1 00:03:02,350 --> 00:03:03,434 Just this. 2 00:03:04,477 --> 00:03:05,311 Four. 3 00:03:22,662 --> 00:03:25,123 Furthermore, this indemnification clause... 4 00:03:26,040 --> 00:03:29,419 clearly states that there will be no adjunctive relief. 5 00:03:30,962 --> 00:03:34,174 And our client's chances of being rewarded... 6 00:03:35,383 --> 00:03:37,677 financially are minimal at best. 7 00:03:42,599 --> 00:03:43,850 I'll finish it tomorrow. 8 00:04:33,608 --> 00:04:35,652 Can I be blamed for feeling that things 9 00:04:35,652 --> 00:04:37,570 were a little strange that night? 10 00:04:41,449 --> 00:04:43,868 You don't expect a power outage in the spring. 11 00:04:44,953 --> 00:04:46,454 Not without a storm first. 12 00:05:01,427 --> 00:05:03,596 When you're tired and it's a long day 13 00:05:03,596 --> 00:05:04,931 and you're trying to get home, 14 00:05:05,848 --> 00:05:08,601 you tend to feel all these little disconnects 15 00:05:08,768 --> 00:05:12,480 as the slow trajectory of a collapsing civilization. 16 00:05:14,482 --> 00:05:16,776 At least that's where I go. 17 00:05:48,308 --> 00:05:51,394 In the suburbs, we live in nature. 18 00:05:52,603 --> 00:05:55,398 It's a quote from my realtor, the selling phrase she used 19 00:05:55,398 --> 00:05:57,525 when Diana and I first looked at this place. 20 00:05:59,444 --> 00:06:00,278 Crap. 21 00:06:00,570 --> 00:06:03,656 And you do see deer, rabbits, crows... 22 00:06:04,324 --> 00:06:06,492 but we don't live in nature. 23 00:06:07,827 --> 00:06:11,706 That's the point of the suburbs. You live apart from humans, 24 00:06:12,707 --> 00:06:14,584 and you're protected from what's wild. 25 00:06:15,168 --> 00:06:16,169 Jesus. 26 00:06:16,919 --> 00:06:19,130 Go on, get outta here! Go on. 27 00:06:36,356 --> 00:06:37,482 Oh, Christ. 28 00:06:49,786 --> 00:06:51,079 Goddammit. 29 00:07:50,513 --> 00:07:51,472 Go on! 30 00:08:47,778 --> 00:08:49,739 I had quarreled with my wife. 31 00:08:52,158 --> 00:08:53,117 We did this thing 32 00:08:53,284 --> 00:08:55,495 where we would play at sexual jealousy. 33 00:08:59,874 --> 00:09:01,125 But, anyway... 34 00:09:01,125 --> 00:09:02,752 Or, I played at it. 35 00:09:03,294 --> 00:09:04,629 And she was my accomplice. 36 00:09:05,588 --> 00:09:07,173 After 15 years of marriage, 37 00:09:08,132 --> 00:09:10,218 jealousy was the reliable stimulant. 38 00:09:12,094 --> 00:09:12,929 Let's be honest, 39 00:09:13,387 --> 00:09:16,098 when your spouse gets jealous, it's flattering. 40 00:09:17,225 --> 00:09:20,019 The blood stirs, the heart pounds. 41 00:09:20,811 --> 00:09:21,729 We'd quarrel... 42 00:09:23,189 --> 00:09:24,482 and we'd have sex. 43 00:09:26,275 --> 00:09:29,111 Or, as Diana would say provocatively, 44 00:09:29,946 --> 00:09:31,113 we'd fuck. 45 00:09:32,240 --> 00:09:33,241 And it works. 46 00:09:33,241 --> 00:09:35,243 The guy you were coming onto all afternoon? 47 00:09:35,243 --> 00:09:36,202 Until it doesn't. 48 00:09:36,536 --> 00:09:38,120 Obviously I wasn't coming on to him-- 49 00:09:38,120 --> 00:09:40,081 Oh yeah, obviously you weren't. 50 00:09:40,456 --> 00:09:43,793 Diana, anyone within ten feet could see what was going on. 51 00:09:44,252 --> 00:09:47,213 Well, who was watching? It was a conversation. 52 00:09:47,964 --> 00:09:50,007 I witnessed the whole thing, Diana! 53 00:09:50,591 --> 00:09:53,052 You were practically issuing him an invitation. 54 00:09:53,052 --> 00:09:55,263 Only in your peculiar imagination. 55 00:09:55,763 --> 00:09:58,933 Meanwhile, you'll chat up any woman whoever looks at you. 56 00:09:58,933 --> 00:10:00,017 And I'm the one who's flirting. 57 00:10:00,017 --> 00:10:02,520 No, no, you made a very suggestive remark. 58 00:10:02,853 --> 00:10:05,189 - I made an amusing remark. - Oh, amusing! 59 00:10:05,398 --> 00:10:07,400 - Ah! - Everyone laughed, but you. 60 00:10:07,400 --> 00:10:10,278 Well, I failed to be entertained by watching my wife 61 00:10:10,278 --> 00:10:13,281 come on to a guy in a polo shirt. 62 00:10:14,824 --> 00:10:16,701 I was replying to something he said, 63 00:10:16,701 --> 00:10:19,829 something... stupid, if you must know. 64 00:10:20,329 --> 00:10:21,163 God! 65 00:10:21,622 --> 00:10:25,084 I'm so sick of this, this constant surveillance. 66 00:10:25,626 --> 00:10:27,003 - You-- - Whoa, whoa, whoa. 67 00:10:27,003 --> 00:10:29,130 No, you have muzzled me to the point where I can't 68 00:10:29,130 --> 00:10:31,132 carry on a conversation with other parents. 69 00:10:31,549 --> 00:10:33,134 I barely relate to people anymore. 70 00:10:33,134 --> 00:10:34,510 You were relating to him, weren't you? 71 00:10:34,510 --> 00:10:35,636 What do you not see? 72 00:10:36,345 --> 00:10:38,306 I mean, do you think I'd be even remotely inclined 73 00:10:38,306 --> 00:10:39,515 to start something up with anyone, 74 00:10:39,515 --> 00:10:40,891 given the relationship we have? 75 00:10:42,977 --> 00:10:44,061 All I want... 76 00:10:45,062 --> 00:10:46,397 is to get through the day. 77 00:10:47,398 --> 00:10:51,152 That's what I think about. Just... get through the day. 78 00:11:41,118 --> 00:11:42,078 Unbelievable. 79 00:11:53,464 --> 00:11:55,091 Why go in there now, 80 00:11:55,716 --> 00:11:58,969 Just to endure another predicable scene with my wife. 81 00:11:59,929 --> 00:12:01,639 Soon enough they'd all be asleep. 82 00:13:14,211 --> 00:13:15,337 Oh, shit! 83 00:13:16,464 --> 00:13:17,423 Shit! 84 00:13:36,650 --> 00:13:38,736 You know, frankly, I was totally bewildered 85 00:13:38,736 --> 00:13:41,155 by the situation I had created for myself. 86 00:13:43,407 --> 00:13:46,285 Diana would probably think I'd been with someone else. 87 00:13:47,578 --> 00:13:49,747 Not that I'd ever give her a reason to doubt me 88 00:13:49,747 --> 00:13:51,123 in 15 years of marriage. 89 00:13:52,708 --> 00:13:53,751 My God. 90 00:13:54,168 --> 00:13:57,213 It would be the weakest of tactics 91 00:13:57,213 --> 00:13:59,173 for me to walk into my house 92 00:13:59,548 --> 00:14:03,052 and try to explain to her the perfectly rational sequence 93 00:14:03,302 --> 00:14:05,513 that led me to spend the night in the garage. 94 00:14:14,480 --> 00:14:16,482 You know, another woman might have 95 00:14:16,649 --> 00:14:18,567 saved my supper plate in the refrigerator. 96 00:14:19,485 --> 00:14:21,529 But I lived in Diana's judgement. 97 00:14:22,446 --> 00:14:25,074 It shone on me as in a prisoner cell, 98 00:14:25,241 --> 00:14:27,409 where the light is never turned off. 99 00:14:33,082 --> 00:14:36,627 The immediate solution? Postpone my entrance 100 00:14:36,794 --> 00:14:38,754 till my wife had gone off to work. 101 00:14:51,642 --> 00:14:52,726 Rush, rush, rush. 102 00:15:06,574 --> 00:15:07,700 They forgot their lunches. 103 00:15:11,745 --> 00:15:13,038 Girls, girls. Lunch! 104 00:15:14,623 --> 00:15:16,000 They're gonna be late again. 105 00:15:18,669 --> 00:15:20,421 Goodbye girls. Have a good day. 106 00:15:21,005 --> 00:15:22,047 Okay, love you! 107 00:15:30,973 --> 00:15:31,891 Oh, yes. 108 00:15:32,224 --> 00:15:34,810 The first call would be to my office. 109 00:15:35,811 --> 00:15:37,771 No, he hasn't come in. 110 00:15:39,189 --> 00:15:40,649 No. 111 00:15:41,442 --> 00:15:42,818 Yesterday evening. 112 00:15:43,611 --> 00:15:46,196 Well... No, he didn't say anything. 