00:12:05,160 --> 00:12:08,516
- Do you live in this building?
- I've been subletting for a month.

163
00:12:08,600 --> 00:12:11,239
- Somebody call a doctor.
- Careful.

164
00:12:11,320 --> 00:12:14,039
- I'm gonna be sick.
- That's the best thing.

165
00:12:14,120 --> 00:12:17,556
No, no, not on the carpet.
That's a new carpet. Go to the bathroom.

166
00:12:17,640 --> 00:12:20,359
I smell smoke. Can you smell smoke?

167
00:12:20,440 --> 00:12:24,069
God! The Chilean sea bass
lightly dusted with lime!

168
00:12:25,280 --> 00:12:30,354
Should you be taking those pills?
You didn't have any dinner.

169
00:12:31,640 --> 00:12:34,074
If I don't, I can't sleep.

170
00:12:34,160 --> 00:12:37,948
Well, Cassie's put on weight,
not that I'd ever say anything to her.

171
00:12:38,040 --> 00:12:41,510
- Cassie's pregnant.
- Again?

172
00:12:41,600 --> 00:12:44,512
They swear they're stopping at three children.

173
00:12:44,600 --> 00:12:47,160
For me, two was just the right number.

174
00:12:47,240 --> 00:12:51,916
- Is there any word?
- No, there's none. There's nothing.

175
00:12:53,400 --> 00:12:57,678
Now, I don't want you to get panicky,
but I am planning on staying. Just for a while.

176
00:12:57,760 --> 00:13:03,312
I just need to find a place
and settle in and rebuild my career.

177
00:13:03,400 --> 00:13:06,312
And you did say that you had
enough room to put me up.

178
00:13:06,400 --> 00:13:09,836
We were surprised you never showed up.
We had everything ready.

179
00:13:09,920 --> 00:13:13,037
Lee had gotten your room in order.

180
00:13:13,120 --> 00:13:17,159
I apologise for that. I was going through
a kind of confused down period.

181
00:13:17,240 --> 00:13:21,233
I was worried. Lee couldn't figure out
how to get in contact with you.

182
00:13:21,320 --> 00:13:23,914
I'd no idea you were using different names.

183
00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:26,753
What happened?
I thought the worst was over.

184
00:13:27,760 --> 00:13:31,594
- Can I speak openly?
- Of course.

185
00:13:34,360 --> 00:13:36,954
I tried to commit suicide.

186
00:13:37,720 --> 00:13:40,154
You didn't.

187
00:13:40,240 --> 00:13:43,357
I did, and it wasn't a half-hearted attempt.

188
00:13:43,440 --> 00:13:45,749
It wasn't a cry for help.

189
00:13:46,320 --> 00:13:51,314
Why? I thought everything that happened was
past. I thought you'd pulled yourself together.

190
00:13:51,400 --> 00:13:57,111
Because that's what I wrote you,
and some days I honestly thought it.

191
00:13:57,200 --> 00:14:02,115
But in the end,
I just couldn't take it any more.

192
00:14:02,560 --> 00:14:03,879
Melinda.

193
00:14:05,240 --> 00:14:08,915
You didn't find me because I was indisposed.

194
00:14:09,720 --> 00:14:15,113
If you've never been in a state mental hospital
in a straitjacket, I wouldn't recommend one,

195
00:14:15,200 --> 00:14:18,795
especially not the one I was in,
in the Midwest.

196
00:14:18,880 --> 00:14:20,996
I'm overwhelmed.

197
00:14:21,080 --> 00:14:23,389
Are you OK? I mean...

198
00:14:23,840 --> 00:14:26,354
I'm all right. I'm on the road back.

199
00:14:26,440 --> 00:14:30,274
I'm still a little fragile
when everything closes in,

200
00:14:30,360 --> 00:14:33,636
but I get stronger every day.

201
00:14:33,720 --> 00:14:36,871
You know you're welcome to stay here
as long as you like.

202
00:14:41,200 --> 00:14:44,158
- There. How long is she gonna stay?
- Why?

203
00:14:44,240 --> 00:14:46,993
We promised my sister
could stay for Thanksgiving.

204
00:14:47,080 --> 00:14:50,595
- Well, Thanksgiving's not for a while.
- Well, I'm just saying.

205
00:14:50,680 --> 00:14:54,832
- She's trying to pull her life back together.
- She's her own worst enemy.

206
00:14:54,920 --> 00:14:58,071
- You don't know the details.
- Details? What details?

207
00:14:58,160 --> 00:15:00,879
She was married to some doctor.
She had two kids.

208
00:15:00,960 --> 00:15:03,918
What was she doing playing around with...
What was he?

209
00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:06,275
He was a photographer.

210
00:15:06,360 --> 00:15:07,554
Melinda.

211
00:15:07,640 --> 00:15:11,679
Lee's right. Whatever I went through,
I'm responsible for.

212
00:15:11,760 --> 00:15:15,514
Look, we've all been drinking
and we're really tired. It's...

213
00:15:15,600 --> 00:15:17,909
No, he's right.

214
00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:22,676
I was married to a man who loved me
and gave me the two most beautiful children.

215
00:15:22,760 --> 00:15:26,639
That I'm not allowed
to set eyes on them is just proof

216
00:15:26,720 --> 00:15:29,598
of my weakness and my husband's strength.

217
00:15:29,680 --> 00:15:32,956
No. It's disgusting how much influence
he had on the judge.

218
00:15:33,040 --> 00:15:35,600
It's who you know. Life is all networking.

219
00:15:35,680 --> 00:15:40,310
I brought it on myself because I was bored.

220
00:15:41,280 --> 00:15:44,158
I mean, not bored with my children.

221
00:15:45,800 --> 00:15:48,268
God, they were the light of my life.

222
00:15:48,360 --> 00:15:51,955
But I was bored being a doctor's wife,

223
00:15:52,040 --> 00:15:55,396
just as my mother was bored
being a doctor's wife.

224
00:15:55,480 --> 00:16:01,271
Like Madame Bovary.
It's not that St Louis isn't very beautiful.

225
00:16:01,360 --> 00:16:03,351
It's just that

226
00:16:05,240 --> 00:16:11,634
everything that had seemed
so magical when I married Josh

227
00:16:11,720 --> 00:16:14,712
somehow just melted away.

228
00:16:14,800 --> 00:16:17,678
It was OK, you know?

229
00:16:17,760 --> 00:16:22,754
And no matter what I did,
I couldn't make it any better.

230
00:16:25,000 --> 00:16:27,594
And then this

231
00:16:27,680 --> 00:16:30,638
man with a romantic name -

232
00:16:30,720 --> 00:16:34,110
John San Giuliano -

233
00:16:36,680 --> 00:16:38,875
took my photograph.

234
00:16:40,280 --> 00:16:44,273
And I fell in love with him,

235
00:16:44,360 --> 00:16:48,478
and we began having this love affair.

236
00:16:49,280 --> 00:16:52,989
And he wanted to know
if I could see myself living in Italy,

237
00:16:53,080 --> 00:16:59,519
and I said, "Well, look, Mr San Giuliano,
I'm married to a surgeon with two children. "

238
00:16:59,600 --> 00:17:02,751
"My life is fixed,
so don't ask me to tax my imagination. "

239
00:17:02,840 --> 00:17:09,632
"Let's just confine our passion to local motels
and forget Capistrano. "

240
00:17:13,320 --> 00:17:15,311
And then

241
00:17:16,400 --> 00:17:20,871
reality set in
in the person of a private detective

242
00:17:20,960 --> 00:17:24,350
with the unlikely name of Woodkrutch,

243
00:17:26,040 --> 00:17:28,235
and my children

244
00:17:28,320 --> 00:17:32,598
were handed over
to my humiliated husband forever.

245
00:17:35,440 --> 00:17:39,797
Mr San Giuliano

246
00:17:39,880 --> 00:17:44,476
took me on a safari to help me forget things.

247
00:17:44,560 --> 00:17:48,553
But I can't forget, no matter how hard I try.

248
00:17:49,360 --> 00:17:52,352
Then he met someone else.

249
00:17:52,800 --> 00:17:55,473
Stop, Melinda.

250
00:17:55,960 --> 00:17:58,758
Why? It only gets worse.

251
00:18:01,160 --> 00:18:03,674
So that's pretty much how I got here.

252
00:18:03,760 --> 00:18:06,194
My God, that's a sad story.

253
00:18:06,280 --> 00:18:09,829
Guy leads her on, causes her to break up
her marriage, then dumps her.

254
00:18:09,920 --> 00:18:13,833
I caught him in bed with one of his models.
I mean, who can blame him?

255
00:18:13,920 --> 00:18:18,948
She was a 6ft Swede who was a Miss World
runner-up. Her legs started at her chin.

256
00:18:19,040 --> 00:18:23,955
<i>See, that's why my film, The Castration
Sonata, puts male sexuality in perspective.</i>

257
00:18:24,040 --> 00:18:29,433
It's lucky you didn't have children.
He could have made custody trouble.

258
00:18:29,520 --> 00:18:33,115
I always wanted to have children,
but my husband wouldn't hear of it.

259
00:18:33,200 --> 00:18:36,749
He couldn't bear having sex with
a pregnant woman for nine months,

260
00:18:36,840 --> 00:18:38,353
especially the fat months.

261
00:18:38,440 --> 00:18:42,115
- So, what are you gonna do now?
- I'm an art historian.

262
00:18:42,200 --> 00:18:44,794
At least, that's what I majored in at Brandeis.

263
00:18:44,880 --> 00:18:48,270
And I may be getting offered
a job in an art gallery.

264
00:18:48,360 --> 00:18:51,716
It's only cataloguing,
but I'm in no position to turn it down.

265
00:18:51,800 --> 00:18:54,758
Anyone for more Ants Climb a Tree
before I throw it out?

266
00:18:54,840 --> 00:18:57,877
- I can't eat another bite.
- Dinner was delicious.

267
00:18:57,960 --> 00:19:01,157
Sorry about burning the sea bass
and the kitchen curtains.

268
00:19:01,240 --> 00:19:03,595
- I'm sorry about busting in on you.
- No, no.

269
00:19:03,680 --> 00:19:08,913
We love it when unexpected women
barge in and throw up. I'm kidding.

270
00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:12,276
I hope tonight didn't kill my chances
of getting my movie made.

271
00:19:12,360 --> 00:19:14,430
No, no. I think Steve Walsh was OK.

272
00:19:14,520 --> 00:19:17,592
I told him I was gonna play
a male character in the movie.

273
00:19:17,680 --> 00:19:19,955
- What did he say?
- We discussed acting.

274
00:19:20,040 --> 00:19:22,679
<i>I told him about
my award-winning Pygmalion.</i>

275
00:19:22,760 --> 00:19:27,356
- Hobie, that was in college.
- It was brilliant to play Henry with a limp.

276
00:19:27,440 --> 00:19:31,479
God, I hate being an assistant director.
After you've made your own film?

277
00:19:31,560 --> 00:19:35,109
Sad thing is, he could have
my movie happen like that.

278
00:19:35,200 --> 00:19:37,839
What's $2 million to a real-estate billionaire?

279
00:19:37,920 --> 00:19:40,753
The upkeep of his private jet
is worth more than that.

280
00:19:40,840 --> 00:19:44,116
He was very impressed with you,
and you looked very sexy.

281
00:19:44,200 --> 00:19:48,512
- Really? You thought I looked sexy?
- You are sexy. Really, you're very sexy.

282
00:19:48,600 --> 00:19:51,273
- Hobie, it's 2am.
- What's going on?

283
00:19:51,360 --> 00:19:55,273
We used to make love all the time,
and now there's always an excuse.

284
00:19:55,360 --> 00:19:59,114
I'm going through
an emotionally difficult time creatively.

285
00:19:59,200 --> 00:20:04,035
- You feel we don't communicate?
- Of course we do. Can we not talk about it?

286
00:20:08,480 --> 00:20:11,358
Hi. Sorry I'm late.

287
00:20:11,440 --> 00:20:15,274
I saw these the other day.
I think they would look very beautiful on you.

288
00:20:15,360 --> 00:20:18,591
Beautiful, but you know Lee.
He gets crazy about my spending.

289
00:20:18,680 --> 00:20:21,069
How's he doing? You're not hurting for cash?

290
00:20:21,160 --> 00:20:23,958
He's on tenterhooks about the play,
but we're fine.

291
00:20:24,040 --> 00:20:27,794
He's got a number of irons on the fire,
some promising possibilities.

292
00:20:27,880 --> 00:20:31,031
- I have a very good prospect for Melinda.
- A job prospect?

293
00:20:31,120 --> 00:20:32,758
A guy.

294
00:20:32,840 --> 00:20:35,718
- Remember Bud Silverglide?
- No. Have I met him?

295
00:20:35,800 --> 00:20:40,157
Remember we had Thanksgiving at my house
and he brought his little girl Emily?

296
00:20:40,240 --> 00:20:43,630
- Emily... Emily?
- His wife had died the year before.

297
00:20:43,720 --> 00:20:46,234
Yes. I sat next to him.
He's average-looking.

298
00:20:46,320 --> 00:20:48,276
He's fine. He'd be perfect.

299
00:20:48,360 --> 00:20:52,399
He's a very lovely guy. He's smart.
He's been through his share of suffering.

300
00:20:52,480 --> 00:20:55,199
Melinda would have a ready-made family.

301
00:20:55,280 --> 00:20:58,716
You think he's right for her?
I remember him as pleasant, but...

302
00:20:58,800 --> 00:21:03,157
She should be so lucky. He's got a very
successful dental practice in Manhattan.

303
00:21:03,240 --> 00:21:05,356
He plays bridge. He likes to hike.

304
00:21:05,440 --> 00:21:09,069
Think he'd be interested in Melinda,
especially when her past unfolds?

305
00:21:09,160 --> 00:21:12,596
I know. She's in no bargaining position
when all the facts come out.

306
00:21:12,680 --> 00:21:14,830
Look, I can only bring them together.

