1 00:00:11,357 --> 00:00:12,705 - How are you? - Okay. 2 00:00:12,875 --> 00:00:14,725 I made us some tea. 3 00:00:20,410 --> 00:00:21,745 Give me your cell. 4 00:00:21,915 --> 00:00:25,513 - Leave... Leave the ringer on. - That's kind of the point. 5 00:00:27,792 --> 00:00:30,068 We've been waiting for Rosie to check in all day. 6 00:00:30,238 --> 00:00:32,614 She slept over at a friend's house and... 7 00:00:32,784 --> 00:00:34,236 She hasn't checked in yet. 8 00:00:34,751 --> 00:00:36,697 At least that's what she said. 9 00:00:36,959 --> 00:00:39,395 But Lord knows it's not the first time in History 10 00:00:39,565 --> 00:00:41,642 that a teenager say she's gonna stay at a friend's 11 00:00:41,812 --> 00:00:43,748 and then she ends up somewhere else. 12 00:00:43,918 --> 00:00:45,127 So where is she? 13 00:00:46,635 --> 00:00:48,704 Do you think I'm withholding information? 14 00:00:48,874 --> 00:00:49,874 Are you? 15 00:00:58,728 --> 00:01:01,232 Season 1, Episode 30 16 00:01:01,994 --> 00:01:05,349 Subtitles: Anyone, Coffee, Tagne 17 00:01:14,148 --> 00:01:15,369 Anyway... 18 00:01:16,468 --> 00:01:18,418 Sarah's parents are away and... 19 00:01:18,594 --> 00:01:22,234 and Rosie's not answering her phone, so it's a little convenient. 20 00:01:22,404 --> 00:01:24,654 Didn't this happen a few weeks ago? 21 00:01:25,216 --> 00:01:27,866 But this time she's been gone for 24 hours. 22 00:01:29,094 --> 00:01:30,862 I mean, she is at that age, isn't she? 23 00:01:31,032 --> 00:01:33,380 - That makes it okay? - No, I didn't say that. 24 00:01:33,640 --> 00:01:36,253 Kate doesn't trust her when she says she's staying with a friend, 25 00:01:36,423 --> 00:01:37,883 that's the cause for concern. 26 00:01:38,707 --> 00:01:40,010 I'm pretty concerned. 27 00:01:41,155 --> 00:01:43,205 Hence, the two phones laid out. 28 00:01:44,462 --> 00:01:46,482 When did you last talk to her? 29 00:01:46,652 --> 00:01:48,268 Yesterday, when I was at work. 30 00:01:48,529 --> 00:01:51,312 I don't know if Paul told you, but I run a shelter for battered women 31 00:01:51,482 --> 00:01:54,018 and it's also a center for youths at risk. 32 00:01:54,188 --> 00:01:56,402 And Rosie volunteers there about 4 times a week. 33 00:01:56,802 --> 00:01:59,296 She told me she'd be there and then go to Sarah's, 34 00:01:59,466 --> 00:02:02,449 but she did say it in her responsible voice, which should've tipped me off. 35 00:02:03,964 --> 00:02:07,018 Anyway, Sarah's parents are in Mexico and... 36 00:02:08,095 --> 00:02:10,874 I don't know, maybe the girls drove off somewhere after school. 37 00:02:11,136 --> 00:02:12,301 Sarah's got a car. 38 00:02:12,471 --> 00:02:14,531 And Rosie was probably afraid to tell us 39 00:02:14,701 --> 00:02:17,185 - because you might flip out and... - I'd flip out? 40 00:02:19,263 --> 00:02:20,993 Who knows? I don't know. 41 00:02:24,281 --> 00:02:26,807 What kind of work does Rosie do at the center? 42 00:02:28,220 --> 00:02:30,170 Whatever's needed, basically, 43 00:02:30,340 --> 00:02:32,862 from writing up schedules to running errands. 44 00:02:33,032 --> 00:02:34,738 She sits in on interviews sometimes 45 00:02:34,908 --> 00:02:37,859 just so she can get a sense of how we evaluate people, 46 00:02:38,029 --> 00:02:41,155 how much trouble they may be in and how much help they may need. 47 00:02:42,586 --> 00:02:44,036 Four times a week... 48 00:02:44,458 --> 00:02:46,908 It's a commitment for a 16-year-old kid. 49 00:02:47,172 --> 00:02:48,536 17-year-old next month. 