The Secret Hotel Room: A Night of Passion and Remorse/ Conversations With Other Women

[00:00:39][music] [singing] He's very respectful. Good guy though.

[00:00:50]How you doing? So I think >> [singing] >> foreign [singing] speech.

[00:01:56]>> [singing] [music] >> All right. Wish me luck.

[00:02:22]Thanks, but I don't drink.

[00:02:26]>> Oh, you smoke, but you don't drink.

[00:02:30]>> Well, I shouldn't do that either, but you know what?

[00:02:37]>> I thought bridesmaids weren't allowed to smoke.

[00:02:41]>> Guess I'm not a very good bridesmaid then.

[00:02:44]I wouldn't be too hard on yourself. The only real requirement is that you fit into the dress.

[00:02:52]>> How am I doing?

[00:02:53]>> You're doing good.

[00:03:01]I was an alternate anyway. A bridesmaid of the last resort. The bride, she um well, she found me in a panic. The original seventh bridesmaid had broken her leg in a freak accident. Well, she swore, you know, up and down the bride that she'd intended to invite me earlier, but uh >> Yeah. Well, you know how it goes.

[00:03:24]>> I don't actually.

[00:03:27]Tell me.

[00:03:29]>> Well, you you could say I had a history with one of the other guests.

[00:03:34]>> A history?

[00:03:36]>> That sounds interesting.

[00:03:37]>> Una, it ain't. It's terribly boring.

[00:03:40]>> I'm sure that that's not true. I love history.

[00:03:44]All those distantly related royals [ __ ] each other, ending up with tragic diseases, vaguely [ __ ] children.

[00:03:50]>> Yeah, but this is the sad, dull, real people kind. You know, >> mistakes repeated endlessly.

[00:03:57]>> Lessons remaining unlearned.

[00:04:01]>> Thanks. I don't drink.

[00:04:03]>> You smoke, but you don't drink.

[00:04:04]>> Well, I shouldn't do that either. I'm trying to quit.

[00:04:08]>> One vice at a time. So, here you are, >> the bride's eighth closest friend in the world.

[00:04:14]>> Well, I thought about this and as far as I see it, well, the only absolute fact is that I'm not one of her top seven friends. I mean, on such short notice, she certainly could have asked and been rejected by several other alternatives before she arrived at me, you know.

[00:04:28]Therefore, I could be a ninth, 10th, or hey, hundredth closest friend.

[00:04:32]>> Or you could be the only person she knew who would potentially fit into the dress.

[00:04:37]>> Yeah. Therefore, not a friend at all, >> just a living mannequin to complete the insane symmetry of seven gins with seven bridesmaids. That would certainly explain my meteoric oneweek rise from untouchable to a member of the wedding party.

[00:04:53]>> Alternatively, you are one of her seven closest friends. But >> Mhm.

[00:04:57]>> the history you alluded to before prevented her from comfortably inviting you. When the original son of the bridesmaid was taken out by the freak accident, it gave the it gave the bride courage to rekindle your treasured relationship.

[00:05:11]>> No.

[00:05:11]>> No, >> I don't think so. Because we're never all that close, even when we were close.

[00:05:19]>> There was a twoe window when we were almost friends, I think. But um but I haven't spoken to her and I haven't spoken to any of these people for that matter for 10 years now.

[00:05:33]>> So that's why a pretty girl like you is standing all by herself.

[00:05:36][snorts and sighs] >> Some of these people used to be my friends, but they aren't anymore.

[00:05:46]I get tired of playing the catchup game.

[00:05:48]you know, the barely palpable squint as they struggle to remember who I am. And then, you know, the endless repetition of what I've been doing and who I've been doing, you know, after I finish my prepared speech, I just sort of I just nod blankly as they, you know, recite theirs.

[00:06:12]>> I see.

[00:06:13]>> These used to be my ex-husband's friends, not mine.

[00:06:24]So why are you here then?

[00:06:32]>> You know what? I asked myself that very question when I was getting on the plane and I could only come up with two reasons. Neither of them very good.

[00:06:41]>> What were they?

[00:06:43]>> Curiosity and maybe I just knew I shouldn't.

[00:06:49]>> That tells me you're trouble.

[00:06:52]>> Maybe because I had enough freaking fly mounts to make the trip for free.

[00:06:54]>> That's three reasons.

[00:06:57]>> Attention all single women. Susie's about to throw the bridal bouquet. Let's take it outside.

[00:07:03]>> Oh, sweet.

[00:07:07]Isn't that your cue?

[00:07:10]>> I'm not single.

[00:07:12]>> You said ex-husband.

[00:07:14]>> Yeah, I did.

[00:07:20]You remarried?

[00:07:21]>> Mhm.

[00:07:24]>> Two years.

[00:07:27]>> Just a rings. Gold round.

[00:07:29]>> I thought married women weren't supposed to be bridesmaids.

[00:07:32]>> Who says >> bridesmaids are brides in training?

[00:07:36]They're like matrimonial interns.

[00:07:38]>> That's just not custom.

[00:07:39]>> Bridesmaids are supposed to be virgins.

[00:07:41]>> Well, I didn't see any virgins up there.

[00:07:43]Did you?

[00:07:43]>> I didn't check.

[00:07:45]>> [laughter] >> Anyway, I told you I was a bad bridesmaid.

[00:07:56]It's what you get when you call in the second string.

[00:08:04]>> Editorial note 17. Only one good dancing couple. Let's uh let's go to them when we need some dancing. Everybody else, let's uh speed up or slow down or black and white or sebia tone or strobe.

[00:08:21]>> Can I have um I'll have a Shelly Temple, please.

[00:08:27]>> Did your husband come with you?

[00:08:29]>> No, he couldn't.

[00:08:30]>> Not on such short notice.

[00:08:31]>> What does he do?

[00:08:32]>> Do >> for a living?

[00:08:34]>> Oh, um he's a cardiologist. We live in London. Tell [snorts] me, are you um married?

[00:08:41]Not anymore. I uh uh I have a steady girlfriend though.

[00:08:44]>> Uhhuh.

[00:08:47]>> Serious?

[00:08:48]>> Not at all. Do I like it? In my opinion, when it gets too serious, it's over.

[00:08:54]>> What?

[00:08:57]>> I just know you're kind.

[00:09:01]>> I like that.

[00:09:02]>> I know you so well.

[00:09:05]>> So, um your girlfriend, um where is she?

[00:09:08]>> No, she's not out here. She works Saturday night. She's a professional dancer.

[00:09:13][snorts] Not that kind. No, she's in a Broadway show.

[00:09:18]>> Must have a lovely figure.

[00:09:20]>> Oh, she does. Yeah, she does. Very lovely. She works for it, though.

[00:09:25]>> There's something wrong with working for it.

[00:09:27]>> Well, sometimes I wish I weren't so acquainted with the care and maintenance of Sarah's figure.

[00:09:34]Takes some of the romance out of things.

[00:09:36]>> Right. You know what? I'll tell you something.

[00:09:40]Every woman has to work for it.

[00:09:43]>> The ones that claim to be naturally thin, the ones that claim, you know, that they can eat everything they want to, they're the ones working hardest of all. The illusion of effortlessness requires a great effort indeed.

[00:09:56]>> Sarah.

[00:09:58]>> Yeah, that's her name.

[00:10:00]>> Yeah, I know you, Sarah. Brilliant name, Sarah.

