there's a very real chance you'll end up alone.
Nina, I'm sorry.
See,
at least I'm not mad.
(SCREECHING)
Hello there.
What am I doing here? Who are you?
I'm the night nurse. Remember?
You said you've met my husbands.
No, I'm afraid I haven't.
I married Ralph Haverford. He was the best man.
Isn't that strange. Do you think I took it literally?
That I couldn't say.
I left him on the sidewalk like a piece of chewing gum.
Some maid of honor, right?
Are you feeling better now?
Then I married Phil, Nina's father. He had such nice hair.
Nice hair is nice.
Are you married?
Yes, I am.
Do you love him in that crazy way?
We've been married almost 40 years.
I've been married for 40 years. More than 40. To Harris.
I just haven't seen him the whole time we've been married.
Well, maybe that's the best way.
Is there anyone special you'd like me to call?
Oh, Sis.
You nervous?
Yeah, a little.
You look fantastic.
Just breathe.
Yeah, okay. All right.
Peach...
You think maybe Peach and Pip could be next?
Pip's a little stuffy.
Peach likes stuffy.
Hey. We're on.
And then there's the question of Buddy for Lizzie.
Do you really think that everybody in your wedding party
should just marry everybody else?
No. But it would be nice if my wedding inspired another one.
RALPH: Ann.
Are you ready, sweetheart?
Yes, ready.
(BRIDAL CHORUS PLAYING)
"We are such stuff as dreams are made on."
Are you ready?
I guess so.
...sing Time after Time.
Time after Time.
Hi, everybody. Hi.
When Lila asked me to sing at her wedding,
I told her that I usually only sing for drunks and tourists.
PIP: And we're not tourists.
But she wouldn't take no.
So, Lila, this is for you.
(SINGING) What good are words I say to you
They can't convey to you
What's in my heart
If you could hear instead
The things I've left unsaid
Time after time
I tell myself
That I'm so lucky
To be loving you
So lucky to be
The one you run to see
In the evening
When the day is through
(BO TH SINGING) I only know what I know
The passing years will show
You kept my love so young, so new
And time after time
You'll hear me say that I'm
so lucky to be loving
you
Where did you go?
I snuck out. I felt like a fool.
No, you were nothing like a fool. You were a hero.
You were the hero. I hit most of the notes.
No, honestly, I didn't sound that great. I don't mind that.
There was something about being up there, just now, singing that song for Lila.
I don't know.
I've always thought of myself as just sort of singing into the room, I guess,
but, I mean doing it specifically for her,
it was so different.
You got a gift, kid.
You know, honestly, for the first time, right now, I feel like
maybe I do.
I want to be good at this, you know?
Not just all right but really, really good.
I want to sing on Mars one day.
(CHUCKLING)
If you sing on Mars, I'll shut down my practice and fly up to see you.
Do you think we need another star for this?
Yeah, I do.
Well, I think it should be close to the one that you picked out last night.
There's a nice one, just south of it.
ANN: Oh.
That's rather modest, don't you think?
Well, there's lots of stars, this is only our second one.
BUDDY: Hey there.
Whoops. Am I interrupting something?
No, Buddy.
Tonight it's all about love, right?
In all its forms and guises.
(SINGING) Time after time
I tell myself that I'm so lucky
Come on, let's dance. No, no, all three of us. Come on.
Hey, I've finally had an idea for my novel.
Shoot.
It's about a gangster who's in love with a rich girl.
Honey, that's The Great Gatsby.
Damn.
Well, in my version, they all get married and live happily ever after,
and it'll be the fun Great Gatsby.
Why not? Harris, isn't Ann great?
Yeah, she's okay.
We've been friends since college.
Ann and Lila and me.
Now that Lila's a wife,
it's just Ann and me.
Buddy.
Ann.
Hey, Buddy boy, maybe it's time to go...
Whoops.
Terribly sorry, old chap. It's the wine. It's the wine.
Hey, Buddy, come back.
As you were. As you were.
It's just a little battle fatigue. I'm off to the front line again.
He won't remember that in the morning.
I'm not so sure.
Ann!
Ann Grant! Maid of honor at large!
Now, we don't have to tell you about the birds and the bees, do we?
Sorry, bad bridesmaid.
Lila, you're perfect.
The carriage awaits.
(LAUGHS)
Mrs. Carl Ross.
Mmm-hmm.
Ann you didn't mention anything, to anyone, I mean, about this morning.
What?
You know. The bride's brief bout of hysteria.