307
00:21:14,920 --> 00:21:18,993
He's not the kind of guy who'd ever
wind up hurting her. That means a lot.

308
00:21:19,080 --> 00:21:22,277
Left to her own devices,
Melinda can be self-destructive.

309
00:21:22,360 --> 00:21:27,229
Bud is sweet, and I know he's lonely because
he's taken ads in the personal columns.

310
00:21:27,320 --> 00:21:29,993
Don't tell Melinda that.

311
00:21:30,080 --> 00:21:33,755
Peter's checking into her custody case
to see if it's a lost cause.

312
00:21:33,840 --> 00:21:36,877
I told her to meet us here for lunch
after her job interview.

313
00:21:36,960 --> 00:21:39,758
- Should we sit?
- I don't know. Can we take this table?

314
00:21:39,840 --> 00:21:41,592
Thanks.

315
00:21:41,680 --> 00:21:45,195
I know it's here somewhere.
We got this house guest living here.

316
00:21:45,280 --> 00:21:49,717
Everything's messed up. I wish she would
check before she moves my possessions.

317
00:21:49,800 --> 00:21:53,475
I love your loft. It's really amazing.

318
00:21:53,560 --> 00:21:57,269
<i>Here we are.
An essay on Desdemona's role in Othello.</i>

319
00:21:57,360 --> 00:22:01,512
The scene you should do in our next class
is the one we talked about yesterday.

320
00:22:01,600 --> 00:22:04,831
- You really think I'm ready for it?
- I do.

321
00:22:04,920 --> 00:22:08,390
You're among the two or three
most talented students in my class,

322
00:22:08,480 --> 00:22:11,313
and the sooner you challenge yourself,
the better.

323
00:22:11,400 --> 00:22:17,270
You're the only one who makes me feel
confident enough to take chances.

324
00:22:22,200 --> 00:22:24,668
Aren't you nervous bringing me back here?

325
00:22:24,760 --> 00:22:30,312
It's OK. My wife's shopping, then going to
lunch. She's always shopping and lunching.

326
00:22:30,400 --> 00:22:35,838
She grew up shopping and lunching.
Her mother did, and her grandmother.

327
00:22:35,920 --> 00:22:39,469
You shouldn't really drink so early in the day.

328
00:22:39,560 --> 00:22:43,269
Shopping and lunching's what you get
when you marry a Park Avenue princess.

329
00:22:43,360 --> 00:22:46,318
- What does your wife do?
- Besides shopping?

330
00:22:46,400 --> 00:22:49,790
She teaches tin-eared teenagers
at a music school a few days a week.

331
00:22:49,880 --> 00:22:55,955
It's funny, but life has a malicious way
of dealing with great potential.

332
00:23:01,480 --> 00:23:03,471
My God. Get...

333
00:23:12,520 --> 00:23:13,589
Hi.

334
00:23:13,680 --> 00:23:17,309
I just got back from my job interview.

335
00:23:18,120 --> 00:23:24,639
I don't think it went too well,
so just stopped off for a little pick-me-up.

336
00:23:24,720 --> 00:23:26,711
- You OK?
- Yeah.

337
00:23:27,800 --> 00:23:33,670
Yeah. Well, I'm gonna go and meet Laurel and
Cassie for lunch in our old neighbourhood.

338
00:23:38,560 --> 00:23:41,154
I'm just gonna go freshen up.

339
00:23:48,920 --> 00:23:53,869
- The park hasn't changed a bit.
- Not at all. It brings back so many memories.

340
00:23:53,960 --> 00:23:58,715
Those days are gone when the three of us
thought we could call the shots.

341
00:23:58,800 --> 00:24:02,475
What I wouldn't give to wake up
and find my life has been a bad dream

342
00:24:02,560 --> 00:24:04,710
and we're all still 17.

343
00:24:04,800 --> 00:24:07,189
Tell me about it.

344
00:24:07,280 --> 00:24:11,956
You wouldn't change anything. I mean,
your life is pretty much on track, right?

345
00:24:12,040 --> 00:24:18,275
Well, the question's not fair. I mean, who
wouldn't profit from a second go around?

346
00:24:18,360 --> 00:24:20,749
So, what about Bud Silverglide?

347
00:24:21,520 --> 00:24:24,239
The dentist with the charming little daughter?

348
00:24:24,320 --> 00:24:28,552
He's a wonderful guy. If anything
ever did happen and you hit it off,

349
00:24:28,640 --> 00:24:31,029
you could establish something solid.

350
00:24:31,120 --> 00:24:34,829
Not more unrealistic pipe dreams
that can't help but wind up badly.

351
00:24:34,920 --> 00:24:38,151
I'm sorry. Did that come out harsh?

352
00:24:38,240 --> 00:24:41,710
The truth is, I'm nervous.
I wanna meet someone so desperately,

353
00:24:41,800 --> 00:24:45,270
but when the chance comes along,
I just panic.

354
00:24:45,360 --> 00:24:50,195
It won't be a date. I'll make a dinner party
and we'll all be there to support you.

355
00:24:50,280 --> 00:24:53,590
I'll invite a number of nice guests
and he'll be one of them,

356
00:24:53,680 --> 00:24:58,800
and if you meet and hit if off, then great,
and if not, then no obligation.

357
00:24:59,560 --> 00:25:03,189
Yeah. When he hears my story...
My God. I come with such baggage.

358
00:25:03,280 --> 00:25:07,796
- Well, don't go in with a defeatist attitude.
- Yeah. First see if you even like him.

359
00:25:07,880 --> 00:25:10,394
If he's as nice as Cassie's painting him...

360
00:25:10,480 --> 00:25:12,994
He's a good catch,
if I can speak pragmatically,

361
00:25:13,080 --> 00:25:16,834
especially for you,
cos he's got his feet on the ground.

362
00:25:16,920 --> 00:25:21,994
If I find him at all attractive, I think I should
just tell him my whole story right off.

363
00:25:22,080 --> 00:25:27,393
Or do you think it's better to wait? Let him
take the hook first, and then run with it?

364
00:25:27,480 --> 00:25:31,029
God. I can't believe I'm even asking this.

365
00:25:31,120 --> 00:25:34,112
I'm already strategising.
I haven't met this guy yet.

366
00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:37,397
If we're gonna do this,
it has to be completely informal,

367
00:25:37,480 --> 00:25:43,032
cos I can't handle it any other way.
I don't have any dressy clothes anyhow.

368
00:25:43,120 --> 00:25:46,192
Funny part of that is,
as elegant as I can look -

369
00:25:46,280 --> 00:25:50,193
and you know, I can look pretty stylish -

370
00:25:50,280 --> 00:25:53,556
men find women sexier in casual attire.

371
00:25:54,480 --> 00:25:57,995
It's true. I could wear my hair down and loose.

372
00:25:58,080 --> 00:26:01,959
That's enticing already.
At least it's not intimidating.

373
00:26:02,040 --> 00:26:05,555
- You haven't told him anything about me?
- I can if you like.

374
00:26:05,640 --> 00:26:07,710
No. No.

375
00:26:07,800 --> 00:26:14,273
My sad tale should come from my lips,
if and when I choose to reveal it.

376
00:26:16,280 --> 00:26:19,511
Cut. OK, great. That was great. It was great.

377
00:26:19,600 --> 00:26:22,194
You took the note great. Print one and six.

378
00:26:22,280 --> 00:26:25,829
You got it? OK, hey, everybody,
that's lunch. One hour. Thank you.

379
00:26:25,920 --> 00:26:29,037
- Hey, are you gonna join us?
- No. I'm meeting a friend.

380
00:26:29,120 --> 00:26:31,953
Tell the actors we're gonna do
scene ten instead of 26.

381
00:26:32,040 --> 00:26:35,669
OK. We're doing scene ten instead of 26.

382
00:26:41,960 --> 00:26:43,473
- Hey.
- Hey.

383
00:26:43,560 --> 00:26:46,233
- Should we just sit here?
- Yeah.

384
00:26:47,160 --> 00:26:52,712
- So, what did he say?
- That Steve is inclined to put up the money.

385
00:26:53,560 --> 00:26:56,313
He likes your script
and wants to have lunch with you.

386
00:26:56,400 --> 00:26:58,675
- Fantastic!
- Yeah, it looks really good.

387
00:26:58,760 --> 00:27:02,389
He was concerned that you intended for
Hobie to play the psychiatrist.

388
00:27:02,480 --> 00:27:05,472
- You know, he wants a name.
- I understand.

389
00:27:05,560 --> 00:27:07,994
It's gonna be kind of
a touchy subject at home

390
00:27:08,080 --> 00:27:12,437
because, I mean, the truth is
he'd make the perfect shrink, and he knows it.

391
00:27:12,520 --> 00:27:17,640
But, let's face it, he's not a name,
and I want people to see my movie too, so...

392
00:27:17,720 --> 00:27:22,316
Well, I'm sure that you guys will figure it out,
and I think it's very exciting.

393
00:27:22,400 --> 00:27:25,119
Doug and I know somebody
perfect for Melinda,

394
00:27:25,200 --> 00:27:27,794
your downstairs neighbour
who crashed dinner.

395
00:27:27,880 --> 00:27:29,836
- Remember Greg Earlinger?
- No.

396
00:27:29,920 --> 00:27:33,799
- Doug's dentist. You met him with us once.
- Yes. He has a great sports car.

397
00:27:33,880 --> 00:27:36,314
The Bentley. He's single and available.

398
00:27:36,400 --> 00:27:39,551
She would find him fascinating.
He's smart, sensitive...

399
00:27:39,640 --> 00:27:41,676
Why would he be interested in her?

400
00:27:41,760 --> 00:27:46,470
She seemed quite pretty, she's offbeat
and Greg always likes complicated women.

401
00:27:46,560 --> 00:27:52,112
Doug has already hyped him on her.
Ask her if we can give him her number, OK?

402
00:28:01,280 --> 00:28:02,759
- Hey.
- Melinda.

403
00:28:02,840 --> 00:28:03,875
- Hey.
- Hi.

404
00:28:03,960 --> 00:28:05,473
Hi.

405
00:28:05,560 --> 00:28:08,358
My friend Walt. This is Melinda.
She just moved in.

406
00:28:08,440 --> 00:28:10,317
- How are you?
- Nice to meet you.

407
00:28:10,400 --> 00:28:12,516
- How's it going?
- All right.

408
00:28:12,600 --> 00:28:17,037
I just interviewed for a job at an art gallery
and I don't think it went too well.

409
00:28:17,120 --> 00:28:21,238
You never know. I had a voice-over audition
today. Thought I'd never get it.

410
00:28:21,320 --> 00:28:24,835
Bang, I was chosen.
It's the voice of a toothpaste.

411
00:28:24,920 --> 00:28:28,993
That's good. I'm trying to decide
whether to stay and wait for the phone call

412
00:28:29,080 --> 00:28:32,436
or whether I should go out
and treat myself to a movie.

413
00:28:32,520 --> 00:28:34,954
Why don't you come with us?

414
00:28:35,040 --> 00:28:37,508
- Where?
- Going to the track.

415
00:28:37,600 --> 00:28:41,115
- To the track?
- Yeah. Horse races. Belmont.

416
00:28:41,200 --> 00:28:44,078
- What, you play the horses?
- Never.

417
00:28:44,160 --> 00:28:48,472
Well, I go every ten years. Walt's always
going. He's a gambling degenerate.

418
00:28:48,560 --> 00:28:52,473
- Yes. Can't you tell I'm a degenerate?
- I'm a complete novice, like you.

419
00:28:52,560 --> 00:28:55,791
Come on. It's a beautiful day.
We'll have some laughs.

420
00:28:55,880 --> 00:29:00,749
- Sure. I don't have any money.
- I've got plenty of money.

421
00:29:00,840 --> 00:29:03,752
For both of us. We'll pool our resources.

422
00:29:03,840 --> 00:29:06,479
- If you want.
- OK. All right. Yeah.

423
00:29:06,560 --> 00:29:08,835
- Nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you again.

424
00:29:12,200 --> 00:29:15,192
- Come on! Come on, Bedazzled!
- Let's go, Bedazzled.

425
00:29:15,280 --> 00:29:18,238
No, no. You did not bet on Bedazzled.
It's a 90-1 horse!

426
00:29:18,320 --> 00:29:22,108
- If it wins, we're rich.
- He's right, Hobie. He's dropping back.

427
00:29:22,200 --> 00:29:25,829
No, no, no, no, no. He's second.
He's second... second from last.

428
00:29:28,480 --> 00:29:34,555
So, I have to ask you, how'd you go from
living on the Upper East Side to St Louis?

429
00:29:34,640 --> 00:29:37,518
I moved there for him. He was gorgeous.

430
00:29:37,600 --> 00:29:42,628
He was talented, he was sexy,
he was a doctor, he was charming...

431
00:29:42,720 --> 00:29:44,711
Yes, but where's the attraction?

432
00:29:44,800 --> 00:29:47,951
- He just knew how to touch me.
- You mean emotionally?

433
00:29:48,040 --> 00:29:49,871
No, with his hands.

434
00:29:49,960 --> 00:29:54,272
I'm a very passionate person,
so sex is very important to me.

435
00:29:54,360 --> 00:29:58,433
You know, I need a lot of physical intimacy
very often and creatively.

436
00:29:58,520 --> 00:30:02,035
Right. Right, right, right, right.
That's... that's... Yeah.

437
00:30:02,120 --> 00:30:05,396
- Am I being too frank?
- No, no, no. No, I just...

438
00:30:05,480 --> 00:30:08,119
I'll be OK. I get hot flashes.

439
00:30:08,200 --> 00:30:12,318
- Your wife is passionate. I can tell by looking.
- Right, right.

440
00:30:12,400 --> 00:30:16,996
A lot of people have noticed.
Why did your marriage fail again?

441
00:30:17,080 --> 00:30:19,753
He was cheating with his secretary.

