In When Harry Met Sally... there's a scene where Harry and Jess are at a football game. They have this conversation while participating in "The Wave" where they stand up with their hands up in the air and then sit down again, while the people in the next section stand up and then sit down.
Jess: When did this happen?
Harry: Friday. Helen comes home from work and she says, 'I don't know if I want to be married anymore.' Like it's the institution, you know, like it's nothing personal, just something she's been thinking about in a casual way.
I'm calm. I say, 'Why don't we take some time to think about it,' you know, 'don't rush into anything.'
Jess: Yeah. Right.
Harry: Next day, she says she's thought about it, and she wants a trial separation. She just wants to try it, she says, but we can still date. ...
Then she tells me that somebody in her office is going to South America and she can sublet his apartment. I can't believe this. And the doorbell rings. 'I can sublet his apartment.' The words are still hanging in the air, you know, like a balloon attached to her mouth...
Jess: Like a cartoon.
Harry: Right. So I go to the door, and there are moving men there. Now I start to get suspicious. I say, 'Helen, when did you call these movers?' And she doesn't say anything. So I ask the movers: 'When did this woman book you for this gig?'
And they're just standing there. Three huge guys, one of them wearing a T-shirt that says, 'Don't fuck with Mister Zero.'
So I said, 'Helen. When did you make this arrangement?' She says, 'A week ago.' I said, 'You've known for a week, and you didn't tell me?'
And she says, 'I didn't want to ruin your birthday.'
Jess: You're saying Mr. Zero knew you were getting a divorce a week before you did?
Harry: Mr. Zero knew.
Jess: I can't believe this.
Harry: I haven't told you the bad part, yet.
Jess: What could be worse than Mr. Zero knowing?
Harry: It's all a lie. She's in love with somebody else. Some tax attorney. She moved in with him.
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