1. So, what do you do?
- I'm studying to be an actress. You?Copy !req
2. I'm a longshoreman.
- No, I mean, really.Copy !req
3. I mean really, too.Copy !req
4. Although, starting next Monday,Copy !req
5. I'm doing something
a little more glamorous.Copy !req
6. What's that?Copy !req
7. Night cashier at a cafeteria.Copy !req
8. I don't mean how you make money.
I mean, what are you interested in?Copy !req
9. Honey, if I had the answer to that one,Copy !req
10. I bet I'd bore us both to death
in half an hour.Copy !req
11. Thank God
that's over.Copy !req
12. So much for the debut
of the Laurel Players.Copy !req
13. And she was very disappointing.Copy !req
14. Frank! Very nice, Frank!
- Thanks so much, Mrs Givings.Copy !req
15. I can't tell you how much we enjoyed it.
You have a very talented wife.Copy !req
16. I'll pass it along.Copy !req
17. Frank!
- Hi!Copy !req
18. She's in there.
I'm about ready for that drink.Copy !req
19. Couple of minutes.Copy !req
20. April? Sweetheart?Copy !req
21. Hi.
- Hi.Copy !req
22. You about ready to leave?
- Yeah. Yeah.Copy !req
23. I've just got to get this makeup off.Copy !req
24. Well, I guess it wasn't a triumph
or anything, was it?Copy !req
25. I guess not. I'll be ready in a minute.
- Take your time.Copy !req
26. Listen, will you do me a favour?Copy !req
27. Milly and Shep wanted us
to go out with them after.Copy !req
28. Will you say we can't? Say it's because
of the babysitter or something.Copy !req
29. Well, the thing is,
I already said that we could.Copy !req
30. I mean, I just saw them
and I said that we would.Copy !req
31. Then would you mind going out again
and saying you were mistaken?Copy !req
32. That should be simple enough.Copy !req
33. Don't you think
that's a little bit rude, April?Copy !req
34. Then I'll tell them myself.
- Okay. Okay. Take it easy.Copy !req
35. All right? I'll tell them.Copy !req
36. I mean it, baby.
You were the only person in that play.Copy !req
37. Thank you.Copy !req
38. We shouldn't have let you get
mixed up in the damned thing, is all.Copy !req
39. All right.Copy !req
40. What a bunch of amateurs. I mean,
you've studied, for Christ's sake.Copy !req
41. Could we stop talking about it now?Copy !req
42. Sure.Copy !req
43. I just don't want you
feeling bad about it, that's all.Copy !req
44. Because it's not worth it, you know.Copy !req
45. It's bad enough having to live out
here amongst these people...Copy !req
46. What'd you say?
- I said yes. All right, Frank.Copy !req
47. Could you just stop talking about it now
before you drive me crazy, please?Copy !req
48. What are you doing?Copy !req
49. April, sweetheart,
let's talk about this, okay?Copy !req
50. No, Frank, please don't do that.
- Come on, now.Copy !req
51. Don't touch me.
- April...Copy !req
52. Just leave me alone.Copy !req
53. Okay. Okay.Copy !req
54. It strikes me that there's a considerable
amount of bullshit going on here.Copy !req
55. And there's just a few things
that I'd like to clear up. All right?Copy !req
56. Number one, it's not my fault
that the play was lousy. Okay?Copy !req
57. Number two,
it sure as hell isn't my faultCopy !req
58. that you didn't turn out to be an actress,Copy !req
59. and the sooner you get over
that little piece of soap opera,Copy !req
60. the better off we're both going to be.Copy !req
61. Number three,
I don't happen to fit the roleCopy !req
62. of dumb, insensitive suburban husband.Copy !req
63. You've been trying to lay that crap
on me ever since we moved out here.Copy !req
64. And I'm damned if I'll wear it.Copy !req
65. Number four... April? April!Copy !req
66. April.Copy !req
67. What the hell are you doing?
Get back in the car.Copy !req
68. No. I will in a minute.
Just let me stand here for a second.Copy !req
69. God damn it!Copy !req
70. April, can you please just get back
in the car and talk about thisCopy !req
71. instead of running all over Route 12?Copy !req
72. Haven't I made it clear I don't
particularly want to talk about it?Copy !req
73. Okay. I mean, Jesus,
I'm trying to be niceCopy !req
74. about this thing here, for God's sake.Copy !req
75. How kind of you.
How terribly, terribly kind of you.Copy !req
76. Wait a minute. I don't deserve this.Copy !req
77. You're always so wonderfully definiteCopy !req
78. on the subject of what you do
and don't deserve.Copy !req
79. Wait a minute! Wait a goddamn... April!
Now you listen to me.Copy !req
80. This is one time
you're not going to get awayCopy !req
81. with twisting everything that I say, April.Copy !req
82. This just happens to be
one goddamn timeCopy !req
83. I know I'm not in the wrong here.Copy !req
84. Christ, I wish
you'd stayed home tonight.Copy !req
85. You know what you are
when you're like this, April?Copy !req
86. You're sick. I really mean that.Copy !req
87. You're sick! What?
- And do you know what you are?Copy !req
88. You're disgusting.
- Oh, yeah?Copy !req
89. You don't fool me, Frank.Copy !req
90. Just because you've got me safely
in this little trap,Copy !req
91. you think you can bully me into feeling
whatever you want me to feel!Copy !req
92. You in a trap? You in a trap?
- Yes! Yes! Me, Frank!Copy !req
93. Jesus Christ, don't make me laugh!
- Me!Copy !req
94. You pathetic, self-deluded little boy.
Look at you!Copy !req
95. Look at you and tell me, how by any
stretch of the imaginationCopy !req
96. you can call yourself a man?Copy !req
97. Damn it!Copy !req
98. Jesus Christ!Copy !req
99. Don't look at me like that, April.
- Could we please go home now?Copy !req
100. Fifteenth floor.Copy !req
101. I'm going to need your help
this morning, Old Scout.Copy !req
102. For the next few hours, you're to warn
me of Bandy's every approachCopy !req
103. and you may need to shield me
from public viewCopy !req
104. in the likely event I void my stomach.Copy !req
105. It's that bad.Copy !req
106. Good morning, Jack.Copy !req
107. Nothing good about it, I assure you.Copy !req
108. Of course, I knew the moment
you stepped off the trainCopy !req
109. what you were looking for.Copy !req
110. A small remodelled barn,
or a carriage house.Copy !req
111. And I just hate to be
the one to tell you that sort of thingCopy !req
112. just isn't available any more.Copy !req
113. But I don't want you to despair.Copy !req
114. There is one place up here
I want to show you.Copy !req
115. Now, of course, it isn't very desirable
at this end.Copy !req
116. As you can see, Crawford Road
is mostly these little cinder-blocky,Copy !req
117. pick-up trucky places,
plumbers, carpenters,Copy !req
118. little local people of that sort.Copy !req
119. But eventually...Copy !req
120. Eventually it leads up to Revolutionary
Road, which is much nicer.Copy !req
121. Now, the place I want to show youCopy !req
122. is a sweet little house
and a sweet little setting.Copy !req
123. Simple, clean lines, good lawns,
marvellous for children.Copy !req
124. It's just around this next curve.Copy !req
125. Now, you'll see it. There.
See the little white one? Sweet, isn't it?Copy !req
126. The perky way it sits there on
its little slope? Charming, isn't it?Copy !req
127. Oh, yes.Copy !req
128. You wanted to see me?Copy !req
129. Came for you from Toledo this morning.
This is the third one this month.Copy !req
130. Sorry. I thought I'd taken care of...Copy !req
131. I'm not prepared to have this
conversation again, Frank.Copy !req
132. You understand?
- I was literally just getting into...Copy !req
133. These folks in the provinces look up
to us. We need to be efficient.Copy !req
134. We can't have this
kind of back and forth, and so forth.Copy !req
135. It's just not efficient. Am I right?
- Yes.Copy !req
136. What was that about?
- Toledo.Copy !req
137. Branch manager wants
a revised brochureCopy !req
138. for the conference on the Knox 500.Copy !req
139. "It's just not efficient. Am I right?