113 00:15:47,656 --> 00:15:49,825 Mm-hmm. We left around the usual time. 114 00:15:51,952 --> 00:15:53,954 Oh yes, of course I will! 115 00:15:55,456 --> 00:15:56,415 Bye-bye. 116 00:16:05,382 --> 00:16:07,134 Ah, what are you doing now? 117 00:16:15,559 --> 00:16:17,811 Surprise. Car's still there. 118 00:16:27,029 --> 00:16:28,530 The plot thickens. 119 00:16:43,128 --> 00:16:45,130 After a few calls to our friends, 120 00:16:45,422 --> 00:16:47,633 wouldn't it seem reasonable to expect 121 00:16:47,633 --> 00:16:50,552 that the assistant curator of the County Museum 122 00:16:51,136 --> 00:16:52,262 would depart for work? 123 00:16:54,181 --> 00:16:56,475 I realize this is a common enough complaint. 124 00:16:57,226 --> 00:17:00,729 But there are times when I feel I've spent my life just waiting 125 00:17:00,896 --> 00:17:03,482 for my wife to get ready to leave the house. 126 00:17:12,700 --> 00:17:13,534 Oh! 127 00:17:13,993 --> 00:17:15,911 You got to be fucking kidding me! 128 00:17:59,121 --> 00:18:00,456 What the hell? 129 00:18:03,876 --> 00:18:05,586 Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. 130 00:18:12,092 --> 00:18:13,969 Ah! 131 00:18:24,563 --> 00:18:25,397 Ah, ha! 132 00:18:26,982 --> 00:18:27,816 Yes, officer. 133 00:18:29,026 --> 00:18:30,402 No checks were missing. 134 00:18:31,236 --> 00:18:34,156 Oh my, my. Where could he be? 135 00:18:37,201 --> 00:18:38,535 Ah. Oh! 136 00:18:39,536 --> 00:18:41,038 This the hubs? 137 00:18:41,663 --> 00:18:43,957 No wonder you want him back, he's a stud. 138 00:18:51,507 --> 00:18:54,301 Our town police are well payed and polite. 139 00:18:54,760 --> 00:18:56,470 And not so different from the rest of us 140 00:18:56,637 --> 00:18:59,932 in their distant relationship to actual crime. 141 00:19:05,938 --> 00:19:07,439 We sat down there drinking Pina Coladas 142 00:19:07,439 --> 00:19:08,607 just to keep us... 143 00:19:12,986 --> 00:19:14,696 They're French-speaking there, right? 144 00:19:14,696 --> 00:19:16,323 What? What am I, a travel agent? 145 00:19:21,245 --> 00:19:22,955 Guarantee he's at the strip club right now, 146 00:19:23,122 --> 00:19:24,498 making it rain. 147 00:19:25,249 --> 00:19:26,208 Dickhead. 148 00:19:48,188 --> 00:19:49,148 Oh, oh. 149 00:19:50,440 --> 00:19:52,693 Here come the waterworks. 150 00:20:16,425 --> 00:20:17,551 Shit! 151 00:20:24,433 --> 00:20:25,350 But then, 152 00:20:26,435 --> 00:20:27,519 God help us. 153 00:20:28,353 --> 00:20:29,521 The widow, Babs. 154 00:20:30,439 --> 00:20:31,356 Right on cue. 155 00:20:33,275 --> 00:20:34,234 Christ. 156 00:20:43,994 --> 00:20:44,953 Good God. 157 00:20:47,039 --> 00:20:48,999 Do you ever shut up? 158 00:20:51,543 --> 00:20:54,546 No, no, no, no, don't cry. Don't cry. 159 00:20:54,546 --> 00:20:56,882 No, he's not worth it. 160 00:20:57,925 --> 00:20:58,800 There you go. 161 00:21:00,135 --> 00:21:02,971 I have big, broad shoulders, darling. 162 00:21:02,971 --> 00:21:04,014 And if you need to cry, 163 00:21:04,014 --> 00:21:06,016 you just lay your head right here. 164 00:21:08,393 --> 00:21:09,686 Broad shoulders. 165 00:21:10,437 --> 00:21:12,105 Like a fucking line-backer. 166 00:21:14,524 --> 00:21:15,901 I'll be here for you. 167 00:21:17,152 --> 00:21:18,695 But darling, now is the time 168 00:21:18,862 --> 00:21:20,906 that you need to protect yourself. 169 00:21:21,657 --> 00:21:22,574 You do. 170 00:21:23,325 --> 00:21:24,785 Financially, I mean. 171 00:21:30,123 --> 00:21:31,333 He can wipe you out. 172 00:21:32,376 --> 00:21:34,544 No, no, no, no. Mommy. 173 00:21:36,463 --> 00:21:38,006 The bank accounts are secured. 174 00:21:38,840 --> 00:21:39,716 Look... 175 00:21:40,717 --> 00:21:42,844 Look, look, look. You see? 176 00:21:44,471 --> 00:21:46,223 If Howard was going to leave me... 177 00:21:47,266 --> 00:21:49,309 wouldn't he have cleared out all the accounts? 178 00:21:49,685 --> 00:21:50,769 But he didn't. 179 00:21:52,271 --> 00:21:53,480 Man, just give him time. 180 00:21:53,939 --> 00:21:54,815 He will. 181 00:21:56,275 --> 00:21:57,234 You bitch. 182 00:21:59,611 --> 00:22:02,531 Oh, God, I wish I had a high-powered rifle right now. 183 00:22:04,908 --> 00:22:05,867 One shot. 184 00:22:08,996 --> 00:22:11,290 That woman could be up here for two days. 185 00:22:46,033 --> 00:22:48,952 At this juncture, it seems fair to point out 186 00:22:49,995 --> 00:22:52,331 if your spouse had seemingly vanished, 187 00:22:52,331 --> 00:22:54,207 would you go off to work as usual? 188 00:22:54,791 --> 00:22:55,834 Are daily matters 189 00:22:55,834 --> 00:22:59,129 so very goddamn urgent at the local County Museum? 190 00:23:00,005 --> 00:23:02,299 Or was that desperate call to the police a tactic, 191 00:23:02,883 --> 00:23:04,509 calculated to embarrass me? 192 00:23:06,636 --> 00:23:08,096 Leave it to Mrs. Wakefield 193 00:23:08,263 --> 00:23:10,098 to turn a rather amusing side-step 194 00:23:10,098 --> 00:23:12,017 into prima facie evidence 195 00:23:12,017 --> 00:23:14,019 of Howard's thoughtless behavior. 196 00:23:15,270 --> 00:23:19,691 I was snide and condescending to her mother. 197 00:23:20,442 --> 00:23:25,113 I lacked interest in her work or I wasted perfectly beautiful, 198 00:23:25,113 --> 00:23:27,407 fall weekends watching football games. 199 00:23:27,991 --> 00:23:30,077 And if she was such a feminist, 200 00:23:30,285 --> 00:23:32,454 why did my opening a door for her 201 00:23:32,454 --> 00:23:36,500 or helping her out with a coat matter so goddamn much? 202 00:24:04,903 --> 00:24:07,155 Standing there in the clear light of day... 203 00:24:08,615 --> 00:24:09,616 I could see. 204 00:24:10,992 --> 00:24:14,204 Diana felt that she had married the wrong man. 205 00:25:24,107 --> 00:25:24,941 I ask you, 206 00:25:25,692 --> 00:25:29,112 what is so sacrosanct about a marriage and a family 207 00:25:29,112 --> 00:25:31,907 that you should have to live in it, day after day, 208 00:25:32,782 --> 00:25:35,160 however unrealized that life may be? 209 00:25:52,135 --> 00:25:53,470 Who hasn't had the impulse 210 00:25:53,470 --> 00:25:56,765 to just put their life on hold for a moment? 211 00:25:58,475 --> 00:25:59,434 I ask you. 212 00:26:27,128 --> 00:26:27,963 Mmm. 213 00:26:29,047 --> 00:26:30,757 Oh my God, that looks good. 214 00:26:36,179 --> 00:26:37,973 What are you two doing? Laughing. 215 00:26:39,641 --> 00:26:40,517 Assholes. 216 00:26:41,726 --> 00:26:43,979 Ah, ah, ah, there's a conspiracy. 217 00:26:44,854 --> 00:26:47,232 Well, it's all a little too convenient, don't you think? 218 00:26:47,232 --> 00:26:49,150 Oh, yes. I agree. 219 00:26:49,776 --> 00:26:51,486 I think she's totally guilty. 220 00:26:53,238 --> 00:26:55,156 She murdered him. 221 00:27:06,585 --> 00:27:07,669 Oh, no. 222 00:27:08,545 --> 00:27:11,506 Ben Jacobs, attorney at law. 223 00:27:11,506 --> 00:27:13,800 Just stopping by for a little deli, huh Ben? 224 00:27:15,218 --> 00:27:16,761 You're not fooling anybody. 225 00:27:21,391 --> 00:27:22,934 I say without shame, 226 00:27:23,518 --> 00:27:26,688 I'd given not a single thought to anyone at work. 227 00:27:28,189 --> 00:27:30,191 And the documents I'd carried away with me? 228 00:27:30,525 --> 00:27:31,484 Documents, 229 00:27:31,484 --> 00:27:34,738 vital to a very lucrative case we've been preparing. 230 00:27:35,238 --> 00:27:38,116 All of that was pretty remote now. 231 00:27:42,370 --> 00:27:44,706 I've got my own little deli going here. 232 00:28:19,407 --> 00:28:20,325 Oh, my God. 233 00:28:22,160 --> 00:28:23,119 There I am. 234 00:28:39,302 --> 00:28:40,178 Ta-da! 235 00:28:52,732 --> 00:28:53,692 Oh, right. 