Halt and Catch Fire (2014–2017): Season 4, Episode 8 - Goodwill - full transcript

Bos got married.

- What?
- Hope it works out for them.

You know, better than our sorry asses.

Previously on AMC's
"Halt and Catch Fire"...

I would never do anything

to interfere with Comet.

Donna, I get it.

It hurts to be thought of in that way.

Maybe we can talk about
you coming back to Comet.

But I don't want to.

I'm getting ready to step back.



If you still want the job,

I'll back you.

We'll deliver people to other sites,

but they always come back to us.

Donna?

Is she down?

Yeah.

Is it over? Please tell me it's over.

I love my parents, but, good God...

They're gone.

In an hour, they will be in the air

on their way back to Texas.

They are gone.

They are TWA's problem now.



But, no. No!

Why?!

Oh, promise me we will
never look at each other

the way they do.

Mm. I can't promise.

Sorry they drive you so crazy.

What are you talking
about? They were great.

You see what your dad got me?

The perfect reminder

of how unmanly he thinks I am.

Oh! Screechy.

Yeah, why we need to improve upon a tool

that's been serving mankind brilliantly

for millions of years is beyond me.

Dang.

This baby's really sharp.

Hey, give me an old boot.

Let's see what this thing can do.

Stop it. You're gonna wake her up.

Oh, fine.

Oh.

I'm always amazed at what my mom can do

with a glass of Chardonnay in her hand.

She could join the circus.

Hey, you think they had fun?

Yeah.

I'm not sure my mom
approved of the building,

or the neighborhood
for that matter, but...

you know, it's all
about appearances to her.

Yeah. And did you hear what your dad said

about the peanut farmer

and his whole
energy-conservation diatribe?

No, don't. I can't.

Or the line about how
we should live in an area

with more homeowners than renters.

You know what that's code for.

Well... at least
they're good with Joanie.

Your mom is great with her.

Well, so is my dad.

I mean, he didn't strike the
child, if that's what you mean.

Yeah, he also managed not
to set off any fireworks

next to her head.

It was one bottle rocket.

Oh, my God. Did you
see the look on his face

when Joanie spit up on his
special 4th of July Polo?

Hey, she was doing that shirt a favor.

Oh, he tries to help. He
just doesn't always know how.

Offering to buy us a house
as long as it's in Dallas.

Oh, come on. I mean, would it
be the worst thing in the world

if we had a little bit of help?

We don't need help.

Why? Do you want to live here forever?

Look, Donna, we are not
gonna live here forever, okay?

Okay, we're gonna build
something, a machine, okay?

And we're gonna sell it together.

Oh, yeah? And when are we gonna do that?

Between nursing and changing diapers

and being the only one that
can get the baby to sleep,

I don't really see a whole lot of time

for building computers in my future.

Yeah, well, it's not
always gonna be like that.

- Oh, yeah?
- Yeah.

What's gonna change?

I don't know. I mean, everything.

Well, I hope so, 'cause I
don't want to be breastfeeding

and doing dishes the rest of my life.

Look, it's been three months.

Well, in Texas, I'd be
freed up to go to work,

and so would you.

We're not actually talking about
moving back to Texas right now.

My mom said that if we wanted...

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

You've been talking
to your mom about this?

- Well...
- What, are you guys making plans?

No, just... in broad, hypothetical terms.

N-No, no, no, Donna! Listen to me!

This industry is all about who we know,

and if we leave, we'll miss it.

Okay. That's not help. Okay. That's...

That's offering to kill us slowly.

- That's a death sentence.
- No, they just...

They're seeing that
we're struggling is all.

Well, I'll do more,
okay? I-I-I'll help!

Oh, yeah?

Every time the baby cries,
you hand her back to me.

Okay. Well, I won't do that.

Well, it's not just that.

It's... I'm concerned about everything

that she sees and eats and touches.

And you... you're exploding
fireworks next to her head.

Oh, my God.

Donna, it was one goddamn
bottle rocket, okay?

Look, if you want to leave,

let's just pack everything up right now.

No, I'm serious!

Let's pack everything up right now,

and we'll move back to
Texas, and I'll go get a job

working for one of your dad's friends,

and you can go play golf
with your mom every day.

That's what you think I want?

I don't know what the hell you want.

Okay, yesterday it was... it was me

and... and San Francisco
and building something,

and today, I... I don't have a clue!

