Thirtysomething (1987) s03e08 Episode Script

[theme.]
[bell rings.]
[Hope.]
So, did you see him? He's wearing a varsity sweater and penny loafers, for God's sakes.
He's still cute.
Hope, you are so feeble.
- How are you guys doing? - Hey, Louise.
Ellyn, did you hear about Kirkpatrick in the letters? No, what? Dolly Patrone says he's so furious about the Student Bill of Rights thing.
The two of you are going to end up with letters in your transcripts saying that you're troubled.
That's, like, illegal or something.
He's trying to scare us off.
That's all.
How can you smoke these things? Do you want a ride home? No, Dennis has his brother's car.
Oh, I have to go to the Army Navy Store and get a sleeping bag.
Will you drop me off? You're going to New York with Mark McCreary and those guys from Germantown, aren't you? You're going where with who? It's just for the weekend.
Are you sleeping with this guy Mark? - Louise.
- No.
I just wondered.
You're going to New York with him? It's not just him.
How can you smoke these things? You guys, come in here.
Something's burning.
What? Where's Janey? It's No She's fine.
She's fine.
Everything's fine.
What did you put in there? What's that smell? [overlapping chatter.]
- Someone's lingerie.
- Someone's lingerie? Do you know what commercial machines do to washables, Hope? No, I don't.
Hey, Michael, do you want to hear the title to our article? Okay.
"User's Guide to Therapists.
" Ah, the zeal of the newly converted.
Yeah, it tells all the different therapies - and what they're good for.
- Great.
- And what they're not good for.
- Great.
- Michael, go away.
- Ellyn.
Hey, why didn't you eat anything? I wasn't hungry.
I'm sorry that I broke your washing machine.
Oh, it's okay.
It was dying anyway.
So I'll call the Psychiatric Association, and you call that lady from Bryn Mawr.
I should've gone to Bryn Mawr.
Why? Oh, did you talk to Ricky Bianca yet? She went to Bryn Mawr.
I know.
She's organizing opposition to the Fairfield Creek Incinerator Project.
Do you want to work with her? Oh, I think it would be good now that you have time.
I mean now that you've quit Synergy.
What are you going to do? Oh, I want you to be proud of me.
Oh, I think she's proud of you.
I think she is.
Janey, come on.
Oh, no, we're not working anymore.
It's okay.
I'm off.
I'm going to the gym.
Bye.
Going for a swim.
Oh, swim some laps for me.
Bye.
Bye.
So, did you tell her? Well, I couldn't.
Why? Because of the miscarriage or because it's Ellyn? Well, I really shouldn't tell anybody yet.
Yeah.
But you will.
Oh, but Ellyn.
It's going to be different this time, Hope.
What's going to be different? Everything.
Janey.
[Man.]
Ellyn? Ellyn? Ellyn Warren? Oh.
Hi.
Hi.
Hi.
Jeffrey Milgrom.
Remember dinner at Hope and Michael's? Right.
Sure.
Hi.
Hi, Jeffrey.
How's Valerie? Oh, she's fine.
You know, you should try earplugs.
Oh, they make me feel like I can't breath.
Yeah? So, did you Do you I mean I remember you telling me that you lost a lot of weight.
Oh, yeah, swimming and the rowing machine.
It was great, too.
Oh, I've tried it, but it killed my back.
Doesn't it hurt your back? No, no, not if you do it right.
[chuckles.]
Are you done? No, I was just unplugging my ears.
So do you want to race? Race? Well, I mean, it's a lot less boring than swimming laps.
You're kidding.
Why? Okay? - Okay.
- All right.
- Ready? - Yeah, and you? On your mark, get set, go! Aah! I love humiliation.
I thrive on it.
Geez.
You wanted to race.
Oh, yeah.
Right, yeah.
You probably hang around pool halls looking innocent, too, right? Ha.
We're talking about First Amendment rights here.
43% of the student body has already signed the petition.
It's not just about the dress code.
It's about the right to self-expression.
I mean, what gives Kirkpatrick the right to censor the school newspaper? Doesn't the First Amendment apply to people under 21 or something? Ladies, the Constitution of the United States has remarkably little say about the rights of students to wear jeans to high school.
I'm sorry.
But the Constitution didn't have anything to say about civil rights for a long time, either.
I just think you're bringing out awfully big guns here.
