Sessions (1991–…): Season 1, Episode 3 - Dogs in the Night - full transcript
? My analyst told me
? that I was right out of my head ?
? the way he described it
? he said I'd be better dead than alive ?
? I didn't listen to his jive
? I knew all along
that the cat was all wrong ?
? and I knew that he thought
? I was crazy, but I'm not
? oh, no
? oh, no
? my analyst told me
? that I was right out of my head ?
? he said I'd need treatment
? but I'm not that easily led
? he said I was the type
that was most inclined ?
? when out of his sight
to be out of my mind ?
? and he thought I was nuts
? no more ifs or ands or buts, oh, no ?
? oh, no
? oh, no
? my analyst told me
? that I was right out of my head ?
? but I said dear doctor
? I think that it's you instead ?
? because I have got
? a thing unique and new
? it proves that I'll have
the last laugh on you ?
? because instead of one head
? I've got two
? and you know two heads
are better than one ?
This cat is twisted.
[barking]
Aah!
Whatever happened to nice dreams,
Like the one about getting
trapped on a train
With Angie Dickinson?
Why can't I have that one?
Now I get monster dogs.
Sounds pretty awful.
I've been having that death dream
a lot lately.
What makes you think
it's a dream about death?
There are eight Nazi Dobermans
trying to rip me up.
That speaks for itself.
Grrr! Ruff!
Interesting dream.
What do you think it's about?
Let's not talk about it.
Ok, we won't.
Let's talk about why you
don't want to talk about it.
After a year of this,
I should have known not to bring it up.
Why did you?
If I didn't, you'd want to know why,
And you'd read into that.
How would I know you had the dream?
Because psychiatrists know these things.
Right. We know when you're sleeping,
And we know when you're awake.
Come on, Dan.
What are you thinking?
Me?
Nothing.
It was a pretty good week.
I nailed down the Midwest account.
Yeah.
I may not log as many hours
As the younger partners at work,
But my legal skills
are as good as anyone's.
Liddon himself congratulated me.
That's nice--being appreciated
for what you do.
Yeah.
What do I do?
I go to work. I come home. I get into bed.
And I think, "Wasn't I just here?"
A week is one big day
where I change clothes.
But you know that. That's why I'm here.
I don't know.
Is everything in life going faster
Or does it just seem that way?
No, things aren't going faster.
I think we're just getting slower.
Thanks. You're supposed
to make me feel better.
Who said?
Well, it was a fairly uneventful weekend.
I spent some time with the kids,
Away from the office.
They're great.
Brian's getting quite a pitching arm.
Atta-boy, Bri.
If he wants to, we'll sue.
It's quality time.
Let's see. What else?
Things with Carol are fine.
It's been quiet.
And how's Annie?
She's all right.
She--
She had her first date this weekend.
No kidding. That's a milestone.
She didn't tell me anything about it
Because I'm just dad.
Daddy, just make up your mind.
What is the blackened pasta?
You don't go to a diner
for blackened pasta.
It's on the menu.
It's a tube pasta.
It's made with the ink of, uh... Hold on.
Harold, what's that animal's name?
Squid.
Squid.
The ink of a squid.
It's really weird, but good.
Myself, I had my gall bladder out,
so I can't eat it.
But some people love it.
Daddy, just order.
Feed me!
He'll have a club sandwich.
I don't like club sandwiches.
Yes, you do.
What kind of bread is that on?
We've got them all-- wheat, rye...
With seeds?
I can't stand it.
Honey, where are you going?
To the bathroom to eat soap.
What kind do they have?
The good part about
your kids getting older
Is not having to order things
with funny names.
"we'll have the steak, the veal piccata,
And the Gee Willickers salad."
How did it go?
What?
Annie's date.
Oh, I don't know.
I don't think I handled that too well.
Everyone says, "When your daughter
"goes on her first date,
It's the greatest night of your life."
That's what kind of life my friends have.
The blue sweater is nice.
No! I hate my clothes!
Will you stop?
She's going to go and have a good time.
How do you know?
She's never been out before.
Yes, she has.
Saturday afternoon with 37 kids.
This kid has a car.
They're going to be in a car.
