"He's making such a good recovery, I'm thinking about calling Dr. Mugabe." "Move up the target date the for the operation on his other hand." "Julia and I have an intimacy that goes beyond just employer and employee." "Are you having an affair with my wife?" "You banged a nanny." "Now your guilty conscience is making you think she's banging a nanny." " Marlo and I had an affair." " Why would you with him?" "He accepted conor before he was even born, and all you wanted to do was change him." "I had an affair with Monica." "Why now?" "The age of consent for your surgery is 18." "That was 2 years ago." "I don't know." "I wasn't in college yet then." "I didn't really know what I wanted to do." "Now, I'm pretty sure I want to be a doctor, a surgeon like my dad." "And, well, you know..." "Anything else?" "I went to an all-boys prepschool." "And... there are a lot of girls at my college." "My mom always told me that people would love me for my big green eyes and my good heart." "But I've come to realize girls also like it when you can unhook their bras by yourself." "So, why come to see me?" "You seem to have it all figured out." "As soon as I scheduled my surgery," "I started having nightmares about my parents." "They split up when I was just a baby." "I guess I never really thought about it." "I mean, I just always knew them as 2 separate entities, like Africa and south America." "They are these 2 huge land masses, separated by an ocean, but one day someone tells you that they used to one big continent." "And you start to see the places where they..." "You know, where they broke apart." "I'm not following." "I was 6 months old." "What makes a couple that's been married for almost 20 years break up when they have a 6-month-old baby?" "So, want to know for sure why they divorced." "I want to feel whole and normal in every way possible." "And surgery or not, I don't think I can until I know they truth." "You were just a baby then." "Even if you were the focus for your parents' issues, you weren't responsible." "But it's still a part of who I am." "It's like another handicap." "Look... all I want is to be able to walk into a room one day, hold my hand out proudly, and say, "Hi, I'm Conor McNamara."" "Do you have any memories at all of your parents splitting up?" "Sometimes images or words can be recalled from traumatic experiences that occurred during infancy." " Maybe I blocked it all out." " What about your siblings?" "Did you sister or brother ever tell you what they remember?" "Pfft." "Matt wasn't around much." "Anne always says it was one hell of a week." "There was a hurricane or something, back when they were rare." "She always talks about that hurricane." "With winds already topping 105 miles an hour, it looks like Lenore is on her way to becoming a category 3 hurricane before her western edge makes landfall over the bahamas sometime early tomorrow." "And with the warm Gulf Stream waters in her path, it's very possible lenore could well-strengthen to become a category 4 or maybe even 5" "before it hits Miami head on thursday morning." "Frankly, this could be one of the worst storms we've seen since hurricane Andrew, folks." "Hurricane Lenore-- sounds like an old maid aunt that's coming to town to kick your ass." " What about Conor's surgery?" " It's not till the end of the week." "There could be a power outage in the middle of the operation." "We have extra generators." "We'll be fine." "I've got it under control." "Why haven't you asked me about Monica-- what I did, why I did it?" "I know why you did it." "The same reason that I had an affair with Marlo." "I want to talk about it." "Well, I already know all the answers." "So do you." "We have to shore up the house tomorrow, put on the hurricane shutters." "If it's a category 5, like they said, and it's a direct hit, then it's all gone with the wind anyway." "Storms blow over." "Sometimes you get lucky and you ride out the wind, there's no terrible damage and you survive." "Sun comes out the next day." "You forget how afraid you were losing everything." "It's all just a bad dream." "Florence is all about color and light." "It's what inspired me to become and artist." "How old were you when you first went there?" "Uh..." "I was about Annie's age." "My parents took us on a tour of Italy." "Once we got to florence, something happened to me." "Julia, it's-- it's where the Renaissance began." "It's the birthplace of humanism and art." "You can't avoid it." "The whole city is infused with beauty and clarity." "I have a feeling even conor's gonna feel it." "By the way, we need to buy him some warmer clothes." " The fall can be chilly." " I can shop for him next week." "We're gonna have to meet you there... in a month or so, as soon as Conor's able to fly." "I've decided to let Sean go ahead and operate on his other hand." "Now, please, just don't look at me like that." "I mean, he's his father, I can't just..." "It's his dream for his son." "His dream is misguided and invasive." "You know that." "I know that you're angry with me." "But, please, just try and see it through my eyes." "Julia, yeah, I'm angry." "But