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Did you drink on the airplane?

I... No.

You sound a little boozy as well.

I mean, yeah.

Money doesn't mean anything on airplanes.

Money doesn't mean anything?

No. Yeah, that's true.

Go for it.

That's like...

When I'm in another country, I'm like, ah, I could all play money.

Yeah, like Monopoly money. I play Monopoly money. I'm invincible.

I all have free money.

That boy always cracks me up. It's called Bizarre Latino.

What is it?

Is it a grocery store or something?

Yeah, I guess. I don't know. It's like maybe a restaurant with a little grocery

store. I actually have not shopped at the Bizarre Latino, but maybe I'll

Are you hungry at all?

I'm starving, actually.

Yeah.

I have stuff at the house, but we can also stop somewhere maybe or something.

Oh, is this the... The strip you were talking about where, like, on Fridays

Saturdays... Yeah. Yep.

Sort of, like, historically Latin American, Latino folks.

And it's hilarious because on Fridays, it is, like, the most happening street

Omaha.

But then the rest of Omaha is just sort of boring and quiet.

Yeah.

I mean, you can kind of tell right now, right? Yeah, I'm like, I want to go hang

out with them.

Yeah, it's a really vibrant night here. It's actually kind of refreshing.

I was going to say, like, otherwise this place, like, they call it a city.

Yeah, well.

This is it.

Yeah.

Kind of a lot nicer than I thought it would be.

Okay. Well, I do have to apologize.

What, like your body? No, no, no, no, no. Or maybe not working out. I don't

know. The dead body smell.

Did I ever... I'm a murderer now. I should have probably told

you. Oh, my God.

Yeah, no, I'm a killer.

Is it just like you moved to the Midwest and suddenly you're like, oh, my God. I

was bored.

I was bored.

I was heartbroken. I was like, I don't know what I was waking up with. shakes

and i was like i have this insatiable desire to kill uh -huh and so i just

started you know at first it was casual it was like i don't like the way the

neighbor looked at me then i was like i don't like the way the neighbor's kid

looked at me is that alcohol over there you don't want to talk about murder no

what are you talking about trying to shut you up

i just want you to know that if you smell something in the house

Sure. Oh, fuck. I don't have any clean dishes. Sorry. Hold on. Well, that

changed.

You've got a lot of apples.

Yeah, I just thought, you know, if in fact they keep the doctor away, then

I'll do it.

For me?

Yeah, I did a display. I have a couple of cute displays around the house.

I thought that I would impress you with.

With your apples. With my apples.

So, something we could discuss.

Sleeping arrangements.

I have a couch.

I'm happy to sleep on it. You can sleep in my room, you know.

Yeah. We can just peacefully say goodnight. Yeah.

From across, you know. That's probably the right thing to do. Yeah.

See ya.

Mature thing to do in this situation.

Yeah.

Glad we solved that.

I'm going to put on my reading glasses so I can... So you can see me?

Yeah, so I can check. I've prepared a contract that I thought you should read

that says at night past a certain time you won't come downstairs and I won't go

upstairs in case... I figured our lawyers would want some documentation in

case...

I'm not not sleeping.

Thank you.

Okay. Is that okay?

Yeah. Are you sure? Yeah.

But, like, it would be the first time.

Oh,

don't put that on the... What?

Airport.

That's okay.

I don't care.

Yeah, that's fine. Just leave it there.

Actually, I have a shelf for you. Oh.

Yeah.

This is empty if you want to use it.

Awesome. Thank you. I mean, I'm only here for like a couple days.

Yeah.

Don't really need to unpack.

It's all the thing, you know.

I do want to come to next to you.

And you want to sleep next to me, right? I would like to sleep next to you and

with you.

Okay.

Okay.

We don't have to sleep.

Well, no.

I thought we were going to touch each other. I don't know. I mean, we just

some whiskey.

I could pass out right now. Yeah, no, I actually could legitimately take a nap.

Yeah.

We could just, like, cool our jets and take a nap. Yeah.

Okay. Good night.

Goodbye.

Are you sleeping yet? Yeah, no, I'm sleeping. That's how I sleep now.

I sleep sitting up.

It's just in case. Since I don't have you here to protect me, I have to be my

own guard dog.

