Love, Wedding, Marriage Page #8

I have a newfound respect

for you.

- Somehow that makes me

feel worse.

- Excuse me.

What room is Bradley Gold in?

- Just a second.

- Isn't that

the deli delivery guy?

- Yeah, his wife, Betty,

called me.

I'm his son.

- It's room 412.

- 412.

Thank you.

- How old are you?

- 25.

- Me too.

When's your birthday?

- May.

- I'm June.

- Busy month.

- Is there a July?

- How long have you known?

- Lan came to me

right after your wedding.

- How come you didn't

say anything before?

- Oh, I was shocked.

- In our dad's defense,

he didn't know about me.

My mom kept his identity secret.

I mean, I only found out,

well, after she died

a few months ago.

- That sucks.

- Yeah, yeah,

it really does.

- Sorry.

So when were you planning

on telling us?

- He was working up to it.

- I realize that I have

some apologizing to do,

and, Ian, I know that I

missed out on, well, everything.

But I'd like to make it up

to you if you'd let me.

- And all this time,

I thought I was an only child.

- You might still wish you were.

[Melancholy country music]

- # Laid our blessings

on the ground #

# The softening sound #

# Draws us closed again #

# Stay,

stay and watch the coals #

# Till they cease to glow #

# Like empty promises #

# Why #

# Why did you go #

# Why did you go away #

# Why #

- Oh, thank you.

[Laughing]

- # Why did you go #

# Why did you go away #

# Babe #

[knocking]

- Hi.

It's your wife.

Remember me?

- I'm not sure who you are.

- [Sighs]

I know you're angry,

but you didn't tell me about

your whole Vegas wedding,

and I still forgave you.

So maybe this is my

total screw-up moment

you just have to forgive me for.

You planning on coming home

anytime soon?

- I can't answer that

right now.

- You can't just ignore

our marriage, Charlie.

- The way you have?

- I'm a therapist.

Helping people is what I do.

But this was personal.

My parents were separating.

- Yeah.

- [Sighs]

The anniversary party's on

for tomorrow afternoon.

Will you be my date?

- I'm not really in the mood

to celebrate.

- Is there something else

going on?

I mean, you and Adrianna

seem awfully close.

- If that's the person

who you think you married,

then what are you

even doing here?

- Aren't we worth fighting for?

- What are you fighting for?

Your marriage or me?

- It's the same thing.

- No.

No, it's not.

You want a husband so when your

patients ask if you're married,

you can tell them yes.

And that way, it'll validate

all the advice you give them.

I feel like the worst thing

we did to our relationship

was get married.

- Sorry to interrupt you guys.

Charlie,

it's your conference call

to discuss the new chardonnay.

They're on line two.

- Thanks.

I have to get this.

- Got any tequila over there?

- What, you want a shot?

- Just hand me the whole bottle.

- You know why I think Charlie

gave you the wine

for a wedding gift?

- Is this really relevant, Dad?

- Could be.

He told me once that

when the grapes are growing,

the winemakers

purposely stress them out

by depriving them of water

and giving them

an overabundance of sunshine.

Now, this weeds out

the weak ones,

and only the strongest

and best survive,

and those are the grapes

that make the finest wine.

Now, the greatest love

survives the harshest

of conditions.

And surviving that turmoil

is what makes a marriage strong.

- Thanks, Dad.

But I still want the tequila.

- [Laughs]

- Dude, better get dressed.

Come on.

Don't want to be late

and ruin the surprise.

- I'm not going.

[Door clicks shut]

- [Speaking Polish]

- [Speaking Polish]

I left the toilet seat up.

It's a work in progress.

- Tell me about it.

- You know, buddy,

you're always welcome here,

but how long

are you planning to stay?

It's just Kasha's parents

are coming to visit

and her two brothers

and three cousins.

- Are you all right

with that?

- Absolutely.

When you get married, you don't

set limits on what love means.

Okay, but that sh*t is weird,

dude, with the bread

and the mayo.

I bet you're the only person

on Earth

that eats toast that way.

- Dad, are you sure

you can drink that?

I don't think it's kosher.

- Well, I'm taking

a more relaxed approach

to things these days.

Besides,

we're celebrating.

Your mother and I just booked

a trip to Thailand.

- Wow.

- Exotic trips,

exotic cuisine...

how will you survive?

[Cork pops]

- Tums.

- Lan's gonna housesit

for us.

- What?

How come he gets to?

- Because he's older,

sweetheart.

- By a month.

- Sibling rivalry.

Started already.

- Don't worry about it, Shel.

I'll invite you

to all the wild parties.

And you won't even

be responsible for the cleanup.

- Brother, where have you been

all my life?

Come with me.

I'll show you where Dad

hides the good booze.

- Is Charlie meeting us

at the winery?

- It was nice of him to

invite us to the wine tasting.

- It's not you guys

he's upset with.

- Well, best get going.

- Betty.

- Yes?

Oh, thank you, darling.

I'm just gonna run upstairs

and update my Facebook status.

- I hate to see you go,

but I love to watch you leave.

[Brassy jazz music]

- Bradley, did you take

your antacid?

- No.

- You know how white wine

affects your stomach.

You won't be able to sleep.

- With any luck...

[together]

Surprise!

[Laughter]

- Are you two

responsible for this?

- You two should be grounded

for lying to us.

- Are we really grounded?

- She's not my mom.

- Well, I don't believe it.

- Well, I just want to thank

you all for being here today.

30 years is no mean feat,

and I'd be lying to you

if I told you that we hadn't had

a few bumps along the road.

- Or mountains.

- But I just want to tell you

how lucky I feel

to have this woman

by my side

and how I love her even more

for sticking with me

during those trying times

when even I might have left me.

So I just want

to propose a toast

to the love of my life,

to Betty.

- Betty.

- Betty.

- Betty.

- L'chaim.

[Applause]

[Melancholy flute music]

- This will help.

Charlie running late?

- I don't think

he's gonna make it.

- Will you two?

- I don't know.

I don't know what happened.

- Yeah, I mean,

you ignored him

by prioritizing your parents,

sex-starved him,

and then you went

psycho criminal on his ass.

I can see

where it gets confusing.

- [Sighs]

I did try apologizing.

- Trying to get him to come

to your parents'

anniversary party

so you don't lose face

in front of the family

is a lot like apologizing.

- When did you get so smart?

- Is Ava Dalton admitting

that she doesn't know

everything?

- Yes, yes.

Okay, I admit it.

I'm not perfect,

and I don't know everything.

- Well, I've known that

for about 25 years.

I think there might be

someone else

you need to mention it to.

- Oh, say good night

to Mom and Dad for me.

- I should open

my own practice.

- There you are, darling.

I've been looking for you.

This is Jeremiah,

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