The Dilemma Page #8

(GROANS) My fish!

You son of a b*tch!

You think you're safe in there? Huh?

We'll see how safe you are in there, boy!

Oh, yeah!

Yeah, that's right! You hear me?

I'm going to chew my way right up your ass, boy!

Yeah! You got nowhere to go!

(YELLING)

Oh, yeah!

(YELLS) Hey!

I'm going to burn that face!

What are you doing?

I'm going to burn your face, boy!

What, are you crazy? Stop!

Give me that stupid-looking face! What's wrong?

I thought you were on Oxy? I'm going to burn it!

You better run, you son of a b*tch!

(GRUNTING)

(GROANING)

Where are you at?

Where are you at, crazy? Where are you at?

Come on, show me!

Oh, you better run, punk!

You better goddamn run tonight!

I know where you live, man!

I want that to register.

Put that in your tattooed mind!

I know where you live!

(DOG BARKING)

Because I'm going to come back here

and I will burn that face, daddy!

Oh, I can't wait for my chance.

I can't wait till I get you, just lined up perfect

and I get to burn that little face!

Because I'm a problem!

Now you deal with that!

(PANTING)

(EXHALES DEEPLY)

Whoa! Crazy's here, baby!

This is a collector's item!

What do you want to do? You're going to burn my face?

You're going to burn my face? Yeah?

No! No!

Who are you?

Oh, you're not going to tell me?

Who are you?

I'm her husband's best friend!

You son of a b*tch!

Oh, sh*t. Yeah.

All right, man. Why didn't you just say that?

That's right, you son of a b*tch,

I'm her husband's best friend!

Hold on a second, calm down. Okay, okay.

You're going to use a little bat on me?

You think that bat's going to help you with me?

You could've just said... No, no, no!

(GROANING)

You're being childish. Just stop.

Turn over! Just turn over.

Hey! Hey! Stop.

(BOTH GRUNTING)

Stop, stop.

Do it!

Do it, you scumbag. Hit me in the head!

You better end this today, because

I'm going to come back for you.

You understand me? There's no coming back.

No, I'm going to end this right now!

My friend Nick is 10 times the man you'll ever be.

You're not anything.

You're garbage.

Come on, I'm not... I didn't

even... That's... (SIGHING)

It takes two, and you know that!

Yeah, it takes two.

Not three, prick.

(SNIFFLING)

What, are you sniveling? What?

Are you crying?

No.

No, it's the Oxy, and it's making me...

Come here! Get up! Come here!

Get up. You get up right now. You get out of here!

Get out of here!

I'm not playing with you!

I'm not playing.

(SNIFFLING)

(SOBS SOFTLY)

I can just take the sweater.

Okay.

(PEOPLE CHATTERING)

Ronny, jeez! You look like hell!

The sweater's good, though, right? Hey! Hi.

Hey, I know I'm late. I'm hoping

I'm still fashionable. (LAUGHS)

What happened to your face?

Just a bar fight.

Just a bar fight. Some bikers...

Bar fight, Ronny? Really?

Yeah.

I was at the Zip Bar and Grill, actually.

Real dirtbag joint.

Do not go there. Take it off the GPS.

Let's do this. Where's the fam?

You know what? I got to talk to

you for a second. Come here.

Should I see the family?

Okay.

NICK:
(WHISPERS) What is all this?

Come over here. Look, obviously,

something's going on with you.

And I want you to know that if you

need me, for anything at all...

Screw the project, screw the deadline.

I'm there for you, all right?

Ronny...

Whoa! You look like sh*t. Thank you.

Anyway, thank you.

I pressed Saul and he totally caved,

admitted he was cheating.

Now we're going to work on it, for the kids.

It might be futile, but you got to at least try, right?

And all those times he was saying,

"I'm going bowling."

Yeah, he wasn't bowling.

He wasn't even bowling at all.

Ronny? What the...

Ron?

(LAUGHING)

(GRUNTS)

Get a good feel, buddy?

Ronny!

You remember my cousin James,

and his boyfriend Juan?

Let me finish.

Because families like to touch and hang

out, and that's what we're doing.

I'm just roughing it up with my guy!

Come on, I had him! I had him, Juan!

Nice to meet you, buddy! My

guy, good to see you, babe!

And my parents.

Ronald.

Yeah, Burt and Sue.

It's impressive, 40 years, it's quite an accomplishment.

Is the flame still burning after 40?

Still there.

Of course it is, of course it is.

With you, there's no question. My man.

Let's go celebrate. Let's do this.

I'm just playing the fun part, doing the things I do.

Great to see you!

Breath against breath,

breathe me life.

Thousand and thousand kisses, give me, I beg you.

Love wants everything without condition.

Love has no law.

Mom and Dad,

your love has no law.

(PEOPLE EXCLAIMING)

So beautiful.

I'd like to make the toast.

Forty years.

That is a long time to be with

someone. Forty years, wow!

It's impressive.

I personally don't know a lot about marriage,

but I would imagine it can't be easy,

all those 40 years being with someone.

Because people are not perfect.

People make mistakes in life.

But I would assume

what would get you through those 40 years would be...

...honesty.

Honesty and honesty alone.

And love.

But even more than that, Burt, is the honesty.

SUE:
Don't forget about patience.

Oh, no one's going to forget about patience, Sue.

You can relax, patience is on the table.

(CHUCKLES) What I'm talking about,

though, is honesty here.

Talking about two people

who have probably had an eye

wander every now and then.

Everyone knows Burt was in the garment business.

If you don't think you meet a

lot of girls in that business,

then you don't get out of the house much.

A lot of girls.

A lot.

Good-looking guy, well-spoken.

It's "pinch me, I'm dreaming time," am I right, ladies?

And look at Sue. Gorgeous lady, easy to be around.

Always into the aerobics.

Kept it tight, in a great way.

And Burt did well, they have

a pool. Pool guy come over.

Lot of guys would come over to

the house. Young guys, too.

Now let's say something did happen.

We don't know that it did, maybe it didn't.

But it's not up to us to know, it's up to them to know.

I bet they were honest with each other.

I bet she came to him and said, "Hey, Burt,

"you know you're my number one.

"But maybe Mama got thirsty last night."

(GASPS)

What I'm going to focus on, though,

here is the ingredient

that I think really makes the whole stew

stick together, and that is honesty.

And similar interests!

Who are you?

I'm Cousin Betty.

First?

Second.

Okay, Cousin Betty, this is not a group toast

nor is it an open forum.

I'm the one who's standing up here.

I'm the one with the glass, I'm the one that is talking.

Now, Burt and Sue chime in

and that's fine because it's their night,

you know, 40 years and all of that.

But not you.

Nobody gave you a speaking part, nobody cares.

You're a second cousin, which isn't even a real relative

because someone could have sex with a second cousin

and the kid could still be normal.

Honesty.

You cannot run from it.

And believe me,

it'll find you.

The truth will always find you.

Burt and Sue.

Forty years, being honest.

ALL:
Burt and Sue.

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