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Previously on Three Moons. I'm here because I saw a sign you have an

front. $2 ,025.

Moving in?

Yeah. Wow.

Most guys just ask for a second date.

I just wanted to make sure that you want to be here. That it's not a Three Moons

thing. This is where I want to be right now.

Where?

Sitting right here.

Okay, action Lydia.

Yeah, nice. I like it. It's beautiful.

Yeah, keep smiling. Keep smiling. No, no, no. Follow me. Follow me with your

eyes. Yeah, that's great. Oh, I love it. It's perfect.

Sarah Louie, you go near my Mac, and I will kill you with a knife in the night

while you're sleeping.

No, this is the phase of the belfire moon in the tree month of Gort.

Sorry, that is just total wick and white noise.

You're such a nihilist, party poop.

If one full moon is romantic, three full moons have to be phantasmagorical.

If I agree, do we make out?

Could you not be such a guy person all the time? I'm talking romance.

Romance is just sex for old people.

You never want to fall in love.

Love is a lie people made up to sell you stuff.

Friday's the real full moon, not tonight.

How about a little preview of coming attractions? No.

All right.

I do a board slide all the way down to the bottom.

We make out, okay? No.

And you'll kill yourself.

You ready?

It's on.

Wow -wee, triple full moons in Scorpio in the first blue moon of the tri -lunar

year. Girls, guard your zippers. We're talking mucho amore, major love.

Is it the moon's mag or the you?

Alex, I was just getting dressed for work. There's orange juice in the

Hear the cats last night?

Do that again.

Do that again.

No.

Do you want some juice?

What?

You're so beautiful.

Alex, you're 20 years old. I'm nine years older than you.

Oh, really?

It's the moons. I mean it. The extra gravitational pull at the angle of the

clinician this week affects your amygdala.

It's a... A bunch of neurons at the base of the brain they call the center of

passion. You know so much.

Oh, my God. I have a meeting at 9.

I want to go. We'll continue this later.

When?

Michelle Graybar?

If you're not the IRS or the loony bin.

J .J. Sims?

Yes, of course.

You're a little early.

I was just trying to catch you off guard.

I made good time from Boston.

I hope you didn't speed.

You look like a bandit.

Well, should we get cracking?

Yes, have a seat.

Jimmy, pull Mr. Sims' file.

Let me get that, please. No, allow me.

I hope you don't mind me saying this, but I was expecting somebody a lot older

and not so attractive.

There it is.

Oh, God.

No, it's not your fault. It's under Myers instead of Joseph, because Eleanor

Joseph used to be a Myers.

Never mind.

Do I have something on my face?

Sometimes I kind of get the jam from my toes smeared.

No, nothing that I cannot see.

Uh, the Rebuild Your High School Steering Committee meet here Friday

don't forget.

During the Blue Moons Festival?

Well, whose idea was that?

Mine. Well, where's the romance in that?

I told everybody we'd be out in plenty of time.

Can I help you?

Meg.

What a pleasure.

Hi.

I heard you were back in town. Yeah, couldn't keep away.

Too many happy memories.

I'm not intruding.

No, no, not at all.

I brought you a warm apple danish from Johnson's Bakery. This one, this one

looks like Ted Danson.

Don't you think?

You know, I met him once at a party. Friend of a friend's, it's no big deal.

meet celebrities all the time in Hollywood.

Councilman Forrest is on the phone.

I'll call him back.

Huh. She's cute.

Huh? I guess.

And you are still such a messy eater.

That's what we all tell him.

Do you have a plate around here?

Paper. I don't need a plate. No, paper's perfect.

I think she likes you.

No, no, that's silly.

Mackie. Hollywood pays a visit to Milford.

Once well -known for her performances on stage and productions at Milford High,

Miss Fecklin told us she left Milford 18 years ago to pursue an acting career in

Hollywood. You were talking to Arthur Marks? The ruby red? He said I looked

the same as ever.

Yeah, well, he's right.

Continues on stage five.

When interviewed, Miss Beckland stated that she left Hollywood to lead a more

tranquil life in the Pacific Northwest.

However, it is the opinion of this observer that people rarely leave

acting careers for obscurity. Perhaps Hollywood turned its back on her. And

on earth would he say something like that? Well, since the three moons,

been saying he's no longer going to sugarcoat the news. Their motto over

now is the unvarnished truth.

And a knife?

And where would you like it?

Sorry?

Oh, look at us, all promed out.

Can you believe how young we were?

