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Feel those arms. Those are muscles.

You're gonna need them to swim laps.

Pretend like you're polishing chrome.

Harvey.

My arms don't want to go that way.

Aren't we done yet?

You guys.

Do one of those Esther Williams moves.

You got 15 more minutes.

Oh, come on, Susan! We worked hard. Humor us.

All right, Harvey, just one.

Great!

Oh!

Ta-da!

Oh! Great!

All right, you guys. That's it.

Aw!

I know you have an exciting life with Johnny,

but, boy, if I was 10 years younger,

I'd give that husband of yours a run for his money.

Oh, you haven't run since 1950.

Was that Adlai Stevenson?

Oh, no, honey. We're talking about something else.

Okay, you guys, no Esther Williams tomorrow.

We got to get ready for senior day.

I've seen the other team,

and not a one of them wears water wings.

Oh, you can swim the relay race for us.

Show us how it's done, and we'll sit on the sidelines and cheer.

Is she going to Wiltshire?

Is that where Johnny's taking her?

What makes you think Johnny's taking me anywhere?

If I was married to you, it would be non-stop.

Yeah, just you, Susan, and the pacemaker.

Uh-oh! Where's my inhaler? I can't seem...

Thank you, dear.

Oh, come on. Tell us.

He's gonna take you out tonight, right?

Some big cocktail party?

A movie.

I bet it's dinner.

Yeah. Harvey, yeah, you're right. It's a cocktail party.

I knew it!

- Five bucks! - I didn't bet.

So, DPD, dependent personality disorder, has two key elements.

People see the world as a hostile place

and themselves as powerless and desperate.

In a world freezing them out, forcing them to spend an eternity alone,

they hold on tight to anyone they feel can save them.

Yes?

What is the underlying dynamic?

Fear of abandonment.

They're so needy that they usually send their loved ones

screaming in the other direction.

Getting them to believe in their own power,

that's the challenge.

Any more questions before our seminar ends?

- All right. - Thank you very much.

Good job, Laurel.

Thanks.

Great presentation, Laurel. Very clear. Thank you.

I have a question. Yes?

Will you have dinner with me?

Jake, what are you doing here?

Is that a yes?

I thought you were going to be in Atlanta this week.

That's what your e-mail said.

I rearranged my schedule

so I could come through San Jose a little sooner and give you some support.

So, can we have dinner?

You can walk me to my car.

Okay.

How long are you in town?

Just until tomorrow,

just to see you triumph with your colleagues.

Feels odd seeing you again.

Odd bad, or just odd?

Three months of e-mailing, all very charming, I have to admit,

but this is only the second time we've seen each other.

And calls, we've talked on the phone.

Hit or miss.

You never left a number where I could call you back.

Only because I was on the road.

I'll tell you what, if you say yes to dinner,

I promise I will not spill coffee on you...

...like I did the first time that I saw you at Starbucks.

I still can't believe I did that.

My dry cleaner loves you.

I think you helped finance his oldest child's trumpet lessons for a year.

It's the least I can do.

So, what do you say?

Okay. Dinner.

7:00?

Excuse me.

Oh, before I forget...

Dr. Laurel McArthur. Address?

Tess, hang on one second.

Here you go.Okay.

What about your number?

Tonight.

Okay.

What's up, Tess?

You're looking for trouble. Hello?

Roxie?

Who is it? It's me, Susan.

I thought we had plans.

Well, we did, Susan, but things changed suddenly.

Now I have company.

I brought pie.

Please don't make this awkward for me.

Who is it, honey?

Uh, it's Susan, Al.

Um, Susan, this is my new friend Al.

You two old friends?

Not exactly. Um, I know you're gonna find this hard to believe,

and I don't want you to fall over backwards or anything,

but she's my daughter.

So, Toyota Wagon, right?

Excuse me?

No frills, low maintenance.

Oh, it's the kind-of-car game.

Al is so good at that.

I can spot a low-end station wagon a mile away.

I drive a Ford Taurus.

Oh, well, Al will get it on the next guess, won't you, honey?

He guessed a low sporty model for me,

something pink with real leather buckets,

and if I wasn't driving that, I should be,

if life was fair, which, of course, we all know it isn't.

I'll check the stuffing.

Susan is very good in the kitchen.

I had her when I was 16,

and believe me, it cut my childhood to the quick.

But I never once thought of giving her up.

It was my duty, and I was gonna have her,

even if it killed me!

It's done.

Oh, Susan, uh, why don't you fry the pork chops?

They're in the fridge, and the frying pan's on the counter,

I mean, since you're already in there.

Hmm.

Uh, what are you doing? What are you doing?

I'm having fun.

I haven't told you how impressed I was with your lecture.

I haven't told you how impressed I was that you showed up.

Oh, are you kidding? That was my family you were describing.

Now, who told you that stuff? Was it Mom?

That's what everybody thinks.

Actually, my family is stupefyingly normal.

Well, that's what you think.

Their last therapy session,

you should've heard what they said about you.

Oh! Huh!

Now, I didn't think psychologists were allowed to be funny.

As long as we do it on our own time... Mmm-hmm.

...and don't reach.

Yeah, overreaching can be a problem.

Mmm. It has been for me.

I can see that.

How about you?

Oh, I overreach all the time.

It's funny

how water looks in different parts of the world.

Three weeks ago, I was working for the Indian Government,

reprogramming four million lines of computer code.

It's late at night, I'm exhausted, I walk outside,

and the Arabian Sea is just stretched out.

It was all silvery, purple, glistening.

And I don't usually talk this way. I...

I like it.

When I was a kid, I just wanted a job

that would make a difference, you know?

I do know.

That's exactly how I feel about being a psychologist.

It's absorbing and frustrating.