Tell her to wear her seat belt.
What are you worried about?
What if he makes a pass?
She'll deal with it.
I'm not talking about her. What about me?
If you want a 17-year-old boy
to hug you, let me know.
Very, very funny.
Dad! Turn around!
You didn't tell me he was here.
What about the pink top
with the rhinestones?
I look ugly in that.
What's wrong with looking
a little ugly on a date?
What? Looks shouldn't be important.
She should dress as plain
and boring as possible.
You must have been a fun date.
The pink is darling.
Not!
How can you be so calm and collected?
Hey, I went on a first date once,
and I survived.
It was fine. We went to the movies.
He wore a tie and jacket.
We saw send me no flowers.
He drove me home
but was too shy to come in.
I tapped on his car window,
And I told him I had a nice time.
Later, he climbed up the trellis
into my bedroom,
And we fucked our brains out
for three days.
And my parents never knew.
You're vicious. Do you know that?
You really are vicious.
You're not taking this seriously.
I'm taking it very seriously.
I'm just not taking it personally.
You know what it is?
To Carol, it's fun.
It's dress-up.
It's mothers and daughters
And the red one or the blue one.
But to boys, it's--
Well, it's hard for fathers.
I remember what we were like at that age.
What?
Vikings.
Are you kidding me?
I got strap.
You touched bra?
Hand up back of her sweater,
Bra strap against skin.
[laughs]
Yeah, Danny. You didn't get anything.
You didn't even talk to any girls.
I know.
That makes them want you more.
You give them that James Dean,
Rebel without a cause.
James Dean doesn't go home at 9:Oo.
James Dean's always the last one to leave.
I miss him. What a loss.
You think I went home?
Yeah.
I was out back by the garage.
Rosemary Fortunato and I behind the garage.
Bull. You and Rosemary Fortunato?
She--she's a senior.
You got bra?
Me? Skin.
You got-- you got tit?
You got bare tit?
How did you unlock the bra?
You swear to god that you got bare tit
Off Rosemary Fortunato?
Hey, you think James Dean would tell?
Viking!
Whew!
[doorbell rings]
I'm not ready.
Oh!
Where are you going?
I'm going to let him in.
The father should answer it.
Ok. You ok?
Yeah. I'm under control.
Hey, it's a 16-year-old boy.
Hi, mr. Carver.
I'm here for your daughter.
Like a character in one
of those ice shows--
Like penis on ice.
I tried to be polite.
I just couldn't be
in the same room with him.
Well, uh... It's here.
What if he hates me?
He asked you out.
He'll get to know me and then hate me.
What?
The silver belt.
Dan, say something nice to her.
Do you think he's cute, daddy?
Um...
Dan.
He's--
I-I don't know that personally
I would choose the word "cute."
What am I supposed to say? He's cute?
The kid on the wonder years is cute.
It sounds like a nightmare.
You're laughing. You think it's funny.
It's not funny, Dan.
The imagery's funny. Your pain isn't.
My daughter's going out with boys.
Boys are not funny. They want sex.
All they think about is sex and food.
Everything's up for grabs.
And the way boys talk about girls--
"Did you score? Did you nail her?
Did you bang her?"
That's a confidence builder.
Like with you and Rosemary Fortunato.
Yeah.
If I tell you something,
Do you promise not to tell?
Who am I going to tell?
I never did anything with
Rosemary Fortunato.
I don't know.
I guess I was getting tired of hearing
You know.
So I got the loosest girl--
You know what I mean by "loosest."
I have a good idea.
That was Rosemary Fortunato.
I took her out in back of the garage,
Which is where everyone went
Because it was private,
And we started kissing and stuff.
Uh-huh.
Then I got real nervous and scared.
Of what?
I don't know.
It's my first time.
I mean, what if I don't do it right?
What if she laughs?
What--
It was amazing.
It was exactly like every
one of my fantasies,
Except the grass was wet.
It was the first naked
breast I'd ever seen
Without a page number
Or a staple in the middle of it.
It looked so different in person
Than on the page.
Someday, someone will talk
about Annie like this.
Some 40-year-old degenerate's
Going to be lying on a couch
somewhere and...
