Hope Springs Page #6

to just touch somebody that you Iove.

But it is. It's really hard.

Okay. You know what?

I'm going to give you something

that may help with your anxiety.

You can pick this up in town.

(BELLS TINKLE)

Hey. Hi. Hello.

Oh, we got a discount on trade

paperbacks in the front,

if you're interested. Oh.

Are you Iooking for anything special?

Not really.

AII right, just Iet me know.

(DOOR OPENS)

(BELLS TINKLE)

Do you have a title, miss?

No, not... I'm just...

I was gonna say if you got

a title, I can Iook it up.

We're short on shelf space up here,

so we have a Iot of stuff in the back.

Actually, I'm Iooking for

Sex Tips for Straight

Women from a Gay Man.

Oh, yeah. Dr. Feld has us

keep those in stock.

Oh. Okay.

Can I give you cash?

Yeah, that works.

Couples come to me for two reasons.

To help them save their marriage, or...

Or what?

Or to help them end it.

When one person is this unhappy,

the marriage has to restore some

sort of equilibrium, or...

Or what? Are you trying to tell

me my marriage is over?

Because I'm not gonna pay

you for one more session

just because you threaten me,

you smug Iittle prick!

Arnold, your wife is very unhappy.

And I'm not saying that she'll ever Ieave.

I just don't want you to have anything

to regret should she...

I'm simply saying the moment is here

and you have to ask yourself,

"Have I done all I could?"

Have you, Arnold?

Is this the best that you can do?

(SIGHS)

I'm sorry, there's...

Listen, I can... Maybe a Iittle

tip would help, you know.

You want to buy a table?

I need it.

So whatever...

Look, I need this.

Look, I'm really sorry about whatever

is going on in your marriage,

but I don't think the dinner

was going to save it.

I need a table.

I need it, and I'm not going to Ieave

from right here until I get it.

MIKE:
We're going to need more space here,

so I want you to push it further

against the wall. AII right?

AII right.

(PHONE RINGING)

Hello. Captain Jack's.

I'm sorry to hear that, Mr. Fletcher.

What time was that for?

Uh, all right.

Well, thanks for calling. I do hope

you come and visit us sometime.

Thank you very much. Bye.

AII right.

That goes away.

Well?

Got a waiting Iist. Got to call them.

You got a waiting Iist? You will give

me that table, so help me God!

Are you ready?

I'm almost ready.

(ARNOLD COUGHS)

(SIGHS)

You really ready? 'Cause

I don't want to be Iate.

Yes, I'm really ready.

Very pretty. Thank you.

You Iook really nice, too. Yeah, I do.

You handsome devil.

(GASPS) (CHUCKLES)

Oh, Arnold. It's gorgeous!

(ELEGANT PIANO MUSIC PLAYING)

I just can't get over it!

You Iike it?

Mmm.

This is just exactly...

A Iittle different than the Econo Lodge?

(BOTH CHUCKLING)

Completely different.

That place reminds me of when we

drove down to see your mother,

before we were married.

And we stayed at that Iittle place...

You know, it was the only

place that was open.

It was a truck stop.

In Albuquerque?

Oh, I remember that. It had orange walls.

Uh-huh.

Yeah.

That was the first time you said it.

First time you said you Ioved me.

In that Iittle motel.

You know, before you said it...

Well, I didn't want to be the

one who said it first,

but I just... I had to say it!

So every time we talked on the phone

I would say it to the phone

after we hung up!

Really?

Yes, I really did that.

I figured if I ever said anything Iike

that, you'd take off running.

What?

You could have had your pick.

I didn't think you'd ever want me.

I never wanted anything more.

(KAY AND ARNOLD LAUGHING)

What I don't get is how he remembers

to talk Iike that.

"Consider the metaphor of the nose."

I know. It must be so hard for him.

I wonder if he talks to

his wife Iike that.

That would be...

"Mildred, I find it very interesting

that you are naked."

Can I bring you anything else?

Do you... No, I'm fine.

Okay. No, just the check.

Unless you want to. No, check, please.

(SIGHS)

Might get chilly on the way back.

It's been getting cold at night.

Well, the thing is, I've...

(CLEARS THROAT)

I don't know how you'll take this,

but I got us a room.

Here.

You did? Mmm-hmm.

The front desk has toothbrushes.

I asked them.

I thought maybe just for

a night, it'd be...

You might want to...

So,

after this, we can just...

(FIRE CRACKLING)

Like it?

(GASPS) Gosh!

Oh, my gosh.

Oh!

Look at this.

Look at this!

Here's some strawberries.

You had to get them,

so here they are.

Anyway, you want some?

Huh? Strawberries.

I'm kind of full.

Yeah, me, too. And they knew that.

It's a rip off, really. You spend 15...

That's okay. You know, I think

I would Iike to have some.

Yeah? Yeah.

Okay.

Do you want to eat them

at the table? Okay.

Or we could eat them in front

of the fire. Okay.

Okay.

Um... Oh.

Oh. (LAUGHS)

Sweet.

Mmm.

Is it good?

Mmm! It's good. It's fresh.

Good.

Chocolaty. Good.

Mmm.

You want some? There's champagne,

if you want.

Yeah. I know... I'm sorry. Go ahead.

No, you go.

There's champagne.

You want some? I think I

would Iike that, Arnold.

Ohh!

(LAUGHING)

I guess you have something in mind there.

Mmm-hmm.

I do.

Hold that thought. What?

Hold that thought.

Oh. Okay.

(LET'S STAY TOGETHER PLAYING)

# Let's stay together

# I'm

# I'm so in love with you

(LAUGHING)

Come here.

# Whatever you want to do

# Is all right with me

# 'Cause you make me feel

# So brand-new

# And I

# Want to spend my life with you

# Let me say that since

# Baby, since we've been together

# Ooh

# Loving you forever

(BOTH BREATHING HEAVILY)

# Is what I need

# Let me be the one

# You come running to

# I'll never be

I want... I want...

You want to...

AII right. You want to... You want to...

Yeah.

# Ooh, baby, let's

# Let's stay together

# Loving you whether

# Whether

# Times are good or bad

# Happy or sad

# Ooh, ooh #

(SONG FADES)

Look at me.

(STIFLED SOBBING)

You Iied.

No.

When Dr. Feld asked you if you

were still attracted to me.

It was when you Iooked at me.

Just now.

You Iooked in my face.

That had nothing to do with it.

That's when you stopped.

DR. FELD:
Setbacks are a natural part of the

process. They never feel good, though.

(SIGHS)

I know you feel Iike you've failed,

but Iook where you failed. You

fumbled on the one-yard Iine.

When you got here, you weren't

even on the playing field.

You were somewhere in the parking Iot.

So I think you're ready to follow

up with a therapist at home.

I can recommend somebody really good.

I have patients who never should

have gotten married.

And you are not those people.

Even great marriages have terrible years.

So bad that you're tempted

to just give up.

But don't.

Hold on.

There will come a time when you'll

look back at this moment

as the prelude to something fuller

and richer than you've ever dreamed.

(SIGHS)

(TV PLAYING)

Soames! Yo.

Hey, how was that vacation? Good!

Yeah. Where was it, Vermont? Maine.

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