Thirtysomething (1987) s01e18 Episode Script

1 If you go down in the woods today You sure of big surprise If you go down in the woods today You better go in disguise For every bear that ever there was will gather there We're certain because today is the day teddy bears have their picnic.
Picnic time for teddy bears.
The little teddy bears are having a lovely time of it Watch them, catch them.
Hope, up here.
Where are you? We're up here.
La, la, la, la, la Hi.
Hi, sweetie pie.
How's my girl? How are you? Oh, we're getting dressed now.
Not that old rag.
Come here.
Let's see what we got here, huh? What do we got for you today? Oh, you want to be a sailor? No.
Okay.
How about a clown? No, huh? Okay, what What is this? Aunt Rifka, am I right? You have my permission to burn it.
Let's see.
Here we go.
Here, sweetie.
Look what Melissa got for you.
Auntie Melissa picked this out for you.
Isn't it cool? Isn't it you? Isn't it her? For every bear that ever there was da-da-da Because those yucky bears should stay away from my Janey Promise me you'll read the directions.
Girls Scout's honor.
Yeah, he used to promise that.
I ended up with zucchini in my refrigerator.
But admit it.
It was delicious.
Maybe you should make that for Bob.
No, not seductive enough.
- Things are good, huh? - Yeah.
How's the daughter? Oh, she's great.
She thinks I'm this great photographer or something.
Not used to being treated with such respect.
- Nancy.
- Hey.
Hi, Nancy.
I can't believe what I just did.
- What? - What? - I can't believe it.
- What? There is this guy who brings his daughter to school some mornings.
And she's in Brittany's class and she has this really beautiful red hair.
And he always says hi to me, but I never said more than three words to him.
Except he has this really nice car.
And one day I said you have this really nice car.
And I don't know what he thought, but he said they can play together.
And now now Now what? He asked me out on a date.
Congratulations.
That's really nice.
Nice? Are you kidding? This is terrible.
So you say no thanks.
No, I said yes.
That's why it's so terrible.
Am I missing something here? Hope, I haven't been out on a date since Marty Canfield asked me to the junior prom.
Well, I mean I know it's kind of scary.
Kind of scary, are you kidding? This is completely insane.
I'm going out of my mind.
So when's the date? - Next Friday.
- Where you going? I don't know probably just some black-tie dinner dance where people speaking nothing but "Finu-Ugaratic" or some psycho-drama workshop were people are naked and crawling around on the floor.
Would the movies and beer be more like it? A movie, right? And then afterwards he's going to ask me what I thought about the totem modalities.
And I'm going to say, "Oh, I thought she was pretty good.
" And I'm just going to die.
Oh, I just don't know what I'm going to do.
- It's a nightmare.
- Nancy, calm down.
Have a glass of water.
Hi.
- Hi, Michael.
- Hey.
Michael, guess what.
Nancy's got a date.
- Yeah, Nancy.
- Oh, stop it.
And she's a little nervous about it.
- Honey, can you watch the girls? - Which ones? Oh, cute.
Brittany.
Look, I know I'm being feeble about this.
It's just that Elliot was going to take the kids for the whole weekend.
And I was going to have some free time to work on the illustrations for the story I was telling you about.
- And now - Now what? Well, now it's all ruined because I'm going to have to worry about it and I'm not going to be able to relax.
What the hell am I gonna wear? I don't have any date clothes.
All I have are married clothes.
Oh, Hope.
Could I borrow something? You've only been married for a couple of years.
Maybe you have something left.
Married clothes? So I don't get it.
How can you know what to wear if you don't know where you're going? I just want to have something available for every conceivable event.
Is he cute? Yeah, he's pretty good-looking.
He's not great, but he's not bad.
Separated? Ugh.
Uh, no he's divorced.
- Oh, that's good.
- Kids? Um, only one.
She plays with Brittany.
Where's the ex-wife? She's around.
She brings Devon to school.
She's really nice.
Her name is Delores.
Delores.
Ooh, you're doing my chacha.
Okay.
Okay, how about this? Ooh.
Mmm, that's more third date.
Yeah, it sort of says touch me now.
Oh, Ellyn.
