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Friday, October 16, 2009 Henry has been caught cheating at poker by Ralph, to whom he owes a lot of money. Ralph generously gives him a day to come up with it. Meanwhile, Vienna has found Barbara in her bed, waiting for Henry. Barbara tells Vienna that she and Henry are having an affair, and Henry walks in to find them fighting. After telling Barbara that it was only about the money and that it's over, he tries to explain to Vienna. But she tells him that she will no longer allow him to break her heart, and she leaves. Today’s episode was directed by Michael Eilbaum and written by Gordon Rayfield.
Transcripts from TVMegasite Henry: Say, Ralph, I can explain. Ralph: Oh, I'm sure you can. Henry: I thought it was a friendly card game. I didn't know those were your boys. Ralph: Yeah, I'm sure you didn't. Henry: It had nothing to do with our deal. Ralph: Of course it doesn't. Henry: You believe me? Ralph: Of course I don't. Henry: I swear to you -- Ralph: Hey, Henry, you're not gonna try and insult me now, are you? Henry: No, no. Absolutely not. No. Ralph: Then why are you lying to me? Henry: I'm not. Okay, look. Let's just start the whole thing over, okay, and let's be completely honest here. Ralph: I hope so. Henry: When my mother suggested this arrangement, I thought I could make it work. I thought I would get my inheritance and I would give you the money and you'd funnel it through metro and then bada-bing, bada-bang, you know. It's all good. Ralph: "Bada-bing, bada-bang"? Henry: Yeah, isn't that how you -- Ralph: No, I don't. Henry: I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Anyway, I was wrong, and I can't get the money, and I've tried everything I can think of, including some things I never want to think about again, trust me, and including trying to get a big stake in a card game that I cheated on. Ralph: So, you admit it. Henry: I admit it all. I screwed up, okay? I made promises I couldn't keep. I got in way over my head. I'm losing everything. So, whatever you want to do to me, do it. I welcome it. Do your worst.
Ralph: You're a pistol, my friend. Henry: You're not mad at me? Ralph: Why should I be? Henry: Well, I cheated. I lied. Ralph: Yeah, but you admitted it. I admire that. It took guts. Henry: What about your boys? Aren't they gonna come back here and break me in half? Ralph: They're only messing with you. Henry: I don't know about that. Ralph: What do you think we are, a bunch of gangsters? Henry: No. Ralph: We just get a little rough around the edges sometime, but that's 'cause we're in construction. We build things. I mean, we don't sit around with our heads up our computers all day. Henry: No. You know, actually, I work at a diner, and I have great respect for a hard day's work for a hard day's pay. Ralph: See, exactly. See how alike we are? We are the proud working men and women of this country, and when we make a promise, we keep it.& Henry: Yes, yes. I so respect that. You mean me, don't you? Ralph: I mean all of us. Henry: I'm doing my best. Ralph: I know you are. That's why I'm gonna give you another 24 hours. Henry: 24 hours? Ralph: Yeah, I know it seems overly generous, but what can I tell you? That's the kind of guy I am. Henry: I'm not sure I can do that. Ralph: Henry, you have very low self-esteem. Henry: You know, I've never been told that before. Ralph: You should have the same kind of faith in yourself as I have in you. Henry: I am trying. Ralph: I know you are. You need to try even harder than this, because guys like us, we pull out all the stops when it comes to protecting our loved ones. Am I right? Henry: Absolutely. Ralph: That's why we make such good partners. That's why we're friends.
[Shouting] Henry: Wait. Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey! What the hell's going on here?! Come here! Vienna: She said that you were sleeping with her! Henry: Barbara! Barbara: Henry, tell her it's true! Vienna: No, but it's not true! Right, Henry? Tell me it's not true! Henry: You need to get out of here. Vienna: No, Henry, answer my question! Henry: We all need to calm down, okay? Vienna: Henry! Barbara: You know what? She already knows the worst of it. Just put her out of her misery. Henry: Why are you doing this?! Barbara: Because it's true! Henry: You need to get out of here. Get out of here! Come on! Are you out of your mind?! Barbara: She attacked me! Henry: Did you come here dressed like this? Barbara: I needed to see you. Henry: You have a phone! Barbara: I was having a really bad day. Henry: Oh, but not half as bad as mine now, thanks to you! Barbara: I didn't know Vienna was gonna be here! Henry: She lives here! Barbara: Your mother said she was gonna be at the hospital the entire day! Henry: My mother? Barbara: Yes. I thought the timing was perfect, that you could restore my equilibrium, bring back my joie de vivre. Henry: What are you talking about?! I can't believe that you did this! Barbara: I need you to rekindle my flame. Henry: Your flame?! Barbara: My flame. Henry: Your flame has burned down my whole damn house!
Henry: I don't understand this. How could you do this to me? Did you actually think that there was something between us, Barbara? I slept with you in the hopes that you would change your mind and give me the money, but you couldn't even do that. You got what you wanted, and then you ruined my life! Barbara: That's not true. Henry: You know it's true! That's why you told Vienna! After years of sexual deprivation, you get your fix, & and then you don't want to give it up. Listen, I love that woman, okay? I love that woman. I have no interest in you now or ever, and I never want to see you again! Barbara: Well, that's your loss.
