Thirtysomething (1987) s03e21 Episode Script
Arizona
1 [theme.]
- [Hope.]
All right.
- [Michael.]
When was this? - [Hope.]
Yeah.
- [Michael.]
Oh, come on, that's ridiculous.
[Hope.]
That's a good idea, really.
- So it's been nice - No, it's out of the question.
[Michael.]
Right back in the face with this.
[Hope.]
It's been kind of cold here.
[Michael.]
No.
because it's unacceptable, that's why.
Tuesday's absolutely unacceptable.
[Hope.]
Janey likes going outside and bundling up.
- [Hope.]
I don't know why.
- [Michael.]
Why? Because we can't possibly make Tuesday, that's why.
[Hope.]
I know, I know.
[Michael.]
What's that going to cost? [Hope.]
Okay.
Hi, Daddy.
[Michael.]
Well, actually not [Hope.]
I know.
Yeah.
Well, what is the 40th anniversary anyway, aluminum? No, no, no, no.
This is just the management shuffle.
- Yeah? - That's right, we can still stall them.
No, ruby.
Where am I gonna find matching ruby slippers by Saturday.
Oh, I know.
Oh, it's not a surprise, right? Mom hates surprises.
You said that.
I didn't.
Yeah, no, no, don't worry, Daddy.
We'll get there.
Just tell him that the research had unexpected ramifications.
Telling him we're refining our projections.
- Yeah.
- Huh? Then tell him we're a fourth quarter operation.
- Janey? Janey.
- Use your imagination here.
Wait, hang on a second.
Michael.
Wait a second.
Wait a second, Michael.
Oh, hang on a second.
No, no, she's fine.
She's fine.
But I got to go.
Okay, I love you, too.
Bye.
When you get a minute.
No, I'm serious.
If they have a problem with that then tell them they're going to have to deal with me directly.
Yeah.
I mean what are we talking about here? What, a few grand? So big deal.
Let's make it happen.
Yeah, she's subnormal, that's what she is All right, hold on a second.
- I hate that phone.
- I know.
Guess what.
Not your parents? Your parents.
We're going there next weekend.
We're going there next weekend.
Yeah, Daddy decided to have a big party for the 40th wedding anniversary.
- We can't say no.
- We can't say no.
[chuckles.]
We can.
We can't.
It's just a long weekend.
We'll survive.
When? Don't tell me.
Wednesday.
Can you hold on one minute? Wednesday is Melissa's dinner.
- She'll understand.
- Yeah, well, I can't leave on Wednesday.
Wednesday night.
You did when you went skiing with your brother.
Oh, that's was different.
[dialing.]
Yeah, I'm back.
John, hi, it's me.
[laughs.]
Very funny.
Yes.
What? Uh-huh.
You might be coming up to do the conference at Penn this weekend.
No, no, I'm actually not going to go.
Well, no.
John, stop.
[laughs.]
I'm sorry.
No, no, it turns out I have to go see my parents.
So anyway I was wondering if you could do the Community Outreach Panel for me.
What? No You know what? Why don't we just meet first thing in the morning? I mean you could stay here.
Oh.
Yeah, I mean why not? We have a spare room for another eight weeks at least.
Say hi for me.
Uh-huh, Mikey says hi.
Yeah.
John.
Okay, so why don't you run the meeting, then? All right, yeah, good.
That'd be great.
I don't know.
Maybe, uh Brad called me to go skiing when things just happened to be slow.
Right now the Minnesota Brands people want me to hold I don't want to know.
It's okay.
I just I can't, Hope.
I just can't pick up and leave right now.
Mary Ann's not even going.
She's their daughter.
It's okay.
All right, it's an early flight on Saturday.
Here.
You wanted to go on that ski trip.
There.
You know, if I can get out on Friday, then I will, all right? What do you think? It's nice.
They already have seven exactly like it.
- They do, don't they? - Mm-hmm.
You know, they don't need any more stuff.
Why don't just make a donation somewhere like, um You know the Society for the Prevention of Charitable Societies or something.
No, seriously, what about the ERC or Save the Children? I've got to get them something.
Why? [scoffs.]
Why? Because it's just what we do.
It's just one meeting.
Just one.
I've stayed up three nights organizing all the material that you'll need.
Okay.
I do have other legitimate responsibilities.
Right.
Oh, come on, we have been through this before.
I know, I've enjoyed ever minute of it.
[Michael.]
Hope, we have got to go! Don't you try to charm me, John Dunaway.
You know you're uncharmable.
[Michael.]
Come on, Janey's ready.
Listen, if it's windy, put some paper in the window frame.
That'll take care of that.
I got you some Maalox and gelusil.
It's in the medicine cabinet.
Oh, I also got you buttermilk and ginger ale.
Gee, thanks, Mom.
- Hope - Oh, I have to pee again.
Honey, we're late.
Okay, I'll go at the airport, then.
So long, cookie.
Get some rest.
Get somebody to rub your feet for you.
Okay, but you're still the best.
You ready? Oh, yeah, you have the tickets? - Yeah, I got them.
- Oh, I forgot Janey's books.
Well.
- Thanks for letting me stay in your place.
- Oh, not at all.
Okay, let's go.
- Janey.
- Yes.
Oh, tell Melissa I'm sorry about dinner.
Maybe take that Bordeaux that Miles gave us for Christmas.
Purse, my purse.
[Michael.]
Janey, come on, it's time to go.
Bye.
Ah.
Mmm.
Oh, that's good.
Good.
It's good.
Just about right.
I gonna put these on, right? Oh, here, here.
"Château San Giles '72.
"Stewed, dirty, rusty, nondescript bouquet.
This wine is of no value expect to those who care only for labels.
" Well, Happy New Year to you too, Miles Drentell.
Hey, I don't think I've really had a chance to talk to you since your new creative director thing.
- Congratulations.
- Oh, thank you.
I'm still terrified.
I still wake up every night in a cold sweat, but thanks.
It can't be too bad being that successful? Yes, it is.
You know what? - What? - You're lying.
- Really? - You love it.
[chuckles.]
I love it, huh? Really, you've come into your own somehow.
I don't know why.
You know the way you look even.
How do I look? Commanding.
It's your jaw, I think.
My jaw? Your jaw.
So where's Jeffrey? Um, he's at Father-Daughter Night at school.
Oh, yeah? How is Jeffrey? - He's good.
- Yeah? Yeah, it's good.
But chaos.
I mean it's Jeffrey Milgrom has brought chaos into my life in a big way.
It's driving me crazy.
What? You're lying.
I'm lying? Mmm, you love it.
You've come into your own.
The way you look.
Yeah? Your jaw is softer.
[chuckles.]
All right, stop flirting.
Oh, I miss my wife.
She's out of town.
You know I got to flirt.
It's part of the contract.
What contract? Big contract.
Life.
Ooh.
So, listen.
What's John Dunaway doing up here again? Oh, he's got some conference at Penn, so he's staying at the house.
Does he still have the hots for Hope? - What? - Whoa, whoa.
- Wait, who's John Dunaway? - Didn't he? Wait, wait, John Dunaway has got the hots for Hope? - No.
- What do you mean? No, your wife is a very compelling woman.
I've always thought so.
Who's John Dunaway, come on? He's that ERC guy.
He's all attractively rumpled and real intense and serious.
Has these hypnotic eyes and brown shoes.
When did you meet him? Me? I've never met him.
Ouch.
She's pregnant, for God's sake.
