The Architect Page #7

You see things wrong.

Sometimes I wish I could just...

I could just reach inside

your head and flip a switch,

you know, just change

your perspective.

But I guess, you know,

we bring different things

to the table

as life partners, right?

I'm good at making money.

You're good at spending it.

I'm good at making calculated,

informed decisions

that yield positive results,

and you're good at making quick,

impulsive decisions

and never thinking twice, right?

What, is it lunch?

There you go. Good girl.

That's his preschool

music teacher at Montessori.

Are you gonna get him?

Go get him. Go get him.

- Max has a natural

sense of rhythm.

You should see him in ballet.

- It used to turn me on

when I'd hear him talk

about business.

He was so confident.

It was not confidence.

He's just stubborn.

- You're out of your mind

to think of leaving Colin.

How much difference does it make

who the guy is, anyway?

Once you have a baby, the guy

becomes so much less important.

Do you really think

that you want to be

on your own right now?

- How did the relationship work

between architect and client?

- Ah, truly inspired,

a wonderful collaboration,

great chemistry

between architect and client.

- Oh, good.

- Your details are off.

You obviously have

no field experience.

Your... your construction drawings

are just pretty pictures.

- You're not even using

the latest set!

These were revised!

- You've changed them

so many times,

I don't even know

what I'm building anymore!

This is completely

unprofessional.

Let me tell you... I am not losing

money on this job

based on your incompetence.

My advice to you is learn

how to work with real life!

Ooh.

It looks like the chemistry

between architect and contractor

isn't quite as good.

- Construction

is very stressful,

and we're using

some very unusual materials

for a residence...

Titanium, for example.

- The floating staircase

is impressive.

- It was a true collaboration.

I was his muse.

- You were his muse?

- Don't write that.

- Society needs

a good image of itself.

That's the job of the architect.

If a client

wants a house designed,

most architects will design one,

but a conscientious architect

will ask first

why this house is needed.

What is its Raison d'tre?

- Hmm.

- The architect may conclude

we don't need this house

and walk away.

That's why I don't have

a lot of clients.

- There seems to be conflict

between you and the contractor.

- To a man with a hammer,

everything looks like a nail.

- Yet another stack

of change orders.

I don't pay these by tomorrow,

Conway walks off the job.

The cost is

out of control, Miles.

It's like you're just...

You defy me and then build

whatever the hell you want.

- Cost is very simple.

It is materials plus labor.

You want a $5 million house

for a million dollars.

How's that my fault?

Want me to pay for it myself?

- What are all the extras?

- Essential details.

- You said less is more.

- Less is only more

when more is no good.

And these stairs...

I've been thinking about them.

They're just too dangerous

without a handrail.

- A handrail?

Can you imagine

how ridiculous that would look?

- I'm saying it's dangerous.

I can't believe

the Building Department

would even allow it.

- They won't.

Creativity is stifled by an

overzealous concern for safety.

We will put in

temporary handrail

and remove it after inspection.

- Isn't that illegal?

- It's your house,

not the city's.

- Do you see what I mean

about all this wasted space?

- Wasted space?

There is a purpose to beauty.

- If we fill this in,

we add two rooms.

- Fill it in?

You don't need two more rooms.

- Don't tell me...

How can you be

so incredibly arrogant?

- If I have to choose

between honest arrogance

and hypocritical humility,

I choose honesty.

There's no reason to change it.

- What are you... Oh.

You think... you think you can

prove anything by drawing it.

- I prefer drawing to talking.

It's faster,

and there are no lies.

Is this what you want...

Bisect this space

and create two rectangles?

- Yes.

What's wrong with that?

- For you, maybe nothing, Colon.

You're a rectangular man.

But for Drew, who is fluid

and curvaceous,

whose spirit

is spontaneous and free,

she can't live in those rooms.

- Do not talk

about my wife like that.

You are crossing a line there.

- Again, there is a line...

A straight line,

a line in the sand,

a line that can't be crossed!

- All right, you know what?

You know what?

I'm not paying another dime.

That includes your bill.

- Then I'll file a lien

on your property.

- Really?

So I should get a lawyer?

Is that where this is headed?

- Where there's a will,

there's a lawsuit.

Ignorance of the law

never stopped anyone

from practicing it.

You wouldn't nickel-and-dime

a surgeon, would you?

You respect his knowledge.

You understand

the need for his services.

When I figure the amount of time

I spend on a project,

it works out

to about $15 an hour.

I feel like a poor seamstress.

Do you want to know

the real reason

I didn't put a handrail in, huh?

- It makes it very difficult

to catch yourself if you fall.

- Don't you think

you're overreacting?

I mean, God, your hormones

are all over the place.

- My hormones?

It can't possibly be you.

- I had to fire him.

He threatened me physically.

- Miles Moss?

- Where are you...

Where are you going?

You're eight months pregnant.

You are the least

practical woman I know.

- I need to be alone.

- Why do you never remember

the good times?

We never...

We're having a stressful time,

but we have good times, Drew.

Last year, in Mexico...

Remember, we walked

into the hotel lobby,

and the mariachi band

was playing our song?

- Our song?

What song is that?

- How can you not know

we have a song?

- I feel like we're

in two different marriages.

What song are you talking about?

- "My Heart Will Go On"...

from the "Titanic" movie.

- This is why

we can't be together.

- Drew, don't do this.

Don't do this.

Look, a marriage

cannot always be exciting

and inspiring, you know.

You settle in,

and you get comfortable.

That's normal.

I'm a good guy.

I'm doing everything

I'm supposed to do.

I'm stable, emotionally

and financially,

more than you know.

There is nothing wrong with us.

Why do you invent problems

where none exist?

- I'm suffocating.

If you find yourself

trapped in a box with no air,

you don't ask permission.

You just cut a hole

so you can breathe.

- I don't understand that.

- No, you don't. You don't.

- Drew, don't...

Come here, please.

Come here.

Don't do this.

We'll finish the house, okay?

We'll finish the house your way,

but then, please...

let's get this nut case

out of our lives.

- Drew?

Drew?

- So cute.

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should love coming

and love learning.

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