1 00:00:42,417 --> 00:00:43,953 (MUSIC PLAYING) 2 00:02:14,593 --> 00:02:17,552 I don't know why, I've always been big on happy endings. 3 00:02:17,721 --> 00:02:20,930 You see, to me, the most romantic, beautiful love stories ever 4 00:02:20,932 --> 00:02:23,515 were the ones where two people meet, fall in love, 5 00:02:23,518 --> 00:02:26,682 and then 50, 60 years later, one of them dies. 6 00:02:26,688 --> 00:02:28,805 And then a few days after that, the other one dies 7 00:02:28,815 --> 00:02:31,228 because they just can't bear to live without each other. 8 00:02:33,070 --> 00:02:34,936 Not that that's such a good example of a happy ending. 9 00:02:34,946 --> 00:02:36,562 I mean, you got two dead people in that example. 10 00:02:36,573 --> 00:02:39,532 But that's how I always thought things would be for Katie and me. 11 00:02:40,494 --> 00:02:44,534 Not that we'd be dead, but that we would be together forever. 12 00:02:48,085 --> 00:02:51,294 BEN: Now, High-Low. Who wants to go first? Erin? 13 00:02:51,630 --> 00:02:55,715 ERIN: Okay, my high today is that I sat next to Austin Butler at lunch. 14 00:02:55,967 --> 00:02:57,083 Oh, that's nice. 15 00:02:57,094 --> 00:02:58,460 Is that the boy with the three-legged dog? 16 00:02:58,470 --> 00:03:00,257 No, Joel Cummings has the three-legged dog. 17 00:03:00,263 --> 00:03:02,129 Austin has the turtle that snores. 18 00:03:02,140 --> 00:03:03,140 And your low? 19 00:03:04,017 --> 00:03:05,133 Camp. 20 00:03:05,143 --> 00:03:06,679 KATIE: What about camp? 21 00:03:06,687 --> 00:03:07,803 I don't know. 22 00:03:07,813 --> 00:03:10,180 Honey, you had such a good time last year. 23 00:03:10,482 --> 00:03:11,598 I know. 24 00:03:11,608 --> 00:03:12,724 What is it? 25 00:03:12,943 --> 00:03:15,981 Are you afraid you're going to lose touch with Austin over the summer? 26 00:03:16,571 --> 00:03:17,687 I don't know. 27 00:03:17,698 --> 00:03:19,234 BEN: Well, you can always write to each other. 28 00:03:19,241 --> 00:03:21,574 When you sign your name, you can put those little X's and O's on there. 29 00:03:21,576 --> 00:03:22,612 Guys love that, right? 30 00:03:22,786 --> 00:03:24,277 Can't get enough of it. 31 00:03:24,579 --> 00:03:26,366 Honey, you're gonna have a great time. 32 00:03:26,540 --> 00:03:28,748 What about you, bonehead? What was your high today? 33 00:03:28,917 --> 00:03:32,001 My high was that Gary Ellis' mom bought a new juicer, 34 00:03:32,003 --> 00:03:34,023 and today I went over to his house and drank a chicken. 35 00:03:34,047 --> 00:03:35,504 (CHOKES) 36 00:03:35,507 --> 00:03:36,588 - (LAUGHING) - And your low? 37 00:03:36,758 --> 00:03:37,965 I don't have a low. 38 00:03:38,260 --> 00:03:39,467 You've gotta have a low. 39 00:03:39,886 --> 00:03:43,175 Look, I've been sitting here racking my brain, and I do not have a low, okay? 40 00:03:43,181 --> 00:03:44,968 All right, all right. What if we enter the chicken smoothie 41 00:03:44,975 --> 00:03:46,341 in the high and low category? 42 00:03:46,351 --> 00:03:47,512 How about you, Mama? 43 00:03:47,978 --> 00:03:49,139 Well... 44 00:03:49,146 --> 00:03:50,978 Oh, I know what your high is. It's your anniversary. 45 00:03:50,981 --> 00:03:52,621 What are you guys gonna do tomorrow night? 46 00:03:52,649 --> 00:03:54,060 - Well, I was gonna take your mother... - Dad's gonna take me... 47 00:03:54,067 --> 00:03:55,854 - ...out to a romantic dinner... - ...out dancing. 48 00:03:55,861 --> 00:03:58,194 ...and possibly some dancing. 49 00:03:58,405 --> 00:04:00,738 But you're right, sweetie. That is our high. 50 00:04:00,741 --> 00:04:02,698 JOSH: Look, I'd really love to stick around for your low, 51 00:04:02,701 --> 00:04:04,738 but the Dodgers are playing the Giants. 52 00:04:04,745 --> 00:04:05,861 - Go. - Go. 53 00:04:05,871 --> 00:04:07,737 - Can I go, too? - Go. 54 00:04:16,089 --> 00:04:17,671 (SIGHS) 55 00:04:17,674 --> 00:04:20,007 Look, I really don't care what we do tomorrow night. 56 00:04:21,720 --> 00:04:23,632 I don't even care if we end up at different restaurants. 57 00:04:23,638 --> 00:04:28,053 Just as long as the kids see us leaving together and coming home together. 58 00:04:28,059 --> 00:04:29,300 Right. 59 00:04:32,564 --> 00:04:36,183 KATIE: On our first anniversary, I gave Ben a plastic spoon. 60 00:04:36,568 --> 00:04:39,857 You know, the takeout kind from a Chinese restaurant? 61 00:04:39,863 --> 00:04:44,858 It was the one we had used when we shared our first bowl of wonton soup in the park. 62 00:04:45,452 --> 00:04:49,571 He was afraid he'd lost it, and I remember how his face lit up 63 00:04:49,581 --> 00:04:52,665 when he opened the little jewelry box I had wrapped it in. 64 00:04:55,629 --> 00:04:57,712 I keep asking myself, 65 00:04:58,089 --> 00:05:00,376 "When is that moment in a marriage 66 00:05:00,383 --> 00:05:03,171 "when a spoon becomes just a spoon?" 67 00:05:21,196 --> 00:05:24,280 BEN: When I first met Katie, I was working as a writer on this comedy show, 68 00:05:24,282 --> 00:05:25,818 and she had been hired as a temp. 69 00:05:26,952 --> 00:05:29,114 And, I don't know. It's hard to explain. 70 00:05:29,120 --> 00:05:32,955 There was an instant connection, this simpatico. 71 00:05:32,958 --> 00:05:34,244 I felt like she just got me. 72 00:05:34,835 --> 00:05:37,202 And believe me, there is no greater feeling in this world 73 00:05:37,212 --> 00:05:39,124 than to feel gotten. 74 00:06:20,130 --> 00:06:22,372 (SIREN BLARING) 75 00:06:40,817 --> 00:06:43,480 KATIE: I think the loudest silences are the ones filled 76 00:06:43,486 --> 00:06:45,944 with everything that's been said, 77 00:06:45,947 --> 00:06:48,439 said wrong, said 300 times. 78 00:06:48,450 --> 00:06:50,442 You're not really hearing me. 79 00:06:50,452 --> 00:06:52,364 You're so goddamn critical! 80 00:06:52,370 --> 00:06:54,532 It's hard enough with two children. I don't need a third. 81 00:06:54,539 --> 00:06:58,078 That's right, you're perfect, and I've done nothing right in 15 years! 82 00:06:58,084 --> 00:06:59,495 You're not listening. 83 00:06:59,502 --> 00:07:00,834 You can't let go of anything. 84 00:07:01,004 --> 00:07:02,620 You never listen! 85 00:07:02,631 --> 00:07:04,418 You hold on to every little thing. 86 00:07:04,424 --> 00:07:06,381 Why should you be responsible for anything? 87 00:07:06,676 --> 00:07:08,636 Do you have to be critical of every fucking thing? 88 00:07:08,970 --> 00:07:11,087 I kinda just take care of everything around here. 89 00:07:11,097 --> 00:07:13,544 - Fine! - Fine! 90 00:07:15,185 --> 00:07:18,929 KATIE: Until fighting becomes the condition rather than the exception, 91 00:07:18,939 --> 00:07:20,680 and suddenly, without you even knowing it, 92 00:07:20,857 --> 00:07:23,065 it turns into the language of the relationship, 93 00:07:23,068 --> 00:07:27,108 and your only option is a silent retreat to neutral corners. 94 00:07:33,411 --> 00:07:34,743 KATIE: Okay, are you a person? 95 00:07:34,746 --> 00:07:35,862 JOSH: Yes. 96 00:07:35,872 --> 00:07:37,113 Are you a man? 97 00:07:37,123 --> 00:07:38,364 That's debatable. 98 00:07:38,375 --> 00:07:40,537 "Debatable"? Do you have a mustache? 99 00:07:40,543 --> 00:07:41,875 - A thick one. - Aunt Rose. 100 00:07:41,878 --> 00:07:43,414 - Right. - Yes! 101 00:07:44,089 --> 00:07:46,422 Good old Aunt "five-o'clock shadow" Rose. 102 00:07:46,424 --> 00:07:48,791 KATIE: Oh, God, it's almost 9:00. We're gonna miss the camp bus. 103 00:07:48,802 --> 00:07:52,466 BEN: Whoa! Now, that is what I call a mobile home. 104 00:07:52,472 --> 00:07:54,885 Can you get around it? It's five to 9:00. 105 00:07:54,891 --> 00:07:56,803 Boy, they must have to change their zip code a lot. 106 00:07:56,810 --> 00:08:00,804 It's happening even as we speak. Look, 91604, 91604. 107 00:08:00,814 --> 00:08:02,806 ALL: 91605. 108 00:08:02,816 --> 00:08:03,897 Could you pass it? 109 00:08:03,900 --> 00:08:05,391 Their mailman must be going crazy. 110 00:08:05,402 --> 00:08:07,268 KATIE: The kids are really gonna miss their bus. 111 00:08:07,278 --> 00:08:09,190 Whoa! Look, up on the second floor! 112 00:08:09,197 --> 00:08:10,984 Somebody's about to use the bathroom! KATIE: Ben. 113 00:08:10,991 --> 00:08:12,107 Kids, put the windows up. 114 00:08:12,117 --> 00:08:13,483 ALL: We're in the line of fire! 115 00:08:13,493 --> 00:08:16,076 Would you just pass the goddamn house? 116 00:08:23,378 --> 00:08:25,791 (CHUCKLES) Look, kids, the house is making a right. 117 00:08:29,426 --> 00:08:31,918 When I was in college, we had to write a term paper, 118 00:08:31,928 --> 00:08:35,217 it was for, uh, some philosophy course I was taking, 119 00:08:36,099 --> 00:08:38,762 on any book we considered 120 00:08:38,768 --> 00:08:42,102 to be the one that best depicted how we viewed the world. 121 00:08:42,105 --> 00:08:45,974 And I remember some people picking books by the great thinkers, 122 00:08:45,984 --> 00:08:49,477 like Kierkegaard and Plato. Some kids chose the Bible. 123 00:08:50,613 --> 00:08:53,230 I did my paper on Harold and the Purple Crayon. 124 00:08:54,117 --> 00:08:56,655 It's a small book about a little boy 125 00:08:56,661 --> 00:09:00,780 who draws the world the way he wants it to be with his magic crayon. 126 00:09:01,833 --> 00:09:05,452 And I... I just loved that book because 127 00:09:05,462 --> 00:09:08,045 it was about everything that I wasn't. 128 00:09:11,009 --> 00:09:13,626 So let me get this straight. You wanna write crossword puzzles? 129 00:09:13,636 --> 00:09:16,344 - That's really a job somebody wants to do? - Yes. 130 00:09:16,347 --> 00:09:18,555 - And you would get paid to do this? - Yes. 131 00:09:18,558 --> 00:09:21,141 So you actually know stuff like "Ra is the Sun God"? 132 00:09:21,144 --> 00:09:24,854 As well as the symbol for radium and the abbreviation for "regular army." 133 00:09:24,856 --> 00:09:27,564 Whoa. I don't know whether to be impressed or terrified. 134 00:09:27,567 --> 00:09:29,854 I find it very soothing and reassuring, 135 00:09:29,861 --> 00:09:32,444 because you know there are always answers. 136 00:09:32,614 --> 00:09:35,197 Yeah, but not to the really big questions, 137 00:09:35,200 --> 00:09:38,568 like, "Does God exist?" "What is the meaning of life?" 138 00:09:38,578 --> 00:09:40,991 "Why does my pee smell funny when I eat asparagus?" 139 00:09:41,289 --> 00:09:43,576 Aspartic acid, hence the name. 140 00:09:45,752 --> 00:09:47,744 And this soothes you? 141 00:09:48,463 --> 00:09:52,047 Yes. Since you'll never really find the answers to the big questions, 142 00:09:52,050 --> 00:09:55,760 there's a comfort in finding the answers to the little ones. 143 00:09:56,387 --> 00:10:01,178 Besides, when you finish, there's this wonderful sense of closure, 144 00:10:01,184 --> 00:10:05,019 knowing that that little world on that half-page is complete. 145 00:10:11,194 --> 00:10:13,481 Well, you left yourself wide open. 146 00:10:16,282 --> 00:10:17,864 (LAUGHING) Come to Papa! 147 00:10:19,077 --> 00:10:23,822 But the problem in a marriage is, if one person is always Harold, 148 00:10:23,832 --> 00:10:25,789 drawing the world the way they want it to be, 149 00:10:25,792 --> 00:10:29,957 the other person has no choice but to draw it the way it is. 150 00:10:30,797 --> 00:10:34,006 Which is probably why they never wrote a book about Harold's wife. 151 00:10:34,008 --> 00:10:35,499 They're leaving! I knew it! I knew it! 152 00:10:35,510 --> 00:10:36,626 (KIDS YELLING) 153 00:10:36,636 --> 00:10:38,093 (HORN HONKING) 154 00:10:38,596 --> 00:10:39,962 (YELLING CONTINUES) 155 00:10:39,973 --> 00:10:41,930 - Grab your bags. - Go! Go! 156 00:10:42,350 --> 00:10:45,809 - KATIE: Wait! Wait! - Hold it! Hold it! 157 00:10:46,146 --> 00:10:48,809 Two more coming. BEN: They'll wait, they'll wait. 158 00:10:48,815 --> 00:10:50,556 - Thank you, Marty. - Hey, no problem. 159 00:10:50,567 --> 00:10:52,058 - Hey, Marty. - Hey, Ben. 160 00:10:52,068 --> 00:10:53,980 - Bye, baby. - I love you. Have a great time. 161 00:10:53,987 --> 00:10:55,194 I love you. Have a good time. 162 00:10:55,196 --> 00:10:56,312 - Bye, kid. - Bye, Dad. 163 00:10:56,322 --> 00:10:58,484 - Bye, honey. - Take your sister's bag. 164 00:10:58,491 --> 00:10:59,732 - Have a great time. - Thank you. 165 00:10:59,742 --> 00:11:01,950 - I love you. - I love you. 166 00:11:01,953 --> 00:11:04,366 BOY: Josh, hurry up. I saved you a seat. 167 00:11:08,668 --> 00:11:10,830 - I love you. - I love you. 168 00:11:11,671 --> 00:11:13,628 - Bye. - Bye, honey. 169 00:11:16,885 --> 00:11:18,046 Bye. 170 00:11:58,551 --> 00:11:59,712 Okay. 171 00:12:00,303 --> 00:12:04,889 Um, if you need me for anything, I'll be at the Oceana. 172 00:12:06,059 --> 00:12:08,392 Anything comes up with the kids, just give me a call. 173 00:12:09,103 --> 00:12:10,469 Of course. 174 00:12:14,651 --> 00:12:17,439 Isn't this the moment where one of us is supposed to say, 175 00:12:17,445 --> 00:12:20,062 "Look, this is ridiculous. We love each other. 176 00:12:20,073 --> 00:12:22,656 "All couples go through this. Let's give it another try"? 177 00:12:42,136 --> 00:12:43,627 (DOOR CLOSES) 178 00:12:46,391 --> 00:12:48,599 My ass was on television this morning. 179 00:12:50,019 --> 00:12:51,135 What are you telling us? 180 00:12:51,312 --> 00:12:53,304 I'm telling you, my ass was on television. 181 00:12:53,648 --> 00:12:55,765 Oh, that's right. That was that special. 182 00:12:55,775 --> 00:12:58,643 The Kennedy Center Salutes 50 Years of Stan's Ass. 183 00:12:58,945 --> 00:13:00,902 I went to the doctor, he took this tube 184 00:13:00,905 --> 00:13:02,817 that had a little camera on the end of it, 185 00:13:02,824 --> 00:13:06,568 stuck it up my ass, and we watched it on a monitor in his office. 186 00:13:06,577 --> 00:13:08,944 - You had a sigmoidoscopy? - Exactly. 187 00:13:08,955 --> 00:13:11,163 That's a hell of a lot different than your ass being on television. 188 00:13:11,165 --> 00:13:12,281 How? 189 00:13:12,292 --> 00:13:13,373 Well, first of all, let's start with the fact 190 00:13:13,376 --> 00:13:15,333 that a network can't cancel your ass. 191 00:13:15,336 --> 00:13:16,452 Point well taken. 192 00:13:16,462 --> 00:13:19,500 Plus, I don't know what kind of demographics you hope to be knocking down 193 00:13:19,507 --> 00:13:21,248 with that big, hairy crack winking at you. 194 00:13:21,259 --> 00:13:23,751 All right. All right, gentlemen. We're in a public place. 195 00:13:23,761 --> 00:13:25,798 Do you think we could possibly elevate the level of conversation? 