Oh, no, of course not.
Good.
I don't want people to get the wrong impression.
Lila, if you want me to, I'll take you out of here right now.
I will, I'll do all the talking.
I'll put you in a car and I'll just drive you away.
Ann. I'm serious.
It's not too late. You just say the word and I'll take you away.
Come visit us in Boston, when we get back. Do you promise?
Sure.
Okay. I promise.
Well, off I go.
Come here.
(ALL BIDDING FAREWELL)
WOMAN: Goodbye, Lila.
(HORN HONKING)
You know what it's time for now?
The Plunge.
You got it. Come on.
I think I'm going to skip the Plunge.
You can't. It's a tradition.
You don't have to jump, but you do have to come cheer for the fools who do.
I'm one of the fools. You'll cheer for me, won't you?
Have you seen Buddy?
Yeah, a while ago, come on.
You know, I'm gonna come in a while, you go on ahead.
You sure?
Fifteen minutes, tops.
I'll be there.
Okay.
There you are.
I kissed Harris.
I know you did.
The thing is, I'm not that way.
It wouldn't matter if you were.
Oh, yeah. Isn't it pretty to think so?
Hemingway got that line first, the bastard.
Buddy, it's all right...
You know, Lila and I,
we've both always had this sort of
crush on Harris.
You know, Lila's been in love with him pretty much all her life.
But it wouldn't do for her to,
you know, get involved with one of the servants.
That's ridiculous.
Not to some people.
Hey, want to see something really ridiculous?
Okay.
What's this?
It's a note you passed me, junior year. Introduction to Philosophy.
I can't read it.
No, that's because the ink is so faded, it says,
"Wittgenstein, Schmittgenstein, what's for lunch?"
That's it?
Yeah, that's it.
And you brought it to the wedding?
No, no.
I've had it in my pocket for, let's see,
four years now.
What?
Yeah, just jammed it in my pocket that day in class
and then that night in my dorm room I took it out, put it on my bureau
with my keys and my loose change and everything.
And then the next morning, for some reason,
I put it back in my pocket with my keys and my loose change.
And I've been carrying it around ever since.
I don't understand.
Yes, you do.
Buddy, you've had a lot to drink.
I'm not even sure of who to be jealous of.
You're not even going to remember this in the morning.
What if you and I just sang
and laughed together
for the rest of our lives?
What if we had a few goofy kids who got our jokes
and taught us some new songs, huh?
It wouldn't work.
Not for you.
No, honey, not for me.
I'm sorry.
Can I have the note back?
WOMAN: Come on, Pip!
ALL: Pip! Pip! Pip!
(PEOPLE CHEERING)
PEACH: You're just in time, I'm next.
What fools we mortals be.
WOMAN: Come on, Peach! Peach is next!
ALL: Peach! Peach! Peach!
RALPH: Ann, hi.
Hey, Ralph, do you think you could help me keep an eye on Buddy?
I'd rather help you keep an eye on me.
Finally! A girl with some guts!
Whoo-hoo!
BUDDY: Yeah!
ALL: Buddy! Buddy! Buddy!
Hey. Could you help me get Buddy to bed.
Ann, will you do something for me? Forget about Buddy for five minutes.
I would be glad to.
WOMAN: Buddy! Buddy!
Yeah!
ALL: Buddy! Buddy! Buddy!
Buddy! Buddy! Buddy!
Buddy! MAN: Hey, Buddy!
Buddy!
MAN 1: Buddy!
MAN 2: Buddy! MAN 3: Buddy!
Move! Move!
Buddy!
MAN: Can you see him?
HARRIS: No, nothing!
Where is he?
Do you see him?
No!
HARRIS: Buddy!
Please, Buddy, be okay.
MAN: Buddy!
Please, Buddy, be okay.
BUDDY: Somebody lose something?
MAN: Oh, Jesus.
WOMAN: He's up here!
It's kind of salty.
Ow.
You're not a hero. You're pathetic!
Oh, Ann.
Have some guts! Go live your own life!
What? This isn't it?
Write a first line and then write a second one.
Kiss men if you want to! Horrify your parents!
Annie?
Be a man!
Just leave me out of it!
Don't carry around some...
Some stupid note I wrote you years ago!
You're not interested in me. You just have this idea of me.
Have the nerve to admit it, and just
leave me alone.
Hell, I got the note all wet.
Ann! Ann!
Take me out of here, okay?
Okay, where do you want to go?
Somewhere far away from all these people.
Okay. I got it, follow me.
