Tell Me You Love Me (2007): Season 1, Episode 2 - Episode #1.2 - full transcript
Jaime's doubts about Hugo persist, even after a drug-fueled siesta; Carolyn is surging, but Palek seems to be losing interest; Dave and Katie argue over the value of Katie's therapy sessions; May reaches out to an old acquaintance.
JAIME:
Aw, that's amazing.
I didn't even notice
this last time.
You know, I wanna do
all the shades white.
That'd be good.
You know what I nt?
What?
I want a coffee maker
with a timer.
Um, I'm sure someone will
buy it for us, you know.
Like my mother's friend
or your mother's friend.
Hey, what did Julian get us?
Huh?
What do you think?
Drug dealer.
Mmm.
It was nice of you
to buy breakfast.
Well, you know teachers.
We're overpaid.
You know that's why
you're marrying me.
Definitely.
Do you know her?
The waitress?
What waitress?
The one you were talking to.
What?
It was like an hour ago,
Hugo, come on. Heh.
Uh, come on, don't.
But--
Don't.
I'm saying, you didn't mention
picking up the check
until you went up and flirted
with the cute little waitress.
I didn't flirt.
It's okay.
Look. Hey. I love you.
Okay?
I really fucking love you.
Don't go there, okay?
Please.
Okay.
I'm sorry.
[WHISPERS]
I'm sorry.
Oh.
Ooh.
[BOTH BREATHING HEAVILY]
Mmm.
Just be honest with me.
Tell me you were flirting.
What?
I hate it when you lie to me.
[SIGHS]
Oh, my God, I've never seen
so many people.
Mom, I need new binders.
What?
I need new binders.
Yeah, we're gonna get to
the school aisle in a minute.
I also--
ISABELLA:
Hey, Mom, can I get
a new hairbrush?
KATIE:
Uh, yeah, honey, I guess, after.
Though we'll get
that later, honey.
I gotta get this stuff first.
KATIE:
Oh, here we go.
[SIGHS]
[SIGHS]
DAVID:
Get back in, buddy.
Hop up.
Where'd your mom go?
I don't know.
Oh.
Honey?
Katie?
Come on, come on.
Hold the pole.
DAVID:
Katie?
David, what?
Dave, you're yelling
across the aisle.
Honey, we gotta go.
Usually we stick close.
Stick close.
Okay, did you get
the glue sticks yet
or the pipe cleaners
or the calculators or--
Come on, come on, come on.
Stay on, stay on. Come on.
Hold on.
DAVID:
Oh, there they are.
All right, see, thi--
This is why I need you.
I need you to stay with me.
It's like a military operation.
You're the captain.
Dave.
And we need to get out of here
fast and get out alive.
I know, honey.
[SIGHS]
Okay. Let's go.
Ten bucks.
Choo-choo-choo.
[FOOTSTEPS ON STAIRS]
[TOILET FLUSHES]
Hey.
I'm surging.
I'm estrogenic.
Okay.
[FOOTBALL GAME PLAYING ON TV]
MAN [ON TV]:
Fowler, crossing-- Oh!
He stays on his feet.
And now he's brought down.
And, uh...
[FOOTSTEPS]
[TURNS TV OFF]
[SIGHS]
I can't deal. I--
I really can't.
You flirt and I hate it.
No, you're wrong. I don't flirt.
It's the same fucking fight.
We have the same fight
over and over again.
Yup.
It's just like that time
when we were in Austin,
and you got a beer
without asking me
if I wanted one.
Oh, great.
No, but then you got one
for the girl
with the long arms,
and talked to her for 20 minutes
while I stood there
like a retard,
wondering how you
could abandon me.
What are you talking about? I
asked you if you wanted a beer.
No, you didn't.
I don't want to be with someone
who's sitting
in a corner sulking
because I'm not there.
I know that's
not who you are,
but it's how you act.
Don't turn this on me.
It's true,
you've changed.
No, I haven't.
You have.
You know, you're right.
It's my fault.
It's my shit, I'll deal with it.
Deal with what?
[GROANS]
Deal with what?
Ju-- Forget it.
Forget it. Just--
Fuck.
I'm dying of thirst.
Can we just go
somewhere to drink?
[SNIFFLES, SIGHS]
[SIGHS]
[DOG BARKING]
[SIGHS]
Okay.
[CLEARS THROAT]
[BOTH SIGH]
[GRUNTING SOFTLY]
[PANTS]
Uh-huh.
You ready?
[BOTH SIGHING]
Okay.
Just stay, just stay, just stay.
Oh, okay, sorry.
Good.
We still need
to get Josh his cleats.
I thought they'd hold
through this season,
but I-I-I don't think they will.
Well, okay.
We have been spending
a lot of money lately.
Well, Dave, you know,
we're about to buy a new car,
and we really don't need it.
Yes, we do. Yes, we do.
I'm fine.
Y-you needed a car.
I mean, it's a car.
At least, that's a necessity.
Unlike what, Dave?
Insurance is paying
for the therapy, right?
No, Dave.
They only pay
once I'm institutionalized.
They don't pay for once-a-week
couples counseling.
Who pays for it?
We do.
[SCOFFS]
And you still call it
couples therapy
even when it's just you
that's going.
[SIGHS]
I guess. I don't know.
Why are you mad at me?
I'm not mad,
you know, it's just--
What?
Never mind.
How long are you gonna go?
I mean, two sessions. Is that--?
Is there a set number of times?
You don't buy it
in a set, Dave.
Well, how do you know
when you're done?
KATIE:
I don't know.
I mean, it took us,
what, at least a year
to get here?
Year? Come on. A year is--
Because that's ridiculous.
A year is ridiculous.
Dave, either come with me
or stay out of it, okay?
Well, I guess I'll
stay out of it.
I'm out of it.
John got ahold of me.
How's he doing?
Sounded fine.
He's probably not fine.
It's only been, what,
about a year
since the funeral?
