Good Trouble (2019–…): Season 2, Episode 10 - A Very Coterie Christmas - full transcript

We need to have the Christmas
Festival at the Coterie!

What?

- Is the manager around?
- I'm the manager.

You're Claudette Bourguignon?

Oui!

Your lease is up.

- Did you know he was in prison?
- No.

- Mom never told you?
- Oh, who cares?

Who is this?

This is our dad.

- Hey, wait, son.
- Hey, man!



I am not your son.

I'm here, Abuelo.

Your father's had a stroke.

But we won't know how severe
any complications may be

until he wakes up.

Is there a chance that he won't wake up?

- Jesus is in Nepal.
- I thought he was in Tibet?

Well he should be here. It's Christmas.

Is this the first Christmas
he's spent away from home?

Yes, and we're not very happy about it.

Well, I understand the need
to travel and find oneself.

Do you think you have
like the flu or something?

I think I'm pregnant.

I'm gonna move out of the Coterie.



I'm scared you're just gonna disappear.

Oh, my God!

Jamie's gonna ask you to marry him.

Three, two, one... lights!

Thank you for staying
up late on Christmas Eve

to decorate!

The Coterie looks amazing, thank you!

I appreciate you so much,

getting ready for tomorrow's festival.

And I hope to see all of your
beautiful faces tomorrow morning

because we need all of the
help that we can get, so...

go home, get some rest.

Oh, here, can I get a picture
of me with all this behind me

so everyone can see what we did?

Oh, and by everyone do you mean Raj?

No.

Uh... where have you been?

Ha. It's a very long and X-rated story.

Starring the two of you, I hope.

No, no, no.

Oh, then why are you blushing?

Hey! So... since I have all of you here,

do you remember Claudette?

So is that, uh... ?

Sphynx cat.

Her name is Gaia. She's my familiar.

Ah, so, you're a witch now?

Sorry. My eyes...

Sorry, I'm allergic to smoke.

Anyway, the reason for my visit...

Wait. I need to smudge you.

I cannot have any negative
energy invading my space.

Saturn is in the 9th house.

Okay.

Got it, um... Let me sit right here.

As I told you on the phone,
the Coterie lease is up,

but we have an option to extend.

So we just need you to sign.

Oh. The Coterie.

I started La Coterie Anarchiste.

Yeah, we dropped the
anarchist part, you know.

It got a little too "Purge"-y.

So, you run me out,

you killed my dream,

and now... you need my help.

In all fairness, you know, you
didn't give us much of a choice,

You know, the primal scream
therapy in the middle of the night.

The scream travels better at night.

But, c'est de l'eau sous le pont.

Meaning?

I will sign the extension.

Oh!

Great! Thank you so much!

On one condition.

If you let me move back in.

- Hell no!
- Over my dead body!

I would rather stick
hot knitting needles

in my eyes and ears and
under my fingernails.

That's the first time
I ever agreed with you.

- Okay.
- I'm serious.

That's what I thought. Just checking.

I love you all.

So much.

I love your moms.

Role models, you know?

I love the way you all smell.

Oh, that's... I think
that's good for tonight.

Okay.

- Oh!
- Hey! Um...

Oh, whiskey and croutons.

Hmm. Is that what I smell like?

Let's just make sure this
is the best Christmas ever!

One for the books!

Um, hey, has anyone heard from
Gael about his grandfather?

Last I heard he had a stroke

and they're still waiting
on him to wake up.

Hey, can I get a minute alone with you?

On the roof?

- On the roof?
- Mm-hmm.

Sure.

Cream and two sugars, right?

Hmm.

We were never the good sleepers.

I signed the DNR.

It's the right thing to do.

I'm not ready to lose my father too.

I'm never gonna stop
missing my son Alejandro.

I was never Alejandro.

I was just trying to be
for you, and Abuelo.

Maybe you could learn
to love your daughter...

Jazmin.

You know, I've always loved Christmas.

Especially as a kid,

all that anticipation,

never knowing what you're gonna get.

