What Other Couples Do Page #8

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(Bree) Is he leaving?

What the hell did you do?!

Nothing.

Right.

We said we were gonna honor the contract!

You okay?

Ginger...

I wanna get back together.

Are you kidding?

No.

I'm sorry, you know, about arguing earlier.

Yeah, me, too.

I'm developing a new theory.

What's your theory?

The fact that everything is based on

these little white lies is a good thing.

You know? It's people being compassionate toward

one another. Protecting each other's feelings.

Okay. I wanna go with this. Go ahead.

Like, it's hard enough for me to

accept Lisa has nice breasts...

No, she doesn't...

But I don't want to hear

you say it aloud. You know?

Better for me to just hope you don't

spend too much time thinking about them.

I don't.

Right.

These little white lies, they are the glue that hold

relationships together. They hold society together.

So, uh, what'd you

think of my new material?

I think it's great.

But what?

Nothing. I think it's great.

What specifically did

you have a problem with?

I didn't have a problem with

any of it. It's all good.

But not as good as my best stuff.

It will be.

You're going to do your tweaking. You know?

You're gonna rewrite it, and rewrite it, and it's

gonna be on the same level as your other stuff.

Sounds like I got a lot

of rewriting to do, huh?

I feel like we have not

fought this much in a year.

It's these people. They're a bad influence.

So, is this because I've lost weight?

No. Gain it all back, I don't care.

Oh, you do care! Okay? Men

are visually stimulated.

See, I miss this. I miss our

conversations. I miss good conversation.

I went to every screening of every movie

and defended each as if it were my own child.

The Hallmark movie, Chris?

You're an angel.

I used to love to cook for you. I

don't know if I could do that now.

Don't say that!

Do you know how many tears

Oliver and I have cried over you?

I'm sorry...

Being cheated on and being walked

out on... It's very shaming!

Everyone's going to look at me and

wonder how I could take you back.

I will spend the rest of my

life making this up to you, Gin.

So, we're gonna go the whole rest of our

marriage without you telling me what you did?

The 'whole rest of our marriage' makes it

sound like we're gonna last a long time.

You don't think we will?

I don't know.

Well, that doesn't sound good.

Is this about that kid? What, are you,

like, in love with him or something?

No.

I can't believe this.

That punk. I served him Opus One.

And he did God knows what with my wife.

Josh, I didn't say I wanna break up.

It wouldn't be a break-up,

it would be a divorce.

Well, I'm not thinking about divorce.

I was earlier tonight.

What?!

It's just that the girls think

that you don't respect me.

The way that you're always making sarcastic

remarks and trying to take me down a notch.

I respect you.

I don't know if you do.

Wha... what does that word mean

anyway...'respect'? Respect.

Obviously, I respect you. If I didn't, why

would I want to go to that kid's next showcase

and beat the sh*t out of him in front

of his agents and managers and everybody?

Not much of a guest room. What

is this, the servants' quarters?

Stop complaining.

So. What'd you and Chris do?

Nothing.

Michelle.

I'm serious. We didn't do anything. We just

talked. He wants to get back together with Ginger.

He does? Is she gonna take him back?

I don't know.

What did you and Lisa do?

Wait, I wanna talk about Ginger and Chris.

No, let's talk about you and Lisa.

I'm not trying to grill

you, I'm just curious.

I'm glad it was her.

I'm not jealous of her.

You're not?

Do you think I should be?

You have a thing for Lisa now!

No, I don't.

Dave. Her b*obs are so

big. They're too big.

Just because I don't think she's a threat doesn't mean

she's not a threat. You could be totally attracted to her.

(Dave sighs)

You think she's hot!

You loved making out with

her. Did you do more than kiss?

No.

Did you wish you did more than kiss?

Wha... it's... why is that even...

Oh my god!

I'm so jealous, I could scream.

I could totally freak out right now.

Oh my god.

She has a great body, doesn't she?

Are you... you really

want me to answer that?

YES. Do you think she has a good body?

Unh...

Maybe? I don't... this is stupid...

How can you say that to me?!

All I said was 'maybe'!

Oh my god!

She has a good figure and

I'm a short-waisted freak!

You are not a short-waisted freak.

If you were innocent, you

would just tell me what you did.

The fact that you won't tell me what

you did means you're guilty of something!

We signed a contract

for exactly this reason.

You know what's weird?

You haven't asked what Ginger and I did.

Because it hasn't even occurred to you...

because you're so consumed

by thoughts of Brad!

What did you do? Tell me what you did!

So, what, I'm just... I'm just supposed to go around

wondering what you did for the rest of my life?

Yeah. Just like I'll always wonder what

you did with that girl, Jennifer, from work.

Oh, I knew you were going to play that

card. That happened eight years ago.

It feels like yesterday.

(Music plays)

You can't. Try all you want,

but you're not going to.

Let me love you. Let me love you!

(Michelle) No!

(Michelle) Stop. You're too...

Okay, just give up.

No!

(Dave) Just give up!

No!

I wanna read that script he sold.

It's weird. There's so

many people out there.

But there's no one like you.

Please give me another chance.

I don't know if I can get over it.

Tell me what to do to make

this right. I'll do anything.

You know, the obvious thing

is that you get a free pass.

(Ginger laughs)

You get to cheat on me.

Once. Whenever you want.

I would argue that that kid,

Brad, counts for something.

Because I know you had better sex

with him than I did with the actress.

Well, I'm sorry that you didn't fully

enjoy yourself when you were cheating on me.

Tense up.

What?

Just tense your stomach muscles up.

I don't...

Go ahead, do it.

I don't understand... oh!

Ow!

(Music plays)

From this point forward, I won't bring

up Brad and you won't bring up Jennifer.

Okay.

Something's changed.

What do you mean?

I don't know. It's like

you're not as invested.

I'm invested.

What are you doing? You

always stay up and work.

Not tonight. We gotta have sex.

I gotta try to make you

forget about that kid.

Who shall remain nameless.

I didn't get to do anything.

Everybody got to do

something except for me.

(Music plays)

Prescriptions? For what?

You name it. High blood pressure, reflux,

hair loss, anxiety... the guy is falling apart.

The price of success. You know,

he's under a lot of pressure.

Yeah, maybe that's what we're in for

when we get to where we wanna be, huh?

No, no, we'll be different.

We'll handle it better.

Ah, right.

Stay grounded, keep our

priorities straight...

(Ryan) Right. Maybe the guy's

just not good at handling stress.

Yeah. We'll handle it better.

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