In Treatment (2008–2010): Season 3, Episode 3 - Jesse: Week One - full transcript

I've got a patient
coming to see me.

Is it a girlfriend?

I'd tell you if I
had a girlfriend.

No, you wouldn't.

You're seeing patients again?

I thought you were writing.

Just the one book.
People seem to like it.

I don't think I'm
ready to read it yet.

You are recently divorced.

I really don't know
if I can forgive her.

Rose is at a friend's house.
They're working on a science project.



I only see her
two nights a week.

Whose choice was that, Paul?

Is this really how you wanted
everything to turn out?

Every day, it hurts.
I hate my life.

You're tortured by what you see
as your failures with your patients.

This isn't therapy, so
it's okay all of a sudden?

Don't tell me you haven't
had fantasies about us.

Your failures with
your parents.

My father's sick.

He's got late-stage Parkinson's.

Just tell me for once
what you really think!

You're a therapist who has remarkably
little insight into your own behavior.

You think I'm unprofessional.
You've always thought that.

You have done nothing but judge me
since the minute I came back into therapy.



I can't keep coming to you
for the mothering I didn't get.

I just need to be with more people.

- Did you meet someone?
- Her name is Wendy, we live on the same block.

I'm sure we'll run into
each other again.

This is the point where I'm supposed
to say my door is always open but...

I'm not going to say that.

I understand.

Our time is up.

Okay.

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What up, dawg?

What up wit'choo?

Have you been practicing?

I appreciate that.

- So...
- so I took a lot

Of really good
pictures this week.

At least I think they're really good.
Do you want to see them?

Sure. Sure.

I uploaded a lot
of them onto Facebook.

I tried to friend you,

But then I discovered
you're not on Facebook.

Are you a libertarian
or something?

- No. - Well, then you
should get on Facebook.

Our society is becoming
increasingly bifurcated.

Do you know
what that means?

Mm-hmm. Yes, I do.

Well, it was
a vocab word this week,

And I kinda loved it.

I feel I have a real affinity

For the concept of bifurcation.

Are you listening
to me right now?

Don't I sound like
"Miriam-Webster" or something?

I think that's Merriam,
isn't it?

Say what?

It's called "the
Merriam-Webster dictionary."

What kind of name is Merriam?

There was a guy called
Noah Webster

Who wrote
the original dictionary,

And when he died these two brothers,
Charles and George Merriam,

They revised the dictionary
and they renamed it

"the Merriam-Webster
dictionary."

How do you know that?

- I don't know.
I just... - okay.

Anyway, as I was saying,

Our lives are now, like,

Half in real time
and half in virtual time.

Also, how do you expect

To find yourself a lady friend?

You think the brainy girls
you like are at the bar?

There's no way.
They are at home watching "mad men"

Well, maybe I like
to let the game come to me.

Eww!
Man, don't do that.

You know that sports
metaphors offend

My delicate homosexual
sensibilities.

Well, enough about me.

So why don't you
tell me about...

Oh God, I love
this thing so much.

When I was a kid and I got
my very first camera,

I took it everywhere with me.

I even slept with it.
And one time, in school,

We had to give a speech about
our "most important being"

And kids were, like,
talking about their mother

Or their hamster
or something.

I talked about my camera.

O gave it to you?

Don't remember.

Here they are.

Just click that button
to go to the next one.

- Like this?
- Yeah.

- Okay.
- So that's this guy

At the bodega on my corner

Who always sings
along with this, like,

Crazy Arabic rock station.

Or actually, he might be praying.
I don't know.

This one I like.

- You do?
- Mm-hmm.

I mean,
it would be better

If it was less centered
in the frame, but...

Oh, that's the lady that
lives next door to us

Who is a royal bitch to Marisa.

And last summer
I superglued nails

Outside of her garage door.

She punctured all four tires.

I'm particularly proud of it.

Keep going.

I took that one
from battery park.

Oh, that's...

Yeah, there's lady liberty.

She's so hot.

Oh, this was at this bar
I was at the other night.

That guy's a homo, but he's
got a wife and three kids

And won't admit it.

And this chick is
in love with him.

Oh, wait, that one's nothing.

Yeah, that's all
of them, I think.

So which night was this?

Friday, I think.

No... Saturday.

But it says Tuesday.

Where?

On the camera.

Oh, well,
the calendar's way off.

What? It's been off
since I got it.

I just did you liked
to reset the pictures?

- Which bar was that?
- Does it matter?

Was it the one that
Josh and Raif own?