Am I right? Am I right?"Copy !req
140. Sounds like a goodie.Copy !req
141. For God's sake. I don't even know what
the Knox 500 does. Do you?Copy !req
142. Don't insult me.Copy !req
143. If you'll look in the inactive file
under SP 1109,Copy !req
144. you'll find copies of all the stuff we sent
to the agency,Copy !req
145. that way we can trace the thing back
to its original sources.Copy !req
146. Listen, I hope you weren't planning
on having an early lunch.Copy !req
147. No. I'm not really hungry.Copy !req
148. Good. I'll check on you later then.
All right?Copy !req
149. Okay.
- Okay.Copy !req
150. You know something, Maureen?
You're lucky you met me.Copy !req
151. How's that?Copy !req
152. I think I can show you the ropes,
you know.Copy !req
153. There's a certain art to survival at Knox.
Really. Let me show you what I mean.Copy !req
154. Waiter. Bring me the telephone,
would you? And two more martinis.Copy !req
155. Wow.Copy !req
156. Klondike 5-55-66, please.Copy !req
157. Hello, Mrs Jorgensen?
Frank Wheeler here. Yes.Copy !req
158. I just wanted to let you know
that I've had to send Maureen GrubeCopy !req
159. down to Visual Aids for me.Copy !req
160. I'll probably need her
the rest of the afternoon. Yes.Copy !req
161. You, too. Take care now.Copy !req
162. I never even heard of Visual Aids.
- That's because it doesn't exist.Copy !req
163. Hi, Helen. Come on in.Copy !req
164. I can't stay a minute.Copy !req
165. I just wanted to bring
these sedum plantingsCopy !req
166. for that messy patch
down by the foot of the drive.Copy !req
167. It's like the European houseleek,Copy !req
168. only these have the most marvellous
little yellow blossoms.Copy !req
169. Now, all it wants for the first few daysCopy !req
170. is just a tiny dollop of water,
and then you'll find it absolutely thrives.Copy !req
171. Well, thank you, Helen.
That's so kind of you.Copy !req
172. Would you like some coffee?Copy !req
173. Is there something
I can do for you, Helen?Copy !req
174. I almost forgot.Copy !req
175. There is one small favour
I would like to ask.Copy !req
176. It's about... It's about my son, John.
He's been in the hospital.Copy !req
177. I'm sorry. Is everything all right?Copy !req
178. Well, actually, just for the time being,
he's in Pleasant Brook. Psychiatric.Copy !req
179. Oh, I see.
- Well, it's nothing serious.Copy !req
180. He just got a little run down. Things can
just get the better of us sometimes.Copy !req
181. Don't you agree?
- Yes. Of course.Copy !req
182. It's a marvellous facilityCopy !req
183. and the treatments
seem to be doing wonders for him.Copy !req
184. Anyway, they said getting him out
for an afternoonCopy !req
185. might do him a little bit of good.Copy !req
186. I think he finds my friends
a little conventional, quite frankly.Copy !req
187. I mean, he's travelled.
He has a Ph.D. in mathematics.Copy !req
188. I suppose you could say
he's an intellectual.Copy !req
189. It would do him a world of good
to meet a young couple like you.Copy !req
190. Well, we'd love to meet him.Copy !req
191. Really?
- Yes.Copy !req
192. We'd love to.Copy !req
193. Thank you, dear.Copy !req
194. Thank you.Copy !req
195. Well, I must be off.Copy !req
196. I remember the first day
you came off the train.Copy !req
197. You weren't like my other clients.
You were different.Copy !req
198. You just seemed special.Copy !req
199. Of course, you still are.Copy !req
200. Remember, just a dollop. I must scoot.
Toodle-oo.Copy !req
201. Bye.Copy !req
202. I think you got me a little drunk.Copy !req
203. You know what today is?Copy !req
204. Monday?Copy !req
205. It's my birthday. I'm 30 years old today.Copy !req
206. Happy birthday!
- Thank you.Copy !req
207. What was the name of that department
you made up again?Copy !req
208. Visual Aids.Copy !req
209. What a joke.Copy !req
210. What a joke. Oh, my.Copy !req
211. You want to hear a real joke?
- Yes.Copy !req
212. My old man worked at Knox.
- Yeah?Copy !req
213. He was a salesman in Yonkers.Copy !req
214. Once a year he used to take me
into the city for lunch.Copy !req
215. It was supposed to be a very special,
life-advice sort of occasion.Copy !req
216. Nice.
- No. Not really.Copy !req
217. I used to sit there and think,Copy !req
218. "I hope to Christ I don't end up like you."Copy !req
219. Now, here I am,
a 30-year-old Knox man.Copy !req
220. Can you beat that?Copy !req
221. I think I kind of lost you...Copy !req
222. Your father worked for Knox?Copy !req
223. I'm sorry, everything's just kind of
going out of focus.Copy !req
224. Why don't we get some air,
you and me?Copy !req
225. Is this you?Copy !req
226. Yeah.Copy !req
227. You been to Paris?
- I've never really been anywhere.Copy !req
228. Maybe I'll take you with me then.Copy !req
229. I'm going back the first chance I get,
I tell you.Copy !req
230. People are alive there. Not like here.Copy !req
231. All I know, April, is I want to feel things.Copy !req
232. Really feel them, you know.Copy !req
233. How's that for an ambition?Copy !req
234. Frank Wheeler? I think you're the most
interesting person I've ever met.Copy !req
235. I guess this wasn't what you had in mind
when you went to work this morning?Copy !req
236. No. It certainly wasn't.Copy !req
237. Do you have a cigarette, Frank?Copy !req
238. Yeah, sure.Copy !req
239. There you go.Copy !req
240. Can I get you a drink or anything?Copy !req
241. No thanks, Maureen. Actually, it's...Copy !req
242. It's getting kind of late.
I guess I'd better be cutting out.Copy !req
243. Gee, that's right.
Did you miss your train?Copy !req
244. That's all right, I'll catch the next one.Copy !req
245. Listen, you were swell.Copy !req
246. Take care now.Copy !req
247. Frank.
- Why are you all dressed up?Copy !req
248. First of all, I missed you all day
and I want to say I'm sorry.Copy !req
249. I'm sorry for the way I've been
since the play.Copy !req
250. I'm sorry for everything, and I love you.Copy !req
251. The rest can wait.Copy !req
252. Now, you just wait here
till I call you. Okay?Copy !req
253. Okay.Copy !req
254. All right, Frank. You can come in now.Copy !req
255. Happy birthday to youCopy !req
256. Happy birthday to youCopy !req
257. Happy birthday, dear DaddyCopy !req
258. Happy birthday to youCopy !req
259. Happy birthday, darling.Copy !req
260. I love you, Daddy.
- I love you, too.Copy !req
261. Frank.Copy !req
262. Frank. I have had
the most wonderful idea.Copy !req
263. I've been thinking about it all day.
- Baby, what's all this about?Copy !req
264. Do you know how much money
we have saved?Copy !req
265. Enough to live on for six months
without you earning another dime.Copy !req
266. And with the money we could get from
the house and the car, longer than that.Copy !req
267. "What we could get for the house"?Copy !req
268. Sweetheart, what are you talking about?
Where are we going to live?Copy !req
269. Paris.Copy !req
270. What?Copy !req
271. You always said it was the only place
you'd ever beenCopy !req
272. that you wanted to go back to,
the only place that was worth living.Copy !req
273. So why don't we go there?Copy !req
274. You're serious?
- Yes. What's stopping us?Copy !req
275. What's stopping us? Well, I can think
of a number of different things.Copy !req
276. For example, what kind of a job
could I possibly get?Copy !req
277. You won't be getting any
kind of a job, because I will.Copy !req
278. Oh, right, right.Copy !req
279. Don't laugh at me. Listen a minute.Copy !req
280. Do you know what they pay
for secretarial positionsCopy !req
281. in government agencies in Europe?