50 00:02:48,706 --> 00:02:51,165 It's interesting, because when Rosie's volunteering, 51 00:02:51,335 --> 00:02:54,382 - all of a sudden she's an adult. - She's a born social worker. 52 00:02:54,552 --> 00:02:57,129 Always has been, ever since she was a kid. 53 00:02:59,899 --> 00:03:01,861 How did she show that when she was younger? 54 00:03:02,031 --> 00:03:05,230 She was always the mediator with her friends on the playground. 55 00:03:05,400 --> 00:03:08,057 You know, organizing, making it peace, that kind of thing. 56 00:03:08,227 --> 00:03:10,487 Even her teachers remarked on it. 57 00:03:10,902 --> 00:03:12,581 And you heard this where? I don't... 58 00:03:12,751 --> 00:03:15,522 I don't really recall you at too many parent-teacher conferences... 59 00:03:15,784 --> 00:03:18,246 I was on the PTA board at Arlington, remember? 60 00:03:18,416 --> 00:03:20,610 Paul, I mean, come on, you went twice. 61 00:03:22,925 --> 00:03:26,899 Did you ever see Rosie take on this mediator role at home? 62 00:03:30,369 --> 00:03:34,302 What she means is was Rosie our social worker? 63 00:03:34,596 --> 00:03:36,627 See, Gina can't conceive of a child being born 64 00:03:37,274 --> 00:03:39,463 with an intrinsic desire to help other people 65 00:03:39,725 --> 00:03:43,275 without it being a coping mechanism for... For something else. 66 00:03:43,926 --> 00:03:44,911 Right? 67 00:03:51,410 --> 00:03:54,229 Rosie's always been interested in being of service, 68 00:03:54,489 --> 00:03:56,740 and that's something we encouraged. 69 00:03:57,088 --> 00:03:59,038 - Did we? - I encouraged it. 70 00:03:59,547 --> 00:04:02,986 I think it's great. I think it's incredible that she volunteers. 71 00:04:08,818 --> 00:04:12,410 I talk to her about everything she sees down at the center, 72 00:04:12,650 --> 00:04:14,532 and it's certainly not her responsibility 73 00:04:14,702 --> 00:04:17,514 to deal with any of the hardcore cases or anything like that. 74 00:04:17,684 --> 00:04:19,728 I make sure that she's not in over her head. 75 00:04:19,898 --> 00:04:22,748 I tell her who's who and what's going on and... 76 00:04:30,992 --> 00:04:34,560 I do, I agree with you. I think four times a week is a little too much. 77 00:04:34,964 --> 00:04:37,604 You know, there might be a little more to it for Rosie 78 00:04:37,774 --> 00:04:39,273 than a desire to help. 79 00:04:40,534 --> 00:04:43,361 What Gina is saying is that Rosie might be working around 80 00:04:43,677 --> 00:04:47,641 at-risk youths because she's distressed herself. 81 00:04:48,207 --> 00:04:51,557 Paul, do you really think Kate and I need an interpreter? 82 00:04:53,146 --> 00:04:54,146 Sorry. 83 00:04:55,265 --> 00:04:56,999 When did she start volunteering? 84 00:04:58,335 --> 00:05:00,685 It was... What? About six months ago. 85 00:05:01,597 --> 00:05:03,380 And I was thrilled at first because 86 00:05:03,641 --> 00:05:07,361 it meant she was spending less time at the mall with her friends, but... 87 00:05:08,178 --> 00:05:10,054 I'm thinking she may need more of that. 88 00:05:10,314 --> 00:05:13,729 - What, more time at the mall? - No, you know what I mean. 89 00:05:13,899 --> 00:05:16,049 Just doing stupid teenager stuff. 