mostly I'm disappointed in you." "Conor can't defend himself from his father's obsession with creating a perfect son." "It's an illusion." "It's an ego trip." "It's harmful." "The whole world you people live in" "It's what?" "Go on, Marlo, say it." "It's what?" "If you're not his advocate, he's got no one." "Oh, my god." "I am literally torn in pieces." "Everywhere I turn I'm betraying someone." "I can't bear to torture Conor." "And I cannot bear to hurt Sean." "And I can't bear to lose your respect." "So what am I supposed to do?" "Don't you think you're over packing a little?" "Conor's only gonna be in recovery overnight." "He's not having the surgery, Sean." "He and Annie are coming with me." "You think I'm gonna let you take my kids away from me," "I'll fight you with everything I have." "And ruin their lives in the process?" "Once again, I'm the one who has to suffer?" "The burden always has to be on me." " Sean, stop it." " You screwed Marlo!" "You screwed monica!" "And it shouldn't take us having to hurt each other like that to realize that we just don't belong together anymore." "Why him?" "I understand you cheating on me." "Did you have to humiliate me, too?" "!" "You can forgive me for sleeping with your best friend, but you can't handle the fact that I made love to a man who looks different," " who's somehow imperfect." " I can handle imperfection, Julia." "Is that why you're so desperate to operate on your son?" "80% of your day is spent making people look better as if it was gonna somehow make them feel better as well." "Yeah, that 80% paid for this house." "God, it did more than pay for this house, Sean." "It seeped into its foundation, the furniture, us." "It's a poison." "I know that being with Marlo was wrong, but it opened my eyes to how consumed I am with appearances." "It has eaten away with me like a cancer." "Julia..." "You just need to express your feelings..." "About Monica, about how I've neglected you." "Remember when you were so mad at me you threw one of these at my head?" "Yeah, I was angry at you then, Sean." "But I'm not angry anymore." "I'm just done." "Well, I'm not!" "Don't leave me, please." "Please, baby." "We only got back together because I was pregnant." "Conor is a gift, and this is the price we have to pay for having him." "Lenore has mostly traveled north of Puerto Rico and the southern caribbean." "Just the outer bands crossing those areas and they seem to have survived unscathed." "But she has been devastating to the smaller..." "Honey, did you move all the stuff away from the windows in your room like I asked?" "What's it matter?" "I'm not gonna be sleeping in there anymore anyway." "That's not true." "I'm not leaving." "This will still be your home." "Your room can stay just the way you want it." "And the storm is growing as it heads westward for Miami at a speed of 15 knots." "And the best track makes it a direct hit." "The national hurricane forecasting center forecasting that Lenore will become a category 5 within the next hour." "At least you get the day off from school, huh?" "Is this gonna be like last time?" "When mom move out but you asked her to come back again?" "I don't think so, Annie." " Is it my fault, dad?" " No." "Absolutely not." "Your mom and I, we just grew apart." "Then it's because of Conor." "Maybe he can live with mom, and I can stay here with you." "It's time to pack up your essentials, your prescriptions, and get out." "The mandatory evacuation begins at 3:00 this afternoon for everyone." "Please get on the highways as much as possible before 3:00." "It's gonna be crowded and simply not the place you'll want to get stranded in your car." "It is not getting any better out there." "That's for sure." "We should probably get going, the roads are murder." " Where's your suitcase?" " Um...we're not going." "Julia, there's a mandatory evacuation." "Everyone has to go." "I know." "And we are, just not with you." " What are you talking about?" " I'm sorry." "I thought it was the right thing to do." "And it's not." "I was wrong." "No." "No." "No." "No." "You're not wrong." "You're just under a tremendous amount of stress right now." "I mean, I can only imagine how unsettled you feel." "You just need me to take care of you." "Actually, I need to take care of myself." "And the only way that I know how to do that is to be on my own." "Julia" "I've spent my whole life depending on others for security" "Christian, Sean." "I'm never gonna be strong enough to survive this moment in my life if I don't do it on my own." "Is it Florence?" "We don't have to go to Florence." "No." "No." "No." "It's not about Florence." "Was is it?" "Is it my size?" "Ahh, god, you don't have to explain." "It's always like this." "It's fine for a while, then the novelty wears off." " I thought we loved each other." " I do love you." "And I love you for allowing me to be this imperfect woman." "But you're not in love with me." "What we have now is a shared love for Conor." "And that's all we have." "I'm gonna go..." "Gonna say good-bye to Conor." "Hey, buddy." "It'll pass." "It's just weather." "You've already been through a lot