But that's not the point.
We're human beings.
We have rights.
If we could just have one faculty member supporting us Well, I'll think about it.
Oh, it would mean so much if you would give us legitimacy.
You two There we go.
Say, Ellyn, did you make the swim team? Of course she did.
She is the swim team.
There you go.
- Bye.
- Bye.
You think he's going to help us? God, look over there.
They were totally staring at us the whole time we were talking to Palliser.
Oh, my God.
Oh, my God.
It's Mark McCreary.
Which one? He's the guy in the boots.
God.
Is he here to see you? I don't know.
You know, he's really bad.
Ellen Cechetti told me he was suspended three times this year.
Well, so what? Are you really going to do this New York thing? I'll be right back.
Hi.
- Hi.
- Back here.
Something came up.
This meeting thing.
So I can't stay, but I brought you lunch.
Is tuna okay? - Yeah.
- Okay.
Also, I brought you the Washington Post.
I brought you some of that APA stuff.
And I also brought you some stuff for the Incinerator Project just in case you want to look at it.
Oh, thanks, but you didn't have to come - and bring me all this stuff.
- No, it's okay.
Also, I made up a little list of stuff for our article.
You know, just, like, little funny sidebars.
I just thought you'd want to read it.
Well, we want this to be a useful article for people, don't we? Oh, I know, but it can be funny, too.
Don't worry.
It's good.
Just read it.
Okay, I got to go.
Got to What is this? Oh, it's stuff for our will something to do with Michael's father's estate.
Ooh, a will.
Guess if I died, I'd leave everything to my mother.
Boy, would she get some surprises.
- Okay, I'm going.
Bye.
- Bye.
Sorry.
Sorry, but we'll work soon.
Okay, bye.
You better watch out.
I'm getting better.
Yeah, but I still beat you.
Oh, yeah, but yesterday and today I almost tied.
Yeah, but yesterday I let you.
But today you didn't, and I almost tied you.
Yeah, but you were probably up all night in the gym practicing.
Oh, no, no, no.
No, you see, the desire to show off is a tremendous incentive towards improvement.
[chuckles.]
- That is a terrific blouse.
- Thank you.
What is that? Is it It's crochet.
Ah.
It's from Ireland.
I got it there.
Oh, it's very nice.
Thank you.
So why did you stop swimming for so long? Oh, I don't know.
I just stopped after high school.
But I've gotten back into it in the past six months.
I really love it.
It's so much more fun than running.
It's so soothing.
I always hated running.
I hate running, too.
Yeah, I always tried to do it, but somewhere I just wasn't a running kind of person.
I know that sounds silly.
No, no, I'm not a runner, either.
Valerie's a runner.
Oh, is she? Yeah, well, she's a very good runner.
Uh-huh.
This is nice.
You know, this is nice.
Having lunch like this.
Yes.
I'm usually at my desk talking to somebody I don't want to talk to or never want to see again.
Really? I would think if you work with your husband or your wife, you'd at least be guaranteed someone to eat lunch with.
She's usually running.
Oh.
And so we feel that the petition being circulated by a small group of students clearly shows evidence of radical tendencies.
Radical tendencies? We're trying to do something positive for the school, for the students.
- We're talking about justice.
- Ellyn, sit down.
You're just troublemakers.
That's all you are.
Oh, I'll tell you what we are.
We're committed to something more important than having the most lines under our name in the yearbook.
Ellyn.
And it's clearly unrepresentative of the wishes of the student body as a whole.
And so to sum up, we reject the proposition for Oh, good.
Do we sound as stupid as they do? No, and they can't stop us.
I'm getting out of here.
I'm going to Canada.
No, you're not.
Okay, but I'm going to New York this weekend, and if you're smart, you'll come, too.
This is no time to go to New York.
You make it sound like there's something wrong with me going.
There's nothing wrong with it.
It's the way you're playing with your bangs.
I can tell you disapprove.
As long as you don't do anything stupid.
Like what? I mean, Mark McCreary's not even sexy.
Well, what would you know about who's sexy anyway? I mean, you've never What? I never what? Forget it.
You think I'm not interested in sex? Howie and I did everything but, you know.
Exactly.
You really think Mark McCreary's sexy? Come with me to New York, please.
I can't.
Someone's got to finish up with the petition.
Why do you care so much anyway? I don't.
Forget it.
