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[WATER SPLASHING]

BOY: It falls in their mouth. Gulp, gulp, gulp.

Then they get to the water.

[HUMMING]

HAROLD: What's this? A towel.

What kind of towel? Super towel.

Super towel gets Super boy super clean, right?

[GRUNTING]

That's Super boy! Super, super clean!

[HUMMING]

Super wet.

[LAUGHING]

[TOY SQUEAKING] Who's this?

Jerebiou. Jerebiou?

Ah, he's a Jerebiou.

It's Jeremiah versus Moby-Dick.

♪ Jeremiah was a bullfrog ♪

♪ Was a good friend of mine

All right!

♪ Never understood a single word he said

[PHONE RINGING]

♪ But I helped him drink his wine

♪ Singing joy to the world

♪ All the boys and girls, now

[PHONE CONTINUES RINGING]

♪...in the deep blue sea

Hello.

♪ Joy to you and me ♪

This is Dr. Cooper.

What's that?

Superman. Super nothing!

That's super nothing!

This super boy isn't getting out of this tub

until he's clean as a whistle.

Super mom is going to be very happy.

[SOFTLY] I can't move that far.

Come here, come here. Come here.

[I HEARD IT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE PLAYING]

♪ Ooh, I bet you're wonderin' how I knew

♪ About your plans to make me blue

♪ With some other guy you knew before

♪ Between the two of us guys, you know I loved you more

♪ It took me by surprise, I must say

♪ When I found out yesterday

♪ Don't you know that I heard it through the grapevine?

♪ Not much longer would you be mine

♪ Oh, I heard it through the grapevine

♪ Oh, I'm just about to lose my mind

♪ Honey, honey, well

♪ I heard it through the grapevine

♪ Not much longer would you be mine, baby

♪ Ooh

♪ I know a man ain't supposed to cry

♪ But these tears I can't hold inside

♪ Losin' you would end my life, you see

♪ 'Cause you mean that much to me

♪ You could've told me yourself

♪ That you loved someone else

♪ Instead I heard it through the grapevine

♪ Not much longer would you be mine

♪ Oh, I heard it through the grapevine

♪ And I'm just about to lose my mind

♪ Honey, honey, well

♪ I heard it through the grapevine

♪ Not much longer would you be mine, baby

♪ Ooh

[INAUDIBLE]

♪ People say believe half of what you see

♪ Son, and none of what you hear

♪ But I can't help but be confused

♪ If it's true, please tell me, dear

♪ Do you plan to let me go

♪ For the other guy you loved before?

♪ Don't you know I heard it through the grapevine?

♪ Not much longer would you be mine

♪ Oh, I heard it through the grapevine

♪ Oh, I'm just about to lose my mind

♪ Honey, honey, well

♪ I heard it through the grapevine

♪ Not much longer would you be mine, baby

♪ Ooh

♪ I know a man ain't supposed to cry

♪ But these tears I can't hold inside

♪ Losin' you would end my life, you see

♪ 'Cause you mean that much to me

♪ You could've told me yourself

♪ That you loved someone else

♪ Instead I heard it through the grapevine

♪ Not much longer would you be mine

♪ Oh, I heard it through the grapevine

♪ And I'm just about to lose my mind

♪ Honey, honey, well

♪ I heard it through the grapevine

♪ Not much longer would you be mine, baby

♪ Ooh

♪ People say believe half of what you see

♪ Son, and none of what you hear

♪ But I can't help but be confused

♪ If it's true, please tell me, dear

♪ Do you plan to let me go? ♪

Come on, come on.

Down on to the end. Come on.

Come on.

Down there, there's a spot.

Harold. Sam.

Christ.

I'll get it.

Let me put it in here.

You can drive this to the cemetery. Oh, Christ.

SAM: Were you here?

No, Alex was here at the summerhouse.

Sarah and I were at the Richmond place.

You're looking fit. So are you.

[ORGAN PLAYING]

Listen. Yes?

I want you to sit with Chloe.

I've got to be up there.

It's tricky with Alex's folks. I understand.

Who's Chloe?

It's Alex's girlfriend.

Ah.

Hmm.

I'll take care of her.

Chloe, this is Michael.

This is Chloe.

[INAUDIBLE]

Want to sit with us?

I'll sit by myself for a while, okay?

[CHATTERING QUIETLY]

Sometimes it is hard for us to believe

that the good Lord had a plan.

This is one of those times. This is one of those times.

I didn't know Alex Marshall personally,

but after speaking with his loved ones,

I feel that I did.

A brilliant physics student

at the University of Michigan,

who, paradoxically, chose to turn his back on science

and taste of life through a seemingly random series of occupations.

When a man like Alex chooses to leave us,

there's something very wrong... I'm a pallbearer.

...in this world.

Thanks. This is not Alex.

This is the empty shell of his body.

Alex is spirit now.

But why are we left with this?

It makes me angry,

and I don't know what to do with my anger.

Are not the satisfactions

of being a good man among our common men

great enough to sustain us anymore?

Where did Alex's hope go?

Maybe that is the small resolution

we can take from here today,

to try to regain that hope

that must have eluded Alex.

Harold.

I did know Alex.

And I loved him.

I see here today all those people that Alex loved.

Not all of us have seen each other much these last years.

But neither time nor distance

could break the bonds that we feel.

Alex drew us together from the beginning.

Now he brings us together again.

I don't know why this happened.

But I do know

that there was always something about Alex

that was too good for this world.

I only hope

that wherever he is now...

MINISTER: Burial will be at Westglade Memorial Park.

There will be a reception

at the home of Harold and Sarah Cooper

immediately following.

And now

Karen Bowens, an old college friend of Alex's,

will play one of Alex's favorite songs.

[PLAYING YOU CAN'T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT]

[INAUDIBLE]

♪ I saw her today at the reception

♪ A glass of wine in her hand

♪ I knew she was gonna meet her connection

♪ At her feet was a footloose man...

Nicholas, this is Richard.

It's a pleasure meeting you.

Hello, Richard.

I met Meg just before...

Can I go ever there? Oh, sure.

Sam Weber, this is Richard.

I enjoy your TV show.

We watch it every... All the time.

Oh, thank you.

See you out there, hmm?

♪ You get what you need

♪ Ah

♪ Yeah

♪ Oh, yeah

♪ And I went down to the demonstration

♪ To get my fair share of abuse

What is this?

♪ Singing, "We're gonna vent our frustration

♪ "If we don't, we're gonna blow a 50-amp fuse"

♪ Sing it to me

♪ You can't always get what you want

♪ You can't always get what you want

♪ You can't always get what you want

♪ But if you try sometimes

♪ Well, you just might find

♪ You get what you need

♪ Oh, baby

♪ Yeah

♪ Oh

That's pretty strong stuff.