[00:10:04]Almost like a poem in two syllables.

[00:10:05]Sarah.

[00:10:08]Sarah the dancer.

[00:10:11]>> Can almost picture her?

[00:10:12]>> Does your cardiologist have a name?

[00:10:15]>> Jeffrey. Jeff.

[00:10:16]>> Jeffrey. Jeff.

[00:10:18]>> Tell me, how old is um Sarah the dancer?

[00:10:22]>> Oh, she's a she's a college graduate.

[00:10:24]>> Her age?

[00:10:26]>> She's a recent college graduate.

[00:10:27]>> Yeah. Like um 21.

[00:10:29]>> 22.

[00:10:30]>> Uh but she's 23 on August 12th.

[00:10:33]>> 23 on August the 12th. Well, that's a very beautiful age.

[00:10:35]>> Why did you want to know?

[00:10:36]>> You know why I wanted to know? Maybe I do. You say it anyway.

[00:10:39]>> I wanted to know because um I wanted to know. I wanted to know if you were flirting with me.

[00:10:47]>> What does Sarah's age have to do with it?

[00:10:53]>> I am the same age as you, I think. And um well, a man my age who prefers 23 on August the 12th might not flirt with someone who's um well, let's just say 15 years past 23 on August 12th.

[00:11:08]>> It's an interesting theory.

[00:11:12]>> Yeah.

[00:11:13]>> So, what would Jeffrey the cardiologist think?

[00:11:22]>> Well, he hates it. Of course, he hates it. But hey, you know what? He's in London and I love cigarettes.

[00:11:29]>> Don't let daddy find out.

[00:11:32]>> What makes you think that Jeffrey is older?

[00:11:34]>> Is he?

[00:11:36]>> Oh, he's he's just a little bit. I mean, he's he's 45.

[00:11:39]>> What's it like being a doctor's wife?

[00:11:42]>> Bit better than being a lawyer's wife.

[00:11:45]My first husband was a lawyer. So, you see, [snorts] I have experienced both.

[00:11:51]>> And what's the difference?

[00:11:54]The lawyer wore nicer suits.

[00:12:05]>> You know, I do remember you from before.

[00:12:10]>> Really?

[00:12:10]>> Yes. I even remember the first time I saw you.

[00:12:12]>> Uhhuh.

[00:12:13]>> I was 19. You were the same. It was a barbecue in Cape Cod and everyone else was in this long line for the buffet and you were lying under a tree reading a book.

[00:12:25]>> What was the book?

[00:12:28]>> It was something. You know what it was?

[00:12:29]It was something by Jane Austin. It was Persuasion.

[00:12:31]>> You're making it up.

[00:12:32]>> No, I'm not. [laughter] >> You are. I can tell by [clears throat] the tone of your voice.

[00:12:36]>> Why would you say that?

[00:12:37]>> People do it all the time. You know, make up little details, connect truths with half truths. It's storytelling. No, it's memory. You were wearing I'll tell you you were wearing one of those um what are they? Those tube top type thingies.

[00:12:51]>> No, true. It wouldn't be advisable on some women, but on you um let's just say that the effect was charming.

[00:12:59]>> You know what? I say remember that top and it so was not charming.

[00:13:03]>> I thought it was.

[00:13:04]>> Gosh, you remember the you remember the top, but you don't remember the book.

[00:13:09]>> Well, I have an excellent memory for the things that I want to remember. Really?

[00:13:14]>> Mhm.

[00:13:14]>> People say then I used to agree, but God, the older I get, the older >> the more I'm aware of the perversity of the human mind. I mean, I forget what I want to remember. And then I just remember what's utterly useless.

[00:13:27]>> I walked up to you and of course you were incredibly annoyed to be interrupted. Whatever the book was, you were totally absorbed in it.

[00:13:34]>> And I said, I don't know if you know, but the food is ready. And you uh looked up at the line passingly and you answered me. You answered me without even looking at me. You said the food will wait.

[00:13:49]>> I never said that.

[00:13:50]>> Yes, you did. You said the food will wait and then you waved me away with your left hand like I was your servant.

[00:13:55]>> No, it won't.

[00:13:58]>> How come I've never heard this story before?

[00:14:00]>> Because I never told it before.

[00:14:01]>> It's fiction, isn't it?

[00:14:02]>> It's based in truth. I assure you.

[00:14:04]>> Well, that's interesting. But you know what? It doesn't help your argument because most fiction is based in truth.

[00:14:09]>> Clever.

[00:14:09]>> Yeah, I am clever.

[00:14:11]Oh, good. I knew I'd find you. You're the last two people.

[00:14:16]>> What on earth?

[00:14:19]>> Funny, right? Funny. Uh, no. You're the only two people who haven't done your video testimonials.

[00:14:26]Uh, testimonials to the bride and groom, congratulating them on their joyous nuptuals and wishing them health and happiness and blah blah blah blah blah like that.

[00:14:34]>> But wouldn't it just be more heartfelt if we did it in person?

[00:14:41]This is for the wedding video for posterity.

[00:14:46]>> Yeah, I have posterity. Um, okay. How do I look?

[00:14:51]>> Good.

[00:14:51]>> Good. God, she looks great, man.

[00:14:53]>> Uh, I'm sorry. It's kind of a long night and I'm I'm >> Don't worry about him. He's just trying to get late. Okay, >> Susie. Um, well, I'm certainly glad that I could be here to share your special day.

[00:15:10]>> Could we could we go back without the clap?

[00:15:13]>> Okay.

[00:15:13]>> Just don't clap.

[00:15:14]>> Don't clap. Okay. All right then.

[00:15:18]Okay.

[00:15:21]>> Ready, >> Ash?

[00:15:22]>> Susie. Um, well, I'm certainly glad that I could be here to share your special day. And although I haven't spent much time with Dave, Dan.

[00:15:38]Dan.

[00:15:41]>> Sorry. Sorry. Yeah, I'll just do um although I haven't spent much time with Dan. Um or even spoken to him for that matter. Um well, he certainly looked very nice in his tuxedo. Um, so, so, so I'm not angry that you didn't invite me until, you know, the last minute because, um, because you know what, if you had, I probably would have thought about it too much and then I wouldn't have come at all. Um, so what I'm essentially trying to say is that I'm really glad that I could be here to share your and Dave's >> Dan. I know, I knew it.

[00:16:22]your and >> Dan's special day because well, hey, a wedding only comes once in a lifetime, doesn't it? Or twice in my case, but hopefully just once for you. They'll let this down, won't they?

[00:16:31]>> No, that was great.

[00:16:32]>> Really? [clears throat] >> Uh, okay.

[00:16:38]>> Okay.

[00:16:38]>> Ready?

[00:16:40]And action.

[00:16:44]>> Congratulations, sis.

[00:16:47]That's how it should be done.

[00:16:48]>> Does it?

[00:16:49]>> No. Well, she took up our aotted time.

[00:16:52]>> Hey, short and sweet. I love it. Great.

[00:16:54]Awesome. Have fun.

[00:16:58]Okay. Uh, camera note 2011A.

[00:17:02]Pretty uh, British or possibly Australian girl in the pink. Uh, totally unusable. Uh, blonde guy. Um, unusable, but apparently the brother.

[00:17:15]So, let's find a way to get him in.

[00:17:19]You really don't like Dave, do you?