196 00:13:25,805 --> 00:13:26,921 Fine with me. 197 00:13:26,931 --> 00:13:30,595 Good. I jerked off to your secretary last night. I hope you don't mind. 198 00:13:30,601 --> 00:13:31,808 - Why should I mind? - I don't know, 199 00:13:31,811 --> 00:13:33,347 I just wanted to make sure it was all right, 200 00:13:33,354 --> 00:13:34,811 so I could forge ahead with a clear conscience. 201 00:13:34,814 --> 00:13:35,930 Pound away. 202 00:13:35,940 --> 00:13:37,351 Oh, you're a good friend. 203 00:13:37,817 --> 00:13:40,150 Larry really wanted to have sex last night. 204 00:13:40,153 --> 00:13:42,645 He even gave me the 30-second massage. 205 00:13:42,655 --> 00:13:46,569 Oh, you mean the "I really care that you had a bad day" back rub 206 00:13:46,576 --> 00:13:48,488 that stops just before you truly relax, 207 00:13:48,494 --> 00:13:50,861 and then quickly heads south towards the promised land? 208 00:13:50,872 --> 00:13:52,033 (GIGGLES) Exactly. 209 00:13:52,040 --> 00:13:53,326 So, did you make love? 210 00:13:53,333 --> 00:13:55,165 Oh, I couldn't. I was just too tired. 211 00:13:55,168 --> 00:13:56,249 RACHEL: How'd you get out of it? 212 00:13:56,252 --> 00:13:58,539 Well, I pretended to fall asleep during the massage. 213 00:13:58,546 --> 00:14:00,663 I even did that heavy breathing thing. 214 00:14:00,673 --> 00:14:02,289 So he thinks you're in the really deep REM? 215 00:14:02,300 --> 00:14:03,882 But the whole thing backfired, 216 00:14:03,885 --> 00:14:05,296 because when I really fell asleep, 217 00:14:05,303 --> 00:14:09,013 the baby started crying, and then Larry pretended that he was asleep. 218 00:14:09,307 --> 00:14:12,175 Fool. If he had just gotten up with the baby, 219 00:14:12,185 --> 00:14:14,427 you would have sounded the trumpets, opened the gates 220 00:14:14,437 --> 00:14:16,178 and welcomed the troops home for Christmas. 221 00:14:16,189 --> 00:14:17,600 In a heartbeat. 222 00:14:18,649 --> 00:14:20,265 STAN: So what's going on with you and Charlene? 223 00:14:20,276 --> 00:14:22,643 Ooh, had a great night last night. 224 00:14:22,653 --> 00:14:24,315 And you still claim you're not cheating. 225 00:14:24,322 --> 00:14:27,565 Yeah. I maintain that with every fiber of my being. 226 00:14:27,575 --> 00:14:29,066 Online sex is not cheating. 227 00:14:29,243 --> 00:14:30,654 How do you figure? 228 00:14:30,661 --> 00:14:34,120 It's 3:00 in the morning, your wife and kids are sleeping upstairs, 229 00:14:34,123 --> 00:14:36,991 and you're downstairs in your den fucking some bimbo in cyberspace. 230 00:14:37,001 --> 00:14:40,915 Okay, first of all, we're not fucking, we're typing. 231 00:14:40,922 --> 00:14:43,585 And, second of all, and this is me taking umbrage, 232 00:14:43,591 --> 00:14:45,878 Charlene is not some bimbo. 233 00:14:45,885 --> 00:14:47,046 BEN: You're right. 234 00:14:47,053 --> 00:14:50,333 She's probably a stockbroker named Ralph pretending to be some bimbo named Charlene. 235 00:14:50,640 --> 00:14:52,723 Why would you piss on something so beautiful? 236 00:14:53,643 --> 00:14:54,724 What did I say? 237 00:14:54,727 --> 00:14:57,640 It's not an affair. Teresa never had sex with him. 238 00:14:57,647 --> 00:14:58,888 They just kissed. 239 00:14:59,232 --> 00:15:01,224 A kiss is an affair. 240 00:15:01,234 --> 00:15:02,350 You think so? 241 00:15:02,360 --> 00:15:03,476 Absolutely. 242 00:15:03,486 --> 00:15:07,446 Once you establish anything truly intimate with another person, 243 00:15:07,448 --> 00:15:09,110 even talking, 244 00:15:09,325 --> 00:15:12,909 it has to affect the person you're supposed to be the most intimate with. 245 00:15:12,912 --> 00:15:15,655 But the crazy thing is, Teresa could fuck her husband. 246 00:15:15,665 --> 00:15:18,499 She just couldn't kiss him. I mean, really kiss him. 247 00:15:18,501 --> 00:15:20,163 It's not so crazy. 248 00:15:20,169 --> 00:15:22,832 There have been times when I'm so angry at Stan that I could fuck him, 249 00:15:22,839 --> 00:15:24,876 but I don't want that cow tongue anywhere near me. 250 00:15:24,882 --> 00:15:28,125 A kiss can be so much more intimate than sex. 251 00:15:28,136 --> 00:15:30,219 Yeah. Why is that? 252 00:15:30,221 --> 00:15:33,760 Because fucking means, "Yeah, yeah, I love you," but a kiss... 253 00:15:33,766 --> 00:15:35,849 A kiss means, "I like you." 254 00:15:35,852 --> 00:15:38,344 (GIGGLES) That's so right. 255 00:15:39,397 --> 00:15:43,732 I haven't made out, I mean, really made out with Larry for years. 256 00:15:44,318 --> 00:15:45,650 Doesn't that make you sad? 257 00:15:46,195 --> 00:15:47,436 Not really. 258 00:15:48,531 --> 00:15:49,612 Why? 259 00:15:50,533 --> 00:15:51,819 I don't know. 260 00:15:52,201 --> 00:15:55,535 Because it's inevitable. It's the wear and tear of the job. 261 00:15:55,538 --> 00:15:58,372 The diapers, the tantrums, the homework, the state capitals. 262 00:15:58,374 --> 00:16:00,832 The kingdom, phylum, genus, species, your mother, his mother, 263 00:16:00,835 --> 00:16:02,076 and suddenly, all you're aware of 264 00:16:02,086 --> 00:16:04,373 is that there are too many wet towels on the floor, 265 00:16:04,380 --> 00:16:07,248 he's hogging the remote, and he's scratching his back with a fork. 266 00:16:07,258 --> 00:16:09,375 And finally you come face to face with the immutable truth 267 00:16:09,385 --> 00:16:12,219 that it's virtually impossible to French kiss a person 268 00:16:12,221 --> 00:16:13,632 who takes the new roll of toilet paper 269 00:16:13,639 --> 00:16:16,507 and leaves it resting on top of the empty cardboard roll. 270 00:16:16,517 --> 00:16:18,884 God forbid he takes the two seconds to actually replace it. 271 00:16:18,895 --> 00:16:22,434 Does he not see it? Does he not see it? 272 00:16:23,608 --> 00:16:24,894 I'm telling you. 273 00:16:24,901 --> 00:16:27,564 Marriage is the Jack Kevorkian of romance. 274 00:16:30,656 --> 00:16:33,774 (SCREAMING) Oh, God! Ah! Oh! 275 00:16:34,911 --> 00:16:36,994 Oh, Jesus. Shit! 276 00:16:37,413 --> 00:16:38,574 - He hit me! - I didn't hit her. 277 00:16:38,581 --> 00:16:39,662 (PHONE RINGING) 278 00:16:39,665 --> 00:16:41,748 I was leaving the room and she was standing in my way. 279 00:16:41,751 --> 00:16:43,287 Ah! He did it on purpose. 280 00:16:43,294 --> 00:16:45,627 Guys, guys, guys, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on! 281 00:16:45,630 --> 00:16:47,917 - Hello? Hey, Ben? What? - Hey, look, I've got a big red... 282 00:16:47,924 --> 00:16:50,291 - MAN: Let her rip! - Katie. 283 00:16:50,301 --> 00:16:53,169 You're not gonna believe what I'm standing in front of. 284 00:16:53,179 --> 00:16:54,420 They're tearing down our old apartment. 285 00:16:54,430 --> 00:16:55,546 - (THUDDING) - Ooh! 286 00:16:55,556 --> 00:16:57,297 - What? What? - See? See? 287 00:16:57,308 --> 00:16:58,765 Josh, did you hit her? 288 00:16:58,768 --> 00:17:00,475 - She started it. - What? 289 00:17:00,478 --> 00:17:02,765 I told her never to come in my room without asking. 290 00:17:02,772 --> 00:17:06,516 It's heading for Mrs. Gutierrez's apartment. Ooh, there goes her window. 291 00:17:06,526 --> 00:17:08,939 Did you borrow her Discman without asking? 292 00:17:08,945 --> 00:17:10,937 Yeah, but, I mean, she was done with it. 293 00:17:10,947 --> 00:17:12,028 Were you done with it? 294 00:17:12,031 --> 00:17:13,675 - Ben, I can't talk now. - She hasn't used her Discman in 2 days. 295 00:17:13,699 --> 00:17:16,658 Whoa! Just hit Jack Roikman's place. 296 00:17:16,661 --> 00:17:18,573 Remember the guy with the patriotic orgasms? 297 00:17:18,579 --> 00:17:22,118 "God bless America! God bless America! Land that I love!" 298 00:17:22,124 --> 00:17:23,990 Can't you just let him use yours? 299 00:17:24,001 --> 00:17:26,414 No! He never lets me use... 300 00:17:26,420 --> 00:17:28,912 Ben, I can't talk right now. 301 00:17:28,923 --> 00:17:31,006 But, Katie, this is where you and I started. 302 00:17:31,008 --> 00:17:32,715 This is where we became an us. 303 00:17:33,219 --> 00:17:37,213 Oh! Just hit the wall where we used to measure the kids' heights. 304 00:17:37,223 --> 00:17:39,966 Ben, I... Josh, you shouldn't have hit your sister. 305 00:17:39,976 --> 00:17:41,012 No TV for a week. 306 00:17:41,310 --> 00:17:44,144 You're so unfair. Wait until I tell Dad. 307 00:17:44,146 --> 00:17:45,432 (KATIE SCREAMS) 308 00:17:45,439 --> 00:17:48,147 Jesus Christ! I gotta go. Are you okay? 309 00:17:48,526 --> 00:17:50,609 Katie! Katie! 310 00:17:51,153 --> 00:17:52,360 (CRASHING) 311 00:17:52,363 --> 00:17:54,150 Goddamn it! 312 00:17:55,032 --> 00:17:56,989 STAN: You don't think fantasizing is cheating? 313 00:17:56,993 --> 00:17:59,827 DAVE: Oh, please. Who was getting hurt? 314 00:17:59,996 --> 00:18:03,410 Yesterday, I met this stunning blonde woman 315 00:18:03,416 --> 00:18:05,829 up at the food court at the Beverly Center. 316 00:18:05,835 --> 00:18:08,543 She had, like, one of those little rings in the belly button thing. 317 00:18:08,546 --> 00:18:09,662 (EXCLAIMS IN DISGUST) 318 00:18:09,672 --> 00:18:10,879 Yeah. But you know what? I forgave her. 319 00:18:10,881 --> 00:18:13,624 'Cause at least it wasn't in her eyebrow or in her tongue. 320 00:18:13,634 --> 00:18:16,342 Beautiful. Beautiful. We start chatting, 321 00:18:16,345 --> 00:18:19,145 and we struck up a little conversation waiting for our turkey roll-ups. 322 00:18:19,265 --> 00:18:21,507 And I'm telling you, she's smiling, I'm smiling. 323 00:18:21,517 --> 00:18:24,476 And just that, that 30-second encounter, 324 00:18:24,478 --> 00:18:27,016 that alone will do wonders for me tonight 325 00:18:27,023 --> 00:18:28,208 when I'm shaking hands with the sheriff. 326 00:18:28,232 --> 00:18:30,349 I know exactly what you're talking about. 327 00:18:30,693 --> 00:18:33,060 - Am I wrong? - No. No, you're right. 328 00:18:33,070 --> 00:18:36,404 The other day, I told a joke to this very intriguing woman 329 00:18:36,407 --> 00:18:37,943 that I ran into at the dry cleaners'. 330 00:18:37,950 --> 00:18:41,193 I mean, if this had been the '30s, she definitely would have been a communist. 331 00:18:41,203 --> 00:18:43,365 Or at a minimum, a communist sympathizer. 332 00:18:43,372 --> 00:18:46,661 But the point is, the way she laughed at that joke 333 00:18:46,667 --> 00:18:49,910 reminded me of how Rachel used to laugh at my jokes. 334 00:18:49,920 --> 00:18:50,960 DAVE: You gonna follow up? 335 00:18:51,088 --> 00:18:53,501 Oh, no, I could never do that. 336 00:18:53,507 --> 00:18:57,877 I think the Ten Commandments were probably a lot easier to stick to 337 00:18:57,887 --> 00:18:59,924 when you dropped dead at 35. 338 00:18:59,930 --> 00:19:02,388 I mean, we... They should be amended. 339 00:19:02,391 --> 00:19:05,350 They should have a little amendment, like the Constitution, you know. 340 00:19:05,353 --> 00:19:07,094 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, 341 00:19:07,104 --> 00:19:08,686 thy neighbor's wife, thy neighbor's ass. 342 00:19:09,315 --> 00:19:12,854 But, if you feel you have to covet your neighbor's wife's ass, 343 00:19:12,860 --> 00:19:15,022 just don't do it in thy neighbor's house. 344 00:19:15,029 --> 00:19:17,146 What is wrong with that? A simple amendment. 345 00:19:17,156 --> 00:19:19,113 Two-thirds majority. Slide through both houses. 346 00:19:19,116 --> 00:19:20,448 Seriously, name me one person, 347 00:19:20,451 --> 00:19:22,943 name one guy that you know who's never cheated on his wife. 348 00:19:23,120 --> 00:19:24,702 (YELLING) I wasn't cheating! 349 00:19:24,705 --> 00:19:25,946 I walk into your office, 350 00:19:25,956 --> 00:19:28,994 and I hear you telling some woman, some Sara, 351 00:19:29,335 --> 00:19:32,043 intimate details about our relationship, 352 00:19:32,046 --> 00:19:34,003 about our problems? 353 00:19:34,006 --> 00:19:37,215 Obviously there's something going on between you and this woman. 354 00:19:37,218 --> 00:19:40,382 There is nothing going on between us! We were just talking! 355 00:19:40,388 --> 00:19:42,550 About us? About our life? 356 00:19:42,556 --> 00:19:44,718 We were just talking! 357 00:19:44,725 --> 00:19:47,593 That's not talking. That's a relationship! 358 00:19:47,895 --> 00:19:50,057 Why didn't you tell me about her if there's nothing to hide? 359 00:19:50,064 --> 00:19:51,271 Why didn't you tell me? 360 00:19:51,273 --> 00:19:53,230 I just needed somebody to talk to! 361 00:19:53,234 --> 00:19:54,475 Bullshit! 362 00:19:54,485 --> 00:19:56,898 Why didn't you talk to me? 363 00:19:56,904 --> 00:19:59,442 ERIN: Mommy, I need a drink of water. 364 00:19:59,448 --> 00:20:01,280 I'll be right there, honey. 365 00:20:01,283 --> 00:20:03,470 BEN: You wanna know why I don't talk to you? You wanna know why? 366 00:20:03,494 --> 00:20:06,407 Because you treat me like I'm some big fucking pain in the ass 367 00:20:06,414 --> 00:20:08,451 that gets in the way of what otherwise would be 368 00:20:08,457 --> 00:20:10,824 a perfectly normal, organized life! 369 00:20:10,835 --> 00:20:14,545 Have you ever thought that maybe everything isn't always about you? 370 00:20:15,047 --> 00:20:16,834 Maybe I'm tired. 371 00:20:16,841 --> 00:20:19,504 Maybe I'm dealing with 5,000 things all day long. 372 00:20:19,510 --> 00:20:22,423 Maybe every little need you have doesn't always have to be met 373 00:20:22,430 --> 00:20:25,343 at the exact moment you need it to be met. 374 00:20:25,349 --> 00:20:26,760 ERIN: Mommy! 375 00:20:26,767 --> 00:20:29,134 God, we have actual kids here, Ben. 376 00:20:29,145 --> 00:20:31,478 I am not a third child! 377 00:20:31,480 --> 00:20:34,598 I am not talking about having every one of my needs met! 378 00:20:34,608 --> 00:20:37,567 I'm talking about a connection, a look, 379 00:20:38,070 --> 00:20:40,608 something that says that we're on the same side here. 380 00:20:41,407 --> 00:20:43,114 Why don't you talk to your girlfriend? 381 00:20:43,117 --> 00:20:46,110 I'm sure she can help us get back on the same side. 382 00:20:54,795 --> 00:20:58,414 The key to a happy marriage is to accept the essential chasm between men and women. 383 00:20:58,424 --> 00:20:59,424 Which is? 384 00:20:59,800 --> 00:21:02,008 A man can mend a fight with sex. 385 00:21:02,011 --> 00:21:04,378 A woman can't have sex until they've resolved the fight. 386 00:21:04,972 --> 00:21:06,053 Why is that? 387 00:21:06,056 --> 00:21:08,799 It's the basic difference between the penis and the vagina. 388 00:21:08,809 --> 00:21:12,769 A penis is a thruster, a battering ram, if you will. 389 00:21:12,772 --> 00:21:15,936 Even if it's mad, it can ram. Sometimes it even helps. 390 00:21:15,941 --> 00:21:17,182 It's the mad-ram principle. 391 00:21:17,193 --> 00:21:20,186 However, the vagina... Ah, the vagina. 