["I Never Can Say Goodbye" by Gloria Gaynor plays]
["September" by Earth, Wind & Fire plays]
[lively chatter and laughter]
- Joe? - Yes?
It's Gloria.
- Gloria... - Gloria Bell.
Oh. Hi, how are you?
- Good, how are you? - I'm good.
How long has it been?
Oh, gosh, 10 or 12 years at least.
Since my divorce, probably.
Right. Right.
- Well, you look good. - Thanks. So do you.
Cheers.
[disco music plays]
[Gloria sighs]
[cat mews]
[cat meows]
- [meows] - Oh.
- [cat purring] - [exhales]
How did you get in here again?
[cat mews]
- All right. Go home! - [cat meows]
Go home!
[water running]
[man shouts, muffled] I gave you everything!
Everything!
What for, huh?
What for? What for?
What are you looking at, huh?
Are you going to tell me what to do?
You know nothing, Dad!
You don't know shit, man!
Nobody knows anything!
["A Little More Love" by Olivia Newton John plays]
[singing along] ♪ In the web of your lies ♪
♪ But it gets me nowhere to tell you no ♪
♪ It gets me nowhere to make you go ♪
♪ Will a little more love Make you stop depending? ♪
♪ Will a little more love Bring a happy ending? ♪
♪ Will a little more love make it right? ♪
She said the light was yellow.
Oh, no, I doubt that she's color-blind.
Was there injury involved?
Well, how about the other driver?
[whispers] Is it Robert Cox?
[mouthing]
Oh, no. That's fantastic!
Well, that's the most important thing, that everybody's safe,
because it's just a car, and that's what we're here for.
No, I'm sure that you paid your premium on time.
Uh, but I will check on that, and I'll get right back to you.
Hi, Anne, honey.
Um, I haven't heard from you in a while,
so I thought I'd give you a call and see what's going on.
Um...
It's pretty busy here at the office, but just,
you know, call me anytime if you feel like it. Okay?
I love you.
It's your mother.
Hi, Peter.
It's Mom.
Just, um... Just calling to see how Hugo is feeling
and if you guys need any help or anything.
Um, that's it.
I love you.
It's your mother.
[gasps] Oh, you doing again?
[Hugo laughing]
- Put it back on. - I should put him down.
Oh, I can do it. I'll put him down.
No, no. I'll do it. It's gonna be faster.
- Oh. Go with Daddy. - Come on, buddy.
- Go to Daddy. Okay. - Come on.
- See you later, Nana. - See you later.
- [Hugo fussing]
Okay.
Oh, God.
Have you heard from Rachel?
She's in the desert. That's all I know.
She's finding herself in the desert.
- I see. - Yeah.
- [Hugo fussing] - [phone keypad clacking]
- He's fussy, isn't he? - Yeah.
Do you think he still has that ear infection?
Uh, I don't know. I don't think so.
Did you give him an antibiotic?
Yeah, we gave him antibiotics.
I mean, it could be bad.
He could be having a reaction to the antibiotics.
- I mean, you know... - [cell phone chimes]
...sometimes it gives him a stomachache or, um,
a lot of diaper rash, or even a, um, even a fungus.
- There's this white stuff. - [cell phone chimes]
It's called thrush, in their mouth.
- Um... - [cell phone chimes]
Did you... Did you check in his mouth?
[Hugo continues fussing]
- Did you? Did you? - No.
- Did you open his... - I don't think...
- [cell phone ringing] - Sorry.
Hey, Rachel.
Yeah. It's so awesome of you to call.
It's really great. Thank you.
It's so nice of you to check on us.
Yeah, he's eating and... Yeah.
His poops have been very dark and solid.
Where are you?
No, he's not asking about his mother! He doesn't speak!
[Anne] Uttanasana. Facing forward.
Concave back.
Extending over the legs, taking hands in line with the feet.
Press the palms together...
And look up.
Take your elbows close to your body.
Raise your knees, raise your thighs.
[sighs]
Well done.
Good job, Gloria.
Thank you, everybody.
Bye.
- Excuse me. - Sorry.
- You did really well. - You think so?
Yeah, you should come more often.
- I would love that. - Bye. Thanks.
- Sorry. - Thank you.
Excuse me. Everybody really loved the class.
- Oh, yeah? - I can tell, yes.
All right.
- Shall we go? - Yeah, let's go.
Uh, Theo! Come here.
Theo, this is my mom.
- [Gloria] Hi! - Mom, this is Theo.
It's nice to meet you.
Anne has told me a lot about you. It's really nice to meet you.
It's nice to meet you too.
- Where are you from? - Sweden.
- Yeah? - He's a big wave surfer.
Yeah. I go around the world looking for giant waves.
- [Gloria] Oh! - And I'm on my way to Oahu.
So I stopped here to surf the wedge in Newport and see Anne, of course.
- Oh. Of course. - And she's...
She's a spectacular woman and very nice.
- Oh, well, yes. - [car horn honks]
We've gotta go.
- Do you practice a lot? - Um, no.
Actually, this is my first time.
Um, what about you? Do you practice yoga often?
I tried to, since I was 15.
Oh, my goodness, that's, um... That's early to start, isn't it?
- [car horn honking] - Okay, Mom, we're leaving.
Oh, okay. Have fun.
- Take care. - Yeah.
- [Theo] Bye. - Oh!
- Nice to meet you. - Very nice to meet you.
- [Anne] All good? - [Theo] Bye.
