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Previously on Ally McBeal...

Oops!

I'll have to get used
to this whole unisex thing.

-Sandy Hingle, my new assistant.
-[All] Hi.

I need to speak with you.
I have a problem.

Well, all right.

-Can you state it quickly?
-I guess.

I've been faking my orgasms.

What is going on?

I sat in the room listening to all those
men apologize for who and what they are--

-And you are--
-A guy's guy.

-And you've been acting like--
-A woman's guy!

A wussified piece-of-wet-toast
woman's guy!

Well, there's a new man in town, Georgia.

-My name is Georgia.
-Mine's George.

-[Laughs]
-What brings you here on a Friday night?

Maybe the same as you?

To sit next to something
I know I can't really have.

I don't know. I suppose it's no big deal.

Women change hair color all the time.

But when men do it,
it's usually the sign of some crisis.

Please. Billy's not even capable
of a crisis.

He has the personality
of a nail, minus the sharp end.

[Toilet Flushing]

Haven't you learned to look
under the stall doors yet, Ling?

-It's not like I was saying anything nice.
-Ling.

She didn't mean to hurt
your feelings, Billy.

Show me the boo-boo. Let me kiss it.

-I'm gettin' tired of that too, Nelle.
-Tired of what?

Treating me like some Beanie Baby.

Is it to titillate me,
or just to offend Georgia?

Well, gee, let's see, uh--

Georgia's not here.

Must be to titillate you.

[Man] ♪ There's a new man in town ♪

You wanna turn me on, Nelle? Try acting a
little older than a high school sophomore.

Hoo!

How's this?

Ooh!

Junior.

[Both Laugh]

-Do you think he's having an affair?
-No.

-I think he might want to though.
-Mm-hmm.

Do you?

We don't even know
each other's last names.

That probably has somethin' to do with it.
It makes you more exotic.

[Chuckles]

What's he think, your husband--
your goin' out every night?

-Does he know you're comin' to a bar?
-I don't know.

I told him I need space.

Part of me wishes he'd follow me,

catch me talking to a handsome man.

You know, we never talk
about your marriage.

What does your wife think,
you coming here?

Well, she thinks I'm just,
uh, working late.

Which, uh--It's getting late. I should go.

-See you tomorrow?
-[Laughs] Tomorrow's Thanksgiving.

[Chuckles]

I forgot.

Friday?

You have a date.

-Good night.
-Night.

Sorry. You probably need that.

If he were to catch you
kissing another man,

that'd make him jealous.

You think?

♪ I've been down this road ♪

♪ Walkin' the line
that's painted by pride ♪

♪ And I have made mistakes in my life ♪

♪ That I just can't hide ♪

♪ Oh, I believe I am ready ♪

♪ For what love has to bring Yeah, yeah ♪

♪ I got myself together ♪

♪ Now I'm ready to sing ♪

♪ I've been searching my soul tonight ♪

♪ I know there's so much more to life ♪

♪ Now I know I can shine a light ♪

♪ To find my way back home ♪

♪ Oh ♪

♪ Baby, yeah ♪

♪ Oh, yeah ♪♪

♪ There's a new man in town ♪

♪ And he's not foolin' around ♪

♪ There's a new man in town ♪

-♪ Yeah ♪
-Anybody know where I can get a turkey?

You've already got one. Look there.

♪ People, listen up ♪

-What is he doing?
-You don't have a turkey?

-I forgot tomorrow's Thanksgiving.
-[Richard] You forgot?

How can a wife forget Thanksgiving? It's
only the biggest cooking day of the year.

How often does a woman really get
a chance to shine outside the bed?

What?

Seriously, can you
get them cooked or something?

I'm in a jam. It's
bleach-head's favorite holiday.

-Come to my house.
-No, no.

No, no. I'm having
a kind of a party anyway.

My folks, Elaine, Nelle and John.

Renee invited Whipper. What's two more?

-Well--
-No, you're coming.