That's how it feels to be with you.

Never knowing what you'll get?

Well, yes, that's true, too.

Mm-hmm.

No, I mean, being with you feels
like Christmas Day, every day.

So...

Oh, there you are!

I'm so sorry, Jamie.
Callie, I need you, like now.

Uh, can it wait?

Ooh, Dom, nice.

No, it can't. It is an
urgent family matter.

Mmm!

That's delicious.

Sorry.

Mmm.

Very good!

You owe me.

Oh, my God.

Oh, I'm so sorry!

They told me I could put
this in your loft, so...

No, it's no problem. Come on in.

- I'll just put it right there.
- Great.

- You good?
- Yeah.

No, since they decided to store

everything in my room for tomorrow, I...

I have no idea where to hide this.

Oh! Who is that for?

Ah, it's for Dennis.

It's a nice gift.

Look, I know you know about Jacob.

Dennis told me.

Yeah.

How's he doing?

He's not great.

He refuses to go to
grief support groups,

or see a therapist.

He won't even play his music.

Which is why I thought
this guitar would help.

Right?

I mean, it's just rude not
to play your Christmas gift.

Yeah.

Does anyone else here know?

It's just me.

Yeah, honey, that's...

that's a lot.

Just for you on your own, right?

Oh no, I don't mind.

It's wonderful that
you're there for him.

It is.

Have you ever considered...

that maybe that's the
reason that he hasn't?

Gotten professional help.

Because he has you.

Uh... I can't just turn
my back on him now.

And maybe you need him to need you.

- I'm sorry.
- No, it's... no.

It's none of my business, really.

- It's okay.
- It's just...

I do a lot of counseling in my work

and sometimes I don't
know when to stop, so.

It's okay.

Feel free to decorate
your room at will with...

Okay, honey.

What?

I'm coming out to my parents tomorrow.

On Christmas?

They're not gonna kick their
gay son out of the house

on Christmas Day, right?

Do you really think
that they would do that?

My mom will be disappointed.

And she'll cry.

And that'll make my dad feel
like he has to be a hard-ass.

If I can get him alone,
maybe I can tell him first.

I just... I just want to
get it over with and...

and I want everyone to know about you.

Well if you really don't
want your mom to cry,

then I would wait on telling her

that all her kids are
dating Adams-Fosters.

Cause that could be a bigger
blow than you being gay.

We don't know for sure,
but she's a few days late.

What are you gonna do?

I-I-I guess I'm going to Amsterdam.

Are you ready to be a dad?

There you are.

- Ready to go?
- Yeah.

Hey, thanks for all your help.

- I'll see you tomorrow.
- Yeah!

- Hey.
- Hey!

Bye, guys.

Uh, where have you been?

Nowhere.

So what did Callie say about
me maybe being pregnant?

I'm sorry, I just...

needed someone to talk to.

You could talk to me.

Did she say we're too
young, we're not ready,

- I should get an...
- No, no, she didn't say any of that.

If that's what you want, I will.

If we're not ready.

I mean, are we?

Probably not.

I don't want you to get an abortion.

Unless that's what you want.

I don't think that's what I want.

Then we're having a baby.

Baby.

And-and-and you're not going
to go to Amsterdam alone.

Hey, how about that Diane bringing
up Jamie's ex-girlfriend tonight?

- What was that?
- The one that got away, in her opinion.

And poor Brandon. I mean, I understand

not wanting to put his career on hold

to move to Amsterdam for his wife's.

You know, that's, that's a lot to ask.

Is it a lot for me to ask?

For you to put your life on hold
and come with me to Sacramento?

No, honey, that's, that's
completely different.

You know, we're not in our 20s

trying to get our
careers off the ground.

I want you to be happy.

I'm happy when I'm with you.

Look what I stole!

- Is that weed?
- No!

It's mistletoe, goofball.

Merry Christmas.

Mmm, Merry Christmas!

Should we be doing this

- in our children's bed?!
- Most definitely.