I meant it in the nicest possible way.
Nancy, you're really single now, huh? Oh, I don't exactly married, but I sure as hell don't feel like I'm a single.
Hope, where is that black thing with suede trim that I wore last New Year's Eve? You wore that? I wore that one to my cousin's wedding.
Yeah, one of you changed your transmission because its got oil all down one side.
- No way.
- Not me.
Ooh, remember when you got these? They're so cute.
Hope.
Hope, I got to bring in the rest of sheet rock.
Can you get Janey and Brittany? Yeah, I'll be right there.
I wear that.
I was real happy all those years when I thought that sheet rock had to due with the Continental Drift.
Jeez, I got to something to eat before Michael asks me to spackle.
You want to come? Oh, yeah, sure.
Hey, you're coming with us.
Oh, no.
I got Brittany here.
- No, come on.
- I'll take care of Brittany.
Oh, no.
I couldn't do that.
Yeah, I'll do it.
Go.
- Come, come, come.
- That would be great.
Bye.
Bye.
- See ya.
- Bye.
Um, bye-bye.
Bye.
And never ask what the ex-wife was like.
Okay.
Because he might tell you.
Wait a minute, she almost doesn't have to know.
Wrong, no woman can actually be an ex-wife.
An ex-wife exists only in a relationship to man you are dating or married to.
Sort of like wave particle dualism.
Is that anything like relativity? No, no.
You know relativity.
That's the principle which tells you to never date a guy your mother set you up with.
I never talk about this stuff.
I mean all my friends are married.
Yeah, at least with marriage you get kids.
- That's true.
- Ugh, God.
Well, what about Woodman? What about Woodman? I thought that was serious.
It is.
It is.
But, yeah, marriage is very serious.
I don't know I think about it About having a kid.
Even if I don't get married.
God, you're so highly evolved.
You know, you have no idea how difficult it is.
Even with two parents.
I believe you.
Yeah, but you know sometimes when I hold Janey I don't know.
I can't even think about getting married.
The idea of settling down with Woodman? Raising a bunch of little Wood people? So, uh, how's our Doctor Bob? Fine.
Fine.
Come on.
Come on, what? No, I think it's, uh It's good.
I think it's good.
Go for it, Melissa.
Be happy.
- Hi.
- Hi.
Robin, hi.
Um, I'm supposed to be over at Lizzy Johnson's house, but her mother found out that she was cruising the Mainline with Bruno Cooper when she said she was babysitting.
- She's grounded.
- He's 18.
She's not allowed out of her room until she's 18, so we just came on over.
Great, come on in.
You like veal stew? Sure.
I told Dad to take me back to the apartment.
Are you kidding with Bruno Cooper on the make? Some date, huh, Melissa? Hey, don't worry about.
Will you give me that chair? You know I met this guy once.
We were waiting for a bus.
The night he came to pick me up he was wearing this great pin-striped button-down shirt.
But it had blood all over it.
Like he cut himself shaving? Like he was stabbed.
Gross.
Yeah, I know.
So he said he didn't want to talk about it so we go out for dinner.
That was some date.
I wonder why he never asked me out again? You did this to a baby cow just for me? Melissa, is there something to drink? Yeah, there's some diet soda in the fridge behind the film.
Hey.
Thanks.
Oh, hot stuff.
Hot stuff here.
- Oh, boy.
- Okay, all right.
All right.
Uh, no I think this go like this here.
- Oh, all right.
- There.
Okay, here's the milk.
Look, now instant is perfectly all right, really.
Oh, no, no.
This is going to be great.
- How does this thing work? - Here's the milk.
- All right.
- All right, ready? All right, here we go.
Here, here, a towel.
A towel.
A towel.
Here, here, here.
- Oh, yuck.
- Are you okay? - Just like mom use to make.
- Oh, look at my shirt.
- You, too.
- Didn't read the directions, huh? I sure did, I just didn't pay any attention to them.
Now what you need to get started with is good basic uncluttered equipment.
Like this Pentax over here or here this one.
Don't go for gimmicks.
You quality and versatility.
Uh, what is this going to set me back here.
Two deliveries and a DNC.