- No, I don't.Copy !req
282. Listen, Frank, I'm serious about this.
Do you think I'm kidding or something?Copy !req
283. Okay, okay.
I just have a couple of questions, is all.Copy !req
284. For one thing, what exactly
am I supposed to be doingCopy !req
285. while you're out earning all this money?Copy !req
286. Don't you see? That's the whole idea.Copy !req
287. You'll be doing what you should've
been allowed to do seven years ago.Copy !req
288. You'll have time.Copy !req
289. For the first time in your life
you'll have time to find outCopy !req
290. what it is that you actually want to do.Copy !req
291. And when you figure it out,Copy !req
292. you'll have the time and the freedom
to start doing it.Copy !req
293. Sweetheart, it's just
not very realistic, is all.Copy !req
294. No, Frank. This is what's unrealistic.Copy !req
295. It's unrealistic for a man
with a fine mind to go on workingCopy !req
296. year after year at a job he can't stand,Copy !req
297. coming home to a place he can't stand,Copy !req
298. to a wife who's equally unable to stand
the same things.Copy !req
299. Do you want to know the worst part?Copy !req
300. Our whole existence here
is based on this great premiseCopy !req
301. that we're special and superior
to the whole thing.Copy !req
302. But we're not.Copy !req
303. We're just like everyone else.Copy !req
304. Look at us. We've bought into
the same ridiculous delusion.Copy !req
305. This idea that
you have to resign from lifeCopy !req
306. and settle down the moment
you have children.Copy !req
307. And we've been
punishing each other for it.Copy !req
308. Listen, we decided to move out here.Copy !req
309. No one forced me
to take the job at Knox.Copy !req
310. I mean, whoever said I was meant
to be a big deal, anyway?Copy !req
311. When I first met you, there was nothing
in the world you couldn't do or be.Copy !req
312. When you first met me
I was a little wise guyCopy !req
313. with a big mouth, that's all.Copy !req
314. You were not.
How can you even say that?Copy !req
315. Okay. Okay, so I'll have time.Copy !req
316. And God knows that's appealing.
It's very appealing.Copy !req
317. And everything you're saying
makes senseCopy !req
318. if I had a definite talent,
if I were a writer or an artist.Copy !req
319. No. But, Frank, listen. Listen to me.Copy !req
320. It's what you are that's being stifled.Copy !req
321. It's what you are that's being denied
and denied in this kind of life.Copy !req
322. And what's that?Copy !req
323. Don't you know?Copy !req
324. You're the most beautiful
and wonderful thing in the world.Copy !req
325. You're a man.Copy !req
326. This is our chance, Frank.
This is our one chance.Copy !req
327. Okay.Copy !req
328. Okay?Copy !req
329. Why not? Why the hell not?Copy !req
330. Good morning, all.
- Morning, Frank.Copy !req
331. Franklin. Good to see your shining face.Copy !req
332. What's the news?
- Fellas, I'm moving to Paris.Copy !req
333. Indeed. And I'm moving to Tangiers.Copy !req
334. Intra-company letter to Toledo.Copy !req
335. Attention B.F. Chalmers,
Branch Manager.Copy !req
336. With regard to recent and repeated
correspondence,Copy !req
337. this is to advise
that the matter has beenCopy !req
338. very satisfactorily taken in hand, period.Copy !req
339. Paragraph. We wholly agree that
the existing brochure is unsuitable.Copy !req
340. To this end, we have developed, quote,Copy !req
341. "Speaking of Production Control."Copy !req
342. Here you go, Mrs Wheeler. These are
the traveller's cheques you requested.Copy !req
343. Yes.
- Your steamer reservations.Copy !req
344. These I'll pass on
to the embassy for you.Copy !req
345. Good luck.
- Thank you.Copy !req
346. September. October at the outside.Copy !req
347. I just happen to think
people are better offCopy !req
348. doing some kind of work
they actually like.Copy !req
349. Right. Right, yes.
- Absolutely, absolutely.Copy !req
350. But, I mean, assuming there is
this true vocation waiting for you,Copy !req
351. wouldn't you be just as likely
to discover it here as there?Copy !req
352. I don't think it's possible
to discover anythingCopy !req
353. on the 15th floor of the Knox building,Copy !req
354. and I don't think any of you do either.Copy !req
355. Daddy, Daddy, Daddy!Copy !req
356. Michael.
- Daddy, will you read us...Copy !req
357. all the way to here.Copy !req
358. We have to take a big boat ride
across the sea to get there.Copy !req
359. But I won't know anybody there.
- I know. I know. Neither will I.Copy !req
360. But remember how you felt
when you started school?Copy !req
361. And now look
how many friends you have.Copy !req
362. You'll never guess
what they eat in Paris.Copy !req
363. You'll never guess.
- What?Copy !req
364. Slimy snails.
- Snails?Copy !req
365. Slimy snails and icky frog's legs.Copy !req
366. Milly, where are you, doll?Copy !req
367. You better get changed,
they'll be here soon.Copy !req
368. Is that what you're wearing?
- Don't you like it?Copy !req
369. Yeah, yeah. You look great, doll.Copy !req
370. Guess I better haul ass.Copy !req
371. Hiya, gang.Copy !req
372. What you watching?Copy !req
373. Shep?Copy !req
374. I was calling you and calling you.Copy !req
375. Hi.Copy !req
376. Here we go. Just a little something.Copy !req
377. Those look great. I'm starving.
- April, I can't get over it,Copy !req
378. you look like the cat that ate the canary.Copy !req
379. Do you have something to tell us?
Just a little bit of news?Copy !req
380. Well, actually, Milly, we... Well, we do
have some important news, yes.Copy !req
381. I knew it.Copy !req
382. Honey, why don't you tell them?
Go ahead.Copy !req
383. We're going to Europe. To Paris.Copy !req
384. To live.Copy !req
385. What?
- When?Copy !req
386. In September.
- But what for?Copy !req
387. What for?
Well, because we've always wanted to.Copy !req
388. Because the kids are young enough.
Because it's beautiful.Copy !req
389. I mean, really.
Shep, you've been there, you tell her.Copy !req
390. Yeah, it's a great city.
- Yeah.Copy !req
391. When did you make this decision?Copy !req
392. About a week ago?
It's hard to remember.Copy !req
393. We just suddenly decided to go,
that's all.Copy !req
394. About a week ago, you tell us now.
- We had to get used to the idea.Copy !req
395. So, what's the deal, Frank?
You get a job over there, or what?Copy !req
396. No, no. Not exactly.
- What do you mean, "Not exactly"?Copy !req
397. Frank won't be getting
any kind of a job, because I will.Copy !req
398. So what are you going to do, Frank?Copy !req
399. I'm going to study.
And I'm going to read.Copy !req
400. I suppose I'm going to finally figure out
what I want to do with my life, Shep.Copy !req
401. While she supports you?Copy !req
402. Yes. While she supports me.Copy !req
403. In the beginning.Copy !req
404. You wouldn't believe what they pay
for secretarial workCopy !req
405. in those government agencies
over there.Copy !req
406. NATO and ECA and those places.Copy !req
407. And the cost of living
is dirt cheap, right?Copy !req
408. It's so cheap.Copy !req
409. The truth is we just need
something different.Copy !req
410. We're not getting any younger and
we don't want life to just pass us by.Copy !req
411. That's right.Copy !req
412. Gee, it sounds wonderful, kids.Copy !req
413. I mean it. It really sounds wonderful.Copy !req
414. Thank you, Milly.
- Oh, Milly.Copy !req
415. We'll certainly miss you both.
Won't we, sweetie? Golly.Copy !req
416. Sure.
- We'll miss you, too.Copy !req
417. Of course.
- True.Copy !req
418. We should have a toast or something.
To Paris.Copy !req
419. To Paris.
- To Paris.Copy !req
420. To Paris.Copy !req
421. Cheers.
- Cheers.Copy !req
422. You know what I think?Copy !req
423. What?Copy !req
424. I think this whole plan
sounds a little immature.Copy !req
425. Oh, God, I am so relieved.Copy !req
426. Me, too.
I was thinking that the whole time.Copy !req
427. I mean, what kind of man
is going to sit aroundCopy !req
428. in his bathrobe all day picking his noseCopy !req
429. while his wife goes out and works?