What'd he have to say?
Well, I didn't speak to him,
he just--
And left a message.
Their daughter lives
in town, um, now,
and I think
he's coming to see her.
What does his daughter do?
I'm not sure.
Um, I think she's a waitress.
Something like that.
[CLEARS THROAT]
I'm high.
Me too.
[*]
[JOSH AND ISABELLA YELLING]
KATIE:
What did Betty and John get?
KATIE:
It's just-- Okay, okay, okay.
All right.
Tickle in the middle.
[KATIE GIGGLES]
Tickle. Tickle in the mid--
[SHRIEKS]
Oh, don't-- I got--
Oh. Oh, you poor guy.
JOSH:
I got it, I got it, I got it.
[MEN TALKING INDISTINCTLY]
Wow.
[BOTH SIGH]
[GIGGLES]
[BOTH PANTING]
JAIME:
Fuck.
That's just how much it costs.
You know?
What do you want me to do?
Don't have a floor?
Hi.
Hi.
Yeah, no, I-I-I love you too,
but I still need
something to walk on.
Here, Carol-- Carolyn's here.
Talk to her about it.
Dad wants to talk to you.
No way.
Talk to him.
It's-- It's about the house.
Oh, I'm off today.
DAD [ON PHONE]:
Are you there?
Will somebody
please talk to him?
DAD:
Hello?
Is that alcohol?
DAD: Hello?
No alcoho.
Uh, Dad, we're just, uh, eating,
but she says she'll call you
when we're done.
Yeah.
Bye.
How does he manage to be here
even when he's not?
He's trying to drastically
cut my spending,
so I would appreciate
a little backup.
Well, I could have used you
not shoving a phone in my face.
You put me on the spot.
Thank you.
Sorry.
Can I get the waiter?
Sure.
[BABY CRYING]
MASON:
Oh, jeez.
Are you kidding me with that?
Why don't they take it
outta here? Or something.
[CRYING CONTINUES]
Yeah. Thanks.
Maybe I should, like,
pop one out.
Then Dad would really
come with the dough.
[LAUGHING]
Well, I'm just so over
these brunches.
It's just too much.
It's not too much, Mason.
Come on.
It's what we do.
It is for me.
I mean, it's not fun.
I don't look forward to it.
I mean, do you?
I mean, Palek, do you?
Don't answer that.
Okay, I won't,
but if I was going to,
I think I would say,
"She has a point."
I'm gonna get the waiter.
Yeah, and you know what?
Stop trying to be my mother.
Good thing about a dead mom
is that you don't have
obligations like this.
And wherever she is,
I don't think she'd
give a shit about brunch.
Okay, fine, we'll stop.
If you care so much
about family, then why--?
Why don't you invite Dad?
Because Dad's a dick.
Well, who isn't?
And he's really not
so much anymore.
He's old.
Whatever.
He's still a dick.
No, he's not.
My God, didn't we establish your
dad was a dick,
like, four years ago?
Besides, every dad's a dick.
Uh-uh.
Every time we get together,
you talk like it's
something new.
Yeah, exactly.
And that's why
I don't wanna come--
Fine, I'm not
gonna force you.
Don't come.
You know-- Whoa.
I'm gonna go to the kitchen
and see if Jaime can get us
some food or, like, a shotgun
or, you know, something.
If she gets pregnant
before I do,
I'm gonna kill myself.
I know you are.
I thought y-you weren't happy.
I thought that's why
you're going to therapy.
No, yeah, I am.
I mean, not all the time,
but, you know. Yeah.
You don't act unhappy.
I mean, with the kids you're--
You're happy.
You're really, really happy.
Well, yeah, I am.
Well, so how can--?
How come you can act happy
for them and not for me?
Because, I-I-I don't know.
Because we-- We're parents.
It's what we do.
You know, we shelter them.
We don't expose them
to our stuff and...
Well, maybe we should shelter
each other a little more.
[DOORBELL CHIMES]
[CUSTOMERS TALKING INDISTINCTLY]
CASHIER:
Here's your change.
[DOORBELL CHIMES]
[DOOR BEEPS, OPENS]
[HUGO SIGHS]
You want me to drive?
No. No.
What?
[LAUGHS]
What?
Nothing.
Tell me.
[CLEARS THROAT]
Remember, um,
a couple of weeks ago,
when we were in the car,
and, uh, you said that you would
never be with anybody else?
Were you--?
[SPLUTTERS]
That was a lie, right?
[LAUGHS]
[GROANS]
I can't have this conversation
anymore, seriously.
[SIGHS]
I can't let it go.
That's right,
because every time
I see you with someone else now,
I wonder.
I mean, I watch you
and I look for shit,
and that's just--
That's fucked up.
Why do you do that?
Why?
You know I don't wanna be with
anyone else, you know that.
Look, what we have--
Do you think I would ever
share that with anyone else?
That belongs to us.
Okay?
But when you push me
into a corner like this,
I feel fucking dead.
Yeah, but when you make
a commitment,
when you ask someone
to marry you,
I mean, that means
that there won't even be
a possibility of a someone else.
Look, just let it go.
Okay? Let it go
and it won't ever happen.
I can't.
I need to be in love
with someone who trusts me.
You should be.
I just don't think it's me.
Hi.
Hey.
MAY: Hello.
Oh, yeah.
[CLEARS THROAT]
[BEEPS]
[BOTH SIGH]
So, what's going on?
Uh, not much.
How about you?
I'm very well,
thank you.
Good.
Did you try again this month?
[LAUGHS]
Well, yeah, we try every month.
Mm-hm.
Actually, we--
We tried yesterday.
How was the intimacy
between you?
It was good.
It was good.
Actually, uh,
it felt strange.
Feels like, uh, we're...
connecting over, um,
something that d-doesn't exist,
and, um, I-I don't...
[SIGHS]
I don't like it.
I wanna connect with
my wife, you know,
and...not a...
you know, um...