Michael, he was definitely smitten.
Yeah.
Pregnancy is very sexy to some highly evolved men.
Like me? You're all a bunch of jerks.
Hope is not interested in John Dunaway.
Oh, oh, that John Dunaway.
Ugh, get off me.
[chattering.]
[door opens.]
Hi.
Hi, how's it going? - I hope you don't mind.
- No, um But it smokes a little bit.
Well, not anymore.
I turned the grate around.
Oh, great.
Thanks.
What are you reading? Uh, it's Hope's.
Carolyn Forche, A Country Between Us.
I haven't read it, yet.
Okay, well, I'm going up.
Would you let Grendel out before you turn it? Sure, no problem.
- Thanks.
- Yeah.
Good night, man.
Good night.
[dials.]
Hi, what time is your earliest flight to Phoenix in the morning? Oh, stop.
Honey, I'll get it.
Ruth, they're here.
Hi, Mom.
You look so beautiful.
Oh, Janey.
Here, let me take Janey.
Oh, no, it's okay, Mom.
I can do it.
Just let me get her to bed.
You have gotten so big.
Hope's starving.
She couldn't eat a thing on the plane.
Oh, yeah, Janey kept moving around.
She hit the call button seven times.
- Oh, no.
- Yeah.
I fix you some stew.
Oh, anything's fine.
Just let me get her to bed.
Oh, don't you want her to stay up for a little so she'll won't wake up so early? Well, I think it's kind of out of my control.
Here, let me take these.
Oh, thanks, thanks.
Is that new? Oh, it's Mary Ann's present for our wedding anniversary.
Isn't it lovely? Don't tell her we already got eight just like it.
Oh, Ted, really.
Vanessa? Now, isn't that a little odd? Well, not definite just under consideration.
- Oh.
- Daddy, can I have some water, please? How about some ginger ale? Water is fine, thanks.
And if it's a boy? Leo.
Leo? For Michael's dad.
Oh, of course.
Where's that ginger ale anyhow? It's in the cupboard above the stove where it always is.
I don't see it.
Of course you don't.
You don't know how to look.
It's a missing chromosome.
You want some more stew? Oh, no, thanks, Mom.
This is great.
What I need is a shower and about 10 hours of sleep.
We put you and Michael in our bed.
No, we can stay in the guest room No, we insist.
You said yourself your back is bothering you and the mattress in the guest room just isn't good enough.
You said you talk to Frank about that.
Well, he said he'd call the warehouse and take care of it.
We've been waiting for two months for the lamps that he promised us.
That's Frank.
Oh, look at that Janey bird.
Isn't that pretty? - Yeah.
- Oh, are those cheeks, huh? Ooh, like mine? Ooh, thank you so much.
I brought your glasses for you.
There you go.
Mom, you really shouldn't have gotten her all this stuff.
I wanted her to have special things when she comes.
And now they'll be, um What is that name again? Vanessa.
- Vanessa? - Yes.
- Or Leo? - Yes.
Well, I don't know about Vanessa.
Hi.
- Oh.
- Hi, Daddy.
Ted, you know you're not supposed to carry a lot of that.
Nonsense.
Did Harry Asher call? Yes, he got you a 2:20 tee off.
Uh, Frank can't make it.
He's got to see the new cardiologist.
He's 12 years younger than me, and he's already had a triple bypass.
He's doing really well now.
You better go if you're meeting Bob.
Okay.
Oh, your golf glove is on the dashboard of my car.
Also your hat.
Isn't she wonderful? Oh, you won't think I'm so wonderful if you hang around up there playing poker when you're through.
I'll see my girls later.
- Bye, Daddy.
- Bye.
How's his blood pressure now? Oh, it's pretty good.
Look what the cat dragged in.
Hi.
- What a lovely surprise.
- Hi, Ruth.
Hi, come here, pumpkin.
What happened? We didn't expect you till Saturday.
No, I know.
I know.
- Hi, sweetie.
- Hi.
What are you doing here? Oh, I realized I wasn't as indispensable as I thought, so I came.
Michael, I'm sorry, I got a game.
- I got to run - Oh, yeah, Ted, go.
Oh, no, wait, wait.
Frank had to cancel.
Come with me now.
Charlie would love to see you.
Ted, he just got here.
Thanks, Ted.
I know you would like a good laugh today, but I'm a little tired from the flight, so.
Are you sure? - Yeah, thanks.
- Get yourself some fresh air.
No, thanks a lot.
Another would be much better.
Besides, he'd like to spend some time with his wife.
Besides, I'd like to spend some time with my wife.
Okay, I'll get us a tee off for tomorrow.
Okay, thanks.
And I would like to spend some time with my wife.
Hey, you.
Hi.
I know.
Look, we We've been through this, all right? Uh-huh.
No, we can't let them know that we're vulnerable on the delivery schedule.
Right, yeah.
Well, just tell him to call me here.
Uh-huh.
Yeah, let him know I'm always available.
All right.
All right.
All right, call me back.
Always available to whom? What time Janey get up this morning? 5.
Great.
Great.
[shudders.]
We have to sleep in here? I can't sleep in here.
Well, it's my back.
The mattress in the guest room is no good, so Dad insisted.
Oh, can't believe your parents sleep on twin beds.
Well, they've always had twin beds.
Dad jumps.
He jumps? Yeah, when he sleeps.
He sort of twitches.
- Can of very big twitches.
- Yeah.
So they have twin beds.
Oh, makes you wonder.
Let's not think about it.
Oh, I shouldn't be here.
I should be babysitting Minnesota Brands.
So why did you come? I don't know.
You told me I had to.
I said I wanted you to.
Very big difference.
Not so big.
Well, if you're determined to think of me as a controlling bitch, why don't you get on the next plane back in the morning? Wait a minute.
Well? I'm here, aren't I? In a matter of speaking.
[phone rings.]
What the hell is that supposed to mean? Well, in the 45 minutes you've been here you've been on the phone for the last 42.
You know, I had this wild idea that if I bent over backwards to get here early, like you wanted, you'd be understanding about me having to keep in touch with my responsibilities at work.
That was silly of me.
[Ruth.]
Michael, it's your secretary.
Yeah.
Okay, shoot.
[Ruth.]
When I make beef burgundy, I don't really use burgundy.
[Woman.]
Now, what Maureen used to add to her beef burgundy was just a little touch of cayenne pepper.
[Man.]
I can't stand hot food.
[Woman.]
Charlie, you remember Marie's beef burgundy? She served it last Christmas Eve? Ruth, you remember it, don't you? Oh, wait.
No, you weren't there.
I was I wasn't? [Ted.]
We were at Mary Ann's last Christmas, honey.
[Ruth.]
Oh, that's right.
We were.
I bet Maureen accounted quite a bit of that burgundy before she finished making that stew.
[Ruth.]
Oh, Ted.
[Woman.]
Doris, now you remember that stew.
I'm sure that she served in those cute little hollowed-out loaves of sourdough.
I remember.
[Charlie.]
You can't get good sourdough here.
Not like in San Francisco.
[Doris.]
Oh, Charlie, that's ridiculous.
I can get the best bread you ever tasted over on Canyon.
[Woman.]
Of course that catering business of hers is never gonna go anywhere.
Especially since she's taken on that new partner.
What's her name? [Doris.]
Consuela.
[Ruth.]
Oh, come on.
I'm certain they are going to do just fine.
Have you thought of any names for the baby, Hope? Oh, well, Leo for Michael's father if it's a boy.