-Settled.
-[John] Ally?

Uh--

[Sighs]

[Exhales Forcefully]
Richard, um, what-what are you two doing?

Oh, just the two of us.

-[Sighs] We'll get through it.
-Day goes quick.

Would you--[Clears Throat]
like to join us?

-Great!
-We'd love to.

-Do we have to bring anything?
-No.

-It'll be fun.
-Great!

♪ Please go and tell somebody ♪♪

-They're coming?
-Is it a problem?

I thought that you and Richard
were on friendly terms now.

No, no, we're fine.

But... is Thing coming?

-Oh. Yeah.
-Yeah.

-[John] Hello!
-Hey! Hi!

Wow. I can smell the fire.

-[Elaine] Happy Thanksgiving.
-Oh.

-Hey.
-What's that?

We always do Christmas numbers, so
I thought it'd be a nice tradition...

if we did a few Thanksgiving songs.

Plus, your parties
always need a little help.

-They do not!
-I'm hungry.

-She's here? Yuck.
-Ling.

-All right!
-Ling!

What did I ever do to you?
Could I ask you that?

-They're already fighting.
-We're not fighting, Elaine.

I'm merely trying to discover the root
of this woman's bitterness.

-Talk to me about roots.
-Oh!

Is it because your major muscles can only
contract for five seconds tops?

And even at that your
little throat pops a polyp.

-[Chuckles Weakly]
-You told her about my orgasms?

-I might have mentioned, uh--
-Look, if we're gonna fight--

Uh, you don't live here.
You don't make rules.

-Renee.
-[Stammering]

She's welcome to stay and eat,
but not make rules.

-That's enough.
-We're here.

Let me fill ya in.
Whipper disparaged Ling's orgasms,

Nelle and Renee have already bared teeth,
and John's off to Poughkeepsie.

Hey! It is Thanksgiving.

[On Speaker] Maybe I should do a number.

[All] No!

-[Feedback Squeals]
-Hi. Hi, honey.

Uh, hey. Mom.

-Um, where's Dad?

Oh, he's parking the car. He's on his way.

Uh, Mom-- Uh, these are my friends.

Uh, Well, you know Billy and, uh,

-this is, uh--
-Billy? Is that you?

Oh, well, it's-it's the new Billy.

-It's great to see ya again, Mrs. McBeal.
-Oh, you too. It's been so long.

All right. All right, all right,
all right, Mother!

-All right.
-This is, uh, Georgia, his wife.

-He married her.
-Oh, hi.

-And, uh, you know Renee and Elaine.
-[Renee, Elaine] Hi.

That's Nelle, John. And this is Ling.

And I think that you remember
Richard Fish from school.

Oh, yeah.

-He's the boy who kept touching my neck.
-Uh, bygones.

-Excuse me?
-What? You fingered my mother's wattle?

I might have grazed it.
You know, I'm starved.

You told me that my neck
started your fetish.

Oh, it did. I really--

That was for ancient wattle.
I bet you're threatened by the turkey.

-Radish.
-Hello, hello!

-Dad! Hey!
-Hi, sweetheart.

-Hi. Here, let me take that.
-No, that's all right. I got it.

-I would take a kiss though. Mmm!
-Mmm!

-Hey, George.
-Hey, Billy. What happened to your head?

-Oh, it's the new Billy.
-All right, Ally.

I want to introduce you
to my wife. Georgia?

-Huh.
-Wow.

-Dad? What--What's wrong?
-What? Oh, God, I thought--

You look exactly like the daughter of
a client. [Chuckles] Freaky.

-Ah.
-[Ally's Mom] Come on, come on!

The stuffing's in there.
It's gotta be heated.

All right. Mom, I can do it.

-[Ally's Mom] I can do it.
-[George] I'll help you.

-Georgia?
-What?

-You okay?
-Fine.

I'm penile psychic. Something's up.

I-I didn't do anything, I swear.

