Hello, My Name Is Doris Page #5

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You appear to be taking dating advice

from a 13-year-old.

I don't wanna see you get hurt,

that's all.

- I can handle myself.

- Mm-hm.

"I don't want you to get hurt."

- John.

- Oh, hey, Doris.

- Hi.

- I had so much fun the other night.

Oh, it was, wasn't it? Yes, it was.

You wanna have lunch together outside

in the park? It's a warm, lovely day.

I know, I was out earlier,

but, um, I'm super backed up.

I think I'm gonna work through lunch.

But maybe later...

...we can get a coffee or something,

yeah? Okay?

- Yeah.

- Okay. Bye.

If you could close the door

on the way out, that'd be great.

Goodbye.

I'll just be closing the door.

The door is closing.

Closing the door.

John. John.

Hey, John.

You know, I meant to tell you.

I saw the funniest thing

on the ferry this morning.

Doris, no, I would love to chat

but I'm gonna be late for a thing.

- We'll talk tomorrow.

- Okay.

All right.

- Hey, Doris.

- John, hi.

- Hey.

- Hi.

Is everything okay?

Yeah, why?

I feel like we've barely had a chance

to speak all week.

You've been kind of distracted.

Yeah, I'm sorry. I don't know,

it's just been a really crazy week.

Yeah. That's okay.

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

I read in the paper

about this new restaurant...

...where they serve all their food

in the dark. It's called Dark.

It's about taste and texture

because you can't see the food.

- It's like tasting, touching.

- Yeah, sounds interesting.

- We should go sometime.

- Yes, please, let's do that.

- How about tonight?

- Tonight I can't.

- But at some point, sure.

- Yeah.

- Okay.

- Okay.

- All right.

- Okay.

Okay.

- Hey, you.

- Hey, you.

- For me?

- Yeah.

It's so cute.

Made it with paper

from the paper shredder.

Thank you. It's lovely.

- How was work?

- It was okay.

- I'm a little worried about my roommate.

- What?

She stopped going to a therapist

and she's seeing a psychic instead.

- A psychic?

- I know, it's ridiculous, right?

She swears by it though. I'm like:

"What does my therapist do for me?"

I mean, I just like....

- You cried during Home Alone?

- Yes.

The part when Kevin looks inside and he

sees that family celebrating Christmas.

And he's all alone. I wanna cry right now

just thinking about it.

- Oh, you find that funny?

- A little bit.

- Do you think you'll live here forever?

- Where?

- Here in New York.

- In New Yor... Uh, I don't know.

Not in this store, but in New York City.

Doris?

- Hey.

- John.

- What are you doing here?

- I... Um... Love this store.

I love this store.

I come to this store a lot.

- Okay.

- Okay.

Hey, Brooklyn, this is Doris.

Doris, this is Brooklyn.

Remember?

She's my co-worker.

- Oh, yeah. It's so nice to meet you.

- Yes.

- Brooklyn, you... Are you from Brooklyn?

- Oh, no. I'm from Colorado.

My parents named me that

because they love Woody Allen.

Why didn't they name you Woody Allen,

you know?

Ha! That's hilarious.

John told me you were so funny.

I have to go. I have to catch the ferry.

So it was nice meeting you.

- Are you sure?

- Oh, yeah.

We're gonna go to Caf Kalen and get

some dessert if you wanna come with.

Brooks is gonna sing some songs.

It's my first time performing them

in front of an audience so I'm nervous.

- Wanna come?

- No, I really....

The ferry's late and then it gets choppy,

and I really have to....

- Please come. I could use the support.

- Yeah, come on, Doris. Come with us.

When I was lost

In the silence

In the darkness

On the road

You reached out

And you touched me

Where I was walking

All alone

- You were great.

- Stop.

- Wasn't she great?

- Oh, yeah.

- You were so great.

- Thank you. Thank you.

So John tells me you both went

to the Baby Goya concert.

- Did you like the show?

- Oh, yes.

- Very...

- Yeah? You did?

I'm not a fan. No.

Robots and the renaissance? Come on.

Are they from the past? From the future?

- It's like, pick, one or the other.

- She doesn't get it.

- She doesn't.

- I'm really sorry.

- I kind of gotta take a whiz.

- Oh, gross.

- All right, I'm gonna go.

- You're such a boy.

- I like that sweater, Doris. It's pretty.

- Thank you so much.

- I like your sweater. It's nice.

- Thank you. I actually... I knit it myself.

- Really?

- Yeah. Do you knit?

Yes. Yes, I do knit little squares

of things.

Oh, my God, you have to come

to my rooftop knitting circle.

That's very nice of you. Thank you.

I joined the LGBT knitting community

five years ago...

...and I cannot imagine my life

without it now.

I'm not a lesbian, but I'm me there.

You know?

Brooklyn, you know,

I feel that way in Staples.

I love office supplies and just....

I just wander up and down

the aisles, you know?

Well, you have to come. It's a date.

- It is.

- A girl date. You and me.

A girl date. Okay.

Good.

They asked me how I knew

My true love was true

Whoa, whoa

I of course replied

Something here inside

Cannot be denied

Brooklyn Henderson.

All who love are blind

Whoa, whoa

When your heart's on fire

You must be alive

Smoke gets in your eyes

So I chaffed them

Okay.

And I gaily laughed

To think they could doubt

Okay.

My love

Our love was like the sun

and the moon and the stars.

And then you tore it all asunder.

And now I lie down to die.

And blow away like a fleck of dust.

Like a speck of dust.

Speck of du....

Smoke gets in your

Eyes

Hey, Doris?

Sis?

Doris?

It's Dr. Edwards.

Come on, open up, sis.

Doris, please open the door.

Sis?

I know she's in there.

- First visit in the house?

- Yeah. Ours.

Hi, Doris. It's Dr. Edwards.

Can we come in?

Sis, just let us in, Doris.

- Hi, Doris.

- Hey.

It's good to see you again.

- Hey.

- Hey.

Oh, my God, Doris,

it is so gross in here.

You need to take all this garbage

and burn it in a Dumpster.

Cynthia, that's not helpful.

Okay, well, I'll just sit in a corner

and keep my mouth shut.

You know, she's gonna look around,

okay? Just gonna look around.

So, Doris, we'll start

by creating three piles.

One for trash.

One to donate.

And one to keep.

Doris, it's totally up to you to decide

what you wanna keep...

...and what you're willing to let go of.

Okay? Should we give it a shot?

- Okay.

- Great.

Okay, let's start here

in the dining room.

How about this wooden ski?

Would you like to keep it,

discard it or donate it to charity?

Well, the Wallaces gave us that.

They lived across the street

before they moved to Montreal.

I liked them very much.

And I wanna keep that. I wanna keep it.

Where's the other one?

- I'm not sure.

- You can't go skiing with one ski, Doris.

- All right, then we will donate it.

- Good.

I don't wanna throw it away.

I don't want it to end up in a landfill.

Somebody... Oh!

Take care of it.

It has sentimental value.

What is the point of donating that?

Who's gonna look for only one ski?

- Someone with one leg.

- Oh, you think you're so clever.

Cynthia, please.

This is difficult for Doris.

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