Not a what?
I think all Palek is saying
is that he misses you.
Huh.
I don't know why.
I feel--
I felt
very connected to him.
I'd like to bring up something.
I know you don't wanna
pathologize the process
of creating a child.
No one does.
But I think you might want
to consider getting tested now.
Starting the next part
of the process.
No, no, we've actually,
uh, talked about that
and we're not, uh--
We're not ready
to go there, right?
MAY:
Well, I think it's
worth considering.
Well, it's not
your decision.
[SIGHS]
These things do add up.
Secrets and shame
can do things to us
that are
very damaging
and irreversible.
I don't
believe that.
[LAUGHS]
I think losing your legs--
I think that's irreversible.
Well, I think
we should tell people.
I'm sick of it being
such a big deal.
[SIGHS]
What?
Every month is worse
than the last, sweetie.
It is.
I'm not telling anyone.
Um.
Oh, I'm-- No, I'm sorry.
Um.
Is that
your decision?
I don't need tips from
every woman and their aunt
who's been through this.
Come on.
So I'm not.
MAY:
Might be helpful.
I mean, other women
and their aunts
have gone through this.
You're not alone.
And I seriously doubt that
the impact of it all
is going to be as bad
as you fear it is.
Well, it's personal.
It's private. I want
to deal with it privately.
Well, I'm not saying we should
send out a mass email.
I'm just...sick
of feeling
like there's something
wrong with us, you know?
[SIGHS]
And I'm sick of having sex
because we have to.
I'm sorry, it sucks.
And...
[SIGHS]
...when I say that yesterday
was strange, I'm--
I'm-- I'm done.
[DOOR CLOSES]
Excuse me.
What are you doing?
[GASPS]
Hey, what is wrong with you?
You were rude in there.
Don't do that to me in there!
I'm...just trying
to...deal with us.
By separating us?
That's not what I'm doing.
Yeah, it is.
If you feel that way,
tell me. Not her.
Look, I'm trying
to save us.
From what?
From what's
happening to us.
[SIGHS]
What?
Nothing.
Tell me. I--
You're...
What?
Nothing.
[SCOFFS] What?
No!
Come on.
Oh, fuck.
I already got tested
last week.
I fucking knew it!
Why didn't you
tell me?
I don't know.
I was afraid.
Afraid? Of what?
Of what? What do you think?
Of me? Of what?
That there was something
wrong with me.
Is it that fucking hard
to figure out?
Jesus.
John?
This is May...
...returning your call.
[SIGHING]
Your calls.
I, uh--
I was, um, going to send you
an email or--
Or, uh, a note.
But, um...
I wanted you to hear my voice.
I know you need to hear from
people who care about you...
...now, and, uh--
And you know that I do,
and I always will.
And know too that time, um--
Well, time--
Time is able to diffuse
even the most...
...intense feelings of...grief.
And, um...
...of love.
So, um, please, um...
...consider this call
an expression
of how much I care for you.
And, uh, also
an acknowledgement
of how time has changed us.
[SIGHS]
[PEOPLE TALKING
INDISTINCTLY]
[TELEPHONE RINGS]
Hello?
DAVE:
Hey, what are you doing?
What do you mean?
I'm waiting
to go into therapy.
Oh...
You excited?
[WHISPERS]
No, I'm not excited.
I'm nervous.
Why?
[SIGHS]
Because it's not easy.
And you would know that
if you were here.
Oh, shoot. I gotta go.
Wait.
Hi.
I gotta go.
She's standing here
looking at me. I gotta go.
I love you. You love me?
Yes.
Tell me.
I gotta go.
Bye.
[LAUGHS] Hi.
Hi.
So the last time you had sex,
what was it like?
[SIGHING]
It was good.
It was good.
I mean, I told you,
we always had really good sex.
Nothing stands out?
No, no...
Well--
[CLEARS THROAT]
It was...on
our anniversary.
Which was, um...
[LAUGHS]
...almost a year ago.
That's a long time,
isn't it?
Mm, that depends.
[LAUGHS]
On what?
On what happened
in the year.
Yeah, well...
...it's a long time.
Why was it
the last time?
Um...
...I don't know.
[LAUGHS]
Just...stopped.
Tell me.
Well, it just happened. I--
[LAUGHS]
A-at first I don't even
think that we noticed.
You know, it was just--
Oh, there's kids, work,
bills, sleep.
You know?
And then...
...when we did notice,
it just--
It was just easier
not to do it...than to do it.
[LAUGHS]
You know?
You still kiss each other?
Yeah.
Yeah, of course.
I mean, yeah.
Good.
So Dave still
makes you feel sexual,
makes you feel
like you want sex?
Very much. Yeah.
But you're not able to.
Uh, no.
No.
Hm.
Many couples who don't have sex
dread going to bed.
They find those moments
when they lie next to each other
and they can't touch each other
very lonely.
Yeah.
[WHISPERS]
Yeah.
[SIGHS]
Has Dave asked, um...
...what we talk about?
Yeah.
And you told him?
[LAUGHS]
No.
[LAUGHS]
Oh. Well, why not?
I don't know. I think I'm
just, you know,
punishing him for not
coming here with me. So...
Or maybe you like the feeling
of being separate from him.
Maybe it makes you
feel a little stronger.
A little less
hopeless.
Well, maybe.
Uh--
Katie,
We can't begin to
dismantle that distance--
invade that space
between you and Dave
--until both of you
recognize now
that you are individual
sexual beings.
Not when you met,
not before you had children,
but now.
Can you spend a little time
this week thinking about that?
Yeah, I'd like to spend
some time not thinking about it.
[SIGHING]
Mason?
Hey.
Do you, um--
Do you still see that guy
that owns
the Italian restaurant?
Well,
did you fuck him over?
Okay, could you ask him
to send over
something really special
and delicious?
Yeah.
I don't know.
Whatever he wants.
No piccata.
