Mom (2013–…): Season 2, Episode 8 - Free Therapy and a Dead Lady's Yard Sale - full transcript

Family secrets are revealed when Christy and Bonnie are asked to join Violet's therapy session.

Ooooo, make out session! You go, girl.

Eat that face.

What are you looking at?

This girl is chewing this guy up.
She's got her tongue down his...

- Uh-oh!
- What?

- It's your daughter.
- It's fine.

I kept all her old maternity clothes.

- Hang on.
- Now what?

- That's not her boyfriend.
- Oh.

No. That's definitely not Luke.

I can't believe she'd cheat on him.



What's not to believe? He's
sweet, he's loyal, he loves her.

You're right.

He's asking for it.

- Oh God!
- Now what?

The old pervert in 1F
is watching them too.

Hey! Put some pants on!

Stop that!

Really? 3:00 A.M.

- I have 3:14.
- Will you let me do this?

- Yes.
- Really, 3:14?

- Really, trying to be a mom?
- Have you been drinking?

- I'm not doing this.
- We saw you outside with that guy.

Whatever.

- Why are you cheating on Luke?
- Good night.



And why are you dressed like
a cheap hooker?

Yeah. Next time you want to
borrow my clothes, ask first!

Mom - 02x08
Free Therapy and a Dead Lady's Yard Sale

Oh, God. I need a drink.

- What's the matter?
- You know that weird smell from

Mrs. Valinski's apartment that everyone
has been complaining about?

- Yeah.
- It's Mrs. Valinski.

Oh, God. No.

She must have been there for a
couple of days.

She looked like a bean bag chair
in a night gown.

- So sad.
- You want to know sad?

All her jewelry - FAKE.

- You didn't.
- Why would I?

That's probably the cops.

Nice. Cops at the door
and it's not about us.

- Hey.
- Oh, Luke. Hi.

- Is Violet here?
- She's still sleeping.

- Can I give her a message?
- Yeah.

I was worried about her.
I've been texting her for a couple

of days now and she doesn't answer.

- Is that so?
- Is there something going on I

- should know about?
- Yes, Violet is sick.

- Very sick.
- Where's the body?

- Oh, my God!
- No, no. Not that sick.

Upstairs. The door is open.
Follow your nose.

She just got a stomach bug.

- Puking her guts out.
- Hey. What's going on?

Oh, Luke just came by to see Violet

and I told him the reason she hasn't
been calling him back is because she's sick.

Oh, right. Nasty head cold.

At first. And then it morphed into the
stomach bug I just told Luke about.

Yeah.
It's that morphing thing that's going around

It's morphing season.

- Can I do anything? Get her some soup?
- Oh, You are just the sweetest.

Yeah. You got to quit that.

You want to help? Go to the store.

Get a half dozen cans of air freshener
and a couple of chocolate bars.

- Chocolate bars?
- Dead people tweak my sweet tooth.

Go.

Head cold. How many times have I told
you when there's a lie already in motion.

Always follow the leader.
Never add new information.

No one is more disappointed in me than me.

- Get up.
- Leave me alone.

- Now!
- What is your problem?

- I just had to lie to your boyfriend.
- And she did a really bad job.

Just so you know,
you were home sick last night.

You had a stomach bug that
morphed into a head cold.

Head cold into a stomach bug.
You're still doing a bad job.

- Sorry, I'm a little rusty.
- You'll get it back. It's like stealing a bike.

- I didn't ask you to lie.
- No.

You forced us to.

For reasons I don't understand
that kid loves you.

She was an easy lay.
What's hard to understand?

It's not just Luke.

You've been treating everyone like crap.

You've been lying. Drinking.

- Staying out all night.
- Get off my back.

- I just gave up a baby.
- Give me a break.

That's your excuse for everything.

The other day you couldn't do the dishes
because you just gave up a baby.

- You two could never understand...
- What you've been going through.

You sound like a broken record.
Not that you know what a record is.

- I don't want to talk about this with you.
- Fine. But you have to talk with someone.

Why don't you see a therapist?
There are people at the free clinic.

- It doesn't cost anything.
- No way I'm seeing a shrink.

Why. You can't be embarrassed.

For God's sake, your water broke
at the prom. You can't top that.

Forget it.

- So there's free therapy?
- Yeah.

