"Say, how long have you been married now, sir?" " Forty-nine years." " Oh, hey, that's wonderful." "What's so wonderful about it?" "Well, you know, you've been happily married all those years, and now your granddaughter's getting married." "Wonderful, huh?" "Well, if I had known then what I know now, I'd still be single." "If you're so unhappy, why don't you do something about it?" "I wasn't talking to you." "I was talking to Charlie here." "Mrs. Kelly, it's nothing, we were just talking, you know." "If you knew then what you know now, you'd still be single." "Well, if I knew then what I know now, I can promise you you'd be single." "I don't see why we have to get a divorce." "I'm perfectly content to just go along with things the way they are." "Well, I'm not." "No, a divorce is the only way." "What divorce?" "What are you talking about?" "Honey, what's the matter?" "Oh, everything." "I'm sorry, Brad." " I can't marry you." " What?" " I--I can't marry you." " What are you talking about?" "Ask my parents, or my grandparents." "Here's your--Your ring." "Trish." "Trish." "I'm sorry." "I thought I could handle this." "But I passed my husband's closet and it's empty and, well, I just started crying." " I know, it's so stupid." " No, no it's not." "I didn't wanna call my daughter." "I'm glad you called me." "I'll be right down." " Oh, you don't have to do that." " It's all right, Mrs. Kelly." " I'll be there soon." " Thank you." " Does Frank want the divorce?" " No." "He keeps on saying that he's willing to just go along." "But he's just afraid he'll lose half of what he's made" " in the divorce settlement." " Are you sure?" "He doesn't love me anymore." "And I don't want to live that way." "What about you?" "Do you love him?" "I don't know." "I don't know what I really feel now except scared and miserable." "How can you be so sure he doesn't love you if you don't even know how you feel?" "Because we're never together and when we are, all it takes is one word and we're arguing again." "What do you want, Carla?" "What do you really want?" "I don't want a divorce and I don't want to go on living like we have been." "Well, maybe you should try some counselling." "No, we're too far gone for that." "I'd say a marriage that's lasted for 25 years is worth a little work to try to save." "I want to either be happy with him or cut it and go on with the rest of my life." "I mean, he's not going to change and neither am I. We are who we are." "And if we can't live together then we should end it." "Well, maybe it's not so much changing who you are as it is changing the way you relate to each other." "Oh, no." "We're too set in our ways." "I'll tell you what I'd really want." "To be able to start over with him." "To be able to meet him again for the first time and then just start over." " What's wrong?" " What's wrong?" "What do you mean?" "Look in the mirror." "That's what's wrong." "That's not me." "No." "What do you mean "oh"?" "Does that look like me to you?" "It doesn't look like me to me, it doesn't even sound like me." "I'm having a breakdown." "It's all right, it's the strain." "It doesn't even" " Oh, I'm going mad." "Carla, just take it easy." "You're not going mad, and you're not having a nervous breakdown." "Come on, just sit over here and I'll explain everything." " You can explain this?" " Yes, I promise you I can explain this." "There." "Come on, just sit down and take it easy." " Yeah." " Now, Carla, I'm not a minister." " You're not a minister?" " No, no." "You see, I'm an angel." "You're an angel." "Well, that certainly clears it up a lot." "Oh, I am going insane." " Oh, dear God, help me." " Well, he's trying, Carla." " That's why he granted you your wish." " What wish?" "For you to meet your husband again for the first time and start over." " That's what you said, wasn't it?" " Well, yes." "Well, this is your chance to do that for one full week." "Frank won't recognise you." "The face he sees is gonna be the same face you saw in that mirror." "You can start all over for the first time." " You did this?" " No, no, no." "I suggested counselling." " This was the boss's idea." " The boss." "You mean-?" "Then you are an angel." "I mean, this was his idea." " This is all okay with him?" " Oh, yeah." "It's perfectly fine." " I could be the other woman." " I wouldn't put it that way." "This is really just a chance to meet Frank again and start over." "This could be fun." "I don't know if it'll work or not, but it could be fun." "Yeah, it's not supposed to be fun." "It's supposed to be a chance for you and your husband to get together." "Oh, yeah, sure." "Still, could be fun." "I