No veal.
No white sauce.
But...whatever he wants.
Cool.
[MAN AND WOMAN
SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]
[SIGHS]
[LAUGHS]
So why did you call me
right before
I want into therapy,
but now you don't ask me
anything about what happened?
It's your thing.
No it's not.
It's our thing.
[MUFFLED]
No, it isn't.
[SIGHS]
That's why you
bought me the car, isn't it?
What?
That's why you bought it now.
You know I'm gonna do this
with or without you,
and that just
freaks you out.
[WHISPERING]
Honey, that car has been
falling apart for years.
Oh, no. J-- See?
This is what
I was afraid of.
Y-- You go in there and you
start talking about us,
and suddenly everything
means something else.
[WHISPERS]
Because it does.
[SIGHS] Oh.
What?
Nothing.
[SIGHS]
We're a mess, Dave.
Face it.
We love each other.
I love you, but we are a mess.
That's it.
We're not getting the car.
Like that's your
decision to make.
That's not your
decision to make.
[SIGHS] Um...
Hi.
Hi.
Hi.
MAN:
How are you two today?
Great. How are you?
[LAUGHS]
Good, thanks.
Wonderful.
So, uh...
...ready to buy
a car?
[LAUGHS] Yep.
Yeah, great financing to offer.
Come in,
I'm ready.
Okay.
[LAUGHS] All right.
Hm.
Hey.
[SIGHS]
Sorry.
Just like that?
Hopefully.
Well, Don't--
Don't eat all that--
Fine.
I'm just looking.
Huh.
Hey.
Wanna watch TV?
Uh...I don't know.
Hey.
[WHISPERS] Hey.
I said
I was sorry.
Oh.
And I am.
I should have
told you.
Yeah, you should have.
Well, uh,
yeah, I know.
I said I'm sorry.
I-- I know.
It's good news
though, right?
Yeah, it is.
[SIGHS]
You want me to
make it up to you?
W-- Right now?
[GASPS]
Are you gonna
think about it?
No.
Yeah.
Wow.
Mm-hm.
You wanna see
how sorry I am?
Kinda.
[LAUGHS]
You want me to show you?
Yeah.
Yeah?
I wanna see...if you're
just a little bit sorry.
Me?
Yeah, 'cause I think you
should be sorry too.
Oh, really?
[LAUGHS] I do.
I'm starting to become sorry.
You are?
Yeah.
[BOTH GASPING
AND GRUNTING]
Ow.
[SIGHS]
[WATER RUNNING]
[SIGHS]
You know, they're, uh,
thinking about
raising the age
of five-pitch to eight.
Oh, really?
You know, I think
that's a good idea.
I think it's too competitive
for seven-year-olds.
Yeah, uh, I think
they should really enforce
the no-parents-in-the-dugout
rule.
You know what?
That's a good idea too.
[SIGHS]
Brilliant.
[GRUNTS]
Oh, God.
[SIGHS]
Night.
[GRUNTS]
Oh. Night, sweetie.
[BOTH SIGH]
[WHISPERS]
Blanket.
You want the light out?
Uh, not-- Not if
you wanna read, no.
Okay.
[SIGHING]
I can definitely
fall asleep with it on.
Yeah, I know.
I know.
I was asleep before I
even hit the bed.
Yeah, me too.
[SIGHS]
[GRUNTS]
[SIGHING]
I don't care
what you talk about.
I just don't wanna
be blamed.
I don't blame you,
Dave.
I don't.
I know that you're
freaking out,
thinking we're in there
talking about you all the time.
But that's--
That--
That's not what it is.
It's--
It's more about me.
What about you?
Well, I don't know.
I mean, it's, uh--
She says that I
have to
remember who I was
as a sexual being before--
You know,
before everything.
Before we got married.
Everything.
I don't know. Ha-ha.
[LAUGHS]
And I can't even
remember yesterday.
I know.
Mm...
Good night.
Good night.
[SNIFFS]
[GRUNTS]
[GRUNTS]
Hey, what if it is me?
Um, what if, uh,
I go and we find out it's--?
It's me?
That I'm the problem?
It won't be you.
No, but what--?
What if it is?
What--?
What happens then?
Uh, I don't know.
We'll figure it out.
You haven't thought about it?
You...think of everything
beforehand.
No.
I haven't really
thought about it.
Hm.
You...got tested
without me.
I mean, it's like you--
You, uh--
Wanted to get your ammo ready
or something.
Oh, come on. That's not true.
Well,
then w-why'd you do it?
I mean, you told me
you were getting a massage.
Babe, why are you d--? Why?
So, uh--
We--
I said I was sorry.
Why are you
picking a fight now?
I don't know.
Why do I feel like
part of you wants it to be me?
That's crazy.
So what if it is...me?
Then...what do we do?
We'll figure it out.
Okay,
why won't
you answer me?
This is such a
stupid conversation.
This is pure conjecture.
We should wait--
Conjecture?
Yeah.
Oh.
Conjecture.
We should wait until
we have the information--
Oh, okay. All right.
Then we can make a decision.
MAN:
It goes with the rest
of the marinade.
MAN:
Okay.
I got those shallots
chopped and ready to go.
MAN:
You don't want us
to, uh...
Usually the mango salsa
is right there.
Is Amir coming in?
[TELEPHONE RINGING]
MAN: Gonna be late.
MAN: Oh, all right.
Mom.
What?
I-I-I don't know.
I don't know.
[SIGHS]
Wha--? I-I don't know.
W-- Can you just
do whatever you want?
Yes, you can, Mom. You can
make a decision without me.
And you can make a decision
without him too.
Why? Because we're
not getting married.
Yeah, I mean it.
[SIGHS]
I don't care what you tell them.
You know, I--
I d-- I don't--
I don't give a shit
how they feel.
I don't. I mean, honestly,
how about how I feel?
You know what?
Mom, I can't.
Have the fucking wedding,
okay?