Dan.
What?
First of all, you're 42, not 40--
Just a reality check here.
Secondly, you are not a degenerate.
What did you do that was so wrong?
First of all, I lied.
I didn't get anything.
We didn't do anything.
I wasn't a viking. I was a sheepherder.
I mean, they were out there.
The moment was mine, and I didn't want it.
I felt like--
I felt like something was--I don't know.
Wrong. It was wrong.
Because the grass was wet?
Because what was real
was different than your fantasy?
I felt bad for her.
We hardly knew each other.
She didn't even like me.
Suddenly she just--
She had this sadness about her,
And I didn't want to take
advantage of her.
I mean, I wanted to--desperately.
But I just felt like I wouldn't like me.
You were a very decent kid.
I think it's great you felt that way.
It was another year
before I got another shot at it.
Thank god I learned
to lower my standards.
That's the first time anyone said
I was a decent kid.
Well, you were.
Did you ever think that some of the boys
Annie will be dating could be like you,
And that that might not be so bad?
I don't know.
When I left Annie in her room there,
She looked so sad.
She looked so worried about herself.
I wanted to say something great,
Something supportive.
How do I look? Do you think I look ready?
I-I really have to lie down, honey.
It's my sinuses.
She only needed a nice word,
And I couldn't come through.
I'm her father, I love her,
And I can't say, "Have a great time."
I don't want her to have a great time--
An OK time, but not great.
A lot of parents feel that way.
I didn't think I'd be one of them.
I'm like my parents.
Every step I made towards
being independent,
They'd make sure to drain
all the joy out of it.
Now I'm doing the same thing,
Passing on--
It's like being in this giant relay race,
Where you get handed this baton of misery
That you pass from one
generation to the next.
I don't know.
It's just hard watching them grow up.
It's great, but it's awful.
I don't like the feeling
that my job is over.
Your job isn't over.
I know.
It's not over. It just changes.
Do you have kids?
Yeah.
Until you've held that tush in one hand,
Felt the heartbeats against your chest
As you fall asleep,
You can't know.
You don't know what it's like
To stop someone from crying
By rubbing their head with your finger.
Watching Annie go
And knowing for that one little moment
She didn't need me anymore--
Yeah, she needs me in a different way.
That way is over.
So, did Annie have a good time?
They kissed.
She told you?
Are you kidding?
No. It was obvious from her
lipstick they'd been kissing--
The tell-tale smudge.
Maybe they weren't kissing.
Maybe she learned how to put on
lipstick from Lucille Ball.
Anyway, other than that,
She came home right on time.
She was very responsible.
Carol was in her usual
position on the couch,
Sleeping in that middle-aged way.
[door opens]
Yeah, they'd been kissing.
Hi.
Hi.
Did you have a nice time?
Yeah, it was ok.
We saw Friday the 13th,
part 30, or something.
Ah, a cultural event.
Yeah, they'd been kissing.
We didn't kiss or anything.
She was lying to me.
I mean, am I not supposed
to say anything?
I can't tell her she looks
like Emmett Kelly?
Take it!
Who do you
think you are?
You grow up. You get older. You die.
Take it!
Come on, take it.
Take it!
Come on now, take it!
I'm glad you had a good time, honey.
And that color's really nice on you.
The dress--it's pink.
Thanks, dad.
It's a blouse.
It still looks good.
Well, good night.
Good night.
Annie--
I love you.
Even when we don't get along?
Don't--?
Come here, you. Come here.
Mmm.
We get along.
Yeah, but sometimes I just--
I'm not--
No, honey.
It's not you.
You're great.
What you're doing is great.
I'm the one--
It's fathers and daughters.
I mean, I had a brother.
My dad had two boys.
And boys and boys--
You sit at a table boy-girl, boy-girl.
Boys only talk to boys,
even across the girls.
I know what you mean.
You do?
Yeah.
Good.
I'm glad we had this conversation.
Me, too.
Good night, honey.
Good night, daddy.
That part was good.
The "good night" was all right.
You're learning.
Why does it go so fast?
You want things to stay still,
But they keep coming.
It's relentless.
Like dogs in the night.