mean, what's he going to do, he's gonna turn me into a pillar of salt?" " That's happened." " I don't like her hair." " I think you're pushing it." " Yeah, sorry." "Jonathan, he's not going to be here." "It's almost midnight." "He's gone to bed." "He couldn't sleep." "He's sitting right over there." "Yeah, he probably came down here to pick up a woman." "What a rat." "Carla, he's alone." "Why don't you give him the benefit of the doubt?" "Okay." "I can't." "I just won't know what to say." "I can't do anything with her hair." " I can't" " Carla, will you just relax?" "I'll be with you to make sure you get off on the right foot." "Great, he's going to come on to another woman with the minister from his daughter's wedding right there." "He isn't going to know I'm there." "You're the only one that can see me or hear me." "Are you sure?" "Carla, trust me." "I've been at this a long time." " Yeah, okay." " Let's go." "Excuse me, is this seat taken?" " No, go right ahead." " Thank you." "What do I do now?" " Strike up a conversation." " Okay." " Sorry, did you say something to me?" " Oh, yes." "Yes, I did." "I'm sorry." "I didn't mean to be rude." "I was thinking about my wife." " Well, it's a little late for that now." " Carla." " Oh, isn't it" " I beg your pardon?" "Isn't it late?" "It's almost midnight." "Yes, it is." "My name is Frank." "What's yours?" " My what?" " Your name?" "My name." "Oh, no." " That's a very interesting name." " What is?" "Ono." "I don't think I've ever met anyone named Ono." "Yes, it is an unusual name, isn't it?" "Listen, I don't think I'm gonna be much company." "My wife and I split up tonight." "No, no, please." "I'd like to talk." "Or even listen, if you'd like to talk." " You mean it?" " Sure." "That'd be nice." "I miss talking to a woman." " What do you mean?" " Well, I mean" "Listen, I don't play around." "I've never played around on my wife." "Oh, Frank." "Oh, I'm so glad." " Neither have I." " Carla." "I mean, it's so" "It's so nice to meet a man like that nowadays." "Yeah, well..." "Anyway, my wife and I, we don't talk." "What's to talk about anyway?" "She shows me the bills from her shopping sprees and I pay them." "But she never listens to anything that I might wanna say." " Now, that's just not" " Let him talk." "Let him talk." "Are you all right?" "Yes." "Yeah." "Do you know--?" "Do you know, I thought I was going to sneeze?" "Please, please, go ahead." "I was a cop, before I left the force and went into real estate." "At first, we were like partners, you know?" "We used to talk about everything." "And then, I don't know, maybe she just got..." "It was boring to her, you know." "So many times I wished that she would just do what you're doing right now, you know?" "Just listen." "But maybe what I had to say wasn't very interesting, you know." "Not very important." "But, you know, there are times a person would just like to be listened to." "So you could feel important, you know?" "I still love her, I just can't seem to live with her anymore." "I guess what I'd like is to start over, but life's not like that." "Roses?" "Would you care to buy a rose for your lady?" "Oh, sure." " Keep the change." " Thanks." "Here." " What's wrong?" " Nothing." "It's just been such a long time since you've" "Since a man has given me a rose." "Yeah, well, it's been a long time since a woman took time to listen to me." "You're a kind man, Frank." "You're a decent man." "I wish my wife thought so." "Let's..." "Let's not talk about her for a while, okay?" "Let's just you and me meet for the first time." "Mark." "Mark." "Come on, wake up." "Wake up." "Oh, my stomach." "Had to have been the garlic." " Here, drink this." " Thanks." " You certainly have a way with words." " Yeah, thanks." " Let me get my coat." "We gotta go." " Jon, come on." "Give me a break." "Hey, these are friends of yours, remember?" "Okay, okay, okay." "Isn't it kind of late to go see Carla and Frank?" "No, I've already seen them." "We're going to see Brad." "How'd it go with Carla and Frank?" "It was great." "Frank's with another woman." " He's what?" " Relax." "I'll tell you about it on the way." "Relax?" "That's what I was doing until you woke me up." " Here you go." " Thanks." " Hey." " Yes?" " What's your name?" " Angie." " Well, hi, Angie." "I'm Brad." " It's a pleasure." " Can you sit down a minute?" " I'm not supposed to." "Oh, come on." "Just for a minute." "Okay." "Angie." "Angie, Angie." " Can I ask you something?" " Sure." " Would you marry me?" " What?" "Would you marry me?" "I mean, if we'd been engaged for two years, would there be any reason you wouldn't wanna marry me?" "Gee, I