442
00:30:19,840 --> 00:30:24,152
I felt neglected,
so I started seeing someone else.

443
00:30:24,240 --> 00:30:28,711
I just wanna find someone,
fall in love and have a life.

444
00:31:16,080 --> 00:31:19,311
- Hello.
- Hey. Guess what?

445
00:31:19,400 --> 00:31:22,790
- What?
- Steve is putting up the money for my film.

446
00:31:22,880 --> 00:31:25,440
That's great. Congratulations.

447
00:31:25,520 --> 00:31:29,433
So if I'm suddenly very busy and distracted,
don't take it personally.

448
00:31:29,520 --> 00:31:32,239
- And we have to talk about casting.
- Yes.

449
00:31:32,320 --> 00:31:36,279
- What did you do today?
- I told you. I went out to the track.

450
00:31:36,360 --> 00:31:38,749
Yeah. With who again?

451
00:31:38,840 --> 00:31:43,914
With who? With me, with me.
With me... me and Walt. Walt Wagner.

452
00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:48,073
- Well, I hope you didn't lose a lot.
- No. We don't have a lot, so I couldn't.

453
00:31:48,160 --> 00:31:51,675
In fact, if I had more money,
we could've lost more.

454
00:31:51,760 --> 00:31:54,115
It's a system I developed.

455
00:31:54,200 --> 00:31:57,431
Why didn't you just tell her
Melinda came along?

456
00:31:57,520 --> 00:32:00,398
- What did you just say about Melinda?
- What? No.

457
00:32:00,480 --> 00:32:02,550
I didn't say anything about Melinda.

458
00:32:02,640 --> 00:32:07,475
- You just muttered her name.
- I was wondering how the poor thing's doing.

459
00:32:07,560 --> 00:32:10,028
You know, plain-looking girl, all alone...

460
00:32:10,120 --> 00:32:12,554
- I'd hardly call her plain-looking.
- Well...

461
00:32:12,640 --> 00:32:17,156
Jennifer wants to set her up with someone.
Remember Greg Earlinger, Doug's dentist?

462
00:32:17,240 --> 00:32:21,756
We met him once. He's a tall, sexy,
handsome-looking guy. The Bentley.

463
00:32:21,840 --> 00:32:24,195
Very well off. Charming, bright.

464
00:32:24,280 --> 00:32:28,193
- You commented on how impressive he was.
- Vaguely.

465
00:32:28,280 --> 00:32:32,592
- Anyway, Doug's hyped him on Melinda.
- Yeah, I think... Why, I do recall him.

466
00:32:32,680 --> 00:32:36,912
Wasn't he full of himself, though?
Kind of an unjustified self-confidence?

467
00:32:37,000 --> 00:32:41,232
- As I recall, it was justified.
- Someone who has an answer for everything.

468
00:32:41,320 --> 00:32:44,278
I'm gonna ask Melinda
if it's OK if we give him her number.

469
00:32:44,360 --> 00:32:47,796
No. No, don't be silly.
What does she wanna do with a dentist?

470
00:32:47,880 --> 00:32:51,077
She was already married to a doctor.
She found that dull.

471
00:32:51,160 --> 00:32:54,357
- A dentist is the same thing, but oral.
- Greg's not dull.

472
00:32:54,440 --> 00:32:58,274
He hikes. He's a great bridge player.
Tennis. He goes on safaris.

473
00:32:58,360 --> 00:33:02,148
Well, it... I mean, who goes on safaris?

474
00:33:02,240 --> 00:33:06,631
- You need shots to do that.
- Melinda, hey, it's Susan. How are you?

475
00:33:06,720 --> 00:33:11,396
Good. I was wondering if it was OK with you
if we give your number to this wonderful guy.

476
00:33:11,480 --> 00:33:14,631
I'm not giving the number out.
Don't say that I am...

477
00:33:14,720 --> 00:33:18,998
He's a very rich dentist. He's cultivated
and athletic. He's gorgeous-looking.

478
00:33:19,080 --> 00:33:21,071
"Gorgeous dentist" is an oxymoron.

479
00:33:21,160 --> 00:33:25,915
And... There's nothing to be nervous about.
Look, we'll all go out, the four of us.

480
00:33:26,000 --> 00:33:30,710
We'll go to dinner or we'll go to a show
or something. I don't think you'll be sorry.

481
00:33:30,800 --> 00:33:34,713
- I think she's never, ever gonna go for it.
- OK, great.

482
00:33:34,800 --> 00:33:37,837
- Not in a million years.
- Fantastic. OK, bye.

483
00:33:37,920 --> 00:33:41,629
- She loves the idea.
- I told you.

484
00:33:44,440 --> 00:33:46,476
Hi. What are you doing down here?

485
00:33:46,560 --> 00:33:50,758
I got the part! The director kept insisting
and the producers finally gave in.

486
00:33:50,840 --> 00:33:55,072
- That's great, Lee.
- Finally, a role I can make sing.

487
00:33:55,160 --> 00:33:57,720
You're certainly a natural for the character.

488
00:33:57,800 --> 00:34:00,917
- Why would you say that?
- You've said it a hundred times.

489
00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:03,753
I said I could act the hell out of it. He's a loser.

490
00:34:03,840 --> 00:34:07,116
Let's not fight. I meant
nobody can play the part like you can.

491
00:34:07,200 --> 00:34:10,636
You see me like that, don't you?
I'm asking. Is that how you see me?

492
00:34:10,720 --> 00:34:14,998
I'm really happy for you. I know how much
you wanted this. Can't we leave it at that?

493
00:34:15,080 --> 00:34:19,596
I'm wired. I didn't mean to seem snappish.
Shall we go out to dinner and celebrate?

494
00:34:19,680 --> 00:34:23,958
- Tonight's Cassie's party.
- Yeah, right. OK. Jesus.

495
00:34:24,040 --> 00:34:28,591
It's time Melinda met someone, moved on.
I'd like a little privacy in the apartment.

496
00:34:29,280 --> 00:34:31,396
OK.

497
00:34:31,480 --> 00:34:33,914
I've got a couple of options.

498
00:34:34,000 --> 00:34:35,991
I could wear...

499
00:34:36,080 --> 00:34:38,799
I can wear this skirt

500
00:34:38,880 --> 00:34:41,155
with this shirt, like this.

501
00:34:41,240 --> 00:34:45,791
This goes around the other way, like this,
and I could wear it with this shirt here.

502
00:34:45,880 --> 00:34:49,953
- What do you think?
- The silk one is sexier, but this one's elegant.

503
00:34:50,040 --> 00:34:54,716
You think the silk one's sexier? So maybe
I should wear this. Sex works best in the end.

504
00:34:54,800 --> 00:35:00,591
Men like to feel there's some hot payoff
waiting for 'em somewhere down the track.

505
00:35:00,680 --> 00:35:05,834
- God, look at me. I'm so fat.
- Fat? Melinda, everyone should be so fat.

506
00:35:05,920 --> 00:35:09,515
I didn't eat anything since Friday.
I wanted to lose six pounds.

507
00:35:09,600 --> 00:35:14,913
It's not healthy. I mean, an empty stomach
and all those pills, and...

508
00:35:15,000 --> 00:35:19,835
I don't know. Maybe this is better. Maybe
sex is too predatory a message to send,

509
00:35:19,920 --> 00:35:22,639
and elegance is a wiser opening gambit.

510
00:35:22,720 --> 00:35:25,996
I don't think it matters much.
You look great. Doesn't she?

511
00:35:26,080 --> 00:35:29,117
Yeah. Very stylish.

512
00:35:29,200 --> 00:35:33,955
Look at me. I'm fat. I can't lose any weight.
I think I need another drink.

513
00:35:34,040 --> 00:35:36,031
Alcohol's fattening.

514
00:35:37,200 --> 00:35:40,476
- Can you make it a vodka?
- Plus an empty stomach with pills?

515
00:35:40,560 --> 00:35:43,711
Vodka's not fattening.
I need something to calm me down,

516
00:35:43,800 --> 00:35:46,439
just to make me a little more confident.

517
00:35:46,520 --> 00:35:51,196
- I've got goddamn circles under my eyes.
- You look fine.

518
00:35:51,640 --> 00:35:54,837
That's easy for you to say
because you're still beautiful.

519
00:35:54,920 --> 00:35:56,990
I feel like I'm running on empty.

520
00:35:57,080 --> 00:36:00,356
I don't wanna go.
Honestly, I don't wanna go to this thing.

521
00:36:00,440 --> 00:36:04,319
Come on. It's just a little party with friends.

522
00:36:08,040 --> 00:36:13,433
How did I wind up desperate? Because that's
what I am, Laurel. There's no other word.

523
00:36:13,520 --> 00:36:16,512
You're a catch for the right man.
You really are.

524
00:36:16,600 --> 00:36:20,639
Falling in love
is gonna work wonders for you.

525
00:36:26,600 --> 00:36:30,149
- Congratulations. I hear Lee got that part.
- We're very excited.

526
00:36:30,240 --> 00:36:35,109
No one at school played the classics like Lee.
They still talk about the Strindberg series.

527
00:36:35,200 --> 00:36:39,876
Yes. He's held himself back from commercial
work because he's got such high standards.

528
00:36:39,960 --> 00:36:42,474
- He won't do anything just for the money.
- Yeah.

529
00:36:47,360 --> 00:36:51,990
I knew that director would have his way,
and he wanted you.

530
00:36:52,080 --> 00:36:56,835
My agent'll bring film people to the opening
cos there's talk of a project in California.

531
00:36:56,920 --> 00:37:00,390
I'd drink to your good fortune,
but vodka's not good for Samantha.

532
00:37:00,480 --> 00:37:02,471
It's gonna be a girl.

533
00:37:02,560 --> 00:37:05,358
Cassie, I never slept
with a pregnant woman before.

534
00:37:05,440 --> 00:37:06,509
- No?
- No.

535
00:37:06,600 --> 00:37:10,070
It always struck me as so erotic -
doing it with your big belly.

536
00:37:10,160 --> 00:37:13,869
Peter says it's just like
screwing any fat person.

537
00:37:13,960 --> 00:37:18,875
I don't suppose he'd lend you out to me
so I could satisfy a lifelong lustful curiosity?

538
00:37:18,960 --> 00:37:23,590
Why don't you get Laurel pregnant? Then
you wouldn't need to make arrangements.

539
00:37:23,680 --> 00:37:28,754
Maybe if things work out now, we can start to
think about it. I always wanted to have kids.

540
00:37:28,840 --> 00:37:32,435
Knock her up, then you can
make love to her in all the trimesters.

541
00:37:32,520 --> 00:37:36,877
If you knew how much I wanted to do it with
you, you'd do it just out of human kindness.

542
00:37:36,960 --> 00:37:40,714
Too late. Ball was in your court years ago.
You ran in another direction.

543
00:37:40,800 --> 00:37:44,349
How's our matchmaking going?
They seem to be hitting it off well.

544
00:37:44,440 --> 00:37:47,671
Peter, what's it like
to sleep with a pregnant woman?

545
00:37:47,760 --> 00:37:51,355
Have you ever made love
with a loser at Weight Watchers?

546
00:37:51,440 --> 00:37:54,193
Didn't I tell you?

547
00:37:54,640 --> 00:37:57,837
The great thing about hiking is you're free.

548
00:37:57,920 --> 00:37:59,911
You feel free.

549
00:38:00,000 --> 00:38:06,075
You're up there in the mountains
or in the woods, and it's beautiful.

550
00:38:06,160 --> 00:38:08,799
Almost religious.

551
00:38:08,880 --> 00:38:10,950
And I am not religious.

552
00:38:11,040 --> 00:38:14,510
Certainly not after Dorothy passed away.

553
00:38:15,680 --> 00:38:18,513
That must have been really tough
on your daughter.

554
00:38:18,600 --> 00:38:23,515
I've tried to explain it all to Emily,
including the whole religious aspect,

555
00:38:23,600 --> 00:38:26,512
but what the hell? She's four.

556
00:38:27,320 --> 00:38:32,599
I just don't want her to be angry at God
or against religion.

557
00:38:32,680 --> 00:38:35,956
I want her to be happy and educate herself

558
00:38:36,040 --> 00:38:40,477
and make her own decisions
about the big questions.

559
00:38:41,800 --> 00:38:44,155
Look, Melinda,

560
00:38:44,240 --> 00:38:49,473
I'd love to call you. Maybe we could spend
some time getting to know one another.

561
00:38:49,560 --> 00:38:53,553
I know you just returned to New York,
but it's really changed.

562
00:38:53,640 --> 00:38:56,632
I'd be glad to show you around.

563
00:38:56,720 --> 00:39:00,918
To tell you the truth, Bud,
I don't really think I'm ready to go out yet.

564
00:39:01,000 --> 00:39:05,551
I don't think it would be fair to you.
Maybe when I'm a little more settled.

565
00:39:05,640 --> 00:39:07,756
Sure. At your leisure.

566
00:39:07,840 --> 00:39:10,308
I understand.

567
00:39:10,400 --> 00:39:12,470
Jesus.

568
00:39:12,560 --> 00:39:17,156
Emily's with a new sitter tonight
and, of course, I'm a basket case.

569
00:39:17,240 --> 00:39:21,028
- That's very sweet.
- Would you excuse me?

570
00:39:42,720 --> 00:39:45,393
Laurel, you know this one. Play.

571
00:39:47,360 --> 00:39:51,239
- I can't. He plays so beautifully.
- Hey, here. Come on.

572
00:39:51,320 --> 00:39:53,311
Come on.

573
00:40:10,000 --> 00:40:12,594
Take over. You're wonderful.

574
00:40:44,480 --> 00:40:47,790
Sorry. I didn't mean to interrupt.
I'm just gonna get a drink.

575
00:40:47,880 --> 00:40:52,237
That's OK. I was just rubbing this lamp,
hoping to change my life.

576
00:40:52,320 --> 00:40:56,711
Well, I believe in magic. In the end,
I think it's the only thing that can save us.