Oh, I feel terrible.

Yeah.

Last time I spoke with Alex, we had a fight.

I yelled at him.

That's probably why he killed himself.

What was the argument about?

I told him he was wasting his life.

♪ You can't always get what you want

♪ No

♪ You can't always get what you want

♪ You can't always get what you want

♪ But if you try sometime, you just might find...

You all right?

Yeah. I'm a little disappointed though.

I wanted to ride there.

Yeah, well...

I've always wanted to ride in a limo.

I do half my work in limos.

Are you a chauffeur?

I'm a journalist.

[CHUCKLES]

I write for People magazine.

I can't believe you're still mad about that.

Let's just drop it.

I will if you will.

We should remember we're friends.

You're an actor? Mmm-hmm.

[SCOFFS]

♪ I saw her today at the reception

♪ In her glass was a bleeding man...

Nothing like you described.

Not one of those people looks like I thought they would.

I can't believe they're the people

you've described all the years.

I'd love to hear you describe me.

♪ You can't always get what you want

♪ Ooh, yeah

♪ You can't always get what you want

♪ But if you try sometimes, you just might find

♪ You just might find

♪ You get what you need

♪ Aw, yes

♪ Aw, say it

♪ Whoo

♪ You can't always get what you want

♪ No, no, no, baby

♪ You can't always get what you want

♪ You can't always get what you want

♪ But if you try sometimes, you just might find

♪ You just might find

♪ You get what you need

♪ Ah, yeah ♪

[PEOPLE CHATTERING]

They throw a great party for you when they know you can't come.

How long were they together?

Four months. Mmm.

[LAUGHING]

Can't believe it.

His funeral, and she's stoned.

Karen and I are staying here tonight.

Are you staying?

I'm flying to Dallas tonight.

I'm interviewing a 14-year-old blind baton twirler.

Where do you get those stories?

It's just good investigative journalism.

How's your life? Great. How's yours?

Not so great.

Oh! We're telling the truth.

You heard about my divorce.

Yeah, I'm really sorry.

Are you J.T. Lancer?

That's the character I play. I'm Sam Weber.

Can I have your autograph?

Shouldn't we be thinking about Alex?

I'll give you a buck.

Okay, you're on.

[CHUCKLING]

You'd never get a crowd this big at my funeral.

I'll come, and... I'll bring a date.

I know it's hard for you, but it's beautiful.

We throw a great funeral.

Maybe I'll have mine here.

We give preference to people who kill themselves.

That was a terrible thing to say.

I don't know why I said that.

That's why I don't smoke. Dope makes me stupid.

You talking about me?

He did this to me.

Nick, I no longer can handle myself stoned.

You don't have to handle yourself with us.

Will you marry me?

Huh, huh, huh, huh?

Both of you?

I don't know where they heard about your marriage.

Why don't you believe me?

Okay, drop it.

Say you believe me. I believe you.

I know it's crap. That's why I'm getting out.

Yeah? What'll you do?

I'm opening a club.

No shit! Like Elaine's, but hipper.

Elaine's is dead.

Mmm-hmm. You got the money?

Almost. Almost.

Mmm-hmm. Mmm-hmm. Well, let me know.

What do you mean?

I might be interested.

Really? Mmm-hmm.

So you and Alex were staying here?

We have a room downstairs.

Well, we did. I do.

I found him.

It must have been awful.

It was a real mess.

What'll you do now?

Oh, we cleaned it up.

So, uh... Are you going to stay here?

Until Sarah kicks me out.

Oh, she'd never do that.

MICHAEL: Yeah, that's right. That way I'll have a piece for you

this week and next week.

I'll fly to Dallas on Monday.

She won't regain her eyesight over the weekend.

I think I've got something good here.

It's about everything, suicide, despair, lost hope.

Lost hope, that's it.

You think everything's boring.

You wouldn't say that, if it was "The lost hope diet."

Bye-bye.

[SIGHS]

Michael's office called.

He doesn't fly to Dallas until Monday,

so he asked to stay.

Harold, you didn't.

What could I say? He knows Sam is staying.

And Karen and Richard... Meg.

Meg's not staying.

Well, actually, uh...

[SIGHS]

Where are we going to put everybody?

We'll make room.

Hi, guys.

Hey, Nick. How you doin'?

Good.

Yeah, advertising's all right.

A lot of bullshit with clients,

but it's all right.

It's a decent living.

Not as much as we spend, of course.

[CHUCKLES]

Just kidding. It's exactly what we spend.

You got an oil leak? Can I help you?

No.

I think I got it.

I feel I've never been alone in my house.

Either Richard is there or the boys or the housekeeper.

Remember those lab rats that went crazy deprived of privacy?

They're living with you, too?

Should we push these beds together?

Why?

Okay. How about further apart?

In January, we open in Greensboro

and in April, our second store in Charleston.

How many is that?

It's 27 and 28.

[WHISTLES]

Watch out. Some big monster's going to buy you.

We've had offers.

Hmm.

Who'd have thought we'd both make so much bread...

Two revolutionaries?

Yeah.

Good thing it's not important to us.

Right.

Well, fuck 'em if they can't take a joke.

[LAUGHS]

Chloe. Are you there?

Hi. I just wanted to, uh...

Make sure you're okay.

Yeah, I'm fine.

Good. Uh...

Thanks, Michael.

[TELL HIM PLAYING]

♪ I know something about love

♪ You gotta want it bad

♪ If that guy's got into your blood

♪ Go out and get him

♪ If you want him to be the very part of you

♪ Makes you want to breathe

♪ Here's the thing to do

♪ Tell him that you're never gonna leave him

♪ Tell him that you're always gonna love him

♪ Tell him, tell him, tell him

♪ Tell him right now

♪ I know something about love

♪ You gotta show it

♪ And make him see the moon up above

♪ Reach out and get it

♪ If you want him

♪ Makes your heart sing out

♪ If you want him to only think of you

♪ Tell him that you're never gonna leave him

♪ Tell him that you're always gonna love him

♪ Tell him, tell him, tell him

♪ Tell him right now

Come along?

Are you kidding?

♪...it's been that way for men

♪ And women were created

♪ To make love their destiny

♪ Then why should true love be so complicated?

♪ Oh, yeah ♪

[SHOWER RUNNING]

[SARAH CRYING]

[SLOW MUSIC PLAYING]

There I was in the public defender's office.

My clients were scum... Extreme repulsivos.

One guy got caught in the house.

He beat the husband, raped the wife,

then tried to blow the whole place up.

And I ask him what happened, and he says, "I was in Montreal at the time."

You thought your clients would be Grumpy and Sneezy?

No. Huey and Bobby.

Ah...