♪ We wish you a Merry Christmas ♪

♪ We wish you a Happy Hanukkah ♪

Welcome! Merry Christmas!

Happy New Year!

♪ And a happy New Year ♪

- ♪ Feliz Navidad ♪
- ♪ Feliz Año Nuevo ♪

So everything here today is free,

but once a week LA CAN
comes into neighborhoods

and gives out fresh produce out
at a price everyone can afford

so take a calendar.

I'm on probation, I can't vote.

Well actually in California you can vote

while on probation. Would
you like to register?

Uh, sure, thanks. Yeah.

You can just bring it back to me.

I have registered five people.
How are you doing?

Oh, that's odd, seeing a Republican

actually want to register new voters.

Ooh yeah, we are more focused
on moving polling places

too far for Dems to get to.

How serious do you think they are?

She really seems to like him.

I don't think I can handle

Jim and Diane as double in-laws.

- Ugh.
- What about triple?

- What?
- I think there's something going on

between Carter and Jude.

Are you deliberately
trying to ruin my Christmas?

Lena Adams-Foster!

- I'm gonna put this on you...
- No, no.

Well hello!

- Hey! Merry Christmas.
- Merry Christmas.

- Merry Christmas.
- What a surprise that is!

Well, you know, since all our
kids are up here volunteering...

- Instead of at home with us.
- Yes...

we thought that we would
just drive up and, uh,

help out.

- That's great!
- Yeah.

- Hey!
- Hey, what are you doing here?

Well tis the reason for the season, Son.

Want to help me bring up
more toys for the kids?

Yes, yes, absolutely. Lead the way!

Diane, can I interest
you in a pair of antlers?

No thanks, but, um,

give me a job. I'm up for anything.

- Anything? Well...
- Yeah.

Follow me, Diane.

It's gonna be fun.

You really pulled this off.

- I am so proud of you.
- Ah, thank you.

Yeah, has all this convinced
Raj you're a good person yet?

No, I still haven't
heard a word from him.

But that's not what this is about!

And why hasn't Jesus called?

Is there no service in India?

Oh, maybe I missed his call. Let me see.

Oh, I've got your mother's phone again.

_

What?

Nothing.

_

What are we doing?

Washin' feet.

Other people's feet?

Yeah.

♪ It's gonna be the
best time of the year ♪

♪ Got my hands in the sky 'cause
I know that I'm making ♪

♪ My best life when you're near ♪

♪ This Christmas ♪

♪ Toast to the memories
through the year... ♪

There's $50 on this gas card.

Thank you.

They just transferred
my son to Kern Valley.

Now I can go see him.

- God bless you.
- God bless you and your boy.

- How's it going?
- Good.

I can't believe y'all opened
y'all home for all this.

This is a big thing to do.

Well, this is what it's all about.

So Dom's here, up in the Coterie.

Oh, okay, okay. I'll keep my distance.

I, um, I got a little something.

For both of you, um...

- Oh!
- It's not much.

Um...

but I'm not sure Dom
is ready to accept this.

Maybe you can give it to him when he is.

Okay.

And I wanted to say, I'm...

so sorry that Mom stopped
taking us to see you.

That you had to do your time all alone.

Oh, that wasn't your mama's doin'.

She brought y'all every week.

Or tried to.

But I told her to stop.

- Why?
- It was wearing on her spirit.

Having you kids see the gun towers.

Going through the metal detectors,

searched like you were criminals.

So I told her...

I didn't want y'all doin' my time.

Don't come no more.

You can blame me.

Don't blame your mama.

It's snowing sprinkles!

I like sprinkles!

I like sprinkles too.

♪ Christmas Eve is coming soon ♪

♪ Now you dear old man ♪

♪ Whisper what you'll bring to me ♪

- ♪ Tell me if you can ♪
- Hmm, all right.

- Shall we?
- Oh! Who's this?

This is Javi, and Javi...

- is a little bit lost.
- All right, Javi.

Well you wanna make some cookies?

Yeah, let's make a cookie

and we'll go find your
parents, all right?