So I sleep sitting up.

Oh, my God.

Sometimes I sleep with my arms like this.

I sleep with my arms like this because of that. I already pretty scare the

person walking up the stairs.

I do. It's true.

See? If you were walking and it was dark and you saw these arms like this, that

would fucking freak you out.

Calm down.

You know... No.

Do you remember that year that your parents had a Christmas party?

And your dad got so drunk that he made your mom's friend

throw a quarter at his ass?

And he said, it's so good a quarter bounces off of it.

Your mom is so fucking mad.

I mean, he does have a nice butt.

That's what I thought. I was like, yeah, wow, that corner really did bounce.

It was a miracle.

It's weird being here with you.

Yeah.

Yeah. But in a good way.

Yeah.

I like the way you taste.

I'm happy I'm here.

I'm happy you're here.

It's not a bad decision, right?

No. No.

Totally not. We make very rational good decisions. Absolutely.

Yeah. Every time.

That's like our thing.

Yeah. Wow.

Yeah. Those two lovers make great decisions.

We make the best decisions.

That's what everyone says.

Zero issues.

Yeah. Nobody's ever worried about us.

I wonder if you could bounce a quarter off of my ass.

Or at least a penny.

You want another drink?

Sure. Cool.

So a couple questions.

One, have you been running?

And two,

Whose shoes are those?

Jesus Christ.

Well, these belong to a nice young woman.

Oh. Is this the one from your Instagram? She is my running partner, and she is

on my Instagram.

She has, on occasion, also been a sex partner.

Oh. Oh, okay. Okay.

But, yeah.

Run together.

And she apparently has left her shoes here.

Not on purpose, though.

Well, she might have left them on purpose. I didn't leave them on purpose.

Uh -huh. Sure.

Does it make you uncomfortable?

I mean, it's a little weird.

Is that a weird?

I mean, yeah, it's a little weird.

Do you have a running partner?

Um, no.

Do you have a sex partner?

It's so weird when you put it like that.

Have you taken a lover?

Why are you being... No, not currently.

I have to give you a straight answer.

Yeah. Well, I'm currently running alone.

How's that?

Well, it helps with my depression.

I can tell you that much.

Well, that's great.

I guess how writing is for me.

Yeah. I guess I have had a writing partner.

Oh, my God.

But that's, you know, like a work thing. Yeah. Just like second and third base.

Yeah.

We don't have to talk about our other people that we've partnered with.

Yeah. I mean, we can if you feel like it.

Yeah. Yeah,

you're not wrong, and we're both adults, so we can talk about those sort of

things, right?

And be adult about it.

I have seen another naked adult besides you.

And it wasn't an accident.

That's good.

Get water, okay? I'll get some water.

a second okay okay just hold on one second don't come in

okay one more second okay

Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow!

Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow!

Ow! Ow! Ow!

Ow!

Okay.

I just

need a little

tea.

Okay.

Okay. Okay. Okay.

Oh, wow.

Okay.

It's a mess. It's a mess.

I'm getting so tired.

I had too much to drink.

Okay, baby.

I can do it, though. Okay, I can get there.

You know what? Can I go down on my own?

Come here. Come here. Give me that.

Give me that.

Okay.

Yep.

Yep.

Come here. Come here. Come here.

It was fucking so bad. I know, me too, but... Oh, fuck.

Baby. Oh, baby.

I just wanted to be rock hard for you.

I'm sorry.

Fucking penis.

Why don't you drink some water?

Good morning.

Good morning.

Do you want some water?

I tried to give you some water.

Maybe try some more later.

Are you feeling relatively okay?

I am, yes.

I need coffee, though.

Okay, you want me to make you some?

No.

I would like to make you some.

Bye.

I actually don't drink coffee anymore.

I mean, not really.

Okay.

Fuck you.

Why don't you drink coffee?

I was reading about... Okay,

I'll make some coffee.

You want me to make you tea?

Yes, he would be great. Okay.

You okay? I can make it if you want. No, no, no, no.

So how's editing going?

Um... That well, huh?

No, it's going good. It's going good. It's going good.

Yeah, I'm just trying to figure out the tone of the thing.

It's like the city of Omaha is destroying a public library.

selling, giving the land, I guess, to a local skyscraper.

