Life or Something Like It Page #4

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I would, you know--

I'd have sex with you.

See--

Look, you know what?

I don't know.

If I was gonna die

in a week,

I would--

I'd try and live every moment.

I would go to see the people

that mean the most to me,

and I would try

and memorize their face.

And I would say to them

all the things

that I wanted to say,

but have always been

too afraid to.

Like what?

Shouldn't you be talkin'

to Everybody's All-American

about this?

He's not home,

and he's not much for talking.

Oh, but you want

to marry him?

I don't know.

I have a week to live.

Does it matter?

Lanie, all right,

give it up already.

You're not gonna die.

How do you know?

Because you're in charge,

Lanie, all right?

You run your life.

You make your own fate,

and you make your own luck.

Let's just say that

Prophet Jack was right

in one version

of the universe.

OK, maybe he tapped

into some wavelength

where in this version

of your life,

you do in fact die

next Thursday.

OK-- OK.

All right, but maybe

if you change the path--

you know, change the path

you're currently on--

the outcome is gonna

be different.

But I've worked so hard

on this one.

Well, you know what?

Maybe that's your problem.

- Maybe what you--

- l--

You know,

I think it's-- l--

Where are you going?

Where you going?

I thought we were

gonna have sex.

No running by the pool.

Can I talk to you?

To me?

Yeah.

Yeah.

Let's have a seat.

So, did you get

that job you wanted?

I don't know yet.

OK, well, keep me informed.

OK.

Gwen, does your life

have meaning?

What?

Does your life have meaning?

Because I've been

thinking about life

and what's meaningful,

and I keep thinking about Mom,

and ever since she died,

how me and you and Dad,

you know,

we don't seem to be real normal.

And maybe we're trying

to be something...

that we're not.

Does that make sense to you?

So, I'm not normal?

- No--

- I am normal.

My kids are normal.

- Gwen--

- Yes,

Jerry is in A.A.

Yes, he's been dealing

with his sex addiction,

but we're getting through that.

I'm so sorry.

Jerry's sex addicted?

Don't act like

you didn't know.

Must be nice for you...

having a famous baseball player

as a boyfriend,

getting all the attention,

just like you always did

when we were little.

Me getting all the attention?

Yeah.

But some of us

have real life

to deal with, Lanie.

Oh, real life.

Real life in

your really big mansion

with your really perfect kids

and being a perfect wife?

What do you want

from me, Lanie?

You want me to tell you

all the problems

in my life, so you'll

feel better about yours?

It's not gonna happen.

And you wanna know

if I'm happy.

I am.

I'm happy.

Everything's just peachy

here in wonderland.

- Gwen?

- Lanie...

you're on TV.

You should recognize

a good exit line

when you hear one.

Hey.

What are you doing?

What?

We get a cat?

What?

- Oh--

I haven't listened

to that for years.

What are you doin' here?

You just takin' a trip

down Memory Lanie?

So, seriously, where you at?

Right there.

That's not you.

Um, is something wrong?

Well, yeah, Lanie,

something's wrong.

You know, l-I mean,

I've been gone for a week,

and I come home,

and you're all...

filmy.

- Filmy?

- Yeah. I mean,

what, you just--

you didn't take a shower today?

No, I didn't.

I woke up, and I thought,

the heck with it.

- It's Sunday.

- And you're smokin'--

Yeah, I'm smoking.

Oreo?

No, thank you.

And what do you--

Why do you have

the-the glasses on?

Because I wear glasses,

and I didn't put my contacts in.

Surprise.

Well, they have laser surgery.

Now you can get

the whole thing done.

Hmm. Yeah.

Are we in love?

I mean...

what is it?

What, Lanie?

What is what?

What is it that connects us?

Humor me, OK?

It's been a bad few days.

Yeah, obviously.

I mean, what is it that's going

to keep us together for

10 or 20 or 30 years?

Well, you got a great ass.

And you're pretty funny...

you know, and there's--

Oh, no, that's... enough.

I'm gonna pretend

you didn't say that.

Well--

What is it about our beliefs,

our-our dreams,

- our values--

- l-I don't--

This-This is not a good idea, OK?

What is not a good idea?

Having the "us" conversation,

Lanie.

But why?

Because it's giving me

a headache, OK?

And, you know, this is the thing

that I loved about us, baby,

is that we don't have

to talk like this.

I got it.

I got it.

I want you to go

somewhere with me.

But stay there.

I'll be right back.

- Thanks a lot, George.

- Anytime, Coop.

Appreciate it, man.

All right, you ready?

This had better

be going somewhere.

Just trust me.

OK.

All right, here it comes.

That's a nice cut,

though, right there.

Here we go. One more.

Watch the ball into the bat.

Just swing right through it.

Just stay loose up top.

- OK?

- OK.

- Ready?

- Right with you.

That's it, right there!

- OK.

- OK.

That's what I'm talkin' about.

All right, here we go.

All right, honey,

lay it on me.

There it is,

lay it on me.

What is it?

What?

It's some kind of metaphor, right?

You want us to step up

to the plate

or come out swinging or--

Actually, I was just thinking

when I start talkin' nonsense,

it helps if I just come out here

and pound the sh*t

out of the ball.

You know?

15, 20 minutes of this,

and you kinda forget

what you were worried about

in the first place.

Your cure for my emotional crisis

is batting practice?

Is that right?

What do you--

What-What is this?

Is this you breaking up with me?

'Cause, you know, they're pretty

much lined up behind you, Lanie.

You might wanna take a minute

and reconsider.

A minute seems like

a really long time to waste.

Welcome back.

I'm Lori Ruben.

And I'm Jake Manning.

Good morning.

We hope you're having

a good Monday morning.

We're going to run down

the news for you in a minute,

and there's quite a bit

going on today.

The transit workers

are out on strike.

We'll be going

to Lanie Kerrigan

with a live update on that

in just a minute,

but first let's check out--

No pride, no ride.

Where is she?

Look, I just spoke to

her on her cell phone.

- She said she'd be here.

- When, next Friday?

Hey, come on.

She said she was on her way.

We work out together

every morning.

Today she didn't show.

Stand by to dissolve

the weather graphic.

Pete, I'm sending

Andrea out to you.

Hey, come on, Dennis,

why don't you just give her

a couple minutes, all right?

Pete, I'm sending Andrea.

- Thank you.

- Go.

Aw, jeez.

Any sign of her?

Oh, no, nada.

All right, well,

Dennis wants a live feed.

I'm ready, if she ever

decides to show up.

Yeah.

Go on.

No pride, no ride!

Get out and walk.

Show some support

for the huddled masses.

No pride, no ride. No pride--

Hey, guys.

Isn't this fantastic?

Yeah, yeah.

Everything all right, there?

Everything's great.

I got stuck in traffic

way back there,

and I thought I'd walk.

Where's your--

Where's your car now?

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