:09:00
They're all... so insecure.
:09:02
- That's right.
- Mother? Now, really, I can't
:09:05
I'm sorry, darling, but it's out of the question,
and that's all there is to it.
:09:09
I have to hang up now because
we have a call coming in from Susie.
:09:12
- Hugs and kisses, darling. Bye now.
- Mom!
:09:15
Mother?
:09:18
- She hung up.
- How weird.
:09:20
Oh, they're weird, I'll tell you.
:09:23
Positively weird.
:09:25
Well, what's this
Emerald Bay business?
:09:28
Well, the Nickersons are letting us
have their beach house there for August.
:09:31
- It's right on the water,
just south of San Francisco.
- You mean for the children?
:09:34
For all of us.
It's big enough for the whole family.
:09:37
- Wait a minute, honey. Just waitwait
- Oh, I know, I know.
:09:40
This is the chance of a lifetime for
an old-fashioned family get-together...
:09:44
and we mustn't be selfish about it.
:09:46
But, honey,
that wasn't the idea at all.
:09:48
Do you realize that this may be the last time
we'll ever be all together again?
:09:52
That's what you say every time,
and I admit it's a very attractive prospect.
:09:55
Oh, Rog, the way you talk, people would
think that you don't love your children.
:09:59
Oh, I love 'em dearly,
just from different distances.
:10:03
For instance, I've never loved Katey
as much in my life...
:10:06
as I have since she enrolled
at that school 900 miles away.
:10:09
Has it ever occurred to you
that maybe Katey needs you?
:10:12
Needs me? She gets sick at her stomach
every time she looks at me.
:10:15
That's exactly what I mean. We're losing our
children, and do you know whose fault it is?
:10:20
- Ours.
- All right. Where did we fail?
:10:23
Well, we haven't kept in close touch
with our children.
:10:26
We haven't actually shared with them
in all of their problems and pleasures.
:10:29
Honey, I don't know about that.
:10:31
All I know is that Katey
doesn't need me...
:10:34
and Susie doesn't need me,
and Janie doesn't need me.
:10:37
Danny only needs me to pick up
a copy of Playboy for him every month.
:10:41
That must be Susie.
:10:45
Hello? Hello, Susie!
:10:48
She had to talk to Stan about it first.
:10:50
- You mean you're asking them too?
- Yes, I'll hold it.
:10:54
Did you notice how pale those children
looked in these last pictures?
:10:58
Honey, everybody looks pale
in snapshots, even cannibals.