You are being so mean right now.

I would just like us to stop and think

about one thing we do before we do it.

I mean, we got... we got
pregnant and then married,

and then we got this whole life...

...and I feel like I haven't made

any of the decisions to get us here.

Oh, you feel like you
didn't make any decisions?

Was I the one who got down on
one knee and proposed to you?

Oh, God.

Oh. I guess I'll go get her, then.

No, just let her cry!

Mommy's here. It's okay.

Shh, shh, shh, shh.

I know.

I know, I know.

It's okay.

Oh, baby.

Hey.

Hey.

Hey.

Hey.

It's okay.

You want your little elephant? Huh?

Yeah. It's not so bad.

It's not so bad.

Okay.

I don't understand what the rush is.

The rush is I want to get this over with.

I don't want to be making
a million trips back here.

So, whatever you want,
you should get today.

Hold on.

So, for big stuff, furniture
we can't move ourselves,

green means keep, red means donate.

- Okay?
- Green, yes, red, no.

Okay. Got it.

Start in your rooms.

Don't forget all your
schoolwork, textbooks.

Hey, guys?

I love you.

Love you, too.

I love you.

Okay.

Hey, guys.

Oh, hey, hey.

How are the girls doing?

That's a stupid question.
We're all doing terrible.

Everyone's terrible.

How are you doing?

You know.

Uh, thanks for helping out.

It's...

Of course.

Uh... the service... was beautiful.

Yeah.

I thought what you said was really nice.

Do you have a copy of that?

I'd love to save it for the girls.

I do.

Thanks.

Hey.

I wanted to say how
beautiful the service was.

Like, really personal.

Thanks.

So, what, um...

Where would you like us to start?

Yeah, God, it's, uh...

kind of hard to figure out.

Maybe you could tackle Gordon's closet?

Just, you know, throw his clothes

in garbage bags for Goodwill.

Yes.

I'm gonna start in the kitchen.

If you wanted to pack
up everything in here,

that'd be great.

Yeah.

Oh, I'd just, you know,

keep all the pictures
for the girls, I think.

They'll probably want them eventually.

Oh, of course. Yeah, right.

Hey, uh... could you put something on?

What?

Oh, it's too quiet.
Just something, anything?

Yeah, uh... yeah.

I don't know. Sorry.

Nothing feels right.

This is perfect.

Check this out.

Oh.

He loved this one.

This is from when we went to
that pumpkin patch in Garland.

Mm-hmm.

Can you believe there was a time

that you got this excited about pumpkins?

I still get excited about pumpkins.

Pumpkins blow my mind.

You know, you don't have
to get rid of anything.

You could just... pack
up your whole room.

No, it's just, I don't
know where to start.

You need some help?

Yeah.

Let's start with your
clothes. That's easy.

Okay.

Oh, man.

So, just everything?

Yeah. I think so.

What's this?

- Northwestern?
- Um...

What are these? Are these duplicates?

You did send in your applications?

I don't want to talk
about this right now, okay?

We are talking about this.

We're talking about this right now.

Where are you going?

Leave me alone.

You told us that you sent these.

What's going on?

Well, I didn't.

Can we talk about this privately? Please?

Why? Why?

Why not here? Huh? Why
don't you let them see?

Why? Are you afraid of
what they might think?

That's enough. Let's go outside.

No! Let them see what a mess we've been!

And we have been.

I don't know why you're doing this.

Your father would be...
he'd be devastated.

Well, it's a good thing that
he's not here to see it, then.

Oh!

That's...

That is... That's a
horrible thing to say.

How long did it take you
to use Dad against me?

Huh?

Like 10 days?

I'm surprised that you
could hold out that long.

You are...

Sometimes I don't even
know who you are anymore.

We're all hurting. We're all upset.

What do you know?

You couldn't even stand him.

Hey. Joe took the first load.

Do you smell that?

Cigarette smoke.

I'm gonna kill her.

She wants to piss you off.

Okay? It's the exact same thing
I would've done when I was 17.

I did my fair share of teenage
bullshit, but this is...

She wants to be a jerk.
Just let her be a jerk.

I don't know that that's
a strong enough word

for what she's being.

I mean, she lost it at me.

She's the one who didn't send them in.

Yeah.

I don't know if reason's
gonna be that helpful to you

in this situation... or her.

Probably shouldn't
have brought up Gordon.