236 00:28:55,110 --> 00:28:56,236 Make her the victim. 237 00:28:56,986 --> 00:28:57,821 Please. 238 00:29:05,203 --> 00:29:08,540 Oh please. They've hardly been abandoned, people, 239 00:29:08,540 --> 00:29:09,499 I'm right here. 240 00:29:36,985 --> 00:29:38,153 Oh, I see. 241 00:29:40,071 --> 00:29:41,072 Here it is. 242 00:29:42,449 --> 00:29:43,825 Making your play, huh Ben? 243 00:29:45,285 --> 00:29:47,537 Go on, go on, go on. She's hurting. 244 00:29:48,747 --> 00:29:50,498 Give her your hankie, be a gentleman. 245 00:29:54,669 --> 00:30:00,175 Oh my God! 246 00:30:00,341 --> 00:30:03,887 He took out his phone. What an ass! 247 00:31:10,036 --> 00:31:13,081 A husband doesn't just vanish, Mrs. Wakefield. 248 00:31:17,126 --> 00:31:19,587 Howard Wakefield is on this earth. 249 00:31:22,549 --> 00:31:23,508 Or under it. 250 00:31:25,176 --> 00:31:28,096 And only you, madam, know which it is. 251 00:31:36,604 --> 00:31:39,357 Are you accusing me of making a game of this? 252 00:31:40,400 --> 00:31:41,359 I assure you, 253 00:31:41,359 --> 00:31:43,820 my frame of mind was quite rational. 254 00:31:45,363 --> 00:31:46,531 May I remind you, 255 00:31:46,739 --> 00:31:49,450 I was eating actual garbage to survive. 256 00:32:32,118 --> 00:32:32,994 Come on back. 257 00:32:34,370 --> 00:32:37,248 Come on, honey. Come back, come back, come back, come back. 258 00:32:40,251 --> 00:32:41,753 There you are. 259 00:32:44,589 --> 00:32:47,050 About my wife's deliberate nudity... 260 00:32:48,551 --> 00:32:50,470 Apparently, it's a side effect of her 261 00:32:50,470 --> 00:32:52,221 having once been a modern dancer. 262 00:32:53,264 --> 00:32:55,224 Briefly, I feel compelled to add. 263 00:32:57,018 --> 00:32:59,562 Who exactly are you trying to attract out there? 264 00:32:59,771 --> 00:33:02,065 No one can see me. And if they can, I don't care. 265 00:33:02,065 --> 00:33:03,441 Hmm. Clearly. 266 00:33:03,691 --> 00:33:06,027 Strutting around this house on full display. 267 00:33:06,486 --> 00:33:07,570 Would it kill you 268 00:33:07,820 --> 00:33:10,198 to put some clothes on in front of our girls? 269 00:33:10,698 --> 00:33:12,033 No, I'm not gonna teach our daughters 270 00:33:12,033 --> 00:33:13,284 to have shame about having a body. 271 00:33:13,451 --> 00:33:16,079 What if I start parading naked around them, huh? 272 00:33:16,079 --> 00:33:17,163 What you think about that? 273 00:33:17,163 --> 00:33:19,582 Hey, look at me! Ooh, Daddy's naked. 274 00:33:19,791 --> 00:33:21,376 Mr. Prudo in the nude-o. 275 00:33:21,376 --> 00:33:23,461 Hey, look at me! I'm going to work naked! 276 00:33:23,670 --> 00:33:24,796 Right, right, right. 277 00:33:28,591 --> 00:33:29,634 Get away from there. 278 00:33:29,634 --> 00:33:30,969 There's no one there, Howard! 279 00:33:49,529 --> 00:33:51,072 Seeing my wife in the nude, 280 00:33:51,656 --> 00:33:52,615 oddly enough, 281 00:33:52,907 --> 00:33:54,909 usually got me thinking about money. 282 00:33:58,246 --> 00:34:00,248 I've only a slender amount of cash with me. 283 00:34:01,374 --> 00:34:03,793 And if it's my intention to vanish completely, 284 00:34:04,377 --> 00:34:06,546 using your credit card is out of the question. 285 00:34:10,591 --> 00:34:14,303 I could pre-date a bank check and cash it somewhere, yes. 286 00:34:15,304 --> 00:34:17,015 But that might signal to Diana 287 00:34:17,015 --> 00:34:19,017 that my disappearance was pre-meditated. 288 00:34:19,892 --> 00:34:23,604 Which, I don't know, seems unnecessarily cruel. 289 00:35:16,199 --> 00:35:17,784 It's not difficult to run away. 290 00:35:18,910 --> 00:35:20,745 People ditch their families all the time. 291 00:35:24,457 --> 00:35:25,792 But, if this were a simple 292 00:35:25,958 --> 00:35:27,752 abandonment of wife and children, 293 00:35:28,586 --> 00:35:32,590 I'd have written Diana a note, taken my car out of the garage, 294 00:35:33,549 --> 00:35:35,968 driven to Manhattan, checked into a hotel, 295 00:35:36,803 --> 00:35:38,304 and walked to work in the morning. 296 00:35:38,846 --> 00:35:40,640 Easy, anyone can do that. 297 00:35:45,978 --> 00:35:48,523 But you'd still be the same person. 298 00:35:52,443 --> 00:35:53,694 This is different. 299 00:36:02,662 --> 00:36:03,579 You see, 300 00:36:04,580 --> 00:36:06,415 I no longer seem to require 301 00:36:06,415 --> 00:36:09,418 those things that only days ago were so indispensable. 302 00:36:10,336 --> 00:36:11,921 The armor of a clean shirt, 303 00:36:12,797 --> 00:36:14,006 the smooth shave, 304 00:36:14,382 --> 00:36:17,468 credit cards, cell phones, clients. 305 00:36:21,097 --> 00:36:23,474 There will be no more getting on that train. 306 00:36:34,360 --> 00:36:35,862 I'll take nothing more from her. 307 00:36:37,280 --> 00:36:38,614 Nothing from that house. 308 00:36:39,866 --> 00:36:40,700 Ever. 309 00:36:45,538 --> 00:36:47,915 I'll sustain myself like a castaway. 310 00:36:49,834 --> 00:36:50,710 A survivor. 311 00:36:52,837 --> 00:36:53,796 Undetected. 312 00:36:59,343 --> 00:37:00,344 Unshackled. 313 00:37:01,762 --> 00:37:04,557 I'll become the Howard Wakefield I was meant to be. 314 00:37:11,522 --> 00:37:12,440 Oh please, 315 00:37:12,773 --> 00:37:14,483 you've imagined doing this yourself, 316 00:37:14,483 --> 00:37:15,443 I know you have. 317 00:37:19,030 --> 00:37:20,740 "But what about the twins," you ask, 318 00:37:21,407 --> 00:37:22,450 "no regrets there?" 319 00:37:24,577 --> 00:37:27,663 In their current phase our girls generally think of me 320 00:37:27,663 --> 00:37:29,665 as some kind of unfortunate oddity, 321 00:37:30,124 --> 00:37:32,335 who embarrasses them in front of their friends. 322 00:37:33,961 --> 00:37:35,671 Believe me, 323 00:37:36,130 --> 00:37:38,049 I'm seeing more of these two now 324 00:37:38,049 --> 00:37:40,009 than I have in months, if not years. 325 00:37:42,637 --> 00:37:44,555 And I'm sure it's not lost on you, 326 00:37:45,264 --> 00:37:47,058 though I might've left my wife, 327 00:37:48,309 --> 00:37:50,394 I'll still be able to keep an eye on her. 328 00:38:20,299 --> 00:38:21,175 Ah, ha! 329 00:38:23,803 --> 00:38:24,762 There we go. 330 00:39:34,874 --> 00:39:37,251 Did I ever miss the conveniences of home? 331 00:39:37,501 --> 00:39:38,336 Oh! 332 00:39:40,129 --> 00:39:41,088 Yeah. 333 00:39:41,964 --> 00:39:42,923 No TV? 334 00:39:44,467 --> 00:39:45,509 No problem. 335 00:39:48,304 --> 00:39:50,139 Our neighbor, Dr. Sondervan, 336 00:39:50,473 --> 00:39:52,933 is a known authority on Down Syndrome 337 00:39:52,933 --> 00:39:54,643 and other developmental disorders. 338 00:39:58,064 --> 00:40:00,107 When he began to board some patients, 339 00:40:00,107 --> 00:40:01,233 a few months at a time, 340 00:40:02,026 --> 00:40:03,444 I stood up for Sondervan 341 00:40:03,611 --> 00:40:05,363 when our neighbors petitioned against him. 342 00:40:14,538 --> 00:40:15,414 Oh shit! 343 00:40:16,332 --> 00:40:17,249 God! 344 00:40:28,761 --> 00:40:30,888 My spirited defense of Dr. Sondervan 345 00:40:30,888 --> 00:40:32,014 and his young charges, 346 00:40:32,181 --> 00:40:35,434 for once gave me the moral high ground with Diana, 347 00:40:35,601 --> 00:40:37,520 who naturally took the opposing view. 348 00:40:38,270 --> 00:40:39,230 "Howard, really? 