Hmm.
How about this? 60 bucks less.
Oh, now that's a nice one to start with.
It's reliable and virtually indestructible.
Try smashing it on the floor a few times.
249, huh? That should take care of your allowance till July 1994.
You are so cheap, Dad.
No one knew you never wanted any more kids.
Why would I want any more kids when you're so perfect? Yeah, Daddy.
Do you have any idea what I spent on art supplies alone for you last year.
Next year you're going to want a garret in Paris.
And a gorgeous French man to bring me croissants every morning.
You're never going to retire while you're paying her bills.
Next year she goes to private school.
I think I'm going into chapter 11.
So you and Ann, you didn't want any more kids? No, I love Robin.
She's enough for me.
And all those babies you deliver, who needs it, right? Yep.
Look at this.
Reminds me of Camp Wanatana.
What about Bob Hey, Melissa.
Come over and look at this little camera here.
Hi, Michael.
Hi.
Was I supposed to meet you here? No, I'm just getting some copies of the pregnant aerobic brochures.
How's the doctor? The doctor's fine.
He owes me $30 on the Knicks game.
He's good for it.
What now? Nothing.
It's nothing.
Yeah, That's what you said when I broke your rib playing Red Rover.
I ended up getting sent to my room for a month.
Well, it's just something Bob said.
Doesn't matter.
"Doesn't matter.
" You can't lie to me.
What's wrong? Well, he was just saying Oh, thanks.
I'm sure he doesn't mean it.
He doesn't want to have any more kids.
What do you mean you're sure he doesn't mean it? I think it means I don't want him to mean it.
So that's it, huh? That's it what? Hey, Melissa.
- How are you doing? - Hi.
Oh, me and Bob.
Miguel here just passed sentence on our relationship.
- Oh, yeah.
-No, no, I just know how important kids are to you.
And if he really doesn't want them, then you know.
What do you mean, he doesn't want more kids? What's he got, two, one? Do you love him? I don't know.
I could.
Well, stick with it.
Anything could happen.
But she wants kids.
She knows that.
And if he doesn't, then there's no future in it.
I mean, why not get out now before you're into deep to get out.
Mike, it's not like Gary we're talking about here.
It's Melissa's life.
Right, Melissa? Right.
But I know her.
I know how she thinks.
And she thinks she can change his mind - Maybe she can.
- Yeah, maybe I can.
Mike, life's messy.
You can't just say don't be messy.
- I'm not saying that.
- Sure you did.
I'm not going to stop seeing him, Michael.
Good for you.
Yeah, anything can happen.
And it usually does.
Thank you.
Thank you, Elliot, for your kind support and friendship.
And thank you, Cuz, for your insightful and useless opinions.
- See you around the campus.
- See ya.
Thanks for the brochures, Janine.
So what's on for this morning? - We canceled the potato chip meeting.
- Right.
That's right, and we got the final layout in on the wetlands conservation people, right? Last night.
Great so we can finally get to the Tommy Turnuck pitch and putt proposal.
Life really is messy isn't it? - Michael.
- Hmm.
I think there's something you want to tell me.
Not really.
Is it about Nancy? Yeah.
- What about Nancy? - I don't think I should talk about it.
Well, good, because if you talk about it were not gonna get anything done today.
She's got a date.
What? A date.
A date? Uh-huh.
Come on, Nancy? Nancy got a date.
Nancy got a date.
Nancy got a date.
Who with? Some guy from nursery school.
Jed, Judd, Fred, Ned.
I don't know, he's got a car.
Jed! Jed, yeah.
'62 Falcon.
Pretty weird, huh? Uh.
This is crazy.
What are the kids going to think? I thought you had the kids this weekend.
No, that's great.
I'm supposed to be babysitting the kids - while she's out catting around.
- Oh, Elliot.
This is what she wanted all along.
- My half of the bed isn't even cold yet.
- What she, why? Yeah.
Well.
This is way too pretty for anything.
Oh, yeah.
That would be really nice on me.
This is great.
All right, maybe this.
Hmm.
La-la-la-la.
You know I take it as a personal insult that they don't have any of those yellow cowboy shirts like yours anymore.
