Tip:
Highlight text to annotate it
X
[ Rhythmic Breathing ]
[ Saw Whirring In Distance ]
[ Whirring Stops ]
[ Whirring ]
[ Whirring Stops ]
[ Clanking In Distance ]
[ Saw Whirring In Distance ]
Which boxes?
Those are-- [ Sighs ]
Those are my photos,
my negatives.
Okay, well, that's
because it used to be
my closet, David, so--
What do you need
the closet space for anyway?
Is she moving in there?
[ Saw Whirring ]
[ TV: Woman And Chorus ]
? This is it, this is it
[ Saw Whirring ]
? This is it
[ Electronic Sensor Beeping ]
[ Door Opens ]
[ Woman ]
Hello?
Amy, are you up?
It's almost noon.
So I ordered these
big Wanguni lips--
the sculptor--
three months ago
for the new room.
It's a glass sculpture
by Bob Wanguni.
These giant lips--
He's known for his lips,
Wanguni.
So today I get a call--
it's gonna take another
10 weeks for them to get here.
Ah.
So we're having a dinner...
for a possible client
and his wife.
Okay.
They're staying here for
the summer, with their son.
Mmm.
And, um...
I'm not saying you--
you can't come.
- What are you not saying?
- Well, I'm not not saying
anything.
I'm saying, of
course, you can come.
You're living here.
- I'm staying here.
- Well, at some point,
I don't know what
the difference is, hmm?
[ Coffeemaker Beeps ]
Look, honey, I need you to...
shape up a little.
What?
I need you to get
something nice to wear.
Oh, Mom, I'm--
Look, I have offered to
take you shopping many times.
I cannot have you walking
around at this dinner party
in the same shabby T-shirt.
Come on.
I need you to make an effort.
I just
don't really feel like
going shopping right now.
Do you think that Daddy
feels like wining and dining
some New York lawyer at his age?
I'm just kind of having
a hard time at the moment,
Mom.
I know.
Look, I--
I talked to Phyllis Nagel.
You know Jennifer.
Jennifer's really
having a hard time too.
Her new, uh-- second novel...
is being published
by some dinky press.
She's very distraught.
So she'taking
something for it.
Some...
antidepressant or something.
Just to help her with
the difficult transition.
Amy, you haven't left
the house in three months.
It's so good to see you
out of the house, Amy.
Caley is gonna be so excited.
She insisted that you come.
[ Mother ]
Hmm.
Did she?
Oh, Aims,
I-- I ran into, um,
Monica Cohen, Jessica's mom.
She told me that Jessica
is taking a yoga teacher
training.
I thought that might be
something you could do.
Huh?
I don't even take yoga, Mom.
Well, you could try.
[ Father ]
You know, uh,
Noah and Missy...
are gonna want you
to babysit for them.
Pull over.
What?
Oh, God. [ Retching ]
[ Mother ]
Oh, God.
Hi.
Hey. Get a bucket.
Huh?
Some water, ammonia,
some rags.
Oh, God. It's awful.
Where's Amy?
[ Woman ] It's totally genetic.
Noah always gets carsick
when I drive.
[ Father Chuckles ]
Hear about this big client
we're trying to get, Amy?
I told her
she has to get something
to wear for the dinner.
She knows, Mom. She's done
a thousand of these things
for David.
Noah.
What? What, I can't even
say his name?
Hi.
Oh, there she is!
Hi.
Ooh, I'm gonna get you.
I'm gonna get you,
get you, get you.
Don't get me, Granny!
[ Screams ]
I'm gonna get you!
Amy, seriously.
You gotta snap out of
this thing for the party.
Look, if the office
gets this client,
Dad gets to retire.
He's gotta retire, Amy.
I am suffocating.
Just get something
nice to wear, okay?
[ Clanking,
Whirring In Distance ]
Something to wear.
[ Man ]
Hey, Amy.
Hey, Gary.
Your mom said to tell you
that she took the Infinity
to work out.
[ Sighs ]
***.
? The fox went out
on a chilly night ?
? And he prayed for the moon
to give him light ?
? He had many a mile to go
that night ?
? Before he reached the town-o
? Town-o, town-o
? Many a mile to go that night
? Before he reached the town-o
Can I help you?
Oh. Yeah.
I just need a new T-shirt.
We've got some new
super soft Pima cottons
in today.
Okay. Thanks.
***.
- [ Alarm Beeping ]
- Oh.
- Can you just
take the shirt off?
- Sure. I'm--
Yeah. Okay. Okay. I'm sorry.
I mean-- [ Chuckles ]
I'm not stealing it.
[ Beeping Stops ]
Hey, Karen.
[ Chuckles ]
It's Amy Minsky.
Oh. We, um, went to
West Farms together.
I took the yearbook pictures
of the soccer team
when you were cocaptain.
Oh, yeah.
Did you have glasses then?
Yeah.
And were you--
Bigger.
That was you?
Yeah.
Oh, I can't believe it.
Look at me.
Oh, wow. [ Chuckles ]
Can you believe it?
And I already have two kids.
- I'm like,
"Scotty, get off."
- Mmm.
Do you have kids?
No, I don't. No.
Wow. It changes everything.
Mmm.
So, are you married?
Um-- Well, I got divorced
a few months ago.
That's so sad.
Who was he?
He-- I mean, he's not dead.
[ Chuckles ]
Oh.
Just, like--
- We're still friends and--
- That's awesome.
If only it were true.
[ Chuckles ]
Hey, a bunch of us
still go out to Viva's on
Thursday night and get drunk.
You should come.
Girls' night.
? He ran till he came
to his nice warm den ?
? And there were
the little ones,
eight, nine, 10 ?
? Cryin' Dad, Dad,
you better go back again ?
? For it must be
a mighty fine town-o ?
? Town-o, town-o
? Dad, Dad, you better
go back again ?
? For it must be
a mighty fine town-o ?
? The Fox and his wife,
without any strife ?
? Cut up the goose
with a carving knife ?
? Never had such a meal
in their life ?
? And the little ones
chewed on the bones-o ?
[ Gasps ]
? Bones-o, bones-o
Amy!
? Never had such a meal
in their life ?
? And the little ones
chewed on the bones-o ?
Honey, are you-- Oh.
Come on.
How can it just be stress?
What does she do all day long?
I-I-I don't see where
this is going, Stan.
She made a big mistake,
not taking alimony from David.
