I called Mel Weintraub this morning, to check for availability.
LAMBEAU:
What's the point?
TOM:
What do you want to do?
LAMBEAU:
There is somebody...
TOM:
Who is he?
LAMBEAU:
He was my roommate in college.
INT. BUNKER HILL CAMPUS -- DAY This is SEAN MAGUIRE'S "Dying and Bereavement" class.
Emblazoned on the door is "room 101." While the lecture hall could hold sixty students, there are less than fifteen here today.
Sean Maguire lectures to the class in a resigned tone. Tired of teaching, tired of life, he finds himself resigned to the tedium of teaching core classes to an indifferent student body.
SEAN:
Establishing trust is the most important component in making breakthroughs with a patient. Why?
A beat.
SEAN:
Maureen?
MAUREEN'S only response is an empty stare.
SEAN:
Keep up the good work, Maureen.
Vinnie?
VINNIE looks up.
VINNIE:
Because trust is an important thing.
SEAN:
Don't bullshit me, Vinnie. Didn't your brother give you the notes?
Okay. If a patient doesn't trust you then they won't feel safe enough to be honest with you -- then there's no point to them being in therapy.
It's like saying -- "Fine, come here and don't tell me a thing but go home feeling like you're doing something about your problems -- and give me my fifty bucks before you leave will ya'!"
He looks around the room for approval. No one is listening.
SEAN:
If you don't help them trust you -- then there's no way you'll ever get them to sleep with you. And that should be the goal of any good therapist. Insecure women, you know... nail 'em when they're vulnerable, that's always been my motto.
The students look up, somewhat stunned.
SEAN:
See, I got Vinnie's attention.
Laughter. Sean starts to resume his lecture, when he notices LAMBEAU standing in the back of the room. There is an awkward moment.