Probably not.

I mean, was it not clear
that she disrespected me or...

Could I talk to her?

Yeah.

Tell her she's being an asshole.

Do not open the door.

Whoops.

Hey.

Mm.

Really good one.

Your mom's totally
freaking out right now.

Yeah.

You don't get a million
points for subtlety,

but still, it's very effective.

Mm. I wasn't trying to do anything.

I just needed a smoke.

Mm.

What's up?

Hello?

In here.

Where is everyone?

Oh...

scattered to the far
corners of the house,

some avoiding me,
others also avoiding me.

Do I smell cigarettes smoke?

You do.

Joanie?

Uh-huh.

How are you holding up?

What the hell?

Sweetie, what's wrong?

Dad's clothes, where are they?

Oh, I just got back from Goodwill.

Oh.

Honey, what's wrong? Talk to me.

Dad's s-sweater, I
wanted to keep it, but...

It's the green one. It doesn't matter.

I'll... Forget it.

No, no. I just got back.

You want your dad's sweater?

We're gonna go get it.

Come on.

I bet she's more upset about the fact

that she has to tell her
friends I'm not going to college

than the fact that I'm not going.

Oh, Joanie, come on.

You know that's not true.

Everything's appearances with her.

"Look at my perfect
house and my perfect pool

and my perfect daughters."

Did you know she irons her jeans?

Okay.

Don't say things you can't take back.

I need you to give her a break.

Give her a break?

Yeah. You know why?

You're hard to navigate
because you're a dick.

And I say that because I'm a dick.

I'm, like, huge.

I'm Queen Big Dick. Like...

That sounded weird, but...

- Yeah.
- ...the point is, you two...

Just try and understand
where your mom's coming from.

And vice versa, of course!

But, look, when I was your age,

I cut my mom out of my life, and...

you don't want to do that.

I mean, I had a good reason to.

My mom was a mess.

Like, missed my graduation

'cause she drank too much
mouthwash kind of a mess.

But still...

It's time you can't get back.

I could stay with you.

The two of us in my tin can?

Yeah. I could get another
trailer and take it out there.

It'd be awesome.

Oh, Joanie...

I mean, I can't even
take care of a plant.

I don't need to be taken care of.

God.

Everyone looks at me like I
can't do anything for myself,

- like I'm in diapers.
- Okay. I'm sorry.

That... That's really not what I meant.

I just mean...

This is why college is so great.

You get to go and be by
yourself for the first time,

you can do whatever you want to do,

smoke whatever you want to smoke,

learn about the things that interest you,

and if you don't know what those are,

you... you get to figure it out.

I mean, it's the perfect...

I know.

I know.

Hey, you want to put something on?

What?

You don't have to listen to your thing.

You can play it on the stereo.

No. You wouldn't like it.

I'm not that old.

Put it on.

How'd it go?

Uh, good. She's coolly awesome.

Managed to swipe these.

Hey.

Uh, these are Gordon's grandmother's.

Gonna save them for the girls.

Christ, I keep saying that.

I don't even know if they'll
care about any of this stuff.

They will.

Yeah, or they'll just...
put them in a box,

put the box in the attic,
and then, when they die,

their kids will pull it out and say,

"I guess we should
save this for our kids."

Yeah, that's, uh...

pretty dark.

I finished the game.

What game?

Your game, "Pilgrim."

Uh... wow.

You "finished it" finished it?

Yeah, finally. You made it hard enough.

Yeah, I made it for people like you.

Unfortunately, there aren't
many people like you anymore.

Well, I liked the way it ended.

The pilgrim was a kid.

Yeah, the pilgrim was a kid.

Thank you for playing it.

Uh...

Yeah, it means a lot.

Hey, uh...

at the hospital, with Bos,

what I said, I-I-I didn't mean it.

Please, Donna, I don't
even remember what you said.

Uh, yeah.

Um, I just mean that I, you know...

me, I've been in such a fog.

I can't even remember
my own name, let alo...

Yeah, no. Me too.

I'm gonna, uh, go get another box.

Let's just go.

No.

Oh, here. Is this it?

- No.
- Hey, hey, hey.

You can't be doing that. What...

No.

We just dropped these off an hour ago.

We, uh, put something in here by mistake.

Well, once you drop it
off, it's our property.

You know, I have no way of
verifying what's what or...