Yeah.
Well, see you next time.
Next time.
? that I was right out of my head ?
? the way he described it
? he said I'd be better dead than alive ?
? I didn't listen to his jive
? I knew all along
that the cat was all wrong ?
? and I knew that he thought
? I was crazy, but I'm not
? oh, no
? oh, no
? my analyst told me
? that I was right out of my head ?
? he said I'd need treatment
? but I'm not that easily led
? he said I was the type
that was most inclined ?
? when out of his sight
to be out of my mind ?
? and he thought I was nuts
? no more ifs or ands or buts, oh, no ?
? oh, no
? oh, no
? my analyst told me
? that I was right out of my head ?
? but I said dear doctor
? I think that it's you instead ?
? because I have got
? a thing unique and new
? it proves that I'll have
the last laugh on you ?
? because instead of one head
? I've got two
? and you know two heads
are better than one ?
This cat is twisted.
[barking]
Aah!
Whatever happened to nice dreams,
Like the one about getting
trapped on a train
With Angie Dickinson?
Why can't I have that one?
Now I get monster dogs.
Sounds pretty awful.
I've been having that death dream
a lot lately.
What makes you think
it's a dream about death?
There are eight Nazi Dobermans
trying to rip me up.
That speaks for itself.
Grrr! Ruff!
Interesting dream.
What do you think it's about?
Let's not talk about it.
Ok, we won't.
Let's talk about why you
don't want to talk about it.
After a year of this,
I should have known not to bring it up.
Why did you?
If I didn't, you'd want to know why,
And you'd read into that.
How would I know you had the dream?
Because psychiatrists know these things.
Right. We know when you're sleeping,
And we know when you're awake.
Come on, Dan.
What are you thinking?
Me?
Nothing.
It was a pretty good week.
I nailed down the Midwest account.
Yeah.
I may not log as many hours
As the younger partners at work,
But my legal skills
are as good as anyone's.
Liddon himself congratulated me.
That's nice--being appreciated
for what you do.
Yeah.
What do I do?
I go to work. I come home. I get into bed.
And I think, "Wasn't I just here?"
A week is one big day
where I change clothes.
But you know that. That's why I'm here.
I don't know.
Is everything in life going faster
Or does it just seem that way?
No, things aren't going faster.
I think we're just getting slower.
Thanks. You're supposed
to make me feel better.
Who said?
Well, it was a fairly uneventful weekend.
I spent some time with the kids,
Away from the office.
They're great.
Brian's getting quite a pitching arm.
Atta-boy, Bri.
If he wants to, we'll sue.
It's quality time.
Let's see. What else?
Things with Carol are fine.
It's been quiet.
And how's Annie?
She's all right.
She--
She had her first date this weekend.
No kidding. That's a milestone.
She didn't tell me anything about it
Because I'm just dad.
Daddy, just make up your mind.
What is the blackened pasta?
You don't go to a diner
for blackened pasta.
It's on the menu.
It's a tube pasta.
It's made with the ink of, uh... Hold on.
Harold, what's that animal's name?
Squid.
Squid.
The ink of a squid.
It's really weird, but good.
Myself, I had my gall bladder out,
so I can't eat it.
But some people love it.
Daddy, just order.
Feed me!
He'll have a club sandwich.
I don't like club sandwiches.
Yes, you do.
What kind of bread is that on?
We've got them all-- wheat, rye...
With seeds?
I can't stand it.
Honey, where are you going?
To the bathroom to eat soap.
What kind do they have?
The good part about
your kids getting older
Is not having to order things
with funny names.
"we'll have the steak, the veal piccata,
And the Gee Willickers salad."
How did it go?
What?
Annie's date.
Oh, I don't know.
I don't think I handled that too well.
Everyone says, "When your daughter
"goes on her first date,
It's the greatest night of your life."
That's what kind of life my friends have.
The blue sweater is nice.
No! I hate my clothes!
Will you stop?
She's going to go and have a good time.
How do you know?
She's never been out before.
Yes, she has.
Saturday afternoon with 37 kids.
This kid has a car.
They're going to be in a car.
Tell her to wear her seat belt.
What are you worried about?
