![]() The shot didn’t initially kill Ed-he lived for three days, his head swelling to twice its normal size. Eventually, Ed shot himself in a hotel room, and he was brought to the hospital on a night when Mel was on call. The gun Ed used to shoot himself was also the one he later used to continually threaten Terri and Mel-he was clearly unhinged over his breakup with Terri. Mel remains firm that the kind of love he’s talking about is something absolute and nonviolent.Īs the friends continue sipping their gin, Terri and Mel recount Ed’s two botched suicide attempts: first by drinking rat poison, and later shooting by himself in the mouth. ![]() During this exchange, Nick touches Laura’s hand, and Laura smiles at him. Mel asks Nick and Laura what they think, but neither of them have an opinion since they didn’t know Ed personally. ![]() Mel is adamant that this wasn’t real love, but Terri is sure that it was. ![]() Terri recounts how her ex-boyfriend, Ed, used to beat her while telling her that he loved her. ![]() The four friends are drinking gin and tonics and talking about love, which Mel (a cardiologist and former seminarian) believes is spiritual in nature. Two married couples- Mel and Terri, and Nick and Laura-sit around Mel and Terri’s kitchen table as the afternoon sun streams in through the window. ![]()
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