- [Gloria] Bye. Call me, okay? - [Anne] Yes.
Anyone coming?
- I said I quit. - Yeah, me too.
But...
I saw that huge drop in my 401(k).
And I asked the human-resources guy and he said,
"Oh, um, this is just due to the market. It's normal."
I can't even begin to understand the stock market.
The amount of money that I'm gonna get is bullshit!
Believe me, I get it. I get it.
And I'm only getting this bullshit amount of money
if I make it to full retirement in five years.
[both sigh]
I'm gonna be working in my eighties.
I know. If it all goes to hell, we can be roommates, okay?
- Gloria, I'm fucked. - Now, hey, you know what?
If they fuck with you, they fuck with me.
We're in this together. Right?
Hey! Hey, you fuckers!
- This woman is awesome! - [laughs]
Treat her right!
- Yeah. - Yeah!
She's a good woman, she's a good friend. Respect her!
She works her ass off, you fuckers!
Yeah, fuckers!
[singing along] ♪ I'll be gone ♪
♪ I'm all out of love I'm so lost without you ♪
♪ I know you were right Believing for so long ♪
♪ I'm all out of love What am I without you? ♪
♪ I can't be too late To say that I was so wrong ♪
[upbeat dance music playing]
[indistinct chatter]
Excuse me. Is this seat taken?
No, no. Have a seat.
- Gloria. - Stanley.
- Nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you.
- Hi. - Hi. Michelle.
Very nice to meet you.
Pat. Pat Banowsky.
Pat Banowsky.
[disco music playing]
- [woman] You're good at that. - Thanks.
[woman laughs]
Can I ask you a question? I hope you don't mind.
- No, I don't mind. - [clears throat]
Have you had work done?
No. [chuckles]
- Really? Really? - [laughs] Thanks, though.
[both laugh]
[man] Pardon me. Shall we?
- [woman] See you around. - [Gloria] Mm-hmm.
["Boogie Wonderland" by Earth, Wind & Fire plays]
[Arnold] Are you always this happy?
[both laughing]
Uh, no.
Oh. Uh, you asked me and I laugh, that's all.
No.
Some days, I'm happy.
Some days, I'm not.
Like everyone.
- Like everyone. - Mm-hmm.
Do you come here a lot?
[laughs] Yes.
Uh... Yes, I'm...
No, not a lot. I mean, um, sometimes.
When I feel like it.
When I can.
I like coming here, though. I like to dance.
By yourself?
By myself.
I'm divorced.
So am I.
Oh, really?
How long?
One year.
Recently.
- Finally. - Well, yes.
Sometimes it's finally, isn't it?
[both laugh]
I'm trying to... change things.
Life.
What's your name?
Gloria.
[upbeat funk music playing]
[both breathing heavily]
[Velcro ripping]
What's this?
Just take it off.
[Velcro ripping]
[both moaning]
Yeah, um, it's, uh...
It's... It's 500.
No, I know... No, I know. I know.
It's a lot, but you are covered for a rental
the entire time your car is in the shop.
- [TV playing indistinctly] - [cat meows]
Well, I can... I can arrange
for you to get into a rental vehicle. I'll just...
I'll give them all the information
- and I'll tell you where... - [cat meows]
...you can pick it up.
Um...
Or better yet,
I'm gonna have them deliver it to you, okay?
- No, it's... No... - [cat meows]
It's no trouble at all. I can handle it.
Believe me. Anything you need, I'm here for you, okay?
[woman] I love cats.
- How does it get in? - I have no idea.
I shut everything up and that little fucker still gets in.
Mm. Maybe it's trying to tell you something.
It's like a... It's like a dead thing. It's like an Egyptian mummy cat.
Oh, like a sphinx?
It doesn't have any hair, Veronica.
There's a beautiful story about cats in the Bible.
Oh, no, please... Ow! Ow!
- Do you want more than that? - Excuse me?
Do you want more off the sides?
Uh, no. I think I just want it regular, I don't want...
A little bit more than that, actually, thanks.
So, uh, when the big flood came, God told Noah to build a huge ark.
And he brought his family.
And two kinds of animals from every species
that existed in the world back then.
- Mmm-hmm. - And soon there were just
a ton of mice and they were eating all the food.
And Noah didn't know what to do.
So he asked God and God said,
"Go find the lion, pet its head like this.
Three times." And the lion went...
[whooshes]
Just letting out a gush of air and two cats came out of its nose.
Those cats got rid of the mice.
And so order and balance were re-established in the world.
- [wax rips] - Ow! Ow.
Sorry, sweetie.
[instructor] And we're gonna hit our ribs softly like this.
And we're gonna count one, two, three!
[loud, forced laughter]
- Again! - [all grunting]
[all laughing]
[loud, natural laughter]
Your father, God bless him, left me just enough.
And, no...
No, I don't... I don't spend much other than...
Well, okay. I do like to come here with my girlfriends and have my salad,
- but other than that... - No. I know, yeah.
It's just that I could live too long.
I just don't think there's gonna be much left once I'm gone.
I don't need anything.
I've been paying my own bills for a long time now.
You won't even know it.
You're gonna wake up one morning and you'll find yourself
a wrinkled old lady just like me.
You're not old. You look beautiful.
You do. You really do.
Because life just goes by in a flash.
- Like that. - [snaps fingers]
I know. You tell me the same thing every ten years.
- Do you see what I mean? - I know, Mom. [chuckles]
- You'll be fine. - Of course I will.
At least you quit smoking, thank God.