And they're moving the library out of town.

Yeah, you were mentioning a little bit about it.

So, yeah. So it's like a serious story about a public library.

But the characters are funny.

Like, the people in it are interesting, funny people.

And I want to find that balance between, like, the reality of these... people's

lives and the hilariousness of the way they show their lives to me.

But also my editor, Josh, is kind of like a serious, I don't know if he's a

serious guy, but he's a little more like fact driven. He wants to make sure we

like lay it all out.

We're actually doing a trailer for Investor. And so we're just trying to

it's a great opportunity to figure out the balance between how serious we want

to go and how kind of like.

silly, not silly, but how kind of playful we want the film to be. Right,

you commit to one or the other. Yeah, and trailer's a good way to do that, but

also I want to make sure that it's like a, if we're showing someone who's going

to give us money, I want to make sure that it's an accurate depiction of the

work we're doing. And also entertaining.

And entertaining.

I think people forget that about documentaries, that they're like movies

are meant to be watched and enjoyed.

Yeah. No, I mean, I get that. I'm doing this play right now, and I'm just...

I just feel like I fit off a little bit more than I can show.

I'm just, like, struggling with, like, what you said, the balance of, like,

comedy and the tragedy, and I don't want to, like... What's the play?

Chekhov.

You know, like, really lighthearted and straightforward. Yeah, yeah.

It's Russian emo, I think is what they call it. Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah.

So you're doing, you're doing Chekhov, which of the plays?

It's the cherry orchard.

Oh, okay. Yeah.

That's a lap out of the comedy. Yeah.

Cool. I'm really going for it.

Yeah.

That girl shit, baby.

Well, I don't, I mean, that's the thing. Do, do I do that? Do I?

Take, like, the Stanislavski route and... You mean, like, the method? Yeah,

don't... Sorry, I'm an asshole.

You're not an asshole.

You know, or, like... Yeah, I'm just... I'm struggling more with the comedy.

Okay. The comedic elements of it. How do you apply Stanislavski to... What do

you mean by that?

I just, like, beat a dead horse and show people... How God likes you. Yeah,

but...

Not everyone is into that.

So what do you think that, like, if you're not rooting it in reality, how do

think that makes it funny? How do you think that makes something funny?

Because just like you were saying, life is inherently funny. Even when you're

dealing with a public library, there's still, like, you know, the guy peeing in

the corner.

My probation officer said that I'm not.

Carol, I could not say the word probation officer.

My probation, that joke, it killed it.

Yeah.

I think the bottom line is that I would say I can relate to you and the whole

process. Well, I'm proud of you, honestly. I think it's really cool that

doing that.

I mean, that you stuck your two guns and, like, Peter is not fucking shitty.

No, I mean it. I mean it. I really do admire that. I think it's like... You

know, we already had sex, so you don't... Well, I'm hoping to go for

at some point.

And with maybe a little less wiffy in my bloodstream. Yeah. I'm telling you,

tonight, I can get at least to like 90%. You're not going to have to worry about

me. I'm going to be just a rock -solid lover.

All right. I'll believe it when I see it.

Oh, Belle.

It'll be in the dark, I don't know.

I have to work.

I do, too.

So, yeah. Okay, good. So, yeah, you go to the studio, and I'll do my thing.

Like, you go work, I work.

We're like just regular two cool married people that live in our lives, figure

shit out, no big fucking deal.

Yeah.

We did it once.

We can do it again.

Very well, I'm gonna try.

Um... Let me get more coffee.

Um... Well,

uh, listen, I, um... I can help you if you want. Off the camera or something.

Oh, oh, yeah, I mean, if... If you want, like lighting or, um, but if you have

to get to work, don't worry about it. It's a cabin.

Okay. Well, I'll give you some stuff.

I will. This will be fun. This will be like the whole, the whole day.

Yeah. I wore a very Nebraska, or I'm wearing a very Nebraska appropriate

Really? Yeah.

Do you have like regulars now still?

Yeah.

Like some of the things I've done before?

Yeah. I mean, you can.

You can watch from wherever, so.

Yeah, yeah.

I've never watched.

No?

I watched one.

You were good. It was fun. I missed you.

It wasn't you, you, but it was some version of you that.

Yeah, I mean, it's like acting.