Hey!

You okay?

I, uh, saw your dad.

Did you... tell him?

Just... couldn't get the words out.

Look...

you don't have to come
out to your parents for me.

I just feel like Eliza
and Jamie are so...

perfect and straight.

They're not perfect.

And just because they're straight,

that doesn't make them
any better than you.

- Tell my parents that.
- I-I will!

If they try to make you feel ashamed

for being the amazing man that you are?

I sure as hell will
get up in their face.

I'm sorry. I hope that...

one day, everyone understands and...

it doesn't matter who you wanna love.

Did you just say you love me?

- No!
- I think you did.

- No, I did not say I love you.
- Wow, I mean...

- ... we've only been dating for a few weeks.
- Oh my God, shut up!

I hate you.

Hey.

Hey!

So, Eliza is not pregnant.

So you don't have to go to Amsterdam.

I'm still goin'.

Why?

Because I love her.

I don't want us to be apart.

It's kind of funny, I was relieved when

I thought I didn't have a choice because

I didn't have to feel ashamed for
giving up on a job opportunity here.

So...

you're willing to give up on
your career to support hers?

Well, no, I...

I'm willing to make a
compromise, and stuff.

You know, that's what you're
supposed to do in relationships.

And this is a bigger deal
for her career anyway

than some assistant job here for mine.

And there are composers in Amsterdam.

You know, I could try to get in there.

- Good.
- What?

Say it. What are you thinkin'?

I think that...

you're not where you thought you'd be.

And paying your dues is hard.

So this gives you an excuse to quit.

Is that why you quit your clerkship?

Because it was too
hard to pay your dues?

Who told you that?

- Mariana? Of course she did.
- No.

Jude. And, look, I'm sorry.

- I shouldn't have said anything.
- So who told Jude?

- I don't know.
- I do.

♪ One two, one two ♪

♪ One two, one two ♪

_

♪ Yo, yo... ♪

_

- Oh, you're here!
- You're an elf.

Yeah.

Watch your... head.

Merry Christmas! Happy holidays.

Hey, have you seen Mariana?

- No.
- Okay, if you see her

tell her I'm gonna kill her!

♪ Happy New Year ♪

I like your sweater.

Thank you.

- Merry Christmas.
- Merry Christmas. Heh.

So how was Santa?

Oh, he's so good.

Thank you so much for sponsoring this.

The kids are so excited.

So am I.

To... see everything.

Yeah, well, I'm so excited
for you to see everything.

Okay, uh, let me show you around.

Okay, the coast is clear.

I mean, come on.

♪ Fa-la-la-la-la La-la-la-la ♪

- So in Alice's loft we have...
- Livestock.

Petting zoo.

You know, just the ones that
would have been in the manger.

There's a very high chance

that they gave the wise
men gastroenteritis.

Don't worry. They're secured in the pen.

Stop the goat! Stop that goat!

Petting zoo break-out!

Help! Don't let the goat escape!

- Oh hey!
- Come back here, goat!

I'm the manager.

You're Claudette Bourguignon?

Oui.

Your lease is up.

What the hell is going on here?

This is Jack Taylor.
He owns the building.

- Oh.
- And there are no animals allowed!

He's not a permanent resident.

Whoa!

Nor is the pig.

Where is Claudette?

I thought you were Claudette.

No, ha, what gives you that idea?

- Claudette is here.
- She is?

Of course she is... Kelly.

I'll go get her.

Let's go check out Santa.

Oh! Hey, girl!

What's up?

You swore you didn't tell
Moms I quit my clerkship!

What, no, I know, I
swore I didn't tell Moms

- which I didn't.
- Why would you tell Jude?

I need your help.

We're imagining a world

without jails or police.

But what about the
murderers or the rapists?

Most people going through the system

are there for crimes of poverty.

They've been sex trafficked,
they've been abused.

There's substance abuse issues,
there's mental health issues.

Our folks need care. Instead,
they're getting punished.

Abolition is the idea is that
all people deserve human dignity.