[waiter] Ladies.
I'll just... I'll take that, thank you very much.
Gloria Bell. Your tenant in apartment two.
- [man shouting upstairs] - I live below your son, Mrs. Duffy.
Yes. That's... That's actually why I'm calling,
and I'm so sorry to bother you so late at night, um...
- But, you know, I... - [man] Come here!
I work and I have to get up early in the morning, you know, so...
[man] Why be born?
Yes, yes, exactly,
and I hate to be the one to tell you this, but are you...
Are you aware of what's happening?
- [man continues shouting] - I just... Your son is...
I think your son is having some kind of a...
- Some kind of a breakdown. - [Mrs. Duffy] Is he there with you?
No.
[man] It's all fucked up! Don't go outside!
It breaks my heart.
I mean, honestly... I mean, I'm a mom too, so I...
[man] I wanna die! I wanna die!
He needs help.
I'm... I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
I'm sorry, I hate to do this, but please, please listen.
- [muffled banging] - Listen.
[man cries] Don't be born, man!
Don't be born!
- Don't be born! - [object shatters]
[cell phone ringing]
Hello?
Uh, no, this is she.
[Arnold speaking indistinctly on phone]
No, I'm not mad. Why would I be mad?
Are you asking me out?
Thank you.
You're such a gentleman.
I can't get you out of my head.
I...
I'm really... I'm constantly thinking about you.
You're just so...
different.
What happened to me with you, I...
I thought it was never gonna happen again.
My head is still spinning.
I didn't dare...
It was driving me crazy. I mean I wanted to,
but I was too nervous to call you.
But I went for it, thank God.
So, thank you.
Thank you for coming.
You're very welcome.
[Gloria chuckles]
- [cell phone ringing] - [Arnold] Ah.
It's okay. Go ahead.
- Excuse me, would you? - Yeah, please, it's okay.
Hello? Hello. Hello, Suzanne.
Okay. Fine, but...
There's no reason to cry about it.
Um...
I... I'm gonna do it before 2:00. Okay?
What?
Yes, I'll make the deposit before 2:00.
I'm busy now.
Just relax.
Bye.
[Gloria] Mm.
- So, are you divorced or not? - I am. I am.
Hmm, but...
You get divorced from the woman, not the kids.
- Ah. - Yes.
I've been living alone now for a year.
But I still have to help out the girls a lot.
They're... They're very dependent on me.
It's just the way things are, so, you know...
It's not all of me, but it's a part of me.
My life used to be very different.
I was drowning, about to blow and then...
About a year and a month ago, I had surgery.
What kind of surgery?
Gastric bypass.
- I used to weigh 280 pounds. - I don't believe you.
- I swear. - No.
- It's true. - No. I... I...
I was huge, really.
If you don't believe me, here you go.
All right, all right.
See? Look at that, see?
[both laughing]
- I had a size 52 waist. - I'm sorry.
Very little neck.
- I'm sorry. I'm... - [both continue laughing]
[Gloria whooping]
[laughing]
[continues whooping]
[laughing]
Oh... Whoa. Whoa!
- I got you. I got you. - [laughing]
Okay. Okay.
- [Arnold laughing] - Oh. Oh!
This is the hopper, where the paintballs go in.
- Okay. - This is the pod with 140 paintballs.
And now you take the gun.
- You want me to hold it? - Yeah, okay.
You put your hand there and this hand around here.
- Okay. Mmm-hmm. - Okay?
- You got it? - I have it.
This is the trigger. All right? Okay?
This is the safety. Take the safety off.
Now it's an automatic. Okay, now be careful.
- Do you want me to shoot? - Not yet.
Look through the sight, okay? All right.
- A little more... - Okay.
- A little more at the target. - At the guy.
- Right. Okay? - At the guy.
- You can see him, right? - Yes, I can see him.
- Okay? And... - Okay. And...
- [firing gun] - [laughing]
- You hit the bull's-eye. - I think he's dead.
I love your park.
[Arnold] You know, men, they like to play war.
[Gloria] I do know that.
[rapid gunfire in distance]
[Arnold] Capturing the flag.
Protecting the president.
- Zombie attack. - [Gloria] Hmm.
[Arnold] Hmm.
["No More Lonely Nights" by Paul McCartney plays]
[singing along] ♪ But another lonely night ♪
[vocalizing]
♪ Might take forever ♪
♪ We've only got each other to blame ♪
♪ It's all the same to me, love ♪
♪ 'Cause I know ♪
♪ What I feel to be right ♪
♪ No more lonely nights ♪
♪ You're my guiding light ♪
♪ Day or night, I'm always there ♪
- Is that him? - [Anne] Yeah.
It's this weird mix of happiness and... [sighs]
And anxiety. I've...
I've never felt anything like this before.
I think it's called love, honey.
- Oh, my God! - It's fine, Mom.
- He gets paid to do this? - Yeah. It's his job.
He's a big wave surfer, like an extreme surfer.
It's what he loves to do.
Honey, this guy could die tomorrow.
Mom. We could all die tomorrow.
I just saw on the news where they sent a boy home
for just making a gun with his hand.
Oh, wow. You cannot stop boys from playing with guns.
And if they don't have one, they're gonna make everything into a gun.
When Peter was little, he went into my purse
and made a gun out of a tampon.
[all laughing]
Yeah. What was the trigger?
See, we can't even outlaw guns in our own families.
That's true.
But the fact that a civilian can just walk in and buy a military-style assault rifle
is just beyond me.
