The Bachelors Page #6

Yes you still have to

square it, don't you, Bill?

- Yo, Mr. Palet, you alright?

- Yeah, I just,

just need a minute.

- In the old days

they would have

called it a nervous breakdown.

- I thought he was

getting better.

- Unfortunately

it's not uncommon

for an upswing to

proceed a downturn.

The thing is Bill's

connection with Jeanie

was so profound that

his grief is extreme.

So much so that the emotional

is now becoming physical.

- Which means what?

- That if we don't find

a way to turn this around

as bad as it is now,

it can get worse.

- You okay?

- Yeah.

- As long as your dad is here

I want you to stay with us.

- I'll be fine.

- Look Wes, we all

could use somebody

to lean on from time to time.

- I really appreciate that,

Mr. Abernac, but

leaning on people

really hasn't worked out

all that well for me so far so

just not gonna do it anymore.

- So we can continue

trying new medications

but clearly we need to do more.

I want to see you in my

office three times a week.

And I'm going to

insist that you start

going to one of those support

groups that we talked about.

I also think that

we should discuss

electroconvulsive therapy.

Now that may sound extreme.

But the fact is it's

a far more refined

treatment than it used to be.

Its very safe.

And it's proven to

be highly affective

in treating sever

depression that's

unresponsive to other

forms of treatment.

Given the severity of the

break you just experienced

I believe it would be a mistake

for us not to consider it.

- Mr. Palet?

Mr. Palet are you still with us?

There you are.

So I'm going to give

you a muscle relaxant

All you have to do is

relax and take a nice nap.

How does that sound?

- Okay.

- He relished the

moments and I know that

I'm ever thankful to God

that I had the

opportunity to spend

the best part of my

life with this person.

It's just not the same.

- Mr. Rios, I think you

will find it difficult

to pass the final if

I kick you out of it.

Wes?

How's your father?

- He's fine.

- If there's anything I can

do I hope you'll let me know.

- Don't be last.

Okay, let's finish

hard, let finish hard.

Alright, bring it in.

Alright, for those of you

hoping to qualify for SPC

the trinity quads will be

your final opportunity.

It's also a race

in which we have

yet to place higher than fourth.

It's a rather uncomfortable fact

given that only four

schools participate.

So please if you bear

me any good will at all

make sure that you eat a

large carbohydrate filled meal

and that you're not

late for the bus.

Martinez.

- Yeah, coach.

- Okay, that's it.

- Hey Wes, is it true your

dad is not coming back?

Dude, that's what

Bobelchek said.

- Bobelchek's a

brain dead moron.

- Yeah but, your dad

he's gonna be okay, right?

- Yeah, of course.

He so depressed he had

to be hospitalized.

They're done finding a

medication that can help

so they're just

shooting electricity

straight through his

brain, but yeah, Goob.

I'm sure everything's

gonna be just

hunky dory from here on out.

So, how's the group going?

- Good.

- What do you talk about?

- Things people

have been through.

- What about the ECT?

You think it's helping?

- I'm not sure.

- Feel any different?

- Not really.

Dr. Rollins says it

doesn't work for everybody.

- Why don't you just

get it over with then?

- Get what?

- Dying.

That's what you're

really doing right?

I know you're depressed.

And I know that I'm

supposed to be supportive.

- I'm not asking

you to do anything.

- Yes you are.

You're asking me

to just accept it.

Just sit back, just watch

you die just like Mom.

- I know this has been hard.

- Yeah, you think?

I mean first my mom dies and

then we just pack up and leave

out of the blue out of nowhere.

- Wes you're mom and I--

- Were everything.

Okay, I know.

I get it.

But do you honestly think that

this is what she would want?

Mom was amazing.

You think I don't miss her every

single second of

every single day?

But here's the headline, Dad.

She's gone forever and

she's never ever coming back.

- Wesley, I am so sorry.

- I don't want sorry!

I want my dad back.

- I'm here.

- No, you're not.

And you haven't been

for a long time.

If I'm gonna have to spend

the rest of my life alone

tell me now 'cause

if you're just gonna

give up and die than

maybe I should too.

- Wes, please don't say that.

- I'm serious!

That's what this

is all about, right?

If there's a point to

all this, the living?

I mean whether it's

worth it to even try.

Well, make up your

God damn mind, Dad.

If the answer is no why

don't you just f***ing

kill yourself and

get it over with?

- Runners set.

- This is Michael.

- Hello Michael,

it's Bill Palet.

- Bill.

What a surprise.

How are you?

- I'm okay, how are you?

- Doing well,

doing well, thanks.

- Good good.

Listen, I'm calling

because I know

you were always a real

supporter of Jeanie's work.

- Oh yeah.

- And I wonder if the museum

would like to have it.

- Well,

we'd be delighted.

Any specific pieces

you had in mind?

- All of it, everything.

- I'm sorry,

did you say all of it?

- Yeah.

- Bill?

- I know you'll take

good care of it.

- Of course.

- That's it, you did it,

you did it, kid.

That was just God

damned extraordinary.

I'm telling you, that was just

absolutely God

damned extraordinary.

Did you guys see that?

That was incredible, incredible.

- Dad, Dad, I'm sorry.

I'm sorry, Dad.

I didn't mean what I said.

- I know.

I know.

- I'd have never said it.

- It's okay, you

had every right.

Listen Wes, Wes, Wes, hey.

I'm sorry.

And I'm sorry I missed you race.

And I'm not gonna miss any more.

Congratulations, Son.

- Look at that.

- Can you believe it?

- Yeah, sure.

You Wes, are a

bright shining star.

- She passed the French final.

- Glad to hear it.

- But she's still in

kind of a bad mood.

- Looks so official.

- I know, right?

- So are you like a jock now?

- Yeah.

Figured it was time

to kind of rebrand.

- Yeah, I mean, you did

take awkward new kid

about as far as you could.

- And plus you had brooding

loather locked up so

that was never really an option.

Heard you passed French.

- Yeah, just kept hearing your

dorky voice in my head going...

Can we please try this again?

- You promise me

something first?

No more Mason.

- Thought it was gonna

be something difficult.

- No more hurting yourself.

- Yeah Carine's been trying

to get me to see some doctor.

- Promise me you'll go.

That was okay?

Too fast for you?

- Shut up.

- No, I'm just making sure

'cause

I don't want to rush

into things, okay.

- Shut up or I'm

keeping your medal.

- I was gonna give

it to you anyway.

- Hey, welcome

back, Mr. Palet.

- Thanks.

- Let's here it for Mr. P.

- Carine.

- Hello.

- Hi.

I was hoping I

would find you here.

- Well, you did.

- Yes.

Do you like ice cream?

I know that's maybe the

dumbest question I've ever,

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