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How many times you

faked the P.A.T. thing?

- How do you know I ever faked it?

- I would.

At my piano recital,

at your show in Charleston.

I knew it.

I think there are more

but shame dulls my memory.

Have you ever been in love?

Negative.

Well, what about

Mary Elizabeth?

[chuckles]

I brought Mary Elizabeth to

dinner a couple of weeks ago.

So before dessert, Dad and I went out

onto the porch to smoke a joint.

When did Dad

start smoking pot?

He says, "You ever notice, Mary

Elizabeth has a bit of a beak?"

Imagine if she had a little mustache,

she'd look just like Larry Bird.

Oh, my God. He's right.

Yep.

Some things

you just can't unsee.

So I dumped him.

Her.

Was there a point

to this story, or...?

The point is, I think love

is just a trick God plays on us

so we don't feel ashamed

of ourselves all the time.

Weird to hear you

talk about God.

I mean, do you,

you know, believe?

Only marginally.

And only when it's convenient.

What about Satan?

- What about him?

- Do you believe in him?

Hell no! Who needs Satan

when we have Republicans?

Morning, Mr. Spencer.

And a good morning to you,

my lady of ladies.

Good morning, Taylor.

Has our Kingfisher

arrived from New York?

- Not yet.

- Oh. [sighs]

Oh, shoot a monkey...

Well, all in good time,

I suppose.

[Taylor] Vera is the Belle of the

Honeysuckled Sunny Southern Aphorism.

"All in good time.

God works in mysterious ways.

Everyone is doing

the best they can."

Vera, you know

what I admire about you?

I have no idea,

but I'm dying to hear it.

Your resolute cheeriness, which flies in

the face of the world's marauding armies

of tragedy and darkness.

I think some young southern boy has

been reading too much Faulkner.

If it's not one thing,

it's another.

There are dust devils

everywhere.

And our Kingfisher is somewhere

between here and New York.

Well, we'll muddle

through somehow.

- Vera, when you were a girl...

- Oh, dear.

...what singers

did you listen to?

The same ones

I listen to now:

Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett,

Miss Joni Mitchell.

And when they sang

love songs,

did you ever get the feeling that

they were singing about something

that you knew

absolutely nothing about?

Of course.

Did you ever find out?

Of course, and so will you.

All in good time?

You're young.

Have faith, sweetness.

Well, I'm late.

Right. It's Tuesday morning.

Yes, my little group.

Vera, you wanna know

what I imagine?

Imaginings of an 18-year-old?

Darling, I'm not sure I do.

- [bell jingles]

- [people chattering]

[bell jingles]

Well, hello, dear.

Hi. My name's Taryn,

and I'm an alcoholic.

[all] Hi, Taryn.

Is this your first meeting?

Yes.

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