Well, the majority of gun owners are responsible.
- [woman scoffs] - [man] This is not about the majority.
The responsibility that you're referring to
is what is going to blow up the whole planet.
The planet is as good as blown-up already, my dear.
We're just arranged in the deck chairs on the Titanic at this point.
- Mmm-hmm. - I don't think we should panic.
Everything goes in cycles. It's natural.
Besides, every generation thinks it's the end. The worst it's ever been.
And one generation will be right.
Well, when the world blows up, I hope I go down dancing.
- [all laughing] - [Arnold] Hey-hey!
- Right? - [woman] Yes!
[salsa music playing]
Because everything is changing, it's transforming.
All the time. Even our physical bodies.
I was reading in the science section of the paper about cell renewal.
Do you know about that?
Yeah. Yeah, I've heard something.
Basically, it said that, um, our bodies,
even middle-aged bodies,
are less than ten years old.
Our skin. The epidermis is recycled every two weeks.
Our bones, the human skeleton is replaced every ten years.
And each organ, you know, renews itself at a separate rate
and so everything is...
["Love Is In The Air" by John Paul Young plays]
[singing along] ♪ And I don't know if I'm just dreaming ♪
♪ I don't know if I feel safe ♪
♪ But it's something That I must believe in ♪
♪ And it's there When you call out my name ♪
[vocalizing]
♪ Oh! Love is in the air ♪
"I'd like to be a nest, if you were a little bird.
I'd like to be a scarf,
if you were a neck and were cold.
If you were music, I'd be an ear.
If you were water, I'd be a glass.
If you were light, I'd be an eye.
If you were a foot, I'd be a sock."
[both chuckle]
"And if you were the sea, I'd be a beach.
And if you were still the sea, I'd be a fish,
and I'd swim in you.
And if you were the sea, I'd be salt.
And if I were salt, you'd be lettuce,
an avocado or at least a fried egg."
[both laughing]
"And if you were a fried egg, I'd be a piece of bread.
And if I were a piece of bread, you'd be butter or jam.
And if you were jam, I'd be the peach in the jam.
If I were a peach, you'd be a tree.
And if you were a tree, I'd be your sap.
And I'd course through your arms like blood.
And if I were blood,
I'd live in your heart."
[cell phone ringing]
[sniffs]
[ringing continues]
Hello?
[woman on phone speaking indistinctly]
Helen. Uh...
Hello. How are you?
[sniffs]
Good. How about you?
That's nice.
Yes.
I've already had lunch.
[sighs] Well, she should take her pills.
What's that?
Hey, what can I do about it?
I'm here at home.
I haven't been feeling well. That's why I haven't been out.
What? No...
No, I'm not going out today. I'm staying here.
Okay?
Okay? No, I don't think so.
Did you like it?
I don't understand, really.
Where are you?
Why are you here?
Because I'm with you.
Then why can't you tell them that you're with me?
Why? I don't want to involve them in our thing. No way.
No way. Why drag them into a situation that they're incapable of understanding?
Why? So they can say, "Oh, my God, you have a girlfriend?
- You stupid old man." - You're not old.
"How could you even think of dating at your age?"
[stammering] It... They...
I know them. They'd make fun of me and...
Why give them the chance?
I thought that, you know...
Um... [sighs]
I'm a part of your life, aren't I?
You're the most important part of my life.
Well, I wanna feel that, and if you're lying to your daughters, then I'm not.
- They're grown-ups, right? - They're not that grown up.
I mean, physically they are, but... I don't know if it's a generational thing,
but they see me as their father, not as a person.
I've always been the one worrying about them.
And they've never worried about me, not at all.
It's a really lonely feeling.
And I don't want you to...
have to experience that.
[Gloria moaning]
[banging on door]
[door rattling]
- [Gloria] Hello? - [banging on door]
- [man] Open the door. - [banging continues]
- Open the fucking door. - [Gloria] Hey!
[banging continues]
- [keys rattling] - [man] Shit!
Shit!
[Gloria] This is not your door.
[banging continues]
[Gloria, frightened] What are you doing?
[man] Fucking bitch!
- [footsteps retreating] - [Gloria breathing heavily]
[exhales]
[sighs]
[breathing shakily]
I'm so happy you could come.
Thanks for bringing me.
- Happy birthday, sweetheart. - Thanks.
Ooh! This is gonna be a wonderful year for you.
Thanks.
- Oh, it's gonna be just great. - Okay.
I can feel it. I know.
And I can help you with anything you need.
Thanks, Mom.
- This is Arnold. - Hi, Arnold.
- Hi. Happy birthday. - Thank you.
- Hi. - [Anne] Hi.
- Oh, you look so nice. - Oh, thank you.
- Mm. - [Dustin] Hello.
- [Gloria] Hello. - How are you?
[Gloria] I'm well. How are you?
- Good. This is nice, huh? - Yes.
My goodness. How long has it been?
- Four... I think. - Four years?
- Five, I think. - Five?
- Yes. - Oh, what? Since you got divorced?
No, actually since the last time we saw each other.
No, we got divorced 12 years ago.
- [woman] Oh. - Twelve? Really?
Oh, you must be Fiona.
- Hi. Hi. - [Fiona] Yeah.
- Nice to meet you. - Oh, it's so nice to meet you.
Oh, my goodness, you are so pretty.
- Oh... - You didn't tell me how pretty she is.
- Please. - No, beautiful.
No, she is.
So you haven't introduced us.
