In Treatment (2008–2010): Season 1, Episode 31 - Laura: Week Seven - full transcript
Laura's absence gives Paul the opportunity to connect with Rosie and his oldest son Ian, with mixed results.
Previously on "In Treatment"...
Thanks for seeing me.
I had no one else to talk to.
I thought my hour would be filled already.
No.
I'm really glad that you called.
Really?
Losing a patient is such a big deal?
Losing you is a big deal.
I think it's time for you to know.
Know what?
That I have very deep feelings for you.
What are you talking about,
you're going away for a few days?
It's for a week, actually.
With him?
Where are you going?
To Rome.
Daddy?
Hey.
Ian's being an asshole.
What?
Your son.
Asshole.
Come on, Rosie. He's heading back
to school in, what, two hours?
Don't you at least want to know what he did?
Can you two not get along for just
one lousy weekend, is that not possible?
He washed my iPod.
I had some clothes just sitting on top of
the machine, and he just dumped them in
with the rest of his disgusting sports stuff.
And my iPod was in one of my pockets.
- Jesus.
- I know.
- I can't believe it.
- I know.
Your brother's actually doing laundry?
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You know, it's not funny.
He didn't even offer to pay me back.
What am I supposed to do?
I can't live without my music.
What? Who's that?
Um... hello, hello?
Just -- just one second.
You were saying?
You know, what I love that there's nothing
more important in your life
than that a text message
doesn't take priority.
Uh, I think that my generation
might have a slightly
different relationship with
technology than yours does.
Why don't you try reading a book?
Oh, I'd actually rather die, but thanks.
Come on, dad. Give me a break.
It's a national holiday.
Okay.
How can anybody type so fast? I...
- here, let me see.
- No, dad, no.
No, I just, I just wanna see it.
- Dad, no. It's private.
- Okay, okay, okay, you're right.
What's "musm"?
It's m-u-s-m.
It means "miss you so much."
Oh. Okay.
So, who's...
who's missing you so much?
I, I thought, we were having a conversation.
We really weren't.
So, who's missing you so much?
Relax -- dad.
- Just a friend.
- Boyfriend?
- A friend that's a boy.
- Uh, okay.
So...
so, what's his name?
Uh, he doesn't have a name.
- He, he doesn't have a name?
- Nope.
No, actually he believes that names
are anchors that weigh down the soul.
- Please tell me you're kidding.
- I'm kidding.
His name is Noah.
Noah.
Noah.
From school?
No.
Where from, from where?
Just from around, not from school.
Okay. Well, we're progressing.
Where else is he not from?
- Does it really matter?
- Oh, come on. Indulge me, Rosie, please.
I met him at the center...
and, dad, he's the most amazing musician.
So, he volunteers with you at the center?
No...
he met there with Shelly a couple
of times.
And what was he being treated for, talent?
Okay.
When he was 16,
he had a fight with his stepdad.
So...
So, how old is he now?
He's 18.
Anyway...
he threw a rock through one window
of this guy's SUV,
and the asshole had him
arrested to teach him a lesson.
And, so, the court ordered him to go
to one of the counselors, and,
dad, honestly, Shelly really helped
him to turn it around. He's like
the gentlest, sweetest guy, and
he writes these amazing, beautiful songs.
He just didn't know how to deal
with his feelings before but
now he turns them into lyrics.
18.
So, is he, um...
Is he all done with school?
He works at Kinko's.
Okay? I know, really not great,
but I'm trying to get him a new job.
Uh, in fact, I saw this entry-level job
in the classifieds today.
What?
You've always been really good at that...
taking people under your wing.
- What's wrong with that?
- Nothing. It's, it's...
that's what I love about you.
Sometimes, though, you...
you can help the most by...
establishing boundaries.
Boundaries?
Well, he might be in more need
of a good friend than, say...
a girlfriend.
Okay. I get it.
You're worried that I'm sleeping with him.
No, I'm not worried that
you're sleeping with him.
Should I be?
Worried? Should you be worried?
- No, you shouldn't be worried.
- Okay, okay. Fine. Okay.
The, um, the car window thing --
does he -- does he have a record?