You're sure you don't have any in the back or something? I'll check.
Okay, that's it.
I'm going to buy this.
- It looks great.
- Really, yeah.
You think it looks okay? Oh, yeah.
It kind of hunches up in the back.
- Nancy.
- I don't know.
Hi, sweetie.
Oh, she is so cute.
How old she? - She's a year and a half.
- Oh.
Bug me.
Don't bug everybody else, little person.
That's it.
I'm going to take it.
That's it.
Okay.
Miss.
I checked but there just aren't anymore.
Wonder who this is.
Why I don't know? - Hi.
- Hi.
- How you doing? - Okay, how are you? Nancy.
Nancy Weston.
Dr.
Bob Kramer.
- Hi.
- Hi.
- Nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you.
I got to go.
I got to pick up my daughter, Brittany.
Bye.
She's got this great jacket.
Thanks for going with me.
I really appreciate it.
Drive safe.
Bye.
So she's the one getting a divorce.
Oh, they're separated and they have these two little kids, too.
- That's hard.
- Yeah.
Have a busy morning, dear? Not to bad.
Have to be at the hospital this afternoon.
I got two sections.
God, I hate that.
Sections.
These poor woman.
What are they grapefruits? It's nothing.
After office hours we all get together and grade birth examines.
So let's see.
What do we have here? Oh, roast beef.
This is supposed to be roast beef and Swiss.
And I see they forgot the Swiss again.
And here is smoked turkey.
What will you have? Oh, roast beef without Swiss.
If you're that unhappy you know I can go back and get the Swiss cheese.
No, no.
It's all right.
You know I was just thinking.
About.
Well You want some mustard? - Yes.
- Okay.
Why do I get the feeling that's not what you started to say? It's nothing.
It's, uh None of my business.
This is silly.
Say what's on your mind.
There is nothing on my mind.
Not really.
Don't play games.
It's not like you.
You don't have to yell at me.
I'm not yelling at you, Melissa.
I just want to know what you are thinking.
All right What are these little bumps in here? Cream pepper corns.
Why didn't you and Ann have more kids.
Well, we agreed that one was enough.
Actually, it was about only thing we ever did agree on.
That what was on your mind? Well, what about now? Do you think about it now? Well, no.
But you haven't had a vasectomy.
Don't you think I would of told you that before now.
So if you ever wanted to have kids.
I mean you could, right? Well, yes.
Theoretically.
Well, so what if This is hard.
What? I feel silly.
Bob, you and I, we have something here.
Maybe it's not a relationship yet, but it's at least I don't know An entanglement.
And I think about the future.
I can't help it, but you know.
It's like then I hear you say something like you don't want any more kids and And your Because you want to have kids.
Well, yeah.
Sure sometime, yeah.
And you think we So this is like a problem here.
No, uh.
I don't know.
Neither do I.
So we'll just, uh We'll just see how it plays.
- I can deal with that.
- Okay.
Okay, then that's what we'll do.
Okay.
That's what we'll do.
Okay.
Hi, Nancy, Ethan, Brittany, and I are out right now, but if you leave a very, very clever message we'll get back to you.
Okay, bye.
Hi, hi, uh.
Hi kids.
Hi, it's Daddy.
Um, I love you.
Good bye.
Uh, excuse me.
Hi, I would like to return this, please.
God.
See what this does.
This is fill.
Now watch when I take it out.
See.
Yeah, I guess there's less light now.
Yeah, the shadows are stronger on the apple.
Don't worry about your camera.
I want you to see first.
Yeah, I see.
And now.
- I get it.
That's the fill.
- Great, okay.
Now get your camera ready.
Hey, uh-uh.
No people yet.
First things.
I told you not to do that.
I just If your going to learn, you're going to have to listen, okay? Okay.
Oh, what the hell.
It's only art, right? Here.
Shoot.
Major rats you got around here.
I'm just shooting myself in the foot again putting all this pressure on him.
It's not fair.
Mel, why do you want kids so much? Another empty relationship with no future.
I can't bear it! I like him too much.
Yeah, but future doesn't automatically include kids.
It doesn't? I guess it doesn't.