[00:17:22]>> Dan?

[00:17:23]>> Yeah, whatever. You don't?

[00:17:25]>> No. Well, I know I do like him. It's just that Why do you ask me that?

[00:17:28]>> Well, because in the thing, you only just You only can mention your sister.

[00:17:33]>> Well, I I mean, I don't really [sighs] I don't know Dan. He's uh I mean, if Susie's happy, then I mean, look, I don't want to talk about Susie and Dan.

[00:17:42]>> What does Dan do for a living?

[00:17:44]>> Uh he's a lawyer. Um, and cuz we're both in the same firm.

[00:17:49]>> Well, you can't object to that then.

[00:17:50]>> Object to what?

[00:17:51]>> To his profession.

[00:17:52]>> Well, maybe I'm a self-hating lawyer.

[00:17:54]>> Are you?

[00:17:55]>> Is there any other kind?

[00:17:58]>> I introduced them. Yeah. I brought Susie to the um the company Christmas party.

[00:18:03]>> You brought your sister as a date?

[00:18:05]>> Well, [laughter] you think that's weird?

[00:18:10]>> Well, >> no. It's just because when I go to company functions, I like to have somebody that I can count on. What? More like having a woman that you know you won't make a scene. More like >> Look, I had just been uh divorced and I was wasn't dating anybody. Uh so >> uh what about 23 on August the 12th?

[00:18:30]>> Uh well, she was still in college, >> high school, more like >> touche. Yes, I forgot. I don't want to talk about Susan.

[00:18:39]>> We're not talking about them. We're talking about you. Everyone on the dance floor. It's the last dance and then we're going to call it a night.

[00:18:47]Congratulations, Susie and Dan.

[00:18:53]>> Do you dance?

[00:18:57]>> Um, you know what? I find much less occasion for it these days. Um, I used to dance quite often um before I well turned 25, but um you know was a club or a party or something. But now, now that I'm well older than 25, I just want to find much less occasion for it. I just I guess the dancing phase of my life is over. Afraid my skills have atrophied.

[00:19:21]>> Yeah, maybe I should have been a little bit more clear. Um, I meant Would you dance with me?

[00:19:27]>> Yeah. Yeah, I knew what you meant. I was just stalling. I didn't know how I was going to answer.

[00:19:35]Well, >> well, >> come on. Old time's sake.

[00:19:41]>> Old times were any good, we wouldn't let them get old.

[00:19:43]>> You're going to regret it if you don't.

[00:19:44]>> Will I?

[00:19:45]>> Yes, I know. You You'll You'll [snorts] think about it in the elevator up to your room. You'll think about it uh when you're eating room service by yourself.

[00:19:54]You'll think about it on the plane back home when you should be watching that shitty teen movie. You'll think about it 10 years from now when you least expect it. Jeffrey, the cardiologist, will ask what's wrong and you won't be able to answer. and he'll interpret this rightly or wrongly as a growing coldness between you and this coldness becomes a schism and then before you know it your marriage is over and all this heartache because you wouldn't dance with me in this way.

[00:20:12]>> Okay, but I won't go on the dance floor.

[00:20:16]>> Fine.

[00:20:17]>> Dance floors are depressing at the end of night. They feel like funerals.

[00:20:21]>> Hang on.

[00:20:40]Is this okay?

[00:20:43]>> Mhm.

[00:20:55]>> I know how old you are, you know. I know.

[00:20:58]>> Then why do you always hesitate when you say your age?

[00:21:01]>> I don't.

[00:21:05]>> Because it's getting to be a surprisingly large number. And I don't like how it sounds.

[00:21:13]When I said it sounds like a lie.

[00:21:15]>> I'm the same age as you.

[00:21:16]>> Oh, please. I shouldn't even have to tell you that it's different for men.

[00:21:21]>> You call more attention to it when you don't say it bluntly.

[00:21:26]Good advice.

[00:21:28]I remember that.

[00:21:35]>> So, how did you meet your uh new husband?

[00:21:40]>> After the divorce, I moved from New York to London.

[00:21:44]>> You certainly wanted to get away.

[00:21:46]>> No, my heart was broken.

[00:21:47]>> So, you married a cardiologist?

[00:21:49][clears throat] [laughter] >> Not good.

[00:21:52]>> You don't like my joke? Every woman that has ever married a cardiologist has had to have that joke >> put upon them.

[00:21:59]>> Okay.

[00:22:00]>> No, sometimes I wish I married a gynecologist.

[00:22:05]>> I'm sure the jokes are much worse for the wise of gynecologist. Yeah.

[00:22:10]See, so after the divorce, you moved to London.

[00:22:23]>> After the divorce, I moved to London.

[00:22:26]And um let's not talk about this.

[00:22:32]>> Why?

[00:22:34]Because if I talk about London, then I'll talk about Jeffrey. And then if I talk about Jeffrey, then I'll feel too bad about what I know I'm going to do. And then I won't do it.

[00:22:47]>> Yeah. What are you going to do?

[00:22:48]>> Don't be clever. I didn't like it when you're clever.

[00:22:51]>> Oh god. Clever played better 10 years ago when I had the youthful swagger to go with it.

[00:22:56]>> Yeah. What plays well now?

[00:22:58]>> Sincerity when I can fake it. Wisdom would if I had it.

[00:23:20]>> Where's your money?

[00:23:25]>> Um, could we have another drink, please?

[00:23:31]>> [laughter] >> little mouse.

[00:23:40]For the longest time, I used to think I saw you in the street up until last year even.

[00:23:47]Now, turns out you're in London.

[00:23:50]You've been there how long?

[00:23:51]>> Nine years.

[00:23:52]>> Nine years.

[00:23:55]Nine years of women about your height and about your color of hair that weren't you.

[00:24:00]Nine years of a walk gesture that sent me tearing down the street, my heart racing.

[00:24:06]See, isn't that just like the city?

[00:24:07]Those you once thought you knew very well can up and leave the country and you don't even know it.

[00:24:15]>> Of course, you don't know me very well.

[00:24:20]>> True. That is very true.

[00:24:24]You know you're killing me.

[00:24:27]That is true.

[00:24:40]>> And you're here how long?

[00:24:43]>> My plane is at 6:00.

[00:24:46]Um and I I guess I'll leave the hotel at 4:00. Um well, it's so last minute. I could only stay at night.

[00:24:55]The curse of the seventh bridesmaid.

[00:24:59]I mean, you should get to bed.

[00:25:00]>> Yeah, you're right. I should probably just go upstairs and watch television.

[00:25:08]>> I really want us to leave.

[00:25:15]>> You think?

[00:25:18]>> Um, where should we go?

[00:25:22]Well, I should go up to my room and you should go home to Sarah the dancer. We could stay here.

[00:25:40]>> Do you want to watch some television with me?

[00:25:41]>> You think I should?

[00:25:42]>> I think you will anyway.

[00:25:55]Hang on.

[00:25:59]>> If we go in, we're committing to a course of action.

[00:26:04]>> We're committing to a 30 secondond elevator ride.

[00:26:10]>> Let's just stand here a second.

[00:26:17]Hi y'all.

[00:26:18]>> Hi.

[00:26:23]>> What's everybody looking at?

[00:26:28]>> Oh my god, I am so tired. I hadn't realized the elevator had gotten here.

[00:26:31]>> Oh, you both did. Isn't that funny?