90 00:05:16,273 --> 00:05:20,223 Why should she be so concerned with the world's problems at her age? 91 00:05:20,617 --> 00:05:22,540 I don't think that's what Gina's saying. 92 00:05:22,710 --> 00:05:24,915 She's saying that Rosie is drawn to the place 93 00:05:25,085 --> 00:05:27,109 because she's trying to say something to us, 94 00:05:27,279 --> 00:05:30,240 - but that we're oblivious... - Can I speak for myself? 95 00:05:30,502 --> 00:05:34,501 - It's not what you're trying to get at? - It's not for you to say that. 96 00:05:37,462 --> 00:05:38,415 Sorry. 97 00:05:39,002 --> 00:05:42,965 You know, even if Rosie has a desire or a vocation 98 00:05:43,709 --> 00:05:45,959 to help other people, I'm wondering: 99 00:05:46,129 --> 00:05:49,852 How much of that do you think a 17-year-old kid needs? 100 00:05:50,022 --> 00:05:51,472 16. She's still 16. 101 00:05:52,357 --> 00:05:53,211 16. 102 00:05:53,583 --> 00:05:57,017 So, yes, Paul, she may be trying to shine a light on something. 103 00:06:00,425 --> 00:06:02,977 Okay, that's it. I'm gonna try her again, 104 00:06:03,147 --> 00:06:06,602 since apparently her volunteering is a cry for help. 105 00:06:14,629 --> 00:06:16,322 Thank god. It's ringing. 106 00:06:19,116 --> 00:06:21,251 I'm gonna kill you. Where the hell have you... 107 00:06:21,421 --> 00:06:23,794 - No, because we have... - Let me talk to her. 108 00:06:27,272 --> 00:06:29,222 Since when does that happen? 109 00:06:29,392 --> 00:06:30,830 Let me talk to her, please. 110 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:34,727 When you sleep away, you're supposed to call first thing in the morning. 111 00:06:34,897 --> 00:06:37,447 That was the agreement and you know it. 112 00:06:38,209 --> 00:06:40,363 No, we will discuss this at home. 113 00:06:40,711 --> 00:06:43,561 No, because we're out. We're talking to someone. 114 00:06:45,086 --> 00:06:46,483 An... an accountant. 115 00:06:47,954 --> 00:06:49,654 No, you don't know him... her. 116 00:06:51,450 --> 00:06:53,307 No, he's sitting right here, 117 00:06:53,477 --> 00:06:56,493 and he is looking none too pleased about any of this. 118 00:06:58,147 --> 00:07:00,372 We'll talk at home, Rosie. 119 00:07:02,228 --> 00:07:03,083 All right. 120 00:07:03,848 --> 00:07:05,513 So I'm not allowed to speak to her? 121 00:07:05,683 --> 00:07:07,755 She claimed she got to Sarah's late last night, 122 00:07:08,015 --> 00:07:10,341 they were late for school this morning and get this: 123 00:07:10,601 --> 00:07:12,518 she didn't realize her phone was off, 124 00:07:12,688 --> 00:07:15,480 which is a little like me not realizing my head's on fire, but... 125 00:07:15,650 --> 00:07:17,755 She is not staying there again. 126 00:07:18,159 --> 00:07:20,058 Okay, well, you tell her that. 127 00:07:22,738 --> 00:07:24,897 If I were Gina, I'd ask, "Why now?" 128 00:07:25,635 --> 00:07:27,728 - "Why now" what? - Well, if a couple came to me 129 00:07:27,898 --> 00:07:31,194 with this problem, I'd say "Why is she choosing to act out now?" 130 00:07:31,456 --> 00:07:33,406 That's what you'd ask? Really? 131 00:07:35,168 --> 00:07:38,315 Maybe you should call that couple, ask them and then get back to me. 132 00:07:38,485 --> 00:07:40,417 She's doing this on purpose. It's obvious. 