You know what
your problem is?

You think all art has
to have context.

That's so bourgeois.

Was this Josh and Raif's bar?

- Yes. - Did you take the
pictures last night?

- Yes.
- Did you go to school today?

No.

I'll go
school tomorrow.

Jesus! Ansel Adams didn't
finish High School.

Neither did Richard Avedon.
And you know where I got that information?

Online.

Did I like swear to you
I wouldn't see them again?

- No. - No.
So stop looking at me

Like I've disappointed
you or something.

I'm not your fucking kid.

You know, Jesse, we've been
talking for a while now

About why it isn't
such a good idea

For you to continue to see
Josh and Raif anymore.

- You've been talking.
- No, not true, Jesse.

A few weeks ago,

You said to me that you were...

Uncomfortable there,

Because they think
you're a freshman at N.Y.U.,

Because they were a couple and
because you were feeling used.

- No, I never said "used."
- I think you did.

No, I said "fucked."

I said...

I was feeling fucked

While I was being fucked

And I know exactly what I said

Because I was trying
to make you uncomfortable.

You were trying
to shock me, yeah?

Whatever.

Or throw me off balance,

Like when you flashed the
camera in my face at the door.

It's your way
of distracting me, yeah?

Sending up flares,

Obscuring who you are.

We've talked about this.

You are a minor.

Please, dude,

I'm going to be 17
in, like, a month.

What are you going to do?
Call child protective services?

They'll hang up on you.

I remember something
that you said last month.

You said that you were worried

That you had a promiscuity problem.
Do you remember that?

At the time you seemed
pretty upset about it.

We're perfectly safe, okay?

We use condoms every time.

You know what? Call the fucking police.
I don't care.

Have you been having
trouble sleeping?

No, have you?

Have you been
taking your Adderall?

You mean, have I been
selling my Adderall?

- That's not what I said.
- Yeah, but that's what you

Actually want to know,
isn't it?

You seem pretty anxious today.

I'm just trying
to figure out why.

Well, I don't have to
sell that shit anymore.

My ship's about to come in.

What... what do you mean?

Do you want
to see something awesome?

It's this new app I got.
It's called "hoesr."

You just open it,

It finds out where
you are and tells you

Exactly where
the closest hook-up is.

Over 1500 guys
join it every day.

- That's weird.
- Jesse.

Wow. Your office is
like a dead zone, dude.

- Can you put that away, please?
- Do you have an anti-sexual force field

- Around this place or something?
- I'm not gonna ask you again.

- Put it away.
- All right.

Fucking puritan.

Marisa sent me a bitchy text

At 5:00 A.M.
This morning.

- After you hadn't come home.
- Uh, yeah.

Well, you can imagine that
your mother might be upset.

- Can I read it you?
- Why don't you just tell me what it says?

I sent her one first, telling
her that I was fine.

And she wrote back...

here it is.

She's just like...

"good."

Don't you think she was
relieved to hear from you?

Oh please.
I gave her the night off.

Do you think...

Do you think your mother
finds you a burden?

I hate talking

About my fucking parents.

My father hired this new guy...

Mario.

Really hot.

Italian, of course.

He's being groomed to take
over the business. I can tell.

Does that feel

To you like a rejection?

No. Why?

Well, isn't the business

Called D'amato & sons?

Don't take it literally.
It's a metaphor.

- Meaning?
- Like, "D'amato

And people he wishes
were his sons."

- So it does feel personal.
- Oh please.

You think I want to be
a fucking electrician?

I'm gonna be a doctor without
borders like my real father.

Or a crack whore
like my real mother.

When did Mario start

To work for your father?

A few days ago.

I'm just wondering
if your behavior this week

Has anything to do with that.

- My behavior?
- You were demonstrating

Some pretty
troubling behavior...

Sleeping around, skipping
school, selling drugs.

But I felt in the last
few sessions

You'd been gaining - but in the past
week... ol over - Adderall is not a drug. Or.

- What would you cl it?
- It's like a fucking vitamin.

I was providing a necessary service
for the youth of this city, okay?

So get off my fucking back.

God, this sucks.

What does?

I just feel like
such a fuck-up today.

Why?

Did you know that

Doctors without borders makes everyone
eat this special peanut butter

To gain weight,
and it's called plumpy'nut?

No, I didn't know that.

Plumpy'nut.

Sounds like some
of the guys I know.

Have you ever noticed that when you
talk about your birth parents,

Your father

Yet your mother
remains the same? T,

No.