I wasn't talking about you.

Oh.

♪♪ [R&B]

[Elaine] ♪ Yeah, yeah
Tell 'em 'bout the pig now ♪

♪ A pig is an animal with dirt
on his face ♪

♪ Oh ♪

-♪ His shoes are a terrible disgrace ♪
-♪ Look who's talkin' ♪

-♪ He's got no manners when he eats
his food ♪ -♪ You gobble ♪

-♪ He's fat and lazy and extremely rude ♪
-♪ Oh-oh ♪

♪ And if you don't
give a feather or a fig ♪

♪ And I do ♪

[Trills] ♪ You might grow up to be a pig ♪

♪ But I don't wanna grow up to be a pig ♪

[Together]
♪ Would you like to swing on a star ♪

♪ Carry moonbeams home in a jar ♪

Ally? Where's the bathroom?

Um, you can use the one in my room.

-♪ Or would you rather be a pig ♪
-♪ You're a pig, Billy ♪♪

-[Applause, Cheers]
-[Elaine] Who's next?

-Georgia?
-I don't believe this. I do not--

-Calm down.
-Every man I kiss

turns out to be from her past.

All it was was a kiss--

which we put behind us as of right now.

It's over. We're certainly not anonymous
anymore. Let's just forget it.

I gotta sit through a turkey dinner

looking at Ally's father
whose tongue was in my mouth,

while my bleach-head husband
is out there singing karaoke.

Georgia.

It's not a crisis.
We sat next to each other in a bar.

-We kissed.
-A pretty good kiss.

[Door Closes]

You--You two-- You kissed?

[Stammering] Like-Like man and woman?
You-You two--

I, uh, didn't know that
she was a friend of yours.

I certainly didn't know
that he was your father.

Well, I guess we could call this getting
even, couldn't we, Georgia?

-Ally---Could you please get out?
I need to talk to my father.

[Guests Chattering, Laughing]

-You cheat on Mom?
-It was a kiss in a bar.

That wasn't my question.
Do you cheat on Mom? Do you have affairs?

-You know, Ally--
-I asked you a question.

-And I don't owe you an answer.
-Oh, you don't owe me an answer?

While you were my daughter living
in my house, maybe I did.

I'm not your daughter anymore?

-Will you let me, uh---No, I'm not
your daughter anymore?

Will you just let me finish?

While you were growing up living at home,
I was completely faithful to your mother.

Since you left, I had one affair, yes.

Three years ago.
It lasted about six months.

There's the answer to your question.

And what, it's less of a betrayal to Mom
when I'm not living at home?

-It's less of a betrayal to you.
-Give me a break, Dad.

-Why don't you give me a break?
-You don't get one.

You have affairs on Mom,
you kiss Georgia in bars--

-You don't get a break. Sorry.
-[Door Opens]

Great. Anybody else who hasn't heard?

-I didn't quite--
-Ou-Ou-Out!

I can catch up later.

-[Door Closes] -No. No, why don't
we just catch everybody up now?

Billy, your wife evidently kissed
my husband in a bar last night.

That's what all the yelling is about.
Turkey should be almost done.

-Mistake to let her carve.
-Elaine, get out of my house!

-I didn't kiss anybody.
-Just everybody go. Just get out.

-Thanksgiving is over. Go.
-Ally, can I help or--

I would really just appreciate it
if you would just leave.

Okay. Uh, can we take the bird?

-Yes, take the turkey. Whatever.
-Thanks. Get the bird.

-Well, Billy, who would've figured?
-[Door Closes]

-Your wife, my father.
-[John] Ally--

Go.

Come on, John.

Maybe you should come with me.

We can go and get something to eat,
give them some time alone.

-Good idea.
-I'll get my coat.

-I'm leaving too.
-No, Mom, you're staying.

You, me and Dad are staying.

-Uh, Ally? Is there pie?
-Richard, get out!

Going.

-Invite people over--
-Yeah.

