Everwood s04e06 Episode Script
Free Fall
NARRATOR: Previously on Everwood: Nina, told me what you did, that you kissed her.
Jake, I'm sorry.
What can I say? There's nothing you can say.
You and I are no longer friends.
JESSlCA: I don't know much about music and what you guys talk about in here but whatever you're doing, it's working.
He looks forward to these lessons a lot.
HANNAH: Right next to you? AMY: Yeah.
So he's sitting there, I have no idea what's going on, and suddenly he kisses me.
HANNAH: Oh, my gosh.
AMY: Can you believe it? HANNAH: Then what? AMY: I can't tell you now.
My break was over 10 minutes ago.
Whoa.
Looks like you and Mrs.
Fields hooked up and threw a rager.
Delia's bake sale.
We were up until midnight cooking.
I've been standing here for 20 minutes trying to, uh, come up with a strategy.
I think you're beyond strategy.
If I was you, I would just hose the place down.
Yeah.
-You moving back in? -Uh, no, just here for the free laundry.
We see you more now than when you lived here.
It's because the Laundromat is ridiculously expensive.
Who can manage that? And seriously, who can amass that many quarters? Ephram, ahem, I think there's something I should tell you.
-Yeah? What's that? -Well, I think I should tell you.
I mean, I don't know for sure.
It falls into that awkward gray area that you might consider meddling.
Dad.
-I think Amy's dating someone.
-What? I heard her tell Hannah that she kissed a guy.
I know that kissing doesn't necessarily mean dating anymore, but-- No, I mean, that just can't be right.
I talked to her just the other day.
I mean, you must have heard wrong.
That's entirely possible.
I mean, I asked her if you're dating anybody and she said no, she's not dating anybody, so it's.
Oh.
Well, great.
Then I must be wrong.
I must have misheard.
Yeah.
But I should have told you, right? -Absolutely.
-Okay.
DELlA: We're late, let's go.
It's only 7:50.
Gotta get there early.
We wanna sell before school.
Kids like to get hopped up on sugar before class.
Come on.
-Can you do an ollie? -Can I do an ollie? I grew up in California.
I lived on a skateboard.
Can I do an ollie? -Oh, great.
-Be nice.
-Good morning.
-Hi.
How you doing, Jake? DELlA: We made your rocky-road cookies.
NlNA: You did? -They look amazing.
-They're for the bake sale.
It took us forever to get the recipe right, but they taste just like yours.
I wanted to go get you, but Dad said we could figure it out.
I thought it was time I conquered my deep-seated fear of baking.
Well, they look perfect.
Honey, we're gonna be late.
-Well, we better go too.
-Bye.
-Bye, guys.
-So long.
[ROCK MUSlC PLAYlNG ON RADlO.]
Has anyone seen my basketball shoes? They could be out here, but there's no way of knowing.
MAN [SlNGlNG ON RADlO.]
: Bruises on, so his knees you see -Don't clean up after them.
-I can't help it.
As soon I finish, the room will go back to looking Iike it's just been robbed, but I can't stand by and do nothing.
What's that smell? I think you just dislodged something.
You're just noticing it now? It's been like this since we got here.
The game should be over around 4:00.
I'll give you a call then.
-We'll find out what we're doing tonight.
-Sounds great.
-Yes.
-Ugh.
AMY: See? That's the beauty of having a boyfriend.
You know where he is, he's gonna call.
Unlike me, who Reid kissed a week ago and who knows nothing.
I don't know where he is.
He's never at Sam's or A&M, even here in his own apartment.
Speaking of which, we have taken stalking to a whole new level.
You're actually lying in wait inside of his house.
What are you gonna say if he does walk in the door? I don't know.
I just wanna see how he is around me, like if he's happy to see me or if he's actually blowing me off.
Five more minutes.
So this is what a psychotic break looks like.
I just wanna get a sense of what's going on.
The uncertainty is killing me.
I mean, has Bright even seen Reid? What if he's dead or in the hospital or something? -Ha, ha.
-Once in a while, that's gotta happen.
That there's a legitimate life-or-death reason a guy doesn't call? Maybe you should call him and ask him out.
I've never asked a guy out.
I mean, what if he said no? That would be just humiliating.
He's not gonna say no.
He kissed you.
He so clearly obviously already likes you.
It could have been a pity kiss or like a momentary surge of hormones.
Who knows? I don't.
There has been no follow-up.
There's only one way to find out and I don't think it's by hiding under his couch, waiting for him to come home.
Oh.
Ew, ew, ew.
-lt is time to go.
-What? -We're going now.
-Right now? -You said five minutes.
-Come, come, come.
Ugh.
KYLE: And then I was thinking about a little: [KYLE PLAYlNG PlANO.]
-You think it's too much.
-Huh? Uh, no, no.
Because I listened to that Monk album and he's so chill and in control but still crazy.
Yeah, he's, uh-- He's like that.
What's wrong with you? You're usually so rah-rah.
Nothing, I just I left my pom-poms at home today.
You haven't even commented on the fact that I listened to one of your CDs.
That's because I'm more surprised by the fact that you smiled.
It's gotta be one of the four signs of the apocalypse.
Juilliard application, done.
I'm so out of here.
In a few months, I'll be at the best music school in the world.
-What? -Nothing.
I mean, you've filled out an application before, right? -Yeah.
-Okay.
So you know that, I mean, you can't send it in in pencil, right? It's a rough draft.
I'm gonna go over it in pen.
-Oh, good.
Good idea.
-You know what? You're just jealous of me.
I'm gonna be in New York while you're stuck in this room teaching a bunch of losers.
Look, we're both doing everything we can to get you into Juilliard.
You need to know that your chances of getting in are slim to none.
I don't want you getting to a place where your entire life revolves around Juilliard.
Trust me, I've been there.
It's not pretty.
Maybe you didn't get in, but I think we can agree I'm a genius.
-Okay, genius, let's see what you got.
-Fine.
[PLAYlNG PlANO.]
-Hey.
-Hey.
-Have you tried our Southwestern salad? -I'm not that into jicama.
Really? But it's so crunchy and inoffensive.
Really? I always thought it tasted kind of like wet Styrofoam.
-I think I'll get one for Harold.
-Andy, do you have a minute? -I wanna talk to you about something.
-Yeah, what's up? Um, well, actually, I've been meaning to say something for a while, actually.
It's just, um.
I know that I never took you up on your offer to be friends.
And it's not that I didn't want to, I didn't know how.
I mean, I know how.
We've obviously been friends for a long time.
I mean, we are friends.
It's just I didn't know how to around Jake.
I mean, not that he couldn't handle it, it's just.
This isn't going as smoothly as I imagined.
That's okay.
I'm enjoying that for once it's not me who can't finish a sentence.
This is just so stupid.
I feel like we're in school and my boyfriend can't get along with my friends.
-We should all be able to handle it.
-You'd think.
I want us to be friends again, Andy.
I wanna be part of Delia's bake sale.
I just don't wanna hurt Jake in the process.
So maybe if you just talked to him, maybe try to apologize-- I did apologize.
He tore my head off at the post office.
I know, but maybe the second time's a charm.
Nina, the guy can't stand to be in the same room as me.
It would take a mediator to get us to sit down together.
I refuse to believe this is hopeless situation.
It's not hopeless, it's just not hopeful.
But I'm willing to do whatever it takes.
-You are? -Of course I am.
Okay.
Okay, great.
I am gonna work on Jake, and I'm gonna get back to you, okay? You know where to find me, avoiding the jicama.
-Do these curtains look faded to you? -Unbelievable.
Someone purloined our credit-card number.
This is identity theft via the lnternet, most likely.