MEG: I just didn't think they'd be so guilty.

And then?

And then I left. This friend from law school

was with a firm doing real estate law.

The offices were clean,

the clients were only raping the land,

and there was the money.

El greedo strikes again.

Sarah has a robe like that.

[DOOR OPENS] Not this weekend.

I jump her when she's wearing that.

Don't you have any music from this century?

HAROLD: There's no other music here.

There's been some terrific music recently.

Like what? So, Michael,

tell us about big-time journalism.

Yeah.

We have one rule.

You can't write anything longer

than someone can read during the average crap.

[ALL LAUGHING]

I'm tired of having all my work read in the can.

People read Dostoyevsky in the can.

Yes, but they can't finish it.

This certainly is a familiar scene.

SAM: Yeah.

I'm feeling very guilty about it.

I'm happy to be here, but sick about the reason.

I'm going to bed.

I'm sorry.

That's okay. I'm exhausted. Good night, everyone.

HAROLD: I'll be right up.

MICHAEL: Good night.

Harold, I'm sorry, I...

We all feel that way.

I've forgotten what this is like.

In LA, I don't know who to trust.

I feel like everybody wants something from me.

It's a cold world out there.

I think I'm getting frosty myself.

I don't know what people think about me, or if they like me.

Well, you don't have that problem here.

You know I don't like you.

Me either.

Ditto.

So relax.

Assholes!

[DOOR OPENS]

I was just coming down.

Don't.

What are we doing?

[CHUCKLES]

We didn't talk before.

You got me stoned too quick.

I'm okay now.

I'm just drunk, and therefore, brave.

I've always been a cowardly drunk myself.

I bought the land three years ago.

He and Chloe were working on it.

There's this house they were fixing.

It's really pretty. I'll take you there tomorrow.

That's what I don't get... One of the things.

He was really involved in that.

I went with him to buy a table saw.

Why does he do a thing like that?

I should have known.

How could you know?

HAROLD: Nobody knew. I can't believe it now.

I should have known.

All I want is a little warmth.

Meg? What?

Meg... Mmm-hmm?

Sweetheart...

Didn't I ever tell you

what happened to me in Vietnam?

[MEG SCREAMING]

[SCREAMING CONTINUES]

There's a fucking bat up there! It touched my hair.

They're like rats with wings.

Pigeons are rats with wings.

No, they're harmless. They eat mosquitoes.

I'll wash my hair and puke.

Puke first. Stand aside.

Yes, I'll cover your rear.

Hey! Hey, that's cashmere! Give me that!

[HUMMING RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK THEME]

I'll be right "bat."

[CONTINUES HUMMING THEME]

[EXCLAIMING]

Where'd he go?

Shh! Listen for him.

He makes a weird little sound...

[IMITATING BAT SCREECHING]

It's quiet in here.

It's too quiet.

[SCREECHING]

[NICK LAUGHING] Shit!

Look out, Nick! Whoa!

NICK: It's behind you. Ahh!

I'll open this. Maybe it'll split.

All right!

ALL: Whoa!

Okay, now we got a fair fight.

MAN 1 ON TV: Keep your mouth shut! I'll do the talking.

MAN 2: You can't go in there!

MAN 3: Don't walk in here without knocking.

What's this? I'm not sure.

What's it about?

I don't know.

Oh, they don't?

They don't like you moving in here.

Who's that?

The guy in the hat did something terrible.

Who wants to be next?

SAM: Like what?

You're so analytical.

Sometimes you just have to let art flow over you.

I'm hungry. I had this dirty dream.

Was it about Karen?

Why say that?

Why should anything change?

You're the one she wanted.

Before, I wasn't emotionally equipped to satisfy her.

Now, the equipment doesn't work at all.

Why do we have to talk about that?

Come on in the kitchen.

I think she found what she wanted in Richard.

Yup. Be careful what you want...

BOTH:...for you will surely get it.

Hi.

SAM: Why didn't you come in?

I didn't realize anybody else was up.

I've been thinking about your friend Alex.

NICK: Did you ever meet him?

No. Karen's told me some. I'm imagining, mostly.

I have insomnia.

Karen doesn't know it.

I might have something that could help you sleep.

No, thanks. No.

I don't really mind it.

Sometimes I sit downstairs alone, and it's so quiet.

I don't really mind the time alone.

Sometimes, I think the thing about kids

is they're instant priorities.

You have to protect them and provide for them,

and sometimes it means your life isn't the way you want it.

There's some asshole at work you have to kowtow to,

and you do things you never thought you'd do.

But you try to minimize that stuff

and be the best person you can be.

You set priorities, and that's the way life is.

I wonder if Alex knew that.

One thing's for sure. He couldn't live with it.

I shouldn't talk. You guys knew him,

but the thing is,

nobody said it was going to be fun.

At least, nobody said it to me.

[NICK PANTING]

HAROLD: You can't run in those shoes.

I'll get you some good shoes, okay?

I'm about to tell you something I'm not supposed to tell anyone.

Then maybe you shouldn't.

I already told Alex.

Look what happened to him.

In a few months, a very large corporation

is going to buy my very small company.

Anyone who has our stock is going to triple their money.

Wow. So that's how Alex could afford to buy the land.

Yeah.

I thought you could use the information

to get into another line of work.

You never learn, do you?

By telling you this, I've violated about 16 regulations

of the Securities Exchange Commission, so don't repeat it.

Repeat what?

I loved Alex.

What happened between him and Sarah hurt.

I can't deny that.

But that was five years ago.

We all got over it.

I think they felt as bad as I did.

You know...

They only slept together a few times, but...

In a way, their love affair had been going on since Ann Arbor.

She didn't marry Alex.

You'll explain to them?

I'll explain to them.

Have a safe trip.

Bye.

That's the trouble with these things.

You have to watch them every minute.

Hey, did I miss Karen and Richard?

Nope. Just Richard. Karen's staying for the weekend.

But not Richard?

He went back to join the kids.

Ooh. That's interesting.

How did Richard feel about that?

If you sleep this late,

you'll miss a few mini-dramas.

I hope you'll wake me for anything really ugly.

How do actors learn all those lines?

How do you remember them?

My maid runs them with me.

Your maid?

That's how she learned English.

Sarah says to make three milks nonfat.

I'll never remember that. Will you?

Oh, I don't know.

If we'd gotten married, we'd go shopping like this.

No, I'd be doing this alone.

I didn't say that. I said, "We'll see."

I don't have to explain it.

I want you to do it because I said so.

When you're a mother, you can be mean.

You can do that. Tell Carmelina I said it's okay.

I love you, sweetheart. Bye-bye.

Sometimes I don't believe what I hear myself saying.

Mmm-hmm.

So... You came back from Vietnam a changed man.

