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01x04 - Oslo

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "So Long, Marianne". Aired: September 22, 2024.*
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Series is a dramatization of the 1960s romance between Canadian writer and musician Leonard Cohen and Marianne Ihlen, the Norwegian woman who inspired Cohen's song "So Long, Marianne".

01x04 - Oslo

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(Male Announcer

reads text on screen)

(Musical jingle)

(solemn music)

(solemn music continues)

(door creaking)

(door closes)

(machine beeping)

(Marianne speaking Norwegian)

(Axel speaking Norwegian)

(Marianne speaking Norwegian)

(Axel speaking Norwegian)

(Marianne speaking Norwegian)

- [Axel] Mm.

(Marianne speaking Norwegian)

(Axel speaking Norwegian)

(Marianne sighs)

(Axel speaking Norwegian)

(Marianne speaking Norwegian)

(Axel speaking Norwegian)

(Marianne speaking Norwegian)

(Axel speaking Norwegian)

(Marianne speaking Norwegian)

(Axel speaking Norwegian)

(Axel continues

speaking Norwegian)

(Marianne speaking Norwegian)

(Axel speaking Norwegian)

(Marianne scoffs and

speaks Norwegian)

(Axel speaking Norwegian)

(Axel continues

speaking Norwegian)

(Patricia grunting)

(Marianne speaking Norwegian)

- (speaking Norwegian), okay?

(Marianne speaking Norwegian)

- [Patricia] Where am I?

Why?

- No, easy, you have

to have this on.

You have to have this on.

(Marianne shouting)

It's good for you.

(door slamming)

(horn honking)

(intense music)

(phone ringing)

(Marianne speaking Norwegian)

(upbeat music)

(upbeat music continues)

(upbeat music continues)

(upbeat music continues)

(upbeat music continues)

(upbeat music continues)

(upbeat music continues)

(water lapping)

(gentle music)

I loved you in the morning ♪

Our kisses deep and warm ♪

- [Marianne] (sighs) Jesus!

- [Leonard] I'm

out here, my love.

(Marianne sighs)

- [Marianne] What is

wrong with you people?

(baby cooing)

Shh.

- Who? Jews?

- No, men!

What the f*ck is wrong with men?

- Well, how much

time do you have?

What happened?

(baby cooing)

- Shh.

First, um, watching

over the mistress

to the father of my baby.

And then he tells me that he

has transferred the ownership

to his car to me because he

owes the Greek government money.

Ugh.

And now I have to drive

the car back to Norway.

(Marianne sighs)

- Well, how long does

it take to drive there?

- Uh, two weeks.

- You know, two weeks

is really not very long.

I think we could do that.

Easy.

- Uh, we?

- I'm coming with

you, of course.

How much money do you have?

- Um, I have 200.

But why would you do that?

Why would, you don't have to

- Well, I am in love with you.

I have, um,

200 also.

I think 200 plus 200 is 400.

And, $400, that

should get us there

with gas and, and food, and

- You know, that would

only take us one way.

- Oh, no, but I'm

very good at oral sex.

That's the whole thing.

- Oh.

- It was part of the deal

that I'll be turning

tricks in the street,

which I was very good

at doing in Canada.

(bells tolling)

(plane roaring)

(Marianne speaking Norwegian)

(pilot speaking Norwegian)

(Marianne speaking Norwegian)

(pilot speaking Norwegian)

(Marianne speaking Norwegian)

(soft music)

(soft music continues)

- Thank you.

- You alright?

(soft music)

Is there anything I can do?

- Get me out of here.

(engine turning)

(soft music)

(soft music continues)

- [Leonard] Okay, where are we?

- Well,

still in Albania,

I think.

There should be a village

a few miles ahead.

So maybe we can stop

and I can find a phone,

'cause they should

have landed by now.

I just need to

(phone ringing)

- [Ingeborg] Ihlen.