Oh, I'm so sorry. This is my friend, Arnold.
- Um, that's my ex-husband. - Okay.
- Dustin. - Hi, nice to meet you.
- And his wife, Fiona. - A pleasure.
Nice to meet you.
- [all] Cheers. - [Peter] Thanks, everyone.
- [Anne] Happy birthday. - Thank you.
I'm happy. Thanks for being here.
- [Gloria] Mm. - Ah.
- And cheers. - [glasses clink]
- [Anne] Cheers. - To your pregnancy.
- Oh, you didn't know? - No, I didn't.
You're pregnant?
- [Gloria] You didn't tell him? - No.
- [Gloria] I'm sorry. I... - Oh, really?
That's so nice.
It's still new, you know, so...
[Anne] Yeah.
- Oh, well, you're not showing at all. - [Anne] Ten weeks, so...
[Fiona] Do you have a boyfriend?
- [Anne] Yeah. - [Fiona] That's great.
She's the same age that I was.
[Fiona] Aw!
- Yeah? - [Gloria] Mmm-hmm.
[Peter] Would you like some nuts, Arnold?
Yeah, sure.
Thanks.
Would you like an olive?
Sure.
- Thanks. - Olive?
Thanks.
You know, the baby's the same size as an olive right now.
- [Peter] Oh. - It is.
- [Fiona] Oh! - [Arnold chuckles]
What a nice home you two have.
It's just... This is beautiful. I love...
[Peter] Most of this is Rachel's taste, but...
Oh. Where is she?
I have no idea.
[Arnold] Well, I like it too. Congratulations.
Thanks. I'll be moving out soon.
So you guys got any plans for Christmas? Do you celebrate that?
Oh, my gosh, I haven't even thought about that.
We're spending it together.
- Oh. Mmm-hmm. - Of course. Yeah.
Arnold, my mom tells me that you have
some kind of, um, amusement-park type thing.
- Uh, yes. Vertigo park. - It's so much fun.
- Have you ever done paintball? - No, I haven't.
[Fiona] Is it real paint?
Yes, it's real paint and it's in two teams.
So it's kind of like a... I guess it's like a pretend war.
- She loved it. - I did. I loved it!
You did paintball?
[Gloria] Well, I just did the target shooting.
- [laughs] She has great aim. - [Gloria laughing]
Yeah, she sure does, yes, sir.
[Peter] What did you do before?
I... I was a marine.
After that, I started transporting equipment for them.
[Dustin] Were you an officer?
Yes. Of course.
[Fiona] So you were in the military.
Yeah. I went in to, uh, pay for school.
- Do you have any children? - Two daughters.
- [Anne] How old are they? - 27 and 31.
Oh. So like us, more or less.
- [Gloria] Mmm-hmm. - [Arnold] Yeah.
Well, they're pretty different from you guys.
- [Anne] Are you a grandfather? - No, no.
[Anne] And they aren't married?
No, they're single.
Very single.
[Peter] What do they do?
You mean at this particular moment?
Nothing. They're doing nothing.
No, but one of them just had a meeting with a friend
who owns a pet store and that went very well, didn't it?
Yeah, it did. Yeah.
And it has the potential to be very lucrative.
People love their pets.
[Anne] What part of town are they in?
Redondo. With their mom.
Uh, you know, high rents, and all that stuff.
[Fiona] And what does Mom do?
She's a...
That's amazing.
- Do you want some weed? - Oh. No. Thank you.
No? You don't smoke?
Well, no. I mean, I... I tried it long time ago, but now I...
I'm afraid I'd lose control.
No, don't be silly.
- Are you sure? - No.
Well, everybody reacts differently, so if you don't mind, I'll just...
[inhaling deeply]
[ethereal organ]
[organ continues]
[music ends]
Who's my grandson's father?
[Anne] His name's Theo.
Theo?
- Theo what? - Van Gogh.
[all chuckle]
It doesn't matter. He's Swedish.
- [Dustin] Swedish? - [Anne] Mmm-hmm.
- But does he live here? - No, he lives in Sweden.
- But he's coming to live here. - No, he's staying there.
- [Fiona] How come? - [Anne] I'm moving there.
- She's leaving. [sighs] - To go to Sweden?
[Anne] Mmm-hmm. Yes.
Wouldn't you? I'd love to move to fucking Sweden.
[Gloria chuckles]
- When? - [Anne] On the 28th.
- It's so soon. - [Anne] Yes.
Wha...
You know what, honey? Why don't you read your dad the letter that he wrote you?
- [Peter] E-mail, Mom. - Okay, the e-mail.
Read him the e-mail so he can see.
- [Anne] No. - He's a wonderful guy.
He's just... Oh, he's so lovely
and I think we're both a bit in love with Theo too.
No. Mom...
- [Gloria] Why, Annie? Come on. - Just cut it out.
It'll be nice for your dad.
"The only thing I want is to have a life with you.
I discovered that the love in my heart was being saved for you.
Living the mystery of every day with you is the most profound thing I can imagine.
I may have been on the biggest waves in the world,
in the deepest waters,
but the deepest thing I can think of is to be with you."
[sniffs] Oh, my. Everything is making me cry these days.
I don't know why. [chuckles]
- [Dustin] Mm! - Look at these two.
Look at these two little cuties eating their apples.
- [Fiona] Oh, they're so cute! - [Dustin] You loved apples.
The people thought they were twins.
- They looked like twins. - [Anne] I know.
Our wedding picture. Here we are, stiff as boards.