- These are just T-shirts.
- ...or who's whatever and so on.

Let's go.

Okay. These clothes
belonged to a friend of mine,

and he's no longer with us.

There's exactly one item of
clothing that we're looking for.

We dropped off nine bags.

There's only eight here.

That sweater's in the ninth
bag, and we just have to find it.

Yeah, I mean, all this stuff
belonged to somebody, man.

There it is.

Hmm?

That's our bag right there.

How could you know that?
You can't know that.

Look at that bag! Now look at these bags.

Okay. They look like trash bags, man.

I-I-I don't know what to tell you.

- I'm sorry.
- That's our bag!

It's just, this is company policy, man.

I don't know what to say.

Let's go.

It is what it is, man.

You've got your learner's permit, right?

Yeah.

Pull the truck up. Keep it running.

Okay.

Hey.

How you doing?

Super.

Hi.

Mm.

Are you going somewhere?

I'm moving.

Got some friends in Seattle.

I'm gonna give that a
try. They say it's great.

Yeah, yeah, I heard
it's, um... a whole scene.

Yeah.

I didn't know you were going.

I told Joe and everybody
a couple days ago.

I, uh... Sort of a quick decision.

I... I'm sorry that I...

I couldn't stick it out there,
for Joe's sake, but, um...

There's just too much
of Gordon there at Comet,

and there's too much of
Gordon everywhere here.

Yeah.

Hey, you know, doesn't,
uh, sound that bad.

Car full of stuff, a clean slate...

I suppose.

I've pinballed around a bunch.

When I landed at Comet,

I thought that maybe I was
done with all that, but...

perhaps Seattle will stick.

Do you know what's gonna happen with it?

Oh, Comet. Uh...

I... I think Joe will,
you know, carry it on.

I guess.

I hope so.

He really loves it.

With everything he's lost,

it'd be a shame if that went, too.

Yeah.

I'm gonna go inside.

Go, go! Let's go!

Come on, man!

Go, go! Go, go, go!

What is this?

Holy shit.

Possible that I... I got the wrong bag.

Well, I... I don't think we can go back.

Oh, I, uh... thought you might
want to have this, so, uh...

Uh, yeah, we had a lot of fun.

Gordon was up for anything.

I mean, I don't have to tell you.

Yeah.

Well, he was just... crazy about you.

It was a beautiful service, by the way.

Yeah. Yeah, I thought so, too.

Hey, uh, if there's anything
here that you'd like to have,

you should, you know, please feel free.

Oh, uh, thanks.

I don't... really like
his decorating style.

I never told him that.

It's, like, were you a vaquero
in a past life or something?

Yeah, I think, uh...

I think he had a decorator do it...

a decorator with a fetish
for Navajo blankets.

You know what picture I love?

There's this great one of the two of you.

You're young, and I don't know how old,

but you're both holding beers and...

Gordon's got these wild sideburns.

Yeah, yeah, I know it.

You both look like...
oh, man... like... like,

"Look out, world."

As soon as we got together,
I got very, you know,

"That's mine. I want him all to myself.

I want all the Gordon there is."

But you already had so much of him...

You had... hell-raising sideburns Gordon

and who knows what else.

And it made me jealous.

Well...

I don't... I don't know what I'm saying.

Uh...

Goddamn, Gordon, what the hell?

Well, I'm gonna... get out of your hair.

Thank you.

Joanie's, uh, up in her
room if you wanted to say hi.

But I would, um... proceed with caution.

Thanks. I'll be careful.

Joe's been gone for a while, huh?

Yeah, maybe they stopped
to get something to eat.

That's good. Haley needs to get
out of here for a little while.

Joe's been so great with her.

Hey, uh, did you want the
weird priest statues or...?

You know, I already have
so many of them at home.

I always forget how good
Joe is with the girls.

Just really lights them right up.

Because we're a team.

Hey. Sorry.

You okay?

This is where I found him. I'm gonna go.

Hello?

Come in.

Hey. Bos just showed up. He brought food.

Mom wanted me to see
if you needed any help.

Mm.

I don't really want any of this stuff.

Just my CDs and my pictures.

What?

What?

Why didn't you apply to college?

Well, I wasn't gonna
get into any of them.

What are you gonna do?

I don't know.

I'll figure it out.

Donating you.

Like to see you try.

At least they have you.

Exactly what they want in every way.

Well, not every way.