Like sometimes he's a novelist,

A race car driver.

Today, he's a doctor.

Yet your mother
always remains the same...

A degenerate crack who.

- So? - I'm just curious
what you make of that. Me...

I must be some
sort of misogynist.

Or maybe I think all women
are useless because I'm gay.

- Do you wanna hear something crazy?
- No, I don't.

- No? - No, because I'd rather
focus on you for the time being,

- So can you put that away...
- why can't I just hold it?

Cause I think it's distrm
concentrating on yourself.

- Jesse, why don't you
give me the phone? - No!

I like holding it.

Okay.

Here.

Hello, is this Jesse D'amato?

If this is...

If this is Jes D'amato

That was born
in kings county hospital

December 14th, 1993,

Well, then...

Well, my name is Karen
Scott and my number is

914-555-0178.

I... I think
I'm your birth mother.

I hope you
call me back.

Yeah.

When... when did you
get that?

Yesterday.

I picked it up after school.

And have you
returned the call?

No.

- Why are you nodding? - I'm soy.
I didn't... I didn't reale...

Yeah, like this all makes perfect
sense to you or something.

I'm sorry. It's just the way
that I process information.

How come it's okay for you
to nod when you're thinking,

But if I tap my fists together,
I have to be medicated?

Can we get back to e voicemail?

This must be like a therapist's
wet dream or something, right?

How did you el when you
heard that message?

I don't know, doc.
Confused,

Betrayed,
like suddenly the weight

Of the entire world
was bearing down

On my slender shoulders.

What did I feel?

Nothing. This woman
is a fucking stranger.

How did she even get my number?

That's a good question.

I'm also not sure that what she
did was technically legal.

I should call
the phone company.

"hello, at&t. I would like
to report a complaint."

You gave my fucking
cell phone number

To the fucking crack whore
who gave birth to me!

And now she won't stop
fucking calling me,

"So what the fuck
am I supposed to do?"

What do you want to do, Jesse?

Tell me... tell me
how you're feeling.

Why?

Because I think it's
important for you to...

To articulate what's
going on inside your head.

There's nothing going on.

I swear, all I hear is static.

- Static?
- Yeah.

It happens to me sometimes.

Static and...

Really faint voices
that I can't make out,

Like there's some radio station

Playing from far away
with a bad connection.

Is that what's
happening right now?

Yeah.

- Sorry.
- For what?

I don't know.

Okay, so you got the message
yesterday afternoon.

What did you do right
after you picked it up?

I went for a walk.

And where did you walk?

Over the bridge into the city.

That's a long walk.

Well, I was taking pictures.

Were you headed
anyplace in particular?

Uh, the bar.

Josh and Raif's bar.

Yup.

Josh and Raif...
your two favorite fags.

You know,
it's interesting to me

In periods of real
emotional confusion,

You seek out sex.

It seems like
a pattern for you.

Well, maybe it's your problem.

I mean, you're the one
that keeps bringing it up.

You're, like,
officially obsessed

With my sex life.

Stop freaking nodding!
We didn't have sex!

- No?
- No! My sex life.

They could see I was upset,

So Josh stayed at the bar

And Raif and I went
back to their place

And we ordered takeout and
watched "the daily show," okay?

So you can put
your Dick away. God!

Why are all straight guys
such fucking pervs?

- Jesse.
- What?

Don't speak to me like that.

Okay?

I'm sorry.

And I'm...

And I'm sorry to

I guess I didn't realize

How significant

Josh and Raif are to you

And that you rely upon them.

Yeah. I mean,

They're like...

Really good guys.

Did you tell them
about the phone call?

No.

It's a Westchest number.

I looked it up.

914. She lives
in Westchester.

- You know what that means?
- What?

The bitch is rich.

Not a crack whore then.

No.

So how do you want to respond?

I don't know.

I think we should talk about
it some more before you do.

Ok. Yeah, fin

So...

So where are you
headed after this?

You don't... you don't
want to go home?

What the fuck does that mean?

What am I supped t say?

"oh hi, mom. What's for dinner?
Oh, guess who called?

My birth mother."

Well, that's the first time
I think I've heard you refer

To your mother as mom,
not Marisa.

- Whatever.
- How do you think she might respond

If you came ho and
told her about the ca?

Um, I don't know.

She would probably just turn up the
Beatles and organize the fridge.

So...

Where are you headed?

I don't know.
Maybe I'll just go for another walk

And see where I end up.

Knock the rock.

Explode the rock.

- See you next week.
- Okay.

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