392 00:21:20,196 --> 00:21:21,403 (CLICKS TONGUE) 393 00:21:21,405 --> 00:21:23,647 The vagina has to be relaxed 394 00:21:23,657 --> 00:21:26,240 in order to open and receive. 395 00:21:26,243 --> 00:21:29,156 It can't be that gracious hostess in a state of anger. 396 00:21:29,163 --> 00:21:31,325 And that goes for blow jobs and kissing as well. 397 00:21:31,332 --> 00:21:37,920 Every female point of entry needs to know that the penis is coming in peace. 398 00:21:37,922 --> 00:21:39,038 Do you have any Sweet'N Low? 399 00:21:39,048 --> 00:21:40,630 WAITER: Would Equal be okay? 400 00:21:40,633 --> 00:21:42,044 RACHEL: Whatever. 401 00:21:47,139 --> 00:21:50,553 BEN: I've always felt that no matter what Katie and I were going through, 402 00:21:50,559 --> 00:21:52,095 no matter how painful things got, 403 00:21:52,102 --> 00:21:57,222 if our feet found each other under the blankets, even just the slightest connection, 404 00:21:57,233 --> 00:22:00,442 it would let us know that we'd entered the demilitarized zone, 405 00:22:00,444 --> 00:22:03,778 that we were gonna be okay, that we were still an us. 406 00:22:06,200 --> 00:22:09,693 There are some hurts that you never completely get over, 407 00:22:10,454 --> 00:22:14,539 and you think, I don't know that time will diminish their presence. 408 00:22:14,542 --> 00:22:18,456 And to a degree, it does, but, uh, it still hurts, 409 00:22:18,462 --> 00:22:20,169 because, well, 410 00:22:20,172 --> 00:22:21,538 (INHALES) 411 00:22:21,549 --> 00:22:22,756 hurt hurts. 412 00:22:27,972 --> 00:22:31,807 WOMAN: If you lose your room key, contact the front desk. 413 00:22:31,809 --> 00:22:36,304 And if you've got valuables, keep them in the hotel safe. It's complimentary. 414 00:22:36,897 --> 00:22:41,562 For family dining, how about a pizza poolside from our Wolfgang Puck cafe? 415 00:22:42,236 --> 00:22:45,570 Then it's a quick walk to the Santa Monica Pier and the beach. 416 00:22:45,573 --> 00:22:49,487 When the kids are acting up, the waves will set them straight. 417 00:23:05,092 --> 00:23:10,008 The Patriot is proof positive that missile defense works. 418 00:23:10,014 --> 00:23:12,973 And as we've been taught by Saddam Hussein... 419 00:23:12,975 --> 00:23:14,591 There's something about the way that man says "Saddam" 420 00:23:14,602 --> 00:23:16,559 that just makes me want you even more. 421 00:23:16,562 --> 00:23:19,430 One ruler without regard for human decency. 422 00:23:19,440 --> 00:23:20,931 (CLATTERING) 423 00:23:21,442 --> 00:23:22,978 (GASPING) 424 00:23:25,362 --> 00:23:27,024 (MOANING) 425 00:23:27,573 --> 00:23:29,530 (PANTING) 426 00:23:29,533 --> 00:23:30,694 Oh, my God! 427 00:23:30,701 --> 00:23:32,784 - Yes, baby. - The tooth fairy. 428 00:23:32,786 --> 00:23:34,743 - Where? - Josh's tooth. 429 00:23:34,747 --> 00:23:36,409 We forgot to put money under his pillow. 430 00:23:36,415 --> 00:23:37,531 Honey. 431 00:23:37,541 --> 00:23:40,329 Honey, Josh is asleep. I'm sure this can wait a few more minutes. 432 00:23:40,336 --> 00:23:42,999 No, no, no, baby! We might forget later. 433 00:23:43,005 --> 00:23:44,962 (BOTH PANTING) 434 00:23:45,883 --> 00:23:47,419 Well, who goes? 435 00:23:48,218 --> 00:23:50,631 Rock, paper, scissors. Shit! 436 00:23:51,305 --> 00:23:53,297 (EXCLAIMING) 437 00:23:54,475 --> 00:23:55,636 Mr. President, 438 00:23:55,643 --> 00:23:58,181 I'm entrusting you with my soon-to-be-naked wife. 439 00:23:58,604 --> 00:24:02,188 You take care of her, take care of the country. And my love to Barbara. 440 00:24:02,191 --> 00:24:03,307 I'll be right back. 441 00:24:03,609 --> 00:24:04,770 Oh, Ben! 442 00:24:04,777 --> 00:24:05,858 What? 443 00:24:07,237 --> 00:24:08,318 Ah? 444 00:24:13,452 --> 00:24:15,785 (WHISPERING) I'll be right back. 445 00:25:04,962 --> 00:25:08,581 Everything that's important in the world is in this bed right now. 446 00:25:12,636 --> 00:25:14,002 (MOUTHING) I love you. 447 00:25:15,097 --> 00:25:16,463 (MOUTHING) I love you. 448 00:25:34,783 --> 00:25:36,069 (DIALING) 449 00:25:37,578 --> 00:25:39,285 (PHONE RINGING) 450 00:25:42,374 --> 00:25:43,910 (RINGING) 451 00:25:46,420 --> 00:25:48,002 (RINGING) 452 00:25:48,005 --> 00:25:49,166 (ANSWERING MACHINE CLICKS) 453 00:25:49,173 --> 00:25:52,917 BEN: Hi, you've reached the home of Jordan, Jordan, Jordan and Jordan. 454 00:25:52,926 --> 00:25:55,009 Nary a Jordan is present at the moment, 455 00:25:55,012 --> 00:25:58,505 so if you want to leave a message for Katie, Ben, Josh or Erin, 456 00:25:58,515 --> 00:26:00,097 what better time than... 457 00:26:00,601 --> 00:26:02,263 (MACHINE BEEPS) 458 00:26:03,562 --> 00:26:05,269 Uh, hi, it's me. 459 00:26:05,272 --> 00:26:07,264 I'm just calling to see how the kids are doing, 460 00:26:08,358 --> 00:26:10,224 see if we got any postcards from them. 461 00:26:11,070 --> 00:26:14,154 Anything comes up, you can give me a call. 462 00:26:14,156 --> 00:26:16,443 Okay. Bye-bye. 463 00:26:16,450 --> 00:26:18,191 (RECEIVER CLICKS) 464 00:26:21,580 --> 00:26:22,787 (SIGHS) 465 00:26:25,250 --> 00:26:27,617 (PHONE RINGING) 466 00:26:32,257 --> 00:26:33,293 Hello? 467 00:26:33,717 --> 00:26:34,924 Hi. 468 00:26:34,927 --> 00:26:36,008 BEN: Oh, hi. 469 00:26:36,553 --> 00:26:39,421 KATIE: Uh, listen, I just got your message. 470 00:26:39,431 --> 00:26:41,343 I was in the shower when you called. 471 00:26:41,350 --> 00:26:44,809 Um, the kids seem to be doing really well. 472 00:26:44,812 --> 00:26:48,180 Um, I just put the postcards in an envelope. 473 00:26:48,190 --> 00:26:50,728 You should be getting them tomorrow. 474 00:26:50,734 --> 00:26:51,850 Good. 475 00:26:54,363 --> 00:26:55,399 You okay? 476 00:26:56,073 --> 00:26:58,406 Yeah, I'm okay. You okay? 477 00:26:59,201 --> 00:27:01,113 Yeah, I'm okay. 478 00:27:03,747 --> 00:27:04,908 Okay. 479 00:27:08,043 --> 00:27:09,124 Bye. 480 00:27:10,963 --> 00:27:12,079 Bye. 481 00:27:23,058 --> 00:27:26,768 MAN: (ON TV) The world of the honey bee is filled with sunshine, 482 00:27:26,770 --> 00:27:29,387 meadows and bright-colored flowers. 483 00:27:30,607 --> 00:27:35,352 Honey bees live in well-organized homes called hives. 484 00:27:35,362 --> 00:27:39,106 It is here that they raise their young and make their honey. 485 00:27:43,579 --> 00:27:44,820 (TAPPING ON KEYBOARD) 486 00:27:44,830 --> 00:27:46,446 (PHONE RINGING) 487 00:27:50,878 --> 00:27:51,994 Hello? 488 00:27:52,004 --> 00:27:54,087 Yeah, hi. It's me. 489 00:27:54,923 --> 00:27:56,209 Oh, hi. 490 00:27:59,261 --> 00:28:00,593 How are you? 491 00:28:00,596 --> 00:28:03,009 I'm good. Good. Yeah, really good. 492 00:28:03,015 --> 00:28:05,177 KATIE: Good. What's up? 493 00:28:05,184 --> 00:28:06,265 Huh? 494 00:28:07,352 --> 00:28:08,388 What's up? 495 00:28:08,812 --> 00:28:10,053 Oh, um... 496 00:28:11,481 --> 00:28:15,475 You know, I was just thinking about the upstairs bathroom, and I wanted to remind you 497 00:28:15,485 --> 00:28:18,523 to schedule that guy to come in and re-caulk the bathtub. 498 00:28:18,530 --> 00:28:20,317 I've already done it. 499 00:28:20,824 --> 00:28:23,316 Oh. Uh... Well. 500 00:28:24,411 --> 00:28:25,652 Good. 501 00:28:26,580 --> 00:28:28,242 Okay. Uh... 502 00:28:29,791 --> 00:28:31,327 Then... 503 00:28:32,461 --> 00:28:33,497 Bye. 504 00:28:34,046 --> 00:28:35,207 Bye. 505 00:28:39,509 --> 00:28:40,670 (SIGHS) 506 00:28:41,470 --> 00:28:44,713 WOMAN: (ON TV) All right. Everybody looks great. Here comes Ron. 507 00:28:44,723 --> 00:28:46,259 (PHONE RINGS) 508 00:28:46,767 --> 00:28:48,349 All right. Did you get it all out? 509 00:28:48,352 --> 00:28:49,809 (GRUNTING) 510 00:28:50,646 --> 00:28:51,682 Hello. 511 00:28:51,939 --> 00:28:56,229 I was just calling to see if you remember the name of that tree surgeon we used. 512 00:28:56,777 --> 00:28:57,893 Joey Bishop. 513 00:28:57,903 --> 00:29:00,145 (LAUGHS) Yeah. Yeah, but no. 514 00:29:00,864 --> 00:29:02,651 But it was one of those Rat Pack guys, right? 515 00:29:02,658 --> 00:29:03,774 Yeah, right. 516 00:29:03,784 --> 00:29:05,491 - Frank Sinatra. - No. 517 00:29:05,494 --> 00:29:06,826 - Dean Martin. - No. 518 00:29:07,162 --> 00:29:08,323 Sammy Davis, Jr.? 519 00:29:08,705 --> 00:29:10,822 That's it! Joey Davis, Jr.! 520 00:29:11,458 --> 00:29:13,996 Joey Davis, Jr., the tree surgeon. 521 00:29:14,002 --> 00:29:16,665 I can still see the sign on that little blue truck of his. 522 00:29:17,172 --> 00:29:19,755 Right. Okay, thanks. 523 00:29:20,467 --> 00:29:23,380 Okay. Bye. 524 00:29:23,887 --> 00:29:26,675 Listen, uh, your shirts came back from the cleaners. 525 00:29:27,224 --> 00:29:29,932 Oh. Uh, cool. 526 00:29:30,769 --> 00:29:32,385 I'll come by and get 'em. 527 00:29:32,396 --> 00:29:34,308 Because I can drop them off. 528 00:29:34,314 --> 00:29:36,897 No, no. No, it's fine. I'll be happy to come get 'em. 529 00:29:37,484 --> 00:29:38,816 What would be a good time for you? 530 00:29:39,987 --> 00:29:42,946 I don't know. Um, why don't you come over tomorrow? 531 00:29:42,948 --> 00:29:45,941 I'll be home by 7:00. If you want, you can stay for dinner. 532 00:29:47,244 --> 00:29:48,325 You sure? 533 00:29:49,121 --> 00:29:50,237 No. 534 00:29:51,331 --> 00:29:52,447 Okay. 535 00:29:53,083 --> 00:29:54,244 See you tomorrow. 536 00:30:06,388 --> 00:30:08,550 (SONG PLAYING) 537 00:30:14,229 --> 00:30:15,310 (SIGHS) 538 00:31:12,454 --> 00:31:14,366 (CLANKING) 539 00:31:15,123 --> 00:31:17,786 (HUMMING SLINKY JINGLE) 540 00:31:37,354 --> 00:31:39,311 (DOORBELL RINGS) 541 00:32:00,085 --> 00:32:01,121 Hi. 542 00:32:01,878 --> 00:32:02,994 Hi. 543 00:32:06,758 --> 00:32:09,842 You look like... Like you. 544 00:32:12,764 --> 00:32:13,845 You, too. 545 00:32:13,849 --> 00:32:14,930 (LAUGHS) 546 00:32:21,773 --> 00:32:23,639 I guess I could just stand out here on the porch all night. 547 00:32:23,650 --> 00:32:25,892 I mean, I've been in the house. I've seen it. 548 00:32:25,902 --> 00:32:29,441 How many times have we said, "We really should use this porch more often"? 549 00:32:29,448 --> 00:32:33,237 Come in. Come in. My house is literally your house. 550 00:32:33,994 --> 00:32:35,201 Thank you. 551 00:32:39,791 --> 00:32:41,407 Hey, there's my dry-cleaning. 552 00:32:41,418 --> 00:32:43,751 Yeah, I left it out for you. 553 00:32:43,753 --> 00:32:46,370 Good. That way I'll remember to take it with me. 554 00:32:46,381 --> 00:32:48,919 Because I could put it in the closet, but I... 555 00:32:48,925 --> 00:32:52,384 No, no. That is perfect dry-cleaning placement. 556 00:32:54,931 --> 00:32:57,139 - Do you want a drink? - Do you want something to... 557 00:32:58,602 --> 00:33:00,218 - Want some wine? - Yeah. 558 00:33:01,188 --> 00:33:03,475 I think I remember where it is. 559 00:33:04,024 --> 00:33:05,936 If memory serves correct, you like red wine? 560 00:33:05,942 --> 00:33:07,058 That's right. 561 00:33:07,068 --> 00:33:09,685 Yeah, yeah, it's all coming back to me. 562 00:33:09,696 --> 00:33:11,938 (INHALES DEEPLY) 563 00:33:11,948 --> 00:33:14,907 Wine is breathing a lot better than I am. 564 00:33:18,663 --> 00:33:21,497 So, hey, you'll never believe what I did last night. 565 00:33:21,500 --> 00:33:22,866 What? 566 00:33:22,876 --> 00:33:25,243 I actually attempted to do one of your crossword puzzles. 567 00:33:25,253 --> 00:33:26,494 No. 568 00:33:26,505 --> 00:33:27,916 Yes. 569 00:33:28,298 --> 00:33:32,338 I have a question. What was three-down? I just couldn't get it. 570 00:33:32,886 --> 00:33:35,879 Four letters. "Feeling of psychological discomfort." 571 00:33:36,765 --> 00:33:37,765 "Blah." 572 00:33:39,226 --> 00:33:40,592 "Blah." 573 00:33:43,355 --> 00:33:44,516 Cheers. 574 00:33:44,981 --> 00:33:46,313 Cheers. 575 00:33:55,575 --> 00:33:56,736 Did... 576 00:33:58,537 --> 00:33:59,653 Was this always here? 577 00:34:00,121 --> 00:34:02,113 No, I bought it last week. 578 00:34:04,584 --> 00:34:07,497 Any other new appliances I should know about? 579 00:34:08,296 --> 00:34:11,209 Well, as long as we're spilling our guts here, 580 00:34:11,216 --> 00:34:13,674 I also got this new garlic press. 581 00:34:14,636 --> 00:34:17,128 The body's not even cold, and she's out buying garlic presses. 582 00:34:17,138 --> 00:34:18,299 (LAUGHS) 583 00:34:29,901 --> 00:34:31,017 (SIGHS) 584 00:34:31,027 --> 00:34:32,484 How do you think the kids are doing? 585 00:34:32,654 --> 00:34:35,488 Well, from the cards, it sounds like they're doing pretty good. 586 00:34:35,490 --> 00:34:37,777 I think Erin misses us, but she's okay. 587 00:34:38,326 --> 00:34:40,192 Yeah, she seems okay. 588 00:34:40,954 --> 00:34:42,115 You think she's okay? 589 00:34:42,122 --> 00:34:43,329 I think she's okay. 590 00:34:43,915 --> 00:34:46,407 Because I think she senses that we're not okay, and... 591 00:34:47,711 --> 00:34:49,452 Parents' Weekend is coming. 592 00:34:50,880 --> 00:34:53,463 Well, we'll just have to give her 593 00:34:54,801 --> 00:34:58,465 a lot of extra attention and really love her up. 594 00:34:59,222 --> 00:35:00,463 Yeah. 595 00:35:09,774 --> 00:35:10,855 Should we eat? 596 00:35:10,859 --> 00:35:12,600 Yeah, I could eat. 597 00:35:13,778 --> 00:35:16,942 (ROMANTIC ACOUSTIC MUSIC PLAYING ON STEREO) 598 00:35:16,948 --> 00:35:18,780 This is really good. 599 00:35:18,783 --> 00:35:19,864 Thanks. 600 00:35:23,496 --> 00:35:24,862 High-Low? 601 00:35:24,873 --> 00:35:26,080 Sure. 602 00:35:26,708 --> 00:35:27,789 What's your high? 603 00:35:28,877 --> 00:35:30,243 - Honestly? - Yeah. 604 00:35:31,421 --> 00:35:32,537 Right now. 605 00:35:34,507 --> 00:35:35,918 And your low? 606 00:35:38,345 --> 00:35:40,837 Every minute of the last two weeks. 607 00:35:42,599 --> 00:35:43,635 How about you? 608 00:35:45,977 --> 00:35:50,187 My high would have to be the Cuisinart, because I wanted it ever so badly. 609 00:35:50,690 --> 00:35:51,976 And your low? 610 00:35:51,983 --> 00:35:53,269 Hmm... 611 00:35:53,276 --> 00:35:54,392 I would have to say the garlic press. 612 00:35:54,402 --> 00:35:56,815 It's not nearly as handy as I thought it would be. 613 00:35:57,697 --> 00:36:01,031 I lay myself open, and you mock me with kitchenware. 614 00:36:01,034 --> 00:36:03,902 All the while making me more attractive to you. 615 00:36:06,206 --> 00:36:07,447 Is that your intention? 616 00:36:08,041 --> 00:36:09,407 (CHUCKLES SOFTLY) 617 00:36:12,837 --> 00:36:14,373 I'm not sure. 618 00:36:15,632 --> 00:36:18,340 Well, it's working. 619 00:36:47,288 --> 00:36:49,325 Well, looks like I haven't been doing too much reading. 620 00:36:49,332 --> 00:36:50,994 (LAUGHS) 621 00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:52,582 Yeah. No. Right. 