[ Stan ]
No, no, no. She felt humiliated.
She didn't
want to take from him,
and I can take care of her.
[ Mother ] Oh. Oh, yeah.
What if we can't stay
in this house?
Are we all gonna move in
somewhere together?
[ Stan ]
Well, she doesn't need him.
Well, she sure needs something.
She left all of her stuff there
like a crazy person.
I don't--
I don't know where this comes--
She's uneducated, unmotivated--
[ Stan ]
She's not uneducated.
Well, that liberal arts degree
with that phony master's--
Where's that going to get her?
[ Stan Clears Throat ]
[ Amy Sniffles ]
[ Crying ]
[ Knocking On Door ]
Yeah?
[ Chuckling ]
[ Chuckles ]
You know she doesn't mean it.
[ Sighs ]
I just wish I didn't
agree with her.
Oh, come on.
You just had some bad luck.
You know I'm not good
at talking about things.
You know--
[ Sighs ]
What can you do?
That's all I know how to say.
But it's kind of true too.
Thanks, Dad.
It's his loss.
Eh. Just, you know,
stick to the--
"What can you do?"
Yeah.
[ Chuckles ]
Remember when we used to...
stay up late and watch all those
Marx Brothers movies together?
Huh? When you were little?
[ Chuckling ]
And you could never get up
for school the next day.
Your mom would get
so mad at me. Oh, my God.
What-- What are the,
um, clients?
What's the company
you're trying to get?
Oh.
Yeah. Th-That's, um--
That's a big online thing
that's about to go public.
You know,
if we get this client,
we could make back
some of the money
we lost in the market.
I mean,
we could keep the house and--
Well, I could actually retire.
Like we planned.
Your mother
wants to take this trip
around the world this fall.
"Gallivanting the Globe"
it's called.
Oh, uh,
the trip has a name?
All the best ones do.
Apparently.
[ Chuckling ]
Look...
would you just...
get a nice dress or something,
for Chrissakes?
Yes, I know.
I-- Mm-hmm.
Look, here.
Oh. No, Dad.
I'll just borrow something.
Please.
Then--
Then just keep it. Okay?
- Whose happiness
are you buying?
- Mine.
[ Stan Chuckles ]
Then I'll take it.
[ Missy ]
Take whatever you want.
Thanks, Missy.
Yeah.
Um--
Hey, can I try this one?
Go for it, Aim.
***.
[ Woman ]
Oh, it's a great house.
How long have you been here?
[ Mother ] Well, we've been
here about five years.
Uh-huh.
And we're going room by room.
It's such a mess.
And the people before--
it's as if they had no idea
they were on the water.
There was no use of the views.
And it was supposed to be
finished last week,
of course.
Of course.
I mean, sometimes I think--
[ Chuckles ]
Aren't contractors aware...
that everybody
is talking about them
in this way?
[ Chuckling ]
Doesn't it bother them?
And does it bother you the way
they talk about lawyers, Stan?
Oh.
[ All Laughing ]
Ah.
[ Woman ]
Amy, what do you do?
Um, not much.
[ Woman Chuckles ]
No. I mean, um--
Originally,
a long, long time ago,
um, I was a lit major.
And then
I went to grad school
for photography.
Hmm.
So--
I was just trying to see how
many things I could major in...
that would never
make me any money.
[ All Chuckling ]
Are you familiar with the work
of Robert Mapplethorpe?
Yeah, I am. Yeah.
Well, uh,
Jeremy here is an actor,
and he recently played
Mapplethorpe in a play.
[ Mother ]
Oh, for heaven's sakes.
Oh, that's a good segue.
[ Woman ]
Well--
That's impressive.
But Jeremy, of course,
got to know his work
very well and he loved it.
But I just find it
so unsettling.
What do you think, Amy?
Um, yeah,
some of the images
are shocking. Yeah.
Mm-hmm.
But I think because
he gives the shocking images
the same attention as--
as he does his--
his flowers,
you know,
that the shocking images
become really kind of...
beautiful.
Yeah.
I don't know.
I think he's a master,
really. Honestly.
Amy would have
made a great lawyer.
I've always told her that.
Well, I make a pretty
good lawyer, right? Right?
[ Stan ]
Pretty good.
[ Together ] Oh!
- More red?
- Yeah, thank you.
- It's good for you.
- Mm-hmm.
Yeah, the antioxidants,
right? Uh-huh.
That's right.
Well, you know,
all those studies come
from the wine companies though.
- Oh, no.
- That can't be true, Amy.
That would be illegal,
right?
Otherwise,
companies would just go around
making unsubstantiated claims.
Isn't that right, Stan?
You bet.
[ All Laughing ]
I read that too.
- [ Woman ] Yeah?
- I did.
Jeremy, would we have seen you
in anything else, acting-wise?
[ Woman ]
He was in a TV show
for a long time.
- It was for kids.
- [ Mother ] Ooh.
Uh, it was called
In the Garden.
I knew it.
You are Mr. Green!
[ Chuckles ]
Oh, you know,
Caley watches that show.
? In da Garden
where da world is green ?
Yeah?
[ Together ]
? Lives a man who
you have never seen ?
- That's you, right?
- Oh, yeah!
I love it!
Yes.
[ Stan ]
Do you ever do
any Broadway musicals?
-[ Woman ] He's far too serious.
-[ Missy ] You have such
a good voice.
I wish he would though.
Thank you.
Truth be told,
I was actually an actress.
[ Gasps ]
Really?
Oh, I know. Hard to believe.
[ Chuckles ]
I had to
give it up though when, uh,
Jeremy's dad and I divorced.
It was just too difficult.
I had to get a real job.
Thank goodness for Jeremy.
Otherwise I would have--
I don't know-- killed myself.
[ Chuckles ]
[ Mother ]
Jeremy, is everything okay
with your food?
Jeremy's a vegan.
Ah!
- Oh, no.
- Lord, I should have asked.
I'm so sorry.
It is such a pain
in the ***. Honestly.
It's okay.
Well, Amy will eat anything
you put in front of her,
although she'll starve herself
for dessert, right?
Especially chocolates,
right, Aim? [ Chuckles ]
When she was a little girl,
I used to have to hide
the chocolate,
'cause she would eat it all.
[ Sighs ]
I'm sorry. I just--
She's been having sort--
sort of a rough time recently.
She's going through a divorce.