Why haven't you been going?

- It's open.
- Hey.

- Hey.
- Where is everyone?

Mom went to pick Roscoe up
from school and grandma is

organizing a dead lady's yard sale.

Ok. What's up with you?

- Nothing.
- Nothing is cool.

I got salesman of the month
at my car dealership.

- Good for you.
- That's why I got this pin.

- They gave me a pin.
- Awesome.

Burrr. Frosty.

- Something bothering you?
- No.

Violet, I was your step-dad for six years.

- I can read you pretty well.
- It was four years.

Wow. Your mom really
made it feel like longer.

She wants me to go to therapy.

- Why?
- Who knows?

- Doesn't matter, I'm not going.
- You should.

It's a priceless opportunity
to piss her off.

- What do you mean?
- You get your life together.

And then she is forced to look at her own.

And "Violet", believe me when I
tell you, she hates that.

You got smarter when you
stopped smoking weed.

She hates that too.

Man, free clinics are so cool.
Check this out.

Free mammograms, flu shots, STD testing, diabetes
screening and, I kid you not, calligraphy classes.

Oh, that's nice.

Send a beautiful handwritten note
to all your former sex partners

that you gave them herpes.

Do you have any idea why Violet changed
her mind about going to therapy?

I got to assume that she needed
to process what I said to her

and eventually came to the right decision.

Just let me assume that.

Do you ever think about seeing a therapist?

No, I'm good.

- I need to believe I'm good.
- You don't have any issues?

Hey, we're here to support Violet
so she can deal with her issues.

This is not about me. Its about her.

The therapist wants you
to join our session.

Son of a bitch.

I think this just became about you.

He wants you in there too.

- Son of a bitch.
- Ha-ha.

Just want you to know
everything discussed here is

protected by doctor-patient privilege.

This is a safe space.
You can say anything you'd like.

Ok. I'd like to say when
is your bed time?

I assure you I'm completely qualified. I may
look young, but I'm actually 23 and a half.

Free clinic. You get what you pay for.

Violet, you have something
you wanted to share?

Yeah.
You ruined my life.

Say it like you did to
the puppet. I'm angry because...

I am angry because you
totally screwed up my chances of

having a healthy relationship with a man.

- You're looking at her, right?
- I'm looking at both of you.

I thought you were supposed to
help her get over giving up the baby.

It's all tied together.

If I wasn't so messed up with
guys I probably wouldn't have

- even gotten pregnant.
- See what I did there?

- Wait. It's my fault you got pregnant?
- I believe the point

Violet is trying to make is that there is a lack of
male role models that she could look up to.

You drove Albert away, you drove Baxter
away and I never even knew my father.

- Hey! Your father left me.
- You were a drunken mess.

- Of course he did.
- You know what?

- We're not here to talk about him.
- See?

This is what she always does whenever I ask
about my dad she shuts me down.

I don't know a thing about that guy.
How screwed up is that?

In my professional opinion

I would suggest Violet has a right
to know some information about her father.

Oh, really?
You have a professional opinion?

Maybe. I mean...

Honestly, sometimes you just say things.

Look, she's drinking,
she's cheating on her boyfriend.

- Shouldn't we focus on that?
- I bet you I would be a much

happier person if you were the one that
took off and I grew up with my father.

- Oh, boy. Would you lose that bet.
- Mom, no.

- You don't know anything.
- Mom, please.

She's 18. She can hear it.

- You wanna know the truth?
- Mom!

Your father used to beat the
crap out of my daughter.

He sent her to the emergency room twice.

I seriously doubt you'd be
happier living with him.

Why didn't you tell me?

Because I never wanted you to know.

You looked in my direction.
Does that mean we're speaking again?

So no?

- How long did she stay with him?
- Too long.

Well, it wasn't as if I had
you to run home to.

Hey, at that time in my life I was
in my own prison.

Prison.

- I want to meet him.
- What?

Did you not get what
he did to your mother?

Yeah. He sounds like a total loser.

But he's still my father, and
I have a right to know him.

This is exactly why
I didn't want her to find out.

- Maybe he's changed.
- People like that don't change.

Aren't you in a program
that's all about second chances?

You guys keep saying
you turned your lives around.

Isn't it possible that my dad
became a half decent guy?