622 00:36:53,128 --> 00:36:54,128 Whoa! 623 00:36:55,630 --> 00:36:58,748 Okay. I'm ready. How about you? 624 00:36:59,884 --> 00:37:01,716 - I, uh... - What? 625 00:37:01,720 --> 00:37:03,882 - Uh... - Come on, Katie. 626 00:37:03,888 --> 00:37:05,345 Remember what Dr. Tischner said, 627 00:37:05,348 --> 00:37:08,466 "If you had it once, you can always get it back." 628 00:37:09,269 --> 00:37:13,013 Was that Dr. Tischner or was that Dr. Hopkins? 629 00:37:14,566 --> 00:37:15,773 - Hopkins? - Yeah. 630 00:37:15,775 --> 00:37:17,266 The one with the sibilant "S." 631 00:37:17,277 --> 00:37:21,817 Right. No. Wrong. It was a lateral lisp. 632 00:37:22,407 --> 00:37:25,775 (LISPING) Sex is simply a symbolic expression 633 00:37:25,785 --> 00:37:27,868 of the emotional status of a relationship. 634 00:37:28,496 --> 00:37:33,207 Sustained lack of sex is symptomatic of disassociation. 635 00:37:33,752 --> 00:37:37,086 No, no. The one with the lateral lisp was Dr. Rifkin. 636 00:37:37,088 --> 00:37:40,297 Dr. Hopkins was the one with the Rorschach birthmark on his forehead. 637 00:37:40,300 --> 00:37:42,508 Right. The one that looked like the state of California. 638 00:37:42,510 --> 00:37:44,968 How could you pay attention to anything that guy was saying? 639 00:37:45,305 --> 00:37:47,592 This cycle of closeness, 640 00:37:47,599 --> 00:37:50,057 then estrangement you've both told me about, 641 00:37:50,059 --> 00:37:53,723 what instigates it, triggers it? First thing that comes to your mind. 642 00:37:53,730 --> 00:37:55,847 - Sacramento. - Governor Gray Davis. 643 00:37:55,857 --> 00:37:59,976 Oh, my personal favorite was the Freudian with the prostate problem. 644 00:37:59,986 --> 00:38:01,443 (LAUGHING) 645 00:38:02,030 --> 00:38:03,862 When two people go to bed, 646 00:38:03,865 --> 00:38:06,608 there are actually six people in that bed. 647 00:38:08,203 --> 00:38:09,694 If you'll excuse me. 648 00:38:12,081 --> 00:38:14,414 - (DOOR OPENS) - Are we allowed to talk when he's gone? 649 00:38:14,417 --> 00:38:16,454 - (DOOR CLOSES) - I don't know. 650 00:38:17,295 --> 00:38:18,661 What do you think? 651 00:38:19,005 --> 00:38:20,496 To be on the safe side, maybe we better not. 652 00:38:20,507 --> 00:38:21,964 (DOOR OPENS) 653 00:38:29,349 --> 00:38:32,057 The six people in bed are the two of you, 654 00:38:32,435 --> 00:38:35,178 and your parents, and your parents. 655 00:38:36,231 --> 00:38:38,689 Now, the key is... 656 00:38:39,359 --> 00:38:41,396 Will you excuse me, please? 657 00:38:42,904 --> 00:38:43,985 (DOOR CLOSES) 658 00:38:44,697 --> 00:38:47,440 (LAUGHING) I can't believe that guy charged us for the full session. 659 00:38:47,450 --> 00:38:49,817 The man was peeing on our time. 660 00:38:51,329 --> 00:38:52,865 (SIGHS) 661 00:38:53,540 --> 00:38:56,203 All that therapy was just a waste of time and money. 662 00:38:56,209 --> 00:38:59,122 When you think about it, where did all that therapy really get us? 663 00:39:00,255 --> 00:39:02,087 It got us right here, laughing about it. 664 00:39:02,090 --> 00:39:04,002 - He's right. - Oh, what are you talking about? 665 00:39:04,008 --> 00:39:06,045 Once it's broken, it can never really be fixed. 666 00:39:06,052 --> 00:39:07,338 - I don't know. - The queen has spoken. 667 00:39:07,345 --> 00:39:08,461 - What? - Nothing. 668 00:39:08,471 --> 00:39:09,757 Maybe it's just too soon. 669 00:39:09,764 --> 00:39:11,471 Too soon? What are you talking about? 670 00:39:11,474 --> 00:39:14,091 The whole point of having a knockdown, drag-out fight 671 00:39:14,102 --> 00:39:16,310 is playing "Hide the Salami" afterwards. 672 00:39:16,312 --> 00:39:17,803 See? 673 00:39:17,814 --> 00:39:18,930 Let hard times bring you together. 674 00:39:18,940 --> 00:39:20,431 Nobody said it would be easy. 675 00:39:20,441 --> 00:39:22,398 Can't we let hard times bring us together? 676 00:39:22,402 --> 00:39:24,109 Nobody said it was gonna be easy. 677 00:39:24,112 --> 00:39:25,478 It's like the Andrews Sisters. 678 00:39:25,488 --> 00:39:27,275 After Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy 679 00:39:27,282 --> 00:39:29,399 and before Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree. 680 00:39:29,409 --> 00:39:31,571 Big career slump there. 681 00:39:31,578 --> 00:39:32,785 It's like the Andrews Sisters before 682 00:39:32,787 --> 00:39:34,369 Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree. 683 00:39:34,372 --> 00:39:35,488 The Andrews Sisters? 684 00:39:35,498 --> 00:39:38,366 Sure. They didn't stop singing just because they had a few flops. 685 00:39:38,376 --> 00:39:40,618 They hung in there, and the rest is music history. 686 00:39:40,628 --> 00:39:43,462 (SINGING) Don't sit under the apple tree with anyone else but me 687 00:39:43,464 --> 00:39:44,625 Uh, I just don't understand 688 00:39:44,632 --> 00:39:46,498 - why you're bringing up the Andrews Sisters now. - No, no, no. 689 00:39:46,509 --> 00:39:48,626 - You're singing? - It's just an example, Katie. 690 00:39:48,636 --> 00:39:50,923 These kids are in trouble, and you're singing? 691 00:39:50,930 --> 00:39:54,799 Oh, Dot. Put out once in a while. Your face won't be so tight. 692 00:39:54,809 --> 00:39:55,925 Slut. 693 00:39:55,935 --> 00:39:58,427 I just don't understand what their career slump 694 00:39:58,438 --> 00:40:00,270 has to do with our marital problems. 695 00:40:00,273 --> 00:40:01,354 BOTH: (SINGING) Don't sit under the apple tree 696 00:40:01,357 --> 00:40:02,473 What are we supposed to do? 697 00:40:02,483 --> 00:40:04,645 Making matters worse by dwelling on every little thing 698 00:40:04,652 --> 00:40:06,018 - for the rest of our lives? - Harry! 699 00:40:06,029 --> 00:40:08,817 Is that what you think I do? Is that how you see me? 700 00:40:08,823 --> 00:40:09,984 You're a child, Harry. 701 00:40:09,991 --> 00:40:11,402 That I just dwell on everything? 702 00:40:11,618 --> 00:40:13,655 DOT: You're a 72-year-old infant. 703 00:40:13,661 --> 00:40:17,655 There are real problems here that we haven't even begun to deal with. 704 00:40:17,665 --> 00:40:20,999 Don't you think I know that? Jesus, what happened to you? 705 00:40:21,002 --> 00:40:22,459 What happened to that fun girl, 706 00:40:22,462 --> 00:40:24,078 the one with the pith helmet? Where did she go? 707 00:40:24,088 --> 00:40:27,331 You don't think I ask myself that every day? 708 00:40:27,550 --> 00:40:31,214 You beat her out of me! There's no room here for her. 709 00:40:31,220 --> 00:40:32,677 You think it's all fun and games, Harry. 710 00:40:32,680 --> 00:40:35,047 So, I guess it's all my fault that you hang on to every little thing. 711 00:40:35,058 --> 00:40:36,594 But the car doesn't drive by itself. 712 00:40:36,601 --> 00:40:38,638 It's all my fault that you can't let go of anything. 713 00:40:38,645 --> 00:40:39,931 Someone has to take the wheel. 714 00:40:39,938 --> 00:40:42,271 It's all my fault that you turned into your goddamn mother? 715 00:40:42,273 --> 00:40:44,014 (SCREAMS) Fuck you! 716 00:41:22,105 --> 00:41:23,641 - Katie... - No. 717 00:41:29,529 --> 00:41:30,610 (SIGHS) 718 00:41:30,613 --> 00:41:32,024 Look, I still think that there is a chance... 719 00:41:32,031 --> 00:41:34,398 Ben, you love who we were. 720 00:41:34,409 --> 00:41:37,902 You couldn't possibly love what we've become. 721 00:41:39,163 --> 00:41:41,155 I think I spotted us at dinner tonight. 722 00:41:43,251 --> 00:41:46,585 We can't stay together just because we get a glimpse of us 723 00:41:46,587 --> 00:41:48,544 every once in a while. 724 00:41:49,215 --> 00:41:51,423 It was less than 15 minutes ago. 725 00:41:51,426 --> 00:41:52,633 (SIGHS) 726 00:41:53,386 --> 00:41:56,424 All we proved that is if we're apart for weeks at a time, 727 00:41:56,431 --> 00:41:57,547 we might be able to get through a dinner. 728 00:41:57,557 --> 00:41:59,298 - That's not a marriage. - Katie. 729 00:41:59,308 --> 00:42:00,549 Ben... 730 00:42:05,815 --> 00:42:07,272 It's over. 731 00:42:15,491 --> 00:42:16,607 (SIGHING) 732 00:42:36,137 --> 00:42:37,548 (DOOR OPENS) 733 00:42:38,639 --> 00:42:39,720 (DOOR SHUTS) 734 00:42:39,724 --> 00:42:40,931 (SOBS) 735 00:42:44,479 --> 00:42:46,220 You're writing a book about your grandmother? 736 00:42:46,230 --> 00:42:48,643 Yeah. She was an extraordinary woman. 737 00:42:48,900 --> 00:42:50,482 Oh, I'm sure she was. 738 00:42:50,485 --> 00:42:51,771 Did she fuck a president? 739 00:42:51,778 --> 00:42:52,894 No. 740 00:42:52,904 --> 00:42:55,146 No. Did she discover uranium? 741 00:42:55,156 --> 00:42:56,237 No. 742 00:42:56,240 --> 00:42:57,401 - A cure for cancer? - No. 743 00:42:57,408 --> 00:42:59,240 - Nothing like that? - No. 744 00:42:59,494 --> 00:43:01,827 Why would anybody want to read a book about her? 745 00:43:01,829 --> 00:43:04,663 Because, Dave, she was four-foot-nine. 746 00:43:04,665 --> 00:43:06,497 She immigrated from Europe when she was a little girl. 747 00:43:06,501 --> 00:43:09,585 She worked in a sweatshop making buttonholes 14 hours a day, 748 00:43:09,587 --> 00:43:11,920 and yet somehow managed to raise five kids 749 00:43:11,923 --> 00:43:14,461 and stay married to the same man for 57 years. 750 00:43:14,467 --> 00:43:15,548 I'm telling you, Dave, 751 00:43:15,551 --> 00:43:17,634 this is gonna be the greatest love story ever told. 752 00:43:19,472 --> 00:43:22,510 Let me explain something to you. Not as your agent. 753 00:43:22,892 --> 00:43:24,724 This is as a friend. 754 00:43:27,730 --> 00:43:29,722 Come here. Come here. 755 00:43:30,525 --> 00:43:33,438 All right. You see all these people out here, huh? 756 00:43:33,444 --> 00:43:36,278 You see they're getting into buildings. They're driving in cars. 757 00:43:36,280 --> 00:43:39,318 They're crossing the street there. They're walking around. 758 00:43:39,867 --> 00:43:42,450 Every single one of these people 759 00:43:42,453 --> 00:43:45,992 is going to die someday. And they all know it. 760 00:43:47,291 --> 00:43:50,500 Which is why they tend to regard 761 00:43:50,503 --> 00:43:53,086 the time that they have on this planet as precious. 762 00:43:53,089 --> 00:43:56,582 Now, there are a lot of things that take up a lot of that time, 763 00:43:56,592 --> 00:43:59,881 even if they don't enjoy it. They have to go to work. They have to get dressed. 764 00:43:59,887 --> 00:44:03,881 They have to wait in lines. They have to clean yards. They gotta get batteries. 765 00:44:03,891 --> 00:44:05,974 They have to visit the eye doctors. 766 00:44:05,977 --> 00:44:07,513 They're doing all these things. 767 00:44:07,520 --> 00:44:12,356 Now, add that to the time they spend sleeping and eating, 768 00:44:12,358 --> 00:44:15,647 and washing up and voting, 769 00:44:15,653 --> 00:44:18,066 and buying gifts for people they don't even like, 770 00:44:18,072 --> 00:44:21,611 and you can see why they're so choosy about how they spend 771 00:44:21,617 --> 00:44:23,028 whatever leisure time they do have. 772 00:44:23,286 --> 00:44:24,868 And you can understand why, 773 00:44:24,871 --> 00:44:28,080 unless she went down on somebody really interesting, 774 00:44:28,082 --> 00:44:30,324 why they're not gonna waste their valuable time 775 00:44:30,334 --> 00:44:33,827 reading a book about your fucking grandmother! 776 00:44:36,799 --> 00:44:39,587 So if I'm reading you right, you don't like the idea. 777 00:44:39,594 --> 00:44:40,835 It's not that. 778 00:44:51,814 --> 00:44:55,683 You know, I find the Ariana much more fragrant than the Raphaela. 779 00:44:55,693 --> 00:44:59,107 Ari... Oh. I'll keep that in mind. 780 00:44:59,530 --> 00:45:01,146 - How you doing? - Fine. 781 00:45:01,741 --> 00:45:05,155 I never got a chance to thank you for holding the camp bus. 782 00:45:05,161 --> 00:45:08,495 Oh, please, please. Any time you need a bus held, I am your guy. 783 00:45:08,497 --> 00:45:10,159 And I noticed Erin's teeth are looking good. 784 00:45:10,166 --> 00:45:11,657 Thanks to you. 785 00:45:11,667 --> 00:45:13,909 I just hope she's remembering to wear her night retainer. 786 00:45:14,462 --> 00:45:16,374 Well, you know how kids are at camp. 787 00:45:16,380 --> 00:45:20,044 Oh, please. The minute my Kevin gets off that bus, it's goodbye, bite plate. 788 00:45:20,384 --> 00:45:21,545 Is that for you? 789 00:45:21,552 --> 00:45:23,134 Oh, uh... Yes. 790 00:45:23,512 --> 00:45:26,880 When Deirdre and I got divorced, I decided that I had to learn how to cook. 791 00:45:26,891 --> 00:45:29,850 Ah. The Wok-y World of Thai Cooking. 792 00:45:29,852 --> 00:45:31,263 I'm branching out. 793 00:45:31,270 --> 00:45:32,556 You know, as a matter of fact, I'm taking 794 00:45:32,563 --> 00:45:34,020 a Thai cooking course this summer. 795 00:45:34,482 --> 00:45:37,646 Really? I've always been interested in Asian cooking. 796 00:45:37,652 --> 00:45:39,359 - Really? - Mmm-hmm. 797 00:45:39,362 --> 00:45:40,694 Well, why don't you join me? 798 00:45:43,449 --> 00:45:45,156 KATIE: When I think about it, 799 00:45:45,660 --> 00:45:49,324 over the years, there were less and less moments in the course of the day 800 00:45:49,330 --> 00:45:52,789 when Ben and I actually made real eye contact. 801 00:45:53,000 --> 00:45:54,332 You are not gonna believe... 802 00:45:54,335 --> 00:45:56,622 - Shh. - What? 803 00:45:56,629 --> 00:45:58,165 (WHISPERING) He's almost asleep. 804 00:45:58,172 --> 00:45:59,913 (BABY CRYING) 805 00:45:59,924 --> 00:46:01,836 KATIE: Maybe it was the stuff of life. 806 00:46:02,385 --> 00:46:03,842 "Who's going to take Erin to school?" 807 00:46:03,844 --> 00:46:04,960 Come here. 808 00:46:04,971 --> 00:46:07,509 KATIE: "Whose turn is it to pick up Josh from his clarinet lesson?" 809 00:46:07,515 --> 00:46:08,676 - Go! Go! - Yes! 810 00:46:08,683 --> 00:46:09,844 KATIE: But after a while 811 00:46:09,850 --> 00:46:13,218 there was a disturbing comfort in not really having to deal with each other. 812 00:46:13,229 --> 00:46:17,189 Because somehow, you just get used to the disconnection. 813 00:46:17,191 --> 00:46:18,272 (MAN CHATTERING ON TV) 814 00:46:18,276 --> 00:46:22,236 And even at night, when we could finally come together, we wound up facing forward. 815 00:46:22,238 --> 00:46:26,824 Yeah, we were tired, but I think we were afraid that if we faced each other, 816 00:46:26,826 --> 00:46:28,533 there'd be nothing there. 817 00:46:29,120 --> 00:46:31,282 We're learning Mee Krob next week. 818 00:46:31,497 --> 00:46:32,988 Mee Krob? 819 00:46:34,417 --> 00:46:35,783 I'll let you know. 820 00:46:35,793 --> 00:46:36,874 Okay. 821 00:46:37,378 --> 00:46:38,914 Oh. Here. 822 00:46:40,006 --> 00:46:41,872 I'll call you. Uh... You call me. 823 00:46:41,882 --> 00:46:43,043 Okay. 824 00:46:48,180 --> 00:46:50,012 BEN: When we drove to the camp for Parents' Weekend, 825 00:46:50,016 --> 00:46:52,258 I was scared to death of having to face the kids. 826 00:46:53,561 --> 00:46:56,144 It was the kind of thing you would talk about with a best friend, 827 00:46:56,147 --> 00:46:57,513 but Katie had been my best friend, 828 00:46:57,523 --> 00:46:59,936 and now I didn't know what we were to each other, 829 00:46:59,942 --> 00:47:02,309 except Josh and Erin's parents. 