Then, every once in a while,

someone will do something so remarkable that takes such courage.

Who do you talk to?

Well, that's a good question.

I spend all day trying to get people to open up,

but I can't talk about what they say or how they feel,

so the work part, the part that most people share,

I have to just close off.

So that must be tough on relationships.

Well, I wouldn't know. I haven't had one in three years.

How about you?

I've always been married.

It ended. I mean, it's... It's been over a year.

I'm sorry.

I was, too.

Look...

I'm not very good at this, and I'm probably not gonna get it right,

but I was wondering,

I have this trip I have to take sometime in the next month.

I won it through a company I contract with.

Anyway, it's to the Bahamas.

The water's amazing.

It's clear blue, 200 feet down.

Do you like to swim?

We could relax or go snorkeling.

I mean, you'd have your own room, of course. I... I'm not...

I'm sorry. Uh...

I'm suddenly not feeling very well.

Jake, I don't want you to think... I just want you to know...

You first.

Okay. Jake, I had a wonderful time...

Me, too. Laurel, I want you to know,

I don't usually make a habit of asking women I barely know to the Bahamas.

I want to do this right, you know, however long it takes.

I'll call you and I will e-mail you,

and here's my number in Atlanta.

Okay? Okay.

Jake? I'll think about what you said about the trip.

Great. Good night.

Good night.

City Directory.

I'd like the number of the community center, please.

I'll connect you.

You've reached the San Jose Community Center,

open daily from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Please leave us a message.

Hi, this is Laurel McArthur, 555-6720.

If somebody could please call me back,

I'd like to inquire about swimming lessons.

And then he starts looking at me out of the side of his eye.

So I tell the cop, "This thing won't even go 65,"

and he lets me go!

So, I stomp on it, get it up to 65,

and keep it there clear into Kingman.

Not bad!

You know, we got an extra bed in the RV.

It's kind of small, but maybe you and Al could squeeze in with us.

Come on, let's see how long you can stay under.

One, two, three...

Tony, Stop! You're gonna drown him.

...four, five...

And they've got the cutest little curio shops...

...six, seven...

Let him up! Just let him up!

...10, 11...

You okay?

Yeah, we were just playing marine.

What's going on?

Yeah, what's going on?

Is somebody hurt? Anybody hurt?

Susan, for Pete's sake,

Agnes and me were looking out for our own grandkids.

We was playing, that's all.

You certainly know how to cast a pall, I'll give you that.

She surely didn't learn this from me.

If you'll excuse me, I'm gonna walk her to the gate.

You didn't say more than two words to my friends tonight.

The least you can do is make decent conversation.

Where's the movie? What?

The movie I rented.

I haven't watched it yet.

You know, you're gonna need to get out and make your own friends.

You can't rely on me for your entire social life.

I thought it would be fun. My mistake.

Well, we have different ideas about what's fun.

That's all, Susan.

Hey, we're not done with that yet.

Johnny! It's so good to have you home.

Thanks, Susan. Oh! You're home early.

I didn't expect you till after Chicago. I know.

Are you okay?

Susan, I...

Wait, where's your wedding ring?

Somebody stole it.

Stole it? Yeah.

Who would do something like that?

I was in a hotel room and I was washing up

and I took it off and I put it on the sink,

and when I came back, it was gone.

And I didn't want to tell you over the phone.

There's pie in the fridge.

I took it to Roxie's. She's got this new guy...

I think we should separate.

Oh! How clumsy of me. Oh!

Did you hear what I said?

How could I have done that?

Honey, honey, things haven't been so good.

Why are you saying that? Stop saying that.

Would you just stop it?

Stop it. Stop it and just listen to me.

No! You listen to me.

We've been married for 10 years, Johnny.

We've known each other since we were kids.

You can't just come waltzing in here

and tell me you're out of here, it's over.

I am not the same man that I was 10 years ago.

How would I know that? You're hardly ever here.

Maybe I should get my own place.

It might help.

Our marriage doesn't need help. It needs you.

Not off on longer business trips

or closed up in your office when you are home.

When I am home, all we do is fight.

And whose fault is that?

Susan. Susan!

You can't be any happier than I am.

We both want very different things.

You like to stay at home.

I like taking care of you, Johnny.

Is there something wrong with that?

That's not what I meant. I'm just saying that our lives...

Stop it. Stop! Stop sorting my stuff!

It's my job, Johnny. You want my job?

Fine! Take it! You can have it.

Look, all I'm saying is that maybe

if you stopped focusing on me for just a minute,

you might have a little more time for yourself. That's all.

Oh! You're trying to help me.

You are something.

Don't put that away. It's got gravy on it.

Oh.

Yeah. So tell me something, what do you have,

besides swimming and teaching that little class?

Little class?

It's important, and not just to me.

And you'd see that if you ever came down and watched

like you promised.

And as far as the swimming...

It's not all you are!

It's the best part of me, Johnny, the swimming.

You knew that when you married me.

You used to love it.

Maybe it's the swimming that's messed up your cycles.

That's what this is.

I went for testing, Susan.

You trying to force me to get tested?

Oh! Is that it?

I won't do it.

I'm not gonna put our sex life on some chart,

not that we have one.

You know, I don't think I even want a baby anymore.

What are you saying?

You always wanted a baby.

The first thing you did when we got married was build a cradle, Johnny.

Johnny, you're upset. It's okay. It's fine.

Stop.

You want a baby? Great. That's great.

We can work on it.

We can make that happen.

See, you're only saying that now

because I just told you I want to separate.

No. No, I am saying that because it's the truth.

Susan, some people aren't meant to be together forever.

I don't think we are.

You made a promise when we got married, Johnny, that we would be.

All I'm asking for is a little fairness,

a chance to work it out.