Eleven thousand dollars to FreeHorizon.
com.
What is this FreeHorizon and what on Earth could they be hawking for that exorbitant sum? Probably something degenerate.
Some species of pornography or video blackjack which means it's probably Bright.
-Rose, what is the boy's number? -Harold, it was me.
You? You were buying pornography? While we were waiting for the results of my scan, I booked a trip to Africa.
Don't worry, it's already canceled.
The refund should come on next month's bill.
Africa? Why? Well, just in case the cancer came back.
I thought we should have one last trip together as a family.
So you really thought you were going to die.
I did.
Part of me definitely did.
You never said that.
There was a lot I didn't say at the time.
I imagine there were things that you didn't wanna say either.
Well, let's talk now.
You're alive, you're healthy.
The world is yours for the taking.
Have you thought about what you want to do now? Actually, I am not sure.
Nothing specific comes to mind.
One thing I certainly did not plan on was losing my job.
You will find another job.
Anyone who can run this town the way that you did without resorting to strangling each and every one of its whining citizens can do anything.
Thank you, sweetheart.
In the meantime, I can finally make all those fancy dinners that I've been clipping out of magazines for the past 10 years.
Speaking of which, I should probably go and choose one for tonight.
I had seven procedures today.
Four people came in from Denver for collagen treatments.
They don't have doctors in Denver? Yeah, but he's a plastic surgeon from L.
A.
People think Jake is gonna make them look like Jessica Simpson.
-That's sweet of you, babe.
-I like Lindsay Lohan better.
You know, it disturbs me that you even know who either of them are.
So I was thinking, since we only have a couple of weeks of good weather left we should have the Browns over for a barbecue.
That's a great idea.
We never see them anymore.
-Yeah.
What do you think, Jake? -We'll see.
We need to pick a date and ask them if they're free.
-Hold off for now.
-Why do we have to hold off? I'll take care of everything.
-You just gotta show up.
HANNAH: Yeah, why can't we do it? SAM: Yeah, why? Come on, Sam, I wanna show you something.
-But I'm not finished.
-Yeah, but it's gonna be really fun.
Maybe we can play with matches.
Come on.
-Thanks for the ambush.
Ahem.
-I'm sorry.
I didn't know what else to do.
I need us to talk about this.
-Talk about what? -Andy.
You couldn't even manage to say hi at the car this morning.
-So I'm the bad guy? -No, of course not.
But nobody has to be the bad guy, that's the point.
I want us all to be friends again.
I don't see that happening.
I have no desire to be friends with Andy.
But I do, and not just with him but with the whole family.
Well, I don't know what to say to that.
Your history together is pretty intense, wouldn't you say? -lf the situation were reversed-- -I would find it difficult.
I would hate it, but I'd try to get past it if I knew it meant that much to you.
Why does it mean that much? -Do you still have feelings for the guy? -No, of course not, l.
I just miss seeing them.
I used to watch Delia almost every day.
She was here constantly playing with Sam.
And I liked being able to just drop by next door and have a cup of coffee.
I will try and make more of an effort with Andy, okay? You know, he suggested it might be good for the two of you to talk to a counselor.
-Excuse me? -I know.
It's an out-there idea, but maybe it would really help.
I am not going into therapy with Andy.
-We haven't even been to therapy.
-It's not therapy.
It's just having a mediator to mediate between you two.
-I think I can talk to him myself.
-I know you can.
You guys are gonna talk for five minutes about how everything is fine and then everything is gonna stay the same.
Andy's willing, but if you're uncomfortable-- Please, I'm from L.
A.
We start therapy at age 6 to work on our teething-ring issues.
So you don't have a problem with it.
You and Andy used to be friends, remember? Yeah, that was before he kissed you.
Will you just talk to him? Damn, I must love you a lot.
For you, Miss Feeney, I'll do it.
[SlGHS.]
[SlGHS.]
-Amy.
-Reid.
RElD: Hey.
-Uh, hi.
Haven't seen you around.
Yeah, I know.
I've been, um, drowning in work lately.
Oh, I'm sorry.
Seems like a good time to pursue my dream of becoming a game-show host because, uh, I obviously can't handle Cell Bio.
Gotta read 200 pages by tomorrow.
I guess skimming's out of the question.
Yeah, I don't think my, uh, future patients would appreciate that.
Probably not.
So you're slammed, so I guess that means that you're busy nights too, huh? Actually, l, um-- I think I'm free Friday.
You wanna do something? Friday? Yeah, sure.
Great.
There's this, uh, reading on campus.
It's David Sedaris kind of stuff.
-I was gonna check it out.
-Yeah, I love David Sedaris.
Well, great.
I'll call you and we'll set it up.
Awesome.
Okay, um, Friday night.
-I'll see you then.
-All right.
Oh, hey.
-Did you just steal something? -No, of course not.
I'm glad that I ran into you, because I was-- Did Bright tell you about the Killers concert Friday? -The Killers? -Yeah, they're in town.
I was gonna go.
I'm actually gonna pick up tickets, so I was gonna see if you wanted to go with me.
Oh, I wish I could.
I actually can't.
I can't.
What, you got a date or something? I'm sorry, is it too weird to talk about this stuff? -No, it is.
We shouldn't talk about it.
-We can talk about this.
It's no big deal.
That's really awe-- That's awesome, really.
-Thanks.
EPHRAM: Yeah.
So we can do the band thing another time.
Yeah, totally.
Yeah, absolutely, anytime.
-Okay.
AMY: Okay.
-I should get back to work.
EPHRAM: Okay.
Okay.
-What's this? -Oh, nothing fancy.
Merely typed up a list of possible careers and activities that you may wish to pursue.
-Well, it's quite an extensive list.
-Oh, yes.
Fifty-two options, a lavish buffet of choices if I may so congratulate myself.
Ranging from meaningful social service to jobs promising fun and adventure to those offering a disgusting amount of remuneration.
-Corporate lawyer? -Why not? This a rare opportunity.
You are starting over.
Now is the time to think outside of the proverbial box and reach for the stars.
I don't know what to say.
I wasn't expecting this.
Well, no need to fret, Rose.
I am here to assist you.
That's what husbands are for: support, advice, cheerleading.
I am not going to let you drown in middle age.
-I didn't realize I was drowning.
-Well.
-Middle-aged, I can handle.
-Merely a preventative measure.
Women at your stage of life, with a newly empty nest already highly susceptible to depression, so add to that losing a job.
It's widely acknowledged by the medical community that women who are employed have better health, less anxiety a greater sense of well-being than women who aren't.
I see.
And I thought I was flying high after beating cancer.
You are, I just don't want you to stall and lose altitude.
[KNOCKlNG ON DOOR.]
NlNA: Great news.
I talked to Jake, and you are coming over tomorrow for a big powwow.
-What? -I'm a genius.
You're gonna love Leslie.
-Who's Leslie? -She is a friend of a friend.
She usually only does couples counseling, but she agreed to sit in and help you guys talk.
-You hired a marriage counselor? -No, she's doing it as a favor.
-She's a friend of a friend.
-Wait.
You don't think I'm gonna talk to a marriage counselor.
You were willing to do whatever it takes.
I didn't think that included couples counseling with your boyfriend who, by the way, is not my boyfriend.
What do you want from me? I am working every angle I got.
And there are not a lot of angles here.
But I am trying because this is really important to me.
What are we supposed to talk about, anyway? I mean, it's just a little weird, don't you think? Jake and I sitting down and discussing you with Leslie the therapist? Well, it doesn't have to be weird.
I mean, it's not like there's anything romantic going on between us.
Well, no, of course there isn't.
I wasn't suggesting that.
Right, and the whole thing is kind of getting blown out of proportion, don't you think? Yeah, I guess so.