And well, we're not sure for a girl, probably Vanessa.
Oh, that's lovely.
What about something more traditional to go with Janey? Like Ann or Elizabeth or Louisa? Ruth? - Ruth.
- What? How about another drink? Oh, Ted, for heaven's sake.
Not that old ice bucket.
You used to use that for bait when you went fishing.
Not that he ever caught anything.
Go and get the crystal one.
I bought this ice bucket in 1963 in Atlantic City, and it's still ticking.
Michael, in the dinning room.
In the breakfront on the left hand side.
I don't think in the 43 years I've known this girl that she has ever forgotten where she put anything.
Uh, where are you from originally, Peggy? Albany.
Larry and I left in 1983.
Um, 1984.
'84? In space, no one can hear you scream.
[Peggy.]
What? Oh, oh.
And he's retired now? No, he's dead.
About four years now.
Oh, I'm sorry.
Larry had a massive heart attack on the approach to the green on 16.
Wasn't anything anyone could do.
And he was shooting in the low 80s, too.
Oh, Ted.
Really.
Michael, that business of yours with the silly name.
How's it doing? We went belly up last year.
Probably the silly name.
[everyone laughs.]
Is she out? Almost.
Half mast.
You sure we shouldn't be keeping her up? Why? It's easier to keep her on Philadelphia time.
Yeah, but it's 8:30.
That's 10:30, Philadelphia.
She's gonna be up at 4:30 our time.
I mean here time.
Here, Arizona.
We does she do that to him? Who? My mother.
She always puts him down.
Treats him like he's a child.
It's not so bad.
Anyway, the way he patronizes her.
He loves her.
Yeah, well, it gives me the creeps.
He loves her and he's proud of her.
Yeah, well, I'm proud of you, too.
I don't talk about you like you're a show dog.
I don't really think you're proud of me.
Of course I am.
Not of things I want you to be proud of.
Like what? I don't know like being a good mother.
I think that's something to be proud of.
Or the work that I've been doing.
I'm proud, Hope.
I don't think you realize how important it is to me.
Wait, I'm supposed to be proud of you running off to Washington to see some Some arrogant pseudo-radical throwback who rubs your feet and calls you cookie.
Hmm? Janey's asleep.
So what, did you have an affair with him? I'm a sexually uninteresting pregnant woman.
How can any man possibly interested in me? - I don't think that.
- Oh, come on, I see it in your eyes.
I see it in the way you look at me.
The way you don't look at me.
You're checked out.
Checked out? Yes, John isn't.
But no, I didn't have an affair with him.
You know, I'm really tired of this checked out business.
Every time I'm interested in something other than you.
I'm an addition to you, then you say I'm checked out.
Well, it's life, Hope.
It's just my life.
It's just not enough.
Oh, so what is enough, Hope, huh? This marriage here? Huh, with the Come here.
With the twin beds and the crystal ice bucket.
And biting it on the golf course while Bill and Biff and Brent play through? There's got to be something better than this constant state of anger.
There's got to be.
Maybe when you stop judging me.
Only when you're ready to consider that I'm a real person in the world.
[knocking at door.]
L.
A.
Law is on.
Oh, thanks, Ruth.
We'll be right there.
Sorry.
There's got to be.
[Michael.]
You can call it Augusto, all right? Here you go, you ready? Fore.
Say fore.
Fore.
[clicks.]
Ugh.
You say fore.
[clicks.]
Ugh.
[laughs.]
And then you go like this.
Ready? Fore.
Ugh.
Hi.
Hi.
What time is it? What is that in really time? 8 or 12.
What time did Janey wake up? You know if God had want us to fly, he would have not invented time zones.
Are we speaking? I'm speaking to you.
Are you speaking to me? I'm speaking to you.
It seems every time we think we've gotten past all this [Peggy.]
Hope? Hope, you got to see this dress your mother got.
I hope that it's not too severe.
It's the quintessence of elegance.
- It's perfectly lovely.
- Oh.
It's beautiful.
Can you see here where it's been altered? No, it's fine.
How about some breakfast? Oh, no, you enjoy your family.
I'm gonna see you later.
Oh, wait.
Wait a minute.
I got to get you those earrings.
Bye.
I told Rob to set up an oyster bar for the party.
But don't tell your mother.
It's a surprise.
- Mom loves oysters.
- Mmm.
You two look tired.
[both.]
No, we're fine.
Okay.
Is it like a secret religious thing? You know like a secret handshake the way your parents kind of talk at each other or about each other, but never to each other.
It My father does not do that.
Michael, you ready? Whenever you are, Ted.
I got it.
Okay, just throw it up here.
Just sort of hit down on it.
The ball will go up, really.
You got to trust the club face.
The club face? Yeah, just visualize that club face going right through the ball.
Okay.
Okay, that's, uh That's really not too terrible.
It means a lot to us you and Hope being here this weekend, Michael.
Oh, listen, we wouldn't miss it for the world.
Marriage.
Marriage is sort of like a putting green, Michael.
- It is? - Mm-hmm.
You got to stay calm.
Study the line.
Be gentle, but firm.
And never, never lose your sense of humor.
I guess I should pick up? Well, we don't usually count past 10.
You and Hope, you got everything don't you? We do? Beautiful daughter.
Yeah, that won't sleep.
Wonderful home.
That's falling apart.
Good friends.
With cancer.
No, really.
You and Hope seem to be doing great.
Yeah, we are.
Just great.
Well, you know, there's always There's always a sand trap somewhere or a ruff.
A ruff? Did you and Ruth ever have, you know, a ruff? [chuckles.]
The kids, God love them.
Nobody prepares you for what that means, do they? No.
She was home with them.
I was out.
Never even changed a diaper.
Nobody thought anything about that then, but it made it so easy to drift.
What do you mean? Away from each other, you know? [Man.]
Ted, good to see you.
Lou.
How you doing? [Lou.]
Great, great.
Well, what do you mean drift? Drift.
Yeah, I'd really like It would help me to know.
How does anybody drift? There was, uh There was this girl at the office.
That's all.
And? Well, they brought her in for a special bookkeeping project.
She could add these long columns of figures in her head.
It was amazing.
[chuckles.]
Anyway, I couldn't get her out of my mind.
When was this? Uh, just before Mary Ann was born.
I guess Hope was 4.
So what happened? What happened? What happened? Oh, we saw each other a little while.
Few times.
Wow.
I guess you can say that.
Ruth never knew of course.
I put a stop to it.
Wasn't right.
Why does this surprise me so much? Because you don't quite see the big picture yet.
You're too close in to see the big picture.
Now, that's my favorite son-in-law.
Ted, I'm your only son-in-law.
I don't know who you are anymore.
This is me.
I'm 9.
I'm reading The Bobbsey Twins to my parents and Mary Ann.
I think it's the one where they went camping.
I'm serious.
I don't know who you are, either.
So what do we do? You know, I think my parents are actually worried about us.
Well, yeah, I know.
They got a marriage right out of Updike.
Oh, come on, don't exaggerate.
I don't think I am.
My father responds to my mother.
He thinks about her.
I mean, even when she's not here, he still thinks Yeah, sure, because he's terrified of her.
Oh, stop it.
Yeah, because she walks all over him and you despise him for it.
No, I despise her for that.
Well, you sure despise me for it.
He cares about her.
He thinks about her.
I care about you.
I think about you.
Yeah, yeah.