Well, why don't you just tell everybody?

Then, in 1972, you returned to the University of Michigan

to enter the doctoral program in psychology,

but you just couldn't finish that dissertation.

I could have. I chose not to.

I'm not hung up on this completion thing.

Then you quit a series of jobs.

What are you getting at?

I was evolving.

I'm still evolving.

But your real fame came as a radio psychologist

on KSFO in San Francisco.

I wouldn't call it fame exactly.

I had a small, deeply disturbed following.

What are you doing now?

Or I should say, what have you evolved into now?

Oh, I'm in sales.

What are you selling?

I don't have to answer that.

Nick, we're leaving. Have you seen Chloe?

We're on the air!

Oh... Oh... Sorry.

Get.

Sorry, pal, got to go.

Just answer that last question.

I said I've got to go.

[CHOKING]

♪ Good lovin'

♪ Good lovin'

♪ Good lovin'

♪ Good lovin'

♪ Now, come on, give me that lovin'

♪ All I need is lovin' ♪

What happened to your partner?

He wasn't my partner. We weren't conducive.

We'd hyper each other into frenzies.

His wife left him for a younger woman.

Eventually, he was hospitalized for being such a nerd.

So, he's out of it?

It's just me looking for investors.

Alex and I made love the night before he died. It was fantastic.

He went out with a bang, not a whimper.

They're either married or gay.

They've broken up with a wonderful woman

or with a bitch who looks exactly like me.

[SARAH CHUCKLES]

They're in transition from a monogamous relationship. They need more space.

Or they just can't commit.

Or if they want commitment,

you don't want to get near them.

It can't be that bad.

Mmm-mmm. I'm going easy.

I've been dating for 20 years.

In 15 seconds, I can tell if there's a chance.

That's a fair shot.

You're married to the perfect man.

Sometimes I think I don't want a man.

Here I sit on my ticking biological clock,

and all I know is I want to have a child.

Don't remind me.

It was probably... It was right at the time.

So what do you do?

I'm going to have a baby.

What?

She was very young when Robin and I got divorced.

Now she has a new father.

Sometimes I think it's just confusing to her when I'm around.

I don't know.

I don't need it. God knows I don't.

Maybe we should think of the others.

We don't want to be selfish.

Sarah and Meg would want Fudge Royale.

They have no self-control.

And Cherry Nugget, too, I think.

[SIGHS]

[SIGHING] I don't know.

Maybe I don't want to give her the time.

Could I be that big an asshole?

The outdoors is one giant toilet.

You should put a spot like this in your club.

Take this seriously.

You'd have your own table.

I'm considering the investment.

I've always wanted my own table.

I'd have a chair, too, right?

What happened to the land we were going to buy near Saginaw?

We didn't have any money. Oh, yeah.

That's when property was a crime.

Right.

You know, it's raining.

It's nice, isn't it?

Yeah... Nice.

You're not afraid of snakes, are you?

Just be supportive and shut up.

I know I'm ovulating right now. The ground is ready.

I just need someone to plant the seed.

Who'll be the lucky farmer?

These are my favorite men in the world.

Unfortunately, Nick is no longer a candidate.

Michael's a possibility, but considering everything, I think a fallback position.

So to speak.

That leaves Sam.

Harold's not good enough?

I couldn't ask that of you.

Anyway, Harold's got enough kids.

That's very considerate.

Too bad Richard left.

[SARAH CHUCKLING]

Will this be a surprise attack on Sam?

Why should he have a problem with it?

There won't be any obligations.

He'd do anything for me.

It isn't quite this simple.

It doesn't always happen the first time.

That's not what they said in high school.

It's great! This is really great!

CHLOE: Alex loved this place.

I can understand it. It's terrific.

Oh, yeah...

Yeah.

You remind me of Alex.

I ain't him.

Nobody thinks they're a bad person.

They may know they're doing something dishonest,

but they think they're justified in doing it.

They think it'll turn out for the best.

What's best for them is what's best.

Then there's the question of style.

My style may be too direct.

Perhaps, given my style, I seem more nakedly...

Opportunistic, or jerky,

or...

Manipulative?

I'm trying to get what I want, like everybody else.

It's just that their styles are phony.

My transparent efforts are much more admirable.

That strikes me as a massive rationalization.

Where would we be without rationalization?

Rationalizations are more important than sex.

Nothing's more important than sex.

Have you ever gone a week without a rationalization?

HAROLD: Karen, what's your shoe size?

KAREN: Six and a half.

That's how you determine if it's ready.

Meg, what's your shoe size? About six and a half?

No, seven.

[OVEN DINGS] Feet grow with age.

I wish everything did.

SARAH: Everything's going to be cold.

You haven't learned to make anything else?

I've improved it.

Now it's edible?

The meal's ready. NICK: J.T. Lancer!

Come and watch this incredible show!

Oh, my God!

Come on, Sam.

Jesus.

[J.T. LANCER THEME PLAYING ON TV]

Look at that hunk of man, kids!

MEG: He's so handsome. Jesus.

Whoopsie-daisy! Whoa, look out!

Hey, you forgot your Dramamine!

MICHAEL: Great cruise boat.

Turn that off.

HAROLD: Does the suit come with the machete?

[GROANS] Why are you doing this to me?

MEG: You look great. Whoo!

There she is!

I interviewed this girl.

I'm going to Hollywood.

MICHAEL: [IMITATING LANCER] "I want a margarita now!"

Kids, don't try that at home.

HAROLD: Watch out for that stick shift! Ouch! Every time!

MICHAEL: He's done lots of pec work.

NICK: My favorite part...

Here it is.

[ALL CHEERING]

[IMITATING LANCER] Say, baby, let's eat. MEG: Come on, big guy.

The pasta's ruined.

MICHAEL: You get residuals? Yeah.

I want a Cosmic Invaders game in my trailer.

I don't want to hear this.

What do you mean?

You're saying you relax with video games?

MICHAEL: Don't knock video games.

[EXCLAIMS]

You guys have developed some moronic interests.

Hey, don't knock morons.

[ALL LAUGHING]

MICHAEL: Meg, would you prefer we got into heavy drugs?

MEG: That might be better.

MICHAEL: No offense, Nick.

Nick, drugs? Sarah.

He should be here.

We should've had a chair for Alex.

Of course, we don't have enough food, right?

This is all so familiar.

I love you all so much.

That sounds gross, doesn't it?

KAREN: No, it doesn't.

I feel I was at my best when I was with you people.

I know what you mean, Sarah.

When I lost touch with this group,

I lost my idea of what I should be.

Maybe that's what happened to Alex.

At least we expected something of each other

and I think we needed that.

Not me. Getting away from you people was great.

[MEG CHUCKLES]

How much sex, fun, friendship can one man take?