Could-Could you get the--the wine?

Just bring it-- bring it with you.

There was no affair this time.

-I was sitting in a bar--
-Oh, I thought you don't drink.

-I wouldn't expect you to understand.
-No, no. Nor-Nor want me to.

The "my wife doesn't understand me" card
works too well at bars with young blondes.

You said it wasn't an affair this time.

-Does she know about the other time?
-The other time?

Yes. And I know about hers.

As you can see from our loving demeanor,
we've both put it totally behind us.

You had an affair too?

Well, not with any of your friends.

-Funny.
-Mom, you cheated on Dad?

-We don't have to talk about this.
-Mom, we are talking about it.

I had one... little... tiny...

retaliatory fling
after I found out about his.

-I don't even consider it an affair.
-Mine's an affair, but yours--

-I wasn't emotionally involved.
-Maybe I don't want to hear.

-It was just sex to you. Is that it?
-Okay.

-I didn't spend the night after.
-You carried on with another man.

I carried on with a penis.
A man just happened to be attached.

-But mine--You can't consider that.
-♪ A, B, C, D, E--♪

Would you stop singing the alphabet?
You said you wanted to talk!

I changed my mind.

No, you should hear this, Ally.
You're almost 30 years old.

It's time you finally take your head out

of your little Romeo and Juliet
idea of reality...

and face up to the fact
that sometimes life is hard.

Mom, Romeo and Juliet ended up dead.
Did you not read the book?

-Or do you happen to think that they got
off light? -Well, maybe they did.

They got to check out
still believing in love.

I would think you would like that ending.

You don't believe in love?
Is that what you're telling me?

You two don't love each other?

Of course we do.

Mom?

We love each other, Ally.

What happened to you people?

-Ally. You know,
why don't you just stay...

inside your dream universe?

There's obviously something
to it, if you can still--

I don't live in a dream universe, Mom.
Sometimes I just retreat to it.

No, but the problem is--[Laughs]
you think of it as a reality.

-Well, you see, I don't.
-No.

A dream world is when I walk into my
bedroom, close my eyes and see a unicorn.

Reality is walking into your parents' room
as a three-year-old child...

and seeing you in bed with another man.

I know the difference.

What, you think I don't remember?

Dad, d-do you know about that one?

Don't make fun of my fantasy life, Mom.

You inspired it.

[Door Slams]

♪♪ [Piano]

-♪ Dream of now ♪
-♪ Lida Rose I'm home again, Rose ♪

-♪ To get the sun back in the sky ♪
-♪ Dream of then ♪

-♪ Dream of the love song ♪
-♪ Lida Rose I'm home again, Rose ♪

-♪ About a thousand kisses shy ♪
-♪ That might have been ♪

-♪ Do I love you ♪
-♪ Ding, dong, ding ♪

-♪ Oh, yes, I love you ♪
-♪ I can hear the chapel bell chime ♪

♪♪ [Fades, Ends]

[Footsteps Approaching]

Hey.

Can I talk to you?

I did have a--a--

a brief affair when
you were three years old.

-It wasn't because I didn't love your
father. -I don't want to hear about it.

-I'd like to talk to you.
-Too bad.

You had your chance 26 years ago.

Yeah, well--

Maybe I did. Maybe.

But your father was just so--

I don't know--consumed with
his career, and I was so alone.

Fine, got it.
You were alone. Reason given.

You know,

all your life...

I don't believe I've
ever asked you for help.

I'm asking for it now.

Why? What do you need my help for?

Your father just asked for a divorce.

Why does she have to sing grace?
Nobody sings grace.

♪♪ [Elaine Singing]

If you could just let her
get it over with.

♪ Praise Father ♪

-I'm surprised you could be so patient.
-♪ Son and Holy Ghost ♪♪

Of all of us here,
you have the least time left.

Ling!

-That does it.
-Is she leaving?

-Richard? In private.
-Can't we just eat, damn it?

