Bridge and Tunnel

I'm just surprised, is all,

'cause, you know, I'm leaving in a month.

- Wait, what? When? Wh-why?

- Is that true? Six months in Alaska?

- Don't tell me this has something to do

with fucking Tammy.

You have gotta be fucking kidding me, man.

I'm in love with him, Stace.

I'm s--I'm sorry. I just--I just can't.

- I wanna be a music attorney, you know, represent bands,

do the record deals, stuff like that.

Well, if you two really feel like that,

when I become a big shot in the music biz,

don't come crawling to me for help.

- That's not something you need to worry about.

We won't.

What does it say?

No law school for me.

No love for you.

Hey, at least we got each other, right?

- He's on one path. You're on another path.

You're on two different paths,

and those paths don't cross.

- Let's just enjoy these next three weeks,

and when they're over,

we'll embark on our separate paths.

- These are so good. They're so good.

- Yeah? You really think so?

- Yeah, you know they're good.

You know my favorite thing about them, too?

- What? - Not a bench in sight.

- All right, enough about-- I don't wanna hear

about the bench anymore. That was the last one.

- Okay, fine, but your dad's right.

These are the best photos you've ever taken.

- Yeah, but my dad thinks every photo

I've ever taken is the best one I've ever taken.

- Yeah, he's not fucking wrong. Look at this!

Jimmy, this could be an ad or something.

It's so good.

Like, honestly,

this is as good as any professional photo

I've ever seen.

Wow.

It's very impressive.

- I mean, don't act so fucking surprised.

- I'm not surprised. I'm just, you know--

- Nope, no. - What?

- No, we can't. - Why not?

- Because my fucking parents are right upstairs.

- I mean, that sounds like their problem, you know?

Yeah.

Yeah.

Okay.

But we gotta be really fucking quiet.

Or not.

Oh, ho, there they are.

- Oh, hey. - I thought we'd lost you two.

- Yeah. - Yeah, no.

- We were just downstairs in the basement.

I was just showing Jill

some of my stuff that I've been working on.

Is that what you were doing,

just showing her some of your stuff?

Okay. - Hmm.

speaking of your stuff,

I took some of those new photos

over to the guy who's got the Davidson,

and he was so impressed,

he actually wants to buy a print.

- Whoa. - Get the hell out of here.

Does he really? - Pretty wild, right?

I told you you were onto something.

I mean, Jill, what did you think?

This is a little different than his usual shots, right?

- Yeah, I mean, I think it's really cool.

It looks like some ads that I've seen,

like they could be in fashion magazines, you know?

You know what?

I never even thought about that.

All right, James, you would not be the first artist

who helped pay the bills by shooting fashion.

- I mean, more than paid the bills.

They've gotten rich.

- And you're already here in New York,

right, the center of the fashion world?

I mean, it might not be the worst thing to think about.

Yeah, I don't know, Dad.

I mean, I really haven't thought about that at all.

- Nor should you think of that, at least not now.

Maybe you can consider it once you come back from Alaska,

but not now.

You two staying for dinner, or you heading out?

Well, w--

- You know, we only have a week left,

so I think we're just gonna go grab something

by ourselves, if that's cool.

- Really? Hmm. - That's totally fine.

- I thought we were all gonna have dinner together,

but that's fine. - It's totally fine, Jimmy.

- 'Cause your mother bought a bunch of stuff,

but don't worry about it. You guys go out,

have your dinner. It's cool.

Yeah, Dad, speaking of that,

I was hoping I wouldn't work this week

so I could spend the last few days with Jill.

- M'kay, so your last week here before you take off

for six months,

I'm not gonna get to see you at all,

and you're not sticking around for dinner, okay.

- I'll be around. - Yeah.

- Jimmy, take the week off. It'll be fine.

Your father will survive. Won't you, Arthur?

Honestly, no.

I'm already heartbroken thinking about it,

but I don't wanna stand in the way of you and your plans, so--

- Stop your kvetching. - Go out. Have a great night.

- You guys... - Enjoy your dinner.

Have a good week. - Have a nice night.

Go before you see a grown man cry.

- No, no, yeah, we gotta go.

- Yeah. - Bye.

- Laying it on a little thick, Arthur.

Whose side are you on?

Hello?

Hey, Stace, it's Tam.

Um, can you talk?

Yeah, I guess.

- Um, look, I just wanted to apologize.

I mean, you have every right to be pissed at me.

You asked me not to go out with him, and I did,

and I broke a trust,

and I just-- I shouldn't have done that,

and I'm--I'm sorry, Stace.

- You're really in love with him?

Yeah.

- Well, how's he feel about you?

- I don't know. Um, I think maybe the same.

- Well, I gotta say, it hurts to hear,

but it's probably my ego talking more than anything.

Look, Mikey and I dated in high school, right?

And like you said, we barely even dated,

and even if we were more serious back then,

it was high school, ancient history.

So...

what I guess I'm trying to say is, uh,

if you and Mikey wanna go out,

I'm okay with it.

Are you sure, Stace?

Because if it means losing you as a friend,

you know, I-I don't need to.

I don't. - Yeah, I'm sure.

Isn't that what I fucking just said, Tammy?

And besides, I spend way too much fucking time

on Long Island as it is.

Thanks, Stacey.

Yeah.

What are friends for?

- Mikey, hey, it's--it's me, Tammy.

- You know, I've been thinking.

Mm.

- And my getting fired actually might be a blessing.

Really? How so?

- Because--because I feel like I'd be better off

getting a job with, like, an up-and-coming designer,

instead of someone so corporate, you know?

Yeah, yeah, absolutely.

I like that idea.

Yeah, and hopefully

no fucking snooty bitches from Connecticut.

Yeah, hopefully not.

I also had another idea.

Maybe we could go up to my dad's lake house for the week?

We can go hiking

and skinny dipping. - Mm.

- It'd be fun, kinda like our swan song.

Mm, next week?

Yeah.

Well, I'm busy next week.

Oh, that's such a shame.

- Yeah. No, of course I'm coming.

Absolutely.

I love that idea.

- Okay. Well, when we're up there?

Yeah?

- I don't wanna talk about the future.

I just wanna be in the moment with you, okay?

No Alaska, none of that.

- Yeah, yeah, of course. - Yeah?

Yes.

I promise.

It's important to me.

I promise.

Okay.

Get the fuck out of here.

He didn't tell you yet?

Okay, well, the reason that he didn't get into law school

is 'cause he completely blew his LSATs, you know?

But he was always kinda, like, a mediocre student, though,

but that's because the whole time