Just finish the article. I can take it.

When interviewed, some Milford citizens expressed that Miss Becklin might be

here to right some long -standing romantic wrongs with local attorney

McIntyre. Oh, Mackie.

I'll talk to Arthur.

Try to set him straight.

This is pre -lunar market value, and this is what I paid.

With financial help from your firm, of course.

I offered Bill Fensterwald 35 % of what he paid for his three -bedroom colonial

15 years ago, and he grabbed it in a heartbeat.

Took up his laptop from the mortgage and bought a Porsche for the cannonball

run. Oh, I didn't know they still ran that.

Oh, yes.

Reinstated. He said they have to do it twice a month to keep up. You know, the

prices of houses keep going down, but Porsches and Ferraris keep going up. For

the short term.

For the short term, of course.

And you and I, we think long term.

I think you're doing a wonderful job, Michelle.

I just love your enthusiasm.

You don't mind if I call you Michelle, do you? That's my name.

Can I ask you a question?

What is it?

What does a lonely guy do for fun at night here in Milford?

I didn't know you were staying over.

I'm on my way up to Manchester. We're financing a lot of property up there.

Hey, hot stuff.

What are you doing?

You are not old enough to drive.

What?

What do you mean?

That's fake.

What? No. No, it's real.

It's real plastic.

Real photograph of me.

Go for a ride? With you? No way.

Whose car is that?

Just sit in it. Who did the laundry?

My cousin's, okay? He's out of town. Get in. Just sit.

Yeah, sure.

Maybe we'll just go for a quick spin.

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

What are you doing? What does it look like? What is he, like, 14? Like, I'm

gonna, like, just let you drive off? Like, it's your business. Let me see. My

dumb brother.

It's all right, Alex. Get out of the car, Lydia. What are you talking about?

Hey, man, can you just take it down a level? Okay, I'm not talking to you. No,

I'm talking to you. You just get out of the car. Hey!

Not to worry. I'll talk to Arthur Mark.

I'll do that. I'm more concerned about you than I am about me.

You're a pillar of the community.

I'll talk to him. Makes me sound like a stalker. No, it doesn't.

I care about you, Mac. You know that.

You know, she was on Matlock. The world is full of surprises.

I used to love that show. What was the guy in there? Andy Griffith. No, the

other one. The one that was on Walker, Texas Ranger 2.

Don't know.

It'd be fun to see her in that. I wonder if there's a way I can get a copy.

I mean, just out of curiosity.

It's not like there's anything romantic or anything.

Here, let me help you with that. I got it.

Anyway, it's none of my business if there is or if there isn't.

Let me guess why you're here.

I started writing the truth, Mac. You can't fault a man for writing the truth

he sees it. I know you do, Arthur.

Lord knows if ever there was a time to tell the unvarnished truth.

And I respect you for it.

I thought you'd be ticked.

Yeah, that too.

Sarah Louise?

You hurt her feelings.

I don't see how that does anybody any good. Yeah, well, what good did she do

you?

I'm just asking you to take it easy on her.

She's only trying to find her way like the rest of us. And I would do that

because? Because we owe each other a couple of favors. Let me get this

You're using your influence to get favorable coverage for Sarah Louise

Arthur.

Got it.

We'll say the feds raise the prime rate another two points, and then mortgages

go up one and a half.

But that increases the chances for negative amortization.

Exactly. But then equity goes down.

In the short term.

Motivate donors now.

Of course.

You are so right.

The others, they're all lemmings. They run in fear from what we face with

With gusto.

Do that again.

Gusto.

Lydia,

what were you doing with that idiot?

He's not an idiot. He's really... Smart? He's a nihilist. You know, you're not

the only smart person.

I thought you were a Wiccan, not a nihilist. What if I'm both? There's no

thing as a nihilist, Wiccan. That's what Adrian said, but Kurt said you can be a

nihilist anything, as long as you don't really believe in it. Okay, last time he

got here, they nicked his brain.

Nicked whose brain?

Lydia's got a new boyfriend.

Who's that? Nobody.

Oh, oh, oh, he's an intellectual.

He's a philosopher.

How come I haven't heard about him? He's not my boyfriend. He's just a friend

who happens to be a boy. A friend boy.

We should have him to dinner. I'm sure he'd love to meet Mom.

Fine with me.

Invite him.

You want to invite the woman next door, too?

Sure.

Because I saw her kissing Alex.

What? Her name is Claire. She works at Dad's office.