-We need to talk.
-[Alarm Beeping]

[Siren Wailing]

[Ally's Mom] It was 26 years ago.

Exactly. It's one thing if we drift apart
over time. But this was at the beginning.

-Well, hold on.
-How many others?

Well, that was the only one.

Aside from the penis attached to the man,

which was payback for the affair
that you had.

Mine was after the kids
were grown and gone.

-What does that have to do--
-And you!

-What me?
-Why didn't you tell me?

-I was three.
-You obviously knew what you saw.

-I thought they were playing horsey.
-If you remember--

At some point, you figured it out.
You didn't tell.

I'm glad I didn't, because you would
have filed for a divorce.

-Which I'm doing now.
-Dad, come on. This was 26 years ago.

We don't even know if--

Was it just an attached penis, or was it?

Mom?

No.

No, this was, um--

this was a man I'd fallen in love with.

[Sighs]

Well, what happened?

Uh--I broke it off.

Why?

'Cause I had children.

Well, you're free to go now.

-The kids are grown and gone.
-Why do you keep saying that?

Why do we stop being your kids because
we have a change of address?

-You stop being our responsibility.
-No, we don't!

Now, I am still your daughter, and damn
it, you have a responsibility...

to be married happily ever after as long
as I am alive!

You are gonna sit right there,
and I am gonna call my therapist,

and we are all gonna talk about this, all
three of us!

[Whipper]
Last week, you touched my wattle.

You told me how much you missed it.

You told me it was more creased
than ever before.

And I-I let you. I let you go to it.

Richard--

Are you still with her?
I don't understand.

Wh-Whipper--

-What?
-For companionship

or emotional support,
there's nobody like you.

You're like a soul mate.

But when it comes to what's really
important in a relationship--

-What's really important?
-Uh, sex.

-Sex?
-Yes.

That's more important than companionship
or emotional support?

Yes!

All right, just-just for my own education,
can you tell me why?

Well, I work all day.

You know, when I come home, if I come home
to a companion or a-a soul mate,

I could stay up half the night talking,

laughing, sharing intimate
llittle moments...

and I'd be too tired for sex.

I see. I see. That's why Thing is--

No, what you have to understand is most
couples get to a point...

where they don't even enjoy
talking to each other,

and the physical relationship
dies right along with it.

Now, Ling--See, I--I don't
enjoy talking to her now.

But, uh, physically?
Well, we're-we're good.

Do you think that you're fooling me with
these Fishisms, Richard?

You're afraid again.

You've regressed to being the same
emotional coward you used to be.

Well, I hope you get what
you're lookin' for with Thing.

But when you do, don't come runnin' to me.

-Whipper, what's, uh--
-I'm leaving.

Was it something I said?
Tell me, so I can write it down.

-Be quiet, Ling.
-Richard--

You be quiet too!

He just left me alone...
on Thanksgiving Day.

Stuffing?

I'm so confused,
but let me see if I've got it.

When you were three, you woke up in
the middle of the night with an earache,

and then got an eyeful
when you went in to see Mommy.

Now, sometime later, your daddy had
an affair which upset your mommy,

who then had a retaliatory fling...

with a penis connected to a man.

After which, your daddy
kissed Georgia, wife of Billy,

who you kissed last year.

And now your daddy wants to divorce Mommy.
Am I on track?

Well--Yes.

Okay. Now, Daddy--Can I call you Daddy?
Lots of names come to mind.

Call me George. You left out that she was
in love with the man she slept with.

-You didn't know that when you decided to
divorce me. -Well, I know it now.

Not so fast. In love with the man
attached to the penis, or--

They both had them.

She was in love with the one
I walked in on when I was three.

-I'm leaving.
-Dad.

-[Remote Control Beeps]
-[Grunting]

Look, what I'm not getting is,

why is the 26-year-old transgression
the one causing all the problems?

-Exactly. That was my question.
-Yes. Thank you.