Where are we going?
It's a surprise.
Ann, I just had one more thing...
Just one more thing I wanted to say.
(TIRES SCREECHING)
(OWL HOOTING)
Welcome to my hideout.
Gray's Anatomy?
I've known I've wanted to be a doctor since I was eight years old.
You are the most serious man I've ever met.
I guess I'm not a lot of fun.
I didn't say you werert a lot of fun.
Your shirt's all wet.
What's this?
It's just what's in the air.
Has it always been like this?
Oh, yes.
I don't think I like it.
What a night!
Where's Ann?
Where's Harris?
(PEOPLE LAUGHING)
(PEOPLE CHATTERING)
RALPH: Now there's a pretty sight.
Hey, wild man, time to call it a night.
Oh, my goodness!
What?
Blood. It's all over. Oh, my goodness!
Jesus!
RALPH: He's breathing. WOMAN: What happened?
I'll go call a doctor!
Wait, Harris is a doctor!
Where's Harris? Can't be far away. Harris!
Harris!
We got to get him to a hospital! Harris!
We can't move him.
Hang on, Buddy, just hang on. Everything's going to be okay!
He's holding something in his hand.
What is it, Buddy? It's just some gunk. Wet paper or something.
Let's go, let's go.
Legs, legs, legs.
My God.
Buddy's right, you know.
About what? About you.
You're brilliant. You're gonna be famous.
Hardly anyone gets to be famous.
You're famous to me.
Hey, Mom.
I found your dress. It's still as beautiful.
It's just like I remember it.
I actually hated you sometimes when you put on that dress.
And I didn't really understand
until I had Ethan and Chloe. About...
Well, how...
It seems like you break your childrers hearts
no matter what you do.
Whether you sing in clubs at night or just stay home.
And you start to wonder which mistakes of yours they're going to forget,
and which ones they'll still be talking about for years after you're gone.
Um...
I've been meaning to tell you what I've learned
about how it must have been for you.
And now I'm afraid I may have waited too long.
So, do you think
you could be your old self again?
It would mean so much to me.
I want you back.
ANN: We're in trouble now.
Maybe we should just keep going.
Where could we go from here?
The boat. We could sail to Barbados.
I've never been to Barbados.
See, me neither.
We should probably stop in and say goodbye to the Wittenborns, though,
since we'll be stealing their boat.
I've got a funny feeling suddenly.
What?
I don't want to go back into that house. I don't. Not for one minute.
It's just a formality.
Kiss me.
Gladly.
(MRS. WITTENBORN WAILING)
(SHUSHING)
LILA: You'll come back for me then?
DRIVER: Yes, ma'am.
Hello?
Hello.
Are you Anrs daughters?
Yeah. I'm Nina.
I'm Constance.
I'm Lila Ross. I'm an old friend of your mother's.
Hi.
I got a telephone call from her nurse.
She said your mother was very, very ill so I came right away.
I hope it's not inconvenient.
No, not at all. Come in.
NINA: Just up here.
Ann?
Are you an angel? Because frankly, I don't want any damn angels in here.
Hardly. It's Lila.
Oh, my God!
Oh, gosh.
It's been a long, long time. Years and years and years.
Mmm-hmm.
Yes.
(SHIVERING)
Lila.
It's terribly hard, being so sick.
I watched Carl go through it.
Is Carl...
Gone.
Seven years now.
Hmm.
We have three children.
Three? I have two. Two girls.
I know. I saw the girls downstairs.
They're so lovely.
Do you still know Harris?
In a Christmas card sort of way.
He met a girl. In Shelburne Falls. A nurse.
Yes, I know.
He wrote me a letter.
Mmm-hmm.
I know.
I thought there'd be so many chances.
There were some.
But not...
No one ever moved me like...
There, there.
La, la, la.
Have you been happy?
At times.
At times I've been very unappy.
Is that it?
I never expected as much as you did.
I expected so much.
Yes, you did.
And you got so much.
Two bad marriages and I didn't turn out to be such a great singer.
You sang at my wedding.
A century or two ago. Oh, yes.
My God, you were wonderful.
You were so beautiful standing up there.
So brave and strong,
and full of hope.
It was nothing.
Well, it was something to me.
I think about it.
My God!
Mmm-hmm.
I still think about it.
Really?
(SIGHS)
Yeah.
(SIGHING)
Harris?
Harris!
Ann?
Hi. Hi.
How are you?
(STAMMERING) Okay. I'm fine.