don't know." "Did we have a fight?" "No." "We're at a party at your folks' house." "And you just say, "I can't marry you."" "And you gave the ring back." "I wouldn't do that." " You wouldn't?" " No, I'd never give you that ring back." "Brad, you mind if I sit down?" "Don't think I'm rude, but I have company." "Yeah, well, she has to get back to work now, don't you, Angie?" "Yeah." "Yeah, I'd better go." " Oh, and Angie, call your mom." " What?" "Give Doris a call, she's worried about you." "Just because you two don't see eye-to-eye is no reason to just run off without any explanation." " How did you know that--?" " That doesn't matter." "Just give her a call." "You can do it now, she can't sleep." "Well, go on, give her the call." "Reverend, I'm not in the mood for company." "Look, Brad." "I know you're feeling down in the dumps." "Getting drunk and doing something you might regret later isn't the answer." "Hey, don't talk to me about answers." "There aren't any answers." "I couldn't get any from Trish tonight." "You know, I banged and banged on her door tonight." " She wouldn't answer." " She was upset." "She was upset." "What about me?" "Brad, her parents are talking divorce." "Her grandparents are splitting up." "I mean, let's face it, she had a tough night." "Yeah, well, that's got nothing to do with us." "Hey, I know that and you know that." "I just think it's gonna take her a little time to realise it, that's all." "No." "This wouldn't have happened if she really loved me." " Oh, Brad, that's not the truth." " I'm sorry, but that's the way I feel." "So I forget her." "Out of sight, out of mind." "Now, if you will excuse me," "I'm gonna go see about taking Angie home after work." " Brad." " Let him go." " But, Jonathan, he" " Just let him go." " Angie." " Yeah." " You want another double?" " Trish." " What?" " Trish, what are you doing here?" "Look, mister, I just told you my name's Angie." "I think you ought to lay off the booze." "Excuse me, I have to go call my mother." "Easy, boy." "You'll be all right." "Just forget her." "Out of sight, out of mind." " Can I buy you a drink?" " That's very kind." "Brad, hey." "Hey, you all right?" "Yeah, I'm fine." "I just think I wanna go home." " Yeah, come on, we'll drive you." " No, my car's outside." " You're in no condition to drive." " Look who's talking." "You're the guy that crashed into me, remember?" "I'll see you around." " Jonathan, we can't let him drive." " Don't worry." "He won't." "We thought we'd give you a lift." "Rose?" " Rosie?" " What?" "What's wrong?" "Nothing's wrong, Rosie." "Not anymore." "Clarence, what are you talking about?" "What's all this about?" "I had a dream last night, Rosie." " Oh, no." "No sirree." " What's wrong?" "I know what you're like after one of those dreams, and you can just forget it." "Not after what you said to me at the party last night." "Oh, Rosie, it wasn't that kind of a dream." "You're calling me Rosie." "You haven't done that in 20 years." " That's part of the dream too." " What dream?" "The one I'm trying to tell you about if you'll just listen, confound it." "That's why I made you this breakfast." "That's why I feel the way I do today." "All right, I'm listening." "But as far as I'm concerned, nothing's changed between us." "Rosie, I had this dream." "It started with that fellow Mark Gordon." "He came into my room and" "You dreamed about that big fellow with the beard, and that's why you're calling me Rosie?" "And then I dreamt about that night, my bachelor party, when I almost ran away from you and you stopped me." "Well, if I knew then what I know now, I wouldn't have stopped you." "I'd have put you on that train to San Francisco, and what's more, I would have bought you the ticket." "And if I'd have known then what I know now, there's nothing could have pulled me away from you." "I love you, Rosie." "Always have." "Always will." "You're more than my best girl, Rosie." "You're my life." "Without you, I wouldn't have had any life." "No children, no grandchildren, no memories, no warm home." "All these things are tied up with you, Rosie." "They don't even exist without you." "Clarence." " Yes, Rosie?" " Get rid of this tray." " But I made it for you to enjoy." " We can eat later." "Oh, my." "Oh, my goodness." " Hey, kiddo." "How you doing?" " I don't know." "Uncle Mark." " You want some company?" " Sure." "It's amazing." "You think you know your parents and then all of a sudden everything collapses." "Well, you never know, they might get back together again." " No chance." " Sure, there's a chance." "No, not anymore." "My mother's involved with another man." "Trish, I