Have a cookie and let me talk.

-Thank you.
-Isn't where you are now what's important?

Forget about what happened two decades
ago. Where are you today--

besides all over Georgia?

Where we are now, what we have now,

is based on a foundation, a history.

-If she was sleeping around--

I wasn't sleeping around. It was one man.

-Whom you fell in love with.
-[Ally's Mom Yelps]

Look, 26 years--
We're not gonna solve anything

if you all keep bickering amongst your--

-The-The-The-The--The point is--
-You're still talking!

-Well, you never gave me a cookie!
-[Air Horn Blasts]

[Gasps]

We all really need to let me talk.

George. You talk about foundation.

Why is then more important than now?
And give us the real answer.

You fell in love
with somebody else, Jeannie.

Yeah. So did you.

Oh, no, I didn't really love her.
And that was 20 years later.

-I'm not talking about her.
-Well, who? There was nobody else.

Yeah, there was.

It may not have been sexual,
but you had a love affair that, um,

if it didn't preempt your feelings for me,
it certainly put them on a shelf.

Who? Who-Who did I love?

Look around the room. It wasn't me.
It wasn't the silly therapist.

M-Me?

You're jealous of your own daughter?

It wasn't that you loved her, George.
I loved her too. It was that...

I lost you.

You were gone.

[Sighs]

I'm so ashamed to admit this.

I would watch the way you'd look at her,

the way you'd light up
when the two of you hugged.

And I just--

I so missed the way you--you know,
you once did that with me.

And when she moved out
of the house, I thought that...

maybe you and I would regain some of the--

Instead, you just died...

inside.

Your eyes went dead.

Your heart went dead. She was gone.

[Sighs] Part of you just died.

And it's been like this slow death.

Maybe it started when Ally came to work
with you. I don't know.

-So this is about me and Ally again?
-No, it isn't.

That's what I'm finally figuring out.
You kissing her last year?

It was more about you and me.
Just like your bleaching your head.

What does this have to do
with you kissing another man?

Maybe I-I kissed him to punish
you a little. I admit it.

All this talk about "women
should be in the home"--

You strutting around, the "new Billy."

The "new Billy" makes me want to vomit.

Growing up, people thought
I was this... Barbie doll.

I have been fighting
that one for a long time.

And to hear you say you basically want to
be married to one--

-I didn't say that.
-Yeah, you did.

Well, I am not that.

I will never be that.

You want out?

I have given you your ticket.

You don't even have to be the bad guy,
which we know you hate being.

Got your out.

I kissed another man.

So go ahead.

You can march out with a proud strut.

I was unfaithful.

Well, maybe--

maybe we need to take
a break from each other.

You're not looking to take a break, Billy.

You're looking to make one.

[Sighs]

Happy Thanksgiving.

Every father loves his children.

She's not condemning
your love for your daughter.

She's saying that you disappeared when
it came to loving her.

-And that is just ridiculous.
-[Ally] Is it?

Dad, you draw distinctions about having an
affair when I was living in the house...

as opposed to after I moved out.

Well--Well, how is that
less of a betrayal to Mom?

Oh, you were being the loyal father all
this time instead of the loyal husband.

You didn't want to hurt your children.
[Stammering]

You know, and earlier,
you-you were going on and on...

about how I moved you into
the periphery of my life,

and you said it with such hurt.

Did-Did I hurt you, Dad?

Every father feels a pinch when
his children leave home. It doesn't--

-[Remote Beeps, Cattle Lowing]
-Your daughter asked you a question.

Did she hurt you?

Did you hurt me?

We would talk every day of our lives.

You'd tell me all your dreams and your--

-Hmm!
-pains and your fears.

And then suddenly it stopped. Hmm!
We stopped.

I-I suddenly, uh--I didn't know your life
anymore, Ally.

All I knew was that I was no longer in it.

[Chuckles] Yeah.

You hurt me.

That honest enough for you, Doctor?