Forget it.
No, I just meant I thought we were doing a proposal for a real consumer's guide to choosing a therapist.
I know, but can't it be funny, too? I mean, everybody has funny stories about their shrinks.
Well, almost everybody.
I mean, we could do three pages on Melissa alone.
No, I know, but you know, it's such a serious subject.
I don't think we should be too flippant about it.
I know that you're the professional here and I'm the amateur, but I'm not stupid.
And I think that, you know, we can be entertaining as well as being informative.
Oh, I know, but there's just so much junk out there.
I don't think we should add to it.
You don't want to do this, right? No, I do.
Very much.
'Cause I was thinking, you know, you have a lot of time on your hands, and you're not doing anything right now.
Why aren't you doing anything right now? Right, it's a big sin to have time.
Look, I have a career that I really love.
I'm just trying to decide what to do next.
I mean, things change so fast.
Oh, I love those old bags with the flannel inside.
They are so soft.
How old is this bag? This was my camp sleeping bag.
I can't believe I still have it.
Well, Ethan will not appreciate it.
He wanted a Batman bag, and I had to put my foot down.
I got it.
I got it.
Are you all right? You look tired.
Oh, no.
Yeah, I'm fine.
What? Um I shouldn't do this.
What? Do it.
I'm pregnant.
Oh, Hope.
Oh, Hope, that's great.
Oh, I'm so excited.
Is everything okay? I mean, how far along are you? Not far.
Everything is wonderful.
I'm just exhausted, and I feel like throwing up every five minutes.
Good signs.
It shows your hormones are kicking in.
Yeah, I mean, I really shouldn't be telling anyone yet, so Oh, what fun is it being pregnant if you can't tell everybody? Oh, I am so excited.
Is it okay if I tell Elliot? Yeah, but you have to make him promise not to tell anyone.
- I'm just nervous this time.
- Okay.
Okay, okay, so tell me, who all knows about it? Well, I think that Michael told Melissa, but I haven't even told my parents yet.
My mother was so devastated last time.
Right, and you told Ellyn.
No.
Why not? Well, it's just hard with her.
She just doesn't get it.
She seems to disapprove of my maternal side.
Oh, come on.
Not really.
You'd be surprised.
It's just It's like it's hard work to be with her now.
I have to be careful what I say to her.
This is the person that I used to be able to say anything to.
You know.
I mean, we've known each other since eternity.
Since fifth grade.
And I feel like now I don't even know what she's thinking.
Maybe I never did.
Ugh, that's a scary thought.
I thought I did, you know.
It's just she seems to be drifting, you know.
Her life, her work.
Jeffrey says I'm too hard on her.
[Man.]
Jeffrey? Oh.
Well, I told you about Jeffrey.
- No.
- I didn't? - No.
- Oh, I thought I did.
Well, he's just this guy.
He's a friend of Hope and Michael's.
He's their lawyer, actually.
Met him at a dinner party.
There Actually we met before, but he didn't remember me.
No, no, I didn't remember him.
He remembered me, but I So, anyway, apparently we met before.
And, um, we ran into each other swimming.
Actually, he, um Well, he's married.
His wife and he work at the same firm.
His wife's one of those really high-power types.
She's always on the phone.
Always on the phone.
I mean, it's nothing.
He's cute, and I like him.
We've swum together.
Swim together? Swam together? [chuckles.]
A few times Anyway, it's just he's a nice guy.
I like him.
He's married.
[sighs.]
He's Hope's lawyer.
Did I mention that? Jeffrey, hi.
Your secretary said I could come in.
- Hi, how are you? - I'm fine.
I'm fine.
Thanks.
Hey, it was a great dinner party.
I loved meeting your friends.
Oh, well, we loved having you.
Okay, well, everything's ready for you to sign over here.
Oh, great.
Why don't you just have a seat there and take a look at this stuff? Now, as soon as you finish looking at that we'll just take it down the hallway to our notary.
I think everything's in order the trust, the naming of the guardian That was a fun one.
Oh, yeah.
Yeah, that gets everybody.
Want some coffee? No, no, thank you.
Um, Jeffrey, this is kind of embarrassing.
- What? - What? No, no, go on.
Go on.
What? Well, I just Does any of this change I mean Because I'm pregnant? Oh, Hope, this is wonderful.
Congratulations.