Ah, what the hell? All right.
You are the best.
Okay, so I will see you tomorrow at 12:00.
-Mm-hm.
-Ha, ha.
I'll be there.
Oh, God.
-Slow down.
-This is slow.
No, you're rushing it.
Slow down.
Look, if I play any slower, I'll be unconscious.
-You know what? Let's take a break.
-Fine.
-So, what's with the return of the scowl? -Bite me.
I would, except I know that Juilliard only takes happy people, so.
I'm not going to Juilliard.
Since when? -Couldn't find a pen for your application? -Screw you.
You're gonna run out of fake profanity and have to use real profanity.
You won't wanna mess with me.
I'm from New York, we invented it.
It would be easier if you just tell me what's going on.
It costs a hundred bucks just to apply to Juilliard.
Like they don't have enough money already.
It's a lot of money, but it's not like Bill Gates kind of money.
You can easily throw together a hundred bucks.
What's your dad's job? -He's a surgeon.
-Of course.
Not just a plain old doctor, but a surgeon.
I knew he was either a doctor or a lawyer.
Okay.
Rich people are so entitled.
They can't imagine anyone else doesn't have a hundred bucks lying around.
-I didn't say that.
-My mom makes 5.
15 an hour.
I don't even get an allowance.
I mean, if I asked her for a hundred bucks, she'd laugh in my face.
-I could give you the money.
-I don't need your charity.
-It's not charity, it's a loan.
-No, it's not.
You're giving me lessons for free.
I can't pay for them, and I can't pay for this either.
It's pathetic.
Even if I got into Juilliard and got my scholarship who's gonna pay for my plane tickets? -I mean, who's gonna pay for my books? -Slow down.
-We'll figure that out when the time comes.
-No.
No, this isn't gonna work.
Kyle.
Look, if I'm not going to Juilliard, there's no point in doing this anymore.
So thanks for whatever.
That was amazing, the part about him using the stadium buddy? -I thought I was gonna die.
-He's great, huh? -Reid, how you doing? -Hey, what's up? That's Casey.
He's in my, um, Embryology class.
Cool.
So you wanna grab something to eat? It's pretty early, and I'm starving.
Um, actually, I really got reamed in lab today and I probably should start studying for this practicum that I have tomorrow.
Would it be all right if, uh, we just call it a night? -Oh, yeah, that's fine.
-Great, I'll just-- I'll drop you home, then.
Cool.
[KNOCKlNG ON DOOR.]
-What are you doing here? -Nice to see you too.
I quit, which means I fired you.
You can't fire somebody you're not paying.
Let's go.
-I don't wanna play piano.
-Good, because we're not.
Come on.
You have nothing going on in your life, do you? Shut up and get in the car.
[DOORBELL RlNGS.]
NlNA: Right on time.
I figured if I was late, it might be misconstrued as denial.
Leslie Hammond, this is Dr.
Andy Brown.
-Hi.
ANDY: How do you do? -I'm ready to go, go, go.
-Okay.
Okay, well, we are off to movies.
-Have fun, you guys.
-Will do, babe.
Yep, nothing says fun like therapy with another man.
-Sarcasm.
Interesting.
-Wait, I didn't know this part counted.
-lt all counts.
-Somebody should've told me.
-I don't want my points deducted.
-Too late, you're minus two.
Keep screeching, I'll have won this before we hit the couch.
-This isn't about winning.
ANDY: You see? It's not about winning.
You gonna knock two points off of him for that statement? It's only fair.
Good luck, Leslie.
Come on, honey.
Bye, guys.
Normally I'd start by asking about your sexual problems but clearly that's not gonna work here.
He dropped me off at 9:00, gave me a hug, and left.
I mean, does it even count as a date if you don't go for dinner? -Unless there was beer or skinny-dipping.
-Bright.
My head is going to explode.
I've never been so confused by a guy's behavior.
-Did you just wash one glass? -Yeah, that's all I needed.
-Maybe Reid is playing hard to get.
-No, I'm telling you, Hannah, it's over.
BRlGHT: Was it really ever started? -Yes, Bright, and now it's over.
Not that I even know what it was to begin with.
-He kissed me and then he asked me out.
-Well, didn't you ask him out? -lt was a mutual ask-out.
BRlGHT: Right, doesn't happen.
Then we went on a sort of date, during which time we didn't even talk.
And, oh, my God, maybe I laughed at all the wrong moments.
-It's so weird when people do that.
-I'm sure you didn't.
You have the perfect instinct for when to laugh.
Thanks.
But it doesn't even matter.
I mean, I'm over it, over him.
-Hey.
-What's up? Yeah, over him.
You ready? Bye, Reid.
BRlGHT: See you.
So, what's up? Nothing much, just, uh, heading off to the library.
If I spent any more time there, I'd have to pay rent.
Okay, well, um have a good one.
-Seriously? Have a good one? -Huh? -Do you like me? -What? Yeah, of course I like-- No, no, I mean do you like me? Because frankly, I'm confused.
You kissed me, then I didn't hear from you.
Then we went on a date, which I had to ask you out for and now I have no idea what's going on, and usually I do.
Or maybe I do know what's going on, because last night was clearly lame.
Really? I had a nice time.
-You did? -Yeah.
Then why did you cut it so short? Because I had four hours of lab to finish.
Amy, do you know what percent of med students drop out their first year or get kicked out? I really like you, but I have wanted to be a doctor for my entire life and so far I haven't figured out how to do that yet and get more than four hours of sleep, you know? Much less have a girlfriend.
Hey, I'm not looking for a boyfriend.
Well, that's cool because all I have time for right now is something casual.
-lf you're not into casual, I understand-- -No, no, no, it's not that I'm not into it.
I guess I just, um, don't really know what casual means.
All my past relationships have been relationships right from the start, you know? I was the same way.
In high school, you don't really date, you're just this, like, automatic couple.
And then I got to college, and no one was doing that anymore.
People were just hooking up.
Not that I'm suggesting that we do that.
I guess it's just scary, you know, the thought of being totally single.
Yeah, but, you know, it's kind of cool too.
You get to think about stuff you wouldn't have had the head space to think about you know, like what's really important to you or what you want out of life.
All right, look, I know this sounds cheesy but what do you wanna get out of college? Um, a degree.
I don't know, I haven't even picked my major yet.
Well, don't stress about it.
You'll figure it out.
I know I don't wanna be like my mother.
No, not that I don't think that she's amazing.
I do.
I just don't really wanna have a small, safe life, you know? I know that.
Well, you get to decide how big your life is, Amy.
I gotta go hit the books.
But, um, I'll call you later this week, okay? Am I supposed to be losing myself in nature and forgetting my troubles? -Worth a shot.
-Well, I'd rather be taking a nap.
You can sleep when you're 60.
Look at this.
How often do you get a chance to see something like this? My God, I just turned into my father.
So how old were you when you started playing piano? I'm just trying to breaking the ice.
You can work with me, or this will be the longest day of your very young life.
I was 6.
And this was at home or? My dad bought me a Casio and for some reason he loved when I played that thing.
Not enough to stick around, but whatever.
What about you? When did you start? Uh, my mom bought me my first piano when I was 4.
-Let me guess, a grand.
-A baby grand.
Had the same one till she died and we moved from New York.
How old were you when she died? Fifteen.
-Wow, that's the same age as me.
-Yeah.
So you grew up in New York? Yeah, we just moved here, uh, a few years ago.
I guess-- Well, not-- Wouldn't be just, but feels like it.
New York's the reason I wanna go to Juilliard.
-Oh, yeah? -Yeah.
I mean, there's millions of people there.
I could go and do whatever I want.