[ Woman ]
Oh, my gosh. I'm so sorry.
I was going on and on--
[ Stan ]
Oh, it's all right.
It's all right.
[ Woman ]
Does she have any kids?
[ Stan ]
There was a miscarriage.
[ Water Running Loudly ]
[ Chattering Continues ]
You.
Hi.
Hey.
I like--
I like your dress.
It's my sister-in-law's dress.
Yeah.
Mmm.
[ Woman ]
Jeremy? Are you in there?
What are you doing?
It's so dark.
Are you okay?
I'm just--
What, honey?
I don't know.
I feel a little anxious.
Oh, my God, it's me.
[ Sighs ]
I shouldn't have mentioned
that show. I'm so proud of you,
it gives me Tourette's.
No, no. It's okay.
Oh, gosh, I'm sorry.
Honey, you feel really warm.
No, it's okay.
Come on,
let's go get you water.
- Hey, Larry, thank you
so much for coming.
- It was so nice.
Oh, no, no, no. Thank you.
This-- This was great.
Oh, thank you.
It was lovely.
And thank you for including
the whole family.
[ Stan ]
Look, we're family people.
We haven't spent
a summer in Westport
since Jeremy was 14.
Well, you know,
uh, Noah and Amy...
could give Jeremy some
pointers on some of the new
hot spots for young people.
Yes.
Uh, except we're
not young anymore.
Oh, stop.
You're younger
than we are.
That's not saying much,
Stan. Good night.
Good night. So long.
Amy.
It was lovely to meet you.
Oh.
- I feel terrible about
what I said before.
- Oh.
Listen, if you need to talk to
someone about your divorce or
anything, just give me a call.
I've been there.
You call us anytime,
all right?
Of course. Good night.
Good night.
Ah, you're up early.
Am I?
- What a great night, huh?
- Let's hope it helps.
It'll help.
Wasn't it a great night,
Aim?
Uh-huh.
Nice people.
Are you working
on Saturday?
Yeah. I have to go in.
[ Cell Phone Buzzing ]
Gwen Hammer called
this morning, Amy.
Who?
The woman who was here
last night.
Jeremy Hammer's mother.
Larry's wife.
Oh, yeah.
She wants to know if you'll
show Jeremy around town.
Wh-What's there to show?
I don't know, Amy.
She asked, so--
I think it sounds
like a great idea.
See you later.
Bye.
So?
- So?
- [ Door Slams ]
I need to know what
to say to Gwen Hammer.
Will you show
Jeremy Hammer around?
Hi.
Sweet ride.
Thanks.
[ Amy ]
So, this is the quaint
Main Street.
[ Jeremy ]
It's pretty quaint.
Well, it's very quaint.
It's very quaint.
There's a quaint
little inn so that, uh,
people from the city...
can experience quaintness...
for $500 a night.
You're divorced?
Uh--
I am.
What's that like?
Which-- Which thing?
Being married or being--
Um, I--
I-- I don't know.
I-- I-- I loved being married.
I was happy.
I guess my husband wasn't.
I had the--
[ Chuckles ]
rug pulled out from under me.
Or the wool pulled over my eyes,
or one of those.
I had the--
Maybe I had the rug
pulled over my eyes.
[ Clears Throat ]
My God, I don't know why
I'm telling you this. I'm sorry.
I asked.
I'm interested.
And-- And so you--
you did photography?
Yeah. Mm-hmm.
I mean, like, a long time ago.
What were your pictures of?
[ Clicks Teeth ]
Rivers.
Water. Mostly rivers.
Mmm.
I was-- I was going to
do this, uh, thing.
Like a collection
of my "work" or whatever.
You know,
it was kind of like a thesis.
It was gonna be like my thesis,
but I did not finish it.
Why not?
Well, I met David,
and we got engaged and--
He was this big,
like, celebrity, like,
entertainment lawyer,
so we had to have all
these parties all the time
for his clients, and--
We bought a place.
We had to redo the kitchen.
Do you want to
go to the beach?
Amy?
[ Seagulls Squawking ]
[ Seagulls Squawking ]
[ Jeremy Moans ]
[ Amy Moaning ]
[ Jeremy Grunts ]
Okay.
Well, good luck this summer.
Can I see you again?
Mmm, no.
I mean--
[ Chuckles ]
I think this was
a bit, uh, crazy.
No. Mm-mmm.
Just--
Please?
"Please."
Really, "Please"?
What?
My mother raised me
to be polite.
She didn't do
a very good job.
[ Chuckles ]
I'm just really busy.
Busy?
Yep.
I'm busy.
[ Low-pitched ]
"'Oh, dear. Oh, dear,
I cannot hear.
Will you please
come over near?
Will you please look in my ear?
There must be something
there, dear.'
[ High-pitched ]
"'Say, look.
A bird was in your ear.
But he is out,
so have no fear.
Again your ear can hear,
my dear.'"
Says the other character, right?
So I have to have other voices.
Right?
[ Chuckles ]
[ Line Ringing ]
[ Jeremy ]
Hey.
Are you there?
[ Jeremy ]
Do you wanna
come over tomorrow?
Mmm.
Don't worry.
There's nobody here.
Just, um--
Is there a more private
place we can... be?
Okay. All right,
don't freak out.
I haven't been in this room
since I was 12.
[ Sighs ]
- Oh, my God.
- What?
This was a mistake.
[ Air Hisses ]
Oh, my God.
Why?
Look, you are a
lot younger than me, in--
in case you haven't noticed.
I've been with older women
before, okay?
- You have?
- Yeah.
Really? Who?
My on-set tutor, Mrs. Botstein.
Mmm.
This just-- It...
can't be, like, a thing.
A what?
Do-- Like a--
Like a, you know. Like--
What, a shell game?
No.
[ Chuckles ]
My dad is trying
to get these clients
from your stepdad--
I have no relationship
with that guy.
Okay, but I have
a relationship
with my dad.
And it happens to be,
like,
the only good relationship
in my life, so--
Well, nobody has to know.
I don't lie
to my parents, okay?
I don't sneak around.
Gwen Hammer called,
Amy, to thank you for
showing Jeremy around.
- She said he had
a really good time.
- Of course he did.
[ Chuckles ]
He's playing Walt Whitman
in a play in New York this fall.
Apparently he's very talented.
Really, I, frankly--
I think she goes a little
over the top, you know?