349 00:40:39,772 --> 00:40:42,775 Do we have any idea what goes on behind those gates?" 350 00:40:43,776 --> 00:40:45,861 And the apparent answer to your wife is, 351 00:40:46,779 --> 00:40:48,322 "Not too goddamn much." 352 00:40:49,156 --> 00:40:51,242 Mornings, a little social interaction. 353 00:40:51,826 --> 00:40:54,245 Evenings conclude with a hot shower. 354 00:40:55,704 --> 00:40:58,040 And who can argue with that? 355 00:41:28,195 --> 00:41:29,321 There you are. 356 00:41:32,700 --> 00:41:33,617 Oh! 357 00:41:34,535 --> 00:41:35,703 Not so easy, is it? 358 00:41:36,537 --> 00:41:38,747 In every marriage, there's a division of labor. 359 00:41:39,373 --> 00:41:40,708 Mine and yours. 360 00:41:41,167 --> 00:41:43,377 By Diana's artful calibration, 361 00:41:44,003 --> 00:41:46,922 her tasks occur only inside the house. 362 00:41:47,548 --> 00:41:49,800 Children, cleaning, provisioning, 363 00:41:50,384 --> 00:41:53,471 ooh, which means shopping. Lots of shopping. 364 00:41:54,013 --> 00:41:56,932 But anything external, the roof, the gutters, 365 00:41:56,932 --> 00:41:59,810 the chimney, trash, snow, servicing the cars. 366 00:42:00,144 --> 00:42:01,520 that's all left to me. 367 00:42:02,021 --> 00:42:03,522 Her duties end at the door, 368 00:42:03,856 --> 00:42:06,400 and, of course, any labor accomplished outside the house 369 00:42:06,692 --> 00:42:08,152 is invisible to my wife. 370 00:42:09,278 --> 00:42:10,946 Paying the bills. Invisible. 371 00:42:12,072 --> 00:42:12,907 Property taxes. 372 00:42:13,574 --> 00:42:14,492 Life insurance. 373 00:42:15,242 --> 00:42:16,076 Home insurance. 374 00:42:16,327 --> 00:42:18,037 And of course, our mortgage. 375 00:42:18,913 --> 00:42:21,332 All faithfully and invisibly 376 00:42:21,540 --> 00:42:23,834 taken care of by one Howard Wakefield. 377 00:42:24,793 --> 00:42:27,171 Now, quite possibly deceased. 378 00:42:29,507 --> 00:42:30,382 Celebration. 379 00:42:31,550 --> 00:42:33,177 One, two, three, four, five. 380 00:42:35,971 --> 00:42:36,847 Party? 381 00:42:39,475 --> 00:42:42,019 P-A-R-T-Y. 382 00:42:42,686 --> 00:42:43,521 Yeah. 383 00:42:44,188 --> 00:42:45,105 Monday. 384 00:42:52,863 --> 00:42:54,532 Who the hell is this? 385 00:43:02,414 --> 00:43:05,501 Oh my God. Ben Jacobs. 386 00:43:07,461 --> 00:43:09,755 Oh yes, yes, yes. Uh-huh. 387 00:43:11,173 --> 00:43:12,550 You dog. 388 00:43:14,426 --> 00:43:16,428 Coffee, cookies. Come on in. 389 00:43:18,180 --> 00:43:21,267 Oh, he's gonna need some whitener for his coffee, Diana. 390 00:43:21,850 --> 00:43:22,935 Uh, excuse me, 391 00:43:22,935 --> 00:43:24,853 you-- you don't have any soy milk, do you? 392 00:43:25,354 --> 00:43:26,897 Of course, she's got soya milk. 393 00:43:27,147 --> 00:43:28,857 She's got everything! 394 00:43:31,735 --> 00:43:33,737 Please, Ben, please. 395 00:43:34,238 --> 00:43:37,449 Tell her about your tragic lactose intolerance. 396 00:43:38,409 --> 00:43:41,537 All the bloating and flatulence. 397 00:43:57,636 --> 00:43:58,804 Ah, ha! 398 00:43:59,722 --> 00:44:03,517 A little pro bono work on behalf of the firm, how nice of you. 399 00:44:06,353 --> 00:44:07,563 I'm impressed 400 00:44:08,522 --> 00:44:10,941 With my attorney Bernie 401 00:44:10,941 --> 00:44:12,192 I'm impressed 402 00:44:12,610 --> 00:44:15,446 With his influential friends 403 00:44:16,488 --> 00:44:19,825 He's got very big connections 404 00:44:20,451 --> 00:44:23,078 And I follow his directions 405 00:44:24,580 --> 00:44:26,832 You know, I never used to sing. 406 00:44:27,541 --> 00:44:28,959 I think that's worth noting. 407 00:44:33,130 --> 00:44:34,256 If I sign this... 408 00:44:35,799 --> 00:44:38,218 it's declaring my husband absentee. 409 00:44:40,596 --> 00:44:41,889 What if I don't sign? 410 00:44:43,515 --> 00:44:45,225 Would it make him any less absent? 411 00:44:54,568 --> 00:44:56,654 You've got to be kidding me. 412 00:44:57,529 --> 00:44:59,073 Right away with the-- 413 00:45:00,115 --> 00:45:01,033 Come on, honey. 414 00:45:01,742 --> 00:45:03,410 Show him the door. Show him. 415 00:45:06,622 --> 00:45:08,207 Yes, yes! 416 00:45:11,251 --> 00:45:14,838 Oh, Ben, you are such a douche! 417 00:45:15,631 --> 00:45:17,966 She is totally out of your league. 418 00:45:18,717 --> 00:45:19,885 Atta girl. 419 00:45:27,685 --> 00:45:29,228 That's for you, dickhead. 420 00:45:36,318 --> 00:45:38,696 Absentee or no, it's a victory, I guess, 421 00:45:39,488 --> 00:45:41,657 to know I've still got possession of my wife. 422 00:45:43,992 --> 00:45:45,035 Which reminds me. 423 00:45:45,369 --> 00:45:48,414 I believe you're aware that Diana was something of a dancer? 424 00:45:50,916 --> 00:45:52,501 By the time we met, of course, 425 00:45:53,127 --> 00:45:55,504 Diana's brief flirtation with the stage 426 00:45:55,504 --> 00:45:58,632 had been replaced by the occasional evening bar class, 427 00:45:59,174 --> 00:46:01,927 while she pursued a graduate degree in Art History 428 00:46:02,720 --> 00:46:05,639 and complicated her life in the usual ways. 429 00:46:08,308 --> 00:46:10,894 Did I tell you she was involved with someone else 430 00:46:10,894 --> 00:46:12,271 when she started seeing me? 431 00:46:14,523 --> 00:46:16,817 Dirk... Dirk Morrison. 432 00:46:17,401 --> 00:46:19,653 Without touching the dime or the bottle, 433 00:46:20,237 --> 00:46:21,780 and using only one finger, 434 00:46:22,322 --> 00:46:23,532 get the dime into the bottle. 435 00:46:23,907 --> 00:46:25,033 We met in the city 436 00:46:25,033 --> 00:46:26,952 through an alumni mixer and hit it off. 437 00:46:27,202 --> 00:46:28,203 A few years later, 438 00:46:28,203 --> 00:46:30,873 my firm did some work for his capital investment firm... 439 00:46:31,123 --> 00:46:32,249 I thought you were smart. 440 00:46:33,917 --> 00:46:35,878 ...I guess he'd say we were friends. 441 00:46:35,878 --> 00:46:37,129 - Where's the $5? - Well done! 442 00:46:37,129 --> 00:46:38,839 I didn't bet you five dollars, though. 443 00:46:39,214 --> 00:46:40,382 There was nothing 444 00:46:40,549 --> 00:46:43,051 Dirk couldn't turn into a competition. 445 00:46:43,719 --> 00:46:45,220 Fuck, yeah! 446 00:46:45,220 --> 00:46:47,139 - What else you got? - Can't hear you? 447 00:46:49,475 --> 00:46:50,809 Thank you very much. 448 00:46:50,809 --> 00:46:52,978 And I'm not defending my own actions, but, 449 00:46:53,520 --> 00:46:54,813 Dirk's competitiveness 450 00:46:54,813 --> 00:46:57,232 brought out a certain quality in me... 451 00:46:57,399 --> 00:46:58,650 Before your very eyes, 452 00:46:59,610 --> 00:47:01,403 I'm gonna make this widget 453 00:47:01,779 --> 00:47:04,531 leave this bottle without touching the bottle 454 00:47:04,865 --> 00:47:06,909 or the widget in any way. 455 00:47:07,910 --> 00:47:09,036 Should we stand back? 456 00:47:11,246 --> 00:47:12,247 - Whoa! - Oh! 457 00:47:12,998 --> 00:47:14,208 - Ow! - Oh! 458 00:47:16,251 --> 00:47:17,127 Shit. 459 00:47:17,961 --> 00:47:20,839 I'd never had a thing for dancers myself, but, 460 00:47:21,465 --> 00:47:24,635 somehow Dirk's intense interest in Diana 461 00:47:25,469 --> 00:47:27,137 gave me ideas of my own. 462 00:47:35,103 --> 00:47:36,730 - Hey! - Oh, hi! Diana. 