I still have Chicago tomorrow.

And then you'll be back.

I can't leave this way. Stop it!

"This way"?

Oh, Susan.

No, you said, "This way."

It's late.

Can we just go to sleep?

I can drive you to the airport.

No. You'll be late for class.

So the 7:15 tomorrow?

It's open-ended. I don't know how long it could be.

Johnny?

Things can change. People can change.

I'll try if you will.

Susan, you know I love you.

You're just not in love with me, is that it?

You are stronger than you think.

Not about you, Johnny.

I'll call you from Chicago, okay, Susan?

Civic directory.

Yes, hi. I'd like the number of the Sheraton, Downtown San Jose.

Here's your number, sir.

Can you connect me, please? Uh, yes, sir.

- Sheraton Hotel. - May I help you?

Yes. I'd like to make a reservation.

Your name, sir? Jake Miller.

Is that a double? No, a single.

And for what day, sir?

I'll be checking in in about 10 minutes.

Oh! He's doing it again.

Harvey!

Harvey!

Gotcha!

You need to grow up or come back during family swim.

Hey! What's wrong?

Nothing. I'm fine.

I just have chlorine in my eye.

If it's something about Johnny, then he's a fool.

Okay, beginners, everybody in.

- Oh, boy! Here we go. - All righty!

Spread out, spread out.

Good, good. Come on, move out a little bit. Move out.

Okay, Laurel, come on in.

A little further, please.

Come on. You can do it, one more step.

That's it, Laurel. Okay, good.

Class, we're gonna start with breathing first.

Blow some bubbles underwater.

Easy, right? Now, I want everybody to do it together.

One, two, three, here we go.

Come on, Laurel.

Get under. There you go.

It's okay. Don't panic.

Whoops! Are you all right?

Hey, hey... Hey, Laurel, come back. Come back!

I saw what happened.

You okay?

No, I'm not.

Can I get you some water?

Okay.

Here you go.

Thanks.

It was a stupid idea, my coming here.

Whoever thought I could learn to swim in a couple of weeks

so I could go in the ocean?

It was a guy, okay?

Stupid reason, huh?

I've heard worse.

I could teach you.

I don't think so.

No, really, it's what I do.

Well, the teacher's not the problem.

Look, you're afraid.

I know what that feels like.

You really think you could?

I know I could.

Susan Miller.

Laurel McArthur.

Jake!

Hi! Hi.

Hey, you all right?

I called your office and your assistant said you were sick.

Oh, not really. Something happened today

I had some trouble with, that's all.

Ah. Chicken soup, it solves everything.

You relax, and I will get you a real bowl.

I have a rule of never letting anyone take care of me.

Well, then you're overdue. Relax. Go, sit down.

Here. Thank you.

Thank you.

For what?

For making things clear.

What was unclear?

Something very important,

but I don't want to talk about it. I just want to handle it.

I have things I'm working on that, uh,

I don't want to burden you with, also.

You know, that's funny.

I look at you and I think none of it's a burden.

I don't have little relationships.

Neither do I.

I'll call you later.

It's just like riding a horse or a bicycle,

and after what happened the other day,

we're gonna get you right back in the saddle.

I don't ride horses and I haven't ridden a bike in years.

So what do you do for fun?

I don't have fun. I'm a psychologist.

A psychologist who's afraid of the water.

Very interesting.

Can you come a little further?

No, I can't go any further. I can't catch my breath. You're okay.

I'm not gonna let anything happen to you.

The water's not gonna let anything happen to you.

The water's gonna hold you up.

Tell me about this guy.

Jake, he lives in Atlanta.

That's funny. His last name's Miller, just like yours.

They're everywhere.

Okay, now we're going to breathe.

We're gonna lower our chins to the water.

Watch me. I'm gonna breathe in...

...and out. Now you.

That's great.

Now, this time, I'm gonna lower, not my face,

just my lips.

Okay? Just my lips.

Take it to the other end of the pool! I'm sorry.

Are you okay?

I knew someone once who drowned.

Chlorine stings, doesn't it?

Mmm-hmm. You're doing great.

Grab my hand, Laurel.

Just like we were.

Chin to the water, breathe, Laurel.

Breathe.

My mom loves orchids.

Mmm.

Do you like jazz?

I love it.

There's this group I like, playing on Friday night at The Golden Horn.

Would you like to go?

Sure.

Enjoy. Thank you.

So, what else do you love?

Independent films, reading, running in the park,

traveling, my mom's mac and cheese...

Oh, yeah.

Oh, God, I sound like some singles' ad.

"Loves pizza and small children."No!

So, do you? Love children?

Sure. How about you?

Well, not the pizza part.

Oh, and before I forget...

Uh, I'm moving here.

My condo's up for sale.

You can do that? Just move?

It's the advantage of being a troubleshooter. I can work from anywhere.

Jake, I'll come with you to the Bahamas.

Yeah?

Good.

You do marriage counseling?

Yes. Something wrong?

No, not me. A friend.

My marriage, great. Johnny's great.

I'm glad you're married to somebody nice.

Johnny? Yeah, the best.

Okay, let's work on our arms.

Okay? Little circles like this.

So, what's great about him?

In school, word got out that I didn't have a dad,

so I was always getting teased.

Johnny was the most popular boy in junior high,

and when I was 12, we were in the same gym class.

And after he saw me swim,

he never let anybody tease me again.

He could've had anybody, and he chose me.

I'm not surprised.

Okay. Let's, um,

work on putting our faces in the water, like this.

That's it. Relax.

Good! Good.

Of course, it's not all I want to do, be married,

but it's kind of a cornerstone.

So, what else do you want to do?

The truth? I have a year left on my degree.