Okay, shut up, Lydia.

Wait a minute.

Is this the same woman you wanted to spend the night with on your birthday?

I wasn't necessarily going to spend the night with her.

And she lives next door?

Your first time was at a funeral?

Oh, come on.

Swear on my life.

I saw the obit, and in a flash of divine inspiration, I ran out and bought a

little black dress.

Left the tags on so I could return it, of course.

You crashed the funeral.

I told the widower I was in his wife's book club. Got the listing that day,

it in less than a week.

Oh, you are such a predator.

Feasting on those 4Ds, baby.

Say them for me.

You know them.

No, I want to hear it from those beautiful lips.

Death. Divorce.

Disillusion. To me.

Michelle Graybar and J .J. Sims.

What? Present!

I didn't know what you saw!

You just need to be loose. I am loose!

Ladies and gentlemen, Michelle Gravar. A little encouragement, please.

Here she is on the stage.

Now, this is our theme song.

Oh, it is.

Love gives me such a thrill.

But your love doesn't make a thrill.

I need money.

is why you moved in here.

So you could be next to her. Okay, could you please just come back in the house?

Does she know how old you are, Alex? Okay, what's a good answer for that? If

say she does, then you're going to call me a liar. And if I say she doesn't,

then you're going to think... Think what?

I don't know.

Just tell me the truth. Does she know how old you are?

Okay, the truth is... I don't want to tell you the truth.

Fine. I am begging you not to do this. Do you think this is funny for me?

Come on, please. Come on, please. Just go back.

My name is Laura Davis.

I live next door.

Do you know that my son is in high school and he's 16 years old?

Here we go.

You said you were 20. You said you went to MIT. I'm sorry. I lied.

He's in high school.

I mean, I had a problem with 20, but I said to myself, it's a different world

now, right?

I feel like a child molester.

But no, nothing happened. Really, nothing.

He said he was 20.

I can't believe it.

I can't believe it.

Claire, I... I will never forgive you.

Hey. Hey, yourself.

It's all yours.

All mine?

Mm -hmm.

Thank you very much, Mr. Sims.

I try to please.

And you do.

Oh, you have a little bit of shaving cream on your ear.

No, no, no, no. It's cute.

It just doesn't match.

There.

Come and look.

Oh, yeah, they're going to love that at the bank in Manchester.

Come here.

What? What, you can dish it out?

Come on, come on, come on. What are you going to do? I want to see what you look

like with a mustache.

Oh, you naughty boy.

No, no.

Okay, do it.

It's all about anticipation.

Come on, you're driving me crazy.

Oh.

Oh, that's nice.

Oh, no.

What?

I'm sorry, I've got to go.

I've got a meeting with the bank president in Manchester at 11.

Oh. Can I come back?

Well, there's a moon festival tonight.

Everybody in town will be there, local charm and all.

We could check that out.

You could stay at my place.

You got us.

You look so silly.

No. Claire. Go away. If the world is going to end, what difference does it

Shouldn't we do what makes us happy?

Attorney attempts to muzzle Milford legend.

Mr. McIntyre displaying a remarkable lack of professional discretion, not to

mention common sense.

approached this editor to suppress his coverage of the Sarah Louise Fecklin

affair.

I use the word affair advisedly.

It was dumb bringing it up with Arthur. Yes, it was.

It's just she's... I don't know. We go way back.

You like her then?

Yeah, but not necessarily in that way. More like a sister.

What are they cackling about?

My mom wants me to invite you to my house for dinner.

You're inviting me over for dinner? My mom is. It's Alex's idea of a joke.

You know, I'll just tell them you're out killing babies or something.

You can tell your mother and your brother that I would be most delighted

attend. Now, do I bring red wine or white?

Hello? Claire?

Look, no, I really need you to hear me out right now. I don't want to talk.

Alex.

My world is love, it's only magical.

It's a beautiful life.

Life.

Hi, could you tell me what office Claire Ling is in, please? Do you have an

appointment? Uh, yes, she's expecting me. I'm Alex Davis.

Call Davis' son?

No. Hello, Mr. Davis. Hi.

She's in 306, but you'll have to wait while I call up. It's a security area.

Miss Ling, Alex Davis is here for you.

You can't be here. What are you doing? Are you crazy?

Look, this is life like a business, mister. I'm on a break from MIT.

Okay, okay.

Nothing has changed. What difference does the date on the driver's license

to do with anything? It's too weird. I'd just be like that crazy teacher who had

an affair with her student.