[00:26:33]>> Oh, you know Susie told me you came all the way from London, England.

[00:26:39]>> Mhm.

[00:26:40]>> Oh, and what were you waiting for?

[00:26:46]Oh, I mean ladies first. [laughter] >> You are so polite.

[00:26:56]>> Ladies first.

[00:26:59]>> And what floor are you going to?

[00:27:03][sighs] >> I don't know. [laughter] >> Honestly, I I don't remember.

[00:27:09]>> I'm [gasps and laughter] I'm 11.

[00:27:12]>> 11. Okay, >> that's funny.

[00:27:20]Nice dress. [laughter] >> Thanks. You look better in it, actually.

[00:27:26]>> Oh, well, you know.

[00:27:36]>> So, do you guys like know each other?

[00:27:38]>> Yeah, we >> You do or you don't? Oh, we used to. We used to.

[00:27:44]>> Yeah. In another life.

[00:27:47]>> Uhhuh.

[00:27:49]>> How's Sarah doing?

[00:27:51]>> Good.

[00:27:52]>> Yeah.

[00:27:52]>> Yeah.

[00:27:54]>> Good.

[00:27:55]>> Yeah.

[00:27:56]>> She wasn't here tonight, was she? I didn't. [laughter] >> No.

[00:28:03]>> No. She She had to work.

[00:28:07]>> Oh, dancing. Wow. Oh god. Talent.

[00:28:13]She is so beautiful, too. I'm just amazing. Amazing >> and so >> skinny >> and flexible.

[00:28:22]>> Mhm.

[00:28:22]>> Skinny and flexible. I just God, I would I would murder someone for her body. I just There's just no one hotter >> in the world.

[00:28:39]>> [clears throat] >> Give Sarah my best.

[00:28:43]>> Good night.

[00:28:44]>> If you remember.

[00:28:44]>> Good night.

[00:28:45]>> Okay.

[00:28:46]>> Bye.

[00:28:47]>> Bye.

[00:28:50]>> Will that cause trouble for you?

[00:28:57]>> I don't even know what to say.

[00:28:58][laughter] >> I'm sorry.

[00:29:00]>> I mean, whatever. Doesn't really matter.

[00:29:02][snorts] >> Yikes.

[00:29:05]Ah, people should mind their own business.

[00:29:14]>> Is that Sarah the dancer?

[00:29:16]>> People should mind their own business.

[00:29:23]>> That woman, >> that woman is meaningless.

[00:29:26]>> She makes everything seem consequential.

[00:29:28]>> What do you mean? What do you mean consequential?

[00:29:30]>> Sarah, you know, as if there'll be consequences.

[00:29:35]What woman?

[00:29:37]>> The woman, you know, in the bridesmaid's dress.

[00:29:40]>> What woman in the bridesmaid's dress?

[00:29:42]>> The woman in the elevator.

[00:29:44]>> There wasn't a woman in the elevator. I think I would have remembered a woman in the elevator. I don't There wasn't a woman in the elevator. I didn't see a woman in the elevator.

[00:29:53]I mean, >> about Sarah.

[00:30:00]>> Never heard of her.

[00:30:01]>> She's your girlfriend.

[00:30:02]>> I don't have a girlfriend.

[00:30:06]Jeffrey.

[00:30:07]>> Who?

[00:30:08]>> My husband.

[00:30:09]>> Never met him either.

[00:30:11]>> I have.

[00:30:14]>> You're not feeling well, are you?

[00:30:15]>> Mm-m.

[00:30:17]>> I should take you straight to bed.

[00:30:21]>> Which way is it, by the way?

[00:30:22]>> It's just over here.

[00:30:24]>> Here's the key.

[00:30:43]You have a message.

[00:30:48]>> I do.

[00:30:52]>> Aren't you going to check it?

[00:30:53]>> No. I know who it is. I know what he's saying.

[00:30:58]>> Oh, so it's a he.

[00:31:00]>> Of course it's a he. He's my husband.

[00:31:06]>> But what does he want?

[00:31:08]>> Well, he wants to know how I am. He wants to know, you know, if I enjoyed myself at the wedding. He wants to know if I remember to place a wake up call.

[00:31:17]Um, he wants to, you know, tell me that my new shai of his life and hear mine in return. This is what husbands and wives do, you know.

[00:31:25]>> Oh, no. He wants to check up on you.

[00:31:28]>> He does not. He trusts me. You know what? I'm very reliable.

[00:31:31]>> Yeah, you never used to be.

[00:31:34]>> Get out.

[00:31:36]>> You know what? Suffice it to say, there are lots of things that I used to be that I am no longer. And mind you, there are lots of things that I never thought I'd be that I unexpectedly am.

[00:32:02]Well, >> well, >> I'm here.

[00:32:06]>> Yep.

[00:32:09]>> So, you are >> what now?

[00:32:12]>> I don't know. I wonder. I wonder what two lonely people in a hotel room do when no one's watching.

[00:32:20]>> What makes you think that I'm lonely?

[00:32:23]23 August the 12th.

[00:32:26]>> I'm not lonely. I >> don't believe you.

[00:32:29]>> You're lonely, too.

[00:32:31]>> Everyone's lonely.

[00:32:35]Of >> course I'm lonely.

[00:32:38]>> One day, I woke up in a strange country, surrounded by strangers.

[00:32:44]>> You didn't have to go.

[00:32:48]>> I wanted us to be alone.

[00:32:50]>> Why are you here?

[00:32:55]to [ __ ] you.

[00:32:57]>> To [ __ ] me.

[00:32:58]>> Yeah.

[00:33:01]>> And then to go home. That's all right.

[00:33:03]>> [ __ ] me.

[00:33:07]>> And to be the seventh bridesmaid in my sister Sus's wedding.

[00:33:10]>> Yeah, that too.

[00:33:13]>> Yeah.

[00:33:15]Christ, what would Susie think?

[00:33:17]>> Susie, she's a sweet girl.

[00:33:20]She doesn't think of anyone but herself.

[00:33:25][sighs and gasps] >> You might as well strip, then >> Excuse me.

[00:33:36]>> Take your clothes off.

[00:33:37]>> Oh, yeah.

[00:33:37]>> Yeah. So, I can get a good look at you.

[00:33:41]>> Well, I'd like to see what I'm getting into. All right.

[00:34:03]What?

[00:34:11]>> Oh my god, you're fat.

[00:34:15]I'm sorry.

[00:34:16]I am not.

[00:34:17]>> No, you are. You're far fatter than you used to be.

[00:34:20]>> And you're far cruer than you used to be.

[00:34:22]>> I'm No, I didn't mean it. I didn't mean it in a bad way. I'm sorry. It was an observation.

[00:34:27]>> If I was a woman, we wouldn't be having sex right now.

[00:34:29]>> I'm sorry. Go on.

[00:34:32]How much have you put on? Like £15.

[00:34:35]>> £10?

[00:34:36]>> See, you're not exactly obese.

[00:34:38]>> I wouldn't even call you portly.

[00:34:40]>> Oh, thank you.

[00:34:42]>> I'm sorry. Come here. I'm sorry. It just was something. It was just different. I didn't expect it.

[00:34:49]Used to be so thin. I mean, insubstantial really.

[00:34:52]>> God, the compliments keep coming.

[00:34:55]>> Yeah. Now, but now, you know what? Look at this way. There's a grandness to you.