Dad -- really! It was years ago.
Tell me you never made a
stupid mistake when you were a kid.
No, I, I, I just wanted to be clear,
that's all.
Did, did he serve time as the --
for the car window thing?
Okay, you know what?
I have to go because
Noah is robbing a bank this morning, and
I promised him I would drive
the getaway car, so I'll see you.
Wait, Rosie.
No, seriously, dad, I've gotta go.
Rosie, wait.
Please, Rosie, look. Rosie, I'm sorry.
I just wanted to find
out who the boy is, that's all.
I don't think you do, dad.
You just want the basic facts,
the Who, the What and the Where.
Like that's all that matters.
You always do this,
you always ask all the wrong questions.
Okay. Okay.
So -- tell me:
what questions should I be asking?
"Is he nice to you?"
You know,
"Can you talk to him about stuff?"
"Does he make you feel
better about your life?"
I was, I was hoping we'd get around to that.
What, after the interrogation?
I want to be able to talk
to you about stuff, dad...
but not like this.
I mean, what's next?
Oh, I know:
the part where you say, you just
don't want me doing something
- that I'm gonna regret later.
- But, uh,
I don't talk like that, do I?
You make me sound like I'm some sort of --
like I'm a grandmother or something.
Well, yeah, you do.
Do I?
If...
it's like if I, if...
if you knew I was gonna
do something really stupid...
with another guy...
not Noah -- you know,
some other guy, some jerk...
I mean, you would want to stop me
from doing it. Is that it?
Yeah, I, I'd try to help
you look at the risks, yeah.
Yeah.
You know, if...
like, if I -- was gonna -- take off...
with him...
You know, like...
take off to Rome.
What do you know about Rome?
I called her cell phone.
She picked up -- and...
I heard in the background
some guy say something like,
"Where do you want
him to put the tray, Babe?"
Then I heard her shushing him, and...
then her voice got all echoey,
like, she went into the bathroom
to finish the conversation.
That was that.
He sounded really gross, like...
he called her "Babe".
So much for "I just need a
little break from carpooling," right?
I mean, dad, here you are,
trying to stop me from making a mistake,
and she is sleeping
with someone that isn't you.
I don't understand, why.
- Why is she doing that?
- Look, Rosie -- we...
We are trying to work this out...
- together.
- Dad, she is screwing another guy.
- Did this just happen out of the blue?
- Rosie, look...
It's taken a really long time for
your mother and me to get to this point.
What, what your mother did
or, or didn't do isn't --
Wait, wait. Are you saying that
what she's doing isn't wrong?
No, what I'm saying is that it's...
it's a symptom, of,
of something else that's going on.
Okay, okay. Wha-whatever it is,
can you fix it?
- Rosie, I, I, I am trying to work on it.
- How hard?
Because, this whole weekend
with Ian home, it's like, "Dum-de-dum.
Everything is fine,
everything is normal."
Ian is completely oblivious. I, I --
What, what do you want me to do,
break your mother's car windows?
Dad, it worked.
His stepdad never fucked
with him after that again.
Well, it's, it's, it's...
it's a bit extreme, don't you think?
Another man is taking your wife to Rome.
Isn't that pretty extreme?
Why is she doing this to us?
Rosie...
Just...
please, tell me that you will fix it, okay?
Please, tell me you'll fix this.
Hey.
Hey.
You know where the good down pillow
on my bed went? I wanted to
take it with me, and mom said,
you might know where it is.
Yeah. I, uh, I sometimes nap down here.
Grab.
So, are you, uh...
are you all set to go?
Yeah, pretty much.
Would you mind hanging out
for about 15 minutes
until... until your mom and Max get back?
She just called me
from the sporting goods store.
Yeah, definitely.
I've never heard anyone
so excited about getting to wear a cup.
He'd be really, uh, happy if you, uh...
if you went to see him in one of his games.
It'd mean a lot to him...
to have his brother come down
and watch him play,
even if you had to cut
out of school one Friday.
You know, you sound exactly like mom, right?
I mean, how do you do that, anyway?
You got her voice coming out of your body.