830 00:47:07,533 --> 00:47:09,115 (MAN ANNOUNCING ON PA) 831 00:47:24,717 --> 00:47:27,175 (SIGHS HEAVILY) 832 00:47:29,096 --> 00:47:30,212 What? 833 00:47:32,183 --> 00:47:33,390 Nothing. 834 00:47:34,310 --> 00:47:36,393 (IMITATES HEAVY SIGHING) 835 00:47:36,395 --> 00:47:37,886 ...is nothing? 836 00:47:39,482 --> 00:47:41,724 This is not going to be easy. 837 00:47:43,069 --> 00:47:46,278 Look, I swear to God, Ben, the kids do not need to be burdened with our problems. 838 00:47:46,280 --> 00:47:48,397 They've still got half a summer left. 839 00:47:48,407 --> 00:47:51,366 Yeah, like that was my plan, to burden the kids with our problems. 840 00:47:51,369 --> 00:47:54,362 Jesus Christ, Katie, will you give me some fucking credit? 841 00:47:54,372 --> 00:47:55,908 ERIN: Mom! JOSH: Dad! 842 00:47:55,915 --> 00:47:57,031 BEN: Hey! 843 00:47:57,041 --> 00:47:58,202 Hey! 844 00:47:58,209 --> 00:47:59,325 (BEN LAUGHING) 845 00:47:59,335 --> 00:48:00,951 - Hi! - Hi! Oh. 846 00:48:00,961 --> 00:48:02,702 (SOBBING) I missed you. 847 00:48:03,130 --> 00:48:06,794 I missed you so much. I missed you both so much. 848 00:48:07,134 --> 00:48:08,591 - (SOBBING CONTINUES) - Dad? 849 00:48:09,220 --> 00:48:11,257 Dad, pull yourself together. 850 00:48:12,264 --> 00:48:14,051 Dad, get off of me! 851 00:48:16,227 --> 00:48:18,970 You guys both look terrific. Show us your bunks. 852 00:48:19,814 --> 00:48:21,601 Yeah, I wanna see your bunks, too. 853 00:48:21,774 --> 00:48:24,266 Hey, did you guys get your favorite room at the lodge, the Acorn Cabin? 854 00:48:24,276 --> 00:48:25,687 Yeah. Yeah, we did. 855 00:48:26,153 --> 00:48:27,564 (RASPING) Yeah, we got the Acorn Cabin. 856 00:48:27,571 --> 00:48:28,652 Good morning, Uncle Josh. 857 00:48:28,656 --> 00:48:29,656 Gentlemen. 858 00:48:57,726 --> 00:48:59,809 - (ALL GRUNTING) - Children! 859 00:48:59,812 --> 00:49:01,553 ERIN: I'm pulling as hard as I can. 860 00:49:01,564 --> 00:49:02,975 - Pull! - Ahh! 861 00:49:03,482 --> 00:49:05,644 (SCREAMING) 862 00:49:05,651 --> 00:49:07,483 (LAUGHING) 863 00:49:15,744 --> 00:49:17,280 God, I hate lying to 'em. 864 00:49:17,621 --> 00:49:20,409 Me, too. We're not even good at it. 865 00:49:20,416 --> 00:49:22,829 Even if we were good at it, they'd still know. 866 00:49:46,817 --> 00:49:48,399 What is that? 867 00:49:48,402 --> 00:49:49,643 (LISPING) What's what? 868 00:49:49,653 --> 00:49:51,110 The thing you just put in your mouth. 869 00:49:51,113 --> 00:49:52,979 Oh. It's my bite plate. 870 00:49:52,990 --> 00:49:54,071 Bite plate? 871 00:49:54,074 --> 00:49:56,031 Yeah, it's my bite plate. 872 00:49:56,285 --> 00:49:57,901 Why do you have a bite plate? 873 00:49:57,912 --> 00:49:59,278 For my bite. 874 00:50:00,247 --> 00:50:01,613 What's wrong with your bite? 875 00:50:02,666 --> 00:50:04,407 It's askew. 876 00:50:04,418 --> 00:50:05,534 Askew. 877 00:50:05,544 --> 00:50:07,456 Yes, it's askew. 878 00:50:07,463 --> 00:50:10,956 So this would be an attempt to "de-skew" it? 879 00:50:11,258 --> 00:50:13,375 - Yes. - Huh. 880 00:50:13,385 --> 00:50:14,796 (KNOCKING ON DOOR) 881 00:50:16,514 --> 00:50:17,595 You order room service? 882 00:50:17,598 --> 00:50:18,679 No. 883 00:50:23,771 --> 00:50:25,888 - Erin. - Erin? 884 00:50:25,898 --> 00:50:28,481 - Honey, what's the matter? - Nothing. I'm okay. 885 00:50:28,484 --> 00:50:30,020 Honey, are you okay? 886 00:50:30,027 --> 00:50:32,144 Yeah, I'm okay. I'm fine. 887 00:50:32,154 --> 00:50:35,113 I just couldn't sleep, so I snuck out after lights out. 888 00:50:35,824 --> 00:50:38,316 I know I just really wanted to sleep with you guys. 889 00:50:40,454 --> 00:50:44,664 It's okay, sweetheart. I'll call the camp and let them know you're here. 890 00:50:44,667 --> 00:50:45,874 Okay. 891 00:50:49,338 --> 00:50:51,796 Why is the bed made up on the couch? 892 00:50:52,466 --> 00:50:55,459 Oh, honey, Daddy was just doing a little reading 893 00:50:55,469 --> 00:50:57,711 and I didn't want to wake Mommy up. 894 00:51:30,379 --> 00:51:33,247 BEN: Sometimes you just can't climb out of the abyss. 895 00:51:34,091 --> 00:51:36,674 I kept thinking of last summer, when Katie and I still hoped 896 00:51:36,677 --> 00:51:39,670 that if we could just put ourselves in some idyllic setting, 897 00:51:39,680 --> 00:51:43,594 that we could somehow get rid of all the tension, and jump-start our marriage 898 00:51:43,601 --> 00:51:47,515 and maybe rediscover why we fell in love in the first place. 899 00:51:47,521 --> 00:51:50,104 So last year, after Parents' Weekend, 900 00:51:50,107 --> 00:51:53,020 we thought that, maybe, in a small trattoria in Venice, 901 00:51:53,027 --> 00:51:56,270 looking out at a beautiful sunset next to a bottle of Chianti, 902 00:51:56,614 --> 00:51:59,402 we just might find a set ofjumper cables. 903 00:52:01,201 --> 00:52:03,238 How you doing? Two Italian ices, please. 904 00:52:03,245 --> 00:52:04,361 (AGREES IN ITALIAN) 905 00:52:04,371 --> 00:52:08,160 Honey, you don't have to say "Italian." We're here. They know. 906 00:52:08,459 --> 00:52:10,041 So, what're you saying? That if I'm in Belgium 907 00:52:10,044 --> 00:52:12,582 and I order a Belgian Waffle, I just say "waffle"? 908 00:52:12,588 --> 00:52:14,705 Yes, just like if you were in Ireland 909 00:52:14,715 --> 00:52:17,708 and you wanted a bowl of Irish stew, you'd just say "stew." 910 00:52:17,885 --> 00:52:20,252 Well, you know, if you're in China and you want some Chinese food, 911 00:52:20,262 --> 00:52:22,049 you just say, "Hey, bring on the food." 912 00:52:22,056 --> 00:52:23,388 (LAUGHING) 913 00:52:23,390 --> 00:52:26,883 We couldn't help but overhear your delightful repartee. 914 00:52:26,894 --> 00:52:29,682 We're the Kirbys from Cleveland. And you are? 915 00:52:29,688 --> 00:52:31,475 - The Mansons. - From Spahn Ranch. 916 00:52:31,482 --> 00:52:33,394 - Ah! - (STAMMERING) That... 917 00:52:33,400 --> 00:52:36,063 (BOTH LAUGHING) 918 00:52:36,070 --> 00:52:37,402 That's a good one. 919 00:52:37,404 --> 00:52:40,397 (HOOTING UPROARIOUSLY) 920 00:52:53,253 --> 00:52:55,415 Look, sweetie, right there, the red cape. 921 00:52:55,422 --> 00:52:56,913 - Oh, I like that. - Yeah. 922 00:52:56,924 --> 00:52:58,790 (BOTH GREETING IN ITALIAN) 923 00:52:58,801 --> 00:53:00,337 (LAUGHING) 924 00:53:00,344 --> 00:53:04,679 Hey! It's you... People. 925 00:53:04,932 --> 00:53:06,423 Yeah, the Kirbys from Cleveland. 926 00:53:06,433 --> 00:53:07,594 Joanie and Eddie. 927 00:53:07,601 --> 00:53:09,843 - (EXCLAIMING) - Sure, sure. How could we forget? 928 00:53:09,853 --> 00:53:11,936 We haven't stopped talking about you. 929 00:53:11,939 --> 00:53:14,932 Well, this is like fate. We have to get together, break bread. 930 00:53:14,942 --> 00:53:16,103 - Oh, definitely. - Sounds great. 931 00:53:16,110 --> 00:53:18,022 We're at the Hotel Pastafagiol. 932 00:53:19,196 --> 00:53:21,654 Uh, why don't you call us? We're at the Europa Regina. 933 00:53:21,657 --> 00:53:23,740 - Great, great. - Great, great. We'll call you. 934 00:53:23,742 --> 00:53:25,608 - Okay, great. - Right on. 935 00:53:28,163 --> 00:53:29,620 - Wow. Look at this. - This is beautiful. 936 00:53:29,623 --> 00:53:30,784 Yes, please. This way. 937 00:53:30,791 --> 00:53:32,077 Oh, thank you. 938 00:53:32,084 --> 00:53:35,202 Canal-side seating. Very nice. 939 00:53:35,212 --> 00:53:36,669 (THANKS IN ITALIAN) 940 00:53:37,256 --> 00:53:39,043 EDDIE: Oh, my God! 941 00:53:39,049 --> 00:53:40,415 (BOTH LAUGHING) 942 00:53:40,426 --> 00:53:41,962 Meant to be. 943 00:53:42,803 --> 00:53:44,965 Kismet, kismet! 944 00:53:44,972 --> 00:53:49,182 You know, we went looking for your hotel, but we couldn't find it anywhere. 945 00:53:49,184 --> 00:53:50,800 Yeah, it's pretty hard to find. 946 00:53:50,811 --> 00:53:52,677 Well, all's well that ends well. 947 00:53:52,688 --> 00:53:54,429 (LAUGHING) 948 00:53:55,315 --> 00:53:58,808 I tell ya, it was just like fate, the first time I met Joanie. 949 00:53:58,819 --> 00:54:00,685 I was working at Prudential on the sixth floor, 950 00:54:00,696 --> 00:54:02,938 and Eddie was working at Allied Mutual on the fourth floor. 951 00:54:02,948 --> 00:54:05,156 - Hand to God. - And every day in the cafeteria, 952 00:54:05,159 --> 00:54:06,275 which was on the third floor... 953 00:54:06,285 --> 00:54:08,304 EDDIE: I would see Joanie in the salad bar line, JOANIE: Right. 954 00:54:08,328 --> 00:54:12,993 and she would smile at me. Not just a smile. I mean, a really big smile. 955 00:54:13,000 --> 00:54:16,493 And then, one day I was at the salad bar at Beefsteak Charlie's, 956 00:54:16,503 --> 00:54:18,916 and I thought I saw her in that salad bar line. 957 00:54:18,922 --> 00:54:20,038 But it wasn't me. 958 00:54:20,048 --> 00:54:21,414 It wasn't Joanie! 959 00:54:21,425 --> 00:54:24,918 Wow. What are the odds of another person in a salad bar line 960 00:54:24,928 --> 00:54:28,217 looking so much like Joanie, and yet not actually being Joanie? 961 00:54:28,223 --> 00:54:29,304 (BOTH SCOFF) 962 00:54:29,308 --> 00:54:31,721 What, like, a trillion to one, huh? 963 00:54:31,727 --> 00:54:33,593 Could be higher than that, Eddie. 964 00:54:33,604 --> 00:54:35,971 Well, anyway, when I realized it wasn't Joanie, 965 00:54:35,981 --> 00:54:37,517 I was so disappointed. 966 00:54:37,524 --> 00:54:39,356 - Oh! - And then I began to think 967 00:54:39,359 --> 00:54:42,147 about how much I'd hoped that it was Joanie. 968 00:54:42,154 --> 00:54:44,646 But, at this point in the story, you still hadn't met. 969 00:54:44,656 --> 00:54:45,737 EDDIE: No. 970 00:54:45,741 --> 00:54:49,906 And I couldn't get over how much I wanted this person to be Joanie. 971 00:54:49,912 --> 00:54:52,825 And I think that was the defining moment, 972 00:54:52,831 --> 00:54:56,040 because I went back to my wife there at the table at Beefsteak Charlie's, 973 00:54:56,043 --> 00:54:59,081 and I realized that I felt more alive 974 00:54:59,087 --> 00:55:01,545 thinking about that stranger that I thought was Joanie, 975 00:55:01,548 --> 00:55:04,006 than I did sitting with this stranger who was my wife. 976 00:55:04,009 --> 00:55:07,343 Well, we were both in marriages that we had completely outgrown. 977 00:55:07,346 --> 00:55:09,759 Yeah, and you know, maybe I didn't want to admit it, 978 00:55:09,765 --> 00:55:14,226 but maybe I didn't like myself enough to be with someone who liked me. 979 00:55:14,228 --> 00:55:17,266 Can you imagine anybody not liking Eddie Kirby? 980 00:55:17,272 --> 00:55:18,979 Oh, I'm not so perfect. 981 00:55:18,982 --> 00:55:21,440 Oh, beg to differ. 982 00:55:21,443 --> 00:55:26,563 Anyway, that year, we both mustered up enough courage to leave our marriages. 983 00:55:26,573 --> 00:55:28,439 So at this point you had met. 984 00:55:28,450 --> 00:55:29,736 No. 985 00:55:29,743 --> 00:55:31,450 - Still hadn't met? - No. 986 00:55:31,453 --> 00:55:35,663 But you know, after you've had such a horrible marriage, 987 00:55:35,666 --> 00:55:38,158 you don't want to make the same mistakes twice. 988 00:55:38,168 --> 00:55:40,501 So, I made an inner pact with myself. 989 00:55:40,504 --> 00:55:42,541 I said, "Eddie Kirby, 990 00:55:42,548 --> 00:55:45,791 "you will never, ever let the anger build up to the point 991 00:55:45,801 --> 00:55:47,212 "where you just don't like your partner." 992 00:55:47,219 --> 00:55:48,335 I made the same pact. 993 00:55:48,345 --> 00:55:50,007 And that became our credo. 994 00:55:50,013 --> 00:55:52,505 BOTH: "Never go to bed angry." 995 00:55:53,183 --> 00:55:55,641 So now we talk everything through. 996 00:55:55,644 --> 00:55:59,012 We won't let even the tiniest pea be under our mattress. 997 00:55:59,690 --> 00:56:01,852 EDDIE: That's why we never eat in bed. 998 00:56:02,025 --> 00:56:05,189 (JOANIE HOOTING WITH LAUGHTER) 999 00:56:05,696 --> 00:56:06,982 Me, too. 1000 00:56:10,742 --> 00:56:14,531 BEN: Who would've thought that the Kirbys, the happiest couple never to have met, 1001 00:56:14,538 --> 00:56:17,747 would turn out to be the greatest aphrodisiac known to man? 1002 00:56:18,166 --> 00:56:20,203 (CLASSICAL MUSIC PLAYING) 1003 00:56:43,901 --> 00:56:46,735 If only there was a way to bottle that unfettered state of mind 1004 00:56:46,737 --> 00:56:48,774 that comes with being on foreign soil. 1005 00:56:49,323 --> 00:56:55,194 To just hold on to it, even for a day, an evening, an hour. 1006 00:56:56,121 --> 00:57:00,661 Last year, when we got back from Italy, God knows we gave it a try. 1007 00:57:09,259 --> 00:57:10,420 (SIGHS) 1008 00:57:16,391 --> 00:57:18,223 Hey, look at this. 1009 00:57:18,226 --> 00:57:22,140 While we were away, we got a special message from his holiness, the Dalai Lama. 1010 00:57:23,941 --> 00:57:26,399 It's something about a softball team he's trying to get started. 1011 00:57:26,401 --> 00:57:27,642 (GIGGLES) 1012 00:57:27,986 --> 00:57:30,979 Hey, wanna write a letter to the kids together, let them know we're back? 1013 00:57:31,156 --> 00:57:32,363 Sure. 1014 00:57:37,120 --> 00:57:41,990 "Dear Josh and Erin." 1015 00:57:42,709 --> 00:57:44,951 Oh, sure. You get the easy part. 1016 00:57:48,882 --> 00:57:50,214 "We're 1017 00:57:51,510 --> 00:57:52,796 "back." 1018 00:57:56,098 --> 00:57:57,179 "From 1019 00:57:58,475 --> 00:57:59,761 "Europe." 1020 00:58:00,644 --> 00:58:03,478 That's not a sentence. It's a preposition and a continent. 1021 00:58:03,480 --> 00:58:05,688 No, I crossed out your period and made a sentence. 1022 00:58:05,983 --> 00:58:09,021 See? "We're back from Europe." Your turn. 1023 00:58:09,027 --> 00:58:10,609 Thank you. 1024 00:58:11,321 --> 00:58:15,440 Exclamation point, comma, closed parenthesis. 1025 00:58:15,450 --> 00:58:17,487 "But I 1026 00:58:18,161 --> 00:58:20,153 "don't want to talk 1027 00:58:20,163 --> 00:58:22,496 "about grammar." 1028 00:58:22,958 --> 00:58:24,324 Colon. 1029 00:58:24,334 --> 00:58:28,954 "I want to make love 1030 00:58:29,214 --> 00:58:32,707 "to your mother." 1031 00:58:34,219 --> 00:58:36,211 No, you didn't write that. 1032 00:58:37,472 --> 00:58:39,259 - (LAUGHS) - Ben! 1033 00:58:39,266 --> 00:58:41,679 What? I do. I want to. 1034 00:58:42,227 --> 00:58:43,513 After we finish the letter. 