Greenberg Page #6

so you'll have to make it.

l see. Thanks.

l guess l'll

make an appearance.

Are you pulling a Gatsby

and watching the party

from afar?

l don't know that

l need to document

the reasons how this

isn't like a Gatsby.

Marlon and Peggy

are really nice.

l didn't even invite them,

they just come here.

lt turns out they've got

a son who went to the

same school as Victor.

lt's such a small world.

Why is that

news to you?

lt is a small world.

l'm surprised we all

don't run into each

other more often.

You and l went to

school together.

(PEOPLE CHATTERlNG)

(PHONE RlNGlNG)

Hey.

Hey, Rog.

(ANSWERlNG MACHlNE BEEPS)

Hi, this is Florence.

l'm sorry to be calling,

but l wanted to

check and see how...

Hello?

Oh, l wanted to check

and see how Mahler is.

We had to move him

to another vet.

Really?

Yeah, they do better

with internal medicine there.

l was going to

call you, but. . .

ls he okay?

What did they say?

(VACUUM CLEANER WHlRRlNG)

l thought it was sciatica.

Can you. . .

Please.

(WHlRRlNG STOPS)

l'd like to see

him at the hospital,

if you can give

me the information.

We don't have to

see each other.

We can go at different times.

l like the old vet better.

Gina told me it's

nice to leave them

something that

smells like you.

Sometimes l think

he's a human

in a dog costume.

Wait.

(BOTH MOANlNG)

(ROGER PANTlNG)

l don't know any of this.

l don't know Karen Dalton.

Very cool. Thanks.

You sure you don't know it?

No. No.

Thanks. Thank you.

You can tell me

if you know it.

l don't.

Karen Dalton was,

like, this homeless

junkie in the '70s.

You know,

it's a woman with sandals.

Maybe there's something

you can sing on there.

You like old things.

A shrink said to me once,

l have trouble

living in the present,

so l linger on the past

because l felt like

l never really lived it

in the first place, you know?

Do you think

you could love me?

l don't know, Florence.

l just get excited

to see you, and then. . .

l think l get worried

it's gonna go too fast,

so l say things

to get a reaction.

What?

We got to stop this.

Really?

Yeah.

You got to stop calling me.

l've intentionally

not called you.

Even when l needed

to call you, l didn't.

You know, l took a pet taxi.

l haven't called you.

You called me today.

That was for Mahler.

Come on,

it wasn't for Mahler.

Florence,

take some responsibility.

Don't put yourself in

this kind of situation.

What situation?

l like seeing you.

No, you don't.

You don't like it.

Why are we even

having this conversation?

We're not really even dating,

and we're

seeing other people.

l'm not seeing anyone.

Neither am l,

but l want to.

Who?

l don't know! Anyone.

l'm doing nothing.

l'm not tied to anyone.

How many times do we

have to go over it?

Jesus, l. . .

l should be with

a divorced 38-year-old

who has teenage kids

and low expectations

about life.

l don't want to

f***ing do this anymore.

God !

(POP SONG PLAYlNG)

Half a pill three

times a day with food.

The blood thinners,

just at night.

They're for the blood clots.

And he'll get prednisone,

which is a steroid,

twice a day for three days,

and then we'll bring him down

to one-and-a-half a day

and the blood

thinners every other day.

Okay?

Hi, little Mahler baby.

Tried lvan,

but he had a birthday party.

l didn't want to cram him

into a shitty pet taxi.

Hi, baby.

Thank you for doing this.

l'm here for Mahler.

Gina says l'm crazy

to drive you anywhere.

Right.

Your credit card.

$3,084?

He seems better.

Give me his pills and

l'll mark them for you,

so you don't forget.

(PHONE RlNGlNG)

(ON ANSWERlNG MACHlNE) Hi,

you've reached the Greenbergs,

please leave a message.

lf you put

the pills in peanut butter,

they go down easier.

(OVER PHONE) Roger,

it's Phillip. Pick up.

Pick up!

F*** it. l got

a very weird message

from Florence.

She's thinking of quitting.

What the f***'s

going on over there?

Did you do something

that freaked her out?

Do you know

how hard it is to find

an assistant l actually like?

Jesus! l can't

trust you with anyone.

CAROL:
How is Mahler?

How is Mahler, by the way?

Did you pick him up today?

Call me.

(WATER RUNNlNG)

Are you cooking?

You wanna make Jell-O?

The vet said

that the steroids

might upset his stomach.

l'll just. . . l'll cook

this and then l'll go.

Gonna make chicken, too?

l can pick up a roast

chicken at the market.

He shouldn't have the skin,

it's too rich.

l can eat the skin.

You wanna have

chicken and rice

with Mahler?

You can walk to Ralphs,

it's three blocks from here.

Okay, will you be

here when l get back?

Oh, my God.

l'll go get the chicken,

but l'm going to call

you when l'm pulling up

and l want you to come out

and l want you to get it

from me.

(HONKlNG HORN)

Thank you.

Listen, l'm sorry about

my freak-out the other night.

You know?

l gotta try to not do that.

l get abusive and

l'm working on that.

So, anyway, l apologize.

Thank you.

l mean, it's not just me.

You do participate

in it, too, though.

l mean, don't you think?

No, then you're not

apologizing, you know.

l'm. . .

This isn't a good day

for me. l'm gonna go.

l'm apologizing

for my side of it.

That's not an apology.

Well, apologizing is hard.

No, it's not.

Not for me.

Well, it is for me.

You know what, Florence?

You know what l think?

l think you're

transferring sh*t onto me.

l think you're looking

to me for the mental

and physical abuse

of your father,

and sexual molestation,

or whatever.

l was not molested.

Or whatever.

He was withholding.

l'm right about that, right?

l was not molested !

l said "whatever."

AUTOMATED VOlCE:
You have

reached the voicemail of Gina.

Gina, call me back

when you get this, okay?

Also, we have to be there

at 7:
00 in the morning,

so you should

pick me up at 6:
30.

(MUSlC PLAYlNG ON STEREO)

(SlNGlNG ALONG)

Hands across the water

Heads across the sky

Admiral Halsey notified me

He had to have a berth

or he couldn't get to sea

(PHONE RlNGS)

Hey.

Hey.

(SlGHS)

l thought you were Gina.

No, it's me.

Roger.

This one's for me.

What?

l was talking to Mahler.

Why are you calling me?

l wanted to speak to you.

You need some more granola?

(LAUGHlNG)

Or ice-cream sandwiches?

Come on.

I mean, are we

seeing each other or not?

Well, that's what

l wanna talk about.

l don't know, l mean,

l'm leaving in,

like, a week.

Hurt people hurt people.

"Hurt people hurt people"?

Hurt people hurt people.

lt's something

a singing coach of mine

told me.

Sh*t!

Sorry.

ls somebody there?

No.

l just spilled my champagne.

Forget it.

You never f***ed that guy

who plays guitar with you?

No!

l don't want this

to sound dramatic,

and l wasn't

gonna say anything,

and Gina's taking me.

l mean, it's not yours.

lt's. . .

l found out

a couple of days ago.

l don't know,

it's gotta be my ex's,

because l'm six

or seven weeks,

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