Come here.

Dummy.

Mm.

You're not gonna go away, too, are you?

Joe, you ever have my chili?

Oh, I don't know.

It's an old Bosworth
family recipe, handed down.

The secret's in the cinnamon. Yeah.

See, what you do is,
you take that cinnamon,

and you put it in the cupboard

and keep it away from your chili

'cause it got no damn business
being there in the first place.

You know, I remember...

I didn't really even notice Gordon

until he started working
on "The Giant" with y'all.

I used to call him Soup Stain...

...'cause he always had a...

I'm not...

ready to do that.

You do me a favor and
taste this real quick?

I'm not hungry.

I don't care if you're hungry.

Just want to make sure it's
not too hot for the girls.

They been eating crap all week.

I want to make sure they get a good meal.

Just check the damn spice
level on that, if you could.

I want to make sure
everyone's gonna eat it.

It's good.

Not too spicy?

No.

It's really good.

Good.

Hey.

The food will be ready in a minute

if you want to gather the troops.

Yeah, sure.

Uh, do you know where Cameron is?

No.

Hey, I just...

needed a... a minute.

Yeah.

Bos brought some food,
so we're gonna eat soon,

if you want to join.

Oh, God.

This is too much.

I didn't know...

it would be this hard to be here.

It's okay. I didn't, um...

I don't mean to make this about me.

Please, make it about you.

I feel like everybody's been handling me.

Nobody knows how to act.

Well, I really love it when
people say, "How are you doing?"

I'm pretty sure I asked you that.

Yeah, of course you did.

'Cause what else are you gonna say?

And then, yeah, how do you answer?

Hangin' in there.

That's right.

'Cause to answer honestly,

you'd have to talk incessantly for days,

and who wants to listen to that, right?

So...

How are you doing?

Hangin' in there.

I lost a really good... friend.

And I don't have that
many of those to spare.

I know, like... poor me.

But I've always had a bit of trouble

making those sorts of connections.

There's just not a lot
of people in my life.

Me neither.

I can't even talk to Joe.

Why not?

We're at... different places in our life.

This has brought up a
lot of stuff for him.

Like what?

He wants kids.

Wow.

I-I'm...

If you want that, I
think you'd be great...

No, I... do not.

I mean, I just never have.

And I don't see that changing.

Well, then don't.

It's really hard, and I...

You have to really want it
to do a halfway decent job.

I mean...

Even then...

you always wanted it.

I mean, I...

I didn't plan on getting
pregnant right out of school,

yeah, yeah, I-I always wanted it.

And there's nothing wrong
with not feeling that way.

Thank you.

If you change your mind, though,

I've got a 17-year-old I'm
looking to unload, so...

Whatever.

I... I miss him.

So do I.

And I miss you, too.

I'm here.

I spent so much...

I spent so much time telling him...

everything he did wrong...

He did a ton wrong.

- Hi.
- Hey.

Something smells good.

Sure. It's an old family recipe.

Oh, well, if anybody wants
capers in their chili,

there's about 14 jars
of it in the fridge.

How dare you.

My father'd leap out of his grave.

Thank you.

Saw a recipe the other day
called for pineapple in chili.

What?

Can you believe that?
Pineapple? In the...

What the hell is this country coming to?

Oh, no, thank you.

So, um... what, uh, happens next?
Who comes for all this stuff?

Uh, there's a company that takes care

of the sale of the furniture and things.

What's so funny?

It's an inside joke. You wouldn't get it.

Oh.

- Haley?
- Mm-hmm?

I'm sorry I couldn't get
your dad's sweater back.

That's okay.

Do you remember when
Dad tried to convince us

that he won a hot-dog
eating contest in Kalamazoo?

That wasn't true?

Oh, honey, no.

Why would he make that up?

I don't know.

I... I think he thought it was funny.

- That's hilarious.
- Dad was such a weirdo.

Hey, Joe, can you pass the salt?

Yeah.

How's your room looking, sweetheart?

Uh, it's a mess.

Oh, God, no, Mom, for God's sake,

do not fly back here for this.

It's... He'll be back soon.

No, Mo...

God, I should never have told you.

It's not a big deal.

I think he's just under
a lot of stress, okay?

It's...

He'll be back soon.

Oh, I know, I know. He'll be back soon.

He will. I know.

Whoo!

Whoo!

Don't you ever do that to me again, okay?