SYDNEY: My ex-husband and I are friends.  In fact I married my best friend, and I love him•just not in the way that makes a marriage work.

BETTE: Your ex-husband is gay and so are you.  Your lack of sexual tension un-complicates you•in a good way.

SYDNEY: But there is sexual tension between lesbians who are friends.

BETTE: I’m not saying it’s perfect, just better than our heterosexual counterparts.

SYDNEY:  I just want to be happy again.

BETTE:  How will you know when you are? (Syd shakes her head but does not respond) Were you happy in India?

SYDNEY: That was just an escape•a search for answers.

BETTE: Sometimes we search too hard for answers that are right in front of us or already inside us. 

SYDNEY:  I went to India because I wanted to leave what I built in L.A. with Susan.

BETTE: Running away from home, doc?

SYDNEY:  I never considered L.A. my home•I was running from memories•but it was for a good cause.

BETTE:  You’re very generous with your time and money•I admire that.

SYDNEY:  I can afford to be generous•there’s no honor in that.  (hesitates thoughtfully) For many years I was a person in constant motion and now I’m simply me•not my clinic, not my causes, just me•and I’m just not certain I know how to be "just me."

BETTE:  What else was it Earnest said, "Never mistake motion for action."  Have you considered going back to medicine?

SYDNEY:  That seems a lifetime again.  Why do you ask?

BETTE:  I just remember how you took control when I did this.(Bette motions to her broken arm) You were so much in your element•perhaps more so than I’ve seen you since Susan’s death.  Maybe it would help you regain focus. Being a doctor is who you are.

SYDNEY: No, Bette, it’s what I did, not who I am. 

BETTE:  But how you treated me when I had my stroke.  I’d be an invalid if you weren’t there that night.  You were a doctor’s doctor: strong, vibrant, defiant but deliberate.

SYDNEY:  A doctor needs solid footing to take on patient problems.  I lost my footing when Susan died and I’ve been sliding down hill ever since.  My mind has never been more clouded and unfocused. (hesitates thoughtfully)  I don’t know…maybe I’ll practice again, but for now my heart just isn’t into it.