Comfortably Smug

Rob jumped in.

That's part of being a creative person.

You express it, you get it out there.

The director looked lovingly at his wife.

Everybody's so open, and it's because of Michelle.

Everybody is, she said, looking back at her husband, but we didn't set out to do a public good.

We had to do it for each other.

We ordered, and Nick explained the ineffectiveness of rehab for him.

I just couldn't get by in these programs.

I had resistance every time they tried to reach me.

The elder Reiners described their own misgivings.

The program works for some people, but it can't for everyone, said Rob.

When Nick would tell us it wasn't working for him, we wouldn't listen.

We were desperate.

And because the people had diplomas on their wall, we listened to them when we should have been listening to our son.

I looked at Romy, who was also there, the Reiner's daughter.

How did she feel?

This is my best friend, and I was there for all of it, she said, gesturing to her brother, two years older.

It's weird, but good to see it on screen, she said.

She struck me as someone deeply admiring of her brother, but also perhaps a little tired of explaining his behavior to her parents, to everyone.