(Marianne speaking Norwegian)

(Ingeborg speaking Norwegian)

(Marianne speaking Norwegian)

(Ingeborg speaking Norwegian)

(Marianne speaking Norwegian)

(Ingeborg speaking Norwegian)

(Marianne speaking Norwegian)

(Ingeborg speaking Norwegian)

(Marianne speaking Norwegian)

(Ingeborg speaking Norwegian)

(birds chirping)

- He's fine.

(soft music)

(Marianne sighs)

- And you?

- Um

I wanna get drunk.

- Great.

- Mm-hmm.

- I can help with that.

(upbeat music)

(upbeat music continues)

Hey, baby, baby,

don't you go ♪

You gonna leave me

with a (indistinct) ♪

- [Marianne] Okay, so it's

five more miles to the village.

- Alright, we'll drive into

town and find something to eat,

find some place to sleep.

- We can afford that?

- No.

- No.

- So we either, um,

eat at a restaurant,

get some nice food

and sleep in the car,

or we eat bread the

rest of our life

and we sleep in a motel.

- I vote for restaurant and car.

- Yes, ma'am.

(upbeat music)

(upbeat music continues)

(upbeat music ends)

Thank you.

- Thank you.

(waitress speaking Albanian)

(Leonard speaking Albanian)

(waitress laughs)

- Did you finish yours already?

- [Marianne] Yeah.

- Wow, I think it's an aperitif.

- Well, you know, if

it was an aperitif,

they should have served it

before the food

came on the table.

I come from a very strict home,

and if they serve it after

the food, it's a shot.

- How strict is

your home really?

- I think I was

seven or something

and my mother wanted to

teach me table manners.

So she made me sit at the table

with our finest porcelain

plates under my arms

so that I wouldn't put my elbows

on the table while we ate.

It's true.

It's so strange, like,

I can't remember

the last time I just

sat like this

knowing that no one

is waiting for me.

(people chattering)

What was your mother like?

- Is, she's very much alive.

- [Marianne] Mm.

- Very unpredictable.

I wouldn't want to give

a, uh, paltry diagnosis,

but I think she is, um,

maybe, uh, manic depressive.

- What was that like?

- It was terrific.

Oh, it had its ups and downs.

- No.

No joking, just

what was that like?

- Well, she's a refugee.

So I think childhood

was very complicated.

The contradiction of Monday

mornings crying on the floor,

the fits, and Monday

evenings baking of a cake

was, was awfully confusing

for a young burgeoning man.

But I think every time

you walk in the door,

it's something different

so you learn to adapt.

You learn to read people.

You learn to, uh, adjust.

- [Marianne] Mm.

- No, I love her, it's great.

I'm not saying

anything poor of her.

- No.

- Just complex.

A lot of tears, a

lot of laughter.

- I don't really think

that I ever, you know,

had a home.

My only childhood memories

are from my grandmother.

My grandmother's house.

She was my favourite

person in the whole world.

And in my room, my favourite

drawer in the house

was her drawer with

all her old stuff.

And it was filled, you know,

with old ladies'

creams and jewellery

and it was like a treasure box.

And I, it all had the

smell of her perfume

of, of, in a different time.

I felt like a time traveller.

She made me a princess once.

Made a beautiful paper

crown and put it on my head,

and she said that only

the finest, purest soul

can be reached by the

speech of a golden tongue.

- I fit that description.

(Marianne chuckles)

- You think you do, don't you?

Yeah, quite golden.

- My superhero name.

- Oh, really?

- Yeah, they call me

The Golden Tongue.

(Marianne laughs)

- The stars look like they're

dancing to me right now, so

- They're washing

their hair in the rain.

My maternal grandfather

was named Rabbi Klinitsky-Klein.

He had a large

moustache like myself.

- Oh.

- And he was a very stiff man,

very unhappy fellow.

And he spent his life writing

in a 1,000-page thesaurus

for the Talmud.