133 00:07:40,587 --> 00:07:43,145 She senses a conflict between us and she's turning it around, 134 00:07:43,315 --> 00:07:46,043 so that she's given us a taste of what it's like to worry about her. 135 00:07:46,304 --> 00:07:49,037 She's a teenager. There's not some master plan involved here. 136 00:07:49,207 --> 00:07:51,226 This is just how teenage girls are, right? 137 00:07:51,396 --> 00:07:54,067 I mean, it's just how they think or don't think, in this case. 138 00:07:54,237 --> 00:07:56,803 No, Kate, it's not conscious, 139 00:07:57,064 --> 00:07:58,354 but it's working. 140 00:07:58,524 --> 00:08:02,226 Rosie vanishes and you become functioning parents. 141 00:08:02,582 --> 00:08:05,422 You're united in your concern for her. 142 00:08:11,461 --> 00:08:15,093 Do you think that Rosie senses the conflict between you? 143 00:08:20,364 --> 00:08:23,249 I think we've been pretty good about pretending. 144 00:08:23,945 --> 00:08:25,965 We've actually gotten pretty skilled at that. 145 00:08:26,135 --> 00:08:27,582 So, why now? 146 00:08:27,752 --> 00:08:29,982 As Paul asked, why now? 147 00:08:30,968 --> 00:08:34,802 Did something happen? What do you think she's reacting to? 148 00:08:35,414 --> 00:08:38,274 I'd say it's more tense actually. 149 00:08:38,444 --> 00:08:39,647 More tense? 150 00:08:40,731 --> 00:08:42,141 Kate ran into Laura. 151 00:08:42,402 --> 00:08:45,936 I didn't run into her, I saw her as she was leaving the house. 152 00:08:46,197 --> 00:08:47,752 - The house? - My office. 153 00:08:47,922 --> 00:08:50,024 His office, the house, my home, 154 00:08:50,194 --> 00:08:52,275 whatever. It's a little blurred, isn't it? 155 00:08:52,536 --> 00:08:55,375 - Didn't you say she stopped therapy? - He did say that, didn't he? 156 00:08:55,545 --> 00:08:58,503 Her father was hospitalized and she asked me if she could come by. 157 00:08:58,673 --> 00:09:02,311 - She was pretty upset. - Please... please don't do that. 158 00:09:03,145 --> 00:09:04,427 - What? - Describing her 159 00:09:04,597 --> 00:09:08,154 like she's this fragile little thing, like she's some poor lost soul. 160 00:09:08,324 --> 00:09:09,850 She's not. 161 00:09:10,373 --> 00:09:11,456 I saw her. 162 00:09:13,452 --> 00:09:15,298 How did she seem to you? 163 00:09:18,086 --> 00:09:19,436 She's Tammy Kent. 164 00:09:20,586 --> 00:09:22,436 - What? - Who's Tammy Kent? 165 00:09:23,052 --> 00:09:24,387 How is she Tammy Kent? 166 00:09:24,557 --> 00:09:26,477 You know exactly what I'm talking about. 167 00:09:32,577 --> 00:09:34,127 May I ask who this is? 168 00:09:34,297 --> 00:09:37,038 This was a girl that Paul was in love with when we first met. 169 00:09:37,208 --> 00:09:38,887 - A long time ago. - Whatever. 170 00:09:39,057 --> 00:09:41,429 - They're exactly the same type... - No, they're not. 171 00:09:41,599 --> 00:09:43,917 Yes, they are... And he made Laura out to be 172 00:09:44,087 --> 00:09:47,437 this fragile little girl, and I am telling you, what I saw 173 00:09:48,009 --> 00:09:52,003 was this highly-sexual woman wearing stilettos at ten in the morning. 174 00:09:52,173 --> 00:09:55,727 I did not describe her like that. If you formed an image... 175 00:09:55,897 --> 00:09:57,842 No... but you let me think 176 00:09:58,103 --> 00:10:00,165 she was one of your fatherless walking wounded. 