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NED: DON'T MOVE.
ALEXIS: SNAKE? SNIPER ON THE ROOF?
NED: UH-UH.
ALEXIS: AM I UNDER ARREST?
NED: I AM JUST TAKING A MENTAL PICTURE FOR FUTURE REFERENCE. YOU SEE, THIS IS HOW I WANT TO SEE MY FRONT ENTRANCE EVERY TIME I COME HOME -- WITH YOU RIGHT HERE IN FRONT.
ALEXIS: YOU COULD HAVE A LAWN ORNAMENT MADE OF ME.
NED: SAY "CHEESE."
ALEXIS: CHEESE.
NED: NOW COME TO PAPA.
ALEXIS: DO YOU REALIZE WE HAVE ONE LONG, GLORIOUS EVENING TOGETHER? READY OR NOT, HERE I COME.
ALEXIS: PERHAPS WE SHOULD GO INSIDE AND NOT MAKE A SPECTACLE OF OURSELVES.
NED: NO, NO, NO. IT'S TOO DARK TO BE A SPECTACLE.
ALEXIS: ANYONE CAN WALK IN AT ANY MOMENT -- AS EXCITING AS THAT IS.
NED: WE'LL SAY YOU SAW A RATTLESNAKE.
ALEXIS: OH, GOOD IDEA. JAX: UNHAND MY WIFE.
NED: WHO INVITED YOU? JAX: NOW, THE QUESTION IS, WHO INVITED MY PARENTS? NOT THAT THEY EVER WAI FOR AN INVITATION.
ALEXIS: YOUR PARENTS ARE HERE?
JAX: YEAH, ANY MINUTE NOW. SORRY.
JERRY JUST TOLD ME, LIKE, AN HOUR AGO. I KNOW YOU TWO HAD PLANS.
NED: "HAVE" -- PRESENT TENSE.
JAX: THEY'RE GOING TO EXPECT TO SEE YOU, ALEXIS.
NED: SO YOU JUST TELL THEM THAT SHE'S OUT OF TOWN.
ALEXIS: WELL, HE CAN'T DO THAT.
JAX: YEAH.
NED: WHY THE HELL NOT?
ALEXIS: WELL, BECAUSE IT'S JUST TOO WOBBLY. I MEAN, WHAT IF SOMEBODY SAW ME IN MY CAR OR SAW ME LEAVE THE HOTEL WITHOUT MY LUGGAGE? AND I DON'T WANT HIS PARENTS TO THINK THAT I WOULD LIE TO HIM.
NED: OK, FINE. SO JUST TELL THEM THAT SHE'S OUT LATE FOR A DEPOSITION OR SOMETHING.
ALEXIS: OH, SEE, HE CAN'T DO THAT, EITHER.
NED: WHOSE SIDE ARE YOU ON?
ALEXIS: WELL, YOU SEE, I WOULDN'T SAY THAT I WAS WORKING BECAUSE, I MEAN, I WOULDN'T BE.
NED: SURE, YOU WOULD. YOU WORK LATE ALL THE TIME.
ALEXIS: WELL, BUT IF MY BELOVED HUSBAND'S FAMILY WERE COMING IN FROM ALASKA, I WOULD SHUFFLE THINGS AND CANCEL THINGS D DO WHATEVER I WOULD TO BE THERE. I JUST WOULD.
NED: OK. I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAVE TO BE HIS WIFE, BUT DO YOU HAVE TO BE SUCH A GOOD WIFE? I MEAN, MOST GUYS IN REAL MARRIAGES DON'T HAVE IT AS GOOD AS HE DOES.
JAX: WOULD YOU CUT THE WOMAN SOME SLACK BEFORE I REMIND YOU WHOSE BRAINSTORM THIS WHOLE MESS WAS IN THE FIRST PLACE? LOOK, I'LL DISPATCH MY PARENTS TO BEDS SOON AS I CAN, OK? I'LL START HINTING THAT DAD LOOKS TIRED AND PALE, AND MY MOTHER WILL DO THE REST. AND YOU GUYS CAN HAVE THE REST OF THE EVENING, MINUS A FEW MEASLY HOURS.
ALEXIS: CAN YOU LIVE WITH THAT?
NED: I'M STARTING WITHOUT YOU.
ALEXIS: ALL RIGHTY, THEN. I'LL GET THERE AS SOON AS I CAN.
NED: I KNOW, I KNOW -- SAFETY FIRST.
JAX: OH, SURE. SHOOT THE MESSENGER.
ALEXIS: YOU'RE LOOKING AT A WOMAN WHO SWORE SHE WOULD NEVER GET MARRIED AND GIVE UP HER INDEPENDENCE.
JAX: AND YOU'RE LOOKING AT A MAN WHO -- WELL, A YEAR AGO WANTED NOTHING MORE THAN TO BE MARRIED AND GIVE UP SOME OF HIS INDEPENDENCE.
ALEXIS: SO NEITHER OF US ARE GETTING WHAT WE WANT, HUH?
JAX: NO. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU AND THIS MAKE-BELIEVE MARRIAGE OF OURS IS ACTUALLY PERFECT FOR ME. YEAH, BECAUSE IF LIFE WERE A BANQUET, THEN YOU WOULD BE THE SHERBET, AND YOU'RE LETTING ME CLEANSE MY PALATE UNTIL THE NEXT BIG -- WELL, WHATEVER IT'S GOING TO BE. YOU KNOW?
ALEXIS: IT'S NICE TO SEE THAT YOU'RE FALLING IN LOVE AGAIN.
JAX: SAYS WHO?
ALEXIS: THERE'S JUST CERTAIN THINGS A WIFE KNOWS, HUSBAND DEAR.
JAX: COME ON.
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