It's like, um...
it's like, whatcha call it, uh...
- Ve-Ventriloquism.
- Yeah. Yeah, that.
So, what do I, why no morning patient?
I thought, uh... that everyone's
always fighting for those early slots.
Uhh, it changes, you know. They come, they go.
I've had a few patients that...
that have left.
Really? Cured?
- Well...
- Congrats.
- Is, uh... is that weird?
- What?
You spend all this time with these people,
helping them deal with their shit,
and then they're gone.
I mean, is it like me going off
to college again?
"Goodbye, good luck -- don't be a stranger"?
I think, I think, you're forgetting, I was
the one who encouraged you to go to college.
- Because of Chloe.
- Not because of...
No, no, it's cool. You were right
about her, you know, uh...
We weren't meant for each other.
I just, I couldn't see it.
Well, I don't remember
it had anything to do with --
Okay, dad. You know, I, I...
I don't know if I even loved her.
Maybe I did, I...
- What do you think?
- I don't know.
I don't know the answer to that.
Do you ever talk to her?
She called once and left a message.
I left her a message, blah, blah, blah.
So, uh... are you seeing anybody
at the moment?
Lots of girls right now.
It's just not happening for me.
I don't know, if I'm having
a midlife crisis at 20,
does that mean, I'm not
going to live past 40?
It's not a midlife crisis, believe me.
You would know, wouldn't you?
Yeah.
So, how many girls are we talking about?
Come on, dad.
I just want a... like a...
Approximately, how many?... I'm curious.
I don't know. Maybe, like, uh...
- four or five.
- Four or five? Wow.
You slept with five girls?
Is that, is that just counting this year?
Look, five is nothing, okay?
Henry, my roommate --
he told me that, if anyone asks,
to just round up.
- Apparently five is total Loserville.
- Really?... Wow.
The truth is, I get bored.
Three months, you know, that's,
that's as long as they ever last.
Chloe, she -- was nine months...
but, I mean...
the last two didn't really count
'cause she was away and I was away.
And anyway, I was...
I was cheating on her with Maggie.
You remember Maggie,
right, the -- violin player?
Yeah. You were cheating...
You were cheating on Chloe with Maggie?
What can I say, man?
There was a lot of beer involved.
Have you... have you spoken to Rosie lately?
About what?
I think that, um... I think,
you should know that...
well, there's... there's been
some stuff going on between...
between your mother and me, yeah?
I, I thought, maybe...
maybe Rosie had mentioned it?
What kind of stuff?
I don't know, we, we've...
we've been having problems.
You guys are always having problems.
Really? You think so?
Yeah. What else is new?
Well, this stuff is new...
and, uh...
well, it's, it's, it's something that --
we really have to work on.
Well, it sounds big.
Like sleep with someone else, did you?
No, no, no. No.
Did mom?
Look, Ian, I...
Is mom having an affair?
No, she's not, it's, uh...
It's me, actually.
I've, uh... I, I met somebody, and...
But we're not -- having -- an affair.
Wow... um...
Do I know her?
No, I don't think so.
Is she a -- patient?
No. No, she's not a patient.
Are -- are you happy or are you miserable
about it? I can't tell.
I'm both.
I know, it sounds crazy,
but there's a part of me that...
that wishes I...
I didn't feel the way I do,
and then there's...
Are you, are you in love with her?
I don't know. I'm not sure.
So...
Are you and mom splitting up?
We're, we're trying to...
to work it out -- at the moment.
Maybe it's for the best.
You guys been married a long time,
I mean, longer than I've been alive.
That's pretty good.
I'd say, you're entitled to have some fun.
Didn't I say that to you?
- When?
- When you first went to school.
About, uh, Chloe, I said,
"You're 18 years of age now,
and you're entitled to have some fun."
- Do you remember that?
- And so what, you know,
I told you, you were probably right.
Why don't you take your own advice?
But that's a completely different situation.
You were just a kid.
I've been married for over 20 years.
It's ridiculous, you don't even...
You don't know
what you're talking about, really.
I am sorry, but what do you
want me to say, dad?
"I think, you're a total asshole shithead?"
