Teddy and Irene are brother and sister, well into their middle-age, and he has just taken up an uninvited residence in her basement. Teddy doesn’t think it’s really her basement, since Irene bought the house with money from their mother’s will, which made no mention of him. Irene disagrees about the ownership, but sometimes refers to it as her husband Gerry’s house and basement. She’s that kind of a faithful stay-at-home wife. In his complaints and disappointments, Teddy is as unstable as Irene is grounded in her concern for him. And while his dreams for the future are completely delusional, she has the distinct advantage survival-wise of having stopped dreaming long ago.
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