I had to get out in the world and get dirty.

I think Sam is right. There was something in me then

that made me want to teach ghetto kids.

I planned to help the "scum."

As I so compassionately refer to them now.

Some of them are scum.

MICHAEL: Some of us are scum.

[EXCLAIMS]

We were great then, and we're shit now?

I don't buy that.

SARAH: That's not what we're saying.

[SIGHING] I don't know.

I'd hate to think that it was all just fashion.

What?

Our commitment.

SAM: We accomplished things.

All evidence to the contrary.

MEG: You're just taking a position.

Sometimes I've pretended that time wasn't real

just to live with myself.

You know what I mean?

Help me with these bleeding hearts.

I know what Alex would say.

HAROLD: What?

What's for dessert?

I'm not cynical about dessert.

You want to load the dishwasher?

I'd be thrilled.

[AIN'T TOO PROUD TO BEG PLAYING]

♪ I know you want to leave me

♪ But I refuse to let you go

♪ If I have to beg

♪ Plead for your sympathy

♪ I don't mind

♪ 'Cause you mean that much to me

♪ Ain't too proud to beg

♪ Yes, you know it

♪ Please don't leave me, girl

♪ Don't you go

♪ Ain't too proud to plead

♪ Baby, baby

♪ Please don't leave me, girl

♪ Don't you go

♪ Now I've heard a crying man is half a man

♪ With no sense of pride

♪ But if I have to cry to keep you

♪ I don't mind weeping

♪ If it will keep you by my side

♪ Ain't too proud to beg, sweet darling

♪ Please don't leave me, girl

♪ Don't you go

♪ Ain't too proud to plead

♪ Baby, baby

♪ Please don't leave me, girl

♪ Don't you go

♪ If I have to see... ♪

I never realized that people our age,

having gone through all that same stuff,

could be dishonest, unprincipled,

backstabbing sleazeballs.

I could've told you that long ago.

I thought because they looked and talked like us,

they would think like us.

[INHALING]

I know that Richard will always be faithful to me.

That's nice.

A little trust.

Fear of herpes.

It's not right.

Alex is still warm.

HAROLD: You can't blame Chloe. She's just a kid.

NICK: Michael hasn't changed.

[MUTTERS]

What?

[MUTTERING]

Did you ever meet Michael's girlfriend Annie?

No.

She's great.

She's still teaching fourth grade in Harlem.

[SCOFFS]

It's not right. Mmm-mmm.

I can't keep my eyes open.

I don't want to go to bed, but I have to.

You don't want to?

I've got to. But you don't...

Want to.

Come with me.

What?

You want me to do what?

Come on, Sam. Don't make me say it again.

[SIGHING] Oh, Meg...

You've given me a massive headache.

You're not going to use that old excuse, are you?

You've got good genes.

♪ Wouldn't it be nice if we were older?

♪ Then we wouldn't have to wait...

Where did Chloe go?

She's coming right back.

No, I'm not in the mood.

Is that a lude?

Do you want it?

What do you think, a half?

I'd take a whole.

I'm sure you would.

What the hell. Lekhaim.

♪ And after having spent the day together

♪ Hold each other close the whole night through

There's a shift in your perceptions of the world.

And forever, you're responsible for another living thing.

♪ Every kiss was never-ending ♪

Oh, it's wonderful.

But it's a huge commitment.

A commitment that has nothing to do

with legal names and obligations.

I'm sorry, Meg. I'd love to help, but I can't.

You know, you're something.

I love you.

Meg, really, I can't. No, no. I accept that.

I really love you.

You're a nice person.

Yeah? Yeah.

Really? Mmm-hmm.

So, you want to fuck?

[LAUGHING] Just kidding!

♪ She's a quicksilver girl ♪

NICK: One day, I was driving home.

They were playing one of my shows.

I heard myself talking to someone who had called up,

someone in real pain.

I listened for about 45 seconds,

and I'm talking like I know them and understand

and have something useful to say about their lives.

The worst part was they believed me.

I quit the next day.

[MONSTER GROWLING ON TV]

You helped me.

I was 15, living in Oakland.

I listened to you every night. Oh.

[LAUGHING] One night, I called you up.

I was real upset.

I thought I was a pervert.

What did I say?

[LAUGHING] To do my homework and go to bed.

God!

[LAUGHING] No, you were right.

It was okay. You helped.

HAROLD: I don't want to discuss this.

Why, you have some more people

you wanna tell about that stock thing?

It's really a charming side of you.

Remind me to get you more cocaine.

If you tell everyone about this stock deal,

it'll blow up in your face.

Who are you gonna tell next, Michael?

He came looking for investors.

He came for Alex's funeral.

Maybe.

You're in no condition to discuss this now.

You can't change people's lives on them.

Do you think you're John Beresford Tipton?

I'm going to sleep.

[SIGHS]

How can you go to sleep? I'm not tired.

[MAN CHATTERING ON TV]

Some people think suicide is the ultimate act of self-absorption.

Alex didn't commit suicide.

It was an accident.

He was shaving his hairy wrists.

Masturbation's the ultimate act of self-absorption.

You jerk off?

Does a bear have fleas?

Do bears shit in the woods?

Or jerk off?

I can't jerk off.

We're avoiding dealing with Alex.

Somebody always changes the subject.

It's a dead subject.

I'm real tired of these jokes.

Are we afraid to show our emotions?

Are we mad at him for leaving us with no explanation?

I could say something funny about that...

But I won't. Great! They got here early.

Thanks, Tony.

Sure, Mr. Cooper. My pleasure.

Yes, sir, Mr. Cooper, sir.

Give me a break. That's my name, Mr. Weber.

[THE WEIGHT PLAYING]

♪ I pulled into Nazareth

♪ Was feeling about half past dead

♪ I just need someplace

♪ Where I can lay my head

♪ Hey, mister, can you tell me

♪ Where a man might find a bed?

♪ He just grinned and shook my hand

♪ "No," was all he said

♪ Take a load off, Fanny

♪ Take a load for free

♪ Take a load off, Fanny

♪ And you put the load right on me

♪ I picked up my bag

♪ I went looking for a place to hide

So you just fell asleep?

That's what I just said.

Didn't I just say that?

About five times.

I didn't know him in the biblical sense.

Is that clear enough, Karen?

You're so touchy.

You're so curious.

These feel great.

I'm never taking these off.

I'm going to sleep in them.

Which doesn't mean he'll have sex with them.

Is there any salt and pepper, please?

♪ And you put the load right on me

Sam, what do you think of Michael's brainstorm?

Well...

I'm not sure I want to be part owner

of some jet-set greasy spoon.

[SIGHS]

Do you think we could stall him for a while?

[ENGINE REVVING]

What is that?