But I didn't masturbate while I watched.

I took notes.

Thank you for clarifying.

Really? I mean, stretch, you know what I mean?

I mean, like, I dabbled with it. I was like, I missed you so much that it was

like, I don't know, the barrier on the screen was I wanted to actually touch

you.

In the fall of 2021, Mayor Gene Stosser announced an intention to close the W.

Dale Clark Library.

It's often cited that a 2017 master plan study of the library suggested that the

downtown was underutilized and inefficient.

punch it right there like boom like three to five shots uh and stick with me

want like some sort of like Hans Zimmerman kind of like I don't think we

afford it it's just for Chris saying like hey this is what your investment is

going to feel like um all right hopefully we'll get a few

more people in here otherwise maybe it's Maybe it'll just be the seven

of us. Oh, there's a few more.

Okay.

Oh, thanks. Yeah. I don't want to have to say it so many times, so everyone

fill each other in.

I'm in Nebraska right now.

Don't ask why. It's very complicated and boring, and that's not what you're here

for.

Oh, thank you.

Thanks. All right. we'll get we'll get to it um

okay thanks oh oh

you've been you've been to Nebraska before yeah I'm like any suggestions of

things to do because as much as I love you guys I can't be on here all day

okay you got a tip for that though

all right thank you

Well, actually, I have these big old socks on right now because it's kind of

chilly here.

Yeah, okay. All right,

now you can see them.

There they are.

Oh,

for the other one? Oh, I appreciate that.

See, there they both are.

I often ask people, what is Omaha's mission statement?

Pause there.

That's all. I think that's, you know, it goes on. It goes on to talk about

something. Play it, per se. You know, every corporation has a mission

and purpose statement. You know what I mean? Fine, what's ours?

I love the what's ours.

I love the what's ours. Like, I think that's, like, from a performance

standpoint, it's really nice, but I feel like it's, I don't want the whole,

like, every corporation has, like, we're trying to be that same thing.

You know, like, that's what you think. I kind of love this, like, what's our

mission statement?

And then there's another bite that follows that I think we can cut right

and you don't lose anything. Or it feels like it blows.

So try that. Like that.

And then you can put it in. Are you doing okay? I'm like a maniac right now.

so sorry.

I'm like, I had a lot of coffee.

Sorry, but if you touch my face bar again, you'll get coffee.

I'm sorry, dude.

I am so fucking exhausted.

Yeah? Yeah. Why?

I mean, oh, yeah, you're... Yeah, yeah, my... What? My... Your... Oh, where?

Are you technically still married?

Or did you divorce? I'm confused.

We're separated.

Okay. But, like, you have to, in order to get a divorce, the idea is that you

separate for a certain amount of time. Okay. And so...

But we're trying something, I guess.

Yeah. Some sort of experiment.

And it's killing me.

Okay. I'm just tired. I mean, it's like, it's great.

I mean, it kind of came unexpectedly.

And like, I don't know, I'm focused on this.

And I really care about making the movie.

And like, I'm settling into Omaha a little bit.

And it's sort of, like, it's, like, shaking me a little bit. Well, I mean,

exciting to actually have a little bit of money to make something that feels

important and not just a... Like, when we were together, like, Margo had, she

had her theater jobs and she had stuff going on.

And I was always just, like, I mean, I got some money from, like, colleges and

stuff to, like, make some of the doc stuff. But, like, for the most part,

I made, like, a commercial or I made, you know, I was on unemployment for,

the last, like...

You have our relationship, which is not a big deal.

But I finally have something going good, and I want her to

see that that's working. But it's also working because I had this year off

to, like, be myself, to, like, step into me.

Yeah. You know what I mean?

And I feel like she's kind of coming in and shaking that up a little bit.

Yeah.

It's good.

Good. We still have lots of things at work, but there's stuff that's just

yeah, I don't know.

Sort of feel like, yeah,

I don't know.

So I hear, I was in the living room and I hear her in the kitchen and she's like

singing the loudest I've ever heard her sing.

And oh, oh,

oh, thanks Tom.

Um, so I go to the kitchen and there she is with a fully seasoned chicken cutlet

in her mouth.

And yeah, sorry if you're, if you're new here, I tell fat stories.