No one will care, no one will get in your business.
Who gets in your business? Your mom? Well, what business do you have, anyway? You know, these bikes, you can rent them.
And there's a trail.
You can take them down the mountain.
There's no way you've done that.
It's like 2000 feet.
Yeah, so? I'm not throwing myself down the side of a mountain, and you're not either.
-Appreciate your concern.
-I'm concerned because you're my ride.
That chair lift's gotta go all the way back down, right? KYLE: It better.
EPHRAM: Yeah.
There you are.
Did you talk to the museum about that docent position? -Not yet.
-Not like you to tarry, Rose.
Job's not going to offer itself.
Who knows where it may lead? Harold, I am not your project or one of the children who needs help with her homework.
-The children aren't even children anymore.
-I am well aware of that.
-ls everything all right? -No, it's not.
You scared the hell out of me yesterday, going on about middle-aged depression and my likelihood of drowning in it.
You're after me to pursue some volunteer job as though that's gonna save me.
I understand your unease.
You're entering the work force again in an entirely new venue.
It's bound to be daunting.
But I am here to help.
We will take each step together.
What steps? Do you really think I can just choose an item from your list and off I go? Harold, I just beat cancer and I haven't the slightest idea what I want to do.
Instead of feeling ecstatic, I'm just lost.
I feel like I have just scaled Mount Everest, only to find there's a cliff on the other side.
-Yes, but-- -You at least have your work.
I don't have anything.
I have no job.
I have already raised my family, which, frankly, was the center of my life.
And volunteering at a museum or becoming a lawyer isn't gonna make up for that.
-All right, then what will? -I don't know.
That's the whole point.
I don't know what I want, and your constant prodding doesn't help.
It just makes things worse.
That's why you bailed on your Juilliard audition? For a girl? Well, it's more complicated than that, but essentially, yeah.
This is the same girl ruining your life this week? Different girl, and she's not ruining my life, she's just affecting it.
KYLE: This is why I'll never have a girlfriend.
Just adds stress.
It's hard enough figuring out your crap without bringing someone else into it.
Don't you think people can help you figure out your crap? No.
This place is pretty sweet.
It's cooler during the winter, when there's actually snow on the ground.
-Should we hit it? -I don't know.
I mean, don't you think there's some tuxedo guy here to play it? I don't see him.
[PLAYlNG PlANO.]
Hey, keep playing.
So in retrospect, I realized that it was a big mistake.
-And after thinking about it-- -Oh, a mistake? Come on, who does that? Goes after somebody's girlfriend when we're supposedly friends? Jake, I was friends with Nina first.
-Oh, so that gives you the right to kiss her? -No, I just told you, it was a mistake.
-I'm sorry.
If I could take it back, I would.
JAKE: No, you wouldn't.
You keep saying that, but if you had the chance you would do exactly the same thing again.
I don't know what to say to that.
I just said that I wouldn't.
Jake.
Jake, if you don't think it's possible for us to get along which you obviously don't, then why are you here? You don't trust me, I get it, but if you're not gonna accept-- -You are such an ass.
-Did you hear that? Did you hear what he said? Aren't you gonna yell at him or punish him? That is not constructive.
He's trying to spin this whole thing like he's the nice, reasonable one, but he's not.
You kissing Nina wasn't a mistake, it's just you.
You think whatever you want, you can just take.
You think I didn't have a shot with Nina if you wanted her.
Whatever you want, you get.
Youngest chief of surgery at Columbia Pres.
, sure.
Cover of TIME magazine, why not? When you're tired of that and wanna go bucolic you move to a picturesque town and treat people for free.
When that's not good enough, you pick up neurosurgery-- Oh, screw you, Jake.
I worked my ass off to get where I am.
I sacrificed everything: my family, my relationship with my wife.
-Fine.
-Why are we having this conversation? I thought this was about Nina, about what l-- -This has nothing to do with Nina.
-Then what does it have to do with? I don't know.
I was gonna say that it's about you, but it isn't.
I guess it's what you represent.
What you have that I don't.
Listen, Jake, you are doing everything right.
You're balancing your life and your work in a way that I never could so that you won't be stuck trying to figuring out why you're alone and kissing women you shouldn't be kissing.
Trust me.
It's all good.
If they don't want you to play piano why would they have a perfectly tuned Steinway in the lobby? -So old ladies can hit on you.
-She was like 102.
-She was sitting way too close.
-Yeah, like on your lap.
-So how much we make? -Fifty bucks.
If we hadn't got kicked out, it would've been a hundred.
I know.
All right.
Take this.
Take it.
Add it to that big fat check you're gonna cut me.
Thanks.
I can't believe I'm actually paying you for these lessons.
-We're not gonna hug, are we? -No.
You and me, we're not the hugging type.
But see you on Tuesday? So? Jake said it went well.
Did it go well? I mean, how was it? It went well.
Your intervention was a rousing success.
Oh, thank God.
You know, Jake acted like it wasn't a big deal but I know that it couldn't have been easy.
He's been hung up on the fact that we're friends for a long time.
I just didn't expect him to get over it in one session.
Well, it was pretty rough on him but that's because he cares for you so deeply.
-I think everything's gonna be fine.
-Thank you, Andy.
I have to admit, it was kind of fun having two guys fight over me.
-It's never happened before.
-Well, who wouldn't fight over you? See? You always say the right thing.
Thank you.
If that's another one of your lists, I'm going to light it on fire.
Nope, that is an itinerary.
You know that safari you booked then unbooked? Well, I rebooked it for just the two of us.
-Harold.
-I want to meet a Masai warrior.
-What? -That's right.
It has been an ambition of mine since I was a lad.
National Geographic left an indelible impression on me.
-What about figuring out my future? -Honey, you were right.
You can't force that process.
We can't conjure a career into being.
So let's just blow it off, as the youngsters say play hooky for once in our lives, delay and deny like everyone else.
Well, what happens when we get back? I mean, everything will just be the same.
Well, perhaps not.
Maybe all we need to do is change our perspective a little, mix it up.
Who knows? Hopefully, inspiration will follow.
And if not, at least we'll have had a smashing time.
In any case, Rose you deserve a break.
You wanted to take that trip when you thought you were going to die.
Well, let's go now, celebrate your living.
You know what? I think you've already changed my perspective.
Oh? How's that? I just realized what's the best part of beating cancer.
Having more time with you.
Gotta keep it moving on your knuckles.
Light touch, ladies.
Can't believe you can do that.
It's the only useful thing I picked up from working.
How'd it go with Reid? You guys gonna go out again? -Yes, actually.
-That's great.
Oh, my gosh, he's so hot.
-Hello, boyfriend here.
-No, well, not hot for me, hot for Amy.
-When are you gonna go out next? -Um, I don't know, we left it open.
Um, I might see him this weekend or I might go to the Take Back the Night march.
I don't know yet.
I'm sort of just playing it by ear.
Wait, do you actually know what that means? In theory, yes.
But it does sound nice the idea of not having, like, a tortured-intense-relationship thing.
-Hey.
-You know they deliver those, right? Bright's teaching us how to throw dough.
It's called toss a pie.
Learn the lingo, darling.
-Did you wanna make one? -Sure.
Okay, this one-- Hold on.
This one needs sauce.
You seem happy.
Uh, I had a good day yesterday.
I rode up and down a mountain on a ski lift.
Sounds nice.
Is it me, or are we starting to sound old? I think hanging out with a 15-year-old has that effect on you.
You start to feel all wise, like you're making a difference in somebody's life.
Done.
Do it again.
Oh! [ALL LAUGHlNG.]
This is getting bad.
-Oh, this is getting bad.
-No, stop it! [HANNAH & AMY LAUGHlNG.]