1035 00:58:43,520 --> 00:58:46,183 No, no, no. Let's make love right now. 1036 00:58:46,189 --> 00:58:48,476 We make love now. Then we write the letter. 1037 00:58:48,483 --> 00:58:52,022 Come on. We only had a couple of sentences to go. 1038 00:58:52,029 --> 00:58:54,772 In Europe, you would've made love first. 1039 00:58:55,949 --> 00:58:57,485 What's that supposed to mean? 1040 00:58:57,492 --> 00:58:58,492 Nothing. 1041 00:58:58,702 --> 00:59:00,785 That I'm not spontaneous? 1042 00:59:00,787 --> 00:59:01,868 I'm not saying that. 1043 00:59:01,872 --> 00:59:03,408 No, but that's what you were implying. 1044 00:59:03,415 --> 00:59:06,227 - I wasn't implying anything. - That in Europe, I would've made love, but here... 1045 00:59:06,251 --> 00:59:10,040 No, no, look. I just don't want us to get to the point where we can't make love 1046 00:59:10,047 --> 00:59:12,164 unless there's a concierge downstairs. 1047 00:59:12,174 --> 00:59:14,882 Just because I wanted to take three minutes 1048 00:59:14,885 --> 00:59:17,002 to finish a letter to our children, 1049 00:59:17,012 --> 00:59:18,548 - who I haven't seen in... - Whoa, whoa, whoa. 1050 00:59:18,555 --> 00:59:21,423 What is that supposed to mean? That I don't care about our children? 1051 00:59:21,683 --> 00:59:24,801 If you'd just let me finish the letter, I could be more spontaneous. 1052 00:59:24,811 --> 00:59:27,975 That's not spontaneous. That's called making an appointment. 1053 00:59:27,981 --> 00:59:32,021 I was in the mood for some unscheduled affection, but, ooh, I'm sorry, we're home, 1054 00:59:32,027 --> 00:59:35,441 I forgot, everything's gotta be on a schedule. 1055 00:59:36,406 --> 00:59:39,820 You try raising children where everything's unscheduled, 1056 00:59:39,826 --> 00:59:41,943 when everything is spontaneous! 1057 00:59:41,953 --> 00:59:43,319 You know what, Katie? 1058 00:59:43,330 --> 00:59:45,447 The kids need a little spontaneity, too! 1059 00:59:45,916 --> 00:59:47,498 I know that! 1060 00:59:47,793 --> 00:59:50,001 I am just sick and tired of always having to be 1061 00:59:50,003 --> 00:59:51,960 the designated driver of this marriage. 1062 00:59:51,963 --> 00:59:55,206 Hey, nobody designated you as anything. It's a role you gave yourself! 1063 00:59:55,383 --> 00:59:57,796 Bullshit! You gave me that role! 1064 00:59:57,803 --> 01:00:02,138 Because God forbid Ben should ever remember to cancel the newspapers, 1065 01:00:02,140 --> 01:00:04,177 or put washer fluid in his car, 1066 01:00:04,184 --> 01:00:07,302 or participate in disciplining his children, 1067 01:00:07,312 --> 01:00:10,476 instead of flirting on the phone with your goddamn girlfriend! 1068 01:00:10,482 --> 01:00:12,940 Jesus Christ. You're not gonna bring that up again, are ya? 1069 01:00:12,943 --> 01:00:14,980 You're damn straight I'm gonna bring it up again. 1070 01:00:14,986 --> 01:00:17,103 I haven't spoken to her in over six months! 1071 01:00:17,114 --> 01:00:19,822 Not for one second have you seen it through my eyes! 1072 01:00:19,825 --> 01:00:20,986 You know what, Katie, you know what? 1073 01:00:20,992 --> 01:00:22,108 We don't have a pea under our mattress. 1074 01:00:22,119 --> 01:00:24,486 You know what we have? A fuckin' watermelon! 1075 01:00:24,496 --> 01:00:26,988 And you never want to deal with it! 1076 01:00:26,998 --> 01:00:28,330 Oh, fuck it! 1077 01:00:29,251 --> 01:00:30,458 Jesus! 1078 01:00:31,336 --> 01:00:32,543 (DOOR SLAMS) 1079 01:00:32,546 --> 01:00:33,662 (GASPS) 1080 01:00:38,385 --> 01:00:40,001 Welcome home. 1081 01:00:47,936 --> 01:00:49,017 Bye, Dad. 1082 01:00:49,020 --> 01:00:50,227 See ya, man. Way to hit the ball. 1083 01:00:50,230 --> 01:00:51,311 - Thanks. - All right. 1084 01:00:51,314 --> 01:00:52,771 I love you. 1085 01:00:53,108 --> 01:00:54,690 - Bye, Mom. - Bye, buddy. 1086 01:00:56,528 --> 01:00:58,144 - I love you. - Love you. 1087 01:00:59,531 --> 01:01:00,692 - See you guys in a month. - Good. Bye. 1088 01:01:00,699 --> 01:01:01,906 JOSH: Okay. 1089 01:01:06,079 --> 01:01:07,991 Bye-bye. 1090 01:01:07,998 --> 01:01:09,990 - Bye, you guys. - Not too many marshmallows. 1091 01:01:10,000 --> 01:01:11,866 - Bye, Daddy. - Just a couple of weeks. 1092 01:01:11,877 --> 01:01:12,993 Watch your toes. 1093 01:01:13,003 --> 01:01:14,084 See ya. 1094 01:01:14,087 --> 01:01:15,168 BEN: Okay. Bye, kids. 1095 01:01:15,172 --> 01:01:16,333 Bye! 1096 01:01:31,563 --> 01:01:34,271 You think we should get one lawyer or two? 1097 01:01:38,445 --> 01:01:39,561 One. 1098 01:01:41,323 --> 01:01:43,940 Maybe we can at least make this part... 1099 01:01:45,619 --> 01:01:46,780 (SIGHS) 1100 01:01:46,786 --> 01:01:50,905 All I care about is that we make it as easy for the kids as possible. 1101 01:01:52,000 --> 01:01:53,116 Yeah. 1102 01:01:55,587 --> 01:01:57,829 WOMAN: And I'm sure you noticed that the bathroom 1103 01:01:57,839 --> 01:02:00,331 still has the original tiling from the '20s. 1104 01:02:00,342 --> 01:02:01,458 Yeah, it's nice. 1105 01:02:01,468 --> 01:02:05,838 You know, since you're a writer, I know you would appreciate that the sister 1106 01:02:05,847 --> 01:02:10,387 of Bette Davis' chauffeur once had Thanksgiving in the apartment next door. 1107 01:02:11,686 --> 01:02:13,552 - Really? - Mmm-hmm. 1108 01:02:13,897 --> 01:02:15,479 Are there any other kids in this building? 1109 01:02:15,482 --> 01:02:16,598 Oh, oodles. 1110 01:02:16,608 --> 01:02:20,602 Including, if I might add, the nephew of the actor 1111 01:02:20,612 --> 01:02:24,196 who jumped third into the fourth lifeboat on Titanic. 1112 01:02:24,199 --> 01:02:27,158 Rent the film, you'll see, I'll introduce you. 1113 01:02:27,160 --> 01:02:30,119 You know, I am showing it to another family this afternoon, 1114 01:02:30,121 --> 01:02:31,407 but if you're interested, 1115 01:02:31,414 --> 01:02:34,657 I can hold it for you, give your wife a chance to have a little look-see... 1116 01:02:34,668 --> 01:02:35,784 I'm interested. 1117 01:02:35,794 --> 01:02:36,955 Who wouldn't be? 1118 01:02:36,962 --> 01:02:39,875 Look how the light from that window fills the room. 1119 01:02:40,507 --> 01:02:43,170 You know, when I showed this very apartment to the man 1120 01:02:43,176 --> 01:02:45,418 who did the voice of Charlie the Tuna, 1121 01:02:45,428 --> 01:02:49,138 he said, and I quote, "Wow." Unquote. 1122 01:02:49,557 --> 01:02:51,298 I think that says it all. 1123 01:02:53,979 --> 01:02:57,313 First, you put olive oil, garlic and tofu. 1124 01:02:57,983 --> 01:03:00,441 Sauté until garlic turn light brown. 1125 01:03:00,860 --> 01:03:04,570 Make sure that your wok have a strong heat underneath it. 1126 01:03:04,572 --> 01:03:07,485 Now take an egg and crack it to the hot oil. 1127 01:03:08,451 --> 01:03:09,658 (SIZZLING) 1128 01:03:09,661 --> 01:03:13,371 Make sure all the ingredients are cooked thoroughly. 1129 01:03:13,373 --> 01:03:14,489 (SCREAMS) 1130 01:03:14,499 --> 01:03:16,161 Oh! Are you okay? 1131 01:03:16,167 --> 01:03:17,954 Yeah, I'm... I'm fine. 1132 01:03:17,961 --> 01:03:19,077 (GIGGLING) 1133 01:03:19,087 --> 01:03:21,329 CHEF: Now we add some Pad Thai noodle. 1134 01:03:21,339 --> 01:03:22,625 (CLEARS THROAT) 1135 01:03:23,174 --> 01:03:27,214 I saw Deirdre up at Parents' Weekend, but I didn't see you. 1136 01:03:27,220 --> 01:03:29,428 Oh, I went up the weekend before. 1137 01:03:29,431 --> 01:03:33,050 Since the divorce, it's a lot easier for everyone 1138 01:03:33,059 --> 01:03:35,221 if we come up at separate times. 1139 01:03:35,687 --> 01:03:38,930 But Kevin and I took a great hike up to that waterfall. 1140 01:03:38,940 --> 01:03:40,306 Did you and Ben take that hike? 1141 01:03:40,317 --> 01:03:41,603 Yeah. 1142 01:03:41,609 --> 01:03:42,770 Yeah, it was beautiful. 1143 01:03:42,777 --> 01:03:44,018 Yeah. 1144 01:03:44,029 --> 01:03:46,237 CHEF: Spice it up with some chili pepper. 1145 01:03:46,531 --> 01:03:49,319 You know, spicy food make a better lover. 1146 01:03:49,826 --> 01:03:52,068 The hotter you eat, the hotter you get. 1147 01:03:52,078 --> 01:03:53,364 (STUDENTS LAUGHING) 1148 01:03:53,371 --> 01:03:56,034 Well, the spicier the better for me. Whoo! 1149 01:03:57,584 --> 01:03:58,665 CHEF: Rice vinegar. 1150 01:03:59,210 --> 01:04:00,826 (LAUGHING) Whoa! 1151 01:04:00,837 --> 01:04:01,953 (WHOOPS) 1152 01:04:02,839 --> 01:04:03,920 Does Ben like Thai food? 1153 01:04:04,549 --> 01:04:05,915 Yeah. Yeah. 1154 01:04:07,052 --> 01:04:08,588 Have you and Ben ever been to Tommy Tang's? 1155 01:04:08,595 --> 01:04:11,804 Uh, Ben and I are... Uh... Separated. 1156 01:04:13,683 --> 01:04:14,924 Oh, gee, I had no idea. 1157 01:04:14,934 --> 01:04:17,551 We're... We're not really telling people. 1158 01:04:18,021 --> 01:04:19,637 Oh. I understand. 1159 01:04:20,357 --> 01:04:22,269 I'm so sorry. How long? 1160 01:04:22,734 --> 01:04:27,479 Uh, 72 hours, four weeks, five years, 1161 01:04:27,906 --> 01:04:30,364 depending on when you start counting. 1162 01:04:30,367 --> 01:04:33,201 I'm really sorry. I know how hard it can be. 1163 01:04:36,664 --> 01:04:40,123 You know, this is gonna sound crazy, but, um, 1164 01:04:40,126 --> 01:04:43,085 I always enjoyed Erin and Josh's appointments over the years 1165 01:04:43,088 --> 01:04:45,705 because it gave me a chance to get to know you, 1166 01:04:45,715 --> 01:04:49,174 but when you called me about your bite, I... 1167 01:04:49,677 --> 01:04:53,091 I felt myself looking forward to it because I knew we'd be alone. 1168 01:04:54,474 --> 01:04:57,137 And, um, just tell me if it's too soon, 1169 01:04:58,395 --> 01:05:01,229 but I was wondering if maybe you want to have dinner sometime. 1170 01:05:03,817 --> 01:05:04,898 We are having dinner. 1171 01:05:04,901 --> 01:05:06,733 (LAUGHING) 1172 01:05:07,362 --> 01:05:10,480 Well, I was thinking of something that didn't involve a teacher. 1173 01:05:10,740 --> 01:05:13,528 CHEF: Now you have it. Pad Thai noodles. 1174 01:05:14,452 --> 01:05:16,489 KATIE: You always hear people say, 1175 01:05:16,496 --> 01:05:19,079 "They stayed together too long in a bad marriage." 1176 01:05:19,082 --> 01:05:23,076 Well, for the longest time, I never thought of my marriage as being bad. 1177 01:05:23,086 --> 01:05:26,454 I just thought love was something you were allowed to fall in and out of. 1178 01:05:26,464 --> 01:05:28,626 You know, peaks and valleys. 1179 01:05:29,509 --> 01:05:34,846 But after a while, the peaks get lower and further apart, 1180 01:05:34,848 --> 01:05:39,013 and then one day you find yourself wondering, "Is this who I really am, 1181 01:05:39,018 --> 01:05:42,682 "someone who has taken up permanent residence in the valley? 1182 01:05:42,689 --> 01:05:45,898 "Or is this just who I am with this person?" 1183 01:05:47,735 --> 01:05:50,523 And then you ask yourself, 1184 01:05:50,530 --> 01:05:54,274 "Maybe there is another version of my life, of myself, 1185 01:05:54,284 --> 01:05:56,276 "that's a happier one." 1186 01:05:56,286 --> 01:05:57,572 (BOTH LAUGHING) 1187 01:06:13,928 --> 01:06:15,214 Bullshit. 1188 01:06:17,140 --> 01:06:20,053 "Yossel looked into Minnie's eyes and felt... 1189 01:06:21,895 --> 01:06:23,181 "Nothing. 1190 01:06:23,563 --> 01:06:27,432 "For two years they'd been apart. 1191 01:06:27,817 --> 01:06:31,185 "And now, as she stepped off the boat, 1192 01:06:31,529 --> 01:06:34,647 "he realized he was looking into the eyes of a... 1193 01:06:36,075 --> 01:06:37,862 "Stranger. 1194 01:06:39,662 --> 01:06:41,699 "A girl he no longer knew." 1195 01:06:42,665 --> 01:06:45,874 (READING ALOUD) 1196 01:06:54,761 --> 01:06:58,254 "...unaffectionate daughter 1197 01:06:58,723 --> 01:07:03,718 "of a blind Lithuanian violin maker." 1198 01:07:05,438 --> 01:07:07,976 No, no, it's fear. It was all about fear. 1199 01:07:07,982 --> 01:07:09,598 Fear is what kept them together. 1200 01:07:09,609 --> 01:07:12,818 This whole time, Stan, I've been idealizing my grandparents' marriage, 1201 01:07:12,820 --> 01:07:15,813 and let me tell you, this was not the love of the ages. 1202 01:07:15,823 --> 01:07:19,191 Two people who stayed together because they were terrified. 1203 01:07:19,202 --> 01:07:22,616 Fear of loneliness, fear of failure, fear of the unknown. 1204 01:07:22,622 --> 01:07:25,990 Sure, fear. That's the main motivator for everything. 1205 01:07:26,376 --> 01:07:30,120 That, and guilt, are the two emotions that keep a society humming. 1206 01:07:30,129 --> 01:07:32,712 What are you saying, you and Rachel stay together because you're afraid? 1207 01:07:32,715 --> 01:07:34,752 - In a word, yes. - And you're okay with that? 1208 01:07:34,759 --> 01:07:36,842 In three words, yes and no. 1209 01:07:37,512 --> 01:07:39,504 See, it's not that simple. 1210 01:07:39,764 --> 01:07:41,676 You're looking for clear-cut answers. 1211 01:07:41,683 --> 01:07:45,302 In reality, there is nothing clear-cut. Life is not clear-cut. 1212 01:07:45,311 --> 01:07:47,052 Life is gray. 1213 01:07:47,522 --> 01:07:49,058 For instance... 1214 01:07:50,650 --> 01:07:52,767 What do you see right here? 1215 01:07:54,487 --> 01:07:55,853 What are you asking me, Stan? 1216 01:07:55,863 --> 01:07:57,946 I'm asking you, what do you see? 1217 01:07:57,949 --> 01:07:59,531 I see your ass. 1218 01:07:59,909 --> 01:08:04,119 That's what you think you see. But in reality, there is no ass. 1219 01:08:05,873 --> 01:08:08,866 What the... What are you telling me? 1220 01:08:08,876 --> 01:08:10,492 There is no ass. 1221 01:08:10,712 --> 01:08:13,671 Just the fatty part at the top of each leg 1222 01:08:13,965 --> 01:08:16,548 that just so happens to be butted up against each other. 1223 01:08:16,551 --> 01:08:18,383 Hence the word "butt." 1224 01:08:18,386 --> 01:08:21,629 See, essentially, what we're dealing with here 1225 01:08:21,639 --> 01:08:24,177 is just a continuation of the leg. 1226 01:08:24,183 --> 01:08:26,550 Okay, all right, now you lost me. 1227 01:08:27,103 --> 01:08:29,060 Ben, it's all illusions. 1228 01:08:29,063 --> 01:08:31,055 There is no such thing as an ass, 1229 01:08:31,065 --> 01:08:33,808 just like there's no such thing as the perfect marriage, 1230 01:08:33,818 --> 01:08:35,559 the perfect job, the perfect child. 1231 01:08:35,570 --> 01:08:37,106 The whole notion 1232 01:08:37,113 --> 01:08:40,106 of staying together and living happily ever after, 1233 01:08:40,116 --> 01:08:41,698 all illusions. 1234 01:08:41,701 --> 01:08:43,738 So you're saying you don't believe in everlasting love. 1235 01:08:43,745 --> 01:08:45,611 (EXCLAIMS IN DISAGREEMENT) 1236 01:08:45,622 --> 01:08:49,161 You're seeing the ass again, and not the tops of the legs. 1237 01:08:50,460 --> 01:08:53,578 Love is just lust in disguise, 1238 01:08:54,130 --> 01:08:57,919 and lust fades, so you damn well better be with someone who can stand you. 1239 01:08:57,925 --> 01:09:01,919 Well, Katie and I have moved way past being able to stand each other. 