License to Wed Page #8

interested to hear about.

So Frankie, should I tell them

or should you?

What do you want me to tell them?

What I want you to tell them

is what their good and decent...

...and ever-so-intuitive reverend

was doing when he married...

...and then subsequently divorced

one Maria Gonzales.

That's not true.

Reverend Frank has never been

married or divorced.

That's what I thought too,

Grandma Jones.

But...

...Reverend Frank?

It's true.

What?

Oh, it's very true.

How can we trust anything

he said to us now?

We have put our relationship

in the hands of a total hypocrite.

I didn't wanna have to talk about this

to protect certain parties...

...but enough time has passed

so the truth can finally be known.

Yes. Please do.

Several years ago, a young woman named

Maria Gonzales attended our church.

She was a refugee who was

denied political asylum.

If she was deported back to Guatemala,

she would have faced most certain death.

So in order for her and her children

to stay in this country...

...I agreed to marry her

so she could get a green card.

Once she was legal, we divorced.

She moved to New Mexico with her kids.

A couple of years ago I got a letter

from her, and she told me...

...that her oldest

had been accepted to Harvard Law.

He was going to graduate

in the top of his class, and when he did...

...he was going to go

into immigration reform.

And that is the story of Maria Gonzales.

I keep their pictures in my wallet...

...to remind me that one person

can make a difference...

...even against insurmountable odds.

That's-

That's Pablo right there.

Ben.

If you had just spent half the amount

of time on your wedding vows...

...as this stupid little investigation...

...we would probably be walking

down the aisle tomorrow.

And, no, no...

I can't do it.

- Unbelievable.

- You're such a jerk.

Benjamin.

Are you happy now?

It's a painful process.

That's why we do it.

To find the truth, Benjamin.

Sometim-

Why did you punch the reverend?

What is wrong with you?

Nice right hook, but you are going to hell.

Know that?

I'm sorry. J.C., I'm sorry.

Three weeks.

That's a new course record.

Man, I haven't seen a right hook like that

since the Buffolini meltdown.

I hate this part.

I'll get the bag of frozen peas.

Come on.

Here we go.

Hi.

I can't believe I was about to marry

someone I didn't know.

That's why we have the course.

It's good that I found out now

instead of down the road...

...because that just

would have been awful.

I'm sorry, he just, he makes me so mad.

What am I supposed to do now?

- You still have your honeymoon tickets?

- Yeah.

Use them.

Go away for a couple of days.

Take a friend, family, anybody.

- I don't know.

- Oh, come on, it'll be great for you.

Get a tan, huh? Trust me.

See you, kiddo.

You know...

...maybe Ben wasn't the only...

No.

- No, no. What? What?

- No, have a great trip.

I mean, it wasn't supposed

to be like this.

Yeah, I feel as bad as you do.

Now she's using her honeymoon

ticket without me.

I mean, how is that supposed

to make me feel?

Bad. I think.

Three weeks ago, I was the happiest guy

in the world, and now I just...

Now I'm just sitting here with you.

Thanks.

Thanks, Ben. Appreciate that.

No, you know what I mean, I just-

Hey, it's cool.

Look, don't take this the wrong way,

because Sadie's cool, I like her a lot...

...but there are plenty of fish in the sea.

And now it's your time to be

the king barracuda...

...and get out there

and swim with the sweet tuna.

The ocean is yours, man.

That's the stupidest thing

I've ever heard.

Okay.

You're a bear.

Now jump in that forest...

...and you gotta tag as many

cute, furry, bear butts as you can.

Joel...

...you're my best friend, man.

You know that?

- And I love you. You know that?

- I love you too.

But you have got to be

the worst advice-giver I know.

I mean, not only is your

advice terrible, but...

...it just backfires at every turn.

And now you're talking to me

about fish and bears.

She's a woman, Joel.

I mean, she's an amazing woman.

And she's just so beautiful.

And she's loving and...

It was all right there...

...and I lost it.

And I don't need you telling me

that I should go out and find someone else.

I mean, I don't need anybody

telling me how to go-

I don't need anyone telling me.

Wait. Where you-

Ben! Hey!

No way.

Whoa! Is that one strike

or two against Rodriguez?

Two.

Awesome job with the camouflage, guys.

Seriously, you got me.

Who'd have thought you'd be in a van

with "Saint Augustine's"?

Just listening to the ball game!

Cubs are off today.

Hey, Gillie.

This guy say he's in love.

He come to Jamaica to find his girl.

Well, see, we were supposed to get married

and then she just called it off.

Oh, no. It's a long story. Just...

Man, you don't have to worry,

it's a long ride.

It's really a long ride.

You can sit and tell us.

Well, what happened was...

It is absolutely beautiful here.

Hey, Mom, you gonna get in your bikini?

Like hell I will.

Talk to her. This is for lovers, man!

Thank you.

It's Ben.

- What?

- Sadie, it's me.

- I know. What do you want?

- Look, I have to talk to you.

Guess what, Ben?

You had your chance. You had an empty

book and you didn't say anything.

- And that's part of the thing. Listen-

- No. Ben...

- ... I don't wanna talk to you.

- You don't understand. I'm in-

Sadie?

How come I could say so much

and he couldn't say anything to me?

Can someone please explain that?

Sorry.

I was just clearing my throat.

- John!

- What?

A piece of coconut went down

the wrong way.

Your daughter's in pain.

- Yes, I'm in pain. And I'm all alone too.

- Not you.

- I'm alone.

- Not you.

Is anyone at all concerned

with the fact that my life is falling apart?

Oh, of course we are, sweetie.

But relationships are complicated.

- We certainly don't have all the answers.

- You guys have been married for 30 years.

- You must be doing something right.

- Not all those years were great.

Years 16 through 18 in our marriage were

something straight out of The Shining.

Okay, but Ben and I couldn't even decide on

what color napkins we wanted...

...let alone how many kids.

And he couldn't handle that

I have a good guy friend.

I don't know if it's our friendship

he was insecure about.

Really?

Listen, I'm gonna support you here.

But you gotta think about this

from Ben's perspective.

How do you think he feels when you're

always coming to me?

- I don't go to you all the time.

- When are you going to him?

Just maybe...

...Ben wants to be with somebody

who needs him for a change.

That's really heartfelt.

- Does this happen all the time?

- Sadie?

To go from being so in love to this.

You know, I'm all alone

on my honeymoon at Sandals...

...couples in love all over the place.

This isn't what I pictured.

Well, is it ever what you picture?

Were we the first ones to fail the course?

Who said the course is over?

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