Yeah, we're trying not to get too excited about it yet, so please don't tell anybody.
No, no, no, of course not.
Of course not.
So, does it change anything? Not at all.
We'll take care of everything after the baby's born, all right? Yeah, great.
Shall we sign? Yeah.
Just follow me.
Come on this way.
- So, when are you due? - I'm due on [buzzer.]
Excuse me.
Hello? [Woman.]
An Ellyn Warren on the line.
Uh, yeah, yeah, I'll take it.
[whispers.]
Do you No.
- Hi.
- Hi.
JoAnn gave me some garbled message.
Something about a bookstore.
Yeah, hi.
I need to ask you a favor.
Sure.
I got to pick up a book for Christie on architecture.
Right.
And I was wondering if maybe you could meet me at Taylor's instead of at the Plaza.
Uh-huh, sure.
And we can get some lunch afterwards.
Gee, that's not much of a favor.
Bye.
Okay, bye-bye.
Sorry.
Oh, that's okay.
Shall we see if the notary's in her cage? - Sure.
- Okay.
Um, so Christie is how old? - She's 12.
- Oh.
Yeah, she's been living with us for about two years now while her mother's in Saudi Arabia with the State Department.
Her mother is Uh, that was Sarah, my first wife.
Oh.
Um, is that okay with Valerie? Oh, sure.
Yes, it's fine.
It's fine.
It's all very civilized.
That's what it is.
Civilized.
This looks good.
- What's that? - This.
Oh.
[gasps.]
Oh.
The Narnia Chronicles.
Oh, I loved these books.
Gosh, has Christie read these books? I don't know.
Oh, they're so wonderful.
These little kids go to this magic land and When I was 11, I used to stand in the back of my closet when my parents were fighting and say, "Aslan, Aslan, take me to Narnia.
" And did he? [Hope.]
Oh, Jeffrey.
Hope.
I knew that you said that you might be here, and I forgot to give you this and I don't want to go all the way back to the office.
Are you okay? Yeah, I'm fine.
No, I'm fine.
I was going to buy this book for Christie.
Oh, architecture.
Oh, God, she's getting old.
- Yeah.
- [Hope chuckles.]
Yeah.
Listen, thanks for dropping this stuff off.
I'm going to get on it right away.
Oh, great.
See you soon.
I'm sorry to bother you like this.
Thanks, Jeffrey.
Bye.
- Oh, I'm sorry.
- Excuse me.
Hey, Warren.
What are you doing here? Oh, I was just browsing.
Oh, are you coming or going? Coming.
Um, going.
- I'm going.
- Oh, going.
Me, too.
I did have to stop and get a book for Janey though.
- You want to wait for me? - Oh, okay.
Great.
Great.
Oh, Jeffrey, do you remember Ellyn? Oh, of course.
Hi.
It's nice seeing you again.
Nice to see you, too.
Right.
Well, uh - Yeah.
- Okay, bye.
Bye-bye.
Hope.
B - Very nice seeing you again.
- Nice seeing you.
- Bye, Jeffrey.
- Bye, Hope.
[chatter.]
So her mother took her to New York to some doctor.
- [Waitress.]
You done? - Something went wrong.
She got some really serious infection which is why she hasn't been around school lately.
Told me she might not be able to have a baby now.
The doctor told her she's lucky she didn't die.
God.
I just can't believe it.
I thought she was smarter than that.
It's not about being smart.
It's about being unlucky.
Yeah, well, she says they used something.
Ellyn.
I mean, Stewart is such a creep.
I mean, what does she see in him anyway? She was in love with him, you know.
Would you stop that, please? - So, what about her and that - Stewart.
Well, she says she never wants to see him again.
You girls stop that right now, or I'm kicking you out of here.
Do you hear? I'm sorry.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, we hear.
I'm warning you.
Oh, God.
I'm late for chorus again.
See you guys later? Yeah.
Oh, hey, what about Palliser? He said he was sorry.
He can't help.
He's already in too much trouble himself.
I'm going to call you about the French translation, okay? What are you? Some kind of pyromaniac all of the sudden? Let's ride.
[phone rings.]
Hello? [Jeffrey.]
Hi, Ellyn? Jeffrey.
Um, hi.
Um, look, I can't talk to you right now.
I'm really busy, so I'll call you back, okay? Bye.
[sighs.]