577
00:40:56,800 --> 00:41:01,112
- You're the piano player.
- Not any more. I'm on a break.

578
00:41:01,200 --> 00:41:05,830
A mysterious stranger has temporarily
taken over. I must say, she plays beautifully.

579
00:41:05,920 --> 00:41:07,672
Hey.

580
00:41:07,760 --> 00:41:09,955
Are your eyes misting over?

581
00:41:10,040 --> 00:41:14,795
This song, it's meaningful to me.
It was playing the night I met someone.

582
00:41:14,880 --> 00:41:17,633
So are they tears of sorrow or tears of joy?

583
00:41:17,720 --> 00:41:20,712
Well, aren't those the same tears?

584
00:41:21,840 --> 00:41:23,353
Yeah.

585
00:41:23,440 --> 00:41:29,151
Why do things that start off so promisingly
always have a way of ending up in the dump?

586
00:41:29,240 --> 00:41:33,233
- Not for everyone.
- Well, for anybody with any imagination.

587
00:41:33,320 --> 00:41:36,869
You know, life is manageable enough
if you keep your hopes modest.

588
00:41:36,960 --> 00:41:41,909
The minute you allow yourself sweet dreams
you run the risk of them crashing down.

589
00:41:42,000 --> 00:41:44,639
There's plenty of old songs that I cry over.

590
00:41:44,720 --> 00:41:47,234
My name is Melinda.

591
00:41:47,320 --> 00:41:50,278
Melinda Robicheaux. It's French.

592
00:41:50,360 --> 00:41:54,239
- That's a very beautiful name.
- Thank you. It's my mother's.

593
00:41:54,320 --> 00:41:59,155
She married a Dr Nash, so I grew up Nash,
but I've changed it to her name.

594
00:41:59,240 --> 00:42:01,470
And that is a wise choice.

595
00:42:01,560 --> 00:42:03,516
It's very musical.

596
00:42:03,600 --> 00:42:07,195
My name is Ellis Moonsong.
I am from Harlem, USA.

597
00:42:07,280 --> 00:42:10,795
Ellis Moonsong. Is that really your name?

598
00:42:10,880 --> 00:42:13,713
Yes, it is. Let's go and sit down.

599
00:42:13,800 --> 00:42:17,713
It's wonderful. You also play beautifully.

600
00:42:17,800 --> 00:42:20,439
Well, one thing I could always do
was make music.

601
00:42:20,520 --> 00:42:24,672
I can play all the instruments,
but my specialty is composition.

602
00:42:24,760 --> 00:42:28,833
I've written two operas. One was done
at Yale, I'm proud to say successfully,

603
00:42:28,920 --> 00:42:32,469
and the other one is being done
in Santa Fe next summer.

604
00:42:32,560 --> 00:42:35,358
- Very impressive.
- Yeah, listen to me brag.

605
00:42:35,440 --> 00:42:39,433
I'm insecure, so I sell myself.
The truth is, not everybody likes the music.

606
00:42:39,520 --> 00:42:43,479
They're kind of modern,
but the critics were extremely supportive.

607
00:42:43,560 --> 00:42:46,870
Is that what you wanna be -
another Verdi or Puccini?

608
00:42:46,960 --> 00:42:49,872
I don't kid myself, you know, but, yeah.

609
00:42:49,960 --> 00:42:54,272
If I could rub that lamp and have my wish...
Operas, symphonies, string quartets.

610
00:42:54,360 --> 00:42:59,639
There's a lot of interest in my work in Europe.
I might go to Barcelona or to Paris to live.

611
00:42:59,720 --> 00:43:05,590
God, I can't stop gushing about myself.
You've opened Pandora's box.

612
00:43:05,680 --> 00:43:07,591
And you?

613
00:43:07,680 --> 00:43:11,639
I don't write opera,
but my life has been one.

614
00:43:11,720 --> 00:43:17,078
I'm one of those heroines too high-strung
for existence on this planet,

615
00:43:17,160 --> 00:43:19,754
although I brought
my worst troubles on myself.

616
00:43:19,840 --> 00:43:23,230
I shouldn't have reached
so thoughtlessly for my dreams.

617
00:43:23,320 --> 00:43:26,676
We grab without thinking
because we're passionate people.

618
00:43:26,760 --> 00:43:29,479
I knew you were passionate
once we started talking.

619
00:43:29,560 --> 00:43:32,233
- How?
- How?

620
00:43:32,320 --> 00:43:34,436
Well, your eyes, your voice.

621
00:43:34,520 --> 00:43:37,432
I got a great instinct about people.

622
00:43:37,520 --> 00:43:39,476
You know, I do. It's a gift.

623
00:43:39,560 --> 00:43:42,836
Let me get right to the point.
Can I get to know you better?

624
00:43:42,920 --> 00:43:47,357
I gotta go back and play, but
could we have lunch, you know, or dinner?

625
00:43:47,440 --> 00:43:50,716
You can certainly have my number,
if that's what you're asking.

626
00:43:53,360 --> 00:43:55,874
Let me... I'll just get a pen.

627
00:43:55,960 --> 00:43:57,951
There you are.

628
00:43:58,040 --> 00:44:01,919
- I saw Mr Bud Silverglide.
- The mystery pianist.

629
00:44:02,000 --> 00:44:05,231
Mr Moonsong, Ellis Moonsong, this is Laurel.

630
00:44:05,320 --> 00:44:08,869
Laurel? I dated a Laurel.
She broke my heart.

631
00:44:08,960 --> 00:44:12,953
I wrote this piece of music and I dedicated it
to her hoping it would win her back.

632
00:44:13,040 --> 00:44:17,079
- Let me be the first to tell you, it did not.
- He composes serious music.

633
00:44:17,160 --> 00:44:20,470
You two should have a lot to discuss
cos Laurel gave concerts.

634
00:44:20,560 --> 00:44:22,869
Those days vanished with the lost chord.

635
00:44:22,960 --> 00:44:27,033
His opera was a big success at Yale
and they're doing the other one where?

636
00:44:27,120 --> 00:44:29,759
At the Santa Fe Opera House.

637
00:44:30,480 --> 00:44:33,199
It's great when it's stretched out
in front of you.

638
00:44:33,280 --> 00:44:35,919
Well, I wish I was as optimistic as you.

639
00:44:36,000 --> 00:44:39,390
- Well, I'll call you tomorrow.
- I'm busy tomorrow.

640
00:44:39,480 --> 00:44:42,756
- What's tomorrow?
- Well, then, I'll call you the day after.

641
00:44:42,840 --> 00:44:45,035
If you feel like it.

642
00:44:50,480 --> 00:44:54,314
What happened with you
and the swell dentist?

643
00:44:54,400 --> 00:44:56,470
He was very, very sweet.

644
00:44:56,560 --> 00:44:58,278
Very cute.

645
00:44:58,360 --> 00:45:00,555
But just not for me.

646
00:45:01,400 --> 00:45:06,713
But Ellis Moonsong is very poetic.

647
00:45:06,800 --> 00:45:08,392
Melinda.

648
00:45:08,480 --> 00:45:10,835
Things are amazing.

649
00:45:10,920 --> 00:45:13,275
You meet a stranger, and in a sudden rush,

650
00:45:13,360 --> 00:45:16,796
you're thinking to yourself,
"Could I live in Barcelona?"

651
00:45:16,880 --> 00:45:22,876
Be careful. I mean, you can't go through life
rubbing lamps and wishing.

652
00:45:24,040 --> 00:45:27,032
It doesn't work. Take it from me.

653
00:45:36,320 --> 00:45:37,799
Hey.

654
00:45:37,880 --> 00:45:39,677
Greg Earlinger.

655
00:45:41,560 --> 00:45:43,994
Hi.

656
00:45:44,080 --> 00:45:46,753
- Greg Earlinger.
- I'm Susan. We've met.

657
00:45:46,840 --> 00:45:49,718
- This is Melinda.
- Yes, wow.

658
00:45:49,800 --> 00:45:52,268
- Nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you.

659
00:45:52,360 --> 00:45:55,272
- So, this is Hobie.
- You're the gynaecologist.

660
00:45:55,360 --> 00:45:57,669
- Close. No, I'm the dentist.
- Dentist.

661
00:45:57,760 --> 00:46:00,558
Dentist. What were you thinking?

662
00:46:05,360 --> 00:46:10,195
- I love it at this time of year. It's so beautiful.
- It's nice when it's so bright, huh?

663
00:46:10,280 --> 00:46:13,192
You know, it's really sexy, isn't it?

664
00:46:13,280 --> 00:46:17,353
- You look a little carsick.
- Why? Cos I'm the colour of guacamole?

665
00:46:17,440 --> 00:46:21,433
This is going well.
Look how happy she looks.

666
00:46:21,520 --> 00:46:25,877
I wish we could afford a pad in the Hamptons.
Everybody who's anybody has one.

667
00:46:25,960 --> 00:46:31,080
But if you're somebody who's nobody, it's no
fun to be around anybody who's everybody.

668
00:46:31,160 --> 00:46:34,072
Isn't he charming?
And don't tell me he's not gorgeous.

669
00:46:34,160 --> 00:46:36,390
If you like perfect features.

670
00:46:36,480 --> 00:46:38,550
Don't be such a crab.

671
00:46:38,640 --> 00:46:41,712
I'm gonna try to come out here more often.

672
00:46:42,680 --> 00:46:45,353
- Wow, it's so big.
- Thank you.

673
00:46:45,440 --> 00:46:49,433
It's so clean, too.
It's a great place to entertain, which I love.

674
00:46:49,520 --> 00:46:52,717
- God, Hobie, isn't it amazing?
- Yeah, I love the ramp.

675
00:46:52,800 --> 00:46:55,997
It's wheelchair accessible.
That's important out here.

676
00:46:56,080 --> 00:46:58,753
- Go ahead, guys. Go in.
- Thanks.

677
00:47:02,200 --> 00:47:06,193
It's tremendous for aerobics.
Come on, try it, Hobie.

678
00:47:06,280 --> 00:47:08,236
What do you do for exercise?

679
00:47:08,320 --> 00:47:11,710
Tiddlywinks.
And an occasional anxiety attack.

680
00:47:11,800 --> 00:47:16,271
- Try it, Hobie. It's good manners.
- Since when do I have good manners?

681
00:47:16,360 --> 00:47:19,670
- What is that? Is it a pig?
- I don't know.

682
00:47:19,760 --> 00:47:21,990
Hey, Greg, did you shoot this?

683
00:47:22,080 --> 00:47:24,640
Well, actually, I shot all of those.

684
00:47:24,720 --> 00:47:28,793
Twice a year I go to Africa.
The experience would take your breath away.

685
00:47:28,880 --> 00:47:31,872
Huge herds of kudu -
greater kudu and lesser kudu.

686
00:47:31,960 --> 00:47:35,236
- Which is bigger? The greater or the lesser?
- Hobie!

687
00:47:35,320 --> 00:47:41,395
I think it would be the sexiest thing to sleep
under the stars in the middle of the jungle...

688
00:47:41,480 --> 00:47:44,995
If you don't mind waking up
with a python in your sleeping bag.

689
00:47:45,080 --> 00:47:49,596
No, no. The whole thing is very civilised.
They have beds and bathrooms and showers.

690
00:47:49,680 --> 00:47:54,470
But no elevators. In case you're being chased
by a tiger and you have to get up into a tree.

691
00:47:54,560 --> 00:47:57,552
- I'd have to take the elevator.
- I don't understand.

692
00:47:57,640 --> 00:48:00,154
- Me neither.
- Did you shoot all the furniture?

693
00:48:00,240 --> 00:48:04,950
- So, Melinda, have you ever shot a gun?
- How quickly was it shot? Freshly shot?

694
00:48:09,960 --> 00:48:12,793
- Right here?
- That's fine. This was fun. Thank you.

695
00:48:12,880 --> 00:48:15,519
- Are you sure you'll be all right?
- I'm fine.

696
00:48:15,600 --> 00:48:19,513
- Do you wanna come up for a drink?
- A drink! Yeah, we could do that.

697
00:48:19,600 --> 00:48:22,717
- We can't. You have to get up early.
- Why? I'm out of work.

698
00:48:22,800 --> 00:48:26,588
Hey, do you have any tequila?
I make the world's most potent margarita.

699
00:48:26,680 --> 00:48:28,716
- They're very strong.
- I sure do.

700
00:48:28,800 --> 00:48:31,360
- Are you all right?
- Here, can I help you?

701
00:48:31,440 --> 00:48:34,750
- Very good. You know this car so well.
- He's like an old man.

702
00:48:34,840 --> 00:48:37,912
- Thank you.
- I'm fine.

703
00:48:38,000 --> 00:48:39,592
It's like we're dancing.

704
00:48:39,680 --> 00:48:42,831
- Tequila's on the surgeon general's list.
- Just be quiet.

705
00:48:42,920 --> 00:48:45,957
Why'd he stop twice to get the car washed?

706
00:48:46,480 --> 00:48:50,758
God, he's incredible, isn't he?
It'd be great for Melinda if things worked out.

707
00:48:50,840 --> 00:48:53,274
I wouldn't let that guy fill my teeth.

708
00:48:53,360 --> 00:48:56,796
I mean, anyone who gets his jollies
putting holes in animals...

709
00:48:56,880 --> 00:48:59,713
The Ernest Hemingway of the root canal set.

710
00:48:59,800 --> 00:49:02,519
He's probably got her in bed by now.

711
00:49:03,320 --> 00:49:05,880
I didn't think she could stand him.

712
00:49:05,960 --> 00:49:08,838
Not every woman falls
for that phoney social rap,

713
00:49:08,920 --> 00:49:14,790
you know, with the Haut-Brion and
special cheeses and backgammon trophy.

714
00:49:14,880 --> 00:49:17,189
Someone must blow him up with an air hose.

715
00:49:17,280 --> 00:49:22,513
You know what? Can we just not discuss it?
And, frankly, I thought you acted like a clown.