Mom!

I need you now.

Your cookie looks funny.

I was going for abstract but you're...

you're not wrong.

- Well look who I found.
- Daddy!

Hmm.

Going for abstract?

Is somebody living in there?

No, ha. That'd be illegal.

Here she is! I found her.

This is Claudette, our Coterie manager

here to re-sign the lease.

Bonjour.

Je parle un peu français moi-même.

Oh!

Well... oui.

That's all the French I know.

Well that's good... good... French.

Well I, I am very,
very nice to meet you.

We've met before.

When we signed the lease five years ago.

Hmmm.

Yes, I... of course.

How could I forget such a handsome face.

What's going on?

Oh, mamá! I don't think you've...

I don't think you've
met Claudette. This is...

Claudette our, our Coterie manager

here to re-sign our lease extension

so we don't have to move out.

From what I've seen today, I'm
pretty sure you're in breach.

Uh, actually, the entire building

is permitted for public use and

the theater downstairs
has used live animals

in various productions.

So as long as we have no pets,

we're not in breach.

This extension looks irrevocable to me.

This is my sister. She
is a brilliant lawyer.

All right, let's get this over with.

Ah, voil Um...

does anyone have a plume?

Oh! Hmm. Oui.

Wait.

First I need to see your
ID and get a thumbprint.

Oh, well, is this necessary?

It's just a lease, so.

Well technically it's a business lease.

So, yeah.

Hmm.

Well this is an outrage!

Um, if you don't think
that I am who I say I am,

then I refuse to sign. I refuse!

I refuse. I refuse to sign.

Eh! It's...

- Huh...
- You ever have coquitos?

My mother went to prison when I was 6.

She had a boyfriend who
was selling marijuana

so they charged my
mama with dealing too.

My grandmother was left to
care for me and my two brothers.

We were lucky 'cause a lot
of kids with parents in prison

end up in foster care.

The prison they put my mother
in was a five-hour drive away.

Between gas and the expensive food

they make you buy in the
prison vending machines,

it'd take all that travel
and hundreds of dollars

to see my mom for one hour.

We could only afford to
see her a few times a year.

My story is the story
of millions of families.

Because when a loved-one does time...

so do we.

I'm lucky.

My mom got out and
she's right over there

helping out today.

Without the support of all these

amazing organizations,
we wouldn't have made it.

So thank you to them.

And to you all here who
opened your home to us.

That was super dope.

Happy holidays!

And please welcome the
Street Voices Symphony.

Merry Christmas.

I didn't have three weekends to put
the galaxy on your ceiling, so...

It's gorgeous.

Hmm.

I'm sorry.

I didn't get you anything.

That's not true.

I don't know where I'd be without you.

I never thought that
washing other people's feet

- would be so... moving.
- Gross?

Jim!

What?

And as I look around

it becomes apparent that that
blood no longer circulates...

I literally pray for them every day.

It's just hard to do
it alone with two kids.

Maybe we can help out with some money?

She won't take it.

We could drop some food off.

That's a good idea.

Anything we could do
to help anonymously.

... nothing but the blood of Jesus...

... can make me whole again!

Nothing but the blood of Jesus...

That's love.

You okay?

Yeah, I'm just thinking about Mom.

What's up, man?

Why aren't you with your fam?

I was. You know I got two families now.

Thank you.

_

_

You're not gonna answer him?

Anonymous was right.

Be a good person, but don't
waste your time proving it.

Hey, uh, any chance that I could
get a moment alone with you?

Sure.

Hey...

Hey!

If you want to go to Venezuela,
you have my blessing.

We swapped phones again.

I want you to have your new chapter too.

It's for a year. You
know it's for a year.

Our love will survive the ages.

I really didn't think

it was gonna be this
hard to give this to you.

It was supposed to be more...

romantic.

I hope you like them.

They're beautiful.

The big part of this gift...

is underneath the velvet.

Callie Adams-Foster...

you already have the key to my heart.

You can have a key to my place.

Where you're welcome any time.