Well, maybe you should say,
I'm a total asshole and a shithead,
because I think, that's what you're thinking.
Whatever, dad. This is stupid.
Look... Ian, you know... when...
I know, when my parents split up, I...
I had to struggle for a long time.
- In some ways, I'm not even sure that I --
- Well, I'm not you, dad.
What, what do you want me to say?
"Please, don't leave.
What are you doing to our family?"
I mean...
Or, maybe, you just want me to stop you?
Look, I get it, okay?
I, I get why you'd want to be
with someone else.
I can understand how, after 23 years
of marriage, you get tired of stuff.
All the nagging and all those --
long, suffering
silent, but deadly looks that
she gives you when you let her down.
I mean, she does it to Rosie, to me...
everything from some tone
you're using in your voice
- to leaving a wet towel on the bed.
- They're issues that you have with her.
They're not necessarily mine.
You think, it's so different with you?
You don't feel like she's always just --
disappointed or something?
I mean, the woman has got a martyr complex.
I don't know how you could deal with it.
Martyr?
That woman put her career
on hold for 15 years for you.
She took you to baseball games,
she took you to guitar lessons,
she was always there for you.
I think, she's entitled to some kind of
gratitude along the line, don't you think?
I know.
I didn't mean -- to...
- Just -- whatever.
- Don't say that word to me,
"Whatever", I -- God, I hate that word.
- "Whatever", it's such a cop-out.
- What do you want me to say?
I want you to have a little
respect for your mother.
That's all. Is that too much to ask?
I do, but is it so impossible that
I could be genuinely on your side?
But you don't have to take sides, Ian.
I'm not asking you to take sides.
Maybe it wasn't -- fair of me to...
- I know, this is a lot for you to deal with.
- That's a cop-out, okay?
You can't have it both ways, dad.
I'm old enough to tell,
but I'm too young to understand it?
- Don't patronize me.
- I don't mean to patronize you, I don't.
You know -- something like this
takes a long time to -- process.
I know you have these feelings.
I just want us to be able to...
to talk about them, you know?
This isn't about me.
It's not about what I feel
or why I feel it. It's about you.
What are you gonna do?
What do you want?
Thanks for seeing me.
I had no one else to talk to.
I thought my hour would be filled already.
No.
I'm really glad that you called.
Really?
Losing a patient is such a big deal?
Losing you is a big deal.
I think it's time for you to know.
Know what?
That I have very deep feelings for you.
What are you talking about,
you're going away for a few days?
It's for a week, actually.
With him?
Where are you going?
To Rome.
Daddy?
Hey.
Ian's being an asshole.
What?
Your son.
Asshole.
Come on, Rosie. He's heading back
to school in, what, two hours?
Don't you at least want to know what he did?
Can you two not get along for just
one lousy weekend, is that not possible?
He washed my iPod.
I had some clothes just sitting on top of
the machine, and he just dumped them in
with the rest of his disgusting sports stuff.
And my iPod was in one of my pockets.
- Jesus.
- I know.
- I can't believe it.
- I know.
Your brother's actually doing laundry?
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You know, it's not funny.
He didn't even offer to pay me back.
What am I supposed to do?
I can't live without my music.
What? Who's that?
Um... hello, hello?
Just -- just one second.
You were saying?
You know, what I love that there's nothing
more important in your life
than that a text message
doesn't take priority.
Uh, I think that my generation
might have a slightly
different relationship with
technology than yours does.
Why don't you try reading a book?
Oh, I'd actually rather die, but thanks.
Come on, dad. Give me a break.
It's a national holiday.
Okay.
How can anybody type so fast? I...
- here, let me see.
- No, dad, no.
No, I just, I just wanna see it.
- Dad, no. It's private.
- Okay, okay, okay, you're right.
What's "musm"?
It's m-u-s-m.
It means "miss you so much."
Oh. Okay.
So, who's...
who's missing you so much?
I, I thought, we were having a conversation.
We really weren't.
So, who's missing you so much?
Relax -- dad.
- Just a friend.
- Boyfriend?
- A friend that's a boy.
- Uh, okay.