- Like he's God's gift.
- [ Cell Phone Buzzing ]
Sounds like you two bonded.
No, I wouldn't go that far.
I mean, she likes to talk.
She's very open.
She's a therapist.
You know how they are.
Yeah, she said she's worried
about him blowing his career.
Yeah.
[ Stan Laughing ]
She says she's always
worried about him...
because he's gay
and everything.
- Mmm.
- Apparently it's very hard
for gay teenagers.
[ Choking ]
- [ Gasping, Coughing ]
- Amy. Stan!
Heimlich!
[ Gasps ]
[ Grunts ]
[ Coughing ]
[ Laughing ]
Amy.
What is so funny?
[ Laughing ]
Oh, stop.
Dad.
[ Mother ]
What?
You're awake?
I'm always awake.
What is it?
Um, j--
Just...
I have to go out.
I have to go
to the drugstore.
There's Motrin and Aleve
in the top drawer,
above the hair dryers.
No.
Um,
i-it's a prescription.
I forgot it, to pick it up.
What for?
I'm starting some meds.
You, uh-- You know, for--
for my depression.
Oh.
Yeah.
So when you hear the garage door
and the-- the ding-ding thing
of the gate sensor...
that's what it'll be.
It's me...
going out to pick up
my antidepressants.
[ Moaning ]
I guess I was just...
really good...
at playing gay.
You know?
Hmm.
I guess I was just
really convincing.
You know, like, it was just
a gay part in a gay play,
but...
she--
she just latched
onto the idea, like a--
like a pit bull,
and she just wouldn't
let it go.
Oh, God. And--
I had to take all
my clothes off in the play.
[ Chuckles ]
All my clothes off.
And she brought
all these people
to come and see it.
And they all sat
in the front row.
[ Chuckles ]
I saw them, they saw me.
So embarrassing.
But she just had this
huge smile on her face and--
She was just-- She was,
like, clapping so loudly.
[ Chuckles ]
She's like
the loudest clapper.
But, I don't know.
I've never seen her
that happy.
She's really into being
accepting, so...
I just let her think
I'm gay.
[ Both Chuckling ]
And she gets to be
accepting.
Yeah, sometimes it's just
easier, you know,
just to be...
like what other people
want you to be,
rather than fight it.
You know?
You ever feel like that?
[ Jeremy ]
What about your ex-husband?
Why did you guys split up?
Um-- Well,
he had an affair...
with a woman from his work.
Mmm.
I thought she was my friend.
They planned this, like,
surprise party for me, together.
Wow.
Yeah.
"Surprise."
It was surprising.
Why did he do that?
I mean, I-- I assumed
he was in love with her.
I don't know. I--
You know, I *** up somehow,
and he wanted a divorce, so--
Well, I think he *** up.
So why can't you stay out?
I just-- I don't wanna
get in trouble.
I'll get in so much trouble.
I can't.
[ Sighs ]
I wanna see you.
You know?
I want to see you come.
Yeah?
[ Moans ]
You know?
? I wanted to make
? Something built to last
[ Sensor Beeping ]
? A bottled ship
? With a golden mast
? And through the squall
? The course stays true
What the ***?
? Make something good
I want to be able to walk in
and, click-- all the lights
go on at once. You know?
? It's gonna take
a long, long time ?
? But we're gonna
make something so fine ?
I'm supposed to
be learning my lines
for this Walt Whitman play.
? It's gonna take a long,
long time ?
[ Chattering ]
? But we're gonna
make something so fine ?
[ Chuckling ]
Nobody's following us.
Ah!
Thanks for taking me
to work out.
[ Mother ]
Well, getting fat doesn't
do anybody any good.
Can I quote you on that?
You joke,
but when I went to
my Radcliffe reunion,
everybody was fat but me.
Boy, those antidepressants
are getting you
out of the house, huh?
That's good.
So, uh, think you're coming up
with a plan for yourself now?
[ Coughs ]
[ Amy ] I--
[ Spits ]
I already feel like
I'm really ***.
I used to have to smoke pot
for so long to get ***.
Back in ye olden days.
That's when I saw U2
at Nassau Coliseum, dude.
[ Coughing ]
[ Gagging ]
[ Coughing ]
Oh, ***.
I'm supposed to do this play.
You know?
I got such a big part
in this play.
That's soon,
I think, yeah?
Ooh.
Oh.
[ Wheezes ]
[ Groans ]
[ Groans ]
What?
Ooh.
I hate smoking pot.
Oh.
I do too.
I don't want to do it.
Should we stop?
Let's just stop.
I don't want to do the play.
Oh, my God. I do not want
to do this play, Amy.
I don't want to play
Walt Whitman.
[ Sniffs ]
I just--
I... hate...
acting.
- You do?
- I do.
I do. I *** hate it.
Jeremy--
I hate it.
You're, like--
You're standing up there...
and then people are
clapping for you.
People are telling you
what to say, where to go
and where to stand.
And then they say,
"Good job,"
like-- like-- like--
like I'm like a *** toddler
who just learned how to
use the toilet.
So why?
Why do you do it?
I don't know.
I don't know.
Don't do it.
Really?
Just don't do it
if you don't want to do it.
It's your life, right?
It's nobody else's.
[ Chattering ]
? Tumble, tumble into my arms
? Fumble, fumble,
can't keep the grip ?
Hello, miss. What can I
get you for your supper?
Hello. My--
My name is Leonardo.
Let me enter the castle,
please.
You are not Leonardo.
I'm just a sad princess,
and I need to come in.
Please, oh.
You're not a princess.
- You're Auntie Amy.
- Ooh.
It's a very specific
kind of rose in your cheeks.
Maybe it's the antidepressants.
Uh.
What?
Mom told me.
I think it's great for you.
It's not for me, personally,
taking a pill every time
I have a problem.
All right.
No, it's not that.
You just look--
I don't know--
sexy, is all.
Are you seeing someone?
[ Gasps ]
What?
[ Chuckles ]
No.
- How could I be seeing someone?
- Hmm. Mom said she thought you
might be.
Well--
She said she's been hearing
the gate sensors go off
at night.
Uh, mm-mmm.
[ Chuckles ]
Well, if you're not,
you should be.
We know this guy who's friends
with Craig Mankewitz.
Oh.
Not Craig Mankewitz.
Mmm.
His name is Phil Bauer.
He's in my rotisserie
baseball league.