What do I do all day, Michael? What? What do I do? I mean when I worked on the incinerator.
What did I do? You made telephone calls.
You canvassed.
You don't know because you didn't bother to find out.
A few years ago you would of, but not anymore.
Well, your father never would known, not really.
Oh, Michael, really.
And where have I heard that charming little phrase in the past 24 hours? [door opens.]
Hi.
Janey asleep? No problem.
Well, that's good.
You two should get to bed.
Oh, we where just going, Mom.
Good night, Mom.
Good night.
I am not like my mother.
Oh.
Oh, you are so full of yourself.
You are so sure that everything you think is right, and the truth of it is you don't have a clue about how to make this marriage work.
Every time I talk to you, all I get is this anger.
Oh right, and that surprise you? That's the whole point.
How can you not know that I'm angry right now.
How can you not know that? Here, even right now.
You won't respond to me.
You have this fantasy.
I am stretched so thin just trying to get through every day, and you have this fantasy of what our life is supposed to be like.
You have no idea how much you demand.
You have no idea how much you judge.
- That is crap.
- What? - It's crap.
- Oh, you You hate me don't you? Sometimes I hate you.
I'm scared.
So am I.
[Hope.]
Don't you miss Philadelphia? [Ted.]
Well, I do.
I do sometimes, but we have a good life here.
Mother loves it.
Good friends.
Loves the weather.
Says its added 10 years to her life.
[Hope.]
And what about your life? [Ted.]
No, it was good for me to get away.
Shake things up.
Make changes.
And our old friends come out to visit.
The O'Connells were just here in March.
I though Mom would miss her garden.
No, she's got a lot of projects.
Always doing something in the house.
Working on something.
Everybody relies on her.
Don't you ever get mad? You know, the way she has of laying down the law? Well, things look different, depending on where you're standing.
You're her daughter.
Boy, are you her daughter.
But in 40 years, you'll learn to accommodate.
Sounds sort of grim.
It's not grim at all.
You see I love your mother very much.
No, Michael, fold it the other way.
That's what I did.
Oh, don't use so much filling.
You know, the party's at the club.
Why are we doing this? Oh, obviously you have never tasted their hors d'oeuvres.
Daddy didn't want this to be any work for you, Mom.
Of course he didn't, but he hasn't a clue what it takes to throw a party like this.
He thinks he can just tell Ralph to do it and that's that.
Can't he? Not if we want it done right.
[Janey.]
Mommy.
I'll go.
You and Michael think I'm too much of a perfectionist don't you? I don't know.
Are you? Probably a little.
But I'm not gonna change now.
[vocalizes.]
Whoa.
[vocalizes.]
Michael is so good with Janey.
Yeah, Daddy was always good with us.
Must have been a big help to you.
Uh, well.
He wasn't? It was different in those days.
None of them helped much with the babies.
Oh, Lord, those diapers.
But he's always so solicitous of you.
Uh, yes, he is, and he was then, too.
But I don't think he ever really understood.
Understood what? What it was like.
I mean I used to get so tired in the afternoons when you and Mary Ann were little.
I had trouble with the afternoons.
Doctor Stern, he prescribed Now, you went out with his son once, didn't you? Yes, Stewart.
Anyway, he prescribed these little yellow pills for me.
I don't know what they were called.
Dexe.
Dexe something.
You were taking speed? No.
Mother, those are amphetamines.
Well, I guess they were, but it isn't as if I was taking drugs or anything.
Maybe I was.
I don't know.
Anyhow, somehow we got through it all.
Are you saying there was something really wrong between you and Daddy? Good heavens, no.
I know we don't usually talk about things like this.
I am too much of a perfectionist.
You and Michael are right about that.
So are you.
That's why you and I fight.
Probably.
You've still got time to change if you want to.
Janey, please, all right? It takes one minute.
Look at this dress.
It's just like your Mommy's.
You're gonna be just like twins.
All right, it's got little sleeves.
- It's got a little skirt.
- With buttons.
It has buttons like Mommy's, too, sweetie.
Uh-Uh! [knocking at door.]
I'm sorry.
No, it's all right.
Come on in.
I forgot my earrings.
Now, come on, Janey, all right? Mommy's getting tired of this.
Oh, we're having some trouble here? Uh, yes, Lady Jane refuses to put on her party dress.
Oh, Janey, here.
Why don't you come with me? I need you to carry this because you're going to wear this to the party.
Here, come on.
Oh, you're getting so heavy.
Thanks, Ruth.
I remember when I was little and I used to stand in her closet and smell her cloths and pretend I was all grown up and as pretty and sexy as she was.
You ever wonder about your parents if they had affairs? I guess.
Everybody wonders, don't they? Well, your dad met Linda when they were No, he was already divorced from Mom.
Huh.
Well, my parents didn't, I'm sure.
I mean, have affairs, I mean.
Janey? Janey.
Hi, Janey, look at you.
Oh my.
You look like such a princess.
No one would know how dreadful you really are.
Heart stopping.
Yeah.
- Are you ready for this? - Yeah, I think so.
At the door, are they gonna give a yellow arm band with the star of David? No, but they'll tell you that some of their best friends are [jazz.]
Excuse me, ma'am? Oh, no, thank you.
- Mom.
- And you, ma'am? No, thanks.
I thought you loved oysters.
Oh, no, not really.
Your father loves them.
- Hi.
- Thank you.
Yep.
She is just adorable.
[Both.]
Aw, thanks.
What do you think they see when they look at each other? I don't know.
After 40 years, I guess they see what they need to see.
Do you think my parents have a good marriage? [Michael.]
I really have no idea.
I guess it's just their marriage.
[glass clinks.]
[Man.]
Oh, somebody put me out of my misery.
Ted Murdoch is about to make a speech.
[laughs.]
Harry, shut up, please.
Uh, I want to thank all of you for being here with Ruth and me on this very special evening.
I just I'm a sentimental guy.
You all know that.
[crowd chuckles.]
[Ted.]
Okay, okay.
Mary Ann couldn't get away to be with us, but Hope and Michael and Janey came all the way from Philadelphia.
That's our old home town.
And that just means so much to us.
And they made a beautiful donation in our honor to the hospice where Ruth runs the volunteers.
And I can't think of anything nicer.
And we're just so proud of them.
And so happy that they're here.
Now, uh I just want Ed would you make sure that everybody's got a glass? I want you all to join me in a toast.
To the most wonderful, sympathetic, beautiful perfect, the sexist [crowd woos.]
The most loveable, and loving wife any man could be lucky enough to have for 40 years.
[Man.]
That's beautiful.
Here's to the next 40.
[applause.]
It's wonderful.
It's a wonderful day.
It's a wonderful occasion.
But it's no more wonderful than any ordinary day in my life with this man.
[applause.]
Hey.
I want a 40th wedding anniversary.
I want you to love me.
I hate you.
Listen, I want a 40th wedding anniversary with you only.
I want you to love me, and I want to love you completely.
I hate you, too.
Your father can make you feel safe and warm.
But I can look you straight in the eyes.
Yes, you can.
Are you gonna leave me for John Dunaway? - No.
- Or somebody like him? No, I want somebody like you only nicer.
You're going to leave me for DAA? No.
[groans.]
You are such a pain in the ass.
I know.
So are you.
Oh, I love you so much.
[groans.]
Wait.
You can't drink.
No, just a sip.
A toast to our 40th anniversary.
[Ruth.]
Hope? Hope, come and dance with Daddy.
Hey.
I love you.