[ENGLlSH - US - SDH.]
Jake, I'm sorry.
What can I say? There's nothing you can say.
You and I are no longer friends.
JESSlCA: I don't know much about music and what you guys talk about in here but whatever you're doing, it's working.
He looks forward to these lessons a lot.
HANNAH: Right next to you? AMY: Yeah.
So he's sitting there, I have no idea what's going on, and suddenly he kisses me.
HANNAH: Oh, my gosh.
AMY: Can you believe it? HANNAH: Then what? AMY: I can't tell you now.
My break was over 10 minutes ago.
Whoa.
Looks like you and Mrs.
Fields hooked up and threw a rager.
Delia's bake sale.
We were up until midnight cooking.
I've been standing here for 20 minutes trying to, uh, come up with a strategy.
I think you're beyond strategy.
If I was you, I would just hose the place down.
Yeah.
-You moving back in? -Uh, no, just here for the free laundry.
We see you more now than when you lived here.
It's because the Laundromat is ridiculously expensive.
Who can manage that? And seriously, who can amass that many quarters? Ephram, ahem, I think there's something I should tell you.
-Yeah? What's that? -Well, I think I should tell you.
I mean, I don't know for sure.
It falls into that awkward gray area that you might consider meddling.
Dad.
-I think Amy's dating someone.
-What? I heard her tell Hannah that she kissed a guy.
I know that kissing doesn't necessarily mean dating anymore, but-- No, I mean, that just can't be right.
I talked to her just the other day.
I mean, you must have heard wrong.
That's entirely possible.
I mean, I asked her if you're dating anybody and she said no, she's not dating anybody, so it's.
Oh.
Well, great.
Then I must be wrong.
I must have misheard.
Yeah.
But I should have told you, right? -Absolutely.
-Okay.
DELlA: We're late, let's go.
It's only 7:50.
Gotta get there early.
We wanna sell before school.
Kids like to get hopped up on sugar before class.
Come on.
-Can you do an ollie? -Can I do an ollie? I grew up in California.
I lived on a skateboard.
Can I do an ollie? -Oh, great.
-Be nice.
-Good morning.
-Hi.
How you doing, Jake? DELlA: We made your rocky-road cookies.
NlNA: You did? -They look amazing.
-They're for the bake sale.
It took us forever to get the recipe right, but they taste just like yours.
I wanted to go get you, but Dad said we could figure it out.
I thought it was time I conquered my deep-seated fear of baking.
Well, they look perfect.
Honey, we're gonna be late.
-Well, we better go too.
-Bye.
-Bye, guys.
-So long.
[ROCK MUSlC PLAYlNG ON RADlO.]
Has anyone seen my basketball shoes? They could be out here, but there's no way of knowing.
MAN [SlNGlNG ON RADlO.]
: Bruises on, so his knees you see -Don't clean up after them.
-I can't help it.
As soon I finish, the room will go back to looking Iike it's just been robbed, but I can't stand by and do nothing.
What's that smell? I think you just dislodged something.
You're just noticing it now? It's been like this since we got here.
The game should be over around 4:00.
I'll give you a call then.
-We'll find out what we're doing tonight.
-Sounds great.
-Yes.
-Ugh.
AMY: See? That's the beauty of having a boyfriend.
You know where he is, he's gonna call.
Unlike me, who Reid kissed a week ago and who knows nothing.
I don't know where he is.
He's never at Sam's or A&M, even here in his own apartment.
Speaking of which, we have taken stalking to a whole new level.
You're actually lying in wait inside of his house.
What are you gonna say if he does walk in the door? I don't know.
I just wanna see how he is around me, like if he's happy to see me or if he's actually blowing me off.
Five more minutes.
So this is what a psychotic break looks like.
I just wanna get a sense of what's going on.
The uncertainty is killing me.
I mean, has Bright even seen Reid? What if he's dead or in the hospital or something? -Ha, ha.
-Once in a while, that's gotta happen.
That there's a legitimate life-or-death reason a guy doesn't call? Maybe you should call him and ask him out.
I've never asked a guy out.
I mean, what if he said no? That would be just humiliating.
He's not gonna say no.
He kissed you.
He so clearly obviously already likes you.
It could have been a pity kiss or like a momentary surge of hormones.
Who knows? I don't.
There has been no follow-up.
There's only one way to find out and I don't think it's by hiding under his couch, waiting for him to come home.
Oh.
Ew, ew, ew.
-lt is time to go.
-What? -We're going now.
-Right now? -You said five minutes.
-Come, come, come.
Ugh.
KYLE: And then I was thinking about a little: [KYLE PLAYlNG PlANO.]
-You think it's too much.
-Huh? Uh, no, no.
Because I listened to that Monk album and he's so chill and in control but still crazy.
Yeah, he's, uh-- He's like that.
What's wrong with you? You're usually so rah-rah.
Nothing, I just I left my pom-poms at home today.
You haven't even commented on the fact that I listened to one of your CDs.
That's because I'm more surprised by the fact that you smiled.
It's gotta be one of the four signs of the apocalypse.
Juilliard application, done.
I'm so out of here.
In a few months, I'll be at the best music school in the world.
-What? -Nothing.
I mean, you've filled out an application before, right? -Yeah.
-Okay.
So you know that, I mean, you can't send it in in pencil, right? It's a rough draft.
I'm gonna go over it in pen.
-Oh, good.
Good idea.
-You know what? You're just jealous of me.
I'm gonna be in New York while you're stuck in this room teaching a bunch of losers.
Look, we're both doing everything we can to get you into Juilliard.
You need to know that your chances of getting in are slim to none.
I don't want you getting to a place where your entire life revolves around Juilliard.
Trust me, I've been there.
It's not pretty.
Maybe you didn't get in, but I think we can agree I'm a genius.
-Okay, genius, let's see what you got.
-Fine.
[PLAYlNG PlANO.]
-Hey.
-Hey.
-Have you tried our Southwestern salad? -I'm not that into jicama.
Really? But it's so crunchy and inoffensive.
Really? I always thought it tasted kind of like wet Styrofoam.
-I think I'll get one for Harold.
-Andy, do you have a minute? -I wanna talk to you about something.
-Yeah, what's up? Um, well, actually, I've been meaning to say something for a while, actually.
It's just, um.
I know that I never took you up on your offer to be friends.
And it's not that I didn't want to, I didn't know how.
I mean, I know how.
We've obviously been friends for a long time.
I mean, we are friends.
It's just I didn't know how to around Jake.
I mean, not that he couldn't handle it, it's just.
This isn't going as smoothly as I imagined.
That's okay.
I'm enjoying that for once it's not me who can't finish a sentence.
This is just so stupid.
I feel like we're in school and my boyfriend can't get along with my friends.
-We should all be able to handle it.
-You'd think.
I want us to be friends again, Andy.
I wanna be part of Delia's bake sale.
I just don't wanna hurt Jake in the process.
So maybe if you just talked to him, maybe try to apologize-- I did apologize.
He tore my head off at the post office.
I know, but maybe the second time's a charm.
Nina, the guy can't stand to be in the same room as me.
It would take a mediator to get us to sit down together.
I refuse to believe this is hopeless situation.
It's not hopeless, it's just not hopeful.
But I'm willing to do whatever it takes.
-You are? -Of course I am.
Okay.
Okay, great.
I am gonna work on Jake, and I'm gonna get back to you, okay? You know where to find me, avoiding the jicama.
-Do these curtains look faded to you? -Unbelievable.
Someone purloined our credit-card number.
This is identity theft via the lnternet, most likely.
Eleven thousand dollars to FreeHorizon.
com.