You don't want kids, do you? Oh, no.
I want them.
I mean In practice, I don't know.
I mean, Michael is no ogre, obliviously.
But look at them.
Hope is home with Janey and the dirty laundry.
He's out working with the grown ups.
It might as well be 1956 again.
Oh, well! Oh, well.
Okay, so he comes home.
He warms a couple bottles.
He changes a couple diapers.
Big deal.
Hope is the one with baby puke in her hair.
And it's always like that.
No matter how hard people try to make it different.
Yeah, but all you're talking about is the work and the aggravation.
Yeah.
I don't know.
Have you ever seen the way Janey looks at Hope? Hope walks in a room and Janey's whole body comes alive.
Hope's, too.
It's like there's this electrical current running between them.
And Janey reaches up and touches Hope's cheek with her tiny hand.
And their like this little universe all to themselves.
Can you imagine being that close to someone? Well, yeah.
Of course I can imagine it.
I'm just saying it's not always like that, that's all.
I guess it isn't.
Anyway, I don't know.
I just don't know if I'm ready to give myself over to something like that.
And it kind of scares me.
What scares me is the thought that I might miss out on loving that much.
On being loved that much.
So we're back to were we started.
Am I way out of line here? I mean, wanting him to want the same stuff I want.
Do you think I can get him to change his mind? Not with that hair.
A bath and a kitchen sink.
What are you here, six months? I was pretty cute, huh? Uh-huh.
And this Oh, my gosh.
That is my mom.
Look at her hair.
I forgot all about that color.
Oh, here you are as a baby all red and wrinkled.
- How about Moonstruck? - Seen it.
Are all babies that purple and slimy when they're born? - Mm-hmm.
- Oh, gross.
Oh, how about My Life is a Dog? Seen it.
Why don't you have any kids, Melissa? - Robin, come on.
- What? It's customary to be married first, Robin.
Well, not anymore.
I'm a deeply conventional person.
I think you be a good mother, Melissa.
Thanks.
And you're still young.
Relatively.
I got it.
I got it right here.
Mr.
Smith Goes to Washington, 8:45.
- Seen it.
- Seen it.
You guys.
Daddy.
Joe, come here.
Can you do me a favor and page the assistant Nancy, it's me.
Hi, hi.
Um, so listen.
What time am I supposed to pick up the kids? I thought we already settled that.
4:30 at Carolyn's, and I'll pick them up Sunday around 5:30.
That's okay.
Listen, why don't you just pick them up at the park? Okay.
So what are you going to do with all your free time this weekend? Oh, I thought I go dog sled racing in the Yukon.
You know I love the snow.
You think I'm stupid, Elliot.
You obviously heard that I have a date.
Oh, yeah.
With who? Devon's father, Jed.
Okay.
Nice car.
Big back seat.
Elliot, I am working.
Is it anything important? Nothing I have to say is important.
Right, Nancy? Look if you want to fight go fight with Michael.
I'm busy.
Don't forget the kids at 4:30 at Carolyn's.
Bye.
Bitch.
No, no.
Taking the train to New York to go to the theater, I feel like Carole Lombard or Jean Austin.
You know it always reminds me the time we took Robin to New York.
Just past Trenton she threw up her orange drink all over my new Brooks Brothers suit.
You wore a Brooks Brothers suit? Now you know the worst there is to know about me.
- How old was she then? - Four.
No actually she was five because Anne bought that for me when she got her real estate license.
So you got her all dressed up in her Mary Jane's and her little Lord Taylor coat and took her to the big city for the day.
She was so cute.
God, she was funny.
She said to the cab driver Well, um Parents talk about their kids too much.
What? Come on, tell me.
No, nah.
I just every time we get together we always end up talking about Robin.
We do? I like you as a father.
You're cute.
I mean as Robin's father, you know.
I mean she's a good kid.
You must be a good father.
Melissa, please don't I don't want you to think What? Let's go.
Right.
Yeah, hello.
Hi, Melissa.
It's Nancy.
Oh, I look awful.
I I I don't know.
I can't just calm down.
You know that blue jacket that looks so great on Hope? Well, underneath the shoulders they just kind of squwinch up to my ears.