He's divorced. He has one kid.
He's an investment banker
in New York,
but he lives here now.
Your family would go
crazy over him.
I already
told your mom.
Oh.
You got the shovel,
the ax and the pick?
Where's the pick?
No. That's a-no pick.
That's a hog.
A hog. Don't you know
what a hog is?
Oh, come on, let's get going.
We gotta kidnap a couple of
football players.
Hey.
I feel pretty stupid
trying to write a novel.
Because my dad's a writer.
And... it just feels like...
I'm trying to be like him
or something.
Now, what about you?
I mean, like,
what do you really wanna do?
? Now the raging
? Of the forest fires end
? And all the mammals fled
? I smell
in the charred darkness ?
? A little green, a little red
? When you sing your song
? Your voice washed
over the sea ?
- [ Clicking ]
- ? Glacial runoff
? Beautiful blue light
came o'er me ?
- [ Clicking ]
- ? Came o'er me
? Drink deep, my love
? For the water is gasping
? For your mouth
? Gasping for your mouth
? Drink deep, my love
? For the water is gasping
? For your mouth
[ Yelps ]
? I remember in the burning
[ Chattering, Laughing ]
? A flame universe
? Of bright gold and white
Stop it.
[ Laughing ]
Stop it.
? I treasured the whole fast
? But it was
too hot to touch ?
[ Laughing ]
Why don't we go away together?
[ Both Chuckle ]
Okay.
No, I'm serious.
I mean, I still have money
from the show.
You can take pictures.
I can write.
Mmm.
Okay.
Okay. We'll go away.
Where do you wanna go?
Yeah?
Where should we go?
Paris?
Mmm. Is that cliché?
Mmm, it's Paris.
[ Both Chuckle ]
Okay. How about
somewhere un-cliché?
Poland.
[ Laughs ]
Poland.
No?
Um--
L-- Liechtenstein.
[ Laughing ]
Canada. How about Canada?
Oh.
Exotic Canada.
Uh, Saskatchewan?
Uh--
[ Mumbling ]
The wilds of Manitoba.
We'll be Canadian.
Are you ready for me?
O--
Uh, okay. No, I got it.
? O Canada
Oh!
Hi!
Uh,
there was an understudy...
for Patti LuPone,
so we decided not to stay.
Oh.
We wanted to see Patti.
Okay.
Thank you. I'm-- You--
I'm gonna let you guys go.
I mean, myself go--
I will be going.
***, ***, ***, ***, ***!
***, ***, ***, ***.
***, ***.
***!
- Good evening.
- [ Gasps ]
Oh, you scared me.
Where were you tonight?
- I--
- Ah, it's none
of my business.
Hey.
Gee, I feel like
I haven't seen you in weeks.
Mom says you're
taking antidepressants.
God, it's tough to be a parent.
You just want
so much for your kids,
and you just can't--
If we get these cases,
it can really happen.
We can stay in this house,
finish the renovations,
get your mom a new car.
And I could...
retire.
Take this trip
with your mother.
It would mean
so much to both of us.
But the one thing,
you know,
a father wants to feel
that his kids are all set
when he retires,
you know?
Secure, married.
[ Chuckles ]
With a house.
A family of your own.
Yeah.
Yeah. No, I'm sorry.
I know it's late.
It's going okay.
Oh, I do? That's good.
Um, I don't-- I don't know
why I called exactly. I--
Yeah, I know.
Yeah, I know I have to
sign the papers, David.
[ Sobbing ]
They're good.
I'm sorry.
[ Sobbing ]
No, I'm sorry.
They miss you too. Yeah.
[ Sobbing ]
Yes.
Um--
No. Do you really
want me to say that?
Okay. I mean, no.
No, they don't hate you.
No, the opposite. It's--
Okay.
[ Sighs ]
[ Clink On Window ]
[ Clink ]
[ Crickets Chirping ]
Hey.
What?
Come here.
What? Huh?
You shouldn't have
come here, okay?
I'm so-- We--
Somebody could
*** see you!
You just ran off.
What do you want me to do?
What did you say to her?
Nothing. I just--
I just left.
I just got my bike
and I just went riding around.
Well, you need to go home
and tell her something.
What would you want me to say?
Jeremy, I don't ***
care what you say.
Tell her some guy broke up
with you and I came over to
help you pick up the pieces.
Yeah, and what? And then
you just took your clothes off?
Jeremy!
Tell her anything, okay?
Tell-- Tell her
I'm doing some ***
howling at the moon,
primal-scream
divorce therapy!
But you were singing
"O Canada," Amy.
Oh!
Amy, I don't-- Why--
Why can't I just
tell her the truth?
If she says something to
your stepdad, it could ruin
my dad's retirement, okay?
I could *** ruin
everything for him.
Oh, God! It's like--
It's like you're more of
a coward than I am, you know?
And you're supposed to be
the adult in this relationship.
We're not in a relationship.
[ Sighs ]
This whole thing,
it just got out of hand,
okay?
I didn't mean for it to.
It just-- It just happened,
and we both just went crazy.
I'm-- I'm sorry.
You just-- You just do
whatever they want you to do.
And it is so pathetic.
You-- You don't even know
what the *** you're
talking about.
I mean, it's like you think
you're so mature...
and so savvy,
and you-- you're just not,
because you don't know
a *** thing
about the real world.
There is no difference
between me and you, Amy.
Yeah, there is, Jeremy.
Because you're ***
19 years old.
Okay?
I was married to a man,
and I was in love with him.
I had a *** life,
and I was happy in it.
Do I have to spell
this out for you?
You and I can't be
in a relationship, okay?
Okay.
Okay?
Okay!
It's ridiculous.
I mean, what the ***
do you think?
Do you think we're
gonna go off somewhere
and wear *** sarongs?
All right.
And visit with holy men
and smoke ***.
Oh, forget it. Okay.
I don't even know what you
think is gonna happen.
Amy, won't you at least
go out with him once?
He lives in Westport.
He has a big house here.
Now you know, if Daddy
doesn't get this client,
we'll all be out on the street.
Hmm.
Hmm. I think I will have
the ahi tuna steak.
No, I had tuna for lunch.
Shoot.
Can't have tuna for every meal,
or I'll turn into a thermometer.
What?
It's a joke. It's stupid.
I was just--
'Cause all the mercury in--
Oh.
the oceans, in the fish.