716
00:49:22,600 --> 00:49:25,990
Now, can I talk to you for a minute?
And try not to get upset.

717
00:49:26,080 --> 00:49:30,596
What? You wanna spend more time in
the Hamptons whether I go with you or not?

718
00:49:30,680 --> 00:49:33,513
I told you Steve Walsh
is gonna co-produce my film.

719
00:49:33,600 --> 00:49:37,878
Yes, that's fantastic. I figured out
a great way to play the psychiatrist.

720
00:49:37,960 --> 00:49:41,111
It's fresh. With a limp. I do a great limp,

721
00:49:41,200 --> 00:49:44,078
and that will account
for his crushing insecurity.

722
00:49:44,160 --> 00:49:47,516
That way, when I make a pass at Rosalie,
I expect the rejection.

723
00:49:47,600 --> 00:49:49,795
You won't be able to play the shrink.

724
00:49:49,880 --> 00:49:52,110
- Why not?
- Steve wants a name.

725
00:49:52,200 --> 00:49:55,670
- I have a name on my driver's licence.
- He won't go with an unknown.

726
00:49:55,760 --> 00:49:59,514
- You're the director. You say what goes.
- Without him, there's no film.

727
00:49:59,600 --> 00:50:02,512
But I'm the perfect psychiatrist. You said it.

728
00:50:02,600 --> 00:50:05,592
I think I can find something else
for you in the script.

729
00:50:05,680 --> 00:50:07,955
- Like what?
- What about Moe Flanders?

730
00:50:08,040 --> 00:50:11,555
You'd be a natural.
You're more Flanders than you are the shrink.

731
00:50:11,640 --> 00:50:16,634
Flanders? The retarded elevator operator
with the cleft palate?

732
00:50:16,720 --> 00:50:20,759
- Is that how you see me?
- When have I said you had a cleft palate?

733
00:50:20,840 --> 00:50:23,798
- Help!
- My God. That's Melinda.

734
00:50:23,880 --> 00:50:26,997
He's raping her.
Probably put Novocaine in her margarita.

735
00:50:27,080 --> 00:50:30,675
- Help! Help!
- What is it? What's wrong? What's wrong?

736
00:50:30,760 --> 00:50:33,752
I got a tick! There's a tick in my leg.

737
00:50:33,840 --> 00:50:37,549
- Where's Greg?
- He's a dentist. He doesn't do tick extractions.

738
00:50:37,640 --> 00:50:40,393
His beeper went off.
He had some kind of emergency.

739
00:50:40,480 --> 00:50:43,392
Someone saw a rhino on Sixth Avenue
and they needed a hunter.

740
00:50:43,480 --> 00:50:47,268
- Get it out! Quick! Please! Please!
- I don't know how. In the Bronx we had mice.

741
00:50:47,360 --> 00:50:51,672
You need a doctor. You can't pull it out cos
the body comes out and the head stays in.

742
00:50:51,760 --> 00:50:55,673
- I feel terrible. I think I'm gonna faint.
- Take her to the emergency room.

743
00:50:55,760 --> 00:50:59,753
- There's a tick inside me sucking my blood!
- It's not sucking your blood.

744
00:50:59,840 --> 00:51:02,877
Those are leeches.
But this is disgusting enough.

745
00:51:31,760 --> 00:51:35,753
I'm so sorry. It was so nice of you
to come and hang with me.

746
00:51:35,840 --> 00:51:37,239
That's OK.

747
00:51:37,320 --> 00:51:43,190
Actually, I love watching a live creature being
pulled out of somebody's body at 3.30am.

748
00:51:43,280 --> 00:51:48,673
- If that happens again, please call me.
- It was really nice of you - this whole day.

749
00:51:48,760 --> 00:51:51,433
It's obvious
you don't care much for the beach.

750
00:51:51,520 --> 00:51:57,390
It's not the beach so much as the ocean, the
sand and the seagulls and things like that.

751
00:51:57,480 --> 00:51:59,277
Well, go.

752
00:51:59,360 --> 00:52:01,920
You've had a long day. Rest.

753
00:52:02,000 --> 00:52:05,072
Call me. I'm over here if you need me. OK?

754
00:52:05,160 --> 00:52:09,358
But try not to panic.
The screaming frightened me.

755
00:52:09,440 --> 00:52:14,309
And you would be totally cool if you had a
live insect crawling around under your skin?

756
00:52:14,400 --> 00:52:16,675
I wouldn't enjoy it, but I wouldn't panic.

757
00:52:16,760 --> 00:52:19,911
That's good because
there's one in the back of your neck.

758
00:52:20,000 --> 00:52:21,592
- My neck?
- Your neck.

759
00:52:21,680 --> 00:52:23,830
- My neck?
- Yes. Right here. It's OK.

760
00:52:23,920 --> 00:52:26,150
- Get it off! Get it off me!
- Relax. OK.

761
00:52:30,880 --> 00:52:33,792
This is exciting.
I've never been to the races before.

762
00:52:33,880 --> 00:52:38,158
Here's a horse called Broadway Melody.
I think that's a lucky name.

763
00:52:38,240 --> 00:52:44,236
Well, it's not very sensible to pick horses
by their names, but I guess it's romantic.

764
00:52:57,280 --> 00:52:59,191
That was so beautiful.

765
00:52:59,280 --> 00:53:02,477
There is no more sublime music
than that second movement.

766
00:53:02,560 --> 00:53:05,791
Laurel cannot listen without crying.
Her eyes are all red.

767
00:53:05,880 --> 00:53:10,271
I'm with her. When Raphael first laid eyes
upon the Sistine Chapel he passed out.

768
00:53:10,360 --> 00:53:13,670
- Aren't you gonna find us a taxi?
- Yeah, let's go.

769
00:53:13,760 --> 00:53:16,115
She's head over heels in love with him.

770
00:53:16,200 --> 00:53:19,556
He's gifted, sensitive.
He is unfazed by the details of her past.

771
00:53:19,640 --> 00:53:22,313
He is, in fact, moved by her suffering.

772
00:53:22,400 --> 00:53:28,032
Even the awful story she's been
reluctant to tell but feels that she must.

773
00:53:28,680 --> 00:53:30,955
I killed him.

774
00:53:31,040 --> 00:53:33,634
But it was an accident.

775
00:53:34,960 --> 00:53:36,757
No.

776
00:53:38,440 --> 00:53:42,718
In my defence, I will say
I was out of my mind on drugs.

777
00:53:42,800 --> 00:53:45,678
I shouldn't say drugs. Pills.

778
00:53:45,760 --> 00:53:48,593
Pills to help me sleep at night,
pills to keep me awake,

779
00:53:48,680 --> 00:53:55,119
whatever I could get my hands on to sweep
my various pains and anxieties under the rug.

780
00:53:57,440 --> 00:54:01,194
But if I'm honest about it, I did mean to do it.

781
00:54:01,280 --> 00:54:03,077
No.

782
00:54:05,200 --> 00:54:08,317
I denied it in the trial, of course.

783
00:54:08,400 --> 00:54:10,789
But the fact is, I...

784
00:54:12,360 --> 00:54:15,113
I couldn't think of what else to do.

785
00:54:15,920 --> 00:54:18,957
I thought about killing myself.

786
00:54:19,040 --> 00:54:23,238
Why I didn't, I can't say.
It would have been much more rational.

787
00:54:23,320 --> 00:54:26,790
I thought about killing his girlfriend.

788
00:54:28,480 --> 00:54:30,630
Maryanne was her name.

789
00:54:30,720 --> 00:54:32,711
Maryanne Lane.

790
00:54:35,240 --> 00:54:37,435
And it was...

791
00:54:38,480 --> 00:54:40,869
It was so easy buying a gun.

792
00:54:42,360 --> 00:54:47,354
I just drove out of state
and I walked into a store and I bought one.

793
00:54:47,440 --> 00:54:49,237
There were no questions asked.

794
00:54:49,320 --> 00:54:55,919
I bought a box of bullets and I loaded it
like I'd been handling one my whole life.

795
00:54:57,360 --> 00:55:00,591
It was all very premeditated,

796
00:55:02,120 --> 00:55:06,750
despite what my attorneys
would have everyone believe.

797
00:55:06,840 --> 00:55:09,229
And then I

798
00:55:09,320 --> 00:55:11,675
drove back to where he worked.

799
00:55:11,760 --> 00:55:17,118
It was next to a Christian Science
reading room. I remember that.

800
00:55:17,200 --> 00:55:21,113
And I just waited out the front
for him to come out.

801
00:55:21,200 --> 00:55:24,351
And even that wasn't very difficult.

802
00:55:25,160 --> 00:55:29,870
There was a slight drizzle, I remember that,
but the wait wasn't interminable.

803
00:55:29,960 --> 00:55:31,951
And then

804
00:55:33,040 --> 00:55:38,114
when he came out and walked to his car,
I simply confronted him.

805
00:55:38,920 --> 00:55:42,913
And he said some
very cold and cruel things to me,

806
00:55:43,000 --> 00:55:47,198
and I shot Mr San Giuliano

807
00:55:50,280 --> 00:55:52,475
as I had planned to.

808
00:55:54,680 --> 00:55:56,875
As I had planned.

809
00:56:01,480 --> 00:56:07,510
Well, they must have felt the circumstances
were extenuating if you got off so lightly.

810
00:56:07,600 --> 00:56:09,750
It may seem lightly to you,

811
00:56:10,200 --> 00:56:12,191
but it was nothing but hell.

812
00:56:12,280 --> 00:56:17,877
And if you've never been arrested and put
on trial, well, that alone is sentence enough.

813
00:56:17,960 --> 00:56:20,235
The horror, the...

814
00:56:20,320 --> 00:56:26,714
the tension, the police, the journalists...
I went over my story hundreds of times -

815
00:56:26,800 --> 00:56:30,315
the jilted mother, seduced away
from her family, sick on drugs,

816
00:56:30,400 --> 00:56:33,870
the struggle for the gun, the gun goes off.

817
00:56:37,080 --> 00:56:39,469
But there was no struggle.

818
00:56:41,240 --> 00:56:43,549
That was legal fiction.

819
00:56:44,400 --> 00:56:47,278
Well, you had good lawyers.

820
00:56:47,360 --> 00:56:49,828
Not like your child custody team.

821
00:56:53,760 --> 00:56:58,390
I remember just lying
in my cell at night and thinking,

822
00:56:59,200 --> 00:57:01,191
"My God. "

823
00:57:03,120 --> 00:57:06,715
"You are Melinda Nash from Park Avenue. "

824
00:57:08,560 --> 00:57:13,429
"What the hell are you doing
in a women's prison in Illinois?"

825
00:57:15,760 --> 00:57:20,959
So, naturally, after I got out
I decided to end it all.

826
00:57:25,800 --> 00:57:27,870
What do you want?

827
00:57:32,360 --> 00:57:37,354
I want to want to live.

828
00:57:38,840 --> 00:57:41,035
Everybody wants to live.

829
00:57:47,240 --> 00:57:51,392
Now that I met you,
I'm feeling a little more positive about it.

830
00:57:52,360 --> 00:57:55,352
Congratulate me. I just got canned.

831
00:57:56,800 --> 00:58:01,351
My version differs from theirs. They would
have you believe I couldn't hold my liquor,

832
00:58:01,440 --> 00:58:05,035
which anyone who knows me
knows is a baseless canard.

833
00:58:05,120 --> 00:58:07,680
Lee, I knew this would happen.

834
00:58:08,400 --> 00:58:11,437
You did? Well, why didn't you tell me?

835
00:58:11,520 --> 00:58:14,717
I'm angry and disgusted.
I mean, Christ, can you blame them?

836
00:58:14,800 --> 00:58:19,351
Thank you for the emotional support.
I'll see you around.

837
00:58:23,880 --> 00:58:25,996
- Hey.
- Hi.

838
00:58:26,080 --> 00:58:30,551
- You all right? You seem a little glum.
- Lee got fired.

839
00:58:32,120 --> 00:58:33,599
What happened?

840
00:58:33,680 --> 00:58:36,274
It was the producer.
They'd always wanted a name.

841
00:58:36,360 --> 00:58:39,989
- They got nervous cos ticket sales were slow.
- I'm sorry.

842
00:58:40,080 --> 00:58:44,039
- I know the realities of the marketplace.
- Yeah. So, what are you gonna do?

843
00:58:44,120 --> 00:58:48,432
I don't know if I should feel sorry for myself
or shop to blot out my depression.

844
00:58:48,520 --> 00:58:50,317
- Neither. Come with us.
- With you?

845
00:58:50,400 --> 00:58:54,075
Sure. I'm taking Melinda
to a recording session. Bart�k.

846
00:58:54,160 --> 00:58:56,230
- No...
- It'll take your mind off things.

847
00:58:56,320 --> 00:59:00,279
- You love Bart�k. They're doing a quartet.
- You remembered?

848
00:59:00,360 --> 00:59:03,397
- Come on.
- Do I have time to change?

849
00:59:03,480 --> 00:59:07,234
- You look fine. Look at me.
- I feel so grungy. I've been working all day.

850
00:59:07,320 --> 00:59:11,518
- All right, but hurry, then we'll get a coffee.
- OK.

851
00:59:35,120 --> 00:59:38,192
- It's beautiful, isn't it?
- They're so good.

852
00:59:38,280 --> 00:59:43,115
I could never decide between the piano and
the cello. The result is I play them both badly.

853
00:59:43,200 --> 00:59:46,397
- And the viola.
- I heard you play the piano. You're good.

854
00:59:46,480 --> 00:59:47,515
- No.
- Yes.

855
00:59:47,600 --> 00:59:51,388
Full of feeling.
You have a lovely touch of the keys.

856
00:59:51,480 --> 00:59:54,836
I can see a person's soul
by their intonation on an instrument -

857
00:59:54,920 --> 00:59:58,276
- keyboard, horn or strings. I can. It's a gift.
- You saw my soul?

