Starting Over

Boy, if I ever wanted to say anything great...

now's the time.

There's nothing out there for you, Jessie.

Except me in a different suit.

You think what we have together is blocking you from something.

I swear to God, we're getting a divorce when all we need is separate vacations.

You don't understand, do you?

Look, when I go out that door, what are you gonna do?

You're gonna stand here and start crying while I drive around the block...

I'm not gonna start crying after you leave.

- You're not? - No.

- What are you gonna do? - I'll probably work on my song.

It's not like the painting and the photography. It's not.

You just have a thing about my voice.

I've gotten a lot of terrific feedback on my songs.

You don't think so?

Just the word "feedback," it's a stupid word.

- Do you mind if I say things my way? - I don't mind.

Honey, you can't drag this out, you know.

It's not gonna make it any less awful.

What's left to say, anyway?

That I'm glad that we were married.

Thank you. That's lovely.

That was lovely, wasn't it? Wasn't that lovely?

If there's one thing I didn't expect to do today, it was laugh.

Yeah.

Well, the day could be chock-full of surprises.

I mean, if there's one thing that I didn't expect today...

it's that the two of us would end up in bed.

Not this time, babe.

- Why didn't you throw these away? - I don't know.

Maybe I wanted you to find them.

"Evermore, Neil".

Dear God. "Evermore"?

You went to bed with a man that said "evermore"?

- Do you want to know about it? - No.

No, don't let her sing. Not with that voice.

It's gonna be easy for you

To do what you got to do

Stand up on your own You got it made

It's gonna be harder for me

But this woman's got a right to be

More than a shadow of her man

I loved you from my heart

Gave the best I had

Tried to be your friend

Now it's foolish to pretend

'Cause once the feeling's gone

It's better to move on

It's gonna be hard for me to do

- Thank you. - Not anymore.

I'm sure I'll cry more tears than you

But I've gotta be more than a shadow of my man

- Can I have a drink? - Get in here.

Goddamn, I'm glad to see you.

I finally got you to Boston.

I'm glad I'm here, too.

Hello, Marva.

Will you stop, Marva?

Maybe you'd better leave us alone for a while.

Sit down, Phil.

- How you doing? - Pretty good.

Not so great.

Bad.

Okay.

- You gonna let me help you or not? - I don't need any help.

I'm gonna help you whether you like it or not. I'm not talking about psychiatry.

Psychiatry won't do a thing for me, Mickey.

Who's talking psychiatry? I'm not a psychiatrist anymore.

I've gone through some changes myself.

What are you doing now?

I'm teaching psychiatry.

If it's okay, I'd really like to be a part of this.

Phil, we've never talked about this...

but I've always felt like a sister to you. Not a sister-in-law.

And, Phil, this could be the best thing that could happen to you.

It could be very exciting.

The possibilities for growth and self-awareness...

getting to know yourself...

could be the most wonderfully happy, even thrilling experience.

I've got you set up in this Divorced Men's Workshop...

they have at the church here.

What are you talking about? I'm not gonna do that.

It's not psychiatry. Trust me a little, will you, Phil?

I know the way you are. It's just this workshop, one night a week.

Mickey, I appreciate that, but I couldn't do that.

I couldn't get up in front of a...

Hello, in there.

Let us do something. Please?

Where you going?

I don't know.

- It hasn't been a real terrific day. - You can use Victor's room.

Right.

I'm all right. Just exhausted.

I'm all right.

- Good night. - Good night.

He looks awful.

Sure it's all right for me to borrow Tracy's sleeping bag?

Of course.

I'll get it back to you as soon as I get settled.

Thanks for everything, Marva.

Call if you get sad.

- Can I call if I get happy? - Yeah. Sure.

Shit.

Attention, shoppers. Right now, in the clothing department...

we have Levis for $10.90.

We have boys'jeans for $6.90 and $9.90.

We have big boys' pants for $7.90.

Elaine, register three, please.

Hi, Mickey.

I'm fine.

I was wondering what you two are doing tonight.

Is it that late?

No, don't be silly.

Go back to sleep.

You gotta go to work in a couple of hours.

Tomorrow night? Sure. Fine.

I'll see you then. Good night.

Good morning, Mickey.

Get the fuck away from me!

I've got a knife. I'll cut your fucking balls off, so help me!

Come on in.

- You're not going to believe... - I was gonna call the police.

What's the matter?

Marva invited a friend tonight.

She was attacked by a pervert just a block from here.

Phil, this is Marilyn Holmberg. Marilyn, this is Michael's brother, Phil.

On her way here, Marilyn was almost attacked by some pervert.

I'm really not this kind of person.

I could die.

Phil is the pervert.

- No. Isn't that marvellous? - I have an excuse.

- I took this self-defence course... - Wouldn't you have loved to be there?

...and they told me that if somebody comes down the street...

and does something to you, you scare him.

You must've gotten very high marks in the course.

Phil, what exactly did she say to you?

I don't think we should talk about that.

Come on.

Phil, what did she say?

Nothing, really.

She said:

"Get the fuck away from me...

or I'll take this knife and cut your fucking balls off".

A really well-bred person would not have repeated that.

Dinner.

- Did she really say that? - She said that, yeah.

Really?

I never heard her talk like that.

I think Marilyn was very brave.

I wish I could have done something like that.

No, a well-bred person wouldn't have repeated that.

I'm sorry.

- All right, come on, let's cut that out. - Okay.

Listen, I wanna say something, even though it's a little awkward.

It's silly.

You ought to be able to have a man and a woman to dinner together...

without everyone thinking that it's something arranged.

In other words, this is not a fix up.

It's so nice to see you both. It's been a wonderful evening.

Just wonderful. Don't hurt her, Phil.

- What are you talking about? - She's a terrific woman.

She's an extraordinarily gifted nursery school teacher.

She's gone back to school to get her Master's in Child Development.

She's getting it together. And I, for one, don't want her hurt.

I'm not even sure I'm gonna ask her out.

Why? Because she doesn't have large breasts?

Now, you bundle up.

It's cold outside. Take care of yourself. Where are your mittens?

We'll have to do this a lot more often.

Bye-bye.

- Good night. - Good night.

I think that went pretty well.

Well, what did you...

Oh, dear.

You wanna go out tomorrow night?

- How long have you been separated? - One month.

You wanna go out tomorrow night?

No. Look...

I mean, really. You have been separated for a very short time.

Marva knows how I feel about that. I guess that's why she didn't...

Anyway, it's a very intense time for you.

- I'm not that intense. I'm a little intense. - Right.

Forget it.

In the old days, I'd have already been calling my girlfriends...

to tell them about you.

So don't feel bad. In fact, I'd like it if you called me later on.

How much later?

Three, four months.

Do you know anybody I can go out with now?

Now?

I feel funny waiting three or four months to call you.

Yes. I can see your point.

- Hello. - Hi. It's me.

It's so incredible that you called now.

What is it, Jessie?

What?

- I'm sorry. - Sorry? What, are you kidding?

There's nothing to be sorry about.

What's going on?