Ordinary People Page #7

CONRAD:

I don't know.

Dr Berger sits at table, looks up another file.

DR BERGER:

How long were you in the hospital?

CONRAD:

Four months.

DR BERGER:

What did you do?

CONRAD:

I tried to off myself. Isn't it

down there?

DR BERGER:

It doesn't say what your method

was.

CONRAD:

Double-edged Super Blue.

DR BERGER:

Oh.

Dr Berger closes file

Dr BERGER (cont'd)

So how does it feel being home?

Everybody's glad to see you?

CONRAD:

Yeah.

DR BERGER:

Friends?

CONRAD:

Yeah.

DR BERGER:

OK?

CONRAD:

Yeah.

DR BERGER:

Everything...

CONRAD:

Yeah.

(CONTINUED)

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DR BERGER:

You're back in school?

Everything okay at school?

Teachers?

CONRAD:

Yeah.

DR BERGER:

No problems?

CONRAD:

Uh-uh.

DR BERGER:

So why are you here?

Pause

CONRAD:

Uh... I'd like to be more in

control, I guess.

DR BERGER:

Why?

CONRAD:

So people can quit worrying about

me.

DR BERGER:

Who's worried about you?

CONRAD:

My father, mostly. This is his

idea.

DR BERGER:

What about your mother? Isn't she

worried about you, too?

CONRAD:

I don't know, listen. You... You're

a friend of Dr Crawford, so you're

probably all right, but I'll be

straight with you, I don't like

this already.

DR BERGER:

Well, as long as you're straight.

CONRAD:

What do you know about me? Have

you talked to Crawford?

(CONTINUED)

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DR BERGER:

Yes. He called me on the phone. He

told me your name and... he told me

to look for you. And, uh... he said

you had a brother who died. A...

boating accident, wasn't it? Want

to tell me about it?

Silence

Dr BERGER (cont'd)

Well I suppose you talked this over

with Crawford at the hospital.

Right?

CONRAD:

Right.

Conrad nods.

DR BERGER:

How did that go?

CONRAD:

It didn't change anything.

DR BERGER:

Why do you want to change?

CONRAD:

I told you, I'd like to be more in

control.

DR BERGER:

Why?

CONRAD:

I told you, so people can quit

worrying about me.

DR BERGER:

Well. I'll tell you something. I'll

be straight with you, okay? I'm not

big on control. But it's your

money.

CONRAD:

So to speak.

DR BERGER:

So to speak.

Okay...

Dr Berger picks up his diary.

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