The Talmud is a Jewish document.

And it doesn't mean

anything to you,

but that's about the most

Jewish thing you could ever do.

- But isn't it strange though

that you feel like you can

tell everything to one person

and then nothing to another?

You know, when I was

A long story short,

my father slapped me

and called me a wh*re.

Um, I left home and I

wandered around the night

and I ended up at my

grandmother's house in the city.

And she told me that, princess,

yes, she can't be a wh*re.

But a wh*re, she can be

a kind of a princess.

And after that, you know,

I wasn't scared of

going home and

- Mama, Miumiu, Mimi?

- Mommo.

- Mommo.

I think I would've

liked her a lot.

I would have dated her.

- You're Mr. Ladies Man.

- What did I do?

Why am I Mr. Ladies Man?

- Saw the way that you were

looking at that waitress,

the way she was

flirting with you.

- That's just my

bad impulse control.

- Right.

I think you should come here.

- Why?

I don't know.

- What is this?

- This is my bad

impulse control.

- [Leonard] What's

it telling you?

- It's telling me

that I should f*ck

your brains out.

(Leonard panting)

(both panting)

(Marianne laughing)

(both grunting)

(Marianne laughing)

(Leonard groaning)

- Oh.

Good God!

- Oh, what happened?

- I, yeah, really

did cut myself.

You really almost

f*cked my brains out.

- This is the worst

ground I've ever felt.

I'm so sorry, Leonard.

You okay?

- I really, really, really

would still like to

make love to you.

I'm just-

- I know.

- It's

- But not now, right?

(bright music)

(bright music continues)

Come on, get it.

It's a beautiful morning.

(bright music)

How are you feeling?

- I'm all right, my

lips are a little

sore from kissing you all night.

Other than that, I'm alright.

- So are mine.

(bright music)

(bright music continues)

(bright music continues)

(bright music continues)

(car engine rumbling)

(dog barking)

(officer speaking in German)

- Uh, yeah.

There you go.

- Are you American?

- Yeah.

Yeah, you?

- No, man, I'm Canadian.

- Right, well, that's

close enough, huh?

- No.

- Where are you guys headed?

- Uh, Norway.

- Really?

- Yeah.

- Yeah, I was actually stationed

up there for three months.

- Oh, no. What?

- Yeah.

It's beautiful up there.

- Thank you.

- Landscapes,

the fjords, the women.

- (laughs) Well,

thank you very much.

- I mean, everything's

perfect up there.

Well, except for the weather.

- Right.

- Yeah.

Alright, you guys are all set

if you just stick to the

west side of the city.

It's a little bit, uh,

tumultuous right now.

- Okay.

Thank you so much.

- [Officer] You're welcome.

(dog barks)

(car engine rumbling)

- I think he was

flirting with me.

- Oh, yeah?

Well, you're very beautiful.

(car engine rumbling)

Do you always drive

so recklessly?

- Uh, yes.

(car engine rumbling)

(Marianne speaking Norwegian)

(doorbell jingles)

Okay, what are we getting?

- A German polse.

- Oh, polse.

(cashier speaking German)

(Marianne speaking German)

- Um

(doorbell jingles)

Okay.

(car whooshing)

(car engine rumbling)

- We have a little

bit more of Germany

and, and then after

Germany, we go into Denmark.

And then, um, I guess that

should lead into Sweden.

- If we find any of those.

- And then we're home

sweet home, Norway.

(upbeat music)

- Let's just find

a place to sleep.

- Oh, no, it's okay, I can, uh,

I can drive through the night.

- We can just, we, we'll,

we'll just find a motel.

- Okay. Why?

I mean, it's okay, I just

- I just, I just

don't know if I, uh,

want this to be over yet, so

- According to the

map, we're in Russia.

(Marianne laughs)

I'm eating Germany.

- (laughing) No.

I didn't know you had that

kind of greed in you though.