think you might be just jumping to conclusions there." "No, I'm not." "She didn't come home at all last night." "And when I did see her this morning, she walked around smiling." "She was so happy." " So what?" " So--"So what?"" "Mark, she was acting like a woman in love." "Trish, have you ever seen your mother with another man?" "No, but I'm a woman." "I can tell." "Honestly, Uncle Mark, you are so naive." "My poor father hasn't even moved out of the house for three days and she's already involved with another man." "Probably some young gigolo." "Trish, I cannot believe how unfair you're being." "I mean, you don't know anything." "Have you asked your mother?" "A girl can't ask her own mother something like that." "She's making a fool of herself." "She's acting like a lovesick teenager." "I don't need any more proof than that." "You know what I think you're doing?" "I think you're adding two and two together and you're getting six." "Well, I'm just glad I broke it off with Brad." "Why?" "Because I'm not gonna end up like them." " It's so disgusting." " You know something, Trish?" "Right now you're being disgusting." " Me?" " Yes, you." "I mean, you're being a busybody and a gossip." "You don't know if one thing that you're saying is true or not." "But let's say it is." "Let's just say it is." "It's their life, not yours." "You are a grownup adult now." "Your parents do not need your permission to lead whatever kind of life they wanna lead." " Not your mother or your father." " But she's my mother," " and she's making a fool of herself." " Only in your eyes." "Who are you to judge her?" "And I'll tell you something else." "You have no right to use what's happening to your parents as a crutch to keep from making your own decision." " What are you talking about?" " I'm talking about you and Brad." "You don't wanna marry him, don't." "You wanna marry him, marry him." "You have doubts?" "Well, welcome to the club." "Everybody has doubts before they get married and after." "The thing is that you've got to deal with them." "But you've got no right to throw the blame on your parents and say because of what's happening to them, you won't get married." "You don't understand." "I understand enough to know that you have got a life to lead." "Well, do it and let them lead theirs." "Trish, that's all you can do, that's all." "That and love them." "Yeah." "It's just that my mother looks so happy." "Why couldn't she be that way with my father?" "Happy?" "I'm miserable." "But why?" "I thought you said you and Frank hit it off." "We did." "We've been having a wonderful time." "I mean, these last few days have been the most fun, romantic times that we've had together in over 10 years." "Well, Carla, I thought that's what you wanted." "A chance to start over, and see if there was still something there." "Oh, there's plenty there all right, that's the problem." "I think he's falling in love with me." "And what about you?" "What are your feelings towards him?" "Well, it's..." "It's like when we first met when we were kids." "Except even better now, because we're older and can appreciate it more." "It's like some surprise gift that we never even knew existed." "It's wonderful." "That's why I'm so miserable." "Well, that certainly makes sense." "Jonathan, all those things that are happening are with her." " Who?" " Her." "That trollop, Ono." "Carla, you're Ono." "Well, yes, but he doesn't know that." "Don't you see?" "My husband's involved with another woman." "But you're the other woman." "But that's even worse, because I know everything he says to her," "I know every look, how much he cares for her." "Well, what are you gonna do now?" "Well, what can I do?" "Sue myself for alienation of affection?" "I think he's going to ask me to marry him, as soon as he can divorce me." "I mean, what does he see in her?" "She's not younger than me." "She's not prettier than me." "Is she?" "No." "Well, then what does he see in her?" "Carla, I think when you find the answer to that, your problem will be solved." " Hi." " Hi." " I'm sorry I'm late." " No, you're not late, I was early." " How are you?" " Good, good." " Ono, I've gotta" " Frank, I'd" " I'm sorry." "Go ahead." " No, no, it can wait." "Ono, these last few days have been wonderful." "I feel like a kid again, only it's better." "I was telling someone that exact same thing today." "I think I'm falling in love with you." " Oh, Frank" " I--I didn't want this to happen." " I know, I know." " Let me finish." "See, at first, I thought that you were nothing at all like my wife, and you're not." "I mean, not like she is now." "Well, of course, I realise I haven't