463 00:47:36,730 --> 00:47:37,815 Oh, yes, of course-- 464 00:47:37,815 --> 00:47:39,441 - Hi! How are you? - Hi! 465 00:47:39,441 --> 00:47:41,401 At first, she wouldn't go out with me. 466 00:47:41,735 --> 00:47:45,155 I'm seeing a good friend of yours. Dirk? 467 00:47:45,864 --> 00:47:48,408 Morrison. I'm, I'm dating Dirk. 468 00:47:49,034 --> 00:47:50,369 The thing to remember is, 469 00:47:50,577 --> 00:47:54,039 I'm a litigator by profession. I have a talent for persuasion. 470 00:48:00,087 --> 00:48:02,422 Not that she ran to Dirk with the news. 471 00:48:09,054 --> 00:48:11,139 I had just been made a senior partner at the firm, 472 00:48:11,306 --> 00:48:13,141 Dirk was grinding away on Wall Street. 473 00:48:13,725 --> 00:48:15,310 So, busy people, right? 474 00:48:16,061 --> 00:48:18,814 It took a while for Dirk to find out. 475 00:48:21,608 --> 00:48:23,527 Howard, you are joking right now? 476 00:48:24,403 --> 00:48:25,487 No, no, she-- 477 00:48:26,280 --> 00:48:28,407 She wanted to get out and I said great, 478 00:48:28,740 --> 00:48:30,576 so, we went for a bike ride in Central Park. 479 00:48:31,076 --> 00:48:34,121 It was nice. A little lunch at the, at the boat house. 480 00:48:35,330 --> 00:48:37,457 - That is horrible bullshit. - Here, here's your light beer. 481 00:48:37,833 --> 00:48:38,667 Cheers. 482 00:48:39,418 --> 00:48:40,627 I mean, let's be serious, 483 00:48:40,627 --> 00:48:42,838 it's not as if anything is happening with you. 484 00:48:43,589 --> 00:48:47,259 That's bullocks! Howard, we have a thing. 485 00:48:47,968 --> 00:48:49,678 We-- We have an understanding. 486 00:48:50,762 --> 00:48:52,514 - An understanding? - Yeah. 487 00:48:53,390 --> 00:48:54,391 Dirk, I mean... 488 00:48:55,100 --> 00:48:56,518 you're not even fucking her. 489 00:48:56,852 --> 00:49:00,105 Last week you told me not to rush it. I mean, Jesus! 490 00:49:00,272 --> 00:49:03,442 Yes, but a woman like Diana cannot be pushed. 491 00:49:03,442 --> 00:49:04,735 You need to gain her trust. 492 00:49:04,735 --> 00:49:05,986 Wait. Did you, did you tell Diana 493 00:49:05,986 --> 00:49:07,654 that I gave you permission to ask her out? 494 00:49:10,198 --> 00:49:11,533 - What? - Just tell me. 495 00:49:14,745 --> 00:49:15,704 No! 496 00:49:16,538 --> 00:49:18,707 Look, Dirk, she's just not happy. 497 00:49:20,125 --> 00:49:22,294 She didn't wanna tell you what really happened. 498 00:49:24,296 --> 00:49:25,339 She's protecting you. 499 00:49:28,759 --> 00:49:29,635 Honest. 500 00:49:32,971 --> 00:49:33,931 I lied, of course. 501 00:49:35,223 --> 00:49:37,476 Diana was torn between us. 502 00:49:39,144 --> 00:49:42,856 The drama went on for, God, weeks at least. 503 00:49:43,357 --> 00:49:44,441 It's okay. 504 00:49:46,902 --> 00:49:49,029 Why she'd never gone to bed with Dirk was-- 505 00:49:49,029 --> 00:49:52,991 I had made my move early on, in time to head it off. 506 00:49:54,284 --> 00:49:55,744 But in those early weeks, 507 00:49:55,744 --> 00:49:57,663 she wasn't sleeping with me either. 508 00:49:58,372 --> 00:49:59,581 It's okay. 509 00:50:00,374 --> 00:50:01,583 Till I made a genius, 510 00:50:01,750 --> 00:50:04,419 and I mean genius, strategic move. 511 00:50:04,920 --> 00:50:06,922 I mean, whatever she's telling you, 512 00:50:06,922 --> 00:50:09,841 she is certainly not asking me to back off. 513 00:50:11,343 --> 00:50:12,511 Not at all. 514 00:50:15,097 --> 00:50:15,973 What she says... 515 00:50:17,015 --> 00:50:18,725 is that she really cares about me. 516 00:50:20,644 --> 00:50:25,440 Diana, the queen of mixed signals, huh? 517 00:50:26,984 --> 00:50:28,652 Hey, maybe she's playing us both. 518 00:50:30,320 --> 00:50:31,947 You know, in bed last night, 519 00:50:31,947 --> 00:50:34,408 she started talking about moving in with me 520 00:50:34,408 --> 00:50:35,575 and I went, "seriously?" 521 00:50:36,326 --> 00:50:38,078 I'm thinking, I really like you, 522 00:50:38,078 --> 00:50:40,664 but aren't we moving a little too fast with this? 523 00:50:40,664 --> 00:50:41,832 Wait, wait, wait. 524 00:50:43,166 --> 00:50:44,126 She, she's not... 525 00:50:45,585 --> 00:50:46,962 She's, she's not sleeping with you? 526 00:50:51,049 --> 00:50:52,134 Yeah, of course. 527 00:50:55,220 --> 00:50:56,680 What? She didn't say anything to you? 528 00:50:58,390 --> 00:50:59,933 Oh, my God. 529 00:51:03,687 --> 00:51:04,646 Diana. 530 00:51:06,064 --> 00:51:07,232 Genius, right? 531 00:51:08,400 --> 00:51:10,402 I knew Dirk would do something stupid. 532 00:51:17,200 --> 00:51:18,660 Wait, no, wait. Stop! 533 00:51:20,412 --> 00:51:21,246 Stop it! 534 00:51:21,413 --> 00:51:23,457 Within hours, it had all played out. 535 00:51:23,457 --> 00:51:24,332 ...snake. 536 00:51:25,125 --> 00:51:26,418 Hey, how are you? 537 00:51:30,630 --> 00:51:31,465 Oh. 538 00:51:31,673 --> 00:51:33,091 How is it? Bad? 539 00:51:33,592 --> 00:51:34,634 Oh! 540 00:51:34,634 --> 00:51:35,635 Oh, I know. 541 00:51:36,344 --> 00:51:39,681 I'm... so sorry. 542 00:51:40,807 --> 00:51:41,933 - No, no, no, no. - Sorry. 543 00:51:42,559 --> 00:51:43,602 It feels better. 544 00:51:44,436 --> 00:51:46,063 Just leave it there a second. 545 00:51:48,148 --> 00:51:49,900 I have never seen this side of him before. 546 00:51:49,900 --> 00:51:51,485 - But this is violence.... - Hmmm. 547 00:51:52,235 --> 00:51:55,363 Well, I'm not so surprised. I've known this guy a long time. 548 00:51:57,449 --> 00:51:59,451 - Has the swelling gone down? - No. 549 00:52:01,119 --> 00:52:02,537 You poor baby. 550 00:52:07,959 --> 00:52:08,919 That's better. 551 00:52:10,670 --> 00:52:12,089 That's even more better. 552 00:52:28,146 --> 00:52:30,440 And thank you, Dirk Morrison. 553 00:52:38,698 --> 00:52:39,825 Would I have wanted her 554 00:52:39,825 --> 00:52:41,576 if she weren't my best friend's girl? 555 00:52:43,578 --> 00:52:45,789 Was I just jacked up by the competition? 556 00:52:48,458 --> 00:52:49,376 Well, 557 00:52:50,252 --> 00:52:53,213 it did occur to me about a year into the marriage. 558 00:52:57,300 --> 00:52:59,177 But by then your wife is pregnant. 559 00:53:00,137 --> 00:53:01,429 She's carrying your child. 560 00:53:02,389 --> 00:53:04,099 And God, I don't know. 561 00:53:05,183 --> 00:53:07,936 She was just so beautiful. 562 00:53:08,728 --> 00:53:09,688 All over again. 563 00:53:13,358 --> 00:53:16,403 It makes you go a little crazy... that stuff. 564 00:53:17,612 --> 00:53:20,115 That gorgeous round belly. 565 00:53:21,283 --> 00:53:23,368 It awakens this whole other level of... 566 00:53:24,619 --> 00:53:25,537 Well, 567 00:53:25,787 --> 00:53:26,913 fear, I guess. 568 00:53:28,081 --> 00:53:29,958 You wanna capture her somehow. 569 00:53:32,752 --> 00:53:34,379 You see, this is how they get you. 570 00:53:34,379 --> 00:53:37,799 They maneuver things to that point where you feel like 571 00:53:37,799 --> 00:53:40,927 everything in your life is suddenly precious... 572 00:53:41,803 --> 00:53:44,973 and simultaneously totally precarious. 573 00:53:46,433 --> 00:53:48,518 It just slams you. 574 00:53:50,020 --> 00:53:52,606 The realization that everything with any meaning, 575 00:53:53,148 --> 00:53:54,357 anything you love, 576 00:53:55,150 --> 00:53:57,569 could just be taken away in some random event. 577 00:54:03,074 --> 00:54:04,159 Anything could happen. 578 00:54:05,118 --> 00:54:05,952 Right? 579 00:54:07,996 --> 00:54:08,872 Anything. 