Oh, no it's the door.
It's him.
It's her date.
It's Nancy.
No, he's not supposed to be here to like 7:30.
It's probably Jehovah's witness.
Maybe they have something I can wear.
Nancy, are you here? Oh, God.
It's Elliot.
Elliot? Oh, oh.
Um, look I'll call you back later, okay.
Oh, God.
Elliot.
Nancy.
Nancy.
What are you doing here? Where are the kids? - They're having dinner with my mother.
- So.
So Ethan said he wanted his Lego's.
I said I'd get them.
No, you can't just barge in here without calling or knocking or anything.
What? I ran the doorbell.
It's still my house, too.
No, no.
We had an agreement about this.
Hey, we're still married, Nancy.
- Is this is? - No, no.
There's another one under the bed.
You look nice.
Is that new? No, Elliot.
This is Hope's.
Tell Jed not to tear it.
See you come in here and you barge in here knowing that I have got - Just to be vulgar.
- Look, I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
It was a stupid thing to say.
It's just what does a husband say to his wife before she goes out on her first date? Look, when you moved out.
You never said anything.
We never said anything about not going out with other people.
Okay, okay.
It's just hard, okay.
There's nothing wrong about it.
Okay.
Look, Nancy.
This was dumb.
It was dumb.
I shouldn't have come.
It was a stupid thing to do.
No, you're just trying to make it as difficult for me as possible.
Nancy, that's not what I want to do at all.
If that's what I've done, I'm sorry.
I am.
I think that you better go now, please.
Um, why don't you get Brittany's giraffe.
I think she'd like that tonight.
This must be pretty weird.
Going out on a date after all these years.
Weird doesn't even come close.
Oh, come on.
You'll be all right.
You look beautiful.
You say that.
You got have guys lined up to ask you out.
Oh, sure.
I think if it was me.
I mean like if I'd seen you right now like this for the first time today.
Oh.
No, look at you.
Look at you with your hair and your freckles and stuff.
You look so soft.
No it isn't.
Your beautiful, Nancy.
You're beautiful.
Ow, ow, ow.
What was that? That was great is what that was.
Baby, you got to go.
- What? - I got to get going.
For what? What? For my date.
Your still going? What did you think? Of course I am.
Nothing.
- Hi.
- Hi.
- Is - Nancy will be right out.
Have a good time.
Thank you.
And me.
I was so nervous.
I almost called to cancel right after you asked me.
This is were I'm supposed to look deep in your eyes and say, "I'm glad you didn't, Nancy.
" And I say, "Oh, Jed, so am I.
" What the hell.
I am glad.
Yeah.
Me, too.
- Good night.
- Good night.
Oh, I forgot.
Thanks.
- Good night.
- Good night.
- Hi.
- Hi.
Here it is.
Mostly the river and a few of the Ben Franklin bridge.
Great.
Come on, let's get started.
We're you going tonight? Oh, dance performance on Sanson Street.
I didn't know Daddy likes dance.
I'm not sure he knew, either.
What is this? A doll.
A ballerina doll.
Melissa, you've got to be kidding.
Why? Isn't this a little bit corny for you.
What do you mean? Come on, Melissa, a ballerina doll? Hey, come on.
Put it down.
You're going break it.
Will you put it down? - I thought you were different.
- What do you mean? All my friends told me about when my dad would start having girlfriends.
- How they would be real nice to me at first.
- Oh, Robin.
I'm sorry you had to pretend to like me to get to Dad.
What are you talking about? I'm not pretending.
I really do like you.
And you're jealous of me because my father loves me.
You get all this from your smart-ass friends.
No, I can see it for myself.
You're always getting mad at me.
Oh, look again.
I'm not jealous of you.
Sure.
You think I'm keeping my old dolls to play with when I'm senile? I was dumb enough to think that one day I might have a daughter to give it to.
Yeah, if you think that's corny, try that on.
I'm jealous of your father, okay? He's got you.
He doesn't want any more kids.
Where does that leave me, huh? Are you guys that serious about each other? I mean Dad and Mom have only been divorced for five months.