177 00:10:00,335 --> 00:10:02,304 No, you rushed to that conclusion yourself. 178 00:10:02,565 --> 00:10:06,040 And what he also forgot to mention is that she's stunningly beautiful. 179 00:10:06,210 --> 00:10:08,683 And very young, but that's no surprise, is it? 180 00:10:08,853 --> 00:10:11,611 Jesus Christ, it's the goddamn history of the world, 181 00:10:11,781 --> 00:10:14,425 leaving your middle-aged wife and... 182 00:10:14,595 --> 00:10:16,818 God. Isn't it a little embarrassing for you 183 00:10:17,329 --> 00:10:20,197 that you've turned out to be like every third man? 184 00:10:20,458 --> 00:10:23,126 I mean, you've spent your entire life studying the human condition 185 00:10:23,296 --> 00:10:26,411 and now you're just following your dick around like a caveman. 186 00:10:34,966 --> 00:10:37,020 This woman, Laura, she's got this... 187 00:10:40,091 --> 00:10:42,634 This spoiled, aloof 188 00:10:42,804 --> 00:10:45,173 and calculated look. 189 00:10:45,343 --> 00:10:47,108 And she has this, uh... 190 00:10:50,090 --> 00:10:51,940 This air of self-confidence 191 00:10:52,279 --> 00:10:54,867 that is quite obviously bullshit, 192 00:10:55,037 --> 00:10:57,151 because if anything real ever happened to her, 193 00:10:57,411 --> 00:10:58,963 she wouldn't know what to do. 194 00:10:59,133 --> 00:11:00,466 She was so fake. 195 00:11:00,636 --> 00:11:03,068 And all this you saw while you were taking out the trash. 196 00:11:03,238 --> 00:11:05,599 Yes, that's right, just by looking at her. 197 00:11:06,252 --> 00:11:08,163 Like it or not, everything's communicated. 198 00:11:08,333 --> 00:11:09,746 Another one of your lines. 199 00:11:10,007 --> 00:11:12,669 And you just happened to be there as she was... 200 00:11:12,839 --> 00:11:14,334 Don't keep doing that. 201 00:11:14,595 --> 00:11:18,170 You're making me out to look like I'm some loose-cannon, demented wife. 202 00:11:18,340 --> 00:11:21,549 If she is all that, spoiled and a fake, why are you so threatened by her? 203 00:11:21,810 --> 00:11:24,261 Because my husband is in love with her. 204 00:11:32,786 --> 00:11:35,855 And because she's the kind of woman who always gets her man. 205 00:11:46,253 --> 00:11:48,626 A woman like that has always been his fantasy... 206 00:11:48,796 --> 00:11:51,376 Gorgeous, self-centered, unattainable. 207 00:11:51,546 --> 00:11:54,728 That's what I want? It's... It's good to know that. 208 00:11:57,922 --> 00:11:59,879 You don't see yourself that way? 209 00:12:05,027 --> 00:12:06,845 So, you're not Paul's fantasy? 210 00:12:08,516 --> 00:12:09,886 No, I'm not. 211 00:12:10,341 --> 00:12:12,220 Yet he married you. 212 00:12:18,712 --> 00:12:20,679 I guess he got a raw deal, didn't he? 213 00:12:22,655 --> 00:12:25,530 He wanted the trophy wife and he got stuck with a homemaker. 214 00:12:26,184 --> 00:12:28,196 I'm just a good mom. 215 00:12:29,718 --> 00:12:30,868 Pretty boring. 216 00:12:31,214 --> 00:12:34,795 Come on, Kate, listen to yourself. You're completely invalidating your... 217 00:12:34,965 --> 00:12:36,531 Your sexuality for a start. 218 00:12:36,927 --> 00:12:39,858 I think we both know that you could've done better if you'd wanted to. 219 00:12:40,028 --> 00:12:43,136 I fell in love with you, not just because you're beautiful and sexy, 220 00:12:43,306 --> 00:12:44,525 but because... 