13 quotes
Consequences of Silence and Deception
John Smith
Option A: You talk, we listen, no pain. Option B: You don't talk, I remove your thumbs with my pliers, it will hurt. Option C: I like to vary the details a bit but the punch line is you die.
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Button Pushing and Confidence Challenges
John
Careful, Jane. I can push the button any time I like.
Jane
Baby, you couldn't find the button with both hands and a map.
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Misunderstanding a Simple Question about Intimacy
Counselor
How often do you have sex?
Jane
I don't understand the question.
John
Yeah I'm lost, is this a one to ten thing?
Jane
Yeah, is, like, ten nothing or one? Cause tech- technically speaking, zero would be nothing.
Counselor
How bout this week?
John
Including the weekends?
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Reflections on beginnings and endings
John Smith
I guess that's what happens in the end, you start thinking about the beginning.
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Secrets and Tensions in a Relationship
John
I never told you, but I was married once before. Ow! Are you insane? What's wrong with you!?
[during a car chase; Jane slams on the brakes]
Jane
You're what's wrong with me!
[hitting John]
John
It was a drunken Vegas thing.
Jane
Oh, that's better! That's much better! What's her name and social security number?
[pause]
John
No, you're not gonna kill her.
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Trust and Unfinished Stories in Relationships
Jane Smith
Happy endings are just stories that haven't finished yet.
Eddie
I live with my mom because I choose to. She's the only woman I've ever trusted.
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Assessing Marriage Happiness on a Scale
Counselor
At the scale of one to ten, how happy are you in this marriage?
Jane
Eight.
[quickly]
John
Wait, is ten perfectly happy or...?
Counselor
Just respond instinctively.
John
You ready?
[turns to Jane]
Jane
Yeah.
Together
Eight.
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Disagreement on Years of Marriage
John
Ok, I'll go first. let me see... um... We don't really need to be here. See, we've been married for five years.
Jane
Six.
John
Five or six years.
[chastened]
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Debate Over the Flawed Plan
Jane
You deviated from the plan.
John
The plan was flawed.
Jane
The plan was not flawed.
John
Anal.
Jane
Organized.
John
Jane, 90% of this job is instinct.
Jane
Well, your instinct set off every alarm of the building.
John
My instinct got the job done. It may not have been Jane Show...
Jane
No! It was John Show. It was half-assed. Like Christmas, like our anniversary, like the time you forgot to bring my mother's birthday present.
John
Your fake mother's birthday present.
Jane
The point is, you are always the first to break team.
John
You don't want a team. You want a servant to hire.
Jane
I want someone I can count on.
John
Jane, there is no air around you any more.
[sigh]
Janeh
Oh, what is that supposed to mean?
John
That means there is no room for mistakes, whatsoever. No mistakes. No spontaneity. Who can answer that?
Jane
Well, you don't have to. Because this is not even a real marriage!
Danz
Who are you people?
Jane
Shut up!!
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A Tense Exchange of Threats and Compliance
Jane
Promise me to leave the town or I will blow it.
John
Ok... I give up. Please blow it.
Jane
Excuse me. What?
John
Go on. Blow it.
Jane
You think I won't?
John
I think you won't.
Jane
OK. Five. Four. Any last words?
John
Your new curtains are hideous.
Jane
Goodbye John. What the hell is this?
[Janet hit's the PC keyboard and the bomb detonates. The monitor screen blacks out.]
Janet
You said Goodbye.
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Adjusting to New Situations
Jane
If you don't like them we can take them back.
John
All right, I don't like them.
Jane
You'll get used to them.
[pause]
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The Distance in Unspoken Words
Jane
There's this huge space between us, and it just keeps filling up with everything that we don't say to each other. What's that called?
Marriage Counselor
Marriage.
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Unusual Conflict Between Spouses
John Smith
We have an unusual problem here, Jane. You obviously want me dead, and I'm less and less concerned for your well-being.
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