Johnny graduated a year before I did,

and the main thing I wanted to do was make a home for us,

so I dropped out.

Okay, this time,

when you put your face in the water,

just let your body go.

Feel the water hold you up.

I'll do it first. Okay.

I'm thinking of going back,

but I'm gonna be 32 on my next birthday, so I don't know.

So what? You're gonna be 32 anyway.

Susan, I might look like I come from a long line of PhDs,

but I was the first one on either side of my family to finish college.

Every summer, I worked in the same factory as my dad just to pay my way through.

But you did it. You got out.

Yeah. Who would've thought?

Someday, I want to write a book,

a kids' dream book, I think,

an adult voice telling them that there's a place for them

in this bigger world and that they can do it,

that their dreams count.

Good! Yeah!

Great job!

Johnny. I'm so glad you're home.

I have a surprise for you.

What kind of surprise?

Come on. I'll show you.

I want to get tested, Johnny.

I want to have a baby with you.

Susan, this isn't gonna solve it.

I need to move forward and get my own place.

No, you need counseling. Is that it?

We could go together. I have a student that does that.

I'm gonna sleep on the couch tonight.

Sorry I'm late. A session ran long.

Oh, my God! Laurel, you did it!

You put your whole head underwater.

It's because I'm a trained psychologist.

Don't try this at home.

Are you okay?

Two of you, I'm in heaven!

Ah! You better watch out for this one.

Harvey, this is my friend Laurel.

Harvey, other end of the pool.

Bossier and bossier. Have you noticed that, or is it just me?

Go!

Okay, today, we're gonna work on breathing again.

But this time, when we take a breath,

we're gonna turn our head and blow it into the water.

Watch.

Okay.

You ever been married?

Not yet.

What about this guy from Atlanta?

I don't know. Anything is possible.

Is he nice?

Yeah, he's great.

How long have you been married?

Ten years.

Susan, what is it?

He wants to separate.

I think there's somebody else.

Oh, Susan, I'm so sorry.

And he lies.

He told me somebody stole his wedding ring.

And then, I found it. He'd hidden it.

Have you told him that you know?

Uh, no, I don't want to hear the answer.

Maybe it has something to do with work.No.

Well, it could be. What does he do?

Computers, but I know it's not that.

The worst part is...

It used to be so easy at home.

I never had to think about what I said or did.

I just knew he was on my side.

No matter what happened out there,

at home, it was just us in this little world,

and I don't know how to get that back.

Johnny doesn't think I have any ambition,

I don't want to do anything.

But he's wrong.

My huge ambition and the big success of my life

was always closing off the rest of the world and keeping us inside.

And I just thought if I stayed close to home,

and I kept it small, that I could get it right.

That nothing could hurt me, and now...

You know what? I think we need a break.

A girls' weekend, maybe, or, you know, at a spa.

Laurel, he's hardly ever home.

I'm not just gonna leave him when he is.

If it is true,

if there's somebody else...

...take care of you, okay?

To you and your move.

To us.

I'm having dinner at my mom's next Wednesday.

Want to come?

Wednesday, if it's late.

I've got a little something to do,

but Wednesday would be just fine.

Great. Bring an appetite.

Oh, my God. I can't believe it.

What is it, Bets?

Look at that table to the left of the piano.

That is him, isn't it? That's Johnny Miller.

That's not Susan with him.

Maybe it's just a client.

Thank you! I'll be back.

Bets, stay out of it. It's none of your business.

If it was me, I'd want to know.

See? I told you. Huh?

Once you've ridden a bike, it all comes back to you.

This is so good for me.

Me, too.

I never had any real friends when I was a kid, except Johnny.

Until just now,

I didn't realize how lonely I was.

Mmm, yeah, I know all about loneliness.

You know what a psychologist is?

False intimacy.

Laurel, you help people.

You're being too hard on yourself.

I don't know, am I?

It lets me get close without ever giving anything back,

which is fine for work.

I just don't want to do it in my personal life anymore.

Things are heating up with you and Jake. There's that.

He sounds like how Johnny used to be with me,

concerned, paying attention.

Yeah, there's Jake, but there's also you, our friendship, our talks.

I can talk to you about anything.

I'm the one who should be saying that.

I was never comfortable around women like you.

They always seem to have this gift

that they knew everything.

You're the one with the gift.

Haven't you seen the way Harvey and the others

just light up when you're around?

You make people feel safe.

You make me feel safe.

Johnny's coming home tonight.

I'm meeting him at his folks' house.

We have dinner every Wednesday when he's here.

Are you close with them?

I only see them when he's here.

Jake's meeting my mom tonight.

You scared? No.

Well, some.

Okay, a lot.

It could be worse. You could be meeting his parents.

Susan! I was hoping I'd run into you.

I mean, here we live, what, two blocks apart,

and we don't even see each other.

Well, ta-da! Here he is.

Hi, Bets. Hi, little guy.

I've been meaning to stop by.

Oh, no, no, it's fine. I know you had a lot on your mind.

How are you? Fine.

Really? You okay?

Yeah. Any reason I shouldn't be?

No, no, I just didn't know if you and Johnny...

Me and Johnny what?

Oh, he wants out.

Come here.

Come here, little pumpkin. There.

You want to hold him?

No, I got to go change.

Bets, just say it, okay?

We saw Johnny at this club over on 5th, uh, The Golden Horn.

There's this group we love, Andrew's Jazz Ensemble.

He was with somebody, a woman.

It's just a client, probably.

Yeah. Yeah, it was a client.

Yeah.

Your baby's cute, Bets.

Oh, thanks. Great seeing you!

Yeah.

Ooh! There is such a chill tonight.

This is probably gonna be the last night we eat out this year.

Thank you, dear. You look a little pale.