221 00:12:45,369 --> 00:12:47,126 Because of your strength. 222 00:12:49,084 --> 00:12:50,498 Her strength? 223 00:12:53,623 --> 00:12:56,872 She was... she was grounded and honest and dependable. 224 00:12:59,117 --> 00:13:02,379 I needed that. I think we both needed that. 225 00:13:08,294 --> 00:13:10,742 Not anymore. I don't need you anymore. 226 00:13:32,951 --> 00:13:34,100 I need you. 227 00:13:34,360 --> 00:13:36,351 I've always loved you, wanted you and needed you. 228 00:13:36,612 --> 00:13:39,196 But not like Laura. You never ever wanted me like that. 229 00:13:39,366 --> 00:13:40,993 How can you say that? 230 00:13:41,163 --> 00:13:44,680 You keep jumping to these conclusions that make no... 231 00:13:56,964 --> 00:14:00,068 Kate, you said you didn't need Paul anymore. 232 00:14:01,274 --> 00:14:02,998 Can you talk about that a little? 233 00:14:09,177 --> 00:14:11,475 I don't need him like I used to... 234 00:14:13,271 --> 00:14:15,456 Not like I thought I needed him. 235 00:14:17,655 --> 00:14:20,905 I don't know, maybe I don't even need a partner at all. 236 00:14:23,277 --> 00:14:25,862 I mean, would I like one? Yeah, of course. 237 00:14:28,122 --> 00:14:30,421 But it would be awfully nice if that person were 238 00:14:30,591 --> 00:14:32,741 a bit more present and available. 239 00:14:33,672 --> 00:14:35,396 But do I need it? 240 00:14:35,949 --> 00:14:38,040 If that's the question... 241 00:14:40,840 --> 00:14:43,679 No, I think I've learned to live without it. 242 00:14:48,757 --> 00:14:51,593 What kind of partner could you see yourself with? 243 00:14:53,840 --> 00:14:55,200 I don't know. 244 00:14:57,255 --> 00:15:00,485 I mean, you know, my frame of reference for two and a half decades 245 00:15:00,655 --> 00:15:02,105 has been Paul, so... 246 00:15:04,975 --> 00:15:07,937 Our friends, their husbands, what the hell do I know 247 00:15:08,107 --> 00:15:10,031 about what they're really like? 248 00:15:10,472 --> 00:15:13,406 What goes on behind closed doors? I mean, do we know... 249 00:15:13,576 --> 00:15:15,218 Any couple, really? 250 00:15:18,215 --> 00:15:20,586 It's not like I sit around daydreaming about it 251 00:15:20,756 --> 00:15:24,126 or I have some fantastic flight of fancy about some perfect man or... 252 00:15:28,244 --> 00:15:31,758 I could be with a serial killer as long as he told me about his damn day. 253 00:15:38,730 --> 00:15:40,763 And it's not just about being wanted. 254 00:15:40,933 --> 00:15:43,039 I know that's what I said last week. 255 00:15:47,322 --> 00:15:51,215 And wanted is good. I mean, of course, everybody wants that, but... 256 00:15:56,543 --> 00:15:59,544 I just want to be a part of something. 257 00:16:00,493 --> 00:16:02,375 It doesn't have to be big... 258 00:16:02,984 --> 00:16:05,096 And it doesn't have to be grand. 259 00:16:12,653 --> 00:16:16,156 But I'll tell you something about women like Laura. 260 00:16:16,531 --> 00:16:17,531 It... 261 00:16:20,254 --> 00:16:23,309 They're just all about sex. You know, that's their currency. 262 00:16:23,570 --> 00:16:26,938 That's... Not the actual sex itself, that's not what I'm saying. 