Of course.
Yeah. No, I know.
Isn't it a shame? Yeah.
You know, I look at my--
my daughter Sarah, she's eight,
and I, uh, think what
are we doing to our oceans,
you know?
When fish,
the most healthy thing--
It's just--
Because I love it.
I could have it every meal.
Just, like, fish.
Hmm.
Love it, love it,
love it, love it.
Salmon?
Give it to me, you know?
I can eat lox, gravlax,
uh, poached. Oh, my God!
I could eat poached fish
all day.
Yeah, I get--
I get kind of queasy
from it sometimes.
Really?
Mm-hmm.
Fish?
Mm-hmm.
I wonder why.
Not me.
And you know it's one
of those, uh, top 10 foods...
in terms of being good for you.
Uh,
almonds...
is one of them, I think.
Uh, spinach.
Yogurt, which is...
kind of weird to me,
'cause I'm not a big yogurt fan.
And I'm not
an angry guy, you know.
I'm about enjoying life.
And, you know,
sometimes stuff happens.
So whose fault is that really?
It's, uh--
It's two people, you know?
It takes two people
to tango, so to speak.
So I just think it's
really unfair to-- to put
all the blame on one person.
The good news is Sarah is
totally fine with it, um, so--
That's great.
At least there's that,
yeah.
Oh. Mm-mmm.
Mmm. Mmm.
You are just so cute,
and this outfit is adorable.
Okay.
It's my mother's.
I borrowed it from my mother.
Oh, that's-- that's okay.
Sorry.
Okay. I get it.
I'm sorry.
[ Clears Throat ]
Totally. I get it.
Right after my divorce,
I couldn't even imagine dating
anybody else, no way, no how.
Uh-uh. So--
Okay.
Can I see you again?
? The fox went out
on a chilly night ?
? And he prayed for the moon
to give him light ?
? He had many a mile
to go that night ?
? Before he reached the town-o
? Town-o, town-o
? Many a mile to go that night
? Before he reached the town-o
? [ Acoustic Guitar ]
[ Clink ]
[ Dog Barking In Distance ]
Ahh!
? [ Ends ]
Oh!
Here I am, this therapist,
and I don't know what's
going on with my own child.
It's so embarrassing.
It's so humiliating.
Gwen--
He says that
you listen to him.
You see him.
He says that I'm in denial.
That I'm trying to make him into
something that I want him to be.
That I don't see him.
You know what?
That's not even the point,
I guess.
The point is he finally
told me the truth.
Even though it's upsetting
that I didn't even know,
the point is--
He doesn't like acting.
I mean, I deal
with this stuff every day.
And here I am not realizing
the effect that I'm having
on my own child.
"The greatest tragedy
of the family is the unlived
lives of the parents."
Jung said that.
I say that to my patients
almost every day.
Hey, how is
your therapy going?
The, um, singing, naked,
swimming thing?
Yeah, it's good.
Good.
I'm so sorry about that.
Oh, no. You know,
whatever works.
Geez, I wish that I had
had something like that--
so visceral and active--
when I was going through
my divorce.
Thank you for listening.
Come here. Give
me a hug, will ya?
Thank you.
Gwen.
[ Exhales ]
Sorry about throwing
the rock at you.
Ah. Ow!
Yeah.
Please don't tell Jeremy that
I was snooping in his room.
Ohh!
It's just he's been
seeing some boy all summer
and they just broke up and--
I don't know,
I was just looking...
to find something,
I don't know.
Sure.
Ahh.
Intimacy is such
a rare thing.
And I want it
for Jeremy so badly.
Even if it is
with some big hairy guy.
[ Sighs ]
Where is Jeremy?
[ Chattering ]
? [ Rock In Distance ]
[ Whimpering ]
Shh, shh, shh, shh.
[ Dog Barking ]
[ Chattering, Laughing ]
[ Dog Barking ]
[ Door Opens ]
Hey, ***! ***!
Get in here,
you *** idiot dog.
Hi.
Oh.
Sorry.
Hey.
I'm just, um, looking--
Somebody's mom's here!
Yo! Somebody's mom's here!
No, sorry.
It's the wrong house.
Wrong--
[ Barking ]
Oh! Off! Oh!
[ Barking ]
Ah, geez.
[ Sensor Beeping ]
[ Beeping ]
[ Click ]
[ Gary ] Hello?
[ Beeps ]
[ Tool Whirring ]
[ Beeping ]
[ Whirring ]
[ Beeps ]
[ Beeping ]
Oh, ***. Oh, ***.
Oh, I need to
get out of here.
[ Beeping ]
? [ Men Vocalizing ]
[ Seagulls Squawking ]
? [ Vocalizing ]
? [ Ends ]
[ Gasps, Grunts ]
Ohh. Ow.
Where the *** is bottom?
Where the *** ***
is *** bottom?
[ Screams ]
[ Women Screaming ]
- [ Screams ]
- Whoo!
- Whoo!
- Amy Minkie's in the house!
Whoo!
Minsky!
- You go, girl!
- Whoo, yee-haw!
[ Laughing ]
- Oh, I just got
a brain freeze from that ice.
- You go, girl!
You need another, girl.
I'll get you another.
Whoo. I haven't done this
since high school.
Whoa!
Hey, what have you been
doing since high school?
Yeah.
You know-- Uhh.
She was totally married
and had everything.
My mom told me.
Cute husband, big apartment.
Then he totally dumped her.
Yeah.
But that was... pssk!
You know?
'Cause now I'm back here.
It's whoo!
So fun, you guys.
Here, girl.
No, I can't.
- Oh, you can do that!
- Yeah.
Yep.
[ Exhales ]
I don't think I can.
You can have it.
No, you are here to
"par-tay," you divorcée!
[ All Cheering ]
Go, go, go, go, go, go,
go, go, go, go, go, go!
Minkie, Minkie,
Minkie, Minkie!
Sorry, Infinity.
[ Vomits ]
Ohh.
Are you okay?
[ Crickets Chirping ]
[ Mumbling ]
[ Sobbing ]
Hey, what's wrong?
Oh, Karen--
[ Sobbing ]
I *** everything up.
Oh, hey, come on.
I-- I screw everything up.
Everything in my life, Karen.
Every *** thing.
[ Chuckles ]
It's, like, amazing.
I fail everyone
in my *** life.
Everyone who loves me.
If somebody loves me,
then I *** it up.