worse." "You were a brave soldier, weren't you?" "One day this will all be a distant memory." "You'll have your own life." "And you won't be at the mercy of storms you don't understand." "It's been an honor to know you." "I've had to say good-bye a lot in this job." "But this one-- this one's a bear." "Guess we're all taking this one kind of hard." " Thunder scaring him?" " Yeah." " What are you doing here?" " I came to say good-bye to Conor." "Well, you better say it and go." "The rain's starting to come down in sheets." "Yeah, well, I also wanted to apologize to you, Sean." "I'm sorry I lied about Julia and me." "I guess I wanted her to be the one to tell you, but I shouldn't have lied." "And for what it's worth, I think you're a good man." "I envy you." "And I'm really gonna miss your son." " Good-bye, Julia." " Good-bye, Conor." "Marlo, you've been a great friend to my son." "I'm sure he'll miss you." "I hope you'll feel free down the line to stay in his life." "What happened to Marlo?" "We're still close, actually." "He took me to my first museum, gives me advice on girls." "That kinda thing." "I'm close with his son, Zack, too." "Just a year younger than me." "When I was 10," "I realized I didn't have any god parents." "In the midst of the divorce, they kind of forgot to name them." "So, I asked if mario could be my godfather." "Demanded it, actually." "They said yes." "I'm afraid our time is up." "No." "I mean," "I don't feel any better." "My operation is just 2 days away, and I don't feel anything is resolved." "Conor, maybe the thing you need to do is talk to your family about how you feel, not just me." "You mean, ask them to sit down and actually communicate together?" "Yeah." "That's hilarious." "I told you, my parents hate each other." "They'll never go for that." "How do you know unless you present them the opportunity?" "My spirit guides told me I'm not in the right place to start a relationship right now." "Last night I took a meditation pill." "They told me I have too much emotional baggage." "What's my baggage?" "Where do I begin?" "Let's start with the fact that my mother flushed pet gerbil Frisky one down the toilet." "Oh, and did I also tell you that she shamed me into having a party to celebrate my first period." "I still get panic attacks whenever I use a tampon." "Annie, get off the phone." "Pat, I have to go." "Julia beckons." "I'll call you later." "Sweetheart, please call me mom." "I know I don't care how convenient those phone chips are," "I refuse to get one installed in my ear." "There's no red meat here." "You know I need my iron." "There is iron in fish, sweetheart." "And Conor needs his omega-3s so that he can heal faster after his surgery." "Ohh!" "And of course his surgery is more important than my anemia." "Just like his hands were more important than my bulimia or my agoraphobia or" "Ann, can we please just have one dinner without talking about your damn agoraphobia?" "You refused to get off the couch for a week because that guy dumped you." "That's not agoraphobia." "It's not all about you." "Why are we sitting alone at this huge table?" "Is it a metaphor for the chasm that separates our family?" "No." "I was just saving seats for your spirit guides." "Oh, my god." " What is she doing here?" " I'm sorry, dad." "I knew neither one of you would come if you knew the other one was going to be here." "You were right." "That's right, Sean, walk out." "It's what you do best." "I never left you Annie." "The fact is your mother walked out on me twice." "Dad, please." "Listen, I know this is hard, but stay... for me." "I want you all to meet my surgeon together." "Uh, how's your wife?" "I'd rather not discuss my personal life, thank you." "Look, we stopped trying to be friends 15 years ago." "Why start again now?" "Why hasn't your surgeon called me?" "I practically invented this surgery." "The new england journal of medicine did no less than 3 articles on the microsurgery techniques I used to fix your other hand." "He said he wanted to discuss it with you personally." "He very impressed with you, dad." ""Impressed"?" "They must not know him very well." "Ohh!" "Oh, look at you." "Look at you." "Huh?" "Hey." "Hey." " Conor!" " Hey." " Seany." " Mmm." " Who are your friends?" " This is Delora and Estran." "We met a month ago in Dubai." "Can't speak a word of english." "They only love me for my money." "But they don't quit until the super viagra wears off." "So who gives a shit?" " Pee pee." " Pee pee?" "!" " Yeah." " Yeah." "Yeah. yeah." "Go pee pee." "Oh, my beautiful little dolly." "Oh, thank god for the polygamy amendment." "You can marry them both." "I don't think I'll ever go down that road again." "Just doesn't seem right, you know?" "Besides, this way I don't feel guilty when I'm cheating." "Huh?" "You know, I think it's shameful that you can marry 2 women, but 2 gay men still can't get married in this country." "They gays should consider themselves lucky." "This is bullshit." "Ok, your son invited you here to make nice." "Now, you two make nice." "Your hair looks pretty." "It's nice that you're not coloring it." "Julia, your