What is this FreeHorizon and what on Earth could they be hawking for that exorbitant sum? Probably something degenerate.
Some species of pornography or video blackjack which means it's probably Bright.
-Rose, what is the boy's number? -Harold, it was me.
You? You were buying pornography? While we were waiting for the results of my scan, I booked a trip to Africa.
Don't worry, it's already canceled.
The refund should come on next month's bill.
Africa? Why? Well, just in case the cancer came back.
I thought we should have one last trip together as a family.
So you really thought you were going to die.
I did.
Part of me definitely did.
You never said that.
There was a lot I didn't say at the time.
I imagine there were things that you didn't wanna say either.
Well, let's talk now.
You're alive, you're healthy.
The world is yours for the taking.
Have you thought about what you want to do now? Actually, I am not sure.
Nothing specific comes to mind.
One thing I certainly did not plan on was losing my job.
You will find another job.
Anyone who can run this town the way that you did without resorting to strangling each and every one of its whining citizens can do anything.
Thank you, sweetheart.
In the meantime, I can finally make all those fancy dinners that I've been clipping out of magazines for the past 10 years.
Speaking of which, I should probably go and choose one for tonight.
I had seven procedures today.
Four people came in from Denver for collagen treatments.
They don't have doctors in Denver? Yeah, but he's a plastic surgeon from L.
A.
People think Jake is gonna make them look like Jessica Simpson.
-That's sweet of you, babe.
-I like Lindsay Lohan better.
You know, it disturbs me that you even know who either of them are.
So I was thinking, since we only have a couple of weeks of good weather left we should have the Browns over for a barbecue.
That's a great idea.
We never see them anymore.
-Yeah.
What do you think, Jake? -We'll see.
We need to pick a date and ask them if they're free.
-Hold off for now.
-Why do we have to hold off? I'll take care of everything.
-You just gotta show up.
HANNAH: Yeah, why can't we do it? SAM: Yeah, why? Come on, Sam, I wanna show you something.
-But I'm not finished.
-Yeah, but it's gonna be really fun.
Maybe we can play with matches.
Come on.
-Thanks for the ambush.
Ahem.
-I'm sorry.
I didn't know what else to do.
I need us to talk about this.
-Talk about what? -Andy.
You couldn't even manage to say hi at the car this morning.
-So I'm the bad guy? -No, of course not.
But nobody has to be the bad guy, that's the point.
I want us all to be friends again.
I don't see that happening.
I have no desire to be friends with Andy.
But I do, and not just with him but with the whole family.
Well, I don't know what to say to that.
Your history together is pretty intense, wouldn't you say? -lf the situation were reversed-- -I would find it difficult.
I would hate it, but I'd try to get past it if I knew it meant that much to you.
Why does it mean that much? -Do you still have feelings for the guy? -No, of course not, l.
I just miss seeing them.
I used to watch Delia almost every day.
She was here constantly playing with Sam.
And I liked being able to just drop by next door and have a cup of coffee.
I will try and make more of an effort with Andy, okay? You know, he suggested it might be good for the two of you to talk to a counselor.
-Excuse me? -I know.
It's an out-there idea, but maybe it would really help.
I am not going into therapy with Andy.
-We haven't even been to therapy.
-It's not therapy.
It's just having a mediator to mediate between you two.
-I think I can talk to him myself.
-I know you can.
You guys are gonna talk for five minutes about how everything is fine and then everything is gonna stay the same.
Andy's willing, but if you're uncomfortable-- Please, I'm from L.
A.
We start therapy at age 6 to work on our teething-ring issues.
So you don't have a problem with it.
You and Andy used to be friends, remember? Yeah, that was before he kissed you.
Will you just talk to him? Damn, I must love you a lot.
For you, Miss Feeney, I'll do it.
[SlGHS.]
[SlGHS.]
-Amy.
-Reid.
RElD: Hey.
-Uh, hi.
Haven't seen you around.
Yeah, I know.
I've been, um, drowning in work lately.
Oh, I'm sorry.
Seems like a good time to pursue my dream of becoming a game-show host because, uh, I obviously can't handle Cell Bio.
Gotta read 200 pages by tomorrow.
I guess skimming's out of the question.
Yeah, I don't think my, uh, future patients would appreciate that.
Probably not.
So you're slammed, so I guess that means that you're busy nights too, huh? Actually, l, um-- I think I'm free Friday.
You wanna do something? Friday? Yeah, sure.
Great.
There's this, uh, reading on campus.
It's David Sedaris kind of stuff.
-I was gonna check it out.
-Yeah, I love David Sedaris.
Well, great.
I'll call you and we'll set it up.
Awesome.
Okay, um, Friday night.
-I'll see you then.
-All right.
Oh, hey.
-Did you just steal something? -No, of course not.
I'm glad that I ran into you, because I was-- Did Bright tell you about the Killers concert Friday? -The Killers? -Yeah, they're in town.
I was gonna go.
I'm actually gonna pick up tickets, so I was gonna see if you wanted to go with me.
Oh, I wish I could.
I actually can't.
I can't.
What, you got a date or something? I'm sorry, is it too weird to talk about this stuff? -No, it is.
We shouldn't talk about it.
-We can talk about this.
It's no big deal.
That's really awe-- That's awesome, really.
-Thanks.
EPHRAM: Yeah.
So we can do the band thing another time.
Yeah, totally.
Yeah, absolutely, anytime.
-Okay.
AMY: Okay.
-I should get back to work.
EPHRAM: Okay.
Okay.
-What's this? -Oh, nothing fancy.
Merely typed up a list of possible careers and activities that you may wish to pursue.
-Well, it's quite an extensive list.
-Oh, yes.
Fifty-two options, a lavish buffet of choices if I may so congratulate myself.
Ranging from meaningful social service to jobs promising fun and adventure to those offering a disgusting amount of remuneration.
-Corporate lawyer? -Why not? This a rare opportunity.
You are starting over.
Now is the time to think outside of the proverbial box and reach for the stars.
I don't know what to say.
I wasn't expecting this.
Well, no need to fret, Rose.
I am here to assist you.
That's what husbands are for: support, advice, cheerleading.
I am not going to let you drown in middle age.
-I didn't realize I was drowning.
-Well.
-Middle-aged, I can handle.
-Merely a preventative measure.
Women at your stage of life, with a newly empty nest already highly susceptible to depression, so add to that losing a job.
It's widely acknowledged by the medical community that women who are employed have better health, less anxiety a greater sense of well-being than women who aren't.
I see.
And I thought I was flying high after beating cancer.
You are, I just don't want you to stall and lose altitude.
[KNOCKlNG ON DOOR.]
NlNA: Great news.
I talked to Jake, and you are coming over tomorrow for a big powwow.
-What? -I'm a genius.
You're gonna love Leslie.
-Who's Leslie? -She is a friend of a friend.
She usually only does couples counseling, but she agreed to sit in and help you guys talk.
-You hired a marriage counselor? -No, she's doing it as a favor.
-She's a friend of a friend.
-Wait.
You don't think I'm gonna talk to a marriage counselor.
You were willing to do whatever it takes.
I didn't think that included couples counseling with your boyfriend who, by the way, is not my boyfriend.
What do you want from me? I am working every angle I got.
And there are not a lot of angles here.
But I am trying because this is really important to me.
What are we supposed to talk about, anyway? I mean, it's just a little weird, don't you think? Jake and I sitting down and discussing you with Leslie the therapist? Well, it doesn't have to be weird.
I mean, it's not like there's anything romantic going on between us.
Well, no, of course there isn't.
I wasn't suggesting that.
Right, and the whole thing is kind of getting blown out of proportion, don't you think? Yeah, I guess so.
Ah, what the hell? All right.