- I don't know, Shep.Copy !req
430. I just don't know.Copy !req
431. Why are you crying?Copy !req
432. What's the matter?Copy !req
433. It's nothing. I'm just so relieved.Copy !req
434. Shep.Copy !req
435. Don't cry. Please. It's all right.
Everything's going to be all right.Copy !req
436. My God, their faces! Oh, God.Copy !req
437. Oh, God!Copy !req
438. You know what this is like,
April, honestly?Copy !req
439. Just talking like this?Copy !req
440. The whole idea of going off
to Europe this way?Copy !req
441. This is the way I felt going up to the line
the first time, in the war.Copy !req
442. I mean, I was probably
just as scared as everyone else,Copy !req
443. but inside I never felt better.Copy !req
444. I felt alive. I felt full of blood. I felt...Copy !req
445. Everything just...
Everything seemed more real.Copy !req
446. The guys in their uniforms.Copy !req
447. The snow on the fields, the trees.
And all of us just walking.Copy !req
448. I mean, I was scared, of course.Copy !req
449. But I just kept thinking,
"This is it, you know. This is the truth."Copy !req
450. I felt that way once, too.Copy !req
451. When?Copy !req
452. The first time you made love to me.Copy !req
453. April.Copy !req
454. Frank.Copy !req
455. What's up?
- Bart Pollock's here.Copy !req
456. He's in Bandy's office.Copy !req
457. Big deal, huh?Copy !req
458. Looks like he wants to talk to you.Copy !req
459. Hey, keep my name out of it.Copy !req
460. Frank. Good to see you.
You know Bart Pollock?Copy !req
461. Well, we've never met, but of course...
- Good to know you, Frank.Copy !req
462. "Speaking of Production Control"?Copy !req
463. Frank, this is a crackerjack.Copy !req
464. They are tickled to death in Toledo.Copy !req
465. Really?Copy !req
466. So, this guy Pollock was perfect
presidential material in the worst sense.Copy !req
467. A million dollar smile and about three
pounds of muscle between the ears.Copy !req
468. April, you should have heard this guy.Copy !req
469. "Frank, this is a crackerjack."