Okay, well, what difference does it make?

It makes a lot of difference.

They've overwritten it.

I love you, Claire.

I know you have feelings for me, too. Look, don't say that. You're just

confused. No, I'm not. I am not.

This is too weird. I'm too weird?

No, I didn't say that you were too weird. Your weirdness is a good thing.

Okay, let's go.

We need to talk. You can't not talk to me.

This bike is bad. I've got to bring it back.

I would do it again.

Be respectful. I'm going to wait. It's all right. Forget it.

What if Dad doesn't come back? What are you talking about?

What if Dad doesn't come back?

Is that it for you in romance?

It has to do with anything.

Excuse us, please.

Nobody wants to be alone.

We're not alone. We have each other.

Lydia. Why would you deny me this? Now of all times.

I'm not denying you anything. I just ended a stupid deception.

Well, maybe someday I'll get the chance to return the favor.

Where's your brother? He's in his room. He said he's not coming down.

Ever.

Such a dumb idea.

Lydia, I'm not going to be judging Kurt for a ribbon.

He doesn't have to be a prom king.

He's not from, you know, he's not from Pony Chisholm.

That's a good thing.

Yeah, I just hope he won't freak out and be rude to him. I'm not going to be

rude to him.

Hi, you must be Mrs. Davis. How do you do? Nice to meet you.

Oh, these are for you. They're so sweet.

Yellow for remembrance.

Come on in.

Oh, I love your place, Mrs. D. Thanks. It has a really warm feeling.

Oh, cool.

Is this the new X110L?

Kurt's video camera got busted.

We're having pasta with clams.

I hope that's okay.

Little cherry stones?

Yes, as a matter of fact.

Are you serious?

That's one of my all -time favorite foods.

Can I help you with anything?

Not at all. You guys just hang.

I'll let you know when we're ready. It's very casual around here. Go on.

Cool. Just how I like it.

I'm sorry, I'm going to have to leave later because I'm going to the Rebuild

Your High School Steering Committee meeting.

Wow, I think it's so worthwhile that you're working to rebuild the school,

D. Thanks.

Oh,

hi, Alex.

Nice to see you again.

So, uh, anyway, you know, I think that kids react in different ways to

everything that's going on.

But, you know, it does make things a little more intense.

Makes you think about what's important.

And what's important to you, Kurt? You mean besides Lydia?

No, I mean, um... Yeah, I've really gotten into philosophy lately.

Like who?

Oh, a bunch.

For example?

Cut it out, Alex.

I'm just trying to take an interest in our gases.

Seriously, name one.

Um, like Friedrich Nietzsche?

Yeah, he's a German philosopher from the 19th century. Well, everyone knows who

Nietzsche was.

And by the way, he opposed nihilism.

Kurt, ignore him.

Well, you know, I like to know both sides of an argument.

Okay. Well, then who's your favorite nihilist philosopher?

Con? Auditor?

Alex, that's because your girlfriend broke up with you.

Camus.

What did he say that spoke to you?

Can you even tell me one thing Camus ever said?

That's enough, Alex.

How about, my friend, do not wait for the last judgment.

It takes place every day.

You're such a fraud.

Maybe this is the real one.

I thought you were going to a Rebuild Our High School committee meeting. I am.

That's some major eye shadow. So?

Nothing. Thought I might walk off to the festival later.

Are you sure?

I don't know, maybe.

Not with Max!

You have been the most wonderful guest. Oh, well, you were a great host.

You are welcome any time.

So, um, maybe we'll see you at the Moon Festival.

Yeah, maybe.

Alex.

What are you doing out here?

I have to ask you something. I won't think bad of you if you're honest with

About what?

You're a virgin, right?

I... No, don't be coy. Just tell me the truth.

Oh, that's not the point. No, that is the point. Just because you're a

teenage virgin and you think that hooking up with a 29 -year -old is going

put you out of your misery doesn't mean we should give up what we have. I mean,

there could be 12 moons in the sky and they're still not going to make me

a child molester.

I'm sorry, but I am not a child. No, I'm so unbelievably ticked off at you.

But I do miss you.

I miss talking to you.

Yeah, matrix, multiplication, and string theory.

No, not just that.

Look, Alex, you're one in a million.

And it's such a cruel joke of faith that you're still a kid.

Can we... Can we talk? Can we just go somewhere and talk?

As friends.

As friends.

Well, you were trying to help.

You get an A for effort. Big stamp of approval.