You are the best.
Okay, so I will see you tomorrow at 12:00.
-Mm-hm.
-Ha, ha.
I'll be there.
Oh, God.
-Slow down.
-This is slow.
No, you're rushing it.
Slow down.
Look, if I play any slower, I'll be unconscious.
-You know what? Let's take a break.
-Fine.
-So, what's with the return of the scowl? -Bite me.
I would, except I know that Juilliard only takes happy people, so.
I'm not going to Juilliard.
Since when? -Couldn't find a pen for your application? -Screw you.
You're gonna run out of fake profanity and have to use real profanity.
You won't wanna mess with me.
I'm from New York, we invented it.
It would be easier if you just tell me what's going on.
It costs a hundred bucks just to apply to Juilliard.
Like they don't have enough money already.
It's a lot of money, but it's not like Bill Gates kind of money.
You can easily throw together a hundred bucks.
What's your dad's job? -He's a surgeon.
-Of course.
Not just a plain old doctor, but a surgeon.
I knew he was either a doctor or a lawyer.
Okay.
Rich people are so entitled.
They can't imagine anyone else doesn't have a hundred bucks lying around.
-I didn't say that.
-My mom makes 5.
15 an hour.
I don't even get an allowance.
I mean, if I asked her for a hundred bucks, she'd laugh in my face.
-I could give you the money.
-I don't need your charity.
-It's not charity, it's a loan.
-No, it's not.
You're giving me lessons for free.
I can't pay for them, and I can't pay for this either.
It's pathetic.
Even if I got into Juilliard and got my scholarship who's gonna pay for my plane tickets? -I mean, who's gonna pay for my books? -Slow down.
-We'll figure that out when the time comes.
-No.
No, this isn't gonna work.
Kyle.
Look, if I'm not going to Juilliard, there's no point in doing this anymore.
So thanks for whatever.
That was amazing, the part about him using the stadium buddy? -I thought I was gonna die.
-He's great, huh? -Reid, how you doing? -Hey, what's up? That's Casey.
He's in my, um, Embryology class.
Cool.
So you wanna grab something to eat? It's pretty early, and I'm starving.
Um, actually, I really got reamed in lab today and I probably should start studying for this practicum that I have tomorrow.
Would it be all right if, uh, we just call it a night? -Oh, yeah, that's fine.
-Great, I'll just-- I'll drop you home, then.
Cool.
[KNOCKlNG ON DOOR.]
-What are you doing here? -Nice to see you too.
I quit, which means I fired you.
You can't fire somebody you're not paying.
Let's go.
-I don't wanna play piano.
-Good, because we're not.
Come on.
You have nothing going on in your life, do you? Shut up and get in the car.
[DOORBELL RlNGS.]
NlNA: Right on time.
I figured if I was late, it might be misconstrued as denial.
Leslie Hammond, this is Dr.
Andy Brown.
-Hi.
ANDY: How do you do? -I'm ready to go, go, go.
-Okay.
Okay, well, we are off to movies.
-Have fun, you guys.
-Will do, babe.
Yep, nothing says fun like therapy with another man.
-Sarcasm.
Interesting.
-Wait, I didn't know this part counted.
-lt all counts.
-Somebody should've told me.
-I don't want my points deducted.
-Too late, you're minus two.
Keep screeching, I'll have won this before we hit the couch.
-This isn't about winning.
ANDY: You see? It's not about winning.
You gonna knock two points off of him for that statement? It's only fair.
Good luck, Leslie.
Come on, honey.
Bye, guys.
Normally I'd start by asking about your sexual problems but clearly that's not gonna work here.
He dropped me off at 9:00, gave me a hug, and left.
I mean, does it even count as a date if you don't go for dinner? -Unless there was beer or skinny-dipping.
-Bright.
My head is going to explode.
I've never been so confused by a guy's behavior.
-Did you just wash one glass? -Yeah, that's all I needed.
-Maybe Reid is playing hard to get.
-No, I'm telling you, Hannah, it's over.
BRlGHT: Was it really ever started? -Yes, Bright, and now it's over.
Not that I even know what it was to begin with.
-He kissed me and then he asked me out.
-Well, didn't you ask him out? -lt was a mutual ask-out.
BRlGHT: Right, doesn't happen.
Then we went on a sort of date, during which time we didn't even talk.
And, oh, my God, maybe I laughed at all the wrong moments.
-It's so weird when people do that.
-I'm sure you didn't.
You have the perfect instinct for when to laugh.
Thanks.
But it doesn't even matter.
I mean, I'm over it, over him.
-Hey.
-What's up? Yeah, over him.
You ready? Bye, Reid.
BRlGHT: See you.
So, what's up? Nothing much, just, uh, heading off to the library.
If I spent any more time there, I'd have to pay rent.
Okay, well, um have a good one.
-Seriously? Have a good one? -Huh? -Do you like me? -What? Yeah, of course I like-- No, no, I mean do you like me? Because frankly, I'm confused.
You kissed me, then I didn't hear from you.
Then we went on a date, which I had to ask you out for and now I have no idea what's going on, and usually I do.
Or maybe I do know what's going on, because last night was clearly lame.
Really? I had a nice time.
-You did? -Yeah.
Then why did you cut it so short? Because I had four hours of lab to finish.
Amy, do you know what percent of med students drop out their first year or get kicked out? I really like you, but I have wanted to be a doctor for my entire life and so far I haven't figured out how to do that yet and get more than four hours of sleep, you know? Much less have a girlfriend.
Hey, I'm not looking for a boyfriend.
Well, that's cool because all I have time for right now is something casual.
-lf you're not into casual, I understand-- -No, no, no, it's not that I'm not into it.
I guess I just, um, don't really know what casual means.
All my past relationships have been relationships right from the start, you know? I was the same way.
In high school, you don't really date, you're just this, like, automatic couple.
And then I got to college, and no one was doing that anymore.
People were just hooking up.
Not that I'm suggesting that we do that.
I guess it's just scary, you know, the thought of being totally single.
Yeah, but, you know, it's kind of cool too.
You get to think about stuff you wouldn't have had the head space to think about you know, like what's really important to you or what you want out of life.
All right, look, I know this sounds cheesy but what do you wanna get out of college? Um, a degree.
I don't know, I haven't even picked my major yet.
Well, don't stress about it.
You'll figure it out.
I know I don't wanna be like my mother.
No, not that I don't think that she's amazing.
I do.
I just don't really wanna have a small, safe life, you know? I know that.
Well, you get to decide how big your life is, Amy.
I gotta go hit the books.
But, um, I'll call you later this week, okay? Am I supposed to be losing myself in nature and forgetting my troubles? -Worth a shot.
-Well, I'd rather be taking a nap.
You can sleep when you're 60.
Look at this.
How often do you get a chance to see something like this? My God, I just turned into my father.
So how old were you when you started playing piano? I'm just trying to breaking the ice.
You can work with me, or this will be the longest day of your very young life.
I was 6.
And this was at home or? My dad bought me a Casio and for some reason he loved when I played that thing.
Not enough to stick around, but whatever.
What about you? When did you start? Uh, my mom bought me my first piano when I was 4.
-Let me guess, a grand.
-A baby grand.
Had the same one till she died and we moved from New York.
How old were you when she died? Fifteen.
-Wow, that's the same age as me.
-Yeah.
So you grew up in New York? Yeah, we just moved here, uh, a few years ago.
I guess-- Well, not-- Wouldn't be just, but feels like it.
New York's the reason I wanna go to Juilliard.
-Oh, yeah? -Yeah.
I mean, there's millions of people there.
I could go and do whatever I want.
No one will care, no one will get in your business.