Are you pushing too hard with your swimming?

I'm fine. Johnny's the one who's been busy.

It's true.

And I'm gonna have to go out again tonight, too.

Got a call from Richards at Unitech.

A virus in their patients' file.

Could be a long one.

Well, they have to let you eat,

I mean, especially after being cooped up on that airplane all day.

Long flight?

Uh, fogged in at Boston.

Want to pass that coleslaw, Mom?

I heard the weather was clear.

Well, I was there, Susan, and we were on the ground for two hours.

Johnny, you want another hamburger or hot dog?

Uh, hamburger.

Dad? It's nice to have a home-cooked meal.

Maybe if you were home...

I'm just trying to make a living, Susan.

Johnny, I ran into your old high-school quarterback the other day.

Bill Jeffers.Mmm-hmm.

I haven't seen him since graduation. How's he doing?

Oh, fine. Bald. Oh.

Hmm.

It's amazing who you can run into when you least expect it.

You know Bets, the woman down the street with the baby?

Yeah.

She and her husband went to this new club the other night,

The Golden Horn.

This is great, Dad!

Andrew's Jazz Ensemble. Isn't that one of your favorite groups, Johnny?

You know, speaking of Andrew's,

guess who just got awarded the contract

for reconfiguring the computers at Andrews Air Force Base?

Oh, that's wonderful! That's terrific! Great!

The downside is, I will have to be gone a little bit more.

Excuse me.

It's all right. It's all right.

What do you think you're doing? Me?

You were at that club, Johnny.

What are you talking about? You know damn well what I'm talking about.

Who is she? What is her name?

I don't want to hurt you... Oh!

Oh, God, it's true, then.

I didn't want to believe it when I found this in the garage.

Nobody stole it! You took it off and you hid it!

I have been trying to tell you... This is not happening!

Susan, we have to talk.

I am not ready for this to be over. We have to work out

a separation.

This is not the time, okay?

We'll talk later.

I'm gonna be late.

- Hi, Mom! - Hi!

Oh, you must be Jake! Hi! Hi!

Oh, my! Why, that's a rare Brazilian orchid!

Thank you!

Come in.

So, Laurel tells me she was born in Michigan.

Were you, too?

Third-generation. We decided to leave after...

Well, we moved to Chicago when Laurel was eight.

More potatoes? No, thank you.

It's delicious, but I couldn't eat another bite, I'm...

Oh, you have to save room for dessert.

I made peach cobbler from scratch.

What do you think?

I like him. Me, too.

All right. That is all of them.

Oh, thanks, just put them over there.

Want me to start loading?

Well, it's broken, I'm afraid.

Why didn't you tell me it was broken?

Let me take a look at this.

Could be a piece missing or something.

You know, this just needs to be tightened up. Do you have a toolbox?

Yeah, Dad's old toolbox is in the hall closet.

Do you want to get it, honey?

You remind me so much of Laurel's dad.

He used to be able to fix anything.

He was so good with his hands.

You must miss him.Mmm.

Every day for the past 12 years.

Here we go.

Thanks. Thanks for doing this.

You look comfortable.

I am.

Thank you.

So, my Atlanta realtor found a buyer.

Now all I need is a place here. Wanna help me look?

Sure, if you want me to.

Laurel, I can't get you off my mind.

I can't stop thinking about you.

I wonder what you're doing when you're not with me and...

I want to spend every minute with you.

And I hope that doesn't frighten you, and I hope It's not too fast.

I just have these feelings.

Morning.

I made some coffee.

Oh, I can't believe I slept so late.

It smells good.

I told you I wanted to do this right, and I do.

Oh, Jake.

But there's something that I need to tell you.

What is it?

And, uh...

I'm still married.

How dare you come in here with your words

and your orchids and your soup when I'm sick?

How dare you manipulate me?

Is that what you think?

Look, would it help if I talked about her,

if I told you why I couldn't just leave?

Oh, you think by sharing intimate details

about her feelings and her weaknesses

and what she looks like in the morning and what she's afraid of,

that that will somehow make what you did okay?

That I'll suddenly go, "Oh, yeah, now I get it."

We're getting divorced.

Does your wife know?

She doesn't want to believe it,

but she knows there's someone else, and it's over with her.

Jake, the truth is, it's not.

If it were, you'd be divorced legally.

Not just in your mind for a couple of hours while we're together.

Laurel, I've done a terrible thing,

not only to you, but to her,

and I am just trying to make it right.

The only way to make it right Is to go back in there

and figure out the ending on your marriage.

You have to settle it, Jake, one way or the other.

I meant everything I said to you.

Did you mean it to her once, too?

He's married.

Oh, Laurel.

In therapy, I hear the same kind of stories all the time.

I should have known.

Have you ever tried calling him in Atlanta?

Yeah, he had a voicemail at his condo.

We mostly e-mailed.

Of course, I still love Johnny,

even though he just told me he really does have somebody else.

Do you really want a guy who would treat you like that?

Okay, don't answer that.

God. Men.

We need a vacation.

I'll tell you what.

If you let me continue teaching you swimming...

The only reason I was taking swimming lessons was because of Jake.

But you can't just stop now.

I mean, you've come this far.

I'll make you a deal.

If you stick with your swimming lessons,

I'll take you up on that girls' vacation, okay?

Deal, but I don't want us wasting a minute talking about these guys.

Us?

I know.

Five bucks every time one of us brings them up.

Who?

So I've thought about this,

and I do want to try.

Being here? Us?

What changed your mind?

I've had time to think about it, that's all.

I want to try it for a month.

A month? A month.

Give it six months. Six months together. I'll be back on Sunday...

This time thing, this "only a month,"

it's about her, isn't it?

Tell me about her.

No.

I want to know.

