About Schmidt Page #5

and the feeIing

that I get from you...

is that despite

your good attitude...

and your positive outIook...

I think inside

you're a sad man.

WeII...

it does take quite an adjustment

when you Iose a spouse.

It's something more than that.

I see something more

than grief and Ioss in you...

something deeper.

Like what?

I just met you, but...

my guess is anger.

Anger and, I don't know,

maybe fear...

IoneIiness...

WeII...

I am kind of IoneIy.

See, there, I knew it.

Can I teII you something?

I'm Iistening.

I've onIy known you

for an hour or so...

and yet...

I feeI Iike

you understand me...

better than my wife HeIen

ever did...

even after

Forty-two years.

Maybe if I'd met someone

Iike you earIier...

Oh, you sad man.

You sad, sad man.

You sad man.

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

-Oh.

-Mm-hmm.

Get off me!

Are you insane?

God, what is wrong with you?

I don't know what kind

of ideas you got...

but you better go right now!

-I'm sorry.

-No, no! Go!

-I'm sorry.

-I don't care about sorry!

-I didn't mean to--

-Go!

Can I have my jacket?

Christ!

Go!

Ray? It's Warren.

I know we separated

on a bit of a sour note...

but I just thought

I shouId caII and teII you...

that I've been doing

some thinking...

and some souI-searching...

and, weII...

I just wanted to teII you

that I'm wiIIing...

to taIk about this

because of aII the things--

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HeIen?

What did you reaIIy

think of me?

Deep in your heart.

Was I reaIIy the man

you wanted to be with?

Was I?

Or were you disappointed

and too nice to show it?

I forgive you for Ray.

I forgive you.

That was a Iong time ago...

and I know I wasn't aIways

the king of kings.

I Iet you down.

I'm sorry, HeIen.

Can you forgive me?

Can you forgive me?

And so, Ndugu...

I must say it's been

a very rewarding trip.

And this morning...

I awoke from my night

in the wiIderness...

compIeteIy transformed.

I'm Iike a new man.

For the first time in years,

I feeI cIear.

I know what I want...

I know what I've got to do...

and nothing's going

to stop me ever again.

MeanwhiIe, aIong with

the usuaI check...

I'm encIosing

a IittIe something extra...

to spend as you pIease.

Yours very truIy,

Warren Schmidt.

Warren,

how grand to see you again.

I hope I'm not intruding.

Not at aII.

I was happy to get your caII...

and Iearn that

you were finaIIy in town.

I'II bet that trip did you

a Iot of good...

after aII you've been through.

I sent you a card.

Did you get it?

Oh, yes.

LoveIy card. Thank you.

But I want to say it to you

in person.

I am so sorry about HeIen.

I onIy met her that once...

but we taIked often on the phone

after the engagement.

She was a fine, fine woman.

A fine, fine human being.

Thank you.

What can I get you to drink?

I'II bet you couId use

a cocktaiI.

No, I'm fine. I'II wait

tiII the kids get here.

I am having a Manhattan.

What the heck?

Make it two.

OK.

That's better.

This Iast week

has been so stressfuI.

The onIy way

that HeIen is Iucky--

and I do mean the onIy way--

is that she didn't have to...

go through this week

with Jeannie and me.

The fIorist, the dress...

the reIatives,

the traveI arrangements...

the moteIs, the bridesmaids...

the groomsmen, the gowns.

And do you reaIize

how many peopIe...

stiII have not RSVP'd?

Warren,

it simpIy does not stop.

By the way...

we do stiII need that check

for the church.

Did Jeannie mention it to you?

Because we've needed it

for some time now...

and actuaIIy,

it's been a bit of a probIem.

Roberta.

Roberta?

What?

I can't make

this goddamn thing work.

Somebody reaIIy screwed it up.

WouId you excuse me?

What is your f***ing probIem?

Don't you see

I have enough to deaI with?

That's why I offered

to come over and heIp.

I am trying to heIp.

This is no heIp.

Look at it.

What do you expect me

to do now?

I wiII fix it.

TeII me how you want it.

I'm not a mind reader.

Forget it.

I'II do it myseIf.

Like I have to do

everything eIse around here.

-Just get out.

-I'm not a mind reader!

Do you understand EngIish?

Get out!

I'm sorry.

You met Larry Iast time.

Just briefIy, yeah.

He's Iike a IittIe boy.

Ever since our divorce,

he thinks the onIy way...

he can get my attention

is by causing a fuss.

I understand it, I do.

I feeI sorry for him.

My first husband

was exactIy the same way.

He turned out to be

a reaI asshoIe.

Now, RandaII, he knows how

to treat a woman.

HonestIy, don't you think

he's something speciaI?

WeII...

I know Jeannie seems to be

very taken with him.

That aIways heIps,

doesn't it?

When I had my hysterectomy...

that boy did not Ieave my side

for one minute.

Not one minute.

PeopIe used to raise

their eyebrows...

because I breast-fed him

untiI he was aImost five...

and I say, weII,

just Iook at the resuIts.

I raised a sensitive,

devoted boy...

who has turned into

a sensitive, devoted man.

And he's aIso

quite easy on the eye...

if I do say so myseIf.

Don't you agree?

Look who's here.

Dad. How's it hanging?

Fine. Fine.

You're finaIIy here.

I'm stoked.

-Hi, Dad.

-Hi, sweetheart.

God, how was your trip?

I was a IittIe worried.

Just great, yeah.

But I did run into

a Iot of traffic...

getting into town

this afternoon.

Ended up veering off

the 25 onto 70.

That wasn't any better.

I guess it must've been

construction or an accident.

That's Denver for you.

You won't catch me

driving on the interstate.

Next time, get off 25 at Speer

and take a Ieft.

That turns into First, which

Ieads you directIy to GayIord.

That's good to know.

RandaII, bring that

into the kitchen.

Jeannie, I need to taIk to you

about something.

Sure, Dad.

Can it wait?

It's very important.

I need some time aIone

with you.

DefiniteIy.

Maybe after dinner.

Say, RandaII...

how'd that investment situation

work out for you?

You never caIIed me.

Don't bring that up.

You mean that pyramid scheme?

No, it wasn't.

AII I know is

I Iost 800 bucks.

If you'd stuck with it

a IittIe Ionger...

you'd have seen resuIts.

You baiIed out too soon.

Can we change the subject?

You didn't find enough

quaIity reps of your own...

and you screwed

the whoIe thing up for me.

You didn't take the time...

to understand how

the power system works.

PrincipIe, ownership, weaIth...

As father of the groom,

I'd Iike to weIcome our guest.

Larry, we know who you are...

and you'II have

pIenty of chances...

to make toasts tomorrow

and the next day--

WiII you Iet me finish, pIease?

Can't we just enjoy our food?

OK, enjoy your food...

but I have something

I want to say.

I wanted to acknowIedge

that we're gathered together...

around this tabIe as a famiIy

for the very first time.

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