"What are you doing?" "And the dress?" "May I borrow your bathroom?" " We shall all die one day." " But none of the other days." "Where were we?" "Sorry, it's my secretary." "She has been committed." "Her head exploded." "The war and all that." "What were we talking about?" " Once a week." " Less." " Three times a month." " Much less." "We were up to three times a month, but now it's once, tops." "The actual number isn't important." "But you seem to disagree about how often you should have sex." "We should do it because we want to, not because we're supposed to." " So you don't want to?" " I just feel so much pressure." " I pressure you?" " You don't always want to either!" "I see your body language." "You walk around me in wide circles." " The whole situation becomes weird." " What situation?" "For example if we're lying on the couch." "It's a nice regular evening   and I kiss you on the check." "Then you start with your tongue and all that, and it gets weird." " What is so weird about that?" " I feel pressured!" "Then I feel that I have to sleep with you, and things get ugly." "Ugly?" "Do you think it's ugly to have sex with me?" "Ugly?" "!" "We've got our work cut out here." " Hi." " Is there any room at the inn?" "Of course." "It's nice with some company." " You OK with using Dag's cup?" " Sure." "Fine by me, but I don't know about Dagobert." " Is that what his friends call him?" " I'm pretty much his only friend." " How long have you known each other?" " Ages." "No one else can tolerate me." "Tolerate you?" "He's very fond of you, Benedikt." "Maybe it makes him feel secure to see that others are worse off." "I think he quiets the demons in his head by helping others." " Maybe." " So what was today's chaos?" "Nothing." "Just a little problem with the police." "I returned my son to Mia, but that isn't enough." "Now they want to bring me in for questioning." "That feels uncalled for right now." "So you came to the guy who likes to take care of people." "I guess I did." "I mean the situation is ugly, of course." "Not you!" "It seems so planned." "I feel like a robot." "So we should wait until you aren't thinking about it?" "Until a lightning bolt hits you and you just have to have me?" "I don't know." "I don't go around pretending that I want to sleep with you." "I don't find you so repulsive   that I have to psych myself up." " Do you think I'm stupid?" " Can't I be impulsive?" "OK, OK..." "Enough trench warfare." "That won't solve anything." "Rannveig, I agree." "Vidar thinks too much." "But men think much less about sex than you think." "We think about sleeping with many women." "All women, actually." "But that is genetic." "For 98 % of our time on this planet we have been non-monogamous." "This is how we've survived." "But the sex itself?" "Nothing the Internet can't help with." "So you spend all your time thinking about sex with other women?" "No." "I think Vidar thought about other women before he met you." "But you're the one he wants now." "You have nothing to worry about." " Then why won't he sleep with me?" " Because he already has." " Has what?" " Slept with you." " Is this really necessary?" " You're done." "Imagine how laborious the sex act is for Vidar." "He is responsible for most of the work." "Pumping away, turning you this way and that." "Knowing he has to do that for a long time." "And on top of that make sure you get what you want." "It's inhuman." "Totally inhuman." "But he's done it anyway." "Right?" "He has done it." "That's my point." "He's finished." "He's put it behind him." "Your best sex is behind you." "It's like a junkie searching for that first high." "His only options are to die of an overdose, or quit." "And Vidar has chosen life!" "With you." "Rannveig." "Do you drink much alcohol during the week?" "No." "You might want to start." " How much did you have in mind?" " Until you're numb enough to go at it again." "How are things here?" "They're great between me and Dag." "But?" "I was at Juanita's earlier." "I borrowed her bathroom." "The cabinet was full of medicine." "So I googled them." "And she has..." "She has AIDS." "She's probably much sicker than she lets on." "She doesn't know that I know." " I don't know what to say." " What does Dag say?" "I haven't been able to reach him." " But you don't have..." " No way." "That was my first thought too." "I am that selfish." "But both Leon and I were checked after he was born." "So, no." "I guess it was nice of her not to sleep with me, then." "I can call Ernst, if you want." "If she needs care and a place to rest, Ernst is perfect." "She can have a room there, with nurses nearby." " But she doesn't want help." " Ask her." "It's a lot better than doing nothing." " I'm hungry!" "Hi." "Malin?" "Everything