580 00:54:11,708 --> 00:54:13,877 If I had left her in the conventional sense, 581 00:54:14,211 --> 00:54:15,462 if I had divorced her, 582 00:54:16,379 --> 00:54:17,797 no one would blame my wife 583 00:54:17,964 --> 00:54:20,133 if she began entertaining hordes of men. 584 00:54:21,468 --> 00:54:22,761 But by simply vanishing, 585 00:54:23,428 --> 00:54:27,515 I placed Diana in a... let's say, a distant category. 586 00:54:29,392 --> 00:54:31,645 Till it's known what's become of her husband, 587 00:54:32,229 --> 00:54:36,233 Mrs. Wakefield remains not quite available. 588 00:54:38,485 --> 00:54:39,486 A power move? 589 00:54:40,237 --> 00:54:42,197 Am I intentionally frustrating her? 590 00:54:43,406 --> 00:54:44,616 Not at all, my love. 591 00:54:45,992 --> 00:54:48,995 I'm sure you have vivid memories of what you're missing. 592 00:54:50,580 --> 00:54:51,498 I know I do. 593 00:54:55,377 --> 00:54:57,879 I just want you to want me 594 00:54:58,755 --> 00:55:00,715 as much as I want you. 595 00:55:14,062 --> 00:55:16,064 When people are leaving for summer vacation, 596 00:55:16,064 --> 00:55:17,315 they put out more trash. 597 00:55:17,691 --> 00:55:19,401 Clean out the fridge, never fails. 598 00:55:23,321 --> 00:55:25,323 Ah, the tell-tale signs. 599 00:55:26,157 --> 00:55:27,784 There's always ice cream. 600 00:55:31,454 --> 00:55:32,414 Every two weeks, 601 00:55:32,414 --> 00:55:34,165 residents here put out the good stuff. 602 00:55:34,749 --> 00:55:36,418 Whatever isn't strictly garbage. 603 00:55:37,002 --> 00:55:39,587 By 2:00 a.m., anything usable is gone. 604 00:56:01,067 --> 00:56:01,901 Gleaners. 605 00:56:02,485 --> 00:56:04,237 Russians from the south end of town. 606 00:56:05,030 --> 00:56:06,990 Bottom feeders. 607 00:56:08,033 --> 00:56:10,994 ...early lead, six-zero. 608 00:56:12,037 --> 00:56:13,163 They scored... 609 00:56:20,920 --> 00:56:22,922 I'm not being a baby, I'm just not going up there. 610 00:56:22,922 --> 00:56:24,424 - Yes, you are. - No! 611 00:56:24,424 --> 00:56:26,551 - I'm saying you have to. - Well, you know what? 612 00:56:26,551 --> 00:56:28,178 - I don't have to listen to you. - Yes, you do! 613 00:56:31,973 --> 00:56:33,141 No, come on! 614 00:56:33,600 --> 00:56:34,642 - Mommy said you have-- - Ow! 615 00:56:36,770 --> 00:56:37,979 ...spiders up there.... 616 00:56:37,979 --> 00:56:39,939 - But I don't have on shoes! - Neither do I! 617 00:56:42,734 --> 00:56:44,652 - I'm gonna get splinters! - And I won't? 618 00:56:48,990 --> 00:56:50,408 - Okay, we'll both go! - Okay. 619 00:57:30,198 --> 00:57:31,199 I blame myself 620 00:57:31,491 --> 00:57:33,618 for getting lulled into the domestic routine. 621 00:57:34,536 --> 00:57:37,247 Day after day. So much is the same. 622 00:57:38,206 --> 00:57:39,040 Diana, 623 00:57:40,208 --> 00:57:41,126 neighbors, 624 00:57:42,419 --> 00:57:43,253 tradesman. 625 00:57:47,382 --> 00:57:49,050 Week after week. 626 00:57:53,680 --> 00:57:57,016 And one day... routine goes to hell. 627 00:58:14,701 --> 00:58:16,119 Exhibit A. 628 00:58:18,538 --> 00:58:20,457 Diana couldn't be taking the girls 629 00:58:20,457 --> 00:58:22,292 on our usual summer trip to the Cape? 630 00:58:23,126 --> 00:58:25,170 How could she possibly afford it this year? 631 00:58:27,672 --> 00:58:30,091 Diana had very little coming in these days. 632 00:58:30,633 --> 00:58:32,969 Would she really damage our savings 633 00:58:33,344 --> 00:58:35,221 just to lull around on the beach 634 00:58:35,680 --> 00:58:37,348 in a very small bikini? 635 00:58:39,476 --> 00:58:41,227 God, the three of them. 636 00:58:42,270 --> 00:58:44,147 I'm trying to track the exact moment 637 00:58:44,147 --> 00:58:46,232 those three became the opposing team. 638 00:58:47,150 --> 00:58:48,151 Howdy do? 639 00:58:49,652 --> 00:58:50,612 How was, uh... 640 00:58:51,779 --> 00:58:52,697 how was school? 641 00:58:53,198 --> 00:58:56,826 ...should get a photographer. 642 00:59:01,039 --> 00:59:02,790 Okay. Right. 643 00:59:03,374 --> 00:59:05,543 But then who's going to clean up... 644 00:59:06,920 --> 00:59:08,463 The many times I've listened 645 00:59:08,630 --> 00:59:10,298 under the windows of this house. 646 00:59:10,757 --> 00:59:14,093 Have I heard my name spoken even once? 647 00:59:18,306 --> 00:59:19,265 So why am I 648 00:59:19,265 --> 00:59:21,768 so concerned about their financial situation? 649 00:59:25,021 --> 00:59:27,357 I'm the one who's impoverished, goddammit! 650 00:59:27,649 --> 00:59:28,858 Scrounging every meal! 651 00:59:30,068 --> 00:59:32,403 It's hot as blazes in this attic! 652 00:59:34,822 --> 00:59:37,617 It's glaringly obvious that my wife herself 653 00:59:37,617 --> 00:59:38,618 will come up here tonight 654 00:59:39,160 --> 00:59:42,330 to carry away those essential vacation items 655 00:59:42,705 --> 00:59:45,500 that Howard Wakefield, devoted husband, 656 00:59:45,500 --> 00:59:48,545 had so obediently opened his wallet to provide. 657 01:00:20,201 --> 01:00:21,160 A prisoner... 658 01:00:22,620 --> 01:00:24,414 that's what I've made of myself. 659 01:00:25,456 --> 01:00:28,042 The fuckwit prisoner of all time. 660 01:01:14,756 --> 01:01:15,965 Here we go. 661 01:01:57,090 --> 01:01:58,508 Son of a bitch! 662 01:02:38,005 --> 01:02:38,840 What the hell? 663 01:02:41,217 --> 01:02:42,093 That's a shame. 664 01:02:54,063 --> 01:02:55,022 Ask her... 665 01:02:56,566 --> 01:02:58,484 She's in back. She's getting stuff in the car. 666 01:03:06,659 --> 01:03:09,036 Hold up, I've got the chairs. 667 01:03:11,414 --> 01:03:12,623 Sweetheart! 668 01:03:19,797 --> 01:03:20,965 I'm coming. I'm coming. 669 01:03:21,340 --> 01:03:22,842 I brought us a Go Cup of coffee. 670 01:03:28,431 --> 01:03:30,641 That place has been good since I was a kid, right? 671 01:03:56,167 --> 01:03:57,043 Is it just me, 672 01:03:57,835 --> 01:04:00,838 or is it oddly relaxing when the wife goes out of town? 673 01:04:11,933 --> 01:04:14,310 You know, maybe it's summer, but... 674 01:04:14,894 --> 01:04:18,314 I find I'm becoming lax about keeping up with events. 675 01:04:33,788 --> 01:04:34,664 Look at you! 676 01:04:47,760 --> 01:04:49,595 Oh, look. He's got Wall Street. 677 01:04:50,763 --> 01:04:51,931 Damn right he is. 678 01:04:55,142 --> 01:04:56,102 Divorced. 679 01:04:57,478 --> 01:04:58,354 Loser. 680 01:05:06,070 --> 01:05:07,154 What's amazing 681 01:05:07,405 --> 01:05:10,908 is that old Dirk and I ended up in the same line of work. 682 01:05:11,701 --> 01:05:13,744 Dirk Morrison, junk man. 683 01:05:14,120 --> 01:05:16,163 Scavenging the remnants of, what? 684 01:05:16,163 --> 01:05:17,790 Pizza chains and supermarkets. 685 01:05:18,249 --> 01:05:20,585 Buying, rating, flipping. 686 01:05:21,085 --> 01:05:22,920 Exhausting. 687 01:05:30,261 --> 01:05:31,429 Good job, sweetheart. 688 01:05:41,230 --> 01:05:43,733 Do I ever worry that someone might recognize me 689 01:05:43,733 --> 01:05:45,735 on one of these expeditions to town? 690 01:05:48,654 --> 01:05:49,530 Diana? 691 01:05:50,573 --> 01:05:52,199 Coming home early from the Cape. 692 01:05:56,662 --> 01:05:58,873 She could show up any moment. 693 01:06:02,877 --> 01:06:03,836 Oh believe me, 694 01:06:04,003 --> 01:06:06,505 I can knock out countless variations. 695 01:06:14,722 --> 01:06:16,349 It's endlessly entertaining. 696 01:06:18,726 --> 01:06:19,685 You do realize, 697 01:06:19,685 --> 01:06:22,188 I hope that none of this is a rejection of my wife? 698 01:06:22,355 --> 01:06:25,358 or, or suburban life or any of that? 699 01:06:28,152 --> 01:06:29,111 You see... 700 01:06:29,570 --> 01:06:30,988 I never left my family. 