'Cause I don't give a shit.
[SIGHING]
[WIND CHIMES TINKLE]
[BIRDS CHIRP]
[WIND CHIMES TINKLE]
[*]
Aw, that's amazing.
I didn't even notice
this last time.
You know, I wanna do
all the shades white.
That'd be good.
You know what I nt?
What?
I want a coffee maker
with a timer.
Um, I'm sure someone will
buy it for us, you know.
Like my mother's friend
or your mother's friend.
Hey, what did Julian get us?
Huh?
What do you think?
Drug dealer.
Mmm.
It was nice of you
to buy breakfast.
Well, you know teachers.
We're overpaid.
You know that's why
you're marrying me.
Definitely.
Do you know her?
The waitress?
What waitress?
The one you were talking to.
What?
It was like an hour ago,
Hugo, come on. Heh.
Uh, come on, don't.
But--
Don't.
I'm saying, you didn't mention
picking up the check
until you went up and flirted
with the cute little waitress.
I didn't flirt.
It's okay.
Look. Hey. I love you.
Okay?
I really fucking love you.
Don't go there, okay?
Please.
Okay.
I'm sorry.
[WHISPERS]
I'm sorry.
Oh.
Ooh.
[BOTH BREATHING HEAVILY]
Mmm.
Just be honest with me.
Tell me you were flirting.
What?
I hate it when you lie to me.
[SIGHS]
Oh, my God, I've never seen
so many people.
Mom, I need new binders.
What?
I need new binders.
Yeah, we're gonna get to
the school aisle in a minute.
I also--
ISABELLA:
Hey, Mom, can I get
a new hairbrush?
KATIE:
Uh, yeah, honey, I guess, after.
Though we'll get
that later, honey.
I gotta get this stuff first.
KATIE:
Oh, here we go.
[SIGHS]
[SIGHS]
DAVID:
Get back in, buddy.
Hop up.
Where'd your mom go?
I don't know.
Oh.
Honey?
Katie?
Come on, come on.
Hold the pole.
DAVID:
Katie?
David, what?
Dave, you're yelling
across the aisle.
Honey, we gotta go.
Usually we stick close.
Stick close.
Okay, did you get
the glue sticks yet
or the pipe cleaners
or the calculators or--
Come on, come on, come on.
Stay on, stay on. Come on.
Hold on.
DAVID:
Oh, there they are.
All right, see, thi--
This is why I need you.
I need you to stay with me.
It's like a military operation.
You're the captain.
Dave.
And we need to get out of here
fast and get out alive.
I know, honey.
[SIGHS]
Okay. Let's go.
Ten bucks.
Choo-choo-choo.
[FOOTSTEPS ON STAIRS]
[TOILET FLUSHES]
Hey.
I'm surging.
I'm estrogenic.
Okay.
[FOOTBALL GAME PLAYING ON TV]
MAN [ON TV]:
Fowler, crossing-- Oh!
He stays on his feet.
And now he's brought down.
And, uh...
[FOOTSTEPS]
[TURNS TV OFF]
[SIGHS]
I can't deal. I--
I really can't.
You flirt and I hate it.
No, you're wrong. I don't flirt.
It's the same fucking fight.
We have the same fight
over and over again.
Yup.
It's just like that time
when we were in Austin,
and you got a beer
without asking me
if I wanted one.
Oh, great.
No, but then you got one
for the girl
with the long arms,
and talked to her for 20 minutes
while I stood there
like a retard,
wondering how you
could abandon me.
What are you talking about? I
asked you if you wanted a beer.
No, you didn't.
I don't want to be with someone
who's sitting
in a corner sulking
because I'm not there.
I know that's
not who you are,
but it's how you act.
Don't turn this on me.
It's true,
you've changed.
No, I haven't.
You have.
You know, you're right.
It's my fault.
It's my shit, I'll deal with it.
Deal with what?
[GROANS]
Deal with what?
Ju-- Forget it.
Forget it. Just--
Fuck.
I'm dying of thirst.
Can we just go
somewhere to drink?
[SNIFFLES, SIGHS]
[SIGHS]
[DOG BARKING]
[SIGHS]
Okay.
[CLEARS THROAT]
[BOTH SIGH]
[GRUNTING SOFTLY]
[PANTS]
Uh-huh.
You ready?
[BOTH SIGHING]
Okay.
Just stay, just stay, just stay.
Oh, okay, sorry.
Good.
We still need
to get Josh his cleats.
I thought they'd hold
through this season,
but I-I-I don't think they will.
Well, okay.
We have been spending
a lot of money lately.
Well, Dave, you know,
we're about to buy a new car,
and we really don't need it.
Yes, we do. Yes, we do.
I'm fine.
Y-you needed a car.
I mean, it's a car.
At least, that's a necessity.
Unlike what, Dave?
Insurance is paying
for the therapy, right?
No, Dave.
They only pay
once I'm institutionalized.
They don't pay for once-a-week
couples counseling.
Who pays for it?
We do.
[SCOFFS]
And you still call it
couples therapy
even when it's just you
that's going.
[SIGHS]
I guess. I don't know.
Why are you mad at me?
I'm not mad,
you know, it's just--
What?
Never mind.
How long are you gonna go?
I mean, two sessions. Is that--?
Is there a set number of times?
You don't buy it
in a set, Dave.
Well, how do you know
when you're done?
KATIE:
I don't know.
I mean, it took us,
what, at least a year
to get here?
Year? Come on. A year is--
Because that's ridiculous.
A year is ridiculous.
Dave, either come with me
or stay out of it, okay?
Well, I guess I'll
stay out of it.
I'm out of it.
John got ahold of me.
How's he doing?
Sounded fine.
He's probably not fine.
It's only been, what,
about a year
since the funeral?
What'd he have to say?
Well, I didn't speak to him,
he just--
And left a message.
Their daughter lives
in town, um, now,
and I think
he's coming to see her.