- Hold on.

- No.

- Then there's the ocean.

I have so much more to eat.

I loved you in the morning ♪

Our kisses deep and warm ♪

Your hair upon the pillow ♪

Like a sleepy golden storm ♪

Yes, many loved before us ♪

I know you're not new ♪

In city and in forest ♪

They smiled ♪

Like me and you ♪

- (laughing) Are you okay?

- [Leonard] Yeah, I'm alright.

- We made it out alive.

Your eyes are soft ♪

- I was sure that was it.

With sorrow ♪

Hey, that's no way ♪

To say goodbye ♪

Hydra is the one place

where I, when I arrived,

I didn't have any kind of

a culture shock, you know?

Like every cup that I saw, I,

I knew it'd fit in my hand.

And every table I leaned

on, it was the kind of table

that I always had

wanted to lean on.

A 25 cent jug of wine

was the kind of wine

that I'd always

wanted to be drinking.

- Oh, mostly because

of the price, I guess.

- Right, because of the price.

And then I met silly old you.

You went and ruined everything.

- I remember.

It was, um,

yeah, outside Kasikas

and you had that green

worn wool sweater and all-

- No, that's not when we met.

I meant-

- Yes.

- No, no, we'd met

when you were coming,

you were coming from the port

and you were carrying

too many groceries,

I could barely see your head.

- What?

- And yeah,

you had jugs of water

and you were coming up

and there was a, a,

a steed walking by

and it was making

a whistling sound,

and there was a cat purring,

like, like an angel

playing a string.

You know, like Babylon.

- No.

- And, uh,

and I saw you and the sun

was shining out from you,

and you were coming

from the monastery

and I thought,

"It's Jesus Christ,

the blonde, blue-eyed

Jesus Christ."

And you completely ignored me,

as I suppose, you

know, Jesus would.

- I, I don't remember.

- I know, you don't

remember, but I do.

- I would never ignore you.

- You did.

And I'll never forget.

Why did you come to Hydra?

- Why?

Well, I mean, I

It was, you know, Axel,

and I think when I met him,

he was just so different

from everyone and

everything I knew.

And then it turned out

it was all about him

and not about me

or us.

(gentle music)

You can play anything.

It doesn't even

have to be a song.

You can just

Whatever you feel like.

- My voice is very ragged.

I've been drinking and

my nails are dirty.

- Well, I think that's-

- And I'm ugly

and I'm hunchback.

- You're beautiful.

And that's-

- And I'm Jewish.

- All the ingredients you

need for a, to make a song.

- Okay.

- Yes.

It's perfect.

(gentle music)

Oh, the sisters of mercy ♪

They are not

departed or gone ♪

They are waitin' for me ♪

When I thought that

I just can't go on ♪

And they brought

me their comfort ♪

And later they

brought me this song ♪

- God, I like your body.

Well, I hope you

run into them ♪

You who've been

travelling so long ♪

(gentle music)

(gentle music continues)

Yes, you who must

leave everything ♪

That you cannot control ♪

It begins with your family ♪

And soon it comes

round to your soul ♪

Well, I've been

where you're hanging ♪

I think I can see

how you're pinned ♪

(gentle music)

When you're not feeling holy ♪

Your loneliness says

that you've sinned ♪

(gentle music)

(gentle music continues)

- Where are we?

- I'm not exactly sure.

I think we're

somewhere in Denmark.

We should be in Oslo

by tonight, though.

(gentle music)

(gentle music continues)

(Marianne panting)

(gentle music continues)

(gentle music continues)

(water lapping)

(gentle music continues)

- What kind of mother

would rather sleep in a car

than go home to her own child?

(gentle music)

Did you know that when I, um,

when I, after I had

given birth to him

and I, I left the clinic,

I just, I wanted to,

I wanted to leave him behind.

I wanted to leave

my own child behind

because I felt like

I wasn't ready.

And I, I wasn't ready.