So...
so, what's his name?
Uh, he doesn't have a name.
- He, he doesn't have a name?
- Nope.
No, actually he believes that names
are anchors that weigh down the soul.
- Please tell me you're kidding.
- I'm kidding.
His name is Noah.
Noah.
Noah.
From school?
No.
Where from, from where?
Just from around, not from school.
Okay. Well, we're progressing.
Where else is he not from?
- Does it really matter?
- Oh, come on. Indulge me, Rosie, please.
I met him at the center...
and, dad, he's the most amazing musician.
So, he volunteers with you at the center?
No...
he met there with Shelly a couple
of times.
And what was he being treated for, talent?
Okay.
When he was 16,
he had a fight with his stepdad.
So...
So, how old is he now?
He's 18.
Anyway...
he threw a rock through one window
of this guy's SUV,
and the asshole had him
arrested to teach him a lesson.
And, so, the court ordered him to go
to one of the counselors, and,
dad, honestly, Shelly really helped
him to turn it around. He's like
the gentlest, sweetest guy, and
he writes these amazing, beautiful songs.
He just didn't know how to deal
with his feelings before but
now he turns them into lyrics.
18.
So, is he, um...
Is he all done with school?
He works at Kinko's.
Okay? I know, really not great,
but I'm trying to get him a new job.
Uh, in fact, I saw this entry-level job
in the classifieds today.
What?
You've always been really good at that...
taking people under your wing.
- What's wrong with that?
- Nothing. It's, it's...
that's what I love about you.
Sometimes, though, you...
you can help the most by...
establishing boundaries.
Boundaries?
Well, he might be in more need
of a good friend than, say...
a girlfriend.
Okay. I get it.
You're worried that I'm sleeping with him.
No, I'm not worried that
you're sleeping with him.
Should I be?
Worried? Should you be worried?
- No, you shouldn't be worried.
- Okay, okay. Fine. Okay.
The, um, the car window thing --
does he -- does he have a record?
Dad -- really! It was years ago.
Tell me you never made a
stupid mistake when you were a kid.
No, I, I, I just wanted to be clear,
that's all.
Did, did he serve time as the --
for the car window thing?
Okay, you know what?
I have to go because
Noah is robbing a bank this morning, and
I promised him I would drive
the getaway car, so I'll see you.
Wait, Rosie.
No, seriously, dad, I've gotta go.
Rosie, wait.
Please, Rosie, look. Rosie, I'm sorry.
I just wanted to find
out who the boy is, that's all.
I don't think you do, dad.
You just want the basic facts,
the Who, the What and the Where.
Like that's all that matters.
You always do this,
you always ask all the wrong questions.
Okay. Okay.
So -- tell me:
what questions should I be asking?
"Is he nice to you?"
You know,
"Can you talk to him about stuff?"
"Does he make you feel
better about your life?"
I was, I was hoping we'd get around to that.
What, after the interrogation?
I want to be able to talk
to you about stuff, dad...
but not like this.
I mean, what's next?
Oh, I know:
the part where you say, you just
don't want me doing something
- that I'm gonna regret later.
- But, uh,
I don't talk like that, do I?
You make me sound like I'm some sort of --
like I'm a grandmother or something.
Well, yeah, you do.
Do I?
If...
it's like if I, if...
if you knew I was gonna
do something really stupid...
with another guy...
not Noah -- you know,
some other guy, some jerk...
I mean, you would want to stop me
from doing it. Is that it?
Yeah, I, I'd try to help
you look at the risks, yeah.
Yeah.
You know, if...
like, if I -- was gonna -- take off...
with him...
You know, like...
take off to Rome.
What do you know about Rome?
I called her cell phone.
She picked up -- and...
I heard in the background
some guy say something like,
"Where do you want
him to put the tray, Babe?"
Then I heard her shushing him, and...
then her voice got all echoey,
like, she went into the bathroom
to finish the conversation.
That was that.
He sounded really gross, like...
he called her "Babe".
So much for "I just need a
little break from carpooling," right?
I mean, dad, here you are,
trying to stop me from making a mistake,
and she is sleeping
with someone that isn't you.