I think... maybe I was
afraid of disappointing you.

I don't follow.

-He said he didn't follow.
-I heard him.

Disappoint me?

Dad, when a 16-year-old tells her father
that she's afraid of being alone,

she's afraid that nobody
will ever love her,

she's-she's petrified that she'll fail,

it's--it's-it's probably
a little endearing.

And when she's 21, it's understandable.

But when a 27-year-old lawyer is still
feeling all of these things, it's--

W-Well, she's weak.

I mean, she's-she's pathetic even.

And there came a time when
I was just too embarrassed...

to tell you my fears.

You think because you're 27 years old
you're not supposed to be scared anymore?

-This is why she's in therapy.
-[Together] Quiet!

Look, there's no problem here.

All I'm seeing is a little pain brought on

by two people who have
stopped communicating.

Everything is fixable if you two really
want to work on it. All right?

Now, the two of you, however--
[Whistles] I don't know.

-What do you mean, you don't know?
-Well, we got infidelity.

We got emotional abandonment
going on for a long time.

You two are a mess. I mean, there's
nothing I can cure with a theme song.

But, uh, this I do know.
You love Ally more than you love her.

Deny that and the marriage is dead.

This woman's a wacko.
I want to see her license.

You've got two choices here.

Come clean with your wife, or you go back

to the bar and pick up girls
your daughter's age.

I will not be bullied by this nut.

-[Beeps]
-Yaah!

Huh!

[Door Opens]

[Door Slams]

Women are beasts of insecurity, Billy.
It's all about want, want, want.

And if you give them everything
you have to give,

they learn to want what you can't give.

That's why you withhold. It keeps them
wanting what you have to offer.

-[Toilet Flushes]
-You want to keep a woman wanting.

You want her to love you forever. Treat
her lousy, withhold, keep her miserable.

Love is finite. Only misery lasts forever.

Oh! Uh, Fishism.

[Belches] He's not coming back.

He skipped out
on Thanksgiving, of all days.

Turkey was delicious.

Ling, assuming he went to find Whipper,

which I must admit is
a very real possibility,

you seem to be taking it rather well.

Why, because I ate?

A person has to eat to maintain strength,
especially in times of emotional crisis.

Plus which, he'll come back to me.
I still know how to snap my finger.

I wouldn't mind a respite till he goes off
that Viagra anyway. Where's the pie?

There's no more food,
and we haven't seen bleach-head.

I came to see Renee. Your law firm--

You said at some point you might
hire new associates.

Are you at that point? I've got
a fair amount of portable clients.

Georgia. We'd miss you.

-Ling.
-Ling.

-Would you think about it?
-Sure, I'd think about it.

Thanks.

[Door Opens]

[Door Closes]

[Birds Twittering]

[Knocking]

Your dad went home.

Oh.

Are you looking for a place to sleep?

Oh, no. [Laughs] No, no. I'll go home.

We'll survive, Ally.

Is that how you characterized
your marriage, Mom?

-It survived?
-Oh, there are worse descriptions.

It puts us over the 50 percentile.

I'm so sorry, honey.

Oh, no child--uh, particularly
a three-year-old--

should have to see what you saw.

-I just wish--
-Were you really jealous of me, Mom?

Oh, that--

[Sighs]

I'd like to be able to say
that I understand, but I--

Oh, Ally.

You know, from the day you were born,

there was a-- a magic to you.

And there still is. It's unbelievable.

Oh, the only word I can
think of is magic, but...

when I say that your
father's love for me had died--

Maybe it just became difficult
for him to love a woman...

who was so envious of her own... daughter.

-It's not that I didn't love you, Ally.
-Please, don't.

I just--No, I--

Do you remember a song that you used to
sing with your father?

-"Lida Rose"?
-No. No, no. The other one--

"Dulcinea"--about loving someone
that you never met, or--

You know-- ♪♪ [Mumming]

[Laughs] Something like that.
Don't you remember that?