But that was because

I knew that with Axel,

it was all just

ruined way, way before.

But I just,

I just pretended

and I just pretended

and I just pretended

because I knew

that I would have no husband

and I would have no father

for my child to be with,

and I just wanted to be me.

And the thing is that with you,

I feel like I am me.

And so I just don't wanna,

I, I don't know.

I don't know, I (sighs)

No one is born a mother.

Nobody.

(water lapping)

(gulls squawking)

- You're a fantastic mother.

I've seen you with him.

- I know I'm not.

- You're fantastic.

- I know I'm not.

- It's true.

- No.

- When you look at each

other, it's like, uh,

there's no sea,

there's no land,

there's nothing,

it's just the two of you.

(gulls squawking)

You see the birds?

They just fly without thinking.

That's you two.

The thing is, you and I

That car is a moon vessel,

you know, it's temporary.

That's why it works

'cause we know it's

not gonna last forever.

And so every minute

becomes valuable.

But

after a while,

you, you would miss,

you'd miss Axel

and you'd miss being a mother.

And you'd take it out on me.

I know that.

You'd think my stories

were old and worn.

Just like every

relationship ever.

I mean, that's the problem

with this kind of love

is that sooner or later the

other person becomes habit.

And I'm not being pedagogical.

I'm saying that

from my side of the

scene, where I am,

there's nothing more

pure, loving and large.

There's nothing more

special than what you have.

And we have a lot of things,

but we don't have that.

(gull squawking)

(water lapping)

- One more night.

- Oh, one more night's

not gonna do it.

Two more nights is

not gonna do it.

It's gonna go on and on

until it stops, you know?

- I will never grow

tired of your stories or

let you become a habit.

- It's a promise you can't make.

It's a promise I

can't make either.

(gentle music)

(gentle music continues)

Going home to

fight what I can ♪

My heart's torn, it's

where the light is ♪

I'm feeling you in

everything I find ♪

What can I keep ♪

What can I leave behind ♪

(grim music)

(grim music continues)

- [Marianne] Hello.

(Ingeborg speaking Norwegian)

- Hi.

- Shh, shh, shh.

(Marianne speaking Norwegian)

(Ingeborg speaking Norwegian)

- Oh

- Yeah.

Yes, he's asleep.

The baby.

So yeah.

- This is, uh, Leonard.

- Hi.

- My mother.

- Hello.

- I've heard so much about you.

- Ingeborg.

- Yeah.

- I'm meeting a celebrity.

(Ingeborg speaking Norwegian)

(Marianne speaking Norwegian)

(Ingeborg speaking Norwegian)

- Yeah.

(Ingeborg speaking Norwegian)

- [Leonard] I don't

know what this is.

(Ingeborg speaking Norwegian)

(Marianne speaking Norwegian)

(cutlery clinking)

(Leonard exhales)

(Ingeborg speaking Norwegian)

- Do you like it?

- It's like matzo

Matzo ball.

- Yeah, it's, uh

(Marianne speaking Norwegian)

- Komle.

- It's Komle.

- Komle?

- Komle.

- Okay.

- [Marianne] Potato and, yeah.

(Ingeborg speaking Norwegian)

(Marianne speaking Norwegian)

(Ingeborg speaking Norwegian)

(Marianne speaking Norwegian)

- Right, this is the best

meal we've had in a long time?

Mm.

- It's Norwegian.

- [Marianne] It's Norwegian.

Very Norwegian.

(Ingeborg speaking Norwegian)

- [Marianne] Mm.

(Ingeborg speaking Norwegian)

(cutlery clinking)

(Ingeborg speaking Norwegian)

(Marianne speaking Norwegian)

(Ingeborg speaking Norwegian)

(Marianne speaking Norwegian)

(Ingeborg speaking Norwegian)

(Ingeborg speaking Norwegian)

(Marianne speaking Norwegian)

- You can say that.