Um, oh, here you go again.

Um, yeah, fully seasoned chicken cutlet. It was my roommates. We were like not

talking to each other at the time.

Um, so I, uh, I just.

dusted it off, and, um, put it, put it back on her plate, but, you know, it's

her own fault, I, I, yeah, yeah, I know, I complain about her a lot, um,

but, um, and hopefully she, um, is not in the room, no,

no, I don't know why she would be watching this anyway, but, um, yeah,

that's, uh, the only cat story I have for today, um,

But if you guys feel like sticking around, maybe a tip.

All right. Thank you.

Hi. Hi.

How'd it go?

Good. Yeah, great.

If you don't mind, we're talking about cocktails tonight with the investor and

my editor.

And they're cool.

And... Have you seen an art thing before?

Oh, yeah.

an art thing and before we could just hang out.

Yeah, okay.

Would that be cool? I think so, yeah.

I'm sorry.

I realized how tired I am after work.

Because I couldn't get a boater last night.

No.

No, God, I can't.

Because I'm telling you, I can get a boater right now. I can tell, yeah.

I feel good.

No, I don't know why I completely forgot about that. It's like not the first

time it happened.

Ouch. That hurts a little bit.

I'm sorry.

We don't have to do it.

Well, I promise I'll make it up to you.

Hey,

there's no making up. There's nothing involved yet.

Okay, thank you. If it happens again... It will. We will be right. Okay.

So, art first.

Okay, art and... Cocktail.

Cocktail.

Hopefully, I'll be recharged by then.

And I won't drink too much whiskey.

Okay, deal.

What time?

The thing?

Oh, God. We can go to our thing whenever, and then I'm thinking

around 7 .30.

So do you know this guy or something?

No, I saw his work on Instagram.

There's like little cute squares.

It's kind of interesting to see it in real life. I don't know that I... I've

never loved photorealism because I'm kind of like, just take a photo.

But it kind of, like, freaks me out, too. Like, so up close, it's a little

uncanny, I guess.

Yeah, but I think I'd rather stare at, like, an animal or, you know, something

that I know what it is.

Yeah.

Like, I could do that.

I think the funny thing is, like, abstract or, like, modern art, abstract

modern art, like, feels more emotional to me, kind of.

Sometimes when the work is too perfect or too realistic, it feels like it loses

some sort of emotional connectivity.

The abstraction is more in your gut, more like hitting your subconscious in

way that is more meaningful, I think.

Very intellectual.

Yeah, well.

Way to put it. I blacked out, what did I say?

That polar bear is really speaking to me.

Yeah, I know, yeah.

Hey, that's because you're on acid.

It's literally speaking to you.

Just flipped that in my pee this morning.

Oh, yeah, yeah. Sorry, I forgot to tell you. I drugged you.

I thought you would enjoy the gallery a little bit more that way.

This one's cool.

Yeah.

I like the color.

Yeah, they match your shirt.

Kind of.

Would you, uh...

Would you like to take a picture of me in front of this?

Why, yes, I would.

Who is this person in front of me? I'm getting ahead of the question. I know

what's coming.

All right. One, two, three.

Okay.

All right.

I think that's going to be a good one.

Did you just look at the back every time? I did, yeah.

Every time.

I have a question for you.

Okay. Well, what do you think about me coming to see your play?

Um... I... Yeah, yeah, come see my play. That's...

Yeah.

I think that's a good idea.

Do you want me to come see your play? I do. Yeah.

It's just that, like, we said we weren't going to talk about future stuff.

This is purely about the theater.

Okay. Not because you like me?

I used to like you.

I don't know.

What does that mean?

Now, don't take this the wrong way, but this woman here

reminds me just slightly of my mother.

and I feel both comforted by it and a little embarrassed looking at it. Yeah,

that's not what I was expecting to hear, I'll tell you that much.

How is your mom? I miss her.

Well, yeah, she's good.

I can't look at it anymore.

I'm so sorry, I ruined it for you.

How do you think I feel?

She, uh...

She misses you a lot.

You guys, I know her. That's nice to hear. Yeah.

She just, you know, I think it's hard for her.

You okay?

Yeah.

I feel like we're good at this.

Like, we're good at this.

And it kind of sucks because I don't understand

why you bailed on me.