858
00:59:58,360 --> 01:00:02,638
Right off the bat. That first party,
when you sat down next to me to play,

859
01:00:02,720 --> 01:00:06,998
the minute you touched the keys
the chord went through me like a knife.

860
01:00:07,080 --> 01:00:09,753
I don't dare ask you what you saw.

861
01:00:12,200 --> 01:00:14,794
It's great.

862
01:00:14,880 --> 01:00:19,670
Although I find
the more turbulent parts a little scary.

863
01:00:23,720 --> 01:00:26,280
- He's still not home.
- Come to dinner with us.

864
01:00:26,360 --> 01:00:28,920
- No, I can't.
- Come on. It's gonna be fun.

865
01:00:29,000 --> 01:00:34,677
We'll go down to this little bistro downtown
west. It's very quiet, very dark, very French.

866
01:00:34,760 --> 01:00:40,073
- I haven't been to a dark bistro since college.
- You'll love it. I've fallen in love there.

867
01:00:40,400 --> 01:00:42,277
No more for me.

868
01:00:42,360 --> 01:00:45,193
- Melinda was the fast, advanced one.
- Come on.

869
01:00:45,280 --> 01:00:48,477
All the men were crazy for her.
They were drawn to her.

870
01:00:48,560 --> 01:00:50,676
Her unpredictability.

871
01:00:50,760 --> 01:00:53,069
No, Laurel was the star of our group.

872
01:00:53,160 --> 01:00:56,516
I remember how jealous everyone was
when you married Lee.

873
01:00:56,600 --> 01:00:59,797
Lee was the most attractive,
most charismatic actor.

874
01:00:59,880 --> 01:01:05,955
My God. You almost broke Cassie's heart,
not that she'd ever admit it.

875
01:01:06,040 --> 01:01:10,989
Forgive me. Am I being too open here?
It's just I feel great.

876
01:01:11,080 --> 01:01:13,355
- What is this?
- It's a Haut-Brion.

877
01:01:13,440 --> 01:01:16,876
My head is swimming. But it feels good.

878
01:01:16,960 --> 01:01:21,795
You were the first one in our group to sleep
with a man. You were so very sophisticated.

879
01:01:21,880 --> 01:01:26,351
- I admired it. I did.
- Yeah, well, it was probably true.

880
01:01:26,440 --> 01:01:32,231
- I had a deep hunger for physical intimacy.
- A hunger that could not be denied.

881
01:01:32,320 --> 01:01:35,949
Not once adolescence descended
and the hormones kicked in.

882
01:01:36,040 --> 01:01:40,511
Melinda had a reputation
for being postmodern in bed.

883
01:01:40,600 --> 01:01:46,516
Life is short. That was a sobering discovery
I made when my mother killed herself.

884
01:01:46,600 --> 01:01:52,596
Short, and not about anything except
what you can touch and what touches you.

885
01:01:53,960 --> 01:01:55,951
Whereas I...

886
01:01:56,800 --> 01:01:59,951
I've only made love with one man in my life.

887
01:02:00,040 --> 01:02:03,715
Lee was the first
and Lee was the whole story ever since.

888
01:02:03,800 --> 01:02:06,678
That's perfect. No, I mean it.

889
01:02:06,760 --> 01:02:11,390
I think there's something almost mystical
about two people who only know each other.

890
01:02:11,480 --> 01:02:13,835
And, really, you're both very alike.

891
01:02:13,920 --> 01:02:17,390
You know, you're both very,
very passionate women.

892
01:02:17,480 --> 01:02:22,270
You're poured into one person, and you've
wanted to live out different experiences.

893
01:02:24,200 --> 01:02:26,919
- Is that you?
- No.

894
01:02:27,000 --> 01:02:29,389
No, I think it's me.

895
01:02:32,120 --> 01:02:34,111
So, I got a message.

896
01:02:36,240 --> 01:02:40,313
That was Peter.
I think he's got some news about my children.

897
01:02:41,320 --> 01:02:44,915
- Would you excuse me for a minute?
- Yeah, go ahead.

898
01:02:53,560 --> 01:02:56,472
I was determined not to ask you

899
01:02:56,560 --> 01:03:00,838
what you saw when you looked
right through to my soul when we met.

900
01:03:00,920 --> 01:03:02,717
But I wanna know.

901
01:03:03,240 --> 01:03:05,435
Something very clouded

902
01:03:06,520 --> 01:03:08,192
and

903
01:03:08,280 --> 01:03:10,953
protective,

904
01:03:11,040 --> 01:03:13,873
with lots of longing. There was...

905
01:03:13,960 --> 01:03:18,431
Wow, there was a great longing
in the notes you played.

906
01:03:19,320 --> 01:03:24,997
That's as accurate a diagnosis as a shrink
would make. It took you a much shorter time.

907
01:03:25,080 --> 01:03:27,150
You sat down and pressed the keyboard,

908
01:03:27,240 --> 01:03:32,314
and I thought, "Who is this lovely creature
with the melancholy touch on the keyboard?"

909
01:03:32,400 --> 01:03:36,996
Then I saw your wedding ring,
and I thought, you know, story of my life.

910
01:03:37,560 --> 01:03:39,755
Is that the story of your life?

911
01:03:40,200 --> 01:03:42,839
Well, it's the main chapters.

912
01:03:44,240 --> 01:03:46,310
My first impression was,

913
01:03:46,400 --> 01:03:48,311
he's handsome,

914
01:03:48,400 --> 01:03:50,311
he's lost,

915
01:03:50,400 --> 01:03:52,868
he's got inscrutable eyes...

916
01:03:53,720 --> 01:03:56,473
Melinda would like him.

917
01:03:57,680 --> 01:03:59,716
Speaking of Melinda.

918
01:04:02,080 --> 01:04:05,675
I don't dare say this, but it looks hopeful.

919
01:04:07,200 --> 01:04:09,555
God.

920
01:04:09,640 --> 01:04:12,757
I almost wish this opportunity
hadn't come up, you know.

921
01:04:12,840 --> 01:04:16,196
I just don't know
if I can handle the tension.

922
01:04:16,280 --> 01:04:18,350
I mean...

923
01:04:18,440 --> 01:04:22,956
- Just say it doesn't work out.
- It will. You have to think positively.

924
01:04:23,040 --> 01:04:27,955
She's right. You were correct when you said
that life is short and not about anything,

925
01:04:28,040 --> 01:04:33,672
but one thing I do know is that we were not
put on this Earth to be dragged all the time.

926
01:04:35,240 --> 01:04:37,515
We should go.

927
01:04:37,600 --> 01:04:41,991
I was hoping that you could come by my
class one afternoon and lecture the students.

928
01:04:42,080 --> 01:04:45,914
- It would be so meaningful to them.
- I'd love to.

929
01:04:46,000 --> 01:04:50,516
I'm a good lecturer. I just hope
I'm not a better lecturer than a composer.

930
01:04:54,920 --> 01:04:58,435
- You're home.
- I'm sorry, Laurel.

931
01:04:58,520 --> 01:05:00,636
I really messed things up.

932
01:05:00,720 --> 01:05:04,429
Yes, well, you really have
to get a handle on your drinking.

933
01:05:04,520 --> 01:05:07,159
Yes. And I will.

934
01:05:07,240 --> 01:05:09,834
Of course, now the boat sailed.

935
01:05:11,560 --> 01:05:14,757
- Made you some dinner.
- I ate.

936
01:05:14,840 --> 01:05:17,718
Where were you?

937
01:05:17,800 --> 01:05:20,678
I had some late meetings at school.

938
01:05:37,240 --> 01:05:40,198
- I don't know what to do.
- And you're sure?

939
01:05:40,280 --> 01:05:44,432
- Yes. It was there in his talk, in his eyes.
- And you flirted back?

940
01:05:44,520 --> 01:05:47,830
Yes. I was outta control,
letting him know I was there for him.

941
01:05:47,920 --> 01:05:49,876
God. Poor Melinda.

942
01:05:49,960 --> 01:05:54,272
I don't wanna hear about poor Melinda.
Other people's lives are falling apart.

943
01:05:54,360 --> 01:05:57,796
Peter and I suspected
it was not going well with Lee.

944
01:05:57,880 --> 01:06:01,077
Does everyone? Am I gossiped about?

945
01:06:01,160 --> 01:06:03,230
God, that poor girl.

946
01:06:03,320 --> 01:06:06,949
- Don't worry. I'm not gonna do anything.
- You already have.

947
01:06:07,040 --> 01:06:10,669
If you get divorced, there'll be lots of men.
Peter and I can help.

948
01:06:10,760 --> 01:06:15,834
No. I'm not gonna be the pathetic single
friend getting introduced to some dentist.

949
01:06:15,920 --> 01:06:18,718
You're gonna act on this. I see it.

950
01:06:22,480 --> 01:06:25,756
I don't know what to do.
I can't stop thinking about Melinda.

951
01:06:25,840 --> 01:06:29,230
She just knocked on our door
carrying her neurosis in her arms.

952
01:06:29,320 --> 01:06:32,392
- Now I can't get her out of my mind.
- Come on. You're married.

953
01:06:32,480 --> 01:06:38,237
I know. I know that. I'm consumed with guilt.
I dream of myself kissing Melinda.

954
01:06:38,320 --> 01:06:41,596
- Then I'm on trial at Nuremberg.
- How does Melinda feel?

955
01:06:41,680 --> 01:06:46,117
I haven't been able to tell her that.
The subject of infidelity's out of the question.

956
01:06:46,200 --> 01:06:49,158
- You don't know if she feels the same?
- No, I think she does.

957
01:06:49,240 --> 01:06:53,074
I just haven't had a chance to pursue it.
I mean, Walt, here's the thing.

958
01:06:53,160 --> 01:06:56,038
My marriage has been on the decline
for a long time.

959
01:06:56,120 --> 01:06:58,395
We hardly ever sleep together.

960
01:06:58,480 --> 01:07:02,473
The last time we did
Susan just lay there staring into the darkness

961
01:07:02,560 --> 01:07:05,552
as if her parents had been killed in a fire.

962
01:07:05,640 --> 01:07:09,679
Well, why can't you just tell her
it's not working any more?

963
01:07:09,760 --> 01:07:15,073
I don't wanna hurt her. I couldn't fire my
podiatrist who operated on my wrong foot.

964
01:07:15,160 --> 01:07:17,515
Maybe you should go back to your shrink.

965
01:07:17,600 --> 01:07:21,195
He'd just recommend Prozac.
I think he has stock in the company.

966
01:07:21,280 --> 01:07:24,238
- Maybe you're using Susan as an excuse.
- No.

967
01:07:24,320 --> 01:07:27,392
Yes. Maybe you don't even really wanna do it.

968
01:07:27,480 --> 01:07:32,679
No, cos if there was a button I could push to
be with Melinda but not hurt Susan, I'd do it.

969
01:07:32,760 --> 01:07:37,231
Tell me this. How wise is it to get involved
with a woman with Melinda's track record?

970
01:07:37,320 --> 01:07:42,110
That's why I'm convinced I'm in love with her,
because there's no logical reason to be.

971
01:07:42,200 --> 01:07:44,998
- Be a man. Be honest with Susan.
- I don't know...

972
01:07:45,080 --> 01:07:48,868
That's what you have to do!
Be honest with her. She'll live, you'll live.

973
01:07:48,960 --> 01:07:52,270
Then you go out,
you buy Melinda a nice little bauble -

974
01:07:52,360 --> 01:07:54,510
I heard her say that she likes Art Deco -

975
01:07:54,600 --> 01:07:57,956
- take her out, confess your feelings.
- You sure?

976
01:07:58,040 --> 01:08:02,113
- Yeah. That's the way.
- This is gonna crush Susan.

977
01:08:15,240 --> 01:08:18,994
How you doin'?
The Deco pin there.

978
01:08:19,080 --> 01:08:21,116
- How much is that?
- That's $150.

979
01:08:21,200 --> 01:08:25,273
- Could you giftwrap that for me?
- Yes, of course.

980
01:08:41,480 --> 01:08:45,951
I wish I could be with Melinda
without hurting my wife.

981
01:09:14,400 --> 01:09:19,030
- Hobie, what are you doing here?
- Now, don't get upset.

982
01:09:19,120 --> 01:09:25,116
Hobie, I think you should know that Steve
and I have become attracted to one another.

983
01:09:26,280 --> 01:09:30,353
- You have?
- If you punch me in the nose, I'd understand.

984
01:09:30,440 --> 01:09:33,352
He came here to be with me while I told you.

985
01:09:33,440 --> 01:09:36,716
You have to admit,
things have run out of steam between us.

986
01:09:36,800 --> 01:09:39,712
I just... Try to understand.

987
01:09:39,800 --> 01:09:41,631
I do.

988
01:09:41,720 --> 01:09:45,713
I think we've been drifting a...
Wait. You do understand?

989
01:09:45,800 --> 01:09:48,553
I do. Most definitely.

990
01:09:48,640 --> 01:09:53,839
You're having an affair with Steve Walsh.
He's wonderful. He's clever.

991
01:09:53,920 --> 01:09:57,469
He's smart. He's fabulously wealthy.

992
01:09:57,920 --> 01:10:01,913
I know. I just want you to know
I don't want anything.

993
01:10:02,000 --> 01:10:04,798
I know how tough
your work has been for you,

994
01:10:04,880 --> 01:10:08,839
and we've decided Steve
is just gonna help with all the legal expenses,

995
01:10:08,920 --> 01:10:13,391
and I just want everything to be
as painless and as civilised as possible.

996
01:10:13,480 --> 01:10:17,632
You know, I think that
we can always be friends.

997
01:10:18,080 --> 01:10:21,470
Melinda. Hobie.
Can you meet me for a few minutes?

998
01:10:21,560 --> 01:10:24,916
There's something I'm dying to tell you
when you get off work.

999
01:10:25,000 --> 01:10:28,436
You know that little French bistro
on the corner of Tenth Avenue?