What a horse's ass.Copy !req
470. Wish I'd seen his face
when you told him you were leaving.Copy !req
471. Yeah.Copy !req
472. Here they come.Copy !req
473. Sorry to be late.
- You're not late.Copy !req
474. The traffic was terrible.
- Thank you. You didn't have to do that.Copy !req
475. Good to see you.
- Wasn't it terrible, Howard?Copy !req
476. Well, Route 12.Copy !req
477. By the time they finish
that stretch of road,Copy !req
478. they'll have to start all over again, right?Copy !req
479. And you must be John?
- Say hello, John.Copy !req
480. Nice to meet you. Heard a lot about you.Copy !req
481. Where are your darling children?
- They're at a birthday party.Copy !req
482. Sorry they couldn't be here.
- Don't worry.Copy !req
483. If I had a certified lunatic
coming around my house,Copy !req
484. I'd probably get the kids
out of the way, too.Copy !req
485. Look at all this food. You didn't
have to go to any trouble for us.Copy !req
486. It's just some sandwiches.Copy !req
487. John, would you like a sandwich?Copy !req
488. Helen's been talking it up
about you people for months.Copy !req
489. The nice young Wheelers
on Revolutionary Road,Copy !req
490. the nice young Revolutionaries
on Wheeler Road.Copy !req
491. Would anyone like some sherry?
- Please don't bother, Frank.Copy !req
492. I'd like some sherry.Copy !req
493. And I'll drink Helen's, too,
if she doesn't beat me to it.Copy !req
494. But, hey, you got a high-ball glass?Copy !req
495. Put a couple-three ice cubes in it,
pour it up to the brim.Copy !req
496. That's the way I like it.
- I think I can handle that.Copy !req
497. This egg salad is delicious, April.
You must tell me how you fix it.Copy !req
498. You a lawyer, Frank?
- No. No, I'm not.Copy !req
499. I could use a lawyer.Copy !req
500. John, let's not get started again
about the lawyer.Copy !req
501. Pop, couldn't you just sit thereCopy !req
502. and eat your wonderful egg salad
and quit horning in?Copy !req
503. See, I've got a good
many questions to askCopy !req
504. and I'm willing to pay for the answers.Copy !req
505. Now, I don't need to be told that a man
who goes after his motherCopy !req
506. with a coffee table is putting himself in
a weak position legally, that's obvious.Copy !req
507. John, come and have a look
out this fabulous picture window.Copy !req
508. If he hits her with it and kills her,
that's a criminal case.Copy !req
509. Oh, look, the sun's coming out!
- if all he does is break the coffee tableCopy !req
510. and give her
a certain amount of aggravationCopy !req
511. and she decides to
go to court over it, that's a civil case.Copy !req
512. Maybe we'll have a rainbow.
John, come have a look.Copy !req
513. Ma, how about doing everybody
a favour? How about shutting up!Copy !req
514. Settle down, now.Copy !req
515. Maybe I can look into it, recommend
someone. What do you say?Copy !req
516. So, what do you do, Frank?Copy !req
517. I work at Knox Business Machines,
actually.Copy !req
518. You design the machines?Copy !req
519. Nope.
- Make them, sell them, repair them?Copy !req
520. All these questions.
- I help sell them, I guess.Copy !req
521. I work in the office. Actually, it's...Copy !req
522. Well, it's sort of a stupid job, really.Copy !req
523. There's nothing interesting
about it at all.Copy !req
524. What do you do it for then?Copy !req
525. Maybe Frank doesn't like
being questioned.Copy !req
526. Okay, okay, okay.
I know it's none of my business.Copy !req
527. And besides, I know the answer.Copy !req
528. You want to play house,
you got to have a job.Copy !req
529. You want to play very nice house,
very sweet house,Copy !req
530. then you've got to have
a job you don't like.Copy !req
531. Anyone comes along and says,
"What do you do it for?"Copy !req
532. He's probably on a four-hour pass
from the state funny farm.Copy !req
533. All agreed? Ma?
- Sorry, Frank.Copy !req
534. Don't be. Don't be. Actually, John,
I agree with everything you just said.Copy !req
535. We both do. That's why I'm quitting
the job in the fall. We're taking off.Copy !req
536. We're moving to Paris.Copy !req
537. Did you know about this, Ma?Copy !req
538. How do you feel about that, Ma?
The nice young Wheelers...Copy !req
539. The nice young Wheelers are taking off.Copy !req
540. John, please.
- Steady down, Son.Copy !req
541. John. John. How about some fresh air?
What do you say?Copy !req
542. If that's all right with you?Copy !req
543. I don't know if it's such a good idea...
- if John wants to, I don't see the harm.Copy !req
544. Good.
- After you.Copy !req
545. I hear you're a mathematician.
- You hear wrong. It's all gone now.Copy !req
546. All gone?Copy !req
547. You know what
electrical shock treatments are?Copy !req
548. Yes. Yes, I do.Copy !req
549. I've had 37.Copy !req
550. Supposed to jolt out
the emotional problems.Copy !req
551. Just jolted out the mathematics.
- How awful.Copy !req
552. "How awful"? Why,
because mathematics is so interesting?Copy !req
553. No. Because the shocks
must be awful and,Copy !req
554. well, because it's awful not to be able
to do what it is that you want to do.Copy !req
555. I think mathematics must be dull.Copy !req
556. I like your girl, Frank.Copy !req
557. Me, too.Copy !req
558. So, what do a couple of people like you
have to run away from?Copy !req
559. We're not running.
- So what's in Paris?Copy !req
560. A different way of life.
- Maybe we are running.Copy !req
561. We're running from the hopeless
emptiness of the whole life here, right?Copy !req
562. The hopeless emptiness?Copy !req
563. Now you've said it. Plenty of people
are on to the emptiness,Copy !req
564. but it takes real guts
to see the hopelessness.Copy !req
565. Wow.Copy !req
566. You know, he's the first personCopy !req
567. who seemed to know
what we were talking about.Copy !req
568. Yeah. That's true, isn't it?
Maybe we are just as crazy as he is.Copy !req
569. If being crazy means
living life as if it matters,Copy !req
570. then I don't care
if we are completely insane.Copy !req
571. Do you?Copy !req
572. No.Copy !req
573. I love you so much.Copy !req
574. Tell you something, Frank.
That Ted Bandy, nice guy.Copy !req
575. Real sport.Copy !req
576. Good enough department head and all.Copy !req
577. But I'm a little sore at him
for the way he's kept youCopy !req
578. under a bushel all these years.Copy !req
579. This place okay for you?
- It's just fine, sir. Just fine.Copy !req
580. One thing interests me, Frank,
and one thing only.Copy !req
581. Selling the electronic computer
to the American businessman.Copy !req
582. That's why I'm assembling a team.
Men like you.Copy !req
583. Not your average salesmen.Copy !req
584. It'll mean more money,Copy !req
585. and, I got to be honest,
maybe more of a time commitment.Copy !req
586. But you'll be a part of
something exciting, Wheeler.Copy !req
587. Computers.Copy !req
588. Well, sir, it sounds exciting.Copy !req
589. Bart.
- Bart.Copy !req
590. Bart, let me ask you a question.Copy !req
591. Do you happen to remember
an Earl Wheeler? Out of Yonkers?Copy !req
592. Can't say that I do. Relation of yours?
- My father.Copy !req
593. He worked as a salesman for Knox
for almost 20 years.Copy !req
594. Earl Wheeler.Copy !req
595. Earl Wheeler.Copy !req
596. There's no reason you'd remember him.Copy !req
597. Well, I'm sure he was a good man.Copy !req
598. Listen, Bart, there's something
I should have mentioned earlier.Copy !req
599. I'm going to be leaving the firm
in the fall.Copy !req
600. Another outfit?
- No, no, it's not another outfit.Copy !req
601. Now, look, Frank.
Is it a question of money?Copy !req
602. Because if it is, there's no reasonCopy !req
603. we can't get together on a satisfactory...Copy !req
604. Well, I sure appreciate that,
but no, it's not the money.Copy !req
605. It's... Well, it's more of a personal thing.Copy !req
606. I hope you understand.Copy !req
607. A personal thing?Copy !req
608. I see.Copy !req
609. Frank, let me tell you something
my father told me.Copy !req
610. A man only gets
a couple of chances in life.Copy !req
611. If he doesn't grab them by the balls,Copy !req
612. it won't be long before
he's sitting around wonderingCopy !req
613. how he got to be second rate.Copy !req
614. I guess so.Copy !req
615. So, do me a favour. Sleep on it.Copy !req
616. Discuss it with your wife.Copy !req
617. Because let's be honest,
where the hell would any of us beCopy !req
618. without our wives, anyway?Copy !req
619. And, Frank, in all sincerity,
if you do decide to join us,Copy !req
620. I believe it'll be a thing
you'll never regret.Copy !req
621. And I believe something else, too.Copy !req
622. I believe it'd be a fine memorial
to your dad.Copy !req
623. Think about it, Frank.
Really think about it.Copy !req
624. Knowing what you've got, comma,Copy !req
625. knowing what you need, comma,Copy !req
626. knowing what you can do without, dash.Copy !req
627. That's inventory control.Copy !req
628. Knowing what you've got, comma,Copy !req
629. knowing what you need, comma,Copy !req
630. knowing what you can do without, dash.Copy !req
631. That's inventory control.Copy !req
632. Hi, Frank.Copy !req
633. Working late?Copy !req
634. Yeah. I got to dig myself out here.Copy !req
635. I heard you were getting promoted.Copy !req
636. Big shot.Copy !req
637. I guess your dad would have been
real proud, huh?Copy !req
638. Yeah. Yeah, I guess so.Copy !req
639. So maybe I should take you
for a drink or something?Copy !req
640. You know, celebrate.Copy !req
641. Yeah, maybe.Copy !req
642. I'll just get my things.Copy !req
643. I'm going to bring my doll carriageCopy !req
644. and my three Easter rabbits
and my giraffeCopy !req
645. and all my dolls and my doll house
and my crayons...Copy !req
646. I thought maybe
we'd give the doll house to Madeline.Copy !req
647. I don't want to give the doll house
to Madeline.Copy !req
648. But I already explained to you,Copy !req
649. the big things
are going to be hard to pack.Copy !req
650. But she can have my bear,Copy !req
651. and my three Easter rabbits.
- No! Just the big things.Copy !req
652. Look. Wouldn't you rather go outside
and play with Michael?Copy !req
653. I don't feel like it.
- You've been inside all day.Copy !req
654. I don't feel like it.Copy !req
655. Well, I don't feel like
explaining everything 15 timesCopy !req
656. to somebody who's too bored and silly
to listen!Copy !req
657. All right, April. What's the matter?
- Nothing.Copy !req
658. I don't believe you.
Did something happen this morning?Copy !req
659. Nothing happened today that I haven't
known about for days and days.Copy !req
660. What?Copy !req
661. Oh, God, Frank,
please don't look so dense.Copy !req
662. You mean you haven't guessed
or anything?Copy !req
663. April, what are you talking about?Copy !req
664. I'm pregnant, that's all.Copy !req
665. What?Copy !req
666. Frank, I meant to wait
till the kids were in bed to tell you,Copy !req
667. but I just...
