Nobody Walks Page #3

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I'll see you at 7:00.

Okay.

[ Peter ] When did you find out

you were gluten intolerant?

[ Man ]

I was with, uh, Rod Stewart.

He was, like, having a

dinner party or something.

He was talking about, you know,

this whole gluten thing.

I was like, "Well, tell me,

you know, what is gluten?"

'Cause nobody really knows

what gluten...

[ Julie ] I know what it is.

Some... I don't know.

I don't know. Okay, I'm

in the bathroom, right?

And this was, like...

Do you even know

who Peter Frampton is?

These guys don't even know

who Peter Frampton is.

-You know Peter Frampton. -[ Julie

] I know who Peter Frampton is.

Well, he doesn't know. You

never heard of Peter Frampton.

No, I've never

heard of Peter Frampton.

But enough... enough about me.

It's not about me tonight.

To Julie.

For giving me something...

[ Scoffs ]

No. For giving me something

like home.

Thank you.

Do you still live in a bus?

Sometimes, dude.

But hopefully not again this year.

I'm so sick of the road.

[ Clears Throat ] I'd like to say

thank you to Julie and Peter as well.

- I feel very lucky.

- Oh, it's our pleasure.

You're very welcome.

- Julie, you look beautiful.

- Mmm.

No, seriously. I mean, you look

about the same age as our daughter.

- [ Chuckles ]

- I don't, but thank you.

But you got this big guy over here, huh?

Mr. Handsome.

[ Chuckling ]

So, Peter, um,

I hear that your mixing board is

where my practice space used to be?

- Is that right?

- Well, the room was already soundproofed.

- I'm glad someone's getting some use out of it.

- [ Chuckles ]

- Peter just got a huge studio movie.

- You're kidding.

So he's gonna be

working down in Hollywood.

- Is that right?

- Amazing. That's great, man. That's totally great.

So, Martine,

what do you make?

- What's the inquisition?

- I just want to know. What do you make?

Right now, it's, um...

it's images of bugs.

- Bugs?

- A film, actually.

Peter is helping me

with the sound.

When's your movie come out?

It... It actually

doesn't really come out.

Well, it's gonna be running on

a loop on her first solo show.

A loop?

[ Peter ]

Which is at a gallery.

It's a big deal.

I don't know about big, but it's

some kind of deal, I guess.

Come on.

Give him the spiel.

It's so much fun to hear you

talk about it. Come on.

Oh, I don't know.

You've got a great thesis statement.

Leroy would appreciate it.

It's basically, uh,

humans versus nature,

and, uh,

the personal versus the...

sort of intricate complexities

of community.

Listen. At the end of it,

what you take away from it is...

What is that e.e. cummings line?

"You can understand a poem

without knowing what it means."

[ Chuckles ] You shouldn't talk

about work around the table anyway.

I learned that the hard way.

Uh, excuse me for a second.

So, baby girl,

your mom tells me that, uh,

you had a poem accepted

to a literary magazine.

Two actually, yeah.

Wow.

Beautiful and smart, huh?

Excuse me.

Excuse me.

[ Leroy ] Tell me. Tell me.

It's amazing.

[ Kolt ] Yeah. I don't know. I didn't

think they were gonna like both of them.

[ Knocking On Door ]

[ Martine ] Just a second.

Are you okay?

Yeah, I'm fine.

You don't sound fine.

[ Toilet Flushes ]

[ Leroy ] I remember once I was opening for

Wilco, and I couldn't remember a line.

I sang, like, three songs...

I was just making up the words.

I swear to God, it was awful.

- Yeah.

- She's okay.

What happened? I thought maybe

I offended you or something.

No. I'm sorry.

Um, I'm impossible to offend.

I just, uh...

Um, the tempeh was so good, I...

I forgot I'm allergic to it.

[ Chuckling ] Well, good.

I'm glad you enjoyed it.

Hey, I have a question.

Mm-hmm.

Is Leroy ever gonna stop wearing

flannel shirts and Doc Martens?

I mean, the guy's like

a cartoon character.

Or like an Amish person.

One outfit? Really?

I mean,

he does have the money...

to get, like,

a variety of apparel.

I think the only reason

why I'm asking is...

I think I was legitimately confused

at dinner as to what year it was.

So you wanna talk about dinner?

What?

You wanna talk about your

little crush on our houseguest?

Excuse me?

What?

Did you not hear me?

No, I definitely heard you.

What are you talking about?

What do you have an issue with?

I don't have an issue...

when you bring your ex-husband over and

make googly-eyes at him all night.

-Give me a break. We have a child together.

-What difference does that make?

I understand

you're attracted to her.

She's attractive.

I'm f***ing attracted to her.

Okay. What...

What are we talking about?

[ Sighs ]

Just don't embarrass me.

[ Soft Rustling ]

[ Beeps ]

It just sounds really canned.

Canned?

Yeah, like flat.

Ear fatigue.

It's an actual phenomenon.

Afflicts many.

I think your ears are tired.

I think it's the echo.

Can we just take it out?

I think we need a break.

I think we need to

finish this scene.

Honestly, I think if we come back to

it with fresh ears, it'll be better.

Peter, we really need to,

like, get through this.

Come on.

Okay.

[ Exhales ]

[ Rustling, Chittering ]

[ Rustling Stops ]

- Listen. About, um...

- Yeah.

the other day

in the pool house...

Look. I'm really sorry.

I...

No, no. I, um...

I find you

incredibly charming...

and intelligent and beautiful.

I respect what you do.

It makes me excited

about what I do.

And I think I just got, uh...

just carried away in that

mix of, uh, feelings.

Peter, it doesn't

have to be a big deal.

We can just pretend

it never happened and...

Marriage is complicated.

I think we should just keep

working on this right now.

Yeah.

Yeah. You're right.

[ Chuckles ]

[ Clears Throat ]

[ Rustling ]

[ Rustling Stops ]

[ Scoffs ]

I'm sorry. Your physical presence

this close to me is actually painful.

This house is, like, um,

full of people.

Don't worry about it. This room

is completely soundproofed.

[ Birds Chirping ]

Vroom!

[ Moaning ]

[ Thumping ]

[ Both Moaning ]

Panino?

Mmm.

I don't know how to say it.

[ Sighs ]

Hmm.

It's called a slip.

[ Crickets Chirping ]

You ready for bed?

Where's my cookie?

[ Chuckles ] What cookie?

You ate the last cookie?

[ Chuckles ]

No. There are no cookies left.

[ Chuckles ]

You suck.

Are you coming to bed,

or are you gonna keep reading?

I'm gonna keep reading.

All right.

My breath just happens to

smell like chocolate...

chip cookies.

Mmm.

Oh, have more.

Do you like Avi?

Well, yeah.

I do.

I think he's really sweet.

Do you like Avi?

I don't know.

I mean, he's certainly not like

my fantasy boyfriend or anything.

Yeah.

Wow. Your dad...

seemed like

the fantasy boyfriend.

But he wasn't.

No. He wasn't.

So then, how do you know when

you've found the right guy?

I don't know that you do know.

I think you're just...

you're ready,

and you pick one.

That's...

really depressing, Mom.

No, I... I don't think

it's depressing. I-I...

I think... I think

people change and, uh...

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