1000
01:10:28,520 --> 01:10:31,353
The little candlelight joint,
near where you work.

1001
01:10:37,120 --> 01:10:41,796
Are you sure you should be drinking
so much without having any lunch?

1002
01:10:41,880 --> 01:10:47,000
Well, we worked through lunch.
I was doing a voice-over commercial.

1003
01:10:47,080 --> 01:10:50,709
It's not what I envisioned
when I was at Northwestern.

1004
01:10:50,800 --> 01:10:55,032
They still talk about
my portrayal of King Lear.

1005
01:10:55,120 --> 01:10:57,554
I played it with a limp.

1006
01:10:59,400 --> 01:11:02,073
How are you liking the job at the gallery?

1007
01:11:02,760 --> 01:11:05,558
Well, my boss is great.

1008
01:11:05,640 --> 01:11:08,438
- She has amazing taste.
- Good.

1009
01:11:09,280 --> 01:11:12,750
I mean, it's not a very high-paying job,
but it's fantastic

1010
01:11:12,840 --> 01:11:16,958
cos I have plenty of time
to think about what I wanna do with my life.

1011
01:11:17,040 --> 01:11:19,429
Well, I'm glad you said that.

1012
01:11:20,640 --> 01:11:25,873
God, you look very pretty in this candlelight.

1013
01:11:27,000 --> 01:11:31,630
I'm sure anyone would look amazing
with all this flickering shadows

1014
01:11:31,720 --> 01:11:33,870
and all the wine you're drinking.

1015
01:11:33,960 --> 01:11:37,669
Right. Right. Well, I'm drinking

1016
01:11:37,760 --> 01:11:40,797
because life moves so fast.

1017
01:11:40,880 --> 01:11:43,075
So unpredictably.

1018
01:11:43,160 --> 01:11:46,675
You know, it's over so fast
and in the end, what is it?

1019
01:11:46,760 --> 01:11:49,069
Chekhov said a soap bubble.

1020
01:11:50,280 --> 01:11:53,716
Did I tell you I played Uncle Vanya once?

1021
01:11:53,800 --> 01:11:56,598
With a limp. It was interesting.

1022
01:11:58,680 --> 01:12:04,357
You know, it's funny
that you should say "unpredictable",

1023
01:12:04,440 --> 01:12:08,035
because I was walking home yesterday.

1024
01:12:08,120 --> 01:12:10,475
I have to tell you this story.

1025
01:12:10,560 --> 01:12:14,189
So, some people were moving
into an apartment on 90th Street.

1026
01:12:14,280 --> 01:12:18,398
And they were moving this piano,
so there was this piano just, you know,

1027
01:12:18,480 --> 01:12:20,869
sitting in the middle of the sidewalk.

1028
01:12:20,960 --> 01:12:26,398
And I couldn't resist the temptation
just to go up and give it a little tinkle.

1029
01:12:26,480 --> 01:12:29,472
I play a little piano.
I used to play in high school.

1030
01:12:29,560 --> 01:12:32,791
I actually gave some concerts.

1031
01:12:32,880 --> 01:12:38,750
Anyway, I'm playing this piano. I'm playing
this little tune that my mother taught me.

1032
01:12:38,840 --> 01:12:41,149
And this...

1033
01:12:41,240 --> 01:12:43,390
this guy came up

1034
01:12:43,480 --> 01:12:45,869
and started talking to me.

1035
01:12:51,720 --> 01:12:53,711
- Hi.
- Hi.

1036
01:12:58,040 --> 01:13:00,031
That's good.

1037
01:13:00,920 --> 01:13:03,718
- You play the melody.
- All right.

1038
01:13:08,480 --> 01:13:11,074
Is that what you're trying for?

1039
01:13:12,760 --> 01:13:15,149
- Exactly.
- Good.

1040
01:13:16,600 --> 01:13:19,672
So, his name is Billy Wheeler,

1041
01:13:19,760 --> 01:13:22,069
and he's a piano player.

1042
01:13:22,160 --> 01:13:24,799
And he also writes pretty music.

1043
01:13:24,880 --> 01:13:29,351
And he walked me back to my apartment
and he invited me out on a date.

1044
01:13:29,440 --> 01:13:31,715
And

1045
01:13:31,800 --> 01:13:34,360
I think I'm in love.

1046
01:13:35,160 --> 01:13:38,550
- In love?
- Well, I mean, I'm exaggerating, of course,

1047
01:13:38,640 --> 01:13:41,996
but some bell definitely went off.

1048
01:13:42,440 --> 01:13:45,955
- A bell?
- One of those bells that now and then rings,

1049
01:13:46,040 --> 01:13:52,388
as Mr Cole Porter put it. So, anyway, I just
thought that you would be pleased to know.

1050
01:13:52,480 --> 01:13:54,948
So, what is it that you wanted to tell me?

1051
01:13:59,280 --> 01:14:02,431
I don't... It doesn't matter.

1052
01:14:02,520 --> 01:14:09,392
OK. This situation is perfect -
he's despondent, he's desperate, he's suicidal.

1053
01:14:09,840 --> 01:14:12,718
All the comic elements are in place.

1054
01:14:12,800 --> 01:14:18,033
Now she's going out with Billy Wheeler,
and Hobie's the single upstairs neighbour.

1055
01:14:18,120 --> 01:14:20,076
Now she's fixing him up.

1056
01:14:20,160 --> 01:14:22,151
We must know somebody for Hobie.

1057
01:14:22,240 --> 01:14:25,118
- The woman who owns your art gallery?
- Phoebe's married.

1058
01:14:25,200 --> 01:14:28,715
I don't need to meet anyone.
I'm fine just staying in my room and...

1059
01:14:28,800 --> 01:14:31,439
And what? Moping?

1060
01:14:31,520 --> 01:14:35,115
Get out and reinvest your emotion.
Don't indulge your depression.

1061
01:14:35,200 --> 01:14:38,829
- Hey. Stacey Fox. Why not?
- Who?

1062
01:14:38,920 --> 01:14:43,311
She recently broke up with some Wall
Street guy. She's bright and great-looking.

1063
01:14:43,400 --> 01:14:45,516
- What does she do?
- Investment.

1064
01:14:45,600 --> 01:14:49,388
One of those business suits
who makes love to you on a conference call.

1065
01:14:49,480 --> 01:14:55,430
<i>She's no stereotype. She posed for a feature
for Playboy on naked political conservatives.</i>

1066
01:14:55,520 --> 01:14:59,957
Well, uh, I don't know if that's his type.
She's probably got augmented cleavage.

1067
01:15:00,040 --> 01:15:03,316
She's anybody's type. Come on.
Wednesday's Halloween.

1068
01:15:03,400 --> 01:15:07,075
We were gonna go out. You should
meet Stacey. I think she just broke up.

1069
01:15:07,160 --> 01:15:12,075
Hobie agrees to being fixed up,
but he's still madly in love with Melinda.

1070
01:15:12,160 --> 01:15:16,517
He dreams about her all the time.
He's consumed with jealousy.

1071
01:15:16,600 --> 01:15:21,116
He can't bear the thought that she might
be making love with another man.

1072
01:15:21,200 --> 01:15:25,079
He wants to know!
But he doesn't wanna know.

1073
01:15:25,160 --> 01:15:27,549
It's driving him crazy.

1074
01:15:38,560 --> 01:15:42,109
Did you hear something?
I heard something at the front.

1075
01:15:42,200 --> 01:15:46,273
Can you just go check the door?
Make sure it's locked.

1076
01:16:44,120 --> 01:16:47,874
- What is it? What's the matter?
- I need to talk to you.

1077
01:16:47,960 --> 01:16:50,758
You look terrible. What happened?

1078
01:16:50,840 --> 01:16:54,469
I think Laurel and Ellis are having an affair.

1079
01:16:54,560 --> 01:16:56,949
What?

1080
01:16:57,040 --> 01:16:59,793
I'm going crazy. I just...

1081
01:16:59,880 --> 01:17:02,599
- Take it easy, will you?
- I don't know what to do.

1082
01:17:02,680 --> 01:17:05,638
- Well, what makes you think so?
- I just know it, OK?

1083
01:17:05,720 --> 01:17:10,157
I've been through this once before.
Laurel is supposed to be my closest friend.

1084
01:17:10,240 --> 01:17:15,109
But what makes you think
that something's going on?

1085
01:17:15,200 --> 01:17:20,228
I thought it was my paranoia. Then last week
I was coming home from house hunting.

1086
01:17:20,320 --> 01:17:26,839
Ellis was out of town. And I overheard
this argument between Laurel and Lee.

1087
01:17:27,280 --> 01:17:29,794
- What's this?
- What?

1088
01:17:29,880 --> 01:17:32,519
Whose key is this? Who's A?

1089
01:17:32,600 --> 01:17:34,033
A?

1090
01:17:34,120 --> 01:17:36,395
Whose keys are in our bathroom?
Who was here?

1091
01:17:36,480 --> 01:17:38,471
I don't know.

1092
01:17:39,560 --> 01:17:42,393
- You were with someone.
- Laurel.

1093
01:17:42,480 --> 01:17:45,631
- You had a woman here!
- I can't listen to these accusations.

1094
01:17:45,720 --> 01:17:48,188
- You slept with someone here?
- Leave me alone.

1095
01:17:48,280 --> 01:17:51,192
I can't get into another
big discussion of my life.

1096
01:17:51,280 --> 01:17:55,319
Just because I was up here with someone
talking, doesn't mean we went to bed.

1097
01:17:55,400 --> 01:17:57,470
I am finished with this, Lee.

1098
01:17:57,560 --> 01:18:00,438
- You're a fine one to talk.
- What does that mean?

1099
01:18:00,520 --> 01:18:03,990
You'd love to call it quits
now your eye's on someone else.

1100
01:18:04,080 --> 01:18:07,868
- What?
- You throw yourself at Melinda's boyfriend.

1101
01:18:07,960 --> 01:18:12,112
- Don't try and turn this around!
- I'm amazed she tolerates it.

1102
01:18:12,200 --> 01:18:14,668
You're mixing things up cos you were caught.

1103
01:18:14,760 --> 01:18:18,719
No, you were caught. I know you
when you slip into your seductive mode.

1104
01:18:18,800 --> 01:18:23,555
- I'm not gonna have this stupid conversation!
- Don't worry, I won't be around much longer.

1105
01:18:23,640 --> 01:18:26,393
And then you can feel free
to pursue whoever you want!

1106
01:18:26,480 --> 01:18:29,552
From that moment, the demons set in.

1107
01:18:29,640 --> 01:18:33,679
I just couldn't sleep.
Doesn't matter how many pills I take.

1108
01:18:33,760 --> 01:18:39,312
I just feel myself consumed with suspicion
and I'm ashamed of it.

1109
01:18:39,400 --> 01:18:40,389
Melinda...

1110
01:18:40,480 --> 01:18:43,392
Cassie, you know it's true.
I can see it in your face.

1111
01:18:43,480 --> 01:18:47,189
Look, you have to pull yourself together.
You've been popping pills.

1112
01:18:47,280 --> 01:18:50,352
- You've been drinking...
- Stop avoiding answering me.

1113
01:18:50,440 --> 01:18:53,273
I don't know anything.

1114
01:18:53,360 --> 01:18:58,878
I called Ellis today. He's not where
he said he'd be, so I called Laurel's school.

1115
01:18:58,960 --> 01:19:02,635
She'd called in sick.
Clearly, she's not home sick.

1116
01:19:02,720 --> 01:19:07,714
Listen, even if your worst fears were true,
you can�t just go off the deep end.

1117
01:19:09,600 --> 01:19:15,391
I pick up the phone extension. I have to know.
At the same time, I don't wanna know.

1118
01:19:15,480 --> 01:19:18,552
Listen, you cannot
give yourself over to fantasies.

1119
01:19:18,640 --> 01:19:22,838
Let's find out the reality first,
and stop drinking.

1120
01:19:22,920 --> 01:19:25,275
For God's sakes, it's not even noon yet.

1121
01:19:25,360 --> 01:19:29,273
God. I have an appointment
with your husband at noon.

1122
01:19:29,360 --> 01:19:31,430
Well, you're gonna be late.

1123
01:19:32,240 --> 01:19:34,629
I'm afraid the news is not good.

1124
01:19:39,360 --> 01:19:40,634
No?

1125
01:19:40,720 --> 01:19:47,034
My partner gave it everything he had, but the
politics of the situation is just too difficult.

1126
01:19:47,120 --> 01:19:49,554
Your ex-husband is very well connected

1127
01:19:49,640 --> 01:19:53,315
and very determined
to keep the children from you.

1128
01:19:53,400 --> 01:19:57,598
Naturally, the criminal conviction didn't help.

1129
01:19:58,840 --> 01:20:02,469
It's funny. I steeled myself for this result,

1130
01:20:02,560 --> 01:20:05,950
but now that it's come...

1131
01:20:06,760 --> 01:20:11,959
You know, I know this will sound
very Pollyanna, but it's true.

1132
01:20:12,040 --> 01:20:17,478
When they grow up, they will want to know
who their mother was and get to know you.

1133
01:20:17,560 --> 01:20:21,951
My guess is they'll be quite angry
at their father for his unreasonableness.

1134
01:20:22,040 --> 01:20:25,476
You'll see. They'll grow up and come to you.

1135
01:20:28,240 --> 01:20:30,879
Well, I'm certain that they will.

1136
01:20:30,960 --> 01:20:36,557
I'm sure that they'll take after me
and look very much like my mother.

1137
01:20:36,640 --> 01:20:38,676
My mother

1138
01:20:38,760 --> 01:20:43,038
was a very gifted interior decorator.

1139
01:20:43,120 --> 01:20:47,955
And I studied art,
so I've always had this flair for graphics.

1140
01:20:48,040 --> 01:20:50,395
Can I get you anything?

1141
01:20:51,920 --> 01:20:56,152
No, I just hope that you'll be
sending some of your clients to me

1142
01:20:56,240 --> 01:20:59,437
when I get more established, you know.