You know, Michael, we could afford a repairman.
We could probably even afford a new washer.
Yeah, well, a real man lets his appliances know who's boss.
Yeah, except I've run out of clean underwear waiting for you to teach the washer a lesson.
So don't wear any.
[phone rings.]
Yes? [Hope.]
Hi, it's me.
Oh, hi.
Did you get my notes? Yeah, I read them, but I want to go through them more carefully.
Uh-huh.
I know that means you hated it.
No, there's a certain style to writing a proposal for an article, and you've never done it before.
Whatever you say.
Look, I'm sorry.
We just work differently.
Right, no kidding.
Anyway, the reason I called before I decided to murder you is that Ricky called and just volunteered my house for this meeting tomorrow night, so will you come early and help? Oh, I can't.
It's I'm not allowed to come.
It's like a conflict of interest or something.
I thought we were working on this thing together.
Yeah, we are secretly.
Are you okay? Yeah, I'm okay.
I'll talk to you later, okay? Bye.
Bye.
The problem is incinerators are easy to understand.
People think of burning leaves, landfill stink, and ocean dumping Hypodermic syringes on the beach tend to ruin your Sunday afternoon.
[all comment.]
So, what do we say about incinerators? Greenhouse effect? Yeah, but you don't trip on the greenhouse effect on the beach, and you don't smell it on the way to the airport.
This is all an educational process, and that's hard because people don't want to be educated.
It's not impossible.
People are just afraid of what they don't know, so we have to make this seem safe, ordinary, even simple to oppose this incinerator.
But I'll get into all the rest of this when we actually get down to canvassing.
Thanks.
Ricky? Um, yeah.
First of all, John, thank you so much for coming down to talk with all of us.
It's a pleasure.
I'm sure some of us have more questions, so maybe we could have some coffee and talk a little more.
Um, what else? Oh, yes, we have information sheets.
We have sign-up sheets, and we have sheets for suggestions.
We've got all kinds of sheets here.
Okay, I want to thank Hope and Michael for having us in their home.
The coffee's in the dining room, and I even made cookies.
So let's get to work.
My kids made the cookies, but I did make the coffee.
[all laugh.]
Uh, hi, we didn't have a chance to meet before.
Yeah, I'm always late.
Sorry.
That's okay.
I'm Hope Murdoch.
I used to write for Synergy.
Yeah, what's happening over there now? I know Val left.
Well, they've got a couple of corporate munchkins with crystals and bad biorhythms.
Ah, new-age Muzak and oat bran muffins.
Yeah, the whole thing.
Poor Val.
Well, I'd like to be there when she gets him in a dark alley some night.
Hope, we need you for research real bad.
Now, I can organize, but I look at charts and numbers and figures and I panic.
Don't you know I've been faking it for years? Oh, I don't know.
I thought that radon piece had some real depth.
Thanks.
[Woman.]
John, the people in Wheeling, where did they get their money? - Help, please.
- I'm going to do something.
I just have to figure out what I have time for.
[Woman.]
Yeah, you know, like, from one source or another.
Or what exactly? Got it all in one place.
Kind of just a question of where to look.
Was I okay in front of everybody? Oh, you were great.
That was really great.
- Really? - Yeah.
You know, I just get so nervous speaking in front of people.
Oh, I wanted to tell you I saw Ellyn Tuesday afternoon coming out of the Park Street Cafe with some guy.
- Oh, yeah.
- Mm-hmm.
It didn't look like business, either.
He was nice-looking.
Beard, mustache, sort of tall.
A beard and a mustache kind of with hair on his collar? Mm-hmm.
And I yelled to her, but she didn't hear me.
So who is he? Oh, I don't know.
I don't know.
Look, I only came because I have to know why did you pretend we weren't together in the bookstore with Hope that day? Why did you? Well, we weren't doing anything wrong.
Jeffrey, what's going on? [sighs.]
Listen, um You know, I went down to the Y every day for two weeks just waiting to run into you accidentally.
You did? I almost hate you for that.
Yeah, well, I almost hate you for making me feel like I have to lie.
[Ellyn sighs.]
Oh, men and women can't really be friends, can they? Well, I don't know.
I don't know about men and women, but I do know something about you.
See, I sat next to you at that dinner party that night at Hope and Michael's.
And What? You intoxicate me.
I don't know.
I never felt that way before.