Henry: Please let me explain. Vienna: No, you don't have to. Henry: You know I love you. Vienna: Can you stop lying? Henry: I do, I do. Vienna: You cheated on me. Henry: I know that, but -- Vienna: You know what? I don't want to hear your excuses. God, I have been such an idiot. Henry: No, you're not an idiot. Vienna: No, you know what? I trusted you. I loved you, and I believed everything you told me, even when you pretended to be that crazy Geneva swift. I believed that you would never, ever deceive me, at least not with something like this. But, boy, was I wrong. I am such an idiot! Henry: You're not! I told you you're not an idiot! I am a miserable, lowdown, sleazebag. I don't deserve someone like you! Vienna: Please, do not try to make me feel sorry for you. Henry: I'm not. Vienna: Okay, because, yes, and you are right. You are a miserable, lowlife, sleazebag, and you do not -- you do not deserve me. Henry: I know. I know I don't, sweetie. I -- uh, things got out of control. Vienna: Oh, yeah, in your pants. Henry: No. Listen. Please, this is not about Barbara. Vienna: Oh, you could have fooled me. Henry: No. In a very small, insignificant way, it is, but this is about Ralph. Vienna: Ralph, the guy who runs the charity? Henry: He doesn't run a charity. He's a gangster. Vienna: So why are you giving him money for the children? Henry: I'm not. I'm helping him launder money through metro. Vienna: That's a crime, Henry. Henry: And he's a criminal, so there's a certain symmetry. But Barbara put a stop on the inheritance money, and they I couldn't pay Ralph back for the money he put in to metro, and then he set fire to the diner. Vienna: Ralph set the fire? Henry: Yeah, he wanted to make sure I didn't cross him. Vienna: I could have gotten killed! Henry: That was -- that was sort of the point. Vienna: Oh, my God! Oh, my God! So, you just didn't -- oh, my God, Henry! You're -- you put my life in danger! Henry: I know, and that's the last thing I wanted to do in a hundred, billion, trillion years, and that's why I had to sleep with Barbara, you see? I had to put an end to the madness to save your life! Vienna: Oh, my God, yeah, because you are a real hero. Henry: Baby, please. Baby, please, please listen to me. There is one reason and one reason only that I slept with her, and that was to get the money to keep Ralph from doing God knows what to God knows who, and that is the only reason! I swear to you! Please, you have to believe me! Vienna: Yeah, I do. Henry: You do? Vienna: Yeah. I thought you were only cheating on me. Henry: Yeah, but I wasn't. Vienna: No, no, no. You were not. You -- you -- you were -- you were lying about the money you were gonna give away, but, in fact, you were the one who was laundering the money to hide it from me, huh? Henry: I know. I know this sounds bad. I know. Vienna: Oh, can it get any worse? Henry: Please give me another chance. Please? Vienna: No. Not only did you get involved with gangsters, and lie to me about the money, and nearly got me killed, and you were unfaithful. I've given you too many chances, Henry. This is the last time you get to break my heart.
Henry: Look, I -- uh, I know it's gonna take a long time to forgive me. Vienna: Why don't you try never. Henry: No, don't say that. Please. We have our whole lives together. Vienna: What makes you think I want to stay here for even ten minutes? Henry: You know what? I don't want to stay here either. Come away with me. Vienna: What? Henry: Let's just go. Vienna: No, no. Why would I want to go anywhere with you? Henry: Um, first of all, our lives are in danger. Vienna: No. I have nothing to do with this, Henry. Henry: Sweetheart, Ralph came after you once, and if he finds out I'm not gonna get him the money, he's gonna come after both of us. Vienna: Why did you do this to me? Henry: I never wanted this to happen, okay? Um, but -- you know what? Think of this as a new beginning. We could go to Sweden, right? You could be with your family. I could learn the language. You'd be safe and happy. Vienna: Oh, no. I don't want to go anywhere with you, Henry. Henry: Don't do this. Vienna: No. You did this, Henry. You chose the money over me. Henry: No, not for myself. For both of us. Vienna: No. I told you, I don't want the money, and there is no us. I never want to see you again, Henry! Henry: Vienna. Vienna: No!& Henry: Vienna, Vienna, Vienna. Vienna: No. This is over, Henry, forever. Good-bye. Henry: No. Sweetie.
Henry: I'm a vile, loathsome blight on the face of the universe. Katie: Don't be so easy on yourself. Do you want a drink? Henry: I don't deserve a drink. I don't deserve your friendship. I don't deserve the slightest human kindness. Katie: No arguing here. Henry: I should just let that gangster do whatever he wants to do to me. Katie: And what about Vienna? Henry: I'll -- I'll tell him that we broke up and that, um -- and then he won't go after her. And then, besides, he'll never find her because she's going back to Sweden, and I'm gonna go away, too. Katie: Where are you going? Henry: I don't know. Someplace really far, far away, where they accept the scum of the earth. Katie: You're just letting Vienna go? Henry: She's letting me go! She's letting me go! She's done. You didn't see her, Katie. Katie: Yeah, I did. I did. I just saw her at Al's, and she is destroyed, but she loves you still. Henry: No, no, no, she doesn't. You're wrong about that. You're wrong. It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter anyway, okay, because I don't deserve to have a woman like that in my life. I want her to go to Sweden and find somebody else. Katie: Oh, Henry, come on. You're giving up? You don't do that! Henry: I know what you're doing, and I really appreciate it, I do. You're the best friend I've ever had. I don't deserve you, either. Katie: Henry, enough. Henry: No. I mean it. I mean it, okay? I'm done here. I came here to say good-bye -- forever.
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