[00:34:59]Like, you know, the rings in a tree trunk asserting the passage of time.

[00:35:02]There's like I have earned the right to fill up more space in the universe.

[00:35:08]>> That's [ __ ] [laughter] >> I tried. [gasps] >> [laughter] >> Sarah keeps trying to get me to diet.

[00:35:22]>> Okay, >> sit down. Relax. Tree trunker.

[00:35:27]>> God.

[00:35:27]>> What does 23 on August the 12th know about life?

[00:35:34]>> You know, it's funny because I feel like you're a little boy and I'm an older woman.

[00:35:40]>> We're exactly the same age. Yeah, but somehow I feel like so much older than you.

[00:35:46]>> Why do you think that is?

[00:36:01]>> God, I wonder why we're doing this.

[00:36:04]>> Cuz it didn't help anything before, did it?

[00:36:07]>> And it's so not going to help anything now.

[00:36:12]God, you put that champagne flute in front of me. I so knew what was going to happen.

[00:36:19]I looked at that glass [snorts] and I thought, "Fuck, [ __ ] [ __ ] fuck."

[00:36:27]No, it's not funny. I am married to a wellrespected cardiologist and I so try to do the right thing, but there's there's something about you that just sends me >> Mhm.

[00:36:37]>> in the opposite direction.

[00:36:42]It's not going to turn out well.

[00:36:45]>> There are no happy endings in our future.

[00:36:49]>> I know that.

[00:36:54]>> Do you?

[00:36:57]>> I knew.

[00:37:01]>> Okay.

[00:37:04]>> Dress off.

[00:37:08]for The thing at the Look what you have done without me.

[00:38:10]>> Struggled.

[00:38:14]You might have been stuck in the bridesmaid dress for the rest of your life.

[00:38:18]>> Or at least until I got back to London.

[00:38:22]>> Should I call you if I'm ever there?

[00:38:23]>> No. No way.

[00:38:29]>> Recognize me anyway?

[00:38:49]I want you to listen to me.

[00:38:55]>> After all, >> no. No. A woman never has a man's intense focus as much as she does before sex. Come on.

[00:39:05]>> Speak up.

[00:39:10]You can't carry on living like this.

[00:39:13]Damn.

[00:39:19]>> That's it.

[00:39:21]That's all I wanted to say. Okay.

[00:39:24]Thank you.

[00:39:25]>> You're welcome.

[00:39:41]Long What's this?

[00:40:08]>> It's a skull. Is it new?

[00:40:10]>> No, it's so new.

[00:40:11]>> It's new to me.

[00:40:13]How'd you get it?

[00:40:15]>> I was riding my bike.

[00:40:17]>> You still race?

[00:40:18]>> No, I didn't race. I was riding my bike and I was hit by a car.

[00:40:22]>> No.

[00:40:28]>> Was it serious?

[00:40:34]>> I was in hospital for 6 months.

[00:40:39]You shouldn't have been alone.

[00:40:42]>> I wanted to be alone alone.

[00:40:43]>> Why didn't you call me?

[00:40:45]>> I thought about it, >> but you didn't.

[00:40:48]>> Guess not.

[00:40:50][sighs] >> I would have come.

[00:40:52]>> I know.

[00:40:54]I like knowing that.

[00:40:57]You go, Ace. So long.

[00:41:00]>> You come back to me damaged.

[00:41:02]>> I'm sorry.

[00:41:05][sighs and gasps] >> All this land was once mine.

[00:41:09]>> Yep.

[00:41:10]>> Now it belong to someone else.

[00:41:12]>> Yep.

[00:41:14][sighs] >> It's like when you drive by your childhood home and you find another family living there.

[00:41:21]>> Oh, wait. Come here. If I told you that I loved you, that I always loved you, that I loved you to distraction, >> would you leave him?

[00:41:30]>> No.

[00:43:11]What are you thinking?

[00:43:13]>> This is probably a mistake.

[00:43:18]You're already thinking that.

[00:43:23]>> You're not supposed to think that until at least 20 minutes after we're done.

[00:43:29]>> What are you thinking?

[00:43:34]>> I'm thinking about that girl I used to know lying under a tree.

[00:43:42]>> Don't think about her.

[00:43:43]>> Reading a book.

[00:43:44]>> I can't compete with her.

[00:43:45]>> You don't have to compete with her.

[00:43:47]Liar.

[00:43:50]>> We don't have to do this.

[00:43:51]>> It's if the act itself matters.

[00:43:54]>> It does matter.

[00:43:56]>> It's technicality. [snorts] >> So, you know, we're already done.

[00:44:40]Pull the rip. The ship has lost it. Your mama's got a new man. Your daddy always fails and you're eating again.

[00:44:56]And even They lost their charm. Wine and diamond rings. They never get you anymore.

[00:45:04]You're sleeping again alone cuz nobody loves you.

[00:45:15]They should have seen you. Should have known you. Should have known what it was like.

[00:45:34]day when I found out we lost you.

[00:45:43][laughter] I'm going to break your back and head to the bathroom.

[00:45:59]>> She said [snorts] Your skin is different than I remember.

[00:46:30]>> The texture is different.

[00:46:34]>> What? Rougher.

[00:46:37]>> No, rougher.

[00:46:40]It's more papery than it used to be.

[00:46:45]You sweat more >> and you smell.

[00:46:50]>> Thanks.

[00:46:51]>> And you're fat.

[00:46:55][snorts] >> Your hair is shorter.

[00:47:01]>> Yep.

[00:47:03]>> I liked it long.

[00:47:07]>> Oh, but Sarah the dance has long hair.

[00:47:10]>> No, bet she does.

[00:47:13]Show me a photo.

[00:47:14]>> I don't have one with me. [snorts] >> Well, send it to me then.

[00:47:18]>> I don't know your address.

[00:47:23]>> If you don't have a photo of Sarah the dancer on you, it means that you you don't love her.

[00:47:30]>> Well, I know what she looks like. Why do I need a picture?

[00:47:33]>> Well, show other people.

[00:47:38]>> Where are you going?

[00:47:40]>> To the bathroom. Is that right?

[00:47:42]>> Can I come?

[00:47:44]>> No.

[00:48:32]>> [snorts] >> You have one new message. Press one to listen. Message received. 2:31 p.m.

[00:49:03]>> Hello, gorgeous girl. Sorry I missed you. Everyone's fine. Elsie wanted to say something to you before bed.

[00:49:09]>> Hi. Remember to get the snow globe.

[00:49:12]Okay, mommy.

[00:49:12]>> And something for me, too. But it doesn't matter what.

[00:49:15]>> How magnanimous are you, Gwen? We'll try you again in the morning. Be sure to take a photo in that bridesmaid's dress.

[00:49:21]That's [snorts] for me, by the way. Love you. Everybody says they love you.

[00:49:24]>> Love you.

[00:49:25]>> Home soon. Byebye.

[00:49:26]>> Love you. Call early if you want. I'm planning to take a run.

[00:49:29]>> End of message. Message.

[00:49:44][sighs] >> Hi. Hi, babe. It's me. I didn't wake you, did I?

[00:49:55]No.

[00:49:57]Oh, it was um it was dull, boring, boring, boring. Nothing nothing much happened.

[00:50:03]>> I missed you.

[00:50:04]>> You mind if I use the phone?

