At Middleton Page #5

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Remember, just stay in the moment.

Connect to your partner,

and it's all good.

No, I understand. No, really,

I need another objective.

- Give me another one.

- Come on, George.

You are a successfully

married couple.

You know each other

from the inside out.

This should be a piece of cake.

Please.

Edith is trying to get

George to bake a pie

and George is trying

to get Edith into bed.

Trust your instincts

and follow each other.

Call upon your own experience

and emotion as necessary.

Okay?

Please.

Are you happy, George?

Maybe this isn't the

right time, Edith.

No, I think it's the perfect time.

If I was happy, would

you have to ask?

So we're gonna be honest today?

I've been honest every day of...

of this...

My marriage.

I haven't.

It's probably time

I tell the truth.

Go ahead.

Okay.

I am profoundly unhappy.

And I'm lonely.

And lonely.

Let it ring.

Edith, let it ring.

You started this.

- I want to hear what you have to say.

- No, you don't want to hear.

You don't want to hear

anything that isn't about you,

your wants and your needs.

When did you stop loving me?

What?

When did you stop loving me?

Did you ever love me?

Did you ever love me?

It's a simple question.

George.

George.

Right.

George. George.

I'm so sorry.

- I'm so sorry.

- It's not your fault.

Wow.

Thanks for having us.

Carry on.

Mm, I should probably

call him back.

Oh, yeah.

Okay, sure. Ahem.

Hi. Sorry I missed your call.

We were in a thing.

Yeah. Oh, it's great.

It's a little slice of heaven.

Mm-hmm.

Oh, she loves it, yeah.

I can tell it's gonna be work

getting her back in the car.

Did you talk to her yet?

Did you...?

Oh, it's beautiful. It's a

beautiful campus, you know.

Well, how are you? Yeah?

- Uh...

- Try texting her.

Hi. Yeah.

- What?

- Yeah, mm-hmm.

Just checking in before you left.

We'll see what she says.

She hasn't met him yet, but I'm sure...

No, everything-everything's fine.

Conrad is passionately

indifferent towards Middleton.

No big surprise.

What? Yeah?

It's beautiful here.

- Really beautiful.

- Okay, we'll just... we'll talk later.

Mm-hmm, okay.

All right. Bye.

Okay, try you later. All right.

Good reception.

Look at that...

parents and their children

on a college tour

eating lunch together.

What a novel idea.

I think it's overrated.

You know, all I wanted was for

her to just let me have my day.

She's not the one who's gonna

go here. I'm going here.

And all I wanted was for her

to shut up and be present.

Is that so much to ask for?

What's the big deal?

Just give her a call.

Yeah, but I shouldn't

have to give her a call.

- Why are you so angry?

- I'm not angry.

I should eat somewhere else.

- Wait.

- What?

Conrad, I'm sorry.

Okay?

I'm a nice person, I promise.

Look, sometimes I push

away people I like.

It's one of my few flaws.

Please?

Yeah, I'll stay.

They have omelets.

Would you excuse me for a moment?

I've got a bladder the

size of a ball bearing.

Okay.

Absolutely not.

Do you want me to call your mom?

No.

She's on a private tour

with the dean of students.

Can you believe that?

Hi. Yes, I'm Audrey Martin

and I'm a rising freshman currently

on a tour of Middleton campus.

Um, do you think

it would be possible

to have a brief word

with Dean Pruitt?

It's very important.

Uh-huh.

Yeah. Okay, thank you.

- Excuse me.

- Oh, sh*t.

Excuse me.

Hey.

How was the tour with

the dean of students?

The tour with the dean

of students, yes.

It was... it was great.

It was great.

We saw some fascinating...

have you seen the bell tower yet?

We saw the... we were

up into the bell tower.

It's beautiful.

And we went into a class.

We went into an acting

class and they taught us

how to breathe... you know,

how the actors breathe.

It was like...

Ahh-hh.

Gotta make a sound like that.

Ahh-hh.

The dean of students is

at a conference in Toronto.

Ahh-hh.

It's like...

Excuse me.

Okay, where's my mother?

Uh, she's...

planetarium.

She said something

about the planetarium.

- It's an observatory.

- Well, yes, exactly... the observatory.

- Yeah.

- I've just been calling it the...

planetarium.

Have you seen Conrad?

Have you seen Conrad?

- Hey.

- I just ran into your dad.

- Was he looking for me?

- No.

- What's up with your mom?

- I'm tracking her down.

I cannot wait to find her

deceitful ass and expose her lie.

What's the rush?

In case you haven't noticed,

I'm a now kind of girl.

George.

What are we doing here?

We're having lunch.

Is that what you call it...

having lunch?

What do you call it, George?

Just look at me straight in the eye and

tell me that we're just having lunch.

I need...

I need some...

I need some ketchup.

Come here. Hey, come on.

Edith, Edith, sit down.

Come on.

What just happened

in that acting class?

What was that?

- It was two adults making believe.

- Making believe?

Is that what you call it...

making believe?

Well, what do you call it, George?

Well, uh,

if you want to know the truth,

I'm afraid to give it a name.

Because what I've got swirling

in my head right now...

it's scaring me half to death.

I just saw your daughter.

Audrey is here?

No, she's not here.

She's not here because

I looked her in the eye

and I told her a lie.

- What did you say?

- She wanted to know where you were

and I told her you were

at the planetarium.

- No, I think it's an observatory.

- Yes, I know. I've heard.

Why did you lie?

Because I don't want

our day to end.

Come on, help me out, Edith.

Say something.

- What do you want me to say?

- Say anything.

Tell me that this day has meant

more to you than just killing time

or your daughter's just

looking at a college.

Tell me that. Give me that much.

We're married.

- And we have kids.

- Hey, stop avoiding.

Listen to me, Edith, please.

Just tell me you feel

something for me

and I'm not imagining this.

We should probably get

back to our children.

Edith. Okay, listen, I'm sorry.

Don't go. Listen.

Just talk to me a second.

- I'm sorry, George.

- Edith.

I'm sorry.

Edith. Edith.

The college was founded

in 1887 by Lowndes Pope Middleton,

who made his fortune as a seafaring

entrepreneur before devoting...

- Excuse me.

- Yes?

Where's the observatory?

I've gotten separated from my daughter.

- It's on the hill behind Franklin.

- I'm sorry, where's Franklin?

Excuse me, some of us who

didn't desert our children

would like to continue

with the program.

I politely interrupt to

ask a simple question

and you think that gives you the

right to indict my parenting?

Wow, look at you.

Look at you.

You think you've got it

all worked out, huh?

Yeah, 18 years, right,

of saying the right things,

making good choices,

telling yourself it all adds

up to little Johnny here

having what it takes

to skate through life, huh?

Well, I've got news for you...

it doesn't add up.

Nothing adds up.

It's all just a feckless

dingleberry monkey garden.

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