Nick wanted to go look at the property.

He'll be back before the game starts.

Thanks.

♪ She's the only one

♪ Lou sent me here with her regards for everyone

♪ Take a load off, Fanny

♪ Take a load for free

♪ Take a load off, Fanny

♪ And you put the load right on me ♪

Are we the first ones up?

SAM: Alex used to call me "Sam the sham."

KAREN: Don't say that. It was real.

Thousands of people listened to you.

You really moved them.

Now I reach millions of people.

It's just garbage.

That's not true.

You're entertaining. We need that.

Yeah? Yeah.

Well, I try once every show

to put something of value in there.

But I don't know. You do. I can see it.

My kids benefit from J.T. Lancer.

Really? Really.

[SIGHS]

Well, kids.

There you go. You've done something.

You and Richard built something for yourselves.

[SIGHING] You know the secret of Richard?

Hmm?

Remember my father?

Oh, yeah. Hmm.

I didn't want that to happen to me.

Richard looked like

everything that had been missing from my childhood.

He built a stable environment for children.

And he did.

It's just that now...

[SIGHING] Oh, well.

What?

Well, you know.

No, no, no. Tell me.

Well, it's not like talking to you.

All my life, deep inside,

I felt there was something

I really wanted to express,

but I've always felt stymied.

Hmm.

But look, I'm proud of what I did.

But I'm doing a good job raising my sons.

If it meant giving up writing,

well, that's the way it goes.

You probably don't remember my writing.

Sure I do.

It was just some poems and short stories.

Right, right.

I didn't show it to many people.

What's the use of talking about it?

I made my decision.

My children come first.

Mmm-hmm.

It's just that now, it leaves kind of a...

I don't know, a space.

All of Richard's

country clubs and home improvements and business dinners are...

[SIGHING] Pretty superficial stuff.

Ah.

But I'm not complaining.

Well, maybe I am.

Sorry. No, no.

It's just, being with you...

Opens me up somehow.

Forgive me?

♪ Hail to the conquering heroes ♪

Game's about to start.

You don't want to miss any of the Blue.

Yes, you do.

[HAROLD WHOOPING]

MAN 1 ON TV: You were ready to write this one off.

MAN 2: I didn't say that.

I saw that smile.

MICHAEL: What a pass! I can't believe it.

[HAROLD WHOOPING]

SAM: Go! Go! Go!

MICHAEL: All the way!

All right!

[WHOOPING]

A flag? What?

What are they calling that?

Clipping.

It's a clean hit.

CHLOE: He clipped him.

What are you saying?

MAN ON TV: Clipping! Called against Michigan.

Sorry, Chloe.

Come on, Blue. You can't fold until the fourth quarter.

SAM: Don't hassle Bo.

Where's Nick?

I can't believe he's missing this.

Bo. Come on. Teach him the basics.

Ugliest helmets in the world.

I don't know.

Maybe I was just sick of being a good girl.

I always did the right thing.

It's a disgusting curse.

I probably thought Alex could touch that part of me

that was unpredictable and magic.

The part I was always afraid of.

Who knows if it's even there?

Afterwards, everything was the same again.

That's what we all agreed. That's what we all said.

I was sorry everybody had to know, but that was my fault.

Of course, things weren't really the same.

Alex withdrew from me then.

I was probably different with him.

We never wanted Harold to think...

You can imagine.

So we'd finally consummated

this ancient lurking passion,

and all it had done was put up a wall in our friendship.

MAN ON TV: Mitchell, number 30.

Here they go.

He's not passing. No! No! No!

Oh!

Nobody in the area.

Who was he passing to?

Sure, you're happy. He threw it right to you.

[GROANS] Idiot.

Of course. HAROLD: They're flying up a new quarterback.

What? I didn't throw the ball.

What am I, chopped liver?

What are you talking about? You know.

No. I don't. You know.

[HUMMING ROCK-A-BYE, BABY]

Michael! You asked Sam.

Is this published somewhere?

We can do it. We've done it.

Remember the March on Washington?

The Armies of the Night?

I remember.

Aren't you grateful?

You're overwhelming me.

I thought you wanted a kid.

[CRASHING]

Michael, I thank you.

It's a big decision.

See you in the third quarter.

MAN ON TV: Reeve fumbles!

[INDISTINCT SHOUTING]

[GIMME SOME LOVIN' PLAYING]

♪ Hey

♪ Well, my temperature's rising

♪ And my feet hit the floor

♪ Twenty people knockin', 'cause they're wanting some more

♪ Let me in, baby

♪ I don't know what you've got

♪ But you'd better take it easy, 'cause this place is hot

♪ Well, I'm so glad you made it

♪ So glad you made it

♪ You got to give me some lovin'

♪ Give me Give me some lovin'

♪ Give me some lovin'

♪ Give me Give me some lovin'

♪ Give me some more lovin'

Look at this.

It could be us, the next generation.

It could be. Think about it.

Think.

[INDISTINCT SHOUTING]

♪ Hey

♪ Well, I feel so good

♪ Everything is sounding hot

♪ You better take it easy... ♪

Shit.

HAROLD: Hello, Pete.

How are you doing, Harold? Not bad.

This fellow claims he's your guest.

That depends. What'd he do?

Ran a red light.

No, I didn't.

He was abusive.

Do you have etiquette laws?

He looks like he could be a Yankee drug dealer

passing through here going to Florida.

This is my lawyer. I don't have to take that kind of slanderous talk.

That's true, Officer. Excuse me, uh...

Aren't you J.T. Lancer?

Yes, sir, Officer.

Well, I'll be.

Who are you, Perry Mason?

[SAM LAUGHING]

He looks suspicious to me, too.

Let's kick the shit out of him.

Let's be quick.

The game's starting again.

[SIGHING]

I'd be willing to drop this whole thing

if you could persuade Mr. Lancer to show us

how he hops into his sports car on TV.

I'd really appreciate it.

I've always wondered.

Myself, I always have to open the car door.

You have a hardtop.

Don't do it.

Nick.

[SCOFFS]

OFFICER: Go for it.

I don't believe this.

Ahh!

MEG: My God, Sam!

[CAR HORN BLARING]

Ah, come on. It's not that bad.

Don't try to talk.

MEG: Keep his arm up.

Will you have to amputate?

I don't know. Got to look at it.

What about my career?

Sorry about that.

I thought those guys could really do that stuff.

It's not your fault.

Enjoy that second half now.

Will do.

When did you get friendly with cops?

Harold?

You know you're fucking stupid.

Stupid, yeah.

He's twice kept us from being ripped off.

Happens to be a hell of a guy.

And you...

Come on, Harold. What is it?

What is it with you?

Is jail another experience you want to try,

see what that's like?

