Hello I Must Be Going Page #4

- Oh.

Exotic Canada.

Uh, Saskatchewan?

Uh--

The wilds of Manitoba.

We'll be Canadian.

Are you ready for me?

O--

Uh, okay. No, I got it.

Oh!

Hi!

Uh...

there was an understudy...

for Patti LuPone,

so we decided not to stay.

- Oh.

- We wanted to see Patti.

Okay.

Thank you. I'm- You-

I'm gonna let you guys go.

I mean, myself go-

I will be going.

F***, f***, f***, f***, f***!

F***, f***, f***, f***.

F***, f***.

F***!

Good evening.

Oh, you scared me.

Where were you tonight?

- I--

- Ah, it's none of my business.

Hey-

Gee, I feel like

I haven't seen you in weeks.

Mom says you're

taking antidepressants.

God, it's tough to be a parent.

You just want so much for your kids,

and you just can't-

lf we get these cases,

it can really happen.

We can stay in this house, finish

the renovations, get your mom a new car.

And I could...

retire.

Take this trip with your mother.

It would mean so much to both of us.

But the one thing, you know...

a father wants to feel that his kids

are all set when he retires...

you know?

Secure, married.

With a house.

A family of your own.

Yeah.

Yeah. No, I'm sorry.

I know it's late.

It's going Okay-

Oh, I do? That's good.

Um, I don't-l don't know

why I called exactly. I-

Yeah, I know.

Yeah, I know I have to

sign the papers, David.

They're good.

I'm sorry.

No, I'm sorry.

They miss you too. Yeah.

Yes.

Um-

No. Do you really

want me to say that?

Okay. I mean, no.

No, they don't hate you.

No, the opposite. It's-

Okay.

Hey-

- What?

- Come here.

What? Huh?

You shouldn't have come here, okay?

- I'm so- We-

- Somebody could f***ing see you!

You just ran off.

What do you want me to do?

- What did you say to her?

- Nothing. I just- I just left.

I just got my bike

and I just went riding around.

Well, you need to go home

and tell her something.

What would you want me to say?

Jeremy, I don't f***ing care

what you say.

Tell her some guy broke up with you and

I came over to help you pick up the pieces.

Yeah, and what? And then

you just took your clothes off?

Jeremy!

Tell her anything, okay?

Tell-Tell her I'm doing some

f***ing howling at the moon...

primal-scream divorce therapy!

But you were singing

O Canada, Amy.

- Oh!

- Amy, I don't- Why-

Why can't I just tell her the truth?

If she says something to your stepdad,

it could ruin my dad's retirement, okay?

I could f***ing ruin everything for him.

Oh, God! It's like- It's like you're more

of a coward than I am, you know?

And you're supposed to be

the adult in this relationship.

We're not in a relationship.

This whole thing,

it just got out of hand, okay?

I didn't mean for it to.

It just- lt just happened,

and we both just went crazy.

I'm-l'm sorry.

You just- You just do

whatever they want you to do.

And it is so pathetic.

You- You don't even know

what the f*** you're talking about.

I mean, it's like you think

you're so mature...

and so savvy,

and you-you're just not...

because you don't know

a f***ing thing about the real world.

There is no difference

between me and you, Amy.

Yeah, there is,jeremy.

Because you're f***ing 19 years old.

Okay? I was married to a man,

and I was in love with him.

I had a f***ing life,

and I was happy in it.

Do I have to spell this out for you?

You and I can't be in a relationship, okay?

- Okay

- Okay?

- Okay!

- It's ridiculous.

I mean, what the f*** do you think?

Do you think we're gonna go off

somewhere and wear f***ing sarongs?

- All right.

- And visit with holy men and smoke opium.

Oh, forget it. Okay.

I don't even know what you

think is gonna happen.

Amy, won't you at least

go out with him once?

He lives in Westport.

He has a big house here.

Now you know,

if Daddy doesn't get this client...

we'll all be out on the street.

Hmm.

Hmm. I think I will have

the ahi tuna steak.

No, I had tuna for lunch.

Shoot.

Can't have tuna for every meal,

or I'll turn into a thermometer.

What?

It's a joke. It's stupid.

- I was just-'Cause all the mercury in-

- Oh.

The oceans, in the fish.

Of course.

Yeah. No, I know.

Isn't it a shame? Yeah.

You know, I look at my-

my daughter Sarah, she's eight...

and I, uh, think what

are we doing to our oceans, you know?

When fish, the most healthy thing-

lt's just-

Because l love it.

I could have it every meal.

Just, like, fish.

Hmm.

Love it, love it, love it, love it.

Salmon?

Give it to me, you know?

I can eat lox, gravlax,

uh, poached. Oh, my God!

I could eat poached fish all day.

Yeah, I get-l get kind of

queasy from it sometimes.

- Really?

- Mm-hmm.

- Fish?

- Mm-hmm.

I wonder why.

Not me.

And you know it's one

of those, uh, top 10 foods...

in terms of being good for you.

Uh...

almonds...

is one of them, I think.

Uh, spinach.

Yogurt, which is...

kind of weird to me,

'cause I'm not a big yogurt fan.

And I'm not an angry guy, you know.

I'm about enjoying life.

And, you know, sometimes stuff happens.

So whose fault is that really?

It's, uh-

it's two people, you know?

It takes two people to tango,

so to speak.

So I just think it's really unfair to-

to put all the blame on one person.

The good news is Sarah is

totally fine with it, um, so-

- That's great.

- At least there's that, yeah.

- Oh. Mm-mmm.

- Mmm. Mmm.

- You are just so cute, and this outfit is adorable.

- Okay.

- It's my mother's. I borrowed it from my mother.

- Oh, that's- that's okay.

- Sorry.

- Okay. I get it.

I'm sorry.

Totally. I get it.

Right after my divorce, I couldn't even

imagine dating anybody else, no way, no how.

- Uh-uh. So-

- Okay.

Can I see you again?

Ahh!

Oh!

Here I am, this therapist, and I don't know

what's going on with my own child.

- It's so embarrassing. It's so humiliating.

- Gwen-

He says that you listen to him.

You see him.

He says that I'm in denial.

That I'm trying to make him into

something that I want him to be.

That I don't see him.

You know what?

That's not even the point, I guess.

The point is he finally told me the truth.

Even though it's upsetting that

I didn't even know, the point is-

He doesn't like acting.

I mean, I deal with this stuff every day.

And here I am not realizing the effect

that I'm having on my own child.

The greatest tragedy of the family

is the unlived lives of the parents."

Jung said that.

I say that to my patients

almost every day.

Hey, how is your therapy going?

The, um, singing, naked,

swimming thing?

- Yeah, it's good.

- Good.

I'm so sorry about that.

Oh, no.

You know, whatever works.

Geez, I wish that I had

had something like that-

so visceral and active-

when I was going through my divorce.

Thank you for listening.

Come here. Give me a hug, will ya?

- Thank you.

- Gwen.

Sorry about throwing the rock at you.

- Ah. Ow!

- Yeah.

Please don't tell Jeremy that

I was snooping in his room. Ohh!

It's just he's been seeing some boy

all summer and they just broke up and-

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