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Me an Emmie?

Me an Emmie.

Did she say something?

No.

All right.

Hey, what's her husband like?

Just...

Uh...

Yeah, it's...

I don't feel comfortable

talking about him.

Sure, yeah.

Sorry.

Well, maybe I'll

get to meet him

myself one day, you know?

Does she ever

come to visit?

Hey.

Are you crying?

Yeah.

I'm sorry, Brandon, I didn't

mean to, like, get heavy

or-or wh... whatever it is.

Hey. Why don't you and I...

like, get together and hang out?

You know, there aren't that

many people left around here

worth hanging out with

that don't have

little squirts, so...

I should be done with some

paintings I gotta work on

this afternoon around 6:00.

Swing by at 7:
00?

You remember where

my folks live?

Yeah.

Em. Em!

Goddamn it.

Em! Wait up!

Em! Jesus Christ.

Em, f***. You're gonna

f***ing kill me.

I'm sorry!

Jesus, I'm sorry.

I just... at least just tell me

if she's okay.

If I knew, I would tell you.

Aren't you worried about her?

Of course, Graham.

If I hear from her,

I'll have her call you.

Well, I've already left her

about a million messages.

Obviously, she'll call me

when she feels like it, I...

Just please, just let me know

if you hear from her, okay?

I'm sure she's fine.

We all know Emmie can

take care of herself.

All right, tell her I love her.

If I talk to her, of course.

Hang in there.

# And stuff

yourself with shrimp galore #

# Lobster, clam

and crab and more #

# You'll overdose

on lobster tail, so... #

# You forget you're

getting old as hell. #

Happy birthday!

What's this?

It's for your transfer.

Now, wait a minute...

Jason.

Hey.

Um...

I'm done.

With... with what?

With the job?

With me?

It's not right, Beck.

None of it.

Hey, I gotta get back

in a little while.

Mm.

Another rousing evening

of Scrabble with Mom and Dad?

Jason wants to hang out.

With you?

Yeah.

Tonight?

Yeah.

Were you going to maybe

f***ing tell me? Ah!

Wouldn't you rather

go out with him?

Not yet. Come on,

I know you would.

Why don't you come with us?

I... I'm not...

ready to see him yet.

So why the new outfit?

It's for when I am.

When you're ready?

You know full well that

I'm not the kind of person...

But that's what

everyone thinks.

It's what everyone thinks.

Until they do the thing they

think they'd never, ever do.

Does Graham know you're here?

Okay, in all honesty,

tell me what you

really think of Graham.

In all honesty?

Yeah.

He's good.

Good?

Okay, I was a little surprised

when first you told me

you were engaged.

I mean, it had nothing

to do with Graham.

I just... I don't know.

I didn't expect you

to settle down so quickly.

Settle down or just settle?

Emmie?

I'm going to the bookstore.

Emmie Carey.

Tami Beck.

Yeah! Yeah.

Come here, cutie!

You look so good!

Thank you.

Yeah.

Yeah, you, too.

You know what, it's actually

Tami Ayers now, yeah.

At first it was Beck,

and then it was Highsmith.

Now it's Ayers, so... Yeah.

Yeah. Wow.

You look awesome!

Yeah.

Thank you. You, too.

Thank you. Yeah, yeah.

Buying some stuff?

Yeah, really cute stuff.

Did you see this over there?

Graham?

Hey. It's Marty.

I thought Tommy and I were

perfect for each other,

you know.

Not just because of the

whole "Tami/Tommy" thing either,

even though that was

really fun.

Um, but no, we had the same

tastes in

a lot of different things:

Um, shoes.

We're both really

into shoes big-time.

We both loved the same shows.

That was important to me.

But I think, looking back,

that's how I knew

that we were not really

on the same page anymore

because I liked to

watch Housewives,

and, um, Tommy didn't,

which is fine.

He can have

his cable news shows.

That's why God invented more

than one TV set.

So we watch in different

rooms, no big deal.

We had, like, seven

TVs in the house,

you might as well use 'em.

But the thing is,

we both like Grey's.

And Grey's comes on

right after Housewives

and right after Tommy's show.

But instead of us watching

watching Grey's together

in the same room, we both just

ended up staying in

separate rooms

to watch the same show.

Which was nuts. And neither

of us noticed for weeks.

Once I figured out what

was going on, I kind of was,

like, "Oh, this is bad.

Yeah, this is bad.

We're doomed."

But it's okay. Things were

really getting stale anyway

up to that point, so...

Well, what did you do?

Divorce.

That's what I'm talking about.

Wow. God.

You didn't try anything first?

What do you mean?

Like, I don't know, counseling

or something like that.

No, no, we thought about it.

But no, life is too short.

And plus it's worked out.

I'm with Mark and I love him.

He's awesome.

Yeah, he's amazing.

That's great.

Yeah, it is.

But what about you?

How's your hubby?

How's your old man?

Well, you're married, right?

No.

No?

Somebody told me you...

I am.

I thought you were married.

I am.

You are?

I thought so!

It's like, "What, what?" Yeah.

Sorry about that.

Didn't Meredith

and Tory Cage get married

a couple years ago?

Yeah. Divorced.

Excuse me.

I don't mean to be rude.

Mm-hmm, yeah. I've been waiting

for a call from my brother.

But I've been doing

all the talking.

Tell me about yourself.

You're the one who lives

in the Big Apple.

I want to hear about city life.

Come on, come on, come on.

Not a lot, really.

There's got to be

some crazy stories.

It's the city.

The city that never sleeps.

You know what

your mom calls me.

The best lay north of Boston.

Well...

she used to, son.

She used to.

No. She calls me an enabler.

Now, every time

I've covered your rent

or bailed you out of debt,

it's always been because

I want my son

to have every chance

to follow his dreams.

Okay, all right, Dad.

But you know, it's not like

you just give me money,

like a handout or something.

Jesus, how many friggin'

pictures of frogs

do you think we need

in the house?

All right, look, um,

I'll pay you back.

You know I'll pay you

back when something...

You know what?

I had dreams, too.

You may find that

hard to believe, but I did.

I have supported you

because I always defend your

right to be what you want

because I love you

and believe in you,

and I want you to have

everything you want.

I know what you're capable of.

It's just that it's hard

to blame Mom, you know?

Because at some point

we'd like to be able

to see you take care

of yourself.

To see all your dedication

come to fruition.

Well, look, I know that

something is going to happen

soon. I know it.

I can feel it.

This is a new one.

Your mother doesn't

know about it

and she doesn't have to.

Okay.

Don't abuse it, okay?

I won't.

I won't.

Necessities only.

Um... what about...?

Oh, I'll send Gary rent

for the next three months.

By then, who knows?

Maybe you'll be

the Thomas Kinkade

of amphibian paintings.

Thanks, Dad.

How long have you been

holding onto that stuff?

Most of it since high school.

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