263 00:16:27,468 --> 00:16:30,148 It's... sex as this thing that controls, 264 00:16:30,620 --> 00:16:33,580 that determines the distance between her and someone else, 265 00:16:33,750 --> 00:16:36,079 and I cannot compete with that. 266 00:16:47,655 --> 00:16:50,720 Laura isn't a sexual object for Paul. 267 00:16:52,154 --> 00:16:54,257 Their relationship isn't based on that. 268 00:16:54,841 --> 00:16:56,361 It's more... 269 00:16:56,669 --> 00:16:57,564 chaste. 270 00:16:58,843 --> 00:17:02,318 She's not his sexual fantasy. It's not about lust. 271 00:17:07,449 --> 00:17:09,141 The real threat is... 272 00:17:10,217 --> 00:17:12,874 That he may actually have fallen in love with her. 273 00:17:17,719 --> 00:17:20,106 You know, you said you were drawn to him. 274 00:17:20,276 --> 00:17:22,826 You married him because you admired him... 275 00:17:23,653 --> 00:17:26,025 Because he paid such deep attention to you. 276 00:17:26,195 --> 00:17:27,946 You were grateful 277 00:17:28,116 --> 00:17:30,370 that you felt you were interesting. 278 00:17:32,168 --> 00:17:33,847 That dynamic of 279 00:17:34,175 --> 00:17:37,991 patient-therapist was satisfying to both of you at that point... 280 00:17:38,317 --> 00:17:39,758 - But I think... - Jesus... 281 00:17:39,928 --> 00:17:41,373 Please let me do my job here. 282 00:17:41,543 --> 00:17:44,269 Your job of what, rushing to conclusions? 283 00:17:46,893 --> 00:17:50,580 Eventually, Kate, you felt that it wasn't satisfying for you. 284 00:17:51,710 --> 00:17:54,561 You've outgrown that dependency. 285 00:17:55,343 --> 00:17:57,993 You've outgrown that part of your marriage. 286 00:17:58,163 --> 00:18:00,854 You said you don't need Paul anymore, 287 00:18:01,284 --> 00:18:03,796 you don't need to be taken care of 288 00:18:03,966 --> 00:18:06,057 and Paul may have sensed this. 289 00:18:07,968 --> 00:18:10,041 You're drifting away from under his wing, 290 00:18:10,595 --> 00:18:13,289 and suddenly he finds himself confused 291 00:18:13,459 --> 00:18:15,723 about his feelings for a patient. 292 00:18:16,970 --> 00:18:19,122 Laura is dependent on Paul. 293 00:18:22,544 --> 00:18:25,947 He's her therapist, her elder, her guide. 294 00:18:27,154 --> 00:18:29,185 Dependency defines that relationship. 295 00:18:30,092 --> 00:18:32,740 I see, so she's not my groupie anymore, 296 00:18:32,910 --> 00:18:34,525 so I found somebody to... 297 00:18:34,695 --> 00:18:37,757 To replace her. Is that your theory? Nice one, Gina. 298 00:18:39,671 --> 00:18:41,985 See, your problem is you think it's impossible 299 00:18:42,155 --> 00:18:44,450 to fall in love with a patient without some kind of... 300 00:18:44,712 --> 00:18:47,062 pathology surrounding the whole thing. 301 00:18:52,061 --> 00:18:54,983 You're trying to redefine yourself in your marriage, 302 00:18:55,153 --> 00:18:58,744 to see yourself not as a dependant but as an equal. 303 00:18:59,907 --> 00:19:02,234 Do you think you can do that and stay with Paul? 304 00:19:02,404 --> 00:19:04,304 Gina, for fuck's sake. If I'm... 305 00:19:05,095 --> 00:19:08,486 this narcissistic monster that you're talking about 306 00:19:08,950 --> 00:19:12,673 who has to be admired and worshipped and needed, 307 00:19:12,843 --> 00:19:16,111 how does that fit with me sitting here trying to address the problem 308 00:19:16,281 --> 00:19:19,674 - that we've brought to you? - I'm not saying you're a monster. 