Act 1 Scene 6

Question 1

M: ___
D: No, no. Just want to see if it’s in tune.
M: ___

Answer 1

1. Dad– ? You sound great.
2. Keep playing. I wish you’d do more things that make you happy.

Question 2

D: What are you talking about? Got a great game of chess going right here.
M: ___
D: Learning to defeat yourself is the best way to improve your game.
M: ___

Answer 2

1. Yeah? Who’s your opponent?
2. If defeating yourself is the objective, I worry you’re succeeding.

Question 3

M: Jacob. Thanks for coming by. I’d like to stop by the cemetery today. It’s your mom’s birthday.
J: What’re you looking at, Pop?
M: New neighbor. Hey, shovel that back stoop for me, would ya?
M: ___
D: Only a matter of time.

Answer 3

1. Problem across the street?

Question 4

J: Instead of spying on her, why don’t you go say hello.
M: The way you did with Melanie?
J: What?
M: Glaciers formed while you mustered the courage.
J: That’s not–
M: Right up until she married someone else.
J: –true.

Answer 4

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Question 5

D: How are things with you and Mike?
M: ___
D: You’re running out of time to push out that grandkid, ya know. Biological clock’s ticking like a bass drum.
M: ___

Answer 5

1. Fine.
2. Thanks, Dad.

Question 6

D: Thunka. Thunka. Thunka.
M: ___
D: Fill out a slip, talk to a clerk–fifteen minutes, you’re done. How much time could it possibly save?
M: ___

Answer 6

1. I went to the bank for you. If you had an ATM card I could have skipped the line.
2. Fourteen and a half minutes.