I mean, you moved away.

Because you were somewhere else.

Yeah. And we were at home together.

Do you want to get into this now?

No, I don't know why I started.

Sorry.

Are you still going to come to my play?

Of course I'm going to come to your play.

All right.

I love the cherry orchard. I think it's a fantastic play. Oh, God. Now you're

just being patronizing.

I really like Skarsgårdsky.

Amen.

I feel... Well, I feel bad that we're doing this. A little bit.

Because it's been a long day.

And I'm, like, a little nervous.

Like, I feel kind of, like... So, why don't... Why don't... We just...

Stay home?

You would like that, right?

I would. Yeah, why don't...

Don't do the lip.

Oh, my God. You know that I can't with the lip.

Don't do the lip. Don't do the lip.

Well, then, let's stay home.

And we can... Hey.

Hey. Get rid of this wine and we can order pizza and... Look at me, please.

I really need to do this. And I'm really glad you're going to be with me to do

it.

Okay. Okay.

It's really important to me.

I put on a hat for it.

Well, you're the one who told me about the library to begin with. I didn't

really know what was fully going on. I kind of heard about it, but I didn't

how big of a deal it was for people that lived here.

It's not actually that big of a deal for a lot of people.

Oh, okay, okay.

It's true.

Actually, that is kind of true, but I think people are becoming more aware of

it. I mean, it's like, you know, because of the... Okay, it's too late. That'll

attract. Well, of course, yeah. I mean, that's like the American way, right?

Yeah. We care about things when they're going.

Like, who cared about Blockbuster?

Why are you always bringing up blockbusters? Because I made

Jesus Christ.

Who gives a fuck about blockbusters? We live in a modern world, right?

You want to go sell tapes or you want to sell movies?

Are you kidding me? You don't miss the going in and the smell of the old

popcorn? It does not appeal to me in any way at all. You never went to America?

No. I love the Schreidenfreude that they got.

What did you say?

It was my favorite film. The Schreidenfreude. The who?

The Schreidenfreude.

Schreidenfreude. Yeah.

Schreidenfreude? Schreidenfreude.

Schreidenfreude? Yeah.

It's like when you grab somebody by the... I mean, in a sense. Where you

pleasure in someone else's, not necessarily... Isn't it an acting

Fortune. Schreidenfreude.

Schreidenfreude. Yeah, that's what I'm talking about. Right? Sure, yeah. No.

No? Where you... Did I say something wrong?

Like, you...

Yeah, not a good spark to go to. No, it was bad stuff.

My wife hates when I use the phone.

But sometimes I have to make money that she wants to spend.

So can I ask you a personal question?

I feel like this whole dinner has been a personal question.

Do you, what would you say, okay, six years. How long did you say you were

together before that? Like eight years or something?

Something like that.

Oh, okay.

Well, what do you think is the secret to... There's probably somebody getting

hurt right now. What's the secret to a happy marriage, a long -lasting

in your opinion?

Wine.

$5 dead man's wine.

Wine, huh? Wow, okay.

Interesting. Really?

I mean, how do you sustain it?

How do you sustain it?

It just seems like love is this fleeting thing, right? And you guys have

obviously chosen to stay together. What was the...

I just want to know.

I want to know the secret. You want to know the secret? I want to know the

secret to a happy marriage.

I can't figure it out. You can't figure out the secret to a happy marriage. No.

You've got to choose it.

That's really what it comes down to. Love isn't what you... Do you wake up

choose? Like when you get in the morning, you wake up and you're like,

should I, you know? Yeah.

Do you still want me here?

Do you want to be here?

This is a stupid question.

I'm a stupid person.

It just seems like you don't want me here.

Like... You've got... other things going on and I don't really fit into them

anymore.

You... You fit here, you know?

Like... I just don't know how... I don't know how

we work yet.

Why are you here?

Well, I came here...

to spend time with you, and... you

just... I'm...

I

don't

want to, you know, put myself on you or anything, but this weekend was supposed

to be about us.

You've just kind of been somewhere else.

And I'm not talking about physically.

I'm... Like, mentally, I just... I

see you go off.

I hear you go off.

I've realized... This is a different place.

With different people.

Sometimes I feel like you forget that you're the one who left.