[00:50:09]>> It's fine.

[00:50:11]Could you leave her by the door?

[00:50:17]Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't know you were on the phone.

[00:50:26]Hi. Oh, it was just room service. Yeah, I know I shouldn't eat this late, but the food on the um on the plane was horrible. And then the food at the wedding was really really horrible.

[00:50:39]Oh, a tip. Of course. Thank you. The um God, my mind's so gone. Just gone.

[00:50:48]So, one second.

[00:50:56]Have a good night.

[00:50:57]>> Oh, thank you very much, ma'am. Was very generous of you. You look very nice tonight by enjoy your stay in here.

[00:51:04]>> Hi. Yeah, the waiter was suddenly very friendly.

[00:51:11]Oh, I'm um I'm having um you know, French fries, French onion soup, and um French toast, I think, and a pickle.

[00:51:22]Yeah, it's all very French except for the pickle. Um, I'm still thinking about it. No, I'm still thinking.

[00:51:34]Yeah.

[00:51:36]Um, okay. Okay. Well, can I I'll phone you before I get on the plane. All right.

[00:51:44]Yeah. I love you, too. Okay. That's love. Bye.

[00:51:58]I didn't know you were on the phone.

[00:52:00]>> I saw your feet under the door.

[00:52:04]>> Well, you recovered well anyway. That was good.

[00:52:10]>> It's quite easy to lie once you get started.

[00:52:13]>> Well, I'm sorry.

[00:52:17]You could have put me in a really awkward situation.

[00:52:21]>> I knew you'd be resourceful anywhere.

[00:52:25]>> Yeah, but what was the point?

[00:52:29]>> To see you squirm.

[00:52:32]>> That's not very nice.

[00:52:33]>> Well, I wanted him to know I existed.

[00:52:35]>> Him?

[00:52:37]>> Jeffrey, the cardiologist.

[00:52:38]>> Of course he knows you exist. How could he not?

[00:52:42]>> But you don't have any secrets?

[00:52:43]>> No. Nothing significant? No. So, you'll tell him you made love to me tonight?

[00:52:48]>> Maybe someday.

[00:52:50]>> Somehow I doubt that.

[00:52:54]>> Jeffrey. Jeffrey the cardiologist.

[00:52:56]Hello, Jeffrey.

[00:53:00]>> Should I call him?

[00:53:01]>> No.

[00:53:01]>> Should I call him and tell him what we just did?

[00:53:03]>> No.

[00:53:05]>> Would that spoil things between you?

[00:53:07]>> It might.

[00:53:10]>> Why would you want to do that?

[00:53:11]>> Would it spoil things between you so much that you couldn't go back to London? No, not that much because I have a job there and a dog and a home >> and a husband and husband.

[00:53:20]>> Hello. Jeffrey, the cardiologist.

[00:53:22]>> Yes. I'd like to make an appointment. My heart's been broken.

[00:53:27]>> All right. You want to play that game?

[00:53:29]>> Mhm.

[00:53:30]>> Now I get to fence with the dancer.

[00:53:33]>> Go ahead.

[00:53:36]>> You don't care?

[00:53:37]>> Not really.

[00:53:38]>> That's awful.

[00:53:40]>> It is what it is.

[00:53:42]>> I hate that phrase.

[00:53:44]Sounds like dying.

[00:53:49]>> What was your ex-husband like?

[00:53:52]>> You know perfectly well what he was like.

[00:53:53]>> Mhm. Refresh my memory.

[00:53:55]>> No.

[00:53:57]>> Honest. I can't remember.

[00:54:00][snorts] The memory starts to go around 40. You know, [sighs and gasps] he was red.

[00:54:13]It was kind of yellow and black, pink and orange and blue.

[00:54:18]>> What the >> Where's India go? Bit of ochre [snorts] and turquoise.

[00:54:23]>> Hey.

[00:54:24]>> Yeah.

[00:54:25]>> What does that mean? [laughter] >> What? I see you when I close my eyes.

[00:54:29]>> Come on. It's a [ __ ] answer.

[00:54:44]Ask nicely.

[00:54:57]I loved him.

[00:55:00]I loved him.

[00:55:04]But sometimes people who really love each other, well they have an uncanny neck for making each other miserable.

[00:55:15]>> And now, >> and now I'm happy. I'm happy. Of course I'm happy. Of course I'm happy. You are happy.

[00:55:28]Sometimes I long for a little misery, though.

[00:55:32]It can be terribly romantic.

[00:55:35]My ex-husband made me deliriously miserable.

[00:55:40]>> You're too kind.

[00:55:41]>> Not at all. It's the truth.

[00:55:46]>> Do you want to know what my wife was like?

[00:55:49]>> Your ex-wife? You mean?

[00:55:51]>> Yes, my ex-wife. Do you want to know?

[00:55:53]No.

[00:55:54]>> I have no interest in other women.

[00:55:57]>> She was a great [ __ ] >> Wow.

[00:56:00]>> He's a great [ __ ] and a great friend.

[00:56:30]>> [snorts] >> You know, I uh have to confess I I checked the message.

[00:56:41]You know, he called you couldn't be bothered. Remember the blinking red light? Blink blink blink blink blink.

[00:56:46]It's actually really annoying during the sex.

[00:56:50]>> Why?

[00:56:53]I just wanted to know what he sounded like.

[00:56:57]>> What did he sound like?

[00:57:00]>> Like Elvis Costello.

[00:57:05]>> Never really thought about it. Maybe a little.

[00:57:08]>> He was, you know, foreign. Cool.

[00:57:11]I hated him immediately.

[00:57:13]>> Probably really like him.

[00:57:14]>> Well, I hated him with a passion that I didn't know I was capable of anymore.

[00:57:18]>> For my sake.

[00:57:20]>> Yes, for your sake. Of course. for your sake. You silly little girl. I'm >> not a little girl anymore.

[00:57:28]>> Don't you want to know what his message said?

[00:57:30]>> No.

[00:57:31][snorts] >> Said that he loves you and he misses you.

[00:57:38]He wants you to call before you leave.

[00:57:41]He's going for a jug.

[00:57:46]>> He'll be up early, so don't be afraid to call.

[00:57:50]>> Thank you. Yeah, you know, I mean, I to tell you the truth, I just I uh I I just expected more.

[00:58:00]>> Was it the way from Hamlet?

[00:58:02]>> No, it's just it was also ordinary. I mean, the man that No, the man that marries you should be extraordinary. Be extraordinary.

[00:58:13]>> Huh?

[00:58:15][snorts] >> Girl, I'm Well, I'm done with extraordinary. I'm too old for extraordinary. And how old would that be?

[00:58:22]>> Been too old for extraordinary for some time now.

[00:58:24]>> And that's my fault, I suppose.

[00:58:26][laughter] >> God, you'd love to think that, wouldn't you? You'd love to imagine that you ruin me for all other men.

[00:58:34]>> Would you indulge me in something?

[00:58:35]>> Probably.

[00:58:36]>> And [clears throat] this might be unpleasant for you to hear, but there are some things that I would like to say, in fact, that I need to say.

[00:58:42]>> Won't matter anyway.

[00:58:43]>> Okay, it probably won't.

[00:58:45]>> Sad old story that everyone's forgotten.

[00:58:46]I mean, Christ, I've even forgotten most.

[00:58:48]>> No, don't say that. Well, I have. Of course I have. If I hadn't, I wouldn't be here.

