Silver Linings Playbook Page #6

Can you?

Is that...? You're asking me, you're

really asking me that question?

Yes.

With all my crazy sad sh*t?

What, are you f***ing nuts?

Pat, the silver lining thing is yours.

I'm just giving back your

words to you. This "crazy sad

sh*t," as you call it, made you a

happier, calmer person with a

beautiful positive philosophy of

going outdoors, working

out, and reading books.

No, not the books. You

said Nikki's friends with

Ronnie, Veronica and Tiffany. So if

you become friends with Tiffany,

Nikki will think that you're a

kind, generous, large-hearted

person, who helps people in need,

who is basically thriving. So if

you help Tiffany, it

will be good for you.

Hey!

How do you know

when I run?

I wanted to clarify

something.

I just want us

to be friends.

Did you hear what I said?

Why are you giving

me such a hard time?

No, I'm not giving

you a hard time.

I don't know how to act with

you when you do this sh*t.

You wanna have dinner

at this diner?

Pick me up at

seven thirty.

Happy Halloween.

Hi.

Here you go.

Thank you.

I'm gonna have a bowl

of your raisin bran.

Great!

Tea be right back.

You look nice.

Thanks.

Raisin bran. Milk.

Thank you.

You want to share this?

Why did you order

raisin bran?

Why did you order tea?

Because you ordered

raisin bran.

I ordered raisin bran because

I didn't want there to be any

mistaking this for a date.

It can still be a date if

you order raisin bran.

It's not a date. So how's

your thing going...

Your dancing thing?

It's good. How's your

restraining order?

I wouldn't actually call the

restraining order "my thing,""

but getting back with Nikki is,

and I've been doing pretty well.

Except for a minor incident

at the doctor's office.

And the so-called incident

with the weights.

Yeah. That was a thing with my parents.

I wish I could just

explain it all in a letter to Nikki

because it was minor and I could

just explain it and let her know

that I'm actually not out of

control and that I'm

actually doing really well.

I can get a letter to Nikki. I see

her sometimes with my sister.

It would be so amazing if you could

get a letter to Nikki from me.

I'd have to hide it from Veronica.

She's not into breaking the law,

which this letter would

definitely be doing.

But you would do it?

I'd have to be careful. I'm already

on thin ice with my family,

you should hear how

I lost my job.

How did you lose your job?

By... having sex with

everybody in the office.

Everybody?

I was very depressed after Tommy died.

It was a lot of people.

We don't have to

talk about it.

Thanks.

How many were there?

Eleven.

Wow.

I know.

I'm not gonna talk

about it anymore.

Okay.

Can I ask you one

more question?

Were there any women?

Yes.

Really?

Yes.

What was that like?

Hot.

Jesus Christ. Was it like...

Older women,

a sexy teacher who

wants to seduce you-

made me sit on her lap

and do things? Yeah.

What? You sat on her lap?

Mm-hmm.

She told you what to do?

Mm-hmm.

Oh... my God. Nikki hated

when I talked like this.

Made me feel like such a pervert.

Maybe we should change the subject.

I don't mind it.

You don't, do you.

No. But then people were getting

into fights in the parking lot at

work, and in the bathroom... and the

boss called me in to his office and

tried to pin it all on me. So I

accused him of harassment and then

they fired me, sent me home

and put me on some meds.

I get it. The song that was

playing when my wife...

Was in the shower with

the history teacher...

I heard about that.

It was my wedding song and when

I hear it, I go kinda crazy.

Sometimes I hear it when

it's not even playing.

Wow.

Yeah. So they put me on medication,

which I feel ashamed of.

Yeah.

So I know.

You do.

I just gotta get a

strategy, you know?

Me too.

We'd better get

back to the letter.

Yeah, let's get

back to the letter.

What if you told Nikki when

Veronica was in the bathroom?

Yes. Yes, that could work.

I love that.

Oh, my God, I'm gonna go home

and write the letter right now.

Can I at least

finish my tea?

Wait, what?

My tea. Can I finish it?

Wait a minute. Did Veronica

tell Nikki about our dinner?

Why would she do that?

Was it a test?

I kinda got that

feeling, yeah.

Goddamn it. I knew it. It was a test.

How did I do?

I think I did pretty well.

Yeah, she said you

were cool, basically.

"Basically? Was I some

percentage not cool?

No, she said you were

cool, but you know.

No, I don't know.

Sort of how you are.

It's fine, relax.

What do you mean? How am I?

What does that mean?

Sort of like me.

"Sort of like you"? I hope to

God she didn't tell Nikki that.

Why?

Because, it's just not right,

lumping you and I together,

I mean, it's just wrong. And

Nikki wouldn't like that.

Especially after all the

sh*t you just told me.

You think that I'm

crazier than you.

Because, well, we're

different, I mean-

oh, my God. Ugh.

You're killing me.

You know what? Forget I

offered to help you.

Forget the entire f***ing idea.

'Cause that must have been

f***ing crazy because I am

so much crazier than you.

Keep your voice down.

I'm just the crazy slut

with a dead husband!

Forget it!

Shut the f*** up.

F*** you!

You shut the f*** up!

Tiffany! Hey! Tiffany!

Slow down, raisin bran.

Hey, come on. Look, I don't

think you're crazy, all right?

Yes, you do.

No, I don't.

You told your therapist that you

were in a superior mental illness

category, didn't you?

What? Hey, calm down! Hey-

just leave me alone!

Can I just explain

myself, please?

I didn't want Nikki to think that I

was associated with that kind of

sexual behavior because I've never

done anything like that, okay?

You may not have experienced

the sh*t that I did.

But you loved hearing

about it, didn't you?

You are afraid to be alive,

you're afraid to live.

You're a hypocrite.

You're a conformist. You're a liar. I

opened up to you and you judged me.

You are an a**hole.

You are an a**hole!

Get off of me! Get off!

You're harassing me!

Hey, hey!

He's harassing me!

Get off!

Take it easy. Dude, relax.

He's harassing me!!

Bro, get off of me.

He's harassing me!!

Hey, hey, stop, stop.

Stop, all right?

Hey, get off of me!

Shut up, shut up.

Stop it.

Hey, hey, hey, get off me!

What are you doing? Come on.

What are you doing?

What are you doing

to these kids?

Are you being a punk on

Halloween with these kids?

You wanna go back to Baltimore?

Is that what you wanna do?

I didn't, I

didn't, I didn't-

it's the kids!

Honestly he didn't do anything,

it was all the kids.

Let's go, clear out,

nothing going on here.

Come on man what you gonna

do about that song? You

gonna go your whole life

scared of that song?

It's just a song. Don't

make it a monster.

Come on breath! There's no song playing.

There's no song.

That's it.

That's it. There you go.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I took it too far.

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