You know, I live here.

This place means something to me.

I'm dug in.

I don't need this shit.

You know, I really can do it.

These damn running shoes practically kill me.

We know you can.

Being a private eye is dangerous work.

MAN ON TV: Touchdown!

Aw! I got to get back to the game, Coach.

Walk!

We're deep in the third quarter.

Just testing. A little joke.

[SIGHS]

Michael has graciously agreed

to act as stud for me.

A repeat performance.

Did he say that?

Well, it's almost that romantic.

What are you going to do?

[SIGHS]

Nah, I can't do it with Michael.

Too much history. It's not right.

I can't believe I'm deciding this, this second.

It's not going to happen this weekend.

Maybe it's a sign from God that I should reconsider.

Too bad I'm an atheist.

[LAUGHING] Like what?

NICK: Like say anything.

Tell us about your past.

I used to live with Alex.

Before that. Before that?

Randy.

I don't like talking about my past

as much as you guys do.

[CHUCKLING]

Okay. I'll buy that.

Can you tell us something about Alex?

Well, he was cute.

He said we made a good couple

because I had no expectations and he had too many.

He believed in reincarnation.

Yeah?

Mmm-hmm.

He never ate meat.

He was afraid he'd come back someday as a steak.

[BOTH LAUGHING]

He said maybe he should have accepted that Rutledge Fellowship.

What's the matter, Nick?

Two, three, four.

Hey.

[EXCLAIMS]

The biggest mistake I ever made in my life

was not trying harder to steal you away from Nick.

I always wanted you to try.

No. I never got that feeling.

I guess you weren't paying attention.

[SIGHS] Yeah, well...

It's a little late now, isn't it?

Is it?

What are you saying?

I think you know.

You've known this whole weekend.

You and Richard...

You've always been able to read me.

Life with Richard isn't working.

Well, I knew you two weren't exactly...

But I didn't think...

I'm going to leave him.

Come on, Sam. Let's get going.

Karen, you want to come along?

No, you go ahead.

I'll be right here.

Just climb in there regular, okay?

[BAD MOON RISING PLAYING]

♪ I see a bad moon rising

♪ I see trouble on the way

♪ I see earthquakes and lightning

♪ I see bad times today ♪

Listen to those guys.

God damn!

Remember the night we saw them at Cobo?

No, you probably don't.

You were hallucinating pretty bad that night.

We didn't even have any drugs.

Have you noticed anything unusual about this weekend?

Other than Alex dying?

I've been getting some pretty weird propositions.

Oh, yeah?

I don't think I could live down here.

In Hawaii, my girlfriend and I

ate at a Chinese restaurant.

Her fortune cookie said, "You'll never amount to anything."

[ALL LAUGHING]

Oh, hey!

"Friendship is the bread of life."

ALL: Aw!

"But money is the honey."

SARAH: It doesn't say that.

HAROLD: That's just great.

SARAH: Jesus! Even fortune cookies are getting cynical.

HAROLD: That's pragmatic.

I think it's... Touching.

[ALL LAUGHING]

Oh.

There's nothing I'd rather do than make love to you.

And when it's over, you could come into my life.

You and your kids could come out to LA.

There's plenty of room.

It's lovely, it's great.

But I can't do that.

It has to do with Robin.

No, not that. My marriage is completely over,

but when Robin and I broke up,

I had a million good reasons,

a million things that were wrong.

I think back on it now,

seeing my daughter with her new father,

I realize what broke us up.

I hate to admit this.

What did it was...

Boredom.

Yeah. I couldn't stick with it.

I'd hate to see you make that same mistake.

You're a much better person than that.

Don't give me that shit!

You've always acted like

I'm the one you really wanted.

And now I come down here...

Hey.

Don't be mad at him.

Molly, no.

It's called an "anus."

I'm sure it's boring to hear it 20 times.

Just ignore him.

Just a minute.

She's right here.

Just hold on.

Oh!

Hello, muffin.

How are you?

You got it? Great.

Oh, you did.

I knew when I saw it

you'd really appreciate it.

It will be our little secret.

♪ When a man loves a woman

♪ Can't keep his mind on nothing else

♪ He'd trade the world

♪ For the good thing he's found

♪ If she is bad, he can't see it

♪ She can do no wrong

♪ Turn his back on his best friend... ♪

It would have told us something.

What do you mean?

Meg is pissed off 'cause Alex didn't leave us a suicide note.

Could Alex have summed it up in a note?

I do whole lives in 32 paragraphs.

I once did an entire rock band in 1 1/2 pages

and they had two drummers.

SAM: You think this is funny?

Our friend decided to kill himself,

and we don't know why.

You never know why anyone does anything.

I don't know why I chose these socks.

There's a great equation, your socks, Alex's death.

They're pretty sad socks.

Everybody does everything just to get laid.

Who said that, Freud?

No, I did.

How could we let Alex slip away?

I never heard from him.

SAM: Did he hear from you?

I tried. He resisted it.

HAROLD: It's true.

We saw him, but he didn't tell me much.

I can't speak for Sarah.

I knew he was unhappy.

I didn't know how bad it was.

I think he wanted to cut off from us because he was unhappy.

Did you feel that, Chloe?

I don't know.

We had some good times.

I haven't met that many happy people.

How do they act?

I don't even know what he was doing the last five years.

I remember he left that caseworker job in Boston in '78.

Why was he doing that?

A scientific genius!

Why was he doing welfare work?

And that construction job.

He didn't know what to do.

I can relate to that.

You think you could have saved his life?

You keep the people in your life jolly?

Wise up, folks. We're alone out there,

and tomorrow we're going out there again.

I'm glad Alex didn't cook up some phony condensation

of his screwed-up life.

I'm sick of people selling their psyches for attention.

He was classier.

The bathtub was a classy act.

NICK: Sometimes it isn't a question

of why kill yourself, but why not.

Give me a break.

Spare us the tragic, existential pose.

Didn't mean to get into your area.

HAROLD: Come on, we're all friends here.

[SCOFFING]

I've seen this dynamic before.

Some people ease that pain of separation

by denigrating a relationship.

[CHUCKLING]

You're so deep.

MEG: I think Michael's right.

I feel shitty about ten different ways.

I won't let this go.

That's healthy. The only way to avoid pain like that

is to pretend you don't care.

I've left more places than you'll go.

There's your existential man.

You're one tough cookie.

I could say you're cold and manipulative.

Wouldn't bother you a bit.

I'm deeply hurt.

At least this is fun.

Please don't do this.

This is happening because we miss him and we're really hurting.

I think that's a crock of shit.

I think we're afraid the opposite is true.

Alex died for most of us long ago.

You're a crock of shit.

Don't speak for me.

You hate your life. That's your problem.