I'll see you later tonight.
Go.
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- [Hope.]
All right.
- [Michael.]
When was this? - [Hope.]
Yeah.
- [Michael.]
Oh, come on, that's ridiculous.
[Hope.]
That's a good idea, really.
- So it's been nice - No, it's out of the question.
[Michael.]
Right back in the face with this.
[Hope.]
It's been kind of cold here.
[Michael.]
No.
because it's unacceptable, that's why.
Tuesday's absolutely unacceptable.
[Hope.]
Janey likes going outside and bundling up.
- [Hope.]
I don't know why.
- [Michael.]
Why? Because we can't possibly make Tuesday, that's why.
[Hope.]
I know, I know.
[Michael.]
What's that going to cost? [Hope.]
Okay.
Hi, Daddy.
[Michael.]
Well, actually not [Hope.]
I know.
Yeah.
Well, what is the 40th anniversary anyway, aluminum? No, no, no, no.
This is just the management shuffle.
- Yeah? - That's right, we can still stall them.
No, ruby.
Where am I gonna find matching ruby slippers by Saturday.
Oh, I know.
Oh, it's not a surprise, right? Mom hates surprises.
You said that.
I didn't.
Yeah, no, no, don't worry, Daddy.
We'll get there.
Just tell him that the research had unexpected ramifications.
Telling him we're refining our projections.
- Yeah.
- Huh? Then tell him we're a fourth quarter operation.
- Janey? Janey.
- Use your imagination here.
Wait, hang on a second.
Michael.
Wait a second.
Wait a second, Michael.
Oh, hang on a second.
No, no, she's fine.
She's fine.
But I got to go.
Okay, I love you, too.
Bye.
When you get a minute.
No, I'm serious.
If they have a problem with that then tell them they're going to have to deal with me directly.
Yeah.
I mean what are we talking about here? What, a few grand? So big deal.
Let's make it happen.
Yeah, she's subnormal, that's what she is All right, hold on a second.
- I hate that phone.
- I know.
Guess what.
Not your parents? Your parents.
We're going there next weekend.
We're going there next weekend.
Yeah, Daddy decided to have a big party for the 40th wedding anniversary.
- We can't say no.
- We can't say no.
[chuckles.]
We can.
We can't.
It's just a long weekend.
We'll survive.
When? Don't tell me.
Wednesday.
Can you hold on one minute? Wednesday is Melissa's dinner.
- She'll understand.
- Yeah, well, I can't leave on Wednesday.
Wednesday night.
You did when you went skiing with your brother.
Oh, that's was different.
[dialing.]
Yeah, I'm back.
John, hi, it's me.
[laughs.]
Very funny.
Yes.
What? Uh-huh.
You might be coming up to do the conference at Penn this weekend.
No, no, I'm actually not going to go.
Well, no.
John, stop.
[laughs.]
I'm sorry.
No, no, it turns out I have to go see my parents.
So anyway I was wondering if you could do the Community Outreach Panel for me.
What? No You know what? Why don't we just meet first thing in the morning? I mean you could stay here.
Oh.
Yeah, I mean why not? We have a spare room for another eight weeks at least.
Say hi for me.
Uh-huh, Mikey says hi.
Yeah.
John.
Okay, so why don't you run the meeting, then? All right, yeah, good.
That'd be great.
I don't know.
Maybe, uh Brad called me to go skiing when things just happened to be slow.
Right now the Minnesota Brands people want me to hold I don't want to know.
It's okay.
I just I can't, Hope.
I just can't pick up and leave right now.
Mary Ann's not even going.
She's their daughter.
It's okay.
All right, it's an early flight on Saturday.
Here.
You wanted to go on that ski trip.
There.
You know, if I can get out on Friday, then I will, all right? What do you think? It's nice.
They already have seven exactly like it.
- They do, don't they? - Mm-hmm.
You know, they don't need any more stuff.
Why don't just make a donation somewhere like, um You know the Society for the Prevention of Charitable Societies or something.
No, seriously, what about the ERC or Save the Children? I've got to get them something.
Why? [scoffs.]
Why? Because it's just what we do.
It's just one meeting.
Just one.
I've stayed up three nights organizing all the material that you'll need.
Okay.
I do have other legitimate responsibilities.
Right.
Oh, come on, we have been through this before.
I know, I've enjoyed ever minute of it.
[Michael.]
Hope, we have got to go! Don't you try to charm me, John Dunaway.
You know you're uncharmable.
[Michael.]
Come on, Janey's ready.
Listen, if it's windy, put some paper in the window frame.
That'll take care of that.
I got you some Maalox and gelusil.
It's in the medicine cabinet.
Oh, I also got you buttermilk and ginger ale.
Gee, thanks, Mom.
- Hope - Oh, I have to pee again.
Honey, we're late.
Okay, I'll go at the airport, then.
So long, cookie.
Get some rest.
Get somebody to rub your feet for you.
Okay, but you're still the best.
You ready? Oh, yeah, you have the tickets? - Yeah, I got them.
- Oh, I forgot Janey's books.
Well.
- Thanks for letting me stay in your place.
- Oh, not at all.
Okay, let's go.
- Janey.
- Yes.
Oh, tell Melissa I'm sorry about dinner.
Maybe take that Bordeaux that Miles gave us for Christmas.
Purse, my purse.
[Michael.]
Janey, come on, it's time to go.
Bye.
Ah.
Mmm.
Oh, that's good.
Good.
It's good.
Just about right.
I gonna put these on, right? Oh, here, here.
"Château San Giles '72.
"Stewed, dirty, rusty, nondescript bouquet.
This wine is of no value expect to those who care only for labels.
" Well, Happy New Year to you too, Miles Drentell.
Hey, I don't think I've really had a chance to talk to you since your new creative director thing.
- Congratulations.
- Oh, thank you.
I'm still terrified.
I still wake up every night in a cold sweat, but thanks.
It can't be too bad being that successful? Yes, it is.
You know what? - What? - You're lying.
- Really? - You love it.
[chuckles.]
I love it, huh? Really, you've come into your own somehow.
I don't know why.
You know the way you look even.
How do I look? Commanding.
It's your jaw, I think.
My jaw? Your jaw.
So where's Jeffrey? Um, he's at Father-Daughter Night at school.
Oh, yeah? How is Jeffrey? - He's good.
- Yeah? Yeah, it's good.
But chaos.
I mean it's Jeffrey Milgrom has brought chaos into my life in a big way.
It's driving me crazy.
What? You're lying.
I'm lying? Mmm, you love it.
You've come into your own.
The way you look.
Yeah? Your jaw is softer.
[chuckles.]
All right, stop flirting.
Oh, I miss my wife.
She's out of town.
You know I got to flirt.
It's part of the contract.
What contract? Big contract.
Life.
Ooh.
So, listen.
What's John Dunaway doing up here again? Oh, he's got some conference at Penn, so he's staying at the house.
Does he still have the hots for Hope? - What? - Whoa, whoa.
- Wait, who's John Dunaway? - Didn't he? Wait, wait, John Dunaway has got the hots for Hope? - No.
- What do you mean? No, your wife is a very compelling woman.
I've always thought so.
Who's John Dunaway, come on? He's that ERC guy.
He's all attractively rumpled and real intense and serious.
Has these hypnotic eyes and brown shoes.
When did you meet him? Me? I've never met him.
Ouch.
She's pregnant, for God's sake.
Michael, he was definitely smitten.
Yeah.