- Yeah.

- Mother was just saying she

thinks you're a bit too skinny

and that you have to eat more,

so just the plates.

- Okay.

Sounds like my mother.

You know, Jesus, uh,

always said it's

more important, uh,

what comes out of your

mouth than what goes in it.

- Yeah.

- So.

(Ingeborg speaking Norwegian)

- Mother understands,

uh, English,

she just doesn't speak it.

- Oh, sorry.

(Ingeborg speaking Norwegian)

- [Marianne] Yeah.

(cutlery clinking)

- Dear diary,

that

was a

car crash.

- [Marianne] Really?

- She

hates

me.

- No, she liked you.

She liked you.

- Oh, yeah, yeah,

she loves me.

- No.

- She hates me impossibly.

- Axel, he didn't even make it

through the hall downstairs.

You sat at her dinner table.

- I'm flattered.

- You should be.

- Oh, my goodness,

this is cracked.

- (gasps) Bad luck

for seven years.

- That's how I

always see myself.

- Broken?

(gentle music)

(gentle music continues)

(gentle music continues)

Hey, that's no way ♪

To say goodbye ♪

(Ingeborg speaking Norwegian)

- Eggs and omelette and bread,

that brings me right back home.

- Oh.

(Ingeborg speaking Norwegian)

(baby cooing)

(Ingeborg speaking Norwegian)

- Hm?

- Oh, she asks

where are you from?

- I'm from Montreal.

Canada.

- Oh, Canada.

(Ingeborg speaking Norwegian)

(baby cooing)

(Ingeborg speaking Norwegian)

- Yeah, um, his

family and relatives,

his mother are there and

(Marianne speaking Norwegian)

- Oh, dead?

- Yeah.

(Ingeborg speaking Norwegian)

- Condolences.

- Oh, okay.

- Um, you, uh,

you work?

- Um, (clears throat)

yeah, I am, uh

- Leonard's a poet.

- No, I'm a writer.

Um, I've written, uh,

a few volumes of,

of poetry and, uh,

and I've just written,

written a novel.

I've written a few novels.

And one was uh,

uh, rejected,

uh, but another one,

uh, is coming out soon.

And, hopefully, you

know, in Norway.

And I'm, and I've been

writing some songs as well.

Uh

- The guitar.

- Leonard] [Yeah.

(baby cooing)

(Marianne speaking Norwegian)

(door creaking)

- W-why didn't you just tell her

what I did before we got here?

- I didn't tell her

because I wanted her

to meet you first and,

and see what kind

of person you are

without just judging

you and what you do

based on her impression of Axel.

Leonard, please don't, don't

pay attention to my mother.

She's just very

insecure and that's-

- Well, your mother's

a lot of things,

I don't know if

insecure is one of them.

- It's just her

coping mechanism.

And when you've, if, if you

feel like she's judging you,

it's not you, it's

all, she's judging me

because she feels that I am

ruining and wasting my life.

- Oh, you're ruining wasting

your life with me, okay.

Very nice.

- No.

You know that's not

what I meant at all.

- Ah.

Alright, let's not

get nasty, okay?

Let's just, um,

I'll go for a walk.

- Mm, yeah, that's a great idea.

- Forgive me.

- Mm.

- Where did your mother,

uh, put my shoes?

- I don't know, they're

probably in the hall.

Go look.

(grim music)

(Marianne sighs)

(grim music)

(grim music continues)

(grim music continues)

(grim music continues)

(singers vocalising)

(singers continue vocalising)

(grim music)

(singers continue vocalising)

(singers continue vocalising)

(Marianne laughing)

- Oh, yeah.

- Oh, yeah.

(singers vocalising)

(singers continue vocalising)

- [Leonard] Irving, thank

you so much for the letter.

Great news about the book.

For the last two months, I

felt gradually more isolated

from the world and from myself.

So I can't say how much

it meant to me right now.

