He is lost inside a vacuum. She wants to become an actress. She doesn't talk, she gushes. She has a mind that stretches beyond flannel. That's rare in Babylon.
People go to the suburbs for their kids and security.
When the kids leave there is still security, which becomes vapid, because isolation is a trap. David spends the day of the eclipse with Judy. He knows she's leaving, she knows she's leaving. That's the way it is. Everyone, in their own way, is searching.