Pregnancy is very sexy to some highly evolved men.
Like me? You're all a bunch of jerks.
Hope is not interested in John Dunaway.
Oh, oh, that John Dunaway.
Ugh, get off me.
[chattering.]
[door opens.]
Hi.
Hi, how's it going? - I hope you don't mind.
- No, um But it smokes a little bit.
Well, not anymore.
I turned the grate around.
Oh, great.
Thanks.
What are you reading? Uh, it's Hope's.
Carolyn Forche, A Country Between Us.
I haven't read it, yet.
Okay, well, I'm going up.
Would you let Grendel out before you turn it? Sure, no problem.
- Thanks.
- Yeah.
Good night, man.
Good night.
[dials.]
Hi, what time is your earliest flight to Phoenix in the morning? Oh, stop.
Honey, I'll get it.
Ruth, they're here.
Hi, Mom.
You look so beautiful.
Oh, Janey.
Here, let me take Janey.
Oh, no, it's okay, Mom.
I can do it.
Just let me get her to bed.
You have gotten so big.
Hope's starving.
She couldn't eat a thing on the plane.
Oh, yeah, Janey kept moving around.
She hit the call button seven times.
- Oh, no.
- Yeah.
I fix you some stew.
Oh, anything's fine.
Just let me get her to bed.
Oh, don't you want her to stay up for a little so she'll won't wake up so early? Well, I think it's kind of out of my control.
Here, let me take these.
Oh, thanks, thanks.
Is that new? Oh, it's Mary Ann's present for our wedding anniversary.
Isn't it lovely? Don't tell her we already got eight just like it.
Oh, Ted, really.
Vanessa? Now, isn't that a little odd? Well, not definite just under consideration.
- Oh.
- Daddy, can I have some water, please? How about some ginger ale? Water is fine, thanks.
And if it's a boy? Leo.
Leo? For Michael's dad.
Oh, of course.
Where's that ginger ale anyhow? It's in the cupboard above the stove where it always is.
I don't see it.
Of course you don't.
You don't know how to look.
It's a missing chromosome.
You want some more stew? Oh, no, thanks, Mom.
This is great.
What I need is a shower and about 10 hours of sleep.
We put you and Michael in our bed.
No, we can stay in the guest room No, we insist.
You said yourself your back is bothering you and the mattress in the guest room just isn't good enough.
You said you talk to Frank about that.
Well, he said he'd call the warehouse and take care of it.
We've been waiting for two months for the lamps that he promised us.
That's Frank.
Oh, look at that Janey bird.
Isn't that pretty? - Yeah.
- Oh, are those cheeks, huh? Ooh, like mine? Ooh, thank you so much.
I brought your glasses for you.
There you go.
Mom, you really shouldn't have gotten her all this stuff.
I wanted her to have special things when she comes.
And now they'll be, um What is that name again? Vanessa.
- Vanessa? - Yes.
- Or Leo? - Yes.
Well, I don't know about Vanessa.
Hi.
- Oh.
- Hi, Daddy.
Ted, you know you're not supposed to carry a lot of that.
Nonsense.
Did Harry Asher call? Yes, he got you a 2:20 tee off.
Uh, Frank can't make it.
He's got to see the new cardiologist.
He's 12 years younger than me, and he's already had a triple bypass.
He's doing really well now.
You better go if you're meeting Bob.
Okay.
Oh, your golf glove is on the dashboard of my car.
Also your hat.
Isn't she wonderful? Oh, you won't think I'm so wonderful if you hang around up there playing poker when you're through.
I'll see my girls later.
- Bye, Daddy.
- Bye.
How's his blood pressure now? Oh, it's pretty good.
Look what the cat dragged in.
Hi.
- What a lovely surprise.
- Hi, Ruth.
Hi, come here, pumpkin.
What happened? We didn't expect you till Saturday.
No, I know.
I know.
- Hi, sweetie.
- Hi.
What are you doing here? Oh, I realized I wasn't as indispensable as I thought, so I came.
Michael, I'm sorry, I got a game.
- I got to run - Oh, yeah, Ted, go.
Oh, no, wait, wait.
Frank had to cancel.
Come with me now.
Charlie would love to see you.
Ted, he just got here.
Thanks, Ted.
I know you would like a good laugh today, but I'm a little tired from the flight, so.
Are you sure? - Yeah, thanks.
- Get yourself some fresh air.
No, thanks a lot.
Another would be much better.
Besides, he'd like to spend some time with his wife.
Besides, I'd like to spend some time with my wife.
Okay, I'll get us a tee off for tomorrow.
Okay, thanks.
And I would like to spend some time with my wife.
Hey, you.
Hi.
I know.
Look, we We've been through this, all right? Uh-huh.
No, we can't let them know that we're vulnerable on the delivery schedule.
Right, yeah.
Well, just tell him to call me here.
Uh-huh.
Yeah, let him know I'm always available.
All right.
All right.
All right, call me back.
Always available to whom? What time Janey get up this morning? 5.
Great.
Great.
[shudders.]
We have to sleep in here? I can't sleep in here.
Well, it's my back.
The mattress in the guest room is no good, so Dad insisted.
Oh, can't believe your parents sleep on twin beds.
Well, they've always had twin beds.
Dad jumps.
He jumps? Yeah, when he sleeps.
He sort of twitches.
- Can of very big twitches.
- Yeah.
So they have twin beds.
Oh, makes you wonder.
Let's not think about it.
Oh, I shouldn't be here.
I should be babysitting Minnesota Brands.
So why did you come? I don't know.
You told me I had to.
I said I wanted you to.
Very big difference.
Not so big.
Well, if you're determined to think of me as a controlling bitch, why don't you get on the next plane back in the morning? Wait a minute.
Well? I'm here, aren't I? In a matter of speaking.
[phone rings.]
What the hell is that supposed to mean? Well, in the 45 minutes you've been here you've been on the phone for the last 42.
You know, I had this wild idea that if I bent over backwards to get here early, like you wanted, you'd be understanding about me having to keep in touch with my responsibilities at work.
That was silly of me.
[Ruth.]
Michael, it's your secretary.
Yeah.
Okay, shoot.
[Ruth.]
When I make beef burgundy, I don't really use burgundy.
[Woman.]
Now, what Maureen used to add to her beef burgundy was just a little touch of cayenne pepper.
[Man.]
I can't stand hot food.
[Woman.]
Charlie, you remember Marie's beef burgundy? She served it last Christmas Eve? Ruth, you remember it, don't you? Oh, wait.
No, you weren't there.
I was I wasn't? [Ted.]
We were at Mary Ann's last Christmas, honey.
[Ruth.]
Oh, that's right.
We were.
I bet Maureen accounted quite a bit of that burgundy before she finished making that stew.
[Ruth.]
Oh, Ted.
[Woman.]
Doris, now you remember that stew.
I'm sure that she served in those cute little hollowed-out loaves of sourdough.
I remember.
[Charlie.]
You can't get good sourdough here.
Not like in San Francisco.
[Doris.]
Oh, Charlie, that's ridiculous.
I can get the best bread you ever tasted over on Canyon.
[Woman.]
Of course that catering business of hers is never gonna go anywhere.
Especially since she's taken on that new partner.
What's her name? [Doris.]
Consuela.
[Ruth.]
Oh, come on.
I'm certain they are going to do just fine.
Have you thought of any names for the baby, Hope? Oh, well, Leo for Michael's father if it's a boy.