turn." "Are you still jogging?" "Yeah." "I had a synovial replacement." "It shows." "You look, um, good." "You know, fit." "So, Conor, we're all here." "We made nice." "Now, what?" "Um." "I don't know." "We haven't all been together in the same room since I was 5." "I'm kinda just taking it all in." "Just so you all know, I had an abortion last week." " Hey, everybody." " Matty!" "Come here." " You look good." " Thanks." "I thought you were still in Lhasa with doctors without borders." "Yeah." "I was. but I came home early." "Home early." "Home come?" "What, Conor didn't tell you?" "I'm performing his surgery." "You need to go." "Storm's gonna hit within the hour." "You heard the tv." " It's too late, dad." " It's not too late!" "Your mother and the kids went with Kimber to the shelter." " You go be with them." " They closed the roads, dad." " Dad, look, please stop drinking." " Go to hell." "Even if I wanted to I couldn't go." "There's a leak here." "You see, god damn it." "I worked too hard to build this house." "I'm not gonna let it" "The only thing I have left just blow away with the winds." "Hey!" "Hey!" "Look, we will weather this out together." "But we need to get into a room with no windows." " No." "We gotta get this." " No, dad, we need to go now." "No." "You get out of my house." "You go, be with your family." "Hold them." "Protect them." "Don't screw it up like I did." " Dad" " Go!" "Get out!" "leave!" "Go!" "I'm not leaving you alone!" "I'm never gonna leave you." "The nerves on the fourth digit look slightly more radial." "Just make sure we're prepared." "And you've done the transdermal digital nerve mapping." "Yes, dad, everything seems normal." "All right." "Thanks, Janet." "Sorry." "Just trying to help." "I won't be around once you get into surgery." "I'm on call back at the office." "They paged me with an emergency." "Wait a minute." "You're leaving?" "How long you planning on staying?" "Looks like you're moving in." "Well, these make it feel more like home." " Oh, god." " Oh, yeah." "It's the only photo I have where we'll all together." "Why didn't you ask your father to do the surgery?" "I thought it would upset you." "Don't be so upset, Matt." "You're running out on him again... on all of us." "I'm on call." "Why don't you just admit what's really going on?" "You want to leave because conor didn't ask you to do the surgery." "I would have been fine if your father had done the surgery." " Why wouldn't I be?" " Because, mom..." "Look, even though you always wanted me to..." "I've never accepted my own handicap." "And so by asking dad to do the surgery, it would have looked liksing him over you now" "Is that what you think?" "Conor, has never forgiven me for the divorce." "I understand." "If I had kept the marriage together," "I could have fixed both his hands the first time." "Maybe if I was born with 2 perfect hands, you and dad would have stayed together." "Ohh." "Honey." "Your father and I had our problems long before you were born." "What happened 20 years ago had nothing to do with you." "This has nothing to do with you." "Don't turn it into that." "Wish I would have heard you say that earlier, mom." "Mom, Conor, I'd like you to meet my boyfriend Ammett, just so you know ammett's bisexual." "Does anyone have any credits for the vending machine?" "I'm getting a headache from a lack of sugar." "Well, maybe you should eat some protein first, honey." "Why don't we go across the street and grab something to eat?" " You stay here and rest." " Yeah." "I have to say, I admire Julia's decision not to have any work done." "I agree." "Looking real suits some women." "Hey, what did the cardiologist say?" "No tater tots or any fried foams." "Stop it." "Christian, I'm not ready to lose my partner to heart disease." "I'm not going anywhere, pal." "Speaking of which, did you book your flight to Beijing for the opening of the new McNamara/Troy?" "The girls and I are leaving early so we can spend a few days in the forbidden city spa." "Mmm?" "You want to join us?" " You go and enjoy." " Come on!" "You're better at these franchise openings than I am." "You had a ball in Caracas." "I just had jetlag." " Hey." " Come on, grab a seat." "Dad, there's something I want to ask you." "I spoke with Matt and both of us would like it if you joined him in the surgery." "I'm fine with Matty doing the surgery." "There's no ego here if that's what you're thinking." "What he's trying to say is that he'd love to." "He just wants to make sure that you're doing exactly what to do." "Thank you, Christian, for putting words in my mouth." "You're welcome." "What does your mother think about it?" "She wants it as much as we do." "It was her idea, in fact." " You ready little brother?" " I think so." "Yeah, well don't worry." "I'll keep these 2 old men in line." "Count back for me, ok, kiddo?" "Yeah. 10...9...8...7...6...5..." "Laser blade." " You sure, dad?" " Absolutely." "I'll never get used to the lack of blood." "Matty, how much do you want elongate?" "2 sonameters." "TGF***ctor." "I'm gonna close." "What?" "You did an excellent job, doctor." "Conor's doing great." " Oh, thank