1143
01:21:01,200 --> 01:21:05,432
Did I tell you that my mother... my mother...

1144
01:21:05,520 --> 01:21:10,355
my mother was
a very gifted interior decorator?

1145
01:21:10,440 --> 01:21:15,833
She was very talented. She did some
amazing houses on the Upper West Side.

1146
01:21:50,200 --> 01:21:52,714
Melinda...

1147
01:21:52,800 --> 01:21:56,110
There's been no easy way
to handle this situation.

1148
01:22:10,640 --> 01:22:13,438
I think we need to talk.

1149
01:22:15,320 --> 01:22:19,518
No, these situations are never easy.

1150
01:22:21,000 --> 01:22:23,150
I'm sorry, Melinda.

1151
01:22:23,240 --> 01:22:26,198
I really am sorry. It's just...

1152
01:22:26,280 --> 01:22:32,549
We planned to tell you, but each of us
was so bewildered as how to approach it.

1153
01:22:33,200 --> 01:22:35,634
Bewildered.

1154
01:22:35,720 --> 01:22:38,473
It's not like we planned on it happening.

1155
01:22:38,560 --> 01:22:44,999
We were going to explain things
as soon as we figured out the best approach.

1156
01:22:45,080 --> 01:22:50,108
- I loved you.
- I don't have a satisfying explanation.

1157
01:22:50,200 --> 01:22:53,192
You know, these things happen.

1158
01:22:54,440 --> 01:22:56,317
Living is messy.

1159
01:22:58,920 --> 01:23:01,388
My head is spinning.

1160
01:23:01,480 --> 01:23:04,233
I need to lie down and rest.

1161
01:23:04,320 --> 01:23:07,039
I wanna close my eyes

1162
01:23:07,120 --> 01:23:09,509
and never open them again.

1163
01:23:12,680 --> 01:23:15,274
- I'm going out the window.
- Ellis.

1164
01:23:16,440 --> 01:23:19,637
Meli... What are you doing?

1165
01:23:19,720 --> 01:23:21,711
I'm going out!

1166
01:23:27,760 --> 01:23:29,671
Cassie?

1167
01:23:29,760 --> 01:23:32,832
Melinda has to come
and stay with you for a while.

1168
01:23:32,920 --> 01:23:34,990
No, there is no other answer.

1169
01:23:35,080 --> 01:23:39,995
She has to be watched, and it's awkward
with me and Ellis under the circumstances.

1170
01:23:40,080 --> 01:23:42,389
Well, I can't be responsible either.

1171
01:23:42,480 --> 01:23:47,554
Let's face it, Cassie. She's one of those people
who will always need help.

1172
01:23:47,640 --> 01:23:51,713
It's sad, but we have to
move on with our lives.

1173
01:23:59,840 --> 01:24:04,516
You killed her.
You killed her as I am about to kill you.

1174
01:24:18,920 --> 01:24:20,911
Come, Vitus.

1175
01:24:25,200 --> 01:24:27,794
Are we men or are we children?

1176
01:24:28,720 --> 01:24:31,075
- Of what use...
- So, what do you think?

1177
01:24:31,160 --> 01:24:34,914
She's gorgeous. Hard to believe
a Republican could be that sexual.

1178
01:24:35,000 --> 01:24:38,595
I bet she could put your portfolio in order.

1179
01:24:55,600 --> 01:25:01,470
- I thought you didn't like to dance.
- I'm just trying to be a good sport.

1180
01:25:12,000 --> 01:25:16,835
I think it'd only be fair
to tell you, I'm a liberal.

1181
01:25:16,920 --> 01:25:19,673
Are you talking politically
or in the bedroom?

1182
01:25:19,760 --> 01:25:25,756
I was talking politically.
In the bedroom, I'm a left-wing liberal.

1183
01:25:25,840 --> 01:25:28,638
In the bedroom, I'm a radical.

1184
01:25:29,920 --> 01:25:32,275
Look, can I level with you?

1185
01:25:32,360 --> 01:25:36,717
In the past few months of my marriage
I really didn't sleep with my wife.

1186
01:25:36,800 --> 01:25:38,870
We weren't sleeping at all.

1187
01:25:38,960 --> 01:25:41,679
I... So it's... you know.

1188
01:25:41,760 --> 01:25:44,149
I'm a little out of practice.

1189
01:25:44,240 --> 01:25:49,075
Politically speaking,
I'm ready for a little affirmative action.

1190
01:25:49,160 --> 01:25:52,516
What do you say we blow this joint
and go back to your place?

1191
01:25:52,600 --> 01:25:57,674
My place? Yes, by all means.
It'd be great. This is like a drea...

1192
01:25:57,760 --> 01:26:01,833
So you're not gonna hold the fact
that we have conflicting viewpoints

1193
01:26:01,920 --> 01:26:04,718
on the direction America should take
against me?

1194
01:26:04,800 --> 01:26:08,873
I mean, I'd hate to get all worked up
and then we find we differ on a tax cut.

1195
01:26:08,960 --> 01:26:12,748
Come on.
I haven't made love in a while either.

1196
01:26:13,920 --> 01:26:17,629
Yes. I will never vote
against school prayer again.

1197
01:26:31,920 --> 01:26:35,595
- Hey, what are they up to?
- What do you think?

1198
01:26:39,400 --> 01:26:42,472
- So much dancing.
- That was so much fun.

1199
01:26:43,800 --> 01:26:45,791
You'll have to forgive the disarray.

1200
01:26:45,880 --> 01:26:50,829
My cleaning woman won $168 million
in the lottery and she asked for the day off.

1201
01:26:50,920 --> 01:26:54,117
- A joke.
- You must get depressed sleeping alone.

1202
01:26:54,200 --> 01:26:58,478
The truth is, I frighten myself. I'm always
worried burglars are gonna break in.

1203
01:26:58,560 --> 01:27:03,076
- I bought a baseball bat. Oh, drinks.
- I know the feeling of being dumped.

1204
01:27:03,160 --> 01:27:06,835
Except in my case,
it was between my fianc� and my best friend.

1205
01:27:06,920 --> 01:27:08,876
- No!
- Yes.

1206
01:27:08,960 --> 01:27:13,556
I'd known her all my life. We were school
mates. We went through everything together.

1207
01:27:13,640 --> 01:27:16,837
She was the one who was responsible
for my meeting my fianc�.

1208
01:27:16,920 --> 01:27:19,480
It's a sad story. It's awful.

1209
01:27:19,560 --> 01:27:23,633
<i>Do you mind sleeping on cotton sheets?
I know you posed for Playboy on satin.</i>

1210
01:27:23,720 --> 01:27:27,554
I couldn't help noticing
how they'd always make eye contact.

1211
01:27:27,640 --> 01:27:31,519
I thought I was paranoid,
but I should have trusted my instinct.

1212
01:27:31,600 --> 01:27:33,591
Always go with your gut feeling.

1213
01:27:33,680 --> 01:27:39,550
Sometimes I would pick up the phone
after it would ring, and there'd be no one.

1214
01:27:39,640 --> 01:27:42,712
- But they were signalling each other.
- Stacey.

1215
01:27:42,800 --> 01:27:46,270
Making love, meeting secretly,
laughing at me...

1216
01:27:46,360 --> 01:27:50,319
- I'm sure they weren't laughing at you.
- We were moving in together.

1217
01:27:50,400 --> 01:27:54,279
Looking for an apartment together,
to live together. I loved him.

1218
01:27:54,360 --> 01:27:56,555
- I'm sure.
- My closest friend knew that.

1219
01:27:56,640 --> 01:28:00,838
She knew how much I cared about him. She
knew my whole life was wrapped up in him.

1220
01:28:00,920 --> 01:28:05,038
Of course. Should I dim the lights?
Maybe a little jazz. Do you like jazz?

1221
01:28:05,120 --> 01:28:08,908
- I can't bear it. I can't bear to think about it.
- Don't think about it.

1222
01:28:09,000 --> 01:28:13,357
You know, life is so rotten, so cruel,
and then, finally, about nothing.

1223
01:28:13,440 --> 01:28:16,034
We can just stretch out on the carpet if you...

1224
01:28:16,120 --> 01:28:18,793
I can't stand it!
I'm going out the window.

1225
01:28:18,880 --> 01:28:19,949
What?

1226
01:28:20,040 --> 01:28:25,034
- I'm going out the window.
- Stacey, wait! Are you crazy?

1227
01:28:25,120 --> 01:28:26,519
Stacey...

1228
01:28:26,600 --> 01:28:28,352
Stacey.

1229
01:28:28,440 --> 01:28:31,477
- Leave me alone. I wanna end it all!
- No, no, no!

1230
01:28:31,560 --> 01:28:33,949
- Stop it! Stop it! Stop it!
- Please!

1231
01:28:34,040 --> 01:28:36,429
Let's talk about what...

1232
01:28:38,200 --> 01:28:39,918
Jeez.

1233
01:28:40,000 --> 01:28:41,194
God!

1234
01:28:41,280 --> 01:28:43,191
Please, let me go.

1235
01:28:43,280 --> 01:28:44,872
Let me go!

1236
01:28:45,640 --> 01:28:49,076
Kiss me. I love you.

1237
01:28:50,440 --> 01:28:52,431
Kiss me. Please.

1238
01:28:58,440 --> 01:29:00,829
My gosh.

1239
01:29:00,920 --> 01:29:03,673
What a dream.

1240
01:29:26,720 --> 01:29:28,870
Melinda! What...

1241
01:29:28,960 --> 01:29:32,714
- What are you doing here?
- My God.

1242
01:29:32,800 --> 01:29:35,109
I was listening at your door.

1243
01:29:35,200 --> 01:29:38,795
- For what?
- I was jealous.

1244
01:29:38,880 --> 01:29:42,111
- Jealous? Jealous of what?
- Well...

1245
01:29:42,200 --> 01:29:48,230
You went home with Stacey,
and all night long I've been upset.

1246
01:29:48,320 --> 01:29:52,154
So I guess I've realised
how much I care for you.

1247
01:29:52,240 --> 01:29:56,552
- Really?
- Is she here? I heard lovemaking talk.

1248
01:29:56,640 --> 01:29:59,473
No, that was a dream.

1249
01:29:59,560 --> 01:30:01,835
You were dreaming about her?

1250
01:30:01,920 --> 01:30:04,480
I was dreaming of you, actually.

1251
01:30:04,560 --> 01:30:09,395
- Me? Why were you dreaming about me?
- I dreamt I was making love to you.

1252
01:30:10,480 --> 01:30:12,948
- Really?
- Melinda...

1253
01:30:13,040 --> 01:30:15,270
I'm in love with you.

1254
01:30:16,560 --> 01:30:19,438
Me? You never said anything.

1255
01:30:19,520 --> 01:30:22,910
I was married,
and when it was breaking up you met Bill.

1256
01:30:23,000 --> 01:30:27,357
My God. Couldn't you tell
I've been in love with you for a long time?

1257
01:30:27,440 --> 01:30:30,398
I couldn't even tell that I was in love with you.

1258
01:30:30,480 --> 01:30:32,630
And now you're spying on me.

1259
01:30:32,720 --> 01:30:34,756
What a silly thing -

1260
01:30:34,840 --> 01:30:40,198
a grown woman, a mature, sophisticated
woman, outside a door, spying.

1261
01:30:41,040 --> 01:30:44,999
By the way,
I found a piece of your bathrobe in my door.

1262
01:30:46,840 --> 01:30:52,358
- Strange. I should tell my laundress.
- You don't have a laundress.

1263
01:30:52,440 --> 01:30:55,830
Well, marry me and we'll get a laundress.

1264
01:31:03,840 --> 01:31:08,960
So, you see, it's all in the eye of the beholder.
We hear a little story, a few hearsay details.

1265
01:31:09,040 --> 01:31:14,717
You mould them into a tragic tale - a woman's
weakness for romance is her undoing.

1266
01:31:14,800 --> 01:31:16,597
And that's how you see life.

1267
01:31:16,680 --> 01:31:21,276
Whereas you, you take those details,
you put them into an amusing romance.

1268
01:31:21,360 --> 01:31:23,157
Great. That's your take on life.

1269
01:31:23,240 --> 01:31:27,870
But, obviously, there is no one
definitive essence that can be pinned down.

1270
01:31:27,960 --> 01:31:31,509
Well, moments of humour do exist.
I exploit them.

1271
01:31:31,600 --> 01:31:35,036
But, you know, they exist
within a tragic overall framework.

1272
01:31:35,120 --> 01:31:38,635
Is everybody going
to Phil Dorfman's funeral next week?

1273
01:31:38,720 --> 01:31:43,157
He dropped dead of a heart attack. He just
had his cardiogram, which was perfect.

1274
01:31:43,240 --> 01:31:46,755
- I hate funerals.
- Me too. Always, at the wrong time, I laugh.

1275
01:31:46,840 --> 01:31:52,836
See, that's my point. We laugh because
it masks our real terror about mortality.

1276
01:31:52,920 --> 01:31:55,593
I didn't mean to bring up
the subject of funerals.

1277
01:31:55,680 --> 01:32:00,595
Well, how can it be a romantic, funny world
if you can't trust your own cardiogram?

1278
01:32:00,680 --> 01:32:03,752
- I wanna be cremated.
- Now? Or after your death?

1279
01:32:03,840 --> 01:32:07,719
Let's change the subject. We came out
to have a fun and relaxing evening.

1280
01:32:07,800 --> 01:32:11,156
Let's drink to good times. Comic or tragic,

1281
01:32:11,240 --> 01:32:14,755
the most important thing to do
is to enjoy life while you can

1282
01:32:14,840 --> 01:32:18,594
because we only go round once,
and when it's over, it's over.

1283
01:32:18,680 --> 01:32:23,959
And, perfect cardiogram or not, when
you least expect it, it could end like that.

1284
01:34:45,640 --> 01:34:48,791


1285
01:35:03,720 --> 01:35:05,711