How about you? How do you feel? Oh Oh, God, this is a nightmare.
I don't know what Will you tell me what to do? I don't - Tell me to go to hell, okay? - You're married.
Damn you.
Why did you come here? Look.
I won't excuse myself by making I'm not going to tell you that my marriage is a farce, which it is, okay? And I shouldn't have fooled you, and I shouldn't have fooled myself into thinking that we could just be friends.
And I know I have no right to ask you this now, but please don't walk away from me now.
I can't do this.
We can't do this.
We got to stop this right now.
Do you want to stop it now? Look, let's Let's just go someplace, okay? Okay? [soft rock.]
Oh, come on.
You don't know for sure, Hope.
I'm sure.
I mean, what am I going to do with her? What do I say to Valerie the next time I see her? Did you tell Ellyn you were pregnant? I couldn't.
Oh, the two of you, you're like an old married couple.
You know, you're making the same mistakes with each other over and over and over again.
What are they going to do to us? I have no idea, but they're not going to suspend us.
I wish they would suspend me.
I wish they would expel me.
No, you don't.
What is wrong with you anyway? Nothing.
Bull.
You're all weird.
Yeah, weird because I got to go see Kirkpatrick and get yelled at.
You're weirder than that.
Well, you don't always understand everything, you know.
Like what? Like Lynnie, I'm you're best friend.
I tell you everything.
I know.
Is it about Mark MrCreary? It is, isn't it? I swear, Hope, if you tell anybody Oh What do you think I am? You can't tell anybody.
I won't.
What? Two weeks ago, we went to his brother's dorm room at Temple.
So? So his brother wasn't there.
You didn't.
Oh, yes, we did.
Why didn't you tell me? I couldn't.
I knew you'd make a big deal out of it.
You hardly know him.
Oh, see? There you go.
You didn't tell me for two weeks.
See? You always disapprove of everything I do.
Why didn't you tell me? I knew you'd be crazy like this.
I can't believe this.
Ellyn Warren, Hope Murdoch.
Ellyn Warren.
[Ellyn humming.]
[knock on door.]
Yeah? [Hope.]
It's me.
Hi.
Thank God you're here.
I was going to eat a whole bowl of popcorn all by myself.
I tried to call you last night.
Did you have a date? Uh-huh.
Yeah, sort of.
Who was it? Oh, it was no one you know.
It wasn't just, for instance, my attorney? Who told you? It's a very small town.
Who told you? Ricky Bianca saw you come out of the Park Street Cafe on Tuesday when, incidentally, you were supposed to be working with me.
The good-looking guy with a beard and a mustache and hair sort of down to his collar.
Anyway, Ricky says hi and wants to know how you are.
[microwave dings.]
Well, a great big Brownie hi right back to Ricky Bianca.
And wasn't that funny running into Jeffrey Milgrom in the bookstore and, surprise, running into you there, too? Oh, cut the sarcasm, Hope.
Did I interrupt an assignation? Stop it.
Ellyn, he's married.
Hope, I know.
I didn't do anything.
You have to make choices.
There are some rules, aren't there? Rules? Why don't you just tell me about rules, Hope.
Tell me about the possibility of ever finding someone to to love.
Got any rules about that? It's not that simple.
No, it's not that simple.
You seem to think that it's that simple.
Yeah, it is simple.
Don't break up a family.
I'm not.
Well, what do you call it, then? I Oh, boy, you're pulling this moralistic stuff on me again.
I just There's a kid involved, Ellyn.
I know, Hope.
I know what's involved.
It's I just think it's better to care too much about the wrong person than What? You're afraid, you know that? You always have been afraid of real life stuff when it gets messy and you have to compromise.
And what if you started being attracted to someone other than Michael? Oh, you think you're being good and pure and moral, but it's just fear, Hope.
What if I can make him happy? And what if he can make me happy? Does that fit into your code of morals and ethics? You're going to get yourself badly hurt like always.
If Jeffrey Milgrom's marriage breaks up Okay, I haven't done anything, all right? If Jeffrey Milgrom's marriage breaks up, then you can damn well bet he's going to dump you, too - because that's what happens - It's not like that, Hope.
It's just another shoulder to cry on.
It's not like that.
It's not that way.
Right.
Right.
[Melissa.]
Wait.
Okay.