Who gets in your business? Your mom? Well, what business do you have, anyway? You know, these bikes, you can rent them.
And there's a trail.
You can take them down the mountain.
There's no way you've done that.
It's like 2000 feet.
Yeah, so? I'm not throwing myself down the side of a mountain, and you're not either.
-Appreciate your concern.
-I'm concerned because you're my ride.
That chair lift's gotta go all the way back down, right? KYLE: It better.
EPHRAM: Yeah.
There you are.
Did you talk to the museum about that docent position? -Not yet.
-Not like you to tarry, Rose.
Job's not going to offer itself.
Who knows where it may lead? Harold, I am not your project or one of the children who needs help with her homework.
-The children aren't even children anymore.
-I am well aware of that.
-ls everything all right? -No, it's not.
You scared the hell out of me yesterday, going on about middle-aged depression and my likelihood of drowning in it.
You're after me to pursue some volunteer job as though that's gonna save me.
I understand your unease.
You're entering the work force again in an entirely new venue.
It's bound to be daunting.
But I am here to help.
We will take each step together.
What steps? Do you really think I can just choose an item from your list and off I go? Harold, I just beat cancer and I haven't the slightest idea what I want to do.
Instead of feeling ecstatic, I'm just lost.
I feel like I have just scaled Mount Everest, only to find there's a cliff on the other side.
-Yes, but-- -You at least have your work.
I don't have anything.
I have no job.
I have already raised my family, which, frankly, was the center of my life.
And volunteering at a museum or becoming a lawyer isn't gonna make up for that.
-All right, then what will? -I don't know.
That's the whole point.
I don't know what I want, and your constant prodding doesn't help.
It just makes things worse.
That's why you bailed on your Juilliard audition? For a girl? Well, it's more complicated than that, but essentially, yeah.
This is the same girl ruining your life this week? Different girl, and she's not ruining my life, she's just affecting it.
KYLE: This is why I'll never have a girlfriend.
Just adds stress.
It's hard enough figuring out your crap without bringing someone else into it.
Don't you think people can help you figure out your crap? No.
This place is pretty sweet.
It's cooler during the winter, when there's actually snow on the ground.
-Should we hit it? -I don't know.
I mean, don't you think there's some tuxedo guy here to play it? I don't see him.
[PLAYlNG PlANO.]
Hey, keep playing.
So in retrospect, I realized that it was a big mistake.
-And after thinking about it-- -Oh, a mistake? Come on, who does that? Goes after somebody's girlfriend when we're supposedly friends? Jake, I was friends with Nina first.
-Oh, so that gives you the right to kiss her? -No, I just told you, it was a mistake.
-I'm sorry.
If I could take it back, I would.
JAKE: No, you wouldn't.
You keep saying that, but if you had the chance you would do exactly the same thing again.
I don't know what to say to that.
I just said that I wouldn't.
Jake.
Jake, if you don't think it's possible for us to get along which you obviously don't, then why are you here? You don't trust me, I get it, but if you're not gonna accept-- -You are such an ass.
-Did you hear that? Did you hear what he said? Aren't you gonna yell at him or punish him? That is not constructive.
He's trying to spin this whole thing like he's the nice, reasonable one, but he's not.
You kissing Nina wasn't a mistake, it's just you.
You think whatever you want, you can just take.
You think I didn't have a shot with Nina if you wanted her.
Whatever you want, you get.
Youngest chief of surgery at Columbia Pres.
, sure.
Cover of TIME magazine, why not? When you're tired of that and wanna go bucolic you move to a picturesque town and treat people for free.
When that's not good enough, you pick up neurosurgery-- Oh, screw you, Jake.
I worked my ass off to get where I am.
I sacrificed everything: my family, my relationship with my wife.
-Fine.
-Why are we having this conversation? I thought this was about Nina, about what l-- -This has nothing to do with Nina.
-Then what does it have to do with? I don't know.
I was gonna say that it's about you, but it isn't.
I guess it's what you represent.
What you have that I don't.
Listen, Jake, you are doing everything right.
You're balancing your life and your work in a way that I never could so that you won't be stuck trying to figuring out why you're alone and kissing women you shouldn't be kissing.
Trust me.
It's all good.
If they don't want you to play piano why would they have a perfectly tuned Steinway in the lobby? -So old ladies can hit on you.
-She was like 102.
-She was sitting way too close.
-Yeah, like on your lap.
-So how much we make? -Fifty bucks.
If we hadn't got kicked out, it would've been a hundred.
I know.
All right.
Take this.
Take it.
Add it to that big fat check you're gonna cut me.
Thanks.
I can't believe I'm actually paying you for these lessons.
-We're not gonna hug, are we? -No.
You and me, we're not the hugging type.
But see you on Tuesday? So? Jake said it went well.
Did it go well? I mean, how was it? It went well.
Your intervention was a rousing success.
Oh, thank God.
You know, Jake acted like it wasn't a big deal but I know that it couldn't have been easy.
He's been hung up on the fact that we're friends for a long time.
I just didn't expect him to get over it in one session.
Well, it was pretty rough on him but that's because he cares for you so deeply.
-I think everything's gonna be fine.
-Thank you, Andy.
I have to admit, it was kind of fun having two guys fight over me.
-It's never happened before.
-Well, who wouldn't fight over you? See? You always say the right thing.
Thank you.
If that's another one of your lists, I'm going to light it on fire.
Nope, that is an itinerary.
You know that safari you booked then unbooked? Well, I rebooked it for just the two of us.
-Harold.
-I want to meet a Masai warrior.
-What? -That's right.
It has been an ambition of mine since I was a lad.
National Geographic left an indelible impression on me.
-What about figuring out my future? -Honey, you were right.
You can't force that process.
We can't conjure a career into being.
So let's just blow it off, as the youngsters say play hooky for once in our lives, delay and deny like everyone else.
Well, what happens when we get back? I mean, everything will just be the same.
Well, perhaps not.
Maybe all we need to do is change our perspective a little, mix it up.
Who knows? Hopefully, inspiration will follow.
And if not, at least we'll have had a smashing time.
In any case, Rose you deserve a break.
You wanted to take that trip when you thought you were going to die.
Well, let's go now, celebrate your living.
You know what? I think you've already changed my perspective.
Oh? How's that? I just realized what's the best part of beating cancer.
Having more time with you.
Gotta keep it moving on your knuckles.
Light touch, ladies.
Can't believe you can do that.
It's the only useful thing I picked up from working.
How'd it go with Reid? You guys gonna go out again? -Yes, actually.
-That's great.
Oh, my gosh, he's so hot.
-Hello, boyfriend here.
-No, well, not hot for me, hot for Amy.
-When are you gonna go out next? -Um, I don't know, we left it open.
Um, I might see him this weekend or I might go to the Take Back the Night march.
I don't know yet.
I'm sort of just playing it by ear.
Wait, do you actually know what that means? In theory, yes.
But it does sound nice the idea of not having, like, a tortured-intense-relationship thing.
-Hey.
-You know they deliver those, right? Bright's teaching us how to throw dough.
It's called toss a pie.
Learn the lingo, darling.
-Did you wanna make one? -Sure.
Okay, this one-- Hold on.
This one needs sauce.
You seem happy.
Uh, I had a good day yesterday.
I rode up and down a mountain on a ski lift.
Sounds nice.
Is it me, or are we starting to sound old? I think hanging out with a 15-year-old has that effect on you.
You start to feel all wise, like you're making a difference in somebody's life.
Done.
Do it again.
Oh! [ALL LAUGHlNG.]
This is getting bad.
-Oh, this is getting bad.
-No, stop it! [HANNAH & AMY LAUGHlNG.]
[ENGLlSH - US - SDH.]