309 00:19:19,844 --> 00:19:21,594 In fact, if you'll listen, 310 00:19:22,177 --> 00:19:24,335 I'm not even saying it's all you. 311 00:19:27,872 --> 00:19:30,091 Paul may not see you as an equal, 312 00:19:30,528 --> 00:19:32,915 but perhaps you've contributed to that. 313 00:19:33,843 --> 00:19:36,952 Maybe it's how you wanted to be seen. 314 00:19:37,406 --> 00:19:39,111 It's what was comfortable for you. 315 00:19:40,666 --> 00:19:44,397 Yeah, 25 years, I always felt he could walk out at any minute. 316 00:19:45,062 --> 00:19:46,596 Was that part of the attraction? 317 00:19:47,466 --> 00:19:49,432 Would you stop it? Would you stop 318 00:19:49,694 --> 00:19:52,628 putting these poisonous fucking words into her mouth? 319 00:19:53,907 --> 00:19:55,773 You've ignored me in this conversation. 320 00:19:56,033 --> 00:19:59,817 You see what she's doing: instructing you on what you should be feeling. 321 00:20:00,079 --> 00:20:02,986 It's fucking reckless. Why are you speeding this up, Gina? 322 00:20:03,156 --> 00:20:06,008 Do you want to meddle, is that it? To see how fast you can do this? 323 00:20:06,178 --> 00:20:09,807 Pushing Kate to a place that usually takes months if not years? 324 00:20:09,977 --> 00:20:12,109 - That's not what I'm doing. - What takes months? 325 00:20:12,279 --> 00:20:15,798 What she's saying is that you have a predisposition to be rejected, 326 00:20:15,968 --> 00:20:19,361 to not be my equal, that you're reacting to your childhood. 327 00:20:19,531 --> 00:20:22,407 That is rushing the process, Gina. 328 00:20:23,584 --> 00:20:26,739 Here's the way I think it works: you're supposed to focus on the couple first, 329 00:20:26,909 --> 00:20:29,388 then talk to them about their parents and their childhood. 330 00:20:29,650 --> 00:20:31,576 Do it the other way, they blame each other: 331 00:20:31,746 --> 00:20:34,527 "I knew it. Your mother fucked you up and you take it out on me." 332 00:20:34,697 --> 00:20:36,771 Do see you see how destructive that is? 333 00:20:37,032 --> 00:20:39,174 Maybe you don't want to talk about childhoods 334 00:20:39,344 --> 00:20:41,692 because we'd end up talking about your childhood. 335 00:20:41,953 --> 00:20:44,615 So we're back to where we started. You saw me after 10 years 336 00:20:44,785 --> 00:20:46,824 and right away you decided I'm my father. 337 00:20:47,084 --> 00:20:49,109 And like him, I'm in love with my patient 338 00:20:49,279 --> 00:20:51,300 and I'm pushing Kate to have an affair 339 00:20:51,470 --> 00:20:53,611 so that I can have an excuse to leave the house. 340 00:20:53,781 --> 00:20:56,177 And now, of course, Kate... an hour and a half with her 341 00:20:56,347 --> 00:20:57,822 and everything fits perfectly. 342 00:20:57,992 --> 00:21:00,298 - Game, set and match to you, Gina. - You know what? 343 00:21:00,468 --> 00:21:02,421 I can't really do this anymore. I'm sorry. 344 00:21:02,683 --> 00:21:06,033 I know this was my idea, but... I knew, deep down, that if I came here 345 00:21:06,203 --> 00:21:09,053 it would turn into this history between you two. And I'm sorry, 346 00:21:09,223 --> 00:21:11,261 it's really not helpful to me. 347 00:21:11,431 --> 00:21:14,031 - I apologize... - I'm sorry, Kate. I'm sorry. 348 00:21:30,345 --> 00:21:33,095 - I'll see you next week, okay? - Good night.