And well, we're not sure for a girl, probably Vanessa.
Oh, that's lovely.
What about something more traditional to go with Janey? Like Ann or Elizabeth or Louisa? Ruth? - Ruth.
- What? How about another drink? Oh, Ted, for heaven's sake.
Not that old ice bucket.
You used to use that for bait when you went fishing.
Not that he ever caught anything.
Go and get the crystal one.
I bought this ice bucket in 1963 in Atlantic City, and it's still ticking.
Michael, in the dinning room.
In the breakfront on the left hand side.
I don't think in the 43 years I've known this girl that she has ever forgotten where she put anything.
Uh, where are you from originally, Peggy? Albany.
Larry and I left in 1983.
Um, 1984.
'84? In space, no one can hear you scream.
[Peggy.]
What? Oh, oh.
And he's retired now? No, he's dead.
About four years now.
Oh, I'm sorry.
Larry had a massive heart attack on the approach to the green on 16.
Wasn't anything anyone could do.
And he was shooting in the low 80s, too.
Oh, Ted.
Really.
Michael, that business of yours with the silly name.
How's it doing? We went belly up last year.
Probably the silly name.
[everyone laughs.]
Is she out? Almost.
Half mast.
You sure we shouldn't be keeping her up? Why? It's easier to keep her on Philadelphia time.
Yeah, but it's 8:30.
That's 10:30, Philadelphia.
She's gonna be up at 4:30 our time.
I mean here time.
Here, Arizona.
We does she do that to him? Who? My mother.
She always puts him down.
Treats him like he's a child.
It's not so bad.
Anyway, the way he patronizes her.
He loves her.
Yeah, well, it gives me the creeps.
He loves her and he's proud of her.
Yeah, well, I'm proud of you, too.
I don't talk about you like you're a show dog.
I don't really think you're proud of me.
Of course I am.
Not of things I want you to be proud of.
Like what? I don't know like being a good mother.
I think that's something to be proud of.
Or the work that I've been doing.
I'm proud, Hope.
I don't think you realize how important it is to me.
Wait, I'm supposed to be proud of you running off to Washington to see some Some arrogant pseudo-radical throwback who rubs your feet and calls you cookie.
Hmm? Janey's asleep.
So what, did you have an affair with him? I'm a sexually uninteresting pregnant woman.
How can any man possibly interested in me? - I don't think that.
- Oh, come on, I see it in your eyes.
I see it in the way you look at me.
The way you don't look at me.
You're checked out.
Checked out? Yes, John isn't.
But no, I didn't have an affair with him.
You know, I'm really tired of this checked out business.
Every time I'm interested in something other than you.
I'm an addition to you, then you say I'm checked out.
Well, it's life, Hope.
It's just my life.
It's just not enough.
Oh, so what is enough, Hope, huh? This marriage here? Huh, with the Come here.
With the twin beds and the crystal ice bucket.
And biting it on the golf course while Bill and Biff and Brent play through? There's got to be something better than this constant state of anger.
There's got to be.
Maybe when you stop judging me.
Only when you're ready to consider that I'm a real person in the world.
[knocking at door.]
L.
A.
Law is on.
Oh, thanks, Ruth.
We'll be right there.
Sorry.
There's got to be.
[Michael.]
You can call it Augusto, all right? Here you go, you ready? Fore.
Say fore.
Fore.
[clicks.]
Ugh.
You say fore.
[clicks.]
Ugh.
[laughs.]
And then you go like this.
Ready? Fore.
Ugh.
Hi.
Hi.
What time is it? What is that in really time? 8 or 12.
What time did Janey wake up? You know if God had want us to fly, he would have not invented time zones.
Are we speaking? I'm speaking to you.
Are you speaking to me? I'm speaking to you.
It seems every time we think we've gotten past all this [Peggy.]
Hope? Hope, you got to see this dress your mother got.
I hope that it's not too severe.
It's the quintessence of elegance.
- It's perfectly lovely.
- Oh.
It's beautiful.
Can you see here where it's been altered? No, it's fine.
How about some breakfast? Oh, no, you enjoy your family.
I'm gonna see you later.
Oh, wait.
Wait a minute.
I got to get you those earrings.
Bye.
I told Rob to set up an oyster bar for the party.
But don't tell your mother.
It's a surprise.
- Mom loves oysters.
- Mmm.
You two look tired.
[both.]
No, we're fine.
Okay.
Is it like a secret religious thing? You know like a secret handshake the way your parents kind of talk at each other or about each other, but never to each other.
It My father does not do that.
Michael, you ready? Whenever you are, Ted.
I got it.
Okay, just throw it up here.
Just sort of hit down on it.
The ball will go up, really.
You got to trust the club face.
The club face? Yeah, just visualize that club face going right through the ball.
Okay.
Okay, that's, uh That's really not too terrible.
It means a lot to us you and Hope being here this weekend, Michael.
Oh, listen, we wouldn't miss it for the world.
Marriage.
Marriage is sort of like a putting green, Michael.
- It is? - Mm-hmm.
You got to stay calm.
Study the line.
Be gentle, but firm.
And never, never lose your sense of humor.
I guess I should pick up? Well, we don't usually count past 10.
You and Hope, you got everything don't you? We do? Beautiful daughter.
Yeah, that won't sleep.
Wonderful home.
That's falling apart.
Good friends.
With cancer.
No, really.
You and Hope seem to be doing great.
Yeah, we are.
Just great.
Well, you know, there's always There's always a sand trap somewhere or a ruff.
A ruff? Did you and Ruth ever have, you know, a ruff? [chuckles.]
The kids, God love them.
Nobody prepares you for what that means, do they? No.
She was home with them.
I was out.
Never even changed a diaper.
Nobody thought anything about that then, but it made it so easy to drift.
What do you mean? Away from each other, you know? [Man.]
Ted, good to see you.
Lou.
How you doing? [Lou.]
Great, great.
Well, what do you mean drift? Drift.
Yeah, I'd really like It would help me to know.
How does anybody drift? There was, uh There was this girl at the office.
That's all.
And? Well, they brought her in for a special bookkeeping project.
She could add these long columns of figures in her head.
It was amazing.
[chuckles.]
Anyway, I couldn't get her out of my mind.
When was this? Uh, just before Mary Ann was born.
I guess Hope was 4.
So what happened? What happened? What happened? Oh, we saw each other a little while.
Few times.
Wow.
I guess you can say that.
Ruth never knew of course.
I put a stop to it.
Wasn't right.
Why does this surprise me so much? Because you don't quite see the big picture yet.
You're too close in to see the big picture.
Now, that's my favorite son-in-law.
Ted, I'm your only son-in-law.
I don't know who you are anymore.
This is me.
I'm 9.
I'm reading The Bobbsey Twins to my parents and Mary Ann.
I think it's the one where they went camping.
I'm serious.
I don't know who you are, either.
So what do we do? You know, I think my parents are actually worried about us.
Well, yeah, I know.
They got a marriage right out of Updike.
Oh, come on, don't exaggerate.
I don't think I am.
My father responds to my mother.
He thinks about her.
I mean, even when she's not here, he still thinks Yeah, sure, because he's terrified of her.
Oh, stop it.
Yeah, because she walks all over him and you despise him for it.
No, I despise her for that.
Well, you sure despise me for it.
He cares about her.
He thinks about her.
I care about you.
I think about you.
Yeah, yeah.
What do I do all day, Michael? What? What do I do? I mean when I worked on the incinerator.