1240 01:09:01,929 --> 01:09:04,262 We've moved right into the hatred part. 1241 01:09:04,265 --> 01:09:06,848 I wouldn't worry about it. Hate fades. 1242 01:09:08,144 --> 01:09:09,555 Hate fades? 1243 01:09:12,106 --> 01:09:14,314 That's what you're telling me? That's your message? 1244 01:09:14,317 --> 01:09:16,434 That's what you're gonna send me out into the world with? 1245 01:09:16,444 --> 01:09:19,858 "Hate fades"? "Love is lust"? "There is no ass"? 1246 01:09:21,240 --> 01:09:24,233 What a disappointment you've turned out to be. 1247 01:09:25,036 --> 01:09:26,277 (SIGHS) 1248 01:09:27,121 --> 01:09:29,113 Just promise me one thing. 1249 01:09:29,123 --> 01:09:33,163 Please, please, just promise me that you will not say any of this to Rachel. 1250 01:09:33,169 --> 01:09:35,752 What, are you crazy? This conversation ends here. 1251 01:09:36,339 --> 01:09:39,252 When Stan called me from the car, I couldn't believe it. 1252 01:09:39,258 --> 01:09:41,500 I mean, I knew you guys were going through some rough times, but... 1253 01:09:41,511 --> 01:09:44,591 We didn't wanna say anything until we knew we weren't gonna get back together. 1254 01:09:44,764 --> 01:09:46,175 Oh, my God. 1255 01:09:46,933 --> 01:09:48,014 Wow. 1256 01:09:49,143 --> 01:09:50,224 Well, how are you doing? 1257 01:09:50,228 --> 01:09:51,389 I don't know. 1258 01:09:51,396 --> 01:09:53,103 I thought I'd be devastated. 1259 01:09:53,523 --> 01:09:55,606 Maybe it just hasn't hit me. 1260 01:09:58,194 --> 01:09:59,901 You're having an affair. 1261 01:09:59,904 --> 01:10:02,021 What are you... What are you talking about? 1262 01:10:02,031 --> 01:10:04,899 The only reason not to be devastated is if you're seeing someone else. 1263 01:10:04,909 --> 01:10:06,866 I am not seeing someone else. 1264 01:10:06,869 --> 01:10:09,077 Are you serious about this guy you're not seeing? 1265 01:10:09,080 --> 01:10:11,697 I don't know what it is. All I know is, he's nothing like Ben. 1266 01:10:11,708 --> 01:10:14,917 He's responsible. He plans ahead. He has a Swiss Army Knife. 1267 01:10:14,919 --> 01:10:16,706 He even wants to cook dinner for me. 1268 01:10:16,713 --> 01:10:17,794 He's a sandbag. 1269 01:10:17,797 --> 01:10:18,878 He's a what? 1270 01:10:18,881 --> 01:10:20,668 He's just a sandbag against the storm, 1271 01:10:20,675 --> 01:10:23,383 holding off the inevitable devastation. 1272 01:10:23,386 --> 01:10:25,343 (SOBBING) 1273 01:10:26,848 --> 01:10:28,555 Rachel, are you okay? 1274 01:10:28,558 --> 01:10:30,345 (WEEPING) 1275 01:10:31,394 --> 01:10:32,635 Honey? 1276 01:10:35,022 --> 01:10:36,388 I'm sorry. 1277 01:10:37,942 --> 01:10:41,231 I know I'm supposed to be the one holding your hand, 1278 01:10:41,612 --> 01:10:43,649 but I just feel terrible. 1279 01:10:44,282 --> 01:10:46,740 I mean, the thought of you guys not being together. 1280 01:10:47,869 --> 01:10:49,155 You're our best friends. 1281 01:10:50,037 --> 01:10:53,246 Fourth of Julys and Thanksgivings and Christmases. 1282 01:10:54,417 --> 01:10:57,080 You guys were our Fred and Ethel Mertz. 1283 01:10:57,587 --> 01:11:00,455 That's weird. We thought you guys were our Fred and Ethel Mertz. 1284 01:11:00,465 --> 01:11:01,706 (SNIFFLING) 1285 01:11:01,716 --> 01:11:03,173 Oh, really? 1286 01:11:03,426 --> 01:11:07,136 I never thought this was going to happen to me and Ben. 1287 01:11:07,346 --> 01:11:10,885 I thought we were going to be the ones to go the distance. 1288 01:11:11,350 --> 01:11:15,936 But I just couldn't seem to get him to put down that purple crayon. 1289 01:11:17,148 --> 01:11:18,764 But that's Ben. 1290 01:11:18,775 --> 01:11:21,233 That's who you fell in love with. 1291 01:11:21,235 --> 01:11:23,852 Katie, you are at 80 who you are at eight. 1292 01:11:24,447 --> 01:11:26,564 People don't change! 1293 01:11:27,408 --> 01:11:30,742 RACHEL: People change over time. You've got to expect that. 1294 01:11:30,745 --> 01:11:33,158 Ben, the only way a relationship works 1295 01:11:33,164 --> 01:11:35,781 is if people grow and change together. 1296 01:11:36,667 --> 01:11:38,954 Ah, Mr. and Mrs. Kogen. Mr. Jordan. 1297 01:11:39,128 --> 01:11:40,414 Nice to have you tonight. 1298 01:11:40,421 --> 01:11:43,255 Is Mrs. Jordan not joining us this evening? 1299 01:11:43,633 --> 01:11:45,090 No, she's not. 1300 01:11:45,092 --> 01:11:47,425 Stan! I told you to make the reservation for three! 1301 01:11:47,428 --> 01:11:48,589 I forgot. 1302 01:11:48,596 --> 01:11:50,303 How could you forget something like that? 1303 01:11:50,306 --> 01:11:51,592 Why don't you say it a little louder? 1304 01:11:51,599 --> 01:11:53,090 The guy in the parking lot didn't hear you. 1305 01:11:53,100 --> 01:11:54,932 It wasn't that loud. 1306 01:11:54,936 --> 01:11:56,052 HOSTESS: Right this way. 1307 01:11:56,062 --> 01:11:57,644 Enjoy your meal. 1308 01:12:01,609 --> 01:12:03,601 Did you see Sunday's seven-down? 1309 01:12:03,611 --> 01:12:04,943 No, I missed that one. 1310 01:12:04,946 --> 01:12:06,107 Five-letter word. 1311 01:12:06,489 --> 01:12:10,574 Wants. Requirements. Rhymes with "weeds." 1312 01:12:11,327 --> 01:12:12,943 - Needs? - Exactly. 1313 01:12:13,704 --> 01:12:15,491 It was a direct attack on me. 1314 01:12:15,498 --> 01:12:19,458 Oh, Ben, come on. You're being silly. It's just a clue in a crossword puzzle. 1315 01:12:19,460 --> 01:12:21,326 No. I know my wife. 1316 01:12:21,796 --> 01:12:24,209 She was specifically attacking me. 1317 01:12:24,590 --> 01:12:26,126 And for what? 1318 01:12:26,551 --> 01:12:27,667 Having needs. 1319 01:12:28,636 --> 01:12:30,753 Like having needs is some terrible thing. 1320 01:12:31,305 --> 01:12:34,048 Show me one person on this planet who doesn't have needs. 1321 01:12:36,811 --> 01:12:38,723 Ben, you should try this bread 1322 01:12:38,729 --> 01:12:40,140 dipped in the olive oil. It's delicious. 1323 01:12:40,147 --> 01:12:41,854 Stan, give Ben the bread. 1324 01:12:41,858 --> 01:12:43,269 Why must you always yell? 1325 01:12:43,276 --> 01:12:44,517 - Who was yelling? - You were. 1326 01:12:44,527 --> 01:12:45,813 - That was not a yell. - That was a yell. 1327 01:12:45,820 --> 01:12:47,982 You just heard it as a yell. He hears everything as a yell. 1328 01:12:47,989 --> 01:12:50,606 Trust me. On anyone's yell-o-meter, that was a yell. 1329 01:12:50,616 --> 01:12:53,700 Ben, was that a yell? See, he didn't hear it as a yell. 1330 01:12:53,703 --> 01:12:55,660 His mother was a yeller. He's still hearing her. 1331 01:12:55,663 --> 01:12:58,030 How could I hear her? You drown her out. 1332 01:12:58,040 --> 01:12:59,702 No, no, no, but it's true. 1333 01:12:59,876 --> 01:13:02,334 For the last few years, every time Katie opened her mouth, 1334 01:13:02,336 --> 01:13:03,918 all I could hear was her mother. 1335 01:13:05,131 --> 01:13:06,212 Dot. 1336 01:13:07,216 --> 01:13:09,424 Now listen, it couldn't have been easy for Katie 1337 01:13:09,427 --> 01:13:11,840 to be raised by a woman as complicated as Dot. 1338 01:13:12,221 --> 01:13:14,213 Oh, please. She wasn't complicated. 1339 01:13:14,223 --> 01:13:17,887 She was an idiot who made everyone else's life complicated. 1340 01:13:18,144 --> 01:13:21,808 You wouldn't believe all the beautiful psychological heirlooms 1341 01:13:21,814 --> 01:13:23,555 this snapping turtle handed down. 1342 01:13:24,358 --> 01:13:28,693 Everything's gotta be in a neat little box with a little blue bow on it. 1343 01:13:29,780 --> 01:13:32,022 Punctual. Ordered. 1344 01:13:32,700 --> 01:13:35,909 God forbid anything unexpected should happen, 1345 01:13:35,912 --> 01:13:39,326 any perchances, happenstances, 1346 01:13:39,332 --> 01:13:42,370 left turns, serendipities... 1347 01:13:42,585 --> 01:13:45,373 Nope! No way! (BANGS TABLE) Not allowed! 1348 01:13:45,379 --> 01:13:47,996 Out of bounds! Foul ball! 1349 01:13:48,007 --> 01:13:49,623 Fifteen-yard penalty! 1350 01:13:49,634 --> 01:13:52,297 Too much time being spontaneous! 1351 01:13:52,303 --> 01:13:55,421 Everything's gotta be connected. Gotta connect the dots. 1352 01:13:55,681 --> 01:13:58,048 Maybe that's why they call her Dot. (CHUCKLES) 1353 01:13:58,059 --> 01:14:01,427 You notice that her name wasn't Gay or Joy or Fun! 1354 01:14:01,437 --> 01:14:03,206 Ben, maybe you should try a little of the bread. 1355 01:14:03,230 --> 01:14:06,018 You can't even fuck unless everything's just right! 1356 01:14:06,609 --> 01:14:08,976 Like a plane waiting for takeoff. 1357 01:14:09,320 --> 01:14:11,152 Windows shut? Check. 1358 01:14:11,155 --> 01:14:13,772 Doors locked? Check. Heat on? Check! 1359 01:14:13,783 --> 01:14:15,024 (CHUCKLING) 1360 01:14:15,034 --> 01:14:17,617 Have we covered every possible, single reason 1361 01:14:17,620 --> 01:14:19,577 (BANGS TABLE) why everything is my fault? 1362 01:14:19,956 --> 01:14:24,200 Houston, we got a problem and her name is Dot! 1363 01:14:24,210 --> 01:14:25,291 Ben, Ben. Bread. 1364 01:14:25,294 --> 01:14:28,958 There are people like Katie and Dot, honey, who like to color inside the lines, 1365 01:14:28,965 --> 01:14:30,422 and then there are people like you, 1366 01:14:30,424 --> 01:14:32,290 who wander outside the lines. 1367 01:14:32,301 --> 01:14:34,167 That can be a very endearing quality. 1368 01:14:34,178 --> 01:14:36,170 That's why Katie fell in love with you. 1369 01:14:36,180 --> 01:14:37,699 It's just that once you have children... 1370 01:14:37,723 --> 01:14:39,965 - I am not a third child. - No one's saying you are. 1371 01:14:39,976 --> 01:14:42,559 Excuse me if my watch occasionally has no hands on it. 1372 01:14:42,561 --> 01:14:43,722 Ben, that's fine. It's just that 1373 01:14:43,729 --> 01:14:45,891 somebody has to establish the routines, 1374 01:14:45,898 --> 01:14:47,764 - set the limit... - What... What are you saying? 1375 01:14:47,775 --> 01:14:48,936 Are you saying it's all my fault? 1376 01:14:48,943 --> 01:14:50,650 - RACHEL: No, no! - No, no, no. It's nobody's fault. 1377 01:14:50,653 --> 01:14:52,019 No, no, no, no! 1378 01:14:52,029 --> 01:14:53,565 When people say, "It's nobody's fault," 1379 01:14:53,572 --> 01:14:55,154 they don't mean "it's nobody's fault." 1380 01:14:55,157 --> 01:14:56,898 They mean, "It's your fault." 1381 01:14:56,909 --> 01:15:02,200 "Nobody's fault" things are hurricanes, earthquakes, tornadoes, acts of God. 1382 01:15:02,707 --> 01:15:06,542 But when a marriage fails, ooh! It's gotta be somebody's fault. 1383 01:15:06,544 --> 01:15:08,080 And it's not mine! (BANGING TABLE) 1384 01:15:08,087 --> 01:15:10,204 - Ben... - And you take that fucking bread 1385 01:15:10,214 --> 01:15:11,955 and you shove it up the tops of your legs! 1386 01:15:18,180 --> 01:15:20,422 (GRUNTING) 1387 01:15:23,728 --> 01:15:26,186 (PANTING) 1388 01:15:52,131 --> 01:15:53,338 (SOBBING) 1389 01:15:55,760 --> 01:15:57,501 KATIE: Maybe I'm tired. 1390 01:15:57,511 --> 01:16:00,379 Maybe I'm dealing with 5,000 things all day long. 1391 01:16:00,389 --> 01:16:03,348 Maybe every little need you have doesn't always have to be met 1392 01:16:03,350 --> 01:16:05,683 at the exact moment you need it to be met. 1393 01:16:05,686 --> 01:16:07,769 I am just sick and tired of always having to be 1394 01:16:07,772 --> 01:16:09,764 the designated driver of this marriage. 1395 01:16:09,774 --> 01:16:12,642 BEN: Nobody designated you as anything. It's a role you gave yourself! 1396 01:16:12,651 --> 01:16:15,985 KATIE: Not for one second have you seen it through my eyes! 1397 01:16:15,988 --> 01:16:17,399 BEN: You know what, Katie, you know what? 1398 01:16:17,406 --> 01:16:18,863 We don't have a pea under our mattress. 1399 01:16:18,866 --> 01:16:21,779 You know what we have? A fuckin' watermelon! 1400 01:16:31,962 --> 01:16:33,328 You okay? 1401 01:16:35,216 --> 01:16:36,923 Take me to Katie's. 1402 01:16:41,055 --> 01:16:43,263 Ben. What are you doing here? 1403 01:16:44,183 --> 01:16:46,175 I wanted to know what your high was today. 1404 01:16:48,479 --> 01:16:50,471 Ben, you should've called. 1405 01:16:51,065 --> 01:16:52,931 My high was about you. 1406 01:16:56,028 --> 01:16:58,645 Tonight I saw myself through your eyes. 1407 01:17:00,783 --> 01:17:01,944 Ben. 1408 01:17:03,911 --> 01:17:05,402 And I'm sorry. 1409 01:17:05,746 --> 01:17:07,863 Yo, Katie, I was thinking it might be a nice touch 1410 01:17:07,873 --> 01:17:10,741 to add some roasted peanuts to the sesame... 1411 01:17:10,751 --> 01:17:12,367 I'm, uh... 1412 01:17:16,799 --> 01:17:19,337 At some point we should discuss how to tell the children. 1413 01:17:51,834 --> 01:17:54,121 Hey, how you doing? Come on in. 1414 01:17:55,129 --> 01:17:56,586 This is nice. 1415 01:17:56,589 --> 01:17:57,955 Oh, thanks. 1416 01:17:57,965 --> 01:18:01,299 Yeah, it's close to the park. The kids and I can walk. 1417 01:18:01,302 --> 01:18:03,339 You want something to drink? 1418 01:18:03,345 --> 01:18:05,587 I'll take water if you don't have anything else. 1419 01:18:05,598 --> 01:18:08,056 No, no, I... We have, uh, 1420 01:18:09,143 --> 01:18:11,100 pretty much anything you want. 1421 01:18:11,103 --> 01:18:15,643 Uh... Beer, Gatorade, fruit juice, iced tea. 1422 01:18:15,858 --> 01:18:17,599 - Iced tea is fine. - Okay. 1423 01:18:24,867 --> 01:18:25,867 There you go. 1424 01:18:26,493 --> 01:18:28,109 You have a watch. 1425 01:18:28,662 --> 01:18:29,823 Yeah. 1426 01:18:30,539 --> 01:18:31,950 Come on in. 1427 01:18:33,709 --> 01:18:35,245 Sit down here. 1428 01:18:42,468 --> 01:18:43,584 Um... 1429 01:18:45,638 --> 01:18:47,675 I think we should, uh... 1430 01:18:49,433 --> 01:18:51,425 When we pick the kids up Thursday, 1431 01:18:51,435 --> 01:18:53,848 we should just tell 'em that night. 1432 01:18:54,188 --> 01:18:57,226 Uh... We don't have to tell them right away. 1433 01:18:57,858 --> 01:18:58,858 Why? 1434 01:18:59,568 --> 01:19:01,935 What's gonna change between now and Thursday? 1435 01:19:02,196 --> 01:19:03,903 Well... (SIGHS) 1436 01:19:04,323 --> 01:19:06,610 Katie, you're seeing someone else. 1437 01:19:06,617 --> 01:19:08,483 I'm not seeing him. 1438 01:19:08,994 --> 01:19:10,656 We're just talking. 1439 01:19:12,873 --> 01:19:14,080 Right. 1440 01:19:17,461 --> 01:19:20,920 Look, I'm not gonna put up with any more of this bullshit lying to the kids. 1441 01:19:21,423 --> 01:19:23,756 We'll just take them to Chow Fun's. It's their favorite restaurant. 1442 01:19:23,759 --> 01:19:24,966 We can tell them there. 