Aired: Aug 22, 2011Playwright Arthur Banks awakes in the bedroom of a girl he suspects is undera...
The Trivial Pursuits of Arthur Banks
Season 1 Episode 3: The Latent Existentialist
As opening night approaches, Arthur describes to his therapist his celibate relationship with a student at Columbia. Holding off having sex shows maturity, Arthur reflects. Life can be viewed like eggs, says the therapist. Optimists see the world sunny-side up; pessimists -- or latent existentialists -- see it as scrambled.
