therapist lines

Question 1

A. Michael –

C. John –

Answer 1

All three children

Question 2

C. That girl.

BOY. What was her name again?

Answer 2

Those children

Question 3

DETECTIVE. No official statement has been given

Answer 3

But the girl -

Question 4

DOCTOR. Feelings are not part of my job

Answer 4

So you feel he took something tangible from you.
Something you could touch, something you could lose.
How does that make you feel?

Question 5

THERAPIST. How does that make you feel?

WENDY. Empty.

Answer 5

And how do you think that makes him feel?

Question 6

THERAPIST. And how do you think that makes him feel?

WENDY. Full.

Answer 6

I know this has all been quite overwhelming,
Wendy.
I don’t want you to think of me as your therapist.
I want you to think of me as your friend.
Someone you can talk to.
What about your parents?

Question 7

(WENDY says nothing.)
(The THERAPIST waits patiently then can’t
take it anymore.)
What about your parents?
WENDY. I don’t have any.

Answer 7

Wendy.

Question 8

WENDY. You’re no fun.
(The THERAPIST makes a note.)
(Beat.)
Did she tell you my dad left?

Answer 8

She did

Question 9

THERAPIST. She did.
WENDY. Yeah.
(Beat.)

Answer 9

That must be very hard.

Especially on top of everything else.

Question 10

WENDY. I haven’t paid it much attention.
I have a hard time focusing on more than one feeling at
the same time.

Answer 10

I’m sure you’ve paid it some attention.

What have you noticed? What’s different?

Question 11

DOCTOR. They say she hardly leaves the house.

C. Still

Answer 11

They say she cries all the time.

Question 12

B. “The Lost Boys.”

A. I forgot about the boys.

Answer 12

She never got over it, they say.

Question 13

DOCTOR. She needs to get out more.

Answer 13

She needs to try harder

Question 14

WENDY. The first time I saw him
I was wearing a blue nightgown my mother bought me.
I give myself eight minutes a day to think about him.
To remember.
Then I catalog my thoughts, when I finish thinking
them –
I put them between the pages of books.
Behind paintings on the wall.
I sew them into the lining of coats.

Answer 14

It seems to me that you have endowed your childhood bedroom
“The Nursery”
with an awful lot of importance.
I know change is difficult.
But you have to start somewhere.
On average, you have to meet forty people before you make one lasting connection.
Why don’t you try and make one lasting connection?

Question 15

WENDY. I have lasting connections.

Answer 15

A new lasting connection

Question 16

WENDY. Forty people seems like a lot.

Answer 16

You’d be surprised by how quickly they can add up.
Especially if you leave the house.
Forty people.
Just try.

Question 17

DOCTOR. Say “ah.”
(WENDY with the THERAPIST.)
(They hold playing cards.)

Answer 17

Do you have any twos?

Question 18

THERAPIST. Do you have any Twos?
WENDY. No.
(Beat.)

Answer 18

Wendy.
What are we supposed to say?
Instead of "No" 
In this game
we're supposed to say "Go Fish"
I know sometimes rules feel silly--

Question 19

WENDY. What feels Silly is playing Go Fish past the age of
twelve.
I met forty people and I tried and you’re wrong and I’m
going to find Peter.

Answer 19

It might feel worse before it feels better, but it will feel better.
Structure does help. Time does help.
They give us containers for our feelings.

Question 20

DOCTOR. Three children disappear.

DETECTIVE. Seven come back.

Answer 20

Because of her family

Question 21

DOCTOR. People mail all kinds of letters.

DETECTIVE. Santa Claus – The North Pole.

Answer 21

Peter Pan – Neverland