Unfortunately, we spent all

our money getting to Norway

and Marianne has her

son to take care of.

At the same time, of

course, I agree with you

that all the endless hours

of work I put into it

mustn't go to waste.

I don't know how much

longer I can take it.

(footsteps tapping)

(footsteps continue tapping)

- You know, actually I was

talking to her this morning

and, um, she did

say that we can,

we can stay as long as we like.

So, I was thinking maybe

I'll find a job and, uh,

- I was wondering

if there is anywhere else

we could stay, you

know, and sleep.

- We can sleep under a bridge

if that's what you want.

- No, just, um,

you know, a friend.

I thought you had

maybe a friend or

- All my friends have

families and kids.

And, I mean, you,

you could find a job

here as well, you know?

- And doing what?

- Journalist maybe.

- In Norwegian?

'Cause I'm so fantastic

at the language.

- Pretty good.

You can just stay in and

write, like you usually do,

and we will be out of your way.

(footsteps tapping)

Do you wanna come up or

- Yeah, I'll be in, I'm just,

I need to finish the cigarette.

(grim music)

(grim music continues)

(grim music continues)

- Is there really

anything left to cut off?

- Sorry?

- I mean, isn't that

the second time in a row

that you're shaving?

- [Leonard] No.

(baby cooing)

(Ingeborg speaking Norwegian)

- Like, you've been shaving

for what, half an hour now?

So you can just go for a walk

and it'll make you feel better.

- No, it's not, I, I

don't wanna offend her.

- Well, you won't offend her

because I'll just tell her

that you had an important

errand to go to.

It's fine, really.

(Ingeborg speaking Norwegian)

(Marianne speaking Norwegian)

(baby cooing)

(bird squawking)

(gentle music)

(footsteps tapping)

- Hey.

You look fantastic.

- Thank you.

You too.

- Oh.

Shouldn't light

the table on fire.

(Marianne laughs)

Where's little Micro?

Oh, hey.

(waiter speaking Norwegian)

(Marianne speaking Norwegian)

- Uh, my mother took

him to the park.

- Okay, the, the invitation

was for him as well.

- I know, but I

think my mother felt

that it was a little

bit inappropriate

to bring a child here,

because this place

here is quite, um,

it's an institution, really.

But you do know

that this place is

um, quite expensive.

- That's okay,

'cause Irving, um,

Irving's lent me a little money.

A wire came in today.

- Amazing.

- [Leonard] Yeah.

(light music)

- What?

- Hmm?

- Hmm?

- I love you.

- I love you too.

- I'm going to Canada.

- When?

- Just for a little while.

I, um,

my book has finally come out.

Uh, so they're, uh, you

know, paying my fare

and giving me the whole, uh,

star-spangled banner

treatment, uh,

if I go and I promote it.

So, um,

I figured I'll, uh, you know,

just go away for a little while

and make enough

money to send to, uh,

to you and, uh, little Micro,

and you, you all

can come to Montreal

and, um, come enjoy

the freezing cold.

- I mean, why can't you just,

why can't you just stay here

and you can find a job?

- Because that's not

I am, I'm, I'm not,

I'm not completely

well, you know,

I, I don't know if you

can see it in my eyes,

but, but

every time I shave,

it takes a lot of self-control.

- Please don't say that.

No.

I just, (sighs)

I just really don't

want you to leave.

Uh

- You won't like what

I become if I stay.

- So you're going home.

- I'm going to Montreal.

Home is, home is

wherever you are.

Marianne,

it's not the end, okay?

Look at me.

It's not the end.

- How do you know that?

Oh, why ♪

Why must I be the one ♪

To always be alone ♪

My love ♪

Always ♪

Why can't I be the one ♪

To believe ♪

That love will go ♪

That way ♪

(knuckles rapping)

So why ♪

Don't you take me along ♪

For the ride ♪

Oh, my love ♪

My love ♪

My love ♪