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or let you down in some way.

If I have,

you should tell me.

You haven't let me down.

It has nothing to do with you.

What's it got to do with?

It's silly.

It's...

Emily and...

That fight is worth all this?

You've been pretty awful lately.

I don't think I deserve it.

Does Emily?

No.

Okay, let's see.

12, 13, 14, 15, 16.

It's over!

I've got a handle on it.

I've got a wonderful life.

I'm keeping it that way.

Tom Andrews is

not a part of it.

He's a part of your life now,

and I can accept that.

Want to come in?

If the two of you

can find happiness together...

...I'm certainly not going

to stand in your way.

What are you talking about?

- You and Tom.

- There is no "me and Tom. "

- But you told Elliott there was a new guy.

- I told him that to get rid of him.

No "you and Tom"?

It was one night.

You had the relationship with him.

I had one night.

I wish it could have worked

out for the two of you.

Kathy, you're so full of sh*t.

I don't want to talk about me and Tom,

nor about you and Tom.

Never mind that pompous a**hole

your husband fixed me up with.

If that's what you came here to discuss,

try the mirror.

There's one in the bathroom.

I've really been selfish, haven't I?

I'm sorry.

And I'm pregnant, I think.

Tom?

Elliott.

- How late are you?

- About five years. Shall we?

What is it we're looking for?

If it's positive,

a doughnut forms.

A doughnut?

What do you mean,

like a ring?

Yeah, but they

call it a doughnut.

Why don't they

just call it a ring?

I guess it's a potentially

sensitive subject for some of us.

I know you haven't taken Elliott seriously,

but this might be a good time to start.

Please.

- A doughnut is forming.

- What?

A doughnut...

...is forming.

Emily.

I think I'm going to be sick.

Okay.

Prenatal vitamins and Valium.

Pregnant?

Yes.

You shouldn't take tranquilizers.

I won't be taking both.

"Two hours before procedure. "

Tough decision.

Thank you.

Excuse me.

Good luck!

You baby!

Well?

Decision is made.

- Don't start.

- I can't help it.

- When are you gonna tell Elliott?

- Never.

If I'm not sure I'm ready,

you can bet he isn't.

That's not fair.

You gotta ask him.

- If not, it will be a long pregnancy

for me. - Lighten up.

Fasten your seat belts.

Get ready...

- What are you doing?

- Why not?

- No!

- I'm light. All right?

- This is nuts.

- You still gotta tell Elliott.

I can't help it if

I get too involved.

- What are you doing?

- Let's get going.

It'll take 20 minutes

for that Valium to kick in.

- Don't tell Peter.

- "Don't tell Peter. "

She's going to tell him.

She's got to tell him.

She can't not tell him he's the father,

for heaven's sakes.

He's got to know.

It's his baby, too.

Fathers are very important.

Yeah, Elliott's got to know.

Nice pill.

Hello.

You got them.

Yeah.

Is everything okay?

She didn't?

Fifteen minutes.

I'll be there.

It's Kathy's car pool day.

She forgot to pick up the kids.

- She's not home.

- Historically speaking, when a wife...

- Joe, save it.

- All right, sir.

Why, who could that be?

Emily, aren't you a

sight for sore eyes?

You were right, Kath.

It's hell out there without a man.

There, there.

Things have a way of working out.

Honey, do we have

enough for company?

Hi, Em!

Staying for dinner?

We were just discussing

her problem.

- Have you told Elliott?

- I can't.

He couldn't handle it.

But he's the father.

He should know.

Elliott's got to know.

Elliott's got to know.

Kathy.

- Elliott's got to know.

- What?

Are you all right?

Peter! What time is it?

Where are the kids?

I got the kids.

It's Tuesday. I got the kids,

because you wanted to sleep on the dryer.

I'm sorry.

I took a Valium.

What?

You took Valium?

Ice cream!

What does Elliott

have to know?

I can't tell you.

I promised Emily I wouldn't.

Are we all right?

Yes!

Boy, "yes" isn't going

to cut it much longer.

At first it seemed as though

the tangential relationship...

...between the spheres

of the y-axis...

...were going to overlap,

and I will be going into that very shortly.

- I know what you're thinking.

- No, you don't.

"Elliott's got to know. "

I'm glad I confided in you.

Jeez.

Listen.

It was a dream.

Dreams don't mean anything.

Really?

Okay.

Here's a little physics

for you, okay?

Remember Newton?

Curly hair, chubby.

"A body at rest stays at rest.

A body in motion stays in motion...

"... unless acted upon

by an outside force. "

I think we both agree,

Kathy is a body in motion.

What are you talking about?

Here.

So?

So "x" equals Kathy.

This isn't Russian lit.

First of all,

if she's not home...

...check if her diaphragm's missing.

I can't believe we're doing this.

Il'll sneak into my house...

...creep down the hallway and

catch my wife folding my socks.

Don't forget to check

behind the shower curtain.

That isn't where she folds socks.

All right.

Quiet.

She didn't say anything

about going out.

They never do.

I think you were right.

She was alone.

A woman won't go during the

day on a cheap tryst in a motel...

...because you're at work

and the kids are at school. You're fine.

- What's that? What did you say?

- Nothing.

I thought you said something.

- She's probably going to Safeway.

- She probably is.

Isn't that Safeway?

Bye-bye, Safeway.

She's going to another store.

Lighten up. I'm sure.

You think all she

does is shopping.

- I make it sound like nothing.

- There's more to her life than that.

I'm certain there is.

Her life's not so empty that she

has to have a cheap affair with a kid...

...just because he's young

and sensitive with blue eyes.

You're losing her.

I got her.

Unless her aerobics class meets

down here, we're onto something.

Bingo.

Look at the name!

Go!

Looks like what we have

here is a first time.

I know Kathy.

She's not going to go in.

Cheer up.

He might be a bad lay.

- I've never been in an

artist's studio before. - No?

Well, this is it.

- Just go ahead. Do whatever you're...

- Yeah, sure.

I could do this one of two ways:

I could feel you out,

test the waters...

...see how you might react

to marrying Emily...

...and raising a family...

...or skip all that and just blurt out that

Emily's pregnant and having your baby.

Or I could just mind my own

business and not say a word.

- Wait!

- Bye, Elliott!

Bye.

Nothing happened.

It was only a couple minutes.

Unless, of course,

he's a really bad lay.

See?

Come on!

You hungry?

Kathy?

Hi, it's Elliott.

Hi, Elliott.

I gotta come over and talk

to you about the situation.

This isn't really a good

time for me to talk.

No, don't leave me hanging.

I'm dying here.

How about tomorrow?

Fine.

Craters?

- You know where that is?

- Yeah.

1:
00. Great.

You'll be there, right?

You won't drop another bomb

and run out on me again?

Relax, I'll be there.

Bye.

How's it going?

Well...

Johnson's Mortuary is

in the black this month.

Amazing.

This is making me crazy.

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