A fob to your heart.

Mm-hmm.

- You're cheesy.
- I know! You like it.

Excuse me.

You should come with me.

He hasn't spoken
yet or moved his body, so

we're still concerned.

This belonged to your mother.

I finally got around to fixing it.

Who was that from?

It's from Dad.

He, uh...

he left you something.

I told him I'd hold onto
it in case you wanted it.

So I have one last present.

Oh, you're bringing
back free toilet paper!

Never!

But I did talk to Claudette again

and she agreed to sign the
extension for the lease.

_

No one... can know about this.

I don't wanna be anybody's landlord.

And does this mean
you're not moving out?

I'm not going anywhere.

Thanks for saving the Coterie.

Coterie saved me.

I love you so much!

I love you too.

Wait, wait, wait,
wait, wait, wait, wait.

No strings attached?

No Claudette attached.

It's a Christmas miracle!

Staying together, now
that's the best gift ever!

- It's Jesus!
- Oh, my gosh!

Dibs! Dibs! Dibs!

Merry Twin-mas!

Don't ever leave the
country for Christmas again.

Merry Twin-mas. Where's everyone else?

Hey, dude!

Long time no see!

- Hi, buddy!
- Hi.

Hey. Where are you now?

Uh... India!

- Oh, my boyfriend's in India.
- What?

That's so funny because
so is my girlfriend!

Uh, don't you mean fiancée?

What?

Emma!

And it's for real this time.

I still love the wood one you gave me.

O.M.G.

I hate you. Why didn't you tell me!

Because you can't keep a secret.

Wait, Callie!

I heard that you quit your clerkship.

What are you up to?

I only told Jude.

- I only told Brandon.
- Actually...

we told him.

So who told Moms?

I didn't.

Actually, um...

I did.

I was texting Lena

about the election and I didn't
know that they didn't know.

So...

The point is, sweetheart,
why didn't you tell us?

I-I...

I didn't want you to think

I was being the old impulsive me.

There was nothing wrong
with the old Callie

that a little maturity couldn't fix.

"Waking up to who you are

requires letting go of who
you imagine yourself being".

Alan Watts.

One college ethics course

and suddenly you're Gandhi!

- What is happening?
- Guys, listen...

Oh, sorry, buddy!

You can drag Jude whenever you want.

We're the ones that
are 9,000 miles away.

I really wish that we were together.

Singing Christmas carols and stuff.

Well, that can be arranged.

Oh!

He's doing a thing.

It's Christmas, you Grinch!

Christmas is cheesy...

♪ Have yourself a
merry little Christmas ♪

♪ Make the Yuletide gay ♪

♪ Next year all our troubles
will be miles away ♪

What... are you doing down here?

It's not morning yet!

I thought I heard
reindeer feet on the roof

and I wanted to see Santa Claus.

Come on.

You know Santa doesn't come

until you're asleep.

Remember...

he knows

when you're asleep and he
knows when you're awake.

And if I've been bad or good.

That's right.

And you have been very, very good.

You've been good, too, Daddy.

♪ Once again as in olden days ♪

♪ Happy golden days of yore ♪

♪ Faithful friends who are dear to us ♪

♪ Will be near to us once more ♪

♪ Someday soon we all will be together ♪

♪ If the fates allow ♪

♪ Until then we'll have to
muddle through somehow ♪

♪ So have yourself ♪

♪ A Merry Little Christmas now ♪

♪ The earth is turning
the earth's just turning ♪

♪ The earth's just turning
the earth's just turning ♪

♪ The earth is turning
the earth's just turning ♪

♪ The earth's just turning
the earth's just turning ♪

♪ I walked down the street... ♪

"Dear, Callie...

As summer brings the happy times,

the autumn winds will whispe,

A closer friend I'll never find,

than the one I call my sister".

I love it.

Merry Christmas.

I love you.

I love you, too.

"Mariana...

I decided to move in with Jamie.

I'll cover my part of the
rent for the rest of the lease.

I'll get the rest of
my stuff this weekend".