- We were so naive. - Oh, we were so in love.
- We were very naive. - We were in love.
- [Peter] Hold it up, hold it up. - [Gloria] No, Peter.
[Peter] No, for one second. Let's do a quick then-and-now.
- [Anne] What's happening? - Peter, we were in love.
[Peter] I know you were in love.
Just hurry up. Hurry up, okay?
- Don't cut my head off. - [Peter] No, no.
- [laughing] - She's laughing.
- [whispers] We were laughing. - [Gloria] No, stop.
[Peter] You look so much happier now.
- Send me a copy. Peter. - [Peter] I'll send it.
Please, send me a...
- [Gloria laughing] - [Dustin] Oh.
- [Peter] Look. - Oh, yeah, okay.
We look great. Yeah.
Oh, look at Petey with his necklace.
Look at your necklace. Look at that.
[Peter] I bought it on the beach.
- [Fiona] Really? - He loved his jewelry. Right?
- [Fiona] Aw! - Isn't he sweet?
- [Fiona] Oh, look at you! - [Dustin] Oh!
- I know. And here's Annie. - [cell phone ringing]
This is the day that she graduated from preschool.
I know because I remember that dress.
- Look at you in that dress. - I remember that dress.
It's so cute.
[overlapping chatter]
Oh, this... Oh, my God. Here's our wedding cake.
We couldn't get married with just any cake.
It had to be bigger than we were.
Take a look at that.
[Fiona] Oh, but look at that frilly dress!
It was 1986.
- Okay, that's hilarious. - That's what we wore then.
- I was not here. - No. You were gone by then.
No. I wasn't.
[Fiona] Wow.
I should've been here. Here.
- [slams table] - And I wasn't!
All right.
I wasn't here.
[Peter] All right, let's calm down.
- Dad, you want some water? - [overlapping chatter]
- [knocks] - Arnold?
[knocking]
Arnold? Are you in there?
- [Dustin] Maybe he went down to his car. - [Anne] No, Mom.
- He's not here. - [Gloria] He's not.
- [Hugo crying] - Oh, no, now we woke up the baby.
[Anne] Jeez. Do you think he got sick?
Uh, I don't know. Maybe the food that he ate didn't agree with him.
[Dustin] He did seem a bit off.
[Gloria] Hmm. Oh.
[Peter] He's not downstairs.
I'm gonna get the... I'm gonna get the baby.
No, no, no. I'll do that, just...
Okay. You got him.
I'm gonna give him a call.
I'll see if I can get him on the phone.
All right.
[Fiona] Is there another way to get out?
[Anne] No, it's just the entrance and the back door.
- [Dustin] It was just a photo. - [Fiona] I know.
- [Dustin] It was ages ago. - [Fiona] Yeah.
[Anne] Did you say something, Dad?
[Dustin] Nothing. You were here.
[answering machine playing indistinctly]
Arnold. It's Gloria. What happened?
Um...
I'm still at Peter's and I'm worried,
so give me call and let me know where you are, okay?
Okay, bye.
Sometimes he feels sick.
He had surgery recently, and he has a hard time digesting things.
He had a lot of olives.
So, I think that I...
I probably...
- Thank you. Uh... - I don't...
- I'm sure he'll reappear. - Yeah.
- Well, thank you for coming. - [Fiona] Thank you so much.
[Dustin] Okay. Mmm-hmm.
- All right. - [Fiona] I'm driving.
[Gloria sighs]
[sighs]
No answer.
Okay. I should go.
Who is this guy, Mom?
Who are you with?
[sighs softly]
[cell phone ringing]
Arnold? I'm busy.
I'm working.
[Arnold speaking indistinctly]
[car lock chirps]
What are you doing here?
[Arnold] Can we talk?
- I don't have anything to say to you. - I really need you to listen to me.
- [scoffs] - I do.
How could you be so rude, Arnold?
For what?
I was introducing you to my family.
I brought you to my son's birthday party,
- and you have the nerve to disappear? - You would've done the same thing.
- It wasn't an easy situation. - Really?
I searched for your eyes again and again.
I didn't exist. "We were in love."
- Oh, please. - "We were in love."
- He didn't mean... He was drunk. - How many times did he have to say that?
- He was... He... - It made me sick!
I threw up.
I don't know how you could do something like that to me.
And the girls called, so...
Grow a pair.
Take your... Take your toy guns with you.
Gloria.
- No. No, Gloria. - Okay, fine. Okay, fine.
Then I'll keep them.
- Gloria, don't go. - I don't want to run you over.
- Gloria. - Arnold, please!
- Just get... get away! - I love you, Gloria.
I love you, you understand?
- Get away from the car. - Please!
- [tires screeching] - Gloria! Gloria!
[breathing heavily]
Those are your toes?
How many toes?
One, two, three, four, five. Five.
Five.
One, two, three, four, five.
One. Two.
[guitar and piano playing]
[both singing] ♪ Alone again, naturally ♪
♪ Looking back over the years ♪
♪ And whatever else that appears ♪
♪ I remember I cried when my father died ♪
♪ Never wishing to hide my tears ♪
♪ And at 65 years old ♪
♪ My mother, God rest her soul ♪
♪ Couldn't understand why the only man ♪
♪ She had ever loved had been taken ♪
♪ Leaving her to start ♪
♪ With a heart so badly broken ♪
♪ Despite encouragement from me ♪
♪ No words were ever spoken ♪
♪ And when she passed away ♪
♪ I cried and cried all day ♪
♪ Alone again, naturally ♪
[Virginia chuckles]
♪ Alone again, naturally ♪
[doctor] Don't squint in this eye.