What did I do? You made telephone calls.
You canvassed.
You don't know because you didn't bother to find out.
A few years ago you would of, but not anymore.
Well, your father never would known, not really.
Oh, Michael, really.
And where have I heard that charming little phrase in the past 24 hours? [door opens.]
Hi.
Janey asleep? No problem.
Well, that's good.
You two should get to bed.
Oh, we where just going, Mom.
Good night, Mom.
Good night.
I am not like my mother.
Oh.
Oh, you are so full of yourself.
You are so sure that everything you think is right, and the truth of it is you don't have a clue about how to make this marriage work.
Every time I talk to you, all I get is this anger.
Oh right, and that surprise you? That's the whole point.
How can you not know that I'm angry right now.
How can you not know that? Here, even right now.
You won't respond to me.
You have this fantasy.
I am stretched so thin just trying to get through every day, and you have this fantasy of what our life is supposed to be like.
You have no idea how much you demand.
You have no idea how much you judge.
- That is crap.
- What? - It's crap.
- Oh, you You hate me don't you? Sometimes I hate you.
I'm scared.
So am I.
[Hope.]
Don't you miss Philadelphia? [Ted.]
Well, I do.
I do sometimes, but we have a good life here.
Mother loves it.
Good friends.
Loves the weather.
Says its added 10 years to her life.
[Hope.]
And what about your life? [Ted.]
No, it was good for me to get away.
Shake things up.
Make changes.
And our old friends come out to visit.
The O'Connells were just here in March.
I though Mom would miss her garden.
No, she's got a lot of projects.
Always doing something in the house.
Working on something.
Everybody relies on her.
Don't you ever get mad? You know, the way she has of laying down the law? Well, things look different, depending on where you're standing.
You're her daughter.
Boy, are you her daughter.
But in 40 years, you'll learn to accommodate.
Sounds sort of grim.
It's not grim at all.
You see I love your mother very much.
No, Michael, fold it the other way.
That's what I did.
Oh, don't use so much filling.
You know, the party's at the club.
Why are we doing this? Oh, obviously you have never tasted their hors d'oeuvres.
Daddy didn't want this to be any work for you, Mom.
Of course he didn't, but he hasn't a clue what it takes to throw a party like this.
He thinks he can just tell Ralph to do it and that's that.
Can't he? Not if we want it done right.
[Janey.]
Mommy.
I'll go.
You and Michael think I'm too much of a perfectionist don't you? I don't know.
Are you? Probably a little.
But I'm not gonna change now.
[vocalizes.]
Whoa.
[vocalizes.]
Michael is so good with Janey.
Yeah, Daddy was always good with us.
Must have been a big help to you.
Uh, well.
He wasn't? It was different in those days.
None of them helped much with the babies.
Oh, Lord, those diapers.
But he's always so solicitous of you.
Uh, yes, he is, and he was then, too.
But I don't think he ever really understood.
Understood what? What it was like.
I mean I used to get so tired in the afternoons when you and Mary Ann were little.
I had trouble with the afternoons.
Doctor Stern, he prescribed Now, you went out with his son once, didn't you? Yes, Stewart.
Anyway, he prescribed these little yellow pills for me.
I don't know what they were called.
Dexe.
Dexe something.
You were taking speed? No.
Mother, those are amphetamines.
Well, I guess they were, but it isn't as if I was taking drugs or anything.
Maybe I was.
I don't know.
Anyhow, somehow we got through it all.
Are you saying there was something really wrong between you and Daddy? Good heavens, no.
I know we don't usually talk about things like this.
I am too much of a perfectionist.
You and Michael are right about that.
So are you.
That's why you and I fight.
Probably.
You've still got time to change if you want to.
Janey, please, all right? It takes one minute.
Look at this dress.
It's just like your Mommy's.
You're gonna be just like twins.
All right, it's got little sleeves.
- It's got a little skirt.
- With buttons.
It has buttons like Mommy's, too, sweetie.
Uh-Uh! [knocking at door.]
I'm sorry.
No, it's all right.
Come on in.
I forgot my earrings.
Now, come on, Janey, all right? Mommy's getting tired of this.
Oh, we're having some trouble here? Uh, yes, Lady Jane refuses to put on her party dress.
Oh, Janey, here.
Why don't you come with me? I need you to carry this because you're going to wear this to the party.
Here, come on.
Oh, you're getting so heavy.
Thanks, Ruth.
I remember when I was little and I used to stand in her closet and smell her cloths and pretend I was all grown up and as pretty and sexy as she was.
You ever wonder about your parents if they had affairs? I guess.
Everybody wonders, don't they? Well, your dad met Linda when they were No, he was already divorced from Mom.
Huh.
Well, my parents didn't, I'm sure.
I mean, have affairs, I mean.
Janey? Janey.
Hi, Janey, look at you.
Oh my.
You look like such a princess.
No one would know how dreadful you really are.
Heart stopping.
Yeah.
- Are you ready for this? - Yeah, I think so.
At the door, are they gonna give a yellow arm band with the star of David? No, but they'll tell you that some of their best friends are [jazz.]
Excuse me, ma'am? Oh, no, thank you.
- Mom.
- And you, ma'am? No, thanks.
I thought you loved oysters.
Oh, no, not really.
Your father loves them.
- Hi.
- Thank you.
Yep.
She is just adorable.
[Both.]
Aw, thanks.
What do you think they see when they look at each other? I don't know.
After 40 years, I guess they see what they need to see.
Do you think my parents have a good marriage? [Michael.]
I really have no idea.
I guess it's just their marriage.
[glass clinks.]
[Man.]
Oh, somebody put me out of my misery.
Ted Murdoch is about to make a speech.
[laughs.]
Harry, shut up, please.
Uh, I want to thank all of you for being here with Ruth and me on this very special evening.
I just I'm a sentimental guy.
You all know that.
[crowd chuckles.]
[Ted.]
Okay, okay.
Mary Ann couldn't get away to be with us, but Hope and Michael and Janey came all the way from Philadelphia.
That's our old home town.
And that just means so much to us.
And they made a beautiful donation in our honor to the hospice where Ruth runs the volunteers.
And I can't think of anything nicer.
And we're just so proud of them.
And so happy that they're here.
Now, uh I just want Ed would you make sure that everybody's got a glass? I want you all to join me in a toast.
To the most wonderful, sympathetic, beautiful perfect, the sexist [crowd woos.]
The most loveable, and loving wife any man could be lucky enough to have for 40 years.
[Man.]
That's beautiful.
Here's to the next 40.
[applause.]
It's wonderful.
It's a wonderful day.
It's a wonderful occasion.
But it's no more wonderful than any ordinary day in my life with this man.
[applause.]
Hey.
I want a 40th wedding anniversary.
I want you to love me.
I hate you.
Listen, I want a 40th wedding anniversary with you only.
I want you to love me, and I want to love you completely.
I hate you, too.
Your father can make you feel safe and warm.
But I can look you straight in the eyes.
Yes, you can.
Are you gonna leave me for John Dunaway? - No.
- Or somebody like him? No, I want somebody like you only nicer.
You're going to leave me for DAA? No.
[groans.]
You are such a pain in the ass.
I know.
So are you.
Oh, I love you so much.
[groans.]
Wait.
You can't drink.
No, just a sip.
A toast to our 40th anniversary.
[Ruth.]
Hope? Hope, come and dance with Daddy.
Hey.
I love you.
I'll see you later tonight.
Go.
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