Well, I've been pretty sure all weekCopy !req
668. and today I went to the doctor,Copy !req
669. and now I can't even pretend
it's not true.Copy !req
670. How long?
- Ten weeks.Copy !req
671. Ten weeks. Ten weeks?
And you wait until now to tell me?Copy !req
672. I thought... I don't know what I thought.
I'm sorry, Frank. I'm so sorry.Copy !req
673. I know. I know you are. All right?Copy !req
674. There are things we can do.Copy !req
675. We don't have to let this stop us
from going, do we?Copy !req
676. Remember that girl at school
I told you about?Copy !req
677. As long as we take care of it
before 12 weeks, it's fine.Copy !req
678. We've got to be together in this, Frank.Copy !req
679. Well, we'll figure it out. All right?Copy !req
680. Come here.Copy !req
681. Twelve weeks.
So we have time to decide, right?Copy !req
682. Right.Copy !req
683. I love you.Copy !req
684. I love you, too.Copy !req
685. So, Frank, how's work?
They gonna survive without you?Copy !req
686. Actually, something kind of funny
happened the other day.Copy !req
687. I did some dumb little piece of work
to get myself off the hook with Bandy,Copy !req
688. and suddenly,
I'm the bright young man.Copy !req
689. That's always the way, ain't it?
- It's incredible.Copy !req
690. I mean, I knocked this thing off
in a couple of minutesCopy !req
691. and now they want me to join
their team of "specialist" salesmen.Copy !req
692. Morons.Copy !req
693. Well, it would be funny
if they weren't offeringCopy !req
694. so much damn money.Copy !req
695. So, are you tempted?Copy !req
696. Well, it's just kind of ironic,
don't you think?Copy !req
697. I thought you turned the job down.Copy !req
698. Not yet.Copy !req
699. It's just an option, that's all.Copy !req
700. With the kind of money they're talking,
things could be different for us here.Copy !req
701. We could get a better place. Travel.Copy !req
702. The point is, we could be happy here,
at least for a little while.Copy !req
703. It is possible that Parisians
aren't the only onesCopy !req
704. capable of leading
interesting lives, April.Copy !req
705. So you've made up your mind?Copy !req
706. No. No. Like I said, it's just an option.
That's all.Copy !req
707. And supposing you're right.Copy !req
708. You make all this money
and we have this interesting life here.Copy !req
709. Won't you still be wasting your life
toiling away at a job you find ridiculous?Copy !req
710. Maybe we let that be my business,
all right?Copy !req
711. Your business?Copy !req
712. You know what? It's too hot for this.
I'm going to go get wet.Copy !req
713. You don't want to go, do you?
- Come on, April. Of course, I do.Copy !req
714. No, you don't.
Because you've never tried at anything.Copy !req
715. And if you don't try at anything,
you can't fail.Copy !req
716. What the hell do you mean I don't try?Copy !req
717. I support you, don't I?
I pay for this house.Copy !req
718. I work 10 hours a day
at a job I can't stand.Copy !req
719. You don't have to.
- Bullshit!Copy !req
720. Look, I'm not happy about it.Copy !req
721. But I have the backbone not to run away
from my responsibilities.Copy !req
722. It takes backbone
to lead the life you want, Frank.Copy !req
723. Where are you going?Copy !req
724. If it's all right with you, April,
I'm gonna go use the bathroom. Okay?Copy !req
725. What the hell are you going to do
with this?Copy !req
726. And what do you think
you're going to do?Copy !req
727. You're going to stop me?
- You're damn right I am!Copy !req
728. Go ahead and try.Copy !req
729. Listen to me. You do this, April,
you do this and I swear to God I'll...Copy !req
730. You'll what? You'll leave me?
Is that a threat or a promise?Copy !req
731. When did you buy this, April?Copy !req
732. How long have you had this?
I want to know!Copy !req
733. Jesus Christ.Copy !req
734. You really are being melodramatic
about this whole thing.Copy !req
735. As long as it's done
in the first 12 weeks, it's perfectly safe.Copy !req
736. That's now, April! Don't I get a say?
- Of course you do!Copy !req
737. It would be for you, Frank.
Don't you see?Copy !req
738. So you can have time,
just like we talked about.Copy !req
739. How can it be for me
when the thought of itCopy !req
740. makes my stomach turn over,
for God's sake?Copy !req
741. Then it's for me.Copy !req
742. Tell me we can have the baby
in Paris, Frank.Copy !req
743. Tell me we can have a different life.
But don't make me stay here. Please.Copy !req
744. We can't have the baby in Paris.
- Why not?Copy !req
745. I don't need everything we have here.
I don't care where we live.Copy !req
746. I mean, who made these rules, anyway?Copy !req
747. Look, the only reason we moved
out here was because I got pregnant.Copy !req
748. Then we had another child to prove
the first one wasn't a mistake.Copy !req
749. I mean, how long does it go on?Copy !req
750. Frank.
Do you actually want another child?Copy !req
751. Well, do you? Come on, tell me.Copy !req
752. Tell me the truth, Frank.
Remember that?Copy !req
753. We used to live by it.Copy !req
754. And you know what's so good
about the truth?Copy !req
755. Everyone knows what it is,
however long they've lived without it.Copy !req
756. No one forgets the truth, Frank.
They just get better at lying.Copy !req
757. So tell me,
do you really want another child?Copy !req
758. All I know is what I feel.Copy !req
759. And anyone else in their right mind
would feel the same way, April.Copy !req
760. But I've had two children.
Doesn't that count in my favour?Copy !req
761. Christ, April!
The fact that you even put it that way!Copy !req
762. You make it seem as if having children
is some sort of a goddamn punishment.Copy !req
763. I love my children, Frank.Copy !req
764. And you're sure about that, huh?Copy !req
765. What the hell
is that supposed to mean?Copy !req
766. April, you just said our daughter
was a mistake.Copy !req
767. How do I know you didn't try
to get rid of her,Copy !req
768. or Michael for that matter?
- No.Copy !req
769. How do I know you didn't try to flush
our entire fucking familyCopy !req
770. down the toilet?