- That's great. - So how are your kids?
They must be like four and six now, right?
Hold on. Don't talk.
When you talk, your eye moves and I can't see.
What?
- Am I going blind? - No. Not necessarily.
But in time, if you don't take care of it, your field of vision will get smaller,
which will limit your day-to-day life.
Like driving, getting around...
So I'm afraid I'm going to have to prescribe you these eye drops.
They're to be taken in each eye twice a day. Okay?
For how long?
Unfortunately, for the rest of your life.
["Lady, Lady, Lady" by Joe Esposito plays]
Please call me if you wanna talk.
Mmm-hmm.
[elevator bell dings]
Thank you for everything, Gloria.
Or e-mail me, text me. Any time.
- [elevator bell dings] - I will.
Gloria.
- These came for you. - Thank you.
If you cut your hair or do something different to it,
then people think it's the hair that's different.
That's why you look different.
- Mmm-hmm. - They don't notice the other stuff.
[door opens]
- [Gloria] Here comes the bride. - [chuckles]
- You look gorgeous. - Wow.
- Really? - Yeah.
Really? Is it not too much?
No, no, no. It's special enough for the big day.
- But you still look like yourself. - Yeah.
All right. My hair is next, so I'll be back.
- Okay. - [Gloria] It's gonna be a great wedding.
[door closes]
She's such a beautiful girl.
[cell phone ringing]
He calls me every five minutes.
Don't pick it up.
No, I won't.
- Hello. - [Arnold speaks indistinctly]
Nope, it's Vicky.
Uh, she is in the bathroom.
And, uh, it's gonna take a long time.
Mmm-hmm.
Yeah.
Okay.
Bye-bye.
- I can't believe you did that. - [Vicky laughing]
- I'm gonna jump out and see you off. - No, Mom.
To help you with your luggage, Annie. It's heavy.
No, Mom. Just leave me here, please.
I'm not gonna cry.
- I'm just gonna walk you to the entrance. - Mom.
Just be careful, okay?
Yes.
And e-mail me when you get there,
just, you know, to let me know that you're safe.
Just "I'm here" is all I need.
Yes, Mom.
It's fine.
- Take care of my books for me. - I will.
- Don't sell them. - I won't.
I love you very much.
[Anne sobbing]
[Gloria] Okay, baby, okay.
All right.
Okay.
- Okay. Okay. - [exhales]
[sighs]
[car horn blares]
- [tires screech] - Come on, come on.
[car lock chirps]
[indistinct chatter]
- Please step back, ma'am. - Oh, sorry.
[crying quietly]
[man upstairs] Bitch!
That's what you are.
Bitch!
Bitch, bitch, bitch.
Fucking dumb bitch!
That's what you are!
What's it all for, huh?
What's it all for? Nothing!
[Gloria sighs]
You gave me nothing! I gave you everything!
[Gloria laughing]
[man shouting] You didn't fucking love me, did you?
- [Gloria laughing] - You've just fucked me around!
[cell phone ringing]
[ringing continues]
[waiter] Your coffee, ma'am.
- [ringing continues] - [groans]
[ringing continues]
[rock 'n' roll music playing]
[ghostly laughter]
[rock 'n' roll music continues]
[ghostly laughter]
[cell phone ringing]
Arnold?
- Okay, thank you. - Oh, you're welcome.
Thank you.
Thank you so much.
- Enjoy Vegas, sir. - Thanks.
It's beautiful.
[clerk] Good afternoon. Welcome to Caesars Palace.
Hello. I have a reservation.
- Under what name? - Arnold Tenner.
Welcome, Mr. Tenner. One moment, please.
[cell phone ringing]
[Arnold] Honey.
Hello?
What's happened now?
Well... [stammering] I'm out of town. Why?
What?
But how?
How did she go through a window?
What the...?
Are the... Are the cuts deep?
Are they deep?
I'm really sorry.
I can't come now. I'm busy.
The doctors can take care of it.
That's what they do.
Yes. The doctors.
I have things to do! Please!
What happened?
My ex-wife's had an accident.
My daughters called me and...
Suzanne walked right through a glass sliding door.
It was too clean. She didn't see it.
She crashed through it.
Cut herself, uh, badly.
On her legs.
So stupid. I just, uh, well...
I am...
I'm not leaving.
I'm staying with you.
I'm not gonna let them take this away from me.
They're not gonna destroy my life.
I'm staying here with you.
It's what I want.
With you.
Maybe we should just go back.
Gloria.
Gloria, don't go.
[unzips pants]
[breathing heavily]
[Velcro rips]
[both breathing heavily]
You're doing the right thing.
It's gonna be fine.
Thank you for saying that.
You just may not see how difficult this is for me.
How can I not see you?
I'm looking straight at you.
You know, it's not just bad for them
to depend on you so much. It's bad for you too.
You have the right to your own life.
Yes. I do.
[cell phone ringing]
[ringing stops]
Do you wanna take a trip?
A big trip? Just the two of us.
We could... We could go to Europe or Spain.
- Spain? - Have you ever been to Spain?
- No. - Well, then let's go.
Let's... Let's go to Spain.
Let's take ten days off work and go dancing.
We both love to dance. Let's do it.
You know, we could die tomorrow.
[cell phone ringing]
Turn it off, okay?
[ringing stops]
[snickers]
[loud chuckle]
All right. My goodness.