What I meant was have you gone out much with married men? I mean, do you have an ethical position on it? Do you think it's wrong? Well, I figure if I go out with a married man, three people are going to get hurt his wife, me, and my shrink.
What does Excuse me.
What does Doctor Winston say? Oh, nothing.
Nothing.
It's not Michael, is it? No, Melissa.
Okay, just checking.
You going to tell me or are we going to play 20 Questions? No, I'm waiting to hear what you think.
Oh.
Well, I think the odds are if you're a single woman our age, it's going to happen at some time.
Right.
And I think ethics are sometimes a luxury.
And I think you're not going to pay any attention to what I think anyway.
Who is it? Oh, it's no one.
Nothing's even happened.
Ellyn, don't get yourself hurt, okay? Okay.
It's not even about being hurt anymore.
- Hi.
- Hi.
Uh, you want to sit down over there? Yeah.
So where were you? I wanted until 9:30.
Oh, I'm sorry.
I couldn't come, and I couldn't call you, so Yeah, well, why not? She'd never notice.
Oh, don't be so bitter.
- How about right here? - Okay.
- Hi.
- Hi.
Jeffrey, um I'm not your transitional object, am I? I mean, you know, the person you discard with your old wife.
What? You know what I mean.
Hope thinks I'm crazy to be seeing you.
- Hope knows? - Yeah.
Oh, it's okay.
She won't tell anyone.
- Oh, God.
- Just Michael.
Anyway, she thinks I shouldn't be seeing you.
And she almost convinced me that she was right almost, not completely.
But she's not right because I I think that, uh I think that you mean too much to me.
You do.
Say something.
Ellyn Ellyn, I I c I can't I can't keep seeing you.
I can't sleep, I can't work.
I can't Look, I'm not being fair to Valerie and to Christie, and I care too much about you to You care too much about me to Right.
Right.
Look, it's not that Valerie I mean, I don't know.
I don't know why I have to be fair to her.
I just I'm not cut out for this kind of thing.
Okay.
Um Ahem.
Okay.
Jeffrey, it's been real nice seeing you, and I hope I don't run into you sometime.
Goodbye.
There's been something I've been wanting to tell you.
Shoot.
I'm pregnant again.
Y Uh Well, congratulations.
No, that's great.
Thanks.
Thanks.
How long have you, uh How long have you known? A couple of weeks.
A couple Well, that's that's so nice.
I mean, I know how much you wanted That's great.
I mean, you know.
Now the part where you're supposed to ask me when I'm due and how I'm feeling.
Yeah, I always blow that part, right? Yeah.
It's just that I wish you'd told me sooner.
And now there's all this baggage attached to it.
I feel I mean, other people probably know, right? Well, just Nancy, and I think Michael told Melissa.
Oh.
I guess you and I are never going to write that article, huh? How come we always let each other down one way or another? I don't know.
Used to be you and me against the world.
What What are you doing here? My mother.
She got the letters from Kirkpatrick about our negative attitudes.
She went nuts.
I didn't know where else to go.
You ran away? Not really.
Sort of.
My mother thinks I did.
Uh I'm sorry I got mad at you.
That's okay.
It's just What I can't understand is that, uh I mean, he's practically a stranger.
Well, that's why.
That's why? Well I just want to get it over with.
- Weren't you scared? - Mm-mm.
I am.
What's it like? - So what's it like? - I don't know.
- Come on.
- It was, um awful.
Oh, God.
No, it was okay.
It was okay.
Mm-hmm? Mm-hmm.
So you still going to New York? Yep.
Will you give me a ride to the station? Sure I can.
So, uh, what are you going to do? Maybe stay at Louise's or What? I don't know.
What? Tell me.
What? Could I still go to New York with you? Get out of here! You want to go to New York? I could drive.
Where else am I going to go? You got the address? Um, oh, shoot.
Oh.
it's in the bottom of my bag somewhere.
Who would take care of you if I wasn't around? - Got cigarettes? - Yep.
Let's ride.
Baby, it's you Sha la la la la la Baby, it's you Sha la la la la la So how's Jeffrey? Uh Jeffrey Uh, he's fine.
Thanks.
He's fine.
Whoa-ho - More coffee? - No, thanks.
Many nights rolling by I sit alone at home and cry Over you What can I do? I can't help myself 'Cause, baby, it's you Sha la la la la la Closed-Captioned By J.
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