1443 01:19:24,969 --> 01:19:27,962 Ben, we can't really talk at Chow Fun's. 1444 01:19:27,972 --> 01:19:29,383 Fine. Then we'll go to the house 1445 01:19:29,390 --> 01:19:30,631 and we can tell them at dinner. 1446 01:19:30,641 --> 01:19:31,757 After dinner. 1447 01:19:31,976 --> 01:19:34,013 We'll all sit down and... 1448 01:19:34,895 --> 01:19:37,103 Oh, Jesus, how do we say this? 1449 01:19:38,816 --> 01:19:40,352 Well, 1450 01:19:40,818 --> 01:19:42,855 we'll just tell them, uh, 1451 01:19:43,237 --> 01:19:45,024 how much we love them, 1452 01:19:45,614 --> 01:19:48,152 how amazing and beautiful they are, 1453 01:19:48,158 --> 01:19:50,901 so they don't think for one minute that any of this is their fault. 1454 01:19:51,287 --> 01:19:53,074 That's the important thing. 1455 01:19:53,080 --> 01:19:54,196 Yeah. 1456 01:19:54,832 --> 01:19:56,698 We'll just say that... 1457 01:19:57,209 --> 01:19:58,916 Mommy and Daddy... 1458 01:20:00,629 --> 01:20:02,165 Or Mom and Dad. 1459 01:20:03,507 --> 01:20:05,169 What do you think? Mom and Dad? 1460 01:20:05,175 --> 01:20:06,837 Mommy and Daddy. 1461 01:20:06,844 --> 01:20:08,176 All right. 1462 01:20:08,554 --> 01:20:10,967 We'll say that Mommy and Daddy have grown apart. 1463 01:20:10,973 --> 01:20:13,340 (LAUGHS) I was just thinking about Erin. 1464 01:20:14,184 --> 01:20:15,675 She'll probably say something like, 1465 01:20:15,686 --> 01:20:19,521 "Well, there must be something right about you guys 1466 01:20:19,523 --> 01:20:23,517 "for you to produce such beautiful and amazing kids." 1467 01:20:27,573 --> 01:20:30,532 She might say something like that, you know. 1468 01:20:39,209 --> 01:20:41,417 We'll just tell her that, uh... 1469 01:20:42,713 --> 01:20:45,456 They were born in love and that we'll always love them, 1470 01:20:45,466 --> 01:20:47,879 but Mommy and Daddy don't love each other anymore. 1471 01:20:50,054 --> 01:20:54,298 Well, wouldn't it be better if we told them 1472 01:20:56,852 --> 01:20:59,845 we still love each other, but in a different way? 1473 01:21:02,274 --> 01:21:03,390 Fine. 1474 01:21:04,360 --> 01:21:05,441 We shouldn't say that? 1475 01:21:05,694 --> 01:21:06,901 I said it was fine. 1476 01:21:08,072 --> 01:21:10,564 Well, it was kind of a weird "fine." 1477 01:21:12,493 --> 01:21:13,859 Would you like me to jump up and down 1478 01:21:13,869 --> 01:21:16,509 about how thrilled I am that we love each other in a different way? 1479 01:21:18,082 --> 01:21:19,618 (INTERCOM BUZZES) 1480 01:21:23,087 --> 01:21:24,999 (SIGHS) 1481 01:21:28,217 --> 01:21:29,378 Yeah, who is it? 1482 01:21:29,385 --> 01:21:31,071 MAN ON INTERCOM: Mr. Jordan, your couch is here. 1483 01:21:31,095 --> 01:21:34,088 Where have you guys been? Come on in. 1484 01:21:34,932 --> 01:21:38,391 (SIGHS) Jeez, they were supposed to be here first thing this morning. 1485 01:21:44,691 --> 01:21:47,229 I'll, uh, pick you up at 5:00 on Thursday? 1486 01:21:53,534 --> 01:21:55,366 (CLEARS THROAT) 1487 01:21:59,998 --> 01:22:02,957 So, uh, is there 1488 01:22:04,086 --> 01:22:06,043 anything else we need to talk about? 1489 01:22:06,380 --> 01:22:07,666 Like what? 1490 01:22:07,673 --> 01:22:09,585 MAN: Yeah, it's this one here. 1491 01:22:10,926 --> 01:22:12,167 Nothing. 1492 01:22:15,180 --> 01:22:16,261 Bye. 1493 01:22:37,870 --> 01:22:39,327 BEN: Jesus, what happened to you? 1494 01:22:39,329 --> 01:22:42,618 What happened to that fun girl, the one with the pith helmet? Where did she go? 1495 01:22:42,624 --> 01:22:46,459 KATIE: You don't think I ask myself that every day? 1496 01:22:47,254 --> 01:22:50,372 BEN: I'm talking about a connection, a look, 1497 01:22:50,382 --> 01:22:53,750 something that says that we're on the same side here. 1498 01:22:54,470 --> 01:22:57,133 Isn't this the moment where one of us is supposed to say, 1499 01:22:57,139 --> 01:22:59,472 "This is ridiculous. We love each other. 1500 01:22:59,475 --> 01:23:02,092 "All couples go through this. Let's give it another try"? 1501 01:23:15,866 --> 01:23:18,108 It was supposed to rain today. 1502 01:23:19,328 --> 01:23:20,990 I'm glad it didn't. 1503 01:23:21,788 --> 01:23:22,995 Me, too. 1504 01:23:27,628 --> 01:23:29,745 Turn here. If you take Sepulveda... 1505 01:23:32,508 --> 01:23:33,544 What? 1506 01:23:34,843 --> 01:23:36,084 Nothing. 1507 01:23:49,566 --> 01:23:52,024 PRIEST: Do you, Katie, take Ben, 1508 01:23:52,319 --> 01:23:54,402 to have and to hold, 1509 01:23:54,404 --> 01:23:56,487 in sickness and in health, 1510 01:23:56,740 --> 01:23:58,948 for better or for worse, 1511 01:23:58,951 --> 01:24:00,692 until death do you part? 1512 01:24:00,702 --> 01:24:01,818 I do. 1513 01:24:02,913 --> 01:24:04,449 (SOBBING) 1514 01:24:04,623 --> 01:24:06,239 - (WAILING) - It's a boy. 1515 01:24:06,250 --> 01:24:07,331 It's a girl. 1516 01:24:07,334 --> 01:24:08,334 It's a bunny! 1517 01:24:08,585 --> 01:24:10,025 - (CROWD CHEERING) - It's a home run! 1518 01:24:10,087 --> 01:24:11,328 It's chicken pops. 1519 01:24:11,338 --> 01:24:12,454 It's over. 1520 01:24:12,631 --> 01:24:13,792 (WHISPERS) I love you. 1521 01:24:13,966 --> 01:24:15,002 Damn you! 1522 01:24:15,175 --> 01:24:16,211 I love you. 1523 01:24:16,927 --> 01:24:18,008 Damn it. 1524 01:24:18,011 --> 01:24:19,127 I love you. 1525 01:24:19,137 --> 01:24:21,094 - (BREATHING RAPIDLY) - I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you. 1526 01:24:21,098 --> 01:24:22,384 I hate you! 1527 01:24:22,766 --> 01:24:24,428 (PANTING) Fuck me. Fuck me. 1528 01:24:24,726 --> 01:24:25,762 Fuck you! 1529 01:24:29,314 --> 01:24:30,475 I love you. 1530 01:24:30,482 --> 01:24:31,689 I'm pregnant. 1531 01:24:31,692 --> 01:24:33,058 My goldfish died. 1532 01:24:33,068 --> 01:24:34,229 My hamster died. 1533 01:24:34,528 --> 01:24:35,564 My father's dying. 1534 01:24:35,737 --> 01:24:36,818 I'm pregnant. 1535 01:24:46,081 --> 01:24:47,367 (INAUDIBLE) 1536 01:24:57,217 --> 01:24:58,753 Maybe we should separate. 1537 01:25:20,365 --> 01:25:21,365 (SCOFFS) 1538 01:25:38,800 --> 01:25:39,961 ERIN: Mom! Dad! 1539 01:25:39,968 --> 01:25:41,129 JOSH: Mom! Dad! 1540 01:25:41,136 --> 01:25:42,718 - You ready? - Yeah. 1541 01:25:44,723 --> 01:25:46,806 BEN: (CHUCKLING) Yo! Hey, hey! 1542 01:25:46,808 --> 01:25:50,301 Hey! What's up, buddy? Good to see you. How you doing? 1543 01:25:50,312 --> 01:25:52,019 (SOBBING) 1544 01:25:52,356 --> 01:25:53,356 What's the matter, Mom? 1545 01:25:53,899 --> 01:25:55,515 She just missed you, that's all. 1546 01:25:55,525 --> 01:25:58,142 Oh, you've both just grown so big! 1547 01:25:58,153 --> 01:26:00,691 Yeah! Look at you guys. I hardly recognize you. 1548 01:26:00,697 --> 01:26:02,563 Hey, wait a minute. 1549 01:26:02,574 --> 01:26:03,781 Which one of you is Erin? 1550 01:26:04,534 --> 01:26:05,650 JOSH: Check it out, Dad. 1551 01:26:05,661 --> 01:26:08,529 Whoa! I guess we know what your high is today. 1552 01:26:08,538 --> 01:26:11,451 Look at that. "Best all-around camper." Congratulations, buddy. 1553 01:26:11,458 --> 01:26:13,791 Look at that, Katie. I guess this calls for a celebration! 1554 01:26:13,794 --> 01:26:16,332 Come on, kids! Riverdance! Come on, come on. 1555 01:26:16,338 --> 01:26:18,796 (SINGING) I'm the best all-around riverdancer 1556 01:26:18,799 --> 01:26:22,338 Come on, Katie. Kinda like a Little Latin Lupe Lu thing. Whoa! 1557 01:26:22,344 --> 01:26:24,836 Hey! Now, go with the big finish now! 1558 01:26:24,846 --> 01:26:26,963 - Dad! Dad. - Come on... What? 1559 01:26:26,973 --> 01:26:29,090 - I have to see these kids next summer. - Huh? 1560 01:26:29,101 --> 01:26:30,342 Come on, Dad, we're hungry. 1561 01:26:31,019 --> 01:26:33,102 Okay. All right. 1562 01:26:34,523 --> 01:26:35,684 Okay. 1563 01:26:38,652 --> 01:26:39,893 Let's go home. 1564 01:26:52,624 --> 01:26:55,037 I think we should go to Chow Fun's. 1565 01:27:03,719 --> 01:27:05,130 Chow Fun's? 1566 01:27:07,556 --> 01:27:10,236 I thought we both agreed that we really couldn't talk at Chow Fun's. 1567 01:27:10,684 --> 01:27:11,891 I know. 1568 01:27:13,645 --> 01:27:14,726 What are you saying? 1569 01:27:15,313 --> 01:27:17,225 I'm saying Chow Fun's. 1570 01:27:21,570 --> 01:27:24,813 Are you saying Chow Fun's because you can't face telling the kids? 1571 01:27:24,823 --> 01:27:27,440 Because if that's why you're saying Chow Fun's, don't say Chow Fun's. 1572 01:27:27,451 --> 01:27:28,908 No, that's not why I'm saying Chow Fun's. 1573 01:27:28,910 --> 01:27:31,869 I'm saying Chow Fun's because we are an "us." 1574 01:27:32,831 --> 01:27:35,198 (SIGHS) There's a history here, 1575 01:27:35,625 --> 01:27:38,208 and histories don't happen overnight. 1576 01:27:39,129 --> 01:27:42,372 You know, in Mesopotamia or ancient Troy or somewhere back there, 1577 01:27:42,382 --> 01:27:45,466 there are cities built on top of other cities, 1578 01:27:45,469 --> 01:27:48,928 but I don't want to build another city. I like this city. 1579 01:27:48,930 --> 01:27:50,762 I know where we keep the Bactine 1580 01:27:50,766 --> 01:27:52,758 and what kind of mood you're in when you wake up 1581 01:27:52,768 --> 01:27:54,134 by which eyebrow is higher, 1582 01:27:54,144 --> 01:27:56,978 and you always know that I'm a little quiet in the morning 1583 01:27:56,980 --> 01:27:59,313 and compensate accordingly. 1584 01:27:59,316 --> 01:28:02,275 That's a dance you perfect over time. 1585 01:28:02,277 --> 01:28:05,520 And it's hard. It's much harder than I thought it would be. 1586 01:28:05,530 --> 01:28:07,772 But there's more good than bad, 1587 01:28:07,783 --> 01:28:09,615 and you don't just give up. 1588 01:28:10,076 --> 01:28:11,988 And it's not for the sake of the children. 1589 01:28:11,995 --> 01:28:14,908 But, oh, God, they're great kids, aren't they? 1590 01:28:14,915 --> 01:28:17,783 I mean, God, and we made them. I mean, think about that. 1591 01:28:17,793 --> 01:28:20,331 It's like, there were no people there and then there were people. 1592 01:28:20,337 --> 01:28:22,954 And then they grew, and... 1593 01:28:23,423 --> 01:28:27,292 I won't be able to say to some stranger, "Josh has your hands," 1594 01:28:27,302 --> 01:28:30,886 or, "Remember how Erin threw up at the Lincoln Memorial?" 1595 01:28:30,889 --> 01:28:33,973 Then I'll try to relax. 1596 01:28:34,309 --> 01:28:36,801 (GASPS) Let's face it. 1597 01:28:36,812 --> 01:28:39,225 Anybody's gonna have traits that get on your nerves. 1598 01:28:39,231 --> 01:28:42,065 I mean, why shouldn't it be your annoying traits? 1599 01:28:42,067 --> 01:28:45,310 I'm no day at the beach, but I do have a good sense of direction, 1600 01:28:45,320 --> 01:28:46,982 so at least I can find the beach. 1601 01:28:46,988 --> 01:28:49,776 Which is not a criticism of yours, it's just a... 1602 01:28:49,783 --> 01:28:50,899 (SIGHS) 1603 01:28:50,909 --> 01:28:52,650 A strength of mine. 1604 01:28:52,994 --> 01:28:57,534 God, you're a good friend, and good friends are hard to find. 1605 01:28:59,334 --> 01:29:01,246 Charlotte said that in Charlotte's Web, 1606 01:29:01,253 --> 01:29:03,836 and I love the way you read that to Erin. 1607 01:29:03,839 --> 01:29:07,332 And you take on the voice of Wilbur the pig with such commitment, 1608 01:29:07,342 --> 01:29:09,334 even when you're bone-tired. 1609 01:29:09,344 --> 01:29:12,178 That speaks volumes about character. 1610 01:29:12,180 --> 01:29:13,921 And ultimately, 1611 01:29:13,932 --> 01:29:17,221 isn't that what it comes down to? What a person's made of? 1612 01:29:17,477 --> 01:29:22,393 (SOBBING) Because that girl in the pith helmet is still in here. 1613 01:29:23,191 --> 01:29:25,649 (IMITATES SIREN BLARING) 1614 01:29:26,278 --> 01:29:29,271 I didn't even know she existed until I met you. 1615 01:29:29,698 --> 01:29:31,860 And I'm afraid if you leave, 1616 01:29:31,867 --> 01:29:34,484 I may never see her again. 1617 01:29:34,786 --> 01:29:37,199 Even though I said at times you beat her out of me. 1618 01:29:37,205 --> 01:29:41,290 Isn't that the paradox? Haven't we hit the essential paradox? 1619 01:29:41,293 --> 01:29:44,661 Give and take, push and pull, yin and yang, the best of times, the worst of times. 1620 01:29:44,671 --> 01:29:47,038 I think Dickens said it best. The Jack Sprat of it. 1621 01:29:47,048 --> 01:29:49,791 "He could eat no fat, his wife could eat no lean." 1622 01:29:49,801 --> 01:29:51,918 But that doesn't really apply here, does it? 1623 01:29:51,928 --> 01:29:54,341 I guess what I'm trying to say is, 1624 01:29:55,557 --> 01:29:57,890 I'm saying Chow Fun's because... 1625 01:29:58,602 --> 01:29:59,968 I love you. 1626 01:30:00,812 --> 01:30:03,054 (CONTINUES SOBBING) 1627 01:30:09,237 --> 01:30:11,229 I love you, too. 1628 01:30:18,788 --> 01:30:20,620 Did you hear that, kids? 1629 01:30:20,624 --> 01:30:24,413 (SCREAMING AND LAUGHING) Your mom wants to go to Chow Fun's! 1630 01:30:24,419 --> 01:30:27,457 Isn't that great? Oh, I love Chow Fun's! 1631 01:30:27,464 --> 01:30:30,081 JOSH: Dad, the egg rolls are good, but they're not that good. 1632 01:30:30,091 --> 01:30:32,174 No, no, the egg rolls are fantastic! 1633 01:30:32,177 --> 01:30:34,840 They're warm, crispy, greasy as all hell. 1634 01:30:34,846 --> 01:30:36,087 Everything you want in an egg roll. 1635 01:30:36,097 --> 01:30:37,178 Exactly. 1636 01:30:37,390 --> 01:30:39,382 Okay, High-Low. Erin, you first. 1637 01:30:39,392 --> 01:30:42,726 ERIN: My high for the summer is that Austin Butler wrote me 111 times. 1638 01:30:42,729 --> 01:30:45,312 KATIE: How did you come up with High-Low, anyway? 1639 01:30:45,315 --> 01:30:48,103 BEN: You know, I don't know. But I've got another game. 1640 01:30:48,109 --> 01:30:50,522 I'm thinking of seven words. What are they? 1641 01:30:51,279 --> 01:30:53,145 - Do I get a hint? - No. 1642 01:30:53,156 --> 01:30:54,397 - A category? - No. 1643 01:30:54,407 --> 01:30:56,490 So, they can be any seven words in the English language? 1644 01:30:56,493 --> 01:30:57,609 Yes. That's right. 1645 01:30:57,619 --> 01:30:59,076 Fair enough. 1646 01:30:59,788 --> 01:31:01,950 "MacArthur Park is melting in the dark." 1647 01:31:01,957 --> 01:31:03,118 No. No. 1648 01:31:03,124 --> 01:31:04,365 - No? - No. 1649 01:31:06,044 --> 01:31:08,457 "And they lived happily ever after." 1650 01:31:09,839 --> 01:31:12,547 That's six words, but you're very close. 1651 01:31:13,885 --> 01:31:16,593 "And they lived mostly happily ever after?" 1652 01:31:17,931 --> 01:31:19,263 I hope so. 1653 01:31:20,141 --> 01:31:21,507 I think so. 1654 01:31:23,478 --> 01:31:24,844 Think so? 1655 01:31:25,313 --> 01:31:26,429 I do. 1656 01:31:27,857 --> 01:31:29,098 I do... 1657 01:31:29,609 --> 01:31:30,690 Too. 1658 01:31:37,200 --> 01:31:39,408 (MUSIC PLAYING)