701 01:06:32,573 --> 01:06:33,532 I left myself. 702 01:06:35,993 --> 01:06:37,495 I stepped into the wild. 703 01:06:39,080 --> 01:06:42,291 Into that primal arena a beach vacation in Cape Cod 704 01:06:42,458 --> 01:06:44,001 only pretends to supply. 705 01:06:48,089 --> 01:06:49,423 But in the primal world, 706 01:06:50,049 --> 01:06:50,967 there's one law... 707 01:06:55,054 --> 01:06:56,931 We are food to one another. 708 01:06:58,724 --> 01:06:59,767 Or we are not. 709 01:07:00,601 --> 01:07:02,728 That's it, end of story. 710 01:07:11,278 --> 01:07:12,863 You know how in late summer 711 01:07:12,863 --> 01:07:15,157 there's always that first night of autumn? 712 01:07:16,409 --> 01:07:17,660 That familiar chill. 713 01:07:21,414 --> 01:07:23,499 Normally, I welcome the change of season. 714 01:07:24,041 --> 01:07:25,501 But this time, well, 715 01:07:26,293 --> 01:07:28,212 I no longer have a pair of shoes. 716 01:08:03,664 --> 01:08:04,915 No, no, no. I-- 717 01:08:04,915 --> 01:08:09,253 Hey, hey, hey! No, no, no! 718 01:08:09,253 --> 01:08:10,171 Mine! 719 01:09:43,013 --> 01:09:44,765 Come. Come on. 720 01:10:11,417 --> 01:10:12,293 Herbert. 721 01:10:12,918 --> 01:10:13,752 Herbert. 722 01:10:20,634 --> 01:10:21,594 Emily. 723 01:10:25,848 --> 01:10:26,974 Emily, and... 724 01:10:28,601 --> 01:10:29,518 Herbert. 725 01:10:36,567 --> 01:10:38,736 - Howard. - Howard. 726 01:10:42,114 --> 01:10:42,948 Howard. 727 01:10:44,783 --> 01:10:45,743 Shoes. 728 01:11:25,324 --> 01:11:26,283 Listen. 729 01:11:31,080 --> 01:11:32,957 Emily, Herbert.... 730 01:11:35,668 --> 01:11:36,835 It's very important... 731 01:11:38,087 --> 01:11:41,298 that you don't tell anyone that you saw me. 732 01:11:42,258 --> 01:11:43,300 You understand? 733 01:11:44,593 --> 01:11:46,845 Shh. Shh. Yes. Yes. 734 01:11:47,972 --> 01:11:48,931 It's a secret. 735 01:11:58,941 --> 01:11:59,775 Bye. 736 01:12:12,746 --> 01:12:15,416 Suppose they do tell someone, those two next door? 737 01:12:18,919 --> 01:12:19,920 I should leave. 738 01:12:23,424 --> 01:12:25,259 Diana will be coming back soon. 739 01:12:26,385 --> 01:12:28,095 My daughters coming up the stairs 740 01:12:28,095 --> 01:12:29,722 to put their vacation gear away. 741 01:12:35,769 --> 01:12:37,479 I should go sleep in the woods. 742 01:13:27,613 --> 01:13:30,616 Those are toe shoes for ballet. 743 01:13:31,450 --> 01:13:32,409 Do you, ballet? 744 01:13:34,828 --> 01:13:37,539 [Emily giggles 745 01:13:43,754 --> 01:13:45,381 Yeah, that's you looking. 746 01:13:46,757 --> 01:13:48,175 - Do you know who that is? - Who? 747 01:13:48,509 --> 01:13:49,551 Who is that? 748 01:13:52,971 --> 01:13:55,849 - Yes. That's Emily. - Emily? 749 01:13:56,350 --> 01:13:58,435 Emily. Ahh. 750 01:14:30,968 --> 01:14:33,345 Oh. You know what that is? 751 01:14:34,596 --> 01:14:36,765 That is a bicycle pump. 752 01:14:37,307 --> 01:14:41,145 You use that to put air in your, in your bicycle tires. 753 01:14:41,145 --> 01:14:43,981 Here, let me, let me show you. Yeah, there we go. 754 01:14:43,981 --> 01:14:45,566 See, you take this part... 755 01:14:45,732 --> 01:14:47,609 Have I mentioned the loneliness? 756 01:14:48,277 --> 01:14:49,653 Just like-- feel the air? 757 01:14:50,028 --> 01:14:52,281 Feel it? 758 01:14:52,698 --> 01:14:54,491 Woo! 759 01:14:55,576 --> 01:14:57,578 I give up! Let's get Emily. Come on. 760 01:14:57,828 --> 01:15:01,081 No, no. 761 01:15:01,331 --> 01:15:04,835 Oh, now this is a very important piece of equipment. 762 01:15:05,961 --> 01:15:07,838 When you're alone for so long, 763 01:15:08,714 --> 01:15:11,216 you forget the simple human exchange. 764 01:15:11,800 --> 01:15:13,802 Snap it into place. Voila! 765 01:15:16,805 --> 01:15:19,266 Listen. Herbert, Emily... 766 01:15:21,226 --> 01:15:22,769 Don't come here back again. 767 01:15:24,021 --> 01:15:25,189 Or I'll have to leave. 768 01:15:27,691 --> 01:15:28,984 Okay, do you understand? 769 01:15:31,695 --> 01:15:34,531 It's our secret, remember? Yes! 770 01:15:35,032 --> 01:15:39,119 Yes! Good, Herbert! Our secret. Remember, Emily? 771 01:15:40,037 --> 01:15:41,246 Don't tell anyone. 772 01:15:43,248 --> 01:15:45,709 Now I mean it. Don't come back. 773 01:15:54,343 --> 01:15:56,428 They'll never be able to keep their end of it. 774 01:16:05,062 --> 01:16:07,773 The sensible thing would be to abandon this place. 775 01:16:11,902 --> 01:16:13,028 No question. 776 01:16:13,028 --> 01:16:14,947 I'd have completely stranded myself. 777 01:18:06,391 --> 01:18:08,060 She's taking dance class again. 778 01:18:11,188 --> 01:18:12,230 That's good. 779 01:18:23,950 --> 01:18:25,911 She seems a little tired tonight. 780 01:18:26,203 --> 01:18:27,079 Yeah. 781 01:18:29,206 --> 01:18:30,749 The kids are running ragged. 782 01:18:39,883 --> 01:18:42,552 They're looking more like Diana these days, don't you think? 783 01:18:48,850 --> 01:18:50,435 Hey, check this out. 784 01:18:51,061 --> 01:18:53,146 I like her wearing her hair long like that. 785 01:19:01,571 --> 01:19:03,073 Uh, Taylor, Gelly? 786 01:19:03,407 --> 01:19:06,368 I think, um, these ninja's may belong to you. 787 01:19:08,078 --> 01:19:09,079 Boys. 788 01:19:11,331 --> 01:19:12,457 When did that happen? 789 01:19:13,792 --> 01:19:16,336 What do you say when you knock at the door on Halloween? 790 01:19:16,837 --> 01:19:18,880 - Good morning. - Good morning? 791 01:19:19,339 --> 01:19:20,882 You don't say good morning! 792 01:19:35,105 --> 01:19:36,606 There's no point denying it. 793 01:19:38,316 --> 01:19:39,860 They're much happier without me. 794 01:20:14,644 --> 01:20:16,730 She's buying the cheaper cuts of meat. 795 01:20:18,064 --> 01:20:19,274 Saving her pennies. 796 01:20:24,488 --> 01:20:26,198 Suppose she has to sell the house? 797 01:20:30,786 --> 01:20:33,246 How far am I willing to let this go? 798 01:20:35,957 --> 01:20:38,668 Then again. It can end at any moment. 799 01:20:41,797 --> 01:20:43,006 I could be exposed. 800 01:20:46,593 --> 01:20:47,552 Christ. 801 01:20:48,261 --> 01:20:51,556 If I did go back, I mean... how would I begin? 802 01:20:53,642 --> 01:20:57,813 How does a man in my situation explain himself to his wife? 803 01:20:59,439 --> 01:21:01,358 She'll think I vacated my senses. 804 01:21:04,694 --> 01:21:07,572 If anything, I've come into my senses. 805 01:21:08,281 --> 01:21:09,199 Fully. 806 01:21:15,705 --> 01:21:16,665 My God, 807 01:21:17,958 --> 01:21:19,459 I can see it so clearly. 808 01:21:21,419 --> 01:21:22,921 I've constructed the whole thing. 809 01:21:24,381 --> 01:21:26,842 The jealousy... the resentment. 810 01:21:28,468 --> 01:21:29,636 The selfish urgency. 811 01:21:38,562 --> 01:21:39,938 Howard is victim. 812 01:21:43,400 --> 01:21:44,860 Howard is prosecutor. 813 01:21:45,277 --> 01:21:46,695 There's no one there, Howard. 814 01:21:48,905 --> 01:21:51,491 Howard, as master of the world. 815 01:21:55,745 --> 01:21:59,791 That was my prison. That's what I've escaped. 816 01:22:04,421 --> 01:22:06,715 Leaving me where now? 817 01:22:10,302 --> 01:22:12,304 The outcast of cosmos. 818 01:22:18,518 --> 01:22:19,394 I'll tell you this, 819 01:22:20,186 --> 01:22:21,563 you can think whatever you like... 820 01:22:23,398 --> 01:22:26,776 I love my wife now as I've never loved her before. 