What if he makes a pass?
She'll deal with it.
I'm not talking about her. What about me?
If you want a 17-year-old boy
to hug you, let me know.
Very, very funny.
Dad! Turn around!
You didn't tell me he was here.
What about the pink top
with the rhinestones?
I look ugly in that.
What's wrong with looking
a little ugly on a date?
What? Looks shouldn't be important.
She should dress as plain
and boring as possible.
You must have been a fun date.
The pink is darling.
Not!
How can you be so calm and collected?
Hey, I went on a first date once,
and I survived.
It was fine. We went to the movies.
He wore a tie and jacket.
We saw send me no flowers.
He drove me home
but was too shy to come in.
I tapped on his car window,
And I told him I had a nice time.
Later, he climbed up the trellis
into my bedroom,
And we fucked our brains out
for three days.
And my parents never knew.
You're vicious. Do you know that?
You really are vicious.
You're not taking this seriously.
I'm taking it very seriously.
I'm just not taking it personally.
You know what it is?
To Carol, it's fun.
It's dress-up.
It's mothers and daughters
And the red one or the blue one.
But to boys, it's--
Well, it's hard for fathers.
I remember what we were like at that age.
What?
Vikings.
Are you kidding me?
I got strap.
You touched bra?
Hand up back of her sweater,
Bra strap against skin.
[laughs]
Yeah, Danny. You didn't get anything.
You didn't even talk to any girls.
I know.
That makes them want you more.
You give them that James Dean,
Rebel without a cause.
James Dean doesn't go home at 9:Oo.
James Dean's always the last one to leave.
I miss him. What a loss.
You think I went home?
Yeah.
I was out back by the garage.
Rosemary Fortunato and I behind the garage.
Bull. You and Rosemary Fortunato?
She--she's a senior.
You got bra?
Me? Skin.
You got-- you got tit?
You got bare tit?
How did you unlock the bra?
You swear to god that you got bare tit
Off Rosemary Fortunato?
Hey, you think James Dean would tell?
Viking!
Whew!
[doorbell rings]
I'm not ready.
Oh!
Where are you going?
I'm going to let him in.
The father should answer it.
Ok. You ok?
Yeah. I'm under control.
Hey, it's a 16-year-old boy.
Hi, mr. Carver.
I'm here for your daughter.
Like a character in one
of those ice shows--
Like penis on ice.
I tried to be polite.
I just couldn't be
in the same room with him.
Well, uh... It's here.
What if he hates me?
He asked you out.
He'll get to know me and then hate me.
What?
The silver belt.
Dan, say something nice to her.
Do you think he's cute, daddy?
Um...
Dan.
He's--
I-I don't know that personally
I would choose the word "cute."
What am I supposed to say? He's cute?
The kid on the wonder years is cute.
It sounds like a nightmare.
You're laughing. You think it's funny.
It's not funny, Dan.
The imagery's funny. Your pain isn't.
My daughter's going out with boys.
Boys are not funny. They want sex.
All they think about is sex and food.
Everything's up for grabs.
And the way boys talk about girls--
"Did you score? Did you nail her?
Did you bang her?"
That's a confidence builder.
Like with you and Rosemary Fortunato.
Yeah.
If I tell you something,
Do you promise not to tell?
Who am I going to tell?
I never did anything with
Rosemary Fortunato.
I don't know.
I guess I was getting tired of hearing
You know.
So I got the loosest girl--
You know what I mean by "loosest."
I have a good idea.
That was Rosemary Fortunato.
I took her out in back of the garage,
Which is where everyone went
Because it was private,
And we started kissing and stuff.
Uh-huh.
Then I got real nervous and scared.
Of what?
I don't know.
It's my first time.
I mean, what if I don't do it right?
What if she laughs?
What--
It was amazing.
It was exactly like every
one of my fantasies,
Except the grass was wet.
It was the first naked
breast I'd ever seen
Without a page number
Or a staple in the middle of it.
It looked so different in person
Than on the page.
Someday, someone will talk
about Annie like this.
Some 40-year-old degenerate's
Going to be lying on a couch
somewhere and...
Dan.
What?
