The Big Chill Page #3

You can't run in those shoes.

I'll get you some good shoes.

I'm about to tell you something I'm

not supposed to tell anyone.

Then maybe you shouldn't.

I already told Alex.

Look what happened to him.

In a few months, a very large

corporation...

...a conglomerate, is going to

buy my very small company.

Anyone who has our stock

will triple their money.

That's how Alex could afford

to buy the land.

I was thinking you could use

the information...

...to get into another line of work.

You never learn, do you?

By telling you, I've violated about 16

regulations...

...of the Securities Exchange

Commissin.

So please don't repeat it.

Repeat what?

I loved Alex.

What happened between

him and Sarah...

...hurt, I can't deny that.

But that was five years ago.

We all got over it.

I think they felt as bad as I did.

You know...

...they only slept together

a few times.

But in a way, their affair

had been going on since Ann Arbor.

She didn't marry Alex.

You'll explain everything?

I'll explain to them.

Have a safe trip.

That's the trouble with these.

You must watch them every minute.

Did I miss Karen and Richard?

Nope.

Just Richard.

Karen's staying the weekend.

But not Richard?

Went back to be with the kids.

That's interesting.

How did Richard feel about it?

If you sleep this late,

you'll miss a few mini-dramas.

I just hope you'll wake me

for anything ugly.

How do actors learn all those lines?

How do you remember them?

My wife used to run them with me,

but now my maid does.

- Your maid?

- That's how she learned English.

Sarah says to make three

of those milks nonfat.

Sure you don't mind this?

I'll never remember that.

Will you?

I don't know.

If we'd gotten married, we'd

go shopping like this.

No, if we'd gotten married,

I'd be doing this alone.

No, I did not say that, Molly.

I said we'll see.

I don't have to

explain it, young lady.

I want you to do it because I said so.

Understand?

When you're a mother you can be mean.

All right, you can do that.

Tell Carmelina I said it's okay.

I love you, sweetheart.

Daddy will call you later.

Sometimes I don't believe

what I hear myself saying.

So you came back from Vietnam...

...a changed man.

Well, why don't you just

tell everybody?

Then, in 1972...

...you returned to the University of

Michigan...

...to enter the doctoral program

in psychology.

But you couldn't seem to

finish that dissertation.

I could have. I chose not to.

I'm not hung up on

this completion thing.

Then you had many jobs,

all of which you quit.

What are you getting at?

I was evolving.

I'm still evolving.

But your real fame came

as a radio psychologist...

...on KSFO in San Francisco.

I wouldn't call it fame exactly.

I had a small...

...deeply disturbed following.

What are you doing...

...now?

Or I should say,

what have you evolved into now?

Oh, I'm in sales.

What are you selling?

I don't have to answer that.

We're leaving.

Have you seen Chloe?

We're on the air here.

Sorry.

Sorry, pal. Got to go.

Just answer that last question.

I said, "I've got to go."

So what happened to your partner?

He wasn't my partner.

He had the idea for the club.

He's out of it now.

We weren't conducive.

We got together and hypered

each other into a frenzy.

His wife left for a younger woman,

he couldn't make love.

He was hospitalized for

being such a nerd.

So he's out of it?

Yeah, he's out. It's just me,

looking for investors.

Alex and I made love the night

before he died. It was fantastic.

He went out with a bang,

not a whimper.

They're either married or gay.

If they're not gay, they've broken up

with the most wonderful woman...

...or they've broken up with a b*tch

who looks like me.

They're in transition from a monogamous

relationship and need space.

Or they're tired of space,

but can't commit.

Or they want to commit

but are afraid to get close.

They want to get close and you don't

want them near.

Can't be that bad.

You don't know.

I've been out there dating

for 20 years.

I know in the first 15 seconds

if there's a chance in the worid.

At least you're

giving them a fair shot.

Easy for you to say.

Married to Harold, the perfect man.

Sometimes I think I don't

want a man anymore.

So here I sit on my

ticking biological clock.

The only thing I've known my entire life

is that I want to have a child.

Don't remind me.

It was the right thing to do at the time.

So what do you do?

I'm going to have a baby.

What?

She was young when

Robin and I divorced.

Now she has a new father.

Sometimes I think it's confusing

to her when I'm around.

I don't know.

- I don't need it.

- God knows I don't.

- We should think of the others.

- Don't want to be selfish.

I know Sarah and Meg would

want some of this Fudge Royale.

They have no self-control.

And the Cherry Nugget too, I think.

I don't know.

Maybe I don't want to

give her the time.

Could I be that big an a**hole?

It's one giant toilet.

Maybe you should put a spot like

this in your club.

It will be big.

You should take it more seriously.

You'd have your own table

waiting at all times.

I'm considering it.

I've always wanted my own table.

Now, I'd have a chair too, right?

Remember senior year we were all going to

buy that land near Saginaw?

What happened with that?

We didn't have any money.

That's when property was a crime.

You know, it's raining.

It's nice, isn't it?

Nice.

You're not afraid of snakes, are you?

You're a doctor.

Doctors know everything.

Be supportive for a minute and

shut up.

I've been taking my temperature

and I know I'm ovulating.

The ground is ready.

I need someone to plant the seed.

Who's going to be the lucky farmer?

These are the best guys I know.

My favourite men in the worid.

Unfortunately, I found out Nick is

no longer a candidate.

Michael's a possibility,

but I think as a fallback position.

So to speak.

So that leaves Sam.

- Harold's not good enough for you?

- Are you kidding? I'd love it.

But I couldn't ask that of you.

Anyway, Harold's got enough kids.

That's very considerate.

Too bad Richard left.

Have you and Sam discussed it, or

are you planning a surprise attack?

Why should he have a problem with it?

There won't be obligations.

I love him as a friend.

I assume he loves me.

He'd do anything for me.

Somehow I feel it isn't quite

this simple.

For one thing, it doesn't

always happen the first time.

That's not what they told

us in high school.

This is great.

This is really great.

Alex loved this place.

I can understand it.

It's terrific.

You remind me of Alex.

I ain't him.

Nobody thinks they're

a bad person.

I don't claim people

think they do the right thing.

They may know they do

dishonest or manipulative things...

...but think there's a good reason

for it.

They think it'll turn out

for the best.

If it turns out best for them, it

is by definition what's best.

You also come up against

a question of style.

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