Don't tell us how we feel, okay?

That's all I'm saying.

That's my problem.

Too bad you didn't comfort Alex

just as compassionately.

We go back a long way.

I won't piss that away because you're high.

We knew each other for a short period.

You know nothing about me.

Nobody had a cushier berth.

It's not surprising our friendship could survive that.

It's only out here in the world that it gets tough.

HAROLD: Nick!

I don't care what you say.

I loved you and everybody else here.

I'll believe that till I kick.

What's wrong with you?

What's happened?

Sam! Wait!

I believe you can help people, Nick.

Sorry about that.

I do, too.

Not save them. Probably not.

But you do what you can do.

That's how I feel.

So lay into me. Let me have it.

Just trying to keep the conversation lively.

So you'll love me, no matter what?

Just don't cross me.

Harold, could you help me in here?

Well, I think I've had enough.

I love you very much.

I'm yours.

I want you to do something for me.

Anything.

I'll even marry you if you want.

Wait. I did that.

Yes, you did.

Thank God.

It's about Meg.

♪ Looking out on the morning rain

♪ I used to feel so uninspired

♪ And when I knew

♪ I had to face another day

♪ Lord, it made me feel so tired

♪ Before the day I met you...

Where to?

You know I don't do anything.

♪ 'Cause you make me feel

♪ You make me feel

♪ You make me feel...

[KNOCKING AT DOOR]

SARAH: It's me.

Come on in. Nobody else will.

♪ When my soul was in the lost-and-found

♪ You came along to claim it

♪ I didn't know just what was wrong with me

♪ Till your kiss helped me name it

[MOANS]

♪ Now I'm no longer doubtful of what I'm living for

♪ And if I make you happy I don't need to do more

♪ 'Cause you make me feel

♪ You make me feel

[KNOCKING AT DOOR]

♪ You make me feel like a natural woman

♪ Woman

♪ Oh, baby, what you've done to me

♪ What you've done to me

This bed has been lucky for Sarah and me.

[LAUGHING NERVOUSLY] I've got to try and relax.

I think I just forgot how to do it.

♪ You make me feel so alive

♪ You make me feel

♪ You make me feel

♪ You make me feel like a natural woman

♪ You make me feel... ♪

No, what? What? No.

It won't come out how I mean.

Try it.

[SIGHING]

I feel like I got a great break on a used car.

Oh.

I remember this.

I remember when he got this.

[MOANING]

[IN THE MIDNIGHT HOUR PLAYING]

♪ I'm gonna wait till the midnight hour

♪ That's when my love comes tumblin' down

♪ I'm gonna wait till the midnight hour

♪ When there's nobody else around

♪ Gonna take you, girl

♪ And hold you

♪ Do all the things I told you

♪ In the midnight hour ♪

I must tell you...

I'm picking up vibrations here.

I'm almost certain there's sex going on here.

Have I ever told you how beautiful your eyes are?

Ow! Ow! My head.

Ow!

I love your feet.

Tell me about the club.

Fuck the club.

I couldn't deal with those hours.

[LAUGHS]

Once it's successful, I'm a star.

People magazine will send some schmuck like me to do some interview.

I'm going back to my novel.

I'll write about this weekend.

What were you going to write about before?

Last weekend.

[LAUGHS]

[I SECOND THAT EMOTION PLAYING]

♪ Maybe you want to give me kisses sweet

♪ But only for one night with no repeat

♪ And maybe you'll go away and never call

♪ And a taste of honey is worse than none at all

♪ Oh, little girl

♪ In that case, I don't want no part

♪ I do believe that

♪ That would only break my heart

♪ Oh

♪ But if you feel like loving me

♪ If you got the notion

♪ I second that emotion

♪ Said if you feel like giving me a lifetime of devotion

♪ I second that emotion ♪

If we bring the boys to Los Angeles,

maybe we could see the studios.

Yeah, sure. Absolutely.

No problem.

Good.

Richard would like that.

[INAUDIBLE]

I'm the world's worst about writing, but I promise I will.

Good morning, youngsters.

[ALL GREETING]

So, how'd everybody, uh, sleep last night?

Did anybody sleep last night?

I know I did. All alone.

Slept like a baby.

Even wet the bed.

Drink your coffee.

I'm going to come see you.

Well, well, good morning.

KAREN: Good morning.

Good morning.

How you doing?

Don't have to be in such a good mood.

Look what I found in Alex's papers.

Ah.

Karen, I'll be in Detroit,

and I'm dying to meet your boys.

I'd love it.

You're all welcome in New York.

Great! Not in my apartment. In the city.

I'll get you into Elaine's.

I thought Elaine's was dead.

That's why I can get you in.

[ALL LAUGHING]

SAM: What is that? The column I wrote

when Alex turned down the fellowship.

This isn't bad. Lean, economical.

The right touch of ideological fanaticism.

Alex was really angry about that.

Think he saved it because he hated it?

He also saved his induction notice.

Do you have an address,

or should I copy your license plate?

Well, um...

You can reach Nick here for a while.

Nick and Chloe are going to work at the old house.

MICHAEL: Hmm.

There's a certain symmetry to that.

What's the flight schedule?

Any way to coordinate the airport transport?

I'll drive somebody.

MEG: If we take Harold's car.

Sure.

Get Harold to drive.

NICK: You're no fun.

Unnecessary. We took a secret vote.

We're not leaving. We're never leaving.

[ALL LAUGHING]

♪ Jeremiah was a bullfrog

♪ Was a good friend of mine

♪ I never understood a single word he said

♪ But I helped him drink his wine

♪ And he always had some mighty fine wine

♪ Singing joy to the world

♪ All the boys and girls, now

♪ Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea

♪ Joy to you and me

♪ If I were the king of the world

♪ Tell you what I'd do

♪ I'd throw away the cars and the bars in the world

♪ And make sweet love to you

♪ Singing, now

♪ Joy to the world

♪ All the boys and girls

♪ Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea

♪ Joy to you and me

♪ You know I love the ladies

♪ Love to have my fun

♪ I'm a hot night flier and a rainbow rider

♪ A straight shooting son of a gun

♪ I said a straight shooting son of a gun

♪ Joy to the world

♪ All the boys and girls

♪ Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea

♪ Joy to you and me

♪ Joy to the world

♪ All the boys and girls

♪ Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea

♪ Joy to you and me

♪ Joy to the world

♪ All the boys and girls

♪ Joy to the world

♪ Joy to you and me

♪ Joy to the world

♪ All the boys and girls

♪ Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea

♪ Joy to you and me

♪ Joy to the world

♪ All the boys and girls

♪ Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea

♪ Joy to you and me

♪ Joy to the world

♪ All the boys and girls

♪ Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea

♪ Joy to you and me ♪