been, well, like I've been with you for a lot of years now." "I've been married 25 years, and I can't just throw that away without trying." "Ono," "I can't see you anymore." " Are you going back to your wife?" " Yeah." "I wanna try." "I've got to." "I was willing to stay with her just to, you know, let things go along the way they were because I thought that's all there was." "I didn't think I could feel much more than that anymore, but now I know I was wrong." "You made me see that." "So in a way, you're responsible for my going back and trying again." " Oh, Frank." " I'm really sorry." "You deserve so much better than that." "You deserve a man who can love just you, without any memories, or other loves to complicate things." "You've given me so much." "I'll never find another man like you, Frank." "And I'll never love another man as much as I love you right now." "I'm sorry you got involved with me." "Oh, I'm not, oh, no." "Look, you tell that wife of yours, you tell her that if either one of you blow it again," "neither one of you will be so lucky the next time." "I know." "No." "No, you don't, but that's all right." "I do." "Goodbye, my darling." "Carla." "Hello, Frank." "I..." "I've been thinking a lot these past few days about us." "So have I." "You have?" "I--I've been thinking about the way we used to be, the way I used to be." "Oh, I just want it to be that way again." "So do I." "So do I." "Oh, Frank." "Carla." "I have something to tell you, and I hope you'll understand." "No, no." "You don't have to tell me anything, Frank." "No confessions." "No explanations." "Let's pretend that we just met each other for the first time." "Oh, darling." "I love you so much." "I know." "I know." "Hello." "Reverend Smith, I'm sorry if I woke you." "Oh, hi, Trish." "No, no, it's all right, I wasn't asleep." "I've called Brad's place, but there's no answer." "I think I know where he is." " You do?" " Yeah." "Look, I tell you what, I'll pick you up in ten minutes, okay?" " Oh, thank you." "Thank you." " No problem." "Mark?" "What?" "Get dressed, we gotta go." "Jon, not again." "Hello, Brad." "Oh, boy." "I haven't even had a drink yet." " Brad" " Look, Angie, I..." "I wanna be alone tonight." "Angie?" "Brad, what are you talking about?" "Trish?" "Trish, it's you?" " Yes." " Oh, Trish." "Will you forgive me for being a dope?" "I love you so much." "Oh, Trish, I love you too." "Well, friend, we did it." "And then I was so busy with my hair," "I missed the cue for the wedding march." "Go on downstairs, I'll see you there later." "Oh, you all look so pretty." "Your hair looks lovely, my dear." "I'm so nervous." "That's the way you're supposed to be." "Your grandfather was so nervous on the night of his bachelor party that he almost ran away." "Lucky for me he didn't." "Lucky for all of us." "Any last-minute advice, Grandma?" "Oh, I'm not the one to give any advice." "After 49 years, it's still all a mystery to me." "You become man and wife, have a home, family, children." "These are the things that bind you together." "Make memories, my darling." "And when things don't go smoothly between you two, let them remind you of who the two of you are and all that you have together." "And if you live to be my age and one day find yourself angry at Brad because of all the little things that got in the way of all the things that really count, just remember that inside that crotchety old fool you'd like to strangle," "is the boy you fell in love with." "A wise old man told me that long, long time ago." "I'd forgotten all about it till just the other night." " Good luck, my darling." " Thanks, Grandma." "I'm gonna get dressed now." "I expect some great-grandchildren out of this and don't you forget it." "I'll be right down, Mom." "I love you, Mommy." "I love you, baby." "This is the last time I get to hug you as my little girl." "You've got a boy out there waiting to be your husband." "Your place is with him now." "Good luck, honey." "You're gonna get married." "Ladies and gentlemen." "Ladies and gentlemen, the families have asked me to make a brief announcement." "Just so you'll know, you're getting into a little more than you probably bargained for." "You came here today to witness the marriage of Brad and Trish, but there'll be three couples here on the altar today." "Because Frank and Carla, and Clarence and Rose Kelly have decided to renew their vows also." "The couples and their families want me to tell you how happy they are that you're here with them today to share this precious moment." " Clarence?" " Yes, Rosie?" "I love you, you old crotchety fool." "Well, don't you think I know that?"