Hope Springs Page #2

(ENGINE STARTS)

(GRUNTS)

(SIGHS)

I hope you're happy.

(YOU MAKE IT BETTER PLAYING)

# Another day

# You're doing fine

# Everything's okay

# Got all your ducks in line

How far is this place, anyway?

Only a couple of hours.

Couple of hours. That's enough

to put us in Canada.

I'm really glad you came, Arnold.

Yeah?

Well, you tell me that when we get Iost

and wind up in downtown Montreal

and everybody's talking French.

# Don't be concerned

# Ain't nothing wrong

# Watch the table turn

# It's your favorite song

# It's all right

There's a hotel. Is that it?

Mmm...

No.

We're at the Econo Lodge.

# You make it better

# Life is good #

They were in the car, under the seat.

Oh! Oh.

What time does this thing

start in the morning?

10:
30.

We might as well be on time.

Get our money's worth.

Mmm-hmm.

I'll set the alarm.

I wouldn't give us too much extra time.

It's probably impossible to get

Iost in a burg this size.

Mmm.

Well... Well...

We, we could...

(SIGHS)

I guess I'll go see how

the pull-out works.

(SNIFFS) Uh...

(SIGHS)

Goddamn! How is this thing supposed to...

I'll do it.

You think there's a building in this

place that does not have shutters?

The whole town Iooks Iike it was

built by Hansel and Gretel.

(LAUGHS) I think it's charming.

That's what they want you to think.

You think he did it on purpose?

Picking the most remote possible...

I mean, you're trapped here.

It's Iike Alcatraz.

Maybe he just wanted people

to have to get away.

From what? Cell phone service?

I don't even have one bar.

Think you can get a decent plate of

eggs anywhere in this zip code?

Oh, there's a... That Iittle

place Iooks sweet.

Oh, that place?

I guarantee you that place does not

serve breakfast for under $10.

You're a captive audience here.

We're only here for a week.

It's Iike an airport.

We might as well try... A week?

I'll be bankrupt in a week.

Let's go. Come on.

Coffee to start?

Yes. Please.

Is there anything on this menu that

doesn't have Iobster in it?

Oh.

See, there are your eggs.

And, Iook, they have a breakfast special.

What's special about $11 .75?

AII right, I'm going to have

a side of two eggs,

sunny side up, and a side of bacon, crisp.

I'll just give you the special.

It comes with the...

Nope. The special's $1 more.

And for you?

Yes. I'm just going to have the

fruit and cottage cheese plate.

I have a nervous stomach.

And we're in a tiny bit

of a hurry because...

You got the 10:
30 with Bernie.

We'll get you there on time.

Good Iuck.

There it is.

Oh, nice digs.

Yeah.

Mmm-hmm.

If he says one word about repressed

memories, I am Ieaving.

Kay and Arnold, I'm so glad you're here.

Well, that makes one of us.

Hmm.

So, Arnold, I take it intensive

therapy was not your idea.

Nope!

You wanted to come?

Yes.

AII right. And Arnold, you?

I thought she was nuts.

We're not in the same tax bracket

as your other patients.

I think you'd be surprised.

Well, even if we were, all due respect.

I really don't see the point here.

So, you think there's nothing

wrong with your marriage.

Well, we've been married

31 years, isn't it?

It's not perfect.

But in your opinion, it works well enough.

But you wanted to come.

You persuaded Arnold?

No. I mean, I paid for it.

With my own money, from savings.

AII right. So this is really

important to you.

Mmm-hmm.

Tell me why.

I want to have a marriage again.

ARNOLD:
Again?

If we don't have a marriage,

I don't know who does.

Arnold. Let's Iet Kay talk

and you can respond after.

Okay. Fine. "Again."

Arnold used to touch me.

Oh, God.

Not just... You know,

but he would touch my arm or

my shoulder, just to...

Just to, I don't know,

because he wanted to.

And now he doesn't?

And that bothers you.

Do you touch him?

Not really. He doesn't Iike it.

Is she right, Arnold? Do you Iike

it when she touches you?

I don't know.

DR. FELD:
You don't know?

I don't think about it.

AII right.

(SIGHS)

What else, Kay?

Well, it feels Iike we Iive in

the house together Iike two...

Like two workers who bunk

in the same room.

Except we don't... We're

not in the same room,

but it just feels Iike there's nothing

holding us together except the house.

Nothing holding us together

Iike 31 years of...

Of what, Arnold?

Marriage.

What does that word mean to you?

Means we have a marriage Iicense

and I pay all the bills.

Not to mention our two grown...

You really have Iost your mind.

Let's try to keep the conversation

descriptive and positive.

(SIGHS)

Kay, please continue.

Um...

We don't talk about anything.

Talk! What is there I

don't know about you?

About Eileen and the skirts she bought

or if she took back the Iittle

necklace with the tiki gods.

Jesus Christ.

No, I don't mean... I

just mean, I don't...

(SIGHS)

I don't tell Arnold how

I feel about anything.

And I don't know how he feels

about anything either.

I'll tell you how I feel

about this, I hate it.

AII right. This is good.

ARNOLD:
Good. Yeah. Good for you.

The more we tear each other apart,

the more money we have to pay

you to put it back together.

(CHUCKLES) Jesus God. You people

are worse than Iawyers.

I understand how you feel.

Yeah?

You two have come here to try to restore

intimacy to your marriage.

So that is going to be the goal

of our very focused sessions together.

To find ways to communicate

your needs to one another.

To cultivate intimacy.

And to develop the tools to sustain

that intimacy going forward.

The first step in rebuilding a marriage

is tearing away some of the scar tissue

that has built up over the years.

It can be very painful, but it's worth it.

I Iike to think of it...

The metaphor of when you have a deviated

septum and you can't breathe?

You have to break the nose

in order to fix it.

(CHUCKLES) ARNOLD: Charlatan!

No, he's worse than a charlatan.

He's Iike one of those...

(SIGHS)

Says he's "honed his method."

The only thing he's honed

is making sure that if you don't walk in

with a marriage-destroying problem,

you won't Ieave without one.

He's Iike those moisturizing eye

drops that make your eyes dry.

$4,000. That could have been a new roof!

Did you Iook at his credentials or even

read that brochure that you...

I mean, my God!

Unbelievable! I'd Iike to have a

Iook at this guy's tax returns.

Whoo-hoo.

Oh, don't. Come on, just don't.

You have to stop yelling at me.

I'm not yelling! Who's yelling?

Hey. Welcome back.

I'll have an Arnold Palmer

and a tuna melt.

You sure you're ready to commit?

I'll have the soup and salad, please.

Okey-dokey.

$9 for a tuna melt, it's canned tuna,

a slab of cheese and toast.

Feld's probably getting kickbacks.

(LAUGHING)

I saw a grocery store near the motel.

We can buy some cold cuts,

eat in the room.

Are you guys here for Bernie?

Mmm-hmm. We come back every year.

For a tune-up.

Oh.

In case you're wondering,

we are never coming back.

I mean, if I had ever said so much

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