Susan... It's only fair I know what I'm up against.

She's very different than you.

I don't know, uh...

She's more like me.

I'll get dessert.

I'm going away for the weekend.

Can you get the phone? Did you hear me?

Can you... Can you get the phone?

- Hello? - Hey, Johnny, I want to talk to my daughter.

Yeah.

Roxie.

Hi. I need you to come over and do my roots.

No, I... I can't right now.

Susan, I really need you.

Did you hear what I said?

You said you're going away. That's okay.

"Okay?" That's it?

Susan... No, we're not fighting.

What do you want me to say? Fine.

Call me back immediately.

Susan... Sure.

Are you gonna see her?

No.

Thank you. Susan, we may not know what the ending is yet.

But it means that I know that I have to

try hard to make it work with you.

I'll be trying, too.

I don't want you to leave,

and I will do whatever it takes to keep you.

Huh.

What?

Nothing. Tell me.

Oh it's... Forget it.

No, I want to know. You're laughing.

Okay, fine. Uh... It's just, you know how you've always said

that you never wanted to be like Roxie.

Well, right now, you...

You sounded just like her.

You can do the dishes.

Yeah.

Gorgeous place.

You're not intimidated by any of this, are you?

Should I be?

Don't tell me Johnny never takes you on business trips.

And yes, I know, I said his name. I owe you five.

So, does he? What?

Take you on trips? Not the business ones.

He wanted me to, but, um...

I was always happier staying home.

Then after a while, he stopped asking.

I mean, I'm never comfortable meeting people.

All right, this trip, we're gonna work on your confidence level.

I need that. Last night, I made Johnny tell me about her.

I know, keep your five bucks.

Excuse me.

It was awful. I felt so small.

I never want to feel like that again.

Want some advice? No.

Yes.

Maybe this isn't the right thing for you.

Maybe you should think about getting out.

Did you ever know your dad?

Are you kidding? Roxie hardly knew him.

She was a cheerleader when she got pregnant.

She had to drop out of junior year.

We lived with my grandparents until they threw her out.

I was two.

We moved into this apartment, and she's still there.

We'd shop for dented cans of spaghetti and pears

and eat off paper plates.

Nothing permanent.

Just half-priced cans and plates we could toss.

It was like, at any moment,

she was gonna hit the road if the right man came along,

and leave it all behind, me included.

I can't imagine what it would feel like to have a real mother.

We could share mine.

When did you get so good at this?

When did you get so good at swimming?

You first.

No, I'm the artiste.

You don't want an eyebrow across your nose, do you?

I won my first regional gold when I was in high school.

I've been swimming since I was four.

One of Roxie's boyfriends,

Skip or Rick or some short name,

used to drop me in the deep end over and over again

till I thought I'd drown.

And then, one day, I learned to hold my breath

and get away.

Roxie never stopped him?

She was working on her tan or just had her hair done.

Important stuff.

Have you ever tried to talk to her about any of this?

Hmm, what's the use?

Well, it's not gonna change her, but it might make you feel better.

Like what you did in the water.

You took something that terrified you,

and you made it your best safe place.

That's what I'm gonna do.

I'm gonna get to where you are.

Do you like that?

Wow, Susan, you're beautiful.

Come on.

Look for yourself.

That is such a great color on you. You have to keep it.

They all seem wrong.

I mean, look at you.

Susan, when's the last time you bought yourself something with color?

I don't want to be Roxie. That's Roxie's thing.

She's even one of those color consultants.

Well, that's a great reason to wear beige

for the rest of your life.

Come on.

Where are you taking me?

We are going out.

But... Come on, let's just go.

When I was a kid in Chicago,

I used to study the fashion magazines

and try to sew dresses to look like the models.

My mom and I tried so hard. They always looked homemade.

At least, they felt that way.

You know, when I got my first paycheck,

I went out and bought myself a suit.

Wow! What do you think?

Gorgeous.

Oh, here, try this one.

One isn't enough?

No.

Okay.

Feels like a confessional.

Are you Catholic?

When Roxie's boyfriends were Catholic, I was Catholic.

When the boyfriend was Baptist, I was Baptist.

The only thing I've never been was a kid.

Johnny really wants kids.

And?

And...

We've been trying.

I haven't gotten pregnant yet.

And the reason is...

I'm still on the pill.

Johnny thinks my cycles are just messed up.

I'm afraid to have kids.

But I've seen you with the seniors.

You're patient and giving. You'd be a wonderful mother.

No, that's just it.

I wouldn't.

I've done okay,

but there's this hollow place

inside that never goes away.

And sooner or later,

the kid would need something that I couldn't give him,

and that's when I'd pass that same hollow thing on.

I wouldn't mean to, but I would.

Susan, if you're gonna stay with him and work things out,

you're gonna have to be honest with him.

I know.

Wow.

You look great.

Did you have a good time?

Yeah, it was fun.

Did you go with anybody I know?

A friend.

Did you dress like that for me?

What if I did?

I just don't want to be the reason you do things. That's all.

It's a little late for that.

What is that supposed to mean?

My high school freestyle medal.

Yeah, I'm just, uh, cleaning out some of my old stuff.

This pile is yours. What did you mean?

This pile's yours, this pile's mine?

I thought you were trying, Johnny.

Susan, uh...

I am just cleaning out the garage.

Don't read any more into it than that.

Remember my old high school coach?

Went to the University of Florida?

Yeah, that same year he took three of his swimmers to the Olympics.

He offered me a full scholarship.

You could have trained for the Olympics and you passed?

Why didn't you tell me?

I did what I wanted to do.

Go to State with you.

So that's why you didn't do it.

Because of me. I knew you'd say this.

Well, damn right, that's the stupidest thing...