[00:58:56]When it comes to it, it's just stories of girls you used to know wearing foolish striped tube tops.

[00:59:04]>> No, I thought about it. You weren't wearing a tube top. It was a dress. It was blue and white stripes, but the top was cut like a tube top.

[00:59:10]>> Yeah. Oh, no. I remember the dress. What about the book?

[00:59:16]>> [snorts] >> I don't know. It was something by I don't It was Daniel Steel.

[00:59:24]>> I've never read Daniel Steel.

[00:59:26]>> I never read Danielle Steel.

[00:59:28]>> So not read Daniel.

[00:59:30]>> It was something by a woman.

[00:59:32]>> It was The House of Mirth by Edith Warden.

[00:59:34]>> Oh, fine. That sounds about right.

[00:59:36]>> Not about Exactly.

[00:59:37]>> Okay. You were lying under a tree reading a book.

[00:59:40]>> Mhm.

[00:59:41]>> By Edith Warden.

[00:59:42]>> House of Mirth. the House of Mirthth and it was it was a was an end of summer muggy Cape Cod day.

[00:59:50]>> Actually, there was a breeze >> and everyone else was in line to get food.

[00:59:54]>> I can tell you didn't want to be disturbed. So, I said, "I don't know if you know, but the food's ready."

[00:59:59]>> I don't know if you know, but the food's ready.

[01:00:03]>> And you said >> the food will wait >> a lot.

[01:00:09]>> And then you waved me away like your servant, but I wouldn't be deterred. So, I took you by the hand and I said, "No, it won't."

[01:00:18]Your book dropped to the ground.

[01:00:20]>> Took me by surprise.

[01:00:22]>> And I don't know why, but I kissed you on the mouth right then and there.

[01:00:30]>> How long were we married then?

[01:00:32]>> 6 months.

[01:00:33]>> Not so long, really.

[01:00:35]>> Not so long.

[01:00:37]>> Then what happened?

[01:00:39]>> Well, it was the end of the summer. We went back to the city >> and then >> well, you buy curtains, you walk the dog, >> you cook meals for two, you finish school, then you have sex once in the morning and once at night, >> sometimes twice.

[01:01:00][laughter] But sometimes you are alone.

[01:01:08]Sometimes you wait.

[01:01:11]Your husband is young and foolish and careless.

[01:01:14]>> No.

[01:01:15]>> And you were pregnant.

[01:01:19]>> No.

[01:01:23]>> You went away.

[01:01:28]You went as far as you could get.

[01:01:32]You went to London, met a cardiologist, >> married him.

[01:01:41]>> Is that the ring I gave you?

[01:01:44]>> No.

[01:01:45]>> It looks like it.

[01:01:47]>> It's a ring. It's a wedding ring. It's gold and it's round.

[01:01:57]>> What happened to the husband? the first husband.

[01:02:01]>> Well, he um sometimes he thinks about ending it.

[01:02:07]>> That is so not like him.

[01:02:08]>> Sometimes you can't bear it.

[01:02:10]>> The loneliness.

[01:02:26]And one day you're at a wedding and a man >> sets a champagne flute in front of you.

[01:02:33]You tell him you don't drink anymore.

[01:02:35]>> The man makes stupid jokes. The man thinks that if he talks fast enough, the woman might not notice.

[01:02:54]>> I not notice what that it's the same man, that it's the husband, her husband.

[01:03:04]>> It'll be as if she's meeting him for the first time.

[01:03:14]>> Does it work >> for a while? Anyway, she takes him to her hotel room.

[01:03:25]But as soon as the lights go down, she recognizes them.

[01:03:33]She's one of those who sees things better in the dark.

[01:03:46]And then and then it's all over.

[01:03:53]Then >> it's over.

[01:04:07][snorts] Kiss.

[01:04:45]>> You could leave him.

[01:04:47]>> Don't want to.

[01:04:48]>> You could leave him.

[01:04:49]>> I won't.

[01:04:49]>> You could leave him.

[01:04:50]>> No. You >> No. No.

[01:04:51]>> Ah, you don't know what I was going to say there.

[01:04:56]>> I was reasonably sure.

[01:04:57]>> Well, now you'll never know. It's gone forever.

[01:05:03]>> What were you going to say?

[01:05:19]You're 38 and you look at >> [ __ ] you.

[01:05:22]>> Right. And next year you're 39 and then 40 and after 40 you may as well die.

[01:05:27]>> Thanks.

[01:05:28]>> If the cardiologist is decides that you are too old and decrepit and ugly to be at all lovable, I am available to tolerate you in your golden years.

[01:05:43]Thank you.

[01:05:45]>> You're welcome.

[01:05:47]I'll walk you and water you and I'll feed you.

[01:05:56]>> Does Sarah the dancer live with us?

[01:05:59]>> Of course not.

[01:06:01]>> No. Sarah the dancer settled down with a nice boy her own age.

[01:06:06]>> You throw her over for me.

[01:06:09]She left me >> wisely.

[01:06:14]>> We still fight?

[01:06:15]>> Not at all. No, we're past all that.

[01:06:20]>> So, we play bingo on Sunday nights.

[01:06:24]>> Yeah, except when we're traveling.

[01:06:26]>> Where do we go?

[01:06:28]>> Uh, Guam, Paraguay, Batswana.

[01:06:31]>> We're not very particular. No, >> we just we just take a globe and then spin it and go wherever our fingers land.

[01:06:39]>> And the sex >> Well, hey, you know what? I've been totally infirm since I turned 40, so um there isn't much of that.

[01:06:45]>> Well, it's better that way, probably.

[01:06:47]>> Yeah, we sleep in separate beds.

[01:06:50]>> Yeah, but sometimes I push them together.

[01:06:54]>> Why?

[01:06:55]>> Well, because I remember what you look like before you were ravaged by old age and 40. So once a week I, you know, close my eyes and rub up against you a little bit.

[01:07:05]>> That's disgusting.

[01:07:06]>> But you tolerate me because you know that I love you.

[01:07:10]>> Well, yeah. Even though you're just a dirty old pervert.

[01:07:13]>> Yes, I am. But I'm You're a dirty old pervert.

[01:07:19]>> Lucky me.

[01:07:22]>> And when we're really really old though, we agree to end it.

[01:07:29]We'll take poison like in Romeo and Juliet and we'll hold hands and both our hearts will stop.

[01:07:59]And both of our hearts stop.

[01:08:03][snorts] Only my poison, like Juliet's, is an act. It's a false elixir.

[01:08:12]So you think I'm dead, but I'm not.

[01:08:16]>> Right. I forgot that part.

[01:08:18]>> Yeah. So about 10 minutes after you died for good. Um, I wake up >> and what do you do?

[01:08:26]>> Well, I'm really sad that you're dead and everything, but um, I'm having second thoughts. I was never a suicide kind of girl.

[01:08:35]So, I pack my bags and take the first plane back to London. and Jeffrey [laughter] >> romantic.

[01:08:51]>> Yeah.

[01:08:52]>> [ __ ] What time is it?

[01:08:56]>> How?

[01:08:57]>> It's late. It's >> How late?

[01:08:58]>> I should lie to you. It's 3:15.

[01:09:00]>> [ __ ] >> You know what? I'm going to get in. Can you just make sure I'm all packed up, please?