Well, sometimes I--

I wake up in the middle of the night
and he's not in the bed, and I--

I creep downstairs
and I find him at the piano.

He's just--He's just singing that song.

Because your father, he never
met the love of his life.

I mean, we loved each other. We-We--We do.

You two had no... wonder at all?

Oh, yeah. We did.

But she grew up.

She moved away.

If you only knew how-how--

how I've longed to be close to you.

Yeah.

[Chuckles] Me too.

Well--

You know, he's been a--a wonderful father
to you in so many ways.

But where he's been the most--[Sighs]

heroic, you know, really, in my opinion,
is how he's raised you...

to believe in your dreams,
to believe that they'll come true...

when they... never came true for him.

Well, I think I--

I should go home and, you know,
make him a sandwich at least.

Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.

Well, hey, maybe-maybe you guys
can come over at Christmas.

Oh, yeah. That'd be great.

-Bye, honey.
-Bye.

[Door Closes]

♪♪ [R&B]

[Man] ♪ A pig is an animal
with dirt on his face ♪

♪ Man, he's a terrible disgrace ♪

♪ He's got no manners
when he eats his food ♪

-♪ He's fat and lazy and extremely rude ♪
-Sandy!

Billy! Hey.

-Happy Thanksgiving.
-You too, you too.

I'm out trying to walk off dinner.
I ate too much.

-Well, this is the day for it.
-Yeah.

Hey, you want to get a cup of coffee?

Sure.

Great.

♪ But if you don't care a feather or a fig
♪ [Laughs]

♪ You might grow up to be a pig ♪

♪ But if you want to swing on a star ♪

♪ Carry moonbeams home in a jar ♪

♪ And be better off than you are ♪

-♪ Or would you rather be a fish ♪
-[Doorbell Rings]

-[Sighs]
-♪ To fool the people ♪

-♪ Is his only thought ♪
-Hi.

♪ And though he's slippery
he still gets caught ♪

I just prefer to swim in the shallow end,
Whip. Can't drown.

-Another Fishism.
-See, I just don't see it.

Not with you and me, not with... anybody.

My married friends,
they all seem to grow angry.

The relationships that work,
they--they seem like work.

They-They all have the same ending to me.
So why go there?

-I can't answer that for you, Richard.
-Huh.

-Is that all you came to say?
-Well--

Yeah. Uh, that and, uh--

Yeah.

Good night.

[Locks Latching]

♪ And if that sort of life
is what you wish ♪

♪ All right then ♪

♪ You might grow up to be a fish ♪

[Vonda] ♪ But if you want
to swing on a star ♪

♪ Carry moonbeams home in a jar ♪

♪ And be better off than you are ♪

♪♪ [Scatting]

♪♪ [Ends]

-Is everything okay?
-Oh, yeah. A spat.

You know, they worked it out.
Everything's good.

-How'd the dinner go?
-Terrible.

I think Richard is
going back with Whipper.

So if you want to catch
Ling on the rebound.

Thank you, Renee. I'll-I'll pass.

Well, uh, I'm gonna go to bed.

-Sure you're okay?
-I'm fine.

Okay. Night.

Night.

[Door Opens]

[Door Closes]

♪♪ [Piano]

♪ I have dreamed thee too long ♪

♪ Never seen thee or touched thee ♪

♪ But known thee with all of my heart ♪

[George's Voice]
♪ Half a prayer, half a song ♪

♪ You have always been with me ♪

♪ Though we have been always apart ♪

[Joins In With George]
♪ Dulcinea ♪

♪ Dulcinea ♪

♪ I have sought thee
sung thee, dreamed thee ♪

♪ Dulcinea ♪

[Vonda] ♪ And your name is like a prayer ♪

♪ An angel whispers ♪

♪ Dulcinea ♪

♪ Dulcinea ♪

♪ Dulcinea ♪

♪ Dulcinea ♪♪

[Woman] You stinker!