It's 2AM and Marina can't sleep. Her husband Richard, snores loudly near her. Frustrated, she bashes him with a pillow, but we quickly learn, it's not his snoring that's keeping her up - she quit her job. Seems the combination of Marina's ...See moreIt's 2AM and Marina can't sleep. Her husband Richard, snores loudly near her. Frustrated, she bashes him with a pillow, but we quickly learn, it's not his snoring that's keeping her up - she quit her job. Seems the combination of Marina's therapy visits with Dr. Green (Richard hates Dr. Green), learning an old friend is headlining at the Punchline, and the threat of her 40th birthday just a few months away has made Marina realize that she can't spend one more minute at her office job or she'll die. Marina's liberation creates a full on panic attack for Richard when he realizes his wife isn't kidding - she doesn't have a job. The bills scream to him from the drawer they've been put in and he wastes no time handing them over to Marina so she can see just what a mess she's got them into. And for just a moment, she does see. The next morning, Richard awakes to find Marina dressed in silver clothes and painted in silver from head to toe. She's had a midnight epiphany - she will make them both happy by being a street artist who gets paid daily! Her optimism is not shared by Richard who is dumbstruck as she demonstrates her pitiful "robot," shaking a tip cup in her hand. As she leaves for her new "job," Richard calls in to work to let them know he won't be able to make it. We close on Richard, a silver kiss on his cheek, curled up on the couch, sick to his stomach. Written by
Robert Hammond
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