[01:09:28]I'm uh glad I ran into you.

[01:09:34]Glad we saw each other after all this time.

[01:09:40]I've imagined it so often, you know.

[01:09:45]tomorrow. I wonder if it even happened at all.

[01:10:01]I'm glad I ran into you.

[01:10:05]Somehow I feel so much lonier than before. I uh I used to think I could call you.

[01:10:14]Could have lunch, get married.

[01:10:18]Simple as that.

[01:10:22]The promise of all those high school physics film strips fulfilled.

[01:10:28]you know, spilled milk, leech back into pictures, broken teacups, miraculously reassemble.

[01:10:37]But time really can't, you know, time time really can't move in two directions.

[01:10:42]No, time really can move in two directions. It doesn't matter to the universe anyway.

[01:10:49]Which is to say, which is to say, which is which I don't know which is to say that I I thought everything could still turn out now. Everything seems so much more definite.

[01:11:40]Seems so much more real. Seems so much more final.

[01:11:50]You know, milk once spilled cannot unspill.

[01:11:53]And a broken teacup is always a broken teacup.

[01:11:58]You know, it's funny cuz everyone thinks that they shouldn't mention you to me.

[01:12:06]No, but the omission the omission only makes it worse.

[01:12:16]I like to hear about you sometimes.

[01:12:34]I love you.

[01:12:38]For better or worse, you can take that on your travels.

[01:12:55]>> Are you saying something? Cuz um I couldn't hear the shower.

[01:13:00]Nothing important.

[01:13:02]>> That's Jeffrey.

[01:13:06]>> Looks nice.

[01:13:16]>> That's Maggie.

[01:13:19]She's four.

[01:13:21]And that's Elsa. She's eight. And that's Gwen. She's the eldest. She's going to be um well, she's going to be 12 in two weeks.

[01:13:30]They look like a handful.

[01:13:32]>> Not that bad, really.

[01:13:39]>> Are they?

[01:13:40]>> Huh?

[01:13:41]>> Are they yours?

[01:13:43]>> H >> Oh, no. God, no.

[01:13:45]>> No, they belong to another woman.

[01:13:48]>> What? From his first marriage.

[01:13:50]>> Yeah.

[01:13:54]>> Did you check all the drawers?

[01:13:58]Oh, yeah. Uh, they're all empty.

[01:14:06]>> I couldn't get your bridesmaid's dress in the bag, so you'll probably have to >> make it separately.

[01:14:11]>> You know what? Can you just return it to your sister for me?

[01:14:15]>> Um, you know what? She could maybe mail it to the original Seventh Bridesmaid.

[01:14:23]>> Oh, [snorts] no. I don't think that would be a very good idea. as not um you could keep it momento or your conquest.

[01:14:36]>> Sarah might ask questions about whether or not >> Yeah, I suppose.

[01:14:42]Um you know what? I don't care. Just mind throwing it away on your way here. On your way home? I don't care. And some dust. town.

[01:15:02]It's not quite what I have.

[01:15:14]Hello.

[01:15:16]Oh, hang on.

[01:15:20]It's for you.

[01:15:25]I think our phones must have got switched.

[01:15:31]>> Hello, Sarah. Sarah, she's just a friend of mine I rented. All right.

[01:15:38]All right. Hold on. She wants to talk to you.

[01:15:51]Is that Sarah?

[01:15:53]>> Me? Honestly, I'm no one. I'm just an old friend. Old friend. Um, just like goes back 10 years then. Um, listen, no one to worry about at all. I mean, mind you, knowing your boyfriend as I once I completely understand if you find that hard to believe.

[01:16:10]>> Yeah, we we um bumped into each other at the wedding and we spent all night catching up. Um um yeah, I mean, mind you, mainly because I didn't really want to um stay up and um switch time zones because I'm just about to get on a plane.

[01:16:27]I live in London. Um and I just got here yesterday and I'm about to take a flight back right now. 5 minutes. But thank you very much for filming because if you hadn't phone now, we wouldn't have realized that we'd actually swap friends.

[01:16:40]>> Yeah. Yeah. I I guess we do. I hadn't really thought about it, but I guess we do.

[01:16:49]>> No, no, no. It's all right. Don't worry about it. I completely understand.

[01:16:54]Um, do you want to speak to him?

[01:16:59]Okay. Um, all right. I give him the message. All right. Take care. All right.

[01:17:17]St. Bones.

[01:17:22]>> You're meeting her for breakfast at the diner near your apartment. She understands everything. Anyway, >> what did you say? are that we used to know each other, that we bumped into each other at the wedding, that spent all night catching up. Isn't it funny our phones got switched? But hey, better we figure that out now rather than later because I'm about to get on a plane to London if you're ever in London. I mean, basically, I told the truth.

[01:17:49]>> The truth mostly.

[01:17:52]>> Everything important.

[01:17:54]>> What about the sex?

[01:17:55]>> [ __ ] the sex.

[01:18:00]Um, I was thinking maybe I'd take a shower.

[01:18:06]>> Fine, take a shower.

[01:18:07]>> Um, you have the room till noon.

[01:18:12]>> After that, you're on your own.

[01:18:17]>> You know, maybe I'll maybe I'll come down now after all.

[01:18:21]>> You sure?

[01:18:26]>> Let's go down together.

[01:18:29]Someone might see us.

[01:18:32]>> No one remembers who you are.

[01:18:35]>> Sorry. And everybody expects me to behave badly anyway.

[01:18:40]>> He could just said it's early.

[01:18:45]>> It's early.

[01:18:55]>> Okay.

[01:19:11]This camera's in here.

[01:19:12]>> No one cares about us.

[01:19:14]>> Guess you're right. [snorts] >> Maybe. As far as the security guy's concerned, we're two newlyweds starting our lives together.

[01:19:30]No, >> it's light.

[01:19:35]>> I want to, please. No, I want to.

[01:19:36]>> No, it's very light.

[01:19:41]>> I'll take this one.

[01:19:42]>> Yeah, I'll >> give you that.

[01:19:47]>> Thanks.

[01:19:53]>> Why did you come? Really?

[01:19:55]Do you want me to say I was hoping I see you?

[01:19:58]>> Yes. And I want you to mean it.

[01:20:01]>> Is it romantic?

[01:20:03]>> By romantic, you mean wild? Old fashion?

[01:20:06]>> No, by romantic. I mean romantic.

[01:20:12]Hang on. You know what? Do you mind getting rid of these for me?

[01:20:18]>> Why?

[01:20:19]>> My husband doesn't know I smoke.

[01:21:05]You care which way I go?

[01:21:08]>> I don't care.

[01:21:09]>> You care which way I go?

[01:21:12]>> No.

[01:21:14]>> My sister got married last night.

[01:21:16]>> Congratulations.

[01:21:18]>> It don't matter this early anyway, but some people have a preference.

[01:21:21]>> Think she's going to be very unhappy.

[01:21:24]>> I don't care.

[01:21:25]>> Well, I wouldn't worry. These things always work themselves out.

[01:21:29]>> You're not from around here, are you?

[01:21:30]You married?

[01:21:31]>> Yeah.

[01:21:32]>> No, I used to be, but not anymore.

[01:21:36]>> Happy?

[01:21:37]>> Happy enough.

[01:21:39]>> Good for you. It's good to be happy.

[01:21:42]That's so [ __ ] hard, you know.

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