Oh.
What are you talking about?
Love isn't like a prize
you get at the circus...
for squirting water
in the clown's face
the longest.
If somebody loves you,
they just love you,
you know?
[ Sensor Beeping ]
[ Sensor Stops ]
Shh.
[ Crash, Shatters ]
Ohh! What the ***?
[ Mother ]
Oh, no. Oh, no!
My lips!
Oh, my God!
They cost a fortune!
Look.
Look what you've done!
They-- They were--
They were right
in the front hallway.
I left a note on the door.
Are you drunk?
You are! Oh, God!
Look what you've done.
I can't believe
that you've done this.
You are so incredibly selfish.
Just-- I'm gonna clean it up,
just--
No! Just leave it.
Don't you--
Don't you touch anything.
Don't you ruin anything more.
Oh, my God!
My God. Mom, I'm sorry.
But they were completely
corralled in darkness.
You take no responsibility
for anything.
What?
That is not true.
Oh, yeah. Your father and I
have taken you in.
We let you sleep late.
We let you loll around
in that T-shirt.
And you've just--
you've just given up...
the way that you've
given up on everything
you've ever started.
What have I ever given up on?
Oh. Well, let me--
let me count the ways.
Let's see, you--
Oh, tennis camp
when you were 10.
- I was the only one with ***!
- You could get a bra that fit!
You didn't have to
jump ship!
Oh, my God. I could give
you a list that would fill
a roll of toilet paper.
All of those internships...
and the projects
on the living room floor
that I had to clean up!
And your-- And your
master's degree Daddy said
that you would never finish.
But he was so happy when you
were gonna marry David.
He said, "Oh, Ruth, yes!
She's getting married.
She'll have someone
to take care of her."
I thought you were
finally gonna wake up
and see what you had.
David left me, Mom!
Okay? Remember?
I didn't quit my marriage.
He left me.
And why... do you think?
What?
You think because
I did something wrong,
so he stopped loving me?
Is that what you think?
That I failed?
Well, that's not
what love is, Mom.
It's not a prize that you get
for coming in the clown's
face at the circus.
What?
Listen. If--
If you behaved in your marriage
the way that you behave here,
of course it fell apart.
Hey, I've been watching you
for three months...
do nothing to help yourself,
do nothing at all.
I have not been doing nothing
for the past three months.
How would you even know
what I've been doing?
You're so much more interested
in those Wanguni lips
than you have ever been in me!
Do you think anyone
in this house has ever
shown any interest in me?
Oh, my God, Amy. Do you--
What do you think life is?
Just one-- one ribbon
cutting after another?
I keep this house together.
I keep this marriage together.
And I don't get
any accolades or praise.
I'm like the family dog.
And all I would like--
one little thing I would
like after all these years...
is to spend some time
with your father.
And you just keep finding ways
to make everything
harder for me!
Don't forget
to turn out the lights.
Well, I'm certainly grateful
for this magnificent washout--
uh, turnout.
And, uh, now I'd like
to say a few words.
? Hello, I must be going
? I cannot stay
I came to say
I must be going ?
? I'm glad I came
But just the same
I must be going ?
? La, la
? For my sake
you must stay ?
? If you should go away,
you'd spoil this party
I am throwing ?
? I'll stay a week or two
? I'll stay the summer through
? But I am telling you
? I must be going
? [ Continues ]
Don't worry about your mom.
She'll settle down.
You can stay here
as long as you want.
[ Man On P.A., Indistinct ]
Yeah. Yeah. Bye.
Aims. Hey.
Hi.
You look nice, hon.
Thank you.
I feel overdressed, like--
What are you talking about?
You can't overdress in New York.
Come on.
Thank you.
Thank you.
So look at this.
Look at my shoe.
You believe this? $700.
All I did was walk
from Union Square.
It's terrible.
What, you making fun of me?
I bought these for a meeting
I have tomorrow with one
of the Olsen twins.
I don't even know which one.
You should find out.
[ Chuckles ]
If I can.
Before tomorrow.
Thank you.
Thank you.
So really, you really--
You look good.
I was worried.
Really?
Yeah, you know, last time.
Unsightly circles? What?
No, no, I don't--
Come on, not like that.
I-- You know.
No, I know.
Yeah. I, um-- I'm okay.
I'm-- I mean, I'm better.
[ Cell Phone Dings ]
Wait just a sec.
Good.
Good.
Can we talk openly?
Um, I don't know.
[ Chuckles ]
Can we order first?
[ Cell Phone Dings ]
Just wait--
Just one second.
Oh, God.
Okay.
What happened?
What?
Between us.
Um, here?
You-You-You want me to talk
about this-- about this here?
I promise I won't cry.
I'm not gonna-- I-- I just--
I wanna know, okay?
I don't know.
I-I don't-- I mean I just--
You know, I felt-- I felt--
Amy, can we--
Come on.
Please? I-- I promise.
We'd been together for
so long, you know. I-I-I--
All right, you wanna--
you wanna know why?
I, um-- I knew everything
that was gonna happen to us.
I mean, I knew everything
that was gonna happen to me,
more importantly,
because I was--
I was with you,
and I just-- I didn't--
I didn't wanna know that.
I didn't wanna--
I didn't wanna see the end
of my life like that.
I loved you.
You know.
I mean, I-- We were--
We were compatible.
We were great friends, right?
And that was-- that was great.
That was great.
But--
So are you jumping
out of planes now?
[ Chuckles ]
No.
No. Hey, can we order now?
Are you still seeing Kimberly?
No. No, that-- No.
That whole thing--
That was-- I mean, really,
that was-- that was crazy.
You know, I
thought I wanted to, um,
be with someone successful,
you know,
like someone in my field.
Aims, all she did was talk
about her *** cases.
It was like I couldn't
get away from work.
It was, like,
no escape, no island.
I started seeing someone
for a while too.
Really?
Yeah.
I, um--
[ Cell Phone Dings ]
Sorry. What can you do?
I mean, it's--
What?
I-- It's okay.
I'm not sad.
It's not-- I'm not sad.
What are you doing?
I just don't feel like
seeing you.
You-- Why?
Amy?
Because I feel
bad about myself
when I'm with you.
I feel really bad,
and I always have.
But I didn't know it.
I-- I was just so used to it.
And I think...
I just thought that
that was being alive.
To always feel bad
and wrong and...
just insecure and invisible.
