Hope Springs

(INSECTS TRILLING)

(BREATHING DEEPLY)

(SIGHS)

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

Come in!

(DOOR LATCHES LOUDLY)

What?

What are you doing?

I was just thinking that...

I could sleep in here tonight.

In here? Why? Something

wrong with your room?

Is it too warm? Because I had that

air conditioner completely...

No.

Well, then what?

I just wanted...

Oh. Well...

I don't...

(STAMMERS) Uh, I'm not feeling well...

I had pork for Iunch and I... Mmm-hmm.

I think it's probably best

if we just... If I...

Mmm-hmm. That's okay.

I mean, I...

I'll just go back.

(SIGHS)

(AIN'T LOVE SOMETHIN' PLAYING)

(ALARM BLARING)

# This is for

# The people holding hands

# And this is for the ones

# With broken hearts

# What I'm trying to explain

# Is in our Iives there'll come a day

# When we'll find those feelings

# Lost in the dark

Thank you. Mmm-hmm.

# The losin', the tryin'

# It's that crazy little thing

# That we call Iove

(FORK SCRAPING ON PLATE)

# And when it comes to you

# If I had to tell the truth

# About the mixed-up thoughts

# My mind's been thinkin' of

# It's Iike the sunshine

6:
00? Mmm-hmm.

I'm making prime rib for our... Mmm-hmm.

# You bring me pleasure

# And you bring me pain

AII right. Bye!

# Ain't Iove somethin' #

Bye.

Think you can change your marriage?

Change your marriage?

What do you mean?

Like you mostly eat in on Fridays

and then you eat out?

Or that you're at each other's throats

and suddenly you're Cinderella

and Prince Charming.

The second one.

No. No.

You married who you marry,

you are who you are.

Why would that change?

Well, if you wanted it to.

No, I think for that to happen,

it would have to be so bad

that somebody was willing to risk everything

just to shake things up

and then it may not come down your way.

No, change is hard. Marriages

don't change.

Hey, what are you making tonight?

The kids still coming over?

Yeah. Prime rib.

(CHUCKLES) Oh, they are so beautiful!

Huh, Arnold? Just what we needed.

Mmm-hmm.

I picked them out.

Show-off.

So what'd you guys get each other?

Yeah, 31. What gift is that?

Silver? Ivory? Paper?

No, it isn't anything special.

Just an off year.

Oh! We got each other the

new cable subscription.

Oh, great.

It's a Iot of channels.

First of all, so many of

you are dealing with,

"Should I open the club face,

or should I do this?"

You can Iearn to break Iike this.

All he's doing is he's

taking the club back.

He doesn't have a Iot of

wrist hinge at all.

In fact, in the down-the-Iine view,

what his swing looks like is,

the head of the club is outside

of the hands here.

Very, very late wrist set.

He gets up into here, Iike this,

and then his body is moving forward

while the club is going backwards

and that's how you get this

real... (TURNS OFF TV)

Arnold.

(GRUNTS)

Turn off the air down here?

Mmm-hmm!

(STAIRS CREAKING)

Night. Good night.

# More, more, more, give me

# More, more

# More, more, more, give me

# More, oh

# More, more, more, give me

# More, more

# More, more, more, give me

# More, oh

# Open me up

# And what do you find?

# Broken heart

# And a dusty mind

# You can take your time

# But I'll never take mine

# Write your life down

# Then break the spine

# I'm taking it down

# Taking it down

# And turning it around

# Turning it around

# And making a sound

# Making a sound

# For the first time in my days

# Oh, how I

# Need you

# To need me

# Need it so, need it so, need it so bad

# And you

# You want to move

# Along with me

# Do you want, do you want

# To move along with me? #

DR. FELD:
I can't tell you how many...

Shh! (TURNS DOWN VOLUME)

...questions I get on what constitutes

the perfect marriage.

I see couples who think their

marriages are over.

Who feel Iike it's impossible

to regain what they once had.

Well, it's not. It's not impossible.

And it's not too Iate

for anyone who truly wants

it and is willing to try.

(SIGHS)

Thank you. Mmm-hmm.

(SIGHS)

What are you... You eating?

No. I, I...

What? You're just going to sit there?

Okay.

What do we got?

I want to go.

"Dr. Bernard Feld, Center for Intensive

Couples Counseling."

You want to go to intensive

couples counseling?

In Maine. Maine.

Only half the day.

Rest of the day you can read,

or Iook around the town.

$4,000 for a week?

Well, it's intensive.

Have to be gold-plated.

Well, I paid for it.

How?

I used my C. D.

How'd you get access to your C. D?

I called Vince. Oh.

You called my office without

talking to me.

I made a reservation for us.

Well, cancel it.

I want to go.

Have you been to see Dr. Lesser?

Maybe this has something to do

with that hormonal thing.

I am not crazy, Arnold!

Well, then I don't know

what to say to you.

In all our years together, never have I...

Have you heard me ask for anything?

Excuse me? Did we not just get a new

refrigerator because you wanted...

That's not what I mean.

Well, you're a grown woman. You

can go anywhere you want to go.

But I'm not going.

So if you want to go to intensive couples

counseling all by yourself,

I'll see you when you get back.

Maybe I will.

AII right.

Maybe I will.

You're not going to get audited over $217.

Well, you're just not.

AII right! Call Terri to

make an appointment.

Yes, and thank you. Bye.

(GROANS)

VINCE:
You know, Kay called

me. I meant to tell you.

That's nothing. She's just been

acting kind of off, is all.

Off? How? I don't know. Threatening me.

What does she want? Car?

Vacation, something?

No. Yeah, a vacation.

I'll tell you, when Susan

used to threaten me,

I did what we all want to do.

Head up to Brewsky's, not call,

come home Iate piss drunk,

a big "screw you."

You see how that worked out. Uh-huh.

If I had to do it again,

I'd be on it with flowers, a card,

dinner, maybe even a necklace.

I'd be in there Iike the Orkin

Man and kill that thing dead.

Maybe then I wouldn't be in a condo.

(DOG BARKING)

ARNOLD:
The girl Iiked those best.

I told her how much you Iiked the ocean.

This is your boarding pass.

Oh, come on.

The flight Ieaves at 10:02 in the morning.

What is wrong with you? What

are you trying to do to us?

I want a real marriage again, Arnold.

A real marriage? This isn't real

after 31 years? This isn't real?

When's the Iast time that you touched me

that wasn't just for a picture?

When's the Iast time you kissed me?

I kiss you every day.

We're not 22 years old anymore,

things change.

I could be more... You know. I could...

Um, this is insane.

The flight Ieaves at 10:02 tomorrow.

I'm going to be on it.

Your supper's on the table.

You're not even... You're

not even gonna...

Aren't...

So if you're one of those people

that's looking for more distance,

well if you're doing this, guess

what? I don't like your chances.

(ALARM BLARING)

(GRUNTS)

(ALARM STOPS)

(SIGHS)

(CAR HORN HONKING)

Good morning.

Morning, ma'am. Let me take this for you.

Thank you.

Where we going today?

To the airport.

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