Robin, when you're my age everything is serious.
I'm sorry about Anna Pavlova.
I'm just very sensitive about her.
Who? Anna.
Her.
Actually.
What? I think she's beautiful, Melissa.
I was just afraid to you'd think I was stupid if I told you.
She is beautiful, isn't she? Yeah, she's really beautiful, Melissa.
Off from the DAR and the Young Republicans and the Junior League.
- And I'm sitting there in my cut-offs and my sneakers.
- Bob.
- What? - It's this white horse thing.
The what? Well, whenever I'm with you now all I can think about is babies.
You're talking about your disgusting sister-in-law and I'm wondering does she have any kids.
- No.
- No, what? No, she doesn't have any kids.
Because I yelled at Robin today.
Oh.
Because she laughed at my doll.
Oh.
So Bob, what's the story? What, do I get three guesses? What do you mean? Well, no.
I mean you say you don't want any kids.
And we kind of talk around it and then we don't talk about it at all.
I made the decision years ago.
And the thing is I was just wondering if there was a chance you might still change your mind.
Because I like you too much and I don't want to hide anything.
Melissa, you know I was in my last year of medical school when Robin was born.
Anne was working and And God, we loved her.
I loved her so much, but it was hell.
We didn't have any help.
I don't think I slept for two years.
And our marriage Well, it survived, but just barely.
I don't know.
I guess we just decided that one was enough for us, you know.
Robin was enough.
Well, what about now? Well, I don't know I been through so much in the past year.
- I don't think.
- You don't think.
I don't feel any differently about it now.
You know Robin is enough for me.
I just I don't want to go through all that again.
But haven't things changed now.
- Yeah, sure they have.
- But.
I didn't say but.
But you implied it.
Look I don't want you to say you want to bear my children.
I just want to know that you haven't ruled it out.
Maybe.
Possibly.
I mean, I accept uncertainty and confusion.
I embrace uncertainty and confusion.
Tell me you're uncertain and confused.
It's It's just not It's just not what? It's just not what? Well, I guess me and my eggs will be moving on.
Melissa.
Come on.
Melissa.
No, look you're making a mistake.
Life isn't that simple, period.
Melissa, come on.
- Please don't spoil my exit.
- Melissa.
Okay, spoil my exit.
What, Doctor Bob? There is a croissant I put in the oven.
Don't forget to turn it off.
Melissa.
Melissa.
Elliot came over Friday? You're kidding.
Then Jed picked me up and he took me out to dinner.
And we had Peking duck and then he brought me home.
And that was it.
It was fine.
There's something you're not telling me.
Don't be embarrassed.
Come on, you can tell me you slept with the man on the first date.
Hope, I wouldn't do that.
Oh, why not? It's not so terrible.
I didn't sleep with him.
Well, then what? Oh, Hope.
It's just so ridiculous.
I was so stupid.
Oh, God.
It was Elliot.
- No, you didn't! - I don't want to hear about it.
I don't know.
I don't know why I did it.
She was just there and she looked so She was wearing Hope's dress.
- Maybe it was really how I - Are you serious? Who made the first move? I did, I guess.
But she was more than willing.
Yeah, you think this means anything about the two of you? Who knows? You know, for a moment there, I forgot everything and it was like I was 22, and we had just gotten back from Europe, and my hair was down to my waist.
And the summer I went to Europe and she went to California, I was so jealous.
All through France I kept thinking about her with some rock musician or something.
And here I am again, I can't stop thinking about her.
Well, then why did you leave her? Oh, come on.
I had to, you know that, Mike.
You can't just walk away from somebody and never look back.
I wish I could get away from Elliot and never look back, you know? But, it's just not that easy.
I mean, there are the kids, and we'll always be apart of each other because of the kids.
I thought you hated him.
I do most of the time.
I don't know, Nancy.
It will never happen again.
Don't worry.
I don't think it will happen again.
Who knows? Bam! Hey, hey.
I ought to.
One of these days I'm gonna get you.
And when I get you, I'm gonna take you Hello? Hey, Michael.
Hi, Nancy.
How are you doing? Hope came in a little while ago, she's upstairs.