Why? Because I chose you?

I had choices. That's all I wanted to say.

It wasn't weakness that brought me to you.

And if we make it,

it's not gonna be weakness that keeps us together.

You're right.

I am stronger than I thought.

Okay, that's it for today. We're almost there.

Oh, boy. Oh, it's getting harder and harder

instead of easier and easier. Thanks. Oh...

Hey, that Harvey, he sure is one big kidder.

Well, you know him.

Laurel.

Last night was incredible.

It was just like when we were first married.

Well, that's great, but... But what?

He's back. That's the main thing.

Well, Susan, I don't want to say, "Be careful," but be careful, okay?

He's not gonna leave. Not now.

Susan, you can't pretend that the last few weeks never happened.

It's amazing how long Harvey can hold his breath.

Man down! I'm going in!

Laurel! Call 911! He's had a heart attack!

Laurel! Susan, I got him.

I'm on it!

Got him.

Come on, you got him?

Yeah, I got him.

- Up the stairs. - Yeah, I see 'em.

Lift.

Breathe!

Keep going. Okay. Okay. Easy!

I got his head.

Oh, please, Harvey.

He's got no breath.

Oh, no!

Come on, Harvey.

He's got no pulse. Start the compressions.

One and two and three and four and five.

One and two and three and four and five.

Come on, Susan, let's go.

One and two and three and four and five.

Michael. I need your help.

Two...

Come on. Mike, get in here.

Go!

All right, step in there. Start compressions.

I don't think...

One and two and three and four and five.

Laurel?

It was my brother.

It was my little brother who drowned.

We were on vacation. First time at the beach.

Dad and Mom were unloading the car, setting things up.

I was supposed to watch him

and not let him go in until they were there.

He was so fast. He just ran

and kept going out into the waves.

And he was laughing.

And this wave came. It was huge.

Tim tried to get back,

but the riptide grabbed him and pulled him under.

Then this wave came, and he went under.

His head came up.

He was reaching out to me.

And then another wave came and he was gone.

How did I let that happen?

I was supposed to be watching.

I was supposed to be taking care.

I'm so sorry!

God.

It's hard, so hard.

Yes, I know.

Oh! Oh, my!

It's my purse.

I'm sorry, I didn't mean to make so much noise.

I'm glad you came. Johnny?

This is my husband Johnny.

Johnny, this is my friend Laurel.

Susan, I'm sorry, I can't stay.

I'm not feeling well.

She's a psychologist.

Sometimes things just hit her hard.

Laurel, I've been looking for you for an hour.

Why didn't you tell me you were taking swimming lessons?

I was taking them for you, you son of a bitch.

What else have you lied about?

Not the important things.

Not about falling in love with you.

Love! What do you know about love?

The only thing you know about is taking care of Jake. That's it!

You're really good at that.

The first time we met, you were already lying.

No, when I spilled that coffee on you that day,

I'd just gotten off a plane from Atlanta,

so when you asked me where I lived,

"Atlanta" just slipped out.

I didn't think I was ever gonna see you again,

so it didn't matter that I had misspoken,

'cause by then, it was too late.

Misspoken? It started with a lie.

I wasn't trying to start anything.

But you did.

You e-mailed me. You called me. You pursued me.

You even had an Atlanta phone number.

Not at first.

The day I asked you out for the date,

the day I showed up at your lecture,

that's the day I got the Atlanta number,

and that is the day that I decided

that I wasn't gonna stay with my old life any longer.

She said it was like old times.

You said yourself I needed to try.

Well, maybe I was wrong.

No!

Susan's my best friend.

Don't you see it's never gonna work for us now?

Don't say that.

All I wanted was to get out of it

with the least amount of harm to her.

She never had to know.

I never want her to know.

You don't know how lucky you are.

Susan is a gem and she deserves better.

And frankly, "Jake,"

"Johnny," whatever you call yourself, so do I.

If you care about me, if you really care... I do, I do.

...then don't call me and just leave me alone.

Oh!

Hon?

I heard something fall. Are you all right?

Oh, God.

We didn't know. Laurel didn't know. I didn't know.

Don't touch me! Oh, God!

Just leave me alone! God!

Just talk to me, okay? Just talk to me. My friend?

Talk to me.

Susan, you're scaring me. Stop it.

How could you do that with her?

She was my only friend, Johnny! You took everything!

God! It must have been fun, huh?

What are you talking about?

The two of you must have had a couple of laughs.

We didn't know until the funeral.

You expect me to believe that?

That's the truth!

Just get out!

I don't ever want to see you again! Stop it! Stop it! Stop it!

If you want her, just go to her! Just go to her!

She doesn't want me, okay?

You're here because things didn't work with her?

No. No.

Don't lie to me. I am sick of your lies!

Susan. Look, we can start over.

You are not the only one that lies! You see this?

You want to know why we can't have kids, Johnny?

This is why!

How can you be on the pill and not tell me?

I'm not good mother material, Johnny.

You think magically I'd know how to do it

by watching your mother once a week or reading a few books?

I'd be faking it!

And sooner or later, you'd start hating me. You and the baby both.

This isn't about babies, Johnny. This is about us.

You made me wrong. You made me feel wrong.

You made me wrong in our marriage

and wrong in my choices and wrong in who I am!

You accuse me of doing too much for you,

but I'll tell you something.

What I'm doing now is for myself.

No, you can make all the promises in the world, and it doesn't matter!

This isn't about you, it's about me.

About finding out what I want.

Susan, I... I want you to get out!

Susan, I'm sorry.

Are you?

Yes.

Which part, Laurel?

The...

The part where it didn't work out with him,

or the part where you broke my heart?

I understand why he'd fall in love with you.

You're everything I'm not.

But you were my friend! Didn't that matter to you at all?