821 01:22:41,708 --> 01:22:44,377 So, I'm guessing Thanksgiving dinner 822 01:22:44,377 --> 01:22:46,588 will be at Babs' house this year. 823 01:22:48,006 --> 01:22:49,799 And you know what that means. 824 01:22:51,134 --> 01:22:53,637 Zilcho for me in the leftover's department. 825 01:23:00,852 --> 01:23:02,395 Who am I kidding? 826 01:23:03,271 --> 01:23:05,023 A family of ten could eat for weeks 827 01:23:05,023 --> 01:23:06,608 off what my neighbors throw out. 828 01:23:09,986 --> 01:23:11,404 Stuff will keep forever. 829 01:23:12,072 --> 01:23:14,616 The whole attic's like a goddamn refrigerator. 830 01:23:21,206 --> 01:23:25,460 Unfortunately, Howard Wakefield had ignored some basic repairs. 831 01:23:46,564 --> 01:23:47,983 What about when it starts snowing? 832 01:23:49,818 --> 01:23:51,653 Diana will think she has a prowler. 833 01:23:54,948 --> 01:23:59,202 Stupid. They're not home. Go inside where it's warm. 834 01:25:46,476 --> 01:25:47,477 Need some water? 835 01:25:53,024 --> 01:25:53,942 Just sip. 836 01:26:31,646 --> 01:26:33,982 The quality of mercy is not strained. 837 01:26:35,275 --> 01:26:37,861 "It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven 838 01:26:37,861 --> 01:26:39,320 upon the place beneath." 839 01:26:40,989 --> 01:26:43,283 Your whole life you hear that quoted. 840 01:26:45,034 --> 01:26:46,536 I never got it till now. 841 01:26:48,955 --> 01:26:52,917 Mercy is not something you ever get to request. 842 01:26:54,043 --> 01:26:56,296 Not strained means not forced. 843 01:26:57,547 --> 01:26:59,966 It's given... freely. 844 01:27:01,009 --> 01:27:02,844 Thank you, Herbert. Thank you, Emily. 845 01:27:09,976 --> 01:27:11,019 No reason. 846 01:27:11,769 --> 01:27:14,564 Just... a gift drops from the sky. 847 01:27:18,860 --> 01:27:19,819 Twice blessed. 848 01:27:21,154 --> 01:27:23,615 " Blessing Him that gives and Him that takes." 849 01:27:24,741 --> 01:27:26,034 If I remember correctly. 850 01:27:27,410 --> 01:27:28,536 Thank you. 851 01:27:28,536 --> 01:27:30,538 The giving and the taking all in one. 852 01:28:27,637 --> 01:28:28,721 Okay... 853 01:28:29,389 --> 01:28:30,431 Thank you so much, Dave. 854 01:28:30,682 --> 01:28:32,016 We'll see you in June, July? 855 01:28:32,016 --> 01:28:33,101 June? Okay. 856 01:28:44,404 --> 01:28:46,239 Suppose she had recognized us? 857 01:28:48,032 --> 01:28:49,867 You could've lost her right there, pal. 858 01:28:51,244 --> 01:28:52,203 Unthinkable. 859 01:28:53,204 --> 01:28:57,125 I mean the shock of it. To look into Diana's eyes, 860 01:28:57,834 --> 01:29:00,253 her eyes that I've seen into countless, 861 01:29:00,878 --> 01:29:04,757 countless times, to look and to see nothing. 862 01:29:13,808 --> 01:29:17,353 I had no idea how one sided this relationship had become. 863 01:29:44,964 --> 01:29:46,591 Where should I put Daddy's phone? 864 01:29:46,591 --> 01:29:47,842 Put everything in the car. 865 01:29:48,009 --> 01:29:49,510 Good God! 866 01:29:50,470 --> 01:29:52,221 They're emptying my closet! 867 01:29:55,183 --> 01:29:56,184 It's freezing! 868 01:29:58,353 --> 01:29:59,437 I'll be right back. 869 01:30:00,063 --> 01:30:02,565 Turn the oven on, would you, please? 350. 870 01:30:03,483 --> 01:30:04,400 Close the door. 871 01:31:12,135 --> 01:31:13,094 Am I a coward? 872 01:31:14,303 --> 01:31:16,097 Afraid of facing her rejection? 873 01:31:17,598 --> 01:31:20,435 Or am I just resolved to see this thing through? 874 01:31:22,061 --> 01:31:23,563 And by this thing, 875 01:31:24,439 --> 01:31:25,773 what the hell do I even mean? 876 01:31:31,988 --> 01:31:33,197 Gone is the provider. 877 01:31:34,073 --> 01:31:35,575 The family man. the litigator. 878 01:31:36,200 --> 01:31:37,118 The husband. 879 01:31:38,327 --> 01:31:40,663 All that remains is the lover. 880 01:31:43,458 --> 01:31:45,710 Enduring, passionate. 881 01:31:49,005 --> 01:31:50,715 I love her because she belongs to me. 882 01:31:51,883 --> 01:31:53,593 And I love her because she doesn't. 883 01:31:57,054 --> 01:31:59,265 And I know if I come in from exile, 884 01:31:59,432 --> 01:32:00,892 there's every chance I'll lose her. 885 01:32:02,310 --> 01:32:03,436 On the other hand, 886 01:32:04,395 --> 01:32:05,813 I know this look she has. 887 01:32:06,689 --> 01:32:07,857 From deep memory. 888 01:32:10,902 --> 01:32:11,777 My wife, 889 01:32:12,737 --> 01:32:15,781 infatuated, eager to please. 890 01:32:18,910 --> 01:32:21,245 Trusting that every word is true. 891 01:32:38,387 --> 01:32:40,348 Why wouldn't she seek a little tenderness? 892 01:32:49,357 --> 01:32:51,067 I'm not saying I welcome this. 893 01:32:51,984 --> 01:32:53,194 I'm saying, I understand. 894 01:33:12,421 --> 01:33:13,756 Mom, should we get scissors? 895 01:33:13,923 --> 01:33:15,716 Yeah, yeah, yeah. Hang on. 896 01:33:16,842 --> 01:33:19,136 Just leave the tree by the steps, okay. 897 01:33:19,887 --> 01:33:20,721 Okay. 898 01:33:32,066 --> 01:33:33,317 Company for dinner. 899 01:33:34,860 --> 01:33:36,112 Who can it be? 900 01:34:34,629 --> 01:34:38,633 Ah-ha. A city fella, hey? 901 01:34:48,643 --> 01:34:49,560 He's tall. 902 01:34:50,895 --> 01:34:52,813 Not much to conclude from that. 903 01:34:58,486 --> 01:34:59,362 My, my. 904 01:34:59,820 --> 01:35:01,656 Coffee and dessert in the living room. 905 01:35:02,490 --> 01:35:04,033 This is a special evening. 906 01:35:29,600 --> 01:35:30,559 Oh my God. 907 01:35:33,354 --> 01:35:34,772 Dirk Morrison! 908 01:35:35,773 --> 01:35:37,400 Son of a bitch. 909 01:35:38,859 --> 01:35:40,778 I get it. Who else would it be? 910 01:35:45,700 --> 01:35:47,243 The unfinished business. 911 01:35:52,498 --> 01:35:54,041 If compared stories, 912 01:35:54,667 --> 01:35:56,877 revive the past. Jesus. 913 01:35:59,672 --> 01:36:01,507 He's told her everything by now. 914 01:36:05,010 --> 01:36:08,055 At last, the great fraud has been exposed. 915 01:36:34,540 --> 01:36:37,752 You do understand that this was the music of our courtship. 916 01:36:45,009 --> 01:36:47,720 If he's the one you think you want, my love... 917 01:36:49,472 --> 01:36:52,057 It seems only fair to give you the choice this time. 918 01:36:55,352 --> 01:36:58,564 Forgive me if I don't stand and watch... 919 01:36:59,482 --> 01:37:02,318 as another man lays claim to your affections. 920 01:37:35,810 --> 01:37:37,436 That one's a Burberry coat... 921 01:37:41,816 --> 01:37:42,733 ...sorry. 922 01:37:59,375 --> 01:38:01,001 - There you go. - Thank you. 923 01:39:36,305 --> 01:39:38,974 It seems remarkable that I still know how to drive. 924 01:39:48,400 --> 01:39:51,570 Strange to be subject to rules again. 925 01:40:11,882 --> 01:40:13,926 Don't forget the God awfulness. 926 01:40:16,595 --> 01:40:18,889 Buildings, stacked up like that... 927 01:40:22,476 --> 01:40:24,728 people and endless replication. 928 01:40:30,401 --> 01:40:32,569 Impossible to imagine I worked here once. 929 01:40:33,696 --> 01:40:35,489 That I could ever work here again. 930 01:40:37,574 --> 01:40:39,076 One thing at a time, Howard. 931 01:40:39,660 --> 01:40:41,036 Constructed. 932 01:40:41,036 --> 01:40:44,248 First the thrift store, then the haircut. 933 01:40:46,917 --> 01:40:49,753 And now I can pass through this door. 934 01:40:58,053 --> 01:40:58,929 First that, 935 01:40:59,805 --> 01:41:00,889 and now this. 936 01:42:42,783 --> 01:42:45,786 - ...da, da, da, dun. - Karaoke! 937 01:42:59,675 --> 01:43:00,634 - Daddy! - Daddy! 938 01:43:51,935 --> 01:43:53,270 I'm home.