(STAMMERING) I can't believe this.
I'm moving to Los Angeles.
We're going back to Shelburne Falls.
We just came in for the weekend, to see my wife's brother.
That's your son?
Buddy.
Three years old.
Harris.
How about if I introduce you?
Oh, no, no. I've... I've got a plane to catch.
You look great.
So do you.
I have a daughter.
Wonderful.
You still singing?
Not right now.
Why did you stop?
I got married.
And I married Ralph Haverford.
Oh.
And then I had the baby,
and, you know, one thing just sort of leads to another.
I have to tell you something.
I still know which stars are ours.
Well,
call me. Call me if you ever get to Los Angeles.
Yeah, sure. If you ever find yourself in Shelburne Falls...
Oh.
You offered to rescue me from my own wedding.
You remember that?
Yeah.
Not entirely sure what I wanted that day.
Not sure what I should have wanted.
But I have thought about you, singing.
I wish I could sing for you again.
You can't know how much it mattered.
But don't you think at least one of us should have married Harris.
I think
we did what we needed to do.
Yeah.
I suppose we did.
Can I ask you a question?
Of course.
Who's Harris?
Harris was a boy that your mother dated
a long, long time ago.
Was she in love with him?
We were all in love with Harris.
What happened to him?
He worked with the poor, got married, had children, became an old man.
I have to ask. I'm sorry, but I have to know.
Do you think Mom made some sort of terrible mistake back then?
Harris was just a boy, dear. An unusually attractive one, I'll admit.
But your mother had a whole life.
She had you.
For all the good it did her.
(CHUCKLING)
She sang at my wedding.
She raised two girls.
We can't know everything she did.
But, I can assure you, it was a great deal.
(TAXI HONKING)
Guess my cab is here.
Sorry. She's just been saying strange things.
Mmm.
We're mysterious creatures, aren't we?
And at the end, so much of it turns out not to matter.
You really think so?
Listen to an old lady.
Hi, Mom.
Hello, sweetheart.
How you feeling?
I feel wonderful.
I don't feel sick at all.
Oh, honey.
You look a little better, too.
I am a little better, I think.
I'm gonna get up. I'm going to make a big breakfast for everybody.
I think you're being a little too ambitious.
Will do you do something for me?
Anything.
Will you try to be happy?
That's a tall order, Mom.
(ANN CHUCKLING)
Will you try not to be scared all the time?
Hmm.
Because
there's no such thing as a mistake.
You get nervous, but...
But you sing anyway.
I'm just going to sleep for a minute now, okay?
Okay.
Mommy, I want you.
Just a second, Connie.
I want you now!
What is it, honey?
I can't get Barbie into her dress.
Well, she can wait a minute, don't you think?
No, she needs you right now!
(NINA WHINING)
She can't bang on that xylophone thing when I'm working.
That is so true.
Here, all yours.
I'm making dinner, can you just manage with Nina for 20 minutes?
I've got a deadline, okay?
CONNIE: Barbie's going to be late.
What is she late for, angel?
Her party, she's going to be late, she's going to miss everything.
(SINGING) I see the moon and the moon sees me
And the moon sees somebody I'd want to see
God bless the moon, and God bless me
And God bless the somebody
I'd want to see
God looked down from up above
And he picked you out for me to love
He picked you out from all the rest
'Cause he knew that I loved you the very best
I see the moon and the moon sees me
And the moon sees somebody I'd want to see
God bless the moon and God bless me
And God bless the somebody I'd want to see
Good morning. Hey.
Sit down.
Thanks.
Guess what.
What?
I'm pregnant.
You're kidding.
Never more serious.
Wow.
Oh, uh...
Are you happy?
Yeah! Are you happy?
I think so.
Yeah, I think I am.
Sit down. Should you sit down?
I'm only two months along, I'm fine.
Oh, my God.
A baby. We're going to have a baby.
Which, frankly, scares the hell out of me.
It'll be great.
Yeah. I'm sure it will, at times.
And at times I'm sure I'll be exhausted and angry
and think I've made a total mess of my life.
I'll be there.
You will, won't you?
Even if I get confused and strange and horrible.
Yeah, I'll do my best.
I will, too.
Connie, we're gonna have a baby.
I know. That's great.
LUC: I'm...
(STAMMERING)
I'm going to be a father!
You're going to be an aunt!
(CONNIE LAUGHING)
Girls,
I think you should come upstairs.
I'll be right here.
You will, won't you?
Yeah. Yeah.
That's good. That's very, very good.