-It's not the same.
- Just because you say so?

I want to hear his side of the story!

You think he has a side?

That's it.

Christy! Cars! Truck!

You want to meet him?
We're going to meet him.

- Great.
- Great.

What are you doing?

The first U-turn was just to be dramatic.
It's actually this way.

- Do you know what you're doing?
- Yeah.

Ok.

Here he is.

James Sutcliff.

- I thought his name was Butch.
- Butch was his nickname.

- Oh. Do you know how he died?
- Car accident.

Anyway, I know this isn't how you wanted
to meet him, but here's your dad.

Why couldn't you have been a cool guy?

He was cool.

He was so cool I couldn't even
believe he wanted to go out with me.

- What happened?
- First few months were fun.

Then one night we were doing
tequila shots with his friends.

He came in and said,
"Kirk Cobain just died."

And I said "no, genius it's Kurt with a T."

Then everyone laughed.

It's no big deal.

Then everyone cried because,
you know, Kurt Cobain died.

Then we get in the car to go home.

And he starts yelling at
me for embarrassing him.

His reaction was so crazy
I thought he was kidding. So I laughed.

And he slapped me so
hard I heard ringing in my ears.

And that was the beginning.

I packed my bags so many times.

But he always said that he loved
me and it would never happen again.

Until it did.

Then after awhile I just started
feeling like I deserved it.

Anyway.

That's my side.

I'll be in the car.

So, who the hell is James Sutcliff?

No idea.

But I'd rather Violet think Butch is dead
than ever go looking for that monster.

I get it.

Sorry I called you a bad liar.
You're a great liar.

Thanks, coach.
It means a lot coming from you.

I'm also sorry I wasn't there for you.

You're here now.

Sorry for dragging you into
this, James Sutcliff.

- I'm sure you were a very nice man.
- She's looking. She's looking.

I hope you rot in hell,
you miserable bastard!

Why did you spit on my husband's grave?

Oh, I think you know.

- When's mom gonna be back?
- Shouldn't be long.

- She took your sister to therapy.
- Oh.

- What's therapy?
- You'll find out soon enough.

Hey. Guess who made
salesman of the month?

You told me. They gave you a pin.

Hey.

- What took you so long?
- Sorry.

We had to make a couple of stops.

- Is that frozen yogurt?
- Yep.

Dead people tweak my sweet tooth.

I'm going to change and then
head over to Luke's.

Remember, you're recovering from a stomach
bug that morphed into a head cold.

- You keep reversing it!
- Head cold, stomach bug.

Just say diarrhea.
He won't ask any questions.

Baxter, kitchen.

- What did I do?
- Bitch be crazy. Does it matter?

- Sit down.
- Oh, boy.

Relax you're not in trouble.

Then what are we going to talk about?

So listen, some stuff came up

in therapy, and it got me
thinking about our relationship.

- And I'm not in trouble?
- No.

Remember what I told
you about Violet's dad?

Yeah. I remember.

- Bad guy.
- Yeah.

Well, I was really messed up after that,

and you kind of paid the price for it.

Is that Fruedian for you were
really mean to me?

I'm so sorry.

You were a standup guy and I
just couldn't appreciate it.

Wow. Thanks.

Thank you.

I have a girlfriend so
can't make out with you.

- Baxter...
- Although she isn't here.

Well, neither am I.

Now I'm in trouble.

- Hey.
- Hey.

How did it go with Luke?

I told him I made out with another guy.
And he broke up with me.

So pretty much the perfect
end to the perfect day.

I'm sorry.

It's ok. I haven't exactly
been the best girlfriend.

Or daughter but that
probably goes without saying.

No. It doesn't.

Say it.

Mom, it never occurred to me
that it could have been his fault.

When you look at me, is it just...

Am I just a constant
reminder of a terrible time?

Are you kidding?

Just the opposite.

I might not be here without you.

I don't understand.
What do you mean?

When I found out I was pregnant, I
knew it wasn't just about me anymore.

You gave me the courage to leave.

You saved my life.

Well, good, then.

It's been a long day.
See you in the morning.

So how do we do this?

Well, why don't you just tell me
what's going on in your life?

What's been bothering you?

Ok. Well, let's see.

- Bonnie, could you, please, join us?
- Son of a bitch.