[both laughing]
All right.
Cheers.
To Spain.
[exhales]
[sighs]
I'll be right back. Excuse me.
[exhales]
[sighs]
[slot machine fanfare]
[woman's voice on machine] The winning number is... one!
Excuse me.
Could I have another one, please?
[bartender] Absolutely.
[shaker rattling]
It's weird to bet it all on 11 when my favorite number is 22.
- Well, that's my birthday. - Then we'll bet them all.
What's your name?
- Gloria. - I'm Jen. Nice to meet you.
- Very nice to meet you. - Yeah. Let's see how we do.
[croupier] No more bets, please.
[roulette wheel turning]
[ball clatters]
[croupier] Black 22.
Oh, my God, we won. You won!
Oh, what a job! Congratulations!
- Good for you! - [laughs] Thanks!
Oh. This is Gloria, my new friend.
- Hi. Mark. How you doing? - How are you?
- [Mark] Good. - Oh, our friend, Jeremy.
- Hi, nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you.
[exclaims] Let's keep it going.
[Mark] 12? All right. I'll go with that too.
[Gloria] Oh, no, no, no! No, no, no.
No, no. Please. Please.
No, you have no idea. Don't do that.
Don't do it. Don't do it. No.
God, no. I mean it. Really.
Take that off. Please take that off.
[electronic music playing]
- [Jeremy] Four, still here. - [panting]
Five, there you go.
Six. Whoa!
- [thud] - Oh.
[laughing]
[glass being swept]
[sweeping continues]
[groans]
[panting]
Excuse me.
May I use your phone to call LA?
Oh, yes. Of course. Uh, number?
- 818-614... - 614...
- ...5329. - ...29.
- Here you go. - Thank you.
[breathing anxiously]
Gloria.
- I got your stuff. - Thanks, Mom.
- I'll pay for the tickets. - I already bought them.
I'm sorry.
[cat meows]
- When did you get a cat? - [Gloria groans]
Just leave him.
Mom.
Gloria.
[groans softly]
[sighs]
[cat purring]
[phone ringing]
[ringing continues]
[phone ringing]
[cat meows]
[ringing continues]
Okay.
[sniffs]
[ringing continues]
[Arnold] Hello? Gloria?
Are you there?
Say something, please.
You have to believe me. I'm so sorry.
We need to save what we have.
[vacuum whirring]
[music builds]
[trumpets build]
["Total Eclipse Of The Heart" by Bonnie Tyler plays low on the radio]
Gloria.
Gloria!
- No. No! - [gunshots]
[glass shatters]
I love you. No! No!
[gunshots]
[groans]
You shot me!
Dad?
- What happened? - Daddy, what happened?
Oh, my God, help! Help me get him up!
Who do you think you are, you fucking old bitch?
- [Arnold] Gloria! - Come back here and show your face, bitch!
Come on and get your skinny ass back here!
[Arnold] Gloria!
[panting]
[laughing]
[continues laughing]
[music stops]
- Hi. - [Gloria] Hi.
[indistinct chatter]
- [Gloria] You are a vision. - Oh, hi! Thank you, Gloria.
[Gloria] So sorry I didn't make it to the ceremony.
No, that's okay. It's all right.
- [Gloria] Congratulations! - Thank you so much for coming.
- [Gloria] Hi. - Hi.
- Got her married. - Oh, good for you.
- Hi, Gloria. - I'm sorry.
Oh, please don't worry about that. I'm just so happy that you're here.
Me too.
Oh, nice.
- What's wrong? - Nothing.
You seem a bit off.
- [woman] Hello, Vicky. - Hi.
[indistinct chatter]
["Gloria" by Laura Branigan plays]
[singing along] ♪ Gloria ♪
♪ You're always on the run, now ♪
[mouths] ♪ Running after somebody ♪
♪ You gotta get him somehow ♪
♪ I think you've got to slow down ♪
♪ Before you start to blow it ♪
♪ I think you're headed for a breakdown ♪
♪ So be careful not to show it ♪
♪ You really don't remember ♪
- ♪ Was it something that he... ♪ - Pardon me. Would you like to dance?
No, thank you.
♪ Calling, Gloria? ♪
♪ Gloria ♪
♪ Don't you think you're fallin'? ♪
♪ If everybody wants you ♪
♪ Why isn't anybody callin'? ♪
♪ You don't have to answer ♪
♪ Leave them hangin' on the line ♪
[cheering]
- ♪ Gloria ♪ - ♪ Gloria ♪
- ♪ I think they got your number ♪ - ♪ Gloria ♪
- ♪ I think they got the alias ♪ - ♪ Gloria ♪
- ♪ That you've been living under ♪ - ♪ Gloria ♪
♪ But you really don't remember ♪
♪ Was it something that they said? ♪
♪ Are the voices in your head ♪
♪ Calling, Gloria? ♪
♪ A-ha, a-ha-ha ♪
♪ Gloria ♪
♪ How's it gonna go down? ♪
♪ Will you meet him on the main line ♪
♪ Or will you catch him on the rebound? ♪
♪ Will you marry for the money? ♪
♪ Take a lover in the afternoon? ♪
♪ Feel your innocence slipping away ♪
♪ Don't believe it's comin' back soon ♪
♪ And you really don't remember ♪
♪ Was it something that he said? ♪
♪ Are the voices in your head ♪
- ♪ Calling, Gloria? ♪ - [cheering]
♪ Gloria ♪
[song continues]