god." "Should have full usage of his new hand, and it's gonna be far more articulate than the one I operated on 20 years ago." "Very impressed with Matt's work." "He's a top-notch surgeon." " You should be very proud." " We both should be." "Excuse me, are you the parents of Annie McNamara?" "Yes." "Could you come with me, please?" "What's going on?" "Your daughter has been arrested for stealing painkillers from the hospital pharmacy." " Annie!" " Save it, ok?" "!" "I'll get my own lawyer, he'll get me probation again and don't worry about the bail money, I'll pay you back." "No, you won't." "I can't believe you would say that that to your own daughter!" " It's true." " Sean!" "She's 30 years old, Julia." "We don't have to protect her anymore." "Yeah, like you've ever done it in the past!" " What are you talking about?" " You don't care about me." " You never have." " That's ridiculous." "You know I barely have any memories of us being together as a family?" "And when we were, you were always yelling." "Like that time I cut up my doll's hands to look like Conor, because I was trying to process and you went all psycho." "I was 10." " What kind of parenting was that?" " I still feel awful about that." "Well, imagine that pain I feel, Julia." "That's why I had to steal the pills today, because my pain never goes away." "Sorry you were awful parents, so this is what you get." "Deal." "You're right." "We were pretty awful sometimes." "I did my best, sweetheart." "I mean," "I may not have always been right, but I did try." "And your father and I, we have a lot of regrets about our parenting." "Absolutely, but we've never stopped loving you." "And whatever pain that I caused and whatever hurt that I did, I am really trully sorry." "Me, too." "I" " I can't apologize enough" "Why are you being so mean?" " Mean?" "We're agreeing with you." " I know, I hate it." "Yeah, it's pretty funny, actually." "Christian is still chasing the skirts like he's 30." "Well, I guess it's good to see that his ego hasn't been bruised by old age." "Yeah, and he keeps saying that about 62 is the new 26." "What about you?" "And your new hand?" "I know you always taught me that being different has never stopped me from doing everything I wanted in life" "You don't have to explain, Conor." "This decision was yours and nobody else's." "It's a completely different thing if the operation is done on an infant." "Uh-oh." "Don't slug him, dad" "Annie." " Hi, Marlo." " Julia, good to see you both." "Uh, how's the family?" "Good, good." "Sally's good, and" "Zach hit the game-winning shot against Georgia last night." "Yeah, I read about it in the papers." "Congrats." " How you feeling, tiger?" " I'm good." "Thanks for being here." "Where else would I be?" "I love hospitals." "I practically grew up in them." "How's my patient doing?" "I-- just a little weirded out by all this." "Ah, Janet, his vitals haven't been checked since 10:00." "Oh, lay off her, Matty." "She's just giving me a quick tour of the new cancer wing." "I'm fine, ok." "Janet can redeem herself by taking a photo of everyone for me." " Yes!" " A photo!" " Let's!" "Come on!" " You better mark the occasion." "This is probably the last time until we're all at Christian's funeral." "My funeral?" "Why am I going first?" "Huh?" "Just keep eating those ribs, uncle butterball." "Mom and dad, come over here." "Look at you." " Cancer wing, huh?" " Yes." "Good man, I'm very impressed yeah, well, I'm impressed with you." "Yeah." " Ok." "Say cheese." " Cheese!" "It looks like a normal hand." "It's extraordinary, Conor." "Your brother's clearly a gifted surgeon." "My dad was there, too." "And Christian." "It was..." "God, it was amazing." "Just having them all there, all for me." "And my mom was so supportive, too, even to my dad." "You know, all my life I felt like I was this curse on the family," "I'm the one who tore them apart." "Maybe that's why I didn't do the surgery any sooner." "I needed to wait until it could bring us all together." "I must have known it couldn't have happened any sooner than it did." "It's a gift, Conor." "You chose the perfect moment to erase this so-called curse." "And in return, you get to move on with your life." "What's going on?" "At dinner one night," "Christian said that once upon a time, they loved each other, my mom and dad." "I've never known anything between them but bitterness and anger." "I always imagined the night that I was conceived was some sort of random, lonely hook-up after they had already given up completely." "I wish I felt like my parents really loved each other, that's all." "Tampa's supposedly a disaster area." "Gainesville, too." "Are the buildings downtown still there?" "Miami actually got the least of it." "City's like our house-- a little beat up, still standing." "How are people gonna clean up all this mess?" "People rebuild." "It's what we do." "I wrote down all my mother's numbers." "It's on the fridge." "How long are we gonna be in New York?" "A while, honey." " Are you coming in?" " No, I think it would kill me." " Come here." " Love you, daddy." " Love you, too." "See you, Jules."