OK?" "Sure." "I brought him too." " Gosh." "Good to see you again." " Good to see you again." " All well?" " Sure." "Just a little sore." "Sit down, Seim." "All right." "So how are... you?" " Fine." "Better." " I'm glad." " Let's trade places." " OK." "So, Trond Espen, tell him what happened." " What?" " We had sex." " For real?" " What was I supposed to do?" "She needed comfort." "I'm a comforter." "Sex doesn't sound like a good idea." "But she cried." "I didn't go in there with sex in mind." "Not only." "But who doesn't get turned on by tears." " I had no choice." " But she was completely..." "It's no big deal for me, Dag." " He's the one who's concerned." "She isn't..." "She wasn't like everyone else." "But I'm fine now." " Yet you still slept with her." " I didn't." "My genes did." "If someone cries, you have to..." "Here's the deal." "I'm a sensitive guy." "I'm a walking, comforting penis." "So what's the problem?" "Do you want to file charges?" "Not at all!" "He's a lovely man." "Great body." "A voice made for pillow talk." "I even got him whisper some lines from his latest movie." "I do have a life outside of this." "I've slept with stalkers before, and..." "It can get ugly." "She may turn up at my door some day." "I've never slept with anyone more than once." "I'm sure there are more women who need comforting." "Get out." "That's an admirable attitude." " So you're all right?" " Sure Maybe a little disappointed, but..." "Hi." "Can I come in?" "Not at all." "Leon is at daycare." "He's fine." "Sure, tea would be..." "I know... that you are sick." "Right." "I'm so sorry, but I happened to see your medication." "Your medicine cabinet was open." "I'm sorry." "I didn't mean to..." "Juanita, I know I can't help you" "I just want to let you know that I'm here for you." "I'm here." "You have done that, Juanita." "Listen, you're the strongest person I know." "We'll get through this." "You aren't alone." "Dammit, you aren't even trying!" "Thomas Macaulay, a man you've never heard of, said:" ""The measure of a man's real character   is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out."" "That is how you are behaving." "The problem is, I can see right through you." "Seriously..." "Do you know what I like to tell my clients?" "The ones who have trouble pulling themselves together." "Those who have chosen resignation." "Know what I tell them?" "You aren't even willing to do that." "Just look at how you've placed yourselves in the room." "You!" "You sit right here." "And you sit down there!" "I don't know who you are or what you want." "But I am Alexander's grandpa." "If you want out of this, get up and walk out that door." "These two are acting like 14-year-olds." "Two 14-year-old parents." "If you want to be a part of this, I want you 100 % committed." "No more letting Benedikt "borrow" Alexander." "If Benedikt wants to see Alexander, you two have to work that out." "You and Mia!" "Mia and you!" "Alexander isn't some soccer card you can trade during recess." "Mia..." "You are mother to a child." "This is the father of that child." "He is willing to do anything for his son." "For your child." "He loves him more than anything." "Would give his life for him." "When you shut him out and punish him,   you are punishing Alexander." "Don't you realize that?" "You can't shut him out." "Because he's already inside!" "And you..." "This has to end." "The life you have chosen to lead up to now, is over." "For you this is fairly simple." "Unlike Mia, you don't have to forgive." "You simply have to stop." "Stop!" "Stop thinking about yourself before you think about others!" "Thank God Alexander is too young to realize what you've been up to." "That you're making him the adult." "Forcing him to make the decisions." "Alexander is a child!" "You are an adult!" "For Christ's sake!" "You should be happy!" "Happy that you have Alexander." "Who loves you unconditionally." "You are about to lose him!" "Do you realize that?" "For the next three week you will be on one side,   the police and Child Services on the other." "And there'll be a document floating around with your names   and the words UNFIT AS PARENTS in capital letters." "Make this work, dammit!" "I love you all." "Even you." "I beg you, as a father and grandfather..." "Make this work now." "Fix what you have broken." "Now leave." "She's on her way over, by the way." "The woman you called about." "You can do this." "Now get out of here." "Ernst." "You don't look like my usual customers." "Oh, no!" "Thanks." "He's waiting for you." "Daddy." "Hey." "Stop thinking." "All you can do is be there for her." " I just want to..." " I know." "But you can't." "You can make her feel her life was worth something." "You're better at that than anyone I know." "Thank you."