What was I going to do?

What was I going to do to stay there?

I couldn't stay there.

I left and I was all alone.

I've never done that.

I do.

And I'm sorry.

And I don't know how many times I can say, I'm sorry before you think that I

mean it, because I do mean it.

But I just couldn't be there for you

when... I'm so cliche. I had

to...

I had to figure shit out for myself.

Because we weren't working.

I wanted us to work.

Did you want us to work?

Yeah, I did. And it was really frustrating.

And the past...

I want to be here.

I want you to be here with me.

Amen.

Do you still love me?

Is that what you were thinking about on your end?

I still love you.

I still love you.

I still love you.

I love you too.

Well, this part of Omaha is pretty.

Yeah.

This one part.

I think it'd be great if you would consider coming and staying

at my house and living with me.

You mean moving to Omaha?

Being my wife again.

I am your wife still.

Well. Would you think about moving back to Chicago?

Maybe.

I feel like it's kind of loaded, you know.

Every corner there's a friend I haven't texted back in a year.

There's a lot of those, yeah.

That's where I was almost divorcee.

Maybe we need to find some new place.

Some neutral ground.

Some neutral ground.

And start all over.

I really feel like myself here.

I mean, I really do.

I'm happy for you.

You do seem lighter.

I feel lighter.

What would I do here?

Besides you.

We could start a band.

In Omaha?

Yeah. Well, what would happen is we would start in Omaha.

We'd start a little country duet like we always dreamed of.

I feel like this idea is ordained by God.

And then we'd write all our songs in Omaha and then we'd move to Nashville.

Start putting together some work tapes and sell our songs.

Let me ask.

My name is Trish.

I'm Hank and you're Trish.

And we're Hank and Trish.

And we're Hank and Trish.

Now hit me with that solo, Trish.

I love you.

I love you too.

Ew. Oh, God.

Why just show a nipple?

I don't know.

I mean, she's cute.

How would... Oh, wait, how do you... Oh, wait, this isn't... Should we try to...

Oh, this is a different app.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

I... I went for more like alternative one. I was looking for people that were

little more open to my situation.

Yeah, that's...

Cool.

Hi. I'm just a married, separated man hoping to go on a date, no strength

attached. Well, yeah, she seems like she's right up your alley.

Yeah.

Should we message her?

Oh, my God. Hey, I... It could be cool.

I don't want to go on any more of these dumb dates.

I really don't.

What do you miss about being married?

Not this.

But this.

And pizza.

Yeah, pizza is hard when you're single.

I mean, you have it for, like, days, but, like, it's not the same kind of

as when you first get it.

Do you feel good sleeping next to me? Are you sleeping okay?

Yeah.

Are you sleeping okay?

Like a dream.

Okay. Like a dream.

Like a dream within a dream.

Like Inception?

Because that sounds scary.

Do you ever think about that?

What? Like Maltese versus Maltese. Maltese lives stacked on top of one

But existing.

Simultaneously. Yes, but separately.

Yeah. Like. All our decisions branching off different lives, different versions

of us.

Like there's.

I've never thought of it.

No, never?

You never thought about a different life where I didn't leave?

Or one where we have, like, five kids?

Or one where we just spend all of our time practicing to have five kids?

That's better.

Yeah, some version where you stayed and I left.

It's possible if we're, you know, agreeing to believe in these

alternate universes.

Maybe there's some universe where we're both in Chicago.

And we don't know each other. And we don't know each other.

And one day...

We pass each other on the street, and we see each other.

And there's some knowing look, but we don't say anything.

What song is playing?

Oof.

Dun -dun -dun -dun.

Dun -dun -dun -dun.

Beethoven.

And then that feeling lingered through our whole life, through the rest of that

life. I'm like, who was that?

Wonderful person I passed on the street.

And it's the way it is.

Until we both go crazy, senile.

We end up in a nursing home.

Together. Together. But we don't remember anything.

We don't even remember that we saw each other. But there's a knowing.

I like knowing that we're in this one.

And we're here.

In this tiny little bathtub.

Even with all the bullshit?

Right now.

Right now.

Do you think that there is a world in which I don't look fucking ridiculous in

bathtub?

Yeah. No, absolutely not.

Let's get on.

God damn it.

Yes?