Black Bear

Hey. -I got it. That's all right.

Shit.

Oh...

Hey. You're Allison?

Yeah. You're Gabe?

That bag has wheels.

Ah, it's fine. It's light.

So you're a film director?

Mike told you that?

Oh, you know Mike?

No, Mike didn't say anything. Just the vibe I'm pickin' up.

Oh, that's funny. What else did he tell you about me?

No-- No, nothin'.

He said, uh, you used to be an actress and now you're a director.

-Mmm. -I swear to-- I swear to God.

Why'd you give it up, acting?

I didn't.

I think people

just sort of

stopped hiring me, maybe.

But I'm actually happier doing what I'm doing.

At least now I can eat cookies sometimes.

What was it, were you difficult?

Man, you're nosy.

Um, I don't know, maybe I,

maybe I just wasn't attractive enough.

Oh, yeah. Mike mentioned that you like to fish around for compliments.

Well, that is not true. I do not like compliments.

Well, I don't think that's why I stopped.

You really don't need to prove anything to me.

I-- I prefer weak...

sickly men.

Is that what your husband's like?

I don't have a husband.

No?

'Cause Mike said that your husband was gonna be joining us.

Yeah, I thought you told me everything he said about me.

I don't have a husband.

No one's joining me, Gabe.

I'm all alone in this world.

Okay? Happy?

Any other questions?

Well, a few.

I bet.

So, what kind of movies do you make?

Um, unsuccessful, small ones

-that nobody likes. -

Hey.

What are you doin'?

Morning, honey.

Doctor said second trimester

you shouldn't be lifting heavy things.

Well, it's Friday.

-Right? You forgot last week. Can you--? I'm looking out for you.

-Hi. I'm Allison. -Oh, I know. I'm Blair.

You're really pretty.

No, I meant that as a compliment.

No, I know. I know. I, uh...

You are too.

-You are! -No. No, it's...

You don't have to do that. I was just telling him how much I hate compliments.

Apparently, we have that in common.

Well, I like compliments.

I don't know why I'm spending all this money on doctors

if we're not gonna take her advice.

"You"?We're. Whatever.

I know what the doctor said. I was there. I don't want you--

I don't want to talk about this right now. -

Gabe. I'm looking out for you.

Gabe, your wife wants to move on.

Ah, no, we're not married.

Where's your husband?

I don't have a husband.

Anyway, can I just get her set up?

I was hoping to get into the studio sometime this week,

or century.

I like your overalls.

They're really cute.

I like your bag.

I told you, I don't like compliments.

I just feel like I asked you three or four times

and you keep saying you're going to do it, but then you just don't do it.

So, I just did it eventually because just didn't want

to keep asking you to do it.

I kept smelling garbage when making my coffee.

I don't understand how you can drink your coffee

and smell garbage over here.

Because your sense of smell is way more sensitive right now.

Absolutely.

Hi.

Hey.

-You gonna go for a swim? -Yeah.

Oh, let me show you down.

Okay.

I don't know how you do it this time of year.

It's so cold.

I know, I'm weird. I love the cold.

So it's just up the stairs...

[BLAIR CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY]

Mm.

Mm. This is really good, Gabe.

Did you pick those?

Mm-hm.

Did you pick the ones in my room too?

Yeah.

You are a great host.

Do you want some wine?

Are you gonna have some?

Yeah, I could have a little.

Okay.

So do you guys have a plan for this place?

Are you gonna turn it into a B&B or...?

No. Um, I don't really know what we're doing.

We just sort of put the word out to our friends

that were creative, or whatever,

that we had this place, that it would make a great retreat

or maybe even a place to do film shoots or...

Yeah, we could meet some cool people

and maybe make a little money.

Yeah. It wasn't really about the money.

This place has been in Gabe's family for a really long time.

Yeah. We-- -Oh. That's cool.

We used to have these, um, huge family reunion type thing--

Now everybody hates each other though, so... Heh.

No, not everybody.

It's just, the family's not as close as they used to be.

Mm. -Point is, no one's ever here anymore.

When Blair got pregnant, we just kind of decided--

Mm, we didn't really decide exactly.

We were-- we were living in Brooklyn

and it was getting so expensive,

and we weren't really working, so--

Ah. Yeah.

No.

-Well, what? -Nah.

The idea of moving out here appealed to us, yeah,

but I don't think we would've left if we had jobs.

We had jobs.

We had jobs. Heh.

-Yeah, I mean-- You--

I was a dancer.

Well, I wanted to be,

but I wasn't really making any money.

- -And I was hostessing, but Gabe really thought that I--

Yeah, I just didn't want her being on her feet all the time, and... late hours

and not-- never sleeping, and this place was just sitting here empty, so...

He's mom's been trying to sell it for years.

Well, no, it hasn't been years. It's been a year and a half.

Two years.

- She's been selling it,

trying to sell it, for two years.

She's--

She's not the most realistic person.

It's not that, it's just that she doesn't need to sell it.

Okay. She's not gonna get what she's asking for it anyway, so...

And she was paying this caretaker--

What about you? What was your job?

Gabe was a musician.

I-- Well, I am a musician.

It's not so-- It's not something you stop being.

I just meant professionally.

I'm still a professional.

I still get royalties.

The last royalty he got was for 53 cents.

It's what I do for my life.

I'm a professional musician.

Hm.

I used to play in different bands.

Real, successful bands.

I would be on the road, depending on the year,

six, eight months.

Wow, that must've been hard for you.

Mm, I don't know. I'm a pretty independent person.

Heh, she hated it.

I didn't hate it.

I-- I didn't hate it.

There were a variety of reasons we moved up here,

none of which was to start a B&B.

You're so lucky.

What do you mean?

You've got a guy who cooks.

I can't cook.

Like, at all.

Like, anything?

Can you cook eggs?

I can scramble an egg. Maybe.

What about a hamburger?

Have you ever cooked a hamburger?

Baked a potato?

Uh-uh.

You never baked a potato?

It's not something I'm proud of.

You know, I couldn't cook either till a couple months ago.

So your mom never taught you how to cook anything?

My mother's dead.