Yes. That's why I ended it when I found out it was you.

I might have let it go on if it were someone else,

but I ended it because I care more about you.

He was the best thing I had!

That and my friendship with you, and you took them both away!

God, I didn't mean to.

What else have you taken that doesn't belong to you?

I never want to see you again!

Susan, please, listen to me!

Please, don't go!

Susan! Get away!

I know it's only been four days since...

If you're hoping I can say something that's gonna change it,

I don't think I can.

I can't think of one good thing about Harvey dying.

Thanks. I do know,

when people leave us, it's hell.

I don't how any of us get through it.

How we're expected to.

It's over.

I don't want it to be, but it is.

And that's what we're left to deal with.

So maybe all we really got

is the memory of the good things they gave us.

And there were a lot.

His smile,

compassion, time.

That's a big one.

Just being there.

And maybe, if we think about those things,

someday it'll stop hurting.

Okay, you guys, let's get in the pool.

In the pool.

Okay, little circles.

Yes.

Strength training.

Why don't you have a taste, and we'll talk about your work?

Ooh!

Fascinating.

My goodness! I wanna talk to you.

I've got company.

You've always got company. You need to go.

And who are you?

I'm her daughter, now get out.

You never told me you had a daughter.

How old are you, anyway?

I had her very young. Tell him, Susan. Tell him!

See ya.

Honey?

Are you coming back here, Mark?

You are something.

You know, just blasting in here,

thinking you can just interrupt my life whenever you want!

It's all I've ever been. Just one big interruption!

I kept you, didn't I?

I'm supposed to be grateful?

You could have let your folks raise me. They wanted to.

Or you could have adopted me out!

To strangers?

What do you think you were, Roxie?

I didn't have anyone that cared about me.

A mother is supposed to care.

You know what? I am listening to all this stuff,

and it's like you and I had different lives!

You never made me important.

I never mattered to you.

Growing up was all about taking care of Roxie.

I was a kid, and I was too young to be saddled

down with you! I was the kid, Roxie!

I was the kid.

You were supposed to be the mother, Roxie!

You know, I don't have to listen to this.

You can't hurt me anymore.

You know the funny thing?

I never wanted to be like you.

But I was.

I wrapped my whole life around a man.

But I am done with that!

I have no idea what you're talking about.

I grew up being grateful just to get somebody,

because I believed that if my own mother

didn't think that I was worth saving,

then I must not be worth much.

But I am, Roxie! I am!

Well, beggars can't be choosers.

You should know.

Goodbye, Roxie.

Thank you.

Yeah? Thanks a lot.

Laurel, hi.

You look good.

How have you been? Fine.

You got some sun.

Bahamas, alone.

I could carry those for you. No, I've got them.

The divorce is final at the end of the year.

Well, good luck to you.

Happy life?

I'm doing my best.

I miss her, too.

Yeah.

Goodbye, Jake.

Goodbye.

I can't find my earplugs. Where are my earplugs?

I have an extra pair.

Oh, okay.

I can't find my float belt.

Annette? Huh?

You don't need it. You're gonna be fine.

Well, I've got stage fright.

All champions have stage fright.

Oh, they do.

Are you okay?

Yeah, I'm fine, thanks.

Mmm, great color on ya.Thanks.

Oh! My earplugs!

Ladies, in the pool in five minutes.

Oh, boy! Let's go! Let's get 'em!

Come on, T.J.! Come on, kick harder!

Oh!

Push! Come on! Come on!

Come on, Stella, you're almost there! Kick your feet!

Come on! Come on! Yeah! All right!

Move your arms, Stella! Keep going! Come on!

You can do it!

Come on, Stella! Come on, you can do it!

Whoo!

That's it! You did it, Stella! You won!

You won!

I won? I won!

You're a champion.

For Harvey!

For Harvey!

Harvey! Harvey! Harvey!

I stopped by the house. You had already left.

I had no idea. You're so good at teaching.

Thank you. Thanks.

Did you get the sliding screen door for the patio?

Yeah, it's in the garage.

I could put it in.

No. No, let's, uh...

The new owners, they'll do it.

Yeah.

Going back to school. January.

Oh.Gonna finish up,

and then I'm going after my masters in sports psychology.

Oh, that's... That's... That's great.

Susan.

Do you think someday, along the way,

we could be friends?

I don't know. It's too soon.

Yeah.

I do know I'm not sorry I married you.

Neither am I.

Neither am I.

Goodbye, Johnny.

Goodbye.

I'm so happy. I can't believe it. I can't believe it!

Why are you here?

Susan, if you want me to go, I will, but just listen to me.

I've had a lot of time to think,

and I've been thinking about friendship.

Please, it's only gonna take a minute.

I've been thinking,

maybe the deepest part of who we are is not all the good stuff,

but the things that scare us and break our hearts.

That's what we don't want to show anybody.

But when we do, those are the people that we never want to lose.

You're the only friend like that I've ever had.

I miss that.

I miss you.

Is there any way to get us back?

How can we pretend that nothing happened?

We can't.

All we can do is be there for each other when it starts to hurt.

I'll try if you will.

I stood up to Roxie.

Good. It was hard, huh?

Yeah.

Yeah.

I still haven't gone in the ocean.

It's kind of like riding a bicycle.

Or a horse.

You don't ride horses.

You'd be amazed at what I don't do anymore.

Maybe next summer.

How about now?

A girls' vacation. Someplace exotic.

You okay?

I'm right here.

Ah, it's beautiful!

Yeah. It is.

Stay right next to me, okay?

I'll be right here. I promise.

You ready?

Yep!

Hold your breath.

Now!

Oh, God, that was great!

Okay, here comes another!

I'm right beside you.

Yes!