First of all, you're 42, not 40--
Just a reality check here.
Secondly, you are not a degenerate.
What did you do that was so wrong?
First of all, I lied.
I didn't get anything.
We didn't do anything.
I wasn't a viking. I was a sheepherder.
I mean, they were out there.
The moment was mine, and I didn't want it.
I felt like--
I felt like something was--I don't know.
Wrong. It was wrong.
Because the grass was wet?
Because what was real
was different than your fantasy?
I felt bad for her.
We hardly knew each other.
She didn't even like me.
Suddenly she just--
She had this sadness about her,
And I didn't want to take
advantage of her.
I mean, I wanted to--desperately.
But I just felt like I wouldn't like me.
You were a very decent kid.
I think it's great you felt that way.
It was another year
before I got another shot at it.
Thank god I learned
to lower my standards.
That's the first time anyone said
I was a decent kid.
Well, you were.
Did you ever think that some of the boys
Annie will be dating could be like you,
And that that might not be so bad?
I don't know.
When I left Annie in her room there,
She looked so sad.
She looked so worried about herself.
I wanted to say something great,
Something supportive.
How do I look? Do you think I look ready?
I-I really have to lie down, honey.
It's my sinuses.
She only needed a nice word,
And I couldn't come through.
I'm her father, I love her,
And I can't say, "Have a great time."
I don't want her to have a great time--
An OK time, but not great.
A lot of parents feel that way.
I didn't think I'd be one of them.
I'm like my parents.
Every step I made towards
being independent,
They'd make sure to drain
all the joy out of it.
Now I'm doing the same thing,
Passing on--
It's like being in this giant relay race,
Where you get handed this baton of misery
That you pass from one
generation to the next.
I don't know.
It's just hard watching them grow up.
It's great, but it's awful.
I don't like the feeling
that my job is over.
Your job isn't over.
I know.
It's not over. It just changes.
Do you have kids?
Yeah.
Until you've held that tush in one hand,
Felt the heartbeats against your chest
As you fall asleep,
You can't know.
You don't know what it's like
To stop someone from crying
By rubbing their head with your finger.
Watching Annie go
And knowing for that one little moment
She didn't need me anymore--
Yeah, she needs me in a different way.
That way is over.
So, did Annie have a good time?
They kissed.
She told you?
Are you kidding?
No. It was obvious from her
lipstick they'd been kissing--
The tell-tale smudge.
Maybe they weren't kissing.
Maybe she learned how to put on
lipstick from Lucille Ball.
Anyway, other than that,
She came home right on time.
She was very responsible.
Carol was in her usual
position on the couch,
Sleeping in that middle-aged way.
[door opens]
Yeah, they'd been kissing.
Hi.
Hi.
Did you have a nice time?
Yeah, it was ok.
We saw Friday the 13th,
part 30, or something.
Ah, a cultural event.
Yeah, they'd been kissing.
We didn't kiss or anything.
She was lying to me.
I mean, am I not supposed
to say anything?
I can't tell her she looks
like Emmett Kelly?
Take it!
Who do you
think you are?
You grow up. You get older. You die.
Take it!
Come on, take it.
Take it!
Come on now, take it!
I'm glad you had a good time, honey.
And that color's really nice on you.
The dress--it's pink.
Thanks, dad.
It's a blouse.
It still looks good.
Well, good night.
Good night.
Annie--
I love you.
Even when we don't get along?
Don't--?
Come here, you. Come here.
Mmm.
We get along.
Yeah, but sometimes I just--
I'm not--
No, honey.
It's not you.
You're great.
What you're doing is great.
I'm the one--
It's fathers and daughters.
I mean, I had a brother.
My dad had two boys.
And boys and boys--
You sit at a table boy-girl, boy-girl.
Boys only talk to boys,
even across the girls.
I know what you mean.
You do?
Yeah.
Good.
I'm glad we had this conversation.
Me, too.
Good night, honey.
Good night, daddy.
That part was good.
The "good night" was all right.
You're learning.
Why does it go so fast?
You want things to stay still,
But they keep coming.
It's relentless.
Like dogs in the night.
Yeah.
Well, see you next time.
Next time.