Hey, have you and Howard started planning your wedding yet?
Yeah, we're thinking of having it on a cliff overlooking the ocean.
Nothing soothes those pre-wedding jitters like the thought of falling and drowning.
What did your mother say when you told her you were getting married?
He hasn't told her yet.
He's waiting for the right time.
I was thinking of weaving it into her eulogy.
What do you think?
Do you like her?
She's great, huh?
She's a lovely girl.
Cute as a button.
That's good to hear, because I've got some news.
I hope it's good news, because I've got nothing but disappointment in here.
Bernadette and I are getting married.
Ma?
You too busy bearing down?
Ma?
Oh my gosh, Ma?
Stand back, I'm gonna break the door down!
Son of a bitch, Ma, help!
So I knocked down the bathroom door, picked up my poor, unconscious mother, carried her to the car and drove like a madman to the emergency room.
You're a real hero, Howard.
No, I did what any son would do.
Hang on a second.
You picked up your mother?
Her own legs are barely able to do that.
I was filled with adrenaline.
It happens to be how women lift cars off babies.
Yeah, I'm saying it'd be easier to lift a car.
What can I tell you?
After I found the courage to put her pants back on, I was unstoppable.
So, how is she?
They're running tests.
I don't know.
May have been a heart attack or heart attack-like event.
What's the difference?
No, heart attack-like event is an event that's like a heart attack.
Thanks for clearing that up.
Regardless, coronary problems are imminently treatable.
What's more likely going to kill Howard's mother are the antibiotic-resistant superbugs festering in every nook and cranny of this hospital.
Okay, you're not helping.
Disagree.
Go sit over there.
I'll sit over there.
It looks cleaner.
Is there a history of heart disease in your family?
My family is the history of heart disease.
There's a cave painting in France of one of my ancestors doing this.
So it's probably genetic.
Well, maybe.
Mom also had just gotten some news that might have upset her.
What?
It's not important.
Come on, Howard.
I'm going to be your wife.
You could share anything with me.
You'd think that, but no.
You told her we were gonna get married and she had a heart attack?
You can't take that personally.
How else is she supposed to take it?
What you gotta keep in mind is that ever since my dad left, I've been the whole world to my mother.
I mean, she'd be threatened by any woman who can give me what she can't.
You mean sexual intercourse?
Well, when you say it like that, you make it sound creepy.
What happened?
Howard's mother had a heart attack because I have sex with him and she can't.