- No, that's not true. Of course I didn't.Copy !req
771. But how do I know, April?Copy !req
772. Stop. Please just stop, Frank.Copy !req
773. April, a normal woman,
a normal sane motherCopy !req
774. doesn't buy a piece of rubber tubing
to give herself an abortionCopy !req
775. so she can live out
some kind of a goddamn fantasy.Copy !req
776. Look, all I'm saying is you don't seem
entirely rational about this thing.Copy !req
777. And I think it's about time
we found somebodyCopy !req
778. to help make some sense of your life.Copy !req
779. And the new job's going to
pay for that, too?Copy !req
780. April, if you need a shrink,
it will be paid for.Copy !req
781. Obviously.Copy !req
782. Okay. I guess there isn't much more
to say then, is there?Copy !req
783. So I guess Paris
was a pretty childish idea, huh?Copy !req
784. I guess maybe it was.Copy !req
785. April, we can be happy here.Copy !req
786. I can make you happy here.Copy !req
787. We've had a great couple of months.
It doesn't need to end.Copy !req
788. We're going to be okay. I promise.Copy !req
789. I hope so, Frank.Copy !req
790. I really hope so.Copy !req
791. Thank you for waiting.
Mr Pollock will see you now.Copy !req
792. Thanks so much.Copy !req
793. Foiled by faulty contraception.Copy !req
794. I can't say that I'm sorry.Copy !req
795. You'd have been sorely missed
in the old cubicle, I can tell you that.Copy !req
796. Wouldn't have been the same
without you.Copy !req
797. Besides... Well...Copy !req
798. What?Copy !req
799. The plan always seemed
a touch unrealistic, don't you think?Copy !req
800. I suppose
it's none of my business, really.Copy !req
801. No. No. I suppose it isn't.Copy !req
802. Well...Copy !req
803. They'll be celebrating
in the secretarial pool.Copy !req
804. Hey! Remember the first time
you brought us here?Copy !req
805. Absolutely.Copy !req
806. You said it takes a special kind of taste
to enjoy Vito's Log Cabin.Copy !req
807. It's so awful, it's kind of nice.Copy !req
808. Look at me. I'm just so happy.
Our little gang's back together again.Copy !req
809. Hey, Europe's not going anywhere.
- That's right.Copy !req
810. April, honey, how about a dance?Copy !req
811. Not right now. Maybe later.Copy !req
812. I'll dance.
- Okay.Copy !req
813. Guess she's still pretty blue
about Paris, huh?Copy !req
814. Think she'll be okay?Copy !req
815. Sure. Give us girls a couple of days
and we can get over anything.Copy !req
816. Right.Copy !req
817. Frank.Copy !req
818. Frank.Copy !req
819. Frank.Copy !req
820. Frank.Copy !req
821. Are you okay? Are you okay? Milly?Copy !req
822. I'm so sorry.Copy !req
823. Excuse me.Copy !req
824. That's just great.Copy !req
825. How the hell
are we supposed to get out now?Copy !req
826. Oh, boy.Copy !req
827. Don't worry about it, Shep.
We can wait. Really.Copy !req
828. What about the sitter?Copy !req
829. Listen, why don't you drive Milly home,
then go home yourself.Copy !req
830. That takes care of both sitters.
Then Shep can take me home later.Copy !req
831. Yeah, it's fine by me.
- Okay, then.Copy !req
832. You... You'll be all right?
- Sure.Copy !req
833. Okay.Copy !req
834. Good night.
- Good night.Copy !req
835. Feel better.Copy !req
836. I'm sorry you're not
going away any more.Copy !req
837. I know it was important to you.Copy !req
838. Don't take this wrong,
but I've been there.Copy !req
839. They don't have so much
we don't have here.Copy !req
840. It didn't have to be Paris.Copy !req
841. You just wanted out, huh?Copy !req
842. I wanted in.Copy !req
843. I just wanted us to live again.Copy !req
844. For years,
I thought we shared this secret.Copy !req
845. That we would be
wonderful in the world.Copy !req
846. I didn't exactly know how, but just...Copy !req
847. Just the possibility kept me hoping.Copy !req
848. How pathetic is that?Copy !req
849. So stupid.Copy !req
850. To put all your hopes in a promise
that was never made?Copy !req
851. See, Frank knows.
He knows what he wants.Copy !req
852. He's found his place. He's just fine.Copy !req
853. Married, two kids.Copy !req
854. It should be enough.Copy !req
855. It is for him.Copy !req
856. And he's right.Copy !req
857. We were never special or destined
or anything at all.Copy !req
858. Yes, you are.Copy !req
859. You're...Copy !req
860. You're the Wheelers.Copy !req
861. You're a terrific couple.
Everybody says so.Copy !req
862. I saw a whole other future.Copy !req
863. I can't stop seeing it.Copy !req
864. Can't leave,Copy !req
865. can't stay.Copy !req
866. No damn use to anyone.Copy !req
867. Come on.Copy !req
868. Let's do it.Copy !req
869. Let me take you somewhere.Copy !req
870. No. Just do it here. Now.Copy !req
871. April.Copy !req
872. This is what I've always wanted.Copy !req
873. I love you.Copy !req
874. Don't say that.Copy !req
875. No. I mean it, I love you.Copy !req
876. Please, just be quiet for a minute.Copy !req
877. Then you can take me home.Copy !req
878. It's beautiful out.Copy !req
879. Yes, it is.Copy !req
880. You know what today is?Copy !req
881. It's 12 weeks.
- That's right.Copy !req
882. Look, this has been
kind of a crazy summer.Copy !req
883. We've both been under a strain.Copy !req
884. I mean, I understand why you're upset.Copy !req
885. You know I'm not sleeping with you,
and you want to know why.Copy !req
886. Well, I'm sorry, Frank,
but I really don't feel like talking about it.Copy !req
887. All right.
Then what should we talk about, April?Copy !req
888. Would it be all right
if we didn't talk about anything?Copy !req
889. I mean, can't we just take each day
as it comes, and do the best we can,Copy !req
890. and not feel like we have to talk
about everything all the time?Copy !req
891. I don't think I'm suggesting that
we talk about everything all the time.Copy !req
892. Look, my point is we've both been
under a strainCopy !req
893. and we ought to be helping each other
out as much as we can right now.Copy !req
894. I mean, God knows my own behaviour
has been pretty weird lately.Copy !req
895. As a matter of fact, there is something
I'd like to tell you about.Copy !req
896. I've been with a girl a few times,
in the city.Copy !req
897. A girl I hardly even know.Copy !req
898. It was nothing to me,Copy !req
899. but it's over now, really over.Copy !req
900. And if I weren't sure of that, I guess
I could never have told you about it.Copy !req
901. Why did you?Copy !req
902. Baby, I don't know.Copy !req
903. I think it's a simple case
of wanting to be a man againCopy !req
904. after all that abortion business.Copy !req
905. Some kind of neurotic,
irrational need to prove something.Copy !req
906. No. I don't mean
why did you have the girl.Copy !req
907. I mean, why did you tell me about it?Copy !req
908. What do you mean?
- I mean, what's the point?Copy !req
909. Is it supposed to make me jealous
or something?Copy !req
910. Is it supposed to make me
fall in love with you,Copy !req
911. or back into bed with you, or what?Copy !req
912. I mean,
what would you like me to say, Frank?Copy !req
913. Why don't you say what you feel, April?Copy !req
914. I don't feel anything.Copy !req
915. In other words, you don't care what I do
or who I fuck or anything?Copy !req
916. No, I guess that's right. I don't.Copy !req
917. Fuck who you like.Copy !req
918. April, don't you understand
that I want you to care?Copy !req
919. I know. I know you do.Copy !req
920. And I suppose I would if I loved you.Copy !req
921. But I don't think I do any more.
And I only just figured that out.Copy !req
922. And that's why I'd just as soon
not do any talking right now.Copy !req
923. Don't give me that shit, April.
Don't give me that.Copy !req
924. You know goddamn well you love me.
- You think so?Copy !req
925. You know goddamn well!Copy !req
926. Anyone home?Copy !req
927. I'm sorry dinner's late.
Would anyone like another drink?Copy !req
928. Don't worry.
It's nice to just sit a bit and socialise.Copy !req
929. You shouldn't have gone to
all this trouble.Copy !req
930. With all your packing and whatnot.Copy !req
931. I imagine you have a lot on your plate.
No pun intended.Copy !req
932. Actually, there's been
a change of plans.Copy !req
933. I thought maybe it was obvious.Copy !req
934. April here is pregnant.Copy !req
935. Congratulations.
- Oh, April!Copy !req
936. I can't tell you how pleased I am!Copy !req
937. But I expect you'll be needing
a bigger house now, won't you?Copy !req
938. Hold it a second, Ma.
Hold on a second, Ma.Copy !req
939. I don't get this.
I mean, what's so obvious about it?Copy !req
940. I mean, okay, she's pregnant, so what?
Don't people have babies in Europe?Copy !req
941. John...
- Suppose we just sayCopy !req
942. that people anywhere
aren't very well advised to have babiesCopy !req
943. unless they can afford them.Copy !req
944. Okay. Okay, it's a question of money.
Money's a good reason.Copy !req
945. But it's hardly ever the real reason.Copy !req
946. What's the real reason?
Wife talk you out of it or what?Copy !req
947. Little woman decide she isn't
quite ready to quit playing house?Copy !req
948. No, no, that's not it. I can tell.Copy !req
949. She looks too tough
and adequate as hell.Copy !req
950. Okay, then. It must've been you.
What happened?Copy !req
951. John, please. You're being very rude.
- No, no. What happened, Frank?Copy !req
952. You get cold feet?Copy !req
953. You decide
you're better off here after all?Copy !req
954. You figure it's more comfyCopy !req
955. here in the old hopeless emptiness
after all, huh?Copy !req
956. Oh, wow, that did it. Look at his face.Copy !req
957. What's the matter, Wheeler?
Am I getting warm?Copy !req
958. All right, Son. I think we'd better be...
- You know something?Copy !req
959. I wouldn't be surprised
if he knocked her up on purposeCopy !req
960. just so he could spend the rest of his
life hiding behind a maternity dress.Copy !req
961. That way he'd never have to find out
what he's really made of.Copy !req
962. Now look, I think that's just about
enough out of you.Copy !req
963. I mean, who the hell
do you think you are?Copy !req
964. You come in here and sayCopy !req
965. whatever crazy goddamn thing
comes into your head,Copy !req
966. and I think it's about time somebody told