Yeah, I was just with her.
She said that Elliot was bringing the kids over today.
Yeah, you just missed them.
He went back to the place to get them packed up.
So you're doing this all yourself, huh? Yeah, you like it? No, I think It'll look okay once I got to finish the walls and then I'm going to paint them.
- I have to recaulk the windows.
- And the floors.
And the floor.
Yeah, I think it'll be ready for Janey's wedding reception.
I'm sorry No, no.
I got No, okay.
So, how you doing, Nancy? This is weird, huh? I mean, you and I, we don't get much of a chance to talk anymore.
I'm fine.
I think this is really harder on the kids.
Yeah, I know.
I mean, Elliot worries about them all the time.
Yeah, what's he say? I don't know You know, he, uh He misses them.
He worries about Ethan's attitude.
Stuff like that.
Yeah, I guess he probably talks to you a lot Well, you know, I mean, he doesn't say much about you.
No.
He doesn't say any of the past stuff.
No, no, no.
I didn't mean to put you on the spot.
I just wish You know sometimes I wonder what is going on his head.
Oh, believe me, Nancy.
I don't think anybody ever knows what's going on inside Elliot's head.
No kidding.
Well, I better go pick them up.
See ya.
Hey, sweetie.
We got to get you ready, honey.
Ethan, come on, man.
What do I got to tell you? Lego's everywhere.
We got to go.
We got to go.
Come on, bud.
Okay.
Where's your jacket? Here it is, honey.
All right, here we go.
Here we go.
Wasn't it fun being with Daddy? Nancy, I told you to meet us at the park.
Mommy.
Hi, Mommy.
Hi, sweeties.
Look what I brought you.
Here you go.
What's that? Nice place.
Sweetie, would you watch your sister for a minute? I need to talk to you in private.
What happened on Friday night, it's never going to happen again.
- Oh, Nancy.
- It's not that I blame you.
I don't blame you.
I blame myself.
If you're going to try to sabotage my life, I can't stop you.
But I can sure as hell stop myself.
- Well, you got my motives all figured out, right? - Yeah.
And you understand yours perfectly, too.
Uh, what are you getting at? You weren't unwilling.
I was afraid of going out on that date.
I admit it, so I sabotaged myself.
I was just trying to make my life as miserable and safe as ever.
- Oh, is that it? - And you see You couldn't stand the idea that maybe I was having my own life.
Maybe even having a little fun.
And how many women have you slept with since - Oh, hi.
- How are you doing? Good.
And how many women have you slept with since you moved out? Are you even keeping track? See I should of made you use a condom because None.
Not one.
Right.
Well Nothing is simple, Nancy.
Sure I was jealous, but I didn't come over to that house to lure you into bed.
Or anything else.
- I mean, Ethan wanted his Lego's.
- Right, right, right.
Ethan wanted his Lego's and I didn't think.
I don't know why I didn't it.
I don't know why I wanted you so much.
Just don't pretend that you know, because you don't.
And Nancy Mom, can you come here a minute? Brittany wants you.
How long has it been since you felt like that when we made love? How many years has it been since you were that turned on? Mommy, Mommy.
Brittany has to go to the bathroom.
Okay.
Where you going? This is incredible.
Okay, let me see if I can get this straight.
Ellyn, you're pretty sure that you love Woodman, but you don't know what that means.
Melissa, you think you can love Doctor Bob only he won't let you.
And Nancy, you know that you don't love Elliot.
In fact, you hate him, but making love with him was incredibly great.
Right, but not enough to wreck my life again.
So what's your crisis, Hopey? Me, I am incredibly jealous of all of you.
- Oh, please.
- Oh, I can see why.
And I feel guilty, of course, because you know I mean my life is so full now.
- Please.
- Do us a favor, Hope.
If you're going to suffer about being happy, suffer in silence.
Is there any more dip? Oh, no.
Let's get some chocolate here.
I need something seriously bad for me.
Oh, good idea.
Will you hand me that bag of M&Ms? Oh, let's make marshmallow fudge.
- Oh, great idea.
- No, no, let's make chocolate chip cookies.
Oh, let's eat all the dough before we bake them.