The Royal Tenenbaums · written by Wes Anderson & Owen Wilson · 2001

A nurse refuses Royal access to Richie because visiting hours are over and refers him to the doctor.

Scene 105 of 143 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act three

Royal
Nurse

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The story so farBefore scene 105

After losing his hotel room, Royal claims he has only weeks to live so he can move back in with his estranged family; as the truth unravels, he must find a way to be useful and earn a place in their lives.

Scenes 1–39
Royal is absent from the children’s adult lives, and their family remains shaped by his betrayals and abandonment.
Scenes 40–47
Royal wants a path back to Etheline and the children, and claims impending death will give him one.
Scenes 48–50
He returns to the house and openly asks his children for a chance to make things right.
Scenes 51–90
Royal tries to reconnect through schemes, misjudgments and genuine care, learning that affection alone cannot erase old injuries.
Scenes 91–92
Royal admits to Etheline that he hoped to win her back and remove Henry, revealing the motive behind his return.
Scene 101
Richie’s suicide attempt brings the family together around a crisis that Royal cannot solve through charm or deception.
Just before
Scene 102
The family gathers around Richie in hospital; he answers their questions but will not share his suicide note.
Scene 103
In the waiting area, Raleigh confronts Margot about her affair; Henry arrives and Etheline embraces him.
Scene 104
Royal and Pagoda arrive at the hospital after visiting hours and look for a way to reach Richie.
Scene 105
This scene

105INT. HOSPITAL. NIGHT.

Royal speaks anxiously to a nurse at the registration desk. Pagoda stands behind him.

ROYAL

Richie Tenenbaum, please.

NURSE

Your name?

ROYAL

Royal Tenenbaum.

The nurse looks down at her registration book. She frowns. She looks back to Royal.

NURSE

I’m afraid visiting hours are over, sir.

ROYAL

(hesitates)

Why? What does it say there? They

don’t want me?

NURSE

I’m sorry. I have to refer you to Dr.

Burroughs. He’ll be in tomorrow

afternoon.

Silence.