you to keep your goddamn mouth shut.Copy !req
967. He's not well, Frank.
- Not well, my ass!Copy !req
968. I don't give a damn
if he's sick or well or dead or alive,Copy !req
969. he should keep his fucking opinionsCopy !req
970. in the fucking insane asylum
where they belong!Copy !req
971. Let's go, Son.
- Come on, John.Copy !req
972. Big man you got there, April.Copy !req
973. Big family man.Copy !req
974. I feel sorry for you.Copy !req
975. Still, maybe you deserve each other.Copy !req
976. I mean, the way you look right now,
I'm beginning to feel sorry for him, too.Copy !req
977. You must give him a pretty bad timeCopy !req
978. if making babies is the only way
he can prove he's got a pair of balls.Copy !req
979. You fucking...
- No! He's not well, Frank!Copy !req
980. All right, John.
Let's get on out to the car now.Copy !req
981. April, I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.Copy !req
982. Oh, right. Sorry. Sorry! Sorry!Copy !req
983. Ma, have I said
"I'm sorry" enough times?Copy !req
984. Damn! I am sorry, too.Copy !req
985. I bet I'm just about
the sorriest bastard I know.Copy !req
986. But get right down to it, I don't have
a whole hell of a lot to be glad about.Copy !req
987. Do I?Copy !req
988. But, hey, you know what?Copy !req
989. I am glad about one thing.Copy !req
990. You want to know what I'm glad about?Copy !req
991. I'm glad I'm not gonna be that kid.Copy !req
992. Okay, okay, don't tell me.Copy !req
993. Don't tell me, let me guess.Copy !req
994. I made a disgusting spectacle
of myself, right?Copy !req
995. Right.Copy !req
996. And everything that man said
is true, right?Copy !req
997. Is that what you're going to say?Copy !req
998. Apparently I don't have to.Copy !req
999. You're saying it for me.
- Well, you're wrong, April.Copy !req
1000. Really? Why am I wrong?
- Because the man is insane.Copy !req
1001. He's fucking insane! Do you know what
the definition of insanity is?Copy !req
1002. No. Do you?Copy !req
1003. Yes, it's the inability
to relate to another human being.Copy !req
1004. It's the inability to love.Copy !req
1005. April. April.Copy !req
1006. April! April!Copy !req
1007. The inability... The inability to love.Copy !req
1008. Frank. You really are a wonderful talker.Copy !req
1009. If black could be made into white
by talking,Copy !req
1010. you'd be the man for the job.Copy !req
1011. So now I'm crazy
because I don't love you. Right?Copy !req
1012. Is that the point?
- No. Wrong.Copy !req
1013. You're not crazy and you do love me.
That's the point, April.Copy !req
1014. But I don't. I hate you.Copy !req
1015. You were just some boy
who made me laugh at a party onceCopy !req
1016. and now I loathe the sight of you.Copy !req
1017. In fact, if you come any closer,
if you touch me or anything,Copy !req
1018. I think I'll scream.Copy !req
1019. Come on. Stop this, April.Copy !req
1020. Fuck you, April!Copy !req
1021. Fuck you and all your hateful,
snotty little...Copy !req
1022. What're you going to do now?
Are you going to hit me?Copy !req
1023. To show me how much you love me?
- Don't worry, I can't be bothered!Copy !req
1024. You're not worth the trouble
it would take to hit you.Copy !req
1025. You're not worth the powder
it would take to blow you up.Copy !req
1026. You're an empty, empty,
hollow shell of a woman!Copy !req
1027. What the hell are you doing in my house
if you hate me so much?Copy !req
1028. Why the hell are you married to me?Copy !req
1029. What the hell are you doing
carrying my child?Copy !req
1030. I mean, why didn't you just get
rid of it when you had the chance?Copy !req
1031. Because listen to me.
Listen to me, I got news for you.Copy !req
1032. I wish to God that you had.Copy !req
1033. April!Copy !req
1034. April!Copy !req
1035. April!Copy !req
1036. April!Copy !req
1037. April!Copy !req
1038. April!Copy !req
1039. April!
- Stay away from me.Copy !req
1040. April, listen.
- Stay away from me.Copy !req
1041. Can't I even get away from you
in the fucking woods?Copy !req
1042. April, listen, I didn't mean that.Copy !req
1043. Honestly, I didn't mean what I said.
- Are you still talking?Copy !req
1044. Isn't there any way to stop your talking?Copy !req
1045. I need to think. Can't you see that?
I need to think.Copy !req
1046. Please come back to the house.
What're you doing out here, April?Copy !req
1047. Do you want me to scream again,
Frank?Copy !req
1048. Because I will! I mean it!Copy !req
1049. Okay. Okay.Copy !req
1050. Good morning.Copy !req
1051. Good morning.Copy !req
1052. Would you like
scrambled eggs or fried?Copy !req
1053. I don't know.Copy !req
1054. It doesn't really matter.
Scrambled, I guess, if it's easy.Copy !req
1055. Fine. I'll have scrambled, too.Copy !req
1056. It's kind of nice having breakfast
without the kids for a change, huh?Copy !req
1057. Yes.Copy !req
1058. I thought you'd probably want
a good breakfast today.Copy !req
1059. I mean, it's kind of an important day
for you, isn't it?Copy !req
1060. Isn't this the day you have
your conference with Pollock?Copy !req
1061. Yes. Yes, that's right.Copy !req
1062. Big deal.
- I imagine it is a pretty big deal.Copy !req
1063. For them, anyway.Copy !req
1064. What exactly do you think
you'll be doing in your new job?Copy !req
1065. You haven't really
told me much about it.Copy !req
1066. Haven't I?Copy !req
1067. Well, I think this whole thing
is about Knox getting readyCopy !req
1068. to buy up one of those
really big computers,Copy !req
1069. even bigger than the 500.Copy !req
1070. Didn't I tell you about that?
- No.Copy !req
1071. Why don't you tell me now?Copy !req
1072. Well,Copy !req
1073. you know, basically it's just a big,
fast adding machine.Copy !req
1074. Only, instead of mechanical parts,
you see,Copy !req
1075. you've got thousands
of individual vacuum tubes.Copy !req
1076. I see.Copy !req
1077. At least I think I see.Copy !req
1078. Yes, it's really kind of interesting,
isn't it?Copy !req
1079. Well, I don't know.Copy !req
1080. Yeah, I guess it is kind of interesting,
in a way.Copy !req
1081. You should value what you do, Frank.Copy !req
1082. You're obviously good at it.Copy !req
1083. Well, I guess
I'd better be getting started, huh?Copy !req
1084. Listen, though, April, the...Copy !req
1085. This was really nice.Copy !req
1086. I mean, it was a swell breakfast.
Really, I...Copy !req
1087. I don't know when I've ever had
a nicer breakfast.Copy !req
1088. Thank you. I enjoyed it, too.Copy !req
1089. Then you don't...
You don't hate me or anything?Copy !req
1090. No. No, of course I don't.Copy !req
1091. Have a good day.Copy !req
1092. Okay, then. So long.Copy !req
1093. Hello. Milly? Everything all right?Copy !req
1094. Well, no, I'm afraid I'm not feeling
any better. That's really why I called.Copy !req
1095. If it's not an inconvenience for you,
this evening would be great.Copy !req
1096. What?Copy !req
1097. Oh, no. No.
Not if they're outdoors playing.Copy !req
1098. No.Copy !req
1099. Don't call them in.Copy !req
1100. Just give them each a kiss for me,Copy !req
1101. and tell them I...Copy !req
1102. Tell them...Copy !req
1103. You know. All right. All right.
Thank you, Milly. Bye.Copy !req
1104. I think I need help.Copy !req
1105. 115 Revolutionary Road.Copy !req
1106. Frank. They tell you what happened?
- Jesus Christ.Copy !req
1107. Shep, I didn't understand
half the things he told me.Copy !req
1108. He said the foetus was out
before they got her here.Copy !req
1109. And they had to operate to take out
the, what do you call it, the placenta?Copy !req
1110. And now she's still bleeding.Copy !req
1111. He said that she'd lost a lot of blood
before the ambulance came,Copy !req
1112. and now they're trying to stop it.Copy !req
1113. He said a whole lot of things
I didn't understand about capillaries...Copy !req
1114. He said that she's unconscious. Jesus.Copy !req
1115. Okay, Frank,
why don't you just take a seat?Copy !req
1116. What the hell do I want to sit down for,
for God's sake?Copy !req
1117. Okay, Frank. Just take it easy.
Take it easy.Copy !req
1118. Frank, have a cigarette.
- She did it to herself, Shep.Copy !req
1119. She did it to herself.Copy !req
1120. I'm gonna get you some coffee.Copy !req
1121. They were such wonderful people.
Weren't they, Shep?Copy !req
1122. It's just devastating. Poor April.Copy !req
1123. Thank you.Copy !req
1124. Frank lives in the city now.
Where is it that he works?Copy !req
1125. Bart Pollock Associates.
- Computers?Copy !req
1126. Interesting firm.Copy !req
1127. Have you seen him since?
- No. Not back here.Copy !req
1128. There are too many memories, I think.
Shep has seen him in the city.Copy !req
1129. Haven't you, sweetie?Copy !req
1130. Frank is just devoted to those kids.Copy !req
1131. Every spare moment he has,
he spends with them.Copy !req
1132. Excuse me.Copy !req
1133. You all right?Copy !req
1134. I don't want to talk
about the Wheelers any more.Copy !req
1135. Okay.Copy !req
1136. We don't have to.Copy !req
1137. We don't have to.Copy !req
1138. Daddy, Daddy, watch. Watch, Daddy.Copy !req
1139. I can't tell you how pleased I amCopy !req
1140. about the little Revolutionary Road
place, Howard.Copy !req
1141. And now whenever I drive past,
it gives me such a liftCopy !req
1142. to see it all perked up
and spanking clean again.Copy !req
1143. All the lights in all the windows.Copy !req
1144. And do you know? I was just thinking,
I've loved that little house for years.Copy !req
1145. And the Braces are the only really
suitable people I've ever found for it.Copy !req
1146. Really nice, congenial people, I mean.Copy !req
1147. Well, except for the Wheelers,
you mean.Copy !req
1148. I was very fond of the Wheelers.Copy !req
1149. They were a bit whimsical for my taste.
A bit neurotic.Copy !req
1150. I never stressed it, but they were oftenCopy !req
1151. very trying people
to deal with, in many ways.Copy !req
1152. And actually, the main reason
that the little house was so hard to sellCopy !req
1153. was because they let it depreciate
so dreadfully.Copy !req
1154. Warped window frames, wet cellar,
crayon marks all over the walls,Copy !req
1155. filthy smudges around the door knobs
and the fixtures...Copy !req