So thank you.
Thank you for ending
our marriage.
David.
Yeah?
I really mean it.
Thank you. Because
I wasn't happy with you.
And I would never
have ended it myself.
Truly. I--
And you know what?
I wanna change the papers.
I'm not a *** idiot.
I invested a lot of time
into you,
and I just think
I should be reimbursed.
Okay.
Amy, we're having a party!
Oh!
They picked daddy.
Amazing, huh?
Oh.
I bought the tickets
for the trip.
Come, have a glass of champagne.
[ Stan ]
Isn't it just great?
Yeah, it's really great.
It all worked out.
You see, Ruth?
And you were right.
Your mother was worried.
To "Gallivanting the Globe."
To Mom and Dad,
for taking me in.
Thanks.
[ Sighs ]
[ Chattering ]
? [ Rock In Distance ]
[ Man ]
? Come on, think fast
? [ Continues ]
[ Chattering ]
Noah.
Come here.
Dad's retiring.
Congratulations to everyone.
I'm gonna be my own boss.
Finally ***' free.
I'm so happy for you.
Hmm.
Hey. Oh, my God.
We talked to Phil Bauer.
I think he's
in love with you.
He said that you were
the greatest listener
he's ever met.
[ Chuckles ]
Hi, Gwen!
Are you okay?
Can you-- I have to go.
See? See? That's why
I never eat shellfish.
[ Man ]
? To keep your love around
? I need you every day
? [ Continues, Low ]
Jeremy.
[ Door Closes ]
Jeremy.
***.
I didn't know that you
were gonna be here, okay?
I would--
I wouldn't have come.
I was hoping that
you would be here.
What are you talk--
I thought-- I thought
that you didn't wanna see me.
Look, okay.
This whole thing is just--
It's embarrassing for me, okay?
And I'd just rather
not even talk about it.
You taught me
how to be loved.
I don't think
that I even knew what
that meant to be loved...
before I met you.
And you're--
you're not a kid, Jeremy,
like I said.
You're not like some boy.
I just had never been
with a man before.
And I didn't know
what that was like.
[ Sighs ]
***.
That was a good thing to say.
I don't want anything from you.
I don't. And I know that
we cannot be together.
I know that, but--
My God, when I'm 35, you--
- Yeah. Yeah.
- You're gonna be--
Right. I got it.
But I have to say...
I just *** love you.
I just *** love you.
Okay.
What are you doing?
I have to--
Oh, no, you're crazy.
[ People Chattering ]
[ Chattering Stops ]
[ Jeremy ]
***.
[ Door Closes ]
[ Crickets Chirping ]
Hey, so I'm gonna be
in the sublet for, like,
two months until I find a place.
Okay.
At least I didn't screw
everything up for you.
That's good anyway.
So, retirement--
that's exciting. Finally.
And the trip and--
Oh, Dad.
Huh?
Are we ever gonna
talk about this?
What is there to talk about?
I gotta go.
Okay.
What can you do?
Mom?
Mom?
[ Knocking ]
Mom?
Yeah?
Hey, I'm leaving.
I never liked lapis.
It's just cheap looking.
[ Sighs ]
I'm really sorry
about everything, Mom.
I'm glad that it all worked out
for you guys in the end,
and I'm glad that
Dad got the clients,
and I didn't completely
screw everything up.
Yeah. Well,
it doesn't matter.
What do you--
What do you mean
it doesn't matter?
Well, we're not
going on the trip.
We're not going on the trip.
You're not?
No.
He's not retiring.
What?
No, he doesn't want to.
He doesn't want to, Amy.
Mom.
Nah.
He never wanted to.
[ Scoffs ]
He was never going to.
So, I thought
I would, you know,
sit here and just...
organize this ***!
There's nothing else to do.
[ Sobbing ]
There's nothing else to do.
Mom.
No.
Oh, I'm so sorry.
I don't care.
Mom, come on.
[ Sobbing ]
Hey, Mom, I'm so sorry.
Oh, stop.
I'm so sorry. Come here.
[ Sobbing ]
Come on, come on.
Oh, Amy.
I'm so sorry, Mom.
I'm sorry.
No.
I'm sorry
for what I've done...
to you.
I'm so sorry.
[ Dog Barking In Distance ]
We will see each other
again, right?
Mmm.
You're not just gonna disappear
forever, are you?
No. No.
Okay.
So, Oberlin?
Yeah.
College is gonna be
really exciting, Jeremy.
*** off.
Well, I'm just trying
something, right?
I'm trying to be--
You'll fall in love,
and I will kill myself.
Yeah, that's better.
Um...
I wanted to tell you...
I'm gonna finish my thesis.
You are?
Yeah.
I'm gonna go
"Gallivanting the Globe"--
What?
with my mom.
I'm gonna go with her
and take pictures
of her next to rivers.
There are some amazing
rivers out there.
The driver just
got out of the car.
Well, he's--
[ Woman ]
? Now the raging
Okay.
? Of the forest fires end
Okay.
[ Both Chuckle ]
Okay.
? I smell
in the charred darkness ?
? A little green, a little red
? When you sang your song
? Your voice washed
over the sea ?
? Glacial runoff
? Beautiful blue light
came o'er me ?
? Came o'er me
? Drink deep, my love
? For the water is gasping
for your mouth ?
? Gasping for your mouth
? Drink deep, my love
? For the water is gasping
for your mouth ?
? Drink deep, my love
? For the water is gasping
for your mouth ?
? Gasping for your mouth
? Drink deep, my love
? For the water is gasping
for your mouth ?
? Drink deep, my love
? For the water is gasping
for your mouth ?
? Gasping for your mouth
? Drink deep, my love
? For the water is gasping
for your mouth ?
? [ Fades Out ]
? [ Woman Vocalizing ]
? I'm finally melting
? In the sun
? Springtime is helping me
hear the hum ?
? Oh, the pulse I thought
was freezing's coming back ?
? Beneath the surface I can
feel they're coming bright ?
? It's coming fast
? Out in the clearing
here with you ?
? Buds all a-bursting
green and new ?
? All the planets never seen
inside the cloud ?
? Into focus now they come
They're rolling bright ?
? They're rolling fast
? Winter was crushing
Now the water is rushing
in the stream ?
? Winter was crushing
Now the water is rushing
in the stream ?
? [ Vocalizing ]
? [ Ends ]