I don't understand, why.
- Why is she doing that?
- Look, Rosie -- we...
We are trying to work this out...
- together.
- Dad, she is screwing another guy.
- Did this just happen out of the blue?
- Rosie, look...
It's taken a really long time for
your mother and me to get to this point.
What, what your mother did
or, or didn't do isn't --
Wait, wait. Are you saying that
what she's doing isn't wrong?
No, what I'm saying is that it's...
it's a symptom, of,
of something else that's going on.
Okay, okay. Wha-whatever it is,
can you fix it?
- Rosie, I, I, I am trying to work on it.
- How hard?
Because, this whole weekend
with Ian home, it's like, "Dum-de-dum.
Everything is fine,
everything is normal."
Ian is completely oblivious. I, I --
What, what do you want me to do,
break your mother's car windows?
Dad, it worked.
His stepdad never fucked
with him after that again.
Well, it's, it's, it's...
it's a bit extreme, don't you think?
Another man is taking your wife to Rome.
Isn't that pretty extreme?
Why is she doing this to us?
Rosie...
Just...
please, tell me that you will fix it, okay?
Please, tell me you'll fix this.
Hey.
Hey.
You know where the good down pillow
on my bed went? I wanted to
take it with me, and mom said,
you might know where it is.
Yeah. I, uh, I sometimes nap down here.
Grab.
So, are you, uh...
are you all set to go?
Yeah, pretty much.
Would you mind hanging out
for about 15 minutes
until... until your mom and Max get back?
She just called me
from the sporting goods store.
Yeah, definitely.
I've never heard anyone
so excited about getting to wear a cup.
He'd be really, uh, happy if you, uh...
if you went to see him in one of his games.
It'd mean a lot to him...
to have his brother come down
and watch him play,
even if you had to cut
out of school one Friday.
You know, you sound exactly like mom, right?
I mean, how do you do that, anyway?
You got her voice coming out of your body.
It's like, um...
it's like, whatcha call it, uh...
- Ve-Ventriloquism.
- Yeah. Yeah, that.
So, what do I, why no morning patient?
I thought, uh... that everyone's
always fighting for those early slots.
Uhh, it changes, you know. They come, they go.
I've had a few patients that...
that have left.
Really? Cured?
- Well...
- Congrats.
- Is, uh... is that weird?
- What?
You spend all this time with these people,
helping them deal with their shit,
and then they're gone.
I mean, is it like me going off
to college again?
"Goodbye, good luck -- don't be a stranger"?
I think, I think, you're forgetting, I was
the one who encouraged you to go to college.
- Because of Chloe.
- Not because of...
No, no, it's cool. You were right
about her, you know, uh...
We weren't meant for each other.
I just, I couldn't see it.
Well, I don't remember
it had anything to do with --
Okay, dad. You know, I, I...
I don't know if I even loved her.
Maybe I did, I...
- What do you think?
- I don't know.
I don't know the answer to that.
Do you ever talk to her?
She called once and left a message.
I left her a message, blah, blah, blah.
So, uh... are you seeing anybody
at the moment?
Lots of girls right now.
It's just not happening for me.
I don't know, if I'm having
a midlife crisis at 20,
does that mean, I'm not
going to live past 40?
It's not a midlife crisis, believe me.
You would know, wouldn't you?
Yeah.
So, how many girls are we talking about?
Come on, dad.
I just want a... like a...
Approximately, how many?... I'm curious.
I don't know. Maybe, like, uh...
- four or five.
- Four or five? Wow.
You slept with five girls?
Is that, is that just counting this year?
Look, five is nothing, okay?
Henry, my roommate --
he told me that, if anyone asks,
to just round up.
- Apparently five is total Loserville.
- Really?... Wow.
The truth is, I get bored.
Three months, you know, that's,
that's as long as they ever last.
Chloe, she -- was nine months...
but, I mean...
the last two didn't really count
'cause she was away and I was away.
And anyway, I was...
I was cheating on her with Maggie.
You remember Maggie,
right, the -- violin player?
Yeah. You were cheating...
You were cheating on Chloe with Maggie?