You know, the worst part is everything they said in the paper was true. I was a

total failure in Hollywood.

No, don't say that. It's true.

It was a nervous wreck at auditions. When I got the part, which I barely ever

did, I kept looking down to try to find the tapes they put on the floor to tell

you where to stand.

Supposed to be my character, and I was always looking for those tape things.

You had some success?

A lot has happened since I left.

Not all of it good.

Maybe it's wrong to say. I just wanted to come back somewhere safe.

Not just the place, Maggie. The person, too. You don't have to explain.

Can we move the world?

Where?

and things went so crazy. I really have to be back. I'm supposed to be holding a

meeting about rebuilding the high school.

Oh, just for a little while.

Sarah Louise Beckley.

Remember when you used to work here for my dad? Yeah.

Yeah, after class.

Got to see everyone in town.

Sure used to help around mealtimes.

Are you serious?

You doubled his afternoon business.

Huh.

Yeah, maybe.

Just until I get back on my feet.

All right.

New camera?

Yeah. It looks just like my mom's.

Yeah, I know, except there's an X110L and this one's an M110S.

Oh.

Can I hold your hand, or is that child the last thing? Alex.

Did you ever read about the people in London when the Germans were bombing?

Alex, you could be going to the market on a sunny day, and out of nowhere, a

German bomb would come down and take out your entire block.

People went a little crazy under the pressure.

They did wild things they might never have done before.

But it wasn't totally crazy.

It was normal, if you think about it.

Scene of the crime.

Remember your dad's old Plymouth?

Yeah. It had the world's biggest back seat. It was like that car was purposely

designed for sexed -up high school kids.

I had marks on the back of my neck from the window crank.

And I told my mom it was from the rings at gym class. She called the coach and

complained. You never told me that.

I kept a lot in.

Too much.

I made a terrible mistake when I left you.

I am so sorry.

You don't have to apologize.

No, I'm sorry for me.

Oh, Mac.

I am just tingling.

Do I still look good to you?

I gotta get back.

Feel the pull of the moon.

I do.

I'm lighter.

I think I can actually feel my amygdala for the first time.

It's way inside.

And so the base of my brain is doing a tap dance on my spine.

Try it.

Alex, no.

I love you. I can't help. No, it's the moon.

Oh, it's not. I've loved you since the second I saw you. You don't know what

love is. You haven't even taken your SATs yet.

I know that you're smart and strange and funny and beautiful and...

that I get you better than some guy your own age could.

Stop.

Um, no, I don't think this friend thing is working. Um, just stay there.

I want to go home alone.

What?

You okay?

Yeah, I'm good.

I'm good.

Okay, man.

You two have a good night.

Thank you.

He'd forget his head if it wasn't nailed down.

Well, we just have to start without him.

Excuse me. Did Mac mention anything about being late? He said he'd be here.

I wanted to know if we could use the old rest -a -lounger factory as a temporary

location. The problem is asbestos. Do we know we can't get rid of it?

Um, that was Dalton Russell, patrolman.

Seems as though he was patrolling up there in Betts Point, and he found Mac

out in his truck with Sarah Louise.

Now, I thought Mac had a bad back.

Don left him up there.

Maybe Sarah Louise will help him work out his kinks.

No one knows, too. They're going to be out all night.

We're going to have to have this over with the next time.

I don't mean to be crude or anything.

Okay, fine.

Maybe there is something to this full moon thing.

You think so?

I don't know.

You're suddenly looking awful cute to me there, Ted.

Yeah, you read my mind. I knew it.

You're the best.

So, you send me the paperwork right away on that last loan package.

Yeah, J .J.

I'll do that.

Get a room.

I wash in the dew of the hawthorn tree. Ever will I handsome be.

Close your eyes and

faster

What happened with the meeting?

It was Clarence Gilliard, Jr.

Gilliard? Who was Gilliard?

The Matlock guy.

The one with the Texas Ranger you couldn't remember.

Where'd everybody go?

They were almost an hour late. They thought you weren't going to show.

Why would they think that? I just got a little belayed.

They went to the festival.

They want to reschedule in a couple of days when the moons are less full.

Has everybody gone nuts?

I guess so.

Hi, Mackie.

Sarah Louise?

How was your meeting?

Uh, it was, um, it was fine.

I thought maybe you'd like to see me in my old cheerleading uniform.

But I couldn't find it.

Oh, I thought you'd be disappointed.

But what do you think of my pom -poms?

Go Milford! Go Morgan!