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Directed by: Patricia Rozema
Written by: Cynthia Mort
Synopsis
Dave and Katie wind their way through a school-shopping trip with the kids, but when they get home, Dave complains that they need to reel in their spending, which quickly emerges as a setup to debate the value of Katie's therapy. Later that week, he calls her from work – pretending he's forgotten about her appointment with May – to tell her he loves her. In Katie's session, May explains to her: "We can't begin to dismantle that distance, invade that space between you and Dave until both of you recognize now, that you are individual, sexual beings." While Dave is at work, Katie pulls the shades in the bedroom, making an effort to touch and arouse herself. Uncomfortable, she moves to the bathroom but, even there, with her hand down her pants, she realizes she can't get out of her head so she gives up.
An at home test kit tells Carolyn her hormones are surging, so she calls Palek away from the sandwich he's eating comfortably in front of the TV for some utilitarian sex upstairs. Later, during their session with May, Palek drops the united front they've constructed for the therapist, saying, "I'm sick of having sex because we have to...It sucks." Carolyn walks out. When Palek catches up to her outside, their argument ends with Carolyn admitting that she visited a fertility specialist; now Palek feels betrayed. At home that night, Carolyn offers him an apology – in the form of playful, intimate sex – and afterward, he asks her what they'll do if he's infertile. "I haven't thought about it," she lies. "We'll figure it out."
May, sitting with Arthur, tells him she's been receiving messages from her old friend, John, who's coming to town to visit his daughter. His name carries some kind of unspecified weight, but Arthur just remarks that he must be upset having suffered the loss of his wife in the past year. Later, May returns his calls, leaving a deliberate voicemail. "I know you need to hear from people who care about you," she says. "And know too that time... well, time is able to diffuse even the most intense feelings of grief and love."
Jamie and Hugo walk through their new apartment excited by the prospect of furnishing it but the mood quickly changes when Jamie begins questioning him about the waitress he flirted with at breakfast earlier that morning. Hugo stops the conversation short, asserting his love for her, and the two soon find themselves christening the place on the bare floor. Thanks to an engagement gift from their pot-dealing friend the couple, high and happy, later take an aimless drive and end up hanging out at an empty football stadium. On their way home that night, Jamie catches herself observing Hugo through a gas station window and realizes she'll never be able to let go of her constant suspicions. When Hugo returns to the car, she broaches their recurring argument about monogamy one last time. "I need to be in love with somebody who trusts me," Hugo tells her. "You should be," Jamie responds. "I just don't think it's me."
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