What can I say, man?
There was a lot of beer involved.
Have you... have you spoken to Rosie lately?
About what?
I think that, um... I think,
you should know that...
well, there's... there's been
some stuff going on between...
between your mother and me, yeah?
I, I thought, maybe...
maybe Rosie had mentioned it?
What kind of stuff?
I don't know, we, we've...
we've been having problems.
You guys are always having problems.
Really? You think so?
Yeah. What else is new?
Well, this stuff is new...
and, uh...
well, it's, it's, it's something that --
we really have to work on.
Well, it sounds big.
Like sleep with someone else, did you?
No, no, no. No.
Did mom?
Look, Ian, I...
Is mom having an affair?
No, she's not, it's, uh...
It's me, actually.
I've, uh... I, I met somebody, and...
But we're not -- having -- an affair.
Wow... um...
Do I know her?
No, I don't think so.
Is she a -- patient?
No. No, she's not a patient.
Are -- are you happy or are you miserable
about it? I can't tell.
I'm both.
I know, it sounds crazy,
but there's a part of me that...
that wishes I...
I didn't feel the way I do,
and then there's...
Are you, are you in love with her?
I don't know. I'm not sure.
So...
Are you and mom splitting up?
We're, we're trying to...
to work it out -- at the moment.
Maybe it's for the best.
You guys been married a long time,
I mean, longer than I've been alive.
That's pretty good.
I'd say, you're entitled to have some fun.
Didn't I say that to you?
- When?
- When you first went to school.
About, uh, Chloe, I said,
"You're 18 years of age now,
and you're entitled to have some fun."
- Do you remember that?
- And so what, you know,
I told you, you were probably right.
Why don't you take your own advice?
But that's a completely different situation.
You were just a kid.
I've been married for over 20 years.
It's ridiculous, you don't even...
You don't know
what you're talking about, really.
I am sorry, but what do you
want me to say, dad?
"I think, you're a total asshole shithead?"
Well, maybe you should say,
I'm a total asshole and a shithead,
because I think, that's what you're thinking.
Whatever, dad. This is stupid.
Look... Ian, you know... when...
I know, when my parents split up, I...
I had to struggle for a long time.
- In some ways, I'm not even sure that I --
- Well, I'm not you, dad.
What, what do you want me to say?
"Please, don't leave.
What are you doing to our family?"
I mean...
Or, maybe, you just want me to stop you?
Look, I get it, okay?
I, I get why you'd want to be
with someone else.
I can understand how, after 23 years
of marriage, you get tired of stuff.
All the nagging and all those --
long, suffering
silent, but deadly looks that
she gives you when you let her down.
I mean, she does it to Rosie, to me...
everything from some tone
you're using in your voice
- to leaving a wet towel on the bed.
- They're issues that you have with her.
They're not necessarily mine.
You think, it's so different with you?
You don't feel like she's always just --
disappointed or something?
I mean, the woman has got a martyr complex.
I don't know how you could deal with it.
Martyr?
That woman put her career
on hold for 15 years for you.
She took you to baseball games,
she took you to guitar lessons,
she was always there for you.
I think, she's entitled to some kind of
gratitude along the line, don't you think?
I know.
I didn't mean -- to...
- Just -- whatever.
- Don't say that word to me,
"Whatever", I -- God, I hate that word.
- "Whatever", it's such a cop-out.
- What do you want me to say?
I want you to have a little
respect for your mother.
That's all. Is that too much to ask?
I do, but is it so impossible that
I could be genuinely on your side?
But you don't have to take sides, Ian.
I'm not asking you to take sides.
Maybe it wasn't -- fair of me to...
- I know, this is a lot for you to deal with.
- That's a cop-out, okay?
You can't have it both ways, dad.
I'm old enough to tell,
but I'm too young to understand it?
- Don't patronize me.
- I don't mean to patronize you, I don't.
You know -- something like this
takes a long time to -- process.
I know you have these feelings.
I just want us to be able to...
to talk about them, you know?
This isn't about me.
It's not about what I feel
or why I feel it. It's about you.
What are you gonna do?
What do you want?