What does his daughter do?
I'm not sure.
Um, I think she's a waitress.
Something like that.
[CLEARS THROAT]
I'm high.
Me too.
[*]
[JOSH AND ISABELLA YELLING]
KATIE:
What did Betty and John get?
KATIE:
It's just-- Okay, okay, okay.
All right.
Tickle in the middle.
[KATIE GIGGLES]
Tickle. Tickle in the mid--
[SHRIEKS]
Oh, don't-- I got--
Oh. Oh, you poor guy.
JOSH:
I got it, I got it, I got it.
[MEN TALKING INDISTINCTLY]
Wow.
[BOTH SIGH]
[GIGGLES]
[BOTH PANTING]
JAIME:
Fuck.
That's just how much it costs.
You know?
What do you want me to do?
Don't have a floor?
Hi.
Hi.
Yeah, no, I-I-I love you too,
but I still need
something to walk on.
Here, Carol-- Carolyn's here.
Talk to her about it.
Dad wants to talk to you.
No way.
Talk to him.
It's-- It's about the house.
Oh, I'm off today.
DAD [ON PHONE]:
Are you there?
Will somebody
please talk to him?
DAD:
Hello?
Is that alcohol?
DAD: Hello?
No alcoho.
Uh, Dad, we're just, uh, eating,
but she says she'll call you
when we're done.
Yeah.
Bye.
How does he manage to be here
even when he's not?
He's trying to drastically
cut my spending,
so I would appreciate
a little backup.
Well, I could have used you
not shoving a phone in my face.
You put me on the spot.
Thank you.
Sorry.
Can I get the waiter?
Sure.
[BABY CRYING]
MASON:
Oh, jeez.
Are you kidding me with that?
Why don't they take it
outta here? Or something.
[CRYING CONTINUES]
Yeah. Thanks.
Maybe I should, like,
pop one out.
Then Dad would really
come with the dough.
[LAUGHING]
Well, I'm just so over
these brunches.
It's just too much.
It's not too much, Mason.
Come on.
It's what we do.
It is for me.
I mean, it's not fun.
I don't look forward to it.
I mean, do you?
I mean, Palek, do you?
Don't answer that.
Okay, I won't,
but if I was going to,
I think I would say,
"She has a point."
I'm gonna get the waiter.
Yeah, and you know what?
Stop trying to be my mother.
Good thing about a dead mom
is that you don't have
obligations like this.
And wherever she is,
I don't think she'd
give a shit about brunch.
Okay, fine, we'll stop.
If you care so much
about family, then why--?
Why don't you invite Dad?
Because Dad's a dick.
Well, who isn't?
And he's really not
so much anymore.
He's old.
Whatever.
He's still a dick.
No, he's not.
My God, didn't we establish your
dad was a dick,
like, four years ago?
Besides, every dad's a dick.
Uh-uh.
Every time we get together,
you talk like it's
something new.
Yeah, exactly.
And that's why
I don't wanna come--
Fine, I'm not
gonna force you.
Don't come.
You know-- Whoa.
I'm gonna go to the kitchen
and see if Jaime can get us
some food or, like, a shotgun
or, you know, something.
If she gets pregnant
before I do,
I'm gonna kill myself.
I know you are.
I thought y-you weren't happy.
I thought that's why
you're going to therapy.
No, yeah, I am.
I mean, not all the time,
but, you know. Yeah.
You don't act unhappy.
I mean, with the kids you're--
You're happy.
You're really, really happy.
Well, yeah, I am.
Well, so how can--?
How come you can act happy
for them and not for me?
Because, I-I-I don't know.
Because we-- We're parents.
It's what we do.
You know, we shelter them.
We don't expose them
to our stuff and...
Well, maybe we should shelter
each other a little more.
[DOORBELL CHIMES]
[CUSTOMERS TALKING INDISTINCTLY]
CASHIER:
Here's your change.
[DOORBELL CHIMES]
[DOOR BEEPS, OPENS]
[HUGO SIGHS]
You want me to drive?
No. No.
What?
[LAUGHS]
What?
Nothing.
Tell me.
[CLEARS THROAT]
Remember, um,
a couple of weeks ago,
when we were in the car,
and, uh, you said that you would
never be with anybody else?
Were you--?
[SPLUTTERS]
That was a lie, right?
[LAUGHS]
[GROANS]
I can't have this conversation
anymore, seriously.
[SIGHS]
I can't let it go.
That's right,
because every time
I see you with someone else now,
I wonder.
I mean, I watch you
and I look for shit,
and that's just--
That's fucked up.
Why do you do that?
Why?
You know I don't wanna be with
anyone else, you know that.
Look, what we have--
Do you think I would ever
share that with anyone else?
That belongs to us.
Okay?
But when you push me
into a corner like this,
I feel fucking dead.
Yeah, but when you make
a commitment,
when you ask someone
to marry you,
I mean, that means
that there won't even be
a possibility of a someone else.
Look, just let it go.
Okay? Let it go
and it won't ever happen.
I can't.
I need to be in love
with someone who trusts me.
You should be.
I just don't think it's me.
Hi.
Hey.
MAY: Hello.
Oh, yeah.
[CLEARS THROAT]
[BEEPS]
[BOTH SIGH]
So, what's going on?
Uh, not much.
How about you?
I'm very well,
thank you.
Good.
Did you try again this month?
[LAUGHS]
Well, yeah, we try every month.
Mm-hm.
Actually, we--
We tried yesterday.
How was the intimacy
between you?
It was good.
It was good.
Actually, uh,
it felt strange.
Feels like, uh, we're...
connecting over, um,
something that d-doesn't exist,
and, um, I-I don't...
[SIGHS]
I don't like it.
I wanna connect with
my wife, you know,
and...not a...
you know, um...
Not a what?
I think all Palek is saying
is that he misses you.
Huh.
I don't know why.
I feel--
I felt
very connected to him.
I'd like to bring up something.
I know you don't wanna
pathologize the process
of creating a child.
No one does.
But I think you might want
to consider getting tested now.
Starting the next part
of the process.
No, no, we've actually,
uh, talked about that
and we're not, uh--
We're not ready
to go there, right?
MAY:
Well, I think it's
worth considering.
Well, it's not
your decision.
[SIGHS]
These things do add up.
Secrets and shame
can do things to us
that are
very damaging
and irreversible.
I don't
believe that.
[LAUGHS]
I think losing your legs--
I think that's irreversible.
Well, I think
we should tell people.
I'm sick of it being
such a big deal.
[SIGHS]
What?
Every month is worse
than the last, sweetie.
It is.
I'm not telling anyone.
Um.
Oh, I'm-- No, I'm sorry.
Um.
Is that
your decision?
I don't need tips from
every woman and their aunt
who's been through this.
Come on.
So I'm not.
MAY:
Might be helpful.
I mean, other women
and their aunts
have gone through this.
You're not alone.
And I seriously doubt that
the impact of it all
is going to be as bad
as you fear it is.
Well, it's personal.
It's private. I want
to deal with it privately.
Well, I'm not saying we should
send out a mass email.
I'm just...sick
of feeling
like there's something
wrong with us, you know?
[SIGHS]
And I'm sick of having sex
because we have to.
I'm sorry, it sucks.
And...
[SIGHS]
...when I say that yesterday
was strange, I'm--
I'm-- I'm done.
[DOOR CLOSES]
Excuse me.
What are you doing?
[GASPS]
Hey, what is wrong with you?
You were rude in there.
Don't do that to me in there!
I'm...just trying
to...deal with us.
By separating us?
That's not what I'm doing.
Yeah, it is.
If you feel that way,
tell me. Not her.
Look, I'm trying
to save us.
From what?
From what's
happening to us.
[SIGHS]
What?
Nothing.
Tell me. I--
You're...
What?
Nothing.
[SCOFFS] What?
No!
Come on.
Oh, fuck.
I already got tested
last week.
I fucking knew it!
Why didn't you
tell me?
I don't know.
I was afraid.
Afraid? Of what?
Of what? What do you think?
Of me? Of what?
That there was something
wrong with me.
Is it that fucking hard
to figure out?
Jesus.
John?
This is May...
...returning your call.
[SIGHING]
Your calls.
I, uh--
I was, um, going to send you
an email or--
Or, uh, a note.
But, um...
I wanted you to hear my voice.
I know you need to hear from
people who care about you...
...now, and, uh--
And you know that I do,
and I always will.
And know too that time, um--
Well, time--
Time is able to diffuse
even the most...
...intense feelings of...grief.
And, um...
...of love.
So, um, please, um...
...consider this call
an expression
of how much I care for you.
And, uh, also
an acknowledgement
of how time has changed us.
[SIGHS]
[PEOPLE TALKING
INDISTINCTLY]
[TELEPHONE RINGS]
Hello?
DAVE:
Hey, what are you doing?
What do you mean?
I'm waiting
to go into therapy.
Oh...
You excited?
[WHISPERS]
No, I'm not excited.
I'm nervous.
Why?
[SIGHS]
Because it's not easy.
And you would know that
if you were here.
Oh, shoot. I gotta go.
Wait.
Hi.
I gotta go.
She's standing here
looking at me. I gotta go.
I love you. You love me?
Yes.
Tell me.
I gotta go.
Bye.
[LAUGHS] Hi.
Hi.
So the last time you had sex,
what was it like?
[SIGHING]
It was good.
It was good.
I mean, I told you,
we always had really good sex.
Nothing stands out?
No, no...
Well--
[CLEARS THROAT]
It was...on
our anniversary.
Which was, um...
[LAUGHS]
...almost a year ago.
That's a long time,
isn't it?
Mm, that depends.
[LAUGHS]
On what?
On what happened
in the year.
Yeah, well...
...it's a long time.
Why was it
the last time?
Um...
...I don't know.
[LAUGHS]
Just...stopped.
Tell me.
Well, it just happened. I--
[LAUGHS]
A-at first I don't even
think that we noticed.
You know, it was just--
Oh, there's kids, work,
bills, sleep.
You know?
And then...
...when we did notice,
it just--
It was just easier
not to do it...than to do it.
[LAUGHS]
You know?
You still kiss each other?
Yeah.
Yeah, of course.
I mean, yeah.
Good.
So Dave still
makes you feel sexual,
makes you feel
like you want sex?
Very much. Yeah.
But you're not able to.
Uh, no.
No.
Hm.
Many couples who don't have sex
dread going to bed.
They find those moments
when they lie next to each other
and they can't touch each other
very lonely.
Yeah.
[WHISPERS]
Yeah.
[SIGHS]
Has Dave asked, um...
...what we talk about?
Yeah.
And you told him?
[LAUGHS]
No.
[LAUGHS]
Oh. Well, why not?
I don't know. I think I'm
just, you know,
punishing him for not
coming here with me. So...
Or maybe you like the feeling
of being separate from him.
Maybe it makes you
feel a little stronger.
A little less
hopeless.
Well, maybe.
Uh--
Katie,
We can't begin to
dismantle that distance--
invade that space
between you and Dave
--until both of you
recognize now
that you are individual
sexual beings.
Not when you met,
not before you had children,
but now.
Can you spend a little time
this week thinking about that?
Yeah, I'd like to spend
some time not thinking about it.
[SIGHING]
Mason?
Hey.
Do you, um--
Do you still see that guy
that owns
the Italian restaurant?
Well,
did you fuck him over?
Okay, could you ask him
to send over
something really special
and delicious?
Yeah.
I don't know.
Whatever he wants.
No piccata.
No veal.
No white sauce.
But...whatever he wants.
Cool.
[MAN AND WOMAN
SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]
[SIGHS]
[LAUGHS]
So why did you call me
right before
I want into therapy,
but now you don't ask me
anything about what happened?
It's your thing.
No it's not.
It's our thing.
[MUFFLED]
No, it isn't.
[SIGHS]
That's why you
bought me the car, isn't it?
What?
That's why you bought it now.
You know I'm gonna do this
with or without you,
and that just
freaks you out.
[WHISPERING]
Honey, that car has been
falling apart for years.
Oh, no. J-- See?
This is what
I was afraid of.
Y-- You go in there and you
start talking about us,
and suddenly everything
means something else.
[WHISPERS]
Because it does.
[SIGHS] Oh.
What?
Nothing.
[SIGHS]
We're a mess, Dave.
Face it.
We love each other.
I love you, but we are a mess.
That's it.
We're not getting the car.
Like that's your
decision to make.
That's not your
decision to make.
[SIGHS] Um...
Hi.
Hi.
Hi.
MAN:
How are you two today?
Great. How are you?
[LAUGHS]
Good, thanks.
Wonderful.
So, uh...
...ready to buy
a car?
[LAUGHS] Yep.
Yeah, great financing to offer.
Come in,
I'm ready.
Okay.
[LAUGHS] All right.
Hm.
Hey.
[SIGHS]
Sorry.
Just like that?
Hopefully.
Well, Don't--
Don't eat all that--
Fine.
I'm just looking.
Huh.
Hey.
Wanna watch TV?
Uh...I don't know.
Hey.
[WHISPERS] Hey.
I said
I was sorry.
Oh.
And I am.
I should have
told you.
Yeah, you should have.
Well, uh,
yeah, I know.
I said I'm sorry.
I-- I know.
It's good news
though, right?
Yeah, it is.
[SIGHS]
You want me to
make it up to you?
W-- Right now?
[GASPS]
Are you gonna
think about it?
No.
Yeah.
Wow.
Mm-hm.
You wanna see
how sorry I am?
Kinda.
[LAUGHS]
You want me to show you?
Yeah.
Yeah?
I wanna see...if you're
just a little bit sorry.
Me?
Yeah, 'cause I think you
should be sorry too.
Oh, really?
[LAUGHS] I do.
I'm starting to become sorry.
You are?
Yeah.
[BOTH GASPING
AND GRUNTING]
Ow.
[SIGHS]
[WATER RUNNING]
[SIGHS]
You know, they're, uh,
thinking about
raising the age
of five-pitch to eight.
Oh, really?
You know, I think
that's a good idea.
I think it's too competitive
for seven-year-olds.
Yeah, uh, I think
they should really enforce
the no-parents-in-the-dugout
rule.
You know what?
That's a good idea too.
[SIGHS]
Brilliant.
[GRUNTS]
Oh, God.
[SIGHS]
Night.
[GRUNTS]
Oh. Night, sweetie.
[BOTH SIGH]
[WHISPERS]
Blanket.
You want the light out?
Uh, not-- Not if
you wanna read, no.
Okay.
[SIGHING]
I can definitely
fall asleep with it on.
Yeah, I know.
I know.
I was asleep before I
even hit the bed.
Yeah, me too.
[SIGHS]
[GRUNTS]
[SIGHING]
I don't care
what you talk about.
I just don't wanna
be blamed.
I don't blame you,
Dave.
I don't.
I know that you're
freaking out,
thinking we're in there
talking about you all the time.
But that's--
That--
That's not what it is.
It's--
It's more about me.
What about you?
Well, I don't know.
I mean, it's, uh--
She says that I
have to
remember who I was
as a sexual being before--
You know,
before everything.
Before we got married.
Everything.
I don't know. Ha-ha.
[LAUGHS]
And I can't even
remember yesterday.
I know.
Mm...
Good night.
Good night.
[SNIFFS]
[GRUNTS]
[GRUNTS]
Hey, what if it is me?
Um, what if, uh,
I go and we find out it's--?
It's me?
That I'm the problem?
It won't be you.
No, but what--?
What if it is?
What--?
What happens then?
Uh, I don't know.
We'll figure it out.
You haven't thought about it?
You...think of everything
beforehand.
No.
I haven't really
thought about it.
Hm.
You...got tested
without me.
I mean, it's like you--
You, uh--
Wanted to get your ammo ready
or something.
Oh, come on. That's not true.
Well,
then w-why'd you do it?
I mean, you told me
you were getting a massage.
Babe, why are you d--? Why?
So, uh--
We--
I said I was sorry.
Why are you
picking a fight now?
I don't know.
Why do I feel like
part of you wants it to be me?
That's crazy.
So what if it is...me?
Then...what do we do?
We'll figure it out.
Okay,
why won't
you answer me?
This is such a
stupid conversation.
This is pure conjecture.
We should wait--
Conjecture?
Yeah.
Oh.
Conjecture.
We should wait until
we have the information--
Oh, okay. All right.
Then we can make a decision.
MAN:
It goes with the rest
of the marinade.
MAN:
Okay.
I got those shallots
chopped and ready to go.
MAN:
You don't want us
to, uh...
Usually the mango salsa
is right there.
Is Amir coming in?
[TELEPHONE RINGING]
MAN: Gonna be late.
MAN: Oh, all right.
Mom.
What?
I-I-I don't know.
I don't know.
[SIGHS]
Wha--? I-I don't know.
W-- Can you just
do whatever you want?
Yes, you can, Mom. You can
make a decision without me.
And you can make a decision
without him too.
Why? Because we're
not getting married.
Yeah, I mean it.
[SIGHS]
I don't care what you tell them.
You know, I--
I d-- I don't--
I don't give a shit
how they feel.
I don't. I mean, honestly,
how about how I feel?
You know what?
Mom, I can't.
Have the fucking wedding,
okay?